The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, April 12, 1920, Image 1

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j.imi .iiiipfjp injm . > vr € The Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Monday Afternoon, April 12, 1920. $6.00 a year. (. W.R. BARRINGER WILL 'TRUSTEES OF GLEMSON BUILD BIG ANNEX TO ( THE FLORENCE HOTEL Has Plan Ready For* A Hundred Room Addition. COLLEGE VINDICATE PRESIDENHIGGS GERMANS EXECUTE SUSPECTS ON RIGA FRONT m v f" • ■/ ■' 1 STRIKE BREAKING IN THE WEST SAY ! HIGH OFFICIALS ORGANIZED LABOR GIVES ITSi LIVE ISSUES DECRYS NEW HOTEL Findings Of The Board In The Investigation * Announced. M Situation In East, However, Is Growing More Serious. Answers Questions Asked By The Republican Committee. Says New Building Means Loss To Self And Subscribers. Mr. W. R. Barringer, .owner and proprietor of the Florence Hotel an nounced today that he was ready to begin work on an annex to the pres ent Hotel Florence building which would add one hundred rooms to the hotel. In discussing the hotel proposition generally, Mr. Barringer made the following statement to the Times. “One hundred bed rooms additional ip the present capacity of the Hotel Florence will more than supply every demand for hotel accommoda tions for several years to come. Ho.w ever, the foundation of the building and everything else necessary for a further iuciease in capacity will he considered when (he present in crease is made.’’ “The shortage of rooms to cure for the traveling public prevails in «■ most every city of consequence in the country, and the demand for rooms is not at ail peculiar to our city. The demand for hotel rcoms is the same us the demand for houses and flats. I do not believe that a new hotel erected at the present cost of build- Ipg would pay. My property would cease to pay a , fair dividend, and the same would apply more to a new hotel erected at present costs.’’ “I am not opposed to anything that would add to the growth or the gen eral good of the city, even though it caused me personal financial less, and would welcome the cooperation of the public in the addition to my hotel which when completed would make it second to no hotel in the state, with the possible exception of one other, and certainly adequate id attractive, and more than this a oancial success. I believe that an Iditional hotel would mean a great aancial loss to those subscribing id to myself, and think it would be Inwise for the public or myself to subjected to loss on such a tre- icndous investment, when my plans irouid satisfy the relief demanded^ Fand it wpuld be a paying investment. T am willing and anxious to co operate, with those interested and to show my good faith in the sugges- tion will sell out entirely or sell the conirol'ing interest, retaining such interest as is wished by those inter ested with mo. “Unless those in charge of ihc new project disregard the possible financial loss to the present hotel properties in operation, as • well as those who subscribe to a new one. it would soem that a conference with all parties Is in order for it should not he the aim or the desire of our people to enter into such u large uti* dertaking without due consideration to those who already have money in vested. and those who are asked to subscribe. It Is not at all necessary io tear down or destroy that which we now have and fall in the fluau rial end of it in a new project.” VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Col. Cummins Is Also Up held In Board’s Report. Clemson College, April VI—'Presi dent Rigg’ and Colonel Cummins have been vindicated by the board of trustees. Findings of the board In j the investigation asked for by Presi dent Riggs and Colonel Cummins m^y he summed up in the following i quotations trciu the official report: “The board exprosccn its very full est confidence in the veracity, Integ rity and loyalty of President Riggs both to the collage and its students, and deems it unnecessary to express an opinion touching his extraordi nary efficiency, so well known to the people of the slilte.’ , As to the disagreement between President Riggs and members of- th * freshmen and sophomore committees, “The hoard believes and adopts tin- t.heoiy of President Riggs himself, 1 made at the hearing and found in his testimony, ns follows: ‘My own the q’t i' ; that these young men, wheth er through my mistake of Uieir ques tions or their mistake of mV answers got mixed in tlie matter ct my np- I ABANDON TRAIN FOR THE CAMPAIGN — Eight Hour Day And Six Day Week First Plank. This pictuqp hus just reached here from nltroad. It was taken from u dead German serving under Colone i Bermondt in tin* bolshevik country along the Riga front. It shows the execui«*n of suspects by German officer ant men. The Lett armies eventually were victorious over Bermondt’s forces. KENNETH GOSSETT ^1, CALHOUN BRUNSON GIVEN FORTY YEARS HAS PASSED AWAY NURSES TO MEET ONE WEEK EARLIER Chicago Express Held Up While Crews Attend i Meeting. . Chicago, April 12.—Developments ia the west Pittsburgh railroad the brotherhoods regard as pointing . to the gradual dissolution of the In surgent forces in the unauthorized strike, but the situation has assumed a more serious aspetet in the ea t, where the trainmten of several dis tricts have joined the walkout. Numerous reports of defections from the strikers ranks have been received from the central and far west. i Demands for the recofenition of a new union have been presented to the railroad officials of Chicago. MOTION OR NEW TRIAL RFEFUC- ED AND COUNSEL WILL AP PEAL CASE TO SUPREME COURT CALL OF DEATH COMES TO FLORENTINE IN PRIME OF LIFE Abbeville, April 12—Kenneth Cos- sett, seventeen-year-old youth, will have to serve what is practically a proval of the’'*’ order, or. my seeing!^® sentence in the State penitCn- this order. my not Vnpifing ofjtiary for criminal assault on a six tills order. 7 nat iv the only theory to en year old girl, a native of Abbe J. tb Calhoun ’.ate :'! (’ Brunson, older,t son of 1 c. Brunson and L'liza.'I New York. April 12.—New York is struggling itself fre e from the un authorized railway strikes. Some passenger service is being maintained, and food and milk trains have reached the city. [ The railroad officials say that .the ■situation is grave but if the weather The date of the annual convention remains good will soon approach nor RESIDENTS OF GAMECOCK CITY TO ENTERTAIN STATE ASSO- CIATION—rDETAILS OF CONVENTION. Vshby Brunson died yesterday after- of the South Carolina Association of ; Graduate. Nurses in Sumter has been Strikes in the Hudson tube s still earlier than was previously announc- two hundred and fifty passengers, ed. The meeting will be held at mail and express beirtg held up while upon which 1 ea > exnlain .. it. Th reputation of this student body is as <lear to me as it can be to anylivlng soul, I would n-:t wish at this time to have you think that the young men of this eorrs would attempt, di rectly of indirc tlv, deliberately to deceive you. T ask you to accept their statement of the conference J n,ai ' c y of the C(V,rt - and Ju<1 50 Thos. wild the snme sincerity that you ac- ! S. Seare immediately pronounced cept my reeoTections to the con trary.” Regarding the charge of harsh and unjust administering of discipline, the board found as follows: ‘The testimony offered to support the charge that discipline had been ad ministered harshlv or unjustly does not sustain it. The character, ypra- city: and efficiency of the command ant. Colonel Cummins, was not even brought into auoetion. The board al lowed any cadet to offer complaints or testimonv against Oo'onel Cum mins or his assistant. Five cadets out of the corps of nearly 800 offered complaints and testimony, but it is the- extreme penalty of the law-forty years Imprisonment at nard labor. norm ;:t 2:20 o'clock at ihe Floronc* UI ' UUUitlt: ,,, tied up commuters a.nd the Chicago Infirmary nft-r an illness of two Ranged and will be held on ® ^ e _ ek express was abun<fo«Jd yesterday, weeks. The funeral services are be ing held this afternoon at St. JohnT „ ' ~ , „ 3 Thursday the crew attended a meeting of the Episcopal church and the audy will Numtu April — and inursaay new union at poft Je(| . vitj The train 1-? placed at rest beside that of Ins and Friday. The sessions are t 0 be rpa( .hod here more than ten hours It is predicted the federation school and the Claremont hotel will authorities might takrj cognizance of viile. After being out for four hours and i fifty-five minutes the jury which has! ^Vednesdav ,,eaU ‘ in th0 aiu,Uorium ot the girls ’ hlj * late been healing the case of the Honea Path youth returned a verdict of rape with recommendation to the Mr. Brunson had been, critically ill bg Uic official hcadquartcr8 . The ^e for the past week and although all medical skill was ' employed in the L ftrnis granted here will be $1.50 to ^ Southern Mails Delayed treatment of his case the work of $2.50 per day, European plan. | Washington, April L2Attorney Gen- the physicians was unavailing. In; The state secretary, Miss Antonia eral Palmer conferred with his aides addition to an infection following ap Gibson, has announced that the fol- «'ho have been in close touch with i!?/r@£8*K Umtofr-dMsnm wUUba carried out: strike situation. .. Senator Cum sot in mrayTHTff although he fought; . * -i oo mins, chairman- of the investigating The finding of the jury and the pro- miyrfully. ho could not overcome thej Thursday, pn zz committee and vice president Doak nouncemeut of the sentence were! complication. Practically all hopes; ^ A- M-—Meetings ot executive heard in stoical silence by the youth. jf°r his recovery were abandoned committee, credential committee, Two of the brothers of the prosecut- Saturday night whe.n a change for! nominating committee. the. worst was noticed. i 10 A. M.—Cal lt 0 order; invocation Mr Brunson was thirty-five years; by the Rev. W. E. Thayer; address o'd. He received his education at ° fwelcome on behalf of city by j rix were in court, and tears ran down the cheeks of the older one. Attorneys for the defendant, who had fought the case bitterly since last Monday in the. face of public in- dignatiqn against the crime, appealed of the trainmens brotherhood dis cussed the situation with Secretary Tumu'.ty. Mails going south are de layed on account of the strike. Spreads to New Orleans New Orleans, April 12—A thousand the old Welsh Neck High School and Mayor Jennings; on behalf of phy- switchmen will strike here tomor- at Clemson College add soon after siciuns, by Dr. E. R. Wilson; on be- row unless their wage demands are leaving school took up farming. He ^alf of Civic League, by Mrs. Hor-1 met the yardmen’s association an- for a new trial on the grounds that been successful in this occupa- ac0 ,I f ar by- president; by^ nurses | n0 unees. the court was illegally constituted tlc h and two years ago purchased association < b >' and that the venlr was not drawn according to the law, in contraven tion to both the Constitutions of the belief of the board that every u ' ,!S “ lullons their evidence ?° Uth Ca I° Una an(l of th * one who heard ,meir evidence was no,„ , , convinced, as the hoard was. that -- lh ° ni0,i0n was these complaints were not sustained All the trustees were present, as follows: Alan Johnstone, chairman: Kx-Go. It. I. Manning, A. F. Lever, Henry C. Tillman, W. 1). Barnett, .1. E. Wannamakor. B. H. Rawl, M. L. Dona'dson. W W Bradley. I They will appeal lo the State Su preme Court. Hopes it Will Be Lesson In passing sentence. Judge Sease said that he presumed that the reas on why the jury recommended merej was because of the extreme youth oY MAKE CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGES REPORT OF COMMITTEE INVES TIGATING BUILDING OF ARMY CAMPS FINE MEETING AT ’ MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS R£V. O. W. TRIPLET OF SUMTER PREACHES SPLENDID SER- MON I TV1 Mini wr— ~ ~ vALiuiuti juuui U1 U„. n H Timmerman Z court this week will have a deter rent effect on others who commit like crimes. He said that, in pas sing the sentence, he did, which was in effect a life imprisonment, he hop ed that* the prisoner would contour pint*! on the wrong he had dene. = There was no demonstration when the vordud was announced, fThere, was some surprise that, the youth should be found guilty. It was thought by many that there might he an acquittal, and it appeared when the jury stayed cut as long as it did that there might be a mistrial. one of the quest farms in this tion. He was very well known N.; response by Miss Jane ^ ,, TT , . __ soc ' Fraser; president's address, Miss Uverail Habit Has and —..a Spread To Mississippi normlar in tliiB e iv n h - Mary C. McKenna; “A Tribute to the c ir cl of * 11 f pIoti a a * i* 1 U! a !ar f Nurses Who Served Durtngi the crieveri wUnn .i ? w< '''r aor ® , I y i World War,,” ex-Gov. R. I. Manning; de-in, riih n V ea,aed , ot hls “Value of Hydropathy in the Treat HaIIIi. Calhoun Hinuson, as ho 1 input or Disease'* bv Dr Sophia known to all in Florence, was gen- Brunson; ’ Laboratory Work P for i Many business men here are wearing Jackson, Miss., April 12—Hattis-! Dr" 5 SonlTia 1 burR has or g a nized an overall club. * ^ M f 1 n V f'tlltslr. AC!U ..mm ... — I I * , ** ijj uuovlll f a a ex vjyj t ct-vx/i j *» v/* w * «—- . 11., e cus and true hearted and most loy-, M ursea> " Miss Mary Gulledge, R. N.; I overallti - Washington, April 12 The Repub lican majority charges flat the gov ernment losi seventy eight million dollars through waste and Inefficien cy and holds Secy. Baker respon sible, while the Democratic minor ity defends Secretary Baker, saying his rec^^^vas one of achievement, in the^port of the investigntin; committee on building war army • camps made public today. The mi nority dq£jared that uio average time in constructing each bui’ding in the sixteen cantonments was fifty six riiinutes. The revival services at Magnolia .Baptist church began yesterday and I here were large congregations at both morning and evening services.' T ' The services are being conducted by I* ELLS MERCHANT Hie Rev. (). W. Triplet who preached I wo powerful sermons yesterday. Much interest was manifested and there were five ennf<-KHioiis of faith at the evening'service. The singing is being led l-y Mr. Arthur Wiggins of Baltimore who has been connect ed with the Billy Kiiuday workers. Theservices will continue through tlie week. •Wage Demands That Caused Big Strike All Over The County , _____ * Wage demands of the United Rail road Workers of America. Engineers, $12 a day. Conductors. $8.80 to $9.20 a day. Firemen, $7.50 to $8.20 a day. Brakemen. $4.50 to $6.00 a day. Baggagemen, $4.75 a day. * Flagmen. $7.60 a day. Switchmen $4.50 to $6.00 a day. Eight hour day. Time and a half for overtime, Sun days and holidays. Double time for Sunday and holi day overtime. Back pay from June 1. 1919. SHORP CLASH OVER THE DRAFT BILL WOULD MAKE IT EFFEC- TI.VE WITH DECLARATION OF WAR Washington April 12—A sharp con troversy is promised in the senate over the plan to make the draft auto- he is suffering matically .effective with declaration i lro,n his injury. war. Senator Reed advised the lead. I ere that he and others would oppose the plan. AND ROBS TILL Late Saturday night Mr. Charles' Smith who runs a grocery store on North Dargati street was found wan dering around his place of business in a dazed condition. It was learned latcT tlui tho claiuied to havQ been struck on the head by some one who had used a heavy instrument. Rob bery seems to have been tho intent, ns the cash register was standing open and had been rifled of all it contained. Mr. Smith had most of the money ho had taken in during the afternoon in his pocket an« his loss is not thought to have beert large. He was found in the 'store by his son. Mr Walker Smith. The injured man live* on King Avenue. It was stated that a great'deal today a I to hls friends and family. A prom-. Miss Ada Eldridge, Interstate secre- isihg fiiiure 'ay before him and com-.tary A. N. A.; Miss Jane Van De ing in the prime of life the call of Vrede, director of Southern nursing death in his case is peculiarly sad • division, A. R. C. and distressing. He leaves a widow,' Intermission for lunch, who was Miss Margaret Howie of' 2:30 P. M.—Public health session. Hartsvillo, a mother and several Miss' Jane E. Fraser presiding; "The brothers and sisters. PUNS FOR THE GREAT RALLY Threatens Wife And Is Shot By Police Memphis, April 12 Dr. Bufford Du novant was killedwbon a policeman was called to quiet a disturbance at Mrs ' H ' M ' Stuckey. Social Worker.” Mrs. Nina Solo- mons; address, by Mrs. Ruth A. Dodd, Miss Jane Van De Vrede, Miss ORGANIZATION PERFECTED A MEETING OF THE LADIES TODAY. Virginia Gibbs, Dr. C. V. Aiken. 6 P. M—Automobile ride over the city by the Civic League. ( 9 P. M.—Reception given by local Plans for tho mass meeting and physicians at the home of Dr. and /ally of tho citizens Thursday after- bis home. The police declare Mrs Dnnavant alleged, her husband had threatened to take her lif*>. 9:30 Friday, April 23 A. M.—Reading of minutes; noon, when the $600,000 hotel project for the city will Bo formally present^ ed for stock sales, were arranged annual reports of secretary, of treas- this morning at a meeting of the la urnr, of the executive committee; re- dies from tho City Federation of Wo- * port of committees; election of ofli- men's Clubs', with the committee nam ed by the committee. Everything was Tully arranged and 1 provision will be made to entertain | Washington, April 12.—Organized labor's views on Industrial problems likely to enter into the coming pol- litical campaign are presented In de tail in’reply toa questionnaire sub mitted by the advisory committee on policies and platform of the Republi can national committee. The reply, made public yesterday at American Federation of Labor headqu&ters, is signed by Samuel Gompers, Matthews Woll and Frank Morrison, as mem bers of the platform committee of the national non-partisan campaign of the federation. Acceptance of the principles enun ciated in the reply was regarded by political observers here as determin ing organizeu moors support of can didates in the November elections. These principles include Acceptance of’ the eight hour day and the six day week with Saturday half holiday. Recognition of American wage earn ers’ right to organize in accordance with their own judgment. Continued exemption of labor or ganizations from anti-trust laws. Acceptance of the right of employ ees to choose their own representa tives from within or without the plant. Recognition of the right of employ ees to strike. Abandonment of the use of the in junction in labor disputes. Establishment of free federal em ployment agencies in the administra tion of which labor would have a voice. Payment of such wages as to rend er old age and retirement pensions unnecessary. Equal pay for the equa l work. Minimum age of 16 years years of em ployment of children. Extension of the federal work men's compensation act to all wage earners not protected by state com pensation acts. Elimination of company welfare and uplift organizations and substitution of welfare work conducted by la bor organizations. - , Other phases of the Industrial sit uation covered by the ' quMllpunaire and labors reply include Lbd princi ples of the Kansas court o£‘)kVdM.trial relations, the function of«jfpe second ary strike boycott, right of govern ment employees to organise and to strike, establishment of federal arbi tration board and encouragement of thrift among wage earners. “The general principles of what is known as the Kansas industrial law,” the labor committee atterted, “are principles that are so anfl-demo cratic as to be reprehensible In the extreme and repugnmit . to tvery American conception of justice, free dom and democracy." The “secondary strike” or boycott, the reply stated, has been resorted to and will be restored to only when tac tics of employers left to labor no Mh er courst*. Defending the right of government workers to organize, the labor com mittee said the right of such workers to strike “should be maintained but there should never be occasion to use It.' Youn^ T'orencc Mell jeers; appointment of committees; Arrested In Baltimore, adjournment. | 2 P. M.—Luncheon at the 'girls’ . , high school by the graduate nurses and feed 1,000 persons, or as many LevlniT and of ft Sumt( , 1 , I more as are present: ai*« reported j ,j, h ^ annual convention of the' Ladie s present this morning were; » ai to Iiave, a.M„,^in» association Is to! Mr. E. E. Howell, chairman Wo EDUCATION TO DO AWAY WITH VICE Permanent Organization At Meeting Today The permanent organization of the Horence Storage Warehouse Com pany is expected to be affected this at 3:30 0 ’ clcek ' w * len the Among the institutions that repre-' Council Chanibe/nf^h t0 , nie l et in the sent the best in the life of our pecs 1 interest nmn ffLJ , th ® £ lty haI1 ' The pie, the Y. M. C. A. stand, in the Scales aTcrif l!? 'a tMti proJect ln very front rank. Us contributoin to a large nnmW 6 " 1 ^ 1106 the moral and religious life of our; paid the intiai «!L. f atockho,d e‘» city can not be over estimated. 'Sf d rin7 IhL a S8,nent of 20 P er During this week’s campaign for Mr J m fvn n day ’ .j 8 re<lue8ted by funds with which to enlarge the pres tive organization pr ^/ den * of / he t®n- ent equipment, I trust, tha tall of our called with™,! 011 ' Th , e meotln & was night and probably Tuesday, Colder people will contribute liberally to heina any , slate of officers X th . e Permanent THE WEATHER. Local Pastor Endorses Work Of Florence Y. M. C. A. For South Carolina: Tuesday. Fresh south shifting to ■ this splendid work north-west winds with squalls. E. L. McCoy, j cor,’u* not kioio* 1 " °» : I fiends of Schafter Diedrick Jeffords, who by ihe Washington sori11' <'ir!r, ln .. Wafdli, '* ,u ii "" a meet in Atlanta April 12 »o 17 and 1 man’s Committee. j iniminii „ rVi 1 " , ot ay w 1,10,1 * at the sam«? time the National Public Mrs. D.'N. Smith, President Soro- ■ViH nl ,’7 V 0 ” 8 ' M '“ dis ‘ Health Nursing association will* be in sis Club. im< 1 l i 11 ,.7 Kta *° 0 * Sunday session at (he same place. Some of! Mrs. D. W. Alderman, Jr., City Fed- ’ • con ent that some mistake the officers of the South Carolina as- eration. ' ui 1 ’ t,en ,nadG >md Hia the matter sociation who will attend this con-i Mrs. D. N. McEachin, Renaissance.. vm in cleared up satisfactorily to vention will be tho president. Miss Mrs. E. N. Zeigier, Association coi 1 Irn J' ! Mary C. McKenn/a; Miss Antonia B., lege graduates. I*' lowing is tho disputijh as it ap- Gibson and Miss Zadie Gulledge, and Miss Jane. Evans, Civic League, neared in the Slate of/ yesterday! they hope a large number of nurses! Mrs. T. B. Haynesworth, Music Irom P. H. McGowan, the Washing- in the state will take advantage of Club. ton correspondent of thj' newspaper: | this first meeting of the national as-, The gentlemen present were Mess. sociation in Hie South and attend It. ,1. M. Lawton, Chairman, J. C. Ken dall and L. S- Morrison. MRS. JENNIE SHARPLE8 MAKES STIRRING ADDRESS IN CEN TRAL METHODIST CHURCH. **• * no vtusning- 'on * orrespomlent of th/ newspaper: “’H e Washington PqTst today car- riod the following storv: Charged with le*vijig taken two Washington girls. 15 14 years old,* lo Bain E. .Jeffords and Shator of Florence, were arre l oliie say that Uio twi sills in tills city Thur them to Baltimore, the night in a hote> in men loft the girls ut H tion, saying they won them later. The men rested and the Distric fled. They in turn not ents of the girls, who back from Baltimore Shafter Leviner and fords, said to have bee Washington, are both a of age and are expres Thqv are boys of good the city. ears end and tore, Dederick Leviner. both fed yesterday, men met tlie Explosions Kill Two And Wound Two Hundred The meeting was held In the uffico of the Chamber of Commerce. Those ladies present planned an or ganlzation, which they will ask to assist them in the work of preparing Explosions In ai tLe 8pread - T, 'e following ladies are Loudon, April 12. — ..... iday and took! munitions dump at j^tenateln in ^ ueHtod 5 r »- How «V u 10 “ eot la t'ter spending c aH t Prussia which killed seven and Ibe council chamber of the city nail that city, th*.* injured two hundred are continuing. at . * oclock Wednesday afternoon, railroad sta armored cars are necessary to ap- "ben they will prepare t 0 servo tho return for proach the scene. vere later ar- police noti- itied tho par- irought them ast night.’’ Roderick Jef- i arrested in out 21 years messengers, eputation in It was Queen MarghLrita of Italy who discovered the mufeical gifts of Puccini, and sent himfto Milan to study at her expense. GERMANS MUST LEAVE FIRST FRENCH EXPECT TO REMAIN OCCUPIED CITIES TILL GER MANS GET OUT OF RUHR banquet, Mrs. Walter Johnson chair man: Amelia McClenaghan, Estelle How ell, Elizabeth Luke, Lucy Thompson, Mary Scott, Mary Jaeger, Mary Bass, 1 Edna McCurry, Lizzie Husbands, Ity Belpa Jones, Katherine Rollins, Car rie Lucas, Ella Rogers, Hannah Har rell, Alice Brunson, Nell Hines, Florence Howell, Annie Mae Gentry, London, April 12-The latest, M ari f on ^ utt8 Ha Mar y Sblpp ’ M Ky ) 8 French note says that the French w H will withdraw their troops from, “^^^^^ M^ Je^le Oregg Frankfort and other occupied jellies Uol ^ Laurence, m 1b8 0 i ga smith, Mis* Jsse Bryant, Miss Lillian Webber, when Germany withdraws from the Ruhr region. It promises no further Independent action by France. Mrs. James McBride. Mrs. Jennie Miller Sharpies, field secretary of the World's Purity Fed eration. addressed an audience at Central Methodist church yesterday afternoon on tho evils of commercial ized vice, or the jyo-called social evil. She planted herself squarely upon a platform of education for the oblitera tion of the evil. She came out strong ly as opposing the theory that the unfortunate woman is a necessary part of the woof of the social fabric .and appealed to the mothers to draw asidtv the mystic veil and instruct their children in the things thqty have a right to know about. She called on men and women every where to join hands and co-operate in solving what she termed the most vital problem of tne twentieth cen tury. Mrs. Sharpies advanced as her idea of the cause of the social evil Ignoraflte on the part of the public parent s and child!eu as to the prob lems, purposes and perils of sex. Those include false modesty, the double standard of morals, dance hulls, suggestive fashions and dress. To defeat these she urged repression as the immediate method, and the ere ation of a public sentiment that will demand their ultimate extermination. Mrs. Sharpies will remain here all this week. She will speak Wednes day afternoon at four o'clock at the Central Methodist church on the sub ject “Needs of the Hour,” and on Thursday night to the girls on an un announced subject. The meeting Thursday night will begin at eight o’clot:'