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WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA Striking Coial Miners Attack State P?lich in Tug River Valley ^iliiamsnn, W. Va., May 12.?Gue riTlal warfare, with all odds appar ently favoring" the forces opposing thfi state, 'was being waged tonight in.'ihe grim mountains of the strike tcj&& Mlngo otunty coal held. Bcu::i nmg soon after dawn this morning at."the.', little mining town of Merri . mac, four.miles up the Tug river from thW"City, a fusillade of shots was poured $rom the moutainside succes siveiy .tnt?. Merrimac, Kawl, Sprig? aTjd'^l?tewan, W. Va., and McCarr, f All available state police and deputy ~8hei3nts-. centered in Williamson were rubied to'the scene by train and au tomobile but at a late hour had failed to check the shooting. .Harry- 0. Staton, a state prohibition agent' and merchant at Sprigg. waV killed'a^d Noah Phillips and a young man ^na/ned Calverf, employee of th Wh)te. Star Coal company commis sary;-at Merrimac, have been serious ly 'wo?nded. Rumors of other kill ings and wcudings have been re v ce^te'd at headquarters of the stat<. ph?^^ here. Tonight about 20 stat* p^^e,' were reported to be working the^ w.ayV over the mountains be t^MspV.Merrimac and Rawl, seeking to ge^jibove'?' ?nd out flank their hid ' jisVferce was led by Capt J. R. ?commander of the stat< pd?}qer in the Williamson district. A a^^if-pfdeputy sheriffs under Chie: ?ej^icy- Joh.n S.' Hall were cooperat ih|fe .^fth ' Captain JBrockus and hi: ;::^0'day's^ outbreak, the worst sine* tlx^iStaitewan battle of last May 1 in whi^'h- 40; persons were killed, includ ifci?;'the.; mayor of Matewan, had al the^appearance of a pre-arranged at '--j'ThV towns attacked are all? within seven "miles of each other and lie in ^cisarfoV' valley on the banks of th? rjver, which here separates Wes; ?^J?Nlrinia- from Kentucky. The firing today. and tonight came from the mountains on both sides of the river, according, to state police. Captain Brockus's force concen ftated. in the mountains on the W est V-itginia side, while county officials ir^e -got in touch with the officials o. F^de^county, Kentucky, in an attempt io obtain cooperation in routing the a^ackers- from the Kentucky side. .*'. Terror reigned in the towns in the ^on^e,.oF fire as night fell and it wa5^ .ifa^ed/the authorities had failed tc ??'^^fw^'f^ of the attacking force. :$$^-0?;'the' shooting heretofore ha* 3t??^nn^v- ytt -n^tgit-r nvhen ? lignted ^ea^. i^fpj^edj ^easy. targets. Vir ^afi* lights.were extinguished ^and ? residents, kept close un .d^r/?cnvftr/ ?> . . ^;J^e^iOJafc?ankihg -expedition, led by Captain "Brock'us, despite its extreme ly!h&&vt?$s -naaracter. was declared *^l^'^,"ia3iifebrities- to be virtually the ? on-iyihespe of routing or capturing the attackers. - ^*3^he^.statet police were, virtually he&Iess ^during- the- day, ' as the at ?t^fbkiagv forces '.in the mountains weer .'^eo?pletery^ screened by foliage and bowlders, while the police for direct ? Attack -vrouid have been obliged to . er?ss^the open valley and climb the ? ragged? slopes in -full view of th< ? h?d^ttvmaLrksmen. ? . r^ngt JJavid Peterson of the state police, who led a squad of men to - ^rjgrg^ this afternoon, tonight told of ? ttte^ plight in which several hundred ? pasfcengers on a noon day train foumi ? tfceniselves when they reached the tattle- zone. * ^jEi?l.ets were peppering down from ' .tttes mountains when the train got im* .ho'said. -'women and children -: s4f*eCL$h?d- and '?>?:?-!? in t? rr-.r wl-ib ? ^irtjsal-Iy- .every passenger on <!:? - train*Tell . prone to the floors of the ? tea?hfes? for protection. I don'f know whether "any shots were aimed at -the toraJn: -.None of the passengers werV. injured." ? "?Si-rgeant Peterson who alighted at Sprigg"'with his sciuad said his men i JBWEev.-subjected to a hail of bullets ?before they could gain shelter in a - nearby cabin. Liberal Financing j Shriners Buy Property Promised; For Great Mosque War Finance Corporation Takes;Splendid Masonic Kij?ilinu to Be Liberal View of Cotton Ex- j Constructed on Shamrock port Situation j Terrace Site at East Battery Columbia. May 13.?Generous fi-j nancing of botton exportation is proi (Charleston News and Courier^. Through the otfice of Mr. Lawrence . M. Pi nek ney. t io- d for purcnase ot ised by the war finance corporation. Ji. I. the Shamrock Terrace property, at loan of East Battery, for Omar according to Pormer Governor Manning, of Columbia, who returned] Jie ?from New' York. j Tempu f,C ? of the . . .i mated ba nkers Thursday afternoon where he attended a conferen< .cotton men. i n \ the nnanc corporation. \A a statement issue.., today Mr. Manning stated that be feels, sure the action of the war finance| corporation will result in a stabhix I is rep< i rCOrg. of the The . Ascient Arab Mysric Shrin? yesterday. . Ti ted to b?=- $TS < Order Nobles was consum consideraxion :. in cash. Mr. H. Moffett has been the owner property. personm-1 of the building com ridit'ums. and that it would rai.:. <? of (>mar Temple includes: U'il mg ot conaiiwns. auu *.o..l h ????'"i^j \.\ Gray, chairman; Lawrence M. be a material factor in moving cotton} pjnckney, vice chairman; .1. Winston abroad. I-vey, Florence; Dr. E. s. Booth. Sum "The war finance corporation show- ;er. ^ |? ^mier. Bennettsville; .i. K. ?d it :: clear understanding of thejowens, Bennettsville; Y\ ? otton situation," said Governor Man-Jmaker, Oran ning. in speaking of the conferencv?]ten, Columbi he attended in New fork. '*They see | seil, that cotton is a national asset as well is a Southern product." The. conference lasted two days and the result of it. Governor Manning -?aid, is that the war finance corpora tion will finance cotton exports. W. Wunna ourg; Dell G. McAllis aad .i. Campbell Lhs Members of this committee, which i has been invest* . with power to act. , are enthusiastic over their purchase land say that a splendid mosque will the reared on the property as soon a: [the necessary arrangements can b< ^ perfected. It is the wish of the Shrin On reasonable conditions, Governor ^ ^ pos.,ession of theil Manning said, the war finance cor-j^ mosque ;;. chaslettw and mar^ been urging hast. will finance cotton lor poration vwn "vtlv/" ?\\ of the nobles hav prompt shipments, against deferred, in construc.tion. payments. It is also willing to financej The shamrock Terrace property, uture shipments, within a reasonable?just t0 the SOuth of the Carolina time, against prompt or deferred pay- j va,.]U club house, has a frontage or. ments after arrival of the cotton m;i.;ast Eay Street of -1 '5 feet and ex he foreign countries, where it is un-j{ends eastwardly to the Cooper rivei ?lei- deferred contract for sale. [channel. It is conceded that this prop AJso under certain conditions, Gov-jorty admits of splendid devclopmeu ernor Manning stated, money will bejand for the?punmse of a mosque tin advanced for prompt shipments to ! site is wonderfully advantageous h. o- ? warehouses in foreign countries, eated at distributing centers, to held to the account of Americj n porters and bankers. In speaking of the conditions which the war finance corporation} be ,x-|just many ways. Members of the committee are no now ,u a position to sugges I wnat form the mosque will take. on1-though confident that it will be some hing of which not only the commun l)er will lend money for exports. Governor" ?y of Charleston, but the entire per Manning stated that each application i f ?Pel ol Omar temple will be proud would be considered separately, andj^ ? ^ that c^tf51? ? th.' r~ .. . . 7 , t preliminary' arrangements have al on its own merits, and in accordance] ? , . . ?, ? , with the war finance corporation act and the regulations of the corpora tion. ? "The feeling in New York following the conference." Governor Manning stated, "was that the war finance cor poration's assistance in financing ex portation of cotton will tend to stab ilize conditions, and will bo a mate rial factor in moving cotton abroad." The governor added that no phenomi nal results are expected, for condi tions in Europe are such, that no un usually large buying can be expected. The war finance corporation's action ?wiil serve to extend credit to foreign countries and .thereby stimulate ex portation of American cotton. ready been considered. The building of this mosque indi cates the great growth in Masonrj and is said to mean that the Masoni? Temple building at the southeast corner of King and Wentworth street: even after its projected enlargement is not spacious enough to Pilo- car? of all the Masonic groups which nee? quarters. OPPOSED TO BIG NAVS Senator Borah Leading Figh For Disarmament Hardware Convention! ^Greensboro, N. C, May 12.?The 17th.annual convention of the Hard ware Association of the Carolinas, in session here since. Tuesday, adjourned today after electing officers and se lecting* Winston-Saiem as next years meeting place. Officers elected for the ensuing 12 months were: W. M. Terrell, Harts vllle. S. C. president: Mc D. Holli ;ay, Dunn. N. C, first vice president; U G. Erskridge, Newberry, s. C., second vice president: j >. f. Conrad, Lexington. X. C.. third vie- president: T. W. J>ixon. Charlotte, N. C, sec retary and treasurer: A. It. Cria, Charlotte. X. C., assistant secrettiry and freight auditor; .]. M. Anderson. Vmrnbia. S. C; W. V.'. Watts.,' Char lotte, X. C. tin*! T. V.'. Dixon, Char lotte, were named delegates to the national convention. " '? '-"Williamson, May 13.?Warfare in "the 'West Virginia-Kentucky coal afrike region was resumed with vigor today. ' An unknown man was killed at McCarr this morning, bringing the total up to three dead. Hampton Row Grows Columbia. May I?,. ? Governor Cooper received whereas from the tlampton county Democratic execu tive committee yesterday, the resolu tion deploring ih" fact that Senator Lightsey had not recommended for appointment as auditor T. Ilagood Gooding. The committeemen met during the early part of the week and passed a resolution regarding tin auditor ? muddle, all present relying entirely upon the primary regardless of the charges against Mr. Gooding. No new developments were an nounced yesterday, but it was inti mated that the court action to be taken to oust Mr. Gooding would be direct to tin- supreme court in. the hopes that this court would assume Washington. May 12?The half bib i lioti doilar naval appropriations bii was taken up today in tie- Senate onl;> to encounter immediate opposition from the advocates of disarmament. Heading of che Senate naval affair: committee's amendmem had scarcel.v more than been started when the firs: rumblings of tie- imminent ?isarm? ment tight were h< ard. The h.-s: amendments slightly increasing :h appropriations of the hill as passe by the Efouse were accepted wit hot; discussion, but when the Km- n.lmm: was reached to increase th>- sum avail aide for recruiting by a million dol lars, S< nator Borah, Republican, Id aho, Lader of the disarmament for ces, asked that it be- passed over un til the Senate takes up the questioi of naval personnel. This request by Senator Borah wa repeated time after : suit that when the lion ended pra ti* alb enm mittec inc w a.:?? s of the bill had These included i li .11 of i the he witn me re 's eonsidera majo >t ha1 been pass* d over. ? appropriations foi tl \\ e !. Fla., submarine base San Diego, Cal.. naval hospital pro ject: Guam submarine and destroys l.ase; Sand Point. Wash., air station San Pedro, Cal., submarine base and Alxneda, Cal., supply base. Scarborough is '* ' l^.liv?f^H Proci/lonf !? original jurisdiction of the mattei .: ttiectea rresiaen, Th0 situali011 in ,Tanil)l()n is s AIRPLANE TRAFFIC ORDINANCE ^affney,. May 13?The South Caro lina Division, Travelers Protective Association, In annual convention in ,tfcis' city, today elected the follow ing men to serve as officers during the ensuing year: H. L. Scarborough, :P*eeident; .J. I'. Maurer, vice presi dent;', Geo. O- Warren, director; L. L. Parrott^- national representative^. .'Suniter was selected as the place of :meeting of the annual conven tion .'in. 1922. mpton is- said tc be rather unique in South Caro lina history. Jesse P. Thomas has been recon nended by the senator as the auditor, he has been appointed, commissioned and confirmed by t!:> senate yet ho is unable to get the GrcenvUe Regulates Air Service Over City Greenville. S. C. May 1" (Special ?Avia'ors flying over Greenville win use the banding field provided by th commercial organizations of tin* cit; must do no flying at ail ;ii :i he'ijch of less than a thousand f<.?:'>?.-. the Main street section. Tin s.- regu lations yesterday were adopted by Lh landing field coiumitce^ memb?-rs <? which also decided thai the aviator should do no flying over the city tim ing cliurch hours on Sundavs. An ef ofiice due to the desire of Mr. Gooding } foi l to have city council pass an in - to remain as the auditor, it was I dinance embodying these regulation: als?, intimated yesterday that ny p.-iy warrant, would be issued to .Mr. Gooding as the records at tin- state house show that Jesse K. Thomas is the auditor. is to be made Baltimore, May 13.?John Benja min Goodwin, grand secretary of th? sovereign grand lodge, odd Fellows, died lmr<- todav, aged 7] vcars. Par's. May !:?>.?Miss Hamilton Shields, of Vi!*gihia. was today d*-e orated as chevalier of the Legion of I UoJior ::t a. tuilitarv ceremony i.. nurse. -Green Swamp is said to lx- ;t nav igaple stream?for kegs of moonshine. . &y~ gTapvine telegraph comes the rj&port that Uiere is a booze moi somewhere on the upper reaches of fifiis ve?terway, and that the output la sent to market by the v.~iter route. The.booze mill is strictly :? manufac turniiig concern and does not care to have a traffic route opened direct to rfron, of , headquarters, consequently the white j v. ^. p.orj. a llghthihg is packed in" kegs of suit-j " '_ able size and committed to the- stream i to ? drift gently down to a certain ! landing place where the kegs are] safely held in storage b" an ingen iously constructed fence-wire trap until the reta'l representatives of the booze mill call for them. This per nicious and unsolicited publicity may Interfere for a time with tin- shipping industry of Green Swamp, but it is too good a story to keep. The modern Klti Klus Klan organization ?>f which is being as ?tiduously promoted from Atlanta seems to require so much explaining thai ei"- is inclined to dou need of it. There appears to : la ne i readv n ov r-pnis J aa!. bfheficiy 1. insui j ol tier socic' ies. so more dues colb et inj Kin 1< lux Klan lias j \ i.c \ and it should continue merely hi* ! dltTous a nd circiims ed th.- Klan J const ruction era ; secret fmtvj - tice. burial :tnd vby ?!<-aI.- ?>!>? ma eh me-.' 'I'!'. i place in his e permitted i" ?lie. The .-?:!, nccs tiiat e;5? l>cing during \ he re can never f?e dnoli tod; ?rlin. M:iy 13. Chancellor Wirth, king I.'-foi.- the Imperial Council y. declared that Germany sine? re ly desired to curry ou1 her promises. "We wan! "o fu'IfuH (i-.*- conditions ol ultimatum with ail our strength; We expect the other sid<-. howev<-r, after Si-?-in>: this evidence of um ^ood will to recognize our attitude."' eated and the mueii :< mere dead and Pari man's Bureau, i he proposed < a sooicrv for Klu Klux Khm i? as iienvoj-y of the dead - d past as the Freed If the promoters ?>? ?ganiz;itioii musi ba-ve heir <?m n us<- I le y na.Tiie for London, May announced two 13. -The hundred Admiralty tlesl rovers. ^.Washington. May 13, -Secretary of War-Weeks today announced the se-j twenty-five battleships and fifty light 11 lection of General Pershing as chief: cruisers dropped from the British j 1 of staff of the army, effective July; naval list during recent months. Alii ?1st;' I?s assistant will be Major Gen-j were sold to British firms lor break era! Barbord. ' ing up. Premier sp'-eej) in mo ruing rj.'rt Way 13 eorge in a dramal >>use oi' commons coiicerning the pper Silesian embroglio. character i/t-d th?- action of the Polish insur rectionists as a complete defiance of the treaty of Versailles. Chance For College Education Four-Your College Scholarship OfTered For Good Roads Essay Washington. D. C. May 13?B-ele a tri hdihg the annual session Oi ill - Mothers' and Paroni-Tenfdiers" Association here recently voted un animously to lend every aid to the "Good Roads and Highway Trans ,?..-!- national essay contest being conducted i? the Highway and Kigh ..?..-,> Transport Education Committee. WiPord Building. ??I want my son?my daughter, to enter tins contest." said one mother. Dicing the-sentiment of 300 delegates ho represent 275,000 mothers and, teachers throughout the United States, i Action of the mothers and teachers j tame as a. resul: of a letter read be ! "ore the convention from Profe^or <'. .(. Tilden, director of the transport aomroht ??. Professor Tilden, who 5ccr'j'?es .1:" chair c?f Engineering Me lanies at Vale Univers ty. is on leave :o serve as director oi' *;>" committee, vvhich is engaged in coordinating the tctivities of various organizations seeking ?!X promote the cycunomic and effective ecistruction and use of highways. ??This committee, "wrote Professor rilden, "wishes to announce a national jssay contest open to all pupils of high school grade in the United Stales. The subject is "Good itoads and High way Transport." Essays submitted ire t" he not laufe than 500 words in ength. and must he in the hands ot ocal jiidg'os im t l.-ic-i- thi:n .June 15. t?21. "Tin- national pruv |s a "our years miversitj scholarship in any eoll??p:< ?r university chosen by the winning rontcstant. This scholarship is of ?fered by II. s. Pirestfme, Ohio, a mem >er of this committee, who agrees t< issume every reasonable expense in idem to the pupil's attendance ai ollege. Tie- scholarship vyill aggrc rate not less than Si.000. In addi ion. it is expected that many ioca >.nd stat ? j>r:::?.s will be announce* shortly." "You will be interested to know,' tontinued .Mr. Tilden, "that the win ier of las! year's contest recently was tailed {??> VYashinsrton to receive -?'( 'h< lands of President Harding on tin vVhitc House grounds tin- schola?*shi] :ertificute. Paring her visit to Wash ngton she was tin- guest of higl chool girls of the city. This younj; ady is M;iss Knthorine Brtterfield vho was a IC-year old high schoo >upil at Weiser. Idaho, vj tin.- iitn< he wen the scholarship. "Tin." thought that your son o laughter, or a pupil of your school may receive next year such honor is were tin.; year accorded Katherin Butterfield. will, we are sure, be in eentive enough to gain from each o you your wholehearted support." A great many other problems, in eluding Americanization, education md th<- proper length of short skirts had been discussed by the conyen 'Jon. but nothing received more en hnsiastic endorsement rhan the <-s a; contest for the Firestone prize. Ii was decided to inerrrde Prnfesso ids letter in. the minutes of tb onvention. and Ijave copies of i ransmitted to each srate organization .ith the il.-r ill,- informatio] >o hamled down to each local am ?it;, chapter Of tit:/ association. Commi'vdoner of Education P. T ?h'axton. who addressed tin evenini ession of the convention, is chairmai ?f the Highway and Transport Edu ?at ion Committee, other member ?epreseni every phase of official an, inofficial interests concern, <1 with th? levelopment of highways. DAILY PAPER SUSPENDS Qrangeburg Publishers Ha< Sustained Big Financial Loss i (Greenwood Index-Jom nai1. The Orangeburg Times and Demo rat, published as a daily for sonic ime. suspended publication last Sun day morning after standing a bi; .inancial loss tin- publishers slate, md returns to tin- tri-weekly Held. Newspapers a!l over the country lave had hard sledding for some inn-. Increased receipts from adver J>:ing last year were cut in half by in* enormous raise in the pine* of J lewsprint to say nothing of increased ; :osts of production inside the plants, his year there lias been a. decrease n tin- price of newsprint but the rolume of advertising is about half Anat it was last year. What comes in one door escapes by another and the lot of the publishers is just one >ump after another. The Orangeburg paper was a good j me and its progressive: young pub j ishers did their part in giving ! >rangeburg a good newspaper. They I 'h<>u!d have bad better support but two doubt the ability of Orangeburg J o give sufficient support to warrant jibe publication <>i a daily morning ! ?e-wspa.pcr in competition with -'."larleston. Columbia and Augusta ! tapers. Anyway the Messrs. Sims ihave shown wisdom in plugging the j eak through which their finances I wore flowing ?int. The public will I note tb:- fact as evidera.f the trou ? j ;>les and struggles of the newspaper business and possibly be more willing to accord tin- men in tin- business ;i rhaace to keep their heads above wa ter. Poise. Idaho, M.j> ! 1 -Extradition ? oni ' rs for Mr . Lydia Southard, who j in wanted on Mie charge of murdering Edward Meyer, a former husband. :irc expected to be ready today so that tin; sheriff can go to Honolulu for Mrs. Southard, whose four previous bus- | bands-all have died from poison. "Carnations arc :>!! right Cor Moth' , ,-i 's Pay.*' observed the street car j diilosopher, 'i":t when the old man's turn comes it were better to say i: i'lth Dandelions."? Buffalo Express. Renovating Old Soldiers' Home Home Service Office Of Red Cross to Close .f. F. Brown Gets Appointment1 Lack of Funds Causes the Dis at Confederate Home?Build ings Being Repainted Inside continuing of Office on June First Columbia, May 13.?J. F. Brown lias been appointed steward at the Confederate home for old soldiers. Mr. Brown is a Columbia man and iris friends here will doubtless be in tt-rested In his appointment. He has already entered upon his new duties at the home. The inside of the buildings of the Confederate home arc being fresh ened by painting and a general clean ing up in general. The beds arc be ig frshly enamcbETJK?$. . X. .6N\ .'">.\ ing freshly enameled and the furni ! ture repainted. Xow bedding, silver ware and other much needed housc ihoid articles have been purchased .by j Mrs. Sophie Swindell ami Miss Alice j Earie of the board. These imp" ?vements are being made in order t'> pave the way for j the remodeling of the buildings from : the outside. These outside improve Owihg i" the lack of sufficient funds to keep this office open and running in our city and county, the local office of the Red Cross Home [Service se< *i:,n is to be closed on June 1st. Each county was allowed to I keep a certain percentage from the [amount collected in the last Red ?"Cross war drive for local work, and it was with these funds that the Kerne Service work in Sumter eoun jty was established and operated. To jthis amount has been added one-half of what has been collected for Red Cross membership during the past two years. Only one thousand mem j bers were secured in the city and county in the last Red Cross roll call in December, 192a, $5$0.00 of this amount being retained for local work. Th^ funds in th? treasury are now so low that it becomes necessary to close the Home Service section. It seems almost a crying shame that this office f? now to be closed Intents will be begun at an early date. just when it i3.m0st needed and just The building committee moots today' j to discuss the details of this improvc j inent. The board has ?3"?,000 to spend I in remodeling and improving' and ? making the 'place a more livable one i for the old heroes of the Confederate ; army. About 2'i of the veterans will at tend the reunion at Camden next ? week and they are being fitted out with new suits for the occasion. BIGHAM APPEAL DISMISSED Supreme Court Says Florence Man Not Held Illegally su the for j Columbia. May 13.?The state ; preme court yesterday dismissed ; petition of Edmund l>. Bigham release under habeas corpus proceed ; ings, the hearing before the court having been held Monday. ' In the order handed down the court so.ys that the presiding judge was at the time when the community has begun to depend upon it most. A little over a year ago the scope of this office was widened and expanded so that it was able to do civilian relief work as well as work among the ex service men. The value of* the work o! the last two years accomplished by this office can only be estimated j by its lasting results upoo the com jmunity and this is read in terms of its educational work and in its intel ligent and efficient cooperation with all that is for the betterment of com munity social conditions. This ha3 been the first organization in this community which has devoted the entire time of a trained secretary to the doing of constructive social work. The record made by this of fice, with Miss Mamie J. Chandler as secretary, is indeed an enviable one. Since the opening of this office 500 eases have been handled and dispos ed of satisfactorily, G children of our community have been placed in or phanages and schools due to the ef forts of this office. 4 children have been sent to the state training school for the feebic minded, and the cor ?u ',woll within Pas rinht^ in continuing, the Bigham case over from Saturday {respondence which tins office has night until Monday morning beyond j necessarily been forced to carry on 'I the regular tern; time. The main J lias meant many a laborious hour to 1 (appeal of attorneys for Bigham was the secretary and stenographer. ? based on the alleged illegality of the I The American Red Cross is a nat ij Florence court, which tried the de f fendant. th" attorneys holding that ,(Judge Memminger hud no authority j(to continue the court over its regular . j scheduled time. j The court (dies the law in reference . to such cases, section ;;:S4<>. volume 1. I code of 1012, providing in part that ional and a world-wide organization and th's home service section office has been directly under the direction of the American National Red Cross, heue?-, efficient and direct communi cation anal cooperation has been possible at a'l times with the leading welfare organizations of state and . when a court is overcrowded or en-|nation and opportunity for a greater !gaged on any particular,case another judge may !>?? assigned to any other Jcourl and the regular order proceeded L|witb until the case or eases are dis ? posed of. in this instance Judge work has been created than could have been otherwise. The secretary is now at work closv ing:. as nearly as it is possible, all of the old cases and getting the files in Memminger continued the court him-j proper shape. The statement has self, it being his regular circuit for j been made p-,- her that no new cases that time, and the supreme tribunal j will be accepted. She now has >ians -ays he v?us well within his rights on foot, however, for the placing of j in so doing. "Here is full authority." -j Associate Justice Eraser says in the ; opinion, "for the judge to continue ft-the Florence court." .j "What effect the failure to appoint tJanother judge to open the George town court may have had on the , '-Georgetown court is no; before us. jilt did not deprive*the judge at Flor ence of his jurisdiction to finish the I case already started or to try any ^ other untried case in Florence," the ': court says. The petition for discharge was j - * -Cased practically throughout on the J /^TT A DT li'CTPO'rVJ Mgrounds that the Florence court was I V^JXrAXvLrflli? J- v/ii '(illegal after Saturday night and that ?j Bigham was restrained from his lib erty on no legal grounds. ? In dismissing the petition for rc I lease the court leaves the case still J on appeal in its original form, notice 11 of appeal having been given by the *1 Bigham attorney-. The actual appeal I five children in schools and orphan ages and she will not forsake this work until it is an accomplished fact. The government will in the case of this emergency probably make ar rangements for the taking care of its disabled ex-service men who have had their cases handled by this office up to this time but with the going of this office from thi * community, organized efforts to do constructive social work will come to an end. lias never been died with the supreme [ I court. j Associate Justice Fraser wrote the forde!- in the case and Chief Justice j Gary, and Associate Justices Watts i and Cot hran concurred. DRY DOCK Senators and Byrnes Reacjy to Put Up Hard Fight The Worst is Over I The is ove i many Washington, May 1$.- -As pending in the senate the naval ppropriation bill carries the same eommittee amendment that was reported by the I naval committee of the senate, in the closing days of the last congress, sus pending until July 1, 1924, tho exist ing appropriation of *i.lf>0,000 for I the construction of a large dry dock [at the Charleston Xavy Yard. At the ! rennest of Senator Smith considera | lion of the amendment has been Dillon county folk who have j been groping in the dark since early llast fall. In the last 30 days there has (Dillon Herald), announcement that the "worst will be welcome news to j postponed for a few days in the sen ate. Senators Ball, of Delaware; Hale, of .Maine, and King, of Utah, tare showing special interest in push ibeen a decided improvement in local ing tiu. amendment. The attitude of j conditions: money is getting easier tho navv department towards it has .and bank deposits, which have shown I not Deen indicated, but the fact that a steady decrease for the past six the bin as it came t-rom the house months, are increasing. The general did nyl carry the amendment shows business tone is stronger, confidence that lh(. department did not ask for !is returning and money is beginning j ^ \ ! to circulate more freely. This change) Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, has not I of conditions is not peculiar to- Dil- J reintroduced his amendmetn of last Ion county, ft is manifesting itself all year t0 sl,,p the dredging of the over the country, and bears out the Charleston harbor channel to forty (prediction made sonic months ago by feet. and. that measure is not now on .('resident Harding, of the Federal j Lhe calendar of the senate. If the j Reserve Board, that the pendulum would swing- the other way in the [ early spring. An analysis of the bank ? statements as printed m the various state papers coming into The Herald jofficc reveals a decided improvement ; renewed in the house, where Ropre j in the condition of the banks sentative Byrnes of South Carolina is throughout the stair, as compared the democratic member of the ap [with the statements printed under J propriaiions sub-committee, which anti-dry dock amendment is pushed, as now seems likely, the prospe t is for a sharp tight in the Semite gainst it. and if the amendment is abpteu on the senate side the fight will be the call of December 31. 1920. ' Inj 'many instances loans and discounts I have decreased, deposits have in- j creased and "cash on baud and due by banks." which declined to a very" narrow margin in the December call. handled the navy bill. REVOLT IN SILESIA FAILS sine a substantial gain. The bank i is the. barometer of business, and the showing made under the call of April 2Sth is good evidence that the coun try lias weathered the storm and is ? oi t lie road t<. recove'rv. Attempt to Hold Country For Po land Expected to Collapse La u a'l Ste Marie. Mich., May II < >nr he worst blizzards in years swept e Superior last night, driving all <-!s into harbor. Six inch sno\v fell. j Berlin. May 14.?-The early collapse [of the Polish revolt in Upper Silesia j is expected in authoritative quarters there, according to a Breslau dis ; all j patch. Important conferences arc in s of ! progress and it is believed Leader j Korfanity of the Polish insurgents i has lost his tight to secure Upper Washington. May 13.- -Beer as a medicine was repudiated today by two doctors testifying before the I Silesia for Roland. Mohammedans made war to get house judiciary committee on ("hair- I converts but Christians made it to man Volstcad's bill to stop leaks in [?et territory.?Greenville (S. C.) Pied ihe dry law. 1 mom.