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TABLE We Are Prepared to Furnish Any Analysis, Vegetables, Cotton and All All Formulas gotten up by Man of More Than Twenty Why not let him prepare yours? crops. Years Experience. Bishopvi?e News Notes Two Little, Children Badly V Burned.'. vNew Pastor For v. Presbyterian Church . lii&opyjlte,. Jan. IS.?I visited your beautiful town- . yesterday, when 1 saw where wonderful changes, and improvements have taken place.' If i had lit down on Main ?treer, I could not have told where I was. Hope "you may con tinue to grow and improve-.. 1 saw very few of the former citizens, and felt like a stranger In a strange place." We had a fire in town last week, in which two negro children were , badly burned, and'one of them has j died. The fire only burnt the j clothes, and lading, but scarcely injured ih* house. Rev. W; M. Mclver, of Atlanta, j who was called to be pastor of the j iTesbyrerian church, as accepted the. call, and will soon move to j Bishopville, and begin his work. 1 j trust God will make him a blessing; to our town. The Methodist, . congregation i raised enough money last Monday | to repair-: oar - church, which was i badly injur.d from defective cov A party -of?sportsmen left here to enjoy a hunt in Berkeley county. They will be gone most of the week. I hear of very little fertilizers j sold, or offered for sale around | here, and I don't think there will . l>e much used this year. The farm ers and merchants seem ve'ry rmich ? -pressed. The future prospects look very gloomy. A successful farmer told me a few days ? ago, that he would be better offer it he had sold his stock, and had done r-othing for the past two years. ^M^r. and Mrs. H. P. Scott paid tj^ a visit last week, and were glad ly welcomed by their many friends. Times are very dull, and news very scarce. Tt is difficult to | ^vrite a news ietter.' ,-" ? ? ^ope's^ndition Causing Concern Attending. Physicians Fear Complication on Account of j Age of Patient _________ Rome. Jan. 18.?The condition *f Pope Benedict, says the Stefany Xews bureau, basing its informa tion on a reliable source, is causing some concern; the f^ver during the day having reached 103. The ironchial catarrh is very diffuse ^tnd on account of^he pope's age. *7 years, the atendmg physicians Xear complications. Notwithstanding the pressure of rbose aivmt mm that he remain in ._*?_.. tlie. i>oj>*- roUny wrrr. about his apartments for smo time. Vatican circles ace windering if it will he possible for him to receive the king ef the Belgians a: the end of Jan uary. The pope's nephew paid him ^ brief visit. ? According to the Vatican the | pope was stricken with an attack j of grippe, which, however, up to ' now. had shown no grave symp toms. For sever-i) days he suffer- I *-d from a cough, hut did not wish to keep to bed and continued his various occupations. This morn ing upon the insistence of Cardi nal Gasparri. the papal secretary of slate, Ute pope, who was then '.suffering from a s*Hght fever, con 'sented to keep to bed. The attend ing physicians after their visit this evening reported that the popes condition was unchanged. POPE BENEDICT HAS INFLUENZA Rome. Jan. 19.?The condition! of Pope Benedict, w ho is suffering j from grip, reported unchanged to day. ^ __ _i ? Ten Years For Augusta Banditsj Men Who Held Up Sibly Mills! Paymaster Sentenced Augusta. Ca.. .Ian. 1f>.?Sam ' Rumley and Jack Harrington, who i held up.the .Sibley Mills paymas- j ter. obtaining over seven thousand j dollars, was today sentenced to ten years each in the penitentiary. i Justice Elect Marion Not Yet Sworn In _ He Has Not Decided When He Will Resign as Senator and Assume Place on Supreme Bench Columbia, Jan. 10.?Senator .7. JJ. Marion, .of Chester stated to day that" he has not as yet decided just wh^n b" will resign as mem ber of the upper branch of the leg islature, but that he will reach a decision in a day or two. It is not known when the new associate jus tice, to which, office he was elected last week, will be sworn in, though it is likely that this ceremony will take place at an' early date. lieutenant Governor Wilson G. Harvey stated tonight that he weald call the election in Chester for a new Senator as soon as Sen ator :Mar?bn resigns. * Senator Marion was last week elected to the associate justiceship, to succeed the late Justice George W. Gage, whose term would have expired^ August 1, this year. The legislature will this week elect a justice to succeed Justice Marion after the expiration of the uncom pleted term Judge Marion will of j course be elected again. Friends of the new Justice i Senator Marion, point with interest to the fact that he is from the j same town as was the hue justice | whom he succeeds. Judge Gage, i Justice Marion is a deep student, lie reads a great deal. He is a man of strong personal character and reputation. He is the teacher of a large Bible class in the Associ ate; Reformed Presbyterian church of Chester. * Short Sessions ? , A For Both Houses Columbia, Jab. 17.?The two branches of the legislature were in session for short sessions Tuesday with mostly routine matters dispos ed of. The House did the unusual thing when it voted to enforce its rule No. 77, which prohibits visitors from coming on the main fioor of the House with special permission. The tightening up of . the rule against visitors came when The House voted strongly against al- ! lowing members to smoke in the : hall of the House. There is such a rule, but it has not beer, enforced in a long time. After a heated debate Tuesday, the vote was in favor of ontoreinp: the rule strictly. | Then Representative Nance moved that rule 77 be enforced, a vote by . roll call resulted in favor of the rule. Farmer On Reserve Board Washington. Jan. 17.?The first ; step to bring about farmer rcpre- ; sentation on the federal reserve board was taken by the senate late i today in the passage of the Kcllogg Smitb compromise bill increasing the board's appointive membership from live to six and providing that the agricultural interests shall have a spokesman among them. By the bill, which constitutes an amendment to ihr federal reserve' act, the limited designation of the! present law is wiped out and in stead of the specific provision for the naming of two bankers to the board, the* statute, if agreed to by the house, will direct the president in making appointments to the board to have "due regard to a fair representation of the financial agricultural, industrial and com mercial interests and geographie.il divisions of the country." The measure also provides ib:it here after no federal reserve hank may enter into a contract for hanking homes if their cost in to exceed [$250,000 unless the consent of con gress is jir.Ni given; I The \ <>;?? by which the bill pass ed was i;:: to :?. Seven of these who opposed the proposition were 1 Republicans and two were Demo crats. They were: Pomerene, Ohio, and Williams. Mississippi, I Democrats; and Brandegee. Con [necticut: Calder. New York; Edge. New Jersey; Keyes. New Hamp shire; McLean, Connecticut; Mo ses. New Hampshire, ami Wads won h. New York. Republicans. Paris. Jan. if*.?Mrs. Thomas Ryan, a widely known American violinist, as Miss Audrey Creighton, died in an American hospital at Neuilly, where she has been suffer ing from swallowing poison tablets. Will Hays Qoes . Into the Movies Postmaster General Has De cided to Accept Position as Head of Moving Picture Combination Xew York, Jan. is. -Will H. Hays will become directing; bead of : the now National Association of i Motion Picture" Producers and | Distributors immediately after March 4, it was ?nriouneed tonight at a dinner at which the postmas- I ter general was the guest of a j group of motion picture officials. Mr. Hays' formal resignation from President Hoarding's- cabinet will ; be presented soon, it was said.. Mr. Hays announced that he had signed a contract which makes: him executive head of the organi zaiion. His salary,, reported as! tentatively ' fixed at $150*000 a year,, was not announced. "The purposes of* this associa- ; Lion will be to attain and maintain i the highest possible standard of motion picture production and to; develop to the highest degree the more and educational value of the j industry," Mr. Hays said. "I believe in the earnestness and integrity of- their determination to carry out these purposes and am convinced of the possibilities of] very large plans and successful i consummation. My service will be gin immediately after .March 4. next." ; A statement issued by the pro- | ducers expressed confidence in Mr. Hays' ability, "to direct the in- i dustry to its predestined place of importance in the civilization of to day and tomorrow." t j "The public will find we will : follow the leadershipvof Mr. Hays with that faithfulness and enthusi- | asm which he has never failed to j inspire," it added. "We are both proud and happy j in our- association with Mr. Hays. ; and we look forward to the future \ with perfect confidence." The producers whose names ap peared on the" formal announce- ; ment as the committee in charge of the forming of the association ' were Adolph Ztfkor. William Fox, > .Marcus Lowe. J*ewis J. Selznick, j K. C. Cole, Samuel Goldwyn and ! carl Laemmle. -?- i Law as t(y Cotton Stalks Introduced! Representative Barnwell, of; Charleston Introduces Bill to Require Destruction of Stalks Columbia. .Ian. 19.?Representa-j live Barnwell. of Charleston. is j imro?ttcing ;i Kill in the House of] Representatives aimed at eradica- J tion or limitation of the depred?- | tions Of the boll weevil. The meas- j ure would require the early de- j struction of cotton stalks. j The hill provides ^ that cotton j planters shall destroy the stalks I between October 1 and October 15th of each year, and would re quire the sheriffs and rural po licemen of tlie various counties to enforce irs requirements. Dr. Barnwell states that In* is' introducing this as a state-wide [ measure, hut he will invite any j county delegations opposing it to, Offer amendments exempting their counties from its provisions. Dr. Parnwell says-several county deli-- 1 gat ions have stated they want tins' bill to pass. Criminal Reform ed by Operation Effort Being Made to Obtain j Pardon For Chicago Murderer Chicago, .Ian. 1!?.?Tlie effort to obtain the release of Benjamin; Bucker, a life-termer I'm- murder, who has been changed from a had man to a model prisonei by an I operation on tin- brain, is being i made. Moscow, .hin. i ?.? lather Pre mier Lenine or foreign Minister! Chitcherin will head the Russian Soviet "delegation to the Genoa"] economic conference ii r oliicially j annuuiiced. Bill to Force Cot ton Mills to Run Representative Toole Intro duces Bill to Prevent Shut ' Down * Columbia, an. IS'.?The -seriate ? Tuesday afternoon refused to pass a bill repealing the law which re quries two years of study in a law office, without a law diploma. t<> entitle a man to practice in the stat?-. The bill was introduced by Senator Wight mam ' Representative Toole of Aiken has introduced in tin- house a bill to authorize the state bank exam iner to examine the books of any cotton mill that shuts down for longer than 20 days, and if it' is found thai the shut down is not justifiable, to report to the govern- ; or. who will have authority to or der the mill to resume operations j within ten days. ? ? ? Cotton Crop Report 1 . -, Cotton Ginned Prior to Janu ary 1 in South Carolina? Crops of 1921-and 1920 Washington. Jan. 17.?The de partment Oi commerce, through the bureau of the census, an nounces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties, in South , Carolina, for the crops of 1921 arc.l j 1920. The total for the state was' made public at L0#a. in.. Tuesday. | January in. (Quantities are in "run-: ning bates, counting round as half j hales. Linters are not included): i County 1021 1920 j Abbeville I7.u:',7 31,080 Aiken. t&SSS 4i\3S7 j Allendale . . - - 4.425 L3.291 ; Anderson .. C-,'S54 77.216j Hamberg. 4.on.", 20,457 j Harnwell- 7.905 28.199 Berkeley ... 1.?S3 7.S69 j Calhoun. ^5.331 37.050 j Cherokee- .. .. 14.900 1 k.7-J 1 ? Chester_.. 2?;.:383 :{4,0?>i j Chesterfiead .. 24,420 32,792 1 Clarendon.. __ . 8.138 4<;.17<;j ('olleton _ _. 2,035 0,680 I Darlington... l'L'.70<i 43.154 j Dillon 34.560 37.030 Dorchester -- 1,582 9.550 Edgefield. . . _ 7..">2s 1 25.011] Fairfield 10,143 20.945; Florence _-. *- 21,041 4li.S:i4 | Georgetown. 47'? 4.<ii?7 ; Greenville. _L 42,945 43.X4S | Greenwood.,! 14.051 3S.398 Hampton . _? -. 3.038 6^960 ! Ilorry ... . ..... 3,941 9.078 | Kershaw.. _ 12.64? :?s. i xl* j Lancaster. _ HU'.u; 22,724 Laurens.*_. 35.683 f.s.7;?2; Lee .. ._ 10.451 ' 45.5511 Lexington. u.. 9.184 31,550 McC?rinick 4.38 l L"?.7<;t; j .Marion . . _. 1 1.90 1 1 9.5tfS I M:irll>i>ro __ _ ."at.-in; i;::.::::x j Xewberry .. ... ll^.o:!7 43.S4ri Oconee. 2X.74? So.Stfl Orangeburg 18,425 90,7551 Pick ens. . . _\ 22,314 18; 120 \ Biehland S.390 35.247! Saluda .._ '.t.lsx 29.451 ! Sparcahburg 7<>.7i;f> 77.x is i Sumter L'nion . . . I T:*4'.* Willkunsburg 7.17:' 3l,3<i2 Vork . 41.092 ' 40.075 All other . 1,4 17 i'.?'77 The Stale 27u.C?i ! 1.45 1.644 Would Help Settle Troubles j of Republics Washington. Jan. 18?Harry K. ? VValmer. of .Ww Tork. told the senate committee that while in the air-service in France. In- was trans ferred to another station and while i in Pari-;, was a rivalled as :i lost and found persom and despite transfer orders was pin hi :? room so crowded that he covild not even i slt*?'p "" 1 he Hour. Soldiers Killed With Axe Handies I hinkirk. X. V.. Jan. :i % < Seorge Walter- said today thai: In- would testify before the semitir commit tee, saying that two then were hammered to death wit Ig axe han dles by sergeants at Cainip Merrill "Hands across the sea" js :i beau tit ill id< a I. hui proctcia |jy ?: de ponds a good deal on u'.ha! each nation hands a c i*o s s.--Winona KShnn.) Republican Jieraid. | Anderson Bank Closes Doors Withdrawals by Depositors Cause Suspension?Run Continued Two Days Anderson, Jan. iii.?The People's bank closet*) its doors this morning : afte^r ;t run of two clays, it was ru- j rnored^thai the bank had some trouble the latter pan of last week. The people who had deposits got ? frightened. Tin- urn on Monday i was strong, and on Tuesday it amounted n? such n sum that the1 officials decided that the wisest i plan was to close the doors to day. Depbrits in this bank, according to a recent statement, are more; than $1*100.000.. The capital ami surplus are $300,000 with loans, ami discounts aggregating near] $2.o00.ooo. Application had been! approved from ihe war finance?j corporation for $175.000, which would have been here by the last of this week and would have tided tin- bank over the financial de pression, and probably would have resulted in the bank- continuing. Since the death of the president. Lee G. Holleman, in the summer,) this hank has been in a crippled.] condition, but the directors ami depositors thought that by a strong pull together ir would soon be in a firm place again. This hank was organized in l sun. and .Joseph. .1. Fretwcll was J tin- lirsi president. -Mr. Fretwellj resigned and Lee c. Holleman was' elected president. When Mr. Holle-j man took his own life last summer the bank was reorganized with E. i i\ Van diver as president: 11. H. i Wat kins, vice president: J. F?lmer Watson. vice president: T. S. | Banister. cashier: Donald E. Brown, assistant cashier* and F. L.! Tucker, assistant cashier.- I At ihe time the hank was or-! ganized the capital was $ieO,000. Since that time the capital stock' was increased to $200.000, and its I surplus showed $100.000 in its last statement. This has been one of' the most popular banks of*this city. I Closing of the Peoples' hank has] not atfeetetl other banks of the j city. Deposits have shown an in crease. The other three hanks are! in gOOd condition and the books j show that there has been only a few deposits withdrawn during the' day. It is said that a man who drew; $4.700 out of the Peoples', bank' on Tuesday was akse?d w hat he was : going to do with it. He answered.! "I'm going to lake it home, put it j in a fruit jar and bury it." There is already talk of reorgan-! izhig the bank, and it is thought! that this will be done at any early1 .late. -? - Senate Wrangles Over Billy Sunday; - i Columbia. .Jan. KS.- The state I senate Tuesday afternoon killed1 the resolution adopted by the house Of representatives Monday night,] to-go to Spart a ii burg to hear the! Rev. Billy Sunday. A resolution was adopted. however, to invite Mr. Sunday to conic to Columbia and speak before the legislature. Senator l^aney. of chesterfield i made y long speech against the j house resolution. taking the po sition that the legislature slum Id no! be running over Ihe stale at this time. There was a long de bate in the s< nate over the meas ure, but the vote .-it the end turned down the Spartanburg invitation. Wholesale Prices Unchanged in Dec. Washington. Jan. !:'. -The gen- j cral levej of wholesale prices re-! mained stationary throughout Xo \ em bei and I ><?< ember, t he labor , Hepartiiieiu announced today. !>??-! cenib?-|- wholesale prices were pel" rent low er i ha n a > i a r ago. Traction Strike in Richmond Richmond. .Ian. 1.x. Mayor .\m sb-e has offered a plan to st*t tic ttie traction sink'- controversy. It i reported that >"\vservice i--- imfti t< rnipted ni Petersburg and the sit -' nation is ?uiiet in Norfolk. The : strike leafier in Portsmouth said the men are ready for a six months j battle. * i i Cotton Market- j ing Campaign Leading South Carolina Cot ton Farmers Are Signing Co-operative Marketing Contract ? Columbia. Jan. IS.?Tlie cam paign for signatures to the cotton j co-operative marketing contract is now in full swing all over South . Carolina and splendid headway is being mad.- towards the goal of : JoO.OOfi hales, according to Harry | G. Ka miner, president of the South .Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative Association. , Absolutely no opposition to the plan has developed, according to Mr; Kam in er. who says that tin-, people of the state seem agreed that it is the solution of the mar keting problem. Everywhere the people seem to he enthusiastic over] its possibilities, he says, and it now seems to he merely a question of getting the men in each county 10 make the canvass for signatures. The plan has been endorsed by the agricultural committee and; executive committee of/the South Carolina Bankers' Association, the ; various district group councils, the : State Pair Society..the House of Representatives, the South Carolina Division of the American 'Cotton Association. main chambers of commerce and other organizations.! In every instance the endorsement has been by a unanimous vote. Large and small farmers are' signing the contract, according to; President Kaminer and lie declares: that the plan will he just as profi table proportionately to the one' as to the Other. Darlington county continues. to ! had the state in the number of ! hales signed hut several other: counties are crawling close to its figure, said Mr. Kaminer. 11. D. , Dargan. county director for Dar-j lington county, insists, however, j that his county will lead the state in tin- number of hales signed. The contract has been signed by men like Bright Williamson of Darlington. J. P. Guess of Allen dale. P. L. Bethen of Dillion. Jno. 1 W. McKay of Dillon county. J. S. j Stark, of Abbeville, J. H. Claffeyj of Orangeburg', W. O. Tat urn of I cope, D. A. Geei\,oC Belton, 11. P. Oaldwell of Chester, R. .1. Black-i well of .Marion. L. I. Guion of Lu-j go ft", \V. T. Gregory of Lancaster.' .1. \V. Gastoh of Sparfanburg. .Inc.; J. MeSwairi of Greenyille, P. W. Ewbanks of Travelers Rest. Sena tor F. C. Robinson of MeCormick.! Alfred Scarborough of Eastpver, Harry G. Dales of E.ustover. K. \V. Dahhs of Mayesville. Clarence .).; Jackson of i [oratio, jL. D. Jennings j of Sumter. .1. C. Talbert of Mc-j Cormick, VV. D. Morrah of Troy. <;.? A. Lemmon of Sumter, L. P. Wind-, ham <>i" Timmonssville. I1 >. Diu--1 gan of Darlington. Julius S. Mc-' inness of Darlington, c. E. Uyrd of Darlington, .1. N. Kirven of Dar lington, Jas. t L. Mcintosh of Dovcsville. J. J. Gentry of Ban-: drum. Isaac Andrews of Spartan-; burg. R. V. hanford Hobbyville. I >. | Buist Anderson of Moot,-, W. 11. Smith of I .a u.a. R. S. Rogers. Dil-j Ion. T. 14. Manning of Dillon. \V. W. Evans of Minturn. .1. Skotfowe Wannamaker of St. Matthews, Jno. E. Wannamaker of St. Matthews, Dr. A. R. Johnston of St. George.' Jos. I,. K'l-iti of dewberry, E. 11. Smith of John.".ton and hundreds' of others. Practically no refusals are being met With; it was said by Mr. Ka mmer. Some <>f the growers wish.' of course, to study tin- plan care-.' fully l>t:r practically all of them I seem willing to sign after they ha\e I bought th'- matter over. Meetings are being held in al most every eount> in the state at which the plans and purposse of! tin- organization are being explain ed and reports fron, every count \ tell of enthusiasm for the plan, according to Mr. Kammer who feels Mire that South Carolina will sell its crop cooperatively as will at has! ten other stales of the beil. j LOWER FREIGHT ON COAL ADVOCATED! Washington, Jan. 1 Freight 1 rat< reduction on coal was advo cated I.??fore the inter-state com mission hearing by Vice President Mo; low . of the National Coal As sociation, saying that it is the chief element of high priced coal, i Tobacco Prices Kept Up, Charge Three Companies Are Named by Federal Trade Com mission ? Washington, .Ian. IS.?Charges; that the American Tobacco Com-j parry. !'. Lof illard' Company, and.' to ;i lesser extent, the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., have engaged in conspiracies with numerous sec- j lional atld local jobbers' associa- | lions to keen up the price of to bacco products in the United States through price agreements and in timidations*' were made in a re port sent to the senate today by; tin- Federal Trade Commission. ? I The commission alleges this sit-v uation existed since April of last j year though "during the same pe- j ! iod the relation between supply: of leaf tobacco and the demand j for it has resulted in such low ; prices tt> growers that tobacco j farmers raising the more import ant types. hurley ? and bright southern, have formed marketing; associations to sell their tobacco | crops cooperatively." Asserting that these three com-i panics were successors "of the old tobacco combination which was; dissolved under an anti-trust der | cree in 19/1T. the commission's re port continued: * "There was one important suc cessor, company, namely. It. .J. Rey nolds Tobacco Company, which re fused to lend support to these con spiracies hut actively opposed them. In spite of strong pressure exerted by jobbers and jobbers' associa tions, the Reynolds Company, stood staunchly against the practices of certain of its competitors design ed to induce or force jobbers to en ter and maintain price agreements and in this respect is deserving of commendation." Judge Marion Takes Ooath of Office New Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sworn in To-day. Columbia Jan. 19.?Judge-elect J. FT. Marion, of Chester, elected last week to fill an une.xpired term as associate justice of the supreme court and elected Wednesday to succeed himself for the full ten year term, beginning the last part of this year, today resigned as State Senator from Chester and was shortly after was sworn in as Judge Townsend administered the oath: Muscle Shoals To Be Discussed Florence. Ala.. Jan. 19.?Repre sentatives of the American Farm j Bureau Federation from the cott?n \ mowing states and the grain belt j of the Mississippi valley are arriv ing here for the meeting of the southern group of the farm bureau tomorrow. The .development of j Muscle Shoals as it affects agri cultural atnl marketing conditions j will be discussed. -? ?>, New lTse For Warship _ i Washington. Jan. 19. ? "Please j rush a warship with lumber and I carpenters" is the text of a m<-s-j si:;.- received by the state depart ment from Joseph Johnson, min ister to Liberia, saying that dur ing a cabinet meeting the minister ot foreign affairs fell through the Moor into the basement of the J American legation. The minister j was told to have the repairs done: ... I bv natives. -, ? Chicago. Jan. 19. ?A cold wave is he:id.-d eastward from the Itocky Mountains, reaching th<' far south, accompanied by snow and ; sleet. Hamilton. < >nt.. Jan. IS.?Mat-j .low Kit Hock, a neuro, whose dep ortation to Xbrlina, North Caro-| Una. is sought on a charge of in- j citing to t int. will appear before the j tiilnU;?li:in immigration inspectors bxla) for examination conceming j his alleged illegal entrance into Canada. Funds have been con tributed !>\ the United States and j Canadian negroes to rignt the cave. ' Spartanburg vs. Southern Railway Legislature Asked to Pass Law Requiring the Eiirm> . nation of Crossing in Heart of City .:_ ? V. -! Columbia. Jan. lf?.?Of statewide intcrest because of its similarity to conditions existing in other cities of the state is the fight being wag ed Ity the city of Spartanburg for the elimination of the Southern Railway crossing in the heart of its business district, the East Main street crossing, concerning which* there is on the calendar of the state senate a bill, intended to re quire the Southern to eliminate "his crossing. A public hearing on^ the bill by the senate railroad com-* mit tee was held in the senate chamber Wednesday afternoon, at tended* by citizens of Spartanburg and by officials of the railroad. L A. Phifer of Spartanburg, and Representative Foster, and Senator Rogers of the Spartanburg dele gation, spoke in favor of the bill, and Viet President Pegram, of the Southern Railway, and Frank Q. ? Tompkins, of Columbia, counsel for the road, spoke against it. . The arguments in favor cf the bill were manly that the city need-^ cd relief from a condition that had* existed for years; that the crossing is dangerous and that it is a men ace to the cuy's development. The railroad representatives urged that this is no time to put money into improvements that will not help 'the general public^ that if the mon ey necessary to eliminate this cross ing is to be spent it' should go to. something that will reduce rates. land thereby benefit the general' public. . It was pointed out by Mr. ."V-^ gram that to do this Work would' cost $?00,000 or move, over and above the cost of rights of way. j Three ways would be possible, he said, for the elimination of the i crossing: to build a track around tlie city, from East Spartanburg, ?to the main line east of the city: to tunnel under the city or to cm" the Columbia division away from the Southern's main line, having a separate terminal for this branch. The tunneling would be. more ex-? pensive than the new track around the eify? it was stated. Mr. Pegram stated that the Southern has already spent about three-quarters of a million in de veloping its terminals in Spartan burg. lie slated that the South ern is barely making its exi>enses and a law to enforce the elimina tion of i he Spartanburg crossing would be a heavy burden at this* time. The committee took the bill un der auvisemenf Wednesday, to re-t port it back to the senate Thun>? day moriSfOgr. FRATERNITY BILL IS KILLED* Columbia. Jan. 19.?With the galleries filled wtih University stu-i dents*, interested in the outcome of :he debate on the fraternity biil. the house of representatives today 1 y a large majority viva-voe vote killed the effort made by Repre sentative Ellerbe to make possible Greek letter fraternities at the Uni-. versily. The bill died after a warm speech delivered by Representative Sapp. of Columbia, who plead with the young men for hard work and# study rather than the rivalries ot fraternity competit ion. PHILADELPHIA FRUIT DEALER MURDERED Philadelphia, jan. rj). _ j0h*n* Vallini. a fruit dealer, was shot and killed by an unidentified man wbtje visiting Miss Margaret Hast ings, a cabaret performer. ! Washington. Jan. 1:?.?Members of the Children of the Confeder acy placed a wreath on the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. in com memoration of his birthday. ? Washington. Jan. 19.?The Far Eastern committee of the Washing ton eotu'e ence adopted two reso lutions dealing with the Chinese* Railways and began a comparation of the status existing between com mitments in China, the last item o, Chinese agenda.