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WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
AND ABROAD
EVENTS OMMPORTANCE
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Foreign?
Snipers continue their grim work In
the disturbed sections of Belfast, Ireland.
The total of deathB so far is
eighteen, and the number of pounded
is not less than fifty.
The house of commons has voted
an expression of confidence in the policies
of Lloyd George, on every Issue,
foreign and domestic, now before the
British people.
Chinese shipping companies, lacking
{ government production from pirates
who have been seizing and looting
ocean-going vessels in buccaneer
taple, have taken to arming their ships
and placing details of guards aboard.
The Standard Oil company has definitely
suspended all work at its refineries
near Tampico, and workmen
numbering upward of a thousand will
be discharged immediately, according
to advices from Tampico which say orders
to this affect have been received
from New York. Only the pump workers
will he retained, it was added.
The British military evacuation of
Ireland is expected to be resumed it
was declared by Michael Collins, head I
of the provisional Irish government,
on his return from London, where he
interviewed, Winston Spencer Churchill,
secretary for colonies. General
MacReady, British military comand-1
or in Ireland, visited Mr. Collins, and
their conversation, it was assumed, I
was in connection with the withdrawal
of the troops. Up until recently the
troop movement had not been resumed
but preparations were under way
for the immediate shipment of hundreds
of tons of army Btores.
The first person who can prove that
supernatural causes are not responsible
tor uncanny happenings at Alex
MacDonald's farm in Caledonia .Mills,
near Halifax, N. S., will receive $100
If an offer made by Detective Carroll
of the provincial police and Harold
W^ldden, a Halifax reporter, holds
good.
Firing In the Stanhope street area,
when the disorders broke out anew
recently, after a lull of several hours,
became so intense that police, hurried
to the scene, wore forced to ubo their
arms to subdue the snipers.
Protesting his innocence, the Rev.
Adelard Delorme, Catholic priest,
charged with the murder of his halfbrother,
Raoul, an Ottawa university
student, pleaded to be tried as soon as
possible.
The resignation of Czecho-Slovakia
as "guardian'' of Austria is declared
in diplomatic circles for discussion between
Dr. Eduard Denes, the Czeclio
/premier, and foreign minister and the
British government during the visit
k r In London of Dr. Benes.
The permanent court of international
Justice was opened recently at The
Hague with fitting ceremonies. Several
of the royal families were In attendance.
An attempt was made on the life of
Admiral Nicholas Horthy, the Hungarian
regent, according to reports
published in Vienna.
Washington?
Confidence that the work of the railroad
administration will be "substan
uauy completed" by January 1, 1924,
and that the "entire liquidation of the
obligations of the government arising
during the period of federal control
could be concluded without any additional
appropriation ,for that purpose
by congress" was expressed in a letter
from President Harding to Speaker
Glllett recently.
The Kenyon bill to aid idle men
of the country has been recommitted,
and it Is believed that the return of
the measure to the committee means
its "death."
Boax W. Long, American minister to
Cuba since 1919, has tendered his resignation
to Prestdent Harding to take
effect at once.
While the war department has no
official advices as to the situation at
El Paao, it has been known in Washington
for some time, that a revolution
was brewing across the border. The
department has left the matter to Major
General Howie, as it his business
to take special precautions to protect
the border at any and all times.
Secretary Denby, in asking congress
. for an appropriation of $350,000,000
for the navy next year, in a frank and
detailed statement as to what the navy
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the house naval oommlttee that his
estimate called for a reduction of 10,000
in enlisted personnel, which was
made possible only by putting about
100 destroyers out of commission and
by sharp cuts in shore station forces.
The war department has ordered
further reduction of officers and men
in the American forces in Germany.
There remaips a total of 169 officers
and 2,217 men.
Proposals were made before the interstate
commerce commission at the
hearing by 8. Davie Warfield, president
of the National Association of
Owners of Railroad Securities, preliminary
to a report by f.he board of economics
And engineering appointed by
the association advocating methods
for the economical handling of railroad
equipment.
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A demand for an Immediate investigation
of reports tliat the "fertiliser
Industry" is maintaining an expensive
lobby not to defeat Henry Ford's offer
for the Muscle Shoals nitrate project
was made in the senate by Senator
McKellar, Tennessee.
Congress was torn recently between
passing a sales tax to pay p soldier
bonus and dropping altogether the
cash bonus, stipulating therefor paidup
insurance or land grants. This was
the situation in the wake of President
Harding's letter suggesting the sales
tax for abandonment as the alternatives
for the bonus.
Traffic over the Pennsylvania lines
between here and Baltimore had been
resumed recently after several hours'
interruption caused by the derailment
at Odenton, Md., of two cars on the
Buffalo express. Four persons were
injured, two seriously, and several hundred
yards of track were torn up in
the derailment, necessitating the routing
of Pennsylvania trains over the
Baltimore and Ohio tracks until the
damage was repaired.
The senate judiciary committee, as
a means of relieving congestion in certain
judicial districts, has agreed to
report a bill providing for nineteen additional
United States district judges
and one additional circuit judge.
Domestic?
i Scores of ships of all kinds from
battered tramp steamers of the seven
seas to graceful pleasure-freighted pas|
sengor liners left New York harbor on
a mission of mercy?an a^temVt to res- ]
cue John Birkner, 24, the sailor who
was cast adrift from the steamer Gaffney,
700 miles away, in an unfrequented
part of the Atlantic.
New Orleans telegraph advices show
that the cotton market is taking its
usual spring rise, and in one day the
gains ran up to 55 points over the
previous day. Futures also responded
with a healthy rise.
Pussyfoot Johnson was ejected from
a'Chicago cafe, the other day, by the
waiters and other restaurant employees.
He was literally kicked from the
the "Joint" and his coat and hat thrown
out after him.
The playing of dominoes or loitering
about domino parlors in the military
area at Mexia, Texas, will constitute
evidence that persons so engaged
are vagrants, according to an
order published by Brig. Gen. Jacob
P. Wolters, commander of the National
Guard forces there, to restore
order and break up alleged trafficking
in whisky and drugs.
Hugh C. Fisher, district attorney
for the federal western district of
Louisiana, has been disbarred from
that court for six months on conviction
of contempt of court. Reports
of the court's action have been forwarded
to Washington.
The banker for Lorenzo Guissi, under
arrest at Oakland, Calif., on a
charge of failing to render assistance
to a woman who had been run dow-n
by Guissi's automobile, took a wagon
load of half dollars?$2,00 in all?
to Jail for Guissi's bail. It took police
officers near eight hours to count tho
money, which was finally chocked as
correct.
Dispatches from El Paso, Texas, say
feeling is tense in Juarez, across the
border in Mexico, and at Fprt Bliss,
where reports have caused emergency
steps to be taken to get ready for a
threatened Mexican rebel attack on
Juarez. Five thousand American soldiers
have been mobilized at Fort Bliss
"to protect the border."
The grand Jury recently returned
four true bills against Mrs. Catherine
Rosier in connection with the killing
of her husband, Oscar Rosier, and his
19-year-old stenographer, Mildred Rickett
in his advertising offices at Philadelphia,
Pa.
Fire at Dothan. Ala., destroyed the
plant of the Dothan Syrup company,
causing an estimated loss of $75,000,
covered by insurance.
A terrorist program of international
scope may be revealed through the
arrest at Los Angeles, Calif., of eight
alleged members of a band of extortionists,
it was said by federal and
other officers who participated in the
arrest.
George A. Bowen, attorney, shot and
killpri hi ft wifp Mnrv PnHnn 17
of age. and her mother, Mrs. Julia Taylor,
66, and then ended his life in
his wife's home at Los Angeles, Cal.
Detectives investigating the slaying
of William Desmond Taylor, motion
picture director, continued interviewing
persons thought to have information
possibly bearing on the case,
but without definite results. District
Woolwlne announced at Los Angeles,
Cal.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., addressing
the Westchester County Chamber of
Commerce at New York, told another
story on himself about his recent visit
to China. In one town he visited he
caused removal of the top of the sedan
in which he was being carried to that
he might tetter see the sights. The
populace greeted him in such a peculiar
manner that he made inquiries,
| eliciting the information that he was
riding in state only accorded to crim
nut in uo incir way to be executed.
Tabulation of Alabama official re*
turns from the special election of
Januray 30, submitted by all counties,
show that 111,524 votes were cast for
$25,000,000 good> roads bond issue
amendment and 22,918 against.
Harvey Church, condemned to die
in Chiengo for murder of two automo*
bile salesmen whom he had lured to
the basement of his home in order to
gain possession of an expensive motor
car, must live to die on the gallows,
county Jail officials have decided, so
they broke his hunger strike by forcibly
feeding him through a tab*.
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POET MILL, 1
STATE TEACHERS TO
MEET NEXT MONTH
ASSOCIATION WILL. PROBABLY
BRING FIFTEEN HUNDRED
TO COLUMBIA.
OPENING SESSION MARCH 10
Glee Clubs of the University, Chlcora
College and Columbia College Are
Invited to Take Part.
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Columbia.^-Preparations for the annual
meeting of the State Teachers'
association are going ahead rapidly,
the speakers having been secure.d, the
department meetings arranged and
the program having been placed in
the hands of the printer. The opening
session will be held March i6. The
meeting of the association will close
March 18.
The regular Sessions of the association
will be held in the high school
building, in the Washington Street
Methodist church and in the Sunday
school building of the First Baptist
church. The evening meetings will
be held in the Columbia theater. The
glee clubs of the university, Chicora
college and Columbia college have
been invited to take part on the general
programs, and two of these have
already accepted.
The attendance at this meeting will
probably be 1,500 and in order to accommodate
these visitors it will be
necessary to call on the people of
tha city to open their homes, according
to the members in charge of the meeting.
Families who are in position to
furnish either rooms or table board
or both have been invited to notify
the secretary of the chamber of commerce
so that the rooms may be listed.
Rates and the number of teachers
that can he accommodated will be
desired by the chamber, ns the teachers
will make application direct to
the secretary, and the secretary will
assign the teachers to the different
residences.
, State Sunday School Convention.
Spartnnburg.?The preliminary announcement
of program for the annual
State Sunday School association
convention was made by the program
committee. Among those who have
already accepted places on the program
are Dr. H. E. Tralle of Philadelphia.
bead of the training work of the
American Baptist* Publication society.
Dr. Tralle will speak each day of the
convention.
Dr. Robert S. Truesdale, pastor of
Main Street Methodist church. Columoia.
will speak on "Sunday School
Evangelism." Dr. Truesdale is secretary
of the evangelism committee
of the State Sunday School association,
and is widely known for his interest
in this phase of church work.
Dr. Watson U. Duncan, pastor of
Cheraw Methodist church, and one of
the most populur lecturers in the
state, will speak on "The Discovery of
a Little Child."
Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop
college, will preside over the
convention sessions as president. The
convention sessions will be held at
the University of South Carolina and
the date has been set for June 20, 21.
and 22, in accordance with the wish
of the university authorities, this being
the week following commence
ment.
Fires on Officer at Close Range.
Rock Hill.?By striking down the
pistol of Manllus Owens, just as he
was pulling the trigger, S. M. Willlford,
policeman, probably saved his
own life. The officers hand was
burned by the discharge while the bullet
ripped through his coat, just missing
the skin. Had his hand been a
fraction of a second later the ball
would have doubtless penetrated the
body. Owens was arrested by Constable
Allen a minute later and gave
bond in the sum of $500 for appearance
at the York court of general sessions
on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill.
Death Claims Able Attorney.
Florence.?Philip Allston Willcox,
general solicitor of the legal department
of the Atlahtlc Coast Line railroad
and recognized as one of the
ablpst lawyers of the South, died here
after an illness of three weeks. He
was 55 years old. /
Growers of Peanuts Organize.
Clover.?The Clover Peanut Growers'
association was organized at a
meeting of leading farmers of the
community in the opera house here.
L. H. Jackson was elected president,
Arthur Quinn, vice president and V.
O. Hambright, secretary and treasurer.
The association will undertake to encourage
farmers of the community to
plant at least 100 acres in peanuts
this year. Interest in the growing of
peanuts has been promoted largely
through the efforts of the First National
hank.
More Marlon Tree*.
Marion.?Many new trees dot the
public square and line the streets of
Marion as a result of the work of the
tree commission recently created by
the town council. Due to the urgings
of a committee from the Civic league,
the council was moved to further beautify
the town of Marion by expending
some money on trees. The commission
is composed of the following citizens:
J. W( Johnson, chairman; L
P. Byars, E. B. Hamer. Mrs. Henry
Buck and Miss Mabel Montgomery.
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HOSPITAL PLANS I
ARE ANNOUNCED |
ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL CON.
STRUCTION TO CARE FOR
FORMER SERVICE MEN.
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY |
Proposed Program Would Include
Many Beds Needed for the fcare
of Mental Patients. r
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dations for additional government hospital
construction in various parts of .
the country for former service men
framed by a conference of specialists
on mental diseases were made
public by the veterans' bureau. The
proposed program would Include a J
total of 12.000 beds needed for the
care of mental pntients. Location of a
hospital of 500 beds in the western
part of Massachusetts to receive pa
tients from Vermont, New Hampshire
and northern Connecticut towns was
recommended to replace the hospital ,
now in use at East Norfolk, Mass.,
while the use of Fort Hoover at Buffalo
was suggested. Increase of the
hospitals at Perryville and Gulfport, ?
Miss., were recommended together
with the construction of a new in- ,
stitution of 500 beds to be increased
later to 1,000 beds in district No. 7,
comprising Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
Disapproval of the use of the 1
hospital at Maywood, III., was expressed
and a new hospital of 1.000 beds
to be increased to 1,500 beds was 1
urged for district No. 8. comprisinp
Michigan. Illinois and Wisconsin.
A new hospital of 500 beds to be increased
to 1,000 beds was urged for 1
district No. 9, comprising Iowa. Mis- '
souri, Knnsas and Nebraska, to re (
place the present institution at Knox 1
ville, Iowa. 1
A hospital of 500 beds was recom '
mended for district No. 10, compris '
ing Minnesota, North Dakota, South '
Dakota nnd Montana.
A hospital of 250 beds to be in- 1
creased to 500 beds was susreestefi
for district No. 13, comprising Ore- 1
gon, Idaho and Washington, which 1
would care for patients from the western
part of the Tenth district and the
northern part of district No. 12. com- 1
prising California. Nevada and Ari- zona.
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An increase in the capacity of the '
hospital now being built at Fort ?
I.ogan H- Root, Little Rock. Ark.,
was also recommended.
The program was said to be under '
consideration by the bureau which '
was awaiting the action of congress '
upon pending legislation to provide ]
$16,000,000 for further hospital con
struction.
Much Electric Power Promised. i
Washington.?Supply of hydro-elec- i
trie power for municipal and industrial
purposes throughout -the region with- ]
in transmission distance of Muscle <
Shoals, Alabama, estimated by engi i
neer experts at 400 miles, was prom- \
ised by Thomas W. Mastin, president i
of the Alabama Power company, in j
the event Congress accepted the of- i
fer of that company for purchase and i
lease of the shoals projects.
Mr. Martin's statement pointed out <
that the offer to operate at Muscle <
Shoals under the federal water
! power act obligated the company to
function as a public utility "bound j
! to nerve everyone without discrimt- ]
I nation, either In rates or in service."
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Photographers Pay to Snap Wedding ,
London.?Completed plans reported |
for photographing Princess Mary's ,
wedding on February 28 reveal the
fact that photographers, in order to |
procure desirable vantage spots for j
their cameras, will be called upon to (
pay huge sums of money.
From 40 to F>0 motion picture cameras
will be employed and about 100 ,
press cameras for snapping photo- ,
graphs of the procession. A favored ,
I place for taking pictures will be near ,
the Westminster abbey gateway where (
| the bridegroom. Viscount Lascelles, |
King George. Queen Mary and other (
members of the royal family as well
as the chief guests, will alight from .
their carriages
' Cross Border Into Mexico.
Mexico City.?Thirty men crossed
the American border Into Mexico at
Columbus, N. M., according to advices
sent by Governor Enriquez of
the state of Chihuahua to the war office.
The advices said the men were
being pursued.
Rebel forces of Rosalio Hernandez,
under close pursuit by federal troops,
have been driven from Chihuahua
across the boundary line into the hills
of the state of Coahlula. says a message
received by the department of
the interior from Governor Enriquez.
Plan Expansion for University.
Washington. ? A nation-wide campaign
(or two million dollars as an
endowment and expansion fund for
Lincoln Memorial university, a school
located in the mountains of Tennessee,
has been started here. It would
provide facilities for a thousand or
more students.
Governor Taylor declared the memorial
university already is working
wonders In the regeneratiou and development
of the hill country. It
was founded 25 years ago at Cumberland
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IPPBOPRHTIOH BILL
S PASSED BT HOUSE
JILL CARRIES TOTAL OF $5,672,768.
ONLY SLIGHT INCREASE
ALLOWED.
iOVERNOR SENDS MESSAGE
'leads With General Assembly to
Support Schools?Gerald Bill
Is Made Law.
Columbia.
Carrying a total of $5,672,758.51, an
ncrease of only $1,073.84 over the
neasure as reported from the ways
ind means committee, the general
ippropriation bill was given its final
passage in the house of representa.ives
and was ordered sent to the
senate.
The general appropriations bill ran
he gamus of as thorough debate as
iny measure of its kind has ever revived
in the lower body. Discussion
>f the measure was commenced
Thursday night at 8 o'clock, and this
:ontinued until Friday morning at 2
j'clock and, after a respite until 10
j'clock, was again resumed and continued
until 2:30 Friday afternoon,
when a recess was taken for lunch.
The debate was resumed at 4 o'clock,
!>ut the house was then weary, and
:he bill was given its second reading
it 5:50 o'clock. It was then decided
.o adjourn until 12.01 Saturday morning,
pive only third reading to the
measure and quit.
There was a determined effort on
the part of a minority of the house
to materially reduce the bill by offering
amendment to practically every
Item. But these were unavailable, ex
:c|ii in uiruu cases. ine Dill was
intended eight times, but five of these
intendments were from the ways and
means committee which held such an
unbending front under the leadership
af its chairman, T. E. Humpes, of
Marion, and two of its influential
members, C. N. Sapp, of Richland, and
R. B. Reiser, of Sumter, that the
measure went through almost as it
was introduced.
The only changes adopted were:
Amendment by A. O. Hydrick, of
Orangeburg, and R. J. Wade, of
Aiken, to delete the item carrying an
appropriation of $2,500 for a summer
school for coaches at the University
[)f South Carolina.
Amendment by J. C. Kearse, of
Bamberg, to decrease the pay of G.
Croft Williams, secretary of the state
welfare board, from $3,150 to $2,500.
The ways and means committee had
previously reduced it from $3,150, or
10 per cent.
Amendment of J. K. Owens, of
Marlboro, to increase the pay of the
stenographer of the state bank examiner
from $1,200 to $1,450.
Amendments by the ways and
meuun cuHiiimi.ee 10 inorease toe pay
of inspectors of the state department
of agriculture; the chief inspector
from $2,160 to $2,400; first factory inspector
from $1,600 to $2,000; second
factory inspector from $1,600 to $1,900,
and seven other inspectors from $1,500
to $1,900 each.
Amendment by the ways and means
committee to increase the balance
flue on 1921 building contract at Confederate
home from $568.80 to $802.6 4.
The insurgents against the ways
and means committee bill were ably
led by J. K. Owens, of Marlboro; J.
K. Hamblln, of Union, and R. J. Wade,
of Aiken, but their efforts were futile
against the close formation front of
their antagonists, except in three
small amendments.
The major fight, precipitated by the
governor's special message Thursday
night, was on the appropriations for
the department of education. Several
rather severe cuts were made and a
prolonged effort was made, covering
about five hours, to have them reinstated,
but they failed. After the ways
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this section the members who wanted
to amend the hill sepmed to lose
heart, and they gradually began to
drift out of the chamber until there
was barely a quorum to give the
measure its second reading.
Governor Cooper sent a special metBoth
legislative houses adopted the
free conference report on the inheritance
tax bill, recommending that all
.uo ocnaic siuenamenu De agreed to
save one. This amendment was to
tax any Rift or deed made within two
gears before death, this time being
construed to be in contemplation of
leath. The bill was ordered enrolled
for ratification by the house and so
will be the first of the series to become
law If it Is not vetoed by the governor.
The house favored no limit on
the the years at all, but the senate
finally agreed to two years.
Among the number of measures
killed were: W. R. Harris' measure
to require the publication at the end
>f each year of the total amount of
fees received by the various clerks of
:ourt, probate judges, auditors and
sheriffs of the state and the Mclnnes
bill to prevent the sale and use of
Reel traps In the state. The measure,
introduced by J. K. Hamblln, to proride
that no suit be brought against
i county or highway commission for
lamage to property by reason of the
t>,ulldtng or repairing any road within
two years of the time of such alleged
lamage, was also klllfed _
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sage to both houses of the general assembly
in which he said he was gravely
concerned in the proposed appropriations
for the public schools. The
governor called attention to the advancement
of the school system and
how the appropriations recommended
in the ways and means committee bill
would seriously cripple the work. He
urged the legislature not to reduce the
common school work a3 a sacrifice
for the institutions of higher learning.
In the senate the massage, upon
motion of Senator Goodwin, was referred
to the finance committee. The
house received it as inofrmation.
Final passage of the Gerald bill requiring
street railway companies and
their employes to arbitrate their disputes
was a feature of the senate session,
the measure being passed by a
vote of 27 to 7. This bill, while farmed
as an act not applying to any particular
company, in reality affects
only the street railway company of
Columbia and its employes as it applies
to counties having incorporated
cities of more than 30,000 and less
than 50,000 inhabitants. Senators
Pearce, Miller and Ragsdale led the
fight for the passage and Senator
"Watkins against it, as he thought the
bill unconstitutional and voted
against it on that ground.
The joint resolution providing for
the appointment of a committee composed
of three members of the house
and three from the senate to investigate
the advisability of erecting an
office building in Columbia to house
the state offices was killed by a large
majority.
The program to provide for biennial
sessions of the general assembly and
for four-year terms for state officers
encountered an impasse in the house
of representatives when the first of
the series of seven joint resolutions,
required to make these changes in
the state constitution came up for
consideration and failing to muster
the needed-two-thirds majority, was
killed. The other six resolutions, following
the defeat of this first measure,
Iwere tabled and withdrawn from the
files of the house upon the motion of
Representative Eugene S. Bleaso
of Newberry county with the concurrence
of F. G. Harris of Spartanburg,
one of the three authors of the bills.
The record vote on the bill stood 53
to 52 In favor of its passage.
The resolution upon which the fight
was made was the bill to provide for
the amendment of Article 10 of the
state constitution so as to provide for
the levying of the state taxes biennially
instead of annually as at present.
\V. P. Robinson of Lancaster
led the attack on this bill, opening
the discussion with a motion to strike
out the enacting words. This brought
a number of the young members of the
house to the defense of the measure,
chief among these being Representatives
J. R. Rryson of Greenville, F. G.
Harris of Spartanburg and Julius S.
Mc.Innes of Darlington, joint authors
of the series of resolutions.
Of the 4S states in the United
States 40 of these, it was pointed out.
now operate under the biennial system.
while only six ? among these
South Carolina?still cling to the annual
meetings. In two states the leglislatures
meet every four years. Similar
resolutions, it was stated, were
passed by both houses of the general
assombly several years ago and submitted
to the people of the state with
the result that ufter changes had
been agreed to by the voters of tho
state the general assembly "for some
reason" failed to ratify the election.
James DeTreville of Waltetrboro and
J. O. Williams of Easley also spok6
In favor of the measure.
The committee on banking and insurance
returned favorable reports,
with amendments in certain cases, on
the bills by Senator Hart to further
regulate the banking business, with
the exception of the measure in reference
to a certain reserve fund, whi'-h
was given an unfavorable report.
Senator Chrlstensen's bill to amend
the fish and game laws so as to Btrike
out the clause providing for a $5 license
for fishing boats in the low
country and requiring owners of such
boats to report the number of fish
caught and also striking out the
clause making a closed season for terrapin
until July 15, 1925, as well aa
amending the law so as to allow terrapins
five and one-half inches long
to be caught instead of five inches,
was passed and sent to the house with
no strenuous objection. Senator Hart
interrupted Senator Chrlstensen's explanation
of the bill long enough to
ask him what Griffenhagen said about
the bill.
Prospects for an adjournment of
the general assembly within the constitutional
40 days 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 be here
until April 1. That, however, 1b probably
a little far-fetched.
Governor Makes Appointments.
Governor Cooper made the following
apointments:
W. T. Giles, J. D. Epps and T. J.
West to be supervisor of registration
for Union county.
T. E. Stanley to be magistrate at
Marlon, vice D. E. Godbold, who was
appointed to succeed Magistrate Whilden,
but declined to serve.
J. W. Fulmer to be master in equity
of Saluda oounty.
Capt. Ellas Day. S. H. Tlrown and
J. A. Brown to be supervisors of registration
for Pickens county.
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Barnett Griffin Dies at Hospital In
Columbia?Details of Gaston Saw
Mill Tragedy Meagre. i
Columbia.?Barnott Griffin, of Gas^
ton, died at the Baptist hospital as tho
result of Injuries received In a boiler
explosion which also Instantly killed
Griffin's brother and Injured a thlrd_
man. Barnett Griffin was only about
15 years old.
The explosion was that of the boiler
of a saw mill at Gaston where, according
to the information reaching
Columbia, the two Griffin boys and
several other persons were working
at the time. A piece of flying debris
struck Barnett Griffin in the head,
fracturing his skull, while his left
arm was also lacerated severely. Tlio
explosion also caused a deep burn
about the abdomen.
Barnett Griffin was brought to the
Baptist hospital where he underwent
an operation in a vain effort to save
his life, living only about half an hour
aftor his arrival here.
Young Griffin's brother was almost
instantly killed by the explosion, according
to the information received in
Columbia, while a third young man
was almost completely buried beneatli
the debris to escape with minor hurts.
Outlines Program for Convention.
Sumter.?I'ost G of the T. P. A. gavo
a smoker for its members for the purpose
of considering plans for the state
convention which will be held in Sumter
May 4 and 5. The smoker was
held at the Y. M. C. A. building and
the repast was served by the high
Bchool "Y" girls. H. L. Scarborough,
who is president of the local post,
placed before the members a tentative
program which he had outlined and
which had heon approved by various
posts and members to whom ho has
submitted it over the state. The principal
features of this program are a
compact business session for the first
day, with a lunch at mid-day, a chicken
siew jute in tlie afternoon nnd an entertainment
that evening; for the second
day a short business seslon that
will ennhle up-country delegates to
take the noon train for their homes.
Bank in. Operation.
Anderson.?The Citizens' Bank of
Honea Path opened its doors after being
closed for almost a month. Tho
directors are optimistic ahout the future
of the bank, and tendered a vote
of thnnks to James Craig, state bank
examiner, and his assistants in reopening
the Institution. During the
first hour after tho bank reopened deposits
amounted to $5,000. The old depositors
guaranteed to leave their deposits
in the bank for a year.
Hundreds at Work on Bridge.
cjnariesion.?nie scene ai tne sit?
of the Santee river bridge and the approaches
thereto is a very busy one
at present, with something like 300
men at work, and the big construction
project is shaping up very well, the
prospects being that the bridge will
he completed about this time next
year. Work on the sub-structure, on
the piling nnd on the iilling is proceeding
rapidly and the substructure
is approximately three-fourths finished,
it is estimated. Work on this end
of the project has been slowed up a
bit because of the high water, hut that
has not hindered activity on the shore
ends. The Simons-Mayrant company
has this construction in charge. It is
of interest to note that material for
the superstructure or bridge proper,
is arriving and the Atlantic Bridge Co..
contractors, will in due time commence
work on this feature of the
project.
Killed by Automobile. \
Anderson. .? Abraham Paletr was
struck by an automohilo and died from
his injuries shortly after he was taken
to a hospital. Tho car was driven byHenry
Hill, young white man from
Equinox mill. Charlie Hill, Raymond
Morris and two other men. named Heller
and Freeman, are being held at tho
county Jail. These four men are said
to have been in the car.
Train Kills Two Mules.
Fort Mill. ? Southern railway pas
senger train j>o. in, nnnnnoumi, ana
due in Fort Mill about noon, ran into
a team at Spratt street crossing, killing
the two mules and demolishing the
wagon which was loaded with wood,
while the driver, Tom Smith, narrowly
escaped with his life.
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Selling 8weet Potatoes.
Mnnning. ? The Manning curing
house shipped 560 cratos of sweet potatoes.
These potatoes wore sold by
the South Carolina Sweet Potato association
to a firm in Washington and
broCTjht a fancy price, showing decidedly
the value of co-operative marketing.
The grading and packing of
the crates were under the supervision
of L. H. I^ewis, marketing agent of tho
extension forces. Large numbers of
farmers observed the manner in
which the potatoes were handled and
gained much valuable Information.
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Poe Discusses Marketing Plan.
Newberry.?Clarence Poe, editor of
The Progressive Farmer, addressed a
large gathering of farmers in the
court house here. The court house
could not accommodate all who had
come to hear this student of agricultural
problems. His subject was the
co-operative marketing or pooling of
cotton in connection with the campaign
being pressed over the state.
At tho meeting 1,253 bnles of cotton
were pledged. Major Andrew Bram*
lett, of Rock Hill, was another speaker.