University of South Carolina Libraries
I TRUSTEES CAN NOT CLOSE (MEETS OPINION RENDERED BY WOLFE ON UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MATTER. QUERY SOMEWHAT CONFUSING Trustees' Resolution Said to Have in Mind Streets Running Exclusively Through University Property. Columbia. Trustees of the University of South , Carolina can not close streets "surrounding the university" unless they first procure title to all the property on the thoroughfares of waiver of all equitable rights in the streets from citizens owning abutting property on the strets, according to an opinion renderd by Attorney General Wolfe. While the opinion says that the trustees can not close the streets "surrounding the university," the attorney general at the same time says the principal on which he based his opinion about "streets surrounding university property" would not apply to streets or thoroughfaree passing through property acquired by the university from the state and owned exclusively by the university. The resolution of the trustees is said to have had in mind the streets running through the property exclusively and not "surrounding" as was written. In this case the attorney general indicates that the trustees would have power to do what they please with these streets. His opinion was based upon the question asked him, and therefore does not outline any procedure about the streets "through" the property. Express Company Appeals. The Southern Express company has appealed to the United States supreme oourt from the verdict of the South Carolina ^upreme court In the tax case Involving the nonpayment of taxes in Richland county while the company was under federal control. The case is said to have arisen when the express company objected to the asseement against its property and later to the manner of assessment by the tax commission, alleging that it could not be assessed while owned and operated by the government. State Poultry Specialist. Miss Eula Atkinson of Montgomery, Ala., has been secured by the state 1 J 4(lonartmPTlt AS 11 oil It? uriliuuaiiauvu uvpi.. state poultry specialist for South Carolina. Miss Atkinson has already come to South Carolina and was in Columbia in conference with Miss Christine N. South, state home demonstration agent, and the assistant state and district agents in regard to the exhibit to be put on by thia department at the coining state fair. Governor Extends Clemency. Full pardons to restore citizenship were granted by the governor to Truman Lollls and Charles Pharr or Charlie Farr. both of Anderson county. Lollis was convicted of car breaking and larceny in May, 1910. before Judge Prince and sentenced to serve one year. Farr or Pharr was oonvicted of stealing fertilizer in May, 1920, before Judge Prince and also sentenced to serve one year. May Attend Infantry Sohool. Officers in the Firet regiment South Carolina national guard, are eligible to attend the infantry school at Camp | Benning. Georgia, from October 31 to January 31 a letter to this effect having been received by Adjutant General Grant. A memo-endum was issued by the adjutant ceneral calling to the attention of guard officers this school. No Sale of Motor ""rucks. The sale of 24B motor trucks, scheduled to have been held at Camp Jackson on September 10. has been called off. according to the announcement of Lieut. Coy. Sherranl Coleman, camp quartermaster. This ac*ion. Colons Coleman says in a letter to The Stato, was taken under orders from the quartermaster general. New Chaplain for University. Dr. L. L. Carpenter, former pastor of the Forest Avenue Baptist church of Greensboro. N. C.. has arrived in Columbia to take up his duties as chaplain and professor of Bible at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Carpenter will be Joined soon by Mr>. Cnrpenter and their son. Bobbie, who are npw visiting at Shelby. N\ C. The first Biblcal teaching in the South Carolina State college was nearly a tenturv ago. the first professor also serving as chaplain of the In stitution. Children in Need of Homes. Twenty-four children in this state were reported to the child placing department of the state board of public welfare as needing homes during the month of August. In addition to this number, nine children wore on hand to be placed in homes at the beginning of the month. Nineteen investigations were made of the 24 cases reported. Fourteen children were placed in homes, these placements being either temporary or trial placements, and six children were reeelved ror ptacemem. Big Fire at Camp Jackson. Two huge frame barracks buildings, both unoccupied at the time, were destroyed by fire of unknown origin at Camp Jackson. * A special board of survey will be appointed immediately to investigate the two fires, aocording to the announcement of Colonel Jackson, commander of the u&rnp. This board will make a thorough Inquiry into all conditions surrounding the cause of the firee, but it is not anticipated that the orlof the two fires will ever be kaown. ? More Time Given Railroads. Ten years ago the South Carolina null road commission passed Its famous order requiring all railroads operating in the state, "as a matter of safety to the traveling public," to fill in with dirt or other substantial material all trestles along their lines or to replace the more temporary structures with substantial steel bridges. Under the terms ^ the order, which was issued March 1, 1911, by G. McD. Hampton, acting chairman, the railroad companies were given six years in which to comply with this order. The six years passed and January 15, 1919, the commissioL louna that the orders had not yet been comptieo with, and that, "owing to extenuating circumstances," the work required could not have been completed within the time specified. So a supplement- ' ary orde~ was passed extending the time for the completion of this work until December 31, 1920. And now this extended time limit has expired and the work planned "as a matter of safety to the traveling public" remains yet to be done and again the "extenuating circumstances" intervene to keep the matter out of the courts. The second supplementary order was issued and promulgated by the commission further extending the time to Dec. 31, 1923. Lower Freight Rates on Cotton. The state railroad commission's reduced rate schedule on cotton will be put into effect on all roads in the state September 10, Charles R. Capps, first vice-president of the Seaboard Air Line railway, having withdrawn his petition for a rehearing ?f the case. This new schedule carries substantial reductions on all shipments of cotton up to distances of 120 miles, rates for long hauls being left unchanged. Mr. Capps telegraphed the railroad commission, withdrawing his petition and notifying the commission that the Seaboard and Southern railroads had decided to put the new schedule into effect "under protest." Headquarters of Specialists. Spartanburg has been selected by Dr. W. W. Long, director of the extension department of Clemson college, as the headquarters of five specialist from the department of agriculture. Dr. Long has divided the state into four divisions, with headquarters at Spartanburg, Florence, Aiken and Clemson College. There are 14 counties in this division. This divsion will be under the supervision of A. A. McKeown, of Rock Hill, who will move here and take charge. F. L. Harkey, specialist in marketing, and S. L. Jeffords, specialist in forage crops, have already arrived. Assessments on Merchants. Assessments on approximately 15,000 merchants in the state have already been placed by the South Carolina tax commission and by the middle of next week all assessments will have been completed. Three counties, Clarendon, Aiken and McCormick, are yet to be assessed. The commission has beou steadily grindin gout the tax assessments on all merchants and the job was practically completed, only the three counties being left, these being due to unavoidable delays. Cherokee In Best Condition. Cherokee county has the best average crop condition of any county in the state, with a percentage of 70 of normal as compared to a percentage of 50 for the state as a whole, according to statistics of B. B. Hare, United States agricultural statistician, for South Carolina. Mr. Hare's report on cotton in the state for August 25 shows that cotton has gone backward considerably since July. Increase in Capital Stock. Authority to increase its capital stock from 96,000 to $200,000 was granted to the Harris-Brockman Manufacturing company of Greenville by j the secretary of state. The Charles E. Dukes company, incorporated, of Sumter was chartered with a capital stock of $10,000. They will do a general cotton business. Vacant Captaincy Filled. James C. Collier, Rock Hill, was commissioned captain of Company I, Rock Hill, by the adjutant general,: succeeding Capt. James C. Dozier, promoted to be major of infantry. Capinin C/illior ?. ?,? Wirmprlv flrat lieu tenant. Soldier to be Delivered Up. Judge W. H. Townsend has issued an order authorizing Dr. C. Fred Williams, sueprintendent of the State hospital to deliver John Masczeksni to military authorities. Masczewski is a soldier and was arrested last March on charges of highway robbery and shooting Officer P. T. Brown. The soldier showed signs of insanity in the ' country prison and Judge Townsend sent him to the State hospital for examination and a report on his condition to be made to the proper authorities. Fair Premium Lists Ready. With the date for the opening of the fifty-second annual state fair j drawing on apace, preparations for South Carolina's gala occasion are goins rapidlv ahead, and from present indications the fair will be fully up to the high standard set in former years despite the financial stringency which has been felt from the mountains to the coast. The premium lists hare come from the presses and are now ready for distribution. The premiums this year are very liberal. Headquarters for Pythians. J. C. Guilds, grand vice-chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, sounded a clarion call for a Pythian building in Columbia before r representative body of knighte and ladies. The grand lodge officer spoke eloquently on Pythian principles and launched a movement to erect Pythian headquarters in the Capital City. South Carolina Pythians should be . leaders in community affairs, said the grand vice-chancellor. He said the order stood for manhood, brotherhood, and service 1?View of Simla, British indl EIrennn In session debating t'lic L great airship fell Into the Humbei NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS British Cabinet Invites the Irish to Confer With It at Inverness. ULSTER ARMING FOR FIGHT _______ * League of Nations Assembly Con. fronted With Demand Involving Monroe Doctrine?Judge Landis Releases Building Industry of Chicago From Its Bonds. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Irelund declines to relinquish her place on the front page of the world's news. As was predicted, De Valera's note to Premier Lloyd George merely continued the controversy, acceptance of the British dominion offer being agnln refused and the Sinn Fein argu? * 1 A JUnnArOA fA 1 Ko men is repeuivu. auiicicihc principle of government by the consent of the governed was insisted upon, and once more it was made clear that by this Ireland means that she must be treated as an entirely Independent nation. Lloyd George was In Inverness, Scotland, when the note reached him, and the British cabinet was called up there to formulate a reply. The ministers were in bad humor at being forced to make the trip and the prospect for a conciliatory answer to tlTe Irish was gloomy. De Valera forestalled an adverse decision by the statement that If England issued an ultimatum war would result. Of probably more effect was a message to the premier from the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union congress and the national executive board of the Labor party, urging the government to Invite representatives of the Irish people to meet them face to face in a conference, and declaring that "It would be a disaster If the deep and spontaneous feeling for peace now pervading the two peoples was allowed to evnporate while their representatives engaged in a controversy by exchange of notes." Several hours of debate put the cabinet members in a more cheerful frame of mind, and a new note was dispatched that invited I)e Valera to send delegates to a conference with the cabinet at Inverness on September 20 for a renewed consideration of the peace proposals. This sounded fine, but there was a fly In the ointment. The condition was imposed that It must be understood that Ireland was to remain In the empire. No doubt De Valeru will send delegates to Scotland, but whether the discussion will be fruitful so long as- they are nsked to accept this compulsory stipulation Is questionable. In a speech at Armagh Commandant O'Duffey of the Irish republican army declared that South Irelnnd would compel Ulster to unite with It by use of the boycott, and that If that failed, lead would be used. Relfast Unionists have accepted this as a direct challenge and are arming themselves for the conflict. Steps are also being taken to revive the Ulster volunteer forces. The Ulster press Is exulting over the prospect of a renewal of hostilities between the Rrltish and Sinn Fein. Sir Horace Plunkett. one of the wisest of Irishmen, sees nothing but two Incompatible contentions?no progress whatsoever towards reconciliation. lie wants a vote of the whole Irish people on the matter. nccomWu ivf flip T piifno r\f Vn. J lie <lJ tlons, now holding Its second meeting In (Jeneva. has been put up against a difficult proposition by tbe delegates from Bolivia. They demanded that tbe old dispute over the provinces of Tacna and Arlca, now under Chilean administration, be placed on the agenda of the assembly, and that the Treaty of 11)04 between Bolivia and Chile be tnken under consideration for possible revision. The Chllenn delegation, led by Augustln Edwards, argued passionately against the proposal, urging that the league Is not MAY SELL RAIL SECURITIES Government Reported to Be Considering Plan to Expedite Settlement With the Lines. Washington.?In nn effort to expert. ?'? ..Hth the ml iron ds for uue ?H*Iiifiiit'ino ?? *.? ? the period of federal control, officials of the Harding administration are giving consideration to the plan for the <*nle of railroad securities now held by the railroad administration and funds thus obtained to be used for payment \ ISr^SmA J*"" a, where serious disturbances nave bro loyd Georpe proposals. 3?Wreck of I r river at Hull. competent to revise treaties unless they are "Inapplicable." Obviously the Monroe Doctrine la Involved In the dispute. Carlos Aramayo, head of the Bolivian delegation, stated that Bolivia on several ? A-J iU. TT?DA/I occasions naa requesieu wie uumcu States to examine the BolIVlan^Chllenn trenty, but the Washington government had steadfastly refused. "The South American states do not consider themselves bound by the Monroe Doctrine" he added. There are a number of prominent Americans In Geneva watching the proceedings, and they are urging President Harding's administration to make known lta view as to the competence of the league to Intrude In Central and South American problems In direct defiance of the Monroe Doctrine, pointing out that the European statqji would be enabled to capitalize the petty differences between the Latin-American republics by posing as disinterested benefactors, through which the allies would gain concessions. The league assembly was loath to make any decision In the matter, and at the suggestion of Van Karnebeek of Holland, who had been elected president, the discussion went over to a later date. HJalmar Brantlng of Sweden In Thursday's session charged that the league had been extravagant and had discriminated against nations that remained neutral In the war. He especially criticized the action of the league council In giving the Aland Islands to Finland. Lord Robert Cecil, representative of South Africa, defended the league against these accusations, and then went on to severely criticize the "purely negative" position of the United States which he said was responsible for the delay In the application of mandates. The American government recently' sent notes to the allies reiterating Its claim to equality with them In the disposition of the former possessions of Germany and her allies In the war. Among the first things the assembly did was to reject the amendment to the covenant proposed by Argentina, that all sovereign states should be members of the league unless voluntarily abstaining from membership. In Buenos Aires It was be'levted the temporary withdrawal of Argentina from the league would now be absolute and permanent and that certain other Latin-American republics might also withdraw. The Greek and Turkish Nationalist armies were locked In bloody battle on the route to Angora, and the Greeks are reported to have the best of the fighting, although their losses are rr??.~ T?., nl.n .Amn 19 fWVl nenvy. i ire * ui iu.h nvu..,w? men and are falling hack steadily. Equally fierce hut with fewer fatalities Is the fighting between the Spanish forces and the Morocco tribesmen. The Spaniards are using bombing airplanes against the Moors who occupy almost Inaccessible strongholds In the mountnlns. The tribesmen besieging Melllla also are kept busy dodging air bombs. However the Spanish supplies are running short nnd the offensive may be abandoned. Directly applicable to the Chicago district but materially important generally was the decision of Judge I.andls as arbiter of the building trades disputes. After several months of careful study the Jurist decreed that the wages of the men In the trades concerned should be reduced by from 10 to 3fl per cent and promulgated new rules and working conditions that It is believed will speedily restore the building Industry of Chicago to n sound condition. The new rules free the Chicago district from the domination of the contractors' association, labor unions, material men's cliques, or from combinations entered Into by all three of them. The home builder can now put up any kind of a house he likes, with any kind of material, without fear of Interference from business i agents. Employers can now employ j and discharge men according to their I efficiency or Inefficiency, and not he! cause some business agent gives the I word. Mnterlal men are free to com- I I pete openly ngalnst each other. The union workers naturally were ' greatly dissatisfied with the lower I Wages granted them, hut. since the unions selected Judge I.nndls for the Job, they will abide by his decision. One builder said the men actually will I on the government's debt to the rall! roads. The railroad administration, as the agent of the President of the United States, holds approximately $400,000,000 of notes of railroads as evidence of the Indebtedness of those roads to the government. Under the transportation act the i President has authority to sell the rniiroaii securities now nem ny rne railroad administration, but cunnot dispose of them below par. | If the railroad administration could m~J ken out. 2?hirst pliotugraph of Ditil the ZR-2 photographed just a-ter the make more than before since the new agreements eliminate Jurisdictional strikes and they will have steady work. More important In the long run is the fact that Judge Landls has freed the union workers from the imminent danger of the open shop. The carpenters, plusterers and sheet metal workers declined to enter the arbitration and some other crafts were excluded because they refused what the Judge considered suitable agreements. It is predicted those crafts will have to contend with the open shop before very long. Uncle Sam's troops did not have to Are a shot in West Virginia. As soon as they entered the disturbed region the rebellious miners submitted and were disarmed and sent home. Quiet came so speedily that preparations were being made last week to send some of the troops back to their camps. Meanwhile another but less serious mine war was brewing in southern Illinois, where the union fluor spar miners were gathering, with arms, to march through Hardin county. Their objectives were the towns of Roslclare and Elizabethtown. The miners had several clashes with deputies and detectives, who, according to the union | officials, are creatures of the mine opI - ? U* Qmoll on trmiura. oiiiau v iuvivu ??? inquiry Into charges of persecution and abuse made against the Hardin county authorities, mine officials and guards. The troifble ere Invohes both wages and unionism, and, as in West Virginia, Is of long standing. The conference between Mexican officials and American oil men concerning tnxes on Mexican oil resulted In an agreement highly satisfactory to the Americans and the resumption of work In the Tamplco fields. It was believed this would lead to the speedy settlement of the treaty dispute between the United States and Mexico and the recognition of the Obregon government. At present, however, the diplomatic deadlock remains unbroken. Memorial services, solemn and beautiful, were held In Westminster abbey for the American and British victims of the ZR-2 disaster, and about the time the muffled notes of a bugle there played "The Lust Post" the British cruiser Dauntless steamed slowly out of Devonport harbor bearing the remains of the American dead back home for burial. As the Dauntless passed every battleship In the harbor fired minute guns. Charles G. Dawes has completed a tentative arart or tne renerai nuugei for the next fiscal yeur and submitted It to President Harding, who heartily approved It. The President has also declared himself pleased with the course adopted by Chairman Lasker of the shipping board and with the progress made by the Joint committee on reorganization of the departments and bureaus. In a long letter addressed to Senator McCormlck the President replied to the criticisms of the administration by Chairman White of the Democratic national committee. He praised the work accomplished by congress, and said: "It Is plain that we are working our way out of the welter of waste and prodigal spending." . The senate finnnee committee Is struggling manfully with the house tax revision bill, and called on Secretary of the Treasury Mellon for a lot of Information, after which it began rewriting the measure. Senator Caldor has devised a plan for Inclusion In the bill of a tax on distilled spirits ami beer which he believes would yield $17"),000.000. The great hordes of unemployed In England are In an ugly humor and are holding demonstrations In many cities that are little short of riots. Tn P.ristol thev carried red flags and attacked the building occupied by the board of guardians, and In Liverpool they were kept from violence only by the pledge of the lord mayor that a plan to give them work would be formulated. The Rrltish Trades Union congress adopted a resolution approving the calling of the conference on limitation of armaments hut declaring the affair would be a failure unless labor were adequately represented. obtain additional funds In this way, It would be In a position to fund at least a part of the rallrads* Indebtedness to the government and pay the railroads In cash on account of the government Indebtedness to the railroads. The bulk of the railroad securities held by the railroad administration Is composed of car trust certificates which mature In 13 years and bear 0 per cent Interest. It may be possible to dispose of these securities to the Investing public. MAKE USE OF FORAGE CROPS j Professor Starksy, Chief of Animal Husbandry Division, Working Hard fo^ Success of Swine Industry. Clemaon College.?If South Carolina is to succeed in the swine business, which is receiving increased attention A over the state, she must do so by making wise and liberal use of the forage crops properly pastured, thinks Prof. L. V. Starkey, chief of the animal husbandry division, which is working to promote the success of the . swine industry among our farmers. I It has been pretty thoroughly demonstrated that the digestive system of the hog is not prepared to handle woody roughages, and it is an undis- ^ puted fact that the larger the plant the greater the amount of cellulose or woody fiber it will contain. There is a lessen here for the man who raises hogs, suggests Professor Starkey, who advises that forage crops such as rape and rye should not be permit- . ted to get"too large. There are two ways to prevent this. One Is to put , on enough livestock to pasture it down . ,to the right stage, and the other is . to run a mower or scythe over the crop. It the plant is cut off or pas- , tured off. the new shoots will be ten- s der and succulent. * In pasturing such crops as rape it , ,o """h hottor Jo hnvp the Dasture t field divided and shift the hogs from J one field to another. t Lexington. ? The opening date for t the Lexington county fair has been t set for Tuesday, October 18, and will 7 continue for three days. The fair i this year promises to bring together i one of the most important gatherings of the people of Lexington for many t years. Owing to the extensive dam- \ age wrought by the boll weevil this < year the fair aathorlties will make t an effort to lay stress upon methods t of agriculture aimed to combat the I ravages of the pest by encouraging I greater diversification and more scien* < title methods of marketing. ( t Greenwood.?Because the city coun* * cil sustained the recorder in imposing a fine of $75 upon W. E. Evans for soliciting emigrant labor without a 11* 1 cense, Evans declares he will carry s the case through the United States 1 supreme court, if necessary. t Tlmmonsville.?Mr. and Mrs. J. T ' Wilder has been officially notified that the body of their son, Lieut. J. Arthur Wilder, who was killed in battie in France, will come to them from New York at once. A full military funeral will be given the dead hero by the J. Arthur Wilder post, No. 47, of the legion. j ] Marion.?It is widely rumored here 5 that Marion and Florence counties i are going to take the matter of Mars j Bluff Ferry bridge in hand and start i work in the near future unless the ( highway commission gives evidence of ] definite activity. i Spartanburg?Tom Hatchett and Lee ; Porter, guards on the white chalngang j operated by the county highway commission, were bound over by a coroner'* jury holding an inquest into the causes of the death of Thomas H. Keelan, who died at the camp, after being severely whipped. Anderson.?Chief of Police Driskell has put on strict ordinances in regard to the driving of automobiles in the city. No spotlights allowed, dimmers must be used, every car must be provided with two lights at front, and a red light at rear. Columbia.?Magistrate Hair handled 146 arrest warrants last month and of that number 101 were directed against check flashers. Seven board bill Jumpers were listed among the defendants. Greenville.?Tom Harrison, convicted of killing his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Harrison, was sentenced to serve 15 years at hard labor in the state penitentiary by Judge R. W. Memminger in the court of general sessions. Charleston. ? A number of bucks were brought down by parties of huntsmen out for the opening of the Tt \a tnn hnt vat hnw- I UCCI ocaouu. A v 10 ?vv uwk / V., . ever, for this sport, and redbugs and , mosquitoes are rather abundant, ac- t cording to reports. Farmers Much Encouraged. Oaffney.?The rise in the price of cotton has had the effect of encourag- f ing the farmers to such an extent that f all are predicting an early return to t the prosperous times which prevailed t prior to the war. At present prices p for the staple farmers say they can ^ market the present crop at a reasonable profit; at the same time they say r that the cotton which has been carried ?, over from last season cannot be mar- c keted at a profit for less than 30 cents v par pound, the cost of production hav- v ing been very great. s Protest Against Bad Bridge. Chester.?Many motorists, all the way from Charlotte to* Columbia, are h protesting no little over the inadequate bridge which spans South Fork ^ creek. It is a makeshift of a structure. and hardly a day passes that t some complaint is not made about it. ^ It is in Chester oounty, on the road from here to Rock Hill, near the p York county Tine. Only last Sunday B several automobiles came very near . slipping ofT into the water, owing to v ifp ?lippery condition, due to a heavy g rain. t, Heavy Criminal Docket. Spartanburg. ? Judge T. S. Sense will preside at a special term of court ^ to try criminal cases. Ninety-two ^ cases were continued on the docket at f the last term of court, and the special ^ term is called to clear the docket, j. There has been a congestion in both t the criminal and civil courts for some B time. j A number of important cases will 0 come to trial. T. B. Lanford, charged c with killing two public car drivers in 0 - Camp Wadsworth, will ^ come to triaL, itS .OF IDE ill WEEVIIJEPICTED l GLOOMY PICTURE DRAWN BY DEMONSTRATION AGENT OF YORK COUNTY. IISIT OF INSPECTION MAOE kctual Extent of Damage Can Not bo Accurately Determined Until the / Remmant of Crop it Gathered. York.?A gloomy picture of crop onditions in lower South Carolina as he result of the ravages of the boll veevil was drawn by John R. Blair, fork county demonstration agent, who las Just returned from an automobile rip. along with 75 other York farmers md business men, through the weevil nfested territory. The party visited Swansea, North Springfield. Blackrille. Barnwell and Allendale on their ourney southward, returning by Bam>erg, Orangeburg, St. Matthews, Coumbla, Camden and (freat Falls. The >bject of the trip was to gather first land Information concerning the acual depredations of the pest and the iest methods of combatting it, so that fork farmers may not be altogether mprepared against its attack next ipring. "Much as I had read and heard of he boll weevil's destructive work I vas not prepared for what I saw," leclared Mr. Blair in discussing the iltuatlon as revealed to him on the rip. "The pest has simply player lavoc with the crop on the best farmng lands in the state and the actual ixtent of the damage can not be ac:urately determined until the remnant >< the crop it has left has been gath>rd. Winnsboro.?Mrs. George Clowney, or several years county home demonitration agent for Fairfield county, ias resigned her position, the resignaion to take effect September 15. Home demonstration work has ,Town under Mrs. Clowney's direction ind since the establishment and sue:essful operation of the community narket in Winnsboro the farm women ire loath to give up the home demonitration work in Fairfield county. Ridge Spring.?One hundred and hirty five bales of cotton were sold lere by L. N. Watson to Boatwrlght Bros., at 20 cents a pound, the only stipulation being that the cotton ihould run from seven-eighths to one nch staple. This was cotton stored in :he warehouse last year and the grades are estimated to be from strict ow middling to strict middling. Walterboro..?The first sale of purebred Poland China hogs by T. R. Strickland was held at his farm at 3tokes five miles from Walterboro. Despite the cry of "hard times" the prices paid were satisfactory, and a good average for the offering was secured. The bred sows and gilts brought an average price of 142.07, the lop price being $87.50. Greenville.?Jake Gosnell, former leputy collector of internal revenue :harged with the murder of Sheriff Wonrlrix Rector at a local garage, July J, 1919, will take procedence over al! rases ot the court of general session which convenes at Pickens, S. C? Sep:ember 26. it was announced by Solici:or David W. Smoak. Chester.?In discussing the loans hade by the farm loan bank at Coumbia, S. C., during the month of August, D. A. Houston, president of hat institution, stated that $1,516,000 lad been loaned on farms in North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia and '"lorlda. Lancaster.?Governor Cooper has >rdered a general election held the tecond Tuesday in October, the 11th, o fill the office of Judge of probate >f Lancaster county. James E. Stewnan, Judge of probate, died some reeks ago and an election is neceslary to choose a successor, as more han a year elapses before the next reneral election. Weather Favors Outings. Charleston.?Fair ant, the weather avored the various outings planned rolicking in various fashion. A long o celebrate labor's anniversary,% and housands of people were in the open, larade was held during the morning, articipated in by one white union k-hich headed the procession and by learlv a score of negro organizations, everal bands and drum corps, enlivning the marching. The beaches rere thronged with visitors, among i-hom were many excursionists from everal sections. Rapid Work on Hotel. Barnwell.-?Barnwell's new $60.Obi) .. otel is rapidly nearing completion nd will probably be opened to the ublic at an early date. The modern aoving picture theater, loccated in he same building, has been in operaIon for several weeks and the mangement is giving the movie fans the ame high class productions that are hown in the larger cities. In fact, here have been several instances - here feature productions have been hown in Barnwell ahead of Charles on, Columbia and Augusta. Cotton Sold ror io ucms. St. George.?The first new cotton to e sold on the local market was sold y R. Lee Klauber, one of the largest armers in this section. The price rought was 18 cents per pound. There s a great'shortage in the cotton crop his year, due to heavy rains and de* truction wrought by the boll weevil, t is estimated that there will not be rer a 35 per cent crop made in this ommunity. and where there was S.OOO r 10.000 bales marketed here a sea* on, lt_is not expected to be over 2,500