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SHIPPING BOARD GRAFTALLEGED Biff Sum Charged Off as Expenses of Officer of Bethlehem Corpor? ation New York. Jan . o ? A voucher for I2S0.0"' ? for |M*i*Kona1 expense* ol an officer of the Bethlehem shipbuilding corpora'ton" was found in an a ml it ?f the nah? otlh es of that rompon) Col. F. H Abadle tod ? liifornied the Walsh congressional -ommltu In? vestigating ihr shipping board. it* identified this "officer" 01 Charles M. Schwab who was then director gen ?ral of the Emergency Fleet corpor Stion. ThS von? her wan made for the month of October, I'ms. "Ono hundred thousand of this amount" he testified, was abrltrnrily charged to ?hip construction. It vni lesrued prior to ndoui n msnt today that Mr. Schwab had j Seen asked to appear before the com? values to testify. The voucher in question, i'oloncl Abadie added, wait not seen bj him sor wai its alleged amount or pur SOSe verified. He suhl it wan report? ed to him by Mr. Morse of the firm of iHrley, Morse ami company, experl SeeourvUnts. employed by him as (tOmplroller of the shipping hoard to malte sn Independent audit of ship? building compan.es. He also testified that fro:n what ho knew of Mr. gehst ab be would he he llrst loan ts cede on any injuatlco by Iiis corporntion toward the governmenb He add? l that while t o- voucher in gueSt Ion was not accomplinied hy Supper i papers he thought it could m flplalned Aakod if it might not represent Mr. Schwab's expenses for thai mooth ?s un officer of the licet corporation the witness replied that bad it been no. the amount should SVt ne#n covered hy a fleet rorporu . $jk voucher. The subject was brought up by CTilenei Abadie in explaining certain afgtlter* connected with his reslgna $mtt from the board. Involved in hlrh Wo* s dispute with ('huh man rHyn* In the emplovlu? of th> nu tillsg firm to make an MhflM of .mOrlesn ?hin >ards. fie. fgi irfted that Mur:in .1. C,illen. then ep?-?'Utl assistant to John nation I*Stne chairman of tin board, bad <iSSnlv?d to get him removed. ? The inditing brought on a dispute Oith Chairman Pa\ne a < to his. AUi giS's. ?v' hotity to order Ths llrst intimation T had that mv resignation would he acceptable" he said, "was when (til en asked me to rhee him and . .inted to know If OS** heart was all right and could I at. a shock. I was then told that St un sxeeutivr meeting of the l oud \\ had been decided tr. accept my resigns ion if it was tendered." Corese] Abadle mild b' tiled his resignation ami it was M eptt I and he wus given u month on detached dm' He afterward* ascertain* d that he wan "framed" ami he assorted that Mr Olllen used similar tactics to ge? rid of o her employees In executive posit Ion a Eugene O. dace, president of the lU-tJ^tehem Str ?| corporation. in a statement tonVzht denied that im proDOr payments had been made to h.1* vempany by the shipping board during the Incumbency of Charles M. Hchwsh as director general of the Emergency Fleet corporation. New York. Jan. Ii.?Charles M. Hchwab appeared bet?re the emigres* slonal committee today and denied * he testimony of t'ol K H, Abadie. form ?r comp! x>ller of shipping board, to effect that fichwi b ?< personal expenses tor October 191H. amounting to f.'tfO. ? UO were charged lo the shipping hoard. Schwab declared the meats to be ahsolutcU. uni|Ualilicdl> apd maliciously false ami that be personally paid all his own ex? pense* during hi-i term of office as di lolor general of emergency licet corporation. MOVIE CENSOR? SHIP BILL Senate Will Hold Meant - on Proposed Measnre Col um i a i. ,jan || The education commuter ,,t the senate has agreed to have ? snhlk hearing Tuesdoj uf ?01 men ol BS I t 'v St N "Ii t he bill, tew gsges s boi h i.t sn< hi i ol ths l< glsl i lute, for k state moving picture cen? sorship, providing f?r the erentlon of I lie Hont h I \iro,.a ( Dig PS ' Ul t l?onrd of review, A Inge number ol mo. tng p ? tin .< pi 0dU< ei s M ill at? tend the in Sling, ll is snlll and a d< - isrmined light wid be niade agalnal tJie hill. The hill was introduces! la the house hj Representative I *> Morris, of ipai I inhui i und In the senate b\ s, satOf Rogers ol Mput luoburg. n has ,?Pead> beer, report* e*i hu< w in the senate, favorably, but ihe education rosnmlttos of th. bouse situ has it und? i ronslderatlon. The opposition to tins bill is not based on the aV sirs le oppose ths Im? provenem ol moving picture nima 1>ut on the ground that ? salaried ts^srd of Ihres ssrsona would not no? eotnplish. by us review, the aim sought It was la ought Olli B< S o.-aMii- before the education com* ttilttre Of the bonne last vear, wheil ?hr same n I was i.. lug considered thru, that Ihe idea of a board Bitting In Culumini, viewing ami p.o^im; on all the glsnS shown In Ihe atllte, WSS impiSetleal |f UTSS argued ihsl ?lieb a plan would result in eapensi and rn-1 a.pltsh lh< desired ? There is a loud clamor foi cen m ship. hOWi-Ui, and tin VOtC fOI lh< bill will hr hue. If i?rrman\'s grOp?SMil fof ehern? It ?i disarmament is accepted, we might begin with UM blond. | as Un mn??t d? oil. - Rlehnsond Tlmes-Dls 4-- h. HUNGRY FOR GOVERNMENT JOB Republican Senators Re? fuse to Confirm Any Nominations of Pres. Wilson Washington. Jan. II.?Dipping I heir brushes Into the probability Ihui Ihs Republican majority In th< pi i nts wouM refuse to confirm most p| ihs f I,.I nominations made by president W ilson, some administra? tion officials painted today n picture el a < reaklni government machine, floundering along for some iimc after Marc'.) i with a lot of Important coga mtsntng. ? I l-'ailme of the Republican senators at i ssret eonference to reach any decision as to confirmation, set the ranvaa Republican leaders wcren'tr llfc lined to take the picture seriously, however. The duoatlon of the nomlnatiotui m eupled much of the time of the I Republican conference, The official I announcement said no decision was ' reached, but some Of those attend? ing the meeting said privately that there had been a "tacit" agreement for the Republican members of com? mittees to take the nominations com? ing under their Jurisdiction, study I conditions In the executive depart? ment! ami then determine whethet Ifailure lo keep th* Democratic ap Ipolnloes In office after March -t. would result In any embarrassment of those dope rt raenta .\ you na regiment of officials n?>w in Washington nr. holding "'i by virtue of recess appointmenta Hhould the senate fail to act on their nomi? nations before tins congress quits on Morph Ii it is explained that the uii! automatically I.ut of Jobs, UndOl the law. These officials in? clude all seven members of the nhlp plng hoard, two members of the in terstatc commerce commission, tin i and live assistant secretaries of the treasury. Then too. there are a lot Of post masters, federal Judges, marshals, federal attorneys registers, of land offices and the ||k( over the country who are ?n the same position. Some of these are classed as emergency ? ssti and the Repul ih an leaden hnvt Indicated that where there is found to le an emergency action will I* Is ken. Confirmation Of President Wilson's appointments by the senate would cany some of th so officials over Into the Republican ndmlnlatration for terms ranging rrom one year to four years In excess of the four for which Mr. Harding has been elected. Henator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republics > leader has announced I that he does not propose to have the Democrat!* sdmlnls ration mi up a lot of bureau thief-hips In the army and navy for the Incoming adminis? tration and |n this he h.i? the SUppOll of his Republican colleagues, NEGROES ARRESTED IN BIGHAM CASE Florence, Jan. II.?There were no developments In tin Bigham tragedy today outside of the arrest and in? carceration Of two negroes Who Will be held as material witnesses. CorO nef smith remained at Paraplico un? til tonight. He has not calb'd the Jury of inquest together yet and stated thai he Is determined to e*> i haust ever./ source of information I before permitting the jury to consid? er the case in the i ght of a verdict, it nav ?>.? several lays before the Jury ue. ts to : riive at a verdict as to th ? killing of Mrs. M. m. Bigham lira Maggie Black, two adopted ehii dren and L, Bmlley Bigham, the lust named al fir i i> Ing supposed to have committed the crime and then to have killed himself. .\t the Florence Jail today, Bdmund Bighafn, who was arrested yesterday on the charge of murder on s warrant sworn out b> John w. McCracken, father of the tWO dead children, had a long confer rnee With J. Monroe Spears, a prom meet attorney of Darlington, and H |S understood thai Mr. Spears will lake charge of hti defense. So applb ration for ball lias been made yet. in the meantime Bigham is confined i in a cell in the jail. DESERTER LIST MAY BE PRINTED Washington, Jan, II?For the ninth time the war department threatens to print the list of deserters from the I Cnlted states army In time <?f war. it Is not known whether this last 'hi-at is due to the pressure exerted ? v ih American l?cgton or not, it followa however, rapidly on the heels j of the pressure. "Prior lo publication Of the list." j Says Cen. Peter C, Harris, adjutant I general of (he army, "we will con? sult with the 5,001 chairmen of Ihe former local draft boards for the pur i?. oi checking oil Ihe dead, cor? reeling mistakes and remedying de? fects le t le end that Injustice might Jnoi h done guy man, After such consult;.' ion. t he 1 st w ill bo made public, " The tiumhi is of des? n< rs is between IftO.OOi and tt.o.'cni, ,ind they orie? nt. 'i\ ih sd In all free felons of the rcmntry, everj slate furnishing Its quota. Anderson, Jan || In a running Ugh! last night near Kurle's Bridge, on genecs river, ten in los west ol tins city, between rural pollci and alleged Idoekaders, |WO an onioblles, si\i> two gallons of wblske! and fotu men wer? captured, ?nie ol tie- men. Wll llant Miles, was shot ami seriously \ oundt d bj i he ofllc< m Columbia, Jan, II, wni Lamas Orcenvllle negro, charged v\ith km Ing his wife, was granted n Ihlrd re? pro ve by Uov. Coofier Friday, Ihs dale of his scheduled electrocution, Physicians are examining bis sanity, ALL PLAY AND NO WORK Harding Will Refuse All Invita? tions During His Stay in Florida si. Augustine, Jan. 22.?A program of recreation calculated to insure im? munity from worries ol the presidency j awaited Mr. Harding upon ins arrl 1 v.ii here today. llV will spend ihln j afternoon on the golf links ami leave a few hours later on a houseboat for a ci'Ulsu down the coast as far as I .Miami. He nnnouneed that (lr.rinc; his stay in the south he intends to sccept no Invitations to public fuiu I ions. SUMTER HIGH TAKES FIRST GAME in their opening game of basket? ball for tin- season for the Bumtcr High SChoo] boys, they nut their op? ponents from Mulllns and stepped off with the victory hy the large mar? gin of 52 points for Sumter to the 11 points for m ulllns, The game was played in the "Y" gym. last nighi and witnessed l>5 a gratlfylngly i'arge audience who seem? ed well pleased with tin' fighting stuff which Bunvter displayed, in weight and in slxe the two teams were ap? parently wa ll laaleb. d. hut w le n it came to knowing ihe game and showing Ihe speed, the Mulllns boys I had 10 learn then- lesson. Sumtor's (defense was Impenertable and the of fi naive wn"k done hy Jack Wright and George VY.ay was the feature of le name, At toe end of tin- Aral half, the score Mtond, Hiimter ;:?J and MOlllus 7 1.rut' t in tha HCCOtld ball even 1 arned tin- game bolter, holding Mul , tins <1 iwn to only tour additional po n s while they themselves twirled the hall in the baskets for their 1 ?i lOintS or this half. At tin- end of the .??.me Rumter had a full second team an ihe tiehi. Tim game was a wonder tor the getting of the confidence of the Bumtcr team for their future bat? tles tor the stale championship. Mulllns Position Huntter lleeaohi.Wray Kodgers .. .. Forwards .. ..Wright Heaves.Center.Burns Yarborough.Bholor Williams . . ..Guard .. .. ?'handlet Substitutes for Sumter: Buck, Weinberg. R, Wright, < >. Sholar, C. SVray, Carl Blanton, C Green. Referee: Heidt; timekeeper, Duf ft.. S. 11. S. meets Columbia on the lo? cal grounds next Friday. AGED NEGRO MAN ROBBED Bpartahburg, Jan. -\.?A masked man entered tie- home of A/.ie Owens, an aged negro, on Valley street, about o'clock last night, terroris? ed the old man with a revolver and robbed him of $:JUM, the aceumuia ion of years. Owena has been i 11 'he employ of the eiiy a ml saved his motuy from his earnings as a luboroi Installing sewers. Owens informed the police that he 11 cognised the robber, despite th? man's mask, and on his Information the police arrested Rice Phillips, a youhg negro who resides in the same house with Owens. Phillips proved an a tibi when arraigned before Recordoi Burnett tbla. morning and was dis? charged. Tim police thus far have bei n unable to lind any clue as to thfl Identity of the robber. Auhiti Women Wear Clothes. Papeete, Tahiti. Dec. l? (Corre? spondence of the Associated Press) ?Indignation is expressed by Tahit residents because magazines, moving pictures and Sunday supplement page* 01' the mainland have long pictured native Tahiti women as wearing few lotlns, when, as a matter of fact, the average native woman's dress if 1 Mother Ilubbard which begins be? hind thi- cars and Hares volumin? ously to the gi ass tops. "The impression has got abroad that beauty unadorned is one. of the chief features 01 our landscape." one Tahiti resident said recently. _ "As a matter of fact wo see that sort of thing about as frequently as New York. 1 hci a band of ChOCiaWH strid? ing down I'.roadway in full war paint. '?Oaich shocking pictures as have ap? peared in mainland prints and mo i*s urc merely photographers' tricks. "Missionaries changed the style of native dress Ioiik before any of Ihe present generation were born and designed the Mother Ilubbard bu? he female of the species here." Degeneration of Bogs ami fats 01 Kumpu nudnpest, Jan, 21. Even the eats and dogs of Central Kuropc have de genera ed ws a result of the war says Professor Hnlkanyl, director of the Veterinary school here, wno Is In? vestigating how the habits of domes? tic animals have been Influenced b> that cause, Most of the lown-hrcd cab; in this pari Of the world refuse to drink milk beetillse it is unknown by ilniu. dm to the lack of mlk dur? ing tin war. the professor asserts. "lloth cats and dogs are relapsing to tin suvugi wuys of their untamed tincustors," he says. "The vagrancy >f dogs 1^ startling. Pet dogs elope from h art-broken mistresses, join? ing packs of mangy village d?KS, where 1 hey live In communist equal It y." The same authority says that, bc? sith ; hydrophobln, nervous dlseasoM are very frequtmi among uulmills. I am ufrnid domestic iiuluinls in Kan - ern Kuropt urc degenerating and thai the stock must be replenished 11 mil overseas, New Volk. Jim, 22. Nearly |\vo .eats effort b\ Ludwig Mariens to In recognition by the Cnlted states as amlsissndor of Ihe Ittisaiun soviel government ended today with his d< isirture for Hwcden. The do|?urlment of labor deported lllm US an undesir? able alhn. TIME FOR DISARMAMENT - Henry White, Former Ambassa? dor Believes United States Should Initiate Movement Washington, Jan. 21. Another of the American commissioners who I helped draft the treaty <>i Versailles- j Henry White, ambassador, to France under President itoosevelt??told the house naval committee today that ti) ? tini" was ripe ror world dio armamcnl and lhal Ihe United States should Initiate the movement. <;?n. Pershing's views will be sought next Tuesday. The committee al? ready has heard <;<?!). Tasker U. Piles, former American representa? tive on the supremo war council and a member of tht peace delegation; Secretary Pnnlols and Acting Secre? tary 1of the state department. I Whether ll will h dd for hearings af- : ter Tuesday ha i n 'i been determined. Mr. White gave it as his opinion that the greal burden of taxation re? sulting from the world war made the peoples of all nations anxious to cut down on expenditures for armaments. He expressed it that tho world was I "crying for seme agreement" to limit armaments as a means of reducing ! taxes. i Discussing the proposed "naval hol i iday." the former ambassador said he did not think th.,. United States should st?<i? Ihe naval conot ruction U novi has LUllder way. He said lie would like tu see the United states at the tup when | the disarmament discussion begins and [stated that the relative Bisses of navies could be Used by ngreement at the I proposed conference . He a ided that Iquestions raised ai the conference .might nhow "the rifjht of some na I tion Oral Brituiif for instance- to a larger navy ihn' others." I Because of the threatened spread of Bolsneviam, the witness said. Fiance might object to disarmament on land. In this conclusion he said that "the state of chaos" in which Germany ha l been kepi o\? r reparations was doing more to iijjf n the way to Bolshevism i than any other single factor, j .\s to the tme of calllnng a confer? ence, Mr. White said that should be loft for President-elect Harding. He did not think President Wilson should call it as the fact that he would retire on March I might h ad the other na? tions not to \ ike the invitation ser? iously. BRITISH SUBMA? RINE SUNK Lost With All on Board in Eng.. lish Channel London, Jan. 22.?The British sub? marine K-6, commander John Gaines, Was lost with all hands' Thursday at the approach to the English Channel the admiralty announced today. A full compliment of officers and J men were aboard. The numtx r It I not given, hut tin- submarines oi thlc class carry six Officers and fifty men. The cause of th*' dlsas er is unknown. Tim vessel was of th 1 latest type ol British submarine, it was :i:is feet long. The disaster OCCUrn d while tin submarine was pro ining with four others of the K class. She submerg? ed and never rose to the surface agatr. Heath. Miss Sue Brown died at the Tourn? ey Hospital Friday night at it::!'1 o'clock from the effects of bur tu which she accidentally sustained al lo r home at Oswego on last Sundaj afternoon, when the paper which ..de (was reading caught lit*' from the open ? fireplace and her dress catching iron the paper. The Hames were put out by her sister, Mrs. Terry and m i Tirol her-In-law, Air. Terry, and sh< was immediately brought to the lios pltal here. II was hoped that lh< i burns received were not as deep ai was at first thought, but later it wa: found that they ware very serious, a 11 s s Brown was in her 84th year. The funeral services wer? held at Bethel Church, Oswego, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. MVItDKR IN CIIAKLHSTON Charleston, Jan. 21? Late tonight the body of .lohn L. Galley, night watchman for tho Maybank fertilize! company was found dead by the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line railway. He had been killed .. ml robbed. I 'eat h was caused by a blow on Ihe back of his lo ad with :i sharp Instrument. The offices of the company were ransacked disk drawers Icing broke Into, Tin- legislators who are leading the ran in Ihe proposed reduction of taxes by cutting Ihe salaries of state and county ottlcera have omitted the section that would provide for ii re? duction in the perdlem of members j of the senate and house. Consis? tency is no| character lade ol lax te duction reformers. They always ad? vocate ihe reduction of the salary of the other fellow, the reduction of as? sessments >ai their own property and the Increase of assessments on the ? lasses of buslnes In which they are not Interested. And still the same reformers are tin- niosl insistent and I persistent in demanding all sorts of improvements at the public expense. The> want and demand more roads land better roads to drive over and more schools and better schools f" : th< ii childn n to attend and turn n blind e.vo to the patent fact that these things cost a i"t o| money that must I of necessity be provided ?> luxation. The whole trouble is thai many peo? ple are coming lo look to Ihe state to ' iak? eare of t In in from the cradle j to t he ^i a\, :. ml supply all I Ii ir wants, ami forge! thai the) an the stal e a ml what i.. paid out of lite ate treasury ntus he paid mo it l>y Ihe people, Tin ii vorage i tinnier |s tin fellow who demand's benefits m the public cost and expoots the other fellows t<? foot the bills Taxes can he reduced or even eliminated entire? ly If We ein In i oni i ill to do Without the things thai tin taxes pay for. .\ |*e WO lead' 11? do this .' i FORECAST OF LEG? ISLATIVE WORK Question of Extension of Time Tor Payment of Taxes Most Important ? !olumh assembly Jan. 22. ?The, general U have before it. when it convenes again next week the nues lion of postponement of taxes and also the election of a number of of? ficers. These are to be outstanding matters of the week ahead, in the halls of legislation. Tin- house has adopted a resolution to make the tax penalties this year one per cent for taxes paid In Jan? uary, two p*ei* cent for February, three for March, four for April, seven for the flint half of May and after .May 1 ."? collection of unpaid taxes by execution. In the* senate a reso? lution is on third reading, probably I to have its llnal vote Tuesday, to I make the penalty one per cent until j May I, and alter that seven per cent. I Representative R. T. Hughes, of j Marion, chairman of the ways and I means committee of the house, con? vinced ihe house on this question when he said thai to eliminate tax [penalties now would mean thai the state would have to borrow money I with which to operate Its govern'*J incut, and this would mean appro-] i priation would have to be made to j cover the interest on the loan, which [would p*ice a heavier binden on the i people than to make them .stand the (AX penall ies. I Tin- elections are to be held Wed \ ncaday. Tin- election of chlefest In jtercst is that of an associate justice, I with Speaker Thomas Cothran, and Circuit Judges Memminger, of <'har ' leston, and gease, of Spartunburg, as j the chief candidates. Prof. R. Ma? rlon liucker, of ihe University Law school, has announced that he will not lie a candidate, though friends had presented his mime. Speaker Cothran is the strongest candidate and j will likely be elected. In addition 'four Circuit judges are to be elected, |n superintendent of the state peniten? tiary, three directors of the peniten? tiary, and a chief game warden. Capt. ROOT OPPOSES ACTION NOW Objects to Any Move? ment Toward Disarm? ament Until Hard? ing Takes Office Washing!* n, Jan. 22.?Total or par. tlal disarmament should not be das* cussed by the United States with oth? er n.t ions, pending change of ad? ministration, March Ith, BtlhU Root, who helped form ths international court of arbitration under the league of nations, declared today, In letter to Chairman Butler ol the house na? val committee. The precise meth? od of procedure ought to br> deter? mined after and not before President? elect Harding and his Secretary of State have had opportunity to in? form themselves and reach conclu? sions as to the way whic h affords the last prospects of success Mr. Loot declared his belief that steps should be taken promptly after ihe new ad? ministration is established to bring about a general agreement for dis? armament. Pt A. K. Panders, superintendent of the j penitentiary, is one of the best men Who ever Idled that ottiee, and he , \ ill likely be re-elected without strong Opposition. P. H. Lesesne, of Columbia, is an announced candidate, w. H. Qibbes, of Columbia, has an? nounced that he Will retire as slate i hlef state game warden. At one o'clock Tuesday the houa ? of representatives will hold memor? ial exercises for the late w. T. P. Sproti. member of the house last year from Clarendon eourfty. The iiill aiming at abolition in about tw< nty counties of the attendance of? ficers, for enforcement of the com? pulsory sc hool attendance law, will also be on the calendar of the house of representatives next week for a strenuous light. Representative Bapp has before the [?{house a bill t.? provide for the estab? lishment of county tuberculosis hos-1 notwithstanding 11 pita's in count lea where the people Iendorse the plan in a referendum. , j The house of represe ntatlves pass M od a resolution, to he ac ted on by the senate during the cor ing week, to authorize the trustees of Winthrop J l**aO< to borrow money for the operation of the college until the 1921 appropria? tions are available. Representative Bradford was author of the bill. A resolution is before the legisla? ture to provide for the state's taking over the Fairwold Industrial School for negro girls, mar Columbia. COTTON MARKET SUFFERS BREAK New York-, Jan. St.?Reports onttinued foreign trade dcBfCSston and appreln nsiona that the cotton brought lure for January might be retendered on March contracts, seem? ed responsible for a very severe break In the cotton m irket today. March deliveries ssld off to 14.64 ami closed at 14.61 compared wi'.h IS.If* at the close yesterday with the gen? eral market closing barely steady at a net decline of C5 to Sj points. The market opened barely steady gl unchanged prices to a decline of 16 points under overnight selling or d< rs which came partly from the South. The initial prices were het ter than due on the showing of Liv? erpool which led to somrt pressure, , right after the call, while there was I also considerable Waif1 street selling and Kcat'jerlng liquidation. After phoning nel losses of about 30 to 40 points prices recovered about half their losses on reports o. a firmer bat is for spot cotton in the south and of continued activity in the do i medtic goods trade with Fall River sales for the week estimate | at 300, 900 pieces oft? rings increased on the advance, however. and 11 iuidation I ecame very active during t.hO after? noon with January selling off from 17.1a to 1 ?1.4:> and May from IT..40 to 14.74. Closing prices were at approx? imately the lowest of the day. The s atement that the war finance corporation would not assist exports to countries with which the United States was still technically at war, attracted no particular comment but the recent firmer ruling of foreign exchange the re? ports of continued trade depression in Manchester had a considerable in? fluence. The trading? feature was th* heavy liquidation of March by 1k? .h and Commission house brokers. WOMEN VOTERS WILL HOLD MEETING Death. Mr. David James VVinn died at his home on West Calhoun street at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning, aged seventy years, alter a few hours' illness. He has bei n In failing health for sev? eral months, and death was the re? sult of an a< ute stack of heart dis? ease, from which he has suffered for Several years. The funeral services were held at his late residence at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the Interment was made at the Sumter J cemetery. Mr. \\ inn was born In this city June 29, iv e. and has spent his entire life bet . . He was tin- only son of the late David Joseph VVinn and Bllxa beth Dritton Winn. In early life he was associated in business with his father, who was one of the ante? bellum mere bants of Sumter who con? tinued III business after the war be? tween the states until his death. In ivni Mr. Winn withdrew from the llrm of l). J. Winn and Bon and or? ganised the Sumter Cotton mill with which he waa conccted until the mill was abandoned ten or lifteou years ago. Since that time he has devoted attention to his farming interests, lie was a life bun; member of the Pro?* hyterinn church, which he had servoJ las ruling eider tor many yens, lb I was also treasurer of Harmony Proa I bytei y. \ lie is survived b) ! following children; j Jr., of Timmonsville I I ntof h. M rs. Cleo. L ! W. Withorspoon an? Winn. of Sumter. bis wife and th< Mr. l?. J. Winn, Mrs. T. R. M. - Kicker. Mrs. 12. Mr. William M STILL ( API I UI D. Wcdin <'ol.tn.bia, Jan. 22.?Every county In the sta e will be expected to have representation at the first annual state convention of the South Carolina League of Women Voters, to be held in ColutnJbis On February 11. Mrs. Maude Wood Park, of Washington, pyesident Of the national League of Women voters, is to be the chief speaker for this gathering of femalo citizens, and it is stated that plana are on foot to make the gathering notable. The Richland county branch of the league will be hosts to the convention. All of the women's clubs of the state are interested in this convent Ion. The South Carolina Women Vot? ers are a'so looking with interest to the regional conference to be held in Atlanta, February 8-9, from which reports will be brought to the South Carolina convention. Among women of thi. state who will attend this gathering will be Mrs. J. B. Salley, of Alken, and Mrs. V. S. Munsell. of Columbia, and posslbl) Mrs. Leltoy Spring's, of Lancaster. Mrs. Wilson <;. Harvey, of Charleston, and Mrs. John Gary Evans, of Bpartanburg, This is the last Of seven regional conferences of the nation and will he made one of the biggest. The South Carolina League of Wo? rm n Voters i,: very much interested in the bi i e.,,v? before I hi Sou* it Carolina legi lature io give the wo. men full suffrage, in accordance wHgj tin- national conatitutional amend? ment. Th ?>' are also interested in the bill which will, if it becomes law, exempt wom?n cltigena from jury du t v. \ indicated Alter I? Years. <>n Wednesday afternoon a parts made up ol Sheriff Hurst. Deputy Sheriff II. ?;. McKagen and Rural j Officers Boykin and Newman, raided ; and captured n small but complete ! still and destroyed about :>'t gallons of mOSh. The still was found about 250 I yards from j name d Pel and is iiow ill the County jail awaiting to Ih? lurned over t-? the IT, S. Court for trial. The smii was found on the] pans place helongng to Davis in the State burg township. ih n? va. Deo 27 (e^orrespondenesj of the Associated Press).?Atter serv? il g more than ir* years of a life setae! ?cue,, for a murde r of which he has always claimed to be innocent, a Nouns': man named Hirschbrunner is lo be released, ihe real culprit, hav following a popula Sob me In May ltKb j oung Swiss girl waf I ing conf? ssed. On tie day maaked ball at the bod} of a the house of a negro I found in the waiting room of the rai i Davis, who was arrested J road station where sir- had b 11 angled to d< a th. She had ecn the previous evening in the of a \oung man dressed' woman The descriptjsj her companion tallied with a c worn by Hirschbrunner and tried and sentenced to life I nent. entirel> on circums d< ncc. Dr. Me'l4iiiiiu*s llirtlulay. Dr. H. J. McLaurin who is proh? ibit the oldest Cem federate veteran of Sumter, celebrated his 83rd btrth du> Saturday bj having several of his war-time comrades dine with htm Among those who attended the din? ner were Col. s. E Welsh, of Char? leston, ?'apt. R, S. i arson and Judge T. Eg, Richardson of this city, \ n o d not ion pr< \ a iled bi g.tn to couple on St day. Th. On' plain Quaker Vvtteenth cesj hsj 1