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The Florence Daily
Hit UArk8T A880CIATED PRE8> .JlbPATCHEi
VOL. XXV
FLORENCE. S. C THURSDAY AFTERNOON JAN. 30,1919
NO. 85
PEACE CONFERENCE WONT ASK
CERMANY TO PAY COST OF WAR
Reported That Feeling is Strong Also Against
Imposing Extra Hea vy Indemnities Upon
Enemy C ountries
London, Jan. 30.—The Peace Con!the cost of war. or to impose heavy
! indemnities upon enemy nations, the
ference has eliminated any intention
Paris correspondent of the evening
of calling upon Germany and her asso! standard says he has reasons to re
elates to pay the Allied countries for port.
LEGISLATURE ASKS
CONGRESS TO ENACT
LAW ON FUTURES
Y. M. C. A. SENDS BOYS
BACK WITH A GRIN
Columbia, Jan. 30.—The Lower
House of the Legislature adopted a
resolution today urging Congress to
enact a law prohibiting the buying
and selling of cotton on the New York
Exchange.
MR. MEARES HAS BILL
FOR STATE ROAD FORCE
MEASURE IS DIRECTED AT ABOL
ITION OF ALL COUNTY
CHAIN GANGS
Columbia, Jan. 30.—State direction
of the entire chain gang forces of trie
State and the creation of a State con
vict road building force of prisoners
above 17 years of sige is conteinplat
ed in a bill which Kepresentativi
Meares of Fairfield County is introdu
,ing in the house of representatives
The bill has the approval of the Stab
highway commission, the State boan’
of charities aftd correction and it eir
bodies a general plan to which Mr
Cooper is favorable.
Provisions of the act are that al
convicts shall be delivered to the si
perintendent of the State pentitentic
ry. From the superintendent the
State highwav engineer would requis
tion forces for the State road building
convict gang. Work would be execu
ted on the State gystem of roads as
designated by the highway commir
sion.
It is further provided that each
county shall receive as many days
labor as entitled to as the number of
convicts sent up from the particular
y ounty and the length of sentences
imposed.
, Maintainance would be provided by
a one mill levy pn all taxable prop
erty and funds with which to con
struct roads would be provided by the
creation of a “State highway fund”
from licenses from motor vehicles.
Another distinctly 'interesting fea
ture of the bill is that compensation
would be allowed all prisoners for
orderly conduct, this graduated scale
increasing in proportion to the length
of the sentence. It would not apply
to life prisoners.
! Paris, Jan. 30.—To send the boys
{who came away from America with a
(determined smile of confidence in
1 their ability to win the war, back
home again with a grin after having
(done the job well seems to be the pur
pose of the Y. M. C. A. In accordance
with a request from General Persh-
,'ing, the Y. M. C. A. has established a
j new and thorough going system oi
I transport service on every ship sailing
from France or England for the Unit
fyd States.
Wounded and well, alike—every
thing will be done for their entertain
nient and amusement on the home
ward trip. General Pershing is re
'easing any enlisted officers and men
he American Y. M. C. A. desires to
fiow wear the Red Triangle in this
nd other ‘Y” service over seas.
Free supplies, ranging from fruit
.'or the seasick to post cants, stamped
'ind ready for mailing as soon as the
ransports dock in home ports, are be
ng distributed aboard ships by the
V. M. C. A. transport secretaries, two
.vorkers to each transport. Bou.tlon
ubes, lemon drops, chocolate and cig
arettes are'given away to the return
ng warriors.
For entertainment purposes, one
motion picture machine with twenty
■eels of film, two talking machines
■md records, one stereoptican machine
md slides, checkers, chess, dominoes
ope quoits, one folding organ, song
•heets, and musical instruments suf
'ieient to organize a ship jazz band
ire provided. Boxing gloves and me
’icine balls are included in the “Y”
athletic equipment. Five cases of-Am
-rican Library Association boons
nake up each transport’s library. A
free three month’s membership »,
'iny Y. M. C. A. in the United States
tvill be given every soldier and sa-ior.
Mothers, wives and sweethearts,
take notice’ Buttons by the gross,
leedles by the thousand, khaki threa..'
by the mile, and last but not least,
rermicidal soap in plenty, are suppli-
d free so that the returning heroes
'nay be at their most presental’j
'vhen they got near enough to ogle the
Goddess of -Liberty in New York har
bor.
Some Story—This
Atlanta, Ga„ Jan 30—The Huns an
chored a machine gun in a certain
trench they were driven out of, tied
a rabbit to a cord and the cord to
the trigger of the gun, gave the rab
bit a whiff of chloroform to make it
sleep a few hours, and then Ameri
cans jumped it and set the machine
gun ip mo:ion, according to Noah Kil
gore, an Atlanta boy who is back from
overseas with his honorable discharge
and a most, wholesome hatred of the
Boche.
OLIVER HEARING
IS POSTPONED
Knoxville, Jan. 30.—The prclimina-
Ty hearing of William J. Oliver and
len other defendants charged with
Ifraud in connection with the manu
facture of munitions, was indefinitely
postponed by Commissioner Thorn
burgli this morning.
POLICE ROUND UP
SIXTEEN TRAMPS
Tin* police department rounded up
a bunch of unemployed men hero
i.liis morning and landed sixteen of
them in the city jail. Four of the
men are colored and 12 white. The
case came to trial before the Record
er at the noon session of the city
court, and the men were released to
the Phoenix Construction Company’s
camp near Society HUi where they
will be given jobs. Not all of the
men in the crowd could te .classed
as ordinary tramps, some of them
professing to be good workmen in
search of jobs. The agent of the
construction company assured the Re
cerder that he could well take care
ol the men, and the men themselves
were glad of the opportunity to get
work. In the pursuit two of the men
’who sought to escape arrest took re
fuge in a house on East Evans street,
ami alarmed ihe inmates of the Re
sidence considerably, C being though
that they entered the house for the
mirpose of robbery. The men, how
ever, were only trying io elude the
oflieers, who soon sought them out
and too them to the city jail.
WHERE THE AMERICAN DELEGATES ARE RESIDING
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WAR TIME BREAD PRICES Will
PREVAIL FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS
Leading Millers Declare There Will Be No Re
duction Because of Government Guaran
teed Price of Wheat
Minneapolis^ Minn.* Jan 30—War
time bread prices will prevail through
out the world fpr another 18\ months,
leading Minneapolis flour millers pre
dieted today, when informed of the
statement yesterday by Julius Barnes,
president of the United States Grain
Corporation, regarding the American
guaranteed price of wheat in rela-
t ! on to ihe world price.
The milling industry of the coun
try has been practically at a stand-
I still since the government agency
j ceased buying flour six weeks ago,
mnd was awaiting just such'an an-
jncuncement as Mr. Barnes has made
said H, P. Callahan, vice president
of the Northwestern Co
Milling, Company. The immed'
sumption (lour mill activities will fol
low, he said.
MAY POSTPONE THE
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN
The handsome Hotel Crillon on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, where the American delegates to the peace congress
ore housed.
LUDENDORFF IS
STILL IN BERLIN
MANN SAYS DANIELS | CHARLESTON CAN’T
SHOULD BE IMPEACHED
MtFUBUUAN LhAUEK ASSERTS
SECRETARY HAS EXCEEDED
HIS AUTHORITY
GERMAN GENERAL. HOWEVER AS
LIVING UNDER AN ASSUMED
NAME
London, Jan 30—General Luden-
dorff, lormer chief quartermaster gen
eral of the German army, has return
ed to Berlin and is living under an
assumed named, according to an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam, because he fears popular de-
imonstrations. The general is said to
have placed his services at the dis-
-posai of the government which it is
added declined them with thanks.
General Ludendorft fled to Sweden
after the tall of the Hohenzollerns. A
Stockholm dispatch, January 10, said .
he had requested and obtained from ‘j ™ “ he “Ti api f, 0
the Swedish government government P- n . In his speech today Mr.
permission ti> remain in Sweden for
one month.
Washington, Jan. 30.—Because the
Lontcn this year does not end until
✓April 20, the treasury is considering
1 postponing the openimr of the next
1 Liberty Loan Campaign from April 0
{fas tentatively planned to April 21. A
j decision has not been reached.
| No attempt has been made as yet
Vy Secretary Glass or his advisers to
'"-ettle on the interest rate or other
♦erms of the loan, it was stated of
I'ficlally today. Whatever the terms
.fc'ay be, they will accord with the
I principle of maintaining the marker
'price of preceding Issues, officials de
■ dkdkJkBajtM *a*»ii l c,ared - This is one fa ctor tending U,
ACCOMODATE 30TH w. e ^ e r,;
•as possible, since it is felt a rate a
^high as 5 per cent, would work or
FACILITIES INADEQUATE FOR DE-‘as a depreciating influence on precei
BARKATION OF THE ENTIRE jing issues.
DIVISION I Further tax exemptions on bonds a'
'ready outstanding, acceptance of then
Charleston, Jan. 30.—Army officers 'n payment of certain forms of taxer
• jat the Southeastern Department head in fu’ure years or conversion of them
Wh shin pi-mi It n 'quarters today again reiterated the;r'into securities bearing high interes»
' ’ 11 ° Republican 'ttj ec i. ira tJ on that it would not be po-./rates are means which might be taker
i.' ’ - ann apeaK.ng in Uie houso ( j lc p resen t time to debark aito maintain the prices of outsandin:
i ay attacked score .ary Daniels for j ^ole division here. Col Henry C. Ihonds.
puicnasing wireless communication j Merriam, chief of staff, issuing the' Bankers are urging the treasury tc
systems, saying the secre.ary had vio /following statement, when asked if Viake the interest rate on the next
laied tlie law and "ought io be im- [the Thirtieth Division could be landed /oan 4 3-4 or 5 per cent., but officials
peached.’’ ^here as a unit: ’The docking facilities j are inclined to keep it lower if pos
Secretary Daniels recently told the available at Charleston at the preSi ni: sible. They rely strongly on the pr
hou,j% merchant mstrhfr ictfmmittec 'time are not adequate-for the debarks4triotic Impulses of small bond buyer
tha. the short stations and radio ship '♦-ion of a full division at any one'
sets of the Marconi Wireless & Fed- rx ' his lnakea •< f:lear tllat wliat
eral Telegraph Company haa' been ' ever P ,an » the war department may
bought for about $3,000,000 from ba ve as to sending boys cf (his fight
mg unit to this port to debark :t will
not be possible now to land the divi
Mann declared tha. .. tin,. .t, si °n here intact. However, it is prac
am,ronri,Vbn hm l.nhlrt i n livable to take care of a portion of the
appiopnatlon bill authorized the Pur ; TMrtieth and lt is the g e nera l hope*
i locally that the Charleston and South
r y regardless of law, said Carolina members of the “Old Hick
,r. Mann, ’ in violation of t*he law ory” unit may first set foot in the
lor which he ought to be impeached States at this port. There can be no SECRcTARY BAKER URGES CON-
hndorse Good Ivoads an d removed from office-—and it is Sarade of the men in this city, but the
not unlikely that he may'be—he has division will be demobilized at Camp
gone ahead and spent, money out of Jackson and it is probablv that tney
Charleston, Jan 30—The following he appropriation for ibe purchased Hvill parade at Columbia. That troops-
resolutions have been adopted by of radio systems. i 'from overseas are expected soon at
Charleston Council 400, United Com- He tame before the congress and 'Ih e P°rt terminals is shown by the ar of 14 of the 16 National Guard campt
mercial Travelers: asked authority to’ make these pur- < ’rangements to erect a 70 foot sign and the purchase by the government
WHEREAS a plan has been propos- chases and was refused. If ho had over * ,le headhouse of warehouse No. j of the sites all the National Army
1 ask enn l6 - reading in big letters. “Welcome Y'a’monirenls, inc
BRINGS SUIT FOR
$100,000 AGAINST
STATE FOR DEATHS
Traveling Men
to “bring the boys home’’ and “finish
the job.’ These phrases probabl..
will be adopted as campaign slogans.
GOVERNMENT MAY BUY
SITE OF CAMP SEVIER
GRESS TO ABANDON 14 NA
TIONAL GUARD CAMPS
Washington, Jan. 30—Abandonment
ed requesting the Legisia.ure to sub- authority he did not need ask con
Kluuing Camp Sevier,
mit to the people at the next general
election a bond issue of $25,000,000.00
for the construction of a modern sys
tem of bard surfaced roads connect
ing every county seat in the State,
sjich bond issue and the interest
gress for it and the failure of con- i Home ”- If is I'°P etl tlle Thirtieth g. C., was urged today by Secretary
gress to legislate on the subject is l ^oy 8 frtmi th |® State will he the first )oaker and Assistant Secretary Cro-
a refusal of authority. (returned soldiers to read the sign. well, before the House Military Com
mittee.
autihority
Secretary Daniels declined to discuss
Mr. Mann’s statements further than
to say that before the land radio sta-
thereon to be paid for by the motor tJons were taken over he and Assist
vehicles of the State, and ant Secretary Roosevelt with the de-
WHEREAS, we believe that the parlment’s solicitor had examined
State of South Carolina is seriously ve ry carefully into the question of the
handicapped at the ^present time in department’s 'authority to act.
its agricultural, commercial, industri |
al and educational development by its
lack of good roads,
WHEREFORE. BE IT RESOLV.ED.
—That we the United Commercial
Travelers of America, Charleston
Council, 40(> do most heartily endorse
the above plan, calling upon our bro
Civic League Places
Drinking Fountains
Thf? Ladles of the Civic League
ther members throughout the State to ar e having their drinking fountains
take similar action, and pledge their erected on the principal streets and
support collectively and individually their ire beauties. Of white marble
for the same, and further, ~ an d of the latest design, they are
1 HE IT RESOLVED, That we would ornaments to the (positions where _ • n
|respectfully request of the members tiiey l.av^ been placed. The League .Campaign Starts
of the Legislature from Charleston 's to be congratulated in placing these | A rvoincf 'Riitnu
County to support this measure, and fountains which will be of great con rAgamSl OUmS
that a copy of these Resolutions be wenience to visitors to the city and
mailed to them by our Secretary.”
W. P. G. Harding
Quits As Director
Many Farmers Apply
For Nitrate Of Soda
Washington, Jan 30—W. F. G. Hard
ing today resigned as managing di-
reel or of the war finance corporation
because of the incrf'asuig press
duties as governor of the federal re
serve board. He was succeeded as«
managing director cf Die finance cor
poration by Eugene Meyer, Jr., now
a director, but will retain his office
us director of the organization.
The war finance corporation now is
making no new lonas except to rail
roads and is preparing to wind up its
affairs after the declaration of peace.
Mr. J. Ward McLendon, County
Agent, states that nine hundred and
'sixty farmers applied for Government
Nitrate of Soda, amounting to 27,-
000 tons. He wishes to express his
thanks to the Agricultural Board of
the county for their assistance rend
ered the farmers of the county in
placing their applications, also the lo
cal press in publishing information.
Mr. E. D. Sallinger has been appoint
ed Federal Nitrate distributor who
will have charge of further nitrate
distribution.
J. O. O’NEILL SANDELL, OF CAL
HOUN COUNTY, SUES FOR
DEATH OF CHILDREN
FROM USE OF SERUM
BOUGHT FROM STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH
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Columbia, Jan. 30.—The $100,000
damage suit against the State of
South Carolina, bought by J. O’Neill
landell of Calhoun county whose two
hildren died from the effects ot se
um administered to them, which was
furnished by the State Board o*
Health, will be tried at the term of
:ommon pleas court which convenes
n this city next Monday. Two of Mr.
Sandell’s children died from the ef
fects of the serum, and he is bringing
wo suits, one for each death, asking
$25,000 in each case.
The deaths in the Sandell fanrly o •
'urred more than a year ago when f^*
he two Sandell children the-e
{mrchased from the State Bo-'-H - •
Health typhoid serum, the innocula
ions resulting in the deaths of
wo little girls, it is claimed.
The general assembly last year
'assed an act to allow Mr. Sandell io
bring the suit against the State, ami
the case will come up for trial neM
veek. The bill that became law, ai
’owing the suit to be brought against
‘l>o State, was introduced by Senator
Banks of Calhoun county. Colcock &
"olcock and W. N. Graydon, attorneys
if this city, represent the plaintiff.
Other Interesting Cases
Another case of some interest thai:
’s scheduled to be tried at the term
of court next week is against ex Gov
Manning, brought by Augustus M.
Deal, an attorney of this Htv. M*.
Deal is a stenographer and does con
■iderable court work, and he was sent
‘o Charleston to take testimony in tho
’nquiry over the body of young Mr.
Cohen, who was killed there several
Lears ago at a political meeting.
Mr. Deal says that the governor did
not pay him for his services and that
the governor claims that the county
of Charleston should pay the bill.
The county authorities in Charleston
claim it is said, that it is not their
bill, and Mr. Deal is suing that tho
court might say who shall pay him
for his work.
Still another case that is scheduled
to come up for trial at the term of
‘-'ourt beginning next Monday is one
brought by the Rivoli theatre here
against the Fox Film company for $20
000 for alleged violation of terms of a
contract.
SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL STOP
FURNISHING WORK AT UGH WAGES
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Policy Will Be in 4 Case of Present and Future
Ship Yard Strikes to Let the Job Stand.
Ship Yards Wont S ! uffer, Declares Piez
Atlanta Physicians
Disagree On Influenza
pedestrians t£‘ n milly. One of ihe
fountains has been placed at Riley’s
Drug Store corner and one at L: E,
Water's dry goods storo corner
others
places
where.
will be placed in coniSnient
on* Dagan Street, or else-
- Washington, Jan. 30—The Govern
ment’s policy in shipyard strikes will
be to “let the job stand,” Charies
Piez, Director General of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation said today.
He referred particularly to the
strike situation, where he said mm
had been out for a week, and to San
’Francisco where he said it was report
ed that workers in two trades intend
ed to walk out shortly, and tie up all
work in that district.
. Mr. Piez declared that most of
ship yards needed a breathing spell,
and that he did not think the Govern
ment would continue furnishing worn
at extremely high wages unless :n-
creas skill and output Justified it.
M'CAULEY WONT
DISCUSS HIS PLANS
lAtlanta, Ga„ Jan. 30—Atlanta phy-
cisians are divided on the question
vf dosing public assemblies to s;op
the spread of influenza, and with the
busim ss Influence that will be thrown
in the wales against uie closing it
is probable that some o'her measures
will be icliud on io handle the situ
ation.
• One of the main meusufvs of pre
vention will be the general use of the
serum recently developed by army
doctors at the Fort McPherson gene- ——“
Sr.!rr Pi, , a h - "J the baCta , ri0l0 , giCal ' ^yona, Florida. Jan. 3U.-Major
itr .n 0 . ?' , ■ tieVe,OPed Lr “ I McCauley, who while on a continen-
serum which has given remarkable , * al airi)lane ht made a forced la nd
-results in preventing pneumonia. / ing near Kort Lauderale Saturday,
They are giving it free to the sta.e 1 left Fort Lauderdale this morning by
health authorities and to civilian phy- train for Miami, where he is taking
sicians over the slate, and are anxi- the airplane for repairs. He would
ous that the fullest use will be made not discuss plans for continuing tho
of It. flight.
■ Atlanta. Ga., JJan 30—The cam
paign launched against vagrants by
|the Atlanta police department is be-
rphp I'ing backed up by Recorder Johnson
in thn police court. Vagrants arraig
u<*d before him will be given the
choice of going to I ho stockade or
going to work. It is hoped that
most of them will go to the farms,
where labor is very much needed, and
where they can make pood wages In
wolesome and healthful outdoor
work.
AVIATOR TAKING HIS PLANE TO
MIAMI FOR REPAIRS
FAMOUS AVIATOR
DIES ON HONEYMOON
Atlanta, Jan. 30.— Richard H. At
wood, Army Aviator who had charge
of Acrobatic flying at Gerstner Fiem,
Louisjana and the Carlstrom Field in
Florida, died in a hospital here yes
terday of pneumonia contracted while
on his honeymoon, it was learned to
day.
Two Swim For Home
New York, Jan 30—Home soil look
ed so good to two army officers whose
transport, the Scranton, was forced
through having explosives aboard to
anchor in lower harbor totday, that
they jumped; overboard and started
swimming toward the Brooklyn shore Idred beforc iic reached the hospital.
T. M. BROCK KILLED
BY FALliNG TREE
Mr. T. M. Brock, foreman for R.
W. Massey saw mills near Lanes was
'killed yesterday afternoon by being
struck on the head by a limb from a
falling tree. The accident took
Ing off a limb? and it was this limb
that struck Mr. Brock.
He was hurried to Florence in the
place in a woods near tne mill where
the men were cutting down trees. A
'arge tree in falling hit another break
hopes that his life might be saved but
200
yards away. They were picked I The body will be shipped to hla
up by a small boat, and on being land I home at I’embrooke, N. C„ for burial,
ed, disappeared. Ine leaves a wife and two children.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS BREAK
ALL RECORDS AS TO EARNINGS
Pile Up Profits in 1918 of $55,436,000 Largely
as a Result of Rediscount operations
Washington, Jan 30—Thc| twelve
Fed«ial Reserve Banks broke all re
cords in 1918 by piling up an aggre-
1y from rediscount operations, com
pared with $11,200,000 tho year before
The net earnings of the Richmond
/gate of $55,436,000 net earnings, large bank were 2,325,227.
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