Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH A country can grow no faster than its railroads It is recognized that the South today offers remarkable opportunities for the profitable investment of capital. But, if freight service is to be adequate to care for the increased output of factories, mines, farms and forests, a " very considerable part of this new capital will have to be devoted to railroad development. Investors will naturally place their ! funds in securities yielding attractive , and assured returns. The Southern Railway Company, like any other business, will have to bid for its funds in the general investment markets. The ability of the Southern to obtain needed new capital will depend on its earning power and the rate of return ft offers investors. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Wets Claim Victory Washington, Aug. ?*>.? Defeat of ?(!, Walter Mapp, by Henry Flood Hyrd for the Democratic guberna torial nomination .in th,e Virginia ?tate primaries yesteixlay was <!?? *;cribed tonight by W. H. SUiyton, hoad (if ! lu Association Against the Prohibition A mendment, as the "worst defeat i 11 the history <>f the ?rati*" for the Anti-Saloon league. Asserting that t hi- league frpm t h? beginning'of the conkHst, had "cham pioned Mapp" a i i<i that the' succcf^ lul candidate was expected to "lend his aid to the campaign now being waged to place prohibition officers ?patrolling public highways in uni form, (hat they may Ik- distinguished from ordinary higtowwy men," he said: "The voter* of Virginia have seen their .'error, and t"he State Demo cratic organization has purged itself of charges of domination and control by the Anti-Saloon League." Fir>t honors for the greatest num ber of active spindle hours of cotton mills per spindle in place during June were won by South Carolina, with Noith ('a roil nit secon I 'and Massa chusetts third. The First National Hank of Flor ence, recently organized, opened its doors for business last week and main new accounts were opened. Beware of Debt Debt is a glittering diamond that has tempted many a person to destruc tion. Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 4 Per Cent Paid on Savings Deposits Mountain Excursion VIA Southern Railway System FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1925 Tlu? follow inj; \er\ low round trip faros will apply from ( iimdcn, S. : Asheville, N. $7.55; Hlack Mountain, N. $8.10; Hender sonviJIe, N . ( '., $6.75; Brevard, N. <*., $7.55; Tryon, N. C\, $6.00: Way nesville, N. $8.60; l,ak?* Junaluska, N. $8.50; Walhalla. S. ('., $7.90; Spartanburg, $5.05; (Greenville, $6.15. Proportionate excursion fares to other mountain and seashore resort si. Excursion tickets sold lor all trains except "Crescent Limited," Friday, August 21st. (iood returning to reach original starting point by midnight September 2nd. 1 M2"i. (iood in Pullman and Parlor cars. Haggage checked. A irrand opportunity for vacation and needed recreation. Home cornine celebration at \N alhalla, S. For further information apply to Ticket Agents or S. M. Mcl.KAN, District I'it^s. Agent, ( olumbia, 'S. < '. ? Influence. God allowed two baby boys to COllle to Cttttth. One was given to puiviut* who came f i em forbea ra who had always been accustomed to the bewt that this world has to give. Ho was reared In an atmosphere of culture and re finement, and wealth ahd luxury and l JtTil' , . . The Other was given to parents who lived in squalor and poverty and] in; ci y and net* and disease I hoys grew to manhood amongst j their respective environment. Finally each broke the law and were haled into tihe courts. He who had been fed from the sil- j ver spoon employed lawyers of the ( type who are unscrupulous; whose consciences are either elastic or who ,)}avt none, who do not hesitate to use any means and methods to carry a point. They brought influences,, sub tle and sinister to bear on him who wore the name of judge. The other boy "appeared before the bar of "justice," accompanied by nothing save grim recollections of his past life; the halt!1 battle he had undergone, of his struggles to , get something to eat. > Well, the lawyem fiddled about and prepared a smoke screen and present ed petitions and affidavits which were not the truth, and stretched the facts and did other stunts that some law yers will not hesitate to do. And the judge let their client go back to hi? place in society, without blot or blemish on his escuuhean, so far as the laws of men are concerned. And the second man, without friends at count and without funds and possessed of nothing except a bitterness of his .soul, was convicted and sentenced to stripes. And as the days went by and he toiled in the hot sun, the bitterness in his soul grew. He was ignorant and unlearned and his powers of mentality and understanding were not, because they had not lj>eer> (le vel oped. Finally he thought he had a chance far escape from a system which he knew was unfair and unequal in its administration. He started to run in his chains; but his guard saw his im tent ion and parked a load of shot in his back and he left to face a real Judge. The next days tihe newspapers carried aceount-s of his end: Anions those who read was the other boy, who had been In* f pre tihe bar and who had Inen let off l>ecausc of his fam ily and his ability to hire counsel. "1 remember that fellow," he re marked to an associate,' as he dropped the paper. "He was a vicious type, and he has gotten what he de served." And one of God's recording angel's heard his remark, .and reaching for the record book in which was re corded his name, made this entry: "Consigned already to% hell. No hypocrites are allowed in heave!).'' ? Yorkville Knquirer. Proved a Good Samaritan As J. B. Trexler, trouble man for the Hamleit telephone office was go ing to 1 jiiui inburg Tuesday afternoon on a trouble call, he found Roy Hardie a young farmer of the Old Hundred neighborhood lying by the road with both bones in his left leg broken Ik-Iow tin- knee. Trexler stopped :: tut as soon as h" le:>rned the trouble he w? ru out to a neai by barn, tore off a plank and with hi? pocket kn.fe whittled out a .-t t o I splints. Then he tore up an old guano sack for padding, set the broken bones and splinted them good and tight, (letting a wagon he took j { he injured man to his home and ?ai!? <l I >i . Livingston from (iibson. j Wh? n the doctor arrived he said that t h ? bone setting was done ju.-t as well as any doctor could have done r1. , and all he did was : < > replace the rough .splints with >ome lighter ones. A!! Hell Teleph<?ne employees are >>>ons in first aid. and it was a t'.r.e thing for Hardie that this Samaritan wa sa telephone man. The accident occurred just a few minutes before Trexler came along. Hardie was riding his horse looking for si.me hogs which had gotten out of his lot and the horse slipped on the paved road and fell on Hardie's !? g, breaking b?;h bone>. ? Hamlet M i' ?i nge 1 . football Star Champion Bricklayer ^Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 5.? Laying o<>l) brick a day, or approximately | three and one-half carloads, James Brown, an I ndian and former Carlisle football player, has gained a reputa tion among const ruction workers on a highway near here as being the world's champion brick layer. So fast does he work that five men a re kept busy keeping him supplied ?vith brick and two others are used to keep the fact- <>f the r??a<j even ahead of him. He receive* $2 an hour or $1G -h day. During 1924, Palestine received a? immigrants Jl.y&l Jews. Boy Scout New?. Tn< H v ? > Soiut.s of Troop 2, Cam den, liave just returned from their summer camp at l>iivkm'? Mill pond, i There they enjoyed themselves very ? much under the capable management of John K, - de Loach, scout-master, and James DeLoaehe, assistant. On this camp many Scouts passed va rious test*. As a whole the Troop has advanced very much In Scout ing and the boy* have resolved .to ; carry out -their duties in scouting to the best of their Ability during the following year. Several lirst class scouts of this tro^p have passed va rious merit badges and most of the boys have advanced to higher posi tions. The troop will continue to have its regular meetings on Friday nights, at the Scout Hall, John Richardson, Scribe. The progressive business people of MeCormiek have organized a Cham ber of Commerce, employing a full time paid secretary, E. C. Horton, of Ahbcville, for a number of years edi tor of the Abbeville Medium. Reports from county agents in 23 counties representing all parts of the state for the week ending August 1, show that the weevil still is increas ing in practically all the Pee Dee and Southern counties, with the condition reported as no change in some up state counties. CLAIMS PASSED BY COUNTY BOARD of DIRECTORS Auk. 4, 1925 Blaney Mercantile Co., gas, oil, supplies .. $430.03 A. C. Rose, oil, parts, etc . . . . 14.95 C. M. Mahaffey, wages, etc .. 658.50 L). McDonald, auto parts . . . . 3.60 R. F. Gregory, salaries and wages, main force 229.00 W. W. Cauthen, blacksmith work .. . .. 73.35 R, C. Bennett, work as black smith , 13.00 S, R. Kirkland, wages, etc. .. 511.50 Bethune Mercantile Co., -sup plies .... . . 182.92 M. H. Deal, salary July . . . . 125.00 S. C. Zemp, M. D., lunacy ex amination 5.00 Speedway Filling Station, gas and oil 139.49 F. S. Shirlev, digging day pit . . 20.00 Standard Machinery Co., sup plies ? . . . 501.00 Gulf Refining Co., gas and oil 143.00 L. B. Ogburn, salary 100.00 R. C. Bennett, work on road machine and parts . . .. 23.25 S. H. Ross, groceries 57.72 S. \V. Rose, salary . . . . . . 100,00 I^aurens T. Mills, poor fund and salary clerk 350.00 YV. F. Russell or hearer, salary coroner 41.GG Samuel N. Nicholson or bearer, salary, envelopes, etc. .. . . 91.0-1 S. P. Watkins or bearer, salary and expenses J.. 1 55.00 i \V. I,, Stokes oV bearer, salary and expenses .. . . . . 155.00 D. M. McCaskHl, salary and court vouchers .. 804.85 The Bank of Camden, payrolls, etc 216.23 J. Team Gettys, salary super intendent of education .. .. 110.66 J. G. Richards, Jr., salary Board of Education .. .. .. 36.00 J. Team Gettys", postal cards, stamps, etc. 3.55 J. H. McLeod, salarv Deputy Sheriff 100.00 Broadway Garage, parts and Kupplies 2.95 A. W. Humphries, M. D., lun atic examination 5.00 T. B. McClain, carbide for Wateree bridge 19.50 The R. L. Bryan Co., legal blanks and j. book 10. 57 T. R. Copeland, salary const. 9 days at $1.10 9.90 Beard's Filling Station, gas, oil, tube, etc 27.90 Elizabeth DuB. Boykin, salary and travel 136.36 CI. F. Cooley, salary, woges and supplies 523.35 G. C. Welsh, salaries sheriff and jail janitor; jail fees, etc 300,70 Park View Filling Station, gas, oil, tube, etc 10.40 J. W. Sanders, salary and travel 83.33 j J. M. Moseky, salary 100.00 j S. H. Micke, salary July .. .. 125.09 L. T. Hornsby, salaries self and J. L. Thorn 175,00 E. B. T ruesdel, salary 30.00 Kershaw Mercantille & Bank ing Co., supplies -1.20 Citv Filling Station, gas, oil, (.'tc 161.27 \V. L. McDowell, salary and lunacy ? 26.66 Walter Jacobs, salary janitor . . 40.00 B. E. Sparrow or bearer, sal ary and postage 56.55 Rush Lumber Co., lumber . . . 77.45 Carolina Motor Co., Inc., gas, oil. supplies 128. SI Camden Iron and Brass Works, supplies 36.65 Burns and Barrett, supplies . . J 03.66 Standaixl Oil Co., gas, kero sene and oil 135.01 C. R. Cassady, supplies . . . . 36.25 Underwood Typewriter Co., balam-<* on typewriter . . . . 4X.03 W. L. Hunnicutt or bearer, Hil ary, rmleage, otc 115.00 Dixon's Grocery, soap, wash ing powder, etc 1.70 J. W. A. Sanders, exam. Joe Lawson Branham 5.00 R. E. Gregory 10. 50 C. A. West, Sf. I).. me<lical at tention 35.80 Maekey Mercantile Co., sup plies 51.55 G. W. Huggins &. Son, black smith work 11.55 Beard's Filling Station, gas and oil ? . . . .... 14.35 J. A. Thorn, salary July .. .. 100.00 ToUl .. * w t ? $8^87.58 L. T. MILLS, Cl*rk. A CROOK IN JAIL. ?'Cqw Pea King" Arrested After u l.ong Career of Fraud. (Saturday's State,) John V. Jackson, known some' times as the 'Vow pea king", the "ft IK' bird dog man" and the "cabVage plant seller", though he is also al leged to have had dealings in day old c hit kv, is once again in the toils, he having been arrestee! some days ago in Fort Me4<ki, Flu., by A. J. Knight, postdfflce inspector. Jackson is now in the jail at Greenville and in Sep tember will be tried at Hock Hill in the federal court on charges of using the mails to defraud, according to the inspector. Jackson, according <to the pofttof fice inspector, was indicted last Nov ember at Greenwood^, on charges of using the mails to defraud and was held under bond in the .sum of $2, 000 for his appearance at ihe Feb ruary term in Greenwood in 1925. The defendant, according to the in spector, jumped his bond and from that time until a few days ago, the federal official has been endeavoring to locate him, haying made trips to various places when "tips" were re ceived relative to whereabouts of Jackson. Some days ago, Inspector Knight received information that ,a man going under the name of J. C. Riser was dealing in real estate around Miami, Fla., and the inspec tor having reason to believe that Jackson and Riser were the sanvg man lost no time in getting under way to the I^and of Flowers. He soon spotted his quarry, arrested him personally, heard him, he says, ad mit that he was John Y. Jackson and was sent to Greenville where he is now awaiting trial. "Jackson is the most persistent ad vertiser who has been defrauding people that , I have met since I have been in the federal service," Inspec tor Knight said yesterday. Jackson, according to the inspec tor, has operated in many towns and under various names in this section and has been a steady advertiser in the newspapers. Some of the names under which he operated were H. B. Jackson &. company, Cash Oarry store, Rocky Creek Dog Ken nels, Johnston Plant company, Edge field Dog Kennels, Saluda Dog Ken nels, J. L. Young Conway, A. J. Pat rick, 'Monck's Corner and J. C\ Riser, Florida. Under one or the other of these names, Jackson is alleged to have advertised for sale fine bird dogs, cow peas, cabbage plants, potato plants, and day old chicks. Some times, the postoffice inspector says, the advertiser would fill his orders. At other times, the orders would not be filleil or if filM, sou', would b? of Inferior qMli,r~; when ivturned by the purchaser, would be s^t *k some other ? customer. j? Knlffht saya he knows of one**?* dog for which Jackson receive ?5? Many farmers answered the J tisements and bird dog fancies res poiidwl . H "Jackson could wriu an adv^ ment of a bird dog that would a dog fancier's tongue hang <J . his mouth," Inspector Knight "After Jackson had been indicted -and had made bond," lnsp<J/ Knight said, "he continued hp <T e Nations and I have a 'fraud oitleV from him, in which he authoring postal authorities at any poatoffo i). the United States <o withhold trx>* .it livery any mail addressed to ?naane or to any -business which J might originate. After signing un order, he advertised dog# for ^ under the name of the Edgefield S!>j Kennels' and the Saluda Dog Ke* nels, but he only secured two or Un orders at Edgefield before I becai* aware of his activities and, exercising the right given under his 'fraud or. j der' returning the mone^ to the send- i era. "After the Edgefield and the Salu. da incidents, Jackson in January, 1925, advertised peas for sale under the name of J. L. Young, Conway, and secured a considerable amount ot money from fartners?some $1,500 perhaps? and he deposited thi? ( money in a bank at Conway. For some reason Jackson left Conway and also left the money on deposit. Com, plainants who claimed to have lost money by his operations, attacked this deposit and I understand this bank returned the money to the losers ? or such part of it as had not been used by Jackson. "Jackson, not knowing that this money had been disposed of, drew a check for $35, making J. C. Rtew the payee ? the check was signed by ( J. L. Young. This check passed through a bank at Fort Meade, Fk, after having been cashed by a real estate man, and finally arrived at the bank' at Conway. This Conway -institution at once notified Postoffice "Inspector G. McGregor, who was handling fraud causes, and McGregor communicated with me, telling me of the arrival of the check at Conway.. I at once went -to Florida and after looking at another signature to ? check was convinced that Riser and Jackson were one and the same man. I arrested him, and now Jackson, who admitted his identity when under ar rest, is in jail in Greenville." Jackson u> operated at Mondts Comer as A-. J. Patrick, Inspector Knight said. ? y> ? ; ? <y The Machinery Supply House W e carry United States, Penberthy< Leader, Metropolitan In- I jectors and Hancock Inspirators. Rubber, Leather and Gandy ' Belt. Oil Cups, Lubricators, Engine and Boiler Trimmings. American Steel Split Pulleys. Shafting, Hangers and Couplings, l'ipe, Valves, Fittings, Iron and Bolts. Everything the Ginner and Mill Man wants. We have Howe Scale Company's 700-pound Cotton Scales. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 West Gervais St. . ? Columbia, S. C. This isn't the heaviest buying season for dairy men who trade with us, but it is the busiest time of year for you. We real ize that every minute counts with farmers dur ing the summer months, when a working day is from dawn to dark. There is one simple way for you to save valuable time. Feed your cows a flood prepared dairy ration daily through the summer. Not only will you save the labor and trouble of home-mixing, but r youll be giving the cows the diet they need ? one "'?* 9W that wiU Insure larger and more profitable milk pro duction, both now and in the fall and winterrnooths. To fill your needs, we are carrying a full stock of dairy feed as usual. You won't find us "out" when you call. We shall see that every order is filled promptly, and that de livery is made without delay. We feel that we owe it to our customers to give an all-year service, and to suit 1 1 to y our special needs at any time of year. j We want you to take full advantage of this service.