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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES
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THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
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27th Year
Florence, S. C. Monday Afternoon, March 26,1923.
$6.00 a Year
JUDGES ANNOUNCE
WINNERS IN TIMES’
BIG AUTO CONTEST
COMMITTEE ACCEPTS^
Mrs. Palles
THE PEE DEE BRIDGE IS FLORENCE OFFICE IS ATLANTIC COAST LINE
UNDAMAGED BY WATER FEELING EFFECTS OF
SAY THE ENGINEERS 1 POSTAL ECONOMIES
TO SPEND TWENTY-
SIX MILLION DOLLARS
ALL IN READINESS
FOR BILLY SUNDAY
SERVICE TUESDAY
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MISS WERHAN WINS
THE FORD COUPE
HAS WITHSTOOD THE BIGGEST POSTMASTER ANNOUNCES ONLY LARGEST SINGLE YEAR’S P R °-I r|n||T lOnfOTm III
FLOOD SINCE 1916 BETTER j ONE CITY DELIVERY BE MADE GRAM OF EXTENSION AND IM- rlltH I AKnrMHi IN
THAN EXPECTED HEREAFTER PROVEMENT IN HISTORY ^ fclVIl I flllllkU I L.U 111
Misses Waters and Graham,
Touring Cars. Com
missions To All
“The shoutinR and the tumult dies,
The captains and the kings depart ’
And the contest ended promptly at
9 p. m- Saturday night. There were
a number of contestants in The Flor
ence Daily Times office at closing
hour, it being after 11 n. m. before
all had finished turning in their busi
ness.
Just as soon as the last contestant
departed the Judges took charge of
INVITATION TO PUT i river fallinb fast
; NOW, IS THE REPORT
ON PAGEANT HERE
FORCE OF CLERKS IS NEW EQUIPMENT
REDUCED TO FOUR
HAS BEEN BOUGHT
HIGH WATER WILL DELAY COM
PLETION OF THE WORK
ABOUT 15 DAYS
WILL BE PART OF THE ENTER
TAINMENT PROGRAM AT CON
FEDERATE REUNION
WITH ALL OF THIS. HOWEVER
LITTLE COMPLAINT AS TO
SERVICE
MAIN LINE DOUBLE TRACKED
FROM RICHMOND TO FLORIDA
IS SYSTEM’S PLAN
HORRY COUNTY FOR
SHOOTING A FARMER
The Peen Dee Uivar br.dge, which | Along with citii>s all over the comi-1 Following out a program of ex-
IS
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL
| is in course of construction at Mars : try Florence Is suffering from the penditures decided on last fal.’j AM ° N by T CONSTA^LE ? s H ELD
; Bluff came through the extreme y, curta'lment in the postal Servian whim the Atlanfc Coast Line Kail i
CAST WILL CONTAIN jhign water ot the past week in much j officials of the department at Wash-J road has placed, nr Is about to p’uce GOVERNOR ORDERS
1 500 CHARACTERS :bpt,Pr sna P‘‘ tnan was expected. »c-- in S t! >n explain is cam-d by a lack; orders for station facilitieB. shops and HFPIPPRQ TO APT
i vi ini \j i ki | cording to a general statement given ' ot monev w,th which to run the de-' ? hop equipment, 100 nound steel rails, j UrrlLitnO IU HU I
to PORTRAY PFRion«t OF CE .' th,s mt,rnin K hv th e engineers in ; partmmt. the appropriation for next •. additional yards, yard tracks and pass-1 _ “■ i _ iriiki . . kI
CESSION. CIVIL WAR AND “W, Messrs. Johnson and Rolierts. J year not becoming available until July! | nK tracks, locomotives, passenger j qaniEL A. DUNCAN FROM
RECONSTRUCTION
r‘ . }1. On that date, say the o flcials. they I » ra i n ri ,,. q freitrhr
j Although the ferry broke loose and ;will be able to extend and perfect ther 1
( it will he some time before a crossing
train cars.
AMBUSH DEC. 7
At the reauest of the committee ' n ! r n Vip mario nn ' i* TnV i'i < pn economy.
j ran made on it. and ad of the' The constantly rising volume of mnii
charge of the state Confederate re-! bridges on the old ferry road were i i„ all sections of the country has
the votes, and they sure found a JobI un * on to he held in Florence the first vpshed away, practically no damage (gone beyond the expectations of the
“' i '"**■ ■"" ,1 ... - — — - - wn s done, says the report except some \ department, as well as the director of
of the concrete aprons on the rend, | the budget and the congress, accnru-
which had not been back filled. This j jpg t 0 an authoritative stalemei 1 .!
awaiting them. Mr. Sulzbaclier call-j 0 f May, the executive committee oi
ed off the vote ballots. Messrs King
„ . ... i. . "(Community bervice. which met Satur-
and Maxwell tallied the ballots, and'
then checked up against their fig-| ( l a y afternoon, decided to put on a
ures. It was after 4 o'clock Sunday, pageant as a part of the entertain
morning when the judges drew up
damage can be repaired at a cost ot n-om Washington, so that the appro-
and handed The Florence Daily Times
their report.
Mrs. Louis Palles won the SI750
Studebaker Light Six Sedan hands
down, with a margin of 6,84:1,800
votes over the next highest, and rich
ly deserves her victory.
Miss Ethel Werhan. stenographer I
in Mr. Flowers’ office at the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad shops, won the
1607.20 Ford couna.
This dlsposea ot the two capital
prizes, and the S464.72 Ford touring
car. awarded as a District Prize in
District One, going to Miss Dorothea
Waters, while second prize for Dis
trict One, a $165 Kadio set, was won
by Mrs. J. E. Koopman.
ment program for the occasion This
pageant wll he staged by the depart
ment of dramatic arts or' which Mrs.
A. H. Gasque is chairman. It is be
lieved that if the tentative plans arq
carriej through It will prove to be
the most spectacular presen'iition of
its kind that has ever been held in
the state.
The pageant will portray in vivid
scene three periods in the history of
the county, the period of cession the
period of the war and the recon
struction period. The cast wilj have
some 1,500 characters in it who will
be costumed in accordance with the
styles and modes of the periods.
The rugeant will attempt to portray
In District Two Miss Mary Graham, i accurately scenes of these periods and
assistant cashier of the Peoples Dank' a wonderful d.splay is expected. Twen-
of Scranton, won the $464.72 Ford
touring car while Miss Nealie Urig-
man. of Florence. Gen. Del., residing
about three miles from the city, won
the $165 Radio set.
1071 NEW SBUSCRIBER6
The camoaign was a success from
every standpoint, and 1071 new sub
scribers were added to The Florence
Daily Times’ list, every one cash in
advance. Besides this. 776 old sub
ty committees are to handle dif
ferent details of the pageant, and work
has already begun on the plans. Each
committee will have a definite part of
the program to handle.
The pageant will last for more than
two hours and will he staged outdoor*
at some suitable place In the city to
Le announced Inter. This is expected
to he the most elaborate feature o
the program of the reunion, and no
scribers renewed, making a total of 1 pains wi D spared to put it over
1846 subscriptions handled during the ib a sty.’e that ihe people of the citv
campaign. I hnd visitors who witness it will look
This places The Florence Daily | back to with pride for years after
Times far ana away in advance in ( wards.
Us field in the matter of circulation,)
and it Is a point of deepest Interest
to advertisers. Today The Florence
Daily Times enjoys the largest clrcu-1
lattou in Us history, due to the nnttr-1
lug work or a marvelous corps of
workers developed hv this contest, i
Besides the six capital prizes over j
$200 was awarded in cash prizes from
time to time.
All Get Commissions
Under the rules of the contest, any
active candidate competing to the end
of the race and turning in at least
$t)6 in cash business (the require- 1
SAYS SHIP BOARD
SHOULD MUSTER OUT
COMMITTEE DECLARES MER
CHANT MARINE CAN’T LIVE
WITH FEDERAL CONTROL
Washington, March 26.—The oom-
^ t ,, j mittee of the American ship owners
holne that to bo coush oron today recommended the
active ’ a contestant must turn in at | shlpplng board t0 retlre from busi-
least »wo yearly subscriptions or U08tt< scrap all i n f or j or vessels end
I heir equivalent during each week of ge jj t),e i-emaining tonnage to Ameri-
the last three weeka of the rHcei|p a jj citizens without restrictions. It
were to receive commissions. In' a | 8() recommended that all vessels
view of the unparalleled success of I no ^ r . 0 j ( j - within reasonable time he
the campaign and In recognition of scrapped. It declared an American
services rendered, every contestant | mrc jj an j marine In foreign trade can-
who turned In anv business at ail not ^ built through a government
were given commissions. Commls- operatlon The assoc j a tion commlt-
slon checks in many instances total-!j,, e j 8 jbe f ir8 t 0 f three representa-
ed tidy sums. All commission check* I t j ve bodies invited to present sugges-
not called for by tonight (Monday) ' t i on8 to re p 0 rt. It declared the “fail-
were mailed to the addresses of thOjure to provide national aid places a
respective contestants. - most serious a meet upon the entire
Thank tha Judge* | situation with . ?p«ct to American
The Florence Daily Times feela dipping m fore.gn trade and makes
that a word of appreciation is duejtbe problem one which can be solved,
the Judges. Messrs. Sulxbacher. King if at all> only aft( „. ;l more extended
and Maxwell who unstlntingly gave] | nve8 tjg a tion.’’ The report was made
of their time and energy so late at
night. They were painstakingly care
ful in the count which is absolutely
accurata. .
Appreciate Work Done
The Florence Dally Times cannot
find sufficient words to express Its
gratitude to every worker who assist
ed in making the campaign the suc
cess it Is. Any time we can render
In the form of a letter signed by Pres
ident Albert G. Smith.
LIFE INSURANCE
MEN MEETING TODAY
Life insurance agents of the dis
the offices of Aiken and Long, dis
you a favor we are yours to com-]lrict agents. The following are in at-
$150 to $200. The report of the onai
neers is ns follows:
“Mars Bluff bridge and oppi-nachos.
though not quite complete and still
not protected in many vital points
by Rip Rap Stone, have passed the
crest of the h'ghest water since 1916
and shows, under careful inspection no
damage,, other than the possible loss
of $150 to $200 of concrete nprons that
had not been back filled and was
undermined.
“While the water is still high,
though the current action is no longer
dangerous, two cars passed from Pee
Dee to ibe river span and hack to
Pee Dee this morning.
“The concrete road has been ex
amine,! as carefully as is possible nt
this stage of water and no displace
ment Is discernible.
“The earth fill, a mile long, has not
eroded at all. though some of the
earth was placed as late ns ten days
ago.
“The abutments at Toby’s Creek
bridge which are to be protected by
Rip Rap Stone, are now entirely un
protected but were sand bagged and
passed through the excessivewati l
with no loss of earth whatever.
“The river p'ers, though lacking
Rip Rap have proven conclusively
that they will be more than safe with
greater water than the river has ever
shown. One river pier which lacks a
little of being completed and is there
fore in Its nost dangerous cond'tion
and the location of which has caused
more discussion and critism than any
otner point of the'construction, pass
ed through the exsessive flood so
\v.dl that the engineers will probably
decide to dispense with R'p Rap for
this pier.
"Tne east and center niers are sup
porting one span of the steel bridge
which throws an eccentric load on
the center pier and Is therefore '* r
from Ideal for flood conditions, but
the action was so satisfactory that
in,- engineers contemplate no further
precautions than already determined
upon.
“One span of the steel bridge
wnleh was swung two days before
the arrival of the flood, and which is
m,t yet riveted or even fastened to
the piers and which is nine feet above
the J90S flood and 15 feet above the
one just passed and which is some
four feet Higher than the railroad
bridge at Pee Dee, is or course out
of reach of any possible flood con
dition.
“While it was expected to open
the bridge for trafiic May 1st., there
will bo a delay, caused by stopruge
of work on account of high water, of
about fifteen days.
“The flood interrupted traffic at
the old terry by breaking the cable
by which the ferry boat is operated
and it is not known when the ferry
boat will he ready for traffic af t iin.
“All the bridges on the old ferry
road are washed away, although they
have passed through al previous
floods since 1913 and traffic will have
to pass over the new road in order
to reach the ferry.’’
mand. Regardless of.weather, road triet of the Southeastern Life Insur-
conditions, etc., workers toiled faltfr-jance Company are meeting today in
fully and this is the sort of work that tendance: F. B. Hunter, Lake City;
deserves reward.
iJ. N. Powell, Clyo; C. B. Edwards,
Messrs. Chandler, Crowell & Parrott Jr., Darlington; C. L. Levy, Andrews;
Messrs. G. C. Chandler. Studebaker | Ira A. Calhoun, Kingstree.
dealer for this territory, and Mr.I
Crowell, of Crowell and Co., had the GARBER-DAVIS ORCHES-
cars right on hand for display pur
poses all during tho campaign and
they were given their respective win-
TRA HERE THURSDAY
.Ian Garber and his celebrated or-
ners Monday night at 5 o. m. These: eliestra will give a concert and dance
cars are brand new, having pever rup: here Thursday, they are to appear
excepting to tho front of the postnffioa | fhr one performance only at the Op
and various points about tho clty,m’a House at 9 o’clock, and then a
streets for display purposes. \Ve dance will he given at 10 o’clock at
thank tljese dealers and also Mr. \V. Pinewood Club. Mr. Garber and his
V. Parrott, who displayed the Radio musicians have been playing In Bir-
aets, one at his place of business on mingham, Ala., for the past week to
South Dargan street, and tho other at capacity houses, and they are now
priations available during this ner on
are a.’ready reduced to a point where
it is evident that economics must J)e
practiced.
Florence feels the effect of the
economies In several wavs one ot
which is that hereafter there will be
only one delivery of mail by city car
riers. Carriers will leave the postoflice
about 10:4"> after the arrival of the
morning trains and the mail Is
separated.
Outgoing mail service will not be
curtailed, according to postmaster
Chase. Every member of the force of
the local postoffice will nut forth his
best efforts to see that letters deposit
ed in the mails here are given promnt
dispatrh. Patrons of the office are re
quested to get their mail to the office
earlier as last minute mail cannot
be handled In time to he disoatched.
Parcels placed in the postoffice late
in the afternoon have no hope of get
ting off on the night trains. Immediate
attention will be given to letters and 1
to newspapers according to the post
master. They will be worked and dis
tributed to fhe locked boxes and to
the carriers as soon as they are re
ceived. Circular matter wL'l be handled
as the opportunity presents and as
quickly as possible.
With all of the economies that have
been placed in effect In the Flor
ence office resulting In the cutting off
of one delivery and the reduction in
the force of several clerks and car
riers. little coumlaint has been neard
n Florence about the service. This i«
due to a large extent to the great ef-
ticiencv of the force of clerks em-
p'oyed at the Florence office and the
determination of the postmaster to
afford the patrons of the office the
best service that is possible under
all circumsyances. Oft:ces all over
the country have been shot to pieces
by the reduction of forces. Atlanta
has gone so far as to send delegat ons
to Washington to nrorest. while tnc
Cleveland office and the Washington
and New York offices are thoroughly
congested with incoming and outgoing
mails, with not nope or relief tn
sight
VICTORY CLUBS TO
BE FORMED HERE
FINE' PROGRAM FOR
LEADERS CLASS MEET
TO BE HELD TONIGHT AT EIGHT
O’CLOCK AT THE JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL •
The Daily Times office.
JUDGES’ REPORT
Florence, S. C.. March 24, 1923.
Messrs. Brunson* and Gardiner,
Puhrs. Florence Dally Times,
Florence. 8. C.
Gentlemen:—We the undersigned
Judges chosen to canvass the votes
cast In The Florence Dally Time*’
contest beg leave to report our find
ings as follows:
D1STRIT ONE
Mrs. Louis Palles 16.O32.600
considered equal if not better than
any brch'£S|fc in the world. All lov
ers of gooirmusic can look for a big
treat at the Opera house announced
manager Srhnibben, who has arrang
ed for a longer concert than given
before.
JUDGE PRINCE IS
REPORTED
BETTER
A fine program has been arranged
for the recreation leaders class to be
held at the Junior nigh school this
evening at 8 o’clock. The program is
as follows:
Jump, Jump, Jump, Jim Crow, Miss
Ma^arlte Wright.
Over and Under Relay, Mrs. A. B.
Lynch.
Three Deep, W. H. Garron.
Crossing the Brook. Miss Susie
Jones.
Rachael and Jacob. Miss Marie
Cottingham.
Grand March. A. B. Lynch.
amount ng approximately to twenty-
six million uoiiare. It Is hoped to
] have all of the new equipment in
service b\ November 1st.
ThU w:i«i *he information authora-
tafively issued from the headquarters
of the Atlantic Const Line Company
in Wilm netnn. according to the Wil
mington Dispatch.
It mams when taken In combina
tion with large expenditures of ;♦
similar nature by the New York Cen-
•••'al tlie Pennsylvania system and
the Louisville and Nashville Railway
a total expenditure of well over one
hundred million dollars. It should
have a marked effect on such busi
ness industries as steel and iron, giv
ing them more than a normally pros
porous era of production in which em
ployment will he available to many
more skilled artisans.
The program of the Atlantic Coast
Line involving as it does the sum of
$26,000,000 is the largest single year's
program for equipment and Improve
ments ever undertaken In the historv
of the c omp my. The need for such
expenditure is duo to the growth of
the company’s business, the noiicy o
the Coast Line being to fully keen
naee with tae requirements ot
adequate service to its shippers and
other patrons.
improvements will he undertaken
at many stations, several of which will
he in this state. Shops and shop equip
ment will bo Improved or added to
includmg those at Wilmington, Rocky
Mount, N. C., and Montgomery. Ala.
The large order of 3(1000 pounds of
steel rails is In line with the com
pany’s policy of adopting the one
hundred nound standard. These rails
will be used to replace 85 nound mils
now in use on the Atlantic Coast Line
system.
Double tracking of the A. C. L. front
Richmond. Va.. to Jacksonv lie. Fla
including tho installation of autom. ^
tie signals, and Interlocking plants. >
will mean a double track line from 1
New York to Jacksonville.
Additional yards, yard tracks, ami
passing tracks will be built, affecting
practically every division of the A.
C. L. system
New equipment to the amount oi
over ten million dollars is being pro
vided. This Includes 95 locomotives,
101, passenger train cars, and 5,331
| Columbia Match 26—Eight white
! men including preachers were auest-
i ('ci in Grassy Fay section Horry conn-
Doors To Be Opened At
7 O’clock Tomorrow
Morning
SEATING COMMHTEE
TO MEET THIS P. M*
Numbers Of People Ex*
i pected To Arrive In The
City Today For Service
I The committee in cnarge annotint-4*
I
that everything is In readiness for
tlie Billy Sunday service to be held
at the Dixie Warehouse No. 2 tomor
row morning. The doors will be open
ed at 7 o’q'o k, the singing will Stgrt
I at 8, and Mr Sunday will begin speak
ing at 8:30 promptly. J. M. Lvnch,
chairman of the music committee an
nounced this morning that Mrs M. H.
Mobly and Brs, J. P. McNeill Sr., .will
preside at tee pianos, two of which
ty, charged with firing from ambush > have peen furnished bv tne Siegli^
at Daniel A. Duncan, a farmer, on I 1 '* , * a * p hous»~
.... .1 *'l r Stindny passed through Florence
December seventh .t was announced thi3 mornlna on hl8 wav j
at the governor’s office today. Special c - " here he had an engaYeifiMir fqr
constables made the arrests and say j ,0< I a v. He will return tonifbti>r4M£bln*
^ .... Florence at 9 o’clock and 'will lie
taken immediately to th$ Heidis Flor
ence where he will remain until the
service tomorrow morning. He will he
accompanied by Mrs Sunday onlv.
A final meeting of the ushers com
mittee will he held this afternoon at
1 5 o’clock, for the purpose of making
j final arrangements for handling and
seating the immense crowd th&f T
expected to he on hand at the servira
A large number of out of town people
are expected to arrive in Florence th'lf
evening and spend the night so a*
to be on hand when the doors are
opened at 7 o’clock In the morning.
Fii al work on the seats and stag*
Sarah Bernhardis !' vn be rompleted this afternoon the
last few <ar,ieR ter* having been at work In
the warehouse ever since Friday ot
last week. Sawdust has been placed oa
the floor to deaden the sound of loot-
steps on the board floor. As was an
nounced Saturday no cars will be al-
they lave obtained two confessions.
The men he.’d are Monroe, Mayberry
and J. \V. Hill, Stog Grainger, .Memory
Prdegeon, Rev. Albert Pridegeon,
Lloyd Jolley and \V. ('. Blacfwell.
MADAME SARAH
BERNHARDT DEAD
Paris, March 26—Mr.dame Sarah
Bernhardt is dead.
Paris. March 26
condition lias grown worst
hours. The household considers the
end near. A flood of messages bidding
the famous actress to nave courag;
eapie from *rlends on the eont nem
and in America. Bernhadt has still. ,
retained her mental alertness despite I ,owed tJ P ark about th * warehouse
her condition. i :,s u ‘ 9 expected that there ertll be
hundreds who will be unable to get
Paris. March 26-A priest arrived! inside tbP house and thev will stand
this afternoon to administer the Iasi ,n -’ aroand tbp building while the noted
rites of the church. Phys cians said evan § e, ist is sneaking,
Madame Bernhardt’s condition is i
hopeless and she might die at any
minutes.
opiate.
She is sleeping under an
The hanks of Florence and *H busi
ness henerally will remain cosed uutil
after the service.
NEGROES CAUGHT IN
OVERTURNED GAR
MINISTERS TO HEAR
COURSE OF LECTURES
] Columbia. Marh 26—Between fifty
and seventy-five Presbyterian mir£
j stirs will arrive in Columbia Monday
I atiernoon and Tuesday morning, to
| spend the week, as guests o" th°
FORD DEMOLISHED WHEN 1 Presbyterians of Columbia. lor the
STRIKES TWO CARS AND } sf 'c al purpose of hearing “Billy Sun-
TURNS UPSIDE DOWN. I day and of taking a course of ,’ectures
j at the Columbia Theological Seminary.
A Ford touring car. containing a 1 The ministers will he guests in the
number of negro men, ran into an- homes of Columbians. They wi|l atrpn^’
other automobile on the concrete road ] the taheni cle services at 2:30 and
2 miles out of the city yesterday ev»-j 7:30 each day. and will have a cours*
MRS. D. W. ALDERMAN SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
Chairman Cordell Hull, of the demo
cratic rational committee, has appoint
ed Mrs. D. W. Alderman to act as a
special representative of the national
headquarters In organizing a “Na
tional Democratic Victory Club” in
Florence.
This is part of a nation-wide plan of
organ zation, extending Into every one
of the 5,000 larger towns of the coun
try, and having for Its object the
formation of an army of 100.000 demo
crats to bring victory in 1924. Chai?
man Hull is thus striving, by intensive
work this year, to win the presidential
elect'on next year.
The plan is for each club president
appointed by Mr. Hull to organize a
c.’uh of twenty livest democrats in
each town, thus giving the national
chairman 5,000 flying squadrons, each
one composed of twenty dependable
men and women, and each under a
trustworthy captain, broadcasted over
the whole United States and actir*
us the eyes, ears and good right arm
of the national headquarters.
Format : on of the Victory Club
among democrats of Florence
start immediately.
p’eto somersault and landed with the i dav. from 11 to 12.
DATING BUREAU IS
NOW IN OPERATION
wheels sticking tip in the air. several
of the negroes being pinned under
neath it. The ear wh'eh the Ford first
struck did not stop, but another ons
immediately behind it. which was also
struck by the negroes, stopped and
the occoupants liftedthe ocertarned
automobile off the howling men.
The course of lectures was an
nounced today by the seminary au
thorities. On Tuesday Dr. W. M. Me-
Pheters will talk on, “Is ,i Science of
Interpretation Possible.” On Wedne®
day Dr. J. M. Wei's, president of ?be
seminary, will lead a conterenee on,
“Church Organization.” .On Thursday
freight train cars. The contract for ! nl ng, shortly after dark, turned a com- } of lectures at the seminary, one eat:h
the locomotives has neen awarded to
the Ba'dwin Locomotive Company.
Part of the passenger ear contract has
been awarded to the Bethlehem Shin-
building Company, and the balance ot
tee order will be placed within a few
days. About 2.000 freight ears will he
built by the Atlantic Coast Line in
their own shops at Rocky Mount. N.
C. and Waycross. Ga.. the balance of
the order going to various iyr com
panies.
It is the hope of the Atlantic. Coast
Line officials to have ail equipment
delivered and In service by November
1st of this year, giving the road facili
ties to furnish service to its shippers
and comfort to its passengers, that
the standard railroad of the south
has always been noted for.
It was said this morning by one pr. R. C. Reed will lead a conference
of the men who assisted in rescuing on “Church PoFty,” and °h Friday Dr,
the negroes that not one of them was
injured, but that the Ford was a com
plete wreck. After the overturned auto
mobile had been lifted off the negroes
a broken bottle which had contained
liquor was discovered and it was said
a number of them were drunk.
will
GIVES $25 FOR THE
BASEBALL SCHOOL
Since the announcement in Satur
day's Times of the organization of a
dating bureau by Community Service,
a number of dates that have been
taken up have been sent in to the oi-
lice and requests in several instances
have been made for open dates. Al
ready two very important gatherings,
whose meeting had been scheduled
for next Monday evening but not pub
licly announced have been straight
ened out. These meetings are that
of the Library association and the
Community Service council. It is
probable that the date of the council
meeting will be changed.
FINE ATTENDANCE AT
MEN.S BIBLE CLASS
With no especially arranged at
tractions featuring their program tne
men’s hible classes ran up unusually
h’gh attendance records yesterday
morning. Wvery church was sur
rounded with automobiles, many hav
ing to park a block away. It is prob
ably a fact that a larger percent of
the adult white population o!' Flor
ence attend hible classes than any
town in this entire section. Last year
a great Easter rally was staged In
whch all classes united hut this y ear 1 fVpigihTlerks
the Billy Sunday meeting under th * i law L rs Two
auspices of tlie men’s bihla classes of
Hugh R. Muorchlson will he the lead
er of a conference on, “ A Program of
Missions for Every Church.”
Dr. Melton Clark is chairman of
the program committee. He annpunves
that ministers in Columbia have been
invited to attend the series of lectures
at the seminary.
GOVERNOR WILL SIGN
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Columbia. March 26—Governor Me
I end Stated this morning that he
would sign the annual appropriation
h 111. with possiblv or two omitted. He ’
is preparing a statement today, giving
his position on certain Rems, which
he will likely veto. :
VOLLEYBALL GAMES TONIGHT
BILLY SUNDAY PREACHES
TO LARGE CONGREGATION.
Columbia,. March 26—“Billy Sunday
preached Sunday lo tlfree of the larg-
Waukegan. Ills., March 26.—Wit-
nesses gathered here today to appear
O. G. Weston, a member of the ex-'before the grand Jury to testify re-
ecutive hoard of Community Service, garding alleged attempts to bribe
has contributed $25 towards equip-1 jury and veniremen in thetrlalof
ment for the Junior baseball school Governor Len Small, who was aenuU-
whlch is to begin Saturday of this ted recently of the charge of mls-
auspiees of the men
the city takes its place. |
The unusual records for attendance.
WITNESSES GATHER IN established by the Florence classes I
THE BRIBERY CASE, pave attracted wide attention anu ,
frequently calls are made upon .local |
The Rotarians and A. C. L. shop
men will e.’ush tonight on ths local
| volleyball court, and the A. C. 1*.
will go up against ths
very interesting games
are anticipated.
DAILY MARKETS
week. This matter was taken up at
tho meeting of the committee Satur
day afternoon and the members were ( *
greatly impressed with the undertak- ( ♦
lug, as the school will probably take ♦
handling state funds.
men to visit other places and assist
in organizing similar classes.
The secretaries of tho various class- i
as report the following figures for
yesterday.
Central Methodist 1
First Baptist 102
Presbyterian
[ Episcopalian -
Lutheran
14
THE WEATHER
est audiences ho has yet addressed, to jn ev ory hoy in the city between tho.
... 1.. a ^ I nwirt i *» ‘ - . • in *. ^ 3.
♦ , GOVERNOR SEIZES
♦ ' FOUR LEASED BOATS, May
Anderson, March
dittos of Clrcu t Judge E. Prince, is
Miss Ethei Werhan 8.88L800 j reported slightly improved today. He
has been critically ill for a week or
(Continued on page 4), , .(more.
negroes in the morning, men in the
j afternoon and the g°neral public In
C on- the evening. Mr. Sunday is In Wilson.
N. C.. where he delivered a sermon,
returning in the afternoon to Flor
ence. where he will speak Tuesday
morning. • \ » *-
ages of 10 and 16 years.
Cloudv and -ooler tonight, prob- 4
As was announced in the Times of [4 ah’.v rain on the crast. Tuesday 4
iturda'y. the school is to he followed 4 partly cloudy: cooler in FJouth 4
the organization of a Junior base- 4 portion moderate w.nds mostly 4
Saturday
by .... .
ball league, which will play a reguttr
schedule of games during the sum-
BlOft * ■ . . , . . i, ^ —
4 north and northwest.
4
(Courtesy H. and B. Beer)
New York Cotton • *
Open High Low Closa
January 1. —23.90 24.14 23.25 23.36
May 29.25 29.52 28.50 28.66
July 28.42 28.57 37.50 27.53
OH 24.85 25.19 24.40 24.4$ >
IVc. .. 24.20 24.58 23.80 23.8$
New Orleans Cotton , ,
1 Open High Low ,Clp*0.,
I January 23.55 23.96 23.55 23.07
, May 28.00 28.76 27.70 27.70
| July 28.00 28.45 27.25 27.26
St. Louis. March 26.—Eleven bar-'oh. 34.35 24.69 23.84 23,
ges and four towboats of the govern-! Dec. 24.00 24.18 23.32 23.33
ment leased river fieef' of Edward F.
Ooltra were seized yesterday by gov
ernment representatives. It is claim
ed Goltra failed to operate the boats.
New Orleans—Spots dull, 76 points
down. Middling 29c. \Vo
New York—Spots, quiet, 80 polqt*-
down- Middling 28i76. , '■