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PRESIDENT WILSON 1 ISSUES UN mi WK.L CALL CONFERENCE 800N OF REPRE8ENTATIVE8 OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY. IS ENCOURAGED AND PLEASED Appeal* to Every Citizen to Do All That la Possible to Reduce Cost By Increaalng Production. Washington.?President Wilson, in a Labor day messago to American workers, announced that he would call In the near future a conference of representatives of labor and industry "to discuss fundamental means of bettering the whole relationship of capital and labor and Duttinz the whole question of wages upon another footing." The President said he was encouraged and pleased with the results thus far of the government's efforts to bring down the cost of living and expressed confidence that aubstantial results would be accomplished in the solving of the problem. Patience and vigilance, however, he said, must be exercised and the government's efforts must have the co-operation of every citizen. Presuimbly referring to the exist Ing labor unrest and threats of strikes, hte President appealed to every citl< sen to refrain from doing anything that would tend to increase the cost of living, but instead to do all possi ble to promote production. The President expressed partlculai gratification at the attitude taken by the representatives of organized labor In supporting the government's pro* gram to meet requests for additional wages through a lowering of living costs. 62 DIVORCED FRENCH GIRLS RETURN TO FRANCE Paris. ? Sixty-two French women who had married Americans, army of flcdrs or soldiers, and subsequently who had been divorced in the United States, returned to France on the same steamer this week, according to the newspaper Avenier. Most of them, the newspaper added, returned not be oause of personal differences with fhafv* hiiahanrla Kaaonan r\9 In ability of the brides to adapt them selves to the American mode of living, REGRET 13 FELT IN FRANCE OVER PERSHING'S DEPARTURE Paris.? Paris newspapers devote much space to cordial and apprecla tlve articles bidding farewell to Gen eral Pershing, who received represen ^ tatives of the French press and bade them formal good-bye. In addressing the newspaper men the general ex pressed his affection for nnd admira tlon of France and said he felt sure that the struggle France and America had waged together would serve tc cement the friendship of the two na tlons. MURDERERS RELEASED BY MOB FROM KNOXVILLE JAIL Knoxvllle, Tenn.?After the doors ol the county Jail had been battered down by the mob which was seeking Maurice Mayes, the negro, who had been taken into custody for the killing of Mrs. Bertie Llndsey, a number ol prisoners escaped through the crowd Among them were several convicted of first degree murder and one undei sentence to be electrocuted. "FINANCIAL AUTOCRACY" IS KEEPING PRICES UP * Richmond. Va.?Efforts of the gov ernment to restore normal price con dltions will fail so long as a "flnnn cial autocracy is kent in power througt the inflation of prices and values,' Olenn E. Plumb, author of the pro posed trl-pnrtite railroad control plan declared In addressing a meeting ol the organized railroad employees ol Richmond. COST OF PEACE DELEGATES SO FAR IS $1,250,629.7' Washington?Tn asking Oongresf for an additional appropriation ol $825,000 for the expenses of the Amer ian cpeace ?ommlsslon in Paris frorr last July 1 to the end of this cnlen dar year. President Wilson transmit ted a detailed account of the expensef of the American delegates. Total estimated and actual llabill ties so far as known to dato $1,250, 629.74. lafollette talks for sixteen hours Washington.?Maintaining his aver age of four honrs' speaking a daj for the fourth consecutive day, Sena tor LaFollette, Republican, of Wiscon sin, blocked plans of those.In charge of the public lands leasing bill for a t final vote. When the senate recessed the wis consln senator had spoken for If hour* on the bill which he charged la a monopoly measure for benefit of thi Standard Oil Company. ro HEM) ORIENTAL SCHOOL ~ i ?rof???or B. 8. Dreher of Columbia Has Boon Elected Superintendent of Shanghai Amerioan School I Mr. and Mm. S. Dreher of Columbia will sail from Vancouver, British Columbia, for Shanghai, China, next month. iMr. Dreher has been elected superintendent of the Shanghai AmerI lean School in the' great oriental I metropolis. Mrs. Dreher will also be % member of the corps of teachers. The school has 12 grades, four of which are high school years. This school was founded in 1912 by seven denominations and two American business organizations in Shanghai, that the children of American mssionaries in the orient and the children of the several thousand Americans who live in Shanghai might have educational advantages equivalent to the best in their native land and under positive Christian influences. e Clemson College.?The premium n lists and entry blanks are being mail ed by Secretary F. C. Hare of Clemson College for the annual state poul- d try show to be held in connection with the South Carolina state fair the last . week in October. | i Washington.?Rice growers of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and F . Florida sustained a loss of $150,000 last fall from the depredations of rice . birds, known also as reedhirds or , bobolinks. This fact was determined by investigations of the biological sur. vey. United States department of ag- G riculture. H t: Gaffney.?The GafTney Ledger will c publish statistics on the public schools of Gaffney for the past five years and ' comments made thereon by W. H. p : Hand, state high school inspector, o The report and statistics show that v there has been steady improvements t, in all the branches of the schools dur, ing the five year period. II c Timmonsville.?C. A. Rector, P. J. y Coleman and J. W. Klllett, United r States deputies, captured and destroyed two stills in Finn's pastures on C. ^ W. DuBose's place Just beyond Oar- ( ner's old mill near here. The officers R report that the stills were eet up and a Rood quantity of mash and beer was t found. Anderson.?Two new buildings will 0 be added to the equipment of Ander- ^ son College. Plans for a recreation K building which will include a large j, swimming pool have been made. It e 1 has been stated that the dormitories ' were all filled for the coming session, v and while it might be possible to tnke j, a few more students, a new dormi- e tory would be absolutely necessary. ? Greenville.?The circulation of The p . Raptist Courier, the offcial organ of , the denomination in South Carolina. ( was increased virtually 10.00? last > week. This increase is due to the t . fact that the Baptist $75,000,000 cam- t paign is having the paper sent free of p chaige to all Baptists in the state. Several thousand more subscribers are yet to be placed on The Courier's list. ^ P Tlmmonsville.?Trie past five days * I have been recor.d breakers In the t t tobacco industry of this town. The ii 1 tales began early And c dad late and p r the warehouses are still packed to ca- h P pacity. About 300,000 pounds hare c . been daily sold, thus maicing l.buu,- G I 000 pounds for the five days' sales. c Thv prlcei have beon enormously fl high, in a great many cases 82 and even mor> have been raised Wy the best grades. Greenville.?A number of prominent ' Baptist ministers and laymen of \ " South Carolina have pledged their ac- |j ' tlve service in the interest of the ? 1 Baptist "75,000.000 campaign" and q will deliver addresses at various con- c ventlons and meetings throughout the tl state during the next three months. ^ ^ South Carolina's share of the $75,000,- a ^ I 000 is $5,500,000, to bo raised Novem- v ber 30 to December 7. w Columbia Accepts Park. p * Columbia.?At a meeting of city council, the report of the subcommit? tee which had been appointed to look f into the Keenan Park proposition submltted a report and as a result, coun- r cil voted to accept the gift of 50 p 1 acres from Councilman Keenan. (. The gift to the city is unconditional. t( Councilman Keenan said that If add!' tional acroage was purchased, the pur- Ci pose of the donation must not be for- ( gotten, and that the place was in be n ' used as a park for the white people ol (1 Columbia. Lever At Spartanburg. p 1 Spartanburg.?Speaking before an ? audience composed of nearly 1,000 f farmers, former Congressman A. * Prank Lever, member of the Farm " ' Loan Board, made an earnest plea in j. * behalf of the organization of the pro- t) 1 ducers of cotton for the purpose of p( taking the marketing of their product K Into their own hands as a first con- pi 1 crete step. Mr. Lever urged the R( > erection of cotton warehouses at once ' and this feature of his address seemed to imprese h.s hearers very greatly. ? ? MISS HELEN TAFT Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the x-president, has sailed for Europe to rtake a study of foreign educational ystems.. Miss Taft is acting presient of Bryn Mawr College. This is ler latest photograph, mads a few ays before she sailed. rAR HEEL MEMBER ASSENTS teference to Case of Miss Cavell Was Made by S. S. Gregory of Chicago, Chairman of Committss. Baltimore, Md.?Execution by the lermans of Edith Cavell, the EngIsh nurse, v/hich aroused the lndignalon of the allied world, was In acordanca with the laws of "civilized rarfare," according to a minority reort of the committee on military law f the American Bar association, adocatlng abolition of the death penaly for women convlctod of infringing lilitary law. Both majority and miority reports were prepared by the ommittee, which was appointed to in-: estigate courts martial and suggest eforms in military law. The reference to the case of Miss !avell wcs made by S. S. Gregory, of Ihicago, chairman of the committee, nd was concurred in by Judge Wlllain P. Bynum. of Greensboro, N. C., he other minority member. In his report, Mr. Gregory said: "A careful consideration of the case f Miss Cavell, one of the most pa-1 hetic and appealing victims of the i real war, whose unfortunate fate as aroused the sympathy and excitd the indignation of two continents, as led me to the conclusion that she fas executed in accordance with the iws and usages of what we are pleasd commonly to refer to as civilized rarfare. 'RICES BEGINNING TO FALL IN SOME PARTS OF COUNTRY. "Washington.?Prices are beginning o turn downward in various parts of he country, but the slump has not yet athered momentum sufficient to af^ct purchases being made for immed ite use, according to reports to the epartment of justice. Attorney General Palmer asked how oon results could be expected from ho campaign to reduce the cost of liv ng, the outcome of which railroad employes have been requested to await efore pressing demands for wage inTeases, said all the government wantd, was a fair chance to show what i ? ould be done to take the artificial inlation out of the market. 10VERNMENT SOON TO "CLEAN UP" WET CENTER8. Washington.?Recent arrests in New 'ork for violation of the prohibition iw will be followed immediately by clean up" In other cities. Attorney leneral Palmer announced. He de-! lared that liquor dealers who thought tie law enforcement activities of the epartment of Justice had been laid side for the high cost of living in-; estigation would he shown that they 'ere mistaken. RESIDENT WILL SOON BEGIN "SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE" Washington.?The course of Presi ent Wilson's "swing around the oirle" with addresses in behalf of the pace treaty in at least F?0 of the prlnipal cities of the country is expected ) be announced at the White House. After weeks of uncertainty conprning the proposed trip, which will jstoiid to the Pacific coat, definite anouncement was made that the presient would leave Washington as soon * arrangements could he made. ROCESSION OF WITNESSES PROTEST PASSAGE OF BILL Washington.?A procession of witpbsps representing sections of the hited States scattered from Texas to ew York City, varied as to occupaon and views, but all united in opasing the passage of the Kenyon and >ndrlck hills, for regulating the acking industry, were heard hy the mate agricultural committee. Stock len predominated, hut grocers, farmrs. feeders, hankers, and commission len were Included. GOMPERS CONFERS WITH It WILSON PRESIDENT 18 A8KED TO U8E HIS INFLUENCE TOWARDS A FAIR SETTLEMENT OF QUE8TION. CORPORATIONS FORCE ISSUE Senator Kenyon Says That Committees of Labor of Both House and Senate Will Hold Joint Sessions. Washington.?After two days of conferences with other officials of the American Federation of Labor, President Samuel Oompers, who returned from Europe this week rather unexpectedly discussed the disturbed labor situation over the country with President Wilson at the white house. No announcement was made on behalf of the president and Mr. Gompers and the union officials who accompanied him, including representatives of the steel workers, steadfastly refused to discuss what had transpired. It was known, however .that the president was asked to intervene in tho dispute between the steel workers and the United States Steel corporation over wages, hours, working conditions and the right of collective bargaining. Before coming to the white house the committee of steel workers made public a telegram to the council at Gary, Ind., in which they charged that the steel corporation was discharging union men at a number of its plants in an effort to force the strike Issue before the president could act While the federation chiefs were meeting with the president, the labor situation was discussed at the capitol. Senator Poindexter, Republican, Washington, urged speedy action on the resolution asking the president to call conference between representatives of capital and labor. Chairman Kenyon of the senate labor committee, said the house and senate committees planned Joint action. 1,050 FIGHTING TANKS BEING BUILT FOR ARMY. Washington.?American troops on the Mexican border have 100 tanks, while 650 others are held elsewhere In the country. Brigadier General S. D. Rockenback, wh owas chief of the American tank corps in France, said he regarded a tank with two machine guns and two six pounders, as the equal of a battery of field artillery. One thousand and fifty additional tanks are under construction for the army, it was also revealrd. FLORIDA'S ADJUTANT GENERAL IS MUCH FED UP ON CATTS. .TacVronville, F"la.?Declaring thait Gov. Sidney J. Catts had continually lnterferred with the nffairs of his of nee ana tnat it was Impossible to serve under the state's chief executive, James McCants. adjutant general of Florida, announced here on his arrival from Washington that he had telegraphed his resignation. / VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION Richmond, Va.?Members of the general assembly heard read the bill ratifying woman suffrage In the state of Virginia. The bill was submitted the previous day by Governor Westmoreland Davis following the receipt of a telegram from President Wilson, asking this he done. DE FACTO GOVERNMENT OF PERU RECOGNIZED BY DEPARTMENT. Washington.?Recognition of the defacto government of Peru was announced by the state department. Secretary Lansing Instructed the American legation at Lima to advise the minister of foreign affairs that the United States recognizes President I/eguia as head of the defacto government of Peru. PLAN TO SEND OPPOSITION SPEAKERS IN WILSON'S WAKE. Washington.?As the final itinerary for President Wilson's speaking tour in support of the peace treaty was f unounced. republican senators began conferences to decida on plans for sending opposition speakers along be hind him. ThP President's plans call for speeches in the .10 cities through the w>st between the time he leaves here and his return to Washington September 30. BRYAN LAYS BEFORE SENATE DUAL PLAN OF OWNERSHIP. Washington. ? William Jennings Rryan laid before the houso interstate commerce committee his dual plan of state and federal ownership of rail-1 way lines as a solution of the rallrond reorganization problem. In doing so, the former secretary of state denounced private ownership of the railroads as indefeasible and intolerable and characterized railway magnates as political corruptionists. / C. W. HARE 1 V s C. W. Hare, director of sales of the n war department, accompanied by , a ^ large staff of experts, has gone to Europe to dispose of the surplus stocks ( of war materials held there More than $1,500,000,000 worth of surplus 9 property is to be disposed of by the ^ director of sales. 1 MAY ACCEPT PERSONAL BONDS i d Warehousemen Will Furnish Receipts s iv i noil v/U8(omen wnicn will DC s Face Value Everywhere. E r r Washington.?The department of agriculture explained why the amended warehouse act would aid the cotton industry. The changes made help growers and bankers and the trade " generally. ^ | It was asserted: "To put the business of cotton warehousing on a sta- f ble basis and provide receipts for cot- ^ ton that are negotiable at any bank has loug been an uim of persons in- p terested In cotton and under the^ amended United States cotton warehouse uct this is likely to be realized. c That is the opinion of men in the bureau of markets, who are charged with issuing federal warehouse 11; censes. i "The warehouse act has Just been s | amended so as to permit the issuance T of acceptance of personal bonds from F I warehousemen. The purpose of the warehouse act t i is to create a warehouse receipt of ^ unquestionable value, and one which F will be acceptable to all banks as se- s curity for obtaining loans, regardless ? of the location of the warehouse. In v this way warehousemen will furnish s a receipt to their customers which v will be of the utmost value to them to borrow close to the actual value on c their stored goods at cheaper interest : rates. , CAR AND LABOR SHORTAGE p PRESAGE A COAL FAMINE. C I Washington.?Entering on an in- !u vestigation of the increased price 1 of coal .senate interstate commerce li sub-committee brought forth testl s mony that a shortage of cars and e labor difficulties were hindering r?r*Q 1 n production, that certain dements in, r the miners' union were intent on nationalization of the coal mines with h adoption of a six hour day and a five- ii day week plus a wage increase and t that unless problems of production s were solved the country would be i brought face to face with a coal fa- f mine in the coming winter. s RESULTS OF CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia. S. C.?Primaries in South Carolina to fill the vacancies In the sixth and seventh congressional dis- s tricts were held, the result being that t a second primary will be held Sep- r tember 9. to name the Democratic \ nominees which in South Carolina is c equivalent to election. i c In the seventh district a second t race will be between George Dell f Timmerman of Lexington and Fd C. c Mann of St. Matthews, both lawyers, n Incomplete and unofficial returns h show: Timmerman. 2..119; Mann. 1.- U Ml; H. P. Fulmer, 1.407; Colin S. t Montieth, 1,321; John Hughes Cooper, v 423; John T. Duncan, 38. ,t WILSON MAY SOON START F ON SPEECH MAKING TOUR. Washington. ? Pro3'dent Wilson's pioposed trip to the Pacific coast in 1 itha interest of the peace treaty is L.-' . , , A ... . . iT iuuic iiiiiiuit'iiL niisn 11 nan noon in ,, the past few weeks," is the view of administration officials. f1 As between reviewing the First di- l< vision in Washington and going he- li fore the country, the President would P consider the speechmaking tour of more importance. v MEXICAN CAVALRY ON W\Y F WITH AMERICAN AVIATORS. El Centro, Cal.?Mexican caalry under the command of Captain Trujillo v were reported to be escorting to the t international boundary Lieutenants s Frederick Watei house and C. I). Con- a nelly. American aviators missing from c Rockwell field. t Captain Trujiilo reported by courier o to Colonel Hipolito Baranca that he i, had found them rlive in lower Cal- n lfornla. about 200 miles southeast of t' San Diego. ih HE LIMITED FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE F COST OF LIVING HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED IN 90 DAY8 GREAT STRIKE WILL COME. TIS NOW UP TO GOVERNMENT I .etter of Executive Council Serves to Compose Somewhat Uneasiness In Official Circles. Washington.?Industrial peace In he United States depends on the reults the government can show in the lext 90 days in its campaign to reluce the cost of living. That time limit was tacitly set by he executive council of the railroad ihop crafts in suggesting to locals hroughout the country that President Vilson's compromise offer in response o their demand for higher wages hould be accepted pending the outome of the effort to restore a normal irlce level. If the cost of living does not come town, the 600,000 members of the hop craft would reserve the right to trike for more money, and with them robably would be associated the re nainder of thv 2.500,000 railroad emdoyes, all of whom have been conldering the same problem. The letter of the executive counil served to compose somewhat the ineasiness felt in official circles over he immediate labor situation and to ocus attention on the legal measires being directed by Attorney Genral Palmer and his assistant, Judgo imes. to take the inflation out of trices by punishing hoarders and (roflteers. iOMPERS TAKES IMMEDIATE CONTROL LABOR SITUATION Washington.?Samuel Gompers took mmediate hold of the restless labor ituation on his return to American federation of Labor headquarters from hirope. In the cnse of the steel workers, heir committee after conferring with dr. Gompers made public a letter to Albert II. Gary of the United States teel corporation notifying him that a trike would be called unless an inter'iew was granted the union repre^tnatives within the time limit pre'iously fixed. >IRE PREDICTIONS MADE BY COTTON ASSOCIATION. Columbia. S. C.?The following r? iort was issued by the American 'otton Association: T*he condition of the growing crop ip to August 25 for the belt is 58.2. "ho crop is from two to four weeks ate. It has a diseased root system; appy and unable to stand reverses; xtremely poorly fruited; shedding nd showing rapid deterioration and aemature opening. Insect damage has been record reaking. Boll weevil damage Is the argest ever known. In addition to his holl worm, army worms and red piders have done serious damage, "here is serious damage already rom boll rot. "Labor is extremely hort and unsatisfactory. CONFERENCE WOULD AID IN SETTLING OF PROBLEM8. Washington. ? President Wilson hould call a conference of reprcsenatlves of capital, labor, industrial aanagers and the public to meet in Vashington in the near future to disuss perplexing economic problems onfronting the nation. Secretary of he Interior Lane declared. Heretoore, only capital and labor have been onsidered in discussions of vital ecoomic questions. Mr. Lane asserted, nit the time has come when the pubic must b> given a voice as well as ho business managers anil executives /ho are "the brains of modern indusrial organizations." tOAD GRAFTED $5.000 000 FROM GOVERNMENT, CHARGE Portland, Ore.?Charges that upiroximatoly 5,000,000 of government nods had been "sqnndered. misapdied and converted to the prospective sea of the Milwaukee railroad Intersts," wero contained in a report elepranhed to Seen farv of War U lcer of tho congressional committee nvestignting operations of the spruce | iroduction division. The report declares the expenditures rere "wasteful and unnecessary." FRENCH WATCH SENATE TREATY ROW WITH FEAR Paris.?The French deputies are patching with great Interest the con roversy going on in the United States enate over tho treaty wit.h unfavorhi ecommenta on the senate's prorastination. One deputy, who hereofore has been a staunch supporter f the league of nations, said: "If the F?ague of nations Is the muse, then mputnte tho league covenant from he treaty, but' for the sake of every odv rattfv the treatir." CLEMSON BOARD OF TRU$TEES]0 MEET ACTION UPON REPORT OF THE BOARD OF. CHARITIES AND CORRECTION IS OBJECT. HANDLES SCHOLARSHIPS ALSO Professor Poats, Head of the Physics Division Gets Leave of Absence Because of III Health. Clemson College.?President W. M. Riggs announces that there will be a special meeting of the board of trustees of Clemson College on September 3, in Columbia for the purpose of passing upon the report of the state board of charities and corrections. This bonrd, handles the applications for free scholarships at Clemson College and other state institutions. Prof T n Pn-.tc .* v.. j v.. * |M I'iconui UllU UOHU of the Physics division, has been granted a year's leave of absence chiefly on account of his health. Chesterfield. ? Chesterfield has a building boom on that promises to stay on. Within the past six months numerous new store buildings have been erected and with others now under construction uud several new ones projected. Charleston.? Commencing September 1, only pasteurized milk may be sold for consumption in Charleston, and the food division of the city health department is preparing to enforce the ordinance which was adopted and ratified several months ago. Gaffney.?A negro named George Whittenberg was killed on one of,H. M. Brown's farms in Cherokee county. The man was engaged In work at a Rawmlll, and in some way was thrown against the saw and was inatantly killed. St Matthews.?In the race forthe legislature from Calhoun county to succeed Representative Redmond, resigned. the vote, for 11 out of IS boxes, stands Pairey, 230; M. Symmes, 224. and McLaucblin. 78. The missing boxes are small ones. Rock Hill.?Chief State Constable and Detective S. IT. White, assisted by Horace Johnson, of York, raided a whiskey still a short distance from this city, seizing the equipment and arresting Giles Wright, a negro tenant | on the farm of J. B. Steele. Oaffney.?The officers, both county and municipal, have been unusually active within the last few days with the result that a number of individuals are now within the toils, and will have to stand (rial at the next term of the court for having contraband whis- % key in their possession. Spnrtanburg.?On the first of September the Textile Industrial Institute of Spnrtanhurg will begin its nlntl) year. Nine years ago the school began in a tenement house, with $100 borrowed capital, a principal, a matron, and a student body of one 32 years married man, the father of three children. Winnsboro.?The eloctlon held In Fairfield county as to whether a bond Issue of $400,000 should be made to establish a county-wide system of roads was favorably voted upon. There was only a light vote cast, and but little opposition. The voting was about five to one in favor of the Issue. Darlington.?A gloom has been cast over this community at the untimely death of N. H. Harmon, for many years past the leading contractor of Darlington. Mr. Harmon was riding in his car down Pearl street and a large limb of a oak tree fell across the electric line, hearing it to earth. Mr. Harmon must have gotten out of his car to examine the street when ue came in contact with thp electric wire and was instantly killed. ' % Annlirflttt* Turner! A Spartanburg.?According to a state' ment ma do by R. P. Roll. president of Converse College for Women In this I city, the applications for admission o the institution for over 100 prospertivo students for the coming session have been refused-, because accommodations have been exhausted. The dormitories have been filled, and more applications continue to come In every day. The corps of professors will be increased by two. according to Dr. Pell, because of the incroanod number of students. I Strike Breakers Local or Native. n ..tile A " at viiri-ii* mo.?aii mo nonunion men who hare boon employed by the Southern Public Utllltln* company tn operate the street railway onr* In Greenville, following iho strike of the union men which ha* boon In effect more than two week*. nro from this section of South Carolina and mniiT of thorn reside In Oreonvllle, nooonllnn to a statement frotn high officials of the company when asked If any mov? had been madn lo secure employe** or strike breakers from the North. 1 '' Tp! V A > <Vi'. JMSi