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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
MADE DEATH TRAP
Fatal Pathway Through Cave
to Deep Pit. +,
Visitor on Sightseeing Expedition
Within a Moment OF a Miserable
End In Pool From Which s
There Was No Escape.

Astride the boundary separating
two states of the middle West, q Com
panion contributor writes, there Hes
one of those barren regions where ma
ture seems to have forgotten her I'M
completed task, ON one side OF the
line are sand hills on the other, dry
mud cut by deep cracks and ravines.
A little more than a quarter of a
century ago. he continues, business
called me to a homesteader's claim on
an oasis In the sand-hlll tract, aad
after a long drive from the distant
railway station arrived just at dusk
on Saturday evening, to stay untn
the following Monday.
Sunday morning / rose before the
family and went out to view the land
scape. After examining number OF
petrifed tree stumps and logs, which
time and climatic influence had chang
ed into black-and-white onyx, l was
about to return when CHANGED to spy
a peculiar opening in the earth some
distance away. Desiring TO explore.
l soon found myself walking down the
smooth, water-worn floor of canyon
that was so narrow that my elbows
grazed the sides.
was soon hundred feet or more
below the surface Of the mesa, yet
the chasm showed no indication OF
widening. / walked on, casting my
eyes upward occasionally to where a
scrub juniper hid for moment the
narrow slit of blue far above, and
thus noticed that the opening terni-
mated shortly. Dropping my gaze, I
discovered on the left the abrupt tara
that had expected, and, again look
ing skyward, became interested IN
the antics of a colony of bank swai-
lows. The footing was so good that
I walked steadily forward, my eyes
fastened on the swallows.
Suddenly becoming aware that the
light about me, which heretofore had
come only through the slit far above.
was AhSiSuoih6, StOpptu uutupttye
with my body already throws for
ward and my right foot raised for the
next STEP
Just ahead the canon did indeed ter
inmate. Also. the floor ended few
inches In front Of my left foot. 0afv
by instantly pressing my both fore
arms with all my strength against the
sides Of the chasm did overcome the
momentum that In another moment
would have precipitated me INTO a
semi-circular cistern Of ooze twenty
feet below and at least sixty feet wide.
Its sides were scooped out of the river
cliff In the form of an arch, through
which came the light that had aT1
rested my attention In the nick Of
time.
My host told me at breakfast that
many young cattle, colts and other
farm stuff had disappeared there
abouts and were supposed to have
been lost in the place, which was OF
unknown depth. and was called local.
ly, ''The Jug."-Youth's Companion.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
MEETINGS ARE POSTPONED
Sessions Of Supreme Council and Con.
ference with Germans Will Not Be
Held Until July.

Paris.-Another postponement Of the
supreme council meeting at Brussels
and of the conference with the Ger
mans at Spa has become necessary.
I understand that the allied leaders
have now practically decided to hold
the general Brussels conference on
July 2, and this will be followed by the
discussions with Chancellor Mueller
or his successor on July 8.
This further postponement OF the
Spa negotiations which were to have
been held June 81 is the direct result
Of complaints from the Italian gov
eminent. 1t is understood, that Italy
ia discontented with the portion of the
German reparations money which the
French and British premiers decided
to allot her.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
UNCLE SAM PAYS
ALLIED WAR; BILLS
CLAIMS AMOUNTING TO MORE
THAN EIGHT HUNDRED MIL
LIONS ARE SETTLED.
REPORT ON LIQUIDATION
To Offset This, United States Sold
Enormous Amounts Of War Sup
plies to Foreign Countries and
Had Large Surplus.

Washington.-Claims made against
the United States by the associated
and allied powers and their nationals
finally were settled for 9S,716,O9S,
while the surplus war materials and
stocks Of the American forces over
seas were disposed of for 1922 ,923,235,
the war department liquidation COM
mission says in its final report, sub
mitted to Secretary Baker.
Settlements were summarized as fol-
lows:
With France, $74S,S92,004; with
Great Britain. $11S,996.912; with Bel.
GUM. S2,279,S27; with Italy. $1,000.
17s; with individuals, SIT, 427.175.
Sales were listed as follows:
Bulk sale OF war supplies to France,
$40O,OO0.0O0; other sales, including
those to France, Belgium. Poland,
Czecho-Slovakia, Servia and other lib
Grated nations Of the near east, s412,-
923,225.
Besides the $S23,0OO,O00 worth OF
war supplies sold abroad the commits
sion says s672,OOO,OOO worth were re-
turned to the United States.
"The settlement Of claims" the re-
port says, has eliminated countless
opportunities for annoying contro-
versles, creating many sources Of bit
terness between US and peoples of our
allies"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
DRY ACT IS UPHELD
BY SUPREME COURT
LIouoRITEs GIVEN KNOCKOUT
BLOW BY ACTION OF HIGH
EST TRIBUNAL.
VOLsTEAO ACT IS VALID
Lower Courts Are UpheId-Asserted
That Government Has Right to
Define What Constitutes
an Intoxieant.

Washington-The prohibition amend
ment and the enforcement act were
held constitutional by the supreme
court in a unanimous decision.
While attorneys for the interests at
lacking the two measures were grant.
ed permission to file motions for re-
hearings, the decision was regarded
generally as striking a death blow to
the hopes Of the vets.
The courts opinion, rendered by Jus.
tice Van de Vanter, was sweeping, 1t
held that the amendment not only
came within the amending power con-
ferred by the federal constitution, but
was lawfully proposed and now was
the law of the land. While recogniz-
ing that Congress has limitations In
respect to the enforcement of laws re-
garding beverages, the court held
these limits were not transcribed In
the enforcement act restricting alco-
solic content of intoxicants to one
half of one per cent
While New York. New Jersey and
Wisconsin acts permitting manufac-
ture and sale OF beverages OF more
than one-half Of one per cent alco-
holic content were not entirely In
voYed, the decision was interpreted
as invalidating them. The court said
the first section Of the amendment OF
its own forces 'invalidates any legis-
lative act-whether by Congress, by a
state legislature or by territorial as.
sembly-which authorized or sane
tons what the section prohibits"
Concurren' power granted by the
amendment to the federal and state
governments to enforce prohibition,
the court further held, docs not en-
able Congress or the several states to
defeat or thwart prohibition, but only
to enforce it by appropriate means"
The decision of the court was set
forth In IL conclusions covering seven
separate proceedings. These proceed
ings included original suits brought
by the state of Rhode Island directly
attacking the constitutionality of the
amendment.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
MUST Be NO CONFUSION
Samuel Gompers, President A. T. OF l.,
Declares Men and Women Work
ers Must Be Free.

Montreal.-Any attempt to enforce
compulsory labor by making strikes
unlawful must be resented at all costs,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, de-
clared in his address at the opening
OF the federation's fortieth annual con-
,vention.
81 have no fear as to what the re-
suits will be-" he said. CAS- long as
have life and my mind is not impaired
I shall stand for the right Of the men
and women toilers of the world to be
free, untrammeled and unowned by
any force"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11

! was sore at certain boy at school
and when walked by him In the han
always put my head high. One day
when ] was going home at noOa met
him In the hall with a big bunch OF
boys. ! gave him the snub and put
my bead up high. didn't see the
steps. ] fell al the way down. and @
my, modification this boy came anj
picked ne up.-Exchange.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
SAY EDUCATION is DELAYED
House Committee Charges inexeusabls
Delays and Recommends Board Go
Under Treasury Department.

washington.-The federal board for
vocational education was charged In
a formal report by the house commit
tee with "inexcusable delays" in the
rehabilitation of soldiers. The report.
however, noted "a general improve
ment in the work" and commended the
increasing efficiency.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
pIsr is MEXICAN Envoy.

Washington.-The Mexican embassy
has been formally delivered to Alyaro
Tore Diaz, representative Of the de
facto government in Mexico, by Saliva
dor Diego Fernandez, minister and
charge d-affaires appointed By the
late President Carranza.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
BRITISH FIRE ON TURKS
Warshlps Attack Turkish Nationalist
Positions Near Touzla, on Sea
Of Marmora.

Constantinople. = British warships
opened tire on Nationalist positions
near Touzla on the Sea Of Marmora,
SS miles west of Ismid.
Constantinople was aroused BY the
heavy firing Of the guns on the Brit
ish wlrships. The Nationalist had
approached close to the British en-
trenchments along the Gulf Of Ismid,
whore many British units are sta
toned to protect the troops guarding
the railway.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
GEN. PERSHING TO RETIRE
Commander Of American Forces In
World War to Engage In More
Active Business.

Washington.-Gen. Pershing will re-
tire from active service within few
months. He announced his intention
In a letter to Secretary Baker.
The commander OF the American
Expeditionary Forces declared that he
could give up his military duties
without impairment to the service.
and "thus be free to engage in some
thing more active"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Clerks 10 Lose Jobs.

washington.-Fiye thousand clerical
employees cf the war department viii
BE LET out July because Of reductions
By congress in department appropria-
tons. Sine May about 1900 men
and women have been dropped from
the force.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Boundary suit Halted.

Neutrality-suspicious. motion Of Mis-
slssippi state officials. the supreme
court ordered suspended proceedings
In connection with the original suit
brought by Arkansas to determine the
boundary between the states until
further efforts can be made by them
to reach an agreement.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
more Barracks Burned.

nnhlm.~A few more vacant police
barracks were burned Saturday and
sunday. A military police patrol on
tieycles was ambushed and surround
ec near the village OF Carragtohill,
County Cork. The policemen we're
compelled TO surrender their arms.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11

Versailles. treaty Of peace with
Hungary vas signed in the Grand III
anon palace here The Hungarian
treaty vas the first OF the treaties
framed By the peace conference to be
signed ahead Of time.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Tribute to confsdsratss.

washington.-Hundreds joined with
Confederate veterans in the annual
memorial exercises in honor OF the
heroes Of the Confederacy who are
hurled in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
- Law uncenstltutIonaI.

washington.-The supreme court
denied the validity Of portions OF the
Virginia tax act as amended in 1916
imposing a net income tax upon profits
OF domestic corporations derived from
business done in or outside the state.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Bio supply Of yellow PIne

10 the southern states there Is :
yellow pine area Of about 124.000.0oo
acres. Fully stocked ana carefully
forested this win produce about 70
cubic feet "A acre = year. or more
than 27.5ogooooC0 board feet . rear.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Paw for p. o. Employees.

Washington.-A less than an
hours consideration the senate passed
without a record vote the bill provid.
me increased pay for postal employees.
Similar action was taken hy the house
earlier In the day.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11

Boston.--A famine in timber and its
products, including prime paper. unless
Immediate and farreaching steps are
taken for forest conservation, vas pre-
dictea hy c. Price-Green Of TORONTO
before the National Editorial Associa-
ton.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Britain Rejects Plan.

London.-The British government
has definitely rejected the proposed
plan whereby British controlled oil
fields in Mesopotamia were to be sur
rendered TO the Royal Dutch Shell
group.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Confer Degree on President.

Atlanta. Ga--oglethorpe University
conferred its first degree, that Of doc
tor Of laws, upon Woodrow Wilson.
president OF the United States, at the
first commencement exercises Of the
university in Baptist Tabernacle.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Police Elaht Raiders.

Cappaghwhite, Munster. Ireland
A large number Of men armed with
bombs and rifles attacked the police
barracks here. The police garrison 70
piled with similar weapons from the
roof.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Refuses 70 Modify.

washington.-The supreme court
dismissed motions Of the Reading
Company and its subsidiaries asking
The court to modny dissolution de
erees rendered last april =.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
c.rtAo Salaries Exempt.

Observation-Disclosures Of the war
reyenue act requiring the president and
an federal judges TO pay an ineoms
tax on their salaries were declared
unconstitutional by the supreme court.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
sa,.or. sslse. Florida City.

Miami. Fla--Miami was chosen b.
uaanlmous vote as the 1877 convention
tasy q she National Editorial Associa.
ten. ii session in Boston. according
u ! TELEGRAM received here.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11

St Johns. y. Poorest fires start
ca ~ sparks from locomotives, have
DESTROYED several settlements Oh lie
Avalor Peninsula.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
Want Coal Cars.

Knoxville. - Southern Appalachian
coal operators have appealed to- the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
additional cars to move coal, accord
ing to officials Of the association here.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
on,, IL Rsnomlnatsd.

washlnston.-Rear Admiral Joseph
". oman. United States navy, was
rsnomlnated By President Wilson 70
be governor o. the Virgin Islands.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
urdsr.secre,ary Resigns.

washington. -Frank L. Polk re.
sirr,,.l Is under-secretary OF state, and
MS resignation was accepted by Pres
hent Wilson.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11

Warsaw.-The Poles, according to
an official statement. are continuing
their successful attacks on the north.
ern front.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-06-11
pri.oners Escaoe.

Atlanta, Ga.-Two more prisoners
have escaped from the Atlanta federal
penitentiary, making 10 this week.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-06-24
SUMMONS FOR REIIEEF.
Complaint not Serveo)

~ tCOmpladnt NOT SeTNeoJ
The State of South Carolina,
County of Dillon.
4 A. III. Horn. Plaintiff.
against
Neil w. Horn, John F. Horn, Annie
Lupo, Ellen Herring, Lee Lupo, Lou
Lupo, William Horn, Perry D. Horn
Daniel A. Horn. Henrietta Horn, COY
III. Horn, and X. M. Barnes, Adm. OF
the estate of r. r. Barnes.
To the Defendants above named:
Your are hereby summoned anG
required to/ answer the omolaint in
this action which was filed in The OIL
flce of the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas for the said County, on
June 10th, 1920, and to serve a copy
of your answer to the said complaint
ON the subscriber at his office at Mar
ion South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service hereof, eXclu-
siya of the day of such service. ana
if you fail to answer The complaint
within tho time aforesaid the plain
fiff in this action will appiv 10 the
Court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
June 9th, A D. 1920.
JAS. W. JOHNSON.
S-17-St PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-06-24
MASTERS SALE.

MASTERS SALE.
State, of South Carolina.
County of Dillon.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Moore Auto Sales Co., Plaintiff. -
s. VS..
B., +. Prince, Defendant
Pursuant to an order Of his Honor
Edwards McIver. Judge Of the Fourth
judicial Circuit, bearing date the
day of--1920 the undersigned, as
Master for Dillon County, will sell
during the legal hours of sale on the
first Monday in July same being the
6th before the court house door in
the Town of Dillon, in the County Of
Dillon, in the State aforesaid. at
public auction to the highest bidder
Tor Cash:
DESCRIPTION-AIl those certain
pieces parcels or lots of land situate
and being near the town Of Dillon, in
the County of Dillon and state afore-
said same being lots numbers 40. Al
and AZ as per plat made by ]. M.
Johnson, Jr., Surveyor. and bounded
and described as follows; on the
North one hundred and fifty feet by
G.. w. Leach on the East one hun
dred and fifty feet by Rutledge Ave
nue.; on the South one hundred and
forty four and $40 feet by Hudson
Street: and on the West one hundred
and thirty eight and 2-10 feet by G.
w. Leach and w. M. Hamer. and be-
ing the tract of land conveyed to B.
+. Prince by G.. D. Barlow
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for all papers and revenue
stamps. Any person bidding off
the said property and refusing to
comply with his bid therefor, said
property will be resold upon the same
or some subsequent salesday at the
risk of the former purchaser.
A. B. JORDAN,
Master for Dillon County.
. 6-17-3t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-06-24
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

State of South Carolina.
County Of Dillon.
Whereas, q petition signed by more
than one-third of the qualified cleo
TORS and a like proportion of the resi-
dent freeholders Of the age Of TWEEN
ty-oae years of Pleasant Hill School
District No. 25 of the county and
state aforesaid asking that an cleo
ton be granted in said district on the
question Of increasing the levy for
common school purposes by 3 mills,
has been presented to the County
Board of Education; now by the au-
thority vested in us under Section
1741 Civil Code 1912, said election
is hereby ordered held on Tuesday,
Jane 29th at Pleasant Hill School
building.
& The trustees shall act as managers
OF said election and only such cleo
tors as return real or personal prop
erty for taxation and who exhibit
their tax receipts and registration
certificates as required in general
elections shall be allowed to vote.
Each elector who favors the pro-
posed levy shall cast ballot with
the word "Yes'' written or printed
thereon and each elector opposed to
said levy shall cast ballot with the
word mo" written or printed there
on.
w. C. MOORE,
H. N. COUSAR.
r. S. ROGERS.
Members of the County Board OF
Education, s-17-2t.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-22
EASY TO GET
 PEACE TIME ARMY

Washington. Nov. 22-Little diff culty in obtaining the 2S0.000 men necessary to make up the peace time army authorized by Congress is anti cipated, Major General March, chief of staff, said in his annual report made public today by the War department. The problem of obtaining the 17,717 officers needed for the reorganized army is difficult, however, and was rendered more so, eneral March said, by the delay in the enactment of leg islation governing the reorganization of the army.
 "The magnitude of the problem of selecting the additional officers re- quired to complete the permanent complement,'' said eneral March, "and the tremendous effect which will inevitably be exercised upon the future efficiency of the entire army by the character and qualifications of the new officers to be selected, is indicated bp the fact that the actual strength of the entire army in com missioned officers on April 6, 1917, was but 5,959, of whom about $50 held provisional appointments
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-22
PANAMA CANAL,
 HAS GOODYEAR

Washington, Nov. -22-The Panama Canal has closed the best year hnan- cia11y in it's six years of operation with an excess of .s2ss7,59s in reve- n1re over the expense of operation and maintenance.
 Brigadier General Chester Harding, Governor of the Panama Canal, pre- dicted in his annual report to the Secretary of War made public Sat urday, that within a reasonable period of normal world conditions, the canal, will earn an actual profit on it's cost, which has been $366, ESQ., 900 exclusive of expenditures for it's military and naval offense. In the meantime, the general added. the canal is performing an important commercial service by stimulating American trade with the west coast of South America and the Orient. More than 25 per cent. of the cargo handled through the canal since its opening was transit between the United States and South America, and 14k per cent was between the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Orient.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-22

Politics unknown, but not @ radical Albert w. Taylor, member of Churcl of Disciples, professor Missouri Uni ersity, Bryan Democrat. George w Coleman, Baptist, chairman of Ford Hall movement in Boston, an o1d-line Republican. Mrs. Bennett, repre- senting Women's Missionary Board of PresDyterian church pe .J9 John n MHDo Mane Missions. Presbyterian, Republican. Bishop Charles D. Williams of Mich igan, single-taxer. Bishop William Bell of United Brethren Church, Dan Polling, one of the secretaries of Christian Endeavor, member of prohibition party"
 The expert Investigators, the speak CT said, were under the direct charge of Heber :Blankenhorn, formerly of the staff of General Pershfng in charge of propaganda behind the German lines, chosen because. of his nose for news," man who, Blsh- op Mcconnell said f.had always been noted for his entire absence of bias.'
 'The steel strike was conducted in an orderly fashion," said the Bishop. There was amazingly little violence on either side. Radicals made speeches to the workers, but there was not a Bolshevist speech from the
 
 say was they wanted different hours, different wages and a chance to con- fer over grievances"
 Tn conclusion, the speaker said:
 '"The report is not a radical report. It is sharp and adverse to the steel industry, but it is conceived in spirit of friendliness to the companies as indicating some of the things they might remedy. The time shasn't come to revolutionlKe the steel industry.
 ''Every man connected with that board is connected with missionary work in some form. What we were supremely interested in was to deal fairly with the great leaders of indus try who are doing so much for the material development of the world, but not to deal so leniently with them as to forget the great human issues that are at the bottom of the problem of Americanization and we cannot get a chance to Americanize our inn migrants so long as the 12hour day prevails in the steel industry.
 "They say we didn't present their side. All right, let them do it. They say we were biased. All right, let them prove it and we will retract any reinstatement of fact. We were in terested only in Americanization and Christianization of human beings and from that point of view we stand on the report. We stand by the facts and we have nothing to change il our report