Sir Daniel Hall in a lecture at the Royal Institution has commented on the influence of soil erosion on the decline of Greece and Rome, Much of the lend in the Eastern Mediterranean consists of mountains which do not rise above the snow line. Streams flow from the tops, which under; wild conditions are cowered with forests. They run down through upland and river meadows into the sea. The Greeks and Romans des-
Huntsville, Texas, Mar. 5.
Wenzell Williams, a negro and the 2ist person to be executed in Texas since Governor O'Daniel was inaugrated January 1, died early today after thanking the Governor for having prolonged his life thirty days by c reprieve.
Williams walked calmly from the death cell to the execution chamber, then asked the prison chaplain to thank the Governor. He also thanked the officials of the prison for their kindness during the time he was incarcerated here.—United Press.
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