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f The Florence Daily Times THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 26th Year Florence, S. C. Tuesday Afternoon, ' June 29, 1920. $6.00 a year. Administration Forces In Complete Control of . Convention Machinery W. j. Bryan Not Even Included in Sub-Committee to Draft the Platform. Convention Refuses to Seat Reed of Missouri. Slim Chance of Successful Com bination of Opposing Forces. McAdoo Stock Rises WILL PRESENT ROAD COMPLETE PLANS LOR SHOWS THIS YEAR IN , C'NTY ORGANIZATION DARGAN ST, THEATRE CIIMERCLAL BODIES The Bond Issue Good Business O’Dowd to Build New Mov ing Picture House on East Evans. Interesting Meeting Held At Court House Here Last Night. LIST OF BOOKINGS MR. WHITING’S PLAN San Francisco. Itmc 29 .—The administration forc es entered the second day o •. the convention apparently in full control. Senator Glass as chai r man of the resolutions com mittee, Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, another adminis tration supporter, chosen p ermainent chairman, and ad ministration men at the hea d of other committee was the line up. The threatened anti-ad ministration fight, as far as it is related to the organza tion of the convention ma chinery, collapsed without showing. Mr. Bryan was not inc luded in the sub-commit 1 e- chosen to draft the platfor m. The rules committee de cided that the nominating •speeches would be made vvh ile the resolutions commit-! tee is working on the pir.tfo rnj but there will he no bal loting until after the platfp rm is adopted. This plan will save much time. " The administration con trol indicates less prospect . today of an open fight on ni c platform on the cm von-, tion floor, administration le aders appearing confident', that all differences will be settled in committee. The convention meets r oday at one o'clock. 1 T’n will be four o'clock this aft ernoon Eastern time.- CONVENTION PAYS TRIBUTE TO WILSON IN DEMONSTRATION Mighty Outburst Follows Unveiling Of President’s Portrait In Hal. LAST HALF HOUR Striking Testimonial Of Party’s Faith In Great Leader. REED DENIED SEAT Sau Francisco, June 2Etr-The cre dentials committee denied a seal in the convention to Senator Reed, ot Missouri. The Clark nowell dele gates from Georgia pledged to Attor ney General Palmer will be seated. There is no indication from the Reed forces as to their next move. McADOO'S CHANCES IMPROVE San ^rancisco, June :;9*—Events so far have shown a marked reaction over night on the discussion of nomi nation booms. There seemed to be a general feeling that the prospect of McAdoo’s selection was improved. McAdoo’s friends expect he wil run third in the early balloting, with Cox second, and Palmer first. They ex pect later a break fo McAaoo. PRESIDENT WINS HIS FIRST FIGHT ON THE PLATFORM Senator Glass Unanimously Elected Head of Reso lutions Committee. BRYAN IS BLOCKED Opposition May Combine San Francisco June 29—Whether a combination of opposing forces can bo accomplished to stem the tide of administration success has not yet been revealed. Close observers would not be surprised to see the next move a definite trend toward some particu lar candidate fer the presidential nomination. While the administra tion forces worked in concert to con trol the machinery of the convention there is no assurance community of interest among them will coulinue when the balloting is reached and of the preliminary stage of complimen tary voting. Many believe there will be no definite drift of presidential senUment until after the platform is adopted. Delegates are expectant as to whether the nominating speeches will be reached today or tonight. PLATFORM STILL OPEN San FTanclsco., June 29.—Actual preparation of the Democratic plat form waited today while the platform committee keut. open house to hear Anal suggestML&nd arguments from many sourdl^^^ibor. liquor and the Irish qiMMj^^^Qe up for debate at publi^^^Bngs. also many speak- of lesser controversy id there eemed little long list would be late in the day. BIRMINGHAM TAKES 3RD PLAGE IN SOUTH POPULATION ANNOUNCED TODAY ATLANTA MAINTAINS SEC OND PLACE WITH 200.616 Wastngton, June 29.—Atlanta with 2(10,616 population retains her place as the second city in the South, the figures for ^irmlughim announced t*day showbfj the Alabama ci'.y Las 178,270 people an increase of more than forty^flve thousand, Ttirhiing- ham retains third place. New Or- e o a , n ° come flrst in the South with 057,408. —* ; COUNTERFEIT V ISSUED Washington, gune 29.yWarning of f ? ou t lter teit five dollar note ot me Federal Reserve Bank of Rich mondwag issued today by the Treas ury Department, Any Move He Makes Must Be Known To Presi dent’s Friends. Siui Francisco, June 29.—By the uu opposed choice of Senator Glass, of Virginia, as chairman of the resolu tions committee, which w.n draft the platform of the Democrvic national convention and the selection of Sen ator Josph T. Robin am. of Arkan sas, for permanent chairman of the 1 Jconvention, .administration larces demonstated last night that Uiey were in complete control of the con vention machinery. Any planks which Wm. J. Bryan may desire to nav einserted in the platform and which fail to pass ap proval of the resolutions committee, will therefore, have to be brought into the convention with the endorse ment of only a minority report. Senator Robinson is accounted a thorough going administration man and he will be wielding the gavel when any attacks are made on the administration program. These two developments, demon strating the control of the adminis tration forces, while not lessesing the chances of a tight on the floor of the convention were pointed out by the administration forces as evi dence that they had the convention in hand and in support of their pre dictions that they would carry it through to the end. Glass Heqds Committee Auditorium, San Francisco, June 29.—Senator Carter Glass, of Virgin ia, was unanimously elected chair man of the committee on resolutions when the committee met for organi zation last night. There was no op position. .Senator Walsh, of Mon tana. seconded Senator Gians’ nomi nation for the chairmanship. The flrst test of strength proved ttie claim of the administration forces that they were in control of the sit uation and they contended it fore cast further control in the framing of the platform. Senator Walsh was underwood to have the backing of William Jennings Bryan. ..Senator Walsh had been urged for thq chairmanship by a group head ed by Eastern delegations. They abandoned-the fight when a canvas of the committee i-evealejl a majority agaidst them. With the choice of a chairman, the committee turned at tention to the discussion of methods to hasten its work. San Francisco, June 29.—From the shadow of the Golden Gate, the hosts of Democracy sent a roaring tribute across the country yesterday to Presi dent Wilson. The j?aty l al convention flung aside for the moment the business before it while delegates carried on a demonstration that swept the great gathering off its feet. It was a half hour before the outburst evoked by a sudden display of the President’s- portrait could be stilled. Again and again as his none was mentioned, the cheers broke out anew to culmi nate in the shout of approval that adopted and sent to the White Mouse laftit night a striking testimonial of his party’;* faith find pride in the iiian who has led it through troublous years. When Vice Chairman Kremer of (tie national committee gave the sig-| nal, a bugler sounded ’•Attention.'.'' the sharp stacatto call rang out over the uproar of conversation. The first note of “The Star Spangled Banner" rang out from the band and' the organ together and, as delegates alternates, spectators and attend ants stood in tribute, a monster flag dropped from the ceiling to form a wall of color behind the platform. It obscured the view of the band gal lery and organ loft, but as it fell the booming tones of the organ rose from behind it. joining with majestic thun der in the national antnem. From floor and galleries delegates and spec tutors joined in the mighty tones, then came the. touch that set the con vention off ith a wild shout of ex ultation. The gerat flag was gath ered slowly upward In the slings as it rose, it uncovered a flag draped and illumined potrait of President Wilson placed against the high pipes of the or-an. For a moment there was a brief pause. Then came the tumult. Echo of Shouting A wild shout rang from the floor. It was caught up and echoed from side to side. Rising with hysterical force, the sound grew and grew, a formless, toneless thing that had in it something that stirred the blood and pulled at the emotions. Dele gates leaped on their chairs, waving and shouting. They stampeedod into the aisles, jostling and cheering in a packed mass before the platform. Over in the Virginia section a dele gate ripped the standard from the loop and charged towards the speak er’s stand, waving It high in the air. Other states followed. Some of them were f’owor to gf-t. In motion, hut as the shouting and tumult continued standard after standard came up,and the inarch around the hall began. In the New York section Assistant Sec retary of the Navy Roosevelt seized the standard and rushed Into the crowded aisle, battling with others who sought with eager hands to up held the sign But there were some among the New York delegates wtio struggled with Roosevelt to prevent him carry-, ing the state standard in the demon stration for the president. There was a lively scrimmage akin to a center rush in a football game in which fists were flying and these seemed daitger of bloody noses. A policeman who In terfered got a pummeling. One man had his coat dragged off andseveral men lost their nose glasses. No one was hurt, the protesting delegates changed their minds, and Roosevelt triumphantly marched off with the New York standard to. join the Wil son demonstration. A shout of add ed intensity marked the delegates’ I eoognitlon of the incident find a beer for Roosevelt was .all but lost in the general tumult. Season Opens At O’Dowds, September 28 With Savage’s Best. . ?'ir. J. M. O'Dowd announced today that during the theatrical season he would present his road shows in h : s own theatre on South Dargan street; which seats 915 persons. Work is now , well under way on the completion of the stage and th j ! building of eight dressing rooms which will be underneath the stage.) The theatre wa,s constructed with, Urn end In view, and Mr. O'Dowd feels that the growth of Florence ras has been such as to warrant the out-j lav. He is expending at least ten j th' usand dollars on the completion | and equipping of the stage with the , most modern scenery and appliances ( It will be so arranged as to permit) the presentation of the largest road shows. The accoustics. lighting, ven tilation, with the commodious dress ing rooms and rest rooms for men; and women make the theatre one of i the most modern and complete in' the state. One of its most valuable features is that the stage can be seen perfec'ly from every seat in the : house, including the balcony. New Moving Picture house Mr. O’Dowd further stated that he j was having plans drawn for the erec tion of a modern moving picture t^oatre on the ’o t lust east of the Weeks-Bmdtey llardware Company. Ho nnrehased this lot some time ego for this purpose. The p’ans for the new moving picture house are not conip'ete us yet. but Mr O’Dowd is incorporating in them the best fea tures in moving picture theatre con struction. The new theatre will be a valuable addition to East. Evans street. It will be built to seat 1,2*1'! persons, giving each one a tree and unobstructed view of -the screen. Work on it will begin nert snring. While itie new ■moving picture house is being built Mr. O’Dowd will contimm lo use bis house for mov ing pictures while Ihe stage is not occupied by road snows. Mr. O’Dowd lias just returned from a trip to New York where he visited the Klaw and Flange and Schubet booking offices with whom he has a contact fo all the shows they send out and which ne states control prac tlcally all road bookings. He states that the aoproaching season will h» the best that Florence has ever had. He is making an effort to bring to Florence the best shows obtainable believing that the patronage will well warrant thir showing here. Season Open September 24 The season will open on September 24 with Henry W. Savages produc tion ‘‘See Saw,’ a musical extravan- za which has attracted great houses on Broadway. Up to this date the bookings are as follows: ‘ See Saw; Bringing Up Father; Lassie White’s Minstrels; Girl in the Limousine; Mutt and Jeff; Buddies; Irene; Take It From Me; Hill’s Minstrels; Rose of China; Three Showers; Rainbow Girl; Lightning; Turn to the Right; Adam and Eva; Robert E. Lee; Not So Long Ago; Breakfast In Bed; My Golden GirJ; Nightie Night; My Sunshine Lady. It is unusual to have so many book ings thus early in the season. There will be many more he says as the season advances. The list given above includes some of the biggest Broadway successes. DEVELOPMENT BOARD CAMPAIGN OPENS PUBLIC MEETING AT COUNTY COURT HOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT. The Florence County Campaign for the South Carolina Development Board will begin Wednesday evening with a meeting of the campaign com mittee in the parlors of the Florence Hotel. On Thursday night there will be a public meeting at the county court house at which there will be a distinguished speaker. Meetings will also be held at Lake City to night; Oianta Thursday night, Tim- monsviUe and Pampllco on Friday night. The campaign committees and their territories will be announc ed tomorrow. SMALL FIRE TODAY The fire department was called ouf about ten o’Aock this morning to ex tinguish a roof flame on the house occupied by Jess Smith in East Flor ence. The fire caught from a spark from I lie stqve ‘line. The Are was put with very littel damage to the building. MUM, SAYS LLOYD GEORGE London, June 29.—No further state ments relatlvq to the . inter-AUled conference to be held at Bolougne will be made until after the Allied- German meeting at Spa according to Lloyd George, Outlines General Plan For Permanent Road System In County. The convention of the Presidents, Secretaries, and leading members of the Chambers of Commerce of loike City. Timinonsville. and Florence, in Florence last night, comp eted plans for a county organisation of the com mercial bodies, which will handle the matters of general interest to the county. The meeting determined on an organizaticn comprising the sec- retaiies of tlm three bodies, and two directors from each of them, this composing an executive and advisory organization. Elections of the Directors as .the advisory members of the organiza tion was referred to the individual chambers, at the meeting last night. Immediately, each of the three orga nizations are to name these represen tatives in the county association. George A. Adye, president of the Lake City Chamber of Commerce, presented the subject of a county or ganization of the commercial bodies. He stated lie believes such an asso ciation could accomplish a great deal of good for the county at largo. J. M. Lynch, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence, and Dun can McKenzie, president of the Cham ber ot Commerce of Tiinmonsville, heartily endorsed the proposition. The scope of the county associa tion, us outlined last night, would be particularly the development of cash markets through the county associa tion of the various agricultural in terests of this section of the county, to effect best marketing system, mi tertaking county exhibits in the State Fair, and oilier -expositions, handling comity nud inatt-us, properly adver tising Florence uiiiniy. ... questions Mr. Whiting Presents Plan R. E. Whiting of Florence, add sed the meeting last night, by invita tion , on the question of procuring good roads for Florence county. He presented a plan which he originated and which lias been commended by various persons to wuom be present ed it. ilis plan is to finance the roads building project from special sources of revenue, these being par ticularly the interests which receiv ed the most direct benefit from the roads. He estimated, that on a $.*,• 000.000 roads building project, the county would need to raise about. $500,000 per annum. He proposed that the property levy should raise hall the money and be made accord ing to the nearness of the property to the road, that immediate'} - abut ting the road paying a heavier assess ment, and that more remote paying the lighter assessment. He propos es that the other half of the money should be raised from u vehicle tax. laid against automobiles, trucks aud other commercial, and pleasure users of the road system. 3500 Autos In County "There are 3000 to 3500 automo biles in Florence county," states Mr Whiting, "Tliese automobiles are pay ing at least $1,000,000 per annum taxes—for bad roads. True they are not paying this into the county treas ury, to be applied to the roads, but they are paying it in wear and tear, and depreciation of their cars, where it is a direct loss. This is an average of about $300 per car per annum. I .vould suggest that the automobile owners be glad to pay one-third of that amount to build, and maintain permanent roads, which would not only save them twice the amount they paid, but would multiply in ad ded years of use of the car. • ‘We should have a complete road survey of Florence county, so that we can determine where and how we should build our roads. The county highway commission should be charg ed with the duty of making the zone assessments to pay for the roads. “Our first effort must be to procure legislation, which will remove the constitutional limits for Florence coun ty, for roads building purposes.’’ Mr. Whiting suggested that the roads improvement interests of Flor ence county, might get together to induce Ashton Williams of Lake City t prominent young attorney, to go to the legislature this year, as a repre sentative specifically to handle this proposition, which seemed to meet with thanks, and a resolution for the ndividual Chambers to invite him to appear before their Direettfrs. Mr. Adye was elected Chairman of the meeting lust night. Roy i delle, secretary of me TimmonsvlFe hamber of commerce, was elected secretary. There was a good attendance, cf representatives from the 3 chambers o fcommerce of Lake City. Timmons ville and Florence. The meeting was very enthusiastic, and manifested a deop interest in ma.iers ot county- wide interest. ;Whiie Citizens Are Paying For Good Roads They Have Not Got Them. Comparison of Present Costs and Cost of Operation Under The Bond Issue. Main tenance vs Interest A BUSINESS PROPOSITION Projsct Present Cost Under Bonds Streets 19,000.00 $21,000.00 Back Debt ’ $8 500.00 $7,500,00 Water Works Imagine a Fire $6,000.00 Measure the Results Yourself. BY WALTER J. JOHNSON In considering the proposed Muni cipal Loud issue for $575,000 one can not but be impressed with the busi ness judgment, and relative business values, of running the city’s business on the present plan, or of voting bonds, and adopting up to data means. In determining these values, one must consider the present cost of operations, aud the cost cf ihe opera tions under the bond issue. Maintenance vs Interest At present, the city is spending ap proximately $19,000 per vear for the maintenance of streets. This item was increased to $22,000 for next year. The exact figures for the year just ended w-re $1 ,992, and for the year preceding $19,110. With the in creased cost of labor, feed for ani mals, and such factors, the cost must inevitably eontii.ne to rise. If the citizens vo^p the $350,000 fur build ing streets, the interest will b'» hut $21,000 per annum. Whether or not the citizens realize the fact, they are paying for good roads, and have not got them either. Apply to Carrying Charge Building permanent streets, this $19.uoo it* ni would he eliminated— or better said, would he applied to maintaining something permanent. The city is now paying taxes to raise this money, which is annually being sunk into mud and ruts. This amount < to live mills. Allowing for the diver sion of this, money, now spent for use less maintenance, to the carrying charges of the bo:-ds. would leave only l mill to be raised to pay the carrying charge on the streets it ini of the bond issue. The two results are absolutely in comparable and citizens should re member they are paying for good roads whether they have them ox not. The inevitable fact stands. I hat they must continue to pay for them, whether or not they have them In the case of the $125,000 back in debteduess. the citizens cannot over look the fact that they owe this mon ey and the obligation rests upon the city. It must be met. This is inevitable. At present the city is paying 6 to 7 per cent, interest on open notes. Ever since the ob igation was con tract ed, and the money borrowed from the banks, the rate of interest gradually—not because of any dispo sition on the part of the banks to take advantage of the city, but be cause financial conditions demanded the increase in the interest rates. By converting these open notes Into bonds, the citizens will permanently dispose of this constantly embarrass ing liability. At the same time, they will save themselves around $1,000 per annuni interest in the carrying charges. At present on the open note plan, the city is paying around $8,500 per year interest. Six per cent bonds would cut this to $7500 interest per annum. Waterworks Item iu the matter of the water works, under the management of Mayor Gil bert, who has introduced efficient methods, and installed much modern machinery at the plant, the operating cost and the revenues have beep brought c oser together than ever before in the history of the city. For th* 1 year ending 1918, the operating costs were $25,768, against revenues of $19,058. a deficit of $6,710. For the year ending 1919, the operating costs were $34,522 against revenues of $26,671, leaving a deficit of $7,851* For the year ending 1920, the operat ing costs were $33,612. fthile the reve lines were $34,081, leaving a credit of $469 for the system. This commendable showing of May or Gilbert for the past year is attri butable largely to new installation: in the plant, which permitted efflu ent operations. He has gons a long way towards electrification of th ter works system. With the money which will be derived from the $100,- 000 item of the bond issue, he ex pects to complete the plans of mod ernizing the plant. The *100.000 for the water work.; will cest $6,000 per annum interest, which would require a tax levy of about 1 1-2 mills. With the water works plant turned from a heavily losing proposition, such as was a con tinual drain on the general taxes, in to a modern money making business it. will be capable of supporting itself in every detai:—paying the carrying charge; of th“ money invested in it. paying for the extension of the water mains, fer fire protection, deprecia tion charges, and other accruals agurfist th^ institut’.on. Net Tax Results The net results of the bond issue measured in increased taxes to the property holders or Florence, very likely will net l-e more than 2 or 3 mills, as one may sec, by this com parison of figures. These figures will stand the test. Anyone who do?s not understand them is invited to call at the office of either Mayor Gilbert, or the Secretary of the Chamber of Com merce, and have them proven to his own satisfaction. Or, if he prefers, bo ma; take a paper and pencil aud work out the resu'ts for himself. The citv has now a tax roll of approx iniately $3,750,000. The proposed bonds will draw six percent interest. The sole object of this article is to present to the intelligent citizens, the single question of relative busi ness values, and business judgm-mt, under the preent system, as against voting the bonds. Blind Man Shoots With Fatal Result i C. G. GREAgON, FORMERLY OF WARE SHOALS, KILLS WIFE IN MACON. — ■ ' Macon. Ga., June 29—C. G. Crca- son, 28 years old blind man, shot and killed his wife here late yesterday. A four year old child witnessed the shooting. Creason fired five shots and reloaded his pistol. He told the sheriff’s deputies who arrested him that he tried to kill two men whom he had ordered from his home and did not know that he had' wounded his wife. The Creson’s have been here five years, coming here from Ware Shoals, S. (\ CHILDS CONFERENCE BEGINS TOMORROW ALL FLORENCE MOTHERS URG ED TO ATTEND CONFERENCE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. WEATHER REPORT Generally fair tonight and Wed nesday. Moderate to fresh South west winds, STRIKE IMPROVES Philadelphia, Juu • 28—General im-j proven.ent was indicair-d today in thej trainman's strike situation, according, to a^Veiinsylvania railroad statement, j GERMANY’S WAR LOSSES. | Geneva, 'lune 28—Recent statistics published in Germany on that coun try’s war losses state that 1,350,000 men were knled. There are toJtv 5/t 9tw war wid ows, according t.» the statistics, 1,130.000 war orphans and 500.009 maimed or consumptives supported aios^y by eha’lty, The Childs Welfire Conference opens tomorrow at Central graded school aad will be held under the auspices of the Chila Welfare Com mittee, assisted by city doctors and the local public health nurse. The object of the conference is to promote health and save the babies, much re1lai(le information may be gained by all mothers who attend the conference and they are all urged to (fiend an < 1 .$j briif? all children .under six yours of age for medical inspection. Your child will be thoroughly examined and if there be defects you will be fully advised and the best results are sure to follow for all who avail themselves of this opportunity to attend Miesa confer ences. The conference will be held daily beginning tomorrow and con tinuing through Thursday The sei sions will be held from 9 to 12 and from 2 to *> The la v * Friday will be devote I to colored crildren. Let * rery motner in 1 ’nrer.ee who hns ch idren under six Lring their tots lo the conference where important le-.-ons will he givtJ them,