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RADIO FOR TRINITY CHURCH Columbia Church Plans Instal lation of Wireless For Ben efit of Members -Columbia, March 7. ? Trinity Episcopal church of Columbia, is considering the installation of a wireless . telephone broadcasting station, with which the sermons of its rector. By. Henry D. Phillips, would be sent to Aged and -invalid members of the -congregation and other shut-ins . of ihe city who would be interested; in receiving .them. A radia expert 4s in Colum bia and is figuring with the cfi .cers of this-ehtucefcr In regard to the matter, though the-matter is as yet in .the .embryo-itage. If this plan bf 'carried into execution, Trinity will be the first church in the souths to adopt the radio method of l eaching its\shut-in members with the Gospel; message. GENOA , , FOR APRIL 10 -Paris, March .6.?April W has been^definiteiy set upon as-the date for- the opening of the Genoa eco nomic conference. Italy, from, whom a .request for delay had been expected owing -to the extended cabinet crisis last month, inform ed the foreign office today, that she would be ready on that date. . The French government wiH have five representatives at the open ing of the. conference, one of whom is quite likely to be Pre mier * Poincare himself, but for a few days only." . The ItalFan note announcing readiness to proceed' on April 10 caused mild surprise at the French foreign omce; as it had been unoffi olaBy'-said that Italy would not be willing to enter the conference dur ing Holy Week, regardless of wnethcr s-he - Was reads', but the news is greeted with satisfaction, as it is realized that the problems \o be discussed are momentous and imperative.. It was officially stated that shoxrM a request for delay come- froTnuany quarter, Franee would.' acquiesce after "Great Brit ain-had agreed, but would not en dorse-such request previous to its acceptance by Great Britain. - : ? ? . Wiison, N\. C, March 8?Local hospitals, where nearly a score of persons injured were taken yester day, following the storm, report that all, w^ould recover. Frank Efetts, wife and six children are the most seriously injured. The prop erty ^damage, including destruction ?f ten homes and many barns may reach seventy five thousand dol lars. i tag human race wlil not be lost 'or won until it is over. m 0 m ' : Some business: men -think it is .called a period of readjustment l>ecattse-a-perrod--means a full stop. TOBACCO MARKETING ASSOCIATION | Certified Figures Showing I Amount of Tobacco Pledged | to Association j. Florence, March 7.?A public ae- j countant has just finished the audit j I of the books of the South Carolina ! branch of the Tri-State Tobacco ( Growers' Cooperative Association, i His report shows some interesting I figures as to the sign . up in this! state. ? : , Georgetown leads the state with j j the largest percentage of signed J I tobacco?she having signed-74 per] Cent of her tobacco to the associa- j tion. The Second district shows the banner county for total number of pounds sighed. Williamsburg county having signed 7,022,105 pounds. Florence county in the First district is running a close second with 6,S94,9CS pounds ?signed-1 Williamstturg .county also leads \ as to the number of actual j signers with 1,561 names. Flor-} ence county shows 1,102. The six thousand signers in this state show the following~ total amount' of, pounds by counties: . First District. Florence?6,894,908 pounds. Dilfion??.054;052 pounds. Marion?2,232.690 pounds. Horry?2.181,650 pounds. Georgetown?VI;395, TW pounds. . Marlboro-^7 7,100 .pounds. Second District, r "Wi'hamsburg?7,022,159 pounds. .Darlington?5;032,S00 . pounds. Clarendon?1,955,450 pounds. Sumter?495,15t) pounds. . Lee?199,400. ? Dorchester?19 7.100. i Berkeley?188,440 pounds. Bamberg?103.500 pounds. Chesterfield?97,300 pounds. Edgefield?46,647 pounds. Orangehu rg?2 6,400 pounds. Allendale?17.000 pounds. Lexington?15s 700 pounds. Saluda?12,000 pounds. Aiken?4,000 pounds. Richland?3,500 pourds. Total?31,275,146 pounds. RELIEF WORK AT GRANITE VILLE! i Augusta, March 8.?The mill au thorities are working to relieve the ^homeless and- those injured in yes terday's storm swept area at War r^nvillo and Stapleton in the Horse ;Jreek valley. Approximate ly two hundred are without shel ter. Funeral preparations for the five victims at Graniteville are be ing made and seven of the injured j are .in the hospital at Aiken. All I are expected to recover, except | 'Harry Munday. The others injur ed are: Mrs. Josie ^Tardy, Rufus .Boyd, Owen Wood, Joe Green, Mrs. Henry Wood, Franke Clark. ^ m + The reckless are not wr^ckiess: the wreckless are not reckless. MULE RESIST ED OFFICER Deputy Sheriff of Orangeburg Kicked When He Attempt ed to Make Levy Orange burg, March (>.?.1. W. Gillam, deputy sheriff, and weil known local "man of this city, was painfully kicked by a mule today about 1 o'clock, at a small negro settlement called New Brooklyn. It seems that Mr.. Gillam went there to serve some papers and secure the mule, over which a mortgage existed. When he arrived, a ne gro woman, who was at homo, raised a lot, of fuss, and when Mr. Gillam went into the lot or yard, the mule kicked Mr. Gillam and would have' probably killed him. but he had presence of mind to roll under the water trough. Mr. Gillam was brought to the city at once and given treatment. TO USE HOT TAR ON HIGHWAYMEN Town Organized into Vigi lance Committees Camdcn. X. J., March G.?Tar ring and feathering-will he punish ment for highway robbery at Wood lynne, near here. . in the future, Mayor Win. D. Kramer announced tonight. Many residents of the community recently have been held up and robbed of small sums. "We have obtained a big tank for melting tar." said the mayor, "and a bountiful supply of feath ers. The next man caught in a hold-up will be tarred and feath ered and carried through the streets as an example to the com munity. .. "In taking this step the citizens of Woodlynne believe they can break up the practice within a short time." The town' has been organized into vigilance committees who hold themselves in readiness to respond to calls for help, Mayor Kramer added. CRAVEN HALL BURNED Columbia, March 7.?Insurance adjusters are today checking up the loss entailed by the lire of last Saturday morning which destroy ed Craven Hail, Columbia's com munity center. The building was ruined by the flames. Craven Hall is a dance hall, and recreation, center, located in the very center of a city block,- with entrance on Washington street. It has been the scene of many social and the atrical affairs, among which was the first Columbia automobile show. The directors of the cor poration owning the building will meet in a few days to determine what is to be done, whether the building will be rebuilt and on what plans. Hat and Fro A clever combination of frilly fro models. The frock is. an exceedingly and tiie new tight bodice. The hat, ii thickly clustered with colorful fruits PORTRAIT OF GOV. COOPER! _? I Laurens Lodge to Make Pres-i ent to Grand Lodge j Columbia, March 7.?A handsome j oil portrait of Governor Cooper will j be presented to the grand lodge of Masons, meeting in Charleston this week, from the Masonic lodge at j Laurens, cf which Governor Coop- j er is a member. The portrait is j now at the governor's office, having j been sent to Columbia for the governor to see before it is sent on j to Charleston, to be delivered to j the state Masonic body the last of I the week. The portrait is done by i a Baltimore studio. -. \ Governor Cooper will attend the Grand Lodge meeting in Charles- | ton, leaving Columbia, according to j his present plans. Wednesday night, j He will attend the Thursday ses- j sions of the order. ! ck Match IK J ck and hat are found in three Claire girlhrt thing with a very full skirt kc most of the new summer hats, is ->, flowers and foliage. NEGRO DIES FROM WOUNDS Salley Wiley, a negro woman, is in the county jail here, being held for trial during the next term of court for the murder of Alonzo Thompson, a negro man living near ! Remberts. It seems that there; were no eye witnesses to the j shooting which occurred on Feb- i ruary 27th. but there was a strong j chain of evidence presented against; tne negro woman, SalHe Wiley, at the coroner's inquest which was hel din LSumter county on Monday; night. Thompson did not die in-1 stantly as the result of his wounds j but lingered until the sixth day of; this month. .Salley Wiley was ar- j rested in Camden and turned over to the Suinter county officials. .Grass widows of Denver object t<>; being called that in the Direc tory. Nothing green about a gross widow. DISTRIBUTION OF CABLES _ Plans Presented to Number I of Ambassadors Washington, March 6.?Plans for the distribution of all cables taken over from Germany under the pro : visions of the treaty of Versailles were presented today to the am i bassadors of Great Britain. France. Italy and Japan by Acting Secre tary Fletcherff of the state . depart ment, as chairman of the interna ; tional conference on communica ; tions which is considering the final j allocation of former German lines. I The proposal was not made pub [ he but will be transmitted by ; members of the conference to their ! respective governments for review. Settlement of the former Gorman \ cable lines in the Pacific was uf fected by v distribution of those ; lines among the United States, i Japan and The Netherlands at the j time of the conference on limita ' tion of armaments, but that allo cation was made contingent upon division of the three former Ger ; man cable lines in the Atlantic. Italy reserving the right to ac knowledge distribution of the Pa cific cables until her claims in the Atlantic lines had been met. It was understood that the Ital | ian government insisted upon re ! ceiving one-fifth of all the former ! German cables, either in kind or in i monetary value, cash settlement to be applied toward the construction I of a cable line from Genoa to the Azores. Interest of the United , States and Japan was largely met I by the allocation to them in the ; Pacific, while Great Britain has j been operating one of the former German cables between Pcnzance, England and Halifax. The French I government has control of the re maining two German cables in the j Atlantic, one running from Brest to Xew York and the other from Brest to Pernambuco, Brazil. R. R. COMMISSION BILL NOW SIGNED Columbia. March 7.?Governor Cooper today signed the act en j larging the railroad commission j to seven members instead of three and combining it with the public utilities commission. The bill puts ; the members of the commission on j a per diem basis instead of salary basis. Senator Maler of Darling ton was the author. The act to ; ; enlarge the board of trustees of the University from seven to twenty : seven members is on the govern or's desk. He will most probably j veto it sending his veto to the'j I house tonight. If he does not I veto it today it becomes law with- I |out his signature. Whether the! ; measure will pass over the veto or j [not is a matter of considerable' doubt. ? m ? Age thinks it has acquired will power when it has merely lost its appetite. BANKERS TO SUPPORT MAR KETING PLAN i _ Rock Hill Institutions Advise Farmers of Soundness in Principle : Rock Hill. March l>.?That the (Cooperative Marketing association j ; is a good thing for the cotton growers of the state is the belief! I of the three Rock Hill banks and ; ; in taking this position they are ; j backed up by other banking in stitutions in the county. The fol- : j lowing open letter to the cotton ! j growers of the county was issued I i today by the National Union bank. I Citizens* Bank and Trust company j j and Peoples' National bank: ? "We have thought it well to pub-. licly answer numerous inquiries] ? reaching us with regard to the cot j ton marketing association now in 1 ! process of organization in this i ! county and state. "We believe that cooperative i j marketing is sound in principle, no | I longer experimental, but on the contrary, entirely practical. It is i j now being successfully operated in! j many states in the union. Assum I ing that the management is honest ] and capable, such an association i ; would, we . believe, prove of im- j I mense advantage to coton growers j ?generally, whose present marketing! j methods are admittedly bad. The 1 I warehouse receipts of the cotton j marketing" association in other j stares are accepted by bankers | generally as security for loans. "No cotton grower of York coun- i ! ty need fear that he would weaken | ! his financial standing with the lo- I leal banks by joining the proposed: I cooperative marketing association. ; I The plan of the association, provid i ing for an orderly marketing of the j ! cotton crop during the current cot j ton year, appeals to us as wise, and j would undoubtedly tend to stabil ! ity of price. We wish to express our cordial sympathy with this and jalPother movements of our farmer! : friends to advance the agricultural j interests of York county and South j i Carolina, and pledge the fullest co-: ! operation consistent with sound I ! banking." j ? iTELEPHONE RATES TO BE RED?CEDl ; Columbia. March 7.?By a vote j of 24 to 13 the senate today pass led the bill of Representative F? >- I I ter, of Sparranburg, to make t e | phone rates the same as they w *e j the first of last year, prior to t e i increase. The senate also pa' ed the bill providing a sliding sc . of I taxation on foreign corpor iti me. Both measures have passet the house. C.T9tit Is the handicap of -?' ort armed man telling fish talc . When the times are out >f >int, the time-servers are out i jck. i CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION Annual Meeting to Be Held in Greenville, April 7-9 Columbia, March 7.?Plans ,for the State Christian Endeavor Con vention, to be held in Greenville, April 7. s. !?. announced here to day by officers of the State En deavor organization, indicate that this will be one of the largest re- ' ligious gatherings o? young people ever held in the state, and :he "pro gram which is being prepared in dicates that it will be one of the m<?st remarkable conventions held in the state this year. Dr. Daniel A. Poling, of New York City, associate president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, the National Endeavor organization, is to be one of the speakers for the convention. Mt. Poling is considered the greatest orator for his ag? on the American t platform. He is one of the out standing religious leaders of the country. Dr. J. P. McCallie. of Chatta nooga, Tenn., head of a big boys school, is also to be one of the speakers for the program. He has spoken in many parts of America and is considered one of the most useful educational and religions I leaders of the South. Dr. B. F. Kirkpatrick. of Ander ; son. who was until recently a pas ; tor in Atlanta and who is yet pres ident of the Georgia Christian En deavor Union, is also to he one of ; the speakers. He will have charge of the devotional periods of the convention: Dr. Stanley R. B. Grubbs, of Co lumbia, pastor of the First Chris tian church, who came to the state recently from Georgia, is listed among the speakers. Dr. Donald W. Richardson, of China, is to deliver one of the mis sionary addresses of the conven- . tion. and Mrs. Darby Fulton, of Ja pan, now on a- furlough in Ameri ca, visiting her parents in Spar tanburg, will also deliver an ad dress. Chas. F. Evans, of Chatta nooga, general, secretary, and S. Wilkes Dendj-, et Seneca, field sec retary of the Christian Endeavor organization, are also among the prominent speakers. A strong committee of Greenville people is in charge of plans for the convention. W. P. Conyers, promi nent business man, who is also chairman of the state board of par dons, is chairman of the conven tion committee. Registrations are already reaching the committee j and the prospects are there .will bo [seven hundred young people reg istered for the convention, includ ing the Greenville Endeavors. A [banquet, several luncheons, a ride 1 over the city of Greenville, and [numerous other social affairs will i feature the convention. st to VALUABLE PRIZES TO THE THREE COUNTY SCHOOL TO THIS PAPER. 1st. $125.00 Model $25.00 In Cash L 15th IN THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CASH SUBSCMPTIONS Phonograph 3rd. $15.00 In Cash Besides the Prizes for the Schools we are allowing the hoys and girls who get subscriptions an extra cash commission for themselves. GIVE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO SOME SCHOOL BOY OR GIRL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE THIS CONTEST IS ON AND HELP THEM WIN ONE OF THE PRIZES. The yearly subscription rate of the Watchman and Southron has been reduced from $2.00 to $1.50 during the contest Take advantage of this reduced rate while H is on. Every school will be interested in getting this beautiful $125.00 Model Pathe Phonograph. Finished in Mahogany, with universal tone arm and perfect tone control. Will play any record except Edison. The Pathe, the phonograph with the sapphire needle which is guaranteed to play a thousand times without chang ing. Size of machine is 18 inches wide, 191 L? inches deep, 411 [> inches high. Can be seen at Mclnvaill & Zeagler Furniture Co., Sumter, S. C. Closing Date of Contest, April 15th. All Subscriptions must be in before this date to count. U WEST LIBERTY ST. COMMERCIAL PRINT! ERS SUMTER, S. C.