Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 08, 1921, Image 3
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
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?
Bluebeard Laijdru must die. The
suave, cool assassin of Gambais Villa,
whose big black beard has seemed a
mask, was convicted of murder by the
Jury in the Versailles assizes recently
despite a masterly plea for acquittal
by his counsel, the Maitre Moro Giafferi,
of Corsica.
Abdul Baha Abbas, leader of the
Bahai movement, died at Hafar, Persia,
recently, according to a dispatch to
the London Times. Abbas Effendi,
known throughout the world as Abdul
Baha, was born in Teheran, Persia,
May 23, 1844. He was leader of the
Bahai movement, which has as its aim
world religious unity.
Lord Mount Stephen, pioneer railroad
constructor in Canada and first
president of the Canadian Pacific Railway
company, died at his country residence,
Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hert
fordshire. He was 92 years old.
The league of nations has issued a
call for the members of the international
court of justice to meet at The
Hague on January 30.
In confirmation of previous reports
that suspension of the Irish peace negotiations
might be agreed upon by
both parties in order to permit LloydGeorge
time to attend the Washington
conference, it is learned from London
that the government has already begun
to take certain measures to guarantee
the observance of the truce during
the premier's absence.
In the wide-spread rioting which recently
took place in Vienna, Austria,
many Americans staying at the hotels
t were attacked and some of them subjected
to rough treatment.
The backbone in the case of Henri
L&ndru, styled the "Modern Blue?
beard," is the absence of proof that
any of the eleven persons the defendant
is alleged to have murdered are
dead and also the failure of the police
to find anything resembling the remains
of a human body when they
4 searched the villa at Gambai occupied
by Landru.
r Washington?
President Harding and other dignitaries
will pay honor to the memory
of Dante, the Italian poet, by attending
the unveiling of a statue to the author
of the Divine comedy.
The reported rupture between Senator
Schanzer of the Italian arms del*
egation and Premier Briand of France
was denied publicly and dramatically
in Washington recently.
It is stated that in the disarmament
conference progress has been made in
both the far eastern and naval negotiations,
and it is apparent that, although
the question of land armament has I
been laid aside for the present without ]
an attempt to agree on limitation of
armies, some of the delegates hope to '
later translate the sentiment of the
conference into a Joint declaration of
general policy.
Fifty six advances for agricultural
and live stock financing, aggregating
$2,073,000, were approved recently by
the War Finance corporation. Of this
sum Georgia received. $25,000.
The anti-medical beer bill was signed
recently by President Harding.
Signature of the bill on which conv
gressional action was completed recently
automatically closed the gap
in the nation's prohibition laws revealed
by Attorney-General Palmer in
an opinion that there was nothing in
the Volstead act to preclude the prescription
of beer as medicine.
. Approval of 71 advances for agricultural
stock purposes aggregating
$2,272,000 is announced by the war finance
corporation.
Additional sales of railroad equipment
trust certificates held by the
government in the amount of $2,539,
000 Is announced by Director General
of Railroad Davis. This makes the total
of these securities sold to date
J120.068.300.
^ With the question of land armaB
ntents definitely thrust into the back^
ground by the developments of the
conference thus far, the conference
k ) will enter its third week with another
|7 stride toward agreement on naval limRations
foreshadowed.
The federal reserve board probably
will designate an unofficial adviser to
tawe part in a conference of allied
bankers to discuss means of preventing
exchange fluctuations upon the pay*
ment of German indemnity installment,
high treasury officials say. The conference
is expected to be called in
London or Paris at an early date.
Values of the merchandise exported
to the various quarters of the world
during October fell to fractional parts
of the totals of the same month last
year, while decided drops in imports
are noted by the commerce depart?
ment.
Rudyard Kipling's son, John, was
one of the thousands of soldiers lost
in the world's war, wnose fate is not
officially recorded. He joined the
army when barely eighteen years old,
and was reported wounded and missing
in northern France.
Tax receipts of the government during
the fiscal year 1921 decreased nearly
a billion dollars as compared with
the previous year, while the cost of collection
increased 32 cents for each
"* $100.
While the possibility of any immediate
discussion of international economic
questions tending to world read- j
* justment is discounted both in official
circles and among the delegates
of the limitation of arms conference,
i? I~ I.. is.., t rwl ?S.,?
11 xr* IIIUI' luat oisuit; J!U\.LI
international conference may be liel* :
later. I
| Taking its first direct action toward
the liberation of China from for
eign influences, the arms conference
agreed on the withdrawal of foreign
postoffices and postal systems from
Chinese soil.
i To safeguard properly the interests
of the Japanese empire the ratio of
70 per cent in tonnage of capital ships
Is necessary. Vice Admiral Kanji Kato,
president of the Japanese naval college
and chief naval adviser to the
Japanese delegation to the Washington
conference told an Associated
Press representative in an interview
November 28. The vice admiral is regarded
as the leading Japanese authority
on naval strategy, and he declares
that the main issue for the conference
on limitation of armament is the reduction
of "armament burdens."
The Republican leaders are growing
desperate in their studied efforts to
differentiate between the "Harding Association
of Nations," which the president
has,eventually half-heartedly promulgated,
in difference to the storm
of public opinion, and the "League of
Nations," which is the same under a
auiereni name, as origmuieu anu advocated
by Woodrow Wilson, when he
was president.
Domestic?
Gold bullion to the amount of $60,000
was obtained by bandits, armed
with sawed off shotguns, who held up
the Argonaut mine at Jackson, Amadour
county, California.
Six persons were killed in a head-on
collision between the eastbound Portland-Spokane
limited and westbound
Oregon-Washington limited trains of
the Oregon-Washington Railroad ar.d
Navigation Company, two miles eatt
of Celilo. Oregon.
A strike of all union packing house
employees in all plants where wage
reductions were put into effect recently
was ordered for December 5 by the
executive committee of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
of North America. The strike
will involve about forty-five thousand
workers in fifteen Western cities.
Fay Poston, 18, was killed and his
brother, Alger Poston, probably fatally
injured near Johnsonsville, S. C.,
when they and other members of a
hunting party are said to have been
fired upon when trespassing upon a
farmer's land. Other members of the
party were also said to have been
wounded.
The poisoning of Mrs. Irene Morgan,
a leading witness for the defense, and
the beginning of the closing arguments
of both sides, were oustanding developments
in the closing hours of the
trial of Roscoe C. Arbuckle in San
Francisco.
Fifty million dollars is trimmed
from railroad payrolls by 'be decision
of the United States railroad labor
board, made public, announcing the
new working rules for six shop craft
federations. While the decision is in
the main a pronounced victory in the
carriers, as it greatly modifies the majority
of the working rules granted the
shop crafts under federal control, not
all of the requests of the carriers are
granted and some of the older rules
sanctioned by long experience are re
xainea pracucauy uncnangea. rne new
rules go into effect immediately.
Lieut. Col. Charles Whittlesey ("Goto-Hell*
Whittlesey), hero of the famous
lost battalion." disappeared from
the steamship Toloa on which he sailed
November 26 from New York for
Havana, according to wireless messages
received in New York.
The Gulf. Florida and Alabama railroad,
134 miles long, has been sold
under a federal court decree for $90.000.
Robert H. Moore, noted New York
City criminal lawyer, died recently as
the result of having been struck by
an automobile.
Nearly three quart bottles of Canadian
9 per cent beer were confiscated
by the Toledo, Ohio, police and prohibition
officials after the cargo had
been hauled into the Ironville slip in
Maumee Bay.
Red tape of Ellis Island was swiftly
unwound one day recently to save
the life of fourteen-year-old Manuel Salones,
who arrived from Panama on
the steamship Colon to undergo a delicate
brain operation at the hands of
Dr. Chargo H. Frazier of Philadelphia.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C.,
says the historic Chambers building at
Davidson college, used as a dormitory
in which 130 students of the institution
tyere living, was burned on the
morning of November 28. The students
succeeded in saving the greater
part of their personal effects. 1
Announcement is made after a conference
at Memphis, Tenn., between
Asa J. Kountree or Birmingham, Ala.,
director general of the Bankhead
Highway association, and representatives
of the state branches of the organization
in Tennessee, Mississippi
and Arkansas, that the next annual
meeting of the association will be held
in Phoenix, Ariz., April 24-29, 1922.
Bessie Lee Sisk is being held in
Memphis, Tenn., by the police pending
investigation into the death of Herbert
Bingham, musician, who died from gunshot
wounds recently.
A campaign to have the New England
hospital for crippled children of
the Shriners, located in Springfield,
Mass., was started recently as a result
of a conference between Executive
Secretary B. F. A. Hapgood, of the
chamber of commerce, and Potentate
Walter H. Damon, of Melba temple.
Ten high school students were killed
recently south of Red Bluff, Cal., at
the Proberta crossing when Southern
Pacific train No. 15, southbound,
struck the high school automobile in
which they were riding. Four chilren
and the driver were injured.
Sylvester Rosenthal and Samuel
Mnsknwit* owners and rnntrarfnra nf
the American theater in Brooklyn,
which collapsed recently burying nearly
fifty workmen, were ordered held
without ball when they were arraigned
before Magistrate Lioto ou charges
of mansualghtcr.
The conference arranged by Governor
Parker between operators and
labor leaders which sought to terminate
the strike of lL'.OOO farbor employees
at New Orleans. La., adjourned
recently without finding a basis for
settlement
Military Boa:
The military board of allied supply
A. E. F. as assistant to Major General I
tlves from France, Italy, Great Britain
Ive armies with a view to standardlzat
Charles Jean Marie Payot, General Dai
Arturo Kellner, Col. Lulgl Lazzl, Col. C.
lng, left to right: Col. George Van Hor
Adult Fo
Born
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Interesting Facts Disclosed in i1
Report Made by Bureau t
of Census. '
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nn/ro P1TI7C1ICUID CTJITIIC f
UIVCO UllllCilomr omiuo
New York City Has Nearly Million
White Men of Alien Birth and
870,140 Women ? Chicago
Has 743,803 Total.
Washington.?in the city of New
York there are 927,742 white men
twenty-one years of age and over who
were born In foreign lands; In Chicago
there are 401,905, and In Phlladel- c
phla 188.025. These Interesting facts B
are disclosed In a report Just made
public by the bureau of census, which
gives the citizenship status of the ?
adult foreign-born white populations
of American cities of more than 100,000
population.
The number of adult white women B
of twenty-one years and over In New "
York city Is 870,140; In Chicago there v
are 841,888, and In Philadelphia 173,- *
628. Of the adult foreign-born men
In New York city 423,541 are In Man- v
hattan, 809,815 are residents In Brooklyn,
124,230 live In the Bronx, there >.
ore 33,942 In Queens, and 16,214 In the
Borough of Richmond. Of all adult _
foreign-born women, 403,879 are In
Manhattan, 283,451 in Brooklyn, 118,803
In the Bronx, 51,070 In Queens,
and 12,877 In Richmond. .
Of the total of 1,797,882 foreign- .
born adults In New York city, 405.000 ^
of the men and 403.879 of the women ,
are naturnllzed citizens, while of the *
remainder, 159,824 men and 14,838 of
the women had taken out their first
citizenship papers at the time the report
was compiled. Those who re- .
tain their alien citizenship total 772,070,
of whom 330,184 nre men and
441,892 are women.
The foreign-born adult population .
of Chicago is 743.803, and of these
214,854 men and 192,341 women are
naturalized citizens; 93,082 men and
6.000 women had taken out tneir nrsi
papers when the report was compiled. I
Those who retain their alien citizen- i
ship total 108.817, of whom 70,206 are t
men and 122,551 women t
Philadelphia's Figures' v
In Philadelphia, the city with the 2
third largest foreign-born adult popu- ?
latlon, the naturalized citizens of foreign
birth number 178,083, and of c
these 92,819 are men and 85,864 are t
women. Those who have taken out "
first papers number 81,659, of whom I
29,628 are men and only 2,031 women. 4
Those who retain alien citizenship ?
total 184,210, and of these 59,133 are *
men and 75,077 are women. ?
The adult alien-born population of 1
Boston Is 221,036, of whom 109,209 are men
and 111,827 are women, and of
the men 53,404 have been naturalized,
while the women, who have completed
their citizenship total 51,418, In each
Instance a little less than 50 per cent
of the total. The totnl of those who
arc still alien In citizenship Is 88,719,
and of these 35,815 are men and 52,964
j are women.
In Detroit the ^idult foreign-born
population Is 257,510, and of these persons
153,144 are men and 104,366 are
women. The naturalized In Detroit
number 98,441, of whom 52,577 are
men and 45,869 are women, while
those who have kept their alien citizenship
number 103,029, and of these
51.460 are men and 51,569 are women.
Another mid-Western city with a large
foreign-born adult population Is Cleveland,
where the total Is 217,792, and
of these 122,645 are men and 95,147
? m?,A IUAA i.
women. j. ne mi i in uuz.ru uuiuuer is i
06,185, and of theRe 50,535 are men ;
and 46,650 are women, while the alien
total Is 76,534, of whom 32,340 are
men and 44.185 are women.
On the Pacific Coast
On the Pacific coast the city with
the largest foreign-born adult popula- i
tlon Is San Francisco, where the total <
Is 130,867, of whom 78,211 are men 1
CHANGE NAME OI
n>Leveland,
in West Texas, Consists of I
a Store, Courthouse and I
Tent. :
Fort Worth, Tex.?For the four- :
teenth time the county seat of Hockley
county, In W.'st Texas, lias re- i
ceived a new name. Now it Is J.oveland.
which name has been authorize 1 c
by the Post Olllce department. I.
Its recent names have been Ilock-'t
rd of Allied Supply i
II ^
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jjMTrSiflflfa ri - aP^^'^wBpB
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, created by Brigadier General Dawes
larbord, now In session In Washington,
and the United States is studying tl
ion. Those in the grpup, from left to
ives, Col. A. A. Cumont, Col. Louis Clen
J. p. Daubeny, Gen. A. A. McHardy t
n Moseley, MaJ. F. K. Chapln and M. Bi
? - _ I
reign <
Counted;
c
ind 52,658 women. The naturalized ^
dtlzenship numbers 07,776, and of t
hem 39,677 are men and 28,099 are t
vomen, while the alien total of those a
vho retain their foreign' citizenship is
H.220, and of them 22.4S8 are u*ti a
ind 18,732 are women. n
Los Angeles ranks second on the Pa- g
dflc coast with a foreign adult popu- j.
ation of 98,710, of whom the men a
lumber 53,626 and the women 45,084, a
he naturalized total being 47,548, and T
>f these 24,605 are men and 22,943 v
vomen. The number retaining their
dien citizenship is 38,056, and of 2
hem 19,328 are men and 18,732 -j
vomen. t
In Milwaukee there are 101,684 a
idult foreign-born, 56,586 being raeD c
ind 45,098 women. The naturalized r
otal is 52,959, and of them 27,488 are
nen and 25,481 women, while those of
illen citizenship number 30,512, or f
4,731 men and 15,781 women. a
Pittsburgh has a foreign-born adult r
>opulatlon of 111,907, or 61,894 men (
ind 50,513 women, the naturalized T
imong them numbering 59,599, of ?
vhom 31,217 are men and 28,382 worn- *
in. Those of alien citizenship total
>9,155, or 20,072 men and 19,083 {
vomen. 8
The foreign adult population of a
luflfalo Is almost exactly that of 0
'lttsburgh. The BufTalo total Is 111,- t
'16, or 60,068 men and 51,688 women. ?
rhe naturalized citizenship of Buffalo
s 60,585, of whom 13,960 are men and
.7,537 are women. t
St. Louis has a foreign adult popuntion
of less than 100,000, the total j
>eing 95,716, or 52,701 men and 43, 15
women. Of these 30,562 men and ,
!5,868 women are naturalized, while 1
hose who remain alien In citizenship s
otnl 13,415 women. g
In Indianapolis the foreign-born r
idults number an even 10,006, and of f
hem 8,800 are men and 7,140 are t
vomen. The naturalized total 8,210,
>r 4,305 men and 3,905 women, while a
hose still alien In citizenship are 3,749
n number, or 1,782 men and 1,907
vomen.
Baltimore's Foreign Population. a
Baltimore has a foreign-born adult 1
)opulnt!on of 70,047, In which the men v
lumber 40,490 and the women. 30,151, C
Jie naturalized total being 40,037, of
vhom 29,944 are men and 19,693 are t
vomen. Those of alien citizenship are e
!C,017 In number, and of these 11,494 t
ire men and 15,123 are women. c
Newark, N. J? Is in the 100,000 f
lass, as her foreign adult population t
otals 105,959, of whom 50,524 are men c
ind 49,435 are women. The natural- f
zed adult foreigners of Newark are t
16,045 In number, and of them 24,020
ire men and 22,019 are women. Those (
vho remain alien In citizenship ag- c
p-egate 45,899, and of them 22,102 are c
men and 23,797 are women. 1
Mighty California
jj
The superdreadnought. California, or
nonsters, soon to be commissioned flagsh
horage at Golden Gate, San Francisco,
facltic coast.
< TOWN 14 TIMES ;
j
ey City, Elwood and I'lnlns City. The h
rostal authorities demanded that In
iccordance with new regulations, the s
mine must not conflict with that of v
mv other town in the country.
[.ovolnnd has had more names than V
t has citizens, for they number seven.
I'lie county, large as some states, has (
>nly L'!7 inhabitants. When District a
finite W. II. Spencer opened the first s
erui of the District court at Leveland r
in Session
iix jpSft /
In Paris during his service with the
The board composed of representaiie
supply service of the respectright
around the table^ are: (Jen.
lenson, Capt. Ch. de Marenches, Capt.
ind Gen. James G. Harbord. Stand unow.
The second city of New Jersey?
ersey City?has 70,677 adult forelgnrs
within Its limits, and of ,them
17,665 are men and 33,012 are women,
he naturalized totaling 35,344, of
rhom 18,198 are men and 17,148 ore
eoinen. The total of those who realn
their alien citizenship Is 27,167,
ir 12,734 men and 14,433 women.
In New York state, excluding New
fork city and Buffalo, the cities with
he largest foreign-born adult populalons
are Rochester, Syracuse, Albany
ind Yonkers.
In Rochester the number of these
idult foreign-born persons Is 03,668,
ind of them 33,310 are men and 30,112
are women, the naturalized total
>elng 34,516, of whoih 17,681 are men
ind 16,835 are women. Those of
then citizenship number 19,639, of
vhom 8,558 are men and 11,081 are
romen.
The foreign adults In Syracuse are
19,793, and of them 16,213 are men and
3,580 are women, the naturalized
otal being 15,794, and of these 7,853
ire men and 7,921 are women. Those
if alien citizenship are 10,958, 5,890
nen and 5,059 women.
Cities of 8mall Foreign Population.
There are 23,962 adult foreign-born
lersons In Yonkers, of whom 12,176
ire men and 11,786 are women. The
isturallzed are 13,162 In number, and
if them 6,640 are men and 6,513 are
romen. Those of alien citizenship aggregate
8,098, and of them 3,518 are
nen and 4,580 are women.
In Albany there are 16,348 adult
orelzn-born persons, or 8,392 men
ind 7,956 women. The naturalized
ire 10,108 in number, of whom 6,083
ire men and 6,025 are women, while
hose of alien citizenship total 4,944,N
ir 2,291 men and 2.653 women.
Of the large cities of the country,
imong those with the smallest proporlon
of adult foreign-born in their
lopulations are Washington, New Oreans
and Indianapolis.
Included in the 400,000 people of
^ew Orlenns are only 23,814 adults
rho were born outside the United
States. Of these *14,304 are men and
1,510 are women. The naturalized
lumber 6,781, and of them 5,905 are
nen and 3,876 are women, while of
hose who retain their alien citizenihip
the total Is 9,021, of whom 5,740
ire men and 3,281 are women.
Washington has in its foreign-born
idult population only 26,276 persons,
if whom 14,042 are men and 12,234
ire women. The naturalized number
4,711, or 7,786 men and 6,925 women,
ihlle those of alien citizenship total
1,323, or 2,842 men and 3,481 women.
It will be noted/In the above statists
that the total number of citizens
ind non-citizens will not equnl the
otal alien-born enumerated by the
ensus bureau. This Is due to the
act that In practically all Instances
here is a considerable number whose
itlzenship status is yet to be reportid,
or which was not obtainable by
he enumerators.
With the exception of New York,
?hleago and Philadelphia, the number
if foreign-born adults who have taken
'? flrof nnnoro hflVA hAf>n plln>
'Ul IHV.U -
natecl In thla article.
on Trial Trip
ie of Uncle Sam's most powerful sea
Ip of the Tnclfic fleet, leaving her anfor
a fifteen-day trial trip along the
, few days ago, there was only ono
unn left ufter Impaneling the grand
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ill v, uliu vu it?v.n ? v. iuivu tiw * * mvi
ills.
Levelnnd has n courthouse, one
tore, one residence, one tent and a
rindmill.
Vaits 27 Years for Runaway Husband.
Atlantic City, N\ J.?Mrs. Elizabeth
J. Reed united 27 years before getting'
. divorce after her husband had decided
her the day following their aturI
age.
WILL LEND MONEY
10 BANKSJF STATE
DIRECTOR McLEAN OF THE WAR
FINANCE CORPORATION SAYS
MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
TO SIGN CONTRACT URGED
How the W^r Finance Corporation
May Help Bankers of State and
ThrouQh Tham Help Farmers.
Columbia.
"How the War Finance Corporation
May Help the Bankers of South Carolina
and Through Them Help the
Farmers, was explained in a talk delivered
at the Jefferson hotel by A.
W. McLean of Washington, a director
of the finance corporation, to the
members of the executive council of
the South Carolina Bankers' association.
Mr. McLean explained at some
length what the war finance corporation
hoped to do at the present time;
he told in detail how the bankers of
the state could make applications for
loans to the loan committee whose
headquarters for South Carolina are
at the Palmetteo bank building in Columbia;
he discussed securities, told
how the applications were approved,
how soon the money became available
and answered many questions with
regard to the organization.
The speaker was presented to the
bankers by P. Matthews, chairman
of the agricultural loan committee for
South Carolina. He said at the.outset
that his visit to this state was
for the purpose of informing the bankers
as to the possibilities for relief
from "tight money," which lie in the
war finande corporation, and he expressed
the hope that the bankers of
the state woud not let the opoprtunity
of getting money to lend to farmers to
pass by unimproved. Mr. McLean
said it was the patriotic duty of the
bankers to assist the farmers as
much as possible at the present time,
atnd he called on them to co-operate
whole-heartedly with the war finance
corporation in efforts to bring relief.
The war finance corporation has the
money, hp said; it is willing 10 lend
it to banks on properly filled out application;
the banks need it for the
fanners, and the duty of the banks 1b
to find out about the applications, securities
and other formalities and
thus nrocure the money.
The address was heard with close
attention and it was the consensus
of opinion that the operation of the
war finance corporation, through the
local committee do much to bring
financial relief in South Carolina.
A motion was passed to the effect
that group meetings of bankers be
held over the state. < J. H. Craig, secretary
of the bankers' association,
will write to the chairman of the various
groups and with them will arrange
a time of meeting
The members of the agricultural
loan committee in South Carolina are:
J. P. Matthews, Columbia, chairman;
R. I. Manning, Columbia; William
Barnwell, Columbia; J. C. Self, Greenwood;
H. L. McColl, Bennettsville; E.
H. Pringle, Jr., Charleston.
At the meeting of the executive
council of the bankers' association,
which was held prior to the meeting
with Mr. McLean, the pan of the
South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative
association was endorsed.
The resolution read, in part: "We
urge every farmer to sign the contract
business men of the state to assist in
the campaign for the necessary number
of signatures to make the contract
operative."
Two New Charters.
The Fanners' Marketing association
of Clinton was chartered by the
secretary of state with a capital stock
of $10,000. Officers are: John T.
Young, president; C. W. Stone, vice
president; George W. Copeland treasurer.
The Cash Dry Goods company of
Lynchburg was chartered with a capital
stock of $10,000. Officers are: T.
S. Joye, president; M. J. Joye, secretary
and treasurer.
License Plates for 1922.
New license plates for the 1922 Issue
will be ready for delivery to car
owners January 1 as required by law,
state highway officials said. The man-1
ufacturers of the 1922 plates have advised
the highway department that
shipments in each class would in all
probability be delivered early in December.
The law requires the plates
to be purchased by owners of cars be-1
tween January 1 and February 1.
Several changes next year will, it is
believed, meet with the approval of
the public in general.
New Faces In Legislature.
When the legislature meets In January
four new faces will be saen, two
In the senate and two in the house of
representatives. Three deaths have
occurred during the year and Representative
D. D. Moise of Sumter has
resigned.
Senator Frank E. Alexander of Pickens
died early in the summer and Representative
George S. Mower of Newberry
died several months ago. Senator
Clifton of Sumter, the third legislator,
died about two weeks ago.
Winthrop Wants $539,417.
Appreciation requests from Winthrop
college and the University of
South Carolina were heard by the
governor in preparation of the chief
executive's budget recommendations
to the general assembly. Winthrop is
asking for a total appropriation of
$539,417.13 for next year and the university
is asking for $403,545.
In the $403,545 request of the university
was $131,000 for permanent
improvements, including one section
of a proposed woman's building to
cost approximately $59,000. 1
Eleven Men Awaiting Death.
Eleven men, six white and flv?f
negroes, are now under death sen-1
tence In South Carolina. This is said
to establish a record for the Palmetto
state in the number of death penalties
passed upon criminals at any
one period of time. The fact that the
white out number the negroes is also
considered a new record for the
state.
Practically all of the men are
awaiting appeals to the supreme
court and it may be another year before
any of them pay the penalty.
Two negroes are scheduled to die,
December 2, but the governor may
prevent one and the other is still undecided.
These two cases are Abraham
Mays and Tillman Choice or
Rose. Mays, or Williams as he i?
sometimes called, was to have been,
electrocuted October 2$, but the governor
granted a reprive because there
was some question In the case and.
this reprieve expires next Fridays
Choice or Rose was sentenced several
weks ago in Spartanburg to die De-|
cember 3, but he has never beea
brought to the penitentiary, and it is?
not known here whether or not he ha?
appealed.
The 11 men now under death sentence
are C. 0. Fox, Jesse Oappins,
S. J. Kirby, J. C. Wallace, Edmund
Bigham and Cliff Hawkins, all white
ami Will Hood, El Culbreath, Tillman
Choice or Rose, Abraham May?
or Williams and Williams Thompson,
negroes.
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New Prep School Rules.
The adoption of the one year residence
rule the elaborating and clarification
of numbers of other rules,
the compiling of a list of accredited
officials and the discussion of plane
for basketball and baseball seasons
were the most important matters considered
by the executive committee
of the South Carolina Preparatory
School league at its meeting. Prior
to the meeting there was some talk
of a protest by Porter Military academy
of the game with Bailey Mill
tary institute, played Thamtsgiving,
but no protest was made by either
President Mitchell of Porter or Coach
W. W. Alderman, both of whom attended
the session of the executive
committee. The state championship
was decided by the game, Bailey winning.
Some Christmas Advice.
The postofflce authorities are waging
a campaign to eradicate diminutive
cards and envelopes containing
Christmas greetings so popular
among the gentler sex around Yuletide
and are likewise striving to bring
about reform in fancy writing, also
stressing the importance of early,
mailing and the "perfect package.'
Small letters and cards, authorities
say, will not fit the cancelling machines
and consequently have to be
cancelled by hand. The cancellation
often obliterates the address and the \
missives have a tendency to slip from
a bundle of letters and get lost
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Interest In Cotton Meeting.
In a letter to the South Carolina
division of the American Cotton association,
E. I. Reardon, secretary of
the Sumter county chamber of commerce,
says that his organization is
making every effort to see that Sumter
county has not less than 150 representative
farmers and business men
at the annual meetng of the cotton
association.
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Inspect Ttmmonsvllle Unit.
State and federal officers went to
Timmonsville, where the headquarters
company of the First battalion
was inspected. Col. T. E. Marchant,
commanding the First regiment, and
Col. F. R. Day, inspector-instructor of
the national guard in this state,
made the Inspection.
State Outranks 14 Others.
According to the census of 1920
South Carolina outranks 14 states in
the percentage of her population between
five and 20 year; o* age attending
school. The number of the state's
Inhabitants between five and 20 years
of age when the census was taken In
January, 1020, was 675,152. The number
attending schools In this group
Loan for S. Carolina.
Washngton, (Special). ? Approval
of 57 advances for agricultural and 1
livestock purposes, aggregating $2505,000
was announced by the war finance
corporation. They included:'
smith Carolina S87.000 and Georgia!
$99,000.
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Office to Charleston.
The office of the South Carolina Development
board will be moved about
December 5 from Columbia to Charles*
ton, according to H. E. Hortoc, manager
of the organization.
Mr. Horton said that the president
of the board, Niels Chrlstensen, lived
In Beauford and that the board estimated
that for the next two rears
most of Its work would be in the coastal
section, and for these reasons it
was deemed advisable to move to a
coast city. Charleston will be rearer
j the field of operations.
More Grain on State Farm.
"We are sowing about twice as
much wheat and oata this fall on ths
state farms as we have sown before,"
Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of!
the penitentary, said. The penitentiary
farms have had a great year this
year ?n raising corn and other foodstuffs,
although the cotton crop 19
for below past years. The planting
of gran is practically flnshed for
the fall.
The farms have raised approximately
175 bales of cotton this year which
le much smaller than last year. i
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Meeting of State Hotel Men.
At a meeting at noon of representatives
of various hotels of South Carolina,
at the Jefferson hotel, the South
Carolina Hotel association was organized,
the following officers being'
elected: J. L. Alexander, Greenville,
president; P. D. Smith, Spartanburg,
first vice president; R. W. Cain, Co*
lumbia, second vice president; Morli-j
mer Cosby, Columbia secretary-treasurer.
The main purpose of the association
is to protect and promote business
interests of hotels of the stata.'