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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY.—Loss by dis
ease and exposure of 80,000 cattle
in Alabama during past year is not
ed in crop report of F. W. Gist,
agricultural statistician.
EVERGREEN. —Farmers of Con
ecuh county buy 50,000 pounds -of
calcium arsenate and prepare to
make fight on boll weevil.
FLORENCE. —Lumber dealers of
Birmingham, Montgomery, Eufaula
and other places sell 1,000,000 feet
of yellow pine lumber to govern
ment, for use on V ilson Dam at
Muscle Shoals.
WATERLOO.—AIIen W. Shaw,
57, one of largest land owners in
Lauderdale county, is found dead
in bed of heart, trouble.
WETUMPKA—In line with state
wide policy of Alabama farm bu
reau, Elmore county farmers or
ganize co-operative egg-marketing
association.
FALKVILLE. —Work will soon
commence on new schoolhouse and
brick business block by Sivley &
Sons, and Main street will be im
proved to new school site.
DANVILLE.—R. H. Bennett,
well-known citizen, dies after few
days' illness.
TUSCALOOSA. —There are seven
applicants for appointment post
master, including E, A. Townsend,
incumbent. Appointment is expect
ed soon.
RALPH—James L. Thomas, 56,
dies at Montgomery, where he had
been for treatment for some time.
HAMILTON. —Miss Noma Dob
son, for'some time Supervisor of
elementary schools of Marion coup
' ty, resigns and goes to Atlanta, Ga.,
to study health work in Emory uni
versity.
MOULTON. Professional and
business men of Moulton, Courtland
and Town Creek, and many farmers
of Lawrence county meet here and
organize Lawrence county chamber
of commerce to prorate resources of
county.
BIRMINGHAM.—Bankers’ Mort-
gage-Bond company lets contract for
, ten-story building to cost $500,000,
work to commence October 1.
UNION SPRINGS? Howard C.
Smith, for several years owner ( of
Union Springs Herald, sells newspa
per to Charles, D. Norman. Mr.
Smith goes to Crested Butte, Col.
GIRARD—His zeal for spring
cleaning costs F. M. Hall over S6OO.
While burning out nests in henhouse
■ flames destroy henhouse and garage
and two Ford cars.
CULLMAN.—First Baptist church
will soon commence work on hand
some $30,000 Sunday school annex.
CULLMAN.—Ed Buchmann will
have extensive crop of raspberries
this year. From very small plot
last season he sold S4O worth.
DECATUR. Business men of
Hillsboro, Courtland and other towns
along Courtland-Decatur highway
join business men of Decatur in
working on this highway, which is
almost impassable.
FLOMATON. —Escambia county
~ bank, with capital of $25,000, opens
\ here. J. B. Barnett, of Monroeville,
is president;
UNIVERSITY. Reconstruction
and repair work on buildings of state
university is progressing rapidly.
Foster House, recently damaged by
fire, is fully repaired.
GUIN. —Isaac Monts, 91, Confed
erate veteran and noted citizen of
this community, dies at his home at
Nettleton, Miss., near here.
ANNISTON. Bet ter Babies
week” is observed here. M#ss Dora
Sonnenday, of state extension de
partment, assists local workers in
"giving instructions to mothers.
TUSCALOOSA. Facing charges
of murdering her two-months-old
baby by giving it poison, Hattie Mc-
Clendon, negress, is being held with
out bond.
TUSCUMBIA.—Dr? C. R. Crutch
field, of Nashville, Tenn., reads pa
per on ‘‘The Therapeutic Uses of
Radium and the X-ray,” before joint
meeting of medical societies of Col
bert and Lauderdale counties.
GADSDEN.-?Harry W. Canter
bury, soloist and instructor of army
band at Washington, D. C., for sev
eral years, is detailed as bandmaster
of 167th regiment band, Alabama
' national guards, here.
CULLMAN. —Seven accidents to
automobilists, all more or less seri
ous, are recorded in one day on Bee
Line highway, between here and
Decatur.
GADSDEN. —Taylor Peck, com
mander of Alabama division of
Anierican Legion, is given banquet
by Etowah county post, while on
official visit here.
MONTGOMERY.—There are eight
federal aid highways under construc
tion in Alabama, comprising 86
miles, to be completed in 60 days.
Besides this there are 538.29 miles
of federal aid roads and four large
bridges, costing $10,276,227.22, to be
completed by January 1, 1925.
COLUMBlAN.!?—Columbiana Sav
ings bank commences work on mod
ern banking house to cost several
thousand dollars.
TROY.—Willie Dismuke, negro, Is
arrested charged with burning negro
school house here. He denies charge.
MONTGOMERY?*? ‘History Sto-
P rles of Alabama," by Mrs. Pitt La
mar Matthews, society editor of
Montgomery Advertiser, Is adopted
as state school book by text book
commission.
UNIVERSIT Y?— "University of
Alabama Mine school announces
enlargement of its regular course,
due to recent advance made in
jenuine^__
SpiriH
Say “Bayer" - Insist!
For Pain Headache
Neuralgia Rheumatism
Lumbago Colds
Accg pt onl - v £
Bayer package
which contains proven directions
Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists
.Aspirin is the trade wsrk of Bayer Msnn-
Xaetura of MonaaceUcacldtater ot Sj’.lcjlicacid
THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
fields of oil geology and mine ex
aminations.
COT,UM BI A NA.—J. M. Tucker, of
DeKalb county, is chosen principal
of Shelby County High school.
Ralph E. Parker, for some time
principal of this school, will be in
structor in Simpson High school
next season.
HUNTSVILLE. ’ Due to un
steady market for cotton goods, va
rious cotton mills of .Huntsville are
being operated on less than half
time. Some mills are operating
only two days each week.
MOBILE. —British yawl Narkee
ta, which has had checkered career
with federal authorities, makes $2,-
500 bond and sails for Nassau, Ba
hamas, her home port. While sail
ing from Nassau to Tampico with
960 cases of liquor this yawl was
caught in storm and put into Mo
bile port, where she was seized by
federal agents February 28.
HAYNEVILLT?—TriaI jury in
case of Russell Haynes, charged
with killing Hugh Reeves, fails to
agree and mistrial is entered.
BIRMINGHAM?—Gang of organ
ized thieves is believed to be op
erating in residential sections of
city. Fives homes in Norwood are
entered and robbed in one night.
EUFAULA.—Mrs?’ Carrie Good
heart Beringer, 69, wife of Abe
Beringer, well known citizen, is
dead.
ANNlSTON.—Airplane piloted by
Lieutenants Bullock and Price, of
Birmingham, is practically demol
ished here when they attempt
forced landing, but airmen are un
injured.
JASPER. —Lessie Mae Daniel, 7,
is struck by automobile occupied by
four negroes and knocked 15 feet,
suffering broken hip and other in
juries.
BESSEMER. —Cornerstone of St.
Aloysius Catholic church is laid by
Rev. Bishop Edward P. Allen, of
Mobile. Rev. Father Obeying, of
Spring Hill college, Mobile, delivers
address and priests from many
places in north Alabama attend.
CARROLLTON. —■ Summerville
Brothers and J. B. Cunningham are
erecting large brick cotton ware
house here. /
MONTGOMERY.—Fourteen stills
are destroyed, two automobiles
se zed, thousands of gallons of beer
and large quantity of whisky poured
out and 13 arrests made in three
days by state law enforcement of
ficers. **
GADSDEN.—E? C. Adams, 72,
well known farmer of this county,
dies at his home at Wharton Bend.
HUNTSVILLE. —Mrs. Minnie L.
Vaughn, 52, wife of John W.
Vaughn, prominent farmer, dies at
Monrovia.
FARLEY.—Mrs. Onie Selvey, 36,
wife of W. E. Selvey* well known
farmer, dies at home near here.
MONTGOMERY?— Mrs. Bessie
Gentry, for several years social
worker, and Doc Taylor, alleged
members of Montgomery’s drug
ring, are convicted in federal court
and given term in federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga.
SELMA.—Dr. L. T. Lee and Miss
Lucile Lowery, health nurse, are
conducting hookwork clinics in pub
lic schools of Panhandle district.
ALBANY.—Louisville & Nashville
railroad shops here are reducing
forces. This is one of largest shops
of L. & N. system, employing over
2,000 men.
OZARK.—Mrs. Charles S. Mc-
Dowell, of Eufaula, is elected presi
dent of Alabama division of United
Daughters of Confederacy.
ANNISTON.—W.~B. Phillips, 47,
well known citizen, is seriously in
jured when his auto goes over 20-
foot embankment.
LARKINS VILLE?' Charles'
Keith, 66, well known citizen of I
Jackson county, is dead.
NORTH CAROLINA
KINSTON.—Mrs. Frank Harrold,
of Americus, Ga., president-general
of United Daughters of Confederacy,
delivers principal address at unveil- ‘
ing of monument to Confederate :
dead.
DURHAM. —Shaft is unveiled as ,
memorial to Confederacy, General
Albert Cox, of Raleigh, delivering
principal address.
HIGH POlNT.—James Coleman.
28, of High Point, dies of fractured
skull, injury being received several
days previously when he, Miss Eve
lyn Watts and two other’s were in
auto accident. Miss Watts, nt
Greensboro, whose skull was frac
tured, is reported recovering.
RALEIGH.—Otto Wood, murder
er, holds up Guard Partin, in state
prison and seizes revolver while J.
H. Starnes, highway robber, and
Sidney Guyton, life termer, drive
Partin to auto owned by Prison Phy
sician Norman, in which Wood and
Starnes escape, Guyton, who, six
months ago, was sav£d from elec
tric chair by executive clemency, de.
serfing pals and returning to prison.
Rewards of ~700 for each fugitive I
are offered.
RALEIGH.—Dr. E. R. McAuley. !
of Philadelphia, evangelist of |
United Lutheran churches of ’
America, accepts calls to pastorate j
of Raleigh church, assuming duties j
May 18.
LIBERTY.—M. 11. Thomas. 46,
dies after six months of illness. I
RUTHERFORDTON. W. Y.
Smawley, 68. dies of heart trouble
following influenza.
KINSTON. ' Several million '
pounds of tobacco have been shipped '
from this point within past 30 days, i
several days’ shipments totaling I
around 30 carloads, most of which |
is consigned to Hong Kong and !
Shanghai. One large shipment was i
for Melbourne.
CHARLOTTE.—J? IL Fulbright, ’
70, is found dead in bed. His family j
lives at Mooresville, N. C.
CHARLOTTE?—Mrs. H. O, Miller, '
wife of wealthy baking corrjrany
president, dies at hospital «trter ex
tended illness necessitating opera- .
tions.
WAKE FOREST.—J. J. Tarlton. [
of Marshville, is elected president :
of Wake Forest college student [
body.
LEXINGTON.—L. C. Jenkins is :
convicted of second degree murder
in Davidson county superior court ‘
for killing Mrs. Elizabeth Jones,
wife of Appalach a, Va., druggist,
who posed as Mrs. Jenkins, and is
sentenced to 25 to 30 years in state
prison by Judge Lane, after sensa
tional trial.
GASTONlA.—President R. B.
Babbington reports to meeting of
directors of North Carolina ortho
poedic hospital that institution has I
treated 1.500 crippled children since
its establishment several years ago.
only 200 failing to show improve
ment. Hospital, with 60 beds, is
always filled, and 50 ch Idren are
now on waiting hs:. says report.
SALISBURY?—C? L. Walton
I farmer, charged with burning two
barns, is acquitted in superior court.
I where he is held insane.
GREENSBORO.—City and county
; school acting jointly, agree
■ with owners for purchase for $75,000
i of 70 acres in Gillespie property, ad
' joining South Buffalo school, which
■ will be developed into park and play
i grounds.
ASHEVlLE,—Charging that Hf
i wassee Power company applied to
federal power commission for per
mit to develop hydro-electric power
lin Cherokee county after state
courts had declared Carolina-Ten
nessee Power company had prior
rights, Judg3 McElroy, at Waynes
ville, holds S. F. Vandiventer, presi
dent, and P. E. Nelson, secretary,
in contempt of court. Defendants
agree to withdraw petition.
REIDSVILLE.— Issue of $800,060
in bonds for school purposes, sub
ject of litigation recently won in
state supreme court by commission
ers, may soon be issued, budget
calling for $125,000 for R.eidsville:
$250,000 for Leaksville-Spraly, and
large sums for Madison, Ruffin and
other schools.
KINSTON.—AI Smith, New York
governor, ‘‘wet Catholic,” will be
next president of United States,
forecasts E. B. Lewis, formerly pri
vate secretary for many years to
late Representative Claud Kitchiy.,
of North Carolina.
ELIZ A B ETH ( ’ LT Y.—Per m i ssion
is granted by relatives of Seth Perry,
soldier killed in France, for erection
of monument to him in court house
square.
DUNN. —Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Hodges, one of their children and
three of neighboring families are
bitten by mad dog.
RUTHERFORDTON. Ervin
Boone, widely known, dies at age of
102 years.
NEW BERN. —P. D. Cahoon, con
victed of embezzlement by Pamlico
county superior court, Is sentenced
to server-ear in state prison.
KING. —Earl Bodenhamer, driver
of wrecked car, under which Numa
Warren was fatally injured April 27,
is bound over to superior court,
after preliminary hearing, charged
with reckless driving while under in
fluence of whisky.
MOORESVILLE—Louis Johnston,
former Mecklenburg county rural
policeman, is arrested near here
when possessing 60 gallons of
whisky and is sentenced by recorder
to one year on roads.
RALEIGH. —Senator A. Ml Scales,
member of commission, says report
of state ship and water* commission,
soon to be made public, should be
given consideration by special ses
sion of legislature, which he expects
Governor Morrison to call for Au
gust.
ASHEVILLE.—Mrs. G. E. King,
28, is found dead in home by offi
cers, and husband is held without
bond, charged with murder, after
coroner’s jury returns verdict. King,
intoxicated, shot away back of wife's
head in row over bucket of coal, evi
dence indicates.
MAXTON.—Fred Maroon, mer
chant, is forcibly taken by four
masked men into auto, carried to
woods near Red Springs, beaten into
unconsciousness and left tied to tree.
Freeing himself, Maroon returns
here and is under physician’s care.
ROXBORO.—Sheriff J. M. Long,
whose resignation Person county
commissioners recently demanded
on charge of immoral conduct, is
exonerated by board and Long an
nounces candidacy for re-election.
ASHEVILLE. —Proposal to issue
$75,000 in bonds for school purposes
is voted in Woodfin district.
"WILMINGTON.—His body man
gled, Louis Sasser, 25, of Hallsboro,
loses race against death, succumb
ing while on board train bringing
him here for treatment for injuries
sustained in accident at plant of
North Carolina Lumber company, of
Hallsboro.
REIDSVILLE? Mrs. William ,
Taylor, of Stokesland, is criminally i
assaulted by two unidentified men, ;
thought to be negroes, she reports to
husband on following day. Blood- '
hounds lose assailants’ trail after [
following it several miles.
RALEIGH. Governor Morrison I
and State Treasurer Lacy join in
giving assurances that attacks on j
ability of state to sell its securities I
are without foundation, which de
veloped after Lacy, returning from |
New York, advised selling only half
of $20,000,000 road bond issue to be
marketed within short time.
ASHEVILLE?—J?~G. Bailey, at
tache of American legation at Chris
tiana, leaves/on return after visiting
sister, Mrs. J. F. Hazelrigg.
ASHEVILLE. Construction of
100-foot dam to impound waters of
Rocky Broad river to form Lake I
Lure at Chimney Rock will be start
ed within six weeks, and will be
completed in ten months at cost of
$400,000, officials of developmer>t
company announces.
GREENSBORO. - Major Charles
M. Stedman, only Confederate vet
eran in lower house of congress, is i
named brigadier general and assist
ant adjutant general by General C i
R. Haldeman, commander-in-chief of |
United Confederate Veterans.
SMITHFIELD.—D. H. Durham,
of Johnson county, is given severe |
beating by ten masked men apd or- |
dered to leave county within ten |
days, ten hours, ten minutes and
ten seconds.
CHARLOTTE.—J. R. Wilson, 50,
carpenter, of Great Falls, S. C., is ’
instantly killed when he falls from
roof of Ford plant being construct
ed.
CHARLOTTE. Six prominent
business men and former policeman [
are bound over for trial in federal I
district court on charge of possess
ing liquor. They are J. S. Rust, L.
M. Lessesne, .1. W. Labouisse, W.
1 1. Labouisse, S. B. Tanner, Jr., Gor
don Watt and W. W. McGraw.
RALEIGH.—Miss Lottie Lewis,
W ake county treasurer, only woman !
officer county has ever had, an- t
nounces candidacy for re-election.
MARION.—North Carolina great
council of Red Men, in twenty-sixth
annual session, elect Edgar H. Bain, i
of Goldsboro, grand sachem: E. C.
Ray, of McAdenville, and J. W. |
Alexander, Elizabeth City, saga
mores; E. A. Emory, of Spray, great
prophet. High Point is chosen for
May, 1925, meeting.
C LINTON.—HeIen. 18-month-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Huffman,
is fatally burned when she falls into
bathtub partly filled with scalding
water.
CHARLOTTE??!?' M. Yandle.
clerk of superior court, issues order
citing J. R. Cherry, secretary-treas- |
urer of Southern States Finance
company, for contempt as result of
Cherry's refusal to obey clerk's or
der that accountant be permitted
to examine company's books.
RALEIGH.-?!. W. White, of
Cary. i.« acquitted in Wake county
superior court after trial on chars® I
of perjury arising from application
for marriage license for Clifton Sea
groves and Miss Lola Perry, of
same community, F. B. Perry, girl's
father, preferring charges.
CHARLOTTB.-.I? F. Hamilton.
74, of Charleston, W. Va., Civil and
| Spanish-American war veteran, d : es
; at local hospital after short illness.
CHAPEL HILL. —University of
North Carolina team defeats George
Washington university in debate on
American adherence to world court
I under Secretary Hughes’ reserva-
I tions.
ELON COLL EGE.—E rsk in e col
lege team wins Elon section of Elon-
Erskjne-Presbyterian college tri
angular debate.
Cl lAßLOTTE—Charlotte central
labor union challenges Lions’ club
to name two representatives to de
| bate proposed constitutional amend
ment authorizing federal regulation
of child labor, club, following
similar action by State Bar associa
tion convention at Pinehurst, hav
ing adopted resolution urging con
gress to defeat pending resolution.
RALEIGH. —North Carolina su
preme court, in Rockingham coun
ty case, holds bond issues for school
buildings, declared necessary for op
eration of school for constitutional
six-month period, can be ordered
without vote of electors.
WILMINGTON?=George W. Lut
terlough, negro, driver of machine
which struck car owned by Wood
Bryan, of Winter Park, fatally in
juring Mrs. Bryan, is released on
$5,000 bond pending trial on man
slaughter charge.
WILMINGTON.—Suit for $30,000
damages is filed in New Hanover
county superior court against
George "W. Lutterlough, negro, as
consequence of automobile accident
in which Mrs. Wood Bryan sus
tained fatal injuries, and Lutter
lough is released on $5,000 bond.
WILMINGTON??Suit for SIO,OOO
damages Is filed in superior court
against Ken Burris, boxer, by L.
A. Davis and wife, Ethel, for in
juries suffered by Mrs. Davis when
car meets in collision that driven by
Burris. Mrs. Davis is reported at
hospital to be in grave condition.
MARION.—M. C. Dradley, of
Charlotte, wins individual grand
sachem's prize for obtaining larg
est number of members, it is an
nounced at annual convention of
North Carolina great council of
Red Men, attended by representa
tives of all tribes In state.
SOUTH CAROLINA
ABBEVILLE.—Crazed negro ter
rorizes white people of rural section
on Abbeville-Greenwood highway
and when Sheriff McLane reports hfe
finds white people barred in home
of Mrs. Ella Cromer. Negro then
bars himself in cabin and when offi
cers break down door he goes down
with it, and is captured with Ax in
hand.
ANDERSON. —Official announce
ment is made of municipal primary
for June 10, for selection of mayor
and six aidermen. Andrew Speer,
mayor; Foster L. Fant, former
mayor, and John L. Tate are candi
dates for mayor.
CLEMSON COLL EG E.—W it h 129
men in graduating class, Clemson
college announces plans for com
mencement, June 1-3.
ORANGEBURG.—Henry R. Sims,
attorney and editor, announces can
didacy for state senate.
P. Gar
rick is acquitted of charge of arson,
involving burning of South Willow'
school.
FLORENCE.—Dewey Miller and
Will Miller are held in Florence jail
in connection with death of Clayton
Barfield, 20, of Lake City, said to
have been caused by bad whisky
furnished him by the Miller broth
ers. Jess Miller, third brother, is
sought by officers.
DENMARK. —-Governor McLeod,
Mayor Stoney, of Charleston, and
W. E. Gonzales, of Columbia, for- i
mer ambassador to Cuba and Peru,
are speakers at district meeting of
bankers here, May 16.
COLUMBIA.—I~H. Hunt & Co.,
of Chattanooga, are selected as ar- i
chitects to plan new Sunday school
plant and enlarge auditorium of
First Presbyterian church here.
LEESVILLE?— Dr? P. E. Mon
roe, president of Summerland col
lege, here, resigns to take Lutheran
pastorate at Hickory, N. C.
COLUMBIA.—H. Lee Harvey was
‘dummy director” in Enterprise
hank, of Charleston, attorney argues
in presenting motion to supreme
court for new trial of case against
Harvey, who pleaded “guilty” to
charge of violating state banking
laws.
COLUMBIA. Winthrop college |
seniors from Rock Hill to the num- i
ber of 209 are entertained by Colum- j
bians and Governor McLeod when |
they visit place here where college j
was started, on hundredth anniver- !
sary of birth of Robert Winthrop,
for whom institution was named.
G REENVILLE. —Hundred promi
nent cotton merchants of southeast
attend first annual convention of At
lanta Cotton association here, pre- !
sided over by President F. M. In
man, of Atlanta, and addressed by •
Arthur W. Palmer, in charge of cot- *
ton section U. S. department of agri- '
culture and others.
CHESTER. —Miss Evelyn Rodman
wins first prize in essay contest of
Chester County Cotton Co-operative i
Marketing association, in which
2,000 young people participate.
COLUMBIA.—Robert Jolly, 25,
connected with wholesale tobacco
house, kills self with pistol, leaving
note for W‘fe explaining that finan
cial troubles were motive.
COLUMBIA. Police believe
wholesale auto theft plot is un
earthed, with arrest of D. E. Erwin,
and J. D. Dillon and woman.
Frances DeVore. who quarreled over;
ownership of sedan.
CHESTER.—CharIes Foulk, Co
lumb:a trainman, who suffered frac
tured skull when he fell from freight
train here, is improving at local
hospital.
COLL MBIA. Liberty National
bank sues estate of late Charles H.
Barron, on ground that insurance
policy for $10,908, attached to note,
should apply to all obligations with
bank. Court orders verdict for Bar
ron s estate, ruling that policy pro
tected only note to which it was
pinned.
CHARLESTON. Approximately
thousand attend convention of
freight agents section American
Railway association here, addressed
by Mayor Thomas P. Stoney and
prominent railroad experts.
CHARLESTON.—Nineteenth an
nual convention of South Carolina
State F.remen's association will be
held in Anderson June 25-26. accord
ing to announcement here by Fire
Chief Louis Behrens, president of
association.
MAYESVILLE. Funnel-shaped
tornado passes within mile of
Mayesville on May 11 and strikes
farms of 11. C. Des Champs and W.
D. Rhodes, destroying number of
building's. No lives were lost.
CONWAY.—J. E. Marshant,
wholesale bee raiser, ships ventilated
express car loaded with 1,200 two
pound packages of Horry county
raised bees, to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
COLUMBlA.—Hospitals of state
observe ‘‘.Hospital Day,” May 12, as
part of national movement, all keep
ing “open house” during day.
GAFFNEY.—D?? \V. J. McGloth
lin, president of Furman university,
Greenville, is announced as com
mencement speaker for Limestone
college, June 3.
GAFFNEY. J? B. Milliken,
Greensboro, Pa., man, whose wife
was found in dazed condition on
street here, returns to Gaffney for
Mrs. Milliken. H e says Mrs. Milli
ken left, auto at Spartanburg and
he proceeded to Pennsylvania, think
ing she would come on train.
ANDERSON.—James F. Hoffman,
prominent citizen, 62, dies after long
illness.
GAFFNEY.—Ground is broken for
two large new buildings, given by
J. A. Carroll and Dr. W. C. Ham
rick, and plans are made for two
additional campus structures,
ANDERSON. Sheriff Marrett
seizes large touring car containing
83 gallons of whisky, headed for
Greenville, and arrests men giving
names as Lewis Foster and D. I.
Dill.
WALTERBORO. • Major John
MW TO OUIT
POLITICAL AM
AFTER JUNE 4TH
PARTS, May 14.—(8y the Asso
' ciated Press.) —Premier Poincare in
. tends to withdraw from politics for
i the time being, taking a complete
i rest, and it is understood he will re
j quest a leave from the senate so as
I not to appear in the debates follow
ing his retirement as head of the
government.
M. Poin<w>«s has received requests
from all SMer the world, particularly
- from America, to write articles giv l
i ing (both his views on European
politics and of his
twelve years as a government min
ister.
He will resume his political activ
ities when he considers the time
ripe, and meanwhile, the question of
who is to succeed to the premier
ship is easier put than answered.
It provides ample food for specula
tion among the deputies who already
are beginning to prepare for the
opening of the chamber on June 2.
It also is receiving the full atten
tion of President Millerand, who, it
is understood, will t-ake an early op
portunity to confer with M. Herriott,
the radical leader, on the political
situation, so that the interregnum
between the resignation of the Poin
care ministry and the formation of
a new cabinet will be as short as
possible.
President Millerand will follow the
established procedure of consulting
the president of the chamber, as
soon as he is elected, and the presi
dent of the senate, later summoning
the statesmen who appear to him
most suitable to direct the new ma
jority. Only in the case the states
men submit a program which ap
pears unacceptable would the pres
ident, in the word of Petit Parisien,
“be led to take the grave resolution”
of retiring himself.
Andre Tardieu, following his defeat
for re-election, has decided to retire
altogether from public life, and his
newspaper, the Echo National, will
cease to appear after Thursday’s is
sue.
It has been reported that M.
Tardieu will leave shortly for the
United States to go into business,
but he declared today that he plan
ned to go to Vittel, a small town
in Vosges, for the summer, and that
if he went to the United States it
would be later in the year.
BRIANT), FRENCH PREMIER
POSSIBILITY, ON VACATION
NANTES, France, May’ 14.—For
mer Premier Briand, again a politi
cal storm center in the discussion
now rife as to who shall succeed
Poincare in the premiership, has
made himself about as inaccessible
to the political world as possible
without leaving France. He has
gone fishing off the Morbihan coast,
in order to put an arm of the sea
between him and the political prob
lems of the day on the mainland.
Pershing Is Invited to
Confederate Veterans’
Reunion at Memphis
RICHMOND. Va., May 14.—Gen-1
eral John J. Pershing has been in
vited to attend the annual reunion
»f the United Confederate Veterans
and Sons of Confederate Veterans,
in Memphis, June 3-6, Commander
in-Chief W. McDonald Lee, of the
Sons, has announced.
In announcing that the invitation j
had been extended, following a sug- ■
gestion from officials in Memphis, i
Commander Lee said arrangements j
for the reunion virtually had been |
completed. Indications are, he con
tinued, that the meeting in the Ten
nessee city will have the largest at
tendance of recent years.
The invitation extended General
P.rshing is an unusual compliment,;
it was said by officials of the Sons '
here, since the organization has in-,
vited few persons not direct decend- i
ants of Confederate soldiers to par- !
ticipate in its reunions.
Gainesville Street Car
Crew Held Up, Robbed
By 2 Unmasked Men
GAINESVILLE, Ga„ May 14 i
Two unmasked men held up and
robbed the conductor and motorman ■
of a street car on the outskirts of i
the city on the New Holland line,
at 10:30 o'clock last night. Scorn-1
ing the pennies. the robbers gut
away with but $12.5<». The watches
of their victims also were not j
molested.
A stranger boarded the car at
New Holland, a tcording to the.
carmen, being the only passenger
until near the city limits, when an
other stranger got on. The two act- >
ing together took the conductor’s;
revolver, unloaded it and threw it on |
a seat, took the money and bade ■
their victims a polite “good night.” I
The men wore overalls over good,
clothing, the carmen said. Officers I
had found no trace of the robbers i
early today. I
Black, mayor of Walterboro, dies
after illness of many months.
SMOAKS.—Cameron Lumber com
pany, near here, loses planing mill
and large stock of lumber in fire,
damage amounting to SIO,OOO, with
no insurance.
j
SPARTANBURG. — Safe-crackers
loot office of Quality, Ice Cream
company, take SSOO from safe and
scatter papers over place.
SPA RTA NBlJllG.—-Cornelius Otts,
former solicitor, suspended from bar
by supreme court and refused re
hearing of disbarment case, an
nounces he will operate in real
estate and mortgage loans and will
study law, until expiration of dis
barment period, two years.
ABBEVILLE. Blaze destroys
roof of power plant here caused by
short circuit of 144,000 volts.
COLUMBIA.—St. Peter’s Catholic
church celebrates 100th anniversary
of its founding, with 50 priests and
prelates attending.
CHARLESTON.—Episcopalians of
state launch campaign for $200,000,
for preservation of Porter Military
academy here.
ABBEVILLE.—Car of poultry is
shipped from here by farmers, total
netting $2,444.
ABBEVILLE.—Mirs. Mary S. Kel
lar, mother of County Supervisor
W. L. Kellar, dies near here, at age
of 74.
COLUMBIA.—Seventy-eight were
killed, 771 were injured, 380 homes
were destroyed, and approximately
W. M. U. STRIDES SHOWN
IN REPORT TO CONVENTION
Fosters 22)326 Local Organ
izations in South— Mrs,
James' Address Features
Business Session at Tab
ernacle
The Woman's Missionary union
of the Southern Baptist convention
fosters 22,326 local organizations of
Baptist churches in the south, 10,615
of this number being regular wom
en’s societies and 11,711 being or
| ganizations among the young people,
I it was stated Wednesday morning by
I Mrs. W. C. James, president of the
[•Woman’s Missionary union, at the
j first general business session of the
| annual convention of that organiza
tion at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Mi’s. James’ report, and the presi
; dent’s address, came at 10 o’clock
; Wednesday morning after the con
: vention had been opened by’ a high
|ly inspirational meeting Tuesday
evening - .
The meeting Wednesday began
with the singing by the assemblage
of the fine old gospel hymn, “Come
; Women, Wide Proclaim,” and a
short devotional service led by Mrs.
Janie Cree Bose, of Kentucky.
President’s Address
Mrs. James, in her annual ad
dress, detailed the splendid work ac
complished by the W. M. U. during
the last year, declaring that 17,099
mission study classes were conduct
ed by women during that period,
and 97,738 seals were issued, each
seal representing a. completion of a
number of books on missions.
Mrs. James declared that steward-
I ship had been stressed along with
the work of mission study and that
during the year 2%,814 women sign
ed covenants to give at least a
tenth of their income to religious
work.
Following Mrs. James’ address,
Miss Ethyl Winfield made an addi
tional report on W. M. U. during
1923, and jMiss Kathleen Mallory,
corresponding secretary of the or
ganization, presented a number of W.
I M, U. loving cups and banners. Miss
Juliette Mather, secretary of the W.
M. U, young peonies’ work, told of
the activit'® - ’ h»r rjepartment and
awarded young peoples’ banners.
At the beginning of Wednesday
morning’s session, at which Mrs.
James presided, the convention unan
imously adopted a rule providing
that all discussions be liimited to
two minutes per delegate and Mrs,
F. S. Davis, vice president from Tex
as, was appointed timekeeper.
Greetings PTom Foreign Helds
A unique feature of the session
was the presentation in pamphlet
form of inspirational greetings from
the foreign fields 'under the super
vision of the convention, the greet
ing in each case being sent by a mis
sionary or worker, as follows: Clara
U. Keith, Nigeria, Africa; S. Hon
Lap, South China; Faith M. Snuggs,
Pakhoi, China; Mrs. W. W. Lawton,
Chinese interior; Mrs. Chi Chun Tsai,
of central China; Julieta V. DeVa
retto, Argentina; Ruth M. Randall,
of south Brazil; Pauline White, north
Brazil; Mrs. J. W. McGavock, Chile;
■ ennie Saunders Quarles, Uruguay;
Mrs. George H. Lacy, Mexico; Emma
Williams Gill, European fields, and
Edelmira Robinson, 1 Cuba.
It was stated at noon Wednesday ■
i that approximately 600 out of a pos- i
: sible 750 accredited delegates from !
the 18 southern states in the conven- !
tion had registered. Exactly 888 I
visitors had registered a L that time, |
bringing the total number of visiting !
women to about 1,500.
The registration committee, head- I
ed by Miss Cora Anne Brown, of At- I
la.ita, has worked early and late to !
accomplish the work of registration
w:‘h all possible dispatch.
All delegates who arrive during j
a convention session are required to
sit in the visitors’ section until that
session adjourns, when they will bt
expected to register and take their
places with their state delegations.
Reports Received
Additional features of Wednes- '
day morning’s session Included the
treasurer's report, by Mrs. W. C. I
Lowndes, and the report of the W. I
M. U. field worker, Miss Blanche
Sydnor White. At noon, Mrs. George
B. Eager, of Kentucky, discussed ■
the W. M. U. training school and
its work, after which a number of
committees were appointed.
Wednesday afternoon’s session
was occupied with the report of the <
W. M. U. advisory committee, sub- i
mitted by Mrs. A. J. Aven, of Missis- j
sippi, chairman; the report of the I
Margaret fund committee, submitted ;
by Mrs. Frank Burney, and the re-;
port of the personal service depart
ment, Mrs. H. M. Wharton, director. .
Mrs. Wharton’s report took the
form of a beautiful pantomime, I
“Fourteen Years of Personal Serv
ice,” in which participated fourteen
attractive girls.
, Mrs. Harvey Clarke, a missionary
to Japan, and Mrs. L. M. Bratcher,
a missionary to Brazil, who are
honor guests at the convention, also •
spoke on “Echoes From Our Mission j
Fields.”
An inspirational program was i
arranged for Wednesday evening, be- [
.c’-ming at 7:30 o’clock. Following
the singing of several Gospel hymns
and a devotional service led by Mrs. ■
James G. Smith, of Alabama, a pan- I
tomime was staged , Illustrating |
SATURDAY, MAY 17. 11)24.
3,500 people are homeless, as result
of recent tornadoes in state, eccord
ing to state Red Cross relief com
mittee, which issues appeal for
$250,000, to meet' needs of storm
victims.
SPARTANBURG. —Representative
Paul M. Murph, of White Stone, an
nounces' candidacy for sheriff of
Spartanburg county.
COLUMBIA.?— Wallace Evans,
Bennettsville; J. W. Drake, Ander
son; J. W. Gaston, Spartanburg; J.
P. McNair, Aiken; B. F. Williamson,
Darlington; A. V. Betha, Dillon; J.
S. Wannamaker, St. Matthews; A. R.
Johnson, of St. George; R. O. Mc-
Cutcheon, Bishopville, and R. D.
Caldwell, Chester, compose new
board of South Carolina Cotton
Growers’ Co-operative association,
according to organization’s electoral
commission.
ABBEVlLLE.—Directors of Abbe
ville cotton mills declare dividend of
three and half per cent, payable
June 30.
GREENVILLE. Depression in
cotton goods market will ■be dis
cussed at annual convention of
American Cotton Manufacturers’
association in Atlantic City, May 27
and 28, according to W. E. Beattie,
of Greenville, president, who an
nounces that numbers of South
Carolina manufacturers will attend.
GREEN VILLE. —Three hundred
expected to attend convention of
United Gemmercial Travelers here
May 22, 23 and 24, according to J.
W. Jones, of local post, planning for
gathering.
the steady march < * Christian mis
sions from the death of William
Carey to the present time.
High Tribute to W. M. U.
Missions were described as the
“white pathway” by which Christian
civilization might reach the dark
fastnesses of foreign lands by va
rious speakers at the opening ses
sion Tuesday evening.
Dr. George W. Truett, of Dallas,
Texas, one of the most distinguished
ministers in the Southern Baptist
convention and a. speaker who al
ways draws capacity audiences here,
was to have delivered an address,
hut did not reach the city in time.
He is expected later in the week.
In his stead, Dr. R. J. Bateman,
of Asheville, who is widely known
throughout the south, delivered a
forceful address on home missions,
telling of ' the splendid work that
has been accomplished in bringing
“light from darkness” in the isolat
ed sections of the southland.
He paid an eloquent tribute to the
work of the women of the W. M. U.
in accomplishing the amazing re
sults that have attended mission
work in the south, declaring that to
them was due much of the credit
for establishing splendid educational
institutions and sending home mis
sionaries to out-of-the-way places
where much good has been accom
plished.
Dr. W. O. Carver, of Kentucky,
speaking on the subject, “Foreign
Mission Fields From an Eye-Wit
ness,” painted a vivid word picture
of the darkness, ignorance and suf
fering that pervaded many foreign
i fields before the advent of the Chris
tion missionary.
Paints Brighter Picture
He brought this situation into
' startling contrast with that existing
‘at present in these same fields,
painting another graphic picture of
a more cheerful scene—that of a
foreign field into which the light of
Christianity has come, bringing with
it Godliness, enlightenment and joy.
He paid glowing tribute to the
men and women ho have gone from
the south as missionaries to these
fields, leaving behind, in many in
stances, friends and relatives in or
der that they might c. rry the Gos
pel to those who had not heard it.
Just before Dr. Carver’s address,
the meeting was thrown open for in
troduction of women delegates to for
eign fields who were in attendance.
A number were present, most ot
whom are scheduled to take part in
the convention at later sessions.
Another feature which added
greatly to th' inspirational tone of
the first meeting was the music, the
hundreds of women who packed the
Tabernacle singing the fine old Gos
pel hymns with a, splendid religious
fervor. The musical program Tues
day evening was in charge of Mrs.
G. G. Byers, of South Carolina, who
has charge of all musical features
of the women’s meeting.
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STOCKHOLM, May 14.—Gustav
Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, is
confined to his apartments in the
royal castle with a mild case of diph
theria.
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SECRETARY HUSHES '
DENIES W PART
IN STEAMER DEAL
♦
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Secre
tary Hughes today declared to he
“absolutely false” the statement that
he “had anything to do with the
sale of the steamship Martha Wash
ington” to its former owners by tne ‘ •
shipping board.
In a. formal statement prompted
by the reading of correspondence be
fore the house shipping board inves
tigating committee, in which Sec
retary Hughes was said to have ap- 4
peared for the former owners he- f
fore becoming secretary of state, Mr.
Hughes declared he had had noth
ing to do with the subject since he
entered the cabinet. •
Representative Davis, Democrat,
of Tennessee®, yesterday read the
correspondence as well as records of <
hearings by the house merchant ma- <
rine committee to show that Mr.
Hughes in December, 192 C, three
months before he became secretary
of state, was active as counsel for
a. Trieste corporation to have tit'e
of the, ship, seized from Austria
ing the war, transferred back to thatl
company. He also produced a reso
lution of the shipping board two
years later under which the ship
was sold for $60,000 to the corpora
tion after the board had been ad- <
vised by the state department that •
the Trieste company was then Ital
ian owned, through annexation of ’
Trieste.
“In 1920 when I was practicing u
law and before I had any Idea of be
coming secretary of state,” Secre
tary Hughes statement said, “I was ;
consulted by the attorneys of the
Italians who claimed the vessel. I
believed their claim was a just one
and took the matter up. While the
vessel had been seized by this gov
ernment because she flew the Aus
trian flag, she belonged to Trieste
and to a corporation organized and /
controlled by Italians. My connec
tion with the matter completely end
ed before I become secretary of
state.
“When, a long time afterward, t
learned that the shipping board had
brought questions relating to the
vessel before the department of
state, I declined, because of my pre
vious connection as above stated, to
have anything to do with it. The <
matter was handled exclusively un
der the direction of M r - Phillips, the
under secretary of dtate, on the ad
vice of the solicitor’s office, without
any reference to me.”
Discontinuance of Trains
Is Opposed Vigorously ’
A debate developed Tuesday '
at a hearing before the Georgia pub
lic service commission of a petition
by the Georgia railroad to discon
tinue trains Nos. 9 and 10 between
Camak and Washington: trains Nos.
13, 14 and 15 between Atlanta and
Social Circle, and No 5.90, 91 and 92
between Social Circle and Monroe. *
Citizens residing along the lines pro- |
tested vigorously against a curtail- (
ment of service. The commission
granted the railroad more time to i
see if a comproise ay not be worked I
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