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REVIEW OF"
CURRENT EVENTS
American Legion Has Eminent
Foreign Warriors as Guests
at its Convention.
MACNIOER IS NEW CHIEF
Conference Delegate* Assembling In
Washington and Plan* Crystalize?
Senate Completes Its Tax BillPeace
In Ireland Depends
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By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
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, i . rlors of the allied nations and
the Unlfed States as its guests, the
American Legion met in convention
.last week in Kansas City. Seldom
i ' have such scenes of enthusiasm been
t witnessed in an American city, and
never before have we had here such
a distinguished group of military and
naval leaders us those who brought to
the legion the greetings of our associates
in the Wqrld war and sat in
the reviewing stand as the thousands
of American veterans of that conflict
v marched in the grand parade.
Naturally Marshal Ferdinand Foch
of France, generalissimo of the allied
armies, held iirst place in the Interest
and enthusiusm, but General Pershing
> ran him a close second; and Admiral
Lord Beatty, the hero of the battle
of Jutland, General Diaz, chief of the
Italian urrules, and Gen. Baron
Jacques of Belgium could not complain
of the welcome accorded them.
All of them addressed the convention,
and ull of them paid full tribute to
the gallantry of the soldiers of the
armies of the allied nations, with always
reverent words for those who
gave up their lives in the cause of
liberty, and words of sympathy for
those to whom the great conflict
brought wounds and illness.
y The legion elected Hanfortl MacNlder,
lieutenant colonel of the Ninth
Infantry in the war and a banker of
Mason City, Iowa, its national commander,
and by unanimous vote conferred
on MaJ. Gen. Milton J. Foreman
of Illinois the title of past commander
with all privileges of that office.
Commander MacNider, who is a
Harvard graduate, holds these decorations
: Distinguished Service Cross and
one cluster, chevalier of the Legion
of Honor, Croix de Guerre, with citations,
three palms, one gold and one
silver star, and the Italian war cross.
He was cited three times in general
orders.
Just before it adjourned the convention
adopted several interesting reso-'
lutlons. One of them declared for
bonus legislation and "deplored the
request of President Harding to delay
passage by congress of a measure
for the same and the acquiescence of
congress in that respect." Another
resolution, mildly censuring Ambassa:
dor Harvey for his London speech, declared
that address "does not represent
the true American attitude as interpreted
by the American Legion, and
let it be known now and for all time
that America fought not only for the
maintenance of America's rights, but
for the freedom of the world." The
Jeglon opposed the freeing of Debs,
declared Itself against Asiatic Immigration
and for loyalty In schools, and
adopted the daisy as Its ofllolul flower.
FROM the moment when he landed
in New York and grasped the hand
of General Pershing, who had won the
race across the Atlantic by an hour,
Marshal Foch has been kept busy with
ovations, parades, receptions and banquets
In Gotham. Washington, Kansas
City, Chicago, St. Louis and everywhere
else that the admiring populace
can get to him. The same is
true, only in lesser degree, of the other
eminent foreigners who are now In
America. All of them are qow turning
their steps toward the national
capital, where they will take part in
the impressive burial of the "Unknown
American Soldier" in Arling
ton on Armistice day, and then take
up their duties In connection with the
confe-ence on limitation of armaments,
the formal opening of which
BANK OF ENGLAND CUTS RATE
Reduces Discount to Five Per Cent
From Five and One-Half?Follows
Cut Here.
London.?The Hunk of England reduced
its rate of discount to 5 per
cent from f>% per cent.
Reduction of the rate of discount by
the Bank of England follows an announcement
by the United States federal
reserve hoard that the discount
rate of federal reserve banks located
eath on the Cenotaph In London. 2?
-General Diaz of Italy reviewing cade
was postponed until the next day, November
12. In good time for that
momentous event, Premier Briand and
his colleagues from France arrived
on the steamship Lafayette, and a
little later Arthur J. Balfour and his
associates came from England. Mr.
Balfour will be acting chief of the
British delegation, because the Irish
negotiations have caused Premier
Lloyd George to delay his departure
from London. Mr. Balfour Is accompanied
by the earl of Cavnn, Air
Vice Marshal Higglns, Sir Maurice
Hankey, Miles Lampson, Sir John Jordon
aftd a large staff of clerks and
experts. The Italians also arrived,
and the large number of Jupanese delegates
and advisors have been coming
for days.
With the assistance of a big advisory
committee thut was named last
week, the American delegates have
formulated the armament reduction
proposals they will submit .to the conference.
Details of the plan, of
course, were withheld for diplomatic
reasons, but It Is understood to aim
at a Joint agreement that would operate
to cut down naval construction
without changing the relative naval
strength of the United States, Great
Britain and Japan. The Americans,
It Is believed, have no definite plan
for limitation of land armament, and
It may be the conference will come
to no agreement on that rantter.
Japan's representatives In the conference
were unusually talkative last
week. Besides denying emphatically
the oft-heard charges that the government
of Japan Is an autocracy,
and that the militarists control It,
they let It bo known that their plea
for expansion on the Asiatic mainland
will not be based on over population,
but on the necessity of obtaining
the enlarged supply of raw materials
and other resources that will
enable Japan to transform Itself from
an agricultural to on Industrial nation.
The Japanese hold that It Is
not fenslble to obtain from China, in
the ordinary course of trade, the coal,
iron and other materials which Japan
must have, and In which China
abounds. Therefore, they say, Japan
must obtain concessions and political
control of the mine districts. It remains
to be seen how the Japanese
delegates will make this claim stand
up. In view of the fact that Japan
joined with the other powers In
pledges to preserve the territorial Integrity
of China.
sonnte snpnf mn<st nf the week
plowing through the tax hill and
the numerous committee amendments
and those offered by Individual senators.
Senator Smoot fought persistently
for his sales tax Idea, offering
three alternative plans, and the sentiment
In favor of It grew so strong
that the house leaders were constrained
to send to the senate another
warning that under no circumstances
would the house accept a
sales tax as an amendment to the
bill. Chairman Fordney of the house
ways and means committee, however,
said lie would incorporate a sales tax
In the soldiers' bonus bill which he
Intends to Introduce at the beginning
of the December session, and he believed
the house might accept this.
Among the many changes In the house
bill voted by the sennte was the elimination
of taxes on musical Instruments,
sporting goods, chewing gum,
toilet soaps and powders, tooth
washes and pastes, electric fans, thermos
bottles and articles made of fur.
SENATOR TOM WATSON of
Georgia created a sensation, dur!
lng the debate on the soldiers' bonus,
by making charges that many American
soldiers were executed In France
without trial, and offering a photograph
of a gallows at Olevres on
which, he asserted, at least 22 boys
had been hanged,- A special committee
was named to Investigate Watson's
chnrges, which were promptly denounced
as preposterous by those who
should know. Senator New produced
Wur department figures showing the
death sentences In France numbered
28, only ten of which, mostly for
crimes against women, were carried
Into effect. Capt. W. M. Earner, who
was camp quartermaster at Glevres,
says the scaffold mentioned bv Watson
was erected by him for the execution
of one man. who hnd murdered
a military policeman, and that no
other man was executed there during
the entire war.
In eight of the districts tiad neen cut.
Fluctuations of the rate established
by the Hunk of England have been
of great Interest In the United States,
being Indications of the financial situation
In London. The reduction ol
the discount rate on June 23 to fl pet
cent from per cent was unexpected.
as all Indications were that the
0^ per cent rute would be maintained
for some time.
When the World war broke out lr
August. 1014, the rate was advanced
to 10 per cent, the highest In the his
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Marshal Foch and party and Ainbasts
of the Naval academy at Annapolis.
MORE evidently than ever before,
pea*e In Ireland Is up to Ulster,
If the guesses of the London correspondents
are correct. The Sinn Fein,
It is said, has submitted specific plans
which the government thinks may be
feasible if Ulster agrees to them.
Consequently, the cabinet asked Sir
James Craig, the Ulster premier, to
go to London for consultation. The
plan, It is believed, provides for the
extension of powers and the democratization
of the council of Ireland to
make It really a national parliament,
with Ulster consenting to come In as a
province, retaining Its autonomy. The
scheme would call for a plebiscite in
the counties of Fermanagh and Tyrone,
to determine whether they should
adhere to southern Ireland or Ulster.
So far the utterances of the Ulster
leaders indicate that they will not
countenance anything leading to the
diminution of the area under the control
of the Ulster government. However
the Sinn Fein delegates were very
hopeful last week thut a commonsense
agreement would be reached before
long.
VEXED by the predatory designs
of the little entente against Hungary,
and the demands made on thut
nation, the allied powers came to the
rescue, and ordered the little entente
to stop Its military plans against Hungarians.
They also demanded that
Hungary should surrender former Emperor
Karl and his wife, and should
at once pass a law deposing for all
time the Hapsburg family. The national
assembly was called together
In Budapest, and a bill introduced
that would have this effect, and that
postpones the election of a new king
until a more favorable date. Karl
and Zlta were turned over to the British,
placed on a gunboat and started
on their way to exile, probably on
one of the Madeira Islands.
This, however, does not bring peace
to central Europe. Both Greece and
Jugo-Slavia, it Is reported, have Invaded
poor Albania, one from the
south and the other from the north.
And General Petlura has started another
serious revolt in the Ukralrte
against the Russian soviet government.
Large bodies of his supporters
from Rumania and Poland swanned
across the border and gained control
of virtually all of Podolla, capturlDg
Kaiulnetz-Podolsk and other cities.
SOVIET Russia, through Foreign
Minister Tchitcherln, has made
overtures to the rest of the world, asking
especially that the United States,
Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan
make peuce with the republics of Rus
sia and the Far East. He says the
soviet government Is prepared to recognize
the debts Russia contracted
previous to 1914, Including the enormous
bond Issues held mostly In
France. This new step of the Lenin
government toward conservatism has
not so far aroused great enthusiasm
among the other nations, though Gretlt
Britain Is sufficiently Interested to ask
for further particulars.
ACCORDING to reports received
by the federal permanent committee
on unemployment, the number
of Jobless workers In the United States
has decreased by about one-third during
the last month, being now approximately
2,000,000. The mills In the
South are again busy, blast furnaces
In the steel centers are starting up,
and the railroads are taking on additional
shop workers. To offset this, the
coal minors of Indiana nearly all quit
work In protest against a federal
court decision against the "checkoff"
system of collecting union dues.
There was much talk about the walkout
becoming general, but this seemed
unlikely, unless President Lewis of the
United Mine Workers should Issue
mandatory strike orders. New York
and the surrounding towns were subi
l,vn?/ul s\ vntlnn onH nnnflialAti
JtVlCU t?? UIIU vvi?*ua?vit
by a strike of milk wagon drivers,
and the job printing houses of the Chicago
district faced a possible strike
of their employees for higher wages
and against a return to the 48-hour
week.
THE Democratic party has not been
satisfied with Its leadership since
the defeat at the polls last November,
so the other day the national committee
elected former Congressman Cordell
Hull of Tennessee as chairman, to
| replace George White of Ohio.
tory of the Bank of England, that
point having been touched upon only
i two occasions, during the panics of
, I8f?7 and 1806. After a few days, how
ever, It was reduced to 6 per cent and
' later to 5 per cent. It remained at
that point until about the middle of
11116, when It was advanced to 6 per
cent, but It was lowered to per cent
1 in April, 1917. On Nov. 6, 1910, It went
up to 0 per cent, where it remained uni
til April, 1920, when it was advanced
I again to 7 per cent. On April 28, last.
there was a reduction to OVa per cent.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
/IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THI8
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS JF_THE SOUTH
What la Taking Place In The Southland
Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign?
Mrs. W. Meng, who has been doing
the Mother Eve stunt in the South sea
islands, with only a perfectly good
husband as companion, has tired of
the lonely, barefoot freedom, moonlight
on coral strands and parrot-chatter in
sun-baked palms and hubby's shinning
trees to toss her an apple. By the way,
she, with her husband, was engaged
in cultivating a virgin copra plantation.
She arrived recently fat Honolulu,
where she told of her loneli
ness.
In an unequivocal declaration that
the United States will not be drawn
into any foreign alliance whatsoever,
Ambassador to the Court of St. James
George Harvey has definitely extinguished
the hope of England that the
disarmament and Pacific problems
might be solved through triple agreement
between United States, Great
Britain and France, and told 'n clearcut
decisiveness that George Washington's
declaration that America must
be free of entangling alliances had
been endorsed by e\ery succeeding
president, including President Harding.
The British national committee of
the International Chamber of Commerce
recently resolved that "desirability
of negotiations In order to ol>
tain the benefits which would accrue
if the war debts of the allies to Great
Britain were reduced or cancelled on
terms to be agreed upon."
The British government has obtained
its expected mandate from the house
negotiations, coming as a result of the
commons to proceed with the Irish
defeat of the Unionist motion, 439 to
43, censuring the government for initiating
the Irish negotiations. LloydGeorge
also achieved another of his oratorical
victories before 'an expectant
audience. So far as the movement of
protest was designed to draw information
as to the proceedings of the conference
it failed; the premier gave no
information as to what has been decided,
or is being discussed regarding Mr.
de Valera's claim to independence and
the rumored attempts to arrange concessions
from Ulster for a united Ireland.
These remain in the realm of
snecul&tlnn. One niece of information
the premier did give. It was that unless
something happened within a few
days, presumably in the conference, to
solve the unsettled status of Ireland's
two government's steps would be taken
to give the Ulster parliamenf the powers
necessary to make It a real government.
Washington?
The sales tax was rejected recently
by the senate. The vote, 43 aainst to
25 for, was on a proposal by Senator
Smoot, Republican, Utah, for a one
per cent levy with exemptions provided
in thee ase of sales by farmers of
the products of their farm, sales by
public utilities and those by the United
States of any foreign government
or any state or territory, the army and
navy hospitals.
State department aavices irom unjhuahua,
Mexico, report the capture of
four Americans by Mexican bandits,
who have been released on payment
of a five thousand pesos ransom.
The emergency fleet corporation is
preparing to sell eight to twelve steel
freighters of ten to twelve thousand
*tons.
Pressure behind the tax revision
bill eased off perceptibly recently, in
the senate after it had become apparent
that there was small prospect of
a final vote before the middle of the
coming week. Little progress was
made on the measure, and there was
no effort to force a night session.
Three naval captains?Summer E.
W. Kitelle, William V. Pratt and
Louis M. Fulton?were nominated
recently by President Harding to be
rear admirals. Captain Kittelle
whose home is at Brookline, Mass.,
was graduated at the Naval academy
in 1889 and served as commander of
the gunboat Wheeling ana tne battleships
Georgia and Maryland.
Secretary of State Hughes will be
chosen permanent president of the international
conference for the limitation
of armament. The heads of the
respective delegations will be elected
r4ce presidents. An American will be
the secretary general.
Retail food prices decreased slightly
In seven cities from September 15
to October 15, the department of labor
stated recently following a canvass of
a doen cities.
Mary W. Barcley was recently nominated
by President Harding to be
postmaster at Rome, Ga.
Many thousands of farmers in the
corn belt will be saved from threatening
bankruptcy under plans now being
made by the war finance corporation
to finance the storing of corn on a
large scale, Eugene Meyer, Jr., director
announced recently.
While women have gained the right
of equal suffrage, they have by no
means been entirely freed from the
political and economic thraldon of the
past declares the National Woman's
party in trying to get full equality for
women by putting through a federal
constitutional amendment.
Estimated expenditures of government
for the fiscal year 1922 are now
placed at $3,940,000,000, a reduction
of $94,000,000 from the August 10 estimate
of $4,034,000,000, President Harding
was informed congress in a letter
to Speaker Uillett.
President Harding recently asked
congress for additional deficiency appropriation
of $187,921:.676.74 to meet
government expenses during the present
fiscal year, which ends June SO.
The Argentine state railway has
contracted with the American Locomotive
company to supply 75 locomotive
and with the American Car company
to furnish 2,COO freight cars.
Former President Wilson had so far
recovered from his recent slight indisposition
that, despite inclement
weather, he attended a matinee at a
theater.
Armistice day, November 11, will
be declared a national holiday in
honor of America's unknown soldier
to be buried that day in Arlington.
Secretary Weeks, returning from his
recent tripu to Muscle Shoals nitrate
and power plants, held a conference
with the president, and announced that
he had requested Henry Ford to visit
Washington for a conference relative
to the Detroit manufacturer's offer for
the projects.
Construction of a bridge across the
Pearl river between Meeks ferry and
urisDy rerry, Mississippi, is autnorizeu
In a senate bill recently passed by the
house.
The house passed and sent to the
senate a bill authorizing constructlqn
of a bridge across the Tombigbee river
in Itawamba county, Mississippi.
The senate labor commlittee, Investigated
conditions of violence in West
Virginia coal fields concluded hearings
on the situation recently, three
and a half months after it first began
the inquiry. Chairman Kenyon stated
he hoped the committee would be able
to make a report to the senate In
about a month. ,
It is announced that hearings on
the permanent tariff bill will be reopened
by the senate finance committee
in the near future, regardless
of whether the tax revision bill has
been passed by the senate.
Efforts of the administration to
solve the nation's unemployment problem,
interrupted by threatened railroad
strike, are being redoubted, officials
declare. Secretary Hoover is
officially expected to call a meeting
shortly of the standing committee of
the national conference of unemployment
to begin the study of the phases
of the question in line with the perfection
of permanent measures for insuring
work for the wage earners.
' China's advance guard to the Washington
conference on Pacific and far
eastern questions to be held in connection
with discussions on limitation
of world armament, have arrived in
Washington.
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A gruesome midnight incident?execution
of a mouse behind prison bars?
is the experience of Dr. Richard M.
Brumfield, being tried for the alleged
murder of Dennis Russell at Roseburg,
Oregon.
A passenger reaching New York was
H. A. Vankarnebeek, minister of foreign
affairs for Holland and permanent
president of the league of nations. He
will lead the Dutch delegation at the
disarmament conference.
Elijah Davis, on trial in Hustings
court, Richmond, Ga., for the murder
of his wife, Elnora Davis, recently,
was fouund guilty of first degree murder,
a sentence that carries with It
the leectric chair penalty.
Delay in the spread of the "protest"
strike of soft coal miners, started recently
by walk-outs of 25,000 union
workers, closing more than 200 mines
in Indiana was anticipated by officials
of the United Mine Workers of America
who said developments awaited
the discontinuance of operators of
the union 'check off of dues from
miners1 wages as directed by a federal
court injunction.
Seventy-one barrels of whiskey,
values at $100,000, were seized re
ceuuy tti iue neveroiug uiBiiuery, 111
Ioraines, near Reading, Pa., by federal
prohibition agents.
Both sides have agreed to a postponement
in the opening of the trial
of Roscoe Arbuckle, charged with
manslaughter in the connection with
the death of Virginia Rappe, at San
Francisco, Cal.
The national convention of the
American Legion adjourned at Kansas
City, Mo., after electing Hanford
MacNider of Mason City, Iowa, national
commander.
A nation-wide strike of coal miners
seemed inevitable recently if operators
heed the injunction issued by
Federal Judge A, B. Anderson, which
prescribed the "checkoff" of union
dues. A telegram from headquarters
of the United Mine Workers of America
after it had been definitely learned
that the injunction was not yet in
effect, advised union officials to regard
discontinuance of the "checkoff"
as breaking the existing wage agreement
>
Repayment of $300,000,000 borrowed
in the New York market in 1913 was
completed by the British government
November 1, with the redemption of
between fifty-one million and fifty-two
million in 5 1/2 per cent bonds. The
payment was made through J. H. Morgan
& Co.
The D. C. Brown case at Greenville.
S. C.?jitney driver charged with the
murder of Ransom Wright in recklessly
colliding with him?resulted in
a mistrial. There were five passengers
in Brown's car who were tried on the
same charge and the judge directed a
verdict of not guilty in their cases.
Brown will have to face another Jury.
The Erie railroad's Weehawken, N.
J., piers and water-front yards were
laid waste by one of the most spectacular
fires?said to be a million dollar
conflagration?the metropolitan aroa
has witnessed in years.
Marshal Foch has sent his regretto
the mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and states that he will be unable to visit
that city.
"Bo" McMillan. Centre football player,
who mopped up with Harvard, will
be married to Miss Miers of Danvill^, i
Ky., at New Albany, Ind., she having i
met him in that city. <
The striking longshoremen of New 1
Orleans?colored and white?have call* i
od off the strike which has been in 1
progress for several weeks. It is stated
that a settlement agreeable to all 1
parties has been arranged. <
jHEAT truck firm
NEAR CHARLESTON
AN AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS
COMPANY PLANS TO PLANT
EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES.
I
thirty governors expected
State Bank Examiners are Busy at the
Enterprise Bank, Auditing Books of
That Suspended institution.
Charleston. ? Announcement was
made that the American Fruit Growers.
Inc., planned to plant 800 acres
in truck at Daniel's Island, near Char
leston, this spring. Of this extensive
area, 500 acres wil be used for early
potatoes, 250 for cabbages and 50 for
cucumbers.
Local arrangements are being made
for the entertainment of the governors
at their convention here in December,
and Governor Cooper, the official
host, will be accorded every cooperation
on the part of the city and
chamber authorities in entertaining
the distinguished visitors. Some
30 governors are expected, and as
many or more others in the party.
State Bank Examiner J. H. Craig,
with three assistants, was busy at the
Enterprise bank, auditing the books
of this institution, which closed its
doors. No statement is yet available
on the condition of the bRnk, but
strong hope is held by its many depositors
that they will be largely reimbursed.
A total registration of 5,275,275 for
the municipal elections has been
made, this combining the registrjtions
of 1919 and ,1921.
Gaffney.?There has been c^isiderable
discussion in GafTney reontly in
regard to the rates which are being
charged for water and lights; seme
taking the position that inasmuch as
the board is making a profit, the rates
to consumers should be lowered.
When asked about the matter B. G.
Clary, chairman of the board, said
that it will be the policy of the board
to build up a respectable reserve, for
the purpose of extending water mains,
before the rates will be reJuceJ.
Aiken.?By fastening a shotgun to
the foot of the bed, and tieing a,
string to the trigger which he pulled,
Dan Heyward George, a young man
between 19 and 20 years of age. at
his home in Montmorenci, succeeded
in killing himself, the shot entering
the heart. The cause of the tragedy
is not known.
Union,?Allen Nicholson, editor and
publisher of Progress in this city, returned
to the city after spending the
summer in Montreat, N. C. Mr. Nicholson
has been ill for six months, suffering
a nervous breakdown in February,
and since then has been unable
to attend to his duties as editor.
He is improving in health and will
soon be about his accustomed duties.
Hendersonville, 3. C. ? Governor
Cooper issued an order directing
George S: Clark, notary public, to
show cause before him at noon on
November 14, why his commission as
a notary public should not be revoked.
The federal government alleges
that Clark Improperly placed his notorial
seal on certain papers In connection
with a pension sought by
other parties.
Columbia.?Charles E. Spencer, of
York, one of the most prominent lawyers
in the upper part of the state
and for years a trustee of the University
of South Carolina, was striken
with paralysis In the dining room
of the Jefferson hotel here and there
Is very little hope for his recovery.
Columbia.?News was received In
Columbia of the death at Greensboro,
N. C., of J. L. Irby of Boykln, who passed
away after a brief illness. Mr.
Irby attended the state fair in Columbia
last week, going from here to
North Carolina. He contracted pneumonia
and died within a few days.
Death of Prominent Citizen.
Allendale.?Fleming Chavous, former
mayor of Allendale and one of the
most prominent citizens of this entire
section of the state, was found dead
on the edge of the woods on one of
his plantations near Allendale, with
two bullet holes through the region
f\t Mq hftart
While evidence points to the fact
that his death might have been selfinflicted,
there is no reason that can
possibly be assigned for such an act.
He was seen only a few minutes before
in apparently good spirits.
Epidemic of Scarlet Fever.
Columbia.?Scarlet fever has assumed
epidemic proportions in Richland
county, according to Dr. James
A. Haynes, state health officer, who
said that all cases of sore throat and
tonsilitis should be viewed with suspicions.
Chilren suffering from these
maladies, he said, should be kept out
of school until a postive diagnosis
had eliminated the possibilty of scarlet
fever. The disease, he said, was
prevalent among negro children who
show few symptoms of the malady
until "peeling" begins.
Unique High School Record.
Greenwood.?What Is believed to
be a unique record has been made by
last year's graduating class of Greenwood
high school, according to Supt.
W. R. Black of the city school, who
stated that the class, 100 per cent,
strong, was continuing. Its education
or training. Thirty out of .12 members
of the class are In accredited
colleges and the other two are attending
a business college.
Clemson. Winthrop and Lander colleges
received the largest proportion
3f the students.
BROOM CORN AS MONEY CROP
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The Glendale Cotton Mills Have Been '
Closed Down and Pacolet Mills affected
py Prevailing Drouth.
Spartanburg. ? Because of the
trough streams in this section are almost
dry. The Glendale cotton mills
have been forced to close down, and
Pacolet Mills have been affected
some, not being able to run full force
the past few days. There has not
teen a gocd rain in this county in
the past six weeks.
With boll weevil coming strong
and farmers planning for other kinds
of crops than cotton, Thos. W. Beymer,
manager of the Muckenfuss
Manufacturing company, of this city,
suggests raising broom corn. This
concern, which turns out 50 dozen
brooms daily, buys many carloads of
broom corn from Oklahoma, Texas,
and Kansas. Mr. Beymer says as
good grade can be grown here, and
it brings $125 per ton.
Tom Hatchette was found guilty of
assault and battery of a high and aggravated
nature and Lee Porter was
acquitted in a verdict returned in the
case of Tom Hatchette and Lee Porter,
former county chaingang guards,
charged with murder in connection
with the death of Thomas M. Keelan
of Elizabeth, N. J., a convict, whipped
ty Hatchette while in command of a
chaining at work near Qlenn
Springs last August. '
Lancaster? An enthusiastic meeting
of Lancaster county citizens was
held in the county demonstration office
recently for the purpose of promoting
better work along lines of
poultry production in the county.
After a most convincig talk given
by Miss Eula D. Atkinson, state poultry
specialist, in ^b'ch she told of
me greai yuoaiuiimcs ui a wuuui;
ndsdciation, the meeting turned into a
round table discussion, and It was unanimously
decided to organize.
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Columbia.?State and county taxes
In Richland county have increased almost
100 per cent since 1916. Five
years ago the combined tax for Columbia
property owners amounted to
23 mills and the levy for 1921
amounts to 45 1-2 mills. R. Andrew
Feagan has compiled tax levies for 32
districts in Richland county and the
Increase in levies range from 80 per
cent to nearly 300 per cent
The tax levy for 1921 for the city
of Columbia is 45 1-2 mills.
Chester.?The fall term of court
court for Chester county has opened,
with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, (
presiding. The most Interesting cases
to be tried in the court cf general
sessins wi be that of Rev. Ely Sullivan,
a negro, who is charged with
the murder of Rev. John Colvin and
Samuel Sanders six years ago, and
who was captured about two months
ago at Oastonia, N? C. v
Greenwood.?A suit against the
city of Greenwood, brought by Jim 1
Smith for $20,000 damages, alleged
to have incurred when he slipped on
a banana peel on the streets, was
compromised on payment ol' $1,000 to
Smith, his attorneys announced. Mr.
Smith claimed that the city was responsible
for the banana peel being
on the street, where he slipped,
breaking a leg.
Rock Hill.?The plans for the York
county fair, which will be held here
November 9-11 are rapidly maturing,
and all indications point to one ot
the most successful fairs in the history
of the county. The intereet taken
1b county-wide, as evidenced by
the fact that eleven community clubs
have secured space for displays of
community endeavor.
York.?With reports from every
section of the county agreeing that
partridges are more plentiful this fall
than in several years. York hunters
are eagerly awaiting the opening of
the season when they may go gunning
for Bob White without running
afoud of the sporting laws.
Abbeville.?Dr. D. L. Bryson of Mt
Carmel, McCormick county, was
brought to Abbeville by Deputy
Sheriffs Cann and Bruce and lodged
in jail.
The charge against Dr. Bryson is
violating the federal narcotic act
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Adultery Charge for Harrison.
Greenville, ? A recommendation
that violation of the prohibition laws
be punishable by chaingang senten- (
ces without the option of fines, and
recommendation that warrants be
sworn out against Tom Harrison, recently
convicted of manslaughter, and
Lettie Littlefleld, charging adultry,
TL-ara amnnc (ho fftatUTPS Of the final
presentment of the county grand jury
here. Lettie Littlefleld Is sister of
Mrs. Tom Harrison, whom Harrison
at the last term of sessions court,
was convicted of killing.
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Winners In Biscuit Contest.
Bishopville.?Miss Pauline McCoy
of Lee county was awarded first
prize in the state biscuit contest held
at the home demonstration booth at
the state fair. Miss McCoy was prer
nted with a cooking stove.
Miss Edith Campbell of Anderson
came second and was presented also
with a stove. Miss Annie Campbell of
Richland county won an art square.
These three young girls were win
ners in their respective districts, having
won first from their respective
conntles.
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Union Bank in New Quarters.
Union.?The Nicholson Bank &
Trust company is moving into its
handsome new quarters on Main
street. The building is one of the
most complete in this section of the
I country. The interior of the whole
first floor in front has been thrown
Into one large room and the fixtures,
vaults and time lock burglar nroof
safes have been relocated and the
room space enlarged so that great
convenience results. The bank Is
equipped with three vaults, and one
.'or patrons, containing steel boxes,
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