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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THI8 AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN ME NEWS IT ME SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South* 1 . land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Foreign? The Ulster cabinet representatives at London unanimously approved "the firm attitude" which Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, has maintained in the interest of Ulster in his conferences with Prime Minister Llovd-Georee over the Question of an ' ? Irish settlement. ' A dramatic incident took place in the court room at Lindau, Switzerland. A handsome woman named Millerhath appeared on a charge of poisoning her second husband. As she entered one of the jurymen rose and stated that the accused woman was his former , ' wife whom he had divorced. The judge excused the venireman. The Ulster cabinet has rejected the British governments' plan for a settlement of the Irish question on the ground that It contained fundamental principles which under existing conditions were impossible of attainment. The Swedish Academy has awarded the 1921 Nobel prize in literature to Anatole France, noted French author. Unemployment is reported to be steadily increasing in Denmark. There ' Is mtfhc hope among business men that matters will alter for the better at t nh distant date. A new Russian invention for propelling railroad cars by the' use of airplane propellers, has resulted in a - j smash-up The experiment will be tried again. Paintings of the Hohenzollerns and , the Hapsburgs have slumped in the <market until what are considered good portraits of the former German emit peror and the late Emperor Francis F ? Joseph of Austria bring about 100 francs each. It is announced in Kronsadt, Russia, that six thousand uoisneviKi were Kitted in the nine-day Biege of Kronsadt following the seizure of the fortress by mutineers last March. It had been ! stated that the number of killed was > much larger. The trial of Henri Desire Landru, described as the "bluebeard of Cambrai," listened to the reading of his Indictment at Versailles, France, unfolding a tale of horrors, which, if he Is found guilty, will stamp him as the most remarkable criminal ever known, and provide material for future "grand opera" plots. ??? Washington? Efforts of the Democrats to force -an immediate vote on the acceptance of the senate 50 per cent ' surtax amendment to the tax revision bill failed recently. November 18 is the date set by the senate to vote on the anti-beer bill, and indications are that medicinal beer and wines are doomed. Governor Inouye of the Bank of Japan, In Washington to attend the armament conference, says the Japanese are totally unfit for emigrating to other countries. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, In the limelight for various resolutions he has intorduced in the senate, has asked the senate to resolve that the armament conference shall be open to the public. " * tfAntn Kn. fTaming UI tt uumuioitjoi ucoi; i/w tween the United States and Germany designed to effect complete resumption of peace-time relations is under way, it is stated authoritatively. A movement has been started in the house to concur in the senate action in in fixing the maximum income surtax rate at 50 per cent. After a hot partisan fight, bristling with dramatic clashes, the senate voted down du attempt to task the soldier bonus feature to the pending tax bill. The vote was 38 to 28. More than $22,1)00,000 in credit has been extended to farmers and stock? men since congress recently authorized the war finance corporation to make advances for agricultural and live stock purposes according to figures made ^ available by that agency. The traffic problem is said to be r>f onliitlnn in Dfttrnil Mirh Ill VI. UV4V.V.WM ... w.. v.?, ....WMIf reports from which city show that the campaign of safety education shows a decrease of 34 per cent in automobile acccidents in nine months. The unti-lynching bill, it is reported, will be shelved for this city, at any rate. Many Republicans consider that its provisions are not only too drastic, but beyond the pale of the Constitution. How strong is a rope? Tests made at the bureau of standards here have resulted in answering the question with a formula. Pesident Harding asked the American people to give their liberal support to the annual campaign of the Red Cross for relief contributions. While the delegations of the powers were quietly at work perfecting their plans for the armament conferenofl rheerine assurances of support for the negotiatiens reached Washington from two important quarters of the old world. Temporary lease of power plant No. 2, of the Muscle Shoals, Ala, project has been made to the Alabama Power company, Secretary Weeks announced recently. rA thunderous ovation from tens of thousands of spectators greeted Woodrow Wilson, America's war president, as he rode along historic Pennsylvania avenue recently behind the body of the unknown American dead. The reverend silence that marked the slow processional of the flag-draped casket gave way to a tremendous cheering as the Wilson carriage rolled by. IK i ? 1 1 The gooa roads bill car?-y:.?g an appropriation of 575,000,000 for road improvements apportined iTn maintenance provisions by the states was signed by President Harding. A plan soldier, unknown but weighted with honors as perhaps no American before him because he died for the flag in France, lay in a place where only martyred presidents, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley, have slept in death. With orders to shoot to kill if neoessary to prevent mail robberies, 1,000 marines have been ordered to duty as guards of mail trains and trucks and at postoffices in fifteen cities. Postmaster General Hays says he is determined to stop future mail robberies by bandits and others. As a result of the recent New York mail robbery, Postmaster General Hays has suspended Elijah M. Norris, superintendent of mails; Henry Lippman, superintendent of registry, and Walter S. Mayer, superintendent of money orders. The much-revised tax revision bill has been finally passed by the senate. rne voie was as iu zi. ioh xueaauio now goes to conference between the house and senate before it finally gets to the president. Outstanding fear tures of the tax revision bill as passed by the senate provide for repeal of the excess profits tax and all of the transportation taxes on next January 1, and a reduction of the surtax rates all along the line, with the maximum rate reduced from 65 per cent to 50 per cent. The comptroller of the currency has found that mutual savings bank accounts have increased in size and number beyond his fondest anticipations during the last fiscal year. The average bank account was $579.59. Four American Indian chiefs will pay tribute to the unknown dead at Arlington cemetery, Armistice Day. Unemployment directors have been named by Secretary Hoover. The secretary announces that these directors will get busy at once on the unemployment situation. Washington has sedulously striven to cordially greet the delegates arriving here for the armament and far easternPacific conference. Domestic? Mrs. Anne U. Stillman was recently denied an application that she be appointed general guardian of her sons, James and Alexander by Surrogate 1 Cohalan. Governor Morrow of Frankfort, Ky., recently ordered troops to guard the Elliot county circuit court when it convenes. A large number of cases of whiskey law violations are on the docket. "Had the Christian churches of this country exhibited the same degree of interest in the League of Nations that they now are ipanifesting in disarmament, the nation would have held its place in the high esteem of the world," says United States Senator, Carter Glass, of Virginia, ^ Charles T. Neal, prominent grain man, died suddenly of gastritis at his home at Omaha, Neb. The Missouri house of representatives passed the soldier bonus bill. l ne measure, wnicn naa pasa?u iuw senate, goes to Governor Hyde soon flor his signature. The battery compartment of the submarine L-6 caught fire while it was maneuvering in Lost Angles, Cal., harbor and six of the crew were seriously burned. An effort to inspire members of the Methodist Episcopal church in all parts of the world with a sprit of personal evangelism is the obcejt of the world conference to be sold soon at Detroit, Mich. The widow of Joe Stewart, negro, who was lynched at Laurens, S. C., recently, has just won a verdict of $2,000 damages as a result from the county of Laurens. Deputy Sheriff T. L. Gann shot and killed Police Officer H. B. Cannon, wounded Police Officer Clarence Crawford and was himself perhaps mnrtnilv mnnnded in the ODera house at Abbeville, S. C. The fifteen-mile run for life off Los Angeles harbor of the blazing submarine L-6 recently was expected to be followed by inquiry into the cause of the fire which suddenly burst forth in the forward compartment of the craft while it was ten fathoms beneath the surface. Both houses of *he Kentucky state legislature will be organized by the Democrats at the session which will open soon according to unofficial returns received at Frankfort, Kv., from the thirty-fourt senatorial district on which majorities from four out of the Fourteen persons were injured, one perhaps fatally when the Kansas City Flyer, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train No. 11, was wrecked two miles south of Mulhall, Okla. T. T. (Red) Harri8S, Edwin von Stienkirch and Orvilles and Jesse Jones, were found guilty recently of murder with mitigating circumstances in connection with the slaying of Polk A. Carraway in a recent hold-up, were sentenced to life imprisonment at Memphis, Tenn. Immediate action will be taken to secure reduction in the wages of train and yard service employee approximating 10 per cent, on all lines north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi. Gus A. King, who shot and killed Daniel D. Webster, near Fort Payne, Ala., was arrested at the entrance of Little river gulch, in the mountains near his home recently by a posse. Rain and threatening skies did not deter Cleveland citizens from extending a hearty welcome to Marshal Foch. Between 3,000 and 5,000 bales of cotton were burned or badly damaged in a fire which destroyed a storage shed at the plant of the Bolivar Cotton Compress company at Cleveland, Miss. The election of officers marks the program of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in session at St. Louis, Mo. Miss Stena Scorup, high school teacher of Saline, Utah, defeated her brother, P. S. Scorup, merchant, in the race for mayor by a majority of (fourteen votes. 1?Interior of Arlington amphltl Motorcycle guard fof malls In New I ICICIICC w us vpcucu, NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Conference on Armaments and Far East Questions Is Formally Opened. V HUGHES IS MADE CHAIRMAN Nations Pay Tribute to America's Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day? Senate Passes Tax Revision Bill ?Elections of Week Please Democrats. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. SATURDAY, November 12, may, and It Is to be hoped will, be set apart In the history of the world as one of Its most momentous dates. On that day was formally opened In Washington the conference on limitation of armaments and Far East questions which, If It is successful, will go far toward curing some of the worst ills of what we are pleased to call civilleatlon. The projectors of, and participants In, this meeting do not entertain the Illusory hope that It will result Immediately, or even soon. In the abolishing of warfare, but they do believe, and the world trusts, .that their deliberations and agreements will settle peaceably the tangled affulrs of the Pacific and the Orient, and so far cut down the naval and army programs of the great powers that the tax-burdened peoples will experience a tremendous financial relief, and the threat of another general or even important war will be far removed. < It was In the handsome auditorium of the Continental Memorial hall that the opening session of the conference was held. When Secretary of State Hughes arose to coll It to order, he faced the most distinguished assemblage of men and women this country ever has seen. Great Rrltaln, France, Italy, Japan, Relglum, Holland and Chlnn had sent each some of her most eminent statesmen. and our own representatives are acknowledged of the first rank. After the delegates were the extensive advisory staffs, and, of course, the diplomatic corps was there in full force. The members of the senate and house, Invited guests and other privileged persons filled the hall to overflowing. Mr. Hughes, in opening the conference, welcomed formally the foreign delegates, and stated briefly the obtects of the eatherlng. President Hard lng then stepped forward and, after the storm of applause had subsided, he told more at length of the hopes and purposes that had led him to Invite the powers to this conference. He spoke persuasively and well; even the most pessimistic of his hearers could not help but feel that there was a fair chance that those hopes would be renllzed. After the formalities, the conference organized for business, Secretary ITughes being elected chairman, and other officers being chosen. Adjournment was taken until Monday. One great figure was absent from the opening of the conference?David Lloyd George, premier of Great Britain. Kept at home for the present by the Irish negotiations and the unemployment situation, he cabled to the government the assurance that he would sail for Washington as soon as possible. YHT another event made last week memorable?the burial of America's unknown dead soldier on Armistice day. In this the nation, through Its highest representatives, paid tribute to the many thousands who, uneung and unhonored Individually, gave up their lives in the cause of patriotism and freedom In the World war: The unnamed hero was brought home Alvmnln A/lmlrnl Dotrov'o rvl rl lfj uir v/l j 1i1|/a14, 4*.vatllt* ^ j u viv* flagship, and on Wednesday his casket was placed under the dome of the cnpltol on the catafalque on which had rested the bodies of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKlnley. Around It stood, at parade rest, the five soldiers of the honor guard, and all about It and over It were the wreaths STUDYING ORIGIN OF RACE Expedition to the South Sea Is Expected to Solve Mystery of the Polynesians. Honolulu.?The origin of the Polynesian races, one of the great mysteries of the South seas, Is the object of investigations being carried on by the P.ishop museum and Yale university which have yielded gratifying results in the first year, according to the annual report made public by Dr. Iler heater where ceremonies for unknown s fork since latest big robbery. 3?Contli which had covered It on the way across the ocean. An officer pinned on the flag at the head of the coffin the badge of the Legion of Honor conferred by the French government, and then came In President and Mrs. Harding, Vice President Coolldge. Speaker GUlett and Chief Justice Taft. .Mrs. Harding laid across the casket a wide white ribbon, and on It the President placed a wreath of red rosebuds. Wreuths from congress, the Supreme court and the War and Navy departments were added, and the honor guard was left alone with the dead. On the following day decorations and wreaths from foreign nations and floral designs from every state were brought In. On Armistice day the great ceremony was carried out The parade down Pennsylvania avenue was the most Impressive ever seen In Washington. From the eapltol as far as the White House, President Harding walked In the ranks with generals, admirals, practically every government official In the city, veterans of the Civil war and and every war America has had since then, and large detachments from the army and navy. At the White House President Harding and most of the other civilians dropped out of the procession, and went to Arlington In motors, but General Pershing trudged on afoot all the way with the body of his dead comrade-in-arms. The unknown was Interred In front of the pavilion of the National cemetery, with every honor that could possibly be paid him. The funeral address, delivered by President Harding, was replete with passages of eloquence and pathos, and with expressions of hopefulness for the future peace of the world. Much of It Is worth quoting; for Instance: "On the threshhold of eternity, many a soldier, I can well believe, wondered aKKInw hlnnH wfillM color the stream of human life, flowing on after his sacrifice. His patriotism was none less If he craved more than triumph of country; rather, It was greater If ho hoped for a victory for all human kind. Indeed, I revere that citizen whose confidence In the righteousness of his country Inspired belief that Its triumph Is the victory of humanity. "This American soldier went forth to battle with no hatred for any people In the war, but hating war and hating the purpose of every war for conquest. He cherished our national rights, and nhhorred the threat of armed domination; and In the maelstrom of destruction and suffering and death, he fired his shot for liberation of the captive conscience of the world. In advancing toward his objective was somewhere a thought of a world awakened ; and we are here to testify undying gratitude and reverence for that thought of a wider freedom." , TWO governments have announced that they will not be bound by any otrreements reached hv the Washing ton conference. Neither Is represented In that meeting. First came defiance from Moscow, the soviet rulers declaring they not only would not recognize the decisions of the conference, but would adopt all means to defeat them. Next In this line of action was Dr. Sun Yat Sen's southern China government. Ma Soo, representative of Doctor Sun In America, departed from Washington after announcing that the government of southern China would fight any plan for the settlement of China's affairs that Is accepted by the official Chinese delegation to the conference. For the time being, the lutter case may be the more Important of the two, but the time will come when Russia's power and Interests In the Orient will have to be taken Into account. Tchltcherln, soviet foreign minister, says Russia's policies are now directed only by economic Interests, and not by doctrines, and Russia Is welcoming vociferously every Indication of the Investment of foreign capital. Premier Lenin Is predicting that the chase for gold will lead to' war between America and Japan or America and Great Britain In 1025 or 1928. The soviet announced It had succeeded In suppressing the revolt In the Ukraine, led by General Petlura, partly because the inhabitants of that region refused to aid the revolutionists. But this was contradicted by later advices. bert E. Gregory, director of the Bishop museum here. The report detailed the agreement reached between the museum, Yale and Bayard Domlnlck of New York, who Is financing u large part of the research work. Four expeditions have been sent to the South seas and Hawaii to Investigate geological, geographical, ethnological and botanical questions which might lead to the solution of the origin of the Polynesians. These parties of scientists visited the Marquesas Islands, the Austrul i \ loldler were Held Armistice day. 2? lental Memorial hall, where arms conALEXANDER finally went-to Belgrade to be crowned king of Jugo-Slavla, and found himself in the midst of difficulties immediately. The Serbs were pressing their invasion of Albania, In the hope of reaching Tirana before the meeting of the League of Nations council in Paris, November 18, and the council of ambassadors ordered them to get outside the boundaries It had Just decided on for Albania. Premier Pachltch offered his Resignation, but Alexander refused to accept it, Indicating he was satisfied with the premier's foreign policy, and the Serbian army continued Its advance. The Montenegrins, who never have consented to the merging of their national Identity in the Jugo-SIav state, have Joined forces with the Albanians, and the prospects for another Balkan war are excellent. THE Ulster cabinet has received from Lloyd George an outline of the negotiations with the Sinn Fein representatives and of the tentative peace plan, and Is considering it. Meanwhile, the Ulsterites issued this etntomnnf' "fil* T n man Proftr ftho premier) on behalf of the cabinet of northern Ireland, wishes It clearly understood that there can be no surrender of Ulster's rights." Parliament was prorogued on Thursday, after being reassured that nothing would be finally settled with regard to Ireland without calling the bouse together. AT THE close of a flfteen-'hour session, the senate passed Its version of the tax-revlslon bill, and on Thursday the conference committee began Its task. The Republican "Insurgents" In the lower house, who favor the senate maximum surtax rate of 60 per cent, forced an agreement that the house would be given a chance to vote on that feature before the conferees reached a final decision on It The "Insurgents" claimed to have from 80 to 85 votes, which, with the votes of the Democrats, would be enough to accept the senate rate. The bill, as passed by the senate, Is estimated by Treasury experts to yield about $3,250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30 next, or $200,000,000 less than the existing law. But ultimately It would reduce the nation's tax bill by approximately $750,000,000. ELECTIONS held Inst week In various parts of the country were highly pleasing to the Democrats, though the most talked-of contest, In New York city, really was not much Influenced by party politics. There I Mayor Hylan, Tammany candidate, was re-elected, having a tremendous plurality over Curran, the coalition candidate. Hylan stood for 5-cent street car fare and for local self-government, with which the Republican state assembly was trying to Interfere. In Kentucky the Democrats regained control of the legislature; In Maryland they Increased their control; In Virginia they elected E. Lee Trimble for governor and the entire state ticket. THE next man who undertakes to rob the United Stutes malls will probably run up against a "devil-dog," who will unhesitatingly All him full of lead. The mall robberies were becoming so frequent and flagrant that Postmaster General Hays was driven to ask for protection. The President and cabinet decided that marines should be or dered on that duty, and 1,000 of them have been detailed to guard postal stations, railway mall cars and mall trucks, pending the organization of a permanent armed guard as a branch of the postal service. "There Is no length to which the department will not go to prevent these mall robberies," says Mr. Hays. THE assassination of Premier Hara of Japan by a young political crank was startling, and greatly shocked the diplomats gathered In Washington, but there was swift assurance that the event would not change the nation's policies. The selection of a new cabinet was virtually In the hands of Mnrquls Saonji, and Prince Tnmagata, the elder statesmen, and It was understood the former would take the office of premier for the present Islands, Tonga and Hawaii. All have returned to Honolulu except the Marquesas Investigators, who are still engaged In compiling a vast amount of material discovered In that archipelago, the report stated. The second year of the two-year program of Investigation will be devoted to observations at Wake Island, the eastern Carollnas, Gilbert Islands, Christmas Island, Fanning Islands, Maiden, Samoa, Tonga, the Friendly Islands, Ellice ami the Marshall islands. FEDERAL AID FOR = IIEROf ROADS $150 000 HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR BUILDING SAVANNAH RIVER BRIDGE. ,, WILL HELP THE UNEMPLOYED More Than 20 Roads and Bridges Allotted Sums Ranging in Auounts From $10,000 to $50,000. Columbia* The state highway commissions at its monthly meeting here allotted $516,500 of federal aid to a score of projects over the state, $360,000 being effective immediately, and $150,000 for the proposed Savannah river bridge being available January 1. The commission hopes ine allotments will greatly relieve the unemployment situation. An allotment of $40,000 was given the mountain road in Pickens county; 22.500 was granted the AndersonLaurens road In Anderson, and $15,000 was granted on a continuance of the Seneca-Walhalla road in Oconee county. . More than a score of roads and bridges were allotted sums ranging Lorn $10,000 to $50,000 but the $150,000 for the Savannah bridge was the largest individual amount awarded by the commission. Dial Talks Mileage Books. Washington, (Special). ? Senator Dial has gone home on a short business trip. Just before leaving Washington he gave out an interview touching upon the subject of issuing mileage books by the railroads. "I have just had a conference with Senator Cummins, chairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce," Senator Dial said, "and told him that mileage books should be restored for the use of the traveling public. I certainly think that the mileage books should now be given the people again if they want them." Lose* Purse and Contents. Miss Sallie McMillan's pocketbook, which disappeared from her desk in the state department of agriculture officers in the Liberty National Bank building, was found later in the afternoon on the roof of the building minus the $45 that was in it, also minus the important papers that the pocketbook contained. Miss McMillan has detectives working on the case who have so far made no progress. Marlowe I* Granted Bail. The supreme court granted bail to J. C. Marlowe of Greenville, convicted last week of the killing of Thmas F. McCarroll in the Elks' club house at Greenville, and sentenced by Judge X* (norn-T 4-n oorvo 11 VPflrs ill the moiuui lugut vu uv> ? w penitentiary or the county chaingang. The court fixed bond at $5,000, which is returnable to the clerk of court at Greenville. Marlowe ha3 appealed for a new trial. 9 Many Roads Under Malntalnce. Total mileage of South Carolina roads now under maintenance by the state highway department has reached 1,143.49, acocrding to the report of the figures announced by Charles H. Moorefleld state highway engineer. The total expenditures for this maintenance so fa rhave been $225,780.10, leaving a residue for the remainder of the year of $90,464.&9. All Taxes Must be Paid. / Payment of all taxes due and collectible, Including poll tax, within the dates specified Dy iaw or uomccu vttober 15 and December 31 is a prerequisite to voting in any election in South Carolina within six months thereafter, the state supreme court held in handling down a decision in the Chester county annexation case. Will Take Examinations. Eight doctors, 42 nurses and one chiropractor registered with the state board of medical examiners to take the examinations before the board at the State House. Diary of Edmund Bohun. John R. Abney, prominent New York attorney, and a former Columbian, presented to the supreme court of South Carolina the diary and autobiography of Edmund Bohun, the first chief justice of South Carolina, who was appointed by the Lords Proprietors in 1698. The book, containing interesting sketches of South Carolina's flrqt chief juatice, was received by Chief Justice Gary, in behalf of the supreme court and all members of the court responded to Mr. Abney's presentation. Students' Identification Cards. President of the colleges in Columbia will be required to furnish their students with identification cards to be used when the students ask merchants to cash checks, according to a resolution adopted at the meeting of the Retail Merchants' association of Columbia. These cards will be numbered and the lists are to be kept at the colleges. The cards, according to the resolution, will be furnished by the asociation without cost. The student population is large during nine months of the year. Fewer Loan Applications. Fewer applications for loans were made during October at the federal land bank, located in Columbia than in several months past, according to Harry W. Root, treasurer of the institution. Mr. Root said that if a decrease in the number of applications for loans meant an improvement in conditions, then conditions are im proving. The total number of applications received at the bask during October was 1.600, the amount asked for being $4,813,366. i Uial Wants Law Observed. Washington, (Special). ? Juggling with names of applicants for appointment as postmasters, indicative of the return by the administration to the spoils system in filling vacancies, constantly disturbs Senator Dial of South Carc'ina, who has referred to the situation in a letter addressed to ' the civil service commission. In course of his remarks, the following occurs: "I make no charge at present, however, it has been brought to my attention that there must be leaks in your office in regard to applicants for appointments as postmaster in South Carolina. "For instance, I have heard that after examinations, other names are' added to the list. I have heard, furthemore, that reports as to the result or examinations have been held up until interested parties- coifM inspect them. I merely request that the law be adhered to rigidly. "I have been given to understand that under the system of appointing one of the three highest that ih^re is much juggling, and that some en titled to appointment unuer no consideration are receiving undue favors. I do not know that your hands are bound. But it ocurs to me that the applicant receiving the highest mark should receive the designation in the / absence of anything against his character." Baptist "Fellowship' 'Day. Sunday, November 13, has been set aside by the Baptists of South Carolina as 'fellowship" day. It is the purpose of the Baptists to have a service in every church in the state that day. Pulpits will be exchanged throughout the state and a service held which, it is hoped, will do much \ to the rounding out of the second year of the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign. The exchanges in most of the full time churches have been arranged. More Indigent Children. , The number of children' being reported to the child placing department of the state board of public welfare is steadily increasing, according to Mrs. W. C. Cathcart, superintendent of this department. As many as five and six children from one family are reported at times to this department and the workers are kept busy trying to find suitable homes for them. During the month of October 31 children were reported as needing aid. In. addition to this number, nine children were on hand October 1. Progress on Calhoun Highway. Considerable .progress has been made on the Calhoun highway since its incorporation into the state sysby tLe highway commission and reports from officers of the Calhoun Highway association, which is promoting the road, indicate that this road will be rapidly built and every possible effort to speed up the work will be made. This highway has now been recognized by the Georgia a-'l South Carolina highway departments. f >V Insurance Companies Warned. , Insurance Commissioner McMahan has sent a circular letter to the president and the secretary of each of the farmers' mutual fire Insurance companies In the several counties la regard to the maximum insurance carried on a single risk. Most of these county farmers' matuals have a by-law limiting ri9ks to $1,000. or $2,000. i l.T More Money for Roads. Washington, (Special).?The good Toads bill, carrying $75,000,000, was sent by congress to the president The president will sign it Of the $75,000,000, South Carolina's share will be $1,061,237, according to the official estimate. Dies Protesting Innocence. Harvey W. Haley, Calhoun county negro, went to his death in the eleo-. trie chair at the state penitentiary for the murder of Earl Wadford, of Lone Star, last January, with a sons on his lips. He died protesting hu? innocence. Fox Hunter's Field Trials. The committee appointed to arrange the field trials for the South Carolina Fox Hunters' association has announced that the trials will be held November 16, 17 and 18 at Measers mill, on the old Camden road. ? f Benefits of Co-operation. That the Oklahoma and Texas cojtton growers who are members of the cooperative marketing associations of their respective states are securing a benefit which ranges from $5 to $15 per bale net to them above what nonmembers are securing was the state ment made by C. O. Moser of Dallas, Texas, secretary of the American Cotton Growers' exchange who arrived in Columbia for a stay of five days. Mr. Moser said that the war finance * corporation was backing the Texas and Oklahoma asociatlons. To Assist In State Survey. W. S. Grlscom, federal engineer, arrived here from Montgomery to assist the state highway department in Its economic survey of South Carolina to determine the exact status of all roads and bridges in the state to determine how much work remains to be done on the roads and how many, J. nAncfriiptfij] new roaas uiuai uo The survey has already begun and In accordance with Its promise the bureau of public of public roads has assigned Mr. Grlscom here to assist the department. Sandy Visits State Hospital. Dr. W. C. Sandy, psychiatrist to the commission on mental defectives of New York, stopped over with Dr. P. C. Williams of the state hospital en route from Jacksonville, where he atended the meeting of the American Prison association, to New York. Dr. Sandy is well remembered in Columbia, having been for two years medical director at the state hospital. Friends of Dr. Sandy in Columbia will be pleased to learn that he has been elected chief of the bureau of mental diseases of Pennsylvania. ? M i