Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BODIES OF 69 WAR 1 DEAD ARRIVED IN COLUMBIA AT NOON Most of Them 118TH Infantry? All 30th Division Columbia, April 21.?The bodies 1 of sixty-nine men who lost their i lives in the World War, forty-three ] of them South Carolinians, practi- < cally all of the 118th Infantry and < all of them Thirtieth division heroes J were received here' today from Ho boken, N. J., and they are this af- 1 ternoon being distributed to their 1 homes throughout the state. The South Carolina heroes are: i Private William P. Camlin, An- I drews. Private First Class Jefferson L. ' Friday, Bennettsville. ! Sergt. Clifford Swinner, Bishop- 1 yille. > 1 Private Clarence Orvin, Bonneau. 1 Private Bazzill Suggs, Hamer. 1 Private Eddy W. Sports, Henry. 1 Corp. Jake A. Williams, Manning. Private Stephen Holden ,and Pri vate Leon E. Turner, Marion. 1 Private First Class Joseph E. 1 Harding, St. Charles. . * Private First Class Lewis M. Vari- * er, Moncks Corner. * Private George D. Sims, Sumter. Corp. Hubert P. Terrill, Cheraw. { - I'I'ivate Robert Brock, Chester- 'l - field. .3 - Private James > M. Sanford, Nor way. c ^ . Private John H. Morris, Olar. c Private Sam J. Earle, Hartsville. 1 . < Corp. Oscar Maret and Private 4 First Class Victor St. C. Minor, And- I erson. y ; ?- j -Private James^R. Ridings, Ches- * nee. r Privates George W. Brow and 1 George D. Odem, Greer. i Private Bennie J. Folk, Newberry. E Sergeant Thos. R. Summers, * Orangeburg. ' c Privates Jay McHaffey and Jas L. c r?_i ? xuurgaxi| xmci. Private Chas. L. Spradley, Sei vern. Private First Class Lewis R. Mad dox, Sfioals Junction. Private First Class John Willis, Easley. Private Mark E. Fisher, Gramling. - Private First Class Robertson, Great Falls. Private Henry Hadook, Greenville. Private First Class Eulius E. Os teen, Greenville. . ? Private William C. Taylor, Green ville. ' " Private Curtis D. Trammell, Union. Private Homer E. Bryant, Walhal ,1a. . Private First Class Perry M; Nix, Ware Shoals. * Corp. David JVI. Miller, Wellford. E Private Walker R. Owens, West- 3 minister. ' ^ Private Joseph W. Thornton, Co- , lumbia. NO SHORTAGE _ IN ARGENTINA , ; 0 Buenos Aires, April 23.?Persons jj who have been spreading the report that hard times are ahead for Ar gentina, based on a supposed short- ^ age of exportable products, have Deen misiea, accuruing 10 tne writer in the Buenos Aires Herald, who' has a just completed a 1,000-mile trip by s automobile.through the heart of the ^ most productive section of the coun- s try.' "In all the area visited," says the s writer, "the railway cars and sidings s . give eloquent testimony to the fact * that this year bids fair to surpass 1 last year. Everywhere the bulk of ^ Hie wheat and linseed is either safe ly housed on the railway premises or * on its way. Alfalfa is abundant and 1 oats above the verage. Maize is al- < ready a man's height and as straight ' as a post. i ; "Fruit is ^Jmndant and oheap. In some places huge peaches are to be 1 had almost for the asking. Never in 1 the history of the country or the recollection of the oldest inhabitant - who sits blinking in the door of his adobe hut, has nature been more lib eral than this year. Signs of pros perity are manifest on every hand." ' At almost every farm the traveler found an American automobile. For the other side of the picture, the writer found business condi tions bad as a result of the slump in prices. Merchants stocked with high priced goods are having difficulty in disposing of them, he asserts. Just receive, "Luxite Hosiery."? The Rosenberg Mercantile Co. SENTENCE OF LIFE FOR NEGRO SHERIFF FORGOT TO EXECUTE Louisiana Pardon Board Acts in Ncted Case. Action Yesterday Shreveport, La., April " 21.?The death sentence of Lonnie Eaton, the negro the sheriff of Ouichita parish forgot about when the day set for his hanging came around last mqnth was sentenced to life imprisonment by the state board, according to ad vices from Baton Rouge, when the 1 * - J J aL. 3RYAN BERATES LIQUOR SMUGGLING Traffic Being Carried on by Other Nations?Breaking Down Laws Washington, April 23.?If Wil liam Jennings Bryant goes abroad :n hope of finding other worlds to < put under his fleet, he might re- : :eive a reception as cordial as that : extended by England and Canada to ! the renowned "Pussyfoot" Johnson. ' For Mr. Bryan, in Washington this week, berated European and neigh boring countries of the United States, for their tolerance of "pi rates seeking to break down the liquor laws of the United States." While the state departmefft has saitf nothing relative to the Bryan address, it is said to be true that the administration would be pleased ; ivere nothing done to disturb the friendly relations between this coun- , :ry and the other countries of the ; world. - . \ i Mr. Bryan's speech was labeled, ( 'Enduring Government." It was i prohibition spech, and an endur- ( ng government in the opinion of ] Jie speaker, was one which obeyed '( be law irrespective of its dislike of , ;he law. ' , Regarding the alleged conspiracy . >n the part of other countries to ] nterefere with American statues, ^ Hr. Bryan said: 4<The third matter to consider in :onnection with enforcement is that , ?ther nations should respect our j ight to make laws as we please, tnd to enforce them as made. At >resent, the Canadian territory ad orning us on the north and the British isles near our Eastern coast, ( leighbors on the South, are being ised as the base for conspiracies igainst our laws. Bimini, for in stance, a practically worthless is- ^ and, 40 miles from the Florida :oast, has been convertd into a , lepot for intoxicating liquors, which ^ sent out from there -to various ^ joints betwpen Savannah and Key | it?i. t<u - ^ a ~ i nr Cfcfc. XI1C J911W311 luucuu UC-C ives millions in revenue from iquor takenvmto Bimini for no oth ir purpose than to smuggle it into he United States. "Canada, Cuba and Mexico, j hrough their revenue laws, profit , 'roni the sale of liquors destined for ' he United States. Such conduct can lardly be regarded as friendly, and ^ :annot be defended when the case is { >rought before the bar of conscience ( tfone of these nations would for a ^ noment think of allowing their flag ( o protect a band of pirates who nreyed upon our commerce, and our j lation would not be long in regis ering a protest. Is the dollar more mportant than the man? Are we j nore concerned about trade than ibout morals.?" This was construed as a sugges- ^ ion to the state department to force . Sngland to stop smuggling on the ^ art of its nationals into the United t States. . He continued: "Are we more in- ( lignant about the loss of merchan- y Iise than about the invasion of our j lomes by an enemy that has been f outlawed by constitutional act? This { [liestion must soon become an intetf- j lational matter." j It was regarded as tantamount to i in injunction to the secretary of c tate, "Do your duty, Mr. Hughes." c ^.nd then Mr. Bryan followed that c uggestion by a compliment. j "We are fortunate in having as J :ecretary of state a man who has ihown by his judicial decisions and >y his professional.conduct that he s not in sympathy with this lawless .raffle." ' & 3 Mr. Bryan made no reference to 1 my other members of the cabinet, s lone to Secretary Mellon, whom an-j< Ann loacniove /illQurilV* ! 1 laving owned the Overholt Distill- 1 ng company and none to Attorney 1 General Daugherty, who, according ] to the anti-saloon leaguers, is no- < toriously wet. ' I $50,000 IS AVAILABLE FOR SEVIER HOSPITAL x_ I' \ Washington, April 24?Under a de cision by Comptroller of the Treasury Wardwick made public today $50,00C is made available for the remodeling and extension of the public health serv:ce hospital at Camp Sevier, S. C. Secretary Mellon had asked the comp troller whether funds appropriated under the sundry civil bill on March 4 could be applied to this purpose and the comptroller held that funds up to the amount of $50,000 might be used. DOara consiaereu uic uegfu a to? on meeting yesterday. , Eaton was convicted of murder several months ago and was brought from Ouichita parish to the Ciddo parish jail for safe-keeping. Gover nor Parker set the date for the hanging but sheriff- forgot all about it until the legal date hald passed. As he afterward wfote to Governor Parker, he was so busy with other affairs in his office he forgot the day he was to hang Eaton. When the omission was discover ed, attorneys for Eaton held that as tie had been in jeopardy once his execution would be illegal. Gover nor Parker secured opinions from members of the bar, but the at torney general held that as Eaton iad been sentenced to be hanged, the law required that sentence be , :arried out unless executive elemen :y was exxenoea. me roaner uien i*as allowed to rest until the meet ing of the pardon board. TELEPHONE ABUSES A young lady in the telephone way >f business, asks us to write an odito- , rial on telephone abuses, hoping it , nay serve to correct them. She has nore faith in the power of the piess ;han we have, for we have been cor- ' retting telephone abuses for twenty , fears and they are still here. The trouble is that they are not due to iie telephone, which like the automo- ' jile, is merely one of the modern in struments which adapt themselves readily to the display of human weak- ' less and meanness. Reforming human ; mature is a b;g job and a slow one. Our young lady, who is a business- , ike and efficient young person, notes :he freedom with which the office , telephone is used for long, useless , md, to outsiders, extremely silly con rersstions. Persons employed in an >ffice who use the office telephone in J ;his way are merely stealing the time . ;hey sell to their employer, as well as liverting or annoying thefr fellow vorkers. An office telephone should )e used exclusively for business pur poses or, if a personal message is oc ?as:onally necessary, it should be ^ >rief and to the point. Then; our roung hdy says, some people are so :ross over the telephone, so angry if ;here is a delay or a mistake, though t be their own fault, so quick to )lame any cause or irritation upon ;he operator who is doing her best. These breaches of good manners are . :addish and disgusting, petulance of 3 mman nature, but they go deeper 1 han the telephone cables and re- \' lecting as they do the pettiness and I' >robably cannot be wholly eradicated [ 'or soma years yet. If it is any com- * 'ort to our young lady, they don't eally hurt her any if she keeps her i >wn temper and does the best she * :an. In fact, they may be utilized in f leveloping patience and self-control 1 md building character.?Ohio State Fournal. WILL PAY DIVIDENDS Wahington, April 23.?Dividends^ ranging from $1.04 to $7.50 on eachj' ;housand dollars of government in- j1 ;urance will be paid June 1 to hold- j * irs of one.and two year converted;' policies, it was announced tonight,: by Director Cholmeley-Jones of the j1 svar risk bureau. There are 136,000 j1 policy holders who will receive the,: one year dividends, he said, and (! 74,000 who will receive two year |1 dividends. SCALED TINS ONLY aTYOUR COOCEBS * [MAXWELL HOUSE j COFFEE ? J ? . . - ? .T VETERANS MEET IN CAMDEN SOON Annual Reunion to he Held Late In May?Low Railroad Rates Anderson, April 23.?The annual reunion of the South Carolina divi sion of the United Confederate Vet erans will be held in Camdn May 18 and 19. The railroads of the state have authorized a reduced rate to two cents a mile in each direction to members of the United Confederate Veterans and their families and sons of Veterans and their families upon presentation of identification certificates to ticket agents, Tickets will be sold May 16, 17 and 18 with final limit to M&y 21. The sponsor for the division is Miss Nancy Lindsey of Camden. Maids of honor: Miss Katherine Blakeney, Camden and Miss Eleanor Mitchell, Greenville. Matron of honor: Mrs. H. L. Adams, Anderson. Chaperone: Mrs. Vernon McDow ell, Camden. Hospitality Committee: Mayor Dunn of Camden and Miss Minnie Clyburn of Camden. . x Maj. Gen. C. A/Reed of Anderson is commander of the South Carolina divsion, and J. A. Brock is adjutant general and chief of staff. BACK TO THE FARM MOVEMENT BEGINS Omaha, N??b., April 21.?A big movement bfkck to the land is devel oping in the w<ast. W.ith the reduc-' tion of wagfs in the cities and the loss of '-jobs'' in the factories and in the trades, thousands are turning to the land, and the great movement which was cartailed by the war is again getting under way. Govern ment land offices and the agricul tural departments of the western railroads are. swamped with inquiries concerning both free land and low-, priced land available for farming and stock raising. The movement has reached such proportions that for the nrst time in five years the Union Pacific Railroad has inaugurated special "home seek ers" rates to Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and the Pacific North west, where much advancement has been made in farming in recent year rwo years before the war all rail roads withdrew these special home seekers' rat'is as the trend was ra iher to the cities than to the farms. But with the swing in the opposite direction th? land rates are being restored. Free Farms Exhausted Although there are 200,000,000 icres of free government land in the United Stats, the day of the free homesteads for farming has passed. 'The first fact, therefore, which should be made clear to the land eeker, is that for the most part the ireas of public ' land available on which he ct.n make an entry are substantially and essentially a graz ing proposition and not crop land ih ;he ordinary sense,' is a printed an swer which the government land offi .AW OKO ,15 of *????? in tn ??. "VitJ Ui V UidVlil/UVUig AAA Uli^n V& VV MS*? juiris whica they receive coneern r.g land opportunitieS With all the free farming lands ?one, the fend seekers are turning to ;hat portion of the country where *ood fanning land can still be had at lominal prices. Veterans Seek Land About one-third of the inquiries tor cheap, or public, lands, are cpn.-i ng from ex-soldier, te officials find. 'In many instances the solider haB come home with a new outlook on life, with new ambition, together ivith a supreme confidence in his own ability to take care of himself, _?et along, and make his own way," reads the government bulletin on the movement back to the land. The oth er two-thirds of the inquiries come from farmers and small town men scattered ever the country with now and then a city man who has decided to get on a farm. Between 2 and 5 per cent are from women. The present land movement is not expected t> reach the enormous pro portions of the movements of fif teen or twenty years ago, but it is expected to take up the thread where it has dropped five years ago and to go forward with the develop ment of the great country between the Rocky Mounains and the Pacific ocean. As 3 lesult of the drouth in Switzerlard, there is less snow now on the mountain peaks than there is usually in August. , GREENWOOD I COLLEGE Green mviw inn i r n rnvri THI8 FALL? 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