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COL. LAURENS JjONORED Portrait of Revolutionary Hero Unveiled Yesterday FORMALLY PR ES KN TED TO THE STATE Exploits of Famous Charleston ian Recalled After Long Lapee of Years dumbta. .Inn. II A11 Is 4 phi meral-?fame and tho famous as u.U." wrote .\.ur? us Aurelius find Shnkspere thought "There'a hop< u gnat man's memory out) outlive his life half a year"?y?t \.st?>rduy South Carolina aaoaod I3fl years after tho death Of John Lain.ns. ilm Bay ard of Am. i I to unroll Iiis por? trait and after the laps.' of yeara to again roeoant tin oaploita of rhis s? Mith Carolinian it?or< than soldier and pMt lean than **i^< " that in? to? ol \ might tai ? them "t<< her caverna, pure and aV ep," Thm portrait, painted by a. Bd* niunda, a gifted artist who died n Columbia tin years ago, was eoru pleted in 1?10 and was first p in the state Horary, from where it was removed several years hit< r ?o be hung on \)\< south wall oL the house of representatives Tin- house of repr?sentativ? i und the n n lail, after honing the report ol QOV i ? 'o mm lesion er Dar? gjin. who had been entrusted with the securing of a sultahle portrait, pass? ed a sonourrent rseolutlon, providing ,i commute., wha-n wua to ar? range' a date and program for the presentation and aoeeptance of, the portrait. The resolution als?? provid? ed that. \\'?>...di -OU ifilSOn "of New Jofgey*1 be Invltssl to address ehs gen oral assent bl) on thai occasion. Mr. Wilson w in unahle t.? attend and oiher difficulties arising, th. Intend* esj pieocatatlon w.?* u?>t oarrled out. ?blent Wilson was aH<? in\itt-d to itK n4 |he egrsnsonan yesterday but l noi ? nt, he w rote. he coujie of ill health. Prestldent-elect ii.tilling was also cateaded an Invl tation hut eouJd not attend. ? Py a very interesting Providence." the portrait commission in its report 'he general assembly ten years ago po.nt ?l cut, this pletun . a full length portrait of the Revolutionary hero. He artist's Ii nest and lUOSt valued aihn veinent. was his last." lohn J l>argan. u member of the original iiortiatt oommlssdoni opened the exerciats In th" hall of the house of represent!! tlven s.st.rd.o after noon, tailing th? un-.tin^ *o order and i . ? as atlas] th. Rev, I. L. Car? lisle, it. ii. pssMor of the Washington Str?M?f Methodist rb irrb, who deliv? ered the ilivoeatloii. i 'o m i o i MdOOOr ihtrgun then Introduced Commission er W. A. ciark, sjrho presided at the oeremonies. in a short address Mr, Clark called attention to the friendship of (len. Ueorge Washing? ton and Colonel Luurfns, w ho was a ? mi. i ot the g. n? r.il's staff. ami ?luoted Washington's Judum? nt of l*auren?. In a word he had not a fault that I ?\'i could discover, un less intrepidity. hordering upon rashness coubi conn umler that de glOtnlliatton, and to this he was e\ l ?.\ the pun Ht in dlvee." The only BAonusnc it now standing to Coi onel Lauren*' memory. Mr. Clark aald, was an humid.- oa< on ins .is plantation. We hi\.- or<ott? ti the greatness of tin- man," the speak * r said The portrait was gnVOlled b) M I h. i mr.os, i targun ??f dUtti s bfJTg and laly VTrglala Clark Wil? kinson of Columbia. Thomas P. Cothran, speaker of the house, then ?end the report of the portrait boanntlsston, which Iformor flOVernor Ans? I and ? 'oiu'ni-;Mom-r i?argan prepared len rears igo, pre eenting the portrait to Governor < .opor ami through him t?> I i< people Of South Carolina. ? ???vern??r Cooper accepted the Klft in ii short a liliv^s, d? ?< rlblnsj Col? on? I l?auren* us the man w ho accom? plished more for America than any Other man. who lived at tha\ time 0T Sill< ? Ijilii'tiiK' seeming ? f ' sue con" front Krane?*, the governor said, did nothing i?**s than sa\r the cauex ? >f Arn- i lc in indepi nd< m??? Mi *. itofus p i Hi pr< sldenl of I lo? ll South ? 'arolli i I derai ion of W 0 m< n s Clubs, int: odue< i Mrs. S (>. PfOWden, Vh < I esideil! Ol t hi" I'd eratton, who delivered a short en eomlum of liiui ' n? .is a sohli? r. g* n 11'tnan ami diplomat. Mis. John T ?loan of the l>aught? t~ ol t i? Itevo lotion read th? snnn-i ' Lit., i t loeenp"-" d bj i ? i i on ln HMlth bed The meetirg ended with tin beiK lletier prom im? ? d l?> th? K? v. Knk Psj tl. I'lnitv, rector of Trtnltj Bh>lsc?>pal ? hm? h gnlected chidi n ot < 'ol m.bla i ollegi Chleora eollewe uirls sang g init>er of songs w? i< h with pa ?loin selections th? Seventh ?-n jers' ha ml from ? ' > ,i, i. .1 >? ^ son. intci sp?'is?-d thu'iijihou1 lie arogram. TTie hall waa pocked with specia? le during the exereis?-s, M 11 ihn Is. Him ami In m r,. r?. I (J M? fjbaander both preset)! a ll h Ih* staffs .l.hn Ijiturens ol Chai Ian. a Veteran ??f tic Thirtieth ill Ion ind a grand in hi .\ "i < 'ol Lplirens. also alt? mb d ?b< e? re? galing th. e\< n Isi s in t! ? OUSe .i pal .iil? "I* ? d o i s in I' I C??nfedeI'll11 nib ts of t he \ m< ? ' I Steals from Winthrop, ? hi olumbia ?olleges and I In fid s< ho??l pup.Is to mt*d r ami marched I? the es?- lit 11 i??11 ? i i ? ?. ones Sutln* ? i s' I?i ml I mm and- r \ h ? do ? ' . Mm\ Uiustei i 'barb * ?gfied f\( ? II. nt music gSgde and tie songs at ^kk Ui? rilate lluusc, iL LAI RENS SAVED AMERICAN CA CSE in ail American history no more extractive personality ?rill he found aad nans a be baa served bis country Ibettoi than Lieut. Col. .i?>hn Laurena jof the American Revolution. There are those who bellevei with great show of reason, thai hut for his Ualtfllts, his ? i,gaging li uniH'ii and I lila dartraj I hat the- American Rev? olution wouhi have failed, I "In Ihi sixth year ot the war of Independence, the events of tin- cam jpaign had la-en Very adverse to the i Ann t h an arms, and at the close of I7sa, the resources of the United ?tales wen in extrem depression," I says Maj. William Jackson ot the Revolutionary army, who accom tled John Laurent to i'r.?. t?. Con? tinuing^ .Major JaekSOn suys: lit? eral Lincoln who commanded In > ;Seuihern department after u brave nd protracted defense of Charleston agataat the army and Beet under Hh I Henry Clinton and Admiral ArbUth [noti \\;is compelled to capitulate and to surrender his gallant garrison prisoners of war. By tins success and the subsequent defeat of General Qates at Camden, the British forces gained a control in the South, which threatened the most extensive and disastrous consequences The main army Under Qeil ral Washington, re? duced h> detachments to the South tin states, was badly clothed, irregu? larly provisioned and without pay; tie- magazines were empty, the tri a. m\ rahaustedi ami the public'credit ot no avail. In tins alarmlag crisis of the national affairs, General Washington convened ; council of his most confidential ofllt-era a faith? ful ami minute i epresenttaion was submitted to eongresa and it was reapeotfully laggested as the most Immediate means of relief that a special minister should be sent to Frame to solicit a iouu of money and SUppHcs ot' clothing and mili? tary stores with a request that a na\a? superiority might rendezvous on the American coast at an appoint? ed Urne, to enable the oommander in-? hici to undertake offensive op? erations agalnal tin dispersed force of the snemy. "Congress acceded to the opinions ot* this interesting communication ami reft n d the nomination of the minister to Com ral Washington, whose selection oi the 'ail accom? plished Laurena1 luatlAed the confi? dence of gOVemment and secured the BtlCOeSafUl completion Ol this impor? tant trust, As aide de c?np to (ien sral Waahtagtan, Colonal Laurena w.is fully nformed of every clrcuiu StanOS that could give fm tlx rare c to the negotiation, ami writing and i " thing the French language with classical pur.ty, lie posiesscd in an eminent degree, the power of illus? trating all its objects." Cnloael Laurena arrived in Paris about March I. 1TM. Ih found Dr. I'enjamin Franklin, minister to France, discoumged, the Flench min? imi, r c>i forellan relations unrespon? sive, For two months he urged his cause to tin- French ministers Wltit OUt snTect, Then he determined to break all conventions and approach the French king personally, This he did at a hvee. to the consternation of the courtiers. Cut the personal? ity of laiurcns had its effect and lie obtained supplies ami in- Coopera? tion of the Franca Beet, Yonttown followed, and there Colonel Daurens OOndUCted the negotiations for tin surrender. He required that the Brit? ish march OUl With their colors ised and playini a British or Qer< man march. This they did and the march played was - The World Turn * d ITpstdt Don n." This did not end the war Immedi? ately, das to tedious communica? tions, but hostilities on smaller scale continued, Colonel Laureat came to KoUth Carolina to take part in the campaign there, in an Invtgnlnoanl action OP the Combahoei near Tail l"utY. he ti ll into an ambush and while leading a charge was the tirst man of his part) slain. And so died him who was known among his fel i?w part lots as the Payard of Amer? ica/' without fear ami without re? proach. He was less than 28 wars of age. Of bun it has been Bald: "The com blnatlon of military talent, Intellec? tual brilliancy ami maturity of char? acter which marked him hardly And a parallel among his associates save in bis friend and fellow Officer ?n Washingtons' rtaff, Alexander Hamil? ton." John Adams said: "Our country has lost its most promising char? acter." He was bam October 18, 17r.4. son oi Henry Lauretta ;| vary wealtliy merchant ? 1 Charleston and some time president of the Continental congresa He and all 0? his lathers children were taken abroad fur their education In 1171, This he received in London and Cent va. At the breaking out of the Revolution he wax study Ins law in London. lb wished to return to America Immediately, but his father would not permit him to do so until about January, 1 7 7 7. He arrived In Amer? ica m April, 1 7 7 7. lb- received an appointment on tin staft of Qsnoral Washington foi whom he frequently acted as prl\ate secretaty, He was Soon great 1) beloved l>\ Washington ..ml was entrusted by the comma n dei in ? biet with man. important, missions He returned Washington's alt?'tern and resenting an unkind re? mark b> Charles l?ee ol the general, fought tin latter a duel ami serloua i> wounded him. Iiis action, haw ever, was s?> chivalrotti ami mag? na nlmourt thai Charles I., himself exclaimed: "flow handsome the oung i' iloa behaved, i could have hugged him " in October, 177a, before leaving London, h< had mihi > <\ Martha Man? ning, a dam ht r Ol William .M in nine', a area Ii hy l amdon met ? ha nl ami a friend and correspondent of his lather. Tina William Mannlnu was the grandfather of Card mil Manninv, John Cam ? as could n m Ih Ins. hl i wife and child lo America during Ihe . Wa. , bit; u h It h n* nl on his IVl'.rt siou to France "he a nt there to meet him and died at Lille, Aftei the war John Lauretta* daughter. Frances Kleaaor, was brought to Sharlcaton by hit ulsters, who hod i?mail'.' ?i in Bnglund, she married i Mr. Henderson by whom she had one child, u son. who died before mother, PROGRAM FOR INAUGURATION -. Gov. Cooper Will Take Oath of Office For Second Term Next Tuesday Columbia, Jan. 14.?Plans for th< Inaui jr.iimn of Governor Cooper, Governor Wilson <;. Harvey ami other state officials, to take place next ruesday .a 12:30 were announc? ed In ihe general assembly today. '; .? >moules will take place be? fore ihe Join! legislative assembly, is of congress and supreme fit, clrcu't ami federal judges have he.. i k'lted to all? ml. The .state olli cers will a ? i a; the governor's cthYe | an?! I?. escorted to the hall ot* Iho hou of representatives. Lieut. Gov? ernor Junius T, Mies will preside, flovernor Cooper will be sworn in by A Hociate Justice R. C. Watts, af er wti h the Inaugural address will br delivered. Th<- lieutenant governor Wil mm hi- inaugurated and he will take charge ami dismiss the assem? bly, THE U)NE STAR MURDER Earie Wad ford Dead and Corbet Zeigler Loses Leg While Wife and Child of WTadford Are Also Fired Upon by "Feet it/* Fogle Orangeburg, Jan. 13. ? Richard C'Feetle") Fogle, negro, accused of sly otlng and killing Karl Wadford. a j oung farmer of Lone star, aiui wounding his wife and baby, and a neighbor, was arrested tonight by o .-h< rdfs posse and placed in jail here, Th**euts of lynching were load but the negro was safely brought here. I.one Star. Jan. IS,?A posse of < iti/ens ol the Lone H?ar community believe they have surrounded in the Congaree river swamp near hen "Feetie" Fogle 1 ."i year old mulatto. wl o last night shot and Instantly .< lied Karle Wadlord, wounded Mrs. Wadford and l.er lour months old child ami dangerously hurt Corbett Zelgler, a neighbor, whose right leg was amputated at the Baptist hospi? tal in Columbia today, .Mi. Wadford was shot down by the negro in the door of the Wadford bom". Mr. Zelgler, a near neighbor, was assisting Mrs. Wadford to place Ih ? dead man's body on the bed when Peglo shot through the window and badly Injured Mr. Zelgler, the load siting eitert in tie right thigh. The negro then tired a third time through the window. 1 1 shot hitting th?' baby in tue back and several shot hitting the mother, The story told here today is that Mr. Wadford had some meat stolen. Confronted by Mr. Wadford, Fogle |j said to have admitted taklnng the n eat ami to have returned it. Early Wednesday evening Fogle came to tlx Wadford home and asked Mr. [ford for a match. Mr. Wadford came to the door, and as he turned I ? go bock into the room. Fogle ? ? ned tire, klllinfl Mr. Wadford In? stantly. .Mr- Zelgler rushed in to I, Mrs. Wadford and us ?die two weil, putting Mr. Wadford on a bed, Kogls fired through the window, pos i bly fatally wounding Mr, Zelgler. .\ Ihlrd shot was fired at the mother and child, but only a small part of load took effect, Th.e tragedy lias caused great in? dignation in the surrounding com? munity and many have joined in the' effort to apprehend the negro. The condition of Corbett Zelgler, Calhoun county man. shot by a ne? gro Wednesday night, was said to be very satisfactory at the Baptist hoa Ital last night, The leg was ampu tated a few Inches below the Hip. and strong hopes are entertained for his recovery. v. s. t<> Advance Money. Athens, .Ian. IS.- 11 was annoumed here today that the United Slates gov? ernment had consented to advance to the Greek government $82,000,000, aj reody promised Greece when M. Ven ... los was premier, but upon the con 'lion that the money be expended ill America for non-war material. Fire in Manning. Manning. .Ian. IS.- - Fire today com? pletely destroyed 'he residence of Clarence Bprott. 'ti.' family was In Charleston on a visit find only a few pieces oi' the house furnishings were d. The amount of insurance has not been ascertained. Hull Sold for 920,000. Owatonnu, Minn, .lan. i:: - Ormsby Sensation, a purebred Holstein bull owned by Rlonn Brothers, A. 1>. John? son ami A <'. Johnson, of I311endnl">, has been sold fo- $1*0,11011 cash to the Beaver Dam Btock Farm, Montgom? ery, .\. v., it was announced todi The bud was purchased In mentis ; sgO for $4.000. 1 ?'learfield, Penn., .lan. 1 1 - -Fir< ??. I eel loved to he ..1 an Incendiary <?rig ., broke 1,1,1 Madoa, mar ben tod.. \ ? :;(? o'clock thirteen buildings h 1 been destroyed, with an estimated In 1 jof one hundred thousand dollars a 1 the lire was still burning. Madoa la n thriving town In the bitumin? s , dist riet. Munich, Jan. 14, General Luden? do| II todi!) d< nied thai In. had pi - si nted a no mortal t 1 the allies pro nu , joint offensive against ItUs ' iv ICr.gland, Frnnn end Germany, lie denied any connection with tlen rul Hotiman. who recently said Gen. L'ersbing or Marshal Foch should (end 1 vorld army against the bolshevikl. RESULTS FROM "Y" CONFERENCE Boys "Y" Conference Instrumen? tal in Establishing Y. M. C. A. at S. C. Industrial School That great good has neceraarlly come out af the Older Hoy's "Y" Con? ference which was held in Sumter on the 3rd, Ith u.id 5*.;i of last Decent eember is amply proved by a letter which has been sen! loa?, from tho South Carolina Industrial School at Florence. The letter was written by H. H. skinner, morale officer of the school and in ii he states that as a direct result of the conference, the organisation of Y. M. c. A. work has taken place in connection with the i state School and under the direction of the county work. At this Older Boye* Conference the delegation Bent here from the South Carolina Industrial school was com- j posed of 11. 1'. Skinner, Prof, lluch i and G. I-. VVoodhotise, members of the faculty of the school and Herman ! Brown. Henry McDonald, Paul John? ston and "Red" Harm t, who at e at the school. This Was the first ex perh nee of this school in getting in | line with the Older Hoys' conference. but everyone was very much encour? aged at the showing that they made. IThere was at Aral some doubt as to j just how these boys would be re- i t reived by the other boys and also as. to what arangemente would be made for their entertainment while in Sum ter. This doubt, however, was of a Very short duration for two families of tin- city telephoned the committee on arrangements and asked to criter? ia in the delegation from the Indus- j I trial school. The boys acted so far above the expectations of everyone that they were given invitations to re? turn and Inquiries were started froisi many sources as to what kind of a School the state has. H is staled, that it la one of the best of its kind in the country. There are In attendance at the In? dustrial School about 125 boys who ? ?ompose four military companies, as the school is of the military academy type. The companies aye Ii. C. 1>. and IS. About 10 or 15 departments are covered by the school, including farming, dairying, cooking, etc. The Industrial School wants to extend to the people of Sumter their thanks for the kind manner in which I; hey wa re entertained during their stay. A portion of a (dipping from the school paper called the "Life Buoy" reads: "Sumter treated us fine and we hoped that we showed it. We felt it, ? rid wanted to express it. The confer? ence was a huge aUOOOSS and out of it we are building our own little Bible group under the supervision of Mr. Johnson and Mr. Woodhouse. We were surprised at the arrangements the officers made for us to attend the conference and we are not through with the satisfaction that we have ga Ined from it. SEES^?o~?BLE FOR CUBA Havana. Jan. 13.?Major Gen. Enoch Crowd er, special representative of President Wilson investigating con? ditions in Cuba, in a statement giv? en out tonight, after referring to the failure of the electoral board and courts to function within the prescrib? ed limit, declared: "If these agencies continue to fail Cuba, in due course of time, will bei confronted with ad interim and pro? vincial national administrations, and after the lirst Monday in April next with a total paralysis of the legisla? tive power." APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT Knoxvllle, Jan. 13.?H. \V. Miller has been appointed vi o president of the Southern Hallway, In charge of operations, succeeding K. H. Coap man, whose death occurred a few days ago, Mr. Miller has been serv? ing the railway as vice president and the appointment transfers him to the operating department. DEAD IN A BURNING BED Columbia. Jan. 14?Mrs. Louise Lo gan, the wldOW of the late Charles Logan, who gave the city of Columbia the site for one of its schools which was named for the giver, was found dead in h< r bed and the bed on fire at an early hour lore today. Her servants called at the home, and not bearing from Mrs. Logan, they enter? er her room to find the bed in flames and the lady dead. She was in her eighty-sixth year and was one of the city's most prominent and phllan i hropic women. Paris. Jan .14.? Uaotll Peret. pres? ident of tho chamber of deputies has be n asked by President M?lerand to form a cabinet In succession to the one headed hy George Leygues, w hich i cslgned Wednesday. London. Jan. 1 I. William M< - fJrath, king's counsel In Dublin, was severely wounded when llred upon by i men who forced entrance Into his j home early today, says a Dublin dis I patch. McOrath w as struck by sev < ral bullets. Washington, Jan. 14?The negro population of Richmond, Va.. Is ?4, ? ?17 und Ihr white population 117, fjiift. All others according to the i ensus report. I _?_ London, Jan it The Greeks have I made unothcr important udvauee In their offensive against the Turkish Nationalists on the Brousen front in I Asia-Minor, uccordina to reports rc reived by the Greek legation here. Washington, Jan. 14.- A decision j to open the house emergency tariff lull to amendment was made today by I tiie senate finance committee, WOULD COMPEL j BUILDING LOANS Hill in New York to Make In? surance and Savings Bank | Buy Real Estate Mortgages ; - j New York, .Inn. 13.?Slate supervis Ion und regulation of ,,n business and trade association b> n state trade com- j [mission, probably will be one of the recommendations made to the New York legislature by the Joint legis? lative committee investigating the "building trust " ' The report will be drawn Up bj Samuel Untermyer, counsel to the committee, and will contain sugges? tions for remedial legislation to cor rect tb?- abuses exposed b> the com? mittee's probe and stimulate tho building uf homes. j The committee also is reported to be preparing a proposal for com- I pelting savings banks, life insurance 1 companies and other linancial institu? tions over wyhieh the statt has con-I trol to invest a larger part of their assets In real estates mortgages. Under the plans for regulation of I trade associations, a bi-partisau com? mission would have power to examine costs and to fix reasonable and fair [profus in the various industries. A uniform system ol* accounting would be required of all members of the individual associations. No Bgreenv nt between linns or in? dividuals relating to trade practices might be entered into without the ap? proval of the commission. For busi? ness firms to form an association or enter into an ugrcemx nt with other fir nig, without .authorisation, would j automatically render them guilty of a crime. Mr. Untermyer believes that some Such form of regulations should be extended not only to the building ! trades but to all othe ? forms of in? dustry, since he believes trade asso? ciations are accomplishing In prac? tically -every business held what has been done in the stone, brick, plumb inir and allied Industries. Where the element of price regulation en? ters, it would moke necessary the es? tablishment of uniform systems of book-keeping SO that correct figures might be obtained from which to study profits. Besides the con;mission, it is stated, that a host of ?Uber regulations aimed at abolishing unfair trade practices will be asked and statutes will be sug? gested to restore the free flow of open competition which formerly prevail? ed. Members of the committee have intimated that they hope the propos? ed state trade commission may serve as the basis for federal body of Sim? ilar scope with powers to regulate national trade bodies along the same lines followed by the interstate com? merce commission in connection with the railroads. Life and fire insurance companies, savings banks and like institutions, that are holding in trust the savings of the people, Mr. Untermyer de? clares, should be compelled to in? vest the bulk of the tru.n fund so held by them in first mortgages on unen? cumbered, improved, revenue-paying property in the great cities to the ex? tent of not exceeding two-thirds of the actual appraised value of the poverty." "With the processes of the law at the heels of the criminal combina? tions." he added, "and the legislature encouraging construction and at the same time adding to the stabilitv of our great financial savings institu? tions by requiring them to put the bulk of their new investments into j real estate mortgages, the housing I problem and the evil of rent profi? teering would soon solve themselves." The report of the committee will he drafted by Mr. Untermyer imme? diately after tho banking and insur? ance inquiry has been completed. This phase of the investigation will be taken up under a new resolution enacted by the legislature giving the committee full authority to make a thorough probe Into the affairs of the financial organisations TINKERING WITH AUTO LICENSES Pickens Legislator Proposes to Have Clerks of Court Make Collections Columbia, Jon. H.- -Transfer of tlie Issuance of licenses for motor ve? hicles from the state highway de? partment to the clerks of courts in the various counties is called for in ? bill, introduced in the house of rep? resentatives today i?y the Pickeue delegation. The bill would allow the chrks of court to retain as fee for their services ten cents for every li? cense issued. This bill would not remove the work of purchasing the motor ve hic!. licenses from the state htghVfU) department, nor Would it alter tlie present law as to division of the pro rceds, but it Would merely require the State highway department to dis? tribute licenses through the county I clerks of court* fees la be collec ted by the clerks. The count) clerks would be re Iquired to pay to the county treasur? ers all of their collection*, after de I ducting ten cents for each license, this to lx* retained as a fee for ser? vices. County treasurers would be required to transfer eighty-five per cent or the license money to the county road funds. The remaining fifteen per cent would be sent to the state treasurer. Governor Cooper has favored a bill of this kind, though he wants the license to oe handled on the part of the state by the secretary of state. This measure, however, is likely to meet with stubborn opposition. Many legislators- op-pose it, they ^eay, on the ground that it puts the licensing i of automobiles imo county politics, .thus endangering the Chances for full ; enforcement of the license law. They j also state *hat figures obtained from I the state highway department show that motor vehicles licenses can be handled with less cost by the state highway department, as at present, than through the county clerks. This information is based on reports from I other states, with both plans reported i on. The Pickens delegation is compos? ed of J. S. leopard and J. O. Wil? liams, in the house, and Frank Alex? ander in the senate. FAVOR COTTON REDUCTION PLAN North Carolina Farmers Vota Unanimously For Plan Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 13.?The North Carolina branch of the American Cot , ton Association, in session here to? day, endorsed the commodity plan for marketing cotton similar to that adopted by the tobacco growers yesterday, and the members present pledged themselves to a 00 per cent reduction In the cotton acreage this year provided that no cotton raiser shall plant more than one-third of his cultivated land in cotton. Thu recommendations were adopted Without a dissenting voice by the 500 or more farmers here from fifty coun? ties in the ?t?te. L. S. Tomlinson, of Wilson, was reelected president; John K. Peterson, of Clinton, and Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of Raleigh, vice presidents^ Today the convention heard ad? dresses from former Governor Rich j ard L Manning, of South Carolina, president of the American Products Kxport company, and Aaron Sapiro, of Sun Francisco, and Col. W. B. Thompson, president of the Louisiana division. Mxurion. Jan. 14.?President-elect Hardmg's conferences again covered a wide variety of public questions to? day, with problems of legislation art the present session of congress pre? dominating. Three members of the house were among the callers. He also had an appointment with Col. Theodore Roosevelt and with Former Governor Forbes and Judge John son of the Philippine Islands. rHAT10HW. BANK OTCAMUNK Ifl 4 The National Bank of South Carolina Of fihjmUr, I. C Reexiaroeo fi,?oe,o??. Strong and Progrc?elvt> The Most Pmhntaklng hKHVHT with OOCKTES* Gtee et the Pleeenxre of Marrtng TOO The Bank of the Rank and Ffle C. Q. ROWLAND. Preotdeot Ptftf.B ROWLAND, Caenlor NEILL O'DONNELL. President O. to. r VI ES, Oeohlew The First National Bank Extends to all its friends and patrons a very happy and p?**/ perous New Year.