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BRITISH RAID DUBLIN Cm 1,000 Troops Carrying Out Most Extensive Movement in Ireland Dot 1 In. Feb. 18.?Tim most exten? sive series of lutds > i t lai ri" d <?ut in Dublin begun early today, one thou troops participated. CASUALTIES IN IRELANL Four Civilians Killed in Skirmish in Cork County I>ul lln. Feb. 18.?Four civilian! were killed In a skirmish with pa? trol t.'oops in County Cork Wednes? day r iffhi. according to a dispatch received here. GOOD ROADS INSTITUTE Kith wav Matters to Be Discuss? ed at Meeting in Columbia - Columbia. Feb. 18.?W. S. Kellar. Alabama mat* highway engineer, wph hOaVJujlftrtei s in Moni? ?rnery; II. ti. ?ailley of Washington, representing the Highway Industrie!* Association; .loerph Hyde Pratt, of the University ut North Carolina, r ha pel Hill, and highway cnglneeis. state and county, of South Carolina, are on the pro grain Of the Good Koads Institute, an satdneed today, the institute to be Held at tip- university, conducted Jointly to too university and the State lllfhersf dcpai i in- nt, Match 1."? and 11 All road authorities of the state, are to bo Invited to the Oood ltoads In eGtute, and demonstrations of the la tMt methods in road construction and maintenance, im well as lectures on various subjects pertaining to bigh? orn* Construct11 m. will feature the in stltute. Prof, Goode Homes, of the eatVrimitv engineering department, is in etiarge Of plans for the institute. Among thoee who will preside over (tie fWHona are F II Hvatt. F F. Ihodnux. R. O. Black of Columbia, and Ueut. Gov G. Wilson Harvey, of Chgrtafton. , W. g. Kellar. of Mo.'.tgomery. Ala.. ?Ill tje otie of the chUf speakers for the institute. it (j. Shirley, of Washington, will discuss road main? tenance. Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chap t HUI. N C.. will discuss the geo Jggleal aspect of good road-i, W. C. Ilgmrick. of Gaffney. Cherokee coun te% highway engineer, will discuss bend Issues for roads. County Engi? neer N. C. Hughes, of Iwiurens, will discuss top soil construction, and a discussion will be led by L. M. Wetslger. of the state highway de? partment. County Engineer 1?. I>. Cowherd, of Greenwood, will have the subject of sand clay roads. W. S. JmYmlm, division engineer of the state highway department will lead a dis? cussion of the same subject. J. Hoy Pinneil. Klchlund county engineer, ?mi C II Moorefhdd. chief engineer t f state highway department, will ?locus* traffic i equirements and their relation to road design. A. M. Glhh, | o( Columbia, will discuss the necessity 1ST a state tuid^-' system, and Lieut. tfOVernov Hare \ will lead a gem ra! discussion of this subject. Lieut. MOernor Harvey will a so discuss the purpose of the u'ood roads insti? tute and the fundamentals of a state Highway svstem J. W. Martin, county engineer of Cherlenton. and W W Miller. Yo ( uunty engineer, w ill discuss concrete I rtjad construction. Governor Coop rr will have us his subject "Highway legislation ' W H. Williamson, of the OtabJ highway forces, .will dis. u <? ?ntnlntctunce of top soil mads, an ! F. if. Murray. Humter highway engineer, will have in h.-? subje. i ' Load Con tracts and Specitl utions." Wade Sm dOrs. county engineer of Anderson, and County Engineer Hughes, of Lauren's, will discuss drainage; c. < >. Patton, Hpnrtanhurg county en?ln ??? i end R. T. ftrown. chl?f of surveys of the etat? department. will discuss road location. I* I?. siatterv. of Greenville, will hav* the subject, The Contractor's flotation V lb>;i,| Itulldlng," and W. S. ifoCrady will dlseuss the same sun jOCt Supervisor Wise, o Calhoun COlinty. Will lecture on co-op.. inHWeen State and ?onnf, hc'hv i\ dptolals. with H If. K. st. i leading a general discussion of the subject < H. Mooreflehl. chief m engineer, w?ji have the subject, "The Relation Of the Kngineei to Proper Local Construction and m dnt( n rv ?? or made." bevel lev If, English. Mai l ?h.ro county iwsjlgssr, and i. n Tlmiimi, secretary of the atute high way .department. will dis, -\-n , ? keeping and road building account ?. The. Goud ltoads Institut? ??ring, it is expected several hundred road official* and builders to Colum? bia, The institute1 Is expected to do mach towaids pi.Mooting an Intelli? gent Interest In the construction and up-keep ?f high* a.\ h Kalis'tnii \ M.u > land I". b Is. - I iv. POreens were instanth 1 lied I it uVfiri'-sdiv night when s New Ifork, PhfhidelpbM and Norfolk passenger rraln struck an automobile neai 11 Haven. Accomar count \, . inn. a wording to repot rs revel il hei tod ? Those kllbd wer.- a man, wife and daughtei .i-id moth-1 man ami wife, Paris. Fob II Generals Ileeperes Luautey and 1 . pile were promoted today to the rai 1 of France Angora Feh I * Tin T ok: ill rioealtst sHseml.lv lore has ? \pn ihm wish that diplomatic relal ?ni wilh the Culled Stat? ? be OStabll* hd. VIRGINIA MUR? DER TRIAL Chief of Police Confessed to Killing Detectives Williamson, W. Va., Feb. 18.?Sill Hatfleld, Mat.wan Chief of Police, told Harry StaU n that he killed Bald? win-Kt-It.detective, in a pistol and rill? battle at Mat* wan last May. BtantOn testified today at the trial of nineteen charged with Implication in the tij-'ht. Stanton said they ware Albert Felts, Lee Feltl and C. r.. Cunningham. AUTOMOBILE CENSUS One Car to Every Eleven Persons in United States Colombia, ivb. is.?Ai? automobile im every eleven people in the United States is shown by fururei made pub lie today by the state highway de pajrUnenti obtained from statistic* Kathered by the American Automobile ?relation. The number of automo? biles in America in lift) increased 2. 114.s70 over lilt, the greatest one year vain aver recorded. There wen in South Carolina lai ye n- 84,143 mo? tor passenger vehicles, 9,200 com? mercial motor vehicles, a total ot D3.843, together with 90s motorcycles, L the entire country there wen last year 9.ISO,Sir, passenger and com? mercial motor vehicles, of which 8,* 234.490 were paSSSnger vehicles, anil (approximately 148,888 commercial ve? hivhs There were 871,880 motor? cycles registered in the United Btat< - last year The total receipts !rOrr ros^.-nratlons amounted to 888*141,? 097. These figures eover only olev< i months of registration for New YorK and California, so that the total num her of motor vehicles for 1880 wll exceed 8,808,000, and the receipt front lleonss ft i i win probably r i $100.000.000. New York has more nv tor ve? hicles than any other state. Ohio next and Pennsylvania third. Thin fol? low Illinois, California, Iowa, Teaxi and Michigan. SMITHRESOLU TION WINS Senate Orders Investigation InU Cotton Stocks Washington. Fob, 17.--While favor? able action was being taken in tin senate today on a resolution demand Ing investigation by the agrlcUltUH committee of the Stocks of wheat am cotton on hand in the 1'nitel States Senator Smith. Democrat) "f Bout] Carolina, author of the resolution sent o letter to Seen tary of War 15a her asking the amount of cotton lint era bought by the war department from 1911 to 1818, Inclusive, aix what disposition had been made o such purchase. The letter also ask ed if any other grades of cotton hat been puroHosed. The agriculture^ committee is ex pooled to name a sobcommtttes t( conduct the Investigation, WATCHFUL WAIT? ING POLICE Mexico city. Feb. 18,?a policy o watchful waiting until after tin change of administrations at Wash ington had been adopted ly the Alex a.in government, President Obregot *oid a party ot Ban Francisco excut sionUts yesterday. Germans Murdered American Office] Chicago, Fob, 18.?Official reoordi and Red Cross report! today brought to Mrs. Prank Kendall the story that her BOn, Lieut. Oliver J, Kendall. Ol the United Utates army, was shot bj the Germans as ? spy just before tin gVOot American Victory at Cantlgy be? cause he would not reveal to his Qernann enptors the details of tin American forces, The execution too* place, the report said) deaplte the fact thai Lieut. Kendnll was in full uni? form when captured between lines He had crept out of the trenches tc Investigate German positions. HEAVY SNOW IN MIDDLE SOUTH Memphis, Feb. i :?. Flvs and one half Inches of snow and sleet fell here today and an- still falling. Bight Inches fell at Little Rock and Hoi Springs, and two Inches at pine Bluff. The thermometer registered :tl degrees at Texnrkana With U Slight snow and thii ty-tw o degrees at Bhreveport, PLIGHT ACROSS THE CONTINENT St. Augustine, Feh, Is. Specilie steps in initiating the foreign policy of the next administration will be Passed In Hnnl review late today at a conference between Harding and Hughes, who is t*xp< ? led tu h< H -ei. - tary of state. Hughes' occupied the center pi attention,,the morning being devotCd to ? nu ml., miw< celloneous eppotnttm nt and to ro i tinning the conference with haugh city, who is understood to hi\ been ?? h < ted for attoi ney gem ral. New York Feb. 18. The wall street Ntploston la\st ft ptember, which killed sine and Injured nearly two hundred i\as a "dastardly crime Intentional!) rommltted'1 in the opinion of tint .cinnd imv which Investigated the llsaster. IHemlsslna tne theory of iceMenl In the presentment hied upon Is ?Iis. harne today the jury ? xprei i tl h. conviction thai an 'infernal ma ?hin? was brought t?i w.iii street Ik i wagon ami there abandoned*. TRAINS COLLIDE AT I] MALTA LAST NIGHT No Fa<al Injuries?Flagman W. i A. Walling Probably Most Seriously Injured Passenger train X<>. Maxtor! to Columbia, ran head <>u into passeng? er train No. ."?::, ColumLla t<? Char? leston Thursday night shortly before 7 o'clock, at Malta, the switch about three miles <>u the other side of VVedgefleld on the Atlantic Coast Line? Railroad. Train No. coming from Columbia had reached Malta, where! the orders of Engineer Smith read i that he was to meet train No. 69. ESastbound :>'.' had the right of way over No, 69 and was wailing on the mainline. Engineer Allen of train No, G'.i stated t hat his brakes did not hold when he applied them to stop ins train and twitch it Into the j sidetrack. Fortunately the moving train was not going very fast when the craah came. Loth cnglnea were j Incapacitated and unable t<> propel themselves under their own steam, i The pilots to the engines ware torn . (d't* and the front ends of both bag . gage cars ware badly oruehed. No , cars left tin- rails. Engineer smith. of Charleston, and . Engineer ail n of Bumter are two of . the oldest engineers In the service of tin- Atlantic Coast Line. Flagman w. A. Walling of train No. 89 was standing at the open door | . at the trout end Of the baggage ear, . and In the wrei k his right foot was , horribly crushed so that the ampu-1 I tatlon of some of his toes may be , I necessary, I e was carried lasl night . I as soon as it w as possible to the Co i it u bia hospital In Columbia and II When heard from this morning was . 1 getting along as well as could be ex j I pected, All of the passengers ot both j trains w re very badly shaken tt|> and .[thrown about, some of them recelv I I ing blows and bruises and Other! I uUtS, but none was seriously hurt. A special train was rushed last night to the scene of the calamity . With doctors ami nurses aboard just I as soon as conclusive word was re . celved here ot the wreck, owing to < the Inaclesslblllty of the location where the wreck took place it was very difficult to hear nothing de? Clalve for a number of hours after the occurrence of the wreck. Short J ly before midnight last night ali damaged ears had been placed on the tiding and the mainline was in oper ) atlon, Two engines and a baggage coach were dispatch* d from here at a little before twadve o'clock last night to take the trains and all remaining . passengers In the direction of their , I destination. AN APOLOGY TO GERMANY l _ ; Gen. Allen Expressed Regret For Bergdoll Affair i Paris, Lei?, is.?General Allen's r apology to Germany, regarding the at . tempted arrest of Bergdoll, was made [ on General Allen's own initiative and w.is not ordered by Washington, s ..h _ a Coblens dispatch to the Paris edition j I of the Chicago Tribune. SANTEE BRIDGE BIDS f Work Likely To Be-in at Ear!;, Date r Charleston, Feb. 18.?The meat new era of a bridge across; the Santee drew a little nearer yesterday with the opening of bids here for the building of the structure and other details being looked over In connection with the gnat highway project, at a meeting Of the Santee Bridge Commission hol 1 at Ihe chamber of commerce rooms. The Btmons-May rant Company, of this city, was lowest bidder for the Iconstruction of the substructure of j the bride and the Atlantic Bridge com tlpany, of Roanoke, the lowest bidder i for the superstructure. Th tigun s and [ jdotulhj submitted by cu b w ill be checked over by the ? nglneer of the South Carolina state Highway depart m< nt before the award of the ton tracts are formally made. The meeting yesterday was attend? ed by numerous contractors and ail the members of the Santee Bridge commission, representing of the latter three mmbers from Berkeley, Ihre? front Wllllamsburg and four from Charleston counties with Beereta?y William F. Burguson. Tho contractors bidding on the wank were distributed over a territory reaching from Florida to Pennsylvania. The Simons-May ran I company submitted a bid of I92.891.lti for the substructure and the Atlantic 1 Bridge company a bid of 48,094.60 for I the superstructure, or a total of 11 ! i . 585.70 This is ( lose, it is stated, to what it had been estimated the bridge propel* WOUld cost. All lold the bridging of the Suntee will be a big job and entail an mil j lay of money eatltuated at $S50,00*i The approaches to the bridge will h (across approximately three Bild t e. > [thirds miles of lowlands. These earthen Jlills Will be HO f. et w ide at the base, ihirt.v-tlve feet high and have a road way face nt thirty feet. in the construction of Ihe biidg? proper, Ihe Simona-Muyranl company UgrcCM to have Us groUlldWOt'! or Nubstructurc llnished within 30i| da; the Atlantic Bridge Company states t ha; || ?an complete Its pa i t of tin work m a total o( I K0 days. The i umlM for i he projt rt will be pi u \ hied by tin bond issue of the Rontce I Ii idge I dal riet and from t he t d< ra I government. A. II Moorefleld, engl nei?r of the Rtatc II ighway dep 11 1 ? no m, and I L. Pa rker, n member were among i hose in attendance at t he met i lug vest. rdaj. HARDING MOVES ON MARCH I Washington, Feb. is President ??lei i ilardtna In let ier iPresident Wilson requests thai he I" prepared for him and Immediate f i mlly :it t he White House March Ith. President W ilson und wife will not bt pie-. p* as \ir. vyilson plans to go direct from the capltol after the inauguration to Iiis u< nt' on S. Street BALLOTS FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICI - i Rice and Townsend Withdraw From Race Columbia, Fob. 18.?When ballot ng for tli- associate justiceship be san Friday morning Representative! roole withdrew the name, of Judgei Itice from tlx running, and the first] ballol of the second day was taken. Without any candidate winning the election, Judgo Townsend's?name j was then withdrawn i>y Uepresenta tivo Bhapp, who on Thursday nomi? nated him, and the second ballot of! the second day began. The result of ih" flrsl t?:11 i<?t was as follows: Ma? rion 20, f'hlpp 16, Carter ou]. Bon ham 30, Townsend H?cker 17, Bease 18, Mclver 14, Moore 7. Total vote east ir.S; necessary to a choice SO. The second ballot resulted as fol? lows: Marion l'u. Bhlpp 17. Carter iionham 31, H?cker 20, Sease r>, Mclver 14, Moore th Total l?l; nec? essary to u choice S1. The third ballot resulted as follows: Marion I. Bhlpp IB, Carter 30, L5on hain 33, H?cker 18, Sense 16, Mc? lver l o, Moore ?'?. . It was decided i<> take three additional ballots today. After nine ballots, six of them Fri? day, the general assembly Is still deadlocked on the election of an as? sociate justice i" succeed the lute Justice Cage. Jesse T, Carter, of Hamberg, General M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, and Benator H. Marion, of Chester, are the leading candi? dates in the running. it is stated thof tht re will be sev? eral candidates to withdraw Hann the running when balloting Is resumed Tucsruy morning. The fourth ballot resulted as fol? lows: Marlon 21, Bhipp 16, Carter 36, Iionham :'.-: Rucker 16, Beaae 16, Mi I ver 17. Moore 6. The fifth ballot resulted In th ? fol? lowing: Marlon 20, Bhlpp IB, Carter .h?. Bon hum H?cker 14, Bease 13, Mclver 12, Moore B. The sixth and last ballot for Fri? day resulted as follows: Marion 20, Bhlpp l"'. Carter :'.3. Bonham 31, j Rucker 17, Bease Is, Mclver 12, Moor? 5. _ MOVES TO EXCEPT SOUTH CAROLINA Washington, Feb. 17?During tic debate today mi the pending amend ment to the postotflce approprlatioi bill Betting aside 8100,000,000 to con? tinue federal aid to states In hlgh< way construction, Benator Kenyon ol Iowa, said that he understood,Soutl Carolina had ceased to appropriate funds to cooperate with the federa government under this plan. The lows senator suggested thai it would bead' visub] tu except from pnrtlclpatloi Jin the benefits <d' the proposed $100,< : 000,( oo such states as had withheld cooperation. j Benntor Dial replied that he had nt information leading him to suppos; that South Carolina had ceased to co j operate with the federal authori? ties in the good roads program, hut that he was under the contrary im? pression, as ho ha I only recently re? ceived a communication from tht State Highway Commissioner asking that army tractors, etc., be turned over to the state through the Depart? ment of Agriculture to help In road construction. j However, the senator has tele [graphed Governor Cooper for positive ! information with regard to the Ken I yon statenu nt. s. nator Dial remarked during th? colloquy that the South Carolina Leg i islature is now in session and can take action to appropriate road funds j before it adjourn;. FLEECE MERCHANT ON FINNED MONEY. Police Clcl Ih'poii From Clothing Salesman. Columbia, tVb. 19, ? Another swindling scheme developed on Main street yesterday morning and tlm po? lice are looking for a young white man who succeeded In passing u greenbuck for $10 whit h was good for ?v 1 on ?nie end and $ 1 o on the other. The two pieces were pinned together. <ity police were notified that the young man purchased a 820 suit from a Main street clothier and had te-n de red three greenbacks in payment. The buyer handled the money In such a manm r a< t ? show one $10 and two >?. The customer left tin- store, and w hen the clerk opened the cash reg? ister to deposit the money he dis? covered thai the $10 bill had been cut and the half of a $1 bill had been pinned to ihe other side. The trickster ! described as being about lt. years old, live fe< t ten or 11 inch* h tall slend< r build, sandy hair and wearing a i.ohd green colored suit. Tbc man obtained n dark brown suii in the transaction. According to the manipulator's plan, he will have to work the game on some one else to gain In his method. He now has Ihe half of a $la bill and the par! of a $ t bill. Mat la mat it s show s thai the man to dai. has used two good $5 bills and parts of a $ i ? ? hill and a $ l bill. This makes si'i for which he received moods valued :>-'<?. Fnough green? back i i h ft to g< t goods valued at $10 If the '..ana- is worked success? fully. ?'a that basis the trlekester will gain $10 on I he two transac? tions. City police are looking for tin man with the newest Invention In sho\ ing ;;i < nebn< Us. Little Falls, Minn. Feb. 19 Two mspects who, were arrested here Uf? er a gun battle with officers are be? ug held In connection with the hold ip of a mall car on the North Coast Imited u t he \o. i h. rn Pacific rail ?ond late last night, line suspect and i deputy were slightly wounded. 11 s believed Ihe robbers got several Hindi < .1 t houNil ml <!? liars. Washington, Feb. is. | efforts to at - ach as a rider to the postotflce bill n appron rial Ion of one hundred nllltpn tor road construction was de? .add in the senate. JAPAN'S REFUSAL MEANS WAR - Unless Cool Headed Statesmen Displace Demagogues Washington, Fob. 17.?Refusal of Japan to make any move toward dis? armament until .-do- baa completed her battleship and cruiser program was declared by Representative MU ler, Republican, of Washington, today to mean preparation bj Japan for war "unless i In * cool-hended statesmen and diplomats of Japan purge the de? magogue, jingo and junkers that now 'appeal- to have the public eyes and] I ear." J Urging in s speech In the House the strengthening of Pacific coast de? fenses, Representative Miller declared that although "every day of the world |we hear the rattle of the saber from across the Pacific," there was no pos? sibility of war between the United (States and Japan unless the latter j made it. ! "It might Just as wall be under? stood now. better than til any time .i : the future," adth d the Washington representative, "that our Pacific coast 'states will not and shall not become Ian unrede. m< d Japan." col^tYe^i?n" drawing to close Very Few Cases Now Left For Trial From Daily Item, Feb. IS. j This term of the court of g< neral Isesrlons has bo far been In veiy many I respects a r 'ord term of court for [ Bumter county. The machinery of the court under Judge James H. I'eurifoN has functioned almost perfectly and I with scarcelj anything to hinder it^ I purposes and progress. The record j has probab'.y been established for tin shortest possible time spent in tin (clearing up ol o docket list of thirty >ix eases handled and disposed of u date, uf that number only two ver< . dictS Of the jury declared the de , fendant not guilty. The cases ban , died ranged from larceny to murdei ? and the sentences, correspondingly from nine months to the death sell' tenee. The case of State va Mr. E. i> Smith came before the court shortly before noon yesterday. The charge! of assault and lattery with Interft t< kill were brought against him by -Mrs Alice J. Reardon, because Mr. SmitI forcibly put Mis. Reardon out of th< 1 Lyna'm Electric Shop. prosecuting " Attorneys, McLeod, L. B. Wood, H c. Haynsworth; defense s. K. Nash L The case was thoroughly threshed ou 1 and left In the hands of the jury. Tin verdict returned was that E. D. Smiti I was not guilty of the charges agains J him. 1 Liner Davis, colored, was yosterda; 1 arraigned before the court and tin " pica of guilty of manslaughter wa: entored by the defendant's lawyer, S K. Nash. Judge Puerlfoy accepter J the plea and sentenced the negro t< a ten years' term. Davis Is the ne< gro who only a few weeks ago mur d"red his wife hi the'Shlloh neii:h borhood. The weapon that he usct was an axe. Davis is practically Btom deaf having become In that state as a result of an attack of Influenza ? which he had while serving a tern ' some time ago on the county gatr.; Davis was taken to Columbia yes 1 tcrday. Loy Lockwood and Madison Ross two negro boys convicted of the lar? ceny of a bicycle were sentenced to : three months term and at th*? expira? tion of this time they are to be undei the direction of Sheriff Hurst to whon they win report monthly tor a pe 1 ri??d of twelve months after they have ' served the three months. Robert Myers was convicted by tin Jury on the charge of assault and battery with intent to ki'l and sen? tenced by Judge Ptierifoy to live yean it hard labor. Myers committed thi ' issajult on J. B. White, night watch man of the Penn Bumter Lumber Co. >n the night of September 27. Th< purpose of the assault was prohal.. robbery. ' The case of Stale vs. Dr. George P, Lee for adultery came before tin iourl this morning and Dr. Lee wai onvi< t d in his abs -nee. A sealed seilten? e was left in the hands of tin clerk. The court recessed at noon to* day on a? count of Ihe absence of material witnesses. It h. expected that the docket will be cleared and the jifYors drawn for next week have been notified that they ne< d not at tend. DOWNWARD COURSE Fast [Icing Realised by Stiniter People. A little backache at drat Daily Increasing 'til Ithe back Is amo and wa ak I I Urinary disorders may quickly fol I low; j Dropsy and often Height's disease. This frequently is the downward course of kidney ills. Don't take this course. Follow the .dvice of a Bumter citizen. ' Mrs. t. C. Owens, lhi South Magnolia Street, Buys; "About three years ago l bad an attack of kldne) trouble and l could hardly bend over I couldn't stand the least muse, as it would make me nervous and excited Dizzy spells bothered me at Urne? and if seemed as If the room weia w hirlin,: around. 1 Started taking Doan's Kidney Dills and one box ^a\ me the best of relief " Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy - got I ?(?an s Kidney Pills- the same that Mrs. Oweni had. Foster- Milhurn Co., Mfgrs., Huffalo, N. Y.?Advt. (81) WARRANTS FOR DYK EXPERTS Germany Charges Betrayal of Secrets Coh gne, Feb. ?Warrants have been issued here for the apprehension of four leading chemical end dye ex? ports formerly employed by Fried rich Bayer and company of Levern? kurven, charging them with breach of contract and betrayal of commer i la] secrets. They arc Dr. tloeeph Flachslander <?> Uberhausen, Bavaria; Dr. Heinrich Jordon, Cologne; Dr. ?Uta Runge and Dr. Max Flngleniaun. The, lour nu n described as old and trusted employees are charged with signing contracts with the Du Pont idc Nemours company of Wilmington, Del., which not only hind them to enter the American company's em? ploy hut also place at its disposal other valuable considerations?tiu> cumulative benefits of their export- . I once with the Leverskursen concern, j They are also charged with "Me rally appropriating valuable receipts of formulae to arhlch they had ac eess by virtue ?>: their positions of u ust and confidence." A Dr. Kunz. ( f Zurich, represent ing the American company, is said 'to have made the arrangements with I the four experts and is reported also? I to have been Instrumental In sscur I ing the transit across the German I Dutch frontier of a trunk containing j important .documents, drawings and Other scientific material. The Dutch authorities accidentally discovered the trunk which they seized, and or? dered it returned to the ?prosecuting I attorney at Cologne, upon the lat ' i ter's requisition, j i>r. Flaehalander and Dr. Hunge, [ who declared they were graduates the University of Munich, were per ' miited by the Immigration author! ' lies at Kllis Island to enter the Onit ' ed States early In January. They had ? heen held for several days for InvOS ? tlgntion Of their assertions that tin y ? were dye experts engaged by the ? DuPont company at salaries of more ? than $25.000 a year. Arrival of th?> ;" company representative verified tho ? assertions of the Germane. Germany opposed the entrance of ? the two chemists to thll country but f the men had regular C,? rman 0008 5 ports vised by American consuls. ' They denied thai they were bringing ? Jin any written formulae for tho i making of dyes. Uunt-Folsom. (Greenville News, Feb. ]'J.) t I On Thursday afternoon at i", o'clock p the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Da i vtd v ha ;ies on Hampton avenue was t the aci ne Of a beautiful wadding when their sister Miss Gertrude Blhse v both Hunt was unhid In marriage to b Mr. John Benjamin Folaom of Bum ? ter. The impressive ceremony was per* l formed by Rev. s. t. Matthews of > j the Central Baptist church, in the - presence of seveal score of the rela - ttves and frb ndt oi' the young couple, 1 he rooms of the Charlee homo* l wa re thrown together and effectively ? doi orated with palms, ferns and i southern smilax, the Improvised altar i in the parlor being attractively ar i ranged n*Uh palms, smilax. white .! carnations and many burning tapers, ? * A lovely preliminary musical pro? gramme Wat rendered by Malcolm . .lames who sang "U Perfect Dow" - and "Believe Me if All Those Rn i dealing IToung charms," accompen - led by Mrs. Robert 1. Woodside at ? tii" piano. i lade ngrin's wedding march play< d ? by Mrs. Woodside announced the ap 5 proach of the bridal party, Mrs. Joel David Charles matron of honor, In s ? lovely gown of peach bloom carried I an armful of Ophelia roses while the ? maid of honor, Miss Mary Burns of i Charlotte, X. ?'.. was attractive In a ! gown of blue panne velvet with rain ? >'.\v drapepiea and carri? d Rusm II . roses. The handsome little ribbon bear ? crs were Preston Charles and Her? bert Folsom, who wore cunnlp% little ^uits with trousers <d' black velvet . and white silk blouses. J The ring bearer was little Miss I Margaret Charles who was daintily . dressed In Huffy white tulle, a similar dress being worn by littl?- Miss Ma? bel Austin who carried a basket filled I with rose petals which she scattered in the path-way of the bride. The bride aas glv< n In marriage by lor brother-in-law, .Joel D. Charles while ihe "room was attend? ed by his best man Lawrence Folaom of sumtcr. An informal reception followed th - rinmonj after which Mr. and Mrs. Folsom left for a visit north, to go I'.ter to their future hon"- in , Sum- r where tin groom is owner of the J. p.. Folsom .hweliA store. it is the rvgrct nt the many friends of the bride that her mar? riage necessitates her living else* v. here. she has lived In Green*?Hie all her life, with the exception of several iiamth- Bp'*nl at Meredith College, and Columbia Fniverslty. Among the out of town guests at 1 lie w . ild a \v? rt : M l S. t* W. FolSOm of sum ? r, mot her i?f i :lt. groom; Miss Mary Durns of Charlotte, N. C, I Mis:: .\.abe| Cooper l?f Asheville. \. j4'.. Mrs. .!. E!m? -n McCurry of [ Pirmingrhnm. Ala. Mra Willie Cutti >'?" of San:!,.; M i >s PlOWden of Sum j t< r. M -m-s llol)ei 1 Pbi? ?! n an I Milliard Folsom of Sum ter; M. P. Se.ni.ore ,.i Atlanta. Ca. and Oliver j M< < 'm i > of Flor? nc -. Morlinge licenses. The following marriage licenses h." ,. been is?n< d : Mr. F. I. Flemmlng of Alcolu and M.ss Minnie I., u Rims of Tlndala, Mr. ?h.i res 1.. Kb urn and Mm, \Z. ?I. A Hi n of Sum ter. i 'olored: Willie Jackson and Lindy Brun of W. dg< Hi Id. Ma: tin llhod s and Minnie Jfl of itemhert, ^j^^ hn IMake and Matth Hot Burntt r. Hamilton .lohnson of Elisabeth J t:\llard