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THE SVMTEK WATCHMAN, Establis Consolidated Aug. 2,1 SALEM OP POSES BONDS Resolution Adopted at Ciufo Meeting Against High way Plan -. Salem (Black River), April 24.? I The Salem Democratic Club met at Warren's corner at 9:30^ a. m. today.1 Officers were elected as follows: Pre sident, J. B. Warreny .vice president, ' A. JL Pringle; secretary, R. D. Jones; \ memheT -county executive committee, Lr. C. Tisdale; delegate to county con-. vention, E. W. Dabbs, Jr.; committee: on registration, J. B. Warren, R. D. j Jones? L. C. Tisdale. The club unanimously edopted a re-! solution indorsing W. G. McAdoo for ! President of the United States. j The matter of the $2.500;000 bond issue for hard surfaced roads in this county was discussed. While the en tire membership seemed .in favor of issuing bonds for hard surface roads, yet there was considerable objection to the proposed plan. The following objections were Offer-' ed: .1st, that the taxing system to cover the bonds is inequitable for the taa is almost wholly on property, while motor transportation, a particu lar class of property which wfdl be the most beneTitted oy such roads/ isj practically untaxed. 2nd, that thej amount is inadequate to build the mileage of roads proposed, and that| a lesser mileage than 230 mites could j siot be equitably distributed through-1 out the county- 3rd, that any "cost! phis* contracts will be fought. A com- j mittee consisting of L. C. Tisdale, E. i W. Dabbs, A. M. Andrews and A. J. j Pringle, was appointed to investigate the matter fully, going over it with the -County Highway Commission. J|S|^fcoramittee is to report back to the club with its recommendations at j an early date. j ?" * E. W. Dabbs, Jr.' \ Resolutions adopted by the Salem j Democratic Club, April 24, 1920: At the meeting of the Salem Demo cratic Club today, the bond issue for hard': surfaced roads was discussed, i and i the undersigned committee was; appointed to present to tne Highway ! - ????^iih:ssion the following objections ] iP the'proposed issue: 1st That the proposed property tax "plan is inequitable in that the motor vehicles that will use the saidj roads will constitute 75 per cent of the I traffic on said roads, and are not tax- j ed for ? the same. It should provide for a graduated tax- of about the same ! license"f?es now on the smaller cars] Upi-to $100 or $150 ?n the heavy! trucks, and that all horse drawn ve hicles, should be taxed an equitable fee. 2nd. That the amount proposed i wiU. in our opinion, be too small to "build the number of miles proposed, "probably not more than one-half of the mileage promised. This would mean a grave injustice to large sec tions of the county. Therefore, we respectfully state to the Highway Commission that unless these and oth er objections are satisfactorily remov ed, we will be forced to vote against the bond issue as proposed. 3rd. That all "cost plus" contracts Will be fought. Respectfully submitted. Louis C. Tisdale, Chairman A. M. Andrews, A. J. Pringle, B. W. Dabbs, Secretary. REFUSES TO HEAR STRIKERS Labor Board Will Not Consider Demands of Outlaw Unions Washington, April 26?The Rail road Labor Board has refused to hear the wage demands of the Kansas City Yardmen's Association on the ground that they had not complied with the transportation law. They had previ ously refused to hear the wage de mands of strikers from other cities. BATTLE AT MAZATLAN Washington, April 26?Battle be tween Mexican federal troops sent out from Mazatlan to meet revolutionist? is imminent, according to advices. ONE WAY OUT Louisville, April 26.?During a dis cussion on the high cost of living Dr. Charles E. Nary seized a paring knife and cut his wife's throat and also in Hieted several wounds on his sister-in law and then cut his own throat. AUTO ROBBER _IS KILLED Robberies Totaling Half Million Dollars Uncovered Chicago. April 26?The police are Investigating an extensive In dew sys tem found in the automobile repair shop of Harry J. James after he was Skilled fighting a policeman. It is said it is believed that robberies totalling $000,000 would be revealed. More than $100.000 worth of loot has al ready been recovered. Mr. J. C. Minnema, the Superintend ent of the Redpath Chautauqua, ar rived in the city yesterday and is get ting everything in readiness for the Opening tomorrow evening. bed April, 1850. "Be Jost ; .881. S ISTATE POLITICS LOOKING UP Columbia Politicians Beginning to Discuss Coming Con- ! vention -? i Columbia. April 26?National poli-! I tics have not yet brought to a headj 'any sentiment in South Carolina with; regard to the Democratic choice for I the presidential nomination, though at some of the club meetings last Sat urday night expressions were given. In a few cases McAdoo was endorsed) as a candidate, according to advices) reaching the capital city from vari-I bus parts of the State. In others the I i sentiment was for uninstructed dele- j gations, though in the large majority! of cases there was no discussion of the j j nominee at all. There will be definite! expressions at the county club meet ings on May 3. So far very little attention has been attracted to the State Democratic con vention, which meets on May 19th. The question which at that gathering will likely receive the largest amount of attention' will be that of preparing I the way for women's votes in primar ies, ^following ratification of the suf frange amendment. The main question for the State convention, however, will be the elec tion of delegates to the national Dem ocratic convention in San Francisco in June. Senators E. D. Smith and N. B. Dial, '--Governor Cooper and former Governor Manning will likely j be 'designated to attend the Frisco gathering, and they will probably be sent without instructions. Presidential sentiment has wavered in South Carolina. There .was a good ly Hoover boom, until Hoover declar ed himself a republican. There is a good deal of Palmer strength in the State and also a strong McAdoo fol lowing, though neither candidate has a sufficient - number of outspoken fol lowers to make it apparent that he is to be the South Carolina favorite. The strongest probability, it seems, is Mc Adoo sentiment. INSPECTION OF HOTELS State Board of Health Sends Out Score Cards Columbia, April 26?Score cards for rating hotels, restaurants and- pub lie boarding houses in South Carolina are being sent out now by the State i Board of Health, as required by the [new hotel inspection act of the recent [legislature. J. W. Woodward, state j hotel inspector, is assisting in the dis | tribution. The hotel law requires that every transient hotel shall keep posted in a j conspicuous place a list of charges, i iand also the score card of the State ! Board of Health. This score card i shows how nearly the establishment J comes up to the requirements of the ! inspection system. j The score card cover such points j of hotel sanitation as cleanliness of floors, screening, cuspidors, ventila [ tion, adequate plumbing, individual j soap and towels, improper advertise ments, educational placards, cleanli ness of attendants, fire escapes, clean rlinen, and safe milk and water sup \ ply it will lie possible for a hotel or restaurant to score 1,000, which is perfection; though a score of 850 is excellent; 750 to 850 is good; 600 to i 750 is fair; below 600 is bad and pre judicial to health. ; The State Board of Health is re I quired under the new law to inspect i every hotel and restaurant in the I State once a year at. least. To each j hotel that comes up to the require [ ments of sanitation and service the : board of health issues a certificate, I which shall be posted conspicuously, j The work of inspecting the hotles of j the State is now in progress. The in I spection fee is $3 for hotels with ten j to twenty rooms; $5 for twenty to j thirty rooms; $10 for thirty to 40 j rooms; $15 for forty to sixty rooms; I $20 for 60 to 10C rooms; $25 for j more than 100 rooms. Each restaur ant pays an inspection fee of $10. ( ! NATIONAL ACAD EMY OF SCIENCE Headquarters to Be Established In Washington / i i - j Washington. April 26?Scientists . representing colleges and universities 1 from every section of the country at tended the opening meeting of the na ! tional academy of science. President j Walcott announced plans to build na j tional headquarters in Washington. ! costing about $1,500.000. The fund was donated by the Carnegie Corpora tion, of New York. CHINAMEN DIS CARD QUES New York, April 26?The absence of ques and oriental costumes and the presence of a woman delegate were the evidences of Americanization ap parent from the annual meeting of the Chinese-American convention in Chinatown. One of the American Red Cross transportation difficulties overcome in Montenegro was crossing an unbridg ed mountain pass where the motor trucks had to be taken apart on one side, carried across by 80 native por ters, and assembled again on the oth er side.?American Motorist. and Fear Not?Let all tlie ends Thou A ?MTER, S. C. WED NE ??jjg?mmBBBBBBB ' j p ! decided against ! j railroad! Reading Railroad and Coal Com panies Violate Anti- \ j Trust Law ? i . ( Washington, April 26?The Federal j anti-trust suit against the Reading; Company and the affiliated coal companies was decided in one ca^se j today in favor of the government by, the supreme court. , ' cotton mill I strike probable! ? _ - ', I New England Workers Demand j Fifty Per Cent Increase In Wages ; Boston, April 26?The delegates from the New England cotton mill centers, who attended the- conference of the Amalgamated Workers of Am erica, have returned to the local un ions authorized to initiate a move ment for a forty-four hour week, fifty j per cent increase in wages and recog- j nition of the organization. college GntLS for economy Lander College Seniors Will Graduate In Old Clothes / 1,1 ? Greenwood, S. C, April 26?Lander college girls have pledged themselves to economy in dress and members of the senior class will graduate next month in old dresses. fighting in ireland Five Policemen Battle for Two Hours/ With Mob _ ? " \ Cloneceche, Leinster, Ireland, April 26?Three hundred men, who attack ed the police barracks here were re pulsed by five policemen, after two hours of fighting. There were no cas ualties. / destructive ^ hail storm Brogdon Section Devastated by Heavy Fall of Hail Today A heavy and destructive hail storm I struck the Brogdon section today I about 12 o'clock and telephone reports state that very serious damage was done. The storm swept over prafctic allj' the same section that was so de vastated by hail last spring. The YJt port received about 1 o'clock said that the rain was still falling in torrents and it was impossible to go out and j ascertain the extent of the crop dam age, but it was evident that the to bacco that had been set out, and ! gardens were badly damaged, if not I entirely destroyed. The ground was 1 almost covered with hail and some of J the stones were as large as hen eggs. Messrs. John A. McKnight and S. j D. Cain were caught in the hail Storni j near Tindal and their report indicates J that the storm was more serious than' ; reported by telephone from Brogdon. { Mr. .McKnight says that some ot the J hail stones were almost as large as a ) teacup. He brotight to town, two I hours after the storm a number of ' hailstones that were still as large as j a guinea egg. When Mr. McKnight ' saw the storm coming up he and Mr. ! Cain started to take refuge in a house, J but it came so swiftly that they were i overtaken before they could run a j hundred yards, and there being every j sign that the storm was a tornado, j they took refuge beside an . enbank j ment. Mr. McKnight was badly I bruised by the large hail stones and ? Mr. Cain suffered even worse than he j did, being knocked unconscious. Their ! automobile top and body was badly ! battered by the hail. The crops in I the Tindal section were beaten down, i but as cotton has not been chopped I out and corn is young; the damage is j probaly not serious. Tobacco and vegetable gardens were wiped out. I cotton prices are booming i - j Future Market Recovered Five Dollars a Bale Today. - New York, April 26?The cotton I market today recovered about $f> a j bale on the loss of last week. new american ization plan j Atlantic City. April lfi.The board i of directors of the United States j Chamber of Commerce has proposed that the Chamber assume supreme [control of Americanization work ?among foreigners in the United States. co-ordinating and directing the ef ; forts of the organizationy now engag j ed in the work. ' I Capt E. P. Gaincs, pilot of the Col ombia Aircraft Co., stopped at the lo ; cal field Sunday morning en route from Timmonsville to Columbia. He made the stop to replenish his gas supply. Jrns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a SDAT, APP.IL 28, 1920 the big pack ers profiteer Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictments, Armor Swift and Wilson New York. April 23?The federal grand jury here has returned indict- j ments against the Armour, Swift and j Wilson companies, charging th?::i j with profiteering in meats. big bank panic occurs in japan; - j Two Banks Have Suspended Pay- j ment on Account of Finan cial Disturbance j Washington, April 23?Only n\ ~> j banks in Japan have suspended p.iy- j laments as the result of financial trou bles in that country., the Department j of Ccmmerce has been advised by a Tokio representative. f?restreserve is recommended Additional Lands in Appalachian and White Mountains Should be Purchased Washington, April 23?The Nation al Forest Reservation Commission has urged the government to purchase ad ditional lands in the South Appalach ain and White Moutains to prevent a timber shortage. fishing with airplanes Chesapeake Bay Fishermen Adopt Modern Methods to Hunt Menhaden Washington, April 23.?Navy sea planes are to be used to assist Chesa peake Bay fishermen to shoot schools of menhaden. admiral com mits suicide ' $ <? ? ? Rear Admiral Brittain Kills Himself Aboard Ship OK Cuban Coast Washington, April ?3?Rear Admir al Brittain, chief of staff to Admiral Wilson, commander of the Atlantic i fleet, is reported to have committed I suicide off the coast of Cuba. {enforcing pro hibition law Federal Grand Jury Indicts Score of Cabaret Owners In Toledo Toledo, April 23?More than a score of cabaret operators, former owners of saloons, have been indicted by the federal grand jury for violation of the prohibtion laws. physicians in new orleans American Medical Association Is Considering National Health New Orleans. April 2G?The house of delegates of the American Medical Association opened its session today. Important Questions dealing with tho health of the nation will be consider ed. i organizing j new union ! New York Railroad Men Aban don Old Brotherhood j t New York, April 2tl?The striking railroad men here are organizing a j new union. pure food j law upheld I _____ Forty-Nine Convictions Out of Fifty Cases ! Washington. April 26?The Bureau j of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, announces that charges .involving violations of the pare food j laws were upheld in forty-nine out of j fifty cases recently decided by federal 1 courts. prohibition empties jail ! Illinois Sheriff Will Open Hotel In Prison ! Ottawa, 111., April 26.?Sheriff Av ers has announced that the prison will be turned into a hotel because prohibition has emptied it of prison nd Truth's." TH_f TRUE SC WARNING AGAINST FURTHER DELAY Railroad Men Want More Pay and Demand It Right Now Washington, April 24?Warning against further delay in settling the wage demands of 2,000,000 railroad j workers, has been given by Timothy D, Shea, vice president of the Broth- i erhood of Locomotive Firemen. He! to'ld the chairman of the Labor Board j today that the men were fed up on j ,promises and "dead, dog-tired of de-j lays." 1 PUTS BAN ON OVERALL FAD Government Has Issued An Order to Civilian Employees Chicago, April 24.?Civilian em-j ployees at the Great Lakes Training! Station have been forbidden to weari overalls unless too poor to purchase j other apparel in an order posted to-1 day. TORNADO DEATH LIST ????????? Two Hundred and Thirty-Three J Victims of Alabama Storm j New York, April 23?The striking ! railroad workmen have decided to I appeal direct to the railroad managers to settle the strike and their restora I lion to duty. APPEAL TO MANAGERS Striking Railroad Workmen Ask for Settlement of Strike and Re-Employment Birmingham, April 23?The total riumber of deaths resulting from the tornado aggregates two hundred and thirty-three. ARMY AVIATOR IS KILLED Lost Life Trying to Fly Under Colorado River Bridge Yuma, Ariz.,. April 23?Lieut. C. F. Bell, a United States army aviator, was drowned in the Colorado river ! when his airplane hit a wire while i he was trying to fly under a bridge. INCREASING SUGAR SUPPLY -? j Officials of Refineries Confer With Attorney General j Washington, April 26?More than i a dozen sugar refineries are meeting j with assistant Attorney General P^igg J to discuss ways and means of increas j 'ng the sugar supply, i m_ . SINKING \ FUND LOANS i - i Columbia. April 23?Several big ! sums of money were loaned by the i State sinking fund commission to va i -ions State institutions at a meeting ! of the Commission in Columbia Thurs j day afternoon. The loans were au thorized in the appropriation act of jthe recent legislature, i The sum of $75.000 was loaned to j the University of South Carolina, for j the construction of nine faculty resi I deuces. These homes are to be built i on the University campus, f Winthrop college was granted a 1 loan of $32.500 for repairs on build ! iugs. ! The county of Edgeheld was loaned $25,000 to cover back indebtedness, j The sinking fund commission voted ! to sell the old engine house property i on lower Main street, which belongs ' to the University. The University has j offered to sell this to the city for $20, I 000. 1 The commission also voted to sell ! the old Charleston Medical college I plant, on Green street, Charleston, the I proceeds to be used for the purchase I of equipment for the medical college, i This use of the proceeds was authoriz* ed by the legislature. MONTANA FOR HIRAM JOHNSON Butte, April 24.?Senator Johnson had a wide margin over all opponents I for Republican nomination in Mon j tana's pirmary on unofficial re : turns, in the absence of Democratic I candidates votes were written in for ! McAdoo. Debs. Hoover, Bryan, Wilson and others. SAVANNAH ME MORIAL TABLET Savannah. April 26?The bronze /tablet in i]aemory> of the Chatham county mein who died in the World I War will v '"iveiled this afurnooji. rtJTHROJf, Established Jane 1, 1 Vol. I.. No. Si NEW LABOR UNIO Striking Railroad Men Unt take Formation of New National Organization Washington, April 23?The forma; tion of a new national organization of railroad men has been undertaker by representatives here of the strik: ing switchmen of Chicago, and other cities, according to R. J. Mitchell. SCARCITY OF FARM LABOR Secretary of Agriculture C% on College Students and Business Men to Work . Washington, April- 23?The short age of i farm labor will be acute this' summer.^Secretary Meredith says, and he is appealing to business men.and college students to spend their ;.yacar tions working on farms. WOMAN BURGLAR V IS ARRESTED Laura Wayne, Leader of GevV land Gang, Jailed in De fault of Bail ? ? ~ '?*?> Cleveland, April 23?Laura Wayne; said by the police to be the leadieir.pf a gang of housebreakers,' was comm^^,. ted to jail today irf default of baitV LAID TO REST AT ARLINGT? _________ ' V.'/.?'*'? Soldiers Brought Home France for Burial Washington, April 23.?The b^dX?a; of nineteen American soldiers brou^^ back from overseas will be buried a^-; Arlington this afternoon. ? ? CALL FOR WARSHJ0PS American Citizens In Me^o Are In Need of Protection L ? '- * Washington, April 23.?The Ameri , can government representatives hi Mexico have asked for warships to protect American citizens'and prcii- ' erty. CAN'T CONVICT COMMSSIONEft Jury Fails to Reaeh Verdict In Case Against CoL Porter New York, April 23-?The jury rfc j ported that they were unable to agree j in the case of Colonel Porter, former i deputy police commissior-er, and tfcfy j were discharged. SUGAR PROFITEERS ARE UNCOVERED Charges Made Against Three New Orleans Wholesalers J New Orleans, April 23.?The dls j trict attorney has filed affidavits charging three wholesalers and three ! retailers with profiteering on srgar. TORNADO DEATH LIST } Birmingham. April 24.?The loss of life in Tuesdays tornadoes in Missi ssippi, Alabama and Tennessee stood [today at 229, with seven hundred in jured and a property loss of several million dollars. The Red Cross is aiding the homeless and injured. LINEMAN SPORTS WITH DEATH I Mobile. April 24?After spending I the night on the electric wires at the j intersection of two principal streets' j in the business section, Charles Sand j ers, a lineman, descended safely this l,morning into the arms of waiting pol ! Icemen, who had pleaded for fourteen [hours with him to come down from* ! the perilous position. The officers i said Sanders was crazed with narcot j ics. Sanders told them he feared j lynching at the hands of the crowds l that gathered to watch his antics. BRYAN MAKES CLEAN UP New York. April 24.?An agree ment has been reached between Allen Ryan, of the Stuttz Motor Co., and the Shorts' Protective committee- by which Ryan accepts 5550 dollars per share. The Protective Committee said that 5,500 shares of Stutz stock were in volved in the agreement, representing a profit to Ryan of approximately $1.065,000. S FEDERAL JUDGE IS NOMIN Washington, Af>ril 23? Wilson has nominated Natha ar. of Jacksonville, Fla., ot the fifth circuit.