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AMERICAN ARMY REMAIN ON RHINE Announcement Follows Meeting of the Cabinet?Nation's For? eign Relations Come He fore President Washington. Man h s- VArlOUi 9Jh pect? Of the nation's Ion ian relation!?, mm well as problems of administrative organization, were considered b> President HartiiriK and tils depart? ment heads tod.iy at the first cabinet meeting of the new administration. Afterward definite annnnn -eno-nt was made at the war department that laciudinn it* policy town id the llhlne situation this govn nment is n ?t now considering a withdrawal of the American troops of occupation. it WS>a learned at the same time that a* another step toward Pnn-Amerl enn amity the president is preparing to ask that the senate ratify at once the long-pending treaty with Colom? bia. Developments in regard t<? the Panama-?'osta Rica hostilities were lesa dcfinit.-, but it is understood the cabinet took cognisance of that sit? uation and canvassed latest official reports on the ."object. The next step awuits receipt of m reply from Pana? ma to the American note dispatch? ed Saturday. In the realm of domestic questions, ma Uo attention was directed toward .perfection of the cabinet organization aa a smoothly working machine. Mr. Harding is understood to have made eeopeiutton untoiiK the departments the keynote of his preliminary in ? li actions to bis seeretai a-s, telling them he wanted no hesitation and no Jurisdiction might be decided on in Jealousy about whatever changes of the reorganisation scheme now being formulated. All tea of the department heads and Vice-president Coo ltd ge, Invited In put sun nee . f a policy announced during the cam pa lan, were present st the meeting. The session lasted more than two hours and at Its con? clusion Attorney General Daughtery stayed behind for a short talk with the president. There also was a brief Individual conference between Mr. flurding find Seeretarv Hughes of the Stute department before the other cabinet members arived. Tt> Meet Again lYhlny After the meeting all the secretaries declined to give an intimation of what Pad transpired around the cabinet table, and the only announcement COtning from the White House related id the time of future sessions. It was said the cabinet would be called to? gether tguin Krlday, and that there? after meetings would he held at least one* a wrek, prot>ab|y on Tuesdays. The War Department announce meat concerning withdrawal ?>f Aiftor ican troops from the lihim-. was made by Secretary Weeks, who would not discuss the subject farther than to SO) that withdrawal \v;-s not now being considered. in reaching this deci? sion in regard to its temporary policy the administration is understood to have taken into account all the ele? ments of the present situation In Wes? tern Germany, where Allied troops havo advanced to enfon e the terms of the Versailles treaty while the Ameri? can forces remained behind on the lines originally SeeHfjIsd by them un? der the armistice agreement. Nothing Infinite Although nothing definite hs ! de? veloped in other oftieiiii quartern here to Indicate the probable permanent policy of the new administration, it is known that the southern part along ths Herman border is receiving the ? lose Ncrunlty'of Mr. Harding and h:s adviseri. It generally is expected that some more concrete,1 expression of this government's attitude may be forthcoming in the near future. When the army appropriation bill I1 as under consideration Just before isugurution. Republican leaders in Congress proceeded an the expecta? tion that the American troops would be out of Europe before the first of July. The bill with its curtailed bud? get for the army of occupation tailed of llnal enactment and muc he taU n up again at the speeial session. Also wrapped up in the Rhine sit? uation is the question of pacing a congressional resolution to declare a state of peace with Germany and it is b? llevert the administration will dater? mlse its attitude on SUCh a resolution in the light of full information about present Kuropcnn conditions. 111. \< K WAl-XI'T HIKES As Mi: MJOfll IUI Planning of black walnuts trees as memorials to soldiers la r commen? ts] by the L'nit'd St.it'SJ Hepaitue nt of Agriculture, it is pointed out thai the biatk walnut played 4 valiant part .in the Wot Id War. Tim wood w as used for gunsto. ks and airplane pro* peiior. and tin nutshells rontrlhuted CSrtjon for the <;.is masks. While t he k- im ls | I iused in many delicacies for the bo>s in Ihs trenches. De? mand for tho wood for war pUrpOS I depleted the number of line old Ire es, Snd this method Is suggested tot fill? ing their plates. Columbia, March I, Before leav ing Columbia Monday afternoon Oov. Cooper signed all but four of the acts of the recent legislature, These four he will want to read carefully ? ?n his return from New Y? k. Among the acts signed Monday are the act raising the age oi consent from I t to 1H; the net giving the women th ? right of suffrage; the aet exempt in ; women from jui y dutj London. March S - A Central News Melslngfors Dispateh s;,\., r 11 * t se\.-?.il hundred were killed during the bom haidrnent of workmen's quarters at Most ow . Deports are that a hundrt I ars striking Dublin. March ?. l our person 4 were killed in ssjsjagemeuts between crown foi.es und Sinti Kein detach SgSSStS In Soufbern Ireland Igat night. Washington. March H- I'reddenf Its ding baa his first meeting with bis cabinet today. HIGHWAY DEPART? MENT CRIPPLED Cut in Appropriation Necessi? tates Reduction in Working Force Columbia? March i*.?Due to the out In allowance! to the state high wa> department i>\ the recent legis Nuure, the hlghwhy commission at Its meeting in Columbia Tuesday after? noon took action looking to a reor? ganisation of the department forces to take care of the highway work during the year, it Is stated by olll cleh) of ths department that tin- com .mission nnill have its hardest year due to the action of tin- leglsalture in reducing its financial strength. The total appropriation allowed the de? partment was about the sann as last year, though one item of twenty thousand Is necessary to pay a de? limit on license tags bought during lOSt year. The first step in tho curtailed pro? gram i* the reduction of the num? ber of district engineers from four to two, and there are also changes m the department's engineering staff, i iade nooossery by the reduction of Amfhcea The report of tho highway officials, made to the oomralsslon Tuesday, showed that during February road eonstruetion had been done to tin amount ol |Stt,SS6, as compared with || 1 7*11 1 for January. Th" highway commission passed ""? road projects for McC< rmiek, Dor? chester, J*co, Baluda and Marlon counties, at the meeting Tuesday. Hi port- made by the highway of? ficials to the commission for January ami February showed that 85,7<>1 truck and automobile licenses were issued, as compared with 13,843 for the same two months of la it. year. This shows that a large number of automobiles in the state an- still un? licensed this sear. Tin- receipts lor the sah of cars during the first two months of tho year have total ?! 8447(188? The do'/en counties tint have paid in tho largest amounts in auto I lee nee fees are as follows lln envi'.le > ::!>..".?;7 : lie hi..ml ? : 1 1>07; Charleston 828,478; Ander? i lL'K,:is4; gpartanburg >-'v us; *.*? angeburg $is,x?;n; Darlington ?15, 748; Florence $18,882; Qret tw.1 $18,284; York $13,104; Laniers $12,? uis; Bumter $12,121. Cndei a new law twenty per cenl of this fund If deposited with county treasuries. T Btshopvllki News Notes. Btahopvllle, Maul? 8.?Court con? vened here this morning, Judge Puerlfoy prealdlng and solicitor Mc? l.eod at his post. The Judge deliver? ed quite a b-ngthy charge to tin juries, making eery plain their ilu ties and urging Upon the.a then faithfui performance, The paving company has complete Od their contract, as first agreed on The town council find that they car continue the work flfVther, ;n< have engaged them to extend th< paving on each street already pave* almost to the town limits. in the death of Mrs. Ashby stuck, ey, DJshopvllle has lost one of het best cltlscns. She was an exceliem Christian lady, s consistent mem bet of the Preehyterlan church, and ai active worker In every department o woman's work. She was a kind wif< and mot her. and WlU be greatly miss ed by her husband and children. Mrs. Lottie dreen, Mr, Carraway Mr. Peebles and Mr Tom Meldend on all of whom have been very ill. UM m?\v much latter. These names j have mentioned are all very old per sons. We had a Iii e in town last wee* whloh burned s barn on the piact ol Mr. Law in which he had stored ; lot of goods foi- the drug sf&re <>i Law and Acertnan. Loss about $2,< "?no. Little Cilon Scott, son of Edgat 8300tt| had his arm broken last wetd when cranking an automobile, lb is getting on all right. The farmers are ma hing good US< of tins fine weather, in preparimi their lands for another crop, i haw um heard one farmer who win not reduce his cotton nop less than one third. Most of them Will reduce one half? ami Increase their provlslot CrOpa Nave heard of little fertiliz 1 eis being sold. Soi .e of our farmci'l are ready to plant cotton, ami wll plant soon in order to get tho stall on the boll weevil, Good many ar< still planting oats. Columbia, Marth S. The South 'Carolina state Council ol Curpentcri was formed at a meeting ol the men of this trade in Columbia Mondas afternoon. Tim organisation Is ? branch of the state federation ol trades and will hold animal conven? tions in conjunction with the statt fed* ration convention, The first reg? ular annual meeting ot the eoumdl will be held with the state federation] i he At It Wet k ill September, j,, i! i eenvllle, J, f. Smith, of Charlestoni was elected president; hock Jlrcl, of Co? lumbia was elecbd secretary and treasurer; T, J? llarrell, ot Orang* - bUrg? was elected hist vice presi? dent; R, M Andrews, of Suniter. was elected second vice president; J, II Hatterfleld, of Greenville, is third vice pi'sab nt. f. w. Laughlln, of Green? wood, is fourth Vice president and T. S. Alston oi Florence is tilth sie, president. The council represents, ac? cording to its offli ials. approxltn itolj "..??t?i? carpenters of the State? tlreenvllle, March 8, Excitement at Fasley, S. l\. over the killing Of Police Chief Holcombe, subsided when it became know a that the t.so men (barged ssith tin- shooting had been taken assay for safe-keeping pi ot ,i hi> to t 'olumbia. . Washington. Match X. PvPn dent Harding has appointed Dr. C, B, :'a a si r, of Marion, his personal physician, He expects to nominate him Brlgadiei < aeral of the Medicsi i *orps, London, Mat h 8. A Moscow s' in less says the ssorkers are Indignant o\er the revolution at Kronstadt and begging to le allowad lo light it. DAIRYMEN'S ASSO? CIATION MEETING Darlington Chamber of Com? merce Will Give Banquet Darlington, March D.?The Cham? ber of Commerce will tender the visiting members of tic Smith Caro? lins Dairymen's association a ban quet <>n tin- night of March 29. Many prominent dairy experts from differ? ent sections of tin country will deliv? er addresses. The premium list shows the following cash prizes in the sever? al classes t?> be offered at the dairy ami cattle show which will he held in con mit ion with the Dairymen's convention March 29*30, Jersey's $100.00, Guernsey's $100.00, Hir? steins $100.00, Ayahicr's $100.00, sev eral special prizes arc offered by in? dividuals. The large exhibition build? ing is now being put in shape and the Cattle Manufactures exhibits and Convention will be held In the same building. The building is 400 feet by i<><> feet, and will be open da> and night. The Rochester, X. V.. baseball club will give exhibition games during the convention. The I Chamber of Commerce and tho clt? lscns ot Darlington are planning to give tin- dairymen and the visitors to the show entertainments in Darling? ton's usual hOHpltable style. STATEMENT BY BANKERS Columbia, March 9.-?The executive council of ihe state Rankers' associa? tion, which mil here today in consul? tation with representatives of agrl? cultural ami business inn tests i r ihe pi t m nt financial .situation, de? elded not to rive out an Immediate statement, tine will be prepared in i few days i utlinlng the bankers' ion Ceptlon Of the economic situation am it will be given to the public, it war Said. 'lhe meeting Was the result ol the conference held al Columbia las, Wednesday on the deflation in tin price of agricultural commodities ivhlch conference appointed a com I n Ittee to confer with the bankers. Tim; * appearing before the banker; were li. C, Fiamer, president of tin South Carolina division of the Amerl can Cotton Association; Dright Wil llamson. of Daalington; former Sena tor Christ ie Benet, T. lb Stack ho use of Columbia and T. .1. Abbott, of th. local International Harvester com pany'S district. PLANS FOR MARKEI ASSOCIATE Columbia, March S?Bright Wil llamaon of Darlington, chairman o the statewide conference which wo held in Columbia last wed; ami par ticlpated in by n presentatlves of sev oral organizations, has, in compliant' with ?i resolution passed at that moot 1 ing, appointed a committee to outlin ' a plan for the formation of coopera tlve marketing associations in Soutl 1 Carolina. The resolution calling fo the appointment of such commute was offered by .1. Skottowe Wanna maker, of St. Matthews, president u 1 the American Cotton Association. The committee named by Mr. Wil 1 liamson is composed of !>avi<l R ' Cola r of llartsville, chairman; R. < llamer of Acton, representing tin South Carolina division of the Amer can Cotton association; Richard I Manning of Columbia, represent Inj ? the South Carolina Developmen Board; Df. W. W. Long, chief of tin ' extension forces of Clemson college I'. E, Qeer, of Qreenvllle, represent ing the Smith Carolina Manufacturer' ' association; A. [1. Jordan of Dillon ' representing the South Carolina Pros 1 Association; Charles L. Cobb of Rod 1 Mill, representing the South Carolin. It.inker's Association; A. Mason ('.ih bes of Columbia, representing tin r South Carolina Automotive Trade as ' iOClution; .1. Loss Hanahan Of Char l?sten representing the fertilizer as? sociation. A. ih Lam representing Ha South Carolina Comercial Secretaries I association. Harold C, Looker, secretary, wil 1 notify the members ol committee a once of appointment by Chatrmai Williamson and it Is thought probablj 1 that a ineiting of the committee wil lie called by Mr. Coker, the chairman ? at an early dnte, 1 The resolution Introduced by Mr VYannamaker suggested the formatiot of cooperative market ing association: mr cotton, cattle, hogs, poultry, grain fruit mils, potatoes, Vegetables, to i bUCCO and SUC'h other products as niaj ? be deemed udvlrable tri grow on i i commercial scale. The American Cotton association l lhe South , Carolina Developmenl hoard and lhe extension forces ol ? Clemson college have been preaching ? co-operative marketing for a lonfl lime and the South Carolina Hiv ism: I of the American Cotton asROchttloi Kecurcd lhe enactment of a law at late session of ihn legislature pro? viding lor tin formation of such as? sociation, BIG SURPLUS OF GRAIN Washington. Man h S. - Larger Stoibs of grain were held on fanes .March I this vear than on that date in any other year in history, W heat was ihe oul\ exception, the holding on 11116, tin- year following Ihe only billion bushel crop, having exceeded this year's holdings by 87,000,000 bushels. Almost half of the country's rec? ord corn crop of last vear remained on farms March I, more than a ijuar tcr ol t he w le ni crop ami almost half of the lurge crop of oats, accord? ing to the depart] lent of agriculture) estimates announced today, The large crop> of last year and decreased grain prices are believed lo large? ly responsible for the heavier hold? ings Of the tanners. Holdings of corn were more than a half million bushels larger than a year ago. while wheat holdings were ahout 43,000,000 bushels more. With a few exceptions the principal wheat producing states wer. holding larm i stocks oi^lar than a j cat afco. Dial More Cheerful When Denby Speaks Declaration of Navy Secretary May Mean Hope For Charles? ton Yard Washington, March 8.-?The decla? ration of Secretary lien by of the d< -j part me nt of the navy that he would i insist on nn up to dutc prepared to i light establishment has given Sena? tor Dlnl reason for hopes that the naval base at Charleston will not be al andoned. "If the secretary is serious," said Senator Dial, he will not suffer the congestion of North Atlantic ports, j or the neglecl of the ports of the South Atlantic. Crom flatteras north the government has constructed In drydocks; front Hatteras south, for a distance of 2,000 miles, the govern I menl has constructed only two dry I docks, < nc small one at Charleston land n smaller and floating dock at I New ? >rh ens." I Th? hl i which recommended the I abandonment of th - dock at Charles? ton died in lh< jam prior i<> adjourn? ment. Available money for its oper? ation and Improvement may bo ex? pected, according to Senator Dial, legally. He is not very sanguine, I however, In belief that Secretary Denby \s ill proceedT. But he does have reason to believe the secretary will not permit Itepubllcan partisans to give the South a black eye unneces? sarily and to the detriment of the country. At the same time Senator Dial be? lieves that there is more prejudice on the part of the Itepubllcan parts against the South than there was oven 23 years ago. He mad" such 8 statement this afternoon which h view of the preponderance of exv pressed opinion to a contrary effect I was considered astounding. PRESBYTERIANS AT GREENVILLE Greenville, B. C, March B.?Tin spirit of Christianity will prove on< of the most potent factors in the so lution of the industrial problems n today, it was emphasized hy J. Kret Thompson of Kingsport, T< nn., pres Ident of the Kingsport Corporation in an address tonight before the sev t-nth biennial convention of the Lay man's Missionary Movement of iti Presbyterian ' bun h. The situation in Korea was dis cussed in an address by M. L. Swine hart, business manager of Presbyte rian missions In Korea. Charles A Rowland, Of Athens, Oa., chairman o the Laymen's .Missionary Movement is presiding over the convention. rietween 900 and 1,000 men dele gates had registered tonight for th convention, which held its openini "leesslon this afternoon in she Textil * I Hall, and between 700 and 800 womei had registered for the women's auxil lory convention which is holding par allel sessions. The convention wil hohl sessions tomorrow morning, af lernoon and night, closing tomorrow night. Resolutions expressing tie* deep r< gret of the convention over the deatl in Durham, X. C, of George W. Watt leading Presbyterian Layman, wer I adopted by a rising vote tonight. - PREMIER DATO SHOT TO DEATF Madrid, * March 8.?Premier Dab was assassinated this evening whili returning from the chamber In i motor car. He was attacked by sev era] persons win lircd a number 0 sin ts. The actual assassin of the premb was a man on a motorcycle, who lied The chauffeur of the automobile it which Premier Dato was riding als< was killed. ESduardo Dato was recognized a one of the most conservative of thi conservatives In Spain. He becarm leader of the Liberal Conservative party, the strongest political groui in hath the senate and the house o 11 representatives alter the disappear ance of Canovas. Never a friend o the working < asses, ami opposed t< all reforms, Dato acquired the heigh of his reputation of sternness ii August, 1M7, when he suppresses with the utmost energy the workers movement, Si nor Unto had held the seat ii parliament for Victoria, capital of th< province of Alva, ever ulnce his entrs Into parliament. On several occasion! he was spcakc' of the house. Bc? sides holding portfolios in variout cabinets he was 111?? prime ministei I a ntimher of times. Although appar? ently of gentle temperament, Date possessed a will of i!Mn and n ?vei discussed a subject with any one once he had mad" up hin mind on it. hato's sympathies throughout the i I war were on the side of the allies. I'or the I'nited states he is said never 10 have had any loVC. lb was a monarchist to the lips of his fingers ami refused to consider any idea of a Spanish republic. Recently there had been considera? ble agitation for tin- formation of a coalition government In Spain to re* place 1 hit'o's en hi tu I. 1 lusseldorf, Man Ii D Allied sold? iers patrol, d the streets last night and no untoward Incid? nts were re? ported, tin population accepting their presence with seeming apathy. The theatri n were < losed bj the Kn tich command" i and || state of sc ige was declared. The newspapers are under censorship. Allied Military Hcaduuarters Neuss, March 10. The aided forces have virtually completed the occupation of the Rhine ports of the K?hr region, all remaining to be done hoi um the seizure of a few villages ami Import? ant cross roads. The soldiers arc d? lighted with I he mi Idars prome? naded and the atmosphere of the oc? cupied district seems friendly. PLANT QUARAN? TINE REGULATIONS Rules Governing Transportation Of Cabbage and Tomato Plants Clemson College, March 7.?The South Carolina state Crop Peal com mission rails attention to the follow? ing regulations of iim commission governing the transportation <?t' cab? bage plants for propagating pur? poses Into and within the state of South Carolina. lieg. 1. The transportation Into 'ami within the state of South Caro? lina of cabbage plants for planting purposes Is prohibited unless accom? panied by a permit ot the South Car? olina State <*rop Pest commission. Reg. J. These permits arc issued after satisfactory evidence has been obtained either through acceptable I affidav it or a certificate issued by a competent Inspector, slating* that I these plants and the promises upon Iwhich they were grown were Inspect? ed by a competent Inspector and j found to lie apparently free from j will and Other dangerous diseases ami j Insects. 'rinse regulations are effective or. and alter February 15, 1921. ! rtexu!ations tdentfeal with these have been issued nlso on the trans? portation of tomato plants for pro? pagation purposes into ami within 'the state of South Carolina, SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS Washington, March 7.? President Harding announced early today thai the special seaaion of congress wouU he eaihd not before April 4 ant might he a week later. The announcement was made afte a White House dinner which Repub lican leaders of th.- senate and housi attended. The conference lasted fa four hours and the president said tlv 11 legislative program had boon dis cussed. ? The president said this was the he M ginning of a program of cooperation I j various subjects were discussed, h ' added, in an attempt to ascertain tit ? I most important to he taken up \, ' I the next congri ss. Federal Land Bank ?Columbia* March S.?David II Houston, president of the Columbl federal land lank, returned to th f] state capital Sunday night, froi , Washington, where he spent Severs I days in conference with president c - i all of the twelve laud hanks of th 5 I country. Mr. Houston states that th F I Columbia hank will, he believes, be i 3 I position to make loans (in farm lamb i I within about two weeks. - j The conference in Washington ha -1to do especially with the bonds whic 1 the land bank system will issue t - 1 produce the funds to be loaned to th farmers of lite country. Mr. Hour ton stated today that he fell sm there would be no trouble in th complete disposition of these bond I They are live per cent bonds, j Mr. Houston statt d that his* ban ! has many applications for loans, Th I application forms Will he sent out h ill" lank immediately and tin; haul ;t is expected, wil. be- in full opc ratio ^ J wit bin a ; ew w ei ks. Ii is stated at the land bank ofBc that the old applications for loan: (lied before ihe land bank act wa attacked in the courts, are on hand i th.e amount of approximately on and three-quarters of a million dol la rs. The land hank act was attacked i the courts last year and for month) pending consideration of the case b the United States supreme court, A\ banks ceased operations. The d? cifi ion of the court a few days ago, de elating the act constitutional, call for renewal of activities ami th twelve hanks throughout the countr are getting back to hard work agttil Mr. Houston of the'Columbia bans was culled to Washington severs days ago for a conference of law bank offfciafs. lb' slated today tha ih.inference was very 'sitccessfu and that In- believed the result of th court's decree would be of grea benefit to tin agricultutgl Interests o the country. SUMTER COUN? TY C0UR1 Columbia, March s. Among tin acts signed Monday by the gpverno A'ttH the act Creating the Sumte , county conn. The act provides for a court will jurisdiction over civil eases involvlni not more than $3,000, and certuii minor criminal cases, The judge of the court is to b? chosen from the Sumter linr, to i? paid a salary of $3,000, The sollet' tor is to receive $350. The steno? grapher for tin court Is to receive ! $1,200. I The governor also signed the act putting Um sumter-Clarendon count) i line dispute up to the courts, Hoover Relief Fund Columbia, Ma eh 7. CSoorgo It. i Laird, of \> W ^ m k city, held agent Iof ilu- "Hoover" campaign 'or Km Iropean relief, is in Columbia, plan , mn j a hual I'ffoi t to hat e South Carolina raise its full quota of the campaign. The state's quota is >?'.'<. 000, and n is as yet $ir>.mui short of ibis goal. Mr. Laird met with tin ministerial union of Columbia this morning and ashed that special ap peal for t'ie relief fund be made next Sunday. ite is to make similar re ij liest H throughout the state. Chicago, March s. ? Wage de* creases of approximately twelve and a half per cent, affecting over hun? dred thousand employees in the packing industry in all parts of m i isnnssVlillY If COURT CONDEMNS TREASON Case of Victor Berger Decided by Supreme Court in Favor of Burleson Washington, March 7.?Authority of the then postmaster general* Al b??l s. Burleson, to withdraw soonest r'ass mail privileges from any publi? cation which violated the espionage . t through printing articles ??tending1 t?> create insubordination or disloy aity" in the military or naval forces, was uplu id today by the supreme court, Associate Justice Brandeis and Holmes dissented. The court sustained the supreme court of tho District of Columbia in its refusal to issue a mandamus or? der compelling the restoration of the privileges to ihe Milwaukee Leader, of which Victor Berger was editor* The leader In carrying its appeal to tin supreme court was Joined by the New ifork Call, a newspaper also I denied second class mailing privi leges during the war. "Whatever injuries the relatar suffered was the result of its own choice," declared Associate Justice | Clark who, in reading the majority opinion, recited excerpts from art teles ;n the newspaper as submitted by the govern nn nl in support of Mr. Bourse* son's action. ? "Th ? articles were not designed to secure a modification or repeal of the laws they criticised hut were intend? ed to stir np opposition to them and int< rnal strife." Authority to scant th" classified privileges, Justice < Mark held, carried with it authority to withdraw them. He declared it an impossibility for the postal authorities attempting* ta Scan each separate issue of a news? paper submitted to the mails to de? termine whether it was in violation ?I the law as supporting tlm post? master gem ral in making bis order cover "the Indefinite future." Tin- criticism thai the "due pro? cess" clause of the constitution was Violated was declared unsupported in view of the heatings held by Mr. Burleson before issuing the order. Associate Justice Brandete, in his dissenting opinion of more than ?Od words, look issue with the ma? jority upon practically every point. Justh-e Holmes "concurred In sab* natu?" in Mr. Brandete* opinion. It v. a = incom ? n able JustlC Bran his said, that COngTCSS intended to confer on the postmaster general, authority which amounts to practi? cally an absolute censorship over the press and he recalled that an attempt to Klve BUCh authority had been de? feated in congress. "The postmaster general concodes (in his brief t Mr. Brandeis contin? ued, "that congress did not confer tho vague ami absolute authority prac? tically to deny circulation to any publication which in his opinion is likely to violate in the future .any postal lav;. I can not believe that in establishing postal classification in l s7congress intended to confer up? on the postmaster general authority to issue the order herein complained of. "If under the constitution admin? istrative officers may as a mere inci? dent of the peace time administra? tion of their departments he vested With the power to issue such orders as this, there is little of substance in our Id', of rights ami in every extending governmental function lin ks a n 'W danger to civil liber I. a e n 11 >f iC lO p s, d d o IV HOBO KILLS CHIEF OF POLICE Hro? nvi'ie, March 7.? During a battle at i:2d o'clock this afternoon; between three policemen and two strangers at Basley, W. C. Holcombe* it;-, t::. police chief of that town, was instantly killed, and a nan giv? ing his name as Wade BallCW was seriously if not fatally injured, a total of nine hnllots having struck him in various parts of his body. Dp wards of :',it shots ware fired, al? though Chief Holcombe and Ballew wen- the only members of the patty who were struck. The shooting- occurred on the hanks of a small stream on the edge of tic town, where tin strangers, the s< cond of w hom gave his name as Robert Wilson, were bathing when the officers arrived, in the party S'ith th" chief woe. Rural Police? man Richard Chapman, .lohn Leslie, special policeman of the Alice mills, a tid George Cooper, a cltlsen, who had volunteered to accompany tho Officer*. The Officers believed the two m< a to he tramps who had alighted ic'in a freight train. Chief' Holcombe was slightly in advance ocj the party when he commanded thej two im n to surrender. Ballew, near? est the i } if. jerked out his pistol j and tired. ?he budet striking thOj chief on th ? left side of the nose, andjj penetrating the brain. Ballew*! comrade then joined tin- tight, it is ? i d. dring several shots. Policeman I'hnpman emptied his own gun, then] seized the revolver of the dead chin and continued tin pursuit, w i.th d after several minutes when IWO nan g.s\ e up. A small c gathered quickly, and officers de cd that it was best to take the men to the Plckens Jail for saft ing. Tonizin the Pakens sheriff, .v. sph it cd tin two away tflj unknown point, thought to bSjj hia. Ballew was given med^ l ion hefia e he was taken ihe Pickens Jail. It is sa that he be killed to en ltr-s. Physicians state a chance f. r his* ret Chief Holcombe wife and daughJ popular as an Qj and residents touched by Wan l a i 11 ItS rssnsssi