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THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, S. C.
LEGION
(Copy for This Dapartmont Buppliid By tbo
American Legion Nawa Servlca.)
HOLDS RECORD FOR
LEGION ACTIVITY
1—Scene In outskirts of Cincinnati where lainiltes were uriveil fcom their homeiT''hyi lii«h waters of tlie
Ohio jiver. 2—Mayor PeverNjf* Chicago filing message to the lord mayor of London over first direct cable be
tween those cities. 3—Dr. C. T. Ulrey of New York amb his new X-ray tube which is expected to be of great
benefit to cancel* sufferers. - • ^
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
commence committee. LaFollette ad-
1 vised liis^tollowers to throw their sup-
| port to Sehun>r Ellison D. Stnitli of
South~£arolina. tlie Democratic can-
| didate, arffl so MrXSmitli was elected.
On the decisive ballot th? vote stood:
lias^'Jkv. Cunzens. Peek
Prize Peace Plan, Submitted
A to Referendunvls Target
of League Opponents.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
E dward w. iiok’s prize of *ioo,-
000 for “the best practlcuLplan by
which the United States, might co-op
erate with other nations to prevent |
war,” lias been awarded to a
The only Democrat out df line was
Bruce^of Maryland who, as oiyce be
fore, voted for Cummins. Senator
Smith was chairman of Rds committee
for, a time In .1910. He was opposed
to the Escji-Cummins transportation
law, but is not classed as a radteal.
J^IGHT here It Is as well to record
by Henry Morgenthau of New York
chairman of the League of Nation's -
Greek refugee settlement commission,
who. said, the league coui/i nut obtain
a loan for the refugees until Greec£
hail a stable government.
km.
for a new''and more advantageous
agreement Avith Turkey, for dispatches
last week told of critical developments
in that landT
There seems to be tt
growihg revolt against 1‘resident Mus-
taplm Kemal and his government, and
a Ikuh.1) was thrown at Kemal in
Smyrna \ghich wounded both him un«l
Ids wife. ’Tth! Greek army, it is as-
tlie fact that the Supreme court j "Sdrled, is be mg. trained to take full
lias just upheld one of the important advantage of Kendo’s troubles by selz-
1ms been awarded to a corns I provisions of the transportation act-| ing all of Thrace',
petitor whose name is not yet an- ’ one requiring railroads to di\ide|
nounced, and tlie plan is' -now being i " ith the government their excess earn- BAND of armed men invaded tt*e
ings above the
5.75 per cent fixed by
submitted to the people in a “nation
wide referendum.’’ Tlie reactions of
Americans of various schools of thought
are interesting and sometimes amusing.
Briefly summarized, the^plan is:
,: 4. That the United States slmll en
ter tiie permanent court of interna
tional justice, under the conditions
stated by Secretary Hughes and Presi
dent Harding in February, H>23:-
.“2. Tliat, without .becoming a mem
ber of the League of Nations as at
present constituted, the United States
slrnll offer to extend its present co-
operation with the league and partici
pate in the work of the league as a
body of mutbal counsel under, condi
tions which: ^
‘ (a) Substitute moral |nrcc and pub- ^hipfiing board placing the operation
lie opinion for tlie inilitary and eco-! o4> Jhe governiiient’s merchant iletjt in
notuic force originally implied in-.ar- 1 ihe bands A>f the-Emergency Fleet cor-
ticlcs 10amd 10: •potation, provided the. board co-oper-
^^iU^4.»‘.l^lL.U;j , al:ncr, who was
otel in Speyer occupied by the
the,,interstate commerce commission ollieials of the Rliineland Palatinate
as a reasonable return on their,valua-i autonomous government and assnssi-
tion. ] nated Herr lleintz, the president and
The decision said tliat by the recap- 1 three of Ids associates.
ture clauses congress is “enabled to
maintain uniform rates for all shippers
and yet keep the net returns of rail
ways, whether strong or weak, to the
varying percentages which are fair for
them.”, Thhse clauses, it was held, do
not appropriate property in violation
of constitutional rights, nor do they
invade tlie rights of states, in rate
making.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE lias given
* . approval to the resolution of the
.trine
“(«') Accept the fact tliat the United
States will assume no obligations un
der the tre;ity of Versailles except by
act of congress; -
“(d) Propose 11-rat' membership in
the leagfie shall he opened to all na-
, tiotis;
“((‘) Provide for the eontinuing <Te
veiopment of international, law.”
. A<f\ocntes of American nieniherslilp
in tlie • League 1 of Nations and “mild
reservationists,” tliougli admitting
there, was nothing novel in the Scheme,
yave it their hearty approval. Tlie
* “irreconcilable*" and till those .who lie-
Heve the United States should stand
ftjoof from the tangled aft'airs nf Eu
rope naturally denounced the plan as
merely an argument for entering .the
league. They asserted that tlie jury of
aUard was packed and that the'whdle
affair \v.as a conspiracy. Tlie concern
exhibited by some of tic- members of
both the Vera Cruz and Puebla fronts
and the rebels are reported to be re
tiring. . In several recent engagements
the insurgents were defeated with coin-
nnrafive ease, and their case grows
} selected to be the nevv. president of tlie.j less liopefui daily. Before tliis is read
General Dawes and Oweu Young are
in Paris to help untangle the German
troubles, hut they wisely decline to
give statements to the press except to
say that time is tlie essence of tlie sit
uation and that there should be daily
and continuous sessions of the com
mittee on which they are serving.
Meanwhile Germany’s finances are
showing signs of decided improvement.
P RESIDENJh/ OBREGON S federal
troops Afave begun advancing - . on
-Leo- ColliBS, --commandor of the
American Legion in Pennsylvania, is 1
regarded by fellow Legionnaires as one
of the oustanding workers for veter
ans’ welfare in tiiat state. His rec
ord In the Legion—as an organizer of
the first post in ,the . state, post, com
mander, chairman of the. Allegheny
county council, a deputy organizer in
the state, finally to he elected to the
most Important post in the entire de
partment organization, has won adinl r *
ation of the entire Pennsylvania, meto-
bership.
Commander Collins was commis
sioned as captain and Served witk the.
army In France as a member of /the
Nlnetyjsecond division. There he won.
honors for bravery and was decorated
by the French government. On his
return from overseas service he be
gan organization work for tlie Legion -
and has continued active in the or
ganization since that time.
’ To pay Commander Collins fitting
TTOTgrrbWim" iff 1 ini ■^natiuiL tu tin
post of department commander, ^he
Turtle Creek Valley post, Collins’
LEGION EXPECTS
- VERY BUSY YEAR
v
corporation. This co-operation
pledged by the board.
was
W ILLIAMSON county, Illinois,
wherein is Herrin, scene of the
mine strike massacre,
other lovely spectacle
is offering au
to the nation.
Ku Klux* Ivlan, lead
^troops, which were sent to Marion, the
county sent. Very likely the soldiers
were needed, for both the Klan and a
rival organization known as the
Ki\Tglits'of the Flaming Circle were in
the senate was iflmost ridiculous. T\iey i tighting mood, and nearly every man
professed to believe' that tlifi contest
wiis. improper propaganda designed to
4nttuenee their votes on tlie pending
question of American membership in
the world court, rfnd called loudly for
ITTimgfosslrmnt inquiry. The referen
dum, which is being conducted mqinly
through those newspapers that are
willing.to help, is hound to he some-*
wlrat- limited.
S ENATOR LODGE ope*W five-
week's proceedings in the .upper
house by. delivering a carefully pre
pared speech in defense of.the admin
istration's poBcyjvf refusing recogni-
tlon to the soviet government of Rus
sia. He presented a great volume of
evidence and documents to uphold the
assertion that the Moscow j?oveminent,
Members of tin
by federal prohibition ctiicers, have
been making numerous raids on places
wife re liquor was sold njvd have made
scores of arrests, all without notifying,
the sheriff nr asking his aid. The
citizens who. are opposed to. both the
it is likely the-givvemment army will
he moving* on Guadalajara. Oliregon
has- begun payments for tiny munitions
sold him by the American^nernment,
and the latter lias giveirfum additional
wiU by declaring an embargo on the the powerful. wireless station .KDKA,
shipment of amis and ammunition to ; g ( > tliat Legion men all over tlie na-
J. Leo Collins.
home post,, tendered him a testimonial
(linner In ' £ast Pittsburgh. At that
dinner many prominent Legion men,
congressmen, state, county and mu
nicipal oflicers w - ere present. Through
arrangements with the Westinghouse
Radio corporation, the addresses and
erttertalmnent were broadcast by
The National. Rehabilitation com
mittee of the American Legion antlcl-
pates*1924 as a most active year, ac
cording to the vjews of Legion officials
and others Interested in service work*
performed by the veterans’ organlza
tion. The work w'lll be under the
guidance of Watson B. Miller, former
ly national vice-commander of tlie or
ganization, who has accepted the
chairmanship of the rehabilitation
committee, and who has given up hip
law practice during that time in or
der to perform this service for the
World war veterans.
Anticipated work of—the-—LegLlnl*-
commlttee tills year resolves Itself into
approximately six general classifica
tions. While the so-cailed “Service
Division” f of tlie organization at na
tional headquarters has been closed
In accordance with the mandates of
tlie fifth national .convention, and all
claims will he handled through the
committee in—WaslttM-gton, tlicre are
certain other definite phases of the
work,/ particularly legislative, which
face the cqmiqlttee.
Further decentralization of tl+e United
States veterans’' bureau Is one of the
principal Legion alms during the year.
Director Hines has already announced
a similar policy In regard to mnny
of,the recommendations of the orgun-
izatlon, and further suggestions are
expected In this direction: Completion
of the hospital building program is
another step which will be urged. A
bill already Introduced In congress a^t
the Instance of the Legion asks that
rnlrlKtomil ■ ♦r> > UX),0Q0 be appropri-
Doctors
Prttcri
It
Soya
Rhmamatiami
Sara Tknmt, CUMmma, Etc.
J* ®- *««!. M*.—"Mnlcafi
I VS MwUnt UdIbmbi is s most siesllsst
Ju it re«r.tj» B
osssr/atisd to of-t a
Dr.- t L. Goan. Asklsnd. N. C -“Aftsr »
»s«a - s*psrt»nes I will say that Msneaa
kostana Linhasat Is tbs ko* rowudy for
amrrsi um that I bars sssr triad i -A—
praambs It."
Dr. W. A. Proctor. Romor. Ky —"It asssnSss
rSka Th * “ Ur * 1 »ks battas
cprr Writs far bsaotl fat SOirmflR PEN-
V /rr* wth ^-muilata-
alrortiona for using Mustang Linimant for family
ailmants, and for livaatoek and pouitrr, Lyon Ufc.
Co.. 42 South fifth St.. Brooklyn. N Y.
25c - SOc - $1.00
Sold by Drug anal General Storea
MEXICAN
Tha Old
Standby
Sine*
IS48
vrr
nted to rusli these projects to comple
tion. General liberalization of many
bureau, .rulings^ especially those affect
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
RHEUMATISM
lurrrnafully treated. Former pharmacist In
U. 8. Government hospital now affara private
prearrlpl Ion- Fifteen years' success. Writ*
today, fin obligation. • •
J. H. WOODW ARD. Chief Chemlat
Rheumugone 1 jUiorutorlea Phoebus, Va.
ing admission to. the government hoii-
pitals will be sought.
* One of the points to be urged will
he the increase of dependency com
pensation for widows and. children of
deceased ex-service ^nen, on which
special legislation Is expected at an
early date.
Extension of hospitalization priv
ileges to all ex-service men, without
regard fo origin of the diseases or
disability, as resulting from or by war,
said to he favored by veterans’ bu
reau officials will, however, become the
principal objective of the Legion’s com
mittee.
A void Sc Relieve
COLDS
_ INFLUENZA
MALARIA
BY TAKING
fTERSMl
ChillTonic
It la m Reliable Canetel Invigorating Tonic
Mexico except with tlio specific Ttp-
provai df the government.
tion hburd the tribute tp their com
rade.
R 1
in cauclis. 'riiiHsdity evening took
important action concerning legisla
tion, instiiuting the ways and means
Klan and prohibition resented these ; committee to give- the tax revision
acts, and the sheriff professed to fear 1 uuuasure precedence over the bonus
tlie outbreak o(...serious hostilities. So hill and ordering the forinerTeported
|ie called on tlie governor Air state j not later than l eh. i 1. The same* day
committee or
tho ways and means
dered a favorable report on tlie roso-*
lution proposing a constitutional
amendment" proTiibititig Uh*- future is
sue of tax-exempt securities.
in the county seems to imve acquired a
gun. > . '.T-
pHILADELI’HIA, which has
L been noted of late for law
’OT1I the Democrats and the radl-
B OTH t
cals ii
not
en-
forcemf'nt, is • in process of being
“cleaned up” by a new administration.
Brig. Gen. Smedley I). Butler, who won
fame In the marines, lias been em
ployed as director nf public safety anrd
every saloon, disorderly house and
gambling idace will be rinsed and lo pi
closed. Already, it is said, tlie keep
ers of thosq “joints’* tire fleeing to
other cities. Gejieral Butler says lie
-has been odVred $100,000 to let the
handbooks Operate without Interfer
ence.^
7
jjirecjlv or indirectly, is making efforts n(wv parliament alisem- sa-nRitive l rear Introdu
tocRUs^disnrder and dissehsion among 13 "*eek. hut will md lie for- b™* w'luel, include tl.es
mally opened by the king
tlie Anierican penple, and gave what
seemed to he real proof of the state-'
ment tlmt the ('ommunist internation-
fale and tj.ie soviet governmenf are in
extricably. Jut erwoven anil controlled
by tlie same men.
Senator Borah, who lias introduced
a resolution for Russian recognition,
said the jiroof submitted by Mr. Lodge,
would not’ stand a test in any court,
and that .even- if it were true it would
he easier to deal with the alleged con
ditions if diplomatic relations were re.-
stored.
ijhnator Brookhnrt of Iowa, with the
brasTtn.ess sometimes exhibited by those
not yet ■expericivced in large affairs nf
state, 'deelardd tiie reasons for non-
• reepgaition given by the administra
tion spokesmen were “tlie most ridic
ulous I ever heard from grown up
men.” * . . ,
thejJLffioulties .of the world and estab
lish real peace. It is rumored Jn Lon
don that if France proves recalgtrant
to Labor’s peace plans, the MacDon
ald ffovornnumi—W ill lihlkP irrfTmrnpdrT
ate demand for payment of the French
debt^to Great Britain, .and. If this is
not honored. French paper may be
opened by the king until Jan
nary 15. At a great victory demonstra
tion 5f the Labor party Ramsay Mac
Donald announced that Ije-was ready,
to accept offi.ee as soon as invited and
that his governmenUs tirst task wouhl
he to mobilize all men and women of
good will and safe judgment to settle -INmi, 15 per cent* on amounts not ex
in the house have announced
their programs for tax reduction, as
substitutes for the Mellon plan adopF-
ed by the administration. The Demo
crats propose, among other tilings, a
larger cut In normal tax. rates on the
smaller incomes than proposed by Sec
retary Mellon, a 33-1-3 per cent reduc
tion in taxes on earned-income instead
of 25- per cent, with a special allow?
mice fur farmers and tradesmen who'
would not benefit by the Meilon^earned
.income •plan, and a.-revised surtax
scale, starting with incomes of $12,-
<HK) instead of $1(),ihn» and ending with
a maximum of 44-per cent orTjn-
comes m excess of $!)2,000.
un behalf of the radicals Repre-
ntative Frear introduced a series of
e features:
Restoration of an excess profits tax
on corporations., .
A tax oh undistributed profits of ror-
poratkjns,'the rates being 5 per cent
of amounts not exceeding $20,000 after
(Ifdtw'ting a $3,000 e\'empt*ibn;( 10 jut
cent on amounts not exceeding-$100,-
Board of Appeals to
Hear Numerous Cases
1 Reorganization *of the Central
| Board of Appeals of tlie Veterans’ bu-
: rente increasing membership of that
body from seven to seventeen in order’
1 to expedite pases presented, was first
proposed by the A+ttertcan Legion,Offi
cials of that organization declare.
About 12,000 eases have been hoard
annually J>Y the reviewing hoard, hut
tlie increased membership, it is be
lieved, will permit nearly 50,000 cases
of disabled veterans to he presented:
Another change advocated by tlie
Legion and recently put into effect by
Director Frynk T. Hines, has been the
establishment of a finance division in
tlie bureau and separation of the dis
bursing and accounting sections.
ceeding $200,000,. and _’0 per cent on
amounts above '$200,000.
Doubling of -present . inheritance
taxes.'*'* ..
A tax of from 1. ta-23 per cent on
gifts. - .
Reduction of normal taxes to 2 and
4-per cent, respectively, but no reduc-
pliThed on the market antTthe French tion in -surtax rates.
exchange tlius smashed.
M.
I
XSURGENT Republicans in,the sen- Uriited : Shrtt
ate on Wednesday won tlie long
VENIZET.OS, though ill. has con
sented to serve as foreign minister
in the Greek cabinet formed by George
Rondos, former ambassador to tlie
gnji he also Igs agre^i 'concurrence of all Ini*: ope ^tstiec.
Reduction of 25 per cent in taxes on
earned incomes; ,
Impcsitbin of a tax.on income^from
municipal and state s va’rities'under a
declaring it dtivalid ex r eiit With tlie
Legion Boosts Good Roads
A special session of the Missouri
state legislature to consider plans for
extending tlie road appropriations has
been sought by, members of tlie St*
Louis county council of the American
Legion, In a letter to Governor Hyde,
the Legion men declare that they
Teamed the value.of good roods'while
in France,.and that as the condition
of many roads in that state is deplor
able, steps should be taken to both
expedite upd extend the road building
program. Under the proposal made
by tiie "Legion men, authorizing of ad
ditional funds would ‘ provide a com
plete system by 1928.
Big Rush to Renew
Legion Membership
Membership of the American Legion
shows a great quickening of interest,
Lemuel Holies, national adjutant of
the ^organization lias declared, after
reviewing tlie rapid renewal of mem-
rship for 1924c Figures In the
baiuls of the officials of the organiza
tion, Indicate that renewals are 35 per
cent greater than in any previous year,
which fact is taken as a sign of a
healthy condition.
Mr. Holies hua said that such an
Increase is due primarily to the op
position to the demands of ex-service
BTeTTfor HTljusted - compensathm, whiehr.
lie says, has only served to unify the
veterans that tkelr request may lie
heeded. He says tliat charges tp the
contrary are unfounded and only in
spired by designing persons who seek
to discredit tlie Legion because of its.
program.
One Indication of tlie increased in
terest, 'according to tiie Legion man,
Is tiie unusual sales made by the dl-
.vlsfon which, handles official jewelry
for the organization. In two -weeks
prior tq -Christmas, the sales of this
division exceeded by more than throe
times, those of-tlie previous yegr. An
other sign taken by tlie national offi
cials as a - splendid forecast, is .the
rapid filling of tlie "Five Hundred
Clubs” of posts which boast of ‘more
than. 1,000'members. These clubs in
clude only .the’flrst five hundred men
to pay their dues,' and “without excep
tion,-. all memberships were filled be
fore January 1, 1024. •
. FROST PROOF
Cabbage Plants
Early Jeraey, Charleston Wakefield, Flat Dutch.
Succesaion. Poetpaid. 100, SOc; S00. 76c; 600, SL00;
1000, $1.60. Chanrea collect - 1000, $1.00; 6000 at SOc;
10,000 at SOc. Bermuda On Iona, Lettuce, Col lard.
Kale. Bruaaela Sprouta, Beeta, Kohl-Rabl plaata
lame price. Satiafaction ruarantakd.
D. F. Jamison* SummOrvllle* S. C«
Instant Relief
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Roncnui iTMiMCf
blH.I«.UinAlA
Way to Aid Disabled
One man's contribufioh To service
funds maintained by the. American
Legion In Marshalltown, In., practical
ly made it possible, to carry on post
work for disabled during the -year.
“Dgd” Everlst, ns the Legion men af
fectionately. call Idm, owns and op
erates a string of filling stations In
.tliat city, R&f one day turned over his
places for the Legion men to handle,
giving them tiie fax.fits. Gas sold at
a low figure on that date, gnd many
nutotets took advantage of the oppor
tunity to stock up, and thereby aid the
Legion’s work.
that the plebiscite on the form of gov- Publicity of tax returns and tax pro-
struggle to keep Senator (Timmins out | eminent shall lid held »in March in-i ceedings.
of. the Chairmanship of the interstate . stead of April. This latter wns asked!_Repeal of all nuisance tfixes.
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Simplicity Itself.
nriow did yqu find' the mosquitoes
up there?”
'“Cinch. Didn’t even have tfo look
fn* tlittin.”—American T.t»oir>n-
Kept an Eye on “Yanks
A Conmlunlst demonstration !n
France* made against French \Vorld
war veterans failed to disturb an Amer-
Icah Legion color guard 'which headed
the p/ocession of veterans. A Franco-
American patriotic celebration at
Choisy-le-Rol, near Paris, was tlie oc
casion for a parade, which was headed
hy tlie Paris American Legion color
guard, hearing the ’L’nited States emb
lem. Corijinunlsts started to stone
those in the parade, but confined .their
efforts to tlie,Fyench section, not car
ing to risk, the grim-faced "Yanks’* in
their ste^Tielmets, .who marched with
fixed bayonets at tiie head of the
procession. . "
Green's August Flower
The remedy with • record at fifty-eeren
M* of *urpeuintr excellence. All who
ter with nerroua dysp epcia, aour atommeh.
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atomach. palpitation and other indications of
.disreative diaorder, will find Green’s August
Flower an effective and efficient remedy.
For fifty-seven years this medicine has been
successfully used in millions of households
all over the civilised world. Because of Ita
merit and popularity Green's August
Flower can be found today wherever medi
cines are sold." 80 and 90 cent bottles.
It Is Efficient. -- -
The reason lightning doesn’t strike
twice in the same place Is because It
finishes the consumer the first "time.—
Duluth Herald.
MISERY IN HEAD,
COULDN’T REST
Ohio Lady Was Suffering From
Womanly Weakness, But After
- Taking Cardui She Grew
Strong and Well.
Relief for Hero's Family
The widow and children of the most
distinguished -soldier of Wakefield,
Mass., of tlie World war, are not pub
lic charges today, only because of
timely assistance brought by Corp.
Harry E. Nelson post of the Ameri
can Legion.- The post was named for
the husband and father, who was the
first Wakefield man to be awarded
the Distinguished SefVlce Cross, and
\who’ died a year ago from his war
.wounds... Recently it was found that'
his-fitmily was in need, so the post in
stituted a' campaign of relief width
brought Immediate response from the
townspeople.
* “On-to-Paris” Club
The desire to hold tiie 192^ conven
tion- of the American Legion in i;aris,
France, will not down. A recent ex-
t ample of tills is the “On-nr-Paris" club
formed in Wabash. Ind.. by Legion
naires, -who are dtipsifing $1 each
week until . 1928. This money may be
withdrawn only in case of alcknesa or
.death. • ' ^ t - -
Chillicothe, Ohio.—"Cardui Is my
standby ns a tonic,” says Mrs. Mary
Smith, of-.077 Orange St.,' this city,
after relating her experiences in the
use of that well-known qiadicine for
women.
Some years ago, Mrs. Smith .says,
she found herself in such a serious
condition from some womanly weak- ,
ness that she could do no work and
scarcely could get up or down.
“I had misery in thy head,” she
says, “and Just ached at times till I
couldn’t rest. I would have dizzy,
fainting spells .and Just stagger. J
didn’t have an appetite. __ • - ,, '‘
“Soipe one told me I needed 41 good.
woman’s tonic. I asked and" was told
Cardui mlght*help me. I began to
use It and, after a short time, I could. ;
see J whs being gradually made <
Stronger. —rr . •_
‘T quit having the weak spells. I
ate and seemed to relish what I ate.
I could sleep without waking up at
night I grew strong and well and
when the . . . came around, I
’had very little trouble.”
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