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VI T & Florence Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Wednesday Afternoon, May 26, 1920. $6.00 a year. — 1 1 POPULATION OF FLORENCE IS 10,968 1 AN INCREASE OVER 1910 OF 3,911, OR 55.42 GATE CITY TAKES FIFTH PLACE IN STATE Census Figures Show Wonderful Progress of Lives! Town in State JAM IN FREIGHT . FLORENCE POUTO ; COMMISSION OPPOSED JNEIWORKOFODOD SLOWLY YIELDING GROWERS TO MEE1 DEMURRAGE INCREASE' ROADS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FBEicM !„ c ?^ c 5Fj? N .. N i ,T oue ; FLORENCE COUNTY BELIEVED NOW THAT PEAK OF j THE CONGESTION HAS BEEN PASSED. FREIGHT CONGESTION NOT DUE TO SHIPPERS BUT IDLE CARS. Florence, With a Population of 10,968, Now Takes Fifth Place Among Cities of South Carolina. Increase the Result of Steady, Consistent Growth. Now For a Long Pull, Altogether, For . Bigger and Better Florence # Washington, May 26, 10:40 a. m.-—The Census Bu- au this morning announced the population of Florence, & - P°I> The count Hiows 10,958* an increase over 1910 of reau S. C. 3,91 1 or 55-4*2 per cent. U The dispatch printed above was received by the Hor ence Daily Times in its* Associated Press-report at 10:51 this morning and was immediately telephoned to the Chamber of Commerce where numbers of interested citi-» zens had gathered to hear the story of Florence's prog ress told in cold bare figures. Since vesterdav afternoon when the Times announc- cd that the population .figures would he made public bv the census bureau at ten thirty this morning speculation has been rife as to what the Figures would he and all sorts of guesses have been made, Thc^ ranged anywhere fro 11110,500 to 15,000 but several weeks ago the optimistic gucssers readjusted their claims to accord with the fig ures given out for other towns and cities which were known to have made great progress but whose popula tions did not show up in the mc:.sure hoped for. The census of Florence as announced -today is no doubt as accurate as possible. While there has some dissatisfaction with the Figures it is not general by any means and the concensus of opinion is that Flor- ennee lias done Well. To iump from ninth place to Fifth place among the cities of Somli Carolina is no mean ac complishment and that is wicho'.t question what Flor ence has done. Tt would hae been better had the Figures rounded out an even eleven thousand as that sounds so much Fgocr, but when thf rate of increase is considered, 55.42 per cert, the story ’s made ail the stronger. The census of Florence was taken in wards one and two by H. T. Swann; in ward fotir by Arthur V. Swann; in ward three three by ,Osborne K. Swann. These gentle men worked conscicntiouslyaiid for the interest <»! Flor ence. They gave up positions and accepted this work at a financial sacrifice. The I'fimcs believes that they did their work well and is satisfied with the figures as finally made up by the census bureau. The census takers may hae missed some people, that would he but natural. But if there is any man in Florence who knows that he was not included in the census it is his ovvn fault. The Times published for weeks a blank asking for just such informa tion, and ample opportunity was given for every man to do his duty and report his omission. Mr. Swann says that there are 1,200 people living outside of the corporate limits on the continuation of streets, particiila% Evans and Chcves and Palmetto. To all intents and purposes Florence therefore has a popula- 1 ion of at least 12,000 or more though the figures give only^o.QTkS. 'I he report of the census takers included • 11 >°4d names. The report was reduced 75 names. WOMAN’S A0X1LIARY MEETS IN CHARLESTON MANY EPISCOPAL CHURCH WO MEN GATHER FOR IMPORT ANT CONVENTION Washington, May 2F>.—The freight Jam was declared Monday night to be slowly yielding to the efforts concen trated on the mass of cars which clog the country’s railroad yards. | Reports to the American railroad association’s car service committee [showed a reduction m car accumnla- Uon from 090. on April 21, to less Than tfO.nnO last Friday. ) While the battle to relieve tiiej blockade by no means has been won '• I railroad officials said the indications 1 iof improvement were strong enough |to substantiate the belief that the peak'of the congestion had passed, j Despite the brighter prospects for digging the railroads oat of the freight 1 jam, efforts of the interstate com merce commission to speed the work were not diminished in any manner to day. Local organizatipns to be known as terminal committees were formed at thirty of the country’s leading railroad centers and were instructed ilo keep the commission informed on 'every phase of their respective prob lems with a view to employing einer- A. gency powers granted by the trans-j | portal ion act. Plans Being Laid By Cham ber of Commerce For Marketing Crop. SPECIAL SERVICE Farmers Kept In Touch With Markets Via Wire. oRad Improvement. BOND ELECTION Florence Times Bureau, Wyabt Taylor, Correspondent Columbia, May 25 Episcopal wo ' ] order for a great exchange of equip men from all over South Carolina Carrying put of the commision’s a pient. *oal cars east and grain cars are 40 gather this week in Charles-; west, is*to begin tomorrow, ton for the lirsl annual convention J of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Dio-1 cose of South Carolina, to be held at! (•race 'church, May 2(i and 27. Th« 1 gathering is of unusual importance j an revolutionary changes in the wo ! men’s organizations of the church | arc to be considered. All of the wo l men’s organizations federated into! the “Church Services l^eague’’ is to! be tile main proposal before the con vention of churchwnmen. Miss Grace Lindley, executive sec retary of tlie national auxiliary; Miss Margaret O. Weed, president of the been I Alix,,larv }:| Florida, Miss Janette j Zeigler, national field secretary, and offievers of the national auxiliary are to he guests of the Charleston convention. The growth of Florence during the,"'” past two decades has been remarka- Greenwood hie. The city has never had any spas Georgetown modlc spurts in her population but Orangeburg has had a steady and continuous I Union growth during all these years. She j Newberry has steadily climbed from ninth to!Chester fifth place in the ranks of the cities Laun-ns of the state. The gain per cent of Marion Florence’s population shows a heal- Clinton thv growth and surpasses that of Hartsville other cities of her class. llcgnettsville A comparison of the figures of Flor Lake City ence with that of the other towns of the state shows just what progress Florence is making, and proves con- SJO.’I 7.21*0 0,141 5.894 5,557 4.029 3,892 ?.J67 3.624 3.197. 1.600 cluslvely that Florence is the I fastest growing city in South 1 Carolina. The census for the several cities of the state are given below: CITIES 1920 1910 1900 Charleston 58,883 55,807 Columbia 37,524 26,319 21,108 Oreenville 23,127 15,741 11,860 Spartanburg 22,638 17,517 11,395 FLORENCE 10,968 7,057 4.647 Anderson 10,535 9,654 5,4'JS Sumter* 9,508 8,106 5.67.1 Rock Hill 7,216 5,845! 6,014 5.530 5,900 5,625 5.02S 4,754 4,8 IS 3,844 3,272 2.305 2.040 1.074 4.821 4,138 4,455 5,400 4,007 ARMENIAN MANOATL . REEORE THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE , WILL ACT ON PRESIDENT’S ; REQUEST TODAY Washington May 26—President Wil, son’s request that he bi granted au-| Ihority by Congress to accept a man- dale over Armenia was put before the House Foreign Affairs corpmittee . toiia>. PALMER’S FUND WEATHER REPORT Congressman Carlin Testifies Before the Senate Committee i For South Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Thurs day. Moderate winds mostly north east. Washington May 26—Former con gressman Carlin campaign manager for Attorney General Palmer, read Hie list of contributors before the Semite investigating committee and said the contributions totalled $59.- 010. PRESBYTERIANS MAY BUILD NEW CHURCH INSURANCE MEN GATHER IN JUNE PLAN BIG SALESMEN’S CONVEN TION FOR COLUMBIA NEXT MONTH. The question of bett ng ban "Is buyers and quotations for the iris.i potato crop in the Florence territory will bo taken up Saturday afternoon, 4:30 o’clock, by the Chamber of Com merce when thelnrmer members of the iisscclat on, am: other farmers who wish to join, will Convene in the office of the secretary. According to reliable authority, there are -about 300 acres of potatoes coming onto the market here about the first week in June end the bairel situation is said by them to be critical. If the fanners, meeting Saturday, determine such action is. necessary, the ('number of Comu rrce will go in to the market via wire, get the bar rels and then have a man ride th‘> car from the factory into Florence in order to get them here for the crop. Luring the past few days the sec retary has opened connections for 1 ho very be.d market report- pro curable on the Irisn potato market during the digging and hauling sea son here. The farmers will determ- ing what service they wish and ar range for its distribution through the office of the secretary to the mem b.*rs of the Chamber of Commerce. The matter of bringing buyers into this section will he taken up also. Besides these immediately pressing questions, the farmers will discuss the matter of their parmanent orga nization into the Afgrlcultural De partment of the Chamber of Com- merce thercope of work they wiqh to undertake and other activities. The membership of the Chamber of Commerce is climbing steadily to wards the 500 mark, going to 482 this morning. Fred E. Micer, IT. S. ex- j\irt horticulturist stationed at the Pee Dee Experimental Station, and H. W. BOyett. newly tocated retail grocer, have joined. The remaining 18 members required for me 500 mark are expected between now and .June 1 when the membership rally will be held. Florence Times Bureau, Wyali A. Florence County HlgllWa Tay'or, correspondent | Commission Plan Great Columbia. May 20.—Oppositiin to I increased demurrage charges is voiced hy the South ( arolina Railroad Com mission la a statement to the Ameri can Railroad Association, addressed to J. E. Fairbanks, agent of this as sociation, at Chicago, and to the Southeastern deinuri'ago bureau in Atlanta. The railroad commission also whitewashes South Carolina Issue Of Road Bonds Will' Be Voted For On June 22. Approximately 125 miles of rcadj will he improved with the money de-4 shippers of any blame for the congest-1 l ived from the $450,000 worth of ed freight situation throughout the the country. "Reports just received from the [ general managers of all the railroads ! operating in South Carolina indicate that we have no delays such as the increased demuruge charge is intend ed to relieve" says the statement oa the demurrage question. "Shippers and receivers of freight have respond ed to the request to promptly unload and load cars, and this commission does not feel even in this crisis that it ■ is equitable or right to levy on midi- j the way of increased ! The commission takes the position *' Hr > v * a Evergreen and I amplico. lat. what is neeed to relieve the! from Horence .0 Mars Bin.., t'onul tax in demurrage.” T freight situation is more motive pow-|* M ' rry v * a ^ inona. er, better handling of equipment and ; less idle equipment, which often re- I suits from cars not being removed, when empty, from side tracks. bonds, which wi l be voted June 22„ according to schedule mupptjd out by A. L. Ervin, county supervisor ofj roads, under the direction of the Flor ence County Highway Commission.. This will effect a very thorough net work of good mads throughout Flor- ence e: unty with connections at the. county line with roads leading into' other count es, and becoming a part' of the'' South Carolina Highway sys tem. The roads slated for improvement, are as follows: Proposed System Road from Florence to Uohnsona I RETAIN TO SPEAK . MEMORIAL DAY GRAVES OF AMERICAN SOL DIERS IN FRANCE TO BE DECORATED Bar's, May 20—Marshal Retain will speak at the Memorial Day at Amer ican cemetery at Suresnes, represent ing the French Government. Ambas sador Wallace will represent the American government. The graves of all American soldiers will be deco rated in all the cemeteries in France INCREASED RATES WILL BE CONSIDERED SEARCH HOMES OF CHICAGOANS REPORTED THAT OPTION ON NEW PROPERTY HAS BEEN SECURED. R is reported on good authority that the congregation of the First Presbyterian church has secured an option on the Theodore Kuker proper (y at the Northeast corner of Pal metto and Coil streets for a.consider ation of about $15,000. Every effort was made by the Times to confirm the report but no one could be found , who could speak anthoratively... The Presbyterians have been wanting to move from the business section for mine lime on account of noise inci dent to their present location. Re cently they had an opportunity to dis pose of their present property at a splendid future and while no sale has been made up to the present time ne gotiations are ponding. Sutherland Leads Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt A.; Taylor. Corresi indent. Columbia, May 20.—Plans are be ing made hy (he South Carolina Life Underwriters’ Association for a nig ecu volition of insurance men to be held in Columbia in June. This will bo known as the “Salesmen’s Conven tion," itnd several attractive fealuics i of interest to insurance salesmen will he put on the program. It is c isc sfjlui that L'iine leading Inn:.- ante man of the na.ion will be brought to Columbia as one of th' speakers. It is exne.tcj that, seval hundred agents from all parts of the state will attend. A strenuous membership campaign is being waged hy this organization, as a part of n nation-wide campaign for members of the various state as sociation of underwriters. These | plans grew out of a conference held , In Columbia on the 13th of May, when j J. Stanley Edwards, president of the ! national association spoke to the in | surance agents gathered in Columbia. The South Carolina organization has | i hopes of winning the trophy awarded PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT OF FICER TAKES DRASTIC STEPS INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION TO TAKE UP FREIGHT RATES SATURDAY. Florence Times Bureau, Wyakt A. Taylor, Correspondent Columbia. May 26.—Next Saturday Read from Hanna to i’aniplico via McNel’s Cioss Rou>:.s Road from Gardners Cress Roads to Cowards via Andersons Bridg,: ‘s Road from Prospoc: ciiun h to Lake City via Leo Postofflce Road from Lake Cily to Florence.| via Effingham and Lynches Mdi i Road from Central to Olanta Road from Olanta to Effingham Road from Hudsons Bridge to Tim monsvillc Road from BuRanrs Bridge to Tim'l monsville via Cartersvllle Road from Florence to Darlington county line. Road to Clausseu via Gin house and Pierce cross rc To give the public an idea fo Hie connections these roads will afford and their relative importance, Mr. Ervin states, the road from Florence to Johnsons Ferry awill connect at Johnsons Ferry with Hie Williams-: burg county roads, tapping I lie main line of Hie State highway* system, wh'ch leads directly on ward to Georgetown and to the coast. The road from Florence to M .rs Bluff Ferry will connect with the Marion county roads at the *iars BluiT ferry tapping the main line of the state highway system from, and loading in lo Marion, Dillon, and other poini-v, of that direction. The road from Lake City to Florence aetually be gins at Hie Williamsburg line, just Lake Oitv and gives Florence Chicago May 26—Search warrants for a dozen or more homes, apart-1 ment houses and hotels have been | asked for, according to Major Dairy-1 mplo, chief prohibition enforcement officer here. is the day when (he Interstate Com-1 merce Commission will consider the j count J’ amMliei' important coiirir-Hicn matter of Increased freight rales, and , *. H ‘ adjoining < oun.\. and Iter the shipping 'interests of South Caro-' ,l “’ sl:i, e libci"a.\ system, lina will watch with close interest roa<1 Il rm ; 1 Hudsons Bridge to the outcome of the situation as hn.n- r.mmonsv.lle begins a. Hie Sumter died hy the commission. The ship-U'°" nl y ' •"Ximnsv.lle con CONGRESSMAN STOLL TELEGRAPHS FIGURES by the national associatin. This In West Virginia contest ends June 1, and an effort is ____ being made to have every Insurance Wheeling. May 26- Returns from agent in the state line up with the or-1 the primary election in West Vlr- Ranization. The organization gegan | ginla rom 443 precinces give for w,th 62 members last year, and this the Republican presidentia Ipreferen ' va ' <: draught ^up to 262 before the UH9 j co senator Sutliei Wood 0841. ■land 9751; General census, with the result was issued very early. the ropoit convention of the association was held j I in Columbia. The aim now is to in- t crease the strength of the orgnniza-1 {tlon to more than 300, including re-' newed memberships. * + ** + + + + + ** + + *■ CONGRATULATIONS * FROM ANDERSON COMFORT STATIONS (onfirmation of the figures were received very shortly after the press Congressman Stoll, to whom the Chamber of Commerce applied less than two weeks ago for the informa tion. He immediately had Florence ♦ ,110 comfort stations. The bequest ♦ now amounts to *60,323 while a simi Philadelphia, May 20—A bequest of 1 1,000 pounds fiv Benjamin Franklin | Anderson, S. C„ May 20, 1920 ♦ to the City of Philadelphia in 1790 to 1 Mason C Brunson, + be used niter 100 years “to make . .u ♦ Florence Times, + living in town more convenient, and P ^ the Chamber of + Florence, S. C. ♦, render it more agreeable to strang- cnntrPRHmnn™^™ °fki P ui P Sto11, * Census figures show Florence ♦ ers.” is to lie applied hy the Board £ < 1 on ,h “ 4 d ‘ 8tr ] ct - The ♦ has shoved Anderson out of her ♦ of City Trusts to the erection of pub ^ T 1 ° f th ° fl * Uro8 18 ♦ n> a ce the Fifth City of the attributed to the personal effort of + state. Had rather surrender it ♦ to Florence, tha^i any city we ♦ lar legacy from John Scott of $3.0011 ♦ know. Congratulations. ♦ in lyjG has increased to $14,085. The ♦ ^ U. M. GLENN, 4 Board decided to apply both funds for ♦ Editor the Anddrson Daily Mail ♦ the purpose stated, upon rccommen* ♦ ♦ t ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦idallon of Mayor Moore. COMPEL RAILROADS MAINTAIN .FIREBOAT; Savannah, May 20—City authorities here have taken steps to compel rail roads and steamship lines on the wa- j terfronU to help pay for and main tain a tireboi't. At last the railroad and steamship lines declined to aid but the mayor ruled that as the prop oriles ot the companies were not.de pendent upon the city for fire protec Mon he would liavA? the fire alarm boxes removed. .This brought the lines to the support of the mayor. FURMAN ALUMNI BANQUET TQNIGHT The Pee D<-e Furman Alumni Assn will hold their annual banquet to night, at the Blue Bird. An elahor- ut program has been arranged and a big feast prepared for these good Daptlsts. There are quite a number of old Furman men in the city from; all sections of the Pea Dee and they are plnuning for a great time this evening. Dr. W. J. McLothin, Presi dent of Furman University is here and will make the principal address Mr. R K Rutledge bus charge of ar rangements and. lie is spreading him self to see that the men are given a, great time. Mr. Wilbur Hh'ks, who' is president of the Association will act as Toast Master this evening. pers of the state will bo represented indirectly at this hearing hy officials of the Southern Traffic League and of j the National Traffic Association, lo which organizations many of the com mercial organizations are members. 1 An increase in rales amounting on some classes of freight to over thirty , per cent has been proposed, for the' South. Other sections of the country ' will be asked to stand a smaller in crease. The advance proposed for tho p]ast is at a maximum of 30.43 per cent, as compared with a maxi-, mum of 30.95 for the South. The in- | crease proposed for the West is 23.91. This apnarent discrimination aeainst ! the South is also to be opposed by the interests of the South Before the In terstate commission on Saturday. Bandits Loot Bank, Lock Cashier In Vault nects witli tin* concrete Him pike lo Flosimce,. at which porn; one findsj himself in Hi * center of Hm* net woik radiating into all parts of Hie coun ty, and connecting witli adjoining systems of roads of neighboring cou,>| ties. The road from DuRants bridge to Timinonsville begins at Hie Lea county line, and at Timmonsvills [ effects connections identical at the 1 road from Hudsons Bridge to ’Hm- monsville. The road from Florence to 0 oussen enters Hi * Georgetown- road at Clausseu, and affords outlet; j or inlet foi) the county. The.-e are: the main trunk lines of.(be system: In ad"*’’ ion to the trunk liu *s, a number of very important laterals have been provided in Hie outlay, as Mr. Ervin points out. One of these is Hie road from Hanna to Pamptico ; where it lap* the trunk line from Florence to Johnsons Ferry. Another of these important laterals, j f! H14 road from Olanta to Effingham, whoj it taps the trunk lino from Lake to F’or •nee. Important Lines Practically every foot of Negroes Sent To Ch?Jr In Panama Pittsburgh, Pa., May 25. Tin* First National Bank at FinleyviHe, Pa. near here was held up and robbed shortly after noon yesterday by six men. who escaped, according to word roecDed clnd* d in the outlay, slat* here hy the police. ! 'i* 1 - is important, either a The bandits ate said to have ob tained $100,000 in bonds and securi ties and $15,000 in cash. Tho cashier. w,ho was the only man in the bank at the time, is reported to have been knocked unconscious and locked in the vault while the institution was rifled. A sheriff’s possee has gone in pursuit.^ COMMISSION ,H?POINTEO TO CLEAR UP MYSTERY Panama May 26—Three negroes convicted of murdering a watchman here have been sentenced to death in the United States court. Mexico City, May 26—A formal in vestigation for tin* purpose nf clarify ing the part taken in the deatli of President Carranza #y Colonel Her rera and members of the Cartahza . _ party, has been recommended bv a| fiff Todd will rare Harvard Girt comnvssion named by Generals Obrn grtl 1-2, over the half mile tracks o( gon and Gonzales. j the Ohio circuits. road in M r. Ei a trim lice or a lateral, tapping Hu* trunk line from some off trunk line point. The conin’'Hon "* this system of roads is expected to give Florence county one of the best networks of highways in the entire st it * of south Carolina, and Hie basis for ultimate ly building the most thorough and far reaching net work in Hit* enliie smith Members of the F'orence county 1 ''eliway Commission an*: l> W Al derman, Jr., of Florence; ’I’ J Collins haul, of Lake* City; W. L. Purvis, o P-Mnnlieo. S R Philllns of TtniTiiois vllle B K Trnluck of (Mania, and A I. Ervin of Florence, who i; county Siipn visor of Roads.