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JOB HOLDERS IN HARD LUCK Appropriations Commit? tee Cuts Out Salaries of Twelve Thousand jPTaotshsitoii Jan, The leglsla tIVe. executive und Judicial appro illation >?lll. the big salary measure, wa*> reporjted out today hj the house SpprOpviatlon* committee. It iar tftei a tot.?i nearly our hundred and thirteen mllllona or nearly twen ty four million !??*?? than the .b p.,rt meats ashed for. As one means of | cutting down expenses ihe committee eliminated the salaries for twelve thousand employes In ihe met riet of Columbia TOBACCO FARMERS MEETING TO-DAY Kentucky Barley Growers Con? sider Planting No Crop This Year Lexington. Jan. ??Tohaeco grow? ers throughout tin- Kentucky Hurley Hen are meeting at Ihe county seat* today to ?*le< t delegates to the mass meeting iiere tomorrow o take action es the proposal to do uwuy with the 1921 crop and seek sonm solution of the probliMc of marhetlni the current crop st satisfactory prlcea Nearly all ragrkets in central Kentucky have been cloned on o count of the low ' prices offered the farm is. MYSTORI?US DEATH IN LAURENS let. Hugh Aiken Found in Bath Room With Fiatol Bullet in Head Lauren*. Jan. I.?Dr. Hugh K Alk 4n. president of the Laurens National bank ahd one of the most prominent ei4ls#ns la this action of the state, died here tonight u? his home at 7 O'clock from a mysterious inflicted ?CO on hlft head just behind the ear i SreUil to hl? hone? sboriK after 4 o'clgck ?ben hi* eider son Hugh Alken, orived shortly before o'clock HO Wss told by the old negro cook last there wj.h something wrong In sathrooie that she could hear loud S>ps thing In there. Young Alk?m has? tened to the room andd found his father prostrated on the floor In a dying condition. Physicians were called, but within an hour the strlck en man breathed his last. He hud blsd profusely from the wound. The terrible tragedy Is shrouded in mystery tonight. The genoral bebet is that he was killed by g burglar whom he f ?und In the hotisO upon his return hoint. for there was no one there when Ihe doctor went to > i he ate for the evening, after spend? ing the duu at his bank. The officers have made an investigation and there Is nothing in the room that he could have fallen against that would have Inflicted the fatal wound, and it is n<?t nellved that he was thus tn jur d before going to the bath room. He was fully lr**s?cd and was lying near the fireplace, There were n<> vldencss that there bad been a strug? gle, l*r. Hugh Kerr Alken WSS son of the late A. M Alken and was rrarel on Ihe farm near Cokeahury. He took s special course at the University of Houth Carolina ami later graduated Wllh honor, .it the Mrdieal Colli ?c of Charlemr n. A few \ears later he !ocst?*d at laiurens and for a b: iik time practised bin profession here. retiring from active practice nearly 20 years ago in order to give his time and talent* to business. He was pres? ident of th* Laurrns National Dank and Of 'he Farmers' and Merchants' flonded wareh'-m?a arid \va> int? rested In many other enterprises in the city. He was an older In the First I'r. sb\ terian church and w filial one of the moat aocfnl elttaoas Lauresn has n? ^Hn of age and Is survived ley his widow, who. before marriage, wsa Ml** Mamie Thames pf Charles? ton, snd h\ wo SOaa Hugh ami Hub? ert Alken, the latter being a StUdOJll at Davidson ollege. I auren* Jan :. Dr Hugh K Ai ken a death Wastcaused from a bid*. I from a vi calibre ntatol, according \ ? Sheriff Hold late toniuht The afftoei hopes to eh-, i up the matter Within the next 24 hours Phe w ?und WUS just hehiuil the right ear, the sh I ft said BIG GAFFNEY MILLS HIT QaJFaey, Jan ?.? n a learned lOdgO th.i th- Cash Mills, <.I corporal loa had aj an ordei oi .ludgtf Mcl\?- been put Into tin bands of a recelvel This null was organised and creeled hj M It cash who Is a ?Sk.CesBjful mill man Ol large pravti* ewperlenes and Ihe news of*] the rgeetverahlp VN 1 revolved hj Qaff aaop ? with snm< I h ng like con nafbm Dr. \V. C Hanoi, k. who is prcsi - ? of ?he i* mestone, Hamrick, and Itroad Rtvaff .Mills, s/as named ai it reiver, and It is hoped that h. u dl bo able to redeem th" mill from this em Imrrassnont and that tho*c who ha\ stock in tin* enterprise Will not f ir so badly after all The dlfth ult which at present i the euuae of the cmharraaarneat was brOUgttt a).out hj th" bot ihit Mi Cash nought cotton b SVllj ? v' II ago at hiKh prl ? s expecting In be gttle te get machinery promptly with which to spin same hut conaeotlon on railroads caused ih i \ snd ItV slump ? a me ard ? <ught him Th?*r. la no allegation 01 wrong doll the part of gayORO counei I? d With Usi BS?I4 MAYOR OF CORK NOT ADMITTED; Question of His Exclu? sion Has Been Appeal ed to State Depart , ment Waehington, Jan? 8?The exclusion of Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork was or do rod yssaerday ;?t Norfolk, v.?.. by a board of special Inquiry, the ruling and the case s/lll eventual |j be referred lo Ihe state departmi nl for a derision whether it will walv< the special passport regulation. In the meanwhile Mayor OVallaghan, himself made an appeal dlrecl to the state? department In hope th." the ai? sence of ? i assporl mlahl not debar him from the United States, Secre? tary W ilson's decli ?n will probably reel upon thai of Ihe state depart? ment, on neeoani of the diplomatic character of the questions involved In hla cnti y into th country; Secretary Wilson announced he had granted a pande to O'Callaghan pending s declalon of his admission. PRICES OF TOBACCO IS IMPROVING Smaller Kentucky Warehouses Report Many Sales at Prices Far Above Previous Prices beglngton, Ky., Jan, 5.?Pronara tlons w? nt ahead today for the mass mooting of tobacco growers to be hold lure I'riday in protest Sgalnsl |ow prices which caueed cloelni of most* hurley markets In the state and farm? ers to return their crops to Storag ?. following g statement today i.y John w. Newman, president Of the Hurley Tobacco Growers' association. thai hi?? organisation would accept h ? responsibility for the meeting, it was announced tonight that dlrcctOI I Of tin- association WOUld meet here to morrow night to formulate a policy. Mr. Newman in h I Statement said that the association was organised to hnd a remedy "through orderly pro? pose" gad I hoi it would not stand for lawleaeaeaa," Reports irom minor markets, which had remained open today In spite of the closing of the larger places said that prices shou.d a decided Im? provement over .those In the larger U-arkots yesterday when bids on the Lexington floors ranged from $1 to ||l per l?0 pOUnda Dispatches from Rmlnenoci Ky., said that good ? Krudes of tohaeco brought *to par ion pound Some groerers tried to halt the tale, it was said, hut those who had ?inr.old tobacco on ihe Moor wauled 1 ? > continue aad the sale was carried through. Rejections totaled it) per cent of the 160,000 pounds offered. Dispatches from llchmond said that tobacco brought an average of 111.19 per hundred pounds there to? day as agalnat an average of $*.??& yesterday. The Klemlngsburg mar? Uet of> ned today bUI after a short period 'vas closed Indefinitely. SOUTHERN BELL LOSING MONEY Supplemental Report Shows De? ficit For Fiscal Year ? Columbia, Ian, l.*?Th0 Southern ? Dell Telephone company is loelng moaey In south Carolina at the rate I of $7i.t is for the scar ending July :il, next, according lo s supplemen? tal statement. Died by the telephone company, to support Its petition for Increased telephone charges, now pending with the ral road commis? sion, The com pan) llgures that Its earnings will be this i noun: short of its operating SXpi uses at the end of its preoeni ffescal year, The company also alleges that if it ^ -es shead with its plans for con? struction In smith Carolina without the Increase In charges aeked for, it \% III be able te pay Intt real on its obllgatlona bul will fall short of paying sis per cent dividends on Its unwatered stock ol ll.ltl.000, Its total dividend requirements being 11,100,000, The telephone company also sets forth that it will need for ils i:>_'1 construction program 13,0ml poles, III miles of wire, z.*.nllei of insu lated wire. || miles of cahle. 18,000 glaea laeulatora i s.1 .> mites <?t ea , i?ie wire, it additional switchboards [and other materials, the total amounting lO ll train loads, each train of 4n rare, the total weight of the material m eded hcilg N.Xui) tons, car I7.f00,000 pounds. No decision has as j ei been reach? ed by the railroad commission as t<> the petition for higher plume charms. Members of ihe commis? sion ore sih nt ,ih to th'it intentions and plans in connection with the Pe? tition. TAX NOTICE T will attend personell} or by depu t> at the following name I places ami on the dates given foi the purpose of receiving Ian returns t? i the Itscal year lift: Vi i\ate. t. Tuesday, Jan. Ith, l.e\i Siding, Wednesday, Jan Hth, IVedgefleM, Friday, Jan, 7th. Claremont. Tuesday, .fan it, IImo...!. Wednesday, Jan. 12, Hi mbert. Thursday, Jan i '. Dalsell. Tuesday, .lau. I s. Hrogdon. Wednesday, Jan 10. Mayeavllle, Thursday. Jan. so. i". is.iht Orove, .Tuesday, Jan. 2?. Hhlloh, Wednesda . Ian, It. N'"i . \ Roads, Thursday, Jan. II, Il< ' urm hould he made on all per eonai pi op *' \. poll and r* ad lax. Hi E, wm.M'.i:, County Audit.-i. TWO HUNDRED PERISH AT SEA Passenger Steamer Driven onl The Rocks in Violent Storm ONLY FIFTY-SIX PERSONS SAVED Many of the Passengers Were Asleep in Their Cabins and Had No Chance Madrid, Jan. 4.?Two hundred and fourt< ??)) pt ' sods last their lives when the Spanish steumer Santa [anbei was wrec ked ncur Villa Gurcin Saturday night. fifty six persons were saved bul many <d them were Injured. In several cases Whole families were drowned. The phlp was driven on the rocks during a violent storm. The large number of deaths is attributed to the tact that the paaaengeri were i ontlned to their cablna, many of them i i .u^' aaleep. .?j.?j??j.?j?t|? ^a^a^a^^^^e^VVVVVVVVVVVV4 1 War Finance Cor- X $ poration Revived | House* Follows Example of Senate ar.J Over-riden I Veto oi* Pres. Wilson f 7 - t j] Washington, Jan. 4.?The ? ? resolution reviving the war ii '?? nance corporation became ;i 1 law today with Its readoplion J> * by the house over the preal T d. nt's Veto. Tl. I senate OVer- - 2 lode the Vein yesterday. ;lm. J SUICIDE AT GREENWOOD Greenwood, Jan. 3.- Bennle Wilson. ? \'> yeara of a^< and former clerk at the Oregon hotel, sbol himself \>> death in room of II. .1. FJrlnson, pro prletor of the hotel, yesterday after? noon about 4 o'clock following an Interview relative to the ex-clerk's alleged shortage In ids aeeounts. A Verdict <?f suicide was returned by the coroner's jmy at the Inquest which was held Immediately after the tragedy. According to evidence brought out at tin- Innucat, Mr. Brinsou had sent for Wilson to dis? cuss a settlement of the alleged shortage. Wilson Is said to have de lelarfd that lie would not make the '. ahortage good and wouldn't be ar? rested, lie then rushed to the door I and shot himself through tin- heurt before he could be prevented. Air. j Prlnson and his daughter, Miss Mary Prances Brlnaon, were the only per aons in the room at the time the shooting occurred. COAPMAN PASSES AWAY AT HOME "Washington, Jan. ">.?Eucene II. Coapman, vice preaident or the South? ern railway, died at his home here Shortly after midnight after a long Hint*an. Puncrail arrangomenta had not heen made hut it was raid the body would be taken to Wyoeena, \\ is . Mr. Coapman's native home. Mr. Coapmnn, Who was in tin- fitith year of his age, began his railroad career as messenger boy and tele? graph operator with the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. haul railway in 11X80. Later he became associated With VartOUS roads in the West and I South Weal and in Dull became su ! rlntendent of the Danville division of the Southern railway, a year or so later he hecame assistant super? intendent ami generul manager of the Eastern division of Ihe same road With headquarters at Greensboro, X. O. in I DON he became general man? ager Of th" entire s\steni and later , also became vice president, During ?the period of government control ?>f railroads he was appointed federal manager of the Southern system, ANNUAL CONVENTION INSURANCE AGENTS Columbia, Jan. -The annual convention of the Hotith Carolins Life I "nderw l iters' association will he 'held in Columbia January is and 19, and three hundred in .nance men ure expected to attend, plans being on foot, according lo Wilson Gibes, sec? retary of the organisation, for tin hlggeni gathering of insurance men ever held in the state. Urvllle Thorpe, m Dallas, Texas, president of the national association; Franklin W. (lam-', oi I lost on, chairman ol Ihe uatlonul executive committee, and ?'h.is. w. Hcovlll, of Pi Osburg, cx , president of the national association, ami Htnte Pank Kxu minor .1. 11. ICrnlg, of Columbia, will be among the speakers. Several social events ; will feat ure the program, ( ANDY AND SOFT DRINKS INCREASE Columbia, Jan. Manufacture of candy and s?d'; drinks In South Car I ollnn has Increaaed in Ion years In South Carolins from a total volume of a hull million dollars, to sin and quarter million. This is of man? ufactures only, ami (h es nol include rand) sold in the st tie, and it docM not include soft drinks s?>'d over counters, The llgures are from the labor report of the department of ag? rlculture, commerce und labor', to be Humltted t<? the leglalaturc nexi week. po ton, Jan, R Channlng Cox was Inaugurated governor of Mussaehu <iiis todu) succeeding Governor Coolldgc, Mr. Ciadldgc left lie- state llOllse once mole a |>li\att cltiSCn for a feu w i - ks before his Inaugu? ration as \ ice prealdenl at Washing? ton on March 4. State House at Charles- 1 ton Destroyed With ! Loss of $1,250,000 Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 'l.?-The capitol of West Virginiu was destroy by fl ? late today. One laborer' was killed *und fireman severely In? jured and ? ' 'V< nil others hurl when o section of roof, under which they w> re I standing ravnl in. The spectacular nature of the Are was enhanced when : much ammunition, stored on the third floor of Ihe building, exploded. Within four hours alter the fire was discovered th.- cdpltol building, con? taining the governor's office, state de? partments and "priceless records" was' nothing hut a mass ot' smoking ruins. State officials made no attempt to es? timate the loss hut they said that the records destroyed upon which no In? surance was carried, could not be re? placed nnd it was Impossible to esti? mate tlu ir value. Some state records Were saved hy clerks, officials and firemen. Tim ( capitol building, erected In 1881 ot 01 cost of more than $400,000 is believed1 I to have been the only brick capitol In the United States. State Officials, to- ] day said that the building was value 1 at approximately $1,250,000. MONEY FROM AUTO LICENSE Columbia, Jan. <i. .\ total of .>J. 12. 294.50 was returned to ihe several rounties*by tlm state highway com? mission during the year Just passed. 11 This fund was collected from the sale > of automobile licenses, so per cent, ot ' the total going hack to the counties i und 20 per cent, going into the gen [ I era I state fund. The so per cent, amounted to $422,294.50 and the 2<> per cent to $105,678.63, bringing the total collections for tlie year to $527, B68.13 The amount returned to the counties of the per cent, fund fol? lows i>y counties: Abbeville.* 6,391.60 Alken. io.i42.rf7 ; Allemlale. 2,129.62 I Anderson. 27,596.22 I Bamberg. (,286,06 Parnwell. 5.:?.<i0.l2 ! Leunfort. 2.031.83 j Berkeley . i. g s c. r? r, Calhoun. 4.7x:Li7 ! Charleston. . 20,666*83 Cherokee. <;.7 7.>.09 (Chester. G,4?i4.9S 'Chesterfield. 9,378.21 Clarendon. 6.658.70 Colleton. 8,780.26 Darlington. 14.071.7.' Dillon. .... 7.7:i2.02 I Dorchester. :!.74 7.0". 1 Bdgelleld. 4.9.r,s.79 ' Fairfleld. :i.7'.?o. 19 ; Klon ncs. 15,175.68 jOcorgelow n. 3,328.06 [Greenville. 80,260.69 I Greenwood. 11,384.31 Hampton. 4,410.09 Ilorry . 4.7B1.03 Jasper . 966.44 Kei shew. 6,661.71 Lancaster. 6,593.86 Laurens. 13,901.19 Lee. 7,669.24 Lexington. 11,621.53 McCormick .. .. ./ u,04:i.o4 I Marion. 5,023.87 Marlboro . i 2.248.:>o j N*wherry. fl.0t4.2f? I Oconee. 7,574.02 Orangeburg. 1 s, 7 7 4.8 s 1 Plckens. ti.Tii"..:i9 j Richlind. 26,459.49 I Baluda. 4,851.89 Bpartanburg . 2">.i7s.7S Counter. ii.23o.oi Union. 6,008.01 I WUltamsburg. 6.127.2.' I York. H.149.9S Out Of State. 130.56 $422,294.50 During the past year, the county Hoard <>f Commissioners published no reports of tlm receipts and disburse m. nts of public tumis and In conae rjuonce the taxpayori of Bumter coun ty have no firsl hand knowledge of the details of how their money was spent, The reason the monthly re? ports were not published during 1920. Ins heretofore, was because the amount I allowed for printing these reports ! was not sufficient to pay for them |and Ihe newspapers declined to do this work at a loss. Several years ago tir- appropriation for publishing the monthly reports was arbitrarily reduced from $300 a year to St;o and for two years newspapers of Sumtcr printed the reports, at a loss, in anti cipation that the County Board would take the necessary steps to obtain log- I al ant ho i It y to ptiy a fair price for ! I his public work, hut having failed lo do so, alt? r dm notice, the newspa- I pers declined lo continue Ihe publica? tion of Ihe reports it I a loss. There' i is not reason w hy the newspapers should do work for the county at ti ' loss than for any other eitisjon to sell j his labor or goods for less than the. market price. The minutes of the meetings of the County Hoard are published as news for IhC information I of the public at no cost to the county, ! Ihm the financial reports show how the public money is spent on adver? tisements and should he paid for ;<t : h l vert Ising rates. MRS. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Victoria, Jan *>. A woman will be t he next sp. a ker of t he Hril I di Co? lumbia legislature. Mrs. \lar\ Kii.n Smith, Ihe newly elected representa? tive from Vancouver received such i , large plurality In Ihe recenl election thai tin i ibinel named her for the i iiki ' ship toda\. Mi > Ico < 'it j. ,1a n. 6, Riet, en I 'nil - 1 ed Mates aviators, Hying lo Panama, landed al Acnpuliee, state of tig in, late yesterday. The flight was w .i hont Incident. WHITE HOUSE FIRST TO MOVE - Before War Finance) Corporation Can Do Much Business. Two Vacanies on Board Washington. .Ian. 4. - Preside n( Wilson will have to IUI at hast one of the two vacancies on the hoard oi directors on the revived war fin? ance corporation before it can moke any considerable number of loans for J financing exports with a view to af? fording relief to the farming and Oth* < r Industries. This statement was made hy treasury officials today after the resolution directing revival of the corporation Ijecame a law through its passage by the house over the presi? dent's vet??. The vote In the house to pass the resolution over the president's veto wa leorly as ample as that cast yes? terday in the senate. The house stood ?j.'u U r the measure against ??*.? for up? holding the veto, or 3 7 more than the required two-thirds majority. Seven? teen Democrats voted to sustain the veto, while for its passage, there were 133 Republicans, 111 Democrats, and one Prohibitionist. Treasury officials in further dis? cussing adopttoi of tile resolution said that while the corporation would prepare to function immediately as a I result of the action of congress, Pres? ident Wilson would he required to appoint one or two new directors be? fore anything much could be done. The board or directors Is composed of live members and offtcluls explained thai a majority is required by law to approve the application for ?'? loan. While the present board membership constitutes a quorum, officials as I sorted, Secretary Houston, who is ex offtcio chairman, would not he able to devote his time exclusively to cor jporution matters, as the investiga . ion ot th adequacy Of securities would require. The other two direc? tors, Agnus W. Mesolman who now is managing director, and George it tCooksey, officials said, would thus be unable to act upon, applications foi I loo ns. I Presidential nomination to the hoard require confirmation of ?he senate and tin- question also arose as to wpother the Republican majority ot the senate would depart in such cases from tin- policy of confirming no nom? inations at this session. finance corporation officials stated '?hat in any event it would probably be two months before the first ad? vance could he approved. Funds for making the loana must be raised; officials ? xplatned, and the methods of providing this money de? termined upon. The corporation has 'a balance of about 1375,00*0,000 with i the treasury, but Secretary Houston j has taken the stand that this money 1 should not be used for making ad? vances to private concerns. Mr. .1. ('. f win-on Killed in Auto Ac? cident. The following account of the death of Mr. .1. t\ gwinson is taken from the Wilson. X. C, Daily Times of January 1 3rd. Mr. Swinson had many friends in Sumter. having lived here and at? tended school in 1910-12: ( Early yesterday morning while re? turning from the neighborhood of Pinch's null in a Ford car, in com? pany with Messrs. .lames Wallace and EC. DattS also of this city, Mr. .1. <'. Swinson, a young man of this city. 23 years of age ami highly esteemed l hy all w ho knew him. met death in a tragic manner, when the car over? turned, pinned him beneath it and I tin* wheels continuing to revolve while the angine was running beat ? his head Into u pulp and cut off one I of his arme. The cause of the accident was a disarrangement of the steering gear. I The other two occupants of the car were thrown clear of the machine and though they were unconscious for a few moments, they Were not hadl> hurt. When they came to their senses the engine of the Ford was still running and not until they cut of switch it did stop. Then the car was lifted from the prostrate and mangled remains of the voting man and he was brought to Wilson where , liis body was prepared for burial in Iiis old home at Mt. Olive where his father is buried. His mother four sis? ters and three brothers survive him. Mr. Swinson was an employee of Hackney Bros, and was highly es? teemed by his employers and asso? ciates, lie was a veteran of the world war. and a member of Co. K. 119th infantry of this city and served through the war making a reputa? tion for braver} and Integrity, IPs untimely taking off brings sorrow to those who were his friends? and in? timate acquaintances1. He was also n member of the Wilson quartette, had a good voice and was fond of singing. His sisters are Mm. Mallard of Rhallotte, Mrs, Fred Brodwcll of Sumtel', S C, and Mrs. Jackson of Wat saw. Iiis brothers are Messrs. Itussell and James of Wilson and Mr. Willis Swinson of Shallotte. Tin- funeral occurred in .Mt. olive today after the arrival of the remains in that place. We-t Point and \uuapnlK scholar? ships. Senator Dial today made the re qiiesi that all young men who desire tu stund Ihe examination for West point snd Annapolis on January 8 wire in their names to tin ?'ivil Ser? vice Commission, Washington, D. C, immcdiatel) so that arrangements] may be made lo take care of them, rin n are two vacancies at Annapolis ind one at West Point soon to be Hied and it i.; hoped to r,ei sonic good roung nu n from this examination. Kxnmfnutfons will be held at 'h?rtesten, Columbia, Spartanhurg, SrecnvUlo, Orangeburg and Bennetts . ille. ;iltd pOSSlblj olle Of two other daces but these ar?> certain. MURDER IN FLORENCE CO. Warrants Issued For Five Persons For Kill? ing J, L. Carter Pl?n nee, Jan. 2.?Warrants charg? ing them with complicity in the at* leged murder of .John L. Carter near Pampllco on Chriatmaa day are rig ?worn today by attorneys of the dead man's relatives, who were not satis? fied with tlm reeuM of the investiga? tion made by the magistrate at Hy? men into the case. The warrants are for the attest of Len Ponton and his wife, betitle Poston: .less Miller, Tili i man Hutchinson and Robert Hy man. All ve mar PaBiplICO and are well kimwit in that community. It e fs stated today that Jess Millr-r and Tillman EiUChinson had tied. They were not present at the inquest con? ducted by Magistrate Hy?nen. Carter was about 18 years old and I married. His body was found in the kitchen of the home of Len Poston ] wit ha bullet wound in the right I forehead, two gashes In the throat and a knife stab is the face under the eye. His body bore evidences of bav? in;; he? n beat* n. Stories of the affair are conflicting. AH those present at the house when Carter died declare that he shot himself. The v< rdict of j the jury of inquest was that the de? ceased "came to his death from an [unknown hand at the point of Jess ' Miller's pistol." i One of the witnesses testifying was , A. L Cole man, who declared that ho saw scuffling going on in the Poston's I yard Rboul sunr ise Christmas morn j ing '?nd heard one shot. The yard showed evidences of a struggle and m small tree by the house steps had been pulled up. Some witnesses de? clared thai whiskey bad played a part ii. the affair. The relatives o f the dead man were not satisfied with the verdict of the jury of inquest and j employed Arrow-smith & Muldrow of this city to investigate the cas* Coroner Smith has been notified and left this afternoon for Pampllco to . lake additional evidence. WOULD INCREASE MEMBERSHIP 11 - Increase of Forty-Eight to List in Congress 1 Washington, Jan. 6.?The house census committee has agreed to re 1 port on a bill fixing membership of the house at four hundred and eighty - j three, an increase of forty-eight over . ! the present. Recommended a con . IStltUtional ame ndment limiting mem i i bershlp In the future house to five hundred, a basis for representation of one member for every two IS.979 in? habitants. The states would Kain as follows: California, 8; Michigan. New I York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 4 each; I Illinois. Texas; three; Massachusetts. North Carolina, 2; Alabama. Arkan? sas. Connecticut, Qsorgte, Ifsi jlaist. Minnesota. New Mexico. Oklahoma, Oregon. South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia. I Wisconsin, l. No state woulc lose , any represents! inn. TOBACCO GROWERS REJECT MANY BIDS Offers at Lexington, Ky., Fifty Per Cent. Lower Than Last Year Lexington, Ky., Jan. 2.?Rids ap? proximately 88 per cent, lower than l were made lor the same type of leaf ! last year, wholesale rejection of the hids hy the growers, a threatened split in the ranks of the newly forni j ed hurley tobacco grow ers association, land the hoginning of operations of the Hurley Tobacco Marketing com? pany Were outstanding developments jot' the opening day of the annual Isales season in the l^exingion loosc j leaf market, the largest in the world. I The cooperative company will be (incorporated tomorow. Temporary ' suspension of sales and a rut out of the 10 21 crop loomed as possibilities tonight. Sentiment among the thou? sands of farmers who gathered horo to attend thi opening day of sales j seemed, it was said at OfRcoS of th?' Igrdwers association, to he almost unanimously in favor of a complete Iboycott of the hurley crop next year. I A crowd estimated at from 10,000, j to 15,000 attended the open lag sales. Growers from Indian la, Chio. West Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Connec? tion!. North Carolina and Missouri were among those pre seat. A total id' 412 ?05 pounds of tobacco was sold today at an average sC 820.44 a hundred. The sabs averaged , tor the season last year was $46 a hundred and on opening day last year the average was $f?6 a hundred. A total Of 188,800 pounds. 24 per cent, of the tohaeco offered, was taken off the breaks after growers had re? jected the hids. The highes: juice of the day was paid for a basket of 120 pounds raised h> I trow n and Cihson j of rayctte county, w hich brought $69 a h limit ed. - Mai ion. Jan. 8.?Another senate irreconcilable, Senator Sherman, of ' Illinois, was among those with whom President-elect Harding hail engage ments toda) to discuss a plan for an association of nations. Former lea* ator Itcveridge, of Indiana, the lead? er of I loose volt's Progressive party in 1912 was also on the engagement list. Mr. Hatilinp sought ids advice regarding international and domestic, questlona Washington! Jan. 8-?The hoi census commltte w?ent into exec Us session loda> to draft the rcpro, llonmcnt bill, based en the last mis. Members said the opiniq vails thai the house meni should not exceed 4* 5. w hi favored Jtu.