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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
MOBILE. State dock commis
lion announces arrival of $300,000
is first proceeds from $.10,000,000
port bond issue, expenditure of over
130,000 for property owned by John
L Cochrane And Mobile Shingle com
pany and deeded by state for port
use, ~nd decision of First National
»ank to sell its one-ninth interest
m water front property at appraised
price.
DECATUR Circuit court jury
iwards S4OO damages in favor of
Henry Terry against bondsmen of
former Sheriff May. Terry brougl t
juit for $3,000, alleging he was un
lawfully to jail.
GADSDEN. Work is completed
Bn high school building and other
tchool improvements here costing
$250,000.
ANNISTON. Asphalt plant be
longing to Morgan-Hill Paving com
pany here is destroyed by fire of un
determined origin.
GLENCOE. * Power
company announces it will build
power line from Gadsden to Glencoe.
TUSKEGEE. Tuskegee Normal
institute for negroes, opens for ses
sion with 1,300 students registering.
DECATUR. John R. Witt, vice
president of Alabama Farm bureau,
Bays that Alabama farmers will not
submit to 20-cent cotton.
OPELIKA. Party of autoists
narrowly escape serious injury or
death at Milford’s bridge, near here.
Just as auto clears bridge structure
collapses, falling into stream.
SELMA. —Dallas county farmers
are bringing average of 500 bales
of cotton daily to market here.
ROANOKE.—WhiIe working at
plant of XV. A. Handley Manufac
turing company, clothing of J. Kir
by is caugnt in machinery, result
ing in his serious injury before he
can bo released. __
CENTRE.—Confederate veterans
of Cherokee county hold their an
nual reunion and barbecue here.
HUNTSVILLE. Officers visit
home of Hatcher Edgrnan, neat’
Madison crossroads, and confiscate
$0 gallons of home-made wines.
SELMA.—Dr. W. S. Seymore,
newly-elected superintendent ot Bap
tist hospital, arrives here from San
Angelo, Tex., where he resigned as
pastor of Baptist church.
HEFLIN.— Judge D. S. Baber,
probate judge of this county, is bad
ly injured when thrown from road
macnine. ______
BIRMINGHAM.— Governor Bran
don will deliver principal address at
formal opening of Birmingham s
s6oU,t>uo auditorium, October iv.
GREENVILLE. Explosion of
naphtha and other chemicals used
in asphalt flooring of Beeland Bi oth
ers* Mercantile company s budding,
in course of construction causes
loss by tire of approximately
1)00.
BIRMINGHAM— Joe Bosevs, avi
atm-, ot Laurel, Miss., is sll^' ly Z'L
jured when his airplane tails few
miles from Fairview, suburb ol Bit
mingham. .
BIRMINGHAM. Charles G.
Dawes, Republican candidate for
vice president, is invited to visit Bn
niingnam middle of October by Judge
J. H. Reynolds, chairman of Repub
lican state campaign committee.
BIRMINGHAM. Former home
of Birmingham Ledger, southwest
corner of First avenue and Twenty
first street, is sold by Birmingham
Trust and Savings bank to Phares
Coleman for $275,000.
BIRMINGHAM— With more than
35,000 children enrolled on opening
day, largest number in history, coun
ty schools commence fall term with
badly crowded buildings.
DECATUR.—Mrs. Kate Stephen
son, of Danville, is given judgment
In circuit court here for $3,000
against Mrs. Euria Stephenson, her
mother-in-law, in suit alleging alien
ation of affections of Mrs. Kate Ste
phenson’s husband, son of Mrs. Eu
ria Stephenson. It is only case of
kind ever heard in north Alabama
courts.
EMPIRE. —Over S3OO is raised here
by popular subscription for commu
nity fair, to be held October 3-4.
FLORENCE. Twenty-five auto
mobiles, bearing 105 Eauderdale
larmers, with representative of ex
perimental station, and farm bu
reau representative, tour county to
study crop and soil conditions.
EUFAULA City council adopts
ordinance requiring that all drug
itores Close from 9:30 a. m. until
12 noon on Sundays.
HUNTSVILLE Fall term of
United States court will convene
Here October
HARTFORD—Work is halted on
mnstvilction of Dothan hydro-elec
tric plant at Chalker’s Bluff, near
Here. Sand to depth of 45 feet is
found under river bed. Whether to
ixcavate to rock foundation or
irive piling is matter under consid
eration.
DAPHNE —Baldwin County Ki
nanis club is making drive to raise
$30,000 for state normal school here.
GUNTERSVILLE - Appleton
tomp.nny of Lowell, Mass., takes op
tion on 400 acres here, on which to
)r6ct $2,000,000 cotton mill.
GADSDEN.—Construction of mile
ind one-hdlf spur track to Etowah
rdn mines by Alabama company will
tontmence ?oon. Operations will be
jin when track is completed.
MONTGOMERY.—CIerk ot Ala
bama Supreme court issues 133 sub
poneas for witnesses to be called
by state to testify in impeachment
proceedings against Sheriff Guy
’Rear, of Walker county.
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acture of Ndaoacftieaciilester of Sallryv
THE XVI WIA ll.: A.IW..A H.Cu.AL
M’GHEE'S. —Killing of two beav
ers near here is being investigated
by Commissioner Quinn, of state de
partment of fish and game.
GREENSBORO. —Greensboro Cot
ton gin, owned by Blunt & Clem
ents, burns with loss of $15,000. It
will not be rebuilt this season.
ELBA. —Mystery of disappearance
of Coffee county tax records in 1021
is at last, solved by finding metal
braces and binders of records in
Whitewater river. These records
; disappeared after several citizens
against assessments, but no evidence
'is secured against any one in con
, nection With disappearance of rec
ords.
MO NTGO M ER Y. —D r. John XX*.
| Abercrombie, state superintendent of
education, accepts invitation to de
liver address at formal opening and
dedication of Kate Duncan Smith
school, erected by Daughters of
American Revolution, in Marshall
county, for trianing descendents of
pioneer Americans.
NORTH CAROLINA
WADESBORO. ln connection
with address defending ship and port
program, Governor MOrrlSOn dis
claims personal political ambition
and denies he is contemplating run
ning for United States senate
against Senator Lee S. Overman, ot
Salisbury, who, the governor sAyS.
“probably will live longer than I
will.”
KINSTON. George Fountain
Graves, aged 4, son of C. F. Graves,
15 taken to hospital suffering from
probable fatal injuries received When
trampled in stable by pet pony.
Child’s brain is exposed through
breaks in skull.
REIDSVILLE?—-Jeff Montgomery,
60, negro, while riding horse, is run
down by car driven by Henry Von
! berg, 16, son of wealthy Brooklyn
(N. Y.) family, here spending vaca
tion. Boy is released under SI,OOO
"bond and leaves town, only to be
ordered to return few days late:.
Montgomery’s is third death in few
days here in series of auto accidents.
R ALE T G H.—?Mrs?~Edit h Vander
bilt, of Asheville, is named by Gov
ernor Morrison as member of board
of agriculture for Tenth district, fill
ing vacancy created by death of A.
Cannon.
LIBERTY. —Sterling James, 40,
prominent farmer, dies suddenly of
heart trouble while in town on busi
ness trip.
CONCORD. —Jesse Vanderberg,
Cabarrus county farmer, shot at
home of Martin Bost, dies at local
hospital few days later without mak
ing statement on cause of tragedy.
Bost, who is held and consistently re
fuses to discuss affair, may plead
self-defence.
PITTSBORO?— Professor B. P.
Johnson, 70, teacher for 30 years, for
16 years moderator of Sandy Creek
Baptist association, nine years coun.
ty superintendent of education, dies
of infirmities incident to advanced
age.
WlLSON.—Season record for one
day sales is set. on local tobacco mar
ket when 1,400,262 pounds of leaf
Are sold for $223,909.65, an average
of $22.30 per hundredweight. This
.Is second largest day’s sales in his
tory of this market.
CHARLOTTE.—Two veterans at
tending annual reunion of North
Carolina Confederate veterans suf
fer injuries. W. S. Martin, of Wins
ton-Salem, falls at railway station.
He is taken to hospital. C. A. Reid,
82. of Asheville, falls a t hotel, break
ing shoulder.
CHARLOTTE.—GeneraI A. R.
Rocks, of Rocky Mount, gives $25.-
000 to finance completion of history
of North Carolina’s part in Civil war,
[ariouncement being made at veter
ans’ reunion.
BEAUFORT.— Rainy period of
several days culminate in fall of 12
inches in ten hours. Sections of
pavement are washed out and water
stands in manyj>arts of town.
CHARLOTTE. North Carolina
Confederate veterans, in annual re
union, Vote to meet next year at
Wilson and re-elect all officers. Ma
jor-General William A. Smith is com
ma nder-in-chief.
WILM INGTON.—Mrs. Catherine
Cowan is elected by city Tominission-
Prs to fill unexpired term of hus
band, James S. Cowan, late mavor,
who recently died. She Is first wom
an to hold mayor’s office in state.
Salary of office is $5,000 and term
expires next June.
Raleigh, - senator p a t Hssri
-son. of Mississippi, opens Democrat
ic state campaign with address in
which he charges federal adminis
tration with corruption and outlines
“detrimental actions” of Harding-
Coolidge administration. He fore
casts Democratic national victory in
November.
CONCORD Mecklenburg-Cabar
rus Baptist association, in 391 h an
nual session at Howell’s church,
hear here, elects D. W. Fink, lay
man, of Charlotte, as moderator.
Mrs. B. S. Blanton, ot Charlotte,
leads discussion of women’s work.
RALEIGH. Competing with
group of chosen candidates from all
parts of state, Miss Elizabeth White,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
White, of Greenville, is chosen queen
of Raleighs fall festival and is
crowned by Governor Morrison. Miss
White succeeds Miss Alice Cheek, ot
Henderson.
GREENSBORO. Extensive prep
arations are being made by Meth
odists of city for entertainment ot
500 or more delegates expected to at
tend Annual western North Carolina
Methodist-Episcopal church confer
erenoe, opening October 15, with
Bishop Collins Denny presiding.
HIGH POINT. Mrs. Maty E.
Brown, 86. ot Higl Point, dies ot
acute indigestion while visiting at
home of daughter, MrS. J. A. Ivey,
at Randelrtirtn.
GREENS BORO." - Directors ot
chamber ot commerce launch cam
paign intended to result in reducing
cost ot living in city after debate in
which city is declared “one of na
tion’s highest-priced cities.”
C II A R L O tYe." —Mecklenburg
county Republicans organize “Cool
idge and Dawes club,” with C. C.
Coddington, wealthy automobile dis
tributor, as president. Conference
is told that Industrial development
ot state would be favored by election
of national Republican ticket this
fall.
REIDSVILLE. lntense interest
develops over action of state Supreme
court on appeal of W. Austin Carter
facing execution September 26 at
Raleigh prison for minder year ago
of his wife. Appeal for clemency to
Governor Morrison will be made.
Carter’s attorneys announce, if su
preme court renders adverse deci
sion.
CHARLOTTE.—Confederate vet
erans from all parts of state attend
annual state reunion, in session
three days.
ASHEBORO. —Shortage of water
being feared. Mayor R(>« publicly
-'in.-'nls tn resi len:< ;o rtilnimi- - con
is placed in operation several weeks
hence.
WINSTON-SALEM? As prelim
inary step in waging aggressive
campaign. Republicans of Forsyth
county open headquarters here.
MOUNT AlßY.—Enthusiastic ap
proval is voiced, at meeting of lead
ing citizens of number ot affected
towns, for $35,000,000 additional
Sabatini's greatest story of love and adventure
rwHLvW Jftu wig?
by RAFAEL SABATINI
(Published by Arraiufermiil With Fir-t Xtuioiial Pictures, Inc. Copyrighted by lloughton-
Mifflin Company.)
What has gone before.—To Sir
Oliver Tressilian, renowned for
his exploits on the. Spanish Main,
comes Peter Godolphin, insulting
and threatening, to forbid Oli
ver’s marriage With his sister,
Rosamund. Rosamund’s guar
dian, Sir John Killigrew, Peter
report!/ I s unwilling that his
ward snotild wed a "pirate.” Sir
Oliver knows ’the real opposition
from Sir John arises from a mat
ter of conflicting land interests;
And Peter unwittingly lets out
the fact that his own interests,
too. are involved.—Now go on
with the story.
CHAPTER I—Continued
OHO1” crowed Sir Oliver.
“Now at last the sun of
truth peeps forth from
all this cloud of righteous indig
nation at my bad Tressilian
blood and pirate’s ways! You,
too, are but a trafficker. Now
see what a fool I am to have
believed you sincere, and to have
stood here in talk with you as
with an honest man.”
His voice swelled, and his lip
curled in a contempt that struck
the other like a blow.
“I swear I had not wasted
breath with you had I known
you for so mean and pitiful a
fellow.’’
‘These words —” began Master
Godolphin, drawing himself up
very stiffly.
“Are a deal less than your de
serts,’’ cut ill the other, and he
raised his voice to call—
“ Nick!”
“You shall answer for them,”
snapped his visitor.
“I am answering now,” was
the stern answer. “To come here
and prate to me of my dead
father’s dissoluteness and of an
ancient quarrel’ between him and
yours, to bleat of my trumped
up course of piracy and my own
ways of life As a just cause why
I may not wed your sister,
whilst the real consideration in
your mind, the real spur of your
hostility, is no more than the
matter of some few paltry
pounds a year that I hinder you
from pocketing. A God’s name,
get you gone!’
Nick entered at that moment.
“You shall hear from me
again, Sir Oliver.’’ said the
other, white with anger. “You
shall account to me for these
words.”
“I do not fight with—with
hucksters,’’ flashed Sir Oliver.
“D’ye dare call me. that?”
“Indeed, ’tis to discredit an
honorable class, I confess it.
Nick, the door for Master Go
dolphin.”
CH APTER II
Rosamund
AVON, after his visitor had
departed, Sir Oliver grew
calm again. Then being
able in his calm to consider his
position, he became angry anew
at the very thought of the rage
in which he had been, a rage
which ITHd so mastered him that
he had erected additional ob
stacles to the already consider
able ones that stood between
Rosamund and himself. In full
blast, his anger swung round
and took Sir John Killigrew for
its Objective.
He bellowed for Nick and his
boot s.
"Where is Master Lionel?” he
asked when the boots had been
fetched.
“He bO just ridden in. Sir
Oliver.”
"Bid him hithC?.’’
Promptly, in answer to t-hat
summons, came Sir Oliver's half
brother—a slender lad favoring
his mother, the dissolute Ralph
Tressillan’s second wife. He was
as unlike Sir Oliver in body as
in soul. He was comely in a
vecy gentle, almost womanish
way; hig complexion was fair
and delicate, his hair golden, and
his eyes of a deep blue. He had
a very charming stripling grace
—for he was but in his twenty
first year—and he dressed with
all the care of a court gallant.
“Has that whelp Godolphin
been to visit you?’’ he asked as
he entered.
“Aye.” growled Sir Oliver.
He came to tell me some things
and to hear some others in re
turn.”
“Ha! T passed him just be
yond the gates, and he was deaf
to my greeting. ’Tis a most
cursed, insufferable pip!”
"Art a judge of men. I.al?”
S:r Oliver stood up booted.
“I am for Arwenack io ex
change a compliment or two
with Sir John."
His tight pressed lips end reso
lute air supjZ’i.nted his wor.is
so well that Lionel clutched his
arm.
You re not —you’re not —”
“I am.”
And- affectionately, as if to
«oothe the lad s obvious alarm,
he patted his brother’s shoulder.
"Pir John.” he explained.
' talks too much. Tis n fault
that wants correcting. T go tn
teach him rhe virtue of silence."
"There will be trouble, Oli
ver.”
“So there will—for him. If n
man must be saying of me that
I am a pirate, a slave-dealer, a
murderer, and heaven alone
knows what else, he must be
ready for the consequences. But
you are late, Lal. Where have
you been?”
“I rode as far ns Malpas.”
“As far as Malpas?’’
Sr Olivers eyrs narrowed
was the trick with him.
I hear it whispered what
magnet draw« you thither.” he
Said. "Be wary. hoy. You go
too much tn Malpas.”
’’How?" quoth Lionel a trifle
coldly.
"I mean that you are your fa
ther’s son. Remember "it. and
strive not to follow in his ways
lest they bring you to his own
nd. I have just been reminded
of these predilections of hie by
good Master Peter. Go not over
often ro Malpas. t s->v. No
s state bond Issue and earliest possible
hardsurfacing of highway from
Mount Airy to Winston-Salem is de-
, rnanded,
i t
1 MOUNT AIRY'.—B. Frank Scott, •
52, of Surry county, is brought to j
- I hospital Suffering from broken hack ;
- resulting from being struck by limb !
I of tree he had cut down. Little I
1 • hope is held for his recovery. I
about his younger brothet’s
shoulders and the warmth of his
embrace made resentment of his
warning quite impossible.
When he was gone Lionel sat
him down to dine with Nick to
wait on him. He ate but little,
and never addressed the old
servant in the course of that
brief repast. He was very pen
sive. In thought he followed
Lionel cllilelied his arm. “You're not—you're not—”
his brother on that aVfcnging
visit of his to Arwenack. Killi
grew was no babe, but a man of
his hands, a soldier and ft sea
man. If any harm should come
to Oliver— '•%
He trembled at the thought;
and then almost despite him his
mind ran on to calculate the
consequences to himself. His
fortune would be in a very dif
ferent case, he reflected. In a
sort of horror, he sought to put
so detestable a reflection from
his mind; but it returned in
sistently.
All that he had he owed io
his brother’s bounty. That dis-
TREASURY PLANS TO RETIRE
U. S. PUBLIC DEBT ENTIRELY
WITHIN QUARTER OF CENTURY
Financiers Asked to Co-op
erate Public Would Be
Saved Billion Dollars An
nually in Interest Payments
CLEX'ELAND. Sept. 22.—Complete
retirement Os the gigantic public
debt of the United States in the next
twenty-five years is now contemplate
ed by the treasury.
Federal fiscal affairs have reached |
the stage, Assistant Secretary'
Dewey, of the treasury, disclosed in \
a statement, prepared for delivery !
at the annual convention of the In-’
vestment Bankers’ association open- '
ing today, where the treasury has
been warranted in map]>ing out a
program contemplating the wiping
out of the entire debt, now about
$21,500,000,000, in the next quarter
of a century.
To put through such a program
however, Mr. Dewey said, the treas
ury must have the full co-operation
of all. He told the investment
bankers that any effort to interfere
seriously within the present wide
market for government securities’
would upset the plan, and he urged!
them to aid in combating any move-1
ment that would result in the trad
ing off by their holders of the gov
ernment securities.
Pointing out that the government '
has had to pay approximately sl.-!
000.000,000 a year—almost one-fourth i
of its entire expenditure—in inter-1
cst on its public debt, the assistant !
secretary declared that outlay must,
bp reduced, if material tax rcduc-j
tion is to be an accomplished fact.;
Must Keep Popularity
“It is with a view to this situs-,
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BAMBDNE’S meditations
By J P Alley
A 6ENTMAN WANT ME To
Be he YAHD-goY, BUT ME
EN HIM WOULDN’ 0 1T
'LONG CASE HE COULPN’
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SALISBURY.—A. R. Kepley Is
fined SIOO and sentenced to 30 days
in jail after trial on charge of kill
ing aged negro man while driving
rapidly.
JrfFFERSON.—Vance Ashley, of
Warrenville, is prehaps fatally hurt
when he is caught in machinery of
l thresher.
solute father of theirs had died
as such men commonly die, leav
ing behind him heavily encum
bered estates and many debts;
the very house of Penarrow was
mortgaged, and the moneys
' raised on it had been drunk, or
gambled, or spent on one or an
other of Ralph Tressillan’s many
lights o' love.
Then Oliver had sold some lit
tle property near Holston, in
herited thorn his mother; hs had
sunk the money into a venture
upon the Spanish Main. He had
fitted out and manned a ship,
and hail sailed with J lawkins
upon one of those ventures,
which Sir John Killigrew was
perfectly entitled to account pi
rate raids. He had returned
with enough plunder in specie
and gems to disencumber the
Tressilian patrimony. He had
sailed again and returned still
wealthier.
((’outinued Saturday)
tion,” he said, “that the treasury
has mapped out a program looking
to tlie ultimate retirement of the
public debt in about twenty-five
years. Through the use of the sink
i ing fund and other known sources
j of revenue, this can be accomplish
! ed, provided we maintain the popu
: larity of government securities.
“But it is absolutely necessary, if
this program is to be successfully
carried out. that the government
should be able to sell its securities
at a low rate of interest and con
i duct its vast refunding operations
j under favorable circumstances with
! out undue disturbance of market
! condtiions. It will seriously inter-
I fore with this program if a success
ful effort is made to dislodge gov
ernment securities from the hands
of their present holders.”
Mr. Dewey said that inasmuch as
about eight billion dollars in govern
ment securities mature in the next
four years, practically 75 per cent of
which will have to be refunded, the
treasury will continue to be in
volved for some years in the later
phases of war-time financing. The
' effect of any movement to divert
i government bondholdings to indus
; trial investment, he warned the
bankers, would be to force down
j the quotation of government securi
j tics and compel the treasury—and
i the taxpayers—to "pay a higher rate
of interest on its new issues.
Outlines Effect
“Those formerly holding govern
ment securities.” he added, “would
I be unable to trade the maturing ob
i ligations for new issues offered by
] the government and the treasury
i would have to look elsewhere for
I customers for its bonds.”
As another reason against dis
■ lodgement of government securities
:;nm their present hands. Mr.
ewey said that in many cases the
onfidenre of investors would be im
paired through highly Speculative
investments which might not yield
returns. While legitimate operators
would not encourage such ex
changes. he said, he believed
that there would he attempts
bv legislation to check the “blue
"ky” operators and this undoubted
would react against legitimate
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BRYSON CITY. —Wampler Cole,
2;i, after denying he took initiative .
in attack, dies ot wounds inflicted
by Pearson Lambert, who claims
.self-defense.
MOUNT AlßY.—James D. Txiwry,
75, former editor of Mount Airy
News and of North Carolina Ad- ■
vertiser, dies after illness continuing ,
more than year.
CHAPEb HILL.—Dr. Dudley D. ;
Carroll, dean of school of commerce,!
and Dr. VY'. W. Pierson, professor -
of history and government, members ■
of University of North Carolina'
faculty, Sail for Europe for year's
study under auspices of Kenan i
foundation.
RALEIGH. —Isaac M. Meekins, of
Elizabeth City, Republican nominee
for governor, in statement, gives in- .
dorsement of port commission pro
posal, submitted by legislature to
November referendum, bringing fa
vorable reaction from Democratic
leaders. Meekins indicates, if in
vited by Democrats, he would take
stump in support of proposal.
RALEIGH. —Superintendent Pou,
of state prison, announces removal
of 57 criminal insane persons to
asvlum for negroes at Goldsboro,
where criminal insane department
has been completed, and 51 white
Insane prisoners were removed to
recently completed quarters here.
JEFFERSON. —Plans are com
pleted for celebration September 25
at West Jefferson incident to open
ing of state highway, No. 68, con
necting Jefferson and North Wilkes
boro. Program includes addresses
by Governor Morrison, Judge By
num, of Greensboro, and others.
ASHEBORO. Community fairs
are held at Seagrove, Flint Hill,
Holly Springs and Farmer prelimi
nary to Randolph county fair, at
North Asheboro, September 24-27.
CHARLOTTE. —Charging that mo
tor busses are repeatedly violating
speed laws. C. XV. Roberts, vice presi
dent of Carolina Motor club, for
mally requests Attorney General
Manning to take remedial action and
also require daily tests of brakes
arid lights: Action is part of club’s
war on “road hogs.”
ASHEVILLE. —Suffering from se
vere injuries, including probably
fractured skull, Miss Minnie Shane,
teacher at Asheville normal school,
is taken to hospital after being run
down by motor car driven by Robert
L. Scruggs, of Asheville, who is
placed under arrest.
RALEIGH. —Co-operative tobacco
growers’ association’s offices an
nounce sale of large quantity of leaf
to Poland’s tobacco monopoly as one
of first results of sending sales com
mission to Europe.
RALEIGH. —Members in eastern
North Carolina of co-operative to
bacco growers' association receive on
September 27 apportionments of
$600,000 payment on delieveries.
REI DSVILTxE.—J. — T. Martin is
found shot to death at home of broth
er, Rucker Martin, at Spray, with
shotgun lying at feet. Suicide is
declared probably due to poor health
developing soon after death of wife
foitr years ago.
HIGH POINT.—Di? Lloyd T. Wll
son, of Nashville, Tenn., accepts
call to pastorate of First Baptist
church and will assume duties No
vember 15, succeeding Rev. James
A. Clark, resigned.
HIGH POINT. —"Republicans of
state formally open campaign in this
section when Isaac M. Meekins,
Republican nominee for governor,
delivers address to large gathering
at high school auditorium.
WINSTON-SALEM'. Frank M.
Bohannon, wealthy tobacco manu
facturer, not member of any church,
agrees to give $15,000 of $30,000
needed to complete Sunday school
unit of $400,000 First Baptist church
building, now under construction.
RALEIGH, —Governor McLeod, of
South Carolina, is formally invited
by John G. Dawson, chairman of
state Democratic executive commit
tee, to attend conference of state’s
Democratic leaders at Albermarle,
N. C., date in October yet to be
chosen, when plans will be made for
party's presidential campaign in this
state.
CH A RLOTTE~Edwn rd F. Rick
ard, chief of textile division, bureau
of domestic and foreign commerce,
I United States department of com
i merce, accepts invitation to deliver
I address at textile diversification din
, ner.September 26 in connection with
Made-In-Carolinas exposition.
CI 1A RLOTTE. Three convicts,
Morgan Rogers and Henry Dodd,
white, and negro not named make
escape from Mecklenburg county
convict camp after overpowering
guard.
being idle
since July 1, two Highland Park
mills at North Charlotte, one at Rock
Hill, S. C., five Chadwick-Hoskins
mills here, one at Pineville, one at
Martinsville, Va., and three of River
side group at Anderson, S. C., re
sume full time operations, giving em
ployment to more than 3,000 persons,
according to announcements.
NEWLAND. —Josephus Daniels,
Raleigh publisher, former navy sec
retary, opens Democratic campaign
in Avery county with address in
which he declares Democratic party
in state is responsible for “rapid
progress of state.” He urges elec
tion of A. W. McLean, gubernatorial
nominee.
KlNSTON.—Demonstration agents
and others in group of eight coun
ties in this part of state are co-op
erating in movement, intended to re
sult in increase of from about 165,-
000 to 300,000 number of hogs in this
group.
WILMI NG TON. —Grace Methodist
Episcopal church, South, will be host
to annual meeting of North Carolina
conference opening November 12.
Preparations are being made for
about 500 ministers and lay dele
gates. Bishop Collins Denny, of
Richmond, Va., will preside.
RALEIGH. —Commissioner Ship
man, of department of labor, an
nounces shortages of common labor
exist in many parts of state, while,
in other sections, demand equals sup
ply. No section reports surplus or
labor, he says.
SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA.— For first time two
women, Mrs. Irene Folger, of Easley,
and Mrs. Eve:yn Shipley, of Moniks
Corner, are candidate* for congress,
being part of congressional ticket of
Republican party in state as nflmed
by' Joe Tolbert, Republican boss for
state.
FORT MILL. Captain Elliott
Springs. American ace in World
war. flies over city, but engin n goes
dead and he makes leap of thirty
feet from plane and escapes injury
OLAR. Wilbur Still. 17. son of
Frank Still, is accidentally shot and
killed while out hunting with com- i
panion. Willie Tucker. 16. Offered j
ride by friend, Tucker's gun diS- i
charges as h° starts to get into car,
and load strikes Still.
I
LEXINGTON. ■ F. <•->’-
support, is arrested at Walter Reed
hospital, XVa shington, and brought
here and placed on trial. He con
ducts own case. Declaring he loved
wife and she, as witness, declaring
she loved him, court allows them to
kiss and make tip and dismisses case.
BAMBERG.—Drew F. Hooten, 73,
one of Hamberg's oldest and most
highly respected citizens, dies at. age
of 73, after several months’ illness.
G BEEN WOOD—lndictment against
B. F. M' Kcllar, Sr., former president
of now defunct People's bank, charg
ing that he loaned moneys to him
self without proper approval of di
rectors, is quashed..
COLUMBIA.—Tobacco crop in Au
gust nets planters $1,181,159, produc
tion being 24.672,096 pounds, as com
pared with 29,000.000 pounds in Au
gust, 1923, bringing $7,000,000. ac
cording to department of agriculture.
Sims i» ac
quitted of charge of murder in con
j nection with killing of E. R. Jen
kins, August 5, when dead man with
inumber of other citizens went to
Sims’ home to protest against al
leged immorality in connection with
home life.
CHARLESTON. • Council takes
action to exempt sales of gasoline
from Sunday closing laws.
GREAT FALLS.—Robert S. Me
j bane, president of Republic cotton
: mills, issues statement in which he
; denies report published in trade pa
! pers that his company proposes
erection of new 30,000 spindle cot
ton mill. __
DARLINGTON.—Rev. Thos. Hen
derson, 84, well-known Baptist min
ister, dies at home of son near here.
GREENVILLE.—E? Roy Stone,
of Greenville, announces candidacy
in general election for U. S. Senate,
against Cole L. Blease, nominated in
recent Democratic primary. He al-
I leged Blease’s election not rightfully
I accmoplished. Says he is not bolt
' ing Democratic party.
| COLUMBIA. Richland county’s
1 tax lew is reduced by three mills
| by Auditor Feagan and legsilative
! delegation, special three mills school
levy being found unnecessary, in
view of state act, known as 6-0-1 law,
guaranteeing seven months of term
for all schools.
COLUMBIA. —Meeting of all re
cording and financial secretaries of
350 councils of Junior Order’United
American Mechanics is called in Co
lumbia by A. J. Bethea, state coun
j cillor.
j GREENVILLE.—Mrs. E. E. Da
; vis, of Greenville, suffered serious
I cuts on the face and possible frac-
I tine of skull when auto in which
; she and husband were riding turn-
I ed over on highway fifteen miles
! from here. She is rushed to hos
; pital in Anderson.
MANNING.—Ten-year-old son of
Lawson McLeod is bitten on arm bv
rattlesnake, but receiving prompt
medical attention, revives and wound
is healing satisfactorily.
COLUMBIA. —John Ball. Berkeley
county negro, serving thirty-year
sentence imposed in 1916, for kill
ing white employer, who had weap
on drawn on him, and who shortly
i after entering penitentiary saved
guard from death at hands of escap
ing convict squad and himself re
fused to escape, is granted suspend
ed sentence by Governor McLeod,
at request of prison and court offi
cials.
COLUMBIA. —State railroad com-
I mission authorizes Columbia Rail
way, Gas & Electric company to in
stitute use of one-man cars on its
I street lines.
ROCK HILL. —Contract for pav
ing road from Rock Hill to Fort
Mill is let to Ben H. Martin, of Eas
ley. _
CLEMSON COLLEGE.—Prof. C.
P. Blackwell, of agronomy division
of Clemson college, urges farmers to
start new system of crop rotation,
beginning with small grains now.
SPARTANBURG.— J. Hughey
Bradley, of Mount Zion section of
county, is arrested on warrant sworn
out by father, Thomas Bradley,
charging assault and battery, wound
on face of elder sdid to have been
inflicted by son.
SPARTANBURG. lnternational
Agricultural company plans erection
of SIOO,OOO fertilizer plant here.
GAFFNEY.—State Insurance Com
sinner J. J. McMahan, of Columbia,
advises clerk of court here that he
will not appear to face trial on
charge of fighting, altercation hav
ing arisen between him and United
States Senator N. B. Dial at. cam
paign meeting here in August, but
will forfeit bond.
SPARTANBURG.—Board of water
commissioners purchases site for res
ervoirs for new $1,850,000 water-sys
tem.
GREENVILLE. W. G. Sirrine
sues Allen J. Graham end associates
for $12,230, alleging this amount due
him as commission on sale of Alice
cotton mill at Easley last fall, for
late C. E. Graham, father of Allen
J. Graham.
COLUMBIA, - Expenditures on;
highways of state during August to
taled $364,585, according to report
of Charles H. Moorefield, chief en
gineer of state highway department.
GREER. —Rev. J. p. Edwards, pas
tor of Methodist church here, is
married to Dr. Georgia Waters, of
Edinburgh, Scotland, at her home
there.
SPARTANBURG.—L. G. Southard,
local attorney, offers to bet Recorder
Burnett that supreme court would
overrule his decision In case -against
H. D. Brown, charged with operating
disorderly place and convicted before
recorder.
GREENVILLE. T. P. Tolbert,
prohibition agent, is transferred from
here to Chicago, to be connected
with general agent's office there.
GREENVILLe7=c7 E. (“Mountain
Lion”) Sloan, who proposes Jaw to
close all swimming pools, is declared
nominee for house of representatives
over E. B. Garrison by county execu
tive committee, following third pri
mary, committee's canvass of vote
showing Sloan’s majority 526.
LEXINGTON. James E. Smith,
former soldier at Fort Bragg. N. <’.,
is found guilty of murder of F. R.
Mason, itinerant salesman, whose
body is found near road. Sentence is
postponed, pending motion for new
trial.
COLUMBIA--Home~of Police Chief
Scott, of Hyatt Park, suburb, is rob
bed.
COLUMBIA half million is
saved people of state in United States |
in income tax refunds, according to j
Collector John F. Jones.
GAFFNEY. Limestone college
opens here with over 300 students.
NEWBERRY. — Newberry college
opens with enrollment above 300.
AIKEN. —■ Cotton mills of Horse
creek valley, this county, resume full
time operation.
DILLON—Tracy Powers. 41, dairy
man, is taken to state penitentiary
in Columbia to serve life term for
murder.
M A N N I N G.—Postmaster C. i
Smith gods to office in mornln
f in i floors- l<v k°d. hut ;-s - 'f A
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CHESTERFIELD, S. C., Sept. M.
—(By the Associated Press.)—Morti
mer N. King, young cotton mill
worker and former soldier, nleaded
guilty when arraigned In circuit
court here this afternoon on a charge
of murdering Major Samuel IT. Mc-
Leary on July 2 near Cheraw, hut
Judge C. C. Featherstone, presiding,
directed that a plea of not guilty
be entered for the defendant.
King and Harrell, according to con
fessions they are said by officers to
have signed, killed the army officer
eleven miles south of Cheraw, this
county, on the afternoon of July 2,
last, after he had picked them up
on the Raleigh-Columbia highway to
give them a lift in his automobile.
The disappearance of Major Mac-
Leary early in July remained a mys
tery for two weeks and caused a
search to be instituted throughout
both the Carolinas. He was known
tc. have left Raleigh for Charleston,
where he was to begin a tour of
duty with troops at Fort Moultrie,
traveling by automobile. He had
wired to have a. sum of money sent
to him at a hotel in Columbia and
the first alarm as to his whereabouts
was felt when he failed to claim th4
money. \
King was arrested on July 16 at
his home near Canton, N. C., and
upon the finding of a shirt in his
possession that was identified aS one
Os the missing officer’s, he confessed
and implicated Harrell. The latter
was arrested several days later in
Nashville, Tenn., with Gerald Har- (
roll, his brother, who was charged
later with being an accessory after
the fact.
Frank Harwell, who was also In
dicted for the slaying of the army
officer, pleaded not guilty.
Trial of the case was set for to
morrow morning. Neither of the
fendants was represented by counsel
and Judge Featherstone appointed'
T. A. Murrfly and C. L. Prince, both|
of the Chesterfield county bar, aX
defense attorneys.
King’s plea of guilty was not ac-j
cepted because South Carolina laws
will not permit a defendant to en
ter a plea on which the death sen
tence may be imposed.
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