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? ???I???????? AMERICA IS LEADING ' WORLD IN LEARNING j JUSSERAND DECLARES French Aaibuwdor Pays Tribute' To This Country at Centennial 'Of University of Virginia Charlottesville, Va., June 2.?America is one of the nations in the | vanguard of civilization as regards, learning and discoveries, Jules J. i Jusserand, the French ambassador, declared today in responding to address of welcome at the formal open ing of the exercises incident to the( centennial celebration of the found ! ing of the University of Virginia. j "Anverca's universities, labora tories, lbraries and sciennnc penuui-1 caJs 5re the envy of more than one foreign nation," said the ambassa-j dm. : I "She not only receives professors, from abroad but sends some of her own, who are received with open amns?open ears. . " v ' , Ha* Coin* Into Own "An even more telling proof thatj the problem is solved and that Am-j erica has come into her own in the oatter of learning is the higih appreciation in which are held in every ' * ?* -il. country the meaais, prizes or ouici j ' ^ fefceift of - appreciation she may dwose to bestow. These tokens sometimes are the sign not only of her appreciation of ment, but of her inborn ,-warmheartedneas and generosity. The other day, having heard that the discoverer o,f radium possessed no radium she presented a gram of the substance to Madame Curie, the presentation being made at the White House by the chief of State in a speech which went to the not nn'lv of the illustrious lady but to the whole ?f France." Welcomed By Govtnor t ': ?. v Voftors here for the centennial Li-"' ' were welcomed to the university by Governor 'Davis, of Virginia, and Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the university. Besides Ambassador Jusserond, those making ' rev.< aponaes were Dr. A. Lawrence Low: ?111, president of Harvard universir ty; Dr. Julius A. Chandler, president of WaBaam and Mary couege, ana Dr. Albert Ross Hill president of the University of Missouri. After these exercises the alumni of the university paid honor to the war dead. A plaque upon which are written the names of 89 sons of the uni \ J verity who lost their lives in the! world war, was unveiled. The plaque J is on the south front of the historic j rotunda, besides a tablet upon which j ' are inscribed the names of, living; and dead officers who fought in the; War Between the States. : 'Captain Alfred Dickinson Barksdale presented the plaque, which was unveiled by two little girls, Miss Bobbie Conrad, daughter of -Capt Robert Young Conrad who was killed in action near Verdun, and! Miss Satire Merrick Kite, daughter' f " of Sergeant Charles Clement Kite,} 1 who was killed in action neair Cha-' teau Thierry,, rector of the university, accepted the plaque and M. Gabriel Monotaux, commander of I the 'French Legion of Honor, paid I i- tribute to the American dead. BELIEVE EXPRESS j COMPANIES WILL - , . GET TOGETHER j . ? \ ! Columbia, June 2.?The two ex-; press companies are, it is believed,! making sou effort to "get together" j on the question of express routings j and on the request of the American ; Railway Express Co,, the South' Qaro-lina railroad commission has' continued to a future date, yet to be anncxmccd,thc hearing which wasj s?hedu3ed four Juije 1* ' -' ** ? ' , Pending the hearing the railroad j commission's order remains in effect; which requires that the two cota-j pdniea handle freight over the short-j Alt routing between two points serv- j fed entirely or in part by; the two, companies, evwn tfeoUgh this means j *!li o1 freight. J American Company recently | Requested the railroad ofommission i to rescind its order and asked the hearing which was called for June 1. Now, however, the same company requests postponement, and it is said the two companes will likely reach! some agreement. The Southeastern] company has favored the commis-| sion's order all the time. This speci-, fies, in addition to the through; routing, that the lowest rate be-' tween two points be charged at all; times. ) 11^ " . : ' r COMPLAINT IS MADE BY SOUTHEASTERN EXPRESS COMPANY Charges That American Refuses to Join With It in Establishing Joint Rates Washington, June 2.?The Southeastern Express Company complained to the Interstate Commerce Com-' mission today that ?the American Railway Express Company, refuses to join with the complaining company in handling express between points in the Southeast and terrl-J tories north of the Ohio and Foto-, mac rivers or west of the Mississippi' river or south of Jacksonville, Fla. | The Southeastern Company serves the "Southern Railway and nineteen! other southeastern roads and de-j dared in its compaiint that because, of the refusal of the American Ex- j press Company to establish joint j rates with it, where the American has its own service, "has the effects of denying to the public the use of! well established routes which arej superior in efficiency and in point j of time and service" to the routes over which the American is now handling the traffic. The complaintant also declared that the restrictions have the effect of closing the U9e of tis own routes between Cincinnati and Louisville and points south, between Washington and points feouth between St. Louis and points south and east between Memphis and points east, between- New Oceans and points north and between Jacksonville and points north. NORTH CAROLINA ' AUTO MAKERS ARE Mmmno ?*v PIT1T Winnr.no in uvu aWa^hington, June 2.-?The Supreme Court today in effect declared invalid Secton 72 .of North Carolina revenue act of 1917 levying a special tax upon manufacturers of automobiles engaged in selling their product'in the state. The Bethlehem Motors Company and the National Motor Car and Vehicle Company brought suit on the ground that'they had been desied "equal protection of the law," aa guaranteed by the constitution. flG' * / f ^flflF ? r Importers, exporters, travelers? snip and sail under the Stars and Stripes THERE are today few porta in the world of importance to shippers or travelers, which cannot be reached by ships that tail under the Stars and Stripe*. President Harding has ? Ilvvr , ' _ A -1-11 said tnat, we cannot *cu successfully where we do not carry**. The American Merchant Marine that once almost vanished it again an established and important carrier of the world's com' merce. You can ship or sail anywhere in American ships designed for utmost com* fort and' safety. Operators of Passenger J ' Services* ' I Admiral Ltac, 11 Scat* Stmt, Nr? j # wr, n. < , Mataon Navigation Company, M So. Cay Street, Baltimore, Md. Munaon Steam Ship Line, 82 Beaver I Street, New York, N. Y, j Now York and Porto Rloo S. S. Co., ' 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y. ! ,i N?w York, N. Y. | Free fj iu. ^^4 Board Aim* ** oT Supping Board motion picture I nlrns, (our reels, free on request of any mayor, pastor, postmaster, or organisation. A great educational picture of ahlpa and th? sea. Write for informft Ion toH. Laue, Director Information lureau, Room Vll, 1319 "F" Stmli N. W., Washington, D. C SHIPS FOR SALB (f? Aaurka* HlUtnt &) teal steamers, both oil aid aaot karnera. Also wood ilea ears, waod kail* and oceao-foiag toga. Farther taleroalioa obtained by For sailings ofpass$ng$r and freight ships to mil tarts of the world and all other information, writ$ to any of the above Unit or to the U.S. Shipping Board I WASHINGTON, D. C. m NEED BILLION DOLLARS * ANNUALLY FOR ELECTRIC POWEF Chicago, June 2.?How to obtair oine billion dollars annually to fi nance eectric power facilities de manded by the public was declaret to be the greatest problems con fronting the electric power com panies in a report to the Nationa Electinc Light association today The problem of finance was assert ed to be handicapping the electric light industry and unless large in vestments are made, the report said the production of cheap, eflicien nower would be srreatly retarded. The committee on electrical re sources told the association thiit de I velopments of water power jnde the new federal power commission | would cost $3,700,000,000 in plant and equipment in the next fou years. Sixty millions of horaepowe would be added to America's powe supply when the nation's waterpo-n er is harnessed, Henry D. Shute, o New York, told the convention. H said the lowest point of depressio: in the electric industry has been paa ed and that future acceleratio: jgraizjaaBBizaam r 2 p jj s I I II SBfifflfififififiSMHiSH GEORGIA COURT CLERK HELD ON CHAJIGE 1 OF STEALING AUTOS i Albany, Ga., June 2.?G. A. Wal lace clerk of the superior couirt od - Lee county was arrested and 1 brought to Albany last night on z - charge of complicity in the opera - tions of an alleged automobile thefl 1 ring. Five previous arrests had beer ~ made here in the case, including A 2 C. Oliver, proprietor of an Albanj " automobile painting and triimminf ? concern", B. A. McDonald, an em * ployee in the same establishment and three other men, W .0. Griffin * M. J. Kidd, and W. W., Lawrence who were charged with stealing au r tomobles and taking them to n Oliver's place to be repainted an< s their engine numbers altered, after r wards selling them. r The municipal council of Paris ha r decided to place a memorial stone a r- each and every place where a' VBij f Bertha" bomp shell fell. e ?. n would depend on large, scak put a chases by the railroad? and upo: n home building. , . . 'V ^ EniMiajiflfiiiizniajani / \ \ - I / /? tl . Joir frosper PUT YOUR AD IN Tl Advertising is today a-P nil pcvi tuicui/ \jx <aii liici u ers, lawyers, preachers coal men?every degr fully cognizant of the With retail prices at a li lem confronting the sel public in a convincing BUT?the medium thi tising efforts are invok* the idea of reaching th< sons that are likely to 1 The PRESS AND 1 more people in Abbevil newspaper. It reaches ject to argument of the ey to spend for neede< tire your business in Th ; Keep Cool?0 | Stop in and r 1 with a sauc | licious. 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