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Peace Conference Faces Complications Italian Cabinet Crisis May De lay Conclusion of Peace Negotiations / Paris, June 1?.?As an addition to tjfie uncertainty prevailing: with regard to whether Germany will sign the peace treaty has come a crisis in th? ItaTtan government to perplex the peace conference. Failing to secure a vote of confi dence in the chamber of deputies in Rome on a demand by Premier Or lando that the chamber in secret ses sion listen to the government's ex planations -of its foreign policy, the Italian cabinet regisned following precedent in parliamentary affairs. Such, action will probably still f ur ther complicate-the-work of the peace conference, especially ip. straighten ing out the tangle that" long has ex isted as regards Italy's claims to gPS^me arid the Dalmatian coastal re gion. The vote of lack of confidence in the government was an overwhelming one,1 being 259 to jd> Prior to ? the vote'the premier in a' statement to Itfft^Chamber had announced that the various economic and financial ques tions concerning Italy had been solved or were about to be solved. . ..While...themembers of the German peace,delegation are still reported un otficiaiiy as. violently opposed to sign ing the treaty and the greater part of the German cabinet to be of similar mind, latest indications are that the ..general .feeling in Germany is tending toward recognition of the fact that allied demands, must be met. American peace conference circles in Paris have received indications that to meet the.requirements of the al lies there must come a change in the personnel of the recalcitrant German \ leaders and that a request for a short ? extension of time from Monday when the time.limit for,Germany to answer expires, may be asked in order that a plebiscite in^ Germany can be, held to determine the consensi^s of opinion of the masses. These indications how ever, seemingly point' toward the be lief that the Germans in any eventu ality, will sign. Meanwkile Marshal Foch continues his prepaartions to meet any conting ency that may arise. The concentra tion of allied troops along the Rhine will be complete Saturday, in readi ness to invade Germany further in case the Germans remain obdurate up to the time of the expiration of the -time limit. Foch is reported also to have extended his line to the Danube, so as to be able to operate frwn.that region against Germany should neces sity require. Millions of War Supplies _ * IVehty-Three Warehouses Fill ed at Camp Zachary Taylor 3L?quisville. Ky., June 19.?Camp Zachary Taylor, besides being a great1 demobilization center, is becoming a big storage point for quartermaster supplies. Twenty million dollars worth of shoes, uniforms, hats, blankets am? helmets are held in the camp's twenty three warehouses. The chief work of the quartermas ter now is salvaging clot?ing and blankets, particularly articles ..used overseas. The newly erected laundry aty the . camp is busy sterilizing and mehdipg- Thousands of pieces of clothing are sent here from other can tonments. Crafty 'cobblers re-make shoes, while other experts redeem hats, shirts and other garments. Millions of tin cans are sterilized and sold to canning concerns for re use. This salvage alone brings in thousands of dollars,. Submarine Sinks Cruiser British Using Undersea Boats Against Bolsheviks \-L?ondon. June 2**.?Th*? Russian cruiser Oleg was sunk Wednesday by a. British submarine. Russian wireless dispatches today announced. The sinking occurred ue?^ Tolbuch. a light house., off Kronstadt. The Oleg was a sixty-eight hundred ton vessel built in 1903 dgars Are Scarce Str?te of Porto Rico Cigar mak ers Paralyzes Industry San Juan. May 2S. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.?Porto Rican cigars are practically out of the United States market as a result *of a strike of ciKar makers and to bacco workers which has been on since the first of January. Approxi mately 15.000 employees are idle and all surplus stocks of . cigars in tin United States are reported to have been exhausted. The making of cigars is the largest manufacturing industry in Porto Ric.o and the continued idleness of ih< cigar makers here fs causing much hardship among them. .Last year ofie company manufactured 175.(H>0*<)00 cigars for the American market. This company, the largest in the field, has been idle since the strike started. Not all of the cigar makers here are members of the union but man> of 4hem are ami the cigar makers unions in the United States through their international organization are paying strike benefits t<> the union strikers here. Although there h::. been no work now for five months, the strikej-s say they are prepared t< remain idle until next year if neces sary in order to gain th?ir demand.* of increased wages. Another demand is that all of ih cigar makers be re-employed. On thii point the. Port?? Rican American To bacco Company has stated th:ir ii would give employment to all opera tives capable of making cigars foj which the company now .has a de mand. A 'profit sharing offer ->f tri? $onipany was. refused by the workers ;Six Ships Ass?5r^cd ! To Southern Porfo ?2 _ More Vessels Transferred foi j Trade Wiih Sou fh "American Countries ! } _ i fSfoix Shins-. r'Mg.ee h ETAOIXU. . j Washington. June 21.?Six largo [steel ships have been assigned by the ? United States shipping board, through i the Southern Maritime Corporation, i to ply between Wilmington. Charles ton. Savannah. Brunswick and Jack sonville, and Brazil and Argentina. [These are the Ja com?. Salvaloen Lass. i Cost on Bridge. General Ridge, Assi I nippi and Waterbury. They will be placed in operation jfdoring the months of July and An-. Ijgust and will be ready,to take \any! ecargoes of cotton from North Carolin;;. [jSouth Carolina and Georgia that may j be ready or any other commodities in tended for South America. K Senators Hoke Smith of Georgia. K. D. Smith of South. Carolina' and Dun can U. Fletcher of Florida, when ad jvised of this action, expressed the igretaest satisfaction. They have been foremost in the work of allocating] these ships for the ports of their j IStates and thoroughly realize the 'great benefit which .will be . derived, j Troops Of Allies Ready to Advance | _ Coblenz. Wednesday. June 18 (By j j the Associated Press)?The concen- ; t ration of American, British, French ! l and Belgian troops, begun by order [of Marshal Foch, preparatory to ad-| jvancing further into Germany will be j completed Saturday, when several] [hundred thousand allied soldiers will [?stand ready to march toward Berlin if the Germans do not sign Urn peace terms. Artillery and great trucks.] 1 carrying various kinds of war material |are being moved ycross the Rhine at ' ''Cologne. Coblenz. Mayence and oth<-r j j bridge points within the occupied! area. > ? in the American area there was marked activity today, particularly among th^ First and Second Divisions,!' which are holding the bridgehead. <?r? :the left bank of the Rhine the Third ? and Fourth Divisions, completed mi-j nor details for advancing it the word j ' comes to go ahead. The Fourth Division which had been ; j ordered home several weeks ago and ! j had turned in ,all its equipment ss bc ; ing reeqnipped fur possible action. i - Sells State Cotton 1 _ - j [ Columbia. June 2a.?Over $30,000 j ; worth of cotton, property of the Statei ilof South Carolina, was sold by Col A. j j K. Sanders, superintendent of the] jState penitentiary yesterday mornh?g.1 j-One lot of r.r. bales of Ions- staple was! risold to J. VV. Maynard. Greenwood^ ifor 40 cents per pound. Another lot nfj r ilO."> bales of short staple was sold to ! ! Hollowell & Walker for 30 cents per ] I pound. The combined amount of thel [sales reached around $6/0,(. j Th?> cotton was raised on the two] j State farms, one in Suinter county and j j the other in Kershaw County. For 400,000 Army ? ???? '* I- Washington". June 20.?Decision of J th<- Senate military subcommittee to provide for an army of 400:000 for the j next fiscal year was upheld by the full committee tonight in considering.'! i the army appropriation bill. I With the minor changes in the more I important appropriations as fix'-d by j the subcommittee, the full committee] j virtually completed tonight consider- ] iation of the entire bill. After a 1 I short meeting tomorow for the pur- j [pose of attending to minor details.".'] [Chairman Wadsxyorth, plans to report] j the measure to the senate, in order j j'o have the bill printed, he said he I ! would not call it up for consideration^] [until next Monday. ! Efforts to increase the appropri- | Jation for the army aviation service fro:m $55.500,000 as fixed by the sub committee, to $75,000.000 was made in tb?- full committee ! v.i was defeat ed. The committee, however, allowed appropriatiohs of $85.000,'000 ?oj the j subsistence of the army, compared j with $67.000.000 provided by the i house and provided 12.000 for tin- na- j ! tional guard, a decrease of $1,250.000 1 j from the house provision. Several i other changes from house items were j j made, most of them increases. f House appropriations for bringing i I home bodies of American dead inj . France were eliminated, j An amendment providing for the I retention of the present organization i of the war department pending de termination of a definite military ' policy wa sadded, as was an amend I ment authorizing army representation j at tin- international aircraft standards i commission meeting at Paris this] i month. \ The bouse pi'ovision prohibiting tin* [war department from purchasing real j estate was modified so as to enable-j . it to adjust ex* tins: contracts for I land and acquire land previously . b-ased upon which buildings f??r wa ! purposes have been constructed. 1 Villa Will Not Retaliate YA Paso. June 2<'.?Villa will make no reprisals upon American /"property and lives in Mexico because American iroops drove back his men from :he 1 border Sunday night. according to a courier from Villa's camp who arriv ed here last night. First Tobacco at Tirnmonsvilk * i Tfihnionsville. June 20.?Mr. Miles j H. Anderson, auditor-elect, of Flor ence county, brought in the first load of new tobacco to the Timmonsvillc ma??;-:<?> Friday. It was sold with W. E. L?-n ami W. 11. McElveen, man ufacturers of the farmers' tobacco warehouse association, inc. The crop is suffering som- for rain. fAVt bids ifair to make a ^ood yield. ?. C. V. Reunion July 22 Annual Event Will Be Held P?s Year in Greenwood Columbia. June 22.?Information i regarding the annual reunion of thej South Carolina Division United Con-' federate Veterans, which will be held i in Greenwood, July '1--'-'.'.. is contained in Special Order No. ' as follows: The annual reunion of the South j Carolina Division United Confederate; Veterans will be held in the City of Greenwood, South Carolina. July 22dj and 23d. 1J?1S. The meetings will be! opened at 1" o'clock a. m.. and all del- j egates and other veterans attending] tie reunion are requested to be pres-j enN and in their seats promptly at the hour appointed. The camps will please hear in rninil that only those will be entitled in rer resentatioh at the coming reunion who have paid their dues for the curr?mi year on or before the 15th day of July. 1919. viz. five cents {'<?) per mem-j hej- to the treasurer of the South Car-j olina Division, which amount should i be remitted to Col. David Card well. Columbia. S. C. and the further sum j of ten cents (10c) per member to the I general headquarters, which amo.unl I should he remitted to William E. Mickle. Mobile. Ala. The annual address will be deliver ed by Col. James Armstrong, of l Charleston, s. C.. at 12 o'clock m.. July 22d. At 4 o'clock p. m.. July 22d. will be! devoted to the ordinary business of j the association, at which time all vet-j erans should bo present; and at 8.30 I o'clock* p. m., ih^ officers, sponsors! and maids of honor will be presented j to the assoeiation. after which the j grand march- and other soeial fur.e tions. ^ At 10 o'clock a. in.. July 23d. tin- an- ! nual parade will be had. Veterans will assemble at the courl house, after j which an address will be delivered by: the lion. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken. j S. C. on the life.of President Davis. ; AI 12 6'cjock ui., addresses will be delivered by Miss Mildred Ruther ford; of Atlanta. Ga.. historian of iba-i Unfted paughters of the Confederacy, and Miss Mary K. Pbppcnheim. o< i Charleston. S. C. president general.] u. d. c. At 1 o'clock p. m. will bo devoted toj the ordinary business of tin- assoeia- j tion and the annual election of officers, j after which the. veterans wil] be paid; one month's pay in Confederate cur rency, the same being the second pay ment since Appomattox and Greens-! boro. At all business meetings veterans; and representatives from each camp! are requested to be prompt in theiri seats at the appointed horn-. The evening of the 23d will be de- i voted to the soeial functions of the; occasion and the grand baU._ The railroads will grant to all vet-? erans and others attending the reun ion, reduced rate. For information.' apply at your railroad station. In or-j der to get reduced rates the railroad' ... ' agent will require a certificate from l some officer. For such certificate, ?p-j ply to the commander of your camp. or to David Cardwell. Adjutant Gen-j crab at Columbia. S. C. The sponsors, matrons and maids of j honor of the division and of the bri- j gado will be entertained*by the com-; mittee on arrangements. I By order of the commanding gen-! oral. David Cardwell. Adjutant Gen-! eral and Chief of staff. J _, i Price of Potash _ i Tax Will Be Placed on Coiton j Growers Washington. June 21.?It is ap parent here now. after the hearing before the ? house ways and means committee on the potash situation.! that the increased price will undoubt edly go into effecl within a short time, the whole congressional maehiii-j cry beipg in Republican hands, and. j tbaj the cost will Come, out of the j cotton growers; of the South. A' explained by those who have ke/pt track pf cotton legislalfion for! many years, this plan of placing the] cost of potash at a high figure is but j another indirect method of placing a.! tax on raw cotton. Th<? plan is both unjust and unfair to the cotton grow ers, considering the present labor! situation, but the facts may as well! be f;iced by th<- people of the South, that despite the best efforts of the national legislators from that section, the tax will go on in a short t5r:ter"j makinjr each bale of cotton cost from $10 to S-12 jnore to produce it. . I Representative Byrnes of South.j Carolina presented to the committee'"] statements of the director of the geo-'j logical survey und of officials of the; Stale of Xe^rask.i tending to show | that tile Western producers had pro-' duced potash at ;< cost of $120 a ton. exclusive of freight and should bei able to produce U for less in the fu- j lure, lb- slated That during the v.'?rj they had sohl (heir products as high! as $|Pt(t a ton and tln-ir profits had j been sujflicient to cover their total in-1 vestment and that a price of $2r?p a.J ton would simply enrich them at the J expense of the cotton farmers <h" tin South, lb- st;ite?] that it mattered nof i whether u price was fixed by n li-i cense system, or a tariff duly placed on imported potash, that if tin- cos! to the farmer exceeded $100 a ton ir would lie a prohibitive price and the farmers could not use it. Test Now Necessary Washington. June 2".? Congress man Lever today advised citizens of Sumter who are applicants for the postoffico^vacancy caused by the ros j ignation of Dr. George VV. Dick that; ;,:nder the president's executive order ? f l :< 17 taking the naming of post masters out of t!ie hands of eongross !TIfCn there is nothing In- can do in the I matter. AH vacancies are tilled by ?civil service examination. ! Mr. Lever was asked when the civil ; service commission Would make the j announcement as to filling of. the [vacancy in the Columbia postofliee; file said he had- no.m?ormafion r< Igarding the matter. Important Decision ! 1 Mack Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act Held Constitutional Washington. Juno 22.?The United I States Department of Agriculture has given o.ut tin- following statement: The constitutionality of the federal I migratory l>ird treaty act. approved July 3. I'.'is. is ui>held in an opinion rendered today by Federal Judge Ja. opb Trieber of the Eastern District of Arkansas, in tin- ease of United States against D. Thompson, of Memphis. Tonn., charged with killing and pos sessing one robin in violation of the This is one of the most important decisions ever rendered affecting the conservation of wild life, it sustains the right of congress to enact legisla tion to insure the execution of the terms rtf the treaty between the Unit ed Statesand \ Great Britain, conclud ed August it;. 1918. for the protocr tion of migratory birds in the Ohited States and Canada. It will be recalled that Judge Trie ber, in 1014. in the ease of United Slates against Harvey C. Shauver. de cided that the migratory bird law, ap proved March 4. 1913, was unconsti tutional. The present law repeals.! the act of 1913. | Difficult Traveling in Rumania. Bucharest. May ."? (By Mail)?Trav-! el through Rumania is the supreme j test of patience and endurance. From Belgrade. Serbia to Bucharest the! favorite route is via steamboat on the ! Danube as far as Tu imti-Severin. | Thence a train leaves daily for Buch arest covering the 200 miles in about! Ibbrly hours. The train, cowcatcher, car roofs and running boards arc packed with a solid mass of humanity before the train starts out at Turnu-Severin. At every station along route long stops, are made wh.il* the crowds tight to gei aboard the already overloaded t ra in. At the junction points of Cracova. Piatra and Pitesci dense masses of hu manity fill the railroad yards and steep out in the open sometimes f<<r days waiting for the train. When the Bucharest bound train comes in to these stations the mobs rush it with wild howls and those aboard the ca,rs. and especially those on the roofs., are compelled to fight for their places. Tlv police and soldiers are frequently forced to make wholesale arrests and to charge tho mobs. Germany has carried off ;i 1 ? of Rumania's t oil burning locomotives and the engines which remain burn a i<>w grade lignite. In order to shield themselves from the live sparks of the locomotive the hundreds of refugees sleeping on top the passenger and freight cars comprising the "Buch arest Express*' cover themselves with their blankets which they wet along the route. Occasionally the train stops during the night t<> pick up a passenger who has faden from the roof during his slc< i>. Fatal accidents are common irith hundreds of refugees sleeping an the train roofs, inside the coaches 'he aisles are impassable. Along the railroad tracks arc the ! burned skelet??ns of dozens of trains! to which (ho Germans set Cir.c. Only the wheels and ...steel trucks remain. In all parts of Rum?nin the bridges^ ire destroyed. Xo matter where one ravels in Rumania; American Red 'ross fieldworkers are encounted eeding the- popuJali'jn. ? jWant Compttl^ory j Dentists Would Have Pupils' Mouths Examined jthe medical hotly will cooperate with lit m asking--the general assem'bly tc? Inspection]pas5? a l*i rer^uirin^ *\ <*H**nof * {the State to be examined before eater ftrrgr school. ""' ". The Council of Three - * ! Paris*, June 20.?The council of Columbia. .June 2u.?South Caro- j three?Lloyd George. Clemcncea'i ilina dentists in session at the Jefferr IA'n'd Wilson?met today. The cabinet '.'crisis in Italy causing Premier Or ; tando to be absent. Prisoners in Germany Paris. June 20.?German figures json Hotel yesterd.?j; adopted a resolu lion calling on the South Carolina,' . Medical Association to appoint,a com-j ?roittee to confer with a committee; ; from tiie dentists appointed yesler- [ i day afternoon 'for the purpose of: ?framing a bill and presenting it to ion the number of French prisoners the next legislature making medical j held in Germany are incorrect. Leon and dental inspection of school chil-i Abramie, under secretary in the min dren compulsory. This resolution ; istry of war announced in thech>m was adopted alter-a paper on ?'Medi-j ber of deputies today that niore than caJ Inspection of Public Schools" had .-sixty thousand French prisoners in been read by L?r. E. C. Dye. secretary j excess of the German figures were of the association, and members had 'found in Germany. The number of participated in a lively discussion. iPrench soldiers missing in action has The dental association feels confident?ireaefied ?l t.000, he said. Your garden? Your poultry? Your automobile? Plowing? Harrowing? The tractor vs. the horse? The milk you sell? 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C. -r An authored subscription representative of Tie Conntry Gentleman Ttc Ladies' HomeJocrnal The Saturday Erding Po*t 52 ?*????$!.P0 12 >wn???51.75 52 mmt??$2.60 1 Phone s28 i Bagging and Ties? We are now prepared | to make Contracts for v a NEW BAGGING TIES We Do Not Handle Second Hand | Goods of Any Kind | Our Offering Consists of S New suger sack bagging 1 3-4 to 3 lbs, g New Jute Bagging 2 to 3 lbs. g New Arrow Ties standard weight g to those who have accounts with us we will make the price pay- 8 able October the 1st j) Wc are not attempting to predict what the market will do but | it has already advanced more than <? cent per yard since we made 8 our contracts, and those who should be in a position to know tell vj us we may look for much higher prices. fi No guarantee accompanies our sales. We want our friends jj to exercise their own judgment which is as good as ours. We R will guarantee that our prices are as low as First Class Goods Can (j Be Bought At. j) O'Donnell & Co. |