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The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
CAR MEN PROPOSE
 NEW YORK STRIKE
By Unified Press)

New York, Aug. 31.-The strike workers on the Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit Company lines threatened today to spread over all New York, leaders be- ing in conference to determine wheth- CT sympathy strike is to be called With the strike in effect on the Brooklyn lines, it is estimated that one million are forced to walk from their homes to New York and re- turn. Appeals have been sent by May or Hylan for bus companies in near by cities to rush as many convey ances as can be spared.
 Arbitration of the strike was to be attempted today despite the threat of the legal custodian of company property not to agree to any increased pay schedules if the raises are out
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
"BABE" RUTH FILES
 SUIT FOR MILLION
(By United Press)

New York, Aug. 31.-"Babe' Ruth, the home run slugger of the New York American League club, has filed suit against motion picture concerns and five vaudeville theatres for $1,- 100000, alleging infringent upon eX- elusive rights to motion pictures in which he appeared.
 Ruth filed his action several days ago, but it was not made public until injunction proceedings had been in stituted against the defendants. The application for an injunction will be argued today.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
ROAD HOUSE SCENE
 OF QUICK KILLING
(By United Press)

Chicago, Aug. 31.-A road house quarrel, said to have been started when Paul Brown, a Chicago clerk insulted the woman companion of Gerald Stack, wealthy real estate man from Lander, Wyo., resulted in Browns death from revolver shot fired by Stack. Mrs. Stack, who is at a Chicago hotel, is prostrated.
 Police today are holding Mrs. Stack, Stack and Geo. Parish, a mem- Der of the St. Louis board of trade, as witnesses to the shooting. Few words are said to have passed be- tween Brown and Stack before the Wyoming man shot. He claimed that Brown addressed insulting remarks to his companion.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
TO CAMP AT PINNACLE.

A party of young people, chaperon- ed by Mesdames w. w Bishop, B ID. Taylor and E. A. Brennan, left this morning for few days outing at Pinnacle Springs. The following young people compose the party Misses Louise Taylor, Leona Higgins Gene Browne, Maurine Bishop, Irene Ledbetter, Mary Muse, Lucille Wo- mack, Kathleen Brennan, Agnes Bren- nan, Nell Scull, Thelma Scull, and Robert Taylor, Kirk Mosley, Byron Anderson, Edward Brennan.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
COX DEFENDS PARTY'S PLAN
 ON FINANCES
(By United Press)

Columbus, O., Aug. 31.-In a state ment issued this afternoon, Gov James M. Cox declared statements by Repub- lican Chairman Will H. Hays, that the Democratic party has received cam paign gifts in large sums, was abso- lutely untrue. Governor Cox declared that contributions to the Democratic campaign funds are limited to $1,00O by any person.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
RENEW SWIMMING POOL.

The Boy Scouts have drained the old water from their swimming pool on the light and power station lots, and have replaced it with fresh wat CT from the city mains, it was an- nounced today The pool is now said to be in fine shape.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK.
(Ru Irnitnd prnssN

St. Louis, Aug. 3l.-Cattle: receipts $500, market steady p cents lower, beef steers SC to $16.50, cows and heifers $475 to $1O.50. Hogs: receipts 100000, market steady, good to heavy S14.75 to $1525, bulk sales $15.75 to S1610.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
TO RESUME PARLEYS
 AT RIGA NEXT WEEK
(By ITnitei Press)

Paris, Aug. 31.-The Polish armis- tice delegation has returned to Warsaw from Minsk, where unsuccessful efforts were made to negotiate peace with Russia. according to advices today from Warsaw. However, the delega- tion will go immediately to Riga and resume peace parleys early next week
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
FIRST FEINER DIES FROM HUNGER STRIKE
 (Ry United Pressl
(By United Press )

Worchester, England, Aug. 31.-The first death from the hunger strike to occur in an English jail occurred today when Larry Dunwald died after going five days without food. Dun- wald was imprisoned for contempt of court in an action brought to re- strain Sim Fein activities.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31

of proportion to the income of the company. Lindley NJ. Garrison, form CT secretary of war, is receiver of the lines affected by the strike.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-08-31
TWO STATES GAIN
 ON CENSUS REPORT
(By United Press)

Washington, Aug. 31.-The bureau of the census today announced the population of the following states:
 Maryland, 1,449, ,610, an increase of '154,264.
 Massachusetts, 8, 851 ,6l5, an in crease of 485,l91.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
STATE COTTON
MEETING HELD
South Carolina Division Ameri
can Cotton Association

Columbia, April 26-The semi-an-
nual meeting of the South Carolina
Division of the American Cotton As
sociation will be held in Columbia at
Craven Hall on Wednesday, May 5,
portant meeting Of the association it
is urged that every county in the
State be fully represented. All mem
bers Of the association are urged to
attend the meetings in their counties
prior to the convention.
The May 5 convention will take up
three matters for thorough discus
sion. according to an announcement
by r. NJ Mixson, president. These
will be warehousing, finances and or
ganization.
The South Carolina division is anX-
ious TO have sufficinet warehouses IN
the State to take care of the 1920
crop and will2 bend every energy to
this end, according to officials OF the
Plans are under way to further per-
feet the organization IN the State.
Membership campaigns will be con-
Quoted in every county in an effort to
secure as members those merchants,
farmers. bankers, business and pro-
fessional men who have not yet JOIN
cd the association.
A special effort will be made to en-
rol the women Of the State into the
ranks of the Association. The Amer
can Cotton Association at its meeting
in Montgomery voted to admit the
women into the convention on the
same basis as men. One OF the
speakers at the May 5 convention IN
Columbia will be Mrs. Cora d. Mathis,
Of Alabama, large and successful
woman farmer. who thrilled the
Montgomery convention. Mrs. Mathis
is very enthusiastic over the American
Cotton Association.
Each county chairman in the State
is urged by President Mixson to see
that his county is represented by q
large delegation at the meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01

gone five OF six miles out Of our way
and that the main road was good all
the way where we had been told to
avoid it.
Soon we struck the Kings Mountain
York road and found some. fairly
good. From York to Chester by MAX
ing a detour to the west Of the direct
road to avoid where they have plow-
ed up the old Macademized road. the
road was fair In Cester some OF
the streets were torn up and being
rebuilt and we lost time for repairs.
From Chester to this side Of Black
stock the road was fine Thensfair. to
Simpson and fine 10. RidgeWay. From
Ridgeway to Camden through Dog
town the road was good. We made
better time on this 80 miles than any
part of the trip. IL hours fat for
SO miles and stopped three times to
have interesting talks with men work
ing by the road. This is fine, but
undeveloped country. So much better
soil than the Camden-Columb; road
that one cannot realize they are SO
near
Any system Of good roads that docs
not provide for the Camden Ridge
way road will be serious: mistake.
From this section to the mountain
Camden, Ridgeway, Winsboro, Chest
er, York and Blacksburg and Kings
Mountain is the most direct way. And
the roads are better than by Colum
bia and Newherry
We were very much ina pressed with
two things in connection with the
farming: the fact that thousands Of
acres of cotton land had not even had
the stalks cut and that the small
grain crop about Spartanburg was so
much more advanced than ours down
here. While we have -ibeen for two
weeks without rain there have been
several floods Of rain about Spartan
burg and east and west Of it. We.saw
many acres too wetNto plow. Wesaw
many acres being blowed and. plant
red too wet; the soil turning in slick,
wet furrows and cotton being planted
among the eleds- -:
But there is some mighty good
farming being done. We were partic-
:ularly pleased with Some we saw
about Goldville,l Reidville, Spartan
burg, Gaffney and up to the moth
|etains toward Tryon.
York has the prettiest homes and
yards of any town we passed through
and is right up to Sumter in this re-
spect.
Sumter is ahead of them all in the
paved streets, and in the advertise
ments Of its merchants along the
roads leading into it. i.
Tryon is the prettiest mountain
home town we have seen and is peo-
pied by good folk from everywhere
that have been attracted by its all the
year good climate Its grapes can
not be surpa ssed by California nor
l'Sunny Italy.
E. w. Dabbs :
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
SOUTH CARO-
/ LIMA ROADS
Mr.. E. W. Dobbs Comments On
Conditions Found In Trip
Across State

Salem. (Black River), April 90
The writer recently went by auto TO
Tryon. n. c., and returned by anoth-
or route. Some observations OF roads
|and crops may be OF interest TO read
!ers Of the, Item.
We had fairly good roads, better
than expected, to the Richland couii-
Itv line. Right at the sign post we
struck a series Of bumps and hoieS
that were very frequent until We
[reach the paved streets Of Columbia
Coin. out Of Columbia the road was
better than going in, and for 1lrteeh
or twenty miles we made good speed
then for five or six miles ABOUT
Chapin az 1 Little Mountain II was
danger of sticking, out
snring-b break: lg and car-wrecklns
holes and bumps.
[: The roads improved toward Pros
pertiy-but- u miles from NeWnerry
a spring broke on comparat1vely
GOOD stretch OF road-due in all prob
ability to the, shocks further back. II
took 33s hours to get on our way
from NewoerrS, but we had fair roads
Ito Laurens We were told not to go
Inv whitmires &to 'Union-Woula get
stuck about Whitmires. At Laqrens
we were directed to go by watts Mills
direct to spartanburg. Some mics
ont of I4aurens we overlook two cars
Lthat were stuck, but with loss OF
only about half hour for them to get
or. of our way we. pulled through.
At Watts Mills we wore told the
direct road to Spartanburg was I'M
H.passable by reason of heavy rains two.
days before, so detopred by Wexford
}road-hard but rough until we en-
tered the lGreenville- e-Spartanburg
Eshighway several miles north OF Well
liford. This highway was fine to Spar
itanburg. Spartanburg to Tryon good
road except we. were told to detour
land by doing so got into the worst
l:hole Of the entire trip-tore Off spare
tire and rear bumper and would have
been stuck if we had hesitated for
q second Learned in Tryon that We
should have gone to Greenville from
Laurens and that there is a better
road from Greenville to Tryon than
from Spartanburg to Tryon:: After
tseveral days of mountain roads about
Tryon started for home. Kept to the
main road coming out Of Tryon and
found only one bad place-the one
I've avoided going, up, Pacoiet river
land it was not anything like as bad as
1.-THE detour Coming out Of Spartan
EEnrg we came the National Highway
Ito Blaeksburg.- except ten miles OF
l;bad road about CoWpens it is. a splen-
ldid road. AT Blacksburg we turned
Ito York. Fair road to Kings creek
land on this side for two miles Again
I'VE were told Union road was bad and
l:to .detour. This put Us several miles
|.off our. course and over the worst road
Iof the whole trip. When we got back
|,into the main road we found we had
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
colTI''f.l,ols5lN I. {, LETTER q
lJohn r Clark & Coz

New Orleans, April 2s-It was a
dull day with prices averaging. slightly
below yesterdays final. There was no
aggressiveness either way and it look
ed as though most longs and shorts
had been eliminated on the recent
wide swing. Liverpool appeared to be
a seller and. trade, interests. buyers.
The map was clear and the forecast
was for continued fair weather. Elk
ports We're $1,000 bales Private ad-
vices from Southeast Alabama said
there would be a large increase in the
acreage in that section because of 40
cent cotton. Some further downturn
looks probabel If the weather keeps
favorable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
cou1. ) Board Meeting

special meeting of the County
Beard of Commissioners was held on
Apcn 24th, with all members present,
TO consider the small pox epidemic
tsist is prevalent in some sections OF
the county, and to transact such 9TH
er business as might ebe brought be-
fore the board.
a fetter was read from Comptroller
General Osborne stating that, as di-
reetea by an act Of the last session OF
sibes legislature, he would have MADE
:. .aursng the year complete audit OF
the books of all counties OF the state
and that his accountant would WISH
Sumter county in due course. In view
of this Official audit by a State Off
cial it was decided to abandon the
plan to have the books Of the county
audited by certified accountant.
The publication of the county
monthly report of the board was dis
eussed but no action was taken, pend
ing the opinion of the county attor-
ney, which has been asked for.
Chairman McLaurin stated that DR..
Bragg Anthony had informed him
that the funds provided last year for
public health work among the color
ed people Of the county have been
exhausted and asked that the board
provide funds for the continuation of
the work. Action was deferred. The
clerk was directed to write DR.. An
thony asking for a statement OF the
agreement under which she has been
carving on this work, the terms and
conditions of said agreements with
whom made and by whom the funds
were provided.
"A letter from the County Medical
society recommending countrywide
vaccination as the surest means of
preventing the spread of smallpox
was read. A telegram from State
Health Officer DR.. Hayne expressing
regret that he could not attend the
meeting of the board as requested
was read.
Dr. NJ. L. Parler, who had been de-
legated by the State Department OF
Health to take charge Of the small
pox situation in the county was pres
ent and conferred with the board. DR..
PaFter stated tnaI ne mac NdccAis'l-
ed 941 persons in this community and
that in his opinion the only means
by which general vaccination could
be brought about was to secure the
cooperation of all the physicians in
the county, each one vaceinat1ng the
people of his community 1t was
agreed that 25 cents per person would
be a fair price for vaccination. II
was decided to delegate the authority
to deal with the smallpox situation
to the County Medical Society.
Mrs. Stroupe, County Health Sur
vey Nurse, was present and the mat
ter of her duties and status IN reia-
tion to the State Health Department
was discussed 1t was decided that
She should work in cooperation with
State Child Welfare work.
letter from County superintend'
ent Haynsworth in reference to the
work of the County Health Survey
Nurse was read. The statements cen
taind Id the letter were discussed
The board requested Statement from
tie Nurse and also from the chairn,az
OF the ssard of trustees OF the os-
wero school district in reference e
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01

Lynehburg, Va, April 29-John
Williams, a negro, charged with the
murder of police-detective Mann and
brought here from Ohio has been
identified by Sheriff Willis, Of Green
vile, S. c., as the man wanted for
killing two policeman there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
CANADA BIDDING
FOR TOURISTS

Toronto. April 29-Summer resi-
dents OF Ontario, whether residents OF
Canada or the United States. may I'M
port liquor the same as permanent re-
sidents, according to a ruling Of the
license commission.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01

The police are looking for several
smart young negroes who have been
stealing clothing by pretending to be
messengers for pressing clubs. They
call at houses and ask for suits and
that is the last the owner hears Of
the suits. One boy has been arrested
and it is said others are wanted for
the same offense.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
HARDING
LEADS WOOD

Columbus, Ohio. April Ex-senator
Harding has a lead of 10000 votes
over General Wood in the Ohio presi-
dental primary returns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
MEMORIAL DAY
IN FRANCE.

Paris. April 27-Memori::l Day ex-
ercises Will be held at American cem-
;eteries by 1.-The Paris Post Of the Amer
lean Legion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
SIMS. NJ ABE MONS
STROUS CHARGES
Admiral Mexican Condemns
Statements Made by Com
mander OF Fleet

Washington April .27-Rear Admir-
al McKean said the charges by Ad-@
miral Sims that delays by the Navy
Department had prolonged the war
and cost a half million lives were
monstrous.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01
PAWN SHOP
is ROBBED

Detroit, April 29-Fwo armed men
etnered a pawn shop, held up the
clerk, and escaped with diamonds said.
to be valued at $4,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01

Washington, Aptil Conferences
between sugar refiners and Depart
,ment of Justice officials on sugar
prices and supplies ended suddenly
today NC: statement; as TO what 4
transpired has been made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-01

the matters complained OF, viz: The.
closing of the Oswego school during
the influenza outbreak this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-24
Canadian Farmers to
Get l8-Cent Dividend
On 1920 Wheat Crop

Winnipeg. Manitoba, Nov. 23.-
A final dividend of 18|cents bushel
will be paid to farmers by the Ca
madam wheat board, according to
announcement made after a recent
audit of the books of the board. The
payment will be made on "partici-
patton certificates" the method used
by the Canadian government to re-
turn to farmers profit made by the
government on their 1919 wheat
above the guaranteed price.
This payment will bring the 1919
price, based on northern wheat in
storage at Fort William. to $2.63 a
bushel or an average price through
out of the year Of $3.50 at points of
shipment in Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta.
The board has already distribu-
ted $38,000O00 on interim dividends
and payment of the remainder of
S28,000,000, it is expected, will be
completed before the first of the
year. More than $60000,000 repre-
sents the share of farmers in the
prairie provinces. The other $6,000,-
90 will go to eastern Canada and
British Columbia.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-24
Disappearance of
Whisky Casts Gloom
Ouessi nos M City
-ovAu nsN.E.

.ll ,s,l4 sss' z3.-The my,-
tef,uo!a ,earance of six bottles
of .scn whiskey from the British
embassy during the most brilliant
ball of the Washington season, last
Friday night. has cast gloom and
an atmosphere of suspicion over the
entire capital.
Practically all members of Pres
ident Wilson's cabinet were present
including Secretary of State and
Mrs. Colby; Secretary of War and
Mrs. Baker; Postmaster General and
Mrs. Burleson; Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels; Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Meredith;
six associte justices of the United
States supreme court, every am
bassador in the city and 4most -ad-
mirals in the navy and general in the
army, were also among the guests.
After they had all gone home it
was discovered that the whiskey was
gone also.
Maj. Gen. G. X. Bethel, military
attache to the embassy, confirmed
the facts in the mystery. "The whis-
ky" he said, had simply disap-
peared and no trace has as yet been
found as to its whereabouts"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-24
Men Arrested After Auto 4
Crash Released on Bond

Nebraska City, Nov. 25.-
Especial. .)-E. P. Butler, Ted Lewis
and Bill Doiel, arrested Saturday
night following the automobile
crash on First avenue, were released
on bonds yesterday. Butler was
charged with unlawful driving and
also with possession of Intoxicating
liquor. His bond was fixed at $400.
Lewis and Dole are charged with
vagrancy and their bonds were fixed
at 100 each. The liquor taken from
the lap robe has been sent to the
state chemist at Lincoln for analy-
Sis. The Buick touring car wrecked
in the smash. the property of But
Ter, will probably be confiscated.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-24
Engineer, Asleep at !
Post, Responsible for :,
UP. Freight Wreck

Columbus, Neb., Nov. 23.-(Spe,
cial.)-An investigation of the Un-
ion Pacific freight rear-end collision
here Sunday morning. in which an
engine was destroyed, two cars
burned and two other cars demoi-
ished, has disclosed that Engineer
Dan Murphy on the train that
crashed into the one ahead was
asleep at his post. He admitted this.
and said he only awakened as the
crash came.
Fireman Austin was in the gang
way stocking the engine and he and
Brakeman Walters jumped. Murphy
rode into the wreck, and sat in his
cab dazed. but uninjured, after the
cars caught FIRE. The fireman and
brakeman had jumped on his side
of the train and ran forward to the
burning engine cab and pulled the
engineer out.
The engine was a complete wreck.
and the property loss is estimated
at $4,000 The three trainmen were
summary discharged.
The accident occurred on a long
stretch OF straight track, and the
crew responsible for the wreck ran
past two block signals set against
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-24
Women's Organizations
Plan to Obtain New Laws

Washington, Nov. 23-Six ma
tional organizations of women
through representatives meeting
here, agreed to organize the wom-
ems joint congressional committee
for the purpose of forwarding leg
islative measures in which they are
interested. Mrs. Maud Wood Park
of the national league of women
voters was elected chairman. The
general federation of women's clubs,
the national council of women,
women's trade union league, and the
w. c. T. T., the congress Of moth
ers and parent teachers associa-
tons, and the national consumers
league agreed to the associative
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-24
Children Cleeful
As They Get Shoes
Dancing Eyes Greet Warm
Footwear Bought From The
Bee Shoe Fund.


Ii You could see the dancing eyes
OF little girls and boys when, they
have been fitted with a pair OF stout,
plain shoes with money from this
fund, you would be delighted with
the use to which your contribution is
put.
These little waits endure home
hardships that you can't imagine.
And new shoes are an event in their
lives. They are dire necessities, too,
in order that the health of these
children of poverty may be protected
in winters biting cold. x
Send or bring a gift for the fund
to Ths Bee. if you can
Previously reported .........H s3os. 90
Oscar Kayser. Bellevue. Neb....... 1000
George W. Lee. e.--'.'....s'.r 1o.oo
Total 1904 10