Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 05, 1921, Image 2
AMERICAN MAKES
NEW I RECflRI
EDWARD STINSON AND MECHAN
ICIAN IN AIR MORE THAN
v ' , TWENTY-SIX HOURS.
4
ESTABLISHES WORLD RECORI
Suffered Intensely From the Bitte
Cold?Stinson Unexcelled as
Stunt Flyer.
Mineola, N. Y.?The Larson mono
plane piloted by Edward Stinson
which broke the world's continuoui
flying record of 24 hours. 19 minutei
and 7 seconds, descended shortly al
ter 11.15 a. m., after having been ii
the air 26 hours, 19 minutes and 3!
seconds.
Stinson, stationed at Kelly Field
Texas, during the war, as a civiliai
instructor, because of his delicat*
health, probably trained more Ameri
can flyers than any one man.
Although more widely known to th<
west than in the east, Stinson ha;
participated in many big meets here
His acrobatics attracted particular at
tention during the Pan-American aero
nautic convention in Atlantic City ant
he was labelled a whole "flying cir
cus."
Happiest in an airplane, he climb!
into his seat with as little concern a!
the average citizen goes out for i
motor ride. The love of flying run!
in the family, for two sisters?Mar
Jorie and Catherine?also are adep
pilots.
The pump used to inject oil into th?
lubricating system from the auxiliary
oil tank, went out of commission at J
o'clock. The flyers punctured th<
tank sat nn a tamnorarv tube anc
begun feeding the lubricating systenr
by hand, taking turns at the controls
of the plane and at the oil tank.
Both men were almost blinded bj
oil when they descended. In additior
they were suffering intensely from th<
bitter cold, for although the plane was
equipped with a cabin/ Stinson hac
not left his seat in the open cockpii
since 4 a. m.. and his mechiniciar
found little time to seek shelter.
Three fingers on Stinson's right
' hand and one on his left were frozen
Bertaud's hands were numb.
/ Stinson who hails from San Antonio
Tex., and Bertaud, whose home is ii
New York, were a sorry looking pail
when they stepped from thdir ma
chine.
Their faces were smeared with oil
and their eyes bloodshot. Neither had
had a wink of sleep since they toot
off and Stinson said his only nour
ishment had been a little coffee
Newspaper men found difficulty in in
terviewing Bertaud. who had beer
deafened by the roar of the motor.
DEBS FREE3_ASACTOFBRACf
His Violation of War Laws Unfor
given by Government, Says Mr.
v KJ, ...
Washington.?Eugene V. Debs, the
socialist leader, was granted his free
dom from Atlanta federal penitentiary
on Christmas by President Hardinf
eolely as "an act of grace.'' His vio
lation of the war laws remain unfor
given by the government.
This was disclosed by Attorney
' General Daugherty who made puhli<
the text*of his recommendations t(
the President in the Debs case.
"It will be observed." Mr. Daughor
ty said, "that a pardon was not giant
ed Debs, but that his sentence was
commuted. The action of the Presi
dent in no wise condones the offense
and relief was solely an act of grace
The gratitude of Debs will be meas
ured by his conduct in the future."
The administration's theory of ac
tion in the Debs case, according t<
-Mr. Daugherty. is to be < onsiderec
as the government's policy in rela
tion to others imprisoned for viola
tion of war laws, of which classes o
offenders "probably no better cast
could be selected." he declared, thai
that of Debs.
President Is Optimistic.
Omaha. Neb.?Belief that the na
tional business situation is goint
to improve in 1922. was expressed by
President Harding in a message madt
public by the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce in connection with an enter
tninment in honor of traveling sales
men who work out of Omaha. Presi
dent Harding said it was his earnes
hope that the traveling men "wil
continue in the coming year the splen
did work for American business nn<
national confidence which they havt
always conducted in the past.
Dead Babies Remain Unburied.
New York?The communists in Mos
cow and Petrograd are reveling in lux
uries of life while starvation is takini
heavy tolls in the interior district!
and heaps of dead hahies remain un
buried. Carl R Floete, the America]
relie fadministrrtion's representativ*
in the district of Pugatchov. declared
H? had just returned to this country
I enine rode around Moscow in a luxu
rious automobile, he declared, one
the women's display of jewelry an<
expensive furs outshone anything eve
seen in any ot?jf city.
Plans to Help Farmers.
Washington.?President Harding it
a letter to Secretary Wallace of th<
department of agriculture, asked tha
the latter call a national eonferenci
at Washington to "suggest practica
ways of improvement'* for the "seven
agricultural depression which exist
throughout the land." Prompt actioi
was taken at the department of agrl
culture in response to the request, tel
egraphie invitations being dispatehe<
immediately to a number of organiza
tions and individuals. Date for th<
meeting has not been set.
RAILROADS PLAN TO
I INSUREJODKER!
. MANY RAILROADS OF COUNTR
MAY FOLLOW STEP OF THE
DELAWARE & HUDSON.
] BOTH LIFE AND OISABILIT
Group Insurance For All Who Hav
Been With the Company For
Six Months or Longer.
New York.?Many railroads of th
* country soon may insure their en
, ployes, it was indicated after tlv
s Delaware & Hudson company ar
s nounced it had taken out group lif
- and permanent disability insuranc
i for everyone who has been on it
> payroll six months or more.
Large insurance underwriters sai
, that other railroads were negotiatin
i for similar protection for their en
j ployes.
Each Delaware and Hudson en
ploye of two years' standing wa
; insured for $500, and those in th
5 service six months btit less than tw
j years for $250, the company to pa
I the entire cost, and the men to st
. j lect their own beneficiariea.
] I At death the insurance will h
. paid in a lump sum, and to perms
nently or totally disabled worken
in monthly installments. A plan b
3 which the workers banded in clas
3 groups could increase the amoun
1 to a maximum of 15,000 each, th
3 company to pay part of the addi
tional premium and the men th
remainder, was also announced. I)
addition the company said it had ai
; ranged for the workers to takej ou
r "at exceedingly low 'rates" insui
' ance against accidents not coverei
; by the workmen's compensatioi
' laws, loss of work through sicknes
' and also unemployment.
5 Employes leaving the service fo
any reason can exchange ' their cei
r tificates without medical exgminatioi
l j for policies of the same amounts
i! paying the regular rates for thei
5 ages at the time of substitutions.
I Groups of employes, consisting o
t not less than three-fourths of thos*
i ; in any one class, who desire insui
ance above $500, must apply for i
t before March 31, next. For each ad
. j ditional $1,000 the insured employ*
j must pay CO cents a month, the com
pany premium in excess of thi:
| amount.
Freed of Every Charge But One.'
Waukegan, Ills. ? Governor Lei
Small was freed of every charg*
against him except that of conspirinj
with Lieutenant Governor Fred E
11 Sterling and Vernon Curtis to ae
'! fraud the state of $2,900,000 durini
" i Mr. Sterling's term as state treasurer
"! Governor Small issued a statemen
1 declaring that "what occurred in th<
circuit court of Lake county will la;
bare to the public mind the method
" j employed and the inspiration causinj
^j these indictments."
.
Relief Workers Banished.
Moscow.?Banishment to Totma, i
I small village in Vologa province mor
, than 100 miles from the railway, i
the penalty imposed upon Dr. N. M
- Kishkin and nine of his associates oi
the All-Russian committee for famim
r relief who were arrested threi
' months ago just as they were pre
paring to leave for England to enlis
I foreign aid in the battle against fam
! ine.
r I
1
Farmers Will Operate Stores.
> Pittsburg.?Townspeople and farm
| etrs mu.st put themselves in an atti
tude of making concessions or as ai
| alternative cooperative stores estal:
5 lished by combinations of farmer
will ultimately drive local merchant
- j out of the business, John M. Gillette
of the University of North Dakota
told the members of the America]
Socialogical Society at its annua
meeting here.
)
' Hawaiian Sugar Crop Short.
* | Honoulu, T. H.?The sugar produt
tion of the Hawaiian Islands for th
f crop year beginning September 3C
*; 1920, and ending September 30. 1921
11 totaled only 539.196 tons, the lowes
j in the past ten years. E. Faxon Bishoi
1
Active Spindles Increase.
"i Washington. ? Active cotton spit
* dies in November aggregated 34.4S6
?; 669 as compared with 34.221.646 ii
- November, 1920, the Department c
- Commerce announced through th
- Census Bureau. Based on an acti\
ity of 24 1-2 days for the month, th
t statement said, the average nunibe
1 of spindies operated during Noven
- her was 36.074. These included:
1 Georgia. 2.473.S24; North Caroline
? .".138.730, and South Carolina 5.015
692.
Christmas Liquor Takes Big TolT.
New York.?Death, blindness am
-! sefious illness that have followed i
? the wake of the Christmas liquo
s bottle inspired the King's count
i- grand jury, sitting in Brooklyn, t
l seek means of checking the distr
b I bution of poisoned alcohol.
1.1 It was announced semi-officiall
'. that the grand jury would return
.- report urging co-operation of gran
1 ' juries and other law enforcemen
agencies in the metropolitan area i
r j a campaign to punish purveyors c
wood alcohol "whiskey."
Lake Commerce Broke Records.
1 Chicago.?Chicago's lake-borne coir
? merce broke the records of 20 year
t
e in 1921 when 78.378.979 bushels c
1 | corn were shipped to foreign market!
e according to a report of William ?
s : Claire, collector of the customs,
a More than 3.000 vessels, with a ne
|.i tonnage of 5.821,981. cleared from th
|.! Chicago and Calumet river harbor
j during the year. Duties callected o
L.( imports totaled $9,426,210.42, slightl
? | more than a million dollars below th
J high water mark set in 1920.
m
New Postmasters to Go to School U|
j Washington. ? Beginning with ;T [
the new year, under orders issued
^ by Postmaster General Hays, new- r
)ly appointed postmaster will be
required to attend school, where ^
:hey will be taught, among other
things, how to meet the public,
y their places in the community, how
through publicity to educate the
people in the use of the mails, $
aow to handle complaints, guard
the mails and maintain proper relationship
with the department. <
Y Central accounting postoffices
i will be designated in each state ,110
is schools for the instruction of
postmasters of the second and
e :hird classes, under the direction
)f First Assistant Postmaster Pro
3eneral Word as "superintendent''
)f schools.
? i FRENCH AND BRITISH IN CLASH :,i
1 | boa
| bee
e PLAIN SPOKEN DISCUSSION OF i a t
S ;
; THE POSSIBILITIES OF WAR jcon
1 I ing
d | BE1WEEN THEM. I to j
f. imit
' I que
French Delegates, Upon instructions j
l" From Paris, Talk With Air j cial
of Finality. i sist
J ,fc
' prei
!- Washington.?Efforts to limit sub-, )b f
marine and auxiliary warships came visj
e ! to an abrupt end after they had drawn |
i-1 the French and British arms conf- j
1.1 erence delegates into a plain-spoken j 1
y exchange over the possibilities of a j todi
s , future war between France and the I t0 (
t1 British empire. | .
e : The French, acting under renewed J d.ir*
!-1 instructions ffom their government, ! slor
e told the conference naval committee j mei
a | with an air of finality that France j ?00,
! must remain free to build a subma- 0
t: rine flotilla nearly three tipes as ) the
'* j great as ,that she now possesses anil | T
d to construct, in addition, cruisers, de- j ma'
0 i stroyers and other auxiliary craft up'at I
8 to a tonnage of 330,000. : wor
To the proposal the Americans,: nag
r Japanese and Italians replied with 1 A
' i expressions of surprise and regret, J nier
n p'hile the British charged openly \ esta
' | that such a building program must j loai
r j be regarded as a menace to British j the
i shores. Arthur J. Balfour added boa:
' that he had no doubt, if occasion at r
B 1 arose, Great Britain would be equal i exa
'* to it. but only if she reserved com-1 firsl
t plete freedom of action as to the con- (this
'*13truction of all types of auxiliaries Pinj
e | which might be useful against under- ava
'* j water warfare. j can
3 ; Agreeing that further argument , Ir
\ would be useless, the committee,cen1
J turned its attention to collateral sub- J *he
- ! rpfti
jects, including regulations ior iu-1
1 ture use of submarines, proposals for j ab,e
e limitation of the size and armament of j *
f individual auxiliary vessels and details j
' I of the agreement already sealed in on '
I principle regarding capital ships.
?! For the American delegation,
. Elihu Root proposed a joint declara- j*
* tion reaffirming the obligation of ista,
e! submarine commanders to warn | leas
^ j merchant ships before attack, to re- i (jhr
s frain from sinking vessels whose port
5 crews and passengers could not first Soci
! be placed in safety, and 'to conform ' ?]
in general' to all the established , mo\
' practices on international law. In J -j
1 addition, Mr. Root also suggested a c]as
e change of existing usage to prohibit fort
8 ; attacks on merchant vessels, alto- |)0{j
; gethor and to make submarine com* j ?'
a|manders who violate the regulations prjs
e ' liable to trial ac pirates. j Was
!! / don
t| Big Increase in Crop Vilues.
i-1 Washington.?The country's impor-1 \\
i tant farm crops were valued this year I
j at $5.675,S77,000 based on prices paid | itfen
j to farmers on December 1, the depart-1 yeai
' ment of agriculaure announced in its i viol
' final estimates. The sarfte crops, j Deb
n i which comprise 90 per cent of the val- j od 1
? i ue of all farms crops, were "valued iina*
8 , last year at $9,075,2SS,000. j fore
8 The ,area devoted to important , Hav
' j crops this year was 348,336.000 |
i., acres, compared with 349.067,000 ;
n acres last year. Final estimates of j pj
1 ; production and value announced in- : Rej,
! tlii/lafl j
| viuu<.v> . | icn
Corn, production 3.0S1.251.000 bush- | yea
j els, valued at $1,305,625,000. jn j
i Winter wheat, 587,032,000 and $558,- natj
e 725,000. leg
b j Spring wheat, 207.861,000 and $178,- rjfle
l* 343.000. the
t All wheat, 794.893,000 and $737,- mjj(
>. 06S.000.
Oats, 1,060,737.00 and $321:540,000.
Barley. 151,181,000 and $08,788,000. Jal
Rye 57918,000 and $54,680,000. H
Buckwheat 14,079,000 and $11,438,- inte
i 000. , cig(
ft Flax seed 8.112,000 and $11,737,000.
if Rice 39.653.000 and $28,189,000. j ?
e Potatoes 346.823,000 and $385,192,- S0
1000- M"(
e Sweet potatoes 98,660.000 and $86.- ! 4
r 910.000. j ne.^
i- Hav (tame) 81.657.000 and $989.093.-,
000. | (,!sr
i. Hay (wind) 15.235.000 and $101,083.- i d
.- 000. witl
Cotton 8.340.000 and $674,877,000. I 1)tnv
Tobacco 1.117.682.000 and $207,570,000.
d Cotton seed 3.704.000 and $107,972,- .
noon. h??
r Beet sugar 2 024764,000 and blank. 1 la
v Cane sugar 534.000.000 and blank. ^ar
o! Peanuts 816.465.000 and $32 288.000 -vea
i- Beans 9.118.000 and $24.29S.000. Rav
at
y i Rockefeller's Daughter Gets Divorce. "lox
a Chicago.?Mrs. Edith R. McCormick. :,u''
d daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. T"
t millionaire oil king. was granted a 1 ei
n divorce from Harold F. McCormick. exP(
if president of the International Harv- conl
ester company, in superior court. '
Begin Billy Sunday Meeting Jan. 8. ^
i- Spartanburg. S. C.?Fred W. Rapp.
a; manager for Rev. W. A. Sunday, ar- mjj]
f rived in the city from Winona Lake, yea
j,' to be here through the campaign. He !he
[. announced that, owing to a severe tod;
J cold which Mr Sunday has contract- and
it ed at I.os Angeles, th? evangelistic mar
e campaign, which was to begin here indi
s January 1, will not open until Sunday. eni[
n January S. After closing his revival pen
y at Tulsa December lfi. Mr. Sunday con
e went to Los Angeles, Cal.. for the hoi- "hi*
idays. Jonlj
I
IN SUBSIDIZING SB
IF iEJGAN SHIPS p
iCIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY SEN
ITUATION AND SUBMIT RE- sy
PORT JANUARY 6.
GE ACTION ON SUGGESTION FEU
pose to Establish a Revolving Loan r)jed
Fund of Hundred Million
Dollars.
Washington.?A final conference of ^
cials of leading marine transposta- g
i companies with the shipping
rd's special subsidy committee has
n called for January 5 to pass upon
entative plan formulated by the
imittee providing for the subsidit
- morrhant marine ,
ui uit Auicncou ? pnys
nsure its maintenance. The comtee
was formed to study the broad dQct<
stion of subsidies at the suggestion wag
President Harding, who made spe- Nc
reference to this method of as- pr^g(
ing American ship owners, in his
isage to the last Congress. The a he
1 when finally approved will be howj
sented to President Harding, who he h
sxpected to adapt some of Its pro- T0Qn
ons- in a message to Congress. De
1 Its present form which, members
;he committee emphatically stated prjvt
ay was not official and is subject
changes in any one of its features, most
plan proposes both direct and in- .Th
fct aid, the former through diver- wa8
l, and the latter through establish- by E
it of a revolving loan fund of $100,- SiCja
000. Th
ther suggestions now comprised in easil
plan are understood to include: been
hat the shipping board sell its re- and
ning fleet as rapidly as possible was
jrices not to exceed the prevailing had
Id market price for similar ton- Year
q. start
mendment of section 11 of the side>
chant marine act to permit the floor
iblishment of a merchant marine was
i fund of about $100,000,000 under
administration of the shipping
rd for the purpose of making loans ju
easonable rates of interest, not to were
>ed five per cent per annum on t0 g
: mortgage on American flag ships; wbjc
fund not to be limited to ship- nuaj
? board transactions but to be ureg
liable for financing of all Ameri- 1920
ship opera-ting organizations. brou
icome tax relief *to create an in- victj
tive to shippers to use ships flying rjod
American flag, providing for a La
jction from net income tax pay- -2 i
! on the basis of a small percentage ejgbi
he freight paid on American flag stat
>s, or through a greater allowance force
lepreciation on ships. be I3
Si;
Debs Issues Short Statement. ing
ew York.?In a message to social- ern i
, Eugene V. Debs declared his re- were
e from Atlanta penitentiary on put 1
istmas was due to the loyal sup- The
: he had received from American deatl
alists. He said further: sault
Uy lips are not sealed and ray Th
ements are not curtailed. lows
am an enemy of the capitalist Mi
s and in me they shall find no com- thret
as long as there is breath in my ing i
y. rest,
The administration that put me in temp
on knew that, and that is why I ing 1
there. The present administra- cial
also knew it and kept me there." clast
assis
'ashington.?Freed by President e<1 a
ding from the Atlanta federal pentiarv,
where he w?s serving a tenr
sentence for making speeches in
ation of the war laws, Eugene V. Ry 1
s, socialist leader was reprimand-1 *om
>y the union station police here for
ring a speech without a permit be!
leaving for his home in Terre curr(
,i as si
ite, Ind.
AI <
6; G
Execute Mexican General. iana.
ogales, Ariz.?General Francisco N'ort
aa, who had figured prominently in Tcnr
)lutions in Mexico in the last ten
rs, was executed by a firing squad Qern
Mogales, Sonora, across the inter-)
onal line from here. He was al-1 fotlvv
d to have been caught digging
is, saddles, and ammunition from j^arl
ground near Canosa, Sonora, 15
;s west of Nogales. ters
Seen
sanese Interpretation of Treaty.
onolulu.?The official Japanese "a
rpretation of the four-power Pa- ^nit
!\treaty is that it does not apply
he principal islands of the empirse recoi
far as internal disturbances are new
cerned. according to a Tokio ca- was
tram to The Nippu Jiji, a Japanese piled
'spaper here. tive
The Japanese government," the smal
latch says, "will handle all internal Snial
urbances in the principal islands since
lout appeal to the other signatory jn tl
ers." derei
er yi
Big Decline in Foreign Trade.
'ashington. ? American business
ses exported $1,ISO,193.000 in mer- ivic
ndise in the first 11 months of this r. \
Lment of commerce, which also thre<
r, according to figures by the de- secoi
e imports for the period as valued way
$2,271,979,000. In the same 11 prise
iths in 1920 exports totalled $7,- conv
729,000 and imports $5,012,424,000.
i declining trade was shown fur
in statistics for November when oh
arts aggregated $294,437,000 as was
ipared with 343,597,000 for October fire i
$676,528,000 for November, 1920. die
Nort
pend Billion Dollars on Movies.
?The American people C
aouiu^cvu.
nd from seven hundred and fifty pn
ion dollars to one billion dollr..-- *
r to see moving picture ssorwa, (>f
senate finance committee was tolf senp
ty in the course of arguments Kv case.'
against a high tariff on foreign tain
le pictures. The investment in the the
jstrv totals about $250,000,000 and shorl
doyment is given to about 250.000 shoa
30ns. Only 4 per r^it of those mast
nected with the industry make N'ass
; money" and 96 per cent mak? Nass
r "a living wage." tryin
his s
*
n PEIMS
ASSES SUDDEN
t
IOR SENATOR FROM PE
'LVANIA SUCCUMBS TO /
TACK OF HEART FAILURE.
LOUT OF CHAIR TO FL
Shortly Before Midnight
f Year Before Doctor Coul
Reach Him.
asbington. ? Senator Boise
one of the leading republ:
ie nation, died here just b
light from an attack of 1
re. The senator was sittini
his bed ?"ien he suddenly
chair to the floor. His peri
ician, Dr. Roy Adams, wa
room with him and, when
sr reached his side, the sei
dead.
i members of the family
snt.
nator Penrose had been ill
avy cold for a week. His d
?ver? was entirely unexpect(
ad been able to walk abou
i during the day.
ath came at 11:30 o'clock.
ie senator was stricken in
tte apartment at the Wan
: Hotel, one of Washing
; fashionable hostleries.
e International News Se
informed of the senator's <
?r. Roy Adams, the senator's
n.
e senator seemed to be re
y," said Dr. Adams. "He
about the room during the
was sitting beside his *>ed.
apparently in good spirits a
been talking about the
's celebration, which had
;ed. The senator suddenly
vise on the bed and slipped t
When I reached his sid
dead.'*
Die at Mob's Hands.
skegee, Ala.? Sixty-four pei
lynched during 1921, acco:
gures of the Tuskegee inst
h were made public in its
report on the subject. Thi
compared with 61 lynchfn*
and, according to the inst
ght the total number of
ms to 4.096 in the 36 years
since 1885.
w officers prevented lynchin
nstancea, the report decl
t of these being in nori
is and 64 in the south. A
is were used to repel six w
inching expeditions,
cty-two of the mob victims
the year were lynched in s
3tates, the report declared.
burned to death and three
to death and their bodies bu
charges against those burni
l were murder and crimina
and murder,
e others were charged as
irder, 11; attempted mu
5; wounding men. four; fur
ammunition to man resistin
two; criminal assault, 15
ited criminal assault, three;
nen in altercation, four; no
charge, three; leaders in
i, two; charge not repnrtei
ting man to escape who had
a officer of law. one; makini
er remarks to woman.
iteDing to kill another, one
g young woman's room, one
ng woman, one; writing no
an, one; attacking a man
an, one.
e states in which lynching
3d and the number in each
5t forth in the report follows
ibama. 2; Arkansas. 6; Fit
(eorgfa. 11; Kentucky. 1; I
5; Mississippi, 14; Missour
!i Carolina. 4; South Carolin
lessee. 1; Texas. 7; VirginU
lany and U. S. Kesume rteiai
asuingtun.? DipioiuatfcC reiu
e.n Germany and the U
js 'vera 1 counted uti'ictally 1
Lang, charge a uliaires iron
n gcnernuitiit, presented his
ot credence and was receive
etary Hughes.
ilway Mileage Shows Deere;
icago.?Railway mileage in
ed States declined 1.200 i
lg the year 1021 and a new
rd in improvements made
equipment ordered and acqi
made, according to figures
by the Railway Age. Lot
and freight car records shov
lest number ordered and
lest number built and deli\
; statistics have been kept,
le number of passenger car
1 and built have there been
ears.
' Forges Own Parole.
mtgomery, Ala.?C. A. Leon
V. Jones, serving from tw
; years in the state prisor
ad degree forgery, forged
to freedom from the Al(
n camp, according to the
ict department.
Fire at Biddle University.
arlotte. X. C.?A loss of $10
entailed in the destructioi
of the Industrial building of
university, maintained by
hern Presbyterian church.
Capture Big Cargo of Liquo
rtsmouth, N. C.?The three-i
British auxiliary schooner
er of Peace, with a cargo of
3 of whiskey, was seized by
Walter Yeoumans and ere
Portsmouth coast guard sti
tly after she ran aground <
1 just outside Ocracoke inlet,
er of the vessel. A. Colema
au, declared he was hound
au to St. Pierre. X. S., and
g to make Ocracoke to repl
upply of food, water and oil.
[ MD UP SHIPMENT OF HOGS W|
II I) Colleton Farmers Ship Two Carloads
If of Fine Animals to the Richmond
Markets.
INN- Sp,
Walterboro.?County Agent H. M. '
Kinsey, working with the Colleton
Products association, assembled and
shipped to the Richmond markets
more hogs than has ever been assembled
in a single shipment in lower
nnD South Carolina, if not in the state. U||
UUII fpjjjg wag pUreiy a co-operative ship- llll
ment, made up of hogs brought in
from a radios of 10 miie3 of WalterLast
boro, there being 40 individuals bring- ?pi
Id ing hogs, numbering from two to 25 f
hogs. The returns from this shipment
are being awaited with interest, as
pen. this is the first shipment made by
leans many of the farmers shipping hogs. It g
efore shows that there are other things toe
heart tlian cotton which can be sold for tic<
; be- mooey, and that the farmers of this Qr(
fell county can raise hogs cheaply and as pia
jonal sood as can be found anywhere. Oth- wb
B in er car load shipments have been sent prc
the out ?* county this year, the same frj
? nconpv havine shiDDed two cars pre- tflf
naior ~o ?
vious to this, and a number of cars
woie being shipped by private individuals.
Another lesson which was taught joc
with by the shipment v/as the value of prf
eath Pure bred stock against the scrub. A 0f
;d as large number ot the hogs shipped were t0
t his Pure bred, the Duroc and Poland- an(
China being the leading breeds. Many ^
others were the results of a cross bei
his tween a pure bred sire and scrub dam. 0c
iman 1? all these cases the farmers here pe<
ton's bad a clear demonstration of what fis
blood lines mean in hog raising. hai
rvlce This 'shipment is also evidenoe of 0j
leath the fact that the farmers of Colleton al)(
phy. county have an abundance of mint, po(
and this is surplus. A great many y0]
sting have already killed their year's sup- jj0,
had Ply an(l are now marketing the sur- cr(
i day PlusHe
It was an inspiring sight to see the
s we numerous wagons assembled. It re- *
New minded one of the big gin days of
just several years ago when the fanners en<
fell would bring cotton and await their orc
o the turn at unloading. In all there were ^ei
e he 254 hogs and the total weight was C#I
36,235 pound3. It took two cars, one me
of them being double-decked, to carry ^
the hogs. peJ
? ? County Agent Kinsey, who worked on(
rsons .. . , . . n. - thf
rdin up shipment, and Mr. Shaffer, lut
itut^ Presldeut of the Colleton Products as- tio
j an- 80c'at*on- w'ho furnished the machln- 1
fi ery for shipping and in whose name wi'
g the shipment was made, express them- rea
[tute* se'ves as being delighted with the re- t0
'mob aponse- ^'? commissions will be O*
charged and the farmers will get ev- en(
1 '^3 ery cent the shipment brings, less the 'ot
. actual expenses. at
ss in * wil
.% Th
thern Sumter.?The special election neia r
rmed here t0 select a state senator to sue- su*
ould- ceet* the late Senator John H. Clifton
and to choose a successor to Davis D. ?
(jur. Moise, who resigned from the house
outh- ot representatives, resulted in the ow
Four eiec'tion of DrvIs D. Moise to the sen- a
were ^on of ^ Bossard Britton to succeed .
rned. ate an(* tlie returns indicate the elec
3d to M?,se- On'y a light vote was cast v.?
j as. and it is not thought that additional ?'
returns will change the result. With
fol. 11 out of 19*precingts heard from, in- 0
eluding the city vote, the vote is: For
ir(jer senate, D. D. Moise, 331; J. J. Dargan, f
nish- F'or house: J. K. McElveen, 52; J*0
K ar. J. B. Britton, 256; E. W. Dabbs, Jr., "e>
. at. 16!) and Edgar Skinner, 55. Little inHD
terest was shown in the election. ^
KU1" bet
sperace
Spartanburg.?As a result of an ac- f
j, 3; cident some weeks ago when Sara
kill- Stewart was killed and several others , .
g im- who were working with him at the ^
one; time were injured when a pipe the *
; en- men were taking from a ell at Dray>j
in- ton mill came in contact with the _
te to electric transmission wire leading to '
and the mill, a suit was filed by Walter
Smith, one of the men alleged to ,
3 oo- have been injured, against the South ? j
state Carolina Light. Power & Railways Co., j
: the Drayton Mills and P. S. Manus for
trida. $30,000. JjjJ
-ouis- fhf
i, 1; Spartanburg.?The Spartanburg city Rr(
a, 5; school trustees awarded contracts '
i. amounting to $19,000 for equipment a j
and furnishings for the Frank Evans
lions, high school building, soon to be com- ..
lions Pleted at a C03t of $300,000. The sue- ^
nited cessful bidders were the Carolina aQ(
when Supply company of Charlotte, the a?r'
l the Southern Supply company of Raleigh, cQr
3 jet. and the E. H. Sheldon company of
,4 by Muskeegan, Wis. Delivery is to be gt
made February 1.
, An
Jse> Think of Congress.
the Greenwood.?According to close ^
niles Mends of Sam H. Sherard. member
jow of the South Carolina house of repand
resentatives from Gre-'nwood county ^ '
Hired he *3 stroncrly considering announcing jgr
bis candidacy for congress from the |
com- omo
Th'r(1 congressional district. Mr. ^
f the Sherard will not confirm or deny the (ip.
the rumor- wh
tered Attorney General Sam Wolfe of An. wa
Only dprson is also r morted to be consfd- }i.'s
s Up. ering making the race for congress anf
low- from the Third .list Met. He will also
neither confirm nor deny the rumor, i _
I me
Manager for Greenville,
alias Greenville.?At a recent r eting the
0 tt Oeenville Baseball association de1
for f>l<lpd to accept the terms submitted her
hjs to them some days aco by Cliff Blank- cot
Jric>? enphip as mnnacer of the Spinners for ^ej
T"--i..??l,in wnc u-lrrrl tna
state npXl seasnn- nn-ir-.,, ? | wo
and has been asked tn confirm the a3i(
riosing of the deal which, it is be- sio
liev*?d. he will do. He is now in Oak- tlia
0,000 'and. He managed the Seattle ma
j by and Salt T,ake City Hubs in the Pa- gaE
rifle Coast leapim and is a former the
the rather for the Washington Ameri- fcej
cans. got
r- Charters New Firm.
nast Columbia.?The Catawba Securities s
company of Rock Hill was chartered tar;
1 noc? hy the secretary of state with a cap- con
^ ital stock of $25,000. The firm will do ,
w of a general stock, b#tod. mortgage and tba
ation rea' estate business. Officers are John wjt
on a ^hurley, president and treasurer; trjj.
Tht w- R Klugh, vice president and sec- nnp
n. ol retarv- ca8
from Authority to increase its capital mo
was stock from $200,000 to 1600.000 was reg
inisb *raRted to Norris Brothers of GreenI
Tine- llm
INTER CROP OF
M POTATOES
*RTANBURG FARMER TELLS
HOW TO RAISE POTATOES ,
IN MID-WINTER.
iHLY FERTILIZE GROUNU
anted About the First of January,
'otatoes Will Mature About the ^
Middle of February."
ipartanburg.?naming irisn pota j
s in midwinter is a regular pracs
with Dr. W. H. Kelly of Walnut
)ve, Spartanburg codnty. Dr. Kelly
nts the tubers in pine straw or
eat straw, and in this warm bed.
>tected from the winter winds and
sts, they grow and make fine po- ,
oes. Asked for his directions, Dr.
Uy said:
I take and place railing about a
it an da half high around a well \(
spared and highly fertilised piece
ground. After planting my potass
I cover the ground with straw
j keep piling it on until all the
ice ^within the railing is filled to
> depth of about a foot and a-half.
casionally the top of a potato vine N
jks above the warm covering and
nipped by the cold, but no serious
rm is done. Planted about the first ^
January, Irish potatoes will mature
jut the middle of February. The
:atoes grow in the straw, and when \
a get them out to eat you are not
thered with the grit attached to
sps of tubers dug out of the ground.
,
3reenwood.?A movement to estabi
a large peach packing plant, large
sugh to take care of the output of
shards throughout this section, is ?
ng launched by the Dixie Land
npany, according to an announcent
by 0. Allen Banks, president of
s firm. The establishment of the
ich packing plant is believed to be
9 measure which will help solve V
> boll weevil problem in this sec- ?
n.
Jnder the present plans the plant
II be erected at once and will be
idy at the beginning of next season
accept peaches from the growers.
rners of orchards who do not grow
>ugh peaches to ship North in car
s themselves, irtay sell their fruit
the packing plant, wnere snipmema N
1 be made at regular intervals.
ose In touch with the operation of '
:h plants declare that this system
I lenable the owner of only a few
es to turn his output into profit.
t is proposed to begin by planting
ned by the stock company owning
arge acreage in peach trees to be
i packing plant. The output of
ise trees will be shipped in addition
the fruit brought to the packing
ise by individual growers. 4
lorticulturists declare that this secn
is ideally suited for peach grow;
and they believe that eventually
) growing of peaches and o^ier A
its will be an important industry
e.
Vnderson.?All sorts of plans have
?n devised to outwit and outda tbe
1 weevil, and the Anderson county
mers hit the pest between the eyes
en they decided that they would
ild a sweet potato curing house,
;h a capacity of approximately 25,
i bushels, at a cost of $6,000.
committee composed of H. A.
r, chairman; W. E. Gallant. R. E.
mpbell, Foster L. Brown and B. B.
;ckley was appointed to formulate , .
ns and working out details with ^
erence to the association,
toland Turner, general agricultural
;nt of the Southern Railway comly,
and T. B. Young, president of #
s South Carolina Sweet Potato
Dwers' association, made addresses
the meeting held in tne coun uuuoc.
r; S. Cureton of the Piedmont &
rthern Railway company, who is
! moving spirit in the formation of *
s- association, made a short talk,
i offered froip his railroad a site
the building. The committee will
isider the organizing of a stock
npany, capitalized at $10,000. the *
ck to be subscribed by farmers of
derson county.
Death in Accident.
Chester.?A distressing accident oc red
in the Edgmoor section of
ester county when Grady Thomas,
i 13 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. ^
nes Thomas, accidentally killed
iself with a 22 caliber rifle at his ^
ne. According to information rpved
here, he was cleaning the rifle
en in some unaccountable way It
s fired, and the bullet/penetrated
right temple. He lived two hours
1 a half after being shot. Everypt
r?o9sihle was done for him along ^
dical lines.
War on Bootlegger.
inderson.?T. L. Clinkscales. mem- m
of the legislature from Anderson
inty, states that he is going to the
:t general assembly "armed to the
th" for bootleggers, and they need
; no mercy; and that instead of
0, or six months on the chaingang,
t he is going to introduce a bill g
king the selling of liquor a chainig
or penitentiary sentence. "That's
only way to stop the sale of whis'
that I know of, and something's to
be done to stop it"
Rates Reduced for Meeting.
ipartanburg.?E. B. Walker, secr^
y of the Spartanburg chamber of
imerce. who is chairman of the
asportation committee for the
lly'* Sunday meetings, announces
t arrangements have been made ^
h the Southern railway for round
> tickets at the rate of one and
-half the regular one way fare in
e of parties numbering 125 or w
re. These parties can leave on
ular or special trains from any %
nt on the Southern, with a time
it of two days.
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