The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 13, 1922, Image 1
VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 47. ? v ^ NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR
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DEATH SENTENCE
GIVEN TO BIGHAM
SHIPP FIXES JULY 14 IN REFUSING
NEW TRIAL
Court Doubts Authenticity of
Letters?Bigham Abuses
Witnesses
The State.
Florence, June 0.?Judge S. W. G.
Shipp in the sessions court here this
afternoon refused to grant Edmund
D. Bigham a new trial and sentenced
him to be put to death in the electric
chair July 14.
Pio-hsm was convicted of murder in
connection with the killing of his
brother, Smiley Bigham, and is in- i
dieted for murder also for the deaths
of his mother and sister and the latter's
two adopted children. The
wholesale murder took place on the
Bigham plantation in January, 1921.
Bigham was tried in March of last
year. The supreme court dismissed
the appeal and Bighanvs attorneys
sought a new trial on the ground of
after discovered evidence which, they
declared, tended to show that Smiley
and not Edmund Bigham did the killing.
It is not thought the case will
end here. i
Unabashed bv' the sentence of
death, Bigham argued with the court
this afternoon before hundreds of
?
spectators for the privilege of saying,
/ "Some things I woufd like to tell
now, as this may be my last chance
to speak before these people." The
court replied that "depended on how \
long you will take to tell them." Then
as in afterthought, the court added, j
"Ycu might aa well tell it, though."
Abuses State Witness
Immediately the doomed man
pounced upon Philip H. Arrowsmith,
local attorney, who was an important
witness in the conviction of ISijrham
for the wholesale murder.
"I would have liked to have seen
Mr. Arrowsmith here,'' he said, in I
opening. "I would like to have him j
standing right here," indicating the j
center cf the court room. "I would j
tell the reason Arrowsmith accused j
me right to his?"
Whatever he intended to have tsaid ;
probably will never be spoken, for j
the court stopped him sumtoarily with !
r-aminAar +Vi;?r Hp W?S not UD there i
IUC X LiUiiJUVl V?MV ..V .. __ _
to make a speech but to state any j
legal reason he might have why sen-!
tence should not be passed upon him. j
"I never studied law," said Big- j
ham, beginning on the line which the j
court had indicated1 he must follow in j
his discussion. "I am ready to meet i
my God and am not guilty. The rea- j
son I am convicted is because of the
falsehoods which have been piled up i
. against me. I may have to die. In !
fact, that's what I am up here in this !
prisoner's dock for now. It's hard
to die for something one did not do. 1
"Jesus Christ had to die so. He !
prayed for the night to pass from
H im. The people who testified against I
me and stuck out to have me killed
did it.
Pleads for Himself
' vr r 1 ivKo T
"II 1 KI1CW Lilt" UVV, mavv i/c jl wu4U ,
state some reason why I should have !
a new trial?one more chance. No
one knows it all except God and myself.
If there's any way you could
give me another trial, just one day
more in court, I would appreciate it.
The state has four other cases against
me. I never had a fair trial. The
verdict of that stands against me."
Bigham repeatedly avowed his in- i
nocence and as often averred that;
innocent blood would be shed when j
he was executed.
"I worked hard and had laid !by
some means," he said in the earlier
part of his statement to the court.
4,But for my property, no one ever
would have accused me. But they
know that when the juice is turned
on to me, it'll be money in their j
P0CKC15. ;
Thereafter he likened himself to :
St. Paul, to John, the Baptist, and to !
Christ Himself, all their blood having j
been shed innocently. "But I'll rise.
in glory with them."
He challenged the state to confront ;
him, even when he will be buckled
in 10 the death chair in the penitentiary
in Columbia, with one person
vho can say truthfully that he ever j
did him a single wrong or injury.
Letters Do Not Impress
A. L. King, the attorney for the !
.
SATISFACTORY TRIP
FOR BISHOP KILGO
Arrives Safely at Home in Charlotte
From Hospital in
Memphis
Charlotte, N. C., June 9.?Bishop
John C. Kilgo of the Methodist Episj
copal church, South, who has been ill
I in Memphis, arrived at his home here
tonight under the care of Dr. B. F.
Turner and two trained nurses. He
; stood the trip well, according to Dr.
Tnvwnv w Vin sm'H that, his natient had
had a good day. The bishop himself
appeared in fine spirits and joked,
. with those who met him at the sta-1
' X- I
t:on. !
Bishop Kilgo was brought home in
the private car of Fairfax Harrison, j
president of the Southern railway, of:
which the bishop is a director.
Members of his family who met
him at the train afterwards expressed .
surprise to find his condition appar-!
ently so favorable. In the ambulance
on the way to his residence, the ibish-j
op, noting the white uniformed ambu-:
lance drivers, jocularly remarked:
"Well, the Ku Kluxers have got me." j
Bishop Kilgo became ill on his way
home from Hot Springs, Ark., where
he had been attending the general
conference of the Southern Methodist
church, and was taken off the train
at Memphis.
Dr. Turner will hold a conference j
with the bishop's physicians here to-1
morrow, it was announced.
9 76th Birthday Celebration
Mrs. E. C. Lane celebrated her (
76th birthday Saturday, June 10,1
with a dinner at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. D. Whitaker,!
Xance street. The dinner was served
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on the long back porch, with forty- J
seven persons present. The table'
was artistically decorated with shasta
daisies and lilies. Mrs. R. C. Per-1
ry made the !birthday cake, which
looked very pretty with its 76 can- j
dies. Mrs. Lane was preeennted with
many nice presents. Many relatives
were present, and the guests included
her pastor, Dr. C. A. Freed (-with j
Mrs. Freed) and her physician, Dr.
R. L. Mayes. They returned to tneir .
homes after wishing Mrs. Lane many
more birthday anniversaries.
VITAL STATISTICS
OF CITY FOR MAY, 1922
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Deaths
White male 3
White females 4
Total whites 7 |
Riack males 2
Black females 4
J. uta: uiauxv;*
Total deaths 13
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Births
White males 13
White males 5
Total whites 18
Black males 5
Black females 3
Total blacks 8
Total births 26
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defense, betrayed far more emotion
in conducting: the hearig than Bigham :
ever manifested. Mr. King impress-'
ed his audience deeply that he does
believe Bigham is an innocent man.
But the facte presennted by the solicitor,
L. M. Gasque, weighed against
him. Considering the letters and Rig-,
natures, which were alleged to have
been written by Smiley, for whose
murder Edmund is sentenced to die,
to Edmund while the latier was in
Georgia, the court stated frankly he
doubted their authenticity. He practically
as good as said they were
frauds and forgeries.
Bigham began to show the strain
of the trial for his life when the so"
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iicitor m me anernoon iook uie noor
to argue against giving him a new
trial on the alleged after discovered
evidence. First, he turned almost
livid white. Later, under the stress
of taking the sentence of death, he
turned ashen in color. As the judge
pronounnced the date o? execution,
his jaw dropped. As the case went
on, evidently with diminishing hope
for the defense, Bigham seemed to
take on a desperate, haunted look.
It was the first betrayal of any
feeling in the matter that haa escaped
him, in word or appearance, since the
trial more than a year ago. *
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS <
i PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY;
Prosperity, June 12.?With Miss <
Willie Mae Wise hostess the Liteiary,
Sorosis held a very pleasant meeting
| Friday afternoon. The lower floor of
the home was thrown together and,
was abloom with the flowers of early J1
summer. Miss Josie Griffin of Cross j
Hill, Miss Goode Burton of Newberry
and Mrs. J. F. Goggans of Columbia (
mnmiiM-i; of the club, were
1L?I mci
present. i'
i The study on South Carolina v was i'
continued as follows:
5
R?1I call: Name of leading educa- \,
tors of South Carolina, both of the i
past and of the present.
Paper: Education Prior to 18G15, by J J
Mrs. J. S. Wheeler.
Discussion: The Educational Sys- j
tem of our State?It's Needs?A j
Program for Improvements, which ',
was led by Mrs. Wyche.
Current events, Mrs. M. C. Mor- j
ris.
A salad 'course with iced tea was
served bv the hostess and her sister,
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broad veranda a nook was prettily
An affair that brought much pleasure
was the party given Friday evenir.g
by the Luther league of Grace J
church, at the handsome new home of !
Mr. anq, Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. On the I
broad veranda a nook kas prettily J!
decorated from which delicious punch
was served. In a unique contest Miss
Olive Counts and Curtis Pugh scored
highest. The grounds presented a ,
gay scene and out door games were
enjoyed by those who did not partic- <
ipate in the games that were in progress
in the parlors. Refreshing ice ,
a |
cream and cake was servcu. ,,
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Rev. W. T. DQrieux of Columbia .
filled the Baptist pulpit Sunday. ! (
Miss Margaret-Bell of Conway ar-j1
rives this week to visit Mrs. R. C. L
Hunter. j.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Simpson and ' j
children are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Wm. Johnson and little Misses
Mary and Odalite Wallace and \1
Robert Wallace of Newberry were J
guests Friday of Mrs. J. A. Simpson.
Pierce Barnes of Greenwood was ^
home for the week-end. <
Mrs. Arthur Tinsley and children j
of Spartanburg are expected this j J
week on a visit to Mfg. P. L. Lang- j1
ford.
A. L. Wheeler of Columbia is j
spending a few days with Mrs. J. S. j ^
Wheeler. *
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Scott of Green- j
ville are guosts of the former's fa- j(
ther, J. B. T. Scott. k<
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Epting are j
spending a while with Mrs. W. T. j(
G.'bson. Mr. Epting, has been re-1 ^
elected superintendent of Reidsville ! 1
high school. j
John Cecil McWaters of Columbia , ^
is visiting Mrs. Horace Counts. j *
F. W. Scuhmpert, Jr., of Darling-: _
Ion returned home with his grand- :
mother, Mrs. B. B. Schumpert.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil C. Wyche have j *
returned to Spartanburg, after alT
short visit to Dr. and Mrs. C. T. ;'
Wyche. j,'
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jones and W. j'
W. Fogle of Columbia were guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Kohn.!'
MisscG Agnew and Fuller of Co-t'
lumbia are spending the week-end'
with Miss Marguerite Wise at i '
home of her mother, Mrs. Laura
Wise.
Mrs. Rav Kohn is visiting in Co- '
lumbia.
Miss Mary DeWalt Hunter lias re- (
turned from the Columbia hospital. |*
Miss Helen Clayton of Central is
the guest of Miss Olive Counts.
])r. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon, Mrs. j"
L. W. Harmon and Mrs. J. F. Browne
are spending the week in Atlanta. j
Miss Nannie Simpson has gone to
ClemGon College where she will spend
six weeks. !
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hawkins and ,
W. W. Wheeler motored to Columbia5
Friday. j
Rev. J. A. McKeovvn has returned
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from a visit to his mother at Cornwell.
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The many friends of Mr. S. J. '
i Kohn will be glad to know that he is
able to be out again after having ,
been confined to his room for three <
weeks with "flu." >'
j Mrs. Z. W. Bedenbaugh is visiting
in Newberry. ^
Mrs. J. B. I'ugh has returned nome ;
after attending Woman's college
commencement at Due West. ^
GARY SENTENCES
TO HARD LABOR
Violation of Prohibition Law Draws
Chair.gang Terms in
Abbeville
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Abbeville, June 8.?Judge Frank
B. Gary adjourned criminal court
nere this morning after disposing of
:he following cases:
Richard McAllister, charged with
uurder, not guilty; George Massey,
nurder. not guilty; Robert Childs, assault
and battery, guilty sentenced to
serve three years at hard labor; True
Belcher, statutory criminal assault,
guilty, sentenced to one year at hard
abor; Jim Tullis, violation of prohibition
law, guilty, six months at hard
abor; Horace Waters and Clifton
Crittensen, housebreaking and larceny,
guilty, sentenced to GO days at
lard labor; Laster Butter, violating
prohibition law, guilty, five months at
lard labor: Georgian a Quarles, vioation
of prohibition lav.*, guilty, five
months at hard labor; Grady DuBose,
violation of prohibition law, guilty,
six months at hard labor; Roy Barrett,
violation of prohibition law, mis;rial;
Love Booth, violation of prohibition
law, guilty, six months at hard
abor; Dewey Brown, violation of
prohibition law, guilty, three months
it hard labor.
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Death of Mr. Hahn
Mr. E. F. Hahn, who was living
A'ith his family over the store of Mr.
Jesse L. Burns in Main street, died
Sunday noon after a lingering illness
jf cancer and the body was taken
.hroughythe country early Monday
morning for Graniteville. Mr. Hahn
lad been a great sufferer from cancer.
Last fall he went to Johns Hop?
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tins hospital, Baltimore, ana unaervent
an operation, having then and
;ince been in a serious condition. He
eaves a widow and two children.
Mr and Mrs. J. A. Counts and Mr.
md Mrs. D. H. Hamm motored to Coumbia
Wednesday.
Miss Sara/Quattlebaum left,7n\lay
for a visit to Mrs. G. C. Caughman
Columbia.
>irs. H. H. Rikard and Miss Fay
Rikard of Newberry spent Tharsday
.vith Mrs. Nancy Wheeler.
Mrs. M. C. Morris had as her guest
rhursday Mrs. J. E. Gilston, Mrs.
?rank Dent and Miss White of Coumbia.
Mrs. J. G. Price has returned to
Columbia after a visit to Mrs. J. C.
^chumpert.
-!? T7< T> Tr .: _ 1
-VIT. Ci. ?>. rveiblCI, uciu aci.ici.aij
)f the Luther league is spending a
?e\v days in Prosperity in the interest
of the local Luther league.
Prof, and Mrs. J. C. Brooks of
rlardeeville are visiting, the latter's
)arents Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Counts.
Miss Marguerite Wise of Columbia
s home on a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wise motored
o Columbia Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kohn, Mr. and
" TT T7? T' _ 1. ? ?4-4- 1 1 4-U ^
VIIV. V. ?,. IVU.'I JI cltLCJlUCU UiC iUlltiai
)f Miss Maude Fulmer in Little
Mountain Thursday.
Prof. Leslie Singley of Newnan,
ja., is on a visit to his parents, Mr.
>nd Mrs. J. C. Singley.
Misses Willie Mae Wise, Susie and
VTary Langford leave today for Ashe,'ille
to attend summer school.
Misses Rosalie and Helen Wheeler
md Rosine Singley of Greenville high
school reached home Monday.
Mrs. Frances Boggus has gone to
St. Petersburg, Fla.,- to visit Mrs. W.
E. Pugh.
Joe B. Hartman has returned from
Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wise motored
:o Columbia Wednesday.
E. T. McSwain of Columbia has
3eon visiting G. S. Wise.
Miss .Josie Groffin of Cross Hill is
:he guetst of Miss Clara Brown.
Misses Lucy Schumpert and Lucile
Pugh of Woman's college, Due West,
we among the returned college students.
Miss Celeste Singley and Heyward
vnglev of Columbia were home for
:he week-end.
J. T. Hunter, Mesdames J. W. and
\\ E. Hunter motored to Lexington
Saturday. Miss Annie Corley accompanied
them home and will spend a
.vhiie with her niece, Mrs. J. W.
Fiunter. |
Mrs. E. C. Joiner and little Sara
Joiner of Helena, Ga., are guests of
Mrs. R. T. Pugh. j
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I CROMPTON TAKEN FROM
HOME NEAR BELTON
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' The State.
| Anderson, June 9.?Further activi!
ties of what is believed to be the Ku
; Klux Klan in this county Thursday
came to light today when it was reported
here that a body of masked
and robed men took Oilie Crompton
I from his home in the eastern part
of Anderson county and escorted him
to a remote spot near Cooley's bridge
near Belton, then administered a severe
whipping to him and admonished
him to ston dealing in liquor.
Crompton is said to have been returned
to hit= home later in the night.
1 Poiice and county officers say they
have been una!jl6 to find any clue to
the identity of the men who kidnapped
Sullivan and Miss Floyd or beat
Crompton.
! Anderson, June 9.?While Anderson
was still talking today about the
kidnaping here last night of Robert
VV. Sullivan and M^s Ruby Floyd, it
became known that Ollie Crompton
was taken from his home at Williamstor.
last night and flogged by masked
fiK'tl.
/*' 1 J 'nnf rvr?C*
orompiun torn puncc ms .ayiwio
charged him with being a bootlegger
and advised him to sell no more li|
quor. No arrests have been made in
i either case and Solicitor L. W. Har!
ris said today he had not decided
whether or not to seek a grand jury
investigation of the kidnaping.
Sullivan, who is a well known cotton
mill man, was warned by his kidnapers
not to be seen again in the
company of Miss Floyd, but he declared
he made no promise and they
| were said to have gone riding together
again tonight.
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BASEBALL
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i West End Defeats Lydia Mills of
Clinton in a Fast Game
After winning from the Columbia
stars on Friday 12 to 1, West End
went to Clinton on Saturday to meet
| the strong Lydia team. West End
won 4 to 0 by hitting Kay Cashion's
left hand offerings all over the lot.
j Werts was invincible, flowing on!y
one clean hit and one man co reach
third.
The fielding of the West End team
jwas faultless and at times brilliant.
R H E
TTnri nnn nm 201?4 14 0
j Lydia 000 000 000?0 3 3
Batteries?West End: Wens and
Oliver; Lydia: Cashion and M.inn.
| Umpires: Cunningham and Hardei
man.
Calvin Crozier Chapter
j Wvill give a bridge and rook tour!nament
in Legion hall, beginning
j Tuesday, June 20, at 5 o'clock. All
who enjoy either of the games are ini
vited to participate. It costs only
25 cents to enter.
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Moilohon Defeats Whitmire
J Whitmire went .down in defeat at
the hands of the fast Moilohon team
here Saturday by a score of 7 to 4.
! Roozer. Clemson star pitcher, was
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master of the situation throughout.
He outpitched Lewis and Gilliam, the
|star pitcher for Whitmire. It was
Whitmire's second defeat of the season.
The feature of the game was
, the catching of Swygert who d:d not
allow a man to steal. Howard of
Mollohon did some of the classieGt
playing at short seen this season. He
also secured two three base hits out
of four times at bat.
Battery for Mollohon: Boozer and
Swygert.
Battery for Whitmire: Gilliam,
Lewis and Milwood.
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Prison Sentences in Abbeville
i ne state.
' Judge Frank B. Gary, presiding in'
the circuit court of Abbeville, where
he lives, sentenced seven persons
convicted of violation of the prohibition
law to serve terms on the chain
gang or in prison at hard labor. The
sentences will have a wholesome effeet
in Abbeville. Men will be more
careful about selling intoxicating
liquors in that county,
i
j Alexandre Dumas, Toussaint I/Ouverture,
Rene' Maran, and many
otfcer writers and scholars of France
jai'fe of negro descent.
FARMWOMEN PLAN '
j ANNUAL MEETING .
Grows From Membership of Two
Hundred to Six Thousand
in Year
j Rock Hill, June 9.?The annual
meeting of the State Council of j
Farm Women will be held at Win-;
throp college, Rock Hill, June 14 and
15.
The State Council of Farm Women '
was organized last June with 200
i- ?~ orwl f Vi o -f nil nwin c
Hlf?llli}t?l~S picgciic, auu biiv ^ ~ 0
officers electea: Mrs. P. B. Morrah of
Greenville, president; Mrs. Paul
Brown of Camden, vice president;
Mrs. T. L. Tinsley of Seabrook, secretary-treasurer.
These women were
at Winthrop attending the khort
course given annually by the home
' demonstration department of Winthrop
college. Thirty-three counties
banded themselves together in this
state organization that they might
not only receive benefit themselves,
but that they might make their influence
felt and the voice of farm women
heard in matters pertaining to the
improvement of home, community,
county and state life.
The greatest drawback in any effort
to develop community organization
or otherwise aid the rural womi
i_ a., T- -i? Vi
en ana giris to neip mcnuciy^ 10 n?
the lack of leadership. To this end
the officers of the women's home demonstration
clubs of the county organized
themselves into county home
demonstrationn councils. The first
of these councils was organized in
Calhoun county and the second in
Greenwood county. There are now
36 of these organizations with a
membership of more than 6,000 farm
women. In 1920 there were only 17
of these councils. They served several
purposes, among which rjmy. be
mentioned the following:
: To assist county home demonstration
agents in planning work and in
meeting needs of the county; to promote
the economic and social welfare
of.the county; to encourage special
ized industries for purposes of developing
specific resources in the
county; to develop leadership in each
community; to foster friendly relations
and cooperation between rural
and urban communities.
A good representation of the farm
women of the state is expected at the
^T?/-vrtb- Will on in+orP?;f
lllCCtlllg ill lyvtn axiu unu mi*
ing program has been arranged. The
opening address at 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning will be made by Mrs. P. I
B. Morrah, president of the State
Council of Farm Women. This will
be followed by an address by Dr. D.
E. Johnson, president of Winthrop
college. The morning's session will
consist of addresses by Dr. Ruby
Gr^en Smith associate leader of home
demonstration work of New York;
G. W. Humphrey, live stock development
agent of the Southern railway;
Mrs. Bertha T. Munsell, chairman of
i the legislative council; W. W. Long,
\ director of extension work, Clemson
.college; 0. B. Martin of the office of
extension, department of agriclture,
at Washington.
The evening session will be held at1
8 o'clock in the college auditorium,
at which time messages .will be
brought from the Federation of W^>
men's Clubs and the South Carolina"
League of Women Voters and an address
will be delivered by C. W. Pugsley,
assistant secretary of agriculture.
The second day's program will in-'
elude addresses by Mrs. Elizabeth
Lauredbach, county agent of Hamilton
county, Tennessee; Mrs. Francis
Y. Kline, state marketing agent; Dr.
Ruby Green Smith .nd Mrs. Julian
Salley, third reginal director of th%
iXational League of Women Voters, i
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Goes to Hospital
The State.
Dr. B. E. Kneece, formerly health
officer of Xewberry county, has gone
to the Butterworth General hospital,'
at Grand Rapids, Mich., for a yearVs
training. He resigned the position
of health officer of Newberry county
some time ago. !
; According to a German official |
'document published recently, the |
number of submarines lost by that'<
government during the war was 199, :
including boats sunk, interned and
^captured. j
COMMITTEE MAKES
DIVIDED REPORT.
THREE PROPOSALS AS TO FORD
OFFER
One Accepts With Elimination of
Gorgas Plant and Another
Include'
Hugh W. Roberts in The State.
Washington, Junne 8.?The house
committee on military affairs com- x'
pleted its work on Muscle Shoals this
afternoon when the members, having
been unable to agree, prepared three
reports bearing on the Henry Ford
offer.
The three reports, it is understood,
will be submitted to the house tomorrow
at noon, and immediately thereafter
released for publication.
The first of these reports will be
that of the "committee," submitted
by Acting Chairman McKenzie on
authority of a majority of the members.
It will recommend tHe acceptance
of the Ford offer with the Gorgas
steam plant of the gove .nment
eliminated. It is entirely unacceptable
to Ford.
fl.rt oart/\n/-5 will Vio rpunft. of
1 lie TV AAA WV vt*v .
the minority members, practically all
of them democratic. It will be submitted
by Representative Wright of
Georgia, and will ibear the signature
of Representative Stoll of South Carolina
and other Democrats. It will
recommend the acceptance of the^
Ford offer with the Gorgas plant included.
It is entirely acceptable to
Ford. He is willing to bear tlie brunt
of litigation to be instituted by the
Alabama Power company in the event
the minority report is adopted.
The third will be submitted by
Representative Parker of New Jersey.
Ti. ?:ii ),oov of loocf one nthpr sicna
X L Will ucai uw 1VUUW V??v w ?w. ?0
ture. It will recommend that rejection
of the Ford offer "oJ tlfe ground
that it would fe unprofitable for the
government to expend $60,000,000 /
in completing, the dams for the generation
of the greatest waterpower inthe
United States for the operation
of the private enterprises of one individual.
It is indicated that the divergence
of the views of the members of the
committee will bring about an identical
situation in the house. The situation
for a long tme will be chaotic,
it is indicated. The result of the
fight is doubtful, although Ford's supporters
arc apparently optimistic.
News of Excelsior
Excelsior, June 12.?Mr. and Mrs.
Lominick of Newberry spent Sunday
with their daughter, Mrs. W. E. Cook
and family.
The continued rains have put the
farmers behind with their crops. A
good deal of corn is yet to be planted
and grass to be killed. With all the
improvements that may come along
the cotton crop will be short this year.
N. A. Nichols and son, J. E. Nichols,
spent Sunday and Monday in
Greenwood on business.
T ifflo \f'iccoc Mollis Rhpha Kib
ler of St. Phillips section have been
visiting Miss Vivian Taylor here.
Prof J. C. Brooks and family came
up from Orangeburg on Thursday
and will spend their vacation with her
father's family, Mr. E. G. Counts,
here. v
The Rev. J. D. Kinard and daughter,
Miss Mazie, of Johnston have
Viaa-n nn n visit to his brother. Mr.
H. J. Kinard, and wife.
The Southern Railway company
has opened up the underpass way
h?re at the trestle thirty feet by putting
in an over head steel span. The
road is now in good condition and we
hope there will :be no further trouble.
H. J. K.
Death of Mrs. Arrowwood
Mrs. Nancy Arrowwood, wife of
Mr. A. Arrowwood, died at home, 75
Glenn street, Mollohon mill village,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after
a lingering illness and was buried at
Rosemont cemetery Monday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock. She was 64
years old and is survived by her husband
and several childrtn.
Ice Cream Festival
The Willing Workers of Trinity
church will give an ice cream festival
at the home of Mrs. John Brehmer
Saturday night, June 17, from
6 to 10. Everybody come.