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WEST TO EAST RACE Aviator Will Fly From San Diego to Jackson? ville ? Douglas, Dev. SI.? An aviator will Alan atart from Sr.a DftOSJO for Jack eoarVllle on the aaim day. The Hiera will trap oniv at Houatun and Kl Paso, Texu?. The distance* are Jackson? vllle to Houston S04 ml leu; Houston (O Kl I'umo ??u'mtlea, Fl Paso to San ptefo ?15 miles. Douglas. At'ix.. I?er. 31.?Lieuten? ant Alexander lVaistn. the winner of last v(.,ir' .iir i;ht at .'ess the con? tinent, toda) received official author? ity to attempt ? flight from J:iek*"n Vlllo. Florida to San DleSjO, falifor nu? In twantv-four hours or 1009, He will leiive Jacksonville February 2Snd. lie p ans to make the trip in three laps, with on)) forts -live minutes con ?mned In making stor>s. SAVANNAH CANNOT ENTERTAIN SHRINE Cr on Meeting Can Not Re Held If Pullman Company Re? fuses Cam lavannah. Dec. SI.?Ref ill r?f tie I'uiimin Palnee Car company to per? mit the parking of Its rar* here dur Itif the proponed imperial eonveidiou Iit Moides of the Mystic Shrine next simmer may lose Savannah this con? vention The city had presumed that sev Ifel taouaaud visitors could he ae tCcmmcdafed in parked sleeping earn I nrt. Unless they can he obtained, it IS not likely Bnrunnuh would be aide to cart for the visitors. Advices re ? ?ived by prominent Shrlners are to the efT< et that the Pullman company. t*eause o! a shortage of cars would t n\ cor sent to the parking of any I ttfUbSi of them here during the time Sf the onvent|..n ]f this decision I? Adhered to, It probably means the ioondoitment of the Idea of holding Ihe meeting; st Savannah. OLD MAN'S DARLING UgES STRYCHNINE llM?r)y Marion Farmer Goes Out by Poison Route?Young Wife in Jail Marlon. !>?<? SI.?II. Jones, an tl d?'?-i\ farmer living on the Onlll VSlit* f-ikv road about aix miles aoutheuaeO^iif Marlon, came to his ?tentn last night a?m?ut Hi o'clock as the result of an overdone of strych? nine alleged to have heen adminis? tered b\ his whims wife with intent tu kill. Llxxie Jones, the wife, was taken into custody and la held in the Marion county iall on a charge of polmmlng her husband, accordlna to temiiuonv which came out ut the cor oner a Investigation. Mr. Jones had been indispoaed nod arfked Ids wife to fix him a dose of Notiu and salts. She propared aonic medicine for lUm. Which he p?ok. Shortly afterwards he was aelxed with vielen! pains and behaving himself to he poisoned, he? gen to about and scream in order to attract the attention of some people living nearby. At the time Mrs Jone* gave the dn*e there was no one in the house but horeelf, her husband ?n0 their three little children. The not?? ma ile b\ Mr. . I ones soon at? tracted neighbors to the acene and h? tobl them that he hid been pols S ? t by hla wife and when quex t'oiifrt by them *he is saht to have ad? mitted that ahe put posely adminis? tered the overdone of atrychitine, SVMsaaaeea *.\ mat she aald ahe had had th* bottle ol Strychnine over a reSHT ami had been saving it to I oiaoa her husband. Mrs. Jones in t'? ?eaaa of age and has been mar tied six years, Her husband w.im peal ?a years of ago. It has been .rumor ?U (or nome time that the pair did not get along w?n toBether, it in aheged I hat Mrs Jonen State? that l hi Amnions, a young farmer living ? ?out a mil.rth ol Marion. BjaVC net the tattle oi strychnine over u Mae ago ami (old her to kill her l ?band with it. Arumona wax arreated this morn tug (barged With .licensors bOfOTf the fact and la held in the Jail here Mrs. Jones Baads no attempt to es? cape and apparently no snTevi |o con rear her alleged nullt The neigh \*jt4 aammoned sheriff I. v. Rowell and kepi her ander oliaervatlon until hie arrival The coroner's Jur) found the following verdict IV Jonen came In hin death ' lenult, of itrychnine polnnnlng ml miii)etered by Ida wife. I. /zn Jones." Tha aherlff ia In pooacastoii n| Ihe ?oltle which COO tabled Ihe mm el. tone If |* the half OUUCf si/e .?ml |i T?uifiaiu filled with pawBored strych? nine Ttu bottle ?* marked "Polen i u.ih the usual shall end eroaa bonos label INCOME FROM CHARTER FEES Receipts For 1920 Double That of Previous Year < "ohimbi.i. Jan I - t 'harter feet lOt i he \ ear 1 't-'O w ? re hi m .. thin BesHMe las local fat till .?? i ordlng to the annual report ol lecorporu? I lone, a? completed Inda) b5 tV. I' I lackWell, cbhl lie IP in th - otllee ..f jliirftary of state w Hanki Dot For 1 '?-'<? t he in ..| |.oi ;,| o,n 1 et 111 Baled 11?,?7* Foi l"l!t ihe total w a * alight l\ lean Ih n * > . The last li?o?month was dull in the mnftor of Incorpi il ? eerdinB to the seoxetar) of etalo. NEW YEAR ROYS-! TERS MURED Fifty Midnight Merry? makers Fall into Pit in San Francisco Ban Francisco, Jan, I? -About ftftj, New Year merrymakers were injured, Several serlooaly, when a temporary slflewalk over an excavation for ? new building at Market and Taylor streets cotlaooed after midnight. About one hundred parsons fell a dietance of twenty feet. TOBACCO MEN TO MEET Meeting of (Greatest Interest of United States to He Held at Florence on January 14. Florence, 1??The greatest lo baeon interests of the United Btates will convene In Florenee January 14, when the Month Caroline Tobacco As aaetation will have n etatewlde iuuhs meet ins of growers to preeent and follow up the plana adopted ami rec? ommended by tin- Inter stau? Tobacco U rowers' association formed Decent* her 17-M when leadlni lobaoco growing Interests of Ihe country held a b|^ convention In Itlehmond, Va. n. ii McMillan, of Mullins, president of the Booth jPsrollna association, prob 'ably win uaVe a specie! meet inn ofj bin dlrectori and other officials In pioreni next Thursday to rtiake ar Irangemcnti fat th* greater meeting aalled for the Week foubwlai Aaron naplro. of Bag IfVanclseo, Calif., legal sdvlsoi le H different co-operative growers and marketing Associations through Ihe Pacific coast states of Washington. Oregon and California, will be one of the princi? pal attendants. lie is exported tc ohtline passible l?nei gad plans oi proeedare to solve Ihe*depressing ? .?? cunistanres now attending the tobacco Industry In the taaaeeo growing States. Dr. .). V. .loyner, of l.a Qrange, N. <?.. president of the North Carolins Tobacco association and former state superintendent el public education of that ?t?te, will be prevent also. I'lar *nce i'oe. of ttsleiah. n. c, editor of the progressive Farmer and one of the foremost champions of agricul? tural interests Of the south, will also attend anil be one of the principal sneakers it. w? w\ Long, of dam? son College, dlrectee of the extension service in South Carolina, is expected, The specific object of this meeting i? tu familiarise the growers bf South Carolias with tin conditions of the tabasco Industry in pOUth Carolina and generally throughout the tobac? co holt, it possible, the meeting will resolve upon mean*, and methods of meeting this rondil on. end put them in operation, .According to eminent authority, the tobacco production today Is. 100,000, 000 pounds while the consumption is only 4*,o.ooo.o?>o per annum Tue proposition now a:< a director of the association stated here today, is to de? termlne What to do with this surplus and haw lO dispose of it without loss to the producer, The meeting in Richmond the mid die of poos Saber is reported to have been one of the v. eatest assemblies of tobacco rrowers ever hold in* the country. Attending it were repre? sentatives from practically every to? bacco gfOWlllg state in the belt. Tims far. the state and sectional associa? tions of Virginia, Tennessee. North and South Carolina have joined the Inter-Btatt assoelatloa. Kentucky is eapOOted to associate with it also. 1 South Carolina was recognised well l>y the' bin Richmond meeting as in? dicated tn the Important offices t<> which her representatives were elect" ed. DT. lamp; w is named one of the Interstate executive convmlttecmen. Bright Williamson, oi Darlington, was SlCOted one of the vice presidents o' tho association T, Benson Young, seeretait Of ihe Booth Carolina nsso< < i.itiAii miH ei? ted a member ot the < oiamlttee on contract, All of these gentlemen are expert ed to be pt esrnt at ami participate in the Booth Carolina meetlns here Jan? uary ii. The hoar ami place win be announced later, probabl) Immediate iy alter the meeting of ths director .ile Of the state .1 BOCiatlOn here 1.0X1 i week. EDWARD HODGES HAS NECK BROKEN Leaps From Automobile to Avoid Smash-up?North Farmer Oranjjehtirg, i>-<. it, ?- Bdward Hodges, I young farmer about Iwoi i\-vix years Of age, llvlni near North was killed earl} tonight In an tut > mobile accident abom three mV .?: ? r m ? ?i a ngetairs. This afternoon 1* U Hamilton and Hheiiff Dukes, of Oraageburg, took man to lloweavllle, W hile in Itowt s? rllle, which Is about nine miles front here, Hie?, picked up Mr. Hodges and I Mr, Mtnojik, i??? 111 ol whom wer? anxious |u K< \ |n Orangeburg, When about tine,, miles from Oningehurg as the machine was rounding a curve a post or- put,- was seen lo be in the road. Mr Notices leaped from Ihe rear sett and eras killed Instantly, it being believed that bis nock was broken, One wheel on tin ear was damaged bual none of the other occu pants was Injured, New York, Jan i The condition of Rnrtco Caruso, the noted tenor who is confined lo bed with pleurlsj Is re? ported to be more comfortable to da\ Jacksonville, Jan, I, Camp John? ?ton, m ir iu re, will be converted Intu ? mot ion picture producing cent< r, The announcement of the purchase of seven hundred .o res for this puriios?. W a i in nl? today. I Four Persons Killed and One Seriously Injured at Grade Crossing Charlotte, x. C, Jan. L P. a Deal and wife, 18. M? Deal, Jr., and his sister, Lena, were killed instantly nnd Leona Deal. ;? younger sister were I critically injured early today when a train struck their automobile near City Parfc. They wane en route home to Newton after attending the funeral here yeaterday of P, A. Deal's daughter-in-law, NEW YEAR IN j WASHINGTON Congress Adjourned For Dny-p Cabinet Members Hold Recep? tions Rut None at White House Washington, Jan. I.?The govern? ment machinery ai Washington paus? ed today to greet the Inooming year. On account of the president's illness, ihe usual Now Year reception at the White Hotiae to memhera of the dip? lomatic corps was dispensed with and a reception was tendered at the home of Acting Secretary of Slate Norman Davis. Secretaries Baker and D.in'ads held open house to re? ceive New STcar calls from the pub t lie- ; nd officers, of Ihe army, navy and I marine corpa Both house- of con adjourned. INFORMATION AS I TO TOBACCO SEED Secretary Reardon Explains the t Situation The cans for tobacco aeed at Bum rer Chamber of Commerce yesterday were numerous ahd indicated that there Will be more tobacco planted I nest yearVythan was at ru st ti Ought. |The number applying fbr seed dur? ing December 1920, however la far less than the corresponding period of 1919, The month Of .January may iiiul that the acreage will be greater than ?-xpeet ed. Secretary iteardon ordered twenty-live pounds Of Im? proved Warm- seed and finds the price advanced hue dollar per pound as the price is now four dollars a pound agalnat three dollars during 1919, It will require two hundred dollars to supply fifty pounds of seed, and hfty potihtis is just ?i\1y pounds less than was dlatributed last year. Several of the leading business men and banks as indicated below advised the popular subscription plan to raise money to Supply tobacco seed a* hundreds of farmers expecting tl usual annual tree distribution did not save any seed. The job of getting up i his money and distributing the seed has been placed on Secretary Hear inn's shoulders, but the business con? cerns alluded to above backed their advice w-ith the following contribu? tions to hearten the secretary in ac? cepting the advice and the assign* mini. City National Bank . * 10.00 The Uattery . 10.00 First National Dank . 10.00 Humter Trust Company . in.00 O'DonneM and Company .... 10.00 Bumter Dry bands Co. r>.oo Shaw and McCOllUm . B.00 Mr. Reardton will walk his weary j way with hope ami confidence next [v#eek aolloltlng more funds, and he will wear the smile that won't CO me off, but he serves notleo on one and all not to "cuaahVm" or attempt to in t innate that he is personally respon? sible for the low price Cf tobacco. cotton, clothing, coat suits, hogs on the foot, or for the Federal Reserve Hoard demiting or inflating, because he says he is not altogether to blame as President Wilson. Secretary Hous? ton, ami Governor Hard Ina of the fed? eral reserve board has ;?s much lo do with it as Reunion bad. The tobacco trust should be blamed also for low price,I tobacco. Its put tip Or slim lip when you are called. NO trouble will I,,- listened lo, .Man ey la what buyp tobacco seed. \lan\ farmers are saying thai the; mighl as well take chnneea on tobac? co as on cotton, and besides the boil weevil will not ?at the tobaen Judging from pasi experience for sev? eral years, nmod, clean, well colored, ripe, properly cured, nol "acorched" lohn? co has been bringing good prices. Numbers of farmers In thi ooutny say Ihey made moite) on their tobacco during I Hi yours, everj year from i 'i l t > n nd i hrough I 920, but they produced decent tobacco, not scrap lobacco. All tobacco growers should amply protect their beds ugulnsl being kill? ed b> freealng weather ss there will Ibe no duplicate distribution of seed for destroyed beds in fuel it Is doubt? ful it then- will be stiiTtclcnt money subscribed to supply the demand for tin- lirst planting of beds. farmers are also beinv advised lo i a re i heir ow ii i.i from I he l 921 j tobacco crop, sufficient for Ihe 1922 crop as iheic-wiil hard I) Is? nnothei free distribution of lohucro seed. Auckland. New 'A* aland. Jan. I. William Tilden. Of Philadelphia, and William Johnston, <>i San Francisco, in.nh- a cleanup in ihe Davis cup ten? nis championship tournament hero today, bj defealng tlerald Patterson and Norman Mrooks In singlea tht*ae events terminating the tournament, Hank i?mployes im thi ? ntenlng a I' ISIldt IUI, .la n I I ort \ I wo l hOU" sand persons are expected to sei the Ohio Slat.- Citiversity California fool ball game here today. The game stai ta at y Bo i? m Pa< Ific time. Madrid. .Ian. I throughout Spain in nerul si rlke. MURDER IN NEW YORK - j New York Ushered in With Killing of Butcher - Now Y<Tk, Jan. I.-?The New Year was only a few minutes ol<i when an? other murder was reported. Henry Behnepp, o butcher, was killed by ah unidentified man who escaped. EMPLOYEES' LIA? BILITY LAW Attorney General Wolfe Drafting Bill to Protect Employees and End Damage Suit Industry Columbia, jfan. 1.?Attorney Gener? al Bam If. Wolfe has been requested by State Senators Prank C. lloblngon, Of MoCormlck, and W. V. Lttthlsey, of Hampton, to prepare an employes' liability bill, to be submitted to the legislature which convenes January ii, aooprdtng to an announcement made by the attorney general today. Mr Wolfe is advised that the hill Will be urged for enactment during line coming ?.es?ion of the general aa I: embly. I The bill will be similar to tho fed? eral statute. It will provide a scale <tf e< mpensation, by which an em? ploye Injured i'? the service of his employing concern would receive a plated amount of mbney for an In? jury of a e rtaln chara< ter. The doss of on arm would <aii for a certain amount of money, tin- loss of both (arms, a larger amount, and so on for I v arious I'o* ifts of lUjUl >'. it is i tpected thai the bill wl'l be rigorously opposed in its legislative I ear? er, but the two senators backing the Idea, one a merchant and lum? ber manufacturer, the other a bank? er, are expecting to Introduce the measure early in the days ef the gs,n I eral assembp lessipn. I COAL PROFITEERS I TOBE INDICTED ! Pennsylvania Mine? and Sales Agents Charged Unreasonable Prices New Yoik. Doe. Hi.- The federal grgnd jury today returned indict? ments charging the Haddotdc > Mtninq company of Lucerne, Pa.! and the Von Storch Collieries company Of Soran ton,'Pa., and their exclusive sales agent in this city with profiteering In the sales of domestic si/.cs of tmthrs cite eoal in violation of tha Level jact. * Henry Meeker, of Meeker & Co., 1 wholesale dealers. exclusive sah [Agents for two companies, was nojnvtl in hot h indict m<nts. i i The indictments charged iho Had dock company with selling at "unfaii ami unreasonable" prices 13?500 torn Of coal during September and Octo? ber. The indictment alleges that thr company sold coal f. 0. I? mines at from 11 :i to tl."> a ton when "a reason? able price would have been about ft.06 a ton." The Yon Storch company is :ille?;0' to have sold 19.500 tons of eoal dur Ing the same period at priced rnny nt from $13 to |15 a ton which a "popes and reasonable" Charge WOUl 1 havi . been ' from $8.:i". to 18.65 a ton." INTERNATIONAL CO. APPROVE!] waahlngton, Pee. 31 ?Approval oi the articles ot association oi* the Fed? eral International Banking company of New Oilcans was announced today by the federal reserve board. The corporation has a capital of $7,000.? 'too and is organised under the pro? visions of the BdgC act for the pur? pose of financing foreign trade. Thi now company, which is the second Rdge act corporation approved by the hoard, was fprmed to finance ship m tits of cotton, and tobacco tu foreign countries but it la expected Ihnt the corporation will devote itseit principally to cotton with tin- view of relieving th? situation facing th?* growers. Pending tin Issue ot a tl nnnclnl permit (he board said the cor? poration has authority to eXcrciSC only those powers which are incident ami preliminary to Its organisation, New Orleans, Dee. St.- Issuance of the temporary permit to tin- Federal International Hanking company to* da\ places everything in teadiness for ! Ihe organisation meeting of the now ,' 17,000.000 concern a hich will be held I In thi'; city on January 7. 1 At the meeting ot tho stockholders h? :<? on that date a board of directors n dl be elected alter which Ihe ?In e? tors Will meet and elect Officers to take charge of the corporation, it is expected hut as soon as the organisa I lion is perfected everything will be in readlnoRji for tho bank to t?<?_-.i11 to fUnc] lOtl :'t oiu e. ; 'i itniporu r> office;] for the new cor? I porution have been opened In this city and are jn < liaise ot Ifayiies Me Padden, of Atlanta, and A. h\ Jen? nings of New York. Moth of these [hunkers have been clos?*l> Identitled with the preliminary organization plans. i o! t Wurth. Jan. I Centre Col? lege football team is declared to be in the liest condition of any time Ibis ye r for the game today with Texas ChrlNt inn Cnlverslty. Texas is un? beaten this year, while Out re lost onlj to Harvard and (leorgia Tech. Nngnles, Arlx., Jan. l. Liciftennnt Luther ami live roldiers. of the I'orly lei^bth infantry held lit Nogales, So nora. were released last ntghl by Mexican ohicers, They drove across ihn^Bjflhier on automobile, and were ignorant of thei^ whereabouts. FORD CARS FOR (SYNOPSIS OF FORD WORKERS' STATE TAXES Employees of Ford Motor Co.. Total For All Purposes Aggre Propose to Take Over Plant During Shut Down it cd ?18,552,576 in 1920 WOULD MAKE CARS FOR EMPLOYEES Higland Park Plant Employing Over Fifty Thousand Already Closed SUMTER COUNTY PAYS $525,305 Tax Burden For Last Year Was Greatest in History of State Detroit, Jan. J.?Petition request Ing of Pord Motor <"<?., here for tlf manufacture of rnrs for employees \'. ;..s circulated among employes today. Id request they propose to have the coin pony turn over the plant to the workers during the period the plant WOUld la; shlll down as announced last week. Employes will agree lo pay for jail raw material. All departments of [the Highland Park plant, which Columbia, Jan. 2.? Tares for all purposes, slate, COUIIty, school dis? trict, dog and road tax, and railroad assessments, during l'JjU totaled $1K, &G|2,678, according to. the abstract prepared by comptroller Qenaral Sutherland, work on which was eons* Ipiled Saturday, The total of state, [County and school taxes was $17,8.17. 1626. Property In the state was !?? turned at a total Of $4 48.223,780. The state levy w.'is ?wehe mills. ? The comptroller cenetaJ'a jahateaet Shows that In the entire state there usually employes more than I thousand, was closed today. fifty were 18,637,983 acres of land return REFORM IN PRISON SYSTEM Tin penitentiary shouId Iproperty at ?s returned at a total val Columhi i, .Jan. j body ot the stat. hbe appointive, by the governor, re? moved entirely from politics, and 'there should be :t separate prison for women. These und other constructive 'criticisms are contained in a report by the state welfare hoard, medc j public today, of n^ recent Inspection ? oi* the state penitentiary. At present the superintendent an<l 'also the board of directors ?f Mio state j prison are elected by the general as jaembly. It they atere appointed by the governor and tin- superintendent I ed I If,000 t i?, the board, control w< aid be lo-1commission. Icaliaed and the penitentiary "placed in the hands of nun selected more ; because of their administrative abil? ity than because of then- personnel ed for taxation; this was valued on the county auditor's book* at $109, S70,ion;. buildings were returned for taxation at ? total vatuatb a of $20. (|1,3S7. Real estate in cities and towns and vUlags was returned at all leal estate being Je $212.620.421. Personal $76.or. 2.1 r.y ct iverning ! turned at nation of $183.432,338. Railroad property was returned at $42,22", ,027. The two-mid tax for roada, under i The act of 1*20, netted the state dur? ing the find >eai of IIa *effec?veneae I $888,441, county taxes, all purposes, totaled about ska and a haif million. ?Taxe? for all school purposes totaled over six million. There were 26:1,072 i polls and 11 :t.S2r. dogs returned for I legation. The railroads were assess supporl of the railroad The total Of taxes for all purposes in Sunder county was "$;.2j,3'>!3. The total valuation, for taxation, or all properi m S unter county Was $11. iinfluence," says the report. 1282.881. The 12-mili state ta* to i There are now thirty-f.ix women In Haled $13&,el6. fill county t-ix '* $1M, the penitentiary, three of them white, hmi q i s hool tuxes $184.242. They are quartered In "u veritable I tire-trap, just above a supply room, ' # * ed," says the report. a door witnout LAHOR FEDERATION [a workable lock Is the only separt iIon of iho races. The women supervised by men. because a suitable I - matron cannot be found, who will "en- j Columbia, Jan. 2.- Steps looking to dure the present living conditions." |the creation of a department of labor "It is urgently recommended thai ajfor South Carolina separate from any ! new prison outside the penitentiary 1 other department, recommending that walls, preferably upon state lands, be la bill be passed by the legislature to Ibuilt, preferably upon state lands riot I require contracting parties to any now in use," says the repor . marriage to be examined by s physi i Th-- welfare board L.get repairs tojclan before allowed to wed and also t plumbing in the prlaon dormitories, i favoring the pas: age of. an net creating ? SEEKING NEW LAWS ?and refern lo the bathing fariltlea as i "rather antiquated." it urges organ? ised recitation for the prisoners and reports that recreation facllitiea at the prison arc now limited. The food sei sed the prisoners v is .'{rood, the board report a As n typi? cal dinner it reports the following: Irish potatoes, filed baton, corn bread, hominy and syrup. A varied menu r< served in the prison j hospital. The penitentiary should he equip? ped for greater education work for its prisoners, the welfare hoard urgea 'The stale can do much toward pre? venting 'repeaters,' by giving the il ; literates and industrially; untrained the opportunity to become educated land useful citizens." it says. The only educational opportunities arc offered the prisoners now, except those fur I nlshcd by the illiteracy commission. ' The young men, sol ving sentences of from one to five years should be taught 10 read nnd write and such I trades as brick laying, carpentry, auto j repairing, and the like, rays the ie I port of the board. j a store for the inmates is suggeat ; ed. , '1 he bonus system In the < hair fac? tory at the penitentiary is highly commended by the welfare board, aiding in discipline and Increasing the output. The bonus, paid to tinea- who I do good work, is from 3 lo '.) cents I I day. that pay for the families of The board SUgge: Is { priaonei be pi id ? to I ihe men in< arcarated, The report of the j pa j s complimenl to of Superintendent a. ' has been marked by ! men I of the prisoners,' ! BttYS. "The attitude of welfare booard administration I<. Flanders. "It humane treat the report most Of the employes toward the inmate;; js excel? lent.*' The rule of silence at the penitcutiary has been abolished, ex cepi when lh< prisoners are at woru. Tl e welfare boa id recommends that the State make more use of Ihe state farms, faking the position thai the open air does more to aid In reform? ing a priaonei than do dark v\alls. ! The main penitentiary plan. 'be used ;is a receiving station j a place for "stlOl i iH nn rs ! where young men could be : t raining." The board a'so recommends that [allowances should bo made for the 'families ol prisoners, so thai the I m other can keep her fa mil) together land "prevent her children froni IKrowing into potential criminate.'* a minimum wage tor worn n were among the more Important matters acted upon by the executive council of the state federation of labor at a meeting here yesterday, i Tin- council also went on record as j giv ing its hearty support to the pro? posed workingmea's compensation act I to he Introduced at the approaching more jaeaalon of the general assembly by Senator Itoibnson of McCormick and Senator Lightsey of Hampton. The council decided to place an? other member of the federation in the legislative halls during the com Ing session to work In the Interest sjf organised labor. It was also decid? ed to assist the Charleston labor temple In a financial way the state Organization having previously an? nounced its intention of giving aid to this temple if possible. 10 cooperation with the American Federation of Labor it is planned to put an organiser in the Piedmont section to look after the interests of the working man. The council wote 1 to lake up with President dolden of the textile workers' union the matter of haviitf one organiser sent to South Carolina Prom forth Carolina, tha Tarheel siate diving two men at pi eaent. Strong support of the tuberculosis aaaoeialiona and camps In the varl loua (tos was urged by the councl [and the different organzatons are to lie asked Jo give their financial aid Ito the .amp: and work in*, general. 'This matter Will be brought V 'ore she various City organiaztions 4 a short time. A member ol the councl' . last night that bills asking for a separate department to be known as the de? part nient of labor, for a minimum I Wage for w onu n who work in mer? cantile eetabliahmenta and cotton ' mills and for the examination of con i treetiltg parties before marriage , would be Introduced. i Those attending the council session ?were; James ?\des. ('harloston^ry 'dent of the federation; Ceolgc Columbia, secretary; P. h Hoi I back. Sparlanburg, hist vice p d< ut, j. l. Sow ei s. Qreenvllie, se< 'vice president; T. R. Cooper, Coll Ida, member the legielatlva const lee. should ami aa and given HOGS IV\Y Hf<? MONTY. Mi hogs. . Pete made He The board also recommends thai a ttiven wonderful results held agent lie employed, lo follow up prisoners who have been discharged, with a view to Retting former In I mates "started on the road lo honest self-support." ""i'lie winde institution should be looked upon more and neu? as a training school for Rood and useful livtnjg." says ihe welfare board in Iving of Hawk Point I lot of money out Of his saya: "I fed them Dr. It has putting LeCear'a Hot; Prescription m conclud iii it: i e( ommendat ions. Columbia, Jan 2,.--The llccneing of automobiles tor 1821 has started wiih it rush, Ileglatratlons i<? date I total $ 0 1. ?*> 7 i iii tees. Most of this money was from licenses For cars. and Kords are in the majority so far. Mo ll'UCkS have been licensed as yet. t.'ars are being licensed this year by Weight, the licenses ranging from six dollars up into the b?ndrede. gains on them with lean feed. They ! we.n heavy reed for only a month; averaged a gain of | 1-2 pounds daily. ami wer.? only 7 I months, 18 days obi, w hen sold." Mr. Wing profited by the advice of .Dr. i.er.ear. Graduate VeteHnariaa ? nd Bsperl Poultry Breeder of 2S \ < are' standing. I Dr, LeOear's Hog Prescription j will pin wa ight on your hogs also, ; 1 auac it expels worms, purlflee the blood and conditions them Ithat they gain llesh on leas teed. 11 makes no differesce what menl is prevalent among your or poultry, it is money In pocket to pi t the proper I >r. La Keniedy from your dealer o satiafaetlon or aioney btu 1 A.dvt a 1