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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES
THK LATItT A180CIAT CO .PRESS DISPATCH IS
27th Year
Florence, S. C.. Monday Afternoon, March 5, 1923.
$6.00 a Year
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DISTRIC1' ATTORNEY
HERE FOR FEDERAL
COURT TOMORROW
^w'h cSmeupFo? 868 BALD^flK ANNOUNCES
.gra^case | FOIT COMMISSIONER
FIRST ON DOCKET: . (JlJY flF FLORENCE
LEGISLATURE ENTERS
NINTH WEEK WITH ^
MUCH WORK AHEAD
SON LAKE CITY’S
MAYOR ATTACKED
WHILE OUTDRIVING
k r*
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I LIKELY THAT SESSION WILL CON- SHOT FIRED AT SPEEDING CAR OPENING SERMON PREACHED
TINUE TO LAST THREE 1 PIERCES THE UODY OF A THIS MORNING RV DR. FUR-
NEGRO MAN MAN H- MARTIN
MORE WEEKS
REVIVAL SERVICES | CONTRACT FOR 1 HE
CENTRAL METHODIST j WHITE WAY BE LET
; CHURCH UNDER WAY| THIS AFTERNOON
ELECTION PETITION
I
SENATE COMMITTEE
^ HAS FINANCE BILL
POSSE FOLLOWS AND REV. J. W. SPEAKE
CAPTURES THE MEN
I
ARRIVES TONIGHT
E. L. Jacobs, Charleston
Alderman; To Come Be
fore Grand Jury
District Attorney J. D. E. Myer, of
t)ie United States Court, which is to
convene here tomorrow mornlnK for
the March term, arrived in the city
this morning and has been' in
ISADORE SULZBACHER ALSO
MAKES OFFICIAL ENTRY
INTO THE RACE
HOUSE WILL CONSIDER THE
$6o,ooo,coo Highway bond
ISSUE MEASURE
TAKEN TO LAKE CITY AND HELD SPLENDID PREACHER WILL TAKE
IN POLICE STATION WITH- j CHARGE OF MEETINGS. PU&-
OUT BAIL > LIC IS INVITED
IS BEING CIRCULATED
THROUGHOUT CITY
Bids Were Opened By
Council Committee At
Three O’Clock
WORK EXPECTED TO
COMMENCE AT ONCE
THREE CANDIDATES
Columbia, March 5.—Two weehs,. Cooper McKenzie and his son ar», Rev. John \V. Speake. pastor of St. |
j possibly three, yet remain of the leg-' jjpjj j n the police station at Lake John’s Methodist church nt Rod; 1
i islative session, according, to predlc-jcity charget! with shooting Alonzo’ Hill, and one of the most successful,
ASKS FOR
ISSUING
ELECTION TO VOTE
BONDS TO THE
AMOUNT OF $350,000
Will Be Of The Most Mod
ern Construction In
Existence
‘tions of members, though the assem-j M oore colored: > assaulting am! at-'and gifted preachers in South Caro :WILL NOT ADD TO
assault Bruce White:! Bna. arrives this evening and will' THE PRESENT DEBTS
NOW FOR MAYOR, Mom1ay e '[ e , nin * enters the n,n,h ;tempting to
J week of its 192.. sitting. I head, son of Mayor W. H. White- take charge of the meeting at Cen j
[RUMOR HAS IT THAT OTHERS »he outstanding facts tn connection i lPa( j 0 f L^e City, assaulting and Mathodist church tonight at ' ► A n_
ference practically all day with Post 1 MAY ENTER BEFORE LISTS t with the work of the assembly thl*' attemi)ting to asaault B R U fti an , a
ARE CLOSED J
con-
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Office Inspectors Knight and Ripley {
regarding several cases of violation) . . , , „ .
of the postal laws which are to come | W. Ba/dwin, yard conductor o
up. O fthese the most important are the Atlantic Coast Line railroad com-
the cases of Mrs. Eugene O. Ingraham p anyi announces officialy today that
of Columbia charged sending, he wil , be a eandidate fos commis . 3ion .
improper letters through the mails I ... „
in connection with the McGregor) 1 t * lp clty °* J ,(,r ‘ ;nce - He is well
wedding in Columbia last fall, and 1 known and popular in Florence, he
of William Hopkins, charged with J in? connected with several organiza-
sending scurrilous and defamatory | t ons.
mattsr through the malls. j s. isadore Sulzhacher also make.'
A number of. witnesses prominent, olficia! announcement of his candi-
in the social and business life of the • dacy for place on the board. Mr. Sulz-
state will appear here to testify in | bacher is one of the best known husi-
the Ingraham case. It will be called 1 ness men of the city and has long
for trial Immediately upon the open-, been active in public work, hnvtna
ing of court tomorrow morning, ac-, served a part of term as alderman
cording to information gained from! under the a'd form of government,
authoritative sources today. Postj Messrs. Meeks and Barnwell have
Office Inspector Knight, who worked already announced for re-election as
up the case against Mrs. Ingraham, ‘ councilmen. W. II. Berry has been
and handwriting exnerta from the de-' mentioned as a possible candidate hut
partment of justice at Washington' has made no sfiitement for publics-
will be among the main witnesses for 1 tion yet,
the United States. Mrs. Ingraham is 1 Pressure, it is stated, has been
at liberty on bond. . ! brought to bear upon D. >V. Alderman.
Later in the week the court will try! c**® vV. Covington, Joe Long, J. C.
William Hopkins, charged with using, K pmin, l- anf i others, to oh'er for com-
the malls to disseminate scurrilous, missioner but no public expression
matter. Williams is in the Florence! has been made by these gentleman,
county jail, having been brought here! Three candidates for Mavor are
two weeks ago from Kingstree, where t now 1 nthfe race. In order of their
)■ ~ f"* into custodv. He isj ann °uncements they are W. M. Wn-
said to be an Itinerant sign painter ^ er8 > Thad W. Jones and W. Mnrshall
Bridges. It is rumored that there
may be stUl other candidates
SHERIFF t.S. BURCH
HAS CRUSHED LEG
(ivlng New York state as his home.
Hopkins was working in Florida when
he is alleged to have begun his vio
lations of the postal laws. He se
lected persona of wealth and social
and official standing with whom tni
carry on his one-sided and anonymous [
correspondence, sending improper i
communications to Mrs. W. K. Van-|
rierhilt. Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, Miss!
Consuelo Vanderbilt, the daughter of I
the late Andrew Carnegie and others, I BIGHT LEG BROKEN JUST BE-
well known In the social life of New LOW KNEE BY HEAVY FALL
York and the Florida resorts. Hop-] AT THE JAIL
kins dl' - not stop with this, but also | ^
wrote President Harding and Ex-i Sheriff Thos. S. Burch had his right
Postmaster General Work letters I badly crushed yesterday afternoon
that would fall to pass the censor- |W " p n he fell over a planking seat In
ship of Bolshevik Russia, let alone, ^he corridor of the jail and fell to
the Post Office department of thej 1,,e ‘‘oocreia hoar, breaking the right
United States, '"lie letiors were al-‘ ,es ^ l,8t helow the knee. On account
week will be the following, according
to present indications:
The senate nnance committee will
begin consideration of the general
appropriation hill. The committee
will have a series of hearings.
The senate will consider the bill to
create a new board of control of the
state penitentiary, submitted by the
comnflttee which made the recent in
vestigation of the prison. This board
would be composed of five members,
appointed by the governor, and this
hoard would select the prison super
intendent..
The house will consider the hills to
create a state highway system and to
issue $60,000,000 of bonds to finance
the hard surfaced roads.
The house will also consider the
$12,000,000 bond issue hill, providing
for $10,000,000 for educational insti
tutions and $2,000,000 for the common
schools. This hill would submit the
questions of the bonds to the people
in the next election. •
Several revenue measures are on
the house calendar for consideration
and the commodities tax bill is or.
Hie senate committee. A gales tas
is also proposed.
The senate will also consider the
V;ouse bill, which would close up all
pool rooms in the state. The author
of the bill, in its original form, B
Representative Barnett. He nronosed
to tax pool rooms. Representative
'Poole, of Aiken, introduced a subatt-
tute, by amendment, which would
outlaw all professional pool rooms
and to this Representative Blease of
fered an amendment to prohibit the
playing of pool anywhere in the atate.
in clubs, Y. M. C. A. buildings, homes
and the like, as well as In pool rooms.
The question of the bill's constitu
tionality is hound to he raised in the
senate. What action the upper branch
will take is problematical.
The house does not meet until
Tuesday at noon as Us calendar Is
not as heavily laden as is that of the
senate. The senate meets Monday
night.
'.who! today: “He has a pleasing personal ‘issuing $350 000 coupon bonds ina t U r-! be at V 11 , 0 ®', J**®”* *" n ’'
morn-; ity, a gracious smile and a big hear: j ing in 30 years from the date of is-1 JSrut/cotnmUU^ is noVm
Pov that has been consecrated to God tr.i su j n » and hearing interest at a rate i nt malrinir ttlAir
and irai aiomoaisi enun u loingnt at
o'clock.
| Mr. Speake has served some of toe
prominent farmer of that section, i most prominent charges In the state
cursing and using abusive language, He hail'been a wonderfully successful
in the presence of ladies, and of dl*-!pastor and is gifted ,is an evangelist,
turbing the peace on Sundpv. [ One who Knows him well said of him
According to Mayor Whitehead
was a visitor in Florence this
ihg, Bruce Whitehead and a
friend were out riding yesterday many years. Central Methodist churcn
afternoon with several young ladlea has been wise In its choice of
in their automobile. While driving leader lor its revival services, ami
along nt a conservative rate of speed Florence will lie the better for Hear
they saw an automobile stopped part-1 me him”
ly in the road and several men and , Preparatory to these services sev
hoys beside It. While attempting to 1 eral meetings have already been held,
pass the car and also avoid running! Large congregations attended iimi
into the ditch at the other side of deep interest has been manifested
the road, the fenders of the two au-, On Wednesday j afternoon ttie paste;
tomobiles scraped together, hut not addressed the Women of the •tmrci
enough to injure either In the least. ] and of other diiominatlons wno met
it was said. J With them, it Was a beuutini s'erv
Bruce, who was driving, at once ice of consecration for tap work tha:
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
ASKED TO BE READY SIGN
WHEN PRESENTED
The petiCon asking City Council to
cail an election upon the question of
A committee was appointed with
: authority to buy the new white way
; system for Florence at a special meei-
> ing of city council this morning. The
! committee is composed of B. S.
! Meeks, father of the movement. May-
i or W. R. Barringer and J. F. Stacklev.
• Representatives of a number of cqn-
• tracting ri ms are in the city today
I and the committee immediately aot
down to business requesting that
stopped his car, said Mr. Whitehead,
and had no sooner brought it to a
lies ahead.
On Wednesday night the pastor led
stop when Cooper McKenzie and his the men in consecration of them
son. wno were among those besidetf j selves, their tine and their personal
the automobile across the* road, be- 1 service.
gan to curse him and threaten to drag | On Friday afternoon another mass
him outside and beat him up. There, meeting for wotgen was held. Neariv
were three hoys with the two Mc-j two hundred wpr3 present, one o:
Kenzies, who took no part in the, the most beaatiful. simple, heart
disturbance, it was stated, but who
held the older man back when he at-
suing and bearing interest at a mte
not exceeding 6 per cent per annum
for the purpose of life payment or
debts incurred for the extension, en
larging ana improving the systems of given some
water-works, sewerage and storm noon.
drainage in the Citv ot Florence, is
being circulated todav.
All property owners are asked to
lie ready to sign when the petition is
presented to them in order that the
City Council may be in a position to
call the, election without undue de
lay. At present this indebtedness is
in the form ot open notes and will
mature in 10 months. It wil;', of
course, be impossible for the City to
retire this indebtedness at that time.
In fact such a thing was never con
templated.
By converting this indebtedness in
to ..<! year honus, ttie City will lie in
the progress of making their selec
tion. The committee reserved the
right to discard anv or all bids hm
it is very likely that the contract for
the erection of the white way will oe
time during the after-
After more than a year of aeUation
and investigation Florence Is to have
what is considered a most up-to-date
and modern white wav system There
will be 74 stands with a sltiKle Ho i-
watt lamp at the peak. This svstetn
A said by scientists and exnercs tu
lighting to he tho most efficient light
ing system in existence todav, ana it
is expected to work a wonderful im
provement over the present untlquatea
overhead system.
The stands will be set opposite each
other on either side of the street ana
wijl be 85 feet apart The lamps win
he fed by underground wires running
tempted to drag young Whitehead
from his automobile.
B. Ruffian drove up while the cura-
ing was going on. and when he found
leeed to he raw Indeed.
Post office Inspectors lerrned
that
of his size the -fall was a hard one
and for some time the pn*n was so
Honkins was working his wav north. SfiVer ® that the alien could not he
moved. As soon as he could be mov
It was his custom to pant his letters
to the Vanderbilts and others spend-
cd he was taken to a local hosnita!
Ing their winter in Florida from var.;?' here he received treatment, but it
icus towns through which he passed * e T .1, h 'i ^
on his way north. With Mrs W. K., fo "? he ^ ab, « t0 be °«t again.
Vanderbilt the Inspector, arranged to J™* ^ ^ta af Prno ™ f ! K,UU "
be notified by wire as soon as she re- “f^‘ ces . “/t beld , in . 1,6 J® 11 an f d
ct ived one of the scurrilou . letters. It tfetiln nil, ' \
dor between the sheriff s^office and
™ ^. hen u the cells on II,o first floor for seats
f.risonors. The sheriff had
that his house of can’s toppled. He I , or tbe
was there waiting for a consignment
gone in one of the rooms on the ce’l
FIRE DEPARTMENT
MAKES THREE RUNS
QUICK RESPONSE OF FIRE FIGHT
ERS PREVENTS MUCH GREAT
ER LOSS THAN SUSTAINED
for a glass and when he left the
lighted room and came into the dark
corridor he did not see the benches.
When he struck the corner of one
of the benches both feet were knocked
out from under him and he fell heav
ily to the floe-, his entire weight
landing upon ; right leg.
While the sn. , iff is confined his
duties will be handled by Deputy M.
B. Burch,, who 's thoroughly convers
ant with the work.
Mrs. Vanderbilt to the inspectors
that she had received a card from
that nost office and the Inspectors,
hurrying there found their man and
promntlv arrested him.
Another case of interest to be tried
here and for which Thursday has
been tentatively get aside is that of
John Harris, seaman, charged * with
o-rder on the high seas of G. Carl
son.
Capt. W. W. Plummer and the
other six men stnstituting the crew
of the big American sa line ship Zeb-
edee E. Cliffe, now dVVharglng a (Vir
go of phosphate rock at Wilmington,
nave neen ordered to appear as wit
nesse§ in the trial of Seaman John
Harris, charged with having mur
dered O. Karlson aboard the schooner
when the vessel was enroute to Wil
mington from Tampa. Fla., and off
Cape Romain, S. C., a short while ago.
Harris will be arraigned before the
federal judge in
W. B. PETTIGREW WITH
THE “UNITED” AGAIN
The house of E. C. Horton at Pine
tind McFarland streets, occupied by
a Mr. Stone, was badly damaged by
fire, which broke out before 9.40 Sat*
urday night. But for the prompt ar
rival of the fire depiytment the house
would have been a total loss The
damage is estimated at $1,000, fully
covered by insurance.
At 10 o’clock the same evening the
department responded to a fire in the
store room of the J. F. Stack/ey Co.,
where a quantity of soda and ferti
lizer were burning. It is thought the Mr. Whitehead said, and when
At ten o'clock this morning L>r.
Furman H. Marlin, pastor of the Kira:
bapt'st church, preached. He preach
ed, as only he can, out u( a consecrat-
out that the McKenzies Were drink- ed heart and lifs. His appeti! will no>
mg ordered them to let tjhe young) be forgotten, and has inspired u zeal
man along. The father ^ and son anfi. earnestness that shall make it
then left off their abuse of lAMtite-1 seif felt for the cause of Christ in
head an;' attacked Mr. Ruffin, the old- Florence,
er man drawing a pair of nucks. How.
ever, Mr. Ruffin managed to elude
them and was not injured.
At that time another car cam*
along the road and Young Whitehead
had to back un his car to let It pass,
and as soon as it went by, he applied
the gas and dashed away before the
two men could stun him. As he rode
away the younger McKenzie, Mr.
Whitehead said. (Tew his revolver
and fired four times at the automobile,
missing entirely those In the car. but
one of the bullets struck Alonzo
Moore In the left shoulder Just above
the heart and knocked him off the
bicycle he was riding. The bullet
went through the boy and ranged
downward and lodged near the spine.
As soon as ttie news of the affair i
reached Lake City a posse was hast
ily formed which set out in pursuit
of the McJCenztes. They were finally
run down at the home of a Mrs.
Ferguson, who was absent at the
time, and placed unaor arrest. The
pistol used In the shooting was found
in a dresser inside the house. Mr.
Whitehead said.
At a nearing hefore the Lake City
magistrate McKenzie and his son
were held without bail, hut the three
hoys with him were turned loose, aa
they claimed they had been forced
to accompany the two men on their
trip from the New Town community,
just across the county line in Claren-
den county.
The two McKenzies were drunk,
their
searching talks was made by Mrs la pos'tion to retire them without bur- • through the center of the stands.
Hugh G. Stokes, of Birmingham, Ala. 1 dening the tax payers. H ease bea
All Hie peotle of Florence are in
vited and urged to come amt snare
the benefits of this effort that 1» be
ing made tu fiive the snms of our
community to a higher plane of lh-
in^” said the Rev. (i. T. Harmon to
day. “The doors of Central Methodist
church are wide open. As long as
there is a seat to be had it belongs to
whosoever will come to drink of the
water of everlasting life.’’
Services will be held each day at 10
a. m. and 3 p. m.
PRESIDENT HARDING
WANTS PARTICIPATION
DECLARES INTERNATIONAL JUS
TICE COURT IS GREATEST
WORLD ADVANCE YET MADE
iu mind that this petition has nothing
to do witli Increasing the U.ty’s debt,
but is simply the method of allev’at-
mg the biiruen of a debt that is al
ready existing - f
FORTY-FIVEDOLLARS
BE GIVEN SATURDAY
Work is expected to begin at once
' and will bn completed lust as soon as
it is possible for the contractor to ao
so.
j This work was started more than
a year ago by Councilman H. s.
Meeks, shortly nftsr he was elected
to office, and it has ta.*-lar«e-«xient
! been brought to a successful culm -
, nation through bis untiring efforts m
its behalf.
i PRESIDENT AND WIFE
LEAVE FOR FLORIDA
WINNERS IN THE CASH DISTRI
BUTION FOR LAST WEEK AN
NOUNCED TOMORROW
blaze was caused by spontaneous
combustion. The damage is est'mut-
ed at around $200 with no insurance
The department made another run
yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock to
134 East Marion street, where a
slight inside fire caused a damage of
about $26. The house was owned by
Willie Douglas and occupied by Le-
thiu Mclver. both colored
TO PRESENT TROPHY
TO WINNER TONIGHT
BAPTISTS AND ALL-STARS WILL
PLAY SECOND GAME OF NEW
SERIES AT SAME TIME
The Baptists and All-Stars will play
the second game of the new Jeague
Friends of W. B. Pettigrew will be
delighted to learn that he has again
oecome associated with the United
Wholesale G roe ary Company. Mr.
Pettigrew wa« oraetlcallv a “charter
member” of the United, the first
wholesale grocery established in
Florence Tuesday I Florence, having served the company
morning. At the nrellmlnarv hearing 'from the day It opened its doors ,in-
held in Charleston. S. C., shortly af- til two years ago*, when he became
ter Karlson had been killed. Captam traveling representative for the
Btummer was assured that the case Southern Fertilizer and Chemical
would he tried immediately after the Company of Savannah. Shortly he
convening of court m order that he resigned his position with the Savan-
ami h's sailors mtfTht return to their niia company to take hm place again 1 sea son nt 6.15 o’clock on the Commit-
Yesa*i. in ^c ranks of the United, work ntty Service volley ball court tonight,
There will he a number'Of prohlhi-,'which he has fbufid more agreeable beginning promptly at 6.16 o’clock,
tlon cases chief amoqe them ,belpg j/>« ca » 8 e 0 * the fact that it does not As the All-Stars were the champ'ons
the cases of Mr*. 3^11141'Cox -and | taken him away from home. Mr. Pet- of the first league and the Baptists
Frank Cox of Charleston, an,i the i tigrew pr zes very IviglVy the letter
?ase of Alderman E L. Jacobs of | which the fertilizer concern wrote
Charleston. The else of Aldermafi him accepting his resignation with re-
Jacobs will be given to the grand gret and wishing him all success in
jurv nere but tf indictment is made | bis present work.
It is not likelv tbit tbe case wri go ;
to trial at th’s term of the court. ] N - E. ROGERS BETTER
One of the Important cases sched ;
uled to come up for trial is that in | Freuds of N. E. Rogers will he
which Wilmot T. RBey of Allendale 1 glad to know that he is reported to,
is charged with embezzlement of na- be much better today, a."ter having ;
automobile was searcljed after their
capture a quantity of whiskey was
found in It. The young ladies, other
than having to listen to the abusive
language of the McKenztss. were un
injured in any way. At their hearing
this morning both McKenzie and hla
son said they did not remember a sin
gle thing that took place yesterday.
MORSE ATTEMPTS TO
SPOIL VACATION
Washington. March 6.—President
Harding considers the Internationa!
Justice court “one of the greatest an
vances world society has made to
ward conditions in which at ,'east rule
of law may he substituted for rulr
of force.” he wrote Lieutenant Gover
nor Earl D. Bloom of Ohio today. The
letter responded to a resolution < :
the Ohio state senate commend:t;c
li.m tor his "courageous stand” in ur.r
ing American participation. Tim
President said recommendation lot
American participation was made onlv
aifter a thorough and mature delibera
tion to be a wise policy and testifieo
to American pu/pose to encourage
every feasible project for stnstituting
law for force, it does not. however,
suggest that the country surrender
control over its own fundamental
rights.
Washington, Mar. 6.—Bkesidwit
and Mrs. Harding left Washington st
noon todatf for Florida for a month's
$15 in cash will be awarded the | vacation. They will be guests of
contestant turning in the greatest j Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McLean, of
number of ne wsiibscriptions for the 1 Washington. A leisurely house boat
week ending Saturday, March 10. 6 | cruise is planned. The preatCent left
p. m. Every contestant competes fur i his desk virtually clean
this special cash prize. | The most important appointments
To Each District : were disposed of during the last days
$10 will be awarded the contestant * of congress, which adjourned at noou
in District 1 who turns in the great yesterday.
est amount of cash business for the i The prospects today were the cniin-
week ending 6 j\ m. Saturday, March ‘try faced the prospect ot tuna months
10. both new and old sutiscr'ption , without a session of congress,
business counting; $6 will go to the; The sixty-seventh congress which
yesterday, broke records tor
the time actually spent in session.
second highest. Similar cash prizes j em’ed
will be awarded in District 2.
Four sessions were held. The meit-
And Extra Votes
Each $21 in cash subscription bus- hers today are leaving the city,
ineaa turned in this week gives the | President Harding signed 99 bills
contestant turning it In, 100,000 Ex- during the closing hours,
tra Votes. There is no limit set on I — —
the number of extra votes a contest- j Washington. Mar. 5.—Preaident
ant is permitted to win. ^ ' Harding today directed the civil fer-
At time of going to press the bii^ J vice commission to give certain nrei-
uess for last week nad not yet been ; erenees to world war veterans in ex-
entirely tabulated. Winners’ names | aminations.
and standings will appear Tuesday.
PAPER DELIVERY BOYS
TAKE ALLNIGHT OUTING
The members of the paper delivery
| staff of the Times, headed hy H. (’.
Blackmon, c'rculatlon manager, took
LOCAL LEGION POST
TO HAVE SOCIAL MEET
one of the leading teams, the game
is expected to be both dose and inter
esting.
Arrangements have been completed
for the formal presentation of the
Sulzbacher trophv cur to the AM-Stars
on the court during the evening.
The program for tne presentat'on
of the cup will he as follows:
Chairman. Dr. N. W. Hicks.
Song, male quartet.
tional bank funds. The defendant is been, quite s'ck yesterday. Mr. Kog-j Presenting of cup. S. J. Royall.
charged w'th having embezzled funds ers was operated upon for append!- Response, P. T. Kneale.
while president of the First Nattor.nl! citis a few days ago at the Florence
Bank of Al'endale | Infirmary,
judge Woods of the circuit court of
anneals is to romo to Fiorencs to try fendant filed an affidavit claiming
the case agatnrft Marvin Charles ot that he could not get a fair trial be-
Columhia charged with as^aul^ng a fore Judge-Sulth, it is said.
orobibRion officer wjtji* the latter j Tb*r*,-are: many prohibition cases
was performing his djj|ies. .JhQ 4e- j on. the Joctat .a y
NEW TAKES OFFICE
AS POSTMASTER GENERAL
Washington. Mar. 5.—Attorneys for
Charles W. Morse, New York ship-
luith’er. today attempted to prevent
Attorney General Danghertv: Chair
man Lasker, of the Shipping hoard:
and John Barton Pavno. chairman of
the Red C^oss. from leaving Wash
ington for Florida on a vacation trio
with the president. He issued sub
poenaed for them to appear Wednes
day at the trial of Morse on charges
of fraud in connection with war tim*
contracts. While the Deputy Marsh
all was trying to serve the stthnoenaes
counsel agreed to abandon the at
tempt. Other subpoenaes may be
asked.
SPLENDID PROGRAM HAS BEEN
PREPARED FOR TOMORROW
EVENING
FARMER BEATS EMPLOYER
TO DEATH IN ANDERSON
i-v a.
osier
Anderson, Mar. 5.—Cecil Hall, aged
twenty-seven, a white farmer living
near here, was beaten to death ves-
terday hy a negro farm hand. The
negro, also said to be named Hall,
became enraged because he was
scolded for being loo late to work.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Fred H. Sexton Post American Le
gion, will be held tomorrow evening
at the legion rooms in the Goodstein
building. A splend'd program Das
been arranged for the occasion ami
every memoer Is expected to bo in at
tendance.
Following out Us resolution made
the first of the year, the monthly
meetings of the post will he tnosL'y a
social affair, as much ot the business
of the post ns poss'ble being handled
at special meetings of the officers and
committees. Th's will be cut as short
as possible tn order not to interfere
with the soc:al part ot the program.
SHOTS FIRED INTO
THE HOME OF KLUGH
Greenwood. March 6.—A hundred
or more shots were fired into tna
iiome or Henry Klugh, Jr.. Saturday another of their enjoyable hikes into
night bv a crowd of 75 or more men. ; the country Saturday evening, spent
according to a report today toSherlff the night and returned to the city at
White by 10. M. Harley, brother-in-1 noon Sunday. The h*y« went on the
law of Klugh. The shoot fug occurred , Florence-Tlmmonsville road about 4
shortly after Klugh was acoultted of I miles, taking their camp equipment
the charge of shooting Wilburn An- 1 and "eats” with them.
A most enjoyable time was had by
all, they making a real “Western"
uuting of it. Games were played and
when alt were tired out with the fun,
the balance of the time was spent in
FIRED DR HUTCHINSON Bstening to the tales of the West as
nncu un. nu lumuouw told by Mr H e told them
w m . _ i how he used to punch cattle ou the
. t. Matthews. March 5. The AmP ’ nratries of Wvonung. hunt buffalo in
kun Cotton Association bioke \utL Y e jio-yys:tone Park and
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, bead ot
the national campaign for bo'.l we**
vil control because It doesn't believe
in any organization in which the beau
lias absolute power, J. Skottowe Wan
namaker, president of the associatim;
(lect’ared today. He said the inside of
the sitriition had not yet been ats
closed. The association plans to con-
derson. Klugh was not at home at
the time of the shooting.
TELLS WHY ASSOC.
Yellowstone Park and fight outlaws
auwn on the Mexican border.
WOUNDED MOONSHINER
IS LATER CAPTURED
toc'ay took office as Postmaster Gen
eral. Hubert Work waq sworn in. as life are better—but bey babies
Secretary of tbe Interior.
J. W. TOLBERT GETS
RECESS APPOINTMENT
Washington, March 5.—Joseph W.
Tolbert /vas given a recess atiTinitit-
ment today as United States Marsli-
Oo the average girls are healthier ; all for the western dtMrict at Houtta
than boys—that Is their chancez of Carolina. His previous nomination
life are better—but bey babies *r* failed of confirmation bfeiore confreM
J stronger than. girl*. | adjourned yeaterd^. '
The negro man who escaped Fri
day night when Clinton Jones was
iinue the boll weevil campaign with I captured when county officers raided
two hundred demonstration tarots. la wiiTskey still in the Pamtlico sec-
| t’on. was later captured at Pampllco.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO 'according to advices teaching Flor
PRESENT EVIDENCE enre yesterday. The negro after get
| t'ng away went ‘o Pampllco and (all-
Bastrop. La.. Mar. 5.—Attorney | ed on a physician to treat a number
General A. V. Coco was here today to | °f buckshot wounds iu his Ises.
personally present the testimony, where he had been peppered bv O -
gathered at the open hearing into fleer Sims while the negro was filing
marked band activities to the More
house parisjt grand jury.
UNION HEAD DIES
Colorado Springs, Col., Mar. 5. —
Marsden G. Scott, former president
of' the International' Typographical
union died liere last night.
at the deputies.
McNARY DECLINES THE
I RECESS APPOINTMENT
Washington; Mar. 5.—James G. Mh-
Nary, of New Mexico, today declined
to accept* a recess - appointment at'
comptroller of tbe currency.