Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 08, 1921, Image 2
CHARLES W. MORSE
LANDSJI FRANCE
AMERICAN SHIP BUILDER SAYS
HE IS WILLING TO RETURN
TO AMERICA.
POLICE ACTED UPON REQUEST
French Authorities Claim They Will
f. ? A Cimnfltr llntll
k/ciain niiiciiwan hibmviv. ?..... ,
Embassy Receives Extradition. |
Havre.?French police officials, fol-'
lowing a conference with American '
Consul General Ingraham, allowed
Charles W. Morse to land here upon
his arrival from New York on the
steamer Paris when the American
shipbuilder agreed to return on the
same ship next Monday, provided he
was not arrested.
Before the ship docked, Mr. Morse,
who had heard his presence in America
was desired by Federal authorities
investigating his shipbuilding contracts
during the war, had expressed
his willingness to return voluntarily,
and this request was complied with
when he had reassured the French
officials that he would not oppose returning
immediately to America if he
were not placed under arrest.
Morse took up quarters in the Continental
Hotel here escorted by French
Inspector Aigouy, and he will remain
there until the Paris is ready to sail.
"I am willing to return to America ]
by the first boat and I have so wired
the United States District attorney,"
he told the correspondent on board <
the Paris. i
"I am over here because of illhealth,"
he added, "but I am willing t
to return even at the expense of jeo- 1
pardizing my life." i
Police Commissioner Fabini, who ]
was enjoying luncheon in the dining ]
rooms of the Paris as a guest of Mr. ]
Morse, told the correspondent that he ]
would take Mr. Morse ashore and deliver
him to the American counsel i
general. i
The Havre police were instructed 1
by the secret service of the French I
minister of interior to arrest Charles ]
W. Morse, American shipbuilder and i
financier, as soon as he landed from <
the liner Paris. The instructions were
sent by telephone.
The French police acted upon the
request of the American embassy,
which received belated instructions
to obtain the arrest and detention of
Morse. The heads of the secret service
here are not certain whether
the Havre police received instructions
In time to apprehend Mr. Morse, but |
they are relying upon the American
newspaper men in Havre to shadow :
him until the police arrive. The |
French authorities say they will hold
the American financier until the embassy
receives papers formally demanding
his extradition.
It was impossible for an American
warship to intercept the Paris, as i
there are no American vessels in j i
French or British ports, all on this side : {
of the Atlantic being in the Mediter- j
ranean. j j
increase m ruoiic l/cui, I y
Washington.?An increase of about (
$160,000,000 in the public debt during ]
the mototh of November was an-; (
nounced by the treasury. At the end j
of October the public debt stood at
$23,459,140,496.49, as compared with
$23,619,085,725.87 on November 30.
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Six Persons Killed in Wreck. i
Portland, Ore. ? Six persons were i
killed in a head-on collision between ]
the eastbound Portland-Sopkane Lim- t
ited and the westbound Oregon-Wash- i
ington Limited trains on the OregonWashington
Railroad and Navigation
company, two miles east of Celilo.
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Little Hope For Peace. <
London.?The eyes of all those in- i
terested in Ireland now are fixed on (
Dublin, seat of the Dail Eireann, as 2
they were early in the week on Bel- i
fast, the center of Ulsterism. All the ]
Sinn Fein peace delegates now have i
left London to meet with the Dail j
Eireann cabinet for consideration of i
the government's last proposals for t
settlement of the age-long strife be- t
tween England and Ulster. <
Lloyd George Plans to Sail.
London. ? Prime Minister Lloyd
George, it was learned, is definitely j
planning to leave England for the i
United States December 12 to attend <
the Washington armaments conter-! ]
euce. ? ;
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Less Unemployment Now. I ]
Washington. ? The number of the
nation's unemployed has decreased
by more than a million during recent
weeks, according to an estimate of i
the National Conference on Unem- |
ployment. ]
To Inspect Muscle Shoals.
Detroit. ? Thomas A. Edison and
Henry Ford left here for Muscle
Shoals. Ala., where they will make a
thorough inspection of the nitrate and
water power projects which the De- i
troit manufacturer proposes to lease
from the government.
Typhus Sweeping Russia.
Moscow.?Typhus is sweeping Rusaia
with increasing violence, especially
in the Odessa. Baku. Turkestan and
Volga regions, where the famine is especially
severe.
Jury Hard to Find.
Lubbock, Texas?Law violators of
Hockley county demanding a jury
trial are going to have things easy, j
according to Sheriff Stroud, who has
just completed the first grand jury
of the newly organized county. Sher- j
Iff Stroud traveled 1,200 miles to secure
12 men.
Regret Killing of American.
Washington.?Regret for the killing
of Hart Mix. an American citizen, at
? , Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has been ex||i|MBA||M||MLd^^crnmont.
NEW YORK COUNTY REGISTER |
Mist Anne Mathews Elected to the
Highest-Salaried Office a Woman
Ever Held in Thla Country.
New York.?To be of the greatest
servioe to her community and her
country, the married woman should
keep herself informed on questions
of public interest and never allow
herself to become indifferent to politics.
This was the opinion of Miss Anne |
Mathews, democrat, elected to the
highest-salaried office a woman has
ever held in this country. She was the ?
successful candidate in New York
county for the office of register, a post
paying $12,000 a year. The salary of
Alice Robertson, congresswoman from
Oklahoma, is only $7,500 a year.
Miss Mathews ran on a platform
the chief plank of which called for "a i
business woman for a business job." <
She will admit no sex disqualifications *
for political positions but has no pa- <
tience with the society dilettanti that t
have invaded the realm of women's ]
politics. "The butterfly woman is use- <
less in politics," she said. (
The office of register is not pictur- t
esque. Miss Mathews will have juris- t
diction over a force of 144 workers, i
the majority of whom are men. The
register's office records transactions i
in real estate and other activities j
requiring official record, and keeps a i
file of notaries public signatures. i
"I do not propose to change the pol- t
icies now being followed in the office," i
she explained. <
"Women have the inherent ability ?
which fits them to discharge any public
function as well as men can do it. ?
Frequently they are handicapped by t
lack of business experience. Women t
since the beginning of time have been i
keeping the home and raising the chil- j
dren, while men have had unlimited q
opportunity to engage in civic affairs, j
A business training is a great asset <]
for any public officer?man or woman, j l
The person who has been employed I e
understands best how to give the peo- a
pie full value for their money and
how to get the greatest quantity and g
best quality of work from those under c
him. ( r
"People who are compelled to work, j
Bspecially if they like their vocation, i
ire the ideal public officials. I -be- r
lieve there are a great many possi- c
bilities for the married woman in political
roles?the woman who has f
raised children that have gone their h
way, who retains her youthful enthu- j
3ia6m, but, after years is isolated domestically,
is out of touch with cur- c
rent events. Many medical men told d
that the female brain, under such t
;ircumstance8, retrogresses beyond re- j
rovery. This theory is ridiculous. 11 p
ran't refute it scientifically, but 11 u
know many women who have 'come : t
sack' after raising families. Children j
jhould broaden a woman, never cramp n
ler. Of course, the mind becomes ; l:
tabby through disuse, but the married 1 s
woman's mental sluggishness is no i
greater than that which afflicts any- o
>ne after years of mind inerta." s
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Americans Attacked in Vienna. n
Vienna.?In the widespread rioting
which took place in Vienna many, b
Americans staying at the hotels were' d
ittacked and some of them were sub- s
iected to rough treatment. Mrs.
Hand, the wife of a colonel of the c
United States army, and her daughter, s
were robbed of furs and clothing, but o
>n the same floor, Colonel and Mrs. j ii
Vllller, U. S. A., displayed the Ameri-; p
?an flag and spoke English, and the. s
ioters withdrew from their room.
In Jail on Liquor Lnarge.
Louisville, Ky.?Judge Thad Cheat- n
lam, county judge of Spencer county, t(
n Kentucky, is in jail here, following 11]
lis arrest at Taylorsville, Kentucky. c
le was arrested in connection with
he disappearence from the court
louse of 250 cases of whiskey.
Insurance of Dozen Husbands.
Chicago.?At least twelve husbands,1 ^
vho served in the army or navy, are ^
iredited to Mrs. Helen Drexler, of j P
iVaukegan, Ills., the champion collect>r
of government allotment checks, i
lccording to federal authorities who i
lad her in custody. She is alleged to ii
lave married husbands from many dif- e
'erent parts of the country, divorced v
lone and received approximately $400 t
i month from the government for h
he past three years. She never oh- o
ained a divorce from any of them, v
she says. n
To Head Off Morse.
Washington. ? The department of
justice was understood to have asked *
:he navy department to send a de- ii
itroyer to intercept the French liner! T
Paris and bring back Charles W.: P
Morse, of New York, who was be- j c
lieved to have left the country in the
face of a grand jury investigation.
Royal Couple Living Quietly. a
Funchal, Island of Maderia.?Form-' a
er Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun- c
eary, and former Empress Zita, are t
living here quietly in their exile. a
Army Aviators Killed.
Lawton, Okla.?Four army aviators,.
two officers and two privates, were t
killed when the two airplanes in (
which they were performing combat $
duty drills collided while at an alti- f
tude of 2.000 feet. i
Four Firemen Killed/
Augusta. Ga. ? Four firemen were
* 3 "* J on/1 o lnac r
mjureu ?nu piu^ci ij ?uu owv,** of
$75,000 suffered when fire putted r
the Georgia-Carolina Paper company r
and the Bothwell Grocery company i
here. 1
Landru to Die By Guillotine.
Versailles.?Henri Landru. who has
been on trial for more than three c
weeks in the assizes court here. I i
charged with the murder of ten wo- f
men and a boy, was found guilty of 1
murder in the first degree. Landru t
was sentenced to die by the guillotine.
Cut in Freight Rates.
Chattanooga. ? Announcement was t
made here by the Southern railway t
of a 10 per cent reductionfreight a
rates on carload lots of c^^Loditles, t
son^ time l^^Bember. <!
PHILIPPINES MUST
UEMAIN WITH U. S.
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WOOD AND FORBES CONCUR IN
REPORT THEY SUBMIT TO
PRESIDENT HARDING.
1ST CONTINUE SUPERVISION
'Lack of Success in Some Departments
Should Not be Considered Proof
of Essential Incapacity."
Washington?The Philippine Islands
should remain in their "present genjral
status" until the people there
'have had time to absorb and thormghly
master the power already in,
heir hands," former Major General |
Leonard Wood, now Governor Gen;ral,
and W. Cameron Forbes, former
5overnor General, say in th^ir reports
;o President Harding, based on their
tix months' study of conditions in the
slands.
"We are convinced," they say, "that
t would be a betrayal of the Philip>ine
people, a misfortune to the Amercan
people, a distinct step backward
n the path of progress and discrediable
neglect of our relationship there
vithout giving the Filipinos the best
chance possible to have an orderly
md permanently stable government.
"We feel that with all their many
sxcellent qualities, the experience of
he past eight years, during which
hey have had practically autonomy,
tas not been such as to justify the
>eople of the United States in relin[Uishing
supervision of the governnent
of the Philippine Islands, withIrawing
their army and navy and
eaving the islands a prey to any powirful
nation covering their rich soil i
md potential commercial advantages."
These observations of the investi:ators
are contained in the "general
onclusions" and "recommendations" I
nade in the report, which was made
>ublic. The complete report, cover- i
ng 100 typewritten pages, will be i
nade public later. The "general con- 1
fusions" are as follows:
"We find the people happy, peaceul
and in the main prosperous and
:eenly appreciative of the benefits of ,
Imerican rule. '
"We find everywhere among the J
'hristian Filipinos the desire for lnlependence
generally under the proection
of the United States.
"We find a general failure to ai*
reciate the fact that maepenaence
rnder the protection of another naion
is not true independence.
"We find that the government is 1
ot reasonably free from these under- 1
ying causes which result in the de- <
truction of government. 1
"We find that the people are not
rganized economically nor from the
tandpoint of national defense to
aaintain an Independent govern- 1
lent. '
"We find that the legislative cham- '
ers are conducted with dignity and 1
ecorum and are composed of repre- '
entative men. <
"We find that the lack of success in 1
ertain departments should not be conIdered
proof of essential incapacity
n the part, of Filipinos, but rather as
adicating lack of experience and op- <
ortunlty and especially lack of in- >
pection. <
Fire Causes Loss of $300,000.
Fitzgerald, Ga. ? Fire of undeterlined
origin caused a loss of $300,000
o business property in the heart of
his city before it was brought under (
ontrol.
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Italian Destroyer Sinks. j
London. ? The Italian destroyer
!entrauro has gone down in the
lediterranean off the port of Adalia
uring a storm, according to a dls- i
atch from Brindisi to the Daily Mail. <
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Hundreds of Persons Drowned. <
Manila.?The entire town of Ibajay,
a te province of Capiz, was inundat- ]
d by a tidal wave and many houses 1
rith their occupants were swept out i
o sea, according to constabluary; i
eadquarters here. It is said the town t
f Macato, in the same province, also 1
ms submerged by a tidal wave and ?
lore than a hundred natives drowned, t
Cancel Ford's Coal Schedule.
Washington.?Reduced rates on coal
. hich Henry Ford attempted to put, i
ato effect on his railroad, the Detroit, 11
"oledo and Ironton, were further sus- <
ended by the interstate commerce !
ommission. t
Situation in Mexico Improved.
Washington.?Although Mexico's redjustment
process continues to have I
"distressing" effect on economic ; <
Editions in that country generally, i
he last month brought some encour- (
gement. i
Control Chicago Egg Market.
Chicago.?An egg pool, formed by i
hree men, controls the egg supply of 1
Chicago and makes a profit of about ]
30,000 a day, Russell J. Poole, city i
ood expert, announced following an ]
nvestigation covering two weeks. <
Cargo Through Panama Canal.
Washington.?Ships of four nations
arrving 80 per cent of the approxi- i
nately 11,600,000 tons of cargo which ]
noved through the Panama canal dur- 1
ng the fiscal year ended June 30, i
921. 1
British to Grant Moratorium.
London.?Reports that the British ,
ahinet was considering the proposed !
noratorium for Germany was eon-j i
irmed in official circles. The point j i
>eing discussed is under what condi-j'
ions a moratorium could be declared, 1
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Far Eastern Questions.
Washington. ? The most surprising
hlng about the whole conference is
he fact that Far Eastern questions i
ire being disposed of more quickly j i
han most Far Eastern Experts erer
Ireamed. I1
COMMANDED LOST BATTALION
Left New York on Way to Havana.
Fought Heroically at Argonne;
Would Not Surrender.
New York. ? Secret brooding ovei
memories of his experiences In the
war, from which he emerged one of
America's greatest individual heroes,
was ascribed by friends and relatives
of Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey
as the cause of his taking his life
while on the way to Havana.
Leaving several letters, presumably
explaining his act, the commander of
the "Lost Battalion" disappeared from
the steamship Toloa, 24 hours out
from New York. His intimate friends
had no idea he was making an ocean
voyage.
Colonel Whittlesey had been depressed
for some time. The last blow,
friends said, more trying than the
rest, was in Washington a fortnight
ago when he took part in the funeral
sarvice8 for America's unknown soldier.
He returned from the capital
more depressed than before the haunting
visions clearer than ever, bearin*
him down. There he met hun
dreds of former friends and had marked
anew the gaps In the ranks of the
men he loved.
Colonel Whittlesey's name leaped
Into world-wide prominence overnight
through his retort tQ the German officer
who called on him to surrender
after he was surrounded in the Argonne.
For four days and nights his command,
the First battalion, 308th infantry,
77th division, had lain under
fire, cut off from aid, without food or
fresh water. All but 87 men had been
killed or wounded.
Blindfolded and under the protection
of a white flag, a German soldier
stumbled into the American strong
point.
"Surrender," he cried, "in the name
of humanity," and he told how, from
the German trenches the agonized
cries of the American wounded could
be. heard. But Colonel Whittlesey's
message to the enemy was not that he
would lay down his arms. "You go to
hell," he said.
A few hours later American reserves
attacked all along the line, the Germans
were pushed back and the little
band of survivors saved.
Pessimism Over Prospects.
Washington.?Despite the fact that
no one takes very seriously the possibility
of a break between the United
States and Japan over the naval ratio,
there is no mistaking the mounting
pessimism in most quarters over the
prospects of the presence conference.
Women as Traffic "Cops."
New York.?Women traffic "cops"
made their bow to the New York
public. At all intersections in the vi:inity
of public schoolB, women police
reserves are on duty.
To Launch Offensive.
Madrid.?Spanish forces in Morocco
will beglp a general movement against
the Moors, columns operating simul:aneousIy
from Melllla and Tetuan,
Immediately upon the arrival from
?- *1 1 Itlrvh
spam in ijreuerai omcuguci, mgu
pommissioner, according to the Derio
Universal.
Landit to Decide Babe Ruth Case.
Chicago.?Judge Kennesaw M. Lan*
lis, baseball commissioner, will anlounce
his decision in the Babe Ruth
:ase within a day or two. Ruth vioated
one of the rules of the major
leagues by taking part in a barnstormng
trip after the world's series.
Father of Former Governor Dead.
Dayton, Ohio.?Gilbert Cox fathei
)f former Governor James M. Cox,
lied at his home in Camden, Ohio,
ifter a protracted illnese. He was 88
rears of age.
Harding Hopes For Agreement.
Washington.?Adoption of a definite
igreement for future meetings to dis:uss
world problems is hoped for by
President Harding before the arms
inference ends.
Although the President does not propose
to introduce formally the subject
nto the negotiations here until the
iaval and far eastern discussions have
cached a decision, he does expect
;hat before the delegates separately
:hey will agree on a plan by which
similar discussions will take place in
:he future.
VA/--I Rtllnut^ Rnpi Art
New York.?Fifteen or twenty worklien
were believed to have been killed
vhen a new theater, in the course of
instruction at Bedford and Park avenues,
Brooklyn, collapsed! acording
:o police reports.
Barbed Wire Telephone Lines.
Mcintosh, S. D.?Barbed wire fence
:elephones are being installed in two
communities in this county that have
aever had a telephone, County Agent
3. M. Osborne reports. Plans are beng
furnished by his office.
Over Two Million In Loans.
Washington. ? Approval of 57 advances
for agricultural and live stock
purposes, aggregating $2,505,000 was
innounced by the War Finance Corporation.
They included: South CarPlina,
$87,000 and Georgia $99,000.
Urge9 Retention of Pay.
Washington.?Retention of the pressnt
basis of navy and marine corps
pay "at least until conditions are setLied,"
was urged before the joint congressional
commission on service pay
by Secretary Denby.
$55,000 Takes Ride.
Paris.?A blBck satchel containing
$55,000 was left In an omnibus and
taken to the lost and found department
of the transportation company.
The bank messenger who had forgotten
It recovered it among other lost
articles.
Operation Rescues Teeth.
London.?John Kennedy, an ex-soldler,
swallowed his false teeth, but
they stuck in his throat. His gullet
was opened at Lewlshon hospital and
the plate successfully extracted.
HOMICIDES LESS
DIM 1920
THE SAFEST CITY FOR WHICH
FIGURES WERE TABULATED
WAS ROCHE8TER, N. Y.
MEMPHIS STILL IN THE LEAD
Of Largest Cities Boston Had the
Lowest Rate, New York Second
and Chicago Third.
New York. ? Homicides in the
Jnited States during 1920 totalled approximately
9,000, a decrease of 500
from the 1919 record, according to a
computation by Frederick L. Hoffman,
third rice-president and statlstian of
the Prudential Life Insurance Company
of America.
The figures, made public through
The Spectator, showed Memphis,,
Tenn., still in the lead with a killing
record of 63.4 persons for every 100/
000 population. The safest of 31 cities
for which figures were ti.bluated
was Rochester, N. Y., where the rate
was but 1.3 for every 100,000.
In general, the tables showed that
Southern states, with large negro populations,
had the highest homicide
rate, and that the proportion, of negroes
slain was from three and a half
to seven times that of whites. The
average was slightly {in excess of
four to one.
Tabulations for the period 1915-1919,
grouped geographically, showed the
'New England states to be most lawabiding,
so far as homicides wrs concerned,
with a rate of 2.8 for each
100,000. The Southern group had the
highest rate, 10.8. In the Middle Atlantic
states the rate was 5.1; Central
states, 6.1; Rocky Mountain states,
9.4. and Pacific states 9.2.
Of the larger cities, Boston had the
lowest rate, 5.1; New York was second
with 5.9; the Chicago rate was
10.3; San Francisco, 7.6; Philadelphia,
6.2; St. Louis, 12.6; and Cleveland,
12.5.
Denver Judge Rece/ves Threats.
Denver, Colo.?Judge Royal R. Graham,
sitting in the Denver Juvenile
court in the absence of Judge Ben
Lindsay, has not only set Colorado in
a white hot debate on a most efficacious
method of birth control, but has
mimornin throats of bodily
injury from the Italian colony oti this
city because it was reported that he
had ordered the sterilization of Mrs.
Clyde Cossldente, who was haled into
court for failure to take care of her
five children.
Six Drown in River.
Toledo, 0.?Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Roskuski and their five-year-old
> daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
K. Layer and their daughter, aged
four, were drowned when the Bedan
in which they were riding slipped o
the river road into eignt feet of water
in the Miami-Erie canel at WaterviUe.
Insurgency Is Troubling Klan.
Atlanta, Ga. ? Insurgent forces in
the Ku Klux Klan which are determined
to overthrow . the oligarchy
headed by Edward Charles Clarke, imperial
kleagle and klaliff, claim to
have received the support of several
southern states and many klans in
the west.
Arbuckle Jury Fails to Agree.
San Francisco, Calif. ? After 41
hours of deliberation, the Jury, composed
of seven men and five women,
which tried Roscoe C. Arbuckle on a
charge of manslaughter in connection
with the death of Virginia Rappe, was
discharged when it was unable to
igree upon a verdict.
Speech by Commissioner Wen.
Charlotte.?Shi-Esin Wen, commissioner
of foreign affairs and superintendent
of customs of the Chinese
republic, spoke in the auditorium of
Trinity Methodist church to an audience
that overflowed the main
room and partially filled the Sunday
uehool annex. Mr. Wen spoke under
the auspices of the Charlotte Y. M.
C A.
Oldest Mason Dead.
A8heville, N. C.?William C. Garrison,
the oldest Mason in North Carolina,
died at his home near here.
He was 86 years old and had been
a mason for 65 years, attaining the
32nd degree.
Revenue From Passports.
Washington. ? The United States
government, during 1921, "got fat"
as a result of the issuance of passports.
Its revenue from this source
was $1,420,785, it is learned at the
state department.
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Seek Rhodes Awards.
Philadelphia. ? Five hundred and
six candidates for Rhodes scholarships
will appear before the committee
of selection in 32 states to compete
for the 32 appointments to Oxford.
It was the largest number of
candidates for a single year
Reduction !n Freight Rates.
Washington.?A general reduction
of 10 per cent in all freight rates on
products of farms, orchards and gardens
and ranges was ordered by the
Interstate commerce commission.
Live Five Years Longer.
New York.?Americans now live an
average of five years longer than In
1909, according to a report made public
by the American engineering council.
Russian Children Cast Aside.
Washington. ? Thousands of Russian
children are being cast aside
and deserted by starving parents no
longer able to supply them with food,
according to a message reaching the
American Red Cross here from relief
directors in Russia.
CHARGE ON PROHIBITION LAIN
Judge Watkins Sees no Cure for the
Situation Until Respectable Men
Discourage Sale of Liquor.
Anderson.?In Judge H. H. Wat- 1
kins' charge to the grand Jury of the
federal court he emphasized that the
22 bills he was handing the foreman
were all of violation of the prohibition
act, and that of the 320 cases
ready for trial 90 per cent were for
violation of the prohibition law. I
The charge which Judge Watkins
made to the Jury was very strong.
Judge Watkins told the Jurymen |
that "we must not think the law wise.
In general discussion, I find no man
who does not recognize the use, or
rather the abuse of whiskey. It has
grown into one of the rreatest evils
the world has ever known. Yet aow,
because some people tbnk the national
prohibition act an unwise law, a rostricton
of personal liberty, a restriction
of the right to get dead drunk,
abuse the family, commit crime, etc.,
they are willing to violate it and see
It violated openly. These same men
think buying whiskey is respectable,
yet condemn the bootlegger for selling
it The buyer of liquor Is icrtainly
as bad the seller. I'll tell you 1 f ee
no cure for the situation until the respectable
people stop* encouraging
the sale of liquor. 4
"If I could go into the churches on
QnnSav mnmlne and flPft fiverv Uan
stand with his hand raised and take j
a solemn vow to buy no more whls- j
key, I would know the prohibition ^
question would be answered. I
Memphis, Tenn. (Special).?Sevon 1
sisters, the eldest 87 and the voung- J
est 66, held a unique family reunion in 1
the home of John R. Prothro, chief 1
clerk In the United States engineers' 1
office, at 637 York avenue.
The sisters are daughters of the *
late Col. John Rosser, pioneer Mem- 8
phian, who came here ma/iy years ^
ago from Camden, S. C., whero all of 1
his daughters were born. I
Some of the sisters until Tuesdav B
had not seen each other for 25 years, t
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Greenville.?Dedication of Furman 8
university's superb new refectory will 1
take place December 8.
The refectory Is rapidly nearing 1
completion and it Is the purpose of
President McGlothlin to have the kit- j'
chen and dining room equipment In- ^
Btalled while the students are away v
for the Christmas hoidays, so that the ^
first meal may be served In the new v
dining room with the return of the
boys from their vacation.
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Bennettsville.?James Sweatt and a
George McKinnon, both white, shot ]<
each other to death. Sweatt died im- v
mediately. McKinnon lived two hours, a
McKinnon left with Sweatt's 19 .ft
year old daughter. They had not mar- h
rled, it is alleged. McKinnon and the p
Sweatt gifl with several other per- ft
sons were at the home of Tom Hair tl
when James Sweatt walked into the v
house and said that he wanted to see
McKinnon. McKinnon arose, when
both men commenced shooting at The p
same time. They both us:1 32 Colt's j,
six inch barrel pistols. Coroner T. F. g
McRae held an inquest ovfer both q
dead bodies. 1
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McCormick.?As a climax to the e
Thanksgiving day celebration of 15 or 2
20 middled aged negroes, who gather- w
ed at a vacant house on the farm of ^
F. A. Pruit, near Mt. Carmel, in the j,
upper section of McCormck county,
nine negroes are reported by Shoriff
Milton R. LeRoy to be in a more or n
less serious condition, suffering from 0
wounds inflicted by weapons of every 0
kind and description in the hands of ^
parties unknown. a
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Darlington.?The official visit of
Grand Master Sam T. Lanham and ^
Grand Secretary 0. Frank Hart to St.
David's lodge, No. 72, was the occasion
of the largest and most enthusi- q
astic Masonic gathering ever held in
this section of the state. Members tI
of lodges throughout the Pee Dee d
section were invited to ths meeting L
and there were present about 400 d
Masons.
Chester.?W. P. Marion, cotton sta- g(
tistician for Chester county, reports
22,577 bales of cotton ginned in Ches- ^
ter county up to November 4, thi3 y
year, as compared with 24,468 for the
same period last year. ^
To Give Ch-lstmas Tree.
OafTney.?C. D. Meadows with the
assistance of the women of Gaffney g(
1s preparing for a monster Christmas m
tree which will be placed in Thomas gf
park for the children of the town.
The tree will have multi-colored elec- ^
trie lights, and the children are prac- m
ticing Christmas carols which will be ^
sung after the English custom. Many g?
people will for the first time in their fc'
lives see a real Christmas tree, and
hear carols sung by the children in
accordance with the beautiful and ancient
custom. ?
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Consummation of Old Courtship.
Laurens.?Judge of Probate 0. G.
Thompson was called on the other ^
day to issue a marriage license to al
Drayton C. Rhodes of Gray Court and a(
Mrs. Mary Poole Garrett of Enoree, ^
and following the issuance of the certiflicate,
the judge at the request of n<
the couple immediately performed the
ceremnoy uniting them in marriage. w
The bridegroom is 72 years of age .
and the bride 69, and it said that they
were sweethearts when both were
young and before their previous marriages.
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Barney Baruch's Mother Dead.
Winnsboro.?F. A. DosPortes of
WInnsboro received a telegram announcing
the death in New York of
his aunt, Mrs. Isabelle Wolfe Baruch, le
mother of Bernard M. Baruch. Mrs. fl,
Baruch had been ill a month and her ci
death was not unexpected. th
Mrs. Baruch's death brings a deep w,
sense of grief to her many friends ai
here, her girlhood home. After her
marriage to Dr. Simon Baruch she re- w,
moved to Camden and later to New j0
York where her husband became in?
ternationally famous as a surgeop Se
DISCUSS PLANS TO.
RGHT BOIL WEEVIL
EXPERTS ADDRESS MEMB^R8 OP
80UTHERN SOIL IMPROVEMENT
COMMITTEE.
MORE FOOD CROPS ARE URGED
Program Recommended Includea Reduction
in Cotton and Liberal use
of Fertilizers on Food Crops.
uoiumoia.'?Leading renuizer aeaisrs
of the state, discussed how best to
neet the boll weevil conditions next
fear and to actively fight the pest
limself at a meeting with the Southirn
soil Improvement committee here
ecently. A number of experts were
lere to participate in the discussions.
A reduction of cotton acreage, more
.'eod crops and a liberal use of fertlizers
were some of the fundamental
>oints discussed and recommended in
.he program adopted by the meeting,
fertilizer dealers and representative*
vere instructed how to inform the
armers throughout the state of the
>est methods in fighting the weevil.
concerted fight by the picking up of
iquares, dusting and other methods
will be necessary next year, it wa?
minted out by several speakers.
Dr. J. N. Harper of Atlanta made ^
he opening address and then Capt.
r. W. St. John of Columbia was placed
n the chair as presiding officer. Dr.
Jarper is director of the soil lmprovenent
committee work.
C. A. Whittle, "editorial managpr of
he committee's work; D. D. Long,
oil specialist; F. H. Jeter, also of the
ttlanta committee; George A. Maloley
of the Delta laboratory at Tulula,
jSl., where the government is experinenting;
C. FitzSimmons of Columiia,
Capt. J. W. 6t. John, W. B. Best,
ecretary of the Cotton Seed Crushers'' ?
ssociatlon; Dr. A. E. Grantham of
tichmond and others addressed the
nesting. About 50 fertilizer men were
n attendance.
A similar meeting was held in Chareston
the next day and a large num- .
>er of fertilizer men and farmers
rere in attendance as the low country '
as already been hard hit by the
reevil. *
Great Falls.?J. B. Duke, and party,
fr. and Mrs. E. C. Marshall and Mr. #
nd Mrs. C. L. Burkholder of Char>tte,
arrived here in Mr. Duke's prlat$
car, and the party is leaving on
special for Charlotte by the Way of
lonroe. Messrs. Marshall and Burkolder
are officers in the Southern
'ower company, and are here with
Ir. Duke looking over the location of .
ie new power plant, on which work
rill commence within a few weeks.
Florence.?Approximately 7,500,000 *
ounds of tobacco have been signed
1 South Carolina under the contracts
f the Tri-State Tobacco Growers'
!o-operative Marketing association,
'. B. Young, secretary of the South K
arolina Tobacco association announc- d.
This reprsents between 27 and
8 per cent of the minimum amount
rhich must be signed in this state
> make the contract vaild and bindlg
upon all signatoies.
Coumbia?State highway departlent
officials were asked by Daytona
fflcers to be on the lookout for anyne
attempting to register a Dodge
wring car with motor number 308204
nd Forida license number 2437-C.
his car was stoen by a party or pares
that murdered Jospeh M. Med- .
urry, a taxi driver of Daytona. 1
Greer.?At a recent meeting of the
reenville County Teachers' associaon.
W. H. Ward, superintendent of
le Greer schools, was elected presi- ,
ent of the county organization with
. P. Hollis of Greenville, vice-presiant,
and E. 3. Shockley, secretary.
Florence. ? District Governor Jo- *
?ph A .Turner, of the Seventh dis ict
of Rotary clubs, comprising
orth Carolina, South Carolina and
Iringia, made an official visit to
le Florence Rotary club and was
reeted by an enthusiastic meeting. M
Interested In Peach Growing.
Marion.?In the effort to find a sub- M
itute for cotton, a group of young ?
en of this place have become inter- I
ited in peach growing and are setng
out 70 acres of tress in tho Tee
ee sand hill section, about eight
lies from here. The orchard is to
3 operated cooperatively, although
ich man is to have a separate deed
>r a certain part of it. ' *
The Pee Dee Peach farm is the
ime chosen for this new enterprise
is located within a quartc of a
lie of Pee Dee Station. * >'
Canture Still and Men. j
Union.?Rural Policemen an* Mc- j
aniel and Lawson captured a still of
)out 50 gallons capacity on the maclam
road on the Beaty place. They
jstroyed the still and two barrels of
ash and arrested Spence Thompson,
?gro.
Another capture made Saturday
as a still In operation on the Smith
ace. about eight miles east of Union
vned by "Buddy" Smith. He and
'alter Haney were arrested while
jeratlng the still which was 50 raln
capacity.
Arbor Day at Cheraw.
Cherw.?Arbor day was celebrated
ire under the aucplces of the Civic
ague. After the exercises in the hall
re oaks, commemorating the five
leraw boys, who gave their lives in ^ I
e world war, were planted on the I
alk bordering "The Green" by the
nerican Legion and the Boy Scouts. * I
The men in whose honor the trees J|
?re planted were Lieut. W. A. Muly.
Leut. D. 0. Spencer, Corp. Hubert 1
jrrell, Corp. Thomas Bundy and * I
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