Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 01, 1920, Image 4
WEIGHING PI
The opening session oi the ind
Henry C\ Stuart, Samuel W. MeCall,
ry J. Waters, Martin H. Glynn, Kiel
W. Wickershain, Henry M. Kohinson,
mrniin n*7T All
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This photograph shows what hap]
rected by Austria on the square whe
when the Czeeho-Slovaks again becnn
NO SIGNS OF "DR\
U'??i<trn .N r ?
Such a thing as prohibition is qu
rtiicf industries in that country is th<
>hotograph shows a grower polling t
wine mukinc.
OLD VESSELS TO BE TARGET!
Bluejackets to Test Marksmansh:
on Electrically-Controlled
Craft.
Washington.?American bluejacket
will have nn opportunity to test thei
marksmanship on real battleship
steaming at full speed under actus
tattle conditions, if plans now bein
worked out at the navy departmec
materialize. The bureau of ordnanc*
it was leurned, contemplates takln
Mayor I'eters, ot Boston weigh
. NEW INDUSTRIAL
~Z, y ~
?IZE WINNERS IN BOSTOl
my two of the perfect lots entered ill u hul
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
lustriliI conference in Washington. Lett
Thomas W. Gregory, Stanley King, and \\
turd Hooker (ubove) Herbert Hoover. W. <
I'rof. Frank W. Taussig and Owen L). You
STRIAN MONUMENT
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lened to the monument which had been |
re in 1G20 many Bohemians were killed |
le supreme in their country.
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'NESS" IN HUNGARY f
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: tin 1 T1111 <r*i I* v livid (ill** (if tlli* < 1
e cultivation of the grape for wine. The
; rapes by the tulit'ul to u merchant for fi
n
? t several obsolete ships to the target li
range and using them for targets tnov- k
p ing at full speed. There would, of t!
course, be no crews aboard the target I
ships, which would be steered by an g
electrical "distant control" system, c
s probably from an airplane or another
r vessel.
is v
d Soldier Digs Own Grave. h
g Tneoma, A'ash.?Thomas Prescott, a e
it Civil war veteran, was burled recently f
i. In the grave he dug the morning be- v
g fore at the Old Soldiers' home at Ort- c
\l BABY SHOW
Inn1
>y sliow recently held In that city.
IN WASHINGTON
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to right. suited. Julius Uosenwuld.
.Milium B. Wilson. Standing: Hen- ^
3. Thompson, Oscar Straus, George 1
ng.
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PRESENTS A NOVEL IDEA i
A really novel and commendable
ea Is at present being fostered by ^
me. Grace Porterfleid Polk, eminent
unposer, who has established in the
nail city of Greenwood, Ind., the
Jreenwood Community House" where
e struggling unknown composers
uiy occasionally meet and exchange
ens with the veterans and successil
members of the profession. Id
lis manner Mine. Polk hopes to eree
a center for composers, and there;
to foster and help tlie composition
' masterpieces expressing the ideas
id ideals of the people of today, and |
? make America a real "Land o: l
' |
nng" by means of yearly conventions
Why Worry?
Multitudes of people seriously mat
u-ir lives by continually dwelling
pon disagreeable possibilities, anticiating
unhappy experiences, most of <
hieh are never realized; many seem <
> he so made up that they are the
Ictims of worry, just as some peopU |
re made up to he gullible, says New
access They catch every excuse that
nines along for indulging their worry
ig propensities.
A colored woman reminded her easyoing
husband that the rent had to bi
aid in six days.
"Then we sure don't have to worry
bout it for the next five days." h?
.11 .J UI.*? A ~ ... A* .
t'piieu. u s in hi jin iu worry on tut
iiv it Is due. when it must lie paid."
Some people might learn a lesson
rom this philosophical husband and
ot worry until they have to.
tig. It Is the custom at the home to
teep one grave dug in advat.oe Vcnuse
he work is hard foi the elderly men.
rescott spent the day in digging the
rave. After returning Indoors he beame
sudaenly ill and died.
Newark. O.?Rev. George 3. Baldwin,
eighty-three years of age, oelerated
his birthday anlversary the othr
day by walking six miles to his
arm. husking 20 bushels of corn and
miking back to the city In time to
ast a ballot at the election bootlk
A TALL BUILDING
FOR GREENVILLE
TWO NATIONAL BANK8 ARE TC
ERECT DURING 1920 FINE
OFFICE BUILDING.
TALLEST IN 10 (US
Several Hundred Thousand Dollars ai
Bonuses Are Being Distributed to
Cottorf Mill Operatives.
Greenville.?Robert I. Woodslde
president of the Farmers and Mer
chants bank and~*l!he Woodslde Na
tional bank, announced that a corpor
ation to be known as the Woodsid*
Securities company would be organiz
ed immediately to erect a 16 storj
bank and office building on Mair
street here. Plans for the structure
have been perfected and the construe
tion is to begin in January with the
expectation that the building will b<
completed in about 11 months. Th<
building will be the talles tin the twe
CaroUnas. In connection with th<
building will be the tallest la che twe
holders of two banks will later con
elder the matter of consolidation of th<
Institutions so that the combined bankf
will occupy the new building and hav?
a capitalization of $1,000,000.
Several hundred thousand dollari
are being distributed among the opera
tives by cotton mills of Greenville ae
Christmas bonuses/ a large majoritj
of the mills in this section havini
adopted some plan whereby each em
ployee obtains a substantial bonus.
Camden.?Paul K. Sinclair an*
Charlie Marsh were painfully cut anc
bruised in an autornooue accident ul
Main street when a car crashed intc
them, knocking them through a plate
glass window.
York.?There is now under consid
eration by the local Masonic lodge t
plan to purchase the Rose hotel prop
erty and convert it into a handsome
Masonic hall.
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Sumter.?This season some of the
banks of Sumter have paid out ii
Christmas savings funds just aboul
$57,000. On account of the manj
drives during the year and the demanc
for placing savings in Liberty bonds
and war savings stamps, the banks die
no soliciting.
Sumter.?Richard I. Manning, for
mer governor, ha* accepted an appoint
ment from the secretary of the txeas
ury as a member^^the finance grouj
Df the Pan-Amer^Hj^nference. Gov
ernor Manning wnygoto Washingtor
for a meeting of thje group January 1(
and will be thereabout ten days.
Hartsville is the latest South Caro
lina town to acquire a post of the
American Legion. The application foi
the organization of the new post wai
received and approved at the statf
headquarters, being forwarded to th<
national headquarters from where th<
charter will be l?sued. R. R. McLeoc
is the organizer of the post.
Georgetown.??At a called meetlnj
3f the county executive committee
held in the court house, which wa!
crowded with people taking a deei
Interest In the proceedings, the que*
tion of the recent election on th<
stock law was taken up agaiu. Attor
ney Jennings of Sumter represented
the proponents of free range, and At
torneys Hines of Kingstree and Smitl
at Andrews, the opponents.
The contest of the election revolved
around the validity of the ballot at
Andrews.
Gaffney.?Local officers who ar<
not engaged in suppressing the whlB
key trafTic in Cherokee county an
busily engaged these days in servinj
papers which involve settlements be
tween landlords and tenants. Then
seems to be more of this class of lltl
gatlon this season than ever before
which can be attributed to the hlgt
price of cotton.
Searching for Absconders.
Qaffney.?Sheriff Thomas and his
deputies -were scouring the highways
and byways of Cherokee county in the
vain effort to locate a man by the
name of Childers from Gastonla. N. C.
and a woman with him who is a fugi
live from the state of North Carolina
It seems that the brother of Childers
went on the woman's bond for her ap
;jearance at the next term of the Gas
ton county supreme court, and thai
she and the brother of Childers lefl
Gastonia and came over into South
Carolina.
New Enterprise For Georgetown.
Georgetown.?A new and abundant
ly capitalized industry is about to b<
established In Georgetown, to be oper
ated under the name of the Pennsyl
vania Stave Company. This plant .ii
to manufacture barrels and staves or
a largo scale, and building ooerations
have already begun on the banks o
the Sampit river, hut several block.'
above the site of the great mills of th<
Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation
whose surplus lumber will be used it
addition to the large amount of lum
? l-u: ,?
u*;r uuiuuigo uuun i/ynvu.
Gambler Churchman Arraated.
Gaffney.?Officers C. T. Allison ant
Charles Byers, while looking for con
traband whiskey ndar the North Caro
Una line flushed a[covey of gambleri
In the woods near the store of Vlrgl
McCraw. All of the participants, botl
white and black, made Rood thei:
escape except a negro named San
Adams, whom the officers captured
Sam denied"bTtferl^ that he had beer
engaged in gambling but stoutly main
talned that he was on his way bom<
from church, whei j he holds an iiu
lorUnt off lee.
\
1?Radicals hoarding the "sov
ernl Pershing with some of the woui
which lay on n reef in the Straits of
with a cargo of wool worth $1,2300,(X
I NEWS REVIEW OF
it CURRENT EVENTS
i
President Proclaims Return ol
the Railroads to Their Own\
ers on March 1.
600D PROSPECTS FOR BILI
I First Shipload of Deported Reds or
I Its Way to Russia?Admiral Sims
1 1 Refuses Medal and Accuses Sec
1 | retary Daniels of Injustice.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD."
President Wilson, having been con
" vlnced of the dangers that would b<
1 Incurred If he carried out his an
* nounced Intention to return the rail
* roads to their owners on January 1
since congress could not or would not
pass the necessary legislation by thai
* time, yielded to the situation and or
1 Wednesday issued a proclamation set
t ting the date for the return as March
r 1. In the Intervening two < months
I he believes, the railroads and express
? companies should be able to prepar<
I adequately for the resumption of theli
i business under their ownership
and control. This action pleased suet
* i congressmen and railway officials as
* were Interviewed, and the latter ex
- pressed the belief that the roads
> would be ready by March 1, to carry on
* Of course they expect congress to en
i act suitable legislation and the inter
> state commerce bill to permit such
rate Increases as will make It pos
sible for them to borrow the monej
. for needed equipment, extensions and
? Improvements.
Immediately after the Issuance ol
I the president's proclamation Diree
i ! tor Oeneral Hlnes made an appeal tc
? ! all officers and employees of railroads
, to redouble their efforts to product
I the best and most economical railroad
service possible during the remnininj
period of federal control. This reallj
f was directed especially to the rallwaj
brotherhoods, which have been hold
J lng in abeyance their demands foi
}' wage Increases amounting to nearlj
a billion a year to see whether th(
j government's efforts to bring dowr
the cost of living would have, anj
I marked effect. They do not seem lm
pressed by the present success 01
{ those efforts and are growing restless
It remains to be seen whether thej
j will now wait much longer for th(
t decrease In prices, which the attorney
general has said are likely to begir
to appear next month.
The prospects for early legislator
i for the rpturn of the railroads to theli
owners hnve brightened very consid
* ernbly. The senate having passed th<
f Cummins bill, conferences began tc
adjust the differences between thai
' and the Esch bill passed by the house
" The clauses concerning wage adjust
' ment, the forbidding of strikes ar.r
1 voluntary or compulsory arbltratlor
presented tbe greatest difficulties. Tlu
conferees salil they hoped to makt
considerable progress before eongres:
1 reconvenes on January 5.
! Loud cheers, metaphorically speak
! Ing. sped ou Its way the depnrtint
transport Buford when at the begin
nlng of the week It started for Bo
rope. No one wanted over to see anj
1 part of the cargo come back, for thai
cargo consisted of 249 rabid and dan
" porous "reds" who were being deport
ed by Uncle Sam for his own sake
True to type, the radicals cursed tlx
1 United States venomously as thei
, were herded onto the vessel, ant
threatened awful deeds when they re
turn. They were headed by Ktnmr
- Goldman and Alexander Berkman
' who for many years have preachei
their unisonous doctrine In Americr
almost unhindered. The delectable
3 Kmmn shouted, ns she passed uf
i the ganaplauk: "This is the begin
! nine of the end of the T'nlted States.'
t Just where the unsavory gang Is t<
3 he landed wns unknown even to tlx
> captain of thp transport until hi
, opened his orders at sen. It was pre
1 mimed, however, that they would lu
- put ashore at a Finnish port nnd sen)
thence by rail to Russia.
j FIUME TO BE FREE PORT
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Italian Government Announces It!
Position as a Result of the
Plebiscite Taken.
In consequence of doubts regnrdlnf
the first plebiscite at Flume, anothei
1 was taken which resulted In 75 pei
" cent of the votes being cast In favoi
1 of the Italian government's proposal!
" relative to the future occupation oi
s the city, according to Glornnle d'ltalla
MaJ. Glurlatl, chief of Capt. Gabriel*
I
let arK," otherwise the transport Bu1
;i(|ed Yanks on whom he called will I
Magellan fur twenty years and recentl,
X).
If the Chicago Federation of La
was seeking a way to "get In bad'
could not have found a better one tl
In Its action Indorsing the work
Emma Goldman and Berkman and
I nounclng Its opposition to the dei
tntlon of aliens who are members
any union atliliated with the An
! loan Federation of Labor. No s
t ? ,1 ] AVAmnfUn
UlilZtMl (Jl'llltlHU If II 11IC CACI1I|7<.IWII
any "class" from punishment
crime was ever heard, at least
America. The decent citizens
America, who after all form the \
majority In the country', have she
plainly that they are tired of the
ien radicals and their vicious act
ties, and the sooner union Inhor i
1 ognizes that fact, the better for
As might have been expected. Willi
Z. Foster, erstwhile apostle of f
ilicnllsin and sabotage and organl
of the fizzled our steel strike, supp
ed the nntl-deportntJon movement
. the Chicago meeting. It is planner
extend throughout the land the p
to snve union men from "banlshm
. and exile."
A recent example of the work of
t ^radicals was revealed when the at
\ transport America bringing the pe
i commission from France, docked
Hohoken with 11 members of
i crew In irons charged with mut
and other crimes. The troubles, wii
t broke out on the eastward trip, w
> instigated by bolshevik and I. W.
agitators.
Admiral Sims, who common*
' America's naval fighting forces In
war, started what may develop I
' a real "navy scandal when he deem
' to accept the Distinguished Sen
medal awarded him by Secretary
the Navy Daniels. The admiral.
1 his letter to the secretary, accused
latter of injustice and discrlralnat
In making up the list of those to
ceive medals and navy crosses, i
, expressed his Indignation at the glv
of the medal to swivel chair offic
and to officers who lost their vesi
at sea under circumstances that ml
not he to their credit, while It 1
refused to others who displayed gr
hi a very and gallantry In coml
' Many of the latter, recommended
K the decoration by Admiral Sims :
approved by the board of awn
j were cut from the list by Mr. Danl
The admiral said such Injusthe wc
go far toward destroying the moi
of the navy and he did not wish
countenance It by accepting the m(
awarded to him.
" Secretary Daniels said there was
basis for the charge of favoriti
' that he was determined to decoi
7 every commander of a torpedoed s
' ?Ms son-in-law,. Commander Bag
Is In that category?and that the
1 Is not yet closed. It was said
Washington that the admiral's acl
\ was very likely to bring about a <
gresslonal investigation of the wl
[ matter.
)
t Great Britain will never consent
. separation of Ireland from the
- pire, but Is willing to give It the h
I est possible measure of self-govt
i ment and to give this at once. S
; was the statement of premier LI
? George to parliament, and he t
3 proceeded to give an outline of
home rule bill which the governn:
will introduce when parliament r<
- sembles. The measure will create
: legislatures somewhat on the Ar
- lean model, one for the southern i
- ? i 1 iU
or lroiiino IIIIU Hie UUIIIUII ? <1111
r pnrt of Ulster, and the otlier
t i'rotostant Ulster. Almve them will
- tne council of Ireland, elected by
- two legislatures. Tlie latter hot
have the power to combine at
? time without the consent of the I'
tsh parliament. All powers not
1 served to the imperial British par
- merit are given to the legislatu
i These reserved powers include pp
. and war. foreign affairs, the army
1 navy, defense, treason, trade out;
i of Ireland, navigation, wireless
> cable, coinage, trade marks. llj
? houses, and the appointment of
- higher judiciary until the leglslaft
' agree on a plan for the nppointm
> of judges. Also reserved are the
1 come tax. customs and excise.
? the excise may be reclaimed by
ihnd by agreement of the legislatu
1 Ireland Is to collect ail of the tn
t and retain all hut n fair contribut
to the Imperial expenses.
' ( d'Annunzlo's cabinet, is reported
j have resigned.
Vmi-onnnneo ctntn fho KoclQ r\f fl fTI
ment wns as follows:
The Italinn government will keep
Its possession the whole of the ar
, stlee line, reaffirming the right
p Flume to decide Its own fate. N
r is taken of the wishes of Flume as
p pressed Oct. 30. 1018, and renfflrr
3 Oct. 30, 1910, and It Is declared II
j will never accept any other solutl
Flume will receive financial ass
? nnce, so that It may be able to
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If , .. * " \
'<i |
I
ford, for deportation to Hussla. 2?Gene
in Chicago. 3?The Alejnndrlna,
y arrived at New York from Patagonia
bor The house of con mons as a whole
" It received the scheme with approval,
lian but there Is little hope that It will
of please any of the Irish factions. In
an- that fact, It Is said, lies the best
)or- chance of Its success. Lloyd George
of took occasion to say what he thought
ler- of the recent attempt to assassinate
uch Viscount French, lord lieutenant of
of Ireland. He declared It was not only
for despicable and dastardly, but one of
In the most foolhardy political crimes
of In history.
'RSt 1' .
>wn Delay of the Germans In signing the
protocol rendered futile the hopes of
'v'* the supreme council that peace would
rec" be proclaimed by Christmas. Though
the council had Indicated that It would
l&tn lessen Its demands for reparation for
!>'n* the scuttling of the interned German
i/.er ! ivnr viw?i>lc If flip nprrii!in<3 could
art" prove that they could not turn over the
'n material required, Von Lersner, chief
' to of the German delegation, felt It nec'an
essnry to carry the amended terras
ent to Berlin for submission to the government.
It was announced In Lont,,e
don that Premier Lloyd George would
go to Paris this week to confer with
are Clemenceau.
at __
the '
Addressing the chamber of deputies,
n* the French premier made the first
1 ( 1 authoritative statement concerning the
^re conference In London. The two prin*
.cfpal decisions made, he said, were
not to make peace and not to compromise
with the soviet government
ded of Russia. The allies were dcterthe
mined, he added to be the allies of
nto ad peoples attacked by bolshevlsm and
ned would maintain a barbed wire around
qce Russia, notubly by aiding the Poles,
of Roumanians and others along the
In frontiers. He expressed full confine
dence In the Anglo-Franco-American
Ion pacts and predicted a solution of the
re. Flume difficulty. The chamber theresnd
uP?n ?ave the government a vote of
Ing confidence, 158 to 71.
ers *
sels Really, the Flume dispute seems at
ght this writing to be on the eve of setivas
rlement. The Italian cabinet has ap eat
proved an agreement with D'Annunbat.
zlo on the basis of proposals made by
for the government. This. It was reportnnd
ed, was that Italy should keep in Its
rds. possession the whole of the armistice
els. line, reaffirming the right of Flume
iuld to decide Its own fate and assisting
rale It financially to resume Its activities
to under the regime of a free port. The
?dal recent plebiscite In Flume resulted
In 75 per cent of the votes being cast
i no in favor of the Italian government's
sm. plan for the future occupation of the
ate city. It was said that Captain D'Anihlp
nunzlo declared he would not accept
ley. this result and that he departed from
list the city.
In As for Russia, the bolshevik! seem
tlon to be getting along very well In a milton
itary way. They have beaten Petlura
iole and his Ukrainian army, and are said
to have cut off the retreat of Denlkine's
volunteers so that their only
to way ?' escaPe's 'nt0 Romania. The
em Esthonians and the bohshevlki, It Is
announced, agreed on the questions
?rn of frontiers and military guarantees.
uch
oyd A compromise proposal concerning
hen the peace treaty was formulated last
the week by Senator King of Utah, a Demlent
ocrat who supported most of the
pus- Lodge reservations. Taking these as
two a basis, he so modified the wording
nor- thnt he hoped It would be acceptable
mri to all the senators who favor the ratolie
ification of the treaty. Senator Hftchfor
cock was not so sanguine that the King
I he plan would solve the tangle.
the i
lies I The bituminous coal operators, af
nn.v tor registering an objection to the
irit- I statement that they had agreed to the
re- terms of the settlement with the strik liit
ers, have ncceped the agreement, at
res. least in the central competitive field,
'. tee The president named the commission
and that Is to Inquire Inro the situation
dde and determine wages ami conditions,
and lie appointed Henry M. Robinson,
eht- John I*. White and Rembrandt Pea'e.
the representing respectively the pnhl'c,
ires the miners and the operators. Allent
ready some of the larger operators ?
in- have let it he known that they Intend
but to pass on to their customers the 14
1 nili-nnpo In W!iff><s hilt the
res. 1 federal department of justice official?
xes say such action will result In proseIon
j cutfons If the consumer Is asked to
I pay more.
to establish Its life and resume Its activities
under a regime of a free port,
ree- The government will not accept any
solution tending to separate Flume
) In and the surrounding territory from the
ml- mother country, and meanwhile will
of occupy and guarantee the Integrity of
'ote Flume and Its territory with regular
ex- troops, which will he exclusively of
ned Italian nationality. The rights of the
aly local militia, which the city of Flume
Ion. has established, will be respected.
list
re Trouble knows no eight-hour day