The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, June 19, 1920, Image 4
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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.
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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'
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•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.
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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.
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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.
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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
> .IN tHE WAR. «
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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***-
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. 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.
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' 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"
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year* knows •• Bcsfc#kMt. Al V>ya KclUL*
MUnWlWSIHVEinVKtt
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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.
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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. *
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' 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.
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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
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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.
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Let us show you some of our homes propositions that
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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
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at the First Sign of Weakness
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it falls below its standard charge. The
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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. *
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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.
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