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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-22
MRS. MARY {. T. BONN

CAMDEN, Ohio, Sept 22-Funeral
services for Mrs Mary Elizabeth
Francs Bohr, 81 years old, who died
at her home here Tuesday, were held
Thursday afternoon at the home. Bur-
ial was in the Camden cemetery.
Besides a daughter, Mrs. Cora Nc
Cord, Mrs Bohn is survived by two
grandchildren and four great-grand-
children.
She had lived her entire life in this
community and had been in i'll health
for q number of months.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
WATER GOES
OVER
No Immediate Danger of
Break, Official Says

New Orleans, aaIELevee en-
sineers here were notified late to-
dayso the Gazing in Of a section Of
the Mississippi riveg 1evee at a
point on the west bank of the
stream. one and half miles below
SJames stationsfl James Par
ash. 50saniies above New Orleans.
Three sloughts eomjng in quick
succession we're followed by waves
f~our4feet high that rolled e the
leyee onto the land behind it. Two
( the swe1ls were about 500 feet
IN length, according to Hector A.
Hfmel. in charse4of that levee
district.
Mr.. Hime1 repored he believed
there was no4immediate danger of
the levee breaking.
It was stated by engineers here
that a break at hiatt point would
inundate st, James Parish and
probably would spread to sections
OF st. John the Baptist, Assumption
aud La Fourche parishes. Several
towns of importance would be at
tected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
OF
GASOLINE
Reserve Stores on Hand April
First Near Billion Gallons

Washington, May 14@A new high
record for the national stock of
gasoline. increases in the price of
which have been ordered investi-
gated by the senate, was establish
ed April 1, according to statistics
maze public tonight by the fedora
ton bureau of mines showing sup
plies of the commodity on that date
aggregated S54.232,0e0 gallons.
The stocks on hand April i were
approximately 4%T,e00,000 gallons
greater than on March !. when the
previous high mark of $4,000, 900
gallons in storage vas made.
The official figures confirmed
statements made in the senate that
present supplies and those OF re-
cent months were greater than ever
before in this country.
Further increases il the reserves
of gasoline may be expected. the
bureaus statement indicated.
The bureau reports that kerosene
stocks decreased about ~1e.00a,eo0
gallons during March. while a de-
crease of 125.o00 gallons for the
stored reserves OF the same date
last wear was shown.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
THREE MURDER
TRIALS IN COURT
RichIand Court Will Hear
Annette Murder Cases

Columbia. May 1J.--Three muir
der trials. one Of trio. ere set
for trial in Columbia this wcek.
The trio is composed OF L. N. .!cf-
lords. Ira Harrison and Glenn
Treccc. charged with the murder OF
J.. c. Annette. whoyMas proprietor
of a filing station on Main street.
This crime was committed last
Tuesday night. The trinl of th>
three will start next Tuesday
morning. Prominent Columbia
lawyers are representing the dc
PENDANTS. The mel have confessed.
according to officers. that they Kill
ed .Arnctte to get his interest in
the business. and then pushed his
automobile. with his body. off an
cmbankmcnt.
Another sensational murder case
is that against Theodore Aughtry,
Columbian. charged with the muir
der of Silas Gladden.. whom he kill
cd. following q quarrel between
the two over Il dish Il family had
borrowed from the other. The
third murder case Is against Robert
Wilson. also OF Columbia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
CHUCH OF
CHRIST IN
JAPAN
Will Have Deputation at the
Presbyterian General
Assembly

Des Moines. Ia. May 11.-An
event of notable interest at the
approaching meeting Of the Pres
bytcriau General Assembly here
May 1876. will be the appearance
OF a deputation from the Church OF
Christ in Japan headed by its
MODERATOR. the Rev. Or. Masahisa
Cen.ura. distinguished us the pres
idcnt Of Il theological seminary. cdl-
tor Of an influential religious news
b}aper. and preacher to a great
congregation.
The occasion Of hts coming TO
america * the fifticth anniversary
of the Church OF Christ in Japan.
which is an Independent sister
Church of tEt, Presbyterian and
Reformed family. and with which
ali the Presbyterian and Reformed
Churches that have work III Japan
cooperate.
\ RECEIPT letter from The Rev.
DR.. J. E. Hail. OF Tie Japan Mis-
sion. reports that this first organic
cd Protestant Church has in fifty
Years grown into l.22i organized
churches. of which 800 axe entire
ly self-$upportin-. Besides the
churches there are LES places
where preaching is regularly held.
There are 159 church buildings.
and church property is worth o.
$500 yen C~S3.339.etO. I'm 1870
there were ovcr 1000 haptisms.
'rherc are 1883 COMMITMENTS.
and in 1870 these Christians con-
tributed 1.l61.573 Yen for all pur-
poses.
The Hon.-D T'acawa. a member
Of the japanese delegation at the
t.ccnt Washington Conference. q
member of the Imperial Din. and a
Presbyterian elder. publicly de-
clarcd: IF We are to make a free
.Japar!. "" ::r" to make u Christian
.iar.n. only the Christian Church
With its program uf redemption
nal righteousness. individual aud
social. can VIGOROUSLY combat the
un*cen forces OF greed. fear. and
hate which 50 largely cause the de-
pressing disease Of which the World
suffers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
UNION LABOR
MAN DROPS
FROM SIGHT
Indicted on Charges of Muir
der in Chicago in Connec-
ton With Reign of Bomb
and Gun Terrorism

Chicago. May 12.-Escape Of Il
of the eight labor leaders indicted
with the reign of bomb and gun
terrorism and runors that COMES
sions had been obtained from seV-
cral of the cores of persons still
being held by the police marked
today.s investigation Of recent law
less outbreaks which have been
blamed by the police on labor war
fare in the building trades.
The sudden departure from the
police ken Of Jerry Koran. IN
dicted with Fred Nader, president
of the Building and Trades Coun-
Gil. Big Tim Murphy. head Of
the Gas Workers Union and cut
on bonds following his conviction
and sentence to prison on a
charge of mail robbery, and Cor
nclius Shea, who directed the 1903
tcamsters' strike, was first noted
when the indictments were returned
today.
Not knowing Of the more Sc
rious charges pending against Ho-
ran, police had booked him on a
disorderly conduct charge and ne
was freed on $50 bond. When has
absence was discovered special
squads of police were then sent TO
hunt him, but without much hope
Of success. He is believed to have
left the city.
The admissions obtained from
prisoners, according to the police.
directly involve three of the men
being held in the staying Of two
patroimen and the wounding or a
third by bombcrs early "Wednesday.
1t was this outbreak, the cuimlna-
ton of a long series Of disorders.
which started the present investi-
CATION and led to the raids in which
more than $50 labor leaders and al
legged gunner were seized by the
police.
OF those seized. beside the men
under indictment the majority have
been released for lack-of evidence.
Others obtained their liberty on
writes Of ilabeas corpus. The chief
Of police in a. statement
the Judge of "hampering' him in
his efforts to wipe out ~]awlessness-
ness. The judge replied with a
statement upbraiding Chief Fitz-
morris as having no respect for
INV, order or the constitution" and
for criticism i the courts when
the decision or ruling of any such
court does not please him.
The chief was assailed also IN
damage suits for $4,000 IN each
ease, led today by Melville L.
Thompson, an attorney, on behalf
Of himself and four others caught
in the raids on the Building Trades
Council headquarters. The other
plaintiffs are Emmett Flood, an
American Federation Of Labor or
Ganizer,, his son.. Emmett, Jr., hrs
daughter. Miss Evelyn Flood, and
John \. Sweeney, a labor editor.
The suits, according to Thompson,
are based on false arrest and inn
piSonment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
SENATOR DIAL
is INDIGNANT
Amendment to Cotton Futures
Act Held in Committee

Washington. May Ex-senator
y. E. Dial today expressed great
Indignation in q speech to the Sen
etc against his inability to get his
cotton futures amendment out of
committee. The South Carolina
Senator said in part: Il want to
say. speaking Of slavery. that we
have not gotten out Of that cohdl-
Ton get. IN fact. the war freed the
rclorcd population. but soon there
after the whole South became II
shaved by the custom and then the
Jaw Of selling cotton, and it seems
that | am not making much prog
resS in getting these shackles re-
moved.
Last year ! introduced an
amendment to the cotton futures
contract bill. which has been pend
ing before q subcommittee OF the
agricultural committee Of the Sen
?:e tor over twelve months. and |
caunct get a report OF the senate.
We speak of the paupcr Iaborcr
of Asia. We have d living example
Of it right here and the Congress
Of the United States is responsible
to u great extent for this condition
Of poverty and %lilitcracy. While We
3re here trying to provide means OF
lending money to the people OF the
country we arc doing but little TO
a,d them III getting a proper return
for the products Of their labor.
Il charge the Congress with
Icing in favor Of the bears on the
cotton market. urintcntionally. OIL
course. but the disastrous result TO
the farmer is the same. The law
simply amounts to c~oniiScatlCn. ana
!, am making every effort in my
power 10 get the agricultural COM
ulittcc Of the Senate to report this
amendment. If it should be report
cd believe there Will be little OBJ
;ection on the floor OF the Senate.
we can get ii enacted into law II
viii help the condition of the Ia
l.nrinc people of my section of tn"
country more than anything else.
~ perhaps everything else. We
could do in their behalf. 1t took
thirty years for Congress t" pass
Tn" present law. trnst it will not
l;.ke quite SO Ions t" pass my
amendment. II the Subcommittee
prefers not - report my amend
menl ~.favurahly | ask that ii report
something 81 just send it back
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
E~LECTROCUTED
AT EASLEY
Lightning and Electricity Kill
Three Easley People

Greenville. May 13.-Clitton D.
Bolt. superintendent of the Easley
Water and Light Plant. and his as
sistant. \. Cal McMahan. were
killed by electricity in some mEs-
FERROUS way this afternoon at the
E.asley pump station. near Easley.
these making the third death from
electricity in Easley today, the first
Icing that Of Miss Ollie Brown. Of
Glenwood Mill village who was
instantly killed about o'clock,
while standing in her room in her
residence. when Il bolt of lightning
bit the transformer outside the
house.
MesSrs. Bolt and McMahan had
gone TO the city pumping station,
supposed to fix something that had
gone wrong with the plant. About
ihree-quarters Of an hour later &
p~asser-by saw the bodies OF the
two me and immediately reported
the cruesome discovery to citizens
of EaSley, who went out TO the
G Tho body of Mr.. Bolt was
lying on the ground just outside
the building. in a corner. In a SIT
ting position. with a crowbar in his
hand. Mr.. McAtahan'S body show
cd bad burns. but there was no
mark of violence on Mr.. Bolt. al
though indications We're that he
had writhed Oh the ground before
dying. The pumping station is
operated by a 2.300-Nolt current
and the superstition is that Mr.. Nc
Mahan first came in contact with
electricity in some way, and that
Nj. Bolt, coming to his c was
also electrocuted. y severe electric
storm passed ovc" this section dur
ing the afternoon and it is thought
that a bolt Of li-ntninS might har"
been conveyed TO the pump house
while the men were III it by II OF
the wires.
An electrician. who arrived Or
the spot Immediately after. warned
the crowds to stay away from the
building, saying it was charged
with electricity" and disconnected
the station froa the electric lines.
An investigation IS going forward.
Miss Ollie Brown was standing
in "a room with several persons be-
meath an electric light. and with
her hand on an iron bed. when a
bolt of lightning struck tie trans
former. She fell dead. although
no n else in the room was hurt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
LYLE CONVICT
ED AT AIKEN
Judge Rice Imposes Sentence
of Four Years ca Check
F0rgcr

Aiken. May 13.-While Judge
Hayne +. Rice was passing sentence
y @ Milton Lyle. convicted of for
ger: and uttcrinG Il forged iDStru-
mcnt on an Aiken bank. before q
crowded court room this afternoon
the fire alarm sounded and through
the windows o. the court room a
cloud of smoke q visible three
or four blocks away. immediately
sentence had been passed some n
announced that Judge F;icc's home
on south Boundary WAS in fire.
Court was hastily adjourned and
the crowd went to the scene. The
roof Of Judge Ricc's home wa
burned. The origin Of the fire is
not known. but possibly came from
defective wiring.
The jury had been out since ]
o'clock. Shortly after 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon it was announced
that n verdict had Lccn reached.
This was rendered as guilty. Lyle
then went into the dock Mo receive
the sentence Of the court. Under
tho law judge Rice told him the
extreme penalty was seven years.
The sentence of the court was four
years at hard labor on the public
roads of Aiken county. or IN TIL"
penitentiarE.
Lyle heard sentence passed upon
him and his counsel Immediately
notice Of Il possible appeal.
There are two moro charges
against Lyle. both similar to that
on which he was today convicted
for passing forged instruments up
on the First National bank and the
Bank Of Western Carolina here. In
addition there are charges pending
against him ut several other points
in Georgia ard South Carolina. The
conviction OF Lyle ear that j. {.
Westbury and Sam PadSett will
also be tried for forgery. passing
forged Instruments and conspiracy.
Assisting Solicitor l.. L. Gunt"r
were =. +. Henderson aud ID. w.
CASTOR. Jr.. AMI for tho defense the
counsel was William Sneak. Claude
r.. Sawyer. Herbert j.. Gyles. 5. j.
Hale Of Trenton. Ga, and w. n.
Mcclure Of Chattanooga. Tenn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
DOWN
AMENDED
Protest of Seaboard Air Line
Officials Gets Results

Columbia. May 15.-The town
of Woodford, in OrangeburE coun.
ty, on the Seaboard, between Co
lumbia and Savannah, has yielded
to the appeal Of the railroad for
an amendment to its ordinance re-
During all trains passing through
the town to slow down. Several
little towns on this railroad passed
ordinances requiring slow speeds.
The railroad complained. on the
ground that such Il speed made
taking the grades at several points
almost impossible. and increased
operating costs. The railroad COM
mission went to Woodford. near
Columbia. a few days ago, and Of
ficiaIs of the road attending urged
that the ordinance be repealed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
Chile and Peru To
Discuss Trouble
Controversy of Long Standing
to Be Considered at Wash
ington Party

Washington, May lin an at
mosphere of renewed cordially
and hopefulnesS, the plenipoten-
tiaries of Chile and Peru will meet
tomorrow in the hall of the Amer
icas to attempt solution of the diff
ficulties that have estranSed their
governments for more than a gen
Grafton.
Convened in Washington at the
invitation Of President Harding,
the conference Will be opened with
an address Of welcome and good
will by Secretary Hughes, delivered
in the presence of a notable gath
ering of government officials anG
diplomats from every part Of the
world. Response Will be made for
Chile by Luis Izquirdo and for Peru
by Melton Porras, and then the
two delegations will retire for prI-
vate consultation in their effort to
apply the conference plan" OF
diplomacy4to international relation
ships of the Western Hemisphere.
Although the seriousness Of the
problem is everywhere realized,
there was u feeling here on the
eve OF the conference that the. DEL
egates would come together under
conditions notably suspicious. For
two governments whom diplomatic
relations have been severed for a
dozen years. Chile and Peru, have
approached the negotiations III a
spirit of amity regarded in dlplo-
matte circles as SO unusual as to
give much promise of a settlement.
At the same time. among the
delegates themselves and among
officials who have an intimate
knowledge of the f~orty-year OH
troversy over the treaty Of Ancon,
there has been apparent a ten
dcncy to wara against over-conh-
dcncc. Quick results are not ex-
pec.cd by those in Il position TO
make authoritative predictions. 1t
is recognized that an agreement can
come only after many intercilanges
Of opinion. and there 7 some who
believe that in the end the out
standing issues must he left to az
bitration.
1t now is considered improbable
that the United States will in any
way he represented in the nego-
t;ations unless arbitration becomes
necessary and both delegations
agree to appeal directly to Presi-
dent Harding.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
P~RESBYTERIANS
HOLD MEETING
Growth of Southern Church
to Be Reported

Charleston. w. Va. May ia
feature Of the reports to be sub
mitted the 62nd general assembly
of the Southern Presbyterian
church, to convene here May is.
will be those relative to the total
number of additions to the church
during the last year and the
amount of money contributed to all
causes OF the assembly.
Statistics presented to the as
scmbly OF 1921 showed that dur
ing the year closing previously to
The convention, 1860 members
we're added to the church. or a
fraction more than seven members
for eacl: OF the $40 churches III
the assembly, on the average. Also,
the reports showed that 2l.SS3
members were added by certificate.
or an average of six members tor
each church.
The total amount contributed to
benevolent use alone for the
wear prior to the last assembly
was S~4.93S.55O. an average OF lit
lie more tla& ST. as the per capita
contribution of each of the men,
hers of the church, the reports IN
dicated.
The annual income OF the mcm-
bership Of the church has been es-
tiinated ut $i50.00o.e00 the 1.-THE
being s15.O00.000. Special efforts
will be made through the assem-
bIv's committee on stewardship and
the campaign committee OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Progressive program
officials said. TO enlist the entire
membership of the church TO the
point where at least, the 1.-THE Of
the income of each member Will
bc contributed to the benevolent
cause of the organization. II the
membership rs a whole WAS en-
listed thus, the average pei capita
contribution would be $50, it was
pointed out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
Russia and Turkey Make Treaty.

Corstantinopic. .April 12.-The
Russian Soviet government and the
Turkish NationaliStS are planning
70 hold a conference at kars TO
draw up Il ncw~trcaty providing tor
the resumption of commercial re-
lations between Turkey and the
small republics of the Caucasus
such az Georgia and .A~zerbaidlan.
\ treaty to that effect was sign
ed by the Russians and Turkish
.NationaliSts last fall but has not
been ratified by the states concern
ed on the ground that it was I'M
workable owing TO The abnormal
conditions in Russia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
TO ERECT
BUSINESS HOUSE
Effd's Plans May Call For
Five-Story Building of 1861
900 Feet Floor Space
(CharIottc NeWS).

Plans are being drawn by Louis
+. Asbury for the new home of the
Etird department store on the lot
adjacent to the city hail. purchas-
ed some months ago by this firm
as the site for q new establish
ment in Charlotte and n that is
destined to be, according to plans
which are said to eNistin the minds
Of the Efird firm. theSlarSest MGR
camille store. in floor space. south
of the Mason and Dixon line.
The plans have not developed yet
to the point that contractors are
estimating it's cost. but it $ under
stood that eventually the building
will represent an outlay of a half
million dollars. Whether the firm
expects to complete plans Ultimate
" held in mind at this time or to
build a lesser structure for a few
years is one of the phases of the
development yet to be determined.
J.. &. Efird. president and man
aSer OF the entire chain of the 81
lIfird stores in the two Carolinas,
would not divulge the particulars
relating to the enterprise Saturday
night. He said that the plans
have not yet reached a stage where
he felt he would be justified in
specify positively what would be
the extent of the development.
The Efird's stores are among the
best known as retail trading CEN
tcrs in the two CarolinaS. but the
firm is said by commission nlcn in
New York and other buying centers
to be rcckoncd among the first in
the entire south for volume Of bust
ness handled and for quick turn
over in it's goods. At present 81
stores are maintained by the or
saniZation. SO of them having
grown out of the Charlotte store
that had Il modest start here at
the corner Of Trade and College
streets only n few years ago. These
additional stores are being operat-
ed in Statesyille. Shelby. LeXinG-
ton. Li%ncolnton, Cherryville, Forest
City. Laurinburs. Anderson. S. c.,
SpartanLurg. $. c.. Greenwood, 5.
e.. Sumter. Rock Hill, Greer. S. G.,
Danville, Va, Wilson, Durhanm,
Columbia. S. c., Greenville, S. c.,
Wilmington. Raleigh, Salisbury,
Wilson, Rocky Mount, Monroe, Gas
tonia, Concord. High Point, Lum~
berton, Burlington, Lcnoir. The
extent Of business annually trans
acted by all of these stores runs
into the many millions.
j. &. Efrd. Of Charlotte, is pres
ident Of the whole organization
and general manager Of the entire
chain. Paul Fl. Efird is manager
of the Charlotte store. The firm
also maintains buying organization
in New York City with Jap Efrd
in charge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
Still LOCATED
In PASTURE
No Sunday Cessation
of Moonshiners Ac-
tivities

Deputy Sheriff II. G.. Mckagen
was forced to spend the greater
part of Sunday in the search Of
stills. as Il telephone call coming
to him at about $3.50 o'clock in
the morning from Mr.. Horace Avin,
living. about ten miles from Sum-
ter in the P%rivateer section. COM
PEELED him to make an Immediate
trip to that section and caused
him to put in many hours of this
day in the nearby swamps. MI.
Avin and a young Kolb boy ac-
companied Deputy Sheriff Mckag-
en- into the swamps and aided him
in the location OF two places where
stills had been in very recent OPP
Grafton. At one location two bar
rels Of mash were found and two
empty barrels and Mr.. Avin stated
that he had seen the copper still
in operation at this place carly IN
the morning. Another location was
found further on, in the pasture Of
Nh. Peter Mcleod. a renter OF Mr..
Hal Hardy. Four full barrels Of
mash and four empty barrels were
found at this place and the worm
Of the. still found here but again
the still itself had been. moved and
could not be located. y fence had
been built around this location in
the swamp. within the pasture, to
keep the COWS that We're in the
pasture from the still and mash.
All of the barrels and the mash
was destroyed, the barrels being
burned from a fire kindled from
the fat lightwood gathered toseth-
er at the still for its operation.
Mr.. McKagen returned TO Sumter
at about 5 in the afternoon after
his days work in the swamps.