Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 1

I ST VOL XXXI NO 248 I SULZBACHER Evelyn Nesbit 4 very the fol I SHELBYVILLE Tnd Jan 5 weet Md THINK? (By A ZEIGLER) DID YOU Ever STOP TO CORONERS JURY INDS THAT LATE ENGINEER CUMMINGS RAN BY NO ORDER GIVEN New Secretary Now In The Hands of A Committee of Three This beautiful art ists model married a man with an allowance of $80000 a year but that was not enough She brought dis grace to the Thaw family and had to eke out an existence on money they gave her to keep out of sight 5MILLI0NN0W miHBLET05C CO DP ROMEOS 11 Agricultural Loan As sociation Increases Capi tal to Make Loans Possible or twenty years 7 she has been on the front page of the papers of the world Today she is back again her final chapter fi about to be written She 1 promised herself a sensation al death years ago With a broken nose her beauty gone she tries to keep her promise If You It In Your Home Town LORENCE HAS IT! Isadora Sulzbacher ipromi nent business man of lorence and one of its most public spirt ed citizens was last night elected president of the Chamber of Com merce GC Chandler retiring president did not offer for re election Other officers elected were: vice president Herman A Smith treasurer Sani Brown Both are influential business men and have been associated with the af fairs of the Chamber of Commerce and with other public activities for some time Mr Smith heino a roinier president ot tno associa tion The election was made by the board of directors recently chos en by the membership Holding its first meeting last night the board organized and immediately took up the matter of electing of ficers A committee consisting of Young John Webster and Sam Brown was annointeil 1 make careful consideration' of the applications received fur the of fice of secretary and report its recommendations to the board at a meeting to held later Members of the board express ed themselves as being optimistic over the prospects for a Success ful year have taken hold with the determination of doing said a member last night 'President Sulzbachcr will short ly announce the standing com mittees i Heavy og Holds Up All Shipping On Atlantic Coast CITY AUTHORITIES ARE PILING UP SANDBAGS I II I I PARIS Jan Paris ians and the people of the sub urbs residing for a mile on either side of the Seine retired tonight filled with anxiety lest they be driven out by the rising crest of the Imuddvl Wave tltrcatcninc Paris from the north and east will not be reached until tomor row and the incessant rains have caused the population the great est perturbation sincc the present inundations began The Seine after a slight fall during the day again was rising this evening The Marne considerably today flooding the suburby of Bry Champigny Re perrur and Nogent causing a thousand inhabitants to evacuate their homes and seek refuge in rans The Oise is still on the unward trend at Criel after reaching a maximum since the record flood of 1910 at Compiegne The prin cipal street ofCreil is under wat er and the residents are receiv ing provisions by boats they are living in the upper stories of the houses All of the factories in the districts have suspended work and temporarily 10000 nersnns are idle Several deaths from drowning1 are reported from various dis tricts among them Mezieres where the Meuse is overflowing the entire countryside flooding uie iron worKs ana lactones' be tween? llezieresand Givet Noth ing'remains above in thn village of Ham excepting the siate roqis oi tne cottages The dykes which 1880 had kept back the waters sudden ly gave way Paris is showing no signs of panic before the' flood treat but the city authorities are piling up sand bags along the edges of the river in' the most exposed areas of the city 'But those Hungry measures appear weak to fight the water II Andeson county auditor is now receiving tax returns The books will remain open until ebruary 20 when the CO per cent penalty will bo added on the ns semonts of all delinquents Mr Anderson hopes that tux payers will make their returns promptly and avoid the rush at the1 last moment EPWORTH LEAGUE TO GIVE BANQUET RIDAY The Enwnrth League of the Central Methodist church will give fl banquet on ridnv evening' at 8:30 o'clock nt the Atlantic "nnst Lin restaurant A flno nTngriim hag been aranged for the occasion and a good time is in store for all who attend Those who wish tickets aro requested to sen Mn Kirkpatrick at the Cham ber of Commercg fedjty COLUMBIA Jan (Spec ial) ive million dollars will be made available to South Caro ina farmers for crop production purposes at a low rate of interest as a result of action taken today by the stockholders of the South Carolina agricultural loan assoc iation in authorizing an increase of the capital stock of the organ! zation from $200000 to $500 000 Directors of the association will take the necessary steps im mediately to amend the charter and increase the capital stock The South Carolina agricultu ral loan association was organiz ed last January under the federal intermediate credits acts and un der the provisions of that act may borrow en times the amount of its capital stock front the eder al intermediate credit bank Un der the provisions of the net how ever 55000000 is the limit which any one association may borrow At the annual meeting of the association yesterday renorts of the officers showed that notwith standing the association was not organized until late in January of 1925 it loaned over 51500 000 to South Carolina farmers Iqft It isibpcvcd that tho will its' opera tions very widely this year and a realization of copjitions existing in the state prompted the stock holders today to take the steps necessary to meet them i The rate of Interest charged farmers is regulated by the inter mediate credits act The' nsspe iulion lends only to member of cooperative marketing associa tions Stockholders elected lowing dircctor: James Peu rifoy Walterboro: McLeod Columbia Hinnant Colum bia Holman St Matthews Edgar Culler Orangeburg Croxton Lancaster Mc Elveen Lake City ami Leon Rice Anderson A resolution the management for the efficient and economical administration of the affairs of the organization was unanimously passed and the Stockholder expressed themsel as being delighted with the fdiotvingtmadc In the first year's operations Immediately after adjournment of the stockholders mooting a meeting of the board of directors was held and former Judge James Pcurifoy of Walterboro was rc clcctcd president Me Lend vice president and Hinnant manager Judge Peurifoy and Mr Ilin nant will be actively in charge of tho association during the com ing year and both officials ex pressed great optimism as to the outlook for it The association lhev pointed out had been organ ized for thu purpose of securing cheap money from the ederal intermediate credit bank to ns Mat the farmers of tho stalo in making their crops and that it had rendered wonderful Assistance tho first year it had operated It has been urged to extend its op erations this year and the in crease of the capital stock will make thi3 possible they said Last year tho association on crated principally In tho eastern part of tho state where there had been successive crop failures The poor crops In tho Piedmont section of the state last year has created a great demand for funds from that section Tho reports of the officers to day showed that tho collections had been remarkably good The lowest 'temperature on re 1 MIAMI BEACH la Jnn 5 An cxnloslon on the Gulf Re fining Company barge ''Gulf sprite" here Into today resulted in ti death of three members the crew mid the iqjsiry of sex other persons The dead: Thomas Andrews 21 engineer Howard Johnson 20 oiler Davis 32 engineer Thu injured Included: Captain Hurry Hanson of thi barge severely burned Clayton Vogel" superintender of the Gulf Refining Corupan plant bruisqd land burned The explosion followed1 a flare back which occurred during Attempt ignite the furiin fire with' a blow torch used that purpose The 3 dead mt went In the engine room at time of the explosion and we' burned to death Captain Hanse whs blown 20 feet from the do of tho barge Sir Vogel rece cd his burns in going to the of Captain Hanson At The boat wait ta nn cargo at the storage tanks the south end of the beach In 19'20 thorn ixlrlUaiVi car(1 Camden jvda 4 towns In Lexiflgtoj Russell Thaw 15 Year Old WitluMotherWhen Attempt Is Made HAD DRUNKVERY HEAVILY PAST WEEK vm niicn Atm rawied head first into a furnace a suicide attempt today prov w'Z tar t0 Margaret House fe of a mall carrier Arising early this morning Mrs House told her husband she unH tothe basement to at th? flrnace f're When she did not return within a reas hnr A fn vctigntors found her body wedged into the fur Wto her waist She had been 111 for some time She sur vived for several hours During one of her Intervals of conscious ness she said: t0 b0W wh8t God Inhalation of gas fumes twa physlcmns Mr NOROLK Va Jan (In Shipping in this section has been almost paralyzed as a result of a heiivy fog that has enveloped the coast for "Ifi hours and extending from Charleston to the Now Jersey coast and beyond the Gulf stream to the cast Passenger steamers operating out of Norfolk have been delayed from two to twelve 'i hours 'amlT with" few (ex ceptions freight boats have sought safety at anchor until the weather clears The grounding of the Norfolk and Washington Steamshipcom steamer of Co lumbia" near Quantico while en route Washington from Nor folk last night wns the only ac cident reported The steamer Northland of the same lino but hound south was six hours late The Old Dominion Line' steamer Jamestown duo 'early this morn ing from New York lindi been un able todock early tonight The steamer Cretan of the Merchants ami Miners line due hero at 7 clock this mprning late today was reported anchored in Chesapeake bav not far out qf Baltimore Other bay boats also were delay ed for varying lengths of time The fog wns blamed on the un Usunllv warm weather that has prevailed yesterday and today County Auditor Urges All To Make Returns The unhappy result i of Evelyn Nesbit sensational flaunt against the moral fibre of society should stand out as a warning to many of the flappers of the day Evelyn lorence Nesbit was the first original flapper She took the extreme route to popularity which soon turn ed into the dangerous peaks of hilarity and finally valley of the shadow of death DOCTORS WILL TRY SAVE BOTH EET ELIZABETILCITY Jan 5 The heroic rescue by Samuel Stowe of Hatteras of hii brother and a companion both mere hoys straqded on Cape Reef for three days two nights during the coldest weather known in Carolinn sound country in "0 years was here 1 today for the first time Stowe' with sheer disregard of lijs own safety forth alone in aVmall gas boat '8 days ago to find his brother Roosevelt Stowe and his companion Milton Haskett who had left this city the Saturday before on a trip to Hatteras 1Q0 miles away and had not been heard from since" aring forth on the coldest day recorded i'n tlfe annals of tho Carolina sound country in 30 years Stowe lashed himself to his boat so that if he rhould freeze his body' would be recovered ip rom the northwest a (heavy gale waj 4 "When others' volunteered 'to accompany him Stowe declined their offers: try he said anybody has to freeze it need not be anyone but By chance he located tho speed1 bunt stranded on Cape Reef scarcely 8 miles from Hat ly alrlino nearly dou ble that distance through the tortuous mazes of tho channel he had to follow ISemi conscious after three days and two exposeure to the fury of the clnnwnto the onys hailed him feebly them from their stranded craft into his own and with hl oilskins coated In Ice carried them triumphantly back with him to Hatteras and safety Older wsidents of JIgttcras grizzled veterans who know the fury of winter gales In the bleak lowai sound country declare that youHu THBILLIIIS TALE TO Of RESCUE mo Boys Partly rozen Are Lo cated In A Disabled Boat hod entered the furnace fire bowl head downward and the flames charred her face almost be yound recognition rank House her husband was at a loss to assign an immediate motive for her act She was a deeply religion Woman hu said been continually in ill health but he did not' know why she chose self cremation as of suicide She never hnd given any intimation of con templating death at her own hand ho indicott'd 'if Until Mrs House's own re marks Indicated that shethad vol untarily entered the lurnacc no tice authorities entertained a theory that 8ome assailant at taeked her as she descended stain and had jammed her bciy into th Hl riEBHMUN MBEHfm ITUBKHMEET eflMMHMM Horace Tilghman of Sellers president of the Southern orest ry Congress and Meeks state representative hihegmkUp' Richmond to "attend 'Annual I convention which opens i 'at jef ferson hotel there today president Mr Tilghman will pre siflcf and4herwiIUalso mJrethe' principal address his subject be ing ield of the Southern orestry Delegates will be in attendance from 38 states of the Union aud'theicon yention is expected to be the largest most ipterpsting of any the Congress' has? eyefiSeld' Governor McLean 'North Car olina and other prominent men of the South will be on tho pro gram Dr Janies Smith pres ident of the state chamber of commerce of Virgiriia" wilCprcn side nt the banquet toiiight i The convention will be in Mission' two yS' i GOOD MORNING This Is a ull ASSOCIATED PRESS Newspaper CVan8rlistic hr leave to mght for Greensboro where he will have charge of the miiMtc at a( great revival service to by held in tho Presbyterian church there The preacher in charge will bo the Rev'" 4 Long evangelist TttKlWHER South Carolina: Partly cloudr and wddor Wnsody northwest wind 131 KILLED ON tHhJHWAYS)INJ92E COLUMBIA Jan 5 The toll of traffic on the high way in Sohth Carolina during 1926 Amounted i to persops? killed and 913 injured according to figures given out today by the stqte "highway department Of thoe injured 312 seriously hurff and 571 received minor in juries 'The report gives a1 total of 04 accidents 552 of vyhich oc curred in' the time and ''488 after dark Railroad crossings accidents accounted for 29 64 were nt public road crossings and 37 were on or at bridges There were 409 collisions in which auto mobiles figured 32 of them beirfg with parked carnc49 with other vehicles and 80 with other objects Nature advertised'! the world as 4 greatest ajly has Jjpen? doing the sunsh'ine Estate strange tricks of late Embargoes storins on the coast' and now fogs delay ahd tie up loridashipping on the "Atlantic sea board for many hoprs i Big industries are selling their union tlteir'companies'inin creasing quantities A stock holder of a company would stop and think'beford a stride The grpat experiment wilPbc watched witK much interest It take a radical long after he gets what wants to become1 conservative President of the Ain of Lj promise? a year of peace in coal strike will settled this week ant lielooks for no fur? ther upheavals in the mighty Army of We' sincerely hope this is so VVe need a Ucarno peace treaty between capital and labor in Amorm Sticks Head Into urnace Ill America Tnd Jan 5 Bums about the head and UADDV 'rnA sataind when she iiAnni 1 num Ad TU SING AT GREENSBORO CHICAGO Jan' (p) Evo lyn Nesbit Thaw whose prolong ed New party ended today when she tried to kill herself by swallowing poison tonight wasi reported resting quietly at a hos pital nere although still a ser ious condition Doctors who at first believed her suicide attempt would prove futal tonight expressed hope they would be able to savo her life? They said she had a ehanco to re cover because she had been drink ing alcohol which is an antidot! for the poison she took Thn tlivnrnftfl wa a ITmvmw ir Thaw who several years ago had tried suicide offered little ex planation of her net except that sbr did net want to live and wa tired She had been filling a engagement as a cabaret enter tainer here and was scheduled leavq today for lorida to fill a similar engagement Mrs Thaw's 15 year old son" Russel who is here from the east for holiday vacation was with her when she tried to end her life Mrs Thaw's negro maiT summon ed hint and he prepared an anti dote and hurried her to the hos pilal His prompt action doctors said helped her chances for re covery Neighbors said there had been party in tho Thaw apartment last night but the maid and Rie sel denied this although they ad juitted'Mrs Tljavy hgchbeciy dpnk ing heavily since New and had returned home Mbndav with a broken nose The maid said Mrs Thaw ask ed for a glass of water about 4 o'clock this morning iGoing 'to the bath room she then swallow ed the poison Amoug'her correspondence 'lit tie found to throw any lighton (herjacts letters from Pittsburgh signed discussed financial affairs and an other letter signed front Brownsville Pa asked her to an ologizc to for him' Tonight a telegram was received man at Atlantic City who signed the message asking Mrs Thaw to wire him if she were able Later he called Mrs physician by tele phone to enquire ns to her condi tiun He intimated he was a per sona! friend nffiBi ITER EMffl CUI WEB MONCKS CORNER Jan 5 The jury in vestigating the deaths of Engin eers If Parrish and Cum mings and ireman A Baxter I and Williams which result i cd from the head on collision of I two Atlantic Coast Line 'passen ger trains about two miles south of Moncks Corner on the morn ing of December 24 did not place the blame for the deaths in ver dict returned here early tonight The verdict as returned to act ing Coroner Jr wag as follows: "Thatthe said Parrish Cummings A Baxter and It AViilJams came to their by a' head on collision at Jones Mill about 2 miles south of Moncks Corner between train No 85 and train No 76 operated by the At lantic Coast Line Railroad com pany un the morning of Decem ber Both engineers and both fire men werij killed At tho' request of Solicitor Hedrick of the first circuit Mayor Thomas Stoney of 'Charleston represent ed the state 'and 'examined the witnesses More than 25 persons were injured in the wreck It was brought put in the testi mony that on account of freight train wreck tho southbound track wag being used for all trains for a short distance and thattrain No 76 northbound had orders giving it the right of way on the southbound track to Moncks Cor tlllp According to testimony Engin eer Cummings ran by a red soma phorc signal at Moncks Corner It was also brought out in tho testimony that no other method was used such as the use of fuses red lanterns or torpedoes to stop the southbound train No 85 and that its crew had received no in structions to the effect that tho northbound track hnd been block ed by ti wreck and that any train was being detoured over tho southbound track The jury was out but a few minutes Th hearing lasted for more than 2 hours possivly have Taswd through tho r'brht Roosevelt feet to walk laSt(r thrUwh tho The story of the heroic res cue was learned here for tiio first time when the family arrived iiom Hatteras bringing the ieg cued youths with them Young Stowe's feet arc being trcutod by phyMciflnM in tho hono of saying LORENCE WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 1926 PmcE IVE ONTN HOOD THREATENS PARIS OK NORTH AND EAST Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Tries to Commit Suicide Drinks Poison rAKlblAMS GO TO BED VERY 5 SULZBACHER UNEASY LEST THEY AWOKE IN ELECTED TO HEAD NIGHTTOGREETMUDDYWATER C0MIRCE 80D? VOTE ON METHODS i BEOUCEJAXATION Poll Taxes or Women and Abolishing of Theatre Tax Proposed COLUMBIA Jan 5 The report of the committee of seventeen of the South Carolina tax conference em bodying 17 recommendations was adopted today by a vote of 18 to 3 Among the recommendations con Nained in the report are a poll tax for women classification and reval uation of property for taxation re peal of the theatre tax a policy of uunu issues rainer tnnn appropria tions for permanent improvements io state institutions and continua tion of the present stamp taxes until the new program of revaluation and reclassification is carried out The recommended rnn ti nnni a nf the so called luxury or taxes consider able debate The discussion of proposal to eliminate this recom mendation at times grew acrimonious but proponents of the measure stood firm There also was some discus sion on the revaluation and poll tax recommendations which proved as fruitless as that on the tax clause In only two instances however did the opposition as voiced take the form of motions to amend and in uoin cases tne amendments' were rc jetted The motion of Alva Lump kin of Columbia to eliminate the recommendation that the business cense taxej he continued lost 1:1 to 26 and that of eHV Aeairx1 UJ vhesterQeld tojeiminate the reval uation recommendation was rejected 3 18 W' 1 3 10 I IORMER WIE HARRY THAW 1 CiK dIubv 1 Im MAKKtVI I 4 mawMat I A VW TIUL'Il I1L I IWIAir nnAPT ma imw vr Limit) uvn 1 WANT TO GET WELL THIS TIME 1 I MUKNINfcLf NEWS REVIEW 'X I.