Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NOUS PRODIW NEW SHOALS BILL PROPO8E8 COMPROMISE BE TWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. Waahlngtsyi. ? Further Indications of a determination to force a vote on Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals at this session of Congress was given by Senator Harrison, democrat. Missis sippi, leader of the Ford supporters. During the Muscle Shoals hearing of the senate agriculture committee, Sentaor Harrison urged more speed in the proceedings, pointing out that time was limited and at tho present rate It would be difficult to bring the measuro to a vote in the senate before adjourn ment. He insisted that the senate bo allowed to accept or reject the meas ure, which has already passed the house. Near the close of the session of the senate, Chairman Norrls introduced another bill for the operation of Mus cle Shoals. The bill was prepared' by James T. Lloyd, Washington attorney, former representative from Missouri, who described it as a compromise be tween government and private owner ship. ^lr. Lloyd said he offered the bills as a suggestion for solving the Muscle Shoals problem, and that he did not represent any special interests. ?The Lloyd proposal would create the fed eral chemical corporation with a cap ital of $10,000,000, and with stock ownership limited to American citiz ens. It would lease Muscle Shoals for 60 years and make additions to the property from government plans at the government's expense. Five directors, three appointed by the president and two by the secre tary of agriculture, would control the corporation. None of the directors would be allowed to own stock, and the secretary of tho treasury would have supervision over the corporation similar to his present control over banks. Fertilizer and power would be pro duced and distributed, and the prop erty hold Intact for the manufacture of explosives in time of war. During the first year the government would appropriate $1,000,000 to defray ex penses and after that the operating costs would come from profits from the sale of fertilizer and power. Disastrous Fire at Pine Bluff. Hamlet.- ? The greater part of tho town of Pine RlufT, winter tourist re sort located 22 miles from Hamlet, to ward Aberdeen and Pinehurst, was de stroyed by fire when the flames, orig inating? it Is thought, in the kitchens of the Pine Bluff Inn, consumed moat of the equipment of the voluntter Are department before it could be rescued and brought into use. The Pine Bluff !Tnn, the famous "Mother'' Perkins ?hotel, and two dwellings, one belong ing to Rev. S. A. iTes, pastor of the Baptist church here, and the other to D. M. McGlaglilin, were burned. The loss was estimated at about $45,000. Expect Ra^> Cut By Other Banks. Washington. ? Reduction of tlfo re discount rate by the New York Re serve Bank, from 4 1-2 to 4 per cent is expected to be followed by similar reserve banks at Boston and Phila delphia. Secretary Mellon, among others, be llove the reduction will do Jittle to stimulate new business, inasmuch ns ho regards tho general money supply as adequate and tho present rates easy. ? Nine Killed at Chlpky, Ga. Columbus, Oa. ? Nine persons were killed and 30 injured at C'hipley, near here, when that section was struck by a tornado which visited South and Central Georgia. Two of the dead wero white, both women. Property damage Is estimated at several thou nand dollars. Officials of tho Red Cross here have gone to the scene, 30 miles distant. Red Cross Speeds to Stricken Areas. Washington. ? The Rod Cross disas ter mobile unit in charge of Henry M. Baker, national director of disaster relief, and Harry M. Richmond, left Washington for tho South to direct relief In the tornado areas of several states. The unit will supplement re lief work of Red Cross chapters In the stricken regions. Tho mobile unit was dispatched on receipt of telephone messages from Southern division headquarters at Atlanta, (la. Five Are Killed By Gits Explosion. Kansas City. ? Five persons were klfted and several injured by a gaso line expulsion at tho plant of the Interstate Refineries here. The burn ing gasoline spread to storage tanks and an hour later the fire was not under control. i Shelburne Urges Baptist Seminary. Danville, Va. ? A new T 4 itist soml nary to cost $2,500,000 win be rocom rrtended to the Southern Baptist Con vention when It meots this month at Atlanta, Dr. J. M. Shelburne, of this city, chairman of the special commit tee Appointed to make recommenda tions on the subject, announced. The Ave cities which will bo men tioned In the report as seeking the eetnlnary are Richmond, Va., Birming ham, Ala., Macon, Oa? Jefferson City, Tenn., and Oreenvltle, H, C., It was ?taU0~ i & DAMAGE IN LOWELL, MA88, FIRE REACH E8 $1,000,000. LOwoll, Mass. ? One fireman was killed, eight were Injured, and' a property loss of approximately $1, 000,000 was caused when Are, start ing in the heart of Lowell's busi ness district, swept through five buildings, destroying two of the city's largest office buildings, a theater, the Knights of Columbus building and a large garage. In addition to the sounding of a general alarm, the militia units sta tioned in the city were called out, together with all reserve and spe cial police in the city. Aid was summoned from the city of Law rence and the town of Dracut be fore the flames could be brought under control. Only the presence of a canal near the square in which the blaze originated, enabled the Are fighters to direct enough steams on the fire to prevent a general confiugratlon. LITTLE HOPE FOR MINERS: EXPLOSION BRINGS TRAGIC DAY AND NIGHT FOR BENWOOD PEOPLE. Wheeling, W. Va. ? A total of 14 bodies have been recovered from Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel corporation .where 114 miners were entombed by an explosion. Eleven of the bodies we?e found by rescue work ers in the Brown's run airshaft while the other two were located in the main passageway. One of the dead miners was iden tified as George Holliday, Jr.. son of the superintendent of the mine. Su perintendent Holliday declared that a check disclosed 114 miners were in the mine when the explosion occurred. One hundred remainunaccounted for and hope that any may be found alive has been virtulaly abandoned. I. M. Scott, president of the Wheel- j ing Steel corporation, declared that while the mine was an old working, no evidence of gas had been found until two months ago. A small ex plosion occurred then, he said, but an airshaft was sunk immediately and work had progressed without difficulty for GO days. Mr. Scott was unable to assign any cause for the explosion. Only a faint hope was held out by officials of the mine rescue car for the other 100 man in the mine at the time of the explosion. If any of them escaped being killed outright and had time to barricade themselves in rooms filled wjth fresh air, some of the trap ped miners may yet be found alive, they declared. Upon that possibility I rescue crews in short shifts worked frantically throughout the day and nights. The only victim whose body has been identified was that of J. T. Poyle, the fire boss. His bulletin board at the mounth of the mine Indicated he had inspected the mine and found It safe before the day light shift went to work. The explosion occurred a short 1 1/ne after the day shift entered the mine. A temporary morgue has been estab lished at the mouth of. the mine at Ben wood to care for the bodies when they are brought to the surface. Physi cians and nurses stand ready to ren der assistance to any who are rescued alive. It was a tragic night for Benwood and the surrounding mining region. The day force had been In the mine only 15 minutes when those on the surface were startled by a violent quake and a distant rumble. All knew what had happened and men, women and children, taking no heed of a driz zling rain, dashed to mine mouth. They found the entry blocked by a cave-In, and through this mass of rock and earth drifted spouts of smoke and gases. Warns Against Increase in Tobacco. Washington. ? While demand for cigarette tobacco is Increasing in this country and abroad, the Department of Agriculture "feols that a hazard exists In any such violent Increase In tobacco production as that contemplat ed by Georgia," where tho department learns bright tobacco production haB extended In nearly 30 new counties. In <7*perience of growers, expense of equipment and uncertainty of sustain ed prices are stressed by tho depart ment as important factors. Combined acreago of principal rlg arette types, the department reports was 1,169,000 acres last year and In crease dplanttng Is indicated this sea son. Ford Hat Vast Total In Cash. New York. ? Tho Ford Motor Com pany, Inc., in Its balance sheet as of February 29, 1924, shows cash ac counts receivable, notes receivable, securities, patent rights, and trade marks as one item with ft combined total of $271,618,688, as compared with a total of $239,650,307 for that grouping In the previous year." Gems Worth $150,000 Stolen. N"ew York. ? Three bandits bound and gagged Charles Kresney In his of fice and Jowelry manufacturing plant In Nassau street, In the heart of t?o lower Manhattan skyscraper district, and escaped with diamonds and plati num mountings valued at '$150, 000. A foreman in the plant, on coming to work, found on the floor of tho of fice, hound and gaged, Kresney and Josephine Belfrano, a charwoman. Kresney, who was semi-conscious, was taken to a hospital. * 86 ARE REPORTED KILLED BY STORMS AT LEAST 61 LIVES LOST IN STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ALONE. 400 PERSONS ABE INJURED With Property' Loss Estimated Rough ly at Nearly Ten Million Dollars. Atlanta. Ga. ? The known death list In the devastating storms In the south east mounted to 86 as reports (ar from complete continued to be received. As the disturbance continued to spread eastward with equal violence three persons were killed In North Carolina, more than two score injured and tremendous property loss sustain ed; while In South Carolina, where tor nadoes, striking with cataclysmic ef fect, were the most disastrous, the number of dead increased to 61 as world of additional fatalities came in hourly. Eighty-six persons were killed, more than 400 Injured, many perhaps fatally, hundreds were made homeless and un told property damage was caused by storms of cyclonic proportions which devastated sections of the southeast Wednesday. Fragmentary reports continuing to trickle In from the storm area wrote a steadily Increasing list of dead and injured as the disturbance swept itno North Carolina, the fifth state to suffer. South Carolina, with a to^al of 61 known dead, many others reported killed, and more than 100 injured, 78 seriously, was the hardest hit. Incomplete reports from Alabama tell of 18 deaths, more than a score of persons injured and some missing; while four are known to have been killed in Georgia and more than a score injured. Not included In the toll of casualties in the storm was one negro who was killed in Louisiana. Twenty-seven persons are known to have been injured in North Carolina, in addition to three killed. Property damage in the stricken dis tricts possibly will amount to nearly $10, 000, OOP, according to preliminary estimates. Many negroes are included in the casualties and missing. Relief measures already have been inaugurated by the southern division of the Red Cross. SIXTY-ONE KNOWN DEAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA. | Columbia, S. C. ? Destruction wrought by cylconlc winds which rag ed through southeastern states |as (turned the> proportions of a state wide disaster in South Carolina, where I tornadoes struck at intervals and in ' various sections throughout the day and rolled up a toll which Incomplete reports received here placed at 61 known dead, many scores injured, hundreds without homes and property losses which aro expected to mount | well above a million dollars, j Unconfirmed reports reaching here tell also of scorer, of others killed as a result of the series of twisting winds. The storm was accompanied here, as In other localities, by dark ness like, that of night, terrific hail fall and heavy rains. This county (Richland) suffered the greatest loss of life as yet. reported. At Horrell Hill. 12 miles from Colum bia, 16 dead were counted and the county's total was brought to 17 when | Mrs. Carrie Hornsby was killed by lightning in this city. Sixteen Killed at Horrell Hill. ' Columbia. S. t C. ? Twin tornadoes meeting at Horrell Hill, about 12 miles j from Columbia, devastated the soc i tlon, demolished a schoolhouse, killing j four pupils, and took a toll of 16 lives . The schoolhouse was left a mass of ' debris with 75 children trapped un der the fallen timbers. The dead are: Charles Koon, six-year-old primary grade pupil, son of J. W. Koon, of j Horrell Hill. Willie Ray Sloan, six, son of E. R. Sloan, owner of a store at Horrell Hill. Mahlon Ray Motley, 9-year-old, third grade. I Walter Strange, Jr., son of a farmer j of the section. j Mrs. Delia Mao Williamson and six year-old daughter, Katherlne. I Mrs. Tom Gaulman ahd two children. ; The Oasklns baby, of Lykesland, which died ih a Columbia hospital. Dozier Rrown's wife and four chil dren, negro family, wiped out when the tormido struck the plantation of F^nglish Hopkins, on the Sumto'- road, noar Horrell Hill. Eight Killed at Anderson. Anderson, S. O.-? Crashing through J the southeastern part of Anderson, a terrific tornado brought death to eight persons, five ol whom were childron, Injured more than a score seriously, rendered hundreds homeless, and did property damage estimated at close to IB00.000. Its victims wore caught In their tumbling houses almost before they realised what was happening. Ap proximately half of the hundred resi dences making up the Riverside mill Tillage, were r*E?d to the ground. FIRE HEROINE PAS8E8 AWAY AT WILMINGTON. Mrs. L. L. Byerly, 35, who was badly burned In the Princess theater fire, died at the Walker Memorial Hospital from Injuries sustained while In an effort to res cue a friend thought trapped in the blaring structure. When the fire started Mrs. By erly escaped from the building but remembering a friend in the build ing, she returned to aid her in es caping. The other woman had been rescued by firemen before Mrs. Byerly returned. It was upon her return to the upper stories of the building that she was badly burned about the head and body. MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE 'VOLUME OF NEW FINANCING TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE VACATION. New York.? Current easiness of j money rates, reflected In increased strength and activity in the bond mar ket, last week accelerated a search (or new issues. Signs multiplied that a substantial volume of new financing would be brought into the market be ; fore the arrival o; the vacation period ] could dull the edge of investment de t mand. Prospects for rrti increase in offer j ings were Improved by a succession j of favorable developments, foremost of which was the^teady progress made in putting the Dawes plan into per ation. With J. P. Morgan conferring with representatives of the allied gov I ernments on the terms of the $200,000. 000 Germany loan, it was indicated | that this international financial opera 1 tion might be undertaken sooner than had been expected. | Assurances of the widespread bank ! lng support it will receive were seen In the establishment by an American banking corporation of a $5,000,000 loan for Dr. Hjalmar Schact's gold rediscount bank. The initial advance, which may be extended a srcqulre j ments demand, marks the first parti ' cipation of American capital in Ger i many's rehabilitation and provides ( Germany with credit facilities until the financial provisions of the Dawes plan can be put in;o operation. An abundance of money, available ] at low rates, and indications that the federal reserve rediscount rat(^ would , be lowered, were additional reasons advanced for the expected resumption : of large Bcale financing. Internal Taxes Increase. Washington. ? The tederal govern i ment collected $2,146,803,265 in inter | nal taxes in the first three quarters of the presont fiscal year, an increase of $226,709,192 over the nine months end I ing March 15 last year. I Of the total collections, $1,408,039, ! 742 wore in income and profits taxes, | the receipts from thts source running I slightly ahead' of treasury calculations and substantially larger than for the corresponding period a year ago. Tobacco taxes again made up al most one-third of the whole mlscellan I eoua collections, with receipts of ' $241,702,868, or about three million i dollars more than was collected from j this source in the corresponding per ] lod a year ago. Collections under the i prohibition laws were $434,703, a re | duction of more than $12,000 from the nine months ending March 15, 1923. The treasury made public final fig j ures on the collections, and gave the I payments of all internal federal axes i by states for the nine months ending | March 15, 1924, and March 15, 1923. House Passes Child Labor Amendment Washington. ? Overcoming a sus tained and resourceful parliamentary opposition, supporters of the proposed | Child Labor Constitutional Amend ment put it through the House by a J vote of 297 to 69. Scores of attempts to limit its scope by various exemptions and re strictions wore rejected by backers of the bill. As adopted amendment empowers Congress to limit, regulate or forbid the labor of persons under 18 years of ago. It now goes to the Senate, where Its fate in uncertain. The amendment Is made necessary, according to its advocates, by the de cision of the United States Supreme Court holding the Federal Child I.?abor Laws unconstitutional. While the bill was in the committee the whole House, the age limit was re duced to 16 years by a vote of 148 to 136, but a later record vote of 198 to 169 In the Houso restored tho 18 year limit originally proposed. If the amendment gets through Con gross, tho afflramtlve action of 36 States will bo required before tho pro hibitive legislation could bo enacted. New War Cloud In Balkans Is Rising. Budapest, Hungary.? Owing to fric tion between Rumania and Russia and botweftn Rumania and Jugo-Sla vln> tho Rumanian Government has notified all males undor 42 years of ago to bo roady in case of mobilization Is order ed, according to information received here. Tension between Rumania and Rus sia has Increased since the breakdown of the Russo-Rumanlan peace confer ence at Vienna. The trouble arose over the seizure of tho Russian pro vince of Bessarabia by Rumania. JULIAN s; CftRR DIES IN CHICAGO FORMER CHIEF OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS PASSES AT DAUGH TER'S HOME. WAS VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA i ? Becomes Seriously III on Train While Traveling to Chicago From Dur ham Home. Chicngo, Ills. ? General Julian S. Carr, former commander of the United Confederate Veterans, died at the 'home of his daughter here about 10.15 j o'clock Tuesday night. General Carr left his home at Dur , ham, N. C.. where he was a well known I banker. Saturday to come to Chicago for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. H. C. Flowers. On the train in con i tracted Influenza and was seriously ill when he arrived here. His condition grew worse and sever al specialists were called into consul tation. They announced that he had I contracted pneumonia and that his ill ness was complicated by a heat af fection. It was stated at that time that he probably would not survive the ! night. He died at 10.15 o'clock. Raleigh. ? The announcement of the death in Chicago of General Jaulian S. Carr, former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, brought sorrow and sadness to thou sands of his old comrades and friends throughout Dixie. For years General Carr, a very wealthy man. had been the friend of the needy Confederate veteran, his widow or orphans. It Is said that General Carr had never fail ed to aid a veteran or the family of a veteran when hel; was actually need ed. "The latch string is always hang ing on the outside for my old com rades,'' the general was often quoted as having said. In addition to sup plying the necessities of life to many of the old soldiers or their families, General Carr paid the college ex penses of numerous sous and daugh , ters of his old friends. General Carr was always a conspic uous figure at state and general Con federate reunions. Perhaps many an old soldier will miss the reunion this year as the result of the death of General Carr. In former years all an i old Confederate soldier had to do to ; be sure of attending a reunion waa i to let General Carr know that he was unable to pay his expenses. It is sa i<t hundreds of veterans went to the , reunion every year at the expenso of j General Carr. | The General apparently was never t any happier than when he was with 1 the boys of the thinning ranks of gray. At the democratic convention i held here several weeks ago he w?j frequently Been with locked arms with his old "pals," swapping stories of the battles in which they had parti cipated 50 years ago. He always vis ; ited the Confederate soldiers' home here when visiting in Raleigh. Ten Per Cent Tax on Radio Sets. Washington. ? The senate gave ap proval to flnanco committee amend ments to the revenue bill Imposing a 10 per cent tax on radio sets, re ducing automobile taxes, repealing the capital stock tax, and restoring to the bill the tax on drafts, checks and promissory notes. All were adopted practically with out debate or opposition In rapid or der after more than two hours had been spent in discussion of minor pro posals. Further contests are expect ! ed, however, on the radio and auto mobile rates. j Approval of these amendments left j only vital provisions of the bill to bo i taken up. These Include the income ? tax rates, reduction on' earned in i comes, the corporation tax, estate and gift taxes, publicity of returns and 1 the board of tax appeals. Proposals I to tax Incomes from tax-exempt secur 1 Ities also are to be disposed of. In this connection Senator Sim i mons, North 'Carolina, ranking demo i crat on the finance committee, an ! nounc.ed the democrats would prob j ably ask that amendments other than j the income tax rates bo considered | ponding completion of the proposed I corporation tax amendment. Consider | ation of this will bo asked at about i the same time as the income rates, | Senator Simmons said. Money Ponzl Returned Recoverable. | Washington. ? Money returned by i Charles Ponsi, of frenzied nance fame, to certain clients just before his flan i cial collapse, is recoverable for the benefit of all his creditors, the su I prerno court ruled. Collie Saves Lives of Eight. I/amberton, N. Y. ? The lives of per | sons wero saved by a collie dog when tho farm house of I^slie S. Morrison burned to the ground. Tho dog sacri ficed Its own life. Morrison was awakened by the dog's tuggln gat tho bod clothes to find the house in flAmos. With tho help Of his wife, and has cousin, James Morrison, he carrlf^l five chil dren, ranging In ago frhm three to nine yearn, to safety. Two of them, Robert and Richard, had been over come by smoke. % THIS BRIGHT BABY GIRL Brought Joy to Home. Mrs, Price's Health Restored by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Scootac.Pa.? a^'I never felt like work. Ing, and when I would try to do any x worK etandinffon nay feet, I would just drag around all day long. At times I would have terrible pains and would be in bed three or four days. 1 was in this condition about a year when I saw Lydia E. Pinkham'a vegetable Com pound advertised in the papers. I had , neard different women Bay it was (food I for women's troubles, and my aunt I thought it would help me as it had helped her. So I took 'the Vegetable I Compound and it brought thines right, 1 and 1 was in good shape before I became ' a mother again. I believe it helps at birth, too, as with both my other babies , I suffered a great deal more than with I this one. I thank you a thousand times I for the good your medioine has done me. It has surely made our home a happy i one."? Mrs. Robert Price, Soootac, i via Lockhaven, Pa. ' j in a recent country-wide canvass of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg ' etable Compound, 98 out of every 100 report they were benefited by Ha uflo. Wdsted Words Johns. >n missed his tr:iln '.In* other i evening. so lie went .to hnvi> h's hair I cut. When ho entered the harher's he I was In a quarrelsome frame of mind. "Cut it without conversation," he | prowled, ns lie took his place in the I ohnir. "Oon't want any restorer, ln I vlsorator, eradieator, lotion, potion or anything else. I've read all about the ! Near Mast troubles, and don't Interest ; myself in boxing. racing or football. , As regards the weather- " j Here a customer nudged Johnson's I elbow. | "You'll have to write it down on his slate, mister," he said, "if you want to tell him anything, lie's deaf and i dumb." ? Philadelphia Inquirer. Help That Achy Back! Are yon dragging around, day fitter day, with a dull, unceasing backache? Are you lame in the morning, bothered with headaches, dizziness and urinary disorders? Feel tired, irritable and discouraeed? Then there's surely some thing wrong, and likely it's kidney weakness. Don't neglect it! Get, back your health while you can. Use Doan's Pills. Doan's have helped thousands of p.iling folks. They should help you. Apk vour ndohbor! A South Carolina Case Mrs. J. If. Cald well, 127 N. Main St.. Bellon, S. C., aayB: "A cold Bot tled In my back. My kidneys were shitrarlsh and I had a dull ur tie In my back. My Joints were so stiff and .lame I could hardly bend over. There were sharp pains In my knee a. My kid noj'H di'in t net rltrht, oltlior. so I us<j1 Hoan'H rills. On?> box of Knrin's otir'-fl mo." DOAN'Sp,^LS STIMULANT D1URHTIC TO THE KIDNEYS Foster-Milbum Co., Mia. Chem.. Buflalo. N. Y. BOSCHEE'S SYRUP Allays irritation, soothes and heals throat and lung inflammation. The constant Irritation of a cough keeps the delicate mucus membrane of the throat and lungs ina congested condition, which BOSCHEE'S SYRUP gently and quickly heals. For this reason it has been a favorite household remedy for colds, coughs, bronchitis and especially (or lung troubles in millions of homes all over the world for the last fifty seven years, enabling the patient to obtain a good night's rest, free from coughing with easy expectoration in the morning. You can buy BOSCHEE'S SYRUP wherever medicines are sold. Clear Your Complexion with This Old Reliable Remedy ? Hancock Por pimple*. black-head*, freckle*, btotche*, and tan. a* well at for more *erlou*face, tcalp and body eruption*, hive*, ec*ema, etc., u?? thl* tclcntlfte compound of tulphur. A* a lo tion. It toothe* #nd heat* ; taken Internally? a few drop* In a of water- It tfctt at the root of the trouble and purlflet the blood. Phytldan* agree that tulphur I* one of the moit effective blood purifier* known. He member. a good complexion Itn't tkln deep -Ht't health deep. Re ture to atk for HANCOCK SUI.PHUR COMPOUND. It ha* been uied with tatte factory remit* over 2d year*. 60c and $1.20 the bottle at your drutftflet'*. If he can't *upply you. tend hi* name and the price In ttaaip* and we will tend you t bottle direct. HANCOCK LIQUID SULPHUR COMPANY ? - ? Rtltimorc, Md. fltntotk Sulphur Compound Oinl- . mint joi and 6rx jo* tut with i tk* Compound