Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-07-28
Domestic

Ofncial investigation Of the deporta-
ton OF Japanese laborers from Turlock
(Calif.) has been started.
A resolution requesting that a bill
to prescribe penalties for persons dis.
guising themselves and violating the
laws Of the state by inflicting punish.
ment upon persons against whom no
legal complaint had been filed, be sub
mitted to the Texas legislature, was
recently presented to the Texas cover.
nor by member Of the lower house.
Morgan Smith, member of the Arkan.
sas National Guard, encamped at Camp
Pike, was fatally wounded; Robert
Martin fatally wounded and James
Greer seriously injured when a ma,
chine gun which they were transport
ing in a truck was accidentally dis.
charged.
The once proud German dreadnaught
Ostfriesland is resting on the bottom
OF the ocean, sunk by the bombs of
American army airmen. The bombs
which caused the sinking landed in
few feet of the side of the vessel
and caved it in.
Police of north Alabama cities are
on the lookout for Paul Murray, white,
who escaped during the night from
the pail at Admission Ala, by saving his
way out.
Pearl White, actress OF the wild
woman variety, daring, intrepid and
divorce on the ground of non-support.
brave, is suing her second husband for
DR.. w. E. Armstrong Of Gokomo,
Ind, OF why worry fame" recently
committed suicide. He was 54 years
old and is survived by a wife and two
children.
Thomas Bell, a lineman of Nash.
vile, Tenn, was killed recently when
he touched "live wire"
The business section Of Marshall.
n. c., was entirely submerged by high
waters resulting from the torrential
rains.
With the head Of one completely sew.
cred and that Of the other almost cut
OH, the bodies of an unidentified
woman and little girl were found
by hunters on the banks of a bayou
about eight miles east of Jonesboro,
Ark.
Two white men and a negro, charg.
ed with robbing freight cars at Rock
Hill, S. c., and running a tore for
the disposal of stolen goods, have been
arrested and jailed.
Mrs. Melissa J.. Woddlington of
Salisbury N. c., has sued a grocery
man for ten thousand dollars for sell.
ing flavoring extracts to her husband
that caused him to beat and mistreat
| her.
According to decision of Federal
Judge Henry D. Clayton the shrimp
fishermen from any state or from
anywhere may fish in the waters of
Alabama without paying any more
revenue to the state than a resident
of the state.
]. w. Mcknight, plumber. has
twice been the victim Of whitecap-
ping parties, it became known when
he returned to his home at Nacogdo-
ches, Texas, after his second flogging.
A meteor weighing between 500 and
600 pounds, fell near Chattanooga.
Tenn. recently.
Illinois is shaken with the great
est political scandal in the history
of the state Two of its highest state
officers. the governor and lieutenant
governor and a leading banker and
politician-Governor Small Lieuten,
ant Governor Sterling and Vernon
Curtis-stand accused and indicted on
charges OF conspiracy. embezzling and
misuse of state funds, running into
millions of dollars.
The Morsihan sugar factory at New
Iberia. La, was destroyed. The loss
is $500. 900 and about million pounds
OF sugar.