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| XI.'V- OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
SAYERTON.—John Hodge, 53, is
instantly killed when he comes in
contact with live wire at entrance
of Republic Steel and Iron company,
where he was employed.
BIRMINGHAM. —D. L. Stewart, ot
Mobile, is elected and installed
Grand Patriarch of Alabama juris
diction of Odd Fellows, at state meet
ing here. Other officers are Edward
B? Miller, Cullman, grand high
priest; H. G. Nixon, Birmingham,
grand senior warden; C. O. Jacobs,
Birmingham, grand scrib®; C. W.
Capps, Birmingham, grand treasurer;
F. M, N'xon, Anniston, grand junior
warden, August Burger, Mobile,
grand representative. Over 400 dele
gates attend. .
ANNISTON.—Party of Southern
railroad officials visit Anniston and
confer with members of chamber of
commerce as to development of their
property here.
AUBURN.— Twenty-second annuai
farmers’ school here comes to sue
■essful close. Total attendance is
638, or 137 more than last year.
All counties in Alabama and four
different states were represented.
, MOBILE. —I. T. Quinn, state game
and fish commissioner, is here to
consider means of clearing out water
hyacinths from waters near Mobile,
where they interfere with fishing.
CAMP M’CLELLAN.—-About 500
enlisted men and thirty-five officers,
- ... composing Thirty-second squadron of
109th cavalry, made up of national
guardsmen of North and South Caro
lina, arrive here for summer train
t ing.
MONTGOMERY.—WiIIiam M. Mc-
Cain, 86, Confederate veteran, mem
ber of 167th Alabama infantry, dies
at local hospital.
£ PHOENIX CITY—Mrs. Sally Ber
tha Rutherford, 45, dies suddenl yat
home here. Remains are sent to
Brown Springs, Ga., for interment,
TUSCALOOSA. —Annual picnic of
Tuscaloosa county farm bureau will
be held August 14, at McDaniel farm
n ar here. Over 4,000 are expected
to attend. .
HUNTSVILLE. After being
closed for few weeks to install new
machinery, Lincoln Cotton mills are
now operating day and night, and
employing 1,200 people.
MADISON.—I. G. Riddle, former
vice president of Bank of Madison,
convicted of forgery and given from
eight to ten years, appeals to sil
-1 ’ preme court. Bond is fixed at $lO,-
00 °-
‘ HUNTSVILLE'. W. B. Ander
son and Ed Ingram, deserters from
4- United States army at Fort Sam
' Houston, Tex., are arrested here
while stealing ride on freight train.
MONTGOMERY.” Need of to
day is better provisions foj- existing
higher institutions of * learning,
rather than building more, says Gov
< ernor W. W. Brandon, who opposes
• plan for location of Alabama School
of Trades and Industries.
? BIRMINGHAM. Recent. pas
•’ sage of immigration restriction bill
C by congress is described as milepost
ij‘ in national history by Senator Oscar
% W. Underwood, in address before
.Exchange club here.
*■ DEMOPOLIS. Demopolis Light
| and Power company seeks permis
<i. sion from Alabama public: service
•; commission to sell their property
. ‘here to Alabama Power company.
•: COLUMBIANA—John J. Haynes,
ii appointed solicitor
W judicial circuit by
•* ..frOvernor W. W. Brandon.
* MOBILE. Petition of George
county, Mississippi, citizens, to sus
*,*. pend state line in their section in
"enforcement of Alabama cattle dip
ttping law is referred to federal au
thorities.
{ Constitutional
Amendment to allow legislature to
form, or provide for formation of
drainage districts, and to provide
for assessment of cost of such
drainage improvement against land
Wybenefited. will be voted on by people
jJ3pf Alabama in general election in
tJSNovember.
TUSCALOOSA. Dr. J. Hester
t "“Ward, 48, one of Tuscaloosa’s most
j prominent citizens, is found dead in
- ' s his office with bullet wound through
J his head. Presumption is he took
i his own life on account of ill health,
j BIRMINGHAM.—Mrs. Elizabeth
» Crockett, 81, dies at home of her
i >, daughter, Mrs. F. N. North.
’,, BESSpMER.;—Work will com
•; mence soon on new plant of Har
’. "bison-Walker Refractories company.
* ’ Plant will occupy 3.0 acres of ground.
5 ' COLUMBIANA-Columbiana Ex-
* , change club will spend several thou
.* sand dollars in national advertising
| campaign, in telling of advantages
S ' of this section of Alabama.
’» CULLMAN. Alabama Power
company is negotiating deal to take
• over city lighting system here.
MONTGOMERY. Denial of
! charges of abuse in communication
• genuine
I
AspiriH
Say “Bayer - Insist!
For Pain Headache
Neuralgia Rheumatism
Lumbago Colds
* Bayer package
which contains proven directions
Handy ‘‘Bayer’’ boxes of 12 tablets
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists
Asplrtn l« the trade mark of Barer Mann
tacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicrlicacld
BIRTH STONE RING rnFT
14K Gold filled, guar- | 11 ff
- anteed to give satis-
faction, with stone tor
? inv month, given free for sell-
'1 ’ ng nn L r * of nur latest
m y»Br^'X. x jeweliv at 10c each. Write for
4'T * lewelrv Facie Watch Co..
Jf Drpt. 4K. East Roiton. Matt.
TIRES WITH 500 NAIL
HOLES LEAK NO AIR
. A new puncture-proof inner tube has been in
terned by a Mr. M E. Milburn, of Chieaio. In
actual test it was punctured 500 times without the
. kvs of air. This wonderful new tube increases
* mi lease from lo.OOt) to u.oov miles and elimi
. ' nates vhajigint tires. It costs no more than ihe
-•»>! n«rv tube. Mr. Milbum wants them intro
. <iu rd everywhere and is maki-ic a »rwnl octet
Wrist Sales Manasei. F. C. Hansen
. « West S . Cheasu.
THK ATLANTA TKI-WEEKIA' JOURNAL
recently, from prisoners at River
Falls camp, are made in local news
' paper in communication signed by
, more than forty prisoners.
, FLORENCE. —Inspector Compton
reports that 500 cows in Lauderdale
. county are tested, and all found free
j of tuberculosis.
MONTGOMERY.—La Follette will
have names of presidential electors
i on his ticket in Alabama. Notice to
L this effect is received by secretary
of state from Donald Richbourg, at
torney for La Follette campaign
committee.
; AUBURN. —Prof. M. J. Funchess,
■ dean of agriculture and director of
, Alabama experimental station, and
Prof. J. W. Tidmore are on tour of
study and observation of soil and
agriculture in north Alabama.
[ HUNTSVILLE?*— ~ Prof. G. W.
• Hamm, principal of Huntsville
grammar school, and Miss Lady
Love Evans, of Culleoka, Tenn., are
married ait home of bride.
‘ GARDEN cotton
, gin of Compton and Rymal is de
stroyed by fire at loss of $5,000.
COLUMBIANA??dver 9,000 hens
are pledged fn Shelby county in Egg
, Marketing association, and associa
, tion is not yet completed.
ALBANY.—Mrs. Ellis Wright,
, mother of Gerald Wright, well-known
citizen of Albany, dies at their home
, here.
GADSDEN. — While visiting friends
1 at Citico, M. L. Grudup, well-known
I Gadsden citizen, dies suddenly.
ALBANY. —A. A. Hardage, for
mer mayor and president of Central
National bank, announces for mayor
of Albany. Election takes place
September 15.
SEALE.—Remains of Mrs. J. M.
Allen, prominent Alabama woman,
who dies at Phoenix City, are in
terred here.
I
MOBlLE.—Statae examiners com
, mence secret investigation of charges
. against sheriff’s office here. Over
1,500 witnesses are subpoenaed in
1 this investigation.
MONTGOMERY?—AIabama public
, service commission is asked for per
’ mission by Alabama Power company
, to construct transmission lines to
I serve towns of Georgiana, Chapman
and Fort Deposit.
HAMILTON.—R?N. Terrell, Mrs.
R. N. Terrell and .Mel Green nar
i rowly escape when their automobile
• plunges off embankment near here.
ANNISTON. — Women are barred
as clerks at city Democratic pri
mary election, to be held here Au
i gust 11.
1 CLANTON.—New training school
3 for negro boys and girls here is
’ completed at cost of $7,000.
FLORENCE.—Charges of assault
and battery against James Hill and
’ Joe Peters are withdrawn when Will
Green, man assaulted, disappears.
GADSDEN.—CoI. R. A. Dunlap,
81, prominent lawyer and noted
Confederate veteran, of Florence,
dies at home of daughter, Mrs. Rob
ert Cowan, at Cleveland, Tenn.
DECATUR. —Fight on malaria in
> Morgan county is now assuming
large proportions, as led by county
health unit, with assistance of Ten
nessee Valley laboratory.
MONTGOMERY.—AIabama Power
' company is charged with engaging
in unfair competition in inducing
customers of Tri-Cities Gas company,
’ of Gadsden, to replace use of gas
, with electricity, in petition filed by
gas company with Alabama Public
Service Commission.
ALBERTVILLE?—FacuIty of Al
bertville Agricultural school is an
nounced, with J. W. Letson, 8.5., as
principal.
FORT DEPOSIT.—J. Lee Burt,
for many years prominent citizen
of this place, dies at home of daugh
ter, Mrs. T. E. Sanders, at Jackson
ville, Fla.
FORT DEPOSIT. — Mis. Annie
Smith will soon commence erection
of new building here, which she will
lease to federal government for pos.,-
office.
NORTH CAROLINA
HENDERSONVILLE. Westren
North Carolina Times, semi-weekly
newspaper, is purchased by Leroy
Sargent and H. W. Fuher, New
York business men, and converted
into daily, with John Temple Graves
as editor.
GASTONIA. —Gastonia. post of
American Legion starts active cam
paign for election of Major R. G.
Cherry as commander of state de
partment at annual convention at
Asheville in September.
PITTSBURG. Cloudburst in
I northwestern Chatham county sends
Haw river to high water mark, over
flow doing great damage ever wide
area.
RALEIGH. Cornelius C. Cun
ningham, Beloit college graduate, is
named head division of public speak
ing and debating in reorganized
English department of Slate college.
Dean Brown announces.
HICKORY.—Work starts on new
athletic field for Lenoir-Rhyne col
lege, the field to cover ten-acre tract
and afford plenty of space for all
outdoor college sports.
ASHEVILLE. Health depart
ment bars 3.000 children from coun
ty schools for not being vaccinated,
causing row with school authorities,
who point to compulsory attendance
law. Health board stands firm and
hundreds of children are vaccinated.
MOORES VrLL E—Civil and
World war veterans of Iredell coun
| ty gather at Cornelius church for
thirty-fifth annual reunion of coun
ty Confederate veterans. Brigadier
General Albert, Raleigh, O. R. C.,
delivers principal address.
RALEIGH.—Ten-story- Odd Fel-
I lows’ building, erected at a cost of
i more than $300,000, is completed and
I opened to tenants, marking success
. tul culmination of drive started by
j Odd Fellows two years ago.
KINSTON.—Tobacco Growers’ Co
operative association leases Central
warehouse, one of largest tobacco
warehouses in state, and will use it
i as receiving station during fa...
RALElGH.—Complaints of uneth
ical practices against several lawyers
are investigated by grievance com
mittee. North Carolina Bar associa
, tin. Names are not divulged and ac
tion withheld to later meeting.
RALEIGH.—A number of corn
shucking bees will be held this fall
among Corn club boys, according to '
I’. director of extension
! division, state department of agricul- 1
j ture.
I HIGH POlNT.—After being tn
j service of Southern railroad for 15
| years, F. J. Fagler resigns and ac
cepts position in office of High Point.
| Thomasville and Denton railroad.
| newly organized corporation.
J HIGH POINT.—Dr. J. J. Hamlin.
’; prominent dentist, announces perfec-
> ; lion of device to heat water to boil
i ing point in 30 seconds and moderate
temperature in five seconds.
I i
SOI THPORT. -Fish boot Mer
haden. Little River to WilmirUft <>•■>.
is beached at Bald Head after crew
is unable to cope with flames origi
nating from spark falling in load of
soda.
A SII EVIL LE. —Cla ren ce Coleman
and Reuben Whitson are in hospital
in serious condition as result of fight
with knives.
WILMINGTON.—PIans to induce
more tourists to visit eastern North
Carolina are discussed at conference
of representatives of towns in eastern
section of Smithfield.
BURGAW. —Rev. Father Charles
Kneusels, pastor of St. Helena
Roman Catholic church, dies in New
Yqrk following major operation, ad
vices received by parishioners state.
NEWTON —Two thousand farrrters
and members of their families hear
Congressman H. S. Ward, of First
district, speak at annual farmers
picnic at Ball Creek camp grund.
ROBBlNSVlLLE—Consoildation of
school reduced the number of schools
in Graham county this year from 30
to 20 and these improved schools and
good roads give county best education
system in its history, Superintendent
J. H. Moody, declares.
ROCKINGHAM. J. L. Hawley,
professed member of the Ku Klux
Klan, is found not guilty of perjury
by' jury in superior court. Case
arose out of Hawley swearing in
court that he was not klansman and
later at public meeting asserting his
membership.
RALEIGH. —“Competition is the
death of profits; co-operation is the
life of trade,” United States Senator
Ellison Smith, of South Carolina,
tells Farmers and Farm Women con
vention.
CHARLOTTE. —Illicit whisky still
is found by officers in historic old
home of Hezekiah Alexander, signer
of Mecklenburg declaration of inde
pendence, and John Sparkman is ar
rested.
WHITEVILLE.—Negro girl is in
. stantly killed when lightning strikes
residence of D. E. McGirt, in which
she had taken refuge.
ASHEVILLE. —Governor Morrison
and other notables attend opening of
George Vanderbilt hotel, 200-room
structure, financed by private sub
scriptions.
SHELBY.—OId Central Methodist
church will be transformed into mov
ing picture show house, according to
J. E. Webb, owner.
REIDSVILLE—FIeming Goolsby,
wealthy farmer, is severely' bitten
by rabid dog, property of a tenant.
OXFORD. Town commissioners
adopt report of engineer and will lay
pipe line to Tar river to insure ade
quate water supply in all seasons,
dry seasons having caused much
anxiety heretofore, owing to scarci
ty of supply.
DURHAM. City-county’ author
izes purchase of caps made of straw
for members of police force during
the summer.
SMITHFIELD.—Pretty blue-eyed,
dark-haired baby girl, apparently
I about two months old, is left on
porch at home of Mr. and Mrs. Ju
nias Parrish during night.
GASTONIA. —Program is arranged
for Gaston county fair, beginning
September 30 and continuing
through October'4.
W. Stewart,
fourth man sought in connection
with murder of Officer Leon George
and Deputy U. S. Marshal Sam Lilly
in Brunswick county is arrested and
placed in jail at Southport.
SANATORIUM.— Fatalities from
tuberculosis are on decrease in
| North Carolina, figures furnished by 7
state sanatorium officials showing
2,586 deaths from disease in 1922
I and 2,545 in 1923.
AS’HEVI LLeT North Carolina
will carry out whatever program the
law requires on National Defense
day, September 12, Governor Morri
son announces.
GREENSBORO. Negro hospital
association is offered valuable tract
of land in eastern section of city on
which to locate proposed new hos
pital. Offer is taken under advise
ment.
FAYETTE vfLLE. Shortage of
negro labor forces Hawthorne mill
to operate on part time, manage
ment finding it impossible to secure
600 workers necessary for full-time
schedule. *
DUNN.—“I’II die before I will live
with that man.” said Mrs. N. A.
, Norris, in referring to her husband
|in court here. They had been mar
ried only 24 hours when she left
! him. Husband claims a brother
| stole bride's affection.
GREENSBORO.— M. H. Pinnix, 66.
well-known realtor, dies after long
illness of cancer.
FAY Prod
nets company is organized to manu
facture automobile and furniture up
holstery. Col. Terry Lyon is presi
dent, and W. D. McNeill, general
manager.
GASTON IA. Receipts at Gas
tonia postoffice for year ending June
30. show 20 pea- cent increase over
previous year, figures for year end
ed totaling $62,682.23.
KINSTON. Few boll weevils
have been found in Lenoir county
and indications point to .splendid
yield of cotton this year, prominent
farmers say.
GOLDSBORO. Typhoid fever
strikes home of Peter Fryar, all
members of family, ten in number,
becoming ill, the mother dying of
the disease. Red Cross and county
health department render succor.
ASHEVILLE. Farmers’ federa
tion officials plan to rush western
North Carolina apples to England
this fall in effort to beat Virginia
fruit to market.
ASHEVILLE. King Morrison,
Hendersonville business man, is
named chairman of Republican com
mittee in Tenth district at confer
ence of leaders with L. P. Hamlin,
Brevard, Republican candidate for
congress.
WILMINGTON. Dance at the
Wrightsville beach dance hall is
broken up by 7 visit of band of
Knights of Ku Klux Klan, who dis
tribute hand bills bearing warning
to law violators to leave county at
once.
BURLINGTON. Robber gets
small amount of change in night
raid on First Savings bank, vault
resisting efforts of intruder to work
time lock and gain access to large
amount of cash.
KlNG—William A. Caudle, eighty
, six. well-known farmer, dies after
| several weeks’ illness of pneumonia.
LIBERTY.—Henry Eli Friddle,
seventy, prominent farmer, dies aft
er short illness.
WINSTON-SALEM. Five state
fish hatcheries, provided for by 1923
general assembly, will be ready for
operation November 1, J. K. Dixon,
chairman of state fisheries commis
i sion, announces.
| WINSTON-SALEM. Henry
; Burns, well-known business man. is
I arrested by officers, who found ten
j gallon® of home-mad’ blackberry
wine in raid on h ® h< me.
FR E E MON T. —El ec t r ic lighting
system is put out of commission, sev
eral small houses and 25 chimneys
are blown down and heavy damage
is done growing crop by tornado and
heavy' rain storm.
WINSTON-SALEM. —Construct ion
company starts building two new
basins for water system to provide
adequate water supply for city at all
times. Work costs about $50,000.
GREENSBORO.—L. C. Huffine
shoots and wounds negro burglar
surprised as he was entering furni
ture store. Police trail negro some
distance by trail of blood but fail to
effect capture.
KINSTON. —Lenoir county com
pletes $500,000 bridge building pro
gram with announcement by county
highway commission that modern
bridges now span all larger streams
crossing main highways.
BURLINGTON.—Seventy-one boys
and girls, winners in Alamance coun
ty farm vlub contests, are presented
to President Coolidge on free trip to
Washington.
SAlflSßUßY.—Postal receipts for
year ending June 30, 1924, total $94,-
719.15, an increase of $5,843.98 over
previous year, postoffice officials an
nounce. t
ASHEVILLE.—F. Roger Miller ar
rives from Savannah, Ga., and as
sumes duties as general manager and
secretary of chamber of commerce.
GOLDSBORO—Masons secure $42,-
600 in campaign for funds to build
Masonic temple and work on build
ing will start at early date.
MURPHY.—More than $2,000 in
premiums will be given winners in
events at the Cherokee county fair,
September 24-26, County Agent H.
H. Ellis, manager of fair, announces.
HILLSBORO.—CarI Hylan, Irving
Hardin and Ed Wells, claiming At
lanta, Ga., as their home, are placed
in jail for Georgia authorities after
confessing they 7 stole automobile in
Atlanta recently.
WINSTON-SALEM. —J a mes Stew
* art, High Point road merchant, is
badly beaten by three men who hold
( him up in his store at point of gun
and make off with $75 in cash and
other valuables.
RALElGH—Operation of state
government in 1923 cost $50,000,000.
according to annual report of State
Auditor Baxter Durham in which
he recommends adoption of budget
plan for ail state departments and
state prison.
RALEIGH. —Alleging false arrest
and brutal treatment while in city
jail, M. A. Smith, Fuquay Springs
young man, starts suit for $5,000
damages against Police Chief Glenn.
SALISBURY; —A group of thirty
nine boys are given two weeks’ en
campment at Camp Minn Woda by
Rotary club.
TARBORO.—EIisha Worsley, 70,
dies after long illness.
KlNSTON.—Dissolution of Caswell
Banking company, recently merged
with National Bank of Kinston, is
proposed at meeting ot stockholders
and will be formally ratified at next
meeting of stockholders.
GREEN SBO RO. —J. H. Jones, Ma
con, Ga.. traveling salesman, loses
Ford car when he loans it to pretty
bob-haired young girl to “run up
town for a, minute.” She failed to
return and Jones reported loss to po
lice.
SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA. —Davis Jeffries, for
27 years superintendent of schools of
Union, is named by State Superin
tendent of Education Hope as state
supervisor of mill schools.
COLUMBIA.—C. P. Miller and
Frank Anderson, arrested here in
connection with automobile thefts,
are returned to Savannah, and M.
C. Quay, member of samp gang, is
returned to Keystone, Va., to face
criminal charges.
COLUMBIA. —Secretary of state
grants authority to Excelsior Mills,
of Union, to increase capital stock
from $500,000 to SBOO,OOO.
ANDERSON. —Plans are made for
twenty-first annual convention here.
August 12, of state association of
rural lettetr carriers, Howard T.
Cree, director reserve district, Rich
mond. to be one of chief speakers.
LANCASTER.—J. Robert Sistare,
of Riverside, sells 1,000 pounds of
home made flour on market here.
FLORENCE.—PIans are made for
convention here on August 12 of
commercial secretaries of eastern
South Carolina.
CLEM SON Ct >LLEGE. —Concrete
bleachers for football field being
erected here to provide seating ca
pacity for 10,000 spectators.
Mrs. W. F.
Stevenson, wife of Congressman
Stevenson, dies at Stevenson sum
mer home in Asheville,
KERS HA W. Miss Wright,
daughter of Charles Wrignt. Ker
shaw county 7 farmer, has hair cut
during night, as she sleeps with head
near window,
FLORENCE. —H. S. White, prom
inent Lake City man, is in county
jail here, charged with attempted
criminal assault on young white
woman of Lake City. He surren
dered to sheriff before warrant was
issued.
PLUM BRANCH.—IV. H. Haw
kins, Furman university graduate,
is elected principal school here.
SPARTANBURG?^Coun ty <a m
paign opens, with sixteen candidates
in race for house and other offices
sought by contestants.
G R E E N W O O D?—William P.
Durst, prominent business man,
dies after severe illness.
SPARTANBURG??WiII of Thad
C. Dean, who died June 2, is pro
bated, estate valued at $75,000 being
left.
YORK.—Lee Banks Sanders, ne
gro, is held by coroner’s jury’ for
death of Mattie Good, negress. whom
he ran over in automobile, not
stopping after knocking tier down.
Woman was dragged 60 feet, dying
immediately.
CHARLESTON.—James I’. Clarke,
former assistant chief of police de
tectives. and holding commission ;
from governor as state constable, is
arrested by’ local police as he is
about to break up gambling game, i
Police thought he was breaking in.
At police headquarters he produces
governor’s commission and is re
leased.
SLMTER. — Ben W. Bradford, for
mer Sumter resident, dies in Wil
mington. N. C
COLL MBIA. —Cotton
at Saluda, to be managed by’ M. T.
Pitts, and one at Cathwood, to be ‘
managed by M. P. Williams, are
added to state system. Warehouse
Commisisoner Rivers announces.
SPARTANBURG.—CIarence Bia-1
lock, 25. convicted of murder of
father, John Blalock, of Boiling
Springs, this county, will not appeal
case, attorneys announce, and he
gins ser\ice of life imi» Uono). nt.
LEXINGTON.—G. F. Watson,,
Canadian, residing here several
months, has altercation with one
Kaiser, and is rushed to hospital in
Columbia with 18-inch gash in back
and cut on arm.
HARTSVILLE.—VioIet and Or
chard Springs 102631, owned by'
Pedigreed Seed Co., here, wins state
championship in class DD Guernsey,
as well as tenth highest producing
Guernsey cow in world in class DD.
She produced 11,934.5 pounds of
milk, 680.92 pounds of butter fat,
with average test of 5.71. per cent.
GREEN WOOD.—A ssoc ia te Re
formed Presbyterian church here
proposes to erect a new church.
Plans are drawn by J. C. Hemphill.
SPARTANBURG—R. C. 1 Ing.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Burns, William
Burns, 8, and Miss Julia Salley, all
of Orangeburg, are painfully, not se
riously, injured when car turns over
near Glenn Springs, 12 miles from
here.
GAFFNEY. —A. H. Guthrie, mem
ber Gaffney High school football
team, and Dr. J. N. Nesbitt, South
ern railway surgeon and town’s old
est practitioner, engage in alterca
tion, and boy is shot three times.
Dr. Nesbitt gives SI,OOO bond, under
charge assault and battery with in
tent to kill. He suffers cut on arm.
COLUMBIA. —I. Oliver Haithcock,
farmer, living near Eastover, dies as
result of injuries received when
stripped car, in which he and son,
Reeves, are riding, collides with
large car driven by Lee Hyler, of
Columbia, with Frank Fraylick as
passenger. Hyler is held by sheriff,
pending decision of cforoner’s jury.
COLUMBIA. —Express companies
ask railroad commission to grant
increase of rates of 15 to 30 cents
and 20 cents to 33 cents, and com
mission takes petition under advise
ment, after hearing shippers in op
position.
FLORENCE—Mike Shia, tobacco
merchant, brings test case to test
constitutionality of state stamp tax
on tobaccos. Takes out injunction
against state tax commission execut
ing to collect penalty for non-pay
ment of tax.
COLUMBIA. —Farmers of state are
advised by' State Warehouse Com
missioner Rivers to hold cotton until
early stock from Texas is used up.
Lead of western, states in belt will
tend to meet demand, temporarily
keeping price down, he says.
CLEMSON COLLEGE—Prominent
stock buyer says need of state’s live
stock interests is for breeding with
pure-bred sires, to improve quality
of stock, according to L. V. Starkey,
chief of animal husbandry division
of Clemson college.
CHARLESTON.—Body of Perry-
Guilds, drowned when squall hit
mosquito fleet neai- Castle Pinckney,
is found and recovered from water
by Robert Bryan, of Union Point, Ga.
GREENVILLE. —Peach crop of
Greenville is estimated at between
35,000 and 40,000 crates.
GREENVILLE. Dr. Hamilton
Holt, editor of the Independent, New
York, delivers series of addresses at
Furman university institute of poli
tics, here.
LANCASTER.—R. F. Sims, lead
ing planter of Fort Mill section of
county, is dead, and R. P. Jenkins
probably fatally wounded, as result
of shooting at home of Tom Sims.
Tom Sims, it is said, had been warned
that relations between him and step
daughter must cease. Crowd went
to his house and he opened fire, kill
ing R. F. Sims instantly.
FLORENCE. Tobacco market
opens August 4, with million pounds
sold first day at various South Caro
lina markets, and with price ranging
from three to 65 cents. Lake City'
reports largest independent sales,
totaling 450,000 pounds, price aver
aging 15 cents.
COLUMBIA.—I. M. Mauldin, for
mer vice president of Palmetto Na
tional bank, is elected president of
American Bank and Trust company,
at organization meeting here. J.
Pope Matthews, who was president
of former Palmetto National, is elect
ed chairman of board. E. P. Miller,
Bennettsville; T. K. Johnstone, New
berry, and General Wilie Jones, Co
lumbia, are elected vice presidents.
CHARLESTON.—John W. Davis,
Democratic candidate for presidency,
wires regrets at not being able to at
tend Thirtieth division reunion here
August 11. Governor had invited.
GAFFNEY.—LIoyd and William
Wright, two prominent young men
here, returning to city from Saluda,
by motor, come upon truck load of
lumber turned over, with one negro
almost dead from injuries received
in wreck and another pinned beneath
load. They use levers and extricate
driver and take both to where medi
cal attention is given.
SUMTER. —Body of Grant I.eften
ant, negro convict who escaped from
state prison farm near here July 29,
is found floating on Wateree river,
half mile from where shirt and shoes
had been found shortly after disap
pearance.
COLUMBIA.—Big king snake and
large rattler, owned by Columbia po
lice. engage in fight, and king swal
lows rattler inch by inches.
PINEWOOD.—J. R. Griffin, prom
inent planter, dies here after illness
of few hours.
GREENWOOD.— Mis. J. Richard
Williams, president State League of
Women Voters, makes plea to wom
en of state to register for general
election in November.
ANDERSON. —Mrs. O. Geisberger
learns- of death of little granddaugh
ter, Margaret Geisberger, killed in
automobile accident in Indianapolis. :
where she was visiting relatives.
Body is brought back here for inter
ment.
LAMAR. —W. D. Copeland, promi
nent planter living near here, dies
after long period of bad health, age
sixty-three.
ANDERSON. —Fred Cox. nineteen,
and James Relph, twenty'-one, ne
gro, are killed, and John Relph, ten, I
brother of dead negro, and Ephraim \
Delph, fifty, father, are injured
when automobile is struck by Blue
Ridge train at grade crossing near
here.
GREENWOOD. County Agent
Gulledge plans to lead party of
twenty-five farmers on trip through
western North Carolina and Tennes
see. inspecUng farms.
CHESTER. Mis. Herbert W.
White. Chester; Christie Benet. Co
lumbia. and D. A. G. Outz, Green- j
wood, are appointed by Governor Mc-
Leod on board of managers of Thom
as Jefferson foundation.
GREENWOOD. J. C. Wilson,
prominent planter, says snake on bis
place swallows many china eggs,
stolen from nests.
MARlON.—Consolidated Lumber
company, of Marion, is granted state
charter. It ha® capital stock of
Sion,ooo, m. B. Reed being president
and treasurer.
COLI ’ ' .< - . re
tributes to counties $59,362, month’s
collections from gasoline tax. Simi
lar amounts go also to state highway
department and into state treasury.
CHARLESTON.—M. B. Russell re-
SENATOR HIIS
ISSUES STATEMENT
OFFffI_BLO»K
Just before leaving Atlanta to at
tend the notification ceremonies for
John W. Davis, the Democratic
presidential nominee, at Claikes
burg, W. Va., on Monday, Senator
William J. Harris gave out the fol
lowing statement on his campaign
for re-election:
“Splendid assurances of approval
of my record in the senate come to
me from all sections of Georgia,
both in person and by mail. Last
year I visited every county in Geor
gia, speaking to about 100,000, tell
ing th6 people of the things I had
striven to accomplish and the suc
cessful termination of many of my
efforts in the face of congresses con
trolled by the Republicans. Th;y
indorsed my record by rising votes.
Farm Bloc at Work
“One of the most interesting fea
tures is the work of the farm bloc,
which organization has merited the
support of the farmers and business
men of Georgia, for unless farmers
prosper, all business fails. As one
of the original members of the bloc.
I have been associated with such
southern Democratic senators a5
Watson, of Georgia; Fletcher, of
Florida; Heflin, of Alabama; Pat
Harrison, of Mississippi; Swanson, of
Virginia; Simmons, of North Caro
lina: Sheppard, of Texas; McKellar,
of Tennessee, and Caraway, of Ar
kansas.
“Southern Democratic senators re
alized the crisis among the farmers
several years ago and determined to
co-operate with western Republican
senators in seeing that agricultural
legislation received fair considera
tion at the hands of congress while
the program of other legislation was
being pushed.
“Although there had been tariff,
whisky and other kinds of blocs for
years, the first criticism came from
reactionary Democrats and Republic-,
ans when senators from farming
states determined to see that legisla
tion in the interest of a square deal
for the farmers received equal con
sideration with other measures.
Capper Renominated
“In the Republican primary of
Kansas, Senator Capper, the leader
of the farm bloc, has just been re
nominated by a stupendous majority.
All Democratic senators who are
members of the farm bloc, have
been re-elected by tremendous ma
jorities.
“I am grateful at the overwhelm
ing assurances of support from
members of the Georgia legislature,
and the newspapers of Georgia
both daily and weekly, have prac
tically unanimously indorsed my
record. My friends tell of polls jf
the grand juries in many sections
of the state and invariably the re
sult shows a ratio of about 20 to 1
in my favor. This ratio is what
a poll of farmers, laborers and busi
ness men would be in nearly every
county.
“Never in the history of Georgia
politics has a public man been ac
corded such magnificent assurance
of support on a record of more than
fi . e years in the United States sen
ate, and I am grateful beyond
pression for this display of conf 5 -
dence. I believe the people want
their public servants to show results
by action, and not words.”
Forty-One Dead, 3,100
Homes Are Destroyed
By Quake in Russia
MOSCOW, Aug. 9.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Forty-one persons
are dead and 3,100 houses destroyed
in consequence of an earthquake in
the province of Ferghana, according
to the Rosta agency, official Bol
shevik news disseminating organiza
tion.
Twelve hundred houses also were
damaged by landslides in the Fer
ghana mountains. In the village of
Pokrovskaiti, which was the center
of the catastrophe, only four of the
600 houses remain intact.
Tide Sweeps Three Away
LONDON.—Three girls, aged 17,
15 and 12, were swept, away by the
tide while bathing in the Ouse at
King’s Lynn.
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TLESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1924.
signs as secretary chamber of com
merce, here.
NEWBERRY. —News of death in
auto accident of Claude P. Wilkin
son, former Newberry resident, at
Lumberton, N. C., is received here.
IHCK OFFICES
ME OPTIMISM ON
[MEMO'S MCE
From the headquarters of former
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick,
candidate for the United States sen
ate, Saturday , was issued the follow
ing statement concerning the cam
paign :
“Governor Hardwick’s compaign
continues to show evidences of
growing strength in all parts of the
state.
. “During the week closing August
9, Governor Hardwick addresser] large
and interested audiences at Dublin,
where he spoke on August 4; at
Cuthbert on August 5; at Fitzgerald,
where he addressed the people in the
morning of August 6, and in the aft
ernoon of the same day; at Monti
cello, where he spoke to a splendid
audience on August 8; and at Mil
ledgeville on August X
“At all of the places he was greet
ed by audiences that compared in
interest and numbers to any public
speaking dates that have been filled
by any candidate for office in the po
litical history of the state. He was
also asssured by men of political ob
servation and conservatism that his
friends were very active in the sup
port of his candidacy, and that he
would surely carry each county
where he spoke during the week.
Dublin Crowd Responsive
“We have a personal letter from
Hon. J. E. Burch, of Dublin, who
said: Governor Hardwick spoke to
an audience that filled the court
house, and I have not seen a more at
tentive and responsive crowd gather
ing to hear a political speech in many
years. He made a great speech, and
the crowd was with hi’Z. His friends
confidently believe t>at. he. will car
ry Laurens county by a good ma
jority/
Hon. W. H. Barron, of Dubjin,
wrote: 'The courthouse was packed
until there was not standing room,
and hundreds could not get within
hearing distance of the speaker.
Governor Hardwick's meeting here
has been all the talk since he left.
There are hundreds here who have
never been with him before, who are
supporting him this time, and you
can say with certainty that Lau
rens county is overwhelmingly for
him.’
“The Bainbridge Board of Trade
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There is much discussion and agita- !
tion in political circles about the
financial problems of the American
farmer and the so-called ’’relief’
that might be given him by the
reduction of freight rates.
Here is an interesting fact—estab
lished by United States Govern
ment statistics. The average farmer
pays to the railroads for transport
ing his products the very small sum
of $90.00 per year, less than 25c per
day; and if the railroads were to haul
his crops absolutely free of all cost,
his economic condition would be
bettered only by this paltry sum.
z \ If the suggested reduction of 7
A \ billion dollars in railroad valuation
J were put into effect, it would reduce
I the income of the railroads 352, yet
I I save the average farmer only four
j ) dollars a year.
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/, \ A the farmer’s troubles ana most fanners
\ ] know this despite the effort of vote-seek-
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f ~ disturbances ahd depressions, to the trans-
> systems.
. THE OLD RELIABLE.
and citizens of Decatur county hav<
issued an invitation to Mr. Harrii
and to Mr. Hardwick to meet in join
debate at Bainbridge on the occasior
of a public political meeting to b«
held in that city on August 15.
Debate Subjects
"AL this meeting the following sut
jects tiave been arranged for join:
discussion:
"2. The effect of the bonus bill, th
the last congress on federal taxation
“2. The ffect of the bonus bill, th
amount of money that will be es
pended under this bill, and the lengt
of time it will require for the natio:
to pay the debt thereby incurred.
“3. The sum of money Georgia i
yearly required to pay in federa
taxes, and what part of same is re
turned to this state in compariso:
to what other states receive.
“4. The tendency of congress t
centralize all government in Wasl
i ington, and the effect of permittin
; federal bureaus to enact laws forth
people.
“5. The duty of a senator to mee
squarely and vote on all issues tha
are presented to congress for a de
cision.
“6. Our foreign relations and pro
posed legislation concerning our al
ilance with other governments.
“7. The bills introduced by ou
present senator during his tenure o
office and the number of those bill
that were passed, their titles and im
portance.
“Governor Hardwick has acceptei
this invitation. We are not advisei
as to the attitude of Mr. Harris, a
to whether he will accept or declin
this joint discussion that has bee
extensively advertised. Mr. Harri
declined the invitation issued b
Governor Hardwick to meet him al
all points that might be arranged bi
a committee of their friends for suci
meeting. In declining to so mee
Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Harris gave a
his one reason that the people wer
not interested.
“Mr. Harris was invited by th<
Democratic executive committee a
Sparta to meet Governor Hardwicl
there. He declined.
Friends Are Active
"He was invited by the League o
Women Voters of Atlanta to mee
Mr. Hardwick in this city. Mr. Hard
wick had a speaking date already ad
vertised, but in reply to the Leagu
of Women Y’oters of Atlanta, he sail
that he would cancel that date an(
meet Mr. Harris, if the latter wouli
accept the invitation. Mr. Harri
declined.
“I remains to be seen whether Mr
Harris will accept or decline the in
vitation for joint discussion that ha
been issued by the board of trade am
citizens of Bainbridge, Decatur coun
ty, on Friday, August 15,
“Governor Hardwick's campaign i
in fine condition. His friends a.r
active, and the speeches that he 1
making every day during the cam
paign are leaving a tremendous im
pression wherever he appears.
“This is not merely the opinton o
his campaign headquarters, but it 1
the conservative estimate of the bes
political observers in Georgia.
“If his friends continue their ac
tivity throughout the state, we fee
confident that the people will giv
Governor Hardwick a great victorj
. at the primary September 10.”
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