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WAREHOUSES . LOSSJS^ SMALL Only Three Fires to 289 Warehouses Colon* bin. Jan. 7. There w - I ? e:iU thiee state warehouses to ? 111 fir low? hy Mir in I'.'JO U'COrtllnj pi the anneal report ol Sr. i- Warehouse Vomuilsnloi et .1 C. I livers, made pub He todu* . bul these three < onil i I a tionn nett??.! loss. ? ef 111,000. DIM v>! toes** rtre-i was at \larl<>n, destroying ft bale* ard entailing a loss of $1. IM: anoih m nan at Chistevllchl on November 24. the loss laing 14 bale*, mostb Ion? si m>U . valued at $14.000. the third was at ?Mangel f)eremiter I, involving the loss of IM bales, amounting to |ta,fft, Settle msttt of ih? losses w:i?* mads prompt? ly, the report saya Ths total earnings of the state ware bouse system In 1S20 were I38.14K, X>wrlng tin* one year the s** stein gretg Cram I7i wareluH .es to s.s. and the cotton stored laeressed from lt.oon bales to l??? .i'??" i 'oinuitssioner Kiv ard estimates that the L?2l revenue fUM total l&o.OOO. During the past year he secured pro-rata insurance, taHtng the pisce of short term pro? tection, effecting large savings to cot? loo owners. HEAD OF BIG COMPANY Ns4> Orleans. Jan. 7.?It. A. Hecht, president ol the lltberuia Hank and T>Ust cotnpauv of New Orleans, was aehVtad president of the Federal In? ternational Hanking company it the organisation meeting of the corpora? tion here t might. E J. Culdwcll president of Ho ?'ort Worth Na ttehal bank, was dieted vice presi? dent, snd Ilsynes McPadden former It Of Atlanta was eleeted secretary. ?f*h# fsllewu g bankers were elected trt*tr1h*ift oi li? e\ecttt)\,. committee, tt ft. Hecht. John K. llouden. Jr., and J r\ Holier Jr. all of New Orleans; ibdsert F \ sddox. president Atlanta Jfalllflal lurU and It IV nklcv Snow slOtv. Of Memphis THo two sessions of the stockhold? ing of th* IT.noo.ooii corporation or pghleed to ?seist tSoutheiu producers Ig rtiarketlni theh products in fov Sifn marken wi-ie largely attended by representative bunkers from the if Jkiufrfrf n aulrs frith the adoption of . charter by fhs sloekholdei?. ibe nation's second gad large't Edge hak became a feOMtv ami it reads t . ooen its doors for business immediately. I LEGISLATURE TO PASS ON BILL PCoIuiuJmi. Jan. 7?-Considerable legislative Agi.atlon i* anticipated as a -ssruit of the introdutclon m the logis latare whi h begins next Tuesday of fate proi?os-d workmen's liablllt> law. Assistant Aformv John M. lUinlel, who i" preparing ths bill, at the re? quest of fro stale s. |).ii< is. Senator ItabinSon ( f IfcCormlck and Senator t.hjhtxr\ lismpton. na* been wait Od on by lw? delegations recently in tbe interest, of the measure.. Friday e delegation df railroad men called * to confer wl h Mr. Dan.els at the egpltsl in regiird to the proposed bill, la Oreenville recently Mr. Ilaniel a is interviewed by n committee of law? yers on the question of the bill. ? The bill will, it !?? expected, meel tJrfth string opposition. It is expect? ed", according to members of the flen? ses) Assembly that the lawyeis will CP owe the hi I, corporations are not td to he unanimously in favor of II? and judalmr from the remarks of the delegation of railroad nu n who dolled on Assistant Attorney (leneral fJSniel Frid iv. it seems that the em? ployees are not Interested In it to any great extent It was gathered that the railroad me i u i e willing tr leave the matter or liability w. h tin courts. Still another measure Ihnl Is ex? pected to draw considerable tin Is thst to he Introduced by Repr?senta? tive Mower. Newberry, to make it a criminal offess? for a farmer to plant mere than one-third of his entire drop in cotton. it is stated thai Shany farmers and members of the eotton association, as well as public Officials tak*? the position that this 1?w would be unconstitutional and Impractical of ? nforrenicnl Attome] CKneral Wolfe is now a work on Its Initial drsft. at the request ot tie dewberry leglsl itoi The biases subject be fort the lrg Isb.tuio whirl starts Tucsdu) will be thf question of ta j reform, Addt tlo tal W?Uirri (.( revenue, SUCh as st.it? Iincome snd Inheritance tax. ami e?i uallsatinn of re urns, with a vow to a lower tax lev) sal I lie the big elm before th ? solnns. Another Importard matter t,> i hefire the lesTlslature will \>> the en art utont ?tto law of regulations adopted ?>y h* siate hlgha'U) de partment to control travel on th lo.hlic highways. < uere,M y slimtagc in Philippine Manila, p i. Nov. jo fCorrtspond ence of Tbe tnsociated Press)?Tin eoeperat i.o> ol rhe IhnuI?i Oovem ni thiouxb tin s??vernor general sad tbe Philippine h-? elature In ?eyeing th** im in Uil problems result? ing from the rMstin^ si ortase of ewrrestcy. I? re?inested in . resolution ndonted bl lh< Pblllpplnr Chamber of Commerce uml tlo- t'liamlfi ,,| .\-:m ? utime nf tii^ Philippines Tbe resolution asserts that din- to shortage Of OgrfSBH1) and l > Various othrr reasons, there exl*i* .i reini.,!. Sj#Ove pwrnllx.ition nf the business ol Itr*- eountrv and large crops ire m ?luager of being lo^t " Th? rasolutlon further deelar< i thai 'the situation Is liecomlng in ?reesingu erltlcal and i ipeed rem edy to prevent a general bonkrupb Is considered iropi i Pretty so<m i to go., i reaolotlons win bm*.rr?^ foi idoptlon und for ae>enrtuu*nt later on pn ibuigh Cbrenlehii Tvlegrsph. State College For Wo men Makes Great Showing Columbia, Jim. 7 Winthrops in? rollment last roar, including all de imrtrneuts ems t?91lj according lo reports fos I9te i" be submitted !?> | tiu> legislature, oopy of which >v; made public today. This year 8S9 students were adml led, The collcgi 1 win be >???!?? to accemodale l&o more student a upon completion el the new dormitory, now hi it i erected. There are a*?a I.Seo Winthrop daughtera, the report an > a Vhc reporl eaye lhal of 845 uew students weighed i)ils year upon en? tering college, and weighed again be? fore having for I he Christmas holi? day* HA gained an average of nine pounds each, The reporl says thai a committee's Inveatlgatlon showed mo college food I? he good, Only seven Icon of the students weighed lost sretght the average helm aboul two pounds The building program at Winthrop] Is being carried out successfully, The J new dormitory i* it ofed in. The II Ibeary enlargement is progresalng, and the leather's h??.nn has been started, with all matt rial on the ground. Winthrop i* planning to put in op? eration the Camegtt plan for pen ?ioning ti IChera The plan will be put in operation next tall, it is stated. The plans for tie till Summer school look to ? bigger and better school than ever. Last BummerVi seho'd enrolled 1. ? IS, The report silOWl that the Win? throp plant is inventoried at more tlian two and a quarter millions', though the state Ins paid from its treasury only |fS1.117 of this amount since the college was established in isk6. The remainder represents prop? erty acquired by donation or fr<?i revenue derived by the college, LAURENS 3ANK IN GOOD CONDITION After Examination Institution Reopens Doors?Funeral of Dr. Aiken Held !*? nr. ns. .inn. 7 - The Lnurens Na? tional bank, of whkh tue Igte Dr. Hush K. Aiken was president, opened I i <.rs foi baafneai this afternoon, fallowing a signed tiatement by the board of directors to the effect that the members of the directorate in conjunction with s national bank ex? an Iner bad carefully gone over tin assets and liabilities of the hank and bid found the Institution in excel? lent condition and in ho way In? volved Og eCCOnht of tin- death of the late president. The affairs of the hank ware turned e\ r to the board of directors and at one, it aV re? opened for business William ft. lllehey, Jr., is vice president of the bank gad .1 J, Adams, cashier, it is stated tonight lhat a meeting of the dtreCtOri Will be leid 11 "\! We. ii which time a prcak&ent will prob? ably he chosen. The bank has a Cafritsl Stock Of $lO,OSfl ami became a national bank about two years ago, The funeral for I ?r. Aiken was held tins mornlni at ti o'clock from the i First Presbyterian church, of which 'the deceased was i member ami of? ficer, Inter mem was in the Lnurens cemetery, As a token of respect in the memory of the dletlnguiahed clttsea ail plac i oi business in the < It) were (dosed during tin- femoral hour and there was in attendance at i in- funeral servlct i one of the largest assemblages ever seen here on a similar 04 easlon. lasesrs on i im ureal Lakes, Detroit, .tan. I, Marked reduc? tion in the number of marine disas? ters Oil the Cleat L:.k ns during the Ittl season, compared with 1919, is shown in the records of shipping companies here. During 1920 thore were eight vessel looses ami lue; lost, against 1,1 vessel losses ami bo lives p.st the preceding year. The j!? persic-; who lost their lives last year perished when tin- steamer ?uperlor City sank in Lake ?u per tor oir Whlteflsh pomt. This occurred on tin night "i August ?0 after 1 col llalon with the s tea mi r Willis L. King. The rollkdon is said to b l\e been due to h fogs The Superior City sank sm sjntckt) sfter the co Melon it was Impoaslble to launch boats, accord? ing to the m orles of four survivors. One of these |i,st was ;, woman, wife of t he SI eond ? nglnCI r. Other vessel losses in |9f0 were: The story a. McGregor, tin; the j.i. n. Mirlgley, abandoned; the Mi? llion, toe; the Heron, sprang leak; lh< I alary Woolson, waterlogged; tin Mis lee, abandoned; the Francis .1. Wid lar, drlv< u on rocks The sinking if the Win it furnish? edoneofthe mfdyp m m KTAOl.N ? ?I one of tin- most dramtle pagaes in the history i?f ?'.ie.it Lakes disustcrs, although 1,1? lives w ie lotst. Tin- ship was driven on the rocks near White? hall Point during 11 storm that swept the upper iake< m Noveiiilwr, Cap? tain Arthur Korb*?? o! Ashtnhuln, < >.. in command of tin Wldliir, set out in a Small boat with a I ? \\ in II neu for the ehanm 1 after battllna 'he wuves for about 'en mllci wnd reseue ships went to tu?' wreck adn saved all mein hers of the crew. The Wldlar has been abandoned l?j hei owners to ihc omb rwi Hers. _ e The Sumter Creamer) < o., which ? ^ i.? Im- luoated OS ?'aldw-H street plans to he ready fur business on .ian 1 ? 1 * 15th The most modern mu? rhlnerj for tin pasteurisation of milk is being installed w hich will ir. >. ? b m n.r.: muh r t he most sanit?r) conditions ami through consolidation mm h better deliver) service to eus tonn rs will 1? p.. i?. u hen ? he new uompanj 1 into ?>[* 1 it Ion, WILL BE ASKED TO EXPLAIN CHAR* Howard Claims Appropriati For Development Muscle Shoals Defeated 03 Bel fish Interests Washington, Jan. fc. J. i: Howard, president of the American Karin Liu reau federation, his been summon \ r i (o appear lie fore the house war Investigation eommlttoi to explain a 1 rhurgc hj him thai the len millioi dollars appropriation for tin dcvlop ment of ihe Muscle Shoals nitruti plant was def< ated in the house "through the Influence^ of large cor? porations who have a selfish interest In the maintaining of fertiliser costs." ARMENIA BEING MADE 0VE1 Russian Bolsheviks Demobiliz? ing the Army and Reorganiz? ing Government London. Jan. B.?-The demobiliza? tion of the entire Armenian army is lu inn carried out by the soviet ai Krvlan, according to n Constantino dispatch. Three hundred Armenian officers have been sen: to Moscow for instruction in Bolshevik ntllitur; schools, Armenia Is to bo r< >rg nta ?d. Socialists Sot in Harmony. Paris, Jan. 8. Lenlne's attempt to rule and unit the socialists of '!. ? World and control their polici .through Ihe operations of th t' d lnU>i net lor ale of fcoscow Is to I ntested by the ci ntral party, ?<? iuetlon, of socialists. This party oc? cupies ii middle position between lib ;M: v rge rigid, or moderal ? I ? Lion of socialists and the extreme left, or ?? dloa] faction, it was in order le rganlae their forces Into 0 Co iInternationale that a meeting of the Centrist Socialists of the World has >ccn called in Vienna on February ?12 next, The renter socialist saro dls atln fled wit h inn ii t he He sond hit< lonnle and the Third Inh rnntioi Lenlne, leaders of t hal fuel Ion Joseph Qollomb, whu claims ;>> hav< represented the Socialist party America : r n meeting in Bern Switzerland, December which cul ed a? meeting at Vlonil I 11 'Xl I < ' ruar; to form the proposed Vow I ;i Inter* nationale, declares thai Ihe so ia of the world have become Impatien it the conduct of Lenlne's Third In? ternationale of Moscow, Thi UussiH I organisation, he declares, "Is devoi ing Itself chiefly to splitting tin I forces of socialism and of the work era**1 "Dominated by the chiefs of th Communtts party of Itussla," iloll mil alleges, "the Third Inten ition le i trying to lore on other countrlc pr? gram, temper and tactics, whirl whether g<?od for Russia or m>:. t . . no account of differences of condi? tions throughout! he world. Th ?< socmllsts who do nol accept to th< letter their ukases are denounced at ?traitors. The Third International mllttlng socialist parties In everj country, dlsoardlns whole maraes ol workers whose fidelity to i??< < has been proved and, by dividing ti. trade union moveme nt. SOWS hi Ire between worker and worker." flollomb contends th:: both th Second Internationale which exi? before the world war and the Thii Internationale are "malply negativ? character and effect.*' The m< ml > a the Second h ? ? . says, "have so limited, comprot and forgotten Ihe principles of i ? olallam that there is nothing left ol them. As the conference a i. i i< pointed out, they abandoned l e workers during the war and, by par? ticipating In capitalist cabinets i nd coalitions, the have bent nil 1 ich energies toward patching the pres? ent system instead of building a ne\\ one. "Socialists waid an adequate Inter? national organisation to marshal nil their forces and to carry out a positive upbuilding program. AI present there is im satisfactory orgunizatli n. flollomb declare-, that fundamen? tally, socialism is a constructive movement and thai the n gative.at? titude of the Seron.I and Third Inl >r natlonnle, does mn r.u'et Ihelr need today and the result has b en ??? u era! dissatisfaction with :???!: ? . them. He asserts thul more tin E100.0O0 voting socialists were r. sented at the Berne confer in wh has called the meeting in \ :? : na am thai most of the delegates at Iterin have been representative tlgurts In In ternntlonnl socialism for years. The delegates of the Socialist par of America wero delayed In arrivin but riollomh says the part had d eland Itself olllcially in favor of action taken nl Berne. The Cermai Independents were roprc I ? l.edebonr, Crispieu, and Othet fllil ? b an Longlie| a n I I *n 111 l a lire I sen ted the sie .a.his ??: Crane c In lists of Austria and Sv I ? rlan ? were i epresented at l i ? "The possible foi u< Ion Koiirt a Intermit ionah lor- the Vienna con. * ? to adds tlollomh, "bnl the outlook tha 11 is gHtherlng will become Ihe i nt< of gravity lor the socialist* und wi intc etas.; movement through ml t ? world." \i \ r.oiai Itl-.lil ( I DM ll.U.i A mnss me. ti;:'.-. <?. farmei Marlboro county, In Id In >'<< nn?dt \ Hie, .Ian. 8rd, a lopti il a i olu by a vot< of to .'? t" pi inl onlj ane-half the cultivated l.ii d in ? u ton i ids year I luhlln, Jan. Teh poll bni a< ks el Kramore w< re atlai ked ust night ami a military partj c; r< ut is a relief ambush I near thei \ er henvj lighting t lie iroop dn ? a uiuhiishei s, who lefl Ihi ii id ? tie soldier w as wounded ami mi tolIceman was wound? i In t;. .1 it t he b 11 racki. '0I' ? * O ACREAGE ! REDUCTION I iftj Per Cent Curtailment Urg- I ed in Virginia vud Carolina Bright Belts Danville, Va? Jan. 7 At a well at-j ; -j rto I nu 'Ing of the Danville To- j baceo asroeiati n i:i 'his city today . r . dut ion offered by H, U Unat- 11 1 \. ?;u111 und urging a. ."><> per cent M [curtailment ol tobacco acreage in the j ' I < Hd '?? ??:.! I elra ol Vh ginta and 1 Xorti i ? :? for 1921 was adopted. ' ' ... i ea . ; i Ihe co mmeuded i euitellm ni were set forth In a pr<s*P ? i [e citln ilw l i\v price of th." 1 1920 crop .'s compared with the pre- ?1 ceding year, trlbuting this to the'1 ? > . .. e Ei 'apean situation, the' m!'.. . . : exchange conditions md : ?? j of ;i still further '' I t'oiiuclii'i ? unless tli ? crop i1 ! oon ' nti ' Is materially cur-I' tailed. Tobat? ? growers arc urged,' j to devot? iho Rurplu acreage to the ' owing i .' food und forage crops: icroby the < a of living and to- ; c - pro i"v th ii may be seduced. | Pr< a td J. i!. Warren of the Vir? ginia :.: ' tii (tarolina Tobacco '(;? ?> ?? i ? .:. lociation was present and : prove I the suggested curtailment i of tho 1921 crop, expressing the view | lull .-? : ?!;. Her cuMailmeitt would not' ie< ihe exigencies of the situation. I ? ; . ;pr ted th" belief that the I.? owci i i nd ipi (lie suggoatlon ; . the Dan ? illo* Tobacco association] : ,hi ..' iv oom] os< l oi' buyers, deal : ?.. exporters end warehouaemen, I The Boatwrlght resolution was in Itrodueed ol th suggestion of Taxe-| well ?! Carrlgton of Richmond, pros*.] .i Tobacco association of; he .Eni ed :-'t ? tes. II ? it. a I he tact ! I. .1 piodui Ion oi tobacco in ? i I In ? ? . State i, in 151 J?? was bo t\\ en I 0.?U ; i( and 600,000,000 i pound ; comi .! \. i h % i To.ooo.ooo : i tin:1 hi rl l?O.O?O," i)0 in !!ds. The j |i . Id for the 1920 crops , will I i 20 to - : e. ;ita a pound, com- I [pared with ' > centa in 1919 and 35 I ? nta In 191S. Even with the adop? tion of i'1 ? re -ni ..ended curtailment j ..:.?'.!, .i is predicted that the price fiverago for 1921 will he but little if; any lncr? as< d ov -r I '?> 20. r^exlngton, k ... Jan. T.? Final nc? ' i u by banl era, growers und ware- J a use i ? n on th ? situation growing I .i ? ; .. . . ire o lol acco buyers to i itlsfactory pricea to growers In [ J the burl y tobacco district, was post- | , j poned i ? until January 13. The neat Inf? ? i thesi Interests, started here this morning and ndjournefl late tonight, will i" r sum cd on thai date ' J after a committee confers with buy I ra for the huge m.inufatcurers of [ prices ror t in 1 920 < pop; Growers from i"? of the r?s hurley ob; ceo rowing counties of Ken? tucky together with representatives . j ?'' Indiana and < n.??? growers at a meeting prior t-? the difference con? fer nco wl h I ? nkors and warehouse ii .: voted i.> r ft si to plan' tobacco \ i n 'ii and to hold the I :'-<) crop. Their a tlon v.. s. tentatively in I dorsed the latter conference. A new developmeni cf the situation ! today was receipt .?: a telegram from . ' Kepresi ntative < antn II, calling u mass meeting In Lexington .January 'i at vVhlch he sa'd that he would >i outline a plan which lie believes 1 j would prove a solution. j Aii- acco markets which closed j 1 last Tu t>day when the g neral move in nl for elosie:;- ?,'[!? warehouses (! rtarted, today were asked by the , confer ? < hera to remain closed until . , anudi*} 17. Markets s::l! open were' sifted to closi? ; nd n committee was appointed to call on officials of the i. ?uisvilli market to ask them to (dose, i h ritil n patlsfactory arrangement ; j ? ould be made, Rl N?WAY COUPLE IN JAIL 1 rt. 1 ouls, Jan. s. -Paul Auther, , Iiis i.id l?ark, III., and Mrs. 'jCharlotte Eransen Mason, who rani ] iway Tuesday nigh! are In jail here today. Auther and Ihe woman deny I tlons of the woman's bus-' ? Iband thai .v'; ? was sto.cn at the point i of ? ! tol. Th' >' a'.si) deny that Auth 1 f< I i . ;i nasen to give him o in i k ? r one hundred dollars to pay for ihe h mcymot n. ??TATIIi OP ADMIRAL DEWEY Manl'a, Jan. v. ? The Dewey me? morial committee has ?1 icided t.? er,-et i:l In to c . . 11> ? htindi < d thou 1 di !1 to Adr.iiral Dewey on the ol' Manlia Bay. The United ; la'a congress ... I he asked to op-l . ? ?pi iate half the fund. and the I Philippine Irgislattiro will appro- j . d Pa: in Hold Stock holders' i Mcot!n'?>i ? ' ? nr.i Ina. . in. i. All I ho hanks of ; |?i"?v i illy, wall have ; ie , hold? ra meet ings I Hi, 'l*n id < > a fter m xi. The I I ? are not If) ihl; their h ? ol lh;> annual meet ings. i in< nlhigH din ctors will be ' d jdlately following nie? I illg, in most '' r.tpi \vi .1 meet and ? I eel ' i ?11 pd I ?? other matters I "? ? ' banl h are all recpilred I ? o ; > ii tin. ir meetings in Jan nary, '' ?' : ''? government bar. suggested!' ?? h ! ' ? h. hh the date for the meet - . J All I he national banks of Co- ' ? a ]: i v aunoilU? id Ihe 1 si h as ; for tin r m ?ei ings. Htai 1 1 ? h I so have their meet i n '-Xu In ' ' ?.?? In ? osl ? ; es the) have them ihe same dub* us the national ' I unks, The nio'ii n - r? alino i . u ' ? ' V ? Jan. N 'I ? n r a ha-- v i. I i a i i i. .ie ! a ? I'd llardii g or Ihe !?'? h ral Ue 1 : i ii id m:.*, dnngei of *i general collapse .AUKENS' PORTRAIT 1 CEREMONY 'rogramme of the Exercises To 1 Be Held in Columbia Next Week Announced by Com nut tee Columbia, Jan. v. Complete plans { or Hi" unveiling of the portrait of | !ol. .l"lni Lumens, distinguished , Revolution?rs war hero, were an* L lounced yesterday by the committee n charge of the unveiling. ? The portrait is to be unveiled Jan lary I '?> In the hall of, the houso of i t presentat ives and the ceremonies vill begin ai the state house at l , i'clock, following a parade down ilain street at I _' :">" o'clock. Martin i-'. Ansel of Qreenville, for- j nor governor, will deliver the por- 1 mil to the stale and it will be re eived b. Governor Cooper, w. A. 1 "atk, member of the committee, will ?reside and introduce former Gov- j i nor Ansel. j The portrait is to be unveiled by Mi?*s Henrietta Dargsn and Miss Lily Virginia C'.ark Wilkinson. Mrs. J^annie is. Sloan, llrsl vice rc .? ni of the South Carolina Daughters a the American Itevolutlon, will read the sonnet to "Liberty" composed by Colonel 1 .aureus on his death bed. The parade preceding the exercises it the state house will be composed ?i a platoon of city police, a battalion of troops from Camp Jackson in com? mand of Brigadier General MacAlex* inder and his s',;i"f, Confederate vet? erans, the It. O. T. <'. at the university j Loy ScOUtS ami citizens In general, the committee in charge announces. Brig. Gen. W. W. Moore, adjutant general of South Carolina, will be hi. f marshal of the parade. The progrum for the unveiling of the portrait of Colonel Laurena, as innounced by the committee, follows: 1. Meeting called to order at 1 o'clock p. Ill, Thursday, January 13, by Commissioner John J. Dargan. 2. "Song. "America," by selected i hoir and band, In which the audi nce will join. ::. - Invocation, the Lev. M. L. C;ir lisle, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist church. 4. "Commissioner J. J. Dargan will introduce IV. a. ("lark, member of ihe commission, who will preside. 5, "Portrait unveiled, Miss Hen? rietta Dargan and Lily Virginia Clark Wilkinson. ?'?. "Maraollalse," by selected choir k'roni Chicora college. 7. "Ex-Gov. Martin P. Ansel, for? mer member of the commission, in? troduced by the presiding officer, who will then read the report of the com? mission and present the portrait to lov. itobert A. Cooper, who will re? ceive the same in behalf of the s ate. s. "Governor Cooper receives the portrait and delivers an address of thanks in behalf of the state in ap? preciation of the excellent work of the commission in memory of this i tevolut lonary hero, "Music bj the hau l. 'Carolina*' by Tim rod (music by Reed Miller) <sung by (hoir from Chicora college. 10. "Address by .Mrs. s. O. Plowden on behalf of the state {federation of Women's t 'lubs. 11, "Tin- sonnet to 'Liberty* com* postd by Colonel Lnurens on his death bed, read by Mrs. Fannie 1> -loan, first vice regent of the South Carolina Daughters Of the American devolution. 13. "Benediction by the Rev. Kirk man G, Linlny, bishop coadjutor elect." The parade will be formed at the postofhee and will be headed by the platoon of city police. Following the police will be a battalion of United States trOOpS from Camp JSOkSOU headed by Brigadier General McAlex ander and staff. Third In the line of march will be the Confederate vet? erans, commanded by Brig* Gen. David Cardwell, commander of Camp Hampton. Following the Confederate veterans will be a detachment of the It. < >. T. C. ir on the university of South Carolins and a band. Fifth in order will be the Boy Scouts and then will come- the schools and colleges, citizens in general will bring up the rear, according to the announced program! SI RGEONS MEET IN CHARLESTON Columbia. Jan.7- The South Caro? lina section of the American College of Burgeons will meet in Charleston January 17 and Is. Twenty-one leading South Carolina surgeons are members of this organisation. The meeting will be devoted to clinical study of such diseases as can? cel-, prenatal feeding and other sub? jects vital to the public health. Clinics Will be held at the hospitals in Char? leston. D)r. Chas. W. Kollock, of Charleston is chairman of a commit? tee in charge of plans for the meet? ing in the city by the sen, according to announcement made here today. The surgeons meeting in Charles? ton wdi be addressed by leading sur? geons of Baltimore, New York and 'hicago. Several surgeons from Co? lumbia will attend the meeting ami practically every section of the state will bo represented, it is expected. Similar clinical meetings will bo In id n every state. Washington, Jan. v Kvldencc as o prices charged the government for oal lust year submitted In the de tartment of Justice by ihe senate ?omniittee on reconstruction appears o warrant Investigati??n, Acting At? om, y iioncru) Nebeker announce*! \\ as hingt? it. Jan. 8 Hu> I". Allen, ,r Komcrsett, Md., was nominated-to? ny b> President Wilson t-> lie treas , , i- of Hu Cnited Stutes. M r. Allen, ho has been ;i^^:.'in treasurer, sue-I eeds .lohn Linke, whose resignation as accepted yestorduj by the pres-j i. nt. Tri? t, .Im v Ii is reported that ?? A iim u nzio intends to remain In 'lume, Ii ts reported thai he has 11Iii? loned one of the largest villas i live city. SEW YORK NOW RIVALS OLD WEST Icld-Ups and Murder C reating .More Sensation Than Nickel Novels x< \ v< rk Jan. 7 Xew fork lias hroa*n away its nickel no%'el of 1920? 0 Ih Km reading the ItJl thriller of. ???ad Man's GuMi moved into Broad? way mid the Black Hills act down hi Fifth Avenue somewhere between he Waldorf-Astoria and 4L*nd street. With something like -too robberies tnd "stickupe on the newspaper lists jt eirmcs for the past year, and more than 1"M murders and killings set Aown by news offices as unsolved t1 * New Year has had set for it a pen np-dreadful record it will take two f,un men from Coyette Canyon a life lime's endeavor to beat. A rale from the Grand Central in a taxicab now is conceded by lead? ing papers of the city to have nothing en a trio in th ? DeSdWOOd Stage? coach ana the big hotels and restau? rants loom up as the Santa Fe Sa? loon in the Wild West days of the si\-uun tide;- and the Had Boy band? its old Bloody Hollow. Twenty polio riflemen patrol the streets at night in automobile?. The curfew rings at midnight w hen Central Park is closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and all persons abroad must give ac? count of themselves when asked. ii the past month judges on the criminal court.* bench have ured in? formation of citizen's committee's on a par with the vigilantes of the fron? tier before it was accused of going back east to metropolitan centers. The Mayor has warned ali persons carrying or purchasing valuables to procure permita to arm themselves against highweymen and the police have tried to tfet back sonu thing like first principles in life and property protection. Crimea have been chronicled at j though they were robbery and mur? der cyclones, and the subway news? paper reader has felt all the thrill 1 of riding the Overland Limited in the days when Jesse James and gang held no prarls railroad immune from their ravages, Estimates have placed about $4, 000,000 as tin- total value of loot ob? tained by burglars, thieves nd yegg |mcn in New York during 192l>. D?y ligh holdups, attacks in leading ! Great Way ilotels and automobile banditry have yielded much of the I valuable stolen. As many as 40 rob I beides and thefts have been featured for a month's acts of violence of note, and six such attempts in a day have b? en recorded. Of the more thn 100 "unsolved" murders listed by sonss papers, a number now are nationally, if not in? ternationally known. Beginning srUH ja killing las* Sew Year's Day. 192o's j record started strong. Conoplcsjosjs in tlv |2 month*' list were the mur .ders of Joseph F. Llwell, Miss Uenie Constance Hoste and Frederick C. Ecker. F weT, known from coast to coast as a whist expert and horns most. 'was .^hot to death in his handsomc i ly furnished West 70th street home; .Miss Ibrie, a 17-year-old girl, was found mutilated in h< r father's house; Ke'..ert, . forme:* government agent I and aibged whi *key? runner, was ! found shot dead in an automobile in Rtaten laland. I in the robberies, organised ban is of gunmen have seemed to prodoml ! nate. Thefts of valuable goods from railroad freight cars, bulking big in packing cases, have been consider? able. Stolen automobiles have been j reported constantly. But holdups of j the old time type, by day as well as night, on the street, in the home, in {hotels, where masked and unmasked linen have taken what they wanted at 1 the point of pistols, have called forth i the hue and cry against alleged "in? adequate police protection." Automobile bandits have maeie oft I w ith a numbe r of factory payrolls and banks have seen punmen walk in r.nd demand money from the safe under \ penalty of instant, death. At this time the police department his bee n under fire. Police Commis? sioner Knrigbt. right bower of tho city administration, has been attack? ed continual!*' in the newspapers bs* cause of the prevalence of the gun? men. j The commissioner has retorted by I asserting that this condition exists I elsewhere. To combat it he has lengthened the hours of police duty, called for R00 additional poltCOBSefl and sent out automobile squaels arm led with riiies to patrol the shopping land business dlstricta Lake- CTtj Barbers Cut Prices. Florence, Jan. 6.?Indicating that the people of Lake city. Florence county, are ke eping a elose watch on the general downward tre-nd of prices, tin- barbers there have an nounced a cut in charges from 25 e ents for sinc e s and 10 ecnts for hair cuts to 1.'? eents and SI cents for the same service. Old eustomcrs who have been shaving themselv?'? and skipping hair cuts until driven to th.- shops by their wives, because of the high price of the luxury, are new ^rdr.K back to the barber shop* and proprietors of the shaving par bus declare tiny nre biking in Just is mm h money ns before the cut. It is said thai boarding houses In Lake < it\ have also announced a redac? tion in board amounting to between sind S:t a week. Washington, Jan. 7.?Prance] has informally notined the Cnlted states if a C ?nie undated invasion of the lluhr vallcj on account of the elleg ?a failure of Germany to a (feet dls irmament in that district. London. .Ian. v.?The population. >i the Island of Yeglia have revolted Lgainst tin Italian government troops iml have preadaimed a e'rotian re ?iiidie. says a Rome dispatch. London. Jan v The engages! s announced of Lieutenant T ?uiham. Tinted Slates army, j >i \Y. A. Ourham, of Appomatg o murr) a daughter of Sir L [armaworth, s brothai \**\ thcllffe.