The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, January 15, 1924, Image 2

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WRECK RESULTS. IN FOUR DEATHS t -\i " ? I v ? SOUTHERN FREIGHT COLLIDES WITH LIGHT ENGINE NEAR * ORANGEBURG. I SEVERE FOG ON AT TIME ________ Forgotten Order* Said to. Be the Cauee of the FiSal Heed-on Collleelon. Orangeburg. ? A head-on colllssion between a regular through freight and a special freight engine of 'the Southern railway near (Orangeburg, caused the instant death of A1 Brown, engineer, and Oliver Hopkins, negro fireman, of the through freight, and fatal injuries to L. K. Dantzler and C. J. Youngblood, . engineer and con ductor of the spoclal, who died later at a local hospital. Riding on the through freight en gine were C. J. Ulrlch, conductor, and B. C. Worthman, brakeman, botlj of whom were slightly scalded and bruis ed but will recover. The special con sisted only of an engine and tender going to Fort Motte to take up a dead engine and train for Columbia and be Bldes the engineer and conductor was Joe B. Wltherspoon, fireman, who suf fered severe bruises and cuts and a fractured skull. His chances for re covery are slight. v Engineer Dantzler started his spe cial at Branchville and was here given orders by operator Vonlelgh to pass the through freight at Orangeburg; these orders were forgotten by the engineer and conductor, it is thought. A severe fog was on at the time. Ef forts were made at Orangeburg to ?top the special, as the engine at Fort Motto was in shape again, but the signals could not be seen and the special did not stop. About four miles above Orangeburg the fearful accident happened. Both engines were demol ished and the tenders and many cars ?rushed and thrown from the tracka. The injured were found by Mike Wat son and wife living nearby. On the way to the hospital Engineer Dantzler said he was to blame as he forgot the orders. All the dead are white except Fireman Hopkins Brown, a Shrlner, and Hopkins lived at Charleston. Dantzler llveB In Augusta and Youngblood at Branch vllle. All leave families. Jeffords Guest of Coast Line. Florence. ? Fifty years of continu ous service with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company, during which he had risen from a place at the crank handle of the old time "hand car," used by section masters, to the Important and responsible position of general roadmaster of the great sys tem, is the remarkable record of W. Quinn Jeffords of Florence. In celebration of the anlversary of his 50th year with the company a dinner was given at the Atlantic Coast Line rostaujant In honor of Mr. Jeff ords by J. E. Willoughby, chief engi neer of the Atlantic Coast Line, at which a large number of the friends of Many warm tributes were paid to Mr. Jeffords, not only from the standpoint of the value of his services to the Coast Line and his unswerving loyalty to hla employers, but to his sterling worth as a man, a citizen and a Christian. Charleston Inquest* Fewer. Charleston. ? The 1^23 report of deaths investigated by Coroner John O. Mansfield for Charleston county show that 340 cases were registered or 56 fewer than in 1922, when 396 deaths werd probed. The total deaths due to accidents totalled last year 54 against 60 in 1922, with an increase of four for negroes and a decrease of nine for whites. In homlcid?s there was a de crease of eight deaths. Sucldes re mained the same ? two white people. There has not boen a negro suicide in four years. The greatest decrease came In deaths from natu'ral causes, tfcara being only 262 such deaths com pared to 304 In 1922. Columbia Woman 8hoota Herseaif. Columbia. ? Mrs. Rosa Rhull, 108 Madison avenue, this city, shot and probably fatally wounded herself, ac cording to information from Sheriff J. Alex Heise. She in the wife of J. Harvey Shull, former Columbia news paper man, now said to he residing at Shalton, 8. C. She Is the mother of two children. Mrs. Shull shot herself above the heart shortly after she was seen talk ing to man and weeping In. a su burban park here, said the sheriff. Sho was found on the turf of the park with a revolver close to her body. ?i Wild Violet* Blooming at York. Yortf ? Wild violet* that mine their heed* above the deed leavnn of a January foreat Rmll$d a pleasant greeting et the new year, thereby attesting the remarkable mlldneitn of tha,fretnt winter here. Rose* nnd ot^nr flower* AM blooming In varloun yard! of the town, but the bloomlag of wild vlelete at thl* aeaeon I* a bo tanical fact fetlll more extraordinary. The violate are in the wood of Dr. It A. Bratton, on the nonthtaeteri ?d^e of the town, which toreet t? . favorite haunt with nature lor era. THREE MEMBERS OF CREW 8UCCUMBS TO EXPOSURE. New Orleans. ? Three members of the crew of the towboat Annie, bound from Mobile for New Or leans, with a barge, died of ex posure In Lake Borgne while the remaining two Including William Harvey, 87, of Mobile, captain of the vessel, and Howard Clement, 26, also of Mobile, are In Charity hospital hsere in a Berlous condi tion. The dead are: Charles W. Alkman, 46, and Ous tav K. Huff, 36, New Orleans, and F. E. Dubarry, age unknown, of Demopolls, Ala. TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE SHIPMENT OF ARMS TO MEXI CAN REBELS IS UNDER EMBARGO. Government Had No Indication of In tended Rebel Exportation Except From Inquiry. Washington. ? President Coolldge took further Bteps to aid the Obregon | govornment in Mexico, signing a pro- 1 clamatlon which imposed an imme diate embargo on any shipments of war munitions to that country except with the specific approval of the gov ernment. A fine of $10,000, or two years' imprisonment, or both may be \ imposed upon convicted violators of the embargo. | Action was taken by the President on recommendation of Secretary Hughes. No formal statement accom-i panied the text of the proclamation when it was made public at the state department. So far as known, how ever, the Washington government has no exact information as to intended sales of armB in the United States to Mexican rebel factions beyond the in quiry through the department of jus tlce received from the De la Huerta agent in New Orleans concerning pur chase and assembly in New Orleans for shipment to the rebel forces of arms and ammunition. Border patrols against liquor, drugs, j aliens and other forms of smuggling probably will be instructed to watch for arms smuggling expeditions. Sec- i retary Weeks said, however, that i while army commanders on the border would bo advised of the issuance of the proclamation he would construe it at present as addressed primarily j to the civil ofTlcers along tho interna- 1 tlonal line and would not direct the army to begin patrolling against arms smugglers. The war secretary made it plain, however, that in tho event of any extensive gun-running, army for ces including cavalry (and aircraft stationed on tho border would be | used to break up the traffic. . Contract For Ford Plant Let. Lharlotto, N. C. ? MacDcvit-Fleming company, of Chattanooga, Tenn., con tractors and builders, were awarded the general contract for the erection of the Ford Motor company's assem bly plant here after bids submitted by eight contracting firms had been ex amined for several days by Ford engi neers and C. E. Ball, the Ford com pany's architect's superintendent. The approximate cor,. of the three build ings to be erected by tho MacDevit Fleming company will be around $7i>0, 000, it is ?tated. Work will be begun on the building at once. The total cost of the new Ford as sembly plant hero is estimated at well over a million dollars, when the struc tural steel, architectural contract, and mechanical trades contracts are considered. The plant will be located on a tract of land recently acquired between the Derita and Statesville roadB from the Hutchison estate for $75,000. The assembly plant when complet ed will be tho largest in the south and one of tho largest in the country. Works of 8outh to Be Exhibited. Washington. ? Resources and pro ducts of the South will bo exhibited In the Grand Central Palace. Now York, the last two woeks in January, 1925, at a monster Southern exposition, un der plans announced here by F. Oohor Miller, business manager of tho Macon (Oa.) chamber of commerce. The Southern Exposition association, com prising commercial, Industrial and ng rlcultural itnerests south of tho Poto mac nnd Ohio rlverr,, Is sponsor for tho program. Tho object of the proposed exposi tion, Mr. Miller said, is to acquaint tho roBt of tho United Staton with what the South Is doing Mr. Miller is at prosent in Washington conferring with Southern leaders beforo formu luting final plans. Preparations For Great Flight. I>akohurst, N. J. ? Preparations for tho flight of the giant navy dirigible Shenandoah to tho polar regions are being actively made nt the naval air station hero. As soon as favorblo weather condition occur. It was an anounced, ship will be fastened to her hugo mooring mRst for six days. The longest test thus far made was for 3fi hburs. Tho tost will he made to determine tho durability of tho mast and Its strength when subjected to prolongod strain. NINE COMPANIES BID FOR SHOALS s SOUTHERN POWER CONCERN8, INCLUDING SEVERAL IN N. C., TENDER PROPOSITION LEASE ON PLANTS PROPOSED Offer Is $100,000, OCO In Rent In Fifty United States to Retain Ownership. Washington. ? A new offer to the Government for the Hydro-Electrk power of Muscle Shoals, providing ior i the manufacture of fertllzer, has been tendered by nine associated power companies of the South. The language of the offer describes the proposal as one "to permit the , use of a substantial part of the power | for the production of fertilizer; to i place the Muscle Shoals power under the protection and regulation of the Federal Water Power Act; to enable the Government to collect during a fifty-year period approximately $100.- j 000,000 in rental and still retain own ership of all Its properties." The companies associatde in mak ing the offer to the Federal Power Commission are The Columbus Elec tric and Power Company, The Caro lina Power and Light Company, The Yadkin River Power ompany, The Ashevllle Power and Light Company, The North Carolina Electric Power Company, The Tennessee Electric Power Company, The Memphis Power and Light Company, The Alabama Power Company, and The Central Georgia Power Company. The offer does not include the nl- ' trate plants, which would be left free for the manufacture of fertilizer by Henry Ford, or anyone else who could come to terms with Congress, and specifically reserves a certain part of the power developed at the Wilson dam next year for the manufacure of fertlizers under such terms as the Government may prescribe. The nine associated companies pro pose to organize a company to leaso the plant for 50 years under the terms of the Federal Water Power Act; to agree to pay to the Government a ren tal sufficient to meet all interest charges on expenditures on the pro ject to the time of completion, includ ing the $17, 000,(300 expended during and just after the war. This total ex-, penditure the companies estlipate will ' approximate $45,000,000, if the Gov- . ernment installs eight contemplated generating units in the hydro plAnt. i A sum of $4,500,000 would be added | for the value of the present Govern- ' mont steam plant at Muscle Shoals i bringing to $50,000,000 the total sum ! on which 'nlciont charges are to be | computed. On this sum the proposing com- ; j panies offer four per cent, which I would return to the Government in the way of rent $2,000,000 a year. Big Increase In Gin Report. Washington. ? Cotton ginned prior to January 1 totaled 9,807,138 running bales, Including 234.723 round bales, counted as half bales, 18,639 bales of Amor'can-F.gyptlan and 776 bales of sea Island, compared with 9,597,330 running bales Including 166.072 round bales, 28,498 bales of Amerlcan-Egy j>- ' tian and 5,069 bales of sea Island ginned to January 1 last year, the Cen sus Bureau announced. Glnnlngs to January 1 this year by ; States, were: Alabama, 594,764; Arizona, 62,371; Arkansas, 608,230; California, 39,7GB; , Florida, 13,454; Georgia, 606,754; Lou- j j isiana, 366,757; Mississippi, 613.253; J j Missouri, 103,103; North Carolina, 1,016,308; Oklahoma, 622,034; South Carolina, 781,541; Tennessee, 221,416; ! Texas, 4.084,733; Virginia, 46,447. All j other states, 26,208. The revised total of cotton ginned this season to December 13 was an nounced as 9.554.177 running bales. There woro 15,169 ginneries operated prior to December 13. ! 8lx Perish When Auto Crashes. Alexandla, Minn. ? Search begajp . for the bodies of six persons ? who ' were 'drowned when an automobile broke through the Ice while5 crossing I Lake Andrews, six miles southwest of ! Alexandria. j Five of the dead, Mrs. PoSrl Glade, and her two small children, and Mrs. Rolo Glade, and her one child, were passengers In the machine, ; and tho sixth, Rudolph Wolfe, a member of tho party who had elocted to walk acrosa the lake, perished while help ing Chrl Glade, husband of Mrs. Pearl Glade, rescue Doris Glade, C*iTb sis ter. Boyd Held on Murdnr Count. Newport, Tenn.-?-Kollowirif pruHm Inary hearlnga bnfore M*glstrate O'Neill hore Bill McKlnney wan held for Suporlor Court under bond of |4,250 on a chargo of mafiliauKhter. In connection with the doith near Bridgeport, Tenn., December 28, of Bancombe Jonea. Noah Blahop, Portor Tajf^r, and Harry Smith, held Jointly oi^ chargea of murder and acceaaory wire each placed tinder $1,250 bond lir.d prob able caune waa found In easel charg ing tranaportlng whlakey. j ' FOUR DEATHS ATTRI BUTED TO COLD WAVE. Pittsburgh. ? Four deaths attri buted to the cold wave w&re report ed to the coroner's office during the day. Two -persons were frozen to death during the night and two others, a child and an aged man, were fatally burned while dressing In front of open fires. The "open fire" victims were Martha Redenbaugh, two and Aug ust Foerschke, 76. The child died later In a hospital, but the aged man was so badly burned that he lived but a few minutes after the fire was smothered from his blaz ing bath robe. The body of Gilbert M. Davis was found In an alley near hl9 home. Officials believe he was rendered unconscious by a fall and became a victim of the biting cold. Neighbors found the frozen body of Alice Watters, an aged negress, in the home where she lived alone. AUTHOR IS YET UNANNOUNCED PEACE PLAN ENTAILS ENTRY OF AMERICA INTO WORLD COURT. May . Hold Plebiscite Next Month to See If America Wants tc "Out- j law War." New York. ? The American peace I award announced that plan number 1469 had been adjudged the best of ' 22,165 entered in competition for the j $100,000 offered by Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia publicist, for the best j practical plan by which the United i States might co-oeprate wtih other nations to prevent war. In it essence this plant proposes, ! first, that the United State immed iately should enter the permanent court of International justice, endors ed by the late President Harding, and, second, without becoming a member of the league of nations, as at present constituted, should offer to co-operate with the league, under certain con ditions, as n body of mutual counsel, i The identity of the author is un known to the jury of award and policy ; committee, except one delegated mem- { ber. The. authorishtp will not be disclos ed until a nation wide referendum has j been taken to determine whether the ' plan meets with the support of Ameri- i cans. This probably will not be until early next month. > Fifty thousand dollars is awarded the winner immediately. The rest of the prize goes to him if the country ' gives the plan Its support. Announcement of his $100,000 prize : was made by Mr. Bok July 1, 1923. i The flood of peace plans immediately j began. Conditions of the award were 1 made public July 22. The seven judges were named September 16. On i November 15 the contest closed with ! 22,165 plans from 22 countries before the jury. The day before Christmas Mr. Root Indicated the winning plan. I Mr. Bok's award was followed by J the action last week of Edward A. I Filene, Boston merchant, in offering ; $50,000 for a European competition for the best plan for restoring proper ity to the war stricken continent. Mr. | Filene frankly credited his action to Inspiration received from the Bok ' award. Fire Drives 125 Into the Snow. j Cleveland." ? Close to 125 persons.] many of them women nnd children, were driven into snow sovered streets i with the thermometer hovering near I zero, when flro destroyed a home and ' damaged two apartment houses. Six adults and five children driven j from their beds by flro resulting from an explosion In a coal furnace, | shivered In their night clothing and barefooted in four Inches of snow with the thermometer eight degrees below zero while neighbors rescued them from the porch of thel rhome In Woburn avenue. This was the lowest temperature here since 1918, when twelve below zero was registered. Woman Leads Robbers In Hold-Up. New York. ? A well-clad young wo- | man and a man confederate held up tho manager and five clerks of a Brooklyn grocery store near closing time and got away with $680, tho day'H receipts. The woman, her face partly muf fled In her fur coat, entered the store alone and aaked for a box of eggs As tho manager turned to fill the or der, a man wajked In, pistol In hand. He aimed it at tho manager and the woman whipped a pistol from her coat and covered tho five clerks, forcing thom to hand over tho money. Body Blown Through Brick Wall. Boanoke, Va. ? D. J. Smith and his 17-year-old son. Jamas Smith, are In a critical condition at a local hospital as a result of an explosion of a hot water holler In their home. The father was blown through the brick wall of tho basement by the blast. Th? son, standi** near the holler, was knocked unconscious and was severely scalded by th* boiling water that poured out. Tho boiler Itself was hurled a distance of 40 feat smashing window's In tho adjoin In* house. FARMERS RECEIVE MUCH ATTENTION RELIEF MEA8U RES CONSIDERED BY BOTH HOUSES AND ALSO BY COMMITTEE. WALLACE ALSO TAKES HAND ! Ladd Resolution Designed to Snow Po sition of Speculators In Wheat Market Adopted By Senate. Washington. ? The farmer received a major share of attention in Con gress Tuesday, relief measures being donsidered both in committees and on the floor of the Senate and House, while the Department of Agriculture also took a haqd in the legislative situation. The Senate adopted the Ladd res olution directing Secretary Wallace to determine through the Grain Fu tures Administration the position tak en on the wheat market by the "well known professional speculators and members of the large 'futures' com mission houses of the Chicago Board of Trade." Legislation aimed to aid the wheat growers was considered in both the Senate and House agricultural com mittees and was the center of debate on the floor of the House, special at- i tention being given to the Xorris-Sin clair bill proposing a $100,000,000 corporation to buy and sell American farm products both at home and abroad. Co-ordination of grazing on all State and national public lands was proposed by Secretary Wallace at a ' conference with Western States Sena- ) tors and .Representatives as a step to ! improve conditions in stock raising. ] He suggested legislation to permit | under certain conditions addition to ] the national forests of contiguous un- j reserved public lands chiefly valu able for grazing live stock. The Sec- | retary said there should be no in- i crease in grazing fees until the in- | dustry warrants. Representative Leavitt, Republican. ! Montana, told the House of lcfsses ] suffered by the wheat growers of the Northwest S.ates and proposed an ex port corporation to dispose of the surplus crops. Representatives of the wheat grow ers appeared before the two agricul tural committees, advocating favor able action on the Morris-Sinclair bill and relating financial troubles en countered by farmers in their sec tions. I Exports of Grain Show Decrease. Washington. ? drain exports from the United States last woek amount ed to 1,330,000 bushels, compared with 1,868,000 hUBhels the week before. Figures made public by the Com merce Department gave the follow ing comparisons between exports last week and those of the previous week: Corn, 496,000 bushels, against 225, 000 bushels; oats, 44,000, against 8, 000; wheat, 790,000, against 1,528,000. Canadian grain exported from Unit ed States ports amounted to 3,469, 000 bushels, compared with 3,164,000 the previous week. No exports of flour, barley or rye wero reported. 20 Dead as Result of Cold Wave. Atlanta. ? With fair weather predict ed almost generally and with assur ance of warmer weather, the South welcomed the end of a cold wave that took a tole of nearly twenty deaths from exposure to cold and fire mis haps In this section. Eight deaths were reported in Geor gia, with several persons In serious condition as a result of exposure. New Orleans credited six deaths in and near that city to the cold weather. Temperatures In many Southern cities dropped to marks not passed In many years. In Atlanta, the cold wave sent the mercury to the z*-ro mark, breaking a record of 25 years' standing. Mexican Rebels Seize Oil Fields. New York. ? OfTlcers of the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company announced that Mexican rebels had taken possession of ItB fields at Tlerra Ulanca and Chapopote Nun?,. Wells and pipe lines have been shut down, the statement said, and no oil Is coming through from those fields. The statoment said that the revo lutionists' activities are causing the Pan American Company the loss of between 35,000 and 40,000 barrels of I oil dally It added that the opera tions of tho rebels In the oil fields wero spreading. Physician Kills Spouse ?nd 8elf. Olen Falls, N. Y. ? Dr. Robert I?eo of Hartford, a Washington county hamlet, shot and killed his wife, sor* iQiisly wounded his cousin, Fred Nor cress, and committed suicide. Nor cress, 30, was brought to a hospital In this city. Physicians say his con dition Is critical According to relatives and friends, the reason for tho shooting was sud den insanity from overwork. Dr. Lee, the only doctor in the village. Is said to have been Acting strangely fov some time. / THIS WOMAN 1 RELIEVED FROM SUFFERIN By Lydia L Pinkham's Vegetal Compound. A Remarkable Stor Dover. DeL ? "I wish every worn would take your wonderful medicine mi nasdoneaomuchgo to me. I had cram and faint spella a very bad paina. C day I waa over to l neighbor 'a bouaea she told me I ouj to take LydiaE.Pi ham'a Vegetal Compound. Sol w to the store on way bome and gt bottle, and took firstdose before a per. I have boen taking it ever sii and you can hardly believe how diffet I feel. I bad just wanted to lie in I all the time, and when I started to br I up I would give out In about ten r I utea. So you know how badlv I fel used to go to bed at eight and get U] eeven, still tired. Now I can work day and stay up until eleven, and all right all the time. My housewor all I do in summer, but in winter I * In a factory. 1 havo told a good m of my friends, and I have nad tl come to me and tell mo they woul do without the Vegetable Compout ?Mrs. Samuel Murfuy, 219 Cecil Dover, Delaware. No Kissing in South Seas. Another "close-up" Hnale Is 1 attacked. The South Soil Islands often t li o scone of romantic st and scenarios, but a traveler there hns remarked on the fact there are no customs there whlc elude kissing anions the savages, A MAN OF INTEGRi A physician who roaches fl benefit humanity leaves a recoH hind him that is worth whllo. iS man was Dr It. V. Ploroe, founH the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo, ? Ho was an eminent physician, aH lag and honored citizen, known ffl honesty and executive abiiltyH study along modlcal linos, afl knowledge of tho remedial quail tM herbs and plants led to tho dlscovB his wondorful horbal remedy, ifl Plorco's Favorite Prescription woman's tonic which has hal greatest number of supporters fol past fifty years. It is just the ifl tonlo required if a woman is I down by pain and sufferings at rcl or Irregular intervals, by nervoJ or dizzy spells, headache or buokl Favorite Prescription can now ba In tablet form as well as liquid atl drug stores. | Send 10c for trial sample to Dr. Pla Invalids Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y. | PI SO* S? this prctcHprioi^qiilcll rcuevei children and adults, W Aplelitnt iymp? Noaplatet. J J5c and 60c size* Bold everywhere. Skin Tortured Babies Sletl Mothers Rest I After Cuticural Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talc oxa 2S| Will reduce Inflame Strained, Swollen Tc dona, Llganenti, Muscle*. Stops the 'IWIH and pain from ? SpllaJ Side Bone or Bone Spavl > No bllitir, no hair von* si horn* can be used. #2.30 bt tie at druggists or delivers Describe your for iptolil | ?tructlon* and Interesting hor Book I A free. W. F. YOUNG, Imm Sit Ly?u St., SprkilUM, Nil SPRINGLESS SHADES! Last Londer_Look Beti?| Raw Purs Wanted m?h prlt-Aft p*l<V Hxncl for fron prlo?)l?fl Fu*r*t A S(?lnl?uf, 171 W. ZM St., Now Yerfl CABBAGE PLANTS | "Troatproof". All Iwllnir vari?tl?-a. $1.00 per lfl 6000, $3.7K, caah with ordar-.prompt ahlpmant. Ifl oraxpraaa. I.artca planta, Rnfa arrival frutrftntafl Catalog fnvt. KtltkatA rl?at Co.. B?i W, Atlbara,! ' rof twnlnir or unity \\M ?m) ?? Indammtl s tlon?n'1.or.n..j i o*?MI(eh?fl JtAU. A RTNJKRl I 141 w<.Mrif ri?c? *?* Ml