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.:_ URGES PEOPLE TC HONS AND COC CONSER^T] .1; \-, : -~ Columbia, Dec. 3.-?Today South Carolina hi .coinmon with the rest oi the .South will feel the effects of the ?rules prohittfgate4 by the regional fuel committee for the southeastern ter riibn^curtailinff the use of light, pow er and fuel. So acute has the sit uaiion become by reason of the scar city of coal that ..stringent regulation* h?ve^ "been issued, and yesterday Gov yeruorCopper \- issued a pi-oclamatior . caliing upon State, county and mu nicipal officers, to cooperate to the 'ft?Jest extent in seeing that the regu 'iations are put into effect. ' ? ehfdrcoment of the rules for the southeastern territory, which in elpdjes North Carolina, South . Caro Ima, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia l^orida. Mississippi, Alabama, ano T iouistarta east of . the Mississippi river will be; left to local authorities ant ?to the public at large according to o letter received, by Governor Cooper >yesterday,aftOTCK>n from A, R. Smith .Atlanta, chairman of the regional fuel committee. ? Cities and towns which derive their ?light and heat from hydro-electric .power are not. exempted from the operation of ..the regulations, . "ilr. Smith in his commutation re ?uested Governor- Cooper .to issue ? prociamation, outlining the regula tions to the people , of the State, atv he fs> requested to ask- mayors anc other municipal authorities to cooper ate with railroad officials in the en forcement of-them. J^cf-ranor Cooper yesterday after noon issued the ? following proclama ^'In view of the . critical conditio! , Which may .ootue about as a result 01 \-<$4?m -'deerieased' production of coal, th< :??atfcern . regional /coal committee /ifpoceedtag" under the Lever, act, has put into effect certain restrictions, or ^ the. We of fuel within this and othei . Siafces.. In a -scateiaent. to the pnbli< ti^s^feomro ittee sayx, in. ageheral waj regpiatidns: issued . ro?ay eliminate e^ec^ric . signs and display advertis ing; J lim it industries, except .public utilities and plants .engaged in con tj^nous processes that caii not be. in *^Bij??>ted, to i& hours, ^operation pe> ? . r\M$?if jr?nnit3'^re>aid'' ?fJfcfe'iniiik?? . "ings uo? use. Jight,*he,a^c.r^^er. onh between the hours^of- 9 a. m". and 4/p 5^, an^pernift?8 theaters,.-njoving pic tureAghflkWs..and .cither, public .^n\fs& ment'-places. 10 use iighf,.h.eat of pofr / -jier onjy betweejt: the -hours of 1 p. ifi 4ad.iflC*<lLvp;: in.- ? (. . r % "Exceptions allow drug stores xfo: the'-sate-. of .-drugs ?6n ly )?; restaurants diariesv?ind bakeries' x? opeaakte ac cording to their- present ' schedules vbarber shops-to use'?' itghu heat 01 power from 8 a. m. t* 6 p, m. anc ^pree selling food and clothing tc nse.: light, heat or power on Saturday "knights .until 9 p. m. v 'Inasmuch as the machinery wfclcli Existed for the enforcement of-wai measures jss. no longer completely in t&et, the <xmtmitteei has appealed tc S^t^ccmnry aJid" municipal ora^cerp tc oiJOpetate to the- fullest in the enforce ?em> of these restrictions. The- regu iations have been ' pubi-shecT in the .^i^/One'can easily imagine the dis .gre^that would follow the exhaustion o? tfje-coal.supply, hence, I am sure, dfetere. will be> complete cooperation on the part -of the people of this State, and ?s governor, I call upon ail ofli -CffCJ to be-alert to see that the restric iior.s. are put into effect,, and are re jpected. Business, not specifically *xe$ipted'wn!',; under this order of the regional coal committee, close at 4 p. v After reciting the reasons for the promulgation of the regulations, the preamble, to them, according to the copy received yesterday by Governor Oobper, reads as follows: **It w?l be neeessary to continue re strictions, until there is a' substantial fnerease in production. Unless this enhctgntfed increase comes soon, still further restrictions ma/7, become nec ep5ary^ ai* ws^M : will ha'*e +0 h? , given. V 1S? di^'-ib'ui;-* ii the shocks-of con! a~* it t?te possession i^iSJUtttUk.- recognized as vital. ,.*I? ft geoeral way, regulations is ?ued-today elim?nate electric signs and display advertlsiqgr, limit industries, esscent ^public utilities and. plants en gaged in continuous processes that cati- not be* interrupted, to 48 hours operation per week; permit stores and ofRee., buildings to use light, heat or power between the hours of 9 a. m. afiA. l p, m. and permit theaters, moving picture show? a?d other pub lic arnusecjeri plftces to use light, heat or y#w*T only between the hours of 1 p. m. ana 26.30 .p. m. -lixceptior.s allow drug stores (for Xk? yst of drugs only), restaurants. ? airies and bakeries to operate ac /.'rding to their present schedules. * ifier shops to use light, heat or o?er on Saturday nights until 3 p. m;".' Other exceptions are made to meet the special conditions of rail road stations, hospitals, telephone and telegraph* and newspaper ofilces, and to permit stores and. office buildinirs to tum on their heat two hours before opening time in the morning. '"The regulations, which apply alike to consumers now receiving eoal from ? the riilroads and to those who have stocks on hand, or who are using elee tric power, heat or light furnished by publie or pfi\ate plants, are as foj Toy<;: . ' "v.l.' - "No ornamental lights, white yes?: or other unnecessary street lights, bvtlfne j?ghting. electric ygns on il luminating billboards arc to be op erated. This does not affect street lighting necessary for the safety of Ihe/^uWic. ri?. Stores, manufacturing plants and---warehouses must not use electric of^gtHr flats' (except safety lights)! rx^pt between the hours of f> 9. m. ard 4 p. m. X ISSUES PROCLAMATION ) OBSERVE REGULA )PERATE IN THE EON OF FUEL f ij "Exception (a) Drag stores, for the : I sale of drugs only, and restaurants ! may remain open according- to pres [ I ent schedule, but must curtail fights ? i 50 per cent. ? ?j "Exception (b) Railroad stations, ? {hotels, hospitals, telephone, telegraph -.arid newspaer offices are not includ i!ed insofar as- necessary lighting is j concerned. t j "Exception (c) Lights may be ? j usde in office- of manufacturing plants > j for necessary accounting purposes at ? j any time. I "Exception (d) General arid office ?{lights must be cut off at 4 p. m. in ? j office buildings except where office ? ] operation of vital industries is in , j volved. I) "Exception (e) Moving picture , j houses and theaters and other public 11 places of amusement may burn lights tjonly between 1 p. m. and 10.30 p. m. *? "Exception (f) Barber shops may J remain open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. I . "Exception (g) Dairies, ice and re frigerator plants, bakeries, plants for ; the manufacture of necessary medici ; nal products, waterworks, sewerage r plants, gas manufacturing plants, I operating continuous processes (such - j as acid manufactures, blast furnaces, lietc.) printing plants for the printing -j?f newspapers, periodicals, battery i: charging outfits and plants producing II light or power telephone, telegraph -lor public utility companies are ex -1 empted. "Exception (h) On Saturday nights, - j time of closing mentioned under para -! graph 2 will be extended until 'J ? o'clock p. m. for stores selling food liand wearing apparel, fj "1. Etetween the hours of 7 a. m. iiand 4 p. m. only enough heat (ob , I tained from coal, gas or steam) may 3 ] be used in offices, stores, warehouses, i {manufacturing pleats as to. keep tnc r I average . temperature at 70 degrees ; I :F_hrenheit. This temperature mu.y be i j maintained in theaters, moving pic jjturc houses and other places,of pub -jlic amusement between the hours of i j 3 p. m. and 10.30 p. ra. - i "Exception. On Saturdays the tem .: perature may be maintained at 70 de : j grees between 7 a. m. and 9 p. ra. in *| case of stcres handling food and wear r j ing apparel. ?. ' , ? \ "2. After.''closing hours, on' Satur . I.days and after 4 p. m.'on the remain ? ting; wjeek> clays and on Sundays, .only . i' enough heat is to be used to prevent .(^freezing of water pipes or sprinkler j systems. Vr'here exceptions are made ?!in certain classes^for lighting, heat , will be allowed' during the allowable - Lighting period. J "3.. In manufacturing plant or rj plants coming under power curtail j \ nient rules, heat (to <0 degrees) wiil ?! be allowed only during that time al t J lowed for use of power, i. "4. No curtailment in use of coal, i f steam or gas for producing hot water ?jfor hotels, restaurants or barber . J shops. )) "l. No manufacturing plant or fac Jtory shall operate in excess of 4$ .] hours per week. -I "Exception: Dairies, ice and rc i I frigerator plante, bakeries, plants for Jthe manufatcuro of necessary medici t) jual products, waterworks, sewerage .{plants, gas manufacturing plants, 11 plants operating continuous processes , i such as add manufacture, Jtfast fur . {naces, ete.), printing plants for the . j manufacture of newspapers, periodi cals, battery charging outfits and ? plants producing light or power for telephone, telegraph or public utili ties companies are exempted. "2. Elevator service must be cur tailed as much as possible. "General exemption to light, heat, arid power provisions? necessary ' operation of federal, State, municipal and county institutions and buildings. "Since November 17 deliveries of coal, with certain necessary speci*? exceptions, has been limited, to co?? Jsumers in the fir* <f? el**?-? of the ) ^referetm H*v Th?-so classes are: j ^Claw A. P.aiiroad and inland and j coastwise vessels. "Class B. Army and navy, together with other departments of the federal government. This includes? 'bitumin ous coal consumed by manufacturers or producers of supplies for depart ments of the federal government when such department officially approves the request, j MClas3 , C. State.j municipal (and j county departments and Institutions. "Class D. Public utilities. This |n I eludes the manufacture of newsprint J paper for daily newspaper use and the I printing and publishing of same. ! "Class E. Retailers (supplies for idomestic consumers.) j_ jTHEJUGO-SLAVS i REFUSED MINES j Supreme Council Will Not Allow j Them to Take Hungarian Property ; i l - ?* Paris. Dec. 2.?The supreme coun ; cil today refused the Jugo-Slav re j quest for the coal mines of Pecs, Jlun [ j?ary. leaving their disposition jo the j re-p-.irations commission. , j FI?ME PROBLEM j ! Supreme Council Eliminates j i Some of the Objections j Paris, Dec. 2.?The supreme council' } decided todny that the Fiume ques-i J tion should not be settled in the Hun garian peace treaty, but would be re- j served for final decision by the allied: and associated powers. This elimi-f nates any objections on the part of either th?* Italians or Jua>>-Slavs to j signing the treaty ort ?coirnt of Frtrmer* nationalmwm ing of coal Action Taken to Make Regula tions of Government Ef fective to Point Insuring Real Conservation of Fuel ! ; Washington, Dec. 2."?Government ! agencies today awaited developments j in the coal strike situation though ac tion was taken in widely separated communities to make effective coal rationing ordered by the fuel admin istrator. So far as reports were available .production in the bituminous field* dropped yesterday and today to a lit tle below the daily totals of the pre vious week but this was expected. Op erators and others watching results were told that, the governmen+ in tended to stand pat for the rest vf tlu week, taking no other steps ihar those outlined by the rationing ordei until it was fully determined whethct public demand would cause mine workers to resume work. Carrying out Dr. Garfield's pro j gramme for the maximum use- of lo j cal discretion in rationing of coal tc i meet emergencies and constantly j,changing conditions, the St. Louii ; regional coal committee ordered latf j opening and early closing for retail j stores. In New York, the Tidewater J Coal exchange ordered the cessation of bunker coal supply for foreign ves sels. Elsewhere state and mumc.pa' authorities took similar steps to con serve the diminishing coal supplies. In congress the situation was giver ) general attention. Senator Johnson I Democrat, of South Dakota, 'introduc j ed a resolution calling upon the sec I retary of the treasury to report the actual profits made by coal opera tori between 191C? and 1919, a subjec1 ! much mooted since the" fuel "admin ! istration. ordered miners' wages in | creased 14 per cent, without allowing i any Increase in the price of coal, it'. i immediate consideration was opposot [by Senator Smoot. Republican, Utah { who suggested that it go over for z I day or two as he believed concurren ; action by the house would be neces j sary. j Senator Thomas, Democrat, o j Colorado put into the record an oper : i letter sent by him to Presiden jGompers of the labor federation, crfti j cising the miners in strong terms foi j their walkout. i\ "If the strike is not a conspiracy : in restraint of trade." the letter said j "words have no meaning. It is. strik< i in name only. It is a vast upheaval j threatening alike the people and theii j institutions." - . .- ? ? ? - . . I; -The-, letter..was intended by th; ] Colorado senator as a 'response t< ' speeches.of- Mr. ? Gompcrs defendinj j the strike. Senator Phipps, Repub'i j cai?, 'of Colorador,added a statemen ; by.Colorado operators to the effec j that .1.019 coal production had result ? ed in a net loss'for the first six month: j of the year of four cents, per torn I Director General Hines today u.u j thprized regional directors, aDe: j careful ^review of the coal situation j to eliminate passenger trains th& j may be spared with the less incon j venience to the traveling public. ! the railroad ~ j situation j The President's Special Message ! on this Subject is Delayed for Conference with Hines I and Cummings Before J Washington, Dec. 3.?Presidem Wilson will not begin the preparatior of hi3 special message to congress or the railroad situatfon until Directoi General Hines has conferred with Senator Cummins and Representative Esch, chairmen respectively, of the senate and house interstate commerce committees on pending railroad bills it was said today, at the White House. (bill caruslk i finally taken Wounded Train Robber Captured in Wyoming?Puts Up Hard Fight Douglas, Wye*., Dec. 2.?William Carlisle the "artful" train robber, who for three weeks had laughingly defied civil, railroad and private de tectives, was captured today near Clend, Wyo.. after he had been se riously wounded. The well known bandit, who had secluded him?*1: in the cabin of Frank Willems, about 18 miles from Douglas, fought desperately the posse I which had been in pursuit until he ! fell from his wounds. "He was shot through one lung and while it was thought at firsr that the wound might cause his death, doctors later declared it their belief thai it I would not prove fatal." Suffering from his wounds, and be numbed by the extreme cold, Carlisle, when brought to the Douglas hospital, said: "I am glad the chase has ended." Carlisle attracted nation wide in terest when, after escaping from the penitentiary in this State, he h^ld up and robbed the passengers on a Los Angeles limited on November IS. Af ter that escapade, messages purport ing to be from him and taunting of ficials because of their vain efforts To capture hint, were received through out the country. ships patroling dalmatian coast Number of Warships Cruising Off Spaiato Copenhagen. Dee. U.?A number of allied warships, including one Ameri can vessel were cruising off Spaiato. on the Dalmatian coast Sunday, ac Tordffig*'T' 'a n. i:'?;i'e'h dispaWh. ~ L U M E R Lumber Flooring Ceiling. Siding, Casing. Mouldings, Framing Lumber, lied Cedar Shingles. Pine and Cypress Shingles, j3rick, ? LilUC, ?Cement, Piaster, Fire Brick, Fire CI~y, Sewer Pipe, Stove Fine,' Building Material Metal and Composition Shingles,Terra Cotta Thimbles Doers, Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains Porch Columns and Ballasters. Water Proofing Mineral. Xierter Board, Corrugated Metal Roofing, galley Tin and Ridge Roll, Asbetos and Composition Roofing. Locks, Hinges, Nails, Grates, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Door Hangers, Carpenter's Tools, Paint Brushes, Paints and Oils. Inside Decorations, CaLsomines and Cold Water Paints, Hardware, Paints, Oils WIRK FENCING. IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLiNA ii?lN IFFICi?S ME FACING CHARGES I ! I i i . j Indianapolis, Doe. 0.?The United .? States government today again in %! voked tho powers of the federal 5 courts in an effort to end the strike t of 400,000 bituminous conl miners of J the country. . j Information charging criminal con ri tempt of court was filed in the. I.'nit ^jed States district ? court here against II 84 individual and district officers of 1 the United Mine Workers i C America Li named in the court injunction issued ? { after the strike was called and ca .1 hisses requiring their appearance to answer the charges wore issued late ? today. It is alleged that all of the j officers have conspired to keep- the ? strike in force and thus have violat . cd the terms of the injunction. Act iag President .John L. Lewis. Sec re ! tary-Trcasurer William Green. Percy :s TetlOw, statistician, and Ellis Searles. : editor of the United -Mine Workers' J Journal, th-^ only officials of the or 3 ganliation in Indianapolis were iioti p, fled of the action and agreed to re port in court' tomorrow to furnish 3 j bond, fixed ^ $10,000 by Federal I j Judge A. 1*. Anderson. J ?' "Other oilicials in the 'jurisdiction of I j the federal court here, who include t-; Edward Stewart and William Mitch, tj6f Torre Haute, officials of "district J No. II of the mine workers, will be s^ served as soon as possible, govern . j hrcnt officials stated and all be re ijeuired to appear at 10 o'clock next r j Tuesday morning for hearings. f! Dan W- Simms of Lafayette, Ind.. j (special United States district attor . j aey in charge of enforcement of the ' injunction, siuted today that the pro | ceedings against the miners' repre sentatives >vill be pushed and that re moval proceedings to obtain the ap f pcarancc in court here of officers who reside outside of Indiana, will be in stituted at once. il Mr. Simms announced that pro I ceedings against officers of the two ! local unions at Clinton, Ind., also I Would be instituted very soon, charg ! ing them specifically with violations s of the injunction by payment of strike j benefits to miners. Local No. 2011 I officials, he declared, had paid bene I fits by checks attempting to "camou I flage" the real nature, of the action 'j by stating that they were for over payment of dues. Local Xo. 39, he |I said, drew one check for $800 and i ? j JistributecL currency amonf *?"-? ~Mr>| II bens. : J In connection with the ifi.uance of ? strike benefits Mr. Simms again de v clarcd that the injunction etends to '?v ncrson. whether or. not a miner who in any way encourages the strike ?f and said that banks which honored checks drawn against a strike benefit fund were liable to prosecution. I! Mr. Shams stated that the eita ^ tions against the men named today j^cre only a start in the prosecutions ''against alleged violators of the in /. junc**rtn >-.d that "h t actio i might b.: expected soon. ? "It is the government's purpose," Mr. Simrns said, "to continue prose cution as fast as evidence can be pre pared and riled with the court against all officers of every local who are conspiring by concerted effort to keep [ the strike in force. Refusal to re i turn to work, if a miner knows of the j injunction and the subsequent order ] of the union a officials rescinding the I strike order, constitutes violation of j the injunction, and the government I will proceed on the theory, regard ! less of whether officicrs are guilty of ? some specific act of encouragement j of the strikp. j . "The government waited patiently j while the conference was going on hi) j Washington, hoping that some plan j ! for averting the impending disaster ' consequent on the shortage of fuel | J would be evolved. ; "After the conference closed, the j government directed the operators to j i reopen their mines and advance wages j ; 14 per cent The government .'igain J waited f?>r some action on the part of j ! th<: miners toward resumption of j work. The officials n<>t only failed j to make an effort to bring about an j end to the strike but in numerous j j statements to rcpreesntatives of the , Associated Press, and newspapers, en- ; ; cnuraged its continuance. During ev ery moment of this period of wail- i ? ing. :jffiec:rs of tip- union have vio- ' I lated the injunction and the govern-j i meiit has exhausted its patience." SHIP STRIKES MINE I I Lomlon, Dec. 2.?Tbe American j :' freight steamer Kerwood-, from New j j York for Hamburg has struck :i mine j off Terschelling in the N-orth-Sea-. Tugs I rrcTrt -to her ;is*ist?rnce.-?- - ~* J ICH WORK BEING ! DONE BY VOLUNTEERS i .?... J Chicago, Doc. 3.?ilorc strenuous j efforts were put forth today by State, jand municipal officials and represen j tatives of industry over the country j to conserve the remaining supply of j bituminous coal and in the producing i States to replenish this supply. ' j The day was marked by more shut I downs and restrictions and added re ! ports of distress especially in the West and Southwest. There were al I most no reports of increased prodttc j tion. : Summarized the fuel situation to j night stood ds follows: j Federal troops were ordered to ! Oklahoma tonight to protect volun-, ; t^er miners. ! Gov. Frederick D. Gardner of Mis ?souri announced that his State would j take over the surface mines in Barton j county for operation by volunteers : unless the miners resumed work by j t?-morrow night at the 1-i per cenc. in j ct ease in wages. i State troops are on the ground for j emergency purposes. Eleven strip mines were in opera ? tion by the State today in Kansas. I Trouble was encountered there when !a switching crew on the Santa Fe j refused to move a train hauling vol i untecrs and soldiers to ? he pits. Governor McKoivie of Nebraska i continued to enlist volunteer workers j for the mines in producing States and I an offer was made to rurnish Mis i got>n with -such a contingent. ! Wyoming was another State that J today was facing the system of volun | teer mining as a result of the chaotij i situation there. Although union offi fcials had ordered strikers to resume j work many of the miners were idle. { Chicago and northern I-linois indus I try and business will be put on six land one-half hour a day working j basis tomorrow, the Illinois public utilities commission announced today. IA similar order will be issued for j southern Illinois tomorrow. ! Operators in Iowa prepared an ultt j matum giving the union miners until I December S to return to work. If J work is not resumed by that date the mines will be reopened with whatever competent labor can be obtained, ac cording to the operators. At Indianapolis the government filed in! or mat ion cfeUSing 84 officials of t>"? Urfc.il 38a* Workers of Ameri r * *t$k criminal contempt based on alleged violation of Judge Anderson's injunction against strike. Six men, officials and office em p'oyees of a mining company, were killed by an ^explosion in mine near Clinton, Ind.,-while -they -were at tempting to mine enough coal to sup ply the boilers. I The railroad administration an ; nonneed a system of discountable credit slips aceptable at all federal ! reserve banks to pay operators im mediately for coafl shipment. Four of the 12 blast furnaces of j the Gary .Steel works were banked and a shut down of two more this | week was in prospect. Two moves against alleged profi teering were started. At Sc. Louis the Southwestern regional coal commit tee asked Fuel Administrator Garfie:d to fix a maximum for fuel oil equal to prices before the miners went on si tike. In Kansas Attorney General! Hopkins ordered an inquiry into re ports of profiteering in the saie of| wood. j With nearly zero weather in some; of the Western States the situation j \v::s becoming almost unhearble. At; Imperial. Neb., not a pound of coaU v.the town and the people \v--\\ j r?urnni.: fence posts for fuel. Be1 fast I and Wayside, Neb., also :tre out of coal. At some places ear corn is '.??:-j ing burned. All schools at Cedar. Fiupids, Ind., will close tomorrow. At j Virginia, 111., all schools locked their i dpovs today. Scores of telegrams were received j by executives of many States appeal-! ing for relief from the precarious sit-: uation. j Governors of three States. Hoben.; T>. Cavy of Wyoming, Samuel R. Mc-j Kelvie of Nebraska and Olive j Shoup of Colorado. will confer at i Denver tomorrow on the coal situa-i tion. The purpose of th<- conference.; according to Governor Shoup is "to j work out some plan for :i satisfactory: distribution of coal.'* j Washington. Dec. 3.?Congress got i down to business today with the lead-j ers determined to have sonn? construe-) tive legislation enacted before tbej Christmas holidays. The Cummins! railroad bill is before the senate, while j the five billion appropriations bill has j bo*-n- submitted to the house. NEWBERRY AIDES APPEAR IN COURT j - Treasurer of Campaign Commit tee Pleads Not Guilty j Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 2.? ! Frank W. Blair of Detroit, who was t treasurer of United States Senator j Truman If. Newberry's campaign ! committee, swore to the statement j that ?170,000 represented the total j expenditure in behau, of the senator j in the 191$ election, appeared in fed 5oral court here today and pleaded pv>t I guilty to charges in the indictmenss j brought aglnst 133 prominent Mieh ; igan men at the conclusion of the ' grand jury investigation of the New . berry election. The court accepted j Iii? personal recognizance for bail in ! the sum of $10.000. I Mr. Dlair was the first of Senator ^Newberry's chief campaign managers I to appear for arraignment. Twenty i one others, whose names were not , made public prior to service of the j bench warrants came here today and ? either denied guilt or stood mute i while the court directed pleas of not ' guilty entered for them. In each case [bail was5 fixed at $1,000. it being fur j nished in several eases, it was said, ? by a representative of a Detroit sure j ty company acting for Mr. Newberry. , Service of the warrants has dis IcIosCd the identity of many promi ! nent' political leaders of the State. ! Among them are Samuel O'Dell,form j er state treasurer and now a mem-. ! ber of the public utilities commission, j William M. Conolly, Spring Lake, a j State senator; Edward J. Bowman, Greenville, former United States dis trict attorney, and Louis L. Thomp son, former probate judge of Alle gany. Judge Sessions is using every en deavor to speed up the arraignments, i Today, according to Marshal Her j man L-. O'Connor, was the last "hon i or day" and hereafter the responu ! ents will be brought into court imme | diately the warrants arc served un less they are prepared to give"bond at ! the time of their arrest. I MANY HUNTERS PAY LICENSES j Game Warden Receipts. For November Nearly $30,000 Columbia, Dec. 2.?Sales of licenses and collections of fines through the; office of the State game warden have I already reached a figure above any ; other month and the money is still coming in. Yesterday Wade Hampton 1 Gibbes, chief warden, said the collec tion, of fines and sale of hunting li censes had brought in $22,000 for November and he expected at least $5,000 or &6.000 more before all No vember reports were in. This report is the best Mr. Oibbos . has made and shows that his office is on the job every minute. In Novem ber of 1918 the figures for that month were $7,482. For the fiscal year of 1919 and 1920 the chief warden pre dicts a business of $100,000, which will break all records. Mr. Gibbes said yesterday that the Slate office was looking after the game situation in "every section of the State with live game wardens. In some counties good results were not obtained and Mr. Gibbes went to the scene himself and carried two special wardens with him. One instance was noted where almost no licenses were sold and no fines were collected. The special wardens visited the county and within two weeks over $900 has come into the coffers from that county. Mi*. Gibbes has worked up a splen did organization for protecting the game in South Carolina and enforcing the laws STAY ON THE JOB American Peace Delegates t-v Remain in Paris Paris. Dec. 2.?The American dele gation to the peace conference, which intended sailing for home December Kih. has postponed its departure. Tt is learned from high authority that this change in plans is due to the failure of the Germans to sign the protocol ratifying the peace treaty. It is pointed out that if the treaty is ni>i ratified, the situation between Germany and the Tnitcd States as well js the other allied and other powers roes back to the status created by the armistice. Hence, the United States is still quite as much interested as its associate allied powers, despite the fact that the senate has not ratified lie treaty.