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WPA OFFICIAL* SENT TO JAIL
AFTER LENQTHY TRIAL
Santa Fee, N. M., May 10.?The
long trial of WPA officials and others
charged with padding WPA payrolls
and diverting WPA labor in New
Mexico were nearing its end this
week.
Already ten persons have been convicted
and a number released from
charges. Two WPA supervisors, Felix
Martinez and Peter J. Coleman have
been sentenced to six months in jail
following their conviction of falsifying
WPA payrolls, and dlvertiug relief labor.
liernardo Cruz, Maro county Democratic
party chairman, convicted of
conspiracy to use the New Mexico
WPA for political purposes has been
sentenced to six months in jail and
four co-defendants placed on probation
for three years.
The five convicted men have given
notice of appeal and United States
District Judge Colin Neblett set appeal
bond at $1,500 for each of the
five defendants.
The WPA political scandal *broke
last yepjj and Involved many men high
up in^ffe public life of New Mexico.
The attempr to enforce an excise
law in 1791 taxing domestic distilled j
liquors resulted in the Whiskey rebellion
iu Pennsylvania.
EIGHT INJURED IN SERIES
OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
A series of automobile accidents
near Sumter last night Injured at
least eight persons.
Dr. Norman O. Kaddy and Miss
Francis Zemp are i>atlenta of the
Toumey hospital ua a result of sorious
injuries received when l)r. Daddy's
automobile skidded against the bridge
over Rafting creek, at the old Member
t mill pond, between here and
Camden, and plunged dowu an embankment.
The accident happened
early last night.
Dr. Daddy's injuries, consisting of
Ave broken ribs and spinal hurts, a.e
considered serious, but not necessarily
dangerous. Miss Zemp was considerably
bruised and shaken up, but
her injuries were not as severe as
Dr. Daddy's, The car was a total
wreck.
About 7:30 o'clock last night several
other persons wero injured in a
general mixup of cars on the PocalW
road, about eight miles from Sumter.
A car belonging to J. W. MoClard
overturned. Two other cars stopped
to give assistance and they wore hit
by a car driven by John L?. Uaos.
There were four occupants of the
Basrt car and all received minor injuries.
In the car with Ilass wojre:
T. H. Stalling and Misses Ruby Varn
and Doris McDure, of St. George.
The car belonging to John L.. Pitchard,
one of those who stopped to render
aid, was damaged.
The other car, belonging to tourists,
was slightly damaged. It left the scene
immediately after the accident.
On his way to investigate the accident
Rural OfTlcer Sam Newman
struck Jeanette Witherspoon, 90-yearold
negro woman, who was walking
on the pavement three or four feet
from the right hand side of the road.
The negro woman sustained a broken
left pelvis bone. Her condition was
reported fair today but complications
were feared due to her advanced age.
About 9:30 o'clock last night a car
belonging to Johnnie Dee Johnson,
Route 2, Sumter, turned over about
a half mile from Pocalla. The occupants
left the scene and it has not
been learned if anyone was injured.?
Sumter Daily Item.
"BANK NIGHT" IS LEGAL,
SAYS THE 8UPREME COURT
Columbia, May 10.?The state supreme
court held today that promotion
plans conducted by theaters along
lines similar to what is commonly
referred to as "bank night" were not
violations of the lottery laws.
The court affirmed a lower court
order restraining the late Sheriff J. H.
Coker, of Darlington county, from interfering
with the operations of such
"a plan by the Darlington Theaters,
Inc., and by H. R. Berry, a theater
operator.
A plan "which openly seeks to
avoid the terms of a statute is a law-|
ful one x x x," the court said. The
plan referred to provided for the
placing o/ names on cards which were
put into a box and drawn on specified
nights by disinterested parties,
the persons whose names were drawn
receiving the cash awards offered. If
those persons were absent they were
given ten minutes to get to the theater,
but if the awards were unclaimed
the amounts were carried over and
added to the amounts to be drawn for
the next time.
"If plans of this nature are inimicable
to the public welfare, then it
would be a matter for legislative action,
and not one for the courts," the
court said. The opinion was written
by Circuit Judge Q. Duncan^ BeWn:.
ger, as an acting member of the court.
The case was selected for appeal as
a test of the anti-lottery 1 laws, although
before it was heard by the
court the theaters Involved voluntarily
abandoned operation of the plan.
Solicitor S. S. Tlson, of Bennettsville,
and representatives for the attorney
general's office appeared for the state
in the case.
Mather Closes Successful Term
Mather academy will close its fiftysecond
successful term, Thursday,
May 25, with Dean Benjamin E. Mays,
of Howard University School of ReUgio?>ae
speaker.
The class sermon will be preached
by the Rev. J. W. Curry, of Orange[burg,
S. C.
" All department awards, athletic
honors and other prizes will De presented
on class night. May 24. However,
the honqr roll and senior awards
of scholarships will be announced at
the commencement exercises on May
25. at 10 o'clock In the morning.
The class of 1939 has twenty-two
members, most of whom have majored
In the vocational subjects. They
are as follows: Esther Belton, Ernestyne
Brown lee, Robert Carlos, Manolia
Davis, Cogaer Duren, Edward Evana,
Clara Faulka, Holla Gray, Mary
Green, James Hayes, Fannte Heath,
Mary Ifby, Rtulfill James, Lillle V.
Johnson, Helen McDure, Carrie McDonald,
Naomi Ontten. Ruth Outten,
Helen PAlmore, Walker Pierce, Jason
,Wh (taker, and Wllford White. -V
I The Pom talon at Canada la the
world's jeadlng producer of palladium.
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CHILD OF FIVE QIVE8 BIRTH TO
BOUNCING BABY BOY IN PERU
Lima, Peru, May IS.?An Indian girl
said by physicluus to bo llvo years
old has given blrlh to a slx-pouud
baby at the Lima maternity hospital?'
to the amaEemeut of slaty physician
witnesses.
The baby, a boy, was delivered In
a 35 minute Caesarean operation yesterday
morning. The Infant was said
to be well-formed and today both the
child and his mother were reported
by the hospital to be In excellent cou*
dltion.
The (Jaesarean was performed by
Dr. Gerardo Losada and Dr. Alogaudro
Husalleu and among the sixty spectators
was a commission of physicians
preparing a report on the untaxing
case of precocious motherhood.
The child mother, Litia Medina, was
born September 23, 1334, according to
her parents, and that Is the date on
her birth certificate.
llut Dr. Hlpollto iairraburo, chief
surgeon and director of the Lima maternity
hospital, said the birth certificate
apparently was iu error because
Lina still has her milk teeth
and the molars are Just emerging?
the dental status of a child more than
Ave but under six years of age.
Dr. Larvabure believed this calculation
was more reliable than the birth
certificate which would mako her four
years, seven months and threo weeks
old.
After the birth Dr. Larrabure recounted
the history of the case which
had been In medical hands for several
weeks.
The girl is one of the children of
an Indian farming family living near
Pisco, a cotton port south of Lima.
A few weeks ago her mother
brought her into the hospital at Pisco
for examination, believing the child
had an abdominal tumor. Dr. Lotada,
one of the attending physicians at yesterday's
operation, found her to be
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pregnant.
"Lozada had the surprise of his life
when he found Lin a was in an advanced
state of pregnancy," Dr. li*rrahure
said.
He said it had been impossible to
dotermlhe who had assaulted the little
girl.
The mother reported that Llna
started to menstruate when she was
only three months old, continuing regularly
until August, 1938.
Told that the child was pregnanat.
the mother voiced Indian Superstitions.
"She believed that her daughter
was a victim of the 'evil eye" or possessed
by u snake which, uccordlng
to the Indians, is able to impregnate
women sleeping in the open air," Dr.
L&rraburo said.
Gynecologists feared that natural
delivery of the baby would be too
dangerous, if not impossible, for the
llttlo girl and so decided to operate
after eight and one half months of
pregnancy.
Four days ago Line was brought to
Lima from Pisco. She weighed 32
kilograms <70.56 pounds). The exact
weight of her child was 2.7 kilograms
(5.96 pounds.) The mother Is Just
| under 37 Inches in height.
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mowers they run like
a top and cut clean as a
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high and low cuts. Easy
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We carry other low-x<
priced garden needs.
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Award* To Be Made
The C&iijmvu uartion club has recently
Joined with other garden club*
throughout the nation in sponsoring
an improvement contest among service
stations. The stations will hu
Judged on the following points:
Tainting and general neatness;
planting of shrubs or flowers; lack
of all but necessary signs
The club has set December 1, as
the date for the Judgiug of stations.
It is not too late (o join this contest.
The award is a marker furnished by
the National Council of Garden clubs
and is recognized all over the United
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on all machines?industrial or automotive
GENERAL REPAIRS j
BICYCLE REPAIRS
I We sharpen lawn mowers, kitchen knives
and other cutlery
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DeKalb News Notes
Westviite, May 17.? Miss Jaule
Castles, of Wlnnsboro, was the week
end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Young.
Mr. and Mr*. C. C. Truesdale and
son, Coyt. Jr., and Miss Eva Young
of Hickory, N. C., wore the guests of
Miss Ida Young the past week end.
11. K. Livingston spent the wdek end
in Prosperity.
The many friends of Nolan and Wi.Hum
Smith sympathise with them in
the loss of their mother, Mrs. Naomi
liakor Smith, who died at the Camden
hospital Monday, after an Illness
of several days.
The friends of Hugh VValden will
be glad to know that he has returned
homo from tho Camden hospital
where he has been a patient for some
time.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hay spent Sunday
with Mr. aud Mrs. W. H. Ghent
in l>ancustor.
Mlap Elizabeth Holland spent the
week in Columbia with Mrs. C. D.
Funderburke.
Miss Ida Young and Coyt Trues-[
dale, Jr., are spending the week with
Mrs. Willie Clyburn of Orangeburg.
Visitors in tho homo of Mr. and
Mrs. Shelby Truesdale tho past week
end were Miss Bthel Bruce, of Wlnnsboro;
Miss Sarah Bruce, of Dahlouorh.
(la.; Mrs Halllo Weller, of Spartanburg
and Charlie Bruce, of Coluin*
bin.
Clyde Cauthon. of Charlotte, visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Cauthen
the past week end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Braughton were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L>. A. Hlnsou
Sunday.
[ Miss Ixiulse Young spent Sunday
with Miss lioutse Htohardson. <
Mr. and Mrs. I 1*. Owens and children,
of Hock Hill; Mr. and Mre. Foster
Milton and son, T. C., of Orangeburg;
Mr. and Mis. .Jack Jackson and
son, Jackie, of Orangeburg; Mrs. Kdward
Kutlodge and children of Lancaster
and Mr. and Mrs. C. 1*. Hilton
and daughter, Barbara, were gueHts
of Mrs. M. A. Hilton and Mr. and Mrs.
M. P. Owens Sunday.
Superintendent and Mrs C. B. Busbee
and children spent the week end
In Wagner.
MIsh Oarrls Vincent was the guest
of Miss Jeanette Cauthon Sunday.
Due to tho wobbling of the earth
on Its axis, sonio stars that were
vlslblo to the ancients of southern
Europe cannot bo soon from that
part of tho earth today.
Your Car is worth
MORE
at Your
^ri^Dealer
Took My Old Car to the Ford Dealer
I'd made up my mind to buy a FORD V-8 If I could
get m good trade on my old oar. Foi 7 wrprUad when
the FORD dealer offered me f2S.OO mora than I had
expected to get for the old bus.
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Boy, Did I Get a TRADE!
You bet I lumped at the deal. Dro?e home In a brand
new FORI) V-8. Itaa it got etytet Ilea It rot comfort I
Are thoee bin hydraulic brake# m-o-o-thl And talk
about performance ? pay, I've been shaking hand,
with myaelf ever since.
Was I
Surprised?
WHEN THE FORD DEALER '
GAVE ME *25 MORE FOR MY OLD CAR
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