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is] The Union Daily Times PRESS '* ? (.in i . . DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established^ 18SO?Converted to the Unioo Daily Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Vol. LXXI1 No. 1273 Union, S. C.y Wednesday Af tsrno^^i?ABim?y 11, 1922 * 3c Per Copy CORBETT CASE TO BE CONTINUE Orangeburg, Jan. 10.?Carlos Cf bett will not be called for trial at tl ter mof court for the killing of Huj Fanning, Judge Prince granting continuance in this case. On y< tevday a motion for continuance w made by the attorneys for Carl Corbett, addressing the motion to t discretion of the court on the groin that in the case against Corbett f the killing of Jule Cooper the pi of former jeopardy had been sv taincd by the trial judge, revers by the state supreme court and a peal pending in the United States s preme court and pending that ci cision the case for the killing of Hui Fanning should not be had. The prosecution argued that o of the two eye witnesses, Jones Sj ley, was old and infirm, with bo eves shot out bv a pistol ball nassii through the head, severing the opi nerves, and that to wait two years u til the decision of the United Stat supreme court a material witness m; pass away and the state suffer m terial loss in ita testimony. It will be recalled that in Man 1920, on a Saturday night, hetwe 11 and 12 o'clock, Carlos Corbett sli - * and instantly killed Bryan Salley, Jv Cooper and Hugh Fanning and dangerously injured Jonas Salley to cause the loss of both eyes, wh an attack, according to Corbett's U timony, was made upon his pers and castle on his premises drunken men. The prosecution c n;ed any attack or drunkenness. C< + hott was acquitted by the jury the first trial, that of killing Bry Salley. This has come to be one the famous murder trials of Sou Carolina. The attorneys engaged in the en are: Solicitor A. J. Hydrick, Thorn M. Raysor and Adam H. Moss, all Orangeburg, for the prosecution; W liam C. Wolfe, J, Leroy Dukes a James H. Fanning of Orangebu: Cole L. Blease and B. J. Wlngard Columbia and Mendel L. Smith Camden for the defense. \yi\\ Helf France Cannes, Jan. 11.?The British me r orandum or proposed Anglo-Frer pact declares that Great Brib makes the security of France a pr< lem of her own and his will is to ready again to throw in her fires the French soil is attacked. Premier Briand off for Par t Cannes, Jan. 11.?Premier Briand going to Paris to inform the Frei of the cabinet status negotiatu here and to meet the criticisms and demand the chamber deputies supp or rejections 01 mm. "Messenger of Peace" Is Smuggling Whisk Washington, Jan. 11.?The Brit schooner, "Messenger of Peace," held by the federal authorities at V mington described by General Pre bition Agent as Bergstrom in a rep to Commissioner Hayne as one of i several vessels "engaged in the wh key smuggling game on the south * lankic coast." Engine Overturns, Killing Fo Portsmouth, Ohio, Jan. 11.?F men were reported killed when engine on the Chesapeake and 0 Northern railroad overturned. Hoover to Appear Before Commit! Washington, Jan. 11.? At the stance of the United States Commf Charnber, Secretary Hoover was as to appear before the Interstate C< nterce Commission in its investigat of the general level transports! rates. Fire Damage is $200,000 Kingsport, Tenn., Jan. 11.?' damage is estimated at $200,000, suited from the fire which partii destroyed a local?store here., Virginia Legislature Assemb Richmond, Va., Jan. 11.?The 1 ginia legislature assembled with m matters of interest to be conside Governor Davis transmitted the 1 Ret. Terms of Agreement mm a mm % riot made rut Washington, Jan. 11*?Am ag mcnt is understood to have I reached by the White House con enoe on the rate to be charged . American relief administration by shipping board for carrying graii Russia, but the terms of agreen have not been made public. % GRIFFITH ELECTED D IRISH PRESIDENT ir- Dublin, Jan. 10 (By the Associated lis Press).?When the dail eironnn adjourned tonight by consent of all a sides to February 14, the situation js- which last night was dangerous and as obscure had been to a great extent os clarified. The new president, Arthur he Griffith, a new cabinet member had rid been elected and the way had been or smoothed to putting into effect the ea terms of the treaty, is- The following cabinet officers were ed named: p. Minister of finance, Michael Col u- lins. Ie- Foreign affairs. George Gavan Duffy. Home affairs, Eunion J. Duggan. ne Locan government, William T. *1- Cosgorve. th Economic affairs, Bryan O'Higgins. ng Defense, Richard Mulcahy. tic Immense relief is felt in Dublin at n- the turn events have taken and this es will undoubtedly be experienced ay throughout Ireland. ia- The temporary withdrawal of Eamon Dc Valera and his supporters :h, from the dail, whi rumor had foreen cast., prvoed not to involve a permanmt ent split. Mr. De Valera confined his lie protest to the election of a new presiso dent, declaring his unwillingness to as recognize the suitability to that post en of a man who, as chairman of the !s- London delegation was bound to give on effect to the treaty, which, according by to De Valera, swiibverts the republic, le- During the luncheon hour Mr. De >r- Velara and hisassoeiates who left th? on hall held a private meeting. Some of an the more ardent spirits advocated reof fusal to return, but moderate counith sels prevailed and the dail reassem bled as a united body. The De Valera ise party is meeting again tonight to ias formulate plans for the future but it of was made evident by the numerous il- speeches from Mr. De Valera what their plans are likely to be. He holds that the decision of the of dail in favor of the treaty binds him of and his adherents not to bostruct the new government in carrying out the treaty, but he reserves the right tc free, criticism, should Mr. Griffith in visional government do anyhting tarn consistent with the rights of the Irish ich people or the existence of the Irish ?in republic. >b- At the same time he expressed thf be conviction that English hostility fna> if have to be faced. There is still intense suspicion existent on both side* of the dail as to the good faith of the ,s British ministry. De Valera was clear in his assurances of hte full 1 is Support of his party in resisting ar ich attack from an outside enemy. >ns Mr. Griffith was repeatedly presset to by Mr. De Valera to define his posi ort tion, which De Valera described as i new case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Griffith was challenged to de fine his attitude toward the republic ey and it evidently was supposed tha he would have difficulty in reconciling ish his position as president with the po is sition for chairman of the provisiona /il- government. hi ort Stolen Car Abandoned the ?is- Mr. A. W. T. Ravenscroft left hi \t- car on the stieet for a few minute Monday night. The car was foum later near the jail and with twi wheels up on the sidewalk, 18 inche ur above the street. Tho radius rod wa ?ifU<nU /nnf nnlK?f\U O tin! uiuncil, VYIIIV II 1UV.I/, pvi imj/.T, uvvvuiiv our the thief abandoning the ^ar. the '* " hio Subscriptions to $5,000 Potato Drying Hous< J. II. Riley $500.0 tee Thus. McNally 100.0 F. J. Parham 100.0 in- Dr. J. W. Buchanan 100.0 TCe I^ewis M. Rice 100.0 ked Unless $5,000 is raised, no subscrif >ni- tion will count. If you don't like .ion cannery, come on into a potato dr ;ion house. We need both. Both will hel| The potato dry house will pay quickc dividends. Come on! I Phone No. 1 and say $500, $100 <i $1,000. The re~ Army Transport in Distress B,,y Off New Yorl Washington, Jan. 11.?The arm transport Crook, that is bringing th '* American troops home from German; is reported in distress 500 miles eai of New York, but is continuing 1 any port under its own steam, so the wj r?d- department advised. There is no dai >ud- ftCr to the ship or the troops aboari so the dispatch said. Arbuckle't Second Trial lie San Francisco, Jan. 11.?Rose* ree_ Arbuckle's second trial is scheduled 1 x;0n begin here today, fer- ' * the William McDanie] has return* the from a fortnight's visit to Mr. ar * to Mrs. Frank Harvey, at Tinker Creo lent Mr. McDaniel waa quite sick whi there but is much improved now. WORK OF SESSION BEGINS IN HOUSE With only a moment's halt for the formalities of the opening of the \ session the house of representatives began its session at noon yesterday, apparently intent upon getting on its < way with as little lost motion as pou- < sible. The eleuring of the calendar of anumber of bills brought over from last year, the introduction of four new measures and the introduction of devirs resolutions, intended to speed up the work of the general assembly < and to make way for needed economies, were the chief featu.es )i the short session, the house adjourning a. 1. -. a. n 1. i J ai uuoui ^ ociock yesieruuy uncrnoon to moot again at 11 o'clock this morning. The business and corporation^fax and the income tax bills, two of the series of new revenue measure bills introduced and fostered by the ways and means committee last year, and carried over unadopted from the last session, were both ordered recommitted to the ways and means committee. Both, however, will retain their places on the calendar as second reading bills. Only two measures of state-wide importance were numbered among the new bills introduced: a motion picture censorship bill and a bill to make it unlawful to bribe or intimidate any one in an effort to prevent criminal prosecution. The motion picture censorship bill introduced by Edgar A. Brown, provides for the creation of a one man motion picture commission, the lone member of the commission to be named by the governor and to be removed by the governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office. The commissioner, under the ' terms of the measure, will serve for a term of five years, his salary being fixed at $2,000 a year. A bond of $10,000 will be required. The commissioner will be required to maintain an office in the city of Columbia and to issue licenses to all films i shown in the state, the bill making it ^ unlawful to exhibit any film without a permit from the motion picture commissioner. Expanses fo the com<! <-* r-n ' 1 aaa - m _? ^ ?1 i ^2,ou per i,uvu leet ui eucu auuiuuuni ' copy of the film shown in the state, to be collected by the commissioner from the film distributors. A penalty ' of $100 line or 30 days' imprisonment is provided for the violation of the > bill should it become a law. The bill ! was referred to the judiciary commit1 tee. I Representatives S. H. Sherard, T. 1 J. Beacham and W. J. Moore are the authors of the bill to make it unlaw' ful to bribe, intimidate or in any manner or by any means whatsoever 1 prevent or seek to prevent the insti tution of "criminal prosecution or to - prevent or seek to prevent witnesses . from attending court and testifying t in any case, criminal or civil. A fine t not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment - not to exceed 12 months or both in ' the discretion of the couvt is provide u as the penalty for the violation of the proposed law. The bill was referred to the judiciary committee. Among the important actions taks en by the house were the adoption of s a concurrent resolution offered by rl Representative J. K. Owens provido ing for the resumption of balloting in s the election of an associate justice s at noon Thursday and the approval s of a house resolution offered by Representative Claud N. Sapp under which the uses of the hall of the house of representatives will be $x, tended at 8 o'clock tonight to T. Cushing Daniel of Washington, an - M.I.A mill JnljifAW nn (1/1 [) irvuiiummvf wiiv win uviitvi as* ?u- j 0 dress on "Money, Credits, Taxation 0 and the Remedy for the Control of 0 Money." Mr. Owens' resolution lacks 0 the approval of the senate to become effective. y Storm Off Virginia Capes 5. r Washington, Jan. 11.?A storm is reported centered off the Virginia ,r Capes. Unidentified Negro Lynched Rufaula, Ala., Jan. 11.?An uniden ^ tified negro was lynched near here last night. He was reported to have insulty ed white women. io y, Dr. Rom Testifies at to Washington, Jan. 11.-?Dr. H. E. if Ross, of Danville, 111., battalion surReon with the Sixteenth infantry durd, injar the war declared before the senate committee that he saw no lynching of soldiers at Gondrecort, France and never heard of any hangings in that locality. >e 1 ? to Rules for Administration Of Highway Funds ?d Washington, Jan. 11.?Secretary id Wallace is considering a draft of the k. rules and regulations for the adminle istration of the $75,000,000 federal highway funds. ; FORD EXPECTS I | ANSWER SOON i . Washington, Jan. 1U.?War department officials looked forward today t-> ' an early conclusion of negotiations they have been conducting with prii vate interests for the lease, purchase i and operation of the government's nirtratc and waterpower projects at t Muscle Shoals, Ala,, or a decision for ? their ctention by the government in 1 the event none of the proposals received is found accept able to the det part men t or to congress. , The visit of Henry Kord. set for the latter part of this week, it was said, l probably would lead Secretary Weeks to take definite action at an earlv W O RK OF HOSE DEMONSTRATIONS Rock Hill, Jan. 10.-?-^arm women and girls of South Carojhdk have been enabled to sell, throu?t.-; 'community markets established by tf* home demonstration department <# WU|throF college during the last rem , the lirni year for the markets, ' /pore Jnoducc than home demonstrate aAvork cost the state of South CaroUrta^during the year. South Carolina etHinl.'iMt. year for home demonstration work $64,G47.74. The farm woj&gn .^nd girls sold through the community markets, 23 in number, $99,715.64*worth of produce?a gain to the sta^e* in this it$jp alone of $35,067.90. Jhtfi WRg in addition to what was proqu^ornat was used at home. This, according to fchjQ annual report of Miss Christina / N. South, state demonstration agent, was probably the greatest achievement of the year and hag been the development of the marketing system for disposing of the surplus products of lip me garden orchard, dairy and poultry yard. The marketing system consists of the co: operative producing and marketing association known as the 'South Carolina Home Producer**/association made up of home demoujjttration elut members. During last year tfore were 3( white county agents, 12'negro agents three district agents ami seven specialists. The report of fthe work ol the county home demonstration agent: are most gratifying, /iccording tc Miss South. "Never before," she says "have the people realized so thor oughly that a home 4enionstratior agent is a necessity and t*ot a luxury.' Ranking a close second in the year's achievements is the development o1 woman's councils. With 17 countj councils organized at the ?nd of 192< and 83 at the end dfff 1921 greal strides have been madd. With thi federation of thesfe coandls Into i state council of farm I women, tb< farm woman has taken her place k the organized womanhood of the state She is developing leadership and V* alizing her potential *<wer. It pa been most gratlfvrrfjf t a wm&ft he "Tffuti.s state with a membership*of 6,421. Th total enrollment in all girls' club in the state during the year amounte< to 4,904. There were 640 clubs in th 36 counties. These clubs have hel regular monthly meetings. A recori of all club activities is kept by eacl member, and at the close of the yea these records are sent to the stut office. A yearly certificate is give those wi.o have made an average o 76 per cent or more on the year' work, 628 certificates having bee awarded for 1921. Diplomas are give for the completion of the four years course. Stockholders Meeting Citizens Banl The annual stockholders meeting c the Citizens National Bank was hel yesterday. The statement of the bank wa read by the cashier, J. W. Wilbank: and showed the bank to be in goo condition. The president, R. P. Morgan, mad a report interesting to the stockholc ers, and relating to the affairs of th bank. The following board of directoj was chosen: Capt. F. M. Farr, I)r. . G. Going, J. Mobley Jeter, Jr., Dr. ' S. Morgan, R. P. Morgan, Dr. F. 1 Salley, E. W. Stone and W. H. Wi hum. Immediately after the stockholdei meeting the board of directors mi and elected R. P. Morgan presiden J. W. Wilbanks cqsjiier, S. R. PenAssistant cashier. Tfte'remaindcr ? the help in the bank remains tl same as heretofore. Work of Former Resident of Unio Union people will be interested hear of the wonderful success Mi Mabry Rice has made in New Yo City. She is studying voice with tl greatest teacher in that city and tl New York critics speak in glowin glorious terms of her progress. At a recent concert at the Ma Dowell Gallery, Mrs. Rice appear on the program for a couple of son; and charmed the audience into routi of applause. Her voice is spoken as a clear, high soprano of marvelo sweetness and rangei Union people will welcome an o portunity to hear Mrs. Rice sing a it is hoped that she may be indue to come to this city in the spriti Careful to Avoid Pitfalls Dublin, Jan. 11.?Arthur Griffi the new president of the Dail, and t cabinet assumed their places. Th ' recognized that it was necessary i be careful to avoid a pitfall before 1 next meeting of the Dail on Februa > 14 when the final ratification of t treaty will take place. i date on proposals submitted by the Detroit manufacturer. Whether the secretary would decide to recommend , its acceptance to congress or satisfy himself with submitting a report to ! that body merely reciting .We facts of 1 the case and leaving congress to dc' cide for itself on acceptance or rejection was said to depend largely upon t the answer Mr. Ford would give to the questions Mr. Weeks will ask him. The war department has prepared a questionnaire which, in the opinion of , some officials, will lead to quick action > by the secretary when Mr. Ford arrives. The questions are described as 1 being pointed with the intention of , bringing* the negotiations to an end without delay and designed to bvin < f the parties concerned to a thorough 3 understanding of their positions. ) Former Senator Marion Butler of , North Carolina was informed today ' that Mr. Weeks would confer with] i Frederick Engstrum, president of the Newport Shipbuilding company of t Wilmington, N. C., as soon as the apf proaching conferences with Mr. Ford I were concluded. Mr. Butler also pre> scnted a letter to the secretary 1 / i which Mr. Engstrum formally agreed B( to lease and operate the Musc e I Shoals plants for the manufacture ofi commercial nitrates under the pro\ poi-nl submitted .by his company. The ?. construction part of the proposal I made by Mr. Engstrum. he said, was fc incidental to the manufacture of com? roerclal nitrates. . F. T3. Hitchcock, vice president of ej pany would formally offer a plan to si the Secretary which would contain a II provision for the manufacture of fere| tilizers in the event the concern was d permitted to bring the plants to a final [1 stage of completion. Revision of tl<< h original plan proposed by the conr struction company, it was said, was e| being made by its engineers in t'aliI - - - - n forma and probably would be comfj pleted and the modified proposal s placed in the hands of the war depart n ment within a week, n i ? 3' Meeting of Stockholders Farmers Bank & Trust Co. A meeting of the stockholders of the k Farmers Bank & Trust Co. was held i this morning in the offices of the '' j bank. The board of directors chosen d is: C. II. Peake, V. R. Hawkins. E. I.. s Iiittlejohn, .1 F. Lentz, ('. K. Morgan P. K. Switzer. VV. W. Wood. L. Bold ton, J. A. Brown. Uoht. W. Beaty W, E. Green, .1. W. Gilbert, Geo. W. Go 'e ing, B. B. Going, J. Cohen, R. P. Mov I gan. ie The directors met immediately at' ter the stockholders and elected C. II :s Peake, president; J. L. Bolton, tirsi h vice-president; C. K. Morgan, cashiei and second vice-president; R. (1. Ili'i assistant cashier. 1 Notice lo Publ ic rs I want to give all possible publieit; to the fact that snecial delivery mai 1,1 will be left in mail receptacles who delivery cannot be effected. The spc ie cial delivery system is designed to ex pedite and not to safeguard mail. Tlv registry system is provided to insur safety and that mail containing cuv in rency or other articles of value shout be registered. Postmaster. ? PERSONAL MENTION rk Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Stone, o be Kelton, were among the shoppers ii be Union yesterday. gt Miss Fanny Meredith, of Charles ton, is visiting friends in Unioi ic- County this week. ed Numbers of Union people are mo gs toring to Spartanburg every day t ds hear Billy Sunday and give great ac of counts of the sermons, singing an us the vast crowds. Jacob Cohen, of Spartanburg, is >p- business visitor in Union today, nd Miss Mildred Haney is visiting he ed sister, Mrs. Sallie Cope, of Grednvill< >g. Mrs. Elias Prioleau is spending th day in Spartanburg with friends. Captain Bailey Lawson was in Ur ion this morning, looking well an th, h?ppy- a Urges Reformation ^ of Tax Syster the Columbia, Jan. 11*?Governor Cooi try in his legislature message, urged tl the reformation of the tax system whit is out of date. shooting of a man by an officer do? ignated as "Major Opley." As all the testimony for and againsi Major Opie was cleared from the s'at< n special date will be fixed for reopen ing the charges by the committee i? Sfn' ^ further statements sboub be forthcoming. The most direct testimony ago ins Major Opie today was given bj Charles E. Fox of Richmond, Va., wh< wore he saw the officer shoot a run ner in the back. Later counsel fo Major Opie requested the witness b state whether he had written a certaii letter which had been put info the roc ord. Fox was not certain as to win .he he had written it. The letter set. fort that Fox was an orphan, while he tes tified that his mother was living. I was presented in what was lvgarde as an attempt to show that the cent mittee could not believe him. Fox was required to copy the lette in its entirety, and while there was n explanation as to what the compnr'.so of handwriting revealed the eommit tee announced that a witness asked t he summoned by Opie to testify as t the veracity of Fox would not be cal oil. I'rior n> i m>s amioum <'ciiiiii in dors to cull him had hoon issued, Fo meanwhile being instructed to tviuai in Washington. Finally he \v:?> ? > cused. Union Choral Club The Union Choral Cluh will nn? r Thursday evening at 7:510 o'clock i Miss Nell Curlee's piano studio ? the Central school building. 1".v i Mieinhet* is urged to he present Now is the Time to Plan Now is the time to fret out the set ' catalogues and plan for the vogetab 1 and (lower gardens. Union has grand climate, roses bloom alino eight months in the year and tl L gardens can have vegetables tl '' whole year through. Plant a few fruit trees, grape virv and roses, then have a garden full vegetables and flowers. Porter's Coffee Eporium f A new concern for Union is Pot a cr's CnfTeo Kmporium, located in tl Smith block, across the railroad. The coffee is roasted fresh eve n morning and is a Royal Blend; it ground and packed before your ev< o Kills Girl Who Refused to Marry Hi (' Ashoville, N. C., Jan. 11.?Mi - Dorothy Parker, a society prirl, w n shot to death by J. Turner Sharp, Waycross, who committed suicide 1 1 cause the girl refused to marry him c. i m ( TODAY'S COTTON MARKF Open Cl< ld January 18.00 17 March 17.90 17 May 17.f>3 17 July 17.04 16 n October 16.38 16 i le N. Y. Spots 18 ;h I-ocal market 17 MAJOR OPIE UNDER FIRE Washington* Jan. 10.?A dozen witnesses, all from Virginia, broken about even in numbers today in testifying for and against Maj. H. I,. Opie of Staunton, Va., before a senate committee investigating charges that American soldiers hnd been hanged without trial in France. But at the all-day session there was no evidence relating specifically to hangings. It all swung around charges that Major Opie, as commander of the Third battalion. One Hundred and Sixteenth infantry, had shot some of his own men. Men who had served with the regiment, supplementing testimony submitted last week, declared they saw Major Opfe shoot runners in vuctoocr, iyi?, wniic nis command win in the Argonne offensive. Others who were with the officer on the dates mentioned asserted that he had shot no one, and that he only fired to stop some of his men, apparently in disordered retreat, in an effort to reform his line and not troops bach into lighting state. Chairman Branelegec, seeking to cut through the conflicting evidence, endeavored to ascertain the exact number alleged to have been shot, but in the end there was some doubt in the minds e f members as to whether the witnesses had seen and were attempting to describe the same alleged slaughter. Counsel for Major Opi", in a brief statement at the conclusion of the Opie testimony, expressed the hope that there might lie a speedy finding and asked that further ev idence relating to him might be presented at once. Senator Watson (Democrat > of Georgia, whose speech in the senate led to the investigation, opposed an> attempt to single out the Opie ease declaring he was not the prosecutor that he had not brought the major'? name in, and that the mn.'or himself was the first to give the charges pub 'loifl' fifl.ii* n liritnoci h-wl l/.l.l ..C Ihi WORK BEGUN : WITH A RUSH J No lost energy was noted in tn opening of the senate yesterday, the upper house getting down ot w U'itK u rilQVw firwl nA?Tci?i> able business during the first s.ssmn of the 1922 meeting. Several joint resolutions unci three bills were introduced, 'n> by Sanato! Miller of Darlington to consolidate the railroad and public service commissions and abolish the two commis' sions as now constituted. This consolidation is recommended by the joint legislative committee on economy and consolidation. Soon after Lieutenant Governor Harvey had rapped for order the sen- v ate took the aspect of real work. M. M. Mann, clerk of the senate, notified the house that the senate had : convened and was ready to transact business. Two important actions of the day were the introduction of joint concurrent resolutions to postpone the payment of all county and state taxes until July 15 with penalties of 1 per sent a month until July 15, when executions would go into the hands of shorifi's, and another to begin bal oting for an associate justice on I hursdny at noon. Senator Wells of Edgefield offered the tax resolution and Senator I>aney I the balloting resolution. Under the terms of the resolution of Senator Wells penalties would be imposed as > follows: One percent for January, 2 > percent for February, 15 per cent for , March, etc., the penalties not to be cumulative. Under Senator Fancy's resolution the two houses would meet in joint assembly Thursday at noon and proceed to ballot for a successor to Justice George W. Gage. The number of ballots to be taken was . left to the joint assembly. A committee consisting of Senators f Fancy, Raskin and Wight man was appointed to inform the governor .* that the senate was ready for busi ness. The committee reported back that the governor had requested that r the two houses meet in joint assem l* bly at noon today at which time he - would deliver his annual message in i person. A concurrent resolution 1 callingJoc the joint assembly at noon t4 today was adopted and Senators Lat ney and Moise were named on a ; committee to await the governor and i escort him into the hall of the house - of representatives, where the mcs r sage wtll be delivered. d Senator Miller's hill to consolidate n the railroad and public service com missions provides for a new railroad commission to bo composed of seven i members, one from each eongrossionh al district, to be chosen by the g^ner - al assembly. The chairman w~"' t receive $2,500 and the other m d hers a per diem of cl'? mil actu penses incident to mc irgs. Senator Miller als^ introduce r bill requiring all t lephone 'companies o operating in South Carolina ?o rcnn dor to all telephone subscribers inL terurban service witvu* additional .0 cost where there is d;r t 'nterurbi*. o telephonic comni"": : * i -n. The I- measure provides *h ' "o Udenho": - company shall so limit the ""change x radius as to exclude internrban servr. ice which may he rendered without i- relay and rural service directly connected with each telephone exchange. The bill was referred to the commit| t ri' on railroads. in ; Line Riders on i Lookout For Bandits y : N'ogales, Arizona, .Ian. 11. I.ine riders of the I Tailed States customs service are notified to watch for han d ?'its who are reported to have con h' niited depredations south of here a | st. j Five Powers i"'! Continue Discussion V ; * ! Washington, Jan. 11. -Delegation heads of the five powers continued the 1,1 ' discussion of the naval limitation treaty while a full naval committet \\a.s called to meet to ?0 over the completed sections pact. h" Reappointment of Commission ry! (leneva, Jan. 11.?The reappoint I ment of the Ha are Valley commis>s-! fiion members is prominent among , the matters coming before the council ' of the league of nations meeting here, m ? ias Death of Mrs. H. L. Arthur as Mrs. H. L. Arthur died at her home at Monarch Saturday afternoon at >0"! 5:30 o'clock and was buried Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Kosemont cemetery. The burial service was con! ducted at Bethel Methodist church at j 3 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Cogburn. )Se Mrs. Arthur had been in ill health 92 for sometime. She is survived by five 84 sons and one daughter. Her sons arc 4:> all grown. She was 58 years of age. .99 uer husband, J. M. Arthur, preceded 25 her to the grave 14 years ago. Mrs. Arthur was a faithful mem.201 ber of Bethel Methodist church. Her i death has brought great sorrow to her .50 friends and loved ones.