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Hie Watchman and Southron
fieteyed at the Postofflce at Sum.
tetv S.'<?? S8 Second Class Matter,
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Archie China and Mrs.
Scott? a relative of Dr. T. T Moore,
spent several days with friends in
Orangeburg: this week while at
tending- the fair.
Mrs. Roberta Dodendorf, of Spar
tanburg is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. G. DeLorme. *
Miss Mary WilsGn is visiting
friends in Charleston.
Dr. Milton Weinberg has return
ed from Chattanooga where he at
tended the " annual convention of
the Southern Medical Association.
Mr. Jas. E. King, a former citi
zen ?f Sumter, who is now making
his home in North Carolina, is in
the city for a few days.
Mr. Conners Brown of Oswego
was in town Friday!
? Mr. j Arthur' Haynsworth, man
ager of the Macon, Ga. branch of
Cooper & Griffin, cotton merchants,
is in town for a few days.
Mr. J. 'R. Wilcox, of the Nitrate!
Agencies Co., Bayonne, N. J., spent!
Friday in Sumter. with his com- j
phhy*s local representative, Mr. J.
5. Brenman. Nitrate Agencies, is
the largest manufacturers of cal
cium, afsenate in the United States
anjd Mr. Wilcox advises that the de
ixiah dfcr calcium will greatly ex
ceed the available supply.
Mr. S. K. Rowland and son, have?
returned from Henderson. N. C,
where they went to attend the bur
riaf oi Mrs. Rowland's father, Mr.
Watkins, who died last Monday.
Mr. Jno. S. Buck has returned
home from Atlanta; where he at
tended the National Bottlers' con
vention.
? 'Miss Edna Boney, who attends
school in Charlotte, is spending a
f?w days at home.
Mr. C. S. Hutchinson of Colum
bia,- Is spending the week-end in
the city.
Mr. G. C. Propst was called to
Concord/ X. C, today on account
of the*death of his father.
Frank Sholar and Jack Wright,
two Sumter -boys attending Caro
lina, were both stars in the game
at" Florence yesterday. .
Miss, kobbie Gene Truesdale of
Columbia, is spending' the week
end with Mrs*. Joseph M. Chandler.
Miss Elisabeth Nuckles, the Bap
tist State Snpermtendent. of Pri
mary. Sunday "school wotk; will talk
anyone interested in Sunday
school work, tomroprw, Sunday af
ternoon-at 4 o'clock, in 'the First
Baptist church.. All teachers and
parents are especially invited to be
present-.' - . ' :
Messrs.-Q.-B. and W. T. Smith!
df Chester. and Jir.* C B. - Walters
o? Rodman: have returned home-aaf-1
ter attending the- funeral of ? their'
sister, Mis3 Little Smith'. ? j
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stafford, -Mr.j
George: Kane and Msr. Mary Eppst
? niotored^ to Columbia^ Sunday. -' j
. Mr. Boyd Stewart, wife and twin}
daughters,. Norma and Earle, spent
Sunday at the >horae of the form
er's mother, Mrs. Stewart, on Har- ?
yin street. }
3i?r. Daytpn i Tobias spent the
week-end at his mother's on Ken-j
driek. -street * I
; Mr. Ransom Richardson, of'
Pinewood, spent Monday in the j
eity
Co-Op, Marketing j
Going Strong,
Cotton Association Receiving
a Large Number of New
Members ?
Columbia, Nov. 18.?The con
tinued onward sweep of coopera-!
five marketing in the state is in-j
dicated. officials of the South Car
olina Cotton Growers* Cooperative
Association said yesterday, by the;
large number of new contracts!
coming in . daily. Over one hun
dred new contracts have been re- j
ceived in the past week and the;
number of new members is being j
swelled every day..
-There is no membership cam-,
paign on at the present time and;
practically all of the contracts that j
are coming in at this time are vol-!
untary and officials say are the;
result of the great satisfaction felt!
by r the members with the manner j
in which the association is function- j
ing. Credit is. being given the as-j
spciation generally for the strength
of the cotton market and the pres- j
ent prices of cotton.
One of the large contracts to1
come in during the past week was
from J. P. Williams, of McCon
netlsvilie, York County. Mr. Wil- ?
lianas signed the contract this week;
and turned over, several hundred;
bales of cotton. Yesterday a let
ter was received from him stating j
that, a number of other- farmers in!
bis section were ready to sign. Let- j
f??rs .from Marion brought the news
that quite a number of growers inj
that county were ready to affix their;
tjsmatures to the. contract.
The Union Times in an editorial)
Tuesday said: "The upward trend!
of the price of cotton is largely!
the result of the farmers, coopera- j
live marketing plan. Those who j
did not join are reaping the bene-!
fit even as those who did join. But'
those-who remained out are af-j
fording the cheap weapon of thej
enemies of the farmers for destroy
ing the movement."
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. Fred Woodruff of Oswego, ?N. j
swapped hi*-, wife for a Ford,!
which might be termed choosing
the lesser of two troubles.
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London doctor urges women to!
smoke pipes, but you can't talk j
with a pipe in your mouth.
It is none of our business, but J
an- guers ?s that by this time the J
widow has cured him of that AH
Highest nonsense.
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Life and hash are what you make
em.
( School Trustees Meet
Quarterly Session of Sumter
County School Trustees
Association
The regular fall meeting of the
Sumter County Trustee's Associa
tion was held in the Court House,
Wednesday, November 15th.
At this meeting quite a repre
sentative number of the trustees
was present. It was the pleasure
of the association to have present
Dr. J. W. Daniel, who conducted
the devotional exercises, and who
was given a rising vote of thanks
by the trustees for a splendid talk.
Dr. Daniel stressed the great im
portance of having the rural school
meet every need of the children in
the county for from *ho country
has come our greatest, men, arm
with the proper advantages, the
country is still the place where the
finest qualities in the child can b?
developed. Dr. Daniel's tribute to
the work of the rural school in the
days that have passed was inspir
ing, and made all present feel that
it is worth while to strive harder
than ever to make the rural school
of today fill the place in the com
munity and nation that it should.
The matter of athletics in the
rural schools was discussed, and
the association went on record as
favoring the purchasing of a silver
cup, by means of a small amount
given by each trustee, to be offer
ed to thessehool coming out ahead
in the contests during the County
Fair. The cup will be held one
year- by the school, and if won for
three years in succession, it will
become the property of the school.
The cup will not be offered until'
Fair time next year, but thej
schools will be informed of this!
prize, end will be given instruc- j
tions as to the contests, in order i
that " they may begin to get ready j
during'the latter half of this ses-j
sion. The rules governing the giv- I
ing of-the cup will be formulated]
by the officers of the Association, j
notice of which will be given out j
each year in plenty of time.
Mr.-B. C. Wallace, county treas-!
urer. was invited to explain to the|
trustees the law in regard to the ?
collection o? the dog tax. Mr. j
Wallace also offered some sugges-1
tions as to bov/ to get at the num- I
ber of dogs in the county. The!
dog tax law, as passed by the leg- j
islature last year, is thought to be j
somewhat defective, and the trus- j
tees voted to ask the Sumter coun- j
ty delegation -to try to remedy any j
defects in this law. .
In order to observe National Ed
ucation Week. Mr. E. W. Dabbs,
Jr., moved that a mass meeting be
called for Saturday. December 9th.!
This motion was carried, and the
secretary of the association was j
instructed,to send out letters to all j
trustees, teachers, and. to the min
isters of" the ;citv ahd county, and!
to .all others . interested in this j
greet work, inviting them to come'
to this, meeting.. This meeting Will]
be made attractive, and further!
particulars given in due time.
After fixing the compulsory at-j
tendance period to begin November i
27th and to run four months as!
provided by law. the meeting ad
journed. .
Mr. E. W. Dabbs. a former trus-j
tee, was an interested . visitor at j
this meeting, and was gladly wel- i
corned.
J. H. Haynsworth.
Secretary, j
$1,500,000 IN
NEW TAXES
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Columbia, Nov. 1,7.?South Caro-1
lina revenues from the income and'
gasoline taxes authorized at the I
last General Assembly session havej
amounted to^ $1,500,000 according!
to figures made public today by j
State Treasurer S. T. Carter. The]
report covers receipts through to-;
day. Income taxes have totalled
$909.093.99. and the gasoline tax
paid amounts to $529.153.05. Ad
dition of receipts from the old j
three-mill corporation license tax i
and the domestic corporation ?-'
cense tax, these special taxes thus;
far have aggregated $1,802,063.- j
37, according to the treasurers' i
statement.
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Traveling Salesman
Has Narrow Escape !
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Mayesville? Nov. 18.?Yesterday j
afternoon Mr. W. i?\ Lee, a travel- I
ing salesman for the Thompson
Drug Co, had an exciting experi- :
ence and a very close call when j
his Ford car ran off the bridge
where the road crosses Black River. |
The spot where the car fell into j
the river the water is fully six feet
deep and Mr: Lee was pinned be- J
neath the car in the water but for- i
tunately managed to get out. none i
the worse for the accident except j
for a. few bruises and the cold wa- j
ter bath.
The car was practically demol-!
ished.
FUNERAL OF
GEN. WRIGHT
Memphis, Nov. IS.?The funeral
of Ceneral Luke E. Wright, aged j
76. who died last night will be held
Sunday afternoon. Prominent
business and professional men will
act as pallbearers. Hundreds of
telegrams of condolence have been
received from all parts of the
country. Wright was ill for several
months, was a Confederate veteran
r?nd served on the Philippine com
mission under President McKinley,
later becoming governor general.
He was ambassador to Japan un
der President Roosevelt for a year,
resigning to become secretary of
war in Roosevelt's cabinet and re
tired in ]!Uf> to resume his law
practice.
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Any girl could be popular at a
dance by using- pulverized sugar
for powder and cranberries for
rouce.
Senator Capper
Announces Program
Republicans Must Get Busy If
They Would Remain in
? Power
Washington, Nov. 1 9.?Senator
Capper, Republican, chairman of
the farm bloc, today announced a
I program of constructive legislation.
I coupled with a declaration against
the ship subsidy bill. He declared
if the Republicans wanted to re
main in power they must put
through a complete rural credit
legislation, reduce freight rates
an drepeal objectionable provisions
of each bill.
They must carry out a better
marketing policy, turn Muscle
Shoals over to Henry Ford and
make undistributed surpluses and
stock dividends pay taxes and
prohibit tax exempt securities.
The Associated Charities.
My attention has been called, to
the fact that there are some people
in Sumter who do not know of the
existence of the Associated Chari
ties.
We have believed it wise to ob
serve a policy in conformity with
the truest charity, not letting the
"left hand know what the right
hand doeth"?only coming before
the public for help,- when we
found our organization unable to
cope with a situation of distress.
But the time has come to let out
work stand forth before the com
munity for what it is, and again
invite all generous, and interested
citizens to join our association
either as active or honorary mem
bers.
Seven years ago a small body of
women met at the Y. M. C. A. and
formed themselves into a league to
relieve distress and suffering in our
community.
Since then hundreds of persons
have benefited by our ministra
tions. We have given help to tid?
them over trying emergencies,
such as loss of work or health, un
til they could become self-sup
porting again.
At j that time there was no
Red Cross or any other agency
for syst em a t i c relief or wel
fare work in Sumter. At once
we found plenty to do, inves
tigating every case that applied for
help.
From the first our greatest in
terest has been the school chil
dren. We have supplied clothes,
books, shoes, food and milk to en
able them to attend day and Sab
bath school regularly.
We have cooperated with the
city nurse, furnishing food for
many-families during illness of the 1
parents and when the Red Cross
civilian work was instituted we co
operated with that organization,
though never publicly soliciting
funds.
Now. that our community has
failed to support a. Red Cross of-!
fice, we again find ourselves the j
only strictly charitable organiza- j
iion in Sumter, and we proffer ourj
services and experience in handling I
destitute cases,' to our townspeople.
This is home mission work, and
we feel that there are enough
good people in our churches to
properly care for the poor among
us.
By going through the Asso- ?
ciated Charities, every cent of yourj
money is' wisely spent, and goes;
to relieve suffering, without any]
overhead expenses.
An efficient secretary gives her
time and keeps accurate account,
of all donations and disburse
ments. Our work is accomplished
through committees appointed ;in
each ward, who answer the calls
for help therein, so there is no i
overlapping of activities. The I
member who begins a case usually
finishes it.
. There are two or more represen
tatives from each church on the
Board of Charities, and the follow
ing various committees serve \
throughout the year: Investigation, J
Food, Clothes, School Books, Em- i
ployment and Advisory.
Our funds are derived from hon
orary and active members, from i
donations and a legacy from aj
warm-hearted citizen.
A certain regular amount given |
to maintain charity constitutes one !
an honorary member.
The following active members i
have given generously of their I
time and service for many years. I
Their heart is in the work, and j
they are faithful and loyal to the j
cause of the poor, and respond j
promptly to all calls of distress, i
Methodist Church?Mrs. W. B. j
Burns, Mrs. T. W. McCollum, Mrs.
A. Weinberg.
Presbyterian: Mrs. Joe Chan
dler. Mrs. H. M. Stuckey, Mrs.
Pringle Brunson, Mrs. Ed Pitts. j
First Baptist: Mrs. Leila Ligon, j
Mrs. C. Cuttino, Mrs. T. Joy, Mrs. J
T. Walsh. v
Grace Baptist: Miss Lula j
Haynsworth, Mrs. S. R. Chandler.
Epicopal: Mrs. M. Sea brook,
Mrs. A. D. Harby, Mrs. Robert
Graham.
Lutheran: Mrs. Maurier, Miss j
Constance B?lt man, Miss H. Kris
; tianson.
Christian:: Mrs. A. T. Heath. |
Catholic: Mrs. E. W. Moses.
I Jewish Synagogue: Mrs. F. j
jLevi, Mrs. I. A. Ryttenberg.
! The Junior Charities active mem-!
bersmip: Mesdames Leland Moore,
jWm. Bynum, Ed. Boyk-, Shep I
; Nash. Robt. McLeod, Francis
[Moise. Philip Booth, Krank Chan-j
idler. Riley Bradham, S. L. Roddey. I
Edw. McCallum, Boh Williams.
Mrs. II. M. Stuckey, j
President Associated Charities, j
Bonar Law Says England wants!
tranquillity. That's one thing she
can't borrow from us.
They say radio will never sup
plant newspapers. Now let's find
out if women's clubs will.
What's in a name? Barefoot
danger Isadora Duncan's orchestra
leader's first name Is Modest.
WORLD NEU
London, Nov. 17.?Most of the
morning newspapers-express grat
ification at the result of the par
liamentary elections. Even the
Liberal newspapers are finding cer
tain grounds for satisfaction. All
recognize that the outcome means
a return to party government. One
prohibitionist and one Communist
were elected.
Washington. Nov. 17.?The house
leaders agreed today to take up
the ship subsidy bill next Thurs
day, with an agreement to take
the final vote November 29th.
Washington, Nov. 17.?The to
tal amount of cotton seed crushed
during the three months ending
October 31st aggregated 971,332
tons, compared with 1,011,566 dur
ing the same period last year, the
census bureau announced.
Constantinople, Nov. 17.?Turk
ish newspapers are criticizing al
leged propaganda in American
newspapers- against Turkey. The
official news agency says", mission
aries, and relief workers are trying
to bring on war between America
and Turkey. It declares the pub
lished statements are calumnies! .
Elyria, Ohio, Nov. 17.?William
Graves Sharp, aged 63, ambassador
to France during the world war,
died at his home here today.
Dublin, Nov. 17.?Four civile
ians?James Fisher, Peter Cas
sidy. Richard Y. Tuhly and ?John
Gafiney?were executed today, af-%
ter a military trial. They were,
charged with unlawful possession
of revolvers. .??.
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Chita. Nov. 17.?The govern
ment of the Far Eastern republic
of Siberia was abolished today. The
assembly voted to unite with the
Moscow soviet government.
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Anderson, Nov. 17. ? James
Roberts/ aged sixty-eight, died
last night as the result of injuries
in an automobile accident Mon
day. He was noted for hunter
and breeder of fox hounds.
Redwood, Calif., Nov. 17.?Johr-;
Swanson today agreed to give half
of his earnings for five years to the
widow of James Bolt, who was.
killed by Swanson's automobile.
The manslaughter charge "against
him was then dismissed. V .
Washington, Nov. 19.?-Whole-,
sale prices of 404 commodities av
erage three-fourths of one per
cent higher in October than in
September, the labor department
announced today, being a generaj
increase within a year of eight and.
one-half per cent. Cotton and
grain increased three and three
fourths .per cent, and fopd one
and one-half..
Malta, Nov. 20.?Sultan Mo
hammed VI arrived today on. the
British dreadnaught Malaya. The
customary honors of salutes were
dispensed with owing to the. fact
that the sultan travels incognito.
Governor PJumer welcomed him.
He will stay at Fort Tigne.
Hongkong, Nov. 20.?Sixty-five
Chinese pirates, traveling as pas-:
sengers, seized the British steam
er Suian when she left Macao for
Hong Kong yesterday. They held
the ship thirteen hours. The pi
rates were finally driven away in
boats after a battle in which two
persons were killed and several
hurt. - ?
Chicago, Nov. 20.?The fifteenth
annual session of the Southern
Commercial Congress opened here
today.
Somerville, N. J., Nov. 20.?A
detachment of state troops guarded
the court house here today as the
grand jury took up consideration
of the murder of Rev. Edward Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. Ray
mond Schneider, who found the
bodies, was the first witness to tes
tify.
Lausanne. Nov. 20.?The Near
East peace conference was for
mally opened with a half hour ses
sion today.
Pensacola, Nov. 20.?A jury. Was
obtained in the federal court here
to try Former Governor Catts Of
Florida on a charge of peonage. ?'
London. Nov. 20. ? Parliament
opened this afternoon. John Hen
ry Whitley was ie-elected speak-1
er. and adjournment was then takt
en to receive the king's formal as
sent to the choice of speaker. The
formalities of swearing in new
members are expected to occupy
tomorrow and Wednesday. The
king speaks Thursday, after which
the Irish constitution will be taken
up for ratification.
York. Nov. 20.?The trial of
William C. Faries. charged with'
the murder of four members of the
family of James M. Taylor, last
September, will probably come up
Thursday. The case was postpon
<?<! today because Judge Puerifoy
is in Columbia. Sheriff Quinn an
nounced that all persons entering
the court room would be searched
for weapons.
l>r. Copeland, famous fat reducer,
is a senator now and can continue
reducing on Washington fat-heads.
You can't keep a good man down
or a good-for-nothing man up.
All pigs try to make hogs of
t hemselves.
In these football days one pities
the poor underweight college man
who never has a chance to let
somebody step on his face.
US IN BRIEF 1
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Columbians Hurt
And Car Smashed
Automobile Carrying Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. Livingston
Plunges into Railway
Cut
Orangeburg Nov. 17.?Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. Livingston of Colum
bia miraculously escaped instant
death near Orangeburg last night,
when they were returning to Co
lumbia from the Orangeburg fair.
Just above the little flag station of
Stilton, about three miles to the
north of Orangeburg, a portion of
_the new highway, is being con
structed to cross the Southern rail
way track by an overhead bridge,
the approaches being constructed,
but the bridge not built as yet.
There "was no notice, it is said,
or anything to indicate where the
new highway left the old or to show
that the road was closed to traffic,
the road apparently being open and
very good. Mr. and Mrs. Living- j
ston came to Orangeburg by an-1
other route during the morning
and had no notice* of this trap and
when Mr. Livingston reached the
brink' of the 30 foot embankment
the car fell to the railroad track
below. The Studebaker touring
car was demolished and the pas
sengers severely bruised and cut!
and"shocked. Luckily Mr. and Mrs.
JJvingston did hot bring their.chil
dren to the fair.
DEPUTY SHERIFF
PROPST KILLED
Lee McHargee Runs Amuck in
'Kannapolis, C, Killing
?7? One Officer and Wound- .
ing Four Others
(Charlotte; N. C. Observer). j
Concord, Nov. 17.?Deputy Sher
iff W. F. Propst, of Cabarrus coun
ty, was shot and killed, and three
other officers and a civilian were
wounded in Kannapolis tonight by
Lee McHarge, white man, 42 years
of age, who had been living in
Kannapolis for several weeks, ac-.
^cording to . information received
here by Coroner Davis," of this;
county. Coronet Davis went to
[Kannapolis to hold an inquest to
{night. " 4 ? '
' According to available - informa
tion here at 10 'o'clock, the shoot- j
ing began- shortly after 6 o'clock, I
when McHarge walked into a cafe (
in Kannapolis and drew his gun as
though to" rob the place. Chief
BogeK of the Kannapolis police,
was passing: the" cafe at the time
and he rushed in to arrest Mc
Harge. The latter ? fired on and
struck the-chief, also wounding a
main named Bostian, whp was
walking on the street outside the
cafe. - He then escaped.' "
\. Chief Boger hurried to Concord
[to get his wounds dressed and to"
^notify Sheriff Spears; He located j
Deputy Sheriff Propst, who went to j
Kannapolis, where he was joined j
by Patrolmen Swing and Pruett
ahd Ii. M. Mouse!, a garage owner i
jof Kannapolis. The party went to j
jWest Kannapolis to search for!
Mcjfarge, and after waiting in
fr?nt of a store for a few minutes,
saw him enter the store.
They followed and when Mc
Harge saw them he opened fire
again, Mr. #Iousei being the only
?o'ne In the party not injured.
? Mr. . Propst was struck in the
right chest and died within a few j
minules. Patrolman Swing suffer- j
ed only a flesh wound, but Patrol-j
man Pruett.was struck in the ab-j
j dornen and is believed to be serious- ]
ly injured. .
j -McHarge kept up his firing until I
his ammunition was exhausted; !
then he surrendered. He used a i
?.45. caliber six-shooter. He was!
wounded twice, but at 10 o'clock j
tonight was reported as resting!
J comfortably in the Kannapolis jail, 1
I where he was lodged. . i
j According to .one report here, j
i McHarge entered the cafe to even !
J counts with a man with whor? it!
j is alleged he had been gambling.;
Just, as he drew his gun he was I
j seen by Chief Boger, who tried to j
1 ?irrest him, the shooting following.)
:Mr. Propst was about 55 years of j
jage, and. is survived by his wife, I
j two sons, Garah and Caldwell !
{Propst, both traveling druggists,
making their headquarters in
South Carolina, and one daughter,
Mi?s Mary Propst. He had served
as deputy sheriff of this county for j
1 more than 20 years, and his term i
j would have expired in December I
[when the democrats take charge of i
the- county again.
. An autopsy located the bullet;
which killed him in his left back,
it having entered the right chest
and crossed until it struck his
j backbone, where it lodged. He .was !
I shot only once. Chief Boger was;
[shot in the right leg. Patrolman I
j Swing suffered a mouth wound and }
Partolman Pruett was struck in his j
j abdomen, Bostian was struck in the!
i right side and is painfully injured. !
The men were all rushed to the
Concord hospital, where Mr.
Propst died, and where the wounds
of the other men were dressed.
The death of Mr. Propst and the
j wounding of the other men has
! caused great excitement here and
I in Kannapolis.
I Mr. Propst is the father of Mr. j
G. C. Propst of this city.
Strange things happen. A Los
Angleles man bought a church to!
cuss instead of to sleep in.
, Prunes are expected to gro up.
j Heaven helped the boarders.
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I A working man can make
cott?n in spite of the boll
j weevil.
Mrs. MacSwiney
Released
Charges Dismissed by United
States Commissioner at
Washington
Washington, Nov. 15;?The cases
against Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney and
eight other women, members of the
American Association for Recog
nition of the Irish Republic, ar
rested for picketing the 'British'
embassy yesterday were dismissed
after a short hearing today by
United States Commissioner George
H. MacDonald because the proof
did not "measure up to the intent
of the law."
When arraigned Mrs. MacSwiney,
who is the widow of Terence Mac
Swiney. late lord mayor of Cork,
who died In prison in 1920 after
a hunger strike, and the others,
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
violating a federal statute design
ed to protect foreign representa
tives in this country from assault
or violence. The charges resulted
from their marching around the
British embassy with banners de-,
crying the "English Free State'' in I
Ireland and demanding the release
from an Irish Free State prison of
Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of
the' late lord mayor, who is now
herself on a hunger strike in a
Dublin prison.
The case for the government was
based upon the contention that the
statute was aimed to prevent the
"shaming and insulting of a for
ign representative's home office or
servants" as tantamount to the
"shaming or insulting of the rep
resentative in person." It was
also argued that the banners car
ried by the women before the em
bassy were insulting to Sir Auck
land Geddes, the British ambassa
dor even though he may have been
absent from the embassy at the
time.
The defense, represented by
John F. Finerty, president of the.
American Association for the Rec
ognition of the Irish Republic, of
fered evidence., to show that the
British ambassador was not in the
building at the time of the demon
stration. It also was contended
that no warrant or other legal au
thority had been issued yesterday
for the arrest of the women, that
holding three of the prisoners over
night in a house of detention was il
legal.
After being discharged from cus
tody-Mrs. MacSwiney expressed 'ela
tion but said she had expected noth
ing else. In reply to question^
from friends who crowded about
to congatulate her she said that
after a short rest in Virginia, made
necessary by a recent illness she
would continue her tour of the
country speaking in behalf of the
Irish Republican movement. She
said, "It would certainly win out
in the end?for the Irish Free
State is really non-existent.'* Her
only worry, she added, was for the
safety of Miss Mary MacSwiney,
who, she said, was not strong
enough to continue long her hung
er strike now in the 12th day, and
for her four year old daughter,
Marie, of whom she has heard no
word for several days. Marie, she
explained was at -the home of a
woman in Ireland which was re
cently "attacked by Free" State
troops."
Mrs. MacSwiney, Mrs. Mary Ann
Nolan of Jacksonville, Fla., and
Miss Minnie Kearney of Washing
ton spent last night in the house
of detention when they refused
bond for their appearance at the
ring. They' were appreciative of
their treatment while in custody
they said. The other six women
were freed soon ? after their arrest
on bond furnished by the Ameri
can Association for the Recog
nition of the Irish Republic.
More than 300,000,000 postage
stamps are printed daily. Why
ddh't you people pay your bills?
One way to relieve traffic conges
tion is to sell autos for cash only.
? ? ,
DOINGS OF THfi DUFFS
/OORrS, 1 BOUGHT":
/ THIS BOUQOET OF
V ROSES-6EF. .THEY
^ SMELL \VC*iOERF0l
Meter*
THE HERRIN
MASSACRE TRIAL
Only Six Jurors Obtained Af
ter Four Days Effort
REMEDY
i FOR TH* RELIEF OF
Coughs, Colds, Croup
WHOOPiNG COUGH, HOARSENESS
BRONQHITIS
-SOLD EVERYWHERE- %
BANKRUPTCY
Marion, 111., Nov. 16 (By the
Associated Press).?Six jurors were !
in the jury box late today at the j
end of the fourth day of selecting- '
a jury to try five men in connec- !
tion with the Herrin mine kill- J
ings. Two jurors, Berry Deaton,
55; and W. H. Davidson, 53, farm
ers, were accepted today. Four
jirors previously had been agreed
upon.
The state late in the afternoon
accepted four prospective jurors
land tendered the panel to the de
| fense, which excused one with its
i second peremptory ^challenge and
excused another for cause in which
case the state objected and Judge
D. T. Hartwell, presiding, agreed to
;rule upon it tomorrow morning. .
Attorneys expressed belief to-1 *ew Tork- 17.?An invel
! night that the first regular and spe-! untar~-* Petition in bankruptcy w?s
!cial panel of 130 veniremen would .fiIed today \in Federal District
be exhausted Friday and a recess I c<*urt asamst the Chain Store Gro
I probably will be taken until next ? cer3" concern known as the Man
iweek. for which another panel of ? hattan Piggly Wiggly Corporation.
100 will be called. [Three creditors signed the petition.
Filed Against Piggly-Wi
Corporation
During the examination of ve
|niremen the prosecution has urged
18 of its 100 peremptory challeng
es in removing cqal miners who j
which estimated liabilities of ?ti?
cerncem at $1,250,000 and assets at.,
$350,000.
Counsel for the defendant cor
said they had no opinion as to the poration issued a statement ex
guilt of the defendants.
The defense exercised its second
challenge today. ?
In order to speed up selection of
the jury, the bailiffs subpoenaing
the new panel of veniremen are to' Piggfly" Wiggly stores
avoid visiting the vicinity of the j the South,
riots to eliminate excuses for cause. A receiver was appointed by the
Fifty of the new panel have been ? court,
ordered for next Monday and the- ? ? *
I other for Wednesday. All this fair weather means rapid
plaining the bankruptcy proceed
ings was directed solely against the..
Manhattan organization and its sub
sidiaries and had no connection
with corporation which operates
throughout
[progress can be made in building,
* the new roads. Bad weather pu$
NOW is the time to Win the j their completion off just that mti
fight against the boll weevil.
Clean up the ditchbanks and
hedgerows.
longer.
An excellent book to carry on7&
trip is a mileage book.
EVERETT TRUE
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BY ALLMAS
