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'th« • ' r FUKBieE Mlty 1HKS Published Daily Except Sunday at Florence, S, C.. by BRUNSON & GARDINER Mason C. Brunson, Editor. Chas. 3. Gardiner, Business .Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in-advance. One ' week f .15 One month .60 Three months 1.75 Six months 3.50 One year 6.00 Entered as second class matter December 8, 1900, at Florence, S. C. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusive* ly entitled to the use for repubiica- tlon of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also to the local news pub lished herein. ■ gas';.:. ~=^= SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920 Mr. Johnson is unquestionably sincere in his belief that the South Carolina Development Board has no place in the scheme of affairs in South Carolina, and is evidently convinced that it will prove to be a fit Mure. The Secretary holds jthat the work of the Board will overlap that of the various agencies now operating in this State, and wil therefore he a useless expense and ret ult in a loss of time. ( .At the meeting last night he gave his reasons for opposing tfie proposition from a personal stand point. Senator Christensen of course took the opposite view. Personal controversies over Matters of large importance have a tendency to divert thought from the main theme and ofte,n prove so disconcerting that it Is im possible for the hearer to form a aate conclusion. This was the ij* suit last night when the meeting ad journed without taking definite ac tion. » Mr. Johnsoh certainly has evj-ry right to his personal opinion of die South Carolina Development Board. It cannot be doubtqd either that he has the courage of his con victions. The war seetns to have left us in a state* of mind where we hesitate to place ourselves in oppo sition to any movement ' which is urged as being for the good of the ttaticn, state or community, and we are led very often to' back al most any old sort of project (and thtfvhave been hundreds of them.) for fear of public opinion. It is re freshing therefore to see a * man come out sometimes and say just what he thinks. We do not think that the S. C. Development Board is this sort of movement. We : are convinced tha; there is a place for it In South Carolina, where co-ordi- nation of effort is so greatly needed, and we hope and predict for It abun dant success. It would It difBcr.lt for us to believe that any of the men connected with the Board are actuated by ulterior motiles, cer tainly not one among t.*e South Carolina men who are leading the movement in this State. As for Mr Warfield and Mr. Ucker and their associates, who may have lands in the South, if these men can through the South Carolina Development Board increase^ the value of their holdings, if any they have, it fob lows (hat our own lands will in crease in value with them. We cannot help but regret that Florence has been made the scene of battle. It must be said for Mr. Johnson,! however, that he could do nothing -else than accept the chal lenge of Senator Christensen who felt that Mile had been personally at tacked. and that he handled him self well Jn defending the position he has taken against the .-project. But at the'same time there can be little criticism of Senator. Christen sen’s attitude following the remarks of Mr. Johnson both at the Colum bia meeting and at the meeting last night. The Senator felt, and was probably correct, that these re marks carried veiled insinuations reflecting not only upon the project itself but upon the men behind K, and it was but natural for him to resent them and to correct as far as possible any false impressions which may haye gone abroad. . It is to be hoped that the controversy endejl with , the stroke of-the midnight bell last night, and that from this day on constructive efforts may take the place of lyrsonalitiefl in the work of carrying South Carolina forward. f * * Yo&W tfcSSY ft '"el* too muctos machines' * ♦ ♦ ♦ r# ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * « ♦ ♦ 4 * •Ceiitenary of the death of Sir Jo seph Banks, me famous naturalist. The Earle of Bemersyde (Field Marshal Haig) British commander In the late war, today enters upon his 60th year. The South Carolina Division of the American Legion is to hold its state convention today at Spartanburg. The fyt. Hon. Herbert L. Samuel is scheduled to leave England today to askunie his duties as High Commis sioner in Palestine. ' Members of the Royal Order of Moose from all parts of the* United States and Canada will gather in Chicago today for the supreme lodge convention of the order. Statewide primaries will be held in Maine today for the selection of can didates for representatively in Con gress and State and county offices to be filled at the coming election. t * 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 IN THE DAY'S NEWS * ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦*♦*♦* *4 ♦ 4 Dr. Charles W. Dabney, who cele brates his sixty-fifth birthday today, has just retired from the presidency of the University of Cihcinnati aftei a service of more than fifteen years, during which time he succeeded in placing that university in ihe fore front of American municipal educa tional Institutions. Dr. Dabney comes of an old Virginia family, his father having been on Stonewall Jackson’s staff during the civil war. Well edu cated in the United States and in Europe, he specialized for a number of years as a teacher of chemistry, especially in its agricultural uses, in Southern colleges and state agricultu ral schools. In 1887 he was chosen president of the University of Tenn essee, and there labored until he was called to the University of Cincin nati in 1904. Dr. Dabney has been a prolific writer of books and of arti cles for the press, dealing with gen eral and special aspects of education POLICEMAN SEEK TO RESTRAIN COUNCIL FROM MAKING CHANGE. 44444*4444444* 4 TODAYS BIRTHDAYS 4 Earl of Bemersyde (Field Marshal Haig), British commander in the World. War, born In Scotland, 59 years ago today. Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, commanding American warships In Russian waters, born at Anderson, S. C„ f>3 years ago today. Max Pemberton, popular novelist and playwright, born in Birmingham, England, .57 years ago today. William A. Brady, well-known thea tribal manager and producer, born in San Francisco 57 years ago today. Edward V. Cicotte, pitcher of the Chicago ArherP-an league basebal 1 team, born In Detroit, 36 yejirs ago today. ROTARIANS PLAN GREAT EXCURSION FLORENCE DELEGATES ARE TO TRAVEL ON BIG SPECIAL TO ATLANTIC CITY. (Wyatt A. Taylor.) Columbia, June 19.—The cities of Charleston, Columbia, Augusta Rock Hill, Florence, Newberry, Charlotte, Greenboro, together with others In both the Carollnas. will have dele gates on the “Rotary Special” which leaves here next Sunday for Atlantic City, taking a larye Carolina delega tion to the International Rotary Con ventlon, which begins next Monday and continues through Thursday of next week. It is stated that this will be the biggest and best Rotary con vention ever held. n Approximately ten |iousand dele gates have already registered for this convention, according to Rotary of flcials. The program for the conven tion is ( unique in many ways and has some unusual features. More than a score of brass bands will attend the convention. > , The train that will take the Carolina delegates will be practically a "Ro tary Special. Charleston will have *two official delegates and possibly oth ■era. It is stated. Several de'egates will go from Augusta. Rock Hill will Tiave two, Florence will have four, Charlotte will have twenty-rour; there will be a large delegation from Greensboro, and Spartanburg, Green ■ville and other cities are also ex pected to to have delegates. The train will be filled almost entirely with Rotarians and their wives. Be tween Wahsington and Atlantic City the Pennsylvania railroad will oper ate a treln especially for th? Ro tarians. There will be a number of social events on the Rotary program, among these being social features for the wives of .the Rotarians. |j f TO MAKE ATTEMPT Berlin,—Konstantin Fehrenbach, president of the German national as sembly has agreed to attempt to form a ministry. EARTH TREMORS lx)s Angeles—Downtown buildings were shaken today by slight earth quakes. No damage. ? 44 4 4944*4 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY > .IN tHE WAR. « 44444444444444 The Oilando ministry itf 'Ttaty re signed. President Wilson addressed the Bel gian Parliament, and at night started back to Paris. Writer Laments the Lack of Pereonal Responsibility Discernible Among 4 the World’s Work***- i — . Writing In the Scientific Monthly on the value of handicraft In the re-edu- (Wyatt A. Taylor.) cation of wounded soldiers, Capt. I Columbia, June 19.—Injuncltno pro Frank A. Waugh of the sanitary corps, iceedings have been brought against U. S. A., says: >the mayor and city council of Colurn- “It Is a great defect of modern so- '■bla by S. S. Shorter anl W. T. Kelly, ciety that It depends too much on ma- 'two (.olumbia police officers, who chinery. Everything we touch Is ma- I were recently transferred from the chine-made. The common latfbrer In detective force to patrol duty, particular hardly ever sees or touches /f* 16 would enjoin the city anything but machine-made objects. I * rom niii king the transfer, alleging He begins life in a machine-made go- . at u,1 der the city’s civil service ays cart, eats canned food from a machine- . * e . n ! l * iey are not 8U kject to removal made table with a stamped-steel knife. 1 , ut ca,lse > with the approval of fork and spoon, dies in the hospital ^ c ' vi * service comfission and after In a machine-made bed, is buried with e c ar ®p 3 are substantiated. Tbo a machine-made coffin and marked i , a j 1 , s er ,°* nien from t' 16 Plain NST | REWARD OFFERED I *Nqt Allowed to KIm Bible. cilumbia Council 1 for two criminals * l . 8s,ng t,,e Blbl * ls > «ny / I • j Virginia .court hy a new law. It .PUBLIC SUBSCRIBES FOR FUNDS FOR ARREST OF I, GUILTY. | Excelsior Springs, Mo„ June 18.— Six hundred dollars reward was rais ed by nublic subscription and offer ed today for the men who bound George Underwood to the railroad Wednesday night with the result that Ci passing train cut off his left arm an leg. i 1 ' Safety First After n dreadful experience In which a small boy was locked hi Hie bain room accidentally, the family had im emergency Iteil installed and also had _ _ the door equipped with a night link with a machine-made tombstone. When ’ ( 1R ‘ S force to the patrol duty was like Unit on the front door. Then they anade without any charges being made | hung the extra key on Hie wall outside such a man once makes with his own hands a good basket or leather pocket- book he begins to realize the value of honest eraftmanship—the place of personal responsibility in the day’s labor. This is a most fundamental element In human psychology now largely lost In a mechanical world where objects are made by machines, not by men. The men only feed the machines and are themselves con trolled by another social machine called a labor union.’’ PERMANENT “NO MAN’S LAND” Encouraging. “That last thing you sent In was good," said an editor. "We all en joyed It very much," "Well, In that case,” said the youthful Jioet, “j toko back what I said In the fetter \ wrote to you yesterday about my determina tion never to send you any of my work again. 1 wrote It In a moment of Irritation.” The editor slowly shook his head. “Don’t do that," he mur-' mured; “that letter Is what I referred to I" > | bun*. M»led 1 year* knows •• Bcsfc#kMt. Al V>ya KclUL* MUnWlWSIHVEinVKtt .—,—— xmUL. Mklcd with' Blu* Ribbon. Sites of Probably One Hundred Vil lages In France Too Dangerous to Use Again. Fifteen villages in the Alsne dis trict, destroyed by war, will never be rebuilt. There are 17 towns in the Marne district which will be aban doned, and - probably 100 In all of France. For many years, at least, the soil on which the villages stood will not even be tilled. It will become a permanent No Man’s land. According to government advices, ihe sites of these villages are too dan- gyrous to be used again. In order to avoid loss of life the government has purchased the land on which the vil lages stood and will keep possession of it until it can be made safe. These sites,are the ones often fought over, on which the ground has been turned over and over again, burying explosives of all kinds to unknown depths. There Is no trace of buildings left In the 15 villages, so the refugees faced more than the usual hardships. They returned, however, and lived in the worst makeshift caves and dug- outs. Only signs maintained by the*gov- ernment will mark the sites of the vil lages, warning people of the lurking dangers.—Stars and Stripes. against the officers. The emoval was ordered on June 10lb and the case is to be returnable before Judge Townsend on June 25th. BRITISH TROOPS WELL ENTRENCHED BRITISH WELL PREPARED FOR ♦ ASSAULT OF TURKtSH NATIONALISTS. the room where a.-i.v would-he rescuer would he sure to see it. The emer gency bell was placed convenient to tiie hath tub, ns many seml-invallds or the aged have been known to faint from tiie contact of hot water. court r>y a declared that the practice Is not only unnecessary, hut unsanitary In the extreme. The law provides that no officer shall require any one sub scribing to an oath to kiss the Bible or any book thereof, hut they may he required to place their hands on the Bible. The punishment for any violation of this act is to be a fine of $100. “Whence Vlctrola.” Emil Berliner Invented the grapho- phone, which was manufactured by Victor Franklin of Camden. N. J. At a reorganization meeting of - the com pany owning the patent, held In the office of Victor Franklin, the matter of finding h better name for toe graph- ophone was discussed. The name of Victor Franklin on the door suggested the term Vlctrola. which was adopted. Nation of Snuff Takers. The greatest snuff-taking eoun;ry In the world Is France, though It shows a decline in the habit. F V 4 KILL ROACHES ... with Bee Bund INSECT POWDER McCORMICK & CO. BALTIMORK. U -S. A Consatntinople, June 18.r-/British‘V troops confronted by Turkish national >♦ 1st forces on Ismid Peninsula an<» ( & Asia-Minor are well entrenched and % ’supported by a British fleet in Gulf of . V Tsmid. For this reason no apprehen %♦ sion that the nationalists will at- A tack Constantinople. * ♦♦♦ • X ' Let Us Sell You A Home Chinese Silk Trade. The American demand for silk In China has greatly increased in the last few years until at the present time about 25 per cent of the Chinese silk Is sent to the United States. This Iq the result of American enterprise more than that of the Chinese. The Japa nese silks had t een In favor for a long time with the manufacturers of thin country, but It was well understood that the quality of tiie Chinese was superior, but It was not adapted for uge in ttils country because of th® manner in which it was woven. An American manufacturer secured a moving picture reel showing the Japa. nese methods of uiauufacture, and as a result the Chinamen were induced to change theirs to a system to conform with the demands of tiie occidental customers, and the Industry has ac cordingly taken a great jump. Liimri, '^1 h i All Profitable Investment. There was once a noble college man, says Harvey’s Weekly, who was noted for the profusion with which lie spent, wasted and lost money In everything he did, and who kept up the practice for some years in business, after ho left his Alma Mater. He disap peared for a few years, and when found again he was working on a farm. A friend asked how he was get ting on, and he replied with enthusi asm: “Splendidly! Top wave of pros perity!” H “But, man, you don’t mean that you’re making money on this farm?” “Oh, no! I never expect to make any money. But I’m losing it slower than I ever did before!” No Tipping Her*. When I first arrived in Venice I no ticed large printed announcements in my hotel and in tiie restaurants. “Vie- tnte la Mancie,” and on inquiry I found this meant “tips forbidden,” that nil over Venice tipping lias been abol ished, says a writer in the London Dally Mail. The same rule applies more or less In other Italian cities, but In non*, so far us I have seen, so completely and actually as In Venice. The notices are "absolutely" forbidden, others “rigor ousiy" or "severely” forbidden, or “prohibited," others explain more fully that after August 1 tips are “abol ished.’’ Spoiled Dad's Good Intention. Army life at one time appealed to Sir Haimir Greenwood, recently named chief secretary for Ireland. He has told how at sixteen years of age he ran away from hln Canadian home to join the. army. His father followed, and found his young hopeful doing sentry duty with all the pride and Jaunltness of a born soldier. “The old gentleman was for giving me a sound thrashing then and there,” says Sir Hamar. -'But I turned out the guard and had him arrested for attempting to rush tfc# sentry.” From the Blllvllle Banner. " Whale meat has been recommended as a substitute for beef and bacon, but while we can catch whales all right, It’s too big a Job to tote ’em home.” REAL SERVICE for your car's STARTING, LIGHTING and IG NITION System Is offered here. Skilled trouble shooting that saves you time and expense, repairs that are made by automobile elec tricians working with# absolute knowledge and precision, enable us to render IDEAL service. “WE SPECIALIZE” FLORENCE AUTO ELECTRIC CO. 33 N. Irby Phone 1G8-L-2 T x T f Real Estate appears to be high but in fact it is the cheapest and best thing you can buy today. We have sold many homes in the past few months, and every one of our clients have value received for their money, or have made profits on the resale of thir property. While some are waiting for prices to go down others are buying, and this latter class is getting the cream. Get in the latter class. ) Let us show you some of our homes propositions that f 4 V will make you a “Home,” and a good investment. LUCAS and BRUNSON Real Estate Brokers 32 1-2 West Evans Street | FLORENCE, S. C. Phone 386 Bring Your Battery to us at the First Sign of Weakness * ' p H E hardest wear on a battery ca nles when it falls below its standard charge. The r ^ e * . symptoms of a failing battery :.:e quickly noted., i he starter no longer aims over your motor briskly. Your iigh s begin ro burn'dim. * « That is the time to bring your battery to us. To continue to usC it in this cor dition is to court the junk heap. A simple charge may bring it up to standard. If not, we will open it in wour presence and you can see for yourselrjtist what is needed. Fixed prices and a six months’guarantee on all repairs. We repair all makes of batteries and are permitted to use in th^pse repairs patented features which have made Vesta Batteries the most durable the world over. ' < Service Station Signature and Address No other battery has them M ;> luJeitruetihle hula tors tuik the plates apart. COSTS LESS PER MONTH OF SERVICE (si FLORENCE BATTERY AND SERVICE L. B. FF.RRELL OPPOISTE COURT HOUSE. PHONE 154—W,