The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 17, 1914, Image 1
Unfotrstty of S. ?
THE 8CMTKH WATCHMAN, K>tur llshed AprU, 18&0. "Be Just and Fear not?I,et all the ends Thou Alms t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Trnlh'g." TUE TRUE SOI TIIKOX, Fstabll-hod Juno, 18??
Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C? SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914. Vol. XXXVII. No. 42.
RAVAGES OF BOLL Iffll
mm mutKJccni ham. sir.
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T9H?M IXftSCT.
Soillll < ?ro|llia'-4 lAtSH 111 < IIH?< of III'
\a?lon Would Im? \?h>ut Fifty Per
t cut?Loag Fdlnuitcsl in Various
SUMOS.
Washington. J:"? 12.?Tint is th
loss cotton producers of the 1'nitcd
States have suffered from the boll
weevil, according to .statistics mads
public today h\ Director W J. Haitis,
of the Census lUircau, department of
I mmerce.
Searchers of the departm.nt Of
ItfMMVM have dtaOOVTtd that the
loss In Mttta prod net i on due to the
boll weevil has totalled 10,000.0001
bales. Placing a value of only $11 on
eac hbule, the monetary loss reaches
the huge sum of half a billion dol?
lars. The actual loss, how ver, would
he \ery M?Nk above even tint stupen?
dous figure, for. as pointed out l>< Di?
rector Harns. Um loss f sultmu from
the failure of farmers to plant 00t?
t. n because of the fear of the boll
weevil never can be estimated.
Mere are the d? tails of what the va?
rious cotton States have sulfercd fron;
the boll weevil:
Mlssisicpp' In seven selected
counties of ?MMnlppi the production
of cotton in H?07 anoamted to 191.
790 bales, valued at m arly $511.000,
000. The boll weevil reduced this
production to 89.577 bales In 1909; to
61.4J2 bales in 1910, to 37.816 bales
In 1911. ?\nd to 30,809 hales In 111!
The aggregate production for the four
years amounted to 219.034 bales, val?
ued at approximately $14,600,01)0. Had
tbe i ron ..f 1 o>7 t :i produced for
each of these years the ??KKrep.ite
WOUld have exceeded 767.000 hales.
valued at $48.600.000. Many farm?
ers In these countbs abandoned en
tlrelv the attempt to produce cotton
The majority ol the farm Laboren
^^^nMa^awft thrown out of employment
BfiW^ltoe^^ other place
Louisiana. Louisiana's largest cot?
ton crop, 1,089.626 bah?s, was grown
In 1904.
The product!' n was reduced to
145.61? bales in 1910. This great los*
was due principally to the ravages of)
the boll weevil. In 10 of the la rg?
cotton-producing parish's the crop
amounted to 256,018 bales. \a)ued at
$16,000,000, during the year imme
diattely preceding the ndven* of tin
weev.l in each of these polishes. The
aggregated production of these 1"
parishes for the following four years
amounted to onlv Hi,lit hales, val?
ued at appr..\iinat( dy UMH.tR
Mad the prodm lion c?piulc<] that ot
the year pfatl dtftfl the ciuninu of the
weevil, it would h ive amounted to 1.
024.072 bales, valued at $?!.<..tone
The loss to the cotton growers in tb<M
10 parishejt. attributed very largely to
the boll weev II, amounted to more
than f ;.n,nt>0,000 for the four yeaim
Arkansas. During 190?;. 1907. and
1908 Um boll w???? \11 was fllaparaed
over an aren covering about one-third
of the State of Aikans.is. In four se?
lected counties of the St.tte the Clo.)
t.'i I .on, nmount*'d to 7 *..?-?*? bah s. Hy
l'o '.? the < fop of these eo'.ltltiei had
been reduced by the weevil to 2?'.
962 bales, and in 191? It was I!K
bales. The a*k'i? c. value of Mmm
two i ropH was about $ i.r.no.uon when
hs had each lOjtM bd the <Top ?I 11 ";
the cotton for these counties would
have broo^ht into them more than
910.600,.i.
Texas. The 1.?.11 Meevil f'.rst appear?
ed In the Slate of Texas in 1S9 2. and
during the next 1". ytfl taiMtd an
enormous loss in the cotton arop ol
the Stale. In seven seb-i te I OOttntKl
In the northeast aaottog of the Staff
the production in 19?6 amounted to
.'.'Ol I bales This NS as I'edlK ?d
H4,7<M b iles in r.o?7: lo II.:,| 17 bale
In I9'?\ ami to 1 l"..7.".2 bibs in It Of
The aggregate value of the three ?Top.
In these counties amounted to about
l.'t eon.rmo. |f the production or
1 , h.ol l.rni main' i im-d. to \ :ilm
would have been approximately $|n,.
? OA SOS
Alabama. The boll weevil now eov?
ers the sou'lorn portion of Alabama
Selecting six comities in the rasten
part of the . t it.-, which are in the <li
r?ci path of the ur? \ii. the production
durlnir five rears has amounted te
772.IM bales, vvhch sold for about
9 11 . '. If t he lav. ges of tin
weevil In these c.untie* should restll<
In reducing the production in tie
same propor t log ai in toe pslectei
counties in Mi* sissipp;. the cotton pre
riljeed during the four seasons follow
?tig the spread of the weevil, throimh
out these counties Would amount |<
440.0IIU ii.ihs. ami tin- Dnanetal loa?
Computed at $f?0 per hale. \\<a Id li
more than 11 J.ot?a iomi.
fjeorgl i >??!.. tine live hnportan'
eottoa*prodtiataif eotuiUtta in irtHrttm
CONGRESS AT WORK.
SETTLES DOWN TO LONG GRIND
AFTER REOE88 IN REGULAR
SKSSION.
Ami-Trust legislation to Come up
First with Numerous Other Sub?
jects to Work OH I.uter.
Washington, Jan. I,?Congress
m ttlcd down to its long regular ses
don today, alter a reeess dating from
tin passage of the currency reform
bill just before Christmas. The com?
ing administration ami-trust legisla?
tion programme loomed up as the big
business of the winter; but with the
prospect of waiting until next Week
for the president'! message, both
houses turned actively to Other mat
I ters.
In the house return to work w |
celebrated by prompt passage of the
l rat Of the annual supply measures,
the District of Columbia appropria?
tion btlli ami the Introduction ol the
usual opening day batch of miscel?
laneous measures Tic senate began
debate on the Alaskan government
railroad bill.
Anti-trust experts in both house
began ? period of extraordinary ac?
tivity to end when the anti-trust pro?
gramme is written into law before the
close of the session. Actual commit?
tee work will be delayed pending
President Wilson's address. A rough
draft of the address will be brought
ti Washington by the president and
later In the week Chairman Clayton
of the hOUSe judiciary committee and
C uiirman New lands of the senate
commerce committee probably will be
called into conference with the pres?
ident and Attorney General McRey?
nolds.
Meantime Chairman Clayton and
Representatives Carlin and Floyd ot
thf? house Committee arc reviewing
the long list of anti-trust measures
already before the committee. it la
not probable that any of these bill I
will be accepted as a part of the ad
/nir-.istrutlon pla<k? 4mt mill-ih** fclea*
embodied in them will be considered.
Se iator Newlands of the senate com
mcr<e OOmmlttee espects to take up
the anti-trust programme Friday.
riant of Peoylea1 on company De?
stroyed at Johnston With $10.
oon lsiMS.
Johnston, Jan. IS,?Today at i(>
o'clock the plant of the People*! Cot?
ton Oil company was destroyed by
tire. The Cottonseed hOUSC and cot?
ton gin wen- saved. The cause of the
tire Is said to have be< n a hot box.
ah the machinery, seversl tons ol
m ? il and about (00,.I gallon! Of Oil
Were also destroyed, the smoke from
the oil making it quit! difficult to
sa\e the other buildings. The loss II
ad mated at between $40,000 and
110,000, with about 110,000 insurance.
The oJBoc and all books of the com
pai > were saved.
DOCKET PROI1ARLY HEAVY.
.lodge Smith to Open IT, S. Court at
Columbia January 10,
Columbia. Jan. 11.- The United
States District Court, with Judge H.
a. m. smith presiding, will convene
at Columbia January jo. according to
information received from Charles
Ion? it Is understood that ? heavy
docket will be presented U? the court
by Clerk Richard w. Ilutson,
$200.1)00 LOSS in l ire.
If ?ntre.il. Jan. 13,?The Rohlnson*
Oliver grain mill was burned here
this morning, causing ? loss of two
hundred thousand dollars. The ther
ii n< ler is twenty below lero.
Oeorgla, which are also In the path
of tb" weevil, the loss i?t the produc?
tion dming iour ssasona following
the Invasion of the I nee eta would rang*
from 100.000 bales based on the ex?
perience ot the counties In Texas tu
300,000 and 100,000 bales, based on
the production In the sei?, ted coun?
ties In Mississippi and the parishes In
Louh isn ?. respectively, The result*
lug llnan lal loss in these countle.
would be, therefore, from 110,000,000
to $10,000,000,
South Carolina, The production of
??otto?, during the las! five years in
the iivr most important rotton-grow?
ing countlei in South Carolins wai I,
170.711 bales, a VSlue Of approxi?
mately 107,500,000, Should the boll
weevil Infest these counties with n
resulting b-s^ in cotton production
such as occurred In the selected coun
ties in Mississippi, tin- reduction In
the crops during the four seaaona fol?
lowing the dispersion ol Ihe inseeia
would be 040,000 bales, valued al
111,000,000,
a hk; rim; loss.
WANTS ihm \s THIRD MEMBER
OF CURRENCY BOARD.
Therefore Nominates Him as Comp?
troller Despite Determined Oppo?
sition Prom Wall Street. Others
I'ight I nder Mistaken View.
Washington, Jan. 13.?When Presi
dent Wilson, freih from his three
weeks' vacation at Pass Christian
Miss., as his list official act upon re?
turning to Washington sent to the
senate today the name of John Skel
ton Williams of Richmond, to be
comptroller of the currency, he prob?
ably did something for which many
leading bankers and financiers
throughout the country, especially
those in the South, will thank him.
By making this nomination, the
president deltei the powers of hi;;
finance that have fought Mr. Williams
from the Ant mention of his name
in connection with the position he now
holds, assistant secretary of the
treasury. It is one of the most cu?
rious circumstances Of latter day pol?
itics that John Bkelton Williams, who
for years has fought the big powers
Of Wall street, is now opposed be?
cause it is alleged that he is an ally
Of the Ryan and Morgan and other in?
terests. Nothing could be farther
from the truth than this.
The opposition to Williams indeed,
has been predicated almost entirely on
Ignorance Of the facts. He had been
a railroad president ami a banker of
importance; therefore when he WSJ
named for assistant secretary of the
treasury Captious C ItlCi of the admin?
istration jumped to the conclusion
that he represented the connection
, between Wilson and Wall street Wall
street liked Williams rather less than
anybody that could have been brought
Into the government, and the reasons
why it disliked him make up one of
the romance^ of business and of the
upbuilding of the new South In thi
last generation. There will be a hoi
**toht oi* itora c.onP.rmtH mn- -e**M-ei? Wil?
liams for comptroller. That he will bi
confirmed is(not doubted by those who
know the facts about h's career. They
say that just as soon as the truth Is
understood there wll be on end ol
opposition from men who are sincere
In the wish to thwart Wall Btreet
domination.
The National City bank is named as
one of the Interests especially hos?
tile to Mr. Williams, but the Ryan in?
terests are supposed to be no more
friendly. The antagonism grows out
of the long series of lights between
Williams on one side und the New
York financiers on the other, for
control of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad, Mr. Williams was just
:'i>oiit the last provincial financier in
the country strong and abb- enough
to keep control of a big railroad away
from Wall street. That was th<- head
and trout of his offending. After the
Wall street Arm had comfortably or?
ganized itself Into control of the
Southern, the Louisville ?fc Nashville.
the Atlantic C ast Line, the Illinois
Central! after. In short, the commu?
nity of Interest was all but completed,
ihen this Richmond hanker Injected
himself Into the situation.
Horn In Richmond three months
alter AppomattOX, Williams comes of
the finest old Virginia Cavalier stock.
He went early into his father's bank?
ing house, und before he was of age
was publishing a manual of Southern
nvestmeni data that became wldelj
know n.
co l ion HOLDINGS INCREASE.
2..J..07? More lutios in Warehouses
January i. 1011. than on Same Date
of Previous Year?Exports r
Hundred Thousand ?i-s l - ?.
Washington, Jan. 14.?Th< census
bureau reporl today shows 432,1B8
boles ot cotton consumed last Decem?
ber, against 445,275 of the previous
year, In warehouses January l: r>,
17 I,846, against 1,940,560 last year.
Kvporis 1.1*::",v.o. against 1,391,
3S I,
\ l .TP.lt \n EDITOR RYING,
Col, c. It Pendleton ol Mamn Tele
graph, Nc.se Ills End.
Maoon, Jan, I 3. ('ol. c u. pendle
ton, editor und pari owner of the Ma?
con Teh graph is in s critical condition
In a local hospital suffering from ncute
Brlght's disease. Grave doubts as to
his recovery uro entertained by at
lendlng phyalclana.
Ml km k in LAUREN'S.
I^uurena, Jan. 13. Tin- charred re?
mains of George Voung, s well to do
farmer, were round today in th- nshoa
nf in ; homo, near Hento, which wan
burned late laal nigh! It Is Buapect
ed that he was murdered by negroes.
TEN MILLION PEOPLE STARVING
IN KlUSIIIU.
Volcanic Eruption, Tidal Waves and
Earthquakes Following Crop Fail?
ure Creates Most Appalling Prob
tm Any Nation Has Faced in Mod?
ern Times,
Tokio, Jan. 14.?With the devasta?
tion of the southern part of the Is?
land of Kiushiu by B volcanic erup?
tion, tidal wavea, earthquake and
lire, following a crop failure, northern
Japan, where ten million are starv?
ing, the Japanese government is fac?
ing the most appalling national prob?
lem of modern ages. News from the
earthquake stricken region indicate
that the death list will run into thou?
sands. Hundreds were hurt in their
ll'ght. many fatally.
The government may he forced to
appeal to the civilized world for finan?
cial aid, it is estimated that twenty
live million will he needed to Buccor
the victima
Accompanied by a thunderous roar
the eruption of the volcano Sakura
jima continued today and other vol?
canoes are showing signs of activity.
Kagoshima Bay is strewn with dead
i todies.
Clouds of ashes, carried three hun?
dred miles, are dropping on ships In
the harbor of Osaka. Famine is ad?
ding terror to the widespread misery.
EARTHQUAKE DFSTUOYS CITY.
Kagoshlme, Crowded with Refugees,
Suffers From Volcano and Furth
I quake,
Tokio, Jan. 13.?Kagoshime, the
capital of Babuma province, was de?
stroyed by earthquake today. Hun?
dreds were killed and injured.
The city is crowded with n fugees
from Sakura Island. Flaming lava
tired the city In many places.
TI.imillLF VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
' vTWflo, Jan. ^"13.?Trier* are five
hundred dead and eight thousand
homeless as the result of the eruption
of the volcano Sakurajima in south?
ern Japan. Molten lava is streaming
from the crater today. The city of
Kagoshima, with a populatl ?u of 65,
000, is threatened with destruction.
WILL CONSIDER fAXES FIRST.
Dr. <.oo. \v. Dick, of Ways and Means
Committee, Tells of Coming Work
of Legislature.
Columbia State. Jan. 13.
Dr. Qeorge VV. Dick, chairman of
the ways and means committee of the
house, arrived In Columbia yesterday
from his home in Sumter and will at?
tend the session of the house today.
"T have held conferences with
members Of the house and senate,"
said Dr. Dick, "for beginning early to
provide ways and means for curtail?
ing the Immense budget that we un?
derstand is to be presented at this ses?
sion. We will use our inmost en?
deavor to hold tin4 levy down to what
it has been during the past several
years. I have been by Invitatiion In?
specting some of the new office build?
ings erected in Columbia. at what
must have been an enormous expense,
with a View to obtain the most suit?
able for those officers which are de?
barred from using our State house on
account of lack of space."
Dr. Dick said that he was glad to
see that the State department of ag
i [culture Is now on a self-sustaining
basis. He Bald that the department
had turned back to the state more
money than was appropriated at the
last session.
"I am pleased to note, also." said
I?'-. Dick, "that the insurance depart
menl through the efforts of the ef?
ficient commission, F. H. McMos
ter, has turned Into the state treaa try
more than $173,000 this year."
Dr. Dick said that the value of the
property In the state for taxation had
been Increased by nearly $6,000,000
and that this increase will be a great
help in framing the appropriation bill.
ESTABLISH AEROPLINE HASE.
FllitCd States Head) lo Send Flexen
\lr t rait Against Mexico in Case
of War.
Washington, Jan. 14. With the ar?
rival of the battleship Mississippi at
Pensncola, reported today, the first
move of a world power tow;.ids the
establishment of an aerial base for of?
fensive operations In time ol war was
completed. The i'nlted states have
bad eleven aircraft within striking dis?
tance of Mexico all winter. The bat
thahip Mississippi Is better equipped
for aeroplane Work than an\ other
warship In the navy. It will he held
ui Pcnsucola ready top Instant action, j
DICTATOR ISSUED DECREE SUS?
PENDING PAYMENT OP IN
TEREST ON PUBLIC
DEBT.
The Decree is n Proclamation of Nat?
ional Bankruptcy, the Huerta Gov?
ernment Having Failed to Negotiate
Lonne in Europe?Oollapeo oi* Dic?
tatorship Expected Soon.
Mexico City, Jan. 13.?Dictator
Huerta today li >ied a decre e suspend?
ing fe>r one year the payment of in?
terest on all government indebtedness,
foreign and domestic, including inter?
est on all bonds. It is in effect a
proclamation of national bankruptcy.
This action by Huerta is believed to
be the result of the collapse of all ne?
gotiations for foreign loans.
Another decree provides that any
person refusing to accept state bank
not< s. recently declared legal tender,
will be arrested. The indication la
that Huerta is almost at the end of
his financial career. Foreigners be?
lieve his fail is near.
Federals defeated Zapata Rebels at
Osumba, State of Mexico, today. A
hundred Rebels are reported killed.
REBELS TAKE TOWN.
Turn GuaymBs over to Constitution?
alists.
Mexico City. Jan. IS.?Six hundred
Rebels In the garrison at Guaymas
mutlned to.lay and turned the city
over to the constitutionalists. This Is
an important Pacific coast town.
MAY CONSTRUCT PIPE LINE,
Government to investigate Feasibility
of line I>orn Oll Fields.
Washington, Jan. 13.?The senate
today passed the Gore resolution au?
thorising the Sec retary of the Navy
and interior to investigate the feasi?
bility of building a government pipe?
line from the < Oklahoma e>il fields to
a part on Gulf Mexico, to be used to
supply naval vessels with fuel oil.
SEEK WILLIAMS' APPOINTMENT.
Will be Third Member of Currency
Board, If Confirmed.
Washington, Jan. 13.?If the ap?
pointment <'f John Skelton Williams,
v. hich is Bought by several southern
senators, is confirmed, he will be the
third member of the organisation on
the committee charged with the put?
ting the new currency system Into ef?
fect.
QUARTER MILLION FIRE IN AT?
LANTA.
Cotton States supply Co., and Avery
& Sons Plant Destroyed.
Atlanta, Jan. 14.?The Cotton States
Belting and Supply Ce).. plant and
warehouse of A\ery and Sons were
burned early this morning. The loss
is $250,uO0 with Insurance only half
thai amount. The cause is unknown.
The fire origin ited In the> Cotton states
plant ami several adjacent smaller
buildings were burned.
R. IL MAY RAISE RATES.
Understood That Interstate Commerce
Commission Mas So Decided.
Washington, Jan. 13.?tl is report?
ed on good authority today that the
interstate Commerce Commission has
decided that railroads east of Chi?
cago and north of the Ohio Ulver
may raise their freight rates three- and
a half per cent. The railroads ask?
ed to be allowed to raise h to live.
FOREIGNERS PROTEST.
Deelare Thal Hucrla*s Action Will
Alienate Powers,
Mexico cit>, Jan. li.?Foreign
financial representatives are protesting
to Huerta against his defaulting Inter
i Bt on National and foreign loans, de?
claring it "will alienate the sympa?
thy of foreign powers." Koreign in
terests will probably bring pressure
to bear upon ihe United States to sol
up a financial safeguard over M kIco.
LINER IN DIRK STRAITS,
Cohcquld Tl; u ht to Do Going to
lloc s in Itaji of Fund).
st. John, Jan. m .\ thick fog pre?
vails her,- t.ui;i\ and the liner Cobe?
quid is believed to be breaking to
pieces off the entrance to the L.iv of
l?'undy. The wreckage coming ashore
are believed la be pieces of the Cobe
quid It is feared that a hundred and
twenty passengers und sailors nboord
must perish.
CITY NATIONAL BANK GIVES
$300 IN PRIZES TO SI MTER
COUNTY FARMERS,
s. j. White Wins Three of six l'ri/os
Offered?T. s. DuBoec First in t orn
Raising Contest, s. j. WbHe so<
ond?if. H. Fraaer first In Cotton
Contest end T. J. Josef Second?S
J. White Wins in Sweet Potato and
Oats and Vetcfa liaising.
The prizes offered by the City Nat?
ional Hank to the farmers of the
county raising the greatest amount of
cotton, corn, sweet potatoes and oat;
and vetch on four c;? of land were
announced Wednof by Mr. J.
Fran': Williams, co demonstration
Bgent, who had su ision of the con?
ti st ami who aet s judge.
Mr. T. S. Di ? ,e of Oswego was
awarded the r z^ for raising tue
greatest am6i jf corn on ono acre,
the prize bei ^ ?75.00. He raised 100
buahela. v M . J. White of Concord
6
came seco . raising 3 03 1-4 bushels
5>. _.
ol corn ( ^ is prize . ere and ? ?.cur?
ing the . fid prize of %2?.
in ti ^ otton growing contest Mr.
?1. B. iser came lirst, raising the
greatest amount of seed cotton on hts
a; re. His cotton crop amounted to
3,066 pounds of seed cotton and ho
was piven a print of $75. Mr. T. G.
Josey came second with 1,610 pounds
of seed cotton to his acre and get?
ting a prize of $25.
In the sweet potato contest, Mr. S.
J. White raised bushels of po?
tatoes on one-half an acre and was
awarded the prize of $30. There was
no second prize.
In th'; acre of oats and vetch Mr.
Whit' afrain won the prize, ?50. He
ar^ar 15,002 pounds of hay on his
acre of land. There was no second
prise.
There Were twenty-one entries in
the City National Bank prize crop ro?
tation ccr.'est, fifteen of whom stuck
out to the and and made reports on
their crops. Mr. Williams after a
careful consideration Of these rep rtJ
hns announced the prizes.
Th?^ contest was given under the
auspices of Farm Demonstration
Work Department of the United
states government and Clemson col?
lege. Tii? prizes amounting to 6300
were given by the City National Fank
of this city for the purpose of en
couraging rotation and diversification
of crops and to show its interest in
the betterment of farm land in tho
county.
The committee in charge of the
rules of contest consisted of Messrs.
J. T rank Williams, local agent, pres?
ident of the Sumter County Farmers'
Union, and L, L. Baker, district agent
of Farmers' Demonstration Work? ap?
proved by the City National Bank
through its president, Mr. Q. a. Lem
mon.
AT WORK IN SENATE.
Patterson's Eugenics Bill iwdicd?
Make it Harder in Secure Social
t lai Chartere.
Columbia, Jan, 14.? in the senate
today Dr. Patterson's bill relating to
marriage licenses which in effect
would have required certificates ol
health between parties contracting
marriage laws Indefinitely postponed
by a vote of 83 lo 1 7. This measure was
only briefly discussed in the senate
before being killed, it was practical?
ly a bill ill line With the so much
talked of modern eugenics.
The Crouch bill making more strin?
gent the requirement to secure char?
ters for social Clubs, lodges, and the
like from the Secretary of State office
was passed by the senate and order?
ed sent to the home. This till re
Unites "o qualified electora where the
?harter sought is for S city, and -5
where residents of a rural Commu?
nity seek a ( harter, to endorse the pe
lition before ii can be granted by the
secretary of State.
NEW DISPENSARY AUDITOR.
<.e\. Bleaac'f Appointee. Harvey w.
Mitchum, Kcslglls and M. H. Mob
Icy Apitnlnteri In II?-* Place.
Columbia. Jan. 14.?Harvey. W.
Mitchum, who w. s appointed Dispen?
sary Auditor bj Governor Blease last
\. ir .today resigned his position. M.
H Moblej Who had formerly held the
position, was appointed by Governor
1 lease in the place of Mr. Mitchum
\<> reasons have yet been made pub
1 . rs to the cause of the resignation.
HOY BURNED TO DEA1 It.
Covington, Tenn., Ian. 14.?Homer
Gee, 16, was burned to death and his
nioth? r fatally burned this morning.
The boy attempted to light ? tire with
kerosene, His clothing caught and
his mother rushed to ins rescue.