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Tariff Bill Gains %Four Amendments Sup potters of "Emergency Measure** Have Slight f) Majority Washington. Feb. 4 The mutate got down to business witti the Ford nay emergency t.ut.T i>iil tods) and before the session ended four amtnd ntala had been adopted. Votes on the amendments, when* a recoil was mad", ihowcd supporters of the Mil to bsve a majority ranging; from 10 te 13. As the situstion stood tonight it appeared that the hill would he for the mosr part actually as well as tsehnlei Pv under consideration until a Onnl ?>te is reached. Senator Pen reae. Republican, of Pennsylvania, in charge of tile bill. declared that it bad froed prospects of passage next week t'nder the progrum the early part of the sessions will probably be de? voted to cotislderVlon of appropria? tion bills, but later the tariff meas? ure "Will be debated as It was today to the exclusion of all else. The committee amendment to esfahlufh an import duty of 40 cents a bushel on wheat was twice adopted today. It was first taken up with entry Olhe ?enators in the rhamnsr and gerepted without a dissenting vote. Then Senator Harrison. !>emocrat, of Mississippi, one of the bitterest op? ponents of the measure, discovered wHat hsd happened and sought a ?'U*1 lor k qnnruni. |fc Haid he was under the Impression the senate was still sOnelderlna a minor Indian hill. Alter the quorum call and an hour desultory debate. Senator McCumber, Republican, of Nor th Dakota asked for reconsideration of tlte wheat amendment nod it agnin was agreed Is Oy s vote of 3ft to 23. The amendment, also from the committee exempting from a tariff dvty ibe to tie used in the manufac? ture of i nnned goods likewise, was adep'M. Tb* ? ommlttee amendments fixing duties of two cents ,\ pound on fresh Sgd froien mests and of 2ft per cent ad Valorem on prepared or preserved Meats1 and exempting from Import dalles all live stock imported ex flselrety for breeding purposes also nee# approved. - Joristderntlon of the duty on meats brought from Senator 1'nderwood of g,tabainn, Democratic leader, an at tSSg On What he described as the iniquities of the proposed legislation. ?\fe ssSs tilted the Republican position, (pgUtUti; whether Republican s?na USfn hod "abaolutely forgotten tha' thg |n\ ?( nmcnt had need for rev? enue" and whether the present hill could be accepted as an indication of their Intention to build a tariff wall Shout the country during the i .tra session i The Fordney bill Mr. tTnderwood asserted could be construed ts none otder then a consumption tax. He accused supporters of the bill of he lag willing to legislate money from the consumers into the pockets of speculators and quoted figures f ont a iummnty of tariff information com? piled by the Republican house wayu end means committee to show that lirsports so much complained of "exist only in air." CIGAR MAKERS STRIKE IS ENDED - Tampa. Feb. 5.?Officials repre? senting the thirteen thousand silk? ing cigar makers here annourced to? day the strike has called off by a referendum vote. The strike haa been In progress nearly ten months, hinging principally around the open ?hop. Cnlon officials said referen? dum was ordered because of increas? ing difficulties of obtaining funds .0 support strikers PRESIDENT VETOED ARMY RESOLUTION Washington. Feb. r?. The ]>?? shh nt vetoed u Joint resolution directing .In srsr deportment to ston army re? cruiting Until tho for'e was reduced ens hundred ami seventy-five thou? sand. The president said he n*aa un? able to see in the condition of the world at large need of a minimum enlisted strength of two hundred and eighty toons.iml men provided fof in ibe army reorganization bill. Worry's llrotliei Held for Killing. Thomson. Ca. Feb. 4.?Claude gtory was pis* ed under arrest on Thursday on a wsrr.int charging mur? der in connection with the shooting of T. Hol Jones, i few days ago, Sam O. Story, s bi other of ? laude Story, was arreeted at the time of the shoot? ing. County officers say that Jonen .was unarmed ami was stated In a buggV wlun shot. gfsaioo City. Feb. ft.? Much prop? erly damage ami probaly man) deaths Occurred ss a result of the earth - quake Thursduy night on Isthmus of Tehuunte.e Philadelphia. Feb. ft.?One Chinese >aot sod killed; anothei believed drowned and tW o* de ret ives Is'iCen in .a buttle on the Japanese steamei hers ladsy as thirty-three Chinese sailors at tempt ?41 to tb?> ashore. Belfast, !?>.. V Attempts to jso fute Deifust frgsa tin rest or Ire? land WSS made Inst night. Teh plume ajrtl telegraph wins in every direction being cut. Chicago. Feh, t A bomb was list, night thrown from an automobil?' Into the doorway of a four stor e a pa 11 - ment building on the soutside owned srsf aceupled in part h> Kotiert Jackson, a \\?alth\ mgro. It shal tared windows In half the block and several persons wen- Injursd b) Hy? ing ginss. This is the second bomb explode.I In front of the building In the last year and the fourth in the same block. The fror? door was blown in by the explosion. REPLIES TO RAIL? WAY MESSAGES VVoodrow Wilson Will To-Day Take Up Communication From Seven Large Labor Unions Washlngtoiii Pot* 4.?President Wilson win reply tomorrow to the reci ntly communicated request ol sei n large railroad labor unions thai he Investigate railroad executive elnlmi bet ire the railroad labor 1)0 if i In Chicago that the railroads must read just rfggea or face bankruptcy. The president it was said, ai tl ' White House tonight, spent a part of the da. drafting his reply to the unions, and hop's to complete and dlapateh N tomorrow. The natura of the reply was not indicated hut was understood to havc bt en baaed on recommendations submitted by Secre? tary Of Interior I'a ne. who s ill acts ;ts director general of the railroad administration. The reply, it WO* 9'JffgSStsd, at the W hite ? House, would take OP points raised In both of the tslegrams k* nt to the prcsideni this week by tie railroad workers through B, M. Jewell, Pr?sident Of thi railway em? ployees department Of the American j Federation of I^ahor. The railroad unions in their first message, receiv? ed at the White House Tuesday, ask? ed the president to Invoa Igate the statement before the railroad and labor board by w. w. Atterhury, vice president of the |Vnns\ Ivania lines, that the carriers must be allowed to readjust wages or face the danger of bankrupt.iy and If the statement were fouiwl to be true, to place the matter before congnos and ask im? mediate enactment of remedial legis? lation. The second telegram from the unions received yesterday was in na? ture of a reply to a telegram sent :< the president by Thomas DeWitt Fuy ler, chairman of the Association of Railway Executives. who charg< d that the grot telegram sent by th< unions was "Plum Plan league propa? ganda." This rhargs tic unions i - nil d in thsfr msosage ami declared there was no economic juatlHi utlon far wage n adjustment. % Bs oratory Payne returned the tele? grams with his recommendations t<? the White House toda . WOULD GIVE TIME TO "MAKE GOOD' Greenville, Feb. 4.?That the south Carolina tax commission should be given one more year to "make good" Instead of abollehihg >t when no good substitute is offered was the consen? sus of opinion of a joint meeting of the wholesale and retail merchants' bureaus of the chamber of commerce, held yesterday. Tin- merchan ? stated that they 'were of the opinion that the methods employ* d by the commission thus fat have been grossly unfair since tin burden of taxation was heavily in ercssed on certain classes <>f oltlgem while certain others ha\e been per? mitted to pay the smaller amounts a in the past. In an announcement regarding tin meeting issued today it la stated thai tin- vote favoring g continuance ol the commission was unanimous and that copies of the motion will be sent to the members of the county dele? gation now in Columbia, and to tin 1 presiding Officeri Of the house and senate. This question tame up before the mdiehanta In view of the bill now before the legislature to abolish tin commission. FIGHT FOR LIFE ABOVE NEW YORK New Tork, Pen, 4.< a real' Qghl foi life was held above New, York toda> ?ben || army airplanes "bombed" the city wi ll smoke bombs ami rat? tled ,i tstOO With machine guns is a ahum buttle to stimulate recruiting for the air sei \ lee, While thousands of persons, out to their noon day luncheon watched tin thrilling spectacle, IJeuf. Edward Black, an observer In one of Ihe ma? chines, was lighting, unkown to the crowds below, a tire which threat? ened the destrutclofi of the machine and the \w. | of his pilot, Lieut. riyses c. Jonea and himself, Lieutenant Bktck was painfully bumed? Black, who was in Ihe gun? ner's pit behind the pilot, was drop* ping Smoke bombs when or.e of them < Xplod d in the pit. His face ami hands were burned and his clothing, and tin- fuselage ol the plane caught on fire, Jones turned .unl saw the struggle, hut was Krwerlesa to help, He kept his eye on the nearest river, ready to plunge 1,900 feel below If it should be nect asgry. Black kept his head, however, grasped a Are ex? tinguisher ami pumped its i,ontcnts on the flgmes Wlu n .bmes saw thai his companion had won the grim bat? tle In* turned his plane toward Milte? ola Held, II miles away, making the trip In abom |iM minutes. Black [was hurried |o a hospital where he will be laid up for several days. Belfast, Feh, t. ITtstei Hnlonla coumd leata) elected Sir Janus Praia. as i< ader of the pat t\ In the new parliament lo I* sei up in Hist er im der tin- new Irish home role act. Sir Edward Parson presided over tin COUnOll session. Dublin, Fob. 4.? There wui furth? er olttclgl reprisal yesterda) when Ihe post Office and a business bouse .it (Williamson wore burned as reprisal I for ambush then last month In which six COnatObleS were Wounded. Palm Beach. Feh, IL?-President elect I i n ding's \ ichl Victoria passed northward from Palm lleach today en route to St. Augus inc. Delay a foned tin cancellation most of stops Hording had planned on I he w a y but he still imped he might play one game Of golf at -tome point SOU til of St. Auguotlhe, Hoped tin- yacht would spend (lie night SOniewhei'S mar Foi'l Pier? e CHEER UP! BET? TER TIMES AHEAD Federal Bank Head Sees Speedy End to Hard Times and Unemployed Chicago, Feb. 4. w. P. Q. Hard Ing, governor of Ihr Federal Reserve I board, predicted prosperity and an end to business depression when he ar? rived hero Thursday to speak befoft the Chicago ehnpter of tin- American ins Uute ol Banking. '?The dangerous stags of readjust' men! has bei n passed safely," he -aid. "and there is now no reason whatever to fear a money panic or venera! collapse of busine ." "The average reserves of all Fed? eral Reserve Banks are forty-nine per cent against forty-four and one half per cent at tins time last year. The situation generally is encour? aging, it is the hope and belief thai I the unemployment situation is of j temporary character. COLUMBIA MASONS TO TAKE DEGREES Class Numbers One Hundred and Eighty-Nine From All Parts of South Carolina Columbia, Feh, 7. Ancient and Ac? cepted Scottish Kite Masons from va? rious parts of the state will assemble >in Columbia this morning for the win? ter reunion that will continue through Wednesday. Distinguished Masons from other states will he the guests or the oc aslon. The c!asa director has a list of 189 nndldatcs who are eligible to take degrees during the session. The guests will he door^e Fleming Moore of Washington, grand commander; harhs C, Homer, Jr., inspector gen? eral of Maryland; Ilyman W. Wlt I cover, Inspector general of Georgia .and South Carolina, and oiler 33rd degree Masons from Texas and Ten? nessee, The winder reunion will open this morning at !? OClock when candidates will report to w. II, Bowen, class director. The ceremonial session will begin at 10 a. m. and various teams will confer degrees from the fourth to t he 22nd, Inclusive. Cai dldatea from outside of Columbia are asked to notify t'laud (J, Campbell, secre? tary, and he will arrange hotel ac? commodation, The following compose the officers, executive board, orches? tra ami choir: J, L. Jones, veneral master; C. C. Fishhume, senior warden; Ira r?. Nates, junior winden; O, Frank Hart. orator; J. C. GaOQUO, almoner; <'. ?'. Campbell, secretary; ?'? Fowles, treasurer; J. R. Van Metre, expert; J. II. Smith, assistant export; George H. King, master of ceremonies; H. S. Maoglashan, captain of hoot; U. s. Marks, tiler; W. II. Bowen, (.lass di? rector, and C. C. Campbell director of work. Executive hoard: W. S. IMnwn, master of kadosh; <>. F, Hart, com? mander; c. A, Miller, wise master; J. L J.ones, venerable master; C. C. FishJburne, senior warden; Ira l>. Nates, .junior warden; Legare Ingles by ami ir. s. Maaglaahan, elected members; C. C. Campbel, general sec aotary. Orcheetrn: John B, Rodgers, T. W, Hornsby, Joe L. Denny and Guy H. White. Choir: John Prioleau, P. V. Mikell, J, W. Bpence and M. F. Austin. The program provides for degree work during today, tomorrow and Wednesday and banquets will he served at 6 o'clock this afternoon and on Wednesday afternoon. Arrange? ments have been made for a group photograph to be made at the State Hons.- Wednesday morning .at 0:30 o'clock. Much interest is centered in the reunion and 0 pleasant time is a nticlpatcd. NEW CABINET FORMED IN GREECE Designation of Gounarli lo At? tend Conference Causes Ap? prehension A hens, Feb. *1. After conferences lasting all day Saturday between Kid?- Constantino and the puny leaders, it was announced that M. Kulogeropoulos, minister of finance In the Rhallis cabinet, who had been entrusted with the lusk of forming n new ministry, 11?*t?l completed its for? mal Ion. Most of the members of the new ministry served under tie- llhullis premiership. In making the an? nouncement Mr. Kulogcropoulls told Ihc newspaper nun thai he was strongly with the entente, ami that his colleagues would be of the same Announcement th.it \|. (Jounaris. the minister of wur, and head of the parliamentary majority, had been designated anew us ;i delegate to the London conference on Near Lastern affah's, has made an unfavorable Im? pression in Rrltisll circles and ha caused considerable apprehension in political quarters generally. l...nd.oi, Peb; 8.- M, tlounnris, ac cordlnM to the Athens eorrespomlent of Reuters, has abandoned his inten? tion of attending the London confer? ence. LEADING CITZEN OF GREENVILLE DIES nreenvllle, Feb. ?>.? tf'.er ?'?!? useful y< .n s, t he last _ i oi which w ere spent in tlreenville, Mai. Charles Frcdeiictk Hard died this morning ;ii 10 o'clock, following an attack Fri? day nlghl of acute Indigestion ami in his passing Greenville loses one of Its most prominent cltlsens, Funeral services are to in held from the real denol tomorrow. CHAMBERLAIN ON NATIONAL DEBT l:nited States Refused to Accept British Proposals of Inter? allied Debts __________ nirmnlgham, Eng., Fen. 1 (By tho Associated Prem). The Briiieh gov- ? ernment formell proposed a canoel lat on <?:' nil interallied debts, but !n proposals were unacceptable to tin American government, said J. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, In a speech to his constituents here today. ?To make them again." Chamber? lain continued, "would be, I think, be? neath out dignity and would render us liable to a misconception of our motive." "n making tmjm." he added, "we j sought no na lonal advantage for ourselves. We proposed a solution in which we 'should have foregone claims larger than any remitted to us. and we proposed it because we believed it would bo In the interests of good relations among peoples the rehabilitation of national cedit and the restoration of international trade. "Our great international debt is dm to the obligation we undertook on Inhalt' of our allies. If we had i had only ourselves to consider. we should have been particularly, free of external debt at the present time." Mr, Chamberlain prefaced his re? marks by savin,? that he would have preferred at the clow of the war that the whole inte-, allied debt had been wiped out, so as to start with a clean slate. The re was no proposal for B settlement of the international debt among the allied and associated powers, wlu t her for a total or partial remission, which the Brltlah govern? ment has been prepared to s<- a party I to, he dee!;! l ed. Washington, Feb. I [Wy the Asso? ciated Press).- Treasury officials re? fused to comment tonight on the statem? nt of Uu British chancellor of the exchequer, J. Austen Chain* berlain in an address ;H Birming? ham, Eng., that the Cnited State* government refused to accept British government proposals that the inter all in debta arising from the world war in* cancelled, No men Ion has ever h<--n made ir official circles here of any prnposn officially tend, red by Great Brit? ain for cancellation of tim Inter* allied debta, but it was recalled to? night that sir ?borg?.- Paish, the Brit? ish financial expert, who viaited tin Cnlted States n year ago, put for ward SQme BUCh proposal While il this country. Sir George's missioi was not regarded by the Cnlted state; government as olliclal and cense fluently his proposals di<l not receive official consideration. SUMTER HIGH I TAKES GAM1 The Bumper High school basket ball team played their return gam. with the High school team of Mul lins and again were successful in tin results of the fray. The game v.;is played last night ii Mullins and upon a ground eotir which was new to the quintet fron Bumter and Involving many rules uh familiar to them. There wer?- man? difficulties and Inconveniences to 1> met with in the use of the grount court which the Sumte r boys met ad mirably, showing their great adaptu biliiy. Neither ?>f* the teams, how ever, were able to show up at as goo< advantage as was possible for then on an inside court. Tin- Bumter team played tin- b >ttei game of ball throughout, catching tin had early In the game and holdinf this lead tenaciously. The score a the ? n?! of the Ural half of the gam was Sumter IG and Mullins 9, Sumte i making as large a score during Hu hi st half as Mullins was* able t? make during the whole game. Tin final score was Bumter 26 and Mul? lins 16, Stars: Sunder. Wright Mullins, Hogers. The line-up was: Mullins Position Stimtci Rogers Forwards Wright Michael . . . .. Buch Reaves . . . . Center. Burns Becaom. Sholai Williams .. ..Guard .. . .Chandlei Referee: Ropp and McKnight. Substitutions: Sumter: R, Wright for Chandler and Weinberg for Buck. Tin- next game on Sumter's sched? uled will he played In Columbia when he S. H. S. team meets the Hyatt Lark school. Sumter goes to this game with an undefeated record, they having play, .I three games and win? ning the trio. Marriage Licenses. A marriage license has been grant? ed to Wilson Daw and Jennie Law son, colored, of Dalsell, The Red (.Voss secretary on her rounds through uhe count*, has found a family destitute ami devoid ol enough bed clothing to supply their actuul needs for warmth during this ? ?old weather, The family consists of a nioi her nnd i hree children. I hir? ing one of the recent nights, it was necessary for them to abandon their : beds und build u lire, which I hey hov I ? r? d around for the remainder ol t h j night, waiting for the day to break. An.V one that ean spare a ,pnlt, com* i fort or blanket towai ds worth) charity phase get In touch with tin K? ?1 ('hiss or communicate by tele? phone Slimier im re hunts are offering every Inducement to buj now. yet still there seems to be an attitude among tin public ?d holding back for still lowei prices There is little doubt I he hot loin has In en n ached and In ;i short time ;?s neu goods arrive we will lind prices Utk lug a i Ise uga in. A petition is being circulated ask? ing tin- -V < '. L. inn to d is. out i one t bo two trains Nos, ?.s ami 69 between Sumter and Columbia. We hqpe ii will prove successful ns these two schedules are verj hand) i?n icsi d< nts uf Bumter, TRIBUTE TO PRES. WILSON His Achievement Will Not He Forgotton, Says Secretary Daniels Raleigh, N C, Feb. ::. "The muck rakers have been trying to find some- | thing wrong about the army and the navy but as hraw Gr-neral Dawes, an ho neat Republienn wild, they can n<?t make out h ease,*' declared Secretary of the Navy .lonephus Daniela today before n Joint aesaion of the general assenrbl> of North Carolina. "In the clear light of history." con? tinued Secretary Daniels, "the great aehievenx nt will shim- w hile the de? tractor of Wilson's conduot of the I war w ill 1?.- despised and forgotten." j When the war was over Secretary Daniels said there was no place in the {world a*here men < i ??l not love Amer? ica. They looked for Um dawn of the day when the world might nafelj I come to a reduction of armament and Idiscontinuance of the price j?ai<l to prevent eonquest by Bome nation [which might wish to lake the place I of Germany. "While the world has groped and halted for two years, this country rich In resource and men, has felt the 'result of America's failure to mee the expectation of mankind. "it was a time fraught with glory : to our country when the president returned from France and brought with him the covenant of peace, brought the document which in the (days to come men will look back upon jns the sheklnah and hone of human? ity. About that time i met a good I old frier.d of mine w ho said to me. I 'I do not believe in the league of na 1 Hons, i do not believe in America having anything to do with any other i part of the world. Let other coun? tries attend to their business and let I us attend to ours. For myself,' he said. "1 am done we h Kurope. j am going m raise my own cotton on my I own farm and let Europe stew in its own Juiee.' Well, gentlemen, you 'know* what happened. Wo had noth? ing to do with Kurope. We ),?[ || i stew in i's own Juice, and that farm? er's eo ton is rotting on*his farm. There is no present market for it. Gentlemen we hre part of the world and the day of isolation has gone for? ever, and America must lead tin world In prosperity and in peace." ? Inicw life IXSl'Itanck company AT bamberg. Ramherg, Feb. J.?An organIsatlot i meeting of the subscribers to the cap i j i ai stock of the coastal LJfc Insur nance company was held Monday af ?Merman. All the capital stock hu< ? I been sobuot'lbed In advance of tin meeting and payment of per cent of the eapiai was effected. Appllca1 Itlon his now been made to tiie score? tary of state for a charter and it i. li understood that the new eompanj i will be under operation at once. The stockholders elected l- dlrcc* tors as follows: (i. Frank Bamberg Dr. George F. Hair. W. D. Cole man, .1 K. Faulkner, W. A. Klaube,-. Dr. Lob ert id lack, C. J. S. Brooker, C. L. An? drews, II. D. Steedly, J. Frank Folk J, i>. Copeland and J, J, Smoak. A subsequent meeting of the d ree tors was heal when officers wen I elected as follows: C. L. Andrew s president and general manager; w. D Coloman, secretary and treaauret; .1 K. Faulkner, vice president; Dr. Rob< lort Rlack, nodical examiner; w. K Free, attorney. Finance board: G ' J Frank Hamberg, chairman; w A Klauber, C. L. Andrews, J. K. Faulk ner ami w. l>. Coleman. The capital stock of the company U $1(1,000, with a paid up surplus oi $15,000. The organisers of the eon ' corn are enthusiastic over the pros? pects of a profitable insurance com' pany. The concern will engage in th writing of life, health and accident I insure nee. All All Day Meeting. The Rev. 3. J. Starke, president ot Morris College and Lev. Richard Carroll, have decided to call a meet? ing of the chapel of Morris college, Tuesday, February 22nd and invite* the preachers of all denominations tc assemble at 10 o'clock for an all day meeting for consultation and evange? lism. in the afternoon, Mr. T. B. Jones, of Fountain Inn, a business man und Christ lau layman will speak on "Tith? ing." II?' is one of the greatest speakers on ibis line in the Piedmont section. We are askingi all of th white preachers nnd Christian lay? men to attend this meeting. We can "work together, without associating I together." ?Now is the time to work for laur, order and Christianity. All of the col? ored ministers and laymen will have a free dinner on the campus. One hundred voices will sing. Some of the greatest preachers are to speak". J. J. Starks. President Morris College. Richard Carroll, Assistant for this Meeting. I Valparaiso, Chile, Leb. ">. Chilean government troops an being rushed to the Antofagasta province where soldiers and workers at a large ni hate plant have hi en fighting. Ad? vices states ihn only six persons were killed during lighting, earlier dis pntthes declaring twenty-three met I heb death. Athens, Feb. ~>. Conferences with political lenders were held todttji by Constantino In an effort to solve min? isterial erisis which culminate*! last night in the resignation ol tin Rhal hs cabinet. It is believed War Min Lst,r Ooitliuris or Lina nee Minis cr Klageropoulous would be asked lo bead l he in w mimst i \ . St. Louis. Leb. Lostal authori? ties tmla> are continuing Inves Igatlng mail robberj at St Charles, twenty miles from here last night, when a registered pouch said to contain atmut one hundred thousand dollars in < ash and Liberty bond -, was re? ported stob-ii from a mail wagon h\ five bandits, who held up the driver. HELD FOR BIGAMY IN ANDERSON JAIL White .Man Alleged to Have .Mar? ried Another Woman in Graniteville And? rson, Feb. 4. R. L. Sullivan, formeti) of this county, was an oof ? ed and brought to jail Friday mom* ing, charged with bigamy and assault ind battery. The action was brought by l>. P. Woodward of Granitevtllea wh<? is the father of the girl Sullivan :s gaid to have married while having a living wife at Qluck mills In thlS county. Snliivan was atTeated froml Information from Aiken authorities and will likely be taken to that city. Sullivan clalma that he left Ander? sun about six years ago and that! l-.-iVtng heard his wife was desd and, having inquired of several partleg who corroborated *he rumor, h?- mar? lied again and has been living at rsranitevifle ever since. H AMPTONAUDITOR BEFORE GOVERNOR Polumbia, Feb. I.?Governor Coop** or spent the greater |iaii of tho iagl yesterday hearing the esse of tho I Hampton county audi*Jor, T. Hagoool I Hooding whom the grand |tn y hud! inaaructed tho legislative delegatiosj to refuse to recommend for appoint m? ut. it being charged that ho had taih-d to put property on the tax* books in the count) and to perform, properly lus duties u herwise. The governor heard Mr. Hooding, the comptroller generali tho aollct** tor, tin* tax commisaion ami other pet sons on the case an?l the hearing developed t<> auch an extent that the chief execu Ivo deferred action at present and ordered the Hampton authorities to prefer written ohsrgue against the auditor. When theea charges are preferred the governor will furnish Mr. Glooding with a copy and then allow the auditor a ? hau??' 0 answer them. The Hampton county grand Jury investigated the affairs of the county during December, had an audit made of the books and found thai the former treasurer, W. A. Mason, was short in his accounts of ti7.xoi.9i and further that the tax collections were in extremely ba?l condition as well as certain ot h< r affairs of the. eounity. in the presentment a nt to Oosa ernpr Cooper, the grand |ury sai?l it found that the tax books had not been opened on time. Um same sit? uation having been the ease In uns, and that due lo this the schools of lb ? county were seriously crippled in their work along with other county activities "We direct that the cl?t rk ?d* court forward ? copy of 1 this presentment immedlaely upon its being (lied to the governor M ' whom s> take the liberty ?d* sug? gesting that the county auditor of I the county should be required to per? form his duties even to the extent of requiring him to show cause why he should not be removed from office in the e\ . nt he has failed," says tho presentment. The county attorney ' and tin* treasurer wer?- instructed by the grand jury to send evidence to the chief eexeutlve ??n the matter of the tax situation in lim ?ounty and it was largely due to those fa?'ts from ttie grand jury, the treasurer, the attorney, solicitor and others that Governor Cooper asked Mr. flooding to appear before him* Tin- grand jury took exception to *h<- way the affairs ?d" the ?oun'.y wa re being run in general and asked for a complete change. "The grand , jury takes this opportunity of di? recting the attention of the entire people of the county to the fact that th<- affairs of the county arc not be? ing conducted In the manner re? quired by law," tho presentment sa > s. Changes against the 'auditor were that in- had failed to put property on the books, that he had Called to follow Instructions of the tax com* mission in regard to nutomobtM and other property and that by his acta something like |lt#,ggg worth of property was not sjssessed, ac~ ?ording o a statement made after the hearing yesterday. The hearing was only in refer ence to the auditor, it bein.T th?- de sin- of the governor to <- , whether or not Mr. flooding should be reap 'pointed. After hearing from all sid.-s the chief executive decided to give the matter more attention and will await ilm written charges. Appearing before the governor were Mr. flooding, J. P. Derham of tlm tax commission, Walter B Dun? can, comptroller general* W. V. Su ' norland, former comptroller gen? eral; Rut L. Oaborne, former comp? troller general; J. Fr?ser Lyon, at torney for the tax commiaaton, and a number of Hampton county ?>Mi cers, including Senator Llgnosey. Pirminaham, Rug., Feb. 5 IVe ntier Lloyd tleoi*ge, in a spe?< h h?-i?* (oday said flermany was morally bound t?? pay for damage Inflicted. II?* asserted Germsny must not be at lowed to pav in a way th'.t would in? jure tin- country receiving payment, i>\ cheap goods for example. The al? lies' bill, he said, was framed ?m a basis of Herman prosperity. If Her? man) was md prosperous she could not pay: ii s'.u were prosperous she cotikl and must. Madrid, Feb. r>. Moorish forces at? tached to an outlying Spanish p?? sition a t Sh? shuan. Morocco last night killed a corporal and four soi ?1 lers, Hamilton. Feb. T. The jury in the* rase oi Serjeant Lam-astii continued their deli Iterations today. The) t?mk the case Saturday night at I o'clock this morning th?- jury reported they rouId ma sgree. Judge Bailey order id them lo retire again, saying ho v\?ml?l gi\?- them one more hour. lVlfast. |-'eb. ?. ?hu- conn, .van killed and two wounded urf Itomb was thrown at Hum | iear Dunkalk.