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THE FLORENCE DAILY TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON, TUNE 26. 1920.
FlORENCE DAILY TIMES
PuMIshed DaHy Except Sunday al
* SJJjjrence. S. C.. by
I. BRUNSON & GARDINER
Maabn C. Brunson, Editor.
Gardiner, Business Manager
Chas. 8.
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December 8. 1900, at fTorence, S. C.
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FRIDAY JUNE 25, 1920
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Allies notified Germany she would j
have to make reparation for sinking
of surrendered fleet.
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TO ORGANIZE
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TODAYS BIRTHDAYS
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; SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS COMES IN
TO BEING
of:
Sir Robert L. Borden, premier
tbe Dominion of Canada, born at
Grand Pre, N. S., CC years, ago to-
Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt A
Taylor. Correspondent.
celebrated ope,-, Columbia June 25--The South
conrert alnK-.-i ( 6ro,i,ia E, IUal Suffrage Lveague will
' go out of existence next Tuesday
35 years ago to-
and will bo succeeded by the League
day. .
Frieda Hetnpel,
atie soid-S'trt, and
born in Germany.
’%ig. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin, U.! of XVon ! e " vo, . ors l to be organized at
S. A., retired, born at Manchester,^ n, 1 ett, . UR u ot 1x0 *» ff,a 8 ett0 » . of
Mich. 78 years ago today i S(n,t! . , r;iron 1 a .Columbia. The
Aaron S. Krcldo/, representative 1 m * ,( ‘ tinK ' w ' 11 bc held at CraVBn ,,an
tn congress of the 18th Pennsylvania
district, born in Lebanon county. Pa
07 yeari ago today.
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IN THE
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DAY-S NEWS
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The newspaper publishers of to
day are manufacturers, into their
finished product go vast quantities
of expensive raw material, an ex
traordinary amount of skilled labof
altd a great deal ot brains—real
brains.
Their output, the newspapers, now
ailays of higher quality than ever
before in the world’s history, con
stantly and regularly produced and
widely distributed, are very proper
ly recognized as tremendous factors
in the successful merchandising ot
neatly every other manufactured ar
tkle.
No ether manufacturers have.been
bdiset and badgered by suen exao
petalIng difficulties as has fallen to
the let of newspaper publishers. ''
It is not alone the high and un
certain price of newsprint and oth-
er-'inaterials, but all too often a ques
tt(nf of any supply at all.
Their labor problem never deserts
them for a-, moment. Wages have
mounted to points to which salaries
never aspired in days gone by. and
salaries have gone figure-mad.
They must face and fight theti
Way constantly thru the other trans-
iwlrtatlon troubles that others bat
tie with occasionally.
The newspapers are standing loy
ally and faithfully on tried and true
pfeiepts and principles. Thetr vig
Ranee and the sennrhllfcht they con
stantty bring to .bear do much to
assure public safety now. Evontu
oily the return of sanity an,I reason
to lines of public thought will come
alt the more quickly and surely In
cause the multitude of real news
papefs of iho land have not wavor-
^d nor wcbbled.
' They arc teaching courage, cheer.
Imism. and faith in our estub
ted institutions. They are spread
the doctrine of Americanism
Ith f(s uplifting message of equal
and opportunity. They are prov
that religious aud political lib
iy is a fact and not a theory
>lH»ver and wherever the sowers
seeds of unjust and discontent
ie their dnstardly faces.
1; Communities owe to newspaper
Ali hers a greater, more cheerful.
active spirit of helpfulness than
stgr bfore.
^ Moss-covered customs and piece
(knits that* hamper and restrict tin
newspaper publishers should be for
gfctten. Selfish requirements and de
mauds foufide'd thereon that serve
oMy lo put obstacles in the publish
ers way and prevent better service
HT-ai! sbophTbe taboo;
^Yhis is a new day, with new con
(fytjons, situations, and problems
and they are best met and inost sat
i^fSctoHly solved in every line of
j btfsinefes. by those of vision and
mifid who can see beyond the 1110
ideht and thing without the accom
pt*shiuent of prece'fi^nl.
/'The pre-eminent value of new spa
pers among advertising media was
ai^6olu1ely eStabJish%j and acknowl
led iR the dark days behind us.
'The need of the newspaper as an
'advertising medium was never
iter than now, and will increase
days to. come when the period of
readjustment already dawning will
take'- our resourcefulness to the ut
most.
'Right now every shoulder should
to the wheel with a hearty
••Meave Ho!"
r ’ ijhe newspaper publishers have
trtbr earned and richly deserve tin
Hesitating and nnustlnted support
Heave Ho' —Scottville (Mich), _Eu
tt4prise.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, who will
have the support of the Nebraska
delegation for the Democratic presi
dential nomination. Is one of the rep
resentatives of that State In the
United States senat). Mr. Hitch- 1
co„k was born and grew up in Oma
ha, where he now resides when not
in Washington. Ho ts a lawyer by
profession amt a journal if by
choice.. His education was received
in Omaha and in Baden Baden,
Germany. His experience as a 11a
tional lawmaker dates back to 190;>.
when he first entered the house ol
representatives. In 1011 he ’won a
sear in the senate. During the war
with Germany he held the most im
portunt committee r#-mbei'ships ot
any member of Congress—chair
man of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, vice chairman of the Mill
tary Affairs Committee, vice chair-1
man of the Banking and Currency
Committee and also vice -clminilan
of the Democratic Steering' Commit,
tee. In Washington Senator Hitch
cock is known as a man of ability,
force of character and liking for
•he contest of politics.
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DEMOCRATIC CONVEN
TIONS OF THE PAST
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Women from all parts of the state
will attend the meeting and the new
organization premises to be of con
siderable importance in the state,
Mrs. J B Salley, of Aiken, presi
dent of the state suffrage league,
will preside over the sessions here
next Tusday. At this meeting offi
cers of the new association will be
elected.
Leaders of the suffrage movement
make it very clear that they are not
forming a new political parly and
they wiil not have any candidates
in any race. The new organization
will # nave two aims, to foster educa
tion in citizenship aud to support
improved legislation. If the women
gel the ballot in South Carolina the
new league will work for the enroll
meat of women,
Tiie South Caro’ina Leugi'f of
Women Voters "ill be a part of the
unlinna! organization of this name.
Its platform embraces planks favor
ing child welfare, education in citi
zenshij). and improved education fa
HI Vies generally: federal regula
tion of marketing ;■ the establish
ment of of a woman's bureau in the
department of labor, and other prin
Hplcs for the betterment of the con
dition of women.
Following the organization meetin
in Columbia next week the League 1
will partieib’pfite in the threo-daj l
1 citizenship school to be held at thej
I University, to )><' taught by Miss I
Ames, field representative of the;
National League of Women Voters.
’ ft is ex pec led many women from
1 all parts of Hie state will take ad-
! vantage of tills school.
Jitifl Sentence For
c Pullman Cook
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Richmond, Va.. June 2G.—Plead
ing guilty John Brown, negro cook on
an Atlantic Coast Lino dining car.
was sentenced today to serve four
years in the Virginia penitentiary for
robbing Miss Theodora Woods of a
bag of Jewels on a l’ii:!nian the night
of May 2, between Richmond and
Rocky Mount, N. C., while she was
returning to her liomefat Darlington,
W. (J., after undergoing treatment in
a local hospital. She was accompanied
by Mrs. Charles A. Wood of Marion,
S. C., wife of Federal Circuit Judge
Woods, who spends a good deal of his
time In Rfi hniond at sessions of his
court.
On two other charges to which he
also pleads guilty Brown was given
an additional five (rears, making his
total sentence eigli- years. Practical
ly all the plunder was recovered ex
cept a pint of whiskey removed from
the grip of a New-‘Y«ia •msJness man.
Brown was intercepted here the fol- 1
lowing morning whih4going North on 1 '
a .train.
bottom World dry
tax .c o & &
Buenos Aim?. June 26—From Pm
ta Arenas, "Inch is at the bottom of
the World, where ships call In weath
ci-Ing the Slratts of Makellan to leav#
supplies fo£ the 35,onfl inhabitants,
comes a dispatch raying Hint Hie tu-iri
time workers of tbe pod have resolv
ed that in the future Hiey will not un
load any liquors containing alcohol.
The antecedents of Ibis pohlliition
movement are not disclosed, but Hie
dispatch says: 'This resolution has
caused serious damage 011 account of
having been 'taken without warning
the liquor merchants."
Dressmaker Dressea Employe**.
Once a year one of the gvesiest of
Parisian dressmakers lets ppHi of Hie
women in his employ choose a gown
from .his stock, and has,it, marie up ac-
cording to her directions.
You Can Keep This Master Machine!
“The Typewriter That Need Mot Bc Ttaded OLit!’
No more annual "trading
out!" if YOUR typewriter ts
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Master Mode! to
ROYAL
It v lit stand the ' grind"
Look insii-c tor the proof of
tlie Royal':; durability—Imn-
drctl:-. in' working parts Irs 9
than other 5 ! Mark the ab
sence of complicated mcchuu-
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have 0 mnenines toady for delivery at $i 15
h. Florence. Charles S. Gardiner, ’phone 225.
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Estimated Population Of
U. S. Is 105,000,000
REAL
ST A
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Washington. June 26—The popu
lation of continental United States
under the 1920 census eiwimeration is
npproxfmatv'Jy 1,05.000.00') according
to an estimate worked out today by
Dr. Joseph A. Hill, chief statistician
of the bureau of census division of r -
vision and results.
Under this estimate the increase
over 1910 is 13.000,000 in round num- ;
pers. or approximately 14 per •cut. j
The popuJatlpn Mn 1910 was "91,972,"4 >. j
Dr. Hill uses. in. his estimate the liar-!
ures in complete returns announced
up to June 22 for 1.400 cities and
towns which have an aggregate popu
lation of 41,029,364. . .
BATH TAXES INCREASED
Is The Foundation Of Ail Wealth*/
1832—Andrew Jackson of Tenntss-'
ss nominated by acclamation a!
Baltimore. '
1835- -Martin Van Eureu cf N.rw
Y’crk. notbitiated on first ballot
at Baltimore '
V840—Martin'Van ’ B'j’ren of New
Y'crk.''nominated by acclamation
at Baltimore j
1814 >jallies K. Folk of Tennessee
nominated on ninth ba'lot at
Baltimoze.
1848—Lewlsf fass of Michigan nomi
noted on fourth ballot at Fatti !
more '
1852—Franklin Pierce cf New Ham
(hire nominated on ninth bal
lot at Baltimore
1856—Janies Buchanan of Pennsyl
vania nominated on 17th ballot
at Cincinnati ,
t860--Stephen A. Douglas of lilt (
noise Jed en 57th ballot. Con-'
vTiitiotv then adjourned at Char
lesion. S 0.-, to reconvene at ;
Bi!itlmcA\ wllcre • Douglas was
noniinaled on'eivoowid ballot
1864- George. B. iMeCtoHn'n of New
Jersey nominated on first ballot
, at Chicago. •
1868—Horatio Seymour of New
York, nominated on tvXuty-sec
ond l-allot at New Y'ork. (
1872—rHoi'ace Greeley on New York
nominated on first ballot at Bal
tlmore
1876—Samuel .1. Trden of New
Ycrk nominated on second bal
lot at 'St. Louis.
H&SC—Wintyid ’ Scott Hancock
of Pennsylvania nominated by
*crl;..ni:itipn after second ballot
at Cincinnati.
I MS 4—Grover Cliivcrand of New
York nominated on second bal
loT at (Tiicsgy
13.S8-^Grover Cleveland of New
York renominated by acclama
tion at St Louts.
1892—Grover Cleveland of New
Ycik nominated on aucond bal
lot at Chicago
,1896--William J: Bryan of Nebras
ka., iiomiirit r *d after the fifth bal-
. lot it Chicago
1900- - William *1 Bryan of Nebras
ka, nemiViated by
at Kansas City 1
1904 -Alton B. Parker of New York
nominated -after first ballot at ,
Tmckci s Take
I’ot v/ard Step
Prague. Czecho-SIovakTa. June 25.—
The tariffs for the fatiious baths of
Carlsbad. Marienbad ana Frazenhail
are to he greatly increased, according ' 4J
to a. plan now under consideration.
The tax for tiie cure will range from
20 to 50) Czech cov.ns. Naivmnls of
countries on a crown basis may pay
in crowns, but foreigners such ;»■»
Frilish. Frencli and oibers on a high
rr currency basis will pay in propor
tion.
The man who has money and is game enough to buy real estate in Flor
ence at prevailing prices is a sure win ncr. He can't help winning because
where the town continues to grow in population, in its banking resources, in
school enrollment, in building activity, THE VALUE OF REAL ESATE
MUST RISE AS A MATTER OF AB SOLUTE NECESSITY.' We have
listed now a great many properties that can bc bought on q sound investment
basis. Many of them offer special attractions. We cordially extend to our
clients and the public an invitation to lock this list over.
WE SPECIALIZE IN FLORENCE REAL ESTATE
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TRY OUR SERVICE
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
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WE ARE SPECIAL ISI S IN
OUR
LINE.
VISITORS HLRE
Clemson College, June 26.—Truck
growers in several counties in west
ern Carolina have organized the Dixie
Produce Exchange, wilh headquarters
at Williston for the purpose of system
malic and successful marketing of the
various truck crops now grown in that
section. For several years the farm
ers of Allendale, Aiken. Barnwell.
Bamberg and Hampton counties have
been growing cucumbers, canteloupcs
and watermelons. One hundred cars
or more of cucumbers move frofn
this section during a normal season.
Around two hundred cars or more of
cantaloupes and as tnany as four
thousand cars of watermelons have
been shipped in one season.
Soldier's D«?ath “Exaggerated''
"That's a funny story that, comee?
from Si. Louis about a St, Louis sol
•Mi i who can't coiiviiic'* Washing
ton that lie still lives. His name is
llerimin JJ. Phillius of Berdan, ill:
I 11“ is awaiting the arrival of hif
own body.
i "The body is coming in a govern
I iiient casket direct from the ceme
terv at Chateau Thierry and Phil-
| ips is wondering what lie will do
with it when it arrives. He is at
present on Hr* payroll of the C.
and A Railroad at Berdan, and ho
( doesn't want the railroad company
'to learn that he is •'dead'. Phillips
'recently made a ti;.p to Washing-
tton. but was unab'U to convince
th<> offic-rs lie is not dead.
“Phillips' father J 1* Phillius. re
ceived official notice two weeks ago
that the body of his son was being
The Furman Quartette will spend
the week-end in Florence as guests
of Dr and Jiirs. E..M. Hicks and oth
er friends. They will sing several
selections at (he First Baptist church
Sunday morning. .They ar' being
heard throughout the state with ad
miration and delight.
Rea! Es!ak
32 12 West Evans St.
Phone 386
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St. Louis
1908--William J. Bryan of
ka, nominated on first
Denver
1912— Woodrow Wilson, of
sey, nominated on the
lot at Baltimore
1916—'Woodrow Wilson of
sey renominated by
lion* at St. I^ouis
him and to be prepared to
■ receive It. Later he received a tele
I gram giving further notice of the
shipment of the body. The war de
I partment, he states, lias been not!
j tied repeatedly that Herman is alive
i but the records show he is dead,
acclamation j an< | ()ie (jopajtments not only stand
on its records but is determined to
deliver the body.
A month or two after the Ch-rt
i can Thierry engagement, J. P. Phil
lips received official notice of his
son’s death. Finally, after some
months, lie made out papers to col
led llermen’u insurance, and short
ly after that the son came home.
Since then the f.itheT' repeatedly
has had to decline to accept the in
sttvance money."
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V ‘ TODJKY’8 EVENTS. 4
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uCentenary of the birth of Benja-
iftin Stark. U. S. senator from Ore
gwt and one of the founders of the
dty of Portland.
P’ Colby College, at Waterville. Me,
totay Will begin a week's celebra
ttofi in honor of its centennial.
•>’8ir Robert L. Borden, Canadian
iMmler, is. in line for congratula
tions todav on the occasion of his
8ttb birthday.
-The thirty-flftb annual conference
alt Eastern College Students will
open at Silver Bay, N. Y„ today and
oliitinue through the coming week.
vS Today will see the arrival of the
ntaln army of delegates and viaitors
ttt SaM Francisco in anticipation
ttob openltig Of the Democratic n«l
Iomi conYeotioa,
COMING SOUTH
AGAIN
Famous Meyer davis Orchestra Opens New Southern Booking
Offices at the Hotel Jefferson, Columbia, S. C.
Booking* for
or sfier July 5,
exctaslve SaiiHiPm dfU
Patrbns''«tf th«
pulllt-
lii'jn, ran
and private iluicca, stnt<' and romit.v
be arrauged for luiiuedlulely tliiuiigli ttn^ ,,ow '
MEYER DAVIS
ORCHESTRA
reby
"Fantovt fmr ilt Wonderful Dance Muaic"
advised tUet tl likn no afllllulioiiH with any otbt'r orgqui/uno*'
SOfl-ll
in tbe leader in tbe urrhextrul lield. beinif promlueiitl.v fentured at the best
known kutellt llirougbout |l<- country, aueb an the New Willard. ". 1 "' l,lll 1 Kl '.’, ;
the Bt-Uevue-btrutrord, l'bila<lelphla; the Copley I'la/.a. Bouton, and Mi
Kelvlaere, BalHinore. in addition to t>laying at tbe more tinporlant
(Ulieliona in thene aud many other Important clllea.
Remember that
»»- “M—Davis”—Not Just “Dayis”
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Haok&Aig Oftier, HoIpI el^ffamon, Columbln, ft. /C.
‘Meyer
MEYER DAVIS’. MUSIC,
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A IA )NF in tiie t ire field
the Firestone 3!/2 takes
its place beside the half
dozen products of universal
use which manufacturing
genius has made standard.
Built in a specialized fac
tory—by experts—with all
the economy of concentrated
production.
What the hulk of
pie accept as the
of value is right.
You owners of small cars
can forget tire details—you
need not bother with meth
ods, features, or guarantees.
Call for the Firestone 3%,
the peo-
standard
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(non skid)
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