Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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URGES ACTION FOR THE SERVICE MEFN Thomas Taylor Tells Senate Commit, tee Ills Hen Don't Want "Bonus." Washington, June 9.-During imme diate action in behalf of the service men, John Thomas Taylor, vice-chair man of the legislative committee, .American 'Legion, told the senate fin ance committee of the senate today that his men did not want a "bonus." He said: "The word 'bonus' has never been and is not now in the minds of the mornbers of the American Legion or any of the other veteran organizations. What they believe they are etitled to is an adjustment of their compensa tion due to the change in their eco nomnic condition as a result of the war and as a result of their participation in the war. "The average soldier at the time of the war, who left his thcn-existlng circumstances, went away for what was conceded to be reasonable wages; he performed his duty to the best of his ability; he returned to this country and to his former ocenpation and found that those men who had remain ed at their work had increased their advantages and increased their sav ings to a tremendous extent; and at so-and most inportant--that the liv Ing conditions and costs had gone up so that he was discriminated against financially in his po.ition. "This adjusted compensation bill is only to remedy that in part-because it could not be expected that it could -be remedied in whole-and not only in the way of a cash payment but more in the way of an opportunity, and that the opportunity is really the thing In which the American Legion is most Colds & : "For years we have used * and I have never found any * place," writes Mr. H. A. Stacy Y , who is a Rutherford Cou Draught as a medicine that s hold or use in the prompt tre vent them from developing Inl * THEDI BLACK-I a "It toucbes the liver Ar declared. "It is one oft I cold and headache. I I't family if it wasn't or B dollas . . . I donrt see how * out It. I know it is a reliable i in the house. I recommend g never without it." At all druggists. Accept Nc *U.......... PRINCESS Tuesday and Wet VERA ( THE "MOTHER" C "The Greg Directed by Picturized 'y E THE SCREE THE GREATEST THE GREMJ A Vital, Glowing Dranr the Universal Language Heart-Interest Picture perbly Acted by a Super Mothers' Matine We will mail a free t sends in the name of ren, the mother also to for special matinee. Prices: 15 deeply interested in the productive features of this ;bill. "This legislation would have been most beneficial it it had been -in effect immediately when the men returned from th service; then their financial condition was in a bad state; then they were ready to .take advantage of the productive -features of this legisla -tion, the situation existing today being just about as bad as it was then. There were thousands of men, 'but there are hundreds of thousands of ex service men in the United States today out of employment, and right now this legislation is vital; and if you could get it through in a reasonable short space of time the men are ready to take advantage of these productive features of the adjusted compensation bill. "What we want now is help for the soldier; we want hel-p for the ex-ser vice man. The other features of this bill have been made attractive asd Just as soon as the liklihood of this bill going through appears we will be active; indeed, already we are getting in motion machinery to show to the ien just what they should take. "When this adjusted service certifl cate--which is the insurance plan of this bill--is properly set fourth to the ex-service men, these young men will see that here something has .been done for them which has not been done be fore. As the -payment of the cash is made in payments of $50 in quarterly installments over a period of several years .time and you putt it up to the fellow' that way we never hear a word about the cash; every one of them thinks about the other plans." It looks now as though congress would enact some really constructive legislation for the ex-service .men at an early date. Headache Black-Draught In our family medicine that could take Its ,of Bradyville, Tenn. Mr. Sta- * ity farmer recommends Black-g lould be kept in every house atment of many little ills to pre o serious troubles. 'ORD'S ORAUGHT id does the work," Mr. Stacy * best medicines I ever saw for a k hat we would do In our raught. It has saved tas many any family can hardly go with- U and splendid medicine to keep - Black-Draught highly and am g A SIImitationS. THEATRE Inesday, June 21-22 IOR DON IF "HUMORESQUE" N Ltest Love" Iienry Kolker dward Montagne t LOIHER PRESENTATION REST THEME ia of Life Itself, Told in a of Humanity--a Great Lavishly Staged and Su lative Cast. e Tues., June 21 cket to every person who a mother with two child eceive a free ticket good and 30 Cents DIAL WANTS ARMY PROPERTY FOR S. C. Senator Working to Secure Surpluus Road Equipment for Highway Commission. Washington, June 11.-Senator Dial for some months past has been en deavoring to secure as nyuch of the surplus army property as possible in the way of automobiles and road equipment for the highway commis sion of South Carolina. "I can see no good reason," he said "for the army keeping its trucks and letting them rust out in the weather. As I stated a while ago, last Saturday I saw hundreds of trucks perhaps at Camp HollAbird out there in the wea ther, and my information is they were put there before the Armistice. I have telephoned the bureau of roads, but they told me they had no trucks what ever at Camp Hollabird. They further told me that they could use all the trucks they could get. The trucks I saw are absolutely new and have never been used. I cannot see any differ ence between the war department, the post office department, or the good roads bureau, or any other depart ment. The'property is bought from the money collected from the taxes of the people and is paid for out of the same pocket book. I do not want to be unfriendly to the war department, but I do not want to arrogate to itself the belief that it can take this property and keep it there and let it rust out. I can see no better use for these trucks than for building goood roads. If the post office de partment needs some, let the post of flee department have them. There should be no antagonism whatever be tween the war department and any other department of this government. To my mind the war department does not need these trucks, otherwise they would have used them long before this. "I think it would be very well to let half of them go, but if we sell the other half, we will get very little for them; we will throw them away. The point I am trying to bring to the at tention of the Senate is that the prop erty of the United States ought to be used. It ought not be allowed to runt out. We should do everything we can to build up the roads in this country. I have no ill-will against the war department. I have a great many friends in that department, but the people of this country are a little bit impatient over their extravagance." In a word, Senator Dial's position is that it makes no difference what de partment has these trucks; that it is absolutely wrong to allow them to de teriorate when all the state highway commissions are begging for them. Whatever friction may exist between the war department and any other de partment, he believes, should cease and the best use made for the various equipment in the interest of the people generally. he said he would continue his efforts and follow up every pos sible avenue to secure them for high ways projects instead of seeing them rust in many places throughout the country. "The people," Senator Dial continu uedl, "are a little bit impatient over the extravagance of the war depart ment. Down in my part of the coun try last year and year before last that department allowed the linters to stay out in the weather andi the weather and absolutely rot. Thousands and hundreds of thousands of bales of lin ters of sonme value simply dlecayed and wvent to waste and were hauled out and throwvn in the gutters and then around in the fields. Several hundred bales in my owvn town wvere hauled ou and dlisposed of in that way. I am trying to get that department to real ize that the p~eople of this country are tired of paying taxes and not have a (dollar bring a hundred cents in re turn. We want to stop appropriating money it is not necessary to appro priate. I want the war department to have all that is necessary to keel) it up in proper shape, but the people of this country will not stand for any such reckless extravagance and any such indolence and wilful waste any longer. We bought bonds andl paid for them; they have gone dlown below~ par, and at the same time we look out of every window and see property go. ing to waste every clay. We want thai stopped." 5-Year Senitence Is (Uven Cashier Charleston, Juno 8.--W. TV. C. Bates Jr., former assistant cashier of th< Liberty National flank, of Columbia S. C., today pleaded quilty in United States district court here to the charge of oiubezzling *i50,000 of the institu tion's funds and was sentenced to a fine of $5,000 and five years' imprison moat in the federal penitentiary at At lanta. On request of the defendaant's a'ttorneys, sentece was suspended fot thirty days, during which applicntion for pardon, it ls said, wvill be filed with the dlepartment of justlee ini W~ashing ton. Dates, who is 22 years old, wvas released from cutstody for this i)erioc under bond of $20,000. Engraved Cards and invitations. EM CO6ffRDT TRES Now Selling at the Lowest Price Level in Tire History 30x3 - - 24. 32x4 - - 46.30 34x4A - - 4. (And Other Sizes in Proportion) I)A-. Q Tire repair mcn, wh'o judte value-s bct, cl.as thiee tT.s a9 having the: aturdiest C_ ,asej made!. For.Wy-sceen high. grade car rn act u0 erUs Use them vs standard et.uipn1nt. I hey are the CluIity cImice of c'rd ur. This new low price is made possible by strictest economies and specialized production. Plant No. 2 was erected for the sole purpose of making 30x3Y%-inch Non-Skid fabric tires. With a daily capacity of 16,000 tirCs and 20,000 tubes, this plant permits refined production on a quantity basis. All materials used are the best obtainable. The quality is uniform. It in the best fabric tire ever offered to the car owner at any price. "HE WHO LOOKS BEFORE HE LEAPS BUILDS OF CYPRESS AND BUILDS FOR KEEPS." -BUILD IT OF CYPRESS AND BUILD BUT ONCE." "FIX THINGS UP" MEANS CYPRESS "OF COURSE," "THE WOOD ETERNAL" Fences, Sheds, ?- e Cypresn and Barn & House o Re airs, SuaFloor, GallerySup'trs,' p out-houses, and whatever the place look more ~ shipshape 'sU. (and rnore saleable/ in case of need.) "Build of Cypress &You Build But Once" "The Wood Eternal" is your "one best bet." Cy press grows in "your own back yard" and can be had on demand in your own lumber yard. INSIST ON "THE WOOD ETERNAL" Because it does not rot-if you get the true "tide water" variety-and therefore means double money's-worth of lumber. Ask for "all-heart." "CYPRESS AVERTS REPAIR BILLS" Write us for list of FREE PLANS for farm buildings -but in the meantime insist on "CYPRESS and no substitutes" from your local lumber dealer-no mat ter for what purpose you buy. Address nsit ;;rs SOUT HERN CYPR ESS Insist ie Cype7s-y" ca M n facturers' Cyprciati-yourc" n mark. . mark. "~5~H<253 Heard National Bank Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. YOUR IDCNA '7igR WILL SUPPLY YOU. IF HEI~ HASNTr ENOUGII CYPRESS LET US5 KNOW AT ONCE.