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TH* PXOPLZ, BASMWELL, 8. 0.
H OF LOSS
LACK, OF WORK CAUSE OF THE
FREtENT CRITICAL STAGE
IN BUILDING INDUSTRY.
mm rmic ms
S«cr«Upy Hugh** P«w«ii«M to Dool
W lLooguo Booauoo of Position
of Prooidsnt. and Sonato.
KOSTE ALSO ANOTHER FACTOR
Acute National Shortage of Housing
Ascribed to Practically Prohibitive
Cost of Construction.
Washington. — Tho Unitod States
government is not intentionally ignor
ing communications from the league
of nations and has not failed to note
the invitation to this government to
become a member of the world, court
of international justice, created by the
league. ;
This attitude was made known at
the department of state, to offset the
public stories giving the Impression
that the United States was somehow
offending the league of nations by re
fusing to deal with its letters and com
munications. In the first place, the
permanent secretary of the league has
been sending out printed circulars tp
3 ' •*
New York.—Half a billion dollars
a year in wages is being lost in the various governments of the world and
building industry through unemploy- , wa8 but natural that one of the KOV .
ment, declared a report made public ernment bureaus filed the circulars
by the committee on elimination of w jthout regarding them in tho same
BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED TO
CONSERVE MONEY, BUDGET
, COMMISSION SAVED.
DO SMI FOR SEMITE
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President Finds Himself In Awkward
Situation of Again Pointing Out
to Congress Former Advice.
BIG MONET PAIO RAILROADS
Of ths Ordinary Expsndlturss of tha
Year, War Dapartmant Lad With
j a Total sf |1»101,000,000. "
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waste in industry of the American En
gineerlng Council.
The committee, appointed by Her
light as formal communications.
But what the secretary of the league
of nations hasn't evidently taken into
bert Hoover when he was president consideration is that while all commu
of the council, asserted lack of work nications are duly received and filed'
Washington. — President Harding
may have to take another trip to the
capitol or in some o£her"way apply
the brakes to the tendency of Congress
to appropriate for new purposes all
the motley that has been saved.
Washington.—Tha total government
expenditures during the fiscal year
just ended dropped off by nine bllllen
dollars as compared with last year,
repreaenting a decrease of |1,398,0*0,-
000 in ordinary disbursements and a
reduction of $7,846,000,000 in payment
of tbe public debt, according to the
annual statement issued by tha treas
ury.
Ordinary expendlBp'es for the year
amounted to $5,U5,970,689, compared
with $6,403,343^41 for the fiscal year
of 1920, wbile^ disbursements on thb
public debt totalled $9,182,027,110 as
against $17,038,039,723 in the previous
fiscal year.
During the past year ordinary ex
penditures were heaviest in the month
of ; March, when $536,476,360 was ex
pended, and public debt disbursements
were greatest in June.
Of the ordinary expenditures for the
The Senate is in a snarl again. Al
though Mr. Harding-pleaded with his >' ear the war department led with a
former colleagues to sidetrack not only
/the bonus but other legislation except-
was the outstanding fact in this Indus- Se( , retarv Huahes is nowerless to deal , legislation eX(
trv whose critical condition is at- VL “ U * he8 P owerle »s “> deal lng the tariff and Uxatlon ^ bm ro _
ir>. wnose critical condition is ai Wlth the i ea g ue beca use of the ex-L vif1tn - «i Aon nna
tributed primarily to high costs of t)resse( j desire of the Pre&lden* of tho ng *T.'.9.9.9.*?99~tP finance farm ex-
Wfiaiaen * OI S ports now is up for consideration
total of $l,101,00p,000, representing a
reduction of $500,000,000 against the
previous year. Interest on the public
debt was the second largest item,
j t amounting to $990,000,000, a drop of
waste was L ? U ! d T*'** ^ A " ierka 9tay out means, if passed, a spending of exactly $21.000JK('. _while payments on ac
^ th _ e a f Ue . and __ the , eT !? en V ? on ' the amount which C. G. Dawes, dlrecount of federal control of the rail-
to of the budget announces has been roa ^ 8 ranked third in volume with
saved. In other words; just as fast as *'80.000,000, representing a decrease
a saving is accomplished at one end of,°* ab oot $300,000,000.
the national capital, means of spend-
> pr.eaiden
construction.
The report said that
causing huge losses In building ( . urrence 0 j t jj e Kena t e i n ^at view-
which, including all trades and com- p 0 j n j
mon labor, ranked second among In-1
dustrles and contributed more thanj^
13,000,000,000 yearly to the wealth of Central American Assembly.
the nation. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.—The Cen ing ad,Equivalent amount are found all Angered by Spendthrift King.
The annual economic loss due to ac tral Araer,can constituent assembly, the other end And on top of it all the Vienna—Ths presumptive king of
cidents was estimated at high as lhe legislative body of the recently new shipping board finds It necessary the, Ukraine. Archduke William; son
$120 000 000 formed federation of Central American to ask for $300,000,000 to salvage the of Stephen Hapsbuix. is said by the
An acute national shortage of hou*- republics, convened here. Represen wreck on Its hands. Thus the Presi-, Abend to have aroused the ire of the
log exists, the report stated, because tatlves of Salvador. ~Honauras and dent finds himself in an awkward ait- natives by his extravagant mode o!
of prohibitive construction costs to Ouatemala were in attendance. uatton of appealing to Congress di- life at his castle of Rabensteia.
householder and banker. a « irectly or Indirectly to concentrate on
Atud.nt Training a. Jaekaan. " r0 » r * m *»<• ••• «‘H Kid-appad far Ranaom.
Columbia. S. C.—Eleven hundred * Sharon. Pa—Thomas D. Randolph.
a leading buelness man here, was
A Divorce at Age of 91.
Chicago -Ambrose J. Rose, grant- hl * h “h 0 "! y° una m ‘* n ^
ed h decree of divorce from bis third *** between 16 and 21 years of age,
wife, seserted that •women were get- a " encamped at Camp Jackson, near
ting worse with every generation
Reforestratlon in the South. kidnapped and is being Jield for $50,000
Atlanta —The virgin pine timber of ransom, according to information re-
Columbia. in the second annual civil- the South la nearly exhau ted and the reived by Mrs. Randolph
M> first wife w«s prety good." he ,an training camp for the South since Sou'hern Forestry Congress, opening —
said “my second was Just medium and tfa ® world war - u * »•» dlwuss reforee-
the third Is no good at all " He as- , trattoB la IB# southern Siatss as a
•erted that he Is throurn with them Nationalists Pursued.
all "
Woman’s Cltltsnahlp BUI.
Atlanta —The woman a rltlienahtp *“« ■ ^0“! purault of the Turklah
kll. rsmovlng civil disabilities of wi> Nationalists, dislodged from that city.
Tarred Prsacbor to Ltave.
means of providing for future timber Miami. * p ^—Jte\ Philip S Irwin.
n if.— who was tarred and feathered by un
London-With the Important rail- • ( '«>»'d‘M to Heary R Hart- w tl|| ^ d waniw j . lo
ner. of I raaia. La . president of the "
congress.
FARNEB BELIEF IS
TI
A SPECIAL JOINT COMMISSION
OP CONGRESS SWINGS INTO
AGGRESSIVE ACTION.
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Pending Investigation Will Proceed
by Authority of Reeelution Offend
by Lenroot of Wisconsin. 4
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Washington. — As a special joint
commission of the Senate and House
swings into aggressive action in its
ninety-day investigation of the farm
ing industry in the United States, some
6,000,000 Americans wmo raise the na
tion’s food and who produce most of
its clothing, are waKtng up to the
fact that the present Congress, with
its sturdy “agrarian blocs” in both
branches seems to be more favorably
inclined toward agricultural legisla
tion than any that has preceded it
during the last decade.
The pending investrgation, which
was ordered by the passage of a reso
lution offered by Senator Lenroot is to
remain in continuous session in Wash
ington and elsewhere for tbe next
three months.
Immediate and effective relief for
the agricultural industry is the pur
pose pf the inquiry, but. according to
Chairman Andesunn's expressed hope,
the investigation is to be used to car
ry on tbe work already launched by
many members of Congress.
CHARLESTON’S SHERIFF DEAD
After twenty-four Years of Servl
> Elmore Martin Succumbs to {
Illness Lasting Several Weeks:
Civil War Feared in Italy.
Roms—The threat of civil war
h~Bg» over I aly, but there is every
l-rorpect that It will be averted. Feel
ing between the FascistI (the extrema
nationalists I and the Socialists and
Communist* is at fever beat.
way June Ion point of KtkFShehr la
(heir hand*, the Greeks are conduct-
the city, within 48 hours, will leave
~ldiaml for ths Nojth
m*n and permitting them to hold of-
fire In Georgia, waa passed by tbe
state senate The measure stipu
lates that women shall not perform
Jury duty, police or road work
and other points
Governor Email Arretted.
Springfield. Ill —Warrants were ta
med for Governor Small. Lieutenant
Governor Sterling and Vernon Curtis
indictment on charges of embeule-
Miesourlan. 115. Diet Poor.
Poplar Bluff Mo-William Ahner ,u: ‘ of ■•«*ls ions carried <m during
Ptehop Missouri ■ oldest resident. Is th* course of last yeorw postal con-
dead at the age of 111. He lived long 8 ^ *• ,
enough to attend the funerals of hit —
Convention Gasettod.
Madrid — A convention between
Spain and the United Slates for the
of po.lal p.n-,1. ... ,. **"'
Th, ... <b. r. 2? “TT
m state fand* for their personal gala
fifceriff ib Impeached.
Montgomery Ala —George W Mitch
ell. sheriff of Lauderdale county, waa
Train Bandits Being Trailed.
St. Louis. Mo. — A sheriff s posee
was trailing six armed train bandits
through the lowlands of Arkansas The
sextet held up a Missouri Pacific train
aeer Vaadvle. Ark., sad looted the
mail car of a regls.ered mall aack
nad the express safe.
Grant Park banker, following their 1 ® t * rd * r *^ removed from
iffke by the Alabama supreme court
wife and all his children, though he
himself passed his last days on s
poor farm
General Esedus of Japanese.
Turtorb. Calif —A general exodus of
Japanese field laborers and their fam-
... | | illea tram this district Is taking place
Worn in newspaper foUow
lng the depot cation to Keyes.
Crisis In EHsslan Affairs.
Hard on Nawspaper Readers.
Kio Janeiro
offices la Rlu Janeiro between the
hour* of 8 orlock Sunday morning
and 8 o'clock Monday morning Is pro-
Judge NeMe on Way Home.
San Francisco — Judae A. M Noble,
for the post foar years chief Judae sad
secretary of native affairs at Pago ;
Pago. Amerttan Samoa, arrived, ea
route to his home at Smtthfleld. X C |
Much Tobacco is Being told.
Columbia. 8 C.— Sales of tobacco at
Ruasian General Arrested.
Vienna --Belgrade reports that a
Russian general named Komlsaraw. a
well known nnarrhist, was arrested on
the ch-trre of being imnlirated in the
recent attempt to assassianth ( roe a
Prince Alexander, of Serbia.
Charleston—Capt. J. Elmore Martin,
sheriff of Charleston for nearly 24
years, died here after an illness
of several weeks. He was in his 63rd
year. His death caused a profound
shock to this community, for while it
was realized that he was seriously ill,
he had recently shown signs of im
provement that led to the hope ha
would recover. His condition became
rapidly worse, and his physicians de
clared he could live only a few hpurs.
One of the* heaviest rains falling
here since 1876 occurred when in an
18-hour period of precipitation of 7.57
inches was recorded. The record for
24 hours was made in October, 1876,
with a record of 9.55 inches. For a
while street traffic was demoralized.
Hundreds of telephones were put out
of commission. A deplorable accident
occurred in connection with the back
ing up of water from the streets,
when little Charles Quinn. 20 months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn,
113‘ Smith street, fell from a piazza in
to the yard in which water was stand
ing a foot and a half deep, and was
drowned before aid could reach him.
"York.—Plans for the steel bridge
be built over Catawba river at the
Buster Boyd site by York and Meek-'
lenburg counties .were adopted by the
York county board of commissioners
at a special meeting of the board in
the court house in Yorkville a faw
days ago.
According to plans submitted,
Buster Boyd bridge whi^h 1i
1.378 feet long will consist,
spans. One span over the river
per will be 301 feet long. It is to have
seven spans each 126 feet long and
two spans 90 feet long.
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Spartanburg —In some manner an
automobile was wrecked oa the na
tional highway n*ar the city and How
ard Francis suffered the fracture of
hit right leg and his left foot was
crushed The boy was badly bruised.
He was rushed to a local hospital,
where he was given surgical attention.
He was said to be la a serious condi
tion Th# hoy Is sbont yesrs of
age James Fraart*. his father, who
was la ths car wyh him was badly In
jured.
five miles north, of 58 Japanese male thw op*-aiag of the market la 12 South
workers by members of a union of Carolina cities totalled 1.333 MM pound*
P,rU - n. AMlirr^h erntro- of .. -I [E,' 1 .“LTT ‘“ t,,0rt ' *' ,0 4 ‘
veray which h*« arisen over the de- municipal council.
tnand by Fran- e that Allied re-ln * ’
forcemeats be *ent to Upper Silesia. Packing Concern Big Losar.
Is still regarded by the French pres*
in (he light of * crisis
Baptists Drown in Gulf.
Houston. Tex —Eight persons were
. ents per pound
fitout Claims Mads by Grssks.
London — The Greeks claim ;o have i
American fihips in Calls*.
Lima —The American mission to tha
esatenary < elebmtlot/ of Pern's inde
pendence arrived In Callao oa board
a special naval squadron consisting
of tbs battleships Arizona. Oklahoma
and Nevada.
Gaffney —Revenue officers captured
George Blackwell and Willie Queen
between C.affnev and Cheene#. Th*
men were traveling in an automobile
1 and had 27 1-2 gallons of whiskey
Ther stated that thev obtained the
: whiskey from a distillery In North
CseoMna. patina therefore *112. The
men were brought to Gaffney, where
^ thev were committed to jail and Depu
ty Collector of Inteenal Revenue M 8
1 Turner took possession of the ca^,
! which will be adrer i»ed and sold un
der the law governing such seizures.
./.hV'L'unra T U ,r drowned and three others near death. al Ku,a ‘ a t 01 * 0 P*»«»'*rs. many
1 n nmn.r n r T T rescued when 16 delegates to tha ««■•»*» onr a a large quant!
l.oJ.T / co K^.lrr u',.: T °“« H-.pl.-. «-.l... ...«l ...1 ..or.. ..0 3.000
f. H.W M.. T.r« •!». - -- - - — ..... ....mcm.m .< feu f„rr„
Sublxtoa -feM^b, Ik. Hoom l»».000. .rrord.o, to o«..UI X.rM , n| , l ,„ h|n| ,
°' ,0 lb. UDlWtOW Of <h. (ililf Of MWW*
Ur.B bill ... .iprr.Mt to r... h tb. Flo.t.ng B.r.room R.por.ed al th, moutb of Or.MKba,u. 33 mil..
Senate finance committee where It Washington — Investigation of the from Pnlacots
will be subjected to open hearings and reported operation of a floating bar
off U>ng Island outside tbe three- Women to Pay Poll Tax.
mile limit, was ordered by Prohibition Atlanta.—A poll tax of $1 a year Valera, the
an Indefinite stay In committee
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Railroad to Stop Operating.
Harrison. Ark,—J. C Murray, re
ceiver and general manager of the
Missouri and Northern Arkansas ratl
in Hands of De Valera.
London — v Tv* proposals of the
British government, which it is hoped 1
may form a basin of an Irish settle
ment. are in tbe hands of Kamonn De l
Give Railroads to Ford.
Hart. Mich.—A petition to President
Harding asking that the railroads of
the coua ry be turned over to Henry
Ford, the automobile manufacturer,
for operation, signed by 400 fruit
growers of Oceana county, was mailed
Irish republican leader.
Commissioner Haynes
will be Imposed on women in Georgia Mr De Valera will return to Dublin j
under the terms of a bill introduced *od submit them to other leaders of
Form German Consortium. in the lower houne of the general as- opinion in southern Ireland. in< lud- !
Paris.- The Intrnnalgean* is author- aembly to revise what is known as lng the members of the Dail Eireann.
road, announced that step* were be- Ry fpr a report that a German censor- the general tax act. Irish republican parliament.
lng taken to discontinue operation of Hum has been formed under the aus- mi .
the railroad here t midnight, July 31. pices of the Dresdner Iftink and will Projects Long Trip in Yawl. House Passes Tariff Bill.
be installed shortly In Paris. Los Angeles, Calif —Harry Pidgeon Washington —The republican pro-
who singlehanded sailed a 34-tool tective tariff bill, estimated by Chair-
To S eze Several Steamers.
New York.—Agents of the shipping
^card waited for the arrival of four
big steamers (bartered to the United
States Mail Steamship company; in
order that they mighe add them to five
seized.
Greenville —A recommendation that
the legislature prcvld' for courses of
Instruction la fire prevention In the
public schools was mad" In the an
nual address of. President l«outs Be
hrens of Charleston, to the 16th an
nual convention of th# South Caro
lina Firemen association here, and
adopted by the convention.
Final Settlement With Roads.
Washington —Proposed terms for a
final settlement between the govern
ment and the railroads are understood
Great Peach Crop Harvested. yawl from Los Angeles to Honolulu man Fordney to raise around five
Atlanta. — The Georgia peach and and back last summer is preparing hundred million dollars in revenue
melon crop of this year has already for a voyage to the Sou h Sea Islands, annually. Was passed by the house
to h»\e been before the cabinet. • It broken all records, it was indicated 3,000 miles southwest fif here. by a vote of 289 to 127—precisely the
was indicated that some definite an- by figures made public by the Fruit vote by which a democratic motion
nouncement on the subject was im- Growers Express, which furnished re- .' Duty on Leather and Cotton.'* for elimination of its American valua-
Dlinent frigerator cars for the two products. ' Washington.—rCompensatory duties tion provision was defeated several
Peaches filling 10.264 cars were of 10 per cent ad valorem on all days ago.
Ocean Freight on Cotton. shipped from the Cracker State this leather goods, including shoes, and TVfc Oils, hides, cotton and asphalt
per cent ad valorem on all textiles stood up against a determined fight
Washington — Ocean freight rates year in comparison with 5.663 cars last
on cotton moving from North Atlantic vear.
composed wholly or in part of long- to tax them and remained on the
ports to Great Britain were approxi- The melon exports amounted to 10,- staple cotton, is understood to have free list. The Longworth dye em-
mately 50 per cent lower July 1 this mi cars so far this season. Last been agreed upon by the house ways barog, first of five contested before the
year than November 1 last year. .year's total was 5,208 cars.' amt means committee.- icommittee. was thrown out. 209 to 103.
Soon to Complete Work.
Washington—Civil service examina
tions to fill 2 294 vacant postmaster-
ships will be- concluded by August 27.
the commission announc ed
Hoover to Pay South a Visit.
Washington.—Herbert Hoover, sec-
To Transport Phosphate.
Tampa. Fla.—F. L. D Carr, repre-
aenting a shipping organization operat
ing forty Shipping Board vessels^has
opened offices here for the purposes of
handling pho pha’e shipmen's from
this port to foreign countries. The
vessels are operated from Gulf to
European ports.
No Tax on Long Staple Cotton.
Washingion — Compensatory du tes
on textiles manufactured from long- retary of commerce, wtll speak in
staple cotton were denied by the House North Carolina this fall. He definitely
in Ijne with its action recency in re- accep'.ed tire invitation extendetb to
fusing compensatory duties on leather J>.im to deliver an aciu.-ess at the H^ r -’
products. nett county agricultural fair. —i~
Shipping Board Losses Severe.
Washington—Opera ion of the ship
ping board's fleet for the fiscal year
just ended resulted in a loss of ap
proximately $380,000,000. Chairman
Lacker, of the shipping board, an
bounces
Ulster Not Much Concerned.
Belfast—Ulster at the moment is
not concerned with the . negotiations
being carried on by the British gov
ernment with the Sinn Fein, it is de
clared n unionist quarters here.
Spaniards Suffer Setback.
Paris.—A serious setback has been
suffered by the Sapniards in the fight
ing with the rebellious Moroccan
tribesmenv says the Madrid corres
pondent 6f flie Journal.
Dublin Hopes for Peace.
Dublin.—Thn impression is growing
•hat the Irish peace offer made by
P-emier I.loyd Georgjs to Eamonn de
Valera, the republican leader, will
work out in a settlement.
Leaf Tobacco Market Low.
Mexican Oil Fields Burning.
Mexico City.—The Amatlan oil fields Richmond, Va —Leaf tobacco prices
are on fire, with drilling towers fait: on market's in southeastern North Car
ing off like chaff and workmen fleeing, alina, South Carolina and Georgia were
according to reports received here de- more-than SO’per cent under averages
scribing the greatest catastrophe in of .he opening day last year, accord
the history of the oil fields.” • ing to reports on initial sales.
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Anti-Beer Bilt Must Wait.
Washington.—Picas for immediate
eqaetment of the Willis-Campbell anti
medical beer bill fell on deaf ears in
the senate which, by a vote of 47 to
17. decided to c : ve priority to the
Norris farm export finance,bill. ^
Taft Names Secretary.
Washington —Chief Justice Taft an
nounced the nnpoin ment of Wendell
W. Michler. Cincinnati, a*’ his secre
tary. continuing an assooiaton begun
aeven’een years neo when Mr. Taft
was Secretary of War. .
Mrs. Kaber in Reformatory.
Cleveland. O.—Eva Katherine Kaber
w as taken to the women's refonnatory
at Marysville, Ohio, to begin serving
a life sentence for the murder of her
husband, Daniel E Kaber, Lakewood
publisher.
To Sell Club House.
New York. — The National Demo
cratic club authorized its ways and
means committee to sel) its Fifth ave
nue club house, bought for.. $175,000
about 25 years ago and for which $1,-
000 has been refused. - -
To Have Industrial Congress.
Washington—Southern industries-in
, terested in the Fordney tariff bill will
pass on the measure at a congress
to be held in Greensboro, N. C., ddring
Xhe first of August, it was announced
here v
Died at Age of 100 Years.
Fort Meyers. Fla —Funeral servicae
were held here for Mrs. Caroline A.
Holland Goodno. who dtad at the home
•f her eon. E E Goodno. wealthy
Booth Florida cattlemen, at the age of
10E yenra
Sugar Plant Deatreyed.
Beaumont. Texas.—Fire of undeter
mined origin destroyed the Moral ban.
sugar factory near New Iberia, La
About one million pounds of sugar waa
burned, with an set lam ted loss of $300.-
Mt. the report said .
, Further Credit for Farmers.
Washincton —Further credit the
purpose of harvesting and marketing
the coming cotton crop will be extend
ed In whatever amount may laffiti-
mutely be required. It was announced
tf the federal rename board
Vocational ^Bducation First.
Washington —Seeking to expedite
its work, the senate committee inves
tigating government agencies dealing
with former service men decided to
IrdL devote its attention to vocational
education
Oil Tanks Burn at Beaumont.
Beaumont. Tdxas.—Fire, which has
destroyed $5 r ri 000 worth* of oil in
four tanks belonvins to the Magnolia
Petroleum company and the Sun Oil
company, vias believed to be nearly
.controlled..
Lord Northcliffe in New York. -
New York. — Viscount Northcliffe,
British publisher and political power,
arrived on the steamship Aquiatania.
n the first leg of an extensive tour,
he prime purpose of which is to study
i.:'ernational problems in the Pacific.
More About Freldrich Wilhelm.
London. Freldrich Wilhelm, for
mer German crown prince, has sug
gested that he may ask permission
to go to'^the United States for^r lec
ture tour.
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No Arrests Yet Made.
Hattiesburg. Miss—No arrests have
been made in connection with the
lynching here of Casey Jones, con
demned to be hanged for tbe murder
of Mra. J. 8. Mosely. wife of a "Mutt 1
cnrrtor. A coroner* Jury »
busy day iavestlntins
Saluda.—Ira Del.oach. 12 year old
son of HUlery Deloach, who lives
about three mile* west of Saluda, was
killed by liehtninr while leading a
mule from the field to the house as
thunderstorm was approaching. T
>oy had gotten within about 50 yar
of the house when the bolt hit him.
The mule was not killed.
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Rock Hill.—The boll-weevil Is clos
ing in on the territory surrounding
Rock Hill. Report* from Fort Lawn
and Landlord state that a great deal of
damage Is being done. Information
was received heye (hat the weevils
are in great numbers around Smith’s
Turnout, about six miles south, on
the Southern road.
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St. George.—Capt. Fisher of the
United* States public health service
with his assistants have been mak
ing a survey of St. George and its
immediate territory in view of a drain
age project to eliminate the malaria.
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Stills Still Being Captured.
Anderson.-T-Two stills j were brought
In. One wasi located near Antreville
and officers calpidfied two negroes, Svd-
ney Smith and Tobe Newell. The lat
ter tried t«| make a get away and was"
said to he firing at the officers when
shots from them .took effect in his
shoulder. He Is at a local hospital and
Is not thought to he seriously wound
ed. A white man with' two negroes
made their escape. The still /-as lo
cated in den^e woods, and about four
gallons of whiskey were found and
corfisegted./
Higgins Did Not K b Fiance.
Corruna, Mich.—Fordlet Higgins was
acquitted of a charge of having mur
dered hjs fiance, Lucy Wi turn, by a
Jury In the circuit court here. The
rors deliberated the evidence lees th
two hours.
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Finance Corporation Indorsed. .
New York—Representative southern
bankers have indorsed the plan of the
war finance corporation to provide
financing for cotton exports in addition
to that availabls through regular
inf channels.