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i The Florence Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHE* 26th Year Florence, S. C. Monday Afternoon, June 21, 1920. $6.00 a year. m BING CIRCUS OPENS TOMORROW ' ; IN SOUTH CAROLINA I j I Entries Of Candidates Were Closed at Noon I Today. ERE JULY 2 3RD S cveral Dozen Aspirants For The Few Offices Contested. LEAGUE OF NATIONS ENDORSED BY LABOR RESOLUTION CALLS FOR RATi FICATION WITHOUT RES- . ERVATIONS. CLOSING SESSION STORMY LONDONDERRY IS REPLIES TO LETTER VOLUNTEERS CARRY EXPANSION DRIVE BLACK BELT RACE 1 TERROR STRICKEN OF J, DAVIS CARTER 1 WILL BEGIN TODAY RIOT CHECKED, BUT F orencc Times bureau, Wyatt Tay'or, Correspondent (’nlimibia. June L’l :i’s politic:!) ‘Two South Ki:)g t’imis" r.imicH of caudi- ar noon today and dozen hats in the a few offic'Ts arc ;ins Tuesday dales were closed tin “re are s’vetal lit g, tin ugh only 1 ooietited. The eampaig’i for slate offices hi nil a at (’oiunihia, (hat for Candi da I os for Hie Unit w. States Senat j at Sumter. The aspirants for state etUcers speak at Florence on July "J. Candidates for Senate speak at Florence on August Jl. The eatit- paign (loses August l!7t!i. One of the inteiesiitig anuoutiee-' niejit i is that made by Former Sen ator Cornell. who uas fil 'd hi". 1 enmpjign pledge i r the United 1 States Senate, to oppose Senator K l*. Smith. Mr. Pollock stated that fiis platform would I) > that of the t > “tnoeratic Natier.al C'onvention, iidopted at Shin Francisco, and that he would stand solidly upon it. “I Ic'l (onfident that the party wi.l take !,o backward s.ep," said the tenner senator. i m the race for the Senatorial toga will fie Senator Smith, Sena tor Pollock, Solicitor George War •aiii. it Hampton, and W. C. Irby, of I aureus. This promises to fie one of tin! interesting races. For Railroad Commission there at' four candidates: Frank W. Shealy. the ineumfi,,*nt; 1). I,. Smith and It. L. Moss, of t’oiutnfiia: ami I). W. McCaskill, of Canulen. Tie also promises to fie u.i iuterestln,, ccntest. , • SHU for lieuteaant governor there am three aspirants, Octavos Cohen and Wiison Cl. Harvey of Charleston, and O. K. Mauldin, of Greenville. For adjutant general there is al so a contest, A. II. .Marchant. of Orangeburg seeking the office for which Adjutant General jW. W. Moore is a candidate also. There are several Congressional contests. The candidates for eo.i gress are: First district: It. Whaley, congressman, and W. Tiiiti er Logan, Ch:,Vleston; second dis trict: (’ongressinan J. F. Byrnes. Aiken; third district: Fred II. Dunti nick, imumbmt; fourth district: .J. J. McSwain, Greenville: All, it K. Hill. Spartanburg, and Jack II. Wilson, Spartanburg: fifth district: W. F. Stevenson, Cheraw, incum- .hent; sixth district: Uongressman P H. Stoll; seventh district: K. ('. Mann and 11. P. Fulmer, Orange burg. ; For the “.olicitorshlps: First cir cuit: A. J. Hydrick, Orangeburg; sccend circuit: it. L. Gunter, Aiken fourt 1« circuit: J. Munroe Spea/s, Darlington: sixth: tl. K. Henry, oi Chester; seventh. I. W. Blackwood, Spartanburg; eighth: Homer S. Blackwell, Laurens; ninth: T P Stonex. Charleston; tenth: K. P. Smith, and Leon L. Rice, both of Anderson; eleventh. F. C. Calliston.j Lexington, and S. Monson Smith, of Edgefield; thirteenth: J. M. Daniel.j J. G. Lea th or wood, A. C. Mann, Da vid Stnoak. a'l of Greenwillo; tltli H R. Padgett and Randolph Mur- i Montreal, June _1 -The American Federation of Labor endorsed tin league of nations witle ut r J v.'va- tions. Th closing session of the two weeks’ convention was a stormy cue. Irish sympathizers, supported by the progtessivo wing ('1 tlie fed eration. opposed the movement to endorse the league, and through out the dtbate on the f|jestion the presidejit, Samuel Gompere. had dif ficulty in nmintainlng order.. His gavel was smashed in his efforts t< riuF't the proceedings. Mr. Gem pars and the executive council viill leave immediately for Washington to put into operation tin program I tamed by the con von lieu. The first m: ve. it was said, will he launched against the Detne ciatic national 'omantion to obtain adoption of the FuTratinn's pro gram in I lie party platform. They will eigur also that the f "leration's non partisan p., itical poliey. which was unanimously approved by Uije convention, he carried out. i Labor Adopts Program Labor's program ns < ntlincd I).- the eonv ntion d-ntatid: : Ratilicati* n of th'* ivac-’ treaty. I Gov I'unM at ownctship with di n., cratic operation of railroads. (Tub on profiteering and hi; a cost of living. Jailing of food and clothing pool Beers. Right to strike and nh lition c.' compulsory arbitration and ami- strike legislation. Hands oil in Mexico by the Cnit- ed States Government,. Endorsement if the Irish Republic Right of collective bargaining. Advances in wa.g< cssary to maintain standard of living. Shorter work da. BY CLASS TUMULT Five Killed in i^iot Waged Between Nationalists and Unionists. HUNDREDS WOUNDED TWO CITIZENS OF COUNTY EX PRESS OPINION OF THE $450,000 BOND ISSUE (Luke City News) Florence, S. JJune City News, C. lit JO. wherever nee the Americas is neejssun to prevent unemployment. FLORENCE CHECKS IN BURNING PLANE Trouble Originated From Apparently a Minor Squabble. Londonderry. June 1!1 Fiv) per sons were killed, ton others serious ly wr.iindod, sever? 1 or tpetn prob ably fatally, and anoni ,00 othors were less seriously inju\'d during .i parade of rioting in this city Sat urday night. Th? fighting was ac companied by several attempts at imc ndiaiisni, one of which resulted in the Inirning of a large drapery store. Pitched Battle The rioting was a continuation of the disorder of Friday night when nationalist'; and unionists were en gaged in sladtea tor several hours . lit: the military o.;.d to he called oi: The military remained in what ware considered the danger zones, imi notwithstanding ’is presence, the disorderly clemcnlfc held sway for some lime. Flying Lead From shortly after :• until 11 o'clock pandemonium reigned. A hot find from o:.e parly into a enn.d i f rival pa.teve'oped with ominiotis speed into violent noting. Parly cries wa^e raised and the unionists, assemoled ut the head of Upper Fountain street, pour < d vniiey alter volh y of rille and re volver lire into Longtower street, with ilisastrous results. Am ther crow d of unionists in Al- i >>n strelit maintained a cm,, i i tjie directn n to is gate, v th the result that the people Editor, l.ake Lake City, S. Dear Sir: ! Would you kindly allow me space to correct som6 allegations, and im pu'.auons, wnich Mr. J. Davis Car ter of Leo, made in a communica tion published in your issue of Fri day. June 11, I'.'JO, relative to the Mf!. r 00 roads bond issue capabk for election June 22, 1920. I apt not ,.v. ...i.g a newspaper eontrov^ sy. hut Mr. Carter made statements, as fads, which the figures do nut sus tain, and which in fairness to the issue, shou d not go um halienged. Mr. Carlcr first complaint up peers to he the expenditure of (t()0 on the Florence Timmonsvil!.' read of 11 miles length. This pro- 1 ptcl was adopted by the FTcreneo County Highway Commission, be cause it meant approximately $85,- K t' ( f Fod« ral Roads Hind for Flot- <»nce County Highways. Either our higlf.vny commissioners had to adept an approved project of this kind, acctpcahle ;>y the F'deral lligl.way Cotnmisidoners, cr sit idly by and sc*' oMter contities in South get this $Sf).ii9ft. 1 believe a Mr Cart.ir will concede i thi is worth going after, building reads in Florence the icinity shelter. ned panic siiicsen to Fighting Today iis. -..lomtg was this morning whicli rsoti heing mortal- CASHIER CHECKS OF FLOI ENt.K BANK Art£ BURNED IN AEROPLANE FIRE of th.- A. B. Keiseintuii, director Municipal Baml, liad an uiitisuai | Rioting surprise coming to him this moni-i oeloi k ing, wh«n he received a letter front Carl FTselier. musie puhlislter, for a bill for music which they let tic 1 hand have some mouths ago. The ' director had sent this company a cashiers check to cover this hill. I Sim ■ receiving tlie hill today, ho, lias found cait from the Funk that the mail in which this check was 1 caiTicd, was lost by the aeroplane catching on fit j. The check was dispatched by aerial past il service. Mr. Keiserman has learned since, 1 that a lot of the New York mail for, April 2d and 27 was lost by the aeroplane catching on fire. Incidentally, tlie City Savings Bank which sent this cheek has ;e duplicate another cheek of about $>00, which was lest in the mail in the same way. I.oudond; sumed here suited in c-ne pc H wounded, and two seriously hurt. Rifle and revolver firing was almost (•'■nClUlolls. People feared to go to wuk. Business was virtually at a siandstill. Fighting this Afternoon Louclonderiy, June 21 - A mob this morniui’ openL fired on troops. was still in progress at one this at'".'‘moot;. One man in Cerolina that eve that ts.", even in county. | By no means is any of th n money dc rived from (ho t ond Issue to h i turned ov r to the evunty commis sioners. It is all paid to the Flor ence County highway commission,' which has exclusive and direct sup ervision cf the money. How Mr. Carter arrived at his tax' rat * of 21 mills, to pay carrying cimrg s for the .$lad,000 roads bond issue, is beyond ordinary mathema tic I ken. Flcronce county has a tax roll of approximattly $12,8('0. tti'U. TO re bonds will draw <> per cent interest, and will bn payable in smie;. This wi I mean a contin ually di creasing sum of interest ev< ry year. The first vear they will draw $27,000 interest, and ac- (•ending to tentative plans. about $U> 000 cf the i'csue w ill be teUred. As the principal Is dlminisitecV nat urally the carrying ’c'harges will be come less, as already noted. I .css than 2 ! -2 mills will covet the c ri ving c harges the first year, when they wi 1 he the largest. Air. Carter's tax rate would more 1 marly carry a SS.fmOvOO issue, in Illness of Supervisor Ervin Delayed Box Dis tribution. GOOD ROADS BOUNDS Election Will Be Held To morrow On $450,000 Bond Issue. Boxes are being distributed today for the e!action tomorrow, when Florence countv will vote on an is sue of $4."i0.0cn. to build good roads. Everything is ready for the elec tion which is ex pi, c cl to carry. On account of the sudden illness Saturday of A. L. Ervin, county su pervisor, the work of distributing the i xes was delayed. Today a corns of volunteers was organize*, and sent throughout the county, to pace these' luixes. 'I In re spoil: >) or volunteers to carry these boxes emphasizes citiite thoroughly the spirit there is for the roads bond is sue. 'I hese bonds will hyar H pe>r cent interest, arid must he sold at par. They will he retired in sen‘s. winch will nnvin a continually re ducing carrying charge. Between tit) and 75 per cmU of the issue will he applied to permanent imprevemnts, smT as ditching, draining perman nt culverts, obtain ing adefiuato rights of way, and oth er filatures which will provide the foundation for building permanent highways throughout the county, prohal-y within the next two years i '| his issue of $450,000 will provide a system of 125 miles of such roads ANNUAL CONVENTION S. S. ASSOCIATION the equalization of his figures a .id terms to suit the facts. | Relative to the* tax rate. Flor- 1 otic? couniy levy ia 1919 was only > 1-2 mills, * he Stat? lo,vy was only 9 mills, the eunstitutional school of only 2 mills. 1 understand . t ..>me school districts have voted special who was wounded in yesterday’s lighting between Hi-' Union'sfs and Nationalists died today, bring, total number killed to six. Authorities Powerless London. June 21 Civil war condi tions prevail in Londonri: *rry and the civil authorities at | power ess u.’i exchange \ 'Icgrapii dispatch 1 taxes which is to their credit, and dec-fares. Several persons were kil. co nim'iuh.tion. These are the fac ts led dining this morning's rioting. Mr Carter does not show us how The firing is lii ing maintain '(1 with he arrived at his tremendous in- desperate. intensity. j creas?. ■ — | In considering tax rolls and as- Hearst Issues Caii 'sossm-mts in Florjiee county, no _ . . T ts ° !i0 :ni,st loose sight of the fact For A New Party! that the basis of taxes is probably I the lowest in the United States. Chicago, June 20 A c all to citi-1 Few places have such low assess semblo in a new independ mrnts as Florence county. Accord- issue a new declaration of ing to recent statistics there are ap- elongh. Walter E. Duncan seems to have' th<» race alone for the office of com i ptrolle r general. Sam M. Wolfe, for attorney general: B. Harris, for com i missioner of agricui.itre; W. Banks Dove, frr secretary of State; Carter, for stat" treasure^, al 0 filed their pledges. PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES AT HOME HERE MB. R. C. COMMANDER SUCCESS FUL BUSINESS MAN DIED LAST NIGHT CTRONG PROGRAM PREPARED FOR MEETING AT HOPE- WELL. JULY 11. ! 'I he Florenc ■ County Sunday School Association will hold its annual con- cent ion at the Hopewell Presbyterian c'hurch on Sunday, July 11. and the Sunday school:-, of all deuomnations in ( nr c-ounty are invited to send dele gates A strong program, dealing with all departments of modern Sunday school wo. k. has been prepared. . l.eon C. Palmer, tli enewly elected General Suprintndent of the South Carolina Sunday School Association, is expet- ed to attend,, this convention, togeth er with Miss Cora Holland, Children's Superintendent of the Association. In order that no Sunday school work cr may he deprved of the privilege of* attending this convention, no limit , will be set on the number of delegates who may attend from any Sunday school. All will he welcome. 1 tlmr ■ Information regarding the convcn- «rop> tion may be secured from County President It. B. Fulton. Florence; B. Gillespie, Effingham, or General Su perintendent Leon C. Palmer, 715 Al len &. Law Building, Spartanburg, S. C. ENHOILMENT CF ;v IMBERS AND ts... L.x. .. Oh FLEDGES TO LUti.AlN FUND Coiun.bia, 21 — With no detail of pi L iratiou overluoke.V the expan sion campaign of th? South Caro lina Development Board will open qlhcially tomorrow morning. In eve ry ccunty 7a “e state there is an organization ot volunteer work ers who will give their time in the coming week to the enrollment of meri t)-rs and the securing cf pledg es to the sustaining fund. In som > places the job will he finished in a few- ciays: in others the extent of the territory to he covered will re quire moie tine j Though the campaign has its offi cial opening tomorrow, a consider- ; Ine number of memberships and sul sc.vipHons have al t'iidy be f i made. For sot>;i weeks men ad over the state have been writing to the headquarters of the drive in Co ,...i).i enclosing iheir k';. and in scivoral ol the districts prominent men in the Industrie’s have pledged their support to tlie movement in substantial sums. It is believed that th<' first cl; y’s reports which will he collected Monday evening will sliow a large percentage of the job ae- coiupiishc. d. $?50,nC0 a Year Wanted Speaking of the goals of the cam paign, I0.l•(^ , individual members and an Income of $250,000 a ycyir, Niels Christensen, president of the development hoard this evening said "Ne ither of those goals is too large to aim for: in fact, they are very cense rvHtive. With 10,000 members the development Foard will repm sent the central, dynamic forces of the state. Composed of thej best thinking and best working citizens, tac Foard will he In a position to set at work immediately and in the most effective manner . on its pro- (gram of state development, i “It has been definitely decided. 1 that the first of the projects which will hr* undertaken is that cf mark ets and marketing. This is the one big thing right at hand and we pro pose io prosecute it with vigor. And we are not going to theorize one minute; we are going at the problem in the most practical manner that j experience and sound judgment dic tate.. We honestly believe .that with in a relatively shoit time we shall have several of our home cash mar kets in actual operation ia«I.ariotts section of the state." Florence is the headquarters of th*' seventh district, the chairman heing J. W. MeCown. The counties in the district have been organized as fol'ows: Florence. T. B. Young chairman; Georgetown, W. H. An drews chairman; Marion. G. R. Wil Hams chairmon: Williamsburg, A. C. Hinds chairman. Horry county is also in the soventh district. THREE ARE KILLED Chicago Negroes Parade in Interest of “Back to Afri ca” Movement. FLAG IS BURNED Seasonable Weather Brightens Crop; Sailors Mobilize To Avenge Their Comrade’s Death. Chicago. June 21.—Two white men nml a negro were killed and a count less number wounded here last night in a riot in the heart of the south side "Black Belt.” following tfic report of the huniing of an American nag by a hand of negroes who were said io have paraded in the interest of a “Back to Africa" movement. The Dead R. L. Rosewhite, a sailor. Jo eph Hoyt, white, a cigar dealer. Joseph Owens, a negro policeman. Rose was shot through the heart, dying instantly. Hoy’t head was split hcross the brow leading the police at first to believe lie had been killed by a blow from an axy. Later investiga tions. however, brought the conclu sion that his skull had been split by a elum dmn bullet. Owens was taken to a hosptal, where he died soon aft ei ward. The Trouble The trouble occurred ut Thirty- Fifth street and Indiana avenue near the scene of last year’s race riot in w hlch more than thrty blacks were hilled and hundreds injured. Several hundred policemen wore rushed to the district and succeeded in restoring older before the disturb ance spead. More than a thousand negroes gathered, but no general riot 1 occurred. Flag Burning 1 Several negroes who witnessed the flag burning ran to a pool room at Thirty-Sixth slreet and Indiana ave nue' and asked aid of pesons in the place in preventing the act. Rose, who was in the pool room, and a number of negroes proceeded toward the gathering of blacks. They were joined by Polceman Owens, who , attempted to arrest one' of the group. , Owns started to search the man fnr a weapon when other negroes In the , crowd were reported to have drawn pistols. , It was not known who fired the the first shot Owens was wounded in the back and Rose, who had just left Hoyts cigar shop after enlisting the latter's aid, was shot through the heart I Accotding to the statements of spectators, the parading negroes dis banded and gathered in a circle around an American flag which they !s“t cm fire After it had burned a lit-* : tie while they stamped on it and shot revolvers. I Another heavy rain fell here last! p °*'ce Seek Leaders night and*the ground is now thor-l ' " l( ' aRO - June 21—Police are search otighly wot. The seasonable wea ln f r °! R D Jonas * an alleged radi- ins mntorally nrightened up Ca a R* tat oL and three negroes in con and the farmers i.n* optimis- r >°Hng in the “Black tic and pushing work with possible'! , . * a3t during which two white conditions are very men were killed, two negroes TIE-UP FREIGHT S. T. have candi Brad \V. L More Entries Today Columbia, Juuet 21—Other dates are as fo lows: W. \Y ley. Abbevilh*. for Congrc Be wen and for Solicitor cult; T Frank UfCord, Greenwood, for solicitor froi^the* eighth circuit W, P. POLLOiyK ENTERS SENATORIAL RACE »OUR ASPIRANTS NOW SEEK THE MAJOR PLUM IN STATE POLITICS. Mr. R. Commander, ag*' <*" year:;, died at his home "ti South Dargan street last night at 7:20 o'clock after an illness of scvc*ial | weeks. He was horn in Darlington county hut had made his home F Florence for the past 2,0 years and wli<,n he well known In the htisines:: life of the community. I ,, ... . a He was twice married, first to IF t. Uyc l.e treonvtl.e Mj ;s Kslh , r M( . ( ' llrrv . n in the thirtemth cir-j am , to thiH un , on w ,„. lowing children: Charles E. and Jo seph Commander, Mrs. Ben \V. (.'ov ington of Florence and Marion NY. Commander of Lake City. His second marriage — * M'ss Ma mie Rorsey who with the folio*' children by this union survive* him: Mrs. George Crowell and Miss a. tulle Commander. He was a life long member of He Preshytf/ ian c h" ' h ••id took a leading part in his church affair The funeral services wnl he* held this afternoon at oe’ock from the resld mce on South Dargan street, interment in Ml. Hope cemetury. zetts to a once hall. political independenc)' and conse-1 proximately 500.000 ac res of land on crate, “curseIves anew lo the human j the tax l acks returned at a total righ's and popular liberties this Re value of $7,158,000. This- is round 1 RAILROAD STRIKE public was crcnt'-'d to conserve, ’ l SI5 per acre. Farm lands are sell- was issued by William Randolph ing for *200 to $1,090 per acre, as a Hear.it. through the medium of his 1 matter of fact Actually the tax rate! newspaper, Ihe Chicago Herald and 1 here is very low. i Philadelphia, June 21—Railroad' Examiner, published in early odi- The question is not “can we stand strikers today, claimed to have 1 lions here today. ; it," hut rather, “can we afford not made h^avy gains in the Philadel The call asserts that the Reptthto stand it?’’ , phia and Baltimore* districts. Thol lie n National C'.ivention "strad- Florence county has a hoard of treight tie-up is rapidly increasing.' d!|l on a'niost e\* rything;" that highway commissioners whose in There is a noticable scarcity of ccr' Senator Johnson is “a .safe and sane tegiity and honesty of purpose and tain articles. Fresh moat prices dealing is absolinViy above re- have advanced. The newsprint pa speed. Crop favorable and a f;\jrly good crop is .... expected In this section. The boll! le "ghting followed the dispersal wc'evll has not made his presence 1/ a 1 ? ara . < * e of ne K r o members of an felt in this county yet to anv extent 1 . KaM ' zat * on sa *A ' t0 advocate the seriously injured any extent and inough he i;.- expected it is not | believed he will materially damage the present crop oi cotton. FIRST COTTON BLOOMS IN FLORENCE COUNTY ... re turn of negroes to Abyssinia. After the paade leades had burned an Ameri can flag. Police emphasized that the rioting w-as not the result of racial feeling but more probably the rsult of a radi cl plot They pointed out that negroes and whites cooperated in an effort lo resent the insult to the flag. progressive' tc* who.,! no reasonable or holiest Inisinc's.-; inter's! could properly obj<v t.” and that ‘ big mo ney is afraid she thought, and how universally beneficial that id* a may he." It continues: The d'jeal of Johnson was not a proach. They have given their as surance and their word where thfti of a man wit hprogren ’ money will he used that is derived no matter how sound | from the bond issue. This was pith lishod in the same issue as was Mr Cartel’s communication. This is a business 'proposition. ! One must see his . per supply is running short, curtailing. ana COME FROM CROP BY 11 YEAR OLD BOYS, WHO HAVE SET A RECORD REPUBLICANS SHAPE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN Story Of Seizure Without Foundation Tha Times ing the first j season. The '• Irom an acre | defeat f for til*' tained." I "The | ' I? F" I Americans.’ j It then asks; “What, j 1 -it a new p rty, based proven principles which r the man. It was a defeat | it. progre ssive ideas he ent-v I he The c all furthc'r rays ! My Democratic parly for indc'i endenf money's worth i'i Upon this principal alone can decide to vote for or against it. only purpose in this communica offers no j tion. to place the facts honestly and upstatviins squarely before the voters. 1 am content to led them decide rfie mer- then. is h ft , its of the question on the* facts, i on the old regret that Mr. Carter published his have mad' statement, hecausq it was mislead our country great, our people free?’| ing. He is esteemed too highly to Th" ( till is signed by .Mr.* Hearst. die! the author of such tnisinforma Very truly yours, WALTER J. JOHNS;**. Hon. W. P. Pollock, of Cher.-.w. whet served in the United States Senate for a few months, filling out tho nnexi ir- ed term of the late Senator lillman lias entered the race far tho Senate contesting for the place now held 1 y Senator E. D. Smith. There are now tour candidates fir this place. Senator Smith who is seeking re-election and W. C. Irby, of Lauren*; George Warren, of Hampton, and W. 1*. Pollock, of Che- ray. have entered the lists. The campaign will op,*,, j,, tomorrow. Senator Smth who is at tending tho National Dcmocittlle c m vention In San Francisco will not be present at the meeting. PREMIERS GIVE GREECE FREE HAND NEW GROCERY STORE TO OPEN IN FLORENCE London June 21 —A consular in vestigation of reports that the Irish police seized the personal arms of an officer of the American steamei Milwaukee on the bridge at Dublin, proved that the story was untrue. RAILROAD STRIKE CAUSES EMBARGO received this morn-j cotton blooms of thc| blooms were plucked field c f cotton, planted CONFERENCE BETWEEN NOMI NEE AND LEADERS DEFI- FINITELY SHAPE PLANS PHILADELPHIA AND BALTI MORE HIT BY WALKOUT OF YARDMEN and worked by hdward and Eskins Cooper th- tl year old sons of Mr. B y.. (Yoper. farm manager of tin) South Caro'Ina ladtcurial 8chl» !. This is not the ti'st vear these t* v o young red blooded Florentines have tried their hand at farming. on, the same acre of ground last year they raised 990 pounds of lint cot ton which with th| seed brought them $690. it is the third year these two youngsters have rented this acre of land and planted it and they have madc\ the land produce more and more each year. Their I prospects for a record production on the acre this year is very prom ising. Thc.V take great pride in I I their fair activities and have set a Washington June 21—The Repub Bean campaign plans began to take definite shape with tho conferences here today with Harding and mem bers of sub committees of the Re publican National cominittc|. Be sides fixing the date of the official notification the Conference discus sed other important features of the campaign. The session is expected to last all day. NEGRO FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN GEORGIA ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SHERIFF. John H. Langston lias announced his candidacy for the offic* of Slier ill of Flot; nee county. Mr. Lungs ton is a son of A. J. Langston of Hi- I’enic 1. now Glenwood. section. He se rved font years *11 the United States months on the served division! regular cf which front in France with the 261 It Ills record of 1 splendid one. numerous friends ty: who wish him MILITARY MEASURES IN TURKEY GIVEN OVER TO I GREEKS. Boulonge, June il.—Greece is given a free hand in Ihe military measures in Turkey which was decided at tho Hythe conference yesterday, accord ing to Information here army, eighf'ent The Premiers found these mens*- time wap passcfl uros were required immediately on account of the grave situations result ng from tlie Natonalist forces reach ing the Dardanelles. French and British troops and the British fleet will be concentrated for where h" and 81st service is Mr. Langston bus in Florence coun well in fiis rac the defense of (’onstantinople. Florence will have another retail grocery store In the near future, W I* Gelzer, of Charleston, having leased from S. Goodst-Mu the prop rty t;t 16 North Dargan street for locution. Pr* f- tret i ms are "■ ready under way for opening the business. Mr. Gelzer is refuted a ver" sin- cc'ssfnl retail groceryman. He ex pects to conduct here a cash busi ness with some new ideas 111 his delivery system. Tlui new store was Inneled for Florence largely through the efforts of Mr. Qoodstein, one of the active members of the Florence Chamber pace that few cld farmers can at tain. They expect a greater yield* this than last year and hope that the price of cotton will justify their unstinted effort. Baltimore June 21—Baltimore was hit by the, new railroad strike early today and it is claimed by the strik ers that every freight yard in or around Baltimore practically is para lyzed with about 700 yardmen ab sent Irom their work, although even the strikers do not say that 100 per cent of tlux yardmen are yet out. Up Vancouver, B. ('.. June 21—Six to a late hour tonight only the yard) persons were killed and several iu- nnui had walked out, while all the jured in a fire which destroyed an road crews were still working and apartment In a . fashionable part of the railroad companies wc|e able the city at midnight FATAL APARTMENT FJRE NEGRO WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH GIRL’S MURDER NEAR STILSON. Savannah. June 21—Philip Gaither tlie negro wanted in connection with the murder of Miss Anza Jaudon last week, was arrested today near Stil- son. Ga. He denied killing the girl. He was Unarmed, although there were sev- fired at him when he was I era I shots arrested. i of Commerce, i to maintain full passenger service. Officials of the Pennsylvania rail- ! road admitted that half of their yard crew were out. Sunday always is a dull day and they declined to j toll the expectations for. tomorrow MINISTER TO GREECE ■ 1 ■■m 4 Washington June ‘21 -Kd ward > Cappc. of New Jersey, has been ap- . pointed minister to Greece. SERVICE SQUADRON ORGANIZED Washington. June 21.—A special service squadron op cruisers and gun boats to he bused on the canal zone i and held available for duty in Mexican ihnd Central American and adjacent waters will he organized about Oc tober first, the Navy Department has 1 nnounced. j - . - , - . a.-^