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LINES, FABRICS THE FIGURE I 1 sacCw- . e-rv.f v ; _ .•■ ibfi | ■ I I * ■ Sv "' .vn i Ml FORI ATTORNEY GENERAL SEES MEN ACE TO BOTH PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY IN LOCAL SU PERVISION By JAMES 8. MANNING Attorney General of tho State of North Carolina I wSmm I \t' : ^i ■ y-ty « T^ASHION continues to adore alen- •*^derness and fashion journals per sist In drawings of attenuated ladles that are entirely unhuman. In the pic tures we call them slender, but any ap proach to them in life, we call scrawny—and too little fat la more Unsightly than too much of It. Never theless the plump woman grieves and will not be comforted until site can achieve something like a willowy line In her flgyre. She Is usually willing to do almost anything—except walk and work and diet—in order to re duce her weight Styles of today favor the stout wom an and make opportunity for her to effectively slenderize her figure. The straight silhouette Is an unmixed blessing If she Is corseted properly and has her dresses made so that they are net tight anywhere. They should be moderately long—and lines may be cleverly lengthened by little expedl- Bryan Looming Large As Convention Figure • — — By W. E. GONZALES In Columbia State enta. Some of these are to be noted In the dress Illustrated, as In the neck line—high at the back and narrow at the front—and In the long pointed sleeve. The side fastening does won ders for the stout figure. Shaped flounces and long tunica are cleverly managed. In gowns that are to con ceal too assertive curves. Dar£ colors and supple and sheer soft fabrics further the cause of slen derness and nothing Is more flattering than laces to figures that need help, either In the dire^ion of c slenderizing or of filling out. Ordinarily the stout woman does more worrying than she needs to, for expert corset makers al most perform miracles In the manage ment and obliteration of curves and the elimination of the waistline makes It po*sihl*.~4at.lM> well corseted M comfortable at the same time. JULIA BOTTOMLET. <©. Its*. WMtara N«w»p»p«r UbIm.) New York, June 23.—William Jen- nings Bryan is, as The State antici pated he could be, the most conspi cuous and influential non-candidate in New York this week. More Derao- ■crats of prominence are calling at Mr, Bryan's apartments in the Waldorf today thait were to be found in the headquarters of any candidate except McAdoo and Smith. In past conventions, since Mr. Bryan attained conspicuous status in the party, his policy has been to take along his plank for the platform pre paration in advance and make his fight for them, carrying that fight sometimes to the floor of the conven tion. This week his role will be dif- ferent. He has been termed the “Stormy Petrel,” but at this conven tion Mr. Bryan will earnestly attempt the part of peacemaker and unifier when the platform committee under takes its task. Bryan is for party victory, is not hin^self extreme on such an issue as wet or dry and hopes for a unanimous report on a platform having moderate planks on those questions en which the party is divid- •d. Convention preliminaries have been peculiarly thrillers. The only near sensations are, first, the choosing out of the Hearst papers for McAdoo, fol lowing a publication in all the other New York morning papers that Hearst and Smith had made friends and sec ond, the bitterness and violence of the personal assault of The World on McAdoo simultaneously with its com ing out for Governor Smith. There la increasing indignation among dele gates against New York. Two New Yorkers observed yesterday “the South and the East should stand to gether against the West” Much chance they, give us of standing with them when iheir policy is literally rule or ruin. Seme thoughtful busi ness men are coming to think of “rule and ruin.” The moat unfair propa- N ganda ever perpetrated by newe- Npapers is making here against Mc Adoo. Naws columns are brazenly need in attempts to shake the morale of his followers. Just one of many, for instance, is the publication that South Carolina deWg^rn are waver ing and looking for pg opening to vote for Garter Glees. been frequent* said that New Yorkers do not know what is ' going on in the rest of the country. It is difficult to realize the degree of this thought isolation until one meets presumably intelligent New Yorkers, professional men who ask in aston ishment if there is really opposition to Smith in the South and West and I how is it possible for a man popular I in New York to be unpopular else where. There you are. I According to the opinion of Arthur Brisbane, explained to me today, the convention packed by Tammany with thousands'of rooters will be able to intimidate delegates and prevent the | nomination of McAdoo. He doubts , if they will let Bryan speak, but the opposition must be credited With more brains. There must be a react- State regulation of the public utili ties Is a comparatively new govern mental function. And yet within eigh teen years It has been adopted by for ty-two States. There must be a rea son. In round number* the population of ue United States has Increased 40% In twenty years. In that time the demand for and use of street railway service has increased 166%; use of _ gas service has increased 207%; use of telephone service has Increased 1000%; use of electric light and power ing to< figures furnished by the North and South Carolina Public Utility Information Bureau. These estimates appear to explain the almost universal adoption of reg ulation of the utilities. The organised community life of today—commercial Industrial and domestic—is - built around these public utility services. As they function efficiently or ineffi ciently, so the community functions efficiently or inefflelently, end be comes attractive or unattractive to new enterprises and new population. • The utilities, therefore, having be come so vital apart of the public life, the government in its various vaults has taken cognisance of them. Time was when utility service was regarded as atrlctly a private commodity. The system'then was one of a utility and a municipality “horse-trading” or bat tling over the terms of contracts and each trying to get the better of the other. But utility service rapidly outgrew local limitations; electric add gas central station plants began serv ing many communities from one large system, often as many as 100 to 200; transportation lines became not only urban but Interurban. A state-wide In terest, therefore, rather than a local one immediately came into existence. It was found that local politics, graft and local prejudices often en tered Into the settlement of utilit) matters with expert engineering ad vice, valuation, accounting, rates end aerufee counting tor but little, leav lug tae public helpless against either poof or Inadequate service or unjust rates, to say nothing of blocking de- velopftnent and driving capital from the. community. ■ -i' ~ .'■'■■'•vV •/“ ’ •* • : 's v ,; . .... • .'■■ *?• ■ r--.. ' .. I! Mrs. Nannie Williams Dies At Cross Hill Cross Hill, June 23.—Mrs. Nannie Campbell Williams died at her home here suddenly Friday night. She had been in declining health for several weeks but was thought to be better and her death came as a shock to the community. She was In her 78th year and had lived her entire life in Cross Hill community where she was greatly loved by all who knew her. She was a devout Christian and after her marriage to John I. Williams, connected herself with the local Meth odist church. She was a member of the Campbell family, widely known ion against such tactics and then in- *nd respected in Laurens county, timidation of West and South is dif-, Mrs. Williams was young in spirit ficulL Finally the. convention does delighted to be in' the company not have to stay in a town where its of young folk, enjoying the pleasures business can not be performed. j of community life and was always in- California’s long special came in, terested in the causes of her church today and the delegates quickly made, * n< i town. friends with Southerners. First their | She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. parade from the sUtion to McAdoo’s George Carter and Mrs. Florence Cor- headquarters was headed by girls on ley of Cross Hill. Also a number of springs with peaches in cheeks and nieces and nephews and a host of ac- corn in hair, then they had set their j quaintances throughout the state who McAdoo song to the tune of “My mourn her death. 0 'll. 1 1 1 Maryland”—and how they did strike fire out of it. And then their band The funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 6 o’clock at the turned on “Dixie” for good measure. Presbyterian church. Her pastor, the There was a thrill. Rev. Mr. Bailey, was assisted by the Rev. W. D. Ratchford and Dr. E. W. Hudson. Her body was laid to rest at sunset by the side of her late hus band. The officers of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches acted as pallbearers. WANTS WILL RENT—My present home and 67-acres farm and give possession August 1st or before. A. 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