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' / ' V |Ka|. . Established in 1891. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD DISPATCHES OF IMPORTANT HAP. PSNING8 GATHERED PROM OVER TKR WORLD. HI MB THF ttllW DtintD p.. *n nib WW I nuwn* TIM OMWTMtM or Seven Days Otvwi , In An Ipltomlstd Farm Fee Qulok Reading Foreign? ] The allied council of ambassadors >i has decided to withdraw the Internationa! troops occupying Scutari. Albania. The decision Is said to be due to civil strife In Albania. Pope Plus, In speaking to a delegation of the Roman nobility and a group of Americans, led by ex-Sentaor Fhelan of California, said he wasted all women of prominence and Influence to make a crusade against the Immodest fashions of the day. The British submarine H-42 has been lost with all hands In the Mediterranean, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Qibralter. She oolleded with a destroyer during maneuvers. The "open threat of revolution signified by the decision of the anti-free Staters to hold the forblddnn TrUh ra. publican army convention, has created^ a precarious position," the London Times* correspondent here declares, In a ftispatch to his paper. The elaborate arrangements for the , 'capture or destruction of the anachronistic creature reported to have been seen In an Andean lake, have been made by the expedition which left'recently for Patagonia under the auspices of the Buenos Aires Zoological garden. Two members of the cabinet have resigned as the result of differences in the ministry over the government's determination to eliminate three letters from the Bulgarian alphabet, which was announced several weeks ago. United States as well as central Europe must be on guard against the j Introduction of cholera and typhus | through Immigration of Russian refu- ( gees, says a warning issued by Dr. \ A. Schleslnger, of the German Red i Cross. Hordes of these refugees are t pouring into Germany over the Polish, i Latvian and Esthonlan borders, and , many are seeking passports to Amer- , ica, where they have re la 'ves and ' friends who are financing them for \ the journey. . j The conditions under which the rep- ; a rations commission will grant Ger- j many a partial moratorium were an- j K/, aounced... They Include perfect auto- < 1 nomy for the Reichsbank and new leg- j lslation to prevent evasion of Ger- , man capital, the legislation to be ( ready for application upon a fixed rate. Ditpatches from Ireland reporting , continued disorders on a wide scale , along the Ulster border continued to . poor into London, affording the house ( of lords opportunity for a vtglrous . debate on the.IHsh bill in which the ! question of lawlessness and civil war ' were frequently Injected by both sides. A Central News dispatch from Venice says that a tidal wave recently Inundated the city, the water rising to a depth of more than 3 feet Jn some , of the public squares. Washington? An Investigation has been instituted by the interstate commerce commission, according to announcement into the reasonableness of practically all J rates on coal in the western portion | of the United States. The United States Public Health i Service has just concluded a confer- < ence of physicians and health work- < ers called to Inquire into ways and > means by which public health teach- i Ings can be better spread through the 1 country. i Striking an open switch near Albe rat, Vs., 60 miles south of Richmond, < the Seaboard Air Line's Mldsouth < fpecial was derailed recently, five sleepers- leaving the track and turning < over. j tTbe house, passed the 94,000,000,000 < soldier bonus bill. Since no. amend- 1 ments were permitted under the rule, { the measure as passed was In the i same form as reported from the house i ways and means committee. < Despondent because of 111 health. Esther Davidson, 28-year-old office em- 1 ployee, penciled a will on a piece of scratch pape/ and jumped from a I twenty-third story window of The 1 Times building Broadway and Fortysecond steet. , Radical reductions In the navy dls cussed by house appropriations comrfalttee members may result In naval ' I f abandonment of Atlantic waters and 4 concentration of the fleet In the PaIjjRf' r dflc some navy officials believe. Efflc- 1 \ tent training or war of the reduoed ' \ establishment. It was explained by one 5 officer would require such action. ' I,: The house gave its approval to a provision of the army appropriation < bill which would require the reduo- < tlon by July of the regular army en- 1 listed strength to 115000 men. i * Members of the senate agricultural 1 committee, after considering the request of senate leaders that senators 1 SsSv- not absent themeeivea from sessions ' during consideration of the artna con- 1 follow thl ^ ?* tog apjhr*r~*tr Wttrt plan to Imt? Hh|v; %pjopft^n (or a Tteit In company < %%M&ag>?u fruKlbwaai mambar to the Muscla i ' in Alaba^ja_, , HjJw!figfl%ttr gBBfciwS^fcj#) a. m&mmm \ r 7;i Tl Henry St, George TucTktr of Virginia has coma back Into the house after an absence of fifteen years. He was elected from the Tenth Virginia district to succeed the late Henry D. flood. Release of all war. prisoners serving terms for expression of opinion and not for overt acts was urged in a petition recently presented the president signed by fifty members of the house of representatives. The American government recently lent to the allied powers another note i apple mental to the one previously dls patched and designed to support its claim for equality with those powers In the payment of costs arising from the Rhlneland occupation. Prohibition officials declare that plans are maturing for a ten thousand mile wall about tbe United States to stop the flow of alien rum into this country. Stocks of potatoes in the hands of farmers and dealers March 1 In the fifteen leading potato states are estimated at 90,946,000 bushels by the department of agriculture. Of this quantity 78,486,000 bushels were held by farmers and 17,460,000 bushels were held by local dealers. Of the holdings in the hands oi producers 30,936,000 bushels are expected to more off the farm and 42,666,000 to be retained. All naval vessels except combatant craft arriving at the Hampton Roads naval base from foreign ports will be searched for "suspicion packages/' unde orders Issued by Rear Admiral Rodman. commandant of the fifth naval district. Business Is gradually approaching normal, according to figures compiled by the department of commerce and while the favorable movement among the different Industries has not been evenly distributed the Improvement of those Industries which "constitute the backbone of American business,'' has been "very marked" over conditions of a few months ago. Frank Piano, Sr., who killed his son "to save his soul," was acquitted by a Jury at Chicago. The father testified that his son was hanging aroitid pool rooms with a gang of boys he feared would lead his boy into trouble. Domestic? A bottle contalni4? a note purporting to be signed by an engineer on board the navy collier Cyclops, wtiich disappeared In 1917, has been picked up nonneast or Cape Lookout lighthouse, near Beaufort, N. C. It states that a German submarine was close by and that all hands had been ordered on board the U-boat and that the ship was then to be torpedoed. In an effort to rescue a woman trapped by a fire In a rooming house in New Orleans. Fireman GoCuf Viu&i, 24, lost his life. The body was found In a bath room after the flames had been put out. Fifteen persons in the building escape, but one man suffered a broken limb and several woman were slightly burned. Property damage was Insignificant. Harry Shuford, 30, prominent cotton mill executive of Gastonla, N. C., and brother-in-law of George W. Wilton, prosecuting attorney, was found dead In his room In a hotel at Bessemer City, after he had returned from a visit to his fiance. A bullet hole In the right temple and a jagged wound on the head were found on the remains. Because four young women in his congregation giggled right out In meeting, Rev. George Robertson, pastor of a negro church has hailed them into police court on a charge of breaking up a church service. The magistrate continued the case until he could consult law and precedents on gig Hug. S. A. Keller, president of District 19, United Mine Workers (Tennessee), Issues an appeal for a congressional investigation of the threatened eviction sf coal miners, their wives and children of eastern Tennessee and southsastern Kentucky. He states that notwithstanding the union had a signed agreement to run to March 31, 1922, he miners voluntarily, December, 1921, wnyiau a rwuucuon or fz.60 per day In wages, and now the mine owners irant to make a further reduction In weges. It la stated In New York that hunireda of railroads have Instituted Injunction proceedings againHt the government by counsel In connection with the rate order promulgated by the interstate commerce commission, effective March 1, which the petitioners aslert is arbitrary and outside the powers of the commission. Governor J. B. A. Robertson, of Oklahoma, submitted to arrest at Okmulgee, Okla., on a charge of accepting a bribe to permit operation of an Insolvent bank. Convicted of stealing $31,000 worth of assets in bankruptcy proceedings, lacob Harris and Joseph Weiner, wholesale Jewelers, were bound for Atlanta penitentiary to serve sentences ?f a year and a day each. Williams Simmons and Homes Johnion, sawmill workers, were burned to leath while aaleep at Dlerks' Ark., when tire destroyed the Westbrook Hotel. The lugger World, together with her jrew of nine men and cargo of whiskiy, said to be worth $30,000, fell Into the hands of federal prohibition igents on Lake Ponchartraln, near hftlneburg. Miss Elsie Smith. 1$, and Alphonse 3eyer, 23, were found in the trying oom of the Maple Silk <t?mn?i??'? ,Un. each with bullet wounds in the ?ad. at Peterson, N. J. Workers ta aome of the mills affectid bp the sWke were attacked by trike sympathisers In the Fatrlawu Istrtct at Pawtucket. R. L -general" Jaoob 8. Coxey, of Mashlon. Ohio, who led "Cexey*e army" a the march en Washington h 1894. b the tetoieat sir eoeaomlc letiaUtloo neilHHHnrirt, announced tka he was C?? > gather toiWwars tor e? Jwiii.ffl tkAilMuu* HE F( " I * * ' f COMMITTEES ARGUE I SHOALS PROBLEM I , , t... ' ADVICE OF AMERICA'8 FOREMOST < ENGINEERS WILL BE 80UGTH. I : WILL LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON I 1 Lot of Evldenco Obtained In Waahing I i ton Found by the Committees to i Be "Camouflage." # ??????? Florence, Ala.?The foremost engineers of America will be called to ap- , pear In Washington before the senate , agricultural committee to aid in solv- , ing the Muscle Shoals problem, Sen- ( ator Norris, chairman of the commit- j tee, announced here after the govern- , menf's plants had been inspected. Members of the house military affairs committee, which with the senate committee, is inspecting the ni- ! irate ana waterpower projects, expressed the view that Muscle Shoals , actually and Muscle Shoals on paper ( looked quite unlike, and Representative Hull declared the house committee would never consent to the plants being scrapped. Mr. Hull said the plantB might well be used in time of peace for making 1 fertilisers but that they must "ever be kept in readiness in case of emergency." ' Chairman Norris did not share the ( view of a few of his colleagues that ' - the Muscle Shoals problem might be speedily disposed of on return to 1 Washington of the committee. He said he would Invite the presidents i of four chemical and technical or- i ganlzatlons to appear before the committee at once. They are the American Society of Electrical Engineers, i American Society of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. "We have a tremendous responsi- i bility before us," asserted the chair- i man, "and we are going to endeavor , to thresh It out along business-like and sound scientific lineB." In saying that the visit of the t committees has shown many new an- \ gles to the situation not covered by , the hearings in Washington. Mr. Hull | declared "we had a lot of evidence be- | fore us which we have found here to | be more camouflage." It was his | opinion, he ?aiu, that much of the , ground must be gone over again. \ 1 The entire day was spent in a tour ( of the two nitrate plants and other properties of the reservations. Data before the committeemen showed that the government spent $81.237,$56 on the nitrate plants and that tbe salvage value as scrap was estimated at j $7,850,000. They were told that plant No. 1 was obsolete and that $4^000.000 would be required to make it modern. After an lnsnection of tho ?! <? fo? proposed dam No. 1, 17 miles east of j Florence, the party will leave for Washington. Wins Jewels By Birth of Daughter. Oakland, Calif.?James C. Blum, Jr., by becoming the father of a girl, has won the right to inherit two necklaces, one of diamonds and the other of pearls, valued together at $100,000. His mother, Mrs. Rosa Blum, bequeathed them to be his when his ' wife gave birth to a daughter. Blum, who already had come into possession Of the rest of his mother's $330,000 estate, brought suit last . year to get the necklace because his wife had borne a son. Plan to Recover Land. Washington.?Plans for recovering to the government, through exercise , of the right of eminent domain, lands at Norfolk, Va., upon which extensive construction was erected during the , war, are under consideration, it was said in government circles. . Eight Persons Drowned. San Salvador. ? Eight passengers were drowned, among them two children and a newly married couple, , when the steamboat Elenlta was wrecked on a bar in the Colorado river, northeast of Costa Rica, says a ' dispatch received here. . Many New Offenders. Washington.?Only 14 per cent of the crimes registered by civil authori- i ties in the last six months can be at- < tributed to previous offenders, accord Ing to B. E. Duddlng, president of > the Prison Relief society. Based on t statistics, which he said had been ob- f talned from official prison records, Mr. ( Dud (ling estimated that 86 per cent r of those definitely connected with ( crime in the paBt half year have been } new offenders. Some are wealthy and | commit crime without hope of gain, ( he said. Swift Faces Charge. Chicago.?Louis F. Swift, Jr., son ( of the packer, was free on bond but j scheduled to appear before the police t magistrate on a charge of driving an t automobile while intoxicated. Mr. | Swift was arrested after his automo- f bile had collided with another car and ( was held four hours at the Evanston t police station until his brother Wil- t llam appeared and furnished bond. { Mr. Swift denied the charge of in- fl toxlcatlon. He explained that the accident was unavoidable, due to a , slippery pavement. Joffre In Victoria. Victoria, B. C.?Marshal Joffre of , France, bow fiere in his own words . as "an envoy of peace," arrived from f the Far Baat on the. liner 80ver State. . With hip are. Madame Joffre and J - 5*. *; I *y?*yvr. - <[ . i # )RT ] FORT BOLL, S. 0., THtTI IS MILLION ADDED FOR WATERWAYS HOUSE INCREASES APPROPRIATION FOR RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. \? ' IDOPTED BY VOTE OF 3 TO 1 Discussion of Army Appropriatlor Bill so Protracted That Vote is Not Reached. J Washington.?Disregarding the rec ommendations of the budget bureau ind of the appropriations committee, the house by a three to one vote added $15,000,000 to the amount carried in the army appropriation bill for river and harbor improvements. An amendment to increase the lump sum allotment from $27,635,260 to f42.815.661 was adopted by a vote of 158 to 54 after three hours of acfiminious debate during which 40 membere aired their views. The vote cn the amendment was along sectional rather than party lines, republicans splitting on the proposal while most of the democrats favored it. The discussion was so protracted that a final vote on the bill could not be reached. The phrase "porlr barrel legislation" frequently was injected into the debate which had all the earmarks of congressional wrangles of former years over rivers and harbors appro priations. The amount originally recommended in the bill was sligstly in excess of the Bum approved by the budget bureau while the total proposed was the amount requested by the chief ol army engineers, in charge of the im yruvmneiu. earned as a lump with the amount to be expended on various projects not specified, the appropria Hon would be aportloned by the army engineering corps to continue work during the coming fiscal year on projects already authorised. Representative Mondell character lied the movement to increase the appropriation as the "first assault on the budget system" and as a "raid Dn the treasury." Mr. Burton con tended action of the house in approving the increase showed the mistake of making lump sum appropriations. Such a system, he added, cauBoii members to combine in support 01 large sums so that projects in their district would be taken care of. Mr. Mann declared that opponents sf the bill made it appear that "a hand of rascals" were attempting to raid the treasury. A number of representatives who approved the increase advanced the argument that improvement of inland waterways would allow farmers and manufacturers in the interior to move their products by water more cheaply than they now can do so by the railroads. To Abandon Rented Warehouses, wannington. ? Vast quantities of seized liquors .stored by the government in rented warehouses throughout the country are to be transferred to army buildings as fin economy measure. Assistant Prohibition Commissioner Jones made this announcement on his return from an inspection of liquor conditions in Chicago, where preparations have nearly been , completed Tor the transfer of millions of gallons of liquor held by the government in rented storehouses into army buildings. Mr. Jones said this step In Chicago would mean a saving of ibout $11,000 a year in rentals. In New Yorlc and other large cities, the assistant commissioner declared, the same procedure will be followed ind a large saving to the government Is expected to result as the prohibition bureau will only be called upon to bear its proportionate share of the beat, light and caretaker charges of the army buildings. The plan for utilizing available irmy buildings as liquor storehouses iros worked out by the budget bureau, the war department and the prohibition unit as a part of the J>udset system's economy program. Family Trouble Costa Three Lives. Columbus, Ohio?Dewey Britton. 23, i farmer, living near Torch, Athens :ounty, shot and killed his 17-year-old wife and her mother, Mrs. Roy Clarke, >0, And then ended his own life with a shotgun. Neighbors who arrived shortly after the shooting, found the '.hree bodies in the house and yard. The tragedy occurred when Mrs. Brit:on, who had been separated from ler husband, came to the house with ?er mother to arrange for a division >f the household effects. Uses Bad Judgment. Macon, Oa.?W. 0. Pate, 46. who ;laims to be a butcher from Deroit, Mich., and who escaped from the city itockade recently, walked 30 miles ilong the main highway going north )etojfi ho stoped an automoblllst and Uked for a ride. The driver of the ar, who was a deputy sheriff, recoil tlzed ahe clothing worn by Pate as he dingy brown of the stockade. *ata was returned here to complete , sentence on a charge of loitering, tending an investigation of the passng of a number of worthless checks. Woman to Pace Jury. New Orleans. ? The trial of Mrs. (athilda Levee, who ahot and killed >er husband, Frederick Levee, Callornia lawyer, last May, will begin ere. The district attorney has anonncod that he will ask for a ver r> > Mill tSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922. GOVERNOR SIGNS ' NUM6ER0F LAWS SEVERAL Or STATEWIDE EFFECT IS APPROVED; FOR COLUMBIA CANAL. fRANSFER MEASURE SIGNED Chief Magistrate Places Signature to Large Number of Acts Passed By Legislature. . . . Columbia. Governor Cooper signed a large timber of acts pased by the legislature at the last session. Included in the list were Beveral of statewide importance and two of interest to Richland county as well as numerous local measures. The act creating a Colombia canal commission to take charge of the Colombia canal was signed and became law. This act provides for the appointment of a commission of three members to be named by the governor upon the recommendation of the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house and the finance committee of the senate, the chairman of the Judiciary committees of both houses and atorney general. Tfae commission will not become active until the canal is finally adjudicated to the state, if it is so adjudicated. Under the terms of the act the commission will take charge of the canal when it becomes the property of the state. The attorney general Is made legal advisor to the commission. Transfer Act Signed. Senator Pearce's measure providing for the transfer of a part of Lexington to Richland county was signed and became law. The act to allow the catching of non food flsh such as menhaden and to allow them to be made into fertiliser was approved by the governor and also became law. This act places a tax on boats used for catchjng the flsh. Representative Blease's measure to give publicity to proposed bond issues in cities and towns waB another act to be signed and to become law. The act to create a bridge commission for Calhoun and Richland counties for the purpose of erecting a bridge at Bates ferry across the Cong&rse to cost about 140.000 was also signed. The commission is to be chosen, two members each, by the Richland and Calhoun delegations and these two delegations in the general assembly are to choose a fifth member jointly. One More Member Here. The act to ftyc the apportionment of the members of the house of representatives in the general assembly so as to comply with the 1920 census was signed. By this act Richland and Florence counties gain one member each and Marlboro and Bamberg lose 0!)ne each. The three mill constitutional tax levy was given approval and became law. Representative Sapp's measure to Issue a $25,000 stock certificate to Edwin W. Robertson in lieu of a lost certificate was another act to become law. Representative Merchant's act to alhaw the state highway department to refund overcharges for automobile licenses and ?he senate finance committee act to allow the tax commission to refund and rebate overpaid taxes were both signed and became law. Senator Moore's act to provide for the forfeiture of concealed weapons to municipalities by persons convicted of carrying concealed weapons was approved and became law. Senator Stabler's measure to provide for the drawing of teacher's warrants was another act to become law. The joint resolution to amend the constitution so as to allow counties Aanoon nhnillno neowoetw 11/ nuDcoo -uuiliu8 FIU|"">J ?" ycl manent highway Improvement was signed. Senator Colse's measure to require the sheriffs to settle with the county treasurers .every 60 days was also signed and became law. To Build New Infirmary. At the meeting ef the executive committee of the state board of health a committee was appointed to take steps looking to the Immediate erection of the new Infirmary at State Park. The committee will meet to complete arrangements for the construction of the new building and will let the contract within a short time. This building will cost $10,000 and will honiA 2ft naHnnta Tf will ho onnatmoL ed along Hnea somewhat similar to those of the present infirmary, it was understood. Two New Charters. * The Electrlck Maid Bake shop of Charleston was chartered by the secretary of state with a capital stock of 910,000. Officers are: C. A. Robertson, president and treasurer; R. W. Carpenter. rice president; F. J. H. Haeslapp, secretary. The Sumter Canning company of Sumter was chartered with a capital stock of 990.000. Officers are: H. J. Harby, president; R. A. Bradham, rice president; E. M. Hall, secretary and treasurer; H. A. Sharer, superintendent and manager. AJi.^ .k.l.aakl. VH?I Another tear years' university course will be given this year by H. 8. Firestone tor the beet essay on 'How OqoA Roads Are Developed in Mr Cowtaunity," the scholarship to be aw*rde4*by the highway and highway! The V Tim State Teachers Close Meeting. The 48th annual session of the State Teachers' association closed its three-day session here with the election of officers and the launching of a program for greater intensity in the organisation in the future. A. Mason DuPre of the faculty of Wofford college, Spartanburg, was elected president of the association. W. J. McGharrity of Aiken, and Miss Eunice Wilson were elected vice-presidents. The secretary .and treasurer offices, held respectively by R. C. Burts of Rock Hill and W. E. Black of Estill, are hold-over, the terms expiring next year. Members of the executive committee elected are: Miss Washington Pringle, Charleston, first district; J. D. Fulp, Abbeville, third district; E. C. Wade, Florence, sixth district, and A. J. Thackston, Orangeburg. The other members ot the executive committee hold over for another year. One of the important accomplishments of the State Teachers' convention was the organization of the Music Teachers' Association of South Carolina with a charter enrollment of 62 members. The association will be a member of the South Carolina Teachers' association and work as one of its departments. The officers elected were Dr. H. D. Ouelick of Wlnthrop .college, president; Dr. H. H. Bellamann of Chicora college, vice-president; Mrs. H. M. Stuckey of Sumter, chairman of the music department in the South Carolina Federation , of Women's Clubs, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Wil.;on Caldwell Brown, Jr., of Newberry, was elected president of thj State Rural School Improvement association to take the place of the retiring president. Miss Mary Eva Hlte. Mrs. Robert Ceneray of Anderson was elected recording secretary, these beIntr ?)ia nnlo t.../. ? ~ 1 i??f> ittv wuij inu UUICCIO CICUICU. ? * State Borrows $3,000,000. The excellence of South Carolina's credit was well demonstrated in the success of the state borrowing committee's visit to New York, at which time a loan og $3,000,000 was negotiated at 4 per cent. The loan was made through the Palmetto National Bank of Columbia and is at a rate of interest very much lower than that secured last year. "We caught the market Just right and ?I heard of no one doing better than we did in the way of low interest,*' said Governor Cooper in discussing the loan. "You know Victory bonds are selling about at pgr and they draw 4% per cent Interest." Governor Cooper added that he knew of no state getting as low a rate of interest and was much pleased with the arrangements the committee was able to make through the Palmetto bank. Plan Campaign For Education. A special campaign for education will be conducted in Orangeburg and Anderson counties by the extension department of the University of South Carolina with the co-operation and assistance of the teachers' and Bchool authorities of the two counties. Tentative plans for the campaign were presented by representatives of the university at a luncheon given to teachers of the two counties at the university steward's hall. The planB as presented were approved by the teachers and arrangements made by the university to put on the campaign as early as possible, the exact date to be determined and announced later. Bide Being Asked. Bids tor the construction of several concrete culverts on the WashingtonAtlanta hltrhutav In Phnatorflolrl con r*. ty will be received by the state highway department up to noon of April 5. The work will require some 14,239 cubic yards of steel reinforcement and additional concrete. Bids for the construction of a link of the York-Smyrna road in York county will be received up until noon of April 6th. 19 Prisoner* Brought to Penitentiary. Nineteen prisoners were brought to the penitentiary to begin serving varying terms, this being the largest number to be admitted at the state prison in any one day in a long time. Sixteen of the prisoners were from Charleston county, two from Oconee county and one from Dorchester. The additions brought the total number of prisoners to 435 in the penitentiary and on the farms. This is 155 more than the number on January 1, 1921. Governor Fills Places. Governor Cooper made several reappointments on state boards. O. B. Watson, of Columbia, was reappointed as a member of the board of examiners for public accountants. O. K. Williams, of Rock Hill, was reapoplnted financial agent for tho Catawba Indians at Rock Hill. A. M. Hiott was appointed coroner for Beaufort county. t. ?. ua n ovu auu i uuuiao mcuainoi were named as rural policemen for Union county. Names Delegates For Conferencs. Delegates from South Carolina to the illiteracy conference of tha southern states to be held at Birmingham, Ala., were appointed by the governor. Those named aa delegate* from the state were: Mrs. O. D. Plowden, Manning; Morhis C. Lumpkin, Columbia; Miss Will Lou Orey, Columbia; Dr. Patterson Wardlaw, Colombia; John B. Swearlngen, Columbia; Miss Mabel Montgomery, Marlon; Dr. 8.-H. Edmunds, Sumter; Dr. C. B. Burts, Columbia; W. A. Shealy, Columbia. " / Officer* Given Recognition. Permanent federal recognition was granted the following national guard officers of 8outh Carolina. Col. T. E. Merchant, commanding the One Hundred and Eighteenth in* fan try: Capt. Alfred M. McLeod. Capt Brooks W. Snmmar, First Lieut Ol W. Johnson/ First Lxeurt B. RS Johnson and Beoond Lieut J. E. Campbell. All r > * % N . I V " " jyX ES 1 I BEAUFORT SUGES LETTUCEJM1H1L SEVERAL FIELDS OF THOUSAND ACRE CROP IS VIEWED BY VI8ITORS. 4, . FEAST AT BRAMLEn'S FARHi Following Sight* of Groat Crop In Low Country Speochoo Are Hoard; May Bo Annual EvonL ' Beaufort.?Beaufort's two day let.uce festival began when the visitors to the "lettuce city'' accompanied by a large crowd of Beaufort folks motored out to Bramlett's farm where a bountiful feast consisting of barbecued pork, rice, potatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, relishes, bread and coffee was served. After dinner the cars lined up for a visit to several fields of Beaufort's I thnilRnnd ?rrfi lottnro nrnn ufnnnlno ?W .v?v?vw V. w|?, on the way to Bee an interesting old fort built before 1600 on Mr. BramIett's place and also at the Home Farm dairy where Mr.. Kinney served deliclous sweet milk and buttermilk. In the evening a play party, for which Beaufort has become famouB, was held at the Community club. The next morning luncheon was served at the Community club by the women. The ltfhcheon consisted of chicken salad on lettuce, potato chips..sandwiches, crackers, olives, #ike and coffee. After dinner speeches were called for by the Rev. Mr. Burns. Fred Chrlstensen, Judge Memminger and Harry Calhoun responded. It is sincerely hoped that these festivals will be an annual event and that every county of South Carolina may be represented at the second lettuce festival in 1923. Fail to Agoe in Jones Case. Lancaster.?After being out 11 hours, the Jury which had been trying the case of the state against Charles D. Jones, charged with breach of trust and misappropriation of funds, reported that they were unable to agree and Judge Bowman ordered a mistrial. The jury called for the judge at 2.30 o'clock and onnounced their inability to agree, but upon requese of counsel of defendant, they were ordered to iiinita uu? uiuru nuuri. i iiey reiurnea at 4 o'clock and announced a hopeless disagreement. After ordering a mistrial, tney were discharged by the court. It is said that the vote stood five fot convict tun and seven for acquittal. This trail is one of the Ave indictments returned by the grand Jury. Newberry College Wins Debate. Spartanburg. ? Newberry college won the triangle debate between teams from the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, Wofford and Newberry. The question was: "Resolved. That a system of compulsory arbitration of strikes should be established in the United States." Newberry, uprolding the negative side here defeated the Presbyterian college team, and In debating the affirmative in Clinton, won the decision over Wofford. Paving Contracts Let. Greenwood.?Contracts for street paving amounting to approximately 1200,000 were let by the Greenwood paving commission. Contract for sidewalk paving was let to the Greenville Paving company for $1.38 per squre yard. Contract for concrete street paving was let to the Arm of Case & Oothran of Atlanta for $1.98 per square yard. Bank Makes Change. Barnwell.?At a meeting of directors of the First National Bank of Barnwell the resignation of L. P. Wilson, cashier, was accepted and Ralph Smith, assistant cashier, was elected to Succeed h!rs. Mr Wilsnn haa ro. signed to accept a position with a bank in Ocala, Fla., at a flattering salary. A. M. Denbow of Bamberg was elected as an active vice president. Col. N. Q. W. Walker, one of the organisers of the institution, retains his former position of active vice-president. To Revise Board. Chester.?From a communication received by A. W. Wise, clerk of the county Confederate pension board, it will not only be necessary for the county board to revise the pension roll for the current year, but the board itself must undergo some changes. The attorney general has ruled that no man is eligible to the board who holds a public office, which will disqualify County Superintendent of Education W. D. Knox and Magistrate J. W. Wilks. All pensioners with a net income of $1,000 will be taken off fist. Gets Life ftentence. Florence?W. A. Qutrb, convicted of the murder of D. Hiram Munn and recommended to the mercy of the court, was sentenced to life Imprisonment in the state 1 penitentiary by Judge Thomas Sease. The Quick trial baa attracted a arreat deal of Intaraat and was considered the most Important on the docket. The coart has completed a tremendous amount of work this week finishing up all of the cases ready for trial. The Judge, solicitor and court officials worked hard sn4 fast to ^omplete the number of caaes. Wounded By Negroes. Greenville.?M. B. Hoard, yoang white man about tS year* old. Is In a critical condition la the city hoe Twwrai a TMait Of a onuet wrouaa rj1?rM to have been infllcttt tor Lnclle 1 Tlneler.* necreee It year*.old. at bar! bone on eacb Stone areaoe. The we I mac, who la In tbe county jail await-1 las tbe onteome of the maa'a lajarlea, J deelaree that the ^V r flRp^l . I $1.80 Per Ymt. GROWERS OF MEUMS l?ET Questions of Organization and Mar j kotlng Oloouosod by Number Jn ef Specialists. jflj Denmark.?A Tory eathoelaatlo meeting of truck growers from all $3 over the watermelon district was held at Denmark. Tlie meeting was called by the Bamberg County Truckers' as* soclatlon and all visitors, numbering a hundred or more, were the gueets * of the Denrayk chamber of commerce at a dinner iffepared by the women of the Methodist church. C. W. Oarris of Denmark presided ' ,'"4 over the meeting and the program consisted of talks on "The Object of the Meeting and the Aim of the Bamberg County Truckers' Association.'* J. D. Brandon, county agent; "Marketing Statistics and the Present Out* - ^ iook lor Truck Crops," P. L. Htrktf, state marketing agent discuss tea of the production of melons was led1 by C. H. Math is. farmer, from Black- * , < rllle and H. B. Griqnes from Lees. It was the opinion of all that this is a * 2 year for the production of better met* ons and that the acreage should not be Increased. *1 The subject of "organisation" was discussed by Mr. Oarrls of Denmark. It was brought out that to succeed with truck the farmers will hare to co-operate and meet organisation with organization, putting up a standard product in an honest pack. O. A. Card well and J. N. McBrlde, agricultural agents from the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and Seaboard, respectively, offered their full oo-operation and said the railroads would see that their cars were disinfected fbr loading truck. , "Disease and Disease Control," was the subject of F. C. Meier, specialist from the bureau of plant pathology, at Washington. Mr. Meier has had wide experience with melons and has assisted in working out the control ef stem end rot and melon anthreenose, which has saved thousands of dollars to shippers. He urged the t shippers to carefully paint stems of melons when loading and convinced all present of the simple method and Its value. At the close of the mee ting enough corrosive Bubllmate was distributed to treat 500 pounds of seed for anthracnose. "How We Should Market" wa* the topic of H. S. Johnson, district agent. ^ Mr. Johnson, in a short but forceful talk, discussed the needs of a real organization on the California plaa, * embracing the entire district, and he predicted that the growers would re* allze wjich an organization before another 18 months passed and that thojr were only marking time and standing iu their own light until *nrh aa organization could be brought ahcsiL^ Robber Killed at Trenton. Trenton?J. C. Moore, alleged safecracker and escaped convlci from the Georgia penitentiary, where he was * serving a sentence of 20 years, was shot and killed by Ernest Crouch while the former was In the act of opening a safe in the store of Mathls ft Whltlock here, and L. R. Rawls of Columbia, alleged to have tjsen an accomplice in Lun robbery, later apprehended on the highway to Aiken and has been lodged in the Edgefteld Jail. Mr. Crouch has rooms above the store and was awakened by a aoise la the store underneath. Taking hta , . gun, be went ont and Moore amergeg from the store with a pistol and a ;ig flashlight. Mr. Crouch fired twice, the first load of buckshot taking at- . ?[ feet In the left leg. The eeoond shot ,'n proved fatal, Moore falling dead with the flashlight gripped in one hand nag a pistol in the other. :3v "* The safe in the store wss ready for blowing, the dial having been pried ?) I out, soap spread over the lead and the rar. fuse attached. 'r Company FHee Bong. Sumter.?The Sumter Gss and Pow- :3 BP PAiwnonir lis# 41^1 ' h 4|*- - ^ ?<" UIOH WIW UIB Ciirk of the United States district court, a j bond of $25,000 as a guarantee to the gas users In Sumter that all aunia col* lected from them by the gas company In excess of the rate Axed by city B council shall be refunded It the United i States circuit court of appeals np- J holds the decision of Judge H. A. M. \ Smith that the company may not raise \( ? its nUe under the franchise hy which jfl It operates. '*? Will ^avo Creamery. ^ Sumter.?The Sumter craemery is y so far an assured fact that all the 9i f?5,000 capital stock has been sub> '"V scribed and the board of directors elected. B. H. Moses Is president; J. jB P. Booth, Tioe president; C. W. ^ Schmolke, secretary and treasurer. ||f and other directors are L. D. Jea- B nlngs, W. S. Reamea, J. J. Whtldea j?j? and J P. Morrison: manager, C. W. 99 Schmolke. The charter Is to be ap- jj|g plied for at once. This new creamery jgl will be prepared to handle gll dairy j^EB products from this county. jIB ??? . Big Farmers Signing. ; '(& "BishopviHe.? 'The cotton eo-dpn?* T 99 ttve marketing proposition Is getting B well under wsf In Lee county. Up to ; JBH date 41 Lee county farmers hare ^9B signed contracts, which represent a SB total of A.7SX bales of the lttt crop. ^j.^B This campaign has Just startad o9 BH here, and County Agent Qulnerly says w he Is receiving much encouragement and confidently predicts that Lea~^SBB mnnir will *m?t mnW-rthm It* mnot*. When 41 atgaara rapraoMt practically j 7,000 balaa. it will b? mm that tbay'^M^^H are big farmer* o? tba aTaraga.. To Plant Moah Can*. Darlington.?'fka Darlington mill atartad 1U activity lor tkd ooutQg aaaaoa tbia waak work of distributing largo. of cane teed tbrongb tke abtttttafl^^^H^| kagna. Tho official* of tMa aafj^H^^IH looking forward to a graat <tx*ir aa a