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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-09
FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLAR FIRE

Astoria, Dec. 9 (By the Associated
Press) ).-Firebugs today were blamed
~ officials for the $12,OOO,O0 fire
here yesterday. Local radicals are
suspected. Twenty-four blocks were
burned. Twenty-Five hundred persons
IRE homeless. The ruins are still
Sinouldering today. The relief COM
nitee announced that food and cloth
ing ia needed at once. Portland is
sending a special train with supplies
and soldiers to aid the police as
guards.
Astoria, Ore, Dec. 8 (By the Asso-
ciated Press) The business district
OF Astoria, the oldest city in Ore
gon, is in ruins, two are dead, hun
drsds of persons are homeless and
property losses estimated at $15,OO0,-
,00O was caused by a fire here today.
For ten hours the fire held sway, eat
ing an overwhelming path through
the city until shortly after noon when
dynamite stayed the flames.
Banks, newspaper plants, hotels,
stores, theaters and numerous build
ings housing variety of business
places were destroyed. According to
Fire Chief E. B. Foster, the fire got
out Of control because it burned the
piiing beneath the buildings upon
which the business section of the
city was bull t. He attributed the dis
aster to failure to fill the space be-
meath the piling.
Morris Staples, president of the
Bank Of Commerce, dropped dead of
heart failure while the fire was at
It's height.
The body of c. j. Smith, tran
sient, was found hanging under the
: sidewalk of the water front, but
whether he had ended his life because
Of the fire or for other reasons the
police were unable to determine. He
had spent the night in a cheap lodg-
ing house on the waterfront.
] Thirty blocks were wiped out by
!. tn N4Wes. Many homes in hte older
: ~ Hee di1tfict Were destroyed and
shout 80 families living in an apart
nnsut house were made homeless by
The obstruction Of that building. In
adaafticn TO these many persons occu-
!; ;eyjn9 reems In the destroyed area
NJ tesy X y except ths
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-09

0G016 COmmUuItkoDs sfEsTta '-ys.4s
Sheriff Lipscomb apparently got
word that he could not get through
the human barrier before the county
iail and early tonight the word was
passed around that he had airead!
lodged the negroes in the Perry jail
and that he and his deputies were
|barricaded with them, well prepares
To ward off any attack. The repor
served to divert some, but others hell
steadily their watch on the road an
when the sheriff came into view, the,
we're quick to act. Sheriff Lipscom
and his deputies were powerless
resist the attack.
The boots and yells of the crow
lheralded the two negroes entranc
into town. Although composed
men from many counties, includin
!. some from south Georgia, 1t Is III
lderstood, it's common purpose gay
1.-The mob an organized appearance
|, No time was lost in rushing the n
proes to the scene of the murder.
i Late tonight the mob was we'll
e the way of disintegrating. The pr
e cision with which it acted in dealil
f differently with the two negroes,
Ito the belief that it considered
: vengeance accomplished and tn
e there would be no further disorde
d In the sporadic disorders Of
It past few days, the negro settleme
E. here lost four of its public bui
.e ings, a negro church was burned Il
Is night while a school house, lodge q
n. amusement hall have been destroy
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-09
Twenty Persons
Injured When
Trains Crash

Charleston, Dec. 81. R. Edwards,
of Sumter, died ip local hospital
several hours after the wreck. The
hospital officials said 18 others were
injured seriously enough for tfeat-
ment. including w. A. Williams o.
Florence. G 81.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-09

Miss Ruby Hendry, 1ett ihe
police said the mob disperseS quietly.
Perry, Fla, Dec. Echarlie
Wright. negro accused of tAs murder
Of Miss Ruby Hendry, youpg school
teacher. was taken from Y Re sheriff
and burned at the stake atsthe scene
of the crime early tonight sy q mob
estimated at several thousafd d men.
The negro, along witt Albert
Young, negro, was taken from the
sheriff and his party as they returned
to Perry to lodge the two men in jail.
Wright had been arrested Sat Madi-
son, Fla, early in the day sw Young
was taken at Kinderlou, ga. Cap
ture of the two negroes carAe after a
six day search in which huhdreds Of
men from Florida and Georgia coun-
ties had participated at one time or
another.
Both negroes were taken 70 '. small
stream, a few hundred yaros outside
the town, where last Saturday after
noon the young woman's body was
found by a passing train crew. Both
negroes were given an audience and
Wright is said to have exonerated
Young as the second negro who way
laid the young woman. he COM
mitted the murder, he is said to have
confessed, while another negro rob-
bed her. He did not name the other
negro but said it was not Young.
Following Wright's talk,st the mob
proceeded to strap him tosa stake
Pine wood and grass were placed at
his feet and the work thensset afire
His body was burned to a. crisp.
Young was turned back 70 the au,
thorities and tonight is in the county
Jail. No other disorder Wss attempt
ed. The mob which began TO strean
into Perry throughout the day begar
to break up.
Throughout the day parties of an
CRY men had maintaipsd vigil q
She road leading ft<Gn 70 Madi
| tpSs a'wajting he $ \ We sher z
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-09
COAL COMMISSION
TO MEET SOON

Washington, Dec. Stalking cog
,lizance of conditions which indicae
the possibility of another national
coal strike in the bituminous mines
after April |, the United States Coal
commission today announced that
rune operators and miners union Of
ficials concerned would be invited to
meet with it in Washington next
week.
The session would mark the begin
ming of an ecdeavor to procure mu-
tual concessions in the interests Of
the common good" the announcement
said, and was necessary because Of
"grave danger that another paralysis
of the business OF the country" is i'm
pending. Action by the commission
followed the adjournment this week
Of joint committee of mine opera
tors and union officials, which met at
Chicago but failed to achieve sat
isfactory preliminary arrangement
for wage negotiations which would
assure continuance of operations af-
ter April.
Representatives of the United Mine
Workers of American in Washington
were later informed that John L.
Lewis, its president, would not be able
to respond to the commissions invita-
ton before Thursday. 1t is expected
that conferences on the subject will
be taken up then, and that the COM
mission will proceed to executive con-
sideration of the situation.
| Wage agreements, which now fix
pay scales and working conditions in
tn unionized coal fields, were made AT
Cleveland las summer and run only
to April 1, but contain paragraph
providing for joint committee meet
ings of the bituminous employers anc
the union to consider terms of wage
contract which might run after thai
date. The committee created included
for the employers Phil Penna, repre-
senting Indiana operators; T. H. Wat
kins for central Pennsylvania; H. N
Taylor for Southwestern operator
and others, while Mr.. Lewis, Phili
Murray, vice president of the unior
, and William Green, its secretary, rep
Lsesented the men.
.9 After several sessions the employ
4 }Eers' seontinGeit brou&ht farward
3 prQpQael fpr Nsxe ncalsa tc p Z fs s
4 m j
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-09
FLORIDA MOB
BURNS NEGRO

Perry, Fla, Dec. 9.-fry was
peaceful today following tn burning
at the stake during the nigh VI Char
lie Wright, negro, by mPb OF sew
eral thousand men. He va alleged
to have confessed to the laying of
Miss Ruby Hendry, a teacher. The
police said the mob disperssS quietly.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Democrats Give
Place To Women
Newark Well Represented at
Convention Held in
Wilmington

Mayor Frazer, ]. Pearce Cam, and
Homer Vansant, of Newark, and Paul
Murray, Harry Marshall and w. Trux-
ton Boyce, of Christiana, represent
ed White Clay Creek Hundred at the
Democratic County Committee con-
vention held in Wilmington last Sat-
urday afternoon.
Those present at the convention am
ended two of the rules. By these
changes the County Committee will
be composed of one man and woman
from each of the election districts
outside the city of Wilmington.
The time for the election of the
County Committee was changed from
the last Saturday in October of the
year to the first Saturday in March
Of the year of the general election.
The present county committee was
empowered to call special election
to be held within three weeks to elect
the members of the new county COM
mittee in the several election districts
Harry Smith, Charles F. Curley and
Frank F. Yearsley were appointed a
committee to codify the new rules as
adopted at the convention.
Newark post., 1922-04-12

letters. At the close of every month,
bills and announcements are deposited
in the postoffice by the hundreds.
Very few of these have any address
on them other than the words Local
or Newark" The saying is 80,
they'll know him at the postoffice." "
Here, however, it is the fault of the
individual rather than the firm. When
you do business with our local mer-
chants, hardware dealers, coal deal
ers, grocers, butchers, baker, dentists,
physicians, bankers, ETC., use your
complete address,.
The U. S. Postoffice Department is
scheduled to have a "Rally Week.
commencing May 1; but there is no
better time for Newark's townspeople
to start having their mail properly
directed than on Newark's own
Booster Day.
(This letter is not intended as a
general complaint, but more as a note
of information for those who have
hitherto had the wrong conception of
mail and it's distribution.)
Very truly yours,
G. Bond Brown.
Newark post., 1922-04-12

John Richards, William Wollaston,
R, Gilpin Buckingham, Riley and Son,
and Major and Son. The coffee was
donated by G. B. Dean and the lettuce
bv Alfred C. Stiltz. One hundred
rolls were donated by Fader's bakery.
Otner provision in the way OF oils,
olives, sugar, ETC., were donated by
Ernest Frazer, John R. Fulton, the
American Stores and William Wollas-
ton. The department of Home Econ
omics of the High School prepared
the salad.
The New Century Club donated
the use of the building and equipment
and all members contributed loyalty
The supper was in charge of the edu-
cational committee of the New Gen.
/ tury Club.
The amount cleared, S125, is to be
used for reference books and needed
equipment for the schools.
We wish to thank all those who
helped in any way. We feel that
much of the success of the benefit
was due to the cooperation of the
High School Alumni Association and
the Parent-Teacher organization.
Let us all boost for new school,
building for Newark.
The Committee
Newark post., 1922-04-12
PASSOVER BEGINS
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Passover, the Jewish festival of
liberation, begins Wednesday night.
In every Jewish household matzoth
will be eaten. In some households
no leaven of any character will be
eaten during the days in which the
Passover is observed.
Seder night, the opening evening,
will be celebrated in homes with a
special Seder dinner and service at
which the events in Exodus are re-
called in quaint songs and stories.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
To the Editor:


The community is to be congratu-
lated on the splendid response given
the public school benefit on Thursday
March 3Oth.
To those who feel there is lack of
cooperation in Newark we must say
if they had been at the supper on the
above date and had seen the spirit of
"get together" exhibited, they would
have felt brighter day was dawn
ing for our town.
Certainly the committee in charge
had no reason to complain. From the
business men down through the vari-
Gus organizations, to the parents and
the smallest pupil there was a de-
lightful response.
The following contributed literally
with mony: Edward L. Richards
Everett c. Johnson, Frank Wilson
Miss Elinor Harter, Mrs. J. Pearce
Cam, Mrs. Ernest Wright, Mrs. c.
A. Short, Mrs. Earl Dougherty, Eben
Frazer and Miss Catherine Bernard
The following merchants contribut-
ed hams: c. B. Dean, George Law
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Peoples Column
The Editor,
NeyNark Post,

Newark is undergoing gradual
change for the better. We have re-
Gently organized that most needed
Chamber of Commerce. There is a
local building boom, one which is not
only keeping Newark's contractors
busy but which is also calling in out
side builders. We hope to have our
streets improved before long CD and
we are soon to have a new high school
building 60. In fact, we are grow
ing more and more like a city every
day. But there is one respect in
which Newark is yet mere village.
I refer to the manner in which people
have their mail directed. A surprising
majority continue to use just "New-
ark, DEL, for their address. Can you
imagine mailing letter to Philadel-
phia with no address other than the
name of the city and state?
People outside of the postoffice
little ralize what trouble they cause
and how they indirectly delay the de-
livery of their neighbor's mail as we'll
as their own by failing to use their
complete addresses. We have five
people by the name of VIM. Smith
who get their mail at the local post
office; by the name of Louis Thomp-
son, 8 VIM. Wilson, 3 Frank Smith,
Beatrice Moore, Anna Armstrong,
2 Bertha Smith, Willard Wilson,
2 Robt. Jones, J. w. Ewing, 2 Geo.
Murray, 2 Mary Moore, 2 Edna
Gregg, 2 Samuel Lane, Margaret
Kennedy, 2 Annie Slack, and VIM.
Gregg.
1t frequently becomes necessary
for letter to pass about the office
from one clerk to another and from
one carrier to another until it finally
reaches some one who ''happens to
know" the party in question. Even if
your name is Simpson Sapowitz, and
you are the only person by that name
in the State of Delaware, you can
still help to quicken and improve the
service rendered by the local office, if
you will have your mail properly
directed.
There are four ways in which you
may have your mail directed, ex-
amples of which are as follows:
1) 125 West Main Street.
(2) R. F. D. No. 8.
(3) P. o. Box 425.
(4) General Delivery (meaning
that you will call at the P. O.
window for your mail.)
If letter is properly addressed, it
then becomes unnecessary, in the ma
Jority of cases, for the postal employe
to try to decipher and differenciate
between queer looking initials and
lllegibie names on letters; he needs
only to glance at the address, regard
less Of the name, and distribute it
accordingly. People living on Depot
Road welsh Lane) beyond the town
limits should have their mail directed
sns1ral Delivery instead of South COL
lege Avenue,
Following is an example of a
woman who has the wrong idea about
mail: Mrs. Brown makes a purchase
in Lippincott's store in Wilmington,
and tells the saleslady to mail it to
her at Newark, Del.
Saleslady: "What is your address
in Newark, Mrs. Brown?"
Mrs. B.: 30, everybody knows me
in Newark, you don't need my ad-
dress. Good day."
And perhaps her mail is belated
Why? The next time your write to
John and Mary, or send an order to
Sears, Roebuck G. Co., or mail check
to the Diamond State Telephone Co..
inclose your complete address.
Again, there is the matter of local
Newark post., 1922-04-12
LAST RECITAL

The last number of the Artist Series
was held in Walt Hall on Saturday
night, with Miss Sydney Thompson
appearing in original plays and old
ballads. There was a good attendance
and the number was one of the best
of the Series.
Newark post., 1922-04-12

Now is the
Time to Build
So
~
Not since the outbreak ofthe war has build
ING conditions been so favorable as right now
Prices of material are at the low mark and will
probably advance instead of decline. At least
this is the opinion of national observers. Labor
is easy to get and prices reasonable.
Get your plans outlined and let me 90 over
them with you | can save you money by sug-
geStlOn here and there But Will not interfere
with your ideas. 1t must be your house - not
mine.
That is the secret of what success | have had
The who lives in the house is the one to sat-
isfy-not the contractor.
Don't build picture house - build your
own. Let be part of your own personality
50 ~
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FOR CHlLD'S BOWELS

Even a sick child loves the "fruity"
taste of california Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or if your child
Is listless, cross, feverish, full Of cold,
or has collie, teaspoonful will never
fail to open the bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly it works all the constipA-
ton poison, sorr bile and waste from
the tender, little bow els and gives you
a well, playful child again.
Millions Of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine
california Fig Syrup" which has d.
rections for babies and children Of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother! You
must say California" or you may get
an imitation fig syrup.-Advertisement.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con.
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head.
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita.
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR.
kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidney. proved to be Just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see what
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder medicine, will do for them. BY
enclosing ten cents to DR.. Kilmer L Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, you may receive sam
pie size bottle by Parcel Post. You can
purchase medium and large size bottles at
all drag stores:-Advertisemen
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
FALL PIGS ARE PROFITABLE
Feed Sow sparineIy at Fret, but Bring
to Full Portion in Ten Days-
Give Exercise,

prepared BY the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Two filters Of pigs year from one
SOW is usually practicable, and adds
materially to the success Of the farm
project, the United States Department
OF Agriculture has demonstrated.
Spring pigs should be narrowed early
In March in order to finish for market
In the early winter. Fall pigs usually
are timed to arrive in September,
which gives them chance to get we'll
started before cold weather arrives.
After narrowing and before placing
the pigs with the SOW to nurse, cut
out the eight small tusklike teeth at
the sides Of the mouth. These are
very sharp and might tear the sow's
udder or cause pigs to hurt each other
at nursing time. They can be broken
with bone forceps, wire nippers, or a
knife, but should never be pulled out.
AS rule the SOW should not be
Ted for the first "a hours after far
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
GIVE BROOD SOW VARIETY
Amount Of Exercise viii Get
the Best ResuIts,

The brood SOW needs q variety In
her food and exercise. In expert
nents conducted at the North Dakota
Agricultural college under the direc-
ton Of Professor Shepperd 1t was
found that sows will readily eat alfalfa
hay, and that when this Is fed with q
mixture Of about half barley and half
shorts at the rate of ~ pounds daily
for 2OO-pound SOW. splendid results
have been secured. Equal parts Of
barley. oats and bran or shorts also
makes a very good feed. Exercise Is
also very important. It was found
that the best way to give the grain
feed was to sweep the floor cleaL and
scatter the grain on 1t. This results
In the sows spending hours on their
feet getting their feed. Observations
indicate that sows fed variety Of
foods and given plenty Of exercise are
not likely to produce hairless pigs.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01

rowing. but should be given a liberal
drink Of water. II the weather In
cold the water should be slightly
warmed. A thin slop Of bran and mid
dlings may be given If she shows &C
tual signs Of hunger. The feeding
for the first three or four days should
be light and the time consumed in
getting the SOW on full feed should
be from week to ten days.
1t Is Of the greatest Importance in
raising pigs for the market that they
gain weight as rapidly as possible.
The first opportunity to force the pigs
comes when they are a few weeks
old. Up to this time they have been
living solely on their dams milk, for
which no perfect substitute has been
found. After about three weeks tho
young pigs begin to develop an appe-
tite for some accessory feed to sup
plement the sow's milk, and they
should be given some additional food
The pigs Will eat from the sow's
trough, but 1t is better that a pen or
creep" be arranged adjoining that Of
the SOW, allowing the pigs to have &C
cess to a self-feeder In which shelled
corn alone Is fed for q couple Of
weeks and afterwards shorts or wheat
middlings
Pigs should be castrated while they
are young. preferably when six to eight
weeks old, and before weaving. De
tailed information on this subject is
given in Farmers Bulletin 7SO, which
may be had on application to the d.
vision Of Publications, Department of
Agriculture.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
Ole
OR1OLE

stances, Herbert wos ono
guests; and. though rather at d,s
advantage so far as the ~onversot,on
was concerned, not tronrled nv t,o
''a''d'caP. The reason ne was a. q
conversational disadvantage wac
CLOSELY connected with tho urrs,,aI
supply Of refreshments: Uncle Josenb
ana Aunt Carrie had foreseen tho
coming of several more Atwaters thon
usual, to talk over the new affairs of
their beautiful r-:stiye Ju,ia Go,
dom have any relatiye's new affairs
oeeh more thoroughly talked over than
were Julia's that evening though all
'he tiine by means of various symbols
since, II was thought wiser that Her
bert and Florence should not VET no
told OF Julia's engagement, and Flor.
ence's parents We're not present to
confess their indscretion, julia was
rererred to as 1.-The traveller" and other
makeshlfts were employed with the
most Knowing caution; and all the
Whlie Florence merely ate inscrutably.
The more sincere Herbert was as
placid; such foods were enough for
him.
swell, all say is, the traveller bet.
ter enjoy herself on her travels" said
Aunt Fanny finally, as the subject
appeared to be wearing toward ex.
hausticn. "She certainly is In for If
when the vOyaTng Is over and she
arrives In the port she sailed from.
and has to show her papers. I agree
with the rest Of you; she'll have a
great deal to answer for, and most
Of ell about the shortest one. NV
own opinion is that the shortest one is
going to burst like a balloon"
"The shortest one" as the demure
Florence had understood from the
first, was her Ideal-none other than
Noble Dill. Now she looked up from
the stool where she sat with her back
against plaster of the mantelpiece.
Uncle Joseph she said-T was just
thinking. What Is persons reason?'
The fat gentleman, rosy with fire
light and cider, finished his fifth glass
before responding. well, there are
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
PROFIT IN FEEDING STEERS
Excellent Authority Asserts II Can 30
Done This Winter-Hisher
Prices Next Spring.

That steers can be fed at profit
this winter is the belief of H. II. XIX
dee Of Iowa State college, formerly
chief Of the dairy husbandry division,
Minnesota College Of Agriculture.
There are so per cent less cattle in
Iowa feed lots, ne says, than a year
ago. Since fewer farmers are feedins
he believes that meat prices are bound
to he higher in the spring. After re.
marking that feeding is the surest way
to get the greatest margin out Of the
grain crop. he gives this assurance:
There Is no reason for anxiety at
this time over the feeder question.
since cattle purchased now will come
ont Ill right"