The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, April 15, 1920, Image 1
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THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
26th Year
Florence, S. C. Thursday Afternoon, April is, 1920.
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RADICAL LEADER
WILLIAM Z. FOSTER
BEHIND THE STRIKE
GREAT RALLY IN
PROGRESS AT THE ^
DIXIE WAREHOUSE
TRAVELING SHOE SHOP FOR THE AMERICAN ARMY
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The Attorney General Has Hundreds Gather To Boost ||
Uncovered Plot Of The New Hotel
Leaders. Project.
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THE PEAK REACHED PROSPECTS BRIGHT i
ROAD OFFICIALS MAKE WAY FOR
EXPECTED TO BREAK i THE SWEET TUBER
STRIKER'S RANKS AS MONEY CROP
Palmer Announced S rike Florence Men Organize And
Leadership Is Traced To Are Ready For
Radical Quarters. Business.
CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO BUILD AT ONCE
Rail Service Has Improved Music And Refreshments A
In Many Of The p arl of The Snappy
Cities. Program.
In East. Freight And Pas- Movement Will Lead To
m
senger Service Both
Increased.
WT.iiam Z. roster, radical Vador of
the' unsufeosHful steed strike i;cKl
fall, tr l>ie clirocting •rc'nius behind ih"
nationwide strike of rebellious rail
road 'workers, the
Justice announced
last uight.
In support of fib
tornev General Pa mer inad*' publ'c
ev denoc* of plans prepared by Fos
ter and bis adherents to disrupt Fie
Chain Of Storage
Houses.
With approximately Mfd'.non wer; i
Department
•u Washing
assertion.
! of stock in
and 1.' On
banciuot a
hand, a large sum n v : ■ >,
persons (‘xpeeted at the
d pnVie rally thh aftm - -
noon. prospect for the success ot the
new hotel project for Florence i,
hrightor than over hdore. load -rs of
the movement announce <1 today. On
the -mrge of gang to the great mass
meeting >v! ?oh will c-onvane a: D-
Iterger Wa: •hca'se ft ohloci'.
four 'dg railroad hrcMacrbcods and .nj \|i I'jr.'i'c, i: ar. used e/t i t ie pi <
all rail workers into t!.- J posit., ti. .me! the s.r.hjrct of the ne-..
every ot her’ siibje. t
on the streets di.ring
i
mi
-Kailroad ■ Hi
re c-rliiph cl through
W'.': r ^.
'■Taking shoe's
io deficisi! them ip
Ihc shoe's of dio Ih>
' V. cl Jsly.;
m
to the cohidc-r" in the Fnited
the traveling shoe* shop for repair.
»• iit and strong and at a minimum e
StaP-' nnn.v.
■Mo\c-d
>sl
donghhoys witlt
p )sl to post, tl*’.''
. 'll Nf wupsper C'nlolo t
inns full of shoi s an nPout
pceriaid • fi pair stntiop keeps
organtite
.“one big union.'' Action of the gov
ernment towards the prosecution of
the strike leaders has been held ta
obeyanee, i* was explained, pending
the expected reaction among ta •
stiikers on receipt of Information
showing what influence's are belli .d
the strike movement.
Peak of Strike Reached
Reports fitun fit sections of i.c*
country indicate that the peak of l..o
st'ike has been reached ami that tl'<;
return movement of the .strikers luul
begun. This was especially true'in
the Middle West, the opening scene
of the strike movement.
In the East the* str kers and rail i tion.
road managers, who ore supported j and
ip-
•on
hotel c-c
of conyc'
the d. y
Sur.’-'py Proirsm
A h<"-t ami snappy prograni i "j
the Ictr'fH t vis arranged in a limil.
eopfc:anc ' th's morning of the le.tci
evs at the oTice of th" (’hnmh r oi’
('ommecc-r'. .'. ,5 the 1 c-row<l asserthiec
ut the t.lilies, the Municipal Rand,
under di'-ectio’i of Mr. A. K 'is u
man. will piny. Music will cmniim •,
uring thy st*p ad.
IntUH'di’tel^ the' c-ititm aDprotu hc-1
the pvop<
c-hainitan
P. J. MAXWELL BO Y"
CONTROL IN FLORENCE
DRY GOODS COMPANY
MAY ABANDON THF
HINDERS DR!VF; ARICULTURAL IDEA
AT REFORMATORY
Wi diiiigton April
citils whos linc-s
ih* piumihoriz'd s'.tikc, \.aited for
!!..• h'g hiet|; in ibe strike's ranks
whic h the;, 'hop'U wolllc tdllow At-
tcnii • General Palmer's anti unce-
ttn r.t th;it tit' slril.e leiulciship liad
I i. a triic'c-d t ) t icHcal cinart -rs. t'on-
ilitious in the c-etitral anil far west
were d< cki'i'd to !)<■ i'i‘ttirnii)g to nor
in:.I. while tna'k 'tl increa-es in h uh
h.'ig t and passenger service-, was
II port -'i in the east.
At a meeting of the stockholders'
yesterday permanent organization 0 f
Produce uud Storage
effect ed and officers
wen* elected as fol-
Young. President and
RACE BETWEEN ARMY AND NABY
CONTINUES NECK
AND NECK.
• sta : •. Mr. .1. M. l ynch,
of the t illative orr:’.li ■vi-
«!ill the husiness session
tli. purpose of ihe gat ic-
hy the railroad brotherhood chiefs, mg-
eentinued to light for the upper hand. 1 V-'crnn to tT.vk
.Uthough strikers succeeded in ad Mr. J. W. Ivey will make the bo i-
cling a few recruits to their rank.-, 1 proetitatiem of the subjfct. lie
the railroads, assisted Iry Uundred-. nnd a committ" el' lending coi.trac- •
of volunteer workers, made subs ta:; P' 1 ". nrchit<.ct-: and husiness con o.
tral progress toward re st ora ton of Pier.nut ilns a'ltnoon a-i
serviee. The it. drift cl the hns.i>H.«s end of tit: pro
this volunteer. Position. 's n ii.suli of this cnrc i'io
conMiih'ra'ti'ti, Mr. Iv -y cvill he* aide
to tel 1 tic crowd, in i-onctnUe tene-;.
the posedhilitles of the ho*.. 1 iirojec*.,
As a ve'era’i hotel man who has,
ee-li'cNeil stlc'-c ' in the- h<;P‘l laird-
Great Department Store
May Result From The
Trassaction.
$90,000 INVOLVED
Selling Members Say Th?
Deal Will Be Closed
Today.
mombership drive of the | Industrial Trailing Wii’
a. continues to make prog-' Probably Take Its
Place.
1 1
nornnl pas- c tiger
creasing strength of
support is reported to have made a
marked Impress'on .011 strike lead;
and both .ailroads and union lahu j
leaders pr'dieted that a break was *
imnriuent *n Eastern territory. j
From the South, which has bo*o | ?,<s i: ’ ’ *'* s v; ''d is expect
hat little t > ,T ected ! y the strike, came 1"
Reports of hetterod passenger service
Hint a resumption of normal c-on li-i ...
hehl.'' Mr. Lynch stated this afle
Mcrkiug one of th*
hits* v -''- ■ t rati -ac-t ig >>s
in I'h i'. tie ■. Mr. P. i.
m rsi impnrlaii
of rec-ent rtc.t
Max\y. '1 is clo .
R>
Most Of Thfi Boys Come
From Cities, Not From
Country.
1 r, niench.t's weight.
Meeting is Certain
■'linii' or ■ hire, the nilh
wii’ he
Hons
No Compromise With - Insurgents
Coincident vvi'h their predictions
that the “strike fever” was dying out.
railroad brotherhood chiefs took a
.firm stand against ''allowing their- re
presente.tlves to particicjte in anv
confc-rence.s witli g; vertimetital or
railroad olhciais at which represen
tatives of the newly formed vard-
men’.'. assoctaFons were present.
"There can be no compromise wtllt
Insurgents.'' declared \Y. G. I.c-.-.
president o f th.- Jlrot-bMehood of Kail
way Traitpueti. “and only one seii! -
ment can h • hop< d for and that in
accordance with law and order nut!)
ods through orr;. niz.-cl committees * f
established organizations.”
While* many localities were begir
n'ng to feel the efleets of fuel ..i d
• •oal shortages freight embargoes
have caused i> few additional indtts-
tries to close down, hut there lie-,
been no appieciable change in this r“
spec*, over the past few days.
noon “Wo ar.- proceeding without,
hitch or hindrance with our oraani-j
zation. Everv loyal Htizett of Flor-;
ence is cxpec-tecl to he present. •Mol
invitations have boon sent to nny sc llita-
po'scti tc) oil.ltd. The invitation e t|.,. tug
•■Mended t<> the -g.iblic. If anyone ■
want c .1 know if 1 ■■ ; invited, let 1
hl-h ask hinmelf If be is a loyal cut
r>en el Florence. If he dc*cidc»s lie* i
•if. is not only invited to attend hut i Th
ho is expect.cl to he there 'open
‘•This in-.'i.titir concerns deeply Diei "nest
ing a tio'il toda." wher
cptiti- a e|)!< xim.i'el." T-. \
•the .stock c: tie t'loreac e
company. According to
: t!’..- sell t ■. tuenih rs of
I any. they r.-afour
tlicir Vtocb. .v'lich would
the (teal Involved 1
tti'c tmd fpii peo th'.
i/ed being CO.
Mr Maxwel! stated lie is buying
for hin..self However. Diet current re
rni't itntone business men and the
h ■ will c -
er c-ei t of
1 '.ry floftd.i
statements
the* com-
to 0:1c o:;
tv.c'an that,
c nsicLerj.ian cf
present capital-
The hi
Y. M. C.
res:. but is seriotisly handicapped by
the lack of workers. As one of the
leaders remarked yesterday. “If we i . 0 ~ T -r.s-.-r> r'LX A Mr'TT
h„i sn. k i„ REASON FOR CHANGE
thing intensively for fw 0 days, we 1
would mop uj» one thousand ment-
ber.-."
With one half the week gone the
goal is nut titiile half way reached,
it will take co-operative effort to get
jin under the wdre on time. The sia-
j nation on the railroad at the present
time is of course affecting the sit-
1 nation to some extent, as the crews
I are making vert slow time and many
of them are at .other terminals and
are not getting to Florence more than
c m e a week. This is affecting the
J work of reaching them promptly.
I The race between the “Army' and
j the "Xavy” continues neck and nook.
! It Ts anyboy’s fight just'now.
A.
tii Pholders, is that Efird's
deportment star: people o:
ar*
hack of
BARE NECKS ARE
BARRED HERE
CHURCH FORBIDS MEMBERS
WEARING LOW NECK
DRESSES.
Florer.cr Times Bareai, Wyatt
Taylor. Corresoondent.
Coltimhl.i .'..mil 1"--A it'an
I, ..id,mi:. • D > ay .■ eltnial deu
Flutenc' and substitute
system of shop for indulrial f ain
Ing is I eing considered hy m“mh.-rs
of the G Peral welfare hoard. In
(i.-'.rge of th reform."my Whcthcf
the tdiin is carrif d out will depend in
some measure on the findings of the
t ommlttee w/w making ltive«ilga-
tion of affair:- at tl < tvformaloty.
A majority of the boys sent to the
1 eformat01 v are f’en Ilu towns a
(iiies and not from the farms and
they could accomplish nnm if taught
unr- line of wo*s with which tit-y
Girls Charged With
Kidnapping Boy
i'Iu,: •ice 'i'Din s Dtireau. \\ yatt A.
Taylor. Corresooedent.
; t'olnmhia.' April 15.—Two white
girls, charged with kidnapping a
young hoy, are being taken today
front OrangjUnrg to Augusta, Ga., on
a warrant issued hy Governor Coop-
t er. The girls are Kba Snell and Mar
garet McCoy.
The tw 0 women are charged with
having kidnapped Louis Italdowski, a
l>oy under is years of ag<
1 of Augusta last March. They es
caped to South Caroljua and were
afterwards apprehended in Oronge-
burg. The governor Wednesday lion
ored a reuuisition from the state of
Georgia and i |-med e.vtraditfym pa-
pets for the girls, naming \V. C.
Williams, a deputy- from Augusta, as
agent to take them back to Richmond
comity to face a jury.
1 ho Planters
Company was
and directors
lows:
T. Renton
Treasurer.
M- H. Purvis, Nice President.
Clyde c. Grown. Secretary.
T Renton young, C lyde G. Brown,
■1. Sanders niciv'nzio. m. h, Purvis.
R. E. Curriu. directors.
The company' >tarts husiness with
a paid in capital of $25.0h0. The
inirpose of Die company is to Inty any
thing grown on the farm. Work will
hog’ii at once on the erection In
Florence and Timmonsvlllo of sweet
potato storage warehouses. Experts
hav teen called to provide the plans
and the warehouses will bn built
along scientific principles.
rite company alreadv has several
hundred bushels of sweet potatoes
bedded and the sprouts from these
will be ready for sale about the first
tv of May. These spiouts will be gov-
iii the city ‘'foment tested and guaranteed free
from disease. The erection of the
storage warmtouses and the super
vision of the plants will be conduct
's! by Mr. F. F. Miller, one of the
best posted men in this Hue In the
employ of the Department of Agri
culture.
It is the hope and will he the aim
oi • he promoters of this enterprise
to see it grow Into a complete market
ing bureau for the farmers 0 f Flor-
Tho governor also issued extradi
in its stead a lion papers for E. C. Jackson, want- '“O'''* county. They propose also to
ed In Tallahatchie, Alias., on a charge extend its operations to cover the on
of having sold an auroinoldle whjeh
was under mortgage. J. K. Sumrall,
of the Mississippi town was named as
agent to take the man back to the
scene of his alleged crime.
Convert Confess
To Girls Murder
. | Steubenville,
‘ u ry Miller was
tion.
; todat ■
i for F
\ccoidin?
Ariz., April 15. Ail en-
1 nances to St. Mary’.. Catholic cbmcn
into tills church is forbid- j
wearing low necked
vvelfitre. pres, nt and future, of Elot tion.
l*'*nty,of music
■ a tel : t 1’avt
for 1 .Out) persons.
. come, men and wont' in too."
Ltdirs to Attend
Mrs. L. E. Howell, general chair
man of the c:'in'ulttce front the City'
Federal on of Women's cltths. which
i'' sponsoring the dinner, says the
ladh's hav pr. narnl' splendidly for
M.ouO .r.-tojl! Mm.' than a sccrc of
I ladies have Imen engaged all day at
JUDGE FOSTER t lle^v.arele.nse m -partag for the n-
CALLS SESSION * I'f-ny Kill "'III frve llu eals and
rel'i'esliments.
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE Tlu manageim nt of Ih" Cheio-Coi.
EVERY PHASE QF THE bottling works will stipn'y Ihe re
STRIKE. ' I'res'iments. hat mg contributed then)
. free of any charg; as their part to
wards the since-s of the movement.-
The steering cominitteo tliis morn-|
ing accept' fl the off* r tmd voted bear
t lv appreciation for the generous do
nation. _ v st i>
The 'tores will he closed at 5 o'
clock so that every 01m may attend.
Suggest Name fc* Hotel
The ladies, have arranged, a sur
prise feature fc the guests for the
afternoon. Everyone -vill be invited
to suggest a name for the new ho
tel.. Very probably the organization,
when finally incorpora'* d, will pay 1
: r *50 to llu* person W ho sug
g‘sts the accepted name.
From start to finish. Dm meeting
this afti.rnoon will bo business, but
it will he handled witli despatch ami i
s.nap. Subscriptions to th:> stock will
ho asked enh 0*’ th" basis of a good
business proposition.
I
tnd abundance I tod;.
been projgr iwth of Flor* net
Evoryone j y ars. inasmuch as
] value of SlOO set'
it demons*raIes well the
vestt'.u nt in husiness. in
tit*' transuc-
y ;lmy predict an no! jjj 10) . u i x
;md modern department store f
leivnce witliitt Die near luture. | yesterdav bore notices saying ‘‘En-j
Flo ence Rrv foods Company ! trance ' ‘
u-s 'nil oi th*' largest and i (|pn to women
sttccossftil stores in this sec-1 dressefi.’’
In a vo>-\ h.rcefiil way Ih ■ deal
emphasizes th*' husiness 1
in, tlie past few ,
tin* st ;ck. Of ]i: ■ j
: today for $400.
vain*, of in-!
FlorencV'.
u'*' tinniliar.
1 Ti.e rel'01 tnatorv farm :
neat th*- *•!•'.■ of Floreni'e.
The rrfonnatsry farm
located
isl einmi ]
•t was purchased some years agoi
lot sipproximhiitely $48,000. it 's stall
< *! ;.n l th*rc is a mortgage on it for!
Ohio.. April 15. Mar-
placed in jail after a
public confession last night during
a revival service tit a Reach Bottom,
W,cst Virginia church, that be murder
ed elevon-y ear-old Frances Smith.
The members of the congregation
turned bint over to the sheriff.
MINERS ACCEPT
GOVERNMENT OFFER
Tc Call For Bids
On Contruction Of
Three Unit Houses
Corporation Finances' - i ,- (;r
Cotton Shipments
Sew Orleans. April 14.—Judge Cos
ter has called a special session of
the [federal grand jury to consider
the cases of the eight railroad strik
ers wh 0 were arrested here. He said
the jury would be instructed to in
vestigate every phase of Du* strike.
Wi -.hiugton, April 15. The war ti-
t'ane*. corporation advanced otn* mil
lion, eight hundred thousand dollats
to ti hanking corporation to finance
cotton shipments to Czechoslovakia.
KINGSTREE GAINS
•MANY PEOPLE
CLEAN SLATE IN
MEXICAN POLITICS
SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD
NAME PROVISIONAL
PRESIDENT.
Washif#^. April 15. —Private yd
vico s from Neuvo Laredo say tha*
General Gonzales has withdrawn
T i m the presidency of Alezfco. ana
r-*,nested Oregon and B '.uill' to o
likewise and In* then called on Car
ranza to resign. IK* said the Suprem"
Court should name a provisional
president. Gonzales lias rejoined bis
•tommand.
Interest Centers In
Membership Question
SHOULD OTHER THAN PROTES.
TANTS BE ADMITTED
•• TO Y. W. C. A.
Cleveland, April 16.— Discussion as
to whether girls other .than Protes
tants should he ndlnitted into active
meifibersbip of the students associa-
Din centered the interest in the con
vention of the National Young Wo
men's ChYistian Association yester
day. 1 * • If' 1
NEIGHBORING TOWN SHOWS
GAIS OF 51.2 FER CENT IN
POPULATION.
Copulation statistics announced bv I
the cetistij harcait iticludes Kingstree J
with a
7 1“ or
cent.
population of J.tD-l. a gain of
a percentage'* gain of 51.2 per
LEWIS DAY DEAD
Passes
Away
Only
After an
Two Days
Illness o!
Friends ot Mr. 1
m i to learn of .his
ourrcfi late yest ud
<-wis Day will re
death which oc-
ix' afteruooti af-
J. Boyd Warr, Jr.
The funeral services of J. Boyd
Warr, Jr., agon seven years, th** son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. IS. Warr, will bo
held ut the home of Mr. W. A. Warr,
104 North Jarrott street at eleven
o'clock tomorrow and the interment
will follow at Mount Hope cemetery.
Death Occurred in Portsmouth. Ya,
where Mr. and Mrs. Warr have been
living recently and the hndw was
, brought here this morning. Thee
was sick only a. week. Mr. and
Warr have numerous friends
tor tiic construction of thf*'“
if a standard cotton warehouse
a Florence Storage W*rehousej
will be ask -d far immediately, mem ;
In i s I- i t'i*. building committe'. dc-1
I. .'nti'tcd his iifieriioon. The c n-j
tract w II he Id to the lowest hid 1
tier .•tnd the building operations com
I lie need at otic.-, with tin- ••xpi citttioi.;
j of hi'Ving this part of H:t l.tiilding
j lo-uly for use* in tin* cmioiig coiton
j ..•ascii,
Th" m* ut'tarship comnidtee met i'i ■
I i l i'. roi nt.-i of ttic ('hamber of Gone*
i inert,*. Attending wire Messrs Juki
j Merger. II. A. Rargnn, S. I. Suizbaeh-!
! 1 r. .1. M. I awton. .1. F. Stackley, prest
lent of tin* eomnativ. was out of 1'"'
city. Mr. 'V .1 Wilk ns. archit'* l 11
the plans, was present tilso.
Kreetiiui of thes;- three units will,
mean an ivii'v exii<*iulif.ii'*. of apprax
ynatelv Son.ipto according to tli • fig
itres oi 1 o. arcliRfct. The contrac
tion will he of the best standardized
in ye-v pnrtictilnt. and stticily mod-'
ern. I';;* h unit will have 4u fed (
Ircni.'tge and 1*>8 f"d depth, making
a strueiiir*' w'th 120 lid tront ami
lo.S titet depth, with tia S foot, cox j
ct'*'d platfor'ti on * r< It end.
. I pto.x ima i.x' $45,O' 1 The deed toj 7
tit* nr i'c i. it- *h utime *>f t!i*-*| TWENTY PER CENT
r -f'. rmatorv. which was 11 one time SATISFACTORY TO
an itn orpo’-nt ion, inti has re»i-i;Dy[
pass*d Dio the Lands of the State! London. April 15- ’I'h*
Hoard of t'orrectional Adininist ra
tion am! mere recently into tlte hamls
'•f the Gtineiui A\'allai , <* Board. The
investig; .t it now being made at Die
rel'ormatory is taking in to consid* r
•ition tin transferring of the t'tle
lr> the property. The hoard is con
sh’ering a pDn of disposing of tin:
faint :md L-.tincliing a system *if shop
ami xoer;tk)nal training.
INCREASE
MINERS.
danger of
a strike xvuss ohvlatexl when the
miner,, decided to atcept th** govern
ment offer of a twenty per «'ent In
crease on gross earnings.
Italian Aviators
Killed In Flight
tin* section. They believe that this
is one of the most important steps yet
taken to circumvent the boll weevil.
In common with other counties in
South Carolina. Florence countv has
suffered from the hick of facilities
for disposing of its products. The
organization ol the Florence Produce
and storage Company will bo a long
step toward supplying this pressing
need. The mep behind th** proposi-
Hon are well known throughout this
section of the .tate and are Influen
tial as well as financially responsible.
In looking to the sweet potalo as a
money crop they hav.* blazed the way
for the snecess of many a Florence
otinty farmer during th'*. boll weevil
times that are just ahead.
WHITE MAN HELD
ON SUSPICION
CRIPPLE STREET PEDDLER HAS
GOOD STAKE OF READY
CASH.
the
MARTIAL LAW
IS PROCLAIMED
PRFPARING FOR POSSIBLE AT
TACK BY CARRANZA SOL
DIERS.
’ Karachi, India. April 15. Captain
1 Gordesco and Lieutenant Grass, two
j Italian avaitors, engaged itt a flight
I from Home to Tokio were killed on
(the shores of the Persian Gulf yes-
; terday when their maeliiti** crashed
j to the ground.
* Is Elected President
Of Carnegie Foundation
1,
U:mu Pti'-ta, Sononra. Mexico. Apt
Martial law xvas proclaimed here
day mi pr* paratiott for a possibh
lack by Carranza soldiers should
*v break through Sonora’s borders
to Cartan•.;.(is are reported t , hr
20" miles away.
Attend Convention
O-l lv
I
NEW LIQUOR AT MACON
who sympathize
bereavement.
xx it It them jn
bill |
Mrs. *
here
their ;
M tn>11, Ga.. \i>ril II \ tmxv lx,*-
of illicit li'in .•• xx hi* - !t has snpi areil
her.' kept• (loet.)i' a el mo'ses Intsy in
a hx-al Imspital. Ct> t;> T o'clock i
U'-gre* s h :d heett shot ami twi m:
xvltli knives. Tlte polii-e ma<ie 12
attests to prev ail ,itg. n: injuries.
I'oliccsny Lie m xv iitittor is mad'*
froV* a mixlur-. coutuaiiiig ntor*‘ than
Hie esual «piantlty *it nmlasses.
^ A mining company in the Salmon
River district f*f Alaska plans •<»
trjfnsporl ere and light supplies by’Tued"y
aeroplane. ••nu. Ft*
ter an illness of only a few days.
Mi. Day xvas altout 45 years eld.
H< viat fcrmerly from Weldon, N.
t . and th*. hndv will probably in*
is ken there tonight for tin I'utmrul
services and burial. Mr. Day lias
lived in Florence for a numbt of
vears. He was i-onnected with Mr.
J W Ivey in (In operation of the At
lauii* Cons: F.'n Itostaiirunt and was
known to the traveling pnh’ic thru-
out the state. l|<* was ‘seized with
the illness which caused Ids death on
night, a heart affection be-
tmibi*'.
' Messrs. P. R. Harrow and Herman
A. Smith have just returned from
Atlanta where they attended a con
vention of the blunderers association
of tin* South. The convention xvas
largMy attended, the delegates having
an entire hotel to themselves. Messrs'
Harrow and Sniillt say it was one of
Ihe most enjoyable they ever attend
ed. Mr. Harrow recently moved 10
, Florence and bought the Florence
Steam Laundry. He is a natjve of
. Virginia and camo to Florence from
Lynchburg where be tilso owns
laundry interests.
■Jlected president * To vbgkgj
, New York. Aprl! 15. -Dr. James
Roxvland was elected president 01
Carnegie Foundation, it was aunounc-
i cd her*, yest -rday.
I — ' ~ r
Large Sum Stolen
Cleveland. April 15.—A safe in tlm
Morris Company office was broken
open yesterday and seventy six bun
died dollars stolen.
IN THE WORLD Or INDUSTRY
white man has been detained at
police headquarters yesterday
awaiting developments in a case in
x' hieh he is held on suspicion of tak
ing a pocket book containing about
$40 from a local hoarding bouse. The
pock* t hook wjth the money was
banging on a closet door and was
missed after th** man had been in
the house and he xvas. arrested and
" hen sea relied .5100 in cash was
lonnd in bis pockets and (/posit
slips for about $7mi which he had in
a North Carolina bD.nk. The man
arrested lias lost one arm and one
leg ami makes his living by Selling
pencils and is often seen on the
street , here. We claims to bare lost
his limbs on tli** railroad and has
ttaveled over the country for vears
selling in the various t.oxvns. pencils,
trings. soaps, etc.
NEW SYSTEM
TO SAVE MILLIONS
COTTON GROWERS LOOSE MUCH
THROUGH BAILISNG AND
MARKETING.
.Montgomery. Ala.. April 15.-A new
.'stem ot hailing and marketing of
••otton would -saxe over a hundred
million dollars annually. Senator Bans
d' H fold thq American Cotton Asso-
ciatiu convention here yesterday.
Fruit Growers Alarmed
Embargo on
Freight Hits
Shippers.
Florida
The Great Commoner
Against Profiteering
GOOD SUPPLY OF
WAR EQUIPMEN P Protracted Meeting
nav/y was well PREPARED Magnolia Heights
Wymar. Neb.. April 15. William J.;
Bryan favored tin* anti-profiteer
■plank in the Denucratio platform in
his address here yesterday.
WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED
SAYS REAR ADMIRAL.
! The series
al Magnolia
, Washington. April 15.-
mlrui Stratum told the Senate Inves,-
THE WEATHER.
For South Carolina:
Fair and wanner tonight
leloudv. probably showers in th*
11prior Me ierutt mitb winds.
of meetings being held
Heights Raptist eburcb
Renl Ad- ai'e attracting considerable attention.
. _ate I lives,- Tlte services are being well attended
•ligating Conimiteee yesterday that .and the Evangelist Rov. Triplet is
Hie Navy began laying in a good sup-(making a profound impression on his
j ply of reserve guns and powder andjheareds. Interest is groxvlng in the
I projectiles as soon ns war was begun! meeting. The song service, conduct-
I’ "da v! j n 191 4 nn( j when r,,* Cnited Slates p d hy Mr. Biggins is a very pleasing
entered th*' war there was no short-j feature of the service. Tit** public
age and this equipment.
4
j feature of the service. The
I is inx it .*| fo all servlei's.
Tie ".I'eatest dngle rtibb*')' |i an
lien in the world Is in Sumatra and
*s noil hy a 1 American i-orp*. •;
Hon \o h-s-' than a.'v ntx sijart*
mM"s 'of guwlnc trees are eiabr; ,
<■(! it* tin- plantation.
Tli-. xxorld’; largest steatu li. a> v
11>;;^ has ne' it ianuelted in Engiuad
I'et e *" in t 1 '*' >7i*wl'oiiudlund fish‘f
ie The vessel is 215 feet i’i l' , t.?ii.
and has a cargo eanai it'.’ of 75n t* .1 ■
oi !ish. *
It s *• t*tttill'd fi.r South \in .r’e 1
that it hu. •/retiter uaru v'dop. d re
seen i s th in :r v nt'i !• eeutinenl. R *
soil ''at: pr idiii-.' nny ero[> gioxvn *> ’
earth, end Its tnlnev, of go d and in
vet •: t j * I eo^l hav* 1 h..>i.'ti searm I"
1 louehtd
; Th*' l•lrg•.•■:t print paper mill in Cn
i world is Iielttg installed in a paper
til’ll at Grand Itaiilds, "is- 'hi Washington. April 15—The onnos
i'lh-mmontb macliTio will lurtt ,u 'i ing forces in Guatemala'have arranc
:pati..f at . speed of 1.200 feet a m’ii-,,.,| iin armistice tmd a proposal made
ute. which is a rate of several hun-ji,, president Cabrera to ioavo the
' 1 dred ‘.'e*.| mor*' than the largest out jeountrv. according to advices to the
hlni* m xx in existence. 1 .State Department ye#terdnv.
Tampa. Fla. April 14.—Florida
fniit uml vegetable growers and
• Itlppers are greatly alarmed over
the freight embargo which the rail
roads have put into effect, and which
have been made to apply, by tho
Florida railroads, to carload lots and
less of perishables consigned for
noints h.-youd the borders of the
• (at**. •
Opposing Forces
Arrange Armistice