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LOVETT .DISCUSSES 'RAILiROA'D ItRl)ILE-M Un ion -Pacllic President Decfares Problem Solely (uCstioi Itallroad Credit. Washington, Aug. 22.-Private op eration of railroads cannot be restored at existing rates, Robert S. 'Iovett, president of the UnIon Pacific Itall road today told the House Interstate Commerce Committee dluring a dis cussion, in which he contended the railroad problem "ai solely a question of railroad credit." Howard 11'1llott, preildeit lof the Northern Pacific. another witness, urged early adoptIon of a national transporta.tion policy, leclaring de lay only tended to make "all classes iuncertami and unseti led." iI adopt Ion of the trans portation policy he thought congress shouldl ob1se'rve four prInciples, as follows: Government iegulatory machinery to encourage the present transporta tion system so that rates will pay all eosts, Including nlew capital ieeded for eXPanilonl of faellities: abandon ilent of credit methowds of adjusIling wages and working dispuI eS, With sublstilitiott oif "a sa ne mellihod of de cldIng I these (I est Ions," in1cluding abolishment of strikes, modification of the Sherman law to permit con solhition and makitng of federal au Ilority supreme in regtulatinig rates, Securities and accouints. Ilroads should have the right to Initi-ate rates. Mi. E1lliott argu ed. adding that the int erstato c(01n1 iterce coimission should have tlie right of suspension and review. hoth Judge Lovelt and Mr. Elliott IE AL l'TATiE IAGAINS. J. S. Bennett and Son farm, 205 acres, in 11-2 milet Trinity Ridge school, $40 p r acre. W. C. Abercron Ie house and lot in town of Clinton, with store-room, rent for $300 per year. Price $3,: 00. - 72 acre near Watt Is at $65.00. R. A. Coope csidlence on Sulivan street, $5,000.00. W. N. Murphy plantation, 89 acres, I mile of -Hickory Tavern school, $65.00 Per acre. Murphy Bolt place, 41 acres, near Ahercrombie's store. Price $1,000. J. D. Bagwell Place. 295 acres, near Waterloo. Price $20 per acre. Two metal itore-rooms at C. & W. C. depot, $3,500. William Solomon place, 85 acres near Humbert bridge, at Walter Gosnell place near Madden Station, 106 acres, at $40.00 per acre. LAUIIENS TRUST COM PANYV. ). E. Tod,41, Mgr. Real Estate. 0 Stot 'THE UNIVE , ~ t You 'oi'd tiar wvill mioney'-saini g servic ICI1 We Give rn Money- sr Saving rt Service umen arme skilled weha we( immake thle regulari lFo by t he fac(tory. Bingi. let us l ook it, over' -" a st Waidrop Laurent iurgeu the adoptin of the reorganiza tion plan of the Association of Rail way ilExecutives, including provision for a Federal Transportation 'Board, repretenting the piblic, to aid the in terst to commerce commissilon. Re ferring to the llimb or organized. labor plan for tri-partite control of the railroads, Judge Lovelt aild: "It i rather a bold move of the American ilolshevists to lake Iitt for Russianization the one inuilstry that affects all the people." Railroad employes, hei added, ito not understand the Plumb proposal but -when they do "they will repudIate and refuse to slipport it." "If the railroads were lurned back to their owners today .under existing conidittiona" Ideclared .1Il(dge il ovett. "it is not too111 much to say that bhal1f of the roads would go into hankiltrupley ahId. tie dividend paying roads would have to reduce their dividend pay Ienls. Wage 'icreaeswilhout proport Ion - ate inerease of rates woul I he dias frous, Jud~ge l'ovett. assertled, add(Iin : " It is utely initlossible to consider thiv pr,'av ownlers taking over. the railroads and operating Ithemt at le present iatles." He offered two solli tions: On'e to raise tie rates; the other, pay the loss front the federal treasury, Uinder private operatilonl, .11udgek Lovett said in reply to 'ipresenta tive Ilabyhni, Demuoerat. 'Texas, the rallro'ids could not he opirated "any iore economIlcally than Ile govern ment has." In arguing that credit was the sole (iquestion involved in lie railroad problem, .1 ud4e Lovett said the gov Prn ment Id ot propose to guaran ten iiterest on dividends, but that it was the duly of conigress to make rail investmenit so attractive ats to Induce prlllate Investments that will secuire the necessary development needed by the ipublic. Pointing out the need of addition 'a1 railroad facilltile, th' Union Pa cille resident said: "If the government Itself Ia not go ing to furnish the money then we mui look to private individuals for it; and not only regard for their conatituton 2a1 rights, but good pol-icy and common lionsay demand that tiey 8hiould 1be eniouraged an'1 protected, intsead of milde the victims of every half baked theory that unthinkable and unmoral ignorance can muggent." (overnment ownership was opposed by Mr. 1'llott, but Judge :Lovett as numed that the committee would not consider the solution of the rail prob Iem. ' Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE DROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. Thero Is only one "Dromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. WEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITE CO. MANC FACTrU RIRS IEillCTO'RS )ealers in everything for the come y'. L'he largest and best eqluippe~d mon enttal mtills In the Carolinas. *EEN WOOD, - - - S. C. RSAL CAR i' ve% sat'il ctry ami shop tS l ool t ' Ir it,'Hf mak Skeep it. tunedA i u an I ng810 smoothly, and1( yo'iJll have' all t he ser'vice andl Wt' ,Voti cotild get ftromt 1tintg hiow. Our work 'sGarage ",S. C. SHIPPED AItMS IN TRUNHI Ti MEXICS Ten Trunks uT1tAtinIng Ammunition)I Shipped from New Vork, Deteetives Find. New York, Aug. 25.--Ten !trunks containing aims and ammunition were shlipped from tis city to McxieO on the steamshlIp Morro Castle, which sailed last Fi'iday for Ilavana, Pro greso and Vera Cruz., according to in formatt 0 'I obtained today by (etec tiveS attached to the bomb squad. The trunks were shipped from a lroadway hotel. The department of justice and navy depait mi lt have been notified and it is expected gun boats % will be sought to search the steaimer. The bomlb Sqluad detecvtives, who have been in vestigating reports of scret ammunition stores here, first learnled of the( sh11iment through di1' covery of ia bill of sale showing 17. 000 rounds of ammunition and 350 llotands1 of "talcuml" pow'der. had beenl purchased oil August 1 ; from ia large sing ii goods holtse inl this city anld conlsignled to anl address wh*lehI (th! deteelives fouild to be ftieilious. They discovered today thatI the ex - plosives had anelally found theilr way to a lroadway hotel, where two Inen, belleved to have been ageilts of tile Alxicanl govinmntill, w r regisftered tintil Friday. The dtectves eliee theI took passage on Ih .\Morro Castle wit the tenl trunlks of amnu1111iion. After the hotel had beei searched for additional Stores of ex plosi ves, thie detectives raided in tp-townI res taurant, where they foun1(d several iiore. trunks, believed to contain l am munition. A package labeled "tal Cim powder" ad several ri les also were seized it the restalirant. Keywest, Fla., Aug. 2.~P.-'i'.wo local negroes were taken Into custody here today for investigation of their alleged attempts to buy 4,001) rounds of am munition from Keywest dealers. Of ficers say they believe the ammunition was Intended to be sluggled lilto Mexico via Cuba and that tile negroes confessed that a strange FsPaniard had employed them to (10 tile buying. The men held are William atnd 14'onlard Kemp, brothers. Patterson IReunion. The seventh reunion of tile Patter son family was held August fihe 21s at the Robin Patterson spring near Lanford. The weather was line an'd we had a most enjoyable day together. There were several inembers pres for the first tuime bit. we misseold (iite ia Illimber of tile regular attendaits who were prevented from attending by Siclkness and other valses. There were 107 members answeied to roll cali. There have beei thriee inarriag ('s during the yart': .\iss I-:leen ('u'ry to I)avid l'eden, .\liss Loma loole to J. .1. Wofford, Miss Lullie Cox to S. Ii. liordette. We are glad to welcone thesv younlit meln as mllemble rs of our, famlily ('lr'le' and1 wih thIem mulichI slid eeSs and hiapinessl' through lIfe. 'lTe following lIttle onles have beeni added to thle roll: .\lar't ha Y'arbor~iough lilat - I(hliion . liihn fI erry P'ooleC, Zilliec lIlanilhe 'uillwnrtsoin and .10ohn Ander' 5(1n WoI ikman I. 'There ha ve been t wo w(ere ireadi lby .\1r. .\1. (. Pat terson ande 1t. 1''. DcShiid. Wie hadl 7 boys ill tihe service, lnot oine was cal led 1(o make thle siupremeii( saciftee and only1113 a few Were wounlilded. Th'le majority hiave becen diseharuged, severia Io(f wh~oml Th'u'el lhef alltractio of11 th le dahy was:i the most14 e'x('el t ltl by Ild '11' II. I leShilelds, whlo saw ('ighileenl tmoniths oif dl(cuption 11 ini Germiuany. lie was a iml('mlbert of Ih In Ii7t Ii lniginl(eeris, I Itaini ho(w divisioni, amil tohl most inlteresdt ingly somelO of the ex peiencei'(s of his army life. Lawrence Poole, allotherci one of outr reoturined sold i'rs, gav' uis somelI goodi mic~( oni the oirgani. A fter en'joy'inlg Ithe no00n hiou to1 the' fullest ex tenIt aind speding Hoime time11 ('d to1 mieet Thur i isday biefore Ithe fourtth Sunda 1111'in August 1920. Secretary. Handy Plant in Desert. in the desert of Sonorta, Mexico, there is a planilt, tile guatrequi, wvhich hIusbaindIs Its wvater guipply. Tihie gutare qui Is a relatIve of the squasthl and1( pumpkin, andI111 inbi t.. ta local11ty In vich practicailly ull the rain) falls within ta peiid of six weeks. 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