The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 04, 1919, Image 16
A. MITCHELL PALMER TELLS
OF SPY WORK OF 0ERILMUNS
Florida Lumber Compiy Was a Hot
lIed of Sedition, Ie Says.
Chicago, Ill., M1ay 29.--Aimerieans
temporarily resident in enemy terri
tory during the war will have little
difficult) in having their property re
turned to them under the now condi
tions following the signing of the arm
istice," Attornevy (enerai PalI mer told
the Illinois liar Association, discuss
il: the work ol' the alien proplerly
custodian's office.
"When the enemy character of per
sons rests sorely upon their residence
it will be seen that by chanlge of res
dnclev iito nlol-Cnliiy territory, they
lose tiheir eniny chalracter. The at
tornecy general has adopted a liberal
ilellreta tion of the aCt, which per
mils such11 persosns whei. they lose
their elielliy Cllracter to be treated as
if they had allways been non-enemy
persons and to have thei'ir roierty re
tirnerl u11pon a proper showiig of loy
alty."
American cltizens who lost. their
property in Germany will be allowed,
in the opinon of the Attor'ney Gcn
vral, to present claims to tie United
States goverment. which will see that
they are reiibursed from Germain
holdings here. lIe sald that it would
be m1uch bttetor than turninli g propelty
back to Gernsi . for lie foresaw that
tIhle Germans would not he welcome as
businiess mnlil 1111o Aierican soil
willin the next decade at least.
Much new light on the work of run
ning to earth enemy interests in tile
United States was given by the Attor
ney General, who iwas alien property
custodian before lie entered the cabi
let.
"Down ;I Florida, tle groat Ger
m11 all-Ainer)'all Ilumber cornmpany, Owni
ed by a Priince of Germany, had ae
ctunuted nearly 200.000 acres of
timbewr land arouid St. Andrews Day,"
said Mr. Paller. "This ''lis Geman
Prino-f had14 put mlillions: of dollars intio
it. 110 haid never cone ieoar to it, lie
Ihk ,11h11 never reci ved .an1y interest or
dividenlds out of it: he had selected the
Germatn consul at Pensacolo as tIe
mane f lite compa fy, anld whlen he
cale to invstigate Ie onlid that his
coipanly had bitterly resisted a tile a
cross his properlty or 'eAross the iprop
erly of hiis neilghlbors to roelc St. An
drews 1.ay. onhich Ilis property was
loca ted. It so iappeis that, St. All
drews Day is tihe best. iambor on the
Clf of Mexico and the nearest harbor
oil American soil to the Panama caial.
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It so happens that the manager of the
coliplany for years had been a member
of the foreign office of Germany and
it so happens also that when we took
over the plant and began to operate it
and eamined their books, papers and
files, expecting to find a great mass of
information about the lumber busi
ness, we found a great mass of the
Pan-Gerian literature which had been
flooding this country for years. It
was a veritable spy center and would
have been a nest of sedition If Gor
many had had her way and we had not
taken it away from her."
tRAINMEN PROTEST
LATEST WAGE AWARD
IIrotherhood Passes Illesolutoion Ex
pressine Disapproval and Cites Con.
ditions.
Columu bus, Ohio, May 29.--The
Birotlierhood of Railroad Trainmen in
session here today' adopted a resoil
iot expressing disapproval of the last
wage alward made by the federal rail
road administration. The resolution
stipmlated certain conditions it should
have covered that It (dd not. A com
mittev was niamed to take ip the mat
eIr with the railroad administration
for Immediate adljustnilt.
'The resolution states that the pay
does not compeinsate for the hazards
of the work and insists that minimum
monthly, daily and mileage rates
eminivalent to $150 per month he es
lablished.
Coitinug the resolution demands
somie plan to compensate railroad
Irainment for time spent away from
home and ofr the inereased cost of
living. A reiterated demand for time
andi(] a half pay for holidays, Sundays
and overtime also was made in the
resoluition.
BAK1EI1 DEM)ANDS
AlRMY OF 509,000
seetafry Discusses Question of
Hr1finn lio1dies of Soldiers Hiome.
WashIntlon, Mlay 29.----S etIt iy
Dakr tod:ay retnewed before Ilie I louse
military commill his recommendation
that cong-ess provide for a temporary
a.my of -.,0M men for ite fineal
year be- ailtina July 1. The Secretary
was the first wvit ness at the heatings
otn the htuge arm appropriationi bill
-whieh failed itn the closing hours of
the last Senate.
Wl i iodies Re Bronllit Haciek
The question of wheat her bodies of
American soldiers who did lin France
should be left In that country of re
furned here, was brouight before tlie
. days as t
.."some case
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Secretary by several members of the
cominittee. They declared there was
a growing fee: lng throughout the
country for bringing the bodies back.
Secretary Baker said the Depart
ment had not, as yet, determined on
a definite policy in regard to the mat
ter.
"I relize, howe ." le ad "that
itany fathers and mothers want to
have the bodies of their sons brought
back, and I am in coiplete sympathy
with their Wishes. However, silince it
would be impossible to start now in
returning the bodies, the question can
be post-ioned for the time being".
General March, chief of staff, told
the committee that demobilization was
proceding so rapidly every man in
France could be back in this country
within four months if any army of
occupation in Iaurope were not need
ed.
"Until a definite international policy
iis tworked out, however," General
larch declared, "we maintain an ar
my of occupation there.
This army will soon be reduced,
however, to the regular divisions."
'rhe nuimber of men in camps in
this country also are being rapidly
reduced the (;eneral said.
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Dials, .Jnue 2.-A gay and delightful
social event of the past week, was that
of Saturday evening, when the young
people of the commnuity entertained
nvith a moonlight pienic at Goodgion's
bridge, an ol( mill, a place of much
nat ural beauty several miles from
here. The affair was given in honor
of thle follow iig visitors: Alisses Bon
ny a( Freddie Davenport, of Augusta
cross roads. guestcs of Miss Cecil Ow
lngs, Messrs. Boyd and Miss Boyd, of
(reenlwood. wveek-cndl guests of Aliss
\INattie Siimoons.
Sometime before "stil downi" the
ears. ladeun witi the happy picnie
' rwd. chla ('tlperoied by M1r. and Mirs.
.Jack Willis, toored to tie scene of
th1ie affair where an hour was spient la
explor'ing the baliuties of natiur'e in
which tile place abiounods. Goodgion's
is an ideal place for such an outiig.
'I'lie supper wiieh was ;,Il one could
ask for, was spread on thle cool, shady
rocks, and the following youing peopi I e
iia de in erry 'vhile satisfying appetites
keenly aigmented by the ride and
"sight-seeing" walks: Misses Cecil
Owings, Bonny and Freddle Daven
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xe mines are now
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some very high grad
an fill your orders p
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Gin
port, Olivia 'Curry, Lilly and Janetto
Thomason, Marie SIimmions, 1Iiimmia
Harris, Fannie and Sallie Brownlie,
Laura lellams, Clara McCall, Dewey
Armstrong, Nlattie Simmons, LMiss
oyd, and Mrs. Jack Willis; Messrs.
Ieoniard Owings, I. M. Owings, Cleon
and Clyde Willis, Broadus Owing.,
John Simmons, IErnest and Pierce
I iarils, David and Joe lrownIlee, Leon,
iItalph and EIdwin IIellams, Bob Mc
Call, Frank Curry, 'Clarence Godfrey,
Pred Medlock, of Laurens, Roy Wal
lace and l essrs. Boyd. After supper
thlie parly was increa.ised by the pleas- H *flmE
anti company of (tIulle a numilllber of
youing people from SihIloh and Gray 1 1 L
Coirt. In such a jolly crowd the S 0 IT
time passed all too quickly In pro
gressive conversation. ThIroughlout
Ile evening iced lemonade was served
and when the hour for departure aL-A LIQUIDS AN P ATEH
rived, each and every one voiced the
sentiment of a pleasant evening andTHE F.P.DALLCM CoRpokAyloNs tD., OUFFALO, 9
lMe wish for allot hi suav e p iL a hrc.
Mr. Ri. W. Pendarvis. well known III
p~n~inore, Fin.. ga1: "I suffered frou
IUcli ains II my ck to edt I could not
satoop over far enoug t to iuy o.%
i pOer I W stiff t i my joint a"r"i"e
ad ncontcnuilny Mg howe were boup c up,
andi III, stomach was weak, oftenL filling \I .
up iit foul gas. thy liver wn luative,
which gme p coeadach dizzy padj s
coatep tontue and ty.t lazy. drowsv no
account feeling. I bought a bottle of
fluX And that s the Co .nnev I
e aer spent ly back i, limber ani s tr e
uctingr regular an(] easy. rheitlim
( ated And mny nUuscles nottuanl. i-ievo Is
fit mnedicine annd I gladly revotinipeti It."J/
lDieco Is tnnle ftomn Juices anl extmriolt
( 1 ot ij nmdiiaI herbal plants. Which
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