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Cooperation in cottonmarket Address by Sapirio in Which He Decries For- I j iiiation of Ix>cal or it County Associa? te tiolis by Farm rf1 ers I ^.Columbia. Jan. 31. -In a plain, (tract ku I talk before the house of rfpveeentaArvea tonight Arou Sa PfriO. of Hun Francisco, general eoun of the California Citrus Grower*' lallen ana otber associations of e eherarter on the Pacific roast und lei the middle weit, gave hta views to what method the cotton farmer uf the south ahould pursue to estab? lish a correct markettns system. 'Me strong!v urged the cooperative 'geling method whi n has proved Wch benefit In the west along laeso lines for the scientific dta ?utton of co'.ton. He decried all rlcs end social features, claiming tt the true cooperative distribution gem should be composed of farm 8, business men and not "oratorical oil binders." Mr. Saptrlo is well iows in Columbia where he stayed tout fifteen years ago. His is an in ir>t* lng career. He began life as a Jewish Kabi. then decided to go into hjuunes*. studied law and is now one of the widely known corporation at? torneys of ths country. While In Co Igntbla he was guest at August Kohn. personal friend. He leaves tomor r for New York He was brought Columbia by Prof. W. W. Lorg. or Vlilted fttater Extension depart cooperation with Clemson to give the members of the i assembly his ideas on the lot of the cotton crop, lucrative marketing, he said at inning of bis aodress. Is one of ihest- systems of business ever for the farmer. It is a world tent; It Is developed highest !n Vend the Scandinavian coun? ts system has, spread over the notion but he said, the Unit It II extremely backward. ?Old that the method of cooper markeUng was started In Call twenty-five years ago and all ructs grown there are handled system until now between ,1100 and $300.000,000 worth ?is' are handled annually jncMtlon Is based o certain fun QjaPsjgaial prfnclplea which have been yyVed out hy an extensive experl ?i-Ifjl Wared aa the first principle that jhe Staple commodity has to be organ 1s4o> and' not the locality. He claimed 4hat 0 fatal mistake made by the cot sen, grower* was the method of or ^ntslnf local associations. He gave (rets Illustration of where local as kftoivs had lorn formell In the tst end they Immediately began ling with each other and conac itty failed. He pronoun, cd as a dictum that the producers should not tompete, the buyer to do that. (e contended that in the market of perishable products the great dem is routing and speedy distrl ttoo, lor stable producta the prim a) financing L'noer lila second thesis, he said 8M the cooperative aysteins In the at were rea*l business enterprises a- politics and social features were adt allowed to enter. He said the only thing the grower asked is that the lUrUlature gtve them a legal vehicle |n* which to do business. They do not . fcsjk for one cent of appropriation nor fW. help from the lawmakers. I sir. aaplrlo went on to explain that "rm saust bo definite contracts with 'growers, ftrst as to a minimum of lute to be sold, and that every ?r of the association must de? r to the organisation all his fact and that he must be made to tr by contract or legal pena'ty. contract must be iron clad and not les* than five years. There be no quitters and the association he cooperative; no profit and tiling must bp strictly businesa Tht associations must be so re led by the farmer as not to allow IIHclans or any other than the to Join. i ^Agriculture and art are the only K?uet* that are individually ma - ed end not marketed as shoes or ofcthiftg. ue said { ^Advertising is needed and it pays a thousand fold, he said. He described tijei great advertising campaigns of California and the result they had oh Mined. He went into detail as to the ?a of the cooperative association, ?stresse?! the Importac-e of cooper Ion and working the local banka. _ le bankf will he p the glowers If tsje grow**is will help the banks. He * Used fully how Texas and Okla >rha are at work already signing up the cooperative marketing of cot He distinctly made it plain that plan w4s a curl all. If they will 10 time to get the bent help, the re? nt will come by organization told how the low prices of rot? ted brought about the low stand of living In his section. South Una has every advantage over ornla In locatlo i and everything else, be claimed The difference Call fernle haa organiser, and uses busi? ness mothods instead of oratory. rhlcago. Feb. 1.?:Plre after an cx Meoton In a four-#rtor/ flat building on the south side sent tlilrty negro fatn iHpa Into the street early today. None was injured. The building *g?ot* said the fire la believed to hsVe been caused by a bomb thrown on* the roof. ? ? \ f - Sle*rark, Ohio, Feb. 1.?Four mem? bers of the Pennsylvania Railroad ?talking cr#w were killed toda) whj|le returning to Columbus, when the train was hit by a freight train three shiies ???t of Kewarh, Sever? al *ere Injured, two seriously, 'The wrecking train was returning t/i |hV stallen after picking up a freight; wreck last ni i ' SPECIAL SESSION SENATE CALLED Harding* Requests Wil? son to Summon New Senate in Extra Session Washington. Feb. 1.?A rcqucsr .from President-elect Harding that President Wilton rail a ?portal meat* Inpf of Uie new senate for March i was tdken to the White House today by Senator Underwood, the Demo* oratio loader. Sena'.or Fndcrwood Mid Im conveyed ma message at the request of Senator Lodge. Ihe Repub? lican leader. Ha saw Simrctary Tu? multy, who later laid the request be foro the proeident The senate would meet to confirm ihe cabinet and other appointment* to be made by the Incoming execu? tive. Surb a ataoton is customary when there is a change of adminis? trations and usually lasts only u week at most. NEW TRIAL FOR BERGER Supreme Court Reverses Judge Landis on Ground That-He Should Have Retired From Trial of Milwaukee Editor Washington, Jan. HI.?Victor L. Berger, Socialist editor of Milwaukee and f >ur co-defendants who were convicted and sentenced to terms ranging Horn ton to I'O years for violation of the war time espionage aq, will bo given new trials under a decision today by the supremo court. Dividing six to throe, the cowl held that the federal district judge K? nesaw M. Landis of Chicago, ?tum ineligible to conduct the trial and should have retired upon the tiling of an affidavit by the defendants charging him with "personal bias and prejudice" because of the nativity of certain of them. While Justice MoKenna was read? ing the majority opinion of the court announcement came from the White House thut President Wilson had overruled a recommendation of the department of justice that tiie sen tonee of Fugene V. l>ebs, previously aftlrmrd 1/y tho supremo court bo commuted to expire on next Febru? ary 12. Dobs, many times candidate of the Socialist party for president, is serving ten years in the federal prison in Atlanta, Ou., as a result of his conviction a*. Cleveland, <>hio on practically the same charges as were lb rger and bis co-defendants. Those cn-defendun's are Adolph dormer, national eecretary of the Socialist party, si native of Llussia; William Kruse, editor of the Young Socialist Magazine, whose parents were Germans; J. Louis Engdahl and Erwin St. John Tinker, writer and lecturer. natives of the United Sta.'es, and claiming to be not of im? mediate Oar man doaoont. The sole QUtOtlOH before the su? preme court was whether Judge Lundi* had orrod in continuing to sit in the case after counsel for the defense had tiled a properly draw n affidavit of prejudice. Six members of the cou?'\ including Chief Justice Whi o, held that he did. Three other members. Justice Day, Pitney and McKcynolds, held that ho did not and filed opinions sharply dissenting from that of the majority. Next to that of Eugene V. D< DO. the case of Victor liergcr, publisher of the Milwaukee leader a Social? ist paper, attracted more attention than any other brought by tho gov? ernment under tho war time espio? nage act. Berger was accused of dis? loyalty and was convicted at Chicago on January S. 1019. Subsequently ho was twice danlad a seat in the house of representatives by that body and the third time bo Offered for reelection he was defeated. Four other leaders of the Socialist party were convicted with the Mil? waukee publisher. They were Adolph Germer, secretary of the National So? cialist patty; William F. Kruse, edi? tor of the Young Socialist; Irwin St. John Tucker, writer and speaker, and J. Louis ISngdohl,, editor of the American Socialist. Sentences rang? ing from ton to 20 years wore im posed by Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The five defendants wore charged specifically with having conspired to obstruct recruiting and interfere with the successful prosecution of tho war against Germany through the de? livery of speeches and the circula? tion of trtlelea intended to cause "insubordination, disloyalty ami re? fusal of duty" among the naval and military forces of the United States Numerous articles writ.en by Borger for The Leader wer?' presented as evi I donee a gains' him. Clarendon''. New Legislator Takes Sent. Columbia, Feb. 1.?J. H. Scarbor? ough of Summerton was last night sworn in as new member Of the house of representatives from Clarendon county. He succeeds tho late lion. W. T. P, sprott. who died last year, Mr. Scarborough was elected to the house last week, on the Iftth, his sei and most formidable candidate being Miss Corrine Partlcld, of Manning, the ftr?t woman to aspire to leglalfttlve honors in South Carolina. Mr. Scarborough is a young man. I graduate of Furman Fnlversity. Creenvtlle, a lid member of a promi? nent Clarendon family. His father is <> C Hrai'hoi ouKh. a director of the state penitentiary, and a prominent figure In louth Carolina public life. Hamburg. Feb. t - {( is not Im? probable that Foreign Minister Simons will reply to the repaid Ions demand! by resigning from the Gorman gov? ernment, says a Berlin dispatch GERMANS FLOUT ALUESTERMS ? i Say That Reparation Terms Are Fantastic and Impossible Berlin, Pen. i. -Germany regard.*] the reparation terms as fantastic and Impossible of execution and it is gen? eral opinion that the government cannot agree to them. The cabinet was in executive session until late last night. Madness was the term the reichotni is using In discussion of the terms. / REVIEW OF BUSINESS Washington. Jan. ? 1.?Industrial operations have not increased sutli clently to effect a material reduction in the widespread unemployment prevalent S month ago, according to die review of business and financial conditions of the country for Jan? uary, issued tonight by the federal reserve board. A slight Increase In the activity of leading NOW England industries during the month probably has brought a measure of relief there, the r?view said, hut in the south and west the situation has become more acute. In the San Francisco district, pre? viously slightly affected, the board reported unemi loyment to be. abnor? mally great for this season. Wage reduction have continued, the board said, an dthe curtailment has spread tO Sections Of the country I where wage rates have hitherto been j ualntalned at high level. About 100, t 000 lev tile mill workers in New Fng laild have suffered wage cuts aver? aging 22per cent., the review Ided, and while reductions in the 1 #oot and shoe industry have not I been so large, they have been ex? tensive. Unemployment in the New York district Increased by , about. 4 per cent, in January, the review said. Some textile mills have dropped a considerable number of employees during the month. Unemployment was likewise widespread among longsRhoi einen, freight handlers, dock workers and seamen, while there were further reductions in Iron and steel plants, the hoard added. Textile mills in the Richmond dis triet remimcd work in January, but in the building trades and in the ranks of unskilled labor, tiie review said, a serious lack of employment existed there. The number of employed has in dreased decidedly in the Atlanta dis? trict and idleness has become wide spread in the ranks of the unskilled, in many lines wave reduction have already been made. Prices of certain staples, notably ;,rains, cotton and other agricultural products rose early in January, the ^oarxl reported, but later in the month declined again. Other leading com? modities, however. such as crude, and refined: oils and bituminous coal not greatly affected in earlier months were Increasingly weak, and iron and I eel continued to decline. Financially, the month has been encouraging. the board declared Blacking In the demand for credit resulted In a material reduction in the total outstanding volume of cir? culation amounting in the month to ihout 160,000.000 while gold holdings Increased to about ooo.ooo. In private finance, the board said the month has been a period of Im? provement of Value in most classes of securltlea ATKINSON SUC? CEEDS COTHRAN Columbia, Feh. 1.?John Ruford Atkinson, who was Tuesday at noon rlooted speaker of the house of repro soi tatlves to succeed Thomas P. Cothran. is a well-known lawyer o* Spartanlburg, He was horn in Ches ler in 1S72. He graduated from Purman University in lso4 and from South Carolina College in 1X07, With the (legre?! of LL, 13. He moved to Bpurtanburg in 1904, marrying lh? ramc year Miss Corrine Bearson. of Ailendale. From 1905 to 1917 ho we United States commissioner at Ppnrtanburg, and in 19 1 7 was elected to the house of representatives. This is the fifth year Mr. Atkinson has botn in the house, the first of his third trim. He is author of a number of important acts, and several bills of Male-wide importance <>n the cal? endar! this year are Iiis, among them th? public utilities bill and the state Inheritance tax bill. .Mr. Atkinson was elected speaker pro tern at the begin? ning the present session of the leg? islature. He has presided over the bonne during a member of brief ab? sences of the speaker. .1. it. Atkinson, of Bpartanhurg was today elected speaker of the house of representative! to succeed Thomas P. Cothran. who was elected to the state supreme court. Representative Thomas s. Me Mlllnnd, of Charleston, was today elected speaker pro tern of the house of representatives, following the elec? tion of Speaker Pro Tom Atkinson to I he spenkershlp. There were three candidates, and tiny and their votes Were as follows: McMillan, t!0; J. EC Owens. Bennettsvllle, 28; doo. s. Mower. Newberry, 14. 60? breaks a cold quicker than any remedy we know.? Advt The month of January has been an exceedingly dull month Insofar as the police Circles are concerned. Ac rordlng to the report of Rscorder Harby, only jtr.t; in cash tines were collected from miscreants during tin entire month of January. This is the lowest total of tines collected during any one month since the month of .lime. ISMS. Huh My-TIsm relieves llheumatlsm, Neuralgia, strains Ad vt Regular Monthly Meeting Held on Tuesday, February 1st. $75,000 LOAN FOR EX? PENSES AUTHORIZED Inmate of Alms Iluuse Files Complaint as to Food Furnish? ed and Treatment He Re? ceived The county hoard of commission era held their regular monthly meet? ing on I'Vbiuary 1st with members J. J. Brit.on. It .M. Oliver, W. M. Lc noir and B. T. Mints present. The minutes Of January 4th and C'.h were read and approved. Judge oi* probate Richardson ap? peared before the board und pre? sented resolutions relative to pro? viding funds for s ate hospital au? thorities for sending for lunatics. Messrs. T. L>. Brohun, M. M. Mcl hit, J. R. Hall and Jolin Qeddings appeared before the board and asked that the road south of Wcdgefle|d Iw worked. They stated that they did not think any work had la-en done >n ir since the year mos. Mr. Jef? fords, county engineer, stated that he had on file a complaint as to thii road but had not been able to get tc it. The board directed him t<> get tc this work as soon as possible. Als?, ano her matter was brought up rel? ative to draining of a small bottom that Mr. Brohun had offered to g< half on and had been agreed to b> Mr. a. D. Thompson. This was re? ferred to Engineer Jeffords to inves? tigate and report on at the nexl hoard meeting. Mr. Joe Nunnery, an Inmate of th< alms house, appeared before the hoard and made a complaint as to condi lions and treatment at the ahm house. lie .stated that the diet win not suitable to his condition. 11? told the hoard that he h id not com pletely recovered from a late opera tion. Mr. Nunnamaker, superintend ent of the alms house, made state ment saying tha, Mr. Nunnery go just what his family did. Mi', lt. II. Green came before th< "board in reference to a claim of |3I fo .damage to the top of his aut?mo idle, caused by a sign knocking th< top off. The board asked him tha hrs son make an appointment witl Mr. Jeffords and the location of th< dgn be pointed out. An application for clothing for th< alms house was received and ap proved. The matter of lire Insurance oi county nudes was discussed and it wa decided to cancel tin* general policy and Insure only males in the jai camp as long as they are there. Engineer Jeffords' report was re ceiyed. He stated that the main gun| was still working the roads out o Bumter in connection with the jai gang. Secondary gang was workint road to Brick ohurch ami the Trlnltj road. The bridge force was repair ing the bridges in different section) of the county. Mr. Tmluck startet: work on the Hudson bridge on th< morning of January 31. As regard! to getting the main chain gang fOPOt on the road work of Privateer some time in February. Mr. Jeffords stat ed that he did not see now tha' In could do so on account of the gen eral demand for work on the road; now in use. Engineer reported tha the crossing of the A. C. 1.. Whlcl had been requested changed, had noi been changed. He was directed t< folhnv this up and get it done as soor as possihle. Mr. Kennedy will be asked to con tlntie the keeping up of the road fron the city limits to the cemetery. The clerk was directed to write him it li gard to t his. Engineer Jeffords reported that h< expected Quite a number of prisoner! on the gang out of the next court ane authority has been asked for to hire another guard if necessary. This wa; authorised, if deemed necessary. As regards the matter of repairs tc chairs in the court house. U was de? cided to have them fixed if It could be arranged to get the house to agree tc pay for this work, otherwise to get this matter in line for a repori before the next board meeting. The board discussed certain recom? mendations to be made to the county delegation, among which were the amending the general law regarding accountira?1 features Inj the board's oiTiee, amending the act of 1910 rel? ative to issue of road bonds by In? creasing ra'.e to ?? per cent, also 111 make certain suggestions as to hold? ing two hoard uu clings instead of one per month. The matfter of county licenses on venders was taken up and the license schedule of 1919 was readopted with? out change. A claim for reward of Policeman 'Chandler for arresting Oliver Pit's, escaped convict, with a broken leg, on the streets of the city, Was re? jected. Recommendation to county delegation was also made regarding differences in the law as t<> sending insane persons to the hospital. Clerk Planding reported that Con* federate Pensioner Kauton had been committed to the hospital for insane and would m ed no further pension. This was ordered discontinued, Application was received from John Bennett for financial assistance. The o;ise was referred to Dr. An? drews for an Investigation ami a re i port. Reports of the rural policemen ami from the cotton weighers' scale tests were received ami ordered filed. Mr. Barlow 'Walsh appeared rel? ative to asking lhal the law range he worked if it belonged to the coun? ty and stating thai It numher had siiiy^cjs-.ed Ihnl the same he widened by taking off fifteen feet from 'die COUTt home lawn so as to allow the making of a park In the center' for DEBS ATTACKS PRES. WILSON Prisoner Will Not Apply For Pa role Nor Accept Conditional Release Atlant;). Vtth, l.? Bugen* V. Dobs. Kf'Hallat lender now nerving a u.n >???;;>? sentence In the federal prison bur 1 for violation of the eopiona *u was not "surprised nor diaap i minted" o\< r tho president's refusal \ > oemmute his sentence, according to a statement he Issued lo re today through his counsel. Samuel IV. i'.u ih ton of Atlanta. ' it was my own only fear."' t'ie statement said, "that I might be In? debted for my liberty to Wood row Wik-on. My record, good or bad. ts at 1? aut consistent and that is the only way it could have I een smirch? ed ' Tin- statement refers to the pr. si - c'.< nt as the "mos. pitiful nguro in h ? '.(.:. ."' "No man in public life i?: American his ory." it said, "ever re? tired so thoroughly dlacrcdited, so scathingly rebuked, so ovcrwhelm ilcgly impeached and repudiated as Wood row WDaon. Shortly after the Novi mber election Iiis privat?' secre? tary made a pi.iful plea for him say? ing that all he craved was the love of the people. This plea was stump? ed by the American people with the one word, Denied,' the one word he wrote on the hock of the recommen? dation for my pardon." After stating that Debs was "never in better physical condition in my life than I am at this hour," the Statement continued: "Mr. Palmer culled detention to the faet that 1 shall be eligible to parole August 11, 1922. In answer to Una 1 have to say that 1 shall not apply for parole, nor accept it. I shall serve my term to the lost day or leave here wLh an unconditional pardon. I came for my convictions and I shall not be? tray them for any paltry considera? tion RUCh as a parole. 1 may be in prison but unlike .the man who keeps . me here, l am not an exile from my i own country. When 1 have this ' j prison i shall go unrepentant. Senator Capper showed the other that OUt <d four billions annual expenditures for this country that u7 J per cent, is spent on war, the results ! of war and preparation for war and [?that 3 per cent, is .merit on eduea Mtlon and constructive work. That'i I where Wilson st?nde, l stand foi . construction ingtead of destruction ! and devastation." I MOTOR LICENSES : ISSUEE . i Columbia, Jan. 31.?The hour ha? . . struck for motor vehlcl. owners tc j get their licenei tags within the pe? , 11 od prescribed by law which was to i night. Cp to the closing oi the license de? I partment Saturday night the total j number of plates issued for 11# 1* 1 had .{reached 42.!?9'J, of which 37,077 were ? I automobile licenses, 3,11)5 truck li C : censes, 1,670 dealer licenses and 157 I j motorcycles. There remained to be r j issued by Monday 52.97 1 automobile ? and truck licenses and 751 motor , I cycle licenses. The total collections l j to date have amounted to $355, [ i S21.ll. i Mistrial in Shaw Case. Columbia. Feb. 1.?The jury in the case of David C. Shaw vs. the Kas? sier Shock Absorber company, a suit I in the feder al court for $175,000 dam? ages for violation of contract, failed to agree: on a verdict and a mistrial was ordered by Judge Smith Monday afternoon. , j If that oil well at Summorville , j should come in as a gusher all of ?lower South Carolina will be swept . j by an epidemic of oT! fever and the i j state will be overrun by speculators t I seeking o obtain oil b ases on land. I i It is possible that the middle soe tion of the stale, including Bumter county, will be prospected for oil, if it is found in the lower tier ot coun i ties. T ? break a cold take ??06.?AJvt. automobiles. The board received mis as information. Tho bond of Sheriff C. fcf. Hurst cf $lo,000 was approved. Sheriff Hurst [ reported a mule and wagon seized Under fore. Insure proceedings and Cie law provided that the board shall ap? praise and asked the board to do so. Board stated that they would go around and appraise. ? Chairman iL J. McLaurin stated that owing to his ill health he could no longer sign the checks for the bus? iness Of the hoard. Mr. R. M. Oliver was designated and agreed to act, pending the further disposition Of this matter. Treasurer Wallace appeared before the board relativ?' to a note of |30, 000 duo sinking fund commission on 5th instant and as to borrowing mon? ey for the coming- year. Will have about $15.000 on February 1st (with jout. January payments). Outstanding warrants and January payments would ai>ont absorb this. After ful? ly discussing the matter the follow ! ing resolution was made: "llesolved that the county borrow for ordinary needa in anticipation of t:.x collections, n sum not exceeding $75,000 and that those charged with that duty ore authorized u> negotiate loan ami take up with local banks the matter of obtaining trust interest rat?* as such Interest rate will in? fluence the amounl to be borrowed at his time." Board thinks it ?ceaaary to cllmi nate every unnecessary expense at this time and instructed county engineer to stop all road dragging and repair? ing b\ private parties except In cases of emergency. Engbner Jeffords sugeated to the board thai he be allowed to got two acres Of alms house farm ami plant same In sweet potatoes for use of con? victs' feed. This suggestion was ap? proved. After the approving of claims be? fore it, the board adjoUined. MORTGAGES ON AUTOMOBILES Bill in Legislature to Give All Mortgages Priority Over At? tachment Liens Columbia, Jan. 31.??Tho execu? tive council of the South Carolina Bankers' association at ? meeting In Columbia yesterday discussed at length a bill Introduced In the general as? sembly by Representative happ of Richland county which aeefcs to make purchase money mortgages on auto* mobile^ come ahead of tho atta* h ment lien, for damages, it was the unanimous opinion of the members of the council that some action should be take n at OUCC to amend the exist? ing law. and the bankers express.-el the opinion that the proposed umcnel m? nt to the law should go further and provide that any bona tide mort? gage on an automobile should come ahead of the attachment lien. It was decided to ask the commi ? ttees of the house and senate to hear ta committee from the bankers on the proposed legislation. The bank* ers took the1 Opinion that the farmers ami business nu n of the s ate* are now compelled to use every form of eol | lateral, available. A mortgage on an automobile is now practically worth? less because of the law in this state which gives an attachment lien for damages priority. The following statement w:is given out by \v. H. Praser, president, and Lee Ilolloman, secretary, after the meeting oi the executive council yeste-rday. "The ex<? utive council of Semth Carolina Bankerrf Association in s?*s lalon in Columbia took up for dtseus Islon the pending bill in the legis* la'ure by Representative Bapp (house bill No. which see ks te> make pur? chase, money mortgages on automo? biles come ah< ad of the attachment lien for damages. "It w.ms unanimously agreed that some action should he taken at once to amend the existing law and the comm. tee felt that the* proposed amendment should go further and provide that any hema Dde mortgage should con e ahead of the attaoh* meat lien as now provided by law, especially in view of the fact that many of the farmers and business men of the state are now compelled \ o use- e very form of collateral avail? able. ' It was de'Cideel to ask for a re? hearing he-for. committees of tho I house and senate in this -matter, ami I the following resolution was passed: "Pe it resolved by the executive council of the South Carolina Hank 11 era' association that we go em wooed [as favoring the pending bill in the ?i house introduces! by RepreeentaUva ISapp Ol Richland, which seeks te> 'make purchsss money mortgages on automobiles come uhe-ad of the at? tachment lien for damakes, and that we make an effort to have the law further amended so as to apply to all bona fide mortgages on motor ve? hicles. "lie it further resolved. That the general assembly be memoralized to pass the measure." The hankers expressed the belief that this is a matter that ought to Im? of interest to everybody in the* slate. A few doses til break a cold.?Advt BRUTAL MURDER IN CONNECTICUT Id 11 ford, Conn., Feb. I.?More than 100 min. armed with rides, revolvers and shotguns, tonight were searching a WOOded section near the W'oodmont railroad station for the murderer of Mrs. Joseph Chernock, 15, who wa* brutally slain in her home mi Old Gate' lane here this afternoon. Polire-, firemen and volunteers, under the di? rection of Chief of police .lames Ila? her Of Ifllfordi took up the pursuit a half hour after the killing-. Statements by persons who saw I the man fleeing towards tho woods Indicated that he was a short, stout man and wore a hack mask. Before nightfall searchers had found his blood stained overt oat. The woman's husband, who is em? ployed in Bridgeport, returned hemm late today and said that $110 he had in the house was missing. Mrs. <^he r nock was the mother of seven chil? dren, the oldest 12 years ami the youngest five weeks. The* Infant was found unharmed in a room on the second door. The mother's skull was crushed by blows with a stone. An ax,, spattered with blood also was found in the house, but it was thought this was used by the murderer to smash in the dOOT of the house. A six year old daughter of the Cher nocks, who was in the hous." ami saw the attack en her mother, ran to the home e>i II. L. Logan, nearby, and gave the alarm. Logan took a rifle and, accompanied by Walter Llnale ran to the Chernock home. Logan found the side dOOT <?f the boos. smashed in. and as he Stepped inside a man Red from another door. Logon fired three shots, one of which is be? lieved to have abounded him. Mrs. Cheroock's body waa found in the cellar, apparently having been thrown tlnrc after the man had dragged it from the second floor. The woman's tlUShund BS id he WS . held ep about a mile from his home last nUlr. hut escaped from the would-be robber. To prevent a cold take lit.?Advt. Columbia, Feh. 1.? Ueprcsentativo Moise today introduced his Mil to create a county court for ftumter. The ion was referred to the committee on judiciary. Rub-My-Tism cure bruises, cuts, '?urns, sores, tetter, etc.?Advt. Vienn:i. Feb. 2.? It is understood that the allied governments have or? dered the withdrawal e>f their re? sin dive military missions wit hin .j| mont h. ti6tj quicklv relieves a c