Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Being Considered^ Again ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGE I e*nvifl? Trade and Labor Ccajrtcil InvHea Gompers To Addreaa M ivflfld kidnapping rase. iKrti haa attracted considerable a ittton in gouu> Carolina and No>th irollna during the pant neverul on the. hobMKi op again at the ?t?te yesterday when the a'lorney 1 Waa notified that W. I). Muy . . M. Jtmn BreeOln and H. B. San ?Ifer wouM ai?<Hii from portions cf I the rullnf and order made by Judge V'. II Tonniwnd on 8? pt am bar 11, 1:?J0. to the supreme court of South Carolina upon escaptlons to be served hereafter with the ease on appeal. The no tic* waa served upon 8. M. VVolf*. attorney general of this state, and aiao waa directed to W .E. Brock, representing the state of North Caro Uaa. Apart* n burg. Sept. Is. ? Fred, <li amplev. a farmer living neni* the stwae of. the And Ina yesterday morn MsjT of the body of l>on Beckon?, the Spartanb'ii * automobile dealer, waa arreata tfat bis home late thin after? noon by aheiiff W J. White and other ?Acers andt brought to the county .lull. No ta being held tu connection v ith the m order of Beok<rfT. son play hers stated that he was In Meckof*? plwOe Monday afternoon lote i nd haa ssado other statements that SJtOa the police reason to believe he know more of the case than he bad I old. It I? understood he accepted his arrest ejuletry an,' while none of the otiloaee have given out statements, name a Optional evidence in saL* to harve been gathered by their visit to Enrons? and Msmprev's home thai after (noon. H In generally understood here toosghO that other arrests may be ex? pected OfOenvllle. Sept. lt.?Samuel Gom pare, president of the American Fed erstfon of Labor, has been .invited to come to Oreenvllre at id address the loval Trades and Labor ceunof! when ha snake* hta southern trip to address the ' te ktbor convention In Charles 4 council, in session law night, malte every effort t? Induce too gr At labor loader to include this city tn nis iftinerary. v Ware Shoals. Sept. 17?To ?Molen?. It cope with the manufacturing, hous? ing and welfare problem* itow con? fronting them, the Ware Shoals Manu lecturing company has just launched sn esteOstve building program1 which win Involve the eiepndltUjSe of Well over halt a million dot lam. I'reeenl ineornplrted plans Which are now in the hands of the prosper tred builders, the John W. Ferguson oempanv of Peterson. N. J.. call for tho erection of a new throe story re? inforced concrete store building to msooure so by 110 feet. SO model workmen's cottages* sn additional story to the Hull building, a tempor? ary school house, a completely mod? ern eow barn and dairy plant, an ice house for the manufacture of artificial lee, and an It foot reinforced con? crete bridge to span the Saluda river. Columbia. Sept. 17.?Women's elans to this state which are members of the Oeneral Federation <<< Women's Clubs are preparing for renewed so IrVtty this fall end winter In the cam? paign for thrift In cooperation with the government, according to announce? ment! Just mads. Mm. Samuel Lump kin ef Atlanta ts national thrift chair? man for the general federation and will h*ve charge of a large share of trie work the object of which ts to pro? mote wise spending, systematic sav? ing and safe investment as permanent habit* among American women. Colombia lept. 17. ? Bishop W. A. Ouervy arrived yesterday from New York, wh*?re he landed from London. Bishop Ouerry has l>een in London about six weeks attending the Lam? beth conference. He will be here ?beut three weeks at diocesan head? quarters of the Episcopal church, sit? uated t* Satterlee hall, attending to the businesa of the dloceee. Orangeburg, Sept. 17. Information haa reached Orangeburg i !>??'. the Sea? board Air lane railway will not cease operation of the Orangeburg railway on a near date, aa hus been contem? plated. The patrons along the road and parties otheiwise Interested have taken the matter up with the railroad and there are assurances of more business for the road, with a prospect of profitable operation. This railroad la about It miles in length und gives Orangnburg Seaboard Air Line oon reaction at North, in Orangeburg county. Since the conatrutcion of this line two towns have been built ahm* the line, Haymond end Wo|fton. Columbia. Sept 17 Every phase of collese h tivlly at the university ahly set forth at the annual college night held In the rhipel last night when representatives of the various parte? of campus life called urgently upon the students for support of their branches In particular und all others In general. The alumni. Uterai \ so? cio t loo, moot court. college and fac? ulty, co-eds. publications, gymnasium, the T. M. C A. and football woe e.i. h token up end discussed. A splendid spirit was manifest urged forth by the acting cheer leader. O, i Utackmon. who proved a fitting roneectlng Hnk to the various BQwechin The quartet also furnished g source of enloymant. Orengeburg. Sept. 17.? The local < ounclt, JuiiWu Order of America n Me ' Ii imIi'-i, will next Tuesday have mrmui exercises to present a handsome American flag tu the city of Orange burg. The committee in charge I? | composed of H. C. Kabian, .1. A. Jor thwn and F. F. Liniehouse. This com? mittee has held meetings in con.lum tlon with Holt Yarborough. setvetar\ of thte Orangeburg chamber of enm eiei.^e. which organization is cooper? ating In making the exercises a draw? ing card and interesting. W Hanks Dove, secretary of state, will deliver the presentation speech on behalf of the order, he being an ardent and prominent member In Columbia. Mayor William A. Livingston will re? spond for tin- city. The exerciser will take place in front of the court house A hand will furnish music. Lauren*, Sept. 17.?H. Cresweil Fleming, own*r and manager of u tin trying bustiie:;M here, was seriously Injured yesterdy by a Jersey bull which attacked him In the barnyard The principal wound made by the in? furiated beast is an ugly laceration in the thigh in the region of the groin. Mr. Fleming ha?l a very good night, but is vvery weak from shock and toss of blood. He is at his home in the suburbs of the city. It is said that Mr. Fleming probably would have fared much worse than he did but for the ssslstance of a negro helper at the dairy who beat the hull off with a el toil fork. Marlon, Sept. 19.?A scheme for sharing profits with their patrons hss been adopted by 18 Marion stores and beginning September 22 "profit-shar? ing coupons" will be issued to all pur? chaser* Bdwln Fleishman, president of the Profit-sharing association, thinks the scheme is a decided depar? ture rrom the everyday method of do luft business and predicts the adoption of the plan tn other communities throughout the United States An far as is known, Marlon Is the hr?t com? munity in the country to have under? taken a plan of this character which some merchants think is "radical." rolnmbla, Stpt. 20. ? Revenue agents madi another big raid tn Lex mgton county last week and captured what officers say was the moot com- | pleie outfit taken into custody m sev? eral, month*. The raid was made about tour miles east of Caston and netted the officers one 100 gallon ca? pacity still, l'O gallons of beer, a gas ?to\e, 40 gallons of kerosene, quilts, overcoats and other material of the whiehey manufacturer's business. Greenville, Sept. 19.?Law abiding Simpeonvllle, one of Oreenville coun? ty's prosperous villages, received a rude Jolt yesterday when prohibition < officers captured a moonshine distillery near town which Would have been turning out "white lightning" within 80 minutes. Benjamin D. Roach und doe Crane were placed under arrest following the raid. Both are from C Liter sections of the county and are strangers in the community where the distilling plant aas found. Two hun? dred gallons of beer were found at the still aad destroyed. - - ?" Columbia, Sept. 20.?Lueco Gunter, former state high school inspector and professor of secondary, education at the University of South Carolina, was elected president of the State Teach? ers' association by the executive com? mittee of the,association at its annual meeting hi Columbia yesterday. Pres? ident Gunter succeeds R. s. Rogers of Dillon, Who tendered his resignation as president since lie was leaving edu? cational work for other business. Mr. Rogers1 was superintendent of educa? tion of Dillon county while President Gunter is now a member of the fac? ulty of Furman university. Spartanburg was selected as the 192a convention city and the meeting set for November 25, 26 and 27. Only one session of the convention will be held on Thanksgiving, however,, and that at night. Gaffney. Sept. 18.?The people of the Wdklnsvllle community in this county held a meeting yesterday af? ternoon with a view of organizing a company for the purpose of erecting a warehouse at that place for the stor? age of cotton. Most of the stock has already been pledged. New Tax Dodging Scheme English Gipsies Find a Way To Escape Paying Local Taxes Gulldford. Kng.. Sept. 18.?A novel way of svolding the payment of local taxation has been discovered by sev eral large families of gipsies in an en? campment here. They own the laud and thus are liable to house duty There is a regulation, however, that If the wheels of a permament cara-, van home are turned completely round once every year the owner is absolved from duty. Consequently when the tax collector calls at the camp there Is a general wheel turning. Every caravan simultaneously moves for? ward about two yurds?and the gipsies can live duty free for another year. Bolshevism Enters England Cooperative Wholesale Society Is Growing Weak\ Hath. Kng., Sept. 18.?Bolshevism Is eatmg its way into the cdoperative movement in Great Britain and labor has now become the enemy of real co? operation, declares U. (}. Nalsh, form? erly a rm ruber of the central board of the Cooperative Union of Britain. Mr. Nalsh made his accusation in explain? ing his withdrawal fiom the labor movement He added that the whole cooperative movement Is in danger. Mr. Nalsh said that some months ago th?? Fnglish Cooperative Wholesale society sent a cargo of goods to Rus? sia but it had not y*t been paid for. n-.-? The Foreign Horde One-Third of Growth in Popula? tion Due to Foreign Immigra? tion to America Washington, Sept. 9.? Thirty-four millions immigrants have entered the United States in the past century. In the same time the population of the country has increased 07.000,000. Until the world war the effect of im? migration oti the population increase uas very marked, amounting to more than 50 per cent in the decade end? ing in 1910. It exceeded 40 "per cent in the t?n year* ending with the pres? ent year and immigration bureau of? ficials are of the opinion that had the war not intervented the percentage lor this decade would nave been great? er than that of the last. During the first 10 years of the cen? tury or from 1X20 to 1830 the number of immigrants arriving in the United States was less than one per cent of the increase in population, the figures Oeing 148.48H immigrants and 3,227, 567 population increase.? In the next ten years this one per cent had grown to 12. the census of 184o showing a population of 1 7,069,453 with an in? crease of 4.208,432 while during the same period 599,r25 lmmigrants?'en tered the country. In the next decade ended In 1850 the population Increased 0,122.42.*: while immigration totalled 1.713,251 or slightly more than 16 per cent. In the ten years ended in 18K0 the population Increase was 8,251,445 while Immigrants entering the country numbered 2.898,214 or more than 25 per cent of the population, Increase. The next decade saw the population Increase 7.118,050 and Immigration totalled 2,<314,S24 or slightly more than 28 per cept. The percentage de-, creased during the ten yeare ended With 1880 owing to an unusually large Increase In population. This increase was 11.597,412 while the total of Im? migration was 2,812,191 or about 19 per cent. In the decade ended in 1890 the population increased 12,791,931 while 8,246,013 Immigrants entered the country making the percentage about 42 per cent. In the succeeding decade ended In 18*00 there was a sharp decrease l.i Immigration with the result that per? sons coming into the country repre? sented only about 23 per cent of tho population Increase. This was 13,046, 861 while the number of immigrants arriving was 8,844,420. While the population increase re? mained at ubout the same ratio dur fng the decade ending in 1910 there was a very decided increase in the number of immigrants, the former be? ing 15,977,691 and the latter 8,795, 886. , The estimated increase for the ten years ?mied this year (1920) is 14, 000,00 while total number of immi? grants during this period was 6,100, 000. The percentage ratio thus was only about 43 per cent, this being due to the falling off in immigration dur? ing the four years of tho world wur. Of the 34.000,000 immigrants enter? ing the country in the last 100 years, nearly One-fourth of them, or -8,205, 675 came from England, Ireland. Scotland and Wales. Germany fur? nished the second largest number, 5, 495,539 and Italy the third largest. 4,100,740. Austria-Hungary was next behind Italy with 4,068,448, while Russia was fifth with 3.311.40?. The Scandinavian countries Denmark, Nor? way and Sweden, have sent 2.134, 414 of their citizens to the United States. The total of immigration from France In the 100 years has been 52?, 806, the. largest number from that country, 20,126, Vom lug here in 1851. Switzerland has sent 2 56,707 persons to the United States and the Nether? lands 214,508. British North America, including Canada, has sent 834,4 50 and Mexico 217,256. Belgium and Rumania have sent the smallest number of any of the European countries, the total for the former being 76.587 and for the lat? ter 76,222. It was not until 1894 that the nationals of these two countries as well as those of Portugal, Greece and Turkey began coining across the At? lantic tn any appreciable numbers. The total for Portugal Is given by tho Immigration Bureau as 159,70 2; for Greece 352.88:; and for Turkey 311,404. Chlneee immigrants have numbered 288,398, beginning In 1853 with 42 snd virtually ending In 1883 with 8, 031. The peak was In 1882 when 39, 579 Chinese arrived. Chinese ex? clusion laws became effective about that time. Immigration from Japan was first taken nete of in 1892 and reached its peak of 30,226 in the year 1907. In 1919, 10,064 Japanese entered the United States, while the total for the 27 years w*s 229,0 30. From countries not specified, in eluding parties of Poland, Serbia and many others have come a tot'il of 2, 100,000. At the outset England, Ireland. Scotland and Wales furnished the bulk or the Immigrants, the largest total from the British Isles, 272.740 com? ing over in 1851. By that time there also was a large flow of Immigrants from Germany, the total in 1853 being 215,009, or the largest in any one year except 18*2 when the high mark of 260,630 was reached. Immigration from the British Isles began to de crease in 1851 fluctuating between 32.000 ami 160.000. In the 12 years preceding the world war the number of Immigrants from those isles averaged about 80,000 annually. The tide from Germany began to turn in 18S7 and since that time the number of Immigrants arriving here has steadily decreased, reac hing tho>! low mark of 35,734 In the year be? fore the world war.' At about tho same time that Immi? gration from the British Isles ami Germany began to decrease that from Italy. Austria-Hungary and Russia advanced rapidly. If was not until 1891 that the number of Immigrants from Italy passed \hv 50,000 mark. It averaged slightly better t'inn that to? tal for the succeeding ten ysars and then increased almost every year, at ?tainlng a record of 285,731 in 1907. The year before the world war it was 2*13,734. . immigration from Austria Hungary i egceodod 00,000 In 1901. went to 100. 000 in 5 902, readied the high mark O* 38.4f>2 in 1907 and was $78,162 the year before the war. Russia did not pass the 50,000, mark until 1899 and it was not until 1902 that immi? gration from that country exceeded 100,000. The hiyh mark, 201,040 was male in 1913. The pe^ik f the movement from the Scandinavian countries was reach? ed in 1882 with 105,320. It gradually decreased thereafter Until it was only 26,851, in 1805. The total the year before the war was 29.301. In only six years ctt' the loo has th-e total of immigrants entering the country exceeded 1.000.000. Twenty thousand more than that number en? tered in 1905, in 100?; the total was 1,100,000 and in 190? it reached the record of 1,285,349. The million murk was not reached again until 1910, the total for that year being 1 , 011,570. Two years again elapsed before the million mar!-, was reached, the total tor 1913 being 1,197,8')2. In the year that the world war began 1.218,480 aliens passed Into American ports, but in the first year of the war this to? tal had decreased to 320,700. In 1916 1918, 110.618 and In 1919 it was 141, it was 298.X20. In 1917, 295,403; in 182. ReHc uf Mound Builders Description of Great Sepent of Ohio West Union, Ohio, JSept. 9.?A great serpent 1,300 teet long, built of earth and, stone, a symbol of the religion of ancient peoples, stands a few miles from here as tin- most interesting and important earthwork left by the mound builders of Ohio. Situated in a rather secluded spot, supposedly selected by the mound builders for privacy in performing their ancient rites, the massive rep? tile winds, gracefully back from a glen to higher land. The serpent's head rests upon a rock platform which presents a precipltoiu* face to the descending sun and is about 100 feet high. The Jaws of the mouth are widely extended in the act of swallow? ing an egg, represented by an oval ridge of earth. As the mound builders shaped the body they caused it to make four large folds as it tapered oack to the tail, which is folded in three complete and close colls. The land about this curious relic of primitive days is low at the head, but gradually ascends toward the tail. There i? ample room on all sides for a gathering of many people and the belief is exp.-essed that the idol wor? shipers gathered on all sides of their altar to pour forth praise, or beseech forgiveness and blessings from the beautifully hideous god of their own creation. "The Serpent Mound" was pur? chased by Professor F. W. Putnam, of the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass.j in 1887. along with about 70 acres of adjacent land and shortly af? terward a beautiful public park was laid out on the ground. Thus in pres? ent days the spot of reverence sacred to the people who preceded Civiliza? tion in the nation ;.s used as a play grosmd for picnickers and pleasure eeekers. The deed to the land is vest? ed in the museum attached to Har? vard University. Those who have made a study of the work of the mound builders have estimated that in Ohio alone there are over 10,000 mounds and from 1, 500 to 2,000 enclosures standing as monuments to their work. By the study of ancient implements and bur? ial places found in and near these mystery hills it has been found pos? sible to form a conception of their life. Protect Long-Leaf Pine Seedlings. Officials of the forest service, Unit? ed rftates department of agriculture, returning from the south report that the year 1920 is ah unusual seed year for long-leaf pine. The range of this tree is roughly from North Carolina through the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain States to efistern Texas. Tho occurrence of a good seed yea,r Is note? worthy, because this species matures full crops of seed, not offener than once in six or eight years. The seed eomfncnly ripens by early September ami falls to the ground soon afterward. If the autumn weath? er Is not unusually dry, the seed ger? minates in one to four weeks. Long leaf pine produces large seed full of rich food, so that It Is eagerly sought by insects, birds, rod hogs. In view of the fact that many thousand acres will probably be car? peted wits long-leaf pine seedlings next spring, forest service officials urge owners of long-leaf pine lands to lake special cu e in protecting the seedlings from fire. They point out that it would cost $5 to $10 per acre to do artificially what nature has done gratis. Most of the tender seedlings are killed during the lirst year Or two of their existence. Many of the remaining small trees succeed in sur? viving tires, though with more or less injury. Hogs in regions where these trees grow destroy practically all the seedlings they can get at by eating the soft, succulent bark around the tap root. It is urged that, if possible, they bo OEcluded entirely from land ,ru\\ mg seedling*. On lands burned over in the cold season and not otteuer than every two or three years the majority of Ihe long-leaf seedlings may !?*? expected to survive. Annual burnings by very hot tires kill practically all this] young growth in tin* course ol a few years. The common belief that tires do not injure long-leaf pirns or that they are even necessary for natural re? production is without foundation, though the tree does offer remark able resistance to injury from tire. Tender young seedlings, however, are easily killed, and there is every reason for beginning this year to provide permanent protection for these valu? able tree** _ Public Funds Being Wasted English Papers Demonstrate Government Inefficiency London, Sept. 1S.?British papers are printing almost daily examples of what they term tin- waste of public funds. * A report just issued by the committee of public accounts sheds fresh light on the subject. Nearly $8, 500,000 was involved, it appears, in the government's plant to finance the Rus? sian General Alexieff just before the bolshevik revolution brought about his collapse. Parts of the plan was to set up a Cossack state bank in Si? beria, and for that purpose $2.000,000 was loaned to a Russian financier. But the bank was never set up and the committee wants to know what be? came of the money. The ministry of munitions paid $12, 23O.00O for a plant begun in 1017 and which, when the war ended, was only naif finished. For this outlay, the committee points out. the country re? ceived no benefit whatever except through the stimulus to the steel tratde." . Waste of nearly $500,000 is charged by the committee to the admiralty on a scheme for establishing schoo to train boys in pneumatic riveting. Cases are referred to by the com? mittee where government officers hold ling responsible positions allotted con? tracts either to themselves or to firms in which they were interested. Such cases, the committee asserts "are es? pecially liable to become an occasion for scandals." Fire Prevention Day in October Commissioner McSwain Will Outline Program "i1 - Columbia, Sept. 15.?October 9th is to be designated as Fire Prevention Day throughout the nation, and it will be so observed In South Carolina, according to State Insurance Commis? sioner MsSwain, of Columbia. Mr. McSwain has not as yet outlined the program to be suggested tor the state, but it is probable that the schools and other organizations will be asked to have certain exercises of a public nature that will impress on the public the Importance of care in the handling of fire. With the approach of fall the :ire insurance officials and the lire depart? ment heads are calling attention to to methods of preventing* fire loss. The total fire losses in America for last year were approximately $250, 000,000. Figures published by the United States department of commerce show that the per capita fire loss annually In six European countries, averages 83 cents'; the average per capita loss in the United States is $3. In Canada it is $3.07. Glasgow has an annual fire loss of $325,000. Boston, smaller than Glas? gow, has an animal loss of $200.000 from fires. Berlin's annual fire loss is $175,000. Chicago's loss is $5,000, 000 on the average. The Berlin fire department costs $300,000, the Chi? cago department costs $3,000,000. Monuments For Heroes Memorials To Be Erected At Winchester, Virginia, to Generals Ramseur and Pet tigrew Winchester, Va., Sept. 11.?Me? morials to two Confederate generals, Stephen Dodson Ramseur and .lames Johnston Pettlgrew, both North Car? olinians, will be uneviled near here during the coming week at the places where they died. Many southerners, principally North Carolinians, are ex? pected here for the exercises which will be under the joint auspices of the North Carolina Division of United Confederate Veterans, the North Car? olina Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy and the North Car? olina Historical commission. The memorial to General Ramseur which murks the Belle Grove House where the general died October 20, 1864, will be dedicated on the after? noon of September 16. The memorial to General Pettlgrew which marks the Boyd House where he died July 17, 1S63, will be dedicated on the morn? ing of September 17. The two memorials consist of granite columns, the gift of the late Colonel P. H. Mayo, of Richmond, Va. At the Ramseur memorial dedica? tion Thursday afternoon the speakers will include Major Charles M. Sted man, formerly a member of General Ramseur'8 staff and former SenatOl Henry A. duPont, of Delaware, who was a classmate of General Ramseui at West Point, afterward an officer in the Union army and who was with General Ramseur at the time of his death. General Ramseur was mor? tally wounded at the Rattle of Cedar Creek. near here and fell into the hands of the Union army under Gen? eral Philip Sheridan. He was taken to Sheridan's headquarters at the Bell drove house, where he received every attention from both his own ami fed? eral surgeons, in spite of which he died October 20, 1864. Dedication of the memorial to Gen? eral Pettlgrew will take place Friday morning, the principal address being by Chief Justice Walter Clark of Nmth Carolina, while General Louis G. Young, of Savannah, Ca., an inti? mate friend of General Pettlgrew, also will make an address. General Pet tigrew commanded Heth'fl division of the Confederate army In Longstreet's assault on Cem? etery Ridge, .lulv 3, 1863. During Lee's retreat from Gettysburg, he commanded the re*ar guard of the Confederate army and was wounded at Falling Waters, .luly 14. He was i moved at once to Boyd House, near 'here, where he died July 17, 1868, NVENTIVE GENIUS ?? ROBS CALOMEL OF 1 NAUSEA AND DANGEH Doctors' Favorite Medicine Now Purified and Refined from All. Objectionable Effects. ''Oalo tabs"?the New Name. J^swqg What will human ingenuity do nert? Smokeless powder, wireless telegraphy, torseless carriages, colorless iodine, taste ? ss quinine,?now comes nausealess cslo uel. The hew improvement called "Calo abs" U now on Bale at^ drugstores. For biliousness, constipation and indi ?estioti the new calomel tablet is a prao icslly perfect remedy, as evidenced by he fad that the manufacturers hare au horiaed all druggists to refund the price tb*- customer is not ''perfectly delighted" \ith Oulotabs. One tablet at bedtime with . swallow of water?that's all. No taste, 10 nausea, no griping, no salts. By morn ng your liver is thoroughly cleansed and ou are fooling fine, with a hearty appe ;ite. Eat what you please?no danger?go about your business. Calotabs are not Bold in bulk. Get ?n ?riginal package, sealed. Price, thirty ive cents.?(adv.) Greenville Woman Makes Address All Soldiers From Camp Gordon Will Be In Camp Jackson in November Greenville, Sept. 17.?Members of the Young Men's Business League next Tuesday night will hear a Greenville woman on woman suffrage, this ad? dress to be the first formal statement by a woman here since enactment of the 19th amendment. Peanut Outlook is Good Alabama Leads Field With Fore? cast 10,138,000 Bushels Washington, Sept. 17.?Alabama's peanut crop this year is more than one-quarter of the country's total pro? duction, forecast by the department of agriculture at 38,800.000 bushels. Ala.a has lo,U8,000 bushels; Geor? gia. 7.4O5.OU0; Virginia, 5,263.000; Texan, 4,710,000; Florida, 4,317.000; North Carolina. 4.316,000; South Car? olina, 988,000; Tennessee 440,000; Mississippi, 102,000; Louisiana, 89, oOO. -N Bishopville News Notes Lee County Changes Supervis? ors, Brown Succeeding Evans Bishopville, Sept. 16.?The election passed off very quietly, resulting in Brown fbr supervisor, Pennington for coroner, the only two county officers that failed to be elected in the first primary.' I am delighted that Senator Smith has been returned to the position he now holds. He has made us a good representative in cong-ess, and i3 In position to help the farmers' interests iust at this time more than any other man we could have chosen. The U. D. C's visited the heute of oM Mrs. J. O. DuRant, the :>!;?> living mother of a confederate soldier in Lee county, presenting her with a gold-bar and a lot of beautiful dowers. Mrs. DuRant is 98 years of age. and judg? ing from her personal appearance bids fair to reach 100 years of age, and more too. She ts the mother of 13 children, a proportionate number of grandchildren, quite a number great grand children and few great, great grand children. She enjoys good health for one of her age. Young Weatherly shot a colored driver yesterday who refused to give him his share of the road. The negro was seriously injured and was taken to the Florence hospital for treat? ment. The county interdenominational Sunday school conference was held in the Methodist church yesterday, hold ing three sessions. The night session w;is devoted to an address by Ree H. C. Morrison on parental responsibility for their children, which was fine. 1 wish every father in the state could haw hoard it. Cotton has failed wonderfully and still failing. 1 hear of no weevils near here. Many of the farmers are selling their cotton. FRAXCF. 1SSVFS BOOKLET To Visiting Americans Regarding Country. Parts, Sept. 17.? A little booklet en? titled "Facts and Figures Regarding Prance" In which the story of the de vastattfd departments and the work of reconstruction 1? visualized in a se? ries of tables is zeing given to Amer? icans visiting France. It is issued in English by the Commission for the Devastated Regions whose president is Andre Tardleu. Contrasted with the burdens of a national debt seven times that of 1914 and taxes more than four times as great are the hopeful possibilities of rapidly improving export trade, the acquisition of the potash, ' iron and steel industries of Alsace-Lorraine and the gradual devolpment of France's water power possibilities. The new source of electric power Is estimated at 9.000,000 horsepower of vhich 750.000 horsepower have been utilized and an additional 850.000 lorsepower will be producing during he coining year. Now that France is ?io short of coal the power question is regarded as among the most tm oortant, for each hydraulic horse p>nv ?r is considered equivalent to a t<-n < t ?on l saved. Mexico City, Sept. is?Forty build ngs, Including stores and wharfs wer? 'e?troyed by rue at TatupUnj yester a*y? LJAk i II sTBsHMMssl