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VOL. :J.6. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920. ' ~ NoflB
THE PRESIDENT AND
FACULTY UPHELD
NEW REGIME TAKES CONTROL
WITH LITTLE TROUBLE, BUT
LACK SUPPORT. <
On last Saturday the government'
of Frederich Ebert, the socialist presL
ident of the German republic, was
\ overthrown by a military coup d'etat.
V Dr. Wolfeane Kapp, one of the
Jiders of the fatherland party, and
;ral director of the agricultural
eties, ousted Gustav Bauer, the
icellor, and, in taking that office
self, has temporaarily assumed
erne direction .of affairs Dr.
p was born in New York and, acjng
to a report from that city,
refused to learn the German language.
At th^ age of 12, his father took him
to Germany, where he has remained
ever ?ince.
Two Governments in Germany
Tjiere are now two contendiug governments
in Germany, the new one
yAder Chancellor Kapp at Berlin, the
. V>ld one under President Ebert at
Dresden. Officials of the new govern-'
ment declare that it is not reactionary
or monarchist. The president of the
oia government anu ni? minister?. nave
issued a proclamation calling upon
the people to rise in a general strike
as the only means of preventing the
return of William II.
Artillery Dominates Berlin.
Berlin is occupied by the troops of
the counter revolution?to what number
is not known?and the movement
is sp:-eading rapidly throughout the
provinces. Masses of troops and naval
brigades with artiller? have been
brought into the capital and dominate
the situation. Thus far, there has
been no outbreak and no bloodshed, v
Ebert's Precautions Inadequate
The Ebert government had knowledge
beforehand of the pending counter
revolution, but the precautions
taken proved tu be entirely madeHHb
quate. Outside of the security police
^^V^nd the Noske trops on patrol, noth- i
f ing indicated at 3 o'clock this morning
that Berlin would wake up to
find the Ebert government turned out. i
The president himself left Berlin with
some of his followers two hours after ]
tL.i.
utav Luiic.
Admiral von Trotha had been dispatched
to Doeberitz Friday night
for the purpose of conferring with .
the troops and admonishing them to
desist from any violent procedure. j
' He returned and informed the cabinet
that the agitation had subsided,
but thjit the danger was not wholly
raiMved. j]
j Noske's Troops Unreliable ,
i Tne realization was finally brought ,
hom^ to the cabinet that the army.,
^ whic i Hen- Noske was supposed to ;;
Ieontipl was far from being the loyal .
orga: ization he counted upon and
that the Berlin garrisons had also
been noculated by the officers of the
old sihool and were ready for the 1
risin$ when the call came. The secrecy
with which the revolution was
plann d and carried out has stunned 1
every one. 1
Hi idenburg Favored as Chief
Fie] 1 Marshall von Hindenburg is 1
report ti to be favored by the new 1
regim as imperial president, but 1
thus f i he has remained in the backgrount
The former minister of for- 1
eign a iairs, Gottlieb von Tagow, and (
Baron on Falkenhausen, former governor
[ ?neral of Belgium, are among '
the lea ers of the counter revolution. :
Whil i the movement has been car- 1
rie*i oi(i rapidly and with apparent '
order, 4iere is an undercurrent of '
anxiety among the people of Berlin '
as to possible future occurrences.
Fighting Occurs.
Altho'.gh this counter revolution 1
has thusjfar been the most orderly of
any in t1^ history of a great country,
it has passed without the clash- i
ing of a|ns and bloodshed. In va- ;
rious citi^ fighting has occurred, par- <
ticipatea |n both by mobs and by i
troops, Ad several persons were i
killed Mlday and others wounded;:
in disord.A in the suburbs of Berlin <
when rifll and machine guns were ;
turned upA the crowds. i
fyter Dispatches
London,warch 16.?Four hundred i
persons al reported to have been
killed andAany persons wounded in
a bomb^rAent of Kiel by a Ger- i
man cruisE says a Central News
dispatch An Copenhagen, quoting
a Kiel ccmpondent.
The di? Eh adds that some quarters
of 'Bjlown were distroyed by
the boml Aient. The cruiser is j
said to h Mirected its fire against
the quarr&y the German workmen
Death of W. R. Cooper
Nesmith, March 17,?Mr. W. R.
Cooper died at his home near Nesmith j
Sunday afternoon, March 14, 1920.
Mr. Cooper had been failing in j
health for some time, but was confined
to his room for only a short;
while before his death. He was taken ;
to Dr. Kelley's infirmary in Kingstree
but his case soon proved hopeless;
human hands could not save him, so '
having a desire to spend his last
clays in his old home and with his 1
loved ones, he was brought home '
Monday week.
He suffered untold agony in his!1
last hours, but he bore his illness '
patiently, never complaining, never
murmuring.
The day before his death, after his 1
pastor had read to him and prayed <
for him, he assured those around him
that he was not afraid to die. for it t
was God's will, so was it his. 1
Mr. L/ooper servea as a supeiattendant
of the Sunday-school, as clerk ; i
and treasurer of the church and was j <
one of its deacons until recently relieved
on account of his illness. He
was an earnest worker and a devout i j
christian. It can well be said of him, j
his work is finished, he hath done j <
what he could. ;
He will be missed, his place in the (
home is vacant, his pew is empty,
but he has left foot-prints for us to 1
follow. His pood works remain and \
as a reward he is now at rest. ,
He leaves a widow, two sons, two j i
sisters and one brother to mourn his 11
loss. His sons are: 'S. H. Cooper of ;<
Georgetown, W. J. Cooper of Morris-1 ]
ville; his brother, B. Cooper of Mou- j \
zon; his sisters are: Mrs. Ida Woo ten ,
of Andrews and Mrs. G. R. Walton \ <
of Morrisville. 1
He was laid to rest in the cemetary!
at Belin's Monday afternoon, March <
15. May God bless and ctmfort his ]
bereaved family, is our earnest prayer. <
?B. D. Thames, j j
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An indictment charging conspiracy : ^
in violation of the Lever fuel control ^
act and athe Federal criminal code, I.
naming 125 coal operators and miners ^
as defendants, was returned in Fed- j
eral court at Iridianapolis, Ind., last j
sveek by a special grand jury which
has been investigating the coal indus- .
try since December 17, 1919. More 1
than half of the defendants are ope-,1
mtors.
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who are opposed to the Kapp move- }
ment. 1 j
Kapp Quits Post (
London, March 17.?Chancellor
Kapp, head of the government at Ber- }
lin, has resigned in favor of Presi- j (
dent Ebert, spys the Berlin corre- j j
spondent to the London Times, under' ^
date of Tuesday evening. Efforts to (
form a Kapp ministry have been
abondoned. j,
Kapp Lacks Support s
Berlin, March 16.?(By the Asso-' <
:iated Press)?The new Kapp govern-11
ment at Berlin has not found the sup-11
port it looked for, and while its hold t
an the administrative activities are j <
growing weaker, the strength of Pres- j i
dent Ebert and his supporters, includ- 11
ing the members of the national assembly
at Stuttgart, has increased t
materially, if all reports are to be
believed. Consequently Ebert's re-;
turn to Berlin at an early date is j
confidently predicted in some quarters. J
That Dr. Wolfgang Kapp has virtu-1
illy reached the end of his resources,
so far as concerns himself as head of I
the revolutionary movement, is evi-;
fenced by the fact that he is said to
have been ready to retire since Saturday,
but was persuaded by Colonelj
Bauer, the leader of the Royalist party.
and Major Gen. Ludendorf, to re.main.
"Impossible" Government
General Groener, the Prussian \fer:
minister, the Frankfurter Zeitung as- j
serts, has telegraphed to Field Mar-1
shal Von Hindenburg that in his opin- j
ion the Kapp-Von-Luettwitz govern- j
' - * i?4.1 !
menc is an lmpossioie one, wnemer j
trom the viewpoint of home affairs
Dr foreign affairs. Groener is quoted ;
as saying that Von Hindenburg is
the idol of the German people and a ]
word from him would bring the reg- j
ular troops to a constitutional basis, i
General Groener is also credited 1
with having sent a message to Presi- s
dent Ebert offering to act as media- '
tor between him and Von Hindenburg \
with a view to restoring constitu- ]
tionalism. i
Von Hindenburg has written to Dr. i
Kapp advising him to withdraw from i
his position, Cologj^^^atches say, i
and has advised President Ebert to 1
call for new elections.,
REVOLT IN GERMANY
--EBERT OUSTED
MEMBERS REFUS TO CONSIDER
ULTIMATUM IS >UED BY JUNIORS
AND SENIORS
The report of the board of trustees
of Clemson College, which has been
investigating the walkout last week
of 450 freshmen and sophomores to
enforce a demand for reinstatement
without punishment of all underclassmen
and certain reforms in methods
of cadet government, was issued
Monday. Threats of the senior and
junior classmen to walk out in sympathy
with the under-classmen and
general conditions at the institution
also are dealt with in the report.
The report is featured by the following
findings and recommendations:
Support of the president, the commandant
and the discipline committee
of the faculty.
Refusal to consider the ultimatum
from senior and junior classmen, laying
down of certain conditions upon
which junior and senior classmen who
signed an ultimatum and sophomore
and freshmen classmen who walked
out may reenter the college.
Acknowledgement that conditions of
the mess had not been what the authorities
would have them, but that
economic and other conditions the
world over are such that the situation
could not have been better under
existing limitations, authorizing the
president to make improvements in
the mess and providing him with additional
funds to cover cost of them
without raising the monthly rate of
toard for cadets.
Conditions upon which junior and
senior classmen may reenter the college
provided that each individual who
signed the ultimatum shall sign and
file with the president for the trustees
sy 11:30 p. m. March 21, a written
fvrttm Uioir nnnmvnl nf the
a?t paragraph of the document. Those
failing to comply shall be considered
in a state of subordination and shall
:>e dropped from the rolls of the colege
without the privilege of reinstatement
at any time in the future. Memjers
of these classes who do not return
in accordance with the terms of their
present leave, without sufficient exruse
in the opinion of the president,
;hall be adjudged deserts and dropped
from the rolls as' such. Freshmen
md sophomores who fail to return
jy 11:30 p. m., March 21, will be
iropped from the college rolls.
When these conditions have been
met those cadets returning will be required
to subscribe a new oath to the
pledge given upon their former enhance
and to make up all work missed.
;
Open trials for cadets, not upon demands
from any cadet element, but
solely to inspire more of a spirit of
confidence in the work of the discijline
committeee of the faculty; permission
to be granted accused cadets
o have faculty council of their own!
:hoosing at the trial; no student representative
upon the discipline committee.
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Appointment of a committee of the j
iIlliltTi W OLUU/ vnc vuut.ii gvtvtu |
nent conditions and suggest changes
is might be deemed advisable, this ^
eport to be submitted at the regular j
Ypril meeting of the trustees. i,
Consideration of the case of Cadet :
Trosland, not upon the demand of the j
unior and senior classmen, but upon ,
he petition of Cadet Crossland, as .
jrovided by regulations. The board j
icting as an appellate court, found <
hat the discipline committee erred i (
?chnically in the trial of the defen-1
lant. The sentence imposed was re- j
icinded and the case remanded to the [ ]
liscipline committee for trial under!
he proper section of the regulations, j
S Crosland returns under the condi- 1
ions laid down by the board, and the J
lommittee finds him guilty, the cadet <
:an appeal to the board, when the !
\no?vl vvmiM nq<5 linnn t.hp actual <
nerits of the case. <
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The rock-ribbed Republicans of ;
Pennsylvania are viewing with complete
equanimity the growing bitter- .
less of the campaign of Candidate
Wood, Lowden, Harding and Johnson
for the presidential nomination. ;
rhe reason is not far to seek. If the
four aspirants now doing most of the ;
running, fight one another to a stand- i
still, there is a good chance the con- '
mention will go elsewhere for the can- <
didate, and Gov. William C. Sprout,
of that immense commonwealth, is
being groomed as the only real, orig
MEXICAN TROUBLE !
LANSING'S UNDOING
SECRETARY TRIED IN VAIN TO
ALTER PRESIDENTS POLICY
SAYS H. L. WILSON
(By the Associeted Press)
Chicago, March 16.?President Wil- j
son's policy in Mexico is responsible j
for the anarchy which has existed in |
Mexico for years" and was the direct j
cause of the resignation of Robert |
T * O I
j^ansing as .secretary ui oiate, xieniy |
Lane Wilson, former Ambassador to
Mexico, declared in an address before
the Agate Club here.
"It is an error to ever suppose that
Mexicans have struggled for liberty."
he added. "Mexicans interpret liberty
as license, and consequently the struggle
has always been for loot. Mexico
has never had what we call a political
election. Every government has been
shot into and out of power.
Says Mexicans Laugh at U. S.
"President Wilson followed consistently
his foolish policies by recognizing
Caranza, the man who has brought
Mexico to the conditions of anarchy
which prevailed 50 years ago.
"No European government recognized
Caranza and for that reason I.
they have been able to maintain their
dignity in Mexico and command respect
from the Mexican government.
Mexicans, however, laugh at the
States. Thev have insulted
President Wilson and they continue
to insult him because they can do so
with impunity. Since 1910 there have
been 660 Americans convicted and
murdered on Mexican soil and during
that time not a single Mexican or
European has* been convicted, nor
even tried by law. American capital
has been confiscated to the amount
of $1,200,000,000.
"During the late war Mexico was '
the center for all German plots |
against the United States. Under ]
President Wilson's very eyes 100 Germans
were training Mexican troops
for assault on our border. Our rep- ,
resentatives down there have been
hissed in the Mexican congress.
Impossible to Live There
"The latest instance of this is Ambassador
Fletcher's resignation, saying
that it was impossible to live
down there and that the United States
had no definite policies to be carried (
out." 1
Secretary Lansing tried repeatedly
to change the President's policy, Mr. ,
Wilson added, but failed.
"A short while ago, while Mr.
Fletcher was still Ambassador to J
Mexico, there was a conference between
Mr. Lansing and Mr. Fletcher",
he said. "They introduced, as a result
of this conference, a motion in ^
the Senate to break off relations with [
mi _ aa i. /-.*1 _ J 1 I
Mexico, ine attempt laueu uy rea- ;
son of interference from President
Wilson. Lansing's resignation was ,
one of despair at trying to follow a i
consistent policy in Mexico."
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Rural Carrier Examination
i
The United States Civil Service 1
Commission has announced an exam- 1
ination for the county of Williams- 1
burg to be held at Morrisville and '
Kingstree on April 10th, 1920, to fill (
the position of rural carrier at Kings- 1
tree, Hemingway and Morrisville and 1
vacancies that may later occur on
rural routes from other postoffices 1
in the above mentioned county. The '
examination will be open only to citi- 1
tens who are actually domiciled in 1
the territory of a postoffice in the (
:ounty and who meet the other re- '
quirements set forth in Form No. |
L977.
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Married at Baptitst Parsonage Here.1
Miss Lila Mae Thompson of Beula, IJ
this county, and Mr. Herbert Cox of J{
Florence were married on Tuesday (
jvening, March 9, at the Baptist par- ^
sonage and left on train No. 89 for s
Jacksonville, where they spent several '
days. After their return they will 3
make their home in Florence, where 1
Mr. Cox is employed with the A. C. 1
L. railway in their shops there.
The ceremony was performed by (
the Rev. E. A. McDowell. *
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Damage estimated at more than
$2,000,000 has been caused and more ;
than 1,600 persons have been made ;
homeless by fire which started Sun-, i
day in Grandview, near Fort Worth. ]
The business and residential sections :
of the town have been virtually wiped !
out, aocording to reports. Three men
were reported injured when a build- '
ing collapsed, and were rescued by a
living chain of firenfen. 1
RATE JUMPED FROM 15* TO 18* j
No Need of Nerve Tonic by Kings-;
tree Electric Light and Ice Co.
Kingstree, S. C., Mar. 1,1920. , T(
TO OUR CUSTOMERS:
Notice is hereby given that after
today, the rate on current between
the minimum charge of .
$1.60 and 30 K. W. will be at the .
rate of 18* per K. W. instead of .g
tne iormer rate 01 iof per k. w. .
In view of the high cost of fuel ^
and labor, it is needless for us to
W(
explain the reason for this in- ^
crease.
as
Very truly yours, .
KINGSTREE ELECTRIC LIGHT
& ICE CO.
st
Seventeen days after being put into tri
effect, The County Record office is
in receipt of the above notice of a ge
raise in the kilo watt rate for electric as
current supplied by* the Kingstree ar
Electric Light & Ice Co. The County wl
Record fails to find any justification th
for this raise in price, or for the th
granting of an increased rate by the
town council for the lighting of the ! tr;
town. of
As a matter of fact, the old rate trs
of 15t the kilov watt was high, con- da
siderably higher than the price at ca
which a superior service might have fr
been obtained. All outside proposi- "s
tions to furnish the town with current up
were turned down in order to patro- th
nize a local organization. This was th
all well enough^ But the local organ- fu
izat4on has not riyade good, even at m<
the high rate charged the town and fic
i+c <>ifiT(iTic frtr nirrpilt Tf has failpd m<
to give the town and its citizens what tal
they deserve and are entitled to?real na
dependable service. Yc
The company claims to have made in/
no money. This may be true in a
sense. The plant was started with of
a lot of old, crippled up, worn out, er
second-handed machineiy^ which in a ge
few months had to be replaced at a ha
considerable outlay in dollars and tn
cents. So, m this ^ay, the eompany to
has been obliged to use its earnings pr
and profits to replace inferior equip- Tb
ment, and is still doing the same de
thing. tei
Then, again, for several years our an
people have been begging for a day ovi
current, and if not an all-day current,
for a partial day current, or a ser- po
rice that would enable them to light roj
their places of business without hav- pr
ing to install independent plants or dii
resorting to tallow candles and oil th(
[amps in the afternoons, and a morn- gu
ing service that would not leave do;
the patrons in darkness at 6:30 or 7 Th
a'clock during the long nights and lot
short days. wi
The attitude of the company hafc po
been amazing to many and the sub- wc
ject of much critical comment, mas- m<
much as they were supposed to have re;
a product (electric current and ice) ale
for sale and positively would not let fei
its patrons have as much as they de- j ga
sired and were willing to pay for. of
Patrons are now promised a day | fie
and night current after May 1st. The ; th<
town has agreed to pay an increased cle
rate for street lighting and individ- thj
jals who use over the minimum will po
De charged 18< the kilo watt instead I
>f 15< as heretofore, the latter being J pa
a higher rate than is charged in most! mi
x>wns and cities. I shi
The recent lack of current, day and
light, is attributed to coal shortage,
[t is to be hoped that the future coal Se
jituation appears brighter to the com- j vai
Dany and that it will have a supply a i
>n hand from May 1, 1920, to Jan- mc
jary 1, 1921. re*
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tee
Death of Mr. Frank Ives. Spj
it
The death of R. Frank Ives of the an
[ves Motor Company, which occurred ;
it the Florence Infirmary at eleven i Va1
>'clock Monday night from pneumonia
"ollowing influenza, came as a great
shock to his family and friends. Early tj0
n the day he was much improved
ind there was every reason to believe sj0
In the i
,IU1L tilt; tlldid liau pauui u. ?..v , ^|Q
ifternoon, however, heart trouble de- f01
/eloped and this was primarily the1 m
:ause of death. The body was taken ani
io Sumter Tuesday night and inter- (ha
nent was made there yesterday. ^
Mr. Ives is survived by a widow jce(
and one daughter, Louise, aged 8, J ajs
pears, his father and mother and the ; mt
following sisters arc also left: Mrs.
Frank McCarthy of New Jersey, Mrs.
[. A. Calhoun of Kings tree, and Mrs. ^
Morgan Timmons of Florence. Mr. SUl
Ives was one of the most popular of tjr
the young business men of Florence
and his death has caused much sadness
there. \ jL O
IROWTH OF TRUCK ^
TRANSPORTATION I
3NNAGE CARRIED BY MOTOR H
TRUCKS INCREASING AT H
RAPID RATE M
In national interest?perhaps even
uck exceeds all the many modern
ansport mediums. In importance it
second to none. Ships and shipng
can travel only over highly re- H
ricted routes; railroads can serve M
ell defined and established areas, 3
it motor trucks penetrate every nook V
id corner of the country and the 1
im of their engines is heard every- '71
lere. j
This spring is going to see the most
artling development of the motor J
tick transportation movement J
Shortage of freight cars, the conisted
condition of railroads and an
iticipated big jump in freight rates flj
e a few of the contributing causes Q
lich will cause shippers to turn to
e motor truck to help them out of
eir difficulties.
For the past threee years the couny
has been educated to the efficiency
the motor truck as a "short haul"
ansportation medium and has had ily
demonstrations of its ability to
rry goods safely and swiftly direct
om consignor to consignee. By
hort haul," we refer to any distance
> t 250 miles, but preferably within
e 150 mile radius, for it is there ]
at the truck shows its greatest use- *
Iness. Within this distance the
j tor truck has demonstrated its efiency
so deafly that New York
irchants and manufacturers are
king it up in earnest and the tonge
hauled out of and into New
>rk every day by trucks is increasl
by leaps and bounds.
This is no reflection upon the ability
the truck to carry goods for greatdistances.
Under stress and cmer
ncy it nas done wonders in trie long
ul. But the successful motor truck
Asportation route from New York
Chicago, for instance, aa a business
oposition, is a thing of the future,
is will come only with the higher
velopment of our good roads sysn,
when trucks will be able to travel
ywhere on a long through route
er broad, concrete highways,
rhe good road is to the truck as imrtant
as the locomotive to' the raH- '&
id. Over-warm enthusiasts, whose
aise of the motor truck as a long
stance carrier is halted only by
; limitations of the American lanage,
are, we are inclined to think,
ing the truck more harm than good,
e best modern freight trains on
lg hauls with a crew of six men,
11 carry 500,000 tons. To transit
the same tonnage by motor truck
>uld require 1,000 trucks and 2,000
;n to operate them. If for no other
ason, the element of labor shortage
tnp would nhviouslv make this nn
isible, and exponents of this propanda
only bring' ridicule on a form
transport which, within its own
Id, is without a serious rival In
e short haul the motor truck has so
arly shown its superior efficiency
it a real era of motor truck tranertation
is upon us.
Some of the 'motor express comnies
listed regularly operate as
iny as sixty trucks and can handle. ,
ipments of any nature.
After a four fours' battle in the
nate, the Lodge substitute resertion
to* Article X was adopted by
?'ote of 56_26, more than two-thirds
ijority. The Lodge followers, mild
lervationists and irreconcilables,
nbined in support of it and four- ^
>n Democrats voted with them, de- _t4
te President Wilson s warning that" fc
"cuts the heart out of the league"'^"**d
despite a reiterated statement j
?m President Wilson that the reser- '
tion was "not acceptable."
\11 phases of the prohibition
n will be heard by the SupKme
urt before handing down its decin
upon the validity of the prohibin
amendment and the Volstead encement
act. Having heard argu nts
in the Rhode Island, Kentucky
d Massacheusetts cases the court
s granted the State of New Jersey
emission to institute original proidings
to test the amendment It
so fixed March 29 for hearing, argu:nts
in the New Jersey proceedings, v
John Barton Payne was sworn in
Secretary of the Interior Monday,
cceeding Franklin K. Lane, who reed
on March 1.
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Fd? satisfactory Shoe Repairing see