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Th 68TH YEAR. NO. 32. SEMI WE . BOARD OF HEALTH I1 ? UPHELD BY JUDGE ,i ci Restraining Order Sought By Moving Picture Exhibitors Is Refused. - Weimar semhlv visional WAS NO DISCRIMINATION hour wi ent Soc Operators of Showhouses in ove/on Rock Hill Appealed for Order of SPcn to Prevent Closing During their co Influenza Epidemic. "pave th going c of open The following is the opinion of ar0se b Judge Ernest Moore of Lancaster in ance of denying the complaint of Max W unanim Bryant of Rock Hill, operator of a tj,e cau moving picture house, and refusal to This issue a restraining order againtit the 8ixth c enforcement of quarantine orders of rea(]8 j the local board of health of Rock now a0 Hillt ' -As . '" represei Upon the application of the plain- with i 11 tr In ..~.l n..J ,I ?? In fiirioom. iii inn vn men i (Mil |> i?t 1111 in inr ? p> w > above entitled action, I issued a rule nations directing the defendants to shpw scoulesi cause before me at my chambers at bly and Lancaster, S. O., at 1:3ft o'clock on The Tuesday, the 4th dav of February to the 1919, why a restraining order should chambe not be made enjoining the defend- The ents from enforceing the order of the this cla lore' board of health of the city of might Rock Hill requiring the picture ns legal shows arid other places of amuse- cret ng ment thee closed. TTpon the return other s to the rule defendants appeared The fig through their counsel, Messrs. W. M point rj Dunlap and C. W. F. Spencer, and third r the state board of health through T. and Dr F. McDow, and presented affidavits and He for the purpose of showing that their and Vx order was proper and necessary. The for the plaintiff appeared through W. R. ties. .Wilson and ofTered an additional nf- Dr. 1 fldavit of the plaintiff, and the de- clause t fendants thereupon filed certain oth- it was er affidavits In reply. hope to There appears to have been a re- nations turn of the epidemic of Influenza to method) Rock Hill, S. C . In January, and the conatitu condition there hecame so alarming publish the defendants, constituting the lo- ^r- 1 cal board of health of Rock Hill. S. ?reat ? C., found it necessary to take some been th action to relieve the situation. On contend the 18th day of January. 1919, the nfford I local hoard of health of Rock Hill tbe pat called <n a number or the physicians ?"?i "> of the city to discuss the situation the and on the 20th d^y of January, her refi 1010. they called a mass meeting, Ooun attended hy persons from every sured Tl branch of business and professional make a life, for the nurpose of ascertaining but Or. the exact situation, and adoptlne no nssu proper mea?ures to stem the pro- In nowi stress of the epidemic. After the assertlo local board of health of Rock Hill As a had secured all the information it versv, 1 could as to the situation It passed a for the resolution and order directing the of the i picture shows, and other places of amusement to be closed; the Sunday GERM schools to be closed: the churches to jjj be closed: except one midday service a week, with the churches well ventilated: and while the public schools Hurley and business houses and factories; _ I TrOf were not ordered closed rules and regulations were promulgated which prohibited the ceneral assemhlylnp of children in chapel services, the temperature of the children were re- New onlred to be taken in the morninp *hips o session and In the aftern^o" srt?sion. f and upon an elevation of tempera- 'nsr tnre appearing they were ordered to trooP Cl be sent to their homes; persons were! - . i C ?Mre"tP<i not 9o crown 111 rno storesi and on the streets, and the police aC(*ordli authorities were dlrecfpd to see to rhalrnin it that overcrowding wnn prevented. I *,OBrd. ?* far as could he. There appears, port ,'e to have been a funeral observation' Mr- 1 of the orders of the local board of j fo mak' he.n'th of Rock Hill excent In the case, of tt?e picture shows, which, after A 'neriej remaining closed for about two days,' r"tige 1 opened up again. The situation was Europe, very fully reported by the chairman j R of the local board of health of Rock VTr 11,1 Hill to the state health officer, and re the secretary of the state board of 17- ro*f health, who In turn took the matter ferman up with the attorney general, and thereafter the sheriff of York coun- <*ountrh ty was directed by the governor to Rpga eo-onerate with the local police In K?tieral the enforcement of the order of the to "aylocal board of health of Rock Hfll Mr- * In directing the picture show*, and er ,he other placon of amuaement to he ter- T cloned. Following thin action by the United ntate board of health the local board anrt aor ii i trlen a (Continued on Page Six.) he decl; EKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., riTUTIOf} ADOPTED P.rp PAR MING HA If QEKMAN ASSEMBLY Jm L * mUMllU lln ,a,?? 7^1** *, ..ave GREATER MEAN1 lause Adopted Opposing Secret Agreement*. "Hog and Hominy" Doc Was Never So Important , Feb. 13.?The national as- South as Now. unanimously adopted a pro- ___ constitution after a threerangle between the Independ- SHOULD RAISE MORE F ialists on one hand and all t of the house on the other, . , _ ie single point?the question n States Departmen ;t agreements. Agriculture Issues Hulleti ugh the Independents "lost in _ . - ? ntention that Germany should Sale farming Which E e way for the entire world in Farmer Should Read. leflnltely on record In favor diplomacy agreements, they elatedly to make the accept- The 1 nitod States departme the constitution as a whole aKrh'ultuie has just Issued a ous deplte the inclusion of l'n on Safe farming, which s se they had opposed. ^je roa*l hy every southern fa paragraph?a part of the ^rom the following progn lause of the constitution? taken: us originally conceived and *or sa^e ?f considerinj cepted: items carefully, let us repeat a ?oon as the German empire is farming program. It consists c nted in the league of nations (D A good home garden fi the aim to exclude secret ery farm family and every towi mts. all agreements with the village family In the south to s in the league must have the the home needs for the max nence of the national assem number of days In a year with a I the state commission." 'dent surplus to he canned, ston state commission corresponds dried for future use. In this federal council, or second garden should be included ar r. pie supply of Irish and sweet Independents sought to have toes for home use. On every u?e altered so that Germanv where possible there should unequlMorally go on record small patch of either cane or Iv hound to enter into no sp- sorghum to produce the home s reements. reeardless of what ?f syrup. The production of tntes may do in the future. f?r home use should be stimu :ht in the assembly on this (2) The production of coi iged during both second and southern farms should be eadlngs hy Dr. Hugo Haase maintained and the acreage In . Cohn for the Independents ed on all farms and in all se >r I.andsberg, Dr. Dernburg which do not now produce a Hint vnn Rrool/H nrff_Ti o ntio ?t * ?... wv > ivnuconu nc'll llllillini V HIT [lOHHJ HHP. government and other par- Is the main dependence of the for food and feed. There has Dernburg. in supporting the a gradual Increaso In acreag is It was Anally adopted, said some years past. An Increase i Impossible for Germany to sary to insure a sufficient supp make agreements with o"her feed for the increased livesto if they adhered to secret well as for food for the people s s while Germany, by its own be given careful consideration ition was in duty bound to r.rain sorghums?In conm all the terms in detail. with corn production we s laase replied that one of the consider the grain sorghum bjects of the revolution had ought to be nretty clear to fa e elimination of secrecy. lie jn western Texas and Oklahomi ed that Germany could well corn is ap unsafe crop on nu to lend the wav to neace hv thp, lands in that territory. 1 h of openness, no matter 0f the drier sections of Okln "hers did. and as an evidence and Texns there should he a sincerity and genuineness of erased plnnting of grain sorp arm. The planting of corn in west t von TIrorkdorff-Rantznu as- and Oklahoma should he aban> >r. Hnsse that he would never except on land which produ< secret treaty or agreement, fair return of sound corn in TTaese replied that there was [f there is any increase in ranee how lone he would he acreage in either Texas or Okla er. He ridiculed Dernburg's if should he in the extreme ei ns. section of both stntes. The incr consenuence of the contro- demand for grain for food and the house showed excitement should be met by an Increased Arst time since the opening age of grain sorghums, assembly. Small irraln acrwico AIM VF^FT WIT T ?,a,,y wheat and rye* hns b?f .AIx, > r^rv EjIj 1''1' creased accordlnp to a proprai RING SOLDIERS HOME dertaken for fall plantlnp. It _____ necessary to comment on this pram further except to say Says Ships Can lirinp 00,000 v here snrlnp oats have prover ?ps Kach Month?Start in cessful In past years reasc ptnrtinp to this crop may wi Hve WcekN. considered as a part of the f nropram. Rice production is , _ . ,? _ tioned above. York. Feb. 13.?German r approximately 300,000 tons M> Thf> production of ha^ he American flap and furnish- fora?ft crn** necessary to s United State* an additional amn,y th<% livestock on the fan *rryinp capacity of n.ore than thp aon,h for on* ypar- with n men a month, will he ready to ress for ,hp sako of aafo,y nn lee durlnp the next five weeks ?,,v and town consumption, s ap to Kdward N. Hurlev. * P*rt of thp Program throu in of the American shipninp ontlrp territory In plantir who rot,,,nod on the trans- hftV ar<1 fnr;,K? production sneo! iathan tenth n must be gtven to the su durle'y left here in November >**Utn?s. velvet beans, eowpea, p a study of the shipping sit- am' P?anuts. formulate plans for getting Wherever they grow scores m sotdters home, and ar- a7! Increased acreage In velvet for sending food supplies to in North Carolina. South Car Conrgla. Florida, Alabama. > statement upon his arrival, s'opl. Arkansas and Texas, t< rlev said an arrangement had 'argest possible extent, is adv tcched at Treves, on January nr>t only for production of ha; irrilng the turning ovpr of the forage, but for the improveme fleet, bv a commission con- soil. If not a single bean I, .iii.j vested ereent for oond eh., t "s and those of Grrmnny. | emplv repaid In "the inor rdlng the shipping situation I productiveness of the land for n ly. Mr. Hurley had but little c y^r Th'" cop also re< practically no *or?t. as it Is i Turley said he did not eonsld- ,n r?rn. wage ouostlon a serious mat- Soy beans ought to he Incr he wages of seamen of the <n acreage, especially for hog States. Great Britain. Holland dnctlon. In many sections this ne of the Scandinavian coun- has proven more advantngeou re now very close together ared. (Continued on Page Six.) \STER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1919. S DREHER ARRAIGNS ING SUPT. SWEARINGE trine Characterizes Him as "Woul to be Kaiser of South Carolina" and Imposter. OOD CHALLENGES STATEMENT t of Lexington Representative B in on ter in Attack Upon State S !vi>rv npintpnrlint nf " VI ^ */t 1JVI UVdIIUIl ' Floor of the House. nt of Columbia, Feb. 13.?The penei bulie- appropriation bill will be Introduc hou!d into the house sometime tomorre riner. and will hardly po to the senate 1 im is fore the middle of next week. Set tor Chrlstensen said that the sent p the finance committee will have to h( l safe hearings on the revenue measu >f: and his expectation is that the p? >r ev- eral assembly will adjourn sine < n and Saturday. March 1. The failure upplv the delegations to introduce tlv imum p?untv supply bills on time will sufTl- another cause for delay. Th? ed. or w'oro introduced in the house as s< home arate measures, but ?t Is understo i am- *be senate will consolidate them ii pota- on? measure, as in former years, farm The time of the house was oci be a fed todsv with the introduction sweet new bills, the hearinp of commit itipply reports and the "soundinp" of honcv calendar. There was a consideral lated. "slow up" In the disposition of hi rn on on tho calendar, due to prolonged < fuiiv bate on several measures, creas- Drpbpr. of I-exinpton. on ctions I quest,on of Pprsonal privilepe. tod sutfl- tnaAp a bot Personal attack on Jo Corn Swearlnpren. state superintend* south P(1l,oa',on- because of the publt been t'on a rar(^ by Swonrlnpen e for ona ?' fln'ly papers. The or neces- WflR 'n anawpr remarks by ? ly for r>rpher on t^p floor of the house si ck as era' o^bts apo, In whieh he referr Hen lit to thp superintendent of educati in harsh terms durinp the debate take the bureau of repistration a ret ion Prnpiovrnnnt nf teachers from um1 ihould control of Mr. Swenrinpen. ? B* Preher referred to Mr. Swearlnp rmers f0ft?y ns "the would-be kaiser i that cjnjjjj, Carolina." and aliened that t 1S* superintendent of education 's " a" erroeant and imnetuons impost" ihoma yy0 challenged the veracltv of A n 'n~ Swenrinpen's statement in his cp hums. . it .0 to tno pros*. Texas Tomorrow at roon the Joint i don?'d w?n meet for the election >e<' a a superintendent of the state po i qi o tentlary for two years, three dirt rorn tors of the penitentiary for two vef homa four trustees of the State Mi istern |pa| collene at Charleston for fn eased yPnrs one trustee for Wlnthron e ' Ipcp. all nominations to he ma nprPwithotit speeches. espe- SI'IT TO SKTTI.F, fiFOROI X m in- AM) SOI TH CAKOIJN X I P n un- Columbia. Feb. IS.?Cliffc Is un- Walker, attorney penernl of t i pro- state of Georpia. has tiled notice wi that. Samuel M. Wolfe, nttorney poner 1 nm-i mill uuvrriiur * ooper. in.IT liP(ir| nable will enter a friendly suit apainst t ;11 be state of South Carolina for the jm tprinp eial settlement of the boundary li men- between the two eommonwealt alone the Savannah and Tnpaloo r .* and ors from the mouth of the S-ivnnn upnlv liver to the head of the Tusral ms of river at th? function of the Keo.v in ex- ""id Chattooga rivers and to t d for ^Torth Carolina line. This matt hould formerly was taken nn with form phout' C.overnor Mannine Deeeniher 1^1 a ig for! Attorney General Peoples at t ial nf. same date, but they did not ha miner look into the matter. ?, soy ^ SHORT COl'RT TERM. , York. S C.. Feb 13.?After d sfullv . pos'ner of two eases -tho only on ""j readv for trial?the February tei of the court of common picas f ' ^ York conntv adjourned Monday i lp.nl 1 t#>P ?n? briefest sessions he i 'n venrs. Short terms of civil cor have been t^o rnle here since Amp h r rfl entered *he world war. whi sten was followed bv a marked < firmer , , , ,.At . . _T , <n?nntlon In litliratlon !n "o eased county, inoth- |T mires MI ST fMUFT PitV bAtv. raised Washington, Feb. in Tlepres? tntlves Card of Ohio; Whnley. eased South Carolina. and Volstead. pro M'nnesota. were appointed hv t i crop bouse ludlclnry comm'ttee to drp s for legislation for the enforcement war time nroblbltlon effective Ff ruary 1, 1920. : News SUBSCRIPT!! BRITISH LABOR LEADER lEYPRF1 PESSIMISTIC IN VIEWS|^II\Li N ? WFK I* Thinks Industrial Situation Is Al- ULLIll most As MonaciiiK As War d Itaelf Was. "Better S aueurs London, Feb. 13.-e-William Ad- ar amson, leader of the labor party in the house of commons, speaking on rS the industrial situation said it was IS IC) almost as menacing and dangerous as war itself. lie said that the princlpnl labor amendment to the reply The I UDll U- to the address from the throne Properl; would relate the cause of industrial Shi unrest. "I hope," he continued. 1 "that no attempt will he made to dis- By appoint the legitimate expectations , of the working people. Ml sections ra! , , , , , , Plans ol , of Ihe peonle should understand ed ' , . nature to that we have reached the stage iw . , ., , .. which will when we have laid the cards on the De- . ,, . . , . , improvemei table and when the working classes ia- throughout will refuse to longer he treated as , , ite % ? # nounced las , , cogs in a machine for more profit )ld , , ,, local repref making purposes. _ ., re. Railway K> Mr. Adamson said he regretted no ? . tpf Service mention had been made in the king's lie taken by t , speech concerning pensions or of the nr p|r disposal of government shipyards. ,nen emP'? he factories and other properties on ,1PSS' for tl which millions had been spent, or of K,ani,ar(ls < Russia marking ex ?pn(j Mr. Adamson said he spoke for the The driv lt. party or constitutional laborites. Tn lrt- ,n evei referring to a suggestion that the country. 1 present unrest had been caused by Pai?-'n of ed nf a revolutionary group. he said the express e group never would encourage revo- with a wic lution or unconstitutional action. ,,1(> co-open ^,e Mr. Adamson further asked Tor lir along t iI)a statements regarding conscription Packing or 1f> and for the submission to purlin- adopted fo ment of the final peace terms before Press drive p they are ratified. Answering the wi" he ini lav r^aini 'hat the labor party was the s's'- firmly principal opposition in the house, files alreac ?nt Mr" Aflamson said the lahorites were hered .to. ca- ready to RUPnor' 'he government in The ohie n nev acceptable proposal. but that Service Car ird would do their utmost to pre- and for all dr von' vested Interests from "pressing and money r?V- down upon the brow of lnbor a crown damaged si ?f thorns and crucifying the worker of dissatist upon a cross of gold." j both shipp? Sir Donald MacLean, leader of the t tends to Irr . non-coalition liberals, followed Mr. I If is expec nd ' ' , Adamson and expressed regret over; express, an ler | the absence of former Premier As-jare annual quith and said be hoped the former will be kooi 'GU I j prommr would soon return to the! cominir dri' , house. I ly concern; ne I ^ ! Sir MacT.ean asked for more pub-j of many di lieitv concerninp the peace confer-1 tries, some , I enee proceedings and for informs-'exclusively Tr. I ? ^ | tion about tbe progress of the plan | Regard in for a society of nations. While an I lnd to a dei i<5 army must he maintained in the | of this cba ( , field, he said there was distrust con-! made this n, corning the continuance of conscrip- an acknowl ! tion. age Amerlt 1M| * a satisfied irs| FOOTRAIJ. OF ?ot tn S. CAHOMNA UNIVERSITY ' th Columbia. S. C.. Feb. 13._The pnm, ^ 1 football schedule of the University of tJ|f> <1e South Carolina, shows the heaviest: pr arrjVP j lineup of games attempted by the, tonts nrP university in years. The dates '?'-j rause tb?-v (E ,ow: journev of (Ptl September 27?Presbyterian col- mPnf? nrp , lege, of South Carolina, or WofTordJ marnng 01 th a< ( olumbia. I nnstomer n ucioDer i ? MSKine college at Co- .. Hl' , , , tlnns, but lunibia. Ia where. October 11 University of Geor(lj_ gia at Athens. t ,n t",c iw? October 18 ? Davidson college at ' 1' ' ,n h Columbia. nof rp jv October 3 0?Clemson college at Co- Pnro,irntrP nv, lunibia (annual came at South Caro- fos,'v :'ml or, Una State fair.) both ,bf" s ro November 8 University of Tenn- nr? ossee. at Columbia. j^hile tho ( or November IS?Washington and f u', >1 IPa Lee university pt Lexington, Va. _.i November 2? Universitv of Klor- rra! dissati hp Ida at Columbia. is ?nM'?tabl vp November 27?The Citadel, at Co j pninorlumbia. [ "^'n for this evi S. C. COTTON Mlf.b MKV , of or dami is_ MFFT AT SIMRTWIU RG many cases [P, Spartanburg, S. C.f Feb 13.? safe condit ,m The executive committee of the over to the or South Carolina Cotton Manufactur- die. Fxpei ,f. *rs' association, at a special called I shipment si . . ' m.tnf i n IT KorA H /.A I ,1 ,t ,) * ,, Anil n n. HA. ? * O , uivuuup, .Mir u* . luru iu inn it ninri -1 " ? "it?; c?t 'ng of the association on February ply that it rj 27. Victor M. Montgomery, of thisjped and pi city, is president. E. S. Tennent is up for itsel ,j( secretary. erly marke< r)< Mr. Tennent wns asked if any ac-| and addresi tion was taken or any discussion in- with those dulged in regarding the proposed use of a t curtailment of output of the mills or: twine or In n concerning the labor situation. He of shipmen o replied that the committee had no press sorvb o statement to give out for publica- are trying h? tion. He could see no significance in ing is mor if changing the date of the meeting operation ( of from March 11 to February 27. other are keenly b than the committeemen thought the earlier date was the better. (Contli -m >N $2.00 A YEAR SS COMPANY S TO IMPROVE ervice Campaign" Inited to Raise Standd of Efficiency. HE NATIONWIDE c Is Asked (o Help By v Packing and Markpnients to He Handled press Employes. ' a most comprehensive bring about conditions make possible a marked at in the excess service the country, were an3t night by YV. H. Adams, tentative of the American :press company. A "BetCampaign" will be underlie 135.000 men and woyed in the express busile purpose of raising the >f packing, wrapping and press shipments, e will start on February .T I II J ilMU M?? II 111 I'iB [t will comprise a camucation and appeal among mployes simultaneously lespread effort to secure ation of the shipping pubhe same lines. No new marking rules have been r the campaign, but exrs and receiving clerks structed hereafter to inbut courteously, that the ly in force be strictly adf purpose of the "Better npaign" is to check, once , the waste of time, effort that result from lost or hipments. It Is a source action and annoyance to ?rs and the carrier and ipalr the express service, ted that alt who ship by d 300,000,00o shipments ly traveling that way, llv interested n the fortnre. because it so intlmates the transnortation end liferent trad?< and irdusof which depend almost upon the express service, c the conditions which cision for a national drive racier, an evnress official statement todav: "It is ledpod fact that the aver*an business man reirards customer as a direct ashusiness. He would do at mipht jeopardize his Ions with that customer, poods he sent the customn bad order, if the condamaped or pilfered bewere exposed durine the > if, may be. entire shiplost because of inadequate r insecure paekinp. the tav not wait for expiananlace his business elseh a case, the payment of by the express company medv the evil or serve to more business. It Is a unnecessary waste and hipper and the eonslpnoe ointed and dispruntled, express company itself Is the necessity of practip in the conds. A pensfaction with the service ie?ano no nnc is the fvc that there is ,*i remedy 1 in the fact that the loss aue to shipments can in he attributed to the union in which it is turned exp'pss comnany to handence has shown that a farted ripht seldom pocs tartinp ripht" means sirnhns neen securely wrapaoked. that it can stand f and is plainly and prop1, not only with the name s of the consipnee. hut also of the shipper. The ?oor quality of paper or attention to the condition ts turned over to the ex e is somethine which we to discourape. Hut nothe essential than the coif shippers, and as they concerned in the matter aned on Page Eight.) j$'i . - !