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I t ' T 68TH YEAR. NO. 77. SEMI CLUB WOMEN MEET WMTHROP COLLEGE, Most Successful Short Course Ever Held, It Was Declared. s FIFTY WOMEN PRESENT v r< Instructive Addresses Were Heard und Scope of Work of ? the Club Women Greatly En- * larged. h c Friday marked the close of the ^ short course for club women at Win throp college, an annual event of the summer school session. The course is declared in every respect the most successful ever held at Winthrop, ^ both in noint of iittondnnre ami llip scope of the work accomplished. Fifty ' women, from every part of South Car- ^ ollnn and from North Carolina and Virginia, enrolled for the course. This number exceeded the enrollment for last year by 20. a During the past two weeks, these women, representing the best in club v life in South Carolina, have heard lectures by and received instruction from the most prominent educators in the country. Among those secured to direct the work of the club women during this short course were Mrs. Alice Peloubet Norton, of Washing- (] ton, D. C., editor of the American Home Economics magazine and head of the department of home economics of the University of Chicago, and Mrs. Emma Fox, of Detroit. Mrs. Fox is a noted parliamentarian and a has been giving a special course of g instruction in parliamentary law. ri Mrs. Norton, who is a special repre- q sentative of the United States treas- C ury department, has been directing 4 a special course In thrift. \ This course in thrift was arranged especially by the treasury department w to perpetuate the principles of thrift c learned during the war with Germany when it was necessary to economize 11 and to conserve the nation's resources" ^ as a means of winning the war. '( Through special study of the principles of thrift it is hoped that the club ^ women, w no in pracucaiiy every case v" are leaders in their communities will ? realize the necessity for economy as a step toward building up the wealth of the nation during peace times and will preach the gospel of thrift to 11 the women of the cities in which they n reside. a( This is the first time a concerted Sl effort has been made to teach thrift through the schools, and the results, ? it is stated, have fully met the expectations of those directing the course. Assisting Mrs. Norton in presenting s the lessons in thrift were Misses Kelly, of Raleigh. N. C., thrift organizer for North Carolina, and Miss liarnette, originally of Augusta, Ga., director of thrift for South Carolina. Mrs. Rufus Fant, of Anderson, the fi newly elected president of the South ni Carolina Federation of Women's <j clubs, while discussing the work ac- a: eomplisbed by the club women dur- h ing the short course, stated that the fi club women of the state are deeply tl grateful to Dr. D. II. Johnson, presl- tl dent of Winthrop, for the hospitable tl way in which they1 were received at n< Winthrop nnd for the excellent oppor- le tunlties afforded them for study and It recreation in an ideal environment, di She added that the short course tills year has been highly successful and in that prospects for the work of the C clubs of the state along educational lines during the coming year are very bright. Mr*. Fant spoke of the course of Instruction in the best methods of combatting illiteracy In South Caro- Oi lina as presented Tor the benefit of the club women by Miss Will Lou m Dray, of Laurens, field secretary of fc the State board, to fight illiteracy, hi Mrs. Fant stated that the club women Attending the short course are plannlng to return to their homes and take an active part in a campaign to remove from the state the black mark M caused by the high percentage of II- lu literacy among the citizens of South fo Carolina. gi During the course of her talk Mrs. df Kant announced that Mrs. J. Russell ec MoKlwee of ltock Hill has boon appointed South Carolina chairman for thrift. "This is a compliment," Mrs lo Kant continued, "not only to Mrs. Mc- t'i Elwee, but also to Rock Hill. It Is 1" ?' i. ro (Continued on Page 3.) Bt d A. HE L/ [-WEEKLY. iEGRO CONVICT KILLED Ml DURING SEVERE STORM ..... i.-.-ii.. i > . ^ IW mi.-t .11IVSS IIWIISC 111 M lliril "' Convicts Hrnl Sought Shelter, Killing One and Injuring Two. Boil K Chester, S. C.. July 21.?Tom troud, a negro convict on the Chesr?r county chain gang, was killed Wednesday evening when a large tree SIT ell upon a house in which a number f the convicts had sought shelter rom the storm. Two other convicts ere also painfully hurt. The trag- 1 dy occurred on the plantation of ^ liss Naomi Castles, about one and a rl alf miles northeast of Blaekstoek in 1 hester county. A torrential rain fell, accompanied y y high winds and much lightning. rj It is rather singular to note that ()f . lie negro Stroud who was killed was ^ erving a life sentence for the murder . A f a Douular Chester citizen T I Wtt " " fror. lams, several years ago. Stroud was up j ournl guilty with recommendation to luj]( lercy. Mr. Williams accompanied ^ herifT Anderson and Deputy Sheriff iowze on a raid In search of Stroud, tjm( rho was wanted for another offense, hen the negro suddenly appeared ^ nd shot Mr. Williams In the head cupi nd escaped, but after a long search ^ as finally captured. Stroud Is said regi :> have been part Indian. imn sent "vvo army airplanes mei ani) aviators missing Tan , A >ne I>eft Washington Wednesday Af- "u x foot ternoon?The Other Left There ,. flag Friday for New England. jt w I' Washington, July 21.?Two army re?'*( lrplanes and their occupants en- ?> d aged on cross country flights were u?tl [sported missing by air service head- Rive uarters. Lieut. Robert Felss, in a ^or urtiss machine left Washington at 'els p. m. Wednesday for Langley field, T lrglnia, and nothing has been heard *erl rom him since. Lieut. C. M. Porter, ties rho accompanied him in another ma- 'n f' hine, also failed to arrive at the 08P< eld, but It was found that he had it, a lade a forced landing at Wicomico, to ? 'a., during rainstorm in which he Ami ist sight of his companion. ma? Four DeHaviland planes which have ent een engaged in a tour from Dallas g?Vl > Boston, stopping at various places S ver the United States, left Washing- fro> sn for New England. Two were tori arced to land in New Jersey, while a the llrd smashed up near Rockaway port each. Long Island. The fourth Is 90UI kissing. No one was injured in the that eeident to the plane forced to de- 'py rend on Long Island. thei or a :normous amount of 11 food held in storage evld tucks of Meats, Butter and Kgg* of whl> Parkers in Chicago Warehouse clen Increase Abnormally. the prej Chicago. July 21.?In a report of- ico clals of the Illinois department of tjjPr griculture declare that enormous j3 ( uantitioH of meats, butter and eggs for ro now in storage in Chicago ware- may ouses chiefly under control of the j( ve big packers. The report states jgj. iat since the last regular complin- tjOM on of figures June 1, the stocks of ^(jn leso commodities have grown in a?>- pay, nrinal proportions and that their ro- ,imj ase would go far toward relieving te present shortage and tend to re- pra| nee prices. 8alu According to the report the follow- pUpf ig quantities are at present stored in () liicago: inii. Beef, 8ft,971.000 pounds. situi Pork. 7ft..r.17,000 pounds. Butter, 7,898,000 pounds. FA' Kggs, 1.280,000 oases, or 360,000,30 dozen eggs. The figures In the report will be <ed hv IMstrlct Attorney Cllne In the ^* ' deral government's Inquiry Into the "en Igh oost of food products in Chicago. I1 ONTFJTH RNTKRN RACK Fl FOR A. F. LEVER'S JOH KfeH Columbia, 8. C., July 21.?Colin 8. est ontelth, attorney for the city of Co- win, mhia, has announced his candidacy to V r congress from the seventh con- Thoi essional district, making the fifth actk jflnlto entrant into the fight to sue- hattl ed Congressman Ashury F. I .ever, the Lexington, who has been nominn'- ed. 1 by President Wilson on the farm liver an board and who will resign about Col e first of the month. Mr. Montelth at 4 very popular in Columbia and sur- oral undlng territory and will havo cant< rong support in Richland county. Chai in... i. , ? i mo LANCASTER, S. C., TUES XICANS HOLD UP AMERICAN SAILORS it load, Flying American Flag obbed Near Tampico?Protest to Carranza. UATION IS MOST GRAVI sely Resembles That Whicl ,ed to Occupation of Yer; 'ruz in 1911 IJy I'nited State "roops. Washington, July 21.?The mo? ous of the recently growing lis ittacks on Americans in Mexic e to light today. boat load of American sailor a the U. S. S. Cheyenne were hel n the Temesi river on July 6, nin ?s off the city of Tampico, and th ors were robbed. The America was llying from the boat at th a. losely resembling the attacks o arican sailors which led to the o< ation of Vera Cruz in 1914, th e department did not hesitate t ml it as a most grave affair an led lately dispatched urgent repr? :auons 10 tne carranza goverr it and the local authorities a lplco. lthough the sailors were flshin; r were on of*icial duty, bringing i I for (heir ship, and the America flying from the boat denoted tha as official business, reliminary reports of the attael hing the navy department on Jul id not go to the state departmen II today when it promptly wa n out. No explanation was mad the delay. Today Secretary Dat asked for a fuller report. he incident is regarded as mos ous and charged with posslbll because the Carranza forces ar nil control of the Tampico distric ?cially the city and waters aboil ind because it comes as the cliina i long series of recent attacks o ?ricans, all of which have bee le the subject of increasingly urf representations to the Carre"* ern inont. ince President Wilson returns 11 the peace conference he ha led his attention a great deal t Mexican situation. Various r< :s have Ifflen circulating 1 rces In touch with Mexican affair the American government's po had undergone a change, bu e has been no official indicatio nnouncement. : is known, however, that th ?rican troops along the borde e a new set of orders, which wa enced by the prompt manner i ch they crossed Into Juarez an ned up the fighting there when I aced El Paso. The extent to whic military establishment has bee >ared to meet a situation in Men has not fully been disclosed, bu e is evidence that the governmen aking measures to be prepare any eventualities into which i be forced. was an incident at TaniDico i I which brought on the oceupa of Vera Cruz. A boat from one o 1 ir;i 1 Mayo's sliips was detained, iiaster was arrested ami jailed at other times messengers fron ships were menaced ashore. Gen Huerta refused to apologize am te the American flag and the oc itlon of Vera Cruz followed, fflcials here see in the incident o the makings of a more seriou fition. rHER OF SOLDIER RECEIVES MEI) AI l/ci' Hall, of I'orf Mill, Was Pre ted Congresslon Medal Awarded 'ostliumonsl) to Sergeant Hall. art Mill, S. July 21 ?A con clonal medal of honor, tho high that any American soldier cai was presented Sunday afternoot V. Lee Hall, father of Sergean mas Lee Hall, who was killed it >n on October 8. 1018, ou th< leflelds of France and to whon medal was posthumously award The ceremonies attending the de y of the medal were arranged hj Tlios. H, Spratt and took plac< o'clock in tho afternoon, (len Harnett, commanding the south jrn division and stationed a leaton, delivered the medal. ii ii lSTER DAY, JULY 22, 1919. RACE RIOT BREAKS : OUT INWACHINfTft /j vwi 111 vt nuiiinvj l \J, Total Casualties 10, Two These Having Heen Killed in the righting. 2 MAY HE MANY MORE IHT h One of the Dead is a City Detc a tive Who Was Shot Throuj s the Hreast by a Negro \\ man. t Washington. July 21.?At 111 l- night tonight the known casualties ? Washington's rare war totalled 10 eluding two deaths, and two m 9 probably dying, while unconfirm 1 but police reports placed the nutnl e at a much greater figure. Of t ? dead, one was a city detective, si n through the breast by a negro v e man, who was firing indiscriminat< from the upper story of her hause. n The negress, a girl of about *" years, also was shot but not fatal e In another part of the city a bla ? firing from a garage door kept a p vost guard of soldiers, sailors a marines at bay for several minui l" but finally was shot down. Many clashes occurred betwe whites and blacks on street cars. O negro attacked on the back end ol n car, fired into a crowd following l n car and wounded four persons 1 finally was stopped by a city detect who was reported to have sent sev c? bullets in the negro's body. Ea y of the four white men was oi J sligtly wounded. 8 The fighting at midnight had e solved largely to fighting betwt '* small groups and in one of these < counters a marine was reported have been killed. Although serv men had taken part in the ea ei clashes, the most serious were tin t?i.in which the mobs were made up dvilians. x n Washington, July 21.?Riots u tweon negroes and whites broke t late tonight In the National Capital a retaliation for recent attacks blacks on white women and at 11: o'clock one negro had been killed a 8 four persons wounded. ? Police stations late tonight w? swamped with reports of clashes n tween mobs of whites, largely ma s up of soldiers, sailors and marin and negroes In many different s lt tions of the city. The negro kil ^ wn<4 tttrnr?lr Ai-nf t lw* Knn/1 a ? w vi vi iuv ucau i?y 44 mail during one of the numerous tights e street ears, ir s Crowds which moved up and do Pennsylvania avenue between l j capital and White House despite t H presence in the city of two troops ^ cavalry and 400 other armed serv men. grew more determined as i night wore and outbreaks were t ported more frequently. t j Washington. July 21 ?An air t suspense hung over the nation's ca tal tonight as armed forces of c; airy, marines and sailors joined w the police and provost guard to p j vent, if possible, a threatened newal of the race riots which beg I | two nights ngo in retaliation I numerous attacks bv negroes n white women in the outskirts of t j city, and general lawlessness. The troops of cavalry from Ft Myer patrolled the downtown stree f ready to quell an outbreak whl ? iniuht vitnrl ulthnnoh t ?1 <-? -? ?< ! %.??? ? <1* * > ' orally was quiet. Two hundred n rinos, brought here from the Quanti training camp today when it w l'eared that tlie provost guard a J police might not be able to stop t disturbances, were scattered throut out the city, together with 100 nut military police. A dozen mot transport corps trucks, each able carry 40 men. were stationed at sti - tegic points, prepared to rush I - sorves to any part of tho city. 1 1'neasy crowds made up of civilia 1 and numerous enlisted men of t * army and the navy, on leave fr< 1 nearby camps, moved up and do* 8 Pennsylvania avenue from the oapil 1 to the White House Every effo " was being made to keep the men " motion, ami when any number gat 1 j ered at a corner, police quickly d pursed them. On the whole, there was little d ' order. Orders were issued from p t (Continued on Page 6.) : NEvi 8U1 . STATISTICS SHOW A WAVE OF CRIM1 N < oinniit m<-nt? to Jail on \ a riot Clmi'tjcs in South Carolina for (>f Three Months. A clear idea of the number an character of crimes which have bee charged against individuals durin ^ ' the quarter ending June SI, 1919, conveyed in the statistics which hat recently been gathered by G. Cro Williams, secretary of the state boat i?h of charities and corrections. The; 'o. statistics were presented to the coi ference of sheriffs which was held Columbia a few days ago. They show accurately the crln . I wave which is sweeping over tl state. The table is made up of cor in . mitments to jail as reported by she if's over South Carolina. en , Following is the number of whit ed )pr and blacks committed to jail togetlu , with the name of the offenses wit he which they are charged: Alleged ofTense Negroes Whit a)v Lunatics 57 1 Homicide 59 J J- Assaults 150 jv Breach of trust . . 17 Violation of labor _ contract 25 U(j Burglary 7 8 : Larceny 174 t Misdemeanor .... 131 ( en Forgery 10 me 1:5 j. Fraud 19 . Drunkenness and lie iut <lisorderly conduct 111 ( ive Vagrancy 54 2 Violation of the (, prohibition law. . 88 J Malicious mischief and trespass . . .30 Seduction 15 en Suspicion 6 Arson 2 (u Fornification .... 6 ] Jce Bigamy 3 rly Slacker 1 )se Deserter 3 Commitments on two or more charges 20 Causes not reported 338 li )Ut The figures given above are f< in three months only, and they indiea j)V t-itsHriy me cnanicuT 01 me onensi {"0 that are most common in the state. 1 CAMDEN OFFICER re DIES OF WOUNE be- ' idc Constable Batemnn Passes Away es, Columbia?(ioveraor Cooper ec" Commends, led lne Columbia. S. C., July 21.? on Fletcher Hateman, state constabl who was shot near Camden Thursds wn afternoon when making a raid on Ihe distillery, died at the Columbia ho he pital late Friday afternoon, lmmed of ately after the shooting Dr. LeGrai ice Guerry, Columbia surgeon, made the hurried trip to Camden in an effo re- to save the man's life. Mr. Hatenif was brought to the Columbia hosp tal and an operation performed. Tl of bullet penetrated the left chest ju pi- below the heart. He was 4 8 years ol iv- Funeral services will be held in Can Ith den as soon as a son, who is in Texa re- can reach home. re- Sant Harratt and Jim Sheor an white men. charged with operatii Tor ?h" distillery, were both injured < a the exchange of shots Harratt ft he with a bullet through bis thig Sheorn escaped, but surrendered, h irt too. having been wounded, t^. For a number of years Mr. Bat eh man was n chief state constable, st M). tinned in Charleston. where he gain* la- a reputation as a fearless and coi ico sclent ious oflicor. Concerning tl as killing of Mr Rateman, Govern* nd Cooper said last night: he "I ani deeply grieved at the deat rh- of my friend, Mr. J F. Rateman I m1 was not only a good officer, fearlei or and efficient in the discharge of h to duty, but was a good citizen, devote a- to the welfare'of his state. He po re- sessed the traits which go to niak an ideal officer. He was bra\e an ns was a gentleman, and in a very inte jj,. ligent manner he went about the dit M11 charge of his duty. He has serve U1 during several administrations as 0j state officer, and never have 1 hear irt anything derogatory to his charactt jn or to his work. The state can ill a ford to lose such a man. lie met h is_ death in the line of duty?met while he was doing all in his pow* js. to afford to society the protection c )f). 'ho law, without which our soch ? fabric would become chaotic, and ov happiness and security be lost." ASCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR . CATAWBA WAS UP TO J 17 FEET ON SUNDAY Went Out Its Hanks and Threat ened Repetition of I lie <1 1916 Flood. n ;'s ( OH MHI A TRAIN DETOI RS rc f,J I'ses Seaboard Tracks From I ?-1 Camden to Columbia on Account Wateree Bridge Being iu I'nder Water. le . . 10 After having risen to about 17 feet 11 at various points, the Catawba river 1 Sunday night was reported to bo falling about a foot an hour. Reports re ceived wen; to tlio effect that tho river rose to 15 or 16 feet at Mt. Holly, and below Tuokaseego ford, about four miles south of Mt. Holly, ^ it rose to 17 feet. ' Rains continued general over west_ ern Carolina throughout Sunday. Some damage to crops along the ? lowlands of the Catawba was reported. The river left its banks in tho ^ lowlands during Saturday night, and ,Sunday covered many acres of land, ' much of it tilled. No damage to cotton mills or power plants along tho ^ bunks of the river was reported, o Trains on the Lancaster-Columbia branch of the Southern have been .- several hours late since Sunday, and are being detoured over the Seaboard tracks from Columbia to Camden, tha Wateree bridge below Canulen being under water. s ?;? v Washouts in North Carolina. 0 Hickory, N. C., July 21.?Nearly; 1 six inches of rain since Thursday, - most of it during Friday night, j caused streams in this entire section (| to rise rapidly and many of the smallq er to overflow their banks. Late Sunday evening, however, the Catawba river had fallen several inches from s flood tide of 11 feet and the South j.-> Fork river was reported as subsiding ,)r iimici lauy. mis stream overnowea its banks ur/d put many acres of corn. PH under water near its junction with the Catawba. Reports to the railroad shops here said that some washouts had occurred ? above Lenoir, but no bridges were IS ? down. The rains were heavy in the mountains and many tourists were stopped at Lenoir on their way to Plowing Rock. The highways are in fairly good condition and the damage will not be J much. It was the worst rain in three c. year* and recalled the conditions of ty July. 1916. a s- Tlanuigp in Saniee Valley. H- Columbia, S. C., July 21.?Spo?d radic rains over the state and an ala most continuous downpour yesterday ft sent the rivers of the Santee up to a ?n mark little short of the high water '1- marks of the 1908 and 1016 floods. ie A special warning, issued yesterday st by Richard II Sullivan, meteorologist d- at the United States weather bureau, o- predicted that the Wateree would s- reach 36 feet at Camden today, a record but four feet short of that of n. July, 1916. Tin- Congaree at Columbia had In I passed the 16 foot mark last night 11 and was still risine at a rate of about h seven inches an hour. The Catawba e, rivei was expected to( reach a marlc of about 21 feet this morning while e- the Saluda at lilairs will probably a- crest near 17 feet early today. The *d Santee i> -.till rising at Rimini and is n- expected to reach its crest Thursday to with a record of 21 feet, the flood >r crest reaching Ferguson two days later. h Tin- Hood, unlike those of l:?0S le and 1H16, which wore flash floods, is *s what is known as a slow flood. ConIs tinuous hoavv rainfall distributed d over several days have caused the s* flood to spread out for a considerable ;e distance so that the river is now pracd tically at a high flood stage from GasI ton Shoals to a considerable distance *- below Columbia. The water, slow in d rising, will also take a long time to a pass and if the rains above Columbia d continue the river will i ise still >>" higher here as the water reaching Cof lumhia comes from rains near Spar s tanburg and Gaston Shoals last Frill day. >r Dntmiring Trains. >1 Hailrond service throughout the Santee valley is generally demoralir > (Continued on Fage Three.) . ^ . f J i-r.n... i .ii J