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TOWNS' ATTRACTION 10 COUNTRY YOUTH ONE-SEVENTH OF POPULATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE APPROACHING OLD AGE. TWO FIFTHS UNDER 15 YEARS / Children of Country as They Grow Up Have a Tendency to Quit Home and Flock to Towns and Cities. > Columbia. Washington (Special), ? According to the census of 1920, 40.8 per cent, or about two-fifths of the people in the state of South Carolina are either infants or children under 15 years of age: 10.9 per cent are young people 15 to 19 years old; 33.8 per cent, about one-third, are men and women in the prime of life, being from 20 to 44 years old; while 14.4 per cent, being. 45 year of age and over, are well along in middle life if they have not reached old age. The urban population as compared with the rural shows some rather striking differences in age, the percentage 20 to 44 years of age being 43.2 for the urban population as compared with 31.8 for the rural, while the percentage under 15 years of age is 30.2 in the urban population as against 43.1 in the rural. These differences may indicate larger families of children in the country than in the city, but probably indicate also the fact that country children as they grow up have a tendency to flock to the cities, thereby increasing the active adult population of the cities at the expense of the rural districts. Patrons Want Trains Restored. The Augusta-Aiken railway case took a new turn with the filing with the state railroad commission of a petition from patrons of the railroad asking for the reinstatement of trains taken off by the railroad company under a recent order of the commission. The petition, which was signed by approximately 100 patrons of the railroad, requests the restoration of all trains taken off under the commission's order. This order, which reduced the service given by the company by one-half, was Issued by the railroad commission following a hearing by the commission on a petion of the railroad company for a 60 per cent increase in fares, needed, the company claimed, to meet a deficit existing between the receipts and operating expenses of the line. The commission, however, refused to allow the petitioned increase and instead ordered th? company to reduce operating expenses by cutting its ' service in half. Wife Pleads for Husband. Mrs. S. J. Kirby, her 11-year-old ? daughter and other members of her family and her husband's family s ught executive clemency from Governor Cooper for S. J. Kirby, convicted of murder and sentenced to death by electrocution for his part in the brutal killing of William Brazell, young Columbia taxi driver. Mrs. Kirby told Gov. Cooper her husband often appeared to be sufforinp* frnm insanitv and she pleaded for his life. Mrs. Kirby is in hopes that the governor will at least commute the sentence of death against her husband to life imprisonment. ? Railroad Company Chartered. The McClellanville and Santee Railroad company of McClellanville was chartered by the secretary of , state with a capital stock of <50.000 (minimum) and $100,000 (maximum). The company, according to the petition filed, will operate a railroad from McClellanville in Charleston , county to Jamestown in Berkeley county, an approximate distance of 20 miles. The petition also sets forth that the company may use either electricity or steam in operating its line and may generate electricity for sale to the public if it so desres. The road will be standard gauge. One Parole and One Pardon. Marlboro county in 1917 of man^ slaughter and sentenced to serve fceven years in prison, was paroled W during good behavior by Governor f Cooper. Authorities of Marlboro county represented to the governor "* that Stevenson was in exceedingly noor health and woul dprofably not live out his sentence. Alonzo Robertson, convicted in Laurens county in March, 1917, of stealing cotton and sentenced to * serve 60 days' imprisonment, was pardoned to restore his citizenship. Murderers in Death Cell. ' Jesse Oappins. C. O. Fox and S. J Kirbv. the three men under sentence of death in the electric chair, on October 21. for the murder of William Brazell. Columbia taxi driver, are in the death cell at the state penitentiary. and all is quiet following the -trial of one of the most sensational cases in this state in several years The men were brought l?aek to the sta'e prison, flowing the imposition of sentence by Judge Seas* presiding at Lexington term of sessions court. Jackson Vocational School. Car?9 %Kkson's stock as the possible location of one of the four big government vocational training schools was given a decided boost in the passage of a resolution indorsing the selection ?f the camp for this purpose, introduced .at the state cor ventioli of the American Legion at N?wherry The resolution was passed without a dissenting vote. Copies of the resolution will he sent to Secretary of War Weeks and to Col Charles Forbes, director of the veterans bureau. Passing of Special Courts. Special courts to try individual case*^ or several pending cases will 6oon he past issues in South Carolina, according to the opinion of those in touch with legal matters in the state, this being due to the decision of the supreme court in the Gossett case when the court declared that a fair trial could not be had at these special terms. The court granted Gossett a new trial and plainly said a defendant could not get his constitutional rights at such a court. This decision by the high tribunal practically abolishes the law under which all special court* have been called in the past number of years, and makes the calling or special terms in the future hardly worth while, it is said. At present the solicitor asks the covernor for a special term of court and it is usually ordered, and this is the section of law that Justice Cothran takes to task so severely in his opinion on the Gossett case. During the present week a special term of court has been in session at Spartanburg and attorneys here express doubts as to the validity of ct#victions at the term. The opinion in the Gossett case says nothing about civil court, and it is presumed that the court makes no objection to these actions. Death of Colonel Duncan. Col. D'Arcy Paul Duncan, a former member of the state railroad commission, died at his residence after an illness of only a few days. Colonel Duncan was 75 years old and had been a resident of Columbia since 1904, when he severed his connection with the railroad commission. A youthful soldier during the closing days of the Confederate war, for many years a successful planter, a public official of Union county, a former member of the state railroad commission, a former president of the State Fair association, secretary and later manager of the Alliance exchanpe?these and other positions and services had 4nade Colonel Duncan one of the best known men in South Carolina, his death causing profound sorrow throughout the state. Motor Fees Aid Counties. Counties in the state have so far received a little over a half million dollars from the 80 per cent motor vehicle license fund, this sum being returned to the various county treasuries as provided by law. according to figures compiled through Augmt | by L. H. Thomas; secretary of the I n?ntn hi<rVtu-av f>ntYimission. Mr. Thorn as announced that the total collections to date for 1921 has reached $727.507.06 and of the amount $576,631.29 was accrui-ble to the counties. Greenville county leads the entire state with $4S.6S3.91 returned from the sale of licenses, while Richland is second with $45,231.06 and Spartanburg is third with $38,312.11. Charleston comes fourth with $37,437.99 and Anderson is fifth with $35,611.28. Counties Get Motorcycles. State highway department officials have been advised by the war department that 22 Indian motorcycles at Camp Jackson are to be turned over to the department for use by the counties to which they are allotted. The machines are first to be overhauled and then the highway department will distribute them where they are most needed. The machines coming through the department of agriculture, bureau of public roads, by orders of the war department, will be used partly for police officers and other work. Admission to State Fair Less. Admission to the state fair will be 75 cents this year as against $1 last year, acording to D. F. Efird, secretary. There will be no reduction, he said in entry fees nor in charges for stall room. The entry fees for field crops will be 10 per cent of the first premium offered and for horses $3. The stall rents will be $2 for cattle and $1 for swine. Darlington Guernseys Winners. Indianapolis. Ind, (Special.)?Clover farm Guernseys made an almost clean sweep at Indiana state fair. James L. Mcintosh was declared premier breeder and exhibitor. His cattle won first on exhibitors, herd breeeders, herd get of sire and produce of cow, senior, juniors and grand champion cow. Every ent^y was a winner. Delayed Reports. Eight county superintendents of education have not yet sent in their annual reports, according to John E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education. In speakine of these reports, Mr. Swearingen said: 'The withholding of such reports delays the statistical and tabular work of the state superintendent's of floe. These reports are still duo from Abbeville. Darlington. Florence, Greenville. Orangeburg, Lexington, Richland and Spartanburg. Many Licenses Being Sold. Sales of hunting licenses this fall have already reached considerable proportions. Chief Game Warden Richardson said, and hunters are still rushing for the legal papers. More thun $1,000 was received by the chief warden from these sales in the last few days. In the last month 34 convictions have been secured by the game warden's office for hunting without licenses and out of season, Mr. Richardson said. As a general rule hunters are respecting the law. Work of Federal Officers. Federal and state officers captured a copper still of 130 gallon capacit> i in Richland county and aiso poured out more than 1,(500 gallons of beer along with a quantity of mash. The j big outfit was taken in the swamps (about two and a half miles from i Adams' pond, this being the third raid on the same plantation In addition to the beer and mash, a quan'itv of meal and approximately a gallon of liquor were seized Officers brought the cap of tho still back to Columbia. CITIZENS PROMISE ' 10 SUPPORT JURY 1 IMMEDIATE ACTION IS URGED BY JUDGE AGAINST EVERY FORM n OF LAWLESSNESS. ti INDIGNANT OVER ACTS OF MOB : a tl Aged Storekeeper and Wife Brutally 8 Beaten and Robbed in Their Store Si at Vaughanville. h t? 11 Greenwood.?Following the charge tl of Judge C. C. Featherstone in county court, in which he ordered the grand s jury to bring to trial members of a o mob which recently took from the city t< jail two negro women and whipped ii them, a committee of business and r professional men appeared before the a grand jury and urged immediate ac- n tion against all forms of lawlessness, p The committee promised to support ri the jury in its efforts to suppress mob q violence and violations of the prohi- 0 bition law. Action of the committee p following a meeting of representative a citizens, when indignation was expressed at the alleged flagrant violations of the prohibition laws, mob violence and other forms of lawlessness. 4 Using railroad spikes tied together n with strings for clubs, two unknown negroes about dusk beat almost to 9 ^ . V, TT Tnkna o ?wl V, i c n.ifn nn 1 trail B ucaill n. JU11UO auvi 1110 njio, an af^^\, couple, in their store at Vaughanville, ^ on the Laurens-Newberry county line. a and are said to have robbed them of " between $3,000 and $4,000 in cash: b The negroes escaped. 1 si T Lexington.?In solemn tones amid a deep hush. Judge Thos, S. Sease at 5:25 o'clock pronounced the supreme mandate of law on J. S. Kirby, C. 0. Fox, and Jesse Gappfns. three Columbia men convicted during the day of c thi murder of Wm. C. Brazell. youth- ^ ful taxi-driver of Columbia, when he 0 sentenced them to die by electrocution b at the state penitentiary Friday, Oc- a tober 21. Si c w Newberry. ? Newberry college is ready for the next session. Nearly a all the members of the faculty are now present, and the buildings and class rooms have been put in order. * Many of the delegates to the state convention of the American Legion lodged in the dormitories and took ' their* meals at the college boarding hall during the convention. Every one connected with the college took K pleasure in being of service to the w delegates to the convention. ' o Rock Hill.?In United States court here Jos. W. Stalnaker. of Ninty-Six pleaded guilty to the charge of embe*- ? zlement and was given a sentence of flften months in federal prison in At- 8 lanta, and a fine of $3,000. It was al- w leged that Stalnaker. while postmas- G ter at Ninety-Six, appropriated to use P about $4,000 of government money. a u Greenwood.?According to reports 0 from McCormick, officers and a posse A of citizens are still searching for a negro, implicated by John Calvin Golden, the negro captured near here t> b his alleged confession of having beat- h' en and robbed H. Johns and wjfe, an a aged couple at Vaughanville. h . . c Allendale.?Allendale has been se- a lected by the state warehouse com- IV mission as headquarters for the six d counties in this section in which a representative of the commission will ?TVite includes Bamberg, n upciaic. i ...? Hampton, Barnwell, Jasper, Colleton c and Allendale. h C York.?The fixing of the date of the a interstate foot race of one-legged men, b North Carolina against South Caro- Ij lina, is being held in abeyance pending the arrangement of details and a strengthening of the respective line- s ups. \ 2 8 Anderson.?Two automobiles eollifl- b ed on the Belton-Honea Path road, d One car was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. tl N". A. McNeal, Miss Mary Greer and tl Walter Greer. All of these were badl7 b bruised and cut by flying glass. o Outside Pupils to Pay. Oaffney.?The trustees of GalTnev school district had an important 0 meeting, at which time it was decided y to charge tuition fp^s of J4 per month jj for all who attend the schools of f, Oaffney. where they reside outside of h district No. 1<V Heretofore no tuition S) has been charged, and the result is . v that there are about 300 children at- jr I tending the Oaffney schools who re- jr ; side outside the district and it is be- 0, | lieved that this tuition fee will have n the effect of curtailing this atten- n , 1 dance.. C) ?. Increased School Tax Levy. Clinton.?By a vote of 20S to 53 the citizens and patrons of Hunter school district No. 5. embracing the Clinton 'J Ci | city schools, at a special election ad j ded six mills to the tax schedule for t( school purposes. The eelction was tj ordered to provide additional main- () tenance and af ull nine months term ^ ! session for the coming year. Consid i erable interest was manifested in me j result, the trustees and supporters be- ' ing highly elated that the election ^ i carried by so large a majority. . Timmonsville Market Closed. I Timmonsville.?The tobacco market , for Timmonsville closed its 1921 season here, as was decided by the C I board of trade. The majority of the 4 I buyers and tobacco men have left J town for North Carolina and Virginia w ' markets. Sales have kept up pretty a ; weM all the week, the prices being J-Kl s : in $fio per 100 pounls for good grades. (. j It is estimated that not more than a , '* "ino.iMMi pounds were handled here |, this year against more than S.OoO.OOO y pound- last year. There was little jj . lentand for poor grades. 0 tEATH CAUSED BY LIVE WIRE | Infortunate Lineman Meets instantaneous Death Strapped High on Pole While Moving a Cross Arm. Sumter.?Oieorge C. Duncan, line- ! lan for the city lighting plant, met n instantaneous death in the performnce of his duty when he came in conict with an electric wire carrying ,300 volts. Mr. Duncan was straped high up on a pole near the corner f Liberty and Harvin stneets, moving n electric cross arm further from tie telephone wires when his leg truck a telephone cable as he was ( lanipulating a live light wire. As oon as the power could be turned off e was brought down and medical at- t sntion given, but it was evident that fe had been extinct from the time of tie shock. Health Officer D. O. Browning has ubmitted his report to the city board f health for the half month since he sok office. He gives the number of aspections made of meat markets, estaurants, soda fountains, dairies nd premises. He has sent specilens to laboratories, sold sanitary ans. used disinfectants, fumigated Doms and used kerosene to kill mosuitos. There have been two cases f diphtheria. The only case of tyhoid originated oitside of the city nd was brought here for treatment. Columbia.?Ornamental street signs ave been order^l by city authorities nd the markers will be set at proment corners. Council recently aulorized the city engineer to order igns placed at 80 street intersections nd the markers will be placed on Iain street between the union depot nd the Broad River road. Another ; ne will will extend on Gervais street etween Huger and Harden streets., 'he third lot will "be placed on Taylor treet between Main street and the 'wo Notch road. Cheraw.?The great scarcity of wa* ?r in this section of the state is beining to be serious. Not only are rops burning up and pasturage dying, ut mills are shutting down for want f power. The Cheraw cotton mill as closed indefinitely for this reason nd the knitting mill may do so. it is aid, and the Yadkin River Power ompany may have to shut down for rant of water at its generating plant hove Rockingham. N. C. Greenville. ? When a little negro hack near the heart of the business istrict and just off Main street was emolished to make way for business nprovements, a nearly complete whisey distilling plant was unearthed, 'he plant was carefully built underround with brick walls and top and ras so arranged that the smoke came ut through the chimney of the little ne-room house. Hampton. ? Mayor Atticus Mixson f Hampton is in receipt of advices om Maj. H. P. Clagett, United States ir service, of the Fourth corps area, dth headquarters at Fort McPherson, fa., of the selection of Hampton as a ossible station on the continental irway. The location here depends pon the establishment of the town f Hampton of a suitable landing field, tted with the necessary equipment. Clemson College.?Coming to Amer>a to study the textile industry. A. D. luthiah, son of a millionaire banker nd manufacturer of Madras, India, as recently enrolled in the textile lass here. Wearing his pink turban nd other characteristics of his race, luthiah is unique among the hunreds of students here. Charleston. ? Announcement was lade by the Carolina company that ommodity rates on tobacco brought ere for export had been granted to harleston. which places this port on partly with the competing ports for usiness in this eaate and North Carona. Gaffney. ? E. C. McArthur, county uperintendent of education, said that 5 teachers will be needed for the chools of Cherokee county that will e ready to open within the next 30 ays. The superintendent says that lie situation is really serious, and ~ K ^f V,? U.tll <r>nt Hell <1 IIUIUUCI \>l luc OLUUVIO w 111 auv ( e able to open because of the lack f teachers. Large Enrollment at Converse. Spartanburg.' ? Converse college pened with more than three hundred I oung women in the dormitories and 1 nearby residences. The enrollment ; om the city was the largest in the istory of the institution. Dr. Pel\ ays the stringent times have not pre- i ented the parents of the South sendlg their girls to college. The young idies enrolled represent practically very southern state and many from ther sections. Large numbers of ap- ) licants have been turned away beause of lack of room. I; Charleston Bridge Bonds Sold. Charleston.?A large block of Santee ( ridge district bonds have been sold y the commission to C. W. McNear ampanv of Chicago, who bought 225.000 worth at 101 plus accrued in- , srest. The bonds are in denominaon of $1,000 and hear 6 per cent in- !, srest. This makes a total of $425,000 1 these bonds marketed, and no more rill be offered, although an issue of 500.000 was authorized. Due to fav- j rable contracts for the bridge, and dth federal aid, ample money is now i hand for the project. Still In Operation Siezed. Newberry.?The officers ran up on aldwell Hunter, a negro about 35 or ii years old. with a half gallon of monkey rum" in a gallon jar and j ith a five gallon still in full blast! bout two miles north of the city. The t-ill was made from a five-gallon tin an and was fitted up with worms*-! nd pipes and showed that it had been ' i use some time. Another indication bat it had been used some time wat bat Hunter had cash to 'he amount ! f $339.57 in his pockets. I A pipe's a seven days out or joy and real smoke c to a jimmy pipe! Bi i Packed with cool, del t pipe's the greatest t: * ' tizing smokeslant yoi < . ,You can chum it ' you know that Prir parch! (Cut out by 1 Why?every puff of every puff hits the b , last! You can't resi: And, you'll get the you roll up a cigarett ing flavor you never d cause it's crimp cut? |>RINCI the nati ' Keep The Eg g' Basket Full! H The feed elements H make whites of eggs ar< tirely different from tho I hens aren't fed both tl I elements, they can't kee H usual method of feeding | but not enough whites t< SI Missouri Experiment Sta Hi wheat, corn, oats, barley and ka |gj tenance) an average of 224 yc | from the same experiments, Pur maintenance) as follows: jg| Purina Hen Chow H Purina Chicken Chow jp Combined Rat ^ These Purina chows not 01 ber of whites and yolks but mo HH Note that Purina Chicken Chow elements to balance up the yolkHs making grain ration. That's why . it makes hens lay so heavily. Instead of the yolks being absorbed t KC: by the hen's system, Purina P ^ Chicken Chowder makes the L whites to complete the eggs and . | >C?f4 .1 1-: J T*L... .V. L m incy arc iaiu* i nus ww van au* j|jj solutely guarantee ^ more eggs or money back jjjfl on Purina Chicken Chowder if fed with Purina Hen Chow as EX directed. Vou take no risk. H SOLD BT A M. W. D1 DISTRIBUTOR To Have Year Round Market. New Orleans.?A bill authorizing the pooling of farmers' assets and issu- d mice of debentures against them, s tnereby providing a year round mar- j n ket, will be introduced in congress J next month, former Representative A. | a F. Lever told the interstate farm congress, in session here. Mr. Lever told the farmers of Louisiana and Mississippi that the system F of distribution and marketing is to i 1; blame for agricultural backwardness i in many parts of the South. j c o President Again in New York. New York.?For the third time since 1 bis inauguration last March. President' Harding was in New York city after j s motoring from the Sea View Golf i club, near Atlantic City, a distance t or' about 120 miles. d No Politics in Conference. I Birmingham.?There' should not and cannot be any party politics involved in the coming disarmament conference ; at Washington, Senator Underwood, j a democratic member of the American u delegation, stated. i: f Many Persons Are Missing. li Madrid.?More than 20 persons are , o missing as a result of the capsizing of I an excursion boat in the Segre river near Lerrida. There were 50 persons aboard. h I ( Copy of Hun Treaty Received. r Washington. ? One of the two cop- o ies of the treaty of peace signed be- t tween the United States and Oer- j many at Berlin August 25 was ieceiv- j ed at the state department. A copy j of the treaty with Austria also was ji received during the day. i i S5 f Seven Buildings Burn. i< Russelhille, Ala. ? Fire destroyed e seven buildings in the center of the c business district here, causing an es- S timat^kloss of $160,000. i i pal packed v every week you'll get real si ontentment?if you'll get clos ly one and know that for your lightful, fragrant Prince Albe reat, the happiest and most a n ever had handed out! with a pipe?and you will? Lee Albert is free from bite our exclusive patented proc< P. A. makes you want two m ullseye harder and truer thai st such delight! i smokesurprise of your life v e with Prince Albert! Such e] lid know! And, P. A. stays pu and it's a cinch to roll! You tr 1 Alber onal joy smoke 2 ense that make yolks. When j he white and yolk making p the egg basket full. The \ mostly grain makes yolks 3 complete the eggs. tion tests prove that 100 lbs. of iffir corn make (above bodily main Iks to 154 whites. Based on data ina formulas produce, (above bodily Yolki While* 247.49 142.11 rder 182.05 282.55 ion 429.54 424.66 nly make a practically equal numre of both than ordinary chows, rder contains the neceisary white-forminj HiPURINAjJw PURINA W HEN CHOW BnCHICKENQ jjj fecmamp) MCHOWKffl i LJVALL ? j CHERAW, S. C. i Clean-Up Squad at Work. Charleston.?Headed by John Anrews. the clean-up squad touring this | tate to dispose of claims of ex-service ] ten in quick time, started to work at | American Legion post headquarters ] nd are making progress. I I Former Trainmen Face Trial. I Fitzgerald, Ga.?The trial of O. C. "airfield, former flagman on the Atanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railroad -one of 26 persons indicted on harges of "interfering with employes" 1 fthat system has begun. 1 Public Hygiene Lectures. Washington. ? Arrangements for a eries of lectures on public hygiene ' n various cities were announced by 1 he Public Health Service. Cities and iates so far scheduled, the health serice officials said, included New Oreans, La., and Columbia, S. C., Jan 1 New Plans for Davis Monument. Louisville, Ky.?Plans to complete | nil dedicate the Jefferson Davis mon-! iment next June have been abandoned n favor of running the shaft to 531 eet. This, which was the original leight projected, will make it second inly to the Washington monument. 1.000 Buffaloes for Sale. Kdmonton, Alta. ? One thousand ' mffaloes are for sale by the Dominion lovernment. They are for the most art bulls and represent the surplus f the herd of nearly 5,000 in the naional park at Wainright, Alta. Gompers is Coming South. New York.?Samuel Gompers. pres- i ilent Of the American Federation of ?ihor, planned to leave New York or Atlanta. Ga., where he will aid in n the Inaugurating of a campaign to heck wage cuts in the textile mills if Georgia, Tennessee. North Carolina, >outh Carolina and Alabama, tary 9 to 14. j tj_. . k J nth P. A.! noke e-up self! rt, a ppePrinet Albart it told in toppy rod bags, tidy rod tint, handtomt pound once and pound tin humidort and in tho ailfl pound crystal gla.it humidor with |SS I ^ tponga^ moiotonor T Copyrifht 1921 by R. J. Reynold* Tobacco Co. Wlooton-Salam. N.C. MAL STOCK TAX REMOVED V Excess Profits Tax Must be Paid by Corporations For Another Year is I et ueciucu ay nndiikc \ Washington. ? Corporations would >e required to pay excess profits taxes or another year under a decision of he senate finance committee, which inally approved the provision in the louse bill repealing these taxes as of lext January 1, instead of last Janmry 1, as recommended by Secretary Vlellon. The committee also inserted a provision in the house measure repealing he capital stock tax, effective next vear, and adopted an amendment increasing the corporation income tax Irom 10 to 15 per cent, instead of 12% per cent, effective January 1, 1922. These represented the major decisions reached at two sessions, al:hough it was said officially that the committee practically had decided to imend the house bill so as to con:inue the tax on express packages and )il transported by pipe line. Whether my portion of the taxes on the transportation of freight and passengers svill be retained after next January 1 will depend, Chairman Penrose said, upon a report to be made by the treasury as to the savings in expenlitures expected to be made this fiscal /ear by the various government de?artments. U. S. Interested in Shantung. Washington. ? The United States ?overnment ie taking a deep interest n the negotiations between China ind Japan over the Shantung question. There is even a chance that the ?ood offices of this government, or at iny rate, its influence will be exerted :o bring about a settlement. May Shut Off Immigration. Washington. ? Attacks upon the three per cent immigration law are aeing made with the specific intention of discrediting the law, Secretary Davis said, adding that efforts to !)rng the law into disrepute were more than likely to result in Congress shutting off immigration entirely. Colonial Shoe Buckles Return. Nek York. ? Colonial buckles on feminine footwear have returned in , 3tyle with the revival of the tongue pump, one learns from the shop talk jn Fifth avenue. Mostly the mode is tnodifie'' Colonial, but the large buckles are also in demand. Jet, gunmofai ami nirkel are preferred. The strap pump, fashion oratles say, will still he favored by smart dress-' ers this fall. Buttons in metallic combinations to go with this footwear include bright and "satin" silver, and similar effects in gold. 109 Flood Victims Recovered. San Antonio, Texas. ? More than 10(1 bodies of flood and storm victims in the lowlands along the San Gabriel river in Williamson and Milan counties have been recovered, according to the correspondent^ the San Antonio Express at Taylor, who telegraphed a report. The correspondent telegraphed the following: "One hundred and nine bodies have been recovered from the flooded lowlands along the San Gabriel river. Most of the dead are Mexican farm laborers." Root May Yet Participate. Washington. ? At least informalparticipation by Klihu Root in the armament limitation conference appeared assured as a result of conferences between the former secretary of state and President Harding and Secretary Hughes.