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SLAV Kit OK (ilKL TO I i IK 4; , <w Lonme Dixon To Be Electrocuted On Eighteenth Birthday Kittle Rock, Ark., May 1 'J.- -Ronnie I>i*on, 17-year-old negro, wan tonight sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Floclla McDonald, 12, on April 12. The date of execution was set at June 24. The jury was out less than ten minutes. The date for the electrocution is Dixon's eighteenth birthday. The verdict was. returned after the jury had taken one ballot. They were out less than ten minutes. Dixon smilingly told the court that -he would waive tlx- two days grace customary before sentencing under Arkansas law, and then ?aid that he knew no reason why hi- should not receive the sentence. During tie- trial national guardsmen paced the streets in front of the courthouse with fixed bayonets to prevent any mob violence and the <-ourt roorn was barred to spectators except those bearing passes signed by the sheriff and his deputies. J.ater in the session Judge .Abner Mogehee announced that the court would be thrown open to its limit of seating capacity and during the late afternoon there wore a number standing back of tbe %judge's bench. All were searched for concealed weapons as they went into '?hr Ceil lit room. -lat k \\ lihb -on, :iu. ajxr his brother, Dewey. 2*. fought a duel after an argument at'Arlington, (la.. Wednesday. Both men are dead. ?! *- - ' ? . - . , SMITH HKADS COMMIITKK Charged With luvmtigation of South Carolina Highway Departmeat (Thursday's Columbia State) Meeting in Columbia for its first session, tiie special committee charged with the investigation of the South < Minima highway department, organized last night with its election of a chairman, secretary,' and sergeant at arms, and will, it was announced, move to begin its "full am! complete" inquiry without delay. Mendel I,. Smith, former speaker of the house of representatives and former circuit judge, was elected as chairman of the committee and Representative W. W Tripp of Anderson, also a member of the committee, was named as secretary. Both will serve without compensation, save the per diem due them as member* of the committee. H. B. Uendrix of Kaaley was selected as s< rgeant at arms for the committee. I he committee will meet again in Columbia Friday morning, May 27, to select accountants who are to audit the books and papers of the highway department under the committee's supervision, the session to be held, it was announced, in the senate finance committee room at the State house. The committee of five members, three appointed by (iovernor John CI. Richards, one named by the president of the senate and one by the speaker of the house, held their organization session, beginning at 8:.'J0 o'clock last night, at the Jefferson hotel. Judge Smith, nominated by Col. K. Mitchell Sea brook of Kdisto Island, whs elected chairman yf.1 and Mr. . Tripp, nominated by Senator R. M. Jeffenes of Colleton, was named as secretary. Mr. Uendrix, sergeant at arms of the senate, was selected as sergeant at arms of the committee to act only in the serving of such subpoenas for witnesses as the committee may require. The committee, meeting behind closed doors, was in session until after midnight, interviewing a number of accountants, seeking employment by the committee, and discussing various possible lines of inquiry to be pursued in its investigation. Accountants to make the desired audit of the books and pai>ers of the highway depart merit will be selected, it was agreed, at the next meeting of the committee, set for II o'clock Friday morning. May 27. Accountants, desiring to apply for employment by the committee, are invited, it was annouiucd. to acquaint themselves with the nature and extent of the wo; k de- | sired and to appear before the com- 1 mit tee a* its next meeting. Hie r: vest i gat ion will n.>t. however*} the committee agreed, be limited to j an audi' of the highway depart men;'-J books. File committee, by provision] "I th? Richardson-St tike - resolution which created it. is given "full power and authoii'y to conduct a full and complete investigation of the South Carolina -ta'i highway department from .I- fi.rrua*: v*? lu date" and the ' nimrttie will, it \\ .n s determined, make a> thorough -an.I searching an inquiry into all mts and doings ,,f the department as possible. - . To finance the problem asked by tio\'ern??r John (1. Richards, ..an apt propriation of $25,000 has been authorized and the committee will, the i cmi.ution sets out, have access to ail i records P Hie state highway depart-> men1 ami all other departments of he slate government and" may summon. .^jpoena arid examine witnesses, employ special accountants and any other necessa:y help a- desired. Members of the committee are: Mendel I. Smith of Camden, former Senator J. A. Spruill of Chesterfiel I ' "I- I' Mitchell Seahrook of Kdisto Island, appointed by the governor; Ser.ato: R. M. Jet'feries of W alterboro. appointed by the president of the senate, and Representative \N \\ . 'Tripp of Kasley, appointed by the speaker of the house. ltlen.se for Vice President Senator Blease. of South Carolina, does not hesitate to let it he known that Blease and Borah makes a good pair of bedfellows. Fie thinks that Borah, being "an independent attachc*i to no party, is the logicaj caiulidate foi the Democrat.- to nominat" tor president. Blease rather welcomes an arraigpment and a readingout ot the party, as he has heard thfca'.ened. for he says he does not belong to the party "if the Democratic caucuses at Washington may be called the party." He has never attemied a caucus and does not intend to do -o. He does not propose that ' any hod \ -hall tell htm "how to vote." Cieitir.g hack to the presidency. Blease is sure Borah would "out-run any man the Democrats could pick." Which the same suggests a new presidential line-up for president, Wilunm F\. Borah; for vice president, < ole K. Blease.--Charlotte Observer A million dollar finance corjvorntion to wot k for the rehabilitation of the sections of the Mississippi delta damaged by the flood waters was formed at Jatkson. Miss., tip. \\ edneday. ANTIOCH SCHOOL (TXWKH Nine Boy a and (jlrU Madr L'p Firat Graduating ( la??. The Commencement extrcue* of the j school ut Antioch came to a close Tuesday night, after a throe-night celebration. This in the first year that this school has had a graduallog class as it takes four years for a ; high school to run before it fitn glv'?j an accredited diploma. Nine boys and girls made up the! class roll: llenry Belvin, Clara Hinson, Cornelia Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Clyde l'ate, Myrtle Pate, Lucile Sinclair, Celsia Trueadale an<l Mary Bell Stokea. On Sunday night Hev, J. T. Peeler of the Camden Methodist chun 11 gave the baccalaureate sermon and on Monday night the grammar grades took part in an interesting program, the first part of the evening being turned over to them. "A Visit to Mother Goose," I>rill of the Clowns, Japanese drill, Indian lullaby, flag drill, Girls in Flower I,and, and Goodnight were most creditably done. The High school had the second part of the program which follows: "'lis June Time," by the glee club;' class history, Margaret Johnson; Alphabet,. Lucile Sinclair; Statistics,! Mary Bell Stokes; Will, Clyde Pate; Class Song; Prophecy, Myrtle Pate; | Class Poem, Clara Hinson. Tuesday night the graduating exer j cises were held. Miss Ka telle Wil-j Jiams from Camden had charge of all the music which was unusually good, i Hev. Mr. Horn gave the invocation. I Miss Clara Hinson the salutatoiy. The glee club gave several numbers. Mr. James Hope, state superintendent of I education, made the address to the ' class. Mr. J. Team Gettys, the county superintendent, awarded the medals, a list of which follows: medal for the highest average in the first grade, Lawrence Hinson; highest average in grammar grades, Marie Sparrow from the seventh grade; medal for highest average in high school, Henrietta Joye; medal voted by the student body to the best all around student, the highest honor given, Clyde Dorrity. The declamation medul was given to Lloyd Davis, recitation medal to Sadie Pate. A medal given by the Camden unit, American Legion Auxiliary for the best essay on Americanism was won by Tom Johnson. Th;-j medal was only offeied to the e.ghth 1 grade. Mr. Gettys made the pre.-ent-! ntion <-f the medal with a beautiful! speech. Mis. Chewning represented] the auxiliary. The thanks <>f the \ neighborhood goes out to Mr. Lewis j Moore and his orchestra whieh fur-; nished the intrsig^ym Sunday night! with Miss Williams as pianist. ('a r<l of Thanks W. S. ('(dlii!-. A. R. Collins. J. 1).' Collins, I). X. Collins and C. A. Mc-j Lester, children of Liizabeth Collins,, wish to thank their friend-. both! white and colored, for the many kindnesses shown them during the illnos- ; and death of their mother Government To Make Liquor W ashrngton, May 2.'h?Manufacture f of whiskey for medicinal purposes j will be begun here under treasury j -supervision m time to utilize the fall I com crop, Assistant Secretary An- ! d tews announced today. The treasury, j he .-aid, w< u d authorize suiji manu ' factum- |>v p >ssib!v five corporations i ; ^ j Side Dressings of Nitrate Aid Fight On Cotton Pests ! 1 One of our worst enemies is the ! Boil Weevil, and to overcome this ' pest, squares must be set early. This ! prevents the weevil from destroying the squares while they are in the ! formative stage. Nitrogen is the most important element in hastening the formation of the squares. A side dressing of nitrate of soda on cotton assures an earlier and healthier crop Interesting experiments are being conducted In a number of Southern States on the methods of growing corn. Directors of Kxpjeriment Sta | tions have found that here, too, nitro j gen plays an extremely important I role. As a top dressing, the nitrate should be applied when the plants j are from knee to waist high or at the j second or third pi iwing The usual ; rate of application is 130 to 200 ; pounds per acre If applied Just be fore or after a rain, nitrate of sods goes into solution Immediately These i tests have shown that we can rea ! fonably expect to increase the yield t of corn from ten to fifteen bushels ! per aero by top dressing in the man net suggested Surely this is bringing efficiency to ] the farm and increasing the termers Pr 'fits. f Don't think you can draw on the oil forever any more than you can draw checks on a bank without mak Ing deposits in your account. i Ninety-four gal bins of whiskey and a Hudson coach were seized and two men, J. P. Ferguson and T B. Bar- 1 her, wore arrested near Lancaster Monday. Tnr men are in jar! at Lancaster. SMALL FORTUNE IN LOO HUT Search of Home of Aged Woman Yields Kure Collection A Newton, N. C\, May 21.?A varied collection of gold, old coins and securities, valued at more than $-1,000, has been discovered in the modest log house of Miss Margaret Keener, Catawba county hermit, who was1 found dead in her home near here j last Friday. hollowing the death of Miss Keener Deputy W. 0. Curlee of Newton wan culled to make a thorough search of the house in an effort to find any 1 money that might l>e concealed. Miss Kctner lived alone in an old log house jn which she was born and j reared. Neighbors have for many years 1 been of the opinion that she had considerable money hidden somewhertf about the house, but little could be learned of its whereabouts. When Deputy Curlee and a number of relatives of the dead woman went through the house they made a rather rich haul. However, the first thing they found were securely locked trunks, bureau druwers and chests. .4 This did not bother long for soon all were being opened, and rich treas- j ures were being discovered. Here and there at various places . little cloth bags carefully wrapped in , rags and securely tied could be found. When opendti it was found that one; bag contained four pennies; another $7.50 in gold; another contained $115) in greenback. In still others were found $-10 in silver, $b in silver with : holes through the coins; $10 in Mex-' ican money; $2 in German money; ; and more than $2,000 in Confederate! money. Three bank certificates were found | wrapped and thrown in a pile of trash. One for $1,700, another for! $100, and the third for $03. All this money, notes and certificates wer,e j brought to Newton and delivered to Sheriff Host. The furniture of the home consisted of the old fashioned kind, such as corded beds, bureaus and dressers made by hand more than fifty years ago. The chests were full of bed clothing as can scarcely be bought this day and time, and all were in the best of condition. The story is told that Miss Keener's father, Kphram Keener, was old enough to have fought in the Civil war, but instead <>f going, evaded some other place that has never been found to this day. He is supposed to have taken a considerable am -ant of money with him to his hiding place and searches have from time to time been made bbrnmrnammmsbsmbbammaassii. jjm mu . -.u. n for it, but without results. It ia said that he wan approached time and again during his life to find out hiit hiding place and also something about the money he hidy But when approached, it is aaid, h^ would always ?tate that he did not cjare to give out any information fofc fear there might some time be another war, and in case there waft, he would have neither money nor hiding place. He is supposed to have had more than $6,000 in gold at on^ time, but to this day no one has learned where tiie money is. Searches are still being made hoping to find the treasure. A will was found among the possessions which was made in 1026. It is alleged that this will gives Mrs. K. L. Hickft and a Mrs. Gillaud, who live on the place, equal shares of her property. And it is further said that they have already been given deeds to equal shares of 150 acres of the land. Sinclair Sentenced To J*il Washington, May 20.?A sentence of three months in jail was imposed today upon Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil operutor for contempt of the United States senate. / In addition Justice Hits in the District of Columbia Supreme court fixed his fine of $500, both the jail senunder the law. The sentence was imposed because of Sinclair's refusal to answer certain questions in the Tea pot Dome investigation wha^l oummohod for the March, 1924. He WM COftM March 16, after the JUry erated etght hours The maximum enter** Vkk^| ice Hitz. might have months in jail ;i The throe months and apparently came us a surpr^H Sinclair and his attornayi^^B t- x p< ct > <1 th<- murn Ju j of one month. The first of th? Ui patents issued to <lau-by Stnt?-H patent off . at was granted on July uel Hopkins, who had method for the manyfac^^^H and pearlash. Renew YourHJ by Purifiq^jB Any phy:ni will MPerfect Purification in Nature's J ou tion Health." Why t < hronic "? i n g your v?ta course cf Calotahs,?< ' < week for Several woe'. Nature rewards you witb|^H Caiotabs are tin- xr?at?A^H y*tem j">i ,ge, cont.:iinin !'u'j <lii.-eS^M ,j5 eta. At ar.y drug gtoreT^H ? ua,11 ?J A.... JJ i...y.:::. ujml-'.Z.?. HWmnvlfMHR [ Headache j I dizziness I "J HAVE Headache once in a j m while, usually coming from # I constipation or torpid liver," *uy? S Mr. L. A. 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