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Vol. L.XXII No. 1418 Union, S. C., Thursday Aftcrnoflfi June 29, 1922 3C per Copy
SUMTER CANNING
MEANS MUl
(By B. E. Adams, in Charleston News
and Courier, June 25).
A new industry has been opened up
in Sumter County. It promises to aid
very materially in bringing about o
change in the ragricultural outlook in
that section. The canning of food
products on a large scale is something
new in Sumter, yet in the short space
of a few months, the industry has
reached goodly proportions.
Already th0 canning factory is
proving a big thing in the lives of
many people. This is specially true
of the farmers who are benefitting
through the operation of this plant.
The canning factory is affording a
ready cash market for four vegetable
crops grown in Sumter county; it is
providing work for about 200 persons
who might otherwise be without employment;
it :s taking raw products
from the farms of Sum'or county and
turning them into rash and the cash
is being distributed among the busmess
houses of Sumter; it has added
to tho list of industrial plants in South
Carolina; it is helping to fight the
battle against the boll weevil; it is
j.Htting up a fight for better freight
rates and it is helping to advertise!
Sumter and South Carolina.
Work Started in April.
The Sumter Canning company, the
U concern operating the plant was or-1
ganized late in 1921 and started op- j
erating in April of this year. The;
plant occupies an old cotton mill
building on the edge of Sumter. It is
equipped with modern machinery and|
turns out an excellent product. A 1
number of Sumter business men an<j
farmers are interested in the movement.
Mr. H. J. Harby, a retired capitalist
and public-spirited citizen, is
president of the company. Mr. Ilarhyj
V is credited by iiis associates as being:
the moving force behind this new development.
Mr. It. A. Bradham, president
of a Sumter bank, a farmer and
a man who is greatly interested in
the agricultural development of South 1
Carolina, is vice president. Mr. Brad- I
ham is an untiring worker in the in- I
terest of agriculture and livestock
movements and, he cooperated with'
the writer in securing valuable data i
on the canning industry as it affects
Sumter county. Mr. E. M. Hall is
secretary and treasurer of the concern.
The active worker behind the undertaking
is Mr. H. A. Shaver, manager.
Mr. Shaver is an experienced '
man in the canning industry, he hav-i
ing been born and reared in Virginia,'
where work of this nature has been (
carried on for many years. Mrs.
Shaver, who is also experienced in
this work, devotes her time to the
plant, and is deserving of much credit
y lor the success attained.
$8,000 to $9,000 Weekly.
The great value of the plant can
be better understood when it is point- j
ed out that four to five carloads of*
finished products ar? being shipped to [
market weekly. This means an In-1
come of from $8,000 to $0,000 perj
week. Twenty-nine carloads of canned
beans have been sold in New York,!Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Chicago,'
Kansas City, St. Louis, Atlanta aiidj
other cities, says Mr. Shaver, who
points out that one of the greatest.;
handicaps to be overcome is that of i
freight rates. The products from the
Sumtei*~~factory must, of necessity be'
shipped to large distributing points j
for sale. In comparing rates with
other points Mr. Shaver said:
"The greatest handicap we have
in making a success with a canning
factory in this section is freight
lates; we started last December to'
have a commodity rate established
telling the acreage we had contracted J
hut while we-have had some promises
of better rates we are being charged
what we think are very exorbitant
rates and, in, fact, no canning factory
can exist doing a large volume of
business which they have to ship to
the much populated districts and pay
the rate of freight which we are now
having to pay; for instance, the canning
section around Baltimore has a
freight ratP to Pittsburgh of Ha cents
against our rate of $1.01, to Chicago.
42 cents against our 00 cents, and
other points in proportion. The canning
section of Fast Tennessee. Morristown
and Newport have a freight
rate to Cincinnati of 31Vfc cents
against our 80 cents, to Birmingham
and Atlanta <-T HI cents against our
62cents, also Virginia cities can
ship tomatoes to Columbia and Augusta
for 47M: cents against our 411/i
cents, and Baltimore can ship to Chai1leston
for 34 cents per hundred while
we have a rate of 40Vfe cents per hundred."
Cuts Down Pridit.
It will he seen from figures quoted
by Mr. Shaver that Sumter is being
discriminated against in the matter
of rates and until this matter can be
adjusted the South Carolina pi mt will
not be able to show the profit it would
under fair conditions.
At the time of my visit to the plant,
June 15, everyone was going at top
speed t" take care of the bean crop.
Hundreds and hundreds of bushels of:
Ivans were being received at the plant
daily. Men, women and children in
wagons, cars, buggies, trucks and
automobiles came in in great numbers
to bring the fresh, green beans. As
the bean-laden wagon dtives into the
factory yard it is placed on the scales
and weighed. From here the produce
was delivered on the platform, nnd
the wagon reweighed and the driver
paid for the heans. mis means wiaci
the farmers around Sumter can grow
a vegetable crop in a few months, harvest
and deliver it to the canning
plant and get paid for their work instead
of being forced by a one-crop
system to work all year on borrowed
money or be carried by some merchant
until cotton marketing time.
In commenting on t.hi3 feature of
the undertaking, Mr. Bradham said:
"I see in this new industry a way to I
break the credit system built up!
around the cotton crop. In this industry
a farmer can have something to
sell at all seasons of the year instead
of going to the banks or merchants
and borrowing money or buving goods
against his crop; he can have one
crop tide him over to the next."
Shortly after the organization of
thp, company last fall the manager
W contracted with n number of fanners
to handle the spinach, beans, tomatoes
; FACTORY
CH TO FARMERS
Coal Operators to
Meet at White House
Washington, June 29.?Secretary of
Labor Davis announced today that the
bituminous and anthracite coal operate;
s had accepted the invitation extended
1st night by President Harding
to meet at the White House Saturda/
with the miners' union officials to devise
means on which the negotiations
for the settlement of the coal strilo
might be initiated.
and potatoes. Mr. Shaver states thai
he contracted with 109 farmers to
take care of 400 acres of beans. Othei
farmers contracted to furnish spinach,
tomatoes and potatoes. This
means that more than 109 farmers in
Sumter county had a cash return from
their crops at a time when the cotto.i
crop was a dead expense and the return
from this source several months
off. The production of beans ranges
from 50 to 200 bushels per acre. The
selling price is $50 per ton, which is
equivalent to 90 cents per bushel. At
the time of my visit the plant was
handling frcm 800 to 1,000 bushels
in.*i ii?v unci nau Deon working on
beans three weeks.
Tomatoes will follow the bean crof,
according to Mr. Shaver, who stated
that he had contracted for 250 acres
of tomatoes. With normul weathe.*
conditions it is estimated that this wil
mean 25 carloads of finished products.
The output from the plant has beet,
sold and it is likely the capacity will
bp enlarged another season. Mr
Shaver points out one big -advantage
.St.illh Carolina has over the big canning
section around Baltimore, and
that is the crop will be about 30 day?
ahead of the Northern crop.
More than 100,000 large cans ofJ
spinach retailing from 25 to 32 cents
per can, were put out by the piart
tli is season. This means about 151
tons of green produce.
Five hundred acres of sweet potatoes
have been contracted for. The
factory will start work on this crop
r.bout September 1. This crop is
bought as it conies from the ground
and all sie.es and shapes are taken.
A Trip Through the Plant.
It is interesting to visit the factory
and watch the process through which
the beans pass from the farmers'
w igons to the ear, ready for shipment
to market. After the beans are weigh
ed and propel ly cheeked the baskets
are placed in long rows, where scores
of small boys and negro women art
busily engaged in "stringing" . them
When they have completed a basket it
is removed and a fresh supply placer,
before them. The finished basket is
placed on the little elevator and starts
on its journey. Arriving, on the second
floor the contents of the basket
arft dumped into a large machine
wh'oh cuts the beans in short lengths
,'lpH HlP All o Kfno/1
belt, which is moving toward the big
cooker.
Two women stand by the belt and
closely inspect the beans to see that
all faulty ones are removed. The belt
pours its freight into a very large
ii'dal cylinder which is continually revolving.
This cylinder is charged with
steam. It requires three minutes foi
the beans to pass through this process
of cooking or steaming. From
here the bean is dumped into the lar^f
hopper of the canner. A continuous
line o'f empty cans is automatically
fed into this machine and come out
on the opposite side filed with frtslcut
beans. The can continues on it;
journey and at the next point in the
operation is filled with brine. As the
endless chain moves onward the contents
of the can are packed allowing
room for the top, which is clamped on
in the next operation and t!e < an
properly sealed, delivered onto a platform,
where it is placed into a large
receptacle. This receptacle is lifted
by means of a crane and placed in
large iron kettles, where the water
is boiling. Here the can remains two
hours and it is then placed on the
floor. From. the floor the cans are
gathered up and the label pasted on
and then the cans go into the shipping
cases. As the cases are filled
and nailed up they are sent direct to
the freight car on the siding by means
of a long chute. The car loaded with
empty cans and the car being loaded
with the finished product stand on the
same siding within a few feet of each
other. It- is interesting to follow the
course of an empty "tin" from the
time it is placed on the elevator chain
until it reached the next car filled
with Sumter county beans ready for
(he dinner of some Pennsylvania or
Missouri family.
Mr. Bradham Optimistic.
Mr. Bradham is optimistic regarding
the outlook and says, "I am proud
of what wo have done so far, but feel
we have just started. I expect to see
soups, catsup, jellies, jams, preserves
and other products from Sumter county
farms put up in marketable shape.
"We have long been buyers of canned
stuff put up on the West coast,"
declares Mr. Bradham, who points out
f at the people of South Carolina pay
a profit to the manufacturer and pay
freight on the things that can be produced
so easily in this state. One of
the advantages cited by Mr. Bradham
is the operating cost. He says, "we
can operate our plant with cheaper
labor than the canning factory in
Maryland or on the West coast. "We
are giving employment to many who
would otherwise be out of employment.
No doubt 90 per cent of the
money we pay out weekly for labor is
in circulation in 3G hours."
"The farmer can produce his vegetable
cro? in GO days instead of 12
onths as cotton," said Mr. Bradham,
v. ho added "and one of the big features
is ho will have a steady, sure
market for his crops as he contracts
when his seed is sown. What has been
done by business mpn in any other
section of South Carolina."
Misses Sara and Catherine Wagnon
will return Saturday from a week's
visit to Mrs. J. F. Walker, Sr., in Columbia.
RAILROAD DEADS
TO MEET TODAY
Chicago, June '29 (By the Associated
Press).?The strike orders signed
by the six shop craft presidents of
the raili-oad shopmen's organization
were sent out today to the general
chairman representing 400,000 men,
authorizing the strike at 10 o'clock!
a. m. on July 1st "on all railroads and:
Pullman shops in the United States.'
Letters of instruction regarding the
progress and conduct of the strike are
beirg prepared at the general headqua
rters here today r.nd were to be
mailed out tonight.
"The' issue is clearcut with no
strings attached," said B. M. Jewell,
president or tne railroad unions section
of the American Federation of
Labor. "It is up to the railroad executives
at their meeting today."
Chicago, June 29 (By the Associated
Press).?The United States Railroad
Labor Board today citel national
officers of six shop craft unions and
railway executive now meeting here
ind officers of four other railroad unions
to appear before board tomorrow
afternoon in inquiry into the
"threatened interruption of traffic."
Chicago, June 28 (By the Associated
Press).?Two possible means of
averting the threatened rail strike of
400,000 shopmen suggested themselves
to railroad circles tonight, fol'owed
by what B. M. Jewell, head of
the shop unions, termed the "last
word" to the railroads in the union
ultimatum sent to the Association of
Railway Executives last night.
The executives by coincidents were
scheduled to meet, in Chicago " tomorrow
afternoon and local executives today
said the shopmen's proposal of a
truce pending further negotiations on
wages and working conditions would
undoubtedly receive attention.
President Jewell's telegram last
night to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the executives, left little lee way
for avoiding the strike, it was felt by
t)ie railroad officials today.
The certain rejection of the union
proposal, therefore, left in the opinion
of railroad men but two possible loopholes
to avoid issuance of the strike
call.
One was that a conference between
the union leaders and the executives
might be called tomorrow and if no
agreement was reached a technical
dispute might be announced, oyer
which the railroad labor board, acting
under authority of the transportation
act, could take jurisdiction as it
did in the Big Four brotherhood strike
last year and act to prevent a walkout.
The other was that if the strike is
called, the board could also take jurisdiction
under the act on the ground
that the strike would interrupt commerce,
and order the men back to
work.
Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the
board, refused to' comment on these
two possibilities tonight. The action
.fKAOI*/! l>1 tUo fVtwaofnnA/l
last October was interpreted as rep-|
resenting the. board's position on the
first possibility and since the board
has never bad occasion to act in any
strike of consequence the chairman
declined to state what the federal
body's interpretation of the transportation
on that point would be.
Mr. Jewell, while refusing also to
discuss the possibilities of a conference
tomorrow with the railway executives
said "a statement" would he
given out tomorrow afternoon about
the hour the executives go into session."
Among phases of the strike situation
which received considerable attention
tonight was the fact that but
10 railroads are involved in the practice
of contracting work to outside
firms, one of the points which the
shopmen enst their strike vote.
Among the 201 railroads themselves
there was said to be a decided split
on the question of contracting and
there was said to be some doubt as to
whether the majority of the roads,
which have refrained from contracting,
would support the minority which
has held contracting to be their legal
right.
Chairman Cuyler and the heads of
the larger roads of the country were
to arrive in Chicago tomorrow morning
for a meeting announced as a conference
on contracts with the American
Railway Express company. Numprnna
nl.hpr enhiopfu Viniuoudi" n/nnl/l
be discussed, it was said.
New Candidate
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the Senate from Union County
and pledge myself to abide the results
of the Democratic primary election.
Macbeth Young.
National Treaty Adopted
Tokio, June 29 (By the Associated
Press).?The priVy council passed the
national treaty adopted at the WashI
ington arms conference and submitted
( it today to the prince regent for rath.
' hcation.
marektinc wjlves
prove Access
Florence, June 28. -ffcbling the
sign up of last week in Mi first days
of the whirlwind drive landslide
of new contracts is con* g into the
Tobacco Growers' (tive association
in South CaroTini which had
a record series of mass / eetings today
at 11 towns in the^1 alt. Celebrating
the 90 per cent flgn up in
Williamsburg county a * xeeting of
800 growers at Kingston welcomed
John Blanks, a Kentucky member of
the Hurley pool, who conVaced them
that cooperative marketin?,means the
blotting out of farm mortgages and
the assurance of decent hiroftts for
their labor. More thqp 100,000
pounds of tobacco were 1 signed oq
new contracts after thia .meeting.
Every grower who welcomed John
Bell of Kentucky at a jieeting of
150 farmers at HartsvUla', today left
the meeting a member?^f the association.
"We have established thoroughly
three essentials to success. .
The association is practical in opex*ation,
it can get unlimited financial
accommodation and it. can sett its
product, said Mr. Bell, telling of the
enthusiasm of Kentucky farmers for
their pool.
Campaigning Horry coUnty after
yesterday's successful nieeting at
Conway J. H. Quisenbewiy of Virginia
and Reuben Offutt of Kentucky
held successful medtinge ; today at
Loris, Buck Creek church and Zoan.
With the majority of leading growers
from Horry county aiding the
drive as members of association a
very rapid sign up is resulting. H.
C. Thompson, influential planter of
Conway, among the most recent
?: 1 J - J 4 A Al IV 1
MKneis, uuueu %\j acres 10 tne pool
this week.
President George A. Norwood of
the association and directta* T, B.
Young of Florence had 1 successful
conferences today with banks and
business men of Dillon cutd Mullins
Since the drive began, committees of
bankers, business men and planters
have formed with the purpose of aiding
the drive at 30 points throughout
the South Carolina belt, dabbling the
force of workers for thahto cooperative
Lockhart Dots
I have been to the mountains for
two weeks where it is nice and cool.
I had a wonderful time. Visited Asheville
and Waynesville and then went
on a fishing trip and had lots of fun.
Guess every one is expecting a good
time the 4th. Lockhart will not have
any special program this year.
Quite a number of boys are coming
to our town now as they need lots of
help to paint all the houses here. Every
thing is being done to help to
make the villuge grow and, really
it's a good place in which to live.
We have good people and good Sun
day schools. We want everybody to
come out and take a part in the Sunday
schools. The Berean class of the
Lock'hart Baptist church invites all
strangers and sojourners to meet with
them. I think every man and boy
should join the Berean class and visitors
are given a hearty welcome and
a glad handshake. Come and help
make this class grow.
The B. Y. P. U. meets Friday night
and all members are urged to be present.
Bring someone with you.
Fierce Battle
Raging Since Dawn
Dublin, June 28.?A fierce battle
has been raging since dawn between
the regular Irish Republican army
troops and the regulars under Roy
O'Connor for the possession of four
courts, recently seized by the latter.
It is believed the casualties will be
large. Armored cars, trench mortar3
and machine gune are being used.
Poultry Meeting
i
In lieu of the regular meeting of
.. . ? ? - -
me union i'oultry uiub on the first
Monday there will be a meeting on
Thursday, the 6th of July, at 4 p. ni
iThursday afternoon) at Mr. Wilson's
yards on East Main street. ProfesI
sor Mehrhof or Clemson will then give
us a acmonsi-rauon in culling.
You are cordially invited to be pres.
ent. F. W. Perrin, .
6-29; 7-1 Secretary.
Baseball at Monarch
Baseball, Monarch will play Com
pany E, of this city, a double header
July 4th, at Monarch Park. Game
starts 10 a. m. nd 4:30 p. m.
There will be some interesting athletic
stunts pulled off during the day.
M. W. Gregory will serve a first
class barbecue at the Monarch ball
park, so come prepared to spend the
day and have lots of fun.
. 1418-3tpd
Edmund Murrah is spending some,
time in the mountains. .
David Coleman left this week foi
Annapolis to begin his studies. ^
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NEGRO TO DIE IN
! ELECTRIC CHAIR
Judge Townsend refused a new
trial for Bradford Boyd yesterday after
listening to arguments by B. J,
McLauchlin, attorney, appointed by
the court to defend the negro. Judge
Townsend said the verdict was rendered
by the jury in accordance with
the preponderance of the testimony
introduced on the witness stand. The
judge said the evidence submitted by
the mother and brother of the 15
year old girl, upon whose person an
alleged attempt at criminal assault
had been mude, was sufficient to apprqye
the decision. Boyd was sentenced
to die on July 20.
Boyd, a 17 year old negro farm
hand, was convicted last week in the
criminal court on a charge of attempted
criminal assault. Witnesses
said the alleged victim was nine
years old and an epileptic. Boyd ran
away from the scene of the alleged
crime and was captured at Camden
by Mayor Carrison. Boyd was in the
act of indorsing a check at a bank
counter when the mayor recognized
the name on the check and placed
Boyd under arrest. Richland county
officers struck a hot trail and the
squad led by T. R. Davis, deputy
sheriff, reached Camden shortly after
he had been captured.
Seventeen Troops Captured
Dublin, June 29 (By the Associated
Press).?Irregular Irish forces have
captured 17 trops of provisional government
in Dominick street area, according
to union firmed report this afternoon.
Grand Jury to
Investigate Mine Massacre
Marion, June 29 (By the Associated
Press).?Special grand jury begin
July 10 investigation Herrin Mine
massacre circuit Judge Hartwell announced
today excavation trip mine
started today following rumors number
bodies buried at mine.
Village Success Counts
When the National Economic Research
Bureau completed its investigation
of salaries and incomes ?n the
United States it found that 88 out oi
every 100 men in this country have
an income of less than $2,000 a year,
Those who earn $10,000 a year are c
rare as to be almost superment?
about one-tenth (as I remember 'he
figures) of one per cent.
However, $2,000 a year isn't so bad
if one doesn't live in a large city
where he is compelled to pay a big
rent for the luxury of living neai
| many other people. In a small place
$2,000 a year may bring every reasonable
comfort. But how manj
who earn $10,000 in a great citj
could eurn even $2,000 in a village'
Somehow, it appears that one mus
come nearer to delivering value in i
small place than in a big one. Citie:
are centers of much useless activi
ties. Think of all the liveried apart
ment house men, eyebrow-plucker:
and washroom brush boys in cities?
to say nothing of high salaried pub
licity agents, assistant vice-presi
dents and such. What chance woul<
any of these have in a sensible litth
village or on a farm where every
body engages in actual definite toil'
?Fred Kelly in The Nation's Busi
ness.
Shot by Own Troops
San Francisco, Young China, th
Chinese language newspaper publish
ed here, announced today that it ha
%tr./>n<nA/l o onhln frAni Anrr kr(tn<r rt
1 CV.C1 vru C* VHWIV, II V/JII k?vi!0 - >
porting that Chen Chinung Ming ha
been shot aund wounded at a meet in
with the leaders of his own troop
near Canton.
Today's Cotton Market
Open Clos
July 21.75 21.7
October 21.75 21.6
December 21.42 21.4
January 21.38 21.2
March 21.15 21.0
N. Y. Spots .. 22.2
Local market 21.5
5 m
Miss Pearl Harris left yesterday fc
Anderson to attend the marriage t
her brother, Raymond Harris, to Mil
Anita Pruitt, which was celebrate
last evening at 8:30 o'clock at tl
home of the bride's parents.
Mra W G Qun/lora of Minofir.Qiv
visiting relatives here. Mrs. Sandei
was formerly Miss Pauline Arthur.
There are no taxes of any kind
the island of Aldemey.
In the Congo the women farm tl
, crops and sell the produce and t!
men do the sewing and wash t
clothes.
The first mechanical sewing ;tri
chine was patented in 1790.
FATE OF AMERIC
t ' REM
Fourth of July
At Buffalo Mill 11
t!
The Buffalo people are planning to ^
have a big celebration on July 4th. ^
They are extending a special invitation
to all their friends and the peoXT
, pie in the surrounding country to
, n.eet with them on this day and help
, celebrate.
This day will be full of all kinds of
amusements, and plenty of good barbecued
meat. ^
Program of Events.
pi
9:00 a. m.?Boxing match. ^
9:30 a. m.?Sack race, potato race ,
etc. Boys and girls. *
10:00 a. m.?Baseball game, Wood- ^
ruff vs. Buffalo. v.
12:30 p. m.?Big barbecue dinner.
2:00 p. m.?Climbing greasy pole.
2:30 p. m.?Pie eating contest. j
3:00 p. m.?Baseball game?Wood- J
rn(T W.-ffol..
*^u11 11 ' eg
8:00 p. m.?Moving picture show. ^
The management of the ButTalc 1
r?i
baseball team has arranged for a ^
strong pitching staff for the 4th and ^
we promise you two good games.
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Battle Continues all Night
ol
Dublin, June 29 (By the Associated |V
Press).?The battle between the lie- ^
publicans and the provisional free cl
state forces continued all night and n)
firing is still p.oceeding vigorously
today. The list of casualties is not
m
yet available, but is estimated to be
at least that 50 had been killed or jn
wounded. i
First Actual Step
Towarks the Strike ei
t)
Chicago, June 29.?The first actual f(
j step towards the strike of the railroad st
, workers in a protest against the de- at
cision of the Railroad I^tbor Board A
, was taken Inst night when J. W.
Kline, the president of the Interna- tl
tional Brotherhood of Blackksmiths, vj
Drop Forgers and Helpers, sent a tel- d<
egram to the members of his craft, ki
numbered among the shop worers, hi
authorizing the cessation of work at st
10 o'clock Suturday morning, nssord- ft
, ing to the news stories published here, a
. 1 ' " w
Circle Meeting k
c(
Circle No. 2 of the First Baptist w
^ church will meet Friday afternoon at \s
5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. G. B.
Sanders on S. Church street. si
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service Co. Attention! j
n
There will he a drill on Monday a
night, July 3rd, at 8 o'clock, instead
of Tuesday night, all members are ji
f urged to be present. n
J. F. Walker, Jr., ti
I Capt. 118th Ief N. (i. S. C. y
1 Find Largest Still
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Greenville, June 28.--The largest i
and most complete distilling plant ' s
ever seen by the raiding officers was c
taken and destroyed Tuesday night; ]
by a group of federal prohibition officers
operating out of Greenville, j n
j near the boundary line of Edgefield 'I
and McCormick counties. ; t
The outfit was too large to be de-1 i
, stroycd with axes in the regular fash
ion and two sticks of dynamite were I
set off under the apparatus, blowing J
it it to bits. The plant consisted of *
a large brick furnace base, over which \
was a steel riveted boiler having a i
capacity of about 400 gallons. Two! '!
copper condensing outfits were con- t
, nected with the boiler, each having t
d . .. ... ,
a capacity ot i?u gallons, rive inou- t
j sand gallons of rye boor were poured 1
out by the officers. No arrest.-, were ?
made. <
I
Big Melon Yield
Forecast For Year
<
e Washington, June 28.?Commer0
cial production of 60,102 cars of
6 watermelons in the early producing
r? states to forceast by the department
1 of agriculture today. This compares
6 with 51,481 cars last year. Acreage
this year is 108,100 acres compared
0 with 117,700 acres in 1921.
The early producing states com>0
nrieo HnArnrio urifVt o IM'Ag noft 1VO P ATY1 - ?
V I'l ?OC VICUI^IO ??VI. C? |/.*ropvvv.?v ,
mercial crop of 422,207 cars, Florida, ,
?r 12,744 cars, Texas 8,410 cars, South
>f Carolina 6,044 cars, Alabama 4,890
is cars, southern district of California,
!d 2,894 cars, North Carolina 2,131 cars,
je Arizona 492 cars and Mississippi 284
cars. H. W. R.
ig Rev. C. A. Kirby and family of
r8 Spartanburg are the guests Gf relatives
in Union.
in Mrs. P. H. Barnes is the guest of
Mrs. Charles Merrill in Spartanburg
this week,
he
he Miss Lilian Murrah of Anderson,!
he who has been the guest of Mrs. T. A.
Murrah for several weeks, left yesteria
day for the mountains of North Carolina.
ANS
A1NS IN DOUBT
San Francisco, June 29.?President
bregan, of Mexico, in a telegram to
le San Francisco Chronicle, asserted
Hut the news from
merieans held captive by the bandits
as "absolutely baseless." He charcterized
the dispatch as "only one of
tany malicious deeds to create an
nfavorable opinion between the two
Eitions."
Washington, June 29.?The Mexiin
rebels who seized Aquada camp
: the Cortez Oil company in the Tarnieo
region and were holding the prop ty
and 0 Americans for a ransom of
>,000 pesos, withdrew Monday with,
jt damage or injury to the employes,
> Consul Shaw at Tampico today adised
the state department.
Washington, June 28.?What may
ive happened to 40 American em
oyees of the Cortez Oil company,
iptured by rebels near Tampico and
dd with the company's property for
insom, remained a mystery tonight,
though the rebel raid occurred last
jndny morning. No further word
is come from Con ul Shaw at Tamco
or from any other official or unticial
source since the consular disltch
of Monday saying that lives of
ie 4(J Americans and $250,000 in deructiole
property, were held as seirity
on 48 hours' notice for a payentrof
15,000 pesos.
Department officials would not adit
in any formal way that they felt
ly uneasiniKS because of the lack ot
[formation. It was indicated that
dy in a complete clearing up of the
tuntion was not regarded as ungual..
There 9is known to be considrable
perplexity here, however, over
ie fact that Consul Shaw has not inirmeil
tin- state department as to
:eps taken t?y the Mexican teueral
uthorities to obtain release of the
.mericans.
The period granted by Goro?ave,
te rebel chief, for payment of the
tnsom ha?l elapsed even tiefoi" the
epartment's advices were made
nown here. Directions to the emassy
in Mexico City and to the coni\
to insist en adequate protection
>r all American rights and interests
nd upon punishment of the raiders
'ent forward at once. So far as was
nown late today no further word had
ante front any quarter to disclose
'hat developed Tuesday morning
'hen the time limit expired.
The Washington government today
till withheld any step that might
ave the way toward more emphatic
ernands that the Mexican government
accord the Americans in jeoprdy
full protection.
The attitude taken at the state d?*.
artment was that the meager reports
ow avauuuie, serious s me suu.iion
appeared to be, did not justify a->
et dispatch of warships to Mexican
waters or any similar step. Nothing
ias yet coilie to hand indicating that
he Obregon government is not, as it
s expected to d.> in the circunitances,
dealing with the (loro/.ave
oup in a way to safeguard American
ives and property.
Until recently there were approxiaately
15,000 Mexican federals in the
fampico d >trict. The troop concen
ration thert? v.a . one of the lot/ t
n the Mexican irmy iiulica: .> ' >
mpovtance at a. lied to main' *
inn hold of tl.< oil regions by
iflexico City authorities ami a . joe
nimahiy, tin- cnn.ui 1011 n! i: r t. . .
.ailing in that icpioi I.ah* i
liter disturbances to 'ho s< nTanipico
a .-hurt tinn- o res\
l.o movement of considerable
o otlur points. Tlu> result wa a
leavy reduction of the a .u hl?
"orot's near Tan.pieo and it wa? tit <
ondition, it was pointed >>ut here t.?
lay, which probably pave (lore/?\
lis opportunity.
Student Connected
With Assassination
Frankfort On Oder, June 29 (Hy 'In
Associated Press).?Ernest Ttvli w,
a student aped 21, whom the police
declared was a driver ? f a motor car
in the assassination of Knthenau was
rrested in that vicinity of the city
today.
President South China
Republic Assassinated
Manila, June 29 (Ry the Associated
Press).?Chen Chiunjr Minp, whose
vecent coup-d-etat drive from Canton
to Sun Yeat. Sen, president of the
Southern China Republic, has been as?
* * - ? 12 ~
sassmuten, luroriim^ iu ?? m.-ipatch
received here from Shanghai.
Router's Agency fails to conftri.: the
report.
Notice Elks!
Don't forget the special meeting tonight
(Thursday) at 8 p. m. at the
K. of P. hall.
Important business. - It