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rOBT MILL, S. 0., THUB8DAY, JULY 17, 1919 SLSOIwTmk Jj
- - ?
P?ewn
PPI Imm
| V STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO
OO-OPERATE WITH FEDERAL
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
P ENGINEERS TO MAKE SURVEY
?
Any Community, City or Town May
Have Aaelstanoe Fr?m State in
^Eradioatina Thle Trouble.
* .
' " , Columbia.
Impbrtant steps looking towards the
further control of malaria in South
Carolina were taken at the meeting of
the executive committee of the state
board of health when it was resolved
to oo-operate with the United States
jbtc. r yuum: ueaiui wnice ana witn uie international
health board for the control
of the disease.
By the arrangements perfected, the
United States public health service
v -will, upon the request of a town, send
two engineers to make a survey of the
town without expense to the community.
These engineers will later report
to the authorities what steps are
if ,. necessary to eradicate the disease
and the approximate cost of the work.
Report on Vocational Work.
A preliminary report of vocational
work in the trades and industries under
the Smith-Hughes law has been
filed with the state superintendent of
education by Charles S. Doggett, director
of the textile department of
Clemson College, who Is also state supervisor
of trade and Industrial education.
This is the first report of the
kind ever filed In the state superintendent's
office. The field of effort Is
new and.untried. The method of approach
was experimental, depending
linnn 1nr??l' finnHIHnns nnnn Initio.
tive, tact and personality of the state
V ./ supervisor, and upon the co-operation
of. mill officials. ^
Vocational evening - classes have
been conducted In 14 'mills in seven
K;' counties. These mills (represent 948,424
spindles, approximately one-fifth
of the splndleage of th<jl state.
I Road Projects Approved.
| The state highway comn\ission at
Its.- monthly meeting approved two
bridge projects and five road projects
for federal aid. The total amount of
federal aid asked on these projects
vras $158,698.
The projects approved by the commission
and the amdh'nt of federal aid
Tequested on eAch of them by the
county road authorities follows:
Charleston-Colleton (joint request),
bridging the Edisto river at Jacksonboro,
$30,000.
Greenwood, building approximately
*30 miles on Dixie Highway from city
of Greenwood to Edgefield county
> line, 120,422.
Oconee, building approximately 35
miles of road from Clemson College
-via Seneca and Walhalla to Russells,
$31,176. , ' .
Darllngtop, building approximately
27 miles of road from Darlington via
Hartsville /to Chesterfield county line,
$20,000.
Chesterfield, Mt. Croghan township,
building 12 mles of*road beginning at
Courthouse dowbship line via Ruby
and Mt. Crogjfan to Old Store township
' Una t?4 AAA'
??UV| f ?i1|VVVt
Marlboro! biiildlng approximately 20
, miles ot ros^l from Ctaeraw Bridge via
Bennettsvllle and Clio to Dillon county
line., *35,000.
Marlboro, building two concrete culverts
dfl'* Washington-Atlanta Highway
between Cheraw and North Carolina
l$e, $3,000.
r';' ???
Large Profile Ohown.
The State 81nklng fhmd Commission
in the insurance department has
made a net profit during the first six
months of the year of 917,193.74. Interest
and premiums collected amount
to 931,898.86. Disbursements for expenses,
fire losses and reinsurance
amount to 94,706.12.
Mnlcom J. Miller, secretary of the
commission, says the last half of the
year should produce an even wider
margin on the right side of the ledger.
Condition of Cotton.
According to a report issued by B.
B. Hare of the United States bureau
* of crop estimates, the condition of
cotton In South Carolina on June 26.
was 78 per cent of normal. The condition
on the corresponding date of last
year was' 83 per cent, 71 per cent in
1817 and 74 per cent in 1816, the ten
year average beinjj 77 per cent.
The estimated acreage shows a decrease
of 11 per cent compared with
klaat year, the total acreage planted
and standing on June 25, being 2.706,006
acres.
Cffect ef Lever Report.
Quite the moet Interesting bit of
political news received In Columbia
lately la the report that there Is a
probability of Asbury Lever, of Lex*
lagton. member of Congress from the
seventh congressional dlstriot, resignto
accept a presidential
appointment as a member of the farm
loan hoard, created six years ago.
tt la a safe bet that there will be
unite a "sovey"' of would-be oongrets;
' \ STanat1'1**1 ** '' *****'
Crops flui nod By Potash.
"I found a calamitous condition In
a large section of Darlington county
which I visited," said Dr. . C. Summers
upon his return from a
trip of inspection which he made at ,
etate chemist at the request of Com- j
missioner Harris. It had been report- '
sd to the state department of agriculture
that a large number of farmers
In Darlington county had suffered because
of the purchase and use of the
socalled American potash, and the de-,
partment was urged by Bright Williamson
to make some investigation.
Mr. Willtamson, who is a banker and
plants extensively himself, had made .
a preliminary Investigation to see if
there were any cause for so many different
fields of tobacco and cotton dying
and withering. In his letter informing
the department Mr. Williamson
said, "the result of the use of
domestic potash on tobacco and cotton
showing up now is most alarming.
Dr. Summers states that Mr. Williamson
presented the matter conservatively.
The loss in Darlington
county alone will run up into the hundreds
of thousands. Other counties
in the state have not reported and h
they may not be affected as seriously,
but !n Darlington, through the activity
of J. M. Napier and Mr. Williamson,
an effort has been made to locate all
of the fields affected. There have *
been individual cases reported from *
other counties. ^
\ Q
Dr. Summers endorses the state- t
ment of Mr. Williamson that "the f
evidence of the poisonous and dlsas- _
troui results of the use of potash fs _
positive, overwhelming and spectacu- 1
lar." It can not be alleged that the
widespread destruction of plant life*
is due to too much moisture, for by a
process of elimination it was shown F
that ope part of a field where the potash
had been spread has suffered
greatly while in another part where
uerman xainit or otner lorms or potash
were used the plant life w^
heajthy and the amount of molstnre j
over the entire community was the
same. ^
- a
12 000,000 Bales Needed.
That It will require at least 12,000.- j
0#0 bales of cotton t<^ supply the de- t
mand from August 1, 1919 to August p
1, 1920 is the estimate made by the a
bommittee on supply and demand at *
the meeting of the directors of the
American Cotton association in New r
Orleans. The report declares that 0
the amount of cotton produced in c
America the last four years lacked 8,- j,
000,000 bales of supplying the demand
by the mills. *
It is declared by the committee that^ (*
Europe consumed nearly 16,000,000
more bales of cotton during the last ^
four years than she consumed in'the
previous four years and that Europe is
today shorter of raw cotton and manufactured
goods than in the last 50
years. t
The committee says that financial t
arrangements will be made that will F
enable Europ-s to purchase sufficient 0
cotton to supply her pressing needs. (
e
t
Navv Wanta M?rh?nlc
The board of labor employment at a
the Charleston navy yard announces a b
continued shortage of labor to carry ' v
on the work In hand in the following r
trades and occupations: Boilermakers, c
boilermakcr helpers, chlppers and i
calkers (iron), sailmakers, loftsmen, t
rivet heaters, shlpfltters, floor or vise a
hand machinists, pipefltters, firemen, c
sheet metr.l workers, and locomotive r
crane engineers. c
Persons with experience in any of t
the above should file their applications
with the board of labor at the navy T
yard, Charleston, S. C.
It will be useless for wartime mechanics
to apply, expecting employ- t
ment, especially those who reside any (
great distance from Charleston. It is p
also needless for persous who are not <
V
native born citizens of this country and
who will not be able to obtain ?
their final citizenship certificates with- a
in 60 days, to apply. 8
rj
Lever May Be Appointed. t
Washington. ? (Special) ? Representative
Lever, of South Carolina, it G
is understood will be appointed on the
farm loan board to succeed Herbert
Quick, who will resign. This would
give Mr. "Lover a permanent place at t
a good salary and the hoard a good C
man. o
Bacteria for Typhoid. I'
Nearly 10.000 ampules of typhoid
vaccine have been sent out to physioinn.
1 t
? * ? %#t vi niv oiaio own c jniiuai / l,
1919, according to the records kept ot t
the laboratory of tho state board of
health. The ampules have gone Into
practically every county and have
done much to keep down the death e
rate from this disease, many cases ot
which have been reported. t
The records show that 9,493 doser e
of the typhoid bacterln. or vaccine as ii
It is generally called, have been sen* a
out. t
Damage to Cotton Heavy. U
Labor conditions In South Carolina
are satisfactory at the present time,
with a substantial shortage of skilled e
men of the mechanical trades and s f
small surplus of common labor and n
clerka, acoordtng to John Davis, of li
Columbia, director of the federal em- u
ployment service in tfiat stato.whc C
spent the night In Charlotte on his o
return home from Hendersonvllle,
where he attended the summer cere
taoulal last week of Oasis tempi# ot *
CHARLES H. JEFFRltS j
*i MDSHBBHH^^^^^HA
Y+yy ' '**. : ? J$ C
Despite the feet that the doughnut
ae not yet been introduced In China,
he Salvation Army la making great
trides in that- country, and already
he converts number 2,000, according
o Commissioner Charles H. Jeffries,
errltorlal commander of the 8alvaIon
Army In China, who returned to
lan Francisco recently. Jeffriee oranlzed
the army in northern China
wo yeare ago. He has headquarters at
*eklng.
AXES TOOK CARE OF MUCH
urtner Isaacs Df Bonds Will Not Be
Necessary Before Maturity Or Redemption
of Victory Notes.
Washington.?The war cost the I
Jnited States $30,177,000,000 up to
une 30, 1919.
Secretary Glass made this estimate
n submitting to the congressional
ppropriations committee the prelimnary
statements of the treasury on
ne conaition oz tne nation'!* finances,
le arrived at the estimate by subracting
the average peace-time ex- 1
enses for the same length of time, ^
t the rate of $1,000,000,900 annually, 1
rom the total expenditures, $32,427,- 1
00,000, during the war. ?
Taxes and other revenues than bor- t
owed money took care of $9,384,000,- t
00% or about 29 per cent of the war t
ost.. The remainder came from Lib- i
rty and Victory note issues and sav- <
rigs stamps. t
Further issues of bonds, Mr. Glfss <j
aid, will not be necessary "before
he maturity or redemption of the
Victory notes," which have four years
o run.
LOCKADE QUE8TION UP
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.
1
Washington.?While ratification of \
ho peace treaty by tlie German na- t
ional assembly at Weimar makes
possible the raising of the blockade 1
f Germany, it will be for Attorney
eneral Palmer to determine to what j
xtent commercial relations between i,
he United States and Germany may !
? resumed. Should the allied and ' 1
ssociated powers agree to lift the | <
lockade, Attorney General Palmer I.
rill have to render in son,* more for- |}
rial shape than he has already indiated
in informal statements an opin- .
on as to whether provisions of the t
rading with the enemy act can be
uspended or,abrogated by executive
>rder in advance of the formal tev
nination of the war through final exhange
of ratification of the peace 1
reaty.
<
AR HEEL JOURNALI8T MADE
MEMBER OP TRADE CONQRE88.
Washington.?It was announced
hat Wade H. Harris, editor of The
Charlotte Observer, had been appointed
a member of the ' Southern
Commercial Congress commission to
go to European countries, under the
ipproval" of the departmont of state
>nd commerce. The commission will
f o rf oKnuf fVta 4K 4 /v#
wm* w nwvu? VilV lift CSV U1 OC^bCIUUCi. |
?he first date fixed was August 1, but
hat has been changed.
iERMAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY* 1
HAS RATIFIED THE TREATY. *
Weimar.?The resolution ratifying 1
he peace treaty was adopted by the (
Jerman national assembly by a: vote 1
f 208 to 115. <
\ , .
FALIAN PREMIER URGES I
CONCLUSION OF PEACE.
Rome.?Premier Nitti, in a speech
efore parliament, uYgeff that the
eace negotiations be concluded and
hat friendly relations with the allies,
specially France, be maintained.
The premier informed the deputies
t,.? ~ii _i?i J i? 1- i- ? I
iiBwoTi CTTv7TT3BTTtJUlU UtS I limit5 U) restablish
the country on a peace foot- r
ng, lower the price* of necessaries r
nd bring about orderly conditions s
hroughout Italy. c
I. &. TAX COLLECTORS I
TO RECEIVE A 8HAKEUP.
Washington.?There n to be a genral
shake-up in the tax collecting
orces of the United States in the J
oar future. North and South Caron.i,
as well as other Southern States, *
nil be affected. Internal Revenue
!ommissioner Ropor is going to re- c
rganixe his forces. 1
It is understood that some jobs will f
e vacated, or abolished, while others 1
/ill be created. The entire nation is c
FIGHT TQ BEGIN L
ON RATIFICATION
?RE8IDENT HA8 TEMPORARILY
PUT MATTER OF TREATY
QUITE OUT OF MIND.
COMMITTEE TO MEET OPENLY
,
lapan Will Derive No Parmanant Ban- ^
aflta from tha Shantung Mattar
During Reconstruction Pariod..
Washington.?Senate leaders In -the
eague of nations controversy ooninued
their conferences in prepareion
for the ratification fight which will
jegin when the senate reconvenes.
Vhlle It was said the exact lines of
livision might not be drawn for some ^
lays," further progress In solidifying w
heir forces was claimed by both sides, a
President Wilson, having delivered "~
he treaty to the senate and offered to T
supplement it with all the lnforma- "
Ion in his possession, apparently put
he matter temporarily out of his
nind. He saw none of the senators R
vho have been active in the fight and,
vhile be conferred with Acting Sec etary
Polk at the state department,
t was understood other subjects turnshed,
the basis of their discussion.
Whether the President's ofTer is to
>e accepted by the foreign relations Jc
committee remained an open ques- ,
ion. Some of the opposition leaders a*
ire known to oppose inviting him be'ore
the committee, but his support- w
;rs believe they can secure his ap>earance
should he request that they
lo so. There were increasing indlca- 1X1
, 4%__A ^ e . ? W
.ions mat me sessiops will be open to "
he 'public.
It developed that In his conrersaions
with senators at the capltol. Mr. *l
iVllson went into great detail regardng
the Shantung agreement. He ?(
vas( quoted as saying that the under t)'
itanding that Shantung would be reurned
to China after a reconstruc- n(
Jon period was of a rery definite naure,
and that the only gain to Japan ai
vould be such benefit as she might
lerlve from tempoarry use of the Oernan
railroads and other Gorman
iroperty in the territory. b<
ol
ro ACT JOINTLY FOR ly
BETTER MAIL SERVICE P<
El
* . tt
Washington.?Joint action by the yi
>ostoffice department and the cham- 8t
>er of commerce of the United States A
st
.0 extend and Improve mail facilities w
ind eliminate delays ws announced. 1C
Following a conference at the de- tli
>artment here of postmasters of the tfl
>0 largest mall centers, handling aptil
iroximately half of the mall business pt
>f the^pountry. it was agreed that the to
lational chamber would undertake to ai
lave each chamber in those centers w
>rganize a committee on postal facll- re
ties to study existing conditions and ei
hen confer with the local postmaster
vhn will 1u> InitritMail h? dl
nent to co-operate to the fullest ex- Pl
;ent. These committees In most cses 9t
ilready hare been framed. ol
th
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CHARGES ARE FAL8E SAYS
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS pi
Washington.?In a statement John
Dkelton Williams said he would make
10 specific reply to the "charges and **<
nsinuatlons" made against his adminstraton
of the office of comptroller '
intil allowed to testify before the sen- 0
ite In his own behalf.
"When that opportunity comes." "
wr. wiuiams said, "I shall rely on
written evidence and official oourt
ecords to prore directly and squarey
that the allegatons of unjust dls- w
(rimination. of use of my position as t{|
somptroller to reward friends or pun- ar
sh enemies, political or personal, or ar
>f undue harshness in erqulroments or
rom hanks are false and unequivo- w
(ally false.** rj
3ELA KUN MOVEMENT IS A|
. DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL
Paris.?Marsfhall F*och and reprelentatlves
of Czecho'-Slovaka and Jugo- K\
flavin were before the supreme coun- ha
:I1 of the peace conference for a dls- 11*
ainslon of tho movement of the par- re
tsans of Bela Kun. Hungarian com- le
nunlst foreign minister. c*
TJie different representatives were fr
isked to confer wit hthelr governnents
to find out to what extent they ha
ire ready to participate In military tr
perations against Bela Kun's forces. 9t(
IAKER QUESTIONED ON
CAMPS BY COMMITTEE
*
Washington?Questioned by a house #l]
rar Investigating sub-rommlttee about m
he location of most of the army trainng
camps in the South, Secretary po
i?ker declared that the campa were de
ilaced in the South rather than In pf
he North solely bocause better, wrath- ga
or conditions obtained there and he
dded that no tfiVuence that he knew ;
if was exerted to send the men to the j pt
AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN
This l? m photograph of Amanullah,
ie new ameer of Afghanistan, against
'hom General Barretts of the British
rmy has begun operations.
0,030 CHILDREN GREET HIM
eceived In New York By Committees
Headed By Gov. Smith, Mayor HyIan,
and Countless Thousands.
New York.?President Wilson has
turned to the United States, and,
his first speech delivered on Araeran
soil sinco the peace treaty was
gned, declared that peace concluded
Paris was "a just peace which, it
can be preserved, will safeguaru the
orld from unnecessary bloodshed."
The only reforence the President
ade to his political opponents
as when In referring to the negotlaens
at Paris, he said:
"I am afraid some people, some perins,
do hot understand that vision,
bey do not see It. They have lookI
ton mnrh nnnn thw ground Thov
ive thonght too much of the interests
lat were near thom, and they have
3t listened to the voices of their
?ighbors. I have never had a moant's
doubt as to where the heart
id purpose of this people lay."
10,000 Children Qreet Him.
The President arrived at the Ho:>ken
army pier, formerly at the dock
! the Hamburg American line, shortbefore
3 o'clock. Tho army transit
George Washington, on which he
tiled from Brest, w^s escorted up
te bay by the battleship Pennsylin'a
and more than a score of deroyers
and smaller naval craft. i
long the New Jersey .shore, the
ate which first honored Mr. Wilson
ith a political office, were massed
1,000 school childron who welcomed
te chief executive of the nation with
ie strains of the national anthem.
Through the lines of the children,
1 dressed in white, the President
?ssed to the ferry which earled him
> the Manhattan side of the river. He
rived in New York at 4:16 p. m.,
here he was greeted by the official
iceptlon committee, headed by Gov nor
Smith and Mayor Hylan. From
le ferry terminal to Carnegie hall, a
stance of about three miles, the
residential party passed through the
reeta lined with cheering thousands
' men, women and children who
ironged the sidewalks and filled ]
rery available window and rooftop.
LAN8 ON FOOT TO CONTROL I
YADKIN AND CATAWBA RIVE.38
Washington.?A plan is on foot
jre to control the waters of the Yadn
and Catawba rivers to prevent i
)ods that sweep away crops and ]
her valuable things. The real pur- :
>se of the Weeks law was to inaugu- '
ite a system of forestry protection i
at would hold the rushing waters In 1
leek. ' j
Senators Simmons has taken up 1
rest in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe ]
Ith the forestry service a proposl- 1
&n of establishing a new national
id Watauga counties, the wAter- ]
id WatAuga counties, -the. watershed .
i each side of which lie the headaters
of the Yadkin and Catawba 1
vers. t ]
USTRIA'8 ADMISSINON SOON <
TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
i UI IS. jrr-iltllUK CCIIinifnon OI mOI
ustrlan treaty, which It la hop*d to I a
md Chancellor Ronner Boon, the al- j
id and associated governments have
plle'd to the Austrian note on the 1
ague of nations. The reply is (
uched in ono might almost say a t
lendly tone. ' I r
The powers assort that there never i:
is been any Intention to exclude Aus- ri
la from the earliest possible admisan
to the league of nations. t
)HM FOX, JR., AUTHOR, /
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Big Stone Gap. Va.?John Fox, Jr.,
rthor, died at his home after a brief
ness pf pneumonia. a
Mr. Fox was one of America's most c
ipular writers <tt Action, his novels )
aling with life among the mountain n
opies of the Aouth having a wide
le. is leading bohs are considered t
be "The Little Shepherd of King- h
m Come," "Trail of the lonesome p
he," "The Kentucky**." and "The t
sart of the Hills." r
VARIED COMMENT P
ONWILSON SPEECH
>PPOSIT!ON NATURALLY FIND DJ
CAU8E FOR CRITICI8M OF I
f
SEVERAL PblNTS MADE.
INSWERS HIS OWN ARGUMENT M
According to Borah, the President's Ob
Argument for a League of Nations Re
Is One for Alliance of War.
Washington. ? President Wilson's
address to the senate transmitting laii
idf
the peace treaty was praised by dem- '
aeratic leaders as one of his best state
papers, but republican senators gen- 1
erally. \rere inclined to criticise it. tul
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and pr'
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, declined
to comment. co
Senator Borah, Idaho, one of the ,h<
leading opponents in the senate of thi
the league of nations, also doclined mto
comment except to say that President
Wilson "completely answered" ?c
his own argument that the league of
nations is a league for peace by his sn
statement that it is "formed as an al- he
liance of war."
Senator Smoot, Utah, characterized ac
the address as "another Wilsonian &r
essay, but not quite up to the stand- Bn
i
>m. "!
"It was a fine comprehnsive* presentation
of the case," said Senator wc
Hitchcock, Nebraska. "It was a dis- Th
passionate and convincing statement <*a
of the reasons that led tht represen- ca
tations of 1,000,000,000 people to by
agree on its re-organization of the bu
world." ali
Senator McCumber, North Dakota, an
a supporter of the league of nations, lai
said the address was "very imp res- wl
sive." hn
"The address," said Senator Swanson,
Virginia, is "magnificent, able, Ve
sloquent, and inspiring. The reasons
presented for the ratification of the l)u
treaty, including the league of na- ov
tions,?were strong, cogent and unan- .
swerable." tll|
"I think," said Senator Williams, qU
Mississippi, "that in breadth of vision,
in height of humanitarianism, in fundamental
word, statesmanship, and in
delicacy of dovetailed English, it is
the greatest thing he has ever suggested.
His words are a fitting close
to his magnificent and unselfish and ail
upon the whole effective work at tei
Paris." fo:
Tt
AMERICAN PROHIBITION ta!
WORKERS ARE IN LONDON. w<
wc
London. ? American prohibition .
workers have arrived in London. The RtJ
vanguard is led by William E. Johtv j)n
son, who says he first made Oklahoma
dry, then Kansas and afterwards
largely the United States. ^ '
Johnson is established in a fine office
on Fleet street. He said to a reportor
for The Daily Mail: m<
"Your British organizations have ca'
been at us for over a year to come wc
over here. The whole thing has been rn
in response to their asking. We are ^r
going to teach them how to get this ld?
country drj^ I have reported to my P?
headquarters that the position here in
is entirely different to that way back P?*
some, but it is far from being as ha
hopelss as appears on the surface." elt
ev
must have wllt at:d power
to fulfill obligations. r_;
Paris.?Austria will be admitted to
membership in the league of nations
as soon as the allied and associated alr
powers consider that she possesses a )f
responsible government with both the
will and the power to fulfill its international
obligations. The Austrian
>eace delegation has been so Informed *
in a reply by the supreme council of
the peace conference to an Austrian
plea for immediate admission to the ?'r
league.
The Austrian note, embodying the tJn
plea was sent by Dr. Karl Renmer, the
Austrian chancellor and head of the dlr
Austrian peace delegation, to Pre- 'si
mier Clemenceau, as president of the
peace conference, on June 23. ma
CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR THE M>
BUILDING OF BATTLESHIP8.
Wshington.?Contract for the con- 1
truction of battleship No. 53 was let prr
>y the navy dopartmcnt to the New- hai
>ort Now3 Shipbuilding & DrydocK lar
^o. The" contract price for the vessel, the
he next to the last tf tbo six dread- An
taughts authorized In the 1916 build' inc
ng program to he contracted for, was dei
ict announced by the department. Ca
The battleship probably will be Rn<
tamed the Masi.achuoetts or Iowa. na,
ATTITUDE OF 8IMMON8 ON
SITUATION IN HI8 STATE.
Washington.?If thero has been any i
loubt as to where Senator Simmons Ma
tood in tho gubernatorial race, it was H'<
Icared. Mr. Simmons is for Cameron Hit
.forrlson, and will do his very best to be<
lomlnate him. Qo
It has been reportod here rocently th?
hat Mr. Simmons and Mr. Morrison tl
iad become estranged. When this re- -et
iort was brought to the attention of Mh
he senator he auaerted tint there was -ei
o truth la it Qa
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RESIDENT VETOES 1
AGRICULTURAL ACT |
kYLIQHT SAVING CLAUSE IN
LAW WAS CHIEF CAUSE OF
WILSON'8 DISAPPROVAL. ?
UGH 6000 IN EARLY RISING I
servatlon of Happy and Benefloenf
aulta in Thla and Othar Countriaa
Impelled Uae of Executive Axe.
Washington.?The daylight saving ?j
v was rescued from repeal by Prea>nt
Wilson's veto of the agrtafcltu- j
appropriation bill.
In regard to returning the agricul- M
nl bill without his signature, the
?sldent said: j.jjl
'I realise, of course, the grave Innvenience
which may arise from
s postponement of the legislation at
is time but feel obliged to withhold
r sgnlature because of the clause
ich provdes that 'at and after two
lock a. m.. Sunday. October 26, . VS
19, next, the act enitled an act to .
ve daylight and to provide same
reb.v is repealed.'
'I believe that the repeal of the
t refirred to would be of very
eat inconvenience to the country
d think that I am justified in say
C that ft would constitute some*
Ing more than an Inconvenience. It
>uld involve a serious economic loss,
le act of March 19; 1918, to 'save
yllght' resulted not only from a
reful study of industrial activities
competent men familar with the
slness operations of the country but
so from observations of the happy .
d beneficial consequences of slmir
legislation in other countries
lere legislation of this character
s been in operation."
"It moreover served the daily con-*\
nlence of the many communities of
e country i na way which gave all ' **1
t universal satisfaction and the
erwhelming testimony of its value,
lich has come to me convinces me
fit I should not be justified In ao- . j
iesconce in its repeal.
sITI-SUFR AGISTS GO
AFTER WILLIAM J. BRYAN
Washington.?The ItfeWnal Assoclon
Opposed to Woitn?* Suffrage ut- ^
ed n blast against North Carolina's
romost visitor, William J. Bryan,
le "anti-Buffs" took Mr. Bryan to
ik for saying that "the forces of evil
re lined up against the ballot for
imen." They emphatically deny the
arge and demand a retraction.
"When you say." the organisation
ites. "tht the forces of evil are
ed up against the ballot for woBn,
we challenge not only the '
itement Itself, but your sincerity
making it. You know that some
ine noDiesi anu mom rt-spwciea ww
?n In America are conducting the
mpalgn against woman suffrage. You
?uld not dare get up before any audlce
in America and declare that Mrs.
over Cleveland Preston (vice present
of the National Association Oj*
sed to Woman Suffrage) who, while
the white house, did more for temranee
in public life than any woman
s done since, is associated with
her liquor interests or any other
11 Interests."
J4 COMPLETS ROUND TRIP
TO UNITED STATES AND BACK.
Pulham, Norfolk. Eng.?Groat Briti's
mammoth trans-Atlantic air>neer,
the dirigible R.-34, arrived ?
re at 6:56 o'clock, Greenwich mean
le, completing her round trip from
) British Isles to the United .States
d return.
The R-34 poked her tioee out of the
<uds northesst of the village and.
er circling the flying Held three
les. glided gently to the ground and
1 minutes later was housed In the
-lgible ^hod. The voyage from Uong
and was without particular incint
and was completed in appro* 1itely
75 hours. *
<88 MEETING PLANNED
IN PROTE8T OF LEAGUE.
Washington.?A mass meeting in
>t?Bt against the league of nation*
? been arranged "In nearly every
ge city" said an announcement by
> league for the preservation of
lerican Independence. 8 peak ere
inue senators ReedT Missouri, a
nhcrat, and Borah, Idaho, Johnson,
tlfornla, Polndexter, Washington
1 former Senator Beverage of Indiaall
republicans.
UOR QEERAL LEWIS IN
COMMAND AT CAMP GORDON.
Itlanta. ? Major General Edward
inn Lewis, who commanded the "Old
rfkory" division, comprizing the
ndenburg line breaking units, has
sn placed in command of Camp
rdon. General Lewis commanded
> 30th Division from July, 1918. unllast
March, when the division
urned to the states. General Lewis
m was called to duty ai American
leral headquarters where he reined
until returning to the State*
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