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TEE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Establif* CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2; 185 IBARVEY SPEAKS TOENGLAND Harding' s Personal Am-j bassador Assumes the Authority to Speak g; For All of the American People London, May 19.?The American j ambassador, George Harvey, in his | first speech since presenting his cre dentials, declared .tonight that Amer- j ican armed forces came to Europe in j the world war solely to serve the | ..?-<Onited States and not to save Eu ropean states opposed to Germany, as some had contended. Mr. Harvey's address, which was ; delivered at a dinner given by the -.? Pilgrims' Society in his honor, at tracted especial interest, coming as it did at a time when the probable attitude of the United States toward the tense political situation in Eu rope is arousing lively speculation. . and as the first authorized expression of the American viewpoint. 'Mr. Harvey paid tribute to the Pil grims as the most distinctive link in the chain of blood relationship be tween the British and American peo ples and one of the most potent agen cies of .civilization. Their activities, he said, vhad been a sustained labor of love and patriotism, which only now were beginning to fructify in an ! earnest desire and determination on \ the part of both peoples to blow away j the mists of miscostruction and mis understanding, which far too long j had nidden their true natures, one j from the other. The outstanding attributes of Pres ident Harding, Mr. Harvey said, are breadth* of vision, greatness of heart, fidelity to his race no less than to his clan, and no more to his family than to his ancestry, drawn from all parts of the United Kingdom. Mr. Harvey declared these were sufficient j indications and reasons why Mr. j Harding felt in. the very fiber of his j being at this crucial period that [ friendliness and good will should al- I ways, exist between the peoples of the ^greaf English-speaking nations and why he how *pledges--?nfa**eTwt[f-co- operation in achieving that ^ aspira tion. Nothing could be more futile, more delusive- and more mischievous, he saidr, than to pretend that i.he Amer- | ic?n's proffer of a helping hand was i attributable primarily to a "tender { susceptibility." *'It is not," Mr. Harvey declared. | **My country stands ready to work j with yours, because, first, it is to our j own interest to do so; and secondly, j because it is to the advantage of | both. . . .. '*We deceive ourselves ocassionally. j Even to this day at rare intervals an ebullient sophomore seeks applause by shouting that 'We won the war.' Far more prevalent until recently was the ; impression that we went to war to j rescue humanity from all kinds of ; "mftlsacing perils. "Not a few remain convinced that j we sent our young soldiers across to ; save this kingdom. France and Italy. ! That is not a tact. We sent them \ solely to save the United States of j America, and most reluctantly and ; laggardly at that. "We were not too proud to fight, j whatever that may mean. We were ; ! afraid not to fight. That is the real j truth of the matter. So we came j along toward the end and helped you ; and your allies shorten the war. That I is all we did and that is all we ' claim to have done." Discussing what he called the. **sen- ! timent, of the perilous present," Am- : bassador Harvey said: "For years I have heard it pro- ! claimed that war between Great Brit- ! ain and America had ceased to be conceivable. . . Xo resumption of an armed conflict is unimaginabl". Any day may witness a renewal of i the War of the Roses, any day the clash of the Blue and the Gray in the ; swamps of Virginia. "But so unlikely are such happen ings that the suggestion, even though J it incredibly were made, would evoke : no more than a derisive smile. But 1 it is one thing to stamp constantly : upon an absurd notion, and another thing never to think of it at all. "Now the question rises, have not our countries reached a point with respect to the remotest possibility of ' a conflict that justifies our forget ting it as completely as the battles of Bosworth field and Appomatox have faded from our recollection? v- "Such. I am happy to report faith fully in the teeth of all the mischief makers and scandalmongers of both nations, has become the sett let' con viction of our people, and I hope, and doubt not. of yours.'* "Because the president has exem- | plified his avowal of obligation, it must not be inferred that he proposes to become an international meddler." continued the ambassador. "Ib would be the last to intervene or be drawn into any matter- of no concern to his own country, but also no one ! realizes more clearly than he that the United States is of necessity 'deeply interested in proper economic adjust ments and the just settlement of mut ters of world-wide importance under discussion and desires helpfully to ' qooperate.' "There still seems to linger in the minds of many he*-e the impression j that in some way or other, by hook or by crook, unwittingly, surely un willingly, America may yet be be guiled into the League of Nations. ' Let me show you hcW utterly ab-J ted April, 1850. "Be Just ? II. RICH WOMAN j T?RNSB?RGLAR Wife of Millionaire Chi coga Banker Poses as j Maid and Loots Homes of Many Wealthy Fami lies I Chicago.' May 21.?Mrs. Joseph i H.' Heil, the wife of a millionaire j banker, has been arrested, charged | with robbing a half dozen wealthy j homes, while posing as a maid. She was in an automobile accident a year ' ago. resulting in injuries which rela- ! tives claim caused kleptomania. Her loot is said to total twenty-five thou- j sand dollars. The police say she has confessed. The case is one of the most unique in Chicago records. Mr. Heil refused to believe charges, say ing his wife had three hundred dol lars monthly, two automobiles, a splendid home and owned a small apartment building. THREE ARRESTS FOLLOW WRECK Augusta, Ga., May 20.?Three ne groes have been arrested by Rich mond county, Georgia, and Aiken county, South Carolina, authorities, in connection with the successful at tempt t o wreck a train of the At lanic Coast Line, four miles from here early this morning. The prison ers are Will Watts and R. Boyd formerly section hands on the road, and Mose Williams, previously bridge keeper. The negroes were arrested as the result of the thory of officers that a disgruntled former employee en deavored to wreak vengeance on the railroad because of his discharge from its serivce. The motive of rob bery is scouted. Rome. May 21.?Three dead, two dying, many wounded, was the result of a pitched battle between commun ists and extreme nationalists at Chiu si, in post election orders. "srowtesuch. a- nation^Igy^^^^^^^,. "I need not recall the long treafy contest waged between the two branches of our government over this proposal. I need hardly mention that the conflict became so sharp that .-ven the treaty went by the board, to the end that today, paradoxically enough. America continues to he technically at war. but actually at peace, while Europe is nominally at peace, but ac cording to all reports, is not wholly free from the clash of arms. ?'Finally, the question of America's participation in the league came be fore the people, who decided by a majority of seven millions. . . . "It follows, then, that the present government could not. without be trayal of its creators and masters, and will not. I can assure you. have anything whatsoever to do with the league or any commission or com mittee appointed by it or responsible to it directly or indirectly, openly or furtively." The prime minister. Mr. Lloyd George in toasting Mr. Harvey, said: '"We never can regard citizens of the Cnitecl States as foreigners: there fore, in the new ambassador, we wel come a brilliant kinsman. The future well-being of the world depends more upon the good will, the good under standing and cooperation between peoples than upon any other one fact. It is the best, it is the surest, guar antee of world peace. "I am glad. then, that the ambassa dor's appointment coincides with the decision of the United States to be represented adequately'in the councils of the nations. I am glad that the new ambassador has been chosen as the representative of the United States and that he will be present at the coming meeting. It is essential for the peace of the world that Amer ica should be in. "European diplomacy workers al ways in the dense thicket of ancient feuds, rooted, entangled and en twined. . . . "In Central Europe there are blood feuds all thought had been dead and buried for centuries, which have been resurrected into full and vigorous life. . . . "If this war isn't the last war the next will leave Europe in ashes. It is essentila we should find some means of dragg'ng the nations out of this labyrinth of hatred, this degrada tion, for our own safety.*' Referring to America, Mr. Lloyd George said: "We welcome this new power, vig orous, strong, clear-headed, untram meled with these old quarrels.-" He concluded: "We are delighted to see tin- Unit ed State.-- coming, not because we want to drag America into these quarrels?they would only make it worse and aggravate things. We want America to help us out. not to help us in. . . . "The world lias become more in ter-dependent than it has ever been before. . . . Therefore, this decis ion excites hopes in our breasts. We rejoice in it and we rejoice in the s lection which has been made or a man who knows Europe, who unuer stands Europe, who is a whole-heart ed American?an American patriot. "When I propose his health I ac claim not only the new ambassador to the court of St. James, but the representative of the great democ racy of the West, in the councils of the nations of the world." md Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou Ai SUMTER, S. C, WEDNEi TRAINED PIG AS DETECTIVE ? Jacksonville Sheriff Robbed of "Shine" His Invaluable As sistant in Finding Moonshine Stills Jacksonville, May 21. ? Deputy i Sheriff Arnold has offered twenty- \ Itive dollars reward for the return of "Shine."' a trained pig used for more j than a year in ferreting out moon-j shine stills. Deputy Sheriff Arnold j I would withhold food two days and j I then turn "Sh'ne" loose in the vicinity j ! of suspected liquor plants. The pig j invariably followed the odor of the) j mash to the stills and Arnold would! [take charge. Blockaders are suspect- j I ed of having stolen ?'Shine.*' Hartsville Man Gets Injunction Order Restrains Telephone Co., From Raising Rates. Also Claims Damage Columbia, May 21.?A. L. M. Wig gins of Hartsville, president of the South Carolina Telephone Subscrib ers' association, has written C. S. Monteith of Columbia, secretary of the organization, to the effect that an injunction has been issued against the order to the telephone company en enjoining it from making any change in its rate. Mr. Wiggins* communication is as follows: Injunction Granted. Upon complaint of F. A. Miller of Hartsville. against the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Judge W. G. Shipp of the circuit court has issued an injunction and restraining order to the telephone ocmpany en joining it from increasing the tele phone rates for local services and from making any change in rate or interurban and rural services, here tofore furnished the plaintiff. The injunction in effect places the tele phone service with respect to the IsfTartfrflfl?1 on "the same basis as the rates and services existing prior to April 1, 1921. The plaintiff alleges a violation of contract and asks judgment against tie telephone company for $2,999 for alleged injury and damage. Plaintiff also asks permanent injunction re straining the telephone company from tailing and refusing to render tele phone service furnished it prior to April 1, 1921. Mr. Wiggins alsr> sends the fol lowing communication from Harts ville: Increased telephone rates recently j granted by the railroad commission of Mississippi have been declared void by the state courts under a de j cision just handed down by Judge I W. H. Potter. The court's decision was to the ef : feet that the telephone company was j engaged in two separate businesses, i the one toll business and the other j an exchange service and that the ! increase in rates was asked for the j exchange service, but no separate j accounts were kept as to the ex j penses of the two kinds of service, j The court includes that "it cannot be reasonably denied that without this J separation of expense and a knowl edge of what costs fall to the ex change services, the action of the ? commission in finding a new rate j would be arbitrary and void." ! The court also holds, as to the petition of the telephone company j that an increase in rate was neces ? sary in order for the conrpan? to j show a net income that would enable j it to sell its securities. "None of i this maio-r should have been con tained in the petition of the com j pany except that the rate allowed I did not yield a fair return upon the I ; investment and asking an increase i I in its charges. The selling of the | I company's securities and the in- j crease in its capital was no part of the business of the commission and : was a matter over which it had no I jurisdiction. The people are not j called upon to furnish or to provide ! means for the company to increase j i its investment." : The decision concludes: "In the! , matter of great, public importance I like this it should be (dear that the] I matter considered was the question of a reasonable rate and no other. | [and this does not appear in the judg- j . merit. This order seems void be l I cause the judgment docs not show that the rates for exchange service theretofore in force yielded less than a reasonable return on the invest-! : meat. Chicago. .May 21.?The organiza tion of a million dollar corporation for the export of edible oils was voted by the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' association convention in sess; n here. Buffalo. May 21.?Twenty masked men held up a freight train on the Xew York Central near North Tona wanda and carried away si'ks. shoes, clothing, automobile tires, aim other freight worth seventy thousand dol lars, in motor trucks. Savannah. May 21.?Only meagre reports of fatal fight with moonshin ers in Laurens county near Dublin, when county Policeman Crawford ami negro moonshiner were both killed during a raid, have been received.. ms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a: 5DAY, MAY 25, 1921 GOV. CATTS UNDER BOND! - Sidney J. Catts Arrested at Al bany, Ga.. on Federal Warrant j Charging Peonage Jacksonville, May 2 I.?Sidney J. j Catts, former governor of Florida. I arrested at Albany. Ga., today on a 1 federal warrant charging peonage, i and released in $2,500 bond, arrived i here shortly before 10 o'clock to-j night. No move was made towards j arresting the former governor on an indictment returned in Bradford : county for alleged acceptance of a j bribe, and he went immediately to , the home of his son-in-law in | Riverside, a suburb. Mr. Catts was! met at the depot by his daughter, | Mrs. K. It. Paderick, and an elderly : woma n. The warrant on which Mr. Catts was arrested at Albany charged that i he held two negroes, Ed Brown and | John Henry Rogers, in peonage on \ his farm in Walton county. It was j returned at Pensacola May IS. The Bradford county grand jury j had previously indicted Mr. Catts on j the allegation that while governor of i the state and ex-ollicio member of J the pardon board he received $700 to influence his vote for pardoning J. J. Simmons, a negro serving a life sen tence at the Raiford state peniten tiary for the murder of a deputy sheriff in Bay county in 101''!;. A capias was issued for hi- arrest and bond fixed a: $5,000 by Circuit Judge Long. The Bradford county grand jury acted by reason of the fact that Raiford is located in that county. Local authorities stated they had no instructions to arrest the gover nor here on this charge. Reports from Albany state that Attorney Gen eral Buford of this state had re quested that he be held on the Brad ford county charge, but it was not received before the former governor had been given his liberty. It was reported that Catts was on his way to Raiford to surrender at the time of his arrest in Albany. A joint legislative committee in Tadahassee is conducting an inves tigation into charges brought against the' former governor. Mr. Catts refused to make a state ment upon his arrival here, telling newspaper men that if they "'wanted to be polite leave me alone." At Al bany, according to reports, he stated his arrest was the work of "political enemies." Greenville Jury Convicts Salmon Greenville, May 21.?"Guilty of manslaughter." was the jury's verdict and four and a half years in the state penitentiary or on the public works of Greenville county was the sentence of the court shortly before midnight tonight in the case against Walter Salmon. 26, charged with the murder in connection with the killing on No vember ." of last year of Asa Flinken schelt, a farmer of this county. The case went to the jury at 7 o'clock tonight, the verdict coming after a deliberation of over four and one-half houis. During the entire time the jury was in deliberation. the court room was tilled with people awaiting tin- verdict. Salmon, himself, was the feature witness hi the trial today, the defend ant telling his story of the killing at the F'inkensehelt home in the su burbs of Greenville. Salmon said that he brought 20 gallons of liquor to Greenville from King's Mountain. X. C. earlier that week, and that he turned this whis key over to Flinkenschelt who con tracted to pay $600 for it. Salmon said that later in the week he had returned to the Flinkenschelt home, that the farmer did not seem anxious to settle the debt but that his wife save him the money, and that as he was leaving the house Flinkenschelt lud'' him up with a shotgun and de manded the money. Salmon said that Fiinkensohelt tired twice upon him. after which he. in defense of his own life, fired the four shots which were fatal to the Greenville man. Salmon said that that was the first time he had ever had any dealings in liquor and that lie did so then because he needed money and because Mrs. Alice Aiken. the woman who was with him in the car arid who was one of the state's star witnesses, told him Flinkenschelt would be Riad to buy the whiskey. Salmon said that he came to Greenville from Morganton,] X. i'.. in an automobile owned by his mother-in-law. Mis. Alice Duray. Mrs. Salmon again sat by her hus- | band throughout the day. During! the arguments, which consumed the1 time between :*> and *?::b> o'clock in the afternoon, she wept almost vio lently at linos. The case went to the jury at 7 o'clock, and Salmon and his. wife remained in the court room j waiting for the v.???diet. .1. C. Latimer. local newspaper! man. was placed on the stand to tes tify as to the accuracy of a newspa per interview with Salmon, given by the defendant, it was stated, on tin day he was brought back to Green ville after his surrender in Salisbury, X. C. Tin- statement differed in some respects from the story told en the stand by Salmon. London. May 2:!. The Germans on Saturday drove the Polish insurgents in Silesia back toward Cross Strehlitz for a distance of live miles, accord ing to au Oppeln dispatch to the Times. Alexandria. Fgypt. May i'."..? Five Europeans were killed and 72 others wounded in rioting here Sunday nighl and this morning. The police casualties were not announced. 1 1 ) rid Truth's." THE TRUE SC SUICIDE AT GREENVILLE: - J. W. Ream es. Pharmacist. Fires Buliet into Breast Because | of 111 Health Greenville, May 22.?J. W. Reames. I a registered pharmacist, who has ' been working at Summer:on. Clin- | ton, Spartanburg. and other places in ! this state, killed himself in a local ! hotel about 5:30 o'clock this after- j noon by firing a bullet through his j heart. Ho left a note addressed to a ! sister. Mrs. Charles T. Bailey of Greenwood, in which he gave ill , health as the reason for the taking ? of his life. Reames came here from Summer- \ ton several days ago and was em- I ployed by a local drug firm. He com- i plained of feeling bad and was ex- . amined at his room in the hotel by I a physician about an hour before the j ratal shot was fired. A fall received several weeks ago was said to have I brought on the physical condition i over which the man worried. The : body was conveyed to an undertak- | ing establishment pending orders for ; disposition from relatives. TO CAMPAIGN FOR COTTON Association to Launch Drive For 400,000 Bales i r Columbia, May 22.?The campaign to sign up 400.000 bales of cotton to be sold through the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative associa tion will be launched in Spartanburg and Marion counties, according to R. C. Hamer, president of the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton association and chairman of the campaign committee of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative association, j It will probably be around June 10. j before the campaign is formally be gun, according to Mr. Hamer. ?The contracts must be printed and a num ber of other details arranged before : we begin actual work in the forma tion of the organization." he said. Mr. Hamer declared yesterday that j "nothing could be offered to the cot ! ton growers of South Carolina that is j sounder, more certain of success or ; which means more to them than the 1 proposed organization of the South i Carolina Cotton Growers' cooperative (Association. ??Every cotton grower," j he declared, "knows that the selling end of his business is sick. The rem edy for the disease is cooperation among growers on a large scale. "It is a matter of more or less com ' mon knowledge that the loss ! through undergrading and failure to : pay for staple value averages more than $10 per bale and in many cases amounts to as much as $25 per bale. Apply the average figure to last year's crop in South Carolina 1.200,000 bales j it would be found that the state lost approximately $12,000.000 on under grading. This was in addition to the j loss from country damage." "The question has been asked as j to what Other states are doing. Okla '! homa has already signed up the 300. j 000 bales necessary for the forma tion of the association in that state land is now driving for 500.000. Ark j ansas is working on a 200.000 bale j pool. Texas is making splendid headway on a pool of l.OOO.OOo bales. I Georgia is working on a 300.000 bale ; pool. North Carolina is working on a ! 150.000 bale pooL Louisiana and . Alabama are preparing to organize land Mississippi is completing her pool : of lotig staple cotton.'' Irish Potato Market f _ ! Prices Disappointing?S6 For No. 1 at Meggetts - j Charleston, May 21.?Market gar j deners in the Charleston section are i disappointed at the prices quoted'for new white potatoes in the principal centers. They are not getting the ; prices they were offered last season. I The latest quotation on No. 1 Irish ICobblers from Meggetts is $6 and <>n I No. l'. $3.25. The government bul letin, issued here yesterday by Mr. V. D. Callahan. tor the bureau of markets, department ol agriculture, says that many of Thursday's car I loads remain unsold, the wire inquiry '. being moderate, the demand slower and the market weak. ! Thursday 221 carloads rolled out of Charleston-Yonge's Island section as I compared with 1">1 Wednesday and 52 Tuesday, these going to the fol lowing: Potomac Yards. SO: Peters burg, is; New fork city. :'<?: Phila delphia. Ii': Cincinnati, l": Newark, 8" Chattanooga. 4: Baltimore and Pittsburp:. .'. each: Toronto. 2: Buf falo, Burlington. Chariest own, Char lotte, Cleveland. Columbia, ('larks-; burg. Danville. Durham. Greensboro. Hartford. iliekory. [thaca Jersey City. Lynchburg. Richmond. Salisbury. tShclbv. spa rtauhu'rg, VVilkes-1 'arre and Youngstown, I each. Latest quotations on these South Carolina potatoes from leading cen ters include: New Yoi k- - Moderate dei land and steady marke;; Xo. I. $7.5u to $S: No. 2. $3.50 to these in cloth-top slat barrels. Philadelphia ? Good demand and market firm; No; 1 $7.25 to s Xo. :'. $' to $."<..'.(). Baltimon ? Good demand and mar ket firm: Xo. 1. $7 to $7.50; No. 2 $ I to $ 1.5.0. Chicago?Slow demand and mar ket weak; No. 1, $7.50 to S7.75; No. 2, $5. lUTHRON, Established June 1, 1866. VOL. Li L NO. 28 Booming Business In Near Future South Carolina Cotton Manufac turer Says Buyers' Strike Must Soon Pass Wusi.: ? .-;: o n. May 21.?Col. Lerov Springs, of Lancaster S. C, a maun facturer of cotton goods, while a vis-, itor i" Washington, predicted an in dustrial boom in the Lnited State3 just as soon as international af fairs can right the mselves. ".Just as soon as jf.urope is able to buy American goows, this country, will witness a great business boom," ho said. "*Xaturall>\ there is some pessimism among some business men. But the fog will soon lift itself. We can not expect boom time business when spenders are inactive. About 50 per cent of European spenders are holding on to verything ? they have. Only 85 per ? 6 nt. of American spenders are letting! go their mon ey. I "In a way. we are confronted by a buyers' strike. Tha< is due partly to unemployment, and partly be-, cause of high prices demanded for certain goods by retail merchants j who have not reduced on the same I scale that the manufacturers and ! jobbers reduced when it was' ob served that profits had to be sacri ficed. The wholesalers and jobbers have taken their 'osses gracefully, 1 but some retailers still hold out. I Consequently, there is a cylinder j missing in that part of the engine. (The retailer must suffer loss along ! with the wholesaler and the jobber. "All these things, however, will right themselves. The South Ameri can markets have been redeeming features in a bad period. When Eur j ope starts buying, things will gee j back where they belong. No one fknows just when that will happen. Bur. the day whe i business will blossom under brig iter skies is not far off." j State National Guard ! Fall Regiment of Infantry and Two Companies of Artillery Organized * ; Columbia, May 23.?A complete j regiment of National Guard will be in (service in South Carolina in time for (the annual encampment in July, in j fact by June 1. according to Adju ! tant General W. W. Moore, who today i issued a statement to the effect that j during the present week new com* j panics would be inspected and sworn ! into service, bringing the number of j Guard units of the state up to sev enteen. Besides trJ complete regi | ment of infantry tiere will be two j coast artillery companies and one j Howitzer company." j The two coast artillery companies are at Beaufort and Dillon. The ! Beaufort company i as inspected few j days ago and the Dillon company will j be inspected Monday night. A sec* ! ond unit for the town of Union, a ? service company, will also be inspect ed Monday night. The Howitzer , company will be Located at Greer, i plans for which will come to a head j within a few days. General Moore ? I expects. A new infantry company j at Orangeburg was inspected Fri- %*j j day night and was e*eceived into the I service. | The following are the National ?Guard units which will constitute the' state's National Guard: f Company "A." Charleston. Tristam i T. Hyde. .Jr.. captain. Company "B." Charleston, William I H. Hawkins, captain, j Company "C," Walterboro, Herbert : ft. Padgett, captain. Company "D." 0-a.ngeburg, James i M. Owens, captain. ompany "F." Union. John D. Jones, . captain. ; Company "F," Spartanburg, Wil liam G. Willard. captain. Company "G," For;; Mill, Frederick K. Nims, captain. ; Company "H." New Rrookland. Co lumbia. Roland H. Fulmer. captain. Company "I." Kock Hill. James C. Dozier, captain. Company "K." Greenville, Henry H. Orr. captain. Company "I.." H .-tsville. John H. Gardner, captain. * Company "M." Ca nden, A. M. Mc Leod. captain. First Coast Art ilery company, Beaufort, Claud C. Smith, captain. Second ('oast Artillery company, Dillon. J. C. EJennigen, captain. Service company. L'nion, Capt. J. Frost Walker, captain. Howitzer compan. to be s.ationed at Greer. not yet rejvily for inspection. Motor Transport ?Company, Olym pic. Columbia, I.. M Wingard. cap tain. s_? Many Stills Found Asheville. X. C, May 21.?More than 1.000 blockade stills have been, captured by officers working out of th?- Asheville headquarters since January l, 1920. according to an an nouncemem by Chief Prohibition Agent J. Henry B.e< d who stopped work with his assistants last night following orders fr< m Washington. During the past 17 months 500 blockaders were apprehended and "enough beer to float a .battleship," said Mr. Reed. During 1920 a total of 72a stills were captured and destroyed and since then tin- .- erage has been about >b> per month. At the recent term of district court here tines over $6.000 were imposed upon violators of prohibition laws, and more than paid the expenses of running the court. '# 63