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^jrT L & ■ TMfi PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 9. C. ^7£r BRAINS OF THE- IRISH FREE STATE 18 VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK. funs JIBE SET m HALF MAST F#w People in Dublin Knew That the President of Dail Eireann Had Been Sick. Dablin was shocked to learn of the JUdden death of Arthur Griffith, pres ident of the Dail Eireann, and every where it was commented on aq one of the most tragic and wholly unex pected events in troubled Ireland. Death came at a nursing home, ap parently from a heart attack follow Inf an operation a few days ago for tonailitis. Few people in Dublin even knew that the ardent worker for the Free State cause had been 111. Imme diately signs of mourning were dis played. flags were at half mast on buildings and ships In the harbor. The first question on all sides was what effect the death of the leader would hare on the solution of tha problems before the provisional gor- •mmrnt Hit colleague. Michael Col lins. recently devoted his attention almost entirety to the military opera tions against the irregulars while tha country looked to Mr Griffith to man age the rlvll affairs until the rebellion was suppressed Though president of the Dali BI COTTON GROWERS TO OPEN BRANCH OFFICES SOON. Mefhpbfa, Tenn.—C. B. Howard, of Atlanta, Ga., was selected as»na- tional sales agent of the American Cotton Growers’ Exchange, with a membership of approximately 150,- OQO growers, at a meeting of the trustees of the exchange here. His headquarters will be in Atlanta. Opening of a European sales of fice at Liverpool was authorized and other sales offices in textile oActers of the southeast were also ordered opened. Branch managers will be appointed to begin opera tions Immediately at Greenville and Spartanburg,'S. C-.-and Greens boro and Charlotte, N; C. 4 Advances of $51,000,000 have al ready been arranged for with the war finance corporation, €. O. Mo ser, secretary of the exchange, said. He added that more than 250 banks in the southeast had agreed .to advance an equal amount on the new crop. SENATE APPROVES A FLEXIBLE TARIFF WOULD EMPOWER PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES TO INCREASE OR DECREASE RATES. PLAN MODIFIED President's Power Limited In Import ant Measure by Alterations Made Before Bill is Passed. ashington.—A flexible tariff plan proposing authority for the President to increase or decrease the tariff rates in the pending bill until July 1, 1924, was approved by the senate. The vote was 36 to 20, with three ONLY ONE ROLLCALL ON HIDES LEATHER ALSO PLACED ON FREE LIST BY MUCH MIXED VOTE IN THE SENATE. republicans opposing and two demo crats supporting. Just before approving the plan, the senate adopted, 34 to 19, an amend ment by Senator Bersum, republican. New Mexico, which would provide that after July 1, 1924, no duties could be charged except by authority of Congress. Eighteen republicans and all of the democrats supported this amendment. The plan as Anally approved Is a NEGRO SERVES ONE MASTER 89 YEARS Greenville, S. C.—Foster Pete, a negro 89 years old, of Cedartown. Ga., at present visiting relatives In Greenville, gives a striking lllus- tradttlon of life-long service. ’ Pete who is exactly the age of his former master in slavery times, Julius A. Pete, of Cedartown, has remained at the same home where he was born in slavery throughout his life, and says he expects to stay there for years yet. 4 The only separation in 89 years between master and slave, later employer and servant, occurred In the war between the states. Mr. Pete was a soldier in the Confed erate army and his slave, Foster, remained at home to work the plan tation. A party of Sherman’s raid ers took Pete away with them and forced him to serve against his master. Upon the ending of hostili ties Pete returned to his master’s home and has been there ever since. BISHOP J. G. XIL60 VETERAN MINISTER AND EDU CATOR SUCCUMBS TO ATTACK OF HEART TROUBLE. ALWAYS TIRED NO AMBITION Nerrout and Dizzy, Ei thing Seemed to Worry MeuT How 1 Got Wefl D ONLY SIXTY-ONE YEARS OLD But His Life Had Been One of Activ ity and Achievement — Leading Figure in Methodist Church. FORECAST OOMPER CROPS GROWING CONDITIONS DURING JULY WErfE HIGHLY FAVOR- ALE, SAYS REPORT. Senate Concurs In Action Taken in sharp modification of that originally House Year Ago—Seven Demo- proposed. The President ia prohlb crate Vote for Duty. Record Crop of Hay—Sweet Potatoes Will Have New Record and White Potato Crop Immense. Charlotte, N: C. --i» Bishop John C. Kingo, veteran minister of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, former president of Trinity College, Durham, and leading preacher and educator of the South, lost his fight against, the grim specter and passed quietly and peacefully away at his home on the Plaza, Chatham Estates. Bishop Kilgo was only 61 years of age, but his life had beer^one of ac tivity and achievement, wearing out the none too strong body that carried what was recognized all over the coun try as one of the most wonderful minds with which human beings are endowed. " After a period of ministry, Bishop Kilgo taught philosophy at Wofford College. Spartanburg. S. C.. until 1894, when he was elected president of Trin ity Colege. Durham. N. C. serving aa Washington - Bumper crop pro- neh unUl mo * wh#0 "signed *• ited from using American valuation except In the case of dyea and certain coal tar chemicals covered ia two — ^ m .— . WaftblDgion — Hides, boots, shoes p. ragr%pht of ^ bU , and ductloo In general this year, resulting ,00 ** • bishopric, continuing as end leather were voted beck to the , ^ changes on the rates la differ highly favorable growing coodL ,4 * Bt •“•rtlne of the college until ..«» ll.l b, tb. ..a.,, -bleb . oc . to u,. " predict to«-.<! <*>•• <«rlM J»*. — tadlcMd bt j l »” «• “ Ctarto". •*»« r..*.v «„t»h h" .a hhrb ;;rb™i“ ** 4 * , '~ d — «* ,k *«——■*» *»*“* ^ "»•" el, Wlllum i'o.«rn.». .iMblce la ' roadltloaa at cOMMltloa.-1 A IknaMUloa b„.k.l corn crop for imUm* Also the President roald not change fourth time la the history 1 ” yf, farming la the United Slat Larwfll, Indiana.—“My back wm w> bad I could not do my washing. I was al ways tired out and ways had no ambition, was a. nervous and dizzy and everything seemed to worry mo andlhadawful pains. side. I in my right felt badly about four years and could not do my work as it should have been, done. I saw Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound ad vertised so much and it did so many peo- pie good that I began to take it myself. I am feeling fins now and everyone tell* _ me they never saw me looking so well I live on a farm, do all my work, and hava three little girls to take care of. I ana recommending this medicine to my “ a If friends and know it will help them it will neip men they use it like I do.” — Mrs. Herbert Long, R. R. 8, Box 7, Larwill, Indiana. Many women keep about_their work when it is a great eff< orL They are al ways tired out and have no ambition. When you are in this condition give it >t att prompt attention. Mrs. Long. portfolio William Cosgrove mtnt.ler v „ 0(1 , y QB# ^ of local grfv.rwment. acted as ^ hld ^ aBd th „ ^jg 39 to of ths Irish government during Ur .h. rommlttM m,~ of t.a'f"" »»—' *« 1 T * »W»l.b. Ilia... „p ?— ** ‘•.■V— pound on gre«u or plchlod and four rents on dried hide# Seven democrats — Ashurat TTie prreldent a assoclatea werv stsaaed hr the neei of hla death Not ose of them -a. prepared to dta nether Joies of Now Metlco. tta rffecta but ther ail Agree K , Bdr1fh (UsadeU and Sheppard Ireland had aualalned a great < fof fh# <|||jr ^ gj repuhllcatfa voted agalsat It Most of the more marked U far articles that Kilgo had I gures la Southern Methodist Church, havtsg been actively engaged la the work of ibis poslUaa. la this conatry aad at ctwp of hay. estimated at matlona la Asia sad la other forelga aas. to heteg harvested, uatil hla hsaBh hags a to the racard mad# la I*19 B yuan sga durtag which several atthrha. ataay of ■ which ho repila his aar- Death only S Don't V#e Se-ee-e H*Ued .a Wreck which have dev A a*dele Mias Tea pereoee dead dnrisg the tariff Sght dtaaj sad more thaa two srore lajsred »** this vote, aad about ths ualy aurpetee the toll of e ore. h <*• the Mlaneepoli* was that a majority of the traas 1 tha duttahlo list to could ha rmlaa aay PS.IMJM t rut# beyond aay waitmama apectS aurpaaolag rally toed IS tha MU 1 hy 1JSM* vw ^ # Alteratioaa la ratea. which wauld I Tha sacand Urgent crop of white thass ha limited la IS par ewat of tha tg pstatsas ever grwwa waa rsparted la wwald rally aad laad la tha MU would hacaoM! prwepect. tha total praSartiaa ho«ag maJ hrailh ve wtthia St Soya altar tha ipilSrwcaat al MMStJSi haaisla. •*>«■} at the mesta •Mag of a prods an itoa prwvtdiag far SSiAaa hushola Isos thaa tha rocurd isruaca of tha Methsdisd COLD MEDAL E 5 4 at pel HMh <hai •ad Haelt Hie Merle rmilmad here e »eetboead peaeeuger trait led late e trark aad thea pioeed lata e freight trals etaaOtag oa a e'de trek The erevh ocevrred ehea Fred la driver of tke tra k felled te eeraiage of memhera of the freight rfee end drove oa to th« track la freot of the psee-nger The trarh eee hit euearely ead hurled agataet the rreigpt eagioe no e etde voted agalaet making hides dads Mo Sol oaly use there a aptlt emoag tha majertty leuderehlp oa the but also ia the t as ace rams jonty and evea la tha repuhlicaa sg n< Mttaral bloc, which through Its rhslrataa Remoter Good lag of Idaho tied aehrd for two rwata oa hidea end ala oa dried hides # WMh hi dee seat buck to the Met Reuator Mteuul of Utah, for the r -mmItte« steved that tha Pwf a laoaad want _ tioa and a report af As to facta hy tha tartff oaak af IPIT ■ meet pslals My will i rharvh. Snath. this year »aet oprtog ho L*aSor aa am ead meal hy _ Feed, democrat. MtosaarL the si •tea before mak tag Ha l teas to the rtvaiSeat sot red to haM pahUr haarf la Hal Sprtoga Art •eee of tha eaaSMtoa hor rwsardL af hka health, ha waa placed aa lha re- tha AagHi iareaass,!*Mad Uot of Mahaga. aad * waa aa which ag—>a tha racard crag af IBM hka rudura hems that ha latiril a sw The toufth toueeea mem ea 'w—e aMarh aad waa tehah Mas tr- HURT? laaacwa ead ever grwwa M toraiaat with pevadectiua sf I «:i tee eee Aaedhev tataaataa haahet a total trata aad apedtt a • at a trap af ■Mir af tmeh tra'I A • • tt> b etead • ee haoebed agree te tbe aseeadmeata prnpoelag s Sc«a ead three roe. bee of the pee rate of U rests a pair and Bve reals seager trala eueng over 1a the etde ad valorem oa buota gad ahoee and tra. k late the freight train The beg varvir.g rales oa baud rough aolr gage rare ooce derailed leather belling and harness toother Moot of the dead and injured were aad various other kjnda o' this pro la the emoher ehlch reared up laid duct The mot tea prevailed without Flea 0*0 to V Miami Flu. — kaoun to havo tool I hair Mvuo two others are hwhwead to have ka as > the eleventh te H year* >e tod vMh thto year • pauShctMS Ma that of tost year g plagtllhl cwagL wtkh a total prwgurtten this pear sa> etkd R" only la lha rwcard year af Itlh hsapMal to Utohap H tech sad t which he nhto te NSa Teaa fl brvght hasas. hatter. aatM h ths rMy lha at after WMh emharu of hla h tp to MilHtosru toahap Ktogp u maty S C. ee T tat the air ead loppied over a full rail Wit hunt roll call# the seaale I At. ante (la Gaea Free Mre Helen A - era. rut 4S te IS per i eat the pa bag a buckets, bells •tec he Is IT -ho .hoi end fnially wounded hei por kathoohn Jewel bo toy ISJgS maae sail af Ja am on at tag Kilga H lITaaa sas hhawu Methodist mtotoa har t arutias in hto Say. white pstataos He Sttetkded Wognrd tty sad r traats hera h l ISSt. tha CnUeclae M ('ottoge at duty OtoFlU to dlvitrrrd huet>end Millard Strvene JX Sunday aftern'wn July * when he It alleged In have attempted te forre hit htof Ml to; Elisabeth Johnson, aegruao; Mrs Mar ry Food, whits, all sf Miami, and Mick Pis kiss, steward, af Nassau Survivors could hot tall what ILBtMB# huoto da. teharra. l#J##u#o# Spartanburg, hut wi i* fertod to l*u*u puuado. a»»toa. man tea to i shots, aad oa account of 01 bw kMh tAlter he re- tt# bnohsto t trued to hacutoe eg eut and to recutvu Pruapoctlv* product ton af can hi* ma*ter'a degree Press IMf to 18#4 this year lucre a*ed lITjtoi J#a heah Dr Kllge wa* pr*fo< not of jhll—ophjr •I* aa a reoeM of growing coadltiaus el to otteed Col logo aad to 11*4 uaa 7 uaa sw ti i la a ha tots a revolver. Kama staM I tag nerspa. durtag July forecast at It a a»oo(h ago Forecmat hy tha Whoal pv.rtfolu V end ether boxes end • holly or In chief value of leather )a such articles permanently tttad w«y into her home to get possessing 4n< * hirnlshed with truyellsg hottls. ct%H. la Mto of thslr sit yearold daughter, wad | ^Nnktag. dlalag or laachaatt. —*lh€i | BM VBB operated by gasolta# n thousand —— placed ths coca crop at I. Mshap ... m.,. u r ss.. .. 255 rr:..°! - — to the how they “How 1 presidency af TvtaKy I B .g rd to Seif. to m*e tftwtr liven. dhf yog mar ha in freed sfler s preliminary hearing he msblrure or slmllsr sets, ths duty Tv fore Re« order George E Johnson ~ The woman testified that Stsvsas of the lo per cent originally blast occurred, sad ths v< Is toss Collage. Darhsai. N. C Whoa ha real gas d ths t of ag J*ha. 191#. to accept ths odea of of tha Moihsdtol Episcopal I 017.000.00# bushels, sad ths wheat Church. Uouth. ths uumhor of studaals who died, had threaten-d her and .’Coposed Crop Conditions Mystifying crop at that as her husband, l-ariT Avers welterweight boxer, was not there she shotlnself defense Baptists Gain More New Member*. Shelby. N. C—Something over 404 new members have been added to ths church rolls in the Kings Mountain Baptist asorletlon as a result of the evangelistic services being conducted during the months of July and August In all of the churches. Each church is auppllcd with a fine evangelistic and gospel singer. Rev. Harman Stevens, a graduate of Wake Forest college and the Louisyile seminary; clooed a most successful two weeks’ meeting at the First Baptist church, resulting in many additions to the church, and the largest crowds that have ever at tended a revival at this church. Probs of Cotton Promloed. Washington.—A far-reaching inves tigation of the entire cotton industry was promised by the senate commit tee after it. voted unanimously to re port favorably a resolution sponsored by Senator Smith, democrat, of South Carolina, providing for such an In vestigatlon. The Smith resolution was aimod particularly at cotton gamblera and speculators, it was stated, as well ae other existing evils of industry. sol waa at ooce enveloped from „ _ . , .stem to stern Passengers and crow C. - Telegrams to; had mt]c chanc# „ „„ ^ |lfe boats, only one or two small craft . being lowered. A mad scramble ensued, sod when rescue boats arrived, the explosion having been witnessed from the short. Lsrps Group of Congressmen Sail. Vsw York — The largest body ol American congressman ever to maki the trip across tha Atlantic sailed o* the liner President Harding Tha) were on their way to attend the Inter allied parUa*)eatery saloa to he half af Oeaev* this moath Goldsboro. N Sew York tell of ruinous conditions from the drought In Texas and rains In North Carolina. B C. Thompson, ; rollon buyer for thirty years, said his > brokers in New York had informed Mm. ’‘The brokers go around with their pockets full of telegrams which, if Jrue, mean an enormous price for cot- ion this year, and yet the South goes right ahead selling instead of buying rotton,’’ he stated, and added that the brokers didn’t believe anything that was wired to them. It Is his opinion there are those who wish to keep the price of cotton down and are reporting favorable rrop conditions to keep it down until they buy all they want and then ex pect to clean up when the market rises. Another class doing a great deal of harm to the farmers and others, he believes, is the traveling mao who sees one or two nice crops or per haps doesn’t see any at all, but calls on his trade and reports back to his wholesale house splendid crops ev erywhere, so that his orders will be accepted, and that, in Mr. Thompson’s opinion, after hla automobile trip through flrft states to investigate the crop conditions, is the source of all the mythical stories about fine cotton crops. all who had been aboard were swim mlng in the water or clinging to the ship’s boats that they had managed to get down. at the college ia that year waa : thaa twice the number la the Bret year of hla administration Thor* were also three time# as many officers Senate Raisas Sugar Duty. Washington—The aeaate approved * an increase of throe-tentha Of n cent t B,,d ‘•““era aa during the Bret year a pound in the tariff on sugar .re of h1 ' P^U^mc,. Tbe reoourco. of Jectett a plan for a government boun lhe had from ,W<MK " Asheville Minister Unfrocked. Asheville. N.. C —Rev Francis 8 Boyer, former rector of AH Bowls Church In Bdtmore. and whose name itly Baked with a tragedy ta Boetoa. ta whlck a jroaag , committed emicUe last Wbmary. waa 'Beat of tha tha mtalatryjia hla saw at a abort service haM to Trlatty Arrested at Result of Lynching. Macon, Ga.—A apecial Bibb county grand Jury returned „ indictments against five white persons In connec tion with the lynching of John Glover, a negro, on August 1. There were nine true bills, four charging rioting, and one each for carrying concealed weapons, rioting and unlawfully as sembling. Arrests that have been made under the indictments are Herman Block, hotel manager; H. L. McSwaln, In surance and loan agent; Guy Cones, city fireman. The sheriff’s office announced that deputies were hunting for two other men named In the indictments. The indictments wer£ handed down after the fourth day's inquiry into the lynching of Glorer and the transport ing of his body to a downtown street, where the polica had difficulty in pre venting n mob from burning U. ty of $9,600,000 for domestic potash producers, and rescinded its former action in voting an impost of two cents a pound on white arsenic. The sugar rate of 2.3 cents a pound was a compromise between the 2.5 cents to more than 81,000,000. Probe Cotton Trade Pmotlcea. Washington — Investigation of the charges that ‘‘undue methods or prac tices are being employed by tha duty urged by Louisiana cane and (trade in restraining the natural oper- western beet sugar producers and the two cents proposed by the house and approved by the finance committee. Dsvi# Haada American Bar. San Francisco—The American Bar aaaociatlon convention closed with a dinner at whlck John W. Dn*l»-'•( West Virginia, former ambassador to Train is Wrecked by Cow. Scotland, Ga.—When a cow got in the path of a Southern freight train here, causing the derailment of the train, a fire started that for a time threatened the town. Five gasoline tank cars were in the derailed portion of the train. Flames shot toward the town, but only one residence and sev eral cars of freight were burned. No one was injured^ Azalia Company Wins Verdict. Asheville, N, C.—A verdict award ing the Azalea company $53,000 for the 186 acres of land comprising the site of the United States public health hospieal at Oteen, waa returned in the United States district court here in the case of the Azalea company against the United States. * Measures Control in Germany. . London. — Drastic measures of fi nancial control in Germany are pro vided for la Premier Polacare’a draft of the conditions under which France ia willing that the rataha shall a meralortuta ta the ead of tfcs The caadtttoaa co—Iderad tioa hy the 4aaactal iammtitee of the al to te at the atlons of the law of supply and de mand,” and depressing cotton price* was proposed In a Resolution Intro duced by Senator Smith, democrat, of South Carolina. Senator Smith’s resolution recited that the cotton carried over was less than normal and that the reports on the growing crop indicated a yield be low the world demand. It also stated that the boll weevil damage waa ‘‘more extensive and severe than ever before In history . . making the yield entirely problematical." Urge Support of Constitution. San Francisco.—Tire American i>eo- ple should be taught that the federal constitution and laws of the courts that interpret them do not destroy bat preserve their liberties, declared Cor- denio A. Severance, president of the American Bar association, in opening the annual meeting of the association here. Teal as I could **Aa4 how foal did George Henry rwal^ “How flat? !!<•••. If dal eat eggs fo* bn*akfa»t be < flew !*—American l>egt«>n W* J buy sou l«l *klj. * felha tfctak carter ell tS—14 fallen * 4eee af Vermlfae* Net aa< aaaary eltk Dr Paary a It • • teed Shat fer Wa and Teaaearei Oea doaa If N doaa art. ea rafead ITS Prerl Strert, New Terfc Shat fer Warmn claeee them to a The Proof. The Flltterhys had but recently re turned from their honeymoon and taken possession of their new home. Suld Mr. FUtterby one evening, a* he glanced about the dining room: “Do you know, my dear, I can scarcely real- t*»iltr* maw ize that we are really and truly*mar rledr i- - "In that case," returned Mrs. Flit- terby with a'wicked smile, ‘just look over these bills, durHng, and you’li have no doubt whatever.”—PhiladeL- phia Public Ledger. The Tie That Binds. Krlss—“Is the marriage cpntra<r binding?” Kross—“Yes; it keeps i man strapped for life.” Nevada has the fewest women b proportion to total population of an; of the states. Prohibit Manufacture of Pistols. San Francisco. Calif. *— Declaring that the pistol "servos no useful pur pose in th* community of today.’' the committee oa law enforcement in cluded la IU rasstotosuButt miuod to th* America* Bar tor th* prahlMttoa of th* aad tala of ptotoi*. aad of