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I COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON II I CHARLESTON.se. I I 153rd Se..ion Begin, ?? September 27 I I The New Pre-Fore?try Cour?? w;i| , . I in Botany, Entomology, p|.?t Phy.iolog/ J"*'rUC,ion I I Dendrology, G-,ogy^Chemi.try. Ma,him.T.Tnd I I Four year courses lead to the degrees ,.f n? i , I I Arts and Bachelor of Science. The I're w r^r of I I is a splendid feature 'Cal c<,urse 1 I For Catalogue, and Full Information A.lde. .. I! I PRESIDENT'S OFF.CE, Co,,eg? of' I )ixie-Home Stores Ranking Largest Columbia, July 31.?Dixie-Home ^<g # South Carolina corporation, Hiking aa ope of the largest food Hips In the Southeast, have been ptlfled by Francis P. Braasor, secrecy of the Securities and Exchange pmlssion, that their application for titration of 83,000 shares of com WB stock haB been granted. When kis stock is distributed in accordance rfth the rules of the New York Curb, PPllCAtioD will be made for listing i that exchange. .So modern success story is more ^resting than tHe amazing growth I this corporation, formed recently \ the merger of 83 Home Stores and # Dixie Stores, in South Carolina, toih Carolina and Georgia, coneen,ted particularly in the central seeon of this? state and in the Piedmont [the two Carolinas. One store has tor. opened since tiie two chains ore joined, making a total of 164 nits Of these 113 are In South Carina, two in Georgia, and the remaintr in North Carolina. The company 40 operates in Columbia a bakery ith a capacity of 15,000 loaves a ttk. with large warehouses in Co-' imbia and Greenville. R E. Ebert, of Columbia is presi Dt; J 1*. Williamson, of Greenville, lecotive vice president; M .S. Merit. Greenville, second vice president; . H. Harris, of Columbia, third vice esident; K. K. Parker, Greenville,! icretary; W. I*. Newton, of Colum-i i. treasurer. Those and T. P. j nchillon of Piedmont and Ix>uie Jr.. of Helton ( who is also presi t of the Boltpp? Ligdit and Power tnpany) form the directorate. The i esent owners are all residents and tizens of South Carolina and the itire board has been connected with xie or Home stores almost since eir modest start fifteen years ago. Mr. Ebert opened his first store in e Pacific community of Columbia 1922. Mr. Williamson began with small wholesale grocery in Belton 1920, but did not open his first reH unit until 192J5, the location be! Ware Shoals. By 1927, Mr. Wilson's chain had grown to nine, <1 be incorporated as the Dixie "res. By 1930 Mr. Ebert's Home Dr?s chain had expanded to 29 and i firm was incorporated that year. 1932. despite the depression when most firms were drawing in rather than reaching out, Honle Stores had increased lo 48, and Dixie to 49. The years that followed, which were lean for most businesses, saw both Dixie and Home Stores grow in number with the result that by 1937 there were 80 in the former and 88 in the latter chain. And what's more interesting receipts during the depression gained by leaps and bounds, the two chains doing a business of $2,997,782.00 in 1932, $3,810,044.30 in 1933, $4,386,509.27 in 1934, $5,090,592.38 in 1935, $6,621,507.73 for 1936. This year the sales have grown correspondingly, the ilgure for the first twelve weeks of 1937 being $1,581,219.38. In January 1932, Home Stores employed 247 persons and Dixie 253. On March 31, 1937, the total was 1,099 employes of which Dixie had 547 and Home Stores 552. Granting of application for registration of common stock by the S. K. C. is but another forward step in the rapid progress of two fast growing South Carolina concerns, now merged into one under the same energetic, progressive leadership that defied the depression, and developed in an amazingly short time into one of the country's large food chains. Mob Fails To Get Negro Prisoner Statesville, N. C\, Aug. 2.?A crowd of white men rode into Statesville in thirty automobiles early today, surrounded the county Jail, and demanded that Sheriff John White Moore turn over a negro prisoner. The crowd* however, soon disbanded after Sheriff Moore took three of the men inside the jail and convinced them that the prisoner, Preach Caldwell, 35, charged with assaulting a white woman near Mooresville Saturday, was not there. The negro was rushed from Mooresville after his arrest Saturday and taken to an undisclosed jail as a precautionary measure. Sheriff Moore estimated there were 125 men in the crowd which surrounded the jail. James J. Walker, former New York mayor, had a conference In Washington with President Roosevelt on Monday. It was the first time they had met since 1922 and Walker was 20 minutes ahead on the appointment. He was always noted for being late for his engagements. Tied To A Tree; Robbed Of His Car Darlington, July 31? Sheriff J H j C salt] I wo men ari?ntttd at (,'hejfaw today Iomm than throe hours alter j? Darlington county resident wu? trussed to tt tree and his automobile I stolen bad given their names as Allen Swan son. 33, and Hob Williams, 23. He said pawn tickets In their pos | session indicated they were from Philjadelphia, but the men themselves re, fused to talk other than to ?fuy they were in this state "looking for a job " The two men were arrested by 1 tier of Police, Horace McLean, ul tlK'raw, after the Darlington sheriff bud spread the ularm. Coker said 8. McDonald, of Darlington was stopped by two men on the highway between Darlington ahd Society Din ut 7;3o u m McDonald said be slowed down when the men flagged him and us he d d' one ot 'bem Jumped on the run' istol d a0d C?Vt'red h,m wlth * He said they forced him from the car and tied him with strips torn from the seat covers. McDonald freed himself and notified authorities in a short' time. "Chief McLean was one of the first I called," Sheriff Coker said.. "He bung up, got a shotgun and left his office to start a hum for the car. Just ah he walked out of his office the car1 passed by. He ran after it and covered the men with Ids shotgun. One of them had a pistol but he dropped it Jn his lap and they surrendered Without a fight." Coker related. The men were returned to the Darlington jail, Coker said. He expressed doubt that they were members of the gang of five convicts who escaped from the Elberton Ga prison Monday night and were traced into South Carolina. He said he was awaiting the arrival Of authorities from Columbia to see if they might be identified as the I couple who held up Bobby Dotter, Columbia taxi driver, early Thursday morning, and stole his cab after tying him to a tree. Wreck Starts In N. CJ But WindsUp In S. C. A neat question of jurisdiction arose Sunday afternoon when an automobile bearing two young men from Morganton -KCl^utjjf control in North Care na and wound up in South Carolina after striking a filling station, knocking down two pumps and breaking the operator's leg. The accident occurred on Pageland highway at the State Line filling station. The young men, E. S. B. Dale and Joe Lane, both of Morganton, lost control of their automobile at Mungo 8 station. It ran off the road there but travelled on until It hit the State Line station. Virgil Eudy, 18 was the attendant whose leg was _broken Jn the crash. t ^fP?ty I^6 Wa,kuP an<i Patrolman J. B. Boyd went to the scene but the South Carolina officers made the arrest, the charge being reckless driving.?Monroe Enquirer. BLIND FARMER RAISES LEAF CROP BY SENSE OF TOUCH Harisfield, Ga? July 30.?Deprived of his sight twenty years ago, M O Taylor depended on his sense of touch to raise 33 acres of bright leaf tobacco now awaiting sale -in Georgia's auction markets. Taylor. r.O-year-old farmer and merchant sold *10.000 worth of tobacco from 23 acres last year. "I follow the planting from seed bed through to the market." he said I can tell by the feel If the plants at-e diseased, when they need to bo sprayed for Insects. I spend most of my time 'watching' my crops with my hands "1 direct the curing of all of the leaf, even being able fo grade It by sense of touch. I control the heat n ho curing barn by feeling the loaf. Instead of changing the temperature according ,0 the number of hours ,! has been ,hc barn That , give, me . better curf. becau6e ( Ion t turn on the heat too soon " Tay,or waa b?nded wh))e workir)>; a merohT ? OPOrat0r' an" became a merchant .later taking ,lp tob?cco growing. In hl8 atore ha change Quickly accurate|y omers He clalma he alao can tell V feeling, whether a customer gives hint *1 or *5 bills. Dead Man Does Float tm"* Dranch' Ca"f. July 28.? "la ho ""ld ReV' George Lohr, 86 la how you do the 'dead man float ? T? demonstration In three feet of water seemed ? bit too real to tbe ?if 8ma11 50X8 Who wer? being eateruined by Hie mtal.ter, a life ?wd and an lnhalator .Quad ^ Oead. An 2T, ' Phy,,Clan "'0 death wa, r to Batur*i causes. jStrip-Tease In | Labor Dispute] Harlan. K> , Auk 2.?-The National Labor Keluilons Hoard tame Into Harlan couniy today to tlnd out what? If anything "atrip tease" dinners .have to do \n 1111 coal mining Leonard Shore, of ( iiu innati, an NLU1J attorney, was to conduct questioning at a hearing on a eoini>lalnt that the Clover Fork coal company of neai by Kills, Ky., employed "lewd and lnnnorul ' women to lure comIHiny employes away from organization meetings sponsored by the Chited Mine Workers' of America. The company's answer to the N'LItH charge was a blanket denial by A K. Whitfleld, secretary treasurer. ThtT complaint, filed ut Cincinnati with I'hillp (J. Phillips, regional NLltH director, formally charged thiit the Clover Fork company mentioned recently in hearing before senate civil liberties committee in Washington, did: - procure lewd and immoral women to perform free, Indecent exhibitions known as strip-and-tease dances to otherwise enguge in gratuitous, licentious conduct ut times when union meetings were scheduled for the purpose of enticing its employes from attending such meetings." k Cancels Trip Cincinnati, Aug. 2.?Long distance trucking from Cincinnati wus puralyxed today by a strike called by the teamsters and chauffeurs union, 1 homas J. FurreH, International representative, said that several hundred men were idle. Employers culled an afternoon meeting to discuss the situation. Philip G. Phillips, regional director of the National Labor Relations Hoard, cancelled a scheduled trip to Harlan county. Kentucky, to offer his services in mediating the dispute. Farrell said the strikers sought uniform wage rates for drivers. Employers said an internal dispute in the union prevented them from determining whether to negotiate with Farrell's group or an independent formed from a faction of the Jnternat ional. Son Acquitted Of Shooting Father Kannapolis, N. C., Aug. 2.?A coroner's jury today exonerated J. 1'. McCurdy, 20, for the killing of his father. IX H. McCurdy, 39, at their home on the Kannapolis-Concord highway yesterday. Young McCurdy testified at the inquest held by Coroner N. J. Mitchell that he fired a pistol at his father when the elder McCurdy advanced upon the youth's mother with an open pocketknife. The Jury returned a verdict of "juslflable homicide." McCurdy died a short time after being taken to the Cabarrus county hospital. FORTUNE IS REPORTED ~ SMUGGLED FROM MINE L?*ad, S. D.?Gold and greed have woven a fantastic story of "high grading" in the west. This timo the nation's richest gold mine has been the scene of the alleged thefts. Roland K. Goddard, United States secret service head at Denver, says underworld gossip has it that $2,000,000 worth of yellow metal haB been stolen from the fafhed Homestake mine here and whisked to a secret cache. Five men are under arrest and the elusive "head man" in the plot, described by Goddard as a world-traveling soldier of fortune, is sought, but only $6,500 worth of stolen metal has been traced. Homestake officials deny they have lost anything, like $2,000,000. Hut miners'* homes in Lead have been searched and officers report they have discovered gold hidden In gold fish bowls, In coffee cans and other receptacles, personally secreted to bo sold "when things cooled off." This was but a trickle of gold dust compared to the fortune which men of the underworld are said to have plotted to steal from the high graders, then skip to Mexico and hide, Goddard Indicates. From Mexico the metal might have been shipped back to the United States and sold as gold mined there. Goddard planted a listening device in a rooming house and heard men plan, he says, to steal the gold from the men who had taken it from the Homestake. Hut he doubts that as much gold as they talked about could have been smuggled from the mine. Miners might have carried gold from the mine, however, secreting it in their clothing, their lunch pails and by other means, to carry to their homes and hide. Because of the United States gold act, prohibiting possesi slon of gold and regulating its sale, i the metal is hard t6 dispose of. i This caused the secret service tc Investigate reports that the gold wai pooled In one cache for shipment to Mexico. Five men Goddard reveals, have admitted they plotted to steal this gold. Hut this far Goddard has been unnble to discover tho "caclio." Just how much gold has disappeared authorities may never know. About 114,000,000 worth passes annually through the Homestake gates. The ore In the Homestake is low grade, running from $3 to $7 a ton. The best opportunity for the thefts occurs when a rich vein Is struck. In the history of the Homestake this haH happened seldom, but occasionally a nugget Is found and It is comparatively easy for a miner to hide this in his clothing. Nearly every famed mine in tho west has been the target of high graders and mining men say it is impossible to stop them. In the old Cresso'n mine at Cripple Creek, Colo., where the Cresson 'Vug' was struck, a bank vault door was placed at the head of the underground chamber and armed guards were posted over it. The 'vug* was an underground | "pocket" of gold and tho "pocket" was the size of a large room. It yielded more than $1,000,000 In gold. MinerH were tempted to hide a nugget or two In their lunch palle or In the cuff of their trousers an they went off duty. So Home mines Installed a "change" room, where every nllner changed clothing as he left tho prop- ' erty each day. One of tho most sensational high grading plots was uncovered at a Cripple Creek mine In the early history of that camp. The mine manager, 11. A. Shlpman, suspected tho high graders were entering the mine through abandoned openings to the "Hull Pen" stop, where one was worth ubout $1 a pound. Shlpman armed himself and a number of trusted employes and waited one night in the dark recoBsos of the stope. They heard men entering the mine and soon saw light. "Hands up," Shlpman shouted. A gun battle raged for minutes and the gang was captured. BEFORE YOU BUY j Printing FROM A PEDDLER n TT ni uive us a Lhance The salesman for outside printing plants i promises you a lot . . . and gets your order j . then sends you what may be O. K. or may not be. The Chronicle's prices are based on sound and practical figures. We know our cost and add only a fair and reasonable profit. We invite you to compare prices and quality j ! ?f work. | j THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE PHONE 29 *1 V .,.. 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