The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 07, 1919, Image 6
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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8 C.
SHIPS SHIHEI Bt
E
f DREAONAUGNTS OF OUR NAVY
HAVE A NOVEL EXPERIENCE
W* OFF COAST OF MEXICO.
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COLLISION PRTERS SOUNDED
New Mexico Trembled From Bow to
Stern At If She Had Struck a
Reef; No Damage Done.
On Board U. S. S. New Mexico.—
$ix dreadnaughts of the Pacific fleet
were shaken severely by a double
earthquake shock 20 .niles off the
coast of the state of Colima, Mexico.
None of the warships reported any
damage.
The New Mexico trembled from bow
to stern as if she had struck an un
charted reef and the navigating offi
cer sounded “collision quarters" on
the flagship’s siren. Sailors in the
foretop said the basket masts of the
warships swayed like poplar trees In
a gale.
Officers on the quarterdeck hurried
to their posts and the crew and ma
rines took their places Meanwhile
all Watertight compartments on the
New Mei'co were closed and inspec
tio* parties were tent Into the holds
to see If there had been any damage
to the hull
CRUELTY TO AMgRlCANE
IN MEXICO DISC RISC O
MAJ. G£N. CHARLES H. MUIR
A new photograph of Maj. Gsn.
Charles H. Muir, who has been as
signed to temporary duty with the
chief of staff in Washington before
going to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as
commandant of the gsnersl service
schools. General Muir formerly com.
manded the Twentyeightli division In
Franco. ‘
sinus EMI
HI MSI E0MRIH6
PROPOSED FIVE WEEK RECESS
*BY HOUSE IS DEFERRED BY
REQUEST OF PRESIDENT
RilLWir CONDUDTORS CONFER
Interstate Commerce^ Committee Di
rects Federal Trade Commission
’V- to Insert Probe in Shoe Prices
MORE RONE!OR CHEAPER FOOD
- A non oi rrealty to
Mei*r<x. tavojrfsg the
Washington.—Developments ini the
efforts of the government to reduce
the high cost of living were:
The house at the request of Presi
dent Wilcon agreed to defer its plan
ned five weeks’ recess and consider
demands of railroad employees for in
creased wages.
The senate again discussed increas
ed living costs but postponed action
on the Myers resolution proposing re
duction in currency circulation.
The committee of three, appointed
to consider means of reducing living
expenses and report to the President
and cabinet began work.
The national officcis of the Brother-
hcod of Railway Conductors conferred
with President Wilson regarding In-
( reaa+d wages and the coat of living
I The hour e interstate commerce
committee reported favorably a reeo-
( lotion directing the federal trade com
I mission to investigate the increased
price of shoe* #
Vteeotwtkms end hills designed to el
is vials son It lion i of living were intro
of Congress
Of the half doses imps etna I dees I
MRS. MORTON F. PLANT
K
EFFEt! HE MU
GOVERNMENT MACHINERY WILL
INVESTIGATE THE CAUoE OF 1
CONTINUED HIGH PRICES.
DANDER IN SOGIAl UNREST
^Resolution to Sell Wheat Crop at Mar
ket Prices, Government to Make
Up Difference in Guarantee.
Mrs. Morton F. Plant, an active Red
Washington. — Governmental ma-
ch.nery was sot in motion in response
to demands from the public th^t some
official action be taken to relieve the
high cost of living. Prices, as they
affect the average citizen, assumed
first place in interest at the capital.
At the White Hbuso President Wil
son was said to be giving "deep and
EERUNEHI BUIE
GREENVILLE’S .SECRETARY OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS
IDEAS ON THE SUBJECT.
THE PIONEER ROAD BUILDERS
In Some Sections Farm Lands. Have
Advanced Fifty Per Cent Since
Construction of Better Roads.
Columbia.—Writing to a member of
the Richland Cbunty Permanent Roads
Association. F. M. Burnett; secretary
of the Greenville Chamber of* Com
merce says:
“Greenville *s the pioneer’ county dn
South Carolina in the matter .of per
manent road building. It was the first
county in the state to go into the
very thoughtful consideration" to j bnglne „ 0 n an extensive scale. *
problems presented to him and the I to whet Her or not the roads
Cross worker who was married administration by members baTe pajj us j w j|] sa y this: I do not
Col. William Hayward, commander of; 0 * railroad brotherhoeds, who rep- that there Is a citizen of
tit Fifteenth infantry, ths famous no- r c®uated that prices would have to g re * nT i|| e county who would be wlll-
gro regiment. | ccme down or wages go up If social ^ for rmmlT to t * U its present
utrest was not to develop into up- j fom6n , f tuch a thlnf possbile.
and go hack to the roads we hsd be
fore the present ones were built, even
though- the county was offered ten
URGES PRORPT RATIFICATION
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gueegwi council OhO« ••
RUMANIAN AllSiV TO gTO#
The eeprvsse teter e4
s ssMses* to the Re
snwy slewg th* Tbs Res nvwr
Its edveture ■(oe hadsyest
The covhr T t hetg ee f • w
BaI meetisg Wit Us Member* eager!*
awaited further rommanKstioa from
th * hew HungsruD § »ernm*nt ia
Budapest
Th# not# which ths supreme roun
«tl cocnmuntcated to the new Hun
garian government through the Ital
ian mission in Budapest was temper
ate In tone, showing that ths disposi
tion on the pert of the peace confer
ence to assist the Hungarian people In
woeheci sf
•WMKNhifH
. f te cm
rsgweess ef (he fwllrael
the revigy and bs etedy
by ter the
FAVORABLY ItiWACaiCO
BY WlLBOATB BCOU8BT
F^tsset Wsfss sed l««eA»ee Net Cem>
rw«Meveeie With FreeeM Ceets ef
the NesseeRHee ef Life.
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^ ♦•iisg'oe — The sftsemef’ve «f
• ««ram*nl ;<t«oa to forr* does tho
r«w< o4 U* eg mm mi A*maed by (ho
ra w4 eag a«era mi eowetry few
shetbev le^rwees M wages was pro
eo««o4 U Fr*s-4ost * **. « a? W *r**«
• |i«eo r f es4 «bwf mi the Bewtbee
h *.4 mi LeKoMs4«ve Kas ***** eed
»«av*f rf the h***h#eba*dt ed*w
f*iMa itasg fwhrtaehsh eeeshed bp the ; Chbraga <OB neci sd the ChlnBP
sdeieegy heard es As veewai seeesiad BNsnvt ewahsM sd tha FhOesvied
as i hseebshA Ms BMMPh Pi e peepeswd BN^mrA s aahsm wherh eaNad • aa
saeissaeal read tw the fYeeagewA Bh tiea wide essM* «d wBarey she# • < ef%
«Dared the! whAs the gstfewB sag* *Fh weea ts sesehdy Mepweeaad hp
i 1 f mil itfiT- 1 -whMaed jp; Ff^BI Wmm\ B^WI ^Bl
* «W* • repaseS aa w-eeaas bs the ^^eais s MMMaM
i Mewacmg veas sd hem*" they wmw -rweiawa 1st eai
mi the *peaa*w thai the lews mesagy rmpmmu veee sese«*eg th
h* (M s.<«siww eed Me thsl w«M re (Fessigswl had ia—esSsd that say
sett te idi sag the beegea sadev e he b (IhFBBBB^^b^lMBjl^BIjRIjliJl^J
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t%* poeee»sseet h* ’*•• * • -»e s4e
a*e'* »•<••** •• **4*^* the * mm* *4
t%* ******f *« mi life t* • ts*r« that
t%« ? - ^ ‘ •*#•• **4 *a«t »w mi the
Bsys Adoption ef Obligation But Far-
Hatty Discharges Debt te France
The! Nothing Can Fay In Full.
-The special treaty
pcomlstag immediate
that rape bite Jb re
j ideal wUoaa
la hip meeaage argiag fat: Bret tea
E tha Pveaftdeat declared' th# prwaMM "a
! temporary eagpiemeat' la the treaty
’ a Mb Oe* ass 7 aad tha Nagae ad ha
1 oaas saeaaaat, deegraed la give
Fvaara pretes t*ea la ee aMmeg^Nfr
heal BfBBlMMB ®ha adPPM ad ttB
*l * He gwmaed esd Chet a
hsavsl
In the senate and hous<
tion gave rise to. severs!
to investigate ths cause
price levels, another to
volume of currency in ci?c
n.eaas of Jeffsttag prices
quest the sttaraey garner
specvUtloa Ut foods oa
aad soother to sell t* ‘
crop at market pnet
1 govern west gner
race te he mv'i't eg
ateeL
Attaraev Oeaeral P«Jsaac
aA.MR^un*4 p hem he
#’«*• W']«*d t.i k s , »e f**r • g**'
caealaa ad high roots ead the heel
methods te parses bS sder t a foder
ima
Altec a foaecsi tsfh bmeiag ee arty
three haam the raafesaaca 4 Mead
ed ia meet sga a, prshahiy aeai e*oa.
fee Pert he* remaset
the situs-
resolutions
of existing
reduce the
irrulatlaa ss a
res. oa# to ra
se rsl to stop
mi exchanges^
s year's wheat
last eed ef at
toe. tho ddfer-
I T th# g >*
met
r
*
times whsf It psld to hslld them To
be fslr with yoa. I do not believe that
mosey could buy. our roads If we were
told thsl ws could sot rep’see them,
but woe Id hsve ta go t#rh to tha
roads ae hsd hefocu oar permanent
highways were built And sue old
reeds w*re ae worse than years
"Tbrm lead la Oreeavtlle r.*u«*y
has sdvaaeed soar IP per real is • ym - 0
sectleas alare the rwautrarHea ad the
II advaared ti every
k t % •
fhedtsp—TW
rttv la taepo aaa
petNtana asateg
ase*sg sd heads
aerss pmrpeaea
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4 aMHI
Nffrn WOOOSSffN BATCB
iPPffCTlVC 4ANUABY.
ihirsge At the B>«rreiga Camp
m*e<*sg mi the Weodakea ad the
M ertd epee the emphatic reeasamoadh
tma mi Aesecetga « oeseiaafev Praase
s roadjasimsat ed rstee has heaa ssada
te isk* eg erf Jeaeery 1. Ibid Hera
after se sew appitratleae wtll ha writ
tea egrept spoa tdeqaete rstee er
ror 4 lag te the riper wore ef the order.,
TWe la lh
keows ss *i
rates" and is mads seres aery by the Germans
laws ad iff state*
Ths old members will have some
lien upon thvlr policies and wtll roe
cootlnus at old rates with modiffed
policies.
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said (hap meaid roes * m Brm
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TW srrKbe >naedmd ^
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PCOAiff OF INff* ASKffB
OF BhuTAL TBCATMCNT
» radev prs nave from the
sal sate the Oermaas appear ta have
ska a Am sd IW t -agewag hepe sd pet
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themsefoae aad are withdraw mg the*#
tpSL •
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af reafftrt between tW s sad
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hrwtal treat meat sd Amerwaa sailtsfs
m tW prtaaa camps ad Pteeaa do
scribed ta mums rases aa aaneahCMg
ta a sr seem af kertare, reepeeeihdity
fur which ass plsrsd by the etie*eeee
ea high army egic^ra. were roksled
the caagvouaieaml eebeuPMett
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have
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danger ef ceafflct between the
sad Uthaaalass Is lea
Inffttesca oa the Utter In bets*
moved.
•Land eg a force ef t |ga state troops
aag t house ads ad paficwsaoe wW wore
oa or me daty aa the eoeikside a ogre
smww — •
Three dud of ballet wewadh msi
^ RIBOLUTION MADE TO AMAgM ,Bf lh *“ ,,,T * ‘
CENTURY OLD SENATE CUSTOM
r* * ■ m
eaaaty
ty demeaetratiea ageat
(Temeea CefWgo ta ft
here ta If veetRgste the
affaafa
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I rwsahee
• Nag rewa
has ashed
ss es pari
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tlaary
Foies
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systems af th#' JL
soggeet proper
trout asm
SPANISH CONVOYS ARE
ATTACKED BY TRIBESMEN.
PRESS ASSOCIATION INDORSES
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
STRIKE OF 490 000 SHOPMEN
IS BELIEVED TO BE AVERTED
V r- *| C* *‘ ft*
smbts ef the cummlttee af
mlsstous for the Fresh*!*
of Sceth Csrollss. of wht
B Otllespis. D. D. od Torh
an effort to create a stshle government
under the direction the new pre
mier, Jules Peidell,
*
BICKETT REPiXeS TO
CHICAGO PAPER’S WIRE
i.
Raleigh. —Cfo vemor T. W. Blckett,
answering a/Q uer y of a Chicago news
paper sayV that North Carolina can
absorb ^£(>00 negroes who want to
return 'rom Illinois to the South un
less tt^ey have become tainted or in
toxicated with dreams of social equal
ity of political dominion.
COMPLETE TIE-UP
OF ALL RAIROAD8
Chicago.—A complete tie-up of the
railroads of the country is very proh-
'able, In the opinion of M. L. Havver,
president of the Chicago district coun
cil of the Federate Railway Shop
men’s Union. He declared the strike
Is ipreadlng rapidly and that the un
rest among railway workers is so gen
era] that the movement has ovar
whelmed the international officers of
the various unions Involved
Tangier. Morocco—Raiaulis forces
are continually attacking Spanish con
voys, rendering the provisioning
the military posta very difficult
troops are kept always on the alert
by the sniping of Spanish camps
which at times is so heavy that artik
lery is employed against tribesmen
concealed behind rocks and brush
wood.
On several occasions the convoys
have only succeeded In reaching their
destination by a barrage of shells be
ing fired from each side of the track.
100 OR MORE AIRPLANES
ARE WANTONLY DESTROYED
Wilmington.—After an hour and a
half of heated discussion the Press
association adopted a resolution com-
°f mending the covenant of the league
The 0 f nations by a rote of S3 to 3.
The debate was led principally bv
R. F. Beasley and W. O. Dowd, the
latter of Charlotte, who spoke for the
resolution. And Parker R. Anderson,
who strenuously fought the proposal.
Following the vote on the resolu
tion. Mr. Anderson moved that the
resolution be given unanimous appro
val and this was done and will be
Washington.-—The century old sen
die custom of considering treaties lx
secret session wtll be broken whet Wshlngton—Officials of tha six rafl-
the long pending Colombian treaty It road shop employees unions aad 6f
taken up. Tbiq decision was reachec the railroad adrainistrution expressed ,
by unanimous consent of ths senstt ; confidence that the strike of 4C0.000
membership. shopmen throughout the country had
The agreement for open sessions been averted by telegrams sent* out
regarded possibly aa forecasting pun- calling off the strike.
lie consideration of the peace treaty ! .
the Franco-American agreement and
subsequent treaties, followed unani
mous approval by the foreign rela
tions committee of the Colmobia con
vention calling for payment to that
nation of $25,000,000 as claims growinf
-NTf’ hoasa
♦an ■ vs off
ti Rev K
Is chair
man steps wars taken to greatl? ad
vance ths Interest of this work bv
tbs slectlon of Rev W' H Mtley. D.
D., ss svsngellst for the synod.
wired to the President.
BANKING LAW IS AMENDED TO
ASSIST IN COTTON CARRYING.
Washington.—The house of repre
sentatives passed a bill amending the
out of the partition of Panama.
BRITISH ROYAL ASSENT
GIVEN TO TWO TREATIES.
London.—Royal assent was given
to the German peace treaty and to the
Anglo-French treaty, which thus be
comes law. *
SECRETARY BAKER REQUESTED ONE HUNDRED SHIPS BUILT
TO SELL SURPLUS SUPPLIES ON GREAT LAKES ARE SOLD
Washington.—One hundred steam-
is. *o ships built on the Great Lakes during
wranglfe. the house adopted a resolu- K *
the war have been sold by the ahlp-
New York —A “million dollar fire”
fn which 100 or more serviceable air
planes were destroyed by order of ,
American army officers was describ- bank,n * laws in tw0 Particulars so as
ed by several witnesses who appeared facilitate the carrying of cotton ^ delay surplus food products held by Corporation of New York for approx
before the house sub-convmittee which and other perishable marketable sta- the war' department and. valued at imately $80,000,000. This probably is
Washington.—After an all night
vranglfe. the house adopt
tarr Baker to place on sale without !"- f ^“Anderici OTerteas
is investigating cruelties to prisoners pies to a more liberal extent than has , ji20.000,000.
and other alleged armv irregular!- heretofore prevailed Representative
The hearing was conducted by Repre- Stevenson, of South Carolina. Intro-
sentative Royal C. Johnson, of South duced bills looking to this end. in con-
Dakota, and Representative Bland, of sequence of requests from the South
Indiana. Carolina Cotton Association v
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
BY EXPLOSION IN ITALY
ABBOCIATION DELEGATES TO WORLD CONFERENCE OF LABOR
PAY FULL FARE TO MEETINGS IB TO MEET IN WASHINGTON
the largest ship sale on record, the
th. resolutio nwa. 26S ^ ri »* ld ln , “ n » u “ 0 ‘“« <Ua1 '
and the vessels will eventually pass
Into French and Italian ownership.
Delivery of the skips wtll commence
August 10. ; - . *
The vote on
to 4 and was taken after the house
had rejected, 160 to 114, a substitute
resolution.
NELSON FAVORS LEAGUE
“WITH RESERVATIONS*
SENATOR OVERMAN HAS NOT
CHANGED SUFFRAGE VIEWS
Taranto lUly—High power vx pi oa
red. aalff by tb# police to hove
laddff by raff teals la order to
Wash ingtOD--The ratlroaff ad minis
tration handed down an Important da
etaioa whan It refeeeff to grant reffae-
dff or esenretoa retaa for iba
dff tbs
Washington —Bo that the first i
Inge of the international labor.
Washington—Announcing hie sup Washington — Senator Overman
urt of tbo longue of nations wttb haa not changed bit vtewe on
luffrego Boom fellow called
aalff In tbe annate and asked kirn If bn
be ronaiffaref aema eon of e amgaxtne etary. tbo
* in protect America# bim bo
Rock Hill—Two additional school
buildings, a grammar school for wMte
children, and a public school for ne
groes. will be erected in Rock Hill
within the near future, according to
announcement made by Dr. Myron
Sandifer. chairman of the board of,
trustees for the Rock Hill school
trict. The buildings will be erf
with funds obtained through the re
cent sale of school bonds In/the sum
of $75,001).
d of
>1 d}/
p erred
Killed by Falling Shed. #
Spartanburg.—lAfbert Burrell. 11
years of age, was almost instantly
killed when a shed under, which a
innmher of boys were playing, fell to
the ground. The shed *#ae prop?.
erty of the Southern Paving & Con
struction Co., being used by that com
pany while paving was going on a few
weeks ago.
The other boys under the shed at
the time escaped without serious in
jury. The lad was extricated from
the debrta and placed in an ambulance
but died enroute to the hospital.
Builds 1400 000 Addition.
Rock HilL—In order to Increase Ite
output sufficiently to mart the de
mo 1 for Anderson cars, tbe Ander-
sea Motor Company of tkle city wMl
an additional plant which will
the company to' manufacture
a day Tbe present aatpat M
b far