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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C. TUESDAY. MAKCH 4, 1919. NO. 18
BRITISH LABOR PROBLEMS
Significant Steps ot the Working
Hen of the Country
THE OLD ORDER IS NOW PASSING
Indication* are That Peacsful Revolution
i* Now Being Consummated,
and the Privilege of Idleness is About
to Go.
Amid stormy circumstances, writes a
correspondent of the New York World,
representatives of British labor and
capital convened last Thursday at the
British Industrial Parliament and voted
to form a committee representing
both capital and labor to Investigate
the great questions at the root of the
industrial convulsions in England.
The parliament was composed of 500
representatives of 10,000,000 workers
and 300 representatives of capital.
Sub-committees are to be formed to
take up questions of wages, hours and
housing, and on April 15 a Joint committee
will report to a second meeting
of the parliament, when it is hoped to
form a permanent body which can
handle Industrial questions in an effort
to prevent tying up the nation's industries.
Henderson Credited With Results.
It was a victory for the regular
leaders of labor instead 01 tne extremists,
but It was principally due to
the radical Arthur Henderson's great
speech and programme.
Premier Lloyd George was glad to
accept the resolution of one whom,
during the election, he was most interested
in snowing under by the cry
of Bolshevism. He accepted Mr. Henderson's
plan in preference to the oimj
offered by representatives of capital,
but at the very end of the meeting the
whole plan was almost wrecked by
some of the labor representatives, who
declared that the premier, through
rhetorical means, was trying to ram
something down the throats of the
workers without labor organizations
being permitted to vote on them.
There is still a chance that this disaffection
may have serious results on
the value of today's decisions.
The day's deliberations were marked
by the frankest criticism of the pre
mier and the government ana oy me
reiteration from all the workers, of
their determination to attain the great
objects for which organized labor is
striving.
"Hold Together" Is Warning.
Stuart Bunning of the labor congress,
pointing to the premier, declared
that during the election the premier
had cried "Bolshevism" to the very
men who were there today and said,
"Cuyses have come home to roost."
Premier Lloyd George's speech at
f^ . the end of the session was frequently
interrupted by dissenting voices or by
reminders of distrust in the government,
which made his earlier remarks
labored, and only at the very end did
he make an impassioned plea to the
workers and employers for restored
conflAnce to meet and solve the problem
confronting the nation, "the greatest
problem which has ever confronted
us in time of peace."
With Are, he exclaimed: "Hold together!"
reminding his hearers that
on another critical period during the
war he had said "hold fast" not unavaillngly.
Peaceful Revolution Evident.
N'ever has the British worker more
clearly Indicated than he did today
that a peaceful revolution has alreadytaken
place in Great Britain and is
creating for him a position in society
which he means to achieve and maintain
What was marked in the government's
attitude, as expressed by the
premier ana me rnuor imuisici, ??. ?
the recognition that the workers never
would accept the old conditions. The
most astute students of labor problems
in this country expressed their
belief to the World correspondent tonight
that a great good had been done
at a critical moment by the premier's
call for the Industrial Parliament, for
it gave opportunity to labor to state its
case and to remove the fiction that
Bolshevism is behind the upward striving
of the masses.
How sure organized labor feels of its
compelling power Is seen In the momentous
demand of the triple alliance
of the miners, railway men and trans
port workers, which was outlined to
the conference by J. H. Thomas, who
said: "We stand unalterably for ownership
by the state of the mines and
railways and the means of inland and
coastal transport."
John Robert Clynes, however, warned
labor not to demand too much in
too brief a space of time.
Miners' Strike Postponed.
Strike notices, effective March 15,
have been postponed for a week by the
National Federation of Miners after a
conference today, the government's invitation
having been accepted to nominate
representatives to a commission
to inquire into the condition of the coal
miners. It is understood that the miners
are to have half the representatives
on the body in inquiry.
The results of today's big conference
do not interfere with the present
negotiations under way with the triple
alliance or other organized bodies. Its
decision Is only the first attempt to investigate
the great issues which lie at
"* the bottom of the whole industrial
trouble and to try to find a way out to
stabilize the future. The women workers
will have a conspicuous place in
this portentous scheme.
* ' Both Sides Considerate.
There was no attempt to make this
first meeting' of capital and labor a
Donnybrook fair. In fact there was
immediate decision of the whole meeting
to give the matter a just hearing.
Capital was listened to without recrimination.
The pervading note of the employers'
remarks had a good augury,
especially when one speaker declared:
"Labor does not know how far we are
willing to go."
The meeting itself was picturesque in
the fact that labor smoked its seasoned
' briars under the very nose of the premier
and next to the delicately attuned
nostrils of the "vested interests." Nor
was it without humor, especially when,
as the wedding bells of Westminster
Abbey across the street were ringing
and the Princass "Pat" was nearing
the church for her marriage, one of
the labor men referred to the bad Impression
on the workmen created by
the report that the princess has seventy-nine
night gowns in her trousseau,
while some of the working women
hardly had one. This convulsed
the premierTHE
REASONS FOR REDUCTION.
John L. Mcl.aurin Says Farmers
Should Go On Strike.
It is pretty generally understood
that Hon. John L. McLaurln is one of |
the best authorities on cotton in the
United States. He knows all about the J
staple in all of its uses and ramifications.
He knows how to raise cotton to
the best economic advantage, from
preparing the land to ginning the bale.
He knows all about the labor question.
He knows all about the manufacture.
Then along with it, he knows all about
cotton finance from the lien on the
renter's crop to international manipulation
by which the profits that should
belong to the cotton growers of the
south are divided among the Philistines
of the world. The part that the
money changers of Europe play with
the money changers of the east and
the part that people of the south play
in furthering the plans of the money
changers of the east are to him an
open book. lie has done more than
any other one man probably to show
the cotton producer how to help himself
and to heip the cotton producer
help himself. He is permeated through
and through with a feeling that he
would rather do that than anything
else, and that is why the farmers of
Chesterfield county, when they wanted
some straight information on the situation
went to Mr. McLaurin for it. And
Mr. McLaurin gave it to them. Here
is a part of his speech that is well
worth reading .and thinking about:
The mills of the United States have
made tremendous profits by the war.
Most of them have paid for their
plants, as well as improvements. They
have made many improvements so as
to escape the heavy income tax.
With their profits they have heaped
up large stocks of goods, anticipating
an extraordinary demand from Europe
on account of the destruction of manufacturing
plants in France and Belgium.
Much of the manufactured
gOOdS on Storage represent tuuvu
bought at from Ave to twelve cents a
pound. Cotton goods have not declined.
On the contrary in the New York
Commercial, page 3, first column, of
February 24th, there is recorded an
advance in the goods of from l-4th to
1 cent a yard. An advance of l-4th
of a cent a yard in goods is equal to
1 1-4 cents a pound in cotton. Yet
spots were marked down 76 points the
day after an advance in goods. The
average is about .08 cents a yard, and
of this class of goods, one pound o{
cotton of micyUng^ aradq* will make
six yards of cloth. One pound of cotton
costing 25 cents makes 48 cents
worth of cloth, Including the profit to
the mill. If tl?e mill buys the cotton
at 25 cents and manufactures it at a
profit at .08 cents a yard, then the difference
of 23 cents gives them a bonus
of $100 on eacli and every bale of cotton
manufactured. There is no rubbing
this fact out. This profit is entirely
at the expense of the farmer,
and unless remedied is bound to bank
rupt him. As a matter of fact, most of
this cloth is manufactured of lowgrade
cotton bleached white, which is
selling below 16 cents a pound. The
farmer has no organization, his only
resource is a strike, and I say strike,
and strike right now. Cut your acreage
and live at homeCongress
has a bill before it, which
will help cotton. It is proposed that
the government will assist export firms
who are unable to borrow money in
the ordinary banking channels. The
loans will be limited to the contract
price for the goods and the rate of interest
only slightly more than the discounts
on commercial paper.
With the embargo lifted and flnan
- -? -
Ciai accommuaauuns me iini.c wi
ton will take care of itself. Germany
uses more low grade cotton in proportion
than any other country, and I
have some "Marlboro blues" that
would make a splendid winding sheet
for the kaiser.
A Victory Highway.?People in other
parts of the United States should
find inspiration in the tree-planting
campaign undertaken by the residents
of Bell county, Texas. These thoughtful
citizens have subscribed liberally
to a fund which is being used to beautify
the Templc-Belton road or Victory
highway. At every interval of
thirty feet a tree is planted on either
side of the road, numbered, and dedicated
by the person who plants it to
some Bell county soldier who fought
in the great war, while a label on the
tree gives the name and title of this
soldier. With each tree are pianiea
also two pecan nuts and two walnuts.
If these produce seedlings, the owner
of the tree may take his choice of one
of these seedlings of the orginal tree.
Here is a combination of partriotism,
aestheticism, and utility. The Victory
highway will be useful as well as ornamental
for generations to come. It
will be sought by the tourist of the
future not only for its beauteous shade,
but out of sheer respect for the good
taste and good sense of the people who
designed and developed it.
Times Change and Men Change With
Them. One hundred and forty years
ago, artist Charles Wilson Peale
^ nArtroU nf Wash
paiU .A;U 1,41*5 v* W. -
ington that President Wilson, the other
day, unveiled at 10 Downing street,
London; and how remarkable is the
sequence of historic events that has
placed this particular portrait in a
building that is held to be the center
of the British government! The portrait
crossed the ocean in 1780 with
Henry Laurens, who was bound on a
mission to He Hand; but the vessel was
captured, by Captain George Keppel
of the British navy. Laurens went to
the tower until he was exchanged for
Cornwallis: the discovery of his mis
sion led to war between England and
Holland; the portrait of Washington
remained in the Keppel family until
it was presented to the British government,
when the United States entered
the world war.
If you must have wrinkles, get
them from laughing.
THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
From Now on There Will Be a Hietory
Making Fight.
The sixty-flfth congress of the United
States will go out of existence on Mon
day, March 3. The sixty-Blxth congress
will come into exlstance on the
following day, but, unless called by
the president to meet in extraordinary
session, will not convene until the first
Monday in December. The outgoing
congress is Democratic; the incoming
congress is Republican. From March
4, 1919, to March 3, 1921, or until the
close of the present presidential term
the national legislature and the
national administration will be of
opposite political complexions.
A Democratic congress and a DemI
ocratlc administration took the responsibility
for leading the country into
war, and must assume the responsibility
for its conduct on the part of the
United States. The completion of the
work of the war, the carrying on of
renconstruction made necessary by the
war, "the binding of the nation's
wounds," readjustment to altered conditions,
care of the veteran soldiers and
sailors, rehabilitation of national industry,
support of the national finance, all
the finishing business of the conflict, so
far as the United States is concerned, as J
well as the recementing of certain international
relations and the resumption
of others, will constitute employ
ment that must be shared by a Republican
congress and a Democratic president
The two ends of Pennsylvania
avenue will be constantly under the
white light of public observation during
the next eighteen months at least.
At the end of that time, the nation will
no doubt feel that It knows whether
the Democratic party or the Republican
party should be trusted with the
control of national affairs. At the outset,
the Democrats enjoy advantage in the
indisputable fact that they have a leader
in whom the country has almost unlimited
confidence: they are at a disadvantage
in the fact that they have a congress
that is turning over to a Republican
successor an Immense amount of
important work which it should itself
have performed. At the outset, the
Republicans have advantage in the fact
that they need take no party responsibility
for making the war or for conducting
it; that they are free to dis
cover, if they can, important mistakes
and blunders made by their predecessors;
that they have the opportunity
of setting right many things that are
now awry; and that they are, broadly
speaking, in a position to show the
people, from inference by-comparison,
how much better they could have
managed things had they, Instead of
their opponents been in power during
the last two years.
The advantage of the outset on either
side will not be of value unless it shall
be maintained by works. ^ The nation
is disposed to see that the president
shall have fair, even generous treatment
at the hands of the Republican
:ongress, but neither the virtue nor
the popularity of the president can be
expected, on the one hand, constantly
io outweight shortcomings revealed in
the record of his party, or, on the other
hand, always to over-shadow the
praiseworthy accomplishments of the
Republicans. The probabilities are
that President Wilson, from this time
? .....~.a will ho /*rmsirlered bv the
lurncuu, ?>ii uv
great majority of the American electorate
as a man apart and that each
of the two great parties will have to
rest its case solely upon its merits or
demerits as either have been, or shall
have been, displayed during this exceptionally
important period in the
history of the republic.
The Republican congress, if called to
meet in extra session, and it is difficult
to see how such a call can be
avoided will have a great opportunity
to improve upon the work of its predecessors
in the matter of disposing,
and disposing intelligently and satisfactorily,
of business that should long
since have had attention. Many measures
insistently demanded by the people
have been neglected, and will very
likely be left over on March 3. The
regular legitimate ousiness awwuug
disposition in both houses of the sixtysixth
congress will supply the members
with abundant occupation. If they
shall make the mistake of turning
from this business to the framing of
a party issue, the public will not be
pleased- The partisan issue will take
care of itself if the Republican party,
through its representation in congress,
shall take care of the urgent needs of
the nation In the way of legislature. If
that party neglects the nation for partisan
purposes, it will be certain to lose
all the advantage it had at the beginning.
The record which the Incoming
congress shall make will very largely, if
not wholly, determine the manner in
which the presidential election of 1920
shall go. What the nation is looking
for now is skillful dealing with the
questions which the war has left unsettled,
a satisfactory solution of the
important problems; it will be impatient
with petty bickerings, tlmewasting
contention over trivialities, and
small politics of every nature. Christian.
finionrp Monitor.
Don't-Feel-Like-Work. If any of us
don't feel like working why, we are
sick.
And we don't have to be at home
and ir bed in order to be sick.
It is not normal not to feel like
working. We are sick if we are short
of normal.
The remedy is easy and cheap
cheaper to apply than not to apply
not only in the cost but in the final
economy of doing more with less effort
and earning more.
The salesman, for instance, who feels
more :ike going to a picture show than
calling upon prospective purchasers
and thus selling more and earning
more, is sick in the sense that he does
not feel normal.
Here is the remedy in one or all of
the four following stipulations:
TTHrst* Don't eat so much; cut down
on concentrated food, like meat, eggs
and the like, and eat more vegetables
like cabbage, greens and celery, of
bulk character.
Second: Drink at least six glasses of
water a day and more in summer.
Third: Sleep with the windows up
and without the head covered with the
bed clothes.
Fourth: Walk at least part way to
and from work. Walk fast and breathe
deeply.
The greatest mistake most of us
make Is In believing that the more we |
eat the more strength we add to our
bodies and minds.
Excess foods of certain types goes
to make excess fat, which is the worst
kind of baggage. It takes strength to j
carry this excess baggage around that
might better be used in productive effort working.
Some of us become fa- i
tigued in carrying this excess baggage
around, and the result is that we don't
feel like working.
Most of the indisposition toward
work, and that tired feeling, are a rejsult
of confusing stomach emptiness
with hunger.
The way most of us eat, it would ,
take about ten days of fasting to really ,
get hungry. Fill up the emptiness
with bulk fruits and vegetables and go
without a meal or two now and then
by filling up with water.
If any of lis don't feel like working
it is a good plan to keep on working
and quit eating.
As to what we eat, it is well to follow
our own instincts; that is, eat
what we want, or what agrees with us,
but cut down on the quantity of concentrated
foods.
The don't-feel-like-work feeling, or
just plain laziness, or fatigue after a
normal amount of effort, simply means
that we have been using energy, that
might have been productive and profitable,
in digesting needless amounts of
foods and in resisting poisons that are
generate< by accumulated waste.
BLEAK REGIONS OF ARCHANGEL
Base of British and American Troops
Operating in Russia.
Archangel, Russia, where a joint Allied
and American expeditionary force
has been in conflict with Bolshevik
troops, is described in a bulletin of the
AAA(n.QnK(n oAoi otv loallAf) ,
xiauunai wwv<wV ,
from its Washington headquarters.
"The city of Archangel, where Allied
and American troops have their headquarters,
was the capital of the Archangel
province, or government, under
the czar's regime, a vast, barren, and
sparsely populated region, cut through
by the Adriatic circle," the bulletin
says.
"West and east, the distance across
the Archangel district is about that
from London to Rome, from New York
to St Louis, or from Boston to Charleston,
S- C. Its area, exclusive of interior
waters, is greater than that of
I Prance, Italy, Belgium -And Holland
combined. Yet there a^e not many
more* people in these great stretches
than are to be found in Detroit, Mich.,
or San Francisco, CaL, or Washington,
D. C.
"The climate is extremely cold. In
the northern parts the ground does no't
thaw the year round. The port of
Archangel is lce-oouna six mwuu ur i
Ah? star, . anil, utl ly t?*% I
only three months. t
"Arable land in all this territory is 1
less than 1,200 square miles and three- i
fourths of that is given over to pas- r
turage. The richer grazing land supports
Holmagor cattle, a breed said to c
date back to the time of Peter the i
Great, who crossed native herds with f
cattle from Holland. t
"Rocky, barren plains stretch south i
of Archangel city and these, with the ?
swamps and marshes to the east, and i
more plains and lakes to the south- t
west, form about half the province,
while a third more is overgrown with t
forests. There also are tundras, cover- j
ed with lichens, where reindeer find i
pasturage. i
"About fifty miles from the mouth s
of the Dvina river, which affords an r
outlet to the White sea, lies the city of t
Archangel. Norsemen came to that c
port in the tenth century for trading, r
One expedition was described by Alfred
the Great. But first contact with (
Al A ' J A nrn n aaiohltflhaH in
I lie UUUjlUe VVUllU nao vovuwifMVM ... ?
the sixteenth century when Sir Richard
Chancellor, an English sailor, stopped
at the bleak haven while attempting
a northeast passage to India. Ivan
the Terrible summoned him to Moscow
and made his visit the occasion for
furthering commercial relations with
England- Thirty years after the Englishman's
visit a town was established
and for the next hundred years it was
the Muscovite kingdom's only seaport,
chief doorway of trade with England
and Holland.
"When Peter the Great established
St. Petersburg as his new capital much
trade was diverted to the Baltic, but
Archangel was compensated by designation
as the capital of the Archangel
government. Boris Gudunov threw
trade open to all nations, and in the
seventeenth century Tartar prisoners
were set to work building a large bazaar
and trading hall. Despite its isolation
the city thus became a cosmopolitan
center and up to the time of
the world war Norwegian, German,
British, Swedish and Danish cargo vessels
came in large numbers.
"Every June thousands of pilgrims
would pass through Archangel on their
way to the famous far north shrine,
Solovetsky Monastery, situated on an
islajid a little more than a half day's
boat Journey from Archangel.
"The city acquired its name from
the Convent of Archangel Michael. In
the Troitzki cathedral, with its five
domes, is a wooden cross, fourteen feet
high, carved by the versatile Peter the
Great, who learned the use of mallet
and chisel while working as a ship
wright in Holland after he ascended <
the throne." <
? I
No Need for Prison. After the Unit- ?
ed States becomes bone-dry many i
iails in the country may be in the same i
case with the old log jail In Brown j
county, Indiana, which had had no <
compulsory tenant these seven years i
and is to be preserved as a curio. The .<
Brown county jail was built in 1837, |
"good and solid," according to the re- i
cord, for the handsome sum of $175, i
and the last prisoner was his own j
jailer. Sentenced for some petty of- i
fensc, the keys were handed over to
him and he went out every day to
work and came back every night to
lock himself up. During this incarceration
he also acted as jailer for two
other petty offenders serving shorter
terms. This sounds like comic opera,
but so it was.
Ask the Boys. Those who speak of
their sons or brothers coming through
I the war "without a scratch" forget
about the cooties. Boston Transcript.
MUST 00 TO SCHOOL
General Assembly Agrees On Compulsory
Attendance Law
MORE OFFICERS TO GET SALARIES
All Children Between Eight and Four
teen Years of Age Required 4o Attend
School at Least Four Months f
Out of Each Year^ Provision for the f
Punishment of Parents and Guard.ians
Disregarding the Act.
The general assembly has agreed
upon a compulsory attendance law
which applies to all children between
the ages of eight and 14 years. No
truant officer is to be paid in excess
5f $1,200 per year, and women are eligible
for this position. Where indi- 9
gent parents are unable to purchase
books for their children It is incumbent
upon the county board of education
to purchase these books for the 0
children. Any child living more than
two and one-half miles from a school, r
ir any child under 12 years /of age ?
living more than two miles from a
ichool is exempt from the provisions f
>f the act, unless a school wagon route 9
runs within one mile of the home. Par- 0
6
mts or guardians who violate the pro
risiona of the law are punishable by a ^
Ine of not less than $5 nor more than
110 for each offense. It is incumbent "
jpon teachers to assist in the enforcer
nent of the law. Failure to so assist
s punishable by a fine of $5 for each F
>ffense, to be deducted from the sal- ^
iry of the teacher thus convicted.
The senate amended the bill so as ?
0 allow districts wishing a compulsory
attendance period in excess of a
'our months to apply the compulsory
'eature of the Qualified electors so 3
petition. The senate amendments were
idopted by the house by a vote of 68
:o 33. The bill reads:
Section 1. That every parent, guardan
or other person having charge of a
my child between eight and 14 years
>f age must send such child to a pub- n
ic, private of parochial school, or to
1 competent tutor, subject to the ap- u
>roval of the county superintendent of 8
:ducation, for four consecutive months 1
>r 80 days during the scholastic year 3
hni tVio nnVinnl nttpnHpri la In apaalrtn
sxcept as herein after provided: Pro- c
ided that in case the term of any school b
s less than four months or 80 days ll
ittendance for the full term of such 1
ichool shall be sufficient. to meet the 0
equirements of this act.
Sec. 2. Upon the written petition a 0
najority of the qualified electors re- s
iiding in any school district request- *
ng tho attendance of pupils on school
hroughout the full term, .the county 0
>oard of education shall order such at- p
cndance in any district where a
onger school term than four months C
s now maintained and attendance is
equired under the local option law.
Sec. 3. That any child whose physl- t
:al, mental or moral condition unfits s
t for attendance at school is exempt n
rom the requirements of section 1; n
hat such child must be designated as p
mflt by a person competent to judge n
ind appointed to do so, by the board f,
ippointing the attendance officer for i
Hill lerrituiy. ^
Sec. 4. That any child living more t,
han two and one-half miles from any n
>ubllc, private or parochial school and t
iny child under 12 years of age llv- j(
ng more than two miles from such a
ichool, may claim exemption from the jequirements
of Section 1: Provided, ^
hat any pupil living within one mile a
>f any regular route of a school wagon
nay not claim exemption. n
Sec. 5. That any private or paro- a
:hial school attended by any child be- ?
ween eight and 14 years of age shall ^
>e first provided by the state board of p
ducation. Such school must give its j
nstructlon in the English language, Q
md it must teach such subjects as are t
equired in a similar public school in c
south Carolina.
Sec. 6. The county board of educa.ion
shall appoint such attendance oficer
or officers as the needs of the u
jublic schools of the county may re- ^
luire: Provided, that the board of trus- {
ees of any district containing an in- t
orporated town or city of 2,000 in- Q
labitants may nominate to the county r
oard of education the attendance oficerfor
their district and may fix his
Sl
:ompensatfon from the special tax ^
'unds of their district. The duties of
mch attendance officers shall be to g
alee annually a school census of all ^
he children in each district between
he ages of six and 14 years, and to P
ile with the county board of educaion
a report giving by school districts
he name of each such child, the race,
.he sex and the names and local ad- 8
Iress of each child's parent. This
;ensus shall be taken during the
nonths of July and August. Any child 8
neligible to attend the public schools p
ihall be reported by the attendance oficer
to the county superintendent, who
ihall transmit such report to the exe- 8
:utive head of the proper state school v
'or such special child.
Sec. 7. Women shall be eligible for
* 4. ?? r\r? PAiintv nt
'mpioyniuiii cua uiou.w ,
endance officers. d
Sec. 8. That it shall be the further n
luty of each attendance officer to re- n
:eive from the superintendent or prin- v
;ipal of any school within the district d
)r territory, the name of every child b
jetween eight and 14 years of age ab- 8
icnt from school, and to ascertain from t
:he parent or guardian of such child a
:he reason for such absence. If such t
ibsence is due to any other than provi- f
lential cause or causes as would ser- J
iously endanger the health of the child, r
such parent or guardian must be noti- c
led to appear before the nearest mag- e
strate at a special time to show cause a
why he or she should not be punished !
for his or her neglect: Provided, that 8
:he attendance officer may, in his or her a
discretion, excuse any absence. A full t
record of such excused absence, to- r
rether with the reasons therefor, shall C
flioH monthly with the county su- t
perintendent of education. t
Sec. 9. That all attendance officers 1
shall have the right to require a birth t
:ertiflcate or an affidavit as to the age
ot any child in his or her district or
territory. They shall have the fur- "
ther right to ascertain if any child be- y
tween eight and 14 years of age is employed.
These officers shall keep a a
-ecord of all notices served and cases
prosecuted, and shall make a full report
of them once a month to the coun:y
board of education.
Sec. 10. That any parent, guardian
>r other person having charge of any
:hild subject to the provisions of this
ict who willfully neglects or refuses to
:omply with these provisions shall be
leemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
lpon conviction before any magistrate
>e fined not less than $5 nor more
han $10 for each offense. That such
Ines are to be paid Into the school
und of such district In which said ofense
was committed.
Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of
ach teacher, principal or superintenlent
of any school to notify at once
h? attendance officer of the absence
>f any child between eight and 14
ears of age from school, and teacher,
>rincipal or superintendent willfully
leglecting or refusing to report any
kbsence to the attendance officer shall
lave deducted from his or her salary
or the current month $5 for each ofense,
the same to be deducted by the
ounty superintendent of education.
Sec. 12. In the case of a widowed
nother or of a crippled father any
hild above 12 years of age whose
a.bor may be necessary for the supiort,
in whole or in part of any peron,
may be excused. The children
f parents unable to purchase the necssary
books for attendance upon a
lubllc school shall, upon the order of
he county board of education, be furlished
these books out of the public
unds of their district. The county
ioards of education shall be the comment
judges of such cases.
Sec. 13. To pay the salaries of all
he county attendance' officers herein
.uthorlzed, the sum of 360,000 shall
e appropriated annually by general
ssembly, no such salary to exceed
1,000 per annum. All disbursements
hall be made upon duly itemized
ouches with the comptroller general,
laid fund to be apportioned by the
tate superintendent of education.
Sec. 14. No child under 14 years of
ge shall be employed in any factory,
rork shoD or mercantile establish
lents or any place or manner during
he usual school hours In said district,
nless the person employing such child
hall first procure a certificate from
he superintendent or teacher of the
chool said child last attended stating
hat the child attended school for such
urrent year for the period required
y law or has been excused from atendance
as provided by the third secIon
hereof, and it shall be the duty
f said superintendent or teacher to
urnish such certificate on application
f the parent, guardian or other peron
having control of such child enItled
to same.
Sec. 15. All acts or parts of acts lnonsistent
with this act are hereby reealed.
lerman Stronghold to be Cleared of
Defenses.
The final armistice conditions which
he surpreme council is considering
ays a London correspondent will be
lade public before the end of the
lonth, according to various newspa ers,
and they will Include among the
aval conditions the demolition of the
oris on Helgoland and the Kiel canal,
ne surrenuer iw (juipuscs ?i ucdwuolon
of the German warships now inernedand
the opening of the Kielcaal
for civil transports. It is stated
hat Germany will be left with a fleet
irgo enough for defensive purpose.
The naval correspondent of The
)aily Mail, writing of the strong fortlcations
on the Island of Helgoland
ays:
"The summit of the island isoneifrnlense
bomb proof, and the batteries
re so placed as to be invisible from
he sea. The heavy guns there 11
ich and 12 inch weapons probably
/ere reinforced during the war by
5 inch guns. The guns are mounted
n steel turrets of great thickness. All
he batteries and observation posts are
onnected by subterranean pasages and
he roads leading up to them run along
alleries which are shell proof.
"The guns are mounted after the
isual German fashion so as to give
hem an immense range, probably
rom 10 to 12 1-2 miles. To enable
he island to stand the concussion
- JI v- HI.
i ineir auuiuugc auu
ected against it, 6,000,000 pound*
s said to have been spent before 1910,
nd subsequently other large sums
rere allotted.
"The Immense seaplane sheds are
aid to have been of the disappearing
ype, which could be lowered as a
protection against long range Are.
'here are store shops and repair
rorks with all the usual equipment of a
aval base. The fortifications preumably
will be blown up, but their
estruction will be no easy business,
'hey are of armored concrete and
teel, and a very large quantity of explosives
will be required.
"The fortifications at each entrance
o the Kiel canal are of immense
trength and are lavishly supplied
rtth the heaviest guns In steel tur
eta."
Hungry for Horte Meat. Eight hunred
condemned army horses and
aules were sold at auction to a Gernan
butcher near Coblenz last week,
writes a correspondent, with the unerstandlng
that all the animals must
e killed to help relieve the meat
hortage within the occupied area. All
he animals sold had been inspected
nd found unfit for military use, owing
o age or because they had been afected
by gas during the war. Captain
oseph Kittel of Pikeville, Tenn., renount
officer of the quartermaster
orps, acted as autioneer, and butchrs
from all parts of the occupied zone
.ttended tlfe sale- One horse brought
1,175. Before the war first-class Beldan
horses in this district were worth
.bout $500 each. The sale was adverised
in German newspapers, and as a
esult many inquiries are pounug imw
Joblenz from other cities asking when
he next sale takes place. A great
nany letters Inquire especially regarding
mules, as the mule is said to And a
letter market than the horse.
Class Was All Right. Angry prof.Do
you think this class is a joke
oung man?"
Stude "No, sir, I'm not laughing
.t the class." Jack-o'- Lantern.
PAY OF COUNTY OFFICERS
Legislature Saya the Public Has i
Right to Know.
Columbia State, Friday.
The house yesterday passed to thin
reading by an overwhelming majorit;
two bills to require all county officer
to keep Itemized statements of all feei
and costs collected. These accounts art
to be open to public Inspection. Fall
ure to keep such accounts is to be pun
I isnaoie Dy a nne or not jess tnan *t>i
nor more than $200 or imprisoniren
not less than two months nor more thai
six months, or both, In the discretloi
of the court.
The law has been on the statuti
books since 1912, but as a provlsioi
was then added so that the law wat
not applicable to Newberry, Sumter
Lexington and Berkeley counties, th<
general law was rendered unconstitU'
tlonal and thus a dead letter on th<
statute books. One of the bills is t<
amend Section 637, Volume PI, Crlnv
lnal code, 1912, so as to cut out thii
provision, and the other provides foi
the punishment for violation.
The bills caused warm debate on th<
floor of the house. Opposition to the
measure was voiced by Mr. Owens o:
the Marlboro delegation and Mr
Hughes of Marion. Mr. Owens con'
tended that those who wanted to knov
how much salary county offlceri
were receiving might gain this lnfor
mation by a close scrutiny of all th<
papers handled by these officers
Those in favor of the measure argued
that the average person did not hav<
the time or the inclination to examine
all the papers and books of any office
to ascertain Just the amount of salarj
any county officer might receive.
Mr. Crews of Richland county offered
an amendment, to exclude Richland
from the Drovlsions of the act
but the house was In no mood to tamper
with the constitutionality of the
measure which was being passed oc
yesterday. The two measures read:
Be it enacted by the general assembly
of the state of South Carolina:
Section 1. That Section 681 of the
Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912,
Volume I. requiring county ofllcers tc
keep Itemized accounts of the moneys
received by them be, and the same if
hereby amended by striking out all
after the word "kept," on line 13 ol
said section, so that said section, when
so amended, shall read as follows:
"Section 681. Each county of fleet
shall be required to purchase and keep
in his office, open to public inspection
during office hours, a book In which
shall be kept an itemized account ol
all moneys received or due to him,
whether received by him or due to him
as salary, fees or costs, or In any othei
manner, as pay to him for his service*
by virtue of his office: Provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be Construed
to require any officer to demand
the payment of^ his fees anc
costs in advance. At the close of each
fiscal year each county officer shal
on HomWari r-nnv nf Mid aC.
uauouiiv (Mi ivvMMMVM wvr#
count, under oath, to the office of count}
supervisor, la addition to other boolu
kept The county supervisor In addition
to other books kept in his office
shall keep a separate book, In which he
shall enter upon his books the total
amount of each account so furnished
opposite the name of. the officer furnishing
the said account and file the
accunt of his office as other count)
records are kept"
Sec. 2. This act shall go into effeci
Immediately upon ita approval by the
governor.
Be it enacted by the general assembly
of the state of South Carolina: '
Section 1. That Section 537 of the
Criminal Code of South Carolina, 1912,
Is hereby amended by striking out the
proviso of said section, so that said
section, when so amended, shall reac
as follows:
"Section 537. Any county officer
neglecting or refusing to comply
with any of the provisions of Sectlor
681 of the civil code, requiring of fleer*
to keep an itemized statement of fee*
and costs received, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, shall be fined not less than
$50 nor more than $200, or imprisoned
in the county jail not less than twe
nor' more than six months, either or
both, at the discretion of the court."
Sec. 2. This act shall go into effect
Immediately upon aproval by the governor.
Now in the Bread Line. Baron Von
der Lancken, formerly German civil
governor of Belgium, writes an Associated
Press correspondent from The
Hague, sought refuge in Holland when
the Germans retreated from Belgium,
Von der Lancken was the man to
whom the American minister, Brand
Whitlock, delivered his vain appeal tc
spare the life of Edith Cavell, the English
nurse who was executed by th*
Germans in October, 1915, for aiding
the British, French and Belgaina soldiers
to escape from Belgium. Von
der Lanchen then told Hugh Gibson,
secretary of the American legation,
that the sentence imposed by the mill*
nn Pave 11 was final
UlIJ QVTViuvt VM
and that the civil governor could not
overrule it
When Von der Lancken arrived here
he went to the German legation, but
in order to obtain food cards, he had
to apply to the police station where he
failed miserably in his efforts to obtain
preferential treatment aa a "distinguished
visitor." A chance caller there
found him in line with a group of unwashed
refugees, his well-groomed figure
out of keeping with his surroundings.
He was compelled to stand in line
for two hours before his wants were
attended to.
To one who remembers the time
when to get a word from Von dei
Lancken In Brusels it was necessary to
give two days' notice, after which one
had to struggle through a bodyguarc
of haughty, suspicious underlings, the
spectacle of this exquisite specimen ol
Prussian Junkerdom waiting his turr
in the file amid the grimy proletariat
afforded an excellent illustration o:
"the times that are changed."
To Salvage Sunken Wealth.?Raising
sunken vessels is a branch of engineering
in which a French writei
foresees much activity for a considerable
time. The British admiralty haj
reported more than 15,000,000 tons o:
vessels sunk between August 1, 1914
and November 1, 1918, and It Is be
liered that a considerable portion can
be salvaged. The prewar value of a
i ship, and Its cargo averaged 9135 a
ton, while It Is now estimated at three
times as much. For floating completej
ly submerged vessels there are four
y processes: (1) Building a coffer dam
9 over a vessel and pumping out water
B faster than it enters; (2) building a
1 tight coffer dam around the hull, then
pumping out and repairing the damage;
(8) forcing the water out from
certain compartments first made water
tight, by compressed air; (4) temporary
repairs of breach by divers, then building
a coffer dam over one of the hatches,
and partially pumping out the water.
The Walkure at Tahiti was raised
by the first method; the Blaine and
the Liberte the latter filled with projectiles by
the second method.
ART WORKS RECOVERED.
French Get Back Many Masterpieoes
That Germans Carried Away.
Great anxiety, writes a Paris correspondent,
has been felt during the
whole course of the great conflict for
the invaluable artistic treasures which
for four long years were exposed in
the nortl. of Prance to the devastation
of war. For the museums of northern
France were amongst the richest
of the country, even of Europe, and
were consequently a tempting prey for
German official connoisseurs.
The museum of Lille was, perhaps,
. must uauiy ireuiea oy me u-ermanB. 11 -
I contained maaterplecee signed by Ru3
bens, Frans Hals, Van Dyck, Jordaens,
s Garard David, Goya, Chardln, Frago>
nard. All these works were transported
r to Valenciennes, as well as several
hundred drawings by Mantegna, Glot
to, Poussin, Correglo, Andrea del Sarto
and Michael Angelo. Tl^ese deport,
ed masterpieces were soon rejoined by
the pictures which had been the pride
s of the museum of Douai; works by van
l der Weyden, Rubens, Holbein van
der Goss, Antonio Moro, followed by
the rare MSS. of the archives of Laon,
were soon stored near the artistic
spoils of Lille. Happily they have now
been discovered; at the approach of
the British troops, the Germans had
hastily sent them on to Brussels in
barges, which were abandoned by the
army of the former kaiser at La Cape
lle-au-Bo is.
Fortunately the Germans had intrusted
the safety of these masterpieces
to M. Plevet of Valenciennes,
who had also undertaken to watch
over the art treasures of his native
city during their forced Journey to
Brussels. With much difficulty he succeeded
in getting the barges safely
towed to Brussels, with their precious
contents, in spite of the Intense disorganization
of the retreating German
army; and It Is characteristic of the
Germans that on several of the largest
cases was Inscribed the name and address
Of Prjpce Rupprecht of Qavaria!
The art treasures of the north are safe.
Even the celebrated pastels of Latour, ;
which were the glory of the museum
of St Quentln, have been recovered,
whilst the Quentln Matsys of Bruges
were found In a secret cellar in which
they had been hidden. The French
government is taking the necessary
measures for returning the vagrant
works of art to their original museums,
and It Is hoped that the magnificent
works of Shongauer which belonged to
the Colmar museum will soon be re
stored by Bavaria, wnere tney are, u
t is said, one of the finest ornaments of
i the Munich museum!
Kaiser Needs Money. The former
German emperor, it is learned from
competent sources,recently appealed to
' the German revolutionary government
' for money, according to an Associated
! Press dispatch from Weimar. It was
said in hla behalf it was impossible
for him to continue living upon the
bounty and good will of the Dutch nobleman
in whose castle he now resides.
Herr Hohenzollern, it is said, de1
clares he already had been forced to
' borrow 40,000 guilders from his host
' and could not continue as a debtor. He
asked that he be allowed at least a
1 portion of his private fortune.
' The government, after considering
1 the matter, agreed to his request and
| instituted a detailed investigation to
, determine what portion of the former
emperor's supposed fortune really was
his and what portion belonged to the .
government Investigation showed
trie ronner ruier mignt legauy cuwn
75,000,000 marks as his own but the
i government decided to allow him tern*
I porarlly only 600,000 marks to meet
present indebtedness and future ex1
pensea
1 The correspondent's information, In
calling attention to this development,
1 declared it put an end to rumors that
' the former emperor had been able to
' take large sums of money with him
' when he fled Into Holland.
i , 9 j
' Lincoln Said. Well, as to education,
the newspapers are correct. I never
went to school more than six months
' in my life. I can say this: That
among my earliest recollections I remember
how, when a men child, I used
to get irritated when anybody talked
to me in. a way that I could not understand.
I can remember going to my
little bedroom, after hearing the neigh'
bors talk of an evening with my fath1
er, and spending no small part of the
1 time trying to make out what was the
1 exact meaning of some of their, to me,
dark sayings.
! t nnni/1 nnt alppn nJthnuerh I tried to.
when I got on such a hunt for an Idea
until I had caught It; and when I
thought I had got it I was not satis!
fled until I had repeated It over and
1 over again and had put it in language
plain enough, as I thought, for any
\ boy I knew to comprehend. This was
kind of passion with m 3, and it was
stuck with me; for I am never easy
j now, when I am handling a thought,
until I have bounded it north and
1 bounded it south and bounded it east
and bounded it west
1 t
"7
f A Tip for the League or Nations.
Paderewskl is going to be the president
of Poland. Then, why not place
John McCorm&ck, the Irish sweet singer
at the head of the population of
the Emerald Isle, and elect Caruso
r president of Italy? Thus might harmony
be established In Europe. New
' York Globe.
C , , ,
' tr The man who gosalps about others
" will gossip about you