The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, June 16, 1920, Image 1

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t ) ) . 1 1 The Florence Daily imes 26th Year THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISJfATCHfes I . . „ . T I -U I II ■=» Florence, S. C. Wednesday Afternoon,- June 16, 1920. $6.00 a year. VOTE FOR GOOD ROADS! $450,000 Bond Issue Election June 22nd, 1920 | CAROLINIANS Will: ; M0B SEIZES CITY GATHER AT SAN FRAN OF DULUTH AND ! SOUTH CAROLINA Approximately 125 miles of road Road to Claussen via Gin house and monsville begins at the Lee county will he improved under this issue, Pierce Cross Roaus. 1 linr, i.nd at Timinoasville effects con affording trunk trade lines the length | The road from Florence to John nectidns identical to the road from Lvidge to iy " AT LEAST FIFTY WILL ATTEND THE DEMOCRATIC CON- > VENTION HERE. SHAMES THE LAWf LEGION IS OPPOSED TO WITHDRAWAL BANKERS OF GROUP ; 1 SIX HOLD ANNUAL > MEETING IN FLORENCE (Wyatt A. Taylor.)' " - Columbia. June 16—A half hundred and breadth of Florence county. with !sor ‘ s Ferry will connect at Johnsons: Hudsons LYldgo to Timmonsvi le. south Carolinians will be In San Fran . , ‘ . ... . ’ . | Ferry with the Williamsburg county The road from Florence to Claussen ls( . 0 Ca for National Democratic important laterals to oft truck Inroads, ,^5.. “fn ^..of.il® ontersthe Georget^. mad at Clans which wJI1 nominate a TR0 OPS ARRIVE 5,000 Men Sweep Police Instructs Delegates To D. A. Spivey of Conway From Power And Lych- ing Follows. Fight The Cash Bonus Movement. Other roads are scheduled for impro state Highway system, wjlich leads sen. and affords outlet of inlet from w Hairline vemeuts as rapidly as possible. | directly onward to Georgetown and the county. These are the main * nan 10 u eal . ena or - The road« s ated for imnrovenmnt to the ‘-•oa 81 - Tlu> roiul froni Florence trunk lines of the system. I for the presidency, according to a , , . P ^ 1 ( to Mars Liuff Feriy will connectj in addition to the trunk lines, a statement issued today from the office are a.; follows: I with the Marion county roads at the number of very important laterals of Governor Cooper, whens plans for Road from Florence to 'Johnsons I Mars Bluff Ferry, tapping the main have been provided in the outlay, tfte •,Frisco Special,” whiclt will take Ferry via Evergreen and Pamplico. | line of the State Highway system and o<i P of th ise is the road from Han j *h e South Carolina delegates, have Road from Florence to Mars Bluff j leading into Marion, Dillon and other nah to Pamplico, where it taps the been headed up. Ferry via Winona. Guardsmen Reach Scene too Late To Be Of Any Assistance. p o . . Duluth, Minn.. 'June 16—Normal i points" in that direction. The road runk line from Florence to Johnsons I i he Frisco Special” witt leave Co- com j itions have b( , e ., , e su-.aed in Du- Road from Hannah to Pamplico vial from Lake City to Florence actually: <rrv . Another of these important lumbia next Saturday morning at 7:0a. , . McNeils Cross Roads. i begins at the Williamsburg countj laterals is the road from Olanta to The route will be by Spartanburg and ousimss sireeis utci xvmcn a Road from Gardners Cross Roads'line, just below Lake City and gives Mfingham, where it taps the trunk minbia next aturday morffiny at 705. mob of five thousand surged last to Cowards via Andersons Bridge. ! Florence county another important line from Leke City 'to Florence. t Asheville, to St. Lours, Kansas City, night, sweeping the police from pow- Road from Prospect church to Lake I connection with the adjoining county. Practically every foot of roarjranrl Canyon, with a daff’s stop at er an( | se i Z i ng three negroes held City via Leo postoftice. I and her part of the State Highway included in (he outlay is important, the Cdnyon, and Los Angles, with a ,, • ttack on Road from Lake City to Florence'system. The road from Hudsons cither as a trunk line or a lateral. s top there. The party wilKreach the ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ via Effingham and Lynches Miii. J Bridge to Timmonsville begins at tapping the trunk lino from some off “Golden Gate" the night before the white gil l, and lynching them. Road from Central to Olanta. i the Sumter county line, and at Tim trunk Hoc poMif. The coryiation of big convention opens, on the morning When two companies of national Road from Olanta to Effingham. nit>nsvil\ connects with the concrete (bts hvh*''v.. roads is expected to 0 f the 28th. » ‘ guardsmen arrived today they found Road from Hudsons Bridge to Tim | turnpike to Florence, which point is K i V i. r lorence county one «;f the best i n addition to the delegates from a battered police station and littered monsville. i the centeer of the network radiating network of highways in the. entire South Carolina's Lemocfacjy, a num- streets as visual evidence of the Road from DuRauts Bridge to Tim into all parts of the county, and con- state of Scutli Carolina and the. ber i f visitors will also attend the niob's activity. Available records tnnobville via Cartersville. ; necting with adjoining systems i.t h isis for ultiamitely building the most convention, several of the. delegates show there jjits been only one pre- Road from Florence to Darlington; roads of ncighhorii g counties. Tin thorough ami far-reaching network in taking their wives. Not ^11 of the vious lynching in Minnesota but this county line. road from DuRants Bridge to Tim th,. entire South. MR, JACOBS CHARGES BREACH OF TRUSi WILL LODGE PROTEST AGAINST NEW CHARTER FOR THE THORNWEL ORPHANAGE. ^ (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia. June 15.—A protest which the courts may have to be called on to settle was filed by William P. Ja cobs, of Clinton, with Secretary of State W. Banks Dove, in Columbia, LOCAL ROTARIANS TO ATTEND MEETING FLORENCE TO BE REPRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONVEN TION IN ATLANTIC CITY. From the membership of the Flor ence Rotary Club. Messrs. L. S. Morri son. J. M Lawton and J. 1). Bridgers will attend the convention of the In ternational Association of Rotary Clubs which will take place in Atlantic M SOVIET BOOST FROM LABOR PARTY half hundred from this 'state will Wi ,s not confirmed in official circles 'ravel on the "Frisco Special.'’ Some a white man is said to have been, will take oth“r trains. • lynched twenty years ago for attack The South Carolinians who will con ing a girl, stitute the complete South Carolina RAINBOW BOYS TO HOLD CONVENTION MUCH INTEREST FELT IN VETE RANS MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM. (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia, Jupe 16...Many South Carolina veterans of the famous Rain- urging against the Issuance of a new (<ity , )eg j nuinK on j um > 20th and last- yesterday after ing through the week. Delegates will Ian Svnods 8 of Ih^lTal : '^committee report declared the * avion: C. F. Riser, of Olar: F. C. ^etajy. > 8 "ending letters to ind Florida. tl b l as receLed nsSa to be won 1 ^deration would not "be justified in Hobinsoa, of McCormick; W D. Work « rmer n,en sued, after n' men.het S . ' a tti'iK a "y a -tiou that might be con- of Greenville: f hnrltot DuRan. Vdillca,i nUes w111 available. charter to Thornwell Orphanage at Clnton, which takes control of the in- l V l e r efron 1 Rotary Cluhs in very stitutiou out ot the hands ot the in n pa fly all parts of the civilized world.* corporated, self-perpetuating board of ia( . lm | ing tJ ieat Britain and her pos- trustees, the members of which uc- a p S8 i onSi Canada. China and < harles- tively in control live in Clinton, and This will lx* a groat gathering, puts it in the hands of a board of Ve.pn | eating men foremost In their ttustees elected by the o\sners of the professions from all parts of the above institution, the Presbyterian ssvnnH< . . -.. . ot South Carlina, Georgia and The charter bas been issued, aucr j, v . rnembers from Florence at, Uhe secretary- of state considered t Hn( ii ng (iij s convention. It is in the the matter carefully and weighed the 1(M . m of an arm band, made of yellow v;i1 or -. ,h, 1 ‘ So \ iet government, so long protest filed on behalf of some of the silk witll the numera , seV p„ n his is Clinton trustees. It has been intimat- fh( . seventh i{ ot arv Dtstrlct) the ab ed that the Clinton trustees who op- brevations ‘Va. N. C.. S. C (the pose the new charter may lake the states composing the district, and be- matter into the courts. The petition ) ow a n tb j s is “Florence." for the new charter was made in the 1 T™ o r „ha„a 8 e'HARDING PLANS 'incorporation has been under the name of “The Board of Trustees o’' Thornwell Orphanage.” The board WORKS OVERTIME TO CLEAN UP free B P ee ^b. fr «e press and free pub pa’tv a» Sae Franclseo. arp: . Governor Cooper. Formei Governor and Mrs. R. I. Manning, who will join the “Special’- at St. Louis; Unit ed States Sen. E D Smith; Congress ._ man Byrnes. Congressman pominiefc, VICVENE'T SNOWED UNDER Congressman Whaley, Former Gover- CONVEN i ION. NOT VOI nor John Gary Evans, who teBts already OF PEOPLE. , | ( ,£ t f or , be convention city, "being the state’s National Committeeman; J. H. Montreal. June 16.pA movement to Manning of S . T. L, Lancast- call upon the United States to recog- 0 f Spartanburg county-' Mr. and bow division are expected to attend Mi/.e the Soviet government or lift Sirs. \V. A. Coleman, of Columbia: the first annual convention of the the blockades against Soviet Russia. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Padgett, of Walt-r Ba'nbow Division Veterans Associa- was blocked in the annua! convention Ix'ro: Mr. and Mrs V C Budham. of to be held at Birmingham July of the American Federation of Labor Badham: Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Jenninvs }-• 1:! an, ( 1 ‘- Columbia. Spartanburg heated debate. <>f Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. O. R. ,ind Marion furnished companies in Senator and euigneer regiment of this division. and there were enlistments from many parts of the state. Elaborate plans are being made, it is announced by Columbia officers of the South Carolina cnapier of the Rainbow veterans association for the Birmingham reunion. Robert S. La- Elected Chairman For Coming Year. FINE TALKS MADE Bright Williamson Speaks Strongly As To Tobacco Marketing. Spartonburg. June 16—The South Carolina department of the American Legion in convention here today went on record as being opposed to withdrawiti Lor” the national organi zation and as opposed to the legion agitating a cash bonus for ex-service men, Delegates to the national con Wi:h mere than 100 members at- vention were instruced to use every tending Grom, Six t, tae South Caro- ffert to have the national convention n n . n„ . .. . .. una Hankers Association held their repudiate the activities of the nation „ .. . . , , .. - j . seventh annua) meeting last cveninu il executive committee in regard to jn j,- - - * b Officers were elected for the coming year as follows: Chairman. I). A. Spivey Vice Chairman. R. L. Moody Secreteary and Treasurer. G. C. Newman Member Nominating ComniitU’e. A H. Williams Member Executive Committee. U. C. Rollins Executive Committee: F. H. Dan iels. Florence County, J. 1. Haz- the cash bonus. A resolution was passed commend | ing Gie zeal of the executive commit f ee in endeavoring to maintain strict adrercuce to the basic principle un- , oeriying the inception and birth ot Die American Legion. The sessions ot the convention were lively throughout the day. The ouostion of withdrawal from the na- •ional organization, which was taken up at ihe morning session,• provoke.! rented. Discussion The bonus during the afternoon session, was ,,, ri ... „ also very lively. Former Gov. D. C.l ^ , „ ° ^ Heyward uelivered an inspiring ad dress at the morning session. There were about 40 delegates, representing ,1'arly Ivery po.;t in | South Carolina, on the floor of tre con veution ha I. At 2 o clock in tue a, evnoon the ,-.\-service men gathered it tin- Chamber of Commerce build ing. where they enjoyed a luncheon tendered them by the chamber of commerce. iiomiug session • p.uym,,. ard „. GcorgPtown; p c Kupp of llscussion at times Darljngton . Sprott , Dlllon ; P B n question, which came »pl Mvi a, arion; R L ccckfield, of ffames O. Duncan of the Seattle Cen- Doyle, of Calhoun. S. C. Hal Labor council led the light in 'Mrs. J. Henry Johnston, of Allendale, behalf of the Soviet with the aid of together with a child and Mr. John- representatives of •tae i.adies’ Gar - s,i u i s mother; Dr. D ,i Douglass, ot inent workers, but the convention 1 Luton, who will join tae party at adopted by an overwhelming vote ^(- Louis: J. H. Davis, of Marion; W. the report of the resolutions commit- ^\- Johnson, of I nion; L. M. l>uwso*’ opposing any action. I ot Darlington James W. Johnston, of <1 as an assistance to or, appro- Manning. 1 Among some of the visitors for s it is based upon power which is iconvention will be M. \V. Duvall hot vested in it by a popular national im '* ,vvo friends of Cheraw. Mr. Du- representative assembly of the Rus-' va " * ,as n °f advised the governor the sian people or so long as it endeavors l )p _ rsoni iol *>" his party. Other visitors to create revolutions in well establish ed civilized nations oi tiie world or so long as it advocates am: applies mill- „ tary organization to labor and pre- i )r S. Booth, of Sumter, who HIS VACATION Vents the organizing and functioning of trades unions and maintenance of will be R. E. Wylie, of Lancaster, Mr. ami Mrs. LeRoy Springs, of Lancast er; N. G. Evans and sister, of Edge- Railroads Put On New Slipping Can SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC COAST . LINE OFFER SERVICE TO SEA SHORE AND MOUNTAINS. . Good Program The bankers assembled at-the Y. M. C. A. for registration, and enroll ment. and at anout 9 o’clock repaired to the Atlantic Coast Line restaurant where they had a sumptuous spread, and the formal program for the even ing. T. J. Cottingbam of Lake City, President of the Farmers and Mer chants National Ba presided until the election and presentation of the , .... DPW officers. Other se* speakers for hn Nations for the next ''onvontlon V evening were, R S Small, of Char i leston on "The American Bankers Institute and its Advantages,*’ E. L. Montgomery, of Cowards on “Cooper ation and its Results” Two of the speakers were not present. i Impromptu talks were made by J. ultna department, ami Newberry was I u - . . ... selected as the next convention citv , Brown Bright .WUliamson^J Rog- were extended hy Greenville and V-wb.'rry. A movement to make Co 'ttntbia the permanent meeting place - t s defeated. <!. 11. Mahan, of Greenville, was cted commander of the South Car-! J. Lyles Glenn, of Crester, was el‘>ete l vic» commander: Prof. Frank W. Bradley, of the University ■4<j>;th Carolina, State historian; Dr. L W Frazer, Spartanburg, chaplain er Clemmons.and others. Mr. Me- ( J endon spoke at lengiii on tne »•*- <, ‘ cesslty of South Carolina turning from cotton to diversified farming, Th<- following were named on thej thfiru " P ? U Hu* hankci > •xecutive ccmm.ttee: First district, ^ 'Si « 8 .'I a 1 ment, being the financial advisers. and support of the farmers Federal Reserve A feature of the evening was a vig orous talk by the retiring Chairman, against current practices of the Fed oral Reserve Board, and an equally i vigorous defense of the Board by the ' I incoming I G Dilkins. Manning; Second dis- fut. H K Holly, Aiken: Third dis trict. Harry R. Hughes. Walhalla; Fourth district, W F Robertson, Greenville; Fifth district. H L Elliott, Winnsboro; Sixth district. H Kamin ski. Georgetown; Seventh district. E I Hodges. Columbia. The two mem ^ ^ „ llu The Atlantic Coast line railroad ^ has already gone West to attend T an ^ k'mUmrn Railway system will F Pi lias been self-supporting. Seven mem hers were named by tile South Caro lina Synod, live by the Georgia Synod SENATORIAL DESK lie assembles.” SPECIAL RATES FOR THE REUNION CONFEDERATE VETERANS GATHER THIS YEAR IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. TO (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia, June 16.—It is expected !*by state officers iof the division ot Washington June Senator Hard anl three by the Florida Synod. These ing announced todav that he had a 1 named twelve from the cny of Clin- general discussion of his campaign ton, to conduct the afiairs of the or- last night with a number cf the Re-' orphanage. publican leaders. They included These twenty-seven trustees Senators Lodge, Smoot, Brandegeo ' named one ad.isory trustees from and Fall. Harding said that the^ each synod. The new charter puts state of union, the prospects “f the the control with a board of twenty- party and the platforjn adopted at j five members, thirteen elected by the Chicago wera all discussed. synod of South Carolina, seven by I Georgia and five by Florida. Washington June 16-With no fixed Veterans that a good num In his protest Mr. Jacobs claimed'engagements today Senator Harding b !' r 0 ^ ,di « r8 ^ the Civil War will that the new plan of control constl- hoped to make progress in cleaning l 1 b l 0Uthern , , ; eun 1 ,0 | 1 “ f * he lutes "a breach of trust as related to up accumulation of s-uatorial wnr k , ( ; n l t(1 erate heroes, to be held in Oc- the donors of the orpnanage proper- in preparation for a vacation within ! <)KI ,'„ An,10 ’ m( -' em '* n t Is J lls t made Iy.' Secretary of state Dove replied a few days. lie has not. decided )y 0 1 cers . ° tbe veterans organiza ♦o Mr. Jacobs, stating thar was not where he will go. i tion’that the reunion Is to be held in In his Jurisdiction to pass on the le-! l Houston, Texas., an invitation from gality of the amendment to the-char-' FlTTlV/f V ,tliat city 1 having been recently accept ter, but merely to determine if the LUMVll on. X ' (!t | by General K. M. Van Zandt. com proper process in applying for the FOUND NOT GtJlLTYi Inanding the Veterans. Special rail- A. and Shrine gatherings on the maugurate thro,l «fi sleeping car serv- 3 ac*fic coast; Arthur L. Gaston of ‘f'l between Wilmington. N. C.. and Asheville, N. C., via Columbia, the the first car Chester, who has also gone to the other convention at Portland; and 8ervice , to begin with Mr and Mrs. J. E. Marvey, and two children, of Barnwell. Harding Easy To Beat amendment authority hud been follow-! ed. Guests Of Lake City Chamber Of Commerce PUGILIST ACQUITTED IN SRORT ORDER YESTERDAY IN CALIFORNIA. Yoad rates will be arranged. ’t he dates for the reunion are October 6 to 10. -Whet he Name Florence Boys Officers At Citadel — | San Francisco, June 16. The board of directors and the ofli- William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey. aers and employees of the Florence! world champion heavyweight pugilist, Florence hoys at the Citadel cap- Chamber of Commerce, are invited to ,nu s( face trial today on a charge of lured high honors this year, acquiting Lake City, Monday evening, as the conspiracy to /bvade the selective themselves well in both the literary guests of the Chamber of Commerce. dralt a< L will be determined today. »nd military courses. Special orders Identical officers from^he Timmons- ro1 - Charles W. Thomas, assistant announcing appointment of officers ville Chamber of Commerce, and the United States attorney, said yester- include the following local boys: Olanta Board of Trade are expected Mav. Dempsey pesterdav was acquit- Staff, First Lieutenant, Ross. Com- to be preset. , ted of a charge of evading the draft puny A; Second Lieutenant, Jaeger. County Interests act. , Company C; First Lieutenant. Brun- Th^object of this united meeting’ lack earns. Dempsey’s manager, is :i(,n ' is to take uf^tie various questions of in ‘(icted with Dempsey on the con Cadet Maxwell was made captain of interest to the county at large. 8 Pi*' a cy charge, and at the conclusion ,,,p ,l O. T. C . rifle team. Among them is the good roads sltua ' Dempsey’s' trial yesterday they. — tion. the County Fair, State Fair Ex were ordered to appear to enter a OTOHIdP CTAklH hibits, and other matters pertaining ,,b “ il in tbe second action today. 'dlnUnU ulANU to the advancement of this section of Dempsey's acquittal was the signal ^uth (arolina. a demonstration such as seldom A 6 IAIOT The invitation has been accepted , s been witnessed in the federal A||AfN\l [III by the local association. A good dele ,0,| rt here. flUnlllOl UUA gallon will be organized to attend the 1 ^ J urv was out ten minutes and meeting. i Judge M. T. Dooling’s instructions l'" the Jury occupied 20 minutes. In FRAT MATES IN I, b f outlined the three counts in * mrtJ the indictment against the chamnion FATAL FIGHT I Dempsey said later: Washington June 16 Prohibition- I "I am mighty glad it is over. I am isfs wi * 1 aH,{ ,bp Democratic national JUNIOR SHOOTS AND KILLS SEN- no ( only for the acquittal, but convention to adopt a plank for the IOR AT DARTMOUTH COL- t ab, ° for (fio fact that the trial gave HKid enforcement of the eighteenth LEGE i m ' ! a nabsohitely clean sheet." (pmendment and the enforcement ac» I i and will “present a solid front Hanover. N. H. June 16—Henry Ma . S 1111 Francisn . June 16—Jack against governor ( ox.” Wayne Wheel roney, of West Medford, Mass, a se *' r ' arns * nenager for X»c\r nomno.^-! er. general counsel for the antl-sa nior at Dartmouth, was shot and kil- following Dempsey’s acquittal yester l° ou league, declared today. Mr. led during a quirrel in a fraternity ' ,a ^ tor evading the draft announced ; Wheeler naid Cox was the last hope house t. day iL'b. i t Mi ads. of La- ,0( * a y Uiat Dnmpsey will be ready °f fhe wets In their program for jiul Giange, 111,, a junior has been arrest to meet Carpentier within two weeks, lification and that “his record makes ed and has admitted doing the shoot or w0,, ld fight anybody else in the h ,m an impossibility ;t national pro ing. He said he was drinking and world, if Carpentier was not willing hibition be effectively sustained and PROHIBITIONISTS SAY HE IS THE LAST HOPE OF THE WETS claimed self defense. lint i to meet him. JU!ir! enforced." from Wilmington o’’ Rundnv J-'-o and the first car from Ashevillo on June 21. The car leaves Wi'n l,r, '*'r-> Atlantic Coast Line at 3:50 o’clock la bays Gov. Edwards , e aUemoon to reach Columbia at 10: 5,° o’clock at night. it is then Sea Girt, X. J., June 16—“Senator Uansferred to the Southern lines to Harding is the easiest man in the Re , avo Columbia at 11:50 o’clock and ar publican Party for the Democrats to . rive in Asheville at 7:30 o’clock the beat.' said Governor Edward 1 Ed aext . m01 ' n * n K- Th® return trip is made wards tonight, in commenting on the L eav .' ng Asheville via the Southern at result of the Republican National , at n '£ht to reach Columbia convention at Chicago. at - :5 ° o’clock the next morning. The Governor, whose friends have 'Transferred to the Atlantic ('oast been booming him for the Democratic ! _* ,ne tbe car then leaves Columbia i nomination, in his further comment • ,:4 ° o’clock to arrive in Wilmington of the Republican candidate, said: i at t oclock in the afternoon. “The nomination of Senator Hard-' T1,e inauguration of this improved ing shows the ‘O'd Guard’ is in con- keeping car service is expected to trol again and would not permit the allV0 eomfortable accomodation alike nomination of a man with progres- tor passengers visiting the seashore sivo, ideas and tendencies. It will be anf i mountains during the summer sea easy tor a Democrat of the progres-. son - sive type to be elected over Senator' — Harding. I believe that such a Den. FINAL DECISION ocraDcould have won from any of the leading aspirants for the Republican:' POSTPONED nomination at Chicago.” I He added that “winning over Hard London, June 16.—Forecasts that ing w ill be very easy.” | Uie reply of the League of Nations C. Warren Timmons council •to Persia’s request for inter vention against Bolshevik aggresion I'would announce postponement of any C. Warren, the youngest son of Mr 'si,, 10 '*' 011 wei, 1 ' ,,or,le out by the and 'Mrs. John M. Timmons died at ‘ in ' ° 1 !', emeiu ni ? de at a P llblic meet- his home on South Dargan stieet at S < o ,in<1 l todap. noon today after an illness of typhoid pneumonia extending ever a period- of several weeks. Ho was an excellent young man just eighteen years old and was known for his strong manly Christian character. He was a member of th.* First Baalist church and was Treas- <,a 'fi ol office urer of the Junior Bereon class, hav ing taken an active part in Sunday ■chool work. He was a student in High School ind stood high in his studies and took an active part in school athletics He is survived by his parents and quite a number of sisters and broth ers and a large family connection! throughout this section. ’ ; AMERICAN The funeral services will probably | not be he’d I etc re Friday morning toi inai.le reli tives from a distance tOj reach here. New Italian Cabinet Takes Oath Of Office Rome. June 16.—Premier Giolitti's newly lormed cabinet has taken the CONDEMNS RECENT RAILROAD STRIKE FEDERATION RRESPONSIBLE AGITATORS CAUSED IT hers at large are Henry C. Tillman. | * ,r - Uotthigham „• ....a o D la-,,i* ,00k the Federal Reserve to task f Greenwood, and R. B. F’ulton. F.orence. The following were elected dele- tatf | to the national convention of he American Legion, which meets 'n Cleveland, Oh'o. September 27-29: Thomas B Spratt. Fort Mill: J ^Jlun- ;oe Johnson. Marion; Mendol I Smith. Camden; E W Middleton. Charleston; Jim Shephard, Edgefield Ben M Sawyer, Cclumbia; Bernard Manning, Spartanburg; H I Ellerbee. Manning: Douglas Feiytherstone. off Greenwood; Henry C Moore, Gaffnej' D. W. McKENZIE SERIOUSLY HURT LOOKOUT HOUSE AT PAWLEY'S ISLAND COL LAPSES. Georgetown. June 16—Leon Wein berg. of Manning, and Dallas W. Mc Kenzie. of Olanta. were injured, the latter very seriously, on Pawley's l* land yesterday afternoon by the col lapse of a lookout house on the sand hill below which they sat watching the surf bathers. Mr. McKenzie .who Is a \oung civil engineer, was buried beneath the wreckage and it is b Q - lieved that he has sustained a broken back, besides other injuries, he was brought from the island last “tght and ‘aken this morning to a hospital in Charleston. Mr. W’einhti-g. while pain fully bruised all over the head and Hn l*.'. is not thought to be seriously hurt. He is a promi:vr>t moivrant of Manning, and his wi; * who was for merly Miss Cornel:,i Ehrlch of this riiy. :s with him ai their summer home on the island. Tin. McKenzie's i'mb- were paraly- md as the result of his injuries. In lookout house stood high up on ' hsand hills about twenty feat above the beach. * The y-jui.g men were ou 1 walking and sat down on the Mind at tl-* foot of the sard hill .o watch th* r.mry ( bahers in »h.> virf. w hen suit- dei ly anil withut v.arr.'ng the little la iise cume hurtlinir* down upon them ard both men wer. hurled under the 'lehr!.-. JAPAN TRIED ENGLAND on the very high rediscount rate, for which he said no reason has ever been assigned more than the fact that the Bank of England hud raised its re discount rate to 7 per cent, and par clearances. Mr. Spivey extolled the merits of the Federal reserve ystem, because it is a Democratic paity institution. He urged that it be given more time to w*ork out Its problems. Tobacto Market Mr. Williamson spoke particulariv on the tobacco markets, and urged that they should not be opened until the large buyers are in the fields. He stated that some unscrupulous ware housemen are taking advantage of the situation, by letting the market be opened two weeks earlier than it should be He alleged that in this way manipulators purchase South Carolina tobacco at half the actual value, ship it into North Carolina, and otlmr markets and sell it for double what they paid for it. He cited one particular instance in which he stated he knew, personally, the buyers came into the local mar ket the first ten days last year, bought $100,000 worth of tobacco, ind shipped into North Carolina, and sold at a net profit cf more than $100,00 for himself. fokio, June 16—The Japanese in serterl an article in (Tie Anglo-Japan- SAYSi eKP alliance pact of 1911 to remove all risk of England becoming invoiv ed in any dispute between the Unit ed States and Japan. Viscount Kato, The Bolsheviki Still CALLS NEW ELECTION Montreal. June 16—The American fointei Foreign Minister, declared to Federation of Labor today called up-. da y ln aa interview urging the re un the United States Congress to can- newal ot the treaty. . . T-» i ,:el thf * gentlemen’s agreement with Pressing Back Poles Japan and absolutely exclude dapa- | nese and other Asiatic immigration., —; — London. June 16.—The Bolsheviki, Declaring a hand of “Irresponsible’ Vienna June 16—President Zeil in the Kiev region are still pressing .agitators" was attempting to discred-,'> as asked chancellor Renner to pres- back the Poles following the capture it recognized organizations the Fede-'ent bills for dissolution of the Aus of the city by Russians, a Moscow ration condemned the recent railroad, Dlmi national assembly and for cal' .statement announces. „ .etrike. jing new elections, —, *-« t - ■ i POLICE COURT G. T. Brantley, charged with a plain drunk, forfeited a $5 bond. Grant Gilbert forfeited a 1100 bond for transporting whiskey. Melvin Robinson, a negro, who on Monday was before the recorder ou the charge of vagrancy and who was fined $1Q9 or 30 days but was held pending investigation on the charge of stealing a child's pair of shoes was up today and convicted of petit lar ceny and had another $100 or 30 days •acked on the former rontence. The weather is mighty hot and the work rather hard for a town coon, never uesd to work, to snove: dirt on the public roads of tbe county, however, he will he given a 6o day trial for nice in his life. There are other •lorence negroes who seem challeng ing the police for like treatment. The rase against another was dismissed his morning but the police have their •eyes centered on him and he will soon ollow suit unless he mends his ways. MURDERS MISSIONARY Peking June 16—The American le tut ton here w as informed northern ’hinese Republican troops had at- ucked Ihe reformed church mission it Yo Chow and killed Rev. W. A cteimert. WEATHER REPORT Generally fair and continued warm veather tonight ami Thursday.