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KK1JUAY, MAY 28, lyZU.
COLLEGE VANDALISM
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Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the
Presbyterian College of this State in
the Founders' Day address delivered
recently at the University of Soutli
Carolina had this to say of the abuse
of college buildings by Southen stu
dents; ;' ;'r ^
"I mentioned as a part of your in
heritance a material equipment pro
vided for your use. Is there not a responsibility
resting upon you to take
care of it? There is one lesson Southern
students have not learned; that
is, how to take care of public build
ings. This is noticed especially bj
those who have been connected with
Northern institutions. We do not like
to make comparisons, especially when
they are unfavorable. I was visiting a
Northern institution not rong ago,
and said something to the person
with whom I was talking about the
arrangement of the rooms in the
dormitory. He said, "Would you like
to see a room?" He walked up to ?
door and knocked. A student said
'
"Come in," and there I found a beau
tifully kept room. There is not t
Southern president who is not em
barrassed when he is asked to shov
his dormitories. I know a Souther:
college which advertised excensivelj
a new dormitory. A few years later ]
visited the college and thought !
would like to go through this moderr
dormitory. From the amount of plas
tering knocked from the walls am
other damage done, you might havf
thought it had, been occupied in th<
meantime as a stable. There is a de
sire at the present time on the par
of the State to provide beautifu
buildings for students, but unti
there is a change amonj* students
and they are willing to tarce Dettei
care of what is being provided foi
them, it is going to be difficult t<
convince the State and friends o1
education that money put into hand
some dormitories is a wise invest
ment. It is discouraging to erecl
buildings, and in a few years fine
them all abused."
f % Not only do the remarks of Dr
Douglas aptly apply to our colleg(
property but to public property oi
every kind. We have only recentlj
been told that one reason why th?
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guv^i IJ111C1IV um iivv Iinv vv tVHfw vuv
front doors of the Abbeville post
office building open after nim
o'clock in the evening was that van
dais?private citizens of the town?
"persisted in abusing tTie funiture ant
f. fittings in the lobby by strewing inl
v. abouit, tampering with the lock bo>ie:
and whittling on the writing stands.
Another instance of the inborr
i love of-destruction and abu^.<jf pub
lie property is to be found in the
public schools. Boys and girls, too
take a seeming delight in carvinf
their initials on desks in the ' schoo
room. During the Christmas holiday)
a visitor to the high school, a college
boy, evidently prided himself in carv
inor Viis mnnnmm on aihrand nev
desk in one of fhe rooms.
Look through the song books ii
any of the churches. You can find in
numerable caricatures of the preach
ers, sketches of the choirs and witty
often sacrilegious, parodies of th<
hymns or psalms. ./rc -r '
FRENCH MAIDS AND FRENCF
I WIVES.
Mrs. Ewait Sauer, the French brid<
of a former soldier, was so wrough
nnAn VitT +>io ViicVi crtct. rtf livinc ant
"1'VU JLvuv VV.W- ??? o
what she termed "American extrava
gance" that she suffered nervou;
prostration. Her husband, an Ameri
can accustomed to American ways
couldn't understand how such a little
thing as extravagance could produce
a mental storm of such magnitude
'if*.
He had his wife examined by a lun-Jj
acy board. Mrs. Sauer cried as she \
told how all the money her husband J r
turns over to her each pay day "goes t
out as fast as it comes in. 1 can't af-j c
ford to have my meat delivered in an i
automobile, and I won't." j i
It seems apparent that ?ils French J
bride is determined to guard her f
. husband's interests. Perhaps a mil-!
lion French girls would not all prove (
as thrifty. Many would not marry I
here, but some would. We would ,c
watch their attack on the high cost|?
jof living and American extravagance's
i with considerable interest. J
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A group of such economical and t
| temperamental brides as Mrs. Sauer! r
would give a proteering rnarxet man;t
a chastening half hour when they ap-j i
peared to do their morning's buying.'
"How much, ze cauliflower?" Marie J
would ask.
"It is bery nice; 50 cents," says the)
*| grocer. j q
lj "Mon Dieu!" and Marie swoons on;
i] "Kow much zis soup joint?" Fa- ?
I'cette. demands.
"Forty-five cents," says the sales-'
?o
man, I
"Ma foi!" and Facette collapses! j
' across the prostrate form of Marie. |
And so with the others, until thej
proprietor Calls a couple of ambulances
and his reputation goes
. screaming across the town.
We would hardly suggest such a ^
r method of reducing the cost of liv
t ing. But one can never tell what tha
( importation of a million thrifty
. French girls for domestic service
^ t
might do to the Ameican habit of ex1
. a
tavagance?and to the pofiteers.
t Thus says the Chicago Tribune.
5' But can one ever tell what the im- ,
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jjportation of a million thrifty French ^
?' girls for domestic service might do (
i!to the present domestic felicity in a ?
, million American homes? (
When the President of France has
iJ a4habit of falling from trains thatji
" I million Fench girls might not be so 1
careful about the fall of a mere <
I American man. ^
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[ NO MANDATE FOR ARMENIA j (
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President Wilson's request to the.
i! United States Congress to grant him
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the license, the money and the power(
? ?for all these things are embraced:
J in his proposal?to exercise a man [
..'date-for Armenia merits from the
U I 1
l' legislative branch of the American ^
i1 Government not much more than a |
I respectful hearing. The sciieme of i
.'internationalism itself desjrves no'
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. mercy at all. 1
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,1 This government and tills natioi
I need to get our own affairs in orderj
?i before we set ourselves up in the
.j business of trying to manage the af
^ fairs of anybody else, East or West.
ji Managing the affairs of Armenia,'
I means becoming tanglea up with the
I affairs of eastern Europe. Becom-j
,'ing tangled up with eastern Europe
p1 would mean becoming tangled up
I with pretty much the whole of the
r| Old World. This is exact'y what
they all over there want to get us
ii into?get us into it up to our necks.
*, Then they will take goon cave that
J we shall never be able to get our-|
- selves out.
I I
,J Mr. Wilson regards it as provide!!- t
I tial that jthe conference of statesman j
at San Remo made this appeal to ]
. him. All the rest of us can regard c
'it as providential that trie American c
! people and the United States Con- t
j gress are agreed that while Europe 1
"I ir- settling its own business we should 1
continue to devote ourselves to the
job of settling our own business. 1
C Unless Congress went clean off. its a
f head?something not liable to hap i c
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S jjcii tu cuuiu iicvci gidia iv x iuoi j v.
j'dent Wilson the mandatory power h Jt
seeks tor the purposes and the ad '(
vantages of the Old World agains i
IT I
j the desires and the interests of th j
| United States of America.-?rfun am
N. Y. Herald. . L
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-'SIX HUNDRED BBLS.
OF SUGAR SFIZEDj
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Raleigh, N. C., May 27.?The |
seizure of 600 barrels of granula-j
ted sugar stored in two warehouses!'
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1 ai ivuoc iiiii) juu^uu wv/uiii/jr j uj x/tpartment
of Justice agents yesterday
was said to be the largest sei}
zure of sugar made in the South
fc since the Lever act became effec- (
i tive. The sugar was consigned to J.
- G. Townsend and Company of '
3 Shelbyville, Del. !
A libel of information and a
, writ of seizure against the sugar.
; Oscar Fussell, J. G. Townsend and
; Company, J. G. Townsend, Jr., were
. sworn out by Assistant United <
v
States District Attorney White- j
mrst, charged that the sugar was
emov^d from the usual course of
rade to inflate the mai-ket and in-.
Tease prices. The writ of seizure
lirects the parties concerned to ap>ear
in federal court at Raleigh on
fune 19 to answer the libel of in
"ormation.
The sugar was shipped to North
Carolina about a mqnth ago. Mr.
russell, the only person in Rose Hill
:onnected with the sugar, stated,
icccrding to Frederick C. Handy,
igent in charge of Department of
fustice operators here, that it had
>een shipped there for use in canling
strawberries but on account of
he failure of the strawfberry crop
t was not used.
ACCUSES BARUCH
OF BIG SWINDLE j
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Washington, May 27.?Advocates I
f th? soldier relief bill served I
lotice on tne nouse toaay mat De- i
;lnning tomorrow they would seek |
o block all legislation until the j
neasure is brought up for passage. |
f Illinois made such an announce- 1
nent amid loud applause and later j
tepresentative Murphy, Republican j
f Ohio, repeated it.
Representative Fordney, Repubican,
of Michigan, in charge of the
neasure said its passage might be
ittempted Saturday but some other
eaders thought it might go over
mtil next week. <
Prolonged debate on the bill,
hough bitter at times, disclosed no
>pen opposition to it. Mr. Mason, in
mswering affirmatively a question
>y Representative Rainey, Demorat,
of Illinois, as to whether the
nn QA nflf nonf tUQT*
urinei mvuicu an uv wuv ....
jrofits tax to finance the proposal
:harged that B. M. Baruch "had
itolen $50,000,000 on war profits
>n copper."
"I'm willing to vote to have your
ittorney general bring suit against
Sarney Baruch, the chief man, the
closest man to the President of the
United States, who stole $50,000,)00
in copper alone.
Representative Mason did not
ilaborate on its charge and his renarks
passed without comment
from the Democratic side. .
Celebrate Membership Drive
Florence, May 27.?Celebrating
;he successful membership campaign,
members of the Men's Bible
Slass of Central Methodist Church,
ast night had a big banquet at the
lining room of the union . station
Vlore than 100 men were present
ind greatly enjoyed the banquet
vhich was furnished by the losing '
earn.
A feature of the evening was the
jresentation of the handsome Bible
,o F. W. Wilson, captain of the
'Blues" who were the successful
earn in the membership drive. The
Bible was the gife of J. C. Long,
resident of the class, and the pre- 1
:entation was made by Rev.^1 E. L.
HcCoy, pastor of the church.
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AGAINST MOVEMENT
Charlotte, N. C., May 27.?Selecion
of St. Louis over Staunton, Va. i
md Charleston, W. Va., as the i
L921 meeting place, and disposition 1
)f matters pertaining to the Inter- 1
hurch World Movement featured '
he final day sessions of the Souhern
Presbyterian General Assem
)ly here.
The fight which characterized
Wednesday's sessions in connection
vith the Intefchurch Movement,
. ulminating in the assembly's derision
to continue cooperation in
;he the movement, was renewed
;arly today and not until late tolight
was the subject finally dis)csed
of.
'ENSION MEASURE
PASSES SENATE
Washington, May 25.?After less
;han three minutes consideration,
;he Senate late today passed the
innual pension bill carrying $279,300,000.
The measure now goes to
nnfprpnoe for readiustment of dif
Ferences with the,House draft.
The pension bill as finally passed
.vas the same as reported by the
Senate pensions committee and
jrovicjed for increased appropria;ions
of $65,000,000 over the
rlouse bill.
WILL NOT ACCEPT
New York, May 27.?Dr. Nich>las
Murray Butler, candidate for
1 LIBERTY
The "LIBERTY BC
cepts these bonds, 01
from impossible losi
blesome clipping of
er's wishes the coup<
in payment either m
placed to the credit
partment or Savings
cent.
jj We Pay Five Per
A Full Line of Lc
1
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I Countv
L SOUND
jg||ggjg?ll|g
the Republican presidential nomina- ,!2SS
tion for the Vice- Presidency if it is
offered to him, Judge John R.
Davies, his campaign manager, announced
tonight.
"AN INDISCRIMINATE"
BONUS IS OPPOSED
Bristol, Va., Tenn., May 25.?
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia,
announced his opposition to an indiscriminate
bonus to ex-soldier in
a letter received by W. 0. Came,
vice president of the Bristol Chamber
of Commerce, in answer to a
message in which he urged that the
Senate oppose the bill.
DR. STRATON SAYS HE CAN
SMELL WHISKY YARD AWAY
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What the lawyers call rules of evidence
do not apply in the pulpit, so
Dr John Roach Straton was able Sunday
to tell his congregation in g
Calvary Baptist Church several, facts ?
about whisky. Recently United Stat- j
es Commissioner Hitchcock ruled |
that Dr. Straton could not testify that |
he had purchased Scotch whisky in i
New York cabarets after he had ad- f
mitted he never had swallowed this |
kind of liquor.
"One would not have to swallow a ||
polecat to know that it was a pole- ?
cat," declared Dr. Straton. "I am l|
ready to testify that I can swear to l|
the identity of liquor by smelling. In ||
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my worK as a minister 1 imvc nou ; =
enough experience with drunken ||
men to identify liquor, even a yard f j \
off, from the man who has been |I
drinking it. So when the main case II
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comes to trial I shall certainly testify 11
that it was liquor, whether I swallow
ed it or not."
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVW1
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^ The picture at the Opera V
V House Wednesday night will V
V be Elaine Hammerstein in the V
V "COUNTRY COUSIN" and V
V will take the place of the V
V Minstrel Show which has "oeen V
V advertised for that night. V
V See this picture, it is going to V
V be a good one. V
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Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION
The examination for the award of!
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop I
Onllnra/v ivi/1 f/vn fUo q/JmicciAn rt-f I
V^UUCgC C4IIU JLWt bllC OUIIll^lVIl Wi. |
new students will be held at the |
County Court House on Friday, July j
2, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be
less than sixteen years of age. When
Scholarships are vacant after July 2
they will be awarded to those making
the highest average at this examination,
provided they meet the
conditions governing the award. Applicants
for Scholarships should
write to President Johnson before
the examination for Scholarship examination
blanks.^
Scholarships are worth '$100. and
free tuition. The next session will .
open September 15th, 1920. For
further information and catalogue,
address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock
Hill, S. C. 5, 7-7ton Fri. ^
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BONDS ON DEP<
>ND DEPARTMENT" of this
i deposit, thus protecting th
^ nr tVipft and plirrnrmt.incr 1
coupons. In accordance witl
ons are clipped when due, an
ailed to a given address or th
of the owner in the Commei
s Department with interest
Cent, on Savings Deposits.
?ck Boxes?Rent One and Fe
Savings Ba
SAFE SER\
HERE'S A PRACTICAL
PETTICOAT
English W a
|f for Petticoa
wl ' Wffl double ad^
Beauty and
FITRITE Petticoats made <
rial launder beautifully an<
that silky effect.
'Trimmed in many attractiv
ed effects, with shadow pi
front and back?they offer i
be desired for street and eve
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WHAT a lot of annoyance
Hat service in this store does
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sure of the value.
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taste in selecting Hats for tl
short of genius.
We'd like to have you test
Stetson Soft Hats and Dei
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