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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
MRS. CHAS. j. THOMPSON DEAD.
SuCcumbcd to Stroke of .ApopIcxy
Which Came in Sunday School.
Charlotte Observer
Mrs. Minnie Wylie Thomson. II

MIS-. Minnie WYlie Thompson. the
widow OF Charles J Thompson, fol
lowing y stroke of ap0p'oNg while
she was attending sabbath school at
the First Associate Reformed Pres
byterian church yesterday about |
o'clock, died at > o'clock at the home
of Rev. w. B. Lindsay, to which she
was taken for medical attention.
Mrs. Thompson was apparently in
her usual good health yesterday
morning and brought flowers from
her home 10 place in the church for
the morning service, remaining for
the Sabbath school Immediately af-
terward. 1t was during the closing
exercises OF the Sabbath school that
she received tho stroke and was i'm
mediately taken to the home of Nj.
Lindsay, where she died an hour
later.
Funeral serves were held at her
home, 500 Worthington avenue. on
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, in
charge Of Rev. w. B. Lindsay. The
interment followed in Elmwood cem-
etery.
Mrs. Thompson had been resi-
dent Of Charlotte for two different
periods, she and Mr. Thompson, who
was train dispatcher for the South
crn railway, and who died here early
in December Of last year, having
moved to this city from Knoxville,
Tenn, the last time, about fourteen
years ago, and had lived here since
that time.
She was born in Chester county,
South Carolina. Dec. 81, 1866. her
age having been "a years. She was
married to Mr.. ThOmpsun on Marcn
%, 1889. Mrs Thompson had been
a faithful and consistent member Of
the First \. II. p. church since COM
ing to Charlotte and was Il woman
Of beautiful Christian character, ani
loved by all who knew her.
She is survived by her mother.
Mrs. Mary Wylie. who lives at Ram
Seur with a son. and three sons. Err
nest Thompson. Of Columbia. S. G. :
Charles Il. Thompson. OF Rocky
Mount. y C.. and Paul T.. Thompson
Of this city. Two brothers. j. S. wy
lie. Of Ramseur. and Jas. Wylie. Of
Charlotte. and two sisters. Mrs. Mack
Wilson. OF GaStonia. and Mrs. Eta
Carithcrs, Of Fort Valley, s. c.. also
survive.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
Many Men Wanting ont.

Camp Lewis. Wash, July 7.-At
least two-thirds of the men of the
Fourth Division here desire to quit
the army, Col. Joseph ID. I.citsch, di-
vision chief OF staff. announced to-
day. Wholesale requests for dis
charges have been filed as result Of
orders that discharges will be grant
cd all enlisted men who apply, to re-
duce the army to one hundred and
fifty thousand men, in compliance
with Congressional action. so Col.
Leitsch said.
Camp Lewis contains 1000 men.
In some companies every enlisted
man applied for discharge.
Solemn bought monkeys as curl
osities for his foreign wives.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
STATE EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
VIII be Held Friday OF This Week at
Spartanburg-rhe Program.

The Citizens State Educational
Conference will be held at the Con-
verse College auditorium, Spartan
burg, on Friday OF this week, July
18th. The following program has
been arranged:
Tho Program.
90 a. m--Organ proludc-Mr.
Hyatt.
Invocation VIM. Way, of
Charleston.
Organization -. Hon. II. Goodwin
Rhett, chairman, Charleston.
Addresses by Governor Robt. a.
Cooper; j. E. Swearngcn. state Su-
perintendcnt of IIducatiOn; Hon.
Geo. B. Cromcr and DR.. Henry Mel
son Snyder
1890 p. m.-Address on state Ed
ucational Surveys. by DR.. George +.
look, of the United States Bureau
of Education.
Appointment Of committees.
100 D. m.--picnic luncheon for
visitors, on Converse College cam
puS.
800 p. M Report Of committee
on resolutions.
Report of committee on county or
gnnization.
organization
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13

TO Cure Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNlNE (Tablets, 4,
stops the Cough and Headache and works off ths
Cold E. w. GROVES signature on each box 3oc
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
RURAL CARRIERS WHY, VISIT
GafYney NeXt-W. NJ. ILemn,ins. Of
Oconcc, Elected II esident.

Orangeburg, July j-The 18th an
nual convention of the South Caro-
lima Rural Letter Curr,nrs' Associa-
ton ended its annual session Il; Or
angeburg to-day after the largest al
tended convention Of delegates ever
held in its history The past year
the membership in the association
increased GO per cent and the previ-
GUS year it had shown an increase Of
20 per cent. showing that the rural
letter carriers Of the State are fast
becoming interested in their associa-
ton. ID. G.. Hayden, Of Orangeburg.
the retiring president, was ela,cd
over the success Of the convention.
and goes out as president with we'll
earned laurels. Mr.. Hayden organ-
lied the South Carolina Rural Letter
Carriers Association II years ago
and has been one Of the best work
crs Of the association.
The sessions began Monday morn
ing, July 4th, with addresses of vel
come by William A. Livingston. the
mayor Of Orangeburg; V. J. Hill.
president Of the chamber Of com
merce: DR.. a. G. Ligon, postmaster
at Orangcburg. and Tom Corbctt. VI
NccScS, representing the rural letter
carriers OF Orangeburg county. The
responses were made by w. N.Avant.
OF Spartanburg county. and ThOS T..
Black. OF Colicton county. During
the afternoon places Of interest IN
and around Orangcburg were visited.
The main business session was held
last night. The report OF the Sccrr-
tary and treasurer and reports "!
committees were had. Addresses an
Our Organization - County, State
and National, were delivered by w.
NJ. LemmonS. OF Oconee county. and
ID. G. Hayden. OF Orangeburg.
Jasper +. Johnson, of Laurens
county. delivered an address upon
Our OfIicial Organ Mr.. Johnson
told Of the official organ being own
ed privately in Washington, and that
it could be purchased for the nation
al association, and he urged that this
be emphasized by the next c0nven-
ton. when action should be taken.
About one-third of the stock allotted
South Carolina was subscribed at the
meeting here.
An interesting and helpful round
table discussion was entered into
last night. a large number of the
delegate participating.
The Remaining business ~ ytc con.
! 'cnuon WAS transacted this morning
! wNcn The officers Of thc ,;iivpu;iUn
| Tor the ensuing year were elected, as
! follows:
Prcsident-W. NJ .emmons, West
minister.
Vice President--J. +. b. McCar-
tha, Laurens.
Secretary and Treasurer-H. G.
| Grim, Moores.
Executive Board-Ii. II. Chirtz-
berg. Williamson; S. A. Burch
Florence; e. w. Conner. Rock Hill.
1t was decided that the annual
convention be not held on July 18th
hereafter. but on the first Monday in
August.
Gaffncy was selected as the city
for the next annual convention
The delegates to the national as
SOCiatiOn are: II. r. Chrit2berg, n. .
G. Grim, Stanley A. Burch and NJ. r.
Mellette.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
waiTsf BOOKLET ON MOTHERHOOD ID AND THE BABY. sME
BRAoFlrLo REGULATOR Co.. DEPT. Sd. ATLANTA. Ga.
Carnegie Estate S22, 900, 900.

Now York, July s. - The State
cOmptrOller'S Office has appraised
the estate Of Andrew Carnegie at
$25.933,0 gross and $22, ,Oll
net. The principal items are sccuri-
ties valued at 7,5l3,53S. Louise
Whitfield Carnegie, the widow. was
the chief beneficiary, receiving a to-
tai Of l,33S,347. The Carnegie
Corporation Of New York was be-
Queathcd 0,GG3,5S0.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13

Rub-My-Tism is powerful Anti
septic. Cures infected cuts, old sores,
letter, ctc.-ady.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
CELEBRATION At ARMSTRONG'S
Eighticth Anniversary Of Birthday
Cclebrutcti-WiIl DO Annual.

Richland, July Especial: Last
Tuesday was great day at the home
Of j. O. Armstrong; Many Of his
kinsfolks and friends met there 10
pay their respects to the old gen
tlcman on his S0lh birthday.
Mrs. Armstrong passed away some
thing like Il year ago. She was Mol
lie Robinson, Of Little River. They
had four children, and all Of them
are still living-Miss Maggie, who
married Henry Mcdonald (they have
two children, Grace and Claude) :;
Wade Hampton ArmstrOng,who mar
ricd Miss Matte Bruce. Of Town
Vile, (thcy have three children,
Mary, Margaret and Wade Hampton,
Jr., having last year lost their old
est child, Ruth, one OF the sunniest
and brightest Of little girls); james
Paul. who married Miss Rcna Hun
singer, (they have two fine boys,
James and William): Lille, VINO
married William Brown, Uhey have
two children. 5ernicc and MaryD
Mr.. Armstrong is. Il good neigh
Dor and Il substantial citizen. and is
happily surrounded by his two sons
and their families. and is submittin;,
to the loss OF his life companion with
wonderful grace. quietly and peace
fully awaiting the summons when
he, too. shall be gathered 10 his
fathers.
1t was decided on this occasion 10
institute an organization /" hc
known as the Robinson Mci 'Nnr'
reunion The names OF the m,mbcrS
OF the organization are as follows:
Ur. +. s. Porter. pickcnS. prcSiu mt: !:
W. II. Armstrong. vice president:
James Williams. secretary and trrrS-
urcr: J. q. Armstrong. Turner Arm
strong. Stella Hopkins. Malinda Por-
ter. Edna Porter. Pollic Porter. Amy
Porter. Mrs. Maggie A. Mcdonald.
II. W. Mcdonald. Grace Glide Nc
Donald, Wade II. Armstrong. Mrs
! Matte Armstrong, Mary Margaret.
| Wade H. Armstrong Jr Mrs Iillio
A Brown Bcrnico and Marry nrowu
! y Arn,,,r,no W.. por, ,,,,
strong, James and William Arm
strong, j. T. Porter. Mrs. j. w.
| Brock. J. " Brock Leland prock
! Unity Brock. O. G. Robertson Mr.;
O. C. Robertson Eunico and Enid
Robinson, Miss Buffie Moss Mrs
! Helen Moss Rankin and ch,,dre,
! Thelma. Hnmr~ Frank rrrcrfa md
( EniNnf1rr. N'... cor, N'nxnrdnr \rs
/ Nuu Davis. + iChcrf.nr and .ri;
{ lrar I.anra ANA ot,g,.lr borarisnn
. lnN. Lay, ..u.., ,oWues
There was a fine dinner spreod IN
abundance for the large assemblo q.
roast beef, bakers bread homo.
| made biscuits, fried spring chicken
! fried ham, tomatoes wberrios
! cake. barrels OF iced tea and lemon.
ade There were two iull-ucdgcd din.
ingS. one at - and again nj 4 u ~
After that there were about y dozou
baskets full taken uD--not of fr,y-
mcn,s. but OF splnn,iid un,ouchal
,r,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13

Nothing is more hateful to a Mos
lem than to see the Koran in the
hands Of an unbeliever.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
Also Mutual Insurance.

The establishment Of Il mutual in
surancc department was perfected to-
day at the concluding session Of the
1921 convention Of the North Caro-
lima Rural Letter Carriers Associa-
tion here. Under regulations govern
pay an initial fee and be subjected
to assessments upon the death OF Il
member.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
i'aVOrS Purchase of Organ,

Asheville, y. c., July Purchase
Of the Rural Free Delivery News, ot
Washington, d. c., was recommend
ed by the Rural Letter Carriers of
North Carolina, in annual convention
here to-day. 1t was proposed that the
national organization conduct cam
paign to raise 100000 for the pur-
pose OF buying the paper now con-
tr0lled by private interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Bombing Parties Drive
Alien Miners From Town
Americans, Infatuated by Black
hand Outrages, Blow Up
Five Buildings

JOHNsTOWN, Pa, July 12-Five
buildings were blown up and a number
OF foreign residents driven from their
homes in Beaverdale, a mining town
eight miles from here, last night, &C
cording to reports reaching the Cam
bria County authorities to-day. Seven
state policemen sent to the town re-
stored order, but the situation was
said to be so tense that achievements
had been ordered from Greensburg.
According to the stories from Beaver
dale American residents became in
censed at what they termed repeated
Black Hand outrages and determined
to rid the town of the suspected of
tenders: This sentiment crystallized
last night, when parties of armed men
appeared in the streets and, dividing
into five groups, are said to have dyna-
mited the places occupied by the men.
The loss was estimated at $4,000.
Other foreigners also fed, while MANY
American women and children tempo
rarily left town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13

the wage cut, express company officials
said 1t is estimated that approxi-
mately 100000 viii be sliced off the
annual labor bill of the company by
the reduction. The company employs
beswt n 10000 and $1,000 workers.
In its petition to the Labor Board
several weeks AFRO. the company asked
restoration of the rates of pay IN
effect prior to the boards $4,000 Geo
wage award to express employees On
August 10, 1920. A uniform increase
in rates of IS cents an hour was
granted by that decision To-days'
ruling takes away less than hall of
the 1920 award.
Hearings at which both sides pre-
scented testimony to the board were
held early in June. The company con-
tended that it's labor bill must be
reduced on account Of the lack Of
business and also because Of alleged
lower cost of living and general wage
decreases in other industries.
The American Railway Express Com
pany is consolidation of seven large
companies which were brought to-
gether under the Federal railroad adj
ministration during the war. The Di-
rector General Of Railroads granted
THE eXpresslnen an increase of S25 a
month in April. 1919, the increase being
retroactive TO January /, 1919. Hours
Of service and overtime rules resulted
in increased compensation to the en-
oloyees in September. 1919. A year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Lasker to Confer With
Ship Men Here To-day
Seeks Advice on Selection of
Iice-Presidenf and Treas
urer of Fleet Corporafion

From, The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. July ia. D. Las
ker, chairman of the United States
ping men in New York City tomorrow
TO Get recommendations of men for the
remaining official positions to complete
the active heads of the revived Emer
gency Fleet Corporation.
Chairman Lasker will ask the Ship
ping men to give another evidence of
the fine spirit of cooperation shown in
their recommendations of the three
men selected as the board of opera
tons by naming another practical
shipping expert for the post of vice
president of the corporation in charge
of sales and salvage. The views of tho
shipping men also will be sought on a
man to be added to the fleets officers
as treasurer, filling the vacancy made
by the resignation of R. w. Boiling,
former President Wilson's brother-in-
law.
With the appointm to these two
posts the personnel of officials will be
completed and steps then will be taken
by the corporation to function. Vice
President Frey, the Pacific Coast mem
Der of the board of operations, will
reach Washington Friday, and imme-
diately join Vice-Presidents Smull and
Love in mapping out the program OF
action to be followed by the board II
resstablishing the American merchant
marine on a paying basis.
Consideration also will be given by
Mr.. Lasker while in New York to the
question of selecting officials to serve
on the liquidation committee, which
will cooperate with the sales and sal
wage division in disposing of the un
productive elements in the govern
ment's shipping establishment. 1t IL
planned to consult the best tlnancla
and shipping minds of the country II
providing a general scheme Of salvag
ing to the best advantage to the
government of the various supplies
materials and property now held in the
name of the Shipping Board.
The attention Of the board also is
being directed to negotiation of the
working agreements and wage con.
tracts with the operating crews OF
government vessels. new contract
providing for Is per cent reduction
in wages, is to be considered by the
National Association of Masters, Mates
and Pilots with j. C. Jenkins. acting
chief of the industrial relations divi
sion of the board, in New. York; L,,lS
10. ssIl Ms lsassE lla
Members of the Shipping Board were
visited to-day by Kermit Roosevelt,
head of the Roosevelt Steamship Com
pany, who recently returned from
abroad, where he made a survey Of
the shipping industry. Mr.. Roosevelt
expressed confidence that the schem
of operations to be put into effect b!
| the new board of operations will worI
out successfully and that the prtyat'
/ shipping industry would be great.
benefited by properly conducted gov
eminent lines of ships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13

until the foreign exchange situation
has cleared.
Something will be done speedily with
the Leviathan, which has lain idle at
her dock in Hoboken for many months.
was the prediction of both experts 1t
is expected the big liner will be re-
conditioned and placed in the trans
Atlantic service.
1t also was intimated something
would be done toward an adjustment
of sales prices in behalf of American
shipowners who purchased Shipping
Board tonnage around 5000 a ton.
The old board continued to hold it's
tonnage at this high rate" said Mr..
Smull, when by reducing it to $500
a ton it could have disposed of great
volume of it."
Reports that large percentage of
the boards steel ships are inefficient
was denied by Mr.. Smull, who said that
he believed more than so per cent were
perfectly efficient.
What is most needed now is CO.
operation" said Mr.. Love. "There has
been too much knocking. We want
every shipowner, ship operator and
every American interested in the mer-
Chant marine to pull with US. We can
not expect results tomorrow or next
week, but results can be had and they
will be he'd if we all pull together"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Surgeon Ashore Uses Wireless
10 Direct an Operation at Sea
"ao'o Man Picks Up Report of sufferings of Member
OF lankers Grew and Enlists Aid of BROOKLYN
doctor; Herring Knife Employed as instrument

"A surgical operation has been sue
eessfully performed 200 miles at sea
on member of the crew of Standard
o'i tanker. with novice holding the
knife and following directions flashed
to him via wireless by DR.. RAYMOND
oarrett, OF Brooklyn Hospital.
The details We're revealed in Brook
iyn yesterday. Arthur R. Haydon.
night radio operator at Bush Terminal
is given credit for saving the life of
the sailor. -
Haydon was seated at his instrumen
iate Saturday night when he caught a
message from New London. The cap-
tain of the tanker was calling Nav
England for help. A heavy sea was
running, he said, and one of his men
VINO had cut his hand on piece of
wire last week, was suffering rreat
pain. Infection had set in and an i'm
mediate operation seemed necessary.
10 queries from the coast station
as to whether there was a SURGEON
aboard, the captain replied in the
negative. But there was member of
the crew, he said, man named Strath.
who had some experience as a nurse
and who would operate
Hayden learned that it would be i'm
possible to transfer the patient to an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13

other ship because the tanker was far
on the beaten lane of ocean travel.
immediate action was necessary. So the
wireless operator took hand in the
Proceedings. First he called his home,
at aoa Decatur Street and nurse who
was visiting there gave him some advice
on what treatment would relieve the
sailors pain. This he relaycd to the
vessel, which was still calling for help.
Then Hayden called Dr. Barrett, who
mad retired for the night.
AS soon as the surgeon learned the
facts he advised an operation without
delay and gave Hayden minute instruc-
tions about the missions to be made,
how drainage tubes were to be placed
and what dressings to use. The radio
operator noted these instructions care
fully and forwarded them by wireless
to the captain. A later message from
the tanker reported the operation APP
parently had been a success, although
it had been performed under the most
difficult circumstances.
For scalpel. Strath used a herring
knife, properly sterilized, and the drain
age tubes were made of old pieces of
rubber found on the ship. The sailor
whose name was not disclosed, sub
mitted to the operation without anaes-
thetic. 1t is reported he will be landed
in New London early to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Coal Combine
Plot Charged
I'm Jersey City
Commissioners Cannon Calls
ON Mackay Committee
for Full Investigation
of Alleged Fuel Ring
Price Fixing Is Asserted
Burns. Bros. Declared To
Be Dominating Market
and Choking Competition

Charges that a coal combine exists
in Jersey City and that many small
coal dealers have been driven out of
business were made yesterday by Com
missioner Cannon of Jersey City be-
fore the Mackay Legislative Commit.
tee at it's opening session in the Hud-
son County Courthouse. The Com
missioner demanded that an investiga-
ton be made Of the operations of
Burns BROTHERS, coal retailers of New
York; the Lehigh Valley Coal Sale,
Company and other dealers.
Commissioner Cannon charged the
existence of conspiracy to control
the supply and fix the price of coal
sold in Jersey City. Senator Mackay
chairman of the committee, was asked
to issue subpoenas which would bring
necessary to complete investigat on
Charges Monopoly Plot
Explaining his demand, Commits
sioner Cannon, who appeared for the
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey CITY,
said that the r. H. Perry Company,
which succeeded Burns Brothers as
the largest distributors in Jersey
City, had acquired the entire inter
ests of the Burns Brothers, all their
yards in Jersey City, as we'll as the
yards of the Bergen Coal Company
the Headdon Company, James Coyle
and the Keystone Coal Company
adding that the Perry concern
was merely a holding company for
Burns Brothers and that the New
York concern really controlled the
Jersey market. He urged the COM
mittee to issue subpenas requiring
the Perry company to produce its
books and all documents, contracts
and agreements. He said it was the
evident intention of the Perry COM
pany Ito drive the small dealer OUT
Of business
Commissioner Cannon said the fue
administration believed a conspiracy
existed between the Lehigh Valley Goa
Sales Company and the Perry Compan,
for the latter firm to sell the contents
OF the Lehigh yards, the largest il
Jersey City. He charged that the Lee
high yards were disposing of coal te
the Perry Company at preferred rates
while the smaller dealers had to pay
a much higher price for coal.
Mackay Promises Inquiry
Senator Mackay, in response to the
charges, said:-
at is the intention of the committee
to examine into all phases Of the coal
situation. The people of New Jersey
have been grooming under the burden
imposed by exorbitant coal prices
There is something wrong somewhere
and the committee is determined sc
far as lies in its power to ascertain
who are the prohteers and what men
are connected with illegal combina-
tions, monopolies and associations"
Senator Mackay announced commit
tee meetings for each Tuesday in
Jersey City or other cities where the
existence of illegal combination is
suspected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Youth Shot to Death
As East Orange Burglar
Slain by Policeman Who
Surprises Him Breaking
Through Cellar Window

EAST ORANGE, n. J., July 12.--
William Cymanski, nineteen years old,
who, despite his youth, was said by
the police of Newark to be one of the
most hardened criminals in New
Jersey, was shot and killed early to-
day by Patrolman Beck, who surprised
him as he was trying to jimmy cell
lar window of the hyule of Mrs. Frank
lin Currie, at So South Mum Avenue.
The policeman saw Cymanski slip
around to the rear of the house and
followed him from the other side.
When he saw the youth working on
the window, he covered him with his
revolver and ordered him to sur
render. Cymanski tried to escape and
was shot through the lungs. He was
dead when an ambulance arrived.
The Newark police were notified and
detectives came to this town and
identified the body. Cymanski had in
his possession when shot a loaded re-
volver, extra cartridges, a jimmy, a
nut pick" and large bunch of skele-
ton keys. According to the police, he
had escaped a dozen times from insti-
buttons and officers