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- / /■ V /• 1 * t • THE CHRONICLE - • ; Strives To Be a Clean News- • paper. Complete, Newsy, S and Reliable. S • • • • •*••••••• •••v -TTtI tf > w If Too Don't Keait I / THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get The News. "^VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933 NUMBER 6 ran, RICHARDS National G. O. P. TO FACE TRIAL Formed Cross Hill White Man and Ne- jirro To Be Tried On Murder Charge In Case of W. C. Rasor Killing In 1931. Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn. I^aurens. Feb. 7.—Grand jurors to serve for the year and a venire of 36 petit jurymen for the February term of {fenera! sessions court have been drawn by the jury commissioners. Vice-President Curtis Heads Or ganization Attempting To Re store Party Power. Christian Service j Assembly. Nears Fraternity Formed Half-Way Mark Hoover Signs Crop Loan Bill I "* National Chapter Organized At ^ School Measures, Fiscal Year, | Hailed As Farmer’s Only Credit Resource. Ninety Million To Be DistributefT for Relief. Washington, Feb. 6.—.\ National Presbyterian College To De-j Transportation, and Money Bill velop Christian Leadership. Up As Fifth Week Begins. Columbia. Feb. 6. — Rejrinnincr the Gamma chapter, the rresbiderian Republican league, headed by Vice-unit, announces the formation! fifth week of its scheduled 40-day sej»- President. Curtis, has been foimed to of the national Christian leadership j st noon Tue.<?day. the general as- attempt restoring the G. O. P. from frate’-nity, known as Delta Chi Alpha. *^emhly of South Carolina finds itself the tremendous drubbing the voters The movement to organize this fra-'ib the midst of important legislation, gave it last November, ternity was started at the University. chief among the bills being the gen- The new organization, announced South Carolina last year. The nu-ioral appropriation measure new be- last night by John A: Campbell,‘of ^^be ortler was brought to-}f«r^ the house of representatives. The first court of the year is sched- ^bite Plains, New^ York, who will last fall at Presbyterian when! The way.s and me.nns committee re- . .. „vvr.. uled to open Monday, February 20, its director, is designed to carry on a '^P’‘'-'^<>>'tatives from the Wofford Re- port, carrying a total of $5,000,000 for! Opponents,- including Representa- with Circuit Judge TTiomas S. Scase vigorous campaign for a comeback | club an a delegation I the o{>erat!on of the state government, | tive Snell, Republican, New York, mi- attacked it on the uld serve to increase ag ricultural surpluses already large-and burdensome. The bill provides that the secretary WashingtotT, Feb. .—A bill hailed by its congressional spon.sors as the only credit i-ecourse for many hard-pressed farmers today became law by Presi dent Hoover’s signature. -Authorizing $j0,000,000 for loans to farmers to help them produce their 1933 crops, the measure was approved by both hou.ses of congress last week. of Spartanburg, presiding. There are several murder cases li.sted to come up for trial at the approaching term. The most important will be that of only in the 1936 presidential eloc-|/**^"l Ministerial club of the Uni- ! has bo<'n under consideration of thejnority leader, , hut in next year’s congressional 1met with intei-ested P. C. stu-i lower house since Wedncs(’ay night ground it woul not tion races also. It is professedly neither for nor den^s to deliberate the move. the state versus Ernest Hitt, 22-year- again.st the interests of any one can- old white youth of Cross Hill, and^blate. What has been discloseil of its “Coot” Rifrhards, Negro, also of Cross j niakeup so far is strictly i-egular Re- Hill, who were indicted on a murder publican. charge almost a year ago in connec-j Under Curtis as chairman, three tion with the slaying of W'. C. Ra^or, |vtce-chairmeii have been named,^wa- l-^ired hanker and wealthy business, tors Herbert of Rhode Island, man, at his home in Cross Hill, Satur-' and Daniel 0. Hastings of Delaware, day night, September 26, 1931. and former Representative John Q. Hitt, who had made a confession as Tilson of ( onnecticut. to the part he played in the executed Headquarters will he opened in plans to kill the 72-year-old ex-hanker I ^^ashington, and from it a .steaiiy- at a preliminary hearing here e.arly last February for Henry Ra.sor and the Crisp brothers, was used as a .state’s witness, as was Richards, in the two subsequent trials of Henry and $10,000 ha.s been added by. nnuMid- Several meetings wore held here ments. Les.s than half of the .sections and at Carolina, and at n joint me^-ihave been acted upon. It is expected ing hc’e with the State M. C. (hat the house will complete the bill c.abinet in DecernIhm-. officers for the this wtuk, after which it will be sent new organization were nameil. .A con-, to the senate, where the finance com- stitutional committee wa.s appointed; ntittee will first make recommenda- to draw up a constitution.^ tions before debate in the chamber. This was done and, with slight alter-j As it is almo.st certain that a bill ations, was accepted by the delegates!to change the fi.scnl year from Janu- of the resi>ective clubs. I ary 1 to July 1 will be adopted this The national officers named were:* session, there is a growing sentiment Rev. ( harles M. Griffen. ni-esident. in the two hou.ses that two appiopri- Mr. Gi^iffen is pa.'^tor of the Riverside, jtion bill, one for January 1 to July Baptist church. ( olumbia, a member | and the other from July 1 to July of the faculty of (olumbia Bible col- i, should he written during the younger voters but not overlooking * grailuate student at the' prt>sent session. Heretofore the gen- any of the puhlir. Campbell’s an- University. John Bennett, \\ offord, j e,-al assi'mhiy has made appropria- was nanuHi fii.st vice-presiiKmt; Nor- tions after the fiscal year had already ton Dendy, Presbyterian, second vice- and from it a campaign for “information” will be issue,), directed esiHH'ially at the SENATE PUSHES SMITHMEASURE Strong Backing for South Caro lina Senator’s* Bill To Obtain Reduced Cetton Product Ion By Means of 3,500,000 Bale (iev- ernmental Pool. • S' Washington, F»>b. .7.~With power ful backing, a plan for obtaining re duced cotton production bv means of a 3,500,060 bale government pool was prepared tonight with t'’ hope of get ting it through the senat'' and house , in time to apply to the 1933 crop. Southern senators includ'ng Smuh of South Carolina, and George of Georgia, were actively .supjioi ting the plan and had decided to the sen ate agriculture committee tomorrow to report out the bill fcviihwith, al- latrons is placed in the hands of the secretary. nouncement pointed out that some 8,000,000 new voters will come along Rasor, Lathan and Eugene Cri.sp, who j . z-. m- r- i- are now .wvinit life sentence, for thf iK-twee" now and IMG ami «,id: -To President; ( W ( ox. ( arohna. wer^ murder of Rasor’, father, lee Payne, I a 'fry large deitree the future of 1 ho, (O'y; Arthur Black. I. t., Negro, one of the first ,u,i.ect, ar-i RfPuWjcan party will l« in ilie.r I »eaMirer. The member, of the exeeu- re,ted in the Rasor case, has been I bands. held at the state penitentiary and in the countyjail for more than 15 months. Solicitor Homer S. Blackwell has been quoted as saying he prob- This move is the first rebuiKbng step in the party since election, hut a general reorganization has been bnik- ed for by many in the party to come ably would not try Payne. In the pre-|«omC time after March -I. At the capt- liminary hearing Hitt told how he had taken part in the plot to kill Henry’s father, his recital of the details of the alleged conspiracy furnishing one of the most sensational court episodes ever enacted in I^aurens. Hitt, an unmarrieil man, through one of his Cross Hill relatives, em ployed Thomas A. Wofford as his counsel sometime before the trial of . ihe case last year,- !i5e\'erarice of the ca.«e by the solicitor in order that Hitt and others might testify in the trial of the principals, made it necessary to postpone trial of Hitt, Richanls, and Payne until final disposition of the first trio, lieginning with a mis trial in February, conviction of mur der with a mercy recommendation at a special term in May, appeal to the supreme court and denial of a new trial by that tribunal January 3 this year. tol the Republicans' have been very busy conferring. Some have been try ing to get together to oust Evei«*tt Sanders as chairman of the national committee. He was put there by Pres ident Hoover. What part Mr. Hoover is to play in the direction of the Republican party tive council elected wei”e: Cecil Spears, started, frequently after a quarter of it had passed. Thus the hills have been retroactive, causing uncertainty in all departments. Under a changed fiscal year, appro Wofford; Freeman Parker, Presbyte-, p,.iatu»„s would have been approved rian; J. M. ^oiinginer, Carolina; and pionths Ix'fore the new year Cecil Lawter, Presbyterian. begins. If the hill to change the fi.scal bitions to Christ in .some phase of full time Christian service. It is hop ed that this will foster a new inter est in the problems that are confront ing Christian leaders today, and through the medium of this fraternity of the future is one of the fundamen- ca" ^ brought together on tal questions to be settled. The ma chine as it stands is largely his but whether it could remain so if he wish ed to retain control and point for re nomination in 1936 has yet to he shown. Death J. Hogan Motes The purpose of the organization isly^^ is i>asseil and it has already been to recognize tho.se qualifies which j approve<I by the house and i.s on third tern! to ilevelop leadership in men who} rea^ng in the .senate, it should not re- haye consecrat^ their >^es and am-ij^^ire much time to provide for an ad- x *- . _ ditional six month.s’appropriations as the tendency would undoubtedly be to maintain the same ratio. While the appropriation bill has been the chief subject under debate in the hou.se, other important measures have been pu.shed temporarily into the hackgrouml. ’ A house committee is still studying the terms of the Crum bill to repeal the 6-0-1 school law and at the same time impoiie a general sales tax modn eled after Mi.«sissippi’s measure. The house coininiittM* on education is like wise making an intensive study of the re«luction in 6-(m school funds as rec- ommendetl ly the ways and means of ttKrioultu,-o may land tho monoy tOi ^ i„t, o.l u od in it.s farnu.^ ,n roturn for a lam on the crop, hormulation of rules and regu- ,^1. n . Ihe bill IS an adaption of a mea.s- ure introduced prexiously liy .Senator cut 1 n'^roilucUoff^T" al'~mu^'as' .hi 30 per cent may be required by the secretary in return for a loan but the for aitl for the South .s law does not compel him to make that proiluot at the pre.sent session, stipulation. The measure also provides! The drive for action on th. measure $1,000,000 for loans for livestock feed I launched tomorrow as tho com- in drought ridden area.s, the borrower | hegin.s w<irk on rcw iiing the to give a lien on livestock. While Pre.sident Hoover was acllng on the mea.sure after considering it domestic alltdmcnt farm iclit-f Iiill in which cotton is inchiilod. ar ] others have expres.scd dotd 1 mat for a week, senate committees were Hllotment plan would apply mo.st e»- pushing ahead with hearings on oth er farm relief legislation. Tax Collections fectively on cotton and tn:i,ny nmn- bers are convinced rresitlont Ihiover would veto it anyway. The Smith bill, a.s it now stands would create a pool comprising the For 1932 Shown'r.lirdTr.'h’'/;'-"”" j I..aurens, Feb. 8.-4. Hogan Motes, I 56, w»‘)l known I.aurens county cit’zen By the time the last chapter in this | and rural letter carrier, died Tuesday celebrated case shall have been writ-! at i^'nie at Mountville after an common grounds to discuss these problems which so seriously affect the church twlay. It is al.so the pur pose and aim of the local chapters to have state<l meetings, in which Chris- ian lea<lei>hip will be developed through various courses of study and lectures. The organization grew out of a lo cal Carolina club knowm as Delta Chi .Alpha, and the Carolina club will be come .Alpha chapter, the Wofford club Beta chapter and the P. C. club Gam Almost Seven Million Dollars In Revenue Received of the Slate Comproller-General. Columbia, Feb. 3. — Comptroller General A. J. Beattie in his annual report today said the state coIlecte<l $6,911,1 Q2 in 1932 .revenue applicable to 1932 expenses afid spent $8,349,189 during the year. Beattie said $1,257,296 in revenue remained uncollected when he closed his books December 31, The current state deficit at that time amounted to $489,610, exclusive of funds due institutions under a 15 per cent cut. trolled by the farm hoard or other government agencies. Cotton farmers then would be given opportunity to buy on option a share of this cotton with imwer to sell at the end of the cron year if the price then is higher than the present market price, pocket ing the difference. In return the producer wo'ild ha to agree in writing to reduce his acr.'- age by the amount of cotton on whi, ' he took an option, iij no ces»* less th'**'. 30 per cent, of the ipiantity proiluc • ’ the previous year, and pledge not to ncrease h's fcrlill'iitron p ‘ acre. Another development . was int,. - diiction of a resolution l)V Senat - Hull, IX*mocrat. Tennessee, und *• nia chapter. One of the most remark- aide featuies of thi.s fraternity is ^hat: it is thc^only one of it.s kind in before thc I South and proliably the only national senate. The report showed a total of $8,919, , 918 in state rovenue collected during government woild take t’* the year. Much of it, including prop- reilucing interest rates. i*rt.v nnii ikDwpr tftYOK in tiAut. whs conncctHin witli ummenueo . y ..w w«ys ’ ij. proposaks a senate banking sub-com- comm.tt^ in the genera appropn-r^'P'®''*’’'^^ deU-rmined today to pudi rhat"th!* section in fhe'appropria*tlon j Rioperty taxes yieldeil the largest! through the r»resent session it nossi bill dealing with the department of $1,639,238. Corporatbilis paid I‘‘’•n emergency mcasui e desigr bill dealing win iiu uepaiimem oi larirest sum $1 569 629 use government credit foi stavi will Ih* the last one to he I"’ largt.si sum, ♦i.odj.oz:?!. , i . > ■ ■.! • . . . f/xi" tnnti ntx/l I ln» ri'ixirl spt" fai ni foreclpSljBK’S flUd pa\IHL ten, it is estimated that Ihe total cost i illness of several months of .leclininK | America. It is Wlieved 1 that with such a broad field'^ work will approximate! heahh. Funeral ducted at the .services were con-1 Mountville Baptist .. . , . 4 o has vast possibilities. 31 to laaurens county $4,000. The 18 grand jurors who are tOjChiiicli Wednesday aftermKin at serve this year are. the first six be-•with Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, At- ing the hold-over memliers of the body j lanta, and the Rev. Fa. M. Bostick, pa.t- from last .year; F. C. Pinson, S. J. tor of Cross Hill, officiating. Inter- Taylor. B. J. Cooper, M. A. Gan ett. mt*nt followeil in the Prosbyterian V. A. Garrett. W. B. Blakely. church cemetery. The 12 new men; I^iurens town-| Mr. .Mote.«, a native of the county, ship J E. Philpot, B. M. Wolff and! had been in the rural delivery service r. b. t:haney; Hunter township,, from Mountville for approximately 30. George W. Copeland. T. I. Davenport, I years. He wa.s an officer in the Bap-^ Jr., and C. H. McCrary; Dials t(vwn-|Dst church and was a useful and officers of the ship, L. B. Stoddard and C. M. Cur-1 he spirited citizen. He is suiwived by rY; Waterloo township, J. O. Strib- his widow, Mrs. Rosa Fuller .Motes; ling and D. C. .Smith; Sullivan town- two daughters, "Mrs. Cleminie Motes ship,- Ernest Simpson. Sr.; Cross Hill Wilson, Wimston-Salem, N. C., and towm.ship, R. \V. Griffin. Miss Carolina Motes, teacher in the Mountville school; four, sons, Jesse H. Motes, Unite<l States navy, Honolulu; Fuller Motes, student at the Univer sity of South Carolina; Preston Motes Other colleges of thi.s,state and North Carolina have .shown a decidedi interest in the movement, and the or- ganizatipn will likely set up “an ex pansion program” within the next few months. The men re.sponsible for tiu* chap ter at Presbyterian are; Freeman Mac- lm|H>rtanl e<lucation hills, worked out by suhciunmittecs, are expected to be entered Tue.sday. Sponsor.s\claini [they will provide longer terms and I more economical operation, including an inert a>e in the “teacher load.” Petit Jurors P^ft jurymen for term; Laurens township; B. S. Riddle, H. A ^oteR7 both trf Mount- Dials township; G. M. Brooks, F. , W. R. Putnam and C. W. i Hellams, Mahon. Hunter township; P. Silas Bailey,] A. B. Milam, G. M. Todd, R. P. Adair, J. B. WilHer and J. U Dickert. Cro.s8 Hill township; Robert M. Hill, E. R. Austin and T. T. Hill. Waterloo township; E. B. Robert son. C. W. Madden, L. E. Elmore, C. P. Finley and H. M. Cooper, Sullivan township: Girorge Evart Taylor, L. C. Taylor, H. O. Walker and J. Frank Davis. Youngs township: I. S. Bailey, J. T. Edwards, M. Y. Cox, R. W.. Stewart and E. M. Riddle. Scuffletown township: C. Bragg and J. Talmadge Patterson. Jacks township: I.- Pet Dean. Young Gives Up local chapter elected for the remain ing months of the .Hcho<il year are: House and <w*nate committee.^ are Parker, president; Dendy, vice-preai- considering bilis introiluced in each dent; IjBwter, secietaiy, and Black, ly further regulate motor trans treasurer. Dr, I), J. Brimin, head of portation in the .vtate. Repre.'«entatives the Bible department, was elected to motor lines protest that the honorary membership. ' are fof^teml by the railroads to Other men pledged during the fast of business and the few’ days aj^. M. Arnold, C. F. Me-. sav that the niqtor linCj^_are Cutchen and E. M, Gregg. At yp the state ^highways, fot hill is sent licenses, the report set forth. The business license tax produced $1,398,481, and the state income taxes on individuals and corporations, $1,- 171,350. .Another imjmrtant source of reve nue was the hydro-electric tax, power[ comprise ri'sidcnts paying $530,293 under it ing states. bills designe<l to relieve textile oper-jT^r 1932 taxes and an additional $261,- atives. including one intended to j {»:59 in unpaid 1931 taxes last year, eliminate tho “.stretch-out” system, j _ ^ ^ Ihis measure, on the house calendar! | C|tlZ011 with a favorable r«f»ort, "may be re-’ committed Tuesilay iiv order that both textile employers ami employees may be heardN- • (lesigmsl to ing o paying de’.ir 'f foreclpifii|t' quent taxes. ’ . The revised Smith bill eiitillcti the relief of the cotttin |ii o luccrs of the UnittMl Slates.” begir>< ly creat ing a cotton board to bo ai’i>'''.nt(‘il I*'.' the secretary of ngi'icultnie and to of cotiun produo- Hearings aro likely this week on) ^‘’*^B®nies Loses Mother )<iV i Friemlitvin the city of W. T. Putnam will sympathize with him in the death of his mother, Mrs. Mary P. Putnam, which occurred at her home in Dwings on Monday. ^ Tjie following account of her pass ing was taken from The State of yes terday: FuneraT^servTces^ Ikl The mea.sure makes it All government auencie.-- c »nti<dliTg cotton then woultl tmnjt o'.oi to t’y* . board. I’rovision is made also f(>r pu - chasing from tlu* Uc'l (boss the amount turned over by it to the gov- : eminent for relief purposi s and lieir.g j.sold by that organization ito acqui- isilion of cotton cloth for garments I for the mH'dy. The hill then luovides that the sc:- relary of agriculture enter inti* c tn- tracts with [u’ikIucci s to sell tliVm an amount of cotton in the han*ls of i' “ board t*quivalcnt to the amount by which the producer will reduce h ■» priMiuction under the precchng crap |yeBr“b3^ot tess^t han -30- fHre^’entr-.——- clear tbr**^ meeting last Sunday afternoon pl***,—Kich thev uav little to jta.Jiuaine.8a,, FuneraT^servicf?a.4or-J^ w^re discussed i»ertaming to ] 7xpecie(\ io producer merely geU an option ton. 'nMrgtnueni expecito lo n Tuesday at the home in the j to buy and sell later ami doe.s not i irtwn rxf Owintru Station. The MU’vices I have to Dut up any cash. ) on. Thr^rgtnuent tierfection oftthe local chapter, and \ Hnue long and loud, , i. , * .standards .“et up through which Chris-1 c,,eclacn’ar in the senate last weekU^’'^’^' Owings Station. The services have to put up rlin»nn Hotel "'•*1 ^nau,,- Sloan’x •>«'<'. Kx .■>:• C’'"-;-' L. Kni*ht! The b.a.r.1 aoul.l be .e.„..,:e,l to .etl ■ ■ ■■ W/O A improved. Men will he bid from .Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Young, who have operated the Clinton hotel for the past year, have given up their lease and left last week for Gaffney where they are now operating the Ho tel Carrol. Mr. and Mrs. Young made many friends in the city who will re gret to know that they have relin quished their hotel cohnection here and have left the city. Mr. and Mrs.. J. L. Rents, for the improved. time to time as they show character istics worthy of such recognition. iblll 'f..T'a"n investliration of I.auren*, a lifo-lona friend of the' col ton held by it diuioit the markct- r -nd the Rev. K. O. Uvender i„« acaaon tor the Ibdd cro„ yea, and Many Employed ' In ReUef Woiic the Farmers and Taxpayers’ league., ... a . • .u The n«.luli«n waa paaaed by of Fountain Inn. Interment waa in the overvlndininit vote after membera N**' Harmony Baptist church ceme- ^xteen projects are i^ow under way in Clinton and this .section with funds furnished Laurens county by the Re- , . . , construction Finance corporation, it past two years located m Harlingen, | yeaUrday from the local office. These squads, under the direc tion of local foremen, now number 300 Ariail President Medical Society Texas, have arrived in the city and assumed the management of the ho- I tel. Mr. Rents is a native of this state land has been engaged in the hotel {business for the pa.st twenty years in ! Fairfax, Walterboro, Orangeburg, Co- I lumbia and Greenrille before going to Texas. lAurens, Feb. 2.—At the moipthly meeting of the Laurens County Medi cal society held at the Laurens hos pital, officers of the association for another year were elected. Dr. R. H. TAX MAN COMING An agent of the South Carolina tax commission, income tax division, aqll Ariail of Laurens, was named as pres- j be in Clinton on February 28th at the ^ ident; Dr. J. W. Davis of Clinton, vi<^- Commercial Bank for the purpose of prasident; and Dr. Martin Teague of i assisting taxpayers in executing state lAorens, secretary. The society ac- income tax fet<irM ''for 1932. Aid by cepted an invitation to hold its next the field man is offered free of meeting at Clinton. ^ ! charge. men,~ white and colored, with a total of more than 700 employed in the low er part of the county. There are more than 2,000 people at work now in the entire eounty. In Clinton and this section there are a number of projects under way saeh as cleaning cemeteries, streams and ditches, working roads traveled by n»- ral carriers, ^nd other undertakings. It is stated by the council that it is their aim to give relief to as many as possible and in doing so to see that the projects are of permanent value to the community. {said that the league did not object to such an investigation and latfer Neils Christensen, president of the organi- (Continued on page two) Texas Pastor Here In March should have di.sposed of all of it by March 1, 1934. tcry. Mrs. Putnam was the widow of Ru fus Putnam, (’on/ederate veteran, who died many years ago. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. U K. Henry i^urens. Feb. 7.—CMty police chief, of Donalds, .Mrs. John I). Hunter of t. Crews, said totlay, in an- LEGISLATOR AND WARDEN CHARGED WITH FIGHTING Dr. William M. .Anderson, of Dallas, Texas, widely known minister of the Southern Presbyterian church, w'ill ccHiduct the yearly rovival services for the students of Preshyterisn college on March 21-24. 'Announcement has bnen Bsade that he will speak wice daily. Anderson is pastor of -the First Preabytarian church of Dallas. He is 'wdl.known by the young people of thia state, having beCn the outstand ing apeaker at the Young Peoples con ference held here last summer. Stu dents at the college and many in the city who have been prixnleged to hear] Dr. Anderson will welcome the oppor tnnity of again hearing him in a se ence. Cold Point, Laurens county, Mi*s. (q g newspaper rei)orter’s in- M. Izangston of Barksdale, and Miss-j^^jj^^ summoned J. D. es Daisy and Amanda Putnam of, Witherspoon, member of the house of Owings; two sons, W. T. Putnarp ' represenUtives from laurens, and F. f'linton, and D. H. Putnam of Flor- yttle, l4aurens county game war den. to appear in mayoi ’.s court here next Saturday, February 11, to an swer to a charge of “disorderly con duct.” The case, the chief .said, had been docketed against the two offici als in consequence of a fistic encoun ter understood to have grown out of an exchange of views regajding the I game warden’s office. Kem Resigns Police Place At the monthly meeting of city council Monday night, S. A. Kem, for several years a faithful member of the city police force, tendered his res ignation to accept a detective posi tion with the Seaboard Air Line rail way. The place made vacant by Mr. Kern’s resignation! was filled by the ^ election young %ian FIRE DAMAGES RESIDENCE The residence of L. J. Moore on Mosgrove street, occupied by Algie of aaeetings next month. iupon his new duties yesterday. of Cloir l£ Pitt., woll knowit'®!*® •*!* '"“"y- nan of the city, who entered f«re of untoowm origin ear’y Mon- jday morning. •‘t i V.’ ^ . ..