Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Al neve -smol by it peak. on tl }Prin happ grap] pike open "~ Qt bJJ Reeynolds R. TO MEET BRITISH RATES Shipping Board Announces Reduction in Tariffs. Washington, Jan. 27.-To meet the cut in transatlantic freight rates made by British ship owners, the knipping board today announced a re duction of about 66 2-3 per cent in tariff charges between Atlantic and Gulf ports and ports in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands. The new rate to the United King RFOR COM] DESE i F. S. ROl Norfolk, Va. Baltimc Columbia, S. C. fimtQ ivii ',".':" - r 1 SAY, you'll have 'a str put pep-in-your-smol ring-in with a jimmy pip nail some Prince Albert : 3t between ourselves, you app, r will wise-up to high-spot- Mei :e-joy until you can call a pipe sm< s first name, then, t'o hit the smc -of-pleasure you land square to tl at two-fisted-man-tobacco, car :e Albert ! cut ell, sir, you'll be so all-fired pros y you'll want to get a photo- R hi of yourself breezing up the goo with your smokethrottle wide pip, I Talk about smoke-sport!i sorn sality makes Prince Albert so par 1. Reynolds Tobacco Compari lomn is $1 per 100 pounds, or fifty :ents a cubic foot against the old rate of $66 a ton, while the rate to Riavre, Bordeaux, Antwerp and Rot berdam is $1.25 per 100 pounds, or, ;ixty-five cents per cubic foot againgt the old charge of $66 a ton. To Marseilles, Cette, Genoa and Naples the new rate is $1.6$ per 100 pounds or eighty-five cents per cubic t'oot against the old rate of $71.50 to $75 per ton. At the same time, the board an nounced new rate's from Atlantic and Gulf ports to ports in India as fol (7S T I I, I reI. Toeo . abr Spanb, yo'l hav Atanst nailsom Ga.rMnce Amerv. ON, Pal Sa: 4] de nei f ?,.f nol ie fl( of rep Pa co1 Br 1" ( ne or ha se -e eak of smokeluck that'll pr :emotor, all right. if you'll o e or cigarette papers and , or packing I gi ealing all along the smoke line. 1 1 who never before could T >ke a pipe and men who've f< ked pipes for year:; all testify di ne delight it hands out i P. A. n 't bite or parch! Both are si out by our exclusive patented o cessI ight now while the going's tl d you get out you r old jimmy it or the papers a1nd lansd on s ie P. A. for wh :t ails your a -ticular smokeaj.petite ! o o is sold. Toppy red bogs., I pound tin humidors -,id (l lshumidor with api. a(eI n such perfect condis on. y, Winston-Salem, N. C. lows: To Columbo and Calcutta $1.10 per 100 pounds, or sixty cents per cubic foot as against the old rate of $45 a ton, and to Rangoon and Madras $1.20 per 100 pounds, or sixty-five cents a cubic foot against the former charge of $5 a ton. ADVERTISE IN TIE TIMES The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVI BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Rniember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 30c. R'S tENCE LENCE COMPANY >, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. i, Ga. Macon, Ga. Ala. LME AMER1CANS .w FOR MANY CRIMES o" ha ris Papers Tell of Murders, Rob berles and Assaults fic SECTY. BAKER SURPRISED v be vs 'Official Information Will Be Sought by the War ad Department. ati 'aris, Jan. 27.-Thirty-four mur- A 's, 220 day and night assaults and ty irly 500 serious fights due to Amer- au n soldiers occurred in the Depart- 'n nt of the Seine during the month it December, says the Matin today in gr rerting to the subject of the reor- is nization of the American police in ris. The reinforcement of the police itingent had been demanded by ig. Gen. William W. Harts, the wspaper asserts and with the new ranization effected police operations ve been carried out on a wholesale di le, especially in the Montmartre w tion, resulting in the arrest of my American deserters. Not Strong Enough. r The American police in Paris had ti eviously been chiefly recruited; the atin points out, among American licers and soldiers who had been IC unded. Their main duty was to c ve information to American soldiers g F the streets and to regulate trifling fenses and carry out night patrols. "v e majority of the members of this irce, however, were not capable of paling with serious crimes, adds the wspaper, which cites the December ;atistics as proving the inefficiency F such policing. Jewelry Stores Robbed. Another of the Paris newspapers, ie Intransigeant, welcomes the re iforcements of the American police ervice in these (lays when, it'says, ttacks by armed men were becoming ver. common and jewelry stores were eing robbed in full daylight on the rain street. "For it must be said," says the In ransigeant, "and our friends of the Jnited States deplore the fact like urselves, that the audacity of some >f their 'bad lots' has grown marvel )usly since the armistice." The Intransigeant adds that the bar :f Maxim's has been closed to ofi cers, American, French and others, because, according to the prefecture of police, of violations against the liquor selling regulations and not "owing to widely rumored incidents." Seed We hay 'Seed tha is the m( Seeds, b4 for the includes Garden andi they the very . ica. If vegetabi and we attentiol Englisi DICKSO ese rumors, the newspaper adds, re to the effect that at fight oc 'red in the bar in which American cers took part, some of the reports Bing it that one of the participants s killed, another that a French of er had been killed, while another esion was that two Americans had en killed. Automobile Theft. The recent theft of an automobile ded to a long list of such thefts, is ;ributed by the Intransigeant to two nericans who are making a special- In of this kind of crime, driving an tomobile of their own and taking tow any car whose owner had left alone with the ignition out, the soline tank closed and the magneto )lated. Will Seek Information. Washington, Jan. 27.-Official in rmation will be sought by the War apartment concerning reports in iris newspapers that American sol ers have been involved in a crime ave. Secretary Baker said today e situation pictured in the papers eemed incredible" and that official h !ports from France made no men on of the matter. r The American expeditionary force t is maintained in Paris since Amer- P an troops began to appear in that c ty on leave or otherwise a provost uard of military police to aid the rench police in handling incidents in a 'hich American troops were involved. It was said at the department that isturbances of a minor character ere to be expected where many men ( eed for the moment from close mili- ' ary restraint, but since the figures 1 iven by the French papers indicated 1 most serious situation a detailed( eport probably would be asked of fen. Pershing. Officers here said that if the situa ion was in fact as grave as the Paris mapers indicated undoubtedly the American officials in Paris were fully (dvised and already had exerted them elves to correct it. 0 COJ,. W. H. COLEMAN )EAI) Columbia Postmaster Passes Away Suddenly at 70 Years. Columbia, Jan. 27.-Col. W. II. Coleman, postmaster at Columbia, died suddenly at his home here to night in the seventieth year of his age. lie is survived by his widow, several daughters and one son, W. H. Coleman, member of the Columbia city council. The deceased was a brave s in1 .ln ']+ -1I1 e a tremendous t we bought in l )st economical w acause you get n lame money. ( practically eve Sand Fiei have -all been gc best Seedsmen you want an ear es, now is the tim want to call yo' 1 to our big stoc t Peas and N'S DRUG Manning,.S. C. WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE eed (Ielp to Pass the Crisis Safe. ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Can be Relied Upon. Utbana,Ill.--"During Change of Life addition to its annoying symptoms, f had an attack of grippe which lasted all winter and left me in a weakened condition. I felt at times that I would never be well again. I read of Lydia E. Pinkham's V e ge t a b l e Compound and what it did for women passing through the Chango of Life, so I told my I + 1 k doctor I would try it. I soon began to gain in strength and the annoying symptoms dis ppeared and your Vegetable Compound as made me a well, strong woman so do all my own housework. I cannot ecommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege able Compound too highly to women assing through the Change of Life." -Mrs. RANK HENSoN, 1316 S. Orchade t., Urbana, Ill. Women who suffer from nervousness, 'heat flashes," backache, headaches .nd "the blues" should try this famous oot and he- , remedy, Lydia E. Pink am's Vege.oblo 4ompound. onfederate soldier, having served rith distinction through the War Be ween the States. le was for a num cr of years sheriff of Richland ounty and was considered a very ef icient officer. ---o WHAT THE GERMANS THINK Paris, Jan. 27.-A French generai vho has just arrived from Berlin, de scribing conditions in the German rapital in the Matin, says: "The German people, believing the war is over, think their bad times are at an end. They do. not believe the German army was beatep, and that, therefore no war indemnity will be exacted. They labor under illu sions regarding the feelings of the American people, especially President Wilson. I have seen processions pass ing the Adlon hotel cheering the gen eral in command of the American mis sion in Berlin." ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES 3ulk! stock of sulk. This ay to buy iore Seed )ur Stock -ything in !d Seeds tten from in Amer ly crop of e to plant ur special k of Lhnions ! IST ORS.