The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, September 25, 1914, Image 2
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TIIK PKOPLE, RARXWETJv, S. C.
SECRETARIES IN
NEWBERRY
t? . .,
Many Prominent Speakers Throughout
■ ■* State Make interesting
Talks.
Newb»*rry.— TTi» ; South Ciirolinu rom-
merdal secrelarieH rloKod their an
nual meeting here with an elaborate
dinner compoaed of Newberry county
productn, ezcluaively, and attended by
200 men and women of the city and
the assembled secretaries.
James I*. Moon, Newberry's se( ro
tary, presided. Prof. James C Kina-d
of Newberry college delivered the post
prandial speech on "The Commercial
Secretary."
Miss Janet Freed sang a group of
(songs. The booster songs were led
Jiy Harney Parrott and tbeoou retai ies
tvoted Newberry the right to continue
'their slogan of "A City of Friendly
.Folk ••
, T Frank Moffett of Sumter was
elected president of the association;
Charles M. Morrison of Florence, vice
president, and Mr. Moon, secretary.
During the day's conferences the
secretaries continued their study ot
the state's natural resources
Charles II MoretitSd.-stalT high
way engineer, and A. fl Langley of
the state highway commission gave
some interesting inforntation on tlit
highway system and it/ future The
s»*cretiiries entered into a lengthy d:-
cussion of the pay as you go jdan and
tiie possihilily of pushing the < >nstruc
tio nof paving by a bimd issue.
At noon members of the Clinton Coin-
mere tal ( lull and the. Kiwanis and
Hotary c hilis of Clinton gave the vis
itors a trip to Clinton, where a lunch
eon was served.
WilLain Lykes. Jr . president of the
Coiumlda ( hamher 'if eominerce, read
a paper on "South Carolina s ll\d r o-
Kleetric Hossibilitii's" tiiat brought
conshleraIili“ eotnment
Dr Jacobs presid Tit and sliort talks
were called for from James I! tinnier
of Newberry and Mr \V it to rspb >n of
Clinton, president of their respective
commercial organizations; Frank A
Pierson of Co]utpb a. pre sident of t-J+e
seeja tarit s’ associaiion and tio* new
ly elected officers <,f the association.
Convicts Escape Fr rn Farm.
Suinler Alter a l; ai !• < s- ar- h
for six negroes, who < t .uimI ftaiiM tin*
Heid farm ■ and wtm repot! d to lie
uimI'T arms, stierif « II Hiirst re
turned to Sumter with woxf that (lie
were believed I t W.sebl 1 Mi Inf w \ ()
ruiivvays had i hid'd i apt lire and wete
bell' M-d to he Hear IV",ill ill tin*
nortliwcstern portion nl Sumter toun-
w"
Aeeornpan e(| hy Coiia v Kngioe.pr
.left on ds a ml era
92,000,000 CALIFORNIA
FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL.
Monterey. Cal Fire which swept
the tank farms of the Associated
and > Standard Oil company's and
the adjacent water front between
Monterey and Pacific drove, taking
a toll of at least two lives and caus
ing. damage conservatively estmat-
<*d at 12,000,600 was said by the
tire fighting forces to be under con
trol after having burned for nearly
21 hours.
EXPOSION ENTOMB 47 MEN
DEAD BROUGHT TO SURFACE AP-
PEAR BURNED BEYOND REC
OGNITION.
Kemmerer, Wvo. An official check
of the number of minersRTHd workers
in Sublet mine No. o wjlen an explo
sion entombed ali show# that hut 47
men were in the mine aft the time of
tiie lilas/,*according to. officials of the
Kemmenr Coal company. The num
her of entombed men was set at 81 in
earlier estimates by the company At
a late hour 12 miners had come out
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CONCLUDES MEET
VETERANS WILL HOLD THEIR
1925 STATE CONVENTION IN
WILSON.
Charlotte, N. C.—AVilson was chosen
by the North Carolina division' of Con
federate veterans as the next conven
tion city just before the 1924 reunion
was adjourned in the ballroom t/f the
Hotel Charlotte.
The official invitation to Wilson was
officially extended on behalf of many
civic and municipal agencies there
through the John Durham Chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confed
erary.
Every former officer, with Major-
General William A' Smith, of Aneon-
ville as commander-in cheif, wa# re
elected.
An impressive hour of the Anal ses
sion of the reunion was the memorial
exercises, during wfttch tribute was
paid to the memory of the late Chief
Justice Walter’Clark of rtre North
Carolina Supreme Court, the late Gen
eral Julian S. Car. industrial magnate,
philanthropist, and commander-in
SOUTHERN FAST TRAIN
HITS CAR; KILLS THREE
2. . t
Dayton, Tenn.—Three persons
were killed and three others injur
ed at the South Dayton c)m$sing of
the Southern railway when tiie Roy
al Palm, northbound, struck an
automobile containing a party of
six.
The dead:
Mrs. Dade Allison, aged 46; Clyde,
Henderson, aged 4; Thomas Huges,
aged 15.
Injured:
Arthur Allison. 36; Clyde Hughes,
and I^ewis Turner.
Th« accident occurred on the
Dixie highway, about a half mile
from the Dayton depot.
Mrs. Allison was Instantly killed,
young Henderson and Hughes dying
a short time afterward at a local
hotel.
LEM GIVES
THINKS IT IS NEEDLESS El TAIK
CONSTITUTION TO
LEGION.
The Womau Who Knows
MURPHY IS KILLED IN RACE
NATIONAL RACING FAVORITE IS
VICTIM OF CRASH THROUGH
FENCE.
Syracuse—Jimmy Murphy, of Ver-
rhief of North Carolina Confederate
veterans; the late General W L. Lon
don and the late General R H Rick*
d "put!
«
Hurst- b ft hi re tor D.ilz '
- Suer ff I
upon re !
ei'ipt of word Ironi. mir 11 polh em n !
that the fueutives bod I" II rep rtt d j
seen near tbele Two I (be. eonvicts !
are said to be dangerous no n
Althoti:’i it was cvpi e; d tb it the
eonviets would be sun mi 1 it d-.iud lint
tiring would ensue Hie i-!T ' il'(.l not I
« \ ' t
em ounter them, the ■ lo > ifi a d Later
reports said?fli( \ bad m.'d their wav
from Dalzell. eight or ion’ frrft» ft mt
the Read farm iP ; <ba.w ( ouiitv ,
where they r a aped, and had been
stgbt^l in;,ar Hi igah
The i onvii ts esi a pi al b> o\'rpovver-
ing their guard at tiie st a to t afCTr atulj
escaping with his shotgun ii'adtd witP i
buik- hot aird a -1.T i a 11‘>' i p ini a’e ,
cording to woiai ret ivt d 'o re R ii'.al
Holiiemail 11 D l! >vk n, who was the 1
first to hear of tin ir ape in this J
(ounty, notified Sheiiff Huist inime- |
diateh and asked tint he and his !
dopulies join in the si.irel^
The hu alit.v in wlrii h the ciirviets !
are thought to be biding, noar the ,
jum t on of the Keisbaw Lee and !
Sumter county bondm liti" , is rug i
gi d. hilly and heavily waxal-al
L«urens AgitaHng Highway Program.
Laurons Agitat ('m tif a countywl<|e
program involving Hoy ((instruction
of 2u0 miles of t ross (auintry ro.ad ami
the estimated expeTuliinre df j lon.iiiih
plans d
alive and bodies of three had been re
covered The dead are William Hood, ! chief of the United Confederate Tet-
liarry Hennett and Paul Huhem. erans before his death; to the late
A resounding roar that reverberat General Robert Metts,, commander-in
ml through the little mining camp
nestling in the mountains; broke
through the sound of crashing thunder
and brought to Sublet its first great
mining disaster. As the sound of the
terriffie explosion died out. residents
of the littleCommunity of 500 persons
Carted an exodus from their home
through a blinding rainstorm to the
mouth of m ne No. 5. a drift mine,
there to claim their dead
Within an hour so many residents
of the camp had congregated around
the main portal of the. tunnel that it
was with difficulty that workmen and
rescue crews were able to make their
way to start the work of rescue
News of the disaster was sent to
Kemmerer and the main, winding
little mountain highway soon became
congested with automobiles and per
sons on foot. Rescue crews from the
mines in the adjacent territory, many
of them owned and operated by the
Kemmerer Coal company and others
by the Union Pacific Railroad com
pany. quickly were formed and st-arted
on their way to the-mine.
The rain continued to fall virtually
In torrents, and shortly after news of
th" disaster'had spread to Kemmer#’
the road to the mining canip was de-
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(dared to be nearly impassable.
St. Paul. Minn —Decision to hold
the 1925 convention in Omaha and an
i ovation for former Judge Kenesaw M.
Landis, marked the third day s session
of the American legion's sixth annual
convention here.
Interruptde frequently by wild out
bursts of applause. Mr. Landis spoke
extemperaneously. scorning the topic
that had been assigned to him. the
cynstitutiori, as this was constitution
day at the convention
"Why God bless you," he said, "talk
the constitution df the United States
io the legion? Had It nt.d been for
what the organizations represented
by this outfit did. there 7 wouldn't be
any constitution of the l nited States.
From a bitter denunciation of those
who have' spread 'villainous propa '" ib
ganda" about the legion, he turned to ^
the problems of getting the electorate ! '' 1 -
of the country to the polls and recoin-
second
Columbia. S. C- "I Mt so wchk
that it was impossible for me to keep
on my feet and
my back ached
all the time j
had a htjavy cold
and thje cough
disturbed my
sleep./1 sent fur
a bo title of ‘Gol-
d e n ’ M c* d i c a 1
Discovery' ail’d,
one of ' Lavoriye
Prescription.’ I
improved *o much atter taking
the first two’bottles that I cun 4
tirued the treatment. Ndw I am ab
solutely well Dr Pieryes Golde:
Medical Discovery for thf blood and
his Favorite Prescription' lor femi
nine weakness are sure to build up
anv woman w bo will try them.
Mrs I I Reeves, 30^ Whaley St.
AH dealers Liquid or tablets
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Flattery Does It
Albert Keller, gefleral • imiiiuu<q’
tbr 'a! It'>n. I lot (*1 group, Silid
an addri ss t" No" ^ ork .titer-
“A good .waiter iiiiikes bi' ob
Itis ste|'l'!ng stolles.
•’ Waite
ill
a< lc
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thundered a man. \\;
ns a billi.ir'i ball.
‘i a
Ysir';
Wiiiicr:
tbere
a
.air m
non, California, favored to win the mended that any man failing a
national racing championship of the time to vote should be cast into jab.
American -Automobile association for The convention also -accepts' t$e
1924 and veteran of many an automo- rommitte report l romlsing the l.i.P>
bile speed classk^ both in this country convention to Philadelphia, and ag.*t 1
and abroad, met hi* death on the state to entertain an invitation from l-mme
"fair grounds track here when his car for the 192s convention in l’an>
mu-t
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tin
Put don't
fluttered
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Temperatures 'Send Wheat Down.
Chicago.—As much as C 1-4 cent* a
bushel was clipped from the value of
the 1924 crop of corn The principal
future deliveries. December and May,
j representing the bulk of the new corn
still awaiting maturity which ha* been
abnormally delayed this season by per-
' slstent cold and rain, were given a
respective maximum setback of 6 ceats
and 6 1-4 cents as compared with 24
hours before On the other hand, a
much larger, production of corn appear
ed likely than has been expected re
cently. .
With high temperatures and bright
sk es (basing away fear of frost. .it
! quickly le-came apparent that Decern
her had lost itF reient urgent charac
ter. The proverbial fickle nature of
the corn market was illustrated fully,
and’ although at one time a moderate
rally took place, fresh weakness devel
oped and the close was at the lowest
figures of the day ,
crashed through a wooden fence on a
curve during the 13Sth lap of the 150
mile race.
Murphy survived the accident only a
few minute*, long enough to be taktn
Greetings from the veterans of for
eign wars, disabled American vets and
ihe Pritish legion, and an address by
George L Berry, representing the
American Federation of Labor, com-
to a hospital in this city, six miles pleted the day's business session.
Mr. Berry, himself a delegate from
Tennessee, promised t'hir legion the
whole-hearted support of the Amen-
is proposi d in plans d •vehipiql hv J
F .1 I- <bs of Cl III on. \ (|"!y Mtioil
froni the (’Iinion (’oiumi iviaI ( 1 h 1 - con
General Dawes in Parade.
St Paul, Minn Down streets
a 1
batik'd ivith humanity. pa«t plazas
packed witlj cheering thousands, more
than 25.(1(10members of the American
legion marched in a great parade, an
outstanilini: event of thet-r national
con vent ion
With Legionnaire Charles O. Dawes,
republican vice presidential nominee,
tr.i-mpmc iiTunir with his 111 in (yi s bird
(r:">, the long, line wound its way past
n rev (-wing stand at the state capitol.
win i" National Commander*.! H
(juinn, head'd the group of prominent
visitors . which reviewed the pararier
1‘ol.j; e ('stimates <>f the crowds that
witness'-d th" spectacle placed the
number in excess of IfiU.OOO. It took
:iiniost thrce.hor.t’s for tiie column to
I
pa ss a givi n iHimt
In the reviewing stand with Com
mander. Guinn were fiovernor J A.
Pieii-. of Minnesota; W. B Haldeman.
of l.ouisv lie. i ommander-in t hief of
ihe I nit'd Confederatv veterans; S
H \ansant and E L Torrance, of
Minneapolis, past commanders of the
G \ R and former Judge K M
I .andis
Troops from Fort Sneliing headed
the pa rude, and the first legion depart
ment yiif the line was Florida, follow'
( d in (irder by New Mexico, Tenne'
see. Wist onsin and on down the lin>
wdtji—"membership ; -
depa r;-
Throws Record Open to Committee.
Washington. — Secretary of the
Treasury JMellon threw open the re
cords and files of the internal revenue
bureau to the special senate committee
appointed to investigate it. and was
called upon, in addition, to furnish
phases of tax payments on lUrge in
comes.
The secretary, at an executive ses
sion of th" committee. assiir"d it of
his hearty ,< o-operation in its invest!
gation, and Senator Couzens, of Michi-
rf
gan: tiie vhaiitnan, was authorized to
appoint a force of examiners, engi
neers and agents to go through the
files of the income tax and prohibi
tion units of the bureau in search of
Information desired.
The committee plans to begin public
hearings as soon as Secretory Mellon
replies to*a questionnaire submitted
by the committee concerning sur
taxes, and it- agents gather the neees
sary data Uhairnvan Couzens esti
mirtert that frohi Hv.* to six weeks prob
ably would be required for theae pre
liminaries. He added that the data
would be treated as confidential ex
cept where fraud or, gross irregular!
■ties appear.
away, but h-e never regained.constious
ne**. He wa* the only victim of the
accident, which happened on the in
side of the track
Splinters of wood from the wreck
ed f*nce and debris from' Murphy's
car. were cleared away by state troop
erg Just in time for the readers in the
race to thunder by.
The race was won by Phil Shafer.
1 hour, 54. minutes and 25.20 seconds.
Bennett Hill, teammate of Murphy,
flashed over the line second in 1 hour.
57 minutes and 20,81 seconds. Harrv
Hartr. substituting for his teammate.
Fred Comer, came in third in 2 hours
and 9 seconds
Lt was in an attemept to lap his
teamate and pass Shafer, that Mur
phy pushed his car into a final burst
of speed He roared down the
straightway past the grandstands at
approximately *0 miles and hour At
the turn which wTould have brought
him into tfie back stretch, be seemed
unable to straightep the tax out. and
the 2.000 bleacher occupants were hot
rifted to see him clip the inside fence
once, then rapidly skid around and
strike it again, and finally, on a com
plete third swing, crash into the raTT
ing and carry it before him for nearly
a hundred feet. The car did not ove.i
can Federation of I-abor" for reduction
of illiteracy, spread of Americanism,
child welfare and "an unadulterated
affection and love for 'country
Four Deaths From Auto Accidents.
Reidsville The toll, of automobile
accidents reached four, when Jeff
Montgomery. fiO-year-old negro, sue-,
(limbed to his injuries received when
Henry Vonberg, driving a high pew
ered car. ran nto the n>-gro astride
a horse. The horse was instantly
illed. JiMon.tg''in'Ty - u-tarn' l a couple
of broke/! ribs. < mpli. ations. d dou! ie
pneumonia and interna! injuries set
ting in and causing his death
Young Yonbcrg •u* on a 0
bond for re kle-s driving I'linlierg,
1C. a rnilliana re'is a native of iirock-
\yrif but he spends his vacations .n
Reidsville H** r'turneil to Culvetr-
Ind . to resume his -tudies in the Cul
ver Military ;o ad* my. expecting to re
turn to Reidsv+R* iter for .a hearillg
in recorder s court.
Two fatal it ie- resirlied from an
autotuob le a< ' id‘*tit. at Ogburns cross
ing,' near R-.d-viRe. whex. L< wis Clay-
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Should
Use Swamp-Root
.fudging from reports from drucg:-’*
who are ccnHantly in direct top' h'wun
the public, there is one preparation tiui
has been very eui.ce**fub in "'ireonir.-
these condition*. Ihe mild and hen
influence of Dr. Kilmer’* Swamp R e .
soon rert':/*ed. It stands the highest :
its remarkable record of success
An examining physician for one of ih
pr'errenent Life Insurance ( . mpam* :>
ai interview of the subject, nude ti i-
tor. shiiig statfUient .that on* reas-m* iT"
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Comfortable Traveling
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burn and Leo Wall were killed
.John Cox in recorders court at
Martinsv !• Ya wu* exonerated f
penKrtrted the hood and the body of’dname tor the it hof Babe Earls,
turn but in its progre*? sidowavs. «fi
picked up the fence rail** so that-lhey
the vehicle.
h a s
who- wa> Du *1 1 y c x's car at Leaks-
ville it w as show n that Earls sT"p-
P'd in front of ("x's cai, although
Cox had. swung shat ply to the left tu
avoid him'
Watch Cuticura
Des
I 'in ai t ortlani e
jcrease ratings
| in nts were represented
Seventy one
s i st i n g of Mr ,|;ii obs. J. II Wtler*
spoon nresid< ut of tin* club ami \
II. liLikt Iv, alteedi d the tm ntbly meet
ing of HTe rh-Ulcirt
nnd laid before Die body tentative
Schemes for connecting up prin ; i.ulLv
every ((immunity wob a top soil road J
nnd .asked the cooperation uf Do l..au f
reus orgtini/.ation in furthering ti* m \
terprisi A conmiitlee of. jliv* in*
ebrs from the local league was'named
by M L Smith, president, to confer
with the Clinton Commercial c lub com
mittee, with I hi* view of preparing
Rills for introduction at the next ses
sion of the general assembly ‘hat
would provide for the construction of
*2 cross country good roads projec ts.
Orphanage Home Given Donation.
1 Winston Salem Announcement of
'i - ‘
I the gift* of >'25 imio to be used in the
(’na tion of a uauy c
IMist fTuTdren s Home, was tnadf at
; Die annual in<‘i.t:ng of the trustees of
that ihs+ituticm The na.me of the don
or was not given, but It is stated that
the gift comes from a citizen of Win
ston Salem who is greatly interested
ni the home and has taken this means
of expressing his appreciation of the
work that is being done
The cottage pJans for which *re to
be prepared at once will be of suf
ficient size to care for at least 20
children rang ng from infant* to tho*e
of six years of age.
President of Bank Given Sentence.
Greenwood.—O. D. Duckett, former
president of the now defunct Rank of
Coronaca, located at Coronaca, this
county, was found guilty of violating
the state banking laws by a jury in
county court and was sentenced to
serve six months on the couuty^cjrain
gang or in the state penitentiary hy
Judge Henry U Tillman, after he had
overruled a mot on for a new trial.
Joseph Murray, attorney for the de
fendant. then gave notierttf an appeal
to the supreme cot^l. , -
St. Raul. Minn : Rassage of legisla
tion necessary to restore General
J oh ^ .1 ivrshing to the active list 'in
order that his valuable counsel will
available to those responsible for
ie (ieferise"r:f fhe nation • was urged
n ii resolution adopted by the Amen
< an Lepiim nalion.il convention her**
A re oniniendation for making De
fen*-* Test Day an innual event, set
-for F>ptimber* 12 va- continued in
the mil tary affairs cernm ttee report
adopted by th* f " v* nt or. Legion
naires wen urgcl to "continue the;:
i
day successful
The ((invention also ad 'pfed the re
port of the naval affairs committee
which urged th«t "our battle fleet be
placed Immediately on an al>eolute
parity with the strongest navy in the
world in the matter of range and pow
er of its guns."
Among states receiving trophle* for
exceeding their 1923 membership
were Florida. Virginia. New York. Mae
sachbsetu. Pennsylvania. Rhode I*
land. South Carolina and the Canal
Zone
Wilbur Asked to Return.
Washington Secretary AVilbu
been requested to return to Wa- 1
Ingtun as soon as possible, it was indi
lilted at fhe White House to confer
with the President bn departmental
matters, particularly ;n regard to th**
next budget allowance for the ravy.
It was declared, however, that there
was no special sigpifo ance in the * all
for. the secretary
Secretary Wilbur is expected to
reach Washington in time for the
cabinet meeting, and. in view of his
return, It is assumed that the financial £ av '‘ a itint.iti'*n f a catamount
straits of the navy will be considered u ' :U ^ B .guiened the girl nto hys’er-
at that session, prec eded, possibly by
a conference on the subject between
fhe Pres dent and the department
head
From Fnght.
There, was buried at Mur-
G-iives',. rh'<* seven yeara d
S il Craves, who cam*;
h as a result of a scare
.of. September.;^.She went
school.
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Murphy,
phy. Gra* ;*
daughter o
to her dea
om the .first
to the opening of st hool then attended
•he sjicaking of A AY -M. L**an. and
the barbei U" follow .ng Passing near
a ceniei**ry t boy hid in th* bushes.
ies . Running home she developed a
(i.ritra.'tion of her nervous system sim
ilar to t*e la ii u s in its effec's, and d!'*<!
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Chinese Fight With New Vigor.
Shanghai The armies of Chekiang
and Klangiu battling w«st ch 1
Hairs Catarrh
Medicine
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rid your system cf Catarrh or Dcafnejs
caused by Catarrh.
Sold by druggitu for arrr 40 ytari
Y'- 1* CHFNEY ■fv. C.O., Toledo, Ohio
Valley Route Decided Upon.
(ire during a few days of rain
fivhlmg with renewed inten-ity
reiu!’ the streams of wounded
.tie from the fr fit increased. Reports
t -- , - — : :■ . ^
s to the cmtconi' d.'.i not agree, but*
the best information was that tne
was little change in the situation
Shanghai was calmer, although the
naral forces landed to protect foreign
ers* and their interest* have not relax
c-d heir vigilance One reason for the
lessening of anxiety was a report that
south
Win st iv
^aiem ,
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d the r
enthusiast!
* need
m<q*tings ‘*\er h.-!tl
i. yver* 1
in that s«
’"in of
trib| state, the .Sheri 1
' A ** a
anefoah \ a
Ik y *( a r<
dma High w av aaso- .
return
ri;t? ion w , 4
form**
'! at P.( < ky Mount' :
loving offi
Roanoke.
Ya., with the
IL FT. Aug
r
d‘‘nt; YY T lit ter. ••'Winston-Salem,
secretary and treasurer, directors -
John L Gilmer. U D Ford. Major H
rum Opie. K I... Lynn. Ryland Goode,
J Levine and Jac k Garst.
The meeting most enthusiastically
backed the construction of a hard sur*
After Others Fail
illNIMEMIil
Big Box 35 Cents
H
Tornado Doe* Damage.
Brunswick. Ga.—In Nashville. Oa.. |
an electric wire that had been torn
loose, crippling the electric light ser
vice, fell when the current was turned
on and killed R. M. Chism, 65. proprie
tor of a general store.
The* storm reached the proportions of
n tornado in the vicinity^, of Brown-
town. 25 m
Th*u*ahd* of Jews Stranded.
New York —Ten thousand Jew*,
bearing America^ consular viaas and
tickets calling for tran* Atlantic truns
portation. are stranded in Cuban. Ger
man. English. Dutch and Rumanian
ports, an emergency committee head
ed by I^ouis Marshal and Dr- Stephen
S. Wise asserated in appealing for
a f500.000 fund for the relief of the
killed one person and injured a half refugees
iozen others. The five year-old daugh- ! , These people are the victims of thi*
ter of William Penn, timekeeper for United-^Slates immigration laws, th
Mes from Brufn%jfick. and
the Hercules Powder company, was
Lulled instantly.
committee saTa, a > nd in some cases
have been held in foreign pprta.
the Kiangsu leaders had abandoned
thefr attempt to reach thia city through faced road through the valley of Vlr
Liuho and Woosung, the outer port ginla and between Roanoke and Win
of Shanghai and had sent reinforce ston Salem, laying special emphasis on
ment* <o Hwtngtu on ihe Shanghai the road between Roanoke and R6cky
Nanking railway where the fighting Mount
ha* been the hardest * W-' revaxal intereiting talks.
1 ht* mighty b'^iub'Tpower of Pevr-'
sons ointment when eczema or terri' b'i
itching of skin anil scalp torture’s you
is known to tens of thousands of p*ii-
ple the cnuiitry over 1 .
For pimples, acne, rough and f"l
skin, ulc*rs, old sores, piles and ill
blei'ii.^i^j. ul)( | eruptions it is supri*ine-
r. . . , i *•' a* any hroad-niinded drug-
During the seaalon there were gixt will tell you.
One Dead, 4 Hurt In Accident.
ReldsTllle.—One man is dead and
four injured as a result of 14 auto
mobile wrecks In the neighborhood of
Re'dsville wfifhln the past 24 hours
ZR-3 May Fty to Foie.
Washington - Arrival of the Geriaan
dilegible ZR-3 in the United Stat***
may dear the way for revival of the
project for a north polar flight hy arf'
Fire automobiles are at one garage American airship it was said at the
for repairs as a result .otjtead on col- White House The sut«m**nt was in
llMon8 response to an inquiry ajd while it
Lewia Clabourn, Greensboro negro, was Indicated that n« definite plans
is dead and an unidentified Rocking had been formulated, delivery of the
uld
bj**c-
fAWU n,? 8 ro iR Rp nously hurt b Zeppelin, in the United States wjr
the only accident claiming a fatality. te r.ci to overcome some 0 f tVjht
The two were injured when the small tions to the original plan „f the NaVv
machine In wh^h they were riding department and which ,-a US ed‘ the
collided.
project-* t'o be called off.
TH£
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