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THE SUMTEIl WATCHMAN, Est a CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 WORK ON THE COUNTY ROADS PROGRESSING _ j Concrete Base Being: - Laid on Mayesville, Manning, and Bish opville Roads. May 31st Let in Day For . Bids on Other Road j Work -. The work on the roads and on the bridges of the county is pro gressing very satisfactorily at all points in spite of the weather con- ; ditions which have not been alto gether favorable for the carriyng on of this type of work. The concrete culvert over the mill race at White's Mill has been completed * for some time, as has also the con crete bridge over the Green Swamp stream on the Stateburg road. The bridge forces of tie* Mallard Lum ber company have concentrated their work in the building of the bridges in Rocky Bluff and Scape 'Ore swamps and soon these bridges will be entirely completed. Approximately a mile and three quarters of the concrete base for the permanent road bed of the Mayesville road has been laid to date by the Slattery & Henry Con struction company, and about a half mile of the concrete base has been laid on the Manning road, which work is being done by the Adams-Evans Construction com pany. The concrete base work has * also been begun on the Bishopville road. On May 31st bids will be re ceived before the Permanent Hard ? Surface Road Commission of the county for the grading and hard surfacing of about four miles of the Pinewood road. This road work will be begun at the City limits on Liberty street. The route chosen for hard surfacing will be from the city limits on Liberty street ex- I lending across Second MiH and turning to the left just over the mill will join the Pinewood road. \ This road work will then be car- J ried to the Southern crossing at ! Old Ford. The bridge work called for will be the reconstruction of the Second mill bridge and tic building of the bridge over Rocky ? Ford stream. Bids will be also re ceived for the hard surfacing of the Stateburg road. This road will be paved to the Myers' corner .>t which point it will be paved for j ^?-about a mile and a half further, on ; both the Camden road and the Stateburg road. Bids will also at this time be received for the re -locating of Ballard*s Hill and j Chalk Hill. A road is proposed to the left of the present road bed; on these hills. The present grade of Ballard's Hill is about 12 per! cent grade. This grade can be cut \ - down to about a 5 per cent grade. ? TROUBLE FOR INCOME TAX DODGERS _ Six Prominent Citizens Indict ed in Federal Court at Anderson * And^r.-on. May ?The first I ? bill of indictment handed the] grand j-try today when the feder- : al court of the Western district convened was one in which the I government charges Campbell J Courtenay. St. John Courtena>Vj Ashmead Courtenay. Edwin F.; Frost. Henry Rutledge Buist and Francis J. Pehser with conspiracy to defraud the government. A sep- i ' arat*- bill charges Campbell Ccurte-j nay with perjury, and two addition- j a! bills charge Sr. John Courtenay I and Campbell Courtenay with vio- ! ' lotion of the iii- ome tax law. Judge H. H. Wat kins explained! the first bill io the grand jury by ! saying that when two or more i persons agre? or conspire to com mit any offense against the l'nit?'d States. ;?nd th;it one of the party does any act to effeeet 'io- object! of such agreement of conspiracy, then all were guilty of conspiracy. I The indictment, he said in part. ! charge;1 these men. ;:s officers and | directors of the Courtenay Manu-) facturing company of making ;i \ fraudulent income tax return. In the case against Campbell I Courtenay. charged with violation i of th ? income fax law. it ?ras at- i . leged that h? omitted from his re- ; turn any profit from Jh?- sab- of , bis stocks, while evidence ??:' th< ! government showed .? profit from' the sab* of shares of Victor Men- ' aghan mill stock, said Judsce Wat-j kins, and the same charge is ?n:eb ; against St. .lohn Courtenay ; ,-.^:<i(ist ' ";i ii15?;.?-11 Courtcnsty. The offense of eonspiraey is pun- ; * ishable by a tire* ?f not more than I Sjo.ooa in- imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, and | tb" penalty Cor perjury i- ;j fine j of not more than ??tl'.",">. or not] more than five years imprison ment. Judge Watfcins told the jury.! District Attorney H. F. Coehran j introduced Benej. H. Littlejohn. j special assistant to the attorney | * general of t!:?- United States, who | took the oath of attorney before j the court, it is understood, to ;?s si'-'t in tbi prosecution of special eases. C'roydo?: England. May 2 l Mal i W. T. Blake and two companions, today started on thirty thousand ' r?vil** airplane flight around th*rj world. blished April, 1850. 8S1._ THE STATE CAMPAIGN ITINERARY First Meeting- F o r Candidates Will Be: Held in Columbia, June 20 Columbia. May 25.? Candidates for tat*? offices and congress from | "the Seventh district will fire their! opening guns in Columbia this summer, according to tic- cam paign itinerary announced yester day by ;i subcommittee of the state Democratic executive commit tee. This committee, composed ot | Gen. Wilie Jon?--. George Bell-Tim.-i merman and fcl. X. Edmunds, was! named at the executive commit tee meeting in connection with the | state convention and instructed to j man out an itinerary? June 20 is the opening day an?1 1 August 25 is the closing date, the j last meeting being in Sparta n bit rg. : j From Columbia the campaigners ] i jump in order named to Lexington, j jSaluda. Edgefield and Aiken dur-i 1 ing the first week. From July 8 1 i to July 17 resi is provided for] |and again from August .". to August! [14 a rest period is in the itiner ary. The schedule includes con-] gressiona 1 speakers. Full Itinerary. The full itinerary as announced ; by the subcommittee ir; as fol i lows: I Columbia, Tuesday. June 20. Lexington. Wednesday. June 21. ? Saluda. Thursday. June 22. : Edgefield. Friday. June 23. Aiken. Saturday, -hire- 21. Barn well. Monday. Jute- 2 ??. Allendale. Tuesday. June 27. Hampton. Wednesday. June 28. | Beaufort. Thursday, .lute- l"'. Ridgeland. Friday. June 30. Walterboro, Saturday. July 1. Moncks Corner. Monday. July i Charleston. Tuesday. July 4. St. George. Wednesday. July 3. Bamberg. Thursday. July <;. St. Matthews, Friday. July 7. Orangeburg, Saturday. July s. ; Rest Fight Days. Sumter. Monday. July 17. Bishopvillc. Tuesday. July 18. Darlington, Wednesday. July !&. I Bennettsville. Thursday. July i'<?. ' Chesterfield, Friday, July 21. Florence, Saturday. July 22. Conway. Monday, July 2 t. Marion. Tuesday. July lt.. Dillon. Wednesday. July 2?. Kingstree, Thursday. July ?7. Georgetown, Friday, July 28. Manning. Saturday. July Camden. Monday, July 31. Lancaster, Tuesday. August I. f York. Wednesday. August 2. Winnsboro. Thursday. August 3. i Chester. Friday. August i. Union, Saturday. August "?. Another Re>*. Xev.'berry. Monday. August 1 +. Greenwood. Tuesday. August 1".. La.urens, Wednesday. August Abbeville. Thursday. August IV, McCormick. Friday. August In. Anderson, Saturday. August 1'*. Walhalla. Monday. August Hi. Pick ens. Tuesday. Angus: 22. Greenville. Wednesday. Aug. 23. Gaffney. Thursday, August 2 1. Spartanburg, Friday. August lt. ATTORNEY FOR LEVER'S DANK Secretary John J. Rice Leaves Tax Commission to Go With I Land iJank Columbia. May l'"?.?Job n 1.1 Rice, of Columbia, who for five! years has be?*n secretary of the! stat?- tax com mission. will sever Iiis i connection with that body on June! to become an associate of Tbom-i as & Lumpkin. Columbia attorney:*. ' in the work of the i"g;?l depart-1 ment of the new First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank, recently: organized here, with Former Con-1 grest-nnan A. F. Lever ass president.! Mr. Rice, though a young man. is wvll fitted lo handle tie- legal! work of the new bunk. lie is \ law graduate of the university, as) Well as an academic graduate of thai institution. He has been sec-i retary <??' tie- tax commission since ? i:?J7. and at tic sane- tin.? is vice] president and attorney !'?.r ;h<-' Gulf *v Atlantic Insuranv Co.. of < 'oinI'tibia. Mr: Rice is from u distinguished family of lawyers, bis fallier, the late B. T. Rice. *?f fiUtrnwell, b:ic- j ing bv*m one of the leading mem-! bers of th? bar of ?h:tr county, and' Hon. If. ??. Rice, ol Aik- n. a protii- | inent circuii judge. being ;< cousin. . Mr. Rice has been a Columbian! since lie entered the university, and ' he has a hosi of friends iti ? lumbia. FEW WORKERS WITHOUT JOBS; Steady Improvement of Con ditions in the South Washington. Ma> Reports of the departinent o| labor show steady iriiproy?Mueiu in ??i;ii?l<?ytn?-ni conditions in th< soutb, ttief.? |.,.. ins j?! :i? ? *:? ?;111 \ no it m<'titpbe ment in Xort b * *a.rolina. Mass Celebrated at St. Peters For Pilgrims Rome, m.i\ l?ope Clus to day celebrated mass hi the b? silica Of St. Peters before thousands of pilgrims v; ho are attending the in teruationa I Eucha.risth coitgrcsc. "Be Just ami Fear MURDERERS STILL HOPE TO ESCAPE Reporter Interviews Six Men Who Are in Death Cell Waiting T u r n in Electric Chair Columbia. May 25.? "I guess they'll clean this" place om now yoon." The speaker locke?! through the bars of Iiis death cell in lb*' penitentiary ami t<> a reporter who stood on the outside !"? spoke of the plans for sending him and the five other prisoners in the death lions'- to t he electric chair. 'l'ii?- death hous<> is full, <>n< man to each of the six e<-lls. Tim roll call of these prisoners is: F. .V. Jeffords. Ira Harrison. S. J. Kirby, C. O. Fox, Jesse Gappins and Bdtnund Bigham. This correspondent talked to all of them and here's the page from the reporter's diary: Jeffords entered the death ??'?11 hist Saturday, to die on June li? for the murder of .1. <'. Arnette. his partner in the operation of ;i Main street filling station in Columbia. *'! don't want to say anything more about my case yet." he said when the reporter drew him into con versation. Harrison: Also sent up for the Arnette murder and sentenced to die the same day Jeffords dies. "1 told tin- Truth on the witness stand, when I told how we killed Arnette." he said. "I i',-*-l better because I told the truth: I am look ing to the futur?- and 1 believe tied <-:.-n forgive sins. I wish I had not dom- it. ;in?l ;!' i had my chance all over again. 1 would not do it." ihippiii'.-: S'-nt up with '-v?>. and Kirby for the murder of William Brazcll. Columbia taxi driver. "-l never had a part in killing Bra ndl, except to lo lp dispose of th ? body. Mr. Kirby look us out on the Augusta road and li?- told nie to l<ill Brazell. I told him I wouldn't do it. and then he made Fox kill him. Kirby said we had to have thai automobile." Kirby: ''Thai boy has to face his (Jod as well as I do. and he'll have to t<-li that story at the judg ment Par. Kirby 111?? 11 delved into .< story of how lie had cut up some machinery at a mill where he worked here and of being under guard for months because of his mental condition, these apparent ly being aimed ai conveying the impression that he is unbalanced. Fox: "I told the truth on the stand. 1 wouldn't in- to save my neck: I'd rather dio than :<> live with a conscience guilty of such a crime/" Bigham: "I m-r only say it yet thai I'm not guilty, l>:u I am not guilty. 1 never expect to uo around yonder." "Bound yonder" is to the big steel door leading froJii the death uouse corridor to the little audi torium in whose center stands tm hiu oak chair with wires connect ing it with the city's power plant, where on June l ? Jeffords and Harrison will take their seat, nev er to rise again, and when* also this summer Kirby. Fox and flap pins will also probably spend their last minutes. In the words of Kirby. the death house will likely be "cleaned out" this summer. Jeffords and Harrison, the in fest addition.-- to the death heu.-'e population! are very < 'in. .!??!' foids spoke to this correspondent with the same firmness in his voice that characterised the testimony !)<? gave last Saturday when he de clared that he never struck Ar nette and when lie gave the li<- on i ho witness stand to officers of the law v. ho .iio-ad of him had testi fied thai ilo three men confessed to killing Arnette. Harrison has a slight tremor in his voice, how - ever, as he tells of what he did. IJ a rrison is twenty-one. 'o.er in iii" main prison build inu is Treece, the twenty-two year old ?cember of the trio. who uoi a lii'<- son teuer?; Ke wear-- the bhie denim suit thai will be bis garb to,- tie- ff'st of his life. "I ? i * I m ' i you ?;<?( uff lighter than you ??xpe.-ted." the report' r a :}<--d t !;?? young loa n. "I ? a n't say t ha ' I did." v. a tie; replv. MONEY FOR COACHES' SCHOOL Columbia City Council Appro priates $750 for School at University ?'o.lumbia. May 24.? Columbia's eitj council ii.t- appropriated ;'7..'t i" aid the i.'tih'-rsit v in financing th" ???.;..-m-.-:' SfllMol"" to h"l?l ! the. institution during tin coming ? iiiiiiii'-r, Tie- first c?i eh.-: i bob! was h? Id ! i -i sumiii'.-r. a nd ii ;?? :??. - ?I Slieb a >::<???>-ss Mia J'resid-nt ?b?t W. I?. Melton ha slari-tl p.'.in-; i??r r??j,v-;i.t jng it this ; p.a' 13?? appe.ue.l Ijefbr- eouncii here y.-.sferda-t in le-balf of the ? < hooi Th.? si-boid is .in. no -.1 by aliih-tic uist ra'-t'M- and ?I?t - - "i ? i.; high schools. ? dtejecs* com munity o)-;i r: i v at ions and tie- like from ;il! par! <>: the state. e'obt in bin. Ma \ 2?J - 'o>\. i n M:c\o\ |..-is i.'olumbbi Monday .?! .?THiMiii 'or S t ?:? : t a 111-i: rg -.\!o-i<- h -? at tendJii'- tie a nnna i ? o;\ n ion of tie- grand lodge Kni;:his .> ?Vthias. Tli.- uo\.-rn"i Is gran? Nol?Let nil tlic cmls Thoti Aims'! : Sum tor, S. C. Salurd Grapefruit" The latest nan runner's tiicl ?; "grapefruit." seized by revenue offie DATESETFOR EXECUTION OF MURDERERS Kirby, Fox and Gap pins Go to the Chair June 16th, Unless: There is Some New. Legal Trick Columbia. May J-'J Friday Jut'"; was s'-i as tin- date for the elec trocution of S. J. Kirby. C. < >. Fox' and Jesse Cappins. th?" trio convict-' <'1 bisi August of the murder of William EJrazeli. a Columbia taxi driver. This is the day after the electrocution dat" for F. M. Jef--\ fords and Ira Hanison. ??on vie ted j last Saturday of the murder of J. ! C. Arnette. proprietor of a Colum bia 'illing station. The three men were t:il;en !i-.:.i tin penitentiary to Lexington under a heavy guard. They all three stated I they lunl not had just i. ?< ? given' them and pl??ad for mercy. TRUCK TRAFFIC REGULATION South Carolina Railroad Com-! mission Formulating Rules Columbia. May 2 I. ? liules for regulation of bus and motor truck lines operating between towns in I South Carolina are being worked out by the South ?"a rolina Rail road Commission, and the < ?< ?: 11 - ' iiiittof commissioners ??spc?*ial-i ly charged with draAving up tlvse. rules Is iijeeting in Columbia to day. at the commission oth composed of ? *??m:mis"si??jjers Ar nold. I Va rman and ?"?*< ?ney. These rules; a? ?? ? ? i <ii11^ lie commission, will cover aJi phases j of the o|?< ration of i n l * ? r - - ;:y ;i no inter-town motor vehicle lite -. !"<.i instance, there will be a rule against driver ol a ear or trtiei, working v. nib- under the ini'tience! of intoxicants, and against the! use of intoxicants while driving. Aiiother rub: will require all cross country vehicles carrying passeng' to stop at railroad crossings, (operators ?>:' passehg?-r and freight ?-arrying motor vehicle lines will be required io furnish indem nit.*, bonds. There will lV- regulations; regarding the piildication ami' marut??nau'ee <<i schedules. The|-?? will l?- i reo re <.?;? more rules, ib-ni. ing with various phases of such; nullit.- servie?-. The commission h dds that it ? autleu i!;? also t vt.-nds !?> those j : i a as!er lines which haul nas- ! sengers over rural ??-,ct:inns. I< tbe control of epics and lov. m: Tee rules governi?" the \u<,i,jr v. hieb- transportation of tie- ":.:!??? will be proJiin!g;j|ed at an i>arly oat--, ir staled bv members < : flu .?I,::?::. "ion. VICE WAR IN COLUMBIA Mayor Issues Orders to Clean t'l> City CosanvSVia. Ma; Y. ? \\ 111 ;.i tu A. ?.| ? !i. iiia;..r ii\ < >'. U 1.1 i ? i. i. in a ivfJeV r?. ? Iii?-: i>t I?/?|je.. St.r:ekJ:in?l 1 ji:e- STiveji ST i*i--t : e. si i: ? ? t r > ? 11"- tl;:it j |e i.? mi: t Ii?' rigid sn.|?|?r?-e^si?>ii ot tl fo":si:> -a-.- in r.'e- ciiy ??f '"o iitol.ia. so. .dls.-a lly 11.losing o. mn:??r.iI hoos.-s. arr?st >>*' !????> <l v.'.. supo? e>sj.i,: |. e-ne:" ' <y.'\ d ri\ini: >>: rill minors from ?o?d t o?ous i n ! h;s !. f: >? r 11r. d ? Ja< ' ' :i. ? ? ; ?? a:'..i ? ' U..I ''"-\ ,i i" uiv.-ii a tree hand. : ? ? i-li fttet-d to A o|*k ; t, Jos- ihtrtiinny th<- state :-<| e.J. I-;,I !.? .. a ' : n ? ?? ??! the idind tig. r" 11 albc. t 'a ri . .?!.. -. t i .? .i ?;: e.. (...? a rem t.-ra n> na tb.-n \\ :t h .: I * .\l.-, - :: ~ t!:- Ainesicxia :.-j>i.-.-. i;ta t\?-. ; i?>? !i'?? discuss iin.ir:. ;;?! !i> a a - ! ? >i' t If ; i leTticnt ?>: : !;?? ?Inrot" 'a -it oat i?o?. >.\ .t It a |.>a n t ? i ? I II i.i Ii \ eoliseo-l t ?I a:S ? ? ?. ? ? ? ot mcasurcj Oecvs^a t*v, f be jh.\ Country's, Thy God's and av. Mav 27, 1922 in Bottles 31 il Ii f i i! I * . ? ' ?/, ? 'A ?. m i ? . carload of hootch in boxes labeled crs at Jacksonville, Fla. CHEAT THE ALLOWS ] }ct itions Signed 1 >y S e v e r a 1 Hundred Filed at Governor's Office for Condemn ed Man f'oU.n.bin. May _"_*. -?A petit imi asking that the death sentence against .!<-<<? (hippins be roinmut >"] to life imprisonment has her-n filed with the governor. The nv titi'>:i carries several h u n ?1 r ?? <i names, including several who sign !?'! i loir i'a hi es as "Christian workers.*" fJappins is one nf the f'razell murd< r 11-:?? and f; to be r?*sentenc ed i<> die In the eh-drfc chair at l.e.\jjigt??n ibis v.'-.-ic. Members of ;!,? t'Orid*?tuned .:ian'- family called ;it tin- governor's office ill behalf of ("appins. but no action lias been taken "ii the petition and none will likely be tkaen. The petition sets froth that the signers do not Uclieve fl-appins in tended :?> i;:k" Ii;--, but was foi'ee.l to do so by others. W ant lai c Term For ! I a n i-f m rolunthia. May Fctitfons that [Ii'- death sentence passed ;: j ???*: Ira Harrison iat.e Saturday I>e e?inimuted to life imprisonment were said to be in circulation in Columbia yesterday afternoon. The report vvas to the effect that sev eral of the petit ions were being circulated and that they v. er? be ing signed by unite a number of citizens. Ira Harrison, a Ion- wirb F. M. .P-f ords. was sentenced last Sat urday by Judge Townsend to be clectroeuicd Julie ! tino both having !.<?<?, convicted i>f murder in the Arnetle case. MONEY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS Insurance Commissioner Mc Mahan Distributes $100.000 ' oiuiiilua. Mac 2 \. - Approxi mately ?< I"".'""n being sent by Stale Insurance ? 'ommh ? ibnei" Mc Malia n ! hi. v. e* |- j j,,. , j| j, s ;1 rtd < 'iiie'ic^ i,: the :~?at?>. :iy shafes fur !'> ;i! communities ?>; tin: tii"'- d< partmen] ??? ? u! i > 111 en I lax collected by rlie stare insurance dej.artmeiti. and also a.s prof'eeds of tax ?>:> hisui-inee premiums for the last I f of l;i vf \ ? ;i f. < ?;' the tlr.e department eouip '!!<-lit i;i \ I !).- t'o||i. \ :> t >? t !;< laigesi cheek: aiajlcd on'; ' 'ha rle>i o.li . . ? t. V L' ?*> i ??diinihia . - . . ;:.!?'? ?'. Sp.i ri anho : :: I t. .'? .\ ad er. ? ?-Ii am I P>r. n< IroeK I !,l i 1 '.. trpb-ti Fepui II- ?. , j I Lit: ! " I 7 7 n; 71) ; i. 7 :*. ?i i s Tb*' insTiratie*- oreminin I :\ sent I t.. the .-..nmo-. .it the fat- . \v!?:? Ii Me- Ja: ge'x? at?*: ?ii.ir!.v t.:>? ;? :?.<? ?; tic bland :f<:,v:i!. "pa rtanbirtg 1.?..*;?; \ ;: d ? i - .- ? o n . | . i * a* ? 'a nit ? ! ?' 7 .' ? i: :;;ngtoa. ?-1. ? \ ... i .u- ?i; . ? :? \ ! irt >? 11uh iingei manna", (hai ? ?r' - !i: n<- .??.ii; i? it tj?l red . ? r: ? J :x?A ? ; ,,[? ; tu fe-rist r> di isit'M of :!;?? X- \. V"t ! ? >o-.t <>:!;? ??? .VVrr. d t" I'f.-si.lcnt I lard.mi: i.y L-etffrig J*<- a:.iM.-; ( Icihtii ! ttart i!i ? ??? ' ??? '.i IS, 11.;, l ged. GREAT RIOT RAGING IN I BELFAST I Swarms of Police Sweeping Through Ulster Rounding Up Sinn Fehlers Who Have Been Raiding I'elfast. May t'.\.?The greatest I raTO in recent history of Ireland was earri?*?] out today. Swxrms of j y>ol"i?*e were sweeping through ; Ulsr< !'. and roundeO up two liun l.dred Sinn Feincrs. most of whom were Irish republican arm;.- oni ; cert-. The northern government; have taken action -a an effort to 'suppress all Sinn Fein organ iza - i lions in six county areas; following i their raids and the burning of I bnibiings. ( lilioin;)ting in (he mur kier yesterday .,i W. .1. Twaddel!. j a member of the Ulster b;u'lia> I merit. I CRISIS AT BELFAST _ Premier of [.lister Declares Irish Depublican Army Outlaws j London. May -?'?. - -Sir James j CraJg. lb*' I 'Ister premier, an j nouncd in a meeting of parlla rment. that the Irish republican army would >"? proclaimed an il I legal assembly, says a Central Xewa I disj.'atch from Belfast. I AGREEMENT AT DUBLIN Sinn Fein Organization Rati fies Plan For Elections j I niblin. May 1Z ? Aid Fhei \ the I national Sinn Fein organization. ! has ra'iiied an agreement regard ing election's and composition of the government. South Carolina j Man Wins Prize For Hiarh Record in School of Journalism?Ot her Awards Made j New York. May 11. Booth Tar!: j ington again has won the Pulitzer j ; v./." oi .* i.' "n f,,|- jjji. American j novel !??-t presenting "the whole j.-sortie atmosphere of American lit'. j ; ad the highest standards of Amer ? ican manners and manhood." Co lumbia University announced to ? day. The prize winning novel was I "Alice Adams," I Kngeiie 'i'Xeil's ?"Anna Ciiristie" j v. on the $ i.oiH" prize for the Amer i scan iday besi representing "the <-d I neat tonal value and power of the stage in raising the standard of i good morals, good taste and u.i j ma riners.*' 1 Tin- i. prize for the "best ? book of the year upon the history ! of the United Stares" goes to .lames ! Truslow Adams f<-r -The Founding j of New Knglattd" and the -<!.,,n'' ?prize for the "best A merican i.j [ography teaching patriotic and un selfish services t" th<- people, il I lust ra t i:t?g by a n erntnem example, excluding as too obvious the names j iii Ceorge Washington and A bra - ham Lincoln.*' to Ha.nrlin Ca rland. ! for "A Daughter of the Middle tter I der." I Fdvviti Arlington Itobittson's i "i VdJeeted Poems" Won t he > !."<?', ! j-.ri'/." for lit*' best volume oi verse ! puIdished during the year. I The Arlington eeremouies 1 j Aiiierica's "Unknown Soldier last .November provided the material froni u hbdi were written the prize I winning newspaper stories arid tie ; i-ri/.- win:;itig newspaper editorial jof the Kill-- L. Simpson <>? tin- Unsh ? ingfoii naff of the Associated I Cress for his stories on the return i tin- "Unknown Soldier" was i awarded the STjopi prize for tie '. "besl example of a reporters wot'i." I during t he year;*' ! I-':;.':!; M. <?'i::ien's edit'oial. I' Tli.- f'tiknoWn Soldier." published \ iv. 'Ii.. Xew Y"VU Herald ?:i XoVMn i l.er ! x. was awarded fin- ??"???" pmse l'.f-f,e tii - -liest editorial article writ : ten during > en V. tin. test ol : moral ptiiH>os-->. sound re::>..iiing j ;.|,d I ????.?.?!? !?? infltteiee pU-bltV : pinion in tie- right direeti..n." ! 'I In- priz- <?!' !5'-" ]"'-<i < iT. v.spaper cart00a went to S'olfin j Kirhy of tie- New V-rk World i e, "On the U'-ad to ; XV.se..w '" published August .*.. 11 '**! . ; Th- NVw V-.rk World w??n the tere<te?l and uieritort'ts putdie ICu KhlN Kiati iii.:; vv.-i. 1 i 'a 1 ; Ma> - C?p?imi>l? ov rTVe pr??gre<s t!iaj is l?. im: made ii ;?,.. I nternat b'aal I ta nkers' ?'on f ei ..si. --, u Iii- !i is otisidering tin- 1 '?? ; an international loan. is CO .'? lO Karl Kei gmanti. : ' =? ? ?? T RATES ARE l REDUCED! Inter-State Commerce! Commisson Files! I )ec i sion Red uci ng j Freight Rates Ten! Percent. } Washington, May '2 \.?-.\ r-*-? 1 ti<?- j Tion in ti'-ight ? rates averaging! about '" !>?*?? ? <'ut has been of- j ? i'-l'-t] by the im erst a te CO ;nm< ?!"<;?? i com mission in a decision result in? froth aa inquiry into the general rate structure of the nation. The cut is fixed ;it fourteen per cent for tile eastern territory, thirteen and. j one-half in the western, and twelve and one-half in tin- southern and mountain Pacific territories, all re ductions effective July I. and con stitute a greater cut than was gen erally expected. The commission in ordering :!:<? decreases, which! are on :t horizontal basis, held that the railroads are entitled to earn live and three-quarters per cent on Me- value of their property, rather] than approximately six per cent, fixed as a reasonable return in the! transportation act of Itejo. Pas senger and Pullman rates are not! affected. Agricultural products are not fiffected by the reduction, the voluntary cut made by the rail roads .January 1st being Substitut-1 The commission defined the per cc mages <>:' reduction in the south ? ern district twelve and one half per cent instead of t wenty-iiv??' pet tent authorized in I!'*?0. The com mission expressed the conclusion that "the assumption that railroad [.rates can or should be stabilized on present high basis is futile." MERCHANTS TO MEET IN COLUMBIA Retail Merchants' Association To Hold Annual Convention in July Columbia. May "??*.?Flans for the bis --^t gathering of merchants the stale has ever known. to be j held in Columbia daring July, arc io be made this week, according to !.. 11. Wannamaker, secretary of the South Carolina lb-tail Mer chants' Association, who left Co lumbia yesterday afternoon forj Creehville to confer with J. VV. : Kirk pat rick, of that city, presi dent of the merchants' st;,-;-- organ ization regarding the plans for the [ first annual state convention of the j orgy niza tion. The exact date for the conven j'thm has tjoi been decided, but the i gathering will be held during thej 'month of July. Columbia having j been selected as the place at a ' gathering of the directors of the as-1 jsociation some months ago The merchants" association was] t. organized at a small ganteiing of . b-ading merchants of the sta' * in Columbia last fall. An organt<a * tion was started which hits gr?:wn I rapidly, so that today its l.irgo membership is made up v.' the leading merchants, of all lines, from parts of the sts.ite l-efyre going to '.ireenvjUe Mr. : Wannamaker stated that the asso ciation lists "eutaive plans for a strong convention during i it ? >s?m nter. Men prominent in ?he a.fairs] , of the national mcroantib ?rg.-u* zrations wiii '>-? on the program, and there will be sectional gather-j ings and soei;.il affairs th??l '\il! j "i>'-a! strongly to the merchants of' the state. Several hundt?.-? ttier- j ?hau:.-- at-- expected to :Utetid thej gat bering. While in the Piedmont Section oft the state Mr. Wannamaker will \ bit several towns in the Interest ' '?; the association. This organiza- j tion is made up today of the must j prominent merchants of the state i ATTACK ON DAUGHERTY ] "Abused" Mr. Taft's Confi dence. Says Senator Washington. May "... -Renewing< b:- aLt;?ck ojt Attorney Ceneral I>siugbcrty in senate today, j Sena tor i'arawsiy. l.Vmoerat. Vr- j kans:i>. placed in the Congressional fiev'.?rd alleged Copies of iwo mote letters purporting show that Mr. r>nugiterty wa? active and di-J tlv interested in obtaining the! release from the Atlantsi peniten tiary of < -barb s W. Morse, the i shipbuilder The b'tTecs. published today in ,i p..-.i ue\" spa per. Senator Cara? ? <-..?v ? . i :< I. shOv.e.l tliat Mr. Drittsh- l ej-: v ?,\ as engaged as counsel in the | ,?;. ... !., ;<?:?,? fi*" bad fhe- contit'etice ? o; fortner I'resident Ts? ft. who commuted. Mr; Morse's fifteen-year?? sentence, and charged that Mr. j I >. eg belt) had "?abused" Mr. Tstft's < onud'-r.' '-. be :tT?m Thomas i:. Felder. Xcw | *i ??! i\ attorney. alleged to have been I associated with Mr. ')augherty in | the Morse pardon ? use The other, j a lleged l" bsi.ve beeil written b\ i Frank I- See-ley. editor eL the At - I iania Ccorgis*n. to Mr. Felder, said | thai Mr. Morse owed liberty] and his life to yours sind Mr. j iJaugheriy's efforts.** Mr Seele} ; said his interest was *"purel\ phil to; ii i-.jo. ." i;Vx-?J letter* b..i- ;:-l7| ? l.reN I fHJION, Established -June 1, liSfi. VOL. LIL NO. 30 GEORGIA MOB LOS ITSVICTIM Jim Den son Escapes After Being Forci bly Taken From Jail frwinton. Ga.. May 23.?An au tomobil?- accident early this morn ing cheated Wilkinson county mob of Jim Denson. 20. a negro v.h<> had been dragged from tha local jail a few minutes before to !>"? put to death by mob * iolenes for a crime he is alleged to h?>ve committed three years ago. At dusk this afternoon oherin; Player of Wilkinson and his po?sr, aided by dogs, reported the negro surrounded near Sand;.' Creek, four mil^s south of this place and Iii? recapture is expected during th*? night. Officers are satisfied that tin- negro escaped the mob. he having been seen and identified I four times during tin- day. j The negro's '-scape Shatters all ! mob records in Georgia. Xever be ! fore, it is believed lias a man stag'-d a get away from a group I of angry men who were en route j to a scene selected to reap n-v^nge. 'Many have been rescued by sher j iffs a nd oi lo r officers. Denson is believed to bo at | tempting to elude the sheriff and his posse jn order that, he may get to Macon. He is said to have 'expressed a desire to reach Macon ; a nd surrender there in order that j he may be lodged in a "mob proof jail." The negro has been twice ret\ ! tenced to death, the last sentence I having been imposed by Judge i James B. Park here yesterday, the ! court setting the date oi June 16. I Two carpenters arrived here this i morning to build a gallows but. their job lias been postponed m j definitely. - Millcdgevillc, Ca., May 23.-?The I tirst information that Jim Densen had gotten away from the mob was taken to Irwinton today by a farmer of Wilwinson county, ac cording to information brought. J here tonight. The farmer was in the field with several negro hands when he observed a bareheaded negro approach. Tim negro, how ever, ran when he discovered the white farmer. "W hat was the matter with that negro?" the fanner asked one of his hands. "That's Jim Denson." came the reply. ??}!?> g?ys he escaped from lynchers and that they are hunt ing him." Denson was then out of LUght. j but tin- farmer carried the news I to the sheriff and then the hunt j for Denson alive was begun. Tiis [sheriff had believed Denson dead j until then, flic farmer's stcry was later confirmed, it ;s ! from other xourees. People who left Wilkinson coun ty as late as 0 o'clock tonight said Denson had not been captureS. T!ie mob was still pursuing" horir I ever. New Offer For i Muscle Shoals Alabama Power Co, Proposes to Pay $2,500,000 for Gov ernment's Interest in Plant Washington, May 22.?An orier j to comply *??. ith terms of the con tract negotiated between tin- war I department and tin- Alabama Pow er company when its plant at Gor ges- was enlarged to supply power tor tie- nit i ate plants at Muse!-? Shoals. Ala., during the war, has been made to Secretary Weeks ly representatives of the company le re. Tic- oft.-r contained m a proposal to pay $"2.5oo.?o<j for the government's interest i" the plan*, railroad and transmission line from Gorgas to Muscle Shoals. Notice that the proposal had been reeeived was given the sen agriculture committee today by Seeretar} Weeks after the exami nation of Hugh l.. Cooper of Xew York, civilian engineer adviser to tie; war department: IV M. Dow ney, vice president of the Pacific ?las and Electric company, of San Francisco and Ha- deliver} of s statement from the department of agriculture outlining the position ??! that department with respect to tin- various proposals for develop ment of tlie Muten Si:>>.t!.- nitrate .nd power project*. rhe Secretary's letter to Chair man Xorris was read to the com mittee but beyond advising the s?r> ators that tu?* proposal had been received il did not name the com pany. Itepresentaives of the cor poration explained, however, thsrt the offer was made pursuant ro tpc terms oi the contract ing the^i the *?xetu?dvo por.lias." rigbts on Hi- Gorgas [dam in the cent it was ewr dispose! of by-*the go-.-, eminent. Senators >ia id later they regarded the move of the power company as bight} important in ;?s effect "i>en investigations being made in cou "ir>> of Muscle Sit?... is matters Mr Cooper attacked the I'oi-d proposal again today, testifying tiiii its acceptance tor leu y^a?s would result Sn a net loss to the government of > 1. HV11"11. It was costing the govei'nnienl >..?"???" a day. in- added, to keep no arlous projects connected with the UHtn in their unfinished stages. decay ot a civilization i';: in proportion to tie- multipli ef government iobs.