The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, June 14, 1920, Image 1
The Florence Daily Times
26th Year
THE LATENT ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Florence, S. C. Monday Afternoon, June 14, 1920.
$6.00 a year.
HARDING CASTS OFF iANNUAL MEETING OF THIRD PARTY NOW
SENATOR’S GARB FOR I AMERICAN LEGION TALKED BY THOSE
CAMPAIGN CLOTHES co ^™ n d ^ v s 0 p T A E RT D A 0 wr° LEFT OUT IN COLD
SECESSION MOVE |
IWHAT THE BOND GASTON MEANS SUES ' LIVE WIRES WILL REPUBLICANS NAME
Will Jump Immediately Into Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt a. j Charged Convention Ignor-
Program Arranged
For Him.
AT HIS DESK TODAY
Hurrying to Clean up Accu
mulated Business as
Senator.
Washington June i-;—Senator Hard
Ing, Hie republican presidential can
didate, was at his desk in
Taylor, Correspondent
Columbia, June H—The resolution |
looking to secession of the South |
ed the Serious Problems
Of the Hour.
ISSUE WILL MEAN U. S COURT OFFICIALS
FOR MILLION DOLLARS
GOOC STREETS TO BE LAID UN
DER PROPERTY ABUTTING
PLAN
NAMED
As Likely To Head New
Ticket as Presidential
Candidate.
iiad accumulated us senator, but the
arrival of Hays v.ili force him imme
diately into the part assigned him
by the convention. He will confer
with Hays and his political managers
at once with the Jdea of. getting his
carhpaign under way immediately.
Carolina dep**ment of the American i LaFOLLETTE
Logical from the f the national Legion
organization will he voted down by
the state l egion, it is expected, at its
annual convention which starts in
1 Spartanburg Tuesday of this week,
the ir.th. EVery post in the state.
will have delegates at the Spartan i
burg convention, an d the convention j Chicago June 11 -The declaration
, will debate with vigor and earnest by Amos ITnchot, a member of the
... th f. 1 hPSfi the question of secession, grow , ro , nlMl ,, po of fo ,. |y Hiere
tol today. He arrived at midnight.> nc ou , ^e controversy over the , ,
f r nm l .** mi « • VN’-lilfl posit ivplv III*
rrom ( mcago. Umus question. The l.egtoners wd
He told the Associated Press he , to nl0V( . on Sp a rtanl>urg Tues-■,
would remain in Washington all thcL, ajr ai)(l „ 1k r. X p orr ed fat an ut- rt na r La I ' oll(,,u * would liea,i
week. He expected t» be busy a ' tendance of several hundred will he
days clearing up the business which registered. >
The secession upheaval in the rank
of the l egion started when the state
executive committee at a recent meet
ing In Columbia a fopted a resolu
tion calling for secession from the*
national organization, if the action of
jlhe national executive committee, in
a , T ai. , . . ... . ! endorsing (lie bonus, was approved
Harding Arrived Last Night m Wash- , )y Uip ,. 0 nventlon. The res
» , . Ington. oiution also grew out of Hie fact that
ashlngion, June H-Senator War , ht , n .. lio „ ;i , r ommiiieeman for South
ren (!. Harding, of Ohio, republican raro „ nu , m( , not notified of s w
presidential nominee, arrived in pra , m , optinRR (>f U .. P naliona’ execn-
Washlngton at 12:50 o’clock this iVt , ccmniitlPOi wh ,. n the bonus ques
^icago. nearly twoj Uon wfls discussed. The South Caro
lina Legion nas consisuntly opposed
tin* benm plan.
Many of the local ports in f •»
slate have vokiI 1 n the secession r "<
olutior. and so far alt tnat iiavc re
ported liav'* Ic en found in onnosition f 11
to any p’an for :• cession. It is ar
gued that s'oc c s‘;j: n will not accom
plish anything, excel t a split in the
ranks, it is expected that Hie seces
sion rc'soliilion will h* voted down
nvervhe mingly next Tuesday.
The $575,000 Municipal bond issue, Charges District Attorney j
And Assistant With
Corrupt Practices.
FILED IN NEW YORK
MEET IN COLUMBIA
COMMERCIAL B TDlES THROUGH-
| * OUT c~ ' T£ WILL ORGANIZE
\ STATE CHAMBER OF
i COMMERCE '
WARREN G, HARDING
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
morning from
hours behind schedule time. He was
greeted by a throng which crowded
the tinion station.
Senator Harding was met* by a re"
crptlon committee and was escorted
to the President’s room of the sta
tion. He passed through long lines
of people who vigorously applauded
him. As he passed out of the station
to hit, automobile he was greeted
with a popular air from the Boy
Scouts band, of Oil City, Pa.
Washington 'June 14—Harding
nonneed that for the present
would make no statemept.
John I. Rice Comes
Out For Office
NURSES GRADUATING
(Wyatt A. Tayfor.)
I Columbia. June t‘i.—-The state office
'that looked like it was about to go
rvmniccc TflUIPUT at last has a candidate. John
LAlIiLiIuLU UN bn 1 Rlce - y° in K Columbia lawyer and
w w secretary of the state tax commission,
I announces teday that lie is in the race
EIGHT YOUNG LADIES WILL RE- Comptroller General, to succeed |
INTER- 1 Rut *• ()K,)C)rno ' w,1 ° * ,as announced
1 that he will not offer for re-election.
?Mr. Rice is the first candidate for the
i office and it is probable that he will
presidential
t!
si*
a ticket as presidential candidate,
and announcement that a campaign
in behalf of Harding would stait
promptly were outstanding develop
ments following the Republican nai
Unal convejilinn.
Claims 30 States
Chicago June 13 Asserting Hial
Hi- Republican Nnvjnal Convention
"ignored most of the serious proh-l
leins and mentioned others only t.>
reveal its unwillingness to face them
honestly" the committee of 4X, in a
sUittincnt tonight signed by Anios
Pinchol and ottier me. iriers said that
"whatever uncertainty existed as i >
wh Uher tliere wculd In* a new party
candidate tor President had been re
moved.
The organization will adopt a plai-
tY in ar.d nominate a candidate tor
President at conviAition in Chicag <
uly to. ‘“iiie Republican party
has new driven out. of representation
in its councils the millions of voter.!
who followed Roosevelt, Johnson and
|,n Kc.llelle,” the statement said.
••Tin* new party wi 1 represent tliese
veters and will present a definite and
i ‘iiuctiv* prog
j The statement said that tin* new
party had been organized in thirty
states and that it would be prepared
I i put its electoral ticket on Hie bal
lot:; in every state.
LONDON DOES NOT
KNOW SEN, HARDING
b>ing prepared for, will mean ulti
mately a $350,000 street and side'
walk paving project for F.orenco. I
Under the present plan of paving in 1
Florence, the city :.ays ^one third cf
Hie cast of the work, while the abut
ting property owners on the two aid
es pay one-third each. Thus $350,000
will be multiplied three times.
'1 lie expenditure of Ibis sum cf
paving in Florence is expected tol
give ibis city onA of the best systems
of street paving In the entire SouH:.
It wi 1 not only afford modernly pav-
o i* streets fer the busineps section,
but will fairly well cover the entire
city.
The poor streets of Florence aie
Hie chief source of wonder to visit
ors of this citv, as many cf them
have said. The wonder to them is
that a city as progressive as Flor
ence, would ever tolerate such
streets ns she has.
J lie bond issue is expected to car
rv overwhelmingly.
Suit Comes Up In Connec
tion With Means Trial »
For Murder.
New York June 14—A suit
million dollars damage was
Florence Times bureau, Wyatjt A.t
] Taylor, Correspondent
. Columbia, June 14—Every, presi-
jd nt, everv vie * president and every
I soeretary aThamber of Commerce
in South Carolina have been invited
i tu sit'end . no"'ting in Columbia on
Thursday of this week, for the pur-
! pose of completing the organization
j of the State I'bumber of Commerce
j frr South Carolina. An elaborate
for one p.-ogrnm of • entertainment has been
tiled to- 1 planned by the Columbia Chamber of
Coolidge of Massachusetts
Selected As His Run- .
ning Mate.
TENTH BALLOT
dav for Gas ton U. Means against DIs-1* omniPm • , ,
i . . . . The meeting wid begin at
inet Attorney Swann and Assistant' (j) . ;i |)llsinPSR s „ aion tho C
nistiict Attorney Hooling.
Tbe complaint charges ttiat the d
noon,
olum-
bia Chamber of Commerco will bo
host tn the Vi-i:ing can loercial peo-
fendants conspircdo witli officials of a, b p 11 *
Inis! company in Chicago "to bribe, 1 '' 1
and corrupt witnesses" to, testify
| falsely against the plaintiff
trial for the imirdi
I King near Concord
a ,i .
in ;,n it 'he Jefferson Ho
Once a Printer’s Devil Hard
ing Is Now Senator
And Publisher.
Chicago, June 14—Warren O. Hard^
ing, United States senator from Ohio
| was nominated for the presidency by
Hie republican national convention
• at':or a deadlock which lasted for
nine ballots and which finally forced; 1
running all the original
out of the
favorites.
As his running mate, the convcn-
‘ IKE” TURNS UP
SAFE AND SOUND ‘''H'
In his
of Mrs. Maude
N. C., in 1&I7
l slid to defeat prohabfe of the alleg-
' ed last will of James King, her hus-
I here will be a second business s^s
sion In the afternoon, and in the tl 01 ' named Governor Calvin Cool
evening tin Minute Men, the Rotary ,f, ge. of Massachusetts, upsetting tt’
< lull, the Kawauls Club and Hie Co- l dl,n °f a combination of the Hard-
Itimhio Chamber of Commerce will backers to nominate for the placo-
Jointly tinder the visitors a banquet, Senator Irvine I.. I.enroot, of Wig*.
F.UMORS PERSISTED THAT STATE
DETECTIVE HAD BEEN i
SHOT
Mr. KlcheUiorger has b^en atteid-
ing i-burt for two weeks, at Marion
and Charleston. Out of twenty cas-j
es for violation he secured 19 convic
Hons. One case, against R. N. Rol
lins of Hiis ctiy, resulted iu a mistrial
BAND CAMPAIGN
BEGINS TOMORROW
this also at the Jefferson.
On March 15th a meeting of the
Chamber officials of the state was
held in Columbia and a temporary
organization was formed, with lb O.
Black, of Columbia, as president and
l|. V. Snell, cf Charleston, as secre
tary. Permanent officers will be elec
ted next Thursday. The purpose oi
•he new organization will ba to pro-
» cousin.
The collapse of the forces of Gov
ernor Frank O. Lew den and their j
transf C in large part to Senatof
Harding, put the Ohio candidate
over.
Governor Wood lost heavily, how
ever, when the Harding drift began,
and Senator Johnson, the third .of the
trio of leaders on the ear’y builoting
Mr. Rollins whs represent s! by Mr.
Gordon Baker of this city.
Stat« Detective Eichelberg^r and
Mrs. Uichelborger,’ who have been
-.pending the week in Charleston,
where Mr. Kiche.berger has been at
tending the United States Court, re-
turnnl to the eity last night setting
al rest the wild rumors which had
STRONG COMMITTEES WILL CALL
ON CITIZENS OF THE
CITY.
mote the commercial progress of all >,lso went steadily down hill,
section •• cf Hie slat-. < Entering the convention as a can-
I The Invitations to Hie meeting in didate distinctly of the “dark horse”
Columbia have he‘*n issued Jollify class. Senator Harding got only 64
Everything is ready for the cam
paign tomorrow, to finance the muni
cipal band for the coming year, for
which $3,000 must be raised. Little
trouble is anticipated in raising tho
necessary amount.
The campaign organization will
by -Mr. Bbtck. president of the state votes on the first ballot and on
Chamber and J. D. Miot, president of second he dropped tp 66.
I.
the Columbia Chamber of Com uerce.
OPPORTUNITY FOR
THREE COUNTY BOYS
Harding an Editor t
Warren G. Harding lias always been
a resident of Ohio which state he has
represented us United State#! senator
since 1914. In private business life
he is u publisher of the Marion, Ohio
“Star.’’
He was born on a farm, near the
village of Blooming Grove, Morrow
county, Ohio Noveianer 2, 1865, the
CEIVE DIPLOMAS.
ESTING PROGRAM AR
RANGED
THINKS SELECT.ON INCREASES
CHANCES OF A DEMOCRAIC
CANDIDATE.
meet at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morn
persisted here all Saturday' night and j a the office of the secretary' of
Sunday that the detective had been ,j 10 ( f iam i )Pr 0 f Commerce, and from
shot in a raid near Andrews. ‘here, will go over the clty r soliciting
Mr. Fichelherger cannot under- subscriptions. As a matter cf CLEMSON AND CITADEL SCHOL- eldest of eight children. His father,
■land how Hie rumor originated, (.onveniei.ce both to the solicitors ARSHIPS OPEN IN FLORENCE George T. Harding, was a country
There were calls over the telephone ant j t0 u,,. contributors contributions COUNTY doctor whose forebears came from
here Sa tin day night from all parts oi j J( , j )a y a ble when pledged. L — Scotland. Before going to Ohio, the
Hie Uee Doe section afid from Lhai- ^ aK nlm .h afi $4,000 is raised the There an* three scholarships from Hardings were residents of Pennsyl-
lestOii. Columbia and other citieo, j, an( j w jjj undertake this year to uni- ubs »(unity, offered to three young vania, where some of them were mas-
asking for information.. It appears p orin niembers. The $3,000 bud- nn n in a competitive examination sucr-d by Indians. Others fought in
• hat the rumor hud gained the wid- provides $1/100 to pay indebted- whic h will tie conducted here Friday. Hie Revolutionary war. The mother
•st circulation. , ness coming over from last year. $1,- July 9th. by the county superintend- of Warren, Mrs. Phoebe Dickerson,
The Times asked The News and - 0() for th(1 ,ij m .tor’s salary, and $500 ,*nt of education. Two of the scliol- was descended from an o!..-Hme Ho*-
Courier Saturday nigi-t to locate Mi. p 01 . incidentals. The $3,0(p) must be arshins ar*- fer four years at Clem- land Dutch family, the Van Kirks.
Kichelborher. While he could not be ra | SB( j , sf<! , . n ,i t|-, P Hiird scholarship is one Journalist
The graduating exercises cf the* the only one. as tin office is a hard j
Florence Infirmary Training school one and laden with responsibility and j i. 0 „don, June 14.—Senator Hard-
tor nurses will be held this evening, ’xpense. ing’s personality and record are un-
beginning at 8:30 in the auditorium| Mr. Rice Is a young man but is very » ; nown here. Newspaper comment to-
of the Central Graded school. ; popular and capable. He has made a ,i a y expresses neither satisfaction
There are eight young ladies in thorough study of taxation and is con nor disappointment with the Repub-
the graduating class, whose motto isjsidered one of the best posted tax lican nomination.
"Service through love to humanity." officials of the state, hut from Hie le-• Several newspapers infer from the
The following is the class roll: i gal as well as the equitable stand- cabled reports that he represents a
Monte-Rose Katherine Smith. Eliza point. .compromise. I
idem* Elizabeth Frances Williams,! Mr. Rice is from Barnwell, having 1 Other journals assume the result of
vice president; Clara Jennings Hobbs J moved to Columbia after his gradua- ’-1> P Chicago convention has opened
fiunil at the time the City Editor of
Hie News and Courier told the Times
that the detective had been seen on
tho streets in Charleston at 6 o’clock
Saturday afternoon. This was after
the time he had been reported shot.
The Times disseminated this infor ,
mution where possible to set at rest
SEVEN KILLED IN
A TRAIN WRECK
! for four yor.rs at the Citadel. These In libs youth Warren Harding lived
the rumors.
PERE MARQUETTE FLYER HITS
FREIGHT TRAIN IN CHICAGO
TODAY
are very valuable vacancies and art the Ufa of a farmer boy attending the
given by the state, tilled by eompeti- village school until fourteen years of
live eyaminatlons. The winners of age. when he entered Ohio Central
ihe scholarships have all their ex- College of Iberia from which h'e was
pensos at college paid by the state graduated. As editor of the college
secretary-treasurer.
Class Officers
Class Roil
Monte-Rose Katherine Smits, Eliza
both Frances Williams, Fannie Esth-
ma McCoy, Goldy Ernestine McCoy,
Sarah Belle Hamer, Anne Belle
Stokes, Clara Jennings Hobbs, Win
nie Sue Baker.
The following is the program for
the evening exercises to which lit.'
public is cordially invited:
Program
Music
I'rayer—Rev. W. S. Poynor
Address—Rev. E. L. McCoy
Music
tion from the academic department of tho possibility of the election of
the University. , Democratic ■ andidate, wni li was
and they are well worth the attention paper he first displayed a talent for
I of any young man who is anxious to journalism. He was obliged to stop
j > n , R ke the most of himself. They school now and then and earn the
1 Chicago, June 14—The Here Mar ' should certainly be hotly contested money with which to pursue his col-
i quette train from Grand Rapids was f or and it is hoped that they will lege course. At one time he cut corn
I wrecked today tit 103rd street cross- m ,t go, in Florence as they have, in at another painted barns and at st
The acreage of wheat in South Caro ing in South Chicago. Police reports - KO me of the neighboring counties, another drove a team and helped to
South Carolina Crops
ENROLL YOURSELF
PRIMARY ELECTION
lina to e harvested this .year is 163,- std<l that thirty were killed. Railroad they have gone* by default. No grade the roadbed of a new railway,
ently regarded here as extremely im- «00 acres, or 41,000 acres less than in authorities said only two are known young man caring enough to even At seventeen he taught a district
Th(J condition on June 1 was to be dead. The train is reported to stand the examination. They are school and played a horn in the, vil-
!'probable.
! Monroe Spears Has
1919.
81 per cent of normal—the same as
that of last year. The forecast from,
conditions indicate a total
riled ITIS r'ledgc of j 744 000 ushels, or 454.000 j
~ , ! bushels, less than the forecast of June
, (Wyatt A. Taylor.) jj m9 .
Columbia, June W-—Several can-; ’ T h P " a( . roagP of oats in South faro-
BOOKS NOW OPEN. VOTERS' d; ‘ lates fnr toda y AM their u na on June 1 is estimated at. 328,000
MUST PERSONALLY ENROLL Pledges and paid their assessments to a ,. reSi 0 r 47,000 acres less than in
BY SIGNING FULL NAME , d* 6 treasurer of the state Democratic 1919/the condition at present being
| Executive Committee. One of these :.■» placed at 87 per cent of normal as
The enrollment books of the Demo- 'a new figure in state politics, Leon 1. against 80 per cent of June 1, last
•’ratio Clubs are now all in tbe hands Rice, prominent young lawyer of The condition of other crops in Hie
have struck a freight.
well worth effort of any young man i a g
and full information may he secured
from vour county; superintendent of
Presentation Scholarship Medal S< n m jf,.. various club secretaries and ' Anderson, who is entering the race for
Medal—Rev.
Rev.
ator D. O. Baker
Music
Presentation Barnwell
W. S. Poynor
Music
Presentation Rhodes Medal
C. Blount.
Music
Presentation ComnwJ- Medal
Hicks
Music
Florence Nightingale Pledge
Presentation of Diplomas—Miss A. B.
Commer, R. N.
J. W
state, being of a prominent family
In his college days lu* was a star baso
halt player and gained quite a reputa
tion us an athlete,
| The other solictors who have to-
tiled their pledges arc J Monroe
year, state on June 1. is as follows:
Rye 84 per cent.
Hay 82 per cent.
Clover 87 per cent.
Alfalfa 87 per cent.
Cabbages 75 per cent.
Onions 85 per cent.
Apples 76 per cent.
Peaches 8V) per cent,
j Pears 70 per rent
Shortage Now Turns
brass hand.
A Printer
At odd times he worked In the vll-l
lige printing office in time becoming
an expert typesetter and later a lino-l
type operator. He is a practical p
man and a job printer, and an a I
"make-up man" is said to have few
equals. Th? luck piece he has car
ried as a senator is the old printer’s
passengc|s t'cininencement exercises on Tuesday, n ii P h e US( , ( i W h Pn be was stlckiBg]
type.
In 1884 Dr. Harding moved his faml
Seven Killed
Gaud Rapids Uune 14—Seven were education
killed in the wreck at South Chicago' — .—
according to railroad reports here. j Qj ernson Honors *
Chicago, June 14 loiter developed Two Agriculturists
that the conductor of the passenger!
train was the only person killed. A 1 Clemson College, June 14.—At the
score of trainmen and
were injured. jiluno . Hie board of trustees of Clem-
— — I gon (joiiege awarded certificates of
I
are open for tho enrollment pf the'solictir of the tenth circuit. He is
voters of the county. No man will opposing Solicitor K P Smith, off Au
be allowed to vote in the Democratic derson. Solicitor Smith has not as
primary unless he enroll his name lie pled pis pledge for reelection.
foie Hie books close in July. In en- j\j r Rico Is well known all over the
" rolling it is we I to remember Hiut
I Hie voter must personally sign his
Ifull name and in cases where he is
unable to write his name lie must
make his mark in either case it is
necessary that the voter must per-,
sonally appear at the place where his' day
club book is kept. It is very impor- 8 P ears * ° r Darlington, solictor of the
tant that every citizen (entitled to Fourth Circuit, and J- K Henry, of
vote should register. Besides electing | Chester, solicitor o fthe sixth circuit,
officers for stale and county there are Doth are asking for re-election, with-
sicieral bond issues to be voted for. lout any apposition as yet. This makes
While there has been very little six candidates out for solicitor. T C
^ ‘ Interest manifested in politics thus Callison, Lexington, in the 11th circuit
^The concert of the Florence Muni- f ar this year the interest is sure to T I’ Stoney, of ( harieston, for reelec-
d>nl Band w-as well attended yester-, ( | eV elope and it would he too bad tion in the 9th. and R. L/ Gunter, of j The local he plant presented a tkt FLORENCE COUNTY
day aftWioon despite the heat of a that any voter tbrougli his own neg-! Aiken, for re-election in the second cir lively scene of activity yesterday
torrid afternoon, amt ar, usual a splen i P( q disqualify himself from particl- cuit. having already been announced morning. There were hundreds there
merit to Mr. Bob S. Hodges, of Hodges lly to Marlon. A short time after-
... b. C., and Mr. W. W. Wannamaker. ward the father purenased for War-
lO Western IViedtS j r oj . st Matthews. Mr. Hodges has ren Harding The Star, then a small
. been a most successful demonstrator paper.
i tine time it is a water shortage, of ^ value of cover crops, especial- Firm Paper
Hien a sugar shortage and now the j crimson clover, in s6il builiicg.
fashion has turned to meats. Accord -
Band Concert ^Vas
Greatly Enjoyed
. , , . , . and lias been a great practical bene-
I ing to one of the market proprietors a , ' . ...
1 here there has been extreme dlfficul- fa<d ‘' r a ^P* ct - , ,
7v in securing the usual shipments ^ Wanamaker Jr who is
of western meats. The Times tele a " alumnus of Clemson College, and
Watermelons 81 per cent, Muskmel- .^oned three markets this morning who has devoted himself since gradu-
ons and cantaloupes 80 per cent. i two 0 f them stating that they were ation to scientific plant breeding, has
I short of western meats and the oth- also rendered agricullture a great
| er declaring that he had not been af- service in the development of improv
footed and saw no reason why the ed strains of field crop seeds. This
had been. Those markets is part'cularly true of his work in
MANY SEEK ICE
ON SUNDAY MORNING
THE RICH AND POOR, THE HIGH
AND LOW RUB ELBOWS IN
LINE FOR ICE.
others
slid I of Hi * shipped meats have been
using native meats.
, N0 RACE SUICIDE
cotton breeding, the Wannamaker
Cleveland Big Boll cotton developed
On the paper Warren Harding per
formed every function from devil to
managing editor. In all ihe years
the senator has owned it there has
never been a strike or a threatened]
one.
Senator Harding is closely identlfi-]
od with many other large business
enterprises in Marlon and other parts
of the state. He is director of a bank
and several large manufacturing
plants and is a trustee of the Trinity
Baptist church.
Mr. Harding has twice represented
ilid program was rf.nrrered. The hand pating in Hie state primary,
is daily growing better and the orga ^ju |j n( | yp <ur ciah hook open
nization is a mailer of pride to Hi ' and you have only the next
city. Yesterday autos from all « p< "| weeks to enroll. Do it now.
Hons of tne county were parked^ on |
f.»„!.*;,I • eliMil giouiMis for the con
cert.
MANY LIVES LOST
IN GREAT STORM
- I
AUTHORITIES FEAR DISASTER
. NEAR SAN JUAN, HONDURAS,
AS RESULT. I
Salvador. Sunday, June 13.—Many :
lives were lost and great damage done
near San Juan, Honduras, last night
by a storm.
A great disaster is feared by the
authorities. !
You several days ago.
now |
few
PRESIDENT WILSON
TAKES UP BICYCLING
WON’T STAND FOR
THE OUTLAW STRIKES
PRESIDENT CHANGES MODE OF
EXERCISING. SPECIAL
WHEEL ORDERED
in all manner of conveyances to get
a piece of the small frozen liquid to |
assist them in keeping cool. The
capitalist in his high powered and
handsome automobile rubbed elbows 1
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND CHIL
DREN BETWEEN AGES OF
EIGHT AND FOURTEEN.
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THEM
INTRODUCED IN FEDERATION concern announced that an order hud
LABOR MEETING. ,Been placed for a bicycle by Admiral
Grayson, the President’s physician,
While tho exact figures are not yet
witli the small picklninny with his available the last and final report not
toy wagon all bent on the same pur- having reached the office of the conn-
pose, that of securing a piece of ice. ty superintendent of education yet the
Just why so many let. Hie sweltering figures already sent in indicate that
Sunday morning catch them without the number of children, enrolled un-
Westfield, Fass., June 14.—That' ice is not known but. Hie icemen dis- der the compulsory educational law.
President Wilson will take up bicy- pensed hundreds and hundreds i t lor Florence county will go over the
ling -is an exercise became known pieces of Ice yesterday morning. | twelve thousand mark. That is there
here today when a local manufactur-j — — are more than children in this
INCOME TAX IS j county between the ages of 8 and 14
DUE TOMORROW ' rs
by him having proved one of the best Thirteenth senatorial district of
varieties for average South Carolina 0hij , in (hp legislature a*
conditions. served one term as lieutenant gov«
I Tliis practice of the ( lemson board nor the 1914 election Harding
'of trustees in honoring outstanding was elected United States senator by]
practical and scientific agriculturists a majority of more than 190,000 rijn-
| was begun several years ago, and ning 73.000 ahead of the next highest
leach year since the practice was lie- on the ticket, lu Hu senate he is a
'gun two prominent farmers have been member of tin* committee on foreign
so honored with certificates of merit, iviatiotis. Senator Harding married
I — — I Miss Florence Kllng iu nl891.
NORMAN DAVIS NEW
UNDER SECRETARY
Club Buys Trap
Shooting Outfit
Montreal. June 14.—The central la-]accompanied by a letter stating Hiat
tior bodies whic haided in the unautho ; the bicycle was for tbe President’s
rized strikes of unions during the re-'own use,
] cent railroad walkout in the United! ’
•States were condemned in a resolu- CONSPIRACY
U'on presented before the American
1 rederat ion of Labor convention today, i London, June 14
Gen. Roudneff Killed J’
PonstantinopleT*Juno 14—A Sahas- > The resolution was presentefl in behalf conspiracy against
>ol disnatch sav« *he Bolshevik! of the international switchmen’s un- mient is reported
REPORTED
topol dispatch says the
have killed general Roudneff at Baku ion.
i
| a Berlin dispatch.
An anarchists
the Soviet govern
from Moscow says
ESTIMATED PAYMENTS WILL
AMOUNT TO $750,000,000
Hot Weather
»
Washington June 14—Second
stallm *nts of income and excess prof see
its taxes for 1919
and will \ield the
000,000 it is estimated today by the,
After one of the coolest spring totday by the President to be under-
iu- seasons on record summer has de- Secretary of State.
tided with force. The past three He will assume his duties tomor
Pltiewood flub has recentll purchas
! ed trap shooting equipment which
will be inslaimed on the grounds of
TENNESSEE MAN WILL ASSUME the club at an early date. There arc
HIS DUTIES TO- ' number of club members who an-
MORROW. I joy lids sport even though they may
not shine at it. and breaking the clay
Washington June 14.—Norman • pigeons w ill shortly become one '0!
Davis, of Tennessee, was appointed the diversions of the day.
WEATHER REPORT
ar- cue tomorrow days have been worthy of any July.• row succeeding Frank I oik. resigned. For South Carolina
1 government $759.- ! '*<* r r *li"f is to he expected according, Davis resigned last week as assist- (itiui..! .1 and
nated todav bv the, to weather prophets until the rains ant secretary of the treasury to at- weather tonight and
bureau of internal revenue.
1
come.
cept the post.
eral variable winds.
continued warr
Tuesday. Gea*