Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 22, 1921, Image 2

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, TROUBLE BREWING THROUGH FRANCE J HER PROPOSAL TO BUILD TEN CAPITAL SHIPS STRIKES THE CONFERENCE DUMB. IN DISACCORD WITH THEORY Strong Inclination In American and British Circles Not to Take the Proposition Seriously. Washington.?Announcement by the British spokesman that France has asked before the naval sub-committee of 15 for authority in agreement with the other four naval powers to build ten 35.000-ton capital ships struck the \ arms conference with stunning force. The proposal was wholly out of accord with theories on which the naval confrees have proceeded up to this time that there was a strong inclination in British and American circles not to take it seriously. The feeling was said to rest in part on what Premier Briand said at the second plenary session in regard to the American proposals for naval limitation. Mr. Briand's reference to "principles" was construed at the time as acceptance for France of the four principles laid down by Mr. Hughes in his proposals. Paragraph A of the four principles stated was as follows. "The elimination of all capital shipbuilding programs, either actual or projected." Paragraph B reads: "That regard should be had to the j existing naval strength of the conferring powers." In view of these plain statements of the purpose of the conference, and apparent French agreement in those purposes. officials of delegations other than the French have been wholly at a loss to account for France's desire now to add ten 35,000-ton "post Jutland" ships to her navy by 1935. The proposal was believed in some quarters to be a trading proposition to accomplish some other purpose not clearly dlscernable except to the French. Would Issue Bonds. Washington.?The Southern railway asked the interstate commerce commission for permission to issue and sell $30,000,000 in gold bonds to bear interest at/6 1-2 per cent to mature April. 1956. The railroad proposes with the funds thus obtained to pay $22,588,000 for redemption of outstanding short-term notes, and $2,355,000 to extinguish a government loan. The balance, the application said, will be held in the treasury of the corpor-1 nttnn as reimbursement for capital bet terment expenditures already made. Governor's Picture on Money. Montgomery. Ala.?Gov. Thomas E. Kilbv. of Alabama. Is the first living : American to have his portrait on an official piece of United States money. | On the Alabama centennial half dol-1 lar. authorized by act of congress, a j profile likeness of Governor Kilbv appears side by side with that of William W. Bibb. Alabama's first governor. Asks Reduction of Rates. Washington.?Railroad traffic executives have been requested by Recretarv Hoover to reduce freight rates one dollar a ton on coal from eastern producing districts to Atlantic ports in order to allow American producers to meet increasing competition Pine May be Sold France. Memphis. Tenr..?Negotations are under way for the sale by Southern pine interests to the French Govern-1 ment of approximately 240 000.00ft feet of pine lumber, valued at between $7,000.000 and $3,000,000. according to an announcement at a meeting here of Southern Yellow Pine Producers. One Killed; Many Wounded. Cornelia. Ga.?Vernon Grant, deputy sheriff. and two other members of a posse were shot, an alleged blockader was killed and another believed to be seriously wounded in a battle between liquor runners and a posse of officers near View, Habersham county. 23.000 Idle Mine Workers. Scranton. Pa.?There are 23.000 idle mine workers in district number one of the United Mine Workers and unless the coal business improves promptly, in the neighborhood of 25,000 will be added to this number within a few days. Epidemic of Influenza. Coblenz.?Many of the American soldiers are in the hospital suffering from influenza, which is epidemic. There are at present 150 cases of the disease, which is of a moderate type. Reduced Rates Sustained. Washington. ? Reduced rates on grain, grain products and hay in transMississippi territory, which the carriers recently sought to have suspended for six months, were sustained hy the interstate commerce commission. Rouse Suceeds Flood. Washington. ? Representative Arthur B Rouse, of Kentucky has been selected chairman of the democratic congressional committee to succeed the late Representative Henry D. Flood, of Virginia, it was announced. Moultrie rlre Threatening. Moultrie. Oa.?Fire destroyed the Capitol Theater, resulting in an estimated loss of $50,000 and $25,000 rnsurance. Th? blaze was caused by defective wiring, and for a while a big part of the business section of the 'iiv tt-aa thrpjitpned. Bank Bandits are Killed. Davenport. Iowa.?Art Purple was shot and killed and Harry Hamilton fatally wounded when they attempted to hold up the Stockmen's savings bank of Long Grove, near here. SENATOR LADD'S PREDICTION Representative Sinclair of North Dakota Also Cricised the Present Monetary System. Washington ? Failure of present day financial and credit systems to meet the needs of the people is threatening the destruction of the fundamental American industry, agriculture, Sena:or Ladd, of North Dakota, declared in opening the conference called | by him to seek legislative relief from the situation. Senator Ladd described his proposed federal loan bureau as one method of relief, asserting that through it the government would resume its proper function of issuing money and of providing credit to all the people on terms of equality. Estimating that a loss to "all industrial classes" during the last few years of 88 billions of dollars, with an equal loss in purchasing power, had re- < suited from deflated value of farm products, he declared that this could be traced to the "non-functioning of capital" held by a few great corporations. The federal loan bureau bill proposed to advance credits to fanners on warehouse receipts, on city real estate up to 50 per cent of its value, on forms tr? BO ner cent and farm im provements to 40 per cent. Representative James H. Sinclair, of North Dakota, also criticised the present monetary eystem, declaring the federal reserve board was "controlled absolutely by bankers for the benefit of bankers." Fifty Billion Marks. Warsaw.?Gold and jewels estimated to be worth fifty billion Polish marks?the Russian Soviet government's first payment to Poland under the treaty of peace signed at Riga on March 18 last?have arrived here. | Diamonds, rubies and other precious stones and gold bars filling 100 cases I in all were brought here on a special train under military escort. Harding Approves Design. Washington?President Harding approved the design of the medal which, under the armyNbill of June 5, 1920, he was authorized to present' to the City of Verdun in the name of the Congress and people of the United States. Had Plans to Seize Castle. Copenhagen.?The police have discovered plans showing that the homeless unemployed in Copenhagen contemplated seizure of the Christiansborg castle, which is the King's official residence and the meeting" place of the Danish Parliament, intending to use it as a sleeping place. Should Be Encouraged. Pinehurst, N. C.?Dr. Lorenz, Austrian surgeon working among the crippled children in this country, "should be helped and encouraged.'* declared ' Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., in a statement here. Naval Ratio is Agreed To. Washington. ? Consideration of the naval ratio question was understood : to have been completed by the Big i Three of the Washington conference, i Meeting at the state department. Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour j and Admiral Bacon Kato spent an hour discussing it, it was understood, the, naval ratio question and. at the breakup of the session, it was indicated, they would not meet again. This was taken to forecast final and complete agreement on the limitation of naval armament as regards the united. States. Japan and Great Britain. Check-Off Injunction Remanded. Chicaeo. ? The Injunction banning the check-off system of collecting min*! ors' dues recently issued by Judge A. 1 G. Anderson, in federal court at Indianapolis, was ordered recast by the United States circuit court of appeals. War Tax on Express. New York.?Elimination of the war tax on express shipments, effective January 1, will result in a saving of $1,500,000 a month for users of this service. G. C. Taylor, president of the American Railway Express company ; declared in a statement. > During the first ten months of the current year, he said, the tax on express shipments amounted to about $13,000,000. The average express charge was $1.50. Congressional Recess. Washington.?The senate adopted 1 the Curtis recolution that congress adjourn for its holiday recess from December 22 to January 3. The resolution now goes to the house where favorable action is anticipated. Launch Cruiser Concord. Philadelphia. ? The light cruiser Concord, one of ten of this type vessel being built by the government, was launched at Cramps Shipyards. The cruiser was sponsored by Miss Helen Bagley Buttrick, of Concord. Mass. Gang Members Surrounded. Jackson. Ky.?Three members of the band which raided the Breathitt county jail, killing one man. fatally | wounding a woman and seriously wound'ng another, were surrounded i by state troops in a cave on John Little's creek, 12 miles from here. I Peru Mobilizes Troops. Buenos Aires.?Peru has decreed the mobilization of 398 officers and 11,300 troops and is sending seven regimen's to Ticaco, in the province of Tacna. American Vessels Increase. Washington. .. The tonnage of American vessels registered in foreign trade at the end of the last fiscal year j was almost eleven times greater than in 1914, according to t''A annual report of the Commissioner of Naviga- ; i tion. Oppose SoM:er Doies. Washington. ? The j>?J*ninsfrnMvp ; committee of the Am^'can Banke-s' association at a !?-r h^r0. re->'. firmed the onnnefMrn -<t t'-e (Convention of the season laat Oc ober. * FOGH BIDS UNITED ? STATESJFAREWELL" AMID CHEERING THRONGS WAR SCARRED HERO OF WORLD a SAILS FOR FRANCE. ?' tl RECEIVED GIFTS EVERYWHERE 5' i 0 Heard the Voice of America From $ Upwards of Seventeen Million of e; Men, Women and Children. 11 7 tl XT XT 1. T7> J J V ! ^ i\e w x ui iv.?fciuiuauu cwu, B. |& and slight, but bearing with him ^ every honor that America could be d stow, upon one of alien citizenship, v bade farewell to cheering throngs 0] here and sailed away to France. ei In his baggage were six great cases filled with gifts from the peo- s< pie of this continent, who thronged s< to see him during his tour qf the g] United States and Canada and lend a their voices to acclaim the man who p hurled Germany's legions back from a the soil of France and won victory o in history's greatest conflict Since s< coming tb America late in October, tl Marshal Foch has traveled nearly 15,- w 000 miles, made more than 500 g< speeches, attended luncheons and banquets beyond computation and o: haB heard the voice of America from p upwards of 17,000,000 men and wo- p men and children. o Farewell Message. "I have come to love all Americans 11 for their spirit of diligence and for e their generous-heartedness," said the n marshal in his farewell message to ^ the people of America, transmitted 01 through the American Legion Week- k ly, organ of the ex-service men's or- w ganization, before sailing for home. "With deep regret I bid you goodbye," the allied leader said. "For al- n most seven weeks the legion has en- a: tertained me mafwelousy in your J' splendid country. My experience here c< leads to two thoughts. ai "When first I met you and came to ,r admire you as fighters, cheerful, subject to discipline under your splendid a< leader, General Pershing, the days Vj were dark indeed. Yet you Bmiled jn' then as you fought and your cheer- c' fulness and bravery helped much to a: bring us victory and peace. "When next I met you, it was in your country. The alarms of war were over. You were engaged ac- jq lively in those pursuits of peace e( ?u 1 -v ?i>? ?? anoontlol (n hannlnPSS Wilicu LUC DU COOCUV1U1 vv and prosperity?hard work. I have w come to love all Americans for their n) spirit of diligence, for their generousheartedness. France and the United States are indeed close together, as they always have been. ? N ? F Asks Appropriation for Russians. e] Washington.?Effective food relief ti In Russia must be administered by 5, congressional action. Secretary Hoover declared to the house foreign af- tc fairs committee in asking an appropriation <of $20,000,000 for the purchase of food supplies for starving Russia. tr Qi Timber Supply is Near End. jc New York. ? vThis country faces 0| great danger from the exhaustion of Its timber supply within the next decade, according to Martin L. Davey, former member of congress from Ohio and an authority on tree preser- w vation, who issued a warning to 01 America at the annual conservation m congress of the America Game Pro- jM tective association at the Waldorf- t0 Astoria hotel. M g< fa Texas Mob Hangs White Man. Waco, Tex. ? "Curley"' Hackney, white, about 30 years old. arrested in connection with an attack on an ^ eight-year-od girl, was taken from the , js city jail and hanged three miles e( south of town. C ? a* Cotton Consumed in November. b< Washington. ? Cotton consumed a< during November amounted to 526, 610 bales of lint and 53.257 bales of ^ inters, compared with 332.712 of lint fe and 34.827 of linters in November of w last year, the census bureau an- a] nounced. in China's Offer to Tokio. Washingon. ? The counter proposal of China for the purchase from hi Japan of the Kioa Chow-Tsinanfu I of railroad in Shantung province has d? been cabled to Tokio by the Ja?.?n- ei ese arms conference delegation. w ki Wants Treaty Abrogated. Washington.?The Chinese delegation asked of the powers represented in the Far Eastern committee of M the Washington conference that the ni famous twen:y-one demands treaty of tl 1915 be abrogated. is France Will Forego Payments. Paris.?France is willing temporarily to forego cash reparations pay- b ments from Germany, a high official ei jn the French foreign office told the O Associated Press. ai a: Ex-Crown Prince to Return. Doom, Holland.?The former German crown prince, who since November. 1918, has lived at Wieringen, is F< now planning to return to Germany re and expects to request permission ui the Dutch government for his depar- H ture early in the spring. P One Dead and Four Entombed. Morrison. Colo. ? One miner is known to have lost his life and four N others are still entombed in the Sanatic mine of the Colorado Colliers T company, where they were entombed h -..bile fighting a fire in the mine. h Eleven Ball Players For One. New York?The first of a series of baseball trades in the big leagues F was announced when the St. Louis H imeri"ans traded eleven players for T Dave Danforth star left-handed pitch- P er of the Columbus team. ]li t * i -1 ESERTERS MUST NOT ESCAPE 'eport Shows That Reported Desertions From Regular Army in Fiscal Year Totalied 14,563. * Washington. ? Energetic pursuit nd punishment of the more than 100,00 men who evaded the draft during world war is urgently recommendd by Major General Harris, adjutant eneral of the army, in his report lade public by the secretary of war. 'o bring those guilty to trial, he recmraends that congress appropriate 250,000 to pay rewards of $50 for ach draft deserter delivered to the lilitary authorities. "It is imperative," he declares, "that le government exhibit ,the greatest osslble energy in pursuing these men nd in punishing all who are found lilty. If the government permit these esers to escape the punishment proided for their offense, consequences f the gravest import will certainly asue. "Inaction of this sort would tend to Bt a premium on evasion of military ervice with the inevitable result that, tiould another national emergency rise and another selective draft be nt in oneration. the number of men (.tempting to evade the performance f military duty will mount to a figure ) large as to emperil the nation irough interfering very seriously 'ith the rapid building up of an emerency army." General Harris says the publication f the "slacker lists," by the newspaers "proved highly useful for the urpose of straightening out the recrds of a number of non-willful deBrters whose names were included lerein, despite all the care and effort cpended in an attempt to include one but those of willful deserters." [e shows that less than one-half of ae per cent of the names published ave been found to be those of nonillful deserters and says these have sen removed from the lists. General Harris' report shows that jported desertions from the regular rmy in the fiscal year ended last ane 30, totalled 14,563, or 4.57 per jnt, the largest percentage since 1909, ad nearly four times as great as that i the preceding fiscal year. He says le marked increase probably cap be ccounted for "by the fact that the ist majority of the deserters were ew recruits who found the army disipline more irksome than they had aticipated." To Change Circuit Richmand, Va.?W. B. Bradley, present of the Virginia league, announc1 that a meeting of the league direcirs will be held in Norfolk to decide hat cities will compose the league jxt year. Morse at Capital. Washington.?Charles W. Morse of ew York, who was recalled from ranee by Attorney General Daugh ty in connection with an investigaon of transactions with the shipping sard, arrived here accompanied by is son, Irwin, and his attorney, Milin L. Lambert. Seek Withdrawal of Troops. Havana.?Withdrawal of American oops stationed in Cuba will be re nested by the Government under a lint resolution passed by both houses t Congress. Believes in Ford Project Orange, N. J.?Thomas E. Edison, ho recemly accompanied Henry Ford 1 an inspection trip to the govern^ ent's water power development at uscle Shoals, Ala., declared the auimobile manufacturer could make the uscle Shoals project hum, not ouly itting his rental but a good profit r the people. Teacher Awarded Damages. Atlantic City, N. J.?Miss Mary L. 'eeka, a school teacher, whose home in Warrenton, Va., has been award1 a verdict of $1,163 by Referee barles Corbin, in a suit brought gainst the Galloway township school iard under the employers' liability :t. Miss Weeks took a stick from an iruly pupil and, in trying to break over her knee, 4t$t her balance and ill to the floor, breaking her hip. She as in a hospital for several mon hs id never fully recovered from her jury, it was testified. Floods Result in 10 Deaths. 1ri V? Ton norcnna aro OtTclILIC, Y? aeii 1. ?* i tit pu? uuuo m* v lown to have been killed, a number ' others injured and heavy' property image has been done by railroad acdents and landslides eaused by the orst flood western Washington has aown in years. 81 Moplahs Killed. Calicut, nritlsh India. ? Eighty-one eplahs have been killed and fifteen ado prisoners during a clash with le military near Chervar. The Dri:h had only one Sepoy wounded. Eight Persons *urn to Death. Detroit. Mich.?Eight persons were urned to death in a fire that destroy:1 their boarding house near Royal ak. a suburb. Three others, a woman tid two children, were badly injured nd were taken to a hospital. Foch Will Say His Farewells. New York. ? Marshal Ferdinand och, generalssimo of France, will >ach here to say his farewell to the etropolis and to the United States e sails Wednesday on the steamer aris for France. Mennonites Reaches Alabama. Yellow Pine. Ala.?One thousand lennonltes, occupying IS cars, arriv;1 here from Regina, Saskatchewan, he colonists brought with them cows, orses, sheep, household effects, veicles and farming .implements. Restrictions on Cotton Acreage. Memphis, Tenn. ? Addresses by rank O. Lowden, former Governor of linois, and Nathan Adams, of Dallas, ex., and consideration of resolutions roposing restriction of cotton acreage mitation and crop diversification. MONEY VOTED FOR RUSSIAN RELIEF \ BILL PASSED AUTHORIZING AN EXPENDITURE OF TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS. 1 f TWO SOLID HOURS OF DEBATE Opponents of Measure Claim That Connections of Distress Also Prevail in This Country. I Washington.?A bill authorizing the President to expend $20,000,000 out of the funds of the United States Grain corporation for relief of the distressed and starving people of Russia was. passed by the house, 114 to 51. Opponents of the measure fought it to the last and forced a roll call on the ground that the vote as announced did not incline a quorum of the house. The roll call resulted 181 to. 71 and the bill now goes ta the senate. In wrangling over the measure the house attempted to chop it to pieces with amendments. The first actual test was an amendment by Representative Bankhead (democrat) of Alabama to reduce the amount from $20,000,000 to $10,000,000, which was defeated 78 to 60. There had been two solid hours of debate, during whiph a flood of eloquence was let loose on the arguments that the starving Russian children, regardless of the bolshevik ruin that had brought about their distress, should have their cry for bread silenced with American food, when a new fight was started over proposals to tear the bill to pieces. Protesting against the use of funds for the people of any foreign nation, Chairman Madden of the appropriations committee declared it was not easy to vote a tax on the backs of the American people and cry at the same time for economy. "There are conditions of distress in this country which would appall congress If I dared relate them," Mr. Madden shouted, adding that information to this effect had been laid before him confidentially. "But I cannot see my way clear to vote money out of the treasury," said the chairman, "when it is not to be used to relieve the distress of the people we were sent here to serve." When the time came to receive amendments, more than a score of members, jumping to their feet, demanded recognition. In the midst of the flood of them, Representative Goodykooiltz (republican) of West Virginia stepped forward with a new proposal which would direct the President to spend $20,000,000 for relieving distress among the "starving hungry and unemploved citizens of the United States." It was howled out on a point of order, but the West Virginia republicah stood his ground. "Mv amendment may not come with in the riles of the house," Mr. Goodykoontz declared above the din. "but It at least has the merit of coming within the constitution of the United States." i Agricultural Loans. Washington.?Approval of 182 advances for agricultural and livestock purposes aggregating nearly $7,000,000 was announced by the war finance corporation. The loans included: Georgia, $461,000: North Carolina, $110,000; South Carolina, $306,000; and Virginia, $46,000. * ; Wedding to Cost $150,000. London.?In spite of the comparative poverty of the British royal family, due to the excessive increase in the cost of living, It was learned that the wedding of Princess Mary to VisJ count Lascelles is to cost nearly $150,i 000. It will he the costliest function of its kind since the wedding of King j George. British Ratify Treaty. London.?Prolonged cheering greeted 'lie announcement that both houses of the British parliament had ratified the treaty creat'ng the Irish Free State by emphatic foajorities. Collides With U. S. Destroyer. New York.?Wireless messages received here stated that the steamship Panama had collided with the United States destroyer Graham, off Seagirt, N. J. The Panama, with 107 passen"orQ nn hnard. sent OUt S. O. S. calls. Take $10,000 From Theater. New York.?Three bandits entered the Capitol theater building, held up the auditor, Louis Faulkner, and three other theater employes and escaped down a fire escape with $10,000 they took from the safe. To Clear Up Wall Street Explosion. Washington.?The arrest in Warsaw of Wolfe Lindenfeld will clear up the entire mystery of the Wall street explosion of September 16, 1920, it was stated by William J. Burns, head of the department of justice's bureau of investigation. Badits Raid Town. Buenos Aires.?The small town oJ Lasheras. in Santa Cruz province, bar been raided and sacked by ban dits, according to dispatches from Domora and Riverdavia. Withdraw From League. Norfolk, Va.?SufTolk and Tarboro baseball teams withdrew from the Virginia league at the meeting of the baseball club owners here and the league will start next season with only six clubs unless it is decided later to increase the circuit to eight teams. Crude Oil Produced in U. S. Washington.?The supply of crude oil produced in the United States this year is estimated at 474,000.000 barrels, or an average of 47 barrels Sot I each registered motor vehicle MARSHAL FOCH AT GREENWOOD T The Visit of Marquis do Lafayette to South Carolina in March 1825. c is Recalled. M Greenwood.?In March 1825, the Marquis de Lafyette, while on a triumphant tour of the land which he bad help to make free, entered South Carolina near old Cheraw and proceeding by coach made his way to the sea. At every stop he was acclaimed I by a grateful people, and to this day ' the residents of Camden, Columbia and Charleston speak of celebrations held in his honor, and other places D point with pride to t'^e fact that the distinquished Frenchman included them in his itineray. The houses in which he was quartered, the chairs in which he sat, cornerstones which he laid, are still treasured. Today, nearly 97 years afterwards, w South Carolina was honored by the Sl Dresence of another great Frenchman, SI another man who helped set its peo- 10 pie free. And from the time Ferdi* 111 nand Foch, commander in chief of the m allied forces, first Baw the light of a ^ Carolina sun near Calhoun Falls until si he left the Palmetto State in the his- rj toric Waxhaws he was acclaimed with the same warmth of feeling as e< was expressed to his illustrious pre- dl decessor/ v< South Carolina did not have the ^ generalissimo within its borders but a few, all too few, hours, but in that hl short space he traveled over half as Q1 much territory as was covered by the marquis in about two weeks. al A hundred years from now genera- al tions, yet unborn, will talk of Fodh's visit. Things he said will be repeated, vl ihings he did will be related. The places he visited will be set apart. E 'he thingb he used will be held up in veneration and children will be told "< that they in turn may tell their des- cf cendantsof the generalissimo. One ^ hundred years from now the happen- O Ings of December 9,1921, will be looked back upon with the same historic A' pride as the people of today look upon Lafayette's tour of March, 1925. *a al as Batesburg.?Mrs. C. J. Milling of gJ Darlington was elected president of n( the South Carolina division 'of' the ^ United Daughters of the Confederacy rg at the closing session of the 25th annual convention of this organization here. Mrs. Milling takes the place of Mrs. St. John Alison Lawton of Char- ^ leston. who has just completed two ye?rs of service. < * * The division decided to. offer a sil ver loving cup in the future to the chapter doing the greatest amount of historical work each year. us v Anderson.?Gen. C. A. Heed, commander of the United Confederate veterans of South Carolina, received UE official notice from Gen. Julian S. 0r Carr, commander in, chief, that the reunion of ^Confederate veterans le would be held in Richmond, June 20- w< 22 in 1922. T1 T' Greenville.?At the closing sessions of the State Baptist convention, here, Rock Hill was chosen as the Si place for the next mecti'lg, anil the hi following officers were elected to ki serve during the ysuing year: hi J. J. Lawton, Hartsville, president; pi W. C. Allen, Dillon, secretary; A. B. oi Kennedy; Dr. A. T. Jamison, Green- th wood, vice president; Dr. J. tt. Jeter, Si Greenwood, vice president fa Charleston.?Sergeant N. S. Bethers, U. S. M. C., a guard jn a mail car ,he attached to Atlantic Coast Line train hi No. 80, Jacksonville to New York, ta fired his sawed-off shotgun five times c< at three men, two of whom at least re are negroes, it is believed, who were bf throwing packages from n sealed ex- he press car about four miles thi3 sida nc of Savannah, Ga. Two of the men n< were wounded, according to unofficial information, and the third is at large. Some of the goods were recoveed. Li C! Ganey.?As an aftermath of the col- gh lislon between the cars )f Claude F. f0 Humphries and G. W. Wallace ou the 0f Nathional highway across Broad liver w; on the night of November 9. three 8t suits have been filed, one by Hum- be phries against Wallace for one hundred dollars for damages to his car, one by Wallace against Humphries ha ? * ??.?A n/.ftTdl vj ror eleven nunareu uunaio awu ?*.?? ? Ui and puntive-damages, and one by 0. n, W Wallace and Mrs. Pauline Wallace re In the sum of $10 Ou i damages. 8V] i Jail Delivery Attempted. Aiken.?A jail delivery was attempted at the Aiken jail by two prisoners, cc Lucius Barton and Aleck Lindsay, f0 who are held under the charge of car \\ stealing. The men twisted off a large a piece of cage and tore a hole in the W( brisk wall of the jail. James Walker. 0f a trusty, heard the noise and notified 19 Jailer Vernon, who arrived Just in th time to prevent the prisoners from es- n caping. Among those in Jail is George fe Rivers, negro, charged with wrecking aJ1 a Port Royal train near Augusta last $1 May. be To Build New HotelCharleston.?According to announced plans for financing the Francis ag Marion hotel, to be built here, local iu stock subscriptions will account for $500,000 and $400,000 Is to be secured pi: on a first mortgage covering the real fo' estate, while $300,000 is to be raised flc by a second mortgage, secured by portions of rental income, $1,200,000 f0i being required. A campaign among at business men is aimed to raise the th $150,000 lacking in local stock sub gi scriptions. It Is likely construction u< will start early In 1922. wj To Plant Peach Trees. Spartanburg. ? Approximately 30,000 peach trees will he planted in ha Spartanburg county this season, it ie? was announced by Ernest Carnes, re county agricultural agent. These fig- of ures include peach trees for commer- ag rial and home use. A number of com- co mercial peach orchards will be put in. w| The experiment station at Clemson fnj college has experts here now super vl< intending the putting in of th- trees w( and will conduct experiments in fer a tilizing in the different sections of the *h county wher? orchards will be put la ui OBACCO DIE IS NEARING END EMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE MAKING A HOUSE-TO HOUSE CANVASS. \ OBACCO BELT SUB-DIVIDED arlington and Florence Counties Have Already Secured Their Min/ imum Quotas. 1 Florence.?With but a few days of impaigmng left before the holidays, outh Carolina tobacco growers are Deeding up in their drive for signers i the contract for cooperative marketig. Members of the association are aklng a house-to house canvass of leir neighbors who have not as yet gned, and N local organizations are icing to the 100 per cent goal. The tobacco belt has been sud-dividi for the final spurt, and each sub[vision is under the supervision of a steran campaigner or a member of te camDalan committee. Darlington and Florence countiea. ive already secured their minimum totas, and are pushing forward to Did the lead. Williamsburg, Marion, id Dillon are staging their big week, id Clarendon is close on the heels ot ie leaders. W. E. Lee of Timmons- > ille and County Agent Davis are pint-, ng Horry county in the running, and . E. McGill of Darlington, after havig helped to put his home county >ver the top," is aiding in the "signup impaign in counties on the southern irder of the belt. Sumter, Lee and eorgetown are making excellent pr ess, and bid fair to be among thtf rst at the'finish. Boll weevil conditions are forcing* rmers in many sections to cas* jout for another "money crop" ana i tobacco is a logical choice a coC derable acreage will be planted ' iw territory the coming year. The rowers' Marketing association will imove an existing handicap to new t rritory by furnishing a stable mar;t for the product, and many prospecve growers qf Orangeburg, Bamberg, srkeley and Dorchester counties are oining up" with growers of this ate, North Carolina and Virginia. York.?The Miller school house, sitited three milea west of York, waa >stroyed by fire of undetermined, orln. School reopened in Harmony lurch, which is no longer in regular ie. A new school building will be ected immediately. \ By a singular coincidence, the Milr school house in Bethel township ent up in flames about a week ago iese were the only two schools in jrk county bearing the same name. / * + Gaffney. ? A negro named Will Dears, who lived near Gaffney, shot s wife and believing that he had , lied her, went into the woods near 8 house and killed himself with a stol. The woman is in a very seri- , is condition, and it is not belidved at she can recover. It is said that Dears accused his wife of being un- > ithful. Spartanburg.?Dr. W. O. Wrightson, jalth officer, announces that there ia it one case of scarlet fever in Spar nburg except the four reported from jnverse college. Four cases were ported during the month of Novem!r and one case of diphtheria. The alth of Spartanburg at this time is >rmal, there being no epdemcs or jar epidemic. Greenwood. ? Monroe Willar and Jther Timmons, young white men of inton, were taken in charge by a ' leriff's posse after an all night hunt llowing the killing, near Mountville, Hosea Martin, Laurens policeman, ho with other officers attempted to op the Clinton men alleged to have >en making a liquor run. Newberry.?A deplorable tragedy tppened on the Newberry-Whitmire * ghway, about nine miles north of awberry, when Paul Kilgo of Launs met with an accident that reilted in his death eight hours later. Sell Spartanburg Bonds. Spartanburg.^-The county highway immission sold $137,000 worth of wnship bonds to The Trust company, :lanta, Ga., for $101,277, which gave premium of $1,749.49. The bonds jre 17 year average highway bonds * Spartanburg county, dated April 1. 21. There were 17 bidders, three of pm being above par. The Fifth lird National bank of Cincinnati ofred $1 above par, and R. M. Grant id company, of New York, offered ' 00.25, while 14 of them were at and ' low par. Raided Columbia Club. * Columbia. ? Federal pnohibtion * ents raided the quarters of the Combia club top floor of the Loan & cchange Bank building, and seized ne full quarts of "good liquor and ur parts of quarts, according to ofers. i In addition to the booze, the officers und 21 empty gallon cans that had one time contained the joy fluid, ey said, and some empty bottles. , xteen of the 21 cans were in boxes. ) arrests were made, but warrants II likely be sworn out. Find Stilt at Chalngang. Edgefield. ? Edgefield county has d its share of "moonshine" distiller?, but about the boldest effort yet on cord was discovered by the foreman the county chaingang a few days 0 when he caught the chaingang ok with a crude distilling outfit th which he would make booze durz the day, while the guards and con;ts were out some distance away >rking on the road. As nightfall * me on he would take his crude ome brew" p'ant to a place of hid1 in the bushes.