Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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John Hums, UO, one of two escu|H5<l prisoner, wanted by the state of Indiana for the murder of two prison gpards, who were taking him urul another prisoner to prison, was arrested at I>ufuyette, Ind., yesterduy. * . ?????? B. W. Taylor, a former merchant of Cheater county, South Carolina, was arrested for selling mortgaged cotton immediately after his release from a sentence of 60 days in the penitentiary. Charlotte celebrated the signing of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence yesterday with a big parade, a big dinner in the evening, an address by Col. David L. Stone, of the regular army, and much music and decorations. The American I^egion, Boy Scouts, Confederate veterans, U. D. C., War Mothers, I). A. K., chamber of commerce and Lions club all participated. The 162nd anniversary, was May 20, which was Sunday, and the celebration was held the next day. IN THB CAROM NAB Item* of Inter Mt Gltetttd From the Paper* of Two hutea. Eight candidates for postgaaater at Columbia have taken out applications. Emma Davis, a negro woman aged 43 years, who was burned to death in the tire that destroyed her house in Meckleuberg county, N. C., near Belmont, may have la-en shot first, the rural police think, and they arc investigating. Rev. David 'Weston Iliott, who died Sunday at his home in Easley, was one of the best known Baptist ministers in South Carolina. He was 76 yeara old and sick only a short time. He was born in Colleton county, and educated at Walterboro school and the Southern Baptist seminary then at Greenville. The alumni of South Carolina university will have home coming day on the campus on June 12, and an effort is being made to organize them all over the state. The meeting will be held in the chapel at noon and be followed by a barbecue at Lakeview. The attendance is expected to be larger than ever before. The classes of 1883, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1903, 1913, 1918 and 1923 will have reunions, and men from every county South Carolina have promised to attend the home coming. John Conner of Lancaster was instantly killed Monday by Walter Williams who discharged a shot gun into his abdomen at tho home of William's grandmother near Pineville, N. C., where Mr. and Mrs. Conner were guests. Conner is 23 years old and Williams is 21. Williams escaped after the shooting and police are hunting him. Conner accosted Williams in a field about remarks he charged Williams made about his wife and followed Williams to the house where the latter got the shot gun and fired. William Felda McCullough, prominent Chester churchman and merchant, died there Monday night of angina pectoris aged 66 years. 'He was born in Chester county and was a merchant there over 30 years. His surviving children are Walter C. McCullough, Mrs. W. A. Latimer, Mrs. John E. Nunnery and Mrs. V. V. Richardson, all of Chester, and a brother, John C. McCullough of New Smyrna, Fla. All seven of the South Carolina congressmen voted to override the veto of President Coolidge of the bill to put all National army officers on a par with regular army officers as regards retirement. The Baptist Womans missionary society of Blacksburg had a Grandmothers day and honored at the meeting were all five of the great-grandmothers of that town and a large number of just grandmothers. J. H. Hope, state superintendent of schools, was seriously injured yesterday in an automobile accident in Columbia. He was in a collision at a street intersection, and his car was turned upside down, stopping with the neck of Mr. Hope pinned to the ground by the steering wheel. The earth being soft there probably save I his life. He is in bed with very sore bruises, but was not dangerously hurt. At the sixth vocational judging! contest to be held at Clemson college on June 0 and 7, the competing schools will be 1- ort Mill and Chesterfield from the Fifth congressional district, and the judging will be on corn, oats, potatoes, peach trees, grape vines, hogs, mules, sheep, cows and poultry. In this contest teams will be selected to represent South -Carolina in the Na- I tional Dairy show at Memphis, Tenn.,' and the American Royal Livestock show at Kansas City. The merger of the Brandon and Poinsett mills at Greenville and the1 Woodruff mill at Woodruff into the! Brandon corporation seems to become | a certainty by favorable action of the stockholders on tho proposal. The new corporation will have $9,500,000 nf common stock and 65,000 shares of preferred stofrk of no par value. The iirectors of the Brandon corporation will be W. H. Baldwin and W. A. Baldwin, of New York; Summerfield Baldwin, Jr., of Baltimore, Md.; Aug. IV. Smith, J. W. Norwood, C. E. Batch, and H. T. Mills, all of Greenrille, with Aug. W. Smith slated for ts president. At tii?; commencement at State colege at Orangeburg on Wednesday, he address was made by President fohn M. Gandy, of Virginia State colege, on the mission of the college graduate to the 68 who were given defrees. The previous afternoon, Presient E. W. Sikes of Clemson college, 1 poke at the dedication of the new 100,000 agricultural and science,] uilding, And said the growth of the I Jnited States is a direct result of its i intelligence, and that youth is valu- \ ble to the state only insofar as it 1 i educated into intelligence. The * raduating class was one of the larg- 1 st the State college ever had. i Ancient Biblical City Will Not Be Rebuilt The destruction of Corinth by earth shocks and the announcement that there is no intention of rebuilding tho famous Grecian city, have been noted by the American press with a not# pf. sadmass. The city is so closely associated with Biblical times and other historical chapters in the progress of the world that ultimate rebuilding is predicted, notwithstanding the present plan to leave the place in ruins. "It became one of the great trading points of the ancient world, while at the same time its wealth and culture attracted both despoiler and conqueror," explains The New York Sun. "Spartans and Macedonians contended for its possession; Romans captured it, and their vandalism, as told by one of Corinth's ancient rulers, must make the gorge of the modern archeologist rise in indignation. This ancient king relates that Roman solIdiers hacked with their axes the prized statuary of the temples and park*, and that they used the priceless tiles' and paintings of the private and public buildings as 'boards for playing dice and, discarding them, threw them under their chariotwheels." The Sun mentions the "excellent success" achieved at the side of old Corinth by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and reports that "their research had ceased for the present but will be resumed later." "Old Corinth?-founded before Greece's historic times," observes The San Antonio Express, "was the mother city of Syracuse jn Sicily, It long was Sparta's ally and Athens' commercial rival. For several centuries Corinth was the principal place where trades from Eastern Europe and Western Asia met to exchange waroa, and it prospered until it dared resist Rome's power." The Express holds that "it is certain that new Corinth and several other towns must be rebuilt." "Can the site .be reckoned as extrahazardous?" asks The Boston Transcript, with its own judgment offered in reply: "Hardly, since its history records but two serious earthquakes. Not one of these was so destructive as that of Messina, a city which nevertheless has pluckily arisen again. Its situation demands repeopling. Greek generosity, which is proverbial, will take care of its homeless people. I Nor is its situation by any means as hopeless as that of the ravaged I Southern Bulgaria, where a vast region of farm and garden land is seamed and plowed and overturned by earthquakes, and where a hundred thousand people are homeless." tv nu? quoting ureek cabinet ministers as announcing that the city "cannot be rebuilt, and that the stricken inhabitants must seek homes elsewhere," The Seattle Daily Times remarks: "The modern city of Corinth, a few miles from the ancient metropolis, was poverty stricken and dis! consolate, but some strange attraction held the population to the place. Perhaps the inherited belief that should there l>e a city at the site of ancient Corinth will bring the people back to their demolished homes. It is hard t<> shake off the power of tradition." The Port Huron Times-j Herald adds its thought that "it would seem to be a great pity that a city which had been of so great importance commercially and of so great splendor materially, bhould now disappear entirely from the face of the earth." "In the Christian era," says The Providence Bulletin, "fear of Jehovah's wrath must have given St. Paul quite a hold upon the people there dwelling luxuriously around their lofty acropolis, never knowing when the hill might crumble over them. In the Greek Revolutionary War it was reduced to ashes. It rose and flourished. In 1858 an earthquake again shook it. down. That was too much. So, after some 27 centuries of ill treament, the albused inhabitants gathered up what belongings they could find and moved to the new site. Apparently the ancient curse still hounds them. According to reports, eighty per cent, of the houses are in ruins. Fortunately the list of casualties is small. And human aid, more accessible than at any time in her long series of calamities, has immediately begun to alleviate the suffering. And ?not strongly, in the light of history ?to rebuild the city again." "The modern city of Corinth," The Altoona Mirrow points out "is not one of the world's greatest communities. It derives its chief historical interest frorft the fact that it was the seat of one of the earliest Christian churches. There lived and labored for some time the greftt Apostle to the Gentiles, and t was to the Christians of that city .hat he wrote two of the most interesting and instructive of his letters to he primitive churches." The South Send Tribune adds its testimony that 1 'although modem Corinth bore mot 1 he least resemblance to the Corinth | vhich is enshrined in antiquity, there J a note of sadne* in the news that the site of a once celebrated city has been abandoned as unfit for human habitation." "ihe name of Corinth in the ancient world," The Madison Wisconsin Mate Journal recalls "was a synhixmJv f<Z extravr"gance voluptuous uxury, enormous wealth. Yet Cornth waa one of the first center, of the Christian church, and was dear to the Apostle Paul. All that is be. hind the .merest with which the world remarks the destruction of a miser"We, tumble-down town on a sandy isthmus in a part of the world that is of relatively minor importance. It Covin hWhat C?rinth i8' but Corinth was, that makes its fate tragic. And perhaps there is behind it, also, tho subconscious realisation hat in the end the fate of Corinth is the fate of cities that now stand a, proudly before the world as Corinth in the time of her glory." Yet a modern incident of a thrilling character is found in the story by be New Orleans Item-Tribune: hen the earthquakes razed the ancient city a telegraph operator? his name is not even mentioned-stood by his sender key, and met the d^ath of a hero beneath the crashing wal's of the -building in which he did his aily work. He must have been as -r, of his fate as Leonidas or Va0 Winke'ned 0f theirs. He met it with the same absorption in the interest of selfr8t'hehe Same t0tal aband?nnient f self, 'he same complete fortitude. eak of today proves that there no decline in the race of Hercules." Why Storms Increase at Night WeatWBu^Tt1? "" th* Dureau, that winter cvclonp* no:th^-ri i? the yuX SUta, and doubltess similar storm, other parts of the world, increaso VT,rd I!"""3'''1, more raPidly by ight than by day. This is because Native v'T0" ?f " CyC'?nic area clouds At m"** tHe Warm 3ecti?n I 5Udj. At night, therefore, the Clear tha > BetS CO,d6r' at * WO,U otherwise be, owing to aceKmatJr ?f h6atfr0m tbaa?'face by radiation, while the clouded ;:tt,rneariy u,aintaina ? handUr'the "7 daytime' ?" tl>e other hand, the clear side warms up bv m ans of the sun's rays, while the iUle 1? Pt"'?n **"" Chan?es but m Jemperatore. Ehirinotrast' bet'r6f?r<n temperatu con!, trast between the warm and cool nor X e Cyc'?ne beComes or tends to become more and mom pronounced and during tho day les8 and less m Furthermore, there is greater .!. ferenco to the flow of fh? m during the daytime, il?"' convection caused ^ than at night, when there is no suTh convection. Henco n. heater temperature contrast at .'h* han during the day, and" l! * fon to wind movement ?! normally grows, or tenia L ^ more rapidly at night than a ' the day From The'Patter"""* Boy Scout* Notei ] The meeting was called ^ by the Scout master and optnd the soout oath and L^rd'i Thirty scouts attended the as Allen Hardy was elected scout, leader and George Khame ** pointed scribe. The meeting was turned ? the Owl Patrol, and John R read a chapter in the Biblt i Bruce read some jokes and n went outside to hold a mock ?4 Berrell Sanders, Alvin 8eifl win Johnson, William Johajfl Houser, Leonard Storey, and I MoCleod were then initiated J scouts. They were all put 1 Eagle Patrol with the except Edwin Johnson who went Owl Patrol. The meeting m ed with the Great Scout Bajj George Rhame, Scribe Tte3 J. Pierpont Morgan earned j| Tuesday when he served a I a grand juryman in the Nam! ty circuit court at Mineolo,N.]l jury passed on a dozen cainfl nor charge during the day. J A bogus messenger predM self at a New York broken?? on Tuesday and was given t|l of stock certificates valued & for1 delivery to another braal disappeared and so did t)sa certificates.* Farmers, Attention! We have taken the agency for NIAGARA CAjLCIUM ARSENATE and the famous NIAGARA DUSTERS. We haVe already in atock plenty of NIAGARA CALCIUM ARSENATE and BLACK STRAP MOLASSES. You have got to fight the BOLL WEEVIL this year if you want to make a crop. Before you buy be sure to get our PRICES. Avery Champion Mowers In Stock and Ready to Run Springs & Shannon, inc. FOR THRIFTY BUYERS There is keen satisfaction in getting grocerieH at saving-prices?but the amall Having is not worth-while if you are getting inferior products. That sort o*f economy is penny-wise and a pound foolish?1 or the health of your rfamily depends upon good, wholesome food! Our patrons know that our name stands for quality, satisfaction, service and low price, and that they can do no better than to make this store their regular headquarters for good groceries. If you do not trade here, let us convince you, too. Phone us your order if it isn't convenient for you to shop personally. We will select your groceries with the same care you yourself would give to the order. McLeod-Rush Co. Two Telephones Grocery 44. Market 26. "When Tired" Drop in at our SODA FOUNT Delicious Orangeades, Lemonades, Dixie Clips, /ce Cream Cones Agents For the Famous Buttercup Ice Cream Under the Supervision of Mr. Frank C. Cureton ZEMP AND DePASS The Rexall Store ? > _ Southern Grocery Stores, <fnc. MACKEREL Norway ^ 15c RITTTFP PURE GOLD C4_ DU 1 1 EjIv in quarter prints lb. " GRAPE JUICE v^r 25c Ft Y Ft II Nall0?jll? 12-? 1 Li I I Li LI Advertised bottle VEGETABLES POTATOES, 6 lbs 25c STRING BEANS per lb 10c FRESH CORN Ears, 2 for 15c BUNCH CARROTS Each 15c BUNCH BEETS Each TT 15c TOMATOES per lb 17 l-2c LETTUCE Head 10c CANTALOUPS Each . . 20c and 25c PICKLES 2 for 5c PINE APPLE de2V ??nte 30c BACON Rineleat 3 lbs $1.00 CIGARETTES 15^ Our SERVICE IsaTy^ SERVICE Phono or coll on ui when in need of dnytkljj our line, from PRESCRIPTIONS to Corn Plaster^M carry only standard products, and charge f?;r ] for same. We appreciate the business you are us and only ask that you use our>SERVICE more q/m Phone us your wants. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Phone 30 ^ IVatuit Is Never Wrong i| Her Promptings M *iij J men Vfi\\ tefl you that tfl ?. real reason nature promDjl even the "youngest of us to al flies away from our food, tkA this: The fly is a fdlhy fast and energetic ffermcql No wonder medical meaiM kill flic$ outright. The X-Pungent GoiM Fly Flu Kills fin Outright jjB Flies breathe through pairs of openings in tkM: f heseopenmgs, protflCW^B dust, cannot keep out tlxpfljJ ful, suffocating fumes of gent. That's why X-Pungtf? Fly Flu is for sale in partment and Grocery jwB Trade marked by Fly poration. Manufactured *"jH tributed by Liquid VeoetffJ poration, 375 Ellioatt SWfl feuffak>r New York, . M FLY Contains Xm rV?mien* ""i Its cost is nominal. 4 oz. bottle 24c. 12 era. 50c. 50% larger bottle than other insecticides at same price. Non-explosive. There is only one Fly Flu, Ask for >t by name ? Fly Flu. Sprayer 85c. Stormigjnq 1 HJuto I r - : t,., We are fully equipped to thof-I oughly recondition your' ciJ Wrecking Service Day or Night | L. A. CAMPBELL & CO.] GARAGE 1 Day PHONE ,? NIGHT r??fl