The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 13, 1920, Section One Pages 1 to 18, Image 1
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VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1920
'TWO MORE GINS BORN
IN UXAS; WILL PROBE
Federal Agents Instructed to Investi
gate Destruction of Property by
Night Riders in South
IROSECUTION MAY FOLLOW
Cotton Gins in Alabama Idle as Re
sult of Warnings Posted on Build
ings.-Quiet in South Caro
lina and Georgia.
The federal authorities have taken
cognizance of the activities of night
riders in the South, who are waging a
campaign to keep cotton off the mar
ket until it reaches a price of forty
cents a pound by threatening to de
stroy gins whose owners ignore warn
ings to discontinue operation until
that price is realized.
The Department of Justice last night
announced its agents in the affected
areas had been instructed to investi
gate instances where federal laws re
lating to interference with shipments
in interstate commerce might have
been violated.
Department of Justice agents have
been investigating the destruction of
a compress and warehouses at Camer
on, Texas, Sunday morning, with a
loss estimated at $1,000,00, according
to A. J. Dossett, owner of the prop
erty who returned to Waco last night
from Cameron.
The burning of two more gins iN
Texas was rep)orted yesterday and last
night. One at Pursley was destroyed
Tuesday niight with a loss placed at
$6,000, while the other, at Branch
vill'e, near Cameron, was burned Mon
day tight with a loss of approximate
ly $12,000. Both fires are believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
Flames were discovered at the 1"ort
Smith, Ark., compress last night. It
was the third fire in a period of twc
weeks at this plant but there was
nothing to indicate a wilful attempt
at its lestruetion.
The posting of warinings on gins in
Arkansas iS continuing, operators at
Lavaca, near Fort, Smith. last Iigh!
discovering phicards on their plants
with inscription:
"I)on't start" this gin until sixty
days. If the wheels turn you know%
the results-unless the price gets
r i ght."
Guards were placed about the gin
and the owners Welt to onifer tolay
with amr to determine what courseu
topus.
ver.: ailitinal iins in Alorgant
County, Ajiia, w."re tlle yesterday
afterl. tie reteipt of warninl.-gs to (;.
tdo toj a 1-t- hour 1:1.t night there
had beenl no ri-ports 1f the rlecipt of
herwl warnfings by Linnewrs inl;lr
Waslingtionl, Oct. 12. lederal pris'
eutionl of "nlight rider-ls" mad whers
respontsibt- for the wnihing of .ot
ton and cotton gins in the Soulthern)
States will bi oitrl-d it' aln inve-ti..
%gation ordereid totitiv di.tlosets viola..
tioin of any federal laws. D~epar-tmet
of Ju'.stic agents have been instructed
to ivestigaite aind report innniiediately
to hav'e been viohate~i
In most catses, oict-i- s bliuevedi , th
outrag.es have tonstitted crinies onlyI
under- State laws, lint the- investigatin,
w.as orderitd wh'len it w.as inictedi
(ter miiighit hav beena in iiterf'erencet
wtit~h shipmientts in interstate comi
WVar-nings A e l-ound,
For-t Sniith, Arik, Oct. 1 2.- -Warinigs
wereI foundit ptedi tin tottion gins at
Lavata, Aik., near- liere', tonight, and
amedit guards were Place'd abtiut: thet
Th ginneris 'vill imieit with fa rmers'
tirmmi row toi coniside r what act ion they'
shall take. Several iotherii gins have
b een piosted near-i herie, but nto d epretda
St ins have followedl.
For th le third timne in two weetks firev
biroke ot onight at the Fort SmithI
tcomipres~v. butt as tin the- twoi previous
ociCtioi:- ilhiunage wa.- alight. It was
imlpossible Itin igh t to dieterine i
whether the lire- wai of i nceniaryi
(irigini. No warntings have- bee-~n po~sted
Cotton Gin Ilurnied.
Waco, Teoxas, Oct.- 12.- A tcott on gin
at Branchiv ill e, 12 mileis east of C am
t'ron, was destroyedl liy lire Moindany
ight, accord(i-( ng to reporlts rece ivedl
he-re todlay. Loss was estimated at
alproximately $12,000. A small grist
mill adjoining the gint also was de
THE BENBOW MEMORIAL
Among the papers and personal ef
fects of Col. Harry Benbow there was
found a package securely tied and
covered with dust, this package-his
"Alabaster box," contains a faded
picture of his mother, her letters to
hir.' filled with love and encourage
m through one stress and storm of
the '60's. The original roll of the
Sprott Guards, yellow with age, but
around each name a halo of glory,
and last of all a letter from a com
rade, from which I clip this extract.
"I am deeply grieved dear Col. at
Clarendon's seeming lack of apprecia
tion of one who -served her with such
valor and to whom she looked for
leadership and protection in the (lark
est hour of her history. But be of
good cheer comrade, the nation pre
sented Admiral Dewey with a home,
South Carolina in like manner honor
ed the hero of '65, Wade Hampton,
and some day, in some way, Clarendon
will honor her sold ifr-statesman Ben
bow."
Gifted with prophetic foresight, the
brilliant and scholarly gentleman who
wrote that letter doubtless caught. a
glimpse of the memorial shaft that
will one day stand above the ashes of
his friend who wore the gray.
The treasurer of the Memorial com
mission, Mr. J. M. Windham has re
ceived a letter from Col. ). V. Me
Laurin of Columbia snying that he and
his broth~r have over $100.00 sub
scribed to the Memorial fund. This is
encouraging news, and all persons in
Clarendon who wish to contribute to
this cause are now requested to hand
in subscriptions to one of the Menor
ial committee, Messrs. .1. T. Stukes and
lred L.esesne at Manning, A. J.
Riehbourg and L. A. Brunson Sum
merton, judge Richardson, Sumiter,
and Col. McLuirin Columbia. All
contributions will be acknowleliged,
and the names and amounts pullshed
in the Manning Times. Let no one
hesitate to make an offering, because
the gift is small, any amount will be
hlighly, appri!ted. and it is the de
ire of the corolinss ion that this can
p1( lifo 1fund he an out-poaiiy :r of
th ' heart of the people frem t-very
ctIon of the county.
TI E S. C. tEVE.OPN ENT IHA RD
Colunibia, October, 12.--A beg ining
ol the progr-am10 for the agricultural,
industrial, social and econom ic deve
lolp)ment of the state - to be C:N-ried
out by five commissions of the -South
Caroli na Developmesr Board. These
five commis;szons are: laiket. nati
Al resoiur'ces alld industrial Iles'':.(:l,
drainlag"e an1d driaeproje.ct- iv
stock and health and -anitathn.
I'e personnel of the sev'eral c'o
m issions has been co ifii'limled by the
board of directors and tie conuis3ijonS
Will iol Iel till s in Columd.4 tlhis
month to outline the.r taIsk :t, I y
und11er way.
Each con::. ision is u:1l' . I. the
be)(St e4piippedI tienl m I V(women in1
S utih lina. Th w l'(1 :Wnliit -
itI by? k,."~~ ;11--(",
th3 :f)3v m o en I f . ir stat . win.
toth evkp n boar frou'I m fI3(:
have heel lItd too he exmi-;ssi
for actioln.
The chiai l-111. f thecon i0 sh
are*(: A1.lar et, ]',right W illiaans,,n, 0f
I Iuhiligton; 3itulral re'source(s am I I
dustr'.ia researchiin 1, . . Co( Iifh
\'1ifrnsvile dfige i md drain ((3m
(stockf, ('). fi'. ll iwar f of'(l l ( 'hnfia -
health :0 1 'ntt ion I :.m 31-: .F;bl of1
Whitire. Th l'in- f)tocllk~ cnil.l
33''di'ts, Chare1 1(4 .n stiaron ((I tl' 5hn'
hH:livf~ e lok s t ion,11 d. hit. 15.l6l
('ho iof l~ li1ort V rains, 11 ra 01. (If-i
forage .1 (.-if'otney (33'mophel ' of .' 'rgi
way rhaed ~'to the~ s''o'' oft. e
to13' th s iveo'(innent hor d.iniolum
inu, whihr'1 wti' undertak ( to3 sel that3:~F
thfei lueistin par tilv' n inte'V llen
Some ll peope mue tink that'. pape
ablest nothin. They) 1 waik int ou oaf-'
pee and s for paperi 0 but' lle getl
\Jsfvhan'k yoned inns ( ,lIf(l til'i
avft e t th t. i N< t -eoe' '' is lifttle
gvishJto (tat thatfe sl flir'i d'e1
g,~ sohereafter, a1ney' of~ w''ho enoy.
j iwrmstpyth ,t. veya
SEARCH FAILS TO
REVEAL ANY CLUES OF
BLAKELY COUGHIL
Philadelphia, Oct. 12.-Investigati
s of the latest confession of Augn
Pasquale, "The Crank," in which
is alleged to have tol( Maj. Lynn
Adams, head of the state police, t1i
he accidentally smnothered Blaki
Ls Coughlin while stealing the baby fr(
i- the home of its parents in Norristo,
3- last June, was continued today. P.
a- quale, according to Major Adar
1- said that, when he lifted the ch
,u from its crib, it started to cry, a
g that he placed it under his coat whi
:h he buttoned tightly. After maki
n his escape and running some distan
y he unbuttoned the coat and found t
it child dead.
Search of the woods and swam
y around Egg Harbor nd New Gretb
it N. J., yesterday failed to reveal a
d trace of the child's body. It was
_e e neighborhood of Egg Harbor tI
i- Pasquale purchased a small fa
shortly after he succeeded in obtai
ing $12,000 from George Coughlin, t
missing child's father on the prom
to return the boy and it also was th<
that he was captured when lie
I tempted to get an addi(ional $10,0
'1a rsom.
The authorities stated todhy the
' vestigation would be coniit 1
t. declined to say what their next 11
d would be.
r iecause of the manny false el
Pasiiile is said to have giveni tit
h working on the case since he colfe1
>r td the kidnapping, neither tie N<
1s ristowil police, norl the Coughli
le plae much credernce in hi, Iast stop
it Miirate 0. If. Lenhart decla
>f tihiy thit l'asquale lis not vel to
I Ihe truth and added:
"I e iimot tell all that I know, I
t the re-lI story will be out. wsitin
]I fw <hiys and it will le foul ti
y ii lly Coulbliis alise. I am
hain fthat,;.and ex p-t to iea
aI - (ts enihlin mnak '.- a ceil~l
k-ni fiention of lie bavby efoxi. V
<h1id y . "
tc..i !- :i)iim1 T') Slill SiG l
TWO Y i N' I*N li\ 'lni.
M .h.\ib. (4ct. 12. E.:rl Rf,
n mliivinar here, toIday h.4
,Nnh Silsh,
hi w ht aged iw old
,i d uri thvjr }a i
IRii ('edar r-, a .11
I - fr his homc.
. I
atihe of murder. S (
i tIle I'. I\Y Ti
(' lnina, Oc~ ~ t 1 The Ierii!
f tle lect i v of (. w it
few t ars an ab t th ti t t I i
w ill e '-me b i .hp . e m o
rulia d(liic , e tse. i ti
\\lThe lelinla of ) asend li rca
tthe lut Mh ln I A .TI
ilCerawiit inn Iistle mam
tli of wtheGi' hlecti wai annl tmll
hop I uerryl111, h i'! thay nely ielect
liiutor scrtedI 9to theai cham~
l'e i fro, (lina ion (il lge. d
ati of a big iitn1 wand; hirav
a iate ment. ly nid e
h ha dtiei* s the ale. Hi.sh,
L[AGUE TAKES HAND
IN VILNA PROBLI
Polish Insurgent Leader Issues Seri<
of Proclamations From
'Capital.
Paris, Oct. 12.--Leon Bourgeoise, a
presiding officer of the executive coui
cil of the league of nations has teli
graphed the head of the military mi:
sion sent to Lithuania asking that ii
formation be forwarded from time I
time as occasion called for regardir
events in Vilna, with a view to su(
action as might be useful to put q
end to the occupation of the city I
Gen. Zellgouski, the Polish insurgej
commander.
M. Bourgeoise informed the militai
mission that the Polish Governmet
had disavowed Gen. Zellgouski at
had expressed its readiness to tal
Ill measures in order to end the inc
dent.
Proclaims New State
Warsaw, Oct. 11--(By the Associa
Press.)--The new "Central Lithuni:
Government" at Vilna has proclaim(
the creation of a new State, says
Lida dispatch.
A series of proclamations have bet
issued by the so-called governmen
The first proclaims the new state ar
promises to convoke a Diet in the net
future.
The second, addre'ssed to the P4oli
Governinent, asks for forgiveness f<
the mutiny of Gen. Zeligouski's trool
and gives niotice of the cIe:jtin off tI
new State, the territory ofit wiicl,
is set frith, includes the town
Grodno, with tle River Niemni as ti
dividing line from Poland.
Tie prolamation further asks ti:
the Polish troops Occupying Centr
Litluan ia b' considered as an ar'
of occupation. The Vilna governilel
IQqutests that it he aIllowe I to send
( n011111nissarty to these troops.
A tihird prochimIation is a declar;
tion (o the lKorvnio (the obl lithiuani:
Goverr IlV ) proposing the openli
of negotitiotinis witl rfrni to (I
future relahms of d tle two coitrie
FND OF Bl S 11.1i ll'A
IN RI'SSI \ 1, SIE
Was inr., Oct. 12.- The iend 4
'lshe-Alfvismi' ;it in lussia is beliI.eved I
he xiilS Of thes st IDIptmI ent to i
S t 'io ll i ri, (\(%l X . . It:
tiiar enuh ti leg in coonieii/Awh
will l Sovr, iet rule.
The .danme f---anah 'aie 1io a
lotatmen~i t w' m.ww.s r laui'' I..
the0 belief tha;C tlw Zemstvo 1nt0bC
d\i i I ti i e r ent v bI.% t lit- ith
part0 1men t from va riout s Qor( )1 Wt .
Id to i-lint t haI I - I I- N
teilw Z'iini cht 12.-l niim
hav tte i f $rp- hm- fiolreeil -iw who
th efar 5f tis (wn t'(dity itE.ss
e n. Wrang g!'- I i epot ii ' t o bie r<t
i'ul ttatino t htetI tyrrtodry afer' ht
vltro intt aSIouthm Rusia boy ait - h'ii
ofuit .v(rf a It is(t b fin ineraihat 11:
('(ti-lt s hpik ea- r: is hadiiiii
pjgo <!ia it $1,0. cl i 10 o
POLISH AN) RUSSIAN SOVIETI'
DELEGATES SIGN AMI0lSTICE,
[N,
Riga, Oct. 12.--A preliminary peace
treaty and armistice wtvi signed by
the Polish and Russian Soviet peace
4t <lelegates here at 7:10 o'clock tonight
G The armistice actually becomes ef
fective at midnight October 18, that is
at 144 hours from midnight tonight.
* The announcement that peace was
to be signed brought great crowds to
the square surrounling the Black
Ileatd House. M. Joffe and the Bol
id shevik elegation entered the hall
first and were followedl by M. Domb
c ski and the Polish delegation. About
el 300 persons, including the entire dlip
eig lomatic body, ai(l prominent Lettish
oflicials crowded the small room many
of them standing.
Ihe head of the Soviet delegation
ps descrilbied the Riga peace as "a peace
ia, without victory and without van
I quished" in a brief aldress before the
at signature of the treaty. This de
scribes the IRiga argument accurately
as it apP p::red to disinterestedI on
lookers. It was a peace of give and
take, which those who have followed
se the course of events fear will not be
re very popular either with the book or
It- the Poles.
00
But it is un1idoubtely a1 triuniph for
the two chairmien who made it, and
the spirit of conciliation with which
they handled the explosive questioins
ve
t1'1t <oiSrIutul the li usk conI'Vere aCe
is likely to win for them the grati
stude of a wa r-exhausted world.
se
lh e : :tR armisticc will put the
liolhevik at p(aic v with al Itheir lail
tic neinh, ors ithinl 1-1-1 hlui-s froml
m idni t o(itht 111 1 le-a-e tw
W.r tingel unvemlent as the only I',re:It
miiitary operation ara -t tho S4
vaS.
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PRESBYTEIRIANS TO
BOOST [DUCATION
Rev. C. S. Ilyrd, Columbi:, Is Elcted
Moderator
I.AlGE FUND SUBSCRIBED
l''our Institutions 'Will Be Benefitte,
fly Drive Now Being
Waged.
P.ennettsville, Oct. 12.--The nob
that will be dominant throughout the
session of the synol of South Caro
linil of the Southern Presbyteria
Church which convened in annual se- -
sion lere toiav wil ]be Christian edu
eitt0in. Giv ing additional emphasis iz
this fart was the election of Rev. S
(. Byrl, president of Chicora Collegt
Columbia, as moderator. The syno.
opened with a sermon elliverel hi
Rev. Iugh R. Murchison. of Coimbia
retiring moderator, and the electiow
of the moderator- for this session tool
place immediately following the ser
wnn. The only other offeer elected
was Rev. II. W. Pratt. of Abbevill,
as tenportry clerk. Iev. 'lhornas If
lIa\w is statedl clerk, having servcc
the syol in this capacity for mam
years.
Tlie enrioI0lment of (ielegates show,
about (ne hunirel present at th
oPeniln S(ssioll Mad this numb1e1(r wa
lar'elv invrease luringlY the <h:y. Th.
nolrao ppointedl three mem~rber,
z c(nst itute a steCrin- w1im tie
u'tiOl :te the business 1. th-- >,-o';
v-q)pecially in the mat ter of b:i .-in
e he vnoil the vnrit:. a .ca.
"ri:als presen -lI for onsileraititn. T
. (ral st in c1li committe w m aW i
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