Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- ■' Koreans Killed by Japanese Nearly Two Score Slain in Church. Facts are Admitted. Authorities Say They Deplore Outrage and Those Gnllty Hare Been Punished. Tokyo, May 1.— Thirty-five Koreans were shot or killed with swords or ‘bayonets by Japanese soldiers in a Christian church building fit EheanwiC 40 miles from Seoul in connection with the Korean independence movement. This has been confirmed by an In vestigation by British and American consular agents and by missionary ANNOUNCES POLICY OF HIGHWAY BODY Road System Comprises Three Thons- and Miles. To Bnlld lor Fntnre. ’ Columbia, June 5.—After the meet ing of the State highway commission iin Columbia June 3, MaJ.*R. G. Thomas ot Charleston, chairman of tbe com mission, told of the no Ley t. Ivied by the commission in constructing sec- Uons'bf tEe State highway system with federkl aid. Major Thomas said that the public was familiar with the c'i*t'e system of roads which the highway commis sion had agreed upon, and knew that ad- this State highway system had as its mitted by the Japanese authorities at Seoul, including the Governor General Hasegawa. The authorities say that they deplore the outrage, that those guilty of it have been puished and providing adequate outlets to that orders have been given to pre-, ters of travel In other States, vent a recurrence. Investigators also have found that Soochupg, another village near Cheam- ni, was burned by the Japanese and that several Koreans there were wounded in an attack by Japanese soldiers who shot them or used their swords and bayonets on them as they fled from theiv burning homes 'after the troops had set fire to the build ings. Reports have been received of the burning of Christian churches in three other villages and Koreans told The Associated Cress correspondent at Seoul that they could show him nine vilages which had been burned by the Japanese. Details of the massacre at Cheam-ni (were obtained by The Associated Press correspondent who visited that place in oempany with Raymond S. Curtice, the American vice-consul at Seoul and ~ Mr. Underwood, an American mis“ sionary. Subsequently the correspond ent again visited the place with Mr. Royds. the British consul and several missionaries including the Rev. Her ron Smith, who is in charge of the Methodist Church in Korea. IDescrib- ing his visit to Cheam-nl the Seoul correspondent writes that when they asked residents of nearby villages why that hamlet bad been burned they were to’.d that it was because there was a Christian church and many native Christians in the village. “When we got to tne place which had beep a village of, about 40 houses we found only four or five standing, all tbe rest were smoking ruins,” he continued. “We found a body fright fully burned and twisted lying in a compound and another, either of a young man or woman Just outside the church compound. Several groups of people were huddled under little straw shelters on tbe hillside with a few of their pitiful belongings about them. They were mostly Women, some old, others young mothers with babies but aii sunk in the dull apathy of abject misery and despair. Mr. Underwood, an American missionary who talked to them in-their own language, brought the story of what had happened. “The day before we arrived soldiers came to the village and ordered all the male Christians to gather at the church. When about 30 were in the church the soldiers ooened fire on them with rifles and tuen entered the church and finished them off with swords and bayonets. After this they set fire to Aie church and to houses which otherwise would not have been burned.” One Korean told the correspondent he was alive because he was hot a Christian and was not in the church. I^ater when the correspondent made a second trip to Cheam-ni with Mr. Ro>ds, the British consul and a party of seven including several mission aries, he said, “wephotographed free ly without in’erference but when we started to talk to the natives a police man would saunter up and the Korean would ‘freaza up.' They were in fear cf what might happen later if they were seen ta'iiing to us.” The party however, divided up and obtained many interviews concerning the story as the correspondent learned it on his first visit. They were told that two of those killed in or near the church wete women who went to that building , tq learn what was happen ing to their husbands. The party headed by the British consul then visited Soochun and found the village had been burned. The Ko reans told the visitors that they were awakened in the night by finding their louses on fire. When they ran out they were struck with swords and bay onets or shot. Na*f> were killed hut —— being made up of the cost of reloca tion, grading, grubbing and perma nent drainage structures. A road should be properly located, gradid, given sufficient width ^and permanent drainage structures before any sort of surface is put on it The cost of this work is the primary charge against any good road. After^.this work is done and this first charge met, the type of surf are can ha de termfned by amount of money avail able and made a second charge against tbe road. Maintenance of the surface of the road will constitute a third and contihuous charge regardless of the type of surface laid." purposes linking all the county seats in South Carolina, putting a good State road before the doors of as many citizens of the State as possible, and cen- The State highway system, as approved by the commission, comprises approxi mately 3,000 miles of road. Of this total 458.57 miles, or 15.28 per cent, had been constructed or were under construction with federal aid, or were approved by this commission for con struction with federal aid up to June 3, 1919. Out of the 46 counties in South-Carolina 42 counties had availed themselves by this date of all or parts of their allotments of federal aid for constructing links in the State high way system. 1 ^ With reference to the policy adopt ed by the State highway commission, Major Thomas said: “In building the State highway sys tem with federal aid the State high way commission has determined upon the following policy, which has been applied to sections of roads now build ing or to be built in the system: ,T The“commission will see that the roads in the State highway system have the best possible location iwlth reference to their terminal points, sufficient width (not less than 30 feet) to carry present and prospective traf fic, the lowest possible grade (in no case more than 5 per cent) and that the drainage structures are built for permanence* After giving it the best location, sufficient width, a minimum grade and permanent drainage struc tures, the State highway commission will not attempt to decide arbitrarily whether a road is to be hard surfaced or surfaced with some local material, as this is a factor which must be con trolled by the amount of money avail able for use on any particular stretch of road.” Major Thomas pointed out the close analogy between a railroad - and a highway. He said that in this State there are railroads located three- quarters of a century ago, the road 1 beds of which occupied the same lo cations determined by the first engi neers who worked on them. These engineers made the grades low and the locations the best obtainable, although they did not provide many permanent drainage Structures. When the rail roads were first laid flimsy cross ties and. light weight rails, some of tim ber, topped by iron strips, were put on the roadbeds. With the increase of traffic and heavier trains the flimsy cross ties and light weight rails w r ere replaced from time to time un til now’ on all standard rairoads there are 90 pound rails and heavy cross ties ballasted by crushed stone. “The surface of a State highway built of some local material can be compared point for point with the small cross ties and light weight rails laid on railroad roadbeds three- quarters of a century ago,” continued Major Thomas. “The highway surface of local material can be removed when it wears out, and if money is avail able a hard surface made of imported material can be laid, which will then bring the highway up to the best standards. No other group of high way enthusiasts is more anxious than the State highway commission to see j every road in the State hard surfaced, but such surfacing is a matter-of money, while the State’s need for roads which will be dry in wet vreather and afford meanfs for hauling, at low cost between sections of th<^ State now iso lated in bad weather, is a pressing and * present one which w T e can not rele gate to some indefinite futhre date when South Carolina or the counties of which the State is composed, has money enough to put hard surfaces on all its roads. “The roads in the State highway system being built under the super vision of the State highway commis sion with federal aid iwiU compare favorably as to permanence of loca- several were wounded, and we saw tlon> grade and drainage struc- one man whose arm had been laid op^ tures with a standard stretch of rail en with a sword. A church and 30 houses had been burned here but no attempt had been mane to clean up tho others. The Rev. Stacy L. Roberts, an Amer ican Presbyterian missionary station ed at Pyeng Yan, has Issued a state ment assertlug that more than 100 Koreans were shot or beaten to death in Tyung-ju and a church there was 0 SOCIETY. a refreshing fruit punch through out the afternoon and later Mrs. Edward Henry and Miss Elise Henry served jcream and,cake to the following guests: Misses Sarah Hunter, Mary Owens, Colette Grif fin, Helen Bailey, Frances O’Han- iel, Julia Owens, Corinne McNeil, Jette Dillard, Mary Carrigan, Mell Burges,s Maude Ellis Thel- nra Cauffman, Emmie Young and Elizabeth Young. crat) of Texas calling on government departments and agencies to report wages earned by government em ployees in addition to their salary said by the government, w r ere adopted to day by the house after long debate. The Information, Mr. Blantan said, would be useful in the contemplatd reclassification of government sal aries. After the author of the gosoluGon On Tuesday Agatha Davis afternoon Miss ^nteitained the. On Wednesday afternoon Miss Agnes Henry entertained at a de lightful rook party in honor of Miss Corinne McNeil, of Lynch burg. The home was beautifully decorated in daisies and the score cards carried out th§ same flower scheme. Miss Ma"y Henry served members of the U. D. C. This was the last meeting for the summer and was quite well attended. The same officers were elected for the next year. Miss Davis served to her guests delicious block * cream and Nabiscos. GOVERNMENT MAKES REPORT ON SALARIES House Adopts Blanton Resolntiqn Af ter Stevenson Apparently Embar rasses Author. Washingtorir^Tfme 5.—Resol utions by Representative Blanton (Demo- had charged that many government employees did outside work on gov ernment time, and that several mem bers of a family were on the govern ment payroll. Representative Steven son (Democrat) of South Carolina de veloped hy question that two sons of Mr. Blanton had been on the govern ment payroll since he entered con gress. Mr. Blanton explained that having several office employees he spent more for office help than the amount drawn In the name of one son and that the other son was a congressional page In the last congress because no one In his district would suggest another ap pointee for the place. Ice Cream Freezers just received. See our new line of Iron Beds. S. M. & E. H. WILKES & CU. You Do More Work. You are more ambitious and yon get more enjoyment out of everything when your blood is in good condition. Impurities in the blood have a very depressing effect on the system, causing weakness, laziness, nervousness and sickness. GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC restores Energy andVitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see bow it brings color to the cheeks and how brings it improves the appetite, yon will then appredate its true tonic value. GROVE’S TASTELESS Chilf TONIC is not a patent medicine, it is simply IRON and QUININE suspendea in Syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it These reliable tonic prop erties never fail to drive out impurities in the Mood. The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it the favorite tonic in thousands of homes. More than thirty-five yean ago, folks would ride a long distance to get GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a member of their family had Malaria or needed a body-building, strength-giving tonic. The formula is just the tame to day, and you can get it from any drug •tore. 60c per bottle. Colds Cause Grip and laflueata LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablet* remove the cause. Thera la only one “Bromo Quinine.'' E. W. GROVE'S ■Ifnatura on tbe box. 90c. burned by Japanese. In another vlllace eiyht miles away another Christian church and an academy for boys were burned by Japanese soldiers after the contents • ' * \ • ' ' road.' The commission does not con sider that money spent on surfaces of local materials for sections of these roads Is wasted, although it would afford great pleasure to the commis-J sion to have all of these roads hard surfaced- now. On an average the cost of hauling, spreading and copa- parting a road surface made of local material Is only 30 per cent of the total cost, the remaining 70 per cent such as benches, stoves and mats were carried away and put to use in the 1 government school at Tyung-Ju. « . 1 » » Copeland-Stone Company’s This Season Closing Out Sale On Dresses and Suits. All New Goods -This Season’s Best We Have Only Eighteen Dresses Left Which are Listed Below at 25 PER CENT REDUCTION One White Georgette Dress, $20.00 value—sale price— 1 • $15.00 One White Georgette Dress, $30.00 value—sale price $22.50 One White Georgette Dress, $35.00 value—sale price $26.23 One Taupe Georgette Dress, $32.50 value—sale price $2438 * ^ _ One Gray Georgette Dress, $37.50 value—sale price $28.13 One Navy Blue Georgette Dress, $35.00 value—sale price $26.23 One Black Georgette Dress, $35.00 value—sale price $26.23 One Navy Foulard Dress, $37.50 value—sale price $28.13 One Navy Blue Crepe-de-chine Dress, $27.50 value—sale price $20.63 * . — ' t One Black Satin Dress with crepe trimming, $37.50 value—sale price $28.13 $16.88 $16.88 $18.78 $20.63 $20.63 $20.63 $20.63 $22.50 One Black Taffeta Dress, $22.50 value—sale price One Navy Blue Taffeta Dress, $22.50 value—sale price One Belgian Blue Taffeta Dress, $25.00 value—sale price One Belgian Blue Taffeta Dress, $27.50 value—sale price One Dust Taffeta Dress, $27.50 value—sale price One Burgandy Taffeta Dress, $27.50 value—sale price One Copenhagen Blue Taffeta Dress, $27.50 value—sale price One Navy Blue Taffeta Dress, $30.00 value—sale price Only Four Coat Suits in the Season’s Best Styles at 33 1-3 PER CENT REDUCTION One Coat Suit in $20.00 value—sale price One Coat Suit in $25.00 value—sale price One Coat Suit in $30.00 value—sale price One Coat Suit in $35.00 value—sale price V $13.34 $16.67 $20.00 $23.34 i c Come in and Get Your Choice of These at Once • • ■ " ■ . 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