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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05

Apderson.-All sorts Of plans have
been devised to outwit and outdo the
boil weevil, and the Anderson county
farmers hit the pest between the eyes
when they decided that they would
build a sweet potato curing house,
with a capacity Of approximately 25''
900 bushels, at cost OF s6,Ooo"
A committee composed OF II. A.
Orr. chairman; w. E. Gallant. r. E.
Campbell, Foster L. Brown and b. D.
Bleckley was appointed to formulate
nlans and working out details with
reference to the association. /,
Roland Turner, general agricultural
.eent of the Southern Railway COM
pany, and T. B. Young. president OF
the South Carolina Sweet Potato
Growers association, made addresses
at the meeting held in the court house.
T, s Cureton Of the Piedmont &c
Northern Railway company, VINO ls
the moving spirit in the formation OF
this. association, made short talk'
and offered from his railroad site
for the building. The committee Will
consider the organizing of STOCK
company, capitalized at $4,000 the
stock to be subscribed by farmers OF
Anderson county.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
New Postmasters to Go to School

New Postmasters to Go to School
Washington. Beginning with
The new year, under orders issued
by Postmaster General Hays, new
ly appointed postmaster will be
required to attend school, where
hey will be taught, among other
things, how to meet the public,
their places in the community, how
through publicity to educate the
people in the use Of the mails,
how to handle complaints, guard
the mails and maintain proper re-
!ationship with the department.
Central accounting postof1ices
will be designated in each state
IS schools for the instruction OF
oostmasters of the, second and
:hird classes, under the direction
IF First Assistant Postmaster
General Word as superintendent
If schools.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Christmas Liquor Takes Big Toll

New York.-Death, blindness and
serious illness that have followed in
the wake of the Christmas liquor
bottle inspired the Kings county
grand jury. sitting in Brooklyn, to
seek means of checking the distri-
button of poisoned alcohol.
1t was announced semi-officially
that the grand jury would return a
report urging cooperation of grand
iuries and other law enforcement
agencies in the metropolitan area in
a campaign to punish purveyors OF
wood alcohol "whiskey.'
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Relief Workers Banished.

Moscow.-Banishme to Totma, a
small village in Vologa province more
than 100 miles from the railway, is
the penalty imposed upon DR.. N. M.
Kishkin and nine of his associates on
the All-Russian committee for famine
relief who were arrested three
months ago just as they were pre-
pairing to leave for England to enlist
foreign aid in the battle against FAM
inc
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
AMERICAN MAKES
NEW AIR RECORD
EDWARD sTlNSoN AND MEcHAN.
IcIAN IN AIR MORE THAN
TWENTY.SIx HOURS.
ESTABLISHES WORLD RECORD
Suffered Intensely From the Bitter
CoId-Stinson Unexcelled as
Stunt Flyer.

Mineola, N. Y.-The Larson mono
plane piloted by Edward Stinson,
which broke the worlds continuous
flying record of "a hours. 1s minutes
and seconds, descended shortly af.
ter Ills a. M, after having been in
the air 26 hours, 1s minutes and 80
seconds.
Stinson, stationed at Kelly Field,
Texas, during the war, as civilian
instructor, because of his delicate
health, probably trained more Ameri-
can flyers than any one man.
Although more widely known to the
west than in the east, Stinson has
participated in many big meets here.
His acrobatics attracted particular at
tention during the Pan-American aero
nautic convention in Atlantic City and
he was labelled whole flying cir
Gus"
Happiest in an airplane, he climbs
into his seat with as little concern as
the average citizen goes out for a
motor ride. The love Of flying runs
in the family, for two sisters-Mar-
jorie> and Catherine-also are adept
pilots.
The pump used to inject oil into the
lubricating system from the auxiliary
oil tank, went out of commission at 3
o'clock. The flyers punctured the
tank, set up a temporary tube and
begun feeding the lubricating system
by hand. taking turns at the controls
of the plane and at the oil tank.
Both men were almost blinded by
oil when they descended. In addition
they were suffering intensely from the
bitter cold, for although the plane was
equipped with a cabin Stinson had
not left his seat in the open cockpit
since a. m. and his mechinician
found little time to seek shelter
Three fingers on Stinson's right
hand and one on his left were frozen.
Bertaud's hands were numb.
Stinson who halls from San Antonio,
Tex, and Bertaud, whose home is in
New York, were sorry looking pair
when they stepped from their ma
chine.
Their faces were smeared with oil
and their eyes bloodshot. Neither had
had wink of sleep since they took
off and Stinson said his only nour-
ishment had been little coffee.
Newspaper men found difficulty in in
terviewing Bertaud. who had been
deafened by the roar of the motor.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Capture Big Cargo of Liquor,

Portsmouth, N. C.-The three-mast'
ed British auxiliary schooner Mes
senger of Peace, with a cargo of 1,026
cases of whiskey. was seized by Cap.
tain Walter Yeoumans and crew of
the Portsmouth coast guard station
shortly after she ran aground on a
shoal just outside Ocracoke inlet. The
master of the vessel. A. Coleman. OF
Nassau, declared he was bound from
Nassau to st. Pierre. N. S., and was
trying to make Ocracoke to replinish
his supply of food, water and oil.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
War on Bootlegger.

Anderson.-T. L. Clinkscales' MEM
her Of the legislature from Anderson
county, states that he is going to the
sext general assembly armed to the
teeth" for bootleggers, and they need
ask no mercy; and that instead os
$500 or six months on the chaingang,
that he is going to introduce Dill
making the selling of liquor chain
cong or penitentiary sentence. That's
the only way to stop the sale OF whls-
kew that know of, and something s
pot 70 be done to stop it."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Begin Billy Sunday Meeting Jan. 8.

Spartanburg. S. C.-Fred w. Rapp,
manager for Rev. w. A. Sunday. ar
rived in the city from Winona Lake,
to be here through the campaign. He
announced that, owing to a severe
cold which Mr. Sunday has contract
ed at Los Angeles, the evangelistic
campaign. which was to begin here
January 1, will not open until Sunday.
January s. After closing his revival
at Tulsa December 16. Mr.. Sunday
went to Los Angeles, Cal, for the hol-
idays.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Execute Mexican General.

Nogales, Ariz.-General Francisco
Reina, who had figured prominently in
revolutions in Mexico in the last ten
years, was executed by firing squad
in Nogales, Sonora, across the inter
national line from here. He was al
legged to have been caught digging
rifles, saddles, and ammunition from
the ground near Canosa, Sonora 10
miles west of Nogales.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
japanese Interpretation of Treat,

Honolulu.-The official Japanese
Interpretation of the four-power Pa
cific> treaty is that it does not apply
to the principal islands of the empirse
so far as internal disturbances are
concerned, according to Toxic ca
bleeram to The Nippu Jill, a Japanese
newspaper here.
The Japanese government the
dispatch says, will handle all internal
disturbances in the principal Islands
without appeal to the other signatory
DowerS"s
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Freed of Every Charge But One.

Waukegan, Ills. - Governor Len
Small was freed of every charge
against him except that of conspiring
with Lieutenant Governor Fred E..
Sterling and Vernon Curtis to de-
fraud the state of s2,000,00O during
Mr.. Sterling's term as state treasurer.
Governor Small issued a statement
declaring that what occurred in the
circuit court of Lake county will lay
bare to the public mind the methods
employed and the inspiration causing
these indictments"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
snend Billion Dollars on Movies.

Washington.-The American people
spend from seven hundred and fifty
million dollars to one billion dolls."' .
year to see moving picture at0ws,
the senate finance committee was to!~
today in the course of arguments fo
and against a high tariff on foreigA
made pictures. The investment in the
industry totals about s250,oO0.oOo and
employment is given to about 25o'ooo
persons. Only per cent of those
connected with the industry make
big money" and sc per cent make
only "a living wage
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Death In Accident.

Chester.-A distressing accident oc-
Cured in the Edgmoor section OF
Chester county when Grady Thomas'
the 13.year-old son of Mr.. and MRS:
lanes Thomas, accidentally killed
himself with % caliber rifle at MS
home. According to information re-
ceived here. he was cleaning the rine
when in some unaccountable way II
was fired, and the bullet penetrated
his right temrle. He lived two hours
and a half after being shot. Every
tbirr nossibie was done for him along
medical lines.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05

Washington.-Freed by President
Harding from the Atlanta federal pen
itentiary, where he was serving ten
year sentence for making speeches in
violation of the war laws, Eugene V.
Debs, socialist leader was reprimand-
ed by the union station police here for
making a speech without permit be-
fore leaving for his home in Terre
Haute, Ind.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Charters New Firm.

Columbia.-The Catawba Securities
company of Rock Hill was chartered
by the secretary OF state with a cap
ital stock of s25 900. The firm will do
a general stock, bend. mortgage and
real estate business. Officers are John
R. Shurley, president and treasurer;
". B. Klugh, vice president and Sec
retary.
Authority to increase its capital
stock from 100000 to 100000 was
granted to Norris Brothers Of Green
vile.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
p...e R.duced for Meeting.

spartanburg-E. B. Walker secre
tary OF the Spartanburg chamber OF
commerce. who Is chairman OF the
TRANSPORTATION committee for the
"Billv" Sunday meetings, announces
that arrangements have been MADE
with the Southern railway for round
trim tickets at the rate OF one ana
one.half the regular one way fare IN
c.se of parties numbering 125 or
more These parties can leave on
regular or special trains from any
noint on the Southern, with tme
limit OF two days.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Manaoer for GreenviIle.

Greenville.-At recent r1eetlng me
Greenville Baseball association de.
cided to accept the terms submitted
to them some days ago by Cliff BANK
enship as manager of the Spinners lot
next season. BlankeDship was wirrd
ard has been asked to confirm the
closing Of the deal which. 1t IS be-
lieved. he will do. He is now in Oak
land, Calf. He managed the Seattle
and Salt Lake City clubs in the Pa
cifc Coast league and is a former
catcher for the Washington Amerl'
cans.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
ROUND UP SHIPMENT OF HOGS
Colleton Farmers Ship Two Carloads
of Fine Animals to the Rich
mond Markets.

Walterboro.-County Agent H. NJ.
Kinsey, working with the Colleton
Products association, assembled and
shipped to the Richmond markets
more hogs than has ever been assem-
bled in a single shipment In lower
South Carolina, II not in the state.
This was purely a cooperative ship
ment, made up of hogs brought IN
from a radius of 10 miles Of Walter
boro, there being 40 individuals bring
ing hogs, numbering from two to 20
hogs. The returns from this shipment
are being awaited with interest, as
this Is the first shipment made by
many of the farmers shipping hogs. 1t
shows that there are other things
than cotton which can be sold for
money, and that the farmers OF this
county can raise hogs cheaply and as
good as can be found anywhere. 9th
er car load shipments have been sent
out of the county this year, the same
agency having shipped two cars pre-
vious to this, and number OF cars
being shipped by private individuals.
Another lesson which was taught
by the shipment was the value OF
pure bred stock against the scrub. A
large number OF the hogs shipped were
pure bred, the Duroc and Poland
China being the leading breeds. Many
others were the results Of cross be-
tween a pure bred sire and scrub dam.
In all these cases the farmers here
had a clear demonstration OF what
blood lines mean in hog raising.
This shipment is also evidence OF
the fact that the farmers Of Colleton
count. have an abundance of meat,
and this is surplus. A great many
have already killed their years sup
ply and are now marketing the sur
plus.
It was an inspiring sight to see the
numerous wagons assembled. 1t re-
minded one of the big gin days OF
several years ago when the farmers
would bring cotton and await their
turn at unloading. In all there were
254 hogs and the total weight was
36,235 pounds. 1t took two cars, one
of them being double-decked, to carry
the hogs. .
County Agent Kinsey, who worked
up the shipment, and Mr.. Shaffer'
president of the Colleton Products as
sociation, who furnished the machin'
cry for shipping and in whose name
tine shipment was made, express them
selves as being delighted with the re-
sponse. No commissions will be
charged and the farmers will get ev-
cry cent the shipment brings, less the
actual expenses.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Forues Own Parole.

Montgomery, Ala.-C. A. Leon alias
R. w. Jones, serving from two tc
three years in the state prison for
second degree forgery, forged his
way to freedom from the Aldrich
prison camp, according to the state
convict department.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
RockefeIIer's Dau7hter Gets Divorce

Chicago.-Mrs. Edith R. Mccormick.
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Jr..
millionaire oil king. was granted a
divorce from Harold F. Mccormick,
president of the international Harv-
ester company. in superior court.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Germany and v. S. Resume Relations

Masn,nGlon.- Dipiomat.c reiations
between Germany and the United
States we're Resumed officially when
Kari Lang, charge atI,;ires from the
Beclin go, ernuent, presented his let
ters OF credence ana was received by
Secretary Hughes.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Hawaiian suusr Crop Short.

HaWdTTdH VUgeT OTVP STT0T .
Honolulu, T. H.-The sugar produc-
ton of the Hawaiian Islands for the
crop year beginning September 30.
1920, and ending September 80. 1921,
totaled only 539.196 tons. the lowest
in the past ten years. E. Faxon Bishop,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
Fire at BiddIe University.

Charlotte. n. ca loss of 100000
was entailed in the destruction by
fire of the Industrial building Of Bid.
die university, maintained by the
Northern Presbyterian church.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05

Spartanburg.-The Spartanburg city
school trustees awarded contracts
amounting to $4,000 for equipment
and furnishings for the Frank Evans
high school building. soon to be COM
pleted at a cost Of 100000. The sue
cessful bidders were the Carolina
Supply company of Charlotte, the
Southern Supply company Of Raielgn,
and the E. H. Sheldon company OF
Muskeegan, Wis. Delivery is to De
made February !.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05

Sumter-The special election held
here to select a state senator to sue
ceed the late Senator John H. Clifton
and to choose a successor TO Davis d.
Noise, who resigned from the house
Of representatives, resulted in the
election of Davis D. Noise to the SEN
tion of ]. Bossard Britton to succeed
ate and the returns indicate the elec-
Mr.. Noise. Only light vote was cast
and it is not thought that additional
returns will change the result. with
II out of 10 precincts heard from, IN
cluding the city vote, the vote Is: For
senate, D. D. Noise, 331; ]. j. Dargan'
90. For house: J. X. McElveen, 81;
]. B. Britton, 256; E. w. Dabbs, Jr.'
169 and Edgar Skinner, 55. Little in
terest was shown in the election.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05

Spartanburg.--Asa a result OF an ac-
cident some weeks ago when Sam
Stewart was killed and several others
who were working with him at the
time were injured when a pipe the
men were taking from a ell at Dray-
ton mill came in contact with the
electric transmission wire leading TO
the mill, a suit was filed by Walter
Smith, one Of the men alleged TO
have been injured. against the South
Carolina Light. Power & Railways Co.,
the Drayton Mills and P. S. Manus Tor
$4,000.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05

Greenwood.-A movement to estab-
lish large peach packing plant, large
enough to take care of the output Of
orchards throughout this section, is
being launched by the Dixie Land
company, according to an announce.
ment by G. Allen Banks, president OF
the firm. The establishment OF the
peach packing plant is believed to be
one measure which will help solve
the boil weevil problem in this Sec
tion.
Under the present plans the plant
will be erected at once and will be
ready at the beginning Of next season
to accept peaches from the growers.
Owners of orchards who do not grow
enough peaches to ship North in car
lots themselves, may sell their fruit
at the packing plant, where shipments
will be made at regular intervals.
Those in touch with the operation OF
such plants declare that this system
will lenable the owner Of only few
trees to turn his output into profit.
It is proposed to begin by planting
owned by the stock company owning
a large acreage in peach trees to be
the packing plant. The output OF
these trees will be shipped in addition
to the fruit brought to the packing
house by individual growers.
Horticulturists declare that this Sec
tion is ideally suited for peach grow
ing and they believe that eventually
the growing of peaches and other
fruits will be an important industry
here.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-01-05
WINTER CROP OF
IRISH POTATOES
sPARTANBuRG FARMER TELLS
HOW TO RAISE POTATOES
IN Mip.WINTER.
HIGHLY FER1|L|zE GROUND
"PIanted About the First Of January,
Potatoes VIII Mature About the
Middle Of February"

Spartanburg-Planting Irish pota
toes in midwinter is a regular prac-
tice with DR.. w. H. Kelly Of Walnut
Grove, Spartanburg codnty. DR.. Kelly
plants the tubers in pine straw or
wheat straw, and in this warm bed,
protected from the winter winds and
frosts, they grow and make fine po-
tatoes. Asked for his directions, Dr..
Kelly said;
Il take and place railing about
foot an da half high around a we'll
prepared and highly fertilized piece
of ground. After planting my pota-
toes I cover the ground with straw
and keep piling 1t on until all the
space within the railing is filled to
the depth of about foot and a>half.
Occasionally the top Of potato vine
peeks above the warm covering and
lis nipped by the cold, but no serious
harm is done. Planted about the first
Of January, Irish potatoes will mature
about the middle of February. The
potatoes grow in the straw, and when
you get them out to eat you are not
bothered with the grit attached to
crops Of tubers dug out Of the ground.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-26
GETTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

At every session The Territorial Legislature
we hear people declaring against the fling of tech
ncal and administrative public places by appointment
ard against {tonferring additional powers and duties
upon Federal officials and assigning in support of
their position that to do these things is in violation
OF the principle OF seIf-goVerplnent Those who argue
this way mstaking the shadow OF government for
the substance Sef-government does not depend upon
the personnel of the public service but upon the
source of authority. When the Governor or the
Alaska Road Commission any Commissioner or
other Federal official is given work to do by the
Territorial Legislature he becomes to the extent OF
the duties required the servant of the Territory and
he must account to the Territoy TO his stewardship
instead of to the authorities Washington Self
government depends almost wholly upon whether the
public servants responsible to the people Of
Alaska, whether they the servants of Alaska or
whether they are responsible authorities at Wash
ington servants of the Nation Our problem is not
whom shall be the servant, but to whose
servant Shall he be
The fact is that by comforting duties Federal
servants and agents in Alaska the Legislature may
get cooperation, efficiency and economy, that other
wise could not be secured. and the tendency is to
commander abe Federal service agency, in par
least to the service Of the people of Alaska
Englfstened thought nowhere is in favor OF tn
election of servants TO administrative technical
positions. In municipal affairs it been all bat
completely eliminated in the country, and in the
States for many years the tendency has been toward
shorter ballots and the selection of public
by the Governor or controlling head The State
of Washington recently adopted a Cabinet system,
having single at the head of each of seven
eight important departments, and the heads these
departments and the Governor constitute Cabinet
General Board run all the affairs of the State
All of these men appointed by the Governor The
only ofoicials in the State of Washington that
elective those which are provided for in tn,
Constitution. and for years there has been more
less agitation in that State for Constitutional Con
vention for the purpose among other things, OF re
ducing the number of officials that are elective b.
the people. In that direction lies efficient and re
sponsble government