The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 17, 1922, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
The Watchman and Southron
Entered at the Postoffice at Sum
ter, S. C., as Second Class Matter.
PERSONAL.
The many friends of Mrs. C. E.
Jones will regret to hear that she
Vas brought to the Tourney Hos
pital Thursday.
Miss-'Moselle McCainey of Colum
bia, is spending a few days with
Miss Lillie Folsom.
Mr and Mrs. Charles Rollins, of
Bishopville. spent Thursday In Sum
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Himmelweit,
of New York city, are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Barnett.
? Mr. and* Mrs. Earl Miller, of
New York, who have been the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Archie Chi
na, left Thursday night for Char
Jeston while en route to their home
fey the Clyde "L^ne.
Mr. Julian ^Lu Griffin, of Pine
wood, passed through Sumtei Fri
day morning while on his way to j
Columbia on business.
Mrs. R. B. Gantt and little
daughter. Marguerite, of Charles
ion; are the visitors of Mrs. K. D.
Beaumont. \
Mrs. Sidney Bayersdorf er. form
erly Miss Xetta Levi. of Manning,
passed through Sumter recently
while returning to her home in
Philadelphia. Mrs. Bayersdorf er
has just retuned from a visit of
three months ~in Europe. Little
Miss Mary FantI, who has been
staying with Mrs. Ferd Levi in the
city, .accompanied Mrs. Bayersdor
fer on her trip north.
" Miss Susie Boartfield is spending
the week-end with friends in Sum
merton.
Miss Carrie Marshal left Satur
day morning for a visit of several
months in Jacksonville. Fla. While
iii Jacksonville, Miss Marshal will
act as a bride's maid in the wed
ding of Miss Mildred Moore, a
popular young lady of that city
and who was" a visitor in Sumter at
one time;
Mr. CT*W. McMurray, of the
Presbyteriatn Theological Seminary
at Columbia passed through the
city Saturday morning while en
route to Summerton.
Miss Ida, Brice left Saturday
morning'for Columbia where she
will spend the week-end.
*r'Mr. J. C. Wofford, of Augusta,
Ga., is a visitor for several days in
Sumiv ??- f
Misses Cora Duffie and Bessie
Clears spent Saturday in Columbia.
3Lr. K. P. Beach left Saturday
morning for Columbia on- business.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McKnight
have returned to their home in
Kingstree, after spending a few
days with their daughter, Mrs. "W*.
M.. Strange.. . '
Mr. Cobet McKnight and wife
and little daughter spent the week
end with the former's sister, Mrs.
W. ttt Strange.
? lirs. T. P. Craig and daughter,
"Nbnna, have returned to home
hi Columbia after visiting Mrs. B.
X. Stewart, on Harvin St.
, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Edcns of
Dalzell spent the day with the lat-;
ter's mother, Mrs. John DuBose on
Harvin St. .
Mrs. E. D^. Law. of Elliotts..
spej:t Friday with her sister. Mrs.
\B. N. Stewart on Harvin St.
Mrs. E. R. Epps and her daugh- j
ter, Edna, are visiting relatives in I
"Williamsburg and Clarendon coun
ties.
Mrs. D. B. McLaurin is visiting
relatives in the city.
Rev. J. 1?. Marion leaves Tues
day morning for Charleston. TV.
Va., to attend the . Presbyterian
^General Assembly. He will be ab
sent from the city for ahout ten j
days.
Mr. Van Cleve Parrott, of Los i
^Angeles, Cal., is a visitor of his]
parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. L Par-!
rott for a few days. . This is Mr.!
ParrOtt's first visit to. his old home !
for a period of eight years.
"Mrs? H. T. LeGrand, of Manning, \
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. A*. Har-;
'vin at their home in the county. J
Miss Hannah Kristianson, ac- J
companied by Mrs.-E. J. KarrickJ
left Sunday for Columbia, going;
^through the country. Miss Kris- i
tianson will attend the State Opto- j
metrcial Association meeting which}
will be held in Columbia on Mon- !
day and Tuesday*. She will address !
ihe convention on the subject;:
"Shall we consider or ignore the i
cosmetic effect of glasses?"
? Mrs. S. J. Turner has been call- :
ed to Newberry. S. C, on acco?nt i
of the death of her sister. Miss i
Bettie Daven])ort, who died at her j
home in Xowberry at 11 o'clock j
..Sunday morning.
Mr. James Purdy returned to Iiis I
work in Sumter Monday morning i
after a most delightful week-end [
visit to the capital city.
Dr. Archie LeGrand left Monday j
morning for Columbia to attend j
the state meeting of the Optometri- j
cal Association being held at that ?
plac? on Monday and Tuesday.
I Misses Caroline Richardson and ;
Vermelle Pitts returned to Sumter j
Monday morning after having spent j
the week-end in Manning.
, Dr. W. E. Thayer. pastor of the \
First Baptist church and Dr. John
A-. Brunson, pastor of the Grace
Baptist church, left Monday morn- i
jng for Jacksonville. Fla., to at- j
tend the Southern Baptist Con- ;
vention. .
Miss Ida Boykin left Monday!
morning for Columbia after a short J
visit In Sumter.
Mies Dorothj- Carson returned to 1
Sumter Monday morning after
spending the week-end at her
home in Summerton.
* Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rowland
and infant daughter, of Ashevillc. \
X. C. are spending a few days in!
Sumter. Mr. Rowland came to,
Sumter at this time to be present \
with his mother with his mother. ?
?Mrr. W. W. Rowland on the in
stant of her birthday which she ;
celebrated on Saturday.
Mrs. C. C. Hepburn is visiting'
.relatives in Florence.
Mr. K. P. Beach was called to
Greenville Monday morning on ac
count of the death of a near rela- j
five of Mrs. Beach.
Miss Mamie Robinson, of the j
vocational school at Charlotte. X. \
C., is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Moselle McCarley. Mr. and j
Mrs. C. A. Leightner returned to
Columbia by motor Sunday, after j
having been guests in the city of i
Miss Lilly Foisom.
Mr. Archie Compton was a week
end visitor in Sumter.
Mr. Walter Herbert of Bennetts
ville, passed through Sumter Mon
day morning while en route to j
Sparta nburg.
Miss Clyde Miott. of Columbia, j
has returned to her home after
having been the vsiitor for Severn! j
days of Miss Elizabeth McKagen !
at her home in the city.
CARPENT1ER !
WINS BOUT IN
LONDON!
Frenchman Knocked
Kid Lewis Out in
First Round
London. May 11.?Georges Car-1
pentier tonight knocked out Ted |
"Kid" Lewis in the first round of (
S what was to have been a twenty- j
round bout for the light-heavy- j
weight championship of the world j
held by Carpentier. The end came
when Carpentier. in breaking from
a clinch, drove a sharp right to the j
point of Lewis' jaw. The English- j
man toppled over backward and i
lay motionless on the floor until i
the referee counted ten. Then Car
pentier ;>icked up his fallen foe and
j aided in carrying him to his cor
! ner.
f The spectators were slow to rca
i Hze what had occurred, but when j
I finally they comprehended that the j
I battle was over and Lewis was de- j
! feated there arose a storm of boos ,
land cries of "foul" from all parts j
i of the vast auditorium, which j
drowned out the comparatively J
little applause Carpentier was re- ;
ceiving from his partisans.
From the sound of the gong to j
the cnd~ of the referee's count two
minutes and fifteen seconds inter- ;
vened. Carpentier weighed 17?""'
pounds. the light-heavyweight'
limit, while Lewis tipped the scales!
at 257 pounds with his clothes on, j
j when the fighters weighed in this |
! afternoon. Jack Dempsye. the;
world's heavyweight champion was!
the first man after Francois Des- j
camps to congratulate Carpentier!
after the knockout. Carpentier left ]
i the ring and pocecded to his dress- j
ing room through lanes of hissing!
and booing fight fans.
The great Olympia amphitheater'
held a record crowd, for the battle'
had attracted widespread interest.
Hundreds of handsomely gowned .
women were among the spectators j
! and evinced keen disappointment at j
the quick work made of the British :
favorite by the Frenchman. .Among j
I others present were the Duke of!
j York and Prince Henry, who were j
j seated a,, the ringside. Jack Demp-:
! sey was applauded as he entered ]
j the arena and was shown to a seat j
? near the royal personages, to whom }
j Ik was later introduced. He chatted ;
i with them for a/moment.
When the gong sent the fighters j
j to the center of the ring Lewis took 1
I the aggressive. He sent across a
right jab to the neck, followed by (
! a left to the body. There was a !
' clinch, and the referee. Joe Palmer, i
called upon the men to break. Hej
then jumped in between them and)
pulled them apart. Immediately the I
fighters again went into a clinch, j
jabbing fiercely. Palmer forcibly
pried them apart again and then
administered a caution to both.
Lewis continued the aggressor.
He got in two lefts on Carpentier
and the crowd madly cheered hin), j
Carpentier closed in and held on. j
Again the referee reproved him. I
Lewis forced the Frenchman into a j
corner, and there was a rapid ex- j
change of body blows, in which j
L<ewis had *he advantage.
Carpentier then forced his oppo- !
nent off the ropes and into the cen
ter of the ring. The Frenchman j
missed with a right and Lewis sent i
his right to Carpentier's neck. An
other clinch followed, and the ref
eree stepped in and separated the j
men. Carpentier uppercut Lewis and ?
also sent in a hook blow as they |
were* coming out of the clinch.!
Lewis glanced appca Iingly at Pal- j
mer . Then, following the French-j
an's tactics, Lewis jabbed as they
separated.
K appeared as if Palmer again I
was going to warn the lighters as j
they broke away. Lewis had]
dropped his guard and Carpentier;
feinted with his left and simulta- !
neously Bashed th?? risrht from his J
shoulder and Lewis' jaw. To those i
sitting at the ringside it seemed !
the merest tap. hut it had suffi
cient force behind it to send Lewis!
backward upon the canvas for the ;
count of ten and for the fifth \
knockout victory for Carpentier in i
less than a round.
When Lewis was taken to his ?
corner and placed on his chair he ;
sat dazed, but with eyes blinking. .
as Carpentier walked about the
ring smiling and acknowledging
the mild applause accorded. At the
same time supporters of Lewis!
crowded about the ringside and ;
protested to the referee and the j
ring officials against the decision. '
declaring it was unfair.
About the only chance to clean
up in Wall street now is to g<t
a job as a street sweeper.
It is hard to tell whether the
present troubles of France ;it" oc
casioned by her nerves or her
nerve.
The situation is brightening lit
tle. France hasn't threatened to
withdraw from anything this \v?*ek.
Why shouldn't ;t woman go
through a man's pockets? A wife ]
should have the same privilege "as! <
Congress. '
? ? ?
It might help some to take ?? lit
tle less scientific interest in ances- h
tors and a little more in progeny.:
Poverty may not encourage vir
tue, but perhaps you have noticed
that the man with the hoe is sei-!
dorn a rake.
Pittsburgh. May 12.?Peterman
mine. Penn township, was blown
up with dynamite and damaged a
farmhouse a quarter of ;i mile
away. A force of deputies left for
the mine where coal strike sympa
thizers were collected.
Los Angeles. May 12.?Jess Wil
lard. former heavyweight cham
pion, is not seeking a return match
with Dempsey, according to a state
ment attributed to Willard by local
newspapers.
By the Associated Pres3
Norfolk. May 12.?A meteor
which created great excitement
through the southside of Virgin
ia last night, struck twelve miles
northwest^of Blackstone, in Not
toway county. The meteor fell in
a grove ? of oak trees, making a
hole five hundred square feet.
Washington. May 12.?A federal
inquiry into the reported plans for
the merger of the largest inde
pendent steel concerns, including
the Bethlehem and Lackawanna
companies, was ordered by the sen
ate in the adoption of a resolu
tion by Senator LaFollette railing
upon the department of justiere and
the trade commission to prevent
the combination.
Washington. May 12.?A substi
tute bonus bill under which veter
ans would receive a fifty per cent
cash payment has been introduced
by Senator Bursuni, Republican, of
New Mexico.
Bombay. May 12?Dew?das Gan
dhi, a son of the non-cooperation
leader who is serving a sentence
in prison, Pundit Ramadhani. pres
ident of all India congress commit
tee, and Hard of Lash i ram. secre
tary of the India congress commit
tee, have been arrested.
Washington. May 12?April has
shown the greatest gain in employ
ment throughout the country of
any inonth since the first of the
year, according to Secretary Hunt,
of the president's conference on un
employment.
Asheyille, May 12.?One killed
and eight were injured when two
trolley cars collided on the Weav
erville line, two miles from town.
London. May 12.?Agreement of
Georges Carpentier and .lark
l?empsey to meet in London or
Paris before next May was reached
by Jack Kearns and Francois D"s
Champs. Kearns told the Associat
ed Press today.
New Orleans. May 12?Rationing
of fiood victims must continue for
six weeks longer in Louisiana and
Mississippi a relict official stated
today. Nearly fifty thousand arc
being cared for by the Red Cross
and state relief commissions.
Genoa. May 12.?The economic
conference su boom mission on Rus
sian affairs has postponed consid
eration of the Russian "reply to (he
allied memorandum till tomorro'.v.
Chicago. May 12?The police and
civic organizations today saw in the
indictments of eight labor leaders
md the state's attorney's threat
:o use against them the law invoked
Lhirty-six years ago to obtain exe
cutions of the Haymarket rioters,
i smashing blow at what they term- j
?d gang terriorism. The indict- j
ments are the forerunners of scores:
of others, officials said. Few of the
four hundred arrested have been j
released.
Columbia, May 12.?Frank M.
Jeffords, Ira Harrison and Glenn
Freece, young Columbians, will
face trial next Tuesday morning |
for the murder of J. C. Arnette.
m example of the fastest prosecu- j
Lion ever recorded in Columbia,
rhe young men were yesterday
placed in the state penitentiary, to I
twait their trial.
j
Genoa. May 12?France will nev- j
sr agree to a mixed commission sit- i
ing indefinitelyy while the confer- '
Mice is proceeding, to study Rus-j
?ian affairs, according to a French \
delegation statement.
Genoa. May 12?Great Britain
las proposed a truce in Eastern Eu-j
?ope on the basis of the de facto j
frontiers, pending the conclusions!
>f a commission ol" inquiry to be
ippointed, it was announced today.
Washington, May 12. ? President
md Mrs. Harding and party left
for New Jersey to be the week
end guests of Senator Edge at
Seavifew Golf Club, near Atlantic I
?ity. i
Tokio. May 15.?Japan is not;
planning :i separate treaty with '
Russin, the foreign office declared
:oday. \
Belfast, May 13.? .\ postman was
diot dead :it North Belfast, the j
British naval radio station at Bun
???^e. Donegal, was destroyed by
(ire and a train al tie' Donegal bor- :
hr was raided by mutineer's and
foodstuff removed.
Absecon, N. .1.. May 1.':?Presi
lent and Mrs. Harding are today
?njoying a weekend r<-st at Sea
View Golf Club, near- here.
Washington, May 13.?Senators j
should forget sectional antagonism
Senator Robinson. Democrat, of
Arkansas, declared in a deb:-ue re
dying in reference to Senutoi
Smoot, Republican, of L't^h, upon j
illiteracy in the Soul h.
Washington. May 13. Presidents
>f over half a dozen independent
*t<-?-l companies mentioned in con
nection with the proposed merger
jailed upon the federal rrade com
nission for information of plan's b< -
fore consummating the merger.
Hot Springs, May l3.-~-Thc nine
?"*111 ii quadrennial conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South. began {his mornine the
VS IN BRIEF I
final session of Hi" prcsenl week.
Tonight the church finance board is
to discuss plans for obtaining a ten
million dollar fund for superan
nuanted ministers, which the con
ference has already approved.
j Dallas. May 13?The Brotherhood
j of Railway and Steamship Clerks,
I Freight and Express Handlers and
Station Employers, which is meet
ing in tri-ennial convention here,
voted to aid the striking New Eng
land Textile Workers.
Washington, May 13?The cjot
I ion consumed during April amount
ed to 446,343 bales of lint, and 46,
| 288 bales of Unters compared with
I 101*.247 bales of lint and 4S.-J2T of
linters last year, the census bu
[ reau anounced.
Washington. May 13. ? The
amount the government will re
.cover from alleged war fraud cases
will he many times the amount
granted to defray expenses inei
dent to their prosecution, the house
appropriations committee declared
in reporting the bill carrying half
a million prosecuting fund for the
department of justice.
Columbia. May 13. ? Nathan
Rosen, one of the convicts wound
ed in mutiny at the state peniten
tiary last Monday died last night
fin the city hospital. He was from
[C?mden. Inquest will be held thisjj
! afternoon.
Chicago. May 13?Vi to Giorgo
{and .lames Casco. of New Orleans,
! were shot, to death in an Italian
j barber shop by two unknown assas
sins, using shot guns.
j Tientsin. May 13.?An independ
ent government has been proclaim-]
I ed by General Chang, the defoyted
j military Governor of Mukden.
; Chicago. May 15?The eight la
: bor leaders indicted on murder
j charges in connection with the la
; bor war will have preliminary hear
jings today before Chief Justice
; Scan Ion of the criminal courts. j
i Washington, May IT??A commu
inication from Ambassador Child
i reporting that the United States
i has been invited to participate in
! the newly planned economic con
! ference at the Hague was received !
?at the state department without
j comment.
Sofia. May 15?The Unitarian
> church at Dunitza. whose pastor
i granted the divorce to former Uni
! ted Senator Hollis. recently declared
illegal by the Bulgarian govern?
j mnet has been closed by the po
j lice at the request of the minister
lies of foreign affairs and religion,
l i
i Belfast, May 13.?The body of an
j elderly woman, who died of bul
j let wounds was found today, bring
j ing the total known as dead as the
: result of Sunday's shootings to
I eight.
-
! A lot of men might make good
! except for their uncanny skill in the
j art of making excuses.
Exploiting Russia without letting
her get the notion sin; is a social
equal will require some delicate dip
lomacy.
? ? ?
"Subchasers in booze traffic..'
Well, one needs a chaser with this
modern hootch.
Love is l>]ind. and with people
marrying in times like these we
suspect it is a.lso. wholly igno
rant of arithmetic.
Money is much safer in a bank,
unless the cashier has social aspira
tions.
Some boys are happy, and some
are required to take care of their
health.
If our foresight had equalled
our hindsight we would have laid
in a darn sight more anthracite.
It is really wicked to hate any
body except tin- chap who clutters
up your raidio evening with a poli
tical speech.
That kind of people ?vouldn't
know \vha1 to do with a pain or
sorrowr if they couldn't use it as ex
hibit A.
? ? ?
As a general rule a woman's love
is seven parts sympathy, two parts
vitality and one part curiosity.
A lot of world problems still puz
zle us: but, thank heaven, the
graduating orations will soon be
here.
The season si here when you can
discard the old alarm eloek and
turn the job over \<j the tlies.
Battle cry <?!.' the auti-hobbing
crusaders is "I>nn^ may it wave.*' (
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
MARKET NEWS
(Furnished by MacDowell & Co.,
18 South Main St., Correspondents
of II. & B. Beer, Members New
York and New Orleans Cotton
Exchanges.)
Tribune on Grain.
j Chicago. May 15.?Leading hold
ers of May wheat an- selling on
all sharp bulges and apparently
giving the market support on the
breaks. Eastern interests are most
active it) trading, while ih<- largest
local holder of May wheat is do
ing little but paying Cor ;rr;iin de
livered on May contracts. For the
present there is a disposition on the
part of local traders to sell July
wheat on all bulges around 127 and
September above 120. The dispo
sition is to look for two sided mar
ket on the new crop futures and
erratic action of May price:-.
Corn?The trade is not looking
for a lar^e acreage or a big crop
of corn this year as three consecu
tive large crops arc seldom in or
der. Those who believe in a short
crop are disposed to buy on breaks
and predict higher prices.
Stanley on Weather.
Memphis. May 15.?Tempera
tures much cooler at night.: light
rainfall reported Saturday night
Memphis district. Little Bock.
Slireveport and Oalveston districts.
Light rainfall reported Sunday in
Amarillo and El Paso districts.
Moderate rainfall in the Carolinas
mostly North Carolina. Monday
eastern and central belts generally
fair with western belt mostly cloudy
and unsettled.
Cotton Opinions.
Heyden Stone?It would seem
that existing levels discount the
crop outlook at this time, and
should the weather continue favor
able for a few days we expect a
good reaction.
Cbapin?We would suggest tak
ing profits on further bulges the
ensuing week and waiting: for good
reactions which should come with
the better weather conditions ? in
the cotton belt before making new
purchases.
Weld?For the time being we ad
vise purchases only on material re
cessions. *
Bachc?We are not disposed to
recommend purchases except upon
good substantial dips and would
rather wait until May is out of the
way before having any very posi
tive opinion.
Morning Cotton Letter.
NcW Orleans. May 15.?Liver-'
pool was due one to 2 up by New
Orleans. 2 to Z up by New York.
Southern spots Saturday un
changed except 5 off at Wilming
ton: middling Dallas JX.G5. Sales
at Dallas 2,10$; aH told 9,073 vs.
10413 Friday. Smaller sales like
ly due to half holiday Saturday.
Weather developments during
j last half of May likely have usual
! influence on values but traders like
ly becfeme nervous as date for is
suance of first private crop condi
! tion reports of season in advance
; of government report June 2nd.
Meanwhile if weather favorable
likely rule lower, probably higher
if unfavorable.
Last few days the better weath
er was offset by good spot demand
and bullish trade reports and statis
tics remains to be seen if spot de
mand continues good and if
weather continues favorable. Ca
bles and weather conditions likely
dominate market today.
Sentiment more bullish th.-^n
otherwise but caution pending in
dications for weather near future.
Slocks in ports. New York ex
cepted and interior comparatively
small, with holdings on plantations,
etc.. about 2,000,000 less than one
year ago.
Grain Opnionf.
Riordan Martin?We would wait
for reactions to buy.
Sincere?Purchases on declines
are advisable.
Leland?We favor the long side
on setbacks.
Lamson?Erratic markets are
likely this week.
Lowitz?We think wheat a sale
on all rallies and corn a pur
2hase on the breaks.
Stein Alstrin?Purchases of the.
deferred deliveries look attractive
on the soft spot':.
Bache?Any increase speculative
buying would undoubtedly cause a \
sharp advance.
Harris Winthrop ? There was j
nothing worthy of special com- I
raent in Saturday's market.
Bulburd Warren?Favorable crop
conditions combined with heavy
supplies of old wheat to be deliv
ered on May contracts should de
velop a weak situation in the July.
Evening Cotton Letter.
New Orleans, May 15.?Reflect
ing the apparent seriousness of the
new crop situation iti Texas and
the Mississippi valley due to re
cent heavy rains and floods neces
sitating requested federal aid to buy
seed for replanting, .and as there
was more rain west of the Missis
sippi river over week-end with
r
prospects for more moisture in the:
immediate future, market scored
another important advance in val
ues today.
The demand for spots at Liver
pool today was the largest report
ed since the breaking out of the j
world war in August, 1014, sale:-;!
20,000 bales of which 15.000 were]
American and futures'there closed j
at tin- highest levels at tailed for'
new crop arrivals so far this season. |
Press dispatches are to effect!
that three million acres of cotton,
corn and other crops, wer.' inun
dated in Texas and privat?- advices]
are to effect that, about one mil-1
lion acres of land are under water
in the Delta in central belt.
Such a situation this year, when
a large acreage and a large crop i
was hoped for in order to provide
a large supply of. raw cotton for
next season's requirements is rath
er alarming to say the least.
Meanwhile climatic conditions ir. j
the interior remain unsettled' es
pecially in Texas, prospects being
for more moisture in nearly all sec
tions of the cotton region, par
ticularly west of the .Mississippi
river.
While the Genoa conference fail- |
ed to accomplish much good, hay
ing come to a close unexpectedly,
foreign exchange remained steady j
probably in anticipation of individ-j
ual efforts making for a contin
uance of a slow but steady return
to normalcy.
Europe has the best food crop j
prospects in years, large yields of
wheat indicatedi the outlboK in in- |
dia being 40 per cent better than i
last year, which is favorable for
British trade.
In the United States the business!
outlook is exceedingly brig] it,
press advices from Washington stat
ing the railroads of the country?
within past 30 days have unloosen
ed their purchasing agents with a
torrent of orders for equipment of j
all kinds, the start involving an out- j
lay of perhaps ?400.?o6,OOO.O?
gaining impetus and giving cm- J
ploymcnt to thousands of people.
COTTON MARKET
NEW YORK COTTON.
Yestdys
Open High Low Close Close
Jan.19.68 tu.to <9.68 20.23 19.42
March .. .. ?9.68 20.30 19.68 20.19 19.44
May . .. 20.05 20.97 20.05 20.97 19.84
July .19.75 20.40 196.7 20040 19 47
Oct. . ..19.75 20.40 19.71 20.38 f9.5!
Dec.19.75 20.42 19.75 20.38 19.51
Spots llo up.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Yestdys
Jan.19.20 19.75 19,20 19.70 18.85
March .19.31 19.69 19.31 19.58
May _ .. 19.12 19.74 19.08 19.72 ?8.79
July .19.30 19.95 19.30 19.88 19.01
Oct.19.40 19.95 I9.2J I9.?8 19.00
Dec .19.38 19.95 19.28 19.84 18.97
Spots 02 up. 19.50.
Liverpool Cotton.
January. 11-12
March ,. 11.00
May . . 11.64
July . 11.51
October . 11.30
December __. 11.18
Receipts 10.0'"): sales 20.000: Middling.
11.62; Good Middling, J2.07.
"My baby." said the head buyer
for the drug department, "thinks
his thumbs are cough drops."
"Low come?" but the soda clerk.
"lie puts one in his mouth at
bed-time.*'?Hygiene.
A resutaurant in Butler, Mo.. I
displays this sign:
"Don't divorce your wife because
she can't cook.
"Eat here and keep her for aj
pet."?Pacific Retail Adviser.
Being shaved isn't unpleasant un
less the barber discusses the state
of his nerves while trimming your
Adam's apple.
A pessimist is one who classifies
the World War as Round One.
Our idea of a bad insurance risk
is a man who carries a pistol,
drives a car and talks back to his
wife.
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There is no silver in German sil
ver and very little gold in her gold.
Sometimes it looks as if the world
were a white elephant.
Senator New might be consoled ?
by the fact that the day after his
defeat Mount Etna boiled over.
Our government says it is saving
$250.000.000 a year: meaning tIiis
amount is spent for something be
sides what it once was spent for.
They talk about safe robbers.
Looks like all robbers are too safe.
The Dorothy Perkins rose hedges ]
at Dr. Archie China's dairy farm j
ate things of beauty at present.
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Officer C. P. Barksdale has re- '
signed from the City Police De- !
partinent to accept a position as a
county guard. Mr. C. S. Cum-;
mings. of Dalzell will fill the va
cancy made by the resignation of j
Mr. Barksdale.
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Compliment a flapper on her ver? j
satility and she'll likely tell you}
she never wrote a verse in her life, j
-9 w ?- !
Health hint: Cussing cops is a
inc wav to reduce.
Dl
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO WRECK STREET
CAR BRIDGE OVER RAILROAD
TRACKS
Columbia. May 15?An unsuc
cessful attempt was made early yes
terday morning by unknown per
sons to destroy the viaduct at the
union station by means of-which
traffic, including streei cars, crosses
the railroad tracks there, a charge
of some explosive being set off be
neath the southern end of the
bridge. Little damage was done;
however, only a few boards being
torn off ill-- bridge and :i hole
blown in the ground beneath the
end of the bridge.
The exact nature of the explo
sive used is not known, but the
theory is th.-r it was dynamite, the
imperfect placing of the charge;
accounting probably for'the ab
sence of material damage to the
structure. .1. W. Spence. superin
tendent of the traction department
of the Columbia Railway. Gas and
Electric Company, who was called
to the scene, said yesterday that
dynamite- has been used twice be
fore in an apparent effort to wreck'
the company's track. Both of these
incidents occurred nearly ? two
weeks ago, he said, one on the Co
lonial Heights line, and one on
the Ridgewood line. Cars were be
ing operated on these two lines at
the time of the explosions, Mr.
Spence ^said, but in neither case
was any material damage done?
The explosion yesterday morning
was set riff ?t 4 o'clock, all of the
street cars having already been re
Lurnfcd to the barns for the aisrhC
and therfore did not endanger the
lives of-either, employees or passen
ger.--. The bridge, although it car
ries the tracks of the street car
company, is not the property of the
company, bur. was built and is
maintained by the Southern rail
way system. .Mr. Spence was call
ed to the scene of the explosion
.it about 4:20 o'clock yesterday
morning, lie said, and there dis-^
covered that the explosive had been
set Off under the*southern end%cf
the bridge.
City police, who reached ;-;the
scene shortly after the explosion,
have lx-en unable to find any clues
as to the identity of the person or
persons setting off the 'explosive
and no arrests have been made in
riie case. A night watchman at the .
1 Pacific mills, Mr. Spence said, re
ported that he had seen an automo
bilc standing near the bridge. a>
the time. The car, ax-cording to.
t he watchman. Mr. Spence said,
drove off immediately after the ex
plosion. ?'. .
COAL 0 fJTPUT ! Britsh Delegates
HIGHER; Returning Home
Four and Half Million Tons for | Representatives at Genoa Ex
Week I pect to Leave at End of
Washington-. May 1 1?Reports on
bituminous coal production indicate
a current output of 4,50?;000 tons
a week', the geological survey re
ported today, adding that this was
a total "greater than ?t any time
since the miners walked out on
April 1 in all the unionized produc
ing districts in the country." An
thracite production during the week
ending May 13 remained practically
nil, the report said.
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Can Purchase Bonds.
Week
! London. May 15.?-It is semi-;
Officially stated that the British
[delegation to the Genoa confer
ence expect, to return from Italy at
the end of the present week. ?*i**r
TRANSFERRED
TO THE HAGUE
Washington, May 14:?Authority
given federal reserve banks to pur
v hase 4 :>-4 per cent Victory notes
direct from holders at par and ac
crued interest up to an aggregate
amount of ?100,000,000 has been
further extended from May 15 to
June 15, Secretary Mellon an
nounced tonight.
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Bet so much rouge makes the
soap makers mad.
Russian Question to Be Taken
I Up by Committee June 15th ?
j Genoa. May 15?The political^
Isubcommission of the economic.con-,
ffefence has reached a unanimous
i agreement to hold another meeting,
[at the Hague on June 15th to fur
Lther. examine the Russian "Question. .
} The- reason a girl wants two -
j- beaus' is. because, then she learns
: all about both of them. '? ? .''
One touch of bootleg makes the
whole world spin."
Nothing makes you see things in! The children* always tak" after
different light like a full raobh. dad when they need new clothes. ?
EVERETT TRUE
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