Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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, » V GOOD MEETING IN E ADDRESS IN PART OF GEORGE W. WHEELER, MANAGER OF & C. L. 0. ASSOCIATION. UNIMPROVED ACRES Reclamation of Fertile State Lands Is Task Tor Both the State and Federal Governments. Florence.—Great interest was man- , ifest in the several subjects discussed at the annual meeting of the Florence County Agricultural Society held here. The president of the society, R. K. Curren, opened the meeting and intro duced the speakers making introduc tory remarks which were in them- -ie]*©#—very -iftstruct+rsf: There are 11,000,000 acres of rich fertile idle lands in this state that can be reclaimed and made productive and put on the tax books of the state as improved ai^d revenue produ&Jpg land, according to George R. Wheeler, man ager of the South Carolina Land Own ers’ Association, who addressed the meeting on the subjects of getting ready for the coming of the boll wee vil and increasing the taxable wealth of the state. He said as there are ap proximately only 6,500.000 acres now on the tax books, as improved revenue producing lands, the way - is clearly shown how to go about increasing the taxable wealth of the state thereby causing a greater annual revenue from taxes which will enable the state either to reduce the tax levies or to spend greater sums in the upbuilding of the stato. He said 1,500,000 acres of idle land need drainage. That is a vast area and the reclaiming of such an area is too big. a Job for any group of men. one or more counties or even th<e state. It is a Job that will require federal aid. The federal government goes in partnership in building roads; it goes in partnership in the employ ing county agents, and he said it should go in partnership in draining the coastal plain. IENT TO Cm DEFINITE MOVE MADE, TOWARD LONG EXPECTED CHAWOEm“"‘ OUR MEXICAN POLICY. RREAKIN6 POINT APPROACHES Action Taken Becauae of Continuance of Series of Murder* ^nd Outrage* of Citizen* of United State*. Washington. — The first definite move toward the long expected change in policy in dealing with Mexico was disclosed. Carranza has been warned that if the murdars and .outrages of Ameri cans continue, the United Stataa “may be forced to adopt a radical change pollcy with xegardm. With the announcement at the state department, however, came no au thoritative indication of how far the American government is preparing to go to enforce what lacks only the diplomatic technicalities of an ulti matum. The government announced its ac tion by publishing air exchange of notes with Mexico City, and prefaced its official statement with the expla nation that the diplomatic represen tations referred to had been taken “in view of the long series of mur ders and outrages of American citi zens in Mexico, culminating in the murder of Peter Catron in San Luis Potoai last month, and the perpetua tion of other acts in disregard of American lives and property.” HOME TOWN HELPSE> FLOOD OF FOREIGN GOLD BLAMED FOR HIGH PRI6EB. Barnwell.—Sheriff J. B. Morris of Barnwell county tendered his resigna tion to x Governor Cooper. In his let ter ft* chief officer said he was enter ing business in Barnwell and asked that his resignation be accepted. Washington.—Haled before th* bar of the federal electric railways com mission, a billion dollars in foreign gold was arraigned by Professor Irv ing Fisher of Tal* university, as the chief culprit not only in bringing American trolley lines to bankruptcy, but in Mnding prices generally sky rocking to uhdreamed of high levels. The flood of bullion, h* said, cam* before the war, sent over to meet pur chase by belligerent powers in th* United States. JAPAN NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO AID ADMIRAL- KOLGHAKw Anderson.—Anderson county road bonds in the amount of $290,000 will be offered for sale on September 9, and the remainder of the $1,^50,000 will be placed on sale next year, ac- cordtng to a decision of the Anderson County highway commissioners. Oreenvllle.—The naipes of the offi cers of the Hejas Temple, the new Shrine Temple to be instituted here with Jurisdiction over all of upper South Carolina, were announced by Potentate Goorge T. Bryan. At the same time. Mr. Bryan announced that October *3 has been chosen as the date for the first ceremonial of Hejas Temple. Barnwell.—The first bale of the 1919 cottoq crop was ginned here for B. J. Brown, a progressive negro farmer of Barnwell. The bale weighed 430 pounds and the staple graded mid dling. This la two days later than last year’s record, when H. W. San ders of this city marketed the state’s first bale on August 9. Cotton is opening rapidly in some sections now and the local gins will soon be running at full blast. Laurens.—At a picnic held Jointly by the Woodmen of the World, th* Woman’s Circle, W. O. W., and th* Masons at Mount Gallagher Friday, the principal speakers of the day were Major Henry C. Tillman, of Green wood, and Capt. John J. McSwain, of Greenville, two officers in the armies of the American Expeditionary Forces and both eloquent and popular public speakers. First Bale Iftlt Cotton. Charleston.—The first bale of cot ton of this season sold on the local market brought 49 cents at auction, after lively bidding. It was grown near McClellanville, this county. Edgefield —A charter has been pro cured for the Dixie Highway Hotel Company, of Edgefield. The Incor porators made a canvass of the town and $28,000 was subscribed to the cap ital stock. In a few days the subscrip tion will run to $50,000. This assures Edgefield a first-class hotel. Would Know Her Profiteer*. Greenville.—In order to ascertain whether there is profiteering in Green ville in any line of business, a central committee composed of business men representing various businesses and other citizens representing the public was appointed by Mayor H. C. Harv- ley at the request of the wholegato and retail dealers of the city. Just what procedure will be taken by the com mlttw has not yet been definitely de cided upon but will be worked out within the next two or three days. ‘ Toklo.—It has been learned that the Japanese government after mature de liberation both by the cabinet and diplomatic advisory council, has in formed the government of Admiral Kolchak that Japan is unable to ac cede to its request to send several di visions of troops to assist Kolchak. CAR REPAIRERS DECIDE TO CALL OFF STRIKE Chicago.—Delegates representing 25,<X)!0 car repairer* employed by Chi cago railroads by a rising vote decid ed to call off the strike and return to work. The action was taken at a mass meeting of the delegates called to con sider the question of the strike, after an address by International Vice President J. M. Patterson, who vigor ously denounced those responsible for the walkout as radicals. TO SUPPRESS ALL SINN Ft IN ORGANIZATIONS London. — The government an nounces that owing to increase in crime in county Clare. Ireland, it has been decided to suppress all Sinn and kindred organizations In that country. TWO N. C. MEN KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION Suffolk, Va.—Three men were killed outright and seven others were badly injured when a boiler at the plant-of Caulborne brothers’ mill near here, exploded. The dead are; Claude Hampton, Roduco, N, C.; Carlton Par ker, Eurn, N. "C.. and Rufus Johnson, colored. Savannah, Ga. EIGHT PERSONS KfLLED iN CAR AND ENGINE COLLISION Parkersburg, Ty. Va.—The death list, as a result of the crash between a street car, crowded with women and children enroute to a picnic, and a rail road engine at Parmanco, two miles north of here, was Increased to eight when five persons succumbed to their : njurles in hospitals. The street car. pronerty of the Monongahela Valley Traction Com pany, crashed into a railroad switch engine. , EX-GOVERNOR FERGUSON - AT HEAD OF NEW PARTY Fort Worth. Tex—Two factions of Texas Democrats, dissatisfied with the present party organization, met 'lere and determined upon separate 'ines of attack to accomplish a return to “the principles of Jefferson and Jackson” in state and federal 'govern mental affairs. One faction headed by former Gov ernor James E. Ferguson, left th* 9re**nt Democratic organishtioa and binned the “American party.“~ 111 iiiim CLEAN UP AND KEEP CLEAN Much More Thkn Mere Comfort Is In volved in Having Community Free From Dirt. The greatest effort In the'history of cleanliness is on! For cleanliness has a history. Its influence can be traced down the ages. Those races that were clean were those races that were the masters. The Athenians, with their baths and beautiful homes, conquered the Per sians, with their unkempt beards and dirty skins. The Romans, with their aqueducts, their barbers, their gar dens, beat back the barbarians with their goat skins and greasy fingers. Louis XVI was the most dainty mon arch France ever had and one of the J»lffb8e»t.—Pfltir kept” Thir 'PanSmoT canal from being built years before It finally was. Bolshevism flourished when the dirty and ignorant gained control in Russia. Real people, the wise, the leaders in progress, always have fought for cleanliness. At times it has been a sporadic fight, a skirmish. A clean man was handicapped by a neighbor who let his premises run wild. But cooperation has been brought to play at last. This year, in the United States alone i 7,000 villages, towns and cities are campaigning fof cleanliness and health. They are not doing so for a day or a week, but in a continuous campaign. In a steady pressure. Tin cans, flies, refuse, dirt, waste paper, unsightly buildings, unpalnted surfaces are taboo. The drive is on. It has been estimated that 80,000,- 000 men, women and children in the United States are annually Interested in and working on dean up and paint up activities. It is an army of magnifi cent purpose and of immense possibili ties. It Is bound to win. Join the forward movement. Clean up. paint up and keep it up. . Make the old enemies, dirt and disease and un sightliness, abdicate and stay out. WHY HOME OWNING IS URGED T*n Powerful Arguments Put Forward by Those Convinced of Wisdom of the Plan. Home owning will result In benefit to people who become home owners and to the city as a whole, for these, among other, reasons: 1. In the long run the home owner is more prosperous than the renter, and the prosperity of any city depends upon the prosperity of its individual citizens. 2. The home owner is permanent; the shifter does little good to his city or himself. 3. The home owner is progressive; the renter is not interested in progres sive movements. 4. Habits of thrift learned in home buying add to the wealth of the Indi vidual and the city. 5. The home owner beautifies the city; the renter does not; the more beautiful our city Js the more people will be attracted to it. 6. Other things being eqnal, the home owner is a better worker-than the renter, and keeps his position af ter the renter is discharged. 7. The owner of a home has an ever present protection against poverty, and will hot become a charge upon the community. ~ 8. No city of renters can ever suc ceed. No nation of tenants ever be came great 9. A city that Is worth, living in Is worth owning a home in. 10. Other things being equal, the home owner is a better citizen, a bet ter soldier, a better American than the renter. Old-Fashionod Flower Garden. “A thing of beauty is a Joy forever,” which can be found in a bed of old- fashioned flowers at a minimum cost. After the soil is prepared, sow the seeds or set out the plants, putting the tall ones like sweet peas, hollyhocks, golden glow and sunflower* In the back. Plant shorter ones in front, such as the marigolds, Japanese pop pies, sweet Williams and field daisies; In front of these stUl shorter ones, sneb as petunias, nasturtiums and as ters, with pansies, pinks and verbenas in front* A border of candy tuft or sweet alyssum la very decorative. With such au arrangement, flowers for the parlor and living room table can be obtained until frost comes. Many a bouquet of beautiful flowers at practically no expense also can find Its way into the room of some sick per son or to a hospital ward.—Thrift Magazine. Build Bifid Horn**. Birds add. much to the home sur roundings and are easily made neigh- bdrs If nesting places are available. Bird houses will attract wrens, blue birds, martins and nuthatches; and the windbreak, apple orchard, or lawn trees make good homes for orlotaA phoebes, robins and thrushes. They will pay for any attention by the de struction of many injurious insects. Some fruiting shrubs, such as the Juneberry, blade haw, sheepberry and cherry should be planted in thickets, not alone for the birds, but b*cauM they add much to the surroundings. m- !?Ijpsi-colA£ Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company P. 3. JEANS, Owner % w "Smoke Virginia- Carolina Straight 99 V For 300 tobacco :•> - dood! From],the bedlnnind Vlrdlnia-Carolina has been the world's favorite tobacco. . It has been cultivated and Improved for three centuries. Today—ft* times more of it is smoked In cldarettes than all the forelrfn-rfrown tobaccos combined. Only the lively taste and rich flavor of V irdinia-Carolina tobacco can account for this. And only In a cidarette made entirely of Vlrdlnla-Carpilna do you det the full flavor and oil of that relish and zest. Put the proof up to Piedmont. / The Virginia - Carolina Cigarette iedmont •».' ' * / . -jj - J yir-Mfc 1 ' ■ ’ ’