Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LIFE SAVING STAMPS FOR THE CHINESE ARE DISTRIBUTED Atlanta, Ga., April 7.?The sale of life saving stamps for the relief of famine victims in five great prov inces of China has teen put actively under way throughout the ten states under the jurisdiction of the rhino southern committee m vug VUtMW | i Famine Fund. The stamp sale fea- , ture of the campaign has 'been 1 placed in the hnd of Miss Daisy j Davies, one of the best known worn- ] en of the South, who has taken 1 charge of women's division with i headquarters at 502 Candler Build- < ing, Atlanta. Miss Davies, who was for some < time president of LaGrange Female j College and for years has been j recognized as one of the foremost ] Sunday School workers in the coun- ] try, has taken steps to get in touch < with women leaders to every com- n ?raunity throuhgout the South. The I sale of the life ^saving stamps is be- ] ing carried on principally through 1 the women's missionary societies of 1 ' the various denominations and j ' through women's organization gener ] ally, whether religious, educational ] or social. ] Children of the Sunday schools 1 are also participating in the relief! effort for the starving Chinese. It | < has ben announced that although the ] women's organizations will be relied < upon in the sale of the stamps ] any person desiring to coperate 1 with the southern commiuee may i secure asupply through Miss Davies. f The life saving stamps are sold i for three cent apiece, enough money 1 to save the life of one person in s China for a single day. Ten stamps c or thirty cents will save a life for a c month. The goal, of the Southern committee of the China Famine s " Fund is to make sure that every per- i son buys at least ten stamps, thus I contricuting thirty cents to allev nate the terrible conditions that now r prevail in northwestern China as the I s result of three years to floods, e drought and crop failure. 1 Authentic information from mis- l sionaries, ' diplomatic - representa- * tives and business men In China are e to the effect that 6,000,000 Chinese t will perish before :the June harvest t unless America brings relief in the e . shape of f?od supplies. The reilef fund is being administered economi-|_ eally and honestly, the distribution of supplies being in the hands of a r reilef oommitee in?the famine area - j * cumpvacu UJL miooiuuauc^ vvujwiui officials and international business men. ?- | . The largest touring car in the world is owned by- King Albert of Belgium. It is in two sections and accommodates fifteen persons with sleeping quarters for ten. The ma chine was designed for hunting in Africa and is equipped with kitchen batl? and dining room. Notice Lai Y/OU will take *\ Highway Cor beville County, So permanently const through your prop the highway that 1 ed by the highwaj This is to give you should not pla v the recently surv your properly or to nlacec] thereon bv i; x j gineer, for it is the ! Highway Commis road completed ! gather same. Highway | Abbe^ GENERAL PERSHING Ic TO GET HIGH PLACE Probably Be Amb*>*dor to Toldo Or f In Charge of Entire U. S. Army TTT T A -.?II CA/tv&farv wasmng'wn, jxptu i.?wtcv.ivwi.j j Week's recent statement that he would announce shortly a detail in iuty for General Pershing "com- h mensurate with his rank' has caused j considerable interest and specula- f tion in the War Department. Sever- f al possible assignments for General c Pershing, whose rank as general of 1 the army places him above any rou tine detail, have been discussed by c officials, it was said today. c It has been flimored that the gen- v jral would retire to accept a diplo- d matic post, probably that of ambas- \ jador to Japan * to succeed Roland g Morris, whose resignation President g Harding recently accepted. It is un- ^ lerstood that this would be the most acceptable diplomatic post s General Pershing could be offered. s Eis service three years ago as Uni- p ted States military attache would ;end to aualify him for the position, f :t has been pointed out. Another dip s lomatic post mentioned for him is Paris, but it is believed that if given ^ lis choice, he would prefer Tokio at v ;his time. On the other and, a large number j )f army officers believe that General t Pershing will either be made chief ^ >f staff to succeed Major General t, Peyton C. March or that Secretary SVeeks will seek from Congress legis t ation placing the entire army on a Q ield basis with him as general of the ^ irmy at the head of the organization a n the event that such a course c should be followed, it was pointed j >ut, the general would have a chief t >f staff exactly as he had Major Gen t sral Harbored as his principal as- j iistant and chief of staff in direct rig the American Expeditionary forces during the war. Another assignment frequently h nentioned in connection with Gener- 0 tl Pershing, is that of governor-gen sral of the Phillippines, but it is be ieved that such a detail would not e >e acceptable to him. A tour of the yorld under the credentials of an t( nvoy extraordinary, similar to the ours made by the allied leaders af er the-war, also has been mention- c * fi -Watch the label on your paper and enew your subscription promptly. THC LAST DROP" VHS ONLY GOOCEOS MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE <9 id Owners!! notice that the ' nmission of Ab uth Carolina, will :ruct a highway erty, same being las been survey ' engineer. you notice that nt any crop upon eyed portion of move any stakes fliA Vnrrlv iwotr on_ U1V lllgllYYUJ V--11 ; intention of the sion to have the M before you can Commission fille County. :lyde manning tells OF alleged murders (e|ro Farm Bote Repeats On Wit ness Stand Story Told Officer* Of Death of Eleven Negroes On Georgia Plantation Covington, Ga., April 7.?Fear of lis own life was the motive that >rompted Clyde Manning, negro arm boss, to help kill 11 negro arm hands employed on the Jasper ounty plantation of John S. Wil iams, the negro told the jury trying Viliams in Newton county superior ' *? ? - U.J ourt here toaay. manning <j3oci reu m cross examination he did not yant to kill them, but was afraid to [isobey Williams who, he declared, <ras trying to do away with the ne ,Toes for fear they might testify re ;arding peonage conditions on the Villiams farm. "They wasn't abothering me," aid Manning, a coal black short, tockily built man of about 150 founds, "and I didn't want to get em out of the way," but he added, a ew moments later, "Mr. Johnny aid, 'it's your neck or their." ? The negroes met death shortly af er federal authorities started an in stigation of alleged peonage on he farm, six of them according to lannig, being chained to rocks and hrown alive into rivers, and five mocked in the head of shot and iuried on the farm. Wililams is on trial charged with he murder of Lindsay Peterson, ne of three negroes alleged to have een brought into Newton county nd drowned. The defense sought to onfine the witness to his account of 'eterson's death and bar him and wo federal agents from testifying o peonage conditions. Judge jonn Hutcheson overruled both mo ions and Green F. Johnson, chief ounsel for Williams, indicated he rould apeal on these grounds to igher courts in event of conviction f Williams. Throughout an hour of cross ex mination the negro who was indict d jointly with Williams stolidly de ied any pressure had been brought } bear on him to make him tell the tory. It was only after long ques oning by officers, he said, that he rst told his story, but he denied he ad been beaten, threatened, with rowning or promised a light sen mce if he would help convict Wil ams as the latter's counsel intima id. "Ju.t Teling Th? Truth" "I'm just telling the truth," Man ing told the attorney and added lat he had not talked when first ar isted "because Mr. Johnny told me ot to." "Well drilled" was the only com lent that could be obtained from Williams after the trial. He had atched the witness closely through at the day and on one occasion niled broadly when Manning de :ribed how in his one attempt to perate his employer's automobile e had run into a mail box. Wiiland Marvin nnrl T.ernv Wil ams, sgns of the defendant forj rhom Gov. Hugh Dorsey has asked. idictments in Jasper county when! le grand jury there takes up April j 1 invesigations of the deaths of the ight negroes in that county were ot in court again today, but Dr. rus Williams, the oldest son, flatly enied report they had left the state hey probably will attend the trial iter, he said. The state put up four other wit-, ess besides Manning?two federal ?ents, Clyde Freeman a negro farm ( and, and a negro woman cook? nd was expected to conclude its ase by tomorrow night. The de mse indicated it would conclude its ;stimony in about one day and that le case should go to the Jury Satur ay. Manning was the state's chief 'itness and during his testimony j le court house was packed to j .Tiirlcro TTiit/?Vinann normif- I ng all who could to stand in aisles nd around the bar after all seats ad been filled. /'ILL OF CARDINAL GIBBONS FILED Baltimore,. April 5.?Cardinal ribbons' will filed here today gives le disposition of a personal estate f about $100,000. All of the Droner j owned by the late cardinal in 'irginia and West Virginia was left ) Bishop J. O'Connell, of Rich lond. He also left sums of money to is servants. NOT TO ENCOURAGE LARGE CROP NOW Rhett Opposes Immediate Market For Cotton?Wonid Plant More. Washington, AApril 5.?Southern bankers in their preliminary confer ence with the war finance corpora tion today heard R. G. Rhett, presi dent of the Peoples National bank of Charleston, inject the only topic which led to subsequent controversy. Mr. Rhett declared that it would he very hurtful to the South were an immediate market for the consump fi/Nvi a 4" T+ tiro a Vic point that no help should be ex-! tended until after the planting sea-J son because, he contended, if the price of cotton advanced before thhe hew crop was planted, the new would be as large as the old. Senator Pat Harrison of Missis sippi, following the meeting, de clared that the position of Mr. Rhett was untenable because if help was delayed SO days, thousands of people in the South-would be ruined. Representative W. B. Oliver of Alabama, was inclined to agree with Mr. Rhett to the extent that an in crease in the price of cotton prior to the planting would influence farm ers to plant more cotton than they otherwise would plant. Senator N. B. Dial of outh Caro lina did not take issue with Mr. Ihett, but expressed the idea that his point should not be unduly em "I was delighted with the . meet I ing," said Senator- Dial. "The atti tude of the managing director of the war finance corporation. Secretary Hoover, Secretary Mellon, and the( governor of the federal reserve board was inspiring. I was es pecially pleased with the suggestion that an agreement be reached where by Germany could use its billion dollar ere lit in the United States in the purchase of cotton. I was deep ly impr^sad, also with the suggestion of Governor Hard'ng that American bankers obtain securities of foreign countries, on long time, and check aga'nst them in financing the Southern farmer."' Mr. Rhett in his remarks declared that he had recently driven over ?xtensive South CaroTna territory and found it all' plowed and ready ?or the seed, the intimation being that the farmers were not materially reducing their acreage. He added however, that not more than 40 per cent, of the fertilizer purchased last spring had been purchased this prng. N. Y. POLICE PLAN DRIVE ON tyHISKEY VAnm'1 H QoIaavi l-oon ^ lien X VI IV y I* UOlUUll er3 who derived comfort last night from the fact that despite a widely heralded police drive, things were "4s usual" with dispensers of illegal drinks, got a shock today when they learned the police drive had not started?but would start in earnest today. First Deputy Police Commission er Leach announced this morning that he and Acting Chief Inspector Murphy had spent virtually the en tire night drawing up a formal or der to the city's 11,000 policemen, putting into effect the state enforce ment laws signed Monday by Gover nor Miller. The order, as drawn, directs the police to employ "all of the force vested in them as police officers," in preventing sale or transportation of intoxicants, the deputy commis sioner said. "It looks like a dark day for the home brewer, too," Mr. Leach said. "Any paraphernalia or ingredient for use in the manufacture of illegal home brew may be seized, even in transportation. We will have search warrants when it is necessary to en ter homes." SPAIN SHUT OFF AS A MARKET FOR COTTON NOW Washington, April 7.?Spain is apparently shut off as a market for American cotton for the time being according to Commercial Attache Charles H. Cunningham at Madrid, who informed the department of commerce today that Spain was over stocked with cotton and cotton tex tiles. Under normal circumstances, he declared Spain would at this sea son of the year be able to consume about 200,000 more bales of Ameri can cotton but there is now a sur plus which will probably last about six months. In discussing the purchase of cot ton in Spain, Mr. Cunningham said that New York has taken the place of Liverpool as a buying center due to the establishment of American banks in Spain. Efforts are being made by the British to regain their lost trade, he asserted, but the Span ish importers see the advantage in buying their cotton with dollars and making one conversion of exchange instead of two. To meet this situa tion, Mr. Cunningham said, the Bri tish banks are arivinflr direct auota tions in dollars and frequently at a better ra.te than American insti tutions. EVIDENCE EXPLODES IN NEW YORK'S LIQUOR DRIVE New York, April 7.?New York's nitfht court, busy as a result of the police department's first drive at enforcemeft of the state prohibi tion law, adjourned temporarily in disorder early today when a Suited to1 The Victrola is alwaj whether it be sad or g your home, you, can, at the world's greatest art you with music and son ? and players will perforr Stop in and let us s the Victrola and Victor work. \ CL0TH1 For Men and Bo And you'll see th< found only in a from various mak 7e not tied uv er?the be?t is h< prices you cannot Men's Suits Boys' Suits (all sizes Men's Odd Pants Boys' Knee Pants Men's $2.00 Dress S Men's $2.50 and $3.( Men's $1.50 Union i Haynes' $2.00 Unior D. POI. Abbevil quart bottle of confiscated liquor exploded in the pocket of a detec tive. The detective stood before the magistrate supporting a man, who, with bowed head, was confessing that he had partaken too freely of the brew that intoxicates. "Where's the evidence?" asked :he court. The detective's hand moved to ward his pocket. Followed a loud re port, some one shouted "bomb" and a rush for the exits began. The de tective was hurled to the floor, aa was his prisoner. The magistrate | and others in the court gathered outside, returning only when ap prised of the cause of the explosion! The next defendant on the doc ket, a father of ten, still tremb ling as a result of the explosion scare, took a pledge to abstain "forever and ever." More than 20 men were arrested on charges of violation of the liquor laws during the first night's activi ties of the police department. '-j t_ ifour Mood suited to your mood, i| ay. With a Victrola in |j a moment's notice, have jj ists soothe you or cheer j! g. Your favorite singers j a for you at your will. |( how you how perfectly J records renroduce their II [NG ys ; big variety to be store that buys ers. to any one mak sre in clothing at equal I $10.00 to $25.00 ) $3.50 to $15.00 $2.00 to $7.00 75c to $2.50 hirts $1.00 10 Dress Shirts $1.50 suits 75c i Suits $1.00 IAKOFF le, S. C.