The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 21, 1924, Image 2
(Coi>\ f r Hu* 1 "*|.«rl m<*nl Hyifipllv'l by th*
A:ii»rlr»n NVwo Skrvlr* ►
NAMED ADJUTANT
FOR CALIFORNIA
Frum k«‘C|i(n^ r(‘<*or»Is for thy* I'nl-
\ of ('nlifnriiiii, .liitiit'K K Fisk
aits jcriidiiiiltMl tn ket*|.lnc r« , con!s for
llte California* <|«>iinrtii)pnt of (liv
Anmicaii la'irion. h'isk was a|>iioint-
p<! ilfparinifnt adjutant on .lulv 1 l»y
f)t*|iartmi‘tit < ■ommand.fr .lanifs K. Col-
Jins. upon tin* rfsi^nntion of Morton
Kapiton, wlio had liffii departmi*nt tul-
(utant for thrf** voars.
For 17 \ fars Fisk whs ronUPC^d
with ttu* uni varsity. I >urinK-tan of
thosa \aars In* had‘hat*n assistant ra-
fordar. A-- assistant chalrtiian of irtu-
l
hIc and drama, ha assistad, In hringine
to tha Cn-ak thaatfr at tha uni varsity
ftian\ of tin* worlds mdad dfiithaTla
• tars.
From tha time of its oriratiiy.ation
Fisk lias haan adiva |n tfia work of
F.arkalay post of tha l.agion. I la IH
a past aommandar of tha post. Ila Is
London Tha story of tha Lon
don eonfnranaa alosad with a not-
worthy im ld<*nt Tha sinnlnK of
tha doumants was alidad, and tha
British prune minister. Ramsay
Mac Donald, was shakimr hand# all
around.
Whan he came to Chancellor
Marx, the prime minister, still ttnp-
plhg the chancellor s hands, lad him
to when* M Herrot. the French
premier, was standing surrounded
hy friends.
Without a word, so the story po’es,
Mr MacDonald lifted H Harriot’s*
rRht hand and joined It with that
of Dr Marx Then he stepped hack,
smiling genially, while the French
man sml the (Jarman tightened the
grip and shook hands cordially.
?0 MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED
FOR RELIEF WORK; MILLIONS
LEFT HOMELESS.
Washington.- Minister Schurmao at
P king reported to the state fl-part-
merit that, according to figures obtain
ed from, the China international relief
j commission'. $20,000,0(10 Mexican, will
lie needed for relief operations 'in”eon-
I iiaction with floods in China. •
The commission . astimated a.dOO.-
; (Mto Chinese would, he affected hy the
j food shortage The minister reported
J the situation as "vitY serious," adding
J that the spring crops had been destroy
ed over w ide areas h\ the rain. Wat* r
: w ill remain over large areas for some
months so t*hat winter wheat can not
La planted, 0
NEW STRUCTURE Af YAD-,
I KIN RIVER TROW,*. -jREN
TO TRAFFIC.
Spam ar.— Witinsomething like JO.-■
noO visitors In attendance and with
suitable ceremonies presided oyer by
Congressman C. Hammer, of Ashe-
horo. the mammoth steel and concrete
douhie width bridge spanning ■ the
Yadkin fiver at. Spencer .was thrown
open to traffic bet ween Washington
i-and Florida at noon Friday.
On behalf of (lie contractors. H. B.
Hardawav and company, the bridge
whs presented to the state highway
association hy Major Wade H. Phillips,
• if Lexington .whose address was both
insfiiring and instructive. The speak
er brought out a vast amount of in
formation relative to tlo- splendid
-tniof.iire, the history of the movement
-and the realization of a dream of the
highway enthusiasts.
The principal sp-aker of the day,
hovVever. was Attorney \\ . L. Cahoon,
>f Elizabeth City,- representing Chair
man Frank Page and tVo- 10 business
.men located in various parts of North
Carolina comprising the state highway
association. ■
He told the great crowd th-al this
srre'aF HfTdge-f-fTrcH-k-^tin-g—Jli.- ca-t aii'l
♦Italeigh. -Police authorities were
seeking to apprehend Harvey Un
derwood, of Bailey, driver of an
automobile which crashed into a
motorcycle ridden by Herbert Drew
and Ludwell polk, Raleigh youths,
causing injuries that resulted in
their deaths.
The accident occurred on the Bil-
hurne road about 12 miles from
the city.
An investigation by Traffic Offi
cer Mangum was said to have re
vealed that the automobile was on
the wrong side of the road. There
were no eye witnesses to the acci
dent other than the passengers in
the car.
Shanghai* Millions have been ren
dered homeless, and at least ju.imo
persons have been drowned in the de
vastating Moods which art* sweeping
widespread areas of China, submerg
ing t**ns of thousands of villages.
Thousands of refugees are pouring into
Peking. It is impossible to get even
an approximate of the fatalities, but
60,00(1 is ,said to he a conservative
estimate.
James K. Fisk.
now, for the second year, holding the
chairmanship of the department Amer
icanization committee, where Ids work
has attracted national attention. He
has taken a leading part in civic af
fairs.
When the war came Fisk was made
a first lieutenant in the signal corps
and was assigned to the personnel
branch of the aviation service; at
Washington for about a year. He en
tered active living at Bolling field and
at March Meld. He (jualiMed as a pilot
and was ready to go overseas when
the armistice was sigma}.
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League" Floods Boston
With Appeals for Aid
An organization known as the “Na
tional I dsnbled Soldiers’ league,’’
which has been flooding Boston'”!w ith
appeals for aid for disabled service
men, was denounced recently by-<Jen
Clarence It. Ivlwards. state commander
■of the Aiyj'i'ican Legion Circulars a<* :
cnmpnnied by lead pencils, sent to
various business -organizations and
flfliis .by tin* League, read us follows: j
“Here are five exeellont-qualitv pen j
ells. We had to pay for theip They
are useful fo you. one dollar is mere
than they art* worth, hut if. you will
se*l u the profit will help ns in our
tight to better the sad l"t confronting
the disabled soldier.'' ’ (Je'neral Ell
"arils pointed out that .this orguni/.u
Hon recently ran afoul of the law, and
In* express,.,r indignation that it Is
making such appeals. I »on t give them
a nickel w a■» the advice given the
public hy t In general.
Large Amount Is Spent *'
in Legion Relief Work
•lohn , 11 ’ on i n n. national eomifrander-
of the American Legion, in pointing
_otn to Miiniesot!i I .egicniiaires fecent-
!> what the I.egion has done in wel-
—farosw ork < i eel tired :.
“tiv mtditioii.to rhe aid given by the
LI’ihi Legion posts throughout th£ na
tion. the l.egron natiorial reljahilitation
an,.I w eltarc* cotiimitte** aloncf has spent
more than .<'.*7'**•',• ni p. isf jo
months in relief work. The American
Legion is mother. Mothers don t ask
futile puesti-.ns wjien their children j
are in need of aid. They give tlie aid ,
or -see that it is given.’’
Bureau Officials Now
Mpke Final Decisions
Rehabilitation ottlcials in suhdistrlct
offices of the l nlted States veterans’
bureau now have authority to ‘make
final decisions on matters relating to
training and reinduction into training
of bureau trainees, as a reeult of a
general order issued by Oeneral Hine*.
director of the veterans’ bureau.
Tbe decentralization of the bureau s
activities came as the result of two
and a half years’ agitation on the part
of the American Legion, which pointed
out that decentrallaatlon would exj>e-
dlte administration and relief for ib«
▼eterans.
Unusually devastating floods with
accompanying widespread destruc
tion of property have been re
ported from various sections of China
during the last few weeks. Late in
July there wen- serious inundations
in the provinces of Chihli and Hunan.
On Saturday, further floods were re
ported from Kw iwigsi and Sink king
but it was r,‘ported that the lo'< of
life had'been up until that time com
paratively small.
Disastrous floods in history im lude
the following:
Johnstown. Fa . May 21, ISSI), m arly
2,(Kill lives lost, .
Galveston. Texas. September 8
1000, more than 6,000 lives lost in in
undation resulting from huricane, and
$12,000,000 in property destroyed. ^
Pittsburgh. I’a , Man h 12-16, 1007.
few lives lost but #10,000,000 in prop
erty damage.
Bans. France, January 20,. Febru
ary 6, 1010. few lives lost but esti
mated damage placed at $2(tt*.00<'.0o0
Austin. Pa., September 30, 1011. loss
of, 771 lives and $6.tt00,00(t in property.
Mississippi valley, spring of 1012,
known loss of life 230. property dam
age in excess of $10,000,000.
_Ohiolndiatta. March 22-27. U'13. loss
of L'>2 lives in Ohio ami'.’>4 in Indiana,
with total prnpert.y damage estimated
tit 103.0**t.t ,0* it t.
Texas. December, 1013, nearly 2('0
lives lost m Belton. Brayn. Brown-
wod. Marlin. Tempi,* ami other towns
Property damage $6,0110.11110. *
Erie. Pa.. August 1016. less of 37
lives and $7."o0.0OO in property-.
Phelilo. (’OF. June 3. 1021. more than
lot* lives Ips* mid projieitj* damage Ire-
tween lf..tH!e.0iio and $2o.oi'i* t>ou.
Swat,aw. China. August 2. 1022. 72.-
uiiO lives 1 <*,st ami city nearly destroy
ed hy typh >on an,T tidal wav,*
Fort Worth, Texas, April 24 26,
1022, . n I 1 ves lost and $7,*Mi0,0ti0 prop
erty h'js ii ■ . *
S in Salvador San Salved *ri June 12,
1!*22. 2eii peisons drowned .n Cande
laria dinti' f i, t flood. i
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Cpttor, Hurt By Lack of R.ain.
Weather
conditions in southern states during
the week were sutuinariz**d hy the de-
parDm lit of agrieuliur,.* as follow s.
Ther, was considemidc* rainfall
during the week in the'tiorthearn por-
ti -tis of the, cotton belt and’ show* rs
wa re ut.ev only. d;strihnt*'d iti t he south
east; in- the central and we-tj gulf
-,*■( lions, including the southern por
tions .of Arkansas and Okiahotna.
only a few local* areas received ma
terial rainfall and sev, rc r drought con
tinued generally.
Two Women Killed in Motor Accident.
Hagerstown, Md. — Mrs. Emma
Stable, 69, of Gettysburg, Pa., and
Mrs. Retta Stable. 38 of Washington,
D. C., were killed on the .national high
way several miles west of here when
the automoBttUlin which they were en
route from vTnprhlngton to New York
state skidded and overturned Robert
N. Sthale, apt^ and husband of the
dead women, who was driving, escap
ed unhurt. Stable said he Vas driv
ing a the rata of only fifteen tnilea
an fyluF when the machine skidded on
the weVfoad,
th<* west is not only a splendid and use-
.ful structure hut that it represents
tin* very blood and brawn of th** b'-st
that North Carolina produces, lb-
cited the tad that the man who. de
signed the bridge W. L. Craven is a
native of Cabarrus county; that fhe
chief engineer on th** job, J. B. Prid
gen, is a native of the state, and that
the contractor was born in North
Carolina
Tlije bridge was accepted as rep
resenting th** last word' in engineering
and structural skill.
The speaker explained that the state
has kept a. census of traffic over the
old toll bridge discarded, and that
the tolls have amounted to $300 per
day for a long time and that the new
bridge will mean just that much saved
to the public. This will pay for the
bridge in two years.
Dr. Georg** S Howard, of the State,
Cnivers.t*y. was called on and made
a ringing talk on the relation of good
roads and bridges to the educational
movement.
The new bridge, which had been
A
under construction for more_ than a
year, cost $200,(*"(». is 1.30O f**et long,
parallels th** main ! ne of the South
ern railway at Spencer and stands 60
feet above the waters of the Yadkin
river
W. F. Morrison, of Statesville, was
the engimer in charge of the struq-
tunjl work on the bridge while Kar*
Sloan is the resident engineer on the.
rotRl work throughout this section.
FAIL AS TO JUHR ISSUE
4
COMPROMISE ON TIME FOR EVAC
UATION IS SOUGHT AT CON
FERENCE.
_ j •—■
London—The French and German
delegates to tie* international confer
ence resumed their struggle for a
compromise on a time limit for the
evacuation- ut tile Ruhr on** of the
(jnestions which is holding up the
work of the ( (inference and which must
be disposed of before the conference
can proceed in a definite way with
tji«* program for instituting the Dnw.es
reparation plan “~~
The Hermans say that the evacua
tion should be completed withirr six
months after it has been started while
the French are holding out fur line
year. It is bePievefL lutvvev er7 ' that a
comproriAse will he negotiated.
Meanwhile th** work <»: fhe confer
ence was proceeding with a meeting
of th*- “big fourteen'' at Downing
Street.
It was understood that th”** “big
■byirteen.” after their meeting at-
Downing Street 1* ft ther* without
having arrived at any settlement on
replication in kind,
Tne French premier. M Herriot, Is
supposed to have returned from his
Paris trip with authority f.o agree to
the evacuation within 11 months, hut
the question of when the vv hdrawal
is to take place and th* d* 'ailsOf its
execution remains to h*' settled.
With the matter also is hound up
IS PROMISED BY COOLIDGE lb
FINALLY ACCEPTING NOMI
NATION.
Washington.- A "government ot
common sense,’’ dedicated to honesty
and economy at home and poac»
abroad, vvai* prom is* d- -by president
Coolidge in formally accepting the
nomination of th** republican party
as Us candidate for President.
Dedai ing. domestic* affairs of chief
i concern to the nation, Mr. Coolidge
proposed further tax r* duction and
“more tax reform" and announced his
intention to appoint a committee to in
vestigate m**ans of aiding agriculture.
lb* summed up th** foreign policy of
th** administration in a single word —
peace and (promised- ra propose "after
the Dawes reparation plan gets under
way another conference to consider
further imitation of armaments and
codification of international law.
Addressing himselt to possible oppo-,
sition party issues, Mr. Coolidge reJ
ferred to. fhe question of honest gov*
ernni m and replied that "the govern
ment is sound* 1 ' a ml wotild., proyhcufe
wrongdoers fehrlessly. He reftured to
a probable "discussion of liberal
thought and pr, gressive action" in (he
eatnpaigfi and answered that lihefality
In tlioucht tnrd prog-rsss in—aclion is
all well enough for the country, "hut
its greatest asset -is common sense."
- was devoted largely to
the acconiplfshinents of
the decision regarding the
-ire of
Mail Service Hero Paid Tribute.
Washington.- A her,* of the Govern
ment's army of ciydian employes
Eugene Stark. 23 year-old postal clerk
of East Orange. N. J, was ordered to
repprt personally to his commamjer
in-chief. Postmaster General New.
and tell how. aft**r having been wound
ed hy bandits, he shoe and killed one
of them and routed the other in fru*
(rating a mail robbery July 31 In the
New Jersey eity. ,
A hand-some reward as well as sp*-*-
c.al < runmeftdat ion of his brav*»ry had
b**eh awarded th** young mail clerk,
and President ('oolfdge arranged his
program to permit him to congratu
late the youth personally arid heap
his story
In the presence f his offi, al fam
*!v, PdstmThliter li neral New told
“V
Stack that the Arm. and Navy dec »r,
ated their nien for , onspicious act's of
bravery hut the Posjoffice Dej'artr
nient had no wav of doing that other
than to place in an employee’s' record
a citation for sin h Jets He handed
Slack a check for #2.'".*•> saving that
was the limit who h (’ongrtss had pro
vided for su**h r* wards.
i .
D*ccrease in Exports.
Washington. M} rrhamiis** • xi*orts
from the Ll’rt ited S* i:* - .Ivrittg • July.
_w ele valued at .?2':s Iion.oeis* against
83o2d86.027 for July I’c.’;* tl-.** com
mercial department announced. Im
re valu
against $2S7.433.7:*y foi
Exports in Jiih . 1922. w* #14 -
762.2;»> in excess ..f ::aborts ex., ♦•••del
exp*>rts by $4u(*,* ,,| 'LF
Imp rt< of got;' last month wen
valaed at $7x834.423 against $27,929.*.
(47 for' July, 1!»2.3. Gold - xports totah
*d $.127.17 s ngai'nst ?''*2^jm2. for the
same m, nth-a^ear ago
Sil ver in ports for July w * re $7,127.'-
(',13 against $10.1*66,463 for July. 1023.
while exports were $9.1 '.at.362 against
$6,233,163. '\
the French and Belgians to retain a
number of th**:r men in th** Rhineland
railway regime while the Dawes f lan
is operating The German* are in
sistlng in their demand that th** rail
ways he turned ha, k under *an ail
German status.
Reports from all three .committf-s
of the confv rence rfow hove he* n
agreed to in. principle, and the opinion
seems g**ne.ral that the- on, tne will
he definitely settled hy Thursday or
Friday.
.-Vs a result of exchanges of-views
in London hanking circles says Th*-
Daily Telegraph, the interes* rate on
th** propose,<1 loan to Germanv under
the Dawes plan is generally computed
at seven per cent and the :ssu,* price
is 1*3 while the underw riting will cover
91 1-3 per cent.
The ad<lre>
a review of
the administration during - 'the last
four years, and contained a speefftc-
ji ogram for # he futur in which th**
President outlined h.ts views in charar'
.tori-tic short, pungent s* ntences.
D-'tailing his views, the President
announced he favored:
The prffreipie. of protection.
The child laVpr amendment
The periivanent court of interna
tional justice. -mX. - ■
-Furtlo-r limitation of armaments.
Support by- the governmeht in .en
couraging American citiZ'-ns and re
sources to <,-*;st in restoring Europe.
Enf >r, emeiit of th** prohibition laws.
Sp**ciM,’ally he' declar**,! Opposition
to any general extension of govern
merit ownership and control and to
aggr**ssive war.
('olumbia.—Arrangements have been
completed fof the holding of the an
nual state convention of the- National
League of PistrictTrostmasters in Co
lumbia Thursday, August 21. The
d-ate -president. H. O. Jones bf Salley,
and secretary, John McMillan of Ul
mers. have succeeded in gettings the
national president. John T.. ('lai*p of
Beech 'Grove, Bid., to attend and ad
dress the postmasters. This alone will
j he worth the trip of every district
postmaster in Synth Carolina to the
convention. In addition ther** will be
addresses by representatives of the
postal service, including th • division
of railway rnailis* rv'ice and inspection
bureau. Central accounting post
master. E. H. Jennings of Charleston,
has promised to ntond and says he is
anxious to meet personally every dis
trict postmaster in the state. Post
master Jennings has sent out iiotie* s
from his office, in which he urges every
postmaster to attend. In his address
to the postmasters h** will have as h a
subject.' "Rendition of Quarterly Ar
oints” and this subject-should be of
interest to every district postmaster.
Postmaster T B. Madden of Colutn-
~b1 a hiring- th** disbursing postmaster
for the state will have as his subject
“Preparation of Rural Carrier Vouch
ers.^ 1 c_L
The meeting will he held in th*’
. —ULailed States conr* room located in
th:* old post office building, and will he-
gin promptly at 9 3o a. in * *
Those who expect to a'teinl should
try to reiu h Columbia on the night of
tin* 2uth in order to be on time at tho
opening session. The state ffjc* rs
•whII go jo Columliia on the day b*j re
the convention and "ill have head
quarters at * the JefL-rson h •:.*1 1 i.e
first assistant post mast, r genera! has
granted, through the Daily Bulletin,
leave of absence for thus** who expect
fo attend but each Will he required to
report to the inspector in charge upon
his return to effice the injmhtx of
days absent.
Florida Ro^te is Certainty.
Charlotte. N C. A ha 1 surface
h ghway from Hlllsvllle. Ya . to near
ry. N C.. as part of the (rr*at-
Lakt-s Florida tourist rout, proposed
by th* ! R tomans and Kiwaniaris J
West Virginia Vlppinja and North
Carolina, to'
W. Va . to th
lin**, is assiit
e<l in a t*j<
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Decrease Milling of Cotton.
Washington Cotton consumed dur
ing July totalled 346.671 bales of lint
and 4 1 1ss ( linters. compare,} w ith 3r»u.*
277 of lint and 29.6.S3 of linters jn June,
this year, and 462.664 of lint and 46,•
933 of linters in July, last year, .the
Census Bureau announced.
* Cotton on hand July .31 w.i* held as
follows:
In consuming establishments: 719,
827 bales of lint arid liiu.64'i of linters,
c<tiupared w ith 960.620 of lint and 110.-
779-of linters on June' 3!', this year,
and 1.093,618 of lint and 127.139 of
linters in July 31. last year.
In public storage and at compresses:
673.934 bales or Tint and 67.796 of tint
ers. coui’phred with $82.2,,4 of lint and
s 69,742. Of linters on Jun.* 3h. this year,
and 9.1s.9o3 ,>f ij n t and 36 y.iu of enters
on July 31. last year. _
Imports during. July totaled 6 597
bales, compared with 13.641 in June,
this year, and 6.366 in July last year,
Exports during July totaled 211.633
bales, including s.9,'6 bales of linters,
compared with 230.979 inolud.ng 13.
■s.'i.of lint.rs in Jane, this year, and
171.469 including 3,661 of 1.liters oil
July, last year.
Cotton spindles acfivY daring July
if limb* red 2$.710,,369. of wdudi 16.392.-
.t’014 were in Cotton ferowung States
( Oirtpared with 2ibSl6.4s6, of which 16,-
7.8 2.726 wore^kt cotton growihg states,
'n Juj’.c. tirSs year
Presbyterians Get Money.
Clinton— The sum oi $i2.300 has
recently- been r, < **iv* d fr uu th** gen
eral rdui'atjon board hy the I’reshy-
terbui Coleve ot South Carolina, it
was announced by tte pr* .-ident. Dr,
D M. Douglas. This mkkes a toial ■ f
$76.0fTTf which has been received from
this source.
It will he recalled that the genrrah
.•duration hoard pr miised th** college
$'126.90*) provided $25i* non he raised
for endowment. This am uint was sub
scribed during the $l,(uio.<HM! *ami*algn
and $162."00.of it has pe.-n collect'd
and pul to the endowm'ent fund Half
of the amount ollecled or .$76.,'i**> has
b*-.*n receivod from the g. neral '-'luca-.
Con board If th** refnaining $98,000
can b** collected th** college can nil
mediately receive a ( h*** k, for th*- $49.*
OO't whii h is still due from the general
education board. The insCtuti- n ,s
in need of this money and Dr Doug-'
las and other college officials hope
those Who , an do so will finish payint
their pledges this fall.
re- * _ . .
The Thomas Smyth dormitory is ylr-
tually completed, with th#^* xception
of th** hanging of the We us and laying
of til** floiys Tlye contrie'tors have as
sured,. th** officials th** building will be
ready by September j
Th 0 imnfii. r of applb ants indit a'^s a
larger'attendance than ever before at
HR* college In fact, th** numb* r of a[
pli, ants already receive d is mu* t
larger than the actual eni-eliin*n* ,lur
ing 1923 24 it Is *'xpe, ted the ■ >m nb
y ear wiIMuMhe ! ann.* r on** f, r tne
Institution
f*erv isors oi
hav.* agreed to r.'-loan to the s'a:.'
of Virginia $3(io.,m*(* which the s*,<t*
owes the county, and which L duewo
b** paid about January l,~Tf'*26^for the
purpose of consfrurting a iKtrd-su'rfiK e
road from Hillsvill *. \>7 to th* North
Carolina line j.* waft. .'.iry -The
terms of the npejjosal b-signaie 'Fancy.
.Gap ro oj aWqh** t*ne to he x**built.
y Rotarians from Charlotte
('(Oj-Cbnl. Lexington. 1 Thiuna'sTTlIe,
aljsbury. High Point, G••*:*.iisiu»ro.
Wir.s'on Salem. Mt Airy n! other
n ( iTTo*
tar ,*ns frows \V*-u Virginia tn!d Vir
g nia r+pH**- in a me*.•ink at \\ ythoville.
Va . to. pfbtivoto (};*• i: t**!;, sts (*f ;i_
h. nl-sur-fa, higliwav from BiUefieids.
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VL Va,, tu, Mf. Airy, to divert motor'
jo arts'* traffic -from the (;,rent Lukes
section thr Ug.h YVesicrn North Caro-
lina-to Florida. This motor travel has
h. en tak ng a rout** tlirt’iigh Uhaita-
nooga. Tenn . or Richmond. Va.. a dis-
tam * of more.than 6i* miles out of the
wav.
Red Cross Cables $100,OOC to China
Washington The American R*d
Cnips cabled $liai.iH'ii for th** relief
of vt< t ;ms. of t !i<* floods sweeping sever
al provonces of •('!! n-a. Chairman John
Ptirton Pay m* ordert d the - donation
upon r**fe::*t of a rt*]i,.rt transmitt d
through the S.ate , apartment at
the roqiic.-t ot th** R* d Cross by* Min
is'erSchurman at Peking
M nister. Echurmap estiniated that
ten miUlian persons are already af
fected i, ythe floods and that ' #l".'*uO,
11■ d**d for relief .work.
Army Fight on Weevil
; .Atlanta, (1i.- Int**nsiv<j research
work v, ith pow erful poisons for , yn-
t:*;n ng tlo* bold vVet yil vv»,l begin in
i bout ten days ;jt the Georgia oxperi-
■ neiTt stataui of the chemical welfare
depi.runent of the army, if was an
nouiicd Ji^re _ hy Bridagivr Gen
et il Amps Fries, chief o fthe ser
vice who surve y (Cft'he Griffin, sta
tion. , .
First Tobacco Week Success,
Darlingtdn The first week of the
tobacco season.was a .most gratifying
siicess. Most of tile tobacco being
sold was of good quality and th> pa <t
mers were ph ased vv rh pric**s pa 1
The opening day's average was a frac
tion under 18 cents and the improv*
ment the latter pun ,,f the week in
price brought the week's average u;
to 2''' cents. The two independent
warehouses sold practically 226 ,>"0
pounds during the week just- pass.,}.
The cooperative wur.-li-.ifses i,r,< also
steadih; receiving the vv.-.-d from C-
members. T"n,* advances being pad
an* quite; satisfactory, and the farm-
ers that. ai J e rnei)lb* l .s were v ery lunch
pleased when they recivi-d* an -tli i
payment on their 1923 era, the open
ing day. , — '
Postoffice For Lyman. _
Lyman The citizens' of Lyman
haw* !>e3n agitating the ,a,n-'nu 'ion
of a new pbstoffice imilding and it is-
now uiid'-rstood til'll the government
will erect a handsome new .-iructure
her,* soon.
Two Killed and Mary Hurt.
Inverness, Fla.— A workman build
ing the Crystal Riv^r Road near Red
Level.playfully tossed a lighted dyna
mite fuse at a boy. It fell in a box
of dynamite. Two workmen were kill
ed and two others badly injures by
tbe ^explosion.
The_denjl are A. D. Berlin. 58. of
Red Level, and Louis Turner 18. of
Inverness. The injured are. A. D.
Berttne, Jr, 14, and Hubln Turner, 28.
both of Red Level The Injured are
ia t hospital at Ocala.
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GreensbOro Building Nears $3,000,000
Greensboro Building totals here
so far have gon** fo $2,864,636 for 1924
and indications arc that they will soon.
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pass the three millions dollar matk.
The city hall permit will add arOund
$350,000 to the total. Work on it has
already started.
It appears t*at work v will begin be
fore the end of the year on the $1,*
300,000 passenger station. Six hun
dred and seventy-nine projects have
been started here this year, a large
1 number of them dwellings.
Kill Two m Bank Robbery
Seattle,W il — Miss Isadora Hall,
vice-president of the Snoqualmie Val
ley Bank at Tolt. was ordered to throw
tip-her hand* by three bandits at the
teller's window of the bank. She obey
ed then sheriff.Matt Starwich and six
deputies arose from behind the tel
ler's counter and oredred the bandits
to surrender. In the ensuing revol
ver fight two of $he. bandits, B. C. Mar-
lone and Ted Lashe, were killed.
The sheriff had been advised of
the impending attempt to rob the bank.
Weevil Increases Through Barnwell.
Barnwell.—Within the last week the*
infestation of the boll weevil has in
creased enormously in the county, ac
cording to County Agent Boylston. In
making an observation during the past
few days it is found that the infesta
tion in some fields is as high as 60
and 60 per cent, although the average
is much less. Some farmers are now
Justing their cotton systematically,
while In most cases nothing is being
done. Whete boll weevil infestation
is high and the condition cf the cotton
varrasts it, dusting is recommended.
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