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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29

C. OPPENHEIM
 We pay best prices for second hand fir. niture and all kinds of household goo ds. lzS4 Main St. Noble 103S. G23siIs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29

ITS IDLE MONEY Convert your old Gold, Jewelry and Silver into cash. Value cheerfully given. Clarence w. Eddy, 46 Cannon St. Phone Barnum
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
Upholstering

.. STRAM for your uphoIstering and re finishing of antique furniture. Mat treSSeS made over. 226 Colorado Ave
 in rez- residence. 1231 State St. Bar iIurI 1194
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
1ORANDITS HOLD
Up ILLINOIS TRAIN
Dynamite Used TO Force Sur
render Of Mail Clerks.
ROBBERS GET ONLY S4OO
Crew Puts Up Desperate Losing Fight
Against Bombs, Bullets and Flames.
Four Men Shot.

Paxton, H., Nov 9,-Ten bandits,
armed with pistols, shotSunS ana
bombs, which they used freely, wound
ing four trainmen, held up the New
Orleans limited on The Illinois Central
railroad.
With true Wild West tactics they
looted the mail cars of part of the
registered mail and the ValuabieS i'll
the safe and then escaped in waiting
automobiles. stationed two miles south
of Paxton.
f. \. Germer, chief postal inspec-
tor at Chicago, said that the loot
would total approximately SI0o.
They got two pouches of register
ed mail and overlooked two Others"
Mr.. Corner said. One of those over
looked is said to have contained $780,
600 In the two they took" Mr.. Cor
mcr added. there was nothing but
the ordinary run of registered letters
no bank shipments or other pack
ages of especial value"
The train was first stopped on a
| bridge over a small stream by three
bandits on the train, who crept 10 the
engine cab over the tender and held
! M the engineman and fireman. They
forced the fireman to diScOnnect the
mail and baggage car and then COM
DplIed the engineman to drive further
south, where the rest of the despera-
hoes helped in the bombing dynamit-
| ing and firing Of the mail car before
| i could he entered and looted.
The robbers shouted through the
! .!oor of the steel mail car, the engine
man and fireman would be shot unless
! the door was opened. The clerks UNI
der this threat opened the door a
.culrie of feet and the engineman and
! fireman climbed aboard. No sooner
were the trainmen in the mail car
| than they slammed the door in the
| face of the robbers.
| Repeated demands from the bandits
! he door be opened were refused and
Il charge Of dynamite wea placed I'M
Ter the front truck CT the car. The
explosion failed to damage the heavy
steel coach, and the detonation also
| failed to scare those inside into sur
| rendering.
The robbers then fired at the steel
| sides OF the coach. but the rattle of
| buckshot and bullets still failed to
bring a surrender. A second charge
Of dynamite was placed alongside the
door OF the mail car. and This wrench
ed off the door. The mail clerks and
\ the engine crew Who had harricaded
themselves within the ear fired at the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10

handItS who answered W throwing
two bombs into the mail car
Still the clerks and engine crew re-
fused to come out and the bandits
threw a tire-brand among the wreck.
age of the bombs into the mail car.
This set the debris afire and the
defenders surrendered. The bandits
then forced the mail clerks to throw
ont he sacks with the red stripes
on" containing the registered mail.
BY this time the interior Of the car
was blazing fiercely. The men within
crowded to the door and the robbers,
Selling their loot. backed away, coy
aring the men whom they allowed TO
descend from the flaming car
Still keeping the mail clerks cover
81 they marched the engineman and
fireman 10 the locomotive and ordered
hem TO proceed south. As the loco
motive drew away, the robbers enter
: their automobiles and drove away.
The engine crew, as soon as they
- :. lights Of the automobiles dis
:,..0ea.' in the west, backed up to the
II III ne tldlll. It DuIulIS llHlI
coach was cut out and the rest Of the
train, filled with excited passengers,
taken to the division Headquarters at
Champaign.
During the fight between the ban
dts and the mail clerks, four passen-
gers followed the locomotive down
the crack, hid behind a fence and en-
dpavOred to aid those in the coach
The robbers fired several volleys at
them, and r. H. Knowlton, student
at the University Of Illinois, ceceived
three bullet holes III his coat.
The four injured men were taken
to a Champaign hospital Arthur
Moon. a Pullman porter, was pro-
nounced in a serious condition. but
the two mail clerks and the fireman
were said to have suffered only minor
injuries.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
OPEN ARMS FARLEY
ASKED BY SENATE
Requests Delegates 10 Use Inf:u-
enCe to Make Records PubIC.

Washington. Nov. 9.-The American
delegation to the conference on limi-
tation of armamenlS was requested IN
a resolution offered by Senator H1r-
riSon, and adopted hy the senate, To
use its influence fGT the making pub
lie Of the record of conference pro-
credings and for admission Of news
papermen to all meetings of the fuH
conference
The resolution was adopted without
record vote Hfrri. elimination at TIE
suggestion of Senator Lodge of Il
clause requesting the American dele
gates to work against any form Of
censorship as applied - the confer
eneCe.
The resolution as adopted fellows ::
"WhereaS, The senate of the United
States wishes every success for the
conference on limitation of arna-
2neuts. called by President Harding to
meet in the city oi Washington on
The lIth day Of N"vemi'cr. 1871. MI.
"Whrrca$, Tie srnute Of The tn ted
states believes tina, The greatest p!n-
!icity to which, in reason. ron~'l'ra-
;iun "f the question:, for which he
conference" is called will admit. viii
lend toward HE SIryc>I Of ,l4, COM
ference; therefore. hr il
"Res"ived, THAI jhe >,.,rHlc Of TIE
United States re>}"rttuIly requests
thr representatives Of the government
Of The United states ut The conf"rrIre
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
MARINES TO GUARD MAILS
1000 on Special Duty to Check Wave
Of Postal Rolberies.

'NNO I'll SPCSiai ONtJ 10 SnSCk w dSS
OF Postal RoLberies.
Washington. Nov. 9.-Witl orders
to shoot To Kill if necessary. 10 pre-
vent mail robberies 1000 marines were
ordered t" duty as guards of mail
trains and trucks. and. ut po<toflfrr,
in fifteen cities.
The men Will be armed with pistols;
aaa saW"d-ot' shot guns, Postmaster
General Hays announced, after con
ference with Major General Lefrunr.
commandment Of the marine corps Tir.
marines are Ia be replaced eventually.
lie said, by Il special force recruited
from the postal service.
Arrangements for the ~pryt-..~ of
the marines, the postmaster aerial
said, were made with the secretary uf
the navy. The matter was discussed
at the cabinet meeting, and prcstG.nt
Harding is said to have expressed ap-
proval Of Hays plan to check footing
# the mails
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
Extend Emergency Tariff,

Washington, Nov. 9.-The senate
passed the house bill extending the
emergency tariff. but amended 81 rs
to continue In effect until superseded
by the permanent hin fns'"".
piring February l. All nro'';~'."% e
the temporary law, passed originally
May 81, including the dye embargo,
were retained II thc mo#r-.,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10

They must get power and econ
Omy to meet competitive costs.
Their trucks need correctly bal
anced gasoline, with enough light
vapOrs for quick starts even in
cold weather; gasoline that gives
unwavering power OH heavy
grades, that burns up SO COM
pletely that it leaves minimum
of carbon residue, that gives the
biggest mileage per gallon.
s'Standard'' Motor Gasoline pulls
thousands of these machines be-
cause it is the balanced motor
fuel. 1t excels other fuels i'll
speed of starting power, as meas
ulred on a dynamometer or in the
speed and pull of an automobile,
distance any type of automobile
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
100000 Hunters in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Nov Seth f. Cor
don, secretary of the Pennsylvania
state game commission. estimates the
hunters licenses issued this year will
reach 100000. Last year approXi-
mately $4,000 were issued.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
Conclude Austrian Peacc.

Vienna, Nov. 9-The treaty Of peace
between Austria and the United States
became effective with the exchange
Of ratifications by the two govern
ments between Austrian Chancellor
Schober and Arthur Hugh Frazier.
American commissioner in Vienna.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
Missouri Senate Passes Bonus Bill

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. 9.-Thp
Missouri soldier bonus bill To make
available S15.OOO,OOO in bonds to GOV
er cash payments to veterans was
passed by the senate by Il vote Of 81
to g.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-11-10
CLAIBORNE ANNAPOLIS FERRY Inc
FALL SCHEDULE

IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 18th.
leave annapolis A. M. sis p. M
Leave Claiborne 10 A. M 700 P. NJ.
SUNDAYS
Leave Annapolis . A. NJ. 2.3U p. M.
LcGEn Claiborne IL A. M. 500 P M.
IT. g. r. HOWA RID.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
MORE AUTOS THAN FARMS
Census Shows Total Of 192,693 Farms
In South Carolina.


On the 3O,7O9 farms in South Caro-
lima which made reports to the Uni
ted States census bureau regarding
their much investments in vehicles. a
total of 32,S12 automobiles was re-
ported, which is more than a car to
the farm. There are in this state
192,693 farms.
To the census bureau 1909 farms in
South Carolina reported the use of
motor trucks, and these farms use l.
1856 trucks. The use Of tractors was
reported by 1918 farms and they use
1904 tractors.
A total of 10,94S farms in South
Carolina report the use of telephones,
which is 81 per cent of all the farms
in the state.
In South Carolina, according to the
census figures, there are 3,443 farms
with water piped into the house, and
there are 5,17O farms using gas or
electric lights.
Farms in South Carolina do not
use automobiles to the extent that
these vehicles are used on farms in
other states, it would appear from
the census reports. These show that
trro ,ghout the nation 3O.7 per cent. of
the farms use motor cars, while in
South Carolina the percentage is only
15.9. Two per cent. of Americas s
farms use them. Taken the country
over 3S.9 per cent. of the farms have
telephones, though in the Palmetto
state the percentage is only 81.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

and therefore they are not selling. /
am trying to buy cotton in a good
many sections of the south and | tell
you there is mighty little selling right
now. By the way" he concluded, "the
cotton in York county is soon going to
be at a high premium because of the
fact that the farmers throughout this
section are much more careful and
particular in selection of their seed
than are farmers i'll other sectionS'with
the result that they produce a cotton
of much better staple. Just watch it."
Two of One Family Stricken.
Sherman was certainly right when
he said that war is hell but had he
lived to pass through this recent World
War he would have been of opinion
that it is two of them" said Hickory
Grove eXservice man to whom Views
and Interviews was talking the other
afternoon. For instance, two of the
Brown boys, C.aud and Fred. of this
section, both of whom saw service
overseas, have recently found it nee
essary TO go to a government hospital
at Knoxville, Tenn, for treatment on
account Of diseased lungs. Here it has
been nearly three years since the
armstice was signed and the terrible
results of gas are just showing up in
these boys. That's the trouble-gas,
.
mustard gas--that diabolical agency of
war used so effectively by the Ger
mans. These lads came back to the
home of their father near here appar-
emily in good health and it has only
become apparent Of late that the terri
BILE stuff has attacked their lungs, You
may be sure that the entire community
where both boys are very popular are
much concerned about them and that
the hope of every one is that they will
soon be restored TO health and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
S. C. PRESBYTERIANS
State Stands Fourth In Membership
In the South.

State Stands Fourth In Membership
In the South.
Presbyterians, particularly, and other
denominations generally will be in
terested in the fact that this state
stands fourth in membership in the
Southern Presbyterian church in the
fifteen states comprising that organi-
cation and is outranked by North
Carolina. Virginia and Texas. Prob
ably no synod is better organized. TINS
and other interesting facts are avail
able in the minutes of the meeting
of the general assembly held recent
ly in st. Louis.
In South Carolina there are 32,911
members, gain of 1858 in ten years;
Just about 80 per cent. There were
received into the church on profession
Of faith last year 1,O41 persons. The
Sunday school enrolment was 26,555
or 50 to each 100 members reported.
The receipts for benevolent causes
amounted to $456,7S6 or about $1S.S
per capita, the largest amount ever
contributed. In 1911 they gave to all
causes only S12.11 per member.
The report shows that the year just
closed was the best the church ever
had. The membership increased 20
541 in the entire Southern Presbyter-
ian church making the total now 397.-
O5S. There were six persons received
into the church on profession for
rcycrv hundred member: of the church,
or "a total of 24,369. The Sunday
schools showed an increase OF 1892.
There are now 90 members Of the Sab
bath school for every hundred mem
bers while 10 years ago there were 90
Sunday school members per hundred
church members.
The receipts of the designated
mission. Christian education, orphan
age. ministers relief, etc. were $4,-
93S.55O or $12I3 per member. last
year the receipts were $3,699,76O or
S9.S2 per member. This is said 20 he
the best record of any church in this
country. The total receipts for the
wear amounted to $12,124,S9 or $3O53
per member as against $9,236,S36 or
S2l.53 per member last year. Church
members, state they do not expect
tho receipts for benevolent causes to
be affected by the financial depress-
ion as their experience has been that
the designated benevolent causes and
the salaries of the pastors of the
church arc things that the members
consider lust as they consider food
and clothing or other necessities
The reports bring out that the re-
ncwcd activity of the laymcn of the
church is giving the ministers great
hone for the church. The reports
show an increased attendance at
PRAYER meetings and less difficulty in
securing men to do much Of the
church work that formerly fell on the
minister.
Another feature of the church re-
port of special interest shows that
there are 13,OSO persons who practice
tithing: that is pay into the church
onc-tcnth of their income. This is
the first year this report has been
made and as many Of the churches did
not give the numbers it is thought
that there are at least one-fourtf
more than the figures would indicate.
The report is very interesting not
only to members of the Presbyterian
denomination but TO others who like
to study church statistics.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Because Mrs. James Baca, of Santa
Fe, has been appointed assistant ad-
jutant general to Adjutant General
Harry R. Brown, of the New Mexico
National Guard with the rank Of ma
jor. the adjutant general has ruled
that she Is entitled to the salute"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Phew!--It is to be hoped that yisi-
tors to the seaside this summer win
have a different experience from the
woman who wrote to friend as fol-
lows: There is nothing high hero but
the prices, the staircases. and the esgss
nothing low but the sea and the conf
pany; nothing strong but the. butter,
and nothing weak but the tea" = ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

- Mileage allowance for United
States army officers travelling on Of
fetal business is estimated at cents
per mile, as compared to cents al
lowed for navy officers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
County Sunday School Convention
next Tuesday.

One trave's on pretty good roads all
through that section. OF course there
are spots where they could be better
but taken as whole they are well up
to the best standard of roads in the
state. Good farmers like those of Ca
tawba township appreciate the need of
good roads and good churches and
good school houses and. they are al
ways willing to endorse any PROPOSE
tion having as its object Improvement
and progress along those lines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
ON The EASTERN Side
Crop Prospect in Lower CataWba
Not so Good as a Year Ago.
BOIL WEEVIL IN GREAT NUMBERS
Corn Prospec. Much Better Than Cot
ton-AIfalfa is Worth $50 a Ton
Production of Foodstuffs Greater
Than Year Ago--News and Notes
cf Most Prosperous Section.

cf a Most Prosperous Section.
Dropping down into the Mount Holly
section and from there TO Harmony,
thence to Leslie and back to Rock
Hill and Yorkvillc, covering some ter
ritory which had not been visited in
year, representative of The York.
Vile Enquirer on Wednesday got the
impression that, the cotton prospect In
that section Of Catawba township IS
not as good as it was year ago
Farmers down that way will tell you
that there are several reasons for II.
For one thing, that country was visited
by two of the hardest rains that nave
come in ycarS-reEuiar gully washer
rains ard worse than that, and they
had the effect of simply running stuit.
One farmer said that they were the
hardest and most destructive rains
that have visited that section in 40
years and some mighty hard rains
have fallen in that section in the past
40 years. Then again, nothing ike as
much fertilizer has been used in that
section for this years crop as was the
case last year. Then that"clever bug
as the late D. NJ. Hall used to say, the
boil weevil, had made his appearance
in lower Catawba township in the past
few weeks and he is eating up cotton
right along. w. j. Cornwell, j. S.
Glasscock. T. NJ. Allen, Hall Spencer
John T. Spencer, d. p. Leslie and
scores of other thoughtful farmers liv-
ing down that way are already begin
ming to wonder what they are going TO
do next year and in the years TO come
because they are about all agreed that
the boil weevil will be monarch of all
he surveys in the cotton fields of east
ern York county in the mex couple OF
years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

In Toronto the life of every Cana
dian who enlisted from that city has
been insured with disability and death
benefits. This is entirely n municipal
enterprise
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
ESTABLISHED 1856
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condensed
r. 0,,..I, Da,Iin1

For Quick Reading.
"The boil weevil is beginning TO
show his hand in our neighborhood to
some extent" remarked Mr.. John b.
Plaxco, prominent farmer of York NO.
3, the other morning. 1--WE got good
many in my cotton fields and my
neighbors are also supplied more or
less. notice that they are working on
the young blooms to some extent"
Wouldn't You
Be surprised if you saw:
Sheriff Fred Quinn wearing Jim
swinger?"
Luther c.. Thompson walking up
Congress street with monocle and q
cane?
w. l.. Jamison in a high silk hat?
S. L. Courtney driving horse ana
buggy?
Mase Ferguson flying kite?
w. l.. Williams with frown?
Rev. ]. K. Walker doing the shimmy?
r. NJ. Love with nothing to worry
about?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Rock Hill is the great market for
farmers and housewives living down
that way. There they sell most of
their butter and eggs and other por-
duce and there is almost always good
market for their products. During the
summer just come to close they have
had some difficulty in disposing Of
their butter because of the fact that
the market has most Of the time been
over supplied. But it is looking up
now and it is expected that lots of that
kind of thing will go to Rock Hill
from the Catawba county between now
and Christmas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

AT a mothers meeting held recent
Is IN South Centre, Kan, 4 ban was
put on short skirts and high heels'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

This time year ago the army worm
was playing havoc with alfalfa and hay
and other crops in Catawba township
There were literally thousands and
thousands Of them but this year the
number in the hay fields is hardly
noticeable and the chickens are plenty
able to take care of them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Farmers down that way will tell you
that the prospect for corn this year
is much better than for cotton. More
acreage has been devoted to corn this
year than was last year and while
there is nothing Ike as much fertilizer
under it. still the seasons have been
most favorable for corn and the crop IS
humping along. Corn along the Ca
tawba river bottoms is fine and there
is going to be much more than enough
for both man and beast of the COM
munity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Mr.. T. NJ. Allen, grand old man Of
Catawba," is devoting considerable
time just now to, study of the boil
weevil, which is to be found on his
farm without trouble. 1t isn't going to
do him any great damage this year but
he is not willing to make any predic-
tions regarding next year. Mr.. Alien
who lives alone and takes things easy
has learned that the boil weevil is
equippedwith strong pair Of wings
and that he can My almost anywhere.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Farmers down that way always die
raise a lot OF foodstuffs-that is wheal
and sweet potatoes and peas and al
that sort of thing; but this year they
have outdonc themselves and Rock Hi
and other markets around will be well
supplied because there is an abund-
ance. 1t is said that there are more
sweet potato patches around than has
been the case in years an dthc pros
pcct is for bumper crop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02

Production of alfalfa isn't as popular
in that section as it was u few years
ago and now there arc on'y few
farmers who pay any attention TO H.
Mr.. ]. $. Giasscock probably has the
largest acreage in alfalfa of any farmer
in extreme eastern Catawba. This
has been an unusually favorable year
on those Of us who are so fortunate
as to have little alfalfa patches going
pretty good" said Mr.; Glasscock IN
discussing alfalfa. Mr.. GIasscock mas
two such patches which together total
several acres and he has cut 1t Iour
times this year for total production
of about fourteen tons. alfalfa and
Timothy are about the only commo-
ditics | know of that have not gone
down i'm price. Both have gone down
on the farms Of the west; but the de-
cline has been offset by the 1relghl
rates so far as VIC arc concerned. |
believe the price now is about Sl6
ton f. o. b. most of the markets. !
had no trouble selling all that have
cared to dispose of at $50 tom