Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TOR PfiOTML * U 8b C i\' m ter 1 ji mi f' mm 1—Members of Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang’s Christian army of China singing their morning hymns. 2—Ad miral Robert Coontz taking command of the Pacific fleet 3—Dr. Gustave Stresemann, new German chancellor. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS L ACKING at this writing an official statement of France's Intentions, one can make a close guess by reading the Inspired articles .In the semi official newspapers of Paris. These are thus ssmuuirized by u correspond ent : I ’ “First, the French openly flirt with Crlsli In Anglo-French Relations negotiation, i em _ _ f'»r a >n of the reparations ques- | way May Result In Clearing Up the Muddle. GERMANY'S NEW GOVERNMENT l*»aa»■.! ■ M isege* s*« nr*tsi rS Ceaitnpa*a ^ais- anna Mena C>—— neis^—«sn C —' fls#snn 14 Maa Vsa n»are oa •■gtaannaMgkan ad Mnn> m» (• *soq» with the vigorous way In which he la tackling hts tasks. Politicians give him first place In the list of aspirants for the Republican presidential nom ination next year. Last week he held conferences with a number of Repub lican leaders from Southern states, and there were atgos that the South ern delegate support was drifting his In line with this w > as Mr. Oool- iai*no as • no ( ) lion, with the eirlualuo of Great UrM- I idge'a appointiwwil of C. Hasraai s.a or any other tr >ub-ea>ia»e powar. | Sl«aaj> aa secreta/y to the President. Second, the French tell the BrtUah Mr. Slemp araa formerly a congrann —and the A man i aha, foe In se assay ' man from Virgin la and has hong baea •wrda that the only time they will pay | ana of the asoat I tape ns at KspeMIe their ear debts dne ta after Germany > eaa af the hvnth Ttie ftemamtlr aa- peya far (he rwwnstmrtlan af the war tlmank eanMafttee promptly ebsracter- de«aatatlena and pays ia.4*M-t«en the ised the spymtaimoet aa *~tha flm rtep aasaenta daw frwaa Frwnsw hs LanAm in reand ap tua«tham delegates' fee and WnaMactwn. CaaMd^n and then a sat an la at- Thdnd rwpadstng the Cbrmm aannas tnm Mmagt a»«emag that he eaa thm la redar me Bahr aeragntlen ta > '’<mpsned ah the flaae af the hanar Dm the narid * wan. the Fvenrh mumase <aaahae Mb IMS, ta saamsman wuh that they 4*1 ash The Itegwe la dm f (he altered tfaffichMsg la odhrwa ha Mkn AilMPRiMflHf mm i •nttm# iJmm $fwm&3 §0** 1 8R88wKtfMH8 Ml M>iMMyMMF8l 8MMH8r* cfURiESimi purs pigemt tataeaws Abair Will Celebrate tiOth Annivertery ef Chember e# Commerce. Charloston.—Dremetlc in vtstoa ant argn in scope arc'the plans being natae to hold a patriotic pageant ip Charleston *nexr kpflag. celebrating .ho 150th anniversary of the Churles- on chamber of commerce, the second )ldc«t in America, organized in 1773, lust five years after the establishment jf- the chamber of <^>mtnercv_ail ^>ew York. R. G, Rhett, former president of tlfe Charleston chamber of commerce, and of the chamber of commerce of the United States, is general chairman Df the committee of 200 appointed by Maj. Alfred Huger, president of the Charleston chamber of commerce, to perfect plans for the water and land pageant which will tell the world the story of the dramatic part Charleston has played in the nation’s history and it the same time demonstrate that it is offering unlimited opportunity in the present and preparing the way for the development of the future. Major Huger expects to go to New York the end of August,' when he will hold conferences relative to the carrying out of his project. He is now in correspondence with Nathaniel W .Stevenson, professor of history m the College of Cberleston. who Is now In New York. .Mr. Stevenson was granted a year's leave of abaeare to cooperate with the Yale Ualveralty Frees and assist in preparing "The Chronicles of America "* He ta sseo- ;laird with the Motion Picture Pm- dec era and iMstrtbwtors of America cooperating In the dtrectum of the historic flints soon to he pmdnred w«i N Hers president af the net tonal association hne already pledged hts cooperation and the mnttsr ef making wove SCOUTS iCseSsetoS S? Nsttsssl Ce«««U ef tM Mr SroM* af A mar lee ■ SCOUTS AID COMMUNITY time ef the mi pageant wni dMmnaog with eesno ef the tending Men porter* gtrectaee to Moo Yerh •lE r , ■ A combination of. scout good turns ; with un unforeseen and spectacular climax was rendered by the boy scouts q( Macon, Gu.. during the re cent local gigantic celebration of Mie t one hundredth anniversary. of tifiut city. In the history of Macon there had never been one parade unbroken by traffic until the recent ceremony when i three parades took place within three | days without a single Interference— aniX to the boy scouts a grateful city has given the credit. During the last day of the pageant : the acouta were put to the real teat of “preparedness” when a bleacher stand containing 500 people suddenly i collapsed. A wave of horror arose j from a crowd of 10,000 who witnessed the sight. Immediately a great rush was started for the scene of the ucd- 1 dent. Panic was Imminent. The scouts rose to the emergency Immedi ately and took charge with a prompt- { m ss and efficiency that would have j done credit to the situation If It had been rehearsed with the greatest at tention to detail. Scattering them halves la I ha crowd, a number 6f tha - ho>a quieted tha pmpia sad wlthla a fe* mlautea induced tham to ha •rat ed Other scouts formed staff Haas about tha wrecked stand a ad tha rn- Jgred people sdmtalateaeg fleet aid. culled smbelearee sad autam»mil*u. aad anauitj aided tha gecieru faa mar| sneak, aadqf baadfuartsatV ta Myartium. thaaugheat tha cetahewtt^a cwrvted hm Scut aM fcM. AO msdh ctaad, aaftaaptira aad haadagua cams fr»m atwma arm aid has aad dmaaa af anetf asahaaafMafh ••*% uaed hm haadagsw Tha whade taiug vaa daaa ae aaaattp aad wtaa aa Mads mamam mm that the pewgaeaa af tha pagaaat •aa hat ffatushaA ta flka taadl Yhd paMeao uf gk# agave sekstvafkah kaapeg Ne eVeui see taeaweew am tha avaeaas ef asaa eMaagvd ffeaadmav^ ahi ae*aaa aa«ed Mta ahefla ffiflhh Tha aaaaea hi va aeeeaawffi^h I mmm gagaffiia aasstaMkhnv aa wtml gsuaatf aaaataa The ahaaemah af tha * * * * - * * j •* - . « • •• i mm* iiipii p t Frau *f RU-NA Ur. C A. Allen, R. R. No. X Bondurant, lowu, gives testimony to the healing power of Pe-ru-na. Influenza left him much run down in health with catarrh of tb« nose, throat and broutchal tubes punct uated with attacks of asthma. Ha write*: "While recovering from the In fluenza 1 was so weak I coaid swt gain anjr strength for two moat ha. JHc latter part of the wpuar. 1 sought sen bottles of Pe-m-na aad begun taking tt. My weight m- crunoad ta ITS panada, chu asaus I ever wisghsd My aaaal winter we«ht b lSI If yaa eon aae tha latter far any ••■d yaa are partecsty : • a af Pe rwea. laehg Vee F * I oa a*ea -# '» W • ) S- ■' ■ • • e mow -•cm Llrit m fli Pw»np»»ee*e a 11^0■ e — t aim v kwe» «f fg kva# ageadk aeOh 4a v ath ikai aeusaVh dad gka pug aeas eaa o ea wf • ; • pored by the late Ouse guvernmeat. It V about to put the cwuatry on a gold basis by mesne of n huge gold lo«n and a plan of taxation that will rutuprl Industrial magnates lo^pey up. I N HIS first address to tha relchstng Chancellor Stresemann said Ger many must still insist on complete restoration of her rights In the occu pied territory and the release of Ger mans imprisoned there by the French and Belgians, as a condition for cessa tion of passive resistance, but it ap peared bis attitude was slightly more conciliatory than that which Cuno bad assumed, and.from which lie was un-, nble to recede. In Berlin it is under stood the government is considering a proposal to France for a debt'agree ment Similar to that between the United States and Great Britain, one of the main points being that Ger many shall assume France's debt to the UnifetY States. As a “preliminary Germany would first send a joint note, to France,'Great Britain and America admitting that previous efforts to meet reparations payments have not fieen uufficiently strong, and that the gov ernment is willing to go much further, both in the amount and In the guaran tees. Arbold Rechberg, an Industrialist leader, offers a plan for French parti cipation la Germaa Industry which la hetag fa*->r*t*ty g!»< u»v«~t He any* ffu gcrepfavra flepraffa largely aa the mavetiav af paevegtuga af Figgch pur- IvtMivai Ggyaaahy effevu m par • *w » » . • . • . - H ■aha* -. ! \\ the M< m * Tsi —a*aa Awaeg Maewauem ff* Matthews—Fr.4ay August IS. • •t wmf%9cmm t • It vm NirWcM It 30000 has that Visitors aad reprsauata Ives from flvu states were said ta ha Regunlmg the allies get,(a, tha ’ Journal des Ivbats p>dau out • that I Great Itrltalh wanta oaly H.takMfUU.- | UiH> g«dd mark* (SS^OU.tkMl.iaii) to S pay the United States, and aa she la i entitled to |»er rent of the SO.taiU.- I taai.iNM) gobl marks ($12.5«M>.0ih),tMM)) A and B series bonds, this b-aves a balance of only :t.U(H),OUi>.tHS) gold marks ($750,tAM),U00), “and there Is certainly some means to arrange that, about which we can talk later.” P RESIDENT CQOLIDGE and his cabinet met Tuesday and dis cussed mapy of the important ques tions confronting them. It was then announced from the White House again that the President's policies would be the same as those of Ures- idenr Hacding, and his views dft Vari ous questions were given in more de tail. Summarizing some of these, it Is state<l that the administration stands ready to co-operate with Eu rope in working out a solution of the reparations question, if It can do so •without Involving the United States, hut it has no concrete proposal to make at tills time; that it will pro ceed .with efforts to collect, the debts owed America by foreign govern ments ; that tho President and secre- lary °f agriculture are sympathetical ly studying many suggest)..n* for leg- lalatitm to help the farmer; that the [ dKenuinutioa of tho mtnilnistratbm, to enforro atrtcieM aromomf cannot} bo stat*4 too straggly gng tho hwfffat | tf884K0l •HI Nr Z«%)pj0mk t f w i- ^ mi «f aMMUinf agfy tho hstlao nmm of | mm4pnpB9 otat odgl jsugty pAogw gffh i •atMof kg ffaarfoousp at touftoo taa*m . of the r%um!»tio<> (if dlpiomalle II auon follow. An agrvo- made to I is vo tho | 11anf rmanent court of Interna tional Justice at TTie Hague appoint neutral umpires for Lite United Staten and Mexican claims commissions, which are to lie created through the revolutionary and mixed claims con ventions, if and after diplomatic rela tions are resumed. npHE gasoline price war which Gov- ' A ernor McMaster started in South Dakota where the state placed^ tlie | fuel on sale at 1G cents began to 1 spread to otlie-r states in the Middle West and resulted in the Standard Oil company., of Indiana mooting the cut, though it -protested that the price was below the^oo^t of produc tion. Otii^j: concerns followed suit and the consumers were comparative ly happy. In a few days Governor McMaster, after conferring with inde pendent oil Jobbers, raised tiie price ! in South Dakoj^i to' 20 cents, “so the prevailing price would have the same relative reduction as in other states.” , The war is- still going on, and it may be the federal government will take a hand NE hundred and. thirty-eight men ware rtiunubet. in • coal mine at Krmmerrr. Uy«». by aa explAAloo •bent I.TUO taat below the -aurfaara. ber* KpamlaUea 4oe< resorted ta In order tl certaiaed. Whea 4.eat were served aad devc \3aktJtati Krrua in n 1 aot have la be lat facta be as plates of food ured. it means that 4.004 mouths were fed That la what was done. To meet this de mand of the multitude of appetites. 25 hogs, five sheep and two cows were rooked In ante-bellum style and served as only those expert In the art ran serve them. It was the largest crowd ever assembled here. The day was beyond question a Success. The peo ple came not merely to eat either. They were here for another purpose. The attention^lven the speakers was close and their addresses were absorbed in keenest interest. Senators Smith and Cortlandt Bark FOR WANT OF A b^OUT In an editorial entitled “Hugh Kirk, Haro.** and paying high honor to tha brav* engineer, who. In the recent crista wh«j^hls train had been wrecked at Van Cortlandt Burk, N. Y.. by con tact with a log .on the track, remained at his engine to the end warning others of the danger of Die Impending exfiTo- slon. a New York dally makes fine recognition of the spirit of helpful ness, responsibility and though^, for others which lie at the heart of scout ing. The editorial in pait^tiys; “A story for boys to pend and ponder is that of the train wreck in Van the death of the Dial and Congressman Byrnes were at their beet and each was given a rousing reception. There was, no polities in it. These speeches were full of helpful, suggestions for. farmers anti but for the fact that legis lation intended; for the" benefit^ifthe farmer was referred to. Jiiie would have never have suspecfdd that men who were tl^e beneficiaries ot, suffrage , w re talking. It ytfasSust the kind of talk folk interested in promoting ^' at no ^ w,th 80001 tralnlT, « or their welfare and wishing to put the rta,,on « r wou1 ^ * ver th,n * t P^N'lng agricultural world on a safe and profit- 1 nr to Fu ^ -* b * n ^ ^ engineer, HugfT Kirk. •‘An eigKHfoot strip of the tyrick caused the accident. It Is sjrpfmsed that the youngsters itU-play bus blocked the rails. One Is loath To Relieve they could have done so In wanton mischief; surely never if they could have dreamed of the conse quences. “If only there had beer a boy scout •routwl! These are pranks of the sort Bed-Bugs f .D.3. Try Just one* P. D. Q.— Peaky Devils Quietus- aa a preventive or to rid Bed Bugs, Roaches, Fleas and Ants. Every family should uae P. D. Q. house cleaning time to guard against ths Pesky Devils and to prevent 1 moths. P. D. Q. Is not an Insect powder, tout is a new chemical that kills Insects and their eggs. Each pack age contains, free, a patent spout, to enable you to get to the hard-to-get-at places and saves the Juice. A 36 cent package makes one quart, enough to kill a million insects and their eggs. Your druggist has It or can get It for you. Mailed prepaid upon receipt of price by the Owl Chemical Works, Terre Haute. 4nd. islt like to hear. * -• : ; # v* „JB ..iflkMl dMF 1 « , «a and 'tr-spMg U * frantic jm .1 *i»£a K ASfltlN IMI Fit 1.11a t»« tfMgi 1 k nm • amat tbMrtbdNIAw RmNA NaM^AfleeHSMSig eennpaMiag Mm gw— Man Mi tarn mnsgmHnn 4*4 Met angaeMm eanM ns 4m MMR, 4n pnsMMsqmanM snmmm ffMRFmfl fnm rmitm %• man nnammamf m mNN MsndMMl mMMinafceiim gn tUnMNi s-kymn egan <»» •■•« mm mb Nhs flMffRRNI MM 4m 4aMf 4b Jpti lb bMMNb mm mm rnmaamp n ITT t i| New ten Cream Plant at Oenmark. 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