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NEXT MONTH SET j ; FOR WEST! COLUMBIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DECIDES TO STAGE GALA EVENT. MIMNAUGH MADE CHAIRMAN Will Be Same Spectacular Event That Delighted Thousands of Visitors Last Year. I Columbia.?Palmafesta, an occasion of merrymaking, display and jollity to which all South Carolina looks forward with pleasant anticipations, will be staged in Columbia about the middle of April, according to a decision arrived at the meeting of the directors of the Columbia chamber of com- ' merce. > John L. Mimnaugh, well known mer- r chant of Columbia, was elected general chairman of Palmafesta and was promised the cordial support and cooperation of the members of the board. At a former meeting of the board it had been decided not to have Palmafesta this year on account of conditions, but James M. Green reported that 96 citizens had signed a petition that Palmafesta be put on again this ' year and had agreed to put up $100 each to meet any deficit that might arise. Mr. Green estimated that Palmafesta this year would cost approximately $16,000. After the matter had been discussed at length James G. Holmes moved that the chamber of * commerce put on Palmafesta in April f and that John L. Mimnaugh be made i general chairman. This motion was g passed. Palmafesta this year will be the a same spectacular event that delighted * thousands of visitors last year; there f will be numerous attractions and dis- r plays with a style show, street pa- j rades and queens from the counties. ^ The details have not yet been worked ^ out. but the committees will be appointed at once and plans will be pushed forward to completion rapidly. In a short time a meeting of citizens a will be held at the court house at 1 which plans will he discussed in de- 11 tail. Reorganizing Cannery at Greenwood. t Greenwood.?Plans for a cannery to operate here on a large scale are being drawn and actual work will begin t within the next ten days, according to ^ G. Allen Banks, president of the Dixie Land company, whose firm has organized the Greenwood Cannery company with a capitalization of $50,000. j1 Under the plans being perfected bv the local cannery, machinery will be 'f installed for canning all sorts of veg- j, etables, fruits, berries and sweet potatoes. A large potato curing house will be operated in connection with * farmers to grow vegetables for the ^ cannery and the promoters declare ' that it will be one step in assisting 11 farmers to diversify and plant other a crops than cotton. h v Takes French Leave. * Chester.?Osie Gore, a very desperate negro, in some unaccountable way v managed to get a hack saw and sawed a his chains loose from his legs and ? made his get-away from the Chester 1 county chaingang. A $50 reward has v been offered for his apprehension, d Several years ago he was shot through c the head by a Charlotte police officer at Charlotte, while a number of years a ago he was shot through the mouth t at Tampa. Fla., while in trouble there, r t Gaffney Proposes to Cut Expenses. t Gaffney.?The members of the town i council of Gaffney held a meeting and \ discussed some of the policies for the $ coming term. The salaries of all the a officials will be cut, and the police t force will be reduced to four men. At the request of Mayor R. A. Jones, mayor-e'ect. his salary will be reduced $100 per year. While the reductions j are not drastic, it will result in a considerable saving to the town. Asked t as to the personnel of the police force c which will be elected by the new council. a member said that it was not die- z cussed in the meeting, and that this j matter would be decided later. c County to Borrow Money. Greenwood.? For the first time in the history of Greenwood county, the g annual county loan has been awarded t to a bank outside the city of Green- a wood, the Bank of Ninety-Six hav- c ing been the lowest bidder on the loan t( for the coming fiscal year. The Bank of Ninety-Six offered to loan the county $80,000 at one fotJy-seventh of n one per cent, or a total of $17.02. Fif- g ty thousand of this amount was for 0 school purposes, and will enable the n schools of the county to run their nor- 0 mal terms. 0 Parker Likes cake. Y Greenwood.?The local post of tho American Legion is making an effort ^ to learn the name of the maker of p angel food cake which was placed on g board Marshal Foch's train when it B passed th/ough Greenwood December (] 9. a duplicate of the cake being sought n by the wife of Alton T. Parker, nation- n al American Legion executive committeeman. who helped eat the cake. la b a letter to the local post. Mrs. Parker t< declared her cook has gone crazy at- a tempting to make an angel food cake s like the one her husband ate. |( Pleads For Cows on Farm. Chester.?Everett Rnssell. of Chicago, spoke to the farmers and busi- v\ ness men of Chester county at the tl court house on the subject. "A Fac- 0 tory on Every Farm." The factory r< he has reference to is the dairy cow. ? Mr. Russell says that five cows on k every farm would, in a large measure. take care of the current expenses of h the average country home. He called n a cow a factory bocansi of the fact c that she consumes the raw material h of the farm. _ "< r MOUNT VESUVIUS IS I AGAIN IN ERUPTION. [ Naples.?Mount Vesucius is again F in eruption. The phenomenon be- I gan with two mild shocks of earth- | quake which were followed by the collapse of the eruptive cone, 200 feet high, which stood inside the ; < crater. The fall of the cone was accompanied by rumblings and explosions and the throwing out of ashes and incandescent stones. Lava poured out from the crater in streams and in the 24 hours I f since the disturbance began it covers an area of 100,000 square feet. p The lava has formed round the crater an incandescent bank more than 300 feet wide. The temperature of this molten mass is 2,000 degrees fahrenheit. The width of the crater is now 1.500 feet. Professor Maliadra, director of the ob- i f servatory of Vesuvius, descended : ^ into the crater at the beginning of ; c the eruption. The heat scorched e his face. c 1 i o 'OLICY OF ADMINISTRATION ^ i -IOUSE APPROPRIATION COMMIT- ,, TEE CUTS FUEL DEFICIENCY c BILL TO BONE. ^ , n slaval Officials Regard Situation ae ( oerious, But Secretary Denby f( Declines to Comment. ii c u Washington.?Necessity of tying up * very ship in the navy for lack of uel to permit operation faced the s lavy department as an immediate pos- s ilbility, due to action of the house ippropriations committee in reportng out a deficiency item of $6,200,000 j, or naval fuel to be used during the j n emainder of the fiscal year. The sum ;e s about one-half of the original fuel;n leficiency estimate submitted by the ? lepartment. As drawn by the committee, the ill does not provide for an additional ppropriation but merely authorizes r he department to spend money it a night be able to take from other cur- a ent appropriations for fuel up to the ( imit set. Naval officials are known to regard he situation as serious although Sec- n etary Denby refused to authorize any , c omment on the action of the commit-1 r ee. There were indications, however, j hat orders must go forward to all I >arts of the navy almost imme-1 iately under which no ship would be I*1 iermitted to operate under steam for * he remainder of the fiscal year, unless , u dministration officials were success- ] 13 ul in inducing congress to make more i iberal fuel provisions. While the navy department has au- p hority under existing law to create j leficiencles as an emergency matter, t is known that the policy of the ad- (] ninistration is against that practice ! h nd that Secretary Denby proposes to I w ;eep expenditures of his department I nthin limits of appropriations, if it! s possible to do so. In presenting the fuel deficiency sitlation to the sub-committee on naval M ppropriations Secretary Denby point- " d out that the original estimates for;* he current year were $37,000,000, k-hich was ultimately reduced by the ' lepartment to $30,000,000 and cut by 11 ongress to $17,500,000. Of that sum only $14,000,000 was 1 p vailable for fleet fuel, and Mr. Den- ^ iy explained that should every ship . tow in command remain at anchor' hroughout the year, the total fuel bill o keep them under necessary steam ^ n port would amount to $12,850,000, v vhich would leave the navy only c' 1,150,000 for operations under way j b c ocainct rpnilpstpd for ! ^ he 1922 year. 0 Kills Wife; Then Suicides. Boonton, N. J.?The bodies of Henry tlingzer, 62. and his wife. Catherine. 6, were found on the kitchen floor of u heir home near here by their two j hildren, who awoke at the sound of d , shot. A revolver clutched in Kling- e er's hand led Prosecutor Mills to be-'(ieve the man shot his wife and then'a ommitted suicide. g Should Commission Middies. Washington.?Rear Admiral Wilson, uperintendent of the Naval Academy, 11 old the hous,ie naval committee that a 11 of the 541 members of the first s< lass to be graduated in June ought H o receive their commission as of- j ^ ,cers. In advocating this action, the ad- i ^ liral declared a speedy decision si hould be made by congress because '? f the uncertainty among the midshipien as to their future and the effect $i n their morale by reason of agitation w f the question. tt Vorking Women Opposed to Measure. Washington.?A committee from the Women's Trade Union League asked j h; 'resident Harding for administration j ai upporf or tneir opposition to ine cuu- ?< titutional amendment proposed by c< he National Woman's Party to re- a love alleged legal disabilities of wo- tt len. The committee, which was headed y Mrs. Raymond Robins, of Chicago, w aid the President that the alleged diB- c< hilitfes could he removed only by q> pecific measures and not by blar.lcet ?gislation. n< Fields Sent to Prison. Detroit, Mich. ? Harry M. Fields, ho claims to have been the driver of hi he automobile that carried the slayer ai f William Desmond Taylor, film di- hi ector, to the latter's home in Holly- ti ood. Calif , on the night Taylor was a, illed. was sentenced to serve from f, tree to ten years in Jackson prison, aving been convicted of obtaining m loney under false pretenses. OIYi- pi ials. both here and in Los Angeles, til ave virtually discarded Fields' "con- ei jssion" as a clue in the Taylor case. pi iNGSTRUI OFFER I iEFOBE COMMITTEE ? iOETHALS AND ENGSTRUM JOIN HANDS TO DEVELOP MUSCLE SHOALS PLANTS. IUTLER TELLS HOUSE PLANS 'anama Canal Builder to Take Per- i sonal Charge of Work If Engstrum Wins Out. -T . T . * Washington. ? George W. GoeTiials, , ormer major general in the army and ! milder of the Panama Canal, will take ! I harge of the development of the gov- ' rnrnent's war-made projects at Musle Shoals, Ala., in the event the offer ? F Dnntrnm Vnrth / L r icuci icn aj. utu( ?u Carolina shipbuilder and engineer, for ease and completion of the Alabama roperties, is accepted by . congress, t was announced. Mr. Goethals already has agreed, t was added, to accept the task of ' ompleting the great dam at Muscle Shoals and other projects for Mr Engtrum. The announcement of the agreelent between Mr. Engstrum and Mr. foethals was made by Marion Butler, ormer senator from North Carolina, a testimony given the house military ^ ommittee on the proposal which was ndv consideration as a competitor p o those submitted by Henry Ford nd the Alabama Power company. The committee devoted both ses- ' ions to an investigation of the Engtrum offer, receiving Mr. Engstrum rst for a brief introduction of his id and later examining Mr. Sutler, rho appeared as legal adviser for the ? forth Carolinian. Mr. j Butler said itrate and fertilizer production, viewd in the sense of their relation to the a ational defense, was the prime object 0 f the offer he spoke for, although j ] ydro-electric development would not 1 e neglected. p While the former senator did not a efer to the Ford offer by name, he rgued strongly against congressional ction which would permit the prin- d ipal waterpower project of the South a be controlled by a private concern. Nitrate and fertilizer production at;" tie shoals, Mr. Butler said, could be !p lade a national asset, permitting i { heap soil foods for the farmers and educed prices of foodstuffs for the! I v onsumers. n In reply to questions by ftepresenitive Stoll, South Carolina, Mr. But- c ir said the corporation to be created e nder the Engstrum plan "would eap;alize itself" until it got to be a "go ig concern'' ana was willing to oner, surety bond of any size the govern-!p lent suggested to assure the proper i xecution of 'he offer. Both Mr. ButiT and Mr. Engstrum would be direc- p srs of the corporation, it was stated, i addition to two others who would ^ e designated by the secretaries of rar and agriculture. p Si Thirteen Killed in Wreck. tl Cleveland, Ohio. ? Thirteen persons p 'ere killed and approximately a dozen p ijured. four perhaps fatally, when; lew York Central express train No. 00. eastbound. crashed into a bus at tie St. Clair street crossing in Painesille. Only five of the dead were; j lentifled at a late hour. All are he-1 eved to have been residents of 'ainesville and Fairport, between ^ rhlch cities the bus operated. i ^ Dead and dying were hurled along; 0 tie railroad right-of-way for several i undred feet. Bodies of three of the a, ictims were found lodged on the loomotive pilot when the train was fl rought to a stop from a 60-mile an our pace. 50 yards from the scene , f the accident. * I p jtl Prisoners Yelled While Fire Raged. w Fort Madison, Iowa.?Prisoners of ti ota to rtonltontiarv hara hont i pon the bars of their cells and yelled >r several hours when fire caused amages estimated at $250,000 to sevral buildings within the prison walls. 0) ries of "there goes your old prison." w nd "Let us out," were yelled to the jc uards who tried to quiet them. < Hungary Will Sell Land. Budapest. ? The Hungarian governlent will soon have several thousand cres of land to sell and contemplates fc stting up a bureau In America, where [ungarians will be able to purchase fe irms before sailing home. Ji Joseph Szoszy. who was sent to the ! P 'nited States recently to study the ni ituation, says that his countrymen ol 1 America number about 500,000. that b< leir savings average about $400 to w 500 each and that many of them ti ould like to return to Hungary If b< ley were able to buy land. 1( Verdict Given to Mary Pickforo. New York.?Mary Pickford does not ave to pay Mrs. Cora C. Wllkenning p< ny part of the $108,000 which Mrs. tb rMlkenning claims was due her as a ti jmmission for getting the film star R raise of $10,000 a week. This was la le verdict of a federal jury. ai Neither Mary nor her husband. | hi ouglas Fairbanks, were in court et hen the verdict was announced. Her oi lunsel rushed to the telephone to ac- Pi uaint her with the news at her hotel, in Counsel for Mrs. Wilkenning filed fr Dtlce of an appeal. j to Loans to Tobacco Growers. Lexington. Ky. ? Advances from inks for loans to tobacco farmers f'1 CI re being paid to by the hurley To- ^ icco Growers' Co-operative associa-j jn on. It was semi-offioially announced D t the headquarters of the association. j w oupled with it came the announce-1 ent that an advance of $10,000,000 gr reviously arranged for from the war nance cornoratlon, which was inland- fo 1 to he appliod to the same purpose. | h< "obably would not be needed. j pj BULLOCK GIVEN FREEDOM M BY CANADIAN JUDGE. I I Hamilton, Ont. ? County Judge Snider released Matthew Bullock, American negro, who was held at the request of United States au- | tohrities for extradition to Norllna, N. C., where he is wanted on a TH charge of attempted murder. The southern state refused to send witnesses to Canada to testify in extradition proceedings. The judge ruled when Bullock was re-arrested two weeks ago that witnesses must be produced by oK North Carolina to establish a prima j facie case against the negro. Gov- j ernor Morrison, of North Carolina, refused to send witnesses and the Wo judge held that affidavits submitted by the United States consul were not sufficient proof of the prisoner's guilt. \ - and Will HEM COMMITTEE: fra; for ALABAMA POWER CO. WOULD nes SPECIALIZE IN HYDRO-ELEC- pre 7 TRIC POWER. wll of | | ent ts President Promises Enough Power on to Industrialize Territory 800 ^ce wit Miles in Diameter. ^ V Washington?Development of hydro- vis< lectric power sufficient to industrial- bur le a territory 800 miles in diameter, for >'ith center based on Muscle Shoals, ami ila., was promised the house military for ofhmittee by Thomas W. Martin, the tar; resident of the Alabama Power com- riv< any, in the event congress accepts c he offer of that company for the pur- clet hase and development of the govern-[due lent owned steam and water power Bot rojects at the shoals. Per Thorough studies had been made sub f power markets within a radius of mai 00 miles of Muscle Shoals, Mr. Mar-: the In said, and applications for power 11.0 lriady filed with the power company i Ace onvinced him there was need for de- (dati eloping Muscle Shoals and distribut-1 line ig the power throughout that section ! cier f the country. His company was pre-! to ared to serve the public, functioning I inci s a public utility regulated by federal 000 nd state laws, he added, and deliver juni owe in emergency cases to a greater A istance by relay systems. enli "Development of Muscle Shoals,' Tr. Martin asserted, "is the last op- l4? 1 ortunity the public will have in the srritory south and west of these to ove btain hydro-electric power. If Muscle cru' hoals is withdrawn from public ser- ^ee ice, it will rot be possible to meet con atural markets for power at remote oints and probably not even Memphis ^ an be supplied with energy to meet ^ listing demands." a8sl Representative Greene, republican, norr . . . , y con ermont, contrasted the power comuny's proposal with the offer sublitted by Henry Ford. Under the lat- p? ar, Mr. Greene believed, much of the ower created at the shoals would be ^ sed in the manufacture of fertilizer, ^ arts for automobiles and other comlodities by a private roncern. The graj uestion was, he said, whether the ' T ord or Alabama ofTers would best erve the public policy, adding that ^ le power company did not make any ol rovislon In its proposal for fertilizer ^7" roductlon. ' ing Augusta Trunk Factory Burned. the* Augusta, Ga.?Fire breaking out In trunk factory here, at a point less Si lan 200 feet from where the dlsas- "v\ ous conflagration of November, 1921, posi as checked, ate its way through the stat eart of the Montgomery building, a the iree-story structure near the center | cari f the 700 block of Broad street. govi In checking up the loss the dam- t ge was variously estimated at from blar 150.000 to $200,000, with the latter lflet gure believed to be nearer a true es- larg mate. ing The Augusta trunk factory and John heir . Jones' tailoring house, just above to c le trunk factory, were wiped out. as line ell as a number of offices in the cen al part of the building. I B Two Clerks Robbed on Street Car. 9tPa Covington. Ky. ? Three bandits in& aarded a street car and. at the point < **ac f guns, robbed two clerks connected ith the First National Bank at Lud-!8tea ?w. Ky., of a satchel containing stea 7,000. thel Rate For Veterans. W Memphis, T?nn.?A rate of one fare I , I who ?r the round trip has been made for a^0 le annual reunion of the United Con- reci (derate Veterans at Richmond, Va., j Unii jne 20 to 23, by the Southeastern advl assenger association, it was an- j conj j ?M Tho I fhia JUllueu nv r?nru?u unn.uiio ucie. d rate was a cent a mile, which has I M ;en granted the veterans for 32 years, enc( ill not be effective this year. The Fort me limit of reunion tickets has also com jen reduced from 30 days to about opp( ) days, it is stated. 1911 Find Gold on Tennessee Farm. Knoxville, Tenn.?A reliable corres- Cs indent at Harriman, Tenn., reports of G te finding of gold in paying quantl* I the es on the farm of W. M. Poland, in by I oane county. Last summer Mr. Ho- Prof nd discovered quartz on his farm M id. taking some of the surface ore, j leav id an assay which it is claimed show-t tiqu< 1 the presence of gold to the extent resti ' $907 91 to the ton. Since then Mr. forn oland has driven a "drift" of 100 feet riod ito the ridge. Assays of ore taken 100 om this drift are said to show gold chas i the value of $1,900 to the ton. Albe Buckley to Prison. Atlanta, Ga?C. R. Buckley, taxieab Fc iver who drove Frank Dupre to , Eng hnttanooga the afternoon that Dupre filed lied one man and wounded another agai a jewelry store robbery here last dam ecember, entered a plea of guilty and delh as sentenced to serve one year at the 61 ci ate farm. i The Iluckley admitted being an aeons- the iry after the fact. Dupre has been , Pi intenred to be hanged and his appeal suit r a new trial is to be heard in Macon I fend >fore Judge Henry Mathews, who i ernr esided at the trial i for i JRIHER CUT IN ARMYJREOIGTEt E HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE PRO POSES FURTHER SLASHING OF BUDGET. MY CIRCLES ARE WORRIEI >uId Reduce Enlisted Strength t< 115,000 Men and Officers to Eleven Thousand. Vashington. ? At least $50,000,001 I possibly $60,000,000 will be slash from the budget estimate for th< r department by the house appro ations sub-committee which ii ming the army appropriation bil the fiscal year beginning July 1 :tt members of the sub-committe< dieted. 'he measure, they added, not onlj 1 provide that the enlisted strengtl ihe army be reduced from its pres strength of 137,000 to 115,000 met July 1, but that the number of of rs Ij# limited to 11,000 as compared h the present strength of 12,900 ot active list. I'ar department estimates were re 3d and pared down by the budge! eau to approximately $363,000,00( the coming fiscal year, of' this sunt $293,000,000 being requested the army and the rest for non-mili V work, .such as improvements tc ;rs and harbors. oncern was expressed in army cir ? over the prospective forced re tion of the regular establishment h Secretary Week^ and General shing appearing recently before the -committee urged that provision be ie for an army of .150,000 men and sub-committee in deciding upon i00 as the maximum number of of rs has disregarded the recommenIon of General Pershing who out id plans for "weeding out'' inefTi it officers to bring the force down 12,000 in the expectation of them easing the officer personnel to 14,by commissioning officers in the lor grades, reduction of the army to 115,000 sted strength, it was pointed out department officials, would mean actual effective force of little moro a 105,000 men, as the regular turnr, due to expiring enlistments, reIt training and other conditions, ps about 10,000 men on the average tinuously out of the active ranks. fork Appointed to Succeed Hays. Washington?Dr. Hubert Work, first istant postmaster general, was linated by President Harding and firmed by the senate to be postiter general. He succeeds Will H. rs, resigned. inal announcement of the designa. of Dr. Work came as no surprise, name having been connected with ofTice since the prospective retireit of Mr. Hays was announced sevweeks ago. he elevation of the Coloradoan to postmaster generalship will leave position of first and 9econd asant postmaster generals to be flllE. H. Shaughnessy, who was selassistant postmaster general, havlost his life in the Knirkerbocker iter disaster. eaboard Air Line Seeking Loan. 'ashington?Railroad financing proGs crowded the files of the lntere commerce commission, due to ending of the period during which iers are allowed to apply for ernment loans. he Seaboard Air Line put in a iket application under which it notI the commission that it needed e sums of money, 4he total not begiven, but an amount of $14 000.000 ig mentioned as a likely requisite :ontinue operations and extend its s. Norwegian Steamer is Sinking. oston. ? The Norwegian freight mer Orontoft wns rertorted sinkabout 500 miles southeast of Cape e in radio messages re'eived here, lifeboats had been smashed, the mer West Kebar reported. The mer Estonia was proceeding to r assistance. eprocity Act Not to be Revived. 'ashington. ? William S. Fielding, i came to Washington several days In the interest of a general tariff procity agreement between the ted States and Canada, has been sed by congressional leaders that tress does not look with favor at time on such an agreement, r. Fielding has been in confer; on the subject with Ch&irman Iney of the house ways and means mittee, who expressed unalterable ositfon to putting into force the reciprocity act. Home of General Lee Bobght. ipe May, N. J.?The former home ren. Robert E. Lee, commander of Confederate army, was purchased .eonard H. Davis, president of the tressive league of this city, r. Davis announced that he would e intact the war relics and anes in the old mansion, but would ore parts of the building to con1 with the architecture of the pein which it was built?more than years ago. The property was pur?ed from the estate of the late trt Hughes. King George Sues President. >rt Worth, Texas.?King George of land, through his attorney, has a suit in the district court here nst President Harding, asking ages-of $1,079 for the alleged nonrery of the Rock Island railroad of ises of cornpd beef during the war. suit was filed about the time of wedding of Princess Mary, esident Harding Is a party to the because the railroad is the deant and the United States govaent had control of the roads a period during tli? war. MARLBORO SETS NEWRECORD I Eleven Thousand Bales Signed if Week; Darlington Still LetState in Number of Biles. Columbia.?All records in the cot * ton co-operative marketing campalgr were smashed by Marlboro count) when 11,032 bales were signed up Ir six days, according to a statement given out by officials of the Soutl Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operativ( 1 association. This puts Marlborc county In second place, Darlingtoi county having held its place In the lead of the procession. Sumter coun ( ty Is third and Dillon fourth. Enthusiasm in Marlboro for th< plan is declared to be running hlgl and S. E. Evans, the county agent and E. Wallace Evans, the county dl ) rector expect to sign 25,000 bales li that county within the next fev 3 weekB. They have written headquar - tere they hope to overtake Darlingtoi 3 the coming week. Darlington, whicl I now has approximately 18,000 bale! . signed, has been leading the state ii > the number of bales signed practleallj since the beginning of the campaign r < 1 Georgetown Road Pleases Drivers. Georgetown.?The people of George 1 town county have for the past tw< months and more been convinced b; actual demonstration of the tremen 1 dous transportation advantages an< the real joy of riding over a first clasi ' sand-clay highway. The highway fron j Georgetown to Andrews was comply ed, concrete bridges and all, abou ' A-nt nf Tannopv a ^letjUIPP n f 1) miles. It was built with federal ait } under supervision of the state high way commission, and the maintenanci work is being looked after by th< county authorities. The total cost rai up to nearly $200,000, making the cos [ to the county approximately $100,000 , perhaps a little less than that. Bu , the outlay seems Justified in the goo< I that will accrue. The road is a per t feet thoroughfare for travel, and th< . intercourse between Georgetown ant . Andrews has been greatly increased White Men Attack Operator of Cafe 1 Chester.?Considerable excitemen 1 was caused at the SeabPard Air Lin< railway station when an attempt wai * made to rob a cafe. Tom Deakos who operates the cafe, says thre< ' white men came to the cafe, and on< asked to get a bottle of ale on credit and he was In the act of presenting 1 him with the bottle, when a seconc member of the party picked up a bot tie of ale and hurled it at his head while the third member of the partj extinguished the lights. Then wher everything was dark an attempt was made to rob him of his money. Hf fired a revolver upward, not caring to inj ire any member of the party, ir the meantime making an exit froir the rear door. Assailant Fired Load of Buckshot. Columbia.?C. P. King, of Pontiac is a patient at the Columbia hospital suffering from gunshot wounds inflict ed by the hands of unknown parties Mr. King was shot while he was plac ing his motor car under a shed on his premises. The assailants used buck shot shells and the dead missiles frac tured the right arm and punctured the right hip. Sheriff Heise was immediately not! fled of the attack and he made a fasl run to the scene. The county officei said Mr. King was in the act of leav ing his machine under a shed wher some one concealed in a shed closs by fired a load of buckshot at him. Large Volume of Linters Exported. 'Charleston.?Eighty per cent of tht linters exported from this country lasl year went abroad from Charleston There ;was a concentration here of i large quantity of this cotton by th< government after the war. There If comparatively little of this volume ol llnters left now at the port terminals as, after It had been disposed of bj the federal authorities to private in terests, the bulk of it was sold In Eu rope. Germany taking a large portior of the export. During 1921 over 167, 000 bales of linters went across th< Atlantic from this port, leaving or hand less than 50,000 bales. Many ol the steamers going abroad from Charleston took linters along with other cargo. Germany finds varied uses for this cotton in making shodd> and other goods. For Track Meet. Columbia.?Plans for the state track meet, which will be held in Columbia April 26-2^28, were discussed at a meeting of the committee in chargt of the contest. The committee is composed of T. H. Kanna, Anderson; W. P. Crawford, Hartsville, and A. C Flora. Columbia. It was announced after the meeting that a bulletin would be issued in re gard to the meet by the university It is expected that 60 schools will bt represented. Rov/ at Barbecue Costs Life. Greenwood.?One man is dead and another shot through the heel as a result of a brawl at a barbecue on the banks of Saluda river about two miles below Dyson near the Newberry coun ty line. The row Is alleged to have followed a chicken fight to which participants are allegeu to have come from Laurens, Newberry and Green wood counties. The dead man is Meadors Williamson. a white man, who is alleged to have been shot by "Coon" Abrams, a young negro. Will Go to India. Chester?it will be of interest to the friends of the Rev. B. Dale White to learn that he has offered himself to the foreign missionary hoard of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church for service as a missionary in India, and expects to leave for his new field some time after he completes the course that he Is taking at Princeton. The Rev. Mr. White, who Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. White, of Cheater, is a graduate of Ersklne college and Xenla Theological seminary. URGE NUMBER OF' ' ' SUICIDES IN 1921 " REACTION FOLLOWING WAR IS BLAMED FOR THE LARGE NUMBER. ALL CLASSES WERE INCLUDE!! Ages of Suicides Range All the Wa) From Five to Hundred Years, With Males in Lead. New York.?Reaction following the I war was blamed by the Save-a-Life league for the large number of suicides in 1921, 20,000 of which weri , estimated to have taken place in tbia country. The number of cases brought to the league's attention was 12,144, ot which 8,410 were males and 3,734 fe males. "This waste of life, the result of recent disturbed economic conditions and the aftermath of war," said a re * portby Henry M. Warren, president 3 of the leairue. "has caused commer* P cial failure, loss of employment and " much real suffering. The growing v~*" 1 complexity of our modern life, the fes verish unrest, crimes, divorces, quesi tlonable dress, unhappy home rela tions, the decline of religious sentit ment and other things have caused , 3 deranged nerves, depression and less 0 i self-control. With improved business, which is sure to come, the suicide 3 rate will be reduced and prosperity 3 and happiness will return.'' l One of the striking features of the t report is the increase In the number , of suicides of children which was 477 t in 1919, 707 in 1920 and 858 in 1921. 1 There also were 509 war veterans l among the suicides last year. 3 All classes of society were included 1 in the list of those who took their . own lives. There were 10 educators, 40 students. 51 school teachers, 21 clergymen. 39 brokers, 57 judges and ' lawyers, 86 physicians, 7 mayors, 8$ heads of large corporations, 76 mil1 lionaires, 30 wealthy women and 93 ' bankers, including 37 bank presidents. The oldest suicide was 100 years old i and the youngest five years. 5 All sorts of reasons were given by ' the victims. One man hung himself k ' because his wife was "too good' for him; another because his wife was spending all his money; another be cause he could not stand the nois* of a neighbor's piano, and am:her , 1 because his wife refused to kiss him 1 One spinster took poison, leaving ? a note that "no man in the world is ' good enough for me." And a mother , 1 took her life because her son would 1 not marry to please her. One man left a note stating "beware of grass widows," and another killed himse'f for "the good of the I. W. W." la New York City there were 840 sui I cides last year, an increase of 103 over 1920. Charged With Murder of His Mother. i Hazeihurst, Miss.?Four men living near Dentville, Miss., near^iere, iden tifled Milton Drury, held in jail nero i charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Ada Drury Converse, near that place, last January, as the driver t of an automobile they had helped to pull out of the mud on January 11, near the scene of the tragedy, accordi ing to a statement by Sheriff Ramsey, ) of Sopiah county, who has conducted the investigation into the woman's death. ? Two Funeral Services For Comedian. t New York.?Two funeral services will be held for Egbert Austin (Bert) t Williams, negro comedian, who died ? at his home here of pneumonia. The i family services will be held Tuesday f afternoon at St. Philip's church and a second ceremony will be held Wed- ' r nesday afternoon under auspices of . St. Cecille lodge of Masons, of which . he was a member. i Collision Death Toll Sixteen. , Cleveland, Ohio.?The toll of death , from the collision of a New York f Central express thain and an auto, mobile bus at Painesville crossing re? oilcan with nrobabilitles I luamo u b -- a I that the three Injured will recover. r Nick Nenno, the sixteenth victim^ died in a Painesville hospital. Southern Colleges Receive Donations. , New York.?The general Education ! Board of the Rockefeller Foundation ( has donated $3,016,791 to various tini- ? , versities and colleges which are seek- ] i ing to raise funds, it was learned., 4 Among the donations were the fol- I lowing: Hampden-Sidney College Hampden SMney, Va., $100,000 to, wards $325,000; University ofChatta' nooga, Chattanooga, Tenn., $165,066 towards $500,000; Presbyterian Collose | of South Carolina, Clinton, S. C. $125,- # 000 towards $375,000. Tied Up For Lack of Fuel. I Washington?Secretary Denby an- ? i nounced that he ordered 50 additional destroyers and nearly three score aux1 ilary craft placed out of commission to conserve fuel. The destroyer.? are 1 in addition to the 100 ordered nut of commission some days ago ana will , leave the navy 76 destroyers in full ? commission and 40 with heavily reduced complements aboard. Among other vessels 'besides destroyers ordered' out of commission * are five fuel ship? and one collier. ~ * u iu. ureaine I rirougn inc gius. The caterpillar has no nose yet he does a regular A No. 1 job of breathing. He has a mouth, but nature has so arranged it that he can utilize this organ exclusively for feeding and doesn't have to breathe through It. He ? does all his breathing through special apparatus consisting of nine holes on each side of his body. Ate the Whole Himself. "Did you divide that doughnut as I A told you with your little brother?" "Yes. ma, I gave hiiu the hole."