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Foreign?
The municipal employees of Berlin
recently voted to continue their strike
unless the municipality agrees to extend
the present scale af wages to the
end of December, Instead of to June, as
proposed by the ybltratlon court.
Cardinal Achllle Rattl, archbishop of
Milan, has been chosen supreme pontiff
of the Roman Catholic church to
succeed the late Benedict XV. His
coronation as Plus XI will take place
February 12.
The British government has received
a note from the French government
making strong representations
that the Genoa economic conference
should be postponed three months.
The celebrated pearl necklace, which
once belonged to Maria Theresa,
queen of Hungary, which was pawned
oy ex-Emperor Charles before his last
attempt to regain the throne of Hungary,
has been sold to Jeferson Davis
Cohn of England for a million dollars.
Dispatches from London report that
the British Indian police fired on a
mob of ton thousand natives during
"" a serious riot at Tiruvannamalal, about
light-five miles southwest of Madras,
In the Tanjore district, killing three
persons nnd wounding eight others.
Dissolution of the Italian parliament
and the holding of a general election
has been practically decided upon
In the event of the failure of Premier
Orlando to form a government
to succeed the Bononi ministry, which
recently resigned. Slgnor Orlando
has been invited by the king to attempt
the formation of a new cabinet.
Count Admiral Sukenori Kabayama,
9 member of the Japanese privy coun \
ell, and former minister of war, died
j at his home at Toklo at the age of 85
t . years. _ He- bad been suffering from
cancer for some time.
It is unlikely that the French government's
request for a three months'
delay In the opening of the Genoa
conference will be met by Great Britain,
it Is stated in London.
The Irish situation has taken a
startling turn with the news of wholesale
and organized kidnaping raids
against prominent ulster unionists In
the early hours of the morning. Included
among the numerous victims
are many special constables who had
been dispatched to aid in stopping the
raids, some of whom are said to have
been spirited to unknown destinations,
i Statements made openly in official
quarters in London, coupled with dispatches
from India, indicate that as
a result of the increasing disturbances
throughout the enstern empire,
and the stubhorn defiance of Mahatma
Oandhl, "prophet" of the non-cooperative
native elements, the government
is about to adopt an iron policy,
ppeslhly beginning with the arrest of
Gandhi?4,0 restore order.
Washington?
Construction work on fourteen capital
ships was suspended recently by
order of Secretary Denby under direction
of President Harding. The Btep
was taken in anticipation of ratification
of the naval limitation treaty
which resulted from the Washington
conferene and under which only three
of th9 vessels Involved will be com
yioicu no war craxi.
A bill appropriating $25,000 for establishment
by the department of agriculture
of an experiment station to develop
pocan nut culture was introduced
by Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia.
A legislative program, contemplating
ratification of the treaties growing
out of the arms conference and
passage of the tariff, soldiers' bonus,
farm credit and merchant marine
bills, with adjournment of congress
about June 1, was said to have been
agreed upon at a white bouse dinner,
recently.
The house co-operative marketing
bill, a measure designed to aid the
agricultural interests and pressed by
the farm bloc passed the senate, there
being recorded only one vote against
the measure?that of Senator Gerry of
Rhode Island, who is a Democrat.
Funds to pay the soldier bonus will
bo raised by direct taxation, imposing
a burden of at least $400,000,000 a
year for three years. The house ways
and means committee has reached this
conclusion, and is now seeking the
taxes that can best be utilized. Included
in the genernl scheme is the
raising of first class postage from 2
cents to 3 cents. *
Means of lending the aid of the government's
credit to the railroads of
the country are under consideration in
administration circles.
The bill creating a commission and
otherwise making provision for > the
conversion of the eleven billion dollar
debt owed the United States by the
allied powers has been signed by the
president.
The field of possible soldiers' bonus
taxes has been virtually narrowed to
e'ght sources by the Republican mem1
bora of the house ways and means
committee.
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While the parents of 18-year-old Marlln
Mathls were preparing to escort
the body of a youth front AmariUo,
Texas, to Hayneerllle, La., for burial,
having postively Identified him as
their son. the boy returned home here
after an absence of several days, and
wired his parents that he was in good
health.
A blow to senatorial dignity is not
soon forgotten. This was shown when,
in the midst of belated debate on the
Newberry election case, several senators
rose from their seats and denounced
the war department for placing
the Benate far back, as they said,
in the funeral procession for the unknown
soldier last Armistice Day.
Japan promises to'prove the center
of congressional fireworks when discussion
of the arms conference treaties
begins. A renewed outburst of "yellow
peril" talk already has occurred
in the house and Senator Johnson of
California is understood to be prepar- |
in^ to discuss the conference treaties
with particular reference to Japan's
position.
Preparation of a deficiency appropriation
bill will be begun' shortly
by a committee of the house appropriations
committee. Chairman Madden
announces. The measure will be
ready for the house in a few weeks
and passage will be expedited to relieve
urgent deficiencies which have
arisen in various government departments.
An increase of thirteen in the number
of United States district judges
was agreed upon by the senate Judiciary
committee as a means of relieving
the congestion in the nation's
fderal courts.
The fatal shooting from the Mexican
line of the border about twelve
miles above Laredo, Toxas, on the
Rio Grande river, on February 5, of
Walter G. Swinney, of Del Ilio,'Texas,
an American citizen, has been rennrteil
to the state department.
The opening sessions of the house
military committee's investigation of
the Ford Contract offer for purchase
and lease of the governments' properties
at Muscle Shoals, Ala., revolves
principaly about the clauses relating
to manufacture of fertilizers for the
nation's agrlculral needs.
The interior department appropriation
bill, carrying 1295,622,112 has been
reported by the house- appropriations
committee. The total is $19,513,037.67
less than the amount appropriated for
the current fiscal year and $3,754,920
less than the amount requested in the
budget estimates.
Further efforts are being made by
the senate committee investigating the
chargos that American soldiers were
hanged without trial in France, to
clear up the alleged shooting of a
soldier by a firing squad near Chateau
Thierry, in July, 1918.
Domestic?
Dental work on the uper left molars
In his mouth served to identify the
charred body taken from the ruins of
the Lexiqgtcn hotel, Rifchmond, Va., as
that of Captain Frank Linwood Shaw,
64 years old, native of Goshen, and
veteran conductor of the James river
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway.
Eighteen of the crew of the Furness
line Trelghter, - Thistlemore, which
went aground on Peaked Hill, near
Highland Light, Mass., bars were rescued
by breeches buoy.
Four hundred gallons of whiskey
consigned to Washington, D. C., was
seized in a car on the Norfolk and
Western railway at Roanoke, Va., by
revenue agents on morning recently.
The mayor of Pascagoula, MIsb., has
requested the naval air Btation at Pensacola,
Fla., for airplanes to search
for John Westfall, ex-service man who
has been missing for some time, having
bene blown out to sea on the fishing
smack X-Ray.
The fire which destroyed the liner
Northern Pacific off Cape May, N. J.,
with the 1ob8 of four shipyard men,
started on the lower deck amidships,
and burned for hours before it was
discovered. The origin of the fire remains
a mystery.
The British Rteamer Thistlemore
went aground on Peaked Hill bar, four
miles north of Highland light, at the
tip of Caue Cod, Mass. A coast guard
crew went to the rescue.
Sale of the Mie&ouri and North Arkansas
railroad which suspended operation
last July, by its receiver, has
been ordered in a decree issued by
United States District Judge Jacob
Trieber at Little Rock. Ark.
Eight men killed, two badly injured
and one missing is the result of a
mine explosion which wrecked a
mine of the Marietta Coal company
on Poml creek, Pinson Fork, Ky.
Six known dead, thirty reported
missing or unaccounted for, twenty*
eight known injured, fourteen of whom
are believed to he fatally hurt, is the
toll of the fire which awept over an
area of half a city block at Richmond,
Va., destroying the Lexington hotel
and several other buildings, and entailing
a loss estimated at from $250,*
000 to $500,000.
Private T. W. Willis of the United
States marine corps, who shot and
killed Wiley Clark at Blanchard, La.,
while serving as a mall guard on a
Kansas City Southern passenger train
several weeks ago, will be tried by
general court martial at the naval air
station at Pensacola, Fla., on a charge
of manslaughter.
Officers trying to solve the mystery
of the murder of William Desmond
Taylor, motion picture director at Los
Angeles, Cal., report that they have
made only slight progress In the case
thus far.
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SAMPLES OF 8WEET POTATOES
8ENT TO ENGLAND MAKE
FAVORABLE IMPRESSION.
INVITE COMMANDER MACNIDER
Clyde Line Fast Freight 8ervlce In*
creases Volume of Business
During 1921.
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Charleston.?Those South Carolina
.weet potatoes sent to England on the
steamship Wekika, 1,000 sample car*
tone of thein, for the purpose of introducing
this delectable product to
ICnglish palates, have evidently made
a favorable impression, as a cablegram
was received by the Carolina
company from their agent at Liverpool
asking for quantity quotations on
this vegetable, suid to be virtually unknown
among/ the Britishers. The
sending of the sample for judicious
distribution was the idea of the South
Carolina Sweet Potato association,
the Carolina company co-operating, as
also did the Southern railway, which
furnished a booklet of recipes for each
box. It is believed that a profitable
market for the sugary spuds of this
state will be developed through this
enterprising plan.
As a result the establishing of the
Clyde-Southern fast freight service,
which has been in operation since
January 15, 1921, the increase in this
particular class of freight during the
calendar year 1921 amounted to
more than 300 per cent in excess of
the movement through Charleston by
Clyde Llne-Southem railway In 1920.
Last year 7,161 cars were moved as
against 1,735 cars the year before,
an increase of 5,426. The spread of
the plan's popularity has made necessary
to include several points of
destination not originally provided
for.
Charleston Post No. 10, American
Legion, hopes to have National Commander
MacNider visit Charleston
during his present tour of the South,
arrangements having been made to invite
him here and to entertain' him
handsomely. Should he come, State
Commander Lumpkin and other state
officers will be invited to greet him.
Farm Women Active.
Florence. ? The Florence county
council of farm women met at the
court house for the purpose of discussing
plans for the establishment of
a permanent club market at tfli
point.
Mrs. Henry McCall presented a plan
whereby a .building was to be erected
by the town council, this building to
be divided into stalls which were to
be used by the different communities.
Mrs. Frances Y. Kling explained
in detail the orraniz&tinn neros
sary for the establishment of a successful
market. A marketing committee
was appointed with members
from the various clubs of the county
and from the women of the town.
This committee is to meet with the
home demonstration agent, Miss Anne
B. Moore, when various plans for a
market house will be submitted. Miss
Moore, with the co-operation of her
club members. Is planning a production
campaign.
The special products put up by Old
South Carolina Home Producers' association
were discussed. One club
decided to specialize in plum jelly.
Other clubs will put up blackberry
jam and artichoke relish.
Greenville Policeman Held.
Greenville. ? Notice was given by
counsel for W. G. Turner, former chief
of police of West Greenville. that
they would apply before Associate
Justice Cothraa for ball for Turner,
who is held on a charge of criminal
assault. At a preliminary hearing
Turner was held for trial on the
charge. In his affidavit Turner makes
absolute denial of any criminal act to
warn me gin, wno is anout lb years
old. and whom he and another officer
arrested on a road several miles from
Greenville In company with a young
man.
Increase of 8toek.
Columbia?Authority to increase Its
capital ctoclc from $5,000 to $10,000.
to change the par value of its stock
from $100 to $200 and to change Its
name to the Reyner-Borkaon Co., was
granted to the Reyner Jewelry Co.
of Columbia by the secretary of state.
The Marco company of Charleston
was chartered with a capital stock of
$1,000. The firm will deal in real estate.
Officers are: E. M. McSweeney,
president and treasurer; T. Allen Legare,
secretary.
Lumpkin Visits Florence.
Florence*?State Commander M. C.
Lumpkin, of the American Legion,
was the guest of Fred H. Sexton, pdst
No. 1, at a splendid hanqbet served at
the Florence hotel There were over
50 members of the post present The
fun started as soon as the company
unfolded its napkins, the resulting
barrage from the loaded linens causing
much merriment. Trick water
glasses gave some of the ex-service
men cold trlckllngs In their throats.
One of the featnres of the evening was
the singing of the legion quartet.
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WILL AFFECT 12,000 RAIL,
ROAD SIGNALMEN.
OVERTIME PAT IS ELIMINATED
Time and One-Half Pay For Regularly
Assigned Work on Sundays and
Holidaya Also Eliminated.
Chicago.? Re-establishment of a tenhour
day at the usual hourly wage
and elimination of time and one-half
pay for regularly assigned work on
Sundays and holidays, new rules governing
railway signalmen, were announced
by the United States railroad
labor board to replace on February 16
the. national agreement made undef
federal control.
The board's rules affect more than
12,000 rail workers. According to figures
based on Interstate commerce
commission statistics, the annual labor
bill of the railroads will be cut
about $300,000 by eliminating the overtime
pay provisions of the national
agreement.
While the new set of rules retains
the principles of the eight-hour day,
the door is open for a ten-hour day.
Overtime pay is likewise eliminated
for employes paid a monthly salary
by a new formula for determining the
monthly rate, based on the standard
hourly rate.
Other minor provisions which will
affect the signalmen's pay envelopes
are substitution of straight time for
the former time and one half rule; provision
for a minimum of three hours
straight time instead of two hours at
time and one-half for working less
than four hors on Sunday, and complete
elimination of the old rule allowing
half pay from 10 o'clock at
night to 6 a. m., for men traveling on
boarding cars.
Other rules were changed to eliminate
any fixed hour for starting work
and any specified lunch period. The
time limit for investigations into discharges,
decisions and appeals was
extended from seven to ten days.
300 Students Have Ptomaine Poison.
Columbus, Miss. ? More than 300
students of the Mississippi state college
for women here are suffering
with ptomaine poisoning as a result
of eating chicken salad which was
served at the evening meal at the college.
Every physician in Columbus was
called to thet institution and it is
stated that all the students are out
of danger, although a large number
are still very ill.
Dr. J. C. Fant, president of the institution.
stated that the poisoning
was undoubtedly caused by the salad,
as those who did not eat it were not
affected. Dr. Irene* Fafhereo, the college
physician, made the same state
ment. A thorough investigation will
be made by the college authorities, it
was announced.
Chicago Has Second "Ponzl."
Chicago.?Raymond J. Blschoff, taken
into custody, after Involuntary
proceedings in bankruptcy had been
instituted against him by creditors,
admitted that be owes about 94,500,000,
representing the savings of 6,000 Chicagoans,
mostly foreigners. Less than
one million dollars worth of oil and
gas stock of doubtful value is available
to meet the obligations, it waB an*'
nounced.
Blschoff, whose financial operations
apparently rival those of Charles Pontl,
the Boston "wizard," expressed relief
when taken into cuBody by deputy
marshals. He had received threats
from those he is alleged to have fleec- *
ed, he said, and was afraid to venture
into the south and west side districts.
To Reinstate Teachers.
Dublin.?School teachers of Irish nationality,
who have been dismissed for
political activities In recent years, will
be reinstated by the Dail Elreann, the
ministry of education announces. In
determining the status of such teachers
and the salary they are to receive,
they will be considered as having
served continuously.
Millions Starving In Russia.
London?More than 250,000 children
are starving in the Chuvash region of
Eastern Russia, to say nothing of a
half million adults who have lost all
hope of holp, acording to a telegram
from the Russian famine relief commission
of the International Federation
of Trade Unions received by Arthur
Henderson, prominent labor member
of the house of commons.
The telegram says a total of .10.000,000
workers and peasants in all Ru<sia
are starving and that thousands
are dying dsily.
Four Thousand Employes Released.
Washington. ? The number of employes
released at the navy yard by
the suspension of capital ship construction
has now passed the 4,000
mark but no further material reduc
tlons are anticipated. It was said at
?he navy department. Employes retained
are believed sufficient to carry
on the present building program nnd
handle repair work, provided tho naval
treaty is adopted, and no hopa
of re-employing the men released ia
no wheld out by the navy department |
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THE LAWMAKERS OF;
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WHITMAN BILL KILLED IN THE j
SENATE; AIMED AT HIGHWAY i
COMMISSION ACT.
BOTH HOUSES^ABE BUSY:
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Upper Houae Upholds State System i
of Roads In Slaughtering Meas- > i
dre?Other Matters.
Columbia.
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ocuulq ntuou lue ii iguiuiuu um
m allow the supervisor and county
commissioners of Saluda county to
use 80 per cent of the automobile ,
license fund in the county, at their
discretion.
By the killing of the Saluda bill
the senate refused to disrupt the state
highway act and thus begin an undermining
of the highway commission, ,
according to several senators who
spoke against the measure. The senate
was apparently surprised at itself
as the bill drew forth a long debate,
but when the vote was reached the
balloting was overwhelmingly against
the measure. The vote was 24 to 11
to strike out the enacting words, this
being on the motion of Senator Young
of Charleston.
The concurrent resolution offered
by Mr. Mclnnes in the house providing
for conferences between the railroad
and highway commissions during
Hio von r In nn offnr* in o ?!<?? '
to eliminate dangerous grade crossings
was slaughtered by a vote of 26
to 6. Senator Wight man moved to
strike out the resolving words and
after a short debate pro and con the
resolution was killed.
Senator Hubbard's joint resolution
to prohibit the planting of cotton in
South Carolina for .one year in order
to eradicate the boll weevil was killed
on a viva voce vote. This resolution
would not have taken effect until sitnilar
laws had been passed by
Louisiana, Georgia. Alabama and
North Carolina, but the senate did not
think the bill to be along the right
lines. Senator Moore mov.vd to strike
out the resolving words and this was
done.
The senate likewise struck out the
resolving words of the Elerbe concurrent
resolution asking the tax commission
to lower the assessments on
land by 25 per cent. The resolution
w*s characterized as "confusing and
useless." Senator McGheo moved to
strike out the resolving words and the
vote was 14 to 8 to kill the resolution.
By a vote of 16 to 15 the senate
killed the Simonhoff marriage licenae
bill to require all males to present
certificates from reputable physicians
that they were free from venereal
diseases before they could procure
marriage licenses.
The senate also passed and returned
to the houae the university trus
tee bill enlarging the board of trustees
of the University of South Carolina
to 21 elective members by 1926.
One amendment adopted by the senate
merely changes the years as the
bill was introduced last year and
this clerical change was necessary,
but a last minute amendment offered
by Senator McGhee to provide that no
member of the general assembly shall
be eligible to be elected a trustee
under the terms of the act may provoke
opposition in the house. The
senate agreed to the amendment.
By a vote of 26 to 10 the senate
adoDted a resolution at the heeirmine
of the session giving all the revenue
measures now before the body and
those yet to come right of way over
all matters, with the exception of
local, uncontested matters. Later an
attompt was made to get up the income
tax bills for the purpose of sending
them to third reading with the
understanding that the debate come
then, and this brought on considerable
debate as to the advisability of
such procedure.
The brokers' license tax bill, a newcomer
among the series of revenue
measures in the house, was reached on
the calendar, but action on it was delayed
on the objection of Julius S.
Mclnnes of Darlington. Jesse S
Leopard of Pickens is the author of
the bill.
Duplicate bills were introduced in
the house and senate to provide for
the .transfer and annexation of 8,900
acres of Lexington county territory
to Richland county and to filter the
county lines so as to confonli thereto.
The bHls ere sponsored by the Richland
county delegation.
The territory affected by the bills
lies in the extreme northeastern corner
of Lexington county. Fourteen
square miles of territory make up the
plot, which is bounded by Droad river
on the east and north, on the south by
Richland and Lexington counties and
on the west by Nowberry county.
The house also refused to concur in
the amendments of the senate on the
gasoline and inheritance tax bills.
The senate insisted on its amend- (
ments and a free conference committee
consisting of Senators Johnson,
McColl and Laney was appointed for
the inheritance tax measure on the ,
part of the senate.
An unfavorable report was made by
the finance committee on the bill by
Senator Wells to require state colleges
and other state institutions as
well as county supervisors to purchase
supplies from the home mar- i
bets whero practical)}* ? _ ^
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The ultimate passage by the house
of the Sbeppard-Barnett "bad check"
was foreshadowed when the house,
after considerable discussion of the
measure pro and con, sent the bill
to third reading by an overwhelming
majority. The one test vote taken
showed a majority of 75 to 34 favoring
the measure, and the bill is expected
to encounter little, if any, opposition
when It comes up for third
reading.
The bill, which was first introduced
last year with the idea of supplying
teeth to the" check law of the state,
provides "that it shall be unlawful
and felonious for any person in his
own name, or as an attorney In fact
for any other person or persons or
n Q on nfflnnr ft*
? ?? -- vui v? agoui ul uny curjiuration
or unincorporated association,
society pr company, to obtain money
or other property of any kind or nature
whatever, with fraudulent intent
by means of a check, draft or order,
of which such person is maker or
drawer, or which, though he is not
maker or drawer, he, with like intent,
utters or delivers or aids or abets
another to utter or deliver. If such
check, draft or order is not paid by
the drawee, the person making, drawing
or uttering the same shall bo
deemed guilty of the larceny of such
money or property or thing of value
obtained on such credit, and the fact
that such maker or drawer did not
have on deposit with the bank, person,
firm or corporation upon which
Buch check, draft or order is drawn,
sufficient funds to pay the same in
full when presented, shall, as against
the maker or drawer of such check,
draft or order, be prima facie evidence
of fraudulent intent, and any
person so convicted shall be punished
by fine or imprisonment in the discretion
of the court. Provided that
if such check, draft or order be paid,
with costs and interest, upon .notice,
or at any time previous t6 the trial
or examination of such person, or if
such person be not tried or examined,
if such check, draft or order be paid
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no such presumption slmll arise:
Provided, further, that if the amount
of the check, draft or order be less
than $20, the offense may be triable
within the jurisdiction of the magistrate's
court."
Prospects for an adjournment of
the general assembly within the constitutional
40 dnys look rather slim
at present with the senate legislative
mill grinding exceedingly slow in comparison
to the house. Those in touch
with the inner workings of the assembly
seem to think that several extra
weeks will be necessary unless
"more gas Is turned on" and the mill
speeded up. One official said that
if much more speed was not shown
within the next week he was convinced
the two bodies would bo here
until April 1. That, however, is probably
a little far-fetched.
Highway Engineer Resigns.
Charles H. Moorefleld, state highway
engineer, has placed in the hands
of the chairman of tho state highway
commission, R. Goodwyn Rhett, his
resignation, effective at tho pleasure
of tho commission.
Mr. Moorefield'8 action grows out of
the construction put upon a letter
written hy him to Thomas H. MacDonald,
chief of the federal bureau of
public roads, a copy of which was
submitted to members of the ways and
means committee of the house last
week, when highway matters were under
consideration before that committee.
Certain leaders in the general assembly
have insisted that such a letter
was an indiscretion on the port of
Mr. Moorefield. In tendering his resignation
to Mr. Rhett, chairman of
the highway commission, Mr. Moorefield
expressed his willingness to retire
if his elimination would harmonize
elements here that have been opposing
the highway department and
its program. It is understood that certain
leaders in the house and the senate
have assured Governor Cooper
that Mr.Moorefleld's retirement would
eliminate the fight on the highwuy
department.
Charles O. Ilearon, of Spartanburg,
member of the state highway commission.
who waB in Columbia recent
ly expreBBed surprise at the turn the
fight on the state highway department
had taken in the demand for the resignation
of Mr. Moorefleld. state highway
engineer. It is possible, he said,
that Mr. Moorefleld's letter might have
been an indiscretion, but in no way indicated
disloyalty or lack of interest
in the development of highways in
South Carolina. *
Appointments by Governor.
Governor Cooper has made the following
appointments:
B. M. Hardy, rural policeman for
Clarendon coifnty.
G. M. Rrannon, magistrate at Hardeeville,
Jasper county.
J. D. FelSer, J. O. Rhoad and T. H.
Carter, supervisors of registration for
Bamberg county.
J. L. Reeder. W. M. Cobb and J.
W. Bowen, supervisors of registration
for Oconee county.
D. E. Godbold. magistrate at Marlon.
vice C. B. Whilden. resigned.
Miss Clare Jervey and A. J. Moorer,
supervisors of registration for
Charleston county, vice W. B. Mitchell
and O. S. McDowell, resigned.
J. T. Scott, J. W. Johnson. W. R.
Gilchrist, W. T. Strom, J. P. Talhortf
L. W. Ridlehover. W. B. White and
C. R. Edmunds, members of the board
of equalization for McCormick county.
Mr. Edmunds succeeds W. H. Palmer.
W. J. Condon, a member of the
board of assessors for the city of
Charleston, ward 11, vice M. P. Clair.
H. T>. Hartman, a member of the
board of assessors for the city of
Charleston, ward 9. vice A. J. Koaley.
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$1.50 Per Year.
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BI6 CAMPAIGN IN COUiTOK . i
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Hold Mooting to Organlzo Farmers of
the County Into Co-operative j
Association. ?
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Walterboro.?The/ concluding meeting
of the campaign to organise the
tanners of the county Into a co-operative
marketing association was held
at Walterboro. There was also the
committees appointed from every section
of the county for the purpose of
adopting a contract and launching a
membership signing drive. The commUfnn
ma* ? t-" ? ~A*
....wvjv. mot luiiumug u puouc meeting
and spent several hours In discussing
the money phases of the organization,
finally deciding upon a form of contract
used In the tobacco growers*
campaign. This contract includes all
the products of the farm, except cotton,
and will endeavor to find a ready
and profitable market for everything
the farmer has to sell.
The campaign for securing members
will begin and will cover the county.
It is hoped that several hundred termors
at least will be secured, although,
the committee decided upon organiz- ^
ing with a membership of only 100
farmers. Much enthusiasm is shown,
over the plan, which is heralded by
the people of the county as a means to
their financial salvation. They feel
that unitedly they can cope with the
present situntlon and that through it
conditions will be vastly improved.
One of the features following tho
campaign is the organization of community
clubs to handle the problems<
affecting the different sections of the
county. At Smoaks a meeting was
held and a club organized with a largo
membership. At once plans were set
on foot to plant certain crops, among
these being potatoes and beans on a
commercial scale. F. J. Berry was
chosen president of this club and D. E.
Sauls, secretary and treasurer.
But for the valuable assistance rendered
by W. W. Long, state agentp
L. R. Lewis, S. D. Sims, S. E. Evans
and County Agent Kinsey, it would
have been hard to have aroueed the
interest which has been Shown. They
have attended the meetings over the
county, preadhing diversification and
organization. The county is aroused
as never before as to the necessity oC
achieving results along these lines. '
Emphasizes Duty of Grand Jury, i
Anderson. ? The court of general
scsions opened here with Judge Townsend
presiding. In charging the grand
jury Judge Townsend told them that
thew were the biggest factor in law
enforcement, that they were the supervisors
of the law and that they
should not hesitate to heck lawlessness.
The responsibility, primarily,
of enforcing the law in the county;
rests on the grand jury. In the matter
of violation of the prohibition law the
Judge interpreted that also, telling tha
grand jury that it was against the law:
of South Carolina to manufacture and
sell liquor or transport it or store it '
for illicit sale. "Of course," said the
^idgo, "if you have liquor in your possession
legally acquired for medicinal
purposes you are within the law and
if you so wish you may use it for bev
erage. You aro allowed to glvo your
friend a drink, hut you are not per*
mitted to sell any to him." '
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Sumter Officers Destroy Stills. *
Sumter.?A raiding party consisting
of Sheriff C. M. Hurst, Deputy Sheriff
H. G. McKagen and Rural Police Officer
Mlms, found four stills in the
Privateer neighborhood around Big
Bay and Dark Corner. Near Branson's
Bay a big steam-operated whiskey still
was located. The outfit consisted of
a boiler under which was the Are for
generating the steam which was conveyed
by a pipe to the barrel with the
mash already in it. ?
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Cash Mills of Gaffney Sold. *
Oaffney.? The Cash mills, of this
city, which were placed in the hands
of receivers several months ago, wero
sold at auction to C. M. Smith, president
of the Merchants and Farmers
Bank, of this city, for $300,000. Mr.
Smith said he was representing himself
and associates, and would operate
the property. The mill was capitalized
at $500,000, and when the receivers
were appointed had liabilities
of $800,000. There was only one bid
tier and the property was bid In at
the minimum price fired by the
court. :
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Will Stage Winter Exhibition. ?
Greer.?A midwinter farmers and Industrial
exhihtion will be held in
Greer from February 15 to 25, under
the auspices of the Gree# chamber of
commerce. Roy McCarter is mana<i
ger of the exposition and Is being assisted
by II. W. Link, secretary of the
Greer board of trade. The decorating
company of Charlotte ha9 the contract,
for decorating the streets, stores and
booths. During the ten days of the
fair there will be special dally features
and exhibits, ' a
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Brings Suit Against City.,
Orangeburg. ?? Robert Lee Stokes
has brought suit against the city of Orangeburg
for $30,000 for damages because
of the death of hts son, Eddie
Klein Stokes, in Jnne, 1020. The complaint
alleges wrongful death in that
the city allowed owe to be tied out
within the city. It appears that youug i
Stokes was riding on hla bicycle and i
a cow tied to a stake dragged a chain J
across the sidewalk throwing the M
youth to the ground, inflicting lnjuA