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. CHEAPER GASOLINE PROMISED TO SOUTF Senator Harris Says His Two Amend ments Will Have Tis Effect. The State. WooViinrpfnn Sent 4. "This wil vr .. ? mean the dissolution of the Standar< Oil Company and cheaper gasoline for the South though of course I ex pected the big oil interest to figh me bitterly/' In this way Senator W. J. Harri; of Georgia today spoke of tw< amendments relative to the opera tions of the Standard Oil peopl< which he has just gotten through th< senate. Regarding this Senator Harris said "A few years ago when I was'a mem ber of the federal trade commission complaints were made all over th< i * f country about discriminations m ui< price of gasoline. In the Indiana ter ritory which jfe controlled by th< Standard Oil Company of Indian? they were selling gasoline at fiv< cents a gallon less than in othe: , States nearby. The reason for this was that there were independents ii that territory who were competing with them and the Standard wante< to destroy them. "There are about a dozen Standar< Oil Companies and it was found tha there was no law to prevent this dis ? ?-?Tina QfonHurvl n~f TnHi VX'lllllimklUll. x 11V ana or any of the other Standar< companies could lower the price ii their territory and all the othe: Standard companies of the country would raise the price so as to maki jp the loss. The federal trade com mission could do nothing to protec the people because, 70 per cent, o: the stock of all the dozen Standar< companies is owned by the same peo pie. There is no competition amonj the dozen Standard Oil Companies They all work as one. That is wha the investigation disclosed. There ii > 52 per cent of the stock of all th< Standard companies owned by 1< people. The purpose of the propose* amendment is to prevent stock hold ers who own these different com panies from selling their stock to th other stockholders of the Standari companies and to make the 12 com panies1 independent as the presen stockholders dispose of their stock.1 Regarding the latter amendmen Senator Harris made the following $ statement: , ! "This amendment is to prevent th< Standard Oil Company from getting around the provisions of the Ulaytoi act. The Clayton act in the way it i drawn really protects the monopoly the Standard Oil Comany, the wa; the subsidiary companies are divided This will require all the companies t sell at the same price, so that if ther is an independent in one territory th Standard can not lower the price an ? put him out of business and thereb eliminate competition. It is to re ^ quire all the Standard companies t J have the same price all over th [ country." w % ,1^^^ /-' CHARLOTTE STRIKE BROUGHT TO CLOS] " N Basis of Argument Does Not Ipdud Recognition of National Carmen's Union. * Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 4.?Settle ment of the strike of conductors an motormen on the street car syster of this city, which began Augus 10, was announced tonight by Pres dent Taylor of the Southern Publi Utilities company. The agreemer reached was practically identical wit that which formed the basis of th settlement in Greenville. S. C. The striking carmen will reoum operation of the cars tomorrow ai ternoon, according to the announce ment, and a normal schedule will b resumed, with the exception that th line to North Charlotte will not b operated for the present. Applies tion to the State corporation commis sion for permission to abandon th ; North Charlotte line is pending. In the agreement concessions wer ^^ yjfiade by both sides, but there is n recognition of the Amalgamated As JF .sociation of Street and Electric Rail way Employees. Refusal on the par of the company to recognize this 01 ganization nas been the main issu ' '' 3 l between me cuuiuany auu mc omi> | ers for two weeks. i BARBECUE. Will furnish a first class barbecu at Jolly Street at old residence o Melvin Singley on Thursday, Sep Member 11. J. D. H. Kibler. E. T. Werts. "The Rats Around My Place Wer Wise," Says John Tuthiil. "Tried everything to kill then Mixed poison with meal, meal cheese, etc. Wouldn't touch it. Trie RAT-SNAP. Inside of ten days gc rid of all rats.'' You don't have t mix RAT-SNAP with food. Save fussing, bother. Break a cake o RAT-SNAP, lav it where rats scan per. You will see no more. Tkre Si^es, 25c. 50c, $1.00. Sold an guaranteed by Gilder and Weeks C( REPORTS ON TREATY f I DIRECT TO COUNTRY - People Only Ones to Whom Wilson Says He Owes Accounting? Makes First Speech. j 1 1 r'rtlnmKno riViirt d ?Tn the 1 I WlUiHUUO, VU1VJ ?* ? i first speech of his trans-continental * tour, President Wilsan here today - urged the American people to exert t their influences for acceptance by the United States senate of the peace treaty signed with Germany, and pre-! } dieted that the senate would ratify ' _ (the treaty. s "When this treaty is accepted," he ! ? said, "the men in khaki will never have to cross the seas again, and I say when it is accepted, because it * will be accepted." Speaking to a capacity audience ; ? nnrtV in IVfomnTlJil , WIUV'll 11I1CU CVC1J livun ill MVII.V^?. 1 I " Hall the president said it was not his " purpose during the trip "to debate j the treaty" but to expound it to the 1 " people. He declared that there was 1 a concert of feeling among the allied I ' representatives at Versailles. Re- j r ferring to the American delegation | 5 he said: ! 1 ? ?- ? J. 2.Z ] "We were unaer lnswuuuuns ?nu y \ * we did not dare come home without. 1 1 fulfilling those instructions. If I could not have brought back the kind * of a treaty I did bring back, I never k would haveH come back." Appeals to People. President Wilson appealed to his * i hearers if they would not read the 11 treaty themselves to at least accept, r I the account of its contents as given ' f by those who made it. He declared \ - the only persons he owed a report to ' "are you and other citizens of the United States." He said such a ref port was necessary because he had * read many speeches about the treaty - and was unable to gather from them ? much of what the treaty contained. President Wilson said the treaty t undertook to punish Germany, b~t s that there was no thought to overa i whelmingly crush any great people. 3 j The reparation demanded of Geri! many, he said, was no greater than ^ 1 J - Vjermany couia pay. The president said he was "astone ished" by many of the statements1 i made about the treaty, and said he - was convinced they had been made t by men who had not read it, or who ( " had failed to comprehend its mean* ing. I The league of nations, he declared,1 was formed in fulfilment of the pros mise that the United State was y fighting this war to "end the busii ness of that sort" forever. Not to s establish the league, he said, would j ; have been unfaithful to those who y had died. [. j Besides the president said, the o . treaty "tears away" the chains of op- ; 11 not lAllQliHoC ! 6 i picsoiuu auu gltco oiuaii iihuvuuuuvu i e | the .light to live their own lives.] d j "That," he said, "was the American y ; position and I was glad to fight for i j it." o | The president praised the treaty e provision, providing for an interna- | tional labor organization, which will j hold its first meeting in Washington ! next month. He declared the meetg ' ing would be held whether the ti^aty had been ratified by the senate by e \ that time or not. j | The meeting was presided over Dy J Dr. W. 0. Thompson, president of i the Ohio State University, and the i i i president was introduced by former' ^ i governor James E. Campbell, as "the n j first citizen of the big round world." | XiGLASS PROPOSES l" | PATCHED PANTS cl , ! Secretary Says He Will Wear Suit ' Five Years if Necessary. e Richmond, Va., Aug. 27.?Secre- j . tary of the Treasury Carter Glass i nHrlrf>ssf>H the members of the ; ??J ? ] ' Virginia general assembly. A combination of a five-year-old! ' palm beach suit and a shirt of equal age are the two new cudgles which Secretary Glass intends to use on the hard-headed profiteer and to wield \ against Germany in her efforts to crawl successfully back to a dominant place in tjie commercial world. "I am simply putting into. prac| tice," he said, "the suggestion of my ^ distinguished predecessor; Mr. McAdoo, who declared in one of the lib- i erty lean campaigns that we should ' use every effort to win the war, even j , though we wore patched trousers. ' Ifinn OMA nrtf rvofnVlQ/1 Vlllf fVlOTT QTO ai^ UVV ^TMVVUVU) WV?V W44VJ ?**v old enough to t>e. I expect to wear j this suit five years longer if they ^ will stand it." "The reconstruction period through which we are going now," he de-1 clared, "is perhaps, even more criti- j cal in its relation to the future of ; ; our country than the actual war pe-' ~ riod itself. If we are to use an efC . ' fective weapon against the profiteer i. we must acquire the habit of strict t, economy and saving. If we are to u discharge wiihing the shortest time ^ j our obligations contracted in the war ,s we must pursue tin- same course, f And if we are to keep ihe Hun from j l" gvllii:ahead of us in the markets \ of the world it is absolutely "neces(\ . .. ~ . sary t..at we adopt tnis policy. ( 1 ~ " \ "It is the practical things that are ( row confronting us in this period of < reconstruction and complexities. It j is a period that will require patriot- j ism and ^hought and greater courage j than has ever yet been manifested. I This nation has had to expend the j ihconceivable sum of twenty-three billions of dollars to assert itself I ' mi ? \ against European tyranny, umii amount has been practically shot j away, and the problem now is to replace it. The only way we can replace it is to do more work and more saving than ever before if we would restore our prosperity. "*Vince, torn and mutilated as she ic nk very likely pay off her indebtdi ss before we will, because her s. * -n have inculcated the lessons of i xift and saving until they have become second nature." SPECULATORS HIT HARD BY SLUMP Drop in Livestock Indicates Break I in the High Costs. Chicago, Aug. 27.?A drop/of $1 a , hundred pounds on the average for I hogs, with lower prices for beef cattle at the stock yards today, was ascribed to several reasons, including i the general protest against the high cost -of living. Market men said the tendency was! fnr still lower prices, particularly j after the fall marketing: and they professed to see a break in the high living costs. The public has curtailed its buying of pork and beef recently while live | stock receipts are large. The eastern j market failed to act as an emergency I outlet and the packers virtually with- j drew their buyers from the pens to- j day, leaving thousands of' hogs and ; cattle without buyers. Speculators wore Viit. hard. j Live stock men say export business Ins been suppressed by the foreign exchange situation and that this, cou-: pled with receipt of hogs that accumulated on farms during the railroad shopmen's strike and the prospect of a strong run of hogs, helped to cause the weak market. ;j While the average drop for hogs was at $1, the difference between * - 9 today's lowest point ana yesterdays highest point was fully $1.50, live stock authorities said, while the average drop for beef cattle today ranged from 50 to 75 cents a hundred pounds. Sheep also sold lower. GOSNELL CASE REMOVED Goes to United States Court for Eastern District. Greenville, S. C., Aug. 27.?The j case of Jack Gosnell, charged with ! the murder of Sheriff Hendrix Rec- j tor on July 4, was today removed ! from the court of general sessions to | the United States court for the East- i err. District of South Carolina, upon ! the filing by the defendant- a petition J under the provisions of Section 33 of ; the federal judicial code. The filing of the petition automat-! ically removed the case from the | State court and a writ of habeas corpus cum causa was issued by J. B. Knight, clerk of court, directing the State authorities to deliver the body of Jake Gosnell into the custody of United States Marshal Lyon. ! Solicitor Martin declared tonight that he would inaugurate a iign'" to have the case remain removed from | the federal to the State court and expects''to appear before Judge H. H. Watkins in the near future with a | motion to that effect. I The nose-kiss exists in races so ! far apart as the Eskimos of the Arctic region and the Maoris of New Zealand. Citation Letters of Administration ; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. By W. F. Evvart, Probate Judge. Whereas, J. B. Richards made suit to me to grant him letter of administration of the estate and effects of Richard Thacker. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Richard Thacker. deceased, that they be and appear before me in the court of probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on Monday, September the 22nd, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 3rd day of September, Anno Domini 1919. W. F. Ewart, P. J. N. C. Citation Letters of Administration. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, flnnntv of Newberry." By W. F. Evvart, Probate Judge: | Whereas. Queenie Tucker made j suit tfO mo to grant her Letter of Ad-[ ministration of the estate and effects i of J. G. Tucker. These are, therefore, to cite and | admonish all and singular-the Kind-j red and Creditors of the sa.d J.? G. j i uc'-iei", ticL-Ciisou, that they be v.nd ; I Chain: C?W>aJ- M AM All 11151 IHUUCJf Studebaker Com # \ National Als Labor Day races were wor thea of Barnwell, driving a Ch all events of the Labor Day rac thereby carries seven hundred d< TCo+Vioa maHp thp best time seen down above all competitors. Ir one or more times and several coming in on the same race or . The one mile run was won sidering the bad track. R. J. B Burkett would have given the \ forced out when M. M. Price, c Bethea won the nve mile rj contest Burkett's National and and both were forced to quit. I but the cars were damaged cons In the 15 miles getaway Be Robert Norton won second mon Studebaker. First place winn< The last event, thirty mil* spare. He made the thirty mil ond in a Studebaker and Turne $150.00; third $50.00. A 1 arffp holidav crowd sav o - ? ?/ ? noon's pastime. IF YOU WANT A RE^ Carolii \ W;! yf &?fr*CWW ^ Smokers realize I 8 B that the value is in m ???:::' I Me cigarettes and do M \ not expect premiums J or coupons! * ::: vr Cimf!*- nr* *otd (*vfryerh*r9 :: ' in ?c:t-r?;iS- Th.'y s* alp<1 packa*??s o' ICt tgsrettes; or ten pyk ?'e*- '.? ri in i% (flassine-pupttr-CGverrtiairton tw<? <tron^h rr- -ommena Thm carton far the hone or offico j . supply or when yen travelappear before me, in the Court of NOTI Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. I l v C., on Saturday, September 13th, [the e next, after publication hereof, at 11 j Probe o'click in the forenoon, to show! S. C. cause, if any they have, why the said f Septe administration should not be grant- i foren ed. ! there; Given under my hand this 20th I day of August, Ann? Domini 191!).! \\\. F. Ewart, j P. J. N. C. jXewfa lers V In All Foil les Second in T i o Wins Second i in Columbia by the following* aimers labeled "Victory Special, es at the State Fair Grounds Mo hilars of good Columbia money tc here in amateur races in several; 1 the 15 and 30 mile tests he la so many times it was hard to tel ' winning in the next start. by Mr. Bethea in 59 seconds, wli urkett came second in one minut( dinner trouble in succeeding rac Iriving a Chalmers, ran into the ace in 5 minutes and 27 seconds. Brice's Chalmers crashed into Drivers of the machines were o] liderably. Prize $75.00. tHea was easy winner in 16 mil ey in his Studebaker. Willie W ers received $200.00; second ?7 j endurance run, was copped by es in 32 minutes and 27 seconds r with a Ford third. Prizes, fii t j the events and left well pleas iL AUTOMOBILE BUY A - la auto ICARET If you want to know whai unusual enjoyment Camel smoke them in comparison in ri at aril Cl^aiCllC XXX IUC ?y wi iu ui uut I CAMELS are a cigarette fe\; way you consider them! T or refreshing flavor and fragrar wonderful mellow-mild-smoo never before got in a cigarette s Camels are so full-bodied and satisfaction you marvel that s< light could be put into a cigarei Camels expert blend of cho: and choice Domestic tobaccos r so irresistibly appetizing! Anc explains why it is possible for y< Camels liberally without tiring You will prefer Camels to e of tobacco smoked straight You'll realize pretty quick among the many reasons you sm is their freedom from any unpie retty aftertaste or unpleasant cig Once you know Camels j take much stock in premium or gifts! You'll prefer Cam R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winst CE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTIC ;ill make a final settlement of I wi state of Horace Gruber in the the est ite Court for Newberry County, j Probat , on Monday, the 2l)th day of j S. C., mber, 1919, at 10 o'clock in the ; Septen oon, and will immediately i the fo after ask for my discharge as thereal lian of said estate. \ a'Imini M. L. Gruber. G jaraian. erry, Aug. 2-J, l'jiy. j Xewbe l/inc r Races wo Races Aff AM AW money drivers: J. D. Be" won first place in >nday afternoon and > his home town. Mr. pears and won hands pped all contestants 1 whether they were 9 tich is fast time con5 flat in his National. es had he not been ' ^ i * National. During this sneed each other sidewise nly slightly injured, lutes, 4 2-5 seconds: iles came third in a 5.00, and third ?25. t tfethea witn time to i. Norton came sec st ?400.00; second ed with the afterA CHALMERS Co. E?| ' t rare and s provide K I with any . 5 i price! relation any ake quality, ice; or, that thness you ' moke! Yet so fuli-cf3 much dette! . lllll ice Turkish nakes them I, the blend j }u to sinoKe your taste! ither kind i i , too, that loke Camels 1 :asant cigaarettyodor! you won't . j s, coupons el quality! ; j on-Salem, N- C. j :E OF FINAL SETTLEiMENT 11 make a final settlement of ate of Thos. 0. Duncan in the e Court for Newberry county, on Tuesday, the 30th day of iber. 1910, at 10 o'clock in renoon and will immediately fter ask for my discharge as strtrix of said estate. Mattie S. Duncan, Admx. rry, S. C., Aug. 2*7th, 1S1&. j