Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT MAPPKNINOt of thi# AND OTHKN NATIONS FOR ??V*N OAVt aiVKN THE NEWS HE SOUTH Whmt *? Taking Mam |? ??"* Will B? Fou?# in ?rtef Paragraph* foreign ? | Canada's liquor problem and the il legal trect of "wet goods" over the International boundary Into the United States will be anions the first prob lems to be tackled by parliament when tne house of commons meets next month In Ottawa. November 17 was "call day" at the inns of Court, and Frank B. Kellogg, the American ambassador, was the guest of the "Benchers" of Cray's inn. where he was called to the bar. Editorially welcoming Edgar A. Ban croft, United States ambassador to Ja PaS, who arrived In Toklo recently the Kokumln Shimbun, an old Inde pendent newspaper, asks the new en voy seriously to consider "the bad im pression and undesirable effects In tho Japanese popular mind of the pro jected United States naval maneuvers at Hawaii." Sir Eric Dummond, secretary gon oral of the league of nations, left Lon don recently for Qeneva carrying with him a request of the British govern ment for an indefinite adjournment of discussion by the league of the se curity and disarmaments protocol re cently adopted by the assombly of tho lep.gue at Geneva. With the reinstatement of German thGir former Positions with the German federal railways, nu merous Russian* who were given em ployment by the railway administra tion, are suddenly finding themselves jobless. The Portuguese government of Pre mier Qaspard ha8 reg)gned nfter thfi rejection by parliament of a motion tor a vote of confidence. "V in cento Blosco Ibanez' manifesto against King Alfonso of Spain a 10 page pamphlet, published in Eng. land, Franco and the United States, charges the king with beinf directly and personally responsible for the Spanish military disaster In Morocco Mrs. Darrell Figgis, wife of Deputy Figgis, member of the Irish dall ei reann i died in a Dublin hospital from the effects of a gunahot wound in the head sustained as she was being driv en in a tarlcab along the mountain road near Rathfarnham. Discussion of an inter-allied debt conference to consider the settlement of wartime obligations is buzzing be hind the doors of the Qua! d'Orsay, Paris newspapers announce, and it has been aemi-offlcially stated that the United States will be expected to par- i ticlpate in the projected meeting and ?gT?e a reduction of the French debt. Tho part LaFayctte played in the American Revolution will be quoted to the United States in an effort to secure that government's co-operation. Moscow dispatches announce that there is an offort forming to oust Leon Trotzky from power, because it is contended that he Is too individual istic to hold olflce in a Socialistic re gime Meanwhile Trotzky sits steady in the boat. y Washington ? Paul Meer, in American citizen of the Penoles Mining company, wan Bhot and killed on the night of November 16, at Dtaanacevl, state of Durango, In Mexico. The assassin has not been captured. Senators who favored the Ford bid for Muscle Shoals are seeking tho aid of Western senators for a compromise government plan of operation for the properties to bo submitted when con gress convenes In December. President C-ODlldge has addressed a letter to Richard II. Edmonds of the Manufacture rs' Record, which has been made public, In which he express ed his Interest In the South, and de clared that he looked for further ad vances In all Southern enterprises In the next fow yenrs. Co-operative marketing and stabili sation of th? cuttle Industry will be the first two questions to engage the attention of President Coolldge's new agricultural commission. The commis sion has taken a three weeks' recess while data is being collected and ex pects soon after Its reassembling to have reoommendutlons for congress In tlroe to be given consideration at the coming short sepslon. The resignation of M. J>. Corey as a member of tbe federal farm loan board has been tendered to President Coolldge. Although a formal announce ment of the action has been withheld. It Is understood that the president ac cepted the resignation. After reviewing a part of the evi dence compiled by the investigators, /he special senata commltteo investi gating the Internal revenue bureau de cided to go forward with :he Investi gation and submit several partial re port* to tho Mnate at the short sos ?lon. Senator flmoot, xfc publican, Idaho* says that if the senate committee on privileges and elections adheres to the precedent established in the oontest which seated Senator King, Democrat, Utah, it would decide In favor of Dan iel F. Steele, Democrat, who la con testing the election of Senator Brook* hart. Republican, Iowa. The Alabama Great Southern Rail* way company has applied to the inter* state commerce commission for per mission nominally to issue five hundred thousand dollars of first consolidated five per cent gold bonds, to be held in the company's treasury pending their disposition. General Pershing with the rank of am bassador extraordinary and plenipo tentiary, will head the special mission which will represent the United States at the celebration in Peru next month of the centennial of the battle of Ay acucho. The mission will go to Peru on the battleship Utah. An underwater Btorage project for all reserve stocks of smokeless powder Is urged by MaJ. Gen. C. C. Williams, chief of army ordnance, In his annual report to Secretary Weeks, recently made public at the war department. The plan was recommended by a com mittee of ordnance exports who stud ied the problem, particularly the expe rience of the French government. Domestic ? Four paBBongorB on the liner Aura nla received injuries as a result of a gale which, sweeping the north At lantic for 24 hours, buffeted the ship on her passage from Liverpool, it In announced in New York City. Elihu Root introduced Chauncey M. Depew at a New York City lunch eon by Baying that 'there is a lon gevity contest under way between the bronto statue in Peekskill and Chaun cey Depew." Dopew retorted that "Eli hu Root will not be 80 for three months, whereas I will be 91 in fivo months." He said that there is al ways Jealousy in old age statistics. A universal draft law which would give th- government the power to take over ah industries necessary for suc cessful prosecution of war is included in the legislative program the Ameri can Legion has submitted to Pres ident Coolidge through its national commander, James A. Drain. Dr. Allen Cox, physician of Helena, Ark., was seriously wounded and his plantation foreman, O. T. Cunningham, Bhot and killed on Doctor Cox's plan tation near Hoodland, Ark., by Arthur Blow, negro tenant. Mabel Norrnand'n $500,000 libel suit against Mrs. Georgia W. Church, was Quashed in superior court in Los An geles. when Judge Hartly Shaw upheld the dofendant'8 demurrer and ruled that vhe motion picture actress had no legal right to seek libel damages on the gcound that Mrs. Church, in suing her vealthy husband for divorce, had referred to his alleged misbehavior with Mlsa Normand. There should bo as many fashions in oyoglasses as there are in clothing, according to members of the Associa tion of Wholesale Opticians, which is in session at Rochester, N. Y. MaJ. Charles Theodore Murray, 83, widely known in newspaper circles, and at one tlmo editor of the New York Times, is dead at Warrensville, W. Vs.. according to word received at Winches ter, Va. The Journalist died of old age, reports Bald, having Buffered no illness. Gov. A1 Smith of New York left French Lick Springs, Ind., cutting hia vacation short. It Is stated that he was suffering from a swollen foot, probably from gout, and it is thought this is the reason for curtailing his vacation. With twenty cases of hiccoughs, sev eral of them serious, reported during recently, fear is expressed by physi cians that an epidemic has gained a foothold In Milwaukee. National adoption of the "three-arm signals" for motorists at street cross ings will be urged before the Hoover commission for standardization of traf fic regulations. An attack by an enraged blood rd bull resulted in the death of Its own er, Robert T. Strom, former member of the South Carolina state legislature, near Greenwood, in that state. Charles H. Fielding of Portland, Maine, ?nd Mrs. Little Freeman Cots of Gorham, Maine, were held without ball at Portland, Maine, as the result of tho mysterious death of the wom an's htmband whose body was found recently In a secrot grave at Gorham. FIro starting after an explosion on a barge of tho Lambert Transportation company docketl on Staten Island sound at Linden, N. J., caused tho death of at least two men and injury to probably a dozen more. Burglars who robbed the office of W. W. Kyfan, Gulfport, Miss., returned by mall a small photograph of his daugh ter which had been carried in Syfan's watch, but kspt the wstch. The Indiana supreme court has no held a law compelling a man to sup port his parents If they are dependent and the man Is financially able. Ber nard Lundy, a I>awrence county stone cutter, was found guilty on the charge of tailing to support his parents, and wns ordered to pay them $44.50 every month. He had sent them to the poor house. i The three men in world history whom Henry Ford things should be accorded tho greatest distinction arc Luther Burbank, Thomas A. Rdlsoe and John Burroughs. FEWER STUDENTS ATTEND COLLEGES 1 MORE TEACHERS AND IN8TRUC* OR8 IN IN8TITUTION8 REPORT SHOW8. There were fewer white stuednts in the colleges of South Carolina for the year ending July 1 than there were for the year ending July 1, 1923, ac cording to figures given out by W. A. Shealy, assistant state superinten dent of education. The figures were 9,046 as compared with 9,078 a year ago. A decline was also noted in the num ber of Negro students, the total for the state being 3,515 as compared with 5,202 July 1, 1923. In this report, how ever, figures from Benedict college are lacking and those from Vorhees Normal and Industrail school are not Included aB the school has only ten grades. Since the compilation of these fig ures there have been decided increases in the enrollment figures of some of the schools, notably the University of South Carolina, and the Lutheran Theological Southern seminary, so that there 16 a probability that there are at present as many as 10,000 white students in South Carolina colleges. The number of teachers and officers increased from 907 to 1,006, of which 615 were men and 391 were women. There were 4.105 white men In the schoolB and 4,941 women. Winthrop, Clemson, the university, Greenville Woman's college, and Furman had, in the order named, the largest enroll* ments. Commission Forms Code For Toach?ra. A tentative code of ethics for the teachers of South Carolina was formu lated at a meeting of the commission appointed by B. L. Parkinson, presi dent of the South Carolina Teachers' association, held in the office of the extension department of the Univer sity of South Carolina. The code is to be presented at meet ings of county teachers' associations for revision and brought before the teachers at the annual meeting of the association next March. The relation of the teacher's duty to pupils, to parents, to boards of trus tees, to other teachers, to other pro fessions, to the community, the nation nnd humanity were the main topics dis cussed. Those attending the meeting were: Dr. J. I. McCain, head of the English department of Erskino college, chair man; Mrs. J. W. Mixson of the graded schools at Union; Miss Sadie LaCoste, Memminger high school, Charleston; i Mrs. Ellen S. Hopkins, supervisor of | city schools of Columbia; M. F\ Mont gomery, superintendent of education of Williamsburg couii y, and R. H. Jones, principal of a high school at Ander son. Dr. S. H. Edmunds, superintend ent of the city schools of Sumter, was unable to b<j present. Many teachers of South Carolina have long felt the need of a code of ethlcB for the teaching profession of the state, and Mr. Parkinson appoint ed the code commlsion this fall. Lets 8eed Crushed. South Cnrolina mills crushed 47,529 tons of cotton seed during the three month period ending October 31, ac cording to a preliminary report re ceived at the office of B. Harris, com j mi8Bioner of agriculture, commerco and industries, from the United 8tates department of commerce. Last year 49,931 tons of ?eed were crushd dur ing the Bitme period. Almost 73.000 tons of seed had been received at the mills as compared with 80,000 tons laBt year. Sveral cotton belt states, including Georgia and Alabama, showed increas es over the figures of last year. The total for the United States was 1,084, r.r,3 tons of seed crushed for the three month period this year, as compared with 96f).r,or. last year. Decreases In export?, of crude and refined oil, but increases In exports of c?ko and meal and llnters was indicated. Uroon Teachers to Work Together. "Let's seek educational legislation as associated teachers."' C. M. Wilson, secretary-treasurer of the South Curo linn Teachers' association says in a letter, copies of which are being mail ed out to officers of county teachers' associations and to county superin tendents of education. The letter calls attention to the leg islation program of the association fo rthts year, whlrh includes: A con tinuation of the fl-0-1 law with modi fications, an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this law, a com pulsory attendance law, of seven months with provisions for enforce ment. Mr. Wilson urged the discus sion of these matters in association meetings. To Inform Automobile Owner*. Information as to how to All out ap plications for 1925 license plates and for title to vah1clen Is to be sent out from the motor vehicle division of the state highway department to the 1M, 000 motor vehlclo owners of South Carolina, according to an announce ment by L. H. Thomas, secretary of the state highway commission. The Information, which will prob ably tako the form of a printed letter, will he sent with the applications for the certificates of title of ownership and for a lloensn nlnte. / BANKERS EXTEND GERMANS CREDII AMERICANS AND BRITI8H UNDER WRITE ?15, 000,000 FOR THE RAILWAY. New York. ? 'Financing German's railways reconstituted under the Dawes plan, were taken by American and British bankers, who placed a <yedit of $1^,000,000 at the disposal of the German State Railway company. One-third of the loan will be in pounds Bterllng and will be under written by a London banking group, headed by J. Henry Schroeder and company. The New York banking sydlcate, headed by Speyer and com pany, Includes the Equitable Trust company, the Chase Securities corpor ation, Blair and company, the Bank of the Manhattan company, and J. Henry Schroeder Banking corporation. Organized In accordance with the Dawes plan to take over the opera tion of German railroads under pri vate management, the German State Railway company constitutes what is said to be the largest railway system In the world, having 33,000 miles of road. Two-thirds of the equipment, consisting of 31,000 locomotives, 70.000 passenger cars, and 750,000 freight cars, Is less than 10 years old. The original cost of the system, whoso lines extend Into every part of Ger many, was $0,200,000,000. Present capitalization consist of 3,095.000,000 common stock. Issued to the German government ojr the German states and 2,620,000,000 first mortgage reparation bonds, guaranteed the German govern men which have been issued to a trustee appointed by the reparations commission. The company also is au thorized to Issue $476,000,000 in pre ferred stock and $22,500,000 second mortgage bonds. 17 Drowned When Freighter Sinks. London. ? Much damage was done by a furious gale which swept both the east and south coasts of England and inland points. Seventeen persons wero drowned when the freight steam er Hartley, a vessel of 2,000 tons, sank off Portland. Only two men of the crew were rescued. There were many minor casualties to coastwist sha ping. The channel steamer Dieppe ground ed at the mouth of New Haven harbor an da tug which attempted to rescue her was smashed against the break water. Tho Dieppe was refloated after her 6b passengers fram France had spent five hours of misery on board. The cruiser Calliope, was sent from Portland to assist vessels in dis tress in the English channel At Southampton, the Royal mall liner Almazora, of the Buenos Aires fservlce, broke her moorings and swung about dangerously. She. narrowly escaped smashing a naval transport. The vessel was eventually warped Into her berth agatn after three hours of hard work by tug boats. Hoover Reports Big Progresc. Washington ? Recommendations con cerning legislation for the reorganiza tion of the commerce department, for the control and development of radio and aircraft, and for a revision of the navigation laws, were submitted to . President Coolidge by Secretary IIoov , er in the annual report of his depart I ment. The secretary also recommend 1 ed that Congress appropriate funds for a department of commerce build ing of sufficient alze to house all branches of the organization, which at present are scattered through a half dozen buildings In Washington. Mr. Hoover's report defined the oconomtc progress of. the country for th? past year, setting out nc outstand ing features the advance of agricul ture prices which had lagged behind Industry since the Blump of 1922. the beginning of "Bound" policies in Ger man reparations leading to a hopeful . measure of economic recovery in Kurope, and the complete recovery" of the nation's own industry antl com merce, aside from agriculture. The past year, the secretary reported, has seen great stability of prices, high ; production, full employment, expand j ing foreign trade, and prosperity throughout the business world There ? .vere some moderate decreases in ac t ivity of some lines during the latter part of the fiscal year, he added, but since Us close, there has been general recovery In these lines. Doctors Close Annual Parley. Now Orleans. ? ? ? Dr. Stewart Rob erta, of Atlanta, was elected president of the Southorn Medical annoclatlon at the concluding session of the aftHO clatloa'n annual convention here. I>r. R. II. McOlnnls, of Jacksonville. was chosen first vice president, and Dr. Homer Dupuy, of New Orleans, second vlc? president. ? Three Killed in Crash, Columbus, Ohio, ? Three people were killed and one seriously Injured at Kleatown, three miles south of New ark, when an automobile in which thojr were returning from a party at Buckeye I,ak? skidded and crashed in to a ditch eight feet deep which was partially filled with water The dead all from Newark are: Sidney Jones. '32; J J. Spelgle. 34. and Harvey F'lummer, 27. Mrs. Kfttheryn Davis. 2S, of Dayton, la In a hospital at Now irk suffering from a crushed foot and possible Internal Injuries. STATE ITEMS OF INTBftKSI TO ALL ?OOTM CAROLINA PBOPLE. Greer. ? Greer high school la con testing for the priie of |75 offered by the American Legion to the school pre paring the most attractive posters calling attention to National Educa tion week. Rock Hill. ? Miss Doris Bell, of the Rock Hill high school, is to be given a trip to Washington next spring us a reward for her selling the largesl number of tickets to the lyceum course. Cheraw. ? The Yadkin River Power & Light company signed up the towns of Chesterfield. Ruby, Mount Croghan and Pageland for electric service. A 60,000 volt lii.e will be run from the Blewett Falls (N. C.) piant through Morven. N. C., to Chesterfield and from there to the other towns. Rock Hill. ? A total of 437 visits were made in the homes of pupils of the Rock Hill public schools by teach ers during Education week, it was re ooried here by Superintendent R. C UurtB. Marion. ? Reddin Smith, father of 20 children, IS of which are living, and successful farmer residing to the ast .>f Marion on the Mullins road, died at his home Wednesday. November 12, at the ripe age of 79. Mr. Smith had been in 111 health for some months | and the end was not unexpected. Spartanburg. ? The first stages of construction of the new steel tower, high tension transmission line which will carry electric power to Spartan burg from Parr Shoals and also link this Industrial center to the state cap ital have been entereif The project will be completed at an estimated cost of more than $1,000,000. Summerville. ? Little Florence Beat ty, niece of Mrs. Cleveland Finucan, was very severely bitten by a pet English bulldog belonging to the fam ily. The child was attacked about the faco and arms and several severe wounds were inflicted, it being neces sary to take 15 or more stiches in the face. St. Matthews. ? For the second time within only a few months the store of the Misses Able was entered and rob bed. According to the best inventory possible to be made, it is said that about $1,000 worth of choicest goods was stolen. Last spring tho same store was entered and about Jl.f>00 wyrth of goods stolen. Kershaw. ? A distressing accident oc curred hei;e when little Vance, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Vance Hough, while seated at the evening meal, oveturned a pot of holling tea on her little body and was so severely scalded that, in spite of all that loving hands and physicians* skill could do. the little sufferer died. ? Ward. ? The vicinity of Ward wan vlBlted by a destructive storm; one largo dwelling, several barns and ten ant houses being destroyed. It seem ed to start near the home of C. L. Ready, uprooting trees -and destroying other property. It totally destroyed a tenant houRe near the Ready home, leaving the Negro family without any shelter at all. Across the road all of the shade trees, smokehouses, chicken houses and other outhouses of T. A. Cato were torn down. An oak was up rooted Just at the corner of the dwell ing, measuring some three feet In dlmater, but the dwelling was not in jured. Passing down the road, the storm destroyed another tenant house of Mr Ready. Greenville. ? Henry Galloway, 33, employee of the state highway depart ment ,wbb killed almost instantly on p ad about 26 miles north of this c:uy when a truck went over a fill In tho road, falling about 30 feet. Gallo way suffered a fractured skull. Tho driver of the truck, Ansel BurnR, re ceived only minor Injuries. Rock Hill. ? The Rev. William E. McCord has been named the Rock Hill representative of a movement in which ministers of 48 demnomlnationH have Joined together for the purposo of raising $4,000,000 for the Union Theological seminary In New York City. He will receive contributions | here. The Rev Mr. McCord is a grad uate fjf the institution Charleston ? ? At the weekly luncheon meeting r>f the I, ions, held at the Ft. I Sumter rr.tel, I>r. R. K. MacKlwee, commissioner of foreign trade, an | nounced that another large oil com pany was planning to establish a dis tributing plant here, and that arrange ments had progressed to a state where the matter of signing papers appeared ouly a short time off. Greenwood. ? B. F. McKellar, former president of the defunct People's Flank ett, his cashier, was convictor of vio lating the state banking laws by a Jury ?n county court here, committed sucldo in tho back yard of his home here, shooting himself through the head with a 32 caliber automatic pistol. Marion. ? Dr. Archibald Mclntyre, senior member of the medica! profes sion In Marion, and for many yeara leading physician In this county an4 the Pee t)ee section, died In Mcl/eod's Infirmary, Florence, where he was tak? en critically 111 with pneumonia Williaton. ? At a special election held in Klko to pass upon tho que* tlon of issuing $12,000 in bonds, to* the erection of a consolidated high school building, and the increase l*? levy of seven mills for running expen no* both carried by * vote of 25 to three in favor of bonds and ?4 to three In favor of the lncr?<n*d lev* Women, Why Suffer? Durham. N. G. ? "I developed a ?evcre case of feminine wcaknet? from which I ? uffered for some time. 1 be came very weak and nervou?? could not eat nor sleep, had pain? and severe back ache*. I was in such a miserable state of health that I could not Ket around to attend to my work properly, when I learned of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I ne ver took a medicine that did me so much good. It completely cured." Mrs. L. A. Hammond, 914 Angier Ave. All dealers, or send to Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, K. Y.t 10c for trial package tablets. Uncalled-for Worry We should enjoy more ponce if did not busy ourselves with the words ami deeds of other men, which apper tain not to our charge. ? Jeremy Tay lor. Hairs Catarrh Medicine 3Ld?,:,h'!t? rid your system of Catarch or Deafness caused by Catarrh. Sold by druffult for ortr 40 ytan F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, Ohio Precaution First Actress ? 1 asked the manager whether I ought to walk i?(T or dance oft after my song. Second Actress ? And what did he say ? First Act i ess? He said run like blazes ! DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN Take Tablets Without Fear If Yoi? See the 8afety "Bayer Cross." Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and pres<?rlbed by physicians for li3 years. Say "Buyer" when you buy Aspirin. Imitations may prove dangerous. ? Adv. Nervous prostration was unknown when people had more to do and les? to think about. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION BtXVNNS" '*sfes 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS <5$ AND 75 i PACKAGES EVERYWHERE They Never Tell * Em Mnrjorie ? "Woman will be fumed n? well as man." Fred ? "Yes, for untold ages." llntllng stones usually roll dowa hill. coughs! j3reak7fieml/p Quickly . at the start Never let a cold gefc a hold on you when vou can break it up quickly* as mlllionB have. Take Juat one npoon ful of Cheney's Exp^o tornnt and notice th* quick results. Co?<? only few cents for tmndy pocket h1z? ? plensant to tnnt* ? ? no harmful drugs. Colds quickly vanish when this powerful, mifo, de? pendnbl? remedy i? used. Mief, Jkains inlhreeMinutcf!, have Resinol readv for scalds And bums The tormenting, Insistent pain of ? burn or scald is quickly subdued by Resinol Ointment. Its cooling Ingre dients remove the Inflammation, and hanten the healing. Cover the burn well with Resinol and bandage with soft ^ame. In severe burns or scalds covering a large surface always se for a d'>ctor. * lUt'rol pro4(!?\* tt ?U Arurglate.