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PRESIDENT PENS
DEBT STATEMENT
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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
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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 $762,000,000.
KEEP YOUR REAL ESTATE.
In Indianapolis, punishment is to
fit the crime, when one man with his
automobile kills another.
The killer is to spend one hour
locked in a room with the corpse of
the person killed. The theory is that
it will make the killer think, although
it wont bring the dead back to life.
for a while, then took another motor
ride to Woodstock, 16 miles from here.
Just before dark Secretary Mellon and
Mr. Smoot left for their train.
NEW FALL
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Our buyer is now in New York purchas
ing the^ season’s newest in Ladies’ Ready-
to-Wear. # , \
We have just received and unpacked our
first shipment of new Dresses, Hats, and
Shoes, which we are now showing and at
prices every woman will be interested in.
-We welcome the new season-—and you.
B. L. King & Son
The congregations of the First
Presbyterian church and the , Thorn-
well Memorial will unite for the regu
lar morning service next Sunday. The
services will be held with the First
Presbyterian church and Dr. L. Ross
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‘THE LADIES SHOP”
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Clinton, S. C.
Voltaire had the idea reversed. In
“Zadig” a traveling philosopher caus
es the young widows of India to dis
continue burning themselves ’ aliv$
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.
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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.”
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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
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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’
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Numbers of people from all over this sections have
taken advantage of our great
MID-SUMMER SALE
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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
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will be a long time before you will again be offered
such values as we are offering in this sale.
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