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s t The Florence Daily Times i HE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESl DISPATCHES VOL. XXV FLORENCE, S. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 23,1919 NO. 79 RUSSIAN PROBLEM PROPOSED BY SUPREME COUNCIL OF PEACE VISIBLE MANIFESTATION AND REALIZA TION OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH ACCORD ON GREAT ISSUES EXCHANGE OF COURTESY PUN ACCEPTED British Plan May Form Foundation of Structure for League of Nations DRUGGIST ON TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT CHARGED WITH SELLING MEDI CINE CONTAINING ALCOHOL TO SOLDIERS George H. Thompson, former pre sription clerk in tho Waverly Drug Store in Columbia went to trial in the United States court yesterday on the charge of “selling intoxicating liquor to a soldier in uniform said sale not being made for medicinal purposes.” Two privates testified that they were stationed in Columbia and were members of the provost guard. On SEVEN COUNTIES UNDER QUMANTINE COLLETON STEPS AND JASPER TAKE TO CHECK THE ‘FLUE.’P Columbia, Jan 23—Two counties Colleton and Jumper, will go under (general guarantiee regulations today There are now seven counties in the State on : which quarantine restric tions have been imposed, they being Union, Marion, Dorchester, McCor mick, Oconee, Colleton and Jasper. In speaking of the quarantines that ANOTHER SENATOR ATTACKS WILSON Paris, Jan. 23.—The solution to the Russian problem proposed by Supreme Council of Peace Congress as considered here has arrested visible manifestation and realization of America and British accord on great issues before Congress. This accord was pledged in speeches and private expressions in England both by President Wilson and Lloyd George. It is understood that in asmuch as Supreme Council has accepted the American plan of settle inent of the Russian situation, the British plan may form a foundation of structure which Peace , , _ u "v t j • days- He said,he told the soldier the Congress may erect to the League of Nations, (temndy was a tonic and denied say Yet observers point out that this mere exchange|i n ^uggist for^y^rs. He had beCR Arguments will be made this morn Ing and the jury will take the case following the charge by Judge Smith R. Beverly Herbert represents Thomp son. It is held to be a violation of the acts of congress for a person to sett any liquid to soldiers in uniform which contains an unlawful amount of alcohol.—Columbia State. . are being Imposed os account of in the afternoon of July 25, 1918 theyifiuenza Dr. C. V Akin, In charge of visited the Waverly Drug Store and influenza control measures in South purchased a bottle of beef wine and j,Carolina, said yesterday, “The quaran Iron. Several hours later they madei t j ne measures which have been recom the second trip and bought another Imendod to and which have been im- dollar bottle from the same clerk. (p 09e( j the State Board of health do| or Ashurst ct Arizona, Democrat, auth Washington, Jau. 23—Criticism of Presi-ient Wilson and l‘ood Adminis trator hoover was continued today in tho senate during debate cn tho ad ministration bill iippropriating $100,- 000,000 for food relief iu Europe and the senate again failed to reach a vote. Disposition ot amendments was begun, however, and administration leaders hope to pass the measure to morrow. Without a record vote the senate re jected the amendment of Senator Pen rose of Pennsylvania, Republican, , Aiding for dtsiiioution of the fund by a commission to be named by the president subject to confirmation by the senate and to be responsible to congress. T1 e amendment by Senat- EQUAL GERMAN PROPAGANDISTS Copenhagen, Jan. 23— Bolshevik propagandists were sent from Russia not only to Germany but to China, England and France, says Harold de Scavenius, tvf Danish punster Co REQUIRE PHYSICIANS CERTIFICATES! Atlanta, Ga., Jan 23—Legislation requiring a physiciau's certificate be, fore the issuance of a marriage licen se will be intrpduced in the Georgia legislature at the 1919 session, as it has been before, but this time will They said they asked if it was good stuff and the clerk replied, “its a very good stimulant." An army physician testified that any preparation contain Ing ten per cent alcohol would be suffl .boards of bealth rests entirely with dent to intoxicate a person. local authorities, asd no steps will The government introduced Dr. R, bp taken b th e'health officer except M Simpson, chemist, who said he had ' on the specific recommendation of not apply to incorporated towns vorizing a bonus of tiO days pay to pri- with o r ganized boards of health. The ^necessity fod (Quarantine in incotw 'porated communities wt‘h organized analysed two bottles of beef wine and iron and the contents contained a fractiort over ten per cent alcohol. Dr. Thompson said he came from Charleston and began work as a drug gist for the Waverly Drug Store July 2, 1918. He admitted selling a bottle of medicine to the soldier but had no recollection of a second sale. Hto said lie only sold four bottles in 23 of courtsey a plan accepted for Russian situation, A meeting between the American and Allied re presentatives and representatives of all Russian Governments are virtually the same as the Brit ish first proposed, while unofficially it is said that British plan for,the creation of a League of Na tions is essentially the same that Americans have worked out. Supreme Council Met This Morning Paris, Jan. 23.—With replies from various Russian factions to its proposal for a conference is being awaited, the Supreme Council met this morning. Meanwhile joint Allied Commission was being made up, although no names had been announced. All members of the Council were present when the meeting began. Paris, Jan. 23—Preliminary Peace will be signed early in June, at the latest, according to Child Labor Day Endorsed By Officials Franklin K. Lane. Secretary of the T nt"rior, has written to the Natiinaf Child Labor Committee an ooen letter In which he expresses the hope that Child Labor Day will be generally ob served in churches, synieogues, schools, clubs and other institutions and organizations. The dates degig nated by the Committee are January ?5. for obseroanee in synagogues; January 26. in churches and Sunday schools, anri January 27. in pulrie schools, civic associations, etc. Sec Vetnrv Lane says; “Since the future of the country de those in authority and familiar with local conditions.’" Reports received yesterday from various parts oti the State indicate no great change from conditions which have been prevailing during the pawt several days. — « —— Yankees Forced To Do Goose Step By Boches Winchester, Eng., Jan. 22—“Headed Yjy bands, they paraded a bunch of us Americans, barefooted, through towns forcing us to do the goose step.” That was the experience of Edward A. Patenaude, of New Haven, Conn, of the 102d Infantry, who arrived at the American rest camp here from Danzig via a Danish Red Cross ship. He was captured in April with 182 other Americans at Seicheprey. “The Germans tore my gas mask off while we were still in the German lines and took my shoes from me. The Americans went days without a hath. There were facilities for bath ing, but the Germans.simply wanted to he mean and kept us from being clean.” vates and non-connuissioned officers discharged from tlie army met a simi Jar fake. Senator Asuurst v:inly sough; a record vo:e ;.;ui said he would again call up the amendment for final disposition. Senator Townsend of Michigan, Re publican, led the attack on the presi dent, declaring tin/, his absence was causing neglect of imnests at home and delaying emergency legislation. (He also asserted that the president was the only American peace com missioner and that he was not keep ing the country informed as to his plans. While suppor ing the bill. Senat.r Lenroot of Wisconsin, Republican, said he was sorry the president had not remained in Paris when he went there, lie deplored “ostentatious dis- dilay" and emphasizing of class distinc tion, which he said was displayed during Mr. Wilson's visit, especially to England, and said the “pomp and ceremony” attending the peace con ference, ‘is doing just as much to feed Bolshevism *ts food can do to prevent ia.” Great Losses Sustained By War Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 23.—Loss es sustaised by Serbia during the war are estimated by Milos Savcic, mem her of the Central Committee for Ser 'bian Reconstruction here, to aggre GERMANY ELECTION REPORTS ALL IN Petrograd who has just returned ^ a ve as organized and determined sup from Russia together with the staff port. bf the Danish Legation. While at 1 prominent Atlanta citizens hava the Russian capital he had been act- fceen in consultation with Rev. 3. J ing in behalf of the Entente Powers. Winchester, vice president of the Am ; Fpur hundred Russian propagandists ierican Social Purity Association,' he declares were in Berlin before which has been furthering the move j .the German revolution began and in- ment for this and similar legislation,^ structions were given for numerous and have urged him to transfer tho| Bolshevists to be despatchedto Eng-, national headquarters of the associa land and France by underhand routes, tion from New York to Atlanta, whict recently, he added a number of repa may be done. triated Chinese were sent home from The object of the association is tfl Russia and among them were numer- promote social purity, sex hygiene, ous propagandists. better marriage and divorce laws The Soviet Russian government, ac- ,and to combat the social disease. Mn cording lo M. de Scavenius, under- Winchester has done notable work stands very w-ell that, its only possi- j various parts of the country. Hu bility of maintaining its existence is - will go from here to Jacksonville to j in an interna ional revolution and launch a state wide campaign. while the German revolution was nearing its apex the Bolshevik lead- ! Pure-Bred Bulls ers rejoiced in its progress but were disappointed in the fact that the Ger man administration remained in the hasds of the social democrates. “They emphasized,” said the Dan ish diplomat, ’that Germany was only in her February revolution^—her Ker ensky revolution—and they predicted thac. she soon would have her ‘Octo ber revolution’ and more speedily than wa s the case in Russ'a. Exchanged For Scrubs A drive is being focused on the scrub bull in Wisconsin, and if the work of the “Better Wisconsin Cam*, paign," which was launched under the direction of the State College of Agrl culture, the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, and tiic Live stock Breeders’ Association, is suc- “The only cloud upon the sky ot, £ essful thousands or these mongrel their hopes is the position of the En-J an | ma ] S k e replaced by pure breds. tente. They say that if the Entente j The retreat of the inferior sires al- gate 10,000,000,000 francs. This is ex ... , 110 vwulllI V u „ elusive of the war expenses incurred pern’s in verv larce decree on what' b y Serbia an( i of th e war loans which the children, it is P ~ fSerbia received from the Allies^ Basel, Jan. 23.—Reports from all electorial districts in Germany, return ing full number four twenty one mem hers to National Assembly, show ma jority of Socialists having plurality in assembly with one hundred and sixty four votes. Next highest to Cnris tian peoples party, former Centrists, Vith eighty eight. Seeks Protection For Quail will do as Germany did and occupy the Baltic provinces and the Ukraine there is nothing to fear because in that case they would be able in a few morr.hs to revolution'ze the French and British troops as they claim they already had revolutionized the Ger man troops. Their only alarm was less the Entente should occupy I’etro 'grad and Moscow, because they knew their only weapon was propaganda. Bolshevists are masters in revolution ary propaganda and at the head of this institution is an Aus.rian named Raflek who in Moscow founded an' in- ternationai federation’ with members from the people of several nations. “Organization and production are impossible in Russia because Russian workmen have no sense of fcl lowship. II is impossible for the Russian government to recognize in dustry and trade according to com munistic principles as long as other states have not accepted like princi ples of government. Until now Rus sia has maintained life on pre-war ready lias begun in seven counties, while authorities m other counties are making plans for the crusade. The first gun to be fired in the Wisconsin campaign was in Fond du Lac County early in the year, when schoolhouse meetings were called by the county agent. At these meetings some of the leading breeders agreed to ex change pure bred bulls for scrubs with out additional cost, providing the new | owners would use the pure breds for two years. This was farsighted busi ness. They secured probably 60 or *80 per cent by transaction as they \ would lose in subswuentiy selling the scrub for beef, but it meant better' stock In the future. A census of the! cattle herds in the county was made^ principally by the pupils In the rural schoos, who secured the names ot about 1,100 owners of scrub and .grade bulls. To each of these 1,100 a letter was written outlining the jtradeoffer and inviting the farmer to mee; with the committee heading the A resolution to secure legislation the best tivsilnble information, S3.ys ]MB,rCel|*irely fitting that now at the close of) Savcic asserts that the P rese ”Mfor the permanent proi.ee.ton of quail Hutin in ^Echo Dp ” *be war one day should be observed I value tbe Serbian property would bag been {.dopier the larm bureau ^nu ITdl lo. afi rhjld Iabor D?(v and thaf thero be double what it was at the time of of c „ uloi4 County ; nl . Tlle bureau should be both a backward look on ' its destruction or 20,000,000,000 francs what has been done and a forward took into the nepfis of the children in the future. This dav shoud also re SCHOOLTEACHERS THREATEN STRIKE Atlanta, Jan. 23.—Mayor Key and members of the Board of Education of 'Fulton Cousty and members of the •Btate Legislature planned a meeting of seven hundred and fifty teachers of Atlanta schoolt late today, to ex 'plain why their demands for pay cannot be met. Members say that the Teachers As sociation overwhelmingly voted for a Strike unless the demands are granted today. ENTIRE BOARD HAS RESIGNED Lunatic Turns Robber Waukegpn. H., J a v» 23—Ajnjested at empting to rob L. F. Huntley’s Summer home here. Joseph Opraus was found to be an escaped inmate of the Dunnng Insane Asylum. He had donned wearing apparel belong ing to the Huntley’s and was com fortably partaking of choice viands in the kitchen when take;: in cus tody. Dr. F. K. Rhodes and W. M Waters have today sent in their resignation as members of the Board of Health. These two with Dr. FcFaster and M. C. Brunson who had already resigned compose the board, so the matter now more j rests with the City Council, whose duty it is to appoint a new board. Mayor Gilbert said this morning that everything possible was being done to elect new members and have the board appointed at the earliest possi ble moment. Medicine Farm Planned State Of Illinois County .ook this action chit fly because of the value of the quail in destroying chinch hugs, other insect pests, and obnoxious weed seeds. As many as , „ . man auyoru.e VX'f'be' 400 chinch bugs have been found in a shall lack for the car* and onno r tunl a '°ne lost ^^S^.OOO^menjip^to Uie ;(i(iaii , a ^ Th •3 quail is especially “Serbia and Montenegro.” declares M. Savcic. “have suffered greater losses in lives, relatiyelv speaking, suit in hieji resolves that no child t tb an any of the other Allies. Serbia By Chicago, fll., Jan. 23—Illinois is going *o grow its own medicine. Plans are already under way for ‘he establishing of a “medicine farm,, on which will be grown herbs and roots, importation of which has been curtailed by the war. The Board of Forest Preserves of Illinois has the matter in charge and as soon as a suitable location can be found the farm will be put under cu tivtion. Find Laundering Will Kill “Cooties” Entomologists o the Department of Agriculture, worki £ in coperatin withthe War Department, nave found that the modern laundry, as now adopted for Army camps, affords a practical means of destroying “coot ies’’ and other vermin and that the usual processes of the Army laundry establishments are thoroughly adequ ate as methods of disinfection and disinsection, in an article soon to be published by a scientific society they describe experiments that establish ed their conclusons and point out b.,w laundry methods may be alopted to suit special cases. ty necessary for its full development and complete nreuaration for jovoua living and effective service to socie ty.” Secretary Lane sneaks as follows of th*> national government’s war time prvttcv in respect to the protection of children • “Many aeencies. both Gov ernmental and private, united in ,nrg ine the people of the TTniteft States not to forget the interests of the child ren white engaepd in the great war now ending in vlctnv for freedom and rtemneraev. T b e Department of the Interior, with Us Bureau of Education. an<> the Denarttnen* of Labor, with its Children’s Bureau, have neen especial lv active In making sentiment for the maintenance of the schools and the enforcement of school attendance a nd child labor laws, and the promotion of ♦ho health of children in school and in the home. Other Departments of the Government have given valuable assistance in manv wavs. Amon" non ftovernmental agencies the Natl onat Chi'd l abor Committee has don" much valuable work to these ends" TL S Commissioner of Education P. P Claylon savs 1 “I tnwt.that the dav 'Insinuated hv the National Child T a TO SOORENDEO WITHOUT FIGHT VVATER FREE FROM CONTAMINATION The Slate Chemist who has Just made an analysis of the water of the .'city’s new well, reports the water tree from contamination, following which the water was turned into the reservoir. The new well has a good flow and will add greatly to the citys water supply. London, Jan. 23.—Russias Minister of War, Trotzky has ordered Zinovieff Bolshevik Governor at Petrograd, to surrender that city without fight, it attacked by Northern Russian for ces. arrived in Confu in 1916. One half of her taxpaying citizens and one third of her population perished from sick ness, epidemic diseases and the un precedented savagery of the enemy at the time of the invasion oT 1914, and during the three years of domination of the Bulgars and Austro Magyars. “Our enemies sought not only to destroy Serbia economically but to ex terminate her people, so as to rid themselves once and for all of the bar Her which blocks Germany’s way from Berlin to Bagdad. “The restoration of Serbia will re quire a certain amount of time. The enemy must return everthing he plun dered from the Serbian museums. It braries, (universities, chuches : and schools and whatever has been des troyed must be replaced. Germans, Austro Magyars and Bulgars must re turs the livestock which they drove away and pay for the timber, vine ■yards and orchards which they cut down and ruined. Agricultural im plements and industrial machinery mupt be replaced is kind. The Allies must supply us with food as quickly crop. Tho qua active in gathering hugt from hedge rows, bandies of crass and other cov ers that are d’fficutt to reach by burn ing. stores hut this soon will be exhaust-, county campaign to discuss the P r ®‘ ‘ed. The Russian Foreign Minister position. Many farmers have availed once said that the Soviet republic was hthemselves of the opportun’ty. a ‘foreign substance’ in Europe.” I M. de Scavenius said he did not be- GcOrfiTict Has 8,678 lieve conditions in Russia would bo • ® * altered v-ithou; foreign intervention and re added that in his opinion im mediate intervention would not meet with any considerable resistance. Armenian Relief Boys In Pig Clubs ELEVEN MILLION AND FIFTY ONE THOUSAND Washington, Jan 23.—Cotton gin ned prior to Jasuary 16th amounted to eleven million and fifty one thous ned prior to January 16th amounted and bales of Sea Island, the Census Bureau announced today. One Toot Meant . A Visit; Two, “I Can’t Come” New orYk, Jan. 23—By a system of "L” train whistle signals Robert L -1 ^ CarOer, a Brooklyn motorpian. as possible, likewise with textiles, I and Mrs. Irene Daniels carried on a and medical stores, all of which arc .Mr Commit’®'* will he observed In pH I completely lacking in Serbia. Devas lUp comn*nn«ti®s of th® cmmtrv and tated towns anrt vlllaKe , R I™ 81 be re lhat on (his Hav W e r-qv a li become 1 b «llt- Banks, loan societies and sav.ers wife more fn| tv eonscionr of the fact that, inks banks must be supplied witn| Daniels for $25,000 for alienation of (states that this section of the country Unoney so that economic enterprise}her husband’s affections. flirtation and also arranged clandes tine meetings, according to nllega- Cons made in court recently by Cart Mrs Swine worth half a million dollars were raised by Georgia pig club mem hers during 1918. Four years ago therewere no pig cubs in 'the State, l j t c< but under encouragement from the PUSn6(i III OOUtn College Of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture The entire South is rushing to vho! 8,673 hoys in Georgia are now enroll- aid of the starving people of Armenia ed in these organiza.ions. Their and Syria, according to reports •. f the beneficial effect on the swine indus- nation wide drive which are coming to the offices of the Southern Division headquarters. The drive which started on Sunday in almost every county and city in the South already has gone over the top in a number of cases and many eoun ties and cities have wired voluntary increases in their quotas. Because of local conditions in a few counties and cities, the drive has been postponed for a few days, but in every locality where pledges are be ing taken, campaign leaders report In terest is running as high as in the war time campaigns for the Red Cros and other kindred measures. Reports which came to the head quarters of the Southern Division on Wednesday stated that Utah was the first state to go over the top and that Ohio had raised almost a million dol lars for the relief work. Michigan has collected $450,000 in the first two days of the drive in that state. Campaign leaders throughout tho South are increasing their efforts to try of the State may be judged from a. summary just recerved by the de partment from its pig-dub agent in Georgia. Outstanding progress is re ported as follows: “The increase in final value of hogs raised by pig-club' boys in l!)18 over those in 1917 was more than 56 per cent. Pig-club hoys j won 70 ribbons and $505 in prizes in the open ring at two Georgia fairs. The increase in number of pure bred hogs raised by pig-club toys in 1918_ over 1917 was more than 206 per cent. 'The State Champios was the 11 year old son of a 1 horse farmer who bought his pig nt an auction s $37.50. She is worth $300 today. Six pig-club boys in one county will start hog farms in 1919. All of them began with one small pig." Officer Shows His Gun, Also Bottle In Kansas Kansas City, M., Jan. gun.’’ ask<d Police Sergeant 3—“Gotta PatLy- nnlv through rmr children mav we a’ ♦ nin th® tdealH hevend our reach and ♦o which we aspire.” Vnay be revived.” Takes Patent Medicine; Dies; Inquest Follows St. Louis, Mo., Jan 23—A Coron er’s inquest has been ordered in‘o the death of Hugh McMahon, sixty, who died following • the taking of a dose of patent cough medicine. Nimrod Uses Booze To Make His Bait Lively Win.sted Conn., Jan. 23—How Kor ney Haywood succeeds in calching big strings of fish through the ice when others fishing In the same waters and using the same kind of bait fall has long been a puzzle to local fishermen. Moved by the prospects of a dry natios, Haywood unfolded the secret of his success. In the pail of water containing the bait fish he places a Htllo John Barleycorn. The spirits make his halt more lively then shiners and chubs used by oth ers, Haywood explained, Illinois Has Prize Cat Springfield, 1(1„ Jan 23—The fin est feline in the world lives here. (It is a Persian cat named “Silver Cloud” and owned by H. E. Jeffrey. The cat carried away all honors at sas. The case was contlsued. EXTENSION OF FEEDSTUFF RATES pile up a groat “over the top’ sum (o __. Carter is suing Mrs^J s j nce the receipt of word from other’hns, of the Kansas side force, of EJ. T. Ware, a special officer on duty may rank higli in the work of rellev ’ ing the starving Armenians and Sy nans. Charles Daniels husband of the defendant, coincides with tho views of the plaintiff. “Whon Carter was going to call on my w ; fe,” he testiticr. ‘he would toot the whistle once when he got opposlle my home. Two whistles meant he would not meet her. J ’ Mrs Carter is fifty. Mrs. Daniels is much younger, buxom and pretty. AMERICAN STEAMER GASTALIA WRECKED Vidden sectloss of the southwest was and the .(ordered extended by the railroad ad pike, bass and perch cannot help hut * ministration from January twenty be attracted. fifth to March first. Stockholm. Wednesday, Jan. 23— Washington. Jan. 23-Special rates Norwegian Ara «riMn^ Liner Bejgens- on feedstuffs to drought and storm ford which arrived here today re ports caving for.y seven men from the American steamer Castulia which was wrecked off Sable island. Five those saved died of exposure. WANT DEMOBILIZED IN ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 23—A movement; has been launched to have the Eighty-Second Division, wh’ch train ed at Camp Gordon, demobilized in this city. The division is now in France awaJ'jing orders which may take it into Germany as a part of the army of occupatios, but when it comes home it wants to be muster ed out of the service in the city where it was trained for combat. The Eighty Second is composed of drafted men from eastern states around New York city, while the oifi cers are southern men. Tho divis ion distniguished itself by fighting '25 days through the Argonne fj -est. during the car strike. ‘Sure Mike,’’ replied Ware, pulling a revolver from his pocket. Sergeant Lyons saw a bottle, ap parently whiskey, sticking out of the special officer’s pocket. Ware insisted in court that ho merely picked up the bottle on a street ear. when facing a charge of violating the bone dry” law of Kangy sas. The aces was continued. BRINGSHOME . NEGRO TROOPS Washington, Jan. 23.—The battle ship Connecticut is due in Newport News February 1st, with one thousasd troops from France, which includes some negro< jouth Carolina.