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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
2
A compact roundup covers notable happenings from around the world. Key developments span politics culture science and society with concise notes on dates places and principal actors. The brief emphasizes timely relevance and broad geographic scope.
Reports describe Myron Herrick urging Legion members to model life on Marshal Food, and Poincare invited to a London conference with Britain Italy and Belgium. Conflicts include Greek leaders shot in Athens and British severing diplomatic ties with France. Lausanne talks yield cautious progress as Turkish and German affairs unfold.
Representatives of the National Association of Manufacturers the National Metal Association and others tell a House naval subcommittee against a bill requiring government manufacture of all items for its use. DOJ anticipates civil suits totaling up to 20 million dollars over war cantonment overcharges.
The report lists 50 new prohibition agents added to the Philadelphia force and notes a Mink losses and incidents across the country including a mattress fire in Jersey City, a Lancaster Ohio fatality from a defective stove, Rockefeller kin pneumonia death in New York, and a damaged steamship incident on the President Wilson. It recalls John Wanamaker’s illness, Clemenceau’s Lincoln tomb tribute, a fatal shooting near Cook Springs, and an indictment for a San Antonio oil company president. Also covered are a Newport-Svea collision, Wilmington NC blizzard, Ellis Island child welfare, Tombstone ore vein finds, McAdoo speeding arrest, a Memphis poison event, a deadly High Point Ga school fire, Barrett’s Farmers union reappointment, and Lloyd’s release after anti-syndicalism terms, plus a Cape Town comet sighting.
A massive fire in New Bern North Carolina caused over 2 million dollars in damage. Mayor Clark said about 500 homes and businesses were destroyed leaving roughly 1800 people homeless. The blaze burned for nine hours across a mile and more, with chimneys and charred timbers marking the ruins. Many victims, both Black and white, sought shelter in churches and halls as families wandered the ashes.
Calumet Michigan Captain Nason Bernard and six Maple Hurst crew members perished as the Canadian steamer broke up one mile west of Portage Lake during a heavy gale. Nine crew members were rescued after repeatedly jumping from the bridge into a lifeboat. rescue efforts faced hurricane force winds and a failing lifeboat.
In a tropical hurricane on October 15 the motorship Isabelle wrecked off San Diego after the Guerrero grounded. The Guerrero towed to port by Algerine, both ships sought shore. Of 17 aboard the Isabelle only a young girl and a man were saved.
Ottawa reports per capita liquor consumption fell to a record low last year, while beer intake rose. The department of customs and excise notes 0.86 gallons of liquor per person, 4.37 gallons of beer, and wine slightly below last year's level.
The Supreme Court approves Rule No. 13 governing motions for new trials on after discovered evidence. It requires leave from the Supreme Court before filing in circuit court when remittal is to follow a decision, with deadlines tied to death sentences and execution dates. Also covers cases on appeal, pending appeals, and post remittal procedures.
The governor suspended Rhett F. Griffith, magistrate for Ward 6 in Olympia Richland county, after an audit found malfeasance and missing funds. Gary Paschal was named to succeed him, with Griffith reportedly missing since July and about $3,000 unaccounted. The Richland grand jury urged legal action.
A Boston Evening Transcript note recounts a New Jersey doctor and a minister playing golf. The doctor jokes about playing for a pill if the minister offers a prayer, highlighting a lighthearted moment between two famous locals.
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