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DISABLED VETERANS TD GETATTENTIDN CARE OF DISABLED SOLDIERS PRESSES UPON PRESIDENT HARDING'S MIND. MEET OFFICIALS OF LEGIOfi President Seems Greatly Refreshed From His Vacation In the Bright "Land of Flowers." Washington.?Problems connected with the care of disabled soldiers were the first matters considered by President Harding on his return from a ten-day vacation in Florida. The President called, Director Fortes, of the Veterans' bureau; Director Dawes, of the Budget bureau, and Brigadier General Sawyer, to meet Illinois officials of the American legion in conference for the purpose of discussing the plan of gov ernmem uospuaiuauuu auu tlonal training of former service men. The Illinois officials' were asked to state the criticism which they were said to have against the present plan and to suggest any improvement or amendment they had in mind. The President made known his deep personal interet in the subject and the desire of himself and other government officials to do everything possible for the welfare of men whose disabilities have resulted from their serving the United States. The special train conveying Mr. and Mrs. Harding and their party from Florida reached Washington shortly after noon, the run having been made on schedule time and without incident. The executive and Mrs. Harding went at once to the White House. Others who returned in the presidential special were Secretary and Mrs. Weeks, Attorney General Dougherty, Under Secretary of State Fletcher, Brigadier General Sawyer and Secretary Christian. UorHlnp qoM Via fait STPatlV benefited as a result of rest and the numerous games of golf which marked his vacation stay, and declared he had a "bully" time. Mrs. Harding and the other members of the party voiced similar sentiments. Secretary Weeks, who joined the party at St. Augustine for the return trip, said his vacation had put him in 'tip top" condition. Rate For Veterans. Memphis.?Announcement that the United Confederate Veterans will still be allowed the old rate of a cent a mile to and from the annual reunion in Richmond, Va., was made by railroad officials here. The Southeastern Passenger association at a meeting in St. Augustine last month announced that the reunion rate this year would be one fare for the round trip. This announcement raised a storm of protest from the veterans with the result that the railroads have granted the old rate. To Protect Bullock. Toronto. ? Rev. William E. Guy, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal church, arranged for adequate police protection for Matthew Bullock, negro, whom Canada refused to turn over to the authorities of Norlina, N. C., for prosecution on charges of attempted murder. The dominion declined to honor the extradition request across the border after the authorities of North Carolina had declined to send special wit nesses to Canada. Later there be came current reports tljat threat shad been made to kidnap the negro. , Liberty Bonds Are Missing. Washington.?Between $170,000 and $200,000 in negotiable Liberty bonds are missing from the Liberty bond branch of the treasury, W. H. Moran, chief of the secret service, said. Secret service operatives have been sent to Richmond and Charlottesville. Va.. where two employes of the branch wanted in connection with the investigation of the loss were reported to be. he added. Engineer Collopses at Throttle. Jacksonville. Fla.?Louis G. Dowell, 45. engineer in charge of the Atlantic Coast Line passenger train, fell unconscious at the throttle of engine while running at full speed near Hainesworth and died a short time later in the baggage car. where he was taken after the fireman had stoped the train. Mr. Dowell was a brother of W. W. Dowell. of Wilmington. N. C.. general paymaster for the Atla-tic Coast Line system. Physicians said death resulted from acute indigestion. Mexico to Pay Foreign Debts. Mexico City.?Regardless of whether the United States grants recognition to the present Mexican regime, arrangements soon will be made to start paying Mexico's foreign debt, President Obregon stated here. Tho Preaident gave his first audience to newspaper correspondents since his return from Vera Cruz. "There will be a favorite solution of the problem." said the President. "Recognition is a question of conversations and they are now in progress in the United States." King of New Egypt Stormed by Mob. Cairo. ? Growing feeling against King Fuad I. Sultan of the new independent Egypt, broke forth when the crown stormed the palace while Fuad was reviewing Egyptian troops. The mob was kept from the palace by a cordon of police, but the demonstrations spread throughout the city, the crowds tearing down flags and throwing missiles. Before police broke up the remon8t ration three persons had bew wounded. TWO LIVES ARE LOST IN FIRE AT AUGUSTA. AuguBta, Ga. ? JameB A. Tant, 60, aud his wife, 45, were burned to death here when the Grand theater, an abandoned playhouse, was gutted by fire. The Tarns made their home on an upper floor of the building. While the firemen were fighting the theater fire flames broke out in a pool room next door. The fire authorities charged both fires to incendiarism and declare their belief that the several fires here during the past four months were the result of arson. The state fire marshal has been summoned and local representatives of fire underwriters are demanding an investigation. The owner of the theater has offered a $500 reward for the conviction of the firebugs and the city authorities announce they will on Monday offer a reward in the case. DHICA60 BLOCK IS BURNED WIND CAUSES CONFLAGRATION TO SPREAD; DAMAGE IS 10 TO 15 MILLION. Flre-Flghtlng Apparatus Within Five Miles Was Called Out In Series of Ten Alarms. Chicago?A spectacular early morning fire destroyed a full square of business buildings just outside of Chicago's "Loop,'' or downtown district, with a loss estimated at from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. The fire started in the center of the block bounded by VanBuren, Canal and Clinton streets and West Jackson boulevard, of unknown origin, burned every structure in that area, leaped north across Jackson and wrecked the 21-story Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad's general ofTice building, which also houses the Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank, and under burden of a strong wind, dipped over VanBuren Btreet southward and burned nearly to Harrison street. The fire was not brought under con trol untH nearly 5 o'clock and even then firemen were fighting a dozen different fires and others broke out Intermittently as the wind wafted the sparks about. One fireman waB killed. another seriously injured, ten or more slightly hurt, and an unknown number of the hundred thousand spectators who thronged the burning district slightly hurt by falling bricks, burning timbers or sparks. The fire for a time threatened to assume virtually unlimited proportions and every piece of fire-fighting apparatus within five miles was called out in a series of ten alarms. "The rapidity with which the fire spread was astounding,'' Marshal Buckley, assistant fire chief, Bald. That the original blaae from which the conflagration grew possibly was of incendiary origin was the statement of Shirley P. High, city fire attorney. who announced the arrest of an unnamed man on information supplied by H. T. Schiff, president of the Confectionery Specialty company, at 521 West Jackson boulevard, where the fire started. Mr. High refused to divulge the name of the man arrested, but Bald that he was being questioned regarding threatening letters Mr. Schiff said the man, a former employe, had sent to him. Mr. Schiff told Mr. High the man was discharged when he became incensed over refusal to permit him to purchase stock in the company and * * * * * ' 4 4 ? ?- ?? Vi n d m Q /) n ffimin me paei iwy uiuuuid uou iimuu I a series of threats. Mr. Schiff placed his personal loss at $50,000. Mr. High summoned several of his aides while the fire was at its height, and said an investigation would be begun immediately. He placed the total loss at from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. Pershing Registers Protest Washington. ? House appropriation committee proposals to cut the regular army to 115,000 enlisted men and 11,000 officers aroused General Pershing to a renewed declaration that the whole national defense project put through in 1920 would be Imperiled If the slash recommended was made by congress. Plan Consolidation Railroad Systems. Washington. ? The interstate commerce commission moved to take up the plan, authorized in the transportation act, for bringing about the consolidation of the principal American railroads into nineteen major systems A hearing was ordered for April 24 before Commissioner Hall, at which consideration will begin of the consolidation proposed for the Southeastern region as the first phase of the public inquiry into the plan which already has been the subject of considerable preliminary study. Bonus Bill to be Introduced. Washington. ? With only a single change from the form in which it was approved last week by the ways and means committee aiajority, the compromise soldiers' bonus bill was approved at a meeting of the entire committee, the vote being 19 to 5. with three democrats and two republicans opposing the measure. The time at which the bill will be called up will not be determined. Chairman Fordney said, until the return here of Speaker Gillett. Bids Received For Fleet. Washington. ? The shipping board has received 25 bids in response to the advertisement offering virtually its entire fleet for sale. Opening the bids, which was set has been postponed as a result of the absence of Vice-President Farley. One hid, opened inadvertently because it was improperly addressed, was from a man in North Dakota who offered $225,000,000 for the entire fleet. He failed, however, to enclose a certified check for 2% per cent of the amount cf his bid. COMMITTEES WILL f INSPECT SHOALS 1 BOTH SENATORS AND REPRE- j SENTATIVES WILL VISIT PROJECT. $2,000 FOR EXPENSE OF TRIP A ..IaijUiip. r.nmmittf f Will \7QII?IC /nyi iWMihtai v Start For Muscle Shoals March 25. \ [ I Washington. ? Work of arranging ! i jfor senators and members of the house L i military committee to inspect personalis the government's war-initiated project at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and L Gorgas, Ala., in a body, were begun by officers of the two legislative chambers, Joseph Rogers, sergeant-atarms of the house, to whom the duty of making preparations for the military committee was entrusted, opened communications with David S. Barry, the senate sergeant-at-arms, immediately upon passage b? the house of a resolution authorizing the visit and appropriating $2,000 for expenses of the house members. The decision of the senate agricul- * ture committee to leave Washington 8 March 25 was announced by Sena- a tor Norris, of Nebraska, a few min- n utes before the house passed the * resolution. Several military committeemen said the date would be convenient for them, while others favor- * ed making the trip at once so they n might return here and begin imme- p diate preparation of the report the 8 j committee will make to the house on I the offers of Henry Ford, the Ala-1 3 , bama Power company and Frederick ? I ?' ! E. Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. (J., ~ ; which hare been under investigation 6 for more than a month. The impossibility, however, of the 0 senators departing before their votes i? are recorded on the four-power Pacific treaty was recognised by house mem- i 6 bers as a justifiable reason for wait-1 ing until March 25. Reasons of econ- J * omy also were advanced by those jr who advocated the Joint visit. Both;? senators and house committeemen, it j was explained, could go as one delegation much less expensively than e i t\ey could in two or more groups. Although about 47 senators have ex; pressed a desire to see the Shoals j projects, it was the impression that jn the 16 members of the agricultural |0 : committee would have the first prefer-1 ence and the others would probably |a await until the committee had return- j ? i ed before deciding whether they could go. * Senator Norris believed about five days would be necessary for the in- 1 spection. ? b b Less Unemployment Reportsd. Washington.?Reports from widely e separated states, from Michigan to 0 Texas and from New York to Kansas, q show an improvement in the employ: ment situation, according to Colonel fi j Arthur Woods, chairman of the emer- !c jgency committee of the president's , C( conference on unemployment. i d Referring to the "unprecedented" w amount of winter outdoor work and l the added improvements to be expect- u ed with the approach of spring, Colo- a nel Woods said: 0 onomq tn ho a a 11 cVl t ffllljnfir r. off in the number of applicants for r work at the employment bureaus, tj coupled with a corresponding increase 8 in the number for whom work is found h by these same bureaus." jp I I Boston Celebrates. |u Boston?The 146th anniversary of w ! the evacuation of this port by British , A forces was celebrated. The feature h was a parade of 10,000 regular and state troops and war veterans. A re- c viewing stand wa6 provided for Sena-! tor Stanley, of Kentucky, guest of b the day, Governor Cox and others. ? Negress, 122, Is Dead. Mount Vernon, 111.?Margaret Ed- i mi8on. negress. reputed to be 122 I i' years old. is dead at her home here, j b She was almost blind and very feeble ^ for several months before her death. ;a She waB said to have been born in F Richmond, Va. Ia Officers Fight Pistol Battle. New York.?Fifteen special revenue agents arrested 24 men after a pistol battle aboard a two-masted schooner, ' said to have been loaded with con- a traband liquor, in the East river at the foot of Tiffany street, in the Bronx. More than 30 shots were exchanged. *( The schooner, whose cargo of liquor was said to be worth nearly half a 8 million dollars, was seized, together with two automobiles and a large w moving van. which the authorities 4 aald were to have been used In trans- 0 porting the contraband. Ic Cotton Seed Re|iort. * Washington.?The cotton seed products report for the seven-month pe- * rlod, August 1 to February 28. issued l by the Central Bureau, shows: T Cotton seed crushed, 2.625.520 tons g compared with 3,063,649 for the same w period the previous year, and on hand d at mills February 26th, 256.872 tons, C 'compared with 424,557. N Crude oil produced 803.439,496 lbs.. | compared with 976,758.372 and on T hand 69.952.001 lbs., compared with w 169,156.143. a Situation Becomes Complicated. Rome.?The situation created by the seizure of Italian ships by the fc Greek government is becoming more g complicated. It was said the Greeks, ci besides seizing the steamship Africa, h had not given a satisfactory explana- S tion for the continued detention of the Abbazia. which *(/ seized a few days ago on the ground that she was carrying contraband of war for the S Turkish Nationalists, with whom k Greece is at var. An explanation of a the seizure was asked by the Italian S ^minister at Athens. lit 1 RESUME ISSUANCE OF GOLD CERTIFICATES Washington. ? Issuance of gold certificates, without demand, discontinued in 1917, was resumed by the treasury. Gold certificates have always been available upon demand, but during the war silver certificates were issued on ordinary checks. Resumption of the ordinary use of gold certificates was said by treasury officials to remove the last artificial currency situation growing out of the war and to indicate a return to normal conditions. The treasury now holds approximately $3,000,000,000 in gold and it was said there is now no reason why gold certificates should not be freely available. EAST 23 KILLED BY STORMf ..leeioomni A O 1/ A KJ OUI8IANA, IVllooiogirri, SAS AND OKLAHOMA SUFFER BIG LOSSES. torm in Lonoke County, Arkansas Leaves a Trail of Wrecked Buildings For Twenty Miles. New Orleans?At least 23 persont 'ere killed and many others were eriously injured as a result of storms t places reaching proportions of tor adoes, which visited isolated sec ions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar ansas and Oklahoma. The heaviest loss of life reported ras at Gowan, Okla., a village 11 liles east of McAlester, where 11 ersons were killed when a tornadc wept through the foreign section ol le village. Many others were slight f injured. Six negroes were killed when the torm passed through the northeast rn section of Jefferson county anc ae southeastern section of Lonokt ounty, Arkansas. The storm in tbh action left a trail of wrecked build lgs for 20 miles. Several wer< lightly injured here. At Sulphur, Okla., two white mei rere killed. Nineteen others were se loualy injured and scores suffered light injuries. Property damag< ere is estimated at $100,000. Flftj * ' 1-4-1.. ,-Uah UllGlDg8 were cumpioici; uomuuou d and 200 people left homeless. Eight homes were demolished at unrlse, a village two miles north 01 i&ton Rouge, La., and a negro wo lan and her child were killed, Ifoui thers were slightly injured. Twenty-five persona were injured nuritber seriously, when the stonr truck Corlnes, Miss. More than 15( omes were leveled. The storm swepi path more than 100 feet wide, razlnj very building in its path. Reports rom outlying districts tell of consid rable property damage. A schoo uildlng in which were 1.000 childrer arely escaped the path of the storm An aged negro was killed and sev ral were slightly injured and a score f houses were destroyed at Arkansas !ity, Ark. Only meager details are available -om the sections visited by the stonr n account of the damage to win ommunication, and it is feared the eath toll will be greatly increased rhen complete returns are available dttle efforts have been made to eeti late the property damage, which, ir ddition to destroying homes and ther buildings include damage tc rops and destruction of livestock ivers and smaller streams in prac cally all the sections visited by the torm, which was accompanied by eavy rains, are swollen, and some ap rehension is felt on this score. The storm was accompanied by the sual freaks, the most outstanding ol rhlch was reported from Kennet ,rk., where a 12-day-old infant wae lown from a bed on which it wae ring, across the yard wnere us lothing held it suspended to a ince until the storm abated. The aby's parents were seriously injur d. Cotton Consumed During February. Washington.?Cotton consumed dur lg February amounted to 473.075 ales of line and 38,509 bales of lin jrs, compared with 395,115 of line nd 37,565 of linters consumed ir ebruary last year, the census bureau nnounced. Belfast's Casualty List. Belfast?Belfast's casualty list from ae activities of gunmen and bomt lrowers in ten weeks total 83 dead nd 157 seriously wounded, according j the Northern Whig, which declares 3is 'relatively more terrible thar >r the whole year 1921." The list would have been greatly wollen, the newspaper adds, if all lose who recently received bullet munds were included. It points out b the worst feature of the recent out reaks the number of women and hildren who were struck. lew York Girls Need $250 Annually New York.?It costs New York iris at lea?t $250 annually to clothe lemselves properly, members of the eague of Girls' Clube announced 'he report, filed aiter the working Iris composing the league had ans -ered a questionnaire on the subject eclared that Topeka. Kansas, and hlcago estimates are too low foi few York. A recent report of the finding ol 'opeka merchants declared that $82 as a sufficient dress allowance for working girl. Opposes Foreign Dirigibles. Washington.?The purchase of any ireign airplane or dirigible by any overnment department without the onsent of congress would he pro iblted under a bill introduced by enator McKellar, democrat. Moonshiners Kill Sheriff. Chattanooga, Tenn. ? Sheriff I. L. mith of Bradley county, was shot and illed by moonshiners while making raid on a still near I^auderback prongs at the foot of White Oak lousuln. /' IPRESENTS BONUS B1LLJO HOUSE MAJORITY REPORT POINTS OUT ADVANTAGES OF THE PLANS OF THE BILL. iREPORT FORMALLY APPROVED Believes Plan Meets the Approval of Soldiers, Committee Says In Its Report. ,j Washington. ? The compromise sol| diers' bonus bill, as finally revised, ' was reintroduced in the house by j Chairman Fordney, who submitted a majority report from the ways and means committee claiming tne advantages of the plans of the bill." "First?No new taxation, no issuance of new securities is at present required. "Second?It provides for the vetei ran in need a method of obtaining aid. "Third?The amounts required each year after July 1, 1923, are small compared to those which have heretofore i been met and can be provided without > any difficulties or derangement of our , financial situation. "Fourth?The plan tends to promote savings habits among the veterans. "Fifth?It protects the veteran himself and his family from misfortune in 1 j the future. >' "Sixth?It will create a class of I i home builders who will greatly in> I crease the mass of property in the f j country. "While perfect unanimity could ! not be expected as to all details of the ij bill," the report said, "the majority of - the committee believe that the plan in 1 general meets the approval of the ) soldiers and all of those who are in ? favor of granting to them additional compensation in any form whatever." s After a session at which the report was formally approved with some m changes from the original draft, ma-jjority members of the committee said 1 the question of procedure in bringing 7 i Lip Lilt? U11J 111 LUC UUUOC oiiu n uo ^ decided. One committeeman said he thought It was about "fifty-fifty" j whether It would be taken up under 11 a suspension of the rules or later un1 der a special rule. j While the committeemen were In r i session, Representative Lineberger, of I California, a former service man, put , ! into circulation a petition proposing a l ; conference of house republicans to ) consider the bonus bill. Under the l rule, fifty signatures would force a ; j conference and Mr. Lineberger expect> ed to obtain that number. | The majority report, in discussing I the objections raised to the bank-loan i provision of the adjusted service cer. | tiflcate plan, said the majority of the | committee was of the opinion that the . 51 amount that would be borrowed from i j banks on the certificate would be i "comparatively small." ?! "Although they constitute ideal sel ' curities for the savings* banks,'' the re> I port said, "any bank may, if it sees fit, > | inquire into the necessity of making ,; the loan before it is made, and it is . j believed a majority of the soldiers will -1 not. in any event, ask for a loan upon . i !the certificates unless they have some I special need for the money. It is es> timated by the committee and the . | treasury that 70 per cent of the vet-1 erans will take the certificate plan. j Assuming this to be correct the utmost ' that could he loaned by the banks, if all applied for loans, would be $550,* 1000,000. : f Will Command Prohibition Navy. . Washington,?Lieutenant R. L. Jack, i of the coast guard, has been made "ad* i miral'' of the newly created prohibi> tion "navy." t The duties of the new "admiral,"' it was said, would consist in disciplining and training the crews for the prohibition vessels, which are now being reI cruited in Baltimore by General Prohibition Agent Elmer Kirwan. It was 'expected thni the new arm of the pro1 hibition forces will be ready for ser vice within a week or two and mean. while, it was understood, "Admiral" i Jack is clearing the decks of his min' iature warships for action under the 1 prohibition flag. | Investigations of Chicago Fire. 1 Chicago.?Several separate lnvesti? Rations of the disastrous fire which I swept a city block and burned buildI ings in two others with a loss placed 1 by insurance officials and property ex' perts at $8,000,000 were continued. Shirley T. High, city flre attorney, ex' pressed conviction that the conflagra1 tion, the most serious one since that .of 1897, which virtually destroyed ^ I Chicago, was of incendiary origin. An ! employe of a concern which was 1 ' ^ nn In flomoq > among tut; nisi tu gu uy iu uamvii was sought. Newspapers Suspended. : Berlin. ? One hundred and fiftyi seven German newspapers and periodiiicals have suspended publication dur|ing the last two months, due to the [i increased co?t of print paper. The price of print paper has par. ticularly affected labor, socialist and I radical organs, which have carried ' smaller amounts of important advertising. ' The Laubaner Anzieger announced ! it would suspend publication April 1; ' after a continuous existence of 105 years. German Wanted in American Legion. Mexico City. ? A man who spoke ! English with an accent, recently callII ed at headquarters of the American Legion and stated his desire to join. Commander Louis Loeb asked for his army discharge papers but. when he brought them the next day. they identified him as one of the bravest soldiers who ever received an "iron ! I cross" from a grateful kaiser. The German explained that he I thought the legion was an organlza! tion of all soldiers, no matter where jttaey fought. j! : 10 TRAIN VETERANS AT GNICKJSPRIN6S ' l UNITED 8TATES VETERANS' BU. REAU LEASES GREENVILLE PROPERTY. ; TO BE EFFECTIVE MAT FIRST ! | / i I " SLOW PROGRESS ON BRIDGE Structure Over Catawba River 13 Nol Likely to be Completed Until Next Fall. York.?Work on the York Morklen burg steel bridge over the Catawba river is proceeding slowly, accordion to York people who have visited the bridge site within the past tew days Judging from the present rate of prog ress the structure will not be ccmplet ed until the middle of neAt fall thej say, which means that there will be but little travel between the White Rose town and the Queen City by the new route this year. Travel will continue over the Rod Hill or Greensboro routes, each 01 which necessitates a wide detour anc make the distance to Charlotte 4J mrles. The bridge will be the means of shortening the distance to only 21 msles. Sut even if the bridge were com pleted. there are no funds with whicl to improve the road from York to tht river. 'There is an ordinary Yorl county road?good in dry weather bui bad during wet spells and it woul< not stand up under a heavy traffic un dor unfavorable conditions. The legislative delegation was peti tioned to make a special appropria tion for the improving of this roa< and its failure to do so caused som< disapointment among the citizens o York and Bethel townships, which an traversed by this highway. The sol ons, however, declare it was impoa sible to make the appropriation with out increasing the county levy an< they deemed such a step unwise in th< face of the business depression, men ace of the boll weevil and general pro tests over tax burdens. Althougl many York people were heartily ii favor of building the road they real ize there is much logic to the legisla tors' views and are not inclined t< raise a howl over the situation. The delegation appropriated |3,00< to build a mile and a half of new roa< from the bridge to connect with thi nearest highway to that point. Medical Society to Meet Rock Hill.?The annual meeting o the South Carolina Medical societ: will be held in Rock Hill In April ant the local physicians are engaged ii planning for the entertainment fea tures. Between 400 and 500 physi clans from all parts of the state art expected to be in attendance, and th< program committee is understood t< be mapping otit a program of mort than usual interest. The doctors o the staue are deeply Interested lr Winthrop college, and tho entertain ment plans will probably call for a re ception at the college. The Fennel Infirmary will be visited and the Dr Summer hospital will be visited, ant it is probable that a clinic will be held at the first named. To Seek Injunction. Greenville.?Holding that the bll! enacted by the general assembly pro hlbiting carnivals showing in South Carolina except during county and state fairs is in 'violation of the pro visions of the United States constitu tion, in that it impairs obligation oi contract," and of the state constitu tion because the act is discrimina tory, attorneys for two carnivals serv ed notice that they will seek an in " * * T..J n flaw junction Deiore JUUgc ri a.un. u. ua.j of Abbeville to prevent officers enforc ing the law, thereby making a test case and sending it to the supreme court Columbia Man Ends Life. Columbia.?Austin McCreight. prom inent citizen of Columbia, aged 36, was found dead in the cellar of a hardware store with which he was connected with his. head badly shot us the result of the firing of a shotgun in his owr hands. No coroner's inquest was had as the family was satisfied it was a case of suicide. McCreight is said to have been de spondent for the past few weeks be cause of poor health Takes on More Men. Charleston. ? An indication that business is getting better is shown ir the fact that the Southern railway shops here have recently taken on a larger force of skilled mechanics thar tbey used before the reduction wat made in personnel several weeks ago About 100 men are now on the pay rolls where formerly not more than 7E were employed. Try Irish Potatoes. Andrews.?Realizing the difficulties at growing cotton under boll wevill conditions as a money crop, a great many of the farmers in this section have turned to Irish potatoes for flnan cial relief. Approximately 500 acres of these tubers are now under cultl vation in the vicinity of Andrews. This is a large increase over last year's acreage, as only a very few planted then. The acreage in sweet potatoes will also be materially increased aiVur.d here this year. Barker Will Speak Here. Greenwood.?Dr. Charles A. Barker former private physician to William Howard Taft during his presidency, will come to Greenwood March 27 un der the auspices of the local Rotary club to deliver three lectures. Dr. Barker will speak in the morning before the city schools, in the after noon before a meeting of various worn en's clubs of the city and at night before a general meeting. He Is a nationally known exponent of better health and was formerly on the Chautauqua platform. Young Will Not Run. Charleston. ? State Senator Arthur Young has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the upper house this year, having decided to retire after serving two years in the house of representatives and four years in the senate. Senator Young has done good work as a legislator, being specially interested in good roads measures, and has been an able champion of Charleston's interests in the upper house. It is said that several members of the delegation are planning to run for his offica ! District to bs Served Will Include i * ( the Two Carolinas and the 1 State of Georgia. ? 5 , Greenville.?A government training s center for disabled soldiers" will Be established near Greenville within 60 l days, official announcement having j been obtained here that the large c Chick Springs property, now used as . a sanitarium, has been leased by the * j United States Veterans' Eureau for five years and that an additional large brick building is to be erected . there by the leasing companies, the . Chick Springs Water company and j the Steedley Sanitarium before the 3 grounds are turned over to the govf ernment May 1. Leasing of the prop, erty represents an outlay by the gov. ernment, it is understood, of around r 1160,000. The signing of the lease brings j to a successful conclusion a great 9 amount of work in behalf of Greenville, covering a number of months _ past, by Major G. Heyward Mahon, 1 Jr., J. A. Bull, Fred V. Graham and j others connected with the chamber .. of commerce and the American legion. . Th^ training center will be the only 3 one of its kind in this district ana one of the largest in the South, j Two hundred and fifty men and inj structors will be brought here when a the property is taken over, and this number will be increased later. The new training center Is to have no connection with the public service hosf pital at the old Camp Sevier site. Y Veterans of the world war, sent to -l this training school, will be taught j a number of trades. They will come ? here from points through this district, . which comprises North and South Car3 cllna, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. , The present building, which was for3 merly the Chick Springs hotel, will be 3 used for a dormitory, and the new f building will be used for class rooms t and workshops. Death Penalty For Two. 1 Greenville, March 15.?In the court * of general sessions here Judge Frank 1 B. Gary imposed death sentences upon I Cliff Hawkins, white, convicted of the murder of William Morgan, on the night of July 9, 1921, and upon Will Wood, negro, convicted of the murder 1 of G. W. Smith, at Poe Mill Septem* bar 21, 1921. Both had been under 1 death sentence pending appeals to I the supreme court, the appeals being m * dismissed. Both were re-sentenced to die in the electric chair on April 2, ' betweeu the hours of 11 a. m. and * 4 p. m. Marion Sells Bonds. Marion?The municipal bonds to the r amount of $100,000 for paving and other improvements in the town of ^ Marion brought 97 with a 5 per cent 1 rate of interest when the bidding was opened at the city hall. The bonds actually went at 94, but the bonus offered by the Marion National bank " for the deposit brought them up to 97. 1 A. T. Bell ft Cq., of Toledo, Ohio, was ' i the firm that purchased the bonds. ? Representatives from some seven or ^ eight firms were present and made 1 offers ranging from 92ft to 94^- As ' soon as the money is placed with the Marion National bank, the town council will be in a position to go ahead " with the letting of the contract for the * " construction work. The engineering firm of Johnson ft Roberts has been engaged to supervise the work, t _____ 1 Farmer Breaks Leg. * r Anderson.?Jones Williams, a farm1 er, had the mfsfortune to break his leg 1 when he Jumped from a buggy to stop 1 a pair of runaway mules. Mr. Wll liams fell in a ditch and his leg was so badly fractured that amputation ' may be necessary. He lives on the Hammond farm near Wllliamston. * Must Muzzle Dogs. 1 Manning.?Two small children were recently bitten by a mad dog while i they were walking along the street. ^ Arrangements were quickly made to i give the Pasteur treatment by local physicians, and the results have been i satisfactory. The town council has or- t ^ i dered all dogs appearing on the streets I without being muzzled to be shot. A number of dogs were bitten by the ?a An*, that hit thft rhildren and af i niau uuft i4iM% I fleers are aiming to clear the town of all dogs without muizles. I New Bank Organized. , Anderson. ? The Carolina National i bank was organized with a capital of , $200,000. At the meeting the officer* were elected and E. P. Vandiver was ' elected president; J. W. Norwood, of Greenville, vice-president and chair* man of board of directors; John A. Horton, vice-president; T. Sloan Ban- t ister. cashier; D. E. Brown, assistant cashier. At the meeting for the organization 0. Pierce Browne was made ' chairman and John A. Horton, secre tary. Fourteen members were elected on the board of directors. Marlboro Farmer* Pledging Cotton. Bennettsvllle.?E. W. Evans, chairman of the committee in charge of securing pledges for the Co-operative Cotton Marketing association, reported for Marlboro county pledges * amounting to 25,384 bales. Mr. Evans has entered into this work with the thoroughness and enthusiasm characteristic of the manner in which he handles his own business affairs. The splendid showing madfe for Marlboro * county is due very largely to his indorsement of the idea and hy his confidence in the proposition. -. j n