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peter bitzer*s de^? ends str?nge feud Had Spite Against Govern ment arid ^?jjenly Violated Louisville, Ky., March 24.?A strange ~feiid with the government that had, lasted many years was ended' here recently by the death of Peter Bitzer. the chief factor in * thisSttique' drama of life. Bitzer j was arrested on an average of every j 152nd day of his lite of 71 years.! He " openly violated the law to . avenge a fancied ". wrong by the United States government almost half a century .,ago. and not for the profit tjhexe. jvas in it, accord ing to his friends^ It is said that, on the contraryy' Bitzer persisted in his illegal acts although they ? were slowly depleting his small fortune, and thai while arrested ne?ry ITS times'5for violating the prohibition lawV-he was always a total abstainer. ' t When, a young* contractor just starting out irt-life, he was secur - ity for another contractor on a piece of government work in the Louisville harbor; A flood on the Ohio river swept", away the work, so the story goes; and Bitzer was held to his borfoLv This was said . to-have i uined. mm financially. Le gal battles ovex.tfao case for many years ? ended orij?* in disappoint ment for Peter--and he is said nev-j er to have become reconciled to the justk?e .:-ef^ih*-government's ac tion. ; {j, . B4rzer*s> first .-effort to retaliate came, when .he.attempted to evade the tax on oleomargerine. For this <*ffense he-served year in pris oit . When . national prohibition came "into "b|ini, jfeltzer repeatedly "violated the|aM it is alleged. He was arrested*more than 175 times, frequently convicted, but generally escaping with a fine. He, howev er,"; served S?^fcYaf ^hbrt prison sen tences, but always in cells which he had fltted^^fS modern con veniences. ' His meals weraTfero?ght into the prison to him Despite the many conflicts he had withthe police,.. Bitzer is said to have never/ J>ecome angered at them. The last "time his property was raided, several months ago, and a large stock of whiskey '?e&ed; Peter is <$BOted as having called : "come back again, boys," as the officer'departed. Following his ^litigation'with the; government^ he is!said to have pre-j ferred cash trb'nsactions always and seldom, issued ' a; check, al though his business was voluminous at times. ' ?i lost airplane :m found) Only Oaa* Survivor of ?rew. Picked ?o by;Bescue Party Miami; Fla.,. 5l?rch 24.?A wire-i less message received here today j from the steamship. William Greene i said that it had ? rescued Robert Moore, lone survivor of the com mercial flying Vqaty Miss Miami, lost since Wednesday noon when it left here for Bimini. The message gave no ? details of the rescue, or the trouble which 'Overtook the ill i^ted plane. It is presumed by airmen who have tak en part Ha the two day search ihat engme trouble forced the Miss Mi-, ami down shortly alter a'ne left here. Apparently it drifted 100 'miles or more to .the north in the guff stream .before sighted by the William Greene, with Moore alone managing to cling to what was left of"it. "*.' . ??? Xews of .the tragedy tonight halted preparations for one of the greatest air, and* water searches ever 1 conducted t 09 the Atlantic coast. All day yesterday and to day planes and w>eed boats had plied the surrounding waters with out finding a' trace of the craft. -The Miami' Herald received the following wireless at 11:45. to night: -?Pilot Moore has not fully re covered from his experience. He is gaining strength slowly and will be able to give details tomorrow. ' "(Signed) W,.!A. Wachsmueh. "Captain Steamship William Greene." : West Palm Beach, Fla., March 24.?According to the government radio operator at Jupiter the mas ter of the William Greene who re ports that he picked up Pilot Moore of the missng seaplane. Miss Mia mi, this afternoon told him to night that Moore was so weak from .exposure that he could not relate experience. ? T&e captain said he picked up Moore-at latitude 27.37 north and longitude 70.33 " west, at 6.3u o'clock tonight. According to the master of the William Greene this position is abourit 15 or 20 mile;, northeast of Jupiter. The captain "said he expected that launches would be sent out frofti Miami to meet his ship and take off Moore- The ship is bound for Tampico, the captain reported. irish hold conference in london London, March'^5.?Michael Col lins is reported to be preparing to leave* Dublin for'^ London in re sponse to the ' imperial govern ment's invitation ! to a discussion of the situation growing out of the grave events in Ireland. It is pre sumed that Sir James Craifi-, the LTlstt;r premier, will also attend. The happy medium in industrial J adjustment is one that can make the ghost wal'<. j ? V ? The still small yok-r seldom gets a hearing if there's a profit clam oring to be taken.. BIG HAUL IS MADE BY FEDERAL JURY Former Prohibition Director Charged With .'Conspiracy to Defraud Government Philadelphia, March . 24.?Wil liam C. McConnell, former federal prohibition director for Pennsyl vania, and forty-six others, includ ing several associates of McConnell while he was prohibition director, were indie*zd late today by a fed eral grand jury for conspiracy to -defraud the -United States govern ment in the farudulent issuance of permits to withdraw liquor from bond. The indictments were returned after a grand jury investigation of the alleged release of 700,000 gal lons of whiskey and alcohol to bootleggers during the sevenyt-two days regime of McGonnel as head of-prohibition law enforcement staff in Pennsylvania.' Samuel B. Wolfe: former chief of the Pittsburgh prohibition officers under McConnell, and Jacob Slon aker, chief group head of enforce ments agents in Philadelphia under Leo A. Crossman, McConnelFs pre-! decessor, also was indicted. Others named in true bills re turned by the grand jury included Albert F. Slater, McConnell's for mer secretary; Hiram W. Benner, head of he permit division of the prohibition office in Philadelphia; Samuel Singer, recently sentenced to six months imprisonment by Judge Bodine in New Jersey for violation of the Volstead Act, and two-score of alleged bootleggers and truckmen charged with having been accomplices in the alleged consipracy. NO HOPE m .STRIKE CRISIS Government Said to Have Exhausted Resources Washington, March 24.?There is no likelihood that a suspension i of Operations in both the bitumin ous and anhtracite coal fields on April 1 can be prevented, it was said today at the White House, rhe government was declared to have "exhausted its resources in the way of suggesting a confer ence" between operators and min ers that might forestall the strike. Though the situation will be scrutinized, as it develops, the gov ernment has no plan for taking ac tion before April 1, it was added, md what would be done after April 1 will be determined by the effects of the strike itself. From an administration view point, it was added by a high offi cial who discussed the matter fol lowing its consideration at today's cabinet sessionf<it is considered fair to say that while the bituminous coal mine operators have been the principal obstacle to the assembling of a conference between the minen and their employes which might have adjusted the strike in ad vance, the similar proposals look ing to a conference which might alleviate the difficulties were re sisted by the miners last October, and later when xne government again advanced them. This, how ever, the administration does not consider as constituting a good ex cuse for the bituminous operators, particularly those in the central competitive field, refusing to enter upon negotiations now. At the same time, 1 the govern ment is disposed to recognize ac cording to the official viewpoint explained today, that there is a very difficult economic problem to be worked out in the coal industry. There is a developed coal mine ca pacity far in excess of the coun try's needs, it was pointed out, es pecially since high prices, high wages and high freight rates have practically wiped out the export trade in coal. The operators in the central competitive field are faced with the necessity of maintaining their properties in production against increasingly severe compe tition. This condition in the in dustry makes it imperative that far reaching adjustments in wages be made. In consequence the govern ment is not understood to be con templating interference until the gravity of the situation makes it imperative. x Labor department officials who had conducted negotiations in an attempt to avert the strike, while disappointed that no conference has been attained in the bituminous field, were inclined to believe that even a round table discussion would not under existing circumstances, prevent the strike on April 1. Anti-Blue Law League to Meet St. Louis, Mo., March 24.?Many prominent members of the Anti Bine Law League have been in-1 vited to attend the national con-| ference of the league: here June 23 j to 27), according to F. C. Daily, executive secretary of the organiza- J tion. The members include Luther Burbank. Hudson Maxim. Formen Governor Fenimore Chatterton of] Wyoming. Hex Beach and Booth J Tarkington. novelist. James Mont- j gomery Flagg, ariist, Madame Amelita Galli-Curci, prima donna. United States Senators E. S. Brous ard of Louisiana and A. O- Stanley of Kentuckcy, and Congressman j Hodenburg of Illinois. Secretary Dailey said this meet- 1 ing was to be the first national gathering of the forces opposed to Sunday blue laws, although sever al sectional conferences have been i been held. Delegates are expected to at tend the convention from all j>;i::s of the country. The league has membership in every state of tie country and 'vas organized two years ago. 4 FORD CUTS WORKING TIME Forty Hour Week Adopted as [ Permanent Policy in All Ford Plants ? Detroit March 24.?Adoption of the 4 0 hour week as a permanent policy in all plants of the Ford ! Motor company was announced tonight by Edsall H. Ford, presi dent of the company. Under the new *plan the factories will be clos ed on Saturday and Sunday atul about 3.000 men will be added to the force. The change will affect (approximately 50,000 employees who will continue to receive the minimum $6 a day. Xew employees, however, will receive a minimum of $5 daily, the j pre-war scale. In making the an j nouncement, Mr. Ford said he had ?reached the conclusion That the 4?) hour week was practica;, that the [additional da; of rest would prove a benefit to the workers and that the production sch< d iles Of the Ford could he so atvanged as to maintain the present output on the curtailed working wee.c. Mr. Ford sntd he believed a greater demand for motor ve hicles, particularly commercial, was an indication of improvement in business generally. To Celebrate Old Boundary Treaty Chicago. 111., March 24.?Point ing out that Canada and the Unit ed States agreed to restriction of armament on the Great Lakes in April. 181$, the Kiwanis Club In ternational has designated the week of April 2-S for the observance of Canadian and United States Days by the 697 Kiwanis Clubs. Cana da has offered to send as many speakers as desired by clubs in the United States, and a similar list of United States speakers will be maintained for Canadian clubs. Secretary Hughes' is expected to address a Kiwanis gathering in Washington, and numerous college presidents, jurists and others will contribute to programs, officers say. Each club will hold its ob servance on the day of its regu lar meeting during the week designated. Kiwanians say the purpose of these arrangements is to further friendliness between the two Eng lish speaking peoples of North America, and to disseminate infor mation which will give the United States more knowledge about Cna ada, and vice versa. They add that the recent conference ^for limita tion of armaments gives signifi cane to the Rush-Bagot agree ment of Monroe's administration, which the observances will com memorate, and which "accom plished a practical disarmament" on the Great Lakes. FLOOD STILL RISING Memphis. March 24.?The Mis issippi river at Memphis passed the 40-foot mark late today and is ris ing at a rate of almost a foot a day. Backwater has begun to creep into the saw mills and other man ufacturing plants In the extreme southern part of the city, and a number of these plants may be compelled to close down until the crest of the flood has passed. Re ports from all points north of Memphis say the levees are hold ing. Water is reported over some of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad tracks at Lakeview, Miss., south of the city and traffic is be ing handled over other tracks. Work will be suspended in a num ber of saw mills in Mississippi and Arkansas after tomorrow :until the flood subsides, as back water is already interfering with opera tions. Weak Mind Not Source of Crime Chicago. 111.. Maren 22?The im portance of feeblemindedness as a source of crime has been overrated, according to the committee on ori gin of crime of the Chicago Crime Commission. Intelligence tests si milar to those used in the army are declared by the committee to indi cate that the level of intelligence among first offenders is not greatly different from that which prevailed : among drafted men during (he I World War. Holding that "crime is a reflec tion of character" rather than of mentality the committee renews re i commendations that as a preventive duos for boys and t,rirls, supervised by leaders "who are most capable of understanding youth," be dis tributed in regions where they are needed. The committee also finds that Offenders who have been imprisoned four or more times compose "one third of the total prison popula tion." It recommends an act "whereby one who has been four or more times convicted and sen tenced, for any misdemeanor even, may be committed for from one to three years." and the commit ment of mental defectiveness among such repeaters to appro priate institutions. Japanese Co?ege Receives Donation Tokio. Februarry 23? (By mail) A special course of study to l" known as the Hepburn course is to be established at the Tokio Im perdal University for the benefit <?f students aspiring f..? study consti tutional development and diplo macy. Tin- new course will i><' under direction of Prof. Vasaka Takagi, who is expected to return from the United States in the near future. It is founded on donations mad?? by th ? late Arn?ri<-an banker, A. B. Hepburn, who visited Ja pan recently. Tor the girl with bobbed hair," said the designer as she put this Edaire hat down on the close-cropped head of the model. Bobbed hair is making the head sizes of hats smaller and bringing the ornaments to ? tower position* ~ " ~^?' ~ MRS. CLARK HOWELL DIES BURGLARS RAID CHURCH Wife of Editor of Atlanta j Night Watchman and Alleged Constitution Passes Awav ! Robber Wounded in Phila at Home Atlanta, March 23.?Mrs. Clark HowelL wife of the editor and gen eral manager of the Atlanta Con stitution, die dat her home here to night of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. ..Irs. Ho well was the daughter of the late Hugh M. Comer of Savan nah and a niece of former Go v. B. B. Comer of Alabama. Be sides her husband and mother she is survived by four sons and four sisters and brothers. Uncle Joe's record in Congress roads like he is Uncle Sam's broth er. Adam had one advantage. The first robin didn't fool him into tak ing 'em off. delphia Philadelphia. March 2."?A post office employee, a night watchman and an alleged robber were wound ed in a pitched battle with three men after they Were surprised try ing to force an entrance to the rec tory of St. Prances De Sales Cath olic church; The robbers took re fuge in a garage und shooting be ga h. . Several of last year's June grooms are nearly out of debt. One reason why birds are plen tiful is because three are no stunt flyers among them. m ? ? Man about town: The common or garden variety of loafer, with benefit, of spending money. ASTERS UP-TO-DATE The development of ch? aster has evolved two fairly distinct typ s. the comet type and the late bran ching type. The comet is of Eu ropean origin. It is the Huffy out curved type. The late branching type is incurved. Botn have devel oped into wonderful giant sizes ri valing the chrysanthemums. The feathery more graceful com et type is favorite with some grow ers and the sturdier and more du rable late branching type, an Amer ican development, is the choice of other growers. Both should be grown for succession. The comet type includes the ^i ant astermums. the giant crego. the giant comet, the mikado and the ostrich plume type. The late branching type includes the name class, the king class, the new American beauty class, latest of all and a most valuable addition to the aster family, and others. Besides these two distinct types there is the early Queen of the Market class, earliest of all, and the j older Victoria type, a flat and more J formal flower, suggestive of the j chrysanthemums of the pompon j class in form. The Crown asters, j having white centers belong in the Victoria class as do the Daybreak j varieties. However, the comet and late branching kinds are displacing j the older Victoria type in popular favor. The single Marguerite asters, a| single form of the comet class, j unusually graceful and decorative, j are rapidly gaining in favor. These daisylike flowers do not suggest the | aster at first sight. They are like-j ly to become more popular as they ? are better known, a daisylike flower always being valued for bouquets, i RADISHES OF QUALITY The radish is practically a uni-jare <;uite worthless. Cool and! versal vegetable. It is now in die! fairly moist conditions make the; crisp, solid, toothsome radishes thai everyone relishes in the early! days <>l" spring. of 'he white radishes, Icicle has market the year around und rareiy is there a garden planted without ;it least a short row or small patch broadcasted to these pungenl appe- attained greal popularity and is a. tizers of the garden. There isn't aifine radish. Ii is excellent in the great difference in the various summer when other tvpes are not | kinds of radish offered for sale by I at their best. in case of doubt,, tin- seedsman and almost any ofjFreneh Breakfast in the olive (hem will he Successful. The main [shade, scarlet globe in the round,) difference is in the type of root. ami some of tie- 20-day specialties! Stick a pencil blindly on almost can !<<? recommended. Any of the j any of them and order the one j long scarlet types give much the spiked and you will have good rad-jsame result, the improvement in the] ishes ii the garden conditions are j newer varieties being in regulari suitable for growing good radishes ty and aniforraity of growth. " :,'l- I Radish soil must be rieh and j In the Sont ii tlie radish can be I fine and deeply worked. It is best grown oni doors almost all winter:to have tie- manure dug in during except in lie- colder sections, I the t:-l! or if this has not boon done' plantings being made every tenjil should he well rotted and well] Jays or two weeks for succession.! incorporated with the soil in the j In the North ii is the first vege- I spring. Radishes will grow almost table to into the ground in the anywhere if the smi is rieh and in spring, in fact, it should he planted almost any son of -op except clay, is soon as the soil can be worked. j <Tay soil needs to be lightened is it i:: quite hardy and won't be {with ashes oi sand and copious j frurt by a little frost. [dressings of man tin spaded into It is ;i cool weather plant and jil if radishes are to do their best must be grown steadily and quick-Jin ii. Ha dishes ma> be sown ' ly. Hot weather or a dry spell, broadens?! provided the seed is not ;ither giving a cheek in growth. | scattered too thickly or in rows j result in hollow, pithy roots, which;a* close together a* six inches. .' CONSTITUTION OF PALESTINE Arabs and Jews Contend For Advantage Jerusalem. Fob. jr>?Publication of the newly proposed constitution for Palestine which was completed after long discussion between rep resentatives of the Britisii govern ment and of Arab and Jews of this country caused wide-spread rejoic ing and a good deal of dissent. It is evident that the extremeists on all ides of the controversy here are not astisfied but on the other! hand there is an apparent majority who regard the new draft as a eom promise which should satisfy the aspirations of all concerned. These ! generally express the hope that the new constitution will be speedily adopted and confirmed by the League of Nations. On the other hand the dissentists Arabs and Jews alike, have or ganized themselves to obtain the modification of some of the terms in the draft. The natives want the granting* of nationality to be made contingent upon a residence of five years instead of almost no I residence as proposed. The Zionists object to giving the Arabs a majority in the legislative council. London, March 3 (Associated Press Correspondence)?Palestine Arabs are by no means satisfied with the constitution which the British government proposed should be adopted by Palestine. They contend if favors the Jews too much- A reply which they have made to the draft proposals for a constitution submitted by Great! Britain has been received here. ! It represents the views of a del egation invested with full powers! to deal with the matter on behalf i of the Moslem and Christian So-j cieties in Palestine, and the Aral) congress. The reply points out, it is learn ed from an authoritative sourer, ! that some of the provisions of the proposed constitution do not sat isfy the national aspirations and needs of the Arabs of Palestine and are based on the idea of mak ing Palestine a Jewish national home. This, - according to Arab opinion, is in conflict with the rights of a people constituting 93 per cent of the population. The Arabs desire a form of gov ernment which will give them a greater measure of control of their own affairs. The note states that it is fully realized that the draft proposals are not the K.-' word of the Brit ish government, but are intended to provide a basis for discussion and therefore the door is by no means closed for a mutually satis ? factory understanding. ! ? ? ? Coal Strike May j Hurt Lake Traffic i .??'' , . j Cleveland. O.. March 24.?Al though speculation never was more I rife, local marine men here pre dict that the iron ore traffic on the j Great Lakes will be from 50 to 7.r> per cent greater this season than ! last. It is generally conceded that j t he season will open later than it j has in past years, operators being j almost unanimously of the opin ion that a late start will not only I be advisable but necessary. No boats will be sent out prior ;o April 1, it was declared. The combined movement of ore, coal, grain and stone last year was S8,033,575 net tons. Of this, approximately 24,?76,S13 was iron ore. With a widespread coal strike looming, little coal probably will be left for the boats to handle un til the strike ends. Under favorable conditions many boats bring grain or ore cargoes down from the head of the lakes, and return with coal. If the coal j supply is blocked, the boats must I go light to the ore docks and grain j elevators and the one-way cargo must bear the expense of the j round trip, vessel owners declare, f RESCUED PILOT TAKEN TO MIAMI Robert Moore Can Give No Account of Fate of Five Companions Miami, March 2-">?Robert. Moore, pilot of the airplane Miss Miami, who was rescued after fifty hours clinging to the wreckage at sea, was taken from the steamer Wil liam Green, by a submarine chas er today and returned to Miami. Moore is delirious and unable to give any account of the fate of ihej five persons who left with him for a trip to Bimini Island Wednes day. Pilot of Lost Airplane Teils of Adventures of the Party Mianii, March 2?.?All five pas sengers aboard the flying boat are I lost, the rescued pilot said later' that two women had died o? expos- j ure, a man and his wife jumped in- i i" the sea and another man fell into i ;iie water from exhaust ion. The' plane was forced down by ;i brok en propeller and floated the waves' until Thursday when the hull start ed leaking. The survivors man ned the pumps until they were ex hausted. Friday morning the wave overturned the filer; Then only the pilot and August B?lte, of Kan sas City, surviving', they scrambled atop the wreckage. That night] B?lte handed the pilot ;t purse of i two thousand dollars, saying he could not hold out anv longer and dropped into the f< a. The idiot J was near collapse when rescued, i "Allies T<> Pass <>n V. s. pay ment" ?headline. "Pass" is the ivord: They have permanent w aves so J hey can Ket into the ..ccial swim. NEPHEW OF HOOVER DROWNED: i Five Year Old Waller Large Loses Life in Swimming Pool at Palo Alto j Palo Alto. rul.. March 22.?Wal-! Uor Largo, five year old nephew of, I Herbert Hoover, secretary of com-! ; merce, was drowned today in a swimming pool at the Hoover homeI j hero during a family reunion. Dr. j Ray Lyra an Wilbur, president of; Stanford university, worked over; him three hours bur. hope finally j was given up. Servanrs found the child unoon- j ! scions in the swimming pool short-! ly before noon, it is not known! i how long he had been in the pool.! As a result of tin- accident it wasi announced that Mr. Hoover will i cancel his engagements to speak in San Francisco Friday and Satur day. The hoy is tile son of Mr. and Mrs. Cut brio Large of Mon terey. JONES CASE j CONTINUED i NoJIe Prosequi Entered as to; Other Criminal Charges Lancaster. March 23.?After being out I I hours, the jury which had been trying tin- ease of the state against Charles D. Jones, charged with breach of trust and misappropriation of funds, at 4 o'(Iock Thursday morning report ed that they wore unable to agree and Judge Bowman ordered a j i mistrial. The jury called for the) judge at 2:'5<> o'clock and announc ed their inability to agree, but up-j I on request of counsel of defendant, j they were ordered to make onej more effort. They returned at 4i o'clock and announced a hopeless} disagreement. j After ordering a mistrial, they j were discharged by the court. It j is said that the vote stood five for conviction and seven for acquittal; This trial is one of the five indict-I ments returned last week by the' grand jury. At a short session of j the court this morning. Solicitor! J. K. Henry stated that inasmuch! j as there were civil actions now | 'pending against Mr. Jones involv-j jing the same matters embraced in j the five indictments, lie thought it! only fair that the state of South Carolina should not interfere with j the freedom of Mr. Jones in de ? feuding his rights in the civil ac-i jtions. He further stated that the j defendant. Mr. Jones, had demand ed a trial of the criminal cases at this term and that he always liked to give a defendant a trial when j lie asked for ir. This had been ? done and resulted in a mistrial, i He thought now that it was the duty of tin- state to enter a nolle j prosequi of these cases, without prejudice, leaving them in abey ance until the civil actions involv--' ing the same items had been dis posed of, especially as they would not be barred by any lapse of time. Accordingingly he entered a nolle prosequi, without prejudice, upon the record as to each indictment. This is merely a postponement of the criminal indictments, it is said, ?oft. ... LIST OF NAMES CALLED FOR First Step in Collection of State Income Taxes Columbia. March 2 4.?The South Carolina tax commission ye.-ter day rook the first step toward set ting up its machinery for the en forcement of the new income tax law when the commission, through the governor, addressed a letter' to David H. Blair, comissioner of internal revenue, requesting Mr. Blair t<? furnish the commission with tin* names of individuals, firms and corporations making re turns to the federal government on the He'* incomes in South Caro lina. This request did not in any way involve the amounts paid by any individual, firm or corporation, but was merely for the names. These mimes are usually posted by the internal revenue department every year, but the request was neces sary, as tin- commission expects to get the law in full operation with out delay and the usual posting by the federal government would not take place for sonic time yet. When this list is furnished the commission will send an affidavit to every individual, firm or cor poration as listed by thiv federal | government. This will be done prior to May l. when the state tax is due. and tin- txapayers can then begin forwarding their amounts to the tax commission. The request yesterday was in accordance with federal regula tion:-. W. Q. Query, chairman of j the commission, said. Some 40.-1 GOO returns were made to the fed-j oral government, according to in formation received by the commis sion. -+?<e^-? University Course in Hiding. ? - Bloomington. Ind.. March 2.1?[ Riding is to be established in the I athletic activities at Indiana Uni- J versity. Coach K. O. Stiehm is ar ranging to import several line rid ing horses and an e\pcr; instructori in equitation for Lloosier students j wishing to perfect themselves inj technique of horsemanship. University credit will !??? given! for riding practice on the same j basis as for other forms of physical I training required for graduation.j and the stables will be open to both ; men and women students. This is j in line with the granting of credits! toward graduation to students who i take prescribed forms of physical training. Miss Agnes !.'. Wells, dean of wo men, has sanctioned instruction in,] ' riding tor the coeds. J ] PROGRESS OF HIGHWAY 1 BUILDING Outlook. For Good Work'dur ing the Year is Excellent G^Imnbiaj March. 2L?The state highway department faces a good year of work and a year of progress, according to officials. The recent legislature made appropriations that will continue the work of the department without crippling and' while no great enlargement of the state program is possible, the ex pectation is that more can be ac complished than was expected when the year began. The legislature did not cut the department's appropriations, except in a few instances, and while the reductions will cripple the depart ment's efficiency to a slight extent, the program of highway construc tion is possibly in better shape than it was at the end of 1921. One new field engineer was au thorized for the department. The new* engineer has already, been se cured, lie is Ambrose ??.Harrwell and will have his office with the department here. The law enforcement -depart mt-nt of the highway commission's work will be crippled as no appro priation was made for inspectors. The commission will depend large ly o? county and municipal offi cers to enforce the law requiring all motor vehicles to have . licenses.' Heretofore there have been in spectors to assist in the enforce ment of this phase of the highway act. ^ r Chas, H. Moor?field, who during the legislature resigned as chief engineer, is still in the service of the department. He has heen*ask ed by the highway commission to remain with the department "for the time being," and while no fur ther announcement is made, it is generally expected and hoped that he will be with the state commis sion indefinitely. Mr. Moorefield is an excellent highway engineer and has served the state admirably. There was general protest from all over the state when he resigned at the instigation of certain state leaders during the session of-the General Assembly. Chas.'0. Hear on, of Spartariburg, resigned at the same time as commissioner, but the governor has taken no action with regard to this resignation as yet. _ _ NATIONAL RACES Today is Great Day With the English Horsemen London, March -23<.-~Thd entry for this year's Gra*nd National to be run tomorrow, a total of 9? has j never been exceeded and it is an ticipated that the actual field will . be beyond the average in num bers, if the record was not.' brok en. Last year 35 horses went to the post. On two occasions there have been 32 startersr-in ? 1S5&, when Abdel Kader won for the first time, he having taken the race again 12 months later, and in 1909, when it went to the.^Freneh five-year-old Lutteur III- T This year's heavy entry caused some surprise as a range of 35 pounds between top and bottom weight had been introduced with the idea, it was supposed, of ex cluding animals who are common ly considered to have no preten sions to be "Liverpool horses;'' The course at 'Aintree, compos ed of formidable and. %'arying ob stacles, presents an acid test to any steeple-chaser. It is a notable fact that few horses, after win ning the Grand National, ever show to advantage over obstacle* again. ; - - - 'k In the last SO years, - three horses only have won it twice., not including ;the substitute races else where during the war. This per formance is recorded for The Lamb in 1S68 and 1874. The Col onel in 18G9 and 1S70-' and Mani festo in 1S97 and 1899. It is also note .vorthy that, during the same period, only four horses have ever succeeded in carrying over 168 pounds to victory, these being Cloister, Manifesto, Jerry-M., and. Poethdy N. - The Aintree course > is well known for the difficulty of its ob- " Stades and this spring there has j again been a lively discussion as to whether the fences should be alter ed. Last year only one horse, the winner, out of the field of 35, finished the race without a fall or some other misadventure, while it is understood that Shaun Spadah, too, had some narrow escapes. It has been estimated that- if four or five got around this year* it would bo well up to the average of . recent Grand Nationals Success of Tithing in Met??dis* Chun-k. Indianapolis, Ind.. March 23.? The Sunday offering of the East Tenth Street Methodist church lo re was swelled from its usual amount of about $175 to nearly $800 '.lie first week that a tithing system was adopted, says Bishop F. D. Leete. Since then, accord ing to the bishop, the church* Jaas made financial strides indicated by an increase of $300 in the salary of its pastor. Rev. George S. Hen . iger, and by the largest Christ mas offering yet reported to-the Centenary office in cnicago. Bish op Leete adds that this was achieved by a church of working peopie in a time of financialmde pression 0 ? ? A man claims he married 3.4 or 15 times because he was hit by a haseball bat when young. Baa&ball is dangerous. Hundreds killed by booze. Too many crooks spoil the stew. The knocker is usually right about his town. If it wasn't that kind of town, it wouldn't tolerate aim.