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DAVIS H < \710 Mainee ,, COLUMBIA, S. C. Any Kind ol i leatijy and Promptly Executed . 11^ 5 ONLY / * 3 at, each . . .60c . ... 75c it ? . . . 35c Patching, at . .75c itching, at . . . 40c ..... 130c n ot" 7C/? Oj a u * i uv Springs, at . . $4.50. . ;'. $3.75 md Goodyear Tires. ! 3 too numerous to mention, at / line, 25c per gallon for 3 days, ir repair work at reasonable - ! - LD GARAGE M, S. C H. C. Oswald, Mgr. * f\ \ ? % Metropolitan Cafe ? FOR ? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Tempting and Delicious Foods Delightly Served All Sea Foods in season. Best Equipped Kitchen in the city. All Dishes and Utensils thoroughly sterilized. Special attention given Lexington People. THE METROPOLITAN CAFE 1538 Main Street, - - Columbia, S. C ? at THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH-NEWS OFFICE. rilTS THE CBiP out of mm !#nd Shark Who Preyed oi Sartors !s Givp.n His Death Blow. ME SAM TAKES A HANI pipping Board Establishes Goveri taient Agency to Find Berihe fof Seamen?Evils of Old System Are Swept Away. New York?The crimp, one of tl Ugliest figures in the predatory force collectively known as "land sharks, that once preyed unchecked on th merchant sailor ashore, must give u grip on Jack when he is in Amei C5tn ports. Recent establishment by the Unite States shipping board of a governmer shipping agency of national scope t place seamen in positions afloat wi put the crimp out of business. The shipping board agency, know as the sea service bureau, alms n< only to protect seaman and ship owne against extortion, but to stabilize th supply of mariners at various porl by shipping men to ports where mos needed, prepaying their fares,and iool ing after their subsistence in transi This service will be performed t cost, and a nominal fee of so much man will be charged the ship operate calling for men. The passing of the crimp is the mos recent in a number of changes in coi ditions affecting American sailor when ashore that taken together coi stitute a complete departure from ol time standards of what was consit ered good enough for Jack. Into the discard which now receive the crimp went some years ago th sailors' dance hall, and its attendar sisterhood, who welcomed Jack ashori entertained him until his money wa gone, and turned him over to th crimp, who in nine cases out of te was a boarding house keeper. Passing of Boarding House. The sailor's boarding house itself, a it was known in earlier days, has su fered eclipse by the welfare cente where in a great clean building sailor may get a neat bed for 30 cenl a night, and meals at proportional cost, and where he can play game attend lectures and movie shows an mingle socially with sober and sel respecting companions. Next on the list to go will be th sailor's grog shop, which now is o Its last legs. With that gone, th props of the old system for debaucl Ing Jack and plucking him will hav been sent to Davy Jones' locker. Fe1 will mourn the event, for a new styl of sailor is coming Into the merchar marine?a sailor to whom old-time e: Cesses ashore would not appeal an pn whom the "land shark" would nc get fat. The crimp will not go out of bus ness willingly. He has too recec memory of days when to be a crim was to conduct a business of profii There are many crimps in busines today who recall with professions pride the days of strong arm method in the merchant marine. In those times the captain, whos dignity and ethics did not preven him from accepting a crew that ha< i ' j i? j A: oeen snipped uy utr*_-trpuuu ui iwu turned "> the crimp as to a specialis to be engaged for difficult cases. Th crimp responded with the alacrity o one who expects a good fee. It wa in such cases that he shone, and h' methods were those of an artist 1 guile. The fact that he was an oul law and that severe penalties wer provided for any one aiding or abei ting him," as well as for himself, di not baffle him. Liquor, drugged or otherwise, wa his chief ally. He befuddled Jac and worked his will with him. On classic method of the old time crim was to tap the drunken sailor ove the head with a blackjack, tumble hir into a boat, row him alongside th ship on which he was slated to mak a long voyage and have him hoiste over the side. Doom of the System. The crimp knows where the wors kind of men are, to a certainty. H makes it his business to go aboan ships as they come in?sometimes gel ting aboard in the guise of a doc! laborer?to solicit trade for his board !ng house, offering inducements tha would not appeal to the newer typ of American sanor, wno m umc lodges ashore under the protectinj roof of some friendly society. One stroke of business brings an other, with the crimp. lie promise: Jack a job if he will stay on awhil at the boarding house. When Jack': money is gone, and the crimp's finan cial stake in the sailor must be madi good, Jack is sold to the captain o: operator :n need of men who is will ing to pay the board bill as well a: a fee. This practice received a har< blow a few years ago, when the lav forbade assignments of wages by sail ors, but it has been staggering alonj since. It is expected to die when th< Shipping ooaras reeiess snippm; agency gets into full play. The sea service bureau has me with the hearty approval of the mer chant sailors, who flock to its office; and lose no opportunity to inforn thei? rubles ar*v*ing from voyages tha there is now a central governmen1 agency for signing en men. . I A I | TEN WARS BEING WAGED DURING PEACE CONFERENCE I ^ JLonrlon My 24.?Although the sign J ing of the peace treaty by the rem' nants of the Central Powers is due in A II i a few weeks wn re a ro ctill V??*?*r*cr wocr __ t ^ v WiAX ?? | ed on ten different fronts. In Sibria bolshevist bands are oper | ating along the Trans-Siberian rail j way doing much damge. Tn Eastern Russia the bolshevists J ; and anti-bolshevist forces are con: ducting an acive campaign. In ahe Crimea British ships have !% \ . entered the Sa of Azov, j In Eicaterinoslav the bolshevists j have defeated General Deniki j iiens unu cxaim 10 nave taKen L#enie /gansk. i In the Ukraine^ a great uprising in ^ the center of the district is worrying te ' the Moscow goverment 1?' In Northern Russia in the Arch< i . * r: angel district the bolshevists have T M | been forced back along the Petchora u ^ | Petrcgrad is reported taken and Ad0: iniral Kolchak is advancing. U; In Asia-Minor the Greeks have en tered Smyrna to give battle to the E Turks and further trouble is expected ^ The Poles hve taken. the offen? sive against the Ukrainians and also ie ... ? are fighting the bolshevists in Ghcia, :s Volhynia and Lithuania. ?. The Austrians have driven the Jug? t{ Slavs back and are invading Syria. it In Afghanistan a hilly war is being 8 preached from Kandahar and the 11 whole western frontier is active. Many desertions are reported from * the Khyber rifles. ^ The bolshevist forces on all fronts j. aggregate 800 000 men d rT Trrmnv Arr-cm I?rn T>T"r> m m . xjxjajv. ,UVi51 JO L J sr *j XV1X JLXUjL/. There seems to be a growing- ten|S dency on the part of the people of ? 1 the country to negelct the matter of choosing our officials. When elecLS tion time comes many men will not g take the trouble to even go to the polls D to vote^ and unfortunately* these are ' men whose weight and influence in . election affairs should count for most 9 They are indifferent^ and will not take time from their business^ or interest g enough in the principles at stake to g go to the polls. The natural result of ;e this will be to allow the man who can s, make something out of it to be the <3 man who will control. Unfortunately there are many purchasable voters in the State. And there are unscrupue leus office seekers and Tammany boss l es who will not mind purchasing the I. votes which are for sale. The good e people of the country must realize w that the man who will spend money e to get elected will recoup his lost treasure out of the treasury of the public good when opportunity offers. a x The man who buys is as little to be trusted as the man who will sell i- them.. Positions of trust or responsiit bility should never be filled by men P who will buy votes nor by purchase votes. , s . ? ?% t g NEWBERRY COLLEGE COMMENCE ENT BEGINS e JUNE 15.--LARGE CLASS it d "We acknowledge receipt of an invitation to the graduation exercises of Newberry College which takes place^ June 15?18. The invitation is Steele engraved and very attractive in deb s sign^ carrying at the top the college n seal in gold letters, t- The following is the program of the e exercises: Sundav June 15 11:30 a m.?Baed ' ' calaureate Sermon> Opera House, Rev. F H Knubel D. D 8:30 p m Ads > ^ dress to College Y M C A Rev M. L e Stirewalt^ Opera House n Monday June 16 10:30 am?Soph1 i ) r omore Declamation contest^ Holland a Hall: M L. Chapman F B Counts R B e Cromer F L Hayes D O Holnian T O o ? _' Lybrand I X Merchant R M Monts d ' Jr. S:30 p. m Junior Oratorical Con * test Opera House: B C Bishop W H . Derrick^ J D. Lane O B Long J C e Oxner J J Yigodsky. A Tuesday June 17^ 10:30 a m?An>| nual Address to Alumni By Alan John k ston Jr. Eso. Onera House S:30 :> . > ? m Address to College Literary Socie* ties D W Daniel Ph. D. Opera House e y ' Wednesday June 18 10:30 a m?Com g moncement Day Exercises Opera y J House. The graduates of Newberry College s p in this year's class with the degree ot s B. A. are: Carl B Caughman Ernest K Counts e r. Paul M. Counts James Levi Dennis L 9 9 - Willie Belle Duckett Monroe Jacob 9 * Epting^ Jr.? William D Half-acre. Har P ry J Harmon^ w u;awin rientz w I- Stokes Houck Martha Kennedy Hu y y ? bert Malcolm Kyzer Ernest Bascom ? 9 r Mingrledorff Eldridgre tracy McSwain ElSje Peterson Albert Hugh Slice, Felder J Shirer Gurnie Randolph J * Summer David Williams Linwood W s y y i Zoller. t ^ Ik' Sine to Attend the t Chautauqua. /