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NEWSM?M
CITADEL
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Outline of Strident Activities
of S. C M. A.
?"Charleston, Oct. 17.?The Young
Zf?^^rt^ of The
Citadel is beginning, the year 'very
;^ creditably. The weekly religious
f meetings"are" well attended and the
sgrong speakers jatf these meetings
are' making impressions upon the
:Vioadets that' will not soon be Sor
^ gotten. The Literary Society hall
. where the meetings are held are
v^Sjled to capacity nearly every.Sun
X #B35;night ajttd the interest is at a
i high pitch.
V-X'The recreation room provided by
the Y. M. C. A. with Victrola. niag
ariRes, papery games, etc, -is^ the
j venter of social interest m ;bar>
racks. The room is nearly, always,
full of cadets who, regard, it ..as a
very wholesome place to spend
their" leisure moments., Although
.9'the-'room, is, not yet as complete
ly furnished as we hope to have It,
if is. proving very helpful indeed..
* . Plans are now on foot for. ibe
beginning, hi a few days, of some
interesting Bible study conducted
by the association; for the benefit*^
? the y-?ung men. The work will be
ejptirely voluntary ; but a large at
.tehdance is expected and good re*.
sttlfVw^Lfc^W .
pf&o small but earnest groups .'of
c^ets ^ are . already meeting" every
morning immediately after reveille"
fojr^ a brief moment of prayer ber
fere. beginning the day. These
* roor.mpg watch groups-havemreunt
? 'great "deal to them in the past
and they feel that: the meetings,
are a part of ^their Jdaily scheJ
- tUe..
Chapel sen-ice is how being held
on Sunday morpmg in. the college
chapel instead of breaking up the
con>se into . groups - and sending
them" down town to . the churches
f^r seiviee. The cadets, hdwever,
* are pennirted to attend service'm
t oewn" if they wjshv as the chapel
hour is early enough. The Sunday
morning chapel-service' Is provuiy to
- he a very good plan,' although it has
only'been tried out once, -
\'*On^taeJ^Hole' the work of the
Ydurig XIen's Christian -Assoeiaficiin
very promisihg and. we are look*
-fpi-ward to a year of marked
ra?gious activity.
The regular-.work of the two
? literary' societies at, the Citadel
has- begun. Each, society has held
iiS; election . ;aml the following
have vbeen appointed, to serve ?s
aMcej^ tor th? first term: O/ the'
" Polytechnic Society^ Cadet Brad1?
fojrd" ?s president,^ Cadet- ;Byrd .^j
Xicp ltre^ident, Cadet FuKer, fcfe:
<iitic. and Cadet Davis, . J., as ?eei
r^ary. Of the Cal I eopea n '? Society,
Xcyon as- president. Cadet
Merchant" as Vke President.
??ofe> E\, as critic, and
etchings ?s secretary/-'.
trader the auspices of iW.lirersicy,
? safety are held each. year, decla
mation contests/ ami idtei^ilegiftte;
debates, ahi? tl^Otadel sends,e?&{.;
year a cadet . to represent the
school in the state oratorical ccm
'imi "..?"'
Of special interest this year$?
connoction with the work of- the
.iiterary societies is the English"!
elective course ia public speaking.]
This course should prove -of in-^
e^imable value ra sthm^atingr hx-"
tercst.l? the-work of the literary:
idles and ;n making the Qual-'j
of work superior to that of any !
previous year. - j
Playing *?rith only two of kst]
year's letter men, the Citadel j
* managed to, best the heavy ma- j
rines from Parris Island last Sat-j
snrday. by a 14, to 6 victory in the!
first "game of the* season. It was]
*a typical opening football gamejl
wkh much fumbling and slowness I
of play.' In fact there was notb>"\
lugthraiing and the exhibition was]
decidedly ragged. The game was]
played under a mid-summer sup
.which probably accounted for the!
lack ef drive ?0 characteristic df]
thV bull dog teams of pa^ ?ea
s'm< ;T^to grccp material*'whtie
j.tromisfng. needs much drilling' and,
"will certainly Vceeivt; addr?k>nal
werk before the " more important
games: are entered.
Capt. .Cram Hug fe not with tfcdjj
siua? this ycer a?d it will be e a*d
ta fill his vlxce acceptably. ' Pete*''
White, who far:??r?y playcp* ?n the]
Chester "HThas been elect-j
ed captain and iycs his team welli
-from the -position of uuarcer-'o^ck;;
However, with the return o<" Bob!
JLee to an cad position, the Unc.i
receives much uecdeU ttreagth as!
fee' is a great defensive piay er.:
"'X'einbcrg has bcei. shifted ro the
' b&ek?eid and piay;- there well. Jk?-"
Trig an especially good brokenfteUl !
runner. Fuller is possibly the,
ladest driving back poss'ersed by t
the cadets. CovingtP?- McDowell;;
"White, - and Holmes round upt & j
itjackfield that is expected to givej
the, "'Put-pie HwTlck'ne*** consider
able trouble at the Florence Fair,
October 19fh. The Blue and White
can i-Iways be expected to upset'tlrc
dope and hand: out >ufprises as'
they ba-ve so often done in previous^
years, and with Coach Carl Krause
a?' their leader they are assured
that this year will be uo excep
tion-' < "*'?*?? fy
i Ubforttmatcb'. Coach Frause" is
at present a victiarof the Dengue
fever: and George Rogers, the
arble Tine-coach, is "just recovering
'from the same malady. However,
three full -teams are chasing the
pigskin every afternoon?? and will
do doubr. be primed when the
time comes to take on their Baptist
friends-. -
Although the Freshmen lost to.
the Terrier pups of Wofford on
Saturday by a. lone touchdown, they
returned to camp with renewed
zeal, and a much wiser lot. The
'scpistd has some very promising
material and shows signs ^of de
veloping rapidly into a formidable
aggregation under the tutelage of
Ucut. ilcQuarrie. a former 'Vest
.Point stai\ and an AH-American
baek?eld man. The young "BuH
pSpsi*'* are daily" learning hew
tricks and are. expected to develop
to a high degree that Bull Dog
.tenacity. They play the "Hussars"
nest week in Savannah.
i . "Cheap- Cotton."
if Manufacturers Record
Randall X. Durfee! a New Eng
land spinner and a: prominent mem-1
ber of the NatFonal Cotton Manu-i
?acturers' Association,. has written j
aln article for the Xew York Jour- j
nal of Commerce almost every j
paragraph of which begins with the ,
dictum "cotton should be cheap." '
It should be cheap, says Mr. Dur
fee. because it is a prime necessity,
because it furnishes clothing , for j
i the poor man. because millions ofj
I workers are dependent on it for a j
livelihood, beauso "only in times of I
; cheap cotton does the ruanufac- j
tujer secure a reasonable. profit, on !
the eapits.l invested/' etc Wc ought
to strive to produec cotton ?s cheap- !
ly. as possible, says Mr. Durfee. in - j
stead of curtailing production. He i
thinks that, the cotton-producing j
Sections are capable of producing j
large enough -crops to make cotton j
cheap. As these arguments, how- (
ever, appear by themselves to be a |
^little.too-"raw," it should be stated!
.that Mr. Durfee also contends that'
"by cheap cotton is net. meant. a j
price which does not show a profit j
to the . producer.. All ; interests!
handling cotton arc. entitled to a j
reasonable pro?:.. but the producer I
is not entitled to charge 20 cents j
for,cotton costing 10 cents any' more}
thah the manufacturer is entitled'
to charge s i. for .the finished, cloth \
cosltng '50 cents." ..
Perhaps Mr. Durfee thinks ..cot- !
ton labor is inefficient and . un- j
progressive.;' It is. Five-cent cot- i
ton had a way of closing schools, |
dressing- labor in .rags.'.housing it
"in" hovel's, and prohibiting the con
struction of churches! It made the
slavery of pre-?incoin days appear
: lh comparison as some sort of h.cav- j
en. It .degraded even the ncgro.i
it. swelled the death lists!, apotheo-]
sized ignorance, pauperized whole!
Actions. Before the Civil War there \
i^ad.be^n negro slavery in the "south.
Alter the civil war, the cheap cot
ton^advocjates uiiderto(jk a new en
slavement of the whole south, white
and black. .
. There .is and can lie no .such
" thing as '.cotton' production at ten
encts the pound, under boll wee
vil' conditions, and hobddy knows ft
better than does. Mr. Durfee. And
hobody -knows better thah. he does
that'if production of cotton at ten!
cents the p^ound weie possible - it
would be possible only by* sweating;
blood out of American citizens and.
j?ffto?. them in return not even a
proper food supply. Mr. Durfee
knows that,, or ought to know, it,
!Xay, morei; he knows that a price
at twenty cents for cotton, now, is
an" infamous price^h?yoc-making.'
T^. def end It is equivalent to de-,
landing the march of an inyadlug
?rroy . th'rouslij the south. ^:sprea'l
in^ ae^ru^ibn-?t every! turn.. " :
' "The; pjraintenance '.pif American
dorn i ha nee ?' in cot toil p roduction,
is desirable. highly desirable,
provided profit also is
?tW^a?^v^;^U: not otherwise. i
Philanthropy is .carried to an ex
treme if the southern farmer is to'
go on indefinitely producing cotton
at a loss. ' Xohe more than the
farmer laments the ? necessity for
acreage reduction. -but Mr. - Durfee
knows, or ought to know,. that the
only way in which the boil weevil
can be fought at all successfully
is- by intensive, cultivation, and in
tensive cultivation requires sconcen
tration of available labor oh small
er, not la!rg>r, "acreage. Doubling;
the acreage might actually reduce
the size of the total crop.
Xo cotton is cheap that degrades j
millions. Xo cotton is cheap that isj
paid for "by* the misery aftd ignor-1
dhce of blacks and whites. Xo cot- |
ton. is ctiteap jthat reduces whole j
populations to the condition o? In- j
dian serfs. But if Mr! Dnrfee and j
hi sas&ociatcs, so intent on profits |
for themselves, would Work for cot-j
ton prices that carried with them;
sfcihethrng, like a . living wage for
ttie producers, out of the prosper
ity resulting the South unduestion- '
abljr, we think, might through ed
ucational processes, feet?, gradually
achieve a gy*ea'tcr efficiency'1! which
would crrespondirigfy reduce pro
duction cp3ts; "Distress * cotton,"
however/ is not a national asset; j
it is a national liability.
It is true that foreigners are thak- j
ing stupendous efforts to cf^tabllsh;
cotton production In their own'
colonies. Maybe .Mr. Durfee has!
noted that they are "doing it'byj
guaranteeing prices, which is thej
equivalent of guaranteeing profits.;
They are not worried so much about!
price as they are about supply, dfj
more produetibo iis what Mr. Dur-j
fee V/ahts. he may be able to getf
it 'by guaranteeing prices also. We j
do not doubt that hundreds of|
ylariters would be quite willing to|
contract to. produce cotton for him
at cost plus a reasonable profit. The
trouble with many men of Mr. Dur
fee's type, however, is not fhraj
they want cotton at ^. fair price
but .that they want cotton at an un
fair price. They want it at less
thrj-.i cts.-. - Indeed, a little less sel
fishness an3 a little more con
science would be good for more]
than one depre'-ser of cotton prices.]
Moral responsibility! The boll j
weevil may be. as some negro<?xj
think, a visitation from the Al-j
mighty in protest against the boh- j
ditidnSunder which cotton has been!
produced. j
The development of "die eo-op<r
atiye selling plan :u the south is!
'so' rapid that many look forward\
to the time when the price will be]
I fixed ?s absolutely, year by year, as;
is the price of steel. Cotton then
j will be "cheap." It will be "chvap" |
; in' the seri^e that it wfli.be sold for
?actual cost of produciton. phts a:
reasonable profit. Rut the kind of!
cheap cotton Mr. Duriee seems toi
vision wilt, we tn>st. never nerain bei
seen in the CpiteS Stares.
This is a small world but there is
j ryom for more big" men.
I-.
' ' CharKe ChaplinN et-wife is'
broke, but she ought to land a good i
[job handling pies.
:N0 DECISION? ;
IN LIQUOR CASE
Judge Hand: Reserved Deci
j sion on Application of For
, eign St eamship Lines
I v FprStay
New York.. Oct. 17 (By the As
laocfated' Press).--federal Judge
! Learned Hand today reserved de
j eision' on applications by 'American I
and foreign owned steamship line." i
to make permanent the stay re
I straining government officials from !
; put ting into effect the Daugherty
! ruling that vessels mast not carry
[hVuor inside the three mile line, |
even under 'seal, when touching at
American ports.
Meanwhile. Judge Hand extend
ed the stay he had granted last
week until he should reach a de-i
cision. This' decision, he indicat- j
ed, probably, would be rendered
!before October 21.. the latest date 1
! on which the Daugherty ruling has i
been ordered into effect. Exten- j
siori.of the stay affects both Amer
ican and "foreign lines. |
Judge-Hand made known his in-j
teiition after listening to all day;
arguments presented by a large
array of counsel representing ten
of the most important trans-Atlan
tic steamship', companies, and ?
number of attorneys representing
Secretary of the Treasury Meliuu
and the federal prohibition en
forcement headquarters. The con-!
tinuation of the stay, he made clear!
would hold, even if he failed to'
announce his decision on the in-1
junction before October 21.
The foreign lines affected by the!
extension of the temporary stay j
were the Ounard. Anchor. White
Star, French, International Nav
igation, Hoi land-America. Scandi- |
!navian-American and Royal Mail
Steam Packet. The American
Line of the International Mer- ,
cantile Marine and the United
American Line.
The stays were original in the
:eases* 7 of the ' Holland-America.
Scandinavian-American and Royal
Mail Lines, which though ungrant
?od "the original stay, declared
through counsel that they had
cases identical with those, of the
Other-foreign lines.
Judge Hand announced he would
receive briefs and papers tomor- j
row and that he would attempt
to make a decision as soon as pos-:
sible so that the case might quickly
be brought to the United States
supreme court. The stay, he said.!
would be valid until the entry j
of the order on the motion for a
judgment.
United States' District Attorney'
Hayward objected to a motion;
made by counsel of the foreign!
lines for granting" of a tempor
al stay until ? decision by the
supreme court In denying the
contention bt his opponents that
serious damage to the steamship
lines would be caused by the en- j
frcement of the Daugherty ruling j
before a final supreme . decision,]
he said the government* had been:
very courteous in the . matter and'
had gone to great lengths to j
avoid embarrassment to the shipj
owners.
'He also declared that he diu not'j
know the intentions of the treas-!
ury department which he repre- j
sented and of the -government and i
accordingly could not but object to!
the motion for an'Indefinite stay, j
BELIEVES m I
OBEDIENCE I
TO THE LAW
\ ?-?, -? ? - i
Local Chiropractor Commends
Action of Gov; Harvey in j
Love Case
The following correspondence |
between Gov. Harvey and Dr. A. ;
D. Plowdcn in reference to the j
Love case will be of interest to j
those who have followed that j
recently discussed case:
?:? . !
Gbv. Harvey. Columbia. S. C.
Dear Gov. Harvey: Allow me to I
express my approval of the stand;
you have taken in the case of Dr.;
R. Lyman Love of Charleston, and I
of your advice, to him to secure a J
license to practice Chiropractic.
You may possibly recall that j
?ast >var when I went before the j
State Medical Board for examina- ?
tion. 1 was the. only Palmer School j
graduate in the state that had ;
done so.-a.nd as a consequence, be-}
came the^object of severe criticism
by some of the other-members, Dr. i
Love among the number.
? That we sbonld have Cbiro-j
practic examining; board in South j
Carolina like they have in Other
states, is agreed upon by all who i
have given the matter sufficient
study, but how to get that is!
where the difference of opinion!
comes in.
It was my idea to comply with
the present law. and get Chiroprac
tic well known in the state, then
work for a better law.
Your stand in the matter, and
the 'recent developments in the
state -go to substantiate that po
sition. *
I thank you. and beg to remain, I
Very sincerely.
A. D. Plowdcn. D. C. Ph. C. i
Sumter. October 16, 11*22.
Dr. A. D. Piowden. Stimter. S. C.1
Dear Sir: Your letter of thfi
16th at hand and I thank you for:
the same. I am ouite sure that
Dir. Iiove can make a much more
effective fight for his cause outsid< |
Of the penitentiary than he could
inside. If he did zo in. the htr<
days wonder would have been for
gotten by now. Besides that, the
legislators would have made eai>
itai of a man who defied tin* exist
ing laws and refused to obey lav. s
until they were made to his liking.
Thanking you again for your
Kind words. I am.
yours very truly.
W. O. Harvey.
Governor.
Columbia. October IS.
I ' dues in '^e^m^er^.therEe>\ Ed;
RemhardtlBillls>*his; choirSeaa'er, $
(above), d^ughlerybf:the?siaih worn*
action that has uncovered -fresh <?
Mr.' I>abbs Writes.; T>om Tryori.
Tryon. X.\C. Oct. ? 3 6.?For sis
weeks I. was: kept>bu.sy: athonie in
Salem. Black River. Thursday,
the 12th, came back to Tryon to
I close up the home for the '.Vinter,
[and take the family to South Car
! olina. On my -way up via Union
i stopped a few minutes at Glenn
! Springs. Just to see what sort of
! a place my friends from Sumter
I have been coming to for the past
many years. I was agreeably sur
prised to find a pretty little settle
ment of nice homes as well as a big
hotel. From about Glenn Springs
to Tryon the c?tton shows so lit
tle boll weevil damage that it made
me wish for au up-country farm.
iThe postmaster at Tryoh told.' me
i that on his farm in southeastern
[part of Polk county the weevils
jhavc cut his ctbp one-third.' I
?have seen only one field of cotton
this side of Spartan burg that I
thought was cut so much . as a
third.
I spent -Wednesday .'night with.
.Col. Alan Johnstone m dewberry.
He told-me that county is cut"t.>
[less than 1-1 of a ' crop. ' All
[through that county and Union ;I
saw more people picking pea.s Qii-Ji
.cotton. Thi.s side of Spartanb?iiv
ail were picking cotton and some
[fields are still white with cotton.
[Nearly all the fields doited with
I piles of cotton where .each day ;
I picking is heaped, I suppose until
! they haul to a .gin. Much cotton
[was going to the markets up this
[way. Twenty-two ceuts.
Friday we drove to Spur?anbury
jto shop and having the time, went
'on south ro the South Carolina
;school for the deaf and blind. JV>
fwere there at ihe noon: hour and
saw the kitchens, dining rooms and
the students at dinner. It is a won
derful work . the" state is doing
there. Three generations of Walk
ers have been superintendents'
C?l. Walker, the second superin
tendent, is sort of on the retired
list, but has some general super
vision. His son, the active super
intendent. is au enthusiast over
the work, and made our hour a
very interesting one. We asked toj
see and meet the Misses DuBose
from Sardinia. They are very:
bright girls and seemed to appre- i
date our asking for them. j
Mr. Walker says it takes five,
years to get a deaf mute to the |
place where a blind child starts j
in its education. One of the blind
students from this, institute if a
junior at the University at Colnm-j
bin. arid' is leading "his ; classes..'
Others are doing similar stunts 'at
other colleges. I thought the
books for the blind have raised
letters. Mr. Walker says raised
letters have been "superseded many'
years by raised dots. ' It is a
short hand system, and they learn
to read about as fast as an ordinary
seeing reader. I mean they -speak',
the words "that fhey feel with the
finger tip's.
The state owns 1~>4 acres of laud
on the east side of the main high
way from Spurtanburg to Union,
mu- mile from the Southern Rail
way at Cedar Springs station. Th?
spi*rng flows Co gallons of water per
minute, and supplies all the build
ings. There is a negro building, a
primary building and the. mam
j building where the administrative
offices are located and the inter
mediate and advanced students are
housed. Then tliere is :i machine
shop, a dairy bam and other "out
buildings. Mr. Walker stated that
[no pupils are made to work ex
cept as a part of an education sys
tem to fit. them for self support.
They are not worked for the sake
of reducing the cost, but for the
training i> gives them. I wish
more of us could see this good
work.
Yesterdaj we attended preach
ing /it the Presbyterian church at
Columbus. Tin- new minister call
ed t<> th<> Tryon-Columbus field.
I The county is building a concrete
I road from the Smith Carolina line
? south of Tryon to th?- court house
a? Columbus, .hi.-; beyond Lynn
there is a fill :> or lb feet high
(and three o>- four hundred yards
j lung made with rock- Th??y have
[blasted thousands of tons <<f roc1;
in places i<? cut down grades and
to use as fills. And will shorten
the distance between the two places.
officials said they had exhausted ?21
sard TOeeler gall tod-Mrs- Eleanor
igbro^'actibli^'ICtolott? Mffisv'16
mV stifred'loc^ to'
stalls: .. -. ? ^ ; -y
I ? At night we.; heard; the Epworth
[League services.'*in:- Atlanta- sent
) out by the ,At^ta;-JournalNbroad
j casting radio ^tatipm^^Later' the
regular. Sunday, night, services^of the
? We? My Memorial c&urch in' Atlan
ta. By the way, Alton Osteen of
Emory University was one of the
piano artists at the Epworth ser
vice and he made good music. La
ter we heard Cincinnati. Dallas.,
Texas and a medley of stations
whose wave lengths interfered with
each other. One moment a w?-;
I man preacher, then a man's voice..
A beautiful old church hymn and
snatches of rag time from some
jconcert hall. It was. very tanta
jlizing and fascinating too to know
(what would come next. Our bat
\-ieyy needs recharging, was one of
jth?;i causes for poor service. "We
jhave a Sumter product made by
j the Sumter Radio Mfgi. Co.. aud
(installed by Mn Cecil If. Wilsbm
;in July. "We will take it with as]
rto Fern Park when we go home, \
?>so as to keep in touch' .with "thej
; great big outside world through]
j the/, long winter evenings. One of j
? the most interesting week-day Tea- j
tures is^the. market report?; from]
various .big cities.
The mountains are taking on the
[-glories of. autumn tints. It was
|dry up here "all summer; when so
\ much rnin was' falling at Siimter
iand below. The drought was notj
i broken until a week: agoi Ycs-j
jlerday and today vhere'have been!
{showers and beautiful clouds float-'
ing ' by in all sorts of - fantastic;
shapes. Sometimes we are In a I
cloud, and then we can hear thej
jdrop.- drop, dropping ?l;tlic water;
!from the; leaves of the trees.
I -The Carolina Special at 6:1? ycs-j
iterday morning made, a pretty pic-j
,turc: the long train of lighted car?.!
.{the brilliant head light, the flare!
j up of light as the fireman opened {
I the hrebox to shovel more. coal,
i the mile long trail of -white smoke j
land "steam like a wondrous ban-]
j ner floating off from the smoke
i stack, above the lights cf the cars,
jail a mile away on the side of
; Me'rose mountain.
! I have never seen the mountains
I so beautiful. Thursday and Fri
[ day were quite cool. As we* came
! from Spartanburg Friday jnfe saw
! the. sunset behind tho Southern
J end of Hogback <3>200 feet high):
! The.u the clearcut outline of the
J blue mountains against the golden
glew of the sunset. We either'
' faced it or had thisv scene on
I our loft for five or six miles until
I we entered the mountain deflles
i this side of Landrum. I do not
!? wonder at the name "Blue Ridge
; jroun'tains." It is most appro-1
! priate.
I This letter is too long, so 1^
j must stop. To the few friends'
; who say they enjoy my letters. I
i wish to say: It has been a dis- i
appointment to me that I could
not write a short letter more fre- '
\ quenf ly this summer, but circum- j
j stances were against me. I
E. W.' l>abbs.
j Tarred Auto Tracks
I IiKTcase Racers Spcctl.
Milan; Sept. .24.-?The Italian!
j syrtem of tarring the surface cf i
i automobile racing tracks, invented
'; in fcJMh by a civil engineer, Guido
; Rimini, has been deseribed bv Sen
i ?'. ? ?
ator Silvio Crespi, President of the
f Italian Automobile Club, as the
best in existence from the oo:n~ of
j view of the spo^d obtained.
During the Grand Prix or" the
J Automobile Club of Italy,-run re
j cenrly at Monsa, a driver reached
an average speecd of !>U miles an
hour in bad weather, while at
? Strasbourg similar cars did rot
;surpas? 80 miles an hour under
: perfect conditions. The Monza
j track'had been treated in the
! Rimini manner, while the other
i had not. Signor Rimini builds his
roads of cement and then applies
a thick layer of tar.
AI! kinds of flowers get loved ex
cept wall flowers.
. m + ?
About the .hardest thing to cure
is injured feelings.
ft seems that country picnics
are held mostly where the crop
Of frying sir.- chickens ur?* the
thirkest:
I American Aviator - ,>?
I ?e?s the Pace
! Lieut. Maughan Establishes
New Record For Speed
in Air
Mt. Clemens. Mich.. Oct. 2rt (By
the Associated Press).?Traveling
j.at a greater speed than any human
i being ever before, attained. Lieut.
JR. L. Maughah, army pilot, today
{set a. new world's airplane speed
j record by. covering a one kilometer
( course at the rate of 24S.G miles an
hour.
the record was made during offi
cial government tests of speed
planes that participated in the na
tional air races at Selfridge field
last week and was electrically tim
ed by officers from McCook field,
j Aeronautical engineers and army
[and navy officers who witnessed the
i flight were astounded. The dem
i
jonstration, they declared, proved
tthaf: there wn* no limit to the
speed that might be attained in the
air. :>
Lieutenant Maughan made the
record breaking flight in the same
[plane with which he 'won the
| P?ltizer trophy race Saturday. The
j machine is a Cnrtiss army biplane,
powered with a Curtiss ,400 horse
power engine.
After. sotting the new record.
Lieutenant Maughan. continued his
flight tp show that the tremendous
pace could be maintained. On four
laps he was timed,at the rate of
2.32.22 miles an hour, and his av
j erage for-eight- laps was 229 miles
j an hour.
j Examination of the machine a fi
tter the flight, disclosed that it was
lin perfect condition, and that noth
ing in the nafure of a."trick"' flight
figured in the performance.
Later Lieutenant Maughan add
ed to the astonishment of pilots and
.officials on the field by flying: ap
proximately one mile with, the ma
chine on its side. The feat in real
ity was a flight without the aid
of wings. ...
In other trials during the day
the speed record for monoplanes
was shattered by one navy and
three array machines;
. -Lieutenant Barksdale covered the
rone kilometer course at the rate
of 1&3 miles ah hour and. Lieuten
ant Whitehead made IS". They
drove Loening-Packard planes.
.Captain Hunter in a Thomas
Morse was timed at 173 miles an
hour and Lieutenant Ca Ho way. in
the navy's Bee-Line racer, made
177 miles an hour.
The: trials are to be continued
throughout most of this week and
wilt detci-raine to a large extent
the type of machines to be-devel
oped for the army and na\*y.
Lieutvbaut Maughan's record was
said to have made it virtually cer
tain the army would select the
Curtiss nrniy biplane as the stand
ard pursuit type.
i The' tests may also have a
bearing.' on the decision as to
whether the government shall build
:its own fighting machines or work
fas it has in the past with private
I aeronautical concerns. ' A hill now?
I before congress proposes that army ?
fand navy construction be done'
; solely by the government.
\ State Supreme Court
i . ? ?:? ? i
'Cases on Apnea? From Third
Circuit Heard t
Columbia. Oet. 17.?The supreme
'court heard cases from the Third
?
j Circuit today: j
; Tuesday, October 17. 1922?-The
court met ax JO a. nr. Present;
j Chief Justice Cory and Associate ;
[justices Watts. Fr?ser. Cothran'
j and Marion.
! Th" docket of the Third circuit
(was called with the .following re-.
Isulf:
j C. W. Smith & Co.. vs. W. S.!
'.Thompson. Continued. . I
i Robert T. Sabb. ct al. vs. B. TV".;
] Richardson! To be submitted. i
] First National Bank of Manning
j vs. R. A.*" Pierson. Continued! . [ \
\ State, respondent vs. J. C. Wal- !
j lace, appellant. A. S. Harby for ap
j'pellant.- Solicitor R A. McLeod for
? state, respondent. Mr. Harby in re-',
jPiy. j
Mrs. V. M. Richardson, et al. vs.,
I Northwestern Railroad of South
j Carolina. Transferred toy the
j Twelfth circuit. .
j Vt\ R. Sea rix rough and W. K. j
jSliaw. respondents, vs. J7 R. Reg-j
: ister. appellant. F. A. Milter'for j
'appellant. R. E. Dennis for ref
) spondehts. T.' E. Tatum for re- I
jspdndents. Mr. Miller in reply.
< M?tfle S. Spann, respondent, vs.
i Harriet S. Carsoti. et al, appel
I lants. D. W. Robinson for ap
| peilahts. It. O. Purdy -for ap:
ipellants. Ueprge P. Shore, jr., for
j respondent. R. P .Epps for re
: spondent. . ? . .
\: At 2 p. m. the court adjourned
j until 10 a. m. Wednesday (18th
! October).
j Chiid linder train
j Morrison. 111., Oct. IS.1?Bernice
[ Witt,, six years old, of Fulton, 111.,
tiras run over by a Chicago &
? North western- passenger train to
day, but attended school as usual.
The/ little girl was on her way
to school when she fell in front of
the train, the engine and five cars
passing over her. The trainmen
pulled her out from under the
j trucks of the last car and found
j she was uninjured.
J She did not cry. hut hurried
j away to school. ""
! Tf you want a man to growl at
you treat hihi like a dog.
j ? > ,- ?
j You. can't _upliltra man by sitting
down on him. . '
Some thief stole a" famous Scotch
comedian's golf clothes. Doctors say
I he will recover. j
1, Plasterers are making,.$26 a day.
(in Chicago; bet then, they have to
tiive in Chicago.
Double Tracking 7
Coast Line
Plans to Make Improvement
on All Main Linies^?
Wilmington/ X. C. Oct.. 16.?
Contract for the double tracking of
the Atlantic Coast Line, railway
from 'Bennett.: ft C to*" Doctor
town-.- Ga., has been awarded, It
tvas announced'at the general office:*
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
here today.
Contracts have been apportion
ed over four different sections - as
follows: Bennett. Si C, to Ashley
River. S. C, RWgeland, sV.C., to
Central Junction, Ga.: North Tower,
Ga., to Burroughs, Ga.. and wesuiv
Ga., to Doctortown, Ga. .
With the completion of tilifl -j.
work, which the contract calls fcr
May 3, 1H23. 60 per cent. of. the
Coast Line's main line system.. b$?
twcen Richmond and Jacksonville
v.Hi have been double tracked..
nans for the work caH for the
abolition of aH wooden trestles. an&
bridges..Pass tracks wHl be length*
eucd and Uew one* added. ,
Simultaneously with this an
nouncement comes another that a
contract-has been placed with the
Tennessee Coal and- Iron company
f;r 30,000 tons of 100 pound.steel
mils, which will be - used in the
double tra^kbig program.
Work will be s?ir-;ed at once.
? The Rich:nbnd,;^P^ericksburg &
Potomac railroad over which;Coast
Line trains are operated from Rich
mond to . Wad?ngten.,, it was ?Mir
nounced her.?, is perfecting a deal
whereby $2,&fl0;6:*dj ^ill be spent in
enlargement of terminal facilities
at. Richmond.
The Atlantic Coast Line policy,
as announced ;some time ago, in* ?
crudes the gradual double track
ing of all its main lines.
Tbe; cost of the double; tracking
is not announced. It is stated
however, that these expenditures
will be included in the S?.OOO.eOO
racently. authorized by the . board
of directors for develpoment and
purchase of additional equipment.
- U- .-??t? v.v k
Bell is Found Guilty
Charged With Refusing Med
icine lo Sick Son
v ;? -^ ? ??' ;
Clearwatcr. Fla.. Oct. 17^?-Abra
ham Bell, charged with a misde
meanor in connection ..witlr the
death of his son, .Gibson, last win
ter, because he was alleged, to
have refused medical treatment;
depending upon religious minis
trations, was found guilty.. in the
county court -here today. .His at
torneys gave notice . of a plea for
a new triaL -
? ? " ? > ?' ?? z / '
To keep it bobbed or let -it grow,
that is th> ouestioh.
The skirt, long may it flap...
Many a crooked landlord owns
a squre block. . . .
THE UNIVERSAL
i
OCTOBER 17, 1922
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