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VOL. 35. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919. NO. 11
REPUBLICANS AGAIN
CONTROL CONGRES
G1LLE1T, OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ELECTED SPEAKER OF
HOUSE
The Sixtv-sixth or "reconstrucI
tion" Congress, called into extraordinary
session by President Wilson
from Paris, convened at noon Mon|
day and Republican majorities in
Senate and House organized both
sides.
Representative Gillett of Massa- ,
chusetts was elected speaker over
' />i l. Af
representative mamp sialic, ui .Missouri,
Democratic candid^? and
former speaker, by a vote of227 to
172.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, the
Republican candidate, -was chosen 'j
j>i Sdent pro tern of jthe Senate over
SeflgtgF^ittfiTan of Nevada, Demo- i
crat, 47 to 42. Several Democrats
were absent but all Republicans were ,
in their seats, two withholding their
votes. <
The Republicans of both bodies j
also elected full slates of other offi- J
cers and thus, for the first time
aince 1911, returned to control of
the American National Legislature.
Routine affairs of organization (
comprised the opening day's proceedings.
The Senate concluded its
session in fifty minutes and the
House in two hours and twenty
minutes. ,
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Although keenly realized by all
members, there was no outward evil^^dence
in the initial proceedings of
enormous amount of work ahead.
The peace treaty with Germany in
eluding the league of nations cove- 1
nant, the Austrian treaty, and the
proposed convention for protection J
'of France, are not expected before
next month. All hold promise of
dramatic debate.
^ Appropriation bills which failed
|k|^Mg|he filibuster last__ March will be i
r^^Bshed immediately in the House.
Legislation dealing with railroads, j
telegraphs and telephones, women
suffrage, prohibition, repeal of the ;
r luxury taxes and other pressing
snbiects are promised in the van of '
important economic and reconstruc|
tion questions. This legislation is ex- i
I pected by leaders to hold Congress
I in session almost continuouly until '
I the presidential convention of 1920.
I Investigation planned by the RepubV
licans of numerous administration
' acts also are expected to begin in
the near future with inauguration
probable in the House in connection
with appropriation bills.
The flood of bills which is expect-1
ed to make the new Congress mom- j
entous has already began in the j
House and the Sante's initial meas- j
ure will be presented during the j
week.
House resolution No. I was the!
C11 ffraorp constitutional I
nvaiaii ouu?MC)v
amendment measure, introduced by.
wf former Republican Leader Mann, of
' Illinois.
When House members were sworn
in, Representative Victor Berger, of
I Wisconsin, the lone Socialist member
who was convicted of violating
the espionage law, was prevented
from taking the oath, on objection
of Representative Dallinger of Massachusetts,
chairman of the elections
f committee. He was ordered by
I Speaker Gillett to stand aside ana
was not allowed to address the House
which adopted unanimously a resolution
authorizing a committee to
investigate his right to to membership.
No objection was raised from the
Senate floor to the seating of Senator
Truman H. Newberry of Michi;
gan, Republican, whose election is
being contested by Henry Ford,
{Democrat Formal notice oi renewal
of the Ford contest with a request
for a committee investigation was
filed.
In addition to electing officers,
the Senate adopted the usual resold
jnfcons of proceedure with a departun
that for notifying the Presi|
because of his absence in Paris
or the convening. The Senate committee
of notification, Republican
Leader Lodge and Democratic Leader
Martin met late Monday with the
House committee, Republican Leadr
er Mondell, Representative Mann
and former Speaker Clark and de1
cided upon different courses. The
t Senate leaders sent a cable merely
A advising the President of the Senate
M committee arrangements. Major,
committees of the House were or
ganized today but Senate committee
arrangements went over. Senator
Lodge appointed the Republican
conference comriiittee on committees
to make assignments, selecting two
leaders of the Progressive group,
Senators Borah, of Idaho, and Johnson
of California. Both advised Mr.
Lodge that they did not wish to
serve but will be urged to accept.
President Wilson's cabled message
outlining legislation for the extra
session of the new Congress was
read separately in the Senate and
House Tuesday and arrangements
were made by congressional leaders
for immediate consideration of the
vast legislative program with the
r>nnnl sufFrap-e resolution to come up
at once in the House.
Major recommendations of the
President were for early return to
private ownership of railroads, telegraphs
and telephones, for repeal of
war time prohibition in 3o far as
applying1 to beer and wines, for
woman suffrage, retaliatory tariffs
protection of the dyestuff industry
and labor and emoloyment measures,
for retiring soldiers, lessening
taxation, etc.
The President announced his intention
to turn back the railroads
at the end of the calendar year.
Republican leaders met the President's
pronosals for early return of
public utilities by statements that
such legislation already was planaed.
As to the prohibition recommendation,
both Republican and
Democratic "dry" leaders joined in
vigorous statements dissenting from
the President's suggestions, and predicting
that no beer and wine repeal
would be passed.
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DETECTIVE BEHIND THE BARS
Charged With Murder in Frame lTp
Game At Macon
Macon, Ga., May 19.?Macon's entire
detective force of six men, including'
Chief of Detectivds McLendon,
is in jail tonight as a result of
indictments by the Bibb County
grand jury, charging them with the
murder of two young men in connection
with an alleged "fram up"
hold up on the night of Anril 30.
Those indicted and the charges
are:
W. 0. Swift, L. -T. Stevens and L.
G. Stripling, murder, two counts
each; Chief L. S. McLendon, J. E.
Bunch and W. G. Evans, accessory
before the fact, two counts each.
Additional indictments of being
accessories before the fact to attempt
to commit robbery were found
against Chief McLendon and J. E.
BunchIn
connection with the indictments
of members of the detective
force an indictment was returned
against Emmett Finney on a charge
of attempt to commit robbery.
A "no bill" was found against
Chief of Police Charles L. Bowden.
Prior to April 30, there were a
number of holdups, and detectives
shot and killed one negro found on
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CI16 StrCtfL littt: txu ai^uu
Emmett Finney, taxicab driver
and alleged "stool pigeon," is said
to have offered to trap the hold-up
gang for $200. Detectives compromised
on 00, it is alleged.
Finney used the detectives' automobile
to take Phillip Lamar and
Abraham Kimbrell, clerks in a
wholesale shoe store, to H. Bobo's
store, where the ?x was laid. Three
detectives with shot guns preceded
them to the store and ,rtned fire
when Lamar and Kimbrell ordered
Bobo to throw up his hands.
Lamar was killed instantly and
Kimbrell wounded, dying three days
later. Kimbrell in a dying statement
revealed the alleged plot. Mrs. W.
J. Sutton, mother-in-law of Bobo.
told the grand jury of the arrangement
made with the storekeeper by
the detectives.
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Louniy on icers oi icavcu *
in the detectives office following
Kimbrell's statement to Solicitor
General Ross. The grand jury has
been investigating the case for two
day* and more than thirty witnesses
/nave been heard.
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WHAT THE WAR COST US
G*n. March Chief of Staff Puts Total
at $23,000,000,000.
Total expenses of the United
States Government during the war
period, Gen. March has announced,
was approximately $23,363,000,000.
The normal expenditure of the government
for the period would have
been $2,069,000,000. Expenses ,due
directly to the War Department were
estimated at $21,294,000,000, of
which the army spent $14,000,000,000.
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Henry J. Heinz, president of the
H. J. Heinz Company, a pickling
and Dreserving corporation of international
"eminence, died at his
home in Pittsburg Pa last week after
ashort illness. Mr. Heinz was
born in 1844, and was well known
as a philanthropist and a Sunday
school worker.
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Representative Van Dyke of St.
Paul, Minn., Commander-in-chief of
the United Spanish War Veterans,
died in Washington Tuesday. He
was a democrat serving his third
term in congress, and was only 38
years old.
VAUGHAN'S MENTAL
CONDITION.
DR. Ml JNNERLYN HOSPITAL DIRECTOR
WRITES TO
GOVERNOR
ir.at T. l:. \ a .?? !; :i. former Sup
erintendent of the Odd Fellows Orj
pr.an Home, at Greenville, who was
(ccnntvd at the State Hospital for
'the insane, March 28, 1916, for obst
rvation. apparently is suffering
from dementia praecox is the opinion
of Dr. J. F. Munnerlvn. medical
director oi the hospital, in a written
repon to liovemor cooper on
YaughanV mental condition. While
there hr.s been .some improvement
since V'aughan was placed in the
asylum, said the report, yet he now
is .-abject to hallucinations which
are manifested in his continual announcement
that he hears spirit
voices talking to him. He aiso shows
defective judgment and has absolutely
no insight into his condition,
continued the report. Governor
Cooper has stated that he intends
to send all the papers in the
case to J. Henry Martin, of Greenville,
solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial
circuit, so that the court may
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J WKC SCllOn III int* I'clAU 11. u uconco*
That Governor Cooper cannot
transfer T. U. Vaughn, former superintendent
of the Odd Fellows Orphan
Home, at Greenville, from the
State Hospital of the Insane to the
State penitentiary should Vaughn
be declared sane developed upon examination
of the court records on
; which he was committed to the asylj
um.
Last Wednesday the grand lodge
of Odd Fellows, meeting at Columbia
adopted resolutions calling upon
the Governor to have the mental
condition of Vaughn investigated,
and, if he proved to be sane, see that
the mandate of the court is carried
out. This petition was filed with
Governor Cooper Friday afternoon.
Vaughn was convicted in the
Greenville county court in 1912 of
j having been guilty of statutory
'criminal assault on the person of
| one of the young girl inmates,
while he was superintendent of the
orphanage. He pleaded guilty. He
j was sentenced to be electrocuted
'and remanded to the State peniten
tiary to await the execution of his
j sentence. Following the refusal of
the State Supreme Court and that
of the United States to interfere in
the verdict, he was ordered to be
. brought to Greenville to be resentenced
by Judge George E. Prince,
under date of August 30 1915. When
he was produced for re-sentence,
Vaughn's attorneys made a motion
that the alleged insanity of Vaughn
be inquired into by the court. Upon
motion of Solicitor Proctor A. Boni
ham, with the consent of the defendant's
attorneys, he was transferred
from the penitentiary to the
asylum for observation.
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To Continue The Canvass
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jTo the canvassers of the Salvation
Army Home Service Fund:
j 1 have been instructed to advise
J the committees of the Salvation
! Army Home Sen-ice Fund that they
i ? / nntinne their canvass until
J <Xl C \AJ Wummwv
j they obtain the quota allotted to
them, even if it takes until Wednesj
day or Thursday of next week to do
1 so. Please double your efforts and
get your allotment as early as possible,
and make report to your
Township Chairman each night so
that he can phone me the result.
Please give some of your time to this
work and do not let our county fail.
M. A. SHULER,
County Chairman.
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$i>,000 Damages Awarded
The jury in the case of Eaddy
against the Seaboard Air Line Railway
late Saturday afternoon returned
a verdict of $5,000 damages for
the plaintiff. The attorneys for the
plaintiff immediately gave notice of
a motion for a new trial. In this
notice the attorneys for the defendant
joined Judge Peurifoy stated
,J v? mnUnn later.
that ne wouiu ncai uk
This has been ?he longest civil case,
as far as is recalled now, in the history
of Florence county. The case
was called last Monday morning and
lasted the entire week. Voluminous
testimony was taken not only as to
fact, but several engineers were called
in for expert testimony as to the
construction of railway trestles, the
action of the waters upon embank,
ments, drainage, etc. The case involved
a suit for $60,000 because of
damages to the lands of Mrs. Eaddy
by reason of floods alleged to have
been caused by the railroad embankment
near Johnsonville.?Florence
Times.
NT V FAIR ASSOCIATION
Holds Interesting .Meeting To Buy
Mo*"e Property
A meeting of the executive committee
and others interested in the
Williamsburg County Fair Association
was held in the court house last
.Monday with a good number of peo1
pie present. Practically every section
of the county was represented. Conisiderable
interest was manifested
in the coming Fair. The meeting was
! called to order by president E. C. i
i Epps, after the usual order of open!
ing, the meeting at once entered in-1
: to discussion as to the necessity of
thn n <i.rvintinn hnvinor fho lnt? in
the enclosure and others on the outside
necessary for the Fair Grounds.
On the motion of Mr. T. W. Boyle,
a committee consisting of Mr. T. M.
j Cooper, W. E. Xesmith, and the ofi
ficers of the association were apj
pointed and authorized to buy the
: above referred to property, ami
make such terms and payments a:>
seem best for the association.
On the motion of YV. E. Xesmith,
the above committee was further
; empowered to pledge the credit of
! the association for repairs and other
| necessary expenses incident to the
i coming fair.
I Quite a lengthy discussion ensued
as to the contract between the
County Fair Association and the!
County Superintendent of Education
! concerning the salaries of the agri- j
I cultural agent at Hemingway, Kings- j
| tree and Greelyville. Upon the re-,
! quest of some present the secretary
j read a copy of contract in his files, j
' which later turned out not to be the i
J contract actually entered into. Copy
I of the actual contract was not in
possession of the secretary, and he
mistook copy of a proposed contract
for the real contract. The actual
ifoo nnfavorl intn frt)' fillP
I tunnatb *>oo guvtivu <** >/ ^ ?
year only. In as much as the asso-!
ciation did not hold a fair in 1918
at which time the agricultural agents
were expected to use their efforts in
getting up exhibits and developing
community interest, it was agreed;
in a meeting last fall that they'
woild do this work for the 1919
fair which is to be held November,
4, 5, 6 and 7. In the meeting Monday j
Prof. Pearce of Greelyville, speaking
for the agricultural agents stated
that they would be glad to do all j
they could for the success of the
i coming fair. On motion of Mr. W. j
E. Nesmith the agricultural agents
were instructed to use their efforts j
in developing interest in community
exhibits also farm and special exhi- j
bits, and that they inform secretary
of fair at least 60 days before fair
j as to the amount of space wanted etc.!
for each booth. *j
The names of the different committees
and department workers
i were read by the secretary,
j Toward the close of the meeting
; Mr. T. M. Cooper resigned as vice- j
. ? i r _ onil n :
' president ox uic ^sucianuu uhm
! E. McUutchen was elected to fill his
| place. {
j On the whole the meeting was one
of the most interesting ever held,
| and everything bids fair for the
i best fair we have ever had.
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Fro^t-Proof Corn drown by Indians
Maize, or Indian com, in its pres-,
ent form, represents one of the great
1 achievements of primitive planters, i
the North American Indian, says j
! Robert H. Moulton, in an illustrated
article in the June Popular Mechan|
ics Magazine. It came original''- it
I is now generally accepted, from
: southern Mexico, and was eaten by
the Maya tribes. At first, it Was
nothing but a coarse grass on which
I were tiny ears resembling the top
of the wheat stalk. The plant is essenitally
tropical and, despite ccn'
turies of culture in the temperate
, zone, is still sensitive to frost.
! The tribes of North America saw
the Dossibilities of the grain and
! hastened its evolution. There has
' been crossbreeding by white farm-i
1 ers, yet, as a matter of fact, the
corn culture of the present day is
practically as it came from the hand'
!of the Indian. He has
1 modified it to various sections of the i
i country by a process of careful se- i
lection.
Recently it occurred to some i
scientists that despite the drawback
of the weather the Mandan Indians j
of the North were raising corn. An
expedition made a study of the agricultural
methods of the Mandans, I
and it developed that for centuries j
the farmers of the tribes had been I
developing a hardy corn. The seed
! had been selected from vear to year
: from stalks which showed no effect
of frost
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The Spider As A Barometer _
One of the simplest ot nature s
I barometers is a spider's web. When
there is a prospect of wind or rain
! the spider shortens the filaments by
! which its web i3 sustained and leaves
i it in this state as long a the weath!
er is variable. If it elongates its
! threads it is a sign of fine, calm
weather, the duration of which may
: be judged by the length to which th?
threads are let out If the spider remains
inactive it is a sign of rain;
j if he keeps at work during rain the
I downpour will not last long, and
1 will be followed by fine weather,
| says an exchange. Observation has
, taught that the spider makes chang'
es in its web every 24 hours, and
that if such changes are made in
the evening before sunset the night
| will be clear and beautiful.
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All kinds of legal blanks for sale
at the Record office.
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IS FORD AN ANARCHIST
Counsel For Trihun^ Says He is
Dangerous One
i Mount Clemens, May 21.?A vei
hement denunciation in which Henry
' Ford was characterized not only as
' an anarchist, but a dangerous one,
' startled spectators in Judge Tuck!
er's court here today. The assertion
came from Elliott C. Stevenson, of
Detroit, one of counsel for the Chicago
Tribune, which is being sued
for one million dollars damages by
Mr. Ford on a charge of libel. The
pivot of the alleged libel published
June 2.", 1916, was the heading of
an editorial reading:
"Ford is an anarchist."
In his comment, incident to debate
on a brief in which the plaintiff
seeks to limit the evidence, Mr. Stevenson
alluded to the assassination
of President McKinley, the bomb
outrages during the preparedness
parade at San Francisco, the war
time olTenses of members of the Industrial
Workers of the World, and
devoted some time to the "copper
heads" of the civil war. He quoted
President Lincoln as writing in reference
to the banishment into the
Confederate lines of Clement L.
Vanlandingham, a "copper head"
leader of Ohio, as follows:
"Must I shoot the simple minded
soldier who deserts, while I muvt
not touch a hair of the head of the
wily agitator who incites him to
desert?"
"So we say to Henry Ford," the
lawyer declared, "you are more responsible
for the outrages that have
been committee during the war than
any of the men who used direct action
because you, a great leader, and
humanitarian, encouraged them and
and they believed that you must be
right."
Earlier in the session Attorneyj
Alfred Lucking representing Mr.
Ford, quoted much law in arguing
that military preparedness has nothing
to do with the present case and
that there were many court decisions
which would confine the present
issue to considering only whether
the headline "Ford is an anarchist"
was a libel.
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S?Iters School Closes
The commencement exercises of
the Salters High and Graded School
were held Friday night, May 16th,
with the following program:
Invocation?Rev. J. E. Clark.
Salutatory?Isaac Edwards Davis.
Chorus?By the School.
Class Prophecy?Lorena LiFrage.
Class Will?Chas. William Boswell,
Jr.
Music?Mary Sparks.
Music?Misses Emmie Ferrell and
Mary Sparks.
Address?Henry E. Davis, Esq.
Music?Misses Emmie Ferrell and
Mary Sparks.
Presentation of Diplomas?Henry
E. Davis, Esq.
Class Song? Tenth Grade.
Valedictory? Annie LiFrage.
Benediction?Rev. W. I. Sinnott.
The stage was beautifully decorated
with green and gold, the class
colors for 1919. There was a i very
large and appreciative audience in
attendance as was demonstrated by
the generous applause given the pupils,
as they performed their different
parts, in the program.
There were four graduates this
year, Misses Lorena and Ann LiFrage,
and Messrs. Isaac Edward
Davis and Chas. William Boswell,
Jr. The work of the pupils was of a
high class, being evidence of the
faithful work of their teachers.
The sessions just closed is one of
the best the school has had, and much
praise is due the principal, Miss
Lou Ferguson and her faithful assistants,
Mrs. H. T.. McClary and
Miss Madge Cooper for the efficient
work done. The entire corps of
teachers have been elected for another
year, and we hope they will
all accept.
' Henry E. Davis, Esq., of Florence,
delivered the address to the graduating
class on "The Value of an Education,"
which was a masterly effort
and throughly enjoyed bv all present.
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Truck Season at Lake City
i The truck season is opening up in
full blast and so far the prices returned
have been very satisfactory.
This week saw the first of the snap
bean crop beginning to come to market
and by next week the shipments
will reach probably to a good many
hundred baskets. The first squash
of the season were shipped by S. T.
Godwin and W. T. Askins.
Beans have been bringing $2.50 on
the local market and on Wednesday
afternoon about 450 baskets went
north.
It was feared at the beginning of
the week that the shippers would
have to resort to freight as an express
embargo had been plaoed on
all express shipments to New York
on account of a big strike of the express
force there. Just about half
an hour before the northbound train
No. 78 Wednesday word came that
the embargo had been lifted as the
strike was settled and there was a
mad rush to get the shipments
ready. While the market is just
opening good, several thousand dollars
have already been turned loose
in the community.?Lake City News.
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The German peace delegates have
been granted an extension of seven
days or until May 29, in which to
reply in full to the peace terms, according
to an official annuoncement.
TO SOLICIT 1
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO STOCK OF $1WO,OO0,OOO COTTON
EXPORT CORPORATION
OF THE SOUTH
South Carolina farmers, merchants
and business men generally
will shortly be called to take
I their pro rata share of the stock of
, the big $100,000,000 cotton exporting
marketing and financing corporation,
plans for which were approved
at the big cotton convention held at
: New Orleans last week. This corporation,
cotton men declare, will solve
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the cotton problem in the South and t
; will enable the cotton producers of
the South to sell their cotton each
I year at a reasonable profit.
A campaign for the sale of stock
I in the new coiporation will be waged
by the South Carolina Cotton Association
and first efforts will be
| made to sell the stock to the cotton
growers themselves. In fact, plans
for the corporation provide that the
majority of the stock must always
be in the hands of the cotton planters.
The banks and business men of
the State and of the cotton belt generally
will, of course, be expected to
assist in the formation of the corpoI
ration but the cotton people them
selves will always control it.
To prevent the corporation from
coming under control of outside inj
terests the constitution provides
that "the sale of stock shall be limj
ited to bona fide resident individuals,
partnerships, firms and corporations
!or other associations of cotton growing
States."
The corporation under its constitution
will not engage in buying
and selling cotton on its own account.
The par value of the capital
I stock will be $50 and it may be
bought with liberty bonds. It is figlured
that many farmers will trade
j all of their liberty bonds for stock in
the corporation. The bonds will be
bought at par.
The authorized capital stock of
the corporation is fixed at $100,000,0004
all in common stock. The corporation,
however, is authorized to
begin business when the amount of
canital stock subscribed reaches
, $50,000,000 and when $25,000,000
shall have been paid in.
The powers of the corporation are
far reaching. They include:
To purchase and sell or discount
and negotiate or pledge notes, drafts
checks, bills of exchange, accept:
ances,
To purchase, sell, pledge or otherevidences
of debt.
To purchase sell, pledge or otherwise
deal in bonds, notes and certificates
of the United States and of
foreign governments, obligations
issued by foreign banks and syndicates
and to make loans on the security
of such foreign obligations.
i To accept bills or drafts drawn
upon it.
To purchase and sell exchange.
To borrow money in aid of its
business, with or without security.
To lend money upon the security
of shipping documents or upon the
security of warehouse receipts conveying
security title in cases where
the commodities represented by such
receipts are being assembled for the
purpose of export.
The charter also gives the corpo
ration power to act in any State,
territory or possession of the United
States or any foreign country as
agent, trustee, broker or consignee
of others in buying, warehousing
j selling, and procuring insurance upon
and otherwise dealing in cotton
of all grades and many goods manufactured
from cotton and cotton
seed, including oils, cotton yarns,
and cotton goods, where such goods
are being exported or assembled for
export.
It is the opinion of many of tfre
best business men in the South that
the stock in the corporation will be
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.worth more than par snoruy aiter
the corporation begins business.
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Senator Dial was visited Tuesday
by a delegation of suffragists and
anti suffragists. He told them he was
opposed to the Susan B.. Anthony
amendment and would announce his
views at length in a few days.
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Revised figures made public this
week by the War Department showed
that the total casualties of the
American expeditionary forces during
the war was 286 044. Battle
deaths numbered 48 909 and the total
- of wounded was placed at 237.135,
with the explanation that this
renrespnted a duplication of about
7.000 by reason of the fact that
many men were wounded more than
once.
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