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S(1nSection On Pages I toM N N .C, E E A UGges No . VOL. XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGTUST 24, 1921NO3 HUGE FRAUD SCHEME IS UNEARTHED Banks, Bond Houses, Brokers and Wealthy Men Victims of - Clever Band OPERATE IN KANSAS CITY Charles W. French and John W. Worthington Alleged to Have Been at Head Chicago, Aug. 23.-Millions of dol lars of worthless notes, stolen bonds, fraudulent deeds of trust and forged certificates of depos't have been flung on the markets of the country, fed-, eral agents declared today after in vest)gation of a band alleged to have been headed by Charles W. French and John F. Worthington. Banks, bond houses, investment se curity brokers and wealthy business men from coast to coast were de clared to have been the victims or dupes of one of the most gigantic swindlers ever unearthed by federal agents. Six million dollars worth of stolen bonds, nearly $3,000,000 in worthless notes and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of trust deeds and forged certificates of deposit have been traced by Department of Justice agents, it was said. The revelations resulted from a confession accredited to Alva W. Harshman who was declared to have been a private secretary to French and who surrendered today. He was alleged to hav~e told of a deal ne gotiated by French for the purchase of a bank in the Middle West that involved the' exchange of $00,000. How They Worked It A Washington, D. C. man, accord ing to Harshman, was to obtain cer tified checks for $500,000 there. These checks, he said, were to eb presented to the bank owners and when the band gained control of the establish ment, they were' to cash all certifi cates of deposit the bank owned. The money, he said, would then' be for warded to the Washington man who would deposit it before the certified checks on the original transaction were cleared and returned. Many other similar deals vere also de scribed. In another case, it was asserted, a large amount of stolen securities were placed with a small country bank in return for a certificate of deposit. The deposit slip it, was said, was cashed, and the bank left hold ing the securities which would be idlentified and roclaimed when it tried to realize on thei. Among names of the firms alleged to have been signed to notes used by the bank were: Curtis Printing Company, Akron, Ohio, $9,000; MacKay Truck Compariy, Akron, $18,000; Porcupine Mountain Lumber Company, Cleveland, $10,000; - Portage Market, Akron, $21,000; Hen inger Plumbing Supply Company, Akron, $25,000; Schwartzer Wrecking Company, Dayton, Ohio, $100,000; Mid wvest Automobile Sales Company, Day ton, $50,000; Dayton Financing Com pany, Dayton, $300,000; Z. WV. Davis, Akron, $50,000; Apple Financing Com pany, Dayton, $300,000; American Rubber Company, Chicago, $85,000; HI. M. Strong Metal Products Cbm pany, Cleveland, $6,000; Cleveland Home Manufacturing Company, $15, 000; George B. Wickens, Loraine, Ohio $103,000 and the Portage Packing Company, Akron, $31,000. Notes Not Yet Found In addition about $500,000 in notes 'supposed to have been signed by the American Rubber Company have not been foend. Thle total notes known to have been issued was put at $1, 602,000 by federal officials today. It was also revealed that the band w ~as operating in Kansas City. Ac cording to JIohn V. Clinnin, acting dlistrIict attorney, all of the notes is sued by the band were disposed of by the securities company of Kansas City. A* Accordling to the alleged confession m nadle by Harshman, the hand made considlerable money dlisposing of' real estate mortgages. Another deal said to have beeh made in Milwaukee by the band is being investigated by government agents. It was (declared to have netted the swindlers $500,000 It was said that A. E. Streizin, who was arrested today in Milwaukee, wvill be - questioned regarding this trans action. Worthington was arrested some weeks ago and is being held in SCHOOL OPENS HERE ON . WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 On Weddesday, September 14th, school will open for another year and the following teachers will be here to take tharge: liss Catherine Earle of Landrum, S. ., and Miss Mary Thomas of Cope, S. C., will have charge of the first grade. Mrs. Bessie Lesesne pand Miss Sallie Dixon of Blacksburg-, S. C., the second grade. Miss Rives of Edge field, the third grade. Miss Rives is a unew -teacher here but we hope she will soon feel at home. Miss Barn well Huggin's, the fourth grade. Miss Elizabeth Coskrey, the fifth grade. Mrs. George Williams the sixth grade. Miss Roxie Dixon of Blacksburg, S. C., the seventh grade. The High School teachers are Misses Rosa Mahaffey of Honea Path, Marie Dunlap of Hone Path, Eucebin Shuler of Columbia, Mr. A. J. Rich ards of Heath Springs and Prof. Helns. The Domestic Science teacher will be Miss Nancy Coleman of Shelton; the music teachers will be Misses Sue Sprott and Carolyn Plowden. All children with back examinations will be given an opportunity to make them up on Monday, September 12. 0 HOUSE GUESTS ENTERTAINED Miss Mary Lou Bradley compliment ed her house guests, Misses Mattic Lee Land, Virginia Coffey, Leona Rigby and Mattie Horton with a Rook party on Tuesday morning. As the guests arrived they were invited to the punch bowl. Rook was played at four tables. Potted plants and. flowers were used for decorations. Those present besides the hostess and hQnorees were: Misses Gertrude Gee, Mildrqd Smith, Lucile Broadway, Frances and Louise Brown, Lillian Ervin, Lucy Matthews, Pearl and Ruby Bullard, Oliva Horton, Winnie Plowden and Hattie Breedin. ANOTHER OFFER MADE Sheffield, Ala., Aug. 23.-An offer of 4 per cent, Vn an investment of $120,000,000 or $4,800,000 annually, was made for the Muscle Shoals plant by Herman D. Ruhm of New York city, he stated here today. Mr. Auhm declared tiat he had made the offer shortly after Secretary of War Weeks had asked for bids and that jie had never received a Aeply. $100,000 bonds in connection with mail robberies totalling approxi mately $6,000,000. French, alleged to be his right hand man, was arrested yesterday with several of his asso ciates. Today C. K. Strobel was taken into custody in Akron, Ohio, and A. E. Strelzin was arrested in Milwaukee. Letter From Millionaire Begging the return of "at least a lit tle of the millions-to be exact $2,500 000," alleged to have been 'obtained from him by John W. Worthington, Charles French, and their associates, a letter f rom Z. W. Davis, former president of the Winton Automobile Company, of Cleveland forms the let tor intercepted by government ofli cials. It was addressed to French at a Chicago loop hotel where a suite maintained by French was raided yes terday. Federal oflicers say they re coveretd securities valued at $1,000,000 in the raid. Davis letter, of six pages, dated Au gust 5, was a plea for others whlo are entirely dependent on him for a live lihood. Left without aid from those who obtained his fortune, the Cleve land former millionaire dleclaredl he woul be "forced to the only alterna tive-suicidle."~ Davis also wvas a for merCI pres5ident of the Diamond Port landl Cement Company andl the Globe Stove Coinplany. The letter addressed to French said: "Please (de not take what I am writ ing to you ats a wvhine. I am not in the habit of crying after I have lost. If I were the only one to be conlsidleredl, I would not care. "But there are others who are en tirely (dependlent on me for a I ievli hood. It is for that reason that I am now forced to beg you to return at least a little of the millions-to he exact $2,50O0,000-wvhich y'ou and your associates have taken awvay from me in the last twvo years. Worthington, lFrench, Owen 'T. Evans andl Alva Ilarshmnan are under indictment. Davis also is undar indict.. ment bntt has protestedl that ho was madie a dlupe by the ring leaders of the ring. News to Davis. Canton, Ohio, Aug. 28.--"It is atll news to me," said Z. WV. Davis, Can ton and Cleveland manufacturer, when asked today redardling notes bearing his name as president of the Winton Auitomtobile Canmpany, of Cleveland wichw weon: used by Chicago men i an effort to borrow $30,000 in that city. HOSPITAL REPORT IS SAID TO BE [XAGGERATED C. Ti Washington, Aug. 23.-Reports of dc Cl '0n(ditions at the Johnson City, Tenn., C 3anitorium fortl disabled war veterans te in many instances have been "grossly el exaggerated," Charles M. Pearsall, in- TI spector general for the National 1lome for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, has W reported to the board of managers, be under whose auspices the sanitoriupi 1" is operated. a Mr. Pearsall's report of a personal se investigation, made public today by Representative Anthony, Republican t af Kansas, said "there was a strong reeling and resentment by the men be- C 'ause of the abuse which had been Mo laced on the sanitorium as a whole, C vhich would indicate to their fan- W lies that every man there was either Irinking, taking drugs or running C1 Around with prostitutes." "The men admitted," the report 2ontinued, that a small number of to the men would get drunk, or drink, i lisregard their rest hours and treat ment, that there were a few drug ad- 11 dicts who were being treated in the m iospital an(d that some of the men weie associating with prostitutes, but1 stated that it was a very small per !entage and they felt that they should not be humiliated by being classed with this small number of men, no li, larger in percentage than would be r found in other hospitals or of a like g number in civil life. The further my p, investigation led and the more c'on- er Lact I got with the men thoroughly st 2onvinced me that the men had the fc right picture of conditions, hi general stated, that developed in con nection with his investigation was ti that a "number of men when closely cc luestioned admitted that they had si been in. other government hospitals el and had been dismissed for disei- e plinary reasons and were later sent to w Johnson City by these hospitals dis charging them." Great care has been exercised, the report said, not to dis miss from the sanitorium for disci plinary reasons any man whose life or mure might be jeopardized b'y depriv ing him of treatment. t( The inspector general reported the I food at the sanitorium was "most ex- D eel lent, both as regards. quantity, o quality, variety and service." "KID PARTY" Mrs. S. Oliver O'Bryan and MIs. J.. s B. Cantey entertained at the home of b i Mrs. 0'Bryan last Friday evening at a "Kid Party." The ladies were dress I in little girl dresses with their hair hanging in curls and with large U bows of ribbon on it; the men came in short. trousers with middie blouses or boy blouses with Buster Browr. col airs. As the guests arrived they join. ed in the game. of "jumping rope" and lat er gamtes of "dropping the i-andker ehift,' "go in artI out the window" and then had a little dance called "My Little Shoe Darling."'' The hos tesses then invited the "childrenl" in to the living roon wvhere several con- in tests were hl and amliong them was t' "'pinning the donley's tail on;" Mr. Lucius Iiarvin and Mrs. Allan Brad hami came the neare:,t to) lirmina it A in the right place a nd they were pre.S setedttt withI a package of "'INat Mores.''" The feature of the evening was the a rrivalI of ''the hahby,'" who was Mr . vi Joe D~av is, dr essedl in a long drtess and ('t cap. lIe ca me iunnninpg down the it sti'eet cryintg because his "mitama" (Mrs. Davis) left. him at bomn. The r'efireshmnents serv'ed were (' punch'li, boi led pea nuts, aniinti crac.' h ('rs atml all daiy suceker's. 'Those enjoy.. 11 ing thIiis lovely patty werie: Mrt. an td Mt's. ,10'P liigby, Mir. and Mr is. II trt'on R ighyv, Mr t. a nd Mrts. TI. I". (o'dey', Mr. i antd Mr, is. 5. 5. R ichartd son, .\lri. a nd l Mrs.. Mih IiWells, Mr. and Mrs. iL (. hi) Cu~rt is. MJ'. and Mrts. Wid emtanP, Alr. a ml Mr's. Sha w, Dr. and M ~lrs. lBrock imtoni, Mr. antd Mirs. Allan Bradhamit P1 Mr'. and Mrs. Gerald, Mr. and Mrts. ( I R. Spr'ott, Srt.,Mr'. ad Mtrs. C. N. i Spr'ott, Mr. andl Mirs. Walhine I 'low detn, Drt. and Mt's. Dickson, Alr. and Mt's. Cooipr Dickson, Al. .ton M. ('handler, Mr. atnd Mrts. St'ewart Har- it vini, Dr. and Mt's. Scott. I larv'in, Mr. f and Mrps. J1. I. ('aintey, Mr. andu Mrs. S. Olivet' O'Brvan, Mesdano'': lagnal, Malcolmt Smith, Pessit' Lt'espne, hi Shlliy Davt~is, Wells of' Wa-hington mt and Mtr. Lunciuas ITat''in.T P'ERFE(TI' NEW 'TORPEF'D;l of toripedo fir icton trol by whKih thle tI fir ing oif tot iiedoces int a curve cour ((1 ise in automnaically IIV(cnttrodled , ha~t beeni pet'fectted by John 1lay\; thuumnond, Ji'., he annount(edl tioay. S By meants of this system1. hte said, " withbout ch~panging the' cour ise tofi the n< vesse'l. Sitblmaine t1uippe ~)'IwithI the Ji system coutld atttack I wo'( 1 i-gets at the *same time. I R. LONG OF CLEMSON WILL BE HERE TOMORROW Dr. Long of Clemson College to be 're and in Summerton Thursday. Mr. R. Sprott, chairman of the Board of 'ade, has for sometime. been en avoring to get Dr. W. W. Long, of emson College to come to Maiiing address the business men of the wn. Mr. Sprott has at last succeed and we will have Dr. Long here iursday morning. Dr. Long has long been greatly ad ired by the people of the State, and feel that ve are very fortunate in ing able to hear him at this time. -obably no one in the State is more pable of giving the people of the <ricultural communities sounl coun I andI advice than he is. Mr. T. B. Young of Florence, Dis ict Agent of Farm Demonstration ork will be with Dr. Long. Mir. >ung is also President of the South trolina Sweet Potato Growers' As ciation and Secretar yof the South trolina Tobacco Association. What r. Young has to say will be well arth hearing. These gentlemen will speak in the murt House at I 1:00 o'clock Thurs .y morning and at Summerton at 30 in thd afternoon. Every business man in each of these wns and other towns of the county urged to be present at one of these eetings. Don't forget the time, Manning at a. m. and Summerton at 3:30 p. Thursday August 25th. W. It. (ray, County Agent. 0 [AFTI' FOR BIG SUM SENT BY STERLING Chicago, Aug. 23.-Fred E. Ster ig, lieutenant-governor of Illinois, cently indicted with (ov. Len nall and Vernon Curtis, Grant irk, Ill., banker, on charges of ibezzlement involving $2,000,000 of ate funds, today forwarded a draft r $391,386.28 to EdwardE. Miller, s successor as state treasurer. In a letter Mir. Sterling explained at this suM was "all the interest ilected by me on state deposits ice Alay 31, 1920," antd that it in Lided "interest to (late on such col eted interest items from the date lien the same came to my hands." --- --- - - IIARGEv' OF' DYNtkNllTE IN)ER LOCONIOTIVF Talhotton, (a., Aug. 23.-For tl 'th time a charge of diynamite was uche( of' under an A. 13. and, A conmotive driven by Engineer R. N owney. near here this imorning. No e was injured and the train was ,t derailed. Trainmen who ran to tihe scee t the explosioni, were fired 1)OI, ey reported here. They saiI t hey w six Imeni climtih into an autono le and drive toward Alancheste. -0--- - ICAL HAPPENINGS Of TWENTY YEAR GO Augtist 28th, 1901 ,Ilt. E. C. T( 11ham es has treturnet'ld t< anning from Alabama. ,Nrs. A%. 13. Galloway of Clinton, is .almnniig visitingp' relatives and A1r. A. I oryen and lauhtert Alis Drt. ('. 13. tiigt'er, whot his hsenl tn sit to his Wi''int s in lxexingt U unty teture it hom' ine Sundtay even lis.- EdIithI Ware tof .\danis llant, al 'te on a visit to the fatmily tf .\r.A .Hr'eed in. tek fotr N'ew Y'ork and ot heri North I -nt .Tharket s whlere lit wil purchiast s fall stoek. Di'd n'ai' Silver, aflter a long ill. 's-s, ont .Smudlay l h inst. .\is. ElL riewnoin g, wvifte of' Alri. FI'dx ('hewn. MO )C, .(' agednabo t'vj ' yeree'iVt. i note of his sttn, alr. .lohnr Wilson, thtt bie deceased was. at native oft Siit nd. ('oirn wii sell for S1.28 ptt bunhe t'rau.'ltlit th t'a it trointgjft '-t'et U~ iitt te West. .1 tite W imilthin say; he o pot I' Ie fellow whot ltaiited ;ttth t ~tr, ttrt ptitur et It his a ttitte tt ti ilem pitani', but ott t hat cta iont lit is a litte otl, antI if the emt rtsptn. hat hit wouild say whten hti' appttit gtotd ail s tote:. Windha~im wme tI. Ite tt nly' touty oflce at t hal enie; the' ither' felhowy had fto ;o t< lenin Sprbi.g" tight:aftt' wards, st er''t were tither big ter'. at fliai GEORGIANS ARE BEATING THE BO[L WEEVIL Vtr. A. L. Luce, of the Clarendon Motor Company, has turned over to us two letters which he has received from two banks in Georgia. These sections are in the boll weevil districts of Georgia and shows how these peo plie are alive to the situation and are striving to their utmost to pull them selves "out of the hole," in which the weevil has gotten them. It would be well for our people to read these let ters carefully and each individual find just what crop to plant that he can successfully mar.ket. We do not agitate the non-planting of cotton, (as this is a cotton country) but we (o believe that our farmers should cut the acreage and get the sed in at the earliest possible time. Moultrie, Ga., Aug. 13, 1921. Mr. A. L. Luce, care Clarendon Motor Company, Manning, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry of the 9th, we regret exceedingly that your see tion is suffering from a heavy infesta tion of the boll weevil. We, ourselves, are hit by them again this year, but we are not depending on cotton as we have in the past. Our.farmers have learned to diver sify, and are takiry advantage of the local enterprises which we are for tunate enough to have that will take care of their farm produce. We Iove one of the very best Packing Plants South of Omaha, Nebraska, operated by Swift & Company of Chicago. Our farmers have learned to raise hogs and cattle, an( they find a ready mar ket the year around. We have a canning plant which takes care of the surplus stock of Sweet Potatoes, and at this season of the year they can quite a bit of Bell Pepper, which our farmers have learn ed to raise successfully and at a good profit. We -lso have one of the very best Creameries in this part of the state, furnishing ready market for their sweet and sour cream. They are just' completing a tremendous Condensing Plant, and will in a very short time be prepared to take care of any milk they might be furnished. A good many of our farmers have taken ad vantage of this opportunity, and are putting in small Dairy Herds which they are finding profitable. Our Grain Elevators furnish a mar ket for their surl)lus corn, peanu.ts and velvet beans, of which we raise a good crop each year. We also have several sweet potato curing houses, and they ar-e prepared to handle all the surplius stock of sweet potatoes which we grow, and which are sold by the pioducers at a good profit. We have many other advantages which help our farmers out, and with in a few more years we can farm sue cessfully (own here without planting a hill of cotton. We enclose herewith a little book let gotten out by the Moultie Chai ber of Commerce, which will give you a hrief idea of our town an(l county. We should he very glad to have you and your piarty visit Moultrie, an'd I will assure you in advance that you will be accorded every courtesy during i your visit, and we believe it will he veryv honftici:*l , and that you will re turn to vou section with inftoriation that will c(rtainly help your commun ity. I. will appreciate you dropping me Ia Ie ml advance of your com ingr, anld ve wil! be on t.e lookout for you. Yours v-rv truly, C. H1. West.. Cashier . First Na'ional iank. Quitnman, Ga., Aug. 12, 1921. Mir. A. L.. Luce, Manning, S. C. Dear Sir': In response to your lt ter' of the 9thI., if you conme to Souith (Geor-gi and (10 not visit Brooks cou~1nty and Quitman your- trip will not have been a success05. Weno not dlepend on cotton, nlt hough 5(omei of our farnmer's have a few acres most every year. We shipp1ed from the count v 2,5t00 earis of watermelons thmis seatson bring ing in het wveen $250) and $300 hund red thousand (d01laris in JTune( and JIulv. We raise live stock, peanuti, pota toes, oats, cane and "BHrooks County Ham ts."' We hav~e Potato curine: houses andl have' had two gratin elevatorts, bit. have had the mnisfortune toa lose them by tne. lHe sume and come) to Brooks County andl ('om1 to Quitmaon and thme First National Bank and Chmohee of Coin-I mere' and to we will a ke ;deasu re in shiowing you what we~ have. Your's veiry truly, L. M. Bradfordi, (Cashier, 'The First Natitonal Bankd. 11OOK PARTY last Thuiirsday evening at. a Rook Partyv in h(onor of hier houise guests,i M is'ses MyttIe and. Pa ulinoi ine uphrmies: of Lyncuhhomg, S. C. A fter the game Mr's. Dickson ser'ved a lovely ice course to her' gu('sts, whbo wvere be.. sides the hoste(ss and1( honorees : Masses Mary Dickson, Isabella Tlhomas, Leila Marvga rt Dick son, Mikh-ed ~liTp.. son1, Grace N immer, Georgia Saiuls, Lynn DuHa nI; Messrs. Thomain~s Bag. nal. Fl is Well s, Briownieh ha inial Billie Prine", Ikcy Bagnel, Oliver ii1nd, Gene( Bagnia , I hirgess Sjurott,i Scott Bagnal, Charles Dieksoni, .Jhmies n~cis'om SEARCH FOR BODIES IN RUINS Of HOTEL Believed That Death List Will Be In. creased by Dozen When Inquiry is Completed-Four Known t.o Be Dead but One Man Not. Yet Identified. Macon, Ga., Aug. 22.-Work of ex ploring the ruins of the Brown l ouse, which was completely de troy(I by fire at an early hour this morning and where more thani a (lozen bodies are believed to be buried, stopped at suliown tonight. Building Inspector F. Joe Biaho, im charge of the hunt for bolies, an nounced that the search will be re sunied at (laylight tomorrow morn mng X ith a force of 100 convicts from the cou nty and city chaingangs. "ve will know before noon," he sai(d, ".iust, how many bodies - are in the debris. We expect to find at least 12, possibly more. I can al most put my fingers on the spot, where I hevliev there are two bodies." Coroner Lee Walces announcem this afternoon t.ha tthe coroner's jury had conclu(Ie(l that an explosion of escaping gas in the basement of the Brunner Drug company caused the fire. The blast cut a hole through the hotel from the basement. to the roof, tore out the stairways anl wrecked the elevator after driving it. upward. Fire escapes at the rear of the build mig were enveloped in flames ai in stant later and fire also was hurst ing from every windvow in the hig brick structure. It is un(lerstood that the state firv marshal will arrive here in the morn ing to aid in the investigation that is un(ler way. Facts obtaine(d by lo cal city and county oflicials and the state fire marshal will be laid he fore the Bibb county grand jury at, its next session. Four Iopdie'i Found Tlonight, when work of explorine' the ruins of the burned hotel stop ped for the night, four bodies lay in a local unidertaking establishment, only three of which had been idlen tified. Eight persons were in the Macon hospital suffering from sri ous burns and broken hones received from the fire and in jumping from second and th itrd floor winidows. Three other persons, whose Iames have not been obtained amd who are known to hav. jumpel from the blazinyi strueture, were at teneli d by private physricians andI left on i.he train for Atlanta during the *Oo 31003). The list of knownre missill niounitd tonight ti seveni, but there were many inquiries from all parts of Georgia for pelorms whom it is feared were in the hotel. Hlorace Wvieemis, elcrk at the Br1-own louse, silt of the proprietor, said that. 88 of the 97 romno- in the hotel were tiled, ccc x Oh two beds in <Ich room lie sail that there were mwion- than 100 'uests, m:un of bhn t \v!ef who wxmv~ g-ilm7 the city. The toutris'lt a re the or - that are causir e the most eenekrn [o cnlly, for there is no t\%.;I\ I. obitai l ko the i, t ho tel i t iin' dstroycI in t l i re . T'hou7:1nh- lif p( on aen h lire ar111 visite'd th sen' throiug cut the dlay. 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