Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It means more r's ab~use and not a flaw; stain 1 in every part; another demon the wvonderful riding qualities ca~il newv Trip!cx Swings. rage, 32.45 miles per hour. >line, 20.24 miles per gallon. tMotor Company, Manning,'S. C. to Others in 2 Tires for r Cars. :ure of Goodyear Tires s the same purpose to .e product that is behind 1e Goodyear Tires that Lsive automobiles built. ssed by the enormous try skill and scrupulous Lnufacture of Goodye,.r 'e factory in the world e 30x3-, 30x3%-, and deavor is noted in the re cars using these sizes d with Goodyear Tires Ikind. fact that if you own a , Maxwell, or other car sizes mentioned, you Tires and Goodyear it the nearest Goodyear urist Tubes are thick, strong tubes that perly. Why risk a good casing with a ar Heavy Tourist Tubes coat little more kerit. 30x 3% size in water- $4.50 R TROOPS CALLED OUT NEAR WASHINGTON To Protect Negro Charged With K!11 lng Young Man. CAVA LRY .DISPERSES MOB Prisoner Charged With Attempting to Attack Fiancee of Dead Man. Washington, May 23.--Cavalry from Fort Myer was called out late tonight the jail at Alexandria Court House, thousand persons which surrounded to dlisperse a mob of more than a twelve miles from limits of the Dis-. trict of Columbia, attempting to ob tain possession of William Turner, a negro. Arrival of the cavalry, which had been requestedl by the sheriff of Ar -lington county, scattered the mob which had formed during the after noon threatening to lynch the negro. The troopers took up their situation about the jail and late tonight the village was reported quiet. Say Turner Confessed IWashington, May 23.-The county jail at Alevandria Court Ihouse twelve miles from the District of Columbia limits, tonight was besieged by a mob; estimated at nearly a thousand de nanading the surrender of William Tlurne(r, a negro. TJur'ne ris aeeuseud of having shot to dleath T1. Morgan I Moore an employe of the navai torpedo plant at Alex andrnia,. Va., and of having attempted to attacek M iss Pearl Clark, of Wash inigton, Moore's fiancee, andl Secretary to Repres;entative Biritton, of I!linois. The negro was arrestedl early today, abiout two hours after Moore was killed). TJurner confessed, accordling to the authorities. lDemands Money. Moore and Miss Clark, according to the report mnade to Virginia andl Wash ington authorities by the latter, were * Iseatedl in an automobile near the Vir' - ginia end of the Potomac river bridge connecting Washington and Virginia, when the negro approached them. Pointing a revolver at Moore, Miss I rT~!... (lark said the negro dlemandedl money. h e imnes When Moorne rnfused Miss Clnr, .si she became frightened and, Juge from the mnachiie , and the negr started after her. ' Then Moot,' ac. cording to. Miss Clark, seizid a re volver' from the door pocket of tho automobile and fired at'the black, It an exchange of shots Moore was shoi through the leart and the negr struck in the leg and hand. Accord. Ing to Mis. Clark he continued to pur sue her until she had given him somi jewelry. Turner, who is said to answer thi description given by Miss Clark of th assailant, was captured in the vicinitl of Arlington National Cemetery. Po lice say, that Turner bore two wounds one in the hand and the other in th leg, when arrested. Moore and Miss Clark, whose homi is in Chicago, were to be marrie< soon. A PLEA FOR MORE CORN Farmers of State Urged to Produc Dig Corn Crop to Meet Whea Shortage. Clemson College, May 22.-Thfe lat est report of the South Carolina Fie< Agent of the Bureau of Crop Esti mates, Mr. B. B. Hare, shows an in dicated wheat yield of 1,801,000 bush els for this state, or 35,000 less thai last year. Two percent of the acreag, sown hAs been abandoned. The winte: wheat acreage for the United State is 34,165,00 against 49,905,000 las year, and the estimated production il 33.8 per cent less than last year. In view of this great reduction ii acreage and alarming shortage in pro duction, Mr. W. W. Long, director o the Extension Service, feels tha prompt and decided action should b taken toward a larger corn crop 11 this state to hell) meet the emergency He is therefore sending out widel: thru the state the following messag< or the subject in the hope that Sout Carolina may not be caught withou food this fall. Fortunately it is no yet too late to save the day. "Reports just received from Unite Str '.es Department of Agriculture in dicate 34 percent reduction in whea nroduction this year. Unless ome thing is done to meet this situatior flopr will be on same basis as durinj the war, with this difference,-w< were then blessed with large cori yields. Owing to unfavorable weathe: conditions and the natural incentivo to grow cotton on account of presen high price and fear of the wide spreading of the weevil within nex few years, we are liable to have a dis tressingly short corn crop. We Are Hea Nitrate c in qjuantities fr< upwards. We h the past ten d& age of this mat( prices have adv past week it is a pared with oth Get our prices MANNING Tire Promises the Are Promises Afford If the tires we sell yoi blame everything on th< us too,-and~ you shouldl If the tire we sell you you blamne us' too--and ~ Theris no sen90 good0( and( they i Tha t's why we G:oodyar offei alnd every one th Clarend "I am sending this information. to > many farmers, bankers, merchants, cotton seed crushers, ind newspapers, so that our farmers, even at tlyis late date may be- urge dot increase their acreage in corn. If this is done, we can largely increase our food supply and thereby' save a serious situation most likely, to prevail this fall. I sug best county meetings of prominent farmers, bankers, and merchants to consider the situation. Money with out bread is not satisfying. 0 SLASHES THROATS OF HERSELF AND FOUR OF HER BABY GIRLS Cuthbert, Ga., May 22.-Mrs. W. 11. Ward, #f Cuthbert, slashed the throats I of herself and four of her 4ive children with a razor early today according to the police', while her husband lay' asleep in an adjoining room. Mental derangement from long illness was said by her family to have caused the deed. One of the children, a' girl of five,, died from the injuries, two others were said to be in a serious condition, but the fourth child and the mother are expected to recover. ., According to the police, Ward was aroused by the screams of the children and ran into the room in time to grap ple with his wife as she slashed her own throat. He overpowered her and gave the alarm. Mrs. Ward was placedi in the care of a physicidan, who admin-. istered a drug to quiet her'nerves, and no statement of the affair had been obtained from her tonight. She is about thirty-five years old. Authorities expressed the opinion that an effort t would be made to place the woman in an institution and that no charge of murder would be placed against her. She was not arrested. All of the children who were in jured were girls, ranging in age from five to ten years. Ora, who was killed t was the youngest child whom the mother attacked. NOTICE I will apply to the Probate Cdurt t of Clarendon County on Monday, . June 14, 1920 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon for a final discharge as ad niinistratrix of the Estate of Henry Lameus Wilson, deceased. 19-5t-c. Janie M. Wilson. Money back without queatio If HUNTS Salve fals in the treatment of ITCH RCZB9MA, tiquarters for if Soda >mte t.IosR andTB 4v old her ing ai ies, Tysa l re ?5 aogto l~ beforero buy. 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