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( \ r The Florence Times 26th Year THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES • > Florence, S. C. Wednesday Afternoon, June 30,1920. .'i i $6.00 a year. 'All Candidates In Nomination Convention Now Awaits the Report of Platform Committee. Balloting to Be gins Thursday. Secretary of State Colby Argues for a Wet Plank. Agreement Near on League SWEET POTATO MEN 1 ROBBERS. OVERPOWER ; OF SOUTH CAROLINA j EXPRESS MESSENGER FORM ASSOCIATION! AND STdlL PAY ROLL ♦ Sau Francisco, June 30—Ac- <• ♦ curding to the administration 4> ♦ chiefs the sub committee on the ♦ ♦ platform has practically agreed ♦ ♦ on a prohibition plank which is + ♦ described as ‘‘slightly moist.” ♦ ♦ The League of Nations plank ♦ ♦ agreed upon is “just as Wood- + ♦ row Wilson wants it," the mem- ♦ + bers said. + »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦ managing a street railway line in Knoxville, McAdoo went to New j York unknown and virtually penni less to begin the practice of law. Ten years later he left the law to at tempt Ore construction of the tubes. Mc^oo's struggle to construct the lubes oristles with human interest. In addition to being without means of his own to put the tubes through and knowing but few men of wealth, he was handicapped in his efforts by the fact that previous attempts to San Francisco, June 30—With all ! la( ! been ab i e " 1 the candidates formally in nomina tion the convention will await the re port of the platform committee be fore picking a nominee. Balloting may dot begin until late Thursday or Friday. The platform drafters planned to work continuous ly until the document is completed. After laboring until nearly two o’ clock this morning the sub committee resumed its task before ten o’clock and stopped only long enoy^ii to re port its progress to the full commit tee. How much longer the sub-commit Once McAdoo’s initial tub* • collapsed dency of me company in 1912 to en ter President's Wilson's cabinet a, secretary of the Treasury the com pany's investment represented $70.- 000.000, all raised frqm private sources, and it was operating Ih’ee) T. tBenton Young of Flor ence County Was Chos en as President. MEET IN COLUMBIA Committees Are Appointed and Several Recommen dations Have Been Made Columbia. June 30—Organization of the South Carolina Sweet Potato Association was perfected at a meet ing in the rooms of the South Caro lina Development Poard. T. B. Young of Florence, was chosen unanimously ps president and a like evidence of confidence was given in the selection of A. M. Kennedy, of Williston, as vice president and Dr. A. P. Smith, of Columbia, as secretary and treas urer. E T H Shaffer, of Walterboro. was elected to act with the officers as members of an executive commit tee to function for the association. COMMITTEE NAMED CltCS Saving TO STEER CAMPAIGN & (CROSS THE LINE: In Contract * f a * '* it $60,000 Int< Island M< ing ided for Paris rines is Miss- 'oday. When he left the presi- pending the adoption of a constitu- the company in 1912 to en- tion an(1 by-laws. Senator Niels Christensen, cp Bf/ ufpit, president of the South Carolina Development Board, and Mr. Young, who were tern porarily selected as the South Cato- lina directors of the Southern Sweet AT AUGUSTA, GA. Robbers Enter Car of C. & W. C. Train and Gag Messenger and Guard Augusta. Ga.. June 30.—The pay roll destined for the Marine Corps training station at Paris Island. S C.. 1 was stolen from an express car on! the Charleston and Western Caro lina railroad, just outside of Augusta early today aftdr the robbers gag ged and bound the express messen ger and an armed guard. Nearly sixty thousand dollars are missing. 1 SPEED RECORD 1 SMASHED IN RUN Active Canvassing For De velopment Board Will Commence Today. PUBLIC MEETING tunnels. Until 1911, when McAloo Potato Exchange at a meeting some became interested in the cand.dicv* of Woodrow Wilson, he had taken no active part in politics and he, Thlf s l f new tho future President. I hej had met once at Princeton I e one ot McAdoo's sons was in tee will take to finish its part of the bc h°ol there, but that was all. McAdo-* I work and how much time the full com ^ r ° n w b ^\“ f aancb . ad 7° cat ': 1 0, ’| Columbia; F. L. Harkey! Clemson d/iys ago in Atlanta, were made per- munent representatives of the state o'gan'za ion in the exchange. Joint committees on advertising and marketing: Nells Christensen, chairman: Charles H. Barron, Colum bia; M. V. Bowers, Varnville; V. L. Collier. Augusta ( Ga: D. F. Efird, CAR CONSIDERABLY DAMAGED. NEGRO FORFEITS $200 CASH BOND. mittee will consume in considering the report is unknown. The planks defining the party's at titude on the League of Nations and the prohibition question were not fin ally decided upon though it is said an agreement Is nor" far off on the league declaration. Regardless of the action taken by the sub-cemmittee members declared a fight was sure in the full commit tee on both questions, and the losers will carry an apeal to the convention for final decision. A great crowd came to the conv tion ball prepared for a day of ex-! Mr. Wilson, however and as a dele- ,, ,, acted as one of^he'wnt conventio “ | Committee on Distribution on th* f.nnr i otaw Committee on distribution of dis- on the floor. Later he was m^de . j r. r ,_. Vice Chairman of the National Demo 1 f<a8e free seed: FM BnckmJ,1 ‘ critic ccmmitete and when in 1912 i „ _ _ . Chairman McCombe retired.' McAdS* ^ e ’ Clems0a "All speed records for Florence were shattered late yesterday after-1 noon in an .automobile race down South Dargan sh*eet between Chief , Brunson and a negro, Henry Knowl- i es. who came here from Lynchburg j and who was on his way borne. The ! chief was going home when the car j the negro was driving ran by his ear at the rate of about 30 miles per hour, the chief immediately gave pur- j suit and before tiiey reached the end ! of Dargan stree^ the two ears were | making about fjQ miles an hour. of the Wllscn took active charge campaign. The ensuing five years which Mc Adoo spent in the cabinet were busy ones. He became, in a word, the "handy man” of the administration and many heavy responsibilities were placed upon him. At one time | Atlanta Ga __ _ he occupied the positions of Secre- ’ R U | es Are Given citement. Campaign managers and tbe . Treasury, Chairman of Harvester potatoes when ma- the Federal Reserve Board Chan-; ture a|)d before injured by tr08t . m&n Loan Board, Chairman ..j. Harvest with standard two- War Finance Corporation, Chairman * horue po(ato plow or with ordinary| International Higfc Commission and turn plow , . j Director GeneraT of Railroads. \ «3 Avoid all mechanical Injury, Serious financial problems arose 0 f potatoes. San Francisco, June 30—Secretary! s ^ orB y a ft er McAdoo became Secre-j Potatoes should be properly! Colby during the night waged a fight' ,8 . r y °* Treasury and he was call* ( pj- d ded j n the containers in the' in tho platform sub committee for a e< * u P on to make many quick and ini- fi e i(j. light wine and beer plank. He argu-. portant decisions. Scarcely had he ..g yy ,, recommend two grades o^ cd it as a political expedient and not taken office when a destructive flood marketable potatoes. 1 necessarily as his personal view. J swept Dayton. O.. and bankers tnere “Number one fancy all roots o» The fact that Secretary Colby cou- telegfi-hhed him that fear of a “'' u " I on evariety. two to three inches ini ferred with the president before leav on their institutions made them hesl* diameter, and five to seven inches in ing Washington added significance to telegraphed in reply that he would] length; of bright uniform color and bis stand. | immediately send $2.(100.000 to the f rep f r0 m damage by disease or nie- Some committeemen are of the opln banks and when this word became chanichl injury, ion that the Volstead Act should be Public the “run” did not material-. “Number one. this grade will fol- amended to make its enforcement whon a general panic threatened ] ow Hj e ru i e8 set forth from the Unit- less stringent. The discussion om- e( J lu June, 1913, he announced that e d states standard No. t Ali roots braced a wide range of subjects, in- he would make available $500,000,* t o be of one variety, not 'less than delegations actively supporting candi dates are equipped with ail kinds of noise-making devices for demonstra tions. Argues for Wet Plank ... - In i making the turn at the end of the Georgetown, chairman: J K Mayfield,I mreet the car driven by Knowles! turned turtle and fell in a ditch, con-; sfderably damaging the car but for- 1 tunately hurting no cue riding in it. | Accompanying «J<now:es In his rec-1 ord dash was a negro woman and boy A pistol was also found in possession of tbo negro who was lock ed un on the tjwo charges ot reck less driving and carying a concealed weapon. He wjs later released on a '$200 cash bond whch he forfeited by failing to appear for trial this morn ing. College Committee on harvesting, grading and packing: E T H Shaffer, Wal terboro, chairman; B P Hoff map, Blythewood; J N McBride, Florence. Commute on storing and curing: l .1 L Thomas, Kingstree, chairman: T B T*oung, Florence; W R Tucker. WHOLESALE MEN WILL ORGANIZE eluding the League of Nations, but 000 in government funds to all banks one ( and three quarter tncher prohibition had the floor most of the (hat wou'd apply for it and comp y more than three quarier inch prohibition time. The committee adjourned after mid night without completing its work. It meets again at nine thirty. No announcement was made by Chairman Glass as to its official uc tion. Nominations Today San Francisco, June 30 -Meeting an hour earlier tiu^i usual the Nat ional Democratic convention today swung into the business of selecting u presidential nominee, entering up on a day of oratory and demonstratio which marks the placing of candi dates in formal nomination. All the nominating spee.-hes were restricted to twenty . minutes, seconding speeches of five minutes, and not more than three in number to each candidate, i^is possible that all the be made today clearing the presentation of the ow. I with the law in obtaining a loan. Two months later, when there was a shortage of money to move crops. McAdoo deposited $35,000,000 in Central Western and Southwestern banks with the understanding that it would be loaned to framers at reas onable rates of luterest. At the out break of the European war. he sent Europe the Cruiser Tennessee to with'$1,500 000 in gold for the relief of Americans desiring to return ] along the lines of United States De home. Eleven thousand five bun-, Purtment of Agriculture plans with dred persons took advantage of the such modifications WILL MEET THURSDAY AFTER NOON TO DISCUSS PLANS. THE DARLINGTON CAR The wholesale members of the chamber of Commerce are to have a meeting tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock, to determine the new sched ule fer the Darlington line of the Atlantic Coast Line package car sys tem out.of Florence. On account of the increased tou ches :n, nage on this car, R B Hare, superin diameter. and in length not less Mian j tepdent, authorized an increase to 2 ten inches. But the length may be!*;ais per week. He has requested the less than four inches if the diameter j patrons of the line to designate the is mo and a quarter or more inches, days on which they would like to load W e recommend the 2x13x18 1-4 thl8 cai , Originally, the service prov ml. crate as the bes. shipping con-, idP( | cnlv one ( . ar per week loadill ‘ g , n ta Ta r ' • , Florence on Wednesday. The committee on storing and cur-, Whoiesale Organization ing made the following report: T i,„ w . T . ‘That for the present at least the 1 ' " e wholesB,er8 a,e 'U* Fine Speaker Secured For Gathering at the Court House Thursday. The lust week of the campaign for the South Carolina » Development Board in Florence county will be .star, ted in Fiorenco tonight by a meeting of the campaign committee. Tomor row evening there will b> the public meeting to present this matter to the cizens of Florence. The meeting will he held at the court house eight thirtv and a large attendance of the public is hoped Mr by the local committee. Owing to the county being engaged in the good roads election and also on account ot the weather .it was de cided to postpone the active preset! tation of the board and its needs until this wbek. The rest of the counties; of the stale have already commenc ed the intensive part of the campaign and so Florence is just a week be hind. Reports from all parts of the state indicate a lively interest in the cam paign in Florence county, and much interest has been shown in the coun ty itself. A series of meetings have been ar ranged to be hei(J. J in F'orence and in Olanta on Thursday night, and Fri day night in Timmcnsville and Pam- plico. Mr. T. B. Voting, county chairman, has announced the following citizens have been asked to serve on the cam pafgt'. coirmitteed. The meeting of this committee is to be held in the parlors of Hotel Florence this even ing at eight thir.ty and is for the pur-| pose cf completing the organization. The citizens invited are: C. E. Com mander, W. M. Waters, W. V. Parrott Dr. J G McMaster, D T Riley, J B Aiken Dr. S R Lucas. E L Oulla! B W Covington. D W Alderman, Jr., Dr Clyde EMerbe J M Lawton, L S Mor rlson. H A Smith, T R MiUsr, P- W Wilson, ‘J t C, Kendall. T D Martin. R E Gun-in. R K Rutledge, M D Lu cas, D G Adams, H E Davis. Dr. M. L. Brockington. J W Stroud. A H Casque, J W Hicks. W M Bridges, JI McD Hicks. J W Ivey, M L Barringer Frank J Brand. J D Bridgers, C G Brown, Rev. Mr. Poynor. , The county chairman, Mr. Young, states that the size of the commit , tee makes it possible for a thorough presentation of the appeal of the Board to Florence to be made, with bit! the use of a small amount of time of each committeeman. ! Advisability of Employing Expert Engi neer for Street Paving is Pointed Out by Chamber of Commerce Secre tary. First Contract for Paving $300,000 Not Three is Times That R. B. FULTON SPEAKS TO HARTSVILLE POST MAKES ABLE ADDRESS FOLLOW ED BY GREAT STEP ON PART OF POST. By Walter J. Johnson Finding some question still per sists, as u tile advisability of em ploying Gilbert (’. White, of Durham, X. ('.. as consulting engineer on the projected paving for Florence, anoth er article has been denmed advisab-e dealing entirely with figures which show specifically that the employ ment of Mr. White, not only means the insurance of the city against im position or waste on the paving con tract. but that his commission is a little more than half of what he ac tually w f oult! save the city. These figures and the deductions are inde pendent of anv assistance, or influ ence of Mr. White out are preemed simply, and solely in the weltare. and upbui ding of Florence. With Mr. White as engineer. Mount Olive, N. C.. let her paving contract at $3.00; FarmviUe, N. C'., at $2.67; Henderson, N C at $2.69; Lexington N C, at $2.78; Lenoir county N C. at $2.95; Beaufort county N U, at $3.10. In the same period, without Mr. White as engineer, Goldsboro, N C., let her paving contract at $3.25; Nor folk. Va.. $2.93; Clinton. N C.. at $3.18; Tarboro, N C, at $2.9t: Nor folk, Va.. at 3.39, and Ralr.igh, N.C. at $>3.22. The first six cities quoted, obtain ed an aggregate contract price of $17.19. for their paving, or an aver age of $2,866 per square yard. The second six cities obtained an aggre gate price of $18.95, or an average of $3.16 per square yard. Figures on the second six cities show they paid JtO cents per square -gard more for their paving, than the first six cities. This is 10.5 per cent more than the price paid by those cities w-ith Mr. White. Citing another instance. April 22 oi this year, Rock Hill. S. C.. let a pav ing contract with Mr. White as en gineer. at $3.39. April 14, just eight days before, Salisbury, N. C„ let her contract at $3.75. Sa isbury paid 36 cents per square ya>d mo^e than Rock Hill; this is 10.6 per cent more than Rock Hill paid. February 17, High Point. N. C.. paid $4.06 for her paving, or 67 cents per square yard more than Rock Hill. This is almost 20 per cent higher. One cannot claim that the prices "just happened." There is a reason— just the same reason that Florida, New York. Massachusetts, Michigan. California, and other state, which i have good roads, have found in hav- ! ing an expert constructing engineer. The reason is that bidders for the ! contracts in those cities, which uad such a consulting engineer as Mr White, knew that they had to meet a guaranteed price which a recog- 1 nized expert bad already named to Jibe citv whose job they were living to land. The result is that they trim med their prices Had the city not had such expert advice, the bidders would have felt assured there was no out to tel! the officials that the price was tco high. . Afctyor Gilbert has stated that the first contract here for paving will be for $>00,000. Parties who are multi plying the $.300,000 paving item of the issue by three and figuring six pet cent of the multiplicand as $51,000 which Mr. White would receive are in enor. Uis contract here is good for only $18,000, after which the city is at liberty to procure another en gineer if the citizens find he is not worth the money. This compensation will not be paid upon the voting of the bond issue but will cover a per iod of a year, at least. Figuring on the basis of the con tract being $300,000, according to the records given by other cities, Mr. White would save Florence at least- ten per cent on their contract price. This would mean $30,000. After pay ing him $18,000, the city would still be $12,000 to- the good. Out of tho $18,000 Mr. White must pay all his expenses, pay fer all his help here, including laboratory, resident engi neer, other engineers, jnspecto/^ and, such other corps as th£ city may de termine is necessary to handle prop erly the work. Directors of the chamber of com merce who have investigated Mte pro position from all angles, believco that Mr. White would actually save Floi- enee far more than the price of his salary. They believe further that sound business judgment dictates the employment of such a reputable en- gineed. who, jealous of his reputation would look after the interests of the city as after his own. Even after all the trouble of pub-, lishing and explaining the contract between Mr. White and the city, some persons are claiming now that this contract was made four yehra ago. It Is dated (January 15. 1919, which is the exact date on which it was made. nor R. B. Fulton, Esq. of the local bar made a most able address to the Hartsville Post American Legion at a special meeting and banquet of the Post held last Friday, evening at which the members of the Post bad invited their 'lady friends. The other speaker of the evening was Hon. D. R. Coker who is an honorary member of the Hartsville Post. At the meeting Friday evening the members decided to build a Com munity House in Hatsville as u me morial to their fallen comrads. ALBANIANS TAKE AVOLNA BY STORM REPORTED THAT ENTIRE ITAL IAN GARRISON WAS CAPTUR ED ALSO MARINES QUICKLY QUELL DISTURBANCE RESTORE ORDER AT PORy AU PRINCE AFTER KILLING LEADER speeches w the way plat for McADOO ^McAdoo’s first rise ^ht!Hkcalled a commut- 1m com^true. As an un- iown New York lawyer shivering lice a day through long winter Whs while he crossed the Hudson verson a ferry boat to his New k home, he dreatned of a tun- ier the bed of the river Ijvhich commuters might pass k in comfort. ^doo was born in Marietta, 1863. His father was |lliaW^P>bs' $IcAdoo, ‘a veteijan the IvMplcan and Civil wars and later a Superior Court Judge and Ad junct Professor of History and Eng lish at the University of Tennessee. His mother was Mary Faith Floyd, daughter of a famou Indian fighter and former member of congress. When Young McAdoo was about a year old, his parents fell back before the advance of Sherman's army to Mil ledgeville, Ga., and there his boy hood days were spent. The war re duced the family to want and during the early reconstruction periot^me boy was handy around the f#vfly pfara,-doing farm chores and help- fhg bib mother with her housework. " In 1002, after practicising law and opportunity to borrow from the gov ernment. When r he war depre-sed the cotton market In 1914. McAdoo raised $100,000,006 through private channels and mace loans on cotton for the planters. Bankers, feared a crash early in the European yar and McAdoo threw $50,000,000 in emer gency currency into New York and confidence was restorted. McAdoo strongly advocated and helped obtain the passage of the pres ent currency. Farm Loan Board and War Risk Insurance legislation. He made an unsuccessful attempt in 1915 to obtain the passage of a mer chant marine bill. He also brought about the first Pan-American Finan cial Conference in 1915 and visited ,n number of South American coun tries in the interest of the present International High Colmisslon. Probacy fthe greatset single ac complishment during his incumbency V-a Secretary of the Treasury was his floating for the first four Liber ty Loans. When the government took over the railroads, resident Wilson made McAdoo Director General. His efforts immediately were directed to* w/d turning the (lines into a great v(ar machinej In DecembeA 1918, shortly after the close of the war, McAdoo retired from the cabinet, moved to New York and engaged in the practice of law. McAdoo has been married twice. His first wife, Sarah Hazelhurst Fleming, died in 1912. In 1914 he married Miss Eleanor Randolph Wil son, daughter of President Wilson. They live in New York and have thrpe children. storage ho^r.n thD AV be Y.'/ilt I ZlnTTZ TT™ ° r * aui ; ! - zatiotiof the wholesale merchants, A number of the most active and far- as local condti- , ! 0l | eSa!< , me, ' cl,a i ntfi tee J 11 lll 1 at Tokio, June 30.—Of all industries tion* may demand, provided of . _ „ ' *j a e nterests here will be j n apan , shipbuilding made the great-i course thn !lie gene.ol efficiency be ! * maiease *y by having an or e8 t progress during the war. reports not sacrificed thereby. "That potatoes be stored in open crates with suffieent space between crates for proper ventilation." MINERS CALLED OUT BY UNIONS TODAY ganization. Such an association may be effected in the chamber of Com merce. end be given regular office and secretarial services in the chant' her of commerce in consideration of, the membership in the general orga nization. This exemplifies the idea of con- 1 ceiling, and concentrating, in thej chamber of commerce, all the leading j commercial, industrial, agricultural.! and civic activities of Florence. The) ____ meeting tomorrow afternoon is expect j 6000 MEN IN WEST VIRGINIA AND 6 ' 1 10 bo brier Probably nt more than KENTUCKY ARE IDLE. DEPT ! " 0 or 40 mlriute *- It will be conven- OF LABOR FAILS e< * P rom PUy at 3 o'clock. the Department of Agriculture and I Commerce. I Before the war Japan ranked sixth i among the powers in the number of j vessels. Last year she ranked in j third place after the United States, and Great Britain. • | Belgrade June 20—It is reported here that Avlona has been captured, from the Italians by Albanian insur gents who made prisoners of the en tire Italian garrison. The Albanians; carried the city by storm after des-: peiirte fighting, it is reported. WILL PLACE M’ADOO BEFORE CONVENTION HARDING’S APPEAL SAYS WANTS PARTY GOVERN- MENT AS SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSONAL GOVERNMENT Kingston, Jamaica, June 20—Ban dits hove raided Port An Prince, the Haitian capital, according to passen gers arriving here. Several buib> ings were tired upon by the attacking party, but the United States Marines restored order alter killing the lead ers of the bandits. HUSBAND REPUBLICAN; Charleston. W. Va.. June 30—Six', t thousand union miners in Mingo ccun WIFE DEMOCRAT, ty. West Virginia, and Pice county,! San FrUncisco, June 30.—Mrs.j Kentucky, were ordered by district William H: England of Oklahoma,' headquarters of the United Mine' Vassar graduate and mother of six | Workers here to refrain from report- 1 children, is one of more than 300 ing for work tomorrow. Issuance <*' women who are delegates to the t the strike order, Disrrict President C.| Democratic national convention F. Kenney announced, fo’lowed the which opened here June 28. Her bus- refusal of the Williamson Coal Oper-, baml wa8 a delegate to the Republi-' ators' Association to treat with the can nat I° nal convention at Chicago miners. | this month. The men affected by the strike or- ”* der Include practically all the mlnerti in Mingo county and almost 1,000 ♦ McADOO NOT NOMINATED ♦! who work for West Virginia corpora- ♦ ♦ tions with mines on the Kentucky (♦ San Francisco, June 30—Definite ♦ side of Tug river and along Pond ♦ a,l, I 'ImH instructions came from ♦ HIS SUPPORTERS DECIDE ITi BEST TO NOMINATE FORM ER SECRETARY OF THE TREASURV (Continued on Page Two) creek, one of its tributaries, say un ion officials. ILLEGAL MONEY Budapest, June 30.—The govern ment announces that the illegal tnon- ♦ the East today that McAdoo’s ♦ 4 name was not formally to be + ♦ placed before the convention. ♦ ♦ Rev. Burris Jenkins of Kansas <!• ♦ City who was prepared to make ♦ ♦ the nominating speech for Mr. + 4 McAdoo revised his plans again 4 ey issued by the Bela Kuhn (Cora-,4 and decided to accede to the 4 rauniat) government amounted to 3,- 4 wishes of the McAdoo managers 4 719 000,009 crowns. t4tt*ttt*4t4 can Francisco .’tin- 29—The name of William Gibbs McAdoo, former s-oretary of tiu* tu.'.suiv, will be plac ed form a!!v in ticri'' t tion at the con vention "at the ’‘jriiest opportunity" • his supporters decided at an early I morning conference today. Presenta tion of McAdoo’s name will be made by Burris A. Jenkins, a Kansas City minister. In confirming the persistent rumor that McAdoo’s name would go before the convention, Samuel B. Amidon, Kansas national commjttceman and floor leader for tho McAdoo forces, declared the former s^retary’s friends had decided to wield to the "thousands upon thousands of letters telegrams' and personal calls urging his nomination. There was no way to avoid votes being cast for McAdoo,” he said, and. therefore it was decid ed that the strength might as well be bunched,” Washington. June 30.-»~The Repub licati presidential campaign will be, based on “an appeal to restore party ^ government as a constitutional sub-, stitute for personal ‘government” j Harding anncunced today after a cou ference with Governor Coolidge and national chairman Hays. At the same tme Coolidge in an informal statement declared that there must be a return of public opinion toward self control by people and toward a great and Overmastering desire to observe law. BODIES FROM FRANCE New York June 29—The bodies of 837 A. E. F. dead, consigned direct to tlu* homes of their parents, reach ed here today from Antwerp aboard the transport Mercury. Besides 20 members of the army o occupation and 84 civilian passenger: there were also 1,815 Polish troops from Danzig on the vessel. The poles fomer residents of this country were recruited here for war service by Pol ish legation agents. They will entrain for Camp Dix, where they will be de mobilized. Wilmington M^n Recovering From Sleeping Sickness Wilmington, June 30.—After hav- suffered from what is commonly known as "sleeping sickness" for the past thirtefen weeks. A. H. Holier, an Atlantic Coast Line engineer, ia now convalescent at his home, 113 Wrightsville avenue. Carolina Place. During the greater part o fthe time Mr. Holler was sick at the Jamear Walker Memorial hospital he was In a comatose state, not knowing day from night, anil it was with difficulty that the attending physicians could arouse him. Ten days ago Mr. Holler was takez to his home and Is now able to takq automobile rides and is slowly gaining his health. During his stajj at the hospital much trouble was countered in giving him nourishment He is now able to attend to that hir self. At the time Mr. Holler’s case was diagnosed as “sleeping sickness” there were several other similar eaS es in Wilmington. Altogether eight cases have occurred, but it is stated by physicians who amended Mr. ( Holler that his case was beyond aj doubt the most severe, Mr. Holler’s first symptoms were nervousness, headaches, double vis* ion and attacks of vomiting*,< After a week these troubles subsided au^j he went Into a lethargic state,