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GENOA CONFERENCE 10 OPENAPIL10 PREMIERS LLOYD GEORGE AND POINCARE AGREE TO POSTPONE CONFERENCE. r iN FflflR-HQUR CONVERSATION Reach Full Understanding Regarding the General Lines of the FrancoBritish Treaty. t Boulogne, France. ? Agreement to .he postponement of the Genoa economic conference until April 10 was reached by Premier Poincare and France and Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain at their con ference here. The conference originally was called to meet March 8. Mr. Lloyd George said after the conference there would be no necessity for a further discussion of the Franco-British pact as both parties were entirely agreed as to all its essentials and that the pact would be ready for signature in a few days. The two premiers by their meeting broke the deadlock into which a brief trial of long-range discussion after the old diplomatic style appeared to have led them on questions concerning the Genoa conference. This was accomplished in a four-hour conversation during which they reached a full understanding not only as to the conditions under which the Genoa gathering should be held and its postponement until April 10. but also regarding the general lines of the FrancoBritish paot "There is nothing further to be discussed about the pact," Mr. Lloyd George said after his interview with M. Poincare. "We are in perfect agreement on all the essential points, and the document will be ready for signature in a few days.'' The question as to whether disarmament would be discussed at Genoa was not mentioned. Both parties expressed great satisfaction at the results of their talk. Premier Poincare left for Paris and Mr. Lloyd George motored off on his return journey about the same time. The official communique issued after the conference read: "Messrs. Poincare and Lloyd George met in a four-hour talk, during which they examined in a moBt cordial spirit a certain number of problems, particularly relating to Genoa. "They agreed on the political guarantees to be secured in order to prevent encroachments either on the rights of the League of Nations, or on the treaties signed since the peace conference or the rights of the allies in reparations. "The experts of the different powers will meet in I^ondon soon and the Italian Government will be asked to call the Genor conference for April 10, "A complete understanding was reached and two premiers carried away with them the certainty that the entente may confidently be expected to produce the best results, and that there are no difficulties of a political character that stand in the way of the two nations working." Shoots Wife and Cuts Her Throat. Miami. Fla.?Edgar C. Frady, president and treasurer of the Chicago Automobile Sales company, shot his wife 1 VI ? 4.-11- ~ Uia Awn pruuauiy lauiu j uuu vul uid throat at a hotel here, according to police. Both are in a hospital in a critical condition. f Fruits From Chile in New York. New York. ? One hundred tons of peaches, melons and vegetables, the full capacity of the ship's refrigerating plant, were landed from the steamship Essequibo, from Valpariso and other Chilean ports. The movement of South American produce to a northern market first In Avnowlmantnl U' Q V 1Q fi f ttlimil pit'U ILL CA)JCliliiVlUU? " ?MV? fall, has become successful enough to warrant its continuation, Chilean consular officials announced. Will Not Affect American Attitude. Washington.?Postponement of the Genoa conference, it was said in official circles, will have little influence on the attitude of the American government toward its participation, unless it affords the nations of Europe a desired oportunity to see their own houses in order before the delegates gather. Entry of America to the proposed conference is a matter contingent more upon the agenda to be considered than upon the time or place of the meeting, it was said. Landru Pay6 Death Penalty. Versailles. France. ? Henry Desire Landru. "Bluebeard of Gambias," convicted of the murder of ten women and one youth, gave his life in exchange for the eleven he had taken. The triangular knife of the guLMotine fell at 6:05 o'clock. 25 minutes kfter the time originally set for the execution, the delay causing many to express the erroneous opinion that Landru was making a confession. Mysterious until death, Landru resented Father Loisell's puerv as to whether he had any confession to make. John B. Gaines Dead. Bowling Green. Ky.?John B. Gaines 78. one of the oldest newspaper men of the state, died at his home here. He was editor and publisher of the Park City Daily News of this city and had been a newspaper publisher for nearly 50 years. Weeks in Florida. Miami. Fla?John W. Weeks, secretary of war, arrived here from Washington He expects to spend several weeks here recuperating fro mthe traift of official business. LIST OF DEAD AND MISSING r IN AIRSHIP DISASTER | Washington.?An official list of the survivors, dead and missing in the Roma disaster was received from Langley field by the army a.T service. The addresses, however, in most cases were unavail- c able. The list follows: Identified dead: First Lieutenant William E. Riley, of 526 East Eighty-sixth street, New York. Missing: Maj. John G. Thornell, Maj, Walter W. Vantsmeier, Capt. Dale Mabry, Capt. George D. P Watts, Capt, Allen P. McFarland, Captain Burschmidt, First Lieut. C. Burns, First Lieut. J. R. Hall, First Lieut. Clifford E. Smythe, First p Lieut. Wallace C. Cummings, First Lieut. Ambrose V. Clinton, First Lieut. Harold Hine, Master Sergeant McNally, Master Sergeant Murray. Master Sergeant Corby, p] Sergeant Harris, Sergeant Hilliard, j,, Sergeant Beal, Sergeapt Yarbor- I ough, Sergeant Ryan, Sergeant j Gj Huffman. Sergeant Schumacker, ^ Sergeant Holmes. Sergeant Hever- 0, on, Private Kingston, Private ; iE Blakeley. Private Thompson, Pri- 1 w vate Hill. ! n 3 ALTERATIONS IN PROPOSAL?' ^ H TO INSURE DELIVERY OF FER- 0| TILI2ERS AT EIGHT PER S( b< CENT PROFIT. th q| Proposal Greatly Improved in View of Some; Others Want Lease Cut tf to Fifty Yea re. vl s< Washington.?Three alterations in 01 the proposal made by Henry Ford for lease and purchase of the gov- a ernment's nitrate and power projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., have been 8' agreed to by the Detroit manufacturer. They say: cJ One, to write into the proposed con'tract a definite guarantee to produce i te fertilizers in their finished form at a ! ft: given annual minimum tonnage. ! la Two, to capitalize the operating ! pi capacity which is to be created for j P the purpose of supervising the Muscle j b; Shoals operations. i ai Three, to revise the language of, hi the so-called farmers' clause fn order th to insure the delivery of fertilizers th from the producing plant to the con- e: sumers at a profit not exceeding eight1 per cent based on the cost of manu-j pi facture. it Mr. Ford's approval of these modi- b< flcations was announced by W. R. Mayo, chief engineer of the Ford company, upon his return from Detroit where he went to confer with the De- ei troit manufacturer. in Formal announcement to the house m military committee members who are a investigating the offer in congress will m be made by Mr. Mayo. | hi While the three alterations were re- Cl garded by some committee members B( as greatly improving the form of the f proposal and adding to its value as hi they view it from the government's j a! standpoint, other members said it: tj would have been more acceptable if j ^ Mr. Ford had also agreed to a reduc-: a, tion in the lease clause from 100 to \ 60 years as suggested by Secretary j Weeks when he testified before the j committee. 10] On this point, however, Mr. Mayo! p explained that Mr. Ford still felt that B the 50-year period was too short a jj time to Justify the financial invest- m ment necessary under the proposed jp contract for development for the Mus- ' p] cle Shoals water power facilities and j nitrate plants in the section of the j country where they are situated. : The agreement to manufacture fin-! g ished fertilizers instead of "com- j J. pounds," it was explained, was made , " t- assure the production of that com-! " modity which several committee men 1 J had declared was not an obligation un tier the existing language of the offer. ,,E Mr. Mayo did not reveal the amount of production guaranteed. Big Cargo of Whiskey Seized. Salem, Mass. ? Whiskey and gin R valued at $70,000, consisting of seven ! bl hundred cases, were seized by federal ,111 officers and local nollce in a raid on el a stranded motorboat from Gloucester n In the harbor here. Four of the crew tc escaped by Jumping overboard and walking ashore in the mud. The caplain, who was ill, was arrested. fa Threatens Greek Shipping. Paris.?The French foreign office Informed the Greek government that, ^ unless the steamer Espoir and its w cargo of coal, captured by a Greek tor- si pedo boat off the coast of Asia Minor, k: a few days ago, are immediately re-1 leased, France must adopt retaliatory w measures toward the Greek shipping.; hi A Havas dispatch from Athens says fr that, in a note handed the French r< minister, the Greek government had tr agreed to release the Espoir but de- ir clared it would retain the coal. a More Cotton Used. S Washington.?Commerce and industry as a whole made further progress ft during January, according to figures a received up to February 20 by the de-1 tc partment of commerce. | Vl Consumption of cotton by mills in- G creased from 511,000 bales in Decern- j ber to 526.000 bales, the report says. N while a year ago me January ?_-uu- > sumption was only 366,270 bales. Con- ci sumption of silk increased from 21,000 f bales to nearly 44,000 bales in the S month, or fully 50 per cent greater ci than a year ago. | ci , Many Deaths From Wishkey. Detroit. Mich. ? Fourteen deaths j from alcoholism have been recorded a; here since January 1. according to Dr. i w J. E. Rurgess, coroner. This record b compares with 27 for the entire year c of 1921. So far a8 be was able to do- si termine, the coroner stated. the i deaths were caused by illicit liquor. , ei In addition to these deaths, Dr. Bur- h gess said, Dr. John E. Clark, county 1 g chemist, now has for analysis, stom- h achs of five persons believed by the | n: officials to have died from alcoholic, w poisoning. j B] IEJECT SALES TAX I PLAN FOR BONUS OM PENSATION BILL WITHOUT ANY PROVISION TO RAISE FUND. RESIDENT MIGHT TAKE HAND roponents and Opponents of Sales Tax Surprised by Committee Vote, 7 to 2. Washington.?Rejecting 7 to 2, a reposition to pay the soldiers' bonus p means of a sales tax, the special lb-committee of republican members [ the house ways and means comilttee was understood to have gone i record, 5 to 4, in ravor or reportig out an adjust compensation bill ithout any provision for raising the jvenue. The sub-committee reported to the itire majority membership of the >mmittee later In the day, but a desion was deferred, adjournment beig taken so as to give committeemen me to study the whole matter. Some ! those professing to have sounded i ?ntiment among the majority mem- ; irs were of the opinion that unless i lere were unforeseen developments le action of the sub-committee probsly would be ratified. Aside from the ballots on the sales i ix and a bill without a revenue pro- i Ision, there were said to have been iveral other votes in the sub-corn- i ittee provision was defeated. 6 to 2. j Both proponents and opponents of ! sales tax appeared to be surprised | C the vote on that proposition. Both des had been claiming a victory with |i ich seemingly expecting a fairly I ose vote. Four members of the sub-commitie were reported to have favored a I irther postponement of bonus legis-,' ttion in the belief that in time the i roblem of finance would solve itself, ostponement is opposed, however, i V a big majority of the committee j! ad also by many members of the; ouse. Chairman Fordney reiterated 1 lat a bonus bill would be passed at lis session and other committeemen cpressed the same view. Some supporters of a sales tax exressed the view that President Hardig might again take a hand in the inus controversy. Education for Future Lawyers. Washington.?The national conferice of bar associations at its closig session adopted practically unani- i lously the recommendation of the j( merican Bar Association that future; lembers of the bar be required to i1 ave at least two years college edu-i' ition in addition to their regular law phool work. The action of the contrence was on a resolution which, it 1 ad been explained, would place the; ssociations under the moral obliga- j on of striving to have this educa- J onal standard set up in their states j1 ad universities. State Must Produce Witnesses. Hamilton, Ont.?Unless North Car-! !ina witnesses appear before next j' riday to testify against Matthew 1 ullock, negro, who is wanted in Nor- j1 na, N. C., on a charge of attempted iurder, he will be unconditionally re-, j tased. Judge Snyder declared in , ranting what he said would be his ,st remand in the case. This week's postponement was ranted at the request of the United ', tates consul here, who explained tat the delays in the presentation. ^ f evidence against Bullock, were due: the long time necessarily taken by . le legal and diplomatic formalities j ivolved. j Elopes With Stepmother. St. John, N. B.?Frederic Brooks, , ), eloped with his stepmother from j angor, Me., to McAden, N. B.. has ] rought his bride to St. John. She is J lore than twice his age. After the ( lopement. they tried to return to , angor, but were refused admission ( the United States by the immlgra- , on authorities. The bride had been . ivorced from her present husband's , ither. , Chicago Shaken by Explosion. Chicago.?A powder magazine In , le United States quarry In the south- ( estern corner of Chicago, blew up, ( Taking the whole city. It is not , nown whether any one was killed. ] Windows in all parts of Chicago | ere broken by the explosion, which , ad mystified the entire city. A j ( eight train on the Belt Line Rail-;, Tad. near Argo, was blown off the ( ack. The audience of an Argo mov-,, ig picture theater were thrown into , panic by the sound of the blast. 1 enate Committee to Inspect Shoala. Washington.?The Senate Agrlcullre Committee was authorized, under | resolution adopted by the Senate,!, > go to Muscle Shoals. Ala., and in-! ] pstigate the projects there which the , overnment seeks to dispose of. j, The Senate resolution by Chairman ( orris, of the Agriculture Committee, , as amenaen in ine senate iu iu rease the cost of the inquiry from | 1,000 to $2,000 antl to authorize any ! | enator, in addition to agricultural | ammlttee members, to go with the ammittee. i Jazz Dar.clng Causes Warts. Boston. ? The latest indictment gainst jazz dancing is that it causes | arts on the feet. The charge was rought here by the Massachusetts ] hiropody Association now in ses- i Ion. According to experts who address- > 1 the convention "the vibration of < odies made tense by the gripping I usto of Jazz and thrown like trip- j ammers upon weary feet causes'! lyrlads of minute abrasions through hich Alterable virus enters the i kl?." Hence verruca, or wanta. , i 'l CABINET DISCUSSES f THE ROMA DISASTER I Washington.?The Roma disaster and possible necessary changes of aircraft policy resulting therefrom were understood to have been discussed at Cabinet meeting. Secretary Fall, on entering the c meeting, said Congress would be asked through the War and Navy Departments for an appropriation of (5,000,000 for production of helium gas, the non-inflammable gas used for dirigibles. The Secretary : L took with him into the Cabinet ' meeting a map showing gas fields n Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kansas and Oklahoma, which p night, in addition to the Texas lelds, furnish helium. 34 PERISH IN AIRSHIP FIRE,1; AIRSHIP ROMA PLUNGES 1,000 f' FEET, HITS HIGH-TENSION ? WIRE AND BURNS UP. b s p t: Most of 45 Men Aboard Giant Airship Are Caught in Roaring Furnace ^ of Burning Hydrogen. e t: Norfolk, Va.?Flung earthward, pre- ^ Bumably by a broken rudder, the giant airship Roma plunged a thousand feet or more to strike ground at the Hamp- * ton Roads army base, capsize across a j high tension electric line and burst into a roaring furnace of blazing hy- J drogen gas in which at least 34 of her : p army crew and passengers perished. The 34 dead includes officers of the !e army air service. j a Her contact with the high voltage j wires which she tore asunder started c her gas bag afire, and the explosion followed as the nose of the craft 0 struck a pile of car material a few j 0 feet beyond. The explosion sent flames 800 feet ? In the air, as eight of her survivors i leaped from the "deck"' of the ship, i c Three others were dragged from the J ? mass of wreckage and flames. Only those in the forward part of ' Lhe operating compartment of the ship | * had a chance for their lives. Several 1 were injured severely by jumping, but' v three came out practically unhurt and a were- discharged from the hospital a within a few hours after the disaster. Lieutenant Burt, who with Captain,a Reed was the principal pilot of the ! Roma, was one of these. He jumped j p when the ship was only a few yards ! from the ground. At nightfall, many hours after her j c fall, the ship was still a mass of flames j n from one end to the other of her 410- \ w foot mass. The fire was feeding on i the million cubic feet of gas that had it! distended the great bag for the flight. | Barely a dozen or more than two j score men aboard had been picked up ifl alive. One died en route to a hos* j pital. All of those who survived the j c fira ocfancH hv tiimninir as the shiD ! 0 struck. The others, pinned in the 13 hull beneath the fallen bag, were burned to death. Heat of the fire fought back res- n cuers for hours. Three Are departments fought the ;e flames with chemicals and by 7 p. m. !a it was out. Derricks began picking j ^ up the wreckage as the flames were i driven back. There was scarcely;n more than the aluminum frame work 8 and six Liberty motors to move. Within the wreckage lay the bodies, many of them charred beyond direct recognition. Thirty-one bodies had , P been taken out at 7 o'clock. Three or a four more were thought to be still in 11 the charred mass that alone remained e of what had been the largest ship of ( a ber type in the world. Eye witnesses who watched the ^ smash agreed that the huge kite-like ? structure of the stern rudder, itself as ;0 large as a bombing plane, had slip- j tl ped to one side as the Roma drove jn along a thousand feet above the army K base. j So swift was the flare of the gas 1< flame that rescuers were driven back before its terrific heat. They watched helplessly as the great bag shriveled j in the fierce blaze of the liberated s gas. The Roma was a wall of flames e a city block long and until the thou- c; sands of gallons of chemicals and wa- R ter had checked the holocaust, it was li Impossible to reach the comrades a mangled and dead in that fiery fur- V I tl uatc. Of the forty-five men who left the Langley Field air station this afternoon, eleven found their way, alive, g to the United States public health p service. Those men, some more dead e than alive, lay on their cots, with p burned and broken limbs swathed in I a bandages. Some had their faces : tl smeared with cream to relieve them ! f< nf their intense suffering, while oth- j ers lay asleep or unconscious with lj anly their closed eyes visible. All who i ti were able to talk were suffering from d shock. Several of the victims, it is w believed, were instantly killed. I ti Casts Gtoom Over Departments. Washington. ? The disaster at i the Hampton Roads army base to the I o army's Italian-built airship Roma,1 ri largest craft of her type in the world, ft cast gloom over the war and navy: w departments as the long list of offi-' p cars and men who were burned to' a death in the ship came in. Pending i b full official reports, however, Secre- j A tary Weeks and air service officials e bad no comment to make. tl Immediately on receipt of the news, w Major General Patrick, chief of the o air service, left for the scene. fl Mexican Officers Arrested. San Antonio, Tex.?Four army officers from Torreon have been ar- a rested and sent to Mexico City fol- o lowing the uncovering of a conspiracy G against the Obregon Government. G That Ratoban Cantu is trying to consolidate the different factions un- j n der one flag and leadership is the be- o lief of Mexican observers in this city, b He has a following among the Carran- a zistas of this city who are averse to tl Antonio Vlllareal, who they say was 1 tl always the enemy of Venustiano Car- tl ranta. J ci M IS HEARD III NEWJRLEANS )l SCUSSES FINANCIAL PHASE OF THE COTTON GROWING PROBLEM. IESTER ON GOHON FUTURES I. O. Everett of North Carolina Made Chairman of Conference on Cotton Problems. New Orleans.?A defense of the fuures contract in dealing with cotton ras voiced by Col. Henry G. Hester, or 51 years secretary of the New Organs cotton exchange, in an address efore the commissioners appointed y the various governors of tlje cotton tates who began here a study of the roblems affecting the cotton Indus-' ry. "We must remember that cotton is he most liquid asset known to the . orld'a trade and through futures, very minute of the day and night, rom one end of the year to the other, otton may be purchased,'' declared lr. Hester. He deplored the fact hat laws have been suggested to conress whereby the New York and lew Orleans cotton exchanges may e regulated as to their dealings in utures. He warned the law-makers resent at the conference that, while L might lie in the power of the govrnment to regulate the New York nd New Orleans exchanges, Havre, .iverpool and other foreign exchanges ould not be regulated. "You are here to devise a system f education for both white and colred that will teach them to properly row cotton of high grades," said Colnel Hester "Your aim should be to o away with trash or unspinnable otton. You will also have to devise ome method whereby the public can e enlightened and enlist the aid of he national and state governments o get us out of the mud." Angus W. McLean, member of the rar finance corporation and former ssistant secretary of the treasury, delegate from North Carolina, fol)wed Secretary Hester with a brief ddress in which he discussed the ancial phase of the cotton growing roblem. State Senator R. 0. Everett, of forth Carolina, was made temporary hairman of the conference. A comlittee on permanent organization ras named to present recommendalons as to the permanent organizaion. This committee also was asked to simulate a permanent program for uture action to be recommended to he various states represented by ommissioners and to seek the coperation of those states not repre* ented in the conference. Permanent organization was atected at a meeting of the committee amed for that purpose with the section of State Senator R. O. Evertt, of North Carolina, as chairman nd Thomas B. King, of Memphis, 'enn., secretary. The organization was officially amed the Cotton States commision# Engstrum Plan With Weeks. Washington. ? Consideration , was iven by both the war department nd the house military committee on he question of disposing of the govrnment's power and nitrate projects t Muscle Shoals, Ala. At the war department. Secretary V'eeks revealed the final draft of the ffer made by Frederick E. Engstrum, f Wilmington. N. C., for completion of he Wilson dam and operation of the itrate plants for the fixation of nitroon frnm the air and nroduction of ?rtilizers under a proposed 50-year ?ase. Would Investigate Eligibility. Washington.?Investigation by the enate judiHary committee into the ligibility of Senator Smoot, Republian, Utah, and Representative Burton, tepublioan, Ohio, to serve on the aied debt commission, was proposed in resolution introduced by Senator ^alsh. democrat. Montana. Action on tie resolution went over. Soldiers Run German Trains. Coblenz.?Branch lines of German overnment railways within the occuled area are being operated by sevrad American engineer battalions as art of a course of instruction of the rmy railway school established some Ime ago by officers of the American srces in Germany. The train crews are made up entirer of American soldiers and even the rain dispatching on the short lines is one by members of the organization ho are taking courses in railroad ?legraphy# New Types of Tomato Perfected. State College, Pa.?Professor C. Erary Myers, of Penn State College AgIcultural school, announced the peraction of three new types of tomatoes 'hlch are expected to add to tomato roduction for market purposes. Two re new varieties resulting from crossreedlng and the other is a selection, ill have been tested to yield from Ight to ten tons an acre more than ie general Pennsylvania average. It as announced. The average yield f tomatoes in this state is between ve and six tons an acre. Negroes Sought to Crucify Boy. Winchester, Va.?Police of this city re investigating an alleged attempt f two negroes to crucify Harvey reewalt. 12-year-old son of William reenwalt. | Suffering intensely from a wound lade by a nail driven through one f his hands, young Oreenwalt was rought to the locul Red Cross office nd sobbed out his story. He said lat the two negroes attacked him in ie freight yard and dragged him to ie tool house and attempted to cruIfy him. FOUR LOSE LIVES IN FIRE Wife and Three Children of C. E. Monta Perish In Flames Which. Destroys Their Home. Aiken.?Mrs. C. E. Monts and three of her children were burned to death In their home here shortly after midnight. Flamea had largely enveloped the house when-Mr. Monts was awakened, and in his efforts to save his wife and children he was seriously burned and is a patient in a hospital here. The dead are: Mrs. C. E. Monts, about 35 years old; Eugene Monts, oldest son, 15; Clarence Monts, 14, and Eugene DuBose Monts, between two and three years old. Mrs. Monts was the second wife and before fnarriage was Miss Nannette DuBose of Washington, Ga. Mr. Monts is ticket agent for the Southern railway here and is a highly respected citizen of the community. It is not known how the Are sarted. Appointed Chairman of Publicity. Columbia.*?Mrs. W. P. Cornell of the diocesan headquarters of the Episcopal church, has been appointed chairman of the department of publicity for the diocese of South Carolina and a member of the advisory commission on diocesan publicity of the national church. ThiB commission has just been recently established with William Hoster, newspaper man, at its head in New York city. News bureaus are now being formed in all of the 90 dioceses and missionary districts of the United States and these wilj co-operate with the national bureau. Working with Mrs. Cornell in this diocese the following publicity men have been appointed: The R?v. A. S. Thomas, rector of St. MlchaelM church of Charleston; the Rev. Walter Mitchell, D. D., rector of the Porter Military academy of Charleston; the Rev. H. W. Starr, Ph. D.; the Rev. H. D. Bull, of Charleston, and the Rev. John S Llghtbourne, of Georgetown. The ores ent plan is to establish a' diocesan bureau at the diocesan headquarters, 1019 Sumter street, Columbia. Completes Highway. Conway.?The last link in the Conway-Nicholls highway has been co .1pleted near Bayboro and, considering the extremely bad weather of the la't few weeks, is in fine shape. This gives Conway two main improved highways into other counties now. The Conwp.y Marion highway has been completed more than a year. On the ConwayNlchols highway a road is being built from Tabor, N. C., to Whlteville, N. C., where it strikes the Wilmington-Charlotte-Asheville highway, thus giving Horry another splendid outlet. "Flu" Closes School. Honea Path.?The Honea Path high school was closed by the local board of health for a period of one week on account of an epidemic of influenza. Out of 42 pupils enrolled in the high, only about 20 were present for roll call, and it was after this that the board of health decided that it would be best to close the school for a few days. The type is very mild, according to a local .physician, and the situation will be easy to handle if the people of the town will obey the rules of the board of health. Heavy Loss in Fire. Gaffney. ? Claude B. Poole of the Poole-Griffith company, whose warehouse and contents were destroyed by Are, estimates the loss of the company at between $30,000 and $40,000. Mr. Poole said that the loss is practically covered by insurance, but that four trucks which were badly damaged would be a total loss as no insurance was carried on them. There were a number of cases of matches stored In the building, and it is the general opinion that the fire was started by rats and matches. Laurens County Teachers Meet. Laurens.?At the monthly meeting of the Laurens County Teachers' asBoatkm the feature of the session was the excellent address by Professor Traywiek of Wofford college, who spoke on the aims of education. A well arranged program, including department subjects, was carried out, being led by the county superintendent of education. Spartanburg Man 8hoots Burglar. Spartanburg.?H. F. McGee, a former president of the Spartanburg chamber of commerce, and a leading merchant, shot and killed a nagro burglar in his home on Bast 'Main street here. The negro walked into a bed room of the home in which Mr. and Mrs. McGee were and discovering their presence started to retire when Mr. McGee snatched a pistol from the dresser and flred four times and followed the man into an adjoining room where he fired two shots, all of which struck the man, killing him instantly. To Install Wireless Telephone. McColl.?The Pioneer Club of this place has secured a wireless telephone receiving apparatus. The device will be equipped with the attachment for magnifying tones and will be used to give public concerts from the station in Pittsburgh. Local pastors have arranged for use of the equipment to bring the voices of noted evangelists to their audiences here. This club, which has been in existence for two year -, is becoming one of | the most influential organizations of i its kind in this section. ! Farmer* to Grow Potatoes. Batesburg.?That the farmers of this seetion are going into potato raising, not lavishly, but on a sound, conservative basis, seems certain from the indications of a meeting held here in the town hall. Sore half hundred of the local boll wee- il fighters were present and enthusiastically indorsed the proposition, including membership in the South Carolina Potato Market association. The meeting was presided over by C. M. Cain, president of the local board of trade. SEEKING MARKETS * FOR OWN PRODUCTS' i YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS LEAGUE OF SUMTER TAKES INITIATIVE IN CO-OPERATING. to WILL CANVASS THE GROCERS "Trade at Home" Campaign With Ob?, Ject of Having Sumter County Produce Used In Local Markets. ? Sumter.?The Young Men's Business league is about to begin a "Trad? at home" campaign with the object of having Sumter county produce used in local markets as far as possible. One group of the league, composed of George C. Warren, captain; J.? A. McKnight, H. E. Parker, J. Z. Hearon, C. J. Lemmon, James Cuttino, H. L. McCoy, F. M. Cain and Hugh G. Brown, has this subject in* hand to study and is getting to work on it. They are going to canvass the, grocers to see which of them use home products, which of them will use the'm, and what quantities they are willing to use. The group wilf then take the matter up with the county demonstrators and other agents to get posted on what is to be had and to put the buyer and seller I In close touch. It is expected that the retail buyers will help create a market for home goods by asking for Sumter meal, Sumter hams and so forth when they go shopping. Another group of the Young Men's Business league is working up poultryv products. The question of havinghatcheries located here is being investigated. These hatcheries use about 4,000 eggs a month and they would* have to be supplied from local poultry raisers. The group is working to induce more people to make a business of poultry raising and is finding out about city markets. The committee at work on this proposition ie composed of J. H. levy, S. F. Stoude* mire and W. M. Levi. Another committee of the league is that on trucking and fruit, composed of H. A. Shaver, C. L. Strauss and J. C. Bryan. C. E. Hurst, O. W. Warren and H. P. Moses have been appointed to look into the feasibility of having a barbecue and having at it representatives from other business-?* organizations from other citle?. Standing committees, the membership of which has been recently announced, are: Tobacco industry, S. L. Roddy, F. M. Moise, W. J. Crowson, Jr.; netf enterprises, R. A. Bradham, D. R. McCallum, H. P. Moses; lunches, F. M. Hall, chairman. The president of the league is Herbert R. Moses, and the ^ secretary is Edward S. Buck. , \ . s. To Put Wires Underground. * Florence.?At its regular meeting the city council passed to second reading an ordinance requiring telephone, electric light, telegraph com- j panies and all other concerns main-taining poles and wires to place the wires underground. The ordinance, without doubt, will pass its third"""1 reading and will then become law. Under the ordinance the companies are given 60 days after its passage to begin work of laying the wires underground and nine months in whicjj 1 to complete the Job. A penalty of JlOO a day attaches for every day the lawis violated. * Robbers Visit Little Mountain. _^i Newberry. ? Robbers entered the stores of Counts & Shealy and W. P. Derrick, of Little Mountain and broke ? trtrr, Wor Ir/lTl SO fns Th fiV" uj^n men mw uig itvu succeeded in securing |325 in cur5 rency, 360 in silver, $15 in gold, |50O in Liberty bonds, 3400 in war savings stamps and 3365 in checks. Two hundred and froty dollars of the above amount belonged to the express company, Mr. Derrick being their agent Little Mountain considered it safe in J his big iron safe. .M Hauling Fertilizer. I Hartsville.?Farmers of this .section J are taking advantage of the good I weather to haul fertilisers. Quite a I lot is being distributed. |J Hear Sunday Again. sj Spartanburg.?Steps are being ta- |S ken now to send a special train from Spartanburg to Chnrlobton, W. Va., take a party of Spa-tanburg people td^H the revival which Rev. W. A. Snuda^^H will open there. The train will leavHB here March 27 and return March 3ol^H thus giving those who go a chance to hear Mr. Sunday preach four ser- K mons. . a The engine will carry in front of it a huge sign 4x6 feet with the inscrip tion: "In God We Trust, and Believe In Billy Sunday. Spartanborg, S. C." I Sell Cotton in Gaffney. ^ fl Oaffney.?Considerable cotton has I hpr-n sold in Gaffney this week, the I Increase In price having the effect of K moving much of the staple. Farmers of Cherokee, almost without excep- I tion, say that they intend to reduce I their acreage this season and plant early, as they believe this is the I only way to successfully combat the B boll weevil. S. C. Stribling. county B demonstration agent, is advising this B course, and the large majority have H Indicated a willingness to take his fil advice. m For Sweet Potatoes. ' H Chester ?Following the recent visit I of T. B. Young, president of the South H Carolina Sweet Potato association, I who told about the progress of the Iff sweet potato industry in this state affd Ha the marketing system. President R. I R. Moffatt appointed the following H commitess to investigate the mattgr. H further, and it deemed advisable u/ H make recommendation for the con- H struction of a swop' potato cuflng fl house here. J. M. Lathan. chairman; H C. C. Edwards, W. Carlisle WhltS, John Q. White, E. W. Gibson. H