Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 01, 1922, Page Page Three, Image 3
'PHONE SERVICE IS BAD
Hello Girls in France Too Busy Powdering
Noses.
Wrong numbers, long minutes, of
waiting for "central" to answer, "cutoffs"
and bad connections?in a word,
very bad telephone service in general
?are causing Parisians to turn their
wrath against the "Alio" girls.
"France has undoubtedly the poorest
telephone service in all of Europe,"
says l'Oeuvre, a Paris newspaper. "The
slowness of our long-distance communinntinnc:
i? m-nvprhi.il In all of Fl'anCC
there are about L'75,000 telephone sta- ;
tions, less than one-half the number
one finds in the city of New York
alone?a figure almost derisive for a j
country so important commercially."
Americans arriving in Paris have few
words of praise for the Fredchr tele- 1
phonists. For the most part they are
insolent and extremely slow. They
seem to be busy powdering their little j
noses or rouging their lips, for very j
often one wj^its all of five minutes for
"J'ecoute?" which is the French girl's j
way of saying "Number, please?"
To receive two wrong numbers is an
ordinary circumstance, and as \nany
cut-offs, which are even more annoying;
for no matter how one pleads the
telephonist will not re-establish the
broken-off connection. She simply
closes her key and leaves one hanging
on the line. In the end it is really
much quicker to walk, and most Parisians
do it.
While Germany is busy laying a line
of long-distance underground cables,
which will have a strategic commercial
importance, France realizes that she
has not a single cable of great distance.
Outside of public telephone stations in
small hamlets, the telephone is almost
unknown in the outlying country districts.
The mayor and public officials
are often the only ones who have ever
made use of a telephone in small
towns. The cost is prohibitive for all
but the comfortably rich. To install a
telephone costs nearly one hundred
dollars in round figures, aside from the ,
apparatus, which adds another twenty- '
five or more to the amount. One may
have an old apparatus, which would j
serve as well and cost much less, but
one is obliged to purchase a new and
usually expensive outfit from one of |
the numerous companies which are {
working together with the telephone
concern. If he shows any signs of not [
wishing to co-operate he is politely1
told that there is no available free 1
number for the moment, or he is kept ;
waiting an eternity. %
Then, once installed, the telephone
is a luxury, for the subscription price
is not a small item?a matter of seventy
dollars a year and long-distance
calls at a high rate.
"Our telephone service has need of j
many reforms," continues l'Oeuvre. j
"Besides a competent and efficient
management, we must procure new and !
modern machinery and, above 'all, tele- '
phonlsts who are attentive and capable."
One smart modiste In the Rue Duphot
has found a method of bettering ,
her telephone service. "Every season
I present 'her' with a fine new hat,"
she says, "and thus I have peace and
my telephone communications." Oh,
corruption!
JEFFORDS TO DIE
Columbia Slayer Sentenced to Chair
on December 22.
F. M. Jeffords, convicted of the murder
last spring of J. C. Arnette, his
partner in a gasoline filling station, on
Monday was sentenced in criminal
court in Columbia to be electrocuted at
the state penitentiary on December 22. *
A motion by counsel for Jeffords, j
whose conviction recently was affirmed
by the supreme court for a further
stay of execution, was denied a few j
days before sentence was passed.
no. nunibuu, uiso unatT ueaui strut- |
AMERICA LOSES A
Mme. Slavko Grouitch, who w;
done more for distressed and wai
America. She will leave Washing
sented here as Minister, and with
American people, who, through h
aiding in Near East relief,
J cnce for the murder of Arnette, was
i not brought into court Monday, his atj
torneys having secured a stay of exi
ccution from the supreme court pending
further appeal, following affirming
of the sentence, Glenn Trccce, the
I third of the alleged slayers of Arnctto,
is serving a life sentence in the penitentiary.
,
Arnette was killed, the prosecution
contended during the trial of the throe
men, in order that Jeffords might collect
insurance carried on his life in
favor of the firm.
OPERATIVES BUSY.
Big Textile Strike In New England Is
Ended.
The return to work today of an
many of the operatives of the Amoskeag
Manufacturing company in Manchester,
X. H., as'could be accoramo
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great textile strike in New England.
The Amoskeag unions called off their
strike yesterday, says a Boston dispatch.
of Tuesday.
Starting in Rhode Island in January,
the strike a month later had
spread to all parts of Massachusetts
and New Hampshire, affecting mills in
all the leading textile centers except
l-'all Itivcr and New Bedford. In some
places it was called as a protest
against a wage reduction averaging 20
per cent, in others against an extension
of working hours from 48 to 54 a
week and in still others, including
Manchester, against a combined wage
reduction and lengthening of the
working week.'
In Rhode Island the strike was
marked by serious disorders, resulting
in some fatalities. Many mills were
shut down for long periods and others
were kept in partial operation. The
first break came when the Pacific mills,
the largest cotton manufacturing plant
in Lawrence, announced in August a
return to the wage scale in effect before
the strike. Other La vrenco rilills
quickly followed suit and from that
time on there has been a gradual settling
of the stiikes in various textile
plants on varying terms. In most
cases the amount of the wage cut was
restored and in some instances the 48hour
week was granted.
At the Amoskeag mills in Manches-.
ter, largest cotton manufacturing plant
in the world, restoration of wages to
the former scale was announced recently,
and the unions involved voted
Monday to return to work immediately
on a 54-hour week basis.
The textile labor unions have announced
an organized effort to bring
about a 48-hour week through legislation
in all of the New England states.
MAY TAKE HOSPITAL.
Gaffney Offer to Baptist May Be Ac
ceptcd.
The offer of the Gaffney hospital,
valued at more than $50,000, and the
gift from the people of Gaflfney of $75,000,
was discussed in detail at the final
pro-convention meeting of the Baptist
general board which met Tuesday
morning, and the matter was referred
to the general convention without recommendation,
says the Columbia Record
of Tuesday.
The offer was to give to the board
of trustees of the South Carolina Baptist
hospital the hospital at Gaffney
and $75,000 with which to build a
nurses' home and improve the hospital
building in general. It is understood
that the executive committee of the
board recommended to the general
board that it accept the offer, but it
was found expedient to refer the matter
of acceptance to the South Carolina
Baptist convention, -which will
meet next week in Rock Hill.
The session Tuesday morning: had a
full attendance of the Baptist board
and the routine business was dispatched
rapidly and with harmony, according
to Dr. C. E. Burts, secretary of the
board.
MODEST HEROINE.
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as born in Clarksburg, W. Va., has
r torn Serbia than any woman in
;ton for, which her husband repreher
she will take the love of the
er, were made to see the need of
FIRST PHOTOGI
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where the conference between
by the British to give up contri
have been flaty rejected by the
thus far are adamant. The B
of Irak and handed back to Ti
the oil concessions, under whit
benefit.
TURKS ARE WILLING.
Ismct Will Be Glad to Have Friendly
Relations With America.
Turkey will be glad to make a gen!
oral treaty with the United States and
! will be happy to begin negotiations at
any time, Ismet Pasha informed the
Associated Press Tuesday night.
The representative of the Kemalist
government has not yet begun any
treaty pourparlers with Ambassador
Child, but said he stood ready to inaugurate
an exchange of views at the
first available moment. Ismet showed
lively interest in the reports that a
treaty of amity and commerce would
probably be an outcome of the LauiH
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jliture; Rocking Chairs <
Chifforobes for men; Sn
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view of the Hot ;1 du Chateau, Ouch
the alied Powers a nd Turkey is now in
a over the important Mosu district whi
Turks. The greateststruggle in Lusanr
ritish proposition is that Mosul be detac
irkey, but that the Turkish Nationalist ,
:h, of course, the T urkish Governmeni
sanne conference, and asked for information
as to whether the American
people wanted to develop their friendly
relations with his country.
| "We should have a new treaty dealing
with commercial and consular i
matters," he continued, "f tnrj)e( above j
all, that Americans will not worry |
about the future of educational and
philanthropic institutions In Turkey.
We want them to stay and have no Intention
of adopting laws which would
embarrass the continuance of the ad- j
rairable American altruistic work ,
among our people."
Ismet seemed, anxious about the
American official attitude towards the
Turkish demands for abolition of the
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ONFERENCE SCENE.
y, the lake port of "Lausanne,
session. Tho overtures made
ch the Turks are demanding
te is over oil, brut the Turks
hed from the present kingdom
Assembly in return shall ratify
; would derive little or no
capitulations, saying:
"We wisn to estanusn our own courts
.and try all cases. Foreigners may be
assured that they will get a fair trial.
We have heard that Americans and
others object to our courts, as founded
on the religious tenets of Mohammed.
This is not true. Religion is one thing
in our country, law another, and the
law will be fairly and honestly administered."
Reverting to the treaty, Ismet declared
that its negotiations would be a
splendid thing for Turco-American relations,
which the Turkish people especially
desired to cultivate. He saw
no necessity for inserting causes concerning
the treatment of American
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Closets, Chiffoniercs, or
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missionary institutions in the suggested
treaty.
? The "antique" furniture trade
flourishes in the town of Dinan, France
Wonderful "ancient" Jacobean sidehoards,
chairs and spinning wheels may
Ikj purchased in profusion. The dealer
makes and canes his furniture, copy
Old
I Santa Clai
HAS LEFT A BIG ST
MAS PRESENTS ]
THIS STORE.
HE NEVER
I LEAVE SUCH A BOUNTIFUL
MERATE FOR YOU JUST i
HE HAS HERE:
Beautiful Dolls, from 25 Cts. to
Carriages, Horses, Guns, Beds, Sv
Tea Sets, Crepo Papers and Ot
Faces, Telephones, Looking Glai
Musical Instruments, and FIREW
and Little.
BRING THE .
AN'D COME AN'D INSPECT OUE
SHOPPING EARLY you get FIR
J. M. BRIAP
ON EAST LIBERTY
| FOUR WEEKS UNTH
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$ To be sure you can >
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ft good idea to do so. Wc
| that you are needing lie
? Suits, Overcoats, Shoes,
| are now as low as they i
| everything favoring slu
? sure it is time to buy an
? place to buy?Others wi
ITEMS FOR YOU]
X MEN'S HEAVY WORK SHOESA
MEN'S BLUE DENIM SHIKTSA
32-inch GINGHAMS Yard
f MEN'S UNION SUITS?Suit ....
X $1.25 64-inch BROADCLOTH?Y
A LADIES' WOOL SPORT HOSEA
MEN'S "STRONGER THAN TH
A BOYS' SUITS?$3.50 values?Sui
Y BOYS' CORDUROY SUITS?$8.:'
X MEN'S OVERCOATS?115.00 val
A YOUNG MEN' SPORT SUITS?
A SUITS?$25.00 values?Suit
A WOMEN'S HIGH SHOES in Tan
* JUST RECEIVED BIG SHIPMEI
X LADIES' COATS?Wonderful va
A HAMILTON HICKORY SHIRTI
V Twenty Cases ENAMEL WASH
't* As long as they last?Your
I McC0NNELL DRY
| Wc Want No
OBELISK FLOUR
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED a carload
of that famously good OBELISK
FLOUR. People who have used Ballard's
Obelisk Flour KNOW that thcr<
is no other Flour that is its equal?
those who haven't used it, will do wel
to try a sack. It always pleases mosi
particular people.
KENTUCKY FARM FEE!
IS A REAL FEED for growing ant
fattening hogs. It makes more bon<
and more fat. Have a fresh shipment
Try it on your hogs. They'll grunt a:
its goodness.
SCRATCH FEED
IF YOU WOULD HAVE Eggs ii
plenty feed your hens plentifully. Lc
us send you a sack of Our Scr^tcl
Feed. It is really better?a balancec
ration for laying hens.
J. F. CARROLL
lng tho originals of many periods. Rain and
sun impart the necessary som-i?
bianco of antiquity to the pieces which
stand out-side the shop in all kinds ft
weather.
? Siamese women stain their teeth
black with betel nut to denote thei,r
| married suue.
"How
Fresh It Is!"
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It is a pleasure to go to your
cake-box when you have .
baked with ROYAL Baking
Powder because it is in the
nature of a pure Cream of
Tartar Baking Powder to
keep baked foods fresh*
This means a real economy
and is just one of a hundred
reasons why careful house
keepers insist upon Royal /'
Baking Powder. Some others
are: i ,,
It Contains No Alum
Leaves No Bitter Taste
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?0R THE KIDDIES AT j1
DID BEFORE
, SUPPLY HERE?WE'LL ENU- | |
\ FEW OF THE MANY THING# { j
$5.00; Automobiles, Wagons, DoU i '
vings, Trunks, Settees, Radio Dogs,
hor Christmas Decorations; Faleo i
ises, Rocking Horses, Toy Banks, ,
fORKS?we have them galore?big !
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KIDDIES NOW
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lather conditions are such ?'
w Clothing, Dresses, Coat *
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are going to be soon, with j j
irp advances. Yes, to be ??'
id this STORE is the best ?;
11 tell you so. ;;
I CONSIDERATION :
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-At $1.00 X
_ 19 CT8. X
ai d T...Z. I ? 89 CTS. Y '
-Pair 60 CTS. X ' >
IK LAW" SHOES?Pair -83.98 X
t 84.98
?0 values?Suit .. 86.00
ucs?Each 810.00 %
$22.50 values?Suit $15.00 X
818.00 X
i Kid?Biff values?At .. 82-98 >
SIT LADIES' COAT SUITS AT
815.00 and 818.00 Each ?
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PANS, SAUCE PANS, Etc.? V
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Phone No. 74
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: GOOD MEATS of all kinds.
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) now for
Thanksgiving Oysters.
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We want your good .Veal
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THE CITY MARKET
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