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-PRISONER LEAPS 35 FEET IN EFFORT TO ESCAPE Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 22.?Leaping 35 feet from the roof of the federal building annex to the pavement on Walton street, "a negro named Nolly Browner, of 28 Fraser street, made a desperatie attempt^ (to escape from postoffice inspectors who had Him under arrest Wednesday morning. The negro fractured one of the bones in his leg and was; speedily recaptured by F. G. Trezavant, superintend of mails, and Postoffice Inspector Tafel. He was sent to the Grady hospital for treatment. Postoffice inspectors had arrested Browner on a charge of sending obscene matter through the mails. He was being questioned in the inspectors' office on the second floor about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, when he Suddenly made a dash for a window. He jumped.to the roof of the annex, about five feet below the window ledge and running along the roof, leaped to the pavement more than thirty feet below. Badly shaken up by his fall the negro attempted to make a getaway, but his injured leg made it impossible to get up much speed. His recapture was effected without difficulty. 'it/ ' > KILLED MOTHER ^ Indiana Youth To Go On Trial For Matricide. / Boonesville, Ind., Sept. 22.?In- i i terest in the trial of William* Deffendoll, 17, accused of murdering his mother near here last July* centered ( on the defense of his attoney would < offer. The lad's trial opened today. The headless body of the mother Mrs. Laura Deffendoll, 70 was found ten days after the shooting in a .woods near the family's home. Following the finding of the body, William and Dolly Deffendoll, her sons, were arrested. William acl cused Dolly of the murder, but later exonerated him. It was said Dolly had been the the sole support of his mother for eight years. A confession is alleged to have been made by the youth, who held the shooting accidental. He is said to have declared he and his mother! were squirrel hunting when the gaff [ went off and his mother fell wounded. To end her suffering, he is said a to have told the authorities, he fired into her neck twice. Then he left ^ the body and returned home, accord- p ing to the alleged confession. s Authorities claim William had E been quarreling with his mother the *' day before the shooting. h " c BaaawaBBraaaaasfflaMeMr 0 I MOTOR j s 1 Transfer Station | * 1 Phone 414 l|J I IF YOU WANT TO MOVE J * I OR IF YOU WANT ANY- 1 1 . PRICES REASONABLE. ? * Hi COTTON |5 i|; Stocks and Grain | J II UNITS 10 BALES UP. \{ m !; a l? v; Rom ft Sobs Private Wire | ftj j \ M. C. Smith, Mgr. ij: J 111 204 Coamwciil Bask Building ; j! w :|: GREENWOOD, S. C. * J -< | > ? . i i I PLUMBING 1 ? ' 1 and .1? 1 HEATING..... ;,J? 1 Pemoline Suner tile 1 ? Iand porcelain clean- I b! ser, guaranteed to 1 H remove rust or any 1 ? kind of stains from I j* enamelware. I p? Reasonable Prices, j Z RALPH TURNER I * Phone 6 J *e ^1'afggl^glBEIBaEBBBEI^agBBBHB^ all i i SOUTHERN STATES" FORGE TO FRONT Provision for New Bond issues Places South in Lead for Good Roads. SnginMrs Ivolva Battar Pavamant*? Highway Officials Turn to thaDuatlooa Typaa?Coat of Surfacing low War Pricoa. By CLIFFORD SPURRIER LEE, Director, Highways Information 8?rvioo, Now York. Recent provision by the legislatures of North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri and other southern states for bond Issues to provide funds for extensive highway construction have placed the state* of the South far to the front In the matter of good roads. North Carolina has provided a bond Issue' of $50,000,000, Virginia 140,000,000 and Missouri $60,000,000. Texas Is doing a large amount of construction work, having completed 180 new projects Involving 1,106.1 miles at a total cost of 17,866,814. The state Is now building 192 projects at a cost of 126,953,348. Ninety-two other projects to cost $4,000,000 more have been approved: At an expenditure of $8,000,000 Georgia has completed 62 new road projects In 36 counties. In ! addition, 161 projects In 11 counties In- volvlnfl an expenditure of $14,000,000, l f are undeT way. Plans are being pr^ j pared for 78 additional projects In Sti counties at a cost of f2,QQ0,Q0Q. Jul ton 1 County alonT will spenl fl,w5Q,0u0. In South Carolina a good roads aa- ( sodatlon was organized recently with the object of securing at the next aea- * Ion of the legislature a 150,000,000 bond Issue for n state highway system, j Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Ten- ^ nessee and Louisiana are doing considembto ml w*rk and tfcere Is much ^ discussion of the need for better high- 1 z< Dixie Highway. betwt#n kort Orange nd Daytona, Fla.,, paved with aephalt. ^ ei ray? in airasissippi, A.entocKy, r?ew _ Texlco, West Virginia and Alabama, 'lckens County, Alabama, pladf te tc pend $200,000. In Virginia the State in Ughway Commission in June let on- ^ racts amounting to $1,209,000. The Lrlzona State Highway Commission mm annnATTA/1 A1 r\i>A4AAfa of f/\fal I f!5 aa VTCU -*x vjov.io ? iv^ai j ? ost of 16,000,772. Approximate!/ $1,- al 00,000 will be available for good roads ^ j Letcher County, Ky. Reports to Highways Information c< ervlee for Jnly show new contemlated bond Issue* for road building ai r<5 street paring !n southern state* e, s follows: Alabama, $470,000; Ari-' , sna, $00,000; Arkansas, $50,000; lorlda, $4,006,000; Georgia. $868,000; Ir Kentucky, $095,000; Louisiana, $631, w 30; Mississippi, $480,000; Missouri, j 50,380,000; North Carolina, |8,775,X); Oklahoma, $815,000; South Oaro- ei na, $1,700,000; Tennessee, $1,670,000; m exaa, $11,201,000; Virginia, $200,000, J ad West Virginia, $15,727,000. Z(J Tha rrowlnr demand for good roads i tht Booth baa provoked consider- ftc t>le diecuseten as to the cheapest and bi oet darable typos of pavement. jo tatlstlcs show that for hard surfaced ca >ads the asphaltlc typos aro in froat- , it general um. Tho popularity of imm typos, especially. thoso of tins ^ ieet asphalt, the aapbaltle concrete ad asphaltlc macadam, Is dao to their m nf wearing qualities, resiliency . lalast traffic Impact, dustlessnefs, ? glselossnoea, cleanliness and low cost li< ' upkeep. Brick and concrete roads Bi ito also developed as have the je; ooden block and franlte bloek types, he most recent available figures five m 1.11 per cent of the surfaced roads In ie United States as beln& of (ravel, B; >.22 .per cent as macadam, 17.18 per e<j Mil sana-ciay, iu.vo per cenc aeyaau | , id other bituminous materials, 8.911 it cant concrete and 0.62 par cant ** ick. Tha figures for tbe asphaltlc id brick typea,-?a total of 15.58 per yj tot show the extent to which city p pM of pavement have been 'adopted tha rural d'strlct*. 8" Tha. types most favored/In tha eftles it only for paved streets but for lm*oved roads, Included not only the iphaltic types but those of? brick and acadam.' Brick Is highly desirable , it more costly than gome types, er acadam la a satisfactory type when re mbined with an asphalt binder which j akes the road dustless and prevents veiling. It costs bat little more than e old type of macadam since the cost co f sprinkling with vater Is eliminated. ?rtland cement concrete Is not re- {ja (lent but It form* an excellent founttlon for the resilient surfaces. When so led with an asphalt filler brick Is da mi-res!Uent. Asphalt surfaces have gr, * ll#A OA fA 9^ i u^ia^c IILU i au?iu? n vm w iw ^ tars and foundations, If thus proofed, should last not less than thirty da iars. When a foundation Is covered re1 1th a flhock absorbing surface that tie cet*e^ the Impact of heavy traffic e base need not be so thick, thua Carding a material economy, * i IWVVKVVVVVWVXVA 1% I l\ LONG' CANE V V Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Cromer and little son, W. D., spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Beauford. Mr. and Mrs. Julias King of Bethia spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. King. Mr. and Mrs. Billie Brown spent the week-end in the city with relatives. , Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKellar spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Beauford. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Cromer and Sam Bruce and Misses Effie Beauford and Bessie Erwin spent Sunday in Troy with relatives. Misses Linnie, Clora, Viola and lone Beauford were shopping in the city Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cromer spent Sunday with Mrs. Lula Poore. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Cromer and little son, W. D.r spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler. The pupils of Long Cane regret to! know that Miss Martha Mcllwaine! will teach school in Spartanburg instead of Long Cane this year. Mrs. Holbert Stevenson will teach the Long Cane school this term. Miss Lucile Stevenson has accept-j id a school in McCormick for this ;erm. The Ladies Auxiliaiy Circle No. 71 net Friday afternoon with Mrs. A. r. Mcllwaine.v Those present were Urs. J. A. Stevenson. Mrs. W. D.! Jeauford, Mrs. R. H. Stevenson J hisses Martha and Marie Mcllwaine, j diss Linnie Beauford and Miss Fan-1 lie May Stevenson. A very interest-! ag meeting was held. W. H. Beauford of Greenwood isited Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Beau-' ord Saturday. jl Bisses Linnie and Viola Beauford: i pent Monday in Abbeville with Mr. j 1 nd Mrs. W. S. Bosler. |] II IOYD GEORGE NOT TO ATTEND |( ' ' i1 ritish Premier Finds It Impossible j N To Visit Washington. London, Sept. 21.?Neither Pre-! lier Lloyd George nor Lord Cur- y an, secretary for foreign affairs, ill attend the Washington conferace on the limitation of armaments. 1 his official announcement was made < >day. Their decision i$ attributed to i upending developments in domes- 1 c politics. * ( This has caused no surprise here 5 the development of the British * [fairs for some time past has made < evident that the prime ' minister t >uld not leave the country, al- * tough it is understood that he was 16 axious to participate in the confer- 4 ice. Whether the calbinet meets < le Sinn Fein representatives or not, 1 ish affairs for the next few months * ill demand the premier's ^osast t tention, while the problem of un- i nployment promises to become S ore pressing. ^ [t has been assumed that Lord Cur- e n would go to Washington. His ? ;alth, however, i? one of the draw- t icks. He was unaible to make the urney to Inverness for the urgent 1 ,'binet meeting recently to decide e e government s aurcuae xowara * e Sinn iFein. 8 No appointments have yet "been c ade for the conference. The choice ' Arthur J. Balfour, hqwver, is be:ved to (be a certainty. Andrew anar Law, the former government E ader in the House of Commons is entioned as the next probability. The first lord of the admiralty, won Lee, of Fareham, is consider- j' I a logical appointment because of e: e proposed discussion of naval dis- w mament. is The Secretary of 'War, Sir Laming V orthington Evans and the Attorney r< jneral, Sir Gordon Hewart are con- h iered among the possibilities. ' w i F Six Generations In One Family. Icl The Pas, Minn., Sept. 20?Six gen- tl ations of one family are holding a e< union at Nelson House. They be- tl ng to the Cree-tribe of Indians. ft Sarah Donkey, aged 112, is the 01 mmon ancestor of the other five, b; ley are: Caroline Spence, 90, ai ughter; John Donkey, 70, grand- lo n; Ine Spence, 44, great-grand, ri ughter; Sarah Donkey, 22, great w eat-granddaughter; Jemina Don- to y, 2, great, great great_grand_ ughter. Sarah Donkey, the first ?ins possession of all her facul- U a except her sight, which is fail- M f. She traveled 150 miles by canoe ti: r the reunion. fe ;*TOREE^EAT TO ijEOTH WITH NAIL STUDDED CLUB Man, Wife, Daughter and Child Found Dead In House Saturday Night. Dowagiac, Mich., Sept. 22.?A blood-stained nail-studded club and a bloody finger print were the clues today by which local authorities hoped to clear up the murder of three persons and the serious injury of another, a child, in their home here. , William.Monroe, his wife, and their 17 year old daughter, Neva, were found beaten to death with the club. In the same room was found Ardith i Monroe 10 year old daughter, who had been beaten on the head until unconscious. The little girl was made blind by i the blows. Although her recovery' is said to be doubtful, officers hope she may be revived sufficiently to tell the story of the attack. The tragedy was discovered yesterday when ?rdith's chum, Grace McKee, entered the home after hearing Ardith moan. She found her playmate beside a bed in which lay the body of her sister. In another bed lay the bodies of the parents. A club into which nails had been driven was standing against the wall. The club had been used to beat the heads of the victims almost beyond recognition. The interior of the home indicated no struggle had taken place and the bed clothing was not disarranged, leading officers to believe the three had been 'killed as they slept. Neighbors asserted the crime probably took place Saturday night as members of the Monroe family were [j last seen at that time. It is believed jj a i 1 _ J jit . r tnat Araiin iay wounaea on xne iiour nearly 60 hours before he died. Authorities so far have been unable to establish a motive for the crime, is the home was not robbed. Officers believe it was the act of an insane person. Two, inmates of the state hospital at Kalamazoo, near here escaped a week ago and officers are searchng for them. ? LOST DIAMOND RING FOUND g ' ' Valuable Diamond Ring Found Af- | ter Being Lo?t Two Days. After resting on the bottom of ;he lake at the Bois-Terre country :lub for nearly two. days and two lights, a large diamond ring beonging to Mrs. E. J. Adair, ^of this :ity was found Friday afternoon. Mrs. Adair had just gone in swimning Wednesday afternoon when it >ccuired to her that she. had not ?ken off this ring. Standing in ibout five feet of water, she was Pbout to take the ring from her fingsr to hand it to a friend when she iropped it. The spot was marked by neans of a stoib stuck in the ground tnd swimmers fought in vain to find ho Ktf TViA **Awt uv * tug Wjr Ui?AU&f AUC IICAW UIU1 JU~ ^ ng a box work was put around the . pot where it was thought the ring tad lodged and the water was pumpid out. All the loose mud was taken >ff of the bottom and In some of this he ring was finally located. Several other people have had the nisfortune to lose less valuable jewlery in the lake, but as they were tot aware of the loss at the time earch was uselss.?Clinton Chronile. WILL CATCH WEEVILS Itlill Man Seeking Patent en New ; Miracle Worker. Estill, Sept. 20.?Farmers here are abilant today beoause they no longr fear the ravages of the mighty boll reevil. -Frank Baker, a young Jewth merchant, left yesterday for Washington to procure a patent on a scent invention of his with which e assures his friends that the boll 'eevil will surely be put to rout, rom the meagre information releasJ 1 "El 1- iX M.U-A. t-?~ li uy frail* 11 seems inat nib maliine will be operated only during le dark hours of the night and is quipped with a light which, when le weevil is disturbed from his peace il slumbers by a projecting piece f the machine, he will be attracted y the light and fly to certain death rid destruction. It is possible that ical interests will buy up the patent ght3 and make bumber crops here hile the rest of the world continues i plant cotton to feed the weevil. The highest golf course in the nited States is at Dawson, New Mexico, with the altitude of the putng green of the first hole at 6,774 et. FggTEXnr COACHES FORM NEW RULE New York, Sept. 20.?The footba rules committee received today a re quest from coaches and officials t interpret the rules so that there sha be distinct pause before the ball i placed in play in shift formation. At a meeting of 200 coaches whic began here Saturday night and end ed yesterday morning a resolutior offered by Foster Sanford, wa adopted asking the committee to en i uvaow v4iv auau mug illtcxplculblun u 'the rules: "In all shift plays an interval o time must elapse of sufficient lengtl to permit officials to see if the for mation is legal and to determin< | USE OLD TIRl I Your oldest casing m | of miles that we car [j day it may come in I "snare." Brine* it in j | ?we advise only su | Our skilled methods | ment will make youi | serviceable. We make all kinds of | izing shop, using ge | tory Repair Materia H Drive in today with 3 I H. E. P I AT CITY : ERE r\iA /"N 11 / yy i uuaju f power to continue c V^/of service and bej its years writte \ STORAGE CITY Gi Abbeville- * Twhet'fier The TrnTl was snapped into S play while the men were in motion." . 11 The rules now provide that "a >- player shall not be ruled to be in o motion if he has both feet stationary 11 on the ground." Some coaches s complained that some officials have permitted 'men to get into motion h before the ball had been snapped into l_ play, but coaches who have special- 4 t ized on shift plays objected to any s change designed to cause a pause in the attack, on the ground that the f defense would have greater opportunity to set itself to meet the shift. f : The ftrst carbon black was made j . and sold in this country in 1864 for 3 the manufacture of printers ink. v If^ ' IS AS SPARES I J iay have in it hundreds;*1 i save for you. Some" 1 mighty handy as a | wd let us look it over 1 ch repairs as pay. | i and complete equip- 1 r old tires strong and ? 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