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MUTINY OF PENITENTIARY PRISONERS Details of the Bloody [^^^ii?ing. of Desper ate Convicts in State Prison Columbia, May S.?Prisoner.; at the state penitentiary mutinied at the noon hour today and city po licemen, .state officers and county deputies called in as reinforce ments, fired on the prsioners, shocr ing- eleven of them, two being wounded seriously. " The two pris oners who were seriously wounded were taken to the city hospital. An attempt was made to burn the chair factory of the penitentiary. The riot "took place following the dinner hour. Capt. Roberts order ed' the men to bring from their cells their civilian clothes and oth er articles which would not be needed for their prison lives. The men obeyed, but some of the lead ers were sullen, thinking the ofii cers were planning tu take away their personal effects used daily. Capt. Roberts assured the leaders that there was no intention of de priving them of their personal ef fects, but that what was wanted was..for the unnecessary articles to be stored in the commissary build ing. The men filed out of the chair factory and announced through their- leaders that they would not go to work. There wa? muttering and cursing and the men were amed with sticks and knives, most ry tools used in the manufacture of the furniture in the; chair .fac tory. The penitentiary oft?cials tele phoned for reinforcements. A score of city policemen and a doien county and state officers respond ed, armed with riot ^giins. The prisoners, during ^the mu tiny, set fire to the chair factory in che basement. Those outside cut the fire hose of the prison. At this point, the city fire department was eailed with a view to putting water o nthe prisoners in order to drive them back into the chair factoi?y. After the city, county and state officers arrived the mob of prison ers/about 15C, workmen on the second floor of the chair factory, surged toward the detachment of officers. They cursed the officers and threatened to kill .them. It was at'.'this point, that the officers opened fire. -Eleven men fell wounded, the others scrambling back into the chair factory. With probably a half hundred officers on duty, quiet was maintained and within a short time.Jthe prisoners were marched back to their cells and" locked up. ? ? The ring leaders, ?f the trouble, it is.said, were: -Frank, a North Carolina prisoner; A^ J. Rowe, a prisoner named' Senjgey, *Howard Clark and David "Sug^si the iatter from Columbia. It is reported that .afcfnan named Rosen;'sent tip from;Charleston, is the-nstost seriously injured and will probably die. After the trouble had subsided and the prisoners were locked in jheir cells, one of the men ordered *3JJ-WBfove some of his effects from the doorway of the main building, stood before a group of'officers and cursed them. One officer struck $iro~witb a walking stick and 'knocked him down and he was tak en to the prison hospital, bleeding profusely, but not seriously hurt. The prisoners are being treated in the prison hospital except for The two who were brought lo a city hospital. .'All the convicts employed on the second floor of the chair factory were involved in the mutiny, there being about 150 prisoners, only a few of them negroes. , The officers of the prison, assist ed by the Richland officers, city po licemen and all available peace of ficers, had the mutineers under -control and in the "new prison" building by 2 o'clock. The wound ed were taken to the'hospital and given medical treatment by Drs. Jennings and Payne. Among the wounded were Dave Suggs, of Co lumbia, who was shot 'twice in the legs; Frank Fortner, nature of the wound not stated, and Howard . Clark. Dr. Jennings said he would pepare a complete list of the wounded prisoners later in the day. Two of the most seriously wound ed prisoners were taken to city hos pitals for further treatment. Jack Davis was also hurt in the clash with the officers. That one of the prisoners was armed with a gun or a revolver was generally believed, as Rural Policeman Koon, of Richland, and his son heard a bullet whizz past their hats as they were standing in line with the other officers in the efforts to quell the mutiny. The rebellion grew solely out of the dissatisfaction with the an nounced determination of Capt. Roberts, of the penitentiary guards, .to remove civilian clothing and other articles that he thought were of an objectionable nature from some of the prisoners' cells, lb talked with Fortner, who was said to be the ringleader of the mutiny, and the smouldering "strike" was quelled for a while during the morning. The tnpuble again broke out at about 1.15 o'clock, after the pris oners had apparently been ap peased. The prisoners on the first and third floor of the factory were not involved in the trouble. The peniteiitiary authorities called upon the city fire department for a company of men and a sup ply of hose. Chief May and a corps of firemen responded. The prisoners who went out on the strike seem to have planned the movement wiht some detail. One of the plans was .the firing of stock in the basement of the chair factory. The fire hose in the build ?aC.^.:.-.^:.:.-, . -?-<.._v. . ._ _?_H WAS KILLED TO COLLECT INSURANCE 1 i ????? I Motive For the Brutal Murder in Columbia Disclosed by Con fession ! - i Columbia, May 11.?Confessions I of what is possibly the most brutal j murder ever committed in Col urn- ! ! bia were related by witnesses at a j coroner's inquest here last night, j ; investigating the murder of J. C. I Arnette, well-known Columbia bus- ! iness man, who operated a hand j some filling station at Main street I and EJlmwood avenue, and for ? which three men are held in the; county jail three charged with the j deed. The three men, F. M. Jef-j ! fords. Ira Harrison and Glenn, j Treece, all well known young Co-! j lumbians, murdered Mr. Arnette in j i his place of business at midnight [.Tuesday night, and then hauling! j his body through the city in the i I man's own automobile took it to a. i lonely place in the edge of the city! ; and drove the car head-long off a J ; steep embankment, leaving the car j i and corpse, with the idea of con-! j veying to the public mind the im pression that the man was killed in j an accident. A physician who examined the j dead man's body and then talked ] to the prisoners in the county jail, testified that the yoiing men con i fvssed to him. Jeffords and Mr. J Arnette were partners in the busi ! ness and each had an insurance! I policy for $1,000 on the life of the j j other. The younger man, Jeffords, I ; wanted to get full possession | o?. the business, and for days he j J had planned the undoing of his j business associate. The other two j ! men were in the employ of the. j filling station and assisted in the ! i Plot. I Mr. Arnette, according to the confession, was struck in the head j first by Harrison, in the back com- j partment of the place of business, j [and then Jeffords felled him with j j an iron bar. Treece stood outside j : and watched. After the murder the j ' body was?placed in the dead man's! ] car. which was in the back part j of the building, and Treece and j Harrison started with it towardsI the edge of city. Harrison drove j the car and Tix-ece held the body ? upright, They took a round-about way; but Treece lost his nerve, and j ? he soon jumped out of . the car. { {Harrison went on to a spot near I jthe Old Soldiers'.Home, on Kirk-j I land avenue, in the northern part j ofuhe city, where he found a steep | i embankment on the roadside, and j over this he shoved the car with j its dead passenger. The car suf- : fered little damage and in a few minutes some passers-by discover ed the tragedy. J It is understood the three men i I are to be tried at the term of j j court now sitting in Columbia. j Columbia, May 11.?The Rich-! land county grand jury, today re-! turned "true ;>iils" against F. M. | Jeffords. Ira Harrison and Glenn ; Treece, charging them with the' murder of J. C. Arnette, who oper-1 aied a filling station on Main street, j I Solicitor Spigner presented the in- i jdictments this morning and within; j an hour the report of the grand j jury had been made. This was rec- j jord brewing speed, considering J the fact that the coroner's jury only j i last night held the trio for the mur i der. The case will probably be j j tried this week, court now being ! tin session. The murder was com j mitted Tuesday night when Mr. | j A.rnette was killed at his place oi* j business, the body being taken to a ; lonely spot in the suburbs and sent i j over an embankment in his car. i The three men confessed to Sheriff I Heise that they had committed the i deed. NEW TRIAL ORDERED !? - Supreme Court Reverses De cision of Circuit Court j Columbia, May 10.?The su-! j preme court this afternoon handed j j down an opinion in the case of W. j i E. Osteen against the Atlantic j Coast Line. Judgment of the low- j er court is reversed and new t rial j j ordered. The railroad company j 'appealed the case from the lower! ! court decision. Justice Cothran ! j prepared the supreme court opin- | iion- _; IT--?- : j ing had been cut into many sec- 1 I tions. The fire was discovered before j ; the flames had made any consider- I j able headway. Had the flames gain- I Jed a foothold there is no question i l>ut thnt pandemonium would ? ?have reigned in the walls of the' state prison on a still broader scale. ! The mutinous prisoners were In an ugly mood and were armed with short knives, which they used j in the chair factory. They were j equipped with stocks or any other ! I improvised weapons of attack. Had ' the penitentiary guards not been j speedily reinforced by state, coun-j ty and city officers, the prisoners ?doubtless would have succeeded in [carrying out their threat not to : work, for some time, at least. Cut the promptness with, which the call for aid was met by officers from tin- outside ended the rebellion in about half an hour. The trouble at the state prison this evening was the first serious j ^rebellion thai lias occurred in re [-ce.nl years, if at all in the history : of the institution. It was certain - I |y the most deliberately staged and most pretentious that his ever been known to take place in the prison walls and broke out with out warning, ('apt. Kogels said it ] was never his intent ion to remove j any of the personal effects of the prisoners, but merely such articles j as his judgment dictated. He said j that he regarded Portlier and Frank as the leaders. THE COTTON MARKETING ASSOCIATION State is Divided into 10 Districts, Machinery For Cotton Growers Set in Motion Recommendation of Organiza tion Committee: First, that the i growers of each county meet in their respective seat:-? on Tuesday, j May 23, at twelve o'clock noon, I and elect delegates to a district j convention, on the following basis: j One delegate from each county and ? one delegate for each two thousand bales of majority fraction thereof. ' The county chairman shall call I the meeting of the members within j his county by announcement j through postal cards to each mem ber, stating the date, hour and purpose of meeting, its object being to elect delegates to the district i meeting. j The district conventions shall be held in the respective district cen ters on Tuesday, May 30, at 12 o'clock. At the district convention two j candidates for directors shall be named, a post card ballot shall then be prepared at the office in Colum bia, containing the names of these two candidates and sent to every i member of the association in the district and the member asked to } indicate his preference of the two I men for directors. If neither of the I two men should be acceptable to j the member, he may scratch both j names and write in the name of] his choice for director. These bal- I leis shall be tabulated by the ex- | ecutive committee and the names j of the successful candidates from j the various districts announced. The district meeting shall be i called to order by the chairman of j the delegates representing the coun- ; ty having the largest sighed bale- j age. acting as temporary chairman ! for the purpose of perfecting the I permanent organization for this dis- j trict meeting. The directors shown to have been J elected shall meet in Columbia for their organization meeting. Tues day, June 13. at two o'clock. District Xo. l. Headquarters, J Bennettsville, S. C. Marlboro 3?.f6a Chesterfield 1.0 98 District Xo. 2, Headquarters, Clemson College. S. C. ? Greenville 12.191 Pickens 6.027 Oconee 4..18 7 Anderson 18,4341 District Xo. 3, Headquarters, ? Spartanburg. S. C. J Spartanburg 13.70'.?" Laprens . 17.059 Un*m 3,071 Xewberry S,S3a Cherokee 14 District Xo. 4. Headquarters. Aik en. S. C. Abbeville 6.101 Greenwood 9,7(12 , McCormick 6.144 Edge field 4,28$ Saluda 1,517 j Aiken 8,159 j Barnwell 3,064 j Allendale 1.826 District Xo. 3. Headquarters,! Darlington, ft. C. Darlington. 26,300 i Lee 18,214 1 District Xo. 6. Headquarters, j Marion. S. C. j Dillon 16.931 Marion 6,118 Florence 8,762 Horry 25 j Georgetown j District No. 7, Headquarters, j Columbia. S. C. Richland J 1.650 Lexington 0.144 Calhoun 23,586 District Xo. 8, Headquarters, Or angeburg, S. C. Orangeburg 30.440 Dorchester 6,359 j Colleton 426 j Bamberg 2,46.?,; Hampton 240 | District Xo. 0, Headquarters, j Sumter. S. C. Sumter, 2.",. 790 Clarendon 8,157 ! Williamsburg 3,348 i District Xo. 10, Headquarters, ? Rock Hill, S. C. York 11.037! Chester 0.1 S7 Lancaster 7,086 Fairfield 7,352 Kershaw 10.594 The above are the list of counties in the ten districts as planned by the organization committee of the State Cotton Growers Association. I Also tile plan of electing the diret - j tors. It is time for every member j of the association to be thinking ! about who will make the best di- j rector for this district. Tin- sue- I cess of the organization depends \ upon the class of men placed upon j the directorate. There will be rumors and gos- ! sip about our organization and i every member who has signed the | contract should withhold judg ment until he finds out the facts. 1 This organization has no secrets) from its members. Bach county may organize a local brain h of the j association and its officers will be eligible to attend the meetings <>f j the board of directors and act in an advisory capacity. 1 shall be j glad to get any information con- ; eerning any ?>i the details of the organization until we form a locali branch and elect officers to se-i cure such information. The mem bership campaign will continue through i his month and ;tli w ho sign up by 2<?, will be entitled to Vote. Very Iruly yours. J. Frank Williams, t "ountv Agent. London. May 10. The peae< committee of the Nail Eireann fail ed to reach a basis for the unity of the factions in Ireland, according to a Ctniral News Dublin dispatch. REPAIR WORK CONTRACTS JNVAUD Railroad Labor Board Makes Important Decision Respecting Working Rules Chicago. May 1G.?Contracting shop repair work to-outside firms by a railroad company was de clared a violation of the Transpor tation Act and contract provisions conflicting with the wages and working rules laid down by the Railroad Labor Board were de clared illegal in a decision handed down l.y the board today. The de cision was characterized by the board as the most important it has rendered since its establishment. The decsiion. which is the first of a series to be handed down on disputes over "farming out" rail road labor, was made in the con troversy between the union shop crafts and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The board declared its pronouncement went "to the vitals of the Transportation Act," "No more important dispute." the deci sion added, "has ever come before this board for adjudication." While the decision applied only to the one road, which last Sep tember contracted its repair work to the Bamham Car Repair Com pany, the general principles es tablished will govern all subse quent decisions. There are now thirty-six eases pending before the board, involving seventeen rail roads/' COOPER GOES TO WASHINGTON He Has Strong Support For Position oa Farm Loan Board Columbia. May 10.?Governor Cooper left Columbia yesterday af ternoon for Washington, where he was called in connection with his possible appointing nt to member ship on the federal farm loa.n board, to succeed Former Congress man A. F. Lever, who recently re signed to become head of the new joint stock land bank of Columbia. It is stated that Governor Cooper has strong chances for appoint ment to the position. An announce ment from the national capital is to the effect that he and Lieutenant Governor Cooper, of North Caro line, and T. C. Atkeson. Washing ton representative of the National Grange, are the persons under con sideration for appointment to the office. It is understood here that the South Carolina governor has strong officials in Washington "pulling" for him. and it is.be lieved he has a strong chance, for appointment. The many friends of the governor throughout the state are hoping for his appointment. The position on the federal farm loan board is to be filled by a Democrat, the law provides, and it is understood the appointmenr will be of a Southerner. The salary of the office is ten thousand dollars. If Governor Cooper receives this appointment, it will mean his res ignaiion at an early date, as the farm loan board vacancy is to be filled right away. In such event. Lieutenant Governor Wilson O. Harvey, of Charleston, would be come the gow rnqr. CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR Evans and Laney to Make Race This Summer Columbia. May 10.?An interest ing political announcement was au thorized tonight. State Senator George K. Laney will make the race for governor. This decision has hern under consideration for some time and Senator Laney was so strongly urged that .he has de cided to make the race, and he is in to the finish. Senator Laney has heen in public life for many years and is recognized as a level-headed and forceful leader, fie has been ronspicuous in his advocacy of the common schools and is tin- author of the original plan of state aid to the weaker schools of the state, a plan that has grown wonderfully. He was a member of tin- commit tee that framed what is known as the Marion tax report, that was largely responsible for tic first re vent attempt to modify the tax system. Senator Laney is a lawyer by profession, a farmer on tie- side, going from the farm to ihe Uni versity of South Carolina? lie will he heard from as a decided fac tor in the approaching campaign. Evans Will Bun. Greenville, May 10.?"1 will be a candidate for governor of South Carolina under one condition, and thai is that the people of South Carolina express a feeling that my services are needed." was the state ment made today by John Gary Evans, of Spartanbnrg, to a Green ville newspaper correspondent at Creei-. where .Mr. Evans delivered a Memorial Day address. Mr. Evans, when asked as to his intentions as to -the governor's race, said he would prohabh ni:?.k? a definite statemeni next week. MENDEL SMITH MAY ENTER RACE Crop of Gubernatorial Candi dates Growing Rapidly < olunihta, May 11. There seem? to I?.- a number <>!' prominent citi zens w iio would he governor. The latest is Hon. Mendel L. Smith, ?'!' Camden, who staled here today that he may offer for the office. FIGHT TO A FINISH WITH CRIME j - j Law Enforcement Or ganizations of Chi cago Came to a Show Down With Organized Labor _ Chicago, May 11?Law enforce : mem organizations arc engaged in i what the pol ice term a fight to a i finish wit.ii organized labor. Over a hundred labor leaders, including ; Big Tim Murphy. Cornelius She l, Fred Mader, president of the build , ing trades council, arc among those i arrested. Police Chief Fitzmaurice j said Isadore Braverman and Max I Class, who have partly been iden i titled as the slayers of the police j men arc only hirelings of higher i ups in organized labor circles who i are putting into action a conspiracy to overthrow the Land is wage award. I ATTACK ON FORD'S BID Senator Norris, Chairman of Committee Opposes Lease of Muscle Shoals * j Washington, May ?. ? Henry j Ford's proposed contract for de velopment of the government prop {erties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was : attacked today by Chairman Ndr . ris of the senate agriculture com mittee, who said it was a "cinch" ] and an "?'unconscionable contract." i adding that it could he taken to : Wall street, if accepted bv con gress, and an advance of 1 .(?00 per [cent, would be made it as a valu able contract and concession. The Nebraska senator's criticism , was the outstanding feature of the [committee's investigation of the pri | vate proposals for Muscle Shoals i pending for acceptance before con I gress and was made during the af ! ternoon examination of Cray Sil j ver, Washington representative of ! of the American Farm Bureau j Federation: Mr. Silver urged ac : ceptance of the Ford offer on the ground that it would reduce the. cost o:' fertilizer for the farmers and aid agriculture generally. At the morning session Dr. Wil : liam MeCIellan of New York, pres ident of the American Institute of : Electric Enigneers. submitted two .definite- recommendations regard ing the future treatment of the j Muscle Shoals projects. ? Congressional action to protect i the existing construction and I equipment of Muscle Shoals from .deterioration was urged, and the j -organization of an engineering : board to review and recommend to the committee a general plan of : procedure to be followed in con j nection with Muscle Shoals was ! suggested. Dr. MeCIellan declared that the engineers and business men who I had made a detailed study of i Muscle Shoals to date "have done so for some reason of their own. 'and not from the standpoint of the ' government." i He estimated that a complete j survey could be made within six months when Senator Heilin of Alabama objected to delay by con ! gress in acting upon the proposals now under consideration. The Ala Lama member flatiy declared him self in favor oi immediately accept ing Henry Ford's offer. Chairman Norrisnnd other sena tors seemed inclined to favor the suggestion of Dr. MeCIellan. - ? ? m MILITARY TRAINING FOR YOUNG MEN Summer Comp to Be Held at Camp MeCIellan, Anniston, Alabama ! Columbia, .ay 10.?Six hundred or more young men of South Caro lina will spend their vacations this 'summer .it the expense of the gov ernment nn the citizens military j training camp, to be held at Camp MeCIellan. Anniston. Ala., the I second of a series of such camps, the first of which was held in Co : lumhia last summer. Voting men ' between IT and z" will be accepted. I CLAUDE J. RAST ACQUITTED Jury Returns Verdict After Being Out Two Hours Orangeburg. May 10.?The jury trying Claude J. Bast, former su perintendent of education of Or j angeburg county, charged with as sault and intent to ravish, after be ing out about two hours, returned 'a verdict of not guilty. During the morning strong arguments con cluded the case. Judge Mendel ' \.. Smith, v. ho closed the case for [the defendant, made an address for his client. Upon the conclusion of this case a negro named Sam Jones was tried, charged with housebreaking :ind !ary. and was found guilty hi.I .Juge Bowman sentenced him; to serve five years. j .\ rase of interest will come up in the morning. Four young white! boys of Norway are charged with breaking into the depot there sev-j eral month's ago. Some cigarettes were found about 7;*. yards from; where the boys were camping ort the river. j Belfast. Ma,\ II. -A bomb was thrown in flien view slreei today, wounding two women. Three Cath olic youths were taken from their beds and shot. > HUGHES IS MENTIONED FOR GOVERNOR - Member of Legislature From Marion County Developing Considerable Strength j Columbia, May 10.?Some defi ! nite announcement is expected j within a few days regarding the i candidacy of some outstanding j man who will represent what is j known unofficially as "the oppo j sition." The statement of E. T. j Hughes, of Marion, in Columbia i yesterday, is expected to be the key of the situation. Mr. Hughes is expected to offer for governor and he will' probably be the man i around whom the "opposition" j forces of the state will rally. Mr. j Hughes stated that though he has : some weeks ago announced for con gress, against Congressman Stoll, lie had been approached by many, with the suggestion that he run for governor, and he had about made up his mind to do so. However, Mr. Hughes did not make any defi j nite announcement. Mr. Hughes will, it is expected, I make a good race, if he throws his hat into the ring. He has been a j leader in the house of representa tives, as chairman of the ways and means copimittee, and has stood for economy and also for progress. Other candidates who have an I nounced for governor are Former [Governor Cole L. Blease; William Coleman, of Whit mire, and Andrew ! J. Bethen, former lieutenant gov I ernor, of Columbia. State Senator I George II Laney. of Chesterfield, j has been endorsed for governor by j his county convention, but he has i not as yet announced. { Senator Laney, as well as Mr. j Hughes, was in Columbia yester | day afternoon.. Both stated they were here on "private business." It is presumed, however, that Mr. i Laney, like Mr. Hughes, had his j ear to the ground while here. Former Governor John Gary j Evans, of Spartanburg, is being i mentioned as possible timber for, j the political structure this/summer, j land it is intimated that- he wih i probably offer for governor. How- j ever, he has made no announce- j ment. A prominent Spartanburg j man in Columbia recently stated ! that Mr. Evans "has his oar to the I ground." iLABOR LEADERS I HELD BY POLICE i - j Four Hundred I^abor Lead-! j ers Held in Connection With j Murder of Policeman I Chicago. May 10.?F red j ("Frenehy") Mader, president of I the Chicago Building Trades coun- j eil. and more than L">0 other la- j bor leaders were being held tonight j i after having been caught in a doz- j en raids on various union head- ! j quarters today. The round up resulted from the j murder of two patrolmen and the i wounding of another in a running ] pistol fight in which the killers > eluded the police last night. The ' two slayings followed the bombing j {of two buildings, the culmination j of a series of disorders believed by the police to have been due to la- j : bor warfare in the building trades. | j In ordering the raids. Charles C. ! [ Fitzmorris. chief of police, deelar- I [ ed some labor leaders were "just j as guilty of the murders of the I I two policemen as were the an archists of the Haymarket riots."! He characterized ihe killings as j "slaughter" and termed the labor | leaders "hoodlums and ex-con- i victs." I The lists of those taken into j [custody included the names of! 'some of the men who have been! j known for years as the leaders of | labor in Chicago. Among them j were "Big Tim" Murphy, president j of the Gas Workers' union, and ? Cornelius ("Con") Shea, leader of t the teamsters' strike in 1??4. Mur- I ! phy, known as Chicago's "labor 1 czar," has been otit on bail after! I having been sentenced recently to j I seven years in prison in connec- | i tion with the $400,OOu union sta- j tion mail robbery. j The raids cameras a surprise, the llirst being made on the headquar j tors of the Building Trades council, j ?where men from the detective bu I reau appeared suddenly at the en- j trance. The raiders slammed the doors and then kepi them shut with threats of shooting. A score : ! of labor leaders were found in con- j I ference. They wer?1 taken into j custody and all books and docu-1 ments seized." A safe was opened j by drilling off the combination, and j Ithree pistols and about 100 rounds I of ammunition were found. ! Raids were made on the other union headquarters and saloons; I known to hav'fe been used as hang-, outs by notorious sluggers and gunmen who have been connected: by the police with many recent j bombings and shootings. Scores: of men were arrested in These mi nor raids and a large supply of pis tols, sawed-off guns and ammuni tion seized. RUSSIAN REPLY PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE Reply to Allied Memorandum Presented at Morning Session London. .May L1.?Reuther's Ge-j noa correspondent telegraphs that the Russians handed their reply to j the allied memorandum to the j conference at 11:4:". Genoa,. May IL- Foreign Minis-] ter Tehitcherin of Soviet Russia I handed the Russian reply to the al- ' lied memorandum to Foreign Min- i ist er Sch?nzel- of Italy. He re peated assurances of his good will and desire to cooperate with the other delegations. The note sug gested that a new special commis sion be appointed lo continue ne gotiations after the close of the Ge noa meeting. I I 'PHONE RATE LITIGATION Attorney General Wolfe Pre paring Return to Decree of Federal Judge Smith _ Columbia. May 9. ? Attorney j j General Sam M. Wolfe is today j preparing his return in the tele | phone rare ease, following receipt! i by him of the decree of Judge H.' A. M. Smith. :it Charleston, in ' I which the federal judge refused i the motion of the attorney general; i to dismiss the case, on the ground i that the federal judge did not I I have jurisdiction. .Judge Smith's' i decree did not decide the case; it \ was merely removal of the first ob- I i stacle interposed by the :-tate. in ! resisting the complaint of the tele- ; i phone company, and petition fori Ian injunction against the attorney J general ?and the railroad commis-1 , sion. to prevent them from enforc- j j ing the provisions of the act of the j 1022 legislature, which would put i the January l rates back into ef-j ; feet. ; The attorney general, in his j answer to the complaint, will den.: : ; the allegation of the telephone ; company that the newly enacted ' ! rates are confiscatory. Following i the filing of the state's reply, the; ; case will go before Judge Smith j on its merits. Evidence will be \ I produced to determine whether or j ; not the lower rates would be con i fiscatory, and whether or not the ! j present rates are needed for thej ! telephone company to make- a just ; return on its investment. Test!? j mony will he taken as to the value ? j of the telephone company's phy- j j sicai property, and as to its reve- j i nue. and the proportion of this rev I enue. to the capita] invested. The j I case is now to be tried before j '.Judge Smith on its merits, the de-i I cree of Saturday last having re- j moved the question of jurisdiction, i In his decree. Judge Smith de- j clares that the act is nor uncon ? stitutional, as was contended in ! the complaint. In refusing to dis- 1 i miss the motion of the attorney ? j general for a dismissal of the; j complaint, the court holds that the ! 1 present rates are to remain in ef j feet until the final disposition of the j ! case by the court. The attorney I j general is given thirty days in which ! j to prepare his answer, and on June ! j 5 the case is to be heard before j Judge Smith, unless extension of: ! time is allowed, for which pro- ? i vision is made in the court's de- ; WILSON PRAISED I BY METHODISTS j _ Name Brings Forth Roar of! ! Cheers and Applause j. -? ; ! Hot Springs, Ark.. May 0.?A j ! demonstration in honor of former : I President Wilson; adoption of res- I ; olutions of greetings to Mr. Wilson, j President Harding and Secretary of; Stale Hughes; the reading of rc- j I ports on the collection and dis-1 > bursement. of centenary funds; and ; \ the transaction of a quantity oft ! routine business occupied the at- \ j tention today of delegates to thej i nineteenth quadrennial conference j of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ] ; South. I Numerous committee meetings j i were held tonight and leaders said I f a large number of reports prob- 1 ably will be ready for presentation j I tomorrow. I The outburst came with the in-I troduction of special resolutions j j which lauded the former president j for his efforts towards the estab- j lishment of international accord and congratulated President Hard j ing and Secretary Hughes on the work done by the Washington con ference. When the reading cler' . spoke Mr. Wilson's name his sue j ceeding words were drowned i i' i the flood of cheers and appla a from all parts of the. hall. Pre id- j ing officers tried vainly to re ore] quiet but several minutes el. d before the crowd would settle A statement read reported t at j up to March 31. 1022. a to nl >f j $13,590.075.40 had been obt . dj from various pledges and .th; ot.' that sum $.10 187,498:91 had i ^e-n ; disbursed as follows: Board Of church extension *S32.- j 769,280; European reconstruction; $1,350.07S.96; foreign department (woman's work) ?1.161.704.24;; foreign c<*partment (board of mis-; sions) $2,770.083.27, Home de partment (board of missions) $1. 677.107.30; home department (wo-j man's work) $5 1 5.SS7.52; confer-; ence boards' 10 per cent. $1.096.-' 050.31; war work fund $382,818.03; mission buildings $400,000. The report also declared that during the years 1020 :fhd 1021 a total of 296.000 persons at home and abroad became affiliated with j the ehuroh. Oilier general business today in-; eluded the adoption of a committee I report creating the Cuban annual conference to take the place of the present Cuba, mission. Request of the Texas-Mexican Mission and the Western Mexican Mission that they be raised to annual conferences were not granted. Bishp Collins Denny. Richmond. Va.. wa sappointed to head a spe eial commission charged with the task of editing the discipline. ? ? ? TRIAL OF THE AIKEN FORGER Handwriting Expert on Stand and Testifies Against Defendant Aiken, .May 10.? The state this, afternoon rested its case in the prosecution of .Milton Lyle, on trial j for passing forged cheek on the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Aiken. January 12. Lyle is the firsr of the trio of accused men to be tried. Westbury and Padgett, the other two alleged forgers, are to be arraigned later. Babe Ruth has bought a farm. Perhaps he going to raise a pro SPECIALIST IN BOLL WEEVIL POISONING V. V. Williams. Now With Tal lulah Laboratory Will Di rect Work in This State Clemson College, May it.?V. V. Williams, a specialist in boll wee vil poisoning, has been secured by the extension -service from the Delta Laboratory, Tallulah. La., to have charge of demonstration work in poisoning the boil weevil by the use of calcium arsenate during the present season, according to an nouncement of Director W. W. Long. Mr. Williams begins his du ties in this connection about May 10, and will have charge of si^c demonstrations in different parts of the state and will give instruc tion to county agents regarding the details of successful poisoning. At a recent meeting of the board of trustee/; of Clemson Col lege, provision was made for the purchase of six dusting machines and for securing a specialist to su pervise the work on six demon stration farms to be selected by the extension service for this purpose. Director Long announces that the demonstrations will be on the farms of the following farmers: Al bert Scarbroough, Richland county; S. J. Watson, Saluda county; Bright Williamson, Darlington county; Lang D. Jennings, Sumter county: T. J. Kinard, Greenwood county; C. D. Nance, Lanrens county. From these demonstrations on the control ot the boll weevil much valuable information will be se cured and disseminated for the benefit of South Carolina farmers. ' fn this connection also the ex tension service will hold in the near future three district meetings of the county agents throughout the state for the phrpose of having Mr. Wil liams instruct the agents regarding the details in the use of calcium arsenate and the proper manage ment of machines. In turn the county agents will select in their respective counties 10 to 15 farmers with whom they will conduct dem onstrations on poisoning. These farmers will be selected largely from the standpoint of accessibility in their communities and neigh boring farmers will be notfiied from time to time when dusting dem onstrations will be given on the farms of the 10 to 15 farmers se lected. In this way it is hoped to reach a maximum number of farm ers with authentic instructions on poisoning. STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting to Be Held at . Myrtle Beach June 21-23 Columbia, May 10.?The people of Con way are making great prep- , arations for the entertainment of the South Carolina Press associa tion on the occasion of its annual meeting at Myrtle Beach, June 21, 22 and 23, according to a letter?a<u.v ceived by Harold C. Booker, secre tary of the association, from Marion A. Wright, secretary of the Con- m way chamber of commerce. This is the first time that the associa- * tion has ever met in Horry coun ty and the people of the county plan to make it a meeting long to be remembered. Mr. Wright said that the Con- . way people were anxious to have the members of the association come to Marion, on the morning .rain of June 21. They will be met , at Marion by the people of Con-, way, who will take them to Conway ?n automobiles. They will be given a brief but spirited automobile tour of Conway and about 1 o'clock will be placed on board the yacht Jea nette and carried down the Waca maw liver to Peachtree ferry, a distance of some 20 miles. Auto mobiles will he waiting at Peach tree ferry when the boat arrives and the delegates will be taken to Myrtle Beach, a distance of some six or seven miles. Dinner will be served either p* Conway. or on board .the boat. . ...... This program will give the dele gates is. short grlimpse ojC Conway. a prolonged view of the Wacaraaw river?which the Conway people . say is the most beautiful stream in South Carolina?a dinner, and will deliver them to Myrtle Beach about .\:<hi o'clock in the afternoon. - The details of the entertainment program are being worked out by a committee of the Conway cham ber of commerce, of which Col. t 1>. A. Spfvey is chairman. Hubert G. Osteen, of Sumter, president of the association, is arranging the business program for the meeting and it is planned by Mr. Osteen to make this a real business meeting. There will, of course, be plenty of time for pleas uring and recreation, but it is the . idea of Mr. Osteen to have the association transact real business w hen it is in session and to put the association on a business-like basis. , An effort will be made to make this the most largely attended meeting of the association ever held and officers of the organization said yesterday that judging, from > the interest already being display ed in it. the effort will probably be successful. CHICAGO JAILS CROWDED More Than One Hundred and Fifty Caught in Raids Chicago. May 11.?The city jails are crowded with four hundred la- n bor leaders and others who are held in connection with the mur aler of two policemen and the l>Ombing of buildings, which the police attributed to labor disorders. Rewards totalling twenty thou sand dollars have been offered for he arrest of the slayers. A man who falls in love with .iimself never has any rivals. .