Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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STRIKE LUCK ibbers Are Con with Pitch ;s in Rural New Jersey BrimHw nk. > .1.. Dee. Jl ? head it* attemptt d to n.l. tlx X^immil r.nnk it Ml tit own and ? i* Ol thirty cllwus, armed with and pitchforks attacked the rob capturing two The cnttMid the bv disrgbig through the wall. SENATORS IN ARGUMENT and Smith in Good Humor? ed Colloquy on Floor of Senaie L ho.ban ?-r Wathington. Dae ..'it - South Caro ? Ufa's senators had a liveh but good hum or cd r..iioi|iiy m the so note this . alttrnoon over the question of cotton nsUl profit* BBpaator Disl arose t<> remark that JKtl&ad been absent inmc ii;i\s Sefuitor Smith was quoted us that N>w Engtend and Bouth Bitlls had paid .<"" i? r cent dlvl on so average. .Mr. Dtsl declared that he knows of w4 a?ill making 100 per oent per att? end douhte if there had ever ?ny. He could not helievo that iter Smith hud been correctly in IM. Idnlor srnato.- also took ex Ion to the quoted statement of his its* that the cotton mills hud 'Od the price of their goods only I per cent. Mr. Dial said that Whk-h last summer sold at tl a Yard were now selling at 5 lts\ and that many mills are pilin? fSod* In warehouses without flnd msrket at an yprlce. merely to their labor employed, end that Mocks generally had taken a It slump Mr. Dial pointed out that tf the big dividends doclured mills were stick dividends, n ?t ing the value of tne ownor's igek whl? li had suffered in the decline. itor Smith admitted that his ?1*01 hs to the mills had been In !* inaccurate from a statistical Of View and he said that al he did not himself own any mill stock he was friendly to gresf o. ' llndustry of South t'aro ahd hod never mesn# to disparage attaea it Senator Smith did not >e with his colleegv? about stork 'idends not meaning much profit to ^ stockholder, und he read a letter trega the Federal Trade Commission Showing that huge dividends had been deolared by certain mills, whoso names he withheld Senator Dial called attention to the ?set that thin Information was not later thsn last spring. Senator Smith Admitt- i this, but sunk to the point WHlch bs declared he had been trying th m?K'- namely that the mills were ?S be*ter position t< protect them ves and their sto< -kholders In a ikcal tinio like this than are the 1 rmers, who produce he raw mater ERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS tional Appropriations By Cortgreas Expected This Year rolumbis. Dec. ji. Federal ?h? (Or State highways will probably h gtopriated by the present session of SOngress. sei >rdi g to (.'has. H. Moorsfleld, of Columbia, chief engi? neer or ihs st?te highwa*. depart? ment, who returned to his office to dsy. after attending the convention of tho national assoeiatl-m oi the statu highway officials. h? Id in Washington UOtt werk While in the national rap-' lial Mr. Moorefleld and other state highway officials appear* d l?cfore a eimmittiT congress investigating tB* orO|?osed appropriation of money fOr state highways. The hlghvay of ttftais urged the appropriul ion at ?lls session, so thai the state legisla? tures, thht) of which meet with)a ? S* weeks, most of these in Januar Would know what to count on in fed ?-ral funds, when appropriating state fUnds for hiichwa> ronstructlon. Mr. MoorefteUi says the congressional com? mittee's comments .,n Ho situation left the impression that the appro* pnalion would be m oh Im In? tin prssent short ??e-slon ClvOsstevk-e Employee*, \rinpt IVlltlon Hamburg, Dee. 20?Ten thou-nnd elvil service employes here have in satmously sdopted a pet I'ion to the Herlin government for wage Increases amounting to 70 per refit dating from October I foi a minimum *alai ".?00 in.11 . s .i nd 1 ?? ? per cent frier ease in family stowanees. ^AH oth??r G? rman ?o\. rumenl em sjfsyes have been urge l to unite ami ferine the granting of the demands by a strike if im . v,, Tho petition says that the need > urgent not only for an Increase ol arleo BLt for a general revision b> tie gOvfrnment of t ie rnst of hum: widl h I* ??mlangei i,^ t h? nal Ion teVrnk* saluten< ? We fnd oui seh es in the predi a rsent where *e must either hav< gov? atSvmeAt sld.or Iry to endure the un peWslble lb ing i ondinons' . tin petition sis tee. Th*? Civil H?M\ i?e Emplows l.< rersl ml lions ol n emls i ^olesjihls I N-e SI Km the ?1 n ? eqiuet sessions in third rlr*? tilt for 1921 {Jo* state supreme rourl toda\ an in inded the following assignment*! ot juktges. James V. l'uerlfoy, lohn H .Wilson sad Thomas J. Mauldlu. MILLION DOLLAR DRIVE PUT OVER, ? ! Presbyterian Education- \ al Campaign Ends with Funds Over Subscribed Columbia? Dec. II? ? Announce? ment is aeade here today that Ihc Presbyterisn campaign In South Car? olina for fl million dollars for the Com- ( ? durallotial InstltuUons of ihe denomi? nation In Ihe state, had gone over IIa K?ai. The campaign forces are okooklng up ihe returns today, fol lowlni Ihe olooe o| the campaign al midnight Monday irluht it is not yol known \\hat the oaaot lotal will be, i>ut Dp, M. B, Ilolvln, manager of the ; Campaign, atatod that the returni In? dicate e.isily that the million dollar goal was oonalderably over-stepped.] The money to,s to Chlcora College and Columbia Theological Seminary. in Columbia, and Thorawoll Orphan ago and the I'resbyteriau College Of south Carolina hi Clinton, in addi? tion to this million Ihe people of Co-' lumhta. outalde the Presbyterian ehurcli. contributed a hundred thou? sand for i 'hi? ora. making tin- total morn than 11,100,000. BETTER FREIGHT SERVICE PROMISED Southern Railway Makes Traf? fic Arrangement With Clyde Line ^ Atlanta, Oa.. Dec. 10.- Fast rail and water freight aOTVlee from New York and Boston ami tributary ter? ritory to points In South ? aioiIna, T< n ? I ncssce. Alabama. Mississippi a:u| the southwest win be eatabllehed by the Saatkorn Railway system In conner? Hon with the Clyde Btesmshlp coi pan> on lanuary lath, 1011. Cll Steamship company will brim; freight to Charleston and Jacksonville from which ports the Southern will run fast freight trains handling through package cats to lw-nt\-tw> of the principal comm rctnJ 'enters and dis? tributing points in the smith. Freight lor Atlanta and points beyond wtll bo handled via Columbia and Bpar? iah barg. The Clyde line operab their sailings weekly, from New fork gad one from Boston, ships leave New York at noon TUQSdsyS, Thurs? days and S it m days, arrising CtlarloS mn forenoon of Tm sd; y, Saturday and Moiui,i> and Ji oksonvllle T a, m. Fri? day. Sundays and Tweedaya sui;?s leave Boolon " p? m, Fridays, srrrve Charleston 'fostdayi and Jacksonville Tuesday. Package ears will be up< >r atod front Charleaton arriving Augua ta, Columbia, gpartnnburg and Qreen \ 11it- third daj after sailing, from New York. Atlanta and Athens Ith day, I fni sslnghs ni. Holms kferldJah*, Chat Itanooga, Knoxvtlle, Columbus, Qa., ami Montgomery Bth, Mobile New Or leans ami Memphis Ith day. Little Rock 7th da) a ni Oklahoma city vi?i Krom Jacksonville, package cars Will be handled giving 11D day deliv? ery in Valdosta, Corde He and Itaoon. HOME RULE BILL BECOMES A LAW - House of Lords Agrees to Ali Amendments by Commons Rondou. Dee. SJSJ ?The Irish home rule lull now is sai'e and will be placed on the stattlte book this week in a form only slight amended from the shape In which it Aral loft the bouse of commons. The house of lords today, after a brief debate, agreed to al lthe amendments made t?> |ke bin b) the commons, The only amendment discussed by the lords toda. aril that adopted by the lower house providing, that if either area In Ireland refused |0 S01 up a Parliament the exeeutl'. e could not make the .r | second time un? less within three years alter June 1 next both houses of the Dritisli par? liament adopted a resolution asking for it. peeing to a aii?ht modification made in ike house of lords lodsy sl the suggestion or land Klrkonheadj Che lewd okaneollor, Ihe hill again will have to be Submitted tO the house of commons as a formality, and it prob? ably win i>e tomorrow before the royal sanctions is given, SENATE PASSES WAR FINANCE BILL Washi! uton. Dee. |1?legislative enactment of tin joint resolution ill reeling rssival of tin- a 't- finance cor? poration as a measure of relief for larmais against fslllng prices, was Completed today When Ihe senate, without a record vote, COnOUrrcd in house amendment* eliminating Ihe section suggesting that the federal reserve heard extend liberal credit to farmers Tin- resolution now goes to the president, senators ami represeutallvoi were divided today In their opinion as to a possible veto, Some believe the pres? ident would yolo Ihe measure, while others were in -lined to th, belief that tin- elimination of advice to the fed oral reserve hoard approval of tin. executive would be given 11p meas? ure Lenders who w< re respons hie for the Una! snactutent of tin- resolution however. < ipfesned confidence of their ablllly to override a vote bot I in lb house and- the senate. Tin- wem assured) Ike) sod. of votes from Southern member! in tuen a eontln ivncy. Know die. Dei |i Tin machine dipps of the Loutsvlltt ami Nashville railroad were totally destroyed hj Or ?ariv this morning*, the damage i ImatOil Hi Several hundred thousand loUara NO HIGHER TAX LEVY Gov, Cooper Says He Will Recommend Re duction in Appro? priations Columbia, l>ec. 31.- "I will rcoom picnd s reduction In appropriations," naitl Governor Cooper today in dis? cussing 11??-'' 1921 stale budget with newspoper hu m. ftc also stated that he expected the total state levy i?> be lower next year than for this. The question nf taxis win be up? permost with tin- legislature which (convenes January II. Many leglsla I tors have alrcadj made known their views on the subject. A reduction of the ia\ burden by more evenly dis? tributing it will be t'ne chief aim <>f the solons. Tin' budget commission has rcc< iv ed requests Crom various departments of the state government for appro? priations totalling marly ten million dollars. Already a howl has cone up from the entire slat e, and it is freely predicted that the senators and h<?use members Will '?unc to the eapltol In Januar;. , "with their hatch-I ?is out." prepared to cut all appro? priations t<> th< bone, "No time for governmental advgx es.'* they say, Tin? ; lm of the legislative leaders will be to produce additional sources of revenue, but t > cut, It possible, the tax levy, and to prevent additional appropriations. * I have not yet completed my study of our 1921 budget In all of Its du? 'aha," said f]ov. Cooper in discussing the Situation; "hut I will recommend I ? reduction in appropriations from Iths year 1920, with'the exception of I the appropriation for the public , ich o.s. i am satlafled further, that I wi a other recommendations which (??.II be submitted to the legislature, he levy for 1921 can and will be materially reduced, I expect to dis I cuss the whole question In detail In J my annual message." DIRE NEED FOR HELP Conditions in Near East Relief Appalling He/ond Belief Columbia, pec, 20. -E. O. Black, treisurer of the Near Baat Relief, in..< reeeived 0 telegram from Henry Mor ganthau, former ambassador to Tin key, telling of the deplorable condi tlons now existing In th 1 Near East and making an earnest plea to ihe i" o ph of the United m>t to abandon the little orphans who arc now being tak? en can- of by the contributions of the people of this country, "America won the admiration and gratitude of the Near Bast by disinter? ested altruism and phllanthrophy dur? ing 1 in- p. st lour years. Peace and order have not been restored. These people are slill helpless. Their land has again been the battle ground of contending forces. Their efforts to maintain Independence have partially ? ailed owing to the superior forces of their neighbors, 1 "Large numbers of refugees have been dispossessed Of their temporary Jfepmen Recent cables state that the roads leading to various places of safety are crowded with refugees. A hard winter has begun. The snow Is knee deep in many places, These helpless refugees are again thrown upon our mercy, Unless we h< ed their cry they will perish this winter by the thousands. I "The situation today Is worse than jit was last year. The Near Bast Re I lief is the only organisation whose funds are vised for this work. Hun? dreds of these people are living tod.iy who would have perished had it not been for American relief. Large numbers of orphans now- in the more than two bundled orphanages main? tained by the Near Bast Relief are totally dependent upon the Near East Itellef for the simplest necessities of life. They must not now be left to perish after being rescind by us. No matter where these people are or which faction claims the right to gov orn them the refugees are homeless orphans and helpless, Their faces are turned toward us in despair and expectancy. They are the Tiny Tims of the holiday season." ah contributions should be sent te E. O. Black, Treasurer. Near Baal Re lief. No. 111 Liberty National Bank Building, Columbia, S- C. TAX NOTICE T will attend personally or by depu? ty at the following named places and 00 the dates given for the purpose of receiving lax returns for tho llscal .ear 1931: Privateer, Tuesday. Jan. Ith, Lev I Biding, Wedncsduy, Jan, 5th. \\ t dgeneld, Friday, Jan. Tth. Clarcmont, Tuoeday, Jan. 11. Hau.I. vyodnesduy. Jan. 1-. Rembert, Thursday, -inn. 13. Dalsell, Tuesday, -inn. is. Bi ogdon, w. dneaday, .bin. 19, Mayeavllle, Thursday, .inn. 20, Pleasant drove, Tuesday, Jon. jr.. Hhlhih, Wednesday, dan. 2t?, Norwood X Roads, Thursday, .Ian. L'7. 1:1 'um si a ui hi he made on all per? sonal property, poll and road tax. II, B. WILDER, fount*) Audit ?r. v 1 1 It 1 ah p. 1 Rons Indebted to ami all 1?; sons holding < 1 tints against the es;;,i, of Alex Sofa!, d< ci 11 l. will pleasi make settlement with \\ <; PAHOOUY, iSpi rial Ad mlnlstrator. Marlon, 1? r 81 .'? ni tor I larding onferred lodaj with Benator Mil" I'oin.h %i( r. ? BANDIT HUNT IN NEW YCMK Police Arnual will', ,. le.s Make Systematic Search For Crim? inals New fork, Dec. -Armed with rej eating rltl ?g, 20 shuvpehoot rs \ f the New York police force i night scoured the > Itf in automobiles In a hunt for bandits Bach rhurpsliootor* a picked man from the polli e rlth squad, was ac? companied by ihr ?? detectives and a uniformed patr? Iman. Under orders to shoot every suspect who attempted tu escape thi i . tin- men searched the highway:' . I byways of tho city throughout the night. Other drustic measures to ciuh New York's crime wave which today swept beyond ?11?? city's border Into nearby New Jersey towns were raunched by police officials and Judges. Removal ol Police *I mi:? sioner Kn right was propoi d in a resolution Introduced at a incotin of the board of aldermen. Tho r<??? - lutlon was tabled, however. ; !m iar action was tah' it <??) .1 res< !i: Ion to appoint a special committee to Inves? tigate th<' police department an i re? port i<? tlovernor-clect \llllcr and on another to request tin- polici commi F.loner t" furnish the hoard with in? formation concerning all arres ? made In New fork city during 192! 1. An bicrease In tin police force o 7G9 men wo ; authorized by ;!.<? board of estimate and In order to provide funds for payins ;!:?' extra patrolmen an Issue ol s;>.?iil rov< ? nue bonds in 1021 was appvov? I. I Judge Mclntyre of th> court <>;" gen? eral sessions ordered I 1 p rso ? now o;j lir.il of from $1.5>Uu to $10.ij ? on robbt?ry chars^a to a;*;?. u tonn I row win i hi said, their I ails will be Increased. In live cases today men [previously released on l>ai! for simi? lar charges were held In $25,<>o<J each. New Jersey police, aroused by to? day's crimes?a man attempted bank robbery in MUltown, the chloroform? ing and robbing of <: girl and two holdups - gave an ordei thai all tub stations and ferries i. > .!? ;?. t'ltj lie kept under guard to prevent t he Influx ?'?' criminals ?:.i>'-.! from New Vork. I pension bill shows de( re Appropriation Bill Carrie:; Fourteen Million Less Than Last Year W'asbiiiKton. Ike, 2- Carrying fourteen million dollars h'ss than ap? propriated last year, I!1' annual pen Shi bill was reported out by the house appropriations commit ce. ' ii totals two hundred Elxty-tivo million, flve hundred thousand dollars. 2,000 weevils caged Experiments to Be Mace l>y Clemson Authorities Florence . Dec. 21.?A batch of 2, ooa boll weevils In hibernation were put into a huge engt today on th< Pee Dee Experiment station I ? tesi out the percentage ol survivals u the winter cold under tin ?!;. < . ? >n of <?. 1?. Nichols, assistant entymologlst ot tjjlemson College, who arrived in Florence this morning*. These weevlli are hibernated In various typ of materials, Including straws ol various kinds, mess, pine straw, grass and ether stuff which affords winter bar 1 or for the boll weevil, jacksonvilTeine gro population Onsuy Bureau Reports Numbt To Be 41,479 Washington, Dec. 22 - The negro population of Jacksonville Is announc? ed by the census bureau t<> be 10,? '! 7'.?. an i a i-? asc of 12,1 SC. wages cut in west virginia Martinsburg, w. Vn.. I >oo. 22. Inter-Woven mills loday aunounled twenty per cent wage retlttctlon un the rc-openlng of the plant In i.i uary. fight on emer? gency tariff Washington, | ><? . 22. Abilt r III hi was forecast when the house look up Lhe emergency tariff bill In nn efforl io dispose <?r the bill boforo adjourn* indnt. looking roll ?nu r. two Rales of LoriH Staple tuition stoini in 11 art s^ lllc. < 'blef llaru Is in r< e< Ipl <>\? . eh Mam fro 111 till police ill llui'tsvil! o be on the .iokoul for. a party with u o si d? n Imlos of long staple cot on. The bah s were mit cd In Hurl illo yesterday nnd II Is supi hal Ihey wei o hen tied in this <i lr< c - Ion. Rub-My-Ttsm relieves Rheumati m, Coui i Ig la, Bpra ins. A I \ t. New Vork, Doc. 22. Two hundred n< ii and five women have boon ar ext od in I he police roundup ., ? : i he ei inn wave. iGfl breaks n ? old quicker I ban q n um dy w? k nou. A.h I. FARM 10 iov. Harding of Federal Reserve Banks Esti? mate Rediscounts on Products Washington, Dec. l'l'.- Nearly two i lllions of dollars wdrth of ,?.. i.?*i- on ; >roductlen and Hales of f i r mproducts uivo .1 ^discounted by th ? foder l reserve banks this year, Governor Inrding, i f th Federal reserve hoard, stimated !n a sp< *la1 report to the enat< agricultural committee. ? Vul PING BOARD SHOWS PROFIT Earr ings Not So Great as Would Rave Been Case it' Owned Privately New Vork, Dec. 21.-r-More than II, 100,000,1)00 in gross revenue has been . i by the government controlled merchant Heel since it began oper* ilions, ('hairman Benson of the ship? ping board declared tonight In an uddrc : before the Munieips.1 club of i ro< klyn. While t':?' board can n<d show a pronT ;is large as would have been the ease If the fleet had been privately iwned, Chairman Ren >n said this ! .!ii< it dollars stayed In this country und but for the possession of a fl^ot built by the Roverntnenl would liav< boon spent for us?- of foreign bottoms, !!.? i there lieen no nation i to up Germany's position when !, r maritime power was wiped < ui in ? rted, "ocean carrying ton i <? would have i"c. monopolised by ?'.!.?:.: i.ii.: In, whose crying trade no :s naturally would have come A great deal of dissatisfaction arta ! '* m recent dev< lopments will disappear, thi chairman declared, through realisation that the country has a, ;: -, !; fleel of vessels profltobly employed in spreading the products of America to ail parts of the world. i'hi Irms i lb neon went ?>ii record as unalterably opposed '?? government npeiation of !)..- fleet :n<i declared i >? is most luiei umging when eon laid (lowii the law thai the Itocl should be p. vatelj owned and conl oiled. x. w V<- k, Dee. 21* 'harges?of ex ? islve n id "exorbitant" t <?-ts maie American (shipyards for repairs to I vessels owned by the United States shipping board and private firms, were t.. ??! here today by Comndr. 11. D. '?1 -> ]. bead of the (ward's repair r<\l n>n:itruetion department. k .. . ? i-oHf of r pali s. ranging a: high as "2"?o per cent, above fh< llbt price," Commander Gatewood said, were working a serious haltdl .:"> i the successful competition of an American merchant murine with foreign Hap vessels. He appealed for I cooperation of the ship owners In effects of his department to bring these prices down to "reasonable" RAILWAY WRECK IN RUSSIA Several Hundred Reported Kill? ed in Smash Near Petrograd London, Dec. l':.'.?Several hundred ersons are reported killed or Injur ? ! In a railway accident near Pctro rrad. due t<> overcrowding of Ihe DEFENDANTS FREE IN SHEPARD CASE Macon, <;n.. Dec. 21.?All four of Ihe <i 'fendanta charged with poisoning Crod D, Sliepard. of Houston county, for l is money w< r< discharged here ate loni-rlu l.y .in.':. H. A, Mathews, I superior court. The judge held ?hat even gra iti ? that Shopard was poisoned, the state had n >t presented LUfHciint evidence to connect them wllh th ? deed. I!e also declared testl monj of experts regarding the alleged poisoning was conllicting. SHIPPING HOARD REJECTS COAL BIDS Wash in at < u, Dec. 22. All bids for furnishing bunker coal for mew.nnnt ships at Atlantic mid Gulf ports were rejected by the shipping board, .? VIL n ?\<. < ItOWOKD. 1 I ue person who belongs to thai crowd which If .v * ' n little rebellious ?vor what happened on July 1st? I 9 i *. is reported as saj In?? i hal he envied anything which was full atl this tlnn . ? von the moon, he said. Now i the point n rises, does the Jail cornel within thai class? There is almost ;i rapacity crowd i:: the j'ii' who are, in enjoy ;!.??? Christmas dinner Inj that loot lit) There are thirty ne-, gvoes i 11 I In ' nlon d departm< nl which ' ;< ivoa rooi i for only two more, Ap- i l,;icj l inns foe i iioi ? two places should I ., little better In the whil To proven! ;i cold lake 6CC. Advt. I I . ig .1 'each, \ V., I tec. 2! The \ |...,|. of :i v ? '? l dressed young woman ; was found half burled In the bench i ? re, v II n a bull? i hole lit her fore- I head. Tin police are Investigating the matter. i ,ondon, ! >ec. 2 I. The I rlsh home rule bill was adopted on :i::;ii reading by the house of commons and onl> needs the royal signature to become CfilS (piicfc ly reib vas a cold. Ad\ t. I Bloody IJattle Fought in Tipperary?Royal Troops Ambushed InD e. 21.?Heavy fighting has taken place between large fores of > iviltans on one vide and soldiers iti police <".i tin- oth.r in the sec tiou l in? between Callan, ?'ounty Kill eni and Glcnbower. County Tlnperai The military and police were ambm ed at no! lean than three different pla es yesterday and num roua casualties resulted on both sides. Thev,. Included Sergeant Walsh, Uoyal Irish Constabulary! killed, some soldiers, number ua? known, Killed. 10 or IS civilians kill led, and Sergeant Shannon and sev? eral soldiers wounded. About :jo civil I lans a'ere wounded or captured. An official communication issued by general headquarters tonight estl mates the casualties among the at* tacking forces at If and three the military casualties as one private severely wounded. No police casual" lies are mentioned. The statement [rays thai the details are still la doubt and that no InformatioB has . ? t in received regarding the am . bush of police reinforcements from i < lonmol. The inhabitants of the countryatda art In a state of terror and many are Hoeing from their homes. WILSON WILL ESCORT HARDING Usual Inaugural Custom Will Be Observed on March Ith I Washington, Dec. Tl.? President ? \Viis??n plans to accompany Press? I dent-elect Harding from the "White House t?? th< capital on March 4th and back again to the White House for luncheon In accordance with the usual Inaugural custom. President Wilson will retire to his new home to resume the life of s private citizen, after eight > ? rs In the White House. Secretary Tum it. said that ihe pros* lout's 1 alth has Improved and he I is in get I spirits. He also said ho expected that Wrl Wilson will write |a history of the world aar? LABOR RIOTS IN~ BOLSHEVIKI LAND One Hundred and Five R?oUous Workmen Executed in Petrograd London, Dee. 22. I rcss dispatches say that a labor riot In Petrograd caused the execution of one hundred and tiv< laborers. hi.i i: i:iik;i; it. It. TAKES oi l two trains I Columbia, Dec. 21.?On the peti? tion'of the Dlue Ridge railroad, the South Carolina railroad commission II day Issued an order allowing tVte I Pine Uidgc t > take off two trains, be tv.H n Walhalla and Anderson. This ?was due to the loss oi traffic freight and passenger, but it is only tem ; !?< rarj . it is said. i This will no< essltate an adjustment I of schedules on the Columbia and Greenville branch of the Southern, to make connections with the U.uc Ridge Cl Belton. Train No. 17 wiil leave Columbia forty minutes earlier. Train ; No. i?; will leave Qreenvllle so as to connect with Blue Uidgc trains at Belton. The change will allow con? nection between Blue Ridge train and ! bait; Southern trains at Beltoa at ; ri'a s. me time. Changes will also be necessary in the schedules of the Ware Shoal's and Abbeville branches of the Southern. >i: \ \<.i i;i ::<. kai lroap to BE .It Nkl D ! Columbia, Dec. ?Whethes* or ! n?'t to grant the request ot the own? ers i?> be allowed ;o tear up and move away the rails oi* the Orangeburg i Itailroad, between Orangeburg and North, is a question that is now pus I xling the. South Carolina Itailroad : commiss on. The commlsslou is in receipt of a letter from the Interstate c mmerce commission, the same hav ing b? ' ii sent also to Governor Coop? er, in which lb*sc state officials era slced it they know any reason why the petition of the owaera of the prop< rty shotild not be allowed to iunk if. The commission conferred with Govenor Cooper regarding the matter yet rday afternoon, but as yet i. ? decision has been reached. The commission desires to protect the pub? lic, und at the same time it recog k'.es ihe f: i lhal the little road has never had sutllclent traffic to warrant Us opi i at Ion. Tho Orangeburg railroad ceased operations month ago. it has op? erated at a loss all tun ing its exist ?mcc, act ording to the showing made. Tin? trackage is the property of the Si aboard. A few doses 66*5 break a cold.?Advt New Vork, Dec. -The failunn of the broke rag? linn ol Kloster ?V: [.??ii.. bury \\ !.; announced in the it r.k i Ii.i "i today. Huh ?!> Tism cure bruises, ? uts, an n. . ^ ;< I, b.'tter, OtC.?Ailvt. . V??rU, 11 c. 1 I >ne hundred md this tj eight lire Insurance dbm a ties an sttspending business in Ills tissippi, where p?>ltcies amounting to )\? i one billion dollars are In farce, iccnuse ol a suit tiled against ftiem v the Stale ib-\ mue agent charging i a' by col lee Ing tho same rates the ompanics have combined In restraint >i trade. ? To br? ak a col I take i.<.c Advt.