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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Bill Introduced in House To Sijbmit Call to Voters of State t'olombla. Jan. 2*. lb p. ? -sentat i\e >*epp. ?>r Columbia, ha < Introduced In Ills h??u*#> of representatives a. Joint r?$?>Jfiilon. providing for submitting l.i the \?lcin <>i tie- aiate in tin next ^inoiftl ?lection. tin- question of a ? onstttoHono I ri?n\ entlon. A n solution for a ? onstit utlonal convention was defeated \>\ do l J?? le^rbdat in . . but there has been a stfong demand for it from many par1* of the slate, and the new res oHitlon look* to this end ,lf Mr S.i|i|>'h resolution passes the Isopto will \<>te on tin- question of t^ir convention In I ?22. If the vote Is In favor of the convention, then the legboetui.f 1?23 will ratify the ac ttdn of the votem and set the time and pbive for the convention. The run \e^gk?n. In that ??vent, would probably Vc held In ttv- summer of 1923. It COM-hl not possthU bo held until after the adjournment of the 11123 leghdn ,rtcent years there have been ?t amendments to the consti? tute constitution Is now de a patch work. The Idee, In of taany legtatatore to for re, drafted by a con the people. Mr fhspp's , weaUd merely allow the me stete to decide whether flttt th?y want a constitutional entlon it) ASSIST IN INCOME TAX > Columbia. Ja n 27 - Acting Collec %w\ W. It. Ibadlcy announeea that the ?fief flttd deputy for tha district df Mtth Otrollna will assign all depu? ting; tender his charge to the work of spl^tlnr Income taxpayers who de Ss^e aesbrtance in making their re Itf/it Sh February ). 1?I1. ami ton UfsVOUSly thereafter unfJI March 15. lU Is expected that th??se deputies Wl Visit every count> sea,', hi the AfHs. end as many of the larger towns mgcpibio ; '.Tos ?hlet field deputy will make an njMkltrnen s tin ough these deputies MMt Week just where the deputies IgW'be found jti hrder to facilitate thin work, the rglcf Seid deputy request* thut tax? Perl wsti h the announcements, in Sr that they may takt advantage the deputies' assiatance when in ihetr community. PENITENTURYA > HEALTHY PLACE 1 Columbia. Jan. 2s.?There were only three deaths at the state peniten? tiary, during Isla, according to the genual report of Hupt. A. K. San? ders, made to the legislature today, ^vo of these deaths were prisoners Who were brought to the prison in sick condition, living only a few days gfter reaching the prison. Tb? penitentiary report shows that the prison has on hand 502 bales of the It', cotton made on its farms gad ?71 bales of 1?2U cotton, a total of Mil. The report also shows that the op? eration of the chair factory w ithin the penitent Ian walls Is satisfactory, the plant, netting the state a profit. The farms have had a wonderful year, the report says, breaking all records with their yields Mr. Handera' report recommends tb? erection of u quarter for the wo? men prtoonrra Their present quar? ters, the report says, is a veritable Mrs trap. If the building were to born when the women w? ro Within, they would all probubly be burned ? p. th? report says. The financial report of the prison Shows that all bills were paid and a ga|S)ne> on hand of $412 at the i lose of 1?2?. GRADUATES ASK MORE MONEY *t % it* imbt. j.ui IS.?A hundred college alutniki. gathered imbiu Thru, red ay afternoon, rep tlsjg many parts'of the state, to f*"the ways and mean* commit ??mfot the bouse and ttie finance com *?h\Ue of the senate by storm" in regard to the matter of app oprluti. for Winthrop College. Tb? two com SatUoes. with which appropriation htlle originate, are having daily Joint sessions every afternoon, the bla group meeting In the supreme court room )? .the capilol The wmuai, gradu? ate* of Winthrop, appeared to urge on this group of legislators that the recommendations of the biulgei com? mission wrth regard t,? Winthrop finances be not canUd out in e.er, detail Th? state house pi-- it..I i unusual sight Thursday afternoon With the large delegation of women gathered, their lively chatter plerc Ing to every oorrtdor. The women were protesting againsi eertsln opponent reductions In sala? ries and other items in the budget. They Aid not protest against the big cut In the requested appropriation for new buddinsa The women real? ise that all Institutions will have their 'expectations as to neu buildings cut thto year, the policy of the state got - SCgaieat t>eing not t.? IfW taxes for n?s< buildings, but rather to tsaue Citttis for this purpose. A bond Is e wilt likely be urged upon the present legtstatui. Winthrop CollegH asked the budget eorarolsston for appropriations total? ing ttlI,u?.V The budvef ullo* * ttSl.tsi for this colbK- of the to Sal requests fta*.??i was ashed for /erection of Winthrop rollegv build mge. The budget allowed for thin ti>??M^ , \ ^_ AaoienC (^r? rks considered send* I pod oo?* g( th-5 greatest luxuries. WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE Repeal of Anti-Tipping I <aw Proposed?Tax on Cotton Brpkers Columbia, Ja ft, It. Tim Lexington delegation is in reducing in the house of i pr. st ntStlVSS (luring next week i I i'l I" Impose a lax on cotton fsic lora otstton brokers ami cotton com* | ntlsak i merchants. The tai to be Imposed Would !??? one-ball of one per rent on all bUslUCM up to $25,000; one por cent on buslnesi from $2.">. 099 t?. 999,000; one ami a halt per tell from 909,099 .to 1100,000, and two per cent tax on all buslnesa over 1100,000. The bill bus been pre? pared ond win be Introduced early in Uli coming week**. Session? Not Limit l.iabiliiy. Boast oi Pearce, of Columbia, la pest week Introducing In the legisla? ture a bill to make it unlawful lor a common carrier, of messages, to cu? ter an agreement limiting its liability In case of damages It is understood che purpose ol the bill i* mainly to require the Western Union telegraph company to eliminate the clause in its message contract limiting liability in case of loss to fifty dollars. For Scholarship Men. Representative DeTreville, of Wsl terboro, Is Introducing in the legis? lature a bill to amend the scholar? ship law. so as to allow scholarship students at the University to selec t their courses of gtUdy. At present such students are not allowed this privilege unconditionally, Protect llauks. Senator Lightsey has introduced In the senat.' a bill to make it unlawful for any person to make of Circulate false statements about a bank's sol vein y. A penalty of ffOtO 91*000 90*900 line or one to nve years in, prlsonmeat or both, being provided. Columbia) Jan. |9. Representative Julius s. Molimea, of Darlington, Is introducing In the house of rep rose n tatives m xt week a bill to repeal the an*, of 15*1 r. prohibiting tipping in south Carotins? commonly known as the "antl-tipping law." The bill has been drawn and will be introduced probably Monday night, when the housej re-conveie s. The antl**tlpplng law is cdmmonly rogurdcd as a nonentity in the state. it has never been obo rved, it hi ggldl, and there has never been a eonvicvion for its violation. It was passed by tlo* legislature of is 15, but tipping has been as rampant situ ? as it ever was bOfOff that year, it is 'aid. |t has been said that tipping was never mot.- common than dur? ing the war. despite tin law, STATE BAR MEETING South Carolina Bar Association Elects Charles Carroll Sims President Columbia, Jan. 19.?With the elec? tion of Charles Carroll Sims, of Barn? I Well, as president of the South Car? olina Par association, and Other otli ceis. the hsarlng of reports from va? rious committees, an address by C, J. Kimbaii. cits recorder and Judge of the juvenil?? court of Columbia, the address by James Hamilton Lewis, former UnOtsd Slates senator from Illinois and the banquet tonight, the two day session ol ilm bar associa lon ended. Among the Important committee i eco in m e ml at ions was that Which would have the lau course of the University of South t*aro11na length? ened to three years and better equip tnetv for the law library ;it the in? stitution. Another committee recom? mendation was that the standard of kdroiUance t?. the bar i>?. ralaed ao as to roQutrc a course of three years in some standard law school. John C, Sheppard, of Rdgefletd, former gov? ernor, opposed this recomnp-ndation i on t!.?- grounds that it would exclude thoee who ar< unable to take the prescribed course but Kho would make sound Iswyees through study Ander i eputahle a lot neys, ft, Beverly Herbert, of Columbia, held thul the standard of the profes? sion would he raised and cited In? stances whereby, he claimed, ways and means could be provided foi am>b!tlous young men who wanted to puraue law couraea No action was Iahen on this recommendation. lodge Klmball spoke on the wo k of tht Juvenile court In Columbia and its power for good, stating thai in the IWo years of its existence 1,500 cases had been handled and cited varioui instances lu which both boyi and Kills had i.n restored to reopec lablc altlsenshlp. At th<? conclusion of his address tin* association went on record ?s endorsing Juvenile courts and Judge Klmball st.?. d tu?i he hop* ?i to *.??? them established In every county in South Carolina, TO RATIFY IMNK WOOD ELECTION Mr. Heiser WIN Introduce Hill To Annex Pinewood Section to Sumter County I'olumhia. Jan. |9. Ilepresentatlve Heiser? <>' Sumter, as 111 introduce in the house- of i ? pl . seid.11 i\? nexl week .1 bin to re/lfy the action of tie people ol n portion of Clarendon count) Including Kult on and Calvarj townships and tin towns of Plnewood ami Ftlmlnl in ironing last summer to Join Sumtei county, .\ir. Bsisei .- bill uhi define the new boundaries of ths two counties, m will take effect Immediate!) on its sig? nature I** the go> ? i leu , INDEMNITY FOR \ HUNSTO PAY Allied Supreme Counc il Approve Plan Dratted by Experts 226 BILLION GOLD MARKS i Payment Spread Over Forty-Two j Years Beginning With Two Billion First Year d'nrls, Jan. 29. The allied supreme council today approved the Oermau rei>a ration plan drafted ,by the spe? cial committee. The plan provides for the payment l?y Oermany <>l' 22? ?billion gold marks in forty-two an? nual Installments on ti rising scale, beginning with 11??? payment of two billion marks the Ural two years and in addition the payment of u twelve I per cent tax on German cxporta FORDNEY BILL ! laid aside Measure Thai Was Ostensibly Framed For Relief of Farmers Killed By Talk Washington. Jan. 2 9.?Hope that the Fordney emergency tariff bill would come to a vote in the senate i this Session Wog practically abandoned today wncn the measure same up for wl at was k nerally believed to be the final das ot debate. With the appro rlation meuaures crowding for pas age Ihe leaden are understood to have definitely decided to put aside, the farmer's relief measure and take i>:> the money blltcj fallen the senate onvenes Monday. train boiler kills four Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 29.?-Four Baltimore and Ohio employees were killed today when a locomotive holl? ar exploded near Littleton, W. Va. The dead were the engineer, fireman, brakeman and road foreman ol en? gines, The accident occurred at Droadtree Tunnell. express cashier is held up Tampa, Pia., Jan. LM>. Two men held up Oaehler B, P. Smith, at the American Railway Express company's main office at the union station here this afternoon about 4:45 o'clock and got away with a third man. a confed? erate, In an automobile. They car? ried with them $19.700 In cash And wo other packages, merchandlaoi which they selaed iron- the safe and a desk in the caahler's office. The offtoera have spread a dragnet for the nu n but no arrests have been mad- . bar?ch memorial burns in camden Camdcn, Jan. js.?Plre about 12:30 o'clock Friday morning totally de? stroyed the main building of the Camden hospital, The origin is unv known, but was *firal discovered on the third Moo:- after it had gained oonaiderahtlc headway. The build? ing destroyed contained about 14 looms; ihe nurses' rooms, parlor and ill of the private pay Maids. |ly good work on the part of ihe firemen the Iwu annexes wen? saved. Nearly all of the furniture and fix? tures in the building were destroy ?d ami will ? ntull a heavy loss. Only $10,000 Insurance was carried on the building and about $2,009 on the furniture and Hxtures. The hospital was a gift to the city if Camden from Bernard M. liaruch las a memorial to his father, i>i 91mon Bnruch, now of New Vork, but who for many years was u be lOVed ph> sician of i 'amd -n. There wer?- very few patients In the "hospital at the time and ihey were removed to nearby boons with? out any serious Inconvenience. bergdoll story is denied Washington, .Ian. 29.- The depart? ment of justice denied today that I leged American detectives attempted to kidnap Uergdoll In Germany. Agents of the lau? an are Investigate I .iilc the report, Officials declared that no department sgen's are on duty In foreign countries, Discussing che pos? sible extradition of Bergdoll officials said there is no treaty under Which the United states could demand his return. The only possible method, they said, would be a request 'hat German) hind over a man who had refused i" light ugalnsi that country, ! whh h would he embarrassing for his uovcrnmeirl and hardly possible of acquit sconce by Germany. BURN WAV OUT OF COUNTY JAIL Laurens, Jan. 28. I 'our white ! ho.\s u no h.id Ihm n held nl the county I for some da > s on different j chai ges bin ned I heir u ? > to libei . \ while Ihe sheriff wus In Columbia on official buHineKM. Thr< e of > ouiig pi Isouers have b< <-n 11 i apt ur ed. I 'nlontown, Penn., Jan. 2$ Albert Bmli h. th.- 19 year-old son of n Wealthy real estate uwnci .,i Pair hope, pleaded ;;.:ilt\ lodaj lo thir? teen charges of arson .uid was sen? tenced to not less than forty-two or more than eight) live years In pris? on. He is charged with burning school bouses, and other propert> In this section rallied al more than a million do! I irs, rHREE KILLED IN AUTO WRECK Southern Passenger Train No. 'J7 Demolishes Car at Central Greenville, Jan. 30. -Three porsons vere instantly killed ami another I icriously, though n<>t necessarily . atnlly, Injured when the automo die in which the four were riding this afternoon was demolished by i Southern railway train No. '?'<> al j 'entral, In tMekoiis county, about 25 miles from Greenville on the railroad oward Atlanta. The dead arc: VV. M. Strickland, 45, wie? was* driving the car; N. B. Strickland, u brother, 10; A. ,), Ben tell, 37. VV. I M?h r, a carpenter <>i' Ccn ral, has ?ne broken leg, a wrenched back iml cut* about the face. He was brought to a hoKpital here immedi? ately after Hi" accident and phyei i ia:is sa> iie has a chance for recov? ery. Reportm from (Vnlral arc thai i.he four were driving with the curtains ii)i at a kIow rat?- <>t* Kpccd and In loa gear, Train So. i'>T doeu not atop at Central and the ear was Ktruck oti tin crossing In the heart of he town. An soon as the car had been hit, the train was brought to a stand? still and lucmhet'tf of the train crew iiml passenger rendered all possible aid. The Strickland brothers and Mr. Ssntell were hurled to msiant death along the track, while Mr. Miller was thrown possibly 75 feet. The four men were residents of Central. W. M. Strickland was an official of the laaqueena cotton mill in Central. Tie leaves n wife and several children. M. BS. Strickland operated a store and also leaves a family. Mr Senteii was tie; proprietor of i restaurant. The coroner's jury will make an investigation, but the hour for the Inquest has not been fixed. REDUCE ACREAGE ADVICE OF BARUCH New York Financier Holds Con? ference With Cooper Columbia, Jan. 29.?While <>n hit way to his winter home in New York, Bernard M. Baruch, of New York and South Carolina, Btopped over in Sum* tor ami Columbia today for confer* enccs with Governor Cooper and oth? er South Carolinians on the cotton situation. following the conference, Mr. Bar uch, who left tonight for New York gave mit a statement in which hi predicted that little relief from tin presen! delated price of cotton couh be opecttd until the regular trad*, routes and the channels of commerce are reopened. That the planting of acreage o! cotton at the prceenl price, which h below the price of production, is b t'oohs undertaking, Mr, Baruch <"u tended, and he s rongly advised tin farmers to curtail their cotton acre< age. Mjr. Baruch is a native of Camder and he has a deep interest in tin agricultural future of South Carolina and his friends say thai it Is his am i bition to do something to aid tin farmers. "Unless ih" former trade routes am channels of commerce arc Imme dlately opened," said Mr. Baruch "there is a compelling necessity upor the farmer to reduce the acreage ol Lotion. This i< ail ppreniised upon tin fact that it canno be produced at tin present cost. <>f course ii is dilficul to reduce acreage but that seems s? clearly in the interest of the producej in the present circumg*unces. "I am in sympathy with and wan to do everything within my power t< help the American Cotton Associatioi to meet a very critical condition tha no\v faces the farmer particularly urn all lines of trade as well. "Tli re Is no question but what tin cotton crop of America brought i ron 25 to lit) per cent less than i shouh have during ma ii y years 'o the cottoi grower. [1 is going to be so untl something is done along eonstructlvt lines. "\\'e are not going t-? aocompllsl anything in the marketing of oui products until we reopen the old tradi routes. This will not be done until tin- German reparation is tix?? *.!. and We gel nil of those millions of peoplt l ack tu work. The Germans will not resume purchasing on their forme' scale until they know what bill will be determined against them. 'The farmer now finds himself in the predicament of having a crop parti:.' cut Off from Its usual market, the former trades route limit and un? able to finance himself unless he la willing to seil the product at n verj great sacrillcc, in many Instances well below the cost of production, This cannot he permanently remedied tin* lOSS the trade I'ou'.cs of tie- world are reopened." VIRGINIA BANK IS ROBBED Bank Bandits Get Away With 1119,000 Wnshintgnn, Jan. " 1 The Coin monwculth Bank at Iteedsville, Va., was robbed "I esi h and Securities totaling $110,000 and then set ante ;i< cording to report* sent to the Washington police, The collector <>i i UKtoms at Hoods*, il!e Haiti t he i ol? hcrj ueeurreil a 1 tout 2:tie thin morn ing and the robb?ars are holiowd t?? hiive eseap d in ?iu automobile, Tin building wan destroyed Man> valu libleH are missing, und Olle It 11 lid ed Ihoiifumd dollars In securitlcn and tin halituce in cash, Lud? who Hhot hi r hunband through In- load with tli-' unl) cartridge in he revolver has some iustifieatlon in lainiine it wan accidental, Cleveland S'eWS, WILSON TO ! WRITE BOOK - j Volume to Give Views of Presi? dent on Questions at Paris Con ference _ I, Washington, Jan. ;;?? t\\y the As-', NOClu/cd I'l'CSSl. Pr< .--ul. il! Wilson i h?ving collected und arranged for . ready reference all pap< is and docu? ments in his possession relating to Lhe work iho Paris pence confer-1 ence with a vie? to the preparation 01' a. book on the peace negotiatioiiK. The president in making these pre? parations, it \\:is learned today, has' accepted I he* volunteered services of] I Kay Stannurd Ikiker, w ho was at-1 I tibched to |1?e American peaee eom- I I mission. Mr. raker during the past j Itwo weeks has spent several hours] I each day at lh?' White House put*] |tin^ into shape nil available data on] the peace conference in the presi | dent 's possession. . While i: is not believed that the I president contemplates iM^ginning I the actual work of writing or dicta- ! -ting ''a- proposed book, during tin-I j few remaining weeks of his lerm of II ffU?-, it is umlerstood thai he has i in mind tin- inauguration of real work shortly after his retirement to private life. it is known that Mr. linker has onlj undertaken the task of arranging the material and that ; his duties do not include in any way the literary work. Friends of the president are un? derstood to have urged upon him for some time the desirability of record? ing from the viewpoint of an official American participant events of such monumental Importance a? took place in Paris during the peace negotia? nt tlons. They have pointed out that l orn* who played a major role as he 1 and whose d< < 'isions later Is came the [subject of auch violent controversy bo h in the United States and abroad? could m>t afford to lose the oppor? tunity of setting before the world I the motives behind the many die I puted decisions, as Involve Shantung, I Flume, Oanzing, the Anglo?Fraaco [ I American alliance and the Russian I question. Officials cloae to tin- preelden' have > j said recently that whatever the pres? ident! might write after his retire? ment from the Whito) House would I not be auto-biographical in form, as Lhe president's preference has always been toward htetory as form of lit* I I erary expression. ! One version of the events which j took place at Paris from an of I'ticial American viewpoint, already is I in course of publication. Announce j ment waa made several weeks ago thai Former Secretary of state Lan? sing, one of the American commle \ sloners, had prepared a book which , takes issue in several important j chapters with decisions made by the [ president. This hook is to be releas? ed to the public March ?">. the day 1 after President Wilson retires from r I office, Mrs. Pcrrj Moses Entertains, Mrs. Perry Moses entertained scv I en tables of bridge at her home on Church street yesterday afternoon. After a very spirited game tin.* scores t were counted and Mrs. R. C. Williams found to be winner of the first prize, a beautiful card table, cover and Mrs. Ashley Mood a inm r of the booby, a hand-painted tape measure. Tho. consolation prize, a silk rost colored j hair pin receiver, was cut by Mrs. Ferd Lev I. Tin- hostess, assis ed by her da ugh J ter, Miss Doris Moses, served a most ? j delightful salad course. Washington, Jan. 31.?Tho com jj mution of the sentence of Bugene V ) Debbs, effective February 12th, has ! been recommended to President Wil I son by the department of justice, it , I was learned at the White House today. I>ehs is serving his sentence in the federal penitentiary, at Atlanta. lj \ew York, .Ian. ?l.--Mrs. Harding I arrived her,- today to pur? base a I part of lor White House wardrobe. . AT er spending a few days hei?- sic I I will join Mr. Harding in Florida. Miami. Jan. 31.? Mr. Harding he i i , I gun a two days tishing expedition among lhe Florida keys today, with t j Iiis headquarters at I'ocolobo Island. . I fort> miles south of here. There is [no means of communication with the I j rest ol the world expect by boat. Augusta, Maine. Jan. SI.?Governor Pai'khurat, of Maine, died today, lb failed to recover from tin- effect of i I diphtheric infection under the tongue Which aVackcd him three Werks I ago. lie was apparently improving ( last night, but took a chill and.be ; came unconscious London, Jan. ;i. Fifty?tlve cases of sleeping sickness have been re? ported in London during the last four v. ei ka. Providence, it. [., Jan. " l. Three firemen were killed and eighteen sc I riously injured w hen the wall of a building on Mathewson street col ! lapsed during a tire today. Two of the injured are expected to die. I Trapped on the root the company of firemen who were hurt fell into tie- lire pit when the wall collapsed. Wh< o ihe> < I...in that i 7"i,000 men I is a large enough army, Ihej do uoi seem to figure on lhe fmve oecessarj 111 protec! the war? hon*? m m in re !i i|iu?r i^ stored Augusta llerahl. ?'no.i may * a\ e .i ease of i he rthakeM, hul does n??< waul an> VoL steadiness \*a*h\ llle Itanner. I Suggestion to the dlsarmamenl ad \ oeati > Ma ke t he a\ mtors quit Wearing spars Florida Metropolis. if tin-v make our navj too small, w li.i i will oni cabinet otllcers do w hen lhe> waul to travel'.' Ureeiiville (S. i t piedmont. The recording of the seismograph j indicate that lhe shimm) is making little progress in France, Nashville I Ti unesse? an shaw sues for $175,000 Big Damage Suit For Violation of Contract Co umhin. Jan. II.? A 1uk damage -nil will come 1" .hi end in the I * 11 it - <l H utes ? ?'Uli in Coluinfuu today, Judge Smith Saturday night ordered :i recess it. Monday morning, when tlio cam? was completed and court a?l Journed sine die. The snii i?i that of David C Shaw, of Ktiinter, against Itofla rt It. iias sler, In--, and 111 ? - * '< ?I u nil-ia Com? press company and involves a con traci covering th>- sla'c agency for a w<ll known shock sJjoorber, tin* Banaler. The amount l?<r which Mr. Shaw is sniim is $17S.0#d. claiming that he was damaged to this extent when th, Ifasslor company cancelled the contra? t he hold tor the agency in Sontli i^aroliun. The compress com oany is par > the stlit. becaUOe of the fact tint goods wa re stored in the warehouses <?r the company in con* nectioti with the diatrilMitlon of the sin??? k at Msorl ?? rs. h was iH'ought out in the courie <?i the rase that Ihere were J8,8eg Kord automobiles ? *t South Carolina <?n July last year. Other Inter* jesting facts In connection with Uie [automobile business came out in I he i Lest imony in the case, j The eas was smarted Krlday und has consumed most or three days. A mass of correspondence and other documentary evidence wag submit ted. The Shaw-Hassler case will not go to the jury until Monday afternoon. oil ship on fire Captain Declares Salvation of His Vessel to Be Miracle Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. ao.?The Italian steamer Ncttuno. Capt. Q? Borsini, en route from Port Arthur, Texas, to Brindisi, Italy, was towed Into this port today by the coast guard cutter Vamacraw alter being afire at sea. Capt. Berslnl attributes the salva? tion of his ship to a mirach?- he ex? plosion of her fuel oil tanks, which literal!) snuffed ?>ut the Are after it had raged unchecked for twenty j hours. The blaze originated in the I engine room from a bursting feed pftpsj i when the Ncttuno was four days out i from Port Arthur from which she cleared on January 21 with a cargo of ga-olinc and fuel oil. At that tune she was off the Florida coast. In a few moments th<- Xettuno was a seething Inferno amidships and Capt Berslnl stated that i- did not seem possible tor her to remain afloat I but a short time. i Seated in his badly damaged cabin this afternoon while the Ncttuno swung easily at anchor in the river, [Capt. Berslnl painted a vivid picture I Of th'1 horror through which he and the ship's personnel lived timing the twenty hours the fire raged urn becked in the ship wallow ing helplessly in heavy seas. ?t was also a story of courage and devotion to duty such as nu n are sel? dom called upon to perform. The crew fought v idi desperation to keep tin* tires from the gasoline, stored in the hold oi' th - vessel. The tight,, how? ever, appeared hopleas, according to Capt. Ii? rsini. and momentarily he ex? pected the flames to reach the *;.<s" line and blow the ship to atoms. Practically every lifeboat aboard the Ncttuno had either been carried away or smashed by the terrible buffeting the tanker sustained during the hours of the tire. Fire twisted and wrecked ; her engine room and warped ami cracked her steel docks and side platca The fact that the crew had no lifeboats in which to leave the binning vessel added to the h?rn?!* of t he sit uat i?>n. Capt. Bcrsini spoke In the highest terms of the behavior of his officers ami crew, speaking of the bravery of Ihc two chief engineers, Bctteno and I'roa, as w?ll as ?>f the $icrotstu of t let engineer, Land! Joanna, w ho vol? unteered to go below at the time Ihe feed pipe Inns to shut off the Ih'w or* oil and rescue two Bremen trapped in the lire room. Joanna was so s- - vetely bumed that "'apt. Berslnl s'at od he did net think tin- engineer could I survive. His clothing was- burned from his body and his flesh in many , places literally cooked. Joanna and the two firemen, Brancaiaone and Losito, who were also badly burned, were transferred to the Belgian steam? er Kremlin on January 2f, the day after the fire aboard the Ncttuno had been extinguished, and sent to Newport Newa Tb?- Vamacraw, which had been advised tb look out for the Nct? tuno. picked up the s op on January l's and headed for Jacksonville. The Ne'tuno is owned by ihe Italian State Hallways, her home port being Pal* I mero, Italy. The ship is so bddly damaged that lit is estimated tli.it it will be weeks before sh? is again ready for sea. A I representative ?t the owners is ?. .\ I pect cd tomorrow from New York. j The Xettuno .> a <.000-tou ship. t??u I r? oi in length with a breadth of Im aip of sixt v feet. Cupf Itcrtdiii Ktai?ed he had had ion; yeurs of war. had tw?? ships tor* pedoed under him by submarines*, u.,s badly wounded In on?- of the ex [ plosions, but those experiences were not hi nt; compared to the horror through which lie had jest emerged. F< r four days the crew of the Net* tili)?? was without food*or sh-?'p. \\ tXTKH A few colored families for one and two home farms, share crop. No loafers, s p Broadway, i ?a :?/.. Ii, s c, Itoute Phono t" 0 ?.. FOB IlKXT Two ??: three hOTSS farm. gOOtl land for t niton, corn "i tin. k. < Ionise and burns. See m. ii lb ck, Pocalla gpringa I'll.'Me I SOft. _ WAN'TKI* To buy a few tons *SjSj i" ? > im- hay ii. it. Osteen.