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TTlwf •V ^ r *•; THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES THI LATEST ASSOCIATED PftESS DISPATCHES 27th Year Florence, S. C., Thursday Afternoon, March 8,1923. $6.00 a Year MRS. INGRAM ENTERS SWEEPING DENIAL IN OWN DEFENSE Declares She Had No Con- ,1SDDARY RAY AT nection Whatever With |LH)nitlll uni H The Obscene Letters PCIITDAI CPUMI ARGUMENTS BEGIN ! utHIHAL ObHUUL THIS AFTERNOON! Relatives Testify As To Mrs. Ingram’s Life And Character RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS COMMUNITY THEME OF PREACHER BODIES TORN UPON 'DARLINGTON, FARMER ROAD TRACER IS j BEATEN AND ROBBED THE OPINIO NOW ASSAILANT ESCAPES REV. W. SHEAKE DECLARES BODIES OF BA^TMO? MASK THE BODY IS AS SACRED AS THE SPIRIT 1 BAND VICTIMS HORRIBLY MU I ILaTEU A flat denial of any connection whatever with the writing of the obscene letters to different people in Columbia and other sections of the state in connection or wedding, Ingram this of the case ed States court FRIENDS OF INSTITUTION ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE BOOKS TO MORROW MORNING GREAT SERMON AT CHURCH LAST NIGHT -D NEGRO FARM HAND ATTACKS J. L. EDWARDS AND STABS HIM WITH KNIFE REPORT OF EXPERT i POLICE OF STATE IS MADE PUBLIC' SEARCH FOR HIM SENATE REFUSES TO NO USE TO LOCK RECEIVE ANSWER j STAPLE AFTER OF SUPT. SANDERS HORSE i » LOWER BODY HOWEVER ORDERS THIS IS NO TIME IO LOAF IN THE STATEMENT MADE PART TIMES BIG AUTOMOBILE* OF RECORD CONTEST CHARGES DID NOT GET SQUARE DEAL BREEZY REFLECTIONS OF CONTEST MANAGER SHINING TRUTHS ARE DRIVEN; ANONYMOUS LFTrERG SUGGEST ; ED. BRYANT BECAME ENRAGED MAKES STATEMENT REGARDING , TELLS OF ZERO WEATHER OUT | HOME AND RECOMMENDS j AUTO-SUGGESTION HOME TO CONGREGATION WITH TELLING FORCE Friday morning is the time to carry | to Central school hooks for library for the children for Community responsibility continues ING TRACTCPr. AS MODE OF TORTURE Bastrop, Mar. a.- Persons who hnv*. OVER REPROOF CONCERN- ING HIS WORK IS SAID J. L. Edwards, former wholesale CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. STOCKS TORN DOWN. Columbia. Marcu S.—The senate I last night rejected, wh le the houce ^ ning a You know there is lots <>f fun rnn- contest. as well as being a the' to be the theme of Rev. J. W. Spcake . carefully examined the Pathologists’, merchant of Darl'ngton but now en , that'in his appeals to the great congrega- report on the condition of the bodies'gaged in farming on an extensive; npce j^® d . as . ,nformaU ” I J and ( r ' rt ' t ’"'' 1 »contestan school. A list of books especially ap ^ tions that are gathering at Cmitral J 0 f Watt Daniel and T. F. Richards., Kca,e * was ft'sCng more quietly thi ’ 1 wo°hranche- bv During tne r upon * which were found In Lake Lafourche daSol “wlnT • A K Sanders of fhe pen-! *he thermometer go, down based .a the 4la8t necember. today expressed the) whlch he received fate yesterday at I” which he answered cer | 4 “J n Minnes.tl Jhun ho o**ooL U .» u... • * ain cr ticisms made agminst the pen-, ,u ,,e *- ,vv zei" 'n Minnesota. bropriate to elementary school chil- • Methodist church, dren is given and of course there are ' which the appeal The text Is ecent cold snap, when the thermometer go, down ,o a omit S seen i, and tha, . , .vited. Mrs. Ingram took the stand in her j '{'he books will be taken and man. ! On last evening he took up the own behalf and repeated in every re- regular room During the dav the I f, c I cond Phase ol the text the body. spe<t the testimony that hml alrea.ly; h ,J lkB wl|| he checklB | u0 all j the i ^'' S ," S on U T' < ' a sk e ' w lta ; u0 ",?f l °' 1 : h0 th. bod". * Thiut t, H, ” e,y emn“! IShtrlh October '? the'd.y Tthe' ^t' l^eel wlM be' e„en !"»< ^ 'hirit of men mh.bits whUr Metjreeor-Boyle wedding in Columbia;. ,. P i„, un ., , h ,. fnlnl nrise win’ h ! r ' llp .‘! ,, eaith. lhal .* was the tna- McGrcgor-Boyle wedding m uoiumuiaj a prize ()f and th „ third nr j ze wi „ and the day on which a letter was re- j )t , The rooms receiving this mon- ctived by the Rev .Phillips, who per- ■ ey will , Ise lt as they cno0 8e. formed the ceremony the writer of | ■yy,, i 10 p e w j|j jn some wav which declared his Intention to shoot r. a ^| s fy 4 i lt , desire for good entertain- up the church if the marr* ge wasij n g reading material that nearly'ev- consumated. ( ttrv c hii d in school has. . “I knew nothing whatever about Books Appropriate for an Elementary any anonymous letters or threats, School prior to being tolc 1 so by Mr. Knight when we went to his office at the postofflee,” said Mrs. Ingrain. When questioned she cmunatically stated that she had never in her life writ ten an anonymous letter of any sort. When the witness was turned over Aesop—Failles. Alcott—Little Women, Eight Coif sins, Little Men. Rose in Bloom. l)u- t'er the Lilacs, Jo’s Uoye. Alger—Peter Scblemcl. Adrich—Story of a Bad Bor. Anderson—Fairy Tales, Arabian to the government for cross-examina-1 lights, etc. tion the district attorney had her Austin—Pride and Prejudice. Sense write her name a number of times and sensibility, on a sheet of paper. At first she re- Baldwin—Stories of Kings, etc. fused to do this, but when her at-i Brown—Rah and his Fr»enrt=. torney suggested that she comply Barbour—Spirit of the School, with the request, she did so. In ad- Bunyoh—Pilgrim’s Progress, ditiou to having her write her name 1 Burroughs—Squirrel and other Fu- she also wrote a letter which was I Beavers. Carroll—Alice In Wonderland. dictated to her by the district attor ney. In this letter appeared the words “loose” and •‘hottest.” After this letter had been Introduced as evi dence Postoftice Inspector Knight was recalled to the stand and given the dictated letter and one of the obscene letters. Mr. Knight pointed out to the Jury that these two words were tnlspelled in both of the letters, the word “loose" being spelled ‘‘lose" on,' the word "hottest" being spelled “hotest.” WRh the conclusion of Mrs. In grams testimony the defens*! rested Its case and. the government hega’i recalling witnesses In reply. Through the Looking Glass. Cody—World’s Greatest Hhort Stor ies. Coffin—Boys of ’7€. Cooper—Pathfinder. Pilot, etc. Defoe—Robinson Crusoe, etc. Dickens—Christmas Carol. Christ- mas Stories, David Copperfleld. Oliver Twist, Old Curiosity Shop, etc. * Dodge—Hans Drinker, Donald and Dorothy, etc. Doyle—White Company. I Eggleston—Stories of Great Amerl ; cans, Hoosier School Boy Eugene i Field, Lullaby Land. John Ingraham Wilson, of Sumter. | Goldsmith—Goody Two Shoes, a relative o: Mrs. Ingram, was the) Harris—Nights with Uncle Remus, first witness called to the stand by Hawthorne—Wonder Book, Tangle- the defense wnen court, reconvened' woodi Tales, etc. at 10 o’clock this morning. Mr. Wii-J Holmc^-Orandmother's Story of son stated that no was a constant Bunker Hill, etc. visitor at the Ingram nome when no Hopkins—Sanaman. was attending the University of, Hughes—Tom Brown’s School Days. South Carolina, and that, during his 1 Irving—Rip Van Winkle. long intimacy with the family, which | Jackson, H. H—Nelly’s Silver extended ovbr many years, he had | Mine. never lounrt «nv indication of insan-! Johnson—Little Colonel Series. Ity or ill health hi connecCon with ( Kipling—Jungle Book. Captain the defendant, and considered Mrs. i courageous, etc. chine, the instrument through which man expressed himself pud by which be accomplished his work in the world. That it was therefore just ay sacred, God-created and God-ordained as the spirit. That any violence done to it or anything indulged in that would weaken it or render it inca cable of being the perfect instrument that God intended was n sacrilege, and a h'dnous sin aga’nst. God. lie showed the foolish Ideas of people re garding sanctity and sacrilege. Said he, “If you or I should throw n stone at this building, break out its win dows and demolish its altar, we would think a gr 3 at crime or sacri lege had been comm'tted. But I tell you any man who mistreats his bodv, the temple of the spirit, and by his example teaches a child to do like wise. has committed a crime, a sac rilege p, thousandfold greater than any viq'enee he might do to a church building. Your body Is the visible expression of your personality here on earth. It is the only instrument by which God can manifest Himself in the world. It is the instrument by which and through which God manifested Himself in Jesus Christ. Jesus was God incarnated. God in hu man body,. God revealing himself to men by means of a natural, normal body. ” ‘Jesus increased in stature.’ He grew as any child grows. He uoasess- ed his body in purity and holiness He showed us now to live. He gave us the one great example, and when he had accompi’shed th’s he went back to the Father, and tnen it was that he sent the Holy Spirit to be. In carnated In each one of us. that, we might live as he lived, pure, clean, holy bodily lives. And Hie on.’y wav that he can express himself to the their crushed and mutilated bodies we e discovered in the lake. The heads were crushed to a pulp and the bands and feet crushed off. while the bones in the legs thighs, and upper arms and forearms were broken at equal distances. Their chests were crushed. The bodies apparently had been stretched at full length before being mutilated. It is known that the authorities have received many anonymous letters suggesting that a tractor had been used. Experiments have been made which determine* 1 chat a certain type of tractor would crush a body as those of the j^“ad men were crushed. senate rejected the communication ' was hent'iip. all out-doors, non,. ,... . ... . . tn 3. The house voted to prnt it I ,,00r wi,]e °P en window up. and me tact mat ne is re-u- ;jn the lourna , but r p a ,.p Pd thi3 de >ie elrmney pouring smoke. The MANY IN LIQUOR CASES GRAND JURY RETURNS TRUE BILLS. PLEAS OF GUILTY EXPECTED IN MANY Ingram a woman of exceptionally high character. Following Mr. Wilson. T. F. Nichol son. father of Mrs. ingram. was call- 1 ed to the stgnd and went into details 1 Kingsley—Water Babies. West ward «o. Lamb—Tales from Shakespeare. Lansing—Quaint old Stone?; London--Call of the World, White of the early life of his ,'aughter. He|f.’ a ir>*. said thd family lived in Benedict, i Maiony—Boy's King Arthur, Moth- Marvland. where he lived during the f>r Goose. childhood and early womanhood of j Muloclf Craik—Little Lame Prince. Mrs. Ingram. The family lived on n | John Halifax. tarm. and the only education the de-t Poe—The Goldbug. fendaht had received, he said was in j Porter—Scottish Chiefs. the nubile schools of the town. He pyke—Mor—• Adventures of Robin said there were fourteen children. Hood, Jack B ders. Fortune Horae eight bovs and six giris, and that Mrs. 1 Pair. Stor yof At bur and his Knights. Ingraham was the seventh child. Mrs. Rice—Mrs. Wig';s of the Cabbage Ingram', he said, remained at his Patch. home until she went to Washington ■, Riley—Child Rhymes, etc. at the age of 21 years, where she was • Ruakin—The King of the Golden employed in the agricultural division of the census bureau of the govern ment. There she met Mr. Ingram and ater an engagement of only two days known they were married. Details which Sewell—Black Beauty. River. Scott—Talisman. Ivanhoe. Seton—Wild Anlmrls and were omitted by Mr. Nicliolson were later brought out in the testimony of Mrs. Ingram herself. At the time of their marriage Mr. Ingram was also an employe of the same department of the government. Shortly after marriage, it. way stat ed the couple left Washington, and How Ben Sidney—Five Little Peppers Penper, etc. Spyri—Heic’i. Steedman—Stories from Grimm. Stephenson—Cljild’s Garden of verses, Treasure Island. Black Arrow. Swift—Guilliver’s Travcla. Tappan—Old. Old Fairy Book. Thackeray—The Rose and the have lived in Sumter during the past fifteen vears until several years ago Ring, when they moved to Columbia. Mr. I Twain. Mark Ingram was, during this time, a cot- kleberry Finn, ton buyer. In his testimony, Mr. Van Dyke—Stories of and ni ne. “You cant separate sprit from body or mind from body. You are A threefold being. And so long as we live in this world one is as sa cured as the other. If religion is for the soul, it is also for the Intellect and so also for the body. Region permeates all three, :t affects ail or life. The old saying “Business is business" is a th°orem of the devil. Many associate religion with the cntirch building on Sunday; with s'nging and pnying. But religion is associated with business every day tn the week and with every phase of your social He. Religion that saves and sanctities the spirit of man saves and sanctifies the whole of man, body, mind, bus'nesg .life, social life, politi cal life, all of life. You owe it to your God to yield this wonderful In strument to him that lie may express | himself through you to a lost world. It is his only wny, you and I can lit erally shut God o’it of this comnju : nitv by withholding ourselves. By refus’ng him the vtr:\ instrument through which and by which alone he >s able to reveal himself to others. Do you want to get more of God? Do you? Then give him more of your self?” The song service b-gins promptly at 8 o’clock. Let everybody come and Join In great chorus of song. A batch of indictments dealing with violations of various provisions of lb*! prohibtion laws has been returned by tlie grand Jury in the United States court In session here. If all of the defendants in these cases elect ed to stand trial the tune of the court would have to be extended al most indefinitely. Many pleas of guilt, however, are likely to be made, particuiarly in cases of first offences. The indictments returned b.v the v.rand jury are as follows: Resisting prohibition officers In milking search; Hattie Grant, Dan Mitchell. Janies Hepburn. Transporting and possession: Frank Grant, second offense. Possession of liquor unlawfully: J. G. Muldrow. second offense: Charlie Oliver. Mrs. Anna Williamson and J. N. Williamson. Henrietta Scott. Adam Rogers, Stove Nelson. Oscar ’Vatson. Thomas Dozier. E. Pincknev. . J. McCarthy. B. D. Ronalds. M. L. world todav is through your bodies' 8econd am , thlrd ofrense . R w Donald. Mrs. F. O’Neill. G. R. Lacv. James ami Elmer Rowe, E. B. McCall, Elec Harley. Willie Mitchell. Grady Starnes. Sol Rush. Marcus Brown, Eu. sene Brown. Whalen Brown. J. C. and Jimmie Cobb. Otis and Hattie Jones. Rice Harmon. Manufacture of liquor; George Wadsworth, Carl Corder, Barnwell Wilson. Ashely KeUey, Albert Cor bett. u.i-j up iu tin time bad given none of the detaMs. ing quietly Is regarded as a very fa Ynrable symptom of bis early recov ery. Meanwhile all the forces of th» law in South Cprol na and othei states have been set m motion hi the attempt to capture Bryant who made his escape from (he plantation immediutei'y after he bad beaten stabbed and robbed Mr. Edwards. There were no eye witnesses. Mr. Edwards was found lying on the ground by p farm hand who gave the alarm. At that time the wounded man was unconscious but inter became himself, though he could relate noth ing of what had occurred. Sheriff Register was in Florence ai tending court when the attack wa? made on Mr. Edwards. Notified ot it he at once went to Darlington where every effort was mpde to get on the negro’s trail. Police officers in all towns and cities of the state were notified to watch out for him, a fair description of tne man hav ng been given Chief of Police Mclver spent the entire mght and searched every nook and corner of Florence, it having been reported that Bryant had come in this direction. According to the story from Dar lington Mr. Edwards hpd just recent* >y employed Bryant who is said b.v police officers here to be a tramp. At noon yesterday Mr. Edwards took the negro to task about some duty that had been left undone, and it is stated that the negro appeared to resent the reproof. Later in the afternoon, it is understood. Mr. Edwards spoke to him again about the careless wav he was plowing. It was then that the negro attacked Mr. Edwards, heat him severely, stabbed h'm with a knife, inflicting several wounds that were regarded ps dangerous. Mr. Edwards was left lying helpless on the ground and was found later by one of tne farm hands who at once called mem hers of the family to his asa’stance. The news of the attack created great excitement and a search for Brypnt was organized at once. No trace ot the negro had been discovered this afternoon. Following is the statement as made by Sheriff Reg^ter: “On the evening of March 7, 1923, a negro going by the name of Ed Bryant, employed by J. L. Edwards as a fprm hand, got the upper hand of Mr. Edwards and beat him. stab bed him and robbed him of a waten. pistol ana sum ot money. The watch cisidn only after a hot debate and a decision to print p.'so the ent’re i*- port of the investigating committee which is over six hundred pages ii. length The senate s rejection of the enm munication came on mot'on of Rel ator Searson, o£ Allendale, that th*- •»s»r>er lie not received «s in'urination Rnd rejected. He stated that his mo lion was made with the idea that th- senate should not tpke anv action that would reflect on its committee: that it should stand by the coiiimn ice. Senator McGhee made a lengthy speech against the motion The prison superintendent charged in his statement that stocks shown in a picture published in the report, with a man standing in them, as if Tadv to he whipped, had been torn down some time before, at least e year before, but that they had been rebu’lt recently under direction ol Senator Christensen, in order tint tlie picture might be made, then to In torn away aga'n. Answering the committee s cr ti asm regarding defective equipment at the prison, Col. Sanders says that master of the house was making tu* phone wire hot with the following conversation: “is dis de blummer? Yes. de hltimmer. No—no—T didn’t say oimh mer. i said blummer—hi'nmnier. blummer, blummer. Ach. can t von understand me? No—yes, dat's it; 1 vn. a blummer to fix mein vatex bipe vat lias geshprlngt. Yes. hurry, it 's all over the floor flooding. "Vat? You cant come now? Fur vy you cant come? Don't I dell you the vater is all over mein flout flooding. De bine has broke a leak. De bipe in mein—ach. you von’t come anyhow, so vy shouldt I vaste nirin breath on you?” My plumber £r end tells me that, n-- fr*re 10 that morning 22 S. O s cabs, one of which is above described, had been received by him—calls to repair everything from an outside pue two feet below the ground to a cracKe-t boiler which was making a swimm njr poo! out of a manufacturing pt’ant. And the chances were mat oniv a small perceniage were received aa compared tn the numoer of horn" m* ■banics who can repair bursteu pipes Manufacture of and possession of liquor: Rube Martin, Robert Osteen,j is very old, solid gold case, former Howard Osteen. Bye Geddings, Steve | w i n d, out changed to stem wind. Holly, second offense; Peter McLeod The Pistol is a Colt .32 automatic. and Junior McLeod, Don Mitchell and Rliett Mitchell, Minn Browder, James W. Campbell and Eric Campbell, B. R. Campbell Luc 1 us MeCaJkill. Lee McLeod, Fred McLeod. Ben McLeod, Jeaxe McLeod, Willie Griffin, Collins Griffin. Stile and possession of liquor; James Williams, Charlie Dixon. Nicholson stated that ns a child Mrs. Ingram was a portectly healthy girl Tom Sawyer. Hue- the Three FREIGHT TRAFFIC BREAKS RECORDS Wise Men. Wiggin—Rebecca of Sunnybrook and had remained so. so far as he Farm, Birds' Christmas Carol, Mother! knew, up to the present time, with Carey’s Chickens. Winfield—Rover Boys, etc. The books mentioned above or oth er books by the sarae^ authors, pr hooks and stories by any standard au thor will be accepted. AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIA TION MAKES REPORT LARGE BUSINESS INCREASE CONDITIONS IN RQHR AT DANGER POINT Bryant is live feet, eight inches In height, young negro, gmger-caka col or, smail mustache wore brown suit of clothes and overalls. Weighs 140 to 15’J pounds. Scar on left side -of fact*. If found arrest, notify me and I wiM come for him “E. W. REGISTER. “Sheriff of Darlington County.' TWO WHITE MEN TAKEN TO JAIL he frequently urged th<» leg'a'ature: us well as the grandfathers ciock to make provision to remedy these | whi< b keeps excellent t ine so long aa defects, but no appropriations were ; it js set hourly. made. In answer to the criticism that cor poral punishment was resorted to. in defiance to the constitution, the su perlntendent states that, hi* interpre- tat'on of (he law* is that this refers to the inflict on of corporal punish ment. by courts, and not to discipline of prisoners. The superintendent charges in his statement also that he did not re ceive fair treatment at the hands of the investigating committee. He >aid the prisoners heard were men of the worst type. Regarding the harshness of the prison discipline, the statement says that when Col. Griffith was superin tendent there was complaint that he was too severe. Under Col. Sanders This g'ves eu opportunity to won- •i«’ w*iiy ih*> law or auto-suggestio'i was not applied. Coue and be happy With th** me place acting Ilk® a smudge on the arctic circle the law of auto-suggestion in cooperation with a hot water bottle applied to chilly spots should prove to ne an m- vaiutble aid. Isn't it brilliant, how we Jock the ••-tab'o after the norse Is gone, and turn off the water after tne ptp? is busied * And that is what a lot of folks in lb’s contest will *io. get a swell staic 3fter it. Is over, and say 11”—well, it" won't help you any if you loaf now. On .March 24th The Florence Daffy Times wYl rward a $1759 StudebaR®*- Capt. Day was put in charge of the Light Six Sedan, purchaser! ot ann guard and there was then comp aint' r >n display at O. C, Chanuiai s gir that discipl’ne was too lax. C. C a £' Roberts, the present captain, is ac cused of severity, the statement say S INDEPENDENTS PLAN FOR COMING SEASON LARGE NUMBER OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA WAREHOUSE MEN MEET IW LAKE CITY Lake C'ty, March 8.—An enthuslas tic meeting of independent ware housemen of the South Carolina belt comprising South Carolina and North Carolina border markets, was he’ll here today at the Biftmore hotel to Also there will he a $fift7.20 Ford coupe given the worker storms se**- ond h'ghest number of votes. To each d'strict will also pe award- sii a $464.72 Ford touring car. Tne cars were purchased of and am displayed at Crowell and Co. saiee- rooms. ■ ., Also to each district will bs award ed a $167 Radio set. And to each contestant fating to win a prize, ami who competes to the end of the campaign wmi go i casn commission of ten per cent on all the worker turns n. The only r** autrement is that a contestant to ps considered active must turn in a*, nxist two yearly subscriptions, or their equivalent during eacn we®K of the las* three weeks of tne contcsr. The last Hire® v'eeks of the race are on now. and all cand'dates ar« WORKERS BEGINNING NOW TO DOUBT THE OUTCOME OF THE STRUGGLE OTHER WARRANTS CHARGE CON SPIRACY-ONE FOR R. M. WIL LIAMS IN NEW YORK London. Mar. 8.—A Dusseldorf dis patch to the Telegraph says the po litical situation iu the Ruhr is dan gerous. Unemployment is increasing Runio.s are current that workers are beginning to doubt the outcome of i Orangeburg, March 7.—Quite a fluirv of excitement was caused here today by the arrest of G. E. Mengel ind A. P. Morgan, employees of the Sou’hern Packing corporation, anu their commitment to la*!. Several years ago the Orangeburg Pack'ng company was organized and operated for a'ahort time, later being 'ay preliminary plans for the coming season. It was decided that a meet-1 to oh?prve tl,e fact tliat thpv ing of all independent warehouse men wiV be called t° meet in Lake City Tuesday, March 13, at which def ■nite steps will be taken to launch .... the campaign for open marketing. of the f^ mUos or a radio set. DISTntCT 1 must, meet tne minimum renunament of at least two yearly subscr o:*htm eacn week, to qualify for the rasn commission in case von do not wm the exception of .an attack of the influenza in 1918. At this point, there was a disturb ance in the back of the court room and the Judge requested the marshall to see that it was stopped at once nr he woald iclear the court room There wore a number of women in the rear standing up and the judge remarked that he could not see how TWO IN JAIL ON MURDER CHARGE women could show a morbid curiosity I “ ' for one of their own sex who was. ^ rn Mitchell and the wife of Ben bowed down under such a charge. The f* r aham are locked up in the county judge said that he thought they would J a H- having been arrested In connec- te ashamed to show their faces at t io » w ‘t h th e fili ng of Ben Graham such a time. l,n the Taylor farm near Effingham Following Mr. Nicholson. Mrs. Sunday evening. Graham was shot Washington, Mar., 8.—Railroad freight traffic is breaking all previous records for this time of the year ac cording to the American Railway as- sociatioji. Eight hundred and thirty thousand cars loaded with revenue freight the ween oT February 24th This is 101.298 over the same week of last year. TRIES THREE TIMES TO COMMIT SUICIDE New York. Mar. 8.—Tombs attend ants today carefully watched Mrs. Paulette Saludes, ’the little French the struggle. The Cologne corroH-iP'Jt into the hands of s receiver nondent of the Daily Fnoress re-; Then the plant was sold bv the credit- :,om that conditions in Essen and ors to a new company headed bv Bochum are pitiful. The death rate 1^1* ChristHiseu of Beaufort. Messrs, among the children baa increased 24 Calder and Ixive of Wilmington and One of the important matters to come before the meeting will be tue estab lishment of a twlce-p-month paper to carry the gospel of independent mar keting to every tobacco grower in the belt. Warehousemen present expressed themselves as more than pleased with the outlook and it was reported that Florence M’ss Margaret Gandy . Mrs. B. L. Hyman 342.450 539.350 539,0110 Miss Marie Richardson 535.650 Albert Taylor 478,550 Miss Mary Fetner .. Mrs. J. E. Koopman per cent in the month. ALL STARS-LINESMEN 'WINNERS IN GAMES Others. This company was co'led the Carolina Packing company. * After be nig operated for a short time the Carolina Packing company ceased op erations. The All-Stars won from the Amerl can Legion and the Palmetto Power and Light Co. line-men won trout the Lawyers in a double-header played on the Community Service volley brat court yesterday evening. Both games GOVERNOR SIGNS IMPORTANT ACTS Columbia, Mar. 8.—The governor today signed the calcium arsenate act . Mary Epps? a daughter of Judge Pur- In the r'ght thigh and bled to death [woman, who was convicted last night dy. was called to the stand and testi- I before medicail assistance could be * - ’ - ' fled lo the normality of mind and | secured. Mitchell was arrested while healthful, condition of the defendant. | returning from the funeral of Gra She recalled that after leaving Wash- ham the next day. liigton Mr. and Mrs. Ingram had (Continued on page four) It is understood that the pause of the shooting was a family, row, In which Mitchell was n parttyipant. of the murder of Oscar Martolliero, to prevent her committing suicide. She tried three times during.the njght to take her life. The woman killed a broker on October 10th. She Is the second woman convicted of slaying a former lover here within three weeks. were Intorest'ng ones and the fans j authorizing the state warehouse coin- turned out in number to cheer their | missioner to pun lias** calcium arsen- favorite on to victory. Tonight another double-header will bo played when the Lutherans play the Southern Motor Co. rind the Bank ers play the Atlantic Coast Dine. Tomorrow night the Baptists meet the Methodists and the Presbyterians play the Rankers, I ate to the sum of $5<MI0C and distrib ute it among the farmers of the state ot. cost plus transportation charges. The Governor also signed the act to authorise the governor to employ special constates tor law enforce ment and the act authorizing Fair- field to Issue fSOO.OOO bonds for roads. / a new independent warehouse is be -Miss* DuroUiea^Wafers ing built at Ti-umonsville by T. R. Pepper, that there will be two inde pendent warehouses at Kingstree and two at Manning th's year. It is planned within the next f°w 've°k- to hold mass meetings all over tbs tobacco belt at which time speak®"* will discuss every phase of the mar ketiug auest'on and opportunity ot tered for general discussion by all in terested. At the meeting next Tuesday p'om iuont speakers will be present. Mar kets represented here today wen- Lake City. Dillon, Daifingtou, Fair inout, N. C . Whiteville. N. Ipmar. Lake View. Tunmousville and Man nine. THE WEATHER 1 Fair tonight and FridayLittle { 435.275 435.225 .357,325 355,575 S 40.975 327,099 394.125 251,009 change in temperature. Moderate to fiesh north and northeast winds. Tlmmonavllle Miss Margaret Nelson ...... 221,SnO Lake City. R. F. D. 1 Miss SJelnm Floyd 170,009 Mrs. Iionald McLauchlin Miss Lizzie McIntyre v . Mrs. R. D. Sanders Mrs. Louis Palles Mss Myrtle Slacklev ... DISTRICT 2 ocranteu Miss Mary Graham 547.590 Florence Gen. Del. Miss NbVie Urigman 538.175 Kingbsurg Mrs. G. R. Gaskins 486.609 Mars Bluff Miss Nora Mae McMdlan.... 4SR.500 Florence, R. F. D. 1 Ernest Haselden 412,875 Lake City. R. F. D. 3 Miss Myrtle Godwin 440*909 Tlmmonavllle, R. F. D. 1 Miss Eloise Cole 406,909 Pampllco Andrew Coleman, Jr 397,259 Leo, R. F. D. 1 Brs. Annie McDaniel "99.5(10 Cowards Mrs. Janie Parrott 254,500 Bannockburn, R. F. D. 1 Miss Addie Eugertoii 250,40^