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THE SOFTER, WATCHMAN, Est a CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 FOX MUST DIE ON DAY SET BYC0?RT Gov. Cooper Refuses to Grant Commuta tion of Sentence of Murderer Columbia, Oct. 4.?J. S. Fox, the father of C. O. Fox, one of the three men convicted of the mur der of "William Brazell of Colum ? bia, has appealed to Gov. Cooper, lor a commutation of his son's i death sentence to that of life im prisonment, but Gov. Cooper will not honor the petition. The- governor stated Tuesday that he had told Mr. Fox that he it had better go to the courts, if he wanted any change in the fate of his son. The governor's meaning was clear, he meant that he would not interfere with the decision of the court. Fox has no chance at the law. The time allowed for his notice of appeal has expired and the date of his execution is set for j the 21st. His two companions in j crime, Jesse Gappins and S. J. < Kirby, had given notice of their: appeal to the supreme court, and . their sentences are thereby auto* mattcally stayed. ^ ^ | One Cent Rate To Re-union Railroads Offer Inducements to Attend U. C. V. Meeting Columbia, Oct. 4.?A number of veterans from various ? parts of South Carolina, will attend the Con federate Veterans' reunion, to be held in Chattanooga,* October 25 27. Many of the local camps are electing delegates this week. The railroads have offered a special rate of one cent a mile, according to an nouncement made here today by state passenger agents, ' ? ? ? . I? Episcopal Conference Institution Fof Leaders in Session in Columbia Columbia, Oct. 4. ? Episcopal churches in all parts of South Caro lina are represented at the Insti tute for Leaders of Parish Confer ences, which opened at Trinity church this morning, to last two days. This is the beginning1 of the Nation-wide Campaign and Centen nial Program which will continue through November 20, commemo rating the founding of the Domes tie and Foreign Missiosi?ry^?ociety a hundred years ago. Bishop Guer ry, Rev. A. S. Thomas,. Re v. C. G. Richardson, Miss M. P. Ford ar.i Rev. F. "A. Juhan were heard to day. Bishop Finlay is the speaker tor tonight. On the program for ?? Wednesday are Rev. T. P. Noe, Mrs. James (Conner, Rev. Wallace' Martin, Rev. W. E. McCord, Bishop K. G. Finlay, Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Rev. Walter Mitchell, D. D., Mrs. W. P. Cornell, Bishop W. A. Guerry, Rev. j. s. Liightbourne, "Mrs. T. H. Fisher, Rev. W. Hoke Ramsaur, Mrs. Ram saur and others. There wiU be a meeting of the executive council of the diocese Wednesday afternoon. Official is Arrested Charged With Criminally Libelling Governor Parker Baton Rouge. La., Oct. 3.?Huey P. Long,, member of the public ser vice commission from North Lou isiana, was arrested in Shreveport late today on a warrant issued by the district court of East Baton Rouge, charging him with crim inally libelling Governor John M. Parker. The warrants were based upon two affidavits Sied by the governor and constituted the executive's re ply to Long's alleged public asser tions that Governor Parker's ad ministration had been dominated and controlled by the Standard Oil Company. Long has been paroled to appear in court here tomorrow and ans wer the charges. The governor late today issued a statement in which he said, in part: "If these charges are true. I am unfit to be governor, and if, on the contrary, these attacks are wilfully and maliciously false, then such official should be dismissed from office and put in jail." The discussion between the state officials has formed the dominant topic at the current session of the legislature and has found its way into numerous committee hearings. Henry Ford Wins in Court Chicago. Oct. 4.?United States court of appeals has reversed the Indianapolis decision giving K. W. Ignition company a two million dollar verdict agunst the Ford Motor company for allege! illegal use of patented coils. ?? Wash'nerton. Oct. 4.?The White House has announced the selection of eight ministers, virtually com pleting the diplomatic roster. blished April, 1850. 881. uOTT?N MARKET GAMBLERS Government Esti mate of Cotton Crop Signal For Wild Speculation onj Exchange _______ i Washington, Oct. 3.?Further de cline in the condition of cotton dur ing September resulted in the re duction of 500,000 bales in the forecast of production, issued to day by the department of agricul ture, which places the total crop at 6,537,000 equivalent 500 pound bales. The condition of the crop Sep tember 25 was estimated to be 42.2 per cent, of normal, indicating a yield of 118 pounds per acre. The forecast of production, in equivalent 500 pound bales, and the condition of the crop on September 25, in percentage of normal by states, follows: Virginia: Forecast, 10,000, and condition, 53. North Carolina: 489,000 and 54. South Carolina: 644,000 and 40. Georgia: 722,000 and 33. Florida: 16,000 and 50. Alabama: 468,000 and 46. Mississippi: 646,000 and 48. Louisiana: 245,000 and 41. Texas: 1,863,000 and 38. Arkansas: 677,000 and 53. Tennessee: 217,000 and 62. Missouri:. 48,000 and 70. Oklahoma: 405,000 and 38. California: 6,8,000 and 73. Arizona: 45,000 and 81. All otner states: 7,000 an_ ?3. Forecast of Lower California's production placed at 31.000 j bales, included in California's total, j but excluded from United States' j total. Cotton ginned prior to Septem- I ber 25 amounted to 2,907,950 run- j ning bales, including 69,319 round? bales, counted as half bales, 2,376 i bales of American-Egyptian and I 229 bales of sea island, the census .bureau announced today, j To September 25 last year gin- j nings were 2,249,606 bales, includ- j ! ing 75,026 round bales, 3,365 bales , cf American-Egyptian and 37 bales ! of.-sea island. i_ Ginnings by states this year to September 25 follow: Alabama, 299,927; Arizona, 2, 970; Arkansas, 152,050; California, 1,182; Florida, 3,567; Georgia, $91,-, 756; Louisiana, 100.851; Mississip pi, 251,001; Missouri, 14.376; North Carolina, 141,757, Oklahoma, 139,- ' 4( 5; South Carolina, 215,290; Ten nessee, 42,130: Texas, 1,220,281; Virginia, 1,051, and other states, 54. New York, Oct. 3.?One of the most rapid and exciting move ments of the speculator sessions on the cotton exchange occurred today in connection with the publication of the government's crop reports. After an early rise of unusual pro portions, prices broke violently un til v. ithin ten minutes a reaction of 125 to 195 points had been record ed. Before the publication of the report there was a good deal of buying in the expectation that the figures would show a condition of 40 or under. When the actual fig ures of 42.2 were flashed on the brokers' wires and new tickers the market was overwhelmed with selling orders. December contracts which rose approximately 6.50 to 21.95, a new high mark for the season on the sharp early upturn, slumped to 20.0.0 and active months generally were marked down for net losses of 30 to 65 points. Almost as quickly as it came, the rush of liquidation subsided, and the market became steadier on the trade buying with recoveries in the later trading. In brokerage houses crowds of traders were lined up in front of the cotton boards. The government report, pointing to a crop of 6,537, ftOO bales, was only slightly above the average of the private reports recently issued, and the selling which followed publication of the figures was attributed chiefly to liquidation of speculative accounts. New Orleans, Oct. 3.?Gains of a quarter of a ce'nt a pound on contracts for delivery this year were retained by cotton in the New Orleans market at the close today after one of the most exciting days in the history of the local ex araye The outside public looked upon the government crop condition re port and the report of ginnings as bullish and a certain foreshadowing of a cotton famine before the year is out. The public buying supported the market and g ive it a good rally af ter it had dipped approximately two cents 2. pound immediately af ter the reading of the crop report which 'did not show as heavy deter ioration as had been expected. Spot cotton prices here were quoted unchanged with middling at 20.50. December contracts at the close brought 20 1-2 cents alter having risen to 21 7-S and having dipped to 19.95 cents. CALIFORNIA WOMEN DO JURY DUTY Redwood City, Calif.. Oct. 4.? Women predominate among the ju rors selected tentatively to try the murder charge against William A. HifThtov.-er. in connection with the death of Rev. Patrick Heslin, the Catholic priest of Colma. i "Be Just and Fear ! THE WORLD j SERIES _GAS Giants and Yankees! Both Confident of Winning and Both Teams Are Fighting Hard - New York, Oct. 6.?With on? j victory gained by the methods their ; opponents expected to use, the New j York Americans return to the fray confident that they can again win. The Giants, however, appear undiscouraged and are prepared to enter the stadium more de termined than ever. They expect j Frisch, the star of their club in the first game, to repeat. The weather early today was j clear and less chilly. No change in j the batting order is expected. The I probable batteries are Xehf or | Toney and Snyder for the Giants; j Hoyt or Shawkey and Schang for I the Yankees. Polo Grounds Crowded Again. New York, Oct. 6.?The second game cf the world's series between j the two local teams brought out a j j crowd today equally as large as j ? that which witnessed the first clash , yesterday between the Yankees and j I Giants. The batteries are: Giants, I j Nehf and Smith; Yankees, Hoyt I and Schang. Giants First to Score. New York, Oct. 6.?In the first; three innings neither team was able the fourth inning the Yangees put j one across the plate and at the end of the sixth still held the Giants! scoreless. i * ? Yankees Win Again.! New York. Oct. 6.?The Yankees | copped the second game of the se- j ries, 3 to 0. They scored twice in ; the eighth inning. How Te First Game Was Won. j New York, Oct 5 (By the Asso- ! ciated Press).?Carl Mays, with; one of his masterful exr'bitions of ; hook work, pitched the Yankees j to a well earned ? victory over the ! j Giants in the first game of. the 1921 j world's series at the Polo grounds j today. The blond American league J twirler of the underhand delivery; j held the National leaguers run less. ! i the final score being: New York ! Americans 3 New York Nationais' jo. ; j It was not without some fine \ \ fielding behind Mays, some pretty j work with the stick and clever running on the bases that the Yan- ! j kees were able to get the jump in \ \ the first all-New York series ever i ! played for world's baseball honors, j j Babe Ruth, king of long distance I clouters, although he didn't make j I any home runs, was in there with ! I a timely hit and some inspiring and heady coaching on the lines. Mike I McNally, the Yankees' third base- \ man, rated as one of their weakest hitters, contributed a double which j blossomed into a run and jumped . into a niche in the world series hall i of fame by tearing off a neat steal j of home in the fifth inning. The Yankee victory was won j against a determined Giant de- j fense, the sterling feature of which j was a well pitched game by Phil | Douglas, the Nationals' s pit ball' j etar. Douglas had the slugging J j Ruth at his mercy after the fourth j inning, striking the Babe out twice, amid roars of applause from j the Giant roosters. Douglas left the game in the ! eighth inning, when Earl Smith, ; pich hitter, went to bat for him j and filed out to .Ruth. Barnes pitched the ninth inning for the J Giants and was clouted for two hits, j In the field Ruth played well, j gejLting four of the five outfield put- j outs. In the third inning he gave ! his admirers a heart pang when he caught Douglas' high fly and let it bounce out of his hands. He man- j aged to recover the ball, however, j before it could fall to the ground j He was cheered every time he came , to the plate and every time he j j caught a fly. In the Giants' line-up Frank i , Frisch, their stellar third baseman.; ran true to his spectacular form, ! j getting four of the Nationals' five j hits, one of them a triple, and i handling brilliantly everything that came his way. As a whole, the Giants played \ a heady, consistentETAOIN.! that the usually steady Bancroft! was a little unsteady at times?al- | though in no instance to the detri ? ment of his team. Thrir inability j to hit Mays, however, was fatal to gether with the unexpected dash shown by the Yankees on the base paths, the latter literally on this! occasion beating the Giants at what j was supposed to b? their own game. | Undoubtedly from the stand-! point of the more than 30.000 spe< - ! tators in stands and bleachers, the j appearance or Babe Ruth at the plate was the big attraction of the; afternoon. As has been said, he went home runless for the day. his only hit being the first inning blow ?a swashing single to c, nt< r that sent Miller home with the first Yankee ran. Ruth on this oreas-j ion went out himself in a fast 1 double play. On his second trip to the plate in- received a base on balls. In the sixth and eighht innings lie struck out. ??Bob" Meusel. the Yankees heavy ! hitting right fielder, another focal] point of popular interest, did some-; thing toward living up to his rep- i utation as a long distacne clouter' <ot?Let all the ends Thou Ainis't a Sumter, S. C, Satur* Federal Judge Denies Motion by State to Dismiss Action of Railroads Against Tax Commission. Greensboro, X. C, Oct. 6.?Fed eral court judges have denied the state's motion asking that action of the Southern Railway, Atlantic Coast Line and Atlantic and Yad kin Valley railroads seeking to retrain the tax commissioner from collecting taxes under the present valuation, be quashed. i$? ^> D ebate en Peace Treaty Senator Sheppard of Texas Opposes Ratification of Hughes' Treaty Washington,, Oct. 5.?The peace treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary were brought before the senate again today and displaced the tax bill under the senate's agreement to seek a vote about Oc tober 14. Senator Sheppard a Democrat, of Texas, opening debate In oppo sition to ratification of the treaties, declared "the only honorable course for this nation is to ratify the treaty of Versailles and join the league of nations." The Texas sen ator delivered a prepared address which consumed the entire day. Much of it was devoted to the league, which, he said, had already j justified its existence. "I can not vote for an enact ment," said Senator Sheppard "in ] which once more asserting our iso lation from the league, we empha size our desertion of humanity." Washington. Oct. 5.?The peace treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary were before the senate all j of today, with a speech of six; hours by Senator Sheppard (Demo prat) of Texas, in opposition to^ ratification and an" address by Sen ator Moses of New Hampshire, a 1 Republican "irreconcilable," in fa vor of the treaties. Senat o? Sheppard discussed pro ceedings of the league of nations which, he declared, the United States should join and Senator Mo ses in favoring ratification declar ed tiie treaties were the "consum mation of the struggle ._ _. to maintain the independence of ? the United States." "It cu's us loose at once and I hope forever," said Senator Moses, "from that body of death known as the league of nations." The New Hampshire senator op posed American representation on the ailied reparation commission, although, he said, it was no secret that Secretary Hughes favored such representation. He added, howev- i er, that he did not share the fears expressed by Senator Borah of \ Idaho, another Republican "irre concilable" that the treaties would force the United States into the league. "I can see no reason why an ir reconcilable should withhold his as sent to its ratification," he said. Army Officers Op pose Disarmament They Hope For Everlasting Peace But Want Army and Navy ' Columbus, Oct. G.?The mainten ance of an efficient army and navy as against total disarmament is urged by Major General Lejeune, commander of the Marine corps and Robert Woodside. commander in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in' addressing the Red Cross convention. Hope oi everlasting peace was voiced by both. ?v ?>-*> More Reserve Officers Wanted Washington, Oct. 6.?A reduction in the training period of reserve of- j ficers in the army engineer corps to two months to increase the at tendance is announced. ?? Fire Prevention Day. Columbia, Oct. 5.?Governor Cooper today issued a proclamation setting aside next Monday, the 10th, as state "fire prevention day". Methods of fire prevention will be stressed in the schools and by various organizations. ; " : by finding Phil Douglas for a hit in the sixth inning which would have been a triple but for a slip on r!ie part of the Yankee member <?:' the Meusel family?a break vvhk-h if the game had been closer might have done his team an ex tremely :!1 turn. Bob's hit scored Roger Peckinpaugh from second !>ut unfortunately for the batter he failed to touch first in rounding the bag and wa-t declared out while standing on third. Some one in the Giant dugout had caught the omission on his part and the ball was called for and thrown to first, whereupon i'mpire Moriarty declared him out. ' jet tr it be thy Cou ntry's. Thy God's and day, October 8,192! sir AGAINST SALES TAX "No Use to Advance Novel Suggestions," Says Senator, Wants Further Revision Washington, Oct. 4.?Further revenue revision legislation ought to be enacted for the next taxable year or as soon thereafter as pos sible, Chairman Penrose, of the senate finance committee said today in a statement emphasizing that the pending measure was merely of a temporary and emergency char acter. Discussing the sales tax, Sena tor Penrose said there was "no use to advance novel or untried suggestions of taxation at a time when promptness of action of some kind is the slogan." House lead- I ers were even more pronounced in their declaration regarding such a tax, Chairman Fordney, of the ways and means committee, and Representative Mondell, of Wyo ming, the Republican leader, de claring that no such proposal could be put through the house. Mr. Mondell insisted that there had been no change in the house sentiment: that there should be a "lifting and not a shifting of taxes." Mr. Fordney took a similar view and it was indicated that house leaders would insist upon a tax revision program substantially in accord with that agreed at the ? White House conference last Aug ust. Senator Penrose said there were many sources of revenue and meth ods of taxation that ought to be considered by congress at an early date and that he intended to ad dress the senate on "'this particular subjejct." "Just as soon as the pending bill becomes a law," he added, "I hope to submit to the consideration of some tribunal, either a special tax j committee or the committees of the j house and senate a number of sug gestions that may be fruitful. "Meantime we have only one I thing to do; get the country out of the depths into which it has been , plunged and restore business and industrial activities and employ ment and correct Inconvenience as much as possible." Senate consideration of the tax ! bill was confined today t ?? a vigor- j ous assault on the measure by Sen- i ator Reed, of Missouri, a Demo cratic member of the finance com mittee. He denounced the bill as "an infamous" piece of legislation I and declared that the Republican I plan to relieve vhe wealthy cor porations and individuals of a large portion of their taxes was "a bootlicking performance." Several amendments to the tax bill designed to stimulate construe- j tion of homes were proposed today { by Senator Calder, of New York, j head of the special senate com mittee which some time ago made | an investigation of building condi- ; tions. One amendment would pro vide that profits from the sale of dwellings between January 1, 1922, and January 1, 1927, shall be ex empt from taxation if used in con structing other dwellings within j one year after the sale. Another j would provide that taxpayers shall be allowed an exemption up to $2,- j 000 on monies received as interest | on funds loaned for building or i purchasing dwellings. Signature Held To Be Forgery! New York, Oct. 4.?The widow J of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,, several relatives and a number of j business associates today declared that the signtaure "Col. Theodore Roosevelt." which appeared on a note for $69,000 held by Mrs. Em ma Richardson Burkett, of Hills Dale, Indianapolis was a forgery. They gave their testimonies at the opening of the trial in general sessions of Mrs. Burkett, who was arrested last July on a charge of forgery after she had presented a claim to the Roosevelt estate; was ! extradited to New York, locked up j in the tombs and later transferred to Bellevue Hospital for observa tion as to her sanity. All the witnesses agreed that the colonel never had prefixed his title to his name in any signature they had seen. Mrs. Roosevelt and others also denied that they ever had seen the colonel in the com pany of Charles J. Shunson, a for mer rough rider, during the Re publican convention in Chicago i:* 1!>12. when. Mrs. Burkett assert**, she received the note, bearing the J names of both men. in exchange for cash paid Sunson. -? ? o Charges Against Preacher ? _ i Asheville. Oct. 6?Tin- directors; of the Southern Baptist Assembly: at Ridgecrest. who are investigating ! charges against Dr. Livingston j Mays, the corresponding secretary, have adjourned to srive him time to 1 procure supplemental affidavits. In figuring the cost of returning J the body of an unknown American soldier for cerer.onial burial in Arlington National cemetery as a tribute to the unknown dead, the secretary of war gave an estimate' of $ 1 87,000. Truth's." FEDERAL TAXES WORRY THE | REPUBLICANS _ i Reported Conferences; Result in Probable! Radical Revision of Administration Tax Bill - Washington, Oct. 6.?A radical j revision of the tax bill is in pros- ? pect as the result of conferences among the senate republican fac-! tion. Negotiations are continuing | for the repeal on January first of ! transportation taxes, for an in- j crease of committee income sur tax maximum of thirty-two per cent for the repeal of the "nuisance" j taxes and the continuation of the corporation capital stock tax. # m m Michigan 1 Prison Burned State Reformatory at Ionia Wiped Out by Fire Iona. Mich., Oct. 5.?Michigan national guardsmen and members j of the state constabulary this even- j ing were patrolling the outer wall j of the Michigan state reforma tory here, where fire today destroy- j e dall cell blocks, the administra- j tion offices, the chapel and war den's office. .'During the fire that caused a loss roughly estimated at $500,000, at least three prisoners es caped from the institution. The fire still was burning tonight among the twisted iron work of the cell block and the heap of charred bricks that marked the site of the office and other buildings. Only the factory buildings of the reforma tory escaped the blaze, being saved j by the direction of the wind. The fire started at 11 o'clock! this morning from a smoldering. lamp in hands of an inmate, who I was repairing the roof of the ad-1 I ministra*ion building. It swept I through that part of the reforma | tory practically unhindered duo to ! an inadequate water supply. I Gov. Alex Grosbeck, Roy C. Van i dercook, head of the" state depart [ ment of public safety, and War [ den Thomas C. Burns were in con- | ! sultation here tonight to map out I I plants for rebuilding the burned j ; structures and for caring for the J ) inmates. The 680 inmates of the reforma-I tory were to sleep in the factory I building tonight. Fearing a possible outbreak J among the inmates, state troops ; late today placed machine guns at j every corner of the prison wall and ' other troops, each armed with a! rifle patrolled the mile long wall, j The escapes today were made i when a group of inmates were tak en from inside the wall to help fight the flames. As the roof of the administration fell, amid a shower of sparks over the fire fighters four of the inmates made a dash ! for freedom. Three of the number made their way to safety. Posses tonight were searching the countryside for the three men who escaped. It is believed a larg er number might have gained their freedom. i state officers are investigating re I ports that an automobile loaded 1 j with men wearing the prison gray! j swept out of the city while the fire I was at its height. Early reports that one inmate j burned to death in the fire were discounted. Reformatory officials were making a check of the in- j mates tonight. Only One Con- j vict Escaped Check Up of Prisoners Made After the Fire Ionia, Mich.. Oct. 6.?A check: of the six hundred and eighty ccn- j I victs revealed that only one es- : i caped during the half million dol- | lar fire yesterday which destroyed i I the state reformatory except the ; j dining room, kitchen and furniture \ J factory. The inmates are clear- J ing away the debris. ? ? ? Greenville Textile Show Several Thousand Cotton Men in Attendance Greenville. Oct. 6.?The textile products show opened with sever al thousand cotton manufacturers, j agents and commission merchants | from all parts of the world attend- i ing. R. P. Sparks, of Ottawa, pres- \ ident of the Canadian association of garment manufacturers; J. D. j Hammett. of Anderson, president of the Sputh Carolina Cotton Manu- j facturers' Association, and Govern- j or Cooper were among the speak-j t-rs today. Emperor of Japan 111 _________ Reports Indicate That Mind, j as Weil as Body Affected Tokio. Oct. 6.?The emperor's! condition is t--aid to be most unsatis factory. A member of the imperial: household explained thil* his phy sical and mental condition is ag- I gravatcd by illness. THE TRUE SOU1] IMPORTANT CASES BEFORE SePEEMECOURT Fall Term of State Su pre ne Court Will Hear Number of Unusual Appeals Columbia, Oct. 4.?Tuesday of next week the South Carolina Su preme Court starts its fall term, and a number important cases will be heard. The court will be in session far into November. One of the unusual legal situa tions to face the court will be that embracing the two Sandel cases, one being appealed by the state, the defense, and the other appealed by the plaintiff. J. O'Neal Sandel, of Calhoun county, sued the state in two eases, for $50,000 each, for the death of hi? two daughters, which he alleged was due to the use of -yphoid serum furnished by the statte board of health. In one case Sa.-.del won a verdict of 525, 250. I i the other the state won. Eoth are on appeal. Another interesting case on ap peal is that of Carlos Corbett, Or angebu *g county man who was charge- with murder. Corbett was acquitted of the charge of murder ing Bryan Salley, for which he was tried in September 1920. He now alleges, that on the ground of form er jeopardy, he cannot be tried for the murder of Julian Cooper and Hugh Fanning, both of whom he killed at "the same time he killed Bryan Salley. in March, 1920. Cor bett alleges that the three men were killed in one and the same act, all constituting ae offense, and that he cannot be charged with three separate murders. The case will be heard by an en banc session of the court next Monday, the next j before the regular term starts. All of the circuit judges will sit with the supreme couix on this case. Still another interesting case on appeal is that of the state against the Palmetto National Bank, of Columbia,- involving the charge by the bank against the state of the amount of two checks, on which the bank failed to realize because of the liquidation of a bank at Greenwood. Still another appeal to be heard by the court is th*..t of Edmund D. Bigh .n, now in' tue djath house of the penitentiary charged with hav ing murdered his jrother, and also charged with the murder of his mother, his sister and his sister's two adopted children. The appeal of J. E. Harris, Co lumbia dentist, from the decision of the ;3wer; court, ?vhich sustained the .-"ate board of dental examin ers in their action in disbarring Dr. Harr.s, will be heard at the fall term of the court. It is probable tL?tt the appeals of S. J- Kirby and J jse Gappins, two of the trio found guilty of the mur der of William Brazell, Columbia taxi driver, will also come before the court at this term. Resignation Requested Atlanta. Oct. 3.?Hooper Alexan der, for the last eight years United States Attorney for the Northern district of Georgia, announced to day he would forward his resigna tion to Attorney General Daugh erty at once. At the same time Mr. Alexander let it be known that he had received from the attorney general a telegram requesting his resignation. He said he would con^ ply with. Mr. Daugherty's re quest without delay, instead of waiting until the expiration of his commission on January 1, 1022. Replacing Democrats. Washington, Oct. 3.?The request for the resignation of Hooper Alex ander. United States attorney for the northern district of Georgia, followed '"the policy announced by j the administration of replacing the I Democrats after eight years of ten ure." it was said at Attorney Gen eral Daugherty's office tonight. It was explained that the first Demo cratic appointees began to take of fice eight years ago last summer and that the attorney general was said to regard the term as practi cally through although in the case of Mr. Alexander, the commission has several months more to run. ? ? ? Finger Print Expert Hunting Clues! Colonial Beach. Va.. Oct. 5.?Wil-j iiam A. Toler. a finger-print expert ; sent by Governor Davis, is working tc aid the county authorities to de termine responsibility for the mur der of Mrs. Rogers Eastlake. Doald Fast lake, a brother of the accused husband, who is held with Miss Sarah Knox. cn the charge of murder, is here from Philadelphia, and is striving to clear him, after asserting his belief in his brother's innocence. ?e? ? An October Wedding:. Laurens. Oer. X. ? Invitations ha\re been issued by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dunklin to the marriage of their sister. Miss Virginia Aiken Gray, to Carroll Green DesChamps of Sumter. the wedding to take place next Saturday, October S. at the Dunklin home on west Main street. A reception will follow im mediately after the ceremony. -? The biggest piece of money in I the world is your last dollar. rHROX, Established Junr 1866. VOL. LIIL NO. 16 MINERS'UNION CRfflCKK Committee Report Calling on Officials to "Put Their House in Order Adopted Indianapolis. Oct. 3?Although refusing to jondemn the American Legion because of alleged strike breaking activities of some of its members, the convention of the United Mine Workers of America today adopted a resolution commit tee report calling on legion officials to "put their house in order." The action came after several delegates had appealed vehemently for the convention to go on record in un qualified condemnation of the le-. gion. The committee report was among those made on more than 100 res olutions sent to the convention consideration by local v.r..-: - throughout the country and whic? had been before the committee for consideration sim. the opening of the convention. Most of the res olutions went into the discard a::d" debate was permitted on only a few, with most of the comment be ing exacted by the legion reso lution. Aside from the work on resolu tions, the convention voted ovcr whelmirgly not to change the un ion's present system of appointing organizers. Supporters of an elec tion plan complained that the ap pointive system permitted officers to build up a political machine, but no evidence to support this charge was found by a committee appointed at the 1919 convention... which held election of organizers^ was impracticable. Among the resolutions a'.^pted ?.-ere those favoring iir.media-..; na tionalization of ccal mines and rail roads, the repeal of the espionage laws and amnesty for all ' political prisoners" and self-determination for Ireland. The convention sidestepped tak ing a stand on prohibition when the issue was brought up, * resolu tions favoring light wines a.:<!i beer. No action was taken on the_^ reso lutions, the committee advising such a course with a statement that the prohibition question "is purely a social Question" on which each citizen has his own views. 1 Resolutions, regarded by dele gates as manifesting radical ten dencies, were rejected outright. The idea of "one big union" of workers, \ the affiliation of the mine workers with the International Council ??_! Trade and Industrial Unions to de velop working class solidarity, and the calling of a convention :ty . American trade unions to form one organization having as its objejet the abolition of capital and the es tablishment of a workers' industrial republic in the United States were lost overvvhelmingly without dis cussion. The committee report dealing with the American Legion citec tl'.e legion"s constitution as proc: thai the World War veterans' organ ization "shall be a force of lav/ and " oAier," adding that acts of individ ual members had justly brougL, condemnation on the legion, and that the "tyranny practiced by le gion members thiough force is di rect violation of the federal con stitution as well as their order." "We, therefore, call upon the proper officials of the American Legion." said the report, "to put their household in order by adopt ing some proper and effective pun ishment for its members who vio late the constitution and weaken the force of the legion and tend to bring it into disgrace. The Ameri can Legion is organized for a good purpose, but has been used for bad practice and being an infant organ ization, we feel it unwise at this time to condemn or eulogize the American Legion as an organization until they can have the opportunity to put their house in order.' John Wilkinson, Muskogee, Ok la., president of the miners? union in that district, in urging i/orabie action on the report declar ed that the .miners could not put the legion "out of business"' by condemning it and he added: "If you want to see them put their house i*. order, get in there and help them put it right." This statement came after some dele gates, who said they were ex-sec vice men, had declared that they would not join the legion because they knew of its members acting against strikers.' The resolution favoring imme diate nationalization of the mines asked that legislation be presented In congress for the government ac quiring title to the coal lands-of the country and that in the oper ation of the mines the miners have equal representation in deciding working policies. The Cost of Idleness Washington, Oct. 4.?The loss in earnings throughout the country during the last fiscal year, due to idleness of workeis is estimated at over six and a half billion dollars by economic . xperts of the unem ployment conference, as based on normal pay ievt Is. Waco. Texas. Oct. 4.?A civil in vestigation c: the clash a Lorena of participants m a Ku K:ux Klan parade and Sheriff Bob Buchanan, is understood to be held in abey ance pending the outcome of the sheriffs wounds. i