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WHIT SALE lstf\ V*F\ . ' \ <?k! I Si ^qf? &2VI 22 Thursday 24 Friday THESE THREE DAYS WILL MEAN THREE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE THRIFTY FOLKS WHO ATTEND THE Y'S Extensive preparations are1>eing made for an elaborate display of many beautiful fabrics such as Organdies, Voiles, Batistes, Madras, Flaxons, Dimities, Pa jama Check s^FancyWalstings, Novelty Skirtings, Percales, Ginghams etc. Housekeepers are informed that our splendid lines of Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Spreads, Bleach ings and Curtain Draperies will all be included in this big sale. . A wide range of dainty Waists in white and colored effects, and ail featuring the latest Mode? for the 1920 Season will be a strong attraction. We extend a cordial invitation to all and assure ^ou a hearty welcome. ., . 8 1 lie HELPED TO CAP TURE COMMUNIST! _ ! Columbia Man Assisted in Raids at Trenton, N. J. Columbia, Jan. 17.?J. W. Otts, ol'; Columbia, special agent Cor the dc-! partment of justice, aided in the ar-j rests of ??Rods" in the East on the. night of January 2. and he tells an \ . interesting story^of the work, lie has; .lust returned to Columbia, after spend tag?two weeks at Trenton, N. J., and i at New York City. He aided in tak ing a car'oad of Hungarians to Silis Island for deportation. Mr. Otts was spending a vacation at | Greensboro, Ala., his old homo, when j he was ordered to Philadelphia. From j there he was ordered to Trenton, und he worked for two weeks in the ' Red area." The arrest of "Reds" was made at ? o'cloek at night on January 2. Mr. Ott and ten other special agents were assigned to Trenton and under eacli was a squad of ten men, some of these being loeal policemen. The men act ing under, the special agents did not xnow at 7 o'clock what their work "Was to be that night. The arresting parties swooped down on the, Reds without warning to the anarchistic parties. Several hundred Reds were arrest ed in Trenton by Mr. Otts and the agents working with him. Mr. Otts was one of several agents who car ried a party of fifty to Ellis Island for deportation. Practically all of the men and wo men from Trenton who were arrested were Hungarians. Their families put up loud howls when the men were j taken by the officers. On the train j which carried Mr. Ott's crowd to El lis Island a meeting was held. This the officers didn't stop, as they had - their prisoners .afe, but interpreters told that in the meeting there were speeches against the government and 1 some of the anarchistically inclined j threatened to kill the special a; its. There was no danger at this po >f j the proceedings however. Mr. Otis says that the nun ar rested afc Trenton were guilty of cir culating literature and arousing other persons aaainst the government, hi ; the houses of the men arrested he saw large stocks of pamphlets and! books, all of anarchistic character, j The men arrested belonged to thej Communist Labor Party ami thej)-; creed was "Down with government.\ down with church." Then* aim. says Mr. Otts, was to solicit the coopera tion of all labor organizations. Mr. Otts tells of meetings of tlx- Reds that were raided. While some of the] agents raided one meeting. Mr. Otts! and other officers raided the h<>nK>s of those attending the meeting. Recorder's Court. Several eases were before the re- \ corder this morning for fighting, lar-j ccny and gambling. Fines amounted j to $153 for the 2ily. RENT PROFITEERS WILL BE CHECKED Government to (*et Line on Prices Through Income Tax Returns Washington, .l:m. LS.?Through tin collection of taxes on 1?19 incomes, the lirs: step in which will be taken tomorrow, the government will wage war on profiteering; landlords with "sweet revenge" in prospect for "the tenant v.-ho has had to dig deep into his earnings t<? pay a high rental in 1 02 9." First intimation of this new aspect came tonight in announcement by Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of the bureau of internal i-evenue. thatforms for making income-tax returns which j will he in the hands of ' all internal revenue collectors and ready for dis [trioution tomorrow-will contain a sec tion providing that tenants shall in : elude in their statements the amounts I of rents paid* and to whom it was paid. Tins information will be turned over to the department of justice to he ! used in its high cost of living cam j paign. I While the work of collecting the in come taxes will he just as heavy this j year as it \va:; in 1919 the government ! will receive5 less revenue. Instead of 1 collecting 6 per <-ent on incomes be tween $2.0*00 and $4,000 from mar ried persons as was done last year. Konly 4 i>cr cent will be collected this time. Single persons will get an ex emption of $1,0.00, as was provided un der the previous revenue law. On in | comes above $4.000 the normal tax [will be S per cent instead of 12 per I cent, of last year. But the surtaJt be [gins operation at ?4.<>00 and continues I-upward nntil the government will as sess CO per cent of annual incomes ! above $1.000.000. i Internal revenue officials will send income tax forms to all persons who j paid taxes last year. Others who are taxi.?"e must apply to the collectors I for them; Mr. Roper warned that there would be unswerving enforce ment of the revenue laws. Returns and at !>-ast one-fourth of I the amount due must be in the hands [of the internal revenue collectors by j March 16. RELIEF IN SIBERIA l y I American Red Cross Doinij Most of the Work ; (Correspondence Associated Press) Tokio, Dec. 24.?The main work of [relief in Siberia is in the hands of the [American Hod Cross. according to Col. R. B. Tucxler, Red Cress com l missionier in Siberia. The British Red I Cross, ho said, has been obliged i.o [leave Siberia to answer urgent t-r:iis i in Europe. There were when it left Ii-""? .Ameri can reiiof workers in Siberia and <>f j these l so wciv American Red Cross [nurses. They had 1.5?? Russian as sistants. THE ANTI-SA LOON CAMPAIGN Effort Jfi Rais? Funds to Make Prohibition Effective Meet ing: With Success Atlanta. <:a.. Jan. 1!).? The bis campaign to raise funds to assist ii enforcing the prohibition law, which began January i? and will eontinu? for one week, is now fully underwaj and reports 'received at the head Quarters here from every section o: the fiye States in the Southeastern territory indicate success in raisin? the quotas fixed for each State. In each of the five States?Georgia. South Carolina. Florida. Mississippi and Tennessee?organizations of both men and women have been thorough ly perfected and the interest of the public in the purposes of the cam paign aroused to an extent that was hardly believed possible at the outsef of the movement. From along th< route of ;hc John Barleycorn airplane funeral .special which is touring tin Southeast in the interest of the cam paign come reports of enthusiastic receptions. The airplane, chartered by the dry forces to spread "dry" propa ganda throughout a large portion of '.he Southeastern territory, left At lanta Sunday, .piloted by Roll Oertel. former overseas fiver and carrying as passenger John Goldstrom of the pub iieity headquarters in Atlanta. This novel method <>f calling the attention of the public to ihe aims and pur poses of the prohibition enforcement campaign has created such general in terest that moving picture concerns have filmed it and will show scenes of its flight throughout the country. Leaders of the campaign in Atlanta are highly pleased with the auspicious start of the campaign and with the active support of leading men. and women in every section of every state are confident that the success of the campaign is already assured. HARRY SPANELL GA INS FREEDOM Acquitted of Charge of Having Murdered Col. Butler Brownwood, Texas. Jan. 11.?Harry .1. Spanell was acquitted of the charg< Of having murdered Col. M. C. Butler by :i jury in district court lure today after two hours' deliberation. The jury's verdict sustained ihe de fendant's plea that Iiis acquittal in January. U-tlT. of th" charge of mur dering his wife was in effect an ac quittal of a similar charge in con nection with Col. Butler's death. Butler adn Mrs. Spane]] were killed on an automobile ride with Spanell at Alpine. Texas. July 20. Tin trial jnsi ended began January ?'.. Ar gumenl was concluded and the ease given to the jury at 1-2.3 0 o'clock to day. The defendant was not in trie court room when the verdicl was re nounced and. although there were many spectators present,, there was no demonstration. PROGRESS IN BOSTON, MASS. Historic Common to He Modern ized to Meet Business Conditions Boston, Jan. 16.?Boston is prepari ng it) alter some of its most cherished aistoric features to moot tiio demands >f modern conditions. Small strips ire to be sliced from Boston" Com non. training ground for troops in Revolutionary days, and a reading of the tower of the Old South Meeting Mouse, where the famous "tea party" was h itched, is contemplated. Traf .ic problems, acut?- in this icty of narrow "cow-lane" streets, in each -as.* are responsible. j The paring of the Common on two' sides of its 43-acre area has been] sanctioned >>nly after the overcom-j ng of long-standing opposition byi :hose who held that no considera-j lions of modern development should; listurb this revolutionary landmark j j iml present day breathing space inj lie city's center. Several years ago j he voters turned down proposal j j to shrink the Common in order u>: swell the streets. But in- the recent; city election the voters in all but two j wards declared in favor of widening, :he streets from Common lands. The! two wards which opposed the plan i ire in Charlestown. seat of another: historic shrine,. Bunker Hill Monu ment. . < j Under the plan, which is a com-; premise arranged between the street; i commissioners and the Boston Com - i mon Society. Tremont and Boylston ? streets, which bound the Common on j two Of its sides, will be widened to a j maximum of 43 feet instead of ~>0 to] ?30 feet as first proposed. This will] ; be accomplished without sacrifice of I greensward or trees, as the cuts will I be made from the broad malls of thei j Common. The compromise plan ear-j ried with it an agreement that no fur-! I ther invasion of the Common would bo ! made. j Boston Common was bought in 1631 j I by Governor Winthrop and others as a common cow pasture and training i j ground, and was one of several such ) tracts of communal lands and plant-; ing gro snds. Today it is the sole re mainder of these ancient commons., j other holdings having passed into pri vate hja ads. It. was on Boston Common that rev-] olutiionary soldiers drilled: from its limits at Park Square, then the Back. Bay in fact as well as in name and! now "made land." the British started j for Lexington on April II?. 1775. On the Common :h<- British mustered their forces to attack Bunker Hill and British artillerymen placed their guns on Flagstaff Hill during the siege of; Boslon. Colonial expeditions set out MKainsi [?Misburg and Quebec from the old'Common, and Massachusetts regiments assembled there prior to going to the iron: in the ?'ivil War. The proposal to cm into the <>ld South Meeting llouose which was bu'h in 172'.? to obtain partial relief from traffic congestion on Washington ; streets, is still under consideration. ; Mayor Peters approved the idea; the Old South Association, guardians of the edifice, fell in with the plans un [ der certain conditions, and the street commissioners reported in favor of : the change. The conditions named by the association, however, including a demand for payment for the property. ? which is in the section of highest ! valuation, have delayed acceptance. i Under the plan the main part of j the church, in which the colonists ? worked out plans for the "tea party," and which was later used by the Brit ish as a riding school during thej ? "tea party." and which was later used 1 by the British as a riding school dur i ing the siege of Boston, would not I be disturbed. The tower which juts ; out' some twenty feet from the front i of the edifice, would be arcaded to provide a passage for foot traffic, the street line would be extended to run 1 Hush with the tower front and the sidewalk moved back to lead direct ly to the arcade. An additional 20 feet of street space at this point would case considerably the crush of traf fic in the boitle-mouth of Newspaper Row. I - Want Tourists but Italy is Short of Accommodations. Rome, Dec 31.?The cry for the tourists of America. England and Bra nee is heard throuhgout Italy. It is as strong in Venice. Florence, Na ples and Genoa as in Rorhe. But Italian cities have increased their population at such an amazing rate during the war that there seems to be no room for tourists. Hotels in all the larger cities are crowded to overflowing at all times. Apartments and houses are not available at any price. Rents have been kept down by law and municipal authorities are hard-pressed to find shelter for the population that has flocked to the cities. Rome had only 550,000 inhabitants before the opening of the war. It now has $00.000 and seems to be growing daily. There are few for eigners. One jSeldom hears anything but Italian spoken in hotels, cafes and theatres. But the streets are crowded day and night. m its palmiest days Rome had 3. 000.000 inhabitants. But in the 13th century' when the papcy moved to j Avignon, in France, the once grand capital of the ancient world becameI' a. deserted ruin with only 13,000 in-1 habitants. LIQUOR SHIP IN DISTRESS _ i Ship Bound For Havana Dis abled By Storm Off New |, Jersev Coast - ; i New York. Jan. 19.?The freighter;) Yarmouth disabled off the New Jersey\a coast during a. storm is being towed;!] into New York today by the coast ] guard cutter: Imsen, according to a,'2 wireless. The Yarmouth left here ; Saturday for Havana, with two mil- I lion dollars worth of liquor. i HOOVER FAVORSWM ALLIED PLAN Says Removal of Blockade on Russia Will Hurt Bolshe- J vism Washington, Jan. 17.?Removal of fhe blockade on Soviet Russia -has knocked one of their "greatest propsT from under 'the Bolsheviki, Herbert' Hoover said in a statement here ttf night. Speaking from his knowledge >f world conditions, the former'Ef fector of European relief said the So viet had laid, every failure of Social^ ism on the blockade, and used it 'as ? .i stimulus for raising armies, on the ground that the Russians were fight ing to save themselves from starva tion. With the blockade removed hi large part. Mr. Hoover said, the "Bolsheviki tyranny" will face col lapse when it fails to relieve suffering.* Mr. Hoover thought Russia had-no commodities, wheat, flax or cotton, for' export! since starvation is acute in 'he larger icties and the people almost in rags. The peasants were said" to have sufficient food. ?? - '. ,* CITIES WELL AID IN COST FIGHT Eight Cities Join in General Crusade Against Profiteers ' Chicago, Jan. 17.?Eight cities .will join Chicago in sending delegations to ^ Washington to seek passage of iurth-. er legislation to aid in the figh* on . profiteers, it was announced today. . The city council committee; on. health is planning the trip of the Chir eago delegation and has received let/ ters from city officials of Newark, Milwaukee, New York, Louisville, Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland and Buffalo, pledging cooperation. The Chicago committee will depart next week and will meet with other delegations in Washington, where- a program will be arranged for pre sentation to congress. Congress will be asked to pass a bill giving States the right to insti tute proceedings against profiteers, and amendments to the cold storage bill now pending will be offered. The Chicago delegation also will ask that certain features of the Rever act be embodied in a permanent law directed against food protfieers. NEW POSTMAST ERS APPOINTED Washington. Jan. 1?;.?Among"South Carolina postmasters just noirfir.?ted l>y the president are the following: Thomas B. Madden, Columbia! A. R. !b>rton. Heath Springs: Benjamin Ar told. Woodruff; B. inghram, Heming vay: W. .1. Hughes. Boris; G. L Hutchison. Snmmerville: W. S. Rite, 3atesburg; Iris Perry*. Ridgeland: Nellie S. Moore. Simpsonville; W. -R. Vtoore. Lancaster; J. H. Sullivan, B?rens; A. J. Bowers, Jr., Newber y; Liillie B. Smoak, St. Matthews.