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THE SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Deo. (.-North and South Carolina: Qenarally fair Sun day and Monday; llttla change in temperature, moderate South and Southwaat wind. 36 PAGES TODAY "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA- ESTABLISHED 1868. .ASyEYJLLE. N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1922. PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c BERN FIRE BIGGES T IN ST A TE ANNALS: r REPUBLICANS ABANDON ANTI-LYNCHING BILL i NEW Overman Deals Bill To Cope With "Lynch Law" Crushing Blow THE BURNING DECK RE CUS DEBATE TWO HOURS fi v a T m a Warns "Rill V w at av w vws, uw s'AjV nwouitt Encourage u t Klux Klan, Bnng Trouble RECITES RESULTS OF "FORCE" BILLS 7 Scrapping Bill Will Make Possible Consideration i of Nominations. WASHINGTON. Dec. Jr. Suo- eess crowned the filibuster of Senate Democrats against the Dyer antl-lynchlng bill today when Republican senators in party caucus voted to abandon the measure completely. The Republican majority acted after th Democrats by what la generally conceded to have been one of the most efficiently con ducted filibusters In the history of the Senate, had prevented the transaction of busienss for the fourth consecutive legislative day. The obstructionist tactics of the Democrats, moreover, were threat ening more than a thousand Presidential nominations, which, If unconfirmed by Monday noon when the special session ends, must be again submitted. The Republican caucus was pre ceded by a conference attended rby Senator Lodge, of Massachu- iatta, the Republican leader. Cur JUs, of Kansas, the ' Republican jp. and Senator Shortridge, of ntfornta, in charge of the Dyer blU. Senator hortrldge who had bfeen onmovabl about the filibus ter was understood h an Agreed t this conference to allow the fate . of tha bill to be decided by a ma- Ijorlty caucus. The question of abandoning the measure, which was passed by the House, last session, was debated fin the caucus for two hours with, It Is understood, a small minority holding out for a continuation ol the fight- The final decision, how ever, was to direct Senator Lodge to Inform Democratic? leaders that the bill would be pushed no further either at the special session or at the regular session convening on Monday. This mease the death of CMtawi raw) Keller Will Offer Charges Against Daugherty Monday WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 Chair man Volstead announced tonight that the House Judiciary Commit tee would meet in open session Monday, to give Representative Keller. Republican. Minnesota, an opportunity to present in detail, the charges on which he Is asking for impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty. The bill of particulars forwarded to the committee yesterday, by Representative Keller, were con sidered Informally at a confer- f ence of several members today, but no action was taken. Mr. Volstead said the committeemen merely had read over the docu ment, In which Representative Keller set forth 14 particular grounds in support of his impeach ment charges. . The meeting for Monday was arranged some weeks ago, and the committee by resolution, had re quested Mr. Keller to file specific allegations, together with lie names of witnesses by whom no would attempt t prove them. MM QRRISON MAY EEK TO THE STATE DEBT Believed Around Capital He Will Propose $100, 000,000 as Limit. RALEIGH, Dec. 2.- Governor Morrison will ask tha General As sembly to submit to the reopls a constitutional amendment Limiting the amount of indebtedness he State may contract. . This Is one phase of the execu tive's expected recommendations for his biennial message that has ftot previously heen brought be fore the public, tout he Is under stood to have been giving it ?er ious consideration for a period of several weeks. He is quoted as believing that along with the big expenditures for. State develop ment should come a safety valve against over enthusiasm which might result In limitless calls on the treasury. At what amount he would place , . BY BILLY BORNE i i . " 1 'I m fssmmiMJikAV- mig8&5Hm mum wm& Mmi L X k Xtn TIGER IS URGING AIR ORE (CA REENTER GUI AFFAIRS n 1 . HaT I resstve bloc makes Final Plans For Action Ptog Capacity Audience at St. Louis Roundly Applauds Clemenceau. ,ST. LOUIS, Dec. J. (By The ARolatd Press.) Re-entry of America Into European affairs. either as a member of the League of Nations or on some other basis was urged today by Georges Clem enceau, war premier of France, in the fourth of his series of ad dresses on this country, delivered at the Odeon before a capacity au dience that applauded him round- Many Reform Movements Are Discussed, Including Abolition oi .Electoral uouege and Extending Primaries. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. (By The Associated Press.) Plans for Dromotlon of progressive sentl ment and policies throughout the nation were made today at con cluding meetings of the two days conclave of Progressives called by Senator LaFollette, Republican, Wisconsin, and Representative Hudidleeton. Democrat. r Alabama, under the auspices of the People's Legislative Service. Resolutions declaring for con' .ti Auatlon of the new progressive "kVament, which is to be actively 44 (slated Into legislation through ' i-rarusan rrogreaauvo .dihujl of m Congress formed yesterday, we added during two sessions of conference loa&y, ana au drdfees were made by a dozen learfcrs In liberal movements. Presentation of a detailed leg lslaflve and economic program was not attempted but speakers at to day's "open forum," and, at the closing dinner tonight, proposed multitude of reforms. A feature of the dinner tonight, attended by about 800 persons was another at' tack upon Attorney - General Daugherty -by Samuel Untermyer, New York attorney. Senator LsvFollette presided over mi open sessions today ana speeches were delivered by Presi dent Gornpers, of the American Federation of Labor: Governor I Blaine, of Wisconsin: Senator Nor Iris, Republican, Nebraska, Senator iUrookhart, Republican Iowa; Sen 'ators-elect Wheeler, Democrat, 'Montana, and Frailer. Republican, North Dakota and Representatives i-rear Republican, Wisconsin, and einciair. Republican. North Da kota. ,t Would Scrap Electoral College, Extend Primaries t Resolutions adnntert nnanlm. ously by the convention declared lhat the movement was "non-part-fcan." and designed primarily to 'remote progressive legislation her resolutions called for exten- n or tne airect primary, Includ A abolishment of the .electoral w and direct popular election president and Vice-President. Aher -resolution called upon fWent. Harding to release rm aedlately all -fres speech pris tiers. A Appointment by Senator La Fol ette, of a non-partisan committee . p. Ti 2t for tlonaJ co-operation tt tha Progressives . .,,-.. i At the same time a date for an other conference was left open. Attorney-General Daugherty and Secretary Mellon, of the Treasury Department, drew the especial fire of speakers. At the dinner tonight, Mr. -Untermyer presented an "in dKctmenl" egAalnat the attorney. general, characterizing him as a "cheap politician," and charging him with numerous alleged re lictions. Mr. Untermyer urged an investigation of tha Department of Justice and the alien property cus todian's office and declared that ttnere was "camouflage enforce ment of prohibition laws, by the Department of Justice." Untermyer Says Dangherty "Conspicuously Unfit" Mr., Untermyer said. Mr. Daugherty was "conspicuously un fit" for his office and he has made a virtual red letter of the anti-trust law. Improper conduct in the Gen eral Electric, New Haven Railroad, United Gas, and other casts also. was charged against the attorney- general by Mr. Untermyer, who suggested soma legislative reforms which included regulation of stock and commodity exchanges, federal -licensing of interstate corporations, transfer of anti-trust pcssessions to the Federal Trade Commission, and prohibition of tax free securities. Secretary Mellon was attacked by (Tbvernor Blaine and Represen tative Frear for alleged fraudulent actions to collect taxes from wealthy corporations and Repre sentative Frear urged an invwti- ratlon and cleaning up of the re enue commissioner's office. Durtnar the convention Senator LaFolIette announced further de tails of the Progressive bloc's or vanizatlon through appointment of an advisory committee. Those appointed were senators Borah, Republican, Idaho. Ladd, Republican, North Dakota, Asn urst. Democrat, Arizona, and Sheppard, Democrat, Texas and Representatives wooarurt, Kepuo- lican. Michigan, Beck, Republi can Wisconsin, Collins, Democrat, Mississippi, and Logan, Democrat, South Carolina. . The next meeting or the Pro gressiva bloo is planned early in the regular session of Congress, with Indications -of its first fight having been waged against the Ad ministration ah lo Ding bill. The Tiger, summarizing what he thought he had accomplished so far on his tour of America, de clared he believed he had convinc ed the country that France was not militaristic or imperialistic; and that she had every intention of paying cit her debt to the United States. Just to make sure, however, he repeated arguments briefly on these points before he touched on the. subject of American partici pation in old world affairs the point, he said, that he has been most frequently advised he will not be able to get across. in the midst of his discussion of militarism, ha reiterated his state ment that America showed certain signs of militarism herself and launched into a criticism of her naval policy. "I don't Intend to Interfere In your policy," he said, "however, you interfered in mine (referring to me militarism enarges) and I think I have the right to say that some urns you were very much inclined toward the develomnent or .your military establishments. Would Not Ask America To Limit Warships. "You have the best frontiers in tne world. They can not be bet ter. But the other day you said you could not leave one unprotected unless you had 600,000 tons of war" ships. That may be. I will give you That may be. 1 will give you a million tons if you want it. It 1b a- way of spending and wasting your money which is of course, at your disposition. I do (lot believe very much. In capital warships, now, because tbere are submarines and airplanes which make war ships no longer capital. "Kngland has increased her military power 39 per cent," he continued, "and Japan Tl por cent. Well, we will see. I doubt wheth er we will see the effect of this, but it may be the .privilege cf some of you. We will see what may come out of It." Plunging then into his appeal for America to resume an active role In Europe. Clemenceau recit ed the history of America's en trance into the war and her part in making peace. He was Interrupted by a long wave of applause when he men' tloned Woodrow Wilson and his 14 points." on which he declared the peace was based. "What were these fourteen points for?" he added. "Pleadings set forth before all, human kind. Your declaration of Independence said 'equal rights, pursuit of hap piness for every man,- liberty. That was beautiful for them to fight for In 1776. It came from America to Europe again, and you may be proud that this armistice and treaty had at its front the fourteen points which were noth ing but the translation of the Dec laration of Independence. "It seems to me some are very selfish. They say we will make our borne comfortable. We will build walls, we will not admit strangers, and we will live there and be happy. You did not say that In "7t."- . He reiterated that the Monro America, adding "you have grown faster, allow me to say, than your ICmiiumi rn r J REALTY DEALS IN PAST WEEK-ARE OVER 1700,000 Business Propjerty Changes Hands and Large Contract Let. - Real Estate aotvitles for the past week, Including sales and contracts let for development work. amounted to over $700,000. mark ing great strides in the business development of Asheville. One of outstanding purchases was made by J. G, Sterchi. of Knoxville, prominent manufactur ers and retailers of furniture, who purchased a building from Drs. D. B. Ware, and J. M. Crawford, on Biltmore Avenue, at a figure named as approximately $126,000. and will spend at least $50,000 In remodeling the structure. J. T. Bledsoe, and others. Bold business property on Market Street, near walnut, to Walter P. Taylor, at a figure glvenas around $126,- ouu, and Mr. Taylor and wife, sold property to Mr. Bledsoe, valued approximately $5,0Q. George C. Shehan sold six lots on Carolina Lane to Mr. Taylor, at a figure given as around $16,000. Bynum H. Sumner, purchased rrom Mrs. Resale Willis Younsr. halt interest in the business build Ing, at 28 Biltmore Avenue. Thi building runs through to Lexing ton Avenue, la two stories and the figure for the half interest named as around $60,000. Junius G. Adams purchased two lots on Broadway, near the Inter section of Wood fin Street, at a fig' ure named as approximately $28,' 500, -Floyd Byram acting as agent. and the lots were later sold to Fred L. Sale, at around $27,600. Other business property sold on Biltmore Avenue, details of which have not beeri announced, amounted to over $100,000. The outstanding development of tne weeK was tne awaraing oi a contract to Julian A. Woodcock and Clyde Reed, for the excavation of Battery Park Hill, at a figure named as around $250,000. LARGE FURNITURE C TD LOCATE EC N DES TY REOO mm i r ) A TI O X ON SCHOOL TO BE MADE CHARLOTTE. Dec. 2. Final recommendation of the Board of Trustees of University of North Carolina as to whether the pro posed medical college which State would ereot shall be located at Cnapel- Hill or Charlotte Is x- Poted to be made Monday at taawtlng of sub-committee of tnis- isa t se ncu at Chapel mil. jOdsv W. Pharr and J. L. De- laney, of . Charlotte, members of general assembly, also members of the strb-commlttee of university trustees, will attend the meeting. Others on the committee are W. N. Bverett. Rockingham, and Har ry, R. Orter, Statesvllle, from the trustees, and Dr. Chase Pott, University. Dean Manning and Dr. McNlder, of the University Medi cal department. 1 Max Gardner, of shelbpr was here today enroute to Washington. N. C. to deliver an address to the Elks Sunday. - RUMANIAN QCKEN TO GO TO GREEK CAPITAI, PARIS. Dec. I. A dispatch to the Matin from Madrid, says that In view of the conflict between her son-in-law, King George, of Greece, and the Gonatas government in Athena, (hs Queen- of Rumania will leave Saturday for Athena by way of Belgrade. HOOLE HEADS EZiEVElV ' AT WOFFURD COLLEGE SPARTANBURG, g. C. Deo. f. W, L, Hoole, of Darlington, fl. C. was today elected captain of the 112$ football team of Wof ford College. Sterchi Brothers, of Knoxville. Purchase Building on Biltmore Ae. Sterchi Brothers, of Knoxville, manufacturers . and retailers of high grade furniture, with, stores in leading Southern cities, through J. G. Sterchi, preslde.it, have pur chased a four story brick build ing at tha corner of Biltmore Ave nue and Sycamore Street and will remodel the building Into a mod ern store to be opened as one of the latest additions t o the Asite vllle business field, with vhe pur chase price, cost of remodeling and stock representing an lnvet ment of approximately $300,000. The building was purchased from Dr. D. B. Ware and Dr. J. M. Crawford, which was recently pur chased by them from the T. C. Smith Estate, through Bynum H. fumncr, marking the third time Mr. Sumner has sold the building within the past two years. Dr. Ware, who is associated with Dr. Crawford In the Drhumor fiullding, 1p a prominent surgeon of South Georgia, who recently moved to Asheville to make hid home and has made a number of real estatu Investments in the city, evidencing his faith In Its future. Sterohi Brothers have stores In 15 cities, Including Knoxville, cnattanooga, Atlanta, Waco and other po'.i.ts and were brought to Asheville largely through the ef forts of Mr. Sumner, who recently visited Knoxville to discuss tho matter with J. G. Sterchi. result ing In htm visiting the city, taking ujiuon on me property and clos ing the deal by wire Thursday night. The building will be lmmediatelv remodeled, a passens-er anil froivht elevator installed and it will have sn-entlrejly new and modern front. The ' purchase price of thf building U named as around $1$6. 000; $50,000 will be spent for re modeling and the stock will rnr.. sent an Investment nf nrmmH $160,000." J. G. Sterchi Is rmirarAA of the leading financiers In East ern Tennessee and a short iim. ago gain d nation-wide nubllc'tv j piwini music in nis large dairy farm and t h m. i i. -. nil Popular airs are reproduced new nrm win carry a co L. B. JACKSON TO ERECT BULBING FOR ATTORNEYS Ten Story Structure to Be First Skyscraper for Asheville. CORNER MARKET AND S. PACK SQUARE Buncombe County Bar Association May Also Have Quarters. Asheville is as,mrd of Its first skyscraper and highest building with the announcement of J. B. Jackson that bo will erect a ten story office building for the ex clusive use of attorneys, at a cont of approximately $176,000, corner Market Street and South Pack Square, wurk to start possibly within the next ninety days. While the preliminary plans for the building, drawn by Donald Greene, architect, call for a ten siory structure, Mr. Jucksoti as serts that It may possibly be made higher. Mr. Greene has boen awarded the contract to draw plans for tho building. Ten of the leading law firms of the city have already agreed to take ten-year leases, each having an entire flo.ir ot seven offices. Tt.A bullditig will be of steel, faced with white terra ootta and will be strictly fireproof. Two elevator will be installed for the convenience ot the attorneys and clients ard m the basement will be located a barber shop gjid cafe. Mr. Jacknon recently made an offer to the Buncombe County Bar Association tir the erection ot a building for ihe exclusive use of attorneys, -hrongh Floyd Byram. as agent, and thi offer met with wide approval, A special call meeting was held yesterday afternoon by ths asso-cu-tion for the purpose of consid ering the offer, but enough law firms to fill the building had al ready agreed to lease offices and Mr. Jackson la being urged to make the building higher, R, M. Wells. President - 6f the asso latlot. SU-, ed' last night that plai wlll procied for XJt ersctlon of an ' office building by the asso ciation and several sites are neins considered. At least SI attorneys were pres. ni nt the meeting yesterday to consider the building question. New Bern Opens Its Heart To Sufferers Conflagration From Preach a Crusade Against Ignorance Commissioner Asks WASHINGTON. Dec. S An ad monition by Thomas Jefferson to preach a crusade against lgnor ance ' was Invoked tonight by commissioner Tigert of the bu reau of education in a message to the American psople at the be ginning of American Education week. With 6.000,000 Illiterate adults and 8,000,000 children not iu school, the commissioner said, the nation has even more need than In the days of the sage ot Monti cello to set lis face toward a policy to enable all the people to "grow In power and knowledge, in hu man underjtandlng and tolerance, as the pr'wnary conditions of na tional piXigreaa." Education week, set aside by President Harding In a recent proclamation as a time for "In spirational" reflection on the edu cation needs of great and small communities, was described by Mr. Tigert as an occasion on which the plain facts about Illiteracy and educational neglect should be told far and wide. Grim Humor xand Pathos Around Scene Of Fire DEPOSED EMPEROR OF CHINA WEDS PRINCESS PEKING, Dec. 1. (By ths As sociated Press.) The wedding oi Husan Tung, the 17-year oia ae- posed Emperor ot cnina, wae cel ebrated early this morning with all the pomp and ceremonial of Im perial days. The former Emper or's bride was Princess ICuo-Hu-81. MR. SMOOT SERIOUSLY ILL AT CHARLOTTE (Ifttiia Dmruptminct Thi I i.mKlU Cltlf) CHARLOTTE, Dec. 2.-3. C. Smoot, prominent man of Wllkea boro, is in an extreme condition at" the home of R. M. Pound in this city. Mrs. Pound, his daugh ter, said heart trouble was the cause of his Illness. Many Search Ashes; Man Kites False Teeth In Two; Goat's "Goat" Gotten. ' NEW BERN, Dec.i 2. -(By Ths Associated Press) Silence, broken only be cries ot distressed persons, today ruled i over New- Bern's wide area: of smoking rulnS '! msVksd contrast to the wild excitement that prevailed yesterday as leap ing flames consumed 20 blooks of buildings before being halted after 12 hours of fighting. iORET ESA A ANOO E LOST; NFALL SETS ID 11 Many Cities Offer Aid Relatives From Many. States Ask for News. . . $15,000 IS RAISED IN PUBLIC MEETING Army Tents and Blankets Sent From Two Near by Camps. , RALEIGH. Deo. I. Ths fire at New Bern was the most disastrous in the history of the Stats, Insur ance Commissioner 8tacy Wad stated this afternoon. "It is the only real conflagration North Car olina has ever had," hs added. -- , Mr. Wad said he had received a telegram from Fire Marshal Sherwood Brockwell, of the Stat Insurance Department, who was sent to New Bern last night, stat ing that the loss would approxi mate $2,600,000. NEW BERN, Dec 1 (By the Associated Press.) Friday's ter. ' ror, confusion, and Intense excite ment created by ths stupendous fire loss which resulted in the de struction of more than1 700 homes : gave way today to a demonstration of generosity and sympathy and unselfish service as New Bern de voted its attention In whole-hearted fashion to relieving the unpar alleled distress ot more than 1,000 hemeiwes citizens. y ' 'vThs- "silent city of chimneys, as the devastated area has become Jo be know, the plight of hundrsds of families who had lost every thing except a few possessions, th call for food and shelter, all found It is a silence that comss from a their answer this - morninar as - mass of ashes, with tall chimneys 1 those citizens whoss Drooertv had standing where only ths day be-1 escaped destruction in Friday's fore approximately 700 to 1,000 1 $2,000,000 fire, abandoned practi- homea stood a silence that pre-. cally all business and other actlvl- vails as the hundreds of homeless seem unable te comprehend ths loss they have sustained. SN CLAIMANT OW OF TO MILLIONS IS CLERjjN CITY Only Children of Demange Heir to Fortune, Are Asheville Residents. plet line of furniture, carpets and ..wuso Aurnisnings. PREDICT LEGISLATIOV roSTOFFlCE HERE ' WARKiNoTov mun " ., js si.i.b crruas 'v H- C. .MA WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 p resentatlve Weaver, this mnmin. took.un with Chairman Iianrlev Republican. Kentucky, nf th nK. "minings committee, the mat ter of a new nostnfrtc nnH Pui eral Court building at Asheville. "r. ijaneiev intends tn call a meeting of the mmmlttfa at an early date and predicts that leg islation for buildings will be en acted, this session. Mr. Weaver Informed "him that ths building at Asheville was built msiy years ago, and that busi ness has increased Immensely since that time, with the growth of the city, and Federal activities. He tated that thA lnnm tft vnrk Is a new branch of work, and the prohibition enforcement work also, PRUrCE ANDREW TO BE MAWISHED FROM GREECE LOTfDON. 1W, Prlnrt An. drew has been sentenced to per petual banishment, hv ths r turt martial, sitting at Athens. accord In; to a Reuter dispatch. In addi tion he will suffer degredation In th array--. Mark Demange. age 20, only son of Ovide Demange, of New Bed ford, Mass., one of three claimants to a fortune of $12,000,000, now in the National Bank of France, Is employed as a clerk In the grocery store of L. A. Klutts, ($ Rankin Avenue, and despite the fact that he may soon be rolling in wealth. dally handles his work as If hs were without prospect of being the only son ot a multi-millionaire. Young Demange stated to a rep resentative of The Citizen, after reading in The Citizen the details of the peculiar situation arising from the fortune In Franca, that his father told him several months ago In a letter that he had been notified of the fortune by the French embassy and again by Sen ator Lodge a short time ago, the Massachusetts Senator personally calling on his rather and notifying mm that ne may be the relative. J. L. Demange, of Canada, a sec ond claimant, according to the youth. Is his cousin, and he does not know If there Is anv relation ship with the third claimant, who 1 reported to bs In a Vermont prison. - His sister, the onlv other ehIM of Ovlde Demange. Is Mrs. Helen Mitchell, wife of Charles E. Mitch. ell, an acetyline welder, now em ployed with the Aahevllla RHm Metal Works, and is at nresent visiting her father in New Bedford. xoung Demange declared that a year ago he heard his father sneak of an uncle who died in France, and is positive this Is the uncle leaving tha fortune. He has not been advised by his father as tn whether any steps have bean taken to lay legal claims to th wealth, but is confident that th senior Demange will protect his Interest with legal representation. When asksd as to whsthsr he planned to return home, th youth replied: "I have two cants.' The devastated district seems to be a magnet relentlessly drawing men, women and children. Some of the homeless are digging In ths ruins with the hops that the flames left some article still intact Others merely walk from on smouldering ruin to another. Her and there small tents are going up. . Everywhere relief workers are darting, working unceasingly to srovide for the suffering. A strlk bis picture la found In the car and attention the negroes, who suf fered the greatest losar. are re ceiving from whit citizens. "What can I doT What can I do?" cried an old negresa of ths "old Southern darkey" type. "I'm gonna starve, I know I am and these three so' chlllun." She sat on the steps that yester day led fnto her front door th only part of the shack not burned with three small children tug ging at her skirts. Efforts were made to carry her away for attention ana a tem- norarv home. "I'se gonna, stay here," she moaned. And there she stayed until late tonight. "I had $200 In my house," said another woman. "It was my savins- of three years. Everything Is lost." . Three small children were rush ed from a burning horn by their mother, who left them in th cemetery while she returned in an effort to rescue some or ner pos sessions. Other refugees In the cemetery found the children with their clothing In flames. They suffered painful burns before their rescuers extinguisnea tn lire. A mass meeting attended by all except those who refused to leave the ruins or tneir nomes, was neia this morning and a decision reach ed to refrain from giving Christ mas presents her this year and devote the money which would have been spent in this manner to the relief of distress. Every home left standing In the town was filled with those less fortunate. Scores are being fed Snd old clothes, shoes and bed linen - distributed. A large ship ment of clothing and shoes was expected ' here late today from Ooldsboro. Women's organizations In that city collected tha articles. Dynamite in large quantities was used at Intervals throughout yes terday afternoon to check th progress of the fir. Several Inci dents ot a freakish nature result-, ed. As the explosive caused a house on George Street to burst asunder, a white goat was shot through ths air tor a distance of 26 feet. Landing on th ground, or In a heap, th goat promptly sprang to Its feet and with loud bahha of fright and terror dis appeared down th street. Th incident however, which caused th most anguish to th person Involve d was when a negro nan, startled by ths sudden crash tciniiMn ttt r i ties and formed themselves Into systematic relief Organisation which tonight had th situation well In hand. Citizens Vloing With Each Other to Bo of Service. CKIzena are vieing with one an other in their efforts to be of ser- vice. Volunteers . are not lacking In any department ot th work. Men and women from all walk of life are laboring shouldsr to shoulder inspired by the mute plea for help, which is to be seen on : the faces of the sufferers, who, unable to do anything for them selves, for the time being, have placed themselves entirely at th mercy of friends and neighbors. Beginning with an enthusiastic mass meeting which was held in the courthouse at 10 o'clock this morning, and at which $16,000 was raised by publio subscription In leas than half an hour, the relief workers continued their labors throughout the day and far into . the night. Another mass meeting at 7:20 o'clock tonight at which a (further review of the situation was made, resulted in contribu tions amounting to several addi tional thousands of dollars. Steady Rain Fails to Halt The Relief Work. A steady downfall of rain dur- lng the afternoon failed to check' Omhmms m rw rw ' IN KILLS K CHILD WITH, SHOTG YOUNGEST Wife and Family Had Re-' cently Secured, Release r From the Asylum, v; () Ctmw'mn TU JitwCto COO. SALUDA, Deo. 2. Richard Gar- -; rett, white, 25 years years old, shot and killed his wife by emptying a shotgun six times into her body; killed next to the youngest cnua by one discharge of the gun. Gar rett was in the asylum for soms.; time, but was released a month ago on application of his wife and - relatives. Tne snooting occurrw about seven miles out of Saluda sometime today. The bodies were discovered by nelghbo-s coming answer screams of other children .... who cried all mornln The body of Mrs. Garrett was literally rid- ' died with shot -nd ras lying on v the floor of the front room cover- ed with a quilt. The body of ths . ' child was found by ths officer In another part ot tha house. Officers went prepared for fight, as Gar rett was equipped with a repeat- " ing rifle and defied neighbors to approach. He was captured, how. ever, on the roof of th house without any fatality, although re ported shots were exchanged. Ha -Is now In jail at Columbus, being, held without bond. Ths killing -leaves flv motherless children, th v. oldest of whom Is ten years of age. who are being taken car of at present by neighbor nnnl rela tives can reach th seen ef the -shooting and tail tam Is cha2 It