The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, June 21, 1920, Image 1
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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
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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.
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