Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 15, 1921, Image 4
MUST HAVE HIGHER
RATE OFJHJSTAGE
CONTINUING DEFICIT IN THE
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
SAYS GENERAL HAYS.
MATERIAL DECREASE IN 1921
Revenues Fop the Postal Service For
the Fiscaf Year, Ending Last June
Totaled $463,491,274.
Washington?Pointing to continuing
deflciis in his department, Postmaster
General Hays, in his first annual report
to the President, declared that
"if the present gauge of expenditures
shall continue there should be such a
\ readjustment of postage rates as will,
together with the effects of increasing
volume of business, produce sufficient
revenue approximately to meet it."
Mr. Hays makes no specific recommendations
as to the suggested adjustments,
and declares emphatically
that "if it were a question between
the best practical service on the one
hand, and a poorer service with revenue
meeting cost, on the other hand,
decision should be resolved in favor
of rendering the service." He adds
that the department should not be
conducted for a profit, but at a loss.
Revenues of the Postal Service for
the fiscal year ended last June, Mr.
Hays says, totalled $463,491,274, an
increase of $26,341,062 over the receipts
of the preceding fiscal year.
* Balanced against this were audited expenditures
of $620,993, 673 with the
total audited deficiency at $157,517,688.
The material increase in the^deficiency
over that for 1920, Mr. Hays
states is due to large increases of expenditures
in two principal items
without any corresponding increase in
the revenues. The two principal items
are $76,130,301 for increased compensation
to railroads on the basis of an
order of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, retroactive to November
1, 1916. and $41,855,000 for added compensation
allowed postal employes by
Congress.
Approving this added compensation,
the Postmaster General tells the President
that "the salaries provided by
law for those in the department are
too low to compensate those who continue
In the servic^, or to attract and
hold others of the ability required
the conduct of such an institution." j
Pointing to the inconsistencies in the
salaries of employes in the department
proper and those who serve in the
field. Mr. Hays savs they "emphasize
the importance and necessity of immediate
legislation to readjust the departmental
salaries throughout."
Prisoner Takes Charge of Pen.
Little Rock. Ark.?Tom Slaughter,
notorious bandit under death sentence
for the killing of a trusty guard at
the State prison farm at Tucker, escaped
from the penitentiary here, taking
six other convicts with him. For
five hours prior to his escape. Slaughter
was in complete control of the
penitentiary yards and offered liberty
to all convicts who wanted it.
Chicago Raids Opium Den.
Chicago.?Thirty Chinese were arrested
thousands of dollars worth of j
drugs confiscated and one of the most
1 elaborate opium-smoking establish-1
ments ever discovered in Chicago, I
broken up by a raid led by Inspector
Williams and a dozen assistants.
Receivers for Rickard Named.
New York.?Allen Lexow and John
Ringling were named by Supreme ;
Court Justice Guy as receivers for
"Tex" Rickard, the Madison Square1
Garden corporation and the Madison
Square Sporting Club, Inc. They deKnnr?
of 41 fifi OOO
UV/&AV4 V4 VAVVJVV V.
U. S. Boat Released.
San Pedro. Calif.?The American !
fishing boat Mabel, which was seized
by the Mexican gunboat Tecate off
Enzada. Lower California, recently,
has been released and is proceeding
up the coast to Its home port, according
to advices received.
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Hold Up Paymaster.
Augusta. Ga.?Two bandits entered
the office of the Sibley Manufacturing
Company here, held up the paymaster
and the mill secretary, gathered together
in a sack the payroll of $8,000
and fled. They were captured after an
exciting chase and an exchange of
shots.
Earthquake Shocks.
Rome.?Serious earthquake shocks
have been reported from the regions
around the Lake of Polsena, about 60
miles northwest of this city.
Governors Entertained.
Washington.?Governors of states,
who attended the annual conference
of state executives at Charleston, S.
C.. were entertained at a dinner given
at the White House b]r President and
Mrs. Harding.
$80,000 Whiskey Haul.
Tyrone. Ky.?Whiskey \valued at
more than $80,000 was removed from
the T. B. Ripy distillery, aear here,
by a band of 20 armed men, who held
up the superintendent anxl three
guards.
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Young Man Receives Burn*.
Quitman, Ga.?When he stnrck a
match to light a cigarette, his clothes,
which were partly saturated with
gasoline, caught fire and Danny Vaylor,
21. received burns that resulted
In his death.
Dr. Hadley Pays Death Penalty.'
Richmond. Va.?Dr. Wilmer Amos
Hadley. physician at the base hospital
at West Hampton in 1918, paid the
penalty of death in the electric chair
for the murder of his wife, Sue Tlnsley
Hadley. j
; SOLDIER BONUS UNMENTIONEI
America Should Aid Starving Russia
Tax Exempt Land* Should be Prohibited
by the Constitution.
Washington.?"No permanent read
justments can be effected without con
sideration of our inescapable relation
ship to world affairs in finance am
trade.
Other nations recovering from wa
may expect help of America only afte
they have in the main worked ou
their program of construction them
selves.
Contributions of this republic to re
stored world normalcy must com<
through initiative of executive brand
of the government, but there will bi
no encroachments upon functions o
i congress.
Further reductions in taxation ma]
be enacted as a result of the budge
system assisting in rigid economy.
failure to act on the foreign deb
refunding bill would leave the execu
tive branch of the government impo
tent to deal \vith the urgent need fo;
readjustment of the foreign debt.
Enforcement of the provision of th<
Jones act for abrogation of commer
cial treaties would result in chaos o
' trade relationships and add indescrlb
ably to confusion of the already dlsor
dered commercial world.
Early enactment of a "permanent"
tariff necessary for stabilization o
industry. Means for flexible ratei
should be provided by giving the pres
ident and tariff commission broadei
I powers. American valuation shoult
! be modified to prevent prohibltlv<
rates resulting from its operation,
j The remedy of the farmer's condi
: tion lies in distribution and market
ing. Encouragement should be giver
to co-operative marketing.
Steps should be taken to retard th?
: drift of population to the cities.
Means should be found for prevent
ing strikes, lockouts, boycotts and the
like through establishment of a code
of practices in industrial disputes anc
tribunals for adjucatlons with public
1 interest uppermost.
Arid and swamp lands should be re
claimed to furnish new fields foi
homes, to meet the increase in popu
lation.
! America should aid the starving ir
: Russia by sending them 10.000.00(
! bushels of corn and 1,000,000 bushels
i of grain seed. ?
Tax exempt bonds should be pro
hibited by a constitutional amend
| ment."
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Cotton Ginning Report Issued.
Washington. ? Cotton ginned prioi
to December 1 amounted to 7,640,87(
running bales, including 121,859 round
bales, counted as half bales; 22,05?
bajes of American-Egyptian, and 2,91?
bales of Sea Island, the census bureai
announced.
U. S. Submarine Goes to Bottom.
Bridgeport, Conn.?The Lake sub
marine S-48 sank off this harbor ani
was submerged for twelve hours be
fore the crew, by lightening the ballast
tanks, raised one end of the craft tc
the surface and escaped through the
torpedo tubes.
$75,000 Paid For Outfielder.
Buffalo, N. Y.?Charles O'Connell, ol
the San Francisco club in the Pacific
Coast league, has o^en bought by Man
ager J. J. McGraw, of the New York
Giants, it was announced here. The
price paid for the outfielder was $75,
000.
Seeking Common Policy.
London.?Negotiations for the es
tablishment of a common policy b>
Great Britain and France in regard tc
Germany's war obligations opened
with the arrival from Paris of Louis
Loucheur, minister of liberated re
gions, ana several jp rencn nnancmi e-s.
perts.
Denby Files Annual Report.
Washington. ? Secretary Denby, 1e
his first annual report, made public
announced that he has "no recommen
dations to make at this time relative
to the naval establishment." A pro
posed future policy for the navy is
embodied in the American proposal tc
the arms conference, but Mr. Denbj
omits any reference to this. His onlj
statement as regards the conference
is a recognition of "the arduous and
excellent work" performed by the
navy general board.
Government Out in Guatemala.
Washington. ? Efforts are being
made to constitute a "legal congress'
to carry on the government in Guate
mala, following the overthrow of the
regime of President Carlos Herrera
according to advices from Guatemala
City.
Ku Klux in Court.
Atlanta.?Two more damage suits
of 50.000 each were filed here againsl
E. Y. Clarke, imperial kleagle of the
Ku Klux Klan, by A. J. Padon, Jr.
and Lloyd B. Hooper.
Bandits Rob Bank.
Grand Rapids, Mich. ? Six armed
bandits robbed a branch of the Grand
Rapids Savings bank, locked three
employees and two patrons in the
vault, and escaped with cash and
Liberty bonds estimated at approxi
mately $20,000.
18 Lives Lost in Storm.
St. Johns. N. F.?Eighteen lives art
known to have been lost in the ter
rific northwest storm off the New
foundland coast that swept a score ol
I vessels from the sea.
Mexicans Seize American Boat.
Washington.?The American flshlng
boat Mabel, of Los Angeles, was seized
about five miles off the Mexican coasl
by a vessel of the Mexican patrol and
another of American registry bul
manned by Mexican soldiers, tbe state
department was advised.
Bill Hart Is Married.
Los Angeles, Cal.?William S. Hart
motion picture actor, was married her*
to Miss Winifred Westover who has
been included in his supporting com
. pany for some time.
'IRELAND IIIIS BEENI
' GIVEN JEE TITLE
HAVE SAME STATUS A8 CANADA,
i. AUSTRALIA AND OTHER OVER8EAS
DOMINIONS.
[ COMPROMISE NOW EFFECTED
i- Centuries Old Quarrel Between Eng3
land and Ireland Was Ended, as
1 Has Been Hoped.
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f London.?The centuries old quarrel
t1 between England and Ireland was
i ended, as has been /everently hoped,
t: by the signature in the prime minis.
j ter's cabinet room of a treaty between
B: Great Britain and Ireland, consisting
r of eighteen articles, giving Ireland
! the title of the Irish Free State and
i I the same constitutional status as Can_
ada, Australia and other overseas dof
minions.
The question of allegiance, which
u up to the last moment threatened to
wreck the negotiations, was sur.
mAnnfoH hv Tiprmittine the members I
f of the Irish * parliament to swear al-1
i legiance to the constitution of the Irish
Free State and "be faithful to His MaJesty
the King."
j The treaty has yet to run the gauntlet
of the Ulster government and of
the imperial parliament. The imperial
parliament has been summoned
to meet on December 14, and will be
j opened in state by the King, who has
taken the closest personal interest in
9 the Irish negotiations since he practically
Instigated them when he opened
the Ulster parliament.
t Approval by the imperial parlia~
ment is a foregone conclusion, as the
j government has an overwhelming ma?
I Jority in the house of commons favoring
its Irish policy, and the action of
the British representatives in reaching
the agreement has already been unanimously
endorsed by the cabinet. The
position of Ulster is less certain. EviI
dence comes from Belfast that the
. i treaty will be subjected to the most
searching exarainatioh before receiv1
j ing assent, and doubtless many modifications
will be proposed.
The King hastened to send the
prime minister a .telegram congratui
lating him on the success of the neI
gotiations and declaring, "I am overJoyed
to hear the splendid news." The
King will come to London purposely
) to preside over the privy council to
I approve the proclamation summoning
I parliament, as the constitution re?
quires a six days' notice by the royal
i proclamation.
The treaty was signed by all the
members of the British and Irish delegations
participating in the negotiations,
the Irish delegates signing their
I Gaelic names.
t Hundreds Killed by Explosion.
? Berlin.?The bodies of only thirteen
t of the more than one hundred persons
killed in the explosion at the Nobel
dynamite works at Saarlouis, Rhelnish
Prussia, have been recovered.
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Orders Release of Prisoners.
London.?King George issued a pro:
clamatlon releasing all political prisgoners
interned in Ireland.
Approximately 3,400 interned persons
are affected by the release order,
which relates to all persons under internment
as distinguished from those
.! who have* been tried and convicted.
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' Oil Prices to Advance.
1 Chicago. ? Crude oil and its by1
products, including gasoline, will cost
" more in the future because of the dif
Acuity in getting at the oil, stated
Frank Haskel, president of the Tidal
Oil company.
1 j Girls Overcome by Gas Fumes.
: Utica, N. Y. ? Twenty-five girls
| were overcome and one hundred oth!
era made ill when fumeB of ether
spread through the workrooms of the
1 Utica Boys' Clothing company.
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Elects New President.
r, Washington.?The Right Rev. Thos.
G. Nicholson of Chicago, bishop of the
I Methodist Episcopal church, was elect*
ed president of the Anti-Saloon league
for the next two years.
Dr. Lorenz to Return Home.
[ New York.?Dr. Adolph Lorenz, the
famous Austrian surgeon, announced
- that, in view of opposition to his pro>
fessional activities in this country
. from the medical profession, he would
i discontinue further free clinics and
return to Vienna.
Large Saving With Result.
) New York.?Shippers and travelers
t on the New York Central railroad will
: save approximately $12,000,000 in 1922
tkc/MirrVi Vi /-? nlimino t inn r\f f oH oro 1 ,
? LII I WUf^U lllC piiiiuuuvivu W4 ?.vuv*u?
i taxes.
Former Kaiser Denies Report.
I London.?Denial was given at the
I home of former Emperor William at
i Doom, Holland, of the report of his
i betrothal, says a dispatch to the Dally
I Mail from Doom.
Former Grand Vlrler Shot.
Rome.?Former Turkish Grand Yl?ier
Said Ali Pasha was fatally shot
> while he was taking a walk through i
the city. He was rushed to a hospital,
- but was dead when the ambulance arf
rived. His assailant has not been apprehended.
Proves Value of Helium.
; Washington. ? "C-7," a big clgarI
shaped navy "blimp" proved the value
t' of helium, the new non-inflammable
I gas discovered during the war. The
t great bag droned its way to Washlngi
ton from Hamrton Roads. Va.
Colonel Sanger Dead.
New York. ? Col. William Carey
, Sanger, assistant secretary of war
? from 1901 to 1908 and an authority on
i militia affairs, died in a hospital here.
' Colonel Sanger, who was in his 68th
j year, was born in Brooklyn.
CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBERT
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None of the Ten Points Advanced by
China Required Delay In Action,
Being Based on China's Rights.
Washington. ? Philip K. C. Tyau,
secretary general of the Chinese delegation
to the Washington conference
and minister to Cuba, cabled to Peking
his resignation as a member of
the delegation in protest against the
"negative results" thus far achieved
concerning China's demands.
Dr. Tyau told the Associated Press
that in rasienlne he acted without
consulting the throe Chinese delegates
and his action represented his personal
views. The delegation was notified
after the cablegram had been sent
to the Chinese government.
"I personally do not feel that any
actual results have been achieved by
the Washington conference regarding
China," Dr. Tyau said. "They
have been negative in actuality, except
in principle. Everything has
been agreed to in principle and then
turned over to sub-committees."
In no single case China has presented
for settlement on the basis
of the ten points proposed by the
Chinese delegation at the beginning
of the conference, Dr. Tyau said, has
anything more than justice to China
been involved. None of the ten
points required delayed action, he
said, because they were based on
China's rights as a sovereign nation.
Referring particularly to the withdrawal
of the foreign postoffices
from China, Dr. Tyau said the action
of the conference in agreeing to accede
to this demand by China only
after long investigation by a commission
was in direct violation of China's
rights as a sovereign nation.
"if we attach our signatures to any
such proposition," he added, "we
would be in the position of condoning
highway robbery on the part of
the powers. The powers have been
guilty of highway robbery of this
source of revenue, and instead of
China pleading for restoration of the
control of all postoffices on Chinese
soil, China should demand indemnity
for all the revenue she has been robbed
of by the powers maintaining postoffices
in China."
Government's Land Holdings.
Washington.-?An untapped wealth
estimated at a minimum of one hundred
and fifty billion dollars is contained
in the more than 400,000,000
acres of land stil* held in the public
domain.
Villa Leads Peace Movement.
Mexico City.?Francisco Villa, one
time bandit, has taken the leadership
of an agrarian league in the Laguna
cotton district in the state of Durango
where wide unemployment has given
rise to some disturbances.
Startles Peace Envoys.
Washington?Racial equality looms
as a dark cloud over the proceedings
of the armament conference, as the result
of an address delivered here by
Sennosuke Yokota, president of the
Japanese bureau of legislation.
Former Emperor to Marry.
Berlin.?According to The Zwoelfuhrblatt,
former Emperor William
has decided to marry again. The lady
of his choice, the newspaper says, is
the widow of a high officer from Danzig,
who was killed in the war.
Breathing Spell for Huns.
Paris.?Establishment in Berlin of
an Allied control commission to supervise
budgetary reforms and armed
with powers to bring about other
financial changes during a three-year
cessation in Germany's cash reparations
payments is provided :n o plan
uDder consideration by the repara
tions officials of France and Great
Britain.
Governors Close Convention.
unanesion, o. u. ? me muiceuLu |
annual conference of the house of
governors was officially concluded
with a closed session at which the executive
committee and officers were
re-elected and after an open session,
at which Gov. Henry J. Allen delivered
an illuminating address on the subject
of "Industrial Peace in Essential
Industries," In the course of which he
told of the workings of the famous
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations.
The gathering adjourned until the next
conference.
Fifteen Killed in Wreck.
Philadelphia.?Fifteen persons lost
their lives and twenty-five or more Injured
are in hospitals as the result of
a head on collision between two passenger
trains on the Newton branch
of the Philadelphia & Reading railway.
Interesting News.
New York.?Physical exercises prescribed
for men over 50 years of age
by present-day medical experts are
the same as were used by the Chinese
over 5,000 years ago.
Lloyd George May Not Come.
New York.?The statement that it
was ."unlikely that Lloyd George will
come to the Washington conference"
was made by a member of the British
delegation of the conference.
Surcharge Off in Georgia.
Atlanta, ua.? me rauroaa surcharge
of 50 per cent on fares for
Pullman berths and chairs was ordered
discontinued December 20, on
trains operating within Georgia in an
order issued here by the Georgia railroad
commission.
Government Forces in Control.
Buenos Aires.?Government forces
have gained the upper hand over the
bandits, who have terrorized the inhabitants"
of the territory of Santa
Cruz. Colonel Varela reports the capture
of about 500 of the outlaws, with
3,000 horses and quantities of arms
and ammunition.
Agreement Made With Irish.
London.?It is officially announced
that the government officials and the
representative of the Dall Elreann
have reached an agreement. '
GLYNN ENGINEERED
PEACE CONFERENCE
BY REQUEST OF THE BRITISH
PREMIER, NEW YORK'S EXGOVERNOR
ACTED.
[HE STORY TOLD IN DETAIL
Work on the Matter Started In Rome
In Meeting With Bishop Mannix
of Australia and Others.
Albany, N. Y.?It was my good fortune
to be honored by Lloyd George,
when I was In London last May, to
extend to Mr. De Valera the invitation
to come to London and discuss a settlement
of the Irish,meetings. That
invitation led to the meetings between
the prime minister of England and
President De Vetera which have
brought about this settlement. All
the details of my conference with
Lloyd George I am not at liberty to
divulge.
As long as the proposed settlement
of the Irish question is satisfactory
to the leaders in Ireland, it will be satisfactory
to the Irish the world over.
I believe any settlement proposed by
Collins, Griffith and their fellow commissioners
will be greeted with acclaim
everywhere.
My work on the matter started in
Rome in a meeting with Bishop Mannix,
of Australia, and others. Bishop
Mannix and I also were together in
London and worked together there.
Archbishop Hayes, of New York, did
great work for the cause in Rome.
Some day I will write the details of
the mission, but now is not the time.
But this will say:
Through me Llyod George invited
De Valera to come to London and try
to settle the Irish question without
exacting promises or making conditions,
He said that if Mr. De Yalera
would accept the invitation on these
terms, the Irish question could be settled,
not in one meeting, but iu a
series of meetings. Mr. De Valera accepted
and it turned out that Llyod
George was right.
The prime minister held that a series
of conferences would lead to a
settlement without Ireland going out
of the British empire and yet taking
its place among the nations of the
world.
When I told Bishop Mannix the
terms of Lloyd George's offer and the
invitation he could hardly believe his
ears. He said that if it had only been
made two years sooner the question
could have been quickly settled. Now
it wourd take more time, But he believed
that under fair discussion, with
a reasonable spirit of give and take
and a mutual desire to reach a solution,
the proposed terms would bring
about an end to the age-old fight between
Ireland and England.
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Foch Bids Capital Farewell.
Washington.?Ferdinand Foch, marshal
of France, bade Washington a
final farewell in a fleeting 15-minute
visit.
Jailer and Son Killed.
Jackson, Ky.?Jailer Albert Allen
and his son, Deputy Jailer Robert Allen,
are dead, and Mrs. Margaret Allen
and Mrs. Mary Allen, wives of the
jailer and deputy jailer, respectively,
are perhaps fatally wounded following
a mob's attempt to take two convicted
murderers from the Breathitt county
jail.
Expenses of Veterans Increase.
Washington.?Government expenses
for vocational training of world war
veterans increased by two million dollars
between the months of September
and November, according to a
statement issued by Director Forbes
of the veterans' bureau.
Quadruple Agreement Announced.
Washington. ? A new quadruple
agreement to preserve peace in the
waters of the Pacific was announced
to the world by the United States,
Great Britain, Japan and France.
Marines in Fight.
Managua, Nicaragua.?Four policemen
were killed and one wounded
while breaking up a street fight here
between several American marines
and a party of civilians. Two marines
were wounded. The Americans were
off duty at the time.
Shorter President Dead.
Rome, Ga.?Dr. A. W. Van Hoose,
president of Shorter college, died at a
local hospital, following an operation
ten days ago for an abscess on the
liver.
Mob Gets Negro.
Fort Worth. Texas.?Fred Rouse, a
negro packing house employe, who
shot two strikers, was taken by a mob
from the city-county hospital, after
overpowering Miss Essie Slaton, the
nurse.
Jury Consumes Evidence.
Lockport, N. Y.?A jury deliberating
on the case of Mrs. Anderson,
charged with liquor violations, drank
the quart bottle of whiskey which was
held as evidence and returned a verdict
of not guilty.
Canadian Offloial a Suicide.
Ottawa.?R. E. Rourke, comptroller
of currency in the Dominion government,
took his life by swallowing poison.
The comptroller's office is the
highest post in the Canadian department
of finance under civil service regulation.
Rich Haul of Liquor.
Washington. ? Four thousand cases
of whiskey, said to be valued at 500,000,
was stolen from a distillery in
Baltimore, according to a report to
the Washington police.
IQ8ACC0 GROWERS RESPOND
Thirty-five Per Cent, the Minimum
Quota That Waa Assigned to the
Stato la Now Under Contract
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Florence.?The contract for South
Carolina growers to sell their tobacco
through the Trl-State Tobacco Growers'
Co-operative Marketing association
will be closed Wednesday night
December 21, officers of the South ,
Carolina Tobacco association announced
from headquarters in Florence.
This announcement marked the termination
of four days' campaign, which
covered the entire state belt. It indi- '
cates fairly both the success of the
campaign to date and the independent
position of the Tri-State association
looking to the future of its organization.
A minimum of 5,000,000
pounds was signed durng the past
four days in the 60 meetings of the
campaign.
Campaign officers of the association 1
-1 t It tV. D.nl l>a. '
BWICU LXJCy U611CTO iuc iiuai uucvi. ?v
suits will show much more, while the 1
indirect result of the four days work
will run much larger. The contracts
are being compiled now and the re- 1
suits probably will be announced 1
soon. 1
Cooperative marketing of the bright J
tobacco of South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia next year 1s post^ '
lively assured. F. C. Shelton, cam- 1
paign manager, stated approximately
60 per cent of the combined production
of the three states Is under con- 1
tract, which requires about 50 per
cent to make It valid and binding.
Charleston.?Concluding an interesting
meeting, the Charleston convocation
of the Woman's auxiliary of the |
Episcopal church decided in the affir- (
mative the question, "Shall women be (
admtted to those councls of the church
to which laymen are admitted?" The
convocation did not favor putting
this principle into effect by establishing
a national house of churchwomen
in equal co-ordination with the existing ,
house of the general convocation, but
did approve the admisson of women
to the house of deputies.
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' Sumter. ?? Sumter's first wireless i
telephone receiving setjias been set i
up and is in operation. This is the I
property of J. C. Brown who installed
it himself in his home on Calhoun i
Btreet. Now with his family and I
friends seated comfortably around 1
him. he is able to reproduce i^ his
parlor, concerts, meetings and so <
forth all over the country. If one of j
the big cities, is not furnishing en- ]
tertainment enough for Mr. Brown t
and friends, he switches to another i
station and hears what that has to <
offer. This equipment is in touch
with two stations with which a turn- ]
ing may be made any night, these are
at Pittsburgh and Newark.
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Columbia.?Believed to have been j
catapulted from the Seaboard Air j
Line tarin, on which she was travel- I j
1 ' - XT r nanninc Aither I
ing lO 1XBVT x Ui XV, TTUOU
to or from the dining car, being killed
by the impact, tne dead body of
Mrs. Sarah Seibels, member of one of
the most prominent of Columtya families,
was found on the right of way,
about six miles north of McBee
Qaffney.?A great holiday drive,will
be made in Cherokee county In the
effort to stamp out tuberculosis'. Mrs.
George Garrett Byers has been ap- '
pointed county chairman, and will <
prosecute the work with her usual 1
vigor and energy. 1
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Conway. ? Mrs. Sarah Norris of 1
near Conway had a most peculiar and (
painful accident. She had been on a (
hunting and fishing trip with Charlie
and Jack Norris and was returning in
a wagon. A gun lying in the wagon (
was discharged by the jolting and the <
load took efTect in her inflicting a '
very painful wound. 1
Spartanburg.?Cottage prayer meet
in#, which is preliminary to the Billy f
Sunday campaign has started, servi- 1
ces being held in a number of homes. 1
Prayer meeting will be held every
Tuesday and Friday nights in various
parts of the city until the campaign s
actually begins. 1
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St. George.?Meeting here in annual ?
conference South Carolina Methodists 1
instructed the finance committee to i
insure the life of each member of the t
conference in the sum of $2,000. f
Southern Power Company Busy.
Chester. ? This has been a busy
week with the Southern Power comd
pany at Great Falls, with preparations j
going forward for excavating for the I
foundation of the structure which will J
house the new hydro-electric plant No. a
2, which will have a maximum generating
capacity of 60.000 horsepower, r
using three generating units of 20.000 r
horsepower each. The digging is being
done by means of hydraulic power, \
a six-inch steel pipe hurling out 1,500 o
gallons a minute. i'
Many Farmers Disappointed.
(Gaffney.?Much to the disappointment
of the farmers of Cherokee coun- :
V
ty they have received information to
the effect that the price of tobacco has c
gotten so low, owing to excessive pro- f
ductlon, that it will not pay to plant c
and cultivate the weed here. This ^
i disappointment is lniensuieu u?.aug? c
of the fact that experts had assured
the farmers that the soil is peculiarly ^
adapted to the raising of tobacco, and f,
those who have been planting cotton 8
were delighted. . s
Member of Hunting Party Killed.
Florence.?Fay Poston. 18, was killed,
and his brother, Alger Poston, ^
probably fatally injured near Johnson- t,
ville when they and other members of j|
a hunting party are said to have been D
fired upon in trespassing upon a far- p
mer's land. Other members of the v
party was said to have been wounded, t,
Jim Benton, accused of the shoot- e
ing, was surrounded in a swamp by a j
posse of citizens. p
Deputies were sent at once to In- a
vestigate, at the request of citizens g
of Johnsonville. t
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OUNCE LEADS TO
WBECKAND IN
SOCIAL SCIENCE COMMITTEE OF |
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION
8UBMITS THEIR REPORT,
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TIME RIPE FOR INTERVENTION
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Committee Think* Much Advancement
It Being Made in Right Direction
In Present Social Orders.
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Greenville.?That the modern dance
Is leading many to wreckage and ruin;
that the motion picture Industry is not
seriously undertaking its own reformation;
its possibilities for good and
also for dire evil are gieat; that fa- , *
millarlty between the seies among the
people of all ages is Increasing, and
that there seems to be a breaking
down of the liner spiritual sensibilities
amoner the DeoDle. which Dermtts of
the dicusslon of topics freely which
would not have been mentioned in
society as recently as six year! ago?
statements to this effect and others
regarding public - morals of today
were made by Dr. R. C. Cranberry,
of Oaffney, chairman of a committee
on social service and public moral!,
in a report to the State Baptist
convention here.
Adoption of this report on public
morals, together with p strong ser- ,
mon by Rev. J. Dean Crain, .featured
the three sessions of the day. Several
hundred Baptists from all parts
of South Carolina were in attend- c
ance.
Dr. Granberry, in his report, said
that he and his committeemen are
not pessimists, because they believe #
In Jesus Christ, and stressed the fact
that much advancement in the right
direction is being made in the present
social orders. Regarding the
modern dance, motion pictures, the
laxity of relationship between the
sexes and other matters, however, he v
urged that the time was at hand for
the church to take a hand.
'1 know that it is customary for
church people to quietly acquiesce in
the dance situation?' he said, '.but
that must change.''
Prohibition, the committee declared,
is a great success, notwithstanding
the fact that the light with the
liquor traffic is not yet finished, in- *
creasing profanity and improper observance
of the Sabbath were also
llscussed.
The convention adopted the re
port of the committee.
Chester. ? That Chester county is
naking a start in the direction of
rult grdwing as a measure rendered
lecessary and advisable in the campaign
to get away to as large extent ( m
is posslWe from cotton and the boll
veevil, was demonstrated at Loweryrille
when Dr. James Land bought
he Davis G. Anderson lands, con- ^
listing of practically 100 acres, for
:he purpose of setting out a large
peach orchard.
York. ? The downward trend ?f
fork county real estate values was
effected in the public sales by the'
ferk of the court here, farm lands
telling at prices that have not obained
here in several years. Pres- +
mce of the advance gufcrd of the boll
iveevil, coupled with the low price
>f cotton, is responsible for the defining
land values.
Gaffney.?As the two daughters of ^
y T. Floyd were passing along one
>f the streets of Gaffney on their way
lome from a drug store, they were
iccosted by a yonng man named
Charles Kendrick. who, according to
he statement of one of the girls,
itruck her a severe blow across the
ips and then struck her again on the
rnck of the head.
Chester.?Sheriff D. Gober Anderton
and Magistrate Haynes have
nade an important capture at FIop?ye.
at Granite Falls, when the^ seizsd
a big truck, the property of a Coumbia
concern, and 1,728 bottles of
;inger compounds, extracts, etc. The
ruck will be advertised for sale in a
ew days.
Still and Men Captured.
Camden?Sheriff Grover Welch and
deputy Henry McLeod of Camden, *
-?"""niaH hv Sheriff Hunter and
ILXUlllJ[/aiiivu ~ j
)eputy Montgomery and Chief of
'olice Bell of Lancaster, went on a \
oint raiding expedition and captured '
, complete liquor outfit of about 50
.allons capacity and confiscated some
neal, sugar and molasses used in
naking whiskey.
Two negro men, Mungo brothers,
Fere arrested and as the still was
n the Kershaw side, they were placed
n the Camden jail.
Prisoners Fall to Escape. '
Columbia. ? An attempt at escape
rom the state prison was nipped rhen
the hiding place of Harry Gates
erving five years from Marlboro
ounty, and C. D. Cooper, a life-termer
rom Spartanburg county, was dlsovered
beneath the roof o the tu- ,
i rculosis hospital at the prison in
he search for the two men.
Cooper and Gates were rouna 10
e missing when a brother of the
ormer called at the penitentiary to
ee him. They had been in hiding for
ome time.
To Have Club Rooms.
Sumter.?The Sumter post of the
imerican Legion has decided to esablish
club rooms for the use of
t3 members. At a recent meeting
ew officers were elected as follows:
>ost commander, Joseph S. Chandler;
Ice commander, J. H. Forbes; adjuant,
Zach K. Darr; historian. W. H.
lowman: veterans' bureau officer, Dr.
. H. Mills, John B. Duffle was apointed
to look into the formation of
woman's auxiliary to the post in
lumter and arrangements have been
aade to establish one.
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