The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 12, 1922, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
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PERSONA!*.
Mrs. A. D. Thompson, of Raleigh,
N. C, is here on a visit to her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Lupo on
North Washington street. .
Miss Marie Nash and Miss Lucile
Roddey of Lancaster, who has been
tili* guest of Miss Nash for the
past "week, are visiting Mrs. Dunn -
in Camden.
Miss Anna Baxter of Ridgeway,
is the guest*of Miss Ruth Green.
Miss Elizabeth Dickinson, who
has been visiting Miss Eleanor Wal
lace, oh Park avenue, has returned
to her home in Richmond, Va,
Mrs. Hack Sh?ler, Miss Emily
Platt and Miss Catherine Platt of
Aiken are visiting Mrs, E. T. Broad
well oh Church street.
Misses Katherine and Minnie
. Moses left Monday night for a
visit to, Washington and Atlantic
City, -
Miss -Bessie Nash left Monday
night for New York, where she
will spend a month with Miss Sal- j
lie Austin.
Miss Annie' O'steen has returned
from Aiken, accompanied by Miss
Anna Libby Hall.
?~ Dr. J. A. Mood and family have
returned from MurreH's inlet., .
Mrs. Shepard Nash and Mrs.
Abe Weinberg have gone to Kil
liah to visit Mrs. Geo. Pemberton.
Miss Essie Blackweil passed
through the city Tuesday morning
eh route to Kershaw, having visit
ed friends in Bishop vi! ie.
, Mr. and Mrs. Jh?. T. Green-and
Sttle son left Tuesday morning to
spend some time on Sullivan's Is
land.
Mr. H. D. Bull went to Kmgstree
Tuesday morning on business.
?"Dr. J. A. Bruhson has gone to
Darlington to visit his brother.
Mr. and Mrs: R. M. Sanders left
Tuesday morning to visit relatives
in Columbia.
? Mr. Horace Emerson has gone
to Columbia for a few days.
I Miss Nell Ard, who, for the past
several weeks, has been visiting rel
atives in Savannah, has returned
home. r
Mr. 6. H. Folley went to Colum
bia Tuesday morning.
Mr. C. P. Exum went-to Colum
bia Tuesday morning on business.
Mr. E. Warren Moise left for
Prosperity Tuesday morning.
Mr. B. L. Montague has gone to
Columbia for the day.
Mrs. C. W. McGrew left Wed
nesday morning for Richmond.
After day or so there she will go to
Baltimore, and then to New York,
and will take a course in milling
ery while away. Mrs. McGrew
was accompanied by Mrs. R. Lee
Jackson of St. Matthews.
Hisses Emmie and Esther ?steeh
ftSriSJ^Bed. on Srtonday from George
foVn where tfi%- have been visiting
' folr .the last two weeks.
Miss Nancy Booth has returned
to Sumter . after several weeks i
spent in Georgetown and Char
leston.
Mr. R. Dozier Lee and.family, are,
spending the week in Weyhesville,j
c . "";;?
Mr. Horace Emerson returned
'from Columbia Wednesday morn
ing.
Mr. Archie Crumpton, who^ has
been visiting his sister, Mrs. E. T.
c Collum, returned to Gaffney
this morning .
M*. Alfred Scarbrough returned
to his home in Eastover Wednes
day morning.
Mr. Wendell Levi leaves tonight
for Atlantic City where he will join
Sis wife.
Misses May and Ethel Parier wild \
?have been the guests of Misses Ida j
and Beuiah Cuttino, returned "to \
their home in Elloree, accompanied j
by Misses Ida ?nd Beuiah Cuttino. j
Captain Wilson Spann returned j
to" Camp Benning, Ga-, having
M*fent Several days with his parents
Mr. and ^Mrs. Henry Spann.
Messrs. Frank Thorne and Dr.
Ramsey attended the dance in Flor
ence Tuesday night.
Miss Frances Beasley is visiting I
relatives in Timmonsville.
Mr. J. L. Causley was in the city i
Wednesday.
Mr. C. F. McFadden left the city j
on business Wednesday. I
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fishel and}
little daughter Gene, Miss Lois and i
William Thompson, and Miss Clarej
Hoyt have returned home, after |
Spending sometime in Indianapolis
and Hope, Ind., and Cincinnati, O.
Dr. S. E. Chandler, president
ot Daniel-Baker College in Brown
wood, Texas, is visiting his niece,
Mrs. L. E. Wood.
Mrs. J. A. Thomas, of Charlotte,
is visiting relatives in the city.
Mr. Wilmot Chandler, of Ashe
vtlle, is spending some time with
relatives in the city.
Mrs. A. A. Dickson and little
daughter, Eileen, of Ottawa, Can
ada, are visiting Mrs. J. M. Bar
rett on Church St.
Mrs. E. M. Howell of Charleston
is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Barrett
on Church St.
Mrs. A. D. Benson and Miss
Bridget Gallagher are spending
sometime at Atlantic City and An
napolis, Md.
Mrs. A. E. Davis is visiting her ;
niece, Mrs. S. H. Edmunds, on Cal- i
houn street.
Mr. D. M. Dick and daughter, j
Margaret, went to Charleston oh
Thursday morning, where they will
visit relatives.
Miss Maggie Seymour, who has
just returned home from the Win
throp summer school, has gone to
visit her sister, Mrs. Clarence
Truluck of Olanta,
Misses Mary and Mildred Thorne ;
returned to the city on Monday,
having; spent several weeks in
Rocky Mount and other points in |
North Carolina.
Mr. Thomas Howell is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Merrimon.
Mrs. G. W. Kraker has gone to
Wrights vi lie Beach. N. C, to spend
two weeks.
Mr. E. W. Dabbs went to Co
lumbia Thursday morning.
Mr. G. C. Propst went to Bish
opville Thursday 'morning on bus
iness.
Mr, and Mrs. G, H. * McCutchen
of BishopviUe passed through the
city Th? rsday morning en route to
Columbia. ? .
Mrs. R. W. Moore .of Greeleyville
is visiting her sister Mrs. G. E.
^tbam. " 2
FfcMC AT > & :
STAT^BURGr
Annual Memorial Exercises at
Gen. Sumter School
The next general get-together be
tween city, town, and country
event will be the big basket picnic
dinner and exercises incidental to
the General Sumter Memorial As
"sociation exercises at General
Sumter Memorial school, in State
burg township, next Monday, Aug
ust the 14th to which the citizens
of Sumter and our entire county
are, cordially invited.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, of
S>tateburg, 'while.ih this city a few
days ago, called at. the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce a?id re
quested that Secretary Reardon "in
behalf of this patriotic and hos
pitable association would enlist the
co-operation of The Young Men's
Business League, Rotary ?nd' Kl
wanis clubs, ahcl Retail Merchants'
Association members "and" Chamber
of Commerce members in getting as
nearly as possible every' one in
Sumter to atterid this delightful
annual event. The general public
is invited.
;A special program of music in
cluding vocal' selections' of olden
time Southern^ melf>die's by ? choir
of men: and women 6f reputation
?s. sin jers, and instrumental mu-'
sic numbers will be put ,on begin
ning at 12 o'clock m.; followed Oy
the picnic Sinner for which State
burg and other 'western Sumter
countysections* are famous. Mr.
C. W. Schmolke and Hev. William
S. Stoney of Hagbod will make ad
dresses.
No charge whatever wili be made
for either the exercises program
of for the dinner?'-all that the la
dies and gentlemen of this ass'o
I elation are asking ifc i?rgfe att'end
jahce of men, women, boys and girfs
from Sumter arid Sumter county
to" participate and help to make
the celebration of the anniversary
of the birth of General Thomas
SUmter, "the GAmecock of m trie
Revolutionary War," after whom
this city and county are natried, a
success and a get-together meeting
of pleasure, County pride and pa
triotic ?einonstr?tio'h. Hundreds
who were, disappointed in attend-!
ing the_ picnic dinner and booster
trip to Rejnbert Wednesday on ac
count of the weather arid reported
poor conditions of the public roads
will be able on next Monday to
assuage their disappointments and!
satisfy a longing for a sweit picnic.
Wednesday's meeting t at Rembert
undoubtedly did a lot for Sumter
and Sumter county.* *?he meeting j
and dinner at General' Sumter
school next Monday/August the1
i4th can be made ?s great "a suc
ciiis and source of cb-operatidh
and pleasure for hundreds as wasj
the" Rembert meeting. j
SUPPLY W COAL
IN THE STATE
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State Railroad Commission
Making inventory of Stock
on Hand
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Columbia, Aug. 9.?Hope of get
ting coal for domestic purposes
fn South Carolina was aroused to
day when the r?ilroaa commission,
which is handling the fuel situation
throughout the state, announced
that the classification, of orders for
coal for don?estic consumption
had been changed from Class 4 to
Class 2, which means that it will
have earlier consideration by the
mines in filling orders. The fuel;
situation throughout the. state is
still regarded as. serious, with not
enough coal being received^ jto tafefe j
cafe of imperative demands. The i
railroad commission regards the I
situation as verging .on the critical, j
The national fuel administration j
has classified coal orders into five j
groups. The first group of orders i
for railroads. The second class is j
for public intitutions and for p?b- \
lie utilities. Class three is coal
for Great Lake ports. Class four j
was formerly domestic coal, and]
class five all other purposes. Do-J
mestic coal is now in class 2.
The railroad commission reports
very little coal in any part of the
state for domestic consumption. ]
An agent of the commission visited
all coal yards in Columbia Tues
day afternoon, as part of the in
ventory of the entire state now
being made by the commission,
and it was ascertained that there
is only about ten per cent of a win
ter's supply of coal in Columbia
yards, for all purposes. And no
coal is being received, even
though orders are being approved.
One car or coal was released at
Spartanbufg Tuesday afternoon for
a Columbia yard, and it will be re
ceived Wednesday. There are. by
actual inventory of the railroad
comriiis>ion, only 2,280 tons in the
Columbia yards, and Chairman
Shealy of the commission stated to
day that it looks like Columbia
faces a serious situation. No
shipments have been received late
ly and there are no prospects for
any adequate supply to be received
soon.
The railroad commission is work
ins: overtime on the fuel situa
tion. Orders for coal are pouring
in. Such orders as come within
the proper classifications are ap
proved, and these are sent to the
mines with which th*? orders are
placed, but as yet very little im
provement in the situation is noted.
In one or two cases the com
mission has discovered that dis
honesty was practiced in an effort
I to secure fuel. One manufacturing
[plant reported that it wai short.
jThe commission investigated and
; found that the plant was well
!stocked in fuel. No further or
ders will be approved for this con
icern, it is stated.
Plans For Flight S
, Now Going Forward
Big Seaplane Arrives in New
York?To Fly to Rio Janeiro
New Yo?k,.Aug. 8.?The Sampaio
Correio, the hydroairplane, which'
is to attempt a flight from New
York to Rio Janeiro, arrived here
at 6:30 o'clock tonight from Es
sington, Pa. The big: seaplane,
piloted by Lieut. Walter Hinton,
trans-Atlantic flier,- alighted in the
Hudson river opposite Eighty
second street.
? The flight from. Essington was.
accomplished in 3 hours and 5
minutes. It was the first trial
cruise of the Sampaio Correio
since she was obtained from the
navy department and" those in the
ptene" expressed themselves ?s
highly satisfied with its perform
ance.
From Essington to Cape May,
N. J., ? driving rain was encount
ered, while the second part of the
flight was made against strong
head wincts.
Wrhile the seaplane is in New
"York a complete wireless outfit
will be installed, hew radiators
will be put ori the two Liberty mo
tors of 300 horse-power each', and
?he present " propellers'will be re
placedvvitfi bl?des'of oak.
BENEFIT OF
CIVILIANS
Washington, Aug. 8.?The bill
"amending the civil service retire
ment act so as to provide annui
ties for civilian employes of the
government whdMiave become sep
arated from7 the service through
no''fault of their own, before reach
ing the regular retirement age,
was reported favorably to the Sen
j ate today by Senator Sterling, of
j South Dakota, chairman ' of the
? civil service committee.
As reported by the Senate com
| niittee the bill is amended, so as
j to apply benefits to employes who
have reached the age of fifty-five
instead of sixty, which was the
minimum fixed in the hill as it re
cently passed the House.
Perhaps the largest class of em
ployes affected by the bill are
those discharged from navy yards
aS a result of the reduction of the
n?val program. "
Senator Sterling hopes to get ac
tion On the bill by the Senate at 1
an early date.c
i..\. 7?!? ?
Maj. Westover Leads I
Geneva, Aiig; S-^-Major Oscar
Westover, the' American pilot, cov
eted the greatest distance in the
James Gordon Bennett cup "balloon
race, according to unofficial esti
mates made here tonight. Majbr
Westover who landed at Csoerbe't
nek, ninety miles from Budapest,
traversed 940 kilometers.
According to the latest figures
other contestants are placed in the
following order:
2? Maurice Biename, France, 910
kilometers.
3? Major Paul Armbruster, Swit
zerland, 800 kilometers.
4? Lieut. Labrousse, Belgium, 800
kilometers.
5? Major G. Valle, Italy, 790 kilo
meters.
e?Capt. H. E. Honeywell, United
Stages, 780 kilometers. <
7?A. Guglielmetti, Italy, 700 kii
ometers:
The American pilot, Lieut. Walter
Reed, was placed tenth with 475
kilometers.
Dies by Own Hand
Union, Aug. 8.?E. E. Sanders, a
son of the late John W. Sanders,
killed himself at his home here
this morning about 8:30 o'clock.
He shot himself through the tem
!ple and* died in about ah hour af
terwards. No motive is known for
the rash act. He was about 40
years of age and is survived by his
wife and two daughters, his mother,
five brothers and three -sisters. He
was a member of the Masonic
lodge here and of the Knights of
Pythias.
The funeral arrangements have
not yet been made awaiting the ar
rival of several members of the
family residing in other sections of
the state.
Mr. Sanders was held in high es
teem by a wide circle of friends and
his death has brought sadness to
many, hearts.
THE ALABAMA
PRIMARY
Birmingham. Ala.. Aug. 8 (By
the Associated Press).?Unofficial
j and meager' returns from 50 of
Alabama's 67 counties in today's
Democratic primary indicated tbfct
W. W- Brandon of Tuscaloosa had
swept the state in his race for gov
ernor against Bibb Graves of Mont
gomery.
"Plain Bill." asjf Brandon is
known by his intimates, carried
every county heard from and prac
tically every precinct. Newspapers
termed it a "landslide."
The same returns gave Charles i
S. McDowell a big lead over Ber- j
ricn T. Phillips for lieutenant gov- i
ernor.
Fitzhugh Lee and Frank P.
Morgan of Montgomery maintained j
a lead for public service commis
sioners in a field of seven candi
dates, with two to be nominated.
In the five congressional con
tests early returns indicated that
present representatives would re
tain their seats with the exception
of Representative Rainey in the
Seventh district, whp was not a
candidate. In the Seventh. J.. I>.
Hersberg of Gasden was reported
? leading in four counties of the dis
trict.
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The tariff on California nuts has
nothing to do with Hollywood.
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Some of our millionaires seem to !
need a check.
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These are striking times. Even
the safety matches are striking.
St. Louis, ?ug. 8.?Breckinridge
Long, who was defeated by Sen
| ator Reed for democratic sena
torial nomination in last Tuesday's
i primary, stated today he would
I neither ask a recount nor file a con -
test, but . declared, however, he
considered, himself the choice of
Missouri democrats for the sena
torial toga, claiming that forty or
fifty thousand Republicans voted..
Hong Kong, Aug. 8.?Typhoon
stricken Swatow, a mangled, mis
erable caricature of the port of a
week ago,; doggedly goes about the
first ghastly task that falls to sur
vivors of a. storm?the buriai of
the dead. The bodies of twenty
eight thousand, have been .recov
ered,, a death toll that triples the
former estimates and cuts in half
the former population of the city.
These figures are given in a; circu
; lar issued by the Swatow chamber
j of commerce from its Hong Kong
j branch. . .
j Washington, Aug. 8.?Secretary
! Hoover announced today that 'fed
! efal investigators will be sent hiio
western Kentucky to fix the' final
fair price for coal during the strike
emergency for coal produced in
that field. ?
Washington, ?ug. 8.:?The /shop.
crafts committee.of the Southern
Mobile and Ohio railroads told of
ficials of thorns line3 at the con
ference here today .that strikers
would make no adjustment with
the roads, asserting the strike was
national and must be settled nat
ionally.
. Washington, Aug. 8.?President
j Harding's second proposal jor. the
immediate termination of the raiU
way shop crafts strike, which call
ed upon the strikers to return to
work and both sides to submit iheir
i differences to the railroad' labor
board for settlement, awaited j to
I da'y formal action by both sides in
I the controversy, but a rejection by
! the Unions is foreshadowed m
statements made Jyy their leaders
1 here.
Washington, ?ug. S.?president
Harding is understood' today . to
have1 informed Representative
Mondell and other House leaders
that in view of the troubled in
dustrial situation it was desirable
there be a full attendance of mem
bers next Tuesday when the house
reconvened after its six weeks ad
journment. ; The president feels, it
was learned, that the house* should
he 'prepared to enact such legis
lation as the situation, especially
the rail strike, might necessitate..
Louisa, Va.,- Aug. 8.?Herbert
Buckley, of Louisa county," ? lumT
berman, one of eight men charged
with shooting up the home of Rev.
J. R. Glenn, of Pendleton, Va., on
the night of June 9th, went on
trial tpday in the circuit court
here. Buckley, five white men.
and two negroes, were" indicted
yesterday by a special grand jury
charging them with feloniously
shooting into the minister's home
with intent to kill. ...
Washington, Aug. D.?The Re
publican old guard retained its
stronghold in Ohio and Democrats
in the Buckeye state gave substan
tial'pluralities to organization .can
didates. Governor AfeRae of Ar
kansas, held ? lead pf more than
two to one over Judge E. P. Toney,
for renomination by the Democrats,
Judge W. W. Brandon is appar
ently the Democratic nominee for
governor of Alabama, the result of
yesterday's primaries in three
states. Incomplete returns from
Ohio indicated that Carmi Thomp
son, backed by Harding forces and
supported by the' ?nti-Salooh
League, would be nominated by a
wide margin.
'Kew York, Aug. 9.?Twenty-five
thousand fail shop craftsmen
through David Williams,, secretary
of the eastern strike committee, to
day" telegraphed B. M. Jewell at
Washington, they refused t? accept
President Harding's proposal for
submitting the seniority question to
the railroad labor" board.
Paris, Aug. 9.:?Miss Flora Bat
soh,. of New Orleans, captain of
the American Girls' Athletic team
here, for competition in the inter
national games, and champion girl
hurdler of America sprained her
left ankle and was badly bruised
in taking the hurdles at Colombes
staldium today, during the opening
practice.
Cleveland, Aug. 9.?Chief execr
j fives of the big four transportation
brotherhoods haV'e taken action re
! garding endangering the lives of
brotherhood members through al
| leged actions of armed guards in
I connection with the shopmen's
j strike. They have. telegraphed
I members to remain away from
j company property as their lives
were endangered.
j Chicago, Aug. 9.?Six companies
! of the Illinois National Guardsmen
i entrained today for the Joilet for
I strike duty. The officers did not
know whether or not troops al
ready there had been relieved or
whether additional soldiers were
sent in connection with the walk
out last night of thirteen hundred
members of the big four brother
hoods who refused to work under
troop protection.
London. Aug. 9.?? . reprieve
was refused by Home Secretary
Shortt to Joseph O'Sullivan and
Reginald Dunn, sentenced to hang
tomorrow for the assassination of
Field Marshal Wilson.
Washington. Aug. 9.?The pro
posed tariff on hides would in
crease the nr?ioh's shoo and leath
er bill a hundred and ten million
dollars a year. Senator Walsh,
Democrat of Massachusetts, declar
ed today in the senate opening1 the
fight against the rate proposed by
the finance committee majority,
supported by the Republican agri
cultural tariff bloc.
London, Aug. 9.?Premier Poin- j
care and Lloyd George apparently;
are farther apart on what is to be
j done with Germany than . before
their meeting and the conference
of allied statesmen are in danger
of breaking up with the Franco
British relations worse than they
were with no decision of moment
on the reparations question. Pre
mier Poincare has indicated ? to
j Lloyd George that things cannot
continue as they are, and that
France may be compelled to take
independent action.
Cleveland. Aug. 9.?A virtual de
cision w-as reached today by union
leaders . to conclude a settlement
of the soft coal strike with op
erators gathered here for a peace
conference. Operators are also exr
pectant of an agreement affecting
practically all the Ohio "mines and
others scattered through ] Illinois,
Indiana and Pennsylvania. Final
decision on the settlement rests
with the union's policy committtee.
It's members have, been .informed
.by .President, Lewis ..they had the
[assurance of operators outside the
four states of their willingness . to
reach an agreement based on the
one negotiated at the conference
here.
{ London. Aug. 9.?As a result of
a three hour conversation between
Premier ,Poincare and Lloyd George
it was decided today to refer back
to the committee of experts Poih
care's plan for the control of Ger
man finances, "with a request that
the points upon which the British
and French differ,"be reexamined.
Chicago, Aug. 10.?Threats by
railroad brotherhood chieftains
that "there will .be a hundred
similar cases" to the tie up oh the
Elgin, Joilet and Eastern railway
where engineers, firemen, conduc
tors and trainmen refused work be
cause of the presence of troops in
the Joliet yards further compli
cated the railway strike situation
today. Leaders of the big four
brotherhoods who will take part in
the Washington conference of rail
way union heads tomorrow, when
all phases of the strike are due to
come before the chiefs of the six
teen standard unions left to . the
train service men the right to de
cide for themselves whether the
working conditions at terminals are
objectionable.
Washington, ?ug. \ 10.?Applica
tions from cotton and wheat 'grow
ers' associations aggregating seven
teen million dollars were approved
today by the war finance c?rp?f
i atioh. Application of the staple
< cotton growers' association of Mis
sissippi was approved for an ad
vance hot exceeding seven millions
to assist in the orderly marketing
of cotton, the remainder going to
western wheat growers.
Washington, Aug. 10.?The action
of Alabama coal operators in break
ing away from the voluntary fair
price agreement resulted today in
a special meeting of the federal
coal distribution committee being
called by Secretary Hoover to dis
cuss the situation which officials
regarded with apprehension.
San Francisco, Aug. 10.?The for
mal election of Supreme "Vice
Chancellor George B. Cabell, Nor
folk, Va., to the Supreme Chan
cellorship of the order, led off in
the election of officers' to the high
er chairs in the supreme lodge ses
| sions of,the Knights of Pythias in
convention here today.
San Francisco, Aug. 10.?The es
tablishment of a bureau to further
American ideals and offset the
growing tide of anti-Americanism,
! \vhich is declared to be arousing
great prejudice against the courts
and constitution, was recommend
ed to the American Bar Associa
j tion, in annual convention here to
| day, by its committee on American
j ideals. The report denounced the
proposal to clothe legislative bodies
with supreme authority..
Cleveland, Aug 10.?The policy
committee of the United Mine
Workers voted today to proceed
with negotiations oh the wage
schedule agreement with the oper
ators of Ohio, Wrestern Pennsyl
vania, Illinois and Indiana, who
are here ?pr a joint conference,
called with the view of breaking
the soft coal strike. President
Lewis of the miners, predicted
that when the scale was made that
75 per cenj^ of all the bituminous
tonnage on strike, will sign the call
and return to work within a week.
j London. Aug. 10.?Joseph O'SuI
I livan and Reginald Dunn were
j hanged this morning in Wands
j worth prison for the assassination
I of Field Marshal Wilson on June
J 22- Fifty Irishmen and women as
! sembled outside the jail before exe
i cution, sang hymns and prayed for
' the soul:-! of the condemned men.
Augusta. Aug. y.?Willie Howell,
20. was fatally injured, and Joe
Conley, 10. and Broadus Wilbanks,
17. were painfully injured when
run over by an Atlantic Coast Line
railway train at Bobbins, S. C,
about 40 miles below here, just be
fore midnight Tuesday night.
Every time we .think of Congress,
we feel for our money.
A village is where the police and
fire departments are the same man.
CLdC ^nres Malaria, Chills,
\jQ\) Fever, Bilious Fever,
Colds and LaGrippe.
GREENWOOD
MAN IS BADLY
.. WOUNDED,
Oscar Mitchell, Ball Player, I
Shot?In a Serious Condi-!
tion
Greenwood, Aug. 7. ? Oscar j
Mitchell, second baseman for the J
Greenwood baseball team was shot i
three times through the lungs, arms
and legs, it is alleged, by R. Clayton
Underwood this afternoon a short
time before* the game between
Greenwood and ^Anderson began.
The shooting occurred in front of
Underwood's house in Grendel Mill
No. 1 village, Immediately after
the shooting Underwood came up
town and surrendered to Deputy
Sheriff T. W. McMillan/ "I've just
shot a man and I've come to sur
render," he told MK McMillan. He
was lodged in jail and is being held ?
pending the outcome of Mitchell's
wounds.
Mitchell was carried to the
Greenwood hospital immediately
aft?r the shooting and is said to be j
in a serious condition. After Mitch- j
ell had been shot down he is said j
to have taken Underwood's pistol j
from, him and hit him over the
head with it. The cause of the quar
rel which precipitated the shooting
cannot be learned. Underwood re
fuses to talk and Mitchell is too se
riously injured to make a state
ment. Members of Underwood's
family' and neighbors say they do
not know-* what the trouble was
about.
Enrollment of State
Vote in Printer* M?? Reach
total of 200,000
Columbia, Aug. 8.?Enrollment
figures for the state reached , a
total 6i 161,890 yesterday with 34
counties' reported to H. N. Ed
munds, secretary of the state dem
ocratic executive committee. These
34 counties, give an increase over
the total enrollment of 1920 of 9,
755. The total figure for 1920 wa3
152,035.
Twelve counties are yet to re
port to Secretary Edmunds dhd
these 12 will carry the enrollment
to the 20?;000 or very nearly so, it
is believed.
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Requests Change |
In Highway Route
Columbia, Aug. 7.?The State
Highway Commission is in receipt
of a letter asking that the route j
of the proposed Stonewall highway
from Florence to the North Caro
lina line be changed. At present
the plans call for the road to run
by Darlington, Hartsville, McBee,
Jefferson, Pageland, Monroe, Char
lotte King's Mountain and?6helby
to -Asheville. The request is made
to divert it by way of Darlington,
gartsvUte, McBee, Bethune, Ker
sh?w, Lancaster. Fcrt Lawn, Rbcki
Hill. York, King's Mountain and;
Shelby to Asheville. The matter1
will be considered by the commis
sion at its meeting on August 8.
Seeks Federal Aid
--:? . i
Dr. Long Seeks Assistance
For Hail Stricken Farmers
Greenwood, Aug.. 7.?Federal as- j
sistance for the hail stricken farm- 1
ers of this section has been asked i
by W. W. Long, head of the Clem-j
son . extension service. In the
Algary and Ware Shoals sections
of Greenwood county, practically
every vestige of cotton, corn, gar
den vegetables and forage croi>s
was wiped out. Dr. Long has re
quested seed of certain forage crops
from the.department of agriculture
and specialists to advise the farm
ers as to w-hat can be done.
Turning down high prices will
make them feel cheap.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
IT ??ESfi'T l<&K-~ASTrlOU<SH-<
THIS VAC)VtiON V/itL _I
mean much ia me ! r I
I V40MDE12. IF DAP
WILL LET ME
TAKE MY BlCYC!
ALONG Too ?
FOR CONGRESS
JOHN J. MCMAHAN
Atteinpted Coup Fails
Frustrated by Free State
- Troops in DnWin
Dublin, Aug-. 7. ? Republican f
forces fro mhte southern battle j
zone att&hpted ? coUp in the Dub-j
lin are& Saturday night - but were! Cures,
frustrated by the free state troops, j pp^Ar
according, to an official conmu-{??cev ? V
hique issued from army headquar- \ Fever.
ters today. j?_
The irregulars traveled by boat
from Cork to Liverpool and thence
here, intending to isolate the city
by destroying the bridges, roads,
railways and other means of com
munication.
The Free State forces, captured
180 of the attackers and a large
quantity of arms and other war;
material.
: The regulars were operating in
parties. of from a half dozer to
thirty at various point3 in both the
northern and southern^ suburbs.
The materials captured by the
Nationals include six automobiles
which the irregulars had com
mandeered, and a number of land
mines and grenades together with
rifles, revolvers, engineering equip
ment and munitions..
They have invented a; <fuic*k*r
way to have the batteries charged;
now all we need is a. place where
we can have the gasoline Chargedi
666
Malaria, Chills
Bengae or
It kills the germs,,
Candidates Cafds
^A wise man never kicks a stick
of dynamite or his wife's cat.
FOR CONGRESS;
I hereby announce myself
candidate for Congress from t&tf
Seventh Congressional District; subi
3'ect to the rules of the De*mocrati^
party. I also wish to take this opi
portuhity.to say that if elected *
shall endeavor to faithfully disf
charge the duties of the office and? -
to merit: the* confidence and Wp J
port Of the people. * ? %'
ANDREW J. BETHEA,.
Candidate for i??
i
For House or Representatives, i
I hereby announce that: I am
candidate for the House of> Repre-*
sentatives subject to the rules of th$
Democratic Party.
- E. W. D?BBS> a ?T |
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