Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ ' ■ THREE WEE+ DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. r . ’ 1 ' t ^ Winston-Salem.—Mrs. Eunice At wood, Pleas H. Norman and Henry Brown, all of this city, were in stantly killed when the car in which they were riding turned over about fiive miles from town v on the Lex ington highway. The occupants were pinned under the car and death resulted instantly. According to parties near the scene at the time, the car was trav eling at rapid rate of speed, and it is believed it turned over several times, finally stopping headed in the opposite direction from that in which it was traveling. The top was completely torn off. and other parts of the car, a Cadillac, badly damaged. . - REQUEST FROM WAR VETERANS . * WAR DEPARTMENT ASKS VETER ANS to AWAIT PRINTED IN STRUCTIONS. METHODIST PUN. SPRINGFIELD MEET URGED TO TAKE LEAD IN NEW WORLD AMITY EFFORT. % TRIO ON CRATER EDGE VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION. Honolulu.—Three persona are un accounted for following a violent explosion in the crateit of Kilau'ea volcano, • on the Island! of Hawaii, said advices reaching here from Hilo, on that island. They are Miss Molly U. Thomas, a district nurse of the board of health, and two soldiers whose names are not given. The explosion was the most vio lent of the current period of ac tivity in the volcano. The three were seen at the edge of.the grekL pit of the crater immediately be fore the explosion. A searching party was sent out in an effort to locate the bodies. Truman S. Taylor, a bookkeeper of Pahala, was struck by a rock thrown out from the volcano and — r-r mediately after-the explosion and both legs were crushed. COMPLETE FLIGHT VETERAN JUDGE GIVES FACTS IN HIS TASE AMERICAN AIRPLANE WORST PART OF JOURNE WORLD FLIGHT - W-a^hmgton.—Atready—besieged ' by requests from veterans for adjusted compensation under the bonus law, the war department issued a statement pointing out to former service men the futility of writing or calling for bonus payments at the present time. The special application blank has been prepared and an order for 15'.- 000,000 has been placed with the pub lic printer, the statement said. The necessary paper to fill the huge Springfield, Mass.—A’proposal that a world conference of religious' forces be called to consider plans and meth ods against war was introduced before the Methodist Episcopal General Con ference here. The proposal was incorporated in a resolution reported to the conference by a special committee of thirteen. The world conference would be called by a special commission of the church to be appointed by the conference be fore, final adjournment. The resolution stated: “We set our- — selves to create the will . to peace.. .... The glorification of war must end.” * The report urged the President to summon another conference of nations for a more draatic-r^dluctlon ar-ma- ments. The following resolution on war was presented to the Methodist Episcopal '• gtfneral conference by a special com-! “ mittee. New York.—A platform of American “Millions of our fellow men have j industry, suggested to the convention died heroically in ‘a war to end war.’j National Association of Manu- What they undertook we must finish facturers by a committee of more by methods of peace. War is not in-' than 100 industrialists, for adoption by evitabla. It is the supreme enemy of the major political* called for mankind. Its futility is beyond ques-i the creation of an international court i extremit y the m tion. Its continuance Is the suicide COMMITTEE FOR WORLD COURT Kasumigaura, Japan.—The Ameri can army airplanes having flown across the Pacific for the first time in the history of aviation, nestled on Jhe Japanese naval flying fields here for a week's breathing spell'prepara tory to a continuance of their attempt i to circumnavigate the globe by air. Great crowds of curious Japanese gathered about the aviation field for a glimpse of the*sturdy planes and dar ing airmen. The visiting aviators arrived at 5:40 o’clock, having made th^ jump from Hitokappu Bay, Yetoroful Island, Ku riles—72o miles—In minutes flying time. Honorable A. P. Turbor, distin guished lawyer and Judge, residing at 217 West iibrd St., University Place, Neb., lends his nuine to further the cause of Tanlao, the famous treatment that lias_.|iroved of such great benefit to him, “If anybody knows what Tanlnc will •do,” recently said Judge Tnrbnx, “it is me. for the medicine has kept me on my feet and able to work for the past two years.” Judge Tarliox has been a member of the bur sinee early manhood and has practiced law in Illinois*Nebraska and PRESENT PROPOSED PLATFORM FOR ADOPTION BY MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES. % Oklahoma for more than a half cen tury. H<» is a charter member of Far- ragut Post, Lincoln, G. A. H., an4-also ; prominent in fraternal order circles. Speaking further of his experience, with Tanlac. Judge Turbo* said: “Stomach trouble had been the bane 12 hours and 50 () f my existence even before the (Mv^l They made one War. Indigestion such as I had is stop of about two hours at Minato for about the worst enemy a person could lunch. have, and it kept getting worse all the The Americans and their planes time, jwere in-excellant condition*—upon ««i simply COUld not hftVe kept golnig their arrival here, but it has been do- tho past two years if it had not been cided to fest a week here. This will 1 for Tanlac. It made my weak stomach 'll of civilization. We are determned to order I. be:„ e .hipped to the public ; out , aw whole w „ sy8t erf,." , „ printer by the factories and on receipt ; .. Tlle p atriotl , ra 0( t j, 9 Methodist ' of nations proposals In the 1920 elec-; aviators will say farewell to the em the T. application blanks would be 1 l -*- J -* T ' - -* *•-- — promptly delivered to the department for distribution to veterans through out the country. ► In this connection the war depart ment has made arrangements for the distribution through the post office department, the American Legion, va rious military headquarters and civil societies. Printed instructions will be la--' iarfif and Episcopal Church has never been chal- of arbitration free from entangle ments of the league of nations. Recalling the defeat of the league , l ^ e give time for a thorough overhauling of the aircraft, and also permit the army officers to visit Tokio. With the landing here the first and most difficult portions of the around- the-world journey has ended. From Kasumigaura the next jump wil] syiitft at the Island. It Is a small se.aporL-$tfuated on a rocky ir- regul^p-cffast. Kushimoto is next to rTast stopping place In Japan. The to Kushimoto^ 350 miles tion, the platform endorsed the world lenged. Neither our motives nor our court as the only—flfeans of “interna- loyalty must be impugned when .we tional co-qperaLion, without compro- insist on the fulfillment of the pledges mise of national independence, to min- made to the dead and assert pur'imize the danger of war.” distributed containing all inform^ relative to the bonus .andjjH*''applira- tion blank itself wUk^ontain specific instructionsjw^to how it should be fi 11 '^Estimates totaling $127,000,000 were sent to the budget director by Director Hines of the veterans’ bureau for ap proval before they are submitted to Corigress as the basis of appropria tions required by the veterans’ bureau to finance its overhead charges and make compensation payments during the first year to veterans who benefit by the adjusted compensation act. "ATIhe same time. General Hines an nounced he had ■ created a separate division in the veterans’ bureau to be known as the adjusted- compensation ■service charged with the administra- tfve work Of passing upon certificates for payment and making cash dis bursements to the veterans. The new office will be headed by Major Owen Clark, former chief of tht* rehabilita tion division of the bureau. Major Clark will be succeeded in his. old post by H that division. General Hines said a voluminous correspondence from veterans was also beginning to reach his office and appealed to newspapers of the coun try to >yarn all former service men ;ngainst—writing: or communicating in any way'with the government execu tive offices charged with the bonus administration until they had received application certificates and filed -them either with t-he, war or navy depart ment. Vetcraiv* were advised by General Hines in the connection to keep; in touch locally with postoffice officials and veterans organization officers, who are to coroperate with the war and navy departments In distributing ap plication blanks and disseminating in formation about them to help thl* vet erans to' fill in the blanks correctly. Christian ideals for the livi,Rg. Gov- ernments which ignore Tne Christian conscience of,.mf f ri in time of jgeace cannoLjeirtTy claim the lives of men "lime of w>ar. Secret displomaey and political partisanship must not" draw men into the dilemma of decid ing between support of country and loyalty to Christ. “The world is now open txr ~a- cm- side for peace. War-weary nations everywhere must lead the way. Our nation and our chureit can do now what we may never be able to do again. "We set ourselves to create the will to peace. We recommend that a pray er for peace be prepared and used at everv communion service. • pire at Kagoshima, aC-the southern end of the southern island of Kyushu. From Kagoshima the Americans will make their next long water Jump of 500 miles to Shanghai. The'American airment,, when they reached here, had covere«d the last part of the earth’s circumference hith- erton untraveled by air. . From Clover Field, Santa Monica, California, they have reeled off 6,576 miles in 90 hours 6f flying time. Other planks in the platform were: Exercise of every possible power to insure conduct of public and private affairs on a high plane of*honesty and morality; — Maintenance of the independence of the judiciary, especially the supreme court; | Recognition of the principle that ! Preabyterian. of South Adjourn. places the greatest load of taxation ^ an Antonio. Teias.—The Presby- a small class would result In im- terian church of the 80Uth stands to ' day on all the fundametal doctrlnea to which it has clung through several generations of church history as a re sult of decisions of the sixty-fourth sound and wholesome, did away v nil signs of indigestion me up in a way I hadjjj^rrm impossible. “In facC^FfllTTac has brought me i henJjLJ^sffengtli and happiness when I as sick and suffering, so I have every # / Chocolate in Europe Chocolate madu its appearance in Europe just four hundred years ago. The Spaniards were the first to make tiie acquaintance of this nourishing food in Mexico. For a long time It was disdained in France; but Anne of Austria formed the habit of taking her cup of chocolate every morning; the court Imitated the queen; the city imitated the court and the cho'*olate- drinking habit quickly spread. reason to 1 giveJt^-rfTy jnquailfled em- dorsementr^tfllTpraise." JjrtTTac is for sale by all good drojf- glsta. - Accept no substitute. Over 4® million bottles sold. Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills fore stipatlon: Made and recommended the manufacturers of TANLAC. Free State to Release Prisoner?. * Dublin —The Free State Govern ment, will expedite the release of all prisoners Intended or under sentence of imprisonment with the exception of Eamon de Valera, and other Republi can leaders who , have not yet been tried. As a result of the debate in Dail Eireann on the motion to release the prisoners in the interest of peace and B Sterling, executive officer of because of the approaching Irish Olym-: pic games, the government declared its recognition of the* willingness of average citizens to tak-* the rick of the prisoners' release and will there fore' expedite them. • Even convicted prisoners will be released on revision of their senten ces by Judges by de Valera and the other Republican leaders will lie re tained in custody fur the time being. on a small class would result In im poverishment of all; Insistence upon the privacy of an individual’^ tax relations; Compulsory investigation of facts before strikes or lockouts against any public utility are allowed; Acceptance of legal responsibility by labor organizations similar to that governing organized capital; Guarantee to all citizens or corpor ations of the right to seek employment or to employ individuals or noumenv bership in any organization; Retention of thtv transportation act to enable railroads to earn a fair re turn on their investment; Restriction of immigration by high ly selective tests and quotas based on economic requirements of the country and on the number that can be politic ally assimilated. Retention of the present tariff laws; Aboilition of ttyo policy of taxing residents abroad on income derived ■ ’t from active business in a foreign country; ' Establishment of a merchant marine-. privately-owned Crop Report For Southern States. Washington. — Crop and weather conditions in southern states during the week were summarized by the de p.irtment of agriculture,as followsj^ In the co|ton region conditions were mainly unfavorable on account of con tinued cool nights, and the crop re mained poor in nearly -all portions of .the 'belt, although some of the earlier- _planted is reported in bertor'condition. Stands are frequently irregular and much late planted Has failed to germi nate. Chopping is in progress in the more souther?: districts. In Georgia the latter pan of the week was more favorable and • the planting of the crop is noafly finish ed. while the condition and the growth are generally poor, although better in the south. In Florida the condition and progress continued fair, although cool nighty, delayed growth. In^N’orth Carolina planting is nearly completed. Sign Liquor Treaty. Washington.—A liquor treaty with Sweden similar to those already nego tiated with Great Britain and Ger^ many was signed at the Statc~Th?part- ment by Secretary Hughes and P. V. G Assarsson, counsellor of the Swed ish Legation. Secretary Hughes and the British Afnbassador.. Sir Esme Howard, also formally exchanged rati fications of the liquor treaty with Great Britain, concluding the process of putting the p&ct in operation. Pictures Are Sent By Phone. New York. Transmission of photo graphs from Celevland to New York City over long distance telephone lines was accomplished in a demonstration by laboratory experts of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The method achieved after several years' work,was described by. officials ^.jiarged Death Due to Poi«on Herb. Asheville.—A poisonous herb mixed with greens which they had gathered is believed to have caused the death of Mrs Marion Parker and the critical Illness of her husband who is not ex- [ t'crc'il to survive, according to in attendance. The couple, advanced in years, live on the county home road near Asheville and are • well-known throughout the county. Asks Fund For Senator. * Washington.—The Governtnent was asked in a joint resolution introduced by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republican leader, to reimburse Senator Frank L. Greene, of Vermont, for expenses incurred as a result of injuries sustained^-when he was shot down here during a chase of suspected bootleggers by prohibition officers. A total of $7,500 was fixed as the amount to be paid the Vermont Senator, who on Monday made his appearance in the Ana ♦ a *— Mrs. J. Edward Johnson Dies. Raleigh. .%Jrs. J Edward Johnson of Winston-Salem, the widow of ’ll. J. Reynolds, millionaire tobacco mag nate, and one of the wealthiest women in North Carolina, died in New York, according to desphehes received here. She left a tiiree-days’-old infant, as well as several children by her husband. of the company as a "simple, rapid .and accurate picture transmitting sys tem.” - It will be installed on the company's various long distance lines, it was an nounced, In accordance with the de mand which arises for this type of service. * Cleveland was'selected as the place for the tranmitting station so that pic tures taken at the republican national convention might be transmitted to New York within a few minutes. Act ual tranmissions showed, that photo graphs could be transmitted to New York and made ready for producing -r—plates—within 10 m in tit os 1 from .the'time the original photograph was placed bn the transmitting nia ; chine; A photograph of a group (T newspapermen taken in the Cleveland’ laboratory was transmitted to NeM - York in four and one-half minfiteg, ex general assembly which cloned here. Commissioners returning to their homes expressed gratification that the church had refused to recede from any of its doctrines, and that it stood among the churches of the United States without a single rift in Its beliefs. The most important result of the body in its- refusal to hack away from decisions reached at former assem blies, according to church loader?. Amid the storm of modernism, which some commissioners declared was breakin gover the world today, the assembly by unanimous vote declined to restate its fundamental doctrines in detail, contenting itself with an nouncing "to the world” that It stands where it has always stood, on the literal interpretation of the Bible as pronounced in its ancient confession of faith. By a similar declination, it oppos ed any change in its stand on evolu tion, on its stand favoring the right of women to be members of executive committees of the assembly, and on affiliation with the federal council of churches in Christ and the-council of i t Presbyterian and reformed churches, both of which it continues to support. It also declined to withdraw from the Nanking seminary in China a co-oper ative missionary s'chool. which was with <■ alleged unorthodox Everybody Happy Maid—No, ma'am, Mrs. Hughes to out. Visitor—How fortunate! Whe* 1 saw her peeping through the rurtaim as I came up the path I was so afraid) she would be In.—Cassel’s Saturday Journal (London). Having one’s own way is a h*l habit; it leads to forcibly reform jag others. — Children Cry for “Castoria” Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has been In use for over 30 years as a pleasant, harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcotics. Proven directions are on each package. Physicians everywhere Poiso* 1 Zonite is a specific in the treatment of poison ivy. Although this affliction is rarely serious in itself, it is most * irritating and there is great danger of infection wherever the skin is broken. Zonite not only relieves the inflam mation and irritation in a remarkably short time, but also keeps the skin in a safely disinfected condition. If at all susceptible to poison ivy, you shouldn’t be without a Dottle of Zonite. Your druggist has it in bottles—fifty cents and one dollar. mommend it. The kind yon h always bought bears signature of 2 bntk J0 KILLS GERb teachings. Reports of tho committees on for eign and home missions indicated, ac cording to the commissioners, that there is as much work to be done among the Christian states at .hoipft as there is Among the heathen abroad, the home missions committee speci fically requesting that young men be induced to devote their lives to work in the country districts as mission aries. Gasoline Stock* Increase In April. New York.—*3asoline’stocks increas ed to the extent of 6S2.050 barrels dur- No More ^Heathen’* There are no more “heathen" in the world, according to a ruling made at the headquarters of the Salvation Army in Gliinigo. It was decided that "heathen” is too rude a name to aj>ply to nations which have civilization old er than the Christian religion/ Hence forth such people will.be called “non- Christian.” Modern America A.woman friend dropped in fhe er evening to chat with the wife, aad was serprised to find the husband, en veloped in an apron, washing Um dishes., • "Where's the wife?”Hie visitor asked cheerily. “Over at the barber shop,” came tbm* grumpy reply.—Indianapolis News. Ing April, according to reports receiv ed by the American Petroleum Insti tute,- covering approximaffdy 68 per d of the operating capacity of the United States. Pipe line and tank farm crude oil stocks east of the Rockies increased 4.065,000 barrels in eluding the time required in develop- .\p r ji ing the original in Cleveland and the Tll0 ^jj average gross few minutes required in developing production of the United W IL.OOUGLAS FOR MEN and WOMEN the print in New York. creased 27,550 barrels for crude oil Statqs in- the week The pictures transmitted were five enfl ^ May 17, totaling ULMUlQQ har- inches by seven inches inside. Mes- re | s according to the weekly summary sages in hand writing also were trans- 0 f tho dnstitute. first ; nutted, the copy received being a fac- • simile of the original message. Would Issue Bonds. Washington.—Permission nominally (o issue $5.570.000 of six per cent re- Six Killed, Score Hurt. •Roanoke, Indiana-—Six dead and a score or more injured, one probably funding and general mortgage bonds fatally, is the toll of a collision here was asked of the Interstate Commerce i last night between two traction cars commission by the Baltimore and Ohio of Hie Indiana ^Service There wt?re no changes reported in crude.oil prices for 'he major disjricts. ft •- Guilty of Burning Six to Death. * 7. 0 «W ’'S. 00 SHOES y^iantf at {J.oo and * 6.oo ’•Boys at $ 4^o c? *J-oo W. L. Douglas Shoes are sold In 120 of our own stores in the principal cities and by over 5,000 shoe dealers. WHEREVER you live, dematxEW. L. Douglas bhocs.They are high-classiancl up- to-date, made in all the popular styles that appeal to men and women who want stylish and serviceable shoes at reasonablcj^riccs ^SELDOM have you had the opportunity to buy such wonderful shotTValu'eras you v,i!l Rr' Black K« find in W. L. Douglas $7'00 and r'frsrt f ff ! $8.00 shoes in our retail stores and andSupportt Arch. 97* in good shoe stores everywhere. Only by tnxacas | ‘•-'-'E/ ri New York.—William S. Ford, indict ed for first degree murder for setting a fire in which si^persons were killed, was found guilty by a Brooklyn su- Corporation preme court jury which d'eliberated 55 Railroad, to be pledged from time >. time as collateral security for short term loans. Authority also was asked to issue bonds of certain subsidiary companies to be pledged as further se curity under the refunding and gen eral mortfiracs. * Hne. One of the dead, a woman, died | minutes. Ford was charged with firing the apartment hpuse-in which the deaths ecfiimd in order to avenge of shock while searching the wreck age for relatives. The wreck occurred when an east- bound limited car crashed intp an empty .interurban which was backing nut of a sidinc here. himself upon his fafher-in-law, George Keim, one of the victims, because of a dis pute over . property. u» win Ha ■antanced on Mkv 28 A Raj /or Men A popular M Brogue Oxford In Mahogany Russia Laif. eyelets to match Also in Black Velour Calf, nickel eyelets Both are good value. 97.00 examining them can you appreciate their superior qualities. FOR ECONOMY and dependable valye, wear shoes that have W.L. Douglas name and the retail R rice stamped on the soles. not for sale in your vicinity, write for Illustrated Catalog showing how to order shoes by mail. W.L Douflas Shot Co., 10 Sptrk St., Brockton, Mm. SuSTatShS* FACTOtrr Cleansed and refinished—original softness renewed by special process. $1.00 per pair, THE CHARLOTTE LAUNDRY, CHARLOTTE, N. Q