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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY.—Perfection of
organization of state forestry depart
ment, created by legislature of 1923,
is? rapidly being realized. Three
rsftjgers are now employed, and by
December 15 there will be 18 rangers
employed, according to Major Page
S. Bunker, state forester.
MOBILE. —In address before sev
eral thousand people here, Senator
J. Tom Heflin predicts election of
.John W. Davis, saying Coolidge is
losing rapidly.
FLORENCE.— Eighteen skeletons
of mound builders are taken from
ancient Indian mounds at mouth ot
Town creek, near here, by workers
under direction or Gerard Fowkes
of Smithsonian institution. Many
sione and copper implements are
also unearthed.
MOBlLE.—Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company will put flee
of barges on Warrior river, to trans-
Tport steel railroad rails to Mobile
-for export.
BIRMINGHAM.— More confidence
in iron market is cause ot several
idle iron furnaces in Birmingham
district opening up.
HUNTSVILLE— Slide in sand and
gravel pit, near Tennessee river,
where he was employed, entirely
• covers Judge Turner, 16, son of Mi.
and Mrs. 11. A. Turner, of Taylors
ville. He is dead when dug out.
MARION.—J udson, time-honored
■ college for women here, opens its
-eighty-seventh session September 17,
with 'largest attendance ever known.
ALABAMA. Alabama
will hold one hundred and fust an
-7 nual conference here on November
11-13.
q’povt'n to September 1, this
year Pike county ginned 3,055 bales
", ” cwton, as against only 311 bales
'ginned up to same date in IJ-3.
MONTGOMERY. Work com
mences on large
passionate Christ, which is to be
hung on walls of Kilby prison. Max
Sassanoff, famous Russian artist,
one time federal prisoner at Atlan
ta, Ga., is doing work.
AUBURN. —To date 1,000 feeder
calves and 600 feeder yearlings are
lifted for co-operative calf sale in
connection with annual fat stock
4 how in Montgomery, October --3.
FAYETTE. —Mrs. Allen Kirkley,
convicted two years ago of killing
her uncle, Sanders Dillard, in new
hearing, granted by supreme court
is assessed with all court costs and
sentence suspended on good be
havior.
MONTGOMERY.— Interstate com
merce commission places final val
uation on nineteen railroads operaL
ing in Alabama at $584,31 6,-06.
Railroads had claimed value of sl,-
440,877,940.
HALEYVILLE.—Citizens of Ha
leyville file petition with Alabama
public service commission request
ing that Northern Alabama railroad
build depot here to replace one burn
ed some months_ago.
TROY. —After three months’ ab
sence, Governor and Mrs. Charles
Henderson return from European
trip.
Birmingham. —Robert Dewey Ed
wards, youthful Y. M. C. A
of Decatur, who shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Imogene Lee. here,
develops pneumonia. He is under
guard at city hospital.
SIPSEY. —George McClendon, 26,
Is shot and instantly killed by neph
ew, Grover McClendon, 13, in scuf
fle ’over gun in which boy’s fathet
and uncle take part,
DECATUR. —Solon A. Grubbs, for
mer deputy sheriff and Louisville
and Nashville railroad detective, is
given 25 years in state prison tn
' circuit court here on charge of mur
dering John Henry Horton. Notice
of appeal is given.
JASPER—J. D. Meadows tolls
story of talking snake seen at home
of his sister, Mrs. Birdie Parker,
near Norvell Mines. Meadows de
clares he hears snake say “hello”
thirteen times and then disappear.
BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham’s
nublic school system opens with ap
proximately 40,000 in attendance.
MONTGOMERY. —Figures com
piled by Mobile and Ohio railroad,
-hows total of 157 fatalities in mo
or Vehicle accidents in Alabama in
1923, as compared with 113 in 1922,
increase of 39 per cent.
UNIVERSITY.—PIans are being
made by Prof. W. C. Crosby, head
, of bureau of visual Instruction at
university, to supply Alabama
• schools with educational films.
UNIVERSITY. —Dr. John R. Me-
Lure, formerly superintendent of
city schools of Troy, is added to fac
ulty of education at State university.
MONTGOMERY—From reports
received from 151 growers, F. W.
Gist, agricultural statistician, esti
mates number of pecan trees in Ala
bama of all ages at 825.601'. This
compares with 428,200 given by 1920
• census.
DOTHAN. —S. B. Mullins, secre
tary of Huston county farm bureau,
s making effort to get every farm
member to plant at least one acre in
hairy vetch this winter.
es
tate of Chicago, subscribes $50,000
towards proposed $150,000 hospital
’or Huntsville.
BERRY.—This town is now one
if leading log markets in Alabama.
Since first of year over 2.000.000
'eet of saw logs and 40,000 cross
ies have been sold here.
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CASTLEBERRY. Strawberry
growers of this section are plan
ning co-operative marketing organ!
zation, following address by Dr.
Frank App. of Federated Fruit and
Vegetable Growers’ association.
GADSDEN. —Alabama’s tax val
ues will total more than one bil
lion dollars, according to Judge L.
L. Herzberg, chairman state tax
commission.
WEDOWEE?—James C. Walker,
of Wedowee, will make race, in Fifth
district for congress on Republican
ticket.
SUMMERDALE—Mrs. E. Hurst,
83, native of Bainbridge, Ga., dies
at home here.
HUNTSVILLE?”—~Mrs. Maggie E.
Schroyer, 65, dies at home here.
She is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. R. L. Gray, Mrs. Lena Brock
and Mrs. Joseph Quick.
TROY.—N. C. Green, 72, one of
best-known citizens and farmers of
Pike county, dies at home near
Josie.
SAMSON.—J. O. Morgan, 68, one
of Samson’s wealthiest citizens and
Democratic leader, dies at home
here.
FORT PAYNE.—Shot by member
of his congregation during services,
Rev. D. W. Cagle, well-known min
ister and teacher of Sylvania, lies
seriously wounded in hospital here.
Ernest Rogers, charged with shoot
ing, escapes.
MOBILE.—PauI G. Cazalas, sher
iff of Mobile county, against whom
impeachment proceedings were in
stituted by Gov. W. W. Brandon,
announces he will resist ouster pro
ceedings in supreme court.
TROY.—Two fine mules, driven by
Ira Stewart, farmer, stumble and
fall into ditch here, breaking their
backs.
HEFLIN. —C. F. Dodson, editor of
Cleburne News, is called to Bremen,
Ga., by death of brother, A. R. Dod
son.
UNIVERSITY. —Dr. Eugene A.
Smith, state geologist, completes re
port for Manufacturers’ Record
which deals with mineral production
in Alabama before and since Civil
war.
RUSSELLVILLE.—Jim Cox, flag,
men on Illinois Central railroad, is
arrested charged with robbing Bank
of Red Bay of $5,000.
ANDALUSIA. River Falls Pow
er company, which is developing wa
ter power at River Falls, completes
railroad from here to place of devel
opment, and will soon commence
transporting material for construc
tion of big dam.
HUNTSVILLE. Lincoln Mills,
one of biggest textile mills in north
Alabama, commence work on 100
cottages for employes.
UNIVERSITY?—New R. O. T. C.
unit of state university is organized
and commences drills. Advance stu
dents’ division shows big gain over
last year.
MONTEV AL LO .—Miss Stella Pal
mer, of University of Arkansas, and
Miss Lula Palmer, of Montevallo,
leave in auto for Cambridge, Mass.,
where they will enter college.
HUNTSVILLE.—Over 1,000 men
are now employed on working high
ways of Madison county, largest
number ever employed at one time.
NORTH CAROLINA
LUMBERTON Challenging op
ponents of port commission propos
al to meet his arguments with
arguments, “not snickers and
jeers,” Governor Morrison tells
Robeson county mass meeting that
progress of state will be handicap
ped so long as railways offer only
available means of interstate traffic
and reasserts belief that provision
of water transportation facilities
will result in downward revision of
freight rates concerning state.
ELI ZAB ET H~fIT Y.—Preli min ar y
hearing for J. D. Farrier, wealthy
retired Wilson man, under $15,000
bond for dangerously wounding Joe
Swindell, is postponed until Swindell
recovers .sufficiently to attend
Swindell was shot recently in cell
at Pasquotank jail, where he was
held on charge of ini proper conduct
toward child, aged 15, granddaugh
ter of Farrier.
ELIZABETH CITY. Charles
Meekins McMullen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. S. McMullen, Jr., and only
grandchild of Isaac M. Meekins,
Republican nominee for governor,
dies after short illness.
WH [TEXT LLE.—Governor Mor
rison announces in address that he
expects to devote much of his time,
after term as governor expires, to
organizing “great chain of cold
storage warehouses” to help take
care of farm products until there
is a satisfactory market for them.
Several thousand persons hear this,
governor’s fourth address in cam
paign in behalf of port commission
proposal.
HIGH POlNT.—Cornerstone of
new high school building at site of
old Trinity college is laid under au
spices of Alasonic order, stone bear
ing inscription: “To memory of
Braxton Craven.” Members of Jun
ior Order, United American Me
chanics, protest, claiming school is
for “the people.”
WILMINGTON? Thomas E.
Cooper, president, and Joseph C.
Rourk, president, and Joseph C.
Savings bank here, through counsel
withdraw in superior court pleas of
guilty to misdemeanor charge in con
nection with violation of state bank
ing laws and of forcible trespass to
felony charge, entered few days pre
viously. No reason for second sur
prising turn of case is given. Case
will be tried later.
RALEIGH.—Ruth Horton, age 8
daughter of Mr. and Airs. William M.
Horton, is instantly killed when she
falls from tree onto fence, iron
picket piercing her heart. She and
several companions were playing,
climbing up grape vine.
SALISBURY.—Property valued at
$30,000 was seized during month of
ing in North Carolina, according to
in gin North Carolina, according to
report of State Director Coltrane,
which shows 93 persons were ar
rested “red-handed,” 167 prosecu
tions resulting.
RALElGH.—Chairman John G.
Dawson, of state Democratic execu
tive committee, announces organiza
tion of advisory committee, as fol
lows: W. H. Bail, Greenville, first
congressional district; W. H. S.
Burgwyn, Woodland, second; T. D.
Warren, Newbern, third; Dan Allen,
Raleigh, fourth; H. G. Chatham.
Winston-Salem, fifth; J. O. Carr,
Wilmington, sixth; H. C. Wall, Rock
ingham, seventh; Walter Murphy,
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ory, ninth; P. D. Ebbs, Asheville,
tenth.
DAVIDSON. Town sells to To
ledo firm combined $50,000 issue of
bonds for street improvements and
water and light systems.
GASTONIA. —Most of large num
ber of cotton mills in Gaston county
are back on full time operation basis,
and many of them are operating day
and night.
CHEROKEE. Cherokee Indian
Fair, for manj' years one of most
interesting autumnal events in West
ern North Carolina, will be hold
October 7-10.
KINGS MOUNTAIN. lnvitation
is extended to John AV. Davis. Dem
ocratic presidential nominee, to de
liver address in connection with
celebration October 7 of anniversary
of Revolutionary war battle of
Kings Mountain. Executive com
mittee, headed by C. E. Carpenter,
is making elaborate plans for event.
ASHEVILLE. J. G. K. McClure,
of Farmers’ Federation, announces
shipment by federation members of
two carloads of choice apples to New
York for export to England.
ASHEV’ILLE. John W. Davis,
Democratic nominee for president,
writes Congressman Weaver, of
Asheville, that he expects to visit
North Carolina and Asheville in
October, if itinerary can be arrang
ed. Davis recently was invited to
address Buncombe county Demo
cratic executive committee, which
expects to invite Democrats of state
to hear party's nominee.
GASTONlA.—September 10 is set
as opening day for Gaston county
fair.
GREENSBORO—Mrs. J. F. Allred
is taken to hospital in grave condi
tion. after being struck on head with
hatchet by husband, who is held in
jail pending outcome of wife’s inju
ries. Brain of woman is exposed b.v
gash behind ear. Argument devel
oped at fortune teller's camp in sub
urb.
S ALISBUR Y7=FifLv.sixth annual
meeting of Rowan County Sunday
School association is held at Rock
well church, with large attendance,
Hr. C. M. Van Poole, of Salisbury
presiding.
KINSTON.— Board of trade offi
cials point out that development of
tobacco-growing industry in eastern
North Carolina is shown by compari
son of 1909 sales here of 11.000,000
pounds of leaf for $870,000, and 1923
sales of 30,000,000 pounds at average
of about 25 cents per pound.
RF-IDS\ iLLE, —John Phelps °5
is arrested at Halifax, Va?.’ on
charge that he married Louise Mays,
a £ed 11, also detained, at Yancey?
\ille, N. C., few days previously.
KlNSTON.—Directors of Eastern
Carolina exposition announce
Smithfield is favored over Rockv
.fount and V ashington as place for
holding 1925 exposition. Large ware
house at Smithfield will b e convert
ed into exposition building for event
next April.
RALEIGH.— State highway com
mission announces contracts will be
awarded September 30 for construc-
Vie? -°» 95 , miles of road Projects, all
districts of state being represented
m awards except Second and Eighth.
RALEIGH. Mahler Brothers
jewelers, report to express company
that set diamonds valued at 6(H)
are missing from package shipped
t m Kmston. Express company- of
ficials say packages seal was intact
" hen delivery was made.
n AKRf)R C.—Baptists raise S6O
- within hour to pay cost of con
structing addition to First Baptist
Dunn = Progress of serv ces
at Tabernacle seven figures robed as
Ku Klux Klansmen. march up aisle
and give Rev. Mr. Yearby envelope
containing large sum of money.”
CHARLOTTE.—After being twice
convened and twice adjourned, eoro
ner s jury is reported by Coroner
novis to be as yet unable to fix re
sponsib li:y for deith of VV. W. Joht,-
son. Mount Holly barber, found shot
to death in home of Robert L. Heed.
Lee R. Fulp, of Statesville, is held
here in jail. Reed says Fulp and
Johnson were companions at whisky
party night before homicide.
CHARLOTTE.—Todd Grier, young
automobile salesman, is held at city
jail without bond on charge of run
ning down and instantly killing aged
negro woman identified as Molly
Greer, of Dixie. Eye-witnesses tell
police Grier, running at high speed,
did not stop car after striking wom
an. Police say he was intoxicated
when placed in jail.
GASTONIA.—With advent of cool
weather, cotton mills in this county
idle whole or part time for several
months, are resuming full-time op
erations. Mills’ spokesmen say im
proved business justifies resumption.
DAVIDSON. lssue of $50,000
street, improvement bonds is sold.
MONROE. —Thomas J. Austin, Ku
Klux Klan organizer, killed in pistol
duel at Buffalo. N. Y., is buried
here, many klan representatives
from several states attending.
WASHINGTON?—WhoIesaIe ar
rests of youngsters caught swim
ming in Tar river in nude state,
throws town into uproar as parents
register indignant protests at police
headquarters and elsewhere.
HICKORY.—George F. Bost, sher
iff of Catawba county, is being op
posed by Mack Bost, Republican.
They are double first cousins.
MOORESVI LLE.—Hansel Moore,
aged two years, is perhaps fatally
wounded in face by revolver acci
dentally discharged while playing
with it. Father placed gun on floor
moment before child picked it up.
GASTONIA. William Johnson,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Cantey John
son, is severely stung and child's bil
lygoat is dead as result of their al
tercation with swarm of yellow jack
ets.
LOUISBURG. Governor Morri
son addresses large gathering, advo
cating popular support of port com
mission act, submitted to referen
dum in November.
ASHEV ILLE—Forty-five remain
i ing Buncombe county Confederate
veterans arrange to attend annual
. state reunion at Charlotte.
CHARLOTTE. —Dolice seek own
er of horse and buggy left standing
. in streets. Buggy contains seven
one-gallon jugs filled with blockade
whisky.
' ELIZABETH CITY.—Mrs. J. G.
Fearing, director of safety education
in eastern North Carolina, leaves for
Detroit, where she expects to deliv
er address before annual convention
of Fire Marshals’ association.
ENFIELD.—FaII reunion of Scot
tish rite Masonic bodies in Valley of
Enfield will be held here, October
15-16. *
RALEIGH. Miss Mary Gladys
Brown, daughter of Chester Brown,
of Asheville, is appointed by Gover
nor Morrison to be North Carolina
princess and attendant to queen of
Southern Cotton exposition, at
Waco, Texas, in October.
RALEIGH. Corporation com
mission in statement, declares 15 of
5.>.i state banks with resources of
$-.195,000, failed in 1923 in this state,
while three of 83 national banks?
with resources of $4,501,000 collapsed.
Statement is reply to charges by I.
| W. Meekins. Republican nominee for
I governor, and says supervision of
I banks is not influenced by po-
I litioal considerations.
TARBORO. Missionary Baptist
i church congregation announces plan
to build $60,000 church.
LILLINGTON. Hardy B. Tew,
66, of Duke, is found guilty in supe
rior court after trial on charge of
i eloping with wife of A. G. Grantham.
! of Duke. Woman, who turned state's
witness, is not tried. Tew is given
! from two to three years in prison.
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CHARLOTTE. Mrs. W. H. Bas
sent, of Gastonia, and Mrs. A. M.
Duncan, of Lancaster, S. C., and two
Duncan children are painfully injur
ed when Arthur Josephs, negro,
loses control of car. which plunges
into cars occupied by Bassent and
Duncan families. Josephs is arrest
ed.
DUNN. Dewey Loftis, young
white man, is fatally injured when
small car in which he is riding col
lides with motor truck.
DUNN. New crop cotton is be
ing marketed rapidly in this section,
400 bales being sold on local market
in week ending September 8.
GOLDSBORO. —■ Indications point
to banner year for tobacco growers
of this section. Prices here are re
ported better than elsewhere in state.
Local average is slightly above 22
cents per pound.
ASHEVILLE. United States
District Judge E. Y. Webb returns
from trip to Europe, during which
he visited seven countries, and says
he was informed that Americans
are spending average of $15,000,000
daily on continent. Apparent pros
perity is seen everywhere, he says,
and trace of war is lacking.
BIJRLINGTON? —’ Dacy Lindley,
31, is drawn into buzzing saw at
lumber mill after clothing catches
in machinery, and he is instantly
killed, body being mutilated. Wife
and child survive.
PILOT MOUNT?MN.—Lester Sny
der, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Snyder, of Pinnacle, dies suddenly
few minutes after emerging- from
water saying he felt “verj- badly”
as result of short time spent in
bathing.
LEAKESVI i"?l7eT~ Rockingham
County fair, September 9-13, first of
fall to be held in state, with pro
vision made for double usual num
ber of exhibits, proves greater suc
cess than was anticipated.
CHAR LOTT 16?—Births in city dur
ing August numbered 162, and
deaths numbered 69, compared with
202 births and 60 deaths in July,
this year.
RALEIGH. —Warehousing in tran
sit privilege on cotton shipments
originating on lines of Seaboard Air
Line, Atlantic Coast Line and Nor
folk Southern. routed through
Greensboro to destinations on South
ern railway, )h ordered into effect
not later than October 1 by state
corporation commission.
WJ L MIN GT< Bri ga dier-G en -
eral W. H. Johnston, attached io
Fourth army corps area headquar
ters at Atlanta, Ga., has accepted
invitation to deliver principal ad
dress at Defense day exercises, ac
cording to announcement by Major
W. O. Kuentz, army engineer sta
tioned here.
CHARI ZITTE- Curt is William
Braswell, aged 14 months, only child
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Braswell, is
fatally burned when pot of coffee
tills from place on stove, spraying
body of child with boiling fluid.
CHARLOTTE.—W7 T. Wallace,
carpenter, enters hospital to under
go blood transfusion for fifth time.
Brother, Frank AVallace, of Rock
Hill, S. C.. and Jack Wallace, of
Lancaster, S. C., agree to give their
blood.
CHARLOTTE. With bullet
wound through head, W. W. John
son. barber, of Mount Holly, N. C.,
is found dead in room at home of
R. L. Reid and police start search
for Lee Fulp, organizer of Macca
bees, who Reid says spent night
with Johnson after whisky party at
house. Police report Reid and wife
were found in drunken stupor.
Son, aged
three, of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Moore,
is accidentally shot and dangerous
ly wuonded by brother, aged ten.
Wound is in face. Revolver, placed
on chair as family prepares to
move, is discharged while children
were playing with it.
STATESVILLE.—Lee R. Fulp, 30,
charged with killing W. W, John
son at Charlotte earlier in day, sur
renders to Sheriff Alexander; denies
knowledge of crime: admits spending
night at home of Robert Reid and
says he talked with Reid and John
son before he left Charlotte. Fulp
is son of J. A. Fulp and prominently
connected.
CHARLOTT E.—Cha d wick-Hoski n s
chain of mills, idle for 20 weeks,
will resume full-time operations Sep
tember 15. officials announce, which
will provide employment for about
2,000 operatives. Johnston chain of
mills, now idle, may soon resume
operations, officials say, giving em
ployment to about 2,500 persons.
Jacksonville Woman, 79,
Drops Dead While Dressing
JACKSONVILLE, Ala., Sept. 17.
Mrs. Sallie Ward, 79, dropped dead
as she was dressing at her home
here early Tuesday. Mrs. Ward was
the wife of T. R. Ward, prominent
local citizen. She returned late Mon
day from a visit to her sons in Bir
mingham and was apparently in her
usual heal’h.
SOUTH CAROLINA
LAURENS.—Officers and posse of
citizens conduct wide search
throughout section between here and
Clinton tor Paul Penland, who dis
appeared, and who is believed to
have been despondent over wife’s
long illness and money matters.
GREENVILLE.—FoIIowing death
of Major Grove, 30, negro, in hos
pital here, second victim of explo
sion at Travelers’ Rest, Sheriff Rec
tor begins investigation of report
that explosion was at distillery in
stead of sawmill, as was reported.
LAURENS. —Laurens county agi
tates road building program, J. F.
Jacobs, of Clinton, having suggested
plan for issue of $400,000 bonds for
building 200 miles of cross-county
highways.
CHARLESTON—CarroII Orr, ne
gro, is convicted second time of mur
der of J. Madison Heape, Confeder
ate veteran, whom he killed at Lad
son, 18 miles from here, in Decem
ber, 1923, and for which he was
once before convicted and sentenced
to die in electric chair, supreme
court having granted new trial.
NEWBERRY.—Eugene S. Blease,
lawyer here, brother of United
States senator-nominee, Cole L.
Blease, is appointed special judge
for court at Edgefield, appoinment
■ made at suggestion of Associate Jus
tice Watts.
GREENWOOD. County court
convenes, with case against B. F.
McKellar, O. D. Duckett, Charles E.
Klugh and Peter McKellar, charged
with violation of state banking
laws in connection with failure of
People's bank, in January, 1921, on
docket.
CHESTER. —Chester Alexander,
young student, returns from Holy
Land, where he was sent by Near
East Relief, as representing young
people’s societies of churches of
America, to study Near East condi*
tions, this town having done best
work in connection with Golden Rule
Sunday last year, and trip abroad
being award for winning community.
ANDERSON.—Parker Johnson, 25,
is seriously, probably fatally, in
jured, when auto in which he is rid
ing collides with street car on prin
cipal street.
ANDERSON.—Thirteen hundred
freeholders have already signed pe
tition for $2,000,000 bond election,
proceeds of issue to be used for ex
tending city’s water system.
ANDERSON. —Carl Turner, con
victed in circuit court of seduction,
is sentenced by Judge Johnson to
!serve three years at hard labor.
; GREENWOOD.— George P. . La-
Igroon, 52, prominent planter, dies at
home in Callison section.
! LAURENS.—Rev. W. L. Culber
tson, native of Laurens, accepts call
to Cascade Avenue Baptist church
of Atlanta. He has been preaching
lin Commerce, Ga.
! GREENVILLE.—Third primary is
'held to fill one place in legislative
'delegation, C. E. Sloan and E. B.
Garrison being run-over candidates
this time.
A NDERSON.— County Dem ocrat ic
committee makes recount of vote in
race for legislature, at request cf
W. R. Harris, whose, vote differed
by only few ballots from that of W.
H. Stone.
GREENWOOD. Paul Moseley,
star pitcher for Greenwood club,
goes to Wilson, N. C., to join base
ball club there.
LAURENS. —Directors of Carolina
league meet here to plan 1925 sea
son, league being composed of Green
wood, Laurens, Abbeville, Anderson,
Newberry and Union.
SUMTER. Six convicts, all ne
groes, escape fiom state prison farm
near Dalzell, this county, by over
powering guard and taking his arms.
Two nights later, one, Odis Moore, is
i killed by special officer guard rail
road track, when he is fired on b.v
escaped convicts walking railroad
track. Next day another is cap
tured.
FLORENCE. —True bill is return
ed in federal court here against T. T.
Hyde, former mayor of Charleston
and former president of defunct Com
mercial National bank, charging him
with violation of federal banking
laws. A. R. Rughelmer, former vice
president, and George Dick, former
cashier, of Commercial bank, are also
i indicted.
CHART.ESTON. —Recount of votes
in recent second primary election
makes Hammond C. Bowman nom
' inee for legislature in place of J.
I Swinton Whaley, whom first count of
' votes showed to have apparently
l won out. E. Mitchell Seabrook, Jr.,
I H. G. Senseney and Sam Ritten
! berg are other members-nominate.
COLUMBIA.—J. Clifton Rivers,
state 'warehouse commissioner, is
sues appeal to farmers of state urg
i ! ing them hold cotton for higher
I price, which he says is certain, ('alls
i ! attention to advantages of state
warehouse system.
ORANGEBURG. Preston Guess,
farmer of Cordova section of Orange
. burg county, is dead and Henry G.
■ Courtney, also farmer, is under ar
rest in connection with killing of
Guess, which is said to have followed
dispute between two men over divi
sion of crops for year.
YORK.—Abolition of fee system of
remuneration of county officers in
York county and throughout state
; is recommended by grand jury in re
port to Judge M. L. Bonham.
PERRY. —Mrs. Emma Burnett, 64,
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BAMBERG. —L. L. Rice, attorney
of Anderson, S. C., in address to
farmers here, flays Henry Ford for
his attack on co-operative marketing
association efforts.
GREENWOOD. —increase in num
ber of colored children attending
public schools aijd slight decrease in
white attendance Is reported to Coun
ty Superintendent of Education T.
E. Dorn, in annual report, just com
piled.
COLUMBIA. —• State university,
Chicora and Columbia colleges for
womep, Lutheran and Presbyterian
theological seminaries, Catholic
school, and two negro colleges, all
located here, open for year’s work.
LEXINGTON.—-Miss Rebecca Cor
ley, 81, dies at home of relative on
New Brookland.
CHAPIN.—Mrs. Sum N. Slice dies
at home here at age of 83.
GREENWOOD.— Andrew C. Stock
man, one of largest land owners and
most prominent business men of
Piedmont section, dies suddenly at
age of 75. He owned 7,000 acres of
farm lands.
OATES.—Douglas Odom, 35, Is
slain by Lee Parnell, brother-in-law,
at home of latter here, as result of
long-standing misunderstanding.
Both families prominent.
DARLINGTON. ■ — Malcolm Gen
dym. promising youth of 15, is killed
accidentally by negro boy with whom
he was hunting near here.
MARION.—Camp Manufacturing
ccmpany, Marion’s greatest indus
try, recently destroyed by fire, with
loss of quarter million, begins work
of rebuilding.
GREENVILLE.—OIin Perritt, pop
ular utility man on Greenville base
ball team, enters real estate business’)
here.
SPARTANBURG.—.T. W. Turner,
one of the most prominent planters
of county, former resident of Bolling
Springs, where he was also mer
chant, dies at late home here.
NEWBERRY.—Large barn on
farm of Olin H. Lane, near here, is
burned, with loss of three fine
mules, three good cows and large
quantity of grain.
WOODRUFF.—Europe is overrun
with tourists, says I. W. Gray, prom
inent banker and merchant, just re
turned from tour of continent. He
also found intensive farming profit
able in many European countries.
ROCK HlLL.—Highland Park
mills, which closed recently, throw
ing 350 employes out of work, re
sumes full time operation, with con
tracts already guaranteeing ten
months of uninterrupted manufac
ture.
LANGLEY. —Mrs. Lou Walton, of
Langley, is struck and almost in
stantly killed by express car on Au
gusta-Aiken electric line at cross
ing here.
T. Vinesett’s
home here is destroyed by fire.
Passersby see flames on root and
give alarm, but members of family
only have time to escape in night
clothes.
SPARTANBURG? Spartanburg
county’s cotton crop is being har
vested and offered for sale four or
five days earlier than last year, ac
cording to buyers and planters
here.
COLUMBI A. —Executive commit
tee of state teachers’ association,
meeting here, selects Columbia as
meeting place for 1925 convention,
next July, B. L. Parkinson,, presi
dent, presiding. C. M. Wilson is
secretary.
COLUMBIA. —Deaths from acci
dents on highways in August show
increase of 33 1-3 per cent over
same month last year, according to
state highway department compila
tions made public by Secretary L.
H. Thomas.
COLUMBIA.—State treasurer dis
tributes $194,350, proceeds for
month of gasoline tax, one-third go
ing to state treasury, one-third to
state highway commission and one
third to county treasuries.
SPARTANBURG.—J. M. Bishop
brings suit against wife, Mrs. Es
telle Bishop, from whom he was
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SPARTANBURG?? Thomas H.
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state school for blind and deaf,
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SPARTANBURG. Rev. J. B.
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Charleston & Western Carolina, rail-1
way, for $25,000, as result of col- •
lision in which he alleges he was
injured, and in which Rev. and Mrs. |
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inaugurates campaign for reduction
of expense of county government.
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buggy, in which he is driving to
Florida.
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