The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 27, 1924, Image 2
Title
AMERICAN
•LESION*
(Copy for ThU D*partm«nt Supplied by the
American Legion Newe Service.)
DOBSON, NEW CHIEF
OF FORTY AN’ EIGHT
A contagious twinkle of the eye, a
fetching smile, a merry laugh, made
George Dobson's election as chef de
ehemln de fer of La Soclete des Qua-
rante Ilommes et Hull (,'lievaux. popu
larly known as the Forty an' Fight or
playground of the American legion,
almost a foregone conclusion. With
his Legion record, they made a rare
combination of personality and
achievement which was irresistible.
His protests that he feared he would
not be able to accept counted for
little. They were toted down with en
thusiasm. T
Horn in Scarborough, England, In
188T), the new chief came to America
as a lad of ten. After attending the
public schools at Hrooklyn, X. V., and
I’nssalc, N. J., he received the degree
of mechanical engineer at (’orneil uni
versity in HKlfi. He has been employed
as a telephone engineer with the West
ern Electric company.
Dobson was commissioned as a lieu
tenant in the Signal (V>rps Reserves
in June, 1917. He served in the office
of the chief signal officer of the East-
George Dobson.
em department, as personal aide to
Lieut. Col. F. B. Jewett in the division
of research and inspection in the Sig
nal corps, A. E. F., and as Signal
corps Inspector in Army I’ark C Signal
corps, First army.
Joining Passaic post No. 8 of the
American Legion, he served as com
mander for two years. He was the
first county chairman of Passaic coun
ty and Is a member of the department
executive committee. He was chef de
gare or head of Volture locale No. 8,
Forty an’ Eight, and served two terms
as grand chef da gare of New Jersey.
He was elected sous chef de chemin
de fer in the national organization in
1921 and was commissalre intendant
in 1922 and 192,'?.
Fayetteville.-—Fire which swept
through the main business block of
Parkton caused a damage estimat
ed at JIOO.OOO before it was brought
under control by the aid of Fay
etteville firemen who made a record
run in responding to the call for
help from the neighboring town,
covering the 15 miles distance in
17 minutes.
When the local fire fighters
reached the scene they found four
stores and a barber shop in flames
and no water with which to combat
the flames except a few private
tanks which could not be reached.
An Atlantic Coast Line locomotive
was standing in the railroad yards
nearby, and hose from the La-
France truck was attached to the
locomotive tank and water thus
pumped into the flames. FV>ur
times the big engine backed up to
the water' tower and refilled the
tank before the fire was brought
under control.
SEEK COMPROMISE
WOULD HAVE CONGRESS USE
MUSCLE SHOALS; WANT
^ .Y '
ACTION NOW.
STONE CROSSES FOR HEROES
PATTERNS TO BE SIMILAR TO
THE PRESENT WOODEN
MARKERS.
Washington —The Battle Monuments
commission, headed by General Persh
ing, has decided informally that the
graves of American war dead in
France shall be marked for all time
with white stone crosses in patterns
similar to the wooden markers that
have stood over the graves since the
war.
Not only will the sentiment of the
cross be perpetuated. General Persh
ing said, but the arrangement will be
unchanged, the stone crosses being
fixed as permanent markers "row on
row.”
General Pershing explained this de-
c sion had been approved by. indivi
dual members of the battle monuments
commission and. in ail probability,
would be voted formally at a meeting
of the commission to be held here.
The plans then will be presented to
Secretary Weeks for approval before
actual work of planning the stone
crossess in the cemeteries overseas is
begun by the cemeterial division of
the army quartermaster corps.
The graves of sold'ers whose bodies
were returned to the Fnitcd States
will be marked with the stone slab in
conformity with the practice followed
since the f'ivil war in ail military bur
ial grounds in this country
There are 30.447 graves in the
American fields of honor in France.
Belgium and England, comprising an
aggregate of 256 acres?
Washington.— Senators who favored
the Ford bid for Muscle-Shoals are
seeking the aid of Western senators
for a compromise government plan n
operation for the properties to be sub
mitted when congress is convened in
December.
At the same time Secretary Weeks
is taking steps to ascertain the scope
(it his authority to contract for the
temporary disposition of power gener
ated at the plant, should congress fail
to make final disposition of the prop
erties prior to completion of Wilson
dam next July.
Should congress fail to dispose of
the question and should the secretary
find hinlself without authority to lease
the output of the plants they would
lie idle.
Senator Norris (Republican) of Ne
braska has submitted a government-
eperation plan, and leading advocates
of the Ford bid, convinced that Mr.
Ford has withdrawn from the compe
tition. are engaged in efforts to put
together a plan having many features
of the Norris proposal but consider
ably amended.
Secretary Weeks has asked Major
General Hull, judge advocate general
of the army, to furnish him with an
opinion as to his -powers in handling
the properties. , If that opinion should
hold that he has no authority to make
temporary contracts for power which
he has in mind, he probably will ask
congress to confer the authority on
him if it should appear that Muscle
Shoals legislation is not to be complet
ed during the short session.
While there may be some difficulty
in finding companies willing to make
short term leases for all the power
developed, nearby power companies
are known to be prepared to take a
very large part of it.
Secretary Weeks conferred with
Elon H. Hooker of New York, who has
been at work for some time on a pro
posal for the (reation of a gigantic
chemical and industrial plant at Mus
cle Shoals.’ 'The co»iferenoe was de
scribed as one of a series which have
been held by the two during the past
year on various aspects of the Hooker
offer for the properties'.
Peoria, Ills.—Four men, all
prominent farmers, were killed
when their automobile was struck
by an eastbound Rock Island pas
senger train at a crossing in Tis-
kilwa. a small town north of pl'0-
ria. The men all were residents of
Atkinson. 35 miles from Tiskilwa.
The dead are: Harley Peck, 50,
farm manager; Henry Derob. 55.
and his son, Earl. 22. and August
DeSutter, 31. »
TIMBER SK
NATION FACES EXHAUSTION OF
TIMBER, HE WARNS IN URG
ING PLAN.
BLAST KILLS TWO INJURES 12
BARGE AND STEAMGRIP ARE DE
STROYED IN GASOLINE
BLAZE.
Warners, N. J.—Fire starting after
an explosion on a barge of the Lam
bert Transportation company docked
on Staten Island sound here caused
the death of at least two men and
injury to probably a dozen more. The
barge and steamship from which it
was taking on a cargo of gasoline
were destroyed. .
The flames quickly leaped from the
barge to the steamship and then to
the docks.
The only person on the barge at
the time of the explosion was its cap
tain. Fred Myers, of New York, w’ho
was apparently blown to pieces. A
carpenter on the other ship also is
missing and it is believed he met the
same fate.
The barge was the property f>f the
Lambert Transportation company of
New York. The steamship was the
William Boyce Thompson, of the Sin
clair Navigation company. The loss
included 87.000 gallons of gasoline .
Several members of the crew of the
William Boyce Thompson were strip
ped of their clothing and were com
pelled to jump into the cold water to
escape death.
Predicts Another War
Within Next Few Years
“Another World war more terrific
and on a larger scale than the late
war is pending and will occur within
the next decade.” was the prediction
of Maj. Thomas Amory Lee of Topeka.
Kan., who recently returned from Lon
don where he attended the Fifth An
nual Congress of the Fidao. the fed
eration of inter allied veterans' organ
izations. as a delegate from the Amer
ican Legion. Major Lee arrived at
this conclusion from addresses be bad
beard at the Fldac congress b\ some
of the leaders in the world peace
movement. “Even among the most op
timistic.” he declared, “the fueling that
the world is in imminent danger of
another such catastrophe as the World
war is prevalent.”
Among other observations made by
Major Lee wdiile abroad was that all
nations arc making an attempt to
urge the responsibilities of the world
upon the Fnlted States, and that the
British Isles are following the. exam
ple set by the United States in the
Eighteenth Amendment.
Newspapers to Be Indicted.
Washington. — The government's
action to tjest the legality of publica
tion of income tax returns by news
papers has been started and an indict
ment in one case is expected within
a few days.
Attorney General Stone announced
he had instructed* United States at
torneys to inlidjjuto proceedings in
“sTx ITT seven" instances but he de
clined to indicate the ne^tpapers
against which grand jury present
ments have been ordered.
He said, however, that one suit will
he filed soon, and in well informed
quarters it was said the attorney gen
eral believed the indictment may hr
forthcoming within 48.hours. There
were indieat'ons that it was already
under consideration by a grand jury.
Almost simultaneously with Mr
Stone's announcement the bureau of
internal revenue sent additional in
structions to internal'■revenue roller-
tors which will act ti
Liquor Pirates Raid Schooner.
New York —A tale of piracy on the
high seas and of the disabling of a
ship by qipdern buccaneers of the
liquor trade was “put on the'air” by
the United States liner President
Harding. Hamburg to New York,
which reported thje schoner Veronica
of London found drifting at sea with
out instruments to determine its posi
tion.
First reports, picked up by the East
Moriches station of the Independent
Wireless Telegraph company on Long
Island from the President Harding
reported the finding and condition of
the Veronica and included tjie words
"raiders, pirates.” which led to the be
lief that the schooner had fallen prey
to a hand of hi-jackers.
Later reports stated that the Presi
dent Harding had supplied the Ver
onica with instruments and had noti
fied her owners. N. K Warren of Hali
fax. Nova Scotia, to send a tug to her
aid. ~ .
Freezing Blast Grips New York.
New York*—New York shivered, the
coldest November 17 in the city
records of the weather bureau. A 60
mile freezing blast swept in from the
Atlantic to put the therometers at 18
degrees above zero. Two persons, a
man and a woman, died as a result
of the storm. Ships fought their way
into port several hours late and wear
ing coats of ice. and small*- (rafts
were swept to sea. with their half
frozen crews. Ashore, less havoc was
wrought, with trees and window panes.
Neither of the cold wave victims
was identified. The man was found
frozen to death over an engine room
grating of an east side building.
Washington. — President Coolidge
asked for a specific program of timber
saving in opening the national con-
ferencc. on utilization of forest pro-
ducts.
The nation faces timber exhaustion,
the President warned, and the situa
tion must be met. he insisted, by di
minishing waste and increasing the
supply.
The resources of the nation are a
trust. Mr. Coolidge declared, subject
to use by the present, generation, ad
ministered free of monopolies and
from those "who will unwisely permit
them to be dissipated,” but there must
he restoration as well. There is only
about 750.000.000,000 cubic feet of tim
ber left in this country, he pointed out,
and against this supply there is an an
nual drain of 25.000.000.000 cubic feet,
while the annual timber growth is
only 6.000.000,000 feet. In the face of
this situation, he declared, the nation
must turn to the problem of growing
wood from the soil like any other crop.
"To bridge this fatal gap between
cut and growth," however. Mr. Cool
idge said, sufficient action had not yet
been taken and the country must con
sequently adjust itself immediately to
a reduced per capita consumption.
The President saw •'hopeful signs”
in federal legislation as enacted in
the Clarke-McNary bill passed at the
last session of Congress making pro
vision for fire protection and restora
tion. 5nd in the Weeks’ law. author
izing government purchase of num
erous forest tracts.
"So vast an enterprise as The for
est-using industry must not he allowed
to decline for lack of raw material.”
the President continued “We have
abundant soil to produce it. We have
the energy and the intelligence to
l^arn to use pur forests without
waste. This conference ought to lay
the foundation of a far reaching and
effective effort for forest thrift.
"It is to consider joint efforts to
ward better forest utilization that
this conference has been summoned.
It is a movement in which the state
and national governments, the indus
tries. the uinversities, the consumers
and the technical experts should join.
The various government agencies
equipped to help will. I know, be
eager to do what they can to forward
this undertaking."
,1
a shade better
SPRINGLESS SPADES
Last Longer-LockReRv’i'
At Your Dealers or WHtei
Cvnnlnffham Spnnglaas Shade Co.
Manufocturars, Qreanabaro. N. C,
SELF-FILLING
WELL BUCKETS
THEY SINK AND FILL AND CANT
MUDDY THE WATER
-1 BRIGGS SHAFFNERCQ
WINSTON SALEM,N.C.
SOLD BY HARDWARE STORES
ft
Real “Infant Industry
Australia lias one <otti>n spinning
mill, equipped willi uGout 2<Vkk>
spindles, which is operated t>n an av
erage of 2<i hours daih throughout the
year. It is located at Wentwortliville.
about 2d miles from Sydney, and lia«
heen running slight!\ more than a
year. Its output of yarn is sold to h
small weaving mill and a hosiery
plant in Sydney.
Humility is the light of undersfend-
ir.g. Banyan.
Time spares nothing that has been
done without him.
cu wiii-arT to rngTric; tlie time
in which the publ'e may make use of
the inoome tax records under "public
inspection” provisions of the law.
Commissioner Blair requested the
collectors to limit he books to 'public
examination to three days a week and
three hours a day. advising them that
experience since the hooks first were
opened had demonstrated that many
persons desired to see the records for
no obvious reason.
$150,000 Fire at Anrper.
Angier.—Four of the principal busi
ness houses were destroyed hexejby
fire originating in a pile of rugs piled
near a chimney. The loss was estimat
ed at $150,000.
The blaze got beyond control of the
local fire department and outside as-
sistam e was summoned. The engines
Problem Up to New Farm Body.
Washington.—The commission re
cently appointed by President Coolidge
to make a comparative analysis and
report on farm problems with a view
to arriving at a program for the per
manent stablization of agriculture de
cided at its initial meeting to pro
ceed along three lines, namely, the
study of pending farm legislation, in
quiry into the administration of pres
ent laws, and plans for inculcating in
the farmer an appreciation of the
value of co-operation.
Eight of the nine members of the
coinmission, comprising leaders in
farm life from every agricultural sec
tion of the country, called at the
White Hofise befor. entering executive
session at the department ofTtgricul-
ture, and were welcomed by Mr. Cool
idge.
Gov>rnors Discuss Tax Problems.
Jacksonville. Fla.—The state or in-
*
heritance tax is ,one which should he
levied by. the state governments, and
Six Drown in Chowan River.
Norfolk. Six netrroes, three men
and three women, were! drowned in
rtmwHTi river, rren / -Wrntnn, just over
of the Raleigh. Fuquay Springs and
Dunn departments responded in time
to save an entire city block from de
struction.
The Earpe cafe, Wilson and. com
pany. the largest general merchandise
establishment in the town, and D. D.
Overby and company buildings were
entirely destroyed by fire. The Over
by drug store was partially burned and
the destruction was completed when
the three-story wall of the next build
ing collapsed and crushed in the store,
i The damage was said to be partially
covered bv insuranc.
Savings Plan to Aid
Men to Get to Paris
How would you like to g<» to Paris
in 192S, with time to see uno he seen
and no M p. on the Job? That is the
dope, exactly. Paris In 1928 as tlu na
tional convention city will probably he
nn actuality as far as the official au;l
delegate body of the Legion is con
cerned, but what about buck privat.es
of the Legion—how ur# they going to
"ullez a Paris” without quartering In
the steerage, sleeping in a hammock
and subsisting on boiled tripe for the
duration of the trip? An enterprising
bank in Ohio has endeavored to show
the way by the institution of a "Paris
Savings club." A dollar or two de
posited with the club every week will
do the trick, the hank points out, and
the buck will not be missed now. Not
a { bad idea for All below the rank of
•orporal to cogitate over.
the Virginia North Carolina line when
an automobile in which they were rid-
ng went over a cliff and plunged into
the water All were residents of Suf
folk. Ya. There were no witnesses
to the ace dent and nothing was known
of it until one of the bodies was re-
covered as all occupants of the car
perished.
Dutch Guilders at Par.
Nuh 1 York—Dutch guitdx’rs sold here
at pa)". 40.20 cents, for the first time
Ln five- years. This makes the third
European currency to get back to par-.
i;y since the war. the Swiss and Swed
ish exchanges selling now at a slight
premium. The recent improvement in
Dutch exchange is due primarily to the
sooBLHiuc recuperation of Germany,
which always has been Holland's best
customer.
it is to the interest of me stale gov-
ernments to arrive at some under
standing with the federal government
as regards this tax. deciahed Gover
nor William D. Denney, of, Delaware,
in a paper he read at the second ses
sion of the governors' conference
which assembled in sixteenth session
here.
Governor Denney with Governor
Clifford M. Walker, of Georgia, ied the
discussion of taxation wt-ch occupied
the entire afternoon session of the
conference, except for a brief execy-
trve session that preceded adjourn-
, ment for the day. and at which the
derision was made to increase the ex-
'ecutive committee to five members,
and selections made to fill these
places. Those named on the commit
tee were Governor W. W. Brandon, of
Alabama; Ralph O.. Brewster, gover
nor-elect of Maine; Governor E. Lee
Trinkle. of Virginia, chairman. Gover
nor Alex J. Groesbeck. of Michigan,
and Roland H. Hartley, governor-elect
of Washington.
Seed Crushing Shows Increase, ^
Washington.—Cotton seed crushed
in the three months period. August 1
to Qctober 31, amounted to 1.034.553
tons, compared with 065,505 tons in
the same period last year, and cotton
seed on hand October 31 amounted
to 855,128 tons, compared with 739-
947 tons a year ago, the Census Bu
reau announced
Cotton seed products manufactured
during the same period and on hand
October 31, were. Crude oil produ:
ed 320,019.130 pounds, compared with
281 596.612 and on hand, 82.808.298
compared with 93 858.099.
Refined oil produced. 224.296.671
pounds, compared with 174.955.643 and
on hand 73.414.731, compared with 70,-
607.894.
Cake and mea] produced. ; 496.343
tons, compared with 438.857 and on
hand. 95,104. compred with 116.6667. ■
Linters produced. 201.110 bales, < om-
pared with'190,425 and on hand 107.-
8;’,8. compared with 98.208.
Exports during the month were:
Crude oil. 1,270.505 pounds, compared )
with 2.839.629; refined oil 3.172.706
pounds, compared with 3.595.596, cake
and meal 76.374 tons, compared with
JU.ITlO and linters, 13,924 fiales cota-
Ranges
The Peer of ail ranges in
baking perfection, kitchen
comfort, grace of desfgn. and
economy of space and fuel.
Ask your fouler or srrite un for cets1o&
and name of dealer near you.
ALLEN MFG. COMPANY
Nashville x* X Tennessee
pared with 11.505.
Pershing Heads Mission.
Washington; — General Pershing,
with the rank of ambassador extraor
dinary and minister plenipotentairy.
will head the special mission which
will represent the Fnited States at
the- celebration in Peru next month
of the centennial of the Battle of Aya-
cucho. Other members will be Rear-
Admiral John H. Dayton and Frder
ick C. Hicks, of New York, a former
member of Congress, both of which will
range as envoys extraordinary and min
isters plentiopentary.
Carnegi)- Payments Set Record.
New York.—More money was dis,-
tiibuted by the Carnegie Foundation
during the last fiscal year than in any
previous year. Frederick K. Keppell,
preside'rft, told the trustees in annual
session.- The sum was-$12,948,619 and
it reduced to $40,252,665 the outstand
ing obligations Incurred by a threb-
year program undertaken in 1923.
VVhile in the fiscal year ended last
October 1 the corporation paid out
more than it had in any previous year,
it incurred new obligation* amount-
; ing to only $2,448,540.
Greatest Hot e l in World Planned.
Chicago.—An addition to the Morri
son Hotel at Clark and Addison streets
which it was announced some time
ago would he constructed; would bed!
forty-five stories high and with the
present building will contain more
than 3.400 rooms and cost more than
$14,000.00(1 making it not only the
largest hut the tallest hotel in the
world, S. C. Muir, 1 head of the com
pany, .announced.
The building will contain two floors
on top, one of which will be a ten-
room bungalow residence.
Rush Work on Supp'y Bills.
Washington.—Work on four of the
annual appropriation bills for the var
ious Governmental departments is be
ing expedited by sub-committees of
the.House Appropriations Committee
so that the measures may be ready
for the House when it convenes De
cember 1.
One of the measures under consid
eration provides for the Treasury and
Post Office Departments and the oth
ers take care of the Navy, Interior and
Agriculture Departments Work on
a fiifth. the Army Bill, is expected
be gin abo.ut Nqvi mber 24. —-
Representative French, of Idaho,
Chairman of the Naval subcommittee,
said that the supply bill under con
sideration would make no provision
for a naval construction program. If
a construction bill should he enacted
h*- explained, the comimttee would
take up the task of providing funds
for this purpose later in the session.
AdvjTrtisjd as Girl, is Chsrge.
Jacksonville, Fla—John BrHendrix,
alias "Miss Mabel White." alleged to
have-rppreBen-n*d himself as a beauti
ful girl of 19 years who would short
ly inherit a fortune" to a number of
men whose names he obtained through
a matrimonial agency was held in de-
fault of $2,500 bond to await the action
of a federal grand jury following his
arraignment before United States
Commissioner Carl Noble on a charge
of use of the malls to defraud. Hen-
drix waived preliminary hearing.
Where There's Health
There’s a Way!
A BILITY and will cannot win
through to victory in life
unless there is also energy—
health. And lack of. energy in
eight cases out of ten is caused
The test above is a guide to
blood condition. Press the flesh
between hand and thumb firmly:
unless the blood comes rushing
back. Anemia is indicated.
For thirty-two years thou
sands of physicians have seen
their patients regain health and
energy by the use of Gude’s
Pepto-Mangan. It rebuilds the
latent power in run down bodies
by supplying the blood with the
iron and manganese it lacks.
Your druggist has Gude’s
Pepto-Mangan in liquid or tab
let form.
Gude’s
Pepto-Mangan
Tonic and Blood Enricher
St«np Houm* Price of Urick—Totally (
like cmi.lte' material improves with a
everal conulnadotio of color*? experlen
mechanir* to <lo work; solid or veneer, Ktl
UalU .Mountain Quarries. Newsom, N.
W. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 48~192l