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i ■L. 'A . \ THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. S. C. PUBLIC SERVICE SPENDS ABOUT THREE-QUART- ER MILLION DOLLARS AN- ' NUALLYt—_ FOR THE SUITE’S BENEFIT x. 1- t K 4 $ Good Return Obtained By South C*ro- lina in Money From Other Source*. ’ Clemson CollPRe.—That bpsides its big work in teac|iing over 1,000 stu dents, Clemson college Is a great pub lic service corporation which ex pends annually practically $750,000 in- various forms of agricultural service' for the benefit of South Carolina is brought out in a recent report from the president's office, giving figures on the expenditures foV non-cdllegiate public service for the fiscal year 1922- 22. A most significant fact in this conneution is' that, though the total sum expended for public service is $723,021 50, the appropriations from state funds' are only $269,862.85; in other words, South Carolina is getting nearly $3,from other sources for every dollar which it appropriates for public FORD SPECfAL TRAIN KILLS THREE BROTHERS. - Glencliff, N.' H.—A special train on the Boston and Maine railroad, bearing Henry Ford homeward from Boston to. Detroit, struck four sportsmen who were walk- in the ' track on their way to an outing club. Three of the party, brothers, were killed instantly and the fourth was seriously injured. The train crew did not know of the accitkent, and continued on their way. . A southbound express picked up ihe injured man...’Ralph D. Reed, of Manchester, N. H., and took him to that city. GILDED MUMMY CASE FOUND BAPTIST CONFERENCE INTRO DUCES PLAN FOR RECLAJ-MI INSTITUTION. tf FEATURES OF FINAL SESSION Committee Named to Confer With Sim ilar Committee to Be Appointed ^ By Convention. LID OF STONE CASKET IS RAISED AND NOTABLE FIND IS DISCLOSED. Eflyptian Officials May Call Ceremony to Pay Ancient Rbfer Honor. Luxor, Egypt:—The lid of Tut-Ankh- Amerf’s sacrophagus has been raised, ft is understood the. body'of the king was found within. When the lid was raised there was revealed the most . splendid glided. mummy case ever found in Egvpt. It *eiWrwwrtl!T<w*b Clwnson J roll«g«.+ t -- at ; (iUt (¥rT - ; Tonf , r - Put in another way, state appropria tion for this public service is less than 4 per cent of the total legislative budget, yet the people for"whom this service, is rendered, namely, the agrl- cultral element, constitute 85 per cent of the State's population. The non-eollegiate public service work of the college is conducted un der three principal divisions, namely: i 1. Agricultural research. 2. Agricultural extension service. 3. Agricultural regulatory work. The total expenditures for the last fiscal year for agricultural research work was $106,141 66. This work, un der the excellent guidance of Prof. H. \V. Barre, director of the South Carolina experiment station, Includes that done at the parent experiment station at Clemson college, the two branch stations at Florence and Sum merville, and cooperative work Car ried on with individual farmers in many parts of the state. -| The extension service, finder <Jhe able leadership of Director W. W. Long, expended a total of $404,382.53. only $110,862.85 of which came from i state’appropriations, the remainder coming from the United States and local sources. The agricultural research work In eludes live stock sanitary work, which cost $68,416.68; cattle eradication. $65.759.70; hog cholera control, $27,- 080.84; crop- -pent-and disease ntml, $8,130, and fertiliber inspeciton and analysis, $27,085.62. All of this^regu- latory work administered through of ficials of Clemson college is done as a means of protection to the general public, especially farmers. ^ Memphis, Tenn.—Inauguration of a i plan proposing reclafmation of George i Washington university by the Baptist ■ church and discussions of foreign and* ! home mission work, stressing the act ivities of the laymen, were the out standing features of the closing ses- i sion of the southwide conference of Baptist*laymen bere. The plan to reclaim George Wash ington university took definite, shape | when the conference named a com mittee to confer with a similar com- [ mit tee to be appointed by the Heath- - ern Baptist'convention when it meets in Atlanta in May. The two commit tees will be instructed to consider the proposition and formulate a definite plan by which the-church may regain cqaiEOl of Ihft Washington iustUiUion* ATLANTA AUTOMOBILE MAN AND WIFE BURNED ALIVE Atlanta, Ga v —W. Dupree, an automobile dealer and his wife were burned to death and-Mrs^Pu- pree’s mother, Mrs. II. M. Cottfhg- ham. of Marietta, Ga., was severely injured when 1 she jumped from p second story window to escape, flames which destroyed the Dupree residence here. The charred bodies of Mr. and Mrs. "Dupree were found by firemen. According-to r Mrs..W. .A_. Dupree, also a guest in the home, when the fire was., discovered the entire-in- erior of the residence was ablaze. She said she jumped from the sec ond story window and was followed by Mrs. Cottingham. Just as Mr. and Mrs. Dupree reached the window," she said, the roof of the house caved in. . Hospiial authorities say Mrs. Cot tingham will recover. Mr. Dupree was a widely known Atlantian, being president of a large automobile sales company. Mrs. Dupree wa.^ active in R^d Cross work during the war t being' ji charge of recreation and hos pital work for the American Red Cross at Brest. .• 1 - • , ., CAPTAIN OF THE TACOMA TRIED TO AID MEN OF HIS CREW. WRECK IN'VERA CRUZ STORM Commander, Another Officer and Four r Radio Operators Trying to Main tain Communication. ARE SHOT WITH' OWN GUNS Washington — Caftt. Herbert" G. Sparrow, of the cruiser Tacoma, wreck ed at Vera Cruz, lost his life while endeavoring to aid men of his crew who had been imperiled with him in the destruction of the ship’s .radio house in the great storm that made' a complete loss of the cruiser. Full (Jetails of- the ■•second storm, which struck the cruiser after she had been driven aground by the first north er encountered, have not reached the navy department. A naval board of ision- at Charles- St .Josephs LIVER REGULATOR for BlOOD-llVERKIDNEYS She BIG 3ft CAN,- The mummy case hears an effigy in relife of the king wearing,, the "nems," or sacred head dress like that of the Sphinx, decorated with the head of a hawk and a serpent in pure gold set with lapis lazuli. The hands are crossed, one bearing a crook l sceprre and the other a flail. A pathetic touch is given the effigy by a little crown of withered natural flowers set about the gold fcead dress. The royal mummy case has not Y^t been-opened. Apaprentl ythe decision that the opening of the sarcophagus would be strictly private was changed during the morning. “Shortly before 3 ’ o’clock a distinguished company of some twenty persons assembled in the* well of the tomb. It was 3,03 l o’clock when, escorted by Mr. Carter, the party entered the tomb and soon there came to the ears of the watch ers, who sat on the parapet 4n a blaz ing sun, the,clank of pulleys and the sound of ropes slipping through th'e' i blocks. At 4.1,5 the party emerged from the tomb. Experts characterized the disclosure of the mi/ramy ease as the greatest discovery in tfie history of Egyptology, or possibly.in all archeology. The lid of the great ‘pink stone„ coffin was raised ajiout two incheas. during a test of the hoisting machin- _i. ery, which has been ereeded chamber by DESPERATE CONVICTS DYNAMITE pen gate ibf Wild dash for LIBERTY. The layment’s committee is composed of Congressman B. G. Lowrey, of Mis sissippi; Congressman W. D. Upihaw I of Georgia, and J. H. Anderson of - iLnoxville, Tenn. The discussion of the missionary' work conducted by the church in home and foreign fields Covered a wide grange. Dr. J. T. Love, secretary of the church s foreign mission board were shot to death and a number of stated that th^ Baptists were conduct | convicts were wounded, morq or less ing mission work in 16 countries. *Kx seriously in a riot at the Western Pen- | ton, S. C., going into all the circuc- stances surrounding the wreck. I A partial account of what happened ‘aboard the Tacoma January 16, when the second norther struck the strand ed crafL. became available at the BOSCHEE’S SYRUP Allays irritation, soothes and heals throat and lung inflammation. The constant nritation of a cough keeps tlws.de!icate mucus membrane of the throat and lungs in a congested condition, w hich BOSCHEE'S SYRUP gently and quickly heals. For this reason it h's been a favorite household remedy for colds, coufchs, bronchitis and especially for lung troubles in milliorts of homes all over the world for the last fifty* seven years, enabling the patient to obtain a good night’s rest, free from coughing with easy expectoration in the morning. You can buy BOSCHEE’S SYRUP wherever medicines.are sold. Entire Woods Run District Caus ing Residents to Flee. tension of the activity into seven new fields, he said,,had been made possible hy the rosp(/nsfi to ^ the $75,000,0<X' campaign inaugurated’ four years £go. More intensive evangelization of the south in order that the church might take care of their work at home and at the sairte time, provide the .neces- sary p»yi^ort for the work abroad was urged hy D. B. Gray, of Atlanta secretary of the Mission board. Dr Gray declared that more than $21,00(L- 000 would be expended by less than 500 Baptist congregations of the south this year for new churches«and add!- ..navy department, however, and shows - that Captain Sparrow‘and another of ficer and four ratijo operators were Blast Shattered Windows and Rocked in the ra(1I ° room endeavoring to main tain communication with shore. “While bo employed,” the memoran- ! dum said, "the continual pounding of 1 the heavy seas which were breaking Pittsburgh.—Two prison officers j ov.er the vessel finally dfestrQyed the radio house and threw th'e occupants out amongst the wreckage on deck. Captain Sparrow and the others man aged with great difficulty to obtain temporary shelter in the hafnmock^ nettings, where they were almost drowned by the continual wash of the seas. "Captain Sparrow believing that The Canvasser o get rlu efj, ^ ' he window Kiu.se of "It in to an effort freedom. to dynamite No prisoner tions to present buildings. Mission „ , , , . , e*-' four or five “had men, ’ recently trans- churches will spend even more, he said, explaining that such expeditures- will be independent of the $75,000,000 Foadick to Speak to College Clubs. Greenville- Raymond Fosdlck, for merly under secretary general of the league of nations and organizer of the war camp coramunity service, a branch of which functioned here during the * World war, will be a speaker at. the conference here March 31 and April 1 .mortuary chamber by Howard Car ter. and his assistants, but no attempt was made to disern the contents, as it had been agreed to have Egyptian government repreuentatives at the opening. ' campaign through which the church proposes to raise $27,000,000 this year. Rebels Lose 300 and Federals 40. Mexico City.— Further details of the in -the . engagement at Palo Yard show that Itentiary. -After an hour's fight, dur ing which riot guns, tear gas bombs, clubs and bricks were used, the pris on guards assisted by the county de tective and ’ Pittsburgh police forces, succeeded in quelling the disturbance, _ which started when the convicts used the men were less protected TfiaTT'fie was, went to their rescue, which prov ed to he the beginning of his own end. When he left his temporary shelter he was badly knocked about, by the heavy seas and' finally became uncon scious Two attempts were made by others to rescue him and these men in turn were either lost or seriously in jured sb that of the six orginally in the radio house^ Captain Sparrow and three radio men were killed and the cithers very seriously injured^" explosives their way .escaped. The dead sis-tant deputy warden, and J. an overseer. Warden J. M. Eagan reported that the plot was born in the minds of are. William Pieffer, as. o<ix. After Mrs. Softleigh had purchased a can of talcum ppwder from a door- ^ to-door canvasser just to get rhf him she watched out of th see him approach the 1 Hardheart, a neighbor across street. , In the reaY of the yard she could ioe Mr. Hardheart tinkering.^vith.. Ids automobile. The ennya'-ser'LfLo could see lilm, s<> he passed -beyond the front entrance walk. Then he doubled back across the lawn and. keeping out _ of sight' of the 'loan' of the house, ran gthe bell. Mrs. Hardheart peared atid the peddler - -- w;trestore instantly "n display anjathe ’ytfnvnss" begun.-* Mrs. Hardheart botfght some thing and the agent d ■parted as he had eome.. keeping^well .out *on the. lawn and out of Mr. Hardheart’s -ight. - and G’iohe. ferred to the prison here from the Eastern Penitentiary to he disciplined He added that-he believed the plot Was engineered by a quartef of con-- victs known They had help from the warden declared. . Prisoners numbering as'"the four hosemen.” the outside. mor Preparing For Cruise to North Pole. Washington.- Final orders for. in stallation of a mooring mast on the fuels hip Ramado at Mare Island Navy Yard in preparation for the flight of the Shenandoah on ah Arctic explora tion cruise-this Summer were appthn- ed by 'Secretary Denby on recomen- it lasted eight hours, the rebels losing had just breakfasted an about 300 dead and a-Xarge^niimBeF of prisoners, while the federal losses were 40 dead and 100 wounded. Gen Gonzalo Escobar discovered by scout ing that the rebels were at that point, commanded only by Enrique Estrada Dieguez having taken another road to reach Ocotlan. General Escobar immediaiol/ order ed the advance and the enemy was taken hy surprise. Estrada still sleep ing Gen. Manuel Ramos and General Rodriguez struck the right flank of the rebels, while General Escobar ami General Aguirre attacked in the cen ter. General Ramos made a long t||p- tour for the purpose of a rear attack of representatives from international ‘dation of Rear Admiral Moffett, chief relations clubs of Southern colleges, of the .NSVal Air Service. Revised who will convene at and he the guests plans for the mast equipment will go of Furman university, officials said forward within the next few days. Mr. Fosdlck, according to a telegram The orders completed the prepara- received here, will speak in place of tory steps for the flight and set at Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore, win- rest rumors thta thfVtrail might not he nor of the Bok peace prize, who^as 1 carried through. *03)e fuel shin Pato- one of the first men to b«r invited to ka is now en route to Norfolk Navy address the congress of students. Dr i Yard for InetalLition of a mooring Levermore, the telegram states, will mast and will he used at the “stand not be able to address the gathering j by” base at Spitzorgen, while the airy' intended to surrender- Estrada than ;ere about to go to theif't'i'ftksTn the'work- shops when" the blast ripped Hhe main gates and a section of the wall, rock ed the entire Woods Run district, shattered windows and 'caused reel dents to flee from their homes. Pieffer and Coax were near by. They started on a run for the belt in the wall but were intercepted by 15 convicts who disarmed them, beat them and then shot the officers with their own guns. The prison yard be came a "battleground as other prison ers and other guards joined in the fight. The guards'concentrated near the gates and thseq^ening the. prison ers with -the sawed off .shotguns, or- The engagement Began early Tuesday dety*d them tq their cells But the morning and continued until 4 tp. m Estrada was nearly captured and 4he rebels fled, leaving large quantities of war material and supplies. The federal cavalry was ordered to approach the rebels’ stronghold and withhold fire. Believing that the fcav- on account of the inundation of re sponsibilities folloWlng announcement of the peace prize award explosion had signalized an attempt.to escape, and with liberty in sight they were stubborn and showed fight. Even the prisoners in their cells added their voice to the confusion, shouting arid heating upon the walls and bars. a!nd crying defiantly to the guards in the tiers. A few of the convicts got loose Shenandoah is en route to and from permitted them to approach to close but the guards piet them had to hand Export Figures Reflect a Gajn. Washington. — ^jlports ,1 frprn the United States during January were $394,000,000 ami imports $299,000,000/ leaving a favorable bla-nee' of trade for the tnbrith of ITHjjOO’ff/OOO.' During the same month a year ago exports were ‘$335,416,000 and imports $329,253,000 leaving a favorable trade balance of but $6,160,000. J , ^ The figures on exports last tnonth compared with $426,798,000 in Decent her, and $401^.480,000 in November The imports were greater than those of any of the last six months of 1923 with the exception of October^ when they were $308 290,000. The flow of gold into, the United States resulted in imports during Jan .nary of $45,170,144 This was greater than that recorded during any pre vious month of the > last two years with the exception of'May, 1923, when it was $46,156,000. Imports of silver for January amounted to $5,917,745 but exports of the same nietal from the United States amounted to $8,120,648. School Laws in Switzerland* Switzerland if a child does nbF Deinf siThmiI (in' a particular day the parent gets notice from the public authority that lie* is tine'll - so many, francs; the second day fin* tii*“ is in- creas.d. and b\ the third day "the amount becomes' a serietis one. In .case of sickness the pupil is excused, * but if there is tiny suspicion of sdiaun till! a doctor is sent to the house - * ■— It’s Different Now May—-I don’t understand men. Fay—Wlmt's flic matter now? May My. husband ran a tank dur ing the war and now he can’t even run a vacuum cleaner for me. i / Mrs. J. C. Ladle Convention For Sunday Schools., Spartanburg.—The official calif hati been iwrued for the ninet World's Sun day School convention, to he held at Glasgow. Scotland. June 19-26. and delegates are being appointed hy the various State Sunday School associa tions, according to Leon C. Rainier, slate sniierintqndent for South Caro lina. . At the last World’s. Sunday School convention, which has held at Toftyo f Japan, in 1920,- it is said that 40 na tions and 57 religious denominations were represented. On "account of‘the historic and religious itnerests attach ing to Glasgow it is expected tha^Fhe attendance this" year will " be .^even larger. v^--' j i . The'program of ^he-convention will Include .prprhlnent educators, mission- arYes, evanagellsts and other religious ‘leaders from the various Protestant denominations of the world. . ‘ the pole from Nome. Members of the party sent to Nqjne, (*> make preliminary inspection and" begin the works of developing the Polar flight base* there, left, fishing- ton several days ago. They.’will arrive in. the Far North- before the ice has a .no out, permitting entrance of ship range.^ Then, firing their revolvers the horsemen charged, completely dis organizing the enemy and killing many with their revolvers. 1^,.0hA Cases Whiskey. More than 10,000 cases of liquor, five barrels of alcohol, and ping in the Alaskan harbors, and will a completely equipped “cutting" plant Officers Get Now York. m^ke thb trip into Nome by nb-d. f ’ Meeting* Planned For Aiken, v Aikett.—A 'jaerles of Interesting and helpful meetings In agriculture, horti culture, gardening and home conven- lencSa has been assured for this com munity through the cooperation of the agricultural extension dfeparthient of the International Harvester com pany, March 3 and 4. The purpose of the metitihgs will be to help tb^ people of this community to solve thd many problems In these lines. j The plan Is to held both day and #veninf session*. • Oppose Shaft Over Tomb. WashingTHn. -r Secretaries Weeks and Denby, who are members of the commission in charge of the Memorial AjnphiUieatre at Arlington National Cemetery,‘are understood to disprove pijins ot^the Fine ^rts Commission for the erection of a 35-foot shaft over the tomb of the Unknown Sodier. In with a general way both cabinet officers are founi were seized by federal prohibition agents in a downtown warehouse is oY! Water, street, a The -building few blocks from city hall. and threw them back into the cells. L - ■ ■ l.V' t ■* — * Gastonia Fi^e Loss SIOO/'OO. Ylastonia — A 'loss of between $75. 000 and ..$100,000 ' was sustained'here when the Spencer Lumber company a large plant in the heart of the city ow.ned principally by S . Elmer Spen cer. was totally destroyed by *fire which was discovered near the boiler room of the. plant at* HP 15 o’clock. The machinery in the plants was totally ruined, and the large -stock of lumber sThe agents had loaded about 100 cases of whiskey an*1 .practically all burned. Thd insurance barrels of alcohol on a truc k, and 0,1 ** ie P' ant was Mated^tq be ver> about to leave the building when srna ^- the xvarehouse : , Ccfkes of gin th* were the elecfric lights in went out. Continuing their search flashlights and lanterns they a stairway leading from the A Six Burned to Death. Rockville Center, N. Y.—Before pot._| tackefS were killed, licem-en on the scene had called the j f rorn Kaiserslautern, the .end } Y jjj a „ p volunteer fire department six i A ' * 1 The luter-Allied High said* to favor retention of the Un-1 second to'the third floor at known Soldier’s tomb practically as it . of which" was a bgrred door, •* persons, including four children, had , ia, without thef 1 addinon of any stat- J Forcing the entrance, thfc.agents di8 been ij Urne( i t o d£kth in a fire, bellev-1 declared a state of siege in the Pir- 17 Killed In German Fight...; Berlin. Fighting between Separat 'ist's and inhabitants-of Pirmasens In the Bavarian Palatinate resulted in the killing of 17 'fterso^s and the wounding of 20. according -to dis patches received from Pirmasens. The casualties occurred during fighting for the possession of the Gov ernment building, which was eventu ally set on fire. Of these killed 11 were Separatists. The attitude of’.thc_Fronch ijwfhori- ties was described as neutrj, . i Dues^eldorf.— ’Y'npA' Separatists at Pirmasens. thiiX<^n—miles southeast of Zwelbruf-pkmi,' were fiolteigcci over night in the 'Government building, which tvas finally set afiire. Dispatches from" Pirmasens say eight Separatists.'and six of their at- but telegrams estimate the dead^at more than 60 Commission v nary or other device that might mark ( covered the 10,000 cases-oMlquor and a departure from its present simplic- j the equipment ItJ- ' i from "'alcohol. for making whiskey Llat 182,782 People on Ford’* Payroll*, wilaon Award Will Be Made pec! 28 Detroit.-^Henry Ford now employs New York —The first awanfsby the in his major industries here and Woodrow Wilson Foundation to the throughout the world 162,792 persons, individual who has performed during it is announced by the Ford Motor the year an act of "unselfish public Company. Of this number 121,214 are service of enduring value,” which ek .employed In mnnnfactnrln* plan, for thc .. |dra , a „ d prlntl p, M tor the company in the United States and , * . - „ 24.32C in the American branches. Em- ^hich Woodrow Wilson gave his life,’ ployes In foreign lands number 11.028. i will be made on December 28, .'next ed of incendiary origin, which destroy ed a three story tenement house re cently converted from an inn. masens district and ordered tlje disso lution of certain nationalist organiza tions. * In addition to those emiAByed the’Ford Motor Company—at total of 156,565-—there are 2.525 men employed on FordD. T. k t. Railroad. * ' it was, announced here bjvfoundation officials. Nominatiopa for,the award must be submitted to the .foundation . by June 1. ; ^ a 28- Killed In Fanatic Uprising. Batavia. Java/—One Dutch po)ice j officer and 27 native religious fanatics were killed and many others wound ed in a riot at Tangerang, near W^lt- vreden. r • The trouble began, when 41 fanatics, armed with swords and knives declar ed they wished to.nproclaim a new kingdom of Mount, Gedes. Native police under the direction of Dutch Traffic in Beer and Booze Halted. Chicago —Declaring that , "law en> forcement Is a reality in Chicago,’ Mayor William E. Dever, whose cam paign against illifcit liquor has driven 23 breweries and more than 6,000 soft drink parlors out of business during the last four months, has served notice’ on bootleggers and beer runners that "this storm, is not "going to blow police officials 'attempted to disarm thc fanatics and severe fighting oc curred before the police - gained the nnner band. over. ... I ’‘The traffic in beer and booze has been halted in t Chicago. And it will not be resumed during my administra tion,’’ the mayor said. ■4 1 Have You a Daughter* Is She Nervous? Then You Cannot AffoEiJ to Overlook One Word of Thi« - *A , » ' Augusta, G^—“For some time my daughter wa-S in real poor health. She sufferedjxfith her head and.back and was ahto very nervous. After trying several remedies which did her no food, I got Ur. 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