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established 1891.
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I TO HEAR AUSTRIA
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{. MATTER OF REPARATIONS BY
GERMANY WAS PUT ASIDE
TEMPORARILY.
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; JHRT REPORTS FROM EXPERTS
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' Premiers Considering Whether It Is
Advisable to Hsve Hun Representstlves
Meet With Council.
Paris.?The supreme council, com
posed' of representatives of Great
Britain, Prance, Italy, Belgium and
Japan, beard the mllltayr experts
and later conferred together regarding
the failure of Germany to disarm
as provided for by the treaty of Versailles.
The experts were asked to
make a detailed report on the subject,
with recommendations regarding
measures to insure execution of
' the disarmament clauses of the
v treaty.
The council will, contrary to . expectation,
take up the situation of
't Austria. Instead of reparations.
The British premier, Lloyd George,
< and the. president of the French eoun
ell, Arlstide Briand, it is understood,
desire an opportunity to talk over
thfe different phases of the reparations
question before the subject
S comes up for discussion at the full
f council's program.
.1 In this connection the premiers
are said to be considering whether
it Is feasible and advisable to have
the German representatives sit with
the council before the final decision
- on reparations Is taken.
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Consumption of Whiskey Lees.
Washington.?Whiskey consumption
1 in the United States decreased from
; 89,641,986 gallons in 1917 to 6.681,663
i Kuiiuuo in ivzu, me nrsi year or proiu.
bit km under the constitutional amendi
pnent. according to figures announced
^ by the Anti-Saloon League of America.
Consumption of alcohol In the
same years decreased from 71.081,121
^ gallon a to 22,639,355 gallons, the flg'
' t urea showed, while beer consumption
dropped from 60,817,379 barrels to 9,j
231,280 barrels.
? Not
to Disturb Home Brewera
Oh tea go.?Home brewera will not be
; disturbed for the present, despite re,
cent* government announcements that
, they would be prosecuted vigorously,
Frank D. Richardson, prohibition director
for the central states, eald on
his roturn from Washington.'
Night Riders Isaue Warnings. J
Lexington, Ky.?Night riders visited
farmers in Bath and Fleming counties
and warned them not to haul any j
more tobacco to market until prices
were higher, according to reports received
here.
Rev. Irwin Arrested
Belfast.?The Rev. J. A. Irwin, a
Presbyterian minister, who spoke In
the United States with Eamonn de
Valera during the tatter's tour, has
been arrested, it was learned here.
Guatemala Has Literacy Law.
Guatemala City.?Illiterates are forbidden
to participate in political contests
nnder the terms of a bill approved
by the oongress of Guatemala.
Mrs. Harding In Washington.
Washington.'?Mrs. Warren O. Harding,
wife of the President-elect, arrived
in Washington where she will
spend several days prior to joining
Mr. Harding at 8t. Augustine, Fla.
Retail Prloaa Coming Down.
* Chicago.?RfU.il prices generally
are not coming down but are already
at that stage, according to members
of the Retailers' Commercial Union,
which opened a week's convention
here.
Woman Csndldete for Leglslsture.
Columbia, 8. C.?Miss Corine Barfield
Is one of six candidates for a
eat in the House of Representatives
of the South Carolina Legislature
made vacant by the death of W. T. P.
SprotL
Death of Confederate Coldnet.
Anderson, ". C.?Ool. Joseph Newton
Brown, 89 ranking surviving officer
of the Confederate army In South
Carolina, died at his home here.
+ Fatal Gasoline Explosion.
Memphis. Tenn.?At least 26 persons,
most of them negroes. were killed.
recording to police estimates, end
60 or more Injured by an explosion at
a tank oar of gasoline near the filling
station of the Colyar-Rees company,
et off presumably by a spark from
a workman's chisel.
Six Drowned In Automobile.
.. Chicago.?A big, black automobile
which la believed to have held six persops
when it plunged into the eouth
branch of the Chicago river, was the
object sought by police equipped with
Crkppling hooks.
; Southern Secures Loan.
Washington.?A loan of $3,825,000
to (the Southern railway for the pur-,
abase of new equipment was approved
by the Interstate Commerce Com
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IRON ORE MINING
IDE NEW RECORDS
OUTPUT LAST YEAR EXCEEDEO
ONLY BY THE PRODUCTION
DURING WAR YEARS.
INCREASE IN AVERAGE VALUES
Shipments From Georgia, Virginia
and North Carolina 446 Thousand
Tons, Valued at $1,848,000.
Washington.?Iron ore mining last
year was exceeded only by that of
Che war years, . 1916, 1917 and 1918.
The output was 67,773,000 gross tone,
the geological survey announced,
which whs an increase of 12 per cent
over 1919, while shipments of ore
from the mines aggregated 69,568,000
gross tons, valued at $290,607,000.
Shipments showed an increase of 34
per cent and the total value nearly
43 per cent. The average selling value
of the ore at the mlnee for the
oountry as a whole was $4.18 per
gross ton, compared witlh $3.61 in
1919.
Georgia's production was 89,000
tons and shipments 94,000, valued at
$474,000, North <%rottna's production
69,000 tons vaiued at $256,000, Virginia's
production 308,000 tons and
shlphieuXs 296,000 tons, valued at $1,118.000.
Russ Territorial Integrity.
Washington.?A "public and sol'
emn" engagement among the great
powers not to violate or permit the
violation of the territorial Integrity
of Russia is regarded by President
Wilson as the sine qua non of an attempt
to the pacification of Armenia
and other states horderiiur on tih?
once groat empire.
The President's views ore eett
forth in a note transmitted to Pttui
Hyman's. president of the league of
nations assembly, by Acting Secretary
Davis under date of January
18.
May Cause 1,000,000 Deaths.
New York-?Unless the house shortage
in this country is relieved, the
United States may be visited by
plagues which are now troubling
Europe and Asia whloh perhaps may
cause more than 1,000,000 deaths in
this country, according to a sensational
statement by Hfealth Commissioner
Royal S. Copeland at a forum
luncheon here at the Brooklyn
chamber of commerce.
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Young Rockefeller Contributes.
New York. ? John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., eon of the Standard Oil magnate,
has contributed 81,000,000 to the relief
of starving European children.
This announcement was made by
by Herbert Hoover.
Coal on Doctor's Certificate.
Washington.?Charges that profiteering
was carried to such extremes
| that consumers had to obtain physician's
certificates before they could
get coal were made to the senate man|
uf&cturee committee by RepresentsI
klvn MmiI t\f nnff?iA m v
Huns Hlds War Material.
Berlin.?General Nollet of Prance,
head of the Inter-Allied Control Commission
in Germany, trill moke a sensational
report to the Supreme Council
meeting In Paris on the discovery
of hidden war materials near tftils oity.
American la Ralsassd.
Baltimore^? Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison.
of Baltimore, newspaper correspondent,
imprisoned as a spy by
the bolshevik! at Moscow, has been
released, according to a letter received
here.
v_ Vviator Is Burned to Death.
Elkton, Md.?First Lieut. Harry J.
Spaulding, an aviator, of Boling Field,
Washington, while trying to land In
a heavy fog two miles north of Elkton,
fell and was burned to a crisp.
Fleeing From the Plague.
Vera Cruz.?Residents of Vera Cruz
began to flee from the city In fear of
the new outbreak of yellow fever and
bubonic plague.
The 8ams Francleco Villa
Mexico City.?Francisco Villa, the
farmer. Is still the same .Francisco
Villa who for nearly ten years was
the terror of northern Mexico. His
ranch is an armed camp, conducted
under military rules.
Coolldge Asked to 8peak.
Raleigh. ? Vlce-Preeident-elect Calvin
CoolMge was asked to address the
North Carolina General Assembly
?uiu? nine in rBonjurjr, aunns wnicn
time be will be spending * two-week*
| vacation at Asheville.
Must Not Hunt Chinchilla*.
Washington.?You cant go to Peru
to hunt vicunas and chinchillas. The
Peruvian government (has forbidden
foreigners killing them, the department
of commerce was advised In a
recent cable message.
Federation Will Fight Bill.
Washington?Secretary Prank Morrison
gave warning that the American
Federation of Labor will fight a
Mil pending before the Texas legislature
to establish a labor conrt s'.mi
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Sir Horace Rumbold of England, v<
who has been appointed commissioner 0
to Turkey. a
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Qreat Burden of Taxation Makes the
Peoples of All Nations Anxious to ^
Reduce Their Armaments. n
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Washington.?Another of the American
commissioners who helped draft
I the treaty of Versailles?Henry
! unit?? ??v i? ?
, ti uMo, aiitiMoeouur w p miK'e unaer; r?
President Roosevelt?told the house i d
naval committee that the time was d
ripe for world disarmament and that I li
the United States should initiate the! a
movement.
General Pershing's views will be
sought The committee already has
heard General Tasker H. Bliss, for- n
mer American representative on the 0
supreme war council and a number of a
the peace allegation; Secretary t|
Daniels, and acting Secretary Davis,
of the state department.
Mr. WMUi fcave It as his opinion
that the great burd?tv of taxation
resulting from the world war made n
the people# oC ihe nations ?rx?ous 1(
to cut dowa on expenditures for ?
armaments. He expressed It that the ''
world was 'crying for some agree- a
merit" to limit Armaments as a ?
means of reduttng taxes. c
Discussing the proposed "naval
holiday," the former ambassador said
he did not think the United 3tate?
should stop the naval construction it > c
now has under way. p
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King Albert's Auto Kills Child. o
Brussels.?The automobile of King 0
Albert, while returning to Brussells a
from Louvalne, knocked down two tl
children In the village of Kesseldo, A
girl of five years of age of Kesseldo. A 0
right and a bov wf elaftvt vsam whs i.
seriously hurt. a
Kins Alabert, who was in the machine,
was greatly perturbed. fi
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Foreign Trade of America. f,
Washington. ? America's foreign
trade in 1920 was the largest tn the
country's history, totalling $13,607,000,000.
Ehcports were valued at $8,- tj
228,000,000 against $7,920,000,000 in t]
1919, and imports ware valued at $6- 0
279,000,000, or $1,376,000,000 greater y
than the Imports in 1919. &
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Tea-Tasting Party. tl
Washington.?The annual tea-tast- %
ing party to determine standards of
purity, quality and fitness of all tea
that shall enter the United States In
the 12 months beginning May 1 will p
be held In New York, the Depart- v
ment of Agriculture announced. t<
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Colby in Trinidad.
Port of Spain, Trinidad.?Bainbridge
Colby, United States secretary
of state, and party, arrived here 2
aboard the battleship Florida on his a
way home from South America. F
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Gore Would Make it 350.
Washington.?Limitation of house
of representatives' membership to 350
by constitutional amendment, was ! q
proposed in a resolution introduced t4
by 8enator Oore, Oklahoma D
Caruso's Voice Unimpaired.
New York.?Enrico Caruso'e voice
has not been in the least impaired w
by his Illness; he is convalescing and t*
will be able to leave his sick room in b
a few days.
' O'Callaghan Will Surrender.
New York.?Donal O'CaJlaghan, b
lord mayor of Cork, left here for Nor- w
folk, Va.. where he will surrender j p
himself to the immigration author!- p
ties who announced he would be per- g,
mttted to re-ship as a sailor, after bov- 2
lng come as a seaman. o
The President Wants to Know.
Washington.?President Wilson has
jsent another communication regard- p
ilng mediation in Armenia to President
Hymans, of the council of the league w
of nations. ft
Plan Marketing Organization.
Louisville, Ky.?Preliminary steps ,
[ to solve the dilemma for Kentucky to- 41
j balco farmers, who declare they face \]
ruin because of low prices for their d
product, have been taken in New York n
I and are expected to reach fruition in ' ft
I a marketing organization. !b
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ITTEMPT MADE 10
IMPUGATESGHWAB
IE 13 CHARGED WITH HAVING
WRONGFULLY RECEIVED A
8UM OF 3260,000.
MS THEN DIRECTOR GENERAL
ne Hundred Thousand Dollars, a
Witness Testified, Was Arbitrarily
Charged to Wrong Account.
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New York.?A voucher for $260,000
ror personal expenses of an .officer
f the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cororatlon,"
was found In an audit of
le main offices of that company. Col.
I. H. Abadie informed the Walsh conressional
committee, investigating
te Shipping board. He identified this
ofTicer" as Charles M. Schwab, who
as then director general of the
mergency fleet corporation. The
oucher was made for the month of
ictober, 1918.. "One hundred thousnd
dollars of this amount." he tesfled,
"was arbitrarily charged to ship
onstructlon."
It was learned prior to adjournlent
that Mr. Schwab had 'been askd
to appear before the committee to
;stify.
The voucher in question. Colonel
.badie added, was uot seen by him
or was its alleged amount or purort
verified.
Communist Faction Bolts.
Leghorn, Italy. ? The communist
action of the Italian socialist party,
efeated in its attempts to secure enorsement
by the party of the third
iternatlonalo of Moscow, bolted the
oclalist convention here.
100 New Express-Car*.
KnoxviUe. Tenn.?-Ixx-al Southern
ailway officials announce completion
f one hundred new express cars for
ervice on the Southern system by
lie Southeastern Express company.
Clothing Union Is 8ued.
Ney York.?Dissolution of Amalgalated
Clothing Workers of Amer1a,
an injunction restraining workra
now on strike here from picketing
icfcoriee, and $500,000 damages are
sked in a suit filed In the supreme
ourt hero by J. Friedman & company
lothlng makers.
Many Imports are Duty Free.
Washington.?The United States
ollected revenues amounting to aproxlmately
$337,000,000 in 1920 on
nported goods, valued at $2,188,000.00,
it was learned at the Department
f Commerce. Goods amounting to
bout $3,000,000,000 were admitted to
he country duty free.
The largest Item on the dutiable list
f goods imported was foodstuffs, partr
or wholly manufactured, valued at
bout $1,120,000,000.
Crude materials for use In manuacturlng
amounting to about $1,650,00,000
in value, headed the list nf
ree duty items.
Quests of Mrs. Wilson.
Washington.?Wives of ambaasaors,
lnmisters and other members of
tie diplomatic corps were the guests
f Mrs. Wood row Wilson, at a White
[ouse luncheon. Covers were laid
yr forty and the luncheon was the
lost elaborate social function held at
tie White House since President Wiion
was taken ill.
Jap Crown Prince Coming.
Tokio.?Prince Hirchlto, tvelr apparent
to the throne of Japan, will
lsit America after his proposed trip
? London and other European captain
next spring.
Carnegie Medals Awarded.
Pittsburgh.?One silver medal and
5 bronze medals were awarded for
cfce of heroism by the Carnegie Hero
*und Convmislon at ts mid-winter
teeting here.
Hun and Yankee Dine Together.
The Hague.?The American and
ierman ministers dined at the same
able at a state dinner to the heads
f the diplomatic missions.
1,157.873 In Rio Janeiro.
Rio Janeiro.?The city's population
ras 1,157,873 in September, according
5 figures made public by the census
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Labor Table on Wages. ! .
Washington ? A T"l?*nartmertt of T
or table raid that. If the maximum
rage cut of 1-2 per cent so far reorted
frotn 'any cotton mill were aplied
generally In the Industry to 1920
rales. It would leave an hourly wage
.6 times as high as prevailed In 1913
r 1.4 times as high as In 1918.
Ward Frozen to Death.
Nome. Alaska. ? Thomas Ward,
resident and general manager of the
Vard Copper con?pany of New oYrk
as found frozen to death a few miles
rom Teller, Alaska.
Graft in Shipbuilding.
New York.?At least 3100.000,000
nproperly paid shipbuilders by the
rnited States Shipping Board will be
isclosed through an audit of accounts
ow In progress. Colonel E. H. Abadie
>rmer comptroller general of the
oard, declared here. /
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fARY 27,1921
THOMAS L. CHADBOURNE.
According to reports from Washington,
many Democrats of prominence
are urging the reorganization of the
Democratic national committee with
Thomas L. Chadboume, prominent
New York lawyer, as chairman. Mr.
Chadboume was vice chairman of the
I war labor board during the war.
NEW COMPANY GETS THE WORK
Southeastern will Cover 10,000 Miles
of Territory, with Offices In ail
Principal Cities of the South.
Washington.?Beginning March 1,
all express business over the Southern
and the Mobile & Ohio railroads
will be handled by the newly-organized
Southeastern Express company, it
was announced at the Southern railway
headquarters here. Although or
S ganlzed under the laws of Alabama,
| the new company will have headquarters
in Atlanta with John B. Hockaday,
formerly vice president and general
manager of the old Southern Express
company, as president. The
Southern railway la the first of the
big roads to decline to renew Its contracts
with the company now composing
the recently merged American
Railway Express company.
Service of the new company will
cover 10,000 miles of railroad and will
have offices hi the Middle-West and
all principal cities in the South below
Baltimore.
The Southern 1s the first large sysi
tern to refuse service on its lines to
the American Railway Express company.
Former Preacher a Thief.
Mount Vernon, 111.?Ouy Kyle, former
rector of the Free Methodist
church of Mount Vernon, arrested In
connection with the theft here last
Friday of 31 pacakgea of registered
mall containing $185,000 In cash, con
.vuavru uu nan mi yi IUttW?U III lllO FOD*
bery, postoifTce inspectors announced.
Approximately $100,000 was recovered
at the Kyle home in an egg crate and
about $75,00 and $1,600 respectively
in two garages of which Rev. Mr.
Kyle is part owner.
4,100 Would be Demoted.
Washington. ? Adjutant General
Harris, of the army, estimated that
failure of the senate to act on officers
nominations before March 4 would demote
to 4,100 officers one or two
grades in rank.
Next Meeting In Des Moines.
Tacoina, Wash.?Ellis Lewis Garreteon,
imperial potentate of the Mystic
Shrine, has announced that the
next meeting of the Shrlners of North
America will be held in Des Moines.
Iowa, June 10. 15 and 16.
Polish Army Mobilizing.
London/?Trains are arriving daHy
In Danzig, loaded with artillery supplies.
bomb throwers and ammunition
for Polish army, says a wireless message
from Moscow.
Willing to Nsgotiate.
Constantinople.?The Turkish nationalists
are willing to negotiate for
a settlement with the allies, according
to an Angora dispatch.
No Increase for House.
Washington.?The house of representatives
voted against increasing
its membership, which now stands at
436.
2,000 More Nominated.
Washington.?Nominations of ap
proximately 2,000 postmasters were
I sent to the senate by President Wll[son.
This swells the already enor |
mous list of nominations made.
This Jail's Gone Broke.
Hartford. Conn.?Prohibition has
changed Windham county Jail from a
aclf-supportlng institution to a $11,000
; yearly liability, the commissioners re
ported to the general assembly. In
years gone by Jail inmates were
"hired out" to farmers.
2,000 Will be Laid Off.
Roanoke. Va.?Approximately 2.000
employes of the Norfolk & Western
railway company will be laid off at
once according to information given
out.
Will Lay Off 2.500.
Wilmington. Del.?Approximately 2,5C0
employes on the Southern Grand
Division of the Pennsylvania railroad
; which had its headquarters here, wil"
be laid ofT as a result of a 20 per cent
I reduction in the working force, It war
(.announced here.
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SMALLPOX QUARANTINE IS ON
Visitor* at House In Limestone Mills
Community to House Because one
of Them Developed Disease.
Geffney.?J. E. Lee of the Limestone
mills community, together with
three visitors, are quarantined at the
Lee home because of the fact that one
of the visitors has developed a case of
smallpox. The strangers came to the
Lee home saying they were from Lancaster.
and asking for a night's lodging.
As Mr. Lee had a spare room, he
accommodated them. They left going
to the Southern station and purchased
tickets tor Greenville. Chief Bry
'ant and Patrolman Lemmonds saw
them, and at once discovered that one
man suffering from an attack of smallpox.
Dr. Nesbitt was called and at
once pronounced It smallpox, and the
three were at once taken back to the
Lee home where they are at present
quarantined. Dr. Walter Boone, county
health officer, confirmed the diagnosis
of Dr. Nesbitt, and a strict quarantine
will be maintained until all
danger of contagion has passed.
Chesterfield.?One warehouse and
four stores were destroyed by fire
here entailing a loss between $50,000
and $75,000. The stores of goods and
other supplies were partially covered
by Insurance.
Florence.?According to an announcement
of Prosdent J. R. Kenly,
contracts have recently been placed
by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
company for new rolling stock costing
$6,220,000. The order includes 25
locomotives of the Pacific type, five
six wheel switching engines. 500 box
care, 200 phosphate cars and 25 all
steel passenger coaches.
Through formal action for agree
went has not been been taken the
bunks of Florence are understood to
have quite unanimously adopted the
policy "Of no loans on cotton without
60 per cent reduction of acreage.
Rock Hill.?Becoming too bold In
their operations, five youths are under
arrest and face the charge of breaking
and entering a store in Chester county,
three of them also face a charge
of stealing a trunk from the passenger
station here.
The youths are John Hamrick of
Charlotte, and Albert Modlln. Roy
Taylor, Harry Webb and C. L. Hunt
of Rock iHll.
Greenville/?The condition of Commander
Evangeline Booth, of tlve Salvation
Army forces in the United
States, is somewhat improved, according
to announcement from her rooms
at a local hotel. Miss Booth was taken
111 In Spartanburg, but came to
Greenville to attend the dedication of
the Emma Moss Booth memorial hospital,
recently completed at u cost of
OTA AAA
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Gaffney.?Constable C. Y. Allison,
accompanied by his assistant, L.. H.
Allison, and M. S. Turner, prohibition
officer, seized a distillery near Hopewell
negro ohurch between Blacksburg
and King's Creek. The outfit was of
50 gallons capacity, and all the indications
were tjhat it had been operated
within the last few days. There was
no one at the plant, but the officers
destroyed about 600 gallons of beer.
Spartanburg.?Associate Justice D.
E. Hydrlck, of the South Carolina supreme
court, died in Washington of
bronchial pneumonia, which developed
after the associate Justice was
forced to stop at the national capital
because of an attack of grlpwhlle enroute
to Spartanburg from Baltimore
to spend the Christmas holiday's with
his son.
Columbia.?During the year juat
closed the state penitentiary produced
more cotton, grain and other crops
and at the end of the year had more
assets than in any previous year, according
to the report of Col. A. K.
Sanders, superintendent, and the
board of directors.
Camp Jackson.?By February 1, the
combined payroll at Canip JackRon
will be something over $1,000,000 a
month.
Thia shows to what an extent the
camp hae grown In the last few
months
Jury Postpones Verdict.
Florence. ? Coroner W. Marvin
Smith has returned from the scene of
the tragedy near Pamlico in which L.
S. Righam 1b believed to have shot and
killed his mother, Mrs. L H. Bigham
hia sister, Mrs. Marjorle Black and
her two adopted children, Leo and
John MeCracken, ami then to have
gone into the woods and shot himself
to death.
The coroner declared there was no
new developments. The jury has
postponed rendering a verdict for
two weeks.
McCully Correspondence Large.
Greenville.?A mall pouch filled
with letters from all parts of the nation
asking permission to adopt the
seven Russian children he recently
brought to America, caused Rear Admiral
Newton A. McCully to state
here that under no consideration will
he part from any of the children.
The admiral and children were
guests at a brilliant luncheon during
the few hours they 6topped over en
route to Anderson. Hundreds mat
them at the station
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$1.75 Per Year.
GiTY OF CHESTER'S !
PROSPEROUS TIMES
PAVING PROGRAM WHICH TAKC9
IN ALL OF THE PRINCIPAL.
8TREETS IS COMPLETED.
COUNTY HIGHWAYS EXCELLENT
During Last three Years 115 Mile* of
Sand-Clay Roads Constructed at a
Cost for $400,000.
Chester.?H. 11. Brunch, secretary
of the Chester chamber of commerce,
tells of some of the important things
that Chester has been doing. Chester
has taken advantage of the prosperous
times during the past few years
to get the town ready for the development
that she may rightly expect, a?
one of the best located places in the
state with reference -to railroad facilities.
Chester lias jtist completed a paring
program that took in all of the
principal streets of the city and represents
an expenditure of $280,000.
The county is known for its excellent
high-ways. During the past three
years 115 miles of sand-clay roads
have b en constructed at a cost of
$400,000. The United States public
health service has just completed its
first year of an intensive health campaign.
The health budget last year
was $13,000. The malarial aontrwil.
work of the government 1ms reduced
nvalariu 80 per cent In this section.
Ample appropriation has been model
to continue the work during 1921. The
health campaign ie under the direction
of Capt. M. L. Fisher. of the ITntted
States public health service, who
Is associated with the state hoard of
health. The Seaboard Air I>ine wHl
build u modern now passenger station
at Chester this year to be completed
by Octolwr 1.
Columbia.?Alleged to have been
maddened by his love for her because
of her repeated refusal to marry him*
T. U. Bourknight. young salesman of
Columbia, shot and mortally wounded
Mrs. Clara Graham, of Hendersonvllie.
N. C., who was on a visit hero through
the holidays, and sent a bullet crashing
through his own brain. Both died
at a local hospital shortly after.
Rock Hill.?Based on the prices obtaining
December 1. the value of eight
of the crops grown in York county In
1920 totaled $4,707,000. This dose not
include the value of the hay and other
food and forage crops, livestock, etc. ?
Since that time the value of the cotton
crop alone has increased by approximately
$1,000,000.
Columbia,?In the report of th&
state budget commission delivered to
the general assembly Governor Cooper
recommends a total of $7,110,688..88
in appropriations to carry the departments.
Institutions and activ fables
of the state government through the
year 1921.
Florence.?A reduction of 33 1-3 per
cent in the 1921 tobaoco crop, compared
with that of 1920, was determined
upon by the executive committee of
the South Carolina Tobaoco association,
acting upon authority voted on
by the convention of the association
here.
Anderson.?Fire of unknown determined
origin destroyed the kitchen
and commissary at Clem son college.
The damage Is estimated at $25,000,
fully covered by insurance with the
state sinking fund commlasion.
Greenwood*?The Peoples' bank
through its directors has decided to
wind up its affairs. A majority of
the stockholders have already approved
this action of the board and a
full meeting of the stockholders will
be called in the near future to ratify
what has been done.
Bamberg.?At a meeting of the Bam*>?rK
County Bar association held
here Jesse P. Oarter of Bamberg was
unanimously indorsed for the office of
associate Justice of the supreme courtAspirants
for Judgeship.
Columbia.?Names of fr>ur men are
Already being frequently mentioned
as possible successors of the late Associate
Justice I>anlol E. Hydrlck.
The men being most frequently
mentioned in connection with the position
on the supreme court bendh are
Thomas P. Cothran of Greenville,
speaker of the house of representatives;
Circuit Judge Thomas S. Seasn
of Spartanburg; Circuit Judge H. F
Rice of Aiken, -who is now holding
court In Columbia, and E. M. Rucker
of the faculty of the university. i
Conditions In Marion Improve. ^
Marion.?With the opening of the
Marion Guano company here and the
opening of the entire Anderson Lumber
plant a fow days ago, the industrial
conditions are beginning to lm- J
prove. It was reported tihat the Marlon
Gnaao company would not open
at all this year and only the planing 4
mill had been In operation at the An- '
derson Lumber plant. The scale of k
wages has been much reduced here *jj
and manufacturers state there ie no
difficulty 1n getting all the labor they
meed now.
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