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OLYMPIC GAMES
Charleston First, Columbia
Second, Sumter Third and
Spartans Fourtri i;
Columbia, Oct. 30.?In the initial
State Olympic games, staged at the
fair grounds, the team from Charles
ton today carried off honors. There
were four teams entered, one each
from Charleston, Columbia, Sumter
and Spartan burg. Charleston led
with 115 points, Columbia was' next
with 72 points, followed by Sumter
and Spartanburg with\ 70 < points and
8 points, respectively.
The pole vault, senior and junior
tennis doubles and singles, and the
junior and senior swimming cham
pionship contests will be decided to
morrow.
In the individual points for senior
events today, Harry Hampton, of Co
lumbia, led with 15 points. W. C
Crane of Columbia, came second, with
11 points; and George Siemson, of
Charleston, third, with 7 points.
In the junior ev-mt? Ford, of
Charleston, came first with- 13 points; j
. Chandler, of-Sumter, second with 13!
points, and Calhoun of Charleston,!
third with 8 points.
.? The following were the results-of
the senior athletic events:
Hundred-yard dash ? Kiipatrick,
Charleston first, 11 1-5 seconds;
Crane, ^Columbia, second; Boyer, Sum
ter,1 third-and Siemson, Charleston,
?fourth.
Two hundred and\twenty-yard dash.
Jffolioway, Charleston, first, 33 1-5
seconds; Wallace, Chareston, second;
DeLorme, Sumter, third; Boy er, Sum
ter. fourth.
Running, high jump?Hampton, Co
lumbia, first, 5 feet 4 inches; Siem
son/ Charleston, second; Crane, Co
lumbia, third; Reeves, Charleston, j
fourth.
? -Running broad jump? Siemson,
-Charleston, first, 20 feet 3 inches;
Crane, Columbia, second; Roberts,
Charleston, third; Wilson, Charleston,
fourth.
--"Senior hurdles?Hampton, Colum
'?bia, first, 15 4-5 seconds; Crane, Co
lumbia; second-; MeFadden. Charles
'ton, third; Huguenin, Charleston,
fourth. ? -.>
Mile run?Park-, Columbia, first; 5
minutes; Baynard, Charleston, sec
ond; DeLorme, Sumter, third; Hayes,
Charleston, fourth.
- ? Shot put?Grouch, Charleston, first;
40 feet; Hampton, Columbia, second;
Beyer, Sumter, third; McFadden,
Charleston* fourth.
. ?Discus?Seaborn, Columbia.- first,
14 feet; Evartz; Charleston, second;
H. -Hampton, Columbia, third-v A.
Hampton. Charleston, fourth.
- The following were the results in
the-junior athletic events
Hundred yard dash?ChawPer
Sumter, first, 11 seconds; Sittenfield.
Charleston, second: Bennett, Colum
bia, third; Williamson, Charleston,
'fourth.
. Two hundred yard dash?Chandler,
Sumter, first, 33 1-3 seconds; Vaughn.
Sumter, second; Calhoun, Charleston,
^third; Bee, Charleston, fourth
Running high jump?Ford, Char
leston, first, 5 feet 2 inches; Bennett,
Columbia; second; Park, Columbia,
third; Wolff, Spartanburg. fourth.
Running broad jump.?Ford. Char
leston, first, IS" feet 11 inches; Park.
Columbia, second; Bennett. Colum
bia, third; Calhoun, Charleston,
fourth* >
' Low hurdles?Calhoun. Charleston,
first; Ford. Charleston, second; Park,
Columbia, third.
Shot put?Boggs, Spartanburg,
first, 32 feet 10 inches; Sittenfield, |
Charleston, second; Chandler, Sumter'
tmrd.
Relay?Charleston, first, and Sum- |
ter, second. * 4 tiLM i
TO TAKE CARE
OF THE COTTON
Senator Smith Assured *>t a
Steady Movement of ( . ;
Wilmington, Nov. 1.?Traffic Di
rector Chambers, of the railroad ad
ministration, informs Senator E. D. j
Smith, in response to urgent repre- j
mentations from the Senator, that the
administration has taken steps to see j
that there shall be a steady movement |
of empty cars to Southeastern terri
tory to take adequate care of the |
transportation of cotton and other
commodities.
This matter has been giving great
concern in South Carolina and the as
surance from the railroad adminis
tration is very encouraging. _
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PRICE OF COTTON
ROUNDS UPWARD
Week Sees Highest Prices For
\ . ; Half Century,:
New Orleans, Nov. 2.?Tlie stimu
lating iniluence of a good spot de
mand and more crop damage through
adverse weather sent the price of cot
ton to new high levels last week,
most contract months rising above
i the levels they attained last week,
' while spot prices were sent to high
i records^ which were only exceeded in
Civil war times when cotton produc
tion in the South almost ceased. In
this market, as well as at a few pomts
in the interior, there were spot
transactions at as high prices as 75
cents a pound. The most interesting
transaction in this- market was the
I sale of the first ginning of the Pan
Itherburn plantation crop, amounting
to 800 bales, at 75 cents a pound, or
about 4,000 points on January"- This
cotton was about ah inch and five
sixteenths staple and averaged strict
middling in grade and was sold fori
shipment to New England -mills. In j
the contract market, December on I
Wednesday rose to 37.30. Spots at
their highest were quoted at 39 cents
for middling. The week closed at net
gains of 92 to 12t> points on contracts,
week.
Weather and cropi reports of the
were uuniformly bad and che govern
ment report on condition to October
25 of 51.1 per cent of a. normal made
a new low record. This coming week
weather conditions will be more im
portant than ever for there is much
cotton in the fields in the central and
western portions of the belt and J
more rain on it would'- be disastrous.
Because of recent' rains, picking has
been at a standstill in some sections
of- the western belt. Mofio ttejet would
stimulate contracts to a marr.ed ex
tent. ? > -v
A great interest will, be taken in
the fourth ginning report of the sea
son due Saturday from the census
bureau and carrying-the crop down to
the first-of. the month. Before the
week-end* privatte estimates of. the
ginning output- will probably appear
and they are likely to have consider
able influence in the trading because
of the full ginning, in the third period, I
in the face of scarcity of labor and
adverse weather conditions. Should]
the ginning be found to have con
tinued full in the fourth period a
somewhat easier feeling regarding the
size of the crop will probably- gain
ground, although some experts, are be
ginning to warn the trade that large
ginnings now, under the. stimulus of
high prices, must be at the expense of
the output later -on.
GERMANY MUST
:, .REPLACE. VESSELS
Supreme Council Demands fio
v lations Be Made Good
g i.:?-..
Paris. Nov. 1.?Demand will be
made of Germany that all violations
of the armistice shall be made good.
This has been decided upon by the
supreme council, which has com
pleted the protocol to the German
treaty. The protocol provides that
Germany shall surrender cruisers and
destroyers to replace those sunk at
Scapa Plow, also surrender floating
docks, lighters, crane tugs and other
naval equipment equal in value to that
of the first class battleships destroy
ed, which Germany cannot replace.
There is no provision in the proto
col as to how the warships and.naval
supplies1* shall be divided among the
allied and associated powers. Ger
many has been asked to send- a com
mission to Paris to sign the protocol
and attend the formal ratification of
the treaty.
MANY DYING
>! sOF STARVATION
No Bread in" Petrograd For <fPwo j
Weeks
Helsingfors, Nov. 2.?Petrograd has
been without bread for the last two
weeks, thousands of persons dying
daily, acorcding to information
brought to Helsingfors yesterday by a
Finn who escaped from a prison camp
at Moscow on October 12. The pop
ulation, of Petrograd has fallen below
4OO.U0O, he said. The schools were
closed owing to lack of fuel, he also
reported, while the prices of foodstuffs
now available were so high as to be
entirely out of reach of the poor.
Herrings were bringing 200 rubles
each and potatoes 110 rubles the
pound. Milk was 80 rubles the pint
and meat unobtainable.
Conditions in Moscow, the returning
Finn reported, were not much better.
Stockholm, Nov. 2.?A dispatch to
the Tidehde from Helsingfors says j
the famine in Petrograd is assuming!
terrible proportions. Forty thousand J
persons have died from starvation
within a month, it is declared.
Memorial Building Notes.
It is an interesting fact that the
first cash subscription that was re
ceived for the Memorial Bunding was
a check for $9.45 from the Oswego
school, Mr. William Brooks Stuckey,
Principal.
The general committee will have a
very important meeting this evening
at the < J iris* High School building at
8 o'clock. The desire of the commit
tee is to complete its work before the
llth of November. To this end some
very vigorous work will be required.
A full attendance of the committee ;s
desired. With a committee having a
membership of about 40 members it
will not entail any great amount of
work upon any individual, if every
member of the eommittee will do his
part. This whole, work should be com
pletely cleared up by the anniversary
of the signing of the armistice. This
was the original purpose of the com
mittee and should be carried out.
A very large crowd that attended
the memorial exercises yesterday af
ternoon was a source of great gratifi
cation to everyone who feels an inter
est in our soldiers and sailors.
HUNDRED NEGROES
ACCUSED OF CRIME
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Five Score Go to Trial at Helena,
.Ark., as Result of Elaine
Outbreak
Helena. Ark., Nov. 2.?More than
100 negroes are expected to be called
for trial in circuit court here during
the coming week on indictments
charging murder and assault with in
tent to murder, returned by Phillips
county grand jury last week?an after
math of recent racial outbreak in the
Elaine neighborhood, 18 miles south
of this city, which resulted in the
killing of five white persons and
nearly, a score of negroes and dis
patch of federal troops to the scene.
In all, 122 .persons, nearly all ne
groes, face charges of murder and
murderous assault as a result of the
grand jury investigation. A majority
of these are in custody. The trials of
18, all charged with murder in the
first degree, have been set for tomor
row. .
In addition to the negroes, indicted
two attorneys, O. S. Bratton and G.
P. Casey, are expected to be called for
trial during the present court term
on charges of barratry.
PACKING HOUSE
WORKERS STRIKE
New York, Nov. 1-.?Demajids' that
provision Wagon drivers should re
ceive from $102 to '$245.50 a week
were among those made by 500 inside
butchers in what was denounced by
Adolph Gobel as the first step in a
"Bolshevist" movement to take over
his plant in Brooklyn. ?.Ir. Gobel,'j
who announced last night he had
closed his door,s temporarily after
the butchers had gone on strike, said
he was "informed by an.insider" that
the unionists planned, after accom
plishing their purpose by a 5 3ries of
strikes, .to allow him 6 per cent on
his investment and divide all- profits
over that amount among themselves.
This strike,, was said by Mr. Gobel,
to be primarily* an effort to force
drivers and outside salesmen to join
the union. The drivers, according to
Mr. Gobel. recognized the demands
made for them as excessive and re
fused to join the strikers. They now
receive $49 to $$0 a week,
Later the strike spread to Manhat
tan. This followed the voting down
of the men's demands by the New
York and Brooklyn Meat Packers'
Association at a meeting here.
May Destroy Meat.
Washington, Nov. f.?Thousands
of pounds of meat in butcher shops
and packing houses may have to be
destroyed, according to the proprie
tors owing to the strike of butchers
and drivers which went into effect
in Brooklyn today. Recognition- of
their union is the one demand on
which the strikers unite. Wage in
creases and hours of labor asked for
vary.
Claims as to the number of men
out differed today. The journeymen
butchers said a thousand men had
walked out and that hundreds will
follow* them Monday. The master
butchers declared this claim is great
ly exaggerated.
UNUSUAL PRICE
PAID FOR LAND
Bennettsville, Oct. ao".-"?One \of >the
most important land sales ever held
in the State was in Marlboro county
October 28, when the estate lands of
Lewis Hamer, situated seven miles
from Bennettsville in the Hebron sec
tion of Marlboro county, containing
96.56 acres, sold for $51,236.88, an
average of $332.71 per acre for the
entire tract. A part of this land 37.5
acres sold for $752.50 an acre.
Tftis sale was conducted at auc
tion by Hamer, Hamer & Darby, auc
tion and Realty company. In addl-^
tion to tl is sale this company sold on
October 1 the Ray plantation, 2,105
acres, sold for a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
Look--Out for Safe Blowers.
Postmasters, garage owners, police
men, irhariffs, constables and other
officers, cut out this item for refer
ence:
Keep watch for the arrival of a
gang of four or five postoffice safe
hlowers, who are now operating south
ward from Norfolk and Richmond.
Virginia, through eastern and cen
tral North Carolina, into South Caro
lina. Also be on the lookout for au
tomobiles stolen by them, and used in
making their get-a-way" from various
postOffices after blowing open the
safes therein, particularly the follow
owfng described, utilized in fleeing
from St. Pauls, Robeson county, and
Hope Mills. Cumberland county. North
Carolina, early Wednesday morning,
October 29th, after robbery of those
two postoffices between midnight and
daylight: !
Description of car: "191S Model 7]
passenger, 8 cylinder Gldsmobile, mo-'
tor No. 134377. License No. 58523.1
The left hand rear wheel sprung, and J
wabbles, with several broken or
cracked spokes, radiator leaks slightly.'
cap gone off of the hole in front of
radiator where crank goes in. No ]
bumpers. Tires on both rear wheels;
no-skid Republic make, one Gillette!
on the front right, and Fisk on the;
front left, one Fisk in reserve on the
hack of car. The lights in rear cur
tain all taken our and is entirely open,
the hole being oblong round, made in
four parts. A slit torn in on right
hand side of rear curtain about 8 in.
long, and has been sewed up W'th
twine. Starting switch has been
transferred to work by heed. flood
reward, for the under of this car."
A reward is paid by the postoiKce
department for the arrest and con
viction of postoffice burglars. Owner
of the car will pay a reward for its re
I
co very. i
If said gang of safe blowers are
captured, or located, telegraph DO*it- j
office inspector, H. T. Gregory, Hope i
Mills. N. C, collect government rate.
In the event the car is recovered,
or traced notify owner, J. M. Butler.
St Pauls, N. C.
ALDERMAN'S
20 Stores in One
MANMP^ S. C.
>4 Note Of Appreciation
If we were asked, "Were you surprised?" Our
answer would be "Yes, and no."
Yes, because in our most optimistic moments
no flight of fancy had ever carried us into such an
inspiring and auspicious scene as our: eyes beheld
for twelve short and shintag hours last Friday.
<v'4 ? . . _ ?
But after the thril and excitement of the first
few moments had somewhat \ subsided and our
senses had resumed in. part their accustomed
abode, we rebuked ourselves that we had ever
thought for one fleeting moment that it could
have been one jot or tittle less than it was. ?
Were we not working with and for a wonderful
people? v
Could we forget the unexcelled record for pa
triotism, public spirit and public power th?t th?
good people (both white and colored) of Claren
don' County made in every war drive?
Could we look around us and fail to see the
cfrurefees and schools, the expanding barns, the
modern houses, and-' the evidences of culture and
Christianity on every hand?' - If we could, or if we
ever shaft, may our name be accursed among you.
The MAGNIFICENT welcome accorded AL
DERM?NS, W Stores in One, on Friday, 31st of
October, was due, dear friends, to an intelligent
appreciation, generous nature and broadminded
spirit that the people of Cfarendon County possess,
in an abounding and remarkable degree, and it
was due to* this alone.
And there were just "oodles and oodles" of the
same sort of folks with us from Sumte*, Williams
burg, Florence and other counties. It is not their
fault, just ? little misfortune that they are not to
fee blamed for,?that there is an imaginary line
Somewhere in the vistas of fancy that is supposed
to- separate these good people from Clarendon
County. But let us be thankful that the line is
only imaginary. They are one with us. One in
heart, one in hope, and one in purpose.
Let us thank you NOW^ne and all, for making,
the Grand Opening the grand success that it was;
and let us thank you in ADVANCE for making
the store what it will be.
Most cordially yours,
ALDERMAN'3
20 Stores in One
CHAS. WOODS, Manager.