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THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, g. C. cmeiEot ms IN FRANCE AMERICAN SHIR BUILDER BAYS HE It WILLING TO RETURN TO AMERICA. POLICE ACTED UPON BEQUEST French Authorities Claim They Will Detain American Financier Until Embaeey Receives Extradition. Mlea Anne Mathews Elected to the Highest-Salaried Office a Woman Ever Held in This Country. New York.—To be of the greetest service to her community and her country, the married wopan should keep herself Informed on questions of public interest and never allqw herself to become indifferent to*pol- Itlcs.’. *, This was the opinion of Miss Anne Mathews, democrat, elected to the highest salaried office a woman has ever held in this country. She was the successful candidate / in New , York county for the office of register, a post paying $12,000 a year. The salary of Alice Robertson, congresswoman from Oklahoma, is only $7,600 a year. Miss Mathews ran on a platform IPPINE5 iST mm DHCIDE5 LESS Left New York on Way to Havana. Fought Hereieally at Argonne;, Would Not Surrender. WOOD AND FORBES CONCUR IN ' o REPORT THEY SUBMIT TO PRESIDENT HARDINa Havre—French police officials, fol lowing a conference with American I the chief plank of which called for Consul General Ingraham, allowed Charles W. Morse to land here upon his arrival from New York on the •tedmer Paris when the American shipbuilder agreed to return on the same ship next Monday, provided he was not arrested. Before the ship docked, Mr. Morse, who had heard his presence in Amer ica was desired by Federal authori ties Investigating his shipbuilding con tracts during the war, had expressed business woman for a business Job.” She will admit no sex disqualifications for political positions but has no pa- CURING YEAR 1920 MUST COME SUPEMU ♦ "Lack of Success in Some pe^artments red Proof Should Not b* of Essentii Incapacity. 1 tlence with the society dilettanti that their hands," former Major General have invaded the realm of women’s politics. "The butterfly woman is use less in politics " d^e said. The office of register is not pictur esque. Ml«> Mathews will have juris diction over a force of 144 workers, the majority of whom are men. The register's office records transactions his willingness to return volunUrUy, i n real estate *nd other activities and this request was complied with requiring official record, and keeps a when he had reassured the French gi e 0 f notaries public signatures, officials that he would not oppose re- "i do not propose to change the pol- turntng immediately to America if he icles now being followed In the office," were not placed under arrest. a he explained. Morse took up quarters in the Con- "Women have the Inherent ability tlnental Hotel here escorted by French which fits them to discharge any pub- Inapector Algouy, and he will remain || c function as well as men can do it. there until the Paris is ready to sail. Frequently they are handicapped by “I am willing to return to America lack of business experience. Women by the first boat and I have so wired dnce the beginning of time have been the United States District attorney.” keeping the home and raising the chll- he told the correspondent on board dren. while men have had unlimited the Paris ! opportunity to engage in civic affairs. 'T am over here because of ill- , New York. — Secret brooding over memories of M* experiences in the war, from .whtch^lie' emerged one of America’s greatest individual heroes, was ascribed by friends and relatives of Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey cause of his taking his life hile on the way to Havana Leaving several letters, presumably explaining his act, the commander of the "Lost Battalion" disappeared from the steamship Toloa, 24 ^ hours out from New York. His intimate friends had no idea he was making an ocean voyage. Colonel Whittlesey had been de- Washington—The Philippine Islands fpressed for some time. The last blow, friends said, more trying than the rest, was in Washington a fortnight ago when he took part in the funeral services for America’s unknown sol dier. He returned from the capital more depressed than before the haunt ing visions clearer than ever, bear ing him down. There he met hun dreds of former friends and had mark ed anew the gaps in the ranks of the men he loved. Colonel Whittlesey’s name leaped Into world-wide prominence overnight through his retort to the German of- TNE SAFEST CITY FOR WHICH FIG0RE9 WERE JABULATED WAS ROCHESTER, N. Y. should remain in their “present gen eral status” until the people there “hpve had time to absorb and thor oughly master the power' already in Leonard Wood, now Governor Gen eral, and W. Cameron Forbes, former Governor General, say in their reports to President Harding; based on their six months’ study of condition^, in the islands. , s "We are convinced.’’ they say, "that it would be a betrayal of the Philip pine people, a misfortune to the Amer ican people, a distinct step backward fleer who called on him to surrender in the path of progress end discredi- after he was surrounded in the Ar- table neglect of our relationship there 1 gonne. without giving the Filipinos the best For four days and nights his com- chance possible to have an orderly mand, the First battalion. 308th in- and permanently stable government, fantry, 77th division, had lain under l “We feel that with all their m%ny fire, cut off from aid. without food or excellent qualities, the experience of fresh water. AH but 87 men had been the past eight years, during which killed or wounded they have had practically autonomy. Blindfolded and under the protee- has not been such as to Justify the tion of s white flag, a German soldier people of the United States In relin- stumbled Into the American strong qulshing supervision of the govern- point. ment of the Philippine Islands, with- "Surrender.” he cried, "in the name k ... , A buB,n « M training is a great asset drawing their army and navy and of humanity." and he told how. from w. IT. T. ‘ for • ny pubUc t"*** or woman leaving the Island! a prey to any pow- the German trenches the agonised The person who has been employed »rful nation covering their rich soil cries of the American wounded could understands best how to givs the peo- and potential commercial advantage*^!** htsard. Hut roluael W ’pfe full value for their* money and These observations of the investl- meft«n*«> to the enemy was not that he how to get the greatest quantity and gators are contained In the "general would lay down his arms "You go to best quality of work from those under conclusions’* and “recommendations" hall." hPsaUt. h, “ o *® **>• report which was made A few hours later American reserves People who are compelled to work, pabllc. The complete report, cover- stucked all along the line, the Oer counsel especlslly if they like their vocation. | D g 100 typewritten pages, will be nuns were pushed back and the little ■ r ® th * W6 *A Public officials. 1 be- made public later The "general con band of survivors saved The Havre police were instructed llevt there are a great many poesl- elusions" are as follows: by the secret service of the French bllltlee for the married woman in po- "Ws find the people happy, peace- 1 minister of Interior to arrest Charles lltlcal relee—the woman .who has fnl and la the mala prosperous and Morse. American shipbuilder end raised children that have gone their keenly appreciative of the benefits of Mar. as soon as he landed from wsy. who retains her yoathfnl enthu American rale the liner Paris The Instructions were slastn. buL after years U isolated do^ -w, find everywhere among the neat by telephone to return even at the expense of Jeo pnrdltlng my life” Police Cemmieetoner PefciaJ. was enjoying luncheon In the dining rooms of the Parle as a guest of Mr. Morse, told the correspondent that he syonld take Mr Morse ashore and de liver him to the American general MEMPHIS STILL IN THE LEK!) Of Largest Cities Boston Had, ths ^Lowest Rate, New York Second and Chicago Third. there is no mlsuklng the mounting pessimism in most quarters over the prospects or the presence conference. New York. — Homicides In the United State* during ISgO totalled ap-^ proxlmately 9,000, a decrease of 600 from the 1919 record, according to a computation by Frederick L. ’Hoffman, third vice-president and statistian of the Prudential Life Insurance Com-, pany of America. The figures, made public through The Spectator, showed Memphis, Tenn., still in the lead with a killing record of 63.4 persons for every 100,- 000 population. The safest of 31 cit ies for which figures were tabluated was Rochester, N. Y., where the rate was but 1.3 for pvery 100,000. In general, the tables showed that Southern states, with large negro pop ulations, had the highest homicide rate, and that the proportion of ne groes alain Asa from three gnd a half to seven times that of whites. The average was slightly in excess of four to one. ^ • Tabulation* for the period 1916-1919, grouped geographically, showed the New England states to be most law- abiding. so far as homicides was con cerned. tgith a rate of 2 8 for each 100.000. The Southern groan had the highest rate. 10.8. In the Middle At lantic states the rate was fi.l; Central ■ Beehg Mauntain eiefi 9.4. and Pacific states 9 2. Of the larger cities. Boston had the lowest rate. S.l; New York was sec ond with 59: the Chlcavn rate was 10 I; San Francisco. 7.9: Phllsdelrhls. It: St. Louts. 12<; and Cleveland. its. — BUT TREACHEROUS ' - . • -- - * Next Dose May Salivate, Shock Liver or Attack Your Bones. • , •- ■ % It’s meiw You know what calomel is. eury; quicksilver.'-Calomel is danger ous. It crashes Into sour bile llk#- dynamtte, cramping and sickening you*. Calomel attacks Uie bones and should never be put lnt6 your system. . If you feel bilious, headachy, -consti pated and all knocked out. Just go to- your druggist and get a bottle of Dod son’s Liver Tone for a few cents which is a harmless vegetable substitute for* • dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful and If It doesn’t start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker' than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you Just go back and get your; money. Don’t take calomel! It makes y sick the next day; It loses you ajdfiy’p- work. Dodson’s Liver Tone straighten* you right up and you feel great. No- salts necessary. Give It to the children because It Is perfectly harmless and; can not sallrat6—Advertisement —T What Did Hs Mean? “I long for the kind of a man who- 'P«Uld love and protect me alwaya,** she murmured, “one who w-ould un derstand, a man who would kneel In. the dust to kiss the hem of my skirt,’*' her voice trolled dreamily. "Clorlne, dear," said the - young man, earnestly, “It wouldn’t he neces sary for him to kneel In the dust" MOTHER! CLEAN CHILD’S BOWELS WITH CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Pessimism Over Prospects. Washington —Despite the fact that ao one takes very seriously the pos sibility of a break between tbs United meet leal lr. ta oat of touch with cur rtriettaa FIHpiaoe‘the'dMlreTor T* SUtes sad Japeu over the na-al ratio The Preach police acted upon the rent areata. Many medical men told dependence generally under the pro- it of the American embassy, that the female brata. under auch tectloa of the United states, which received belated instructions rlrcumaUncee. retrogresses beyoad re- "We And a general fallnre to ap- to obtain the arrest and detention of covery. This theory is ridiculous. 1 ^ predate the fact that independence - - More# The heail. of the esc ret aer- rent* refute it sclent Iflcnlly, but I under the protection of another an- Women as Traffls "Cepe. . ▼toe here era not certain whether know many women who have come tion la not true Independence New York—Women traffic "cope" the Havre police received instructions hack after raising tnmilias. Children -We find that the government Is »»<*• tk«lr how to the New York la time to apprehend Mr Moras, but should broaden s woman, never cramp not reasonably free from these under pabllc At ail iatereoctioas la tba vi | they are relytag upon the American her Of course, the mind becomes | r tng rouses which result la the de- clalty of public schools, women police ,a Havre to shadow flabby through disuse, but the married structloa of government reserves are oa duty. until the police arrive. Ths womans mental sluggishness Is no -We And that the people are not . — Te Launch Offensive. Madrid —tfpaalsh torcee la Morocco will begin n general movement against the Moors, columns operating simul taneously from Mellila and Tetuan. French authorities say they will hold greater than that which afflicts any otganlsed economically nor from the the American financier until the em one after years of mlad tnerta ” standpoint of national defense te baaay receive, papers formally de- (maintain an independent govern Denver Judge Receives Threats. • Denver. Colo —Judge Royal R. Gra ham. sitting la the Denver Juvenile court la the absence of Judge Ben Lindsey, has not only set Colorado la a white hot debate oa a most off Ira clous method of birth control, but has received numerous threats of bodily Injury from the Italian colony of this city because It was reported that he had ordered the sterilisation of Mra Clyde Coeeldeate. who was haled Into court for failure to take care of her five child his extradition It was impossible for an American warship to intercept the Curia, as there are no American vessels In maintain Americans Attacked In Vienne. ment. Vienna —In the widespread rioting "We find that the legislative cham which took place la Vienna many bars are conducted with dignity and Immediately upon the arrival from _ Americana staying at the hotels were decorum tad are compoeed of repre- Spain of General Bergnguer. high French or British porta, all on this side attacked and some of them were sub- sentatlve'tnen. commissioner, according to the Dario | Atlantic being in the Medlter* jected to rough treatment. Mra. "We find that the leek of success la Universal. *" Trirr * ^ . Hand, the wife of a colonel of the repain departments should not be con- — 1 ■ * United States army, and her daughter, sldered proof of essential Incapacity ‘ Landis to Decide Babe Ruth Case. Increase le Fublle Debt. were robbed of fura and. clothing, but on the part of Filipinos, but rather aa Chicago.—Judge Kenneaaw M Laa- Washington. Aa Increase of about on the same floor. Colonel and Mra. Indicating lack of experience and op- baseball commissioner, will an- $140 000 oi)0 in the public debt during Miller. U. 8 A., displayed the Amari-• portunlty and especially lack of la- nounce his deciaton In the Babe Ruth the month of November wae- an- can flag and spoke English, and the spectlon. case within a day or two. Ruth vlo- aounced by tfca treasury At the end. rlotert withdrew from their room, -l—snsi - tinted one of the rules of the major Even a sick child lovee the “fruity* aste of "California Fig Syrup." If tb» Uttle tongue le coated, or If your child in listless, cross, feverish, full of cold, or ban colic, give a teaspoonful to cleanse the Uver and bowels. In a few hours you can see for youraelf bow thoroughly It works all the constipa tion poison, sour bile and waste out of the bowels, and you have a wall, play ful child again. * * Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea* spoonful today saves a tick child to morrow. Ask your dmggtst for geno me "California Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of ell ages printed rai bottle. Mother I You must any "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup.—Advertise L Six Drawn In Rlvtr. Toledo. O.—Mr. sad Mra. Joseph A. Roekuskl end tkeir flve-yearold daughter, end Mr. end Mra. Bernard K. Layer sad their daughter, aged | four, were drowned when the sedan la which they were riding slipped off the river road Into eight feet of water in the Miami-Erie canei at Water- villa. of October the public debt stood ai 9tMM,140,499.49. as compared with $11,919.016.71$.17 oa November 30. Insurgency le Troubling Klan. Atlanta. Ga. — Insurgent forces la the Ku Klux Klsn which are deter mined to overthrow the oligarchy hkhded by Edward Charles Clarke. Im perial kleagle and . klallff, claim to ! Fire Cauwe Lose of 9300.000. ,. # . ... In J..I on Liquor Chor,.. nucrold. Oo. - Fire of undotor- ^ *“«’ ,h ' wor " 1 * *«*•■ ^Louisville. Ky. Judge Thad Cheat- m | ne d. or igi n caused a loss of $300,000 e « c ^ _ ham. county Judge of Spenctr county, nrnnortv tn h«*rt nf Esther of Former Governor Dead. Six Peraone Killed In Wreck. | (^Kentucky, i* m Jail here, following thlH cltv b( , for<> tt brought under ' na y ton > Ohio.—Gilbert Cox father Portiood. Or. - Sli por.on. .oro h u orroot ot Toylorovlllo. Krnluck, ^ br0 "‘ 1 “ UB ' ler of form.r Cov.roor J.mo. M. Cox. ^±hliguea by taking part m a hamvtorm- hare recalved the support dt^Saveral '— “ “ “ 1 southern states and many klana In killed In a head-on collision between He was arrested in connection with the eastbound Portland Sopkane Llm-^ the disappearence from the court lied and the westbound Oregon Wash- house of 250 cases of whiskey., lagton Limited trains on the Oregon- Waahlngton Railroad and Navigation company, two miles east of Celllo. Insurance of Dozen Husbands. Chicago.—At least twelve husbands, died at his home in Camden. Ohio, after a protracted illness. He was 88 Italian Destroyer Sinks. .years of age. London. — The Italian destroyer ^ Centrauro has gone down Tn the Harding Hopes For Agreement. Mediterranean off the port of Adalia Washington.—Adoption of a definite who served in the army or navy, are duri Q8 a storm, according to a dis- agreement for future meetings to dis credited to Mrs Helen Drexler, of P atcb from Brindisi to the Daily Mail, cuss world problems Is hoped for by I President Harding before the arms Little Hope For Peace. London. The eyes of all those in- Waukegan, Ills., the champion coilect- terested in Ireland now are fixed on or of government • allotment checks. Hundreds of Persons Drowped. Dublin, seat of the Dali Eireann, as according to federal authorities who Manila.—The entire town of Ibajay, they were early in the week on Bel- had her in custody. She is alleged to in te province of Capix. wajs inundat- fast, the center pf Ulsterism. Ail the have married husbands from, many dif- ed by a tidal wave and many houses Sinn Fein peace delegates now have ferent parts of the country, divorced with their occupants were swept out left London to meet with the Dali none and received approximately $400 to sea, according to constabluary Eireann cabinet for consideration of a month from the government for ! headquarters here. It ia said the.town that .before the delegates separately conference ends.^. Although the President does not pro pose to introduce formally the subject into the negotiations here until the naval and far eastern discussions have reached a decision, he does expect the government’s last proposals for settlement of the age-long strife be tween England and Ulster. Lloyd George Plans to Sail. London. — Prime Minister Lloyd George, it was learned, is definitely planning to leave England for the United States December 12 to attend the Washington armaments confer ence. the past three years. She never ob tained a divorce from any of them, she says. of Macato, in the same province, albo they will agree on a plan b$*||Ltiich was submerged by a tidal wave and j similar discussions wdll take place in the west. Arbuckle Jury Fella to Agree. San Francisco, Calif. — After 41 hours of deliberation, the jury, com posed of seven men and five women, which tried Roscoe C., Artmckle on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe, was discharged when It was unable to agree upon a verdict. more than a hundred natives drowned. Leaa Unemployment Now. Washington. — The number of the aatlon’a unemployed has decreased by more than a million during recent weeks, according to an estimate of the National Conference on JJnem- ployment. To Head Off Morse. Washington. — The department of justice was understood to have askedl the navy department to send a de» stroyer tc intercept the French liner Paris and bring back .Charles W. Morse, of New York, who was be lieved to have left the country in the face of a grand jury investigation. Cancel Ford’s Coal Schedule. Washington.—Reduced rates on coal which Henry Ford attempted to put the future. . / Workmen Beljjtved Burled. New York.^-Fifteen or twenty work men were believed to have been killed into effect on his railroad, the Detroit, i when a new theater, in the course of Toledo and fronton, were further sujb- i construction at Bedford and Park ave?. pended by the interstate commerce commission. To Inspect Muscle Shoals. Detroit. — Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford left here for Muscle Shoals, Ala., where they will make a Royal Couple XTvlhg Quietly. Funchal, Island of Maderia.—Form er Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun- the ifnt month hrimghl aoma encour^ living here quietly in their exile. Army Aviators Killed. Lawton. Okla.—Four army aviators. Situation in Mexicd Improved. W r ashington—Although Mexico’s Re adjustment process" continues to have a “distressing” effect on economic conditions in that country generally, agement. Control Chicago Egg Market. ijblcagoc-An egg pool, formed by thoroogh inspection of the nitrate and ^ which they were performing combat $30,000 a day, Russell J. Poole. City announced by the War Finance Cor water power projects which the De- duty drills collided while at an altl- food expert, announced following an poration. They included: South Car- trolt manufacturer proposes to lease tude of 2.000 feet from the government. two officers and two privates, were three Then,.controls the egg supply of killed when the two airplanes in Chicago and makes a profit of about nues, Brooklyn, collapsedi acordlng to police reports. Barbed Wire Telephone Lines. — • Mclntohh, S. D —Barbed wire fence telephones are being installed in two communities in this county that have never had a telephone. County Agent 0~ M- Oaborne-reports. Plans are be ing furnished by his office. Over Two Million In Loans. Washington. — Approval of £7 ad Vances for agricultural and'live stock purposes, aggregating $2,605,000 wa* Typhus Sweeping Russia. -Typhus is sweeping Rne- Ma with Increasing violence, especial )v In the Odessa Baku. Tnrkwtnii and i Teton rflgln—. where the famine la ea- and investigation covering two weeks. olina. $87,000 and Georgia $99,000. Four Firemen Killed. Cargo "Through Panama Canal.^- Urges Retention of Pay. Augusta. Ga. — Four firemen were Washington — Ships of four nations Washington.—Retentlon"of the prea- injured and property and stock Ions carrying 80 per cent of the approxt- ent basis of navy nad marine corps of $76,900 suffered <^ten fire gutted mately 11.990.009 tons of cargo which pay "at least until conditions are set the Georg la-Carol inn 'Paper company moved through the Panama canal dur tied" was urged before the Joint con be Beth wall Grocery company teg the fteoni year ended Jane *9. greoetonal ecmnUseten oa enrvk* pay ,rni hr Speech by Commissioner Wen. Charlotte.—Shi-Esin Wen, commis sioner of foreign affairs and super intendent of customs of the Chinese republic, spoke in the auditorium of Trinity Methodist church to an au dience th^t overflowed the main room and partially filled the Sunday school annex. Mr. Wen. spoke under the auspices of the Charlotte Y. M. c. a. y Oldest Mason Dead. Asheville, N. C.—William C. Garri son, the oldest Mason in North Caro lina, died at his home near here. He was 86 years old and had been a mason for 65 years, attaining the 32nd degree. Revenue From Paesports. Washington. — The United States government, during 1921, “got fat” as a result of the Issuance of pass ports. Its revenue from this source was $1 < 42&,735, U is learned at thV state department. Seek Rhodes Awards. Philadelphia. — Five hundred and six candidates for Rhodes scholar ships will appear before the commit tee of selection in 32 states .to com pete for the 32 aiteojntn) enta to Ox ford. It was the largest number of candidates for a single year Reduction in Freight Rates. Washington.—A general reduction of 19 per cent la all freight rates on products "of farms, orchards and gar by the ate rotate The Garrulous Sex. He—"WutiM-n always have t« nopoitie the rnnverqpHon. A woman can't alt still and listen for one full minute." Mhe—“Oh. Indeed! Sup- pose the other party to the converse* tion sere making a pruptsml of mar* rtageY* He—“Not even then. Hhe'd say ‘yes' Itefore he’d spoken a min* ute." Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It • • Appiictots for loMraoce Oftea - Rejected. Judging from reports from druggists who are constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that haa been very successful in overcoming theae conditions. The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is *000 realized. It stands the highest tor • its remarkable record of success. An examining physician for one of ths prominent Life Insurance Companies, ia an interview on the subject, made the as tonishing statement that one reason why so many applicants for insurance are re jected is because kidney trouble is so common to the American people, and ths lar^ majority, of those whose applica tions are declined do not even suspect that they have the dieease. 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