Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, March 30, 1922, Image 2
COMMITTEES NOW
VISIT1 SHOALS
MORE THAN TWENTY SENATORS
AND REPRESENTATIVES
ARE IN PARTY.
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PROJECTS TO BE INSPECTED
Proposals of Ford, Engstrum and
Others Held in Abeyance Until
the Party Returns. .
Washington.?More than a score of
members of the senate agriculture ,
and the house military committees
left here for a personal inspection of
the government's power and nitrate
projects at Muscle Shoals and Gorgas,
Alabama. Pending their return, it
was announced, the investigations of j
the private offers for lease, purchase,
completion and operations of the properties
will be suspended by the house j
committee. <
The senate portion of the delegaiion
was headed by Chairman Norris,
of the agriculture committee, to
which the offers of Henry Ford, the
Alabama Power company and Frederick
Engstrum, of Wilmington, N. C.,
aave been referred by the senate for
?tudy and report. The house members
had as their leader Representative
Hull, of Iowa, senior majority
nember of the military committee.
Senator Norris said the delegation
would confine itself to a thorough
study of the projects from a physical
standpoint and had decided before its
departure to refrain from side trips i
UT other places than Gorgas and Muscle
shoals. The house members made
a similar decision in executive session
and like the senate committee, voted i
down suggestions that the delegation i
visit Memphis, Chattanooga. Atlanta
and other municipalities wmcn nau
extended invitations for the congress- i
men to visit with them during their i
trip. * i
Both the agriculture .and military
committees will begin active consideration
<* the Muscle Shoals question 1
as soon as the members return from
Alabama. Chairman Norris said then 1
pending offers would be taken up by 1
the senate committee and hearings 1
held on them collectively. He also 1
announced that unless he altered his !
decision while in Alabama, he would
introduce a bill in the senate upon his I
return proposing a government owned
and controlled corporation to take 1
over the question of future development
of the shoals properties.
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Farming Statistics in N. C.
Washington?Farming statistics for
January 1, 1920, show North Carolina
far down the line in farm values. Here
are the facts, according to a report
issued by the census bureau:
Value of all farm property, January
1, 1920, 51,250,167,000 of the twentyfirst
of the 48 states; the value of
all farm crops for 1919 totaled $503,229,000,
making it the twelfth state,
and value of all livestock products
$35,860,000, the twenty-first state.
South Carolina is the twenty-seventh,
fifteenth and thirty-eighth state
in the foregoing values.
Pilot of Flying Boat Rescued.
Miami, Fla.?That a broken propeller
compelled the flying boat. Miss
Miami, down and into the sea where
she kept afloat for 48 hours, was the
statement made to rescuers on the
steamship William Greene, by Robert
Moore, pilot of the ill-fated machine
before he became delirious. The Wiltinm
r.rppne. bound from Bayonne, N.
J., to Tampico, picked up the wrecked
plane and its lone survivor 130
miles north of this city and 41 miles i
east of the Indian river inlet. J
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Arrested After 22 Years. 1
Doylestown. Pa. ? A maji arrested
at Quakertown, a few days ago, on ,
suspicion of having killed a constable '
22 years ago in the Haycock moun- ;
tains while resisting arrest, was identified
as Adam Weaver, the man
charged with the crime, by James 1
Weaver, of Philadelphia, who claims
to be his son.
Whiskey Dumped Into River.
Chicago. ? The Federal prohibition
agents dumped 350.000 gallons of
wine, beer and whiskey into the Chi- .
cago river, while several thousand persons
gathered along the bank to
watch the performance. The liquor
was ordered dumped into the river J
by Prohibition Director Gregory, de- '
spite the fact that Federal Prohibition
director Havnes at Washington had 1
suggested in a long distance telephone
call that it would bring undesirable
publicity and too ostentatious a dis
play
Lower Rates on Melons.
Moultrie. Ga.?A 10 per cent redue*
tion in freight rates on watermelons
and cantaloupes from points east ol
the Mississippi river until June 30 has |
been granted voluntarily by the rail
roads, it was announced here by R. S
Roddenbery. vice president of the Na
tional Melon Distributors' association
The fight for lower rates on these I
^ products has been waged for the last
two years. Buyers here said all of
the Florida crop and about half of the I
South Georgia crop would be moved
before ^the expiration of June.
Four Men Killed in Explosion.
Pert Huron. Mich.?Four men were
killed and property damage estimated !
at $100,000 was caused by a boiler ex
plosion on board the ferry boat Omai '
D. Conger. The explosion shook the j
entire downtown district. The boiler
was thrown 250 feet into a dwelling ;
The dead were at work on the ferry I
No one else was aboard the boat at
the time of the explosion.
Six persons were injured, none se
riously. The dwelling into which the
boiler was thrown caught fire and wai
burned
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SEVEN BOYS DROWNED IN
LAKE WHEN BOAT SINKS
South Bend, Ind. ? Joseph N.
Taylor, erecutive of the Boy
Scouts, and six boys, were drowned
in Magician lako, seven miles
from Dowagiac, Mich. They drove
to the lake from here in automomiles
to prepare a Scout camp
for the boys this summer. When
thoy reached the lake they divided
into two groups, eight of them taking
a steel boat propelled by a detachable
motor, to cross the lake.
After they had gone a short way
a breeze struck the boat, causing
it to ship water and it sank, throwing
the occupants into the lake.
The dead:
Joseph N. Taylor, scout executive.
James Taylor, his son.
William Borrough. . i]
William Kingsley.
Verne Murphy.
Judson Taylor.
Clinton Matthews.
It was late in the day before the
details of the drowning began to
reach the city because of the confusion
among the survivors and
the distance they were from home.
NOTES SENT TO THE ALLIES
UNITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT
TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY
IN RHINELAND.
Troops Were Sent Into Germany Upon
Basis of Right to Be Paid the
"Actual Coat."
Washington. ? The American army
of occupation was sent into Germany
and was continued there upon the basis
of the right of the United States 1
to "be paid its actual cost upon an
equal footing with the allies," and this
government "is unable to conclude
that the justice of its claim is not ful-'
ly recognized," according to identic
communications delivered by diplo-1
matic representatives to the govern- j
ments of Belgium, Great Britain,
France and Japan.
The notes were delivered under instructions
from Secretary of State
Hughes and were occasioned by recent
information from American observers!
in Europe that the allied govBrnments
apparently contemplated arrangements
which would ignore American
army costs, although estimates
both for army and navy costs and reparations
were being made on the ba-1
sis of the entire capacity of the Ger-1
man government to pay.
The amount of the claims of the !
United States for its army cost, the j
notes declared, was understood to be i
free from any substantial dispute, but I
it was deemed to be appropriate, "in
riew of recent developments," to acquaint
the allied governments with the
repeatedly reiterated statements that;
!he government of the United States
was expecting full payment of the
costs of its army in the Rhineland.
Basis for the American claim, the
nntau nnintori nilt TL-ao fminri in thp [
irmistice agreement to which the
United States was signatory and
which provided for military occupation
of Germany by the allied and
American forces jointly. That agreenent.
the notes recited, expressly provided
that the upkeep of the troops
jf occupation in the Rhine districts
should be charged to the German government
and it was expressed as the
view of the American government that
the armistice agreement "had the
clear import" that the powers associated
in the joint enterprise "should
stand upon equal footing as to the
payment of all actual costs of their ,
armies of occupation."
Active Spindle Hours Decrease.
Washington. ? The New England
textile strike was reflected in the,
monthly report made public recently
by the census bureau on the activity 1
of the cotton spinning industry, which !
showed a decrease of more than 600,- ]
500 active spindles for the month of
February as compared with January. |
Active spindle hours for February,
7,119,576,600 as compared with 7,,929,358,136,
also a decrease of more than
eight hundred million. The figures
made public were based on an activity
of 23 2-3 days, while the figures for
January were based on an activity of
25 1-2 days.
Sugar Rates Stand.
Washington. ? Sugar rates in the
Fordney tariff bill, on the basis of
f 1.60 per 100 pounds for Cuba raw,
were approved by the republican
canoto finanoo rnm.
[uruiucid UJ. llic CVUUIVJ uuuuvv vw.?. |
mittee after a prolonged fight.
The Fordney rates were accepted
as a compromise. Senator Smoot. j
ranking majority member, contended
for a rate of $2 per 100 on Cuban raw,
the duty asked for by American beet
sugar interests. This was slightly
less, however, than the tariff urged by
the Louisiana cane industry.
Block In Montezuma Burned.
Montazuma, Ga.?Fire of undetermined
origin wiped out almost an en-1
tire block in the business section of
Montezuma, causing a loss of $75,000
to $100,000, with little insurance.
The fire started in the Montezuma
Steam Laundry and besides destroying
that establishment consumed Colberts'
pressing club, the Fields' grocery
store. Joiners' grocery store. Mor- j
gan's pressing club, a barber shop,
Jake Powell's shoe shop and Whitesire's
meat market.
To Film Story of King David.
Jerusalem. ? Twenty stars of the
American films world arrived in Jeru- j
salem recently to prepare for the
filming of the Old Testament story of
King David. The big scene in the
play is to be the fight between David
and Goliath, which will be staged a
few miles north of this city. Biblical
accuracy is not to be strictly adhered
to. since the scenario provides a love
scene after the batMe. About 5.000
persons are to be employed in the filming
of the play. Five thousand sheep,
i 000 camels and 2,000 goats. i
FOUR-POWER PACIFIC
IREATIf IS RATIFIED
OPPONENTS MAKE SCORE OF UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPTS TO
QUALIFY ACTION.
FINAL VOIE WAS 67 TO
On Final Roll Call, Twelve Democrats
Vote For Treaty and Four Republicans
Against It
Washington. ? The four-power Pacific
treaty, the center of controversy
io\er accomplishments of the Washing!
ton arms conference, was ratified by
the senate with no reservation except
the "no alliance" declaration proposed
1 by the foreign relations committee and
; accepted by President Harding.
The final vote of 67 to 27, representing
a margin of four over the necessary
two-thirds, was recorded after the
opponents of ratification had made
1 more than 20 unsuccessful attempts
I to qualify senate action by reservaj
tions or amendments distasteful to the
administration. On the deciding roll
call 12 democrats voted for the treaty
t and only four republicans opposed it.
Dying hard, the irreconcilable element,
which had opposed the treaty on
"i-nnrH that U oafflhlistips an alii
UiC fc* XJXA^AXA vuwv .V
ance between the United States, Great
Britain, Japan and France, forced 33
roll calls during a four and a half
hours' session set aside for final action
I on the resolution of ratification. They
made their best showing on a proposed
reservation to invito outside powers
into Pacific "conferences" affecting
their interests, mustering 36 votes for
the proposal to 55 in opposition.
The committee reservation was accepted
in the end by a vote of 90 to 2,
two attempts to modify it failing by
overwhelming majorities. It declares
that "the United States understands
that under the statement in the preamble
under the terms of this treaty
there is no commitment to armed
force, no alliance, no obligation to
join in any defense."
Probably 18 Miners Killed.
Trinidad, Colo.?Eight miners are
known to have been killed and ten are
missing as the result of an explosion
in Sopris mine number two of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company near
here. Officers of the mine said they
did not expect the death-list to exceed
18. Two of the bodies have
been identified. The other two were
badly burned.
The explosion occurred just as the
men were changing shifts. It is believed
that only about 40 were in
the mine at the time. All of these,
with the exception of the 16 still missing
have been accounted for.
There was no fire in the mine and
rescue workers have been able to go
under ground to a considerable depth.
No theory as to the cause of the explosion
has been advanced.
Four Killed by Cloudburst.
Burlington, Kas. ? Four persons
were killed and property damage estimated
at $50,000 done at Burlington
by a cloudburst which flooded Rock
Creek and sent it swooping down
upon the city without warning. The
dead are Mr. and Mrs. T. S. McGee,
Mrs. Henry Ramsdell and Miss Oletha
Failing.
Only the body of Miss Failing had
been recovered. Nine persons reported
missing were found to be unharmed.
For several blocks store fronts
caved in and about 25 homes were
swept away. Much damage was done
also to stock and crops in this dBtrict.
Streets here were piled high with debris.
Levee System Will Withstand Flood.
Memphis. Tenn.?With the Mississippi
river rising rapidly at all points
south of St. Louis and with all indications
pointing to the highest water
since the flood of 1916, government
and state engineers here express confidence
that the levee system will
withstand the flood without difficulty
and that the damage from high water
will be small and confined entirely to
unprotected lands.
Ford Adopts 40-Hour Weok.
Detroit. ? Adoption of the 40-hour
week as a permanent policy in all the
plants of the Ford Motor company
was announced by Edsel B. Ford, president
of the company. Under the newplan
the factories will be closed on
Saturday and Sunday and about 3,000
men will be added to the force. The
change will affect approximately 50.AAA
?'V? /-? *1*411 nAnf imia 1A
UUU CllipiUjca, will/ win iuuhuuc iu
receive the minimum of $6 a day.
New employes, however, will receive
a minimum of $5 dally.
Nephew of Hoover Drowned.
Palo Alto, Cal.?Walter Large, flveyear-old
nephew of Herbert Hoover,
secretary of commerce, was drowned
in a swimming pool at the Hoover
home here during a family reunion.
Dr. Ray Llman Wilbur, president of
Stanford university, worked over him
three hours but hope finally was given
up.
Servants found the child unconscious
in the swimming pool shortly
before noon. It is not known how
long he had been in the pool.
Daddy of Forty-seven.
New Bern.?A. S. Shields, a negro
preacher who is the father of 47 children,
celebrated his 72nd birthday
with a fair gathering of his children
around him. All but five of his children
are living. He married a second
time 18 years ago and has had 17
children by this marriage. Shields
was a slave in the family of which
Representative Claude Kitchin and
former Governor W. W. Kitchin are
members. He preaches his sermons
in a church he owns himself.
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COTTON CROP OF 1921
LESS THAN BUREAU FIGURES j'|
Washington.?Cotton production
! for 1921 was 7,976.665 running
bales, or 7,952,539 equivalent 500j
pound bales, the census bureau announced
in its final ginning report
of the season. The 1920 produc- |
lion was 13,270,970 running bales,
or 13,439,603 equivalent 5u0 pound
bales.
The crop was estimated by the
Department of Agriculture last December
in its final report at 8,340,- (,
000 equivalent 500-pound bales.
Round bales Included in the crop j
for 1921 were 123,791 bales, compared
with 209,534 in 1920; Ameri- >
can-Egyptian cotton amounted to .
37.094 bales, compared with 92,561,
and sea island cotton amounted to
3,316 bales compared with 1,868.
Cotton remaining to be ginned
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after the March canvass, auu
which was included in the total I,
crop was estimated at 7,435 bales.
| compared with 211,893 bales ginned
after the March canvass last year.
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ARMY OFFICERS CUTT011.000
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HOUSE READY TO PLUNGE INTO
FIGHT OVER ENLISTED
STRENGTH. !
Vote on Proposal to Slash Personnel
From 133,000 to 115,000 is
Expected Soon.
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Washington. ? After approving a
clause in the army bill which pro-!
vides that by July 1 the number of
regular army officers must be reduced
from approximately 13,000 to
i 11,000, the house adjourned as it was j
about to plunge into a fight over the (;
enlisted strength. A vote on pro-: 1
posals to slash the enlisted personnel, !
which now appropriates 133,000, exclu-',
sive of 7,000 Philippine scouts, to 115,- ]
or less, is expected to be reached . J
0*?i!? v.. *u_ ;
OliiUUiUg uy Ultr ictumuiciiuauuuo
of the sub-committee which drafted
the bill, the house in quick succes- 1
sion rejected three amendments 1
which sought to fix the officer
strength at different levels. By a
; vote of 142 to 68, an amendment by 1
Chairman Kahn of the military com- '
mittee, to provide the coming fiscal;'
year, was defeated.
An amendment by Representative ^
Sisson, of Mississippi, a democratic | (
member of the sub-committee in ,
charge of the bill, to cut the number
of officers to 9,000 was snowed ^
under, 180 to 40, while a proposal
by Representative Hull, Iowa, a republican
member of the military j
affairs committee, to fix the maximum
at 12,000, was voted down, 115
to 65. <
When the house quit work for the 1
day it had before it a series of
amendments which would increase 1
allowance for the officers' reserve 1
corps. The bill carries $250,000 for
salaries?an inadequate amount in the J
opinion of Representatives Hill, Mary-1'
land; Crago, Pennsylvania, and Rog-1
ers, Massachusetts, all republicans, !
who proposed increases of the item (
in varying amounts.
Once these amendments are dis- (
posed of, the house will be ready for '
a skirmish over enlisted strength. The 1
1 framers of the bill have provided for
a reduction to 115,000 men, exclusive j
of the 7,000 Philippine scouts. Mr. '
Kahn, who has declared his approval '
of the war department recommends- 1
jtions for 150,000 men, has indicated
he will offer an amendment to provide
pay for a force of that size, while Mr. j
Sisson has announced he will propose <
that the enlisted personnel be cut to I
100,000 men. i t
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Must Make Request Soon. I
Washington. ? Requests from near- i
| est relatives for the return of Ameri- '
: can dead overseas will not be favora- I
| bly considered after March 31, the. I
, war department announced. The gov- <
I emment, it was stated, had afforded <
all reasonable consideration to interi
ested relatives in permitting them to
i have nearly four years in which to
decide whether the bodies woul 1 be 1
returned to this country or rest in I
France. '
France to Pay Debt.
Paris. ? President Poincare authorized
confirmation of the statement he t
made recently to the finance commit- i
i tee of the chamber of deputies in ex- <
ecutive seslon that France intends to ]
pay her debt to the United States. (i
M. Poincare's statement presum-; I
ably was impelled by the utterance I
of M. Laucheur, former French min-; <
ister of reconstruction, in a speech
at Lyons last month when he declared i
i that France would never be ahio to <
1 pay a cent to the United States on I
the French war debt account <
Reduction in Naval Estimate. I
Washington.?Drastic reduction in
navy department estimates for the 11
next fiscal year have been made by j
the house sub-committee on appro-jj
priations in framing the navy bill. 11
Instead of providing funds for an ]
enlisted personnel of 90.000, as urged (
by Secretary Denby, the committee, it 1
was said, fixed the total at 65.000 and
authorized the commissioning of about i
135 of the 541 members of the June i
graduating class. 11
In round numbers the bill will car-! t
ry something like $200,000,000. |s
Credits Asked by Bulgarians.
Washington.?Bulgaria, first of the '
enemy countries to claim the privl- i
lege, has applied to tfie financial com- <
mittee of the League of Nations for t
an extension to its business men of. t
the credits to be available under the . r
! Ter Meulen plnn. | ^
The news received here from league i
headquarters indicates that the appli- ]
cation is being given careful conaid r
eration by the financial commission.: >
i which regnrds it as of the first orderjs
of Importance as initiating the Tor J
^ Meulen plan practically. jt
BONUS MEAUSURE 1
PASSEDJY HOUSE [
BILL IS GIVEN AN OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY IN THE i
HOUSE. j
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PROVISIONS OF THE BILL;
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Members of Both Parties Divided In i
General Debate and on Final
Roll Call.
Washington. ? The four hillion-dol- !
lar soldieis' bonus bill was passed by
the house by an overwhelming major- ;
ity. It now goes to the senate where
its fate is regarded as uncertain.
The vote was 333 to 70, or 64 more
than the two-thirds majority necessary
for passage of the measure under the
parliamentary procedure selected by
republicans for the expressed purpose
of preventing the democrats from offering
a motion to recommit.
Party lines disappeared both in the
general debate and on the final roll
call, 242 republicans and 90 democrats
and one socialist supporting the bill
end 42 republicans and 28 democrats
voting against it.
As passed by the house, the bonus
bill would provide for immediate cash
payments to veterans whose adjusted
service pay would not exceed $50, and
would give the other veterans the option
of these four plans:
Adjusted service certificates, with
provisions authorizing loans by banks
In the first three years after next
October 1, and by the government
thereafter; the certificates to run for
20 years and to have a face value at
maturity of the amount of the adjusted
service credit at the rate of $1
a day for domestic service and $1.25
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a oay ror loreign service, mcreaaeu
by 25 per cent plus interest at the rate
Df 4 1-2 per cent compounded annually.
Vocational training after January 1,
1923, at the rate of $1.75 a day, the
total payments not to exceed, however.
140 per cent of the adjusted
service credit.
Farm and home aid under which
veterans who purchase or improve
farms or homes would be paid after
July 1, 1923, a sum equal to their
adjusted service credit increased by
25 per cent.
Land settlements, under which
lands would be reclaimed under the
supervision of a special board and
farm units established for sale to
the veterans at a price fixed bv the 1
board, less the amount of the adjusted
service credit due the purchasers.
Exports of Corn Increased.
Washington. ? American exports of (
:orn during February increased, as 1
:ompared with the same month last
vear while exports of wheat and cottonseed
oil last month fell off sharply 1
from February, 1921. '
February exports of corn amounted
to 22.052,216 bushels of a value of 1
614.020,090, compared with 3,144,346 1
pushels valued at $6,918,863 in Febru- J
try, 1921.
Exports of wheat in February were
5,476,489 bushels valued at $6,928,655. 1
compared with 18,408,711 bushels val- '
jed at $36,S36,026 in February a year 1
igo.
Cottonseed oil exports last month
were 9.097,374 pounds of a value of |
6794.306, compared with 39,689,396 1 1
pounds valued at $4,276,772 in February,
1921.
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German Marks Fall Off. I
New York.?All previous low rec- (
jrds for German exchange at this cen- j
ter were shattered when the mark fell
to 30i4-one-hundredths, or less than
nnn f Don lore flttrihllfpH
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:he further weakness to the changes
in the German reparation payments 1 1
nnounced in Paris recently and the j <
Srm attitude of the United States '
government for the payment of the I
jxpenses of the army of occupation 1
)n the Rhine. I
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Submarine and All Hands Lost. <
Ixindon. ? The British submarine 1
fT-42 has been lost with all hands in | <
:he Mediterranean, says an Exchange | J
Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar, i
Census For Pigs to be Taken.
Washington. ? The department of
lgriculture, through the help of rural i
nail carriers, will set up machinery
;arly in May to obtain the probable >
?ig population of the 14 states lead- <
ng in the production of swine. More 1
:han 24,000 carriers connected with , I
:he 9.500 postoffices will take the pig i
census. 1
As they start out with their pack of '
nail the carriers will distribute card !
luestionnaires on which will be ob- ]
tained reports from the farms on 1
lanK rnnffl ]
Resent Evidence Against Exchange.
New York.?Assistant District At- j
:orney Jerome Simmons began the t
presentation of evidence to the grand i
iury against officers and directors of <
he American Cotton Exchange, whose ; s
practices were recently condemned by t
rhief Magistrate McAdoo after a John '
Doe inquiry into its affairs. , 1
Several witnesses have been sum- ' i
noned to testify against the aleged i
riolation of the statute prohibiting (
lucketing orders. Mr. Simmons said
hat the inquiry probably would con- '
lume three d.vs. i
Attention Called to Fake Offers.
Washington?Postoffice department
nspectors have had their attention \ j
called to many cases of agencies (
hroughout the country advertising ^
hat they were able to obtain imme- ! f
liate action on claims by disabled i
reterans pending before the Veterans' j
>ureau, it became known here recent t
y. Many of the agencies, it was said |
naintalned elaborate offices and ad a
rertised that within a short period (
ifter receiving a retainer of $10 to t
if>0. they would secure favorable ac- ,
Ion in the settlement of any claim. a
MOWERS OF MELONS MEET
Questions of Organization and Mar
keting Discussed by Number
of Specialists.
Denmark.?A very enthusiastic
meeting of truck growers from all
over the watermelon district was held
at Denmark. The meeting was called
by the Bamberg County Truckers' association
and all visitors, numbering
a hundred or more, were the guests
of the Denmark chamber of commerce 1
B.t a dinner prepared by the women of
the Methodist church.
C. W. Garris of Denmark presided
over the meeting and the program
consisted of talks on "The Object of
the Meeting and the Aim of the Bamberg
County Truckers' Association,"
J. D. Brandon, county agent; "Marketing
Statistics and the Present Outlook
for Truck Crops." F. L. Harkey,
state marKeung agent, a discussion
of the production of melons was led
by C. H. Mathis, farmer, from Blackville
and H. B. Grime3 from Lees. It
was the opinion of all that this is a
year for the production of better melons
and that the acreage should not
be increased.
The subject of "organization" was
discussed by Mr. Garris of Denmark.
It was brought out that to succeed
with truck the farmers will have to
co-operate and meet organization with
organization, putting up a standard
product in an honest pack.
G. A. Cardwell and J. N. McBride,
agricultural agents from the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad and Seaboard, respectively,
offered their full co-operation
and said the railroads would see
that their cars were disinfected for
loading truck.
"Disease and Disease Control," was
the subject of F. C. Meier, specialist
from the bureau of plant pathology,
at Washington. Mr. Meier has had
wide experience wl.'Ji melons and has
assisted in working out the control of
stem end rot and melon anthracnose,
which has saved thousands of
dollars to shippers. He urged the
shippers to carefully paint stems of
melons when loading and convinced all
present of the simple method and its
value. At the close of the meeting
enough corrosive sublimate was distributed
to treat 500 pounds of seed
for anthracnose.
"How We Should Market" waa the
topic of H. S. Johnson, district agent.
Mr. Johnson, in a short but forceful
talk, discussed the needs of a real
organization on tte California plan,
embracing the entire district, and he
predicted that the growers would realize
such an organization before another
18 months passed and that they
were only marking time and standing
in their own light until such an organization
could be brought about.
Robber Killed at Trenton.
Trenton?J. C. Moore, alleged safecracker
and escaped convict from the
Georgia penitentiary, where he was
serving a sentence of 20 years, was
shot and killed by Ernest Crouch
while the former was in the act of
opening a safe in the store of Mathis
& Whitlock here, and L. K. Rawls of
Columbia, alleged to have been an
accomplice in the robbery, was later
apprehended on the highway to Aiken
and has been lodged in the Edgefield
fail.
Mr. Crouch has rooms above tfce
3tore and was awakened by a noise in
the store underneath. Taking his
gun, he went out and Moore emerged
from the store with a pistol and a
flashlight. Mr. Crouch fired twice,
the first load of buckshot taking effect
in the left leg. The second shot
proved fatal, Moore falling dead with
the flashlight gripped in one hand and
a pistol in the other.
The safe in the store was ready for
blowing, the dial having been pried
cut, soap spread over the load and the
fuse attached.
Company Files Bond.
Sumter.?The Sumter Gas and Power
company has filed with the clerk
of the United States district court, a
bond of $25,000 as a guarantee to the
i?as users in Sumter that all sums collected
from them by the gas company
In excess of the rate fixed by city
council shall be refunded if the United ;
States circuit court of appeals up- I
lolds the decision of Judge H. A. M.
Smith that the company may not raise
its r^te under the franchise by which
it operates.
Will Have Creamery.
Sumter.?The Sumter craemery Is
so far an assured fact that all the
525,000 capital stock has been subscribed
and the board of directors
sleeted. E. H. Moses Is president; J.
P. Booth, vice president; C. W.
Schmolke, secretary and treasurer,
ind other directors are L. D. Jennings,
W. S. Reames, J. J. Whilden
ind J. P. Morrison; manager, C. W.
Schmolke. The charter is to be applied
for at once. This new creamery
will be prepared to handle all dairy
products from this county.
n?-. CUmInm
Diy rdl flici O sjiy rimy.
Bishopville.?The cotton co-opera- j
:lve marketing proposition is getting
well under waf in Lee county. Up to
iate 41 Lee county farmers have
signed contracts, which represent a
otal of 6.752 bales of the 1920 crop.
This campaign has just started off
lere, and County Agent Quinerly says
le is receiving much encouragement
ind confidently predicts that Lee
ounty will easily subscribe its quota.
iVhen 41 signers represent practically
1,000 bales, it will be seen that they
ire big farmers on the average
To Plant Much Cane.
Darlington.?The Darlington syrup
nlll started its activity for the forth- 1
oming season this week when the i
vork of distrii) tting large quantities
>f cane seed through the county was
.egun. The officials of this mill are
ooking forward to a great year for
heir business, as a number of the
arger farmers have expressed themlelves
as being anxious to promote
he planting of sugar cane among
heir croppers, and as there have been
tumerous applications for the case
ie?d. i
BEAUFORT STAGES
LETTUCE CARNIVAL
I
SEVERAL FIELDS OF THOUSAND
ACRE CROP IS VIEWED BY ?
VISITORS.
fEAST AT BRAMLETT'S FARIh "
Following Sight# of Great Crop in Low
Country Speeches Are Heard; May #
Be Annual Event.
Beaufort.?Beaufort's two day let*
J$ I
.uce festival began when the visitors
to the "lettuce city" accompanied by
a large crowd of Beaufort folks motored
out to Bramlett's farm where a
bountiful feast consisting of barbecued i
pork, rice, potatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise,
relishes, bread and coffee was #
I served.
After dinner the cars lined up for
a visit to several fields of Beaufort's
thousand acre lettuce crop, stopping ?
on the way to see an interesting old <
fort built before 1600 on Mr. Bramlett's
place and also at the Home Farm
dairy where Mr.. Kinney served delicious
sweet milk and buttermilk.
In the evening a play party, for
which Beaufort has become famous,
was held at the Community club. The
next morning luncheon was served at
the Community club by the women. +
The Itfhcheon consisted of chicken
salad on lettuce, potato chips, sandwiches,
crackers, olives, jfike and
coffee. After dinner speeches were
rallori fnr hv the Ttev Mr Rnrns Fred
I
Christeiisen, Judge Memminger and
Harry Calhoun responded. It Is sin- ?
cerely hoped that these festivals will
be an annual event and that every
county of South Carolina may be represented
at the second lettuce festival
in 1923. * j
Fail to Agee in Jones Case.
Lancaster.?After being out 11
hours, the jury which had been trying
the case of the state against Charles
D. Jones, charged with breach of trust
and misappropriation of funds, reported
that they were unable to agree and
Judge Bowman ordered a mistrial.
The jury called for the judge at 2.30
o'clock and onnounced their inability
to agree, but upon requese of counsel
of defendant, they were ordered to
make one more effort. They returned
at 4 o'clock and announced a hopeless
disagreement. *
After ordering a mistrial, they were
discharged by the court. It is said
that the vote stood five for conviction
and seven for acquittal. This trail *
is one of the five indictments returned
by the grand Jury.
Newberry College Wins Debate.
Spartanburg. ? Newberry college
won the triangle debate between
teams from the Presbyterian College
of South Carolina, Wofford and New- * '
berry. The question was: "Resolved,
That a system of compulsory arbitration
of strikes should be established v
in the United States."
VomKflrrv n nrnl/1 itl C thfi negative '
A1CTT UVI i / , Ufl V4w.*.n .Mv _
side here defeated the Presbyterian t
college team, and in debating the affirmative
in Clinton, won the decision
over Wofford. ?
Paving Contracts Let.
Greenwood.?Contracts for street
paving amounting to approximately 9
5200,000 were let by the Greenwood
paving commission. Contract for sidewalk
paving was let to the Greenville \
Paving company for $1.38 per squre j
yard. Contract for concrete street
paving was let to the firm of Case &
Cothran of Atlanta for 51.98 per square " J
Bank Makes Change. ? I
Barnwell?At a meeting of dlrec- I
tors of the First National Bank of I
Barnwell the resignation of L. P. Wil- I
son, cashier, was accepted and Ralph I
Smith, assistant cashier, was elected
to succeed him. Mr. Wilson has resigned
to accept a position with a bank
in Ocala, Fla., at a flattering salary, fln
A. M. Denbow of Bamberg was elected
as an active vice president. Col. Jss|fii
N. G. W. Walker, one of the organizers
of the institution, retains his former J
position of active vice-prebident. |
To Revise Board. J
Chester.?From a communication J
received by A. W. Wise, clerk of the a
county Confederate pension board, it js
will not only be necessary for the
county board to revise the pension roll 1&S
for the current year, but the board
itself must undergo some changes. I
The attorney general has ruled that no
man is eligible to the board who holds
a public office, which will disqualify
County Superintendent of Education
W. D. Knox and Magistrate J. W.
Wilks. All pensioners with a net in- ^
come of $1,000 will be taken off net.
Gets Life Sentence.
Florence?W. A. Quicb, convicted of
the murder of D. Hiram Munn and * (
recommended to the mercy of the
"niirt sentenced to life imprison- |
ment In the state penitentiary by
Judge Thomas Sease. The Quick trial
has attracted a great deal of interest
and was considered the most important
on the docket. The court has com
pleted a tremendous amount of work
this week finishing up all of the cases
ready for trial. The judge, solicitor
and court officials worked hard ani *
fast to complete the number of cases. (
Wounded By Negress.
Greenville.?M. B. Hoard, young j
white man about 25 years old. is in
a critical condition in the city hospital
as a result of a bullet wound alleged
to have been inflicted by I,ucile
Tinsley. a negress 18 rears old. at her *
home on each Stone avenue. The woman.
who is in the county jail awaiting
the outcome of the man's Injuries,
declares that the white man approached
her on several occasions and that
:n company with another man he at-*
tempted to froce his way into her