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BILLS AGAINST NAVY YARD Republicans Ask Repeal of Char leston Dry Dock and Dredging Appropriations Washington, Nov. 8.?Senator Cal der, of New York, today made a "grand stand play" by introducing a bill to repeal thr provision of the National Appropriation Act of- July 1, 191S. which authorized the con struction of a dry dock of the first class at the Charleston Navy Yard. j At the same time Senator Kenyon, j of Iowa, introduced a bill to repeal tire provision of the River and Harbor Act of 191S which authorized the j dredging of a 40-foot channel from I the Charleston Navy Yard to the sea. j The War Department told Congress- i man Whaley a few days ago that the! contract for this dredging- had 'been awarded and that "the work would be gin at once. The building of tlje ? dock is dependent upon the deepen ing of the channel. Senators Smith and Dial do not, of ccurse, intend to stand idly by and let any. such measures as the Calder and Kenyon repeal bills pass the Senate if they can help it. While alert to the attack, they are not much alarm ^etl Senator E. D. Smith today when asked for a statement about the bills aimed at Charleston answered as fol lows: 'T do not believe these bills have the ghost of a show of passage, for the reason that they single out the r- appropriation for the Charleston project. I do not believe that the Sen ators'will allow any. .such sectional feeling to lead them to even consider seriously such a monstrous" proposi tion. ? 'I believe the the real motive for the introduction of these bhls is be cause the railroad administration has put the South Atlantic and Gulf ports on; an equality with .New York, and other Northern ports als to rates from the Central West and Mississippi val leys Therefore the harbor improve ments in the South Atlantic and Gulf v sections, and especially at Charles ton, will makeMt and them sharp com petitors with New York and the Northern ports for the import and ex : port trad*' that has heretofore been given to Northern ports exclusively. Wlfen these rates were under corl^ sideration before the railroad ad ministration the boards of trade and Chambers of Commerce from Min neapolis to New Orleans appealed on behalf of just such an arrangement, and I take it that their representa tives in the Senate wfi see to it that the relief sought by their people and granted by the railroad administra tion shall not be blocked by any move from a New York source. "As far as Senator Kenyon is con cerned, I xthink he introduced his bill under an entire misapprehension of the facts." ! >. Senator Smith this afternoon had a ."talk of some length with Senator ^Kj^jyon._ whom he knows quite well. Ttids, is significant in connection with South Carolina 'Senator's expression of the opinion that the Iowa Senator had act^d without understanding the facts. Representative Whaley said tonight "I .do not believe the Calder or Ken yon bill will pass the Senate. If the measures by any accident shohld get through that body. I am satisfied they journey from the mere introduc tion of sdch measures to their enact ment into law. I regard the bills as merely another Republican effort to injure the South." Senator Calder issued a statement in connection with the bills claiming that neither the dock or-the forty-foot channel at Charleston is necessary andP asserting that by repealing the laws authorizing improvements a sav ing of $25,000,000 can be effected. The Nev^: "Yorker {is not* a-member of the naval committee." FOR?fBOLL WEEVIL SAFETY ZONE Fight on Boll Weevil in North Carolina Raleigh. N. C. Nov. G.?A saf ety j zone ?0 miles wide has been marked off north of the boll weevil line in North Carolina and a quarantine, es-, tabltshed to head off the artificial ad vance of the boll weevil already mak ing Inrads in three North Carolina counties. Boll weevil infestation thus far has been limited to Columbus. Brunswick and New Hanover coun ties. The boll weevil line extends along the line <>f the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and runs from Chad bourn eastward to Wilmington. Ship-1 ment of cotton, cotton seed,'hulls and bagging is prohibited from the boll | weevil zone to any other part, of the' Slate and from the safety zone to anif oth^r part except the boll weevil territory. French Gratitude. Cantigny, France. Oct. 10.?This vil lage where the American troops lirst "went over the top' in eaoiest after the Germans, the first of Hie many towns and villages the American army liberated for France, will soon have a new church on the front of which will appear th" inscription "(lift of the American People.' tjntil it is possible to restore the old stone edifice, tie- church will be located in one ol the American Red Gross huts. Tli'- first ceremony to be celebrated there witl be tin- mar riage of the daughter of the mayor of Cantigny. Not Always Unlucky. Friday has noi been unlucky '.n ! ?> tory, if it is so considered by mrmy. i' was on Friday. Amri;?t 3,140-!. that Co lumbus set sail on his voy.-irre of dis covery, and Friday, October J2, that he first siirbtod hind; Friday. Novem ber r>, 119.?>, that he reached Hispaoota on his second voyage; Friday. June 13, 1494; that lie reached the conti nent of, America. It was on Friday, Jnlv 17. 7"TO. rha! the motion w*s imnU thai the United cobuie* are ami otiggii to be free and independ ent. Man.v more occurrences could be DESIRE MANDATE FOR ALBANIA j People of That Country Want j. American Protection j (Correspondence of Associated Press) { Tirana. Albania. Oct. 5.?Continued ! appeals are being made by the Al I banians for the United States to as j some a mandate for Albania- The I Albanian has an amazing conscience in I America. Scarcely a week goes by in [which some* local Albanian society or group ??f patriots doc?; not present a j petition a.idressed to the Americans (appealing to President Wilson to in tercede on behalf of their country. ? When the Associated Press corre spondent was Passing through a small town south of here on horseback, he was stopped by the mayor and local officials who presented to him an ap peal seeking the protection of the United States because the Greeks were reported to have taken posses sion of the city o? Koritza, in South ern Albania. The Italian protectorate is in oper | ation but most Albanians profess a distinct dislike for the Italians, say ing their desire is merely to exploit ; the country and to retain a strategic foothold in the Balkans. Some *of them say they fared better and the country progressed more under the Austrians. American observers say the Italians have brought great ma terial and moral good to the country and,have stabilized things in an ef fectual way. The country is extremely primi tive and there are continual internal disorders. Railroads or telegraphs do not exist, mahy of the most ordinary conveniences of life :'ttre wanting, sanitation is almost unknown, schools and churches are few in number, and 1 altogether the country seems ex tremely backward. Except for the Southern part which is fairly fertile. H is a barren wasje of rocks and woodless hills and mountains. Albania produces scarcely enough ?crops to support its inhabitants. The population is upward of two millions, divided about rvenly between Chris tians and Mohammedans. Only about 5 per cent of this number is able to read or write. The women do all the work. They are veritable beasts of burden. In deed they compete with the ponies and donkeys as pack carriers, but are not considered by the men as valuable because they cannot bear up under su^h heavy loads. In the frequent sale of young women for wives, the price" paid often is not as high as that given for a crood horse. -This severe lif" among the women shows itself lr premature old age and in many forms of serious physical disability. Fifteer percent of the mothers die in child birth. The men sit around coffee houses discussing politics, or attend to the business of repelling by gun or sword the frequent Serbian or Montenegrin invaders. The hostility to the Serl and Montenegrin never cease. Feuds pistol-dtfels and vendettas a re of daily occurrence. The Albanian, once he i believes himself or relatives wronged, inner rests until complete and fierce vengeance is secured. The American Red Cross hospitals in the coun ry are constantly called upon to treat the victims of these feuds and ven dettas. The Italians have a force of aboul 25.000 troops in Albania. The major part of these are in the vicinity of Valona. The rest are used in police and garrison duty i\\ different parts of the country. Their presence has tended to tranquilize the country and keep down the troublesome elemtents among the population. There are re curring sporadic clashes, however, between the Albanians. Serbs and Montenegrins, in which frequently the Italians are forced to take part. "Amen Corner." Tlio phrase "amen corner' i? sai<! to have originated in London; where at .the end of the Paternoster row the monks at one time finished thei? recitation of the a?ater K?ster" a? j they went to procession on OorpY.j Christi day at* St. Paul Cathedral They began in P?teraoster row wit! the Lord's prayer in Latin, "ontinu ing it to the end of the street un< then said "mnen" at the onrnpr of th< row. / As used in this country th< phrase describes the corner of s chur -b where the ehUrly members sii and pronounce the word "amen' at interval?. Livingstone Memorial Tree. One of the most curious memorial.' of Liy&ipsl/nie :is flfcbfi '.'uuiue tree," new, Victoria Falls, on the Zambesi. Or. the trunk Livingstone cut his initia: and the date 1855 on the day of h'u first visit to the falls. In his book glv I ing an account of this Livingstone j says: "Tins was the only instance in i which I indulged in this piece oX van The Reason. j "Do yon fnko your cook nwny with j you in the summer?" "Oh; no; we can't afford to go to the kind of places j iJmt would satisfy her." ? Boston I Transcript. It Ain't Mine. Tourist?"I've come 3.000 miles to soo your beautiful sunset?" Alkali flee?"Someone's been stringing ye stranger. It ain't mine."?Rocky Mountain Scout. _ Standard for Radium. Scientists in Europe are trying to de termine and agree upon an interna tional standard of strength and pur ity for radium. From the Heart. Our favorite books arc few; sire'e only what rises from the heart reach es it. being caught :m<] carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and tellers J.'uniov.- Alcott. ENEMY ALIENS' PLANS THWARTED Many Russian Men and Women Captured in Raids Will Be Deported Washington, X'?v. S,?Inaugurating a general warfare on radical aliens advocating forcible overthrow of the government agents of the Department] I of Justice, assisted by the immigra-! tion bureau, rounded up narly 500 i mn and women in raids last night and ] today in more than a score of ?;ities,,l [including the national capital itself. | Mor<- than 200 of these arrested will j be held for deportation, and it was an - i nounced at the Dopa.rrment of JusUcc | t.?at it was the intention to request J;*. j Department of Labor to dep -rt all j aliens found to be engaged in radical j activities. Primarily, the raids, which occurred. j in practically every industrial center! in the East and Middle West, were j aimed at the Union of Russian Work ers, an organization which Attorney General Palmer disclosed was formed in Xow York twelve years ago by a group of men at the head of which was William Szu+ow, now chief of the Ltolsheviki police at Petrograd. In their raids in,Xewark and Trfu ton. X. J.. the federal agents seized materials for making bombs and a complete counterfeiting outfit together with considerable counterfeit money. ? In practically every raid the office.es found great quantities of radical lit erature. The Union ~f Russian Workers first j came into public notice during"~fiie .senate investiga''on of the steel stri:-:". ! Jacob Margolis. counsel for the stril-?* j committee, testifying that he sought! the aid of the Russians in the strict, j Attorney General Pe.lraer described J the Russinn union as ''even more radi-! ??al than the Bo;.Sheviki" and declared j its purpose Was to amalgamate all of the Russian groups in the United States into one organization. Mass iction Including armed action in time of "great nation;: 1 strife" is the prin ciple of the union, he said. Whi'. discussing the activities of the union at length from its first con vention in Detroit in 1914. at which members from Canada were prese t, down to the present time. Department of Justice officials would not go into I details of the raid. They refused to j answer any question as to that in j Washington further than to admit !hat nine men had been arrested and I 'hat of the five released upon proving :heir American citizenship, one would; >e rearrested^ To what extent the Russians were organized in Washington could not be learned. The men arested were held iy federal agents and were subjectd to lengthy cross examination. It was understood that those held would be <ent to Ellis Island, X'. Y., where do- 1 fortatioh proceedings for all those ar- i rested will be conducted. With the announcement of the na--; 'ionwide raids. Chairman Johnson, of the' House Irotsngration Committee said his com mi tee woud begin an in vestigation during the next few weeks] of the alleged delays in the deporta- j tion of aliens now in custody. The committee wilUaJso seek to determine whether any additional legislation to; leal with radical aliens is necessary. J Shortage of Homes in Berlin. Correspondence of Associated Press) Berlin. Oct.. 1.0.?Berlin's Dwelling Bureau has notified newly-married persons that there are no houses oi j apartments available for them "and | has advised them to live with their j parents or other relatives until theta present dearth of dwellings has beenI1 overcome. The bureau also has ad-d vised lovelorn couples to postpone i marriage until conditions improve; I The new consular officials and En- ! ente Commissions are meeting with iifiieultics in finding suitable quarters.];! The Hamburg senate has appropriat-j ?d 2,500,000 marks to improve then' ituation in tha* city with respect tori he shortage of homes. _:_? > , j ^Amch Corner." i The phrase "amen corner*' is sali ! to have originated in London, where, at the end of the Paternoster row, the monks at one time finished their, recitation of" the "Pater Nosier" a*j they went to procession on Corpus j Christi day at St. Paul Cathedra!.; They began in Paternoster row with the Lord's prayer in Latin, contmu-j fug it to the end of the street, and then said "amen" at the corner of the: row. As used in this country the] phrase describes the corner of n j church where the elderly members sit and pronounce the word "amen" a< j intervals. Cause of His Complaint. "I don't lik^ your heart action." th?j doctor said, applying the stethoscope : agnin. "You have had some t/oubie j with angina pectoris, haven't you?*] "You're right in a way. doctor." said \ the young man sheepishly, "only that j isn't her name." - Wealth. j There is no wealth but life. Life ! including all its powers of love, of j joy, and of admiration. That count rj ! is the richest winch nourishes ib< j greatest number of noble ami hup;., i huiuau beings.?Ruskin. Maybe. ! "I wonder whv the Hottentot na-In I ; law makes the groom pay for h\f j wife*?" "Dunno." "Perhaps on ;h; i ground that wbal you get for notbins ! you don't appreciate."?Louisville Courier-Journal. -? ! . j Little Wind in Siberia. While the average temperature in Western Siberia1 is extremely low it is i withstood by Iranian beings compara ; tively easily because of the lack ox ' wind. COME TO THE Oth, 21st, 1919 This means fellow citizens of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, Rich land, Darlington, Kershaw, Calhoun and other Pee Dee Coun ties, An organization and Exhibition for your benefit and the promotion of your interests to advance your prosperity, and for your pleasure and instruction. EXTRAORDINARY CIeai\ instructive, stupendous spectacular, amusements in the Big Midway, with numbers of high-class and daring free attrac tions. The big Brown-Dyer Shows and Trained Wild Animal Circus will exhibit the entire week and furnish many open air band concerts. FREE ATTRACTIONS The Dellamead Troupe in Ancient and M?derij Sculpture, pos ing in 7 numbers. The famous Earl Sisters in double high flying ladders. Novelty comedy acts. See the Ferris Wheel Girls in Mu sic closing each program in Aerial Work on the high revolving whee'. The entire program of the Dcllamead Troupe to be FREE Attractions. THE ROYAL SCOTCH HIGHLANDERS 25 PIECE BAND.? Four Soloists, Pipe Organ?Open Air Concerts twice daily. Nov, 19th to 21st. ROME DEMONSTRATION, AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL, HOUSE HOLD, Fine Arts, Athletics, Floral Show, Cotton Boll Weevil Preparation Exhibits and Daily Lectures on Diversification of Farm Activities by Experts Gf the United States Department of Agriculture. The biggest, most varied, interesting, entertaining, education al event of the season. A warm welcome to every visitor