Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-09-16
Domestic

The famous Paso Robes ranch Of
Padereswk, pianist and former pre-.
mier of Poland, went on the block at
that place, and sold for $40 an acre.
He will devote the funds to the cause
Of Poland.
AS the result of terrific rainstorm
at Elizabethtown, ILL.,, the tension was
lessened, as all roads to the hillside,
where 500 armed miners are reported
to have encamped, were rendered i'm.
passable and 1t is regarded as almost
impossible for the miners to make any
movement. Reports are that the min.
ers are quietly returning to their va.
rious homes.
Charlie Willis Of Pelham, Ca, has
fled the country following the verdict
Of coroner's jury which held that his
wife came to her death fro mill treat.
ment at the hands Of her husband.
Willis is 45 years, and this was his
third wife.
Judge w. r. Allen, associate justice
Of the North Carolina supreme court,
died suddenly at his home at Colds.
boro. recently, from stroke Of apo
plexy.
&C. o. Fox and Jesse Gappins, alleged
slyers of William Brazell, chauffeur,
at Columbia, S. c., taken to Augusta,
Ca, thence to Savannah, Ca, and then
to Charleston, S. c., for safety, have
been returned to Columbia.
Jenny H. Snow, supervisor of house
hold arts OF the schools of Chicago,
says bobbed hair, knickers and bare
knees are all right. She approves OF
rolled stockings.
Miss MAZE Gade recently completed
swim from Albany, N. Y, to New
York City, a distance of 145 miles.
She was In the water SO hours and 35
minutes.
Mrs. Albert Biggs, Of Memphis,
Tenn, visiting in Greenwich. Conn,
in the hope Of rehabilitating her worn.
out body, committed suicide recently.
Mrs. w. D. Egly of Knoxville, Tenn,
Is convinced that her husband, who has
been missing from home for several
weeks, Is still alive, because she re-
Gently received a telegram worded in
their sweetheart CODE" The tele
gram further states that Egly was held
up, blackjacked, robbed and had been
suffering in Erie Pr, from lost iden-
tity.
Having a surplus of silver coin and
insufficient facilities for caring for 1t,
the Nashville (Tenn) branch Of the
Federal Reserve Bank recently shipped
to the mint at Philadelphia and New
Orleans 100000 silver dollars, 5000
in half dollars, $4,000 in quarters and
$4,000 in dimes, a total OF $4,000
in silver.
The fall offensive against liquor
the supreme effort to make the United
States dry-will be launched in every
big city simultaneously, 1t is announc-
ed through the New York newspa-
pers, though "rohibition officials will
not admit au enticity of the report.
1t is announced in New Orleans that
a two million dollar syndicate has been
formed to underwrite Baptist hospi.
tai for that city.
Fire recently swept Rendezvous
park, one of the amusement places at
Atlantic City. n. J. The loss was esti.
mated at S150O00.
Fire of undetermined origin recent.
" destroyed the Automobile building
at Mobile, Ala, with a large number
of automobiles, trucks and tractors at
the fair grounds, with a property loss
estimated at one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Fire recently swept the town Of JEFF
fries, twelve miles from Rhinelander,
Wis. causing damage estimated at
nearly s1,000,00O. The fire was still
raging at the latest reports.
In an effort to save the life Of q
negro boy, George Allen Carter, a Sa
yannah. Ga. youth drowned.