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FOR CONFERENCE TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR HIGH* WAY ENGINEER NOW AR RANGED. LEADING MEN WILL ATTEND Prominent Authorities In Line Jo Bo Present From low*, Mlinole and Elsewhere. Clenison Colle»?o.—A tentative pro gram for the highway engineering edu cational conference, to he held at Clenison college March to 1F>, has been arranged by Prof. E. L Clarke, head of the civil engineering division, who has charge of the conference.- The program as arranged calls for the first meeting Thursday afternoon and for other meetings of general dis cussion Thursday evening. Friday morning and afternoon and Saturday morning. Special features of the pro gram consist of an exhibition drill by the Clem son cadets for the visitors at noon Friday, an auto drivo'^^points of local interest Friday afternoon, an informal banquet Friday evening and a laboratory demonstration" iir testing road materials Saturday afternoon following the close of the conference Speakers already secured, besides Prof. Thomas R. Agg, Iowa State col lege, and Clifford Older, highway en gineer of Illinois, include such promi nent authorities as H. C. Boyden, Chi cago; Tohn E. Ramsey, construction engineer, Salisbury, N. C.;, Prevost Hubbard, chemical engineer, New York City; John S Crandell. construc tion engineer, New York City; E. B Smith, testing engineer, - bureau ol public roads, Washington; Br. C. M Strahan. professor of civil engineering University of Georgia; and W. R. Neel, Georgia state highway engineer. South Carolina highway and 6ngi neering authorities having a place on the program include Charles H. Moore- field, state highway engineer; Prof L. T Letellier, the Citadel; and Prof. L. H. Doane of the road testing labor atory, Clenison. college. Professor Clerke, in speaking of the conference, issues a sincere invitation to all persons engaged or associated in highway construction or develop ment and calls attention to the fact that there will be no admission-fees or charges. For the information of those concerned it may be stated that meals wil be sorved by thee ollege at a uniform price of 35 cents each, ex cept the banquet, which will be $1.50 and that in so far as is possible sleep ing accommodations will be furnished free through the generosity of the college authorities and the people o' the community. , . Professor Clarke suggeststhta those who expect to attend will do to insure their accommodations by noti fying him as early as possible and be ing present for registration and as signment between 10 a. m. and 1 p. m Thursday, March 13. x WOMAN KILLED; MAN HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Asheville.—Mrs. B. B. Tod(), own-, er of the Franklin hotel at Brevard, was Instantly killed, and' W. W. Croshorn, prominent business mail of Transylvania county, was pain fully Injured when an automobile In which the couple 'were riding overturned on the Hendersonville road, near Busbee. It was sometime after the acci dent before they were discovered by passersby. Mrs! Todd was al ready dead, while Croshorn was rushed to a local hospital. Attend ing physicians say his Injuries al though painful are not considered serious. * IS CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBE AND OTHER LAW VIOLATION. THOMPSON HELD FOR SAME WILL YIELD MDCH AMMONIA Federal Grand Jqry at Chicago Re turns Indictments After Month’s * . < » ' Investigation. DISCOVERY 'IS MADE BY. RE SEARCH LABORATORY AT WASHINGTON. The United States Will Also Have Great Explosive at Its Com mand. great benefits will be derived from the said( .. that u wou , d sub8erve the best new product. The United States, it is Two Thousand Shriners Expected. Columbia.—Fully 2.000 Shriners will be in Columbia for the joint Ceremon ials of Heja? and Omar Shrine tern tiles of South Carolina, on April 16 aud 17, according to local officers of the two Shrine temples. . Local committees .have held several conferences and arul making exten sive plans 4 for entertaining the noble visitors Large delegations are ex-’ peeled from the piedmont section mad also from the “low country. - ’ Hajez is the temple in the upper half of the state; Omar is the southern half. \V. Smeads Headley, president of the A1 Araf Shrine duh of Columbia in charge of - plans for the coming joint gathering, says the Columbia Shrihfrs propose to make tiffs a iYrea' gathering. It will likely he the great est of its kinil ever held in Columbia Boston.—A chemical discovery said to begone of the most Important of the 20th century, has just been made at the Fixed Nitrogen Research labor atory, at Washington, Prof Arthur B. I-am b of Harvard announced. The discovery Is that of a new ca-* alyst which will bring about the per manent union of hydrogen and ivtro- Chicago.—Charles R. Forfies former director of the United States Veterans | bureau, and John W. Thompson, con tractor of Chicago and St. Louis, were named in fofir indictments returned by the federal grand jury which has spent a month Investigating charges of waste, graft and 'debauchery in con nection with Forbes’ administration. Fofbes and Thompson were named jointly in two'indictments charging conspiracy to commit bribery and of-! fenses agaihst the government; and conspiracy to defraud the United States government. Forbes was nam ed alone~in a third indictment on a charge of accepting a bribe, and Thompson in a fourth charging that he had indirectly given a bribe. In a special report which accompan ied the indictments, the grand jury Indicated that other sensational devel- CRAZED WOMAN LEAPS 300 FEET TO STREET BELOW. London.—Hurling her two little girls from the campanile,of West minister Cathedral, 300 feet to the pavement below, - Mrs^ Margaret Davey, an Irish woman, leaped tp death r atter them. All three bodies were smashed almost beyond recog nition. The first intimation of the triple tragedy came to passers-by when a child’s body came hurlting down from the high tower of the cath edral and thudded into a heap of broken bones and mangled fle-sh on the sidewalk. While some ran to the victim and others scattered, several wo men fainting at the sight, the body of another young girl fell a short distance from the first. Then those neat 1 the scene, gaz ing aloft W the top of the cathed ral’tower, saw Mrs. Davey leap off £i?N smastf upon a curbing near where the bodies of her .cljildfen lay. ANNOUNCE TERMS BY IT WOULD DISPOSE FLEET. WHICH OF MUST DE IN BY y* > 14 Records Show That Only Quarter of Tonnage of 1,335 Vessel* Now in Operation. MANY BILLS ALARM COOLIDCE DECLARES welfare and pros perity OF COUNTRY BEING DISTURBED. Deplores Effort to Drain the Treas- j ury In Order to * Help Certain Classes. . f . „ ^ | Washington.—The numerous bills . "pm-nti ,Involving alleged graft had c h 0 g^ s8 railing for large gen atoms and will yield 14 per-cent e ' D nmoterp . >ut eiause t e> wen appropriations are regarded by Presl- of ammounla, Professor I-amb said According to the announcement, two not within the jurisdiction of the court had not been pursued. "We do not feel," the special report dent Coolidge as disturbing to the Washington.—New terms and condi tions under which the government : would dispose of its^entire merchant • fleet, comprising 1,335 vessels of var ious types, were announced by^ the i shipping board" In a general advertise ment calling for bids. Records show i only a quarter of the whole tonnage now is in operation, the remainder ] comprising the "laid up” fleet. In annoudcln gthe call for bids the board said the advertisement was designed-jirimarily to comply with the law governing the sale of Its property t 1 and was not “a sudden efforL ‘to force ! the sale of the board’s fleet," it was in j accordance with the "due advertise- ! ments” provision of the merchant marine act, it was explained. Previous offer of sale by the board has been on a flat basis of $30 a ton. Displacing this provision, the board said, it now was prepared to consider offers for purchase "qnder the various types, based on their relative value as affected by their desirability from St .Joseph’s LIVER REGULATOR for BLOOD-UVER-KIDNEYS phe. BIG 35~< C.AN SPRINGLESS SHADES Last Longer.Look Bette** FROST PROOF Cabbage Plants Early Jertey, Charleston Wakefield. Flat Dutch, Succession. Postpaid, 100, 80c: 800, 75c: 600.11.00, 1.000. *1.60. Charges collect - 1,000. $1.00; 6,000 at 90c; 10,000 at 80c. Bermuda Oniona, Lettuce. Collard, Kale, Bruasela Sprouta, Beets, Kohl-Rabl plants same price.«Satisfaction guaranteed. D. F. Jamison. Summerville. S. C< claimed, , will have at its command an explosive twice as effective as that discovered by the Germans a few months before the start of the World War. The American farmer will also, according to Professor Lamb, have the use of fertilizer much cheaper and more effective than heretofore avail able. . ‘ 1 . The new catalyst ,lt is contended, has far greater durability than that- discovered by Haber in 1014. which yielded 7 or 8 per cent of ammonia. Business Slump Unusually Narrow. Washington.—The usual post holi day slump in general business was narrower in scope in January and early February this yeax than usual, and sharp increases over preceding months ^were rioted in the production of basic commodities, the federal re serve'board reported in its periodical business review. Coupled with the increased output in baste commodities was a heavier demand for credit for commercial pur poses, indicating continuation of a interests of the government for this jury at this time to make public the details of these transactions. This jurv (pels that it will suffice to report that they involve; - ... "1. Speculation by one of more of ficials of the government wherein it has been asserted that official fhfor- mation was sused for purposes of speculation,/ . “2. That certain sums of money were paid to two members of Con gress, , "3. That possession of a file of one of the departments for about a month was had by persons having rm official connection with such departments. “4. That, money was accepted by certain individuals (not attorneys) for the ivirpose of obtaining clemency for orisoners through their in.tlmaffcy with officials. Ji . ’ . - v '“5. That money was collected by "certain individuals (not attorneys) for obtaining through such intimacy per mits for intoxicating liquor." prosperity and welfare of the country. ■ point . f deslKn physlcal con< i lt i 0 n at Enactment of the*e measures In the ^ Qf g aDd oth#r t i nent fac . j • i _ b * « opinion of the President would go far toward destroying prosperity and creating a situation from which the country would be long in recovering. A survey of the various billsj in volving appropriations which have been introduced has convinced the President that their enactment would call for appropriations larger than the entire expenditures of the Government outside of the Post Office Departmen-. beforg the war. Among the measures which Mr, Coolidge regards-as inimical to the country’s welfare are those callins for increased compensation for -of ficials, pensions, the bonus and for grants of money to numerous special classes. If such hills are "enacted the President believes the budget system would be broken down and a departure taken from what he considers a wise policy of holding the executive re sponsible for the financial state of the N at ion. - 4 All color* and combination!. Complete, plus poeta*e: Grade value *3 each. $1 60 Grade value $4 each. *1.00 S.-itlefaction guaranteed or money refunded. Send for free eamples end full direction*. HOME TEXTILE COMPANY Dept.W. 02 Dusse Sf. Now York Your Men Polks save half the cost and are pleased when, by our new nv you make at home all their SHIRTS (i Latoat New Tork etylee. 289 varletlea, two gradea. Complete ehlrt-maklng outfit, choice „ material!, specially deetgned pattern, Includ- tors. ! Ing- se-parate or attached collar, pearl but- The basic sale price of each vessel. tona. neckband. Interlining and elmple In- , ,,, , , . Rtructtons for making at, home 4,1 — 1 —“ it *was explained, will be determined by its individual worth, and will be - subject to revision whenever neces sary. due to repairs, damage or other conditions. Bids must be submitted on or before Masch 14 and it was stipulated that the board would make no award be fore that date. Offers must be made on a lump sum basis and may be for Che or*more ships or for the entire floot. the advertisement said, and each offer must be acfompanFed by an initial payment of two and one-half- per cent of the amount bid. The board's fleet is made of 824 steel.' ocean-built -cafgo ships, 324 steel, lake-built cargo ships, 14 refrig erator vessels, 43 steel tankers, 27 passenger ships. 35 tugs and 48 mis- fc cellane’Ous craft. s What He Wanted "Warden,” said tlje criminal, who was ticketed to the gallows, "I need sofne exercise." v “Just what kind of exercise do you want?" asked the warden. “I'll like to skip the rope,” he prinneir * „ Bonded Rum Worth Mliion Missing. Chicago.—Eight thousand cases of healthy business development, the re- pre-war bonded whiskey valued at view said. # nearly $1,000,000 have vanished from -L X, — 4 V — J.. .— ~~ — *1 ' • .A 4 m a 4 • «% ✓T ^-\ *-* r~\ 4 4 4 Vv r\. Production increases Appropriation For Air Mail Service. Washington.—An appropriation of $1,500,000 for continuing the. trans continental aeroplane mail service was 90,000 Deaths Annually From Cancer. Charlotte.—Cancer, one of the three of the worldV most pervalent and fatal diseasese, causes 90.000 deaths annually, creates 39.000 orphans an nually. causes one In 14 deaths among were restored to the treasury-postoffice ap . propriations''fcommittee in reporting nien aud one in eight deaths among the bill to the senate The house had women, -were some of the facts- pre marked In steel, igots, lumber and bituminous coal and-In the mill con sumption of cotton. Contract awards for new buildings were slightly high er in value in January than in Decem ber aud were 26 per cent greater than in January, 1923.. most the Federal concentration depot at the the bill to the senate. .The nouse nan " sihlev warehouse and storage com- failed to provide the appropriations sentecj to the K.awanis club at the [HAT PI IH YOUR il HAVE TAKEN COLD But Don’t Waste Time Taking Liniments—You Heed Che ney's Expectorant ~ according Lo a c pvrlghted which would continue the air mail be-- weekiy luncheon by Dr R. T. Fergu '*«•» N,w York and San Fra.cUco non. Dr. J. A. Elliott a„,l Dr. « Sibley warehouse and storage com pany here news story and Examiner, which adds the amount of missing liquor may run much higher. v Withdrawal of the whiskey from the Government supervised warehouse, in which the accumulation of liquor was among the largest in the entire coun- try y was accomplished by forged or Use of Meat Greatest Last Year. Washington—-Production and con sumption of meat was the greatest in raised permits for medicinal whiskey. American history last year. An esti- | be newspaper says. All withdr mate by the department of agricul- records of the company are sadd' to Lire placed the consumption at 18,- have vanished. 481.000.000 pounds. Detailed estimates - investigation has been xcrfdered by of production, however, were hot pujy a. Haynes,/prohibition commis made 'public. “ ' f The per capita consumption vvas 167 pounds, or 17.3 pounds more than in 1923. and wqs exceeded only once before, in 1908, when ’ 170.9 pounds per capita were consumed. Total consumption was 2.000.000,000 pounds, over the average for the'last five ye; and the per capita consumptiojr was IS pounds over the averagp/^ Ninety per cent oLTfie increase was repres ented by pork product sinner, according to/ the newspaper. The forged and/faised permits have been circulated for months, and 'some dating ba/k to last November have been ^j-ricoverod. the newspaper says via Chicago and Omaha. A total of $736 867.000 is carried by the bill as compared with $729,950.- 000 as voted by the hpuse. Amdng the other increases recommended by the senate committee was $2,500,000 for collecting customs revenue, urged by Secretary Mellon; $1,100,000 ad ditional for internal rovenne collec tions; $416,000 for maintenance of postoffices and $300,000 mail transportation.. No. change was made by the com mittee in the appropriations of $10,- 629,000 for enforcement of th’e pro hibition and narcotic drug laws. Scruggs The discussions were a continua tion of a talk made at the luncheon a fortnight ago by Kiwanian Moore on "Cancer of the Breast,’’ the club members voting to devote anoth er meeting to the subject. Kiwanian Addison G. Brenizer is stafe chairman of the committee to disseminate infor mation on the subject in an effort to for foreign control the disease to a greater extent through educating the public.• Poison Rum Claims Victim. Asheville.—One man is dead and three are in serious condition a* the result of drinking poisoned liquor, ac- You woke up this morning with a pain in your chest and a feeling of tightness and wondered if- you might have taken a severe cold. Then you looked for a bottle of liniment and Oren rubbed till the skin was blistered and wondered why you didn't get any bet ter. Well, the liniment couldn’t get at the seat of the trouble, which w.\s in side. You have a deep-seated cold and probably are threatened with pneumo nia or pleurisy. You have got to get something inside of you—right into your circulation to reach the Inflam mation iriat Js going to become gested if you don t hurry up andj IL . _ Cheney s Expectorant goes rlgmt^ the spot—dispels the Inflam-matlc’fl. soothes the congested tissues and opens up all the air passages and makes breathing easy.. The pain will disappear and you will ffel easy In no . j. Congress P i's Tribute to Harding. laid Plans Association of Colleges. Greenville, S. CV—Plansi for the or ganization of a permanent association of colleges of the south for fHe' pur pose of meeting‘annually to-discuss international problem-* were initiated ooii after the first session of The in ternational relations conference‘open ed at Furmam university. C.. V, Bish time. You had better keep a bottle in House to Vote on Ford Offer. cording to diagnosis of attending phy- hous<* for use In emergency. Washington—An attempt will' he sicians. ~ . ‘ I }>* a11 druggists and in \ * -j-mado to bring the McKenzie, bill auth James F. Quinn. 45. a plumber, died 30c an(J ^ a bottle _ Advertla< . ment . orizing acceptance of lU.nry Ford s, at a local hospital from pftetipipyla, I ■ ^ -— b id for Muscle Shoalt) to a vote in the following acute poisoning. . , Fewer people one knows, the less House next week. Lindsey Campbell. U. S. Murdock ! |i e ,i s interested in gossip. . Representative McKenzie. Republi- and Ed Dewel. bre suffering from sim- J_ ranTIllinois, author of the bill., said iiar cases of poisoning, he had asked the rules committee to The physician who attended Quinn Presbyterian Men Meet in Asesmbly IF'.rtsv .!>. The first' annual con feronre of the men of Pee Dee pres- hvferv was held at the ProshyteriJfi*.L, WashiNttrtn**'Oongre’ss laid asid' , ■hurch'of Hartsv'ilie. Twenty-four of j legislative business Lv pay irtbuto to of), president of the Furman university the way the was cdhMcrit time would /and wood alcohol. international relations dub, was elect- i, e allotted said he pumped out the stomach of give the measure priority with gen oral debate limited to six hours in the'stricken man and found the con- ste.ad of'ten. as originally requested tents to corrtuin a luiuo! - which ap- He said thaf wlth-rthe Lyc hill out of pear^l to be composed of “red lye It’s easier to do- the things we shouldn't do thim it ig—L--avoid <Jping the things we should do. th* presbvtery i the memory of Warren Q. Harding. 1 i' the 38 churches in , were represented hy 1” lay fWWfc. The .house and senate joined in a ministers, exclusive of- the - HhrtVille^j nwmor i a i service, held in the house with Secretary Hughes as the only speaker, and President Cool- church. making the total aUend’'nce i 1 . hamb(>r from 25 churches well over 200 men The whole community co-operated with the Presbyterians in entertain ing the visitors. f At the opening session^ warm wel come was extended the conference by J M. Richardso'h7 president of the men of the Hartsvdle church, and Mayor P H. Rogers, Robert Chapman of Cheraw. responded for the confer ence with an appropriate address. idge, his cabinet, supreme court jus tices and foreign diplomats in attend ifnce. . ■ od temporary chairman, with authbr- ity to appoint a committee on recom mendations and nominations. Professor C. B Gosnell, of Furman university, in stating the aims of conference, expressed the hope that the first conference Would not be the last?' "There could be no better for disposition.' of the Muscle. Shoals question during ,v,the week. ... * fY-.jj-r- Chairman Snell, of Vh’fTriites com- esti on during ,v.the : Peace in Mexico Near. * Mexico City.—"President Obregon ; of Vh^'niVes com- has every confidence complete mitTtee. said, that jjo. decision would peace and general harmdrfy ‘Will pre- be reached as to T priority for Muscle vail in Mexico 'at the earliest dat«. Shoals legislation until after the through the renewed friendship of all House A’otes on the Revenue Bill, prob- factions,” declared former Senator ably bws^thft latter part of this week James Hamilton Lewis, after a Hall’s Catarrh Medicine ?,* “s local and internal, and has beeftFStTccess- ful in the treatment of Catarrh fot ovef forty years./Sold by all druggists. F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, O^io Suit Against Horry County, y Marion —Suit has been efitered against Horry county by Gilbert 'Price of Nichols for sum of $50,000, accord ing to announcement on account of the death of his daughter...Mrs, Cor nelia Annie' Oullipher, by drowning when the automobile in whichs jie and others were riding plunged into an open drawbridge over the Waccamaw river near Conway. The accident oc curred August 28 of last year. The party was Teturning from Mytrle Fkftsrh i P" 1 r one ofvthe seven who . ware in the car survived. In a gallery opposite the speakers f or suc h a conference,” he said.i He said There was no serious opposi- ference with the President, rostrum, with a small group of friends. ;lddinK -Woodrow Wilson recently tion in the committee to early consld “He expressed hopes that the pres Elsewhere | j atd as j ( j ( ‘?** tbe f 0rcb 0 f ciYillzafion and ^ration of the qpustion. although it ent friendly relations* between it is up Jhe i sat Mr. Harding’s widow. Elsewhere , Hld a g i{b ^ be x or ch of civilization'and nation of the qpustion. although it ent friendly , relations- between the in the crowded galleries were men jt is up to u8 to taie^up this torch might be determined to give the naval United States and Mexico would con and women «f prominence, aniong aQd rea ij ze b i 9 vision, of *universal appropriation bill right of way with tinue and grow until they would feel them Mrs. Coolidge, Joining in simple, impressive ceremony. Swallows 16 Pins. Toledo, Ohio.—Miss Adell Uflban, a department stors jcleuk, la in a serious condition In St. Vincent's Hospital as a result of swallowing sixteen pins, it was revealed. v While at work Saturday she had pins in her mouth when a clerk of fered her some candy. She put the candy into her mouth and swaHbw- ed the pins with It. The girl scream ed an clerks rushed to her aid. She was -hastened to the hospital where an X-ray examination revealed the ulna in her stomach. -• peace and a great brotherhood of the Muscle Shoals bill the next gen- man." eral legislation to be considered. Sentenced to Death by Chinese. Harbin. • Manchuria. — A Chinese •court denied the appeal of Alexis • Korntleff. Russian desperado, and re- Big Addition* at Rail Plant. Salisbury—Construction of a new 37 stall roundhouse, annex machine shop. flue, and babbit shop.'100-foot turn table, two 100-foot engine inspec tion pits, and a 320-foot runway to ac- affirmed the death sentence passed commodate a ten-ton traveling crane last November. Korniloff was the first to convey heavy parts from the new w hite man evef sentenced to death roundhouse to the flue, babbit, and in a Chinese court, machine shops, will be begun at 9pen- Fears that-Korniloff would attempt rer by the Southern Railway just' as to escape or that his friends yrould soon as minor details can be complet ed and contracts let, according to an nouncement made by H. W. Miller, of TI7a» • try to rescue him caused the authori ties to take extYa precaution he was brought Into the couit. He was chained hand and foot. toward each other as do the variou* StateaJ^ward the national gofernment Campaign Against Boll) Weevil. New Orleans.—Clarence Qusley, director of the National Bail Weevil Control Association, announced here that Harper Dean, chief of the bureau of agriculture of ,the United States Chamber of Commerce, would arrive here Saturday for a conference to de termine how that organization might co-operate in furthering plans for Con trol of the pes^ during the coming season. More than 500 hanks and fifty chambers of comifterce already, are supporting the movement, Mr. Ousley / ; . Rllqurtie for Everybody—1«.000-word booklet. Dime or etamps to Newepaper Inform. Serv- ^Ice, 1322 Mew York Ave., Waablnaton, £>. C. said. Relief |Uce PISO’S—this prescription quickly! relieves children and adults. J A pleasant evnip. No opiate*. 35c and 60c tizts Bold ^rre. TCH Money back without question if HUNTS flALME fall a In the treatment of ITCH. ECZEMJ RING WORM,TETTEBort Itching akin dlaeftaen. 1 75t! at aruftjrlata. or direct I A I Rldtartt MeSielM Co Sberiaia.TPU HURT? .’M bomlns or acaly llda. and to reliers inflamma tion and ■orenaea.oae Mitchell Eye Salve, aoeordine to direc tion!. Soothing, healing. ■ALL * BVOKXL 14T Waeerly riaae Haw Yerfe