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"v© f THU PEOPLE. BARNWELL. S. C. * LEGION MAN UP FOB MAYOH Henry H. Curran Wins Nomination In Now York City, With Comrado Proooing Clooo Second. N— © tor Thl» Deparim.-ut Suppli.c ,oy the Amerlran Leicion New. Serylre.) IN LIST OF “FIRST” WOMEN TV© service men of the World •ar tv< e Bjn^e the four candidates who aouciit their par ty’s nomination w- Mary O’Toole, Washington Auxiliary Member, First Female Judge In District of Columbia. w The list of “firsts” to which Miss Mary 0" TV,r!, <\. Washington, D. C., is entitled. indeed places her among the “iirst” wom en of America. I In' order of re- c e n c y: Miss O’Toole is, by President H a r- dlpg’s order, Jutlge of the municipal court In Washing-' ton, and the first woman Judge like wise to perform -a uiurnugv ceremony in the District. She was the first woman member of th© Washington Chamber of Com. merce’s board of directors and the first woman meml>er of the baard of directors of a District of Columbia hank.’ She organized and was the first president of the Woman’s City club of Washington. She was one of the first woman attorney’s in the country.' Miss O’Toole Is a native of Ireland, from which, after a high school educa tion and at seventeen years of age. •he Emigrated to the United Statea. As secretary to Judge Wheeler, Steu ben county. New York, she became Interested In law and competent as a court reporter. Later she went to New York dty, and entered a Wall atreet firm as a chief clerk, contlnu- Ing >• sSwiy tow, She Jetawd tha - for mayor of New | York recently. I One of them. Hen ry H. Curran, won ,/ out In the contest, with an ex-service domrade. f\ H. LaGuardla a close second. Mr. Currnn, at present president of the borough of Manhattan, taking in what Is coiynion- iy known as New York city, left off a thriving law practice to enter the army. He entered the . first officers training comp at Plattsburg In 1917, was commissioned a major and served overseas as commander of the Three Hundred and Second engineers, Sev enty-seventh division. Following his discharge In April. 1919, he organized the Three Hundred and Second engin eers post of thd American Legion and was prominent in the work of that or ganization until he actively entered politics, when, as Ite was holding an elective office and trying for another, he was unable to hold any Legion of- five because-of the service organiza tion’s ruling. F. _H. LaGuardla, president of the New York board of aldermen, a major in the air service during the war, on his defeat pledged his full support to Mr. Curran. John Purroy Mltchel. former mayor of New York, entered the air service shortly after his de feat for re-election In 1917 and llke- wlse became a major In the air serv ice. in which capacity he met his- death. UP CASE SENT jin uipucd pniinT IU nibtitn tfllunl DEFENDANT FILED AN APPEAL ON THE BROAD GROUND OF “AURRO FOIS CONVICT.” YEfiEinffilWMIllS Firestone Tire and Rubber Company la Required fd Pay Round Sum for Failure to Fulfill Contract. eloquent fefood caffe* ncetM m CONVICTED IN STATE CCilBT Knox Claims that His Person Cannot be Twice Put in Jeopardy for the Same Alleged Offense. 1 Greenville.— a case that may have a far-reaching effect' on the enforce ment of the national prohibition act has been taken up from the'United S ates court for the Western district of South Carolina to the United States Supreme Cqurt, it was learned. Judson Knox the defendant-appel lant, appeals to the Supreme Court from an indictment in the district court for viola .ion of the national pro hibition act, on the grounds o( “aurro fois convict,” claiming in his appeal that he was convicted in the state court for Sp&rtanburg county of iden tically the same offense for which he stands indicted in the Federal court, and that the Federal indictment is in violation of the provision of the Con stitution of the United States against a man being twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. Chester.—Of considerable Inter ast in southern textile circles is the /er- dict given by the court in Marlboro county for $121,392.05, in favor of the Marlboro Cotton Mills, against the Firestone Tire and Rubber comiany of Akron, Ohio. It is said to be the biggest .verdict ever given by a court in Marlboro copnty, and was"rendered by a jury at the direction of Judge PofifBtoy. , * It was stated by Claude Gore, presi dent of the Marlboro Cotton Mills, that in 1919 the Marlboro Cotton Mills contracted to sell to the Fire stone Tire and Rubber company a lot of tire fabric at $1.55 a pound. When the decline in prices came in 1920, the Firestone company failed and reiused to take a large part of the fabric contracted. for. By rea son of the decline in the price of 65 cents a pound and the failure of the Firestone company to take the fab ric, the cotton mills claimed a loss of about $115,000. This, with interest, amounted to the amount of the ver diet. The cotton mills were represented by D. D. McColl. The Firestone com pany was not represented. In fact, it Ignored the trial, claiming that the cotton mills had no right to sue them here; that the South Carolina court had no jurisdiction of the case, and that they could be sued only In Ohio. ATHLETICS HIS STRONG WORK ^gprerament XorwsUy servlets In Wash ington to complete her law studies on the side. Immediately after she Joined the Vincent B. Coetello poet of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary In Washington, the president asked her to become first vice president. She had to de cline because of her court duties. LEGION MAN AS UFE SAVER Harry Maloney, American Legion Pest Commander, Leads Team to VI©. ■—-’tipy-wrwft Walhalla.—Oconee county is being organized into community poultry as sociations. These associations will have for their object the production of a standard breed of poultry in or der that they may have a standard!! ed marketable product both In their eggs and In their chickens Rock Hill.—Mrs. Mary Nance Dan iel. president of the alumnae asso ciation of Winthrop college, and Miss Leila A. Russell, alurr.-ae executive secretary, held a conference recently to launch plans for carrying into ex ecution the action taken by the as sociation at Ita meeting last com- mencemenL at which time It was de cided to undertake ta raise $20,000 MAXWELL HOUSE A- / Good th*- Also Maxwell House Tes d'<>K CHEEK-NfALCCffff COjiavui'tosniNJissciuU:, (© to 1 ■■ WITTrTWilWBR, lum RRF'W^ttO^rpose of ffactg William Heineman of Now Joreoy Post _ Rescues Six Mon and One Woman From Drowning. For saving the lives of six men and ■ woman, all trapped In n m®* undertow at Rocks waj Beach. N. Y., William Heineman. wound ed In action dur ing Uie World war, will be able to wear a Car negie medal along side the Croix do Guerre he won. A length of rope and an auto mobile tire Inner tul*e made it potislbie >>ua>. to effect the rescue of the woman after a life gunnl and five other men had failed In their attempts. Swimming out to thj woman, the wounded man placed the tire shout her neck and she was .hauled to the shore. Then Helnemnn rescued the six men. them- f*; MpNS WBMP undigjow. nod batl ling lor tlg-lr Hves. Reaching the shore, the young veteran fell exhaused. He refused medh-al attention, however, and de clined to tell anything about himself. He served overseas with the old Six- ty-nlnth New York, later the O/ie Hun dred hnd Sixty-fifth Infantry. Forty- third Divlshgi. - He is a resident of Greenville, N. J., and belongs to the local post of the American Legion. T^e old “setting up” exercises of the army. Invented primarily. ♦*'er alleged, for the doubtful amusement of sleepy bucks but which h s p p 11 y spread by War de partment order to Include the majors and colonela. did nothing to wreck the constitution or dlapoeltloo of Harry W. Ms looey, once the World war aaals ant director of athletics at L«.aud Stanford University. Palo Alta. Cal. A veteran of the Boer war. during which he served with the English. Maloney kept In condition during the deys of the Vt. F. F. I^eexlng off the training of varaity athletes at Stan ford. he became director of athletics at Camp Fremont. Cal. Later he went try” tpgiltTMf spent several days recently working with Mlaa E.hel Counts, county dem onstration agent of Oconee county. a.lng a thijrd. Tnie el story t» to contain bedrooms for tbs accom modation of the alumnae when they return to the college Spartanburg^—Faced with n short age of S00 to 300 homes. Spartanburg citisens at a meeting of the members forum Of the chamber of commerce heard an address by B L. Keesler of 1 1 For Cleaning Hie, | Bathtubs, Kitchen Sinks, and Marble Um SAPOLIO. Quickly removes the stains and makes everything look like new. See that the name SAPOLIO is on every parkas. o □ m i Um SAPOLIO Lake' City—The large gin house. saw ihlll. grist mill. SO bales of cot- -■ • ■ ■ to. ..d .bout ns.ooo root or tumbor WOULDN’T STAND FOR REBUKE | PUIZLE FOR LOVERS OF DM were destroyed near here by fire about noon. The gin horn*, gin. saw mill. Bepfar Woman Had Her Own Point of ' Just Hew Old Terrier Know the View Concerning “Susin—” She reet Time, When the Cleeks Ml Was Engaged In. Been Ad vanned f Charlotte N. on ’’Solving the Hons- : “ ,l1 *“ d r®" 0 * balonged to Bar i ing Problem " Mr Keesler is srra Ul1 ® ro ', a “ d H WM tary and treasurer of tha Mutual I prop#rty of ** AUalUc C 0 ** 1 _ Building A Loan assocUtton of Char Cor lN>ratl©a H*rtull Bros had been Secretary Lawh..o Purdy of the Perhaps because of his I lotto, sad t. know, to mauy a. the i “ W ' t M '° r ** «>njorallon by con Charity MfBShiSSlim auclaty mid SI J apaach, th. parrot la usually I tract There was ao insurance on any a dluner In New Yok : as amasiugty wise. Bat ma i of the property wklc* was located “Professional beggar* are a self- creatures often display Just aa IW \ • cotatubl.-tuilrcd .... I. oJ tw. UM CUT. rttb.^u. rr^r Wb.,' t. tb.' ■.rb.M. IMHItyM* Iambi, b... .. o«ct.l c W ' "**" 1 ,krtr tb. -m. M | t .. . du, IuU«. ttMl TU. I. M. man who built Charlotta.' derm to wslk out in connection wIJi the general strike but it Vas intimat ed that some anaouacement would likely be made la the next day or two A large number of men will be affect ed by strike here, as this Is headqoar- to France as nupervltor of the athletic I tors for several divisions, with shops entertainment of the Eighth Infantry. | and freight yards located in Columbia. and when the big Inter-allied games J • — were h«^i In the Pershing stadium Paris, In the spring of 1919. he was In charge of the American team which swept everything before It. Maloney la commander of Fremont post, the American legion. Greenwood.—Following a meeting recently of representatives from the various churches and other organisa tions to discuss means of alleviating suffering among the poor during the coming winter, a committee of seven ■ | has been appointed to investigate and GOT TEN HITS IN TEN SHOTS 'T**"*' 1 c ' olrml • ; charitable organization • Green Tills. — A federal court Jury ' you and 1 regard honest work. One off the subject* upon which am returned a verdict of guilty against winter afternoon I came on a beggar Is thrown la "Dugs. Birds and Dr. J. Franklin Williams of Roebuck woman 1 knew of old. Mhe was beg- by H. J. Maaalngham. -. 8. C.. and Mrs. Maade McAbee. of ging in a bitter wind on a corner, and. A terrier bad hewn In the hnhtt off Woodruff. 8. C.. Jointly Indicted for three little children In calico rags ahlv- Jumping on his maater’a had a ad awah- vioia ion of the Mann act ered at her aide. I enlng him each morning at Muam Jndge H H Watkins sentenced Dr ! “ Yon—Jane.' I said* reproachfully, 'o'clock. When the docks had baum Williams to serve two years sad six ! ‘You—begging! And those three little advanced an hocr for rammer tlMt months la the federal penitentiary at ones! They aren’t really yours at the man was anxious to see what thn Atlanta and to pay a fine $1,000 all!’ dog would (kx and Mrs. McAbee to serve one year “’Well, damltall.' said the beggar 1 Next morning, aa usual, the animal and a day in the Weal Virginia state woman. *1 wouldn’t have to beg an Jumped upon the bed. The dock waa penitentiary. hard If they were really mine, for , at aeven exactly, although really It . — . ■ ' then I wouldn’t lie forking over a dot- waa only alx o'clock. Had tha doff Walhalla —W. C. Russell, prominent | lar a day to hire them.’”—Loa Angelea roasted the stroke* of the dock wham fanner and business man of Russell- Times. j It atnick. or had he understood abet Holder of World’s Record in Gun. Pointing, W. S. Wilson Retires From the - Navy. V- Clover —The Bowling Green cotton gj. mlL imrubaard rmaiVle.ihrkL' hh ddaau^ With sixteen year* of service In the 1 no,ds and othHr *- hH * *&&&** ville. several miles from here.,banged himself in a barn while members ol hi* tamily were at dinner. Cause'for .the act is undet<trmined the ducks being put nnt Gentls Consideration. “Charier, dear?" exclaimed young | Mm. T«»rkln". “you have often told me TO HAVE ACTRESS FOR BRIDE r engagement of Charles H. Duel), New York Loglon Man, and Lillian Tuckor Announced. ■the engagement of Charles H. Duel!. Nmv York, and Lillian Tucker, artiat who ap peared last sea son In the the atrical success, “Three Faces East," has been made lj:nown in Paris, where Miss Tucker had been sojourning. Duell is a son of the late Judge Charles H. Duell of the United States Customs Court of Appeals and a cousin of.Elthy Root. He served during the war on the naval destroyer Wilkes, operating from Queenstown. >He waa a delegate to the first coh- -ventlon of the American Legion at "St, Louis and later organized the Yonkers -(N. Y.) post of the LegtoQ.' United State® navy and the world’s record in gun pointing to his credit, William S. Wlls&n, Wes field. Mass., has retired from a life of thrills and travel to that of a front- porch citizen. “Now I’ll have ’U chance to get acquainted with my family,” Wil son wrote the American Legion headquarters when his final honorable discharge was In his hands. He Is the father of four children, including twlna. The sailor made two trips around the world before the World war. Dur ing It he was. on the first United States spb chaser to cross the Atlan tic. He spent the winter of 1917-18 in the waters off the Azores, and later was detailed as adjutant' to organize a naval unit at Columbia university, New York. He established his gun pointing record in .1908 by gettln? ten. hits In ten shots In seventeen-sec- on da at battle range. Op discharge he was chief torpedo man In the fleet naval Teserve. and repainted. A number of familtbs of operatives have recently moved to the mill and the spindles are hum ming. Starvation R•commanded, * ' Profiteering Ijuidlonl—Doctor, wher Mr. Rus.-y^ll, »ho. was $$ years «f . U,,u y*u» are of alltlnc under n I was p**»r I hna a "plendtd kppetlte, >< pf rhvMmnllgm 1.tree-nu4 weRlny for the llnh to ■nibble* ; 'hut-now th.it Lam rich 1 don’t I Mine Lute ago. J-y •I dale good food and can scarcely out ■' ■ • —- “Well. "I have resolved to make at all. , Spartanburg.—A. C. Willard, n rwa! home a* happy and comfortable for Ihictor—Forget yonr wealth and est estate dealer of this city, opened a you an possible, I have h«u)ght a rule bhly what your tennnta Invite you ts filling atation here in the heart of the her tree and aome goldfish.’’ alt down *o.—Wayside Tales. .city which Is somewhat out of the Rock Hill.—Fire dostroyed a com partment in the cotton warehouse of T. L. Johnston, in which there was 300 bales of cotton, doing damages of from $10,000 to $25,000. Some of the cotton was almost wholly consumed and every bale was more or less dam aged. ordinary in that he proposes to es tablish on the large grounds in con nection with it an automobile tourist camp. Mr. Willard says that he pro poses to furnish shelter in the way of a shed, gas for cooking meals, elec tric lights, dressing rooms and lava tories for men and women. Greenwood.—Although he had been offered the post of chief of a raiding squad in the federal prohibition en forcement department of this state, Chief of Police M. B. Chandler has de clined the offer apd will remain as chief of tho local police force. s Charleston.— Damage probably ex ceeding $1,500,000 was done by Are at the Columbus street entrance of Ae Charleston Terminal company. Fertilizer material valued at about $1,300,000 and a considerable stretch of warehouses and wharf were de stroyed. ^ Advises Against Pontic*. “The American Legion will never be refused a worthy request” Governor Edward 1. Edwards of New Jersey, declared recently In addressing the annual convention of the state order. “I know of no selfish motives within the organization,” the executive con tinued. advising the Legion men to “by all means, keep out of politics, the ruination qf ereij onaalaatloM.- Equally True. “The rapidly Increasing divorce rate,” remarked the wit, “indicates that America is Indeed becoming the land of the free.” “Yes,” replied h:» prosaic friend, "but the continued mar riage rate suggests that It is still the home of the brave.’’—American Legion Weekly. Want Tobacconists to Sign Up. Florence.—Uniting with Virginia and North Carolina tobacco growers, the South Carolina Tobacco associa tion meeting here voted unanimously to put on Immediately « campaign in this state to sign up tobacco growers’ the Tri-State Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Marketing"^ associaton, which will embrace the three states of Virginia, North &nd South Carolina. Reports of the successes of the movement in both Virginia and North Carolina were received. -± — Practically Frao From Vice. " Charleston.—Following a recent in spection here, a field representative of the (pterdepartment social hygierte board of the United States, has writ ten to Mayor Grace a letter, in which it is staled that this community is at the present time as free from vice as is possible for any community to be. Damages Awarded Mountcaatle. Charleston.—After being out all night a Juiy in the case of J. T. Mount- castle versus the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, brought in a sealed verdict, which was qpeued-, and showed an award for the^plaintiff^of damages of $16,250, one of the largest ^verdicts in the court of common pleas in a long while. Judge W. H.\ Townsend is presiding. The plaintiff sued, for #50.- 000, alleging injuries in this sum, when he was struck by a passenger train of the defendant, while in the course of bis duties as a switchman. Ice Water Proved an Aid. By distributing ice water free to all comers at the county fair In El Reno IZ. 71* , , . . The federal agents, Walter L. Peters, Kan., the loea post of the American * Legion attracted a large crowd and was enabled to assist service men In getting Victory Medals and In un tangling their government compensa ■ goes on to say be-hopes the police de partment will keep up the good work It has started, ^ and expresses bi& thanks for the cooperation extended him by Mayor Grace. \ , Little Child Burned to Death. York — Merritt, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mra. T. C. Neely, who live several miles from Rock Hill, cH6d in a hospital In that city from ihe effect of burns. The child's pa rents were out of the house when her i-iothing became ignited from a blase to the fireplace, burning off her clothes and hair before her cries wrought help. Medical attention was promptly secured, but bsr fnjurtus were ao severe that it waa unavailing jo save her Ufa It Is easier to criticize people than What we wish Is the shadow; to appreciate them. we will Is the substance. » 0 The foolish man •who built his house on the sand— He gave an example in folly which anybody can understand. It isn't ao easy, however, to eenee the mistake of trying to build the body on foods which lack essential nourishment. ’ Here, again, is a foundation of sand which gives 'way when the test cornea. Many a food that tastes good buck* honesty of ribunahmenl to equal ha tasta. Thus it tempts the appetite into mistakes that often are costly. Grape-Nuts is a food which helps build bodily endurance for life's stress and storm. The full nourishment of wheat and malted barley, together with the vital mineral salts ao necessary to bone atructyre and red blood corpuscles, with phos phates for the brain, is retained in Grape-Nuts. The long baking process by which Grape-Nuts is made gives the food a natural snuiiinies and aa unusual ease of digestibility and aseimflaftnn Served with cream or mdk, Grape-Nuts is fully nourishing, and whether eaten as a cereal at breakfast or lunch, or made into a pudding for dinner. Grape-Nuts bee a particular (Wight for tbs appetite. Sold by grocers. ^ 'v 1 Grape-Nuts—the Body Builder