Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-11-17
Domestic

Mrs. Anne U. Stillman was recently
denied an application that she be ap-
pointed general guardian Of her sons,
James and Alexander by Surrogate
Cohalan.
Governor Morrow Of Frankfort, KY,
recently ordered troops to guard the
Elliot county circuit court when 1t
convenes. A large number Of cases
of whiskey law violations are on the
docket.
Had the Christian churches Of this
country exhibited the same degree OF
interest in the League Of Nations that
they now are manifesting in disarm-
ament, the nation would have held its
place in the high esteem Of the world"
says United States Senator, Carter
Glass, Of Virginia.
Charles T. Neal, prominent grain
man, died suddenly of gastritis at his
home at Omaha, Neb.
The Missouri house Of representa-
tives passed the soldier bonus bill.
The measure, which has passed the
senate, goes to Governor Hyde soon
for his signature.
The battery compartment Of the
submarine L-6 caught fire while 1t
was maneuvering in Lost Angles, Cal,
harbor and six of the crew were Sc
riousIy burned.
An effort to inspire members Of the
Methodist Episcopal church in all
parts of the world with spirit of per-
sonal evangelism is the obcejt of the
world conference to be sold soon at
Detroit, Mich.
The widow of Joe Stewart, negro,
who was lynched at Laurens, S. c.,
recently, has just won verdict OF
1000 damages as a result from the
county Of Laurens.
Deputy Sheriff T. L. Gam shot and
killed Police Officer H. B. Cannon,
wounded Police Officer Clarence
Crawford and was himself perhaps
mortally mounded in the opera house
at /Abbeville, S. c.
The fifteen-mile run for life off Los
Angeles harbor of the blazing sub.
marine L-6 recently was expected to
be followed by inquiry into the cause
of the fire which suddenly burst forth
in the forward compartment of the
craft while it was ten fathoms be-
meath the surface.
Both houses of the Kentucky state
legislature will be organized by the
Democrats at the session which will
open soon according to unofficial re-
turns received at Frankfort, KY, from
the thirty-fourt senatorial district on
which majorities from four out Of the
Fourteen persons were injured, one
perhaps fatally when the Kansas City
Flyer, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
train No. II, was wrecked two miles
south of Mulhall, Okla.
T. T. (Red) Harriss, Edwin Won
Stienkirch and Orvilles and Jesse
Jones, were found guilty recently Of
murder with mitigating circumstances
in connection with the Staying of Polk
A. Carraway in a recent hold-up,
were sentenced to life imprisonment
at Memphis, Tenn.
Immediate action will be taken to
secure reduction in the wages Of train
and yard service employee approx.
mating 10 per cent, on all lines north
of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and
east Of the Mississippi.
Gus A. King, who shot and killed
Daniel D. Webster, near Fort Payne,
Ala, was arrested at the entrance Of
Little river gulch, in the mountains
near his home recently by posse.
Rain and threatening skies did not
deter Cleveland citizens from extend.
ing a hearty welcome to Marshal
Foch.
Between 5000 and 5000 bales of
cotton were burned or badly damaged
in a fire which destroyed storage
shed at the plant of the Bolivar Cot
ton Compress company at Cleveland,
Miss.
The election of officers marks the
program of the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy in session at St.
| Louis, Mo.
Miss Stena Scorup, high school
teacher of Saline, Utah. defeated her
brother, p. S. Scorup, merchant, in
the race for mayor by majority Of
fourteen votes.