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LEGION
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AmorlcaB l.oglon New* H*rvtc« )
LEGIONNAIRES TO
TOUR PHILIPPINES
For ttio first tirno In tho history of
tlio American Legion a considerable
party of Legionnaires will go by spe
cial tour to an annual convention of a
department outside the limits of con
tinental t'nited States. Plans fmve
been approved and final arrangements
completed for an American Lf^ion
tour to the Philippines in time to at
tend the con\enttnn .to be held at
Manila from February 11 to 14.
I’rgent invitations to Legionnaires
In the Foiled States to attend this
convention and to visit their fellows
In the Orient were extended during
the past sumni'T. (iov. flen. Leonard
Wood cabled that be hoped "you will
send a strong delegation of the Amer
ican Legion to tlie American Legion
convention in February, 15125.” The
proposal for th * cruise was submitted
to the national convention of the Lo-
glun at St. Paul and received the un
qualified indorsement of that body.
Arrangements for the trip, ns
worked out In conjunction with the
travel department, of the American
Express company, call for departure
from Snn Francisco on January 15 on
the steamer Tolyo Marti. This Is a
ship of 22,00»* tons. Is the second
largest passenger-carrying liner In the
Pacific trade and Is considered the
finest in that service.
The party Is scheduled to arrive it
Honolulu, Hawaii, on January Cl.
They will drive by automobile through
Moanalua Hardens and will visit the
Pill, Fort Huger, the naval station,
the museum, Waikiki bench and other
eights of the Islands. On January 31
they will arrive at Yokohama, Japan
A comprehensive sight-seeing progrom
has been arranged for the Flowery
Kingdom, including visits to Kama
kura, Tokyo, Kobe and Kyoto. From
Kobe they will go by steamer through
the Japanese Inland sea of Nagasaki,
^ one of the most picturesque trips. In
the world.
Leaving Nagasaki on February 6,
the party will arrive at Shanghai,
China, on the Rth. Here they will
visit the International settlements and
the native city, with luncheon at the
Hotel Astor.
The group will arrive at Manila on
February 11, in time for the conven
tion. Three and one half days have
been set aside fot the convention and
visit to tlie sights of the capita!
of the Philippines. A wonderful pro
gram Is being arranged for the Le
gionnaires. It Is certain that Legion
naires In the Philippines will leave
nothing undone to make the visit of
PENS CAN NOT HOLD
HOGS CHICAGO GETS.
Chicago.- By far the greatest
number of hogs ever received in
Chicago in a single day arrived
Monday. 122,000 head. This, with
8,000 hogs left over from Saturday
unsold, madekthe total on the mar
ket equal to a normal three-days'
supply for the pasking houses here.
Space to yarjl Ihe hogs that were
being unloaded was lac king and the
alleys as well as the pens were
crowded almost to the point of suf
focation. An immediate drop of 25
cents a hundred-weight in the price
of hogs resulted.
Extreme scarcity and high prices
of corn was assigned for the influx.
mt CROPS OF MORE HIDE
DEADLY POISON
IN CAPTUPED RUM
DEATH LIST GROWS WHILE
PROHIS SPEED DRIVE AGAINST
BLOCKADERS.
New York.—Sixty barrels of liquor
: seized by prohibition agents and po
lice in their campaign against had
Christmas hooch have proved upon
analysis to be wood alcohol, a dan
gerous poison. In addition eight bar
rels of denatured alcohol have been
confiscated. Death from had liquor
so far this month total 2ft.
Additional policemen have been
posted at OSS New York terminals of
ferries, to prevent the movement of
liquor from New Jersey. -The wood
aledhol was seized dn one of the fer
ries together with two trucks. Four
m< n arrested on ^ie trucks gave New
Jerseys addresses.
The denatured alcohol was seized
on a truck on a downtown street and
the driver arrested.
Seventeen alcohol victims, three of
them women, were admitted to Belle
vue hospital during 24 ‘hours.
Chicago.—Charges by Cole Finch
SHOOTS TO KILL
IN CROWDED ROOM.
Atlanta.—In the presence of his
19-year-old bride of two months
and more than 100 employees of the
Western Union Telegraph company
operating room here, C. A Koark.
32, Center Hill. Ga.. fired four shots
into the back of Mifes Vena. .Moore.
20, multiplex operator, as she sat
at her machine. She died instantly.
Roark is said to have dropped the
smoking pistol and collapsed, cry
ing that he had killed Miss Moore
"to save my wife from ruin.” The
operating room was thrown into
wild confusion, business being halt
ed for some time. Mrs. Roark laid
blame for the shooting upon the
victim.
STORY OE NAVY
UNVEIL ROOSEVELT MEMOIILL
SECRETARY WILBUR DISCLAIMS
IDEA OF “MUZZLING”
OFFICERS.
Washington. Secretary Wilbur an
nounced that he had ordered a naval
! court of inquiry to be convened at the
; New York Navy Yard to investigate
| the una^ffthorized publication of infor
mation regarding naval matters which the adjacent swamp is to he built well
i might be of value to a possible enemy ' above the 190S high water mark, which
i country. | w:ss the highest ever known. The
The secretary said tjje inquiry would construction will consist of a short fill
deal speciflciallv with the question of j near the.edgp of the swamp on .the
how a communicattoir which 1 passed Marion county aide with the balance
between Captain Custerhaus at the | of the swamp and river crossed by one
navdl war collegia.Newport, R I and
WILL SPAN GREAT PEE DEE
Contracts Let By Florence and Marion
Counties: To Be Above High
Water.
Florence. "Contract^, have been let
'ivy Florence and Marion counties for
the construction of another bridge
across the Great Fee Dee river. This
bridge will be built at the old God
frey's Ferry, near Kingburg, and will
connect the lower ends of ihe two*
comities
This crossing of Great Fee Dee and
TOTAL WORTH PLACED AT NINE
AND HALF BILLION; CORN
LEADS LIST.
Washington This year's harvest of
important farm crops, the highest
priced in live years though not the
greatest in volume of products,
valued at $9,479,902,000 ivy the depart
ment of agriculture. r j _
Retter prices than last year placed fhat his fa,hpr - Ho,nr - T Finrh - a hotel -
.. , . . . , keeper, was shot to death a week ago
the value $753,013,000 higher than , ...... a. .
by three prohibition agents because
last year, when the total, as revised, ] he to pay them
WIDOW OF COLONEL OF ROUGH I
'
RIDERS DRAWS ASIDE
FLAG.
Captain Barry in charge of naval re
cruiting, New York city, came to find
its way into a number of papers re
cently.
The secretary Further explained that
j in the publication of this communica
Santiago, Cuba.—{’resident Zayas,
speaking at the dedication'of the me
morial erected in honor of Theodore
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Roosevelt, said:
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' The lo„v*>and devotioft of the Cuban
people for Theodore Roosev,elt will
live in their hearts longer than the
long bridge, a little les- than a mile
in icngMh The swamp bridge will be
of Creosoted timber. The river bridge
v.il! t>c of steel resting on concrete
piers. The river at this point is navi
gable but the- necessity for a draw
was oM.atcd by building the river
l tion names of the writer and the ad- -bridge high enough to allow boats to
dresses and certain other identifying pass under. The expense of jncreas-
sections had been deleted. He added | jng thi heigh: will be almost negli-
that the navy department was n(U giblo nm-pared to the expense of a
contemplating any general order muz draw bridge and will eliminate th 0 ex
officers in the free ex pres pense of k< oping an operator on duty
zling navy
boats
was $8,726,889,000 and $1,663,882,000 > they found him'selling a
sion of their opinions; but that it was to open the draw tor logging
determined to prevent the giving out that are now using the river,
by navy officers of information which. The contracts werp let for earth
a 'bribe when; bronze bust and the granite base un- would be of military value to any oth werk to L. ,A Chitwood & company of
ilcohol whole- veiled in his honor here can nossiblv er n
higher than in 1922 when they aggre
gated $7,816,020,000.
The combined acreage of the prin
cipal crops was smaller this year than
last, there having been a total of 355,-
210,400 acres as compared with 355,-
495,730 in 1923. Both the spring and
winter wheat crops Were extremely
satisfactory ,but corn had an unfavor
able season. Cotton, planted late, was
affected by drought to some extent
but a fair crop was produced: A large
crop of potatoes on a smaller acreage
than in recent years resulted from un
usually favorable weather.
sale, and were bejng investigated by ] ag( ••
Federal and State authorities. i w ,
Young Finch said his father had ! Maj ' tien ' JamPS r '- Harbord, U S
been caught by prohibition agents ^ • retired, who represented [’resident
with four drums of redistilled alcohol. 'Coolidge. pictured Roosevelt as "for
-They held him prisoner for a day and years beloved in a free Cuba and one
, . .v , who held that the United States was
His father was relened when he i
nation.
On the report of the board of inquiry
the secretary will determine whether
the facts developed warrant the or
dering of a court martial for any of
ficer.
The board of inquiry will be under
the presidency of Captain O. P. Jack-
son, commanding the training station
Columbia. For the timber bridge and
( i turen piers to Simcns-Mayrant com
pany of Charleston and for the steel
bridge to Austin Brothers Bridge com
pany of Atlanta, Ga
Million Awarded For Roada in York.
Rock Hill.—With the awarding of
legal paper representing $1,000,000 of
promised to raise $1,000 to be brought refi T o nsib]e for permitting Spanish op- at Newpor( Thp othPr mem ber8 will the $2,000,000 York county bond issue
to a rendezvous the next day but predion to continue so long at the be Captains A. M. Probtor and G. IU | for permanent highway construction in
he did not^o. ^The following day doors of free America." Stone, both on duty in ihe third naval this county, definite plans looking to-
four men wearing Government badges
came into the saloon and, after re
proaching Finch, all
young Finch said.
began firing,
. unteer cavalry, otherwise known as the
Rough Riders, in the Spanish-Ameri-
Carolina May Join Fi B ht Fot Part,. b a " “ ar “'tanils on a site provided
by Ihe municipality of Santiago lead-
The monument is erected to Roose- | district, New’ York. city. The judge
advocate of the boards will be Lieuten
ant Commander S. S. Lewis, also on
duty in the third naval district.
veil as colonel of the First U. S. Vol-
Corn maintained Its rank as king of , Washington.-Capture by Virginia j ,* fn "hut' ^ '
crops, and although production was i nB ‘ an uan "here the most
600,000,000 bushels less than last year,' ° f ,he fir8t roUnd in the ftRht for the . n °ted exploits of the Rough Riders
its value was $188,000,000 more than proposed eastern National park ap- were enacted. The Rotary club of San-
the 1923 crop: The total value of corn 1 parently may not decide the contest. *' a Ko. the Rough Riders association
was placed at $2,405,468,000. Cotton
ranked second with a total v a lue of $1,-
683,274,000, of which $1,487,225,000
was the value of lint and $196,049,000
the value of seed. Hay. with a total
value for tame and wild of $1,467,-
648,000 w’us third 1 crop in point of in
come. Wheat ranked fourth with a
total value for spring and winter of
$1,136,596,000.
Coolidge Wants Veto Sustained.
Washington.—While President Cool
idge continued his efforts to prevent
the overriding of his veto.of the ^postal
pay increase bill by the senate, that
Fard letting contracts were being
formulated by the commission. The
bonds were sold to the Trn; t company
of Georgia of AtStnta at a rate of 4 3-4
per cent interest with a premium of
$2,210. A larffe number c.f bids were
studied before the award was made
New York Fears Chicken Plague.
New York.- Fear of the "chicken
plague" prevalent in certain mid-west-
There were growing indications that, 411 ^ , ^ ie Roosevelt Memorial associa-
North Carolina and Tennessee might t * on an> i,R sponsors,
unite in an effort to defeat the Old Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of the Rough
Dominion in the final show down. Riders c olonel, drew aside the flag i
Although the independent commis- w hi ( 'h enshrouded the monument,
sion chosen to select the most suitable army and navy officers stood at
site for the proposed park recom- salute and the government officials
mended that it be located in the Blue an '* civilians uncovered.
Ridge mountains of Virginia, the next Prisciliano Lspiroza. president of
decision on the matter will be up to Santiago RotarY club, delivered the
the house public lands committee to introductory address and’letters were
which the commission’s report has rea, Y from former Gov. Henry J. Allen
been referred. . of Kansas and (Jen. Leonard Wood,
Choose Columbia For Next Meeting.
Spartanburg. With the selection of
body entered into an unaimous eon- I Columbia as the next meeting plac*
sent agreement for a vote on the veto , in December. 15125. and the adoption of
not later than January 6.
Calling a number of republican
senate leaders to the White House, the
executive again informed them of his
desire that the veto he sustained, be
cause any other action in advance, of
the enactment of a revenue measure
resolutions thanking J. R
Charlotte. N. C . fur his gift to Furman
university, the 104th annual conven
tion of state Baptist association came
to a close.
The Rev. If. W. Putney of Darling
ton was selected to preach th> annua!
t.
to take care of the pay raise would sermon. The committee, which draf
interefere with the economy policy of ed the resolutions thanking Mr. Duke
Besidea this report, the committee was Roosevelts immediate supe-
ern states has so intimidated the also will have up for consideration r ‘ or as when the Rough Riders
housewives of New Yorh that all rail- ■ four hills, each proposing a different wp re organized, paying tribute to Col-
thelr comrades from home a pleasant ! roads serving this city set up a solid location, one of which was introduced 1 om ‘Y Roosevelt."
and a memorable one. ,(>ne of the [ embargo against shipments of live by Representative Doughton. demo- TYm American ambassador, Enoch
most Interesting things about (lie trip tukeys, chickens, ducks and geese. crat, North Carolina. The three other YL ( rowded, and Maj. W. H. Shutan.
will be the opportunity to observe eon The railroads apbed after a host of measures are sponsored by Represen- military attache, many officials of the
ditlons in ’.hose Far Eastern islands Inspectors represeWting federal, state tatives Bulwinkle and Weaver, and 1 ’'Yian government, army officers and
.and. to see the progress being miyle and civic agencies of health had re- Reece, republican. Tennessee.
there.
On the 10th the sight-seers will he
at Hongkong, with auto and ricksha
rlcfax to points of Interest. On the
19th they will tie at Shanghai. Here
there will lie opportunity to take an
optional tour to Feklng. then into
Manchuria, Korea and thr
: Jected many cars of poultry. Com
mission merchants and carriers took
steps to have “express - companies
establish an embargo on fowl as rigid
as that declared by the railroads. ‘
•"There wMll be no live fowl of any
kind on the market in New York city
mi^h Japan during the holidays,” said the head of claim in opposition to tfrrrt of Virgin-
to Yukohumn. The main party will „ , .. ,
1 the Live Stock Merchants association, las Both representatives, however
' There is no prospect that the fears agree they would not contest the Old
of housewives can lie allayed, and Dominion's site, shjould two parks be
order restored in time for the Christ recommended by the committee.
mas and new year's trade." , •
officers^from the cruiser Galveston,
It is the opinion of Mr. Reece and w hiehA|TOd been ordered to Santiago
Mr. Doughton that, if but one park Y°r the occasion, attended the cere-
is to be created at the present time. I nioniop - 38 WPl1 as representatives of
the North Carolina and TcYnnr’Ssce va rious associations, including the
delegations in the house.will agree on American! egion A detachment of
a Kite, part, in one state and part in * uban cavalry ac ted as guard of honor
the other, and present (heir united After the unveiling a visit was paid
his administration and continue what
he regards as a harmful practice of
1 leaving to the future the matter of J
providing for present authorized ex '
-penditures.'
After these leaders had visited the
White House, renewed efforts were
made to get a unanimous consent agree
ment for senate action Immediately
after the agreement had been enter
, ed. the administration measure in-
, creasing postal rates on ail except ;
was composed of Z T Cody, Dr W. J
McClothin and Dr. (' A. Jones.
A convention committee on the fur
ther maintenance of Baptist schools
and colleges in Scfuth Carolina to
make a careful stud y of the condition
of the denominational institutions in
the state during the coming year, and
to report the resul ^of its determina-
tio&s—t-o-the next annual c onvention,
was' c reated by the convention
The action followed the introduction
letter mail was referred to the post of a resolution by Dr. John K Whit*,
office committee with a view to hear- president ot Anderson college, in whic h
arrive at Nagasaki on February . 21,
with opportunity to take a Japan op
tional tour. Kobe and Yokohama will
lie visited. The party will leave Yoko
hama on the 25th. On March t> they
will he hack in Honolulu, leaving there
on thp 7th and arriving in San Fran
cisco on March 13,
to San Juan hill, where stands the
tree under which peace was signed.
ings and action during the Christmas
holidays.
Some administration leaders are of
the opinion that there will be a suffi
cient. number of senators in accord
with the Fresident s program to sifk-
fain his veto. For this 33 votes would
be necessary to accomplish this result,
provided all senators were present and
voting.
Legion in Minnesota
Gains Favorable Laws
Tlie American Legion’s Influence in
the department of Minnesota is indi
rated by an Impressive list of Legion
sponsored legislation passed since tlie
inception of the Legion in 1919. Some
of the important legislative acts
originating with the Legion or spun
sored by that body are: Abatement of
penalties- penalties, interests and
costs on taxes upon lands owned by
persons who served during the World
war abated. Bonus, state— a bonus of
$15 for each month served In World
war. Development of agricultural re
sources -art act to develop the agri
cultural resources of the state by lufid
colonization and providing for certain
privileges to soldier settlers. Hos
pitals-Tenth district netiropsycblntflc
hospital and funds for tuber/mlar Uos-
ydtal State soldiers’ welfare fund—
moneys provided for general welfare
of soldiers. Rural credits bureau-
bureaus where service men may ob
tain loans under prescribed conditions
And so forth. ~
“These are just a feu of tlie many
acts passed beneficial to ex-service
men of this state," said Stafford King,
department adjutant, who compiled
the list. “In the face of sueli evidenes
of tlie Legion’s power to accomplish,
the membership Ot this department
should be tripled.”
City Aids Post
An unsolicited appropriation of $4.
0U0 to aid W. A. Hudgens post of th*
American Legion in the completion o
a Memorial athletic field was tnnd*
recently by the city council of Ander
ton. 8. C. The field, when completed
will be one of the finest athletic fleU
In tlie state.
Two Perish When Dormitory Burns.
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Beavoir, Miss -Two Confederate
Preacher Kills Man Hunting Birds.
Winston-Salem —Carl Nifong, a pros
perous farmer and one of Davidson
Boll Weevils Go Into Hibernation.
New Orleans. La.—That there was a
prolific development of boll weevils
during the fall months to go into hiher- Shoals Construction Calls for Millions,
nation for next year's attack on the , Washington.—Immediat appropria-
the need for such a committee was
stressed and in which its members
were named. The commit fee is com
posed of ten pastors'.ten laymen and
five women, and its temporary chair
man, appointed under one of the sec
tions of the resolution introduced bv
Dr. White, is Dr. W. L Ball. paSTor
of the First Baptist Church of Spar
tanburg.
veterans were burned to death and two
were injured when fire destroyed a
dormitory of the Jefferson Da\is sol
diers home. , ,
The dead: F. J. Sharpe, 78, Colum
bus. Miss., and J F. Hunter. 80, Laurel,
Miss.
The injured: Joe Sanders. Lauder
dale, Miss., feet burned; Clement Cox,
Harrison county, feet and hands burn
ed.
Twenty were asleep in the one-story
frame building when the structure
was discovered in flames. Volunteers
fought their way through the smoke
and carried the veterans—to—safety.
Sharpe and Hunter Uould not lie reach
ed and their charred bod leg were
found in bed later. Some of the veter
ans went hack into the building for
their possessions and it w-as only ; with
difficulty that some were rescued the
second time. The dormitory adjoined
the old hospital occupjed by 25 worn
Secretary^ Weeks advised
Large Cotton Deal.
Bisiiopville A cotton deal of
usual size was made here when J. M.
Heuron sold 1,909 bales of short si;;pie
cotton ’to R. L. Hearson for tho ac
count of J. F. Maybank & company,
of Charleston. The average prb e per
pound could, not...bq_ascortaiued. but it
county’s best known citizens, resid- cotton cron Is shown cnneinslveiy by lion of $3,591 200 to continue work on
ing near Midway, was . accidentally reports to the National Boll Weevil dam No. 2 at Muscle Shoals, Ala , is
j shot and killed by Rev. A. C Feeler. Control association. Replies received i required
pastor of the FiTftt Rdwrrped church to a questionnaire sent out to about' , . ...
.. .. “ .... , ^ ^ , Congress, if construction there is not
in this city. 1,200 banks .chtynbers of commerce.
The two men. with one ur two county agents and local committees to io^rrupted.
friends, were out bird hunting on the eo-operationg with the National Boll In a request fo radditional funds.
Nifong farm. Rev. Mr. Peeler fired Weevil Control association show’ 1 sent to the speaker of the house, the
upon a rov
load of shot
breast, death following in a faw minu- there was a heavy development of
Us. It is said that on account ofjsomo weevil during the month of October , - j. , t .
pine trees, Rev. Mr. Feeler' did not and the early part of November. Many ■ contracts, for construction work on the , Y ear , as ., • ^ < 0.11 pet..ion^ on tho
see Mr. Nifong at the time he shot. farmers report the largest number of j dam to the extent of $10,591,200, but H< n n h- \ •
The dead man, wdro was a leader ip weevils -ever observed in the whole ! only made an outright appropriation ^ V n n a * ' ons ‘ f cot '
his community, was 34 years old, and history of the pest. — [of $7,000,000,000. The amount now 11
vey. and nearly the entire that in about 55 per cent of the re-| gficre(ary of war recalIed that Congress
t took effect in the farmer's gions of heavy infestation in 19-23 ! , ' . .
* in the army appropriation bill passed
is said that about ?115,()00 was involv
ed in the deal. This is not the largest!
single delivery*of cotton ever made in
Bishopvi.le, and there are frequent
deals involving seve.al hundred bales,
last year, authorized him to enter into * ),lt YYus deal stands out. prominently
this yjear as the competition on tho
local fnarket has been unusually keen.
is survived by his wife, three children. The probability is that there was a sought is the balance.
an aged mother, three sisters, and heavy development in more regions Secretary Weeks said the appropria-
bnejirother, Luther Nifong. than those reported because at the tion is needed urgently if the govera-
time the questionnaire was sent out meat is to avoild the necessity of lay-
Get Ten Million Verdict, all danger of injury to the cotton crop ing off its force of skilled employes
Dedham, Mass —A verdict of $10,- was past for the simple reason that ! now working on the dam.
i^!4,109.07 for the paintiff was return- the squares then forming would not
ed by the jury in the $15,000,000 dam- mature and farmers w’ere not much in-
agq_suit brought by George F. Willett terested and hence did not make very
Alderman For President.^
Washington.—The name of Ed^vin A.
en aged from 80 to^ 100 >ears. The , a ^j ns ^ j^ 0 i,ert F. errick and a group careful observations. In a~Tew irt^tan- AIdermair.president of the University
of Boston bankers. Trial of the case res reporting no development the asso-! of Virginia, was presented in the
in Norfolk superior court lasted 194 eiatioi^ made further inquiries and 1 house as a candidate for the presl-
hospital was emptied by volunteers.
The origin of the fire has not been
determined but it was believed dueYb
an open fireplace
Epidemic on Liquon.
New Yodt. —Eight persons—two wo
men and s x men—are dead and five
reported dying as t{je result of an
epidemic vb poison liquor cases here
since last Saturday. Sixty-seven per
sons, including 11 women, now are In
the alcoholic ward of the Bellevue, his-
pltal. / 1 '
Hospital authorities sald’Lthbi num
ber of alcoholic poisoning patients
would increase as Christmas drew
tear due to a flood of wood alcohol
vhfch, they said, was being distribut-
d through the city. „
days. The jury had been deliberating found that there was on closer exami
since Monday. | nation weevil development.
Twenty-Four Killed by Earthquake. Agnation on to Stop Tree Cutting.
Manila.—Twenty-four persons were! Washington.—To cut. or not to cut
killed when a severe earthquake rock- the Christmas trees, may become an-
ed Suriagao Province, on Mindanao other famous question. Ever since a
Island., jbill was Introduced in Congress pro-
Th(» quake destroyed 28 houses bn posing ttf prohibit cutting Christmas
four small islands situated near the ( trees and the American Tree associa-
northem coast of Suriagao Province.; tion declared in favor of cutting them
Forty-seven persons were injured. Al- In a proper manner calculated to aid
though the trembler occurred on Mon- reforestation, the question has grown
day first news of th?'situation was toward a controversy.
dem y of the United States by Repres
entative Upshaw, democrat, Georgia
Snow Worm Thrives Amid Ice.
Seattle. Wash.—Snow worms have
Oiier Two Rewards.
Greenwood. Rewards amounting to
>$100 have b f ’on offered for the arrest
and conviction of the two young white
men who shot and seriously wounded
_J. R- Nichols, a merchant of South
Greenwrtnd Sheriff E. M. White has
offered $50 and two citizens of the
county $25 each. County Solicitor
Marshall F. Sanders stated that ho
had written Gov. Thomas G. McLeod
asking him to offgr an additional re
ward.
Woman Kills Self; Husband Wounded.
Leesville.—The usually quiet Delmar
j
received here by the American R/f*
•ss from a former Governor dt
Ruriaro Province. ^ r
On the one hand are the forestry
experts, and on the other are the tree
enthusiasts.
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been found in the Cascade mountains f ' oinm,in Py. eight mile north of Lees-
of Washington and on glaciers and v ’Yle, was aroused when Mrs. Carroll
mountains in Alaska. Trevor KincaidJ Shealy is supposed to have committed
professor of zoology in (he University 8U * c '^ e ^ firing a gun into her tem-
of Washington, declared after an in- PY p after attempting to kill her hus-
vestigation. j band as he lay asleep. Mr. Shealy
"The snow or ice worm is not really ' Aa * s ' 10 ^ * n t * le arm as ^9 warded off
pink as many assert but Is more of a shot upon awaking, feeling tho
brownish hue," said Professor Kincaid. * un a K a i n8 t Yiis body .according to his
"The brown pigment in its skia is a Kta,eme QT No one else was present,
source of heat which enables the worm *^ r8 ’ ^ealy is (he mother of several
to bore its way through glacier lea children, the youngest a;l ir*fant six
like a heated wir*. j monlh " n Y4-
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