The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 12, 1926, Image 1
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KK. I'OWBR DEVELOPMENT.
goutheastofii Power . Company Will
Jiuild $20,000.00 Plant.
( narteuton, Nov, 6.-?Construction
?f a $20,000,000 hydro-electric power
plant near Clark's HU1, in this state,
jH planned by the Southeast**!) Power
a?d Light Company,, which recently
acquired control of the Charleston*
Consolidated Railway and Lighting
Company. This plant will supply
Charleston with electric power. Lines
from the plant will also be built to
Atlanta and Macon.
** Announcement of the projeoC'was
made yesterday. This ia the ft rat development
in the Southeastern Company's
plans to be made public since
the announcement of the purchase by
it of the local railway, gas and electric
properties. The plant will be located
on the Savannah river and In
South Carolina and Georgia. Clark's
Hill is twenty-one utiles above Au
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gusta. "
Application has been filed with the
Federal Power . Commission for aua
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thority to construct the dam by thvj
Savannah River Electric * Company,
a corporation organized in Sodth Carolina,
with its headquarters at Greenwood,
and associated with the Georgia
Railway and Power Company. Both
these companies are subsidiaries of
the Southeastern Power and Light
Company.
Officers of the Savannah River
Light Company include H. M. Atkinson,
Atlanta, chairman of the board
of directors; P. S. Arkwright, Atlanta,
president; Stuart Cooper, Charleston,
vice president; W. H. Wright, Atlanta,
secretary and "treasurer. Jhe following
comprise the board of directors:
H. M. Atkinson, P. S. Arkwiight,
Stuart Cooper, E. P. Grier, of.
Greenwood, and *W.~H. Wright,
The development is a part of the
program of the Southeastern company
to give other sections of South
Carolina the advantage of hydro-electric
power now enjoyed by the Piedmont
section and to give other parts
of Georgia the same advantages of
hydroelectric potver now enjoyed by
Atlanta and North and West Georgia,
and to provide ample supply of ^ower
foi new industries in growing towns
and cities in ? the region which it
serves. The new lines: to Atlanta,
Charleston, and Macon will be built as
a part of this program.
The proposed dam will be of ' solid
concrete construction, ninety feet
high, eigrtteen hundred and fifty feet
of spillway and overall length of thirty
ght hundred feet including approaches,
and will cost $20,000,000.
Besides making use of the normal
flow of the river, the flow from the
great storage reservoirs of the Georgia
Railway and- Power Company,
already existing In. .the headwaters,
will be used to increase the power
output of the project during periods
of low stream flow. The ultimate installation
will consist of four thirtythousand
horsepower units, totalling
1 -0,000 h6rjiep0^er.
The Savannah RiVer Electric Company
is prepared to proceed with the
construction of the dam as Soon aS the
federal license is granted, ac*
count of thii magnitude of the project,
it will take\eyeral years to complete
the development.
The lake created by thp construction
of this dam will cover an area of 35,000
acres, oj>flfty-five square miles.
It will back water up' the Savannah
River a distance of thirty-two miles,
to the junction of the Broad and Savannah
rivers at Petersburg, up Little
River in Boutlj Carolina eleven miles
and up dibeie river In Georgia twentyseven
miles.
The distance tourid the ahbre line of
this lake Will be four hundred miles.
The lake will be parlly i?? CoUjmd>ia,
McDuffie, Wilkes and Lincoln
counties j|tr. Georgia and McCormick
vounty in &outh Carolina.
Will Have Annual Dinner.
The anmial dinner of the Chamber
?f Commerce will be held at the Masonic
Hell on Thursday evening at 8 |
?'clock, November 18th. The price
will be $1.00 per plate. There will be
no canvas for membership, and no
dues asked- for at this meeting. The
directors of the Chamber of Commerce
and other interested citttfn*
will audceahott talks about Chamber
?f Commerce work and a musical pro*
gram will be rendered. The dinner
will be in Charge of Miss Minnie Clyburn,
J. B. Zemp and J. M. Vlllen?srue,
which is a guarantee that yoa
_ will get irour s
I'KB.V HKR T() ,>HlgON
Mini?<?r ?u7u Serving Ht-it-}
of I en Years f(lr |, orK(.r).
H?ttic?burff. Mi?s., Nov. h Hjs < ?.
mL,"] "i ,IUWKP?per ,,ub.
, , ,t;ul ea,"u' developer and welrZuTtn'
?hallWl' "r S"
rested tonight )? confinement at the
t?te priaon farm at J'archman.
He was sentenced in circuit court
here today t? ten ye?rs' imprisonment
on each of seven indictments chare-1
ooo i7"ry, ,not<!" lotali"? W5'"
000. He pleaded guilty. His seven
tn ycui sentences were ordered to I
run concurrently.
Doctor Harmon, who was described
y one of his attorneys as the "most
distinguished man in his line in the
state" was removed to Parchman late
y Joe Cook, president of the
tatc Teacheis college who was dep- J
Otized by L. T Fox, superintendent
of prisons. Francis Harmon and G.
C. Hurmon, sons of the prisoner, were
the only persons who accompanied
nijp. Before his departure, Doctor
Harmon was permitted to visit the
Hattiesburg offices of several friends,
to bid them farewell. The former
preacher displayed the same fortitude
that marked his behavior in court today.
Stone Deavours of .Laurel, one of
the three attorneys who voluntarily
represented Doctor Harmon without
yay, surprised many of the several
hundred spectators in the crowded
court room while speaking in behalf
of his client, when he decla^d that
Dr. Harmon had forged several notes
even after he had confessed to the]
charges which resulted in his indict-1
ment. The attorney contended that
the more lecent forgeries proved Dr.
Harmon was not responsiblejjfcr his
actiops.
Mr. Deavours said that members of
Dr. Harmon's family eventually would
make full restitutions to the banks
which paid approximately $00,000 to
Dr, Harmon on notes and bonds bearing
forged signatures of several of
the former minister's friends and relativist
.
W. Calvin Wells, of Jackson, an-1
other of Dr. Harmon's attorneys in- J
troduced a letter from J. M. Buchanan,
former superintendent of the East
Mississippi Hospital for insane at
Meridian which revealed that a specialists
examination had shown Doctor
Harmon to be a victim of irresistable
impulses over which he had no control.
The latter said Dr. Harmon is
legally sane because he is able to distinguish
right from wrong.
Dr. G. W. F. Rembert of the Jackson
infirmary also was quoted by Mr.
Deavours .as representing that Doctor j
Harmon is suffering from chronic
lymphatic leukaemia, a mental disease-.
.
Mr. Currie, the last of the de?eose
attorneys to take the floor, told of
the excellent reputation that Doctor
Harmon Jiad built up in Hattiesburg.
Before Judge Hall h^d an opportunity
to pronounce sentence the Rev.
Ben Rovjjes, a minister who had known
Dr. Harmon for many years, made a
plea for his friend.
Judge Hall then expressed his sympathy
for Dr. Harmon and members
of his family. The judge complimented
the defense lawyers for their ability
and their exhibition of friendship
in volunteering their services to Dr.
Harmon. He then pronounced sentence.
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Each of the seven notes to which
Dr. Harmon admitted he forged' thenames'of
friends, were for $5,000.
Five of the documents-bore the false
signature >of L. O. Crosby, wealthy
lumberman of Picayune, Miss. The
other two were signed with the name
of Dr. T. JE. Ross, ?r., ? Hattiesburg
physician. Shortly hefore Dr. liar*
mon was indleted (ktobrir -lS, a board
of trustees was formed to take over
all of his assets for use in refunding
the cfebts incurred by fraudulent
methods. H. S. Steven^, a lawyer,
and Victor M. Scanhin, a lumberman,
and banker, compose' the boapd^of
trustees.
Francis Harmon, hie son, gaich Dr.
Harmon had spent a substantial sum
in defraying the college expense* of
several students, none of whom-waa
related to hl#R
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^e county offices of Buffalo
cotinty, South Dakota,' were alt captured
by full blooded Indiana in the
elections ot> last week. This is the
first time that such a, thing has occurred
in American history. The India**-will
hoRUthe offices of clerk
of .court, auditor, rnriste*_of deeds,
sheriff, tax assessor and county commissioner.
THE AMERICAN LEGION TRIE.
Elans Being Perfected To Carry Many
Ex-Soldiers Back To France.
The Second A. E. F. of the American
Legion will begin to mobilize November
lb, for the 11*27 France pilgrimage
it was announced yesterday
by Sam L. Latimer,- Jr., Columbia.
Department France Convention Officer
for South Carolina. Lines of advance
for the second peaceful invasion
of France by the Yanks have been
carefully mapped and the Pepartpieilt
France Convention Officer in each
State is prepared to handle reservations
as rapidly as they come, it wap
announced.
A magnificent fleet of ships selected
from seven great transatlantic
steamship lines await the date of embarkation
of the Legionaires for the
Second A. E. F., the Department
France Convention officpr said. In*stead
of being packed like sardines on
a single deck as in the first A. E. F.,
veterans on the second trip over will
have the fjc^edorfi of the ship. Railroad
here and broad, steamship lines, governments
and organizations, are competing
in plans to show the Legionaires
a royal good time abroad.
The number of pensions and hotels
in Paris and steamships available definitely
limit the number of Legionuiies
who can be handled in the Second
A. E. F. to 30,000, the Department
,France Convention Officer announced.
A warning was issued yesterday
that Legioriaires, Paris bound,
who wished to make assured a place
in their state delegations should get
their reservations in at on?fi.? The
30,000 available reservations have
been allocated in quotas to the various
states. A France Convention Officer
has been appointed for each state and
all reservations must pass through
his office and be certified by him. No
reservations will be made after May
13th, 1927, it was announced.
Almost 15,000 coupon requests for
information have already been- filled
out and mailed to the France Convention
Committee^ National Headquar'
ters, of We American Legion, by veterans
planning to make the Paris
journey, it was anounced. Analysis of
the coupons sent in indicate the majority
of veterans planning to be a
part of the second A. E. F. desire a
most comfortable passage, selecting a
grade of accommodation costing about
$250. The Legionaires almost all
express a desire to spend some time
abroad, ranging from one , week \o
eight in Paris, either before or after
the convention. The battlefield and
cemetery tours arranged promise to
be most popular th^coupons show.
Forms supplied the Department
France Convention Officer for the use
of Legionaires are unusual in travel.
They are a combination.of request for
steamship reservation, housing and
transport. Approximately $1,000,000
will be saved Legionaires making the
trip by agreement of foreign countries
to accept American Legion certificates
without^ pass^^^vrsi charge.
That an attractive two-color steamship
folder giving full information
about the Paris journey, the rates, and
how to make a reservation will be distributed
upon request to Legionaires
interested in the trip was announced
by the Department France Convention
Officer.
Deaths Fron* /Waffle
The South cut down its traffic toll
last week to 47 killed and 252 injured*
as compared with 78 killed and 813
injured the previous week, in accidents
in eleven Southern states, according
to Associated Frew records.
l^orth Carolina, which showed an
increase in casualties, led" in, number
otdeaths, with 15, and; with 46 injured
Tan second to Florida, which reported
51 hurt Rur the week.
Florida's death of seven included
two aviators killed in crashes at Pensacola.
6outf? pirdHna reported three
killed and nine injured.
, Negro Diea From Injuries
Smith Thompson, Jr., 22 year old
negro of the Boykin section, died
Thursday night of last week from
self-inflicted injuries. The end came
?t the Camdep hospital where he had
been under guard since he brutally
murdered his 18 year old uAfe Monday
morning of last week. After
shooting his wife Tie then beat her
with an axe handle and cut her
throat. Later he slashed his own
throat and was carried to the hospital.
Although he had suffered the
loss of a large quantity oE blood, th<
weual m H
at first thought be had a good chance
of recovery.
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WORK BRINGS Bl'CCKSS.
Horry County Citizen Profits By \K.
rieulture.
Nichols, Nov. 4.?In these days,
I when so many farmers are discourjuged
with the outlook fpr agriculture,
Jit^s heartening to find men who know
Ifrfrra experience what South Carolina
ao^l will do when properiy manage J
and who have reached their present
J positions through work on the farm.
1 tfuch a farmer is E. M. Mears of
I Hot ry^coupty, who today owns land
j with a comfortable dwelling and tenlant
houses, runs ten plows Oh 200
J a^res of cleared land; is a stockholder
and director in the Bank of Nichols;
la leader in all movements looking to
I the betterment of his community and
Ian ardent church member.
| !"Mr. Mears, when he looks back over
I his life, says that to the soil Und to
I his Creator?for he is a deeply .ireligl
ious man?he owes his success. Before
he attained his majority he 'bought, on
I credit, 50 acres of land in Horry coun1
ty, married and moved into a tworoom
tenant house with a clay chimney.
Thus he farmed for two years!
with fair success; then came a lean
year and he was unable to meet his
obligations, being forced to go to his
j creditors to ask for an extension of
time. His request was granted and
the next year he was able to meet
his current, obligations and in addition
I pay up all his back debts.
j For 20 years thereafter Mr. Mears,
J farmed?he doesn't know how to tacI
kle a job half heartedly?he threw his
whole energy and interest in his'farm
1 woi k and found hiuiBelf steadily forg-I
ling ahead. His policy was to raise on'
hip farm everything possible for home !
use?to buy from the store only what I
it was impossible, to raise. Ho has!
I never^had the experience of buying'
either hay or grain. H<y is a firm believer
in diversification of crops on all
J his lands and sees to it that the seven
J families of tenants on flis place apply !
I the same principles. Today he finds |
himself in comfortable circumstances, i
I Jpb, own educational advantages!
rtvcre meager?attendance for four j
sessions of three months' schools com-;
prised his "school training^But the'
seven ehildren born to Mr. and Mrs.!
Mears have all had the training to bh j
secured in a good high school and two I
of them hold college diplomas.
J <?ere is the advice of {dr. Mears to
J the farmer whq may be disheartened:
j 'Buckle down to work and economize.
Replace your automohile with a plow."
Mr. Mears doesN not lose sight of the
spiritual side of man. f&r he 'adds,
"Attend church every Sunday and
bqar in mind that success cannot be
attained without faith in God."
Mrs. Mears plays her part in the
Mears'household jaamirably.. She has
V>reserved and cafhned surplus farm
and garden products and has made
herself a business partner with her
husband.
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'.Three Bank*. Closed.
Greenville, Nov. 8.?Three Greenville
county banks, two of them ?
eated at Fountain Inn and the other
at^ Fork iShoals, failed to open -for
business this morning. The banks
which did not open are the Bank of
Fountain Inn, the Peoples Bank of
Fountain Inn.and its subsidiary, the
Bank of Fork Shoals;
-^ Decision to close the institutions
for a period of 30 days was reached
at a conference between Albert $.
Fant, state bank examiner, and his
assistant, W. R. Wptkins. Heavy extension;
granted ctfctomers and inability
to realize on receivables sufficiently
to meet daily clearings are
i said to be responsible for the closing.
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Increase in Cotton ^
Washington, Nov. 8.?Art increase
of 464,000 bales In the indicated cotic'?P
during the last two' week&
resulted today in a department of
agriculture forecast of a total yield
of 17,918,000 bales.
Basing its forecast on conditions
and other factors prevailing November
1, the estimate placed the crop at
more than one and three-quarter million
bales larger than l*st year. Census
bureau statistics of cotton ginneo.
prior to November 1 placed the quantity
at 11,259,038 bales.
_Tb*re is much cotton unpicked, the
crop reporting board a*id, adding that
there fs some "disposition to leave the
lower grades in the fields. |
The indicated production by states'
I included the following, South Caroi
lina M450.000, North CeroliAi 1,210,t
000, Georgia 1.490.000, Texas 5,550,
000. The number of bales reported
4 ginned in South Carolina was 676,143.
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LI.ION FOR HOSPITALS.
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liuKi1 Amount For HoHpitalluttlion
Work in Two Carolina*. e
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| I)ui'lmin, N. C., Nov. 3.?More than
a million Hollars a year will be available
for hospitalisation work in North
and South Carolina within the next
year or two, under the provisions
made by the late J as. 11. Duke, according
to a statement made by George G.
Allen, chairman of the board of trustees
of the Duke endowment, while in
Durham on his return to New York
after a tour of inspection over the
system of the Duke Power Company
and affiliated corporations.
Mr. Allen, who is one of the three
executors of the will of the late Mr.
Duke, would make no estimate of the
possible "residuary estate" of the toi
ba?ep and power magnate from which
aftor certain other provisions, hoepi|
talization work in the Carolina* will
! receivfe 90 per cent of the.income, but
it is certain that the total will exceed
a million dollars, probably by 1928,
when the affairs of the benefactor
have been completely straightened
out.
I It will be recalled that Mr. Duke
provided in hik creation of the Dukp
J endowment of $40,000,000 for hospital
work to receive 82 per cent of the
income. His will provided that 90 per
cent of the income from the "residuary
estate" be devoted to looking after
charity cases on a basiB of $1 per
day j>er patient, the other )0 per cent'
going to Duke university. 3
Mr. Allen recalled that after complete
provision is made for such hospital
cases in hospitals meeting certain
requirements any surplus may be
devoted to assisting in the construction
of hospitals but reminded that no
part of this fund will be used in con*
structing hospitals outright. When
funds for hospital buildings are available,
they will supplement funds of
communities, counties or other groups.
The Duke Power company is now
capitalized at slightly'more than $90,000,000.
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Three Fires at Kershaw.'
On last Wednesday afternoon a
small tenant house belonging to ft. M.|
Perry and occupied by Mid Clyburn
and family, colored, burned during i
the absence of the family, who were],
in the field at work. The house was!
situated at the back of the home ofj
Mrs. Hattie Truesdale.
. On the night of the same da^r the
home of Anthony Williams, also cpl-1
ored, which was Bituated just A short
distance south of Kershaw; on the old
road leading from town to Hanging I
Rock Creek bridge, Was burned, and|
occasioned a right heavy loss to .Wil-j
liamBi ' .. -v
On Monday night the dwelling of
Ben F. Copeland, about 8*A miles
south of town on the Lockhart road,
which was ocupied -by Mr. Copeland,I
and Leroy ^lendrlx, was discovered on
fire by Mr. Mendrlx, when he-awaken-1
ed out of hisurieep to find the partition j
wall of 4iis bedroom on fire, the flames
already having burned through _the
celling andto the roof. He had a
somewhat nkrrow escape by awaking
just in time to get out of thebuildtng. 1
Mr. Copeland Whs not at home at the
time. The dwelling, a Jour-room. co?> 1
Tage, was' insured for $800. -Borne of I
the furnishings were saved, but there
was no insurance on the furniture, and
that which was burned was a totau
loss;?Kershaw "Era.
Mr. Cobb (Sees To Paw Creek j
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis F. Cobb are!
leaving today, for Paw Creek, N. C.,
where Mr. Cobb will * be assistants
superintendent at the Thrift Mann-1
facturing company, one of the planUj
of the Kendall Mills, Incorporated.
Mr. Cobb haaffcflff-Sfee past seven
years beenv the efficient employment
manager of the Wateree Mills division j
in ttys 'city and has been active in
all community work, not only in the
mill village, but also in affairs of the
citv. He has made many frjpnds in
thw. city who regret that his new
duties will take him and Mrs. Cobb
t away from" Camden. Mr. Cobb is
j efficient* courteous and- accommodatl
ing and will make good in -bis new
I fiehL AlllI leaves Camden- with the
good wishes of all who know him. v r
gTiTre iwwis."V
Many of ths tree trunks in the petrified
forest in Northern Artaoinr exi
ceed one hundred feet in length. During
decomposition the cells of . the
wood were replaced by material fjom
the sandstone in the surrounding land.
Chalcedony, opals, and Agates are
found, while many trees approach the
of jasper end ?>^**
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TODAY IS SCHOOL DAY
|AT THE COUNTV FAIR
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The annual Kershaw Couhty Fail' .jM\
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opened Wednesday with a good attendance
and yesterday saw an evon
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greater attendance.
Today, Friday^ will undoubtedly *99 "
one of the targest Crowds ever *te-~
sembled at a county fair here. It is
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county school day and the school chlU
dren and teachers will be admitted.
free. ^j|H
The exhibits this year are excep- ^
tionally good and well displayed in the ~<J>; ,V
now exhibition building. The general '-.J*
farm exhibits and. the various bome
demonstration club exhibits by the
various communities attract great atr'
tention. And claiming nohe the leas
interest is the poultry display of.
chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks. |
The chief intercut centers in the
chickens where m|U?y are being shotdn *; v$a
which took prizes at the South Caro*.,^?-'i'tffj
lina state fair.
The Bomardi Greater Shows are 1 'PPJi
furnishing high class entertainment
with usual carnal attractions. ,
Saturday has been designated as
colored school day when the colored 1
students and the*r teachers will be , ; fj
admitted to the grounds free ; of* :^:T
charge.
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I RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Annual Drive For Membership in
-Charge jot Mrs. May field
The annual Red. Cross Roll Call for : T"
membership and renewals is now on
throughout the nation, and ? in this
county this year it is in charge^df*
Mrs. W. J, Mayfield, who hopes that ' . ;<vf!
our people will readily respond. ... .. .
This great organization has wellearhed
the title "Our Nation's Badge
lof Mercy." THey <*<> anywhere to
people in distress and arc generally
first on the scene. When giving Jo
this organization one should be&h in
Ailnd that not all money goes to
foreign fields or away from home.
Much (.of this money goes to minis-v J
trations locally made?right here In 1
Camden, and in - Kershaw county
among our own people who< are In
need.
Join, and rejoice to do your own
part in this great work;
I Lexington Fays For Lynching.
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Lexingtdn, Nov. 9.?Adger Allen,
negro, in behalf of the estate of Will
Allen, toas given a' directed verdict
for $2,000 against Lexington County
Monday afternoon by Judge M. L.
Bonham, presiding at .the court of
common pleas here.
The salt against Lexington county
I was the result of the lynching of Will
I Allen, negro, which occurred August
23, 1921, near the Kewberiy-Lexington
county^linss. Will Allen shot and
[killed Noah' Frick, a white man of thvj - ~7?
lOhapin section, and was discovered
hiding in a ditch the following dfcy,
[and shot to death.
[ Suit was brought to rectover dam[
ages guaranteed in lynching under the
[constitution of 1806. The case was
tried once before and resulted in a
I verdict for the county, but the* plaintiff
was granted a nfew trial.
The case was called early Monday j ']
and consumed.the entire day. Counsel
for the plaintiff made a motion
for a directed vefdict, whiih. Judge
Bonham granted.
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES
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A three-story frame tobacco warehouse
at Gallatin, Tenn,, was destroyed
by fire Saturday with a property
loss of $150,000^
A life size bronze statue asa
[ mcmoiial to the late Champ Clark,
former speaker of the national house
of represfentativea^w^ll be unveiled at
Bowling Gretn.wo., next Saturday.. [
Dry agents seized tbe warehouse of
[the Keap Warehouse, Inc., in New ;
| York on Friday, alleging that liquor
| was being handled there illegally. Tbe
seizure included-Hquorsvalued 4ft $0,-*
[000,000.
I The senate of the United States beI
ginning next March Will include 48
Republicans, 47 Democrats and one
Farmer-Labor member.
rv l Princess Asfrid of Sweden, who last
Thursday became the bihhi trf Prtnce
Leopold of Belgium, is the firtt
bobbed Haired loyal bVldo^^ ' .
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