Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOUSE; EMPLOYS FATAL HEAD HOLD Putt ft^easure To Sleep in Quick Order?Greek Letter Bill Slum ber* Till Next Year, v ______ The house of representatives clamped a fatal headlock on several young and promising bills at its ses sion Friday morning, and when , the smoke cleared two measures lay cold in death with their "enacting words" removed, cyie was struggling with a "continued indefinitely" sen tence hanging over it and another was h'mping around with "continued until the session of 1922" stained . across its chest. It was open season for bills and the house went after some of the meas ures with considerable roughness. The two measures that, were killed outright were of different natures. The first was a bill introduced by Representative F. G. Harris of Spar tanburg and had to do with the regu lation of the exhibition of moving pictures in South Carolina. The house c*uld not see a board of censors at *n, and the bill was slain without nercy. Another bill that followed in the^path of the movie censorship xaeasure was that of Representative J. W. Moon- of Greenville, and it had to do with the time given a man to make good a check issued when he has no funds in the bant: to meet it. Representative Moon wanted the time shortened from 30 days to 15, but the boose saw it differently and it, too, died. Representative F. G; Harris' bill to prohibit the operation of commercial pool rooms in the state after a cer tain date received short shift, it hring continued indefinitely. N / Then the Greek letter fraternity fcQl. stuck up its head. This measure was introduced by Representative E. X. Ellerbe of Dillon and provided that the board of trustees of the Uni y \ *ersity of South Carolina determine whether or not secret fraternities be allowed at the institution. ^This easure was continued until the s&s sion of 1922. So savage was the humor of the ioase that members who had liieas-' due to come up for second read J 4.1 nig moveu uiai/ uc paoocu ?>>.? antil next week, in several instances certain days being fixed for debate n the measures. A large number of new bills were introduced and many measures or dered sent to the senate having re ceived three readings in the house. A majority of these measures sjent to the senate had to do with local af fairs in the different counties of the rftte. ^ , / v FINDS LARGE CHECK Anderson, Feb. 5.?William Ibompson of the Thompson Gro cery company picked up a piece of yeper on the street Thursday night and found it to be ^a certificate / on opa caeu lur mc coecu was returned to the owner by Mr. \ Thompson. LOST OR STRAYED?One female* Irish Setter Dog, color red, with ^ftjte spot in face. Answers to nniTtt "Vick." Dr. H. C. Fennel. : 2- T-Jtfc pd. 3A&E.?Several mujes and ho,aga gfcsap. JL S. STARK, Abbe ' VTille, S. ' 2, 4-2tc LOST?On road betir*?rn Abbeville 'and Sharon one 30x3% Ajax Ca-, ingf. Finder please'Meave at this officp. 2, 4-col. NOTICE?I hereby warn all persons that Elihugh Cowan, better known as Elihugh Clinkscales, has strayed-f" from my home. He is insane, but ' will not harm anyone. Had on yel low pants, black striped coat, brown cap. About 5 feet tall and brown skin. Anyone who will give me information about this man will get reward of $5.00.. Robt. Clinkscales, Route 1, Box 81, Iva, S. C. 2-2.3t-pd. TOR SALE?High Grade Ammoniat cd Fertilizers for cotton, corn, to * ~L~ A 1o/\ T?ioV> Sornn Rlonrf. -r> B3CCU) a. lott Tankage, Foreign Kainit, etc. Write us for prices advising the tonnage you want. Dawhoo Fertil iser Company, Box 608, Charles ton, S. C. 12, 14?2, 28.c POLAND NOW WANTS PEACE ANO FOOD V Her Desire For Peace is Real.? Her Need For Food Great. Warsaw, Feb. 5.?"It is a ques tion which has to be answered in the affirmative if either phinan throphists or nations are going to interest themselves in the restora tion of Poland on a sound finan *- ' ? A- ?v. \ Ciai looting, in oruer ww uuutm an authoritative answer I approached Prince Saphieha, the Polish Min ister of Foreign Affairs. Rather to my amazement he was not at all elusive, but gave me the most con vincing arguments for Poland's peace desires that I had yet heard. "The trouble with Poland," he said, "is that she is between Rus sia and Germany. That is not her fault; it is the way it happens. Our nation is in a place where it is not wanted; but you may take it 'from me that we are not' going to get out. We've had wars on five fronts On four of them we have peace al ready; on the fifth, peace is being concluded. We aresjtrying to prove it. Everything that we desire is only to get to work. But it is phy sically impossible to accomplish that without help.' "There are four things we require of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are to be our. First?We need the belief of the world in our sincerity when we say, we want peace. SECOND?We need credits in I foodstuffs to regenerate our workers' debilitated bodies. THIRD?We need foodstuffs in sufficient quantities to accomplish this purpose. From a statesmanly point ^of view doles oi money are no i good to us. We need to have enough to eat for at least six months; after that we shall be strong enough to produce for ourselves. And* after that you will hear no more of Poland go ng Bolshevist.' Bolshevism is the last hope of a man with an empty stomach. And lastly we need financial assistance to expand our damaged machinery and to make our industries buzz. We want experts to come to Poland and look over investment op portunities. They are here and our people are willing. We \yant to buzz and pull our weight in the world." ."Your Excellency," I said, as re gards Poland's desire for peace you 1 have quite convinced me', I am sure you would convince the world if it could hear you. But do the Bolshe vists intend to let you have peace, 1 despite their conferences at Riga? 1 Everybody is talking of ^}ie drive in 1 the spring which .is intended to wipe Poland off the map." \ ' He stood for a moment silent. He seem'ed to be searching for a more 1 cogent argument, which had escaped ] his memory. Then he smiled grave ly and held out his hand. "I hav*e a/i estate beyond Gradne," he said, "It is directly in the line of , the Bolshevist attack. Three separ- , ate invasions have picked it bare. There I have scarcely anything but land left. At the present moment I am rebuilding it, putting in imple ments, restocking it with cattle. As j a man in the know, the Minister of j Foreign Affairs, should I do that if ^ T ' ' * '? JnnVif fViof nnr nflAPfl 1 HSU uie icaob uuuuv wixv j with Bolshevism were not lasting." SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT; RICHMOND CAT ] r, ? ADOBTS THREE RATS ! 9 \ " ?* ' v ; I1 ' Richmond, Va., Feb. 5.?A cat j, which makes its home in the First ; National Bank building was found nursing and mothering three infant ] rats in a cupfooard. The cat with her i curious litter of young ones was discovered by John Scheerer, night ( engineer. He noticed the feline bring long tail animals through the engine room, but thought it was only a catch. He looked in the nest later and saw her cuddled up with some' young ones. Thinking they were kittens, he procured <a flashlight and examinations reevaled the rod ents. / DISARMAMENT CALL WILL BE ISSUED BY UNITED STATES AT EARLY DATE Washington, Feb. 4.?An interna tional Conference to discuss disar mament will be called by the United States. Chairman Butler, of the! House Naval Committee said today when the committee met to hear the views of prominent naval officers on the subject. Chairman Butler did not say when the call would be issued, but from his line of questioning of Nvitnesses it was assumed he thought-the call would be issued soon alter tne inau guration of President-elect Harding. Mr. Butler recently conferred with Mr. Harding at Marion, O. Sims Favors It Rear Admiral William S. Sims, wartime commander of America's overseas naval forces was the first witness examined by the committee. With Germany's power crushed, Ad miral Sims said all nations could re duce their naval armaments by half with saftey. He added that he be lieved the nations would welcome a call for a disarmament conference. Congress must determine national policies before naval officers can' formulate naval plans, the /admiral I said adding that until he would not say whether the United States could afford to have a navy second to any other. If the navy were maintained pure ly for defensive purposes, Admiral Sims said the United States would be safe with a navy half as large as that of any possible enemy thou sands of miles away. If, however, the United States intended to rely on its navy for carrying out broad international policies, he said, its seapower should be equal to that of any other nation. Appearing with.. Admiral Sims were Rear Admiral Bradley A. Ficke, retired and Admiral R. C. Cpontz chief of naval operations; Rear Admirals A. T. liong, Henry T. Mayo, W. L. Rogers, Charles Badger, R. H. Jackson and Major General John A. Lejeune, com mandant of the marine corps, all of the navy general board. Admiral Sim$ said he agreed with General Pershing that war with Great Britain was "inconceivable" but added that 4ie would not aban don the navy entirely under any conditions, even if there were no enemy in sight. ' * "You can't tell what will come up out of Europe," he said. "Nobodyv is going to take his hand off his gun." Continue Program Specifically Admiral Sims advised the committee not to stop work on the 1916 building program, particu ' i i-m- : TT~ 1 lany me oaiue cruisers, xic auueu that American submarines were in ferior to foreign built craft and that America was "extraordinarily" behind in aviation development which shotild. be .corrected with stress . on building swift airgjane carriers for the navy. The Offiier suggested that, two of the scout cruisers under construction be alter ed for this purpose. Admiral 5ims said he did not know whether aircraft had displaced battleships as aircraft have helci, be cause he\was not sure that the air plane could do what was claimed for it. "If they prove as powerful as i believe they will," he added, urging development of the air service, "I would eventually abandon major ships." , ON THE McCORMICK* SIDE Mr. John D. Cade, one of the leading citizens of Mt. Carmel, was in the city today, and while passing the Daily Mail Office, stopped m to pass the time of day. Conversation jot to bad roads, and Mr. Cade told this story: "I have never told^a lie in busi-| ness or otherwise with intention to deceive. When I do tell one I make it so big that no one could possibly believe it, but this is what happened on Thursday: On the road leading from Mt. Carmel to Abbeville near the Abbeville-McCormick county line, a calf was meandering down the road and stepped into a hole in the middle of the road and was % drowned. A number of passers-by, who had to detour to get by, can vouch for the sory." The section referred to is in the Flatwoods belt, which crosses the [ two counties in this section, and it' is a well known fact that this is the stickiest kind of mud known, be sides when a hole appears in the road it seems to have no bottom. ?Anderson Daily Mail. WILSON REJECTS PLEA OF RAIROAD LABOR (Continued from Page One) commission and to the railroad labor board for such action as these I bodies may deem wise in the premises; this will be done." The telegram was addressed to J. F. Anderson, vice president of the International Association of Ma chinists; Thomas DeWitt ' Cuyler, chairman of the Association of i Railway Executives and E. F. Gra/ble, grand president of the Uni ted Brotherhood of Maintenance Employees and Railway Shop La borers. The reply of the president to two telegrams sent by the railroad labor unions and to one telegTam address ed to him by the Association ' of Railway "Executives, is understood to have been based on recommenda tions of Secretary Payne, who still acts as director general of the rail road administration. The telegram, was referred to Secretary Payne when received early last week and his recommendations were forward ed to the White Hcfese Friday. Question of Wages The^ railroad workers in their first telegram,signed by tl^e heads of seven unions and transmitted through B.' M. Jewell/ president of the raliway employees' department of the American Federation of La bor, asked the president to investi gate the carriers'1 statement as hv W. W. Atterhurvj vire 'president of the Pennsylvania lines ! before the railroad labor board in 1 Chicago. Mr. Atterbury had declared that the railroads must be permitted to | readjust wages or face the danger I of bankruptcy. The union heads ' asked the president to investigate | this statement and if found to be j based on , facts which the/ union ! heads paid they doubted, to ask con gress to enact remedial legislation at once. The telegram from the union ?eads brought forth a communica tion from the Association of Rail way executives who charged that +Vi n n n i ATI ronnocf wnc '''Plii'mih Plan League propaganda." In 'a second telegram the union heads denied this charge and declared there was no econmic justification , for any wage readjustment at the present time. TO VISIT BATTLEFIELDS Greenville, Feb. 6.?Announce ment that the Old Hickory (Thirti eth) Division Association is plan ning to charter a ship and give ex service men an opportunity to go in July for a visit to battlefields of Europe was made t<rt*ji by Harold R. Turner, second" vice-presiderft, who stated that over 200 'members of the association in the Carolinas and Tennessee have already signi fied their intention of making the tour. J \ Opera Ho "I'll wager that in of the Queen"?an GEORGE MELFOR SIR GILBERT "Bel With A Cast Incl MILTON! 1 ELLIOTT t t MABEL JULIEOM ANN FOF Admission? 15ct Extra?Comedy t I HE WILL NEVER PLAY SET-BACK ANY MORE There is a superstition to the effect that the presence of a screech owl is an omen of ill, and many there are, it is said, who look for bad news when they hear the doleful screch of the bird. A short while ago, during the warm days that came in January, a party gathered at a neighbor's home in the city to engage in- a friendly game of setback. There was a good fire in the room and soon it became too hot, so a window was raised to let in some fresh air. The game was progressing nicely and all was moving on in a satistactory manner when all at once a noise as of rushing wind was "heard, and one of the little prowlers by night came in and pitched uponi the shoulder of one of the players, and quietly craned its neck and looked him square in the face. That was the signal for one hearty, husky man to become pale in the gills. All color left his face, and from that day to this, it is said, he hasn't touched a card, and vowed that he will never engage in a game of setback again aS long as he lives.?/-Spartanburg Jour nal. \ ' I ) . How to C Home or If more renters would ing ambitions and possibilil dealer there would be few< owners. , Frequently the renter in the matter of financing Because lie has but little c< that the purchase of a hoir can dream over and, like IV wait for "something to tun fact, if he would come to us own his home by turning h PURCHASING MONEY. Helping renters out of structive advice to change these are a few of the thing ' er^ delight in doing. SIZE WHAT YOUR RENT I $20.00 per month for 12 ye a home or farm valued #30.00 per month for 11 ye a Home or Farm valu< $40.00 per month for 10 ye a Home or Farm value Dixie L "If you want to exchange y< or your City property 1 /_ use?Friday and two years we may present her ir id in time she did become the to< D'S great seven reel Paramount PARKER'S "THE TRANSLATE . Mi, U 1U1U lUJf 11 uding? SILLS )EXTER NE SCOTT JEST .s and 35cts. Attraction. Embittered \<*ith tocrat sneeringl dian squaw. The disgrace his fam dregs in the lui North. But one day the Seeking the piti! wronged, he beautiful womai Gome see somet tion picture! A frozen widls. rooms, and the things in human FRED DOMINICK SLATED FOR IMPORTANT COMMITTEE Washington, Feb. .1?That South Carolina will have a member of the ways and means committee in the next congress for the first time sinct 1895, when John McLaurin served on that committee in the fifty-fourth congress, now seems practically as sured. The member will be Con gressman Fred H. Dominick of New berry, third district, unless all signs fail. During the past week there has been considerable activity among Democratic members of the House in regard to selections for desirable committee posts. Among the other *vt inllpAf] n f 4- V? /-\ tirn?IC< O T1 ."1 uzemueia tamcu ui iui tuc aua mea^s oom-nittce are Representatives Eteagall, of Alabama and Moore, of Virginia, ..both prominent southern members?^ It is thought that the Re publicans will permit ten members from the Democratic minority, which increases Mr. Dominick's chances of success. Information from Mexico is that instead of the 240,00 bale cotton crop which was hoped for the yield Will not run above 70,000 or 80,000 bales. ? / Km Your Farm!! put their home-purchas ti$6 up to the real estate er renters arid more home " ' } is entirely inexperienced the purchase or a home, jady cash he often! tlfinks le is only a matted that he licawber, he continues to 1 up," when as a matter of 5 he could be shown hojty to" isren-tmoney into HOME a rut; being able by con them into home owners? rs modern real estate deal MONEY WILL DO: iars and 6 months will buy I at $3,000.00. jars and 2 months will buy id at $4,000-00. ;ars and 5 months will buy id at $5,000.00. and Co. ' jurvFarm for City Property For k Farm?See us.!" meBBBBBBBBBl Saturday 1 the drawing room ist of London. 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