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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
HOT CAMPAIGN ON IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Cole BIease Opposed By Thomas McCIeod in Run-
 Off Primary
By Associated Press

Columbia, S. C., September 3.-With both sides framing jam-up statewide organizations. South Carolina, during the next 10 days will be in the throes of a heated political contest for the governorship between Cole L. Blease and Thomas G. Mcleod.
 Blease led Mcleod by 12,000 votes in the first primary, but the com bined anti-Blease vote was nearly 10000 in excess of the figure run up by Mir Blease. Thus the contest is similar to the campaign of 1918, when former Governor Blease fell short of election in the first primary about 5000 votes, but the vote for R. A. Cooper went to Richard l. Man ming in the second primary and put MT. Manning in office.
 The Mcleod forces contend that the result of September 12 was as 1t was six years ago, but are taking no chances in effecting state-wide machinery to get out the 50,o00 en- rolled voters who did not cast their ballots in the first primary.
 MT. Blease is making taxation the chief issue of the campaign, with the promise to abolish useless offices and thereby cut down the expenses of the government.
 MT. Mcleod contends that while taxation is at this time most se- rious proposition, the paramount issue is law enforcement. MT. Blease issued pardons and paroles to more than 1,700 eonvicts during the four years he was governor, and MT Mc- leod has warned that there will be a return to this if the former governor is elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
Eufaula and Selma To Resumes Series at
 Montgomery Today

Montgomery. September 3.-(Spe- cial l)-Montgome tonight is crowd ed, and fast becoming more crowded, with baseball fans from Eufaula. Selma and other South Alabama towns. ready for the resumption to- morrow of the championship series of the South Alabama league.
 Eufaula and Selma, winners of the eastern and western division titles, respectively, will meet at Crampton Bowl tomorrow afternoon In the sec- ond game of the series. Eufaula won the first game at Selma Satur- day.
 After playing here Monday and Tuesday. the two teams go to Selma for two games more. Then, if neither has won four games. the number required to win the seven tilt series, the scene will be sAifted to Crampton Bowl again. where the last two games will be played.
 Interest in South Alabama over these games is at fever heat, and Crampton Bowl is expected to have even it's large seating capacity taxed when the two teams start play Mon day afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
DEATHS

Mrs. Elizabeth F. Boles--Mrs. Eliza beth P. Boles. S3. died near Bir- mingham at o'clock yesterday morning. She is survived by her husband, John c. Boles, and three sons, Marion c. Boles, W. J. Boles and Sam w. Boles, all of Birming- ham. Funeral services and burial will be at Piedmont today. John H. veitch--Funeral services of John H. Veitch. age 5S, who died at local infirmary yesterday morning, will be held from Lige Loy's chapel this morning at 10:s0 o'clock. Interment in Eimwood with Lige Loy in charge. De- ceased is survived by two brothers, three sisters and one daughter Edward O. Lipscomb-Funeral serv- ices of Edward o. Lipscomb, age 49. who died Saturday morning In Newport. Ky. will be held this afternoon at o'clock from the East Birmingham Baptist church. 1nterment will be in Elmwood with Johns in charge.
 Mrs. Alice c. CoiIier-Remains of Mrs. Alice Gillespie Collier, who died at her residence.w14o1 Beach street, yesterday afternoon at 1880 o'clock. will be sent to ChattanooEa this morning at o'clock for fu- neral services and interment by Johns.
 Arthur A. Huds0n--Re emains of Ar thur A. Hudson, 25, who died at a local infirmary yesterday morning. will be sent to Cleveland this morn ing at 10 o'clock by Ridout for funeral services and interment there
 Amos R0berts-Remains of Amos Roberts. who died yesterday morn ing at as local infIrmary, were sent to Cordova yesterday aft ernoon by Ridout for funeral sery- ices and burial.
 Alma Bell Morgan-Funeral services of Alma Bell Morgan. age 12. who died at the residence of her parents in Tarrant City, Saturday night, will be announced later by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
By SPARROW MGANN

SpeciaI Correspondent of The Age-Herald
 (Copyrlght. 1929. by The Age-Heraid)
 New York, September 3.-Evidently Georges Carpentier has not taken his coming bout with Battling Ski, the senegalese negro seriously. Neil ther have lot of close followers of the European fighting game. It was only last week that he began te train for the bout.
 So far as advices from Paris go, the intention to hold the bout on Sep tember 10 still endures, so that the Frenchman will have less than 20 days of actual training when he steps into the ring.
 Of course, his film career. which has been engaging all his thoughts in England for the past two months, may have been of that strenuous sort which fits a man for arduous combat. On the other hand, 1t may not. Reports of his activities pie ture him In the small clothes of past centuries, riding horseback, engag- ing in sword contests and In other ways conducting himself as might be expected of a swaggering cavalier of the ancient regime in France.
 A Permanent Arena
 The arena in which the fight will be held Is a new structure which will be permanent. Descamps and Car pentier are stockholders in the sta- dium, whereby 1t may be gathered that the two Frenchmen learned more than they admitted, as result of their sojourns In this country. , Siki for some months has been the sensation of the Parisian boulevards. TT frsk 70 frI rof n such was his predilection for combat that more than once he provided free entertainment for the patrons of cab arets and street pedestrians. His style in the ring Is pronounced by those who have seen him, as amaz- ing, and a fighter who is, not suf- ficiently skilled to avoid his falling fists suffers material damage.
 However, everyone expects that shortly after he starts rampaging against Carpenter he will know nothing until his seconds bring him to and explain in painstaking man ner just what has happened to him.
 After Sil<i, the Dempsey Carpenter bout will begin to loom. But before that, the champion of the world will be called upon to fight in this coun- try The chances are that Bill Bren nan will be his opponent and that the fight will be held in the big arena on Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City. The present hitch in making the match Is due to a difference of opinion between Kearns and Rickard as to the drawing powers of bout of the sort
 They Want to See Jack
 Kearns feels that the crowd will turn out to sae his champion in ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
VALUED HIS SLAVE. MORE THAN WEALTH.
Atlanta Man Gave Lot Now Worth $4OO,oO0 for
 "UncIe Ran"

Atlanta, September 2.-If Thomas 8 Peacock had clung to a piece of At lanta real estate that he swapped years ago for Ran Peacock. negro slave, he would have been worth at least $100,000 before he died But he never regretted it. according to his statement.
 Death now has claimed them both. MT. Peacock died a few years ago. and Uncle Ran" passed away the other day at the age of s3. The property increases in value yearly as Atlanta grows, but it was the best bargain l ever made" was the white mans remark a few years ago when he saw a great office building going up on the lot at Whitehall and Alabama streets, one of the most valuable corners in the city.
 The story behind the trade is that of the affection of the old-time southerner for the slave boy who was his especial playmate. Seventy years ago before Lewis Peacock died, in apportioning out his property he left Ran to hls daughter. Mrs. Thomas Connolly. Young Thomas Peacock, few years later, gave his sister his fourth interest In the Ala bama- Whitehall corner for Ran. who, as a likely young negro, was worth around s1.506. Mrs. Connolly's son now owns the lot and the Connolly building which stands on 1t. Real estate men say the lot Itself Is worth $400,000 or more.
 Peacock said it was the best bar gain he ever made because when he went away to war he left Ran to take care of Mrs. Peacock and the children and 1t was Ran who worked the plantation near Atlanta and for aged for the wife and children of his master, after Sherman's soldiers had burned the city and stripped the countryside of food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
PAINTER BROWNS AT
 BOAT IS OVERTURNED
By Associated Presa

Memphis, September 3.-Edward Alfred, 3S, a painter on the Missis- sippi river towboat Bart Fully, was drowned; Capt. Robert Tate, pilot, badly burned, and 13 men and two negro women were thrown into the water when the boat suddenly cap sized and sank early today about SO miles above Memphis.
 Alfred had jumped into the river and climbed on the overturned hull The superstructure of the boat was torn off and the hull righted itself and then sank, Alfred was caught in the suction and carried down. Those saved made their way to shore by swimming and by grasping pieces of wreckage. Tate was burned when he slid down the side of the pilot house and was thrown against the firebox on the lower deck.
 The steamers Majestic and Levia- than are each 100 feet wide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
10 OTHER W0RKMEN
 BADLY INJURED AS
 BUNK HOUSE BURNS
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so men who were sleeping on the second floor.
 Many of them near windows tum- bled ont on the tracks and those who were uninjured fled. Others, trapped in their hunks, perished.
 The building was set in a network of railroad tracks and fire companies lost time in reaching it. When they finally arrived the oil-soaked floors had fallen In and the sheet iron sides had been twisted into junk pile.
 Depiores Fire
 N P. Goode, chairman of the strik- ing shopmen of the Pennsylvania road, in a statement, deplored the fire and said it could not be charged to the shopmen.
 '',The shop destroyed was under guard, as I understand it." MT. Goode said, and could not be reached ex- cept by someone having free access to the yards. I understand that part of this shop was used for the storage and repair of coach storage batteries which are subject to spontaneous combustion of the acids they con tain. I am willing to stand upon the the record of our membership for the peaceful and orderly manner In which this strike has been conducted and will continue to be conducted to Il successful conclusion."
 Shopmen Questioned
 George w. McCandless, director of public safety, who is cooperating withi agents of the department of justice, announced tonight that two railroad shopmen were questioned in his office at length this afternoon ! q cannot make any announcement Tonight regarding the cause of the fire. but l think I can promise a statement tomorrow" he said.
 Government agents. leaving the of flee of Director Mccandless. said they had nothing to say and intimated that any federal announcement must be made from Washington.
 Pennsylvania railroad officials gave the first casualty list to the Associated Press but had not is- sued any statement regarding the cause of the fire at late hour to- night. The burned area was closely patrolled.
 An eighth charred form. removed from the debris. proved to be a dog The carcass. like the corpses of the victims, was burned to a cnder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
GUARDS REMOVED

Asheville, NC. September 3.--Witf- drawai of all guards around the Southern railway shops and yards here was followed by the return to work tonight of the shift of firemen. switchmen and hostlers who left their jobs last night and caused a paralysis of practically all traffic un- til this morning. The men quit because they claimed the company had failed to carry out an agreement to remove the guards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
EMBARGO ANNOUNCED

Knoxville, September 3.- The Louisville and Nashville railroad to- day announced an embargo on freight from all points to all points on and via. the Southern railway at Knox Vile. The order was issued. Super intendent R. c. Morrison said because of the inability of the Southern to handle shipments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
THE WEATHER
Rx Associnted Press

Washington, September Ala bama, Mississippi and Georgia: Gen erally fair Monday and Tuesday ex- cept for widely scattered thunder showers.
 Tennessee: Partly cloudy and mod erately warmer weather Monday and Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
Carpentier Not Expecting
 Any Trouble With Siki

tion no matter who the opponent may be. Rickard is not so certain. He IS clever snowman, is Rickard, but even if he were mediocre he would probably have no difficulty in recog- nizing that a Dempsey Brennan bout is not likely to prove popular with the public, that is, no forty, fifty or sixty thousand spectators may be ex- pected. Twenty-yes. Thirty? Per haps. It is not difficult to see that kearns' expectations and Richards dope result in two different sets of figures in estimating the probable returns from the fight. This being 80. Dempsey's manager thinks of terms that do not appeal to Rickard at all
 As for the Dempsey-W Wills fight, no one knows what IS cooking there. Except this: Sufficient time for i thirt-anf40 0t t--s sh shrdcmfwcmfetaosh working up public interest to white heat will be allowed Dempsey may be expected at strategic intervals to register what may be accepted by the public as fear of the big negro. Then in due and proper time the two will enter the ring and the stands will bulge with spectators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
Inglenook and Auon- dale Mills Will Re-
 sun,e Series Today

Inglenook and Avondale Mills. champions, respectively, of Class A and Class B divisions of the local City league. will this afternoon re- sume battling for the unofficial anna teur baseball championship of the city.
 In the first game of a double header. to be played at Avondale park this afternoon, these two teams will meet, the game beginning at 2 o'clock.
 In the second game. Avondale Park and Sayreton will meet.
 The third game of the series will be played at Redwood park on Sep tember Is. all funds going to the Anti i-Tuberculosis association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
LOCAL DATA

E. c. HORTON. Observer. Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bureau
 during the 24 hours ending at D. m.. | soth meridian time. September 8. 1922:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04
RURAL sCHoLs OPEN SEPT. II

RURAL sCHoLs OPEN SEPT. Ii
 Jefferson county rural schools will open September II and the institute will be held on September 21 and 22 at the Jefferson County High school All teachers of all the grades are required to attend the institute, which will be in charge of Super intendent R. E. Tidwell of the state department of education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04

What kind of - Is thls7 Draw from 1 to 2 and so on to the end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-04

The steamers Majestic and Levia- than are each 100 feet wide.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
GIRDLETREE NJ. f. CHURCH

Services for Sunday, April 23rd, as
follows.
1000 A. NJ. Sunday School. W. S.
Townsend, Supt.
11.O0 A. NJ. Children's Service.
Ills A. NJ. Preaching.
7.30 p. NJ. Epworth League.
500 2. NJ. Preaching.
GOODWILL.
200 p. NJ. Sunday School. C. w.
Blades, Superintendent.
800 p. NJ. Preaching.
On Friday evening, April 2Sth, the
Ladies' Aid and young people Of Con-
ner's Church will be entertained at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Otho Ayde-
lotte. We are hoping for a large at
tendance.
On Tuesday. May 9th, there will be
a May party on the church grounds at
Conner's, beginning at two o'clock P.
NJ. The ladies of the church will serve
supper at five o'clock for the benefit
of the repair fund. Everybody invited
come and help a worthy cause.
d. B. PRETTYMAN, Pastor.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
Berlin Orchestras Will
Give Joint Musicale

The NJ. +. Church and the Presby-
terian Church, of Berlin, have organ
lied orchestras, and under the teach
ing of Prof. Hopkins have so far adj
vanced, that they will give a joint
musicale in the Globe Theatre. next
Monday night, April oath. They will
be assisted by the Wicomico High
School orchestra. Part will be
given by the Berlin orchestras. and
Part II by the Wicomico orchestra.
The finale will be rendered by all
three. The program includes all kinds
of instrumental and vocal selections,
also readings.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
Meetings To Be Held
For Home And Farm

Talks will be made at series of
meetings given below by Mrs. Marion
c. Bell, District Home Demonstration
Agent of the Extension Department,
a poultry specialist. the County
Agent, Mr.. Oswald, the Home Demon
stration Agent. Miss Walter. and
some of the local leaders:
Showell-School House, Monday,
April Gath. 2.30 p. NJ.
Snow Hill-Thc Deposit g. Savings
Bank, Tuesday, April 25th, 2.30 +. NJ,
Newark School House, Tuesday,
April 25th, 7.30 =. NJ.
Pocomoke Charles Chesser'S,
Thursday, April 9th. 2.3O p. NJ.
st. Martins-Mrs. Willinger's, Fri
day, April 2Sth, 2.30 p NJ
Sinepuxent - Neighborhood Build
ing, Friday, April 2Sth, 7.30 p. NJ.
Pocomoke Carolyn Chesser's,
special meeting for club girls, Satur-
day. April 10Th, go p. NJ.
A large attendance Of men. women
and children is desired at these meet
ings.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22

their posts and although ordered out
of the building, rushed back and re-
sumed their stations at the switch
board
Those on duty were Mrs. Matte
Henderson, chief operator, and Mrs.
Emma Picken, Miss Vadis Prater,
Miss Jessie Slocomb and Miss Fannie.
Slocomb.
The Pocomoke National Bank, loss
estimated at $4,000; the Citizens
National Bank, loss $4,000; clothing
store of Henry w. Callahan, loss $780,
600; the beautiful residence of +. NJ.
Wilson, reputed to be the wealthiest
man in town, loss $4,000; residence
of +. J. Lloyd, loss $4,000; drug
store of Lloyd d Blaine, loss $4,000;
drug store of w. II. Clarke, loss $i5,-
600.
The loss of the Hargis department
stores is estimated at $l50,O00.
Mr. NJ. l.. Veasey, owner of the two
Hargis Department stores had an
architect on the ground the next day
aitef tne Hfe planning an immense
department store on the ground oc-
cupied by the furniture store and
stables. II will be the biggest store
on the Peninsula.
The directors of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank have decided to rebuild
at once.
The Pocomoke City National Bank
will rebuild bigger and better.
Mr.. James B. Robins, of Snow Hill.
was eating dinner at the Parker
House when the alarm of fire was
given. He saw the blaze and it look
ed to him as if few buckets of water
promptly applied would have extin-
guished it, but it spread with such
rapidity before the iremen could get
to it that it was beyond control in a
few minutes.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
Infant Found in a
Grip on a Gate Post

William T.. Thursby and Catherine
ThurSby, the latter who claimed to be
his daughter, have been arrested on
Assateague Island, Virginia, charged
with having left baby girl in a grip
on the gate post of the home of J. A.
Brasure, on Chincoteague Island, Va.
December 7th of last year. Both were
taken to Jail at Accomac Courthouse
to await hearing. Their home is in
Flushington, \. V, it is said.
ThurSby and the woman had been
living on yacht in the waters around
AsSateague, Va, since February, ijZi
and they also own a home on ASA
league. They left Chincoteague and
were gone until December, living sup
poSedly, in Norfolk. 1t is reported
that they returned to Chincoteague
the same night the child was found.
After finding the child last Decem-
Der, Mr.. and Mrs. Brasure took it in
and have given it every attention
since, it is said When found a note
was tied to the suitcase asking the
finder to take care of the child, and
saying that it was the child of a
widow who was unable to provide for
it.
Suit has been instituted against
Thursby, and his yacht and real es-
tate have been attached and are now
in charge of Deputy Sheriff Harry r.
Parker, who made the arrest, after
having followed u number of clues
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
James H. Hickman
Died of Pneumonia

Mr. James Fl. Hickman died at his
home in Cedartown, near Snow Hill,
last Friday, following short illness
of pneumonia. Mr.. Hickman was
seventy-eight years old, and had spent
practically all his life in the neigh
borhood of Cedartown. He Was well
known, and had large number of
friends. He was bailir of the Cir
cult Court Of Worcester County.
Mr.. Hickman is survived by his
wife, who before her marriage, was a
Miss Payne. He is also survived by
three children, Mr.. Eugene Hickman,
OF Cedartown; Mrs. Levin Conner, of
Newark; and Mr.. Lorah II. Hickman,
of Berlin.
Funeral services were held in the
Bowen NJ. +. Church, Newark, Sun
day afternoon, conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. W. +. Goodwin, assisted by
Rev. c. L. Strausburg, of Snow Hill.
The funeral was attended by large
ccncourse of people.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-22
Millions Lost In War
Regained From Sea
Most Successful Expedition Ever Organized Is
Under Control Of British Admiralty
And National Treasury.

London. April l7.-What will prob
ably rank as the most successful sub
marine treasure-seeking expedition
ever inaugurated is now on the point
of leaving Portsmouth dockyard to
resume operations.
This particular venture is managed
by the British Admiralty and the
Treasury jointly, and its business is
to recover the gold bullion which went
to the bottom in the liner LaurentIc
when she was torpedoed in Lough
Swilly during the war.
Already some f4,000,O00 or f5,OOO,-
600 worth of the gold has been sal
vaged. There yet remain f2,OO0O0o
or 81 n00. 900 more of it living at the
bottom of the sea, and the salvage
ship Racer is going out to search for
this balance"
Not Like Old Diving Methods.
Modern methods of submarine
treasure-hunting are very different
from those that used to be in vogue.
II is no longer necessary TO use hand
pumps to furnish divers with air
while they are "below." From the
ships air-compressing plant, which
keeps up 100 pounds pressure, the
divers are fed
As the air goes down to them il
passes through the ordinary hand
pumps. and by the scale on these the
attendants can tell whether the divers
are being correctly supplied. Should
anything go wrong with the auto
matte feed" the manual pumps can
be started up in second.
While he is working under water
the diver keeps in touch with those in
the ship by means of telephone, the
cable of which is also his life line.
Nor does he have TO do the labor
ious tasks which used to fall upon
him. Wreckage is lifted by grab"
dropped down from the ship. Simi-
larly, for clearing away sand or mud,
submerged pumps-a wonderful in
vention-are lowered from the ship
to the wreck and all the diver has TO
do is TO watch them at work.
If pumps cannot be used, the diver
employs in their place hose pipe. A
powerful jet of water Is projected
down this from the ship and the diver
plays his hose on the wreck much
after the fashion in which a fireman
plays hose on burning building.
Can Use Acetylene Flame Under
Water.
So far has invention progressed
that it is now possible for diver to
use naked acetylene flame for cut
ting through wreckage under water
instead of having to hack it away
with hand tools. And if conditions
"below" make il necessary the diver
can even be furnished with electric
lights to work by.
Usually he remains under water
half an hour at stretch. All such
"scrap" as ships plating is hoisted
to the surface by cranes. But "treas-
ure"-for example, gold bullion,
which is cast into short bars--is al
ways lifted in buckets punched full of
holes so that the water can run out.
In addition to air-compressing plant
a powerful alternating current install
lation, a chamber" through which
divers are passed when their blood
has become aerated after long dip"
and various other special "plants," a
salvage ship carries a well-ftted
workshop.