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POLICY Incoming Guest IT DETAIN NEW )A>MBRd ON ISLAND rrlta Are Now Flowing Towns fcnd Indus August I - Tn, Mi.inc. of (mmigia low i ???*.? i.i is I to ho: "8f.ee I lite in politely." This doot OSentiy announced by Fred newly appointed Com ef !omi|ration, after be the role of en Immigrant light and had paaeed long me hours on the island watt for Now York. * la Commissioner Wal ^Usm lg rants are being need talned on Bails Island after pnnaed Into this oshlft lon ofuclala and that forme are urgently needed Mtenda to move to the island .Mow York home and devote \*% and atghta to his new work. :e of the taland. aocording to Irin, are adherents of the the aa tsnmigrant'a time hi worth It ait toying." Mr Wallis ?4Id. "to ?h? bag bshlt sf detaining On Bills Intanvt after they admitted to th? country. I Soak up my new duties bod great Qorks of weary ^?fl si tuner for hours In the rooms of the Island tmmlgrante Setting In Who hare been there all haeing been passed by our in the morning, tight I became an Mmmlsrant' Cer-WI took my place on one of ft>Sees to Ute railroad room. It Wd* taste before an attendant M?4 that a barge bed come to ft so the railroad station. I fell ih/ av group that was going to jtf Sgn to lake a train and some rSt toid me they had spent a tti IH sex?sue day in the crowded m work of getting the imml ft} tough and out of New York* ft Oosusalosioner Wallis will en r>etd o: the railroad companies. n." he explained, "no Itself out Into New York Into the crowded metropolt Of the Vast. It now Rows this big country to ?mailer to the rauvas and mills. It Is Important for us of the Imml 1 service and those working ai?the railroad people tor in >rtg nacognlae this ineresatng I4f nnd to make as good .tn im Hm ig.". possible on the Incoming t fort Rfoting Continues be Up Against Foreign Sterna* Louis. Aug. s? Five thousand ,:teta today left for the West Frankfort. Illinois where mobs > nursed to haSss killed throe per n#d OSt ftro to the houses of for % during the night Five com lit Of the Illinois militia have ar snd have restored order. The took their belongings on d are driving cattle before Shah of more than 3,000 It In con Of West Frankfort. Ill . threaten ? S drive out the* foreign >outatlon thg discovery yesterday ot iKNlloS of Am lei Ca lea term. 19, Hemphill. iff., who had aeeordlng to a long telephone message received from Carloovllle. III. Forty have been Injured; four aorl K In riots, tt wag amid. rtotlng started this afternoon, to the message, when two SStOpects were arrested In oon wlth the rhsirder tl^'m*y~~~' mob hMtitynr^esiBgod*rstormed Jnll. d^j>4rtlfnr the prisoner* Wh?.|. ' ,un"was refused, they demand '?st a committee chosen form their ?aero bo allowed to talk to the earn. authorities granted this de d. and one of prtsonera who la ttOJsTeur. la aald to have Informed questioner* that he drove Cal Mh and Hemphill to Royaltnn In company with Hettlno Dee K who in also held in connection In the murder. , Witneases mid fifty houses were ned nnd the occupants mauled at Frankfort Many foreigners besten ioto Inaeslbillty and wo wore hit by mlmilcs and leff in gagsole hi the streets. Reserve Board Fails To Notify Banks tU To What Loans They Can Make Against Cotton Crop Wetihmgton. Aug. S?The Federal trve Board has not advised mem banks as to whut loana they ib. make against this years cot ctop. Oovemor Harding declared \s In a letter to the departmentj Agriculture. ) taffrage WiU Be De? feated by Tar Heels TT j Raleigh. Aug. ??Representative gfpsp. sntt-auffrag* leader of the to t* Ca rob ns Legislature, said a |gj| of the legislature by him indlca 2 the defeat of suffrage by a major - gf |0 votes In the House. NEW RATES NOT EFFHTH.C.L Wholesale Merchants and Traf f ic Experts Optimistic PRICfe OF GROCERIES NOT AFFECTED Increase on Cotton Freights Has Not Euen Determined By Commission Columbia. August 6?That the in? creased freight rates wili not mater? ially t?tet the II. C. U and that it will not place any noticeable* burden on the ultimate consumer Is the opinion of wholesale merchants, traffic ex? perts and railroad officials in Col um end throughout the state. The in? crease will not prove a burden to the retail buyer, with exception of a few commodities. The necessities of life wit! Increase in cost by only an unno ticeable fraction, except in the case of coal. Other heavy, bulk commodities will feel the Increase more thatv will bread and meat and clothes. The president of a large wholesale grocery concern stated today that the Increase In his lino would be felt to an extent on thofce commodities that h.? buys in hulk, but that on small articles and drtig* sold in-small quan? tities the Increase, would be hardly no? ticeable. The traffic officer of a largo machin? ery and automobile concern, selling all over th* state, stated that In their lino the Increase would hardly be ex? pected to nffect business. There Will be a burden only as the freight is pro? portionate to the cost of an article. The purchaser of an automobile will have to pay more freight on the car he buys, say $25 to the car. The in? crease will certainly not be any large percentage pf cost of the good*. The opinion held by somo that tho cost of 11 vina will be increased twenty-live, per cent is absurd, he said. A fuel dealer and contractor, whi Is building roads for the state hlg'd way commission, stated that his line of business would feel the increase more than would many others The increase will effect the price of coal mrterally. The freight on a ton of coal now being about 13 or $::.r,o will be increased on the bill paid by the homemaker. The freight increase will not af f< ct the price of groceries, stated a large wholesale grocer. Where the freight Is paid on large, shipments, the increase on each can of meat, on each head of cabbage or on each bunch of bananas wll be so slight as not to be I noticeable to the ultimate consumer. "I would say the Increase will have 'practically no effect on the cost of goods in our line.' he said. A prominent clothier of this city, in speaking of the situation explained that the freight Increase on clothing will hate very small effect on the price of clothes. The Increase for example, ho said, of forty cents In the freight on one hundred pounds of straw hats will, whenj distributed among the hats that make up that shipment, fall very lightly on bne straw hat. Traffic experts stated today that they are yet in dark as to what form the increase will take, what articles will bear the full twenty-five per cent increase authorised for the Southern section and what , comrdodlties will not- I It is not known yet what increase will ?>e placed on\freight on cotton. When tho twenty-five per cent freight Increase of 1918 was ordered, the in? crease on cotton was only 15 cents per hundred pounds. It is not believed by traffic experts in Columbia that the increase on cotton will be twenty-five per cent of the present tariff. The new freight rates are effective August 26th. Neither the railroad commission or trathe men connected ?? Ith tho railroads or commercial or? ganizations of the state have as yet received any" definite information as to the pew tirlffs. This is expected within a few days. The railroad com mission has not as yet received the petition of the carriers for the new rates to be j effective In South Carolina. This pe? tition will ha\\? to he passed upon he? lp** the rv? rtitee are nllowed. State Saves On Book Money Can Print Texts Cheaper Than Commercial Houses Manhattan. Kan.. August ?;?ItOTC than $600.9*0 has been sgvtd by the people of Kansas to date by the h ate publication of school books. Tom Me Neal, member of the state text book commission, told students of the Kan? sas State Agricultural college here re? cently. "Not less than $10??.000 will be saved in the next three year' on a geography now being published." Mr. McNcal> said. "Tin book will sell for 50 cents a volume less than Ihe same or similar hooks published by com? mercial houses " Youmans Fail To Gain Entrance To Pentitentiary or State Hos? pital, Must Have Court Order Dick Youmain:. the AllemlaP- gl All who killed hi* hrotherMn law. John Hunhar. about a month ago, waa lor the ?econd time refused admission yesterday to the state penitentiary m to the State Hospital, lie has fof two weeks now acted as a era/y man and tho Allendale authorities hi out at him to Columbia on two recent occa? sions t?. tr> to gtt him into OIM of tue state instltuUona. He Friday mak? ing appeaV to Judge Memminger, at Charleston, for an order to cbmmtt him to one of the institution* Here? tofore he has not been able to get swell a i order. That He la Running Mate For Governor Cox AMERICAN LEADERSHIP SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED Former Chairman Scores Re? publican Record Hyde Park, N. Y., August 9?The American people have paid a "stag? gering pealty" for the Republican victory at the polls In 1 !* 18, Homer S. Cummings declared here today in for? mally notifying Franklin D. Roosevelt of his nomination as tho Demokratie party's candidate" for the vice-pres? idency. Undisputed in the "material and moral leadership of the world" when the armistice was signed, he said,, "who will deny that our title to that leader? ship has been grievously impaired if not completely lost?" "What has happened t0 account for this lowering oi' morals and tho for? feiture of the place of honor which had been %won by AmericaiOarms and American statesmanship?" Mr.xCum- | mings asked. "The answer is not far to seek. Practically coincident with the pub? lication of the armistice came the news that the Republican party had been successful in the Congressional elections of ,1918. From that moment American progr?IS* stopped, partisan? ship took possession of public affairs and republican leader* became more interested in political success than In national honor. The results were lin medlately disastrous. , Kveiy enemy of society, of peaco ft Of l IvUizatipn took quick advan? tage of the -fatal period of hesitan? cy. American commerce, which ought to have been seeking every port in the I olid, was unahie to develop ado ;uate. trade channels or lind settled basis for development. All the pro? cesses 'of national life were invpaired and there was*- a gradual accumula? tion of domestic problems which have not been adjusted and which cannot be satisfactorily dealt with until our relationship with the rest of the world has been determined. "There has not been an hDur since the November elections of 1918 during which the American people have, not paid a staggering penalty for the Re? publican triumph of that year. There is but one way put. There- is but one clear path of duty. It is to redeem) America's word to the world and to I assume without hesitation our sharo of the task of rehabilitating tho brok? en structure of civilization. "The Demooratic party is uncon? querably in its hold upon the truth that America belongs to the world and cannot serve herself while breaking faith w^th others. Such is our cause and our purpose. That you will hold high the standard we place in y>our hands wo do not for a moment doubt." ! Speaking of the Republican conven? tion at Chicago, Mr. Cummings said ["timidity" and "cunning" were the es? sential characteristics of the' platform, adopted here. ' "It seems to be the-product of men who have lived for many years in the blind stupor of mental ner> i >n," he ?aid, adding that the Republican can? didates emerged from the delibera fact the choice of any ^considerable number of the delegates" and that the nomination "could not evoke any pop u ar response, and indeed, it foJIed to create any enthusiasm in the regis? tering convention itself." At San Francisco, he said, "the can? didates /emerged form the dclbera tions of that body (tho Democratic convention) as the free choice of a united party, bearing no taint upon their title to leadership, honor and re? spect." ' "The Republican party since 1912." Mr. Cummings said, "has been the) party of destructive criticism. It baa* mado a specialty of fault finding. Jn peace, in war and in our relations with other countries, the settled pur? pose cf Republican leadership bad been to make trouble, irrespective of the merits of any problem involved. It has persistently sought to increase ir? ritation and discontent rather than to allay them. Fropi every element of dis? cord, and even of sedition, it bos sought to draw some resultant of par? tisan advantage. Its purpooe has been and still is. rpu lint ion and retreat'/ Oar Service Resumed in Deuver Troops Guard Strike Breakers on Their Run Denver, Aug. |?Under the protec I <>n of BOO regular army troops, the street oar service was gradually ex? tended today; General Wood ex? pected hen- today. Columbia to Build Own Theater The Columbia Staue Boclety is this week conducting a Campaign for the sab? of ?17.000 worth of stock in the project for the erection of ts own the atrd, Already $|t,00Q has been sub? scribed. The |ql for the new home talent play ROUSS has already beet) purchased. Fair field County Still Destroyed The biggest still he ever raided was raptured this week by Federal Officer T. .1. Coleman, assisted bj federal and stale constables! The "mill" was p f.ii gallon "uttit, found in the Bl]rthi wood section of Fair field county, Two hundred anf llfty gallons of liquor and 1,100 gallons of beer mash wero poured om. Two men were arrested and another arrest Is to I >llo\\ MRS. MANNING HAS INVITATION To Go To Roosevelt Notifica? tion at Hyde Park HAS JUST RETURNED FROM ALASKA Former Sumter Resident Is Not Enthusiastic Over1 Recent Appointment Wyatt A. Taylor Columbia, Aug. 9.?Mrs. R. I. Man? ning of Columbit. South Carolina's woman member of the national Demo eratie ?executive committee, has jusc received an invitation to attend the ceremonies attendunt upon the notin cation of Franklin -Roo??velt of hbf j nomination by the Democratic party to the vlCe, presidency. Mrs. Manning was invitt il to attend the Cox notifica? tion, but she could not make the trip, sgid she states that she will not be able to attend the Roosevelt ceremonies, either. Mrs. Manning has had several com? munications from Chairman White, ,th? new Democratic leader, as has Hon. John Gary Evans, South Caroli? na's male member, following the re? cent national convention tit San Francisco. Mrs. Manning expresses great de? light over her trip to the national con? vention, though she is not keenly en* tbusiastic over her position of com? mittee-woman. She says she doesn't take much stock in political affairs, other than as an "old time woman." Mrs. Manning is not apparently en? thusiastic over her selection as com? mittee member, but South Carolinians are loud in their praises of their com? mittee representative for the* contri? butions she has made prior to this se? lection to the public life of the state, Governor and Mrs. Manning return? ed to Columbia a few days ago from Alaska. Where she went Immediately following the Frisco convention. Mrs. Manning states that they bad a won? derful trip. Roth the South CaroJina Democratic committeemen went to Alaska after the San Francisco con laska, though they separated at Hy vention. Mr. and Mrs. Evans, of Spartanburg, went with the Mannings td Alaska, though they separated at liyder, the destination of Mr. ahd Mrs. Manning. The Evanses went on to Skagway, two days journey further. The trip to Alaska was made by boat from Seattle. Mrs. Manning expresses pleasure at being back In Columbia for a per? manent home. Her stay in the Gov? ernor's Mansion' made her a Colum? bian, and she says she feejs about as much at home hero now as she did in Sumter before selecting the capital city as her home. Roberts Wins in Tennesee Returns From Elections Is Sur? prise to Many Nashvilfc. Aug. t>?The Banner says that Roberts, Democrat, won out for renomination for governor by 20000 to 25000 over Crabtree. Alf. Taylor won the repu blican * nomina? tion for governor. T W. Sims was defeated for renorninatlon for con? gress by Captaim Gordon .Rrowning. Representative Moon was rcnomtnat ed and there is a eiosa race between Representative Hella ard Lieutenant Carroll Recce for the .Republican nomination from the first district. Colby Sees President Polish Situation Discussed in Conference __? Washington. Aug. 0?Secretgry Colby an Under secretary Davis had a long conference with President Wilson today and it is understood that the Polish situation was diSCUSS ed. Whitehead Named Washington. Aug. f).?-Robert F. Whitehead o f VlrgihlS was today named conuniskionof of patents to ?IIPfAAlt .l:i tiw>m M?ortnn ? <wij.Mn.il MINING TOWN I IMPROVE LOOKS Inspector Says They Are Be . coming Garden Spots' PRIZES AWARDED FOR SANITARY CONDITION Operators Are Improving Vil? lages by Ball Grounds and Athletic Fields Qonaellsvllle, Psk, August o -Coke and mining villages of the Connells ville region are becoming veritojble "gai'den spots" according) te the com? mittee and judges appointed by tin 11. C. Frick Com pan/, which r as started its annual inspection of flower beds and vegetable gardens planted by the miners and their families. The first inspection undo at the Phillips mine, showed that 135 gar? dens had been started three of which had been carried along until- harvest. The value of the crops has been es? timated by the committee at $10,000. The next inspection made at the Co? lonial No. 1 mibe, where there were 220 gardens, showed 214 in a high state of cultivation, with a total valua? tion of $14,970. After awarding the prizes at the Colonial, the eommittee took occa? sion to prais" the miners and their families "or the excellent sanitary con? ditions of the little town and it* streets. Tt*1 plant was declared to have one of the finest bfiaOball parks and stands in Fayette county, while satisfaction was expressed with the progress beiny made in i;he construc? tion of the new playground and ath? letic field. t American Engineers Meet WTill Hold Annual Session At Portland Portland. Ore.. August 6?Four I hundred of the leading engineers ot the Fnited Stales are expected here August 10 for the opening session of the convention of the American So? ciety of Civil Engineers. The conven? tion will occupy three days, part ol which time will be given over to sight? seeing trips and other forms of enter? tainment. Arthur Powell Davis, chief engi? neer of the federal reclamation SOT; vice, is president of the society. The sight seeing trips planned by local en? gineers include one of the Columbia River highway, considered a remark? able piece Of engineering, and trips to nearby paper mills and logging camps besides inspections of Port land's terminal facilities and bridges. Charleston Negro Electrocuted Cut Man to Pieces With Hatched j Columbia, Aug. 6?John Maxwell, Charleston county negro, was the victim of tho easiest electrocution ever executed in South Carolina ac? cording to witnesses of the execution which took place at the state* peni? tentiary this morning at ll:St, Maxwell paid the penalty for killing an aged Charleston citizen bitting him in the head with a hatchett and ten putting his body to pieces. Max? well was asked if he eared to make ? statement and he rep ied in the neg? ative neither confessing or denying his guilt. Brewer to Fight Decision Supremo Court Asked to Recon? sider Decision of Eighteenth Amendment Washington. Aug. 6?Counsel for Christ ia Feigensrrrohn, the New York im wer, filed with the'pupremc court a petition for the pcdonslderation <d' the courts decision sustaining the eighteenth amendment and parts ol the Volstead act. The petition says, the court's oicision lid not make j public the reasons foe the conclu I sions reached. New Rates, of Railroads Satis? factory to State Organiza? tions - INCREASE EVEN LESS THAN LIMIT EXPECTED Officials Are Watching with In? terest Effect of Passenger Rates on Travel Columbia August 6<?Commercial organisations of South Carolina are expressing delight in what they con? cede to be practically a victory in the recent freight rate increases, as an nounced by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Fci more than a year the- commercial bodies, especially in tho sojtheast, nave waged a fight against! an increase in rates for this sectio;L winch would be on the same basis an increases for other sections. They have contended that rates in the SoutK should n<>v be increased as much as rates in other sections, because of the fact that the roads of the South have for years shown larger profits than those of ether sections, showing that as great an increase was not necesT Bary. Those cammercial bodies have felt that an increase was coming, and their fight was against discrimination against the South. The contention of the commercial interests was f ?r an increase of not over 31 per cent. The increase for the Heath of 25 per cent is even better than was expected. The Chambers of Commerce of South Carolina have participated in :h figh: against discrimination, through their 'membership in the Southern Traffic League and similar traffic organizations. ^""^-^ Columbia officials of trunk lines op? erating in the f tnte are watching w!th ' interest, they say, the effect of tho in? crease of passenger fares on travel. With the increase of fares during the war, travel, it appealed, also in? creased. Officials are wondering what 1 will be the effect now. These offi? cials state that they expect heavy pas ' senger travel for the next few weeks, before the rates are increased, caused by vacation seekers taking advantage ' , of the presnet rates and taking their vacations before the advances become effective. ? ? State Home Guard Thing of Past ! Eight Companies Are Mustered Out of Service Columbia, August 6?The so-called "Home Guard" is a thing of '.he past. The eight companies of the Reserve Militia have been mustered out. Or ders ha/e today been received by tb? | commanding officers of the eight com? panies, instructing them to demobolr their scldiers and to ship their com t pany property to the armory in Au? gusta, C!a. The eight companies of the R ! serve Militia ordered to demobolize, , have been located at Sumter, Chester, Bishopville, Conway, Columbia, k Greenville, Spartanburg and Union. The property held by the companies has been valued far into the thou-? j sands. j The Reserve Militia was .he state's j military defense during the active . days of the war and did splendid ser? vice. The units were composed o(J men not qualified, usually by age, for war service abroad. In recent months, since the organization of the Na? tional ?Juard, the militia has bean in? active. 1-?-?. - Japan Surprised _At Speech Of Johnson Relative to Men Smuggled into United States Tokio, Aug. 6?Representative Johnson's statement that thousands of Japanese "were being smuggled In? to the United States gives evidence I of the tendency of increased feelings [created by the recent American note and the newspaper attacks against America. The foreign office express? ed surprise at the "extradrdinary statement by Johnson." 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