The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 15, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
The Watchman and Southron
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. Ail 'communications which sub
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?bitirafies and tributes of re
spect will be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was
founded in 1850 and the True
Southron in 1866. The Wat oh man
andH Southron now. has the com
bined' circulation and, influence ,of
both" of the old papers, and is man
ifestly the best advertising medium
in Sirmter!
ROAD PAVING" WIDTH.
Serious attention should be giv
en .everywhere to the recommen
dation :of the Federal Bureau of
? labile Roads that, all road paving
hereafter should be at least 18 feet
wide.
JESverybody who drives any kind
of vehicle on the highways nowa
days knows how difficult and ex
aggerating it is to pass a steady
stream of traffic on the narrow
paving. strips that many communi
ties hive built. It is common ex
peHence that 14 feet is not wide
enough. Sixteen feet is better, but
not really adequate. The Bureau
of f*ub?c Roads, after careful ob
servation, -says that nothing less
than 18 feet will give sufficient
room for an automobile and a big
truck to pass each other with go
ing at : a?y_ speed. That provides
the.edesirable, clearance- of 3 1-2
feet and _ a: safe margin at the
edge of the pavement so that the
enter Vehicle is not forced off into
the mud in bad weather. Where
two trucks have to pass each other
freq^entljv a 20-foot paving is ad
vised: "
It Should_.not be necessary in the
tB.ture;:jasJSh.'. has been so often late
ly, -to ^JridenTa paving after it has
been built. It is much cheapei
and better- to. be generous in the
first. pJaoe. ..Traffic grows steadily,
^ferrpwer pavements will never
needed, and-Tider pavements pro!
/ably -q?li be, everywhere.
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?Jt was pointed out, when the
TJnited States Supreme Court ren
dered its -famous'. Coronado deci
sion, that if labor unions were
liable to be sued for damages don?
by them in an industrial contro
versy, they * were also eligible to
?ue. Few labor leaders were so
open-minded or .far-sighted as to
.see or admit this, but proof that
the principle Works ?oth ways
-comes;with unexpected celerity.
In a decision by a common pleas
Wirt in Cuyahoga County, O., la
bor Itself "derives the benefit from
its corporate responsibility. A lo
cal labor union, consisting of sta
tionary firemen employed by
breweries,, was threatened with a
wage "reduction in defiance of a
wage agreement the union had
with the employers. The . union
brought suit; with the result that
the brewers'* were enjoined by the
court .against cutting wages dur
ing the term of the agreement.
Thete pras a somewhat similar
case last fpring in New York City,
wher??j?$g[ court, on the suit of
garment workers, enjoined the
garment -manufacturers from con
spiring, tft violate an agreement
with the bunion. But h\ the pres
ent case-'iihe court goes farther,
actually forbidding the individual
manufacturers to reduce the pay
Of .the ura?n workers. The expla
nation of*the court is worth read
ing by.^wery citizen:
"As long? as such a contract (en
tered into- in the best of faith by
both parties) continues in force, it
ought to--fee the duty of a court
of equity* to enjoin any conspiracy
on the part of . either side to breach
it, and the aid of the courts ought
to be extended as freely to the em
ployees as to the employers.
"If a court of equity cannot en
jgjn a,, breach of such a contract,
then.the system of collective bar
gaining may as well be abandoned,
and such advantages as come to
both employer and employee by
reason of such a system will be lost.
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"It is elementary, and yet some
times needsremphasis. that the
door of a court of equity is open to
employer and employee alike. It
i? no respector of persons. It is
keen to protect the rights of all.
Heretofore the employer alone has
prayed the protection of a court of
equity against threatened irrepar
able illegal acts of the employees.
But mutuality of object compels a
mutuality of remedy.
"It is a hopeful sign when labor
does appeal to the courts."
In Il?Tiois n gunsmith was held
up and robbed. Von can't always
get by on your reputation.
SHELL EXPLCM?N
KILLS EIG?T
Children Were Playing Cro
quet With Souvenir of War
Watcrtown, N. Y., July 12.?
Eight children, ranging in age from
11 to 16 years, were blown to
pieces late today by the explosion
pf a 75 millimeter shell on the back
porch of-a house in Dimmick street,
occupied by Edward W. Workman
and William iL Salisbury.
The dead: Morris Salisbury, 16;
Frances Wilney, 13; Vivian Jones,
12: Olin Brown. 11; Anson Work
man, 13; Edna Workman, 3T4; Sa
rah Barden, 13, and Donald Hor
ton. 12, of Pulaski, ? Y., who was
visiting the Brown boy.
? The: shell, which was owned by
Mr. Workman, was one which he
had kept as a souvenir and- used
on .the rear porch to . hold the
door from closing. It was believed
to be "dead."
The children were playing cro
quet in the back yard. The shell
is-believed to have either been set
off by the hot/ sun or to have been
struck by one of the victim's with
a croquet mallet. Windows within
a radius of two bloeks were shat
tered by the -explosion.
Practically all of the clothing was
blown off the bodies of the chil
dren. Fragments of it, lodged in
trees and house tops in the vicin
ity. The bodies were horribly mu
tilated,- but identihcation was pos
sible in every instance.
One of the first physicians oh
the scene was Dr. F. W. Jones.
Lifting a covering which had been
placed over one of the forms, he
recognized the body of his 12 year
old daughter, Vivian, by means of
an adhesive dressing he had placed
on a cut on her Teg barely a half
:hour before He did not know his
daughter was in the group* and was
almost overcome with grief.
The bodies of the children were
found apparently at places near
where they had been standing in
their croquet game. Near them lay
fragments* of the croquet mallets.
Several of the balls 'used in the
game were blown to bits and the
wickets were torn from the
ground.
The shell apparently let go with
out warning. Two carpenters at
work, on a house next door to the
Workman home said .that a second
before the detonation they had
heard the voices of the children
laughing at play. The two men
were the first to reach the 'scene.
They were greeted by ? scene of
utter desolation. The Workman
house is of concrete and. the con
cussion had reduced the entire
rear. of. the house to powder. On
the ground lay the eight bodies and
over all a .gray, pall of concrete
dust was beginning to settle.v
Fragments, of. clotliing were sus
pended from trees a:id house tops.
Two automobile-^ tires which had
been pn the back porch, were blown
to the roof, of a building 200 feet
a:way. y Blocks of concrete were
blown against neighboring houses
and into the streets and surround
ing, yards.
. The shell, was what is . common
ly known as a "dud." The pro
jectile had been fixed from one of
the three..inch guns during target
practice of the One Hundred and
Fourth Field artillery at Pine
Plains reservation last summer. It
had not. exploded by fuse or con
tact, and. lay in the sand fully
charged when Mr. Workman found
it and* brought it home as a souve
nir.
\ He. kept ,it, in his. home during
the winter and this summer used it
as a weight .to. adjust the screen
door on his rear porch.
Capt G. H_; Schumacher, con
struction quartermaster temporar
ily with the First Field artillery at
Maiscn barracks, was asked by po
| lice to inspect the remnants of the
shell tonight -Captain Schumach
er believes the excessive heat beat
ing down on the projectile caused
the TNT charge to expand, and
made the shell liable, to ^explosion
j at a much less concussion than
i normally.
j Presence.of the concrete wall of
t the .house behind the shell, Capt.
j Schumacher said, threw the force of
the explosion forward and direct
i ly against the eight children, al
I most as if they had..been standing
! directly in,the path of the gup. Po
?lice tonight are honeycombing. the
j city for souvenir shells and already
j have found six, all of which were
: picked up. last summer on the sands
j at .Pine Plains v 4Tljey were drop
ped in the Black river on advice of
! Captain Schumacher;.
Special Judges
Will Be Appointed
j Columbia, July 13.?The two va
I eancies on the circuit bench,
j caused by the recent deaths of
j Judges Ernest Moore and Edward
Mclver. are not to be filled until the
legislature of 1923 elects. This is
the interpretation of the law plac
ed by Governor Harvey. The gov
ernor will make temporary ap
pointments of "special" judges, on
I recommendations of Chief Justice
Gary, of the. supreme court, for all
! terms of court over which these
! two judges would have presided.
? Prominent lawyers of the state will
i be named for the various terms.
. At present one special judge is
j presiding, E. P. McGowan, of Lau -
j rens. who it? holding court in York.
! Several other special judges have
! already, been appointed and have
] held court.
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Mr. M. J. Moore who served sev
eral times as Magistrate, prior to
entering the contest two years ago
as a candidate for County Treasurer.
! announces his candidacy for
election as Magistrate. Magis
trate M. Archer Wilder is a
! candidate for re-election.
j Our objection to the office boy
I losing sleep is that he tries to find
!it at the office..
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Lots of future convicts are liv
i ing on Easy Street now.
There is always room at the top
' for a big strawberry.
money from::?:
Game warden
Surplus Fund Distributed to
Counties For School Pur
poses
j _
j Columbia, July 12. ? A. A.
j Richardson, chief game warden,
j announced yesterday that lie had
: forwarded vouchers for $47,505.20
to Various county treasurers. The
?vouchers cover the amounts earned
by the state game'department over
and above the upkeep of the de
j partment and the' payments made
; for law enfotcement in the counties
I throughout the state and are to be
! used for school purposes. The
vouchers were forwarded yesterday
I except, the .counties of. Calhcun,
1 Darlington. Dillon, Hampton, Lau
i rens, L.xington, Xewberry and
I Union, which counties have already
received their proportion, accord
ing to Mr. Richardson.
Following is the list of ? amounts
1 sent to the various counties which is
j to be credited for -school purposes:
Abbeville, $687.15; Aiken, $758.
30: AUendaJe, ?351; Anderson, $L
616.40; Bamberg, $397.80; Barn
j well $477; Beaufort, 603.45; Berk
eley $713.70: Calhoun $330.30;
I Charleston,. $2,243.70; Cherokee
$739.35; Chester, $1,039.95; Ches
jterfiel'd, $S71,20; Clarendon $614.
70; Colleton $373.95; Darlington
$918.45; Dillon $2S6.20; Dorchester
$489.60.: Edgefield $275.40; Fair
I fieid$786.15; Florence $1,255.05;
Georgetown $1,568.70; Greenville
I $3,037.05; Greenwood $1,626.T5;
(Hampton $733.05; Horry $721.35;
[jasper $1.076.85: Kershaw $1,005.
j 30; Lancaster $808.65: Laurens,
;$2,359.35; Lee $433.80; Lexing
?ton, $1,528.65"; McCormick $540.45;
{Marion $389.70; Marlboro $473.
85; ' Newberry $1,284.75; Oconee
$67.5.9.0; Orangeburg $1,257.30;
Pickens $1.167.30; Richland, $2,
686.95; Saluda $864.45; Spartan
burg $2,816.55: Sumter $933.75:
} Union $1,076.40; "Williamsburg
$8.77.95; York $1,7.31.60; Total $47,
505:20.
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Water-Lifting Device
Inventor Makes Water Run
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London, July 8.?A- water-lifting
apparatus which seems ^to flout the
natural law that water cannot run
uphill, and by which the tremen
dous energy of the rising tides" may
be harnessed for use by man, is an
invention of Thomas G. Allen, grad
uate of Washington University, St.
Louis, and now a British subject.
The "Hydrautomat," as the appara
tuses called, is the result of two
years of experiments. A working
model has been viewed by scores
; of engineers, some of whom have
been baffled by the simplicity of
j the cycle of operation. It has lifted
I water twenty feet above the river
level. > ...
The hydrautomat is. designed to
raise water in any quantity from a
running stream to any desired
height, with the use of standard
equipment such as pumps, rams or
water-wheels. The apparatus har
nesses two natural sources of ener
gy, the weight of a column of water
and atmospheric pressure. By
means of a series of tanks, one
above the other, and a sluice gate,
j which alternately brings suction
J and pressure forces into play, 80
j per cent of the energy of the pres
j sure water used is obtained. The
j height required is reached by car
rying the series of tanks, alternat
] ing open and closed chambers, to
J gether with air conducting pipes,
I to the desired height.
It is believed there is unlimited
I scope for the hydrautomat on
j streams.where dydraulic power de
velopments are not feasible because
of the small amount of fall. One
of the first applications is expected
to be on irrigation projects.
In a broad sense, according to
J the inventor, the purpose of the
; hydrautomat is to convert the con
j tained energy of large quantities of
j water at a low head into that of
a smaller quantity of w?ter at a
j high head, or to compel a stream
j to hoist part of itself up over the
! land for commercial or-agricultu
i ral purposes. The principal is fix
led; the application is to be determ
j ined by local requirements.
! World patent rights have been
j issued. It appears . that in the
! world's inventive records, the prin
! ciple of the hydrautomat has been
I remotely approached, but never at
: tained; ?
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I Grants Jeffords
Time Extension
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p Camden, July 12.?Frank M.
i Jeffords, convicted murderer with
j Ira Harrison and Glenn Treece of
; John C. Arnette of Columbia, will
! be allowed until Saturday, July 22.
! to complete his appeal to the su
j preme court from the verdict and
j sentence of the Richland circuit
court. The extension of time was
! granted by Judge W. H. Townsend
! today upon the petition of Barron,
I Barron & Barron of Union, attorn
j eys for Jeffords. Harrison's appeal
! must also be completed bv Julv
The voluminous transcript of the
j testimony taken during the five
; days' trial was completed by John
j K. Aull, court stenographer, last
j Friday and was delivered to all per
I sons concerned Saturday morning.
I The testimony ran over 600 pages
and totalled approximately 375.000
(words. The additional ten days was
[allowed in order that the convicted
j men might not suffer because of the
time lost while the transcript of the
! testimony was being made.
Columbia, July 13.?The Augus
ta-Aiken Electric Railway must
; provide ice writer in its cars from
I March 1 to October 1. according to
j an order issued Wenesday after
I noon by the South Carolina Rail
! road commission. This is .to pro
I vide drinking water fori passengers
: during the summer months.
I Fourth of July picknickers nl
! ways make the country mosquitoes
i put in their bills for overtime.
CHARLESTON
OWNS DOCKS AND
TERMINALS
City Takes Over Property of
Charleston Terminal Com
pany
Charleston, July 10.?A tele
gram sent by Chairman M. Rut
ledge Rivers early this afternoon
from New York City, where the
deal was consummated, announc
ed the formal transfer of th<*
Charleston Terminal company wa
terfront properties to this city, ex
tensive holdings on the Cooper riv
er front becoming municipally
owned when Mayor John P. Gracp
received from President J. R.
Kenly of the terminal company the
title deed, and Chairman Rivers
tendered in payment a certified
check for $1,255,953.22. General
Manager H. M. Gallagher, elected
to this position by the utilities
commission some weeks ago, and
who recently arrived in Charles
ton, on receipt of the announce
ment, assumed active charge of
the terminal operation on behalf of
the city and now has his desk in
the former offices of the Charles
ton Terminal company. He said
there would be for the present no
change in the employed personnel
of the. city terminals and belt line.
Ewen Davidson, former general
manager for the company, will con
tinue his duties in cooperation with
Mr. Gallagher for the rest of this
month....
Mayor Grace, in commenting on
this purchase, characterized this as'
la red letter day in the history* of
Charleston, marking as it does the
j taking over by the city of the con
; trol of the chief port facilities. For
j a number of years he had advocat
! ed this step, and formal proceed
ings of various kinds, including
agreement on purchase price, is
suing of bonds, legislation for pur
chasing and operating/ and many
other matters of importance, have
been going ahead steadily, culmi
nating today in the actual pur
chase. The city, through its com
mission of nine members, includ
ing A. F. McKissick of. Greenville
and Bright Williamson of. Darling
ton, will from now on pursue a
policy of permanent development
and expansion of port utilities and
has in hand about $1,250,000 in
cash for future expenditure. Gen
1 eral Manager Gallagher, experi
enced in . waterfront expansion,
forecasts a new era of prosperity
for this city through municipal op?
eratiori of docks and belt- line-;
Chairman Rivers, Mayor Grace and
representatives of the terminal
company and official bond pur
chasers were at the conference td
! day in New York when the final
I transaction was completed.
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Mbftey for Soiitft
C??roliri? Cotton
?rrowers^C^b^
rative Association
Columbia, July 13.?The' war
finance corporation at Washington
yesterday approved an advance .of
$10,000,000 to the South Carolina
? Cotton Growers' Cooperative assp
: ciation. Announcement of its ac
! tion was made after a hearing in
j Washington yesterday morning at
which were present H. G. Kaminer
? of Gadsdcjt, president and general
j manager of the association: L.
j D. Jennings of Sumter, member of
jthe executive committee; W. Rog
j ers Scarborough of Bishopville,
[treasurer, and J. Pope Matthews
j of Columbia. Harold C. Booker,
! secretary of the association receiv
! ed a telegram yesterday afternoon
I from Mr. Kaminer stating that the
j application had been approved,
j . The $10,000.000 will be used in
j making advances to members of
j the association on the delivery Of
their cotton. -Each member will get
j 60 per cent of the current market
value of the grade of cotton deliv
ered to the association at the time
of its delivery, it was announced
yesterday at the offices of the asso
ciation.
Great satisfaction that. the war
I finance corporation had seen fit to
j approve the loan was expressed by
I officials of the association last night,
j They anticipate no difficulty in
j financing the association,
i With the officers and many of the
j technical heads of the association
j chosen, the financing problem solv
ed and headquarters secured, the
I directors will now tackle the ware
house problem. Many warehouses
over the state have already, been
offered the association and no
trouble is expected in securing
ample storage space, according to
! officers of the association.
Washington, July 12.?Advances
j totalling $24.000,000 to assist the
j marketing of cotton have been ten
J tatively approved by the war fin
I ance corporation, it was announced
j today by Director Meyer. The two
Carolinas are to share the major
j portion of the sum. the advances
j providing $10,000.000- for the North
I Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooper
ative association and $10,000,000 for
j the South Carolina Cotton Growers'
J Cooperative association. Of the
j other. $3.000,000 will be allotted to
j the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton
j Growers' association.
In announcing the approvals, Di
j rector Meyer said it is expected that
only a portion of the amounts au
thorized will be advanced by the
j corporation and that the banks in
j the interested districts will do the
I greater part of the financing for the
i associations named.
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i
} Democrats who wish to vote in
! the primary for state and county
: officers must enroll before July
? 2.">th. Enrollment must be in the
jclub of the ward or district in which
! the voter resides.
; Th<* Farmer's Warehouse on E.
i Liberty street is open for the sea
? son and has already received one
i tine load of tobacco from a farmer
near Manning, which is now on the
! floor.
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Tt Jakes a marriage license to get
i married on and it usually takes
an auto license also.
To-d?y's Best J?kes
and Stories
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Man's inhumanity to man makes
eountless umpires dodge.
Even if Ireland were a Pacific
island, it probably wouldn't be.
About the Only thing the ama
teur driver can dodge successfully
is a bridge.
Getting sophisticated is simply a
slow.and painful process of losing
one's appetitte.
Small towns have one . thing in
common. Each of them has the
fastest baseball team in amateur
baseball.
New York beats Belfast, at least.
Over here the man in the street
is given a sporting chance.
.'After people get married a few
times, where in the world do they
park, the sugar spoons and gravy
ladles received as gifts?
Open diplomacy has reached the
point where reporters can get in
to a conference with a jimmy.
The twanging harps in heaven
may become monotonous, but think
of the saxaphones at the other
terminal.
A mad rush of tourists to Eu
rope seems to have been observed
by everybody except the steamship
companies:
A flapper, as we understand it,
is a young female with rouge on
the outside of her face and gum
on the inside.
And too many executives think
efficiency consists in fluttering about
in the way of those who are doing
the. work.
< Girls used fewer cosmetics in the
old days. But courting was done
in.-the gloaming and taste counted
for .more than looks.
If she were smaller and more
easily [ trimmed, ? it wouldn't ta"ke
the^nations long to decide what to
: do, about Russia.
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..Statesmen are reminded that
something unpleasant, happened to
Noab's neighbors who were con
tent, to "await developments."
It becomes increasingly evident
that; deciding what to do about'
RuijSi?^ is simply a matter of de- I
cjdiBg'what Russia will stand for. i
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If true Americanism consists in
prowling about in a nightgown,, the
somnambulists can get by . .without.
contributing to the Grand Kloo
cam.
..We judge, by examining the ''in- ?
tellectuals" we have met, that an i
intellectual is one who can,.talk;
about .nasty things without embar
rassment.
Some trust in Hoover, and some
are buying their coal now while it j
is cheaper. j
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Stlil. if Russia ever gets out of j
the woods, where will she get the I
pulp for her currency?
Still, the chap who said skirts!
were coming down . hit it about as !
well as the chap who said prices \
were. * 4 ' [
Remember, however, ; it. is the
pursuit of happiness that is an in
alienable right, not happiness it
self. : '
It is very pleasant to get up at
6 o'clock. It gives you time to
enjoy a delightful nap before
breakfast.
Speaking of endurance tests,
there; is the stunt of listening until
the amateur gardener has finished J
telling about it.
Detectives are an industrious \
lot. When they haven't anything i
else to do, they rush out and get j
baffled again.
Now that women are to be ad
mitted to the Hall of Fame, we
nominate that wonderful creature
who invented lemon pie.
Lloyd George has played in un
usual luck for years, but now the
London Times shows signs of sof
tening its attacks.
After three years of experimen
tation, any amateur can grow
enough lawn grass to justify clip
ping with the scissors.
If America has ho international
sense, why does she squirm when
the allies talk of an "Internation
al" loan to Germany?
Of course the elections must be
pure, but it wouldn't be fair, to;
deny a man a seat in the senate1
after he has paid for it. I
So live that when your sum
mons comes you can establish a j
satisfactory alibi.
It must be fine to be a he-flap- i
per and have nothing to do but
light another eigarette.
Another good way to keep from
eating too much is to buy a used car
and keep it in running order.
"Let's go," was an excellent war j
slogan, but it is playing thunder
with home life in America.
Love is the quality that prompts ;
a sweet-breathed wife to kis*s a
husband who has been smoking
that kind of a pipe.
Slogan for American tourists In
Europe: "Tip till it hurts."
Why shouldn't Tuba go bank
rupt? She might as well moke it
unanimous.
END OF HAGUE
CONFERENCE
INSIGHT
Two Stormy Sessions
Held Wednesday on
Russian Aff airs
The Hague. July 12 (By the As
sociated Press).?Two stormy ses
sion Of the conference cui Russian
problems today disturbed the calm
of the Carnegie peace palaqe and.
apparently ended, all chance of'an
agreement between the Russians
and the other powers. . Another
session .will- be .held tomorrow,
which is generally expected by
Russians . and ?non-Russians .alike
to condemn The Hague conference
to absolute failure.
The chasm between the Russians
and the other powers apparently is
far wider than at Genoa and the i
non-Russian group is not divided, as i
it was at Genoa. The British and
French are acting now in agree
ment on the demands concerning
nationalized property, which the
Russians say practically amount
to insistence on absolute restitu
tion. . ;
This position was developed at
the meeting this morning. of the
s?bcommission on property after
which Maximim Litvirioff, head of
the Sonets, stated emphatically
he believed that the conference h?d
exhausted its usefulness and would
end without results. .This afternoon
the s?bcommission.,on debts- had
equally unfavorable results. The
Russians insisted on having the.
present conference fix the total
amount Of pre-w?r debts Russia
would be expected to pay, but the
non-Russians stood out for fixing
this sum through mixed commis
sions at a later date.
At the conclusion of this meeting
M. Litvinoff granted an interview
iii which he declared that the non
Russian delegates had clearly
agreed to mike the. conference a
failure and were trying to pin the
Russians down to answer questions
in order to justify, breaking up; the
meeting.
M. Lityincff criticised the organ
ization of the conference; saying its
division in committee, which was
arranged before the Russians ar
rived, was destined to complicate
the negotiations and prevent their
success.
Capitalism and, communism were
pitted against each other in bitter
battles today, which demonstrated
the difficulties'of harmonizing the
two economic systems. When the
non-Russians *were insisting' that
the amount of pre-war debts which
Russia shall pay must be decided
by a mixed tribunal^ M. Lityirioff
objected, saying: "There are two
worlds now, capitalistic and com
munistic. One world would name
a communistic arid the' other a
capitalistic judge; it would require
angels to do justice on such ^a
tribunal and I haven't met. any
angels arid doubt whether they can
be found. So I want this, confer
ence to 'decide upon the amount of
pre-war. debts we shall pay.**
In this coriiiecti?n, j Lityinoft also
declared that. the Soviet gbvern
irieht must know the amount of its
obligations,' as it expects to pay
j them.
[? "Many respectable governments
admit their-responsibility for debts
and interest arid don't pay them;"
she said, pointedly. "We intend to
'pay if we enter into an agree
ment." :' -
PENALTY IS
PROVIDED
Law in Force to Protect Or
ganized Fanners
Raleigh. N. C, July 12.?May
nard Mangum, supervisor of graders
for the Tobacco Growers' Coopera
tive Association; with his :head
quarters at Durham. N. C, has suc
ceeded in signing up all of his ten
ants with the association. Sixteen
tenants signed, within one hour's
time when Mr. Mangum visited
them recenlty. . %
. That there will be no chance for
dishonest growers to' . play both
sides..is evidenced by the suit, of
the Kentucky Burley Tobacco
Growers' Association now in pro
gress against a member who was
induced to sell a part of his crop
on. th'j auction market ;. <
The strict law of South Caro
lina. - ailed an act to promote and
further cooperative marketing, im
poses a fine of from $100 to $1.
000 upon any person or persons
who induce or attempt to induce
any member of the association to
break hi3 marketing contract with
the association: The laws of North
Carolina and Virginia protect the
organized farmers in a very sim
ilar manner.
Norwood L. Simmons, president
of the Washington-Beaufort Land
company, one of the largest con
cerns in Eastern Carolina, recent
ly signed the contract of the asso
ciation and wrote:- "I am request
ing and suggesting to all of our
farmer friends whose paper we are
carrying and advancing against the
crop to join the association, as I
realize that the success of it is de
pendent upon cooperation and all
pulling together." The action of
Mr. Simmons is in line with that of
many merchants in Easter North
Carolina and South Carolina.
It must be awful for this woman
who speaks 17 languages to keep
a secret in all of them.
One graduate got through col
lege by writing short stories. May
be he wrote them to his father.
Say what you please, a short
skirt always wins in a walk.
666 quickly relieves Colds,
Const i pat ion. Biliousness and
Headaches. A Fine Tonic.
RA?LK?ADS ;
REJECT B??&D'S
? PROPOSAL
-TT? S S?, ..
Officials-Will Not Discuss the
Strike With Union Leader
Chicago, July 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?A flat refusal to
meet with B. M. Jewell, head of
the sinking shopmen,' to discuss
peace proposals was the answer
tonight of railway executives to a
proposal made by Ben W. Hooper,,
chairman of the United States rail
road labor board. ?
In a letter to7 Mr. Hooper, the
executives declared that ?'the issue
raised is not one for consideration
between the carriers and the rep
resentatives of the organized
crafts on strike except through the
further orderly processes before
the United States railroad labor
board."
Asserting that the strike was a
refusal to accept the results of the
arbitration of the labor board the
letter "declared that ho conference
contingent upon the abandonment
of the- decision of tHe board was
"permissible -nor tolerable, because
it would* place? the carriers partici
pating therein' in apparent coope
rations with those* on strike in
seeking to find means to subvert
the decision of the labor board."
The letter added, however, that
"? prompt recall of the strike or
der would permit the resumption
for former, methods of conference
and permit the consideration of
any matters which representatives
of employees might desire to Sub
mit" *
The . letter is" signed by Samuel
M. Felton, president of the. Chica
go'& Great1 Western, L. F. Loree
of . the Delaware & Hudson,- B. F.
Bush of the Missouri Pacific and
Whitford R. Cole o% the Nashville,
Chattanooga .&? JSt. 7ujOUis. ?
RAWL TO SERVE
: ELETOf YEARS
_.
Plea of Gufity* Efttered in
Edgefield %
Edgefield, July 12.?At the hour
of convening of court this morn
ing the court house was .'crowded
with persons'-. who were eager to
witness the trial of. L. K. Raw! on
the charge of house -breaking and
larceny, he haying been implicated
in the robbery, of two s stores in
Trenton Sunday night, March 20.
Tne other party to the crime, J. C.
Moore of Columbia, was killed by
the policeman of Trenton.
The throng that gathered was
greatly surprised, and in a measure
disappointed when Bawl, upon; be
ing arraigned,, confessed to his
guilt, thus suddenly terminating a
case that had aroused considerable
I.inter est. In-passing, sentence upon
Rawl, Judge DeVore said to him:
? ."You are so set in your ways and
in your determination to violate the
criminal laws -of this state that . I
do not. know that it would be of any
benefit,to you to give you a lecture
and. therefore, I am going to dis
pense with that, although this is
a terrible crime you have pleaded
guilty to. If -Mr. Crouch the po
! liceman, had not killed your partn
er^ Moore, no doubt you and Moore
would have killed him in- order to
effect a robbery of the-store at
Trenton." He thereupon gave Rawl
a sentence of 11 years at hard labor
in the state penitentiary or upon
the public works of South Caro
lina.
Soon after sentence was passed
upon "JRawl, Sheriff Heise and Ru
ral Policeman Dunaway of Colum*
j bia, who had come to Edgefield as
witnesses against JRawl, 'carried him
I to Columbia to be placed in the
penitentiary.
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; Washington, July 1-3?Mayor W.
A. Coleman, of Columbia, S. C,
; has' been' appointed federal direc
tor of."employment service for the
state of South Carolina, and W. T.
Wiliihgham, of Columbia, examiner
to represent the erfiployment service
it is anounced.j '
' All of the city, people go to the
country and all the country people
come to town.
PAZO OINTMENT inst?n?y JBsb*
Ifeves rrCHING PILES and yoa
can get restful. sleep after the
first application.
AH druggists are authorized to
refund money if PAZO OINT
MENT fails to Cure any case of
ITCHING, BLIND. ?ZJf?XNG
or PROTRUDING PILES. Cares
GERMAN SHIP
IS SEIZED
Following Arrest of Engineer
at Jacksonville
Jacksonville. Fla., July 12.?The
German steamship Ala din was seiz
ed by United States Marshal Djf
son here today fbUdwing" the arrest
of the engineer, Albert Rettick,. <m^
a? charge of violating the prohibf
tion laws.
Rettick was arrested, today af
ter a federal agent alleged he pmj^.
chased a quart of liquor from htm~
! Rettick denies, the change and as
|serfs that although several
I sons have visited the Vessel sinceNt
I came into port and made overture^
i toward the purchase of* liquor, none
had been sold. He will be given a,
preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Noble tomdr^
row.
The Aladin arrived here in bal
last from Wilmington, N. C, Jury
3, m command* of C?pt.; X. R.
Sperling. According to the vesr.
sel's manifest, ? she carried 118'
quarts of liquor, and following Ret}-,
tick's arrest today a search ftwr-'
intoxicants was m&de. The amount
called for in the manifest was afl^
that could be found aboard; offif"
cials said. Capt. Sperling and bfe
crew are living asnore>pending th*e^
f disposition of the case.
? ---v m ' '
Sheriff R&% ^
Liquor Maker
Walterboror July 12.?John Brh>.
ton,' a son of Chief of Police- Bxit:
ton, of Branehvilie, was killed .by
Sheriff Ackerman.. at noon today
while resisting arrest. Britton was;
said to be operating a still -in the
i Edisto river swamp. When Sher-,
iiff Ackerman attempted to . place
jhim under arrest Britton shot at
Ithe sheriff and his deputies, G. C.
jBenton and J. B? Ackerman. Foi>"
Itunately, they were near enough to.
'take shelter .'behind trees and. re
j turned the fire. ? .. . \
] Several shots - had ? been . ex^i
: changed, whea Britton^ in an.
j guarded moment, exposed Wmself
j and was-shot in the side by Sherp
iff Ackermany*. who intended ?fe
shoot only to force him to-grtve up;
but one shot went high enough
j strike a vital organ and death re^
( suited in an hour. The body was
j brought to Walterboro and Magis
I tr?te Pellum held an inquest, the
j verdict of the jury being in accord-f.*
jance with the foregoing.
Britton and Talmadge Edwards,
j were together at a forty-gallon cop
j'per still and eight sixty-gallon.
! barrels of ?mash. Their alleged
I violation of, the law was reported
j to the sheriff and he was armed
[with a warrant.. Edwards denies
! complicity, stating that he was
? only a visitor to Britton. .
j; Sheriff Ackerman has reported
j the killing to Gov. Harvey.
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i . ... - * i
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