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COAST TOUR ENDS
AT LOS ANGELES
PRE8IDENT8 PLEA FOR EARLY
RATIFICATION OF TREATY
18 HEARTILY APPROVED.
IS INTRODUCED BY A WOMAN
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Mrs. Cowles Tells the Audience That
"Political Partisans" Are Out of
Place In This Discussion.
Los Angeles.?President Wilson
completed his week of speechmaklng
on the Pacific coast with a inopster
mass meeting here at which thous
ands shrieked approval of his plea
for early ratification of the peace
treaty.
Welcomed to the city by a crowd
which densely packed the downtown
section, the President was cheered tumultuously
everywhere he appeared
daring the day. Along the line of a
'lO-mlle parade he rode in a din of applause
and later at a public dinner
cheers greeted his declarations that
the treaty should and would be accepted.
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When he entered the auditoiium
for his night speech he was cheered
for more than two minutes by a crowd
estimated by the police at 6,000. The
hall was jammed and outside were
thousands waiting since early morning
for the doors to open.
At the auditorium meeting Mr. Wilson
was introduced by Mrs. Josiah.
Brans Cowles, national president of
the General Federation of Women's
clubs, who told the crowd that the
league must and will become the bulwar
of a war weary world for all
time. The "political partisan," she as
sorted, had no place in a discussion
of the peace treaty.
GENERAL PALMER RECOMMEND8
AN ARMISTICE OF SIX MONTH8.
Freeport, Pa.?An absolute Industrial
armistice for si* months was
urged by Attorney General Palmer
here to permit the solution of econom- i
lc problems arising out of the changes
wrought by war
Such a period of freedom from unrest,
he declared, would result soon in
Increased production which would
bring about an era of "easier living
and better times" for all. On the
othor hand. the attorney general
warned, selfish demands by any one j
class cannot stimulate the national
prosperity or permanently benefit even
those obtaining such demands by
force.
CORPUS CHRIST1 LOSSES
MORE THAN $20,000,000.
Corpus Christi, Texas.?Puller reports
received from devastated storm
area of which Corpus Christ! is the
center, swell the death roll of last
Sunday's hurricane and confirm estl'
mates that the property damage will
exceed $20,000,000.
Little progress was made in the
recovery of bodies floating on the bay,
despite that there was no let up In
this work.
LABOR AGITATOR 18 8HOWN
THE WAY OUT OF SAVANNAH.
Savannah.?J. C. Sullivan, former
member of the Macon fire department
was taken into custody here by Police
Chief Woods and will be placed
on board a train for Macon. Chief
Woods said that he apprehended the
cx-flreman upon direct orders of
Mayor Stewart.
Sullivan, it was stated, had expectto
call a meeting of firemen for the j
fMirvVMiA rvf oYnlnlnina a#?won*e??? I
rM. rvwV w* w?i? nuvaiita5co
of unionism.
Mayor Stewart in a statement declared
that "there will be no unions
In the Savanuah police or fire departments,
and any man Joining a union
will lose his Job immediately."
TREATY SHOULD BE RATIFIED
AS IT READS WITHOUT DELAY.
Watertown, N. Y.?"The treaty
should be ratified without delay and
without change," declared Secretary
of State Robert Ltanslng here in the
first public utterance made by him
since the statement of Wm. Q. Bullitt
before the senate foreign relations
committee, in which it was alleged
that the secretary of state on
May 19, in Paris, said that if the
American people knew what was in
the treaty they would defeat it.
FRANCE PROPOSES TO HAVE
PEACE ARMY OF 350,000
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Paris.?A peace time army of
(50,00 men and reduction of the term
qf military service from three years
t.o one are rocommonded to the military
committee of the senate in a report
by Paul Doumer.
Under his plan 200,000 men would
he called to the colors annually by
conscription ahd 160,000 others recruited
through voluntary enlistment.
ThL't system would make the French
army on a war footing total 4,000,000.
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BEAUFORT PACKING COMPANY
The Enterprise Is Capitalised at
$150,000, and 8tock Is to be Distributed
Among Five Counties.
Walterboro.?A campaign has been
conducted in Colleton county this
week in the interest ot the Seacoast
Packing Company of Beaufort. Meetings
were lield at Walterboro, Cottagevllle.
Smoaks, Lodge and Islandton,
and the plans and purposes of
the packing plant were discussed and
subscriptions to the capital stock
taken. Much interest was shown in
the undertaking, but on account of the
failure of the Orangeburg packing
plant, there were not many large subI
scriptlons taken. Colleton county will
be expected by the Beaufort promoters
to subscribe to $30,000 of the $150,000
capital. Beaufort will take onehalf
this sum and the four adjacent
counties are expected to subscribe
the balance. It is proposed to have
1 the packing plant in operation by
September 1, 1920.
Charleston.?For the first time in
the history of Charleston a partial system
of free school books will be in
force this year, children of the first
and second grades, primary department,
being furnished with textbooks
by the board of school commissioners.
Columbia.?Frank A. Crout wai arrested
and lodged in the Richland
county Jail on the. charge of having
murdered Mr. and Mrs. Oreen Medlin,
his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The warrant also charges Crout with
arson.
Union.?M. B. Meador, a prominent
citizen of the county, wbb run down
by an automobile truck here and seriously
injured. Several ribs were
broken and he was otherwise badly
bruised. He was taken at once to the
hospital here and given medical attention.
Sumter.?The meeting of the Sumter
county division of the American
Cotton Association at Dalzell school
was well attended by the people of
Providence township. L. D. Jennings,
county chairman, made the talk of the
evening and so impressed his hearers
that besides a large number of them
Joining the association they subscribed
$21,000 as stock in the association
to purchase all cotton offered below
the minimum price fixed.
Dillon.?J. O. Hyatt, an industrious
white farmer living on D. W. Bethea's
place near here, was in Dillon looking
for his daughter, Minnie, 17 years old,
wh'' disappeared from home several
days ago. Mr. Hyatt is greatly distressed
over the disappearance ol
his daughter and has almost abandoned
hope of finding her. He said
she was a dutiful daughter, and he
can offer no explanation for hei
strange disappearance.
Anderson.?The street car men ol
this city have had their pay increased
to 49 1-2 cents an hour, although they
did not strike. They are the highest
paid men of the service. This is on
account of the one man safety cars
which are used here. This allows
the men here three cents an hour
more than the oldest men in the ser
vice. This one man system has proved
a success.
Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg
County Highway Commission sold the
remainder of the million dollar bond
issue, amounting to $499,600, to tbe
Bank of Commerce of this city, the offer
of this institution being the most
advantageous according to county
highway officials.
The bonds mature in nine series
and were bought by the Bank of Commerce
on a basis of $85.60, the total
amount being $477,256 65.
Ridgeway.?At the same grade
crossing at Smallwood where the ac
cident occurred on August 17 in which
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Wray ol
Ridgeway and the McCarrel lad ol
Concord, N. C., lost their lives in an
automobile wrecked by a freight train,
occurred another accident when two
mules drawing a wagon belonging to
Levi Branham were killed outright by
through passenger train No. 31.
Hidden School Discovered.
Greenville.?Hid in a mountain cove
in the far famed Dark Corner section
or ureenvuie county, away back In
the dismal recesses of Glassy Moun
tain. 30 miles from a railroad, a flour
tailing school hitherto unrecorded and
unknown to county school officials,
has been "discovered" by Miss Eliza
heth Perry, supervisor of rural
schools, and Carl Drake, attendance
ofTicer for the upper section, who ran
upon the little building almost in the
fn-ihion of revenue officers scouring
this rugged country for stills.
Lancaster la Acquitted.
Columbia.?Eugene M. Lancaster
Columbia policeman who bas been on
trial on the charge of murder and
carrying concealed weapons, was acquitted.
Judge Moore instructed the
bailiffs to keep the jury locked in for
tha night, should a verdict not be arrived
at before 10*30 o'clock. As soon
as the Jury agreed, the judge was communicated
with and the verdict was
read as soon as the court officials
could be assembled. Lancaster shot
and killed his wife and Newton LorIck.
her companion, last May.
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THE PRINCE OF WALES
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Wales who Is now touring America.
FALSE PHILOSOPHY FAILURE
Solallsm Has Now Proved Itself With
Rivers of Blood and Suffering to
Be a Positive Fallacy.
New York.?Two "dominant convlc.lons"
In the mind of Herbert Hoover
after his five vearn' *?rvloo n H?-r.o rl
are that socialism is "bankrupting Itself
and that America must not abandon
its moral leadership in restoring
order in the world nor permit itself
to be used for "experiment in social
diseases."
In an address at a dinner of the
American institute of mining and
metallurgical engineers at which he
was the guest of honor, he declared
that the philosophy of Lenine's and
Trotxky's was destroying itself "from
a startling quarter in the extraordinary
lowering of productivity of industrial
commodities to a point below
the necessity for continued existence
of their millions of peopled*
Referring to the revolution in Russia.
be said:
"Although socialism has now proved
itself with rivers of blood and suffering
to be an economic and spiritual
fallacy and to have wrecked Itself on
the rock of production1. I believe It
i was necessary for the world to have
i had this demonstration. It is not
necessary, however, that we of the
United States, now that we have wit[
nessed these results, pluuge our own
population into these miseries and
; into a laboratory for experiment in
, foreign social diseases."
[ PERSHING RECEIVES GREAT
OVATION AT WASHINGTON.
Washington.?Hoarse with cheer,
ing, Washington rosted satisfied that
it had paid full honor to General John
J. Pershing and the fighting men of
the First division.
The nation's victory parade was
over. For noarly throe hours a rolling
flood of soldiery, guns and horses,
1 tanks and motor trucks had poured
up Pennsylvania avenue without check
or halt to pass the reviewing stand
wheie stood Vice President Marshall,
representing President Wilson.
: DEATH LI8T CONTINUE8 TO
' GROW AT CORPUS CHRI8TI.
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1 Corpus Chrlsti.?Darkness fell on
the storm stricken city of Corpus
Chrlsti and environs with the list of
dead from Sunday's hurricane approaching
300 and with a heavy rain
1 which fell almost continuously
throughout the day hampering the
! work of clearing away the debris and
Increasing the suffering of thousands
of homeless.
' REPORTS SAY PRESIDENT
OF PERU 13 ASSASSINATED.
Santiago, Chile.?Persistent rumors
' are in circulation here that Augusto
B. Legula, president of Peru, was as
sassinated. Dispatches roceived by
' the foreign ministry from Jquique say
that in Iquique the rumor is bellved to
be true.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TO
SECURE PEACE FOR RUSSIA
1 Copenhagen.?An Important conference
has been In session at Riga considering
not only peace with the
I soviet goevrnment of Russia, but the
> formation of a Baltic federation, according
to advices from Lettish
' sources. It is understood that the
1 Baltic federation idea has material 1
ixed to the extent that an agreement
1 has been reached for a common cur!
rency and a customs union of Latvia,
Ksthanin and Lithuania.
AIRPLANE IN AIR CONVERSES
WITH 8UBMARINE SUBMERGED
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London, Conn.?A radio experiment
made off New London in
Long Island Sound by the experiment
station, naval section. established
communication, both telephonic and
telegraphic, between a hydroairplane
flying two thousand feet In the air and
a submerged submarine several fathoms
in the water. This was a demonstration
for the delegates to the annual
convention of the Edison Society
of Electrical Engineer!.
FIFTlf THOUSAND
HEARjnENT
BOTH ROOSEVELT AND LODGE
QUOTED A3 ENDORSING IDEA
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
EFFICIENCY OF ARBITRATION
"Would be Death Warrant of Children
of Country" Said the President,
Should the League Fall.
San Diego, Calif.?An extract from
a magazine article written in 1914 by
Theodore Roosevelt waa read by
President Wilson in an address here
as an argument in favor of the league
of nations.
Speaking to a cheering crowd which
filled the great San Diego stadium,
the President also quoted from Senator
Lodge, one of the most bitter opponents
of the treaty in its present
form, and declared that in framing
the league covenant, the Versailles <
conference and followed the advice of i
these and other republican statesmen. I
"I am glad to align myself with such
utterances," said Mr. Wilson, while
the crowd cheered. "Here in concrete
form is the fulfillment of the plan they
advocated."
The address was Interrupted many
times by applause from the crowd, 1
which local officials estimated at more
than 60,000.
Emphasizing the arbitration feature
of the covenant, the President said an
example of the efficiency of discussion
was r.hown in labor controversies.
He asserted that whenever either
side to such a controversy refused
to discuss its case the presumption
was that it was on the wrong side.
It would be the "death warrant" of
the children of the country, declared
the President should the league fail.
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NEW POLICY INAUGURATED
FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION
Washington.?A new rate making
policy for the protection of water
transportaticn was urged before the
house interstate and foreign commerce
committee by ex-Chairman
John H. Small, North Carolina, of the
rivers and harbors committee. Mr.
Small asked that the Esch bill be
amended so that railroad lines competing
with water lines may not destroy
water traffic. This should be
supplemented, he said, by legislation
permitting cities and towns along
streams to erect terminals.
RETAIL PRICES FOR FOOD
INCREASED DURING AUGUST
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Washington.?Retail prices of food ,
Increased one per cent In August, as 1
compared with July, and reached the (
highest point in the nation's history I
despite the government's Campaign to (
reduce the cost of living. |(
The increase?probably already ap- ,
parent In the consumer?was revealed ,
when the department of labor's bu- ,
reau of labor statistics made public its |
monthly report.
The foodstuffs increasing in price ,
were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pork
chops, butter, cheese, coffee, sugar, .
dry beans and bread. Prices declined j
for sirloin and round steak, rib and
chuck ioasts, onions, bacon, flour, cab- ,
bage and canned peas, corn, beans and
tomatoes.
RECOMMENDS DECREASE IN
NATION'S WHEAT ACREAGE
Washington.?A reduction In the '
acreage to be sown to winter wheat
this fall of approximately 16 per cent 1
from last year's acreage was recom- '
mended by the department of agri- 1
culture. This reduction, which would 1
mean a total of about 42.000 000 acres 1
this year, was recommended, it was 1
| said, on the basis of prospective condlttions
of world sunnlv and demand <
an judged by specialists of the depart- 1
; ment who were sent abroad to report 1
I on the crop status of European coun- 1
' tries. 1
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STOCK OF RAW COTTON SMALL
IN HANDS ENGLISH SPINNER8
WoihlxotAn
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IT KOUIUAIIIU 1 1 cnoill HIUCKII OI raw
cotton in the hand* of British spinners
are very small, probably no mill (
having a supply for more than two or (
three weeks ahead, according to a re- j
port from the American agricultural
trade commissioner at London on the |
cotton situation in United Kingdom. ,
Labor conditions and the high price ]
of cotton, together with the uncertain- ]
ty of exchange, have made the spin- j
ners cautious. (
DRIVE 18 ON TO ORGANIZE ALL ,
EMPLOYES IN NEW YORK CITY
New York.?A drive to organize all
employes of New Yom City, Including (
policdmen and firemen into one union ,
to be known as the "central union," j
affiliated with the American Pedera-']
tion of Labor, was well under way. N
Work was being directed toward ob- j
talnlng a age Increase to meet the ,
i increased cost of living and to organ-1
: izlng city employes who have not yet' j
Joined any union. Increases of as i |
{much as 65 per cent are discussed.
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their three children Is to visit the b!
United States In the near future.
PROPERTY LOSS $10,000,000 ;
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Relief Trains Have Reached Stricken
8ectlon Bringing Medical Supplies Q
Food, Bedding and Clothing. b
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Dallas, Tex.?With the known death 11
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list at least 29 at Corpus Christ! and j
estimates that the toll will amount
to 75 or 100 In that city alone, the o
situation in the Btorm-swept west a
gulf coast region of Texas continues .
uncertain.
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While the death list in the affected p
territory outside of Corpus Christi q
probably is considerable, there was Y
no confirmation of reports placing the
total well into the hundreds. Proba- ?
bly the most definite news came from
Corpus ChriBti in the statement that
E>6 bodies, none of which had been
identified, had been discovered be- u
tween Portland and Taft. it
Machinery for the relief of storm V
sufferers was completed late by Qov- c
Brnor Hobby, who ordered units of P
the Texas national guard to relieve c
federal troops in charge of the situc.- a
tion at Corpus Christi as quickly as n
transportation could be arranged. The w
governor Issued a proclamation urg- F
ing prompt contributions of money c
and supplies.
Three relief trains reached Corpus y
Christi with food, bedding, clothing n
and medical supplies for the thous- 1(
ands of homeless und stricken residents
and other trains were en route. n
Two relief train-j were reported stall- w
Bd by washouts at Alice, Tex. ?
Latest estimates placed the prop- a
arty loss in Corpus Christi at $10,000,- a
uuu, ana meager advices indicate the
damage at Port Aransas would be
very heavy. Rescue workers faced a
tremendous task of clearing the debris.
Blocked streets and a steady rain
which set in at noon, turned the ^
streets into mud.
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The storm carried buildings and
wreckage many miles inland, according
to reports from Odem and Sinton, p
in which region 70 victims are reported
to have been found. ri
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WILSON SILENT REGARDING
REPORTS FROM KIAO CHOW. F
On Board President Wilson's Special
Train, Slsson, Calif.?Associated
Press dispatches from Honolulu quot- n
Ing Japanese sources to the effect that c<
the United States had asked the Jap- II
iinese government to set a definite ti
time limit for the return of Kiao Chow tl
to China were shown President Wilson
en route to California. O'
The President declined to comment c;
on the news reports, but it was un- jn
derstood that he has not yet received
any information from the state de-1
partment relative to any action it may ^
bave taken concerning the Shantung 51
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KITCHIN DEFEATS PERSHING T
SWORD AWARD PROPOSITION.
Washington.?A proposition to have
CongrMs give General Pershing a $10.)00
svrord, in addition to the thanks ni
af Congress for his part in prosecut- w
ing the war against Germany, made P1
considerable headway here last week, a'
but stout opposition from Represents- fli
tlve Claude Kitchin killed it. Mr.
Kitchin took the ground that Congress
las done enough for General Persh- 9<
Ing, and should now turn Its atten- < A
Lion to the soldiers under him. A
FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT S
STRIKE TO ASSIST POLICE
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Boston.?Officers of the Are department
will not join in a sympathetic i st
itrlke to aid the policemen. This was b<
announced after a meeting of the di- ai
rectors of the Officers' Club, which 02
epresents 15 per cent of the Arc b<
lighting force of the city. The vote w
was unanimous. ol
Plre Commissioner John R. Mnr-: PI
?hy announced that '*ne had reason to th
believe" that the Aremen, as a whole, j
trould remain loyal to the city. lv>
SOUTHERN OS 1
IN GRAIN LROPS G
STIMATE OF PRODUCTION 18 Ol
THIRTY PER CENT OF THAT I
OF ENTIRE COUNTRY.
ALUED AT S3,000,GOO,000 Nl
otton Must This Year Give Place In 8e
Size and Value to the Three Crops I
of Corn, Wheat and Oats.
Baltimore.?The total grain crops <
f the southern states for the present cai
ear, according to statistics compiled rai
Co
y The Manufacturers Record, will ^
how a gain of about 326,000,000 bush- jn
Is over the crops of last year, while W
i the rest of the country there will
e a decline based on the September iZE
col
estimates, of about 357,000,000 bushca
Is. The south has thus, by the enorious
increase in its grain crops, su.vd
the nation from a disastrously
hort crop.
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The total grain crops of the south an
tils year will aggregate about 1,645,- m)
00,000 bushels, while the rest of the
ountry will have an output of about ^
,831,000,000 bushels. In other words, j
tie south this year will produce more
lan 30 per cent of the entire grain
rop of the United States. The value lrl
f the south's grain crops this year. a
astd on September first nriees wmilH b>'
mount to nearly $3,000,000,000, or an
lcrease of $935,000,000 over the value
f the grain crops of the south of
918, no
The value of the corn, wheat and
at crops of the south this year will
ggregute, based on September first St
gurea of prices on the farm, about pr
4,775,000,000. The three crops, corn, fa
rheat and oats alone will exceed by lai
robably half a billion dollurs to three tli
uarters of a billion dollars the total Mi
alue of the south's cotton crop.
TEEL WORKERS REFUSE TO ,
LONGER PUT OFF STRIKE.
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Pittsburgh.?The steel workers naional
committee made public a letter
; has drafted and sent to President ^
Alison giving eleven reasons why it '
oald not comply w'th l.is request to
ostpone the steel workers strike on
ailed orf September 22. The letter
lso recites the lnstory of tae movelent
to better the conditions of the or
rjrkcrs and expresses faith in the ! '
'resident's "desire to bring about a an
onference with employers." in
"We regret that for the first time an
cur call on organized labor cannot *?
leet with favorable response," the th
stter states. "If d^lay were not more co
tian delay, even at the cost of loss of
lembership in our organizations, we
rould urge the same to the fullest of re
ur ability, notwithstanding the men nh
re firmly set for an immediate ]p;
trlke. But delay here means the an
urrender of all hope." Co
IO PROFITEERING IN COTTON
AT PREVAILING PRICES HERE.
Washington.?Director Phillip S.
Kennedy, of the bureau of foroign ^
nd domestic commerce, writes Sena)r
Simmons that he does not think a
rice on cotton of 38 cents at Liver- ^
ool indicates profiteering when tho ^
rice is 30 cents at Shelby. He was
eplylng to a letter from Hush Stroup,
reasurer of Cleveland county. *
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OOD PRICES FALLING
ACCORDING TO REPORTS. Rr
Washington.?Reports to the depart- ^
lent of ustice frojm 12 states indiate
there has been a decline of 10 to (
E> per cent in food prices since the
me the fair-price committees began
loir work.
From four states have come reports '
n wholesale prices indicating a de- ; ' "
lipe of 2 to 6 per cent. Virtually no , r
sductions in clothing prices have mi
een noted. ^
The reports on retail food prices
ere said to have been from cities ro'
nd counties well distributed throucb- I Pn
ut the country. the
WO HUNDRED AND FIFTYSIX
DEAD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED (
thf
Corpus Christi, Texas.?The death
ill in Corpus Christi and vicinity R'>'
s a result of the hurricane and tidal ,irr
ave, stood at 256, according to rearts
from burial squads. The gener- Rpr
lly accepted estimated was that the ,)ll!
Th
nal figures would reach 500. 1 "
The official figures of casualties are. on(
Corpus Christi. 54; White Point, ',v
J; Recoita and Portland, 80; Port
rkansas, 5; Odem and Stnton, 11; r,n
rkansas Pass, 2; Rockport, 8. m''
TEAM8HIP AND RAILWAY {
CLERKS VOTE ON STRIKE
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Louisville. Ky.?Two hundred thou- wa
md railway and stamship men, mem- ^asrs
of the Brotherhood of Railway an<
id Steamship Clerks, freight hands, ^r<
(press and station mployees, have
?er. ordered to take a strike vote It
as announce d here t?y J. J. pYirrster vlc
! Cincinnati, president of the Broth- 1111
hood, to enforce demands made to '
le railway administration. ,n
Orders have gone forward to every ^ea
d*e In the country, it was said.
OT ROAST GIVEN
OL1HAMBER
?GAN IZATION SAID TO HAVK
DECLINED TO AID AMERICAN
COTTON ASSOCIATION.
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veral Warm Speeches Were Mad*
by Columbians Against Position
Taken by Commercial Body.
Columbia.?Members of the Amerin
Cotton Association severely arigned
the Columbia Chamber of
ramerce at the meeting held for
) purpose of launching a campaign
Columbia for members, when Gen.
Hie Jones, chairman of the execue
committee of the Columbia organitlon,
stated that the chamber of
mmerce had refused to conduct the
mpaign in Columbia to help the
tton association. General Jkmes
Id he and B. F. McLeod, state ornizer
for the cotton body, had spared
before the board of directors
d the board told them conducting a
smbership drive for the cotton asciatlon
was not in the line of work
the chamber and the directors resed
to sanction the plan.
Several warm speeches characterng
the chamber of commerce as
loose useless body were then made
prominent Columbians who thought
e cotton campaign should have been
Iped by the commerce organization,
oring the chamber for its action In
t fostering the cotton association.
Laurens?The Peoples Co-Operative
ore is one of the newest enterises
launched here. Heads of 70
milies, residents of Watts Mill vil;e.
are stockholders, it is said, and
e store is being conducted by M. L.
cites as general manager.
Bamberg?A series of robberies has
ken place in Bamberg during the
st few days which have completely
ffled the police. Miss Pearl Counts,
to resides in the heart of the reslntial
section of the city, had a valuile
watch taken front her home while
e was absent from the house for
ly a few minutes.
Oaffney.?Miss Eunice Pord, county
ganizer of adult schools, said that
[>77 persons were taught to read
d write during the month of August
the adult schools of the county
d that the people became interested
such an extent that numbers of
em hnve asked that the schools be
ntinued.
?
Orangeburg.?The boll weevil has
ached Orangeburg county a year
ead of the time expected J. K. Easi,
entomologist of Cletnson College,
nounced after an Inspection of the
Ids here.
York.?-The relentless warware wagby
York county officers against
xmshining has resulted in the capre
of two stills within the past few
ys.
Charleston.?Litigation relative to
e recent municipal election in Charito
nwas begun when Tristam T.
rde. W. P. Sellers and Thomas Mctrthy
filed a petition against W.
irner Logan, chairman of city Demratic
executive committee and other
?mbers. A writ of certiorari was
anted by Chief Justice Eugene B.
ry In Abbeville. The respondents
vo 14 days in which to answer.
riemson College.?The first chapel
srcises of the current session were
id at which Dr. W. M. Riggs, presint.
made a strong though brief ndpss
to the students stressing espeilly
the value of courtesy and optism.
[i is wormy or note that Clemson
8 the largest senior class ever enled
here or likely at any college
tirelv for males In this section of
> country. 143.
Coastwise Service Resumed.
Charleston.?J. I,. Doten, agent for
> Baltimore & Carolina Steamship
mpany announced that the steam
p Lake Clear would sail from Ballore
for Charleston, thus marking
resumption of a coastwise freight
vice that has been much missed by
?innss men for the past few months.
0 Steamship Lake Huron is a sec1
steamer allocated to the company
the shipping hoard for use oo thla
Itimore-Charleston route, which indes
calls at Georgetown and Wilngton.
Labor Meeting Comes to End.
Spartanburg.?The annual convenn
of the State Federation of Labor
s brought to a close after a twor
session. Two meetings were held
fl were very well attended. Ad- /
>ssos were made hy George Marill.
president of the Machinist Innational
union and D. I. Campbell,
^president of the Intematltmal
tesolutlons favoring a eugenics litw
this state, better salaries for schooV
chers, and endorsing; the league oil *
dons wore adopted. J
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