Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LIQUOR ANCHOR8 ALONG y RUM ROW. r- \ TWENTY-ONE LOADED VESSELS Cargo Will Be Sold at Fifty Dollar* 1 Par Caae F. O. B. The Ships. New York. ? Slipping In from the high seas under cover of a heavy fog, 21 vessels, headed by the British steam yacht Istar, dropped anchor along Rum Row to dispose of 160,000 cases' <xf liquor ? $8,000,000 worth. Thua the squadron presented to coast guard cutters who reported Its discovery, approximately prehistoric strength. There were 23 rum ahlps of the line before Christina* but customs authorities Bay there are enough lar ger resdols there now to more than make up in cargo capacity for the slightly smaller number. The price ? also according to cus toms authorities? wll be approximate ly $60 a case f. o. b. Rum Row. They admitted their efforts to board the Istar met with as little success as at tended a similar strategy attempt a year ago with the British yacht first became "the flagship Ustar" and "peen of the fleet." Six steamships, all former tramp freighters, were described as the backbone of the fleet. There were two converted yachts smaller than the Istar, nine three masted schoon er* and four nondescripts .which the customs men termed "sea going tubs, gas and sail." There were several new name plates among them and enough new paint to indicate that a few commanders had taken advantage of the heavy weather and dull markets to slip off to a quiet haven for repairs as well as fresh cargoes. Coast guard cutters men said they had discovered a new system of liaison established between the fleet sad the shore since the proposed treaty with Oreat Britain authorised search and selsure within 12 miles, or an hour's aall from port. Between the "mother ?hips" and the small two man motor boats whose deep water tone of opera tions is limited, has been established a secondary fleet of intermediate slsed craft, it was reporter. s*up% . PMfrtara Attain CWaana. Washington. ? President Coolidge by proclamation restored the rights of American citizenship to all desert ers from the army and navy during the three year period between the armistice and the formal ending of the World war. The proclamation ^esued upon the reoommendatlon of Secretaries Denby and Weeks, affects in no wise those who deserted in the . face of the enemy or at any time before the arm istice, and does not remit or commute the courtmartial sentences of those who deserted after the armistice, and prior to the technical ending of the I Kalaer Bill Plans Hla Early Garden. Doom, Holland. ? The former Qer man Smperor is curtailing his wood cutting activities, and has started making ready his yard and garden for Spring. Nearly every day recent ly hq, has worked among the rose bushes and other Bhrubbery on the estate near here. Other Improvements on the place Include Alteration of the old conser v vatory which, because of a Bhortago ?< of rooms In the home, Is to be con '?} 'verted Into a nursery for the children of PrlncosH Hermlne. Wllaon Tobacco Market 8ets Record Wilson, N. C. ? The world's record ?fin the sale of tobacco on a single . market .was broken this r.oason by iiWllson tobacco market, It was an C< Y nounced here at the closing of the ^''market by H. B. Johnson, supervisor sales of the Wilson Tobacco Board $;;>f Trade. The total Bales of the sea SvVgOB were given out as 71,617,360 ^pounds, which sold for $16,860,641.43 i/ty: making an average of $22.17 per hun MVdred pounds. #'4y , ?' IM>,a"on "howed an increase of 29,174,000 pounds over last !$; season, an Increase of 9,276,284 pounds over the banner Reason of 1920. It was *$|;$t*ted v'nnn fi2. 242,086 pounds were a?id. gincv 1902 the Wilson market ?old 622,044,672 pounds, and one trd of ths amount was sold with n ? laat four seasons, It was declared ? " ? ?? Ohemleals Ruin Cleveland Water. Cleveland, Ohio. ? -Virtually all of Iter Clavaland depended on springs th* distributors of distilled water their drinking and cooking sup This situation, one of the most Ift the olty's history, was brought the strong taste of phenol Us In the water pumped Arts. Is of Clevslanders stood for ?wslflng their turn at seven ap springs. Policeman were StA ftt the springs to handle the Li ' ' ^ ' w mk.>t ii ? d* NEW TAX BILL TO OUT . REVENUE $443,000,000 ? ;/ Waahington. ? The new tax bill as passed by the house will pro duce $448,000,000 leas revenue than the exlBtlng law In the opinion of treasury actuaries. Chairman Smoot, of the senate finance committee, said he expect ed to take up the revenue bill with the committee Thursday. The com mittee will decide to what extent hearings will be he. ., Mr. Smoot expressing the opinion few if any poraons would be heard In view of the exhaustive hearings conduct ed by the house ways and means committee on all sections of the bill. x FIND THE BODY OF A WOMAN F I R E 8 CONTINUE TO BURST FORTH IN 8CATTEREO HEAP8 OF THE DERI8. Cause of Explosion 8t 1 1 1 a Mystery; 8evers1 Investigations Wll^ Begin Immediately. . New Brunswick, N. J. ? The number of known dead as a result of disss- 1 triouB TNT explosion and celluloid Are at the little town of Nixon wns placed In 18. Only one additional body, the torso of a woman, was found. Rescuers who worked in the smoking ruins throughout tho day say eight persons are missing, six are un accounted for and sixty are being treated for Injuries Buffered in the disaster. ^ The body found was that of Mrs. Arthur Dumas, who, with her three little children and a visiting woman friend, was killed when her car out side the Nixon plant boundaries was demolished. The bodies of the Dumas children and Miss Janice Rockfeller, the friend, wre found. Firemen with tractors resumed tearing at the masses of twisted steel and shattered tile that remains of the Nixon Nltrlation works, 45 buildings, where were manufactured celluloid novelties. They also dug among the wrecked tanks, railroad cars and heaps of TNT and ammounla In boxes and barrels which fringe the gigantic center marking the site of the explo sion. Fires continued to burst forth in scattered heaps of the debris, but authorities asserted that all were un der control. The rows of magazines filled with tons of highly inflammable celluloid In sheets ? most of them with doors- blown off or roofs crushed In ? were believed out of danger. What caused tho explosion remain ed a mystery, and prompted several Investigations. Officers of the Rarltan Arsenal, adjoining the destroyed prop erties, and where a half doxen of the scores of magazines stuffed with high explosive shells were blown In, will conduct an Inqury for the government. The TNT which exploded had been salvaged at the arsenal and removed to the Nixon plant to be prepared for nitrates to be used as farm fertilizers. The most generally accepted theory was that the explosive properties had not been eliminated from the TNT before it was tranferred from the arse nal to the 300 foot building of the Am monia company, where the blast oc curred. Wilmington Making Record. Wilmington, N. C. ? During the month of February a total of 12 seam ern and Bchooners arrived at the port of Wilmington, while In the month preceding 16 steamships and sailing vessels arrived, making a total of 28 for the flrBt two months of the present year, considered to be a splendid rec ord by customs house officials. Sixteen steamships and sailing shops cleared from the port during January, while in the month Just paBt 13 ships departed from Wilmington The total ships arriving during the months of January and February to talled 57. Traveling Man is Killed By Paator. Mexico, Mo.?- Rev. Asa Q. Burns shot and seriously ^wounded H. D Conger, a traveling salesman of Lin coln, Neb. The minister had Just returned from Chicago where he had been taking spe cial couae at Chicago University. Conger and Dr. Burns met on the Main Btreet of Melco and tho mints tor opened Are, ono bullet striking Conger In a lung, Inflicted a serious wound, and another hitting him In the hand. Rev. Mr. Burns surrendered to of fleers following the shooting but refus ed to give any explanation of the cause of the quarrel. Industrial and Trade Activity. Washington.-- The Increased Indus trial and trade activity with which the current year started continues to be well maintained a sa characteristic of the country's bualneaa condition, the federal reserve hoard said In Its Feb ruary surrey of business. Flnanolal and commerotal Interests, th? review said, generally view the fwture with oonfldenoe and are ehaplvg their poll ciea accqrdlntly. With the lheretfsed business actlr Ity there was a larger voleme et hank eredtt, the statement e*14. OFFER OF FORD 1 REACHES HOUSE ? MU8CLE 8HOAL8 BILL TAKE* UP WITH DEBATE LIMITED TO TEN HOUR8. | FINAL VOTE DURIN6 WEEK Proposition of the Detroit Manager li Alternately Commended and Attacked. r Washington. ? Henry Ford's offer fo Muscle Shoals, pending before con gressional committees for more thai two years, Anally reached the floor o the house. Undor an agreement limiting debat< to 10 hours the McKenile bill, provld Ing for acceptance of the bid was tak en up, with a final vote In sight be* fore the end of the week. As the discussion got under way th? proposition of the Detroit manufactur er was alternately commended and at tacked. Representative McKentle, re-^ publloan, Illinois, led the fight In half of the offer, while the opposition rested chiefly In the hands of four re publican members of the military com mlttee which recommended accept ance of the bid ? Representatives M?r in, Pennsylvania; Hull, Iowa; Hll,. Maryland; and Walnrjght, New. York, former assistant secretary of war. As reported, the McKenrie bill pro vides for the sale to Mr. Ford of the two nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals with the understanding that he is to manufacture fertiliser there and the leasing of dams number two and three for the development of power. The measure was amended in committee to provide for the replacement by the I government of the Qprgas steam pow j er plant, recently sold to the Alabama Power company. The McKenele bill was brought up for consideration under a resolution reported without opposition by the rules committee. Representative Bur ton of Ohio, a republican member of the committee, offered the resolution for adoption, although Indicating in a ; brief speech that he was opposed to j acceptance of the Ford bid. Mr. Bur j ton, like a number of other members , of the house was not opposed to tho threshing out of the vexing Muscle Shoals problem at this time, although ! determined to conduct a vigorous flght against the Ford bid aB embodied in the McKensie proposal. Gypale- Held For Robbing Bank. KlnsLw*. ? Four gypsy men, members of a caravan coming here from the southward, will be given a' hearing at Beaulavllle on a charge of robbing the village bank of 1500, It was stated here, following their arrest at the re quest of Duplin county authorities The prisoners denied the charge. Lo cal authorities are not familiar with the evidence in the case. Women with the party were detained at the police station but not locked up. The accused men are connected with a large band of the nomads roam ing through this section In recent months. Gasoline Supply In U. 8. Los Angeles, Calif. ? An essential need exists for constant exploration for oil to meet Increasing demands, Paul Shoup, vice president of the Southern RaHway company and presi dent of the Pacific and associated com panies, doclared in a statement say ing that Iosb than a 60-day supply of gasoline Is on hand In the United States. Ho declared that three great pro ducing fields of California have not | returned money Invested in them, al j though producing $250,000,000 to date. | The American public must come to | realize the necessity for search for now oil fields, he said. The three California oil fields, Shoup said, produced up to date 228, 13Q 000 barrels at nn eatlmated value 1 of $250,000,000. He enuemratrd ex pense for this production, totaling $217,800,000, exclusive of taxes and othor costs as support for his state i ment that the fields had not been ] profitable. Knight Is Nsmed to File Oil 8ults. Washington. ? Tho nomination of Samuel Knight, of San Francisco, to i be special Clovernment counsel, In lltl I gatlon to determine validity of titles I held by the Standard Oil Company of Sallfornla to certain oil lands In Oallfornia, was sent to the Senate by | President Coolldgo. Treasury Makas Refund. Washington.- Refunds on tax pay ments totaling $1 23,992,820.94 wore made by the treasury In tho fiscal year ending June 30. 1923, according to a report seat to tha house ways and means committee by the departs ment. The refunds, which were made to ICS.SSO persons, covered payments for several years and were made on ac count of "Illegal or erroneously collect ed taxes." The report showed 10,162 p era one had received more than $1,000 la rotaafrnriemeatn. WOMAN KILLED; MAN HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Ashevllle. ? Mr?. B. B. Todd, own er of the Franklin hotel at Brevard, was Instantly killed, and W. \V. Croshorn, prominent business man of Transylvania county, was pain fully Injured when an automobile In which the- couple were riding overturned on the Hendersonvlll# road, near Busbee. It was sometime after the acci dent before they were discovered by passersby. Mrs. Todd was al ready dead, while Croshorn was rushed to a local hospital. Attend ing physicians say hlB Injuries al though painful are not considered serious. THOMPSON HELD FOR SAME 18 CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBE ANDyOTHER LAW VITIATION. Federal Grand Jury at Chicago Re turns Indictments After Month's Investigation. \ Chicago ? Charleg R. Forbes former director of the United States Veterans bureau, and John W. Thompson, con tractor of Chicago and St. Louts, wer? named In four indictments returned by the federal grand Jury which has spent a month Investigating charges of .waste, graft and debauchery In con- ! rnection with Forbes" administration. Forbes and Thompson were named j Jointly in two indictments charging t [conspiracy to commit bribery and of- 1 [femes agnlnst the government, and {conspiracy to defraud the United States government. Forbes was nam ed alone in a third indictment on a charge of accepting a bribe, and Thompson In a fourth charging that he had indirectly given a bribe. In a special report which accompan ied the indictment!, the grand Jury Indicated that other sensational devel opment* involving alleged graft had , been uncovered, but because they were not within the jurisdiction of the court had not been pursued. ^ ? "We do not feel," the npeclAl report aald, "that it would subserve the best i Interests of the government for this Jury at this time to make public the | details of these transactions. This { |ury (eels that It will suffice to report that they involve: "1. Speculation by one of more of Sclals of the government wherein it has been asserted that official rh for mation was sused for purposes of ?peculation. 1 "I. That certain sums of money were paid to two members of Con gress. "3. That possession of a file of one of the departments for about a month was had by persons having no official connection with such departments. "4. That money was accepted by certain individuals (not attorneys) for the purpose of obtaining clemency for prisoners through their intimacy wltk officials. "5. That money was collected by certain Individuals (not attorneys) for obtaining through such intimacy per mits for intoxicating liquor." Bonded Rum Worth Mlilon Missing. Chicago. ? Right thousand cases of pre-war bonded whiskey valued at nearly $1,000,000 have vanished from the Federal concentration depot at the 8lbley warehouse and storage com pany here, according to a copyrighted news story ?n The Chicago Herald and Examiner, which adds the amount of missing liquor may run much higher. Withdrawal of the whiskey from the Government supervised warehouse, in which the accumulation of liquor was among the largest in the entire coun try. was accomplished by forged or rained permits for medicinal whiskey, the newspaper nays. All withdrawal records if the company are said to have vanished. Investigation has been ordered by Roy A. Haynes. prohibition commis sioner, according to the newspaper. The forged and raised pormtts have been circulated for months, and some dating back to last November have been uncovorod. the newspaper says Plans Assoolatlon of Colleges. Oreenvlllo. R. C ? Plans for the or ganization of a permanent association of colleges of the south for the pur pone of meeting annually to discuss International problems were initiated soon after the first session of the in ternational relations conference open ed at Furman university. C. V. Bish op. president of the Furman university International relations club, was elect ed temporary chairman, with author ity to appoint a committee on recom mendations and nominations. Big Additions at Rail Plant. Salisbury. ? Construction of a new 37 stall roundhousa, anaax machine shop, flue and babbit ahop, 100-foot turn tabla, two 100-foot engine Inspec tion pita, and a 820-foot runway to ac commodate a ten-ton traveling crane ito convey heavy parta from the new roundhouse to tha flue, babbit, and machine ahopa, will ba begun at Spen cer by the Southern 'Railway J mat aa soon aa minor details can be complet ed and contracts let, according to an nouncement made by H. W, Miller, of Washington. 2 TRADE ACTIVITY IS STILL STRONG BUSINESS INCREASE SHOWS THE COUNTRY IS IN BETTER CONDITION. THE RESERVE BOARD SAYS Federal Body Qlves Out Survoy of Business For February; More Bank Credit. Washington. ? The Increased Indus trial and trade activity with which the current year started continues to be well maintained as a characteristic of the country's business condition, the federal reserve board said In Its February survey of business. Finan cial and commercial Interests, the ro ? lew said, generally view the future with confidence and are shaping their policies accordingly. With the Increased business activity there was a large volume of bank credit, the statement said. The vol ume of commercial loans which de creased continuously after October be gan eirly In January to Increase and the trend was marked In the first half of February when these loans were about $327,000,000 or approxi mately 5 per cent above the level of 1923. The growth In loans, however, was larger offset by a decrease In In vestment holdings with the conse quence that total loans and Invest ments of banks In the larger cerilers were only about $125,000,000 larger than a year ago. During the last half of 1923, pro> ductlon declined and even after the sharp recovery of January and early February the rate still was about 5 per cent below the high point of last May. but board officials said there was no reason to believe It would con tinue lower. The distribution of commodities at wholesale and the shipments of mer chandise Increased In January, as did the output of manufacturers. This increase was sufficient to place the general level for the two months of ^24 above the average for 1923 and taken with the changes in production from late 1923 and the movements of prices reflected the extent and char acter of the recent business read justments. The board's private index of con ditions shows general .commodity pro duction in January was almost on a level with that of 12 months before. The output of basic materials increas ed about 8 per cent over December when production was lowest after a steady decline of seven monthss' dura tion. . Steel Industries showed particularly large increases in output, which at the end of January were as large as at any time in 1923. Unfilled orders turned upward in December after nine months of downward tendenoles. The demand for steel to meet railroad re quirements oontlnued large and there was distinct addition to the call for ateel from the automobile and build ing Industries Stocks of certain commodities were found by the board to have been larger in January than in December or in January a year ago. The in creases were particularly large in coal, production of which was inter rupted by the strike prior to January 1923, and in petroleum and gasoline. The general list of other stocks on hand was about the same as a year ago. League Secretary Roveloes Surprise. Gonova. ? The league of nationB sec retary. In charge of the registration of treaties. got something new the other day when he received from the British foreign office a copy of a treaty between Oreat Britain and Sweden for the recent marriage of I^ady I^oulse Mountbatten and his roy al highness, Oustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, signed at Stock holm October 27, 1123. When the permanent Swedish sec retary at Genera heard about Kng land's scrupulous living up to the ob ligation of filing all treaties he sug gested to his home government that Sweden do iikrwiso. The registration of all International engagements Is In keeping with Article 18 of the league covenant. There has been a scramble lately by all governments to make a reoord of their treaties at Geneva, no nation wants to be beaten by another In this respect. Hence the Idea of publfclty la growing and secret covenants sea retly arrived at seem to be getting out of fashion Nine Mile Chase Inde in Capture. New York. ? After a nine mile chase during which the craft was tha tar gat of aaachlne gun ft.'* from potto* boats, the power yacht Monon wu abandoned by her crew at aa VaOT River pter and waa captured by ma rine polloa, who aald they fonnd a targe cargo of lUjoor aboard. The yacht, rain ad at approximately Ml, wat aald to carry lieonao papers Issued to D<twar4 L. Bmatlwood of Great Keck, N. T. Federal aad police forcea had bean looking for tko Mo^on for a ?etfk. No More Hatchet for Sick Fowlm USE MUSTANG ?tk* SUIte REMEDY Ur Pip, Kmk SmtlltJ Hr*d. Gmp**. C?Jbrr. Wii'i, OUItuftMi Cumki. etc. Soyo Thos. F. Riga, low* FallL la.? I have u?rd Mexi can Muiting Liniment In my 7*rds tor 24 yeara. My father. Dr. Jamea Kitty, who founded ?the Hijjg ttrain of Houdana. used it in hia yarda and alway* recommended U lo the fratern ity. It it a positive curt for Roup. BumbUjoot and Su*iUd lieod. 1 would not undertake to keep fowb without having ? ? bottle of Muatang handily by, rncr Writ# for beaotifu) r KLL SOUVENIK PENCIL, ?flit fr+4 with complete dJrtetioaa tor u?Umt Moatans lJnl pient for fvatlr lUminta. and for II vMtockapd poultry. Lyon Mf* Co.. 43 South Vi/th Sc., Brwokljrn. N. V. v 25o 50o $1.00 Sold bjr Drug and Generml Store* ts4 ou WLM CYir AM Standby Iwl kAI vrtll 1M suspicion . Don't neglect It. Begin gar gllng at once with one tea ?poonful of Zonite In 20 tea spoonfuls of water. Gargle every half hour until all dis comfort has disappeared. Zonite Is the most remark able of all antiseptics. It doesn't taste or smell sweet, but it surely does kill germs. PosU tlvely non- poisonous. Who Was the Black Prince? The sobriquet was bestowed upon Edwurd, prince of Wales, and son of Edward III. There Is great difference of opinion as to the origin of this ap pellation. Folssart siiys that he was ?tyled black "by terror of his arms," while St rut t stntes that he was sur named the "Black" for his warlike prowess. The commonly accepted no Bon Is that he was culled the "Hlack Prince" owing to the color of his ar mor; but Meyrlck and Shaw both as sert that his armor was anything but black. Freshen a Heavy Skin With the antiseptic, fascinating Cutl cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely scented, economical face, skin, bub; and dusting powder and perfume. Renders other perfumes superfluous. One of the Cutlcura Toilet Trio (Soap. Ointment, Talcum). ? Advertisement. A Light Talker MPld the speaker electrify his audi ence?" "No, he merely gassed it." ? Ameri can Boy. Don't Fuss With Mustard Plasters! Muaterolm Work * Without the Blister? E<uier , Quicker There's no sense in mixing a mess of mustard, flour and water when you can easily relieve pain, soreness or stiffness with a little clean, white Musterole. Musterole is made of pure oil of mustard and other helpful ingredients, combined in the form of the present white ointment. It takes the place of mustard plasters, and will not blister. Musterole usually gives prompt relief from sore throat, bronchitis, tonsillitis, croup, stiff neckt asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheuma tism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or ioints, sprains, 6ore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest (it may prevent pneumonia). To Motherai Musterole is now made in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children'* Musterole. 35c and 65c, jara and tubes. B*ttmr than a mattard plattmr DON'T WAIT TILL YOU'RE DOWN SICK TIIE minuto you feel a littlo under the weather, get a bot tle of Gude's Pepto-Mangan. Don't wait till you're down aide. Tako Gudo's as a preventive of ill ness ? it will enrich your blood, and build up your energy. Your drug gist has it, in both liquid and tabletw. Fr#?f> Trial TiMoti To tor y rrec iriai tameis th? h??ith-f>uii<iin* v?lu? of Oudp'H Pcpto-Mnnirnn, wrlt? today for (rnnerou* Trlnl I'arknKo of Tablet*. Send wo money ? - Ju?t name and addreat to M. J. Br?K*nb?ch Co., 68 Warran St.. N. Y. Pepto~Mangan Tonic and Blood Enricher\ amiBTonw- domt oujor