Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 The Chevrok does its share ev - The car is p( continents. The nations. It is deservin proves the good Of simple an looks, and low ui everywhere. Tod The price $55 ing the quality o: electric starting the Chevrolet a i Come in tode S Opp. Claremon Factories: New I St. Louis, Mo.; C NEW YORK CITY WOMEN WANT PRICES REDUCED "We Want Bread," "We Are Starv ing," They Cry. MANY RIOTS FOLLOW ADVANCE IN PRICES Appeal Made to Other States to Send Food to New York Market. New York, Feb. 20.-The cry of housewives unable to meet the ad vancing cost of food was heard in the city's seat of government today when several hundred women from the ten ement districts stormed the City Hall screaming: "We want bread." They came to place their plight before Mayor John P. Mitchel. Many car riedl babies. They swarmed up the steps and tried to push their way into the building. Policemen on guard shut the gates, and from the' base ment where there is a police station reserves rushed upl and restored or decr. The women were informed that Mayor Mitchel had not yet arrived. The leader was Mrs. Idla Harris, presidlent of the M,others' Vigilant League. She and three other wvomen were allwode to enter and await the VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE! If not disposed of pr'i vately prior to that time I will offer on Monday the 5th day of March, next, in front of the Court House in the town of Manning, S' C., my residence (where I now reside) with lot 106 feet front and 312 feet deep at public sale. Any one wishing to see the pre mises or get information concerning this property can do so by calling on Mr. C. R. Hlarvin. Would trade for a small place. MRS. KATE G. HARVIN, ManningS C.e 3vrolizing the W t belongs to the world. In v :rywhere. )pular the world over. It is Chevrolet is seen in the rem< g of this recognition. This v qualities we claim for it. d sturdy construction, sufficio )keep cost, the Chevrolet qui< ay it is the leader.. 0 f. o. b. Flint, is exceptional: t' the car and complete equips and lighting system is suppli >leasure car especially desiral ty and see the latest Chevrol< umter Motor Co t Hotel : Si cork City; Tarrytown-on-Hud akland, Cal.; Oshawa, Can.; Mayor's coming. "We are starving," Mrs. Harris told the Mayor's body guard. "We demand hely from the Mayor. We will not be responsible for what happens if we don't get it." ' The leaders were told that the mayor would not be at his office to- i day, but would arrange a meeting later. 1 Several Arrests. "Sweet Marie" Gane, one of Mrs. Harris' companions, addressed the women fro mthe city hall steps, and was arrested, charged with disorderly conduct. When the police took her from the city hall station for arraignment in court, a group of women attempted to rescue her, but were fought off and a guard was thrown around city hall. The women remaining near the spot continued to shout, "We are starving" until mounted police scat tered them. Meanw~hile, a mob of women gath eredl around a prodluce market on the East side and~ began to overturn push carts. Three of them wvere arrested. The situation resulted from an un-] precedlentedl jump in the price of sta ples, panrticularly potatoes and onions, variously ascribed to short crops, heavy demand, sp~eculation and rail way congestion. The indignation of housewives in lower East Side of Manhattan and the Williamsburg and Brownsville dis tricts of Brooklyn, overflowed when the produce pedldlers qjuotedl potatoes from 5 to cents a pound andI onions from 15 to 18'cents. The police esti matedl that at least 1.000 wvomen took lpart in the riot in Brownsville. Push carts were overturned and set afire and vegetables were dlousedl with kerosene oil. There were similar scenes elsewhere and the p~olice had their hands full dlisprsing the angry women. illI Appeal to Mayor. In Manhattan the push cart men met the situation by calling a mass meeting last night. They explained to their customers that onions wvere costing themi as high as $15 a bag and potatoes $10 a barral. The crowd was kept at a high pitch of excite ment by spectators wvho comlplainedl that they were unable to buy enough food at the present prices- to give their families prop~er nourish meat. The meeting app~ointed a committee to call on Mayor Mitchel today and dlemandl that he take drastic action. Commissioner Hlartigan, in his let ter to the food authorities of the dif ferent states, asked what step~s they were taking to organize producers and handlers of foods for the purpose of reducing costs. "This information," he said, "is sought for in the event of any ab To.Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVIC DROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggiss eofund mone if it ifa to cure. i oyld t rork and play its C t t a favorite on all atest parts of all t rorldwide tribute ,r tP ant powerr"-'good s 3kly finds favor t ly low, consider- v c nent. A two unit 3d which renders )le to women. ?t models. r 0 JMTER, S. C. a C Son; Flint, Mich. Ft. Worth, Texas 1 J t C r f e Cl acrmal food conditions arising by rea Son of extraordinary results accruing from obvious domestic and interna ional situations." The commissioner .sserted that r ew York was the greatest logical food market in the world, and added: 'It is evident, therefore, that much 3enefit can be given' to producers, rowers and shippers in your State who may find the New York city narket a convenient and profitable >utlet for their products." Dealers said that within a year the vholesale price of potatoes had risen ?rom $3.25 to $9 for a sack of 165 )ounds, and the price of onions since December 1, 1916, from $3 to $15.50 or 100 pounds. HONOR ROLL. Honor roll for Davis Station sehool for fifth month ending Febru- ' iry 16. Requirements: a minimum >f 9') per cent on lessons, 95 per :ent on deportment. Tenth Grade. * Av. Dept. Pauline Childers - - -- - 90 95 ~(Iith Fifth Grade. dhStukes------- --..90 98 Lke Fourth Grade. Ilk roadlway - - - -. 94 100 Other grades unrep~resented. Present Every Day. 10th grade--Pauline Chiilders. 5th grade-Edith Stukes, Luke Broadway. 4Ith grade--Tommy~ Stukes. 3rd grade--Aline Childers, Rufus Shorter, .John Thames. 3nd grade--Carson Thames, Elise Chewning. Signed, Miss Helen E. Malone, Principal. Mrs. R. E. Broadlway, First Assistant. Mrs. Helen C. Chewnin g, Second Assistant. ------ -- ADVERT[SE IN THlE TrIMES. Ilomne and Farm~ Demonstration Meet ings Continue Over County. r Twelve schools of the county wer visitedl last week by Miss Katherine Winter Brings Colds to Children A child rarely goes through the whole winter without a cold, and 3very mother should have a reliable ereedy handy. Fever, sore throat, tight chest and croupy coughs are mure symptoms. A dose of Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey will loosen the phlogm, relieve the congested' lungsa md stop the cough. Its antiseptic pine balsams heal and soothe. For ~roup, whooping cough and chronice bronchial troubles try Dr. Bell's Pine I'ar Honey. At all Druggists, 25c. -..ndv. tichardeon, Home Demonstration ,gent; Mr. P. H: Senn, Farm Demon tration Agent; Mr. C. A. McFaddin, )istrict Agent in Farm Demonstra ion Work, and Mr. E. J. Browne, ,ounty Superintendent of Education. L number of patrons of the schools urned out to hear the talks made y the visitors. Miss Richardson talked of the can ing, bread, and poultry club work. fr. Senn outlined the workings of he corn and niv clubs, laying special tress upon the educational featur.s f the club work. Mr. McFaddin alked on diversified agriculture rela ive to the coming of the boll weevil. fr. Browne, in his talk, called atten ion to the law which requires agri ulture to be taught in the public ehools. He also stressed the im ortance of co-operation of the school 3achers, trustees and patrons with he home and farm demonstration rces. The people of each place visited howed that they were heartily in ympathy with the work being under iken by the demonstration forces. These meetings will continue until very school in the county has been isited, giving every boy and girl a hance to enroll in the clubs which re now being organized by Miss .ichardson and Mr. Senn. ---o fore 'Territory Freed from Tick Quarantine. Washington, D. C., Feb. 19.-The 'ederal tick quarantine will be raised n March 1 from four counties in rorth and South Carolina. A total f 3,446 square miles is affected by his order. The counties to be freed re Duplin and Pender in North Car lina and Clarendon and Orangeburg 1 South Carolina. These are the first areas to be re aased from quarantine in 1917. More han 42 per cent of the territory riginally infested with the tick has ow been freed from the pest and re 3ased from quarantine. Active work 3 planned for this year in every tate in which the tick exists, and cry considerable reductions in the uarantined area are expected in the ourse of the year. --o A VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA rivate B. J. Felder, of Company M. Dies on the Border. Elloree, Feb. 19.-A telegram was ceived here this morning from Capt. p We"wi Woolens at the 0 Times o: Every SWOOl or"1 guarante every cu1 Call Price & our Repr F. F. Pooser, of Company M, Second South Carolina Regiment, announcing the death of Private Bridle J. Zeigler, Tillman Volunteers, at El Paso, Tex., on Saturday, February 17, at 4 o'clock p. m. Mr. Zeigler contracted pneumonia on the border some days ago, and succumbed to its ravages in a short time. The body will be ship ped home for interment. Mr. Zeig ler was about 23 years old and was unmarried. Shortly after the Na tional (%.r ' was ordered out ne en listed vth the TiVha.a Vhn and rendered faithful service as a soldier. He was born and reared in this community. His parents are dead and he is survived by several brothers and sisters. GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT ADJOURN FOR SEVERAL DAYS Free Conference Committees on Ap propriation and Prohibition Bills Are Holding the Legislature. At present there seems to be small prospect of the general assembly ad journing until the middle of the week. The free conference committee on the prohibition bill, because of the absence of one of its members, Jesse Boyd of Spartanburg, who is at his home on a matter or urgent personal business, will not meet un til this afternoon, and the conferees on the appropriation measure have not intimated when they expect to make their report. These two com mittees are what it tying the gen eral assembly up. Oscar K. Mauldin of Greenville, a house member of the prohibition free conference committee, announced this afternoon that the body would give careful consideration to the entire question of prohibition, and there was small prospects of a report from it until next Wednesday. The possibility of either of the two branches of the general assembly thoroughly debating the report of the committee, what ever it is, become more and more ap parent. It also is well within the range of possibilities that the report will be rejected by one of the houses Should this happen, it will mean that the liquor situation will remain un changed, unless Governor Manning insists on some legislation restrict ing the present "gallon-a-month" law. Undoubtedly he will do this; and it has been announced positively on the floor of the house that he will not ap prove a "bone dry" bill, although he, G TAILI 11 show a Ful from Ed. V. Pi ifice of The: ri February 2 Pattern shos NVool and Sill< e a satisfactc stomer. and see Th< Co. Line as si 'esentative. SUMTER. S. C~ SEE OR WRITE US FOR. Seirction Packges of anything in the line of Presents for Weddings, Personal Gifts or your Own Use. Single Diamonds or Fancy Diamond Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Sterling Silver, Cut Orss;-'tiio's JEWELRY of the newest patterns, both plain and fancy. We handle Only SOLID and GENUINE GOODS and compete with all mail order houses. Orders filled at once. TRY US. . SYLVAN BROS. Cor.Main& Hampton Sts. Phone 1045 COLUMBIA, S. C. himself, had made no statement as to' what his decision will be should such a measure be presented to him. The probabilities of the governor applying the pruning knife to the ap propriation bill should it be sent to him carrying the large amounts as reported from the senate are appar ent in view of his messages to the general assembly urgently requesting the closest of economy. The house undoubtedly will approve his vetoes on the measure, should he make any. The measure placing the office of game warden in the general election will probably go to Governor Manning some time today, and that he will veto it is a foregone conclusion. It cannot be passed over his objections unless the sentiment of the house and the senate has materially changed within the past few days. The house today gave its approval to the concurrent resolution intro duced by John W. Crews of Columbia, by request, empowering the attorney general to investigate the sale of the so-called Parker mill merger. How ever, an amendment was attached striking out oll appropriations for the purpose. The concurent resolution of J. A. Berry of Orangeburg, providing for a committee of the general assembly to investigate the Torrens system of land registration and to report back to the next session of the legislature was killed. Bucklei's Arnica Salve The Best Salve In The World. 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