Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, September 01, 1921, Image 2
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Foreign?
King ConBtantine of Greece, who has
been visiting the battle front in Asia
Minor is ill. according to a dispatch
received in Paris.
The treaty of peace between Germany
and the United States was signed
at Berlin at five o'clock, August 25.
The discovery of an allegd plot to 1
assassinate President Obregon resulted
in the arrest of General Jesus Salas
Lopez, commander of a small body '
of troops in the state of Morelos. \
Efforts to salvage the wreck of the
fcR-2, in the wide-spread mouth of the I
Humber river, in the hope that more
>t the bodies of the crew might be
recovered from the twisted debris of
the giant airship. 1
The Sinn Fein's reply to the British
peace offer doesn't accept the proposals,
but "doesn't bang the door to peace,"
the Evening News Dublin correspondent
wired recently. Negotiations, he
reported, are largely a matter of "logicshopping."
Fears that a death list runing as
high as ten thousand has resulted
from typhoons around Ningpo on the
coast, and on the Yangtse river, were
expressed by relief workers recently. .
All communication with the district '
has been severed.
Census figures, pubished recenty,
show that Great Britain has a population
of $42,767,530, compared with 40,631,386
in 1911. There are 20,430,623 '
males and 22,336,907 females.
The ?R-s, the gigantic airship constructed
for the United States navy. ,
*"? 1?- noar Hull ? 1
lies in me numooi n?^?, ?, _ .
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colossal and appaling wreck of what
was the largest dirigible the world
has ever seen. Of the forty-nine offi- 1
cers and men on board the airship,
only five?four British and one Amer- ,
lean survive. ]
An official denial that Director Cuno <
io the Hamburg-American line is to 1
be the first German ambassador to (
the United States after resumption <
of peace, has been issued in Berlin, i
Cuno has also refused the post of fi- 1
nance minister. <
Serious fighting is taking place at J
Sidi Ameran, south of Melilla, Spain.
Sharp fighting along the Spanish po- ]
sitions there is reported. it is stated 1
reinforcements have been dispatched
to the front.
Washington? |
Judge W. W. Larsen recently extended
his attack on the railroad funding
bill during its consideration in
the closing session of the house.
Congressman Charles H. Brand, of
Georgia, member of the banking and 1
currency committee of the house of
representative, gave out a statement
/ in which he expresses great relief in
the improvement of the cotton market.
The treaty with Germany which ,
was signed recently in Berlin was
made public by the state department.
It puts into force the economic, reparations,
military and various other provisions
of the unratified treaty of Versailles,
but provides specifically that
the United States shall not be bound
by the covenant of the league of na- 1
tions or by other enumerated parts
of the treaty of Versailles.
The United States German peace
treaty, framed by the administration J
as a substitute for the long contested
Versailles pact, has been concluded,
and after initial conferences between '
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes with members of the senate 1
foreign relations committee, the new ^
document seemed likely to be ratified j
by the senate after it returns from its (
month's recess. 1
Nine high schools have been officially
recognized by the war department
as "honor" institutions not designated
as such because of the "es- .
pecially high standards of military
training and soldierly displine." The ,
Chattanooga, Tenn., high school is included
in the nine. ,
Friends of Senator Borah of Idaho, ,
father of the disarmament conference, ]
are astounded to learn that Borah will i
not be one of the American delegates. <
However, Senator Borah will not presume
upon President Harding, and has ,
blocked a move by his friends to get .
the president to appoint him. i .
Legislation creating eighteen federal i
judfces at large has been recommended ;
to President Harding because of the I
congested conditions of federal court : i
dockets all over the country. 1
Interesting figures on the number
of farms and thoir sizes in the state s
of Georgia and throughout the United 1
States were announced by the bureau i 1
of census of the department of com- I
merce. The report contains prelimin- ?
ary figures from the 1920 census of 1
agriculture with comparative figures
for 1910. (
Congress put aside its work recently t
for thirty days after a determined f
figtA against the anti-beer bill had i
forced those in charge of it to with- 1
draw it for auction by the senate next 1
fall. I
Workers throughout the United
States are planning a "biggest ever' f
Labor day celebration September 0, I
according to advices received by the ir
American Federation of Labor head- i <
quarters. . r
Plans for the co-ordination of children's
relief organizations interested a
in Russian relief with the American 1
relief administration were discussed
at a meeting of the European relief r
council with Secretary Hoover and
Colonel William M. Haskell, who is L
to have charge of food distribution in r
Russia 1 i:
Disapproval of the administration's ,
ailroad funding bill, recently reportid
by the senate interstate commerce
committee was expressed by William
3. McAdoo, former director of rail- ,
roads in a letter presented to the senate
recently by Senator Stanley, a
Democrat, Kentucky, who requested
Mr. McAdoo's views after the committee
had refused to hear him.
With temperatures above normal <
tn all parts of the belt, cotton failed to
show any general improvement during
the past week. The Weekly National
ond rtnllotin Rati) re
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cently.
Japan's "hearty and appreciative acceptance"
of President Harding's in- I
vitation to participate in the Washington
disarmament and Far Eastern
conference was expressed in a note
received at the state department recently
from the Japanese minister of
foreign affairs.
It is thought that congress will recess
in a few days, and the solons will
go home and recuperate from their arduous
labors. 1
J. S. Wannamaker, president of the
American Cotton Association, attacked
the federal reserve system, and assert- i
ed that deflation of the currency and i
of prices had been terribly destructive 1
to all American producing interests,
that it had been wholly unnecessary,
without any reason and had been alto- 1
gether brought about, deliberately, by
the federal reserve board, composed of
bankers, working in the interests of 1
the bankers of the country.
In the face of all sorts of claims '
by prohibition leaders that congress
should not quit work until the antibeer
bill has been disposed of, indica- 1
tions are that the senate an<J house ;
will recess sqen without taking up that
measure.
Revenue derived from tobacco, ci- I
gars, cigarettes and snuffs during the
year 1920 amounted to $294,000,000, of :
vhich North" Carolina contributed $108,- 1
447,000 and Virginia $20,721,000. 1
The United States government has
virtually authorized Costa Rica to
seize and exercise its jurisdiction over
disputed territory in Central America
now in possession of Panama govern- <
meat troops. For the purpose of main- i
taining control over developments that 1
nay follow, United States armed forces i
?some of them now being urshed from <
this country ? will take up advanta- 1
geous position in the trouble zone
in Central America.
One singular thing about the present
trouble between Panama and Costa <
Rica is that the United States, white (
exercising a special protectorate over |
the former government, is in the posi- :
tion of assisting Costa Rica. Another i
odd feature of the trouble is that the
Coto region is not and never has been
denied by Panama as belonging to
Costa Rico.
Domestic? i
Lieut. R. M. Merrell and Jack Rode- J
heaver, brother of Homer Rodeheaver, (
choir leader for the Rev. Billy Sunday,
were killed near Winona Lake, Ind.,
when their airplane crashed to the
ground.
Albert Hackerman is the most ab- 1
sent-mended man in New York. Emer- '
ging from a Turkish bath started for 1
his office forgetting his clothes. i
Revenue Agent Stokes V. Robertson
said recently that the dismissal of the
Buits against fifty-five of the sixty-two
re-insurance companies by Chancellor
Strieker would not affect the prosecu- ,
tion against the seven re-insurance
companies.
Dancing masters of the middle West (
in convention at Chicago say that business
are finding ballet dancing excellent
exercise, a figure reducer, teaches
poise and grace and improves the
health.
Aopnrrtln? to Senator Richard R.
Meents, one of Governor Smalls
closest political allies, says that Gov- 1
ernor Small will be a candidate for reelection
in 1924.
Two masked bandits held up and
robbed the mail coach Missouri, |
Kansas and Texas limited train as it
entered Denison recently of probably 1
half a million.
John G. Shedd, president of Marshall
Field Co., throws all responsibility
of prosperity on the action of congress.
Several eels were caught by mem- 1
bers of the lighthouse tender Colum- '
bine on the last trip of that vessel to ,
the Cape Lookout breakwater some
beink at least at foot in circumference
and over five feet long.
Reports of a gun battle recently between
Logan county deputy sheriffs
and a large body of armed men at !
Blair, W. Va., according to reports 1
received at Charleston, W. Va.
Thomas Hayes, 48 years of age, a
resident of Nashville, Teun., was shot
and killed recently by his wife, Mrs, *
Maaeie Haves, who claims he was 1
trying to kill her with a razor when J
she fired on him.
Mrs. J. S. Moon, 23 years old, is
lead and her husband was rescued
ifter a drop of 100 feet from the Tarihan
bridge at Memphis, Tenn., into (
.he Mississippi river, is being held on {
i charge of murder as a result of the (
fatal wounding of the woman as she t
kvas crossing the bridge with her hus- i
jand.
Jim Nesbitt, negro, serving a life
sentence for murder on the Spartaniurg,
S. C., chaingang, recently made i
lis escape. He caught a bloodhound i
nit on his trail and tied him to a trea i
ind proceeded in his flight. He was <
atur captured, however.
Albert Chenvert. recently sentenced
in a charge of beating his wife, wao
aken from the jail by a mob and given
i whipping at Bunkie. La. Then the
nob pasesd the hat and tock up a colection
for the wife and two-months-old
iaby. Chenvert was told to leave town
lost haste. He left.
Chicago reports that i'-.rmers have
looded the live stock and grain markets
of the county with heavy ship
nents, regardless of warnings from ;
:cnunission dealers and demoralized !
narkets.
Mobile shippers have filed complaint
tgainst rates charged on hardwood '
umber and other products of the' for>st
with the interstate commerce comnission.
Flood waters in the state capitol ,
milding at Phoenix, Ariz., are slowly J
eceding. The damage to the capitol i
3 estimated at $30?.0flfl
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TO WITHDRAW OUR
TROOPS FROM RHINE
ACTION WILL AFFORO RELIEF
TO HUNS OF HEAVY BURDEN
OF MAINTENANCE.
A RENEWED PROMISE TO PAY
Latest Available Figures Place the
Number of American Troops in the
Army of Occupation at 14,000.
Washington.?Intimations were given
in high official quarters that the
withdrawal of the American troops
from the Rhine will be seriously conaiHorpri
rs soon as the peace treaty
signed in Berlin has been ratified by
the Senate and the German Reichstag.
No definite prediction was made but it
has been established that the administration
would feel that there would be
no necessity of burdening Germany
with the support of an army of occupation.
Under the new treaty Germany
agrees to perpetuate the promise she
made in the treaty of Versailles to
pay the expenses of occupation, but
there is no direct mention of the subject
which, it is understood could be
Interpreted as in any way affecting tne
present situation of binding the United
States ether to remain or withdraw.
Latest available figures place the
number of American troops in the
army of occupation at 14,000. whose
cost of maintenance is nearly a million
dollars a month.
Expect Release of Prisoners.
Geneva.?With the convening here
of September 5 of the second general
assembly of the league of nations, it
Is expected that the announcement
can be made that the last war prisoner
in Russia has been returned to
his home.
Spectre of Another War.
London. ? The spectre of a new
world war would hang over the Irish
situation if the peace negotiations
should collapse and hostilities were
resumed, according to Lloyd George's
speech in Barnsley.
Government Not to Intervene.
Washington. ? Encouraged by reports
from West Virginia indicating
that threatened bloodshed there has
been averted, officials here saw little
likelihood of the federal government
taking part in the labor disputes
there.
Food For Relief is Moving.
Washington.?American food is being
loaded in trains at Danzig and will
start moving towarb Petrograd in two
or three days, according to word
reaching Secretary of Commerce
Hoover.
May Demand Investigation.
Washington.?Congressional investigation
of the Z R-2 disaster will be
lomanded unless the findings of the
British probe are satisfactory to congress,
Senator King of Utah declared.
Disappointment of Diplomats.
Washington.?There is no concealment
here of the disappointment of
allied diplomats in the new peace
treaty signed by the United States
md Germany.
Prevention of Forest Fires.
Washington. ? Activities for the
prevention of forest fires and preservation
of our forests are now on in
most of the states of the union, the
lepartment of agriculture announced.
Are Many Supposed Swindlers.
Chicago.?Sixty men, many of them
leaders in banking and other busilesses
in their community, will he inlicted
in connection with the alleged
Charles W. French $50,000,000
'swindle trust."
Forty Killed in Collision.
Magliana, Italy. ? Forty persons
were reported killed when a passenger
train crashed into a freight
lear here. Scores were injured.
Volcanic Eruption Expected.
Honolulu.?Extreme activity during
:he autumn months of the year culmi
aating in a tremendous erupuuu >u
November is the prediction being
nade by local volcanologists for the
Kilauea volcano.
Taxes Ahead of Tariff.
Washington. ? The senate finance
committee decided to put the tax bill
ihead of the tariff. Plans call for
consideration of the revenue measure
:o begin after hearings on the tariff
iave been concluded.
Reduced Prices for Paper.
Minneapolis, Minn.?The Minnesota
tnd Ontario Paper company anaounced
a price of $88 per ton for
lews print paper for the months of
Dctober, November and December.
Detectives Seeking Assassins.
Berlin. ? Detectives were at work
early in the Black forest, near Offen;>urg,
Baden, attempting to pick up
some trace of the assassins who shot
ind killed Mathias Erzberger, one of
lie prominent leaders in the German
centralist party.
i inLr inhn?nn is Paralyzed.
Savannah, Ga. ? A special to the
Savannah Press from Washington
says Henry Lincoln Johnson, republican
national committeeman from
Georgia, has suffered a stroke of
paralysis.
Steamships Must Be Returned.
New York.?Federal Judge Manton
jrdered the receivers for the United
States Mail Steamship company to
return immediately to the shipping
aonrd nine chartered steamships
which were seized by the board.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY DE VALERA
"We Have Not Sought War, But If War
be Forced Upon Us We Must Defend
Ourselves, and We Shall Do So."
London.?The British government's
peace proposals were laid before the
Dail Eireann, which rejected them
unanimously, but is willing to negotate
on the principle of government by
consent of the governed, Eamonn de
Valera says in his reply to Mr. Lloyd
.George, the British prime minister.
The letter proposed that Great
Britain and Ireland appoint representatives
with plenary powers to negotiate
details on this principle.
"We have not sought war nor do we
seek war, b^|t if war be made upon us
we must defend ourselves, and we
shall do so," says Mr. de Valera's
; letter.
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Date of Next Great War Set.
London.-yAll doubts as to the exact
date of the next world war have been
! set at rest by Mr. J. Ramsey Macdon!ald,
prominent socialist and pronounc-i
ed pacifist, who declared in an inter-!
view tnat "tne wona in i?ou ana ^uuu
will have to go through the same horrors
as in 1914."
Increase in Pellagra.
Jackson. Miss.?The morbidity report
issued by the state board ol
health showed an increase in Mississippi
in the number of pellagra
cases reported. During July 2,201
, cases were reported against 1,212
cases for the same month in 1920.
The Beer Tax In Britain.
London.?One reason why the British
government doesn't like prohibition
lies in the fact that, according to
figures just published, excise duty on
beer for the year ending March 31,
brought $616,907,000 rolling into Its
coffers.
All Treaty Rights Secure.
ashWington.?Full title to "all the
rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations
or advantages" specified for the
| United States upder the unratified
; Treaty of Versailles is reaffirmed in
j the separate treaty with Germany.
State Department Unperturbed.
Washington. ? State department offlcail8
appeared unperturbed by the
report that Panama would not recognize
the validity of the commission
selected to delimit the boundary line
between Costa Rica and Panama.
Another Airplane Falls.
London.?An airplane carrying mail
from London to Brussels, fell into
the English channel a few miles off
Calais, France, as the result of the
explosion of its petrol tank..
Bandits Make Big Haul.
Los Angeles, Calif.?Between $20,000
and $45,000 was obtained by the
bandits who robbed the Huntington
Park branch of the Lob Angeles Trust
and Savings bank.
Spanish Recruiting 8topped.
Washington. ? Recruiting in the
United States by Spanish officials for
Moroccan service has been suspended
on orders from Madrid, the Spanish
embassy announced.
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U. S. to Dispose of Liquor,
i Washington.?Immediate disposition
I of liquors seized under the national,
: prohibition act on which storage!
charges are accrued was ordered by.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
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Washington. ? The United States
i will lose a million dollars through
| the destruction of the dirigible Z R2
under the terms of an agreement enI
tered into with the British government.
Two Are Murdered and Robbed.
Tampa. Fla.?Rube Jones, 45, of of
] Port Richey, lormer marshal, of Tarj
pon Springs, and Bert Scott, 39, also
of Port Richey, were shot to death
from ambush at Stevenson's bend,
near Weeckiwatchee Springs.
Robbery was the motive, apparently,
as Jones was known to carry a roll
of about $2,000 in cash. This money
| and a large diamond ring whicn he
wore on his left hand were taken. A
diamond stud in his shirt was overlooked
as well as $34 which he had in
another pocket.
President Has Shipping Bill.
Washington. ? The bill carrying
$>48,i>UU,('UU ior expenses 01 me snip-;
ping board until January 1, next, and :
$200,000 for expenses of the disarma-'
ment conference was sent to the
i President.
Farm Credits Agreed To.
Washington. ? The senate before
adjourning put aside the anti-beer
bill to adopt the conference report
on the agricultural credits bill already
agreed to by the house and sent
| it to the President for his approval.
To Abandon Fort Moultrie.
Charleston.?Orders have been received
at oFrt Moultrie which have,,
' to do with the virtual abandonment
of this historic post. Col. F. S. Long,
i commanding, has been transferred to
i the Philippines.
Gun Fight Report Unconfirmed.
Charleston. W. Va.?Reports of a
gun battle between Logan county
deputy sheriffs, said to number 300,
and a larue bodv of armed men atl
' Blair. W. Va? liave been received here,
but were unconfirmed.
Steamer Sends S. 0. S. Call.
Halifax. N. S. ? The American (
steamer City of Brunswick, from Mobile.
Ala., to Antwerp, is reported
1 aground and calling for assistance
from Sambro ledges, about twenty
miles from here. The City of Bruns- i
wick registers 9,500 gross tons.
Peter Cooper Hewitt Dead.
Paris.?Peter Cooper Hewitt. Ameri- i
jean scientist end electrical inventor. 11
died in an American hospital here.
Mrs. Hewitt and his sisters were at
the bedside. |i
WORK or WOMEN A
FEATUBEJF SHOW
MRS. F. C. HOOK SUCCESSFULLY
ORGANIZING AN INTERESTING
DEPARTMENT
SEVERAL CONTRACTS SI6NE0
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Both Small and Large Individual Exhibits
Will Be Displayed in This
Unique Display of Handiwork.
Charlotte, N. C.?The task of organizing
an exhibit for the Made-inCarolna
Exposition, which will be held
here September 12 to 29, to show the
handiwork of women, is being rapidly
carried to a successful conclusion by
Mrs. C. C. Hook, of this city, former
president of the State Federation of
Woman's Clubs. Mrs. Hook has
charge of this work for the Charlottes
Woman's Club, which has undertaken
to form a comprehensive woman's
work exhibit, expected to require
about 1,000 feet of floor space.
A number of exhibitors already have
signed contracts for-participation in
this exhibit, and details incident to
a decison on the part of others are
being worked out by correspondence,
said Mrs. Hook. She began this effort
about ten days ago, and said, "1
feel very much encouraged by the success
which has come so early."
Both small and large individual exhibits
are being included in this display,
making it convenient for manufacturers
of articles of particular interest
to women to participate as
well as for various woman's organizations.
Great Confederate Reunion.
Durham, N. C.?With more than
1,000 veterans of the North Carolina
Division, United Confederate Veterans,
in attendance, the most successful
state reunion in years closed with
a reception by the Daughters of the
Confederacy ^t Trinity College and
a grand ball at Lakewood park.
Tobacco Grower* Sign Up.
Richmond, Va. ? Sixteen thousand
tobacco growers have signed the marketing
contract as a result of the
state-wide drive for a seventy-five per
cent membership in the Tobacco
Growers' Co-operative association.
Cause of Airship Disaster.
Howden, England?The cause of the ]
disaster to the Z R-2, according to the j
best information obtainable here, the
base of the destroyed dirigible, was j
the breaking of the longitudinal gir-j
ders amidships, made of an aluminum
alloy, cutting the airship in halves.
Much Alcohol Destroyed.
New Orleans, La.?Twenty-six thousand
gallons of pure grain alcohol
were destroyed at the plant of the
Jefferson Distilling and Denaturing
Co. when lightning struck the plant.
The Congress Has Recessed.
Washington.?Congress took a recess
until September 21, without a
vote by the senate on a bill prohibit-1
ing the manufacture and sale of beerj
to the sick.
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No Medical Beer.
Washington. ? Decision to wthhold
issuance of medical beer regulations
pending congressional action on proposed
anti-beer legislation was reached
by Secretary Mellon.
Small Will Run Again.
Springfield, Ills. ? Governor Small
will be a candidate for re-election in
1924, Senator Richard R.vMeenta, one;
of the governor's closest political
allies said.
Solons Leave Washington.
Washington. ? Senators arid representatives
generally left Washington
for a vacation as a result of Congress
declaring a thirty days' recess.
Plot to Kill Obregon.
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IVIKJICU lilt uiowu.VI,
alleged plot to assinate President Obregion
resulted in the arrest of Gen.
Jesus Salas Lopez.
Arizona Capitol Flooded.
Phoenix, Ariz.?Flood waters from
Cave creek entered the state capitol
building here. The basement of the
structure was flooded to a depth of
nearly two feet.
Soldiers Seek Enlistment.
Chicago.?A committee representing
more than two hundred unemployed
former soldiers, sailors and marines,
placed an offer before the Spanish
consulate here to serve in the Spanish
foreign legion being recruited to
fight in Morocco.
Cotton Has Not Improved.
Washington. ? With temperatures
above normal in all parts of the belt,
cotton failed to show any general improvement
during the past week, the1
weekly national weather and crop bulletin
said.
Crisslnger is Optimistic.
Memphis, Tenn.?D. R. Crissinger,
comptroller of the currency, told business
men and bankers of the cotton
growing states tnat tne Business anu
industrial outlook Is steadily improving.
Villa Flees From Home Ranch.
El Paso. Texas. ? Francisco Villa
has fled from his half-million acre
ranch at Canutlllo, Durango, to Par-'
ral to enlist aid of the Mexican government
in putting down a revolt
among his followers.
Only American to Escape.
Hull, England.?Norman O. Walker,
a rigger, was the only American to escape
when the Z R-2 was destroyed.
It was reported early in the night j
that he had <jied, but inquiry has es-:
tabllshed the fact that he is alive. j
SPECTATORS PANIC STRICKEN i
A Dispatch to the Press Association
Says That Five Men Were Saved
of the Crew of Forty-nine.
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L.onaon.? iue giani uiramp 4n.-?, r
purchased by the United Slates from
Great Britain, exploded over the city
of Hull, according to advices received
shortly after 6 o'clock.
The airship is a wreck in the river
Humber. r
The airship was passing over Hull
in fine style when suddenly it was
seen to break in two. Instantly there
were terrific explosions and the air- R
ship burst into flames and commenced
to descend. Three parachutes were
seen to leave the ZR-2.
Thousands of the people of Hull
watched the disaster. As the explosion
occurred they dashed panicstricken
in all directions for fear of
being enveloped in the wreckage.
It was while the Z R2 was cruising
over Hull that she was seen to emerge *
from the clouds and suddenly break
in two. One portion appeared to rise "a
ip the air. The other descended slowly
and fell into the Humber.
A dispatch to the Press Association ?
from Hull says five men were saved
from the crew of forty-nine.
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No Reunion of U. C. V.'a. ?(
Lynchburg, Va.?Published reports
that this year's reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans, Sons of Vete- r*
rans and other affiliated organizations
has been abandoned because no j
southern city was willing to act as
host, were confirmed by Arthur H.
Jennings, historian-in-chief of the 1
Sons of Veterans.
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Three Separate Whiskey Rings.
New York.?A special anti-bootleg- 0
ging force sent to New York by the
department of internal revenue has
found evidence of three big separate 0
whiskey rings, operating in the belief
that they are "grandly immune to the
law," said Howard R. Kiroack, head
of the force.
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A Heavyweight Family. ^
Bellefonte, Pa.?Centre county may
have that famous straw that broke |
the camel's back. Philip Straw and 8
his nine children are claiming the "
heavyweight family championship of
ho ufota Tho ton of thom woiffh
2,318 pounds.
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Law to Regulate Rentals.
Cincinnati, O.?It is reported that c*
the matter o {enacting laws to govI
em rental of residence property will g|
receive serious consideration at the
annual convention of the American
Bar Association, to be held in Cincinnati
from August 30 to September
12.
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Stephenson is Bound Over. f
Birmingham, Ala.?Rev. Edwin R. tjC
Stephenson, who shot and killed
Father James E. Coyle, pastor of St.
Paul's Catholic Church, on August
11, was bound over to await action of
the Jefferson county grand jury at a ^
preliminary trial. {(j
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Legion's Home-Coming Welcome.
Chateau Thierry, France.?The American
Legion delegation found a
home-coming welcome when they returned
to Chateau Thierry, made fa- A
mous by their feats of valor against c
the Germans in the world war. '
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Will- Allen is Lynched.
Columbia, S. C.?Will Allen, negro,
who shot and-kiled Noah Frick, a
white farmer of the Chapin section ^
of Lexington county, was lynched by A
a posse of 150 men near Chapin. ej
Treaty With Auatra Signed.
Vienna.?The treaty of peace with
the United States was'signed at 1
o'clock in the afternoon.
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Carpentier's Coming Combat.
Paris.?Georges Carpentier will be
called upon to face an opponent in m
Albert Hall, London, on December 2,
says the sporting newspaper Auto.
The man to oppose him Will be chosen
by Major Wilson, the English * fight
promoter, frdm four prominent heavy- ai
weights, Bob Martin, heavyweight ?
champion of the American expeditionary
forces; Frank Moran, the veteran
pugilist r Bob McCormick, the English
lightweight, and Joe Bickett,
whose defeate by Carpentier in De- pc
cember, 1919, provided a sensation for p!
the sporting world. ?.
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Steamer Line Rseumes.
Charleston, S. C. ? Announcement
was made by J. L. Doten, agent for
the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship
company, that this line would resume ^
regular sailings between Charleston, a
Georgetown and Baltimore.
Marines to Sail.
Charleston, S. C. ? The U. S. S. je
Henderson, a transport, is on her fi?
tirov frnm VnrfrOU to fall here for a
contingent of 400 marines who will
embark for the West Indies. They
will come from Parris Island. ,
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30,000,000 Starving Peasants.
Riga. ? The number of peasants
threatened with starvation in the j (
Volga region is now placed at 30,000,- ^
000 by a Moscow wireless dispatch. .
In this number 9,500,000 children are
included. '
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New Offer for Muscle Shoals.
Sheffield, Ala.?An offer of 4 per
cent on an investment of $120,000,000, ^
or $4,800,000 annually, was made for
the Muscle Shoals plant by Herman er
D. Ruhm of New York city, it is bc
stated here.
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Georgia Sheriff Slain.
niafirchonr fin ? John \V Robert
son, sheriff of Pierce county, was VIII-1 .
ed while searching for an alleged
horse thief, near Patterson, in this
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county- th.
Dirigible R Z-2 Takes the Air. de
Pulham, England. ? Out over the
North sea, above the low clouds and
the banks of mist, the giant dirigible
Z R-2 was cruising up and down off
the coast of Norfolk waiting for day- t
light to guide her to her moorings at ne
Pulham. ?a
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GROWING GREATER
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INAL WORK ON BIG CEMENT,
BRICK AND STEEL BUILDING
PRACTICALLY FINISHED.
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XHIBITORS DAILY ARRIVING
ailway Systems, Operating in South*
eastern States Are Extending Aid
in Every Possible Way.
Charlotte, N. C. ? The final work ,
axing been done on the great brick,
eel and concrete building and the
iBk of decorating the interior praccally
completed, the exhibitors, num;ring
more than 200, began early the
sk of arranging their jftoducts, pre
iratory to the opening of the Madei-Charlotte
Exposition Monday, Sepimbertember
12. This event will bo
te first of its kind ever held, and one
t the most important undertakings of
iblic interest accomplished In the
)utheastern states in recent years,
c interest accomplished in the southScores
of exhibitors and their repisentatives
are arriving daily in
harlotte to give personal attention.
) the hundreds of details incident to
le preparation of and installation of
ieir exhibits. T. H. Bryant, buildlg
manager, has organized a staff of
ten to afford whatever assistance that
i proper and necessary and the injripr
of the building is now a scene
[ intense and constant activity. '
The railway systems operating in
le southeastern states also are coperating
in every possible way.
Naturalization Class of 600.
Detroit ,MIch. ? Administering the
ith of allegiance to a naturalization
lass of 600 by Federal Judge Arthur
, Tuttle during a public Americaftittlon
program at tlje Michigan State
air grounds will be one of the outtandlng
features of the national entrapment
of the Veterans of Foreign
Tare ih Detroit, September 19 to 24.
Methodists Gain Many Members.
Nashville, Tenn.?Statistics for prestation
at the ecumenical Methodist
inference in London next month
xow that American Methodism has ?
lined 1,225,091 members during the
ist decade, it wad announced here.
Pinchot Against Ford's Bid.
Washington. ? Henry Ford's terms
ir taking over the Muscle Shoals
awer and nitrate plant were asilled
publicly by Gilford Pinchot,
>rmer chief 'forester and conservaonist.
Sileslan Question Brought Up.
Geneva.?Solution of the " Sllesiatt
lestioh, which has puzzled' the
>lest diplomats of the Allied nations
r many months, was taken up her*
f the council of the League of Naons.
American Killed by Mexicans.
Washington.?David I. Richards, an
merican, was killed by Mexicans at
hivela, according to consular adIces
from Salina Cruz received at
le state department.
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Woman Gets Appointment.
Washington.?Appointment of Mrs.
label Walker Willebrandt, of Los
ngeles, to be assistant attorney gen*a!
of the United States was anounced
at the White House.
Many More Drug Addicts.
New York.?There are three times
j many drug addicts in New York
ty since prohibition went into efict,
according to Bird S. Coler, com.issioner
of public jyelfare.
More Trouble In Morocco.
Madrid.?Reports from Morocco incate
that trouble has occurred
nong the native Spanish auxiliaries
i Eli Araish, on the Atlantic coast
! Morocco to the south of Tangier.
Bandit Secures ?zou,uuu.
Chicago.?The raid on the safe de)sit
vaults of the Security Safe De>sit
company in the Masonic Teme
by four masked robbers, netted
ie bandits $250,000.
Recover Bodies of Americans.
London.?The bodies of Lieut. Comander
Emory Coil, U. S. N., and Ad
ettit, a rigger, who were killed in the __
11 of the dirigible Z R-2 at Hull, were
icovered.
Revenue Collections Smaller.
Washington.-Mnternal revenue colctions
from all sources during the
ical year 1921 decreased more than
I12,OOOX#0 as compared wi|h the
evious year, while the cost of colction
advanced from 55 to 88 cents
r sioo collected.
Hungarian-American Treaty.
Budapest.?Clauses concerning the
jague of Nations covenant, internajnal
labor legislation and war crimals
are to be left out of the Hungain-American
peace treaty, according
informatipn.
Crowd at Memorial Services.
Hoboken, N. J.?The largest crowd
at has yet attended a memorial serce
for returned soldier dead gathed
on the armv piers to honor'the
dies of 5,795 soldiers that arrived
cently.
Harding Will Call Conference.
Washington. ? President Harding
II call a national conference reprentative
of the whole country to
;et here ne^t month to inquire into
e unemployment problem in an enavor
to provide a remedy.
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Casualties in West Virginia.
State Police Headquarters, Ethel,
. Va.?Five men fell in an encounr
between an armed band and atato
)ops on Peach creek, Logan county,
ar the Boone-Logan county line,
,pt. J. R. Brookos reported.
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