Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, June 29, 1922, Image 2
v COMMITTEES NOW
VISITING SHOALS
MORE THAN TWENTY SENATORS 1
AND REPRESENTATIVES 1
ARE IN PARTY.
PROJECTS 10 BE INSPECTED !
Proposal* of Ford, Engstrum and '
Others Held in Abeyance Until
the Party Returns.
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Washington.?More than a score of
members of the senate agriculture
and the house military committees
left here for a personal inspection of
the government's power and nitrate
projects at Muscle Shoals and Gorgas, |
Alabama. Pending their return, it
was announced, the investigations of
the private offers for lease, purchase,
1,1 * m rt A# fKn r\rc\r\.
completion anu upeiauvua ui y~r i (
erties will be suspended by the house J
committee. ~
The senate portion of the delega- j y
ilon was headed by Chairman Norris, N
of the agriculture committee, to
which the offers of Henry Ford, the
Alabama Power company and Fred- ^
erick Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C.,
lave been referred by the senate for
1 > study and report. The house memoers
had as their leader Representative
Hull, of Iowa, senior majority
nember of the military committee. T
Senator Norris said the delegation
would confine itself to a thorough
study of the projects from a physical
standpoint and had decided before its
departure to refrain from side trips ol
to other places than Gorgas and Mus- ai
cle shoals. The house members made si
i similar decision in executive session tc
?nd like the senate committee, voted
down suggestions that the delegation
visit Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta **
and other municipalities which had
extended invitations for the congress- cc
nen to visit with them during their m
trip. m
Both the agriculture and military ^
committees will begin active considoration
df the Muscle Shoals question |
as soon as the members return from M
Alabama. Chairman Norris said then c<
pending offers would be taken up by S(
the senate committee and hearings 01
held on them collectively. He also Vl
announced that unless he altered his 'c
decision while in Alabama, he would '
introduce a bill in the senate upon his p!
return.proposing a government owned
and controlled corporation to take m
over the question of future development
of the shoals properties.
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Farming Statistics in N. C. t
Washington?Farming statistics for
January 1, 1920, show North Carolina 3,
far down the line in farm values. Here fe
are the facts, according to a report ?},
issued by the census bureau: w
Value of all farm property, January ,(
1. 1920, 51,250,167,000 of the twentyfirst
of the 48 states; the value of Q(
all farm crops for 1919 totaled $503,229.000,
making it the twelfth state, [j
and value of all livestock products K
$35,860,000. the twenty-first state. ;j,
South Carolina is the twenty-sev- \
enth, fifteeuth and thirty-eighth state lT1
in the foregoing values.
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Pilot of Flying Boat Pescued.
Miami, Fla.?That a broken propel- 31
ler compelled the flying boat, Miss
Miami, down and into the sea where
she kept afloat for 48 hours, was the
statement made to rescuers on the
steamship William Greene, by Robert
Moore, pilot of the ill-f'ted machine P1
before he became delirious. The Wil- ai
liam Greene, bound from Bayonne, N.
J., to Tampico, picked up the wrecked
plane and its lone survivor 130
-* miioo te
miles norm 01 wus vh; auu -**.
east of the Indian river inlet. ra
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Arrested After 22 Years. gJ
Doylestown, Pa. ? A maji arrested 0(
at Quakertown, a few days ago, on p
suspicion of having killed a constable A
22 years ago in the Haycock moun- ^
tains while resisting arrest, was iden- 3!
lifted as Adam Weaver, the man j
charged with the crime, by James
Weaver, of Philadelphia, who claims Q)
to be his son. j.
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Whiskey Dumped Into River.
Chicago. ? The Federal prohibition
agents dumped 350,000 gallons of
wine, beer and whiskey into the Chi- p
cago river, while several thousand per- ^
sons gathered along the bank to w
watch the performance. The liquor ^
was ordered dumped into the river
by Prohibition Director Gregory, despite
the fact that Federal Prohibition R(
director Havnes at Washington had
suggested in a long distance telephone
call that it would bring undesirable
publicity and too ostentatious a dis?lay.
Lower Rates on Melons.
Moultrie, Ga.?A 10 per cent reduo
tion in freight rates on watermelons
and cantaloupes from points east ol
the Mississippi river until June 30 has n
been granted voluntarily by the rail ti
roads, it was announced here by R. S \
Roddenbery, vice president of the Na t{
tional Melon Distributors' association
The fight for lower rates on these g
products has been waged for the last j j
two years. Buyers here said all of j ^
the Florida crop and about half of the [ c
South Georgia crop would be moved J g
before the expiration of June. t
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Four Men Killed in Explosion.
Port Huron, Mich.?Four men were
killed and property damage estimated
at $100,000 was caused by a boiler ex ^
plosion on board the ferry boat Omai g
D. Conger. The explosion shook the ^
entire downtown district. The boiler R
was thrown 250 feet into a dwelling p
The dead were at work on the ferry a
No one else was aboard the boat at f(
the time of the explosion. a
Six persons were injured, none se t)
riously. The dwelling into which the 3,
boiler was thrown caught fire and wai r
. * burned. i,
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SEVEN BOYS DROWNED IN
LAKE WHEN BOAT SINKS
South Bend, Ind. ? Joseph N.
Taylor, t erecutive of the Boy
Scouts, and six boys, were drown;d
in Magician lakj, seven miles
trom Dowagiac, Mich. They drove
to the lake from here in automobiles
to prepare a Scout camp
for the boys this summer. When
thoy reached the lake they divided
Into two groups, eight of them taking
a steel boat propelled by a de;achable
motor, to cross the lake.
After they had gone a short way
i breeze struck the boat, causing
It to ship water and it sank, throwing
the occupants into the lake.
The dead:
Joseph N. Taylor, scout executive.
James Taylor, his son.
William Borrough.
William Kingsley.
Verne Murphy.
Judson Taylor.
Clinton Matthews.
It was late in the day before the
details of the drowning began to
reach the city because of the confusion
among the survivors and
the distan-e they were from nome. |
OTES SENT TO THE ALLIES
NITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT
TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY
IN RHINELAND.
roops Were Sent Into Germany Upon
Basis of Right to Be Paid the
"Actual Cost"
Washington. ? The American army
occupation was sent into Germany
id was continued there upon the bas
of the right of the United States
> "be paid its actual cost upon an
iual footing with the allies," and this
ivernment "is unable to conclude
lat the justice of its claim Is not ful'
recognized," according to identic
immunications delivered by diploatic
representatives to the governents
of Belgium, Great Britain,
ranee and Japan.
The notes were delivered under in:ructions
from Secretary of State
ughes and were occasioned by rejnt
information from American ob;rvers
in Europe that the allied gov nments
apparently contemplated aringements
which would ignore Ameran
army costs, although estimates
ith for army and navy costs and re
irations were being made on the bas
of the entire capacity of the Geran
government to pay.
The amount of the claims of the
nited States for its army cost, the
3tes declared, was understood to be
ee from any substantial dispute, but
was deemed to be appropriate, "in
ew of recent developments," to aclaint
the allied governments with the
speatedly reiterated statements that
le government of the United States
as expecting full payment of the
>sts of its army in the Rhineland.
Basis for the American claim, the
)tes pointed out, was found in the
mistice agreement to which the
nited States was signatory and
hich provided for military occupaon
of Germany by the allied and
merican forces jointly. That agreeent.
the notes recited, expressly proided
that the upkeep of the troops
! occupation in the Rhine districts
tould be charged to the German gov nment
and it was expressed as the
lew of the American government that
le armistice agreement "had the
ear import" that the powers assoated
in the joint enterprise "should
and upon equal footing as to the
ivment of all actual costs of their
rmies of occupation."
Active Spindle Hours Decrease.
Washington. ? The New England
ixtile strike was reflected In the
lonthly report made public recently
y the census bureau on the activity
t the cotton spinning industry, which
lowed a decrease of more than 600,)0
active spindles for the month of
ebruary as compared with January,
ctive spindle hours for February
119,576,600 as compared with 7?929,>8,136,
also a decrease of more than
ight hundred million. The figures
lade public were based on an activity
f 23 2-3 days, while the figures for
inuary were based on an activity of
> 1-2 days.
Sugar Rates Stand.
Washington. ? Sugar rates in the
ordney tariff bill, on the basis of
1.60 per 100 pounds for Cuba raw,
ere approved by the republican
lembers of the senate finance comlittee
after a prolonged fight.
The Fordney rates were accepted
3 a compromise. Senator Smoot.
inking majority member, contended
>r a rate of $2 per 100 on Cuban :aw,
le duty asked for by American beet
jgar interests. This was slightly
'ss, however, than the tarilT urged by
ie Louisiana cane industry.
Block In Montezuma Burned.
Montazuma, Oa.?Fire of undeterlined
origin wiped out almost an enre
block in the business section of
lontezuma, causing a loss of $75,000
> $100,000, with little insurance.
The fire started in the Montezuma
team Laundry and besides destroyig
that establishment consumed Colerts'
pressing club, the Fields' groery
store. Joiners' grocery store, Moran's
pressing club, a barber shop,
ake Powell's shoe shop and WhiteIre's
meat market.
To Film Story of King David.
Jerusalem. ? Twenty stars of the
.merican films world arrived in Jerualem
recently to prepare for the
lming of the Old Testament story of
ling David. The big scene in the
lay is to be the fight between David
nd Goliath, which will be staged a
?w miles north of this city. Biblical
ecuracy is not to be strictly adhered
j, since the scenario provides a love
cene after the battle. About 5,000
ersons are to be employed in the filmlg
of the play. Five thousand sheep,
ono^vamels and 2,000 goats.
FDUR-POWER PACIFIC
TREATY ISJATIFIED
OPPONENTS MAKE SCORE OF UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPTS TO
QUALIFY ACTION.
FINAL VOTE WAS 67 TO 27
On Final Roll Call, Twelve Democrats
Vote For Treaty and Four Republicans
Against IL
Washington. ? The four-power Pa-,
'ciflc treaty, the center of controversy
over accomplishments of the Washing- j
[.ton arms conference, was ratified by |
[ the senate with no reservation except I
the "no alliance" declaration proposed
by the foreign relations committee and
| accepted by President Harding.
The final vote of 67 to 27, represent- i
| ing a margin of four over the neces- I
Isary two-thirds, was recorded after the
opponents of ratification had made
more than 20 unsuccessful attempts
to qualify senate action by reservations
or amendments distastefnl to the
administration. On the deciding roll
cqll 12 democrats voted for the treaty
and only four republicans opposed it.
Dying hard, the irreconcilable element,
which had opposed the treaty on
the ground that it establishes an alliance
between the United States, Great
Britain, Japan and France, forced 33
roll calls during a four and a half
hours' session set aside for final action
on the resolution of ratification. They
made their best showing on a proposed
reservation to invite outside powers
into Pacific "conferences" afTecting
their interests, mustering 36 votes for
the proposal to 55 in opposition.
The committee reservation was accepted
in the end by a vote of 90 to 2.
two attempts to modify it failing by
overwhelming majorities. It declares
that "the United States understands
[ that under the statement in the pre*V?a
Inrm a f\f thin tTPfltV
CWII U1C UUUCl IUC kouiio V4 ? ,
there is no commitment to armed
force, no alliance, no obligation to
join in any defense."
Probably 18 Miners Killed.
Trinidad, Colo.?Eight miners are
known to have been killed and ten are
missing as the result of an explosion
in Sopris mine number two of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company near
here. Officers of the mine said they
did not expect the death list to exceed
18. Two of the bodies have
been identified. The other two were
badly burned.
The explosion occurred just as the
men were changing shifts. It is believed
that only about 40 were in
the mine at the time. All of these,
with the exception of the 16 still missing
have been accounted for.
There was no fire in the mine and
rescue workers have been able to go
under gfl&und to a considerable depth.
No theory as to the cause of the explosion
has been advanced.
Four Killed by Cloudburst.
Burlington, Kas. ? Four persons
were killed and property damage estimated
at ?50,000 done at Burlington '
by a cloudburst which flooded Rock i
Creek and sent it swooping down i
upon the city without warning. The [
dead are Mr. and Mrs. T. S. McGee,
Mrs. Henry Ramsdell and Miss Oletha
Failing.
Only the body of Miss Failing had
been recovered. Nine persons report;
ed missing were found to be unharmed.
For several blocks store fronts
caved in and about 25 homes were
swept away. Much damage was done
also to stock and crops in this dstrlct.
? 1 hlryVl 11M f Vl Ho.
; oireeis iieie ncic i-mcu ?? &" .v.. v.j
bris.
Levee System Will Withstand Flood. I
Memphis, Tenn.?With the Missis-,
sippi river rising rapidly at all points
south of St. Louis and with all indications
pointing to the highest water
since the flood of 1916, government
and state engineers here express confidence
that the levee system will ,
withstand the flood without difficulty j
and that the damage from high water
will be small and confined entirely to
unprotected lands.
Ford Adopts 40-Hour Week.
Detroit. ? Adoption of the 40-hour
week as a permanent policy in all the
plants of the Ford Motor company
was announced by Edsel B. Ford, president
of the company. Under the new
plan the factories will be closed on !
j Saturday and Sunday and about 3,000
men will be added to the force. The
' change will affect approximately 50,000
employes, who will continue to
receive the minimum or *6 a aay.
New employes, however, will receive
a minimum of $5 daily.
Nephew of Hoover Drowned.
Palo Alto, Cal.?Walter Large, fiveyear-old
nephew of Herbert Hoover, '
secretary of commerce, was drowned
in a swimming pool at the Hoover I
I home here during a family reunion.)
' Dr. Ray Llman Wilbur, president of
J Stanford university, worked over him
| three hours but hope finally was given
! up. t
Servants found the child unconscious
in the swimming pool shortly
before noon. It is not known how
long he had been in the pool.
Daddy of Forty-seven.
New Bern.?A. S. Shields, a negro
preacher who Is the father of 47 chll- j
dren, celebrated his 72nd birthday
! with a fair gathering of his children
around him. All but five of his children
are living. He married a second
time 18 years ago and has had 17
children by this marriage. Shields
was a slave in the family of which
Representative Claude Kitchin and
former Governor W. W. Kitchin are
members. He preaches his sermons
j in a church he owns himself. j
COTTON CROP OF 1921
LESS THAN BUREAU FIGURES j
Washington.?Cotton production
for 1921 was 7,976,665 running
bales, or 7,952,539 equivalent 500pound
bales, the census bureau announced
in its final ginning report
of the season. The 1920 produc- j
tlon was 13,270,970 running bales,
or 13,439,603 equivalent 500-pound
bales.
The crop was estimated by the
Department of Agriculture last December
in its final report at 8,340,- .
000 equivalent 500-pound bales. !
Round bales included in the crop j
for 1921 were 123,791 bales, compared
with 209,534 in 1920; American-Egyptian
cotton amounted to j
37,094 bale3, compared with 92.561,
and sea island cotton amounted to
3,316 bales compared with 1,868.
Cotton remaining to be ginned
after the March canvass, and lj
which was included in the total ! (
crop was estimated at 7,435 bales, i j
compared with 211,893 bales ginned j j
after the March canvass last year, i
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ARMY OFFICERS CUT T0 11,0001
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HOUSE READY TO PLUNGE INTO
FIGHT OVER ENLISTED '
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STRENGTH. ,
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Vote on Proposal to Slash Personnel
From 133,000 to 115,000 is 1
Expected Soon. j
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Washington. ? After approving a
clause in the army bill which pro- ]
vides that by July 1 the numbed of 1
regular army officers must be re- J
duced from approximately 13,000 to ,
11,000, the house adjourned as it was i
about to plunge into a fight over the ;
enlisted strength. A vote on pro- !
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posals to slash the enlisted personnel, ^
which now appropriates 133,000, exclu- ,
sive of 7,000 Philippine scouts, to 115,- ]
or less, is expected to be reached .
Standing by the recommendations,
of the sub-committee which drafted! 1
the bill, the house in quick succes-,1
sion rejected three amendments 1
which sought to fix the officer
strength at different levels. By a
vote of 142 to 68, an amendment by j1
Chairman Kahn of the military com-1'
mittee, to provide the coming fiscal j \
year, was defeated.
An amendment by Representative! ^
SiBson, of Mississippi, a democratic j (
member of the sub-committee in J
charge of the bill, to cut the num-1 (
ber of officers to 9,000 was snowed ^
under, 180 to 40, while a proposal :
by Representative Hull, Iowa, a republican
member of the military
affairs committee, to fix the maximum
at 12,000, was voted down, 115
to 65. <
When the house quit work for the 11
day it had before it a series of ;
amendments which would increase j1
allowance for the officers' reserve 1
corps. The bill carries $250,000 for
salaries?an inadequate amount in the |
opinion of Representatives Hill, Mary-!'
land; Crago, Pennsylvania, and Rog-!
ers, Massachusetts, all republicans,^
who proposed increases of the item
in varying amounts.
Once these amendments are dis- '
posed of. the house will be ready for '
a skirmish over enlisted strength. The i1
framers of the bill have provided for j
a reduction to 115.000 men, exclusive
of the 7,000 Philippine scouts. Mr. 'J
Kahn, who has declared his approval
of the war department recommenda-,1
tions for 150,000 men, has indicated
he will offer an amendment to provide
pay for a force of that size, while Mr. I
Sisson has announced he will propose i
that the enlisted personnel be cut to i
100,000 men. I
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Must Make Request Soon. 1
Waohintrtnn ?Renuests from near-! 1
est relatives for the return of Ameri- i'
can dead overseas will not be favora-' 1
bly considered after March 31, the I
war department announced. The gov- <
ernnient, it was stated, had afforded <
all reasonable consideration to interested
relatives in permitting them to
have nearly four years in which to J
decide whether the bodies woul 1 be
returned to this country or rest in 1
France. '
France to Pay Debt.
Paris. ? President Poincare authorized
confirmation of the statement he i
made recently to the finance commit- i
tee of the chamber of deputies in ex- <
ecutive sesion that France intends to ]
pay her debt to the United States. J
M. Poincare's statement presum- 1
ably was impelled by the utterance l
of M. Laucheur, former French min-: <
ister of reconstruction, in a speech |
at Lyons last month when he declared i
that France would never be able to <
pay a cent to the United 3tutes on i
the French war debt account <
Reduction In Naval Estimate. I
Washington.?Drastic reduction in
navy department estimates for the i
next fiscal year have been made by ]
the house sub-committee on appro- ;
priations in framing tne Davy dui. p
Instead of providing funds for an 11
enlisted personnel of 90,000. as urged j i
by Secretary Denby, the committee, It I ]
was said, fixed the total at 65.000 and
authorized the commissioning of about i i
135 of the 541 members of the June I<
graduating class.. 1
In round numbers the bill will car- i
ry something like $200,000,000. i
Credits Asked by Bulgarians.
Washington.?Bulgaria, first of the
enemy countries to claim the prlvl- |
lege, has applied to the financial com- <
mfttee of the League of Nations for i
an extension to Its business men of i
the credits to be available under the <
Ter Meulen plan. 1
The news received here from league 1
headquarters indicates that the appli- 1
cation is being given careful consid- i
eratlon by the financial commission, i
which regards it as of the first order i
of importance as initiating the Ter |
Mejulen plan practically. Ji
SONUS MEflUSURE
PASSEDJ HOUSE
3ILL IS GIVEN AN OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
Members of Both Parties Divided in
General Debate and on Final
Roll Call.
Washington. ? The four billion-dolar
soldieis' bonus bill was passed by
he house by an overwhelming mnjorty.
It now goes to the senate where
ts fate is regarded as uncertain.
The vote was 333 to 70, or 64 more
Lhan the two-thirds majority necessary
for passage of the measure under the
parliamentary procedure selected by
republicans for the expressed purpose
pf preventing the democrats from offering
a motion to recommit.
Party lines disappeared both in the
general debate and on the final roll
:all, 242 republicans and 90 democrats
oAoioli'of onnnnrttntr fho hill
*UU UUC OUVfiatigt Oupj/Ul vmp bUV m+mmm
-nd. 42 republicans and 28 democrats
noting against it.
As passed by the house, the bonus
Sill would provide for immediate cash
payments to veterans whose adjusted
service pay would not exceed $50, and
ivould give the other veterans the option
of these four plans:
Adjusted service certificates, with
provisions authorizing loans by banks
in the first three years after next
October 1, and by the government
thereafter; the certificates to run for
20 years and to have a face value at
maturity of the amount of the adlusted
service credit at the rate of $1
i day for domestic service and $1.25
i day for foreign service, increased
by 25 per cent plus interest at the rate
3f 4 1-2 per cent compounded annually.
Vocational training after January 1,
1923. at the rate of $1.75 a day, the
total payments not to exceed, however,
140 per cent of the adjusted
service credit.
Farm and home aid under which
veterans who purchase or improve
[arms or nomes wouia ne paia aner
July 1. 1923, a sum equal to their
adjusted service credit Increased by
25 per cent.
Land settlements, under which
lands would be reclaimed under the
supervision of a special board and
Tarm units established for sale to
the veterans at a price fixed bv the
board, lees the amount of the adjusted
service credit duo the purchasers.
Exports of Corn Increased.
Washington. ? American exports of
:orn during February increased, as
compared with the same month last
rear while exports of wheat and cottonseed
oil last month fell off sharply
[rom February, 1921.
February exports of corn amounted
to 22,052,216 bushels of a value of
S14.020.090, compared with 3,144,346
bushels valued at $6,918,863 in Februiry,
1921.
Exports of wheat in February were
5,476,489 bushels valued at $6,928,655,
compared with 18.408,711 bushels valued
at $36,836,026 in February a year
igo.
Cottonseed oil exports last month
were 9.097,374 pounds of a value of
$794,306, compared with 39.689,396
pounds valued at $4,276,772 in February,
1921.
German Marks Fall Off.
New York.?All previous low records
for German exchange at this center
were shattered when the mark fell
to 30^-one-hundredths, or less than
three for one cent. Dealers attributed
the further weakness to the changes
In the German reparation payments
-nnounced in Paris recently and the
firm attitude of the United States
government for the payment of the
sxpenses of the army of occupation
3n the Rhine.
Submarine and All Hands Lost.
London. ? The British submarine
H-42 has been lost with all hands in
the Mediterranean, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar.
Census For Pigs to be Taken.
Washington. ? The department of
agriculture, through the help of rural
mail carriers, will set up machinery
sarly in May to obtain the probable
pig population of the 14 states leading
in the production of swine. More
than 24,000 carriers connected with
the 9,500 postoffices will take the pig
rensus.
As they start out with their pack of
mail the carriers will distribute card
questionnaires on which will be obtained
reports from the farms on
sach route.
Present Evidence Against Exchange.
New York.?Assistant District Attorney
Jerome Simmons began the
presentation of evidence to the grand
jury against officers and directors of
the American Cotton Exchange, whose
practices were recently condemned by
Chief Magistrate McAdoo after a John
Doe inquiry into Its affairs.
Several witnesses have been summoned
to testify against the aleged
violation of the statute prohibiting
bucketing orders. Mr. Simmons said
that the inquiry probably would consume
three da^vs.
Attention Called to Fake Offers.
Washington?Postofflce department
Inspectors have had their attention
nailed to many cases of agencies
throughout the country advertising
that they were able to obtain Immediate
action on claims by disabled
reterans pending before the Veterans'
bureau, it became known here recent
ly. Many of the agencies, it was said,
maintained elaborate offices and ad
vertised that within a short period
ifter receiving a retainer of $10 to
$50. they would secure favorable action
In the settlement of any claim.
GROWERS OF MELONS MEET I
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Questions of Organization and Mar
keting Discussed by Number
of Specialists.
Denmark.?A very enthusiastic <
meeting of truck growers from all
over the'watermelon district was held
at Denmark. The meeting was called
by the Bamberg County Truckers' association
and all visitors, numbering
a hundred or more, were the guests
of the Denmark chamber of commerce I
at a dinner prepared by the women of
the Methodist church.
C. W. Garrls of Denmark presided
over the meeting and the program '
consisted of talks on "The Object of
the Meeting and the Aim of the Bamberg
County Truckers' Association,"
J. D. Brandon, county agent; "Marketing
Statistics and the Present Outlook
for Truck Crops," F. L. Harkey,
state marketing agent. A discussion 1
of the production of melons was led ''
by C. H. Math is, farmer, from Black- (
ville and H. B. Grimes from Lees. It '
was the opinion of all that this is a 1
L.iA , i
year ior me production ui uener meions
and that the acreage should not 1
be increased.
The subject of "organization" was '
discussed by Mr. Garris of Denmark. 1
It was brought out that to succeed '
with truck the farmers will have to
co-operate and meet organization with 1
organization, putting up a standard
product in an honest pack.
G. A. Cardwell and J. N. McBride,
agricultural agents from the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad and Seaboard, respectively,
offered their full co-operation
end said the railroads would see
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that their cars were disinfected for
loading truck.
"Disease and Disease Control," was
the subject of F. C. Meier, specialist (
from the bureau of plant pathology, '
at Washington. Mr. Meier has had
wide experience wDh melons and has
assisted in working out the control of '
stem end rot and melon anthracnose,
which has saved thousands of 1
dollars to shippers. He urged the
shippers to carefully paint stems of
melons when loading and convinced all
present of the simple method and its
value. At the close of the meeting
enough "corrosive sublimate was dis- 1
tributed to treat 500 pounds of seed i
for anthracnose. $
"How We Should Market" was the i
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Mr. Johnson, in a short but forceful ,
talk, discussed the needs of a real '
organization on the California plan, <
embracing the entire district, and he I
predicted that the growers would re- <
alize such an organization before an- i
other 18 months passed and that they i
were only marking time and standing 1
in their own light until such an organization
could be brought about. <
I
Robber Killed at Trenton.
Trenton?J. C. Moore, alleged safe- ;
cracker and escaped convict from the
Georgia penitentiary, where he was
serving a sentence of 20 years, was
shot and killed by Ernest Crouch
while the former was in the act of
opening a safe in the store of Mathis 1
& Whitlock here, and L. K. Rawls of (
Columbia, alleged to have been an (
accomplice in the robbery, was later
apprehended on the highway to Aiken 1
and has been lodged in the Edgefield
)a"' I,
Mr. Crouch has rooms above tfce I
store and was awakened by a noise in (
the store underneath. Taking his
gun, he went out and Moore emerged (
i from the store with a pistol and a
flashlight. Mr. Crouch fired twice,
the first load of buckshot taking effect
in the left leg. The second shot |
proved fatal, Moore falling dead with '
the flashlight gripped in one hand and '
a pistol in the other.
The safe in the store was ready for
blowing, the dial having been pried
out, soap spread over the load and the (
i fuse attached.
Company Hies Bond. . i
Sumter.?The Sumter Oas and Pow;
er company has filed with the clerk \
of the United States district court, a ]
bond of $25,000 as a guarantee to the i
gas users in Sumter that all sums col- ]
lected from them by the gas company i
in excess of the rate fixed by city (
council shall be refunded if the United |
States circuit court of appeals upholds
the decision of Judge H. A. M. i
Smith that the company may not raise ]
' its r^te under the franchise by which <
it operates. ]
Will Have Creamery.
Sumter.?The Sumter craemery Is
so far an assured fact that all the i
$25,000 capital stock has been sub- <
scribed and the board of directrjrs <
elected. E. H. Moses is president; J. <
P. Booth, vice president; C. W. j
Schmolke, secretary and treasurer, i
and other directors are L. D. Jen- '
nlngs, W. S. Reames, J. J. Whilden i
and J. P. Morrison; manager, C. W. i
C/<hmnllro The charter Is to be ao- I
piled for at once. This new creamery 1
will be prepared to handle all dairy 1
products from this county. <
Big Farmers Signing.
Bi8hopvllle.?The cotton co-operative
marketing proposition Is gettling 1
well under waf in Lee county. Up to i
date 41 Lee county farmers have <
signed contracts, which represent a i
total of 6,752 bales of the 1920 f'rop. ,
This campaign has Just started off ]
here, and County Agent QuinerlV says i
he Is receiving much encouragement i
and confidently predicts thatJ Lee ]
county will easily subscribe its; quota, i
When 41 signers represent pra/ctically i
7,000 kales, it will be seen tlfiat they i
are big farmers on the average. 1
To Plant Much Came.
Darlington.?The Darlington syrup
mill started its activity fori the forthcoming
season this week (when the i
work of distributing larger quantities
of cane seed through the [county was
tegun. The officials of tlnis mill are
looking forward to a gre?at year for
their business, as a number of the
larger farmers have expressed themselves
as being anxious yo promote
the planting of sugar cane among
their croppers, and as thyre have been
numerous applications f/6r the cane
load. /
BEAUFORT STAGES '
LETTUCEJARNIVAL .
SEVERAL FIELDS OF THOUSAND
ACRE CROP IS VIEWED BY ?
VISITORS.
FEAST AT BRAMLETT'S FARIh k
rollowing Sights of Great Crop in Low (
Country Speeches Are Heard; May
Be Annual EvenL
Beaufort?Beaufort's two day let.uce
festival began when the visitors
to the "lettuce city'' accompanied by i
large crowd of Beaufort folks motor- *
sd out to Bramlett's farm where a
bountiful feast consisting of barbecued
pork, rice, potatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise.
relishes, bread and coffee was ?
served.
After diouer the cars lined up for
ei visit to several fields of Beaufort's
thousand acre lettuce crop, stopping
on the way to see an interesting old
fort built before 1600 on Mr. Bram- *
lett's place and also at the Home Farm
dairy where Mr.. Kinney served' delicious
sweet milk and buttermilk.
In the evening a play party, for
which Beaufort has become famous,
was held at the Community club. The
next morning luncheon was served at
the Community club by the women.
The ltmcheon consisted of chicken
Balad on lettuce, potato chips, sandwiches,
crackers, olives, *xke and
coffee. After dinner speeches were
called for by the Rev. Mr. Burns. Fred
Christensen, Judge Memminger and
Harry Calhoun responded. It is sincerely
hoped that these festivals will . i
be an annual event and that every
county of South Carolina may be rep- j
resented at the second lettuce festival ^
In 1923.
Fall to Agee in Jones Case. ^
Lancaster?After being out 11 1
hours, the jury which had been trying ]
the case of the state against Charles J
D. Jones, charged with breach of trust ^
and misappropriation of funds, reportsd
that they were unable to agree and
Judge Bowman ordered a mistrial.
The Jury called for the judge at 2.30
a'clock and onnounced their inability ^
to agree, but upon requese of counsel jf
defendant, they were ordered to
make one more effort. They rpKfened
at 4 o'clock and announced .
less disagreement.
After ordering a mistrial, tb^r were
discharged by the court. It^s said
that the vote stood five for conviction <
and seven for acquittal. This trail
Is one of the five indictments returned
by the grand jury.
A
Newberry College Wins Debate. .
Spartanburg. ? Newberry college "
won the triangle debate between I
teams from the Presbyterian College ?g
af South Carolina, Wofford and New- *
berry. The question was: "Resolved,
That a system of compulsory arbitration
of strikes should be established
In the United States."
Newberry, uprolding the negative "
3ide here defeated the Presbyterian
college team, and in debating the affirmative
in Clinton, won the decision ^
aver Wofford. . b
Paving Contracts Let.
Greenwood.?Contracts for street
paving amounting to approximately
1200,000 were let by the Greenwood
paving commission. Contract for side- y
walk paving was let to the Greenville
Paving company for $1.38 per squre
yard. Contract for concrete street
paving was let to the firm of Case & %
Cothran of Atlanta for $1.98 per square
yard. y
Bank Makes Change. '
Barnwell.?At a meeting of directors
of the First National Bank of "4
Barnwell the resignation of L. P. Wil- 1
son, cashier, was accepted and Ralph I
Smith, assistant cashier, was elected J
to succeed him. Mr. Wilson has re- *1
signed to accept a position with a bank I
In Ocala. Fla., at a flattering salary. I
a m Donhow of Bamberg was elect- A
ed as an active vice president. Col. ?
NT. G. W. Walker, one of the organisers 9
cf the institution, retains his former H
position of active vice-president. jj
To Revise Board.
Chester.?From a communication
received by A. W. Wise, clerk of the m |
bounty Confederate pension board, it
will not only be necessary for the
county board to revise the pension roll J|
tor the current year, but the board ^
Itself must undergo some changes. I
The attorney general has ruled that no I
man is eligible to the board who holds
i public office, which will disqualify
County Superintendent of Education V
W. D. Knox and Magistrate J. W. I
Wilks. All pensioners with a net insome
of 11,000 will be taken off flat. J
Gets Life Sentence.
Florence?W. A. Qulrb, convicted of !
the murder of D. Hiram Munn and Ll
recommended to the mercy of the ?
court, was sentenced to life imprison- J
ment in the state penitentiary by
Judge Thomas Sease. The Quick tria* a
has attracted a great deal of Interest Jk
ind was considered the most import- Jh
int on the docket. The court has com- ^9
pleted a tremendous amount of work J
this week finishing up all of the cases |
ready for trial. The Judge, solicitor 1
and court officials worked hard an^ 1
fast to complete the number of cases. I
Wounded By Negress. I
Greenville.?M. B. Hoard, young
white man about 25 years old. is in
a critical condition in the city hos- 8
pital as a result of a bullet wound al- J
leged to have boon inflicted by Luoile
Tinsley. a negress 18 yea^s old. at her J
home on each Stone avenue. The wo- ^
man, who is in the county jail awaiting
the outcome of the man's injuries, fl[
declares that the white man approachcd
her on several occasions and that jj/M
in company with another man he at- 1
empted to froce his way into her (E
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