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MAKE GIFTS TO SCIEtf&EAND ?UCATION National ^d^emy of Sciences and'Greekajfftomat Aid in Cause or Learning ; Washington, , .^lay 4 (Capital News Service),?Joannes Genna di us, dean of, th^diplomatic corps of Greece, has presented his mag nificent, library of more than 50, 000 volumes to the American school at Athens. The-paily condition at atched to the jgift,;is that a suitable housing be provided. It is under stood that Mr, ?y^?iam Caleb Lori rner of Boston, who is president oi the board; of trustees of this school, . is making arrangements to have ? building put up tp? take care of the books. The library, valued at.more than a quarter; of a million dollars, is said to. be the.; most complete in existence on. Hellenic culture jama will, it is predicted, make the American school at Athens the world's center Joft. study of Greek anti.Byzantine civilization. The . do nor states that he makes the gift because of his-respect and admir ation for Ajaerica's encourage ment-and sympathy- in the Greek struggle for.: independence. Dr. C. D. IWaleott, president of the National- Academy of Sciences, announces that a ?s contract for the construction of :a? temple of sci ence; to *a erected opposite .the Lincoln Memorial^in : Washington; has been let. The temple will cost $I.3??,0(M) and will be completed in .1923. In its .greart central rotunda will be demonstrated those ex I^-imentsr.and' praaciples of science whtch the layman 'has hitherto had to take entirely on faith, s?ch as Foucairit's experiment, first per formed in. the\Paatheon at Paris, by which thoreTjolution of the earth is made ; visible by a swing* 4ng pendulum, > the march and change of sua - spots, magnetic storms, earthquakes*, gravitational pull of small masses, the pressure of light, living bacteria, etc. BILL BOARD : MEN MEET Annual Convention of Sooth . ern Poster-Advertising Association - , Columbia, May'%?The Southern Poster Advertising Association, composed of orft-door advertisers of the southeast, from the states of ' 'Tennessee, Georgia, Florida," Ala bama, Mississippi and the two Carolinas,' wilt /hold its annual convention in ^ommbia Monday ? and Tuesday of :.next week, and an elaborate program is being ar ranged. About .125 men will at tend. Business^sessions will be held at the Je?erson Hotel, and a ? "reception at Ri<Igewood country <lub, a barbecue'at one of the ? amusement "pari? near the city, and a ball .at oner oi the leading ho tels will be among4 the social fea ?. tures. A number 'of ladies will at 1 tends' J. H. Bririktneyer, president, and W. W. Bell.''Secretary, of the national association; J. H. Fulton, of New York' city], and others, will attend as special Hguests. George C. Warner, of ?^Colombia, is presi , -eent^ of |he> Southern association. -J % CAffALCASE Taken to United States Siniremp Court Columbia/ |Iay 5.?-The Colum bia canal case has been appealed to the Urflted5"- States Supreme Court, J. B. S. *&yles, Columbia cptmsel for^tneT"owners of the ca- j -jial, the Columbia; Railway, Gas & Electric Co., having this weekj filed with the* highest tribunal a { brief, giving notice that under! agreement with' Attorney General! Wolfe, he w^ooTCT" ask the court j next Monday for -a writ of cer- j ?orari. r ? The state *SttpreTHe court has or dered the canal 'property to revert to the state, ? under control of a commission. Tfie! present owners of the casiaT atarasking the United States court to'reverse the state .court. V?ir: Shriners tcrMeet in Rock Hill Columbia, Mayu5,.?Hejaz Shrine Temple, is making extensive plans for the spring . ceremonial to be held in Rock, Hill .May 18. Ernest A, Cutts. Savannah, imperial Fo- J tentate. will probably attend the ; ceremonial. vAji._ attendance of more than lr0$0 is expected. ; Shriners from all parts of the up-! per half of. the state will attend, j The AI Araf Shrbje club, of Co kimbiai plans to take an entire Pullman car f?ll, of delegates. ?Can not open safe Chester, May -3^-H. K. Hough, ihe jeweler, is unable to open his big safe, which contains a lot of his stock., several' finished and un finished jobs, some material and other oddS'arrtr-mds that are in dispensable to the conduct of his business, and it looks as if he will have to get a man from the plant at Hamilton, Ohio; to open the safe for him. A safe expert came down from Charlotte/'Wednesday and at tempted to drill a couple of holes in the door, but after getting in sev eral inches struck a plate that de fied his drills' a"nd made further progress impossible. Mr. Hough is in communication with the com pany, endeavoring to locate one of their men in this territory. There's one good thing about be ing a nobody. When you make an ass of yourself," The newspapers don't send reporters for the par ticulars. - ? POST-OFFICE BUILDINGS Millions Could Be Saved If Government Owned Build ings Washington. May 4.?Every post ! office building in the country should I be owned by the government and I the old system of leasing buildings should be "scrapped,", declared First Assistant Postmaster Gener al Bartlett today in voicing disap proval of a system which made it necessary for the postoffice depart - I ment recently to lease at an annual ' rental of more than a million dol ! iars a large structure for mail pur poses in New York City. Mr. Bartr llett said that the government could j save millions if a common sense f business program could be' laid be j fore congress with a fair chance of inducing that body to appropriate a sufficient sum each year for pur chase instead of leasing buildings. The postoffice department has sufficient funds to lease "any build ing to be necessary to the proper, conduct of the postal system, it was explained, but no appropriation is available for the purchase of a structure. Plans recently Were com 'pieted providing that the depart- j ment should lease a building in New Tork City for twenty years at a rental of $25,000\000. . Had the department been permitted by congress to purchase land and erect its own building, the whole trans 'actioh could have-been handle-?, for about $8,000,000, Mr. Bartlett ex-1 plained, adding that at the end of the twenty-year period the gov ernment would have possessed the building, whereas under the lease ;the government will be out $25, 000,000 and have-nothing to show' for it at the expiration of the lease, "The whole system is radically wrong and should be changed at once," the Assistant Postmaster General said. "Each year congress should set aside a certain sum to be used in the construction of buildings and gradually as leases expire all over the country the de partment would find itself the pos-; sessor of a system of splendid struc tures. This method would result in the saving of millions of dol lars to the public. In many in stances the government is made to pay exorbitant rent. For instance the department will lease a building in a small community for ten years, and because of the post office site property in its vicinity will increase in value, the popula tion of the town may increase ten fold, and when the lease expires, the owner of the . property very frequently demands about three or four times the original rental and we are obliged to pay it or look for some other property." Mr. Bartlett said he opposed the action of the Joint Postal Commis sion in recommending the lease of the New York building. The com mission felt, however, it was said, that congress would likely oppose such a move at this time and sug gested that in view "of congested conditions in the metropolis a lease be negotiated.. "In this instance," Mr. Bartlett said, "the owner of the land and chose who will erect the new building which is to be used as an annex to the present postoffice building which is to be used as an annex to the present postoffice building, will be obliged to pay taxes, "borrow money at the rate possibly of 7 per cent, and meet other conditions which of course would not have to be observed by the government. The same condi tion prevails throughout the Unit ed States and the sooner congress and the people realize what it is costing in dollars and cents the sooner corrective measures will be taken." Piano Recital. The pupils of Miss Beatrice Sumter gave a recital on the even ing of May 4th. Miss Gertrude Sanders and E(|na Drayton were each presented with a prize for be ing prompt to their lessons during the year. Quite a number of friends and relatives enjoyed the follow ing program. 1. ?Gondoliers Serenade?Engel ?Miss Sarah Baker. 2. Tarantelle?Chretian ?Miss Elizabeth Baker. 3. ?Salute to the Colors?An thony?Master Claud Welch. 4. ?Hark, Hark, the Lark? Schubert-Liszt?Miss -Lois Shirer. 5. ?King Cupid ? Morrison? Miss Blanche DeLorme. 6. ?Rustic Dance ? Schnecker? Misses Drayton. 7. ?Ding Dong Bell?Spaulding ?Miss Ruth Goodson. 8. ?Brave and Steadfast?Mor rison?Miss Edna Drayton. 9. ?Opening the Ball?Brun ner?-Miss Mamie Gullage. 10. ?A Mountain Pink?Spauld ing?Miss Virginia Haynsworth. 11. ?In Full Sail?Linsay?Miss Gertrude Sanders. 12. ?Witches Dance?MacDowell ?Miss Nina Jenkinson. 13. ?Rustic Wedding Festival? Necke?Miss Frances Tisdale. 14. ?Two Thoughts ? Necke? Miss Thelma Drayton. 15. ?Vaise Aerienne?Spindlcr? Miss Bessie Lou Baker. 16. ?Flora?Wenzel ? Miss Es telle Crowson. 17. ?invitation to the Dance ? Weber?Miss Emmie Burrows. 18. ?The Wild Horseman?Schu mann?Miss Lurline Hicks. . 19. ?Lultspiel Overture ? Kiler Bila?Misses Burrows, Shirer. Sum Prohibition emptied (he jails in {America. And now it appears that j the country needs another Amend ment to fill 'em again. The only difference the janitor sees between male and female ju 1 rors is that one leaves tobacco quids and the other wads of gum. - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall never be out of work. Perhaps prosperity is slow be cause we haven't paved the way. i WOMAN'S MISSIONARY MEETING Convention Well Attended and Reports Show Good Prog ress Made The district meeting of the Wo man's Missionary society of Sum ter district met in Trinity Meth odist church Thursday. It was pre sided over by Miss Jessie Curtis, district secretary. Five South Car olina conference officers were pres ent and gave interesting informa tion along the special lines they represent. Mrs, W. I. Herbert, conference president, gave an account of the i council meeting in San Antonio, j Texas, and also urged the reading | of the missionary literature of the { church. . j Mrs. W. L. Glaze, superintendent' of publicity and mission study! presented her work in a forceful j manner. She reported much pro- j gress in the Sumter district in or-j ganized mission study. Mrs. S. W. Henry, superintend-! ent of social ser\iec, mad? a most earnest appeal Jor coopcrcai^n in child welfare work and in neeting j the racial problems, especially as they relate to the uplift of the ne gro. Mrs. B. J. Guess, superintendent; of young people's wor"\ pleaded for more thorough organisation of the young people in mission work. Mrs. C. N. Sprott heJd a confer ence with the juniors and perfected a standard of efficiency. The Rev. E. L. McCoy, presiding! elder of the Sumter district, con ducted devotional exercises in the morning-and-the Rev. J. G. Fer guson, pastor of Broad Street church, in the afternoon. A notable feature of the confer ence 'was the address of the Rev. M. B. Stokes, returned missionary from Korea. He told of the pow er of prayer and said the recent evangelistic results in Korea are the miracle of modern missions. I The climax of the conference was j [ the address of Miss Addie Agnes Schoenberg of Columbia college on "Life Service." She spoke of the purpose of life work and the de termination necessary for conse cration. Various societies exhibited pos | ters showing much originality. The r winner of this contest was Colum bia college. The delegates of this conference were shown many expressions of kindness by the people of Sumter, j in the music rendered and the lun cheon served at the noon hour. The attendance was said to be I the largest in the history of Sum-[ ter district and the reports from j the various societies showed pror gresa, ? - FINE HORSES SOLD Chicago Horse Fancier Buys] Roosevelt Stallion and One Colt Mr. Charles P. Dryden, of Chi cago, a wealthy rubber manufac turer, has purchased the Roose velt stallion owned by the Plant ers' Mule Co., and a yearing Roose-! velt colt from Mr. A. M. Brogdon. He also offered to buy a yearling Roosevelt colt owned by Mr. Geo. D. Shore. Mr. Dryden- is a lover of fine horses, and knowing that the I Planters' Mule Co.x had purchased the Roosevelt stallion from his former owner in Kentucky, visited , Sumter. a short time ago, when en I route home from Florida, to as certain if there were any of the Roosevelt colts for sale. He looked i over the colts in and around Sum mer and after returning home wrote to Mr. Shore and made an otter not only for the colts own ed by Mr. Shore and Mr. Brog don but for the stallion also. Mr. Shore accepted the offer for the stallion but declined to sell the colt. Mr. Brogdon accepted the offer for his colt. The stallion and colt will be shipped by express to Chicago at an early date. Mr. Dryden, who owned a Roosevelt colt year or two ago, says it made one of the finest saddle | horses he ever owned. Among i horsemen the Roosevelt stallion is j ranked as one of the three or four! greatest sires of saddle horses in America. It is to be regretted that there .was not sufficient interest in Sum ter county in the breeding of fine horses to have justified the Plant erst' Mule. Co., in keeping this great horse here. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN IRELAND Dublin. May 5.?The barracks at Castle Hollard have been blown up by irregular troops to prevent their occupation by provisional govern ment forces. Two of the men who raided the hank at Pimcrana were shot dead and a young girl, one of five civil ians wounded during fighting, died of the injury. BONUS BILL PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT - Washington, May (!.?The Mc : Cumber soldiers' bonus plan which j is similar to that passed by the I house, except tin- so-called rec ! lamation option is eliminated, was j today presented to President Harding by the senate Republican leaders. The president withheld his decision. About the only tiling to be said for plush cushions in a closed car is that the garage mechanic likes to use them for a towel. A step iu rime saves getting run over. Three suggestions for the gra About three-fourths of them will b an? lace, but the severely tailored attention. SOCIAL CLUB ORGANIZED Third Tuesday of Month Set Aside For Meetings?Offi cers of Club Named A social club has been organized among the lawyers of the city, the membership of the club having been taken from the members of the Sumter Bar association. The purposes of the organization aro social and for fostering cordial re lationship and fellowships among the members of the bar. Regular monthly meetings are to be held on the third Tuesday of each month. The first of these meet ing will be held on May 16th. The first term officers of the club arc: George D. Levy, president; B. D. Hodges, vice president; and George D. Shore, Jr., secretary, and treas urer. LOOKING OVER BIG FLOOD Members of Congress Tour ing Lower Mississippi'"' On Board Mississippi" River Commission Steamer Mississippi, Baton Rouge, La., May 5.?Mem bers of congress touring the lower Mississippi valley to observe flood conditions along the swollen wa terway today viewed from the decks of the steamer Mississippi the battle being waged to hold the flood in check along the levees pro tecting the rice and sugar fields of Central Louisiana, much the same battle that is being fought all along the river, now on one of its most violent rampages. Today's trip was from Natchez, Miss., to Baton Rouge, a hundred mile stretch, and with the arrival of the Mississippi in Baton Rouge this afternoon the river voyage came to an end with the remainder of the tour to end in New Orleans ! tomorrow to be made by rail. Throughout the section traveled today it was observed the levee system thus far has an effective ' barrier against the onslaught of the flood water, exception of the letting go of a private levee at Bayou Sara, La., which flooded the low lying part of that town and a comparatively small surrounding area. Approximately 800 refugees now are being cared for in the Natchez relief camp under the direction of the Red Cross, and a committee named by the Natchez citizen re lief committee.. Tents, cots and field ranges were supplied by the war department. ? ? ? Mother's Day. ! One of the most delightful social I meetings of the Mothers' Club was I held with Mrs. G. H. Burgess. 32 i Chestnut street. Thursday after noon. Each member answered tlie roll call with her child's favorite j "Mother Goose Rhyme." There j being twenty-six members and one j guest present. j Mrs. Itly Wilson, chairman Cur rent Literature, gave some inter jesting sketches of articles found in ] the current magazines . j Mrs. W. P. Middleton read an interesting article "Why Children j Lie." j Mrs. L. J. Marsh was in charge j of "The Question Box." The Club had as its guest Miss Sophia Brunson who gave a most i enjoyable reading. } After the Literary Program the (Social Committee served delicious tea and sandwiches. The children of tiie Nursery Club ! were the guest of Master Avery Howell at hin home 13- Broad \ street. The date of the iu-xt regular ; meeting luis been postponed from Thursday, May 18th to Friday. May l?th, so ;is not to conflict with the Civic League May Festival that i is Jo be held on that date. i We wonder .*it times if the ?c I cused doesn't examine the jury and wonder ni the nerve of a sys iH'rti that calls its members his peers. only neighbor we think is out of 'debt is the one we owe. 1 Graduates mmar school girl's graduation frock, i made in white organdie with r\ifflea Crock with almost no frills will claim THE CASE OF CATTS Florida Judge Takes Matter Under Advisement to Ren der Decision Later Pensacola, Fla.. May 5.?In the ease of the United States against Sidney J. Catts, former governor of Florida, charged with peonage, ar guments on demurrer were held by the defendant's counsel. Judge Sheppard announcing that he would take the matter under ad visement, rendering a decision lat er. Counsel for Mr. Catts held that the indictments were, fautly, in that while peonage was charged there was nothing in the 12 counts to show that the negroes whom the defendant was alleged to have held in bondage had been compelled to labor against their will, nor was it shown that there was any debt connected with the case, that is. a financial one. counsel claiming that the indictments stipulated they were working out an obligation. Stress was laid on the working of the counts in the two indict ments. 12 in number, which were almost alike, each charging the defendant with having feloniously and unlawfully compelled Ed Brown and John Rogers, negroes, to travel to Walton county to work. HARTSVILLE MAN DROWNS IN LAKE Sam DeWitt Loses Life by Falling in Water While Fishing From Boat Hartsville, May 5.?This after noon about 6 o'clock Sam B. De Witt, a young man between 35 and 40 years of age, fell from a boat on Black Crook lake ne^K Prest wood Country club and was drown ed. He was fond of fishing and frequently went on these expedi tions. The lake adjoins town limits and is very popular with the busi ness men for this sport. He often had a companion but this after noon went alone. The only eye witness, it appears, was a negro fisherman, who was a little distance from DeWitt's boat. A crowd of people were at the club and the divers were assisted by the electric lights but the body has not yet been recovered. He leaves a wife, who before marriage was Miss Lizzie Rhodes, and four small children. She and the children were in Dar lington attending the county school field day exercises and had not re turned when the tragedy happen ed. .Mr. DeWitr was one of the most popular men of the town and county. He owned considerable farming property and up to a few months ago w>is employed by J. L. Coker & Co. He had been in their employ for several years. At the time of his death he was em ployed by J. W. Goodson. a local banker, in the fertilizer business, ?fc ? ? YEGGMEN AT SCRANTON _ Two Iron Safes Blown Open and ?1,200 Stolen [ Scranton, May 4.?The store of D. B. Myers was broken into last night. Tlu- robbers prized the front door open and entered. Two safes were blown open. One was B. B. Myers" and the other was .John Singletary's, which was put in this store after Sin gl eta ry Drug company's building was destroyed by lire in February. B. B. Myers is postmaster lute *and tin- post ot?ce adjoins his store. Three hundred dollars worth of stamps arid postonice supplies were taken from B. B. Myers' safe and about [ $$50 was taken from Singletary's Isafe, lie- greater portion of this j being in gold pieces. No flue to the robbery lias been found. j We are not surprised that a cor net thi?-f has been sent to the pen itentiary. That's what a man gets I for not tooting his own horn. "Typhoid germs in wat?*r." Well, with enough risk in ii i<> mal;.- ii :t sporting proposition, it may yet in come a popular beverage. TARIFF BILL DELAY LAID TO DEMOCRATS Watson, of Indiana, Charges Filibuster?Denied by Georgian Washington, May 5.?Frequent and somewhat prolonged discussion today in the senate as to whether there was unnecessary delay in the consideration of the tariff bill final ly culminated in a charge by Sena tor Watson, Republican, Indiana, that there was a filibuster against the measure. '?There is no other object and no other purpose in the measures be ing adopted to delay its passage.*' Senator Watson declared. "The ob ject is to delay the passage of the bill as close to the day of elec tion as possible. Nobody is being fooled and if I have my way we will be holding sessions daily from 11 o'clock in the morning until 11 o'clock at night." Senator Watson. Democrat. Geor gia, interrupted to say that Sena tor Simmons of North Carolina in charge of the Democratic fight on the measure, had asked certain mi nority senators to present their views on particular items in the bill, but declared it was intended the presentation should be without filibuster and with no purpose of delay. Declaring that it was immaterial as to what agreement had been made between Senator Simmons and his Democratic colleagues. Sen tor Watson of Indiana declared there had been unnecessary* delay; that "the whole proceedings" had been for the purpose of filibuster and that so far as he was concerned it would not be tolerated in the fu ture. "If the Republicans who are re sponsible to the country for leg islation and,who must answer to the country for their acts will stay here to the limit of their physical endurance, we will quickly pass this bill," he added. Earlier in the day both Senators Underwood of Alabama, the Dem ocratic leader, and Senator Sim mons had declared that there was I no disposition on the Democratic side to delay passage of the bill. The soldiers' bonus also got into j the debate when Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, asked Chairman McCumber of the finance committee if the amended bill was I to be reported soon and taken up immediately by laying aside the tariff bill temporarily. Senator Mc Cumber said this was planned, and that he hoped to have the bill re ported within a week. Senator Watson of Georgia said the Republicans themselves were responsible for long delay on the tariff, citing the months taken in committee consideration. HENRY BARKLEY IS SHOT IN ARM Shooting Occurred on Priva teer-Manchester Road. Old Quarrel is Given as Cause j ! Henry Barkley was the recipient! [>of a gun shot wound in his right arm from a shotgun in the hands I of Jim Griffin, when these two men. both of the Privateer section, met I in the public road between Priva- \ j teer and Manchester at about 7 I j o'clock Friday night and had heat- j j ed words. There were several wit-! nesses to the affair and, as best re- i jlated, the shooting was a resultI I of an old enmity existing between j these two men. It seems that Henry Barkley was riding on aj wagon with a negro when the' I buggy in which Jim Griffin and ! others were riding was met in the! I road. Griffin called to the negro' to know if Barkley was on the wa ! gon and when told that he was, [got out of the buggy with his shot ! gun in his hand and approached j 1 Barkley. The shot gun was placed I against the chest of Barkley, who had also gotten from the wagon, j and Barkley was told by Griffin j {that their dispute would be set jtled right then. Barkley knocked! I the gun aside but the gun was' j discharged when pointing at his right arm. The other men pres-j ient interfered and kept further; wounds from being inflicted. Bark ley was brought immediately to! Sumter and the injury, which* proved only a bad flesh wound,: dressed by a physician. It is stated1 that Griffin had, in addition to the! shot gun. a Winchester rifle. Bark-; ley intimated that Griffin was angry) with him on account of a belief ! which he held against him that he (Barkley) had mentioned Griffin's name in connection with certain illicit whiskey distilling opera tions. I Graves of World War Soldiers. ! j Tiic committee in charge of dec ? orating the graves of World War {soldiers buried in Sumter county j ? has been busy endeavoring to lo cate the burial place of those who j made the supreme sacrifice. The ; list so far is in all probabilty in complete and is primed herewith for the information of the public I generally. If any name has been ! left off it is requested that this ; be brought to the attention of ei t ther Mrs. C. L. Stubbs or John B. Duffie, who have this work in \ charge. The list is as follows: Sumter cemetery: l>r. S. C. Baker. Alfred J. Bradford. Hugh Burkett, '( arson (i. Jenkins, Joseph tu. Joye, John A. Mitchell. Marion L. Mc ; Leod. John M. Owens. Baker M. Spann. Wedgetield: .lohn I'.. Ryan, Jr. Stateburg: Theo. L. Ravenel 'and Harrison Saunders. Hagood: t O. T. Sanders. Providence Church [yard. Privateer: Dewey Sims. I It seems impossible for a states ? man to keep one eye on inter national amity and the other on ; home politics; -? ? ? (?in- civilization is still - rude, and almost every day you iu4 ?-< a man or l v ornan who hasn't killed anybody. CHAUFFEUR HELD ON MUR DER CHARGE Coroners Jury Finds That John Underwood Was Killed by Reckless Driver - j Carthage. X. C. May 5.?John I Underwood, former mayor of i Fayetteville, and former member j of North Carolina legislature, who j was instantly killed in an automo ! bile accident early today near West j End, this county, "cam*'- to his ideath while riding in a car driven at an unlawful rate of speed by Charles G. Marsh while intoxicat ed." according to the verdict ren j dered by a coroner's jury of Moore i county following1 an inquest today. "We find the said Charles G. j Marsh culpable." the verdict of the j coroner's jury concluded. Following j the inquest. Marsh who is a Fay iitteville automobile dealer, was ar J rested and held without bail pend iing preliminary hearing. Marsh re ? tained counsel and announced that ! he would institute habeas corpus ! proceedings if refused bail, j Marsh declared that all members i of the party were perfectly sober j and that he lost control of the car ! in a sand bed while going not more than 30 miles an hour, the car turning turtle. Underwood was pinned' beneath I the car and lived only five minutes i after being rescued, it was said, j Marsh and two other occupants j of the car were injured, but not i seriously, though a man named I Anderson was unconscious for a j time. The fourth occupant of the j car was Ed L. Grady, of Fayette i ville. The party of four are said to j have been on their way from Fay j etteville to Greensboro when the I accident occurred about 2 a. m. ! All survivors of the accident de ? rued being under the influence of I liquor, but witnesses heard by the j coroner's jury testified that a bottle I found in the car was partially full of whiskey and that Anderson, one of the party had admitted that all were drinking. Further evidence before the jury was to the effect that the autor-obile was running from 35 to 45 i Jes an hour when the accident occurred. m m m HIGHWAYMEN SLASH THROAT OF YOUTH j Greenwood Boy Help Up and Badly Cut When Leaving Picture Show I Greenwood. May 5.?With his [throat cut tso deep that his jugular I vein was grazed, Troy Carter, an jlS-year-old white boy, is danger l ously wounded at his home here af jiter being held up by armed high waymen on his way home from pic ture show last night. Bill Sweezer. his companion, had his clothes slashed in several places, but did j not suffer any injuries. Police of ficers and the sheriff's forces with a posse of citizens have been searching for the highwaymen since a short time after the deed, but have found no trace of them. Bloodhounds trailed them to the edge of a mill village but lost their trail there. According to Sweezer, he and Carter were taking a short cut through a newly developed street about 9:30 o'clock when two men masked with handkerchiefs over their faces stepped from behind some vines and demanded their [ money. " Carter reached in his ! pocket to take out his money and, as he did' so. one of the highway men attacked him. slashing his j throat with a pocket knife. The j other highwayman slashed Sweez [ er's clothing. As soon as Carter's throat was cut. both assailants fled without taking the money they had demanded. ; Sweezer said they could not tell whether the men were white or negroes, but he believed they were white. Neither he nor Carter had any money except a small amount of change. Carter's condition is serktis. but physicians say he is not fatally in-, jured. Boll Weevil Machines (Bishopville Vindicator) In an editorial in the Leader and Vindicator oi April 20 in reference to boll weevil contraptions several gentlemen interested in the sale of a device of this kind seem to take the position that we intended to convey the impression that all per :-fons who offered such a device for sale wore fakers. We did not in i tend this. A man is a faker only when lie sells a device with full knowledge of the fact that the de vice is a fake. In the editorial re ferred to we* had -no particular per son to call a faker. Laboring un der the impression that we were referring to one particular boll weevil machine in which they are 'interested Messrs. J. A. Calhoun, j.I. W. McCaslan and J. B. M.-Lean I have presented such references to Jthe editor of the Leader and Yindi icator as to convince him that they j would not offer their device for [sale unless they believed that it i would do what they claimed for it. I Do nor misunderstand us. We are not endorsing any machine or de vice f<?r killing boll weevils. We have not condemned any certain j machine. We prefer to back the judgment <>r government experts, land when they say that a certain type of machine will do tin- work, then we are willing to recommend jit. and ia>t until then. ? ? ? It's always nicer to place the church choir where the congrega tion can't see its tonsils when it ' sings. Nowadays you can't tell the mother chicken from the daughter. Fact thai the world's diamond supply has been cornered will make a line alibi for June grooms. BUSINESS IS IMPROVING - ; National Bank Examiners Say j That Progress Toward Nor mal Conditions is Gradual I _ i - Washington. May 5 (By the As sociated Press).?General strength ening of ihe economic machinery j of the nation was reported today to Comptroller of the , Currency I Griesinger by the 12 national bank j examiner? representing the 12 fed ! eral reserve districts at their meet ing here. In the main the examiners said there has been a notable improve ment in business conditions throughout the country-, together [ with restored confidence and a fa ! vorable outlook for the future. The belief was expressed, however, that progress towards normal condi tions would be gradual a?d not an overnight accomplishment, i In the New York district business generally shows a wholesome trend, ! although still depressed in all : lines, according to L. C. Borden. "This depressed condition," he j said, "is believed to be still due to j our Western and Southern agricul tural situation, to taxation, t<y the still too high living costs and to labor costs." In the New York district, he CC3 ! tinued. it is hoped that the Genoa j conference will be the first step ? towards future beneficial confer ' ences which will prove more eco | nomical than professional. ! The prop ?ed soldier bonus leg ! islation, he added, "while strongly condemned, is not ha\ing much ef fect because of firm faith in Pres ident Harding." Philadelphia is well on the way ! to recovery as well as Cleveland j and New England, it was reported. ! Less favorable reports from the ; Richmond district were presented S by W. J. Schechter. j "Industrially conditions are I fair," he said. "There is probably ; less unemployment than is found ! in the large cities. The agricultural j situation is serious, but the farmer j will be able to combat the boll I weevil well. The commercial situ i ation in general is fair but nothing i to enthuse over. Financially con ! ditions are probably poor but not f so much due <to cotton as to bad j loans in years gone by." . I Florida conditions are better than j any state in the^union, according I to J. W. Pole of the Atlanta dis [ tritt. "There is little reason to ! doubt but that real prosperity in i this district as well as the entire j country." he said, "depends largely j on a restoration of a satisfactory foreign demand, but even under the most favorable conditions several years of thrift and hard work will be necessary-before this section can hope for complete recovery. ."Farmers are generally giving attention to diversification of crops and the cost of cotton "pro duction will be less than last year. The citrus and truck crops in Florida have been splendid with satisfactory prices and therefore the best of any state in the union." Considerable decrease in the grain on hand in the Chicago dis trict was reported as well as heavi er exports. . "The morale of the farmer is"""* slowly returning." John S. W<xxi of the St Louis district declared. "The increases in prices of grain and live stock have renewed" his hope." Reviving purchasing power of the farmers was reported by How-, ard M. Sims of the Minneapolis dia trict. Kansas City is "over the hill." according to Luther K. Robert* Enhanced prices for cattle, he de clared, have restored the value of farmers* securties, and rising valuea Of hogs and corn are helping con ditions measurably. Cotton condi tions are good, he added, and the outlook generally is most encour aging. "There can not be an improve ment under a year." according to Richard H. Collier of the Dallas district, "and no great improvement under two or three years. Two or three crops have to be made be fore improvement can be made, The peroetuitv of small banks d*? pends on this. Pacific coast bankers look to in* ternational effort to bring abou? world restoration, according to Harry L. Machen of the San Fran cisco district. Baseball at Clcmson. Clemson College, May 2.?The Tiger baseballers today defeated the strong Wofford bunch by a score of 7 to 1. The game was interesting from start to finish, but the Spartanburgers could j not withstand the onslaught of the Clemson sluggers. Sweetenburg pitched his usual steady game for Clemson. while Wolfe pitched a good game for Wofford. Gross . made the only score for Wofford. The main hitters for Wofford were Langst on. Lindsey and Barkston. Tlie scon- makers for Ciem3on were, Reair.es. Turnipseed, Wood i ward. Herron and Salley. Jack Reams startled the crowd by his : spectacular catch of a. fast Wofford I fly which he caught with one hand , as he jumped into the air. Clem json now heads the list by a wide j margin for the state championrliip, having lost only one game in the state. Davidson and Carolina V?tre \ defeated last week. Cliff Crawford of Sumter held down first base for . Davidson in tine style. j Clemson's cinder men agaimwon the annual trackmeet at Columbia Cor the state championship. The sen;-, was. Clemson SI 3-2. Caro lina. 64, Wofford 14, New berry "2 j 1-2. J)oc Redfern of Clemson was the high point winner of the meet, j making ] 7 points. Two new 2-year courses were ? established, one in agriculture and one in mechanical arts, to ?meet the demand from those who for various reasons cannot take full 4-year courses. The board also au : thorized the faculties' suggestion to 'change from the plan of three terms per year to tow terms per year, and for some extension of electric courses.