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The Florence Daily Times
THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
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VOL. XXV
FLORENCE, S. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1919
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NO. 126
MILITARY TERMS 0f
THE PEACE TREATY
CLAUSE PROVDNG FOR CONTROJL
OF GERMANY'S ARMAMENT
IS AMENDED.
Admiral Benson
Points Out Defects
V » ■«
Says Original.. Terms.. Committed
United States to Indefinite
Occupation.
Paris, March 9—The military terms
of the Peace treaty have been amend
ed by the elimination of the clause
providing tor corf.rol of Germany’s
Armament for an Indefinite pertod.
Admiral Benson, of the United States
Navy pointed out that the original
terms commuted the United States to
virtual indefinite occupation of Ger
many, and chiefly on his insistence
the terms were modified. American
delegates also pointed out that con
trol of any porting Germany for such
. a period would delay the home coming
of American troops and amount to
annullinJI the sovereignly Germany.
DELINQUENTS MAY
MAKE TAX RETURNS
INSPECTOR ROGERS WILL
HERE THE REST OF THIS
WEEK
BE
Mr. T. H. Rogers, Internal Revenue
, inspector will be in Florence at the
Magistrates office in the court house
through Saturday for the purpose of
assisting those who for various rea
sons have failed to file their income
tax returns. Jdr. Rogers yesterday
received a telegram from Collector
Heyward instructing him to arrange
a new itinerary of this • district and
to continue taking returns from delin
quents. Those who have failed io
make their returns will therefore
have an opportunity of doing so now,
provided they file also affidavits
showing the cause not to have been
due to willful negligence. Mr. Rog
ers states that there are a number
of delinquents in this section, especi
ally among the farmers. The, Jjtovern
mar does hot Tifanrtirml^Seihe
heavy penalties provided by the law
THE PEACE TREATY
SIGNED IN TWO WEEKS
INCLUSION OF LEAGUE OF NA
TIONS COVENANT WILL NOT
CAUSE DELAY
liOrd Robt. Cecil
Talks To Newspapers
it
it Hit Opinion That the Prelimi
nary Peace Treaty Will Soon
be Signed
Paris, March 19.—The inclusion of
the League of Nations covenant in
the preliminary peace treaty will not
delay the signing of the treaty which
it is hoped will be accomplished with
in two wees, said Lord Robert Cecil,
of Great Britain, talking to British
and American newspaper correspon
dents tonight.
THOUSANDS WIU.
SEE THE BIG GAME
BASEBALL FANS HAVE MARKED
APRIL 8 ON THEIR CALEN
DARS WITH HEAVY
PENCIL
The occasion of the visit to this
city of the Boston Braves and the
Detroit Tigers on the afternoon of
April 8 is to be made a gala day by
the thousands, of baseball ftms of
this place and of the surrounding
towns. These dyed in the wool en
thusiasts have to be content, for the
greater part of the time, to follow
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This is tlie big naval dirigible C-i, which made the flight from tlie Rockaway naval station to Key West, Fla.
The C-l is the largest dirigible In America. The crew of thajgiant airship consisted of six men nml an officer, CapL
S. V. Parker, commandant of the Rockaway naval air station.
JEWS MAKE PROGRESS
SINGE TURKS LEFT
BRITISH PROPOSALS
FOR AIR NAVIGATION
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CALL- .COMMISSION IN MAIN ACCEPTS
ED FOR FIRST OF APRIL. [ PLANS f-ORMEu BY ENG-
BOTH SEXES VOTE. j LAND
Jerusalem, March 19—A call to aiTCaftli Mnfinn Hast
Constituent Assembly of Palestine | JLaCn rj l>l
Jewry approved by British Govern i IlS Fcirt Ol 1HG Alf
ment in April, 1918, lias been sent out
by the Zionist Commission in Pales | International Council Will be Formed
tine, it was announced here today. I as a Second League of Na-tionsfl
All Jews of both sexes who have |
reached their twentieth year are en i Paris, March 19—In a report submit
, ' ; . 0 vote anid a11 ' v h° have reach ^ 0( } yesterday the corr.miss’on consid
the work of the stars of the diamond;^ twenty-fourth year are, cligi plans for a Intemaiional Aerial
through the newspapers but here at b,e 1 for ejection. One of the other ; cod „, announced that the British pro
Florence they will have the- oppor-
t ” n ^> r °. f 8eein ^ in th ? flesh some
of the biggest stars of the game, the
men who are receiving salaries tnar
run into five figures annually and
who r e names are known wherever
baseball is played.
In many places where the Boston
and Detroit clubs are to play on the
wa y North from their training camps
in Georgia a half holiday has been de
dared so that everybody who wants
can be gathered a’.ong the foul line c
when the game is started. ~
qualifications necesary for candidates iposais had in the main been accepted.
I thak they will be able to read, write | W erna«ional council will be form
and speak Hebrew L d as a SO cond League of Nations to
The I rovisional Constit uent Assem ;j. and i e a u matters relative to aerial
bly elected Dr Chaim Wei/mann and ^ av i Kation . F ach nation, is cnjitlod
Mr. Nahum Sokolow, the Zionist lead (t Sovpr eignt v over the air above It.
ere, to represent them at the Peace 1 o . s y
Conference,
It instructed its delegates to urge:
“That the Powers should nominate
Great Britain as their representative i
or Trustee and should confer on It the !
government of Palestine with a view !
to aiding the Jewish people in build
ing its Comniwealth.
It is not
unlikely that something of the sort-
done here, so great has been L Tba, I a ' T, 1 «*«*utt w Council should
* 8 Dee ®[be nominated by Great Briain in
unless willful negligence is shown. | bas alway,- been the case that’the
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% FOR THE BOYS .-+
* Quite a number of people +
* have contributed to the ‘‘Home +
i* coming Day” of our soldier boys. +
* ns has been evidenced through
* these columns from da v to dav. llllo
* The fund is growiT^uite-^tead- * the n ^ xt few daya
ilv. but, now, smee the time is'*! The advertii , ers
J. D. GILLAND FINDS
THE HIDDEN MONEY
FEATURE PAGE IN TIMES YES-
TERDAYa EXCITES GREAT
INTEREST AMONG PEO
PLE
The “Hidden Money” page in the
Times yesterday afernoon caused
hundreds of people in Florence yes
terday afternoon and last night to
exercise 'their Ingenuity in sentence
building. Up to as lai e as ten o'clock
last night, several entered the post
office building where the check la?
hidden, to securet the money. Mr. J.
D. Giiland however, hnd figured out
'he directions eariy ; n - lie afternoon
and found the check r >r $■?. 00. TIi
paper had been on the streets scarce
ly more than a half hour when Mr.
Giiland deciphered tlie guiding sen
tence and claimed tlie money. The
sentence concealed in Lie several ad
veitisements on /the page was as fol
lows: “Underneath writing stand in
Postoffice.” Greet' in'.c rn st was
manifested in the puzz'.e. All during
today the Times has received tele
phone calls from folk who wanted to
know wheat her the money had been
found or not:. It is likely that amother
feature of this kind will be put on in
WOODMEN TO HOLD
NEXT CAMP HEHE
hLORENCEJS INVITATION UNANI
MOUSLY ACCEPTED AT SPAR
TANBURG MEETING.
Officers Elected
For Coming Year
W. 0. W Convention is one of largest
Bodies in Scuth Carolina
1000 delegates Expected.
The Woodmen of the World in con
vention at Spartanburg yesterday
accepted 'the invitation of local Wood
men,in conjunction W jth that of the
Chamber of Commerce to hold their
next State camp in Florence. The
camp will meet here in 1921. It is
one of the largest bodies in the state,
and close to a thousand delegat es are
expected to spend several days here.
Florences invitation was unanimous
y accepted. Columbia asked for the
but withdrew in favor of- Florence
Tlie W oodmen elected yesterday
he following officers:
J. M. Daniel, Greenville, head con
sul; Max E. Bryant, Rock Hill, head
adviser: Fred C Lotz, Charleston,
head banker; R. S . Hood, Sumter
head clerk: R. J Lancaster, head es
cort, B O Smith, Landrum, head sen.
J. H. Cook, Anderson, chairman board
Of auditors: Harry Stiller, Columbia,
Dr J. H. Algood, Liber/y, W. E Hall
and C B McCarthy, Charleston, head
auditors, J E. Johnson, Grey Court,
PLANS FOR FLIGHT
ACROSS ATLANTIC
LT. COMMANDER BELLINGER IS
ORDERED TO REPORT FOR
DUTY IN WASHINGTON
No Pilot Yet For
The Seaplane
Probabilities are That the Flight will
Start Some Time in May.
No Orders Issued
Washington, March 19—Lieutenant
Commander Bellinger was ordered
from Norfolk to Washingtin for work
in connection with the preparation of
plans for the trans Atlantic flight by
a Navy Seaplane in the Spring. The
Navy Department said today that no
orders were issued for the flight it
self and that in all probabilities the
plane would not start until some trim*
in May. The pilot has not been se
lected.
TABULATE RETURNS
FROM COUNTIES
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF COT
TON ASSOCIATION MEETS
APRIL 20
The cem ral committee of the
ton association will meet
CO’
feD, uned on thn
According to Mr. Rogers agreat num
ber of farmers did not make returns
because they did not ' understand
what to do about the cotton they are
holding. The fact that they have uoi
sold their cotton and therefore have
received no income from the same,
I js not relieve the farmers of the
necessity of making returns. The
return should be made and the num
ber of bales of cotton on hand list
ed therein. Next year, or the year
after, or whenever the cotton is actu
ally sold, the income will be subject
to tax. All married men with gross
incomes of $2000 or over and unmar
tied men with gross incomes of $1000
’or over must also make Income tax
returns. Mr. Rogers will remain in
the office at the court house from ~
to 1 and from 2 on till late in the
evening. He will be glad to serve
any who call on him for assistance.
RAILWAYS BARROW
BIG SUM OF MONEY
FIRST OF HUGE LOANS FROM
BANKS FOR OPERATING
EXPENSES
Washington, March 19.—Fifty mil
lion dollars was loaned today to Di
rector General Hines by the war fin
ance corporation as the first advance
for the railroad administration since
It was left without funds by failure of
the congressional! appropriation. Oth
er loans will follow as rapidly as
they can be arranged.
The war finance corporation today
also approved an applica->on from
the Central of Georgia raHroad for
an advance of $1,121,000. These loans
are In addition. to the $70,000,000 ag
gregate advances made heretofore to
individual railroad companies. The
$50,000,000 loan was made t othe di
rector general as representative of
railroads which the war finance cor
poration considers essential war In
dustries. Adequate collateral was
given in the form of railroad bonds
and notes. The loan was made at 6
per cent, the same rate as Is charged
by the director general for most ad
vances to railroads, and is payable
July 15, with the right on the part of
the director general to repay before
that date.
The loan wf!l replenish the railroad
administration’s funds which were
almost exhausted owing to heavy de
mands and the failure of congress to
pass i the measures appropriating
$750,000,000 for the revolving funo,
the general Interest in the game
• ---agreement with the World Zion'at Or |+ ^tingshort.' those in charge of * ’ pa^'yesterdar were's Vauehan Fur
fn, outside or the city, end oven the ° ^ <* • r ' m "° '? 1 Sit^f ?£any VSe
Jewish people.
There has been great activity a-
(nongst tlie Jews of Palestine since
i General Allenby fi -id t from -the
smallest hamlet has Its bevy of base
ball ‘bugs’ turn out for these exhibi
tion games as well as they do in the
home town of the game. Otherwise'
it would have been Impossible for Turk ' Efforts are concentrated
see the amount
!+ one thousand
+ these hoys come home.
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Fir f mce
Brothers, G. C
Tai'oriing Com
prow to at least * St j, , di Rtta3i Rak , rJ
' °J arS - HZ 1 Steam Laundry, Palles Brc
a home, Florence + j chandler, Ccrumhia Tai»o
♦ County must take a day o and * l p an y ( Rea i Karate and Trust# Com
“ w " u,u oeen impossmie ™r, on'oro^Ving"' agriculDirel'^rhVn^v + show them in n ° u ^ IS 4 takable ^pany, Thos R. Miller, Palmetto Mar
the Braves to have had some of the ” p 0 ' urm £ agricultural mach nery, + tema tka t w e are glad to have - ket and Cold Storage N-« ties Shoe
attendance^ that have greeted them !+ ^em back and appreciate what + store G. T. Walker Co. Carolina Brick
in their exhibition games in other
years. At Dothan, Ala., over 3,000
turned out for the game; there were
2200 at Cordele, Ga., over 2500 at
Moultrie, Ga, as many more at Or- 8 P' re d with the hope that a splendid
angeburg, S. C., all smaller places era of prosperity, of big agricultural,
than this place
The best evidence that the teams
give a most satisfactory exhibition
is demonstrated by the fact that
everywhere the Braves have played,
and this Is the third year they have
played an exhibition series with an
other club, they are wanted back the
following year. ButBusiness Mana-
industrial and commercial enterprises
are about to open out. A society of
Jew’sh engineers has been recently
started which is Working in conjunc
tion with societies of Zionist engine
ers in Russia amd the United S ates.
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ger Hapgood of the Braves, who has * *
the booking arrangements, believe
in giving Just as many places as pos-|
slble a chance to see the big fellows
In action and for that reason
same place is rarely played in two
successive years.
BOARD CAN NOW
BEGIN ITS WORK
DISABLED SOLDIERS TO BE GIV-
EN EXCELLENT OPPORTUN
ITIES IN VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
Washington, March 19.—Through
large donations to the gift fund, au
thorlzed by Congress, Federal board
for Vocational and Educational Train
ing announced, today It is now able
to offer vocational training to Ameri
can citizens that were disabled while
serving in the armies of the allied
nations.
4 RAINBOW DIVISION
4 SAILS MARCH 28 4
4 Washington, March 19.—The +
the * Rainbow Division will sail from 4
4 Brest between Maron twenty v
4 eight and April nineteen, Gen 4
♦ eral Pershing informed the war 4
4 department today. 4
SEND MISSION HERE
Paris, March 19.—The Czecho Slo
vak Republic plans to send a comm’s
sion to the United States in A"~i! to
study American methods of industry
social welfare and sanitation.
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op ment of credit facilities, while the 1,1, they have done f 0r humanity. If 4 Co. arid W J Fortner
t A “ n Zionist Medical Unit is es-, + you have not gent ,- n your su tj. + j
the h0SP K’ ta ' S ’ med ca 8tatlon;5 | d . scription already, don’t delay, or 4' |l|nmi/rn
,he colonies. Kveryone seems in- * lt might , )0 “ 1(Vt i n the shuffle.’ 4 HOUSES WnERKFO
4 Make check payable to E. H. 4 it iihwilfciU
4 Lucas, Treasurer, and mail to 4
4 him immediatePy. 4
4 4
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RUMORS SAY CRISIS
REACHED IN ODESSA
London, March 19.—Official reports
received here indicate that a critical
state of affairs exists in Odesso. No
confirmation has been obtained here
of the rumor that Odessa is being
evacuated by the Allied forces, but
the report is not denied.
CITY OF ROME’S GIFT TO MRS. WILSON
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4 ADDITIONAL NAMES 4
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Additional names of contributors to
the entertainment fund for the return
ing soldiers of Florence County.
Previously acknowledged . _ $148.50
Whiting & Baker 15.00
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J. B. Aiken 5.00
The railroad administration is expect 1 Lucas & Brunson 10.00
ed to use the money for Its more | Pendergrass Grocery Co. 5.00
BY GREAT FLOODS
VARIOUS LOCALITIES OF BRAZIL
ARE INUNDATED, WITH
MUCH DAMAGE
Rio Janerlo, March 19.—Various lo
cavities in Brazil are flooded. Joazei
ro, State of Bahia is inundated and
thousands of houses wrecked by the
waters. Rivers In various parts of
the republic are above the flood
stage and considerable damage is re
suiting.
Honea Path Boy
Killed By Friend
M. W. Bobo Spartanburg. Fittz Hugh ? n Wil1 meet at Stat e
McMfaster, Columbia, Roftert Lid^ 1 ° n Thursday ’ April 20 «
Orangeburg; the Rev. E. W. Hiotf « *■ 0 clock noon. % will be necess
Eastley, representatives to sovereign% ,his . meetin S to tabulate re
camp at Atlantic City. p ° rt8 from each of the counties. The
(chairman of each of counties have
CONSIDER ASQUITH &E
_ inM _ l] ist8 of farmers of the counties show
□ DOT PPCQinCKIT I ns individual acreage planted in 1918
rind I mLwIULll I j and HR®. Quite a number of the
(countie are now publishing their lists
in the county papers. Barnwell Com*
FEELING IN HIGH CIRCLES THAT, 4 -' carries each week a complete list
HE WILL HEAD LEAGUE of 'Rio names of the farmers in the
OF NATIONS county, showing total acreage for 1918
- ■ — Jund 1919. a remarkable record ifi
London, March 19.—There’s a | being made by a number of the coun
strong feeling in political and diplolties. Their work will be practically
matic circles in Paris in favor of in- jmore complete than the work of the
viting Herbert H. Asquith, former census department and a reduction of
British Premier to .become the first Uhe acreage in a number of the coun
President of the League of Nations,
according to the dafly mirror.
Prince Peter Alive
London, March 19.—Prince Peter
Kropotkin, Socialist leader, despite
the various reports to ‘the contrary,
is alive and well at Dmitrovsk, pear
Moscow, according to Alexander Ber
kenheim, vice president of a Russian
society here. He says he saw the
ties will exceed 33 1-3 per cent.
It is very important that the coun
tits send in financial reports. The as
sociation is in need of finances. 1».
of course, takes quite an amount of
money to carry on the enormous vol
ume of work. The South Carolina as
sociation, alone, has 15,000 active
workers. Of course, a vast majority
of these, including the cerVral com
mittee. are working without one cent
of compensation. At thesame time,
it is necessary, of course, fo keen a
prince last December and recently j large salaried ’ force"emp,oyetr C The
leaders of ithc association are extreme
has received letters from him
“Now as always,” Berkenheim said.., anxious 1o make the work „
he remains far from the seat o ann ent „ rea|l „ s |ha , „
and is occupied ..... (leM (or d , f;cprotnt 0(
political activity, and is occupied
with literary work. He enjoys the
greatest esteem and consideration of
all cirdles in Russia without excep
tion.”
CITY OPERA HOUSE
LEASED FOR YEAR
C. RE VILLE AND ASSOCIATES
PROVE TO BE HIGHEST BID
DERS.
(t was announced today that J. C. Re
Ville and associates had been award
ed the lease of the city opera house,
their bid being the highest of the
three which ‘were submitted to cily
Honea Path, March 19.-A most un council a " its meeting l 1 oday -
fortunate incident occurred here last _ b * ds were as Allows: J C Re
night about 9 o’clock when voung and associa t es - $3,150.00; J. M.
Gary Lollace came to his death* from °’ Dmvd ?i5 ' 000 -'f 0 < Sct, t ^ rothore
gun shot wounds from the hands of
Grady Lust. Young Lollade was re
turning a saw to the home of his
neighbor, Lust. When he reached the
$1800.00,
It is understood that the new lesses
will take care over the Opera house !
on May 1st. It is stated that the city
It realizes
vast „
South. Af
Sit Steady in the Boat.
Reduce your acreage; hold your
spot cotton; the bears are retreating..
Inside information of unquestioned,
correctness from the most reliable
sources in the New York Exchange
convey* the fact that the bears gam
J'lers and speculators viewing with
serious alarm the organization of the
South for acreage reduct’on and the
liolding movement, and with a spec
ial alarm are they viewing the organ
ization of i‘.he South for a banking sys
tem for the financing and stabilizing
of the price of cotton, and also for
the warehousing and exporting of the
same. The old tactics which they
have adopted with the rise in the mar
ket is due to various other causes.
Do not be deceived; stick to your
pledge; reduce your acreage, and the
battle will be won. They realize
that they are facing a Waeerloo.
They have read the handwriting on
the wall. A comrlrfte change Is cer
tain, a new South is inevitable.
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pressing obligations.
TOTAL $183.50
This beautiful piece of art work, representing the fostering of Romulus
and Remus by the wolf, was the gift of the city of Rome to Mrs. Wilson.
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Counts Sanders
Wounded In France
News was recently received by Mrs
S. H. Saunders that her son Counts
Saunders, had been wounded; Mrs
Saunders has not boon able to find
out how seriously he was hurt and is
making efforts to get in touch wkh.
the proper authorities new Counts
munity within the past few weeks unwould continue to operate ^Saunders left Florence wWi the
nerved Mr. Lust. His first shot took
effect In the breast of young Lollace
from which wound he died in a siioi't
time.
The two young men were reared in
the same community and had beet
friends all their life. Mr. Lust is
heart broken over the unfortunate ac
cident. • Young Lollace was aged 17
years, is the son of George W. Lor
lace.
house he hailed and Mr. Lust asked wI11 be « ln work soon rermodeling and
who it was. Young Lollace did not repairing the auditorium, and repaint
state who it was but went to the ; inK lbe ^ ; ' 9ne r>*. IF. < lesses have
door, opened it and started to enter. I a sreed -to keep the building and seen ,
The front of the house was dark, the' er y in 5 00d repair after they assume '
family of Lust being in the rear, and posse8S ' on ;.
when young Lollace entered Mr. Lust! ^ r - ReVille state that he has no
called for his gun and opened me .P ,an8 to announce at present but wdl
thinking that It was a robber. Thei ha ™ som e interesting announcemeils
fact that there had been some rob,*® make withing ehe next few daya.
beries and a barn burned in the com jit wa s stated today that he and his
Decide To Remount
Paris Fortifications
the Imp Thetre and (the Dergan street
theatre for the present.
Drank 1000 Gallons
Of Coffee Each Day
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 19.—Sol
diers and sailofs who pa c sed through
Pittsburgh during the first twenty
one days of February, drank on an
average of 1,000 gallons of coffee a
day, according to a report just is-
c ued by the canteen service of the
Red Cross. In the time stated, 33.491
.soldiers and sailors entered the city.
Paris, March 19.—The Chamber of, The report shows that in that time,
Deputies yesterday authorized the re 38,249 ^andwiches, 21,000 gallons oi
mounting of the fecial fortifications j coffee, more than 7,500 doughnuts
about the city qf Paris erected short and other articles were distributed to
ly after the war began. the fighting men.
Field Hospi al corps and during the
war performed splendid service. He
lias recently beenj a’ tached to one of
the headquarte-s companies serving
as aid to ,a mjor.
Capt. J. D. Smyser
On The Way Home
Mrs. John D Smyser lioday received
a cablegram from her husband, Capt
John D. Smyser, stating that he was
sailing on the “Pocahontas’ for Char
leston.The cablegram was not dated
but was sent from St. Xnzaire, France
Mrs Smysed is mak'ng every effort to
ascertain at. what time the ship will
land at Charleston, so that, she can
meet her huband there