TORNADOES KILL 12
I IN MILE WESI
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HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED, WIRE
SERVICE CRIPPLED AND
LIVESTOCK KILLED.
SNOW REPORTED III REIKI
Thousands Made Homeless by Tornadoes
and Floods Which Swept
Over Central West.
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Chicako?Twelve persons are known 1
10 have been killed, more than a hundred
injured and thousands made C
homeless by tornadoes and floods that
swept over the central west.
Tornadoes were reported in a score
of Illinois, Indiana and Arkansas A
towns. Homes were demolished, wire
service crippled and livestock killed.
Throughout the area from Ohio on
the east to Kansas and Nebraska on
the west, heavy downpours swelled the
f.; - .
flood waters of streams already out (
of their banks and inundated thousands
of acres of rich farm land in addition
to the rast tracts already under
water.
While snow and sleet covered ColoSrado,
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and ?
Iowa were pelted with heavy hail d
storms which smashed windows and i
caused much damage to crops. Sev- a
eral inches of snow were reported *
from Denver. t
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Shoe Machinery Company Loses. n
Washington.?The government won
in'the supreme court in the case p
brought by the United Shoe Machinery 0
corporation and others to have set h
aside the restraining order prohibiting d
them from using certain lease clauses b
ih their contract for the rental of patented
machinery. The supreme court v
affirmed the decree of the United j.
States district court at St. Louis, g
which enjoined the corporation under c
the Clayton act. The lower federal
court prohibited the corporation from
compelling, by lease agreements, the ,
.In
exclusive use of its machines ana ~
from enforcing an alternative royalty
clause found to be prohibitive, upon 11
all footwear manufactured in factories s
where machines of competitors were c
also used. It also held invalid the ^
agreement by which the corporation
required those using its machines to
purchase supplies for it.
Justice McKenna dissented, but did c
not express his views. Justice Bran- a
dels took no part in the consideration v
of the case. ^
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Former Service Man Killed. 0
Atlanta.?The former soldier whose *
body was found on the Southern rail- v
way tracks near Augusta was David c
H. Miller, 24, of Kannapolis, N. C.,
according to a statement by O. J. *
Boston, who is connected with the P
United States veterans' bureau here. b
Mr. Boston said he was taking the A
man from his home to the government h
hospldil in Augusta for treatment for *
shell shock and that Miller disappear- P
ed en route. He thought the veteran
must have left the train at Warrenville,
S. C., but did not miss hira for
some time after that. r
Miller's mother had given him a q
eum of money in an envelope before ?
he left home. Bostpn said, but he de- c
clared he did not know the amount, h
, Boston came on to Atlanta after his j,
charge disappeared. 0
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Reach Agreement.
Washington. ? An agreement was g
reached by Secretary Denby and /
Chairman Lasker. of the shipping t!
board, for elimination of the provis- f
Ion in the pending administration ship p
eubaidy bill for a merchant marine na- b
val reserve. Organization of ade- n
quate naval reserves will be left to
separate legislative treatment in meas- t
ures to be proposed by the navy de- t
partment. c
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Federal Buildings Destroyed. 1
Norfolk, Va. ? Twelve government e
buildings on Fisherman's island, in the >
Chesapeake bay, were destroyed by b
flre. Unofficial estimates say the loss i
may reach $100,000. The weather bu- o
re&u station, hospital and other build- h
1ngs escaped the flames. . b
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Battleship Used as Target.
Philadelphia.?The battleship Iowa,
once the pride of the United States
navy, left the Philadelphia navy yard ^
for Cape Henry, wnere sne wui ve r
used as a target for the Atlantic fleet j
in a series of radio and gun iexperi- ,
ments. .
For two years the Iowa has been j.
U9ed as a radio experimental craft ?
with her sister ship, the Ohio, as the f
control vessel. In the approaching
tests off Cape Henry, the Iowa, con f
trolled solely by radio, will attempt to f
run the gauntlet of the Atlantic fleet {
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Cyclone in Georgia.
Atlanta.?A storm of cyclone fury
swept through Louisville. Ga., according
to dispatches received here, leav- J '
ing great damage in its wake and cutting
off the town from outside com- j
munication. No lives were lost. t
Telephone and electric light wires t
are down and the little town is with- }
out light. (
Owners of farms near Louisville re
port heavy damage to houses, fences ,
and crops which were flooded by the {
downpour of rain. j
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Large Meeting of D. A. R.
Washington.?The recording of ae
credited delegates and alternates hae
reached above 2.000 when the thirty j
first Continental Congress of the ]
Daughters of the American Revolutlor j (
convened in Continental hall, therebj (
assuring general officers said, th? ]
largest meeting in the history of th? |
society. j
The first ppssion of the congress wai |
given over largely to the formalltle? \
of opening except for the annual ad i
dress of Mrs. George Maynard Miller j
president general. i
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$2,000,000 FIRE IN
POCOMOKE, MARYLAND
Pocomoke City, Md.?With ten
acres in the heart of the city burned
over, causing an estimated property
damage of more than $2,000,
000, Governor Ritchie ordered a
company of the first regiment,
Maryland national guard, at Salisbury,
to proceed here at once to
protect property which escaped the
flames.
The heart of the business section
is in ruins. Both banks have
been destroyed, and in addition
to business structures, 50 homes
fell prey to the flames. Communication
with the outside world has
been established by tapping wires
on the outskirts.
IRE SWEEPS AREA MILE LONG
flORE THAN 100 HOUSES ARE
BURNED AT BERKLEY, VA., A
SUBURB OF NORFOLK.
hundreds of Families Estimated to
Have Been Left Homeless in
Seaport Town.
Norfolk, Va.?Berkley, a suburb of
lorfolk, was swept by a Are which
estroyed more than 100 houses, coverug
an area one mile in length and
.verage from two to four blocks In
ridth. Five hundred families are esimated
to have been made homeless,
nd the damage will run to nearly a
lillion dollars.
The blaze originated in the Tunis
umber mills, on the southern branch
f the Elizabeth river. A woman whose
usband is a watchman at the Tunis
ocks, discovered the fire from a
ouseboat in which they live.
Within forty yards of the dock
?here the fire started are the St.
lelena Oil company docks. Three
teamere in the river were burned,
atching fire from sparks.
The fire quickly spread to the
lorth, the sparks being carried a
undred yards or more. Most of the
ouses in the path of the fire were
egro h'omes, and were of wooden con
truction. They were as dry as tin*
er and a few sparks only were reuired
to set them ablaze. At one
ime there were nine fires blazing in
Jfferent places simultaneously.
Although the fire departments, both
ivilian and navy, from all tne cities
nd towns in the vicinity of Berkley,
rere called into service, they were
.elpless against the spreading flames,
phich soon reached Liberty street, one
f the oldest business streets of the
own. One block on Liberty street
ras completely wiped out. A negro
hurch was also destroyed.
For a time" it appeared that a large
as tank owned by the Municipal gas
ilant was doomed, but the gas was
urned off by means of safety valves,
ifter four hours the fire appeared to
ave reached its climax, although it
-*as still blazing stubbornly in several
arts of the town.
Samuel M. Brinson Dead.
New Bern?Hon. Samuel M. Brinson,
epresentative from the third North
!arolina district, passed away at New
tern General Hospital, following a
ritical illness there since he came
ome from Battle Creek. Mich., where
i vain he had sought to stem the tide
f failing health that dated back to the
lose of the campaign in 1918.
This city is under a pall of deep
rief a tthe passing of Sam Brinson.
ind with the feeling of distince loss
here is felt here, messages have come
rom out in the state and nation exiressing
the universal Forrow felt
y hundreds of close friends at the
lews 01 ms ueain.
Mr. Brinson was serving his second
erm in congress and had indicated
hat he would be a candidate to sueeed
himself at the primary this fall,
le was born in this city on March 20,
870 and was educated at Wake Forst
college and the University of
Jorth Carolina, being admitted to the
iar in 1895. He practiced law until
902, when he became superintendent
T public instruction of Craven county,
lolding this position until 1918, when
ie was elected a member of the sixty*
ixth. congress.
Covered by Flood Water.
New Orleans.?Reports from Helena,
trk.. that approximately 235 square
niles of land in the lower part of
'hillips county were covered by flood
waters from the White and Arkansas
1vers, which are backed up by the
ligh stage of the Mississippi river,
;ave a more serious aspect to the
lood situation.
The village of Melwood, in the floodtd
area, was reported covered with
rom eight to ten feet of water, while
Slaine is completely surrounded by
he street.
Street Car Service Resumed.
Augusta. Ga?City council and the
lugusta-Aiken Railway and Electric
:orporation came to an agreement and
he street cars, which have been in me
jarn for a month, will resume opera*
ions. The cars were halted because
mrestricted competition by jitneys
lad cut deeply into the company's revenues.
The city now agrees to restrict jitley
operations to the extent of not
illowing them to take on or discharge
latrons wl.thin one block of streets on
*hich street car tracks are laid.
Virginia University Receives Gifts.
Charlottesville, Va.?Gifts of fifty
housand dollars by Paul Goodloe Mc[ntyre
for the construction of an or:hopedic
wing to the University of Virginia
hospital and ten thousand dolars
by Mrs. William H. White and
family to the University law school as
i memorial to the former president of
fhe Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po:omac
railroad, were announced at the
jniversity recently. Dr. oJhn Meriam,
president of Carnegie institute,
uvas the principal speaker at the cele3
ration.
BIG WATER SPOUT
CHASESJTEAMER
LINER ABOUT 800 MILES OUT OF
NEW YORK WHEN SPOUT
WAS SIGHTED.
VESSEL HAS NARROW ESCAPE
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Passengers Make Bets on Result
Before Realizing That Tie Meant
Instant Death.
New York.?The story of a gigantic
waterspout which chased the Cunard
Liner Carmania half an hour and
i then suddenly subsided when it was
' "'?Vio hor/f Hrivon chin. W3fi
i annual upun u?u .<Ui u v?< . . w? ~?r,
told by officers and passengers when
she arrived after a round trip to the
Near East.
The liner was about 800 miles out
of New York when the spout was first
sighted. At first, passengers said, it
j appeared as a slight disturbance of
water about eight miles astern. Then
the waves were tWisted and churned
and hurled skyward with terrific force
in an ever increasing volume. For a
I time, they stated, it stood still while
I Captain Melson, after pronouncing it
ja big waterspout, ordered the liner
sent ahead at full speed. At almost
the same moment, the spout seemed
to take wings and rush after the big
ship.
The passengers crowded aft. Smoke
J belched from the ship's funrfels while
the Carmania strained every atom of
her strength to escape. As the spout
| traveled it grew larger. It widened
rapidly and towered high in the air,
I throwing off spray.
As first the passengers thought that
j it was just a wonderful phenomena,
i They began to bet on its speed, on
whether it could catch the boat, or
i pass it. Then, as it towered in the
|Carmania'8 wake, gaining rapidly, it
j suddenly occurred> to the passengers
, that it carried certain death with it?
I that the race> was one for life.
The spout continued to gain until
it was almost upon the ship. The passengers,
huddled awe-stricken, along
' tha Aaolra watrhlnp fhp OJlCOmintr
mass of water. It had only to reach
out for the shin?end It subsided as
suddenly as it had risen. Five minutes
after there was nothing to show
there had been any disturbance of the
placid ftrean.
Captain Melson smiled when he was
asked about it.
"I'll never tell what would have
happened if it had caught us," he said.
"In fact, I never could have told. We
would have been listed as missing
on the marine register."
Cases Facing Supreme Court.
Washington.?The legality of army
"plucking boards,'' the illegality of
transportation of liquors through the
United States while en route to less
arid jurisdictions, and the usual set
of tax cases, are among the actions
to be presented before the supreme
court in the 40 hours remaining of the
time designated in the present term
! for oral judgment. The court's plans
j are said to fix a date early in June
for final adjournment and April 28
ias the last day for hearing oral argu'
ments on cases now on the calendar.
Among the cases which probably
will be called this week is that of the
Baltimore club of the defunct Federal
league against the present major
leagues, charging violation of the
Sherman anti-trust laws.
Foreign governments as well as
American prohibition enforcement
officers are interested in the construction
the supreme court will
place in two cases brought under
the Volstead law to block transportation
of liquor through the United
States. The devisions of lower federal
courts were conflicting.
Tree Planted on Grave.
Washington.?With appropriate ceremony,
the American Forestry association
planted a memorial oak in front
of the house in Glen Echo, just outside
of Washington, in which Clara
Barton, founder of the American Red
Cross, died Easter Sunday, 1912.
Aviator Killed In Nose Dive.
Galveston, Texas.?Capt. G. S. Little
and Sergeant James L. Johnson, army
flying from Kelly field. San Antonio,
were killed here when the airplane in
which they were fllnig went inta a
nose dive at a height of about 100 feetOfficers
at Love Field who are
investigating the accident believe that
Captain Little was piloting the machine.
The accident occurred near
a private landing neia ana u is Delieved
the aviators intended to make
a landing when the plane dropped
to the ground.
Lloyd George at Conference.
Genoa.?Premier Lloyd George has
announced that his aim at the Genoa
conference is to bring into being a
pact among the 34 nations represented,
agreeing not to invade one another's
territories.
Britain is against a pact with military
sanctions, it is declared, because
sanctions belong to the order
of ideas that an endeavor is being
made to get away from, and guarantees
would mean a new grouping
of the powers. The military holiday
idea 1b not practical.
May Have Decision.
New York.?Fifty aviation officials
and firms petitioned the Aero Club of
America to reopen hearings to determine
the winner of the aviation efficiency
contest held at Omaha. Neb.
Fred E. White, of Tulsa, Okla., was
declared winner by the Aero Club o
Omaha, which conduct 0 the contest.
Upon the appeal of John M. Larsen,
a contestant, the Aero club recently
Investigated his charees that there
! was fraud in the decision and returned
a verdict stating the club was unable
, to make an award.
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, BOG INCREASE 8HOWN
IN AMERICAN EXPORT!
Washington.?Increase in value
i of America's foreign trade was re|
ported here by the Department of
Commerce, with announcement
that exports last month aggregated
$382,000,000, the highest since Oc- |
tcber, 1921, and that imports totalled
$258,000,000, the greatest
since December, 1920.
The trade balance of 74,000,000
in favor of the . United States
shown by the figures is the great- i
est since November. 1921, when ;|
the total was $83,000,000. The |
trade balance in February was $35.- i
000,000 and in March, 1921, $135,- (
000,000.
Exports last month compared
with $387,000,000 during March,
i 1921, ana were neariy iwiw ? ,
| great as the pre-war figure of $187,- i
000.000 in March, 1914. j
Imports in March compared with I,
! $252,000,000, a year ago and with j (
i $183,000,000 in March, 1914. j]
GRAIN PLANTING IS DELAYED:
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SEEDING OF SPRING GRAIN 18
BEHIND THE AVERAGE '
SEASON. 1
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Good Progress Made in Central 8outh 1
Carolina and South Eastern 1
North Carolina.
Washington. ? Seeding of spring ]
j grains is very much behind the ,
average season as a result of frequent {
rainfall for more than a month in ,
: moBt of the interior valley states, ac-j1
[ cording to the weather and crop re- ?
view issued by the department of ag-'
riculture. Very little spring wheat i
or oats wr 3 seeded during the week, j|
although seeding made good progress |,
I in the upper lake region*, and the I,
| light rainfall in the Atlantic coast j j
states was favorable to field work, j,
Warm wea'her and wet soil caused ,
a rapid growth of winter wheat i.
throughout the interior of the coun- ,
! try, and satisfactory conditions and
progress were reported in the south- i (
em and Atlantic coast states. |.
Germination and growth of corn ,
jwas favored by high temperatures in ]
the southern districts, but much re- ,
planting will be necessary on low- ,
lands in Texas because of floods. Com ,
! planting made satisfactory progress j j
1 in most of the southeast, but was1 ,
I delayed by wet soil in the lower Mis- ,
sissippi Valley . |,
The week was favorable for the ,
preparation of soil and the planting ,
of cotton In most eastern districts of (
' the belt, the weather and crop re- {
view stated.
j Seeding made good progress in ,
southeastern sections, extending j
' northward during the week over (
the central counties of North Caro- j j
Una. j
Conditions were somewhat more
favorable for field work in Alabama ,
and Mississippi, but the wet soil j
' held planting mostly at a standstill (
j in the western part of the belt, i ?
j where dry weather and sunshine ,
| are much needed. (
I Seeding is being delayed in Texas, ^
where little has been accomplished |
outside of the Rio Grande valley and |
the lower coast counties. The con- j
dition of the cotton planted, how- j
ever, is fairly satisfactory except for
jsorae damage by high winds. j(
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Arbuckle Freed of Manslaughter. ^
San Francisco, Cal.?A verdict of
acquittal was refu?ied by a jury In
the third trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) j
1 i?KnrMa mi a man*lnlighter charee
] growing out of the death of Miss Virginia
Rappe, motion picture actress. J
i The Jury was out si* minutes. 11
j The denefdant was deeply affected. '
, He received the verdict with a great J
sign of relief. There was no demonstration,
the court having warned
against it. Mrs. Minta Durfee Ar- '
buckle, the defendant's wife, cried f
' quietly. Both she and Arbuckle shook 1'
! hands with the jury.
I The quick return of the jury was 1
a surprise.
I Edward Brown, whose presence on
1 the Jury waf objected to by the1
prosecution, war foreman. There *
; was a slight delay when the jury re- (
| turned, due to the absence of the '
1 district attorney. 1
United States Owes Much Money.
Chicago.?The United States owes
23 times as much money now as in (
1917, when the public debt was about '
$1,000,000,000, Eliot Wadsworth, as- 1
sistant secretary of the treasury, de- 1
clared in a speech here. <'
"This huge debt we must pass on (
| to future citizens," he said. "For '
this reason it is the intention of the '
financial leaders of our government to 1
pay all new debts from current funds.
We are just standing still financially *
as our expenses this year Just about '
equaled our revenues. j(
W. A. Law Heads Insurance Company. '
Philadelphia. ? William A. Law j
nffararl hl? rasienation 88 Dresi- ! '
dent of the First National bank of :
Philadelphia, effective June 30, to ac- <
cept the presidency of the Penn Mu- t
tual Life Insurance company. <
No successor has yet been chosen 1
to fill the vacancy that will result >
when Mr. Law's resignation as head i1
of the bank becomes effective. The j 1
matter will be considered by the di- t
rectors in the near future. It is expected
he will continue as a member <
f of the board. i
Venlzelos Story Gets Attention.
I Athens.?The report that Ellpthej
rios Venixelas has been invited by ,
King Constantine to re-assume the
, premiership is characterized in respon-1
sible circles as "mere conjecture.* It '
had been hoped, it was stated, that the |
former premier would devote his at-1'
tivlties while abroad to supporting the '
national cause, in the general effort 1
to obtain an honorable peace with the (
Turks and safeguard the national interests.
His sudden return to Europe '
was thought to be in connection with
this movement. ^ .. . .
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OPPOSES COT OF '
NAVY PERSONNEL
HARDING OPENLY DECLARES HIS
OPPOSITION TO A CUT
BELOW 86,000.
PRESIDENT WRITES LETTER
Sayt He Believes Country Will Be
Greatly Disappointed at Proposed
Reduction.
Washington. ? President Harding,
in his first public utterance on the 1923
naval bill, declared In a letter presentLd
to the house that while the decision
must lie with Congress, he would
be greatly disappointed ,as he believed
the country would be, if the enlisted
force was cut below 86,000.
The opinion was not sent gratui
tiously. It was given in response to a
request for the President's view by
Representative Longworth. republican,
Ohio, one of the leaders in the
fight to defeat the proposal in the
bill limiting the force to .67,000.
There had been unofficial statements
to the effect that he opposed a drastic
reduction in personnel, and that he
stood for the figures proposed in the
VfcArthur amendment.
In presenting the letter toward
the close of an all-day debate, Mr.
Longworth said he was glad to accept
the challenge from friends of
the measure as framed to find out
what the President wanted and to
let the house know.
'My Dear Congressman Longworth:
"I have to acknowledge your letter
of inquiry addressed to me on
the tenth instant. If I were to adIreBS
the Congress formally I could
say only what I have already said
Informally, because I am well pertuaded
that it is not wise to make
jo drastic a cut in the naval appropriations
as has been proposed in
the measure now pending.
"I do not doubt the good fpith of
the committee majority in believing
i suitable navy can be maintained
inder the limitations fixed in the
pending dim, ana 1 am ueai my <u
iccord with every consistent effort
x> deepen the cut in governmental
jxpenritures. At the same time I
nust believe in the good faith of
idvisers who say very emphatically
:hat it is impossible to maintain,
within the proposed appropriations,
:he standard set for our navy which
was made the base of the interna:ional
conference, and which standird
we have proclaimed to the world.
"Of course the decision must lie
with the Congress, but I should not
je frank in replying to" your inluiry
if I did not say that I shall
greatly disappointed,, and I beieve
the country will be greatly disappointed..
if the appropriation, to
which the navy must and will adlere,
is reduced to the point where
:he limitation of enlisted men 'and
ipprentices is below 86.000. No presentation
of the situation, which has
ome to my notice, has served to al:er
that opinion.
"Ultimately, perhaps, the lower
igures proposed may be reached and
[ hope it will be possible through
ater international concert, but the
trend toward peace and security
jught to be more firmly established
jefore going beyond the limitation to
which we were gladly committed at
:he international conference.
"Very truly yours.
"WARREN G. HARDING."
Girl Millionairess Seeks Surgeon.
San Francisco.?Miss Delora Angell,
10, of Pasadena, who will come into
possession of $25,000,000 left by John
W. ( tJet-a-Miuiun ; uai.es> wucu ouc
s 22, disclosed definite plans here
tor using part of the fortune. She
jays she expects to marry a young
\merican surgeon who has an ambi:lon
to maintain a hospital for the
poor.
Hospital Facilities Approved.
Washington.?The house bill, au?
:horizing an additional appropriation
)f $17,000,000 for hospital facilities for
lisabled former service men, was
passed unanimously by the senate.
Fewer Spindles Now.
Washington.?Almost 2,000,000 few;r
cotton spindles were operated
luring March than in February, al:hough
cotton consumption for March
vas about 46,000 bales more than in
February, the monthly cotton report
>f the census bureau issued disclosed.
3f the increase for the month,, 84,000
mles were consumed in cotton growng
states, where consumption wae
:he largest of any month since the
irst quarter of 1917, and amounted to
55 per cent of the total cotton used
luring March.
Sir Ross Smith Falls to Death.
London.?Sir Ross Smith, the Aus
rglian aviator who, with nia nrotner,
3lr Keith, had plannedto start from
Croydon April 25 on a flight around
:he world, was killed when his plane
crashed In a practice flight at Brookand.
Llentenant Bennett, an engineer,
vho was planning to accompany Sir
floss and his brother on their around:he-world
flight, also was killed.
The machine which crashed was the
>ne the Smiths had intended to use
n their flight.
Long Sleep Fatal.
Fort Smith. Ark.?Jim Eislinger,
vho had been asleep continuously for
:hree years, died at the county hospital.
Physicians nay he was not suffering
'rom sleeping sickness but from men;al
paralysis. He apparently was iniensible
to pain, was immobile and his
>yes were closed.
In March of 1921, Eislinger, for a
'ew seconds, showed signs of awakening.
but he again relapsed Into the
omatose state.
NOUSES OFFERED ASSOCIATION
More Than Half Number In Pee Dee
Section to Be Taken Over By
Organization.
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Florence.?More than half of the
active warehouses of South Carolina,
representing an aggregate value of
nearly $1,000,000, were tendered the
Trl-State Tobacco Growers' Cooperative
Marketing association here when
representatives of the association conferred
with a thoroughly representative
gathering of the owners and operators
of warehouses. Save Lake City
and Florence, every market pledged
Its warehouses in part or in full as
nearly as one could ascertain by an
early and preliminary check of the returns
from the meeting. Warehouses
signed are as follows: Nichols, Planters'
warehouse; Marion. People's;
Summerville, Summerville warehouse;
Conway, Horry warehouse; Aynor, the
Farmers, the Huggins; Georgetown,
Georgetown warehouse; Hartsville, the
Farmers'; Mullins, the Brick; Pamplico,
the Farmers,' the Brick; Kingstree,
Central, Scott's, Wilkins', Farmers',
Nelson; Latta, Farmers'; Dillon,
Liberty, Farmers', Palmetto; Lake
View, Farmers', Liberty, Planters";
Hemingway, Center Brick, Big Four;
Andrews, Farmers', the Brick; Timmonsville.
the Farmers', Banner; John8onville,
Center, Brick; Bamberg, the
Farmers'; Loris, the Brick, the Farmers';
Lamar, Farmers' Friend; Darlington,
Dargans, the Carolina, Price,
Center and Brick.
The first check showed actually 41
houses pledged to the association
either for sale or for lease on the
terms of the association. Tbe total
values as placed by the owners of the
houses were $900,000. Individual
values ranged from $5,000 as the
smallest to $50,000 as the largest,
there being two of them valued at
$50,000.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner cf Raleigh, N. C.,
who has been a moving spirit in this
organization since its Inception, opened
the meeting and presided.
Mr. Sapiro presented the uniform
contract which the Tri-State association
has signed with North Carolina
and Virginia warehousemen, and is
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Large Crowd Hears Poe.
York.?A lucid exposition of the
system of cooperative marketing,
coupled with a cogent plea for its
adpotion by York county farmers, was
made here by Clarence Poe of Raleigh,
N. C., editor of The Progressive Farmer
and one of the South's foremost
thinkers and writers on agricultural
subjects.
He was heard by a representative
audience of 300, including quite a
number of business and progessional
men and more than a score of women.
It was the largest assemblage at an
agricultural meeting staged here in
several years and was a tribute to the
reputation of the speaker and an evidence
of the widespread interest in
the subject he discussed. Dr, Poe
made a forceful address, replete with
common sense and enlivened by scin*
tilations of wit and humor.
Tan Hides and Makes Own Shoes.
Greenwood.?The low price of hides
and the high price of shoes cause
B. F. Brown, farmer of Troy in this
county, no worry. Shoes sell for
many dollars per pair and cowhides
sell for almost nothing per pound, but
Mr. Brown makes his own shoes, using
not even a bought tack or lace.
The versatile farmer is now wearing
a pair of shoes which he made himself
from a home tanned hide. He
whittled the pegs otit of wood and cut
the strings from rawhide.
Hospital For Citadel College.
Charleston. ? A modern hospital
building costing $60,000 will be erected
on the site of the Citadel, militry
college of South Carolina, through the
generosity of an unnamed friend. Barracks
and other necessary buildings
costing $900,000 have already been
erected by the state. The present college
buildings will be vacated after
this term.
Boys Pick Up Cans.
Florence?Nearly a hundred thousand
tin cans were dumped on a vacant
lot here by small boys, who had
been offered free tickets to a theater
for 26 cans or more.
Live Stock Men Elect Offloers.
Clemson College.?The 21st annual
meeting of the South Carolina Live
Stock association was concluded here
with the election of officers and a
sightseeing trip around the various departments
of the college and the experiment
station. OfTicers elected for
the next year were: President, J. R.
Connor, Eutawville; secretray-treasurer,
W. J. Sheely, Clemson College;
vice presidents, T. J. Kinard, NinetySix;
W. D. Byrd, Laurens; J. F. ShuIer,
Vance; J. W. D. Watts, Laurens;
n A Ouirnard. Columbia.
Fiddlers Hold Convention.
York.?Fiddlers, banjolsts and guitarista
for miles around, as well as
lovers of old fashioned music, gathered
at the Philadelphia school house,
three miles south of York, for a fiddlers'
convention, held under the auspices
of the School Improvement association.
The old time fiddlers were
in fine form and delighted the audience
with tuneful melodies of the long ago,
including all the favorite reels and
"break-downs."
First prize in the fiddling contest
went to J. J. J. Robinson.
History of Grlndal Shoals.
Onffney.?The Rev. J. D. Bailey of
Cowpens. who is probably the best informed
man in upper South Carolina
on matters pertaining to the local
happenings during the Revolutionary
period, is preparing to issue at an
early d"te a book entitled "The History
of Grindal Shoals." Mr. Bailey
was horn near this historic spo.t and
has all the interesting facts and stirring
scenes which occeurred there at
Ms fingers' ends, and the book will
loubtless be of intense interest to ths
ieoole of this section. ?
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS ,
CLOSEJME JAMES
L. MICHIE, OF DARLING*
TON, IS MADE GRAND COMMANDER.
MANY OFFICERS PROMOTED ,
Three Days' Session of York Rite
Bodies Terminate With Fish
Stew at Pinewood Club. v.
Florence. ? Another Florence man
was honored with election to high circles
of South Carolina Masonry when
the grand commandery of Knighta
Templar in their closing conclave
named J. Boone Aiken as grand standard
bearer. The other one so honor
ed was Rev. George T. Harmon, ptfstor.
of the Central Methodist church, who
was named grand chaplain of the
grand council of Royal and Select
Masons when they held their eleotions.
According to the rule of the commandery,
all officers were promoted.
This'resulted in a near-Florence man,
James L. Michie, of Darlington, being
elected grand commander of the state.
The pltotal office in the elections is
Junior warden, for which J. W. Ivey
of Florence was considered by his
friends a very probable knight. He is
the retiring standard bearer and very
prominent in Knight Templar work.
The elective officers stand as follows:
Grand commander, James L.
Michie, Darlington; deputy grand
commander, Laurens Walker, Cedar
Springs; grand generallssomo, W. R.
Lowman, Orangeburg; captain general,
R. M. Pratt, Bennettsvllle; senior
warden, 0. Frank Hart, Columbia;
Junior warden, Thomas W. Cothran,
Greenwood.
The appointive offices were filled
as follows: Treasurer, William G.
Gantt, Charleston;, recorder,. Joseph
Lindsay, Chester; prelate, T. T. Walsh
York; standard bearer, J. Boone Aiken *
Florence ; sword bearer, Walter F. Going.
Columbia; warder, M. Lamar
Smith, Laurens; captain of the guard,
W. Robbin Zempt, Camden.
The election of officers and trans
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action oi purely iraiernai uueiucoa
concluded the sessions of the grand
commandery.
Florence was Impressed profoundly
with the beauty and nobility of this
ancient body of Masons as they
marched to and from the church, clad
in their full dress uniforms, with
flowing white pluntes, silvered swords
and with their 'banners and other regalia.
Returning to the temple they
convened immediately in business session.
With the adjournment of the commandery
the three days' session of the
York Rite bodies of Masonry in South
Carolina was closed. More than 200
of the biggest Masons of South Carolina
have been in attendance here
upon the convocation.
The convocation of three days wa?
terminated with a fish stew at the
Pinewood club, tendered by the Florence
Masons to all delegates and
grand and local officers.
20,000 Pounds of Powder Explode.
Charleston.?0. L. Hill, white, foreman
for the Columbia Salvage corporation,
was blown into bits when an explosion
of 20,000 pounds of black
powder occurred in an ammunition
salvage magazine near the ordnance
depot, North Charleston. More than
50 box cars were damaged and trackage
wrecked. It will never be known
what caused the terriflc blast.
Fragments of Hill's body were collected
over a considerable area and
placed in a coffin for interment His
cap was found about two hundred
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of which were made with bores filled
with sand, with a canvas roof. Hill
and three negro laborers were seen
about the magazine before the edplosion.
It is said that the negroes were
practically unhurt. For many miles
around the explosion was felt. Glass
was shattered in plants in the suburbs
of Charleston.
The magazine was not conected
with the magazine of the ordnance department
Will Build Highway.
Greenwood.?As soon as contracts
can be let, work will begin on the
top soil highway connecting Greenwood
and Abbeville, according to the
decision of the Greenwood highway
commission. The first mile of this
road, leading into Greenwood, will be
hard surfaced, the remainder to be
constructed of top soil. (
. Abbeville has already constructed
an imnroved highway to the county
line and the road to be built by Greenwood
will connect Greenwood and Abbeville
by means of an improved road.
Campaign Brought to Close.
Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg
campaign for Christian education,
lonnnhoH (on riavR aco ui raise S250.000
for Wofford college fitting school and
textile Industrial institute, came to a
close with subscriptions amounting to
$150,000. While there was disappointment
in some quarters as to the failure
of the effort to reach the goal set,
the leaders of the movement, including
Dr. Snoyder, president of Wofford,
expressed entire satisfaction with the
results of the effort.
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Plans for Reunion.
Darlington. ? Plans for the entertainment
of the Confederate veterans
during their reunion in Darlington on
May 17 and 18 are being made daily
by the committees in charge. Chairmen
of the various commlttes met recently
and all preparations are being
made rapidly. A professional decorator
has been engaged and elaborate
decorations will beautify the city.
More than a thousand Confederate
flags will be flying over the city. More
than 400 homes have already been offered
for the use of the old soldier*.
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