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ii Aijurxi. ■ 1 , Pf ■ ■' ’.-. ,, PAGE SIX FALL NOW FACES OIL INDICTMENT Sinclair and Dofceny and Son Also In Group Under Charges Investiga tions Cause. Washington, June 30.—Four indict ments charging Albert B. Falls, for mer secretary of the interior; Harry F. Sinclair, Edward L. Doheny, and E. L. Doheny, Jr., with criminal action in connection with the leasing of nav al ©ii reserves in Wyoming and Cali fornia, were returned in the District of Columbia supreme court today. A special grand jury which has given weeks to consideration of the evidence levelled formal charges of felony against the four men whose names have held the spotlight in the prolonged senate investigation and the civil litigation which followed. Fall and the two Dohenys, the first indictment charged, entered into and maintained an unlawful ^conspiracy, from July 1, 1921, to December 11, 1922, to enable the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company, and its subsiliary, the Pan American Petroleum G«mp*ny, -to obtain-eontrol of naval oil reserve Number 1, in California.. Siflylarly, the second indictment said, Fall and Sinclair conspired un lawfully between December 31, 1921, and April 7, 1922, to give the Mam moth Oil Company, a Sinclair cor poration, control of the Teapot Dome reserve in Wyoming. The third indictment charged Fall singly with accepting a bribe of $100,- 000 from the Dohenys to influence his action in the California lease, and accompanying negotiations concern ing storage and exchange of naval oil, while the fourth, reversing the same charge, held the Dohenys up for pro secution for paying Fall the money in question. Much of the evidence and many of the implications dragged to light dur ing the long senate inquisition into the naval reserve oil case were re peated in formal legal language in which the court presentments of the grand jury were couched. There were also indications that other accusatory matter had gone before the grand jury, and the conspiracy indictments also recited that “persons unknown xx-^ Farm Demonstration News XX tt By C. L. VAUGHAN, County Agent Gaa the Peachtree Borer P. C. benzene is far superior to mounding and worming. It has been a custom for several years to mound peach trees in early July for the borers. Peach trees that are less than three years old should be mounded but when they are over three years old they should be scraped around and left on a level so that the benzene LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To The Chronicle: A word to the Clinton people at this time from their R. O. T. C. stu dents at P. C. is indicative, first, of. the love and esteem we hold for the generous people of your city, and sec ond, of the relative standing of the P. C. students in the camp activities, both military and athletic. In the beginning, we, the Junior students of P. C., who will be the Seniors next year, take this oppor tunity of expressing to the people of treatment will be much easier. Ben- \ Clinton our most hearty appreciation zene treatment is to use crystal gas'for the many kindnesses extended to us during the past session. We know that it was only through your unlimited hospitality that our respect- one ounce per tree in early October. Where the trees are mounded it is very hard to have success with this gas. The benzene treatment is si- j i V e “frat” banquets were each such a most inexpensive, for the material big, success. We also recognize the can be bought very cheap. Every person owning as many as one dozen peach trees or more should use gas. For definite instructions in the use of gas see me before October. Preparing Land for Alfalfa Land to be sown in alfalfa should fact that the magnificent spirit dis played throughout the student body, both in athletics and studies, is ever boosted and sponsored by you people, and it is largely through your agency that this spirit is preserved from one student body to the next. For these, be In extra good cohdifion ESfoltf wall as the m s n y. joihfir-kindnesses seed are sown for it is very hard to improve the land after the crop is we thank you, Clinton. In Camp McClellan we are endeav- planted. Alfalfa is not a successful oring to put it over with the same crop when planted on poor land, poor ly prepared, nor on soils that are defi cient in lime and organic matter and mineral plant food elements. Ordi nary thin land in the Piedmont sec tion should have three years’ treat ment before being seeded to alfalfa. The land should have several crops of legumes turned under. It should receive a heavy application of lime just before planting and also a good application of high grade fertilizer. It must be innoculated, and noxious weeds and grass must be eradicated. Ii you have land already in a high state of cultivation and rich in or ganic matter and you wish to sow this land this fall, it should be plow ed to a good depth in July or August. This will allow the seed bed to be come firm and smooth before plant ing. After plowing there should be at least four tons of ground lime- old fight that Walter Johnson speaks of. According to the United States regulations P. C. men art divided among three companies. McLendon, Beckman, Sheldon and J. G. Hayes are with the machine gun company. S. B. Hayes and Ramsay are in the Howitzer company. Mcllwaine, Bo- mar, Smith, Weldon, Plexico, Hannah, Fuller, Wilson, Stokes, Wilds, War ner, Clarke, Edmunds and McLaurin are with the Infantry, Company C. In connection with this it might be of interest to note that the R. O. T. C. flag for meritorious work was awarded Company C on the 26th of June for being the best company, which includes not only good drilling, but also the cleanest company street and quarters. The first platoon was picked from the company to receive the colors and in this platoon were fourteen P. C. boys. In camp here this is a very coveted honor as the jstone applied per acre. The land shbuid be harsowed frequently after j highest competition exists between each rain before sowing alfalfa. In | companies. Two other schools share had consorted with the njr principals September if there is a good season, . the hon<* of this platoon, the Citadel the seed should be sown at the rate and N. C. State, both of whom are of 30 ■ pounds per acre. The t^rop * represented in the platoon. In our Clothing Department you will find just what you are looking for in medium and tropical weight suits. Our Furnishings can’t be beat—You can always find what you need in Shirts, Underwear, Collars, Hosiery, Neckwear, and everything that’s earned in a- Man’s Store;, Come in hnd let us fit you in one of durSummer Hats. We carry the John B. Stetson and No-Name makes in felts. We also have a full range of sizes in stiff straws, leghorn, bankok and Panama hats. If its Traveling Goods you want—We carry a com plete line of Trunks, Suit Cases and Hand Bags. Whenever you need Footwear—Come in and let us fit you up in a pair of Hurley or Walk-Over Oxfords. Go swimming in one of our Bathing Suits. We carry the one piece and two piece suits. Also Bathing Shoes and Jockey Straps. , A in the acti.ities brought until the ban. Fall, in both the conspiracy charges, was accused of having sought to pre vent the government from obtaining competitive bids for exploiting the naval reserves, and of having made false representations hnd statements to prevent the~hppearince of competi tors against the Sinclair and Doheny companies. This resulted in great loss to the government, the two indict ments said, and unjust profits to the successful lessors. should not require reseeding after at Pistol marksmanship has just been least five or six years. It may last completed and 64.3 per cent of P. C. longer for. than this if properly cared Save Bur Clover Seed The demand for bur clover seed is likely to exceed the supply this year. The stand on an average was very poor this past winter and the clover that survived the winter was very weedy, so' it is advisable for As an overt act in furtherance of every farmer that has a patch of bur way in students qualified as marksman or better. This is probably as good, if not a better average, than any other school made. Several men qualified as sharp shooters and one or two as experts. Wilds made the highest average. Camp athletics have not fully open- # ed up yet, but practice is well under all branches. In baseball, Copeland-Stone Company “One Price To All’? Phone No. 47 lllillllllll Clinton, S. C. linn the conspiracy charged, the indict ment said, Fall in July 8, 1921, sent to Doheny a letter declaring the in terior department was now in control of the naval reserves, to the exclusion of the navy department. The letter, which was never before made public, recited for Doheny’s benefit a letter clover to save as much seed as pos-1 Hannah will swing his old south-paw sible. The dead vines and leaves may be raked up with a hay rake if possible or with a small hand garden rake. A strand of small mesh poultry wire fencing should be stretched across a wagon bed, a large box or even a bar- for the R. O. T. C. battalion, while Warner will pivot on “short.” Ful ler, Sheldon and Weldon are on the track team, .and.JFuller again is swinging the racket in the camp tournament. —- Taking into consideration the num- wliich the then secretary said he hadt ret. The vines roay then be taken up ‘ her of men P. C. has, compared to just sent to President Harding. “There will be no possibility of any further conflict with navy officials, f 'and this department,” Fall said toj Doheny, "as I have notified Secretary Denby, must conduct the matter of the naval leases under direction of the president, without calling of his force In consultation. He understands the situation, and must handle matters exactly as I think best and will not consult with any officials of any bu reau in his department, but only with himself, and such consultation will be confined strictly and entirely to mat ters of general policy.” In the conspiracy charged with Sin clair, the indictment said, Fall also sought to “stifle competition.” As an overt act of this kind, it repeated a letter sent by Fall, then secretary, to Joseph W. Clarke, a Leadville, Colo., attorney, informing him that the Tea pot Dome area, which was later leased to Sinclair was being subjected only to drilling for “offset wells to protect The government property.” Frank Bf^KJatler, a representative of the Producers and Refiners Cor poration, the indictment added, was also told on March 20, 1922, after negotiations with Sinclair had begun that the “policy’' of leasing the re nerve had not been determined. , More briefly, the two indictments dealing with the alleged $100,000 bribe, recounted the payment to Fall which the younger Doheny made at Us father’s instance. Their text dealt concretely with the set of incidents npon which the Senate inquiry was pcessed for several weeks, when Fall declared he obtained $100,000 as loan from F. B. McLean, a Washing ton newspaper publisher, Doheny, as • witness before the committee, fin- nHy testified he had sent that sum to Fall by his son, E. L. Doheny, |g |n * “black bog”, but that it was a friendly loan. Attorneys for the indicted ipen si to bring their clients into with a nitch fork and beaten over the f some other schools who have se wire. The burs will filter through! times our number, the faculty and the wire into the wagon bed, box or barrel. Those that remain on the ground may be swept up with a broom. * - Bur clover seed sold last year at from 80c to $1.00 a bushel *in the bur. This price was on the late vari ety. The one most commonly found in South Carolina. The early variety which matures 30 to 40 days earlier,! sold for $1.50 a bushel. The early j variety this year is being booked for $3.00 a bushel by the largest com mercial growers in the State. It is likely that the prices per bushel this year will far exceed the price last year. student body have reason to be proud of their representatives at camp; Cordially yours, HENRY McLAURIN. C Co., R. O. T. C. Camp, Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala. NEWBERRY MAN TO RUN FOR SOLICITOR Summer Hints for Young Mothers B. V. Chapman, of Newberry, spent Friday in the city getting acquaint ed with the Clinton voters and while here called at The Chronicle office to have his announcement inserted in the candidates’ column. Mr. Chapman is a well known member of the New berry bar and formerly served his eounty in the General Assembly. He is well known over the district and his friends will follow his candidacy with interest. pea ranee for trial. Frank J. Hogan, one of the Doheny lawyers, issued a statement sharply attacking govern mental counsel for naming the young er Doheny in the indictments, de claring this step to be “nothing less . Acute Indigestion Is A Food Problem It is hard on a child to suffer in digestion in summer. Usually there is fever and vomit ing, apt to be very prostrating. One way to prevent such attacks is to see to it that the child does not eat heavily when over-tired. Often the trouble may be traced to improper food, which should be stopped immediately. — As for treatment, do not forget that in indigestion, the organs have quit operating, and the bowel is full of undigested food. Don’t worry about the stomach— it will empty itself. But give a good clearing out treatment. Liv-o-lax will do the work thoroughly: Then put the child on a very light diet for a few days. * You can get a good-sized bottle of Liv-o-lax at the drag store for 30c. NOTICE Something new in Clinton is Glory | System, the hair dressing for the na| pj hair. People, Glory Hair Dress sr I does the work that no hair dresser can do. It makes the hair grow long I Cultivating every phase of the banking business," from t he largest commercial ac count to the smallest savings account, it has been the constant endeavor of this bank to render to its customers a broad, efficient, and conscientious service. The scope of this service has been widen ed with the passing years until today every faculty for modern banking is at your dis posal here, coupled with real personal inter est in every customer on our books. You could not wish for a more satisfac tory affiliation. than disgraceful.” His clients were, aad gftoesy. The wily prepared to “fearlessly meet the is-j takes away old hair and makes sue,” he added. [ hair is the Glory Hair Dresser. Trials upon the charges may not begin for several months, the gov ernment prosecutors indicated. The governmeet's presentation be fore the grand jury was in the hands of Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Rob- that erts, special counsel, issistod by Pep. next week, and to put up bail j ton Gordon, district attorney. Tfcfp Per geed work dene feed and weU -see Glory Hair Dresser. Bee MRS. ADA FERGUSON R. F. D. 4, Box 102 Write or call at this ■!*«*- Narth iff'-’;- 1 tmt MW' ,,w- t'.-X-Vw J Sunday in ftodtlia.