Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LETTEURS TO SANTA CLAUS Paville, S. C., Nov. 29, 1920. Dear Santa Claus. I want you to bring me a tool chest air rifle, a plenty of fire Works and Your little friend John William Iiarvin. Paxville, S. C., Nov. 29, 1920. r Santa Claus: I am a little boy eight years old and trying to be a very good boy and I. w'nt you to bring me a drum and a iir rifle a little tool chest, fire Works and a lot of fruit. Your good little boy, James Gunter Harvin. -EGRO -LYNCHED Pia4n, Ga., Nov; 80.-Reports from Brooks and Thomas counties, near the Florida line, late tonight indicate that a negro, who was alleged to have assaulted a young woman of a promi nent -Thomas -county 'family- Monday afternoon, was lynched by a posse of citizens near Paveo. The negro was captured 12 miles from Paveo and taken to the home of the young woman. Here he was iden tifled. The posse then started with the negro to the Paveo jail, but the ne gro had not reached there at mid night. The young woman had just returned from a visit to a neighbor's home and was' sitting in front of a dressing table combing her hair, .when the negro entered the house. He- had a pistol in his hand and stated that an outcry meant death. Terrified, the girl leaped fro mher seat and ran. The negro did not shoot, as he threat ened, but gave pursult. Just at the door leading to a porch the negro caught her by her hair and she was overpowered. The negro dre* from his pocket a rope and wound it around the girl's neck. She had already fainted. This wa sabout 3 o'clock, and it was after 8 o'clock before she regained con sciousness. Her sister came home from school about 4 o'clock, discov ered the crime and gave the alarm. WIFE MURDER CHARGE Dublin, Ga., Nov. 30.-Following the death in a local hospital tonight of Mrs. Marshall Bass, wife of a young farmer, her husband was placed under arrest on a charge of murder. Bass is being rushed to Macon because of threats of violence here. The sheriff stated that he hati evi dence that the woman had been driven from her home by her hus band. With baby in her arms she walked nearly two miles, he said, when her husband overtook her and beat her over the head with a clu6. The sheriff said that Bass then shot her twice as she arose. The woman still clutched the baby in her arms when' she was picked up. Neighbors who followed Bass to his home found the supper hot on the stove, ready to be served, having been prepared by Mrs. Bass just before the tragedy. TROOPS ABOUT FIUME London, Nov. 30.-Fiume is sur rounded by three battalions of Car abineers, and shota have been ex changed between regulars and Ga briele D'Annunzio's legionnaires, says a dispatch to the London Times from Milan. General Caviglia, command ing the government troops, says he will do his best to avoid unnecessary bloodghed the dispatch adds. MURDEROUS ASSAULT CHIARGED) Baltimore, Nov. 29.--The arrest of a young man on the charge of having assaulted his sweetheart clears up the mystery of a bloody trail and other evidence of what the police believed might have been a murder, discovered last Saturday in East Baltimore. Annie Ruszkawitz 19 years old, to d-y accused the man of murderous assault and another man is held as an accomplice. MAY OCCUPY THRONE Athens, Nov. 29.-Sreious considera tion is being given Admiral Coun douriotis, former regent of Greece, for the throne of Albania, says a rep~ort puiblished by the newspaper Imbros. WANTS FIVE MIILLION Washington, Nov. 29.-The Carolina Clnchfield andl Ohio Rtailroadl today 'asked the Interstate Commerce Com mission permission to issue fifteen year 6 per cent cumulative income debentures totalling $5,000,000 to pay short term notes. PRICES REDUCED 'Cleveland, Nov. 29-The price I~f a twenty-fouriounce loaf of bread was Petlced from fourteen to twelve cents foday by a grocery company operating :large number of stores here. The two-cent redluction is made possible by the .decline in the price of flour it was announced. WOODEN BOX FOUND Danville, Nov. 29.-~A wooden box containing $300,000 in liberty bonds, war saving stamps and life insurance polices which were stolen from the anofHalifax at Houston, Va., eight weeltsa~go, was found today by Guy Lampkin, a farmer,- at Midway Va., according. to reports received here. IS is u list Car Kei Well -UI nm- U ! U1 U u U 11! 0e Manz rob De nexcelled for the clas. of satisfied customer olina, South Carolir tucky. lant to Figure Next p e* ing Time, artment of work turned out. Our ; include firms in North a, Virginia, Georgia and With You on Yoa Job. -irip p 1rm~ armremrm Ie won ha Na WAG adB F gm S 1Y