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The Great Structure Will be Complet
ed and Ready for the Decorators
by August 20 at the LatesL
Charlotte. ? Construction work it
proceeding rapidly on .the big brich
and steel structure in which the firs)
Made-in-the-Carolinas Exposition will
be held from September 12 to 20, wher
thousands of dollars of products ol
Carolina tactories will-be displayed ir
a manner deemed best suited to im
pressing1 upon Carolina people the
"buy-at-home" idea, according to an
nouncement by R. Kent Blair, of the
committee on building. This struc
ture, will be completed and ready foi
the decorators to begin their work bj
August 20 and probably a week earlier
it was explained. In addition to thie
building; the exposition directorate
had found it necessary, in order tc
carry out its plans, to build an air
dome affording space for a large num
ber of booths for the display of exhi
bits and also provide seating capacity
for about 2,000 people.
The main building will be dividei
into exhibit spaces about 25,000 square
feet being available for this purpose
while the remainder of the floor space
will be used as asiles and assembly
points and for other purposes. In the
airdome, about 5,000 square feet ol
floey space under cover will be avail
able for exhibits, though the exhibit!
in this structure will be of less bulk;
nature and include most of the ex
hihits of various civic organizations.
Doctor Carlisle on Tour.
Columbia, S. C.?Dr. Mark L. Car
lisle, pastor of the Washington Street
Methodist Church, left to attend the
Methodist conference in London, t(
which he has been appointed as one
of the delegates representing the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
The conference does not convene til'
September 6, but Dr. Carlisle will take
a trip on the continent of Europe foi
a few weeks before that date.
Much Gold in Reserve Banks.
Washington.?Locked and idle in
the coffers of the four eastern reserve
banks at Boston, New York, Phila
delphia and Cleveland is more thar
$800,000,000 in unused gold reserves
This money is potentially capable ol
furnishing credit to the extent of tec
billions of dollars, but there is so little
demand for it in the East that re
discount rates have droppc 1 twice
within a few weeks.
Naval Stores Production.
Washington.?Naval stores^ produc
tion was more than one-quarter large]
during the 1920 producing season
which ended March 31, than during
the previous season, according to sta
tistics issued by the department ol
agricultnre.
Plans for Control of Leprosy.
Tokio. ? The Japanese governmeni
Is considering elaborate plans for the
control of leprosy which is at present
but little cared for. It is estimated
that there are some 16,000 lepers ir
Japan.
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Heavy Export Financing.
Washington.?Summarizing the ex
Tort finaucing handled since its re
sumption of activity last winter, the
War Finance Corporation showed a
total volume of business of $63,471,700
t Lloyd George Coming.
London. ? Premier Lloyd George
, has definitely decided to attend the
disarmament conference at Washing
ton. the Sunday Pictorial says it learns
on reliable authority.
To Release American Prisoners.
Riga:?Soviet Russia has agreed tc
release American prisoners and to accept
famine aid from the Americar
Relief Association.
Armored Airplane Arrives.
Dayton, Ohio. ? The armored air
vln n.? hns t-ik.in its r>lar>p alongside
the armored motor car as an effec
live instrument of war.
Leads All Other States.
, Raleigh.?"North Carolina has gone
farther than any other State in the
matter of teachers' requirements," de
clared Dr. John Tiggett, the newly ap
pointed Commissioner of Education ol
the United States, in an address be
fore an educational conference in
New Jersey recently.
Paper Mill is Guarded.
Bellows Falls, Vt.?Two companies
of militia arrived here to patrol the
International Paper company's plant
where employes are on strike.
Victim of Surgeon's Knife.
Washington.?The death toll of the
surgeon's knife in the office of the Su
preme uourt 01 tne unuen Bmiet
within the last three months waa in
creased to three.
Henry C. McKenney, acting clerfc
of the court and in its employ for 52
years, died in a hospital here.
Over Six Million Stolen.
Washington.?More than $6,000,00C
was stolen from the United States
mails in 36 major robberies between
April 1 and May 1. 1921, the Postoffice
department announced.
Awful Tramway Car Accident.
Grand Junction, Col.?Six men were
killed and six others injured, when
a tramway car cable slipped out ol
the swivel oi the Schuyler Boyle
Shales company's plant, the cai
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JMUUKIII? iu me IIUUI vi e5Miv4i
2,000 feet below.
NO PRELIMINARY GATHERINGS
Whatever Discussion There is On the
Agenda or Program of Conference
Must be Available to All. ?
Washington. ? The United States
Government means to deal fairly by
all the powers invited to the disarmament
conference ana therefore is
frowning upon the suggestion of a
preliminary parley.
Right at the start the American
I government has put its foot down
hard on one of the things that brought
such a deluge of criticism on the Ver
sailles conference, namely the practice
of a few powers getting off to
one side and framing a program which
I became a source of suspicion on me
! part of the other nations who were
i not in on the secret preliminaries.
1 President Harding and Secretary
' Hughes are outlining principles of
procedure which are American rather
1J than European. Having invited all
| the great powers to a conference the
' j American government would not feel
1 that it was exactly fair to have a pre':
liminary gathering of a few nations
5 ahead of time. The United States is
" anxious to hold the conference at a
} time that is convenient to all, but
" nothing would be gained by a hurried
r meeting early in the fall in which
matters would be hastily discussed.
' Whatever discussion there is on the
1 i agenda or program must be available
5 to all powers. There will be no se 'cret
understandings, alliances or en'itentes
within the conference.
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J Many Poisoned by Ice Cream.
New Orleans. ? Emelia Sacrifte, a
j' nine-year-old girl, is dead and sixteen
, men, women and children are in a
local hospital as the result of poison!
ing. Home-made ice cream served at
r a silver wedding anniversary is De.:lieved
by physicians to have been the
r cause.
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> * Great Drop In Exports.
r\ Washington. ? Exports to Europe
' fell off nearly $1,500,000,000 while
those in South America increased
: more than $30,000,000 during the fiscal
'year ending June 30, last, as com.!pared
with the previous year, comtjmerce
department figures disclosed.
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>j Form Paris Chapter U. D. C.
s Newton.?A chapter or the United
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: uaugmers ui uie uiuicuciai^ uuo
. just been chartered for Paris. The
I chapter will be known as the Major
i General de Polignac Chapter, being
"j named for Prince Camille de Polignac,
general in the Confederate army.
Holdings of Leaf Tobacco.
i j Washington?Leaf tobacco held by
' manufacturers and dealers on July 1
aggregated 1,672,017,169 pounds comi
pared with 1,452,962,024 pounds a year
ago.
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President of Baptist Assembly.
Asheville.?Dr. B. W. Splllman, of
Nashville, Tenn., was elected president
of the Southern Baptist Assembly
at the annual meeting of the
hoard of trustees at Ridgecrest.
Ku Klux Klan Invades Colorado.
j Denver.?The hooded tribe has invaded
the West. The so-called "in'
visible empire," Knights of the Ku
( Klux Klan, has organized units at
Colorado Springs and Denver.
Killed Father for Cause.
t Sylvania, Ga.?-John Collins, Jr., 12,
? son of John Collins, a planter, pkkeTl
I up a shotgun and killed his father
I when the latter was whipping the
l boy's mother.
To Review Cases of Veterans.
Washington.?Review of the cases
- of some 10,000 war veterans rated
permanently disabled was ordered by
; the war risk bureau.
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. I Faster Schedule on Southern.
Washington.?Accelerated schedules
between'South Carolina cities and all
; points east will be put into effect by
! the Southern railway system August
14, according to announcement of W.
i E. McGee, division passenger agent.
The speeding up of the schedules, Mr.
McGee says, comes as a result of the
recent completion of the double track
> from Atlanta to Washington, the run
ning time between Atlanta and Washi
ington bein? reduced by an hour and
a half.
Hun Debt to United States.
Washington.?Germany owed to the
| United States up to April 30, last, the
sum of $240,744,511.89 for maintenance
'of American troops in occupied territory,
according to a report transmit!
ted.
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sj Monticello to be Sold.
j New York. ? Reports that Monti
cello, the home of Thomas Jefferson,
[ near Charlottesville, Va., is on the
- market, were confirmed by Jefferson
i M. Levy, former congressman and
present owner of the historic estate.
Big Stock Dividends.
i New York.?The directors of the
( Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
,' Railroad company declared a stock
dividend of 100 per cent, payable on
August 20 to stockholders of record.
(j Church Makes Big Gain.
New York. ? The Presbyterian
; church in this country gained 55.456
. communicants last vear and now has
a total membership of 1,692.558, it is
; announced. The Sunday school mem!
bership is 1,433,292. Total eontribu(tions
for the year were $47,036,442.
More Liquor Going to China.
i Washington.?More liquor is going
! into China as the use of opium falls
i off, according to a report to the com>
merce department from Consul General
William H. Gale, nt Hong Kong.
Cholera is Decreasing.
i Riga.?Noticeable decreases in the
i spread of cholera during the past fort!
night are reported in the Moscow
.? Pravda. The newspaper snys that
total registration of sufferers from the
, | disease sinfe the beginning of this
year were approximately 35,000.
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GREAT EXPOSITION I
SEPTEMBER 12-29
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A MUSIC FESTIVAL COMBINED
WITH MANUFACTURING AND
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EDUCATIONAL EVENT.
BAND CONCERTS ON EACH DAY
Vocal Music Feature is Emphasized
in Announcing the Practical Completion
of Musical Program.
Charlotte, N. C.?That the Made-in1
the-Carolinas Exposition, to be held
in Charlotte September 12 to 29, will j
attain recognition as a music festival j
as well as a manufacturing and edu- J
cational event of great importance
was emphasized today by David
Ovens, chairman of the entertainment1
committee, when announcing practical
completion of the elaborate musical
program.
Each day the exposition will be featured
by band concerts, vocal quartette
numbers and instrumental solos.)
The elaborate scale on which the ex-)
position will be held, the demand of:
1 the people of the Carolinas for artist?
>of high rank, and the important service
this exposition will render to:
the effort to promote the manufac-j
turing industries of the Carolinas and
impress upon the public their economic
importance impelled Mr. Ovens
to go to extremes of expense in contracting
with artists in music.
Outstanding as a musical feature
i will be the afternoon and evening conI
certs by the New York City official J
i Concert band, under the direction of
I A. H. Nussbaum. Mr. Ovens has also;
j arranged for the organization especI
ially for this show of two vocal mixed
quartettes, each composed of artists
oi note.
Soldiers' Home Is Madhouse.
i Washington. ? The Johnson City, i
iTenn., old soldiers' home was charac-'
1 '' ? ? .J V. nitnn" on/1 tha Vnrt I
iien^cu as a mauuvuoc auu * v? v ;
Henry, Md.t hospital was described
, as being fit only for a sewerage disposal
plant by Colonel R. Forbes, war
risk director, before a senate commitj
tee in a plea for broader powers to
meet the hospital needs of world war
'veterans. .
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Federal License on Autos.
Washington.?A bill requiring the!
owner of every automobile to obtain
a federal license, good in any state,
was introduced as a means of clear-:
ing away the conflict between states,!
against which many motorists have1
complained.
Locomotive Derailed by Truck. |
South Bend, Ind.?D. L. Flynn, Elkhart,
Ind., fireman, was fatally hurtj
and A. J. Johnson, engineer, was severely
scalded when a New York Central
train struck a heavy automobile j
truck at New Carlisle, Ind.
Puts Price on Robbers.
Detroit.?A reward of $5,000 was an,
nounced by the Detroit clearing house >
! association for the arrest and convic-!
i tion or killing of any person who robs
j or attempts to rob a member bank of
I that association.
Canadians to Pay Loan.
Ottawa.?Sir Henry Drayton, minister
of finance, announced that the!
$15,000,000 loan due in New York
would be paid without any further
government borrowing.
Fire at Ocean View.
Norfolk, Va.?Half a hundred men,
I women and cbUd'-en were driven from
; their beds at Ocean View when fire
destroyed two clubs and six cottages.
Turks to Leave Peninsula.
London.?The Turkish Nationalists
have decided to evacuate the Israid
peninsula, says an Exchange Tele-,
graph dispatch.
Blease is Out of Politics.
Rock Hill, S. C.?That he would
not again be a candidate for public
office was in effect the statement of
Cole L. Blease at the annual Filbert
! picnic.
Age of Prohibition Agents.
Washington. ? All federal prohibi-1
tion agents appointed in the fultife,
must be on the sunny side of fifty,
under orders issued by Commissioner i
Hovncs
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The President Imposed Upon.
Washington.?Representative James
IF. Byrnes, of Sooth Carolina told the
President in a letter addressed to him
! that he had been Imposed upon in the
story of alleged famine and pellagra
epidemic in the St)u:h us no alarming
, situation exists.
Germans After Mexican Trade.
Washington. ? German steamship
, interests are preparing to re-enter the
service between the Paciffc coast of
Mexico and Central and South Acerican
ports.
Ships Are Selling For Song.
j Washington.?Any citizen desirous |
of a ship, costing seevral hundred
thousand dollars, which is capable of
'drawing 14 feet of water and rendering
excellent service, may obtain one
from the United States shipping board
i for a song.
Camp Jackson Must Go.
; Washington.?The pleas of a committee
of citizens of Columbia. S. C..
. in behalf of Camp Jackson failed to
move the secretary of war, John W.'
WooUs and the camn. as originally
determined, will be abandoned.
Small Confers With Attorneys.
Chicago.?Governor I.en Small, in;
dieted on charges of embezzlement of
: state funds, while state treasurer, left
. supposedly for his home at Kanakee,
after a day of conference with attorInevB
here.
UNITED STATES DETERMINED
The Demand for Release of American
Prisoners is the First Official
Representation of Subject.
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Washington. ? Formal demand for >
the release of American prisoners in
Russia has been made upon the Soi-iet
authorities by Secretary Hughes.
f ? /larva rf m on f W38 advised
i ne ounc ucyui t
that the communication had been
handed to the Soviet representative I
at Reval by Consul Albrecht.
The text of the communication has
not been made public. It is under
stood, however, to be a brief insis- ,
tence that the Americans be releasee
before there can be any thought of
better relations between the United
States and Russia. The action was
taken in the name of humanity and
because all efforts to secure the re
lease of the Americans, made through t
Dr. Nansen, of the Red Cross, have i
failed. i
What course will be taken by the I
United States if the Soviet authpri- I
ties ignore or refuse to accede to the i
demand was not indicated. i
The communication was sent to <
Consul Albrecht July 25. The curt I
demand made upon the Russian au- 1
thorities for the release of American J
prisoners is the first official represen- <
tation made upon the subject, although i
Lenine and Trotzky and their asso- i
elates have been previously advised
informally of the determination of the !
United States not to consider closer |
relations with Russia until this was i
done.
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Governor Fires Officer.
Wnntgnmerv. Ala.?Conrad W. 4US" '
tin, chief of law enforcement officers,
was dismissed from the service of the
state by Governor Thomas E. Kilby,
for insubordination, in that Austin re- .
fused to discharge deputies who raided
the homes of Mobile citizens after '
the governor had ordered their discharge.
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Mexican Congress at Outs.
Mexipo City.?The chamber of deputies
voted down a request by Presi
dent Obregon that he be granted extraordinary
powers to adjust article
27 of the constitution, which nationalizes
oil deposits. The Senate almost 1
simultaneously voted to accede to the
request.
Japanese Will Participate.
Washington.?Communication from
Tokio, believed to contain the for- !
mal acceptance by Japan of President
Harding's invitation to participate in 1
an international discussion of Far '
Eastern questions as well as disarmament,
reached the state department.
Have Reached Agreements.
London. ? The dominion premiers 1
have reached an agreement on matters
affecting the Pacific conference, 1
concerning which they previously had 1
differed, says the Daily Mail.
Norway Treaty Approved.
Washington. ? The Senate foreign
relations committee has approved the
treaty with Norway, signed June 30,
last, for submission to arbitration of 1
Norwegian claims growing out of
requisitioning during the war.
Tax Legislation Comes First.
Washington. ? Virtual agreement
wai Baid to have been reached at a
dinner conference at the White House
for Senate consideration of tax revision
legislation before the permament '
tariff act is taken up.
127 Days of Unbroken Slumber.
Louisville, Ky. ? Attending physicians
announced that Michael Fltz- I
gerald, 13, ill with sleeping sickness, 1
entered upon the 127th day of illness
withntif wakine a moment.
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To Consider Road Debt Bill.
Washington. ? Considerable of the
administration railroad debt funding
bill is to be begun by senate and house
commissions. The Republican leaders
hope that it may be passed by the ]
house ahead of the tax revision bill,
and reported to the senate before the |
proposed recess of congress. They
said they had been'advised that such
a schedule would meet the situation
without necessitating having congress
forego its vacation in September.
This is a consummation devoutly (
hoped for by that body. i
Death of Grar.er Opera.
Atlanta.?Final enactment of the
bill recently passed by the Georgia ]
house imposing an annual $2,500 tax ,
on grand opera means the end of the ]
annual week of Metropolitan grand <
opera in Atlanta, it is predicted. ]
Permits for Power Projects.
T*T- ?DwAllmtnortr nnrmHo
\~Y ttBIlIli^lUU. A iciiiiiiitai t pwi uitbu
for construction of five power pro- ,
jects, three on the Perdido and one ]
each on the Styx and Black Water (
rivers, Alabama, have been granted (
by the federal power commission. <
Baptists to Jacksonville.
Nashville, Tenn.?Jacksonville, Fla.,
has been awarded the 1922 session of i
the Southern Baptist convention. (
which will convene May 17 and con- ,
tinue for a week, it was announced j
by Dr. Hight C. Moore, recording sec- .
retary of the convention. (
Rob Jacksonville Bank.
Jacksonville. Fla.?Six bandits entered
the Bank of South Jacksonville, {
across the St. John's river from here, ,
held up the teller and escaped with |
cash estimated at $10,noo. (
Stay of Jew is Limited.
Vienna.?No Jew shall remain longer
than 24 hours in ElTerding, in up- j
per Austria, according to an edict is- j
sued by the communal authorities in j
that place. r
Case of Southern Shippers.
Washington.?Shippers in the East,
the Northeast and in the Carolina? ,
conferred here with representatives ol t
railroads in an effort to obtain a j
complete readjustment of freigh' f
rates from the North, East and Mid T
die West to the Carolina territorv <
PLANNING TO MEET'
EXPEGTEDDEMANDS'
REGULAR SERIES SHORT-TERM
BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY
FINANCE CORPORATION.
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IN! AND RAILROAD RELIEF !
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Officials Contend Tha: Interest on j
the Bonds Will Not Be in Excess ,
of Five and a Half Per Cent. j
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, Washington. ? Issuance of regular '
ieries of War Finance Corporation i
short-term bonds may begin in the
aear fu.ure in the event of passage <
by Congress of the pending legisla- i
Lion to broaden that bccy's powers to <
nclude the making of advances for i
agricultural and railroad relief, officials
said. Methods of financing for i
funds to carry out the large demand
likely to be made on the corporation
If the enabling legislation is enacted,
jfficials asserted, may follow the general
policy of the treasury in raising
money for its current needs.
With authority to issue between
J2,000,000,000 and $3,000,000,000 . obligations
as Congress may finally determine,
officials explained, the corporation
would probably go about obtaining
funds as their need arose.
Under such a policy, officials declared,
the corporation might begin with
the issuance of between $50,000,000
and $100,000,000 in short-term bonds
maturing in six months or a year and
with interest at the most favorable
rate prevailing at the date of issu-'
ance. At present, officials contended,
the rate might be as low as 5 1-2 per
cent on six months' paper, ).
Seek German Colonists.
Memphis. ? Nego/atlodQ are in
progress with a colony of ten German
farmers and their families, who plan
to come to the United States this
fall, to secure their' settlement on
a tract of cut-over tHhberland in the
Mississippi Delta, it was announced.
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Ex-Champ Comes Back.
West Palm Beach, Fla.?Lieutenant
W. Milton Farrow, 72, one-time champion
rifle shot of the world, staged a
come-back here before the local rifle
and revolver club by making ten successive
bulls eyes, a perfect score of
fifty, at 300 yards.
Decline In Cotton Crop. /
Washington.?Decline of the cotton
crop during July resulted in a reduction
of 230,000 bales In the forecast
of production issued by the Department
of Agriculture, a total of 8,203,000
being estimated.
Home For Retired Clergy.
Jacksonville, Fla.?The Retired Ministers'
Association of the Methodist
Episcopal Church has completed negotiations
for the purchase of a ho- I
tel at Eustis, Fla., as a home for retired
clergymen.
Rods Not Mobilizing.
Riga.?Leon Tro.zky, the bolshevik
war minister, in an interview with the
Rosta agency at Moscow, denied all
reports in circulation that the bolsheviki
are mobilizing against the
states bordering on Russia.
Men Harnessed to Plows.
Mexico City. ? Me? harnessed to
plows and engaged in sturdy cultivation
of the soil are not an uncommon
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Bigni in me siaie 01 wureios, uuuumIng
to travelers in that region. Beasts
of burden are scarce.
Lightning Strikes Launch.
Perry, Fla.?One man was killed,
two seriously injured and several others
narrowly escaped drowning when
lightning struck a launch with a fishing
party aboard during a severe electric
storm off the gulf coast.
Will Repatriate Hungarians.
Budapest. ? An agreement between
Hungary and Soviet Russia for the
repatriation of the Hungarian prisoners
in Russia was signed July 28
at Riga, it wus announced here.
China Honors Goucher.
Peking. ? A presidential mandate
lias been issued conferring the third
;rade of the China Ho decoration on
Rev! John Goucher, president of
joucher's Women's College, Baltimore.
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More National Banks Operating.
Washington. ? National banks in
MiisMtlAn Tuna 3A niimhprpfl .9 178 rATl- I
resenting a net gain of 82 for the fiscal
year, says a statement issued recently
by Controller of Currency
Cressinger.
Fifty Per Cent Cut in Candy.
New York.?A cut of approximately
>0 per cent in the price of all candy
'rom gumdrops to bonbons was an- j
nounced by a chain candy store com- 1
jany, following a general agitation |
igainst high prices of these and other 1
;ommodities. 1
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Munitions Factory Closed.
Paris. ? A dispatch to the Havas
igency from Danzig says that the '
irms and munitions factory there has
)een closed by order of the council '
>f the league of nations.
Retail Food Prices Higher.
Washington.?Retail prices of food
ncreased in nine of ten principal cites
during the period from June 15 to 1
luly 15. the department of labor an- ^
lounced.
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"Be There or Beware."
Philadelphia. ? "Bo There or Be* '
ivare" is the warning ^slogan that 1
housands of former members of tTie '
Mfth U. S. regular army division will I
loar as invitations go out for the first
eunion of this division in Philadelphia *
September 10-12. 1
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CROPS ARE DAMAGED BY HAIL
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Mother of Admiral'McCully is Struck
by Large Army Truck on Anderson
Highway and Somewhat Bruised.
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Anderson.?Av great loss to farmers
resulted in the hail Atorm Monday,
July 11, between Easley and Liberty.
Reports say the crops were literally
ruined, 602 acres of cotton and 352
teres of corn. Aproximately $5,000
worth of fertilizers had been used t<#
xiake the crop. All of the gardens in
thpt vicinity were ruined and all vegetation
stripped of leaves.
One of the large army trucks which
the Anderson county highway is using
In roadway construction struck Mrs.
Carrie McCully and knocked her down,
rhe machine struck Mrs. McCully on
the right shoulder. An X-ray examination
showed no bones broken, but
Mrs. McCully is suffering from bruises
about her shoulders and back, and her
ankle is sprained. Mrs. McCully recently
celebrated her 75th birthday,
and owing to her age it may be some
time before she recovers from the
shock and bruises.
Two of the adopted children of Admiral
McCully were standing with Mrs.
McCully, but they were agile enough
to Jump and were not knocked down.
Fort Mill.?The local newspaper and
job printing office of the Fort Mill
Times is to have new quarters after
September 1 in a two story building
now being erected on the west side of
Confederate street near the Palmetto
hotel. The contract for the bulldjng
was awarded to the Fort Mill Lumber
company, which has now several structures
under way in Fort Mill.
Chester.?Second place in the Columbia
State's short story contest was
won by Dr. Robert G. Lee, pastor of
the First Baptist church, of Chester,
with his story, "Flames and Cinders."
Dr. Lee's prize was $100. Dr. Lee's
story, "A Jug of Wine," and "A Dollar
Mark," by Mrs. E. McC, Smith, of
Bascomville, received honorable mention.
York. ? Walter Barnes, a young
white man, was awarded a $2,925.10
verdict here by a jury in common
pleas court against Sam Miller, a negro,
who shot Barnes when the white
man caught him robbing a store. The
negro's father died recently, leaving
him an interest in a fairly large estate
and from this Barnes expects to collect.
Chester.?The chamber of commerce
has been advised by J. D. Elliott, president
of the Elliott Building company
of Hickory, N, C., in a telegram from
Baltimore, that he could make arrangements
to build the Seaboard Air Line
passenger station here if the committee
would agree to leave out steam
heat. This the committee agreed to do.
' Greenville ? One hundred and
twelve distilleries have been destroyed
and 20 gallons of moonshine whiskey
and 26,660 gallons of "beer" has been
jjeized and poured out in Greenville
county by Sheriff Carlos Rector and
his deputies since the first of the year.
Timmonsville.?The business men of
Timmonsville are thoroughly interested
in the establishment of a starch
factory here, momentum being ?iven
to the project at a recent meeting of
the directors or tne cnamoer ui commerce.
Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg,
Greenville and Charlotte clubs, of the
South Atlantic Baseball association,
have Joined in request to President
Walsh to call another meeting of the
league directors to pass upon the matter
of splitting the season.
Florence. Definite action as to
what is best to be done to obtain relief
from the situation created by low
priced tobacco will be determined at
the meeting of the tobacco growers'
association of South Carolina, In
Florence.
Columbia.?Postal receipts for the
three months ending June 30 were announced
by Assistant Postmaster Hester
to be $82,948.98, showing a decrease
of $11,640.33 for the three
months ending March 31.
Death of George S. Mower.
Newberry.?George S. Mower died
at his home, this city, following a
stroke of paralysis sometime during
the night. When his daughter-in- law,
Mrs. Frank Mower, went to his room
about 9 o'clock the next morning to
wake him for bteakfast, she found
him unconscious. Dr. P. G. Elle
sor, who was 'called immediately,
thinks he was stricken with paralysis
in the earlier hours of the night. Mr.
Mower had been ip feeble health for a ?
year or more, bufc kept to his office
and business most of the time.
Guernsey Breeders' Covention.
Chester.?At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Chester-FairReld-York
Breeders' association, in
this city, it was unanimously agreed
to hold the annual meting this year
at the farm of Jonn J. McDaniel, located
about three miles east of Cornivell.
To this meeting not only members
of the association, but every
breeder of Gurnsey cattle living within
the bounds of these three counties,
is invited, and all are asked to bring
their friends, their wives ana a wen-1
Silled basket.
Contest on in Two Counties.
Spartanburg.?A mass meeting of
farmers was addressed by Dr Clarence
Poe, editor of The Progressive
"armer, of Raleigh, here. The oc asion
was the launching of the camjnign
for the South Carolina Cotton
growers' Co-operative Marketing asrelation.
A large number of farmers
rom all sections of the couhty were
iresent.
A telegram was received from Meron
county, challenging Spartanburg
o a contest to see whk-h county would
each the goal first. ^
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NEW ENGINEER #1 ^
GLEMS0NG0LLE6E
PROFESSOR EDWIN L. CLARKE, /
ILLINOIS, SUCCEEDS PROFESSOR
HALE HOUSTON.
('RICE OF BOARD IS REDUCED
Clemson College Summer School Has
Closed After Several Weeks' Labor,
! Embracing Various Courses.
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Clemson College?Prof. Edwin L.
Clarke, of Illinois, has been selected
as chief of the division of civil engineering
to succeed Prof. Hale HOUStnfc
whn rnaicrnt>rt rflpftntlv tO RCCeDt
a' position at his alma mater, Washington
and Lee university. Professor
Clarke is a graduate of the TJniversity
of Illinois and has had varied training
and wide experience in engineering
work.
President Riggs announces that the
board of trustees at its recent meeting
reduced the student board for
next session to $18 per month, thel
price recently having been $20. This,
reduction is made possible by the lower
cost of labor and provisions and
will in no sense affect the good quality
of fare and service.
The Clemson college summer school
closed after six weeks of work in
which /various courses, ranging from
two to six weeks, were given, with a
total attendance of 301 students. The
enrollment figures as given by J. C.
Littbjohn, registrar of the college,
show an attendance of 68 agricultural
teachers, 66 boys' club members, 16
cotton graders, 48 makeup students,
12 students seeking entrance, and 91
federal board men. 1
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Greenville.?Seven hundred and
twenty-nine patients, of whom 406
were discharged cured and 197 were
improved and put on th^ road to recovery,
received treatment at the ;jj
Greenville city hospital in the period
from January 1 to July 1, according fjj
to report of the work for that period
made before the board of governors
by E. L. Hughes, superintendent .t
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Gaffney?At the regular weekly
meeting of Limestone lodge, Knights
of Pythias, on motion of W. K. Gunter,
the lodge voted unanimously to take
a membership in the South Carolina
Good Roads association, and the keep- '
er of records and seal was instructed
to forward to the treasurer the sum of . 4
$25, same to cover the membership
fee in the organization.
Rock Hill.?The new catalogue of ?
Winthrop college for the session of
1921-22 has been printed' and is being
distributed. It makes a handsome
publication and gives fall information
to those who may desire to enter the
college next session.
Mullins.?Mullins is at last to have **
a new, modern and i^p-to-date hotel.
The need for this has beeA seen by
both the traveling public and the citizens
of the town for a number of '
years. The new, hostelry is kaowq as
the Vaughau hotel and was built by
and is under the management of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Vaughan.
Clemson College.?The report of the *
board of visitors made to the trustees
at the summer meeting commends the
fine co-ordination of the various de- ,
partments, the wise and economic expenditure
of funds, the boarding arrangements
and the business administration.
Lancaster.?Governor Cooper can
not appoint a judge of probate of Lancaster
county to succeed the late J. E.
Stewman, but an election the same as
in Greenville and Pickens counties ,
will be necessary to fyi the vacancy,
according to an op<nion rendered by
the attorney general's office.
Greenville.?Fedcal and county officers
discovered a moonshine still
within a few hundred yards of Gover- *
nor Robert A. Cooper's residence, on
Paris Mountain, which the Governor
is occupying as South Carolina's "summer
capitol." ^ *
Mav ComDiete P. and N.,Line.
Gaffney.?It was rumored in Gaffney
that the Piedmont ? Northern
railway has determined to pat throhglu
the missing link in its line of road! \
between Spartanburg ittd Gastonia, \ i
N. C. It is said that work will begin
before the end of the year and that
it will likely become completed by
the early spring of 1122. It is hoped J|
here that the report is true, as this j|
development will mean much to thia # ^
'section, and will give the business
people of Gaffney a competing line of
railroad. A
Converse College Crowded.
Spartanburg.?Every available room
at Converse college was taken several
weeks ago. Last year by completing >
the Judd hall of science, and renting
room in nearby dwellings, the college
was able to accommodate 78 more
students than the year before, and
turned away fully 300 others.
As usual, many of those who have
made reservations will fail for one
reason or another to turn up, and
'hose on the waiting list will be put
in their places as far as possible.
Wrecked Car to Save Child.
Chester.?To avofi running down
and perhaps seriously injuring the
child of R. H. Grant, J H. Morrison
swerved bis Ford car aaide on Columbia
street and dashed into one of
the Southern Public Utilities company's
big poles, which was cut in
two as though by a knife end tern
out of the ground, so great was the *"
force of the impact. The child escap-'
ed injury except for a s'ight cut or .
itwo from broken glass, but Mr Morrison
was painfully cut and bruised,.
though otherwise uninjured.
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