Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Adds Height T^as black Poiret hat emphasizes the .effect of the upright ornament *y employing the harrow back and f^^brim and widening at tfec side. of Lawyers Lawyers of, the State As sernbled in Columbia. Cohimbia. Jan. 27.?Congress man.. Thomas Connally. of Texas, is the speaker for the South .Car olina-Bar Association which closes rs- annual convention-here tonight. ?.fr. Connelly addressed the lawyers rh the hull of the house of repre sentatives. Touring the . afternoon {here- is a final business session, .'.awyers are attending from' all parts,of the state. This evening : lawyers are to be the guests of the Columbia Bar association at a big reception. ? o '? Detroit. Jan. 27.?Guests in the hotel were driven to the street their nigh', clothing by the explo : ion .ox a polier in the Curtis Publishing company building which was destroyed by tire, causing a two hundred thousand;dollar dam age. . . ' ? - -! v Leper in Hos pital in Chicago i Afflicted Five Years as He TXhougkt With Skin Disease Chicago, Jan.-27;?Carl Oscar Pe-A terson of RookforO, 111., is a pa tient in the Cook county hospital, sniftering from leprosy after treat ing himself for live years with patent medicines, thinking he had some siain disease. PRESENT FARM LOANS ARE ADEQUATE -. ? . ? : ? ? Atlanta. Jan. -27.-?Information placed1 "before the joint congression al committee holding hearings h**re today was that present agen-; eles for supplying funds to farmers 1 are adequate, provided they were, made more elastic"and" that lbans i are made sooner after applications are filed. ANOTHER VICTORY FOR UNION LABOR ~??? ? ? Washington. Jan. 2 7.?Union la bor won another victory at the Xationa.1 Agricultural. Conference when The committee. report recom mending the repeal of the Adam son/ eight hour law was struck out. ? The latest thing is a wireless typewriter. Smo day ire m^y have wirefsg^jpiolitical jobs. Iflr Grow Long "Tarzan" Lark in. 202-poun<l Min nesota lumberjack, says he will not cut his hair until he is heavyweight champ. He recently won two matches at Jersey City and wants a match with Dempsey. j jStrikeToGoOn In Packing Plant jMen Oni Said to Have Voted I by Big Majority to Continue ! Chicago. .Jan. 26.? More than !?Vi [per cent, of the striking packing ?house workers voted today to Con-, i tinue the strike that lias been in jefiect sittce December according ; to figures announced today by of Ificials of the Amalgamated .Meat [Cutters and Butcher Workers of ! North America. These figures are i based on the votes cast in East St. j Louis. St. -Joseph, Oklahoma city, i Kansas City. Omaha. Si<>ux City. I Demyrj aud a part of the Chicago ; vote. Dennis Lane.* secretary of I the meat cutters* union, said Nto j-night there was-no doubt the strik ers had voted- overwhelmingly to 'continue the strike. Today's vote j on calling oSi the strike came after I it had been in effect for seven weeks 'and the .union's offer to settle the i dispute by arbitration met with no j success. The strike was called af ter the larger- packing plants had negotiated agreements directly with their employees providing for a cut in wages and had refused t<> recognize- the union. The packers employed other workmen tf? take the places of the strikers and while some of the snmUor plants were badly crippled must of them continued to operate. The governmeirt atltmxpted t?> arbi trate the strike but the larger pack ers refused to do so. contending I there was no dispute to arbitrate. President tg Move ? ?, I Will Investigate Charges Against Banks Washington. Jan. 27?President ! Harding, it was /^aid today at the ! "White House, will investigate re ports-that batiks in the West and the southwest have been loaning federal funds provided by the war finance corporation at rates which are above the legal percentages al lowed and which have been declar : ed usurious. j . ThX&sual rate charged for feder al loans to farmers and stock rais ers in the sections mentioned is 5 1-2 per cent., it was said, and the stock raisers have been charged rates varying from S to 10 per cent and in many cases a commission has also been carged. Warn Roman Catholics To Stand Tegether Against Anti-Catholic Agitation Washington. Jan. 2 7.?Archbish op Curley. of Baltimore, addressing the local membership of the Holy Name Societies today, declared that unless Catholics stood together and defended their "rights as Ameri can citizens and as Catholics" against *anti-Catholic agitation, which he s.aid had become inten sified in the last seven years, they would "be swept off the map." Xsserting he had watched the, growth of an* anti7Catholic cam paign, particularly in the Southern States ip the last seven -jcears. the archbishop said that he had be come convinced that if you fight back those whom yo.u fight wib respect .you, and if you do not, they will not. Pig-Sticking The Prince of Wales riding out tc bis first pig-sticking expedition in India. That at Jodhpur A large mimal was caught by the hungers. French arc Thrifty. Paris. Jan. 3.?The French p< ?. ! pie have not lost their habit of thrift and taken to spending their .cents lather than pufting them away in the proverbial "woolen I .stockings., as reported abroad. Tin *? French National Savings Rank had j in I?33 15.O645.0WJ depositors with ; r,.XL'0.m>o.O(M? francs savings, fts Infest report shows la.TS.S.onn <],.. [ positors with ^,14!),;0<m?.o0(i francs to their credit. Sumter Company Gets Sis Contract Are to Furnish Face Brick For Large Atlantic City Hotel t ; A sale (?:' face brick made last iweek by rhe Sumter Brick -Works ' marks m new era in their career, -la spite of strong opposition by j Kastern and Northern brick man | ufacturers they were awarded the j contract for the face brick for the 'new Shelbourne Hotel; Atlantic i City. X. .1.. the architects being the : nationally known firm of Warren ! & Wetniore of New i'ork City. Tin- location of this hotel <>n 'the board walk where it will he seen by millions of people from all parts of tin- country, tin* size : of tlx- operation, t lie unusual and [.distinctive color scheme. ect., will i lie a big advertisement for a ! Sumter product. Mr. Ryttenberg who just return ' ed from a tri]) to "~ew York in con . nection with this matter, stated I thai tho exact quantity required was not yet known. It will rake ? approximately 20.0.000 for the first 'wing of the building to be put up .this year but the plans wore not j com plot od for the other sections ; that wlil go up hex! vear and their j agents, the Hay-Walker Brick Co., j of New York were unable to fur i nish tho total quantity of brick re ; tenired.. Charleston Bank ! Closed For Time Liberty in Hands of State- Ex \ aminer Pending Decision as to Future t Charleston. Jan. 27. ? Repre sentatives of the state bank examin er's office have been in the city ; for several days making an exami nation of the Liberty bank, and upon resolution of\the board of di rectors have taken over the -bank for 3/J days pending final decision as t/o its future operation. It is stated thar the receivables <if the Liberty bank are very large ly secured by mortgages of real estate, which fact should make them ultimately collectible, but necessarily slow of'collection. This fact has contributed to. the bank's embarrassment, it is said. If tin- bank examiner should ask for receivers for he bank time will -be required for the orderly and economical liquidation of its affairs but it is believed that there will be no ultimate loss to depositors. ; The Liberty bank is not affiliate ed with any other bank and does not owe any bank any' large !amount, it is said. - Lincoln, Jan.^ 25>.?Five com panies of the Nebraska guards will proceed to Nebraska City as re sult of disorders growing out of a packing house strike. Martial law has been declared., Crafts isn't batting much in Re form League. -o?? Armless Scrapper j Sammy Butts has only one gooc j arm. but his friends say he wil soon be a contender for .ie bantam I weight championship. In 56 matche he has lost only two decisions, drew ! fivo and wen 49. His right arm was crippled when a boy. Sweden Develops High Power Electric Line j Stockholm, De.-. 27.?The first section of a high-power electric j line which is designed bo pass through tin- center of Sweden front North to South has just been oom pfeted and is now in operation. The section connects the high power electric station at Torllheat t.tn Falls, in central Sweden. to the city "f Vaestoraos. one of Sweden's most important manu facturing e<-nteis. !t cost more titan Itt.nno.oou groner (about '!'!:- large waterfalls of North and <V;itr;iJ Sweden will lie utilized to 'provide tin- power for the great Central power line when complet ed. This is intended to enable Sweden not only to run its trains with electric power but also j.. Jidectrify tin- log industrial plants of the country. ii is expected in that way to greatly 'Vcreas? if not entirely to eliminate the use of coal. -o ? ? One thing that won't do in a 1 inch is a shoe. I German Spy Under Arrest j Ignatius Lincoln, Former ; Member of British Parlia ment Sent From United States Five Years Ago ; Xew York. Jan. 27:?Ignatius T. j Lincoln. international spy a n d : former member of the British par liament, was into custody in Lower j Manhattan today rby an agent of j the department of justice. Washington. Jan.. ? Ignatius IT. Lincoln, officials of the depart I livent of justice sind tonight, was j taken into custody at the request ' of the immigration service of the j-Jepartnient of labor for surrepti tious entry into the United States i in Xovember last, j Officials said that Lincoln had J made several attempts to return ! legally to tins country after his deportation from England to Ger i ; many, but was denied the heecs 1 sary permission. j Records of the department of |.justice sho wthat he came to this j country prior to the entry (if the [United States into the world w: r rand after he had been accused of -: spying in England. Me was arrest j cd in Xew York City 'at the re ['quest of the British government on a charge of forgery and in Aug- , ust. 101*5. was held for extradition > to Great Britain, -fie escaped from j a United States deputy marshal in 1 j January. LUC. however, and was1 'not captured unttf three months' j later, fie was then extradited to j England, where he was given a j I prison sentence of three years, i At the expiration of this prison \ j sentence, the records show, he was j deported from England to Ger-, [many, where, it is alleged, he be-! icamo interested in numerous revo I lutinoary movements. ; Lincoln was born in Hungary. | ? but later became a naturalized \ ; British subject and a member of j ' parliament. j Atlanta, Jan. 28.?Frank B. Du { Pre was convicted of murder in the j first degree without recommenda tion by jury, which tried him for [the killing of Detective Irby Walk in a jewelry store robberv. ?'oneord. X. C. Jan. -2X?o. G. Thomas. the Charlotte automobile salesini.n, who was cnovicted of second degree murder for killing Arthur J. Allen,-at Kannapolic was sentenced today to eighteen years imprisoiynent. * He has appealed to the supreme court. At Cuban Beach Havana beaches this winter are strong competitors of Florida re sorts for winter tourists. Miss Madeline Gildersleeve. Xew York, is one who has deserted Nthe peninsula for the island., Anotftcr One "Stung" by 't he Boot ' loggers. The Heathen Chinee, of Bret jHarte's poem, was not in it with ! the present day bootlegger. The [Heathen Chinee had an ace or two Up his sleeve, but tile bootlegger* have n trick or two in the barrel [that beats the sleeve all hollow. I One of their tricks was shown in .-? recent case in Xew York city where a wealthy iiriporter paid .vlc.itiM! for barrels of water. of course, it sounds unreason able to think that anyone would accept a barrel of whiskey without testing it. This is what the import er did. He sampled whiskey fron: every on.- of tin? ?'!?"> barrels and found it gootl. 'Thereupon lie turn ed over the check to tin- Sellers. loiter when he wished to decant the whiskey he found tin- tlow stopped when less than a gallon had been drawn off. Investigation showed that a container had been arranged to cover tin- bunghole of tin barrel and had be< n tilled with a gallo not' whiskey. Every other barrel had been prepared in the same way. Instead of barrels of whiskey the purchaser secured :'.."? gallons for his S1G.<. and several hundred gallons of water. The sellers of the water were ar rested later, as they were about to enter ;i ioot??r c;ir the purchaser of fin- whiskey recognized. .\ doz r-n eases of ehianti were found in the ear and th<- owner of the <;n said it had been put there by :m enotnv in his absence. The flyer who stayed ui> 2-t hours must have, been in a polcer game. Two Mules Killed Automobile Runs He:u!-on In . to Team on Pocalla Road Two mules belonging to Sani Wiiherspoon. a negro living just the other side of ['oealla. wer? killed Thursday night when an automobile driven by Mr. Kisner ran head on into the team as n was crossing the causeway of the Poealla Swamp. The automobile was returning from Pax vi He where its occupants had been hunting. ..lust how rb<- accident occurred has not 'been ascertained but it 'may have boon caused by ;i skid or by tbo driver not being able to see tho road cleitrly on account of the falling rain. The team of mules w?-re hitched to a wagon and it is stated thai the wagon was on tin- extreme right <>f the road. The mules were knocked entirely oh of the embankment and died a short time after.being hit by lin ear. Tlu- negro driving th?? wagon escaped injuy. The time of :he ac cideril was in the neighborhood of 8 o'clock. o~c? ? '- \ Danville. \'a.. Jan. 27.?Snow j fell to a depth of twelve inches here during the night and is still falling. Street car traffic is tied up. This is the heaviest fall of ?snow in twenty years. Strongest Woman Frau Sandwina has all of Get many gasping at her feats of strength. She lifts a field gun anJ ? balances it upon her shoulder. And she holds a mere man aloft like a * 10-pound dumbbell. Married? Whu would dare! ? Pa.\v?Uc News items. Paxville. Jan. 27.?Mr. William Pou Herlofjg and Miss Varnie Mae McLeod were married on last .sun day afternoon at the Baptist par sonage, The bridle's pastor, the Rev. I>. L Hill, performed the cere ! mony. only the immediate fami I ly and a few friends witnessed the I marriage. They left immediately j [?for Kingstree where they will [spend a few days with Mr. l-Ier i long's sister. -Mrs. A, F. Rodgers. [ Messrs. B. B. Ferguson and Le Roy Byers of Sharon were here j .litis we.-k baying up a car load of j hogs. The;, had no trouble in' 'scouring required amount Cor i shipment. j Mrs. e'. K. Curtis, accompanied 'by her little niece: [Catherine Run ley, returned to Chesterfield Satur ; day after a ten days visit at the j I home of Mrs. S. !?:. Curtis. ! The residence of Mr. J. K. Ardisj j was totally destroyed by lire on ; last Saturday night. The family i were away at th<- time, and when . th ealarm was made it was too Mate, to make an effort t<. save an\ household goods. lie expects to j rebuild shortly on the sam.- site. The firsl ipKirterly conference of the Pinew-od charge v. as held in the Paxville Methodist church last Sunday and M?*nday. Presiding Flder McCoy-, recently appointed to the Sumter district, taa.de a deep impression upon his hearers on Sunday afternoon by bis elo jqUent discourse, and it was :i source o4 regret that he di<l n>>! preach again .Monday morning. Tb?- business Session was satisfac tory*, and the financial committee made a splendid report owing to present conditions. A collection was taken Lo begin the er? ction of a disiriot parsonage, at the Sunday afternoon service. Tin- bona- of Mr. F. M. Maw kins was burned at an early boirr Wednesday morning. Ii. was suc cessful in savin?; ;> few oj his household effe. is. The lire orig/i nate^in an out buliding. and owing; to the direction of the wind, i; was impossible to arrest the liana s ! <? fore- t hey reached the du ? Hing. If wc co111.| .,11 do as v ? please who would wash the dishes'.' Withington Green ville's Postmaster Veteran of World War Ap pointed?Senate Con firms Nomination Washington. .Tan. 27.?The nomi nation (?!' Capt. Charles C."With tngxon 10 be postmaster at Green ville, s. <".. was confirmed by the senate today. The nomination had been contested by certain members <'i" the Republican party in that Sinti.- and had once been referred back !?? committee after a favorable tvpon had been made. Captain Withington is ,-i Pwepubliean und a veteran of the world war. We pay t<> much attention to those who went away from war and too little to those who went to war. Organist at Princess .Mary's wed ding will get $2?i>0. Mary must have sold her lamb to our butcher. -? ? ? ? Makes 'Em Talk Jimmie Eonner at 12 holds 34 shooting trophies and has'veteran ! trapshootcrs gasping at his profi ciency with gun and clay pigeon. He recently scored 99 out of a pos I sible 100 and is out after new ; honors in trap meets in the vicinity I of New York Many Collections Are Necessary The Poor of Berliu Need Much Help Berlin. Dec. 29.?Collections to pay the cost oi funerals. births, and even marriages have become ( ommon in Berlin, where the cost if dying as well as living has in creased enormously since the be ginning of winter. When tln re is a death among the ? mployees in an office building a list is made out of the occupants of the building and the paper quietly passed around, and everyone con tributes. When a laborer dies ?r ? member of his family is stricken, the list is passed through the-apart mcnt building in which he lives, or if in the suburbs through the whole community. Illness in a family is cause for same procedure and a marriage is not often passed without a cash e? ntribution. Workmen and low-salaried mem bers of the "white collar" profes sions f.iyii barely enough to buy food and fuel to support them dur ing the winter months.. New* clothes are not to be i'nought of particu larly shoes, a pair of which eostc; as much ns many heads of fami lies earn in a month. Ai.-i.ny workmen go about their duties in suits so patched that very little of che original material re mains. Their shoes are often Cull of holes, carry numerous patches; or their feet axe wrapped about with rugs. > Complaint is made in labor circles that, while the workmen are suffering under these conditions, the profiteers und foreigners are spending cnor^tious sums daily up on luxuries. 1 'hi* is rrausmg much bitterness^-among the workers. !'!i'- Central government has di rected that the names of those Convicted of speculation und prof iteering be published prominently in the. newspapttrs. !>i*vasf'sited I'rcncli -Villages. Baris. Dec. 22.- Inhabitants of several devastated villages ;iloiiu the Chemin des Dames have de manded the employment of (icr man material und labor in their reconstruction They asked / the Minister of Liberated Regions to organize .i referendum of parishes ?ift*ect?-d to take a vote on the ?iues ? ion. They assorted that their villages uid been neglected b\ the govern - neni for t hree years. Hardirg is bavins his old shoes tali-sobd: hut. all of us can't be ?resident. Sc A. L. Locomotive Boiler Explode Fireman Killed and Engineer Fatally Injured at Dun widdie. Va: Petersburg. \';t,. Jan. 2S ? A ne> gro fireman was killed and Engi neer (>. L. Davis probably fataP? injured when a locomotive b?il? i of the Seaboard Air tine train mini ber one. southbound for Jackson villv. exploded a! Dinwiddle sta tion. Xo passengers were hurt. Philippines, Maj.-Gen. Wm. 3? Wright has been sainted by General Perading to command the Department of the Philippines. He will sail from San Francisco. Feb. 5. Wright is now commanding the XinthCor?s^Area? Columbia High Hard on Sumte! Visitors Do Not Make Meie Basket j Columbia. .Jan. 27?The Fed Cy 'clone of the Columbia high sehooj I hi: Sumter high school a hare {blow last night at the "T" gymna sium, winning the game by a scon of 40 to 7. X'or a singb- Heid bass ; ket was shot by Sumter and only ! a few shots were given them, j The -defense of the Columbia j boys proved watertight and the su [perior pass^work and ream game I .them an easy victory; To the cred> ! it of Sumter let it be said that ; they proved game Voes and stayed in there sighting every moment of the game. For Columbia the work of Rieh ! ard and Sam'pson at guard wax great, time and again the rushes j of Sumter meeting defoat ?before [these two guards. ? Sampson, the utility man of the squad, playing in place ofTShillito. who was, ill. prov ed a fast door worker and covered I the entire gymnasium in his work. -Richard, the stationary "guard, pm ?over a great game and stopped j everything that came his way. On I the offense the Red Cyclone proved j that they have earned the nSme they have been called and rang I up a total of SO points f*om the j field, together with ten from the [foul line. J Sumter showed a great player! !in Wright, who -played a consistent.! [game, and while the defense was! I too strong for htm.1 he put in all ? Of his team's points from the foul j line. James played his first game t for the Red Cyeleihe this seasonl and put out ? star game, though,j a bit weak on foul shooting from lark- of practice. During the se- I cond half Coach (Irauel put in all.j the substitutes of the first string except those suffering from injuries and they showed W< II auain. Sims refereed his usual gootJ game and a good crowd was <e: tap j rooting for the homo boys. Hyatt J Park; which plays Sumter this af-r ternooh ai the "Y". was on the! side line looking over their op- 1 ponents. Uogers at forward for the home boys plavi d a star game and w as the largest single point seiner ring-] ii ? . . ? ' I mg tiie nooj)s tor s. ven baskets and six fouls, a total of 20 points. His! floor work >\.:>, good also. The whole Columbia team play-J ed a great game and showed spirit ' from start o> finish. The following! is the score* Columbia i }??? Schunrpert i Kogels (20) .la un s (12^ Richard . . Sampson I 1' ? Subst i: u: ions Sumter (7) F ._ Cre.n j \-\ .. . ( 7 ) Wright j c_Skinner . C- _ _ . Felder ! .G- Wray ! ? "olumbia : Wise : tor James. Marling for Schumpert, Sumter: Wray for Wrrgjhr. Crombe' for (ireen. Wright Lor Skinner.l I)roye*r Cor \\ y. Se,,r.-r. Watkins. : Timer,J^ockwood. Referee. Sims. KudapesT. .tan. 2.S.?The millions of rats from the Russian famine area a re overrunning Dudap.est and becoming so dangerous that they tight when disturbed. The shua' ti"ti is aggravated 1 y the dearth of ?a;s whieh w. re eaten by thousands during the war. R?j^it Viscount Tremnto.-v anc son Gi fhe Kail of ?lhio?C is ?afo Lo, but Europeans . already ? look upon* hroH as the next D'uioh con sort; : ; of Princess Juliana. With *h:s father, shown v.irh him. he-fs vifftins at the court of Queen WXlheh^ma: Juliana is 11. " Orphanage Appeals for Help. The Jiuiin dormitory of The Res cue Orphan ago. located at Colum bia. S. C., was destroyed by 5re January Sth, and sovonty-one^ little 'chlldren were made homeless. Ar present they are crowded to gether^ jjjit.o the other buildings and -ome jfre^in tents. This orphanage* is non-si etanan, is managed by a * board:. < representing Jive different lenominations. and only " takes mild'reju that cannot get in any where else. < ? :????>'': $4<i^000le0 is needed' quickly to rehouse these children. \vho come ro:i; ' V.cry corner'of the state. All i oebple everywhere are asked to ! help, . ... . ' ' '. ;? .Miss Pitts Kntertains Club Miss Vermelle Pitts entertained he Wednesday Evening Bridge Club at her home on Harby Av^ Top score was made by Miss Louise Williams, who received a box of dainty handkerchiefs and Mr. Mac. Brower, who also received a box >f handkerchiefs. ? A dvljcious ? sweet course was served at the ?nd of the ga_mo. The players ivere: Misses Louise Williams, "Inice Reynolds, Mary arid. Marion Knight, Caroline Richardson. Messrs. Mac Brower, Henrj^ >pann, Billy Bowman^ ll.eriot Rem berf, .lames Pitts and James Brower. - ' ' New .Minerals Discovered in Arctic, Region. , Riga, Latvia. Dec. 24.?Some hitherto unknown minerals hkve been discovered in the interior aoutrtains of the Kola peninsula. ivhiA juts out into the Arctic acean and White sea. -north Archangel and Murmansk, says-.' a radio dispatch /from Moscow, sent but by the official Soviet Russian* press bureau. . *: Altogether, move than 2n? >dif ferent kinds of metal deposits were , found. *< ? ' ??vi'; The discov< ries were made by an expendition. composed of Petro-j* grad scientists. The region'is sel dom visited by outsiders. The na- " tives are of tin- Eskimo or Lap laud type. The St. Louis Browns gave up H players in trade for Dave Danforth, pitchei of the Columbus team in tie? American Association. Columbcs receives four pitchers and a second baseman immediately, three players next spring, two more in 1923 and one in 1924. Danforth pitched for^ Ltbe "White Sox in 1917. _,