The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, April 02, 1920, Image 6
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. BRUNSON ANl
Mason C. Brur
Chat. 8. Gardiner,
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FRIDAY APRIL 2, 1920
Linen will take the place of silk
in woman's apparel, a modiste an
nounces. Probably • because it will
cost more.
The Mexican government is alarm
ed by the exodus of workmen to the
United States. Unlike their rulers,
Mexican toilers know a good country
when they see ( it.
A West Virginian wants $2.'0 for
two dogs he claims can locate stills.
There are lots of men perfectly wil
ling to try to locate stills for nothing
and to pay for the product after they
have found them.
It is said that the Dutch want to
retain the Hohenzollern as an at
traction for tourists. But Imagine,
if you can, that cowering wretch
permitting himself to bo seen by
strangers.
Since Turkey has not had a navy
worthy of the name she will not suf
fer greatly from bring deprived by
the allies of that adjunct of goyern
ment. >. The bayonet, not warship, Is
the favorite weapon for slaying
Christians.
Incessant work is not the chief
end tor which mankind should strive.
On the contrary, it would be desir
able if less work were necessary, so
At
and was a<}
re his twentieu
of time he becam
flders of his profession
lariW. where lie later broal
his activities and influence b
coming a newspaper published.
destructon of prept
e- - 1917—The Sixty,fifth
Durjin extraordinary sessioil
ing the whole of his paiitca'l career; dressed bv President Wilson,
he has been a stret party man, even 1918—State-wide Prohibition wenl
to the- extent of resigning his cabi
net position when he learned that
that people might give more of their President Cleveland- was not going
nttentim to the arts and sciences
which develop sound minds in sound
bodies. The philosophers who have
pictured ideal states emphasized
that, labor being more equally di
vided, there was Jess for the indi
vidtftl workingman to do than under
present economic conditions.
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The right solution of the economic
loss which the statistician presmn
ably proposes to avoid by abolishing
holidays is not to deprive the steady
workers of their few periods of rest,
but to compel idlers to go to work,
and tp encourage those who are em-
tldyed to earn what they are paid.
to support Mr. Bryan, the Democrat
ic nominee for. President.
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TODAYS BIRTHDAYS
to effect in Indiana.
MOSQUITOES BARRED
SAYS DEPARTMENT
car,
id ing
Lte of
ittempt
to his
Another
opposite
from in front
juarely in front
Miss McQueen.
ir knocked him down and
wheel passed over his
Jd head crushing him so bad
he died in a few minutes.
'JTiss McQueen Drought the car to a
standstill almost in its length, but
” r, i in time to save the little fellows
life.
CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS
DECLARED WAR ON PEST.
EXTERMINATION TO
BE COMPLETE.
With the approach of summer the
Jozen bolfles of thi* gelt*
llgestant,—a glass' with
gives dcllghtftil relief, or
charge for the first dozen
Used. '
Sltivar Ale
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ICS WITH SHIVAR MINE&M'u
WATER AND GINGER
Nothing like it for renovating
old worn-out stomachs, convert- <
Ing food into rich blood and
sound fltsU. • T "
Bottled and guaranteed" by the r
celebrated Stafvar Mineral .
Spring, Shelton, S. C.- It your
regular dealer cannot supply
you telephone
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NOZZLE
$7.50
E. C. BROWN’S MAKE
\ BUCKET SPRAY T
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Weeks Bradley fidw«
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FREE — ROGERS SILVERWARE
COUPONS.
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William B. Wilson, Secretary- of
Labor in the cabinet of Pres. Wilr
;iin, bora in Scotland, 58 years ago
today.
Dr. farl I,. Ashberg, chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry of the U. S. D< j necessity of suppressing the mos
jmrttneut of Agriculture, born 1b Ne^l| guito confronts the city health de-
York, 43 Vf'ars ngo todav. jpartment, and Dr. Eaddy, health offi-
Dr. Nic holas. Murray Battor, p! ,. jeor‘iedares that a relentless warfare
si.lent of Columbia University, born ' v,n ’’f "aged on the pest from the
‘ . . X. T — o , „ , very jump and that the people of
at Elizahetu. N J c,8 years ago to-j ! )ie t be rW of th V. danKer
, . x . „ ! tliis summer. ^To do ghis the health
Hug.i A. Jennings, manager °f ^‘i< | ( p Jl)artlnont will need and must have
baseball; | j.p iiearty co-operation of the united
icitizenship. All breeding places must
! 1)0 done away with. Mosquitoes breed
jin i aw clamp‘places'wherever water
Detroit American league
club, born at Pittston, Pa., 50 years
a .vi today.
FLORENCE
Facts arn facts and figures don't
He. It, is a well known fact that
Florence is the fastest growing city
in the state and census figures al
ready published from other citiqs
and those yet to come will prove con
clusively ‘hat Florence has made
the greatest gain per cent of any
city in South Carolina. To jump from
ninth. to fifth place within twenty
years is “going some.”
There are various reasons for this
progress, the most potent of which
is a wide-awake, united citizenship
continuously pulling for those things
that tend to upbuild the material,
educational moral, and social well
being of his town—a city with a pro-
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greskiye population which with a
slight - extension of boundaries would
run tp 12.000 ta 15,000 and backed
by thji most highly developed farm
irig^lalids to be found anywhere in
the southern states—land adapted to
the growth* of»almost any crop and
bsperjalfy adapted to the production
of big. yields St cotton, tobacco, corn
and truck. With its splendid rail
road Ifcyitios, fine health conditions
and unsurpassed school facilities
Florence presents a most inviting
field for, skilled and unskilled labor
as well as for business and profes
sional men.
Today Is Good Friday, observed
by members of the Christian faith
throurhoirt the world in ccmmemo
ration of (he crucifixion of Christ.
At sunset this evening begins the
eelebraton of the Jewish Passover,
commemorating the deliverance of
the children of Israel from Egyptian^
bondage.
The principal countries of the
world have been invited to partici
pate in an International Business Ex
hibition. to he opened today at Bar
celona, Spain.
Representatives rf Baptist edu
cational institutions in the Sonthwr o
will gather at. Fort Worth today for
i Southern Baptist Convention.
Canada's first annual Eisteddfod
is to be held at Ottawa today und,"*
the auspices of the St. David’s Web b
Society » [ that city.
A political program will he ctfhsid
ered by the Independent I ahor Par
y of Ontario at. a convention to be.
held today at London, Ont.
Whether teachers sbmild alfiT’a 1 -
with the Am'*rican Federation of I.u
her is to he the subject of a fonn
^ >rti'!red d rbato ,'tonight, between
Student representative!! of the stale
universities of Texas, Oklahoma, Col
oraodo and Utah.
Many prominent educators are to
participate in the fifteenth annual
convention of the Classical Associa
tion .of New England, which will Iv
giii a two-days session today at Wes
leyan University, Middletown. O.
The on“ gretV passion of Die Jup-1 s t; nds and it will he the uttermost im
aneso is Iot-wat r bathing and no portance tha tthese placets all be
country in the world can rival Japan; thoroughly drained. All tin cans
In the matter ot hot springs. and rubbish must be kept cleared
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FORSAKING SELF-INTEREST.
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The athtement juade by the di
rector of the bureau of war risk in
surance to an investigating commit
tee ,the house of representatives
that 3.000.0t>0 or more service men
Who caYried government insurance
during the war ail bat 600,000 have*,
allowed their policies to lapse calls
attention to a deplorable situation.
The value of life insurance is so
widely recognized that to give up
^he extraordinarily cheap war poli
cy, behind which stands the wealth
of the nation, is equivalent to a re
nunciation of self-interest.
The director of the bureau told
congress he was confident that the
number of policyholders would bo
increased to 2,000,Voo within five
years. Public-spirited Organizations
'should; co-operate with him in his
campaign to persuade service "men to
reinstate their insurance.
THE COST OF HOLIDAYS
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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY 4
IN THE WAR. *
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Many reported killer. Htrik.
riots in Frankfort and other Ger
man cities.
The Leviathan arrived at New
York with 12,274 officers and enlist
ed men. the largest number of troop s
ever transported on a single ship.
kS tltc choice of the connoisseur be
cause of its fragrant bouquet and
delicate taste.
is ..preferred by the economical
housewife because it makes more cups
of good coffee to the pound than other
brands.
€J Sold in air-tight, sanitary
tins only.
CJ A*If your grocer for ft 1 !. Rcitlu
i-rar-rzsis.'w
swangg
An Easter Suit Guaranteed for Six Month*’ Wear
A ;
N Easter suit sliotihl /col: well—
and it should im/r well, too.
Dubbclbil: suits, besides hand
some fab ric, good style, careful
tailoring, havespecial reinforcement
at every ppjnt of wear and strain.
That is why every Dubbclbiit suit
carries the famous Dubbclbiit guar-
£20.75 upwards to I36.75
THE STORE THAT DOES THINGS
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A ; marrow-visioned statistician
who apparectly considers human* be
Jpgp as mere cogs in the industrial
machine, has computed the loss in
production which results from the
observance by workers of the legal
holidays aud the Saturday half-holi
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