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| l ' ^ -"I* THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. *. C. *1 I I I I tlwX * *»• > iC MEET III WRKUYS N V CONVENTION OF •TA+E ASSO CIATION HELD AT JEFFER SON HOTEL. % LiT"*A f » i ] AN INTERESTING PROGRAM Speakers Discuss Problems of Mer> ehandising; Governor Harvey ^Talks of Citizenship. >1' iimv'- ■ 1—Supt. H. M. Albright of YellowHtone National park and Miss Anne Anzer of the National Editorial associa tion decorating the commemorative tablet at the golden anniversary of the park. 2—Shrlners of United States drawn by water buffalo parading the streets of Honolulu. 3—Dr. 1‘orras for Peru and Senor Aldunate for Chile signing the treaty to arbitrate the Tacna-Arlca dispute. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Harding Still Tries to Bring the Railway Strike to an End. CONFERS WITH THE LEADERS Government's Flan fer Fair Distribu tion of Fuel and Food and to Curb Frofltoonng Put Into Operation— •avana In Revolt Agamet Con trot by Berlin. By EDWARD W PICKARD P ILfc&lDD.Vr UAAD1MU and bis ad lulnUtration focreo devotrd them aelves laet week almoot esriualvHy to the prutdrma artainf from the railway and rani atitkea That thrlr effnrta might result In the et*linf of the for mer »aa the renewed h<»po at rfc# ciooe of the week, for Mr llanllng bold a m<>at Important conference In Waabinfftoti with Chairman T I»» Mitt (Nijrler of the American Asau«iatioa of Hallway Kimitlvre. amt PreoKlrnt Jewell of (be railway shopmen Ilia atm preoumaMy wna tn Induce the rati executHv* to modify (heir flriu alti tude concerning (be seniority rule and to persuade (he shopmen to recognise the decUntn of (be railway laltor Ixiord and return to work |•enUirlg a rehear- Ing of (heir crte%an<ea. After leutilig (he While ||onae Mr. t'uylcr armounerd that the executive* of Ms of (he largt-«( railroad* In Ihe ginjnir) would uicet In New York August 1 to talk over a tentative plan for nettling the shopmen a strike, lie would not tell w but Mr Harding bad angyeated. but denied that lie bnd a«ked the ciecutHes to recede from their |Mialtloii on the seniority rule. The president* of vreateru roada ln»lat«*<1 the striker* would Dot he taken hack with full seniority right* re»tored. Having abandoned for the time be ing any ho|>e of ending the coni mln- era‘ strike, the President and hi* aid* turned their attention to the question of averting the threaten**! fuel fam ine ami followed up the call on the various state executive* to facilitate snd protect the resumption of mining with measures designed to Insure a fair distribution of such coal as may be produced and to curb profiteering. Secretary of Commerce Hoover devised a plan which was promptly adopted and put into effect with the legal ap proval of Attorney General Daugher ty. It rests upon the powers of the Interstate commerce commission, which body, declaring the existence of a national emergency, took charge of the routing of cars and the distri bution of fuel and food. The plan pro vided for a committee of general super vision In Washington, to be named by the President and which will establish In every coal producing district a rep resentative and a committee of oper ators. Also, there is an administra tive committee comprising representa tives of the presidential conimiitee to gether with representatives of oper ators, representatives of the railways, and where necessary, representatives of the larger consuming groups. The basis of prices agreed upon between the operators and the secre tary of commerce on Junerl Is to hi maintained, except where varied by the presidential committee, nnd , this game basis of price determination shall be applied to all districts which are so far not emofftrating. President Harding announced the ap pointment of Attorney General Daugh erty. Secretary of the Interior Fall. Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and Commissioner Altchlson of the Inter state commerce commission aa roem- Washlngton. It was stated there that state* which have large bituminous deposits will he expected to mine their own coal Instead of obtaining It from other fields under the emergency order. I N ILLINOIS the prospects for end ing the mine strike were slightly brighter. President Farrington of the Illinois miners, always an advocate of separate state agreements, came to the conclusion that the time for putting that policy Into action had come and called a convention of delegates of every local union In the state to meet In Peoria August 3 to consider peace proposals of the operators. Next day he rescinded the call because of “pre mature** publicity. Acting Governor Sterling asked Farrington to consider the proposal that the miners of Illinois return to work at one* at the wage scale and under the working condi tions existing when operations cea*ed April 1 last, (tending a readjustment •if the same by an agreed trihunaL and that represents!IveajiftiMB|ggM and operators of IIIImIb dlwBkt meet and endeavor to arrive at a aettletaent. Farrington replied that this plaa was Impracticable. Orders for Immense quantities of mat have been placed la Kngland by Americans but not all of them are be ing accepted because of market condi tion* there Prices of mal and ship ping ami freight rales have advanced ftharply in Great Itrilala. The Hrltlah miner* may refuse to mine coal for America, and A merit an dork workers may refuse to ha mile it If It Cblumbla.-<The first annual con vention of the South Carolina Retail Merchants Association was called to order by J. W. Kirkpatrick, of Green ville, president of the organization. The dominant note sounded in the addresses was one of caution, espec ially caution in buylnf- The next few years will bring reward* to retailers, but care ana caution must be exercis ed. especially In buying. It waa said time and again and the sentiment seemed to meet with a hospital recep tion. The convention, which opened here was the &yst the association has had. and for that reason was of par ticular interest. About forty mem. hers were In attendance when the first session began, and a number of others came during the afternoon and eve ning. After Mr Kirkpatrick had called the meeting Jo order, he Introduced Wilson G. Harvey, governor of South Carolina, expressing the wish, tn (he course of his Introductory remarks, that Governor Harvey had entered in the race to succeed himself as chief executive of the state Governor Harvey. In welcoming the merchant* said that If their gxper- *.eore la Columbia waa elm liar to his own. they would have a delightful time He said t)e people of Colum his had been cordial and hind to him I **1 waa forced upon them. 1 * he said, “but they have glvea me hladly treat [meat and f am more and more tn< Ito t rd tn become a cltlaea of this < Ity ** Governor Harvey thoa epohe of the | advantage* which accrue from cooper | at won nnd turning aside to a subject I the Ipportsace of which he oftea bers of the^ fcneral committee.- Mr J feet tf* Ht-pni^lfaa party at- the t »Nn. Hoover In chairman. A ifth mem her was to he added to undertake the administrative <1 freer ton. Mr. Hoover railed on tbs governors of the states to set up state organtaa- to co-operate la the distribution of the available coal soppllgs tn the O NK J. Cleve I‘can. chairman of I be railway employer*' puhltrtly *»»•»• laiion. »#-ui to president Herding a li-lt-grani bitterly attaching the sup- laMwd altitude »f the administration toward lb*- two great strike* He said: “For you or any governor to nttempt to iqM-rnte the mine* or rallronds by military force* cr to attempt to draft iio*ti Into mining or railroad service would la- an attempt to e*ta voluntary »crr*u*tr,'* nnd he pmfl such an attempt would bring on the “long predicted war l*»tween capital and lnhor.~ He asserted, also, that the Republican party wa* hostile to tin* American farmer and htlMtr nnd that “the hard times that now exist Is a premeditated plan to bring (Jut farm er and labor down to their knee*." Mr. Hnrdlng's reply to this outburst, while dignified, wa* n scathing rebuke of Ivan's “political partisan refer ences’* nnd of hi* false n*.*u nipt Ions. The President explained nt length the attitude of the government and as serted Its Intention to sjieak and act, not for any one -class alone, hut for “the American people n» a whole jind the common good of nil Its citizenship." He made it clear that while the rigid to strike was recognized, the govern ment would fully protect those who desired to work. The latter, lie said, in responding to the call of the coun try, are exercising their rights “and at the same time making their contri bution to our common American wel fare.” C HICAGO’S street car strike was still in the making last week. Hope and despair alternated, the for mer fostered by the optimism of In ternational President Mahon who told the men they must take a referendum vote on a new proposal made by the companies, and the latter due to the pessimism of local President (juinlnn, power.” This, Mr. Smoot supposed, waf the basis of McOumber’s statement, but he, Smoot, did not think Norris hnd been authorized by the publishers to qiake such a threat. McCumber reiterated his statements with added details and was supported by Watson of Indiana who rented how Norris and other publishers In 1908 offered to make Joe Cannon president If he would put through a bill placing news print and mood pulp on the free list. Cannon, he Aid, ordered Norris from his office. All of this, whether true or not. was highly entertaining to the Democratic senators. QOMMISSIONKU BLAIR of the In- ^ tern*I revenue bureau dealt the liquor Industry a hard blow by for bidding further Imports of wines and liquors until the supplies already In the country for nonbevrrage uses are Insufficient fc»r national requirements. Secretary Hugh*** a*krd. and presum ably waa proralaed the aid of the Brit ish guvrrujumt In tha auppraaalnn of J liquor smuggling frpm Bermuda and J tbo Bahama a The British govern- I meat, however, has refused the utxdB- rial request of the Calted States for I the right to search outside (be throe I . . . . mile limit Rritl.h wWI* .united 1 ,pok# ^ ‘ Of bring engaged In smuggling liquor < J** 1 ~ r,,ps, into the United fftalee. I r ** ,f ,fc# ■ ,or * 1 ••Frcaeed wlti j the need of good rttlteashlp We have got to uphold the law. whether the law be good or had. and If wa want others to obey the law. •• mast obey It our-1 selvoo He ih*n said individual nbe- < dleBre to the law was of prime ttnpor tame “Whoa the individual obey* the law there, will be no trouble athvut lawlessness, he said When youVe eaten hilly and have a stuffy feel* ing—or when your stomach is unruly and feels upset—WRIGLEY’S will bring relief and make you feel fit again. It calms and soothes the stomach and nerves, aids appetite and digestion, keeps the mouth sweet and teeth dean. WrigUVs P. K. is the new double treat - peppermint sugar Jacket ever peppermint chewing gum. Sugar Jacket Just ‘'melts in your mouth." then you get the dm lactabie chewing center with all the usual Wrigley O I Tbo Beat Man's To*it T HAT the French are at last ranch- ing a (ndni where they will nm- ' ' sent tn g reduction of the German * J re|nreth>n* ^l••ht Is evidenced by the j ' plan ita which premier Poincalra la j working. Aa It stands now—It la be ing modified dally—tbo proposition la that for every dollar paid by tlermany j on the reparations ccrount and for every dollar of the allied debts which I Is ramsded. France will cancel an j equal amount of a certain claaa of ' bond*. In the »er»*nd week In August, ••r anoner If the Italian government S crisis la rhwferi up, the Jdorgim com mittee of bankers will meet again In At the Huh u girl was the n Interested ll*tefw ver*atlon contain ft of 1 Fragnv Governor Harvoy made a fine la- ! ful h over i tn p« ; blush! i let Bel the penrl*. U •an.ii an v re salon on hla audlen< d dlfe*1ly he narrator. Jn*t In ft arripthm of the be* corded warm applause at the ronciu- j «.|« very g>i aln« of hla adOrraa » j ntt>Hr Frank Pteraon as«-otary of Ih* Co ' t , . . , Ine v»rt«ve%iiij«it| « then ; sad waa nr- rone in* A the Ryzon BAKING POWDER • you use /ess Disced Graaanappsra the It ta f o | miitco or oansera win meet again n | l*arls. nnd It I* hoj*cd that tucnotlnv >nvfiti,ii „f Nations council will have prepared the way for the bank er* to propose a new n-;>a rat ions net- (lenient. 1‘oincurc and Lloyd George art* to hold their conferrnc« in London .Vngust 1<L T ub: i»|K*n who said the employees would accept no offer the employers were likely to make. The workers were called to hold a mass meeting Monday evening" of this week, nnd Quinlan told the Chicago public to prepare to find a strike in effect the following morning. D EBATE on the tariff In the senate was enlivened last week by Sen ator McCumber** assertion that in 1012 spokesmen for the newspn|>er publish ers told the senate finance committee that If newsprint paper were not placed on the free list they would de- snd that, the committee refusing to yield, the publishers therefor did de feat Taft for re-elect loo. (ttber an), star* railing for names, Mr- Rwxxvt raid that the Ufa Ju*r4. N<**M. rep r tha pohUaherp* aranrtartuw. a finance anbruraraUtse that if a "the Bavarian government Is In revolt against the. central German government at Berlin and haf Issued a decree that rejects and sup plant* the recent legislation by the reichstng for the defense of the re public. The Bavarian minister at Berlin was Instructed to inform Chancellor Wirth that any outside po lice official attempting to operate In Bavaria, would he promptly arrested. Wirth has called a conference of all the German states to consider the problem, nnd if Bavaria does not suppress its new law President Ebert may .summon the stftatsgerlclitshof, ov tribunal of the states, to deal with the case. Chancellor Lerchenfeld of Ba varia says he Is opposed to any sep aratist movement but that Ids state will riot submit to any abridgement of Its rights. The old enmity between Bavaria nnd Prussia and the. strong monarchist sentiment among the Ba varians make the situation difficult for Berlin. F ROM several widely separated sources comes^the information that soviet Russia Is planning military operations <>n her western front In the i, the An autumn. Frank Vanderllp, th^ Ameri can financier who has been in toi vvi|h the Russians In Berlin, snys In Paris that the probability Is Increasing that the bolshevik! will force such a war on Europe in the harvest season, attacking Rumania and Poland “4n an attempt to rally Russian morale and also to get food from the eastern harvests.’* Russian refugees In Bel grade assert the soviet government'*!* preparing for a drive through the Bal kans and then westward through Aus tria. A UfHJSTUS THOMAS has been ap pointed executive chairman of the Pnxlnclng Managers’ association f«qr Ihrve-yrar* at a large salary. wHk In the world of the spoken comparable to those of Will Hays la the raocloe picture laduktry and Judge Uadft* In haaehaU. The aaaartaOea Indadas practically sB th« lumhla thamher of ron.mrrc* extended a welcome to the m»*r« b*nts and discussed roaiisely the "bound ! less resources of the rioutk” and »ub i ' Hn* d the t>0**1 hllitto* of eapaaslon, | ! He also spoke of tb** opportunities for development In the South. W. A Coleman, mayor of Columbia, seat a letter.expressing his regret at his la ability to he present to welcome tk* merchants He said he had been calk ed out of Columbia. A L. M Wright of Hartsrilte, made a happy reply to the speeches of welcome, saying that the mert-b antn felt at home in Columbia and ex pressed the hope that out of the dis cussion that would be had some solu tion of the problems facing the merch ants would be suggested. President Kirkpatrick in his report on the year’s work mentioned some of the difficulties which loom ahead of the retailers and said hope for the future lay in organization. The as sociation. he said, was no political or ganization, but it might become a po litical power. He said, the members should ascertain how the candidates for the general assembly in their coun ties stood on vf^ious matters before voting for them. He mentioned taxa tion, freight and telephone rates and other matters. In conclusion, he com plimented L, H. Wannamaker, Jr., on his work as secretary. t- II II 4 it* 1 ! .•* w t hit brl i. through •mr l»«i»-l tile gr-M.. Slid I I. of frlriMl* It) gati have usually Iwwtra this great race f.qr a man ha* won, sii-k I tu • conic to her,* of c«>iir*c l meant to *sy: I’m sure I her.’ But he can nt-vsr. never ••\|>lniti It away, and the hri-le «..)><• »he cer tainly won’t Invite him to un-rilier wedding of hers!" ttr I**! !--rts I hut la better *8 wrl- r thing rthv of hq IB the hr !h»u*«l hopper* «f rat long tic iO*ect* were c« The*.- gleet- have tM*-n fit It la living cloud* were caught la d* of trata yt n«i «{<vs-tc« of ■ (■ertod n w hie v-t*icrc.| dt-lectsl f gru<«ho|q«-r» g over lhe mouatalaa of millions when they •now stortn- and fro/ea timq t hq i*t i Farmer Finds Still. York.—Noticing a thin column of smoke arising from a tljicket about 300 yards from his home; J. M. David- son, a well known farmer or tne I>el- ihos section, decided to make a re- onnoisance. Upon his arrival at the Spqt he discovered a moonshine still in full blast, the operators taking to the bushes as he approached, thereby- concealing their identity.*' . ' The still was a crudg affair, being mprovised from a five-gallon oil caff. Wilt Make Bobbins. Oreenvllle.—According to tlon received In Oreenvllle the con tract for Greenville's first cotton mill bobbin factory and the second in the South. Jiae been awarded to Galilvnn Building company of this city. The new factory will be located-on Rfrtni street and will employ nearly one hundred peraona In the making of bobbins A name for the new eetab- uah meat hn* not yet been dectdt?4 bat H will be under the man* of the norm inieraatn.*wbicB afifitad the abottke tfittoqT. s That's That. “They claim I hi* foreigner who want* to marry u young ***ciety girl has no money.** “That’* easy. 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