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VOLUME XIX
CLINTON, S^C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Uth, 1919
ROADS t’OJtSlIITTEE
mi A RS BOND ISSUE FLA A
R. Goodwyn Rhett^und Ohers Appear
Before LeKislathe foiiunlttee In In-
GEIUfA-M TRIES TO
‘I do not bellev
APFTAR BA^KRUFl" ttona of raw
should be forbidden, because their in
dustry vr'ould then, be at a standstill
Voted Frenchman Advocates Financial
Society of Vatlons to CWect Debt
Columbia, - Feb\7.—Hearing* were
held by the good road committees r '
the House and Senate Tuesday atte
noon on the pending legislation in tl
flense and Senate looking to the co
struction of a permanent highway sy:
tem in South Carolina. R.. Goodwyn
Rhett, of Charleston, F. M. Burnett, of
Greenville, R. A. Wilson, of Rock Hill,
John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, and oth
ers appeared before the comjnitee in
terest of the Big Good Roads Bopfl ^Indemnity Must be What’GermanJ
Issue. • ' Can Fay.
„ Baris, Feb. C.—(By the As sc* la led
rers).—Germany is making utrno:-i
forts to have the Allies believe that
•b ' is nearing bankruptcy., declared
â– :'eul Pcret, chairman .of the lrudgct v
tonlmision of the Chamber of Deputies
facing the peace conference. The first
measures of the conference along fin-
ahcial lines, he added, should be to
to prevent Germ
trodiiced iy the liouseanu aenate' 1,11 ~
viding for an election on the question
of issuing bonds in the - sum of $2.1,-
—nrTi i'h’ih'pn| nn r ,,, | 'nftjnn nf •n si-to-
wide systemVof hard-surfaced roads
and companion legislation preparing
for tlie same. * -----
Mter the hearing,'toe above nnrv. â– '
'gentlemen, who represented the state
highway campaign committee, declared
that they felt very hopeful as to the
outlook for the passage of the legisla
tion at this session. “We were, given
a most courteous hearing by the mem
bers of the committee,” said Mr. Wil-
sen, “and •wgreMinprcasofa with the
earnest desire of the legislators to
and they would ^be. ynable to pay.
•‘‘I would suggest that preferential
treatment be given to the ‘Allies coun
tries, as France, Belgium and Serbia
have suffered the greatest damage.
Raw materitfl fro'm—\mcrioa should
be sent to these three countries first,,
the overflow being allowed to revert
to Germany so as to enable her to’keep
Cfl-T.
and former minister of justice, in di.v , her machinery working without
cussing to^ay the financial problemcs | aiding her to undersell us.
“The financial problem is the most
â– OTTT
debt or a bankrupt state.
‘’Then,” Peril continued
momentous one before the peace con-
fercnce and I am greatly surprised
—- that h has not—been considered before
when.a society is founded is to elect a
we should lireasurer. Thus,'if a society of na-
ametilately fix the amount of our | tio'ns is formed, a treasurer should at
TTm e l-e a;.poin‘IHI Id 1 HHi't KMlUJll Hi u
wTiT
take steps at this sessfon Tsokt'ng _ Totb^
lifting of the state out of the mud. Mr.
Rhett in a very able and very convinc
ing speech urged the passage of the
btBe that-have been introduced in the
Senate by Mr. Christensen and in the
House by Representative Burguson.'*
Two ‘amendments to the bill wore
discussed Tuesday and seemed to meet
with general favor* One provided that
work on the state highway, system
â– should start at every county seat in
the state at the same time and lb
other provided that the roads should
connect iwjth the principal highways
ef adjoining Nates.
r One interesting fact brought out r>!
the hoarinsj dealt with the viewpoint of
_the autoists of the state towards th^
proposition, Mr. Wilson of Rock Hill
' te/itiiiod . *>—■• -\~m<a . — « - a ‘ixa.
autoists with petitiori^asking the pas
sage of the legislation. Every one of
the 149 was opposed to Ulie bill when
he first approached them but every
one of them had signed.it to be his
belief that 95 per cent of the autoists
would favor the proposition after it is
explained to them.
F. M. Burnett of Greenville, a county
that has spent a million dollars on
permanent roads, declared that his
county wanted the pending legislation
passed.
SEN. DI AT jOFFOSES
BILLION LEVY
account against Germany
must be made ^ pay to.the full limit
of lu r financial ability Without com M-
J eratioa for birtr feeiings.^ it will '
lime enough then to decide about the
mctl od of payment. She may p:(y
eithet in caj»ital immediately or in
yearly installments.
“I do not believe that Germany at
the present time is in a position to pay
a large amount in cash. We must not
demand from her a too heavy pay
ment now, so as not to place her,in a
position where she might argue that
we are strangling her and killing the
goose that is to lay the golden eggs.
“Whether the installments we shall
demand - from Germany be 'twenty,
thirty or fifty billions of francs yearly
depends outtrely upanpurjdecision, af
ter an investigation as to what ahrount
Germany will be able to pay. These
payments would be guaranteed by cus
tom tariffs decided upon at the confer
ence, reserving for ourselves the right
to raise such tariffs should Germany
faii to meet her obligations.
“This would act as means of coer
cion because I do not believe that we
should occupy Germany with a mili
tary force until her debt is paid. It is
i*y opinion that once our armies of
occupation return from Germany; aTT
“I believe in the creation of a fi-
n a nrtal society of nat ions and that all
expenses insurred by each. nation
should be put in common and an in
ternational tax levied upon a nation
until such debts are paid. Neutrals
should be included in this financial
society 'of nations, especially those
neutrals who profited by the war.-
* Discussing tho question - whether
Germany should be permitted to im
port raw materials so as to enable her
to resume her manufacturing industry,
Mr;
financial society of nations. The so
lution of the problem, to my mind, is
tlr." foundation of a financial society of'
nations in which all exucnces.of e very
belligi -eht opposed to Germany shall
t e compiled into one sum. An inven
tory of Germany's resources should
then be made and she .should be made
to pay by every mark she eamget to
gether. Then there should be interna-
tional taxation, including the neutrals
to make up tre balance.”
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CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Believes BiH IIus Gone So Far, How
ever,.That It Cannot Be Revised.
(Greenville News.)
Col. Naj. B. Diiri--of Dauvwis, Sen.-
ator-elcct from South Carolina,, was
a visitor to Greenville yesterday while
en route from Washington to his home.
He has just made ?. trip to the capitol
to look after the procuring of his of-
fiees Which he will occupy on March 4.
“I am heartily jpr.osed to the pro
posed tax levy of six billion' dollars,”
he said yesterday, “but think the"
matter has gone so far that there .&
little chance of its being revised.
The tax will certainly cripple.industry
to a large extent and I am not in
favor of burdening business wl$|i a load
that should be spread over" mafiy
years instead of one or two.” He
expressed himself as favoring the dis
tribution of the debt in. short time
loans which would not impair t>-
prosperity^ of the country, which
could be borne sufficiently without
restraint on the part of our Indus' nos.
Business is above any party politic?
and Congress should consider the
matter •■ very horoughly before it
enacts the pr.esenL...fprm,
he stated. However, the bill has gone
so far and conjectures have been made 1 sen ator, and there are
' so largely on its prospectus that there ! bilities of its passage
cause of the enormous expense, and,
second, because of the need of the sol
diers in their work and homes. Sen
ator Dial said be urged this action es
pecially and received favorable re
sponse from those wbo are in position
to ac( . " • .
.; fhc proposal of the. government to
give every soldier who served'during
thq war a bonus of $10 was criticized
by Col. Dial who said that they
should be given an opportunity an$l
aif BMmey. He thinks the govern
ment should see that they get good
positions and are given ' the same
chances in life as those who remain
ed behind and>. improved while the
ing men money is exactly the
ing men and money is exactly the
same as that of giving children
iromy. he said, since it breeds de
pendency and is not conductive to
the industry that is necessary for
1 development. He t.’inks that farms
should be rented the.se returning men
and that they be allowed to pay for
them from the proflts that thev ac
cumulate. «
The STiiittv-Level* bill, which 'ftill
regulate the grade of coLon to be
said, .u.nde.jfcontract, Is meeting popu
lar accord in Washington, raid ' â– 
large pos si
lt is one of the
We have rented the store-room under the Laurens Hotel, io“
powe Drug Company, and will offer for business as soon as the
store can be remodeled by putting in a new front and shelving.
New Cabinet Fixtures will be installed at an early date and we
will have one of the most up-to-date Clothing Stores in this part
of the State.. 1 .
WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS ABOUT FIRST OF MARCH.
^This« Be a
By buying for Cash and selling for Cash we will be m position to
give our customers all possible advantage in prices obtained by
securing the lowest prices and all discounts offered to the p
Cash Buyer. In Greenwood, S. C., we have one of the largest
and best Clothing Stores in upper South C ^°i‘ n J a t n t u b 4rvb^
in large quantities for two stores we are able to getthevery best
lines of Merchandise at the Lowest Possible Prices.
This is Strictly a Man’s Store
We specialize on Men and Boys f Wearing Apparel exclusively.
- Experience has taught us that men prefer buying where only
Experiences ^ oi g ^ g into ^neral stores We believe
seems to be little hope of any revision
on the par^ of the main legislative;
very best hills that has been intn
duced regarding the cotton situation,
and will he beneficial to the South in
that men prefer buying where only
s gouus vJ going into general stores. We believe
vou like this plan and we solicit your patronage. You will find 1
here at all times a full and complete line of Men and Boys Cloth
ing Hats, Shoes, Shirts, Underv/ear and all Furnishing Goods.
bodies.
Another thing that Senator Dial m^ny ways, he believd.
was very much interested in during : Senator Dial is a great believer in
his trip was In the matter of dis- the future of the South and
charging soldiers from the training j he intends to make it one of bis most
camps. He urged that every soldier important works in Congress the.bus-
who can possibly be released be given mess of bringing its advantage to the
his discharge at once, for they are j e yes of the. nation. He told recently
badly heeded In the 'reconstruction ot writing to the National City Bank
work. He cited v onJe instance of a 0 f New York City regarding the fmssi-
farm in his home (county in which ; bilities, of trade development In the
six of seven emfiWees are still in | south and received an answer from
army camps. No wthat the war has ; them that theV had already looked in-^
end^d there Is a dual reason why the ! to the .matter very carefuly and were
govern Trent should disband its jaill-.j inclined to be of the same opinion as
tary forces Immcdiatelyr first, be- j he..
SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS
Laurens, South Carolina f
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CHAS. C. WHARTON
JOE. ft WHARTON
GEO. P. JENKINS
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