Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t\4L AGREEMENT TO BE ENFORCED Fuel Members of Council of National defense Will See That It Is Kept Washington, June 29.?Coal price rschictions agreed on yesterday by Xlie country's bituminous producers at & conference with government officials will be strictly enforced. With the weight of the industry's approval behind the agreement and certain of the fact that the government will take control of it is nol ^^ve,. up to, the coal committee o! the council of national defense will *a"ke quick measures to prevent. an\ "wavering. Today the committee warned operators at Decatur. 111., whc raised their priGes beyond the limil set, that the industry would not stand for tLeir action. The coal committee has given eacli of its 26 members supervision of one coal production district and everj man will be held responsible foi jprices in his territory. The federal 'trade commission will be called on foi aid if difficulties arise. The price of anthracite, arranged some time age at the conferences between producers and the trade commission, probably will be further reduced to consumers, it was said today, through Too-nlstinn r?f inhhpre:' and retailers' profits. Under an agreement with the trade commission anthracite is selling at the mines now onjy 30 cents higher than last year, but jobbers and retailers are adding so much to the cost, officials say, the price to the consumer is far higher than it should be. Bituminous jobbers will not be al 3-owed to raise coal prices beyond tne mine price, with the addition of the freight and their profit of 25 cents -a ton. If a consumer has difficulty in getting coal and finds he can get it only by paying some jobber more than 25 cents profit the coal committee can be appealed to and will see that lie ^ets coal direct from the mine -at the mine price. IS MEMORIAL In loving remembrance of our dear another, Nancy Eva Hawkins, who was Tw>rB August 6, 1870, and departed this life May 27, 1917, making her stay on 46 yenrs, 9 months and 21 days. She leaves to mourn a, broken heart^ed husband and three daughters, one sos-in-law, one grandson, two brothv< _ # t ?ers? ana one sister, Desiaes many reiand friends. - Bearest mother she hcs gone to her j >tiri?ht and heavenly home. Oh, how | ~*re -miss our dear mother's smiling j 'fate. Sad and lonely is our home, I since dearest mother has gone. Her j place can never more be filled, though i , joy cometh \ri-ih the morning light. | "J llll nlll II II llllllllll nil Ill IIIWIMIIMII ' i / 7 /'' / / ti' / / / 7 / /& World's ( 2 / / / / / / / Non Sto! 'I / / /' / / ! a r~ j/ / ^ ^ j[' Uiwr sr . -j NNS^Sn ss 'x x x xl xl x ^ Atlantic ( The Standard Rail ^FECIAL OCCASIONS; 1 June ~ Tifeketjand Passenger Agents and C As information we wish to a ' iions'have been booked up to date during^the month of June: Laundry Association of the Carolii *- * j?^ r\?j c r> \ir iMepenueni \jiuci ui acu mcu North* Carolina Bankers Associatii ^Hardware Association of Ncrth an< ^NSouthernJTextile Association ""H/C. Baptist Chautauqua, or Assei We take pleasure in advising and mraors to the contrary, that "W - seasonjas in former years; that the trictions whatsoever as to alluminal ** - " 111 ^ 4-/\ f Via tMi "lvUmma win uc upcu iu ?.u<_ improvements have been made in h< and in many respects the beach sea r:than heretofore. WJ. CRAIG; Passenger Traffic Maaa > So now to think that our dearest! mother is iu her bright and happy j home and though the day wears weary still as our day, our strength shall be, to know that we shall meet her face to face and once more hear ! her loving voice which taught us of our heavenly home. An angel was sent down one day to bring back the most precious moth er on earth. He hunted long and i j carefully; he saw our dear mother lying on her bed; he came near to us quietly and gathered her up in his J arms and returned to his home above. | She answered his call v/ith a sweet smile and passed into her Saviour's | arms. I > . "llj a Lafe and precious shelter in [ heaven for her to rest her tired fee'c. As we toil beneath the shadow t All our trials will depart; Let us seek the cross of Jesus, 'r And be ready when He comes for another arm full of roses. Let us seek the cross of Jesus [ When we are tempted, or distressed.] . There beneath its Drecious shadow I ; - i We will find a peaceful rest ii j 'Neath the sacred Cross of Jesus. j We can find a resting place; There no evil can betide us, Sheltered by God's wonderful grace. No one knows how we miss our dear mother when advice we most need. Then to church we must go and there to find her seat still empty, but God has g;ven her a better seat inj His heavei^y church. Another dear mother has gone to J dwell with her Saviour on that brightj and happy shore. Another darling mother is shelter-, ed in the grave. God needed one more so He has taken our dear mother amidst His shining band. Yet again we hope to meet her in that bright and happpy land. FATHER AND CHILDREN. Editors Reject Prohibition Plea. The State. T'-jt?afort, June ?9.?The r*'ntth Carolina Prabs arsoo ation^ after a spirited aebate today tabled a resolution by a vote -f 23 t > 12 favor?ng bone dry prohibition by congress as a war measure. - That such a resolution be adopted was requested by J. K. Breedin, State superintendent of the South Carolina Anti-saloon league. The j press association took the position that the matter was not a war measure and that no action should be taken. At the afternoon session the following officers were elected for the year: J. L. Mims of tne Edgefield Advertiser, presid "t; A. B. Jordan of the Dillon Herala, Jrst vice president; H. G. Osteen of the Sumter Item, sec^ \ A High Grade I , I | J ! Complete f / /III I fomobiie- jJ J^ J CAROLINA AUTO CO. PHOXE 172. WBERRY, SOUTH CABOLDTA I loastLine road of the South Wrightsville Beach, IN. (U 1917 Connections dvise that the following convento be held at Wrightsville Beach las June nth-i2th North Carolina " 13th- 15th 3n... " i9th-2isc i South Carolina... *' I9th-2ist " 22nd-23rd nbly " 27th-29th further, notwithstanding the report! frightsville Beach will be open this j government has not made any res- j ting the beach; that the hotels and1 Kiir? that material ?**>, , ? 3tel accommodations and attractions, j tson promises to be more attractive' T.C. WHITE iger. Geaeral passecge Agec end vice president: Joe Sharks of! i I The State, secretary; B. P. Davies of; j the Barnwell People, treasurer; the! Rev. W. P. Jacobs of Clinton, chap-j , lain. j The following were named on the: i executive committee: Rion McKis-l j sick of the Greenville News, L. Wig-1 i j l'all Cheatham of the Edgetield Chron-| j icle and Allison eLee of the Laurens ' Advertiser. Admiral F. S. Beatty of Charleston 1 was the guest of the association today ' and tonight. He delivered a strong i address to the members of the assoj ciation in favor of adequate support ' for the Red Cross. { This afternoon the editors visited | the naval training sclool at Port i Royal, the trip being made bv steam| er. Tonight the editors met the' peoi j pie of Beaufort at a reception. I A resolution was adopted today call 1 ing upon the members of congress to use their best effort in keeping down the cost of white paper. William Banks, retiring president,! j read his annual report today in which I he reveiwed matters affecting the j newspaper business during the past I year. He called attention to the seriousness of ihe news print situation. Mrs. Walter E. Duncan of Aiken spoke at th* morning session and! made a strong plea for the coopera-| tion of the pi ess in stamping out illiteracy m Soith Carolina. She came as the representative of the State /> * s\r%. . f 1/vn PImKli o n TL'O? YY 1/illCJUL O Jl1 UI VjiU u& aau " t*o warmly greeted oy the editors. W. ^G. Gilliam, representing the navy recruiting service, thanked the editors for their help in the campaign to secure men for the navy. The next meeting place will. i>e picked by the executive committee. The convention adjourned tonight and the editors leave for home early tomorrow. GUARDSMEN FIRST PLACE. To Be (JiVea Preference Over Selective Draft Men, j _ ) San Antonio, Texas, June 28.?Ad-i vices received by the Suthern De-: partment of the Army from the War; Department today sated that in the; numerical designations of the regi-' ments of the new arms' National: Guard organizations would be given precedence over the regiments which ! will compose the national army by j selective draft. Under the plan the; first regiment of Guardsmen muster-; ! ed into the federal service will take the first number above the present I regular army designations and for nurnnsM nf irtAntifipatinn. it un r?* Wfc ? -v* ? 1 derstood, the name of their States will be permitted iin parenthesis after the numerical designation. Another Bishop From South Carolina. Florence Times. I South Carolina has another name to add to the number of her sons who ihave been elevated to the position of i Bishop in the Episcopal church. Rev. Henry J. Mickei who is well known and beloved in the state is now bishop of Atlanta. Both California and Mississippi have within the last few, years elected sons of this state to be J bishop and otlier states have vainly j called on other sons to fill that high ' position. Our own South Carolina bi-j shops have never failed to take high stand in the country's house of bi-. shops. South Carolinians must be a; right good sort of people after all. j LIGHTNING KILLS MAN. Greenwood Piedmont, 29th. While plowing in the open field, j awav from anv trees and houses, yes-1 terday afteroon at 4:30 o'clock, R.; L. Skelton, a young man of Greenville county was struck and instantly killed by a bolt o? lightning. The sad j ocurence (happened about one mile from the Saluda dam, and about six' miles from Greenville, on the farm of: L. B. Williams. Mr. SKeiton was just across me line in Pickens county when the storm j came up and the lightining struck. There was a heavy cloud in the west i when he started out to plow the field and slight rumbling of distant thunder could he beard. The young man, therefore, was careful to avoid being near any trees or houses while he worked. j The lightning struck at 4:30, in-; ? 11 l? - -W. ?ATf I SKLIICiy Killing mm. iucic ncic 3c?-; eral who were eye-witnesses to the tragic incident. j ALASKA HAS COAL. yow Is the Time to ]ffake Use of Inexhaustible Fields. n - - .1. 4.1 _ Tl i otjaine rusi-iutcuiftcuvci. Responds to the statement that the United States will require 15,000,-; 000 tons of coal a year for naval purposes, which Secretary Daniels re-' cently made, the answer of Alasfca is: "We have the coal; eoroe and get it.?" The fact is that one of the wisest j measures of preparedness which congress made for the war, as is now [demonstrated, was the provision fori j the construction of the railroad to the J ! Matanusk coal fields. That was a j great national project of prepared-' ness, the value of which will be fully} appreciated, if the government fol-1 lows the work promptly and lends 1 I every possible assistance toward get-' ting the Matanusk field opened up to j the largest possible production. The coal from that field will meet the highest requirements of the navy. i There is an inexhaustible quantity of, it. The quicker the road is complet-j ed. the mines opened and the coal J being moved to deep water the better.' I The government has been paying i extravagant prices to have coal trans- j j ported irom tne Atlantic to uie raci! Sc. for the use of the fleet in Pacific j I waters, diverting to this purpose! , much tonnage which is needed great-J ly on every sea. It is an unnecesssary j expenditure and an unnecessary diversion of tonnage. The coal is in; Alaska; it can be reached by the rail-j road; it can be opened' when terms! are made with people who will leasej I and open die properties iif given aj i chance t& do so; or the government! i might open the mines for naval uses.! As a military measure there are few ; tii.ngs which would be of greater: value to the country at this time than the opening of the Alaska coal fields j to immediate use. The navy needs j the coal. The country needs the coal, j AMERICA MUST DO GREAT WAR PART 1 af nf V<in tiTlil X1VWC*?T4?1 f X 111*1/ Xi I J 1/11/ VI W??U Machine Poorer Be Mobilized to Insure the Victory. j New York, June 28.?Lord Northcliffe in zm address to magazine edi-, I tors and writers at a luncheon here today expressed the hope that the United States would not muddle the censorship as England did the first1 three years of the war. "Amerina ran an-ri will a rx^men- I dous part in thin war, first because she is fresh, and second because shej undoubtedly will profit by the mistakes of the nations who have been j fighting since August, 1914r" said Lord Northcliffe. "What tlie war j needs more than anything else i3 brains and speed. j "I trust the United States will not make the censorship .blunder thatj England made. England was kept; in the dark for nearly three years. The people were blinded by the fatuous optimism of soldiers and polirj ticians who while efficient in peace were incompetent in war. The peo-| Ma were not permitted to know the! truth and when the truth finally, emerged they were loath to accept it! "I hope America may permit her| newspaper and magazine writers to be absolutely frank about what is i going: on. It is as important for the j nation to know the worst as it is lor! the nation to know the best. For one thing?and we have found it out from actual experience?it is a great stim-S ulus for the men fighting in the field! to know that they are being written: about at home and that the country; knows precisely what they are doing.' A Service for Press. "Every man with a pen in hand and a printing press nearby can do a patriotic service to ihis country by, awakening his people to the fact that every ounce of energy, that every ! revolution of America's vast industrial machine and what is equally im-! portant, every gallon of gasoline, will be needed to bring the war to a sue-' ?-i ? j 11 cessiui enu. "It is only by an absolute mobili-, zation of man power and machine power that this war can be won. In-. retries that at this moment seem renote from mobilization for the war v.- i] sooner or later be called upon to do their part. In Europe, for ex- j ample, one of the largest corset fac- ( tories is now turning out very deli-! i cate pieces of machinery needed in the construction of the airplanes. "Tho war whir>h has nrnvftd thfl ftf-! ficacy of motor transport to an almost. incredible degree, will make tremen-i dous drain upon the automobile in-; I dustry in your country. The auto-; mobile factories will inevitably be commandeered for the manufacture of airplane parts and r.irplane construction generally. "In the airplane lies one great hope of allied victory. The war has taught that the war plane engine of this , spring may be almost useless for actual fighting purposes by next an tuinn, so rapid are the developments' produced by the fierce competition of war. : Keed 3fen for Motors. "When America has got her fall " stride, as snrely she ' 'ill get it, it will be found there will be a tremendous demand for chauffeurs. England has today nearly a hundred thousand motr-ieVs in France. If spinel i ch&teffeara can be eeat to operate your trucks it will be possible to re-1 lease an equal number of men for the j fi Siting lines. "It will mean the end of joy rid-; Fnglund stopped this favorite o:::ioor sport a good while ago and I am sure when America wakes to the tremendous realization of what this war means she will do likewise. "I have a strong conviction tfcat with peace will come a close federation of the nations who are now fight-1 ing the great figlit for freedom. You j hare only to look at the spectacle of j what I might call the United Nations | of Great Britain today to see the ef- J feet the war has upon the coordina-' tion of peoples and nations of widely | conflicting temperament and national structures. "You see democratic Australia, a near socialistic New Zealand, a vast cotitnry like India with its feudal princes and other rulers, a free Canada and what is nothing less than the republic of South Africa, all pouring their blood and treasure out upon the battlefields of France. "A close federation of the nations now fighting the good fight will be the only insurance against the autocracy that made this war possible and! me sorrows uiai me armies 01 iae autoerat perpetrated on innocent noncombatants." THE SOUTH'S SPLENDID RESPONSE Washington, D. C.f June .30.?"The South is making a splendid response to the appeal for a larger production of food stuffs for the armies and na-1 vies of the United States and our al- j lies," said President Fairfax Harri-j: son of the Southern Railway system, . today. "1 notice that the United States Ag- i ri^ultural Department estimates that . the commercial crop of Irish potatoes i, in the states served bv the Southern!. i ; Railway System, with the exception of Kentucky and Tennessee for which , figures are not available, will amount; this year to 24,243,000 bushels as { with a commercial crop of ( 19,502,700 bushels in the same states last year, showing an increase of 4,-j, 740,300 bushels, or over 24 per cent. While the department has no esti- , mr.tes for Kentucky or Tennessee, it is well known that the acreage in j those states lias also been greatly, increased; and in all of the Southern1 states there will be a large produc- . ion in iiome gardens and in vacant lots in the towns and citiies which . is not included in the estimates of, the Agricultural Department.!. This is not all that the;, n i.l !ii ji _ j.i j.. 1 otmta win uo in tue piwucuou of potatoes for, owing to the advan-1. tage of the long growing season, po- j. tatoes for the fall cron are still being!. put in and will continue to be planted:, j ' during July. "This is only one of the things that!! the South is doing in the present! emergency. An unprecedentedly large! acreage of sweet potatoes has been j planted. The acreage in corn will j exceed all previous records, and espe-'1 cially in the central and southern; : parts of the territory, velvet beans have been planted in almost all of the'1 corn fields. The effect of this will}' be to.produce an immense quantity of j fee<J% for animals, leaving a much! larger proportion of the corn crop ^ than usual available for human food. 1 ? MAXNIXG'S TELEGRAM. I Greenville Piedmont. < If Governor Manning regards as "offensive and discourteous" the telegram sent him by the Greenville'1 Chamber of Commerce, we wonder j '< how he would characterize what is being said about him by'many citi-} < zens of Greenville. Possibly he j would feel like having them hung, drawn and quartered as guilty of the . high crime of lese majeste. And we 1 understand that in Spartanburg th.ere ' is also much criticism of the gover-' * nor's alleged partiality to Columbia * in camp matters. And this criticism 1 in Greensville and Spartanburg comes mainly from men who have staunchly i < supported Mr. Manning in his cam- 1 paigns and so cannot be ascribed to political prejudice or partisanship. As the governor of the state lives in Co- < lumbia, it is quite natural that Colum Dians snouia come 10 regard mm asi a citizen of Columbia rather than gov- j 1 ernor of the State and think that the should regard/ Columbia questions from the Columbia angle rather than the state viewpoint and bring pressure to bear upon him to use his per- i sonal and official influence for Colum- 1 bia's 5 selfish benefit. Admitting for i..e purposes of argument that the telegram from the Greenville Cham- , ber of Commerce to the governor was i j insulting, hovr about tlie attitude of j , Columbia citizens as expressed at the, j meeting in which they appointed a i ^ rommittee to seek to line up the 1 ! < governor as a worker for Columbia?. ^ Tf he resented that attitude. The Pied-1 mont failed to hear any expression j :>f his resentment?and his fa:Ure to : - I Guard Your Children Against Bowel Troubift " Many children it an Ctrly avjc become constipated, and rr-iquenliy serious consequences result. Not being able t-> real:v.r lii> nv/n condition, a child's bowels should be fl constantly watched, and a n-rtlc laxative given when nee.* ?s try. Tx T Til. !,.?_ ,-A ur. :>inc> ...v. especially well adapted to worn *11 and children. The Sisters uf ^ Christian Charity, 531 Charles St., 1 Luzerne, Pa.. who attend many cases of sickness say of th-m: "Some time ago we beprnn usir.^ Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets and f.nj th it we like them very much. Th?*ir action is excellent and we are gr.iteful for having been made acquainted with them. We havs. had g^od results in every case and the Sisters are very J much pleased." The form and flavor of any medicine is very important, no matter who is to take it. The taste and appearance are especially important & when children are concerned. All parents know how hard it is to give the average child "medicine," even though the taste is partially disguised. In using Dr. Miles' lax ative Tablets, however, tins amiculty is overcome. The shape of the tablets, their appearance and candy-like taste at once appeal to any child, with the result that they are taken without objection. The rich chocolate flavor and ^ absence of other taste, make Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets the ideal remedy for children. s If the first box fails to benefit, the price is returned. Ask your druggist. A box of 25 doses costs only 25 cents. Never sold in bulk. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, in?. resent it might be taken as warrant for the nature of the telegram seat him. by the Chamber of Commerce of ^ this city. The matter of locating the first and second regiments did not n concern Governor Manning officially. 4 Thej are now under national control V and the camp for them was to be * ^ +V? waii rrVi + V? f aro 1 c\ck^ seieuicu iuiuu5u tut- ui nc*i \x^~ partment. Governor Manning is not an expert on military matters and if he we re it "would be officious for him to obtrude his advice or opinion upoa General Wood, whose official duty it was to designate the camp for the South Carolina troops in national service. But Columbia citizens wanted Governor Manning to be guilty that impertinence to General Wood? f and we have not heard that tie re* sented the insult to him contained ia their desire to have hiin act as a partisan of Columbia. The feeling in Greenville and Sp;ur- v tan-burg had its roots in reports reaching both cities as to Governor Ma.aoing's activities when Greenville and Spartanburg were striving with Columbia to secure designation as sites for permanent cantonments. Those reports may have been unfounded or iinti-im hut tihpv have been grivem considerable credence. SELECTIVE DRAFT MUST FILL RANKS Washington, June 29.?Hope tbat President Wilson's call for the tiling up of the regular army and its heserves by June 30 could be realized was abandoned today when Spurns tor recruiting yesterday showed that jnly 1,313 men "had been accepted Isxr service throughout the country. Even news that American regmlars tiad arrived on French soil failed to i-* i _ a. AAf* o ni rif anrl slimui'die uie ?uiuuicci ti, present indications are that the re- W serves will have to be supplied U through the system of selective con- V scription. ^ Nocoyne?I'm going to ask old Gotrox for his daughter's hand. Wkat's i good way to begin? Smart?Oh, spring a few other jokes >n him first to see how he takes tfcem. Real C'aet 'Three socially prominent wocne? ;vere sitting in a park dance parifctoa !n Kansas City last week when the 3oor manager approached their teblft ind said: "Would you care to fence ftith the senior ?" The senor is the dancing master Dne of the women, speaking for all ;hree declined. 'Oh, it's all right," 6aid the manager. "He'll be glad to aance. n? *?? lance with anybody." Su^h. tact should not go unrewaf^edL 5Ve hope the manager gets a raiee.? Kansas <3ity Star. Golf. 18 "Is golf an old man's game?" "Not exactly. It is a game a* old * * - 1--4 W.V/VM MS nan always wisne? ue u?u ;vhen he was younger." When a merchant gives a dollar :wo per cent, of his proceeds efery30dy makes a great noise, but nfee* i newspaper modestly suggests that t be allowed to continue its ordt - \ lary business it seems tJtiat trie rac ? )f freedom is supposed to be rofektac \ .he pubBc. I Subscribe to The Herald and w*.