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•• ■r PAGE EIGHT »Hi— TOE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON*. 8. C. - 'jpi . is THUB8DAY. AUGUST 20,1»» , r PRESIDENT PENS DEBT STATEMENT -- “A / ‘ ' , Given Press After Mellon-Smoot Con ference. Terms Kept Secret. Ne gotiations Resumed Today. Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 17.—The stand of the American government on terms for Refunding Belgium’s $480,000,000 debt whs determined at a conference here today between President Cool- idge and Secretary Mellon and Sena tor Smoot of Utah. What terms the administration would be willing to accept were not disclosed, although the statement^was made that the president' expected an agreement to be reached when nego tiations between ttie Belgian mission and the American debt commission are resumed tomorrow in Washing ton. After Mr. Mellon, who is chairman of the American commission, and Sen ator Smoot, who is a.member, had dis cussed with him for two hours the situation growing out of negotiation^ already held, the executive issued the following statement, written in pencil in his own handwriting: “Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot have reported to the president the details of the Washington confer ence. The program is satisfactory. No deadlock has developed. The sec retary and senator came to inform the president of the proposals before mak ing the final agreement. The confer ence will reconvene at 3 o’clock Tues day, when it is expected final agree ment may be reached, after which a full and complete statement will be given to the press by the American •commission.” Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot, acting for the commission, which wished to acquaint the presi dent with the exact situation with a view to obtaining his sanction to any agreement it might see fit to make, arrived here shortly before 10 a. m. They motored this evening back to their special car at Ludlow, planning to reach the capital by noon tomor row. Both the treasury secretary and Senator Smoot declined to be drawn out on the nature of the American demands, the Belgian proposals or the possibility of concessions in an £f$ort to reach an agreement. They went over the question thoroughly with the president and, like him, appeared op timistic that a settlement would be effected. They went back to Washington pre pared to give their colleagues the benefit of the president’s views before the final stage of the negotiations with the Belgian mission, which ex pects to sail for home Wednesday. There was nothing, however, to indi cate whether the administration would be willing to accord the Brussels gov ernment more liberal terms than those granted Great Britain, which were ac cepted by congress as a satisfactory precedent for refunding settlements with other debtor nations. Biought to this hamlet from Lud-^ low in a White House automobile, the two debt commissioners were greeted by the president on the front porch of his father’s home, which had been screened off from the public view by bed sheets. Behind this shield, which had been put up by the president and M rs. Coolidge, assisted by two deputy sheriffs on duty here, the conference involving nearly a half billion dollars was held. Pausing at noon, the president took his guests to the nearby village of Tyson 'for lunch at Echo Lake inn, which Mr. Coolidge had patronized be fore but not since becoming president. He and his visitors dined in the pub lic dining room as guests of former Governor Stickney of Vermont, and signed the old register, on which, at the age of 21, the president had scrawled his name as “J. Calvin Cpol- idge.” The register also bore the signature of William McKinley, Mary Haqnfu Gen. Nelson A. Miles and others of prominence. Returning to Plymouth after lunch eon, the president and his guests dis cussed governmental affairs generally COUNTY NEBPy’V- HEALTH UNIT JEANS So Declares Red Cross Norse Who Completed Her Special Work Here Last Week. Laurens, Aug. 14.—Health condi tions in Laurens county, especially in some of the rural sections, could be greatly improved by a health unit, Miss 'Elizabeth Howell, Red Cross nurse, declared last Tuesday before leaving for her home in Asheville af ter completing two and a half months of work here under the auspices of the ^outh Carolina division of the Ameri can Red Cross. Miss Howell declared* that she had found, as she finds in nearly all counties, a low state of health among the poorer people of the county and a surprising apathy to ward Health prevention even among those of larger means. As an exam ple, she cited the case of one family where she found a case of tuberculo sis, a case of pellagra and a case of incipient cancer, besides a cripple, child with a dislocated knee which had never been replaced in its socket. There are numerous cases needing at tention, she stated, whichjvould never be found except by some person es pecially employed for the work. There are also people of means, she said, who are affected by disease but who need urging to get them to secure medical aid. A health unit, she de clared, would bring about improve ment in the health of the county and thereby increase its material wealth. During the time she was here Miss Howell conducted two tubeiculosis clinics, one at Laurens and one at Clinton, besides conducting demon strations in schools and making per sonal calls in homes. About sixty cases of those examined, she said, need follow-up work besides a large number of tonsil and eye cases which were observed. All such cases, she stated, have been referred to parents and should have medical attention. THE GREATEST CROPS. / DANCING. FITTING THE CRIME. WHEN YOU GET IT, KEEP IT. Seven crops of alfalfa in a year, tons of pototoes to an acre, great are the wonder crops of this rich land. But the greatest crop is the human crop. Without that, others would amount to nothing. Mr. Jones’s Star, of Rigby, Id^ho, tells of a family gathering of the Call family. It included Anson V. Call, 70 years old, of Afton, Wyoming, father of 20 sons and 10 daughters, all alive, healthy and strong. Mr. Call is th# grandfather of 90 children, and they are all well. Tell that to your friend who thinks that birth control will solve our problems. 0 OFFICERS SEIZE HIGH TYPE WINE Where ignorance, disease, poverty and drink, in the slums, combine to force large families upon the weak women that cannot take care of them, birth control may be all that its advo cates say. They don’t need it in Idaho or Wy oming. What they need there is CHILDREN. Over Seven Hundred Gallons Taken In Haul in Raid oh Hermann Home in Greenville. Greenville, Aug. 16.—With the sei zure today of approximately 770 gal lons of what officers say is “high type” wine in the cellar of the home of R. J. Hermann, four miles west of this city on the White Horse road, another outstanding raid in the his tory of the local prohibition forces was effected. The raid was made un der federal search warrants at the di rection of Federal Prohibition Direc tor Lloyd H. Grandy and was headed by Federal Agents J. T. Watts, Ford Bruce and R. T. Chapman and State Constable J. M. King. Hermann was arrested and is arranging bond. Fourteen barrels, of a capacity of 50, 4Q, 20 and ten gallons, and several cases of f fruit jars filled with wine, with a dozen jars to the case, were taken, besides around fifty cases of empty fruit jars from a pint to half a gallon in size, a wine press and other contraband making furniture, At the rate of $1 a quart, which was the minimum price Hermann is alleged to have been receiving for the product, $3,080 worth of the stuff was seized. The total amount of the day’s seizure runs higher, considering the jars and wine making machinery con fiscated. Q The wine was found in the cellar and was made of grapes, blackberries and strawberries, officers stated. Of ficers said further that Hermann has his own vineyard from which he se cures grapes for the wholesale mak ing of wine. Charges of manufac turing, having in possession and sell ing intoxicating beverages will be en tered against the, defendant, officers stated, with a possible addition of a charge of maintaining a public nui sance. ~ Dancing and religion have long been united. Samuel tells you “Dav id dance before the Lord.” He well might, for his rise was rapid from lightweight champion, conqueror of Goliath, to ruler over Israel. s Dancing has its proper place, see Ecclesiastes, third chapter, fourth verse, “time to weep, and a time to laugK, a time to mourn, and a time to dance.” The next verse says there is also “a time to embrace, and a time to re frain from embracing.” That should bejremembered in these wild dancing days. * ^ More than 1,500,000 tons of bitumi- nous coal was shipped from the United States in a month recently. iAXATIVX MONO QUININE Tsbtott is «aiy «m * JROVE‘8 . v J When you get a piece of earth, KEEP it. It cannot.be stolen; does- i^t rust; you are yopr own board of directors; unlike watered stocks, there is only just SO MUCH of it, and it goes up in’ price. , The Indians sold Manhattan Island for $5$4. The land in Central Park alone is now worth a hundred millions. Mr. Hatch got 900 acres at Far Rockaway, New York, under foreclos ure, for $40,000, tried to get rid of it but couldn’t on account of litigation. When he did sell he gdt $3,000,000. At today’s boom prices, if his son had it, it would be worth $762,000,000. KEEP YOUR REAL ESTATE. In Indianapolis, punishment is to fit the crime, when one man with his automobile kills another. The killer is to spend one hour locked in a room with the corpse of the person killed. The theory is that it will make the killer think, although it wont bring the dead back to life. for a while, then took another motor ride to Woodstock, 16 miles from here. Just before dark Secretary Mellon and Mr. Smoot left for their train. NEW FALL Hats * Shoes Our buyer is now in New York purchas ing the^ season’s newest in Ladies’ Ready- to-Wear. # , \ We have just received and unpacked our first shipment of new Dresses, Hats, and Shoes, which we are now showing and at prices every woman will be interested in. -We welcome the new season-—and you. B. L. King & Son The congregations of the First Presbyterian church and the , Thorn- well Memorial will unite for the regu lar morning service next Sunday. The services will be held with the First Presbyterian church and Dr. L. Ross \ ‘THE LADIES SHOP” *.9 * . Clinton, S. C. Voltaire had the idea reversed. In “Zadig” a traveling philosopher caus es the young widows of India to dis continue burning themselves ’ aliv$ with the corpses of their own hus bands. He didn’t forbid it, only made a law that before being burned alive the young widow should pass a couple of hours with the handsomest young man in the village. After thajt for some strange reason, the widow usually lost interest id be ing burned up with her aged spouse. Often she disappeared before the fun eral. 0 0 1 1 0 i! i fl What a nuisance the human BODY is. Through life it worries us with aches and pains and needs. The spir it is so easily taken care of. It has no rheumatism, no teeth to ache, no gout, no hair to fall out, needs no clothing, eats nothing, supplies what little real happin^s we have. And we soon learn Jto suppress that part of it called “conscience.” 1 B i! i i i 1! Even when you are dead, the spirit takes care of itself, goes off some where and the. body remains a nui sance. The simplest thing is to burn it up, instead of leaving the work of destruction to slow worms, but many do not like that cremation idea. Death and what we.call its “horror” ought to be most useful. Every time a man thinks of death he should say to himself, “merciful Heaven! I had better stop thinking and get out and DO SOMETHING worth while, for I shall soon be gone, and they will be asking, ‘what shall we do with the remains?’ and ‘what did he amoiint to?”’ CONGREGATIONS TO ' UNITE ON SUNDAY o I B 0 B B I B 1 V • s. — / i ■W’ « M *!' :< . % The Young Men Will Appreciate Our Showing of Fall Oxfords and Clothing JUST ARRIVED— Shipment of Michael-Stern, Styleplus • and Waitman Suits in the latest styles and materials. Oxfords in light tan and black with the wide toe. The only Oxford for the wide trousers. . WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SHOW YOU. COME IN. ALSO— MEN’S DEPARTMENT CopelancLStone Company “ONE PRICE TO ALE’ m k-C <?) rr rv. % * it ▼4 HJSJSJEHJSJE2 Others Are Saving Money You? il Numbers of people from all over this sections have taken advantage of our great MID-SUMMER SALE I to furnish their homes at prices they had never even * y. - hoped to secure. . a ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT in which tp.take advantage of this Money-Saving op portunity to buy High Grade, Dependable Furniture and Rugs at * GREATLY REDUCED PRICES SALE CLOSES SATURDAY, AUGUST 22.ND, and it I , will be a long time before you will again be offered such values as we are offering in this sale. s s I t 4 4 Li '4 f I • S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Laureps, South Carolina f. i4JOSeJyMi A r vd;