The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, July 07, 1925, Image 2
FORECASTS 616
COTTON YIELD
GOVERNMENT REPORTS ESTI.
MATE OF 14,339,000
BALES.
Washington. ? A cotton crop of 14.
339,000 equivalent 500-pound bales
was forecast by the department of
agrlcultur^ as this year's probable
production.
Should favorable conditions prevail
from new until time o( picking and
the quantity forecast materialize, the
crop would be the third largest in
cotton history. It would excfc<rd last
year's crop by almost three-quarters
of a v million bales.
The prospective bumper crop 1b the
result of rm-rxcfMingly large acre
age, probably -the largest ever planted,
and the favorable condition generally
of the growing plants. There were
46,448.000 acres in cultivation June 25.
Thut is 3.SG7.000 acres more than in
cultivation a year ago. The increased
ucreago is due to the planting of con
alderable new land, substitution of
cotton on land used last year for var
ious other crops and the planting of
land that was idle last year. In every
state except Virginia. Missouri and
Arizona the area exceeded last year's.
The condition of the growing plants
was better than a year ago every
where except in Taxas. The average
condition was 75.9 per cent of a nor
mal. This is 4.7 points above the June
25 condition last ybar and 1.9 points
above the 10 year June 25 average.
In the last month thp crop as a
whole declined 0.7 points as compar
ed with a 10-year* average improve
ment of 2.0 points. In Temis the de
vline wue six points, whereas the usual
improvement there is about three
points. Rain iB badly needed for cot
ton there.
The area In cultivation June 25 (in
thousands of acres) and the condition
of the crop on that date by states
follows :
Virginia, acreage 96 and condition
83 per cent of a normal; North Caro
lina, 2,183 and 77; South Carolina,
2,740 and 70; Georgia, 3.564 and 76;
Florida 115 and 84; Alubauia, 3,425
and 79; Mississippi 3,424 and 88;
Louisiana 1,916 and 81; Texas 18,237
and 64; Arkansas 3.649 and 87; Ten
nessee 1,219 and 85; Missouri 503 and
90; Oklahoma 4,867. and 88: Callfor
nl^'170 and 96; Arizona 163 and 92;
New Mexico 139 and 88; all other
"statOB 38 and 94; about 150,000 acres
In Lower California (Old Muxico) are
not Included in California figures, nor
in the United States total.
Three Policemen Shot.
Rounoke, Va. ? Policeman C. H. Mor
gan is dead and Policemen A. M.
Smith and W. M. Terry are wounded,
hb a result of a raid on a house In
the northwest section of the city. Mor
gan died a few hours after the shoot
ing. Smith and Terry were reported
In a serious condition.
The entire Roanoke police force was
called to duty and, armed with high
powered rifles, they are guarding
every road loading out of the city and
searching all trains.
The shooting toqk place at the
home of Charles H. Hittern, white
man.11 now serving sentence for viola
tion of the prohibition laws.
When the officers, members of the
plains clothos squad, demanded en
trance to the house they were greeted
with a* spattering of bullets.
Morgan fell In the first fusillade,
mortally wounded. Smith, who wan
with Morgan at the front of the house,
was struck In the forehead.
Terry was shot in the stomach at
he rushed from the "rear of the house,
to which ho had gone with Detective
H. F. Howoll.
Quake City WorftW>g Fast.
Santa Rarbara. Calif. ? Santa Bar
bara did ti. ,th to return to normalcy
with 200 nrlnes assisting the local
and Los Aiigeles units in patrol work,
many merchants opening or preparing
to open their stores for resumption of
business and relief organizations func
tioning like machinery.
If efforts of the planning commit
tee succeed, Setate street, which bore
the brunt of the quake, will be a thor
oughfare lined with buildings of quaint
Spanish architecture.
From the mountains of mortar
where once stood the Arlington hotel,
workmen have taken diamonds and
emerald necklaces, bracelets, waethes
and rings said to be worth $350 000
They were the property of Mrs. Char
les R. -Perkins of , Burlington Iowa,
whose life was crushed out.
The majority of persons In the resi
dential district, which was compara
tively undamaged, slept In their homes.
Wireless Telephone l? on Vessels.
Merlin.- The possibility of wireless
telephone operations from ships at sea
to shore stations has been demonstart
ed by experiments condlcted from the
Hteamshlp Columbus of the North
<lermAn Lloyd during her present voy
Age from Bremen to New York, where
she U due. A wireless telephone sta
tion on the. Columbus communicated
during the voyage with the station of
the Telefunken Company, at Nord
dlech, In Hanover province, near the
ftorth tea.
81X OF FAMILY DIE
IN A CROSSING ACCIDENT.
Bloomington, Ills. ? Six members
of one family were killed, another
Is believed fatally Injured and sev
eral passtngerB of an Interurban
were Injured when an automobile
was ftruck by tin Illinois Traction
system car. seven miles west of
here. All of the deud resided In
Bloomington.
The dead :
L. M. Heaver, 55; Mrs. Zellar
Beaver, S7 ; Lorctta Beaver, 10;
Paul Boaver, 8; Jessie Beaver, 3;
new born baby.
Seriously injured:
Zora Beaver, 9.
The touring car was carried
down the track about 80 feet be
fore it was caught between the fcar
and brace pole of the interurban
line, and literally ground to pieces.
TUe interurban was derailed by the
crash, tlyo front end of the car
swingling nose down Into the ditch.
12 OR MORE DIE IN QUAKES
! SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA,
i IS WRECKED BY SERIES OF
I
EARTH SHOCKS.
j Sant.1 Barbara. Calif. ? A scries of
J earthquakes .described by survivors
i.us rocking and swaying the business
J center of Santa Barbara as If it were
I on a turbulent ocean, left the princl
i pal structures of the Channel City a
! mass of debris and ruins. The loss of
life was not large, due to the tremor
occurring at 6.44 o'clock in the morn
ing and also that the mass of ruins
fell in the second earthquake some 15
j minutes after the first tremor.
Estimates of the loss vary from
j $3,000,000, a "conservative" figure by
>| the city manager, to $30,000,000. a fig
ure quoted by the city engineer.
| Indications are ^that 12 lives were
I lost , although this rests upon the re
covery of several bodies asserted to
be in the ruins.
Mrs. Charles E. Perkins, widow of
I the late railroad wizard, former presi
dent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Qulncy. was declared to be buried in
the ruins of a section of the Arlington
hotel. Manager A. L. Richmond said
that he did not have the slightest hope
that she escaped and debris was being
removed to uncover the body. Man
ager Richmond also believed that Ber
trafh E. Hancock of Ix>s Angeles, was
killed, his room having been above
Mrs. Perkins and demolished.
State street, the main thoroughfare,
is a ghastly avenue of ruin, portions
of Its most stately buildings being
tumbled down, apd cornlceB, walls and
fronts of practically all principal
structures shattered down.
The earthquakes contlniled all
through the day. They menaced the
water aupply by crashing out the dam
of Sheffield reservoir, but a by pass
has been established to a main reser
voir back in the hills and water pro
vided for the city.
The terror-stricken 30,000 inhabi
tants In most cases settled down to an
emergency existence by noon, many
of them living on the lawns.
"I have been through 50 earth
quakes, but never one like this be
fore," said Manager Richmond of the
Arlington hotel.
"It Just took the hotel that we con
sidered Btrong as a fortress and shook
It back and forth as if it were a rag.
"It was precisely as If one were at
sea In a storm. One would not believe
It were possible for a building to move
t with such force in so many directions
and apparently so limply as did the
' Arlington.
I
Not So Many Killed By Autos.
Atlantic City. ? A 16 per cent de
crease in traffic fatalities during the
first five months of 1{?25 was reported
to the Opening session of the Ameri
can Automobile association here by
; Oeoige M. Graham. Cleveland, chair
( man of the traffic and safety commit
I tee of the national automobile dinm
] ber of commerce.
In 143 cities ranging In population
from 25,000 to the largest In the coun
try, there were 1,773 fattffities during
the first five months of lfl24. he said,
i This year the toll has been cut to
j 1.487.
j "Until we drive home to the motor
j 1st that the pedeRtrlan has his rights,"
1 he said, "and to the pedestrian that
j the motorlsf has his rights, we shall
| not have made safety sufficiently
. specific to accomplish roal results.''
/
Scarcity of Money.
New York Preparations for unusu
j ally heavy midyear dividend and in
I terest disbursement s resulted In a
I scarcity of funds in the call loan mar
! ket and lifted the call loan rate to 6
1 per cent the highest since December
; 1. 1923.
j Turka Applaud While 22 Are Hanged.
Constantinople Hhlek Said and 21
| other Kurds recently convicted of par
ticipating In the Kurdish insurrection,
*"ero hanged In the public square at
Dtarbeklr. HaM. was the principal
lftAder of the Insurrection. Advice*
reachlng'Tiere from Dlarbeklr say that
a large crowd applauded while the
executions were taking place and that
numeroua volunteer* aided In adjuat
Ing and pulling the gallow* ropes
The men executed were trl*d by court
martial. Fifteen other Kurda were
HUGE SURPLUS !
AT YEAR'S END;
TREASURY WINDS UP. BUSINE8S
WITH $250,605,238.33 TO THE
GOOD.
Washington. ? The story of the fiscal
year 1925. was told by the treasury In
a review of its operutiona during the
1 12 months which ended June 30, shew
ing total ordinary receipts of $3,780.
148.684.42 and total expeditures of $3.
| 529,643,440.09 with the resulting sur
1 plus of $250,505,238.33.
The statement of the treasury con
ditions. carried an expression of Sec
|
retary Mellcn's conclusion that, due
j to the processes of reorganization in
I the last two years, "it Is believed that
as a result of Its experience and de
velopment. the treasury is today bet
I ter organized and equipped to make
| the Volstead act effective."
! This part of the review 'declared
that plans for reorganization of pro
hibition enforcement were rapidly ap
proaching completion and told of the
work done in this connection In the
coast guard, customs division and pro
hibition unit of the treasury.
The surplus far the year afforded
treasury officials great satisfaction
being almost four times the amount
forecast last October and $50,000,000
higher than the figure President Cool
Idge gave in his address at the semi
annual budget meteing only a little
over a week ago.
Officials offered no explanation for
the unexpected rise in the amount, let
ting the figure speak for Itself Obser
vers suggested, however, that better
i business conditions were reflected in
the total and insisted that some of the
1 increased revenue had resulted frAm
unleashing of capital to productive
! enterprise through the lowering of sur
taxes along with the general tax revis
[ ion of a year ago. .
! The year's operations accomplished
! a reduction of $734,619,101.59 in the
public debt and here, too, the esti
mates previQusly made were exceeded, j
for in none of them had the treasury
'expressed a belief thai a reduction of
more than $700,000,000 could be effect- j
ed. As a result of nation's outstand
ing obligations stood at $20,516,193,
887.90 when the books were closed.
I The treasury gave as "interesting"
a list of comparisons of Its estimates,
made a year u?o with the actual flg
! ures shown when the operations of
| the twelve month period were conclud
ed. Customs receipts were $547,561,
226.11. or within one half of one per
cent of the estimate. They were also
within a few hundred thousand dol
lars of the total collections on Im- ,
ports in the fiscal year 1924.
Miscellaneous taxes returned $828.
638,079.90 to the treasury and this
amount had been accurately forecast.
Income taxes yielded $1,760,823.68,
about six per cent or more than $100,
000,000 above the amount estimated
fast July.
Ford Bids on 200 U. S. Ships.
Detroit. ? Henry Ford told the Asso
ciated Press that he has entered a bid
for the 200 ships of the shipping board
fleet and that the bid is in the mails.
I "There was no misunderstaning of
dates on my part." Mr. Ford said, in
I denying that such was the cause for
the failure of the board to receive a
bid from him when they were opened
two days ago.
Mr. Ford did not divulge the size
of his bid nor its specifications and
: attempts to obtain the Information
from members of his engineering and
i technical staff met with failure.
I
Only one firm submitted a bid to
tho shipping board for the entire fleet
of 200 ships, the BoBton Iron and
Metal company bidding $1,370,000.
Several other Arms bid for p'ortions of
the fleet some of them with the under
standing that if their bid was accept
ed that they would be allowed to sell
parts of the ships which they could
salvage.
Three Women Bathera Drown.
Columbus, (!a. ? Three women wore
drowned here when a dam of a lake in
which they were bathing broke and
swept them down a swollen stream
The dead:
Mrs. W. W. Uainey, Sr., wife of the i
i vice president and general manager of
'the National Show (''ase company of
'this city; her daughter. Miss Delia
i Kalnev, and Mrs. W. W. Ralnev, Jr.
I ' r
Screen 8copes Jud(j?.
Dayton. Tonn. ? Tho eyes of tho
curious will not be permitted to rest
] on Judge John T Jtaulftton. 18th Ton
I nesaee judicial c ircuit, as he dines in
i the Intervals when he is not presiding
i at tho trail of John T Scopes hero
j this month. At the hostel where
i Judge Raulston will bo a guest a
j screen Is being prepared to surround
i the table of the judge
Saloon Bar Made Into Coffin.
Nome Alaska. ? Rurnfy Oihney, I
sourdough of Dawson, Yukon River,
Nome, and the Telle/ Hold Rush fame,,
will be burled In a hand made coffin
fashioned from the mahgonay^ bar of
the Gold Saloon In Dawson.
Oihney died Saturday. He was born
In Ptttaburgh, N. Y.. and waa known
as one of the most benevolent men of
the northtand. He preserved the bar
when prohibiten put the establish- '
meat out of buslneaa and expressed '
? >>? wiah that It he ?sftfe into a coffin.
THREE MINERS DIE
IN POWDER BLAST.
Watertown. N. Y. ? Three
were killed Id a dynamite explosion
on the 1,500 foot level of the mines
of the New Jersey Zinc Company
at Edwards, St. Lawrence County.
Tho bodies were mangled when
one box of dynamite that had Just
been unloaded from a steel bucket
containing three others let go with
terrible force. The cause of the
premature explosion is a mystery.
GETS CARGO OF DRIED EGGS
COMMERCE BETWEEN U. 3. AND
OTHER COUNTRIES SHOW UN.
USUAL CARGOES.
Washington. ? Studies of ocean
borne commerce between the United I
States and other countries by the bu- I
reau of joHcnrch of the shipping board
have d'sclosed various new services I
and unusual cargoes.
"Among these recently noted," the
bureau said "is the trade in raw
cotton between gulf ports and Mur
mansk. Russia, starting last year with
a few scattering cargoes and increas
ing to 10 full cargoes up to the end of
May this year.
Another evidence of developing Rus
sian trade was the movement of three |
full cargoes of agricultural imple
ments which left New York in three i
successive months of spring for Odes- j
sa and Novorosslck, one of these ship
ments Including 21,000 tons of Ameri
can tractors.
"A Canadian milling company also
shipped recently In a single Russian '
order some 164.000 tons of ffour in 34
ships, of which 28 left from American j
ports. M sailing from New York, five
from Baltimore, one from Philadelphia |
and one from Portland. Maine. |
"Another shipment of a nature to
attract attention was a single consign- J
ment of 3,450 tons of dried prunes, j
which left San Francisco during the j
past winter for Hamburg, Germany.
"Imports also develop occasional J
add cargoes, as a shipment of 3.000 !
tons of dried eggs recently received j
in New York from China, and a full I
cargo of hard molasses packed in
baskets which arrived in Philadelphia j
from Java, for use in the manufacture
alcohol.
"The whaling industry is frequently
referred to as a thing of the past, but j
seven cargoes of whale, oil have been 1
received in this country during the
current year.
"Five of these came to New York
from the various island groups locat- '
ed in the south Atlantic ocean in the
vicinity of Cape Horn. The other two
originated off the west coast of Mexl- j
co and were delivered in San Fran- i
clsco and Seattle."
Total Savings Deposits Increase.
Washington^? The aggregate sav- j
ings deposits reported by 890 banks j
distributed throughout the United
States wero $7 829,130.000 June 1,
compared with $7,790,730,000 May 1.
and $7,31 1,316,000 June 1. 1924, the
federal reserve board reported.
The board reported further that no
significant changes occurred dining
May. all districts showing small in- i
creases except the Minneapolis d is- '
trict, which ^pports a slight decline. :
A comparison of savings deposits
June 1. 1925, with a month and a year I
previous is shown by federal reserve
districts in a table) issued by the
board.
In the Boston and New York dis
tricts the figures represent only de
posits In mutual savings banks; in all
other districts where there are but
few mutual savings banks.
In the Richmond i.litrict, Including
Virginia and th" Carolinas, 87 banks
reported as follows June 1, 1925,
$347,000; May 1. 1925. $344,482; June
1, 1924, $309,589.
\
Will Restore First Church.
Washington^ Presbyterians through
out the United States are being call
ed upon to unite In the restoration of
the "Old First Church" of Alexandria.
Va., the scene of many historic asso- ,
clatlons, but now falling to ruin
Members of the national committee
pushing the campaign Include Dr. John
Brier Hlbben, president of Princeton; j
Governor K. Lee Tr ukle, of Virginia; I
Mrs. Selden P Srx . widow of the
late Mlssour '? ;.a .??? I)r Kdwin A. |
Alderman, pr 'd< n o :he University j
of Virginia; Huston Thompson, feder
al trade commissioner; and Mr* Rob -j
ert Lansing, of Washington.
The movement has been actively
under way since April 27. the 141st J
anniversary of the completion of the j
church, and John B Gordon, chairman ]
of the local committee, hopes to have [
sufficient funds on band a year hence
to commence the restoration
Aviators Fall 200 Feet.
Now Orleans - Falling after their
plane became unmanageable, Lee J.
Mason, pilot,, nnd Louis Faust, a pas
senger, escaped with their lives after
a 200 foot plunge Into a Held here.
Mason, who suffered a broken leg.
said he started looping the loop at ap
proximately 1,500 feet and was unable
to right the ship after the fourth turn
In the air. About 200 feet the air
plane crashed straight downward,
burying Its bom In the ground.
Faunt Was only slightly brulsad.
Th* nlsne
CROP PROSPECTS
NOT SO BRIGHT
FIFTH RESERVE DISTRICT RE
VIEW POINTS OUT WEAK
SPOTS.
^Richmond. ? Crop prospects In tho
fifth federal -reserve district are "high'
ly problematical" and prospects for
the near future depend upon weather
conditions, according to the monthly
review of business and agricultural
conditions in the fifth district made
public by the Richmond federal re
serve bank.
The summary of crop conditions de
clares that fruit prospects appear con
siderably worse than a year ago, the
tobacco outlook is not promising and
the weevil is seriously menacing the
cotton crop in South Carolina and
much of North Carolina. Truck crops,
especially Irish potatoes, .ire turning
out below early indications and the
hot. dry weather has cut the early hay
yield very seriously, it was stated.
Conclusions on the business situa
tion In the fifth district at the middle
of June are difficult to draw, conflict
ing testimony being much evidenced,
said the review. In an ngrrcrrH-trral
section like the fifth district, much de
pends upon crop prospects, but at the
present writing these prospects arc
highly problematical. Karly farm
work was done from 10 days to two
weeks earlier this year than usual, but
dry weather in April, cold weather and
frosts in May. and hot. dry weather
during the first half of June delayed
seed germination and plant develop
ment to such an extent that much of
the early start was lost."
Husiness failures in the fifth dis
trict in May exceeded failures in May,
1924, in both number and liabilities.
Textile mills have begun reducing
their output as forward orders are
caught up. The volume of construc
tion work is showing signs of falling
off here and there in the district, and
the volume of retail and wholesale
trade In May was somewhat below the
business done in May, 1924, according
to the review.
On the othor hand, it was pointed
out, debts to individual account figures
show that a larger volume of business
Is passing through the banks of the
leading trade centers than was the
case a year ago. Labor continues well
employed and some improvement has
recently been reported in the coal
fields of the fifth district. Corn and
other grain crops are doing well and
promise relief from the feed shortage
on the farmB. Hank deposits are in
creasing.
Railroad Men Take Out Insurance.
New York ? The largest single group
insurance plan on record, involving
more than 4T>, 000 employes and $150.
000,000 In protection went into opera
tion on three southern railways which
jointly adopted the plan.
The blanket coverage was Issued bjr
the Prudential Insurance Company to
the Louisville and Nashville, the Nash
ville. Chattanooga and St. Louis and
the Louisville, Henderson and St.
Louis railways systems.
The policies provide for payment of
life insurance to employes In amounts
from $1,000 to $3,000, according to sal
aries, and for $1,000 additional in each
case of accidental death.
Two Killed as Cars Collide.
Spartanburg. S. C. ? William (). Hen
derson, 27. proprietor of a store near
Cowpens. nine miles north of Spartan
burg, and James Deal, 34, an employee
of Cowpens mill, were killed wherMhe
light touring car in which they were
driving crashed Into a heavy ice truck
from Spartanburg at a road intersec
tion six miles from the city on the
Charlotte highway.
Deal (lied Instantly and Henderson
lingered about two hours, being
brought to a hospital here.
Gingham Factories Modify Products.
New York.? The Atnoskeag com
pany, of New Hampshire, the largest
manufacturer of ginghams In the
world, has announced a radical change
In the character of Its cotton and
worsted goods production and will Of
fer the fir.4t of Its new lines for spring,
1926 in a few days. Adoption of the
new polity has been prompted by re
cent changes In New England manu
facturing conditions, the desire of
women for soft draping dress mater
ials and the styling and colorings of
cottons suitable for modern dress
wear
?
Fine RefriQerator Companies^
Chicago. Sixteen refrigerator mon
ufacturlng companies pleaded guilty la
federal court to indictments In the
furniture cases under the Sherman
anti trust act nnil fines were assess
ed ranging from $2,000 to $5,000
Gotham Robbers Get Rich Loot.
New York.- J'afo robbera looted the
safe of the Orand Douglas Jewelry
Company In the Maiden Lane Jewelry
district of about $15,000 worth of raw
gold and Jewelry after skillfully chit
nllng out the combination, but left he
hind more than $150,000 worth of gems
In another safe on the floor above,
which they tried to open.
The second safe, belonging to an
other Jewelry firm, was wired to con
nect with a burglar alarm and this a p.
parently frightened the rohbera off.
WILL MEET AT GREENVILI
Baptists To Hold Assembly at Fu|
man Univertity July 20 to
August 2.
Columbia ?Much Interest is beinl
manifest in the annual Baptist aj
sembly which meets on the campus
Furnian university in Greenville. Jull
20 to August 2, inclusive. This is thl
11th successive year that such an
sembly has been conducted by
Baptists of the state at Greenville an|
; has been a marked succors and
great benefit to the denomination.
Indications at present point towarl
a record attendance at the assemblj
from all parts of the state. It is b<
lieved that 2 f>oo or more persons wij
| be present.
' The program for this year will bl
one of unusual interest. Men of higl
degree in their respective lines 'roil
all parts of the l ulled States togetlu
with religious speaker.' of mternJ
(tonal prominence will address *i|
; assembly.
While the spiritual and rHigioul
features will lie emphasized at till
meeting, opportunity will l>e give!
I f.ir conferences. schools, camps, coij
ventions, chautau?|ua. recreation an|
| fellowship.
The departmental plan for th-- ualll
| eritig will include the statewid"
ference on evangelism. July J ll
) ministers' conference, July
I h'\ men's (onfetvnee. July 22*27;
1 ference on denominational affa.rs an|
1 general platform discussions, July
I 27: Women's Missionary society eon
' ference. July 22 27; assembly n>nn;|
j and H. V I' l\ courses. July 22 271
; Baptist state Sunday school convei
i tion, including the federation of
I ganlzed classes, association of Suni]a|
? school pvi"'inn'?c ???i.i ? ration
I elementary workers, July 2^-:??i, Hail
| tist Young People's t'nion conventior
! July .11 to August 2. general chautaij
qua lectures and entertainmtint wij
be given throughout the entire
sembly.
j Of especial interest to the leaderl
in the churches in ihe state will hj
the statewide conference on evange
Ism, July 2d 21. Kvangelism in all itl
phases will be discussed by eminen|
ministers and laymen
i All Baptist ministers and laymen ii
! South Carolina ar? urged to attend
j this conference. Firman universit;
I will provide entertainment for minis
j ters from Monday afternoon unti
j Wednesday morning without, charge
At the minister's .(inference, Julj
i 22-27, Prof. I). J. Blocker. D.D.. Bh.nl
of the department of philosophy
Furman universi-.y will deliver a s?|
ries of lectures on "Gospel Doctrines.*!
The Rev. W. J. McGlothlin, I). I)., LL
D., president of Furman utiiversityl
will also give a series of lectures dui
ing this conference on the "Internal
tlonal Problems of Ministers."
Among the prominent chautumiuf
lecturers and entertainers will be:
Dr. S. W. Hughes, pastor of West
I bourne Park BuptiBt church, of Lon
! don; Dr. Harry Clark. W. Powell
I Hale. I)r Gifford Gordon, Richard T,
I Wyche and Dr. M. N. McCall, of Ha
j vana. Cuba.
Sumter County Will Be Repaid.
Sumter ? Sumter county will. in
due time, be repaid from state and
] federal funds the amount used in
! building an excellent system of paved
I roads. Samuel McGowan, chief high
j way commissioner, said in addressing!
the Sumter Rotary club.
Fears to the effect that Suniterl
would not be repaid had been ex
pressed by some people. Mr. McGowan
said; but and hf re he used a Biblical
phrase. "To him that hath shall bo
given'" Sumter v.ould nut have cause]
to regret what had been done in tha
way of road building.
Mr. McGowan, accompanied by his|
special assistant, W. P. Child r?*d.*
came here to Meet with Dr. K. S.
Booth. Third district commissioner,)
and others, to go over a road between
Bishopville and Lynchburg.
Solve Mystery of Torn Money.
Oreenwoud The mystery surround
ing the tlnding of a large amount of
money in torn bills ranging in denom
inations from $'> to IfiO by three small
boys on the Seaboard Air Line tracks
two miles from the city limits is be
lieved to have been cleared up by I ho
j reported detention (?f Philip Kroskin]
at Monroe N C. Along with the mutl
I lated bills were found three travelers'
cheques Issued fa- the American Kx
| press company In his favor and Con*
! doctor l,ane of Seaboard train No 12
stated that Kroskin was a passenger
on his train, leaving it at Monroe, a^*
? though he had a ticket to Norfolk Va.
| Kroskin was found wandering somo
| distance from Monroe, according to x
report made by I lie conductor to Agent
j J. M. Klliott here, and was being held
at Monroe until his relatives arrived
from Norfolk His address was given
to the local agent from New York)
heod(| ua i t e i s as I 4 I Cast Only roa d, |
Norfolk
Contracts Given For New Schools.
Greenwood Contracts have been)
awarded by the trustees of the Green
wood public schools for a now high
school building and also for a new
school building In South Greenwood
and s new building for the West Hid?
se.hool for Negroes.
The high school contract was award- ?
nd to the Gustafson Construction com-fl
pany of OolumhU for th? sum of $151,
*10 The contrsct for the other twttl
buildings went to fllslr A ftesgor ftffl
Sharon, for s total of I5.13R. - ^ P
Work Is sxp?ct*4 *? %*rtv |