Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r*. v * ' a- i 41 l A PEOPLE, BARNWELL, 8. 0. . ^ ■ .... ^ • *v ' v NOW MARIL UW IN WEST VM “INSURRECTION AND 7RI0T 18, AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME IN EXISTENCE." I PUBLIC BUILDINGS SHUT UP Governor Declare* That the County Authorities are not Able to Cope With the Insurrection. , rV- Charleston, W Vr<—frovernor Mor gan Issued a proclaihina^ion daclaring martini law in Mingo Voirtity. What has been termed a "lockout strike" has been if) progress in the TALKS Of SILESIA -4 L - FATE OF UPPER SiLESIA WILL 8E DECIDED FINALLY BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL. 6 CANNOT AFFQBD TO STAND BY Attitude of the French Press Fraught -With Mischief to the Entente Opinion of Lloyd George. London. — Mr. Lloyd George, the 1 premier, issued a statement reiterat ing the British attitude towards the; Upper Silesian question expressed by El IS ANCIENT GITT REPUTED THE SECOND OLDEST SETTLEMENT ' IN AMERICA, DATING BACK TO 1608. TO HAVE GREAT ANNIVERSARY Site oh Which City Stands Was Dis covered by Capt. John Smith Soon After Settlement cf Jamestown. PROF. BERNARD GEIGER Prof. Bernard Geiger claifis to have ALICE J. O’NEILL Miss Alice J. O'-Neill is the first wo- him in his recent speech in the House! coal mines of the Mingo field for al-j man Justice of the peace in Greenwich, of Commons. most a year and, according to the pro- Conn, ! in the course of the statements, Mr. found proof that the Indians and Per- clamation, a "state of war. insur-| r: —— “ | Lloyd George said: ——» siana are of the same race. raction and riot is and has been for ' - nftlTTrn anum “The fate of Upper Silesia must be —: *° me ,,me m TO SCATTER ASHES TO WINDS rn^./-*** "Great Britain cannot consent to, stand, by while the-treaty her repre- "Large bodies of armed men,” Gov ernor Morgan said in his proclama tion, "have assembled In the moun tains of Mingo county and fired intbi^o Funeral Services Were Conducted sentatlves signed les^ than two years and shot up public and other buildings and fired into passenger trains while passing over the Norfolk & Western railroad. Many lives have been lost and much property destroyed as a re- at the -Cemetary, Over Body and Only the Family Attend. Chicago. ..... suit, and •riot and ^bloodshed is still Lane, former .secreUry of the interior! i ago is being trampled upon.” ' ; “With all respect, I would say io | the French press that the habit of I treating every expression of Allied opinion which does not coincide with Th,r body of. Franklin K. j the f r 0WB aB an , mi)ertlDence rampant and pending.’ who died Governor Morgan also declared that cr( , mate(] here an(i the ashes ^ be the county authorities were unable to laken t() ^ top o{ E1Ca tain peak "put down nr control such Insurrec- (in lhe YoBernUe Valleyf ^ and tlon and Hot. and have been and are Cftttered (0 the win(h| . ^ t . ompllant , e now powerless to enforce the law. . i a Fredericksburg, Va.—Pageants de picting the historical development of the city, the f dedication of tablets and monuments marking points ot histor ical interest and the-presence >of men of national importance, will-be the chief features 6f the celebration to be held in commemoration of tfie 250th anniversary of the city’s organization into a recognized community. Claiming to have been the home of more distinguished men and to have been longer in intimate connection with American history than' any other city in the country, for the coming celebration is not in commemoration of its birth date, that has been lost In the misty haze made by the passing of three centuries or more, —Fred- erimksburg boasts of no hoariness it cannot prove. It is one of the oldest towns in-America, probably the second oldest, though there is no authentic data to substantiate this claim. It is a fact of record, however, that the site Poland's request for W ith a degree of feeling and indig- Lj™ dlscovered b >* Capt. John Smith fraught with mischief. That attitude POINT IS FOLLY EMPHASIZED . Protection Must Be Assured to Other Americans Desiring to Visit Rus sia on Legitjmtfte? Errands. Washington. — The United States in Rochester, Minn., was ",”7^ '^‘pe^^d‘in, will beTthU « overn ^^t refuses to have any ‘ ~ -- — ’ t0 any Entente" dealings whatsoever with the present i Russian government until all Ameri cans now held prisoners are summari- !ly released. America Wilt Take No Part, request made by Mr. Lane Washington. prior to his" death. American support in the settlement nation that conveyed a world of mean Relatives of Mr. Lane explained the disposition of Upper Silesia jng, the spoksmen cf the Washing- SEABOARD PARALLEL HIGHWAY Bankhead National Highway Worka to Build Hard Surface Road all tha Way Acroaa the Country. Damage to Fruit Over Estimated. Washington—Damage to fruit crops ■ unusual request by saying that Jie had bas e*°ked a formal answer from ton government outlined their atti- from freezes in some sections of the spent much of his life in the Yosemite Secretary Hughes that the American tude toward Russia. No government country has not resulted in fi general region and had grojvn to love It so representatives abroad would take no j n Russia can come even within haji* shortage, the department of agricul- much that he wished his ashes to be P art ^ * n Ihe- discussions concerning j n g distance of the United States gov- lui* said. California cherries .and taken there when he died. ; tbe Silesian question. ernment—it was ' emphatically Georgia peaches are already flowing The body arrived here from Roches-; to the markets. .ter and was *■*■■■ ** r J :_ TGraceTand an- nnypi pd wy are given their freedom. Reports of the Depart- P^'uTaTlon of South Carolina. Washington —The negro population State are that the Americans ~ ‘ ~ “ in 1920 numbered aTe being badly treated. " Csn’t Insure Spare Parte. Atlanta. Ga-Thefts of spare parts ^ p—-uu u U . 7 accoramg n from automobiles have tx^me so n !! T1 ! d ‘ ate famUy attend ed the made public by the census bureau, ness numerous that the companies Insur ing them In the South have decided to write no more policies on spare tires, rims, spotlights and such acces sories, it was announced here. Men and Fire Damage $150,000. East Liverpool, Ohio—Fire destroy-:the former secretary had undergone ed the First Methodist Protestant the operation with full consciousness church and damaged a two-story brick and acceptance of the fact that' he building housing two mercantile es-, might not survive, tahltshments here. The loss is esti mated at 1150,000. cemetery for cremation. o There weae no funeral servlces--*in- of South Carolina , other request of Mr. Lane's—and only 864,719, according to the sta J sties women who went to Russia on busi- errands wholly disconnected cremation ; -phis was an increase of 3.5 per cent from politics, have been thrown into To some of the former secretary's tor the ten years. Whites numbered Jail and held there practically as hos- most Intimate friends there had come 818,538, or an increase of 20.5 per cent.' In order to compel the United before his death a remarkable mes- }l5tAtes to deal favorably with the so- sage dictated by him in the hospital ... . ! vfet authorities on international ques- ,«t Rochester, Minn . .Her the opere- ' „:**“'* Xnw*?". >(ons tion which preceded his death by only . , aS f ^ n * °. n ' , ,? T. 30 . 0 ames ' From this time forward the United a few days. The message showed that e S ' T, ° , 6 . rS permanen States government will deny everv English- - settlement in the western -*4 Ashley Mulgrave Gould. hemisphere, would he appraised with a view to purchase by the federal gov ernment under a resolution introduced by Senator Willis. proposal that is made for the open ing of trade o- governmental relations with the soviets and will even decline to consider any program looking to ward the recognition of Russia until American prisoners have been re. Wants Camp Lee Retained. leased and protection is assured all Washington. Protests .against the other Americans wlio may desire to war department s plan to abandon travel in Russia on legitimate errands. Camp Lee were made before the house Hun Cabinet to Speed up,' Berlin.—To keep right up to date with Its reparations obligations or Washington — Ashley Mulgrave even a good bit ahead is declar'd in Oould^ associate Justice if ‘he Di.-creditable quarters to he the amhi- m ni‘tar7Committee' by "a ^ delegation ^ trlct Supreme Court, died suddenly tion of the cabinet of Chancellor of city officials and business men of , Insurgents Ready to Retire. after a brief Illness. Justice Gould Wlrth, which is now speeding activi- Petersburg, Va \ °PP ein -—The Polish executive com- -•* - -- J mittee in Silesia, of which Albert Kof- . - . « :fmty is president. has'Telegraphed to Navy Bill is Cut One Million. , L . . ,,, c, . /a !llt , ,, the Inter-Allied Commission here stat- W ashington ^ One million dollars , s ^ . presided at both trials in the case of ties. Jules W Arnsteln and others. Mexico to Build Navy. Presbyterian* May Unite. St. Louis. Mo.—A plan of union for was cut from the naval appropriation’ ing the insurgents now are ready to retire sufficiently to Insure immediate Mexico City.—A naval building pro- all fcresMyterian churches is set forth bill in the 'senate on the first roil gram calling for an expenditure of a in a proposal to he made to the Gen- call, testing the strength between the cespa,lon of hostilities with the Ger sum equivalent to $100,000,000. spread “era] Assembly of the Presbyterian advocates and opponents of increases over a period of ten years, has been Church In the United States (South- in navy appropriations, outlined by the department of Army ern), which opened here. ’{ * 1608, one year after the settlement of Jamestown, and an old gravestone in the close vicinity of the town bear ing the date of 1617 would indicate that'the community was settled only just a little later than the first Eng lish colony. —At Corrupt Movies, Easy Divorce. Winona Lake, lad.—Corrupting'mov ies, easy divorce, helpful prohibition, moral gains through woman suffrage and detrimental results to Christianity as an outgrowth of the world war. Clintoh.r-The Clinton Commedci club devoted itg entire session to ttf holding of a convention looking to the organization of an association to promote the develepment of what in temporarily called the Seaboard Par allel highway, connecting the Quebec to Miami highway, which passes through Cheraw, from that point to Athens, Ga., where connection is made with the Bankhead highway. This means that tourists from San Di ego, Cal., following the Bankhead na*- tional highway, can make an alter nate route at Athens, Ga., via the Sea board Parallel when built to Cheraw, then by the Quebec to Miami highway up to -Raleighi, where the Bankhead national highway and the Quebec to Miami highways join. This means al so a connection at Cheraw with the Wilmington,‘N. C., highway, easy ac cess through' Cheraw to the upper Pee Dee section of South Carolina. Eventually this highway will probably become a very Important factor in the development of the South. The Bankhead national highway is’ now working to raise money for a hard surface road all the way from Wash ington to San Diego, Cal. Clinton is particularly fortunate in being located strategically along the proposed Sea board Parallel between the Bankhead and Quebec to Miami highways, form*- erly known as capital to capital high ways. 1 Laurens.—The concrete dam of the lake at the Laurens-Clinton count club broke withjn 'a few hours afte the lake had filled up for the firs time. The break came at about a’Clock and in a short time the feet of accumulated water was rush-, ing through lowlands toward the river, leaving a gap in the dam 40 feet ■wide and an empty reservoir. The dam was complete-d only a few weeks ago. Mullins. — A disastrous tornado which swept the Wannamaker section of Horry county was reported here by Sheppard Floyd, who drives a truck are features of the special report of - through this section. Mr. Floyd said t ic special committee on Christian that he was traveling along a public life and work, submitted to the Pres byterian general assembly here. The report is signed by Rev. Hugh B. Mac- Cauley, D. D., of Paterson, N. J. i Havana. — Drastic financial meas ures, looking to economy in govern mental administration, constitutional reforms, including election of the i president by direct vote and methods 1 by w’hich the government can aid banking institutions to rise from the i present chaos to normal, are included i in recommendations which President j Alfredo Zayas, Inaugurated recently, made in his first message to congress delivered at a joint session of Both houses.' road just after the storm and saw evidences of five houses blown down, one white man killed and a five year old child and several other persons more or less seriously Injured. mans, provided the ground they aban- Succecsor to Judge Gould. Asheville, N. C. — James J. Britt, j again steps into the limelight as a ! candidate for judge to succeed the.1 i late Judge Ashley Gould on the su- ! Barnwell.—Barnwell’s new citizen* have banded themselves into a League of Wome^ Voters and in- a statement set forth the things for which the organization stands and will work for. these being education, child welfare, law enforcement and civic improvement. Some’ time ago, in an effort to better conditions in the town and the county, the women form ed the Barnwell Uplift association, which has now been merged-into th» League of. Women Voters. - - ' Marion.—One person, a little white boy four years, old is dead, and a ne gro woman is though-to be fatally in jured from the tornado which struck don is oc<upifd by Allied.and not by P r ^ me . < 0U H *'ench of the District of. p, .. , ngh , 4 Horrv county /**•»-*> n ♦ „ ' t Columbia. This has been the goal of 8 township in Horrv county German trbops. and Navy. \ Bookkeeper Got $238,540.72. Montgomery. Ala —The defalcation of Randolph Candler, bookkeeper for the Exchange National Bank, of this city, who eommltteed suicide May 7th. was officially annoupeed by the direc tors of the bank to be $238,5-10.72. Krox Bill Favdred by Harding. Washington.—Chairman Porter, of the house foreign affairs committee, said that the ohieJ executive hoped for adoption of the Knox pe.ace reso lution by the house without unneces sary delay. Franklin K. Lane is Dead. Rochester. Minn.Franklin K. I^fcne. former secretary of Interior, died at a hospital herrC Death was d.ue to an once the fattest woman in the world attack of angina pectoris. died here. When she was 50 years Jold she weighed 680 pounds, but had lost some weight of late years. the Asheville lawyer's ambition all : alone, but there had to be a vacancy, j Judge Gould could have had the cir- World’s Fattest Woman Dies. Tewksbury. Mass:.— Flavia Oulette, euit judgeship.-which went to*Judge n wa8 P icked «P Waddill, if he had wanted it, but re wap llfted out of the road - At one place several bales of cot ton were -lifted into the air. and one bale was .dropped 150 yards from A Ford car The oc- fused it. Ant.werp Miners Resume. No Plans Concerning Norway. -Washington—Officials of both the’, 1 state department and the shipping j Slacker in Guardhouse. Rockford, 111 —The first allmted slacker arrested in th* 1 eighth corps area since publication of the War De partment’s slacker list was in the guardhouse at Camp Grant Warrant Out for Bomb Plotter. New York—A federal*warrant was is-med for Giuseppi de Filllppo,* Bay onne truck tnan, .detained ns a Wall Street bomb plot suspect, charging him with having attempted to destroy the United States assay office. May Standardize Containers. Washington.—A bill to standardize ..containers used in marketing fruitsj and vegetables wa - s favorably re- Antwerp.—The coal workers of Ant- ported by the house weights and meas- werp. who have been on strike for anythin to turn over to Norway 80 ures committee. It is proposed to several days in sympathy with the wooden, ships, eliminate about 30 sizes in use by striking British coal min*ers, have re- j The qiKHUion of adjusting claims of subsiiUiting.five sizes of stated dimen- sumed work ; Norwegian bffginess men for ship oon- cupants saved himself by jumping from the machine. sions. Survey of Agricul*jre. Washington—The senate rommit- tee on agriculture ordere'd a favorable .report on the LenroooStrong resolu tion authorizing a general survey of agriculture and related matters. Disabled Vets to Meet. Washington —The first annual ron- rention of the National Disabled Rol- Ex-King Charles Unconvinced. * Fa-ris.—Despite his recent setback I tracts taken ovet^in this country by the l nited. States ftpon the outbreak French^ Brides Going Back. ^ j- Faria.—Despite his recent setback of the v.af, shipping hoard officials Chicago. — Many French brides of Charles I of Hungary is still confident j said, had been referred tcKthe state Reduce Crude Oil Price. American soldiers are taking wing that he will -shortly regain his throne [ department. • Pittsburgh. Pa.—The price of Penn- hack to sunny France, according to as King of Hungary. r -—— sylvania c rude oil was reduced from the April records of the local passport * . ' '•L5.fl to $3 25 a barrel, it'was annotinc- office. ' , Newbtfrry Sees Harding. I chI by the princ ipal oil purchasing • ,——t—. Washington. — Senator Newberry, agencies here. -» ,-^r Memorial to “Silk." j republican, of Michigan, who recently —^ Chicago.— Directors cjf-the Ameri- resumed his official duties after re- Harding Signs Immigration Bill. can League, in session J)ere, have ,vo- versa! hy the supreme court of his Washington. The immigration r£- ted a fund for a memorial to the late conviction for Violation of the corrupt, on preliminary examination and sur- diers' League will be held-here from utrirtion bill has been signed by Pres- "Silk" O'Laugblih. one of the most practices act. made his first call on Ye*..submitfeiMg congress by Secre- Oaffney.—The more than 200 dele gates attending the state convention ard said they had no knowledge of of the South Carolina T. P. A. which adjourned here assert almost with out exception that the Gaffney meet ing was by far the most successful, in : teresting and enjoyable of any con vention held during the 18 years that the association has existed in' South Carolina. Weeks Approves Deeper Channel. Washington.—Approval of a deeper channel of thq waterway between Core sound and, Beaufort harbor has been .given Jiy Major Gen. Lansing H. Behch, chief of engineers, in a report June 20 to June 25, it was announced idem Harding Strike" Settterpent Expected. Sixty-nine Citizens Deputized. New York.—Settlement of differ- 1 Williamson, \V Va.-^Sixty-nine citi- ences between the Clothing Manufae- zens of Williamson were cteputized a® famous of major league "umpires. Mrs. Bergdoll Fined $7,000. Philadelphia.—Mrs. Emma C: Berg doll was sentenced to pay a fine of President Harding. tary of War Weeks, i; Rock Hill.—The condition of Joe W. Rawlinson, Sidney Frledheim and^ H. < M. Geiger, injured in an automobile •wrtHik near Gastonia, is reported as favorable^ Dolph Friedhbim and W. L. Still, other^ Rock Hill men in the car. are able to he out. The late Miss ^hUje J. Gibson in her will, just probated', made provi sion for h number of bequest's to the church and charitable institutions. Whitney’s Horse Wins Classic. Baltimore.—Probably 25jtf>0 persons at Pimlico race track saw Harry Hirers’ Association and 40POO mem-1 state policemen atid will serve under $7.(KU). for 4he part she was convicted p a yne "Whitney's.colt Broomspun win bers oMhe Amalgamated Clothing the county authorities to preserve or- ot having taken in the evasion of the 14th running of the Preakness, the Workers* Union, on iftrike since De- der in the mining region along the draft laws by her sons, Grover and ptmHco classic. cember Is expected to be made. Tug river. Edwin Bergdoll. - Kilpatrick Driven Insane. Beck Made Solicitor General. ■Warsaw—Captain Emmett Kilpat- Washington—Appointment of J. M. rick, of XTniontown.gAIa, has become Beck of New York, as^Solicitor Gen- Butfer at Low Level.; Milwaukee. Wis.—Butter sold at tbs lowest wholesale- price In five years when it dropped to 26 1-2 cents a pound., A year ago butter retailed at 65 tft 70 cents * pound. —: : Mine Workers Join Forces, * New York.—The anthracite .mine workers will join forces with the hi- ma i{ e headway against the tide of op- More Opposition to Navy Bill. Washington.—The fSOOlfiOO.OOO ns vp# appropriation hill was unable tr Insane in the Moscow prison where eral was announced by Attorney Gen- luminous miners in formulating poll- position from advocates of the Borr.h he was incarcerated from experiences ,eral Daugherty. a cies which will govern the negotin- proposal for disarmament conference of brutality and terror, according to Mr. Beck, the Attorney General said,, tion of wage Agreements with the coal aBl j reduction in appropriations al reports received here. Linney Stands fcy Letter. Washington — Frank LinneY.JKiR»a^-^-4»4iaeartTBy"- ftilT^responsibility for the now ^fense of the war, department’s action will assume his duties about July 1. Galbraith’s Vigorous Defense. operators. though strenuously advocated. Nbt NeedetTXuiir N©wC Washington. Other indictments in 'Washington.-—Federal troops are New York. Chicago and other cities not Me ded .at this tline in the strike famous letter regarding hegro voters in giving widest publicity to the slack-, are to be expected as a result of the ^iptrict along the West Virglnia-Ken- in North Carolina when he appearsfer lists is contained in a letter from nation-wide building trades investiga- tucky border, the War Department an- before the senate Judiciary commit tee to answer chargee-preferred. •3* ^ Cold Causes Replanting. ■ Washington —Considerable replant ing of cotton in the South has resulted from recent coo|. wet weather, the de partment of agriculture announced in Its weekly review of the crop condi tions. F. W. Galbraith. Jr, national eomman- tion. Attorney General Daugherty said d*r of the American Legion. in an interview. Dixie Highway Asociation. Chattanooga, Tenn.—More than 200 Tima Limit for Dlaarmament. Berlin.—The time limit -for disar- delegates are here attending the an- mament by Germany ii-fixed absolute- nual meeting of the Dixie Highway association. Every Important city along the route of the highway is rep resented. j ly as June 30 in an gllied note pre sented to the German government. The note concerns execution of the recent ultimatum. noounced upon the basis of reports re ceived from Major Thompson. ■" ■ " ' ■■■-■ ■" •' "J- f- - Would Purchase MonticeHo. 'Washington.—Purchase by the gov ernment of MonticeHo, once the home of Thomas Jefferson, was proposed in a resolution by Representative Ham son. Virginia. The tract embraces $4# l acres in Virgin* , Stillman Divorce Case Settled. New York.—Virtual settlement of the divorce suit brought by James A. Stillman, millionaire banker, against Mrs. Annie U. Stillman, involving rec ognition of the legitimacy of the in fant, Guy Stillman, has-been agreed' upon by principals and attorneys. Ex-Governor Catts Gives Bond. Jacksonville, Fla:—Sideey J. Catts, former governor of Florida, arrested at Albany,' X5a v . on a federal warrant charging peonage, and released in $2,500 bond, arrived here. fe , - . ' ■ » ' ' J Kill* Police Chief; |» Killed. Dublin. Ga —Green Holsey, -negro, was killed near here when he is said to have resisted arrest by a posse that was pursuing him after a pistol fight in which the negro's father and George Crawford, chief of county po lice, were slain Improving Columbia Streets, Columbia.—Paving operations are In progress at five different localities in Columbia and large forces of men are busy improving sidewalks and roadways. Contractors are construct ing storm drains, curbing and sheet pavements. : Washington.—An item of $23,000, for furniture and repairs for the post- office. at Columbia. S. C., is carried in the deficiency appropriation bill re ported by the house appropriations committoo.- - - National United American, Inc. Anderson.—James Hammett, presi dent of Orr mills and of Chiquola milla of Hosea Path, has been asked to become a member of the national committee in the Notional United Americans, - Inc. Mr. Hammett has f signified his intention of accepting Charles M. Schwab if president and 4. on the executive beard there are many prominent men representing every section of the United States. It is understood that President Harding has accepted the honorary presi dency >' .V.