Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, February 23, 1922, Image 2
WILL OPEN IRE
TRAINING GAMPS
CAMP BRAGG AND MANY OTHERS
TO BE OPEN FOR INTENSIVE
TRAINING. .?
ON WIDER SCALE THAN EVER
Military Training Camps Plan to Embrace
All of the Components and
Agencies of the Army.
Washington.?Military training will
be opened this summer on a wider
scale than ever, it was announced by
the war department.
Outside the national guard units,
which will be trained in their own
states, the following camps will be
opened for intensive training of the
organized reserve officers and citizens:
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont; Camp
Devens, Mass.; Plattsburgh, N. Y.;
Camp Dix, N. J.; Camp Meade, Md.;
Camp Bragg, N. C.; Camp Benning,
Ga.; Camp McClellan, Ala; Camp
Knox, Ky.; Camp Custer, Mich.;
Camp Grant. 111.; Fort Snelling, Minn.;
Camp Funston, Kans.; Camp Travis,
Tex.; Fort Logan. Colo.; Camp Lewis,
Wash.; Presidio of Monterey, Cal.
This summer, for the first time, the
military training camps plan to em
brace all or the components ana agencies
of the army. Practically all the
officers and men of the regular army
will be utilized at the summer training
camps to instruct those who enlist
for the training courses.
If congress passes pending appropriations,
the war department plans
summer training for approximately
160.000 members of the national guard.
30,000 reserve officers and specialists,
10,000 student members of the reserve
officers' training corps and 27,000 civilians,
a total of 227,000 men. Nearly
1,000 reserve officers will be called in
to act as instructors, in addition to
those of the regular army.
Each army of nine corps areas into
which the country is divided will
train 2,000 reserve officers, 1,000 reserve
enlisted men for two weeks at
a time throughout the summer.
Applications for attendance at the
camps will be accepted at corps
headquarters after April 1. "Red,
White and Blue" courses will be conducted.
Training in the Red course
will be confined in general to the
simple fundamentals. In the White
course for non-commissioned officers
and the Blue course for officers, the
training will be in subjects for appointment
in the grades indicated.
Age limits for the Red course will
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ne irom i< 10 <sa; ior me ?vuiie tuuisc
from 1R to 26 and for the Blue course
from 19 to 27.
Aeroplanes to Fight Rum Smuggling.
Washington.?Prohibition headquarters
reports from Florida of what is
said to be the first dry law air raid at
sea with the inauguration of land,
water and air warfare against rum
smugglers along the south coast.
Commissioner Haynes said he had
not as yet received a report from
Miami of the seizure of the British
schooner Anna Belle with a cargo of
liquor off J^wfish Creek by airplanes
of the prohibition forces, but added
that advices of the squadron's initial
flight would reach headquarters soon.
Young Heiress to Marry Oser.
Chicago.?Mathilde McCormick, 16
years old. had permission of her father,
Harold F. McCormick. to marry Max
Oser, a horseman of Zurish, Switzerland.
Mr. McCormick announced the
engagement in a 33-word statement.
He said it was hastened a few weeks
by the fact of the recent newspaper
publicity.
14,000 "Foreign" Troops.
Dublin.?Fourteen thousand British
troops are now left in Ireland, according
to a statement issued by the publicity
branch of the Irish republican
army. Fifty military barracks and 150
police barracks have been taken over
by the provisional government.
Farmers Pay Back Loans.
Washington.?Improvement in agricultural
conditions is beginning to
manifest itself in an orderly liquidation
reflected in recent repayments to
the war finance corporation in connection
with its loans for export, agriculture
and livestock purposes. Managing
Director Kugene Myer declared.
From January 1 to February 15. inclusive.
he said a total of $15,233,000
has been repaid to the corporation, of
which $3,920,000 represents repayments
of loans made under the war
powers of the organization.
Retail Food Prices Decrease.
Washington.?The retail food price
index, maintained by the department
of lahor on reports from representative
communities throughout the Unit
States, showed a decrease or rive
per cent in January as compared with
"December, it was announced. During
the 30-day period covered by the report
26 of the 44 articles of food considered
as within the culinary requirements
of the average family, decreased
in price from 1 to 29 per cent, the highest
price change being in the cost of
fresh eggs.
To Relieve Auto Congestion.
Chicago.?Plans for an automobile
hotel, to be 25 stories high designed to
help relieve the congestion caused by
the increasing number of motor cars,
were made public here. A similar
hotel, it was said, would be built in
New York and another in Cleveland.
One feature of the plans was a device
by which cars will be cared for
without being touched by hands?a
girl operating the entire mechanism
from a central switchboard.
| ACTIVE SPINDLES IN COTTON
MILLS SHOW BIG INSREA8E
Washington.?Active cotton spindle
hours reported for the month
of January were 7,929,358,336, the
department of commerce announced.
Based on a activity of
25 1-2 days of 8.7 hours per day,
the average number of spindles operated
during the month was 35,- |
751,715, compared with an average .
of 34,154,410 for December and (
36,074.401 for November.
Active spinning spindles for the
following states for the month included:
For Alabama, 1,291.616;
Connecticut, 1,291.616; Georgia, 2,- |
288; Maine. 1,114,518; Massachusetts,
10,517,793; North Carolina,
5.200.995; Pennsylvania. 171.815;
Rhode Island, 2,582,908; South Carolina,
5,021,650; Tennessee, 428,693,
and Virginia, 616,758.
AGREED ON SKIP SUBSIDIES;
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FOR UPBUILDING AND M AINTENANCE
OF AMERICAN MERCHANT
MARINE.
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Merchant Marine Program Has Been
Virtually Determined by Administration
Leaders.
Washington.?Both direct and indirect
ship subsidies for the upbuilding
and maintenance of the American merchant
marine have been agreed upon |
by administration leaders, it was said j
in official quarters.
The merchant marine program, it
was added, has been virtually determined
and was in the drafting stage
with Chairman Lasker and experts of
the shipping board engaged in the
preparation of a tentative bill for introduction
in both branches of congress
late next week when President
Harding plans to submit the administration
recommendations.
A direct subsidy amounting to about
$30,000,000 annually was said to have
been agreed upon by the president,
Chairman Lasker and other republican
leaders. The basic rate, it was added,
would be one-half of one per cent per
ton per hundred miles. Ths would be
paid to operators of American shipB
to aid in their operation and the extension
of their trade routes. The one
half cent rate would be given to vessels
of low speed and a sliding scale,
it was said, would increase the rate to
as high as one ahd three-quarters
cents per ton per hundred miles for
the speediest American vessels.
The direct subsidy, it was stated,
would be the principal charge upon i
the treasury, while more benefits, officials
believe, woulM be received by
the merchant marine from the indi
rect subsidies, rnese wouia inciuue j
special rates for carrying the United i
States mail and preferential railroad (
rates. The latter under the tenta-1
tive administration bill now being prepared,
technically would be in the
form of reduced cargo rates on American
vessels when shippers would be
given a reduced cargo rate on American
vessels when shipping merchandise
to an American port for export
vessels operated by the emergency
fleet corporation.
Contracts for Oteen Improvements.
Washington. ? Awards of contracts
aggregating $350,000 for work on the
public health service hospital at Oteen,
N. C., were announced by the treasury
department. A contract for construction
work on the hospital, at a cost of
$297,694, was awarded to Fanning &
Quinn, of Norfolk, Va., and a contract
for mechanical equipment at a cost
of $63,500, to the Union Electric company
of New Orleans.
Business Conditions Improve.
Washington. ? Business conditions j
throughout the country are better than i
they were a year ago in the view of j
treasury officials, who declared, how-1
ever, that the improvement has been j
gradual and there was no immediate
prospect of a sudden pick-up in business
activities.
American Forces on Rhine Reduced.
Washington.?An immediate further ;
reduction of 203 officers and 3.000 men |
in the American fcrces in Germany !
was announced by the war department.
There will be remaining in
Germany after this reduction a total
of 2,217 men.
Troops Ready for Trouble.
El Paso, Texas. ? Five thousand
troops at Fort Bliss were being held
ready for any emergency which might
arise along the border. They were
mobilized when rumors were scattered j
in Jurez and El Paso that 3,000 men i
were assembling in the hills south of j
Juarez and that the Juarez garrison |
was expected to "revolt." Juarez military
and civilian officials strongly de-,
nied each report but admitted they are
aware that revolutionists are trying to
recruit men in Chihuahua.
Boaz Long Retires.
Washington.?Boaz W. Long, American
minister to Cuba since 1919, has
tendered his resignation to President
Harding, to take effect at once.
Mr. Long has been in the United
States for several months, having loft
Cuba soon after Major General Lnoch
H. Crowder went to the island as
the personal representative of President
Harding. At the state department.
where the resignation was an-1
nounced, it was said that Mr. Long
would engage in business in Central
America.
Lady Astor to Come to America.
Washington.?I.ady Astor. England's
first woman member of parliament,
will "make a desperate effort to attend
the Pan-American Conference of Women
at Baltimore in April, the National
League of Women Voters, which
will hold its third annual convention
In conjunction with the conference,
announced. Only the possibility of a
general election will probably prevent I
her attendance. It added.
In a letter to the league Lady Astor :
said that she "would make a desperate I
effort to come over this spring.
HOSPITAL PLANS
ARE ANNOUNCED
ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION
TO CARE FOR
FORMER SERVICE MEN.
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IN VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY
Proposed Program Would Include
Many Beds Needed for the Care
of Mental Patients.
Washington. ? Detailed recommendations
for additional government hospital
construction in various parts of
the country for former service men
framed by a conference of special- j
ists on mental diseases were made
public by the veterans' bureau. The
? 1J I ? a1..Ja n I
proposed program wuuiu iuuuuo a
total of 12,000 beds needed for the |
care of mental patients. Location of a
hospital of 500 bedB in the western
part of Massachusetts to receive pa- j
tlents from Vermont, New Hampshire
and northern Connecticut towns was
recommended to replace the hospital
now in use at East Norfolk, Mass.,
while the use of Fort Hoover at Buffalo
was suggested. Increase of the
hospitals at Perryville and Gulfport,
Miss., were recommended together
with the construction of a new institution
of 500 beds to be increased
later to 1,000 beds in district No. 7,
comprising Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
Disapproval of the use of the
hospital at Maywood, 111., was expressed
and a new hospital of 1,000 beds
to be increased to 1,500 beds was
urged for district No. 8, comprising
Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.
A new hospital of 500 be Is to be increased
to 1,000 beds was urged for
district No. 9, comprising Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska, to replace
the present institution at Knoxville,
Iowa.
A hospital of 500 beds was recommended
for district No. 10, comprising
Minnesota. North Dakota, South
Dakota and Montana.
A hospital of 250 beds to be increased
to 500 beds was suggested
for district No. 13. comprising Oregon,
Idaho and Washington, which
would care for patients from the western
part of the Tenth district and the
northern part of district No. 12, comprising
California, Nevada and Arizona.
An increase in the capacity of the
hospital now being built at Fort
Logan H. Root, Little Rock, Ark.,
was also recommended.
The program was said to be under
consideration by the bureau which
was awaiting the action of congress
upon pending legislation to provide
$16,000,000 for further hospital construction.
Much Electric Power Promised.
Washington.?Supply of hydro-electric
power for municipal and industrial
purposes throughout the region with- j
in transmission distance of Muscle!
Shoals, Alabama, estimated by engi- j
neer experts at 400 miles, was prom- j
ised by Thomas W. Mastin, president
of the Alabama Power company, in
the event Congress accepted the of-!
fer of that company for purchase and j
lease of the shoals projects.
Mr. Martin's statement pointed out
that the offer to operate at Muscle
Shoals under the federal water
power act obligated the company to
function as a public utility "bound
to serve everyone without discrimination,
either in rates or in service."
Photographers Pay to Snap Wedding.
London.?Completed plans reported
for photographing Princess Mary's i
wedding on February 28 reveal the
fact that photographers, in order to
procure desirable vantage spots for'
their cameras, will be called upon to
pay huge sums of money.
From 40 to 50 motion picture cameras
will be employed and about 100
press cameras for snapping phonographs
of the procession. A favored
place for taking pictures will be near
the Westminster abbey gateway where
the bridegroom, Viscount Lascelles,
King George. Queen Mary and other
members of the royal family as well
as the chief guests, will alight from
their carriages
Cross Border Into Mexico.
Mexico City.?Thirty men crossed
the American border into Mexico at
Columbus, N. M., according to advices
sent by Governor Enriquez of
the state of Chihuahua to the war of- 1
flee. The advices said the men were 1
being pursued.
Rebel forces of Rosalio Hernandez,
under close pursuit by federal troops, i
have been driven from Chihuahua <
across the boundary line into the hills !1
of the state of Coahiula, says a message
received by the department of 1
the interior from Governor Enriquaz. <
Plan Expansion for University.
Washington. ? A nation-wide campaign
for two million dollars as an <
endowment and expansion fund for 1
Lincoln Memorial university, a school i
located in the mountains of Tonnes- '
see, has been started hers. It would
provide facilities for a thousand or
more students. i
Governor Taylor declared the mem- <
orial university already is working
wonders (n the regeneration and de- 1
velopment of the hill country. It
was founded 25 years ago at Cumber- 1
land Gap. <
Bandits Shoot Express Messenger.
Alamosa, Col.?Two masked men
robbed the express car of an East- '
bound Denver A Rio Grande Western <
train about two miles east of here, <
shot Express Messenger Gomez when <
he resisted, and escaped. Gomez is 1
thought to be seriously wounded. '
The amount of loot taken by the 1
robbers is unknown. The bandits aft- 1
er shooting Gomez, hurriedly filled I
their arms with packages, pulled the <
bell rope, jumped ofT when the train
slowed down, and disappeared. A 1
posse started in pursuit. 11
SEVEN THEATERS IN
WASHINGTON CLOSE
Washington.?Seven theaters, including
New National and Poll's,
two of the principal playhouses in.
the national capital, were ordered
closed by the board of commissioners,
the governing body of the District
of Columbia.
The order was issued after an inspection
of the playhouses in the
district had been completed by a
board or five engineers.
The inspection grew out of the
recent collapse of the Knickerbocker
theater, which cost the lives of
98 persons.
Other theaters closed were the
Methopolltan, Columbia, Maryland j
and Foraker, motion piceure houses .
and the Cosmos, vaudeville and
motion pictures. The Metropolitan
and the Columbia are two of
the larger downtown theaters. The 1
former is owned by the Crandall
company, which also owned the
Knickerbocker.
The report of the engineers on
which the order was issued was not
made public, but members said that
"in most cases" structural weak- j
ness and inadequate Are protection
hod hpen disclosed by their inves
I tigatlon. jj
OFFER FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
PURCHASE AND LEASE OF MUSCLE
SHOALS SOUGHT BY
ALABAMA POWER CO.
Properties Are Subject to Recapture
by Government at the End
of That Time.
Washington.?Another offer for the '
purchase and lease of the government'
properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was
completed and arrangements made by
its sponsors, the Alabama Power Co.,
for immediate filing with Secretary
Weeks.
The offer was tendered by Thomas
Martin, acting for the Alabama Power j
Co., of which he is president, and with
its submission the total number of
proposals received by the government
for its war-acquired properties
in Alabama was brought to four. The
new offer is expected to be transmitted
soon by Secretary Weeks to congress,
which has before it the ofTer of
Henry Ford.
The Alabama Power Co. proposes
completion of the Wilson dam "without
further advances or expenditures
by the United States" and the outright
purchase of the Warrior power
plant on the Gorgas river, which is situated
on ground already owned by
the company.
The properties would be leased by
the power company for a period of
fifty years under the plan and be subjected
to "recapture by the government"
at the termination of that time.
They also would be operated subject
to the provisions of the federal power
act under an operating nceuse.
Graduates May Not be Commissioned.
Washington.?The house naval committee,
in trying to discover some way
of reducing appropriations for the naval
establishment next year, was reported
to have agreed informally to
recommend that the first class at Annapolis,
to be graduated in June,
would be turned back to civil life
without commissions in the navy.
Although members declined to discuss
this proposal, it is understood
that such a recommendation probably
will be made, along with the further
proposal that the number of men to
be admitted to the academy each
year to be reduced from five to two,
for each member of congress. Secretary
Denby proposed that the reduction
be cut on a congressional allotment
frbm five to three.
Asks Grand Jury to Investigate Fire.
Richmond, Va. ? Chief of Police
Charlos A. Sherry announced that, following
a week's investigation Into the
fire which destroyed the Lexington
hotel here February 7 and cost 12
known lives, he has recommended to
Judge D. E. Richardson, of the Hubtings
court, and Commonwealth's Attorney
Dave Satterfield that results
of his inquiries "merit a grand jury j
investigation."
Southern's Record of On-Time Trains.
Washington.?During the year 1921
the Southern railway system operated
179,835 passenger trains, many of
them being through trains operated in
connection with other lines and covering
distances from 1,000 to 1,300
miles.
??- * "nmhnr of frninq 172.
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182, or 96.1 per cent, ran on schedule,
ar made up time, while on the Southern
166,277, or 92.5 per cent, reached
final terminal on time Vice President
Henry W. Miller, in charge of
operation, announced.
Highly Prize Wllaon'a Old Shirt.
Albany, Qa.?Aprons made from the
cast-off shirts of national ar? Iwcal celebrities
were auctioned off In the
name of sweet charity at a local theatre
under the auspices of the local <
D. A. R chapter, and former President i
Wilson's brought more than any othars.
There were aprons made from
old shirts contributed by Henry Ford,
Jack Dempsey. Thomas A. Edison, Ty i
Cobb, Wallace Reid, Governor Thomas
VV. Hard wick and many others. The i
proceeds will go to help pay for the I
sdncation of an orphan girl. i
Plan War Against Bootleggers.
Newark. N. J. ? A concerted more
t>y drugjpists to combat bootleggers in ,
this city is under way with the formatlon
of the Essex County Pharrnaceutl:al
association. Fifteen of the leading ]
Newark druggists are members and '
aave pledged themaelvee to "comply
with all federal, state and local regu- '
ations and statutes regarding prohlbl- ]
:lon." This is believed to be the first '
mganizatlon of its kind yet formed. 1
Newark has long been regarded by 1
lederal prohibition agents as one of '
he large bootlegging centers. 1
NATIONAL BANKS
RESOURCES GROW
CONDITION OF BANKS IN DECEMBER
DESCRIBED AS "VERY
SATISFACTORY."
INCREASE OF $406,000,000
Shows the "Most Satisfactory Turn in
Financial Affairs" of the Country
Since 1919.
Washington.?Resources of the national
banks of the country, exclusive
of re-discounts amounting to $19,420,000,000
at the last call on December 31,
showed an increase of $406,000,000
over the previous call in September,
according to an analysis issued by
Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger.
The condition of the national
banks in December, he declared as
"very satisfactory" and called attention
to the fact that until September
their resources had more or leBS
steadily declined from their peak of
$22,711,000,000 in December, 1919.
Conditions of the national banks,
as reported by Mr. Crissinger, were
said in a formal statement issued by
the White House to show "the most
satisfactory turn in the financial affairs
of the country that has been registered
by a bank statement since the
conclusion of 1919."
"It demonstrates,'' the statement
continued, "that the process of liquidation
has been proceeding at such
an excellent rate that it may fairly
be said that we are/ well on the road to
getting the "frozen credits" thawed
out. In this regard, indeed, it is by
far the most satisfactory showing
that has been made since the phrase
'frozen credits' was invented.''
"It must be borne in mind," the
statement said, "that the national
banks represent considerable less
than half of the total banking capacity
of the nation. It is therefore safe
to assume that the state savings and
private banks and trust companies
have experienced the same turn in
the tide that is noted in the case of
national banks.
"We may, therefore, conclude that
the figures for national banks may
safely be doubled in order to get an
approximate representation of the situation
as to the entire banking establishment
of the nation.
"Under any analysis, the figures indubitably
demonstrate that the peak
of liquidation and consequent depression
was passed somewhere between
September 6, last, and December 31,
last, and that the tendency has been
steadily toward improving business
and less reliance of business upon
the support of the banks.
"Of precisely like tenor are re?
cent advices from tjie war finance
corporation, which reports a progressive
liquidation of its loans and a
general improvement of conditions in
the agricultural industry. Recent stabilizations
of prices for agricultural
staples have brought the farmers to
the point where they are able to
realize something at least approximating
costs of production, and can
look forward hopefully to still further
improvements in no very distant future.''
Refuse Extradition of Bullock.
Hamilton, Ont.?Extradition of Matthew
Bullock, negro, to the United
States, to stand trial in Norlina, N. C.,
on charges of attempted murder of Rabey
Taylor during race riots there,
was refused by County Judge Snyder
on the ground or msuaicieui eviuem,c.
Judge Snyder decreed that witnesses
must come here from Norllna to
testify against the negro.
Bullock recently won a fight against
deportation to North Carolina chiefly
through the intercession of the negro
population of Toronto and the commission
of immigration holding that
the negro's conduct had been good
during his stay here.
Bullock was re-arrested here on a
United States extradition warrant. He
was taken in custody as he was about
to start to work for a contractor by
whom he had been employed prior to
his first arrest.
Three Killed in Wreck.
Chapel Hill, N. C.?Three boys were
killed and three others injured when
the automobile in which they were
riding was struck by a switch engine
at a crossing in the eastern part of
this city. With the exception of the
driver of the car, who was killed, all
were students at fhe University of
North Carolina.
News of the fatal tragedy has
brought sorrow to the university and
the entire community. The reports
reached the village several hours after
the accident occurred.
Kidnaped Unionists Returned Home.
Belfast.?Return to their homes of
a large number of the kidnaped Unionists
has had a stimulating effect
on public opinion in Ulster, out tne
situation on the border continues to
be one of danger owing to the proximity
of rival forces at some points.
News of the arrangement for liason
commissions on each side of the frontier
also was received with satisfaction
and the hope is widely expressed
that they will become operative as
ijuickly as possible.
Moonahlne War Now Raging.
Louisville, Ky. ? Tumbling prices
moonshine whiskey has resulted in a
bitter war between big business and
the ordinary bootlegger here, according
to Edward Volt, prohibition officer.
The "business man" has entered
the field, Mr. Vol* said, with quantity
production and low price". He ia being
fought by the smaller operator,
whose chief weapon is the law, and
who is seeking to maintain high prices
}y furnishing "tips'' about large stills
.0 prohibition officers.
[WO KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Barnett Griffin Dies at Hospital in
Columbia?Details of Gaston Saw
Mill Tragedy Meagre.
Columbia.?Barnett Griffin, of Gaston,
died at the Baptist hospital as the
result of injuries received in a boiler
explosion which also instantly killed
GrifTin'a brother and injured a third
man. Barnett Griffin was only about
15 years old.
The explosion was that of the boiler
of a saw mill at Gaston where, according
to the information reaching
Columbia, the two Griffin boys and
several other persons were working
at the time. A piece of flying debris
struck Barnett Griffin in the head,
fracturing his skull, while his left
arm was also lacerated severely. The
explosion also caused a deep burn
about the abdomen.
Barnett Griffin was brought to the
Baptist hospital where he underwent
an operation in a vain effort to save
his life, living only about half an hour
after his arrival here.
Young Griffin's brother was almost
instantly killed by the explosion, according
to the information received in
Columbia, while a third young man
was almost completely buried beneath
the debris to escape with minor hurts.
Outlines Program for Convention.
Sumter.?Post G of the T. P. A. gave
a smoker for its members for the purpose
of considering plans for the state
convention which will be held in Sumter
May 4 and 5. The smoker was
held at the Y. M. C. A. building and
the repast was served by the high
school "Y" girls. H. L. Scarborough,
who is president of the local post,
placed before the members a tentative
program which he had outlined and
which had been approved by various
posts and members to whom he has
submitted it over the state. The principal
features of this program are a
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stew late in the afternoon and an entertainment
that evening; for the second
day a short business sesion that
will enable up-country delegates to
take the noon train for their homes.
Bank In Operation.
Anderson.?The Citizens' Bank of
Honea Path opened its doors after being
closed for almost a month. The
directors are optimistic about the future
of the bank, and tendered a vote
of thanks to James Craig, state bank
examiner, and his assistants in reopening
the institution. During the
first hour after the bank reopened deposits
amounted to $5,000. The old depositors
guaranteed to leave their deposits
in the bank for a year.
Hundreds at Work on Bridge.
Charleston.?The scene at the site
of the Santee river bridge and the approaches
thereto is a very busy one
at present, with something like 300
men at work, and the big construction
project is shaping up very well, the
prospects being that the bridge will
be completed about this time next
year. Work on the sub-structure, on
the piling and on the filling is proceeding
rapidly and the substructure
is approximately three-fourths finished,
it is estimated. Work on this end
of the project has been slowed up a
bit because of the high water, but that
has not hindered activity on the shore
ends. The Simons-Mayrant company
has this construction in charge. It is
of interest to note that material for
the superstructure or bridge proper,
is arriving and the Atlantic Bridge Co.,
contractors, will in due time commence
work on this feature of the
project.
Killed by Automobile.
Anderson. ? Abraham Paletz was
struck by an automobile and died from
his injuries shortly after he was taken
to a hospital. The car was driven by
Henry Hill, young white man from
Equinox mill. Charlie Hill, Raymond
Morris and two other men, named Heller
and Freeman, are being held at the
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to have been in the car.
Train Kills Two Mules.
Fort Mill. ? Southern railway passenger
train No. 114, northbound, and
due in Fort Mill about noon, ran into
a team at Spratt street crossing, killing
the two mules and demolishing the
wagon which was loaded with wood,
while the driver, Tom Smith, narrowly
escaped with his life.
Gelling Sweet Potatoes.
Manning. ? The Manning curing
house shipped 560 crates of sweet potatoes.
These potatoes were sold by
the South Carolina Sweet Potato association
to a firm in Washington and
brv^fht a fancy price, showing de
cidedly the value of co-operative marketing.
The grading and packing of
the crates were undor the supervision
of L. H Lewis, marketing agent of the
extension forces. Large numbers of
farmers observed the manner in
which the potatoes were handled and
gained much valuable information.
Poe Discusses Marketing Plan.
Newberry.?Clarence Poe, editor of
The Progressive Farmer, addressed a
large gathering of farmers in the
>innco hpre. The court house
could not accommodate all who had
come to hear this student of agricultural
problems. His subject was the
co-operative marketing or pooling of
cotton in connection with the campaign
being pressed over the state
At the meeting 1.253 bales of cotton
were pledged. Major Andrew Bramlett,
of Rock Hill, was another speak
er.
To Ship Asparagus by Parcel Post.
Washington (Special). ? Asparagus
in carloads may be sent through parcel
post, acocrding to a decision of
W. H. Riddell, general superintendent
railway mail service, postolTice department.
Asparagus growprs of the Elko and
Williston districts had asked for the
ruling through Representative J. F.
Byrnes. Superintendent Riddell stated
that an agent of the railway mail service
would be immediately sent to
Elko and Williston to make arrange
ments for the shipments.
' STATE TEACHERS TO
MEET NEXT MONTH
ASSOCIATION WILL PROBABLY
BRING FIFTEEN HUNDRED
TO COLUMBIA.
OPENING SESSION MARCH 10
"ilee Clubs of the University, Chicor?
College and Columbia College Are
Invited to Take Part.
Columbia.?Preparations for the annual
meeting of the State Teachers'
association are going ahead rapidly,
the speakers having been secured, the
department meetings arranged and
the program having been placed in
the hands of the printer. The opening
session will be held March 16. The
meeting of the association will close '
March 18.
The regular sessions of the association
will be held in the high school
building, in the Washington Street
Methodist church and in the Sunday
school building of the First Baptist
church. The evening meetings will
be held in the Columbia theater. The
glee clubs of the university, Chicora
college and Columbia college have
been invited to take part on the general
programs, and two of these have
already accepted.
The attendance at this meeting will
probably be 1,500 and in order to accommodate
these visitors it will be
necessary to call on the people of
the city to open their homes, according
to the members in charge of the meeting.
Families who are in position to
furnish either rooms or table board
or both have been invited to notify
the secretary of the chamber of commerce
so that the rooms may be listed.
Rates and the number of teachers
that can be accommodated will be
desired by the chamber, as the teachers
will make application direct to
the secretary, and the secretary will
assign the teachers to the different
residences.
State Sunday School Convention.
Spartanburg.?The preliminary announcement
of program for the annual
State Sunday School associationconvention
was made by the program
committee. Among those who have
already accepted places on the program
are Dr. H. E. Tralle of Philadelphia;
head of the training work of the
American Baptist Publication society.
Dr. Tralle will speak each day of the
convention.
Dr. Robert S. Truesdale, pastor of
Main Street Methodist church, Columoia.
will speak on "Sunday School
Evangelism.'' Dr. Truesdale is sec
retary of the evangelism committee
of the State Sunday School association,
and is widely known for his interest
in this phase of church work.
Dr. Watson B. Duncan, pastor of
Cheraw Methodist church, and one of
the most popular lecturers in the
state, will speak on "The Discovery of
a Little Child."
Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop
college, will preside over the
convention sessions as president. The
convention sessions will be held at
the University of South Carolina and
the date has been set for June 20, 21
and 22, in accordance with the wish
of the university authorities, this being
tbe week following commencement.
Fires on Officer at Close Range.
Rock Hill.?By striking down the
pistol of Manlius Owens, just as he
was pulling the trigger, S. M. Williford,
policeman, probably saved his
own life. The officers hand was
burned by the discharge while the bullet
ripped through his coat, just missing
the skin. Had his hand been a
fraction of a second later the ball"
would have doubtless penetrated the
body. Owens was arrested by Constable
Allen a minute later and gave
bond in the sum of $500 for appearance
at the York court of general ses
sions on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill.
Death Claims Able Attorney. ,
Florence.?Philip Allston Willcox,
general solicitor of the legal depart1
ment of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
and recognized as one of the
ablest lawyers of the South, died here
after an illness of three weeks. He
was 55 years ok!.
Growers of Peanuts Organize.
Clover.?The Clover Peanut Growers'
association was organized at a
meeting of leading fanners of the
community in the opera house here.
L. H. Jackson was elected president,
Arthur Quinn, vice president and V.
G. Hambright. secretary and treasurer.
The association will undertake to encourage
farmers of the community to
plant at least 100 acres in peanuts
this year. Interest in the growing of
peanuts has been promoted largely
through the efforts of the First Na- ?
tional bank.
More Marlon Trees.
Marion.?Many new trees dot the
public square and line the streets of
Marion as a result of the work of the
tree commission recently created by
the town council. Due to the urgings
of a committee from the Civic league,
the council was moved to further beau
tify the town of Marion by expending g
some money on trees. The commission
is composed of the following citizens:
J. W. Johnson, chairman; L.
P. Byars. E. B. Hamer, Mrs. Henry v
Buck and Miss Mabel Montgomery.
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Will Leave Laurens.
Laurens. ? The Rev. Wilmot S.
Holmes, who has been the beloved
rector of the Church of the Epiphany
at Laurens and the Episcopal church
at Newberry during the past eight or
ten years, has resigned to accept the *
pastorate of the Episcopal church at
Lexington, N. C. It is understood that
Mr. Holmes will go to his new fleld
about the first of April. During two *
periods Mr. Holmes has served th?
Laurens and Newberry churches as
rector, having resided at Orangeburg
for a number of years.