The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, April 02, 1920, Image 3
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26th Year
ear
E BUILDING
Of—— j
HOUSES ASSUREDi
'HOTEL
AGREES TO LAY DOWN 1 REG
ARMS ON APRIL 10TH
10 SUDDEN
1
All Of The Capital Stock
For Storage Corporation
Is Now In Sight.
READ Y RESPONSE LOOTING STOPPED
application For Charter Has
Already Been Filed
In Columbia.
The Government Victorious
In Its Fight Against
Rebellion.
Communist Commander
Threaten To Shoot
Soldier Who Disobey.
DusselcloiT, Api'il 2.—The govern-
ment ami the central committee of
workmen have reached an agreement
today under which the workmen’s
army will delived Iheir arms before
With only $3,050 of the $25,000
forth of stock unplaced at the end
soliciting, the success of the Flor-
oe storage Warehouse Company,
ind the prize houses which it wifi
erect, appears assured. Stock sales!
committees expect now there will be| ”i
a oversubscription, as several, amn ,unltion.
inown supporters have not been seen ^ | 00 ting had been suppressed and he
jl f , | would shoot with his own pistol any
The reports of the committees
LOCAL COMMITTEE
ING A REPLY FROM COVER-
NOR COOPER.
A reply from Governor Cooper ac-'
cepting the invitation of citizens to j
come to Florence and open the cam
paign for a $500,000 hotel is hoped for |
this afternoon. Mr. J. M. Lynch, acl-
J ing president of the Chamber of,
Commerce, wrote him yesterday aft-(
ernoon, inviting him to attend the
mass meeting and address it, and re
quested him to wire an answer this
afternoon. .
Waitinc On Governor
Tentatively, ptans are awaiting the
.answer of the governor.
The cemmittee on
lent Lee Declares Such
Action Would Be
Illegal.
MAIL TRAINS RUN
Situation On Norfolk And
Western Becomes More
Serious.
1
UNION REFUSE TO
THE PUBLIC A
VOICE.
ALLOW
BEAI
INS
I
2.—President
Washington. April 1—Wage nego
tiations between the conference com
mltteoH representing the railroads
and the unions were broken off to
liight when the railroad represents
lives declined to continue consider;!
ticq of demands which have been es
! tlmated to total $1 000,000.000 unless
JtV* public was given a voice in the
j proceedings.
I Under lh rt provisions of the trans
Party Escapes Capture Only! Hope For Reconsideration
Through Their Quick
Action.
Of H ouse Rejection
Yesterday.
/■ t*Cy.
WOMEN
H t D Ei DUPONT GOES OVER
Fate Of Train And The Amendment Was Lost By X
Crew Unknown In
Washington.
Washington. April 2.'—Lieutenant
Vote Of Twenty-Six
To Six.
Cleveland, April .. T — — ,
of the Lvotherhood of Railway Train- portatlon act. the wage controversy colone! Robert M. Campbell. United
men wired the Roanoke union officials now will bn ratified to the railroad states military attache to Mexico
arrangements today that the proposed strike of the^.-har board, which is yet to he ap ( City. his wife, and an American wo-
will not set the time for the mass trainmen would be illegal and that ^ p 0 j n t(>d by President (
knows ,} ie un ton would protect and support ; lltw provides for three represent:!^
its oeiitract with the Konfolk and
were filed this morning in the office
of the Chamber of Commerce, as fob
lows:
R W Covington $500, -J B Atkmi
.$500, Arrowsmith. Muldrow. Bridges
jfc Hicks $500. Uargan-Harllee $600.
KB M Lawton $500, S I Sulzbacher
$500, W J Wilkins $500. T B Haynn-
^worth $500, S R Lucas $500, P J Max
well $250, E G Muldrow $500, R.
istein $200, M L Rhodes $500.
pves & Stackhouse $400, R I>
ye shy $200. H Cannon $1,000. J W
erger $1,000. D W Alderman .!r.,
J C Kendall $500, T D Martin
W, A II Huff. $200, Trenchard-Spar
Lumber Cn. $250. Thad Saleeby
(00, E H Lucas $250. W R Barrin-
gr $250. R E Whiting $500, D Gor-
un Baker $100, H A Brunson $200,
psmlth-Pnwell Co., $250, M B Bar-
$250, Wilson » Harper $500.
M K Ateyeh $100, W U Douglas $200,
R P Zeigler $100, G T Walker $100,
D\ R M Graham $100, J B Burch
$ 00, H C McCall $250. F U Lake
F mg Co $200. F H Daniel $500, D
Communist soldier who
order of nurrende# - .
violated the;
„ . . r- : meeting and banquet till It
April tenth. Communist Cotrtfnander j * hat tjme wU1 bo conven , 0Ut for
Wesel declaring that he could not ^ Governor Cooper. Place and other
fight any longer because he lacked 'Retails will be determined very early t Western
after the reply from ‘he governor.
Meeting Morday
Members of tlie stee.-ing commit
tee are to meet again Monday after
iioon at 6 o’clock, wlien they will re
sume making plans for tie rally.
Thny will know then probu'ily on
whom they can count for speaking
the day of the rally.
A very prominent citizen has noti
fied life leaders in the hotel move
ment lie will subscribe for $100,000
The man doctor named Paine, were at
tacked by rebels a few miles from
lives of the public on this board. | Mexico Cltv hut escaped through the
E T Whiter chairman of the rail j Quick woik and quickness of action,
way executives' conference commit-j' ho Sm* Department was advised to-
tee announced the decision in a si ate ^ rp ba r(J h(.l s dynamited a train carry-
ment which said the two sides were j nK tbe Americans. The women hid
in disagreement as to the provisions in the woods until the rebels left.
PROMINENT MEN ARE
UNDER INDjCTMENT
INVESTIGATION OF MEN RESPON
SIBLE FOR THE LEAK IN SU
PREME COURT DECISION
Railroad at four o'clock this after
noon. They claimed that conditions
worth ol the hotel stock, under one on the road had been tendered un-
., s~\ < 1 « 4 I s-tw-fc Zk 1 V, t a. ^2 L ! —^, 2 — A.
safe by the strike of clerks and that
Trainmen To Strike
Roanoke, Va„ April 2.—Officials of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train- J
men announced today that members i Hlin
r.r ii, i . <»l the transportation act
ol their organization would adhere to
the decision to withdraw from the
service of the Norfolk and Western l|te rallronds and „m (
Th a anion rr,ie ^ a,ft , * 10 train crew and the
! representatives were said to holu
other passengers was not stated.
{condition. This condition is not es
sential however to his participating
generously in the building plans.
Demand For Hotel
The movement -to provide Florence
. ,, with bwt.er and more adequate hotel
Asmon tv , apponiojdatlons is being given hfiurty
that the law contemplated an,agree- GHAS. M. M'GURRY
MADE FIELD AGENT
Washington, April 2.
Embry, former secretary ot Associate
Justice McKenna, of the Supreme
Court, James Harwood Graves, form
er assistant attorney in the Depart-
n.entof Justice, Barnett E Moses, a BlderPd friendly to the movement
Washington lawyer, and E. Millard asmU p h as the reahze t , ie pre8ent fa .
Ma.VPF IP ° M«nt V / »»• lr t-1 r\t» Ir »»»*rxlr. t *
j>assenger and fielght
be tied up by night
trains will be operated.
i
affic would
bough mail
employes prior to any opportunity
for participation by. the representa
tives of the public. The railroad
committed held that such an
agreement might be reached, but
they did not heliyve that. Congress
ever contemplated that a controversy
involving so creat an addition to
transportation costs and in which the
Roanoke, April 2.—Raiftroad officials
Btipport generally. 4. XrSdSS'JXni TKS.S ^ ^ 19 ~
men were on strike and that a con
ferenee -would he held tlvi,, afternoon
to try and settle the eontipversy.
U-’
not realize the need, and that it is’
Imperative.
Old hotel men of Florence are eon-
in-
a New York stock brok-, p 1H ,, 08 ca j inot , mslb , v accomodate
indicted by “• District ‘> l : the demand for such quarters here
er, were
Columbia grand jury which invest!
gated an alleged leak in the United
States Supreme Court decision last
November In the Southern Pacific oil
land case.
TlHilev *100 I R Webster *500 San I Embr y ,k > thnr K ed W'* 1 ' furnishing
1 the tip to the other defendants for
Chase $500, E 8 Oliver $600. W
Svdnor & Co., $300, Lucas & Van
ken $600, TftfS»p*r $To!>, Lis-
Brunson $500, J M O’Dowd,
A Smith $500, ’J G Plowden
H R Lucks $300, J L Barringer
$200 Charles E Commander $50o
their use on the stock market.
i
ELKS ENDORSE
THE CAMPAIGN
now. n * !*»'*:*!(
Another very Important considera
tion In undertaking ro erect in Flor
ence a modern hotel is that very few
cities today have ;ample Ibotel act-
comodations. Those that have them
are getting the trade and travel be
cause of the fac.
REPORTED ON
PART.y VOTE or
RESOLUTION DECLARING PEACE
BETWEEN GERMANY,AND THE
UNITED STATES.
POPULAR FLORENCE CITIZEN
APPOINTED FIELD AGENT OF
STATE TAX COMMISSION.
Dover. April 2—Suffrage leaders
announced today they would roako
at: effort have the house reUerftlo^’of
the Susan B. Anthony amendeosot re
considered on Monday, declaring’.ttat
Alfred I. Dupont, who eterts tpoW-
ertul inlluence in Republican
{\|1U:H t, would support the tnoll^t
Mi. Dupont previously had been nMI-
, •' j vi
tral.
Women Weep
Dover, Del., April 2—The ratiL-
cation resolution to make Deiaftare
tlie :!filh state necessary to write the
wom.iu sugrage amendment into
constitution of the United States
• went down to defeat in the house -of
representatives. The vole was 22 to
ft hut before the result was announc
ed three members changed from ay#
to nay to place themselves in a par
liament position to move for'Mrrih*
sideratlon, and one member who wpa,
K « t down as voting asked to be’ re-
» . . . . ._ rrt.1.
LODGES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
WORKING FOR SALVA
TION ARMY.
A McCall Jr., $100. Florence Cad-
ac Co $500, IjOuIh Finklestein $100.
F. stackloy $500.
Credit for the success'of t^e stock
le Is dun to Messrs J M O’Dowd,
H Daniel, J M Lawton, J G Plow-
in and H A Smith, who canvassed
iO business men placing the stock Atlanta, April 2—Leading Elks
1^4hey went. On account of illness throughout the country, and several
J C Kendall, originally appoint-i ,od S e 3 to whose attention the Salva-
eUta the committee, was unable to !t,on Army’s second home service ap-
Mpute. P eal ha*, been called officially, have
Ready Response I en(,orse d the campaign for funds
The ready response of the citizens | "J th ts w , h,C . h . t0 ""/u 6 W ° rk ° f
jto this project is typical of Florence.! he Salvat 0n , ^ ^
ii. i, i, , ' , have promised their hearty co-opera-
i t'l 1 U 1 8 , C raak ' tion in raising the necessary funds
Ing oreiice, not only building her to ma j n t a i n the organization.
is a city hut putting her foremost 'me following excerpt from a tele-
|uniong cities of the Soutii. j g ram Hen t b y Grand Ekalted Ruler
The prize house subject was pre-, prank L. Rain, to Past Grand Treas-
Bentcd first to business men of Flor-] a rer Charles A. White, while in Flori
sime In a meeting Tuesday evening, da explalnj,, itself: ’‘You may state
The sum of *10,2;i0 was subscribed to the exalted rulfers and lodges of
fhen. Second meeting was held on j our order in Florida that this is a
Yednesday evening to organize tliei worthy organization and any assist-
Imovement. Before it adjourned, I ance rendered them in their cam-
stnek *ales had been raised to $14,-.paign for funds meets with my hearty
250. Lust night the capital issue was!approval.” '*
subscribed in the sum of $21,960. ( Grand Treasurer White say s - “The
Practically over the top in three work of the Salvation Army in their
CONSTABLE EICHELBERGER AND
DEPUTIES CAPTURE FIVE
STILLS IN THREE DAYS.
State Constable W. C. Eichelberger
accompanied by Deputies Cohen,
] Scott and Pegues returned to the city
i today after a three days raid in Dar
lington and Florence counties, during
which they captured five stills and 75
gallons of beer. Warrants have
been issued for five men. One still
was found in Darlington and four in
Florence. One negro from Darling
ton, one negro from Florence and
throe white men of Florence county
wil| he brought before Commissioner
Fulton for a preliminary hearing to
morrow.
Washington, April 2.—Tlte Repuhll
can resolution declarii^g peace be
tween the JUniied Staples
many was reported by ithe House
Foreign Affairs Committee on a strict
party vote of twelve to six yester
day.
ested should he disposed of by direct
negrtiation.
Mr. Whiters’ statement said in
pa rt.
“The representatives cf the rail
ads tak<* the position that they
mild not* assume the responsibility
of adding such a burden to the costs
of transportation, which are neces
sarily borne hv the public, without
the full knowledge and consent of
Die public, thrrugh its representa
tives, and that they must therefore
decline the requests and let the en
and Ger- Ure matter he disponed of as puovid-
ed In the transportation act.
Goes to Labor Board
“This means that the controversy
must be submitted to the railroad la
bor hoard to ho appointed by the
President, in accordance with the
terms of tin* law on which the pub
lie will have three representatives,
the employes three and the railroad
| managers three. We invited the com
Washington, April 2.-#-The Ameri- : niittee representing the employes to
can troops on the Rhine are subject I join with us in thn formation! of a
( only to the orderp of the President,, I committee to prepare data on the
considered in the negative.. This
Mr. Charles M. McCurry of hi s city made the official vote 26 aays.t^^
President Has Full
Authority Over American
Troops On The Rhine
has been named by the State Tax Com
mlssioners as the field agent for the
lower part of South Carolina. There
are two agents in the state, Mr. I.
J. Wilson of Spartanburg being the
other. ^
Mr. McCurry was for four years
auditor of this county and he was one
of the most efficient public officials
the county has ever had. His work
will be in the lower part of the state,
with his headquarters at Florence
The tax Commission is to he congrat
ulated on it s selection.
MAY DAY STRIKE
IS REING PLANNED
ayes. Eighteen affirmative iojn
■were necessary to pass the ,rkecd^i-
ticn. After fhe votq the hotiae-^*
journed un*il Monday. y
In a parliamentary sense accoir#-
ing to the rule of the legislature
the suffrage question Is not AIM
for the special session hut legisl^tl#*
leaders generally concede that Ut#
hope for affirmative action in- both
houses is a forlorn one.
After the vote was announced
was great cheering among the men
and women opponents of equ^) auf-
fraco. Anti-suffrage members wiffe
surrounded hv enthusiastic won
who showered them with conf
lations and red rosea .while av
gists wearing the yellow datfodti,
sadly walked from-j the ('.bgmbef,
I some of them in tears.
LENINE SEEKING TO HAVE HIS
ORDER BECOME WORLDWIDE.
CONTROVERSY PLACED
BEFORE WILSON
FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE
LABOR FILED DEMANDS
LAST SUMMER.
Idays is going some, most persons
|will observe.
Final Organization
As chairman of the movement. Mr
|j M Lynch, acting president of the
annual appeal beginnig May ten has
my fullest approvdj and commenda
tion.”
The Atlanta iheadquarters of the
Salvation Army was notified Thurs-
Chamber of Commerce, is expected j!,f y tbat tb ^Durham, North
[to call a meeting very shortly of the
[stock subscribers to take up the pre
[liininary details of permanent organ!
jtjgn, selection of a site, and build
pljms.
Application already has been filed
a charter to incorporate the com-
(ny.
Tentatively, the
Carolina, lodge of Elks has taken
Washington, April 2.—The whole
railroad wage controversy was plac
ed before President Wilson today for
the third time since railroad labor
filed demands for wage increase last
summer.
Chairman Jewell, of the railway
committee, which constitutes the la
bor party on the railroad wage hoard,
write the President that he regret
ted “our failue to obtain any benefl
Congress was Informed today by the
President in answer to a resolution
of inquiry.
May Build Another
Tobacco Warehouse
Mr. Jake Berger 0 f the Dixie Ware
house has under consideration plans
for another tobacco warehouse on
property on Front street which he re
cently acquired. Mr. Berger stated 1
today that he had not definitely de
cided to build, but that it was very
likely that he would do s 0 in the near
future. The plans call for a ware
house almost a» large as the Dixie
built of corrugated iron.
various aspects of foe subject which
we feel must ultimately lie presented
to the labqr hoard In any event, with
a view of exi/editlng the disposition
of this difficult problem. They de
cllned to join with us in the forma
tion of such a committee. They have
announced their intention of appeal
ing to the labor board.”
Geneva. April 2.—Preparations for
a world wide twenty-four hour strike
on May first are being made in
Switzerland by Socialists, Comjnnn^ t | lft negative disputants In the Tweb
Dargan McKnight
Winner In Debate
Greenville, S. C., April 1—Ur. E.
, D. McKnight of Florence was one, of
ists and other radical elements,
is virtually certain that the Swiss will
loin in the movement which was
launched by Ijenine, the Bolshevlkl
premier, to test the solldatry of the
world proletariat.
NEGRO LYNCHED
IN LAURENS
over and guaranteed the entire quota , c * a l re sult S ' from these conferences."
fo rthe Durham zone consisting of six J ewe ll s^id that the employees were
keenly disappointed at the position
of the railway executives committee
which announced last night the dead
lock and withdi'awal of railroad
members from the conference.
Women Sympathizers
Picket Embassy
Washington,'April 2.—Women sym
pathizers with Republican movement
for Ireland began picketting the Brit
ish embassy here today. The same
women yesterday marched to the cap-
itol, hut were ordered away by the
police.
counties.
The quota for the city of Miami has
also been granted by the Elks there.
At Mhe last meeting of the Elks
lodge in Charleston, South Carolina,
| Montague Triest, one of the leading
hackers of this [ secret order men of the city, was in-
lovement hope to have everything!structed fo act as city chairman for
>adv for ^#HVfon early in the sum the Salvation Army appeal,
er months.
.'own
goston
) Be
Incorporated
The progressive citizens of Pos
started a move this week to in
‘Going Up” Pleases
•tGoing Ur},’’ a muaibal ^comedy
presented by Cohan and Harris, was
seen at the Opera House last night
by a large audience, and although the
applause yras never at any one time
JoTporate their town. They have 1 vociferous, it was evident that the
butgrewn a community and feel now piodticlion gave full mead of pleasure
need of local self government
w*' police protfscUonv purvey of
[he town is being” made and a con
lus taken in the proposed area. A
hliarter will Lfe .applied fpr and ns
Loon as possfhf^ jun,',election will he
held on the qu^sUbn of incorpora-
[ion and at the same time an Intend-
Lnt and wardens will be elected.
New Florence Firm
to evetyone In the house. It was
one of the snappiest, most musical, as
well as one of the cleanest show*,, that
has been seen here this year. Jack
Mack, a,s Robert Street, the author-
aviator, struck the fancy of the audi
ence from the moment he appeared
on ti c stage He was funny all over.
SPORTING NOTES
♦ ♦ + *** + + ♦♦
GORGAS WILL
GO TO PERU
CONTRACTS WITH GVOERNMENT
FOR FIVE YEARS.
Linta, eru. April 2.—Major General
Gorgas, former surgeon general of
the United States army, has accepted
a five year contract with the Peru
vian government to direct an enten-
sive sanitation program there.
Evidently the New York scribes
who wrote a column on Babe Ruth’s
home run in practice are taking no
chances on Babe’s hitting this sea
son.
The Joplin Western league club is
not the only ball club that has a Nutt
in its lineup, even if the others don’t
spell their name that way.
While the Indians have had to give
considerable time to “inside” base
NEGRO TAKEN FROM JAIL AND
HANGED TO RAILROAD
BRIDGE NEAR CITY
Spartanburg, S. C., April 2—Geo.
Robeitson, a negro, was taken from
the jail at Laurens, S. C., last mid
night by a mob and hanged to a rail
road bridge on the outskirts of the
1 city. It is reported here that Rob
ertson interferred in a fight between
three white youths and an unidenti
fied negro, who inflicted ugly wounds
on the hoys. Robertson v^as arrest
ed and while the police were seeking
his companion the -mob stormed the.
Jail taking away their prisoner.'
ORDER FULL SPEED
AHEAD IN NAIL FACTORIES
Pittsburgh, Pprll 2—By Increas-
in g the production of nails 15 per
cent, steel mills in the Pittsburgh
district have eliminated fear of a
shortage.
Building booms in New Y<
Chicago, Detroit and a number of
other cities have drawn heavily upon
the supply of nails on hand, and
l uilders “had begun to fear for the
immediate future of their work. Pills
burgh contractors took up the ques
tion with the mills, and full speed
ahead was ordered, with the result
that production soon overtook con
sumption, and authorities now say
there is enough nails for all building '<
projects in sight. •
SHORT STATE ITEMS
tv-second Annual lnter-Soclel,y tle»
hate of the Ad*! difan and Pbllnsopb-
inn Literary Societies of Eurjrnan
University, held at the UaWernity
Monday evening. March 39th. ■ '■r''
The query this year was: “ResotT-
ed, that Congress should en^rt
islation providing for the cntoMlr
sory arbitration of all dispute^
tween capital and labor that affect
interstate commerce.’* TU* judge*
rendered their decision in favor,of
the negative side, which was uphold
hy Air. McKnight and Mr. O. B. Ail*
len, both of the Adelphian Ltyeipry
Society. mV. McKnight was tfca
first speaker of the negative side, apd
he presented his case convincingly.
Mr. McKnight Is a Senior at Furman
and fills an Important place In the
literary life of the college. He 'fi
Editor-In-chief of The Furman Echo
and President of his literary soclaty.
—... .. V ..
Park Association To
Surrender Charter
[ The Florence Athletic Park Aaspcln
, Hon at it S ‘ last meeting decided ’to
j exchange its outstanding stock for
1 an equal number of shares In the Pea
Dec Fair Association and them to
AVIATORS CROSS
SAHARA DESERT
REACH DAKAR AFTER 3,000 MILE
JOURNEY IN THE AID.
D. G. Spradley, a white man In
Dillion county, has been convicted
for the second time for violating tho w,nd U P affairs of the corporttton
compulsory school artendance law. I and dissolve* While this assoc to-
For the first offense he paid a fine i Hon was not organized an a money
of $10 and promised to send hl s . child ! making business it ra. Indeed gratify-
to school. The second offense he at ,n K to know that the stockholders
tempted to prove that the child in j wl11 receive in addition a dividend of
question was more than 14 years old. a PP rox,m atoly ten per cent. Through
but the jury found him guilty and he' tho enterprise of some of the young
Paris, April 2.—Major Viullemin and
Lieutenant rhaltis., French aviators,
was gned $110.
Mr. J. C. Adams has been appointed
Florence Commandery
At Easter Services
The members of Florence Com
mandery Number 10, Knights Temp
lar. will attend Faster Services at
Central Methodist church Sunday
licularlp amusing. Others in the cast
were well iitted for their parts, Miss
Beatrice Burrows as Grace Douglas,
being especially attractive. “Going
The Ivey-Self company of Florence lip” is light of course, hut it moves
iave applied to the secretary ot fast and Is well staged.
Hate for a charter. The capital stock - -
M the firm is given as $50,000 and it Tennesqre River
U do a wholesale and jobbing busi , lc,,nci » b ® e „
lesB in tobacco, candies and fountain i xxCclCIlCS r 100(1
j rinks. The petitioner for incorpora-'
lion nre J. A. Self, W. E. Ivey, N. 8. 1 Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2.—The
Lachicoue and C. R. Duckett, all of street cars on several lines have been
orence. andltSi A. MUrvin, of Tint- stopped and the baseball park and
tmt hls legs and Ills face were par- evening. A special concligve of the
I Hit urviituincv fit Intro In tVwx ** ... . ... . ... ...
practice
easy task for Manager Speaker.
Will the Indianapolis pitchers who
stood the world’s champions on their
heads kindly send their address to
Manager Kid Gleason, of the White
Sox.
The Cardlnals-Athletlcs series “ fur
nished some Old Home Week bat-
fests, thejikfs of which have not been)
seen since the days of the bewhisker
of three thousand miles.
Olanta News Notes
Olanta, April 2.—Farmers are well
up with their work. Much corn has
been planted and tobacco plants are
booming. *
men of Florence, this company
organized and built an athlatlc fMA
which has been a credit to the town.
hall the absence of southpaw pitch-' have arrived at Dakar after flying ^ the governor on the recommends-'' Vhat ! ,lan8 tbe Fa,r Association ha*
«* *«• «.xxTJssi’Jsr&zsz azstiSL"-* *
Spartanburg In
Complete Tie Up
Spartanburg,
carries a salary of $3,000 and the com
mlssioner has charge of tho roads
and bridges of the county and has
charge of the county’s business in a
general way.
Commandery will be held at the Tem
ple at half past seven o’clock and
the Knights will marc hto the church
in a body. According to an order is-
i sued by Captain J. B. Aiken, the
Knights are expected to appear in
full uniform omitting the sword. Visit
ing Knights nre also Invjted to ’at
tend the services whether they are
In uniform or not.
ed. slugging pastimer.
The Yankees took the Reds’ meas-
. i . .i FHda nleht. Robert McCall, colored,
The heavy rains for he past week whUe shoo , ln at a woma n who was
interferred with work to an appred-1 f|pplng throu * h a doorway> h it hls !•
year old son and killed him almost
Instantly.
Just as Gothamites had figured out
a grand clean-up of tne baseball sea-
„ with their mHlion dollar bevy of
nsvlHe. Mr. Self is president of the other low ground Inundated hete hy , stars, Brooklyn flashes Mohart the
npanv. Mr. Dwekett vice president, the rising of the Tennessee river; sensational young twirler who bids
r . LaehiCOtte secretary and Mr.Jvey whlah la expected to go eight feet fair to monondlize Greater New
surer, . ! » bov * tbe Uood ^ ^ | York’s UmOUfht.
able extent.
Mr. E. Wilkins expects 1 to rebuild,
nre in the exhibition games, and the 1 v/hcro he was recently burned out.
Dodgers trimmed the Yanks. It only. Material is being placed on tho Mps p r „ip. h( . n n ,r
goes to show how easy the chant- ground and work will commence at ' llllfv , .'ti
pions will be for the Dodgers this'once. .county wa* seriously wounded f
season.
After the Braves had downed the
Tigers in the opening game of the
April 2.—Tho etty
At a hot supper near Jndson last Mr0Pt rar s>’Rtoni was completdy
tied up hy a strike of motormoQ aod
conductors yesterday morning. Tito
men (Tlaim discrimination against un
ion men and demand a wage In
crease. *
Mrs. Creighton Arnett of rollon
hen
w Mr. A. L. McCullum, who has been “ a ^ al ' boy hI,n l ^,1 ! ) n, ;
nuitel sick is able to be out again W nt ° ff a n d
quite sick is able to ho out again. Btruck her in ,- ne r , Kht 5rflaBt and
passed entirely through (he body.
Mrs. F. A. Munn, of Tatum, has
Barkis Was Willm*
In /Case Of President
i Washington, April 2. 1 —Prealdegt
Wilson took no steps to prevent hia
Boston-Detroit tour they discovered , been the guest this week of her par- Th ’ wr . linH T,. a ' •’ nnmft annearim? on thn ^- *
they hadn’t defeated the Tigers. He ents. Mr. and Mrs. E. McEleveen. 1 LlLa ' . J?'I? ,S n0 ‘ TO
Tigers
youngster played
they
wasn’ there, and
certre field.
Despite tho manifold worries at
tendant upon his managerial duties,
un* ivii. null iviiri. ivu mi raix vrtvn, „ •«.**»
Mr. A. H. Robinson, who has been ** ‘ necessarily fatal,
a valued employee of the* Olanta
Hardware Co., has resigned'his po
erentlal primary hatloft, said th*
White House yesterday.
And.'irfth tho strictest economy in
, Bobby Robinson quit the Giants and newsprint In force, up steps
Looks as tt the big league owners
sition" and aVceptVd' 0 nea7 a" travel ing ba ^overlooked He In In Zimmerman
John McGraw has to smile when he salesman. ®° bby nmnirt^n^nH P«'r Magee and threaten# t«
remembers that the Giants’ first sav- Mr. and Mraa J. B. Hudnai attended ^onu ^ D “ a ”\J^ or ® ro "J. Iyn aad Fat hie 8 toaiSe 12,
«n games of the umboo are with the.the firocWnAnn-Gambie wedding Moran duplicated th< trick tor Cln- nig jeagae scandais th
Brav«*..