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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-16

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NJ. L.es..e coos and Gem Kent ware
city s~hrDp.-s On TueSda:.
NJ. Le'a"d CorAe.d spent the "ech-
end with his parents hsre.
George 4 Fox spent ~S"vc:al days "a;
're.k Visiting relatives n EN- Grove.
Mr ~. II rLruer N"s s&orN."@ -
30 ~:'y on Wednesday.
ia."ns Archer. OF VIOLA, and Robert
Jurk.as. ~ Lore Oak. were t~-nDsact.rE
business in the city Thursday.
Owing TO tho heavy fall or snow on
ths mud. our roads are IN Had Snaps
now. On'v 1850 vh> are con pci'"d 20
use I've roads arc OUT on them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-16
MOUNDSVILLE
Garage Changes Hands.

lanes Long. Who io~ sSvera, :""~;'
has Sren sergsan. e." c.:.rE" -: Ing"
aviation Ceid. yesterday ,ooH ofrr e
Central garage, formerly Owned /,
Horny =. Compton. The name W.
changed 20 tEe National garage. Leu
Carl Y, Miller. Who recently mas "e"A
athletic coach a. the ke}sc7 per S'''''
Will manage the Garage q: Sergeant
Long.
Denied writ OF Error.
The supreme court or West N.7S'n'"
Gerted tho Application cS re de'~"se
Cor n writ OF error n the notcd a''eH"-
ION suit OF HinerrraH ~ "s''e'.'"S,
jlue-man. a Cameron man, was a"e7l"0
- unn ~ his acton against t;a..e"'.|N.
$50 90 Cameron, who was accused n
tho su;t OF alternating the atect:"nS OF
Ilrermsa's wife.
Address Of "Anartc Ar1Sl"
:. = well attended meeting at iHe
>~yl,- hotel at six o'clock las evening,
:Dmasrs oC tao N'"a1.s c'nn @
Nr!r:,v!,le beard ar !a'"rest address
~ Attorney Martha Rrcwn. His sup
r..t uas "~Aner.caDtsm." Ton Ne'!y
W.: - Charge OF tie splendid musical
program.
N~n.rds,..,o Lcdsc NJ. IS :. 7. ..
IIhx iaiS eN9u.uE WA initiate " ass
~ .~,Da5ao,r. \ social session W.
follow ,ra business and ,u!tiat!cc.
Post Harding Message.
Provided h. 'ac Rotary ''|o' aux"
rosters IN ,hs form Of a Telegram aiH
he.rE posted all around N""H"+''''"
carving - travellers ard fHe |'''"e'7
a., I've c,.v President NUrd'Ag's message
nrcQ.r,irc the Ng~iy return q NWe''% 1"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-16
COMPENSATION AWARD
FOR McMECHEN GIRL

Al award OF S7cI weekly 10y -
weeks vas srRrded Yesterday by TIE
eta,N worEr"n's compensation derar'-
NOR, t-or! ARA Frank. or NcNerhrn.
whose fingers wero an pUtatad fellow
ing an arr!drH. whj'o employed at rAe
Wheeling metal G. Manufacturing com
pany a. GlendA,e.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-16
AGAINST EGG GAMBLING

Chicago, Dec. 15.-Fear!ng en- tho
injunction 70 restrain the Chicdgo Mer.
cani.lo EXcharge from dealing In
futures" on the egg market was set
Tor nr>t Wednesday by Judge Rush
toG.@.
IT." Injunction was filed by Barney
EGITr:aun. = Wholesale dealer, who
charged 'he exchange with gambling
"&i "orar: .ng the egg market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Fire at Camp
Jackson
Two Big Barracks Destroyed
by Incendiary Blaze

Columbia, Sept. 3-Two huge
frame barracks buildings. both un-
and the short time clap
ed by fire Of unknown origin at
Camp Jackson last night. The first
fire was discovered at 7:45 o'clock
in the extreme northern end Of the
camp, While the second broke out
in the southern section while the
camps two fire companies were
busy in an effort to save adjoining
buildings which had caught from
the first blaze.
The fact that both buildings We're
unoccupied and the shirt time clap
sing between the two alarms-just
long enough to allow for a trip
from on end Of the camp to the
other-lead officers at the camp
to suspect that both fires We're Of
incendiary origin, although no evi-
dence tending to prove this could
be secured last night. Neither Of
the buildings, it was said at the
camp, housed any material that
might have caused spontaneous
combustion while one Of the bar
racks had been deserted only two
or three days ago after being thor
oughly cleaned and then locked
when the troops moved out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Railroads With
draw Protest
Lower Rates on Cotton For
Short Hauls Go into Effect

Columbia, Sept. 5.-The rail
roads have withdrawn their pro-
test to the low freight rates on cot
ton for short hauls, as recently or
ss.ered by the railroad commission.
This is announced by the commits
sion today.
The roads submitted a schedule.
which, would have reduced the
rates on hauls up to 130 miles, but
increased the rates for hauls OF
more than 80 miles. The railroad
commission cut the schedule IN
half, allowing the reductions on
the less than 130-mile hauls, but
disallowing the rates for hauls Of
more than 130 miles. The railroads
objected. on the ground that IS
miles. not 130. is the usual short
haul. However, this objection has
now been withdrawn, and the
roads have announced that they
will put the rate into effect, but
with the understanding that it is
effective under protest" 1t is
stated that the new rate Will mean
a big saving on short hauls Of cot
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Cotton Freight Rates
Railroads Protest Against Re-
cert Revision of Short Haul
Tariff

Columbia, Sept. 2.-The recently
revised freight rates on cotton have
brought protests from the rail-
roads. and the South Carolina Rail
road Commission has set next
Tuesday as the date for arguments
by the roads in favor Of rehearing
in the case. If the commission re-
opens the case, then a date for a
new hearing will be set, at which
time arguments against the COM
missions recent order will be
heard.
The railroads recently submitted
new cotton rate schedule, which
would have effected a decrease for
hauls up to 130 miles, but an in
crease for distances longer than 130
miles The railroad commission
ordered effective August % the
rates on hauls under 130 miles, but
refused the new rates for hauls Of
more than 13G miles. The railroads
are now pro testing that $50 miles
is more than an average short haul;
that the usual short haul in South
Carolina. recognized officially, IS
about seventy-five miles, and that
there should be no reductions for
distances beyond what is consider
ed short haul, the recent order
having been promulgated in an
effort to bring about reduction
Of short-haul rates. about which
there has been loud protest in re-
cent months
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Victim of
Carelessness
Fort Motto Man Instantly
Killed While Climbing
Fence With Shotgun

st. Matthews, Sept. 2.-While at
tempting to get a shot at hawk
which had been bothering the
chickens around his home, Thomas
L. Hane of Fort Motto accidentally
received a gun shot wound this az
ternoon which instantly ended his
life. Mr.. Hane had finished his
noon meal and was resting at his
home. A member of the family
called to him that hawk which
had been giving trouble in the
chicken yard was again making =
raid. Mr.. Hane took UP his auto
matte gun and started out IL quest
Of the hawk. After having search
ed for some time he did not find
the hawk and evidently decided
that he would go over to the home
of w c. Hane, Jr., only a few
hundred feet away.
No one saw him when he at
tempted to cross the board fence,
but from the position in which nc
was found, it would indicate that
he had mounted the gate to climb
over and that the gun had slipped
from his hand and fallen on the
ground, the explosion being caused
by the impact with the ground.
The load took effect in the left side
of the neck, severing the large a--
terry and death being almost in
stant. When found his arms We're
hanging over the top board and his
feet were in the opening between
the first and second boards and the
gun was lying on the ground. 4
few moments after the explosion
of the gun was heard one OF his
hands happened to be pas,irs and
saw the predicament. w. X. Bane
Jr., was at once notified and was
upon the scene within a few mo-
ments but the wounded maa had
expired.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
South Carolina
Georgia Boundary
State of Georgia Trying to An
mex Part Of South Carolina

Columbia, Sept. 2.-The long
disputed boundary line between the
states of Georgia and South Caro-
lima will be up for another discus
sion, between the attorneys general
of the two states, when Attorney
General Wolfe goes to Atlanta next
week for q, conference with -ttor-
ney General George NJ. Napier, of
Georgia The case is now pending
in the United States Supreme Court.
The fight is being waged by the
state Of Georgia in an effort 20
acquire additional property. The
equal Of a whole county Will be
added to Georgia, if that state
wins it's case. The controversy is
based on the question whether the
'Tugaloo or the Keowee rivers is to
be considered the upper reach Of
Savannah. which is named as the
boundary If the KeoWee wins. then
Georgia wins her fight to get the
added territory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
The Price of Meat
Charleston Housekeepers Are
Receiving Benefit of Slump
in Wholesale Prices
(News and Courier.)

That the prices of meats at
Charleston have declined consid-
erably since the peak in the spring
of 1920 is reflected in the quota
tons of the retail butchers. In
some meats the decline has been
very marked. Local butchers say
that as a matter Of margin they
are better off, but that people are
buying prudently.
Several butchers quote loin,
round and porterhouse at % cents
a pound, against 45 cents in the
spring of 1920; prime ribs at 30
to 25, against 35; stew meat at 10
against 20; veal chops at %,
against 40; veal outlets at 40,
against so to 55; calf liver at 20,
against 30; veal loin at 25, against
40: pork sausage at 25, against 40;
head cheese at 20, against 40;
fowls at 40, against so.
Picnic hams, retail butchers say,
have dropped to 19 to 20 cents a
pound and the best bacon to so
cents in special packages. They
say that in the spring Of 1920,
when the meat prices We're at their
peak, beef on the hoof brought 4
cents, and that now it is very much
lower, and that beef, net, fetched
"a cents in the spring of 1920,
against 10 and u cents now. They
say that some Of their customers
have commented on the drop that
meats have taken, but that some
others do not concede the slump.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Railroads Given
Extensi
Order to Fill Trestles Es
tended Until December 1923

Columbia, Sept. 3-Ten years
ago the South Carolina railroad
commission passed its famous or
der requiring all railroads opera
ting in the state "as matter of
safety to the travelling public" to
fiji in With dirt or other substantial
material all trestles along their
lines or to replace the more tenn
porary structures with substantial
steel bridges. Under the terms of
the order, which vas issued March
!. 1911 by C. Med. Hampton, act
ing chairman, the railroad COM
panies were given six years in
which to comply with the order.
The six years passed and Janu-
ary Is. 1919 the commission found
that the orders had not been com
piled with, and that owing to ex-
tenuating circumstances" the work
could not have been completed
within the time specified. So a
supplementary order was passed
extending the time for the COM
pletion of this work until Decem-
Der 81, 1920.
And now this extended time linn
it has expired and the work plan
ned "as q matter Of safety to the
travelling public" remains yet to be
done and again the "eXtenuating
circumstance" intervene to keep
the matter out Of courts. The Sc
cond supplementary order was IS.
sued and promulgated by the COM
mission this week, further extend
ing the time limit until December
81, 1928, the roads being given II
years and ten months to complete
the work which under the original
order was TO have been done in
six years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Study of Road
Material
Engineer From Federal Bu-
reau Of Roads to Make In
vestigation in This
State

Columbia, Sept. 5.-An investi-
CATION of the methods Of construc-
ton, and maintenance and the gen.
eral servicea bility of sand clay and
top soil roads is to be made in
South Carolina at an early date by
the bureau Of roads Of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington,
as part Of general investigation
of this class of highways through
out the country. Announcement Of
this investigation was made today
from the Offices in Columbia of the
state highway department.
w. L. Spoon, a road engineer
from the bureau of roads, will
come to South Carolina and con-
duct the investigation for the fed
eral government. He will work
out of Columbia, but his inyestiga-
tons Of the top-soi1 highways will
be largely in the Piedmont section,
with sand-clay roads ir the lower
half of the state as his main OBJ
ject Of study.
In6TS WILL US lIlISe OOJSClS III
this investigation in South Caro-
lima by the federal engineers; first,
to determine the service value of
sand clay and top soil roads, as
compared with other types, with
a view to determining the cost Of
operating vehicles over them, and
also the cost OF maintaining them;
second, to determine the char
acteristic Of the materials best suit
ed for the construction of top-soil
and sand-clay roads. Samples of
materials from the two kinds Of
roads, the best and the worst, and
the qualities IN them responsible
for road characteristics will be
noted; third, to experiment with
roads of this character with view
to improving the methods Of con-
struction and of maintenance.
r. T. Brown and L. NJ. Weisiger,
engineers Of the state highway de-
partment, will cooperate with the
federal engineer in this investi-
CATION
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Census of Highway
Travel Made
State Highway Department
Tabulating Traffic Over
Main Highways

Columbia, Sept. "a census Of
the travel on the main highways of
the state is being made by the state
department The census has been
taken and tabulated for the main
highways of Greenville county, and
now a similar count of the travel
is being made in Aiken county, on
the Augusta highway. Other high
ways are also to be covered by the
traffic counters.
The highway department puts
it's maintenance foremen on the
roads with stop-watches, and the
vehicles are counted. On the roads
in Greenville the travel was at the
rate of approximately one thousand
day, on some roads more than
this. The National highway out Of
Greenville is the most heavily trav-
eled. The census showed that on
August 3 a total of 1,430 vehicles
used this road, at Camp Sewer.
On August 4 the number was L.
$50; on the 5th 1888. At Chick
Springs the days toll Of vehicles
for August II. 13 and il, was sos,
963 and 1,1S0. AT Golden Grove
for August 19, 20 and p, the We
hicles for the day numbered $40,
1,210 and 1,1SS. On the Dixie high
way, at Lupo's store, miles from
the city, the travel on August 10,
16 and II totaled S29, ia and SIS.
At Travellers Rest, on the road to
Hendersonville, the totals Of three
recent days were 1,764, 1874 and
1921. Five miles from Green
Vile on the Laurens road three
days census of the vehicles showed
totals of 1889, 1884 and 1880.
The counts We're from 5 a. m. and
midnight.
The purpose Of the census is to
determine which are the roads
most IN use. with a view to de-
termining what kind Of road sur
facing should be used, and which
road should be paved first, where
there is a choice or roads. Auto
mobiles outnumber other vehicles,
the census shows, about twenty to
one
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Use of Milk Douh; Il Since 1890;
Average Now l., EortE-four
Gallons

Forty-four gallons. of milk is
used by each person in the United
States annually, according to esti-
mates made by the dairy division
Of the United States department of
agriculture. This estimate refers
to whole milk and does not include
that which is consumed in the
form of ice cream, cheese and
butter. The amount is about twice
as much as that used in 1890,
when the per capita consumption
was approximately % gallons. The
dairy specialists point out that the
increase in the use OF milk in the
last 80 years is as great as that in
the preceding $50 years.
The present day consumption Of
milk in the United States, they say,
is equal to about one pint per
day. or as much IS two small glass
es. That is not a great amount
when it is known that it includes
not only the milk that is used for
drinking, but also that used in
cooking. This is a small amount
compared to the per capita con-
sumption in some European coun-
tries. In Sweden and Switzer-
land. FOR example nearly 20 gallons
are used by each person annually.
In relating the growth of. the
dairy Industry in this country the
department specialists say that IN
pioneer DAYS each family kept It's
own COW. The denser the popula-
ton became the more important 1t
was to have we'll regulated ana
ample supply Of milk. Graduaily
the number Of COWS increased and
in time q dairy business grew up III
various sections. The Development
Of modern methods in the distrl-
button of milk. with economic ana
sanitary handling. has been close
~ accompanied by the larger use
Of this food. they say.
Much Of the milk now used IN
cities comes many miles. and re-
Gently Improved methods have
made i; possible TO ship it for Ions
distances in refrigerator cars. NJ
the National Dairy Show N Chl-
cago in 1919. milk shipped from
the Pacific coast took first prize III
the nlarket-milk competition WIFI
the highest score eTer given to
milk in recent Years.
Cities haze always used 4 Sn.2i!cr
amount OF milk ii rronor'ion 10
.hc rr,abcr Of people than general
farming communities. There are.
however. many agricultural ald
no,1-aglicuitu:1tl rural districts
V here COWS are not Kept and
where modern methods OF milk dis
tribution ac not equal 20 most
cities. The people in Sicl places
have TO depend on canned m.l!i OF
various kinds and this. tic dairy
mon say, Is aa cxceadli-,l,> Na'a-
abl. means OF supplying y nee9
which 30 or 50 years ago con'd
not have been supplied at all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Convict Whipped
To Death
Spartanburg Guards Under
Charges

Spart >urg, Sept. 2-Tom
Hatche and Lee Porter, guards
On the ssite chain gang operated
by the connty highway commission,
were bound over last night by a
corone-'s jury holding an inquest
into the causes of the death Of
Thomas II. Keelan. who died at
the camp Wednesday after being Sc
verely beaten by the guards. They
gave bo.d in the sum Of $4,000
each, ana have been released
Keelass was arrested last Friday
for hoboing. and was sentenced to
serve SO days for his offense. He
was ask NJ If his people would pay
a fine f9 him, and he is alleged to
have saii that his people needed
the mon"y worse than he did, and
took the days.
Wednesday morning he was un
well, vomiting, and showing evi-
dence Of being sick. but the guards
insisted on his working, and when
he could rot perform the duties
imposed upon him he was severely
whipped. After he got down and
was taken to the shade Of tree
it is alleged that Hatchette kicked
him and threw bucket Of water
in his face.
The physician who held the au-
topsy SAID that there was no or
ganic trouble. He also stated that
he did rot think the beating alone
would na"e produced death, but
that the mans being il and getting
the f1ogging he did made it possible
for him 20 be overcome by heat.
The il. ) recommended that the
men bo1n be discharged from
guarding convicts. There is con-
/ siderable feeling in the vicinity
where the camp is located, near
Glenn Springs, over the occurrence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
School For Athletes
Proposal That a Three-Year
Course Be Established at
University

Columbia, Sept. "A three
year course in physical education
at the University is being urged
now, as a result Of the coaches
school now in progress at the Uni
versity, and it is likely that some
definite action will be taken soon.
The enrolment Of the coaches
school, the first. of it's kind ever
held in the state. has now reached
fifty-seven, representing all parts
of the state, with men and women
athletic directors and coaches at
tending. Prominent athletes and
coaches are the instructors. with
Sol MetZger. the greatest football
coach in America as dean.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
League of
Women Voters

The first fall meeting Of the
League Of Women Voters will be
held on Monday, September 18th
in the basement of the Carnegie
Library at 6 o'clock, p. m. The
program committee is at work on
an interesting program for this
meeting, the details Of which will
be announced later. 1t is hoped
that after the long vacation the
members will return to work with
renewed interest and zeal. At the
meeting in May it was agreed that
each member Of the League should
make a point of bringing with her
to the meetings at least one other
woman. # we will do this the
mem bership as we'll as the atten-
dance will be greatly increased.
here is nothing in either the plat
form Or the program of the League
that every Christian woman would
not heartily endorse. 1t may be
that you do not want the suffrage
or that you did not care about it
Olle way vi Tic OlIel, DUl llOW lllOl
it has been given to you, it is just
as much your duty to use the priv
ilege intelligently and conscien-
tiously as it is your duty to do your
share of your church work or your
socal work. If you VIII attend the
meetings Of the League and hear
the subjects of vital interest to Your
town and state discussed, You'll be
able to meet the issues as they arise
with intelligence and conviction The
whole county is at present IN such
a state OF unrest and depression
that any political demagogue who
promised cheap clap trap remedies
would assuredly win the vote Of the
illiterate population Of the state
II the women Of voting age will
register and use their privilege Of
suffrage it might be that just that
force would be the straw that
would save the state from being
plunged into a state Of chaos by
cheap political bunkum. The regis
tration books are open on the first
Monday of each month from Q a. m.
to- p. m Bear this in mind and
get your certificate before you are
ready to use it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07

Hull, England, Sept. 5.-The
bodies of sixteen American victims
Of the ZR-2 disaster will be taken
to Plymouth and transferred to the
British cruiser Dauntless for the
journey to the United States. There
will be brief ceremony at the
mortuary before she removal of the
bodies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
Parricide in Kersllaw
Robert Sharpe Committed to
Camden Jail For Murder of
Father

Columbia, Sept. s. Robert
Sharpe, young married man
twenty-seven years of age, IS in
the Camden jail. charged with the
killing of his father John Sharpe,
who died in the Camden hospital
Saturday afternoon The shooting
took place Friday. Young Sharpe
claims that his father threatened
to Kill his mother and he shot. The
story is not given full credence at
Camden. it is stated. The shooting
occurred four miles from Camden.
at the Sharpe home. The cider
Sharpe died after a hard fight to
save his life.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-07
PEACE
RESTORED
IN COAL FIELDS
Miners Are Surrend-
ering and After
Being Disarmed
Released

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. o
The federal authorities report con-
ditions in the coal fields as quiet
and that the majority Of the troops
are to be withdrawn.
Governor Morgan is said to be
determined to prosecute those re-
sponsible for the 'insurrection
against the State" am he is calling
for incriminating evidence from any
source.
Miners are surrendering, and af-
ter being disarmed are sent home.