The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 17, 1920, Image 1
II Ii \\ ATI UM AN, RHtablUlied April, 1830. "Bc Just
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 1881.
DISCHARGE OF CITY MANGER
EXPLAINED BY COUNCIL
Statement of F acts That, in Opinion of City Coun?
cil Rendered the Removal of City Manager
Howard Stillwell Necessary to Best
Interest of the Municipality
At u regular meeting of council
helii in the council chamber thin day.
there were present Mayor L. D, Jen?
nings and Counctlmcu l>. R, McCal
lum and J. A. Uattteld.
. The minutes of the regular meeting
of October 2?th, and special meetings I
of Ovtoher *?th and of November 2nd
were read and kpprovecl
The police report for the month of
October was read, starving 1?30 ar?
ietta for various <? rase*., and a total
collection or $l.?tb !tO in tines.
Mi Huarove. representing the At?
lantic i'onst Line, appeared before I
INt il. seeking relief or the part of
thsjv rottyd. from persin* riding biej
ONP on rallroOd property In and
around the passenger depot, and ne
groee beating rides or. freight out of
Shunter The mayor stated that he
was not iure as to what m eps could be
taken by the elty U prevent nxw\%
matters, but would loot into same
sad present the findings at the next
raf/ular meeting of council, at which
time further action would be taken.
sfr. It K Wuder. chief of the tire
department, made request for an in?
crease In the salary of Mr O. II. Mr
Kagen. senior truck drh er, hut the
Increase was not entertained by
council at this time.
sir Gentry was present, and sub?
mitted the proposition of opening a
dance hall In the elty, two dances tu
be given euch acek under his man?
agement, and requesting council to
as s l'eense covering same The mat?
ter was discussJd at some length and
Mayor Jennings favored making a
Hat rate of $60 until January 1st.
1111. Councilman Kaffleld suggested
that Mr. Gentry organise a soetsl club
which was permissible, snd thereby
aeolate the necessity for a license,
which suggestion was accepted
A letter from Mr. O. J. Winn. dated
October 11th. in ?hieb he nakvs com?
plaint about a certain oak :ree having
t>eea cut down snd sawed up. sad
also about the donation of, a certain
caste* of land to straighten Purdy
Phpet. was read to council and re
eelVed as information.
The clerk read a letter from
farmer Street Superintendent. C B.
tghggiits. asking to be re instated,
which request was acted spon* Whan
deciding the rase Of Mr. Teiry. the
prrsent street superintendent, who is
to las relieved by Mr. Huggms on No?
vember 16th. Council directed that
Mr. Terry be paid h'.s salary to Jan?
uary 1. 192I lue to the heavy ex?
pense IncurreJ by him In coming to
Mum t er.
Tho resignation of Howard Btill
well as ritv manager. ws* read to
council, but BS sueh resignation was
eoucbed in lsnjiuige mlsleuding to
he general publi. . in the acceptance
of same, it was decided to make the
following comment foi the benetlt of
the eins? n* of S> inter:
Mr ?ttlrweirt reMgnsllor was not
Voluntary. ??u? after considering ee-v
era! mattem in connection with his
action* as elty manager, ccurcil m>
lifted him that his services would no
longer h.. needed, but permitted him
to file his resignation. Some of the
reasons actuating council taking this
step were as foil ?WS!
In one Instance, without consulting
round), tbs ir.anagei trader, off one
of the city's mulea for a torse (or
the use of the street superi itrndcnt.
Aoother Instance whs that the man?
ag? r directed the clerk's office not to j
? b?rge any minimum for electricity,
but only for the current actually con?
sumed. This was jIko done without
consulting conn II und when council j
Isqulrrd of th?? < ity manager why this
change was made he moat positively
dented that be bad authorised the !
change, but the ?vlderce produced was
absolutely con* u*tv<< against the
statement of etty manager, and he j
was notified that council did not sc- (
cept his word, and ir (net was abso?
lutely satisfied th. t hi* statements in |
reference*, to the ahai dnnutcn . o( the
Miiiilmum charge (or electric current. I
were absolutely falsi : and in muny j
other Instantes, where the question of
veracity came up. council was satis?
fied that the manager had not ad- j
hered to the truth, srd It had reach" I
e?l the point *h?re council could place
no confidence in bis statements
All of this was bad enough, how?
ever, and convinced council t.iat Mr.
Mt ill well was not the proper person ;
to hold the position of c|t> man- j
ager. Further. It waa- brought to the |
ttentior of council by the city clerk. ,
>lr J. W Rruusoii. that there were ,
rertsin elephone bills which Mr.
Mttllwell had approved (or piyment |
as proper charges against tte city, ,
and had directed the clerk to charge j
such teh phone messages to different
depart mints on the city's boo'as but
>-< lievtng that ?hese churges wrre Im?
proper, the ?biK submitted th.- mat?
ter to mined *t,d r as Instructed to
Invesllgoi e further, and upon com?
pletion o such InvcNtigstton It was
found that these messages referred
to were messages phoned by Mr
Httllwell to his wife in Atlanta, tia..
*h-reupon .Mr Htillwell h. log Inter?
viewed by council In reference \r same
eoUeg give no>g?jtsfartory es >l
ikon, but ststed t rat the charge! were
In error. hut ..ore i! was thor< ughl*.
satisfied tbat \hfj wart not errors
and to (online.i v fltlllwcll, directing
his stteiittpn to uae (act that ? ? had
approved each of these epecta tale
phone calls knowing that they were of
a persona! nature, ant! that he had
directed the eleik to pay such mes?
sages and charge thi m to the city's
accounts. Council was thoroughly
convinced that Mr. Stlllwell conscious?
ly directed these obligations to be
paid by the city and also was con?
scious of the fact thot they were his
own personal obligations. therefore
council felt that if it had not been for
the alertness of the clerk and treas?
urer .these bills would have been paid
by the city, and coui.cil was satistied
from the evidence that Mr. Stillwell
COUtd not I- relied upon to handle
the affairs of the city and most es?
pecially in connection with the dis?
bursement of I he city's funds.
Council now feels that the public
should know why Mr. Stillwell was
peremptorily discharged and should
also know th?? real truth and not be
misled by the terms of the resigna?
tion filed, anr^ council can only say
that the false statements contained
therein are in keeping with many
other similar statements made by the
city manager, which council feels
were equally as false.
The letter received from the Prince
Manufacturing Co., quoting a price
on Bracefords for the two Ford pas?
senger cars of the city, was read and
received as information.
One Cephua Ford who conducts a
colored restsura it on Manning ave?
nue was reported to council is main?
taining a nuisance and council direct?
ed the clerk rc summons Ford to
appear before council at its next
regular meeting on November 23rd.
and show cause. If any, why his li?
cense should not be revoked.
Mr. Austin, representing the gas
company, wag prieent. and again pre?
sented to council his reasons for re?
questing that the minimum charge
oi his company be raisod. After dis?
cussion council t greed to allow the
gsi company to raise their minimum
charge to tC.OO gross per thousand,
Krinning with the I)eceml>er gas
consumption?this increase, however,
in no way to effect tho original
franchise, and council also reserves
the right at av/ time thereafter to
revoke such minimum charge and es
tanlifth a rate consistent with the
iSilings of the gas company as
shown by their monthly reports.
Cm rent bilh r?n flic were audited
..nd ordered paid. >
Council then adjourned.
Auest:
J. \\. BRUNSON.
Clerk and Treasurer.
Council Chamber, Nov. 0.
Winter Weather Here
Weather Bureau Predicts Freez?
ing Temperature in Far South
Washington. s'ov. 13.?Frost and
freesing t? mperatures in the South At
'antle and iJlllf states. except in
southern Florida, are predicted by the
weather bureau in the forecast for to?
night and Sunday. Temperatures wiP
continue below normal throughout
the eastern half cf the country.
Fuel Famine in Buffalo
Thousands Without Coal With
Zero Weather Prevailing
Duffulo, Nov. 13.?Doctors' certifi?
cates w?n required to obtain coal
here today, and with the thermometer
around twentj nl?ove zero, there were
thousand-, with einpf b. is clamoring
for fuel A in i ? ted shortage of nat?
ural |:.is intensified the situation.
Less Cotton Used
?shut Down of Cotton Mills Re?
flected in Consumption Report
Washington. Nov. \\ -The curtail?
ment of cot ton manufacturing was r<
flected in the October cotton consump?
tion statistics. announced today,
showing the amount of raw cotton
used for manufacturing last month
Jst>.817 bsles. the smallest In any
month in six years.
Steamers in Collision
Off Staten Island
New York, No>\ lie?The Spanish
mall steamer. Mogtserrat, trom Cadiz
With 379 passengers and the steam?
er San Marcos, from Oalvcston were
in collision ofl Staten Island. Some
of the Montsei rat's passengers leap?
ed overboard and only one Is known
to have been I e.seued. Tho San
Marcos continued to the pier.
Princeton-Yale
Princeton. N .1.. Nov. 13.?The
vanguard of more than fifty thou
! Spc< tsturs todn\ overran Prince
ton for the annual Princeton-Yale
, football classic. Tha lineup shows
that Captain Cullshui, will plsy right
isusid to* Yale end thus will not face
jhtl brother wo i wi;i play center for
rrmi eton.
and Fear Not?Let "U the ends Thou A
SUMTER. S. G\, WEDNESDAY
HOME MADE
BEER BANNED
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Prohibition Officers Issue Order;
Against Sale of Hops and
Malt
I ONLY BAKERS
MAY PURCHASE
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Enforcement Officials Will Not
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Discuss Details of Order Is?
sued
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Washington, Nov. II?Homo brew?
ing was brought actively under the ,
prohibition ban todaj when it was <
learnedthat enforcement officials had j
ruled agalns the sale of malt and I
hops to other than bakers and con-**
fectioners. Oreat secrecy surrounded j
the prohibition bureau's action, but it
was ascertained (definitely that such in?
structions had been issued.
Details of the order were lacking, \
The only admission made by prohibi?
tion officials in the absence of Com
mlsstoner Kramer was that the Vol- j
stead act had been construed to
mean that the sale of hops and malt j
as component pru ts of home made i
beer were without the pale of tho
law and their sale must stop. En- '
; force ment officials throughout tho I
country have been notified of thhe
government's determination but they
have not been supplied with the tech?
nical language of the decision. I
The construction of the law which'
resulted In the new order was made
time, ofllolals having It. In charge
started a document through the reg?
ular procedure from its emergence
na a treasury decision. l>ut it has
i not yet been approved by Secretary
Houston. Further than to admit ex
' istcnec of the proposed treasury rul?
ing officials decline tc define it.
Emphatic denial was made to the
report that the bureau had coneld-/
ered or had Included in the order
other articles used in home brewing.
! Officials likewise denied that pf'>
, vision was to bo made for the llren
I lhg of even the bakers and confec
1 tloners apparently the only persons
who will be ablo to purchase hops
and malt.
There were persistent rumors at
both the prohibition and internal
revenue headquarters that scores of
i complaints had come from the man
j Ufacturers of cereal beverages, con?
taining less thi?n one half of one per
cent, of alcohol, against the tremen?
dous growth of brewing a? a home
; Industry. On thi.i phase of the situa
, Uon otllciala also refused comment,
it was understood, however, that tho
bevorage manufacturers had based a
complaint on a steady but rapid de
i crease in their sale: which they
charged to the growth, of home brew?
ing.
Officials anticipated that the ban
Ion mal and hops sales would bring
la wave of litigation as to the govern
( ment right. They claimed, how?
ever, that their decision has been
preceded by a thorough' study of the
I questions invlnwd and said they wore
prepared to meet the attacks,
i Sectohs of the act specflcally pro?
hibited sale of integral parts of beer
as well as ins formal advertslng of
; receipts for its manufacture were
cited as one of the foundations for
I the tilling. The point which they
expect to be tested in court ' was
whether the food value of the two
articles banned would, in the eyes
of a court, permit their continued
sale as such despite their use as a
basis for beverage making. The line
. of demarcation between the use of
?he two articles which can not be
void and fruits, sugars and syrtips
was said t<> be regarded as rather
, Indefinite, but those having the ques?
tion In charge believed they were
on safe ground.
; Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 11.?What,
may be a dead blow to "home brew"
was sounded today by J. A. Shearer,
federal prohibition director for Ohio,
In an announc 'ment that hereafter
the sale of malt and hops may bo
made legitimately only to bakers and
confectioners and can n<?t lawfully
be made to others.
The ruling was made following re?
ceipt of instructions front J. F. Kra?
mer, federal prohibition commission?
er at Washington. The ruling will
make it impossible for the average
citizen to concoct beverages front
malt and hops it being held that thin
combination produce.1 a mixture con?
taining more than oi ? half of I per
' (cnt. alcohol.
Geneva, Nov. 10?Germany will
not make formal application for ad
m'sslon to the leugne of nations, but
would not ignore an invitation to be?
come member, I>r. Hermann .Mueller.
Ivice-preside! ot the foreign affairs
commit lee of the German relehstag.
I declared in a statement to the Jour
i nal de Geneve.
Anderson, Nov. 12.?Revenue offi?
cers and rural policemen searched
(for whiskey and found 19 gallons
and arrested the man on whose
premises the booze was and brought
him to Jail in default of $600 ball.
A keg ho'ding near ten gallons was
found under some bushes, and the
other In demijohns in the cotton
house. W. A. Woodall, who lives on
the MoClure's ght road, where the
v hlskey whs found, claims that he
did n ?t know the whiskey waatbere.
l ut the officers have charged him with
?.ti.ring whiskey. The stuff was pour?
ed out today and the smell brought
many to the pouring.
Jms't at lie thy Country's, Thy God's a
r, NOVEMBER 17, 1920
BANK WRECKED
BY MCLAUR1N
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State Bank Examiner Closes
Bennettsville Bank and Ap?
plies for Receiver to Wind
Up Its Affairs
EXAMINER FINDS WORTH- j
LESS SECURITIES
President McLaurin Had Made
Large Personal Obligations;
With Banks and Other Parties j
! Which He Endorsed as Presi
I dent of the Bank
i
' Columbia, Nor. 13.?Tho Mutual
Savings bank of Bennettsville, of j
whic h Thomas B. Mcixturin was pres- I
ident, will liquidate and go out of
(business, according tr an announce?
ment made Saturday by State bank
j Examiner Craig.
Sir. Cralg states thai the bank,
j however, is solvent and that the fara
[iiy of Mr. McLaurin will make good
I alleged securities and hidden llablU
I ties and the depositrrs will be paid j
in full. Mr. Cralg tcday Issued the!
following statement: '
"1 have applied, through the at?
torney general, for a receiver for the
Mutual Savings bank of Bennettsville.
A Thorough eiamiatlon of tho affairs
of the bank discloses the fact that
the l>nnk was carrying as securities
for loans cotton certificates of the
Bennettsville warehouse that were
cither bogus or worthless. In addi?
tion the president had made large per?
sonal obligations for his own account
with banks and parties, which he en?
dorsed as president of the bank, but
concealed from the bank's liabilities.
Aside from worthless securities pledg?
ed in the form of warehouse certifi?
cates and concealed personal liabili?
ties of the president, the bank was
found solvent. These, however, wore
of such proportions that the examiner,
with the approval of the directors, de?
cided to close and liquidate the Institu?
tion. If the president and his family
should make good the alleged securi?
ties and hidden liabilities the deposi
* tors could be paid ir. full.
! Working on
State Budget
Legislative Commission Holding
Hearing in Columbia
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j Columbia, Nov. 12?Hearings be?
fore the state budget commission are
now being conducted In Columbia
? The heads of every state department
I have to appear before tho commis?
sion, to make statements regarding
the financial needs of the departments
; for next year. On the basis of these
j estimated needs ofr 1321 the budget
commission Will frame its report to
the legislature, suggesting appropri?
ations for the new year.
i The legislature In January wll have
to pet on the recently voted amend?
ment to the state constitution, pro?
viding a change In the fiscal year,
leaking the year run from July 1 to
June 50, instead of from January to
January, as at present. The apro
priations for 1921 will have to cover
a year and a half, instead of only
! twelve months.
Penned Up In
the Crimea
(ien. Wrangel in a Tight Place
With Bolsheviks Crowding
Him j
Paria, Nov. 13?The Unas!an sov- j
let forces have w< n control of Perek ?p
, Isthmus loading to the Crimean pen- i
Insuls and the all i d fleets are prepar?
ing to aid in the evacuation of cer- j
tain districts, ace- rding to dispatches j
received today by tl <v French foreign
office.
Taken to Sanatarium
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Bankrr Thomas B. McLaurin of
Bcinettsville is in Asheville
Under Treatment
Columbia. Nov. lU?Thomas It. Mc?
Laurin, of Bennettsville, the bank
president who left home mysteriously
last Monday, leaving a note on the
bank of the Pee Pee river intimating |
suicide, and who was later found in1
Atlanta, has been taken to Asheviilc, :
N. <\, to a sanatorium, according to
information received in Columbia.
New Y. M. C. A. Worker
Columbia, Nov. 12?Mason Cus?
hion, of Iluntersville. N C. bus he? n
added lo the staff of the state Y. M.
C. A., with headquarters in Columbia.
.Mr. Caahion s work will be the super
vision of Inter-racial work, the aim of
which is to promote a better under?
standing, on tho basis of Christianity, I
between races. Mr. Cashlon arrived
in Columbia today and will take up
his new duties on the 18th. He !s a
graduate of Brskine College, ut Due
West, and for a number of years was
student Y. It, C. A., secretary at the !
University of Texas, Austin. I
lid Truth's." TUjfcTRUt. SOUTHRON, Established Juuo 1, 181
VOL. LI. NO. 26
S?MTER POST OF
AMERICAN LEGION CELEBRATES
Armistice Day Observed by Chicken Stew at
Cain's Mill. Many Telegrams Received
?Some From France. Officers
Are Elected
Sixty in embers i?? mc American le?
gion, in spite of the l>ud weather,
celebrated Armistice Day by pulling
chicken Blew at Caln'u Mill. As the
vets got together, and before the mea'
was served song leaders started the |
old I a miliar war songs that the boys j
n.arched many miles in France and in
America and the scenes enacted were J
tamiliar to all who had ever seen |
(.amp either in this country, or abroad. 1
There was a happy crowd that sat !
around the festive board, and the
general conversation was the usual
swapping of war experiences, and the
never ceasing kidding, which is al?
ways in good taste when ex-service
men get together. Immediately after
supper the Post Commander an?
nounced that officers were to be elect?
ed for the ensuing year, resulting us
follows: Gen. 1). Levy, post com?
mander; S. M. Rice, vice command?
er; H. A. p.oykin. Adjutant.
Executive committee: E. VV. Dahbs,
Jr., 11. \V. Harby. J. Ii. Korbes. R. T.
i Brown, S. K, Nash.
Membership: T. D. Goodal, W. B.
Levy, Z. Darr.
Finance: O. S. Rice, J. B. Puffte,
H. G. Brown.
Ju-. ;?t Huh time the Western Union
messenger boy, drenched with rain,
I and about one-half frozen, arrived in
a flivver and handed to Mr. George
j D. Levy; the post commander, a
\ batch of telegrams, which were read
I amid applause and peals of laughter
[ that u' Md all the !i>h in the urn
to seek refuge under lilly pads. These
telegrams are herewith reproduced:
Sumter County, Nov. 11, 1920.
Sumter Legion,
Sumter, S. C.
We are sorry we can't join you to?
night, but honest!) we don't believe
in war. Some of us were sent for
n 1&18, but w<? were too busy attend?
ing to our banks, our farms, and our
stores to spare the time to soil our
hands, and besides our lawyers help?
ed us to wiggle out.
We thought of joining you this
evening, hut we've promised to close
nir placet! of business early tomorrow
to help celebrate a county fair, and
hat s more important than ArmisireV
Day. Do you know we havv: a few
i nuts in Sumter county who thought
[ the city officials should have declar?
ed today a holiday? You admit now
they're dead wrong. You know we
?saved our lives, and invested our mon?
ey In everything except government
bonds, while you fellows were enjoy?
ing yourselves in France, so wo're on
easy street now, plenty of dough,
good jobs and everybody thinks juet
as much of us as they do of you.
SUMTER COUNTY SLACKERS.
New York Nov. 11, 1320.
Lieut. .T. H. Forbes,
Sumter. S. C
You're a dam liar, the M. P.'s
didn't Win the war. They won a meo ?
al for ?nitohing everything a fellow
wanted.
CAPTAIN KIDD.
Baltimore, Nov. 11, 1920.
Ensign J. A. Haynsworth,
Sumter, S. C.
Since you were released, all trans?
ports wear crepe, there is no one but
you who can tecite the stories of
their lives so eloquently on the way
over. When can we expect you?
DANIELS.
Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 1 1. 1920.
Adju ?.nt .John Duffie,
Sumter. S. C.
You have been recommended for
appointment to secretary of state.
Please wire if will accept so can ar?
range accordingly. This appointment
on recommendation Major General
Wood who writes all during your en?
listment yon chewed aspirin tablets,
spearmint chewing gum and pulled
your eye-brows thus retaining spotless
a ppearance.
HARDING.
Paris, Nov. 11, 1920.
La m B. VV. Dabbs,
Maycsvllle, S. C.
I'm shipping you back the cow you
sent me as it won't give milk. Mother
says it ain't thai kind of cow. but
I'm sure it's an American breed as
d snorts every ;imcl go near it.
Send me a go ?d man-cow.
FLOPPY.
LcMans, Frame. Nov. 11. 10'jo.
Captain Wendall l^evi,
Sumter, S. C.
Dear Wendi: The pigeons arc
darling. They rvmlnu me so much of
you as they fuss and coo and coo and
fuss but never accomplish anything.
Love dear boy, try and grow up ko I
can he true to you.
FRANCOIS.
Paris. Fr.tnee, Nov. tl, 1920.
Lit ut George I?. Levy
Sumter. S. C.
Understand von have secured new
partner and are now actively engaged
in h-w work. Study hard, old hoy,
you'll need soms "law'' when I get
to Sumter.
SUSANNE
Paris. Nov. 11. li^'n
Dr. Warren Burgess, A
Sumter, S. C. A
Tou little devil, said you jfl
know anything about medicine, now I
understand you're practicing again.
Treat your patients better than you
did me or there will be trouble.
, LEVETTE.
Paris Nov. 11, iy20.
Di-ss Goodale,
Sumter. S. C.
Gracious, Dessic, we miss you. The
other girls bollcc? everything you told
I them, but I don't. 1 only believe you
meant it when you told me you were
(coming hack. Write me when to ex>
I pect you.
MARC ELLE.
I^eaving time having arrived, the
' post commander announced that Mr.
JKing. the manager of the Hex theatre,
jand the only person in Sumter who>
had any evidence of i thought to the
i boys who had done their bit, bad no?
tilled all ex-service men to attend
'this theatre as his guest. On motion,
j It was unanimously decided to ad
I journ and meet in front of the Keg
Theatre and atteud the performance
j in a body. This was done to tha
great pleasure of the legioneers.
Election Contest Filed
Defeated Republican Candidate*
in First and Seventh Districts
Go in Line For Content
Money
Columbia, Nov. l-?Two election
contests in South Carolina have been
hied with Secretary of State W.
Banks Dove,, and if they can be prov?
en to be bonds fide they will net Ute
defeated candidates a thousand dol?
lars each. L.^ A. Hawkins, colored,
of Columbia, Republican candidate for
congress, defeated b' H. P. F'tlmer,
of Orangoburg, Democrat, und M. St,
John Sasportas. of Charleston, Re?
publican candidate defeated' by W.
Turner I>ogan, Democrat, are the two
j contestants. If they carry thojr con?
tests to congress and the committee
of credentials decides that the claims
tare prlma facie, even though the two
j men are not seated they w 111 have
j their expenses paid to Washington
?and get J1.000 each,
j The two contestants allege certainl
'irregularities in th** recent election
i especially that certain citizens were
not allowed to register. Hawkins al
! leges also that the late o pening of the
1 ballot boxes In Columbia prevented
'.certain voters from casting their bal
! lota.
! The protests will hardly be consid?
ered by the state board of election
I canvass* is, a?< they are nut tiers for
the special committee of congress.
I The state canvassers have not as
! yet declared th>' result of the recent
j e'eetions. They held one meeting
I but all returns were not in. and a sec?
ond meeting within a few days will
be necessary.
No Trace of Robbers
Men Who Made a Fluke of Rob?
bing Columbia-Charlotte Train
Elude Police
Columbia. Nov. 12. ? Police of Rich
land county and detectives of the
American Kxpre^s company have been
busy tor several days looking for aluos
[as to the men who are said to liave
thrown the safe off of train No. IS,
between Columbia and Charlotte,
arly Thursday morning, attempting
1 robbery of $16,000 in cash. After
tho safe was thrown out of the car
a freight train came along, headed the
other way, towards Columbia, and
picked it up. thi s saving the express
company from any loss. R. W. Pe
tcrnoin. the express messe nuer, sa>
the two men boarded 1 he train,
bound him with the bell cord an
threw out the safe. They were ar
ed. The case is battling the ru
police. Resides the safe, which
nothing of its valuabb contents
[finalI packages wer?
taining |32l.
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Washington, Nov.
the coming session
the house commit
to restrict the, a<Jn
close blood ryli
citizens. Reprcj
chairman of tl
|an interview
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