Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BRITISH MEET HOUSE SHORTAGE Prohibit* Luxury and Unneces? sary Building BONDS ARE ISSUED TO > ONSTUl ( T HOMES Work Held Back on Account of Sennit y of Skilled Labor, rtion Keeps Number Down New York :'????!? 3.?The acuta ^touting shortage taped hi many eitlen f .n i ted JJtate* today I run... h \ from th. ii, mir Trust company a description hy it* fnrelsjg |r*da hu u of how sj sjtsjtller situation. Th? p*jrram or* tt*< British tuln ? ni M iiph'-e rehousing hi n >?hn i.H nin.il One year lie |bati double > ?I ??Mlmat? j.a i1 Iii.? iv "lAcal authorities m Lmgland are < fail i ultH !n whioh baas the htsineas 1. turn 1 *????. \r. keeping Lark housing at vaaat tlane is the fait that ire not ? skilled men to n i hw work ifTidM anlegte will not allow th?> key to be Increased from the ? rnment la using a sort et romp isfkm i>\ prohibit in.: uneaaanUal building,' so mm will not mild] collages it eillowed to balld ai ' using bond campaigns lh* country In Logd<>n, sub* a > o the si i < col bon t-> i'M I-, at the rat* el ahout \h>\ nd* a day. Wim Ilia > enia are laau|og six percent is Idritlsh frovernment i.hargvM _ er rent, (Sorrowing in the y way f ? .eg sNjemeM imt fin i. f.d hi bonds, 1? usually aeven ful>' 2t the#totil number of iioudng schemes in England and Wales numbered lu.07|, covering, in all, land fur &0t,000 houses. Of. tfieae 7.1*0 hav* been approved with i ft&O.tOO hohaes. In Scot |aad iOt.tvOf) houses havs been at bar* Iced, the 1}Ida averaging about 1,000 .ds pet* house. This is roughly abour 10*) to ISO pounds more than tt costs p?r bouse In Enghn Do Colonel Theal Back On Duty Marina Officer Ke< overs From Bad Accident gii ?}. Slept. 4.- The complete fiom what was believed to ?i accident last November, all (Vloro ha/ Theell to ha* headquarters of the afa^ l' As secratary of the house * On naval ufTairs, and later Adviser to the score r, Colonel Theal 1 ia >ty the beet known officer of the i ?? on dui > i;\ Wgggilt Uon, salt] rr.ttg pmrtJ ally prominent man u pat.he UJe in at t starve years. aO?j Irak \j?n <m ? srtn uadc not ? -*ln at* social ug tar> of tin i In ri by swen reUi i tA?7 ami l Ms, He was ?ataxy Iwe break ef tn i l j|i lay at f l.enl ctretcs as only gld b? .otore of th* Icatlotui, when ? io Washing : he had pre a marine offl d from active red to active I the oat II?' or? I h? i ? * (ohm I Tii. til graduate.I In Columbia tLfttvorally and laf-cr i aX'erwtary t,t th?- Imitat navil **? under Chairman Padgett Her. Throughout tr-a war he llorwd r* Philadelphia and . llr graduated from the Nu Uitiy in 1 te 1 and transferred Marin? i ? ?< pa two years lufer mir Xing two years sea duty takk it in TIM*:. Jam aa Scares of Rumter People Have Waiting doeant' pay. If you neglect kidney backache. Urinary troubles often fallow. Donn's Kidney |*llia aro for kidney backache, and for other kidney Uta ?Piaster alt torn* endorse them. lira. A. Hancock, \0Z Itlunding St 8aas)tar. a*ys: MI^ast year I had a alight attack of kidney rouble am there was a bad imm through the email of tny back. My head ached my nerven were ull uuntrung an dlaxy spells bothered me. Ill ick specks flauted before my eyea most af the time and blurrod my sight. XJy kidneys ^ho'ed irregularly and X knew I wouiJ have to do some? thing. Finally I bought a bo? of ]>oan'a Kidney pfUa and u?ed them. Doan's a< teil Ilka magic and after 1 hail flnlah'd the box, the trouble dla eppiur?*?!. I haven't been bothered pines and It give* rue vreat pleasure to iscom nend I>oan'a" j re>.> . i ? a!i ?g rigfg l aagTI ? slmolv ask for a kidney remedy?get PaajTa Kidney 4*111 ?*? the ?ame that Vra. Hanoock liad. Fo.der Mllburn Co., alfgrs.. huffilo. N. Y.?Aavt. V6 t nptrte returns show that Super , as defeited by Mrr'ad ; .11)1,1. unl I'h?\vden run over fo rf. ?iPo. Curtis in?l Hprotl wow j to tho h'^usc osf ytarcaentativts. Income of Insurance Department Increases License Fees , Over Four Hun dred Thousand Dollars < ..hfmlua, Sept. 5.? An increaae of omro than a hundred thousand dol ir* <o! Income for the state insurance pH partmont is reported by W. A. Mc Bwmilt, commissioner, in a statement of fees collected for the year 1920, tftveg to the press yesterday. Mr. M? Swain's figure* show that the hulk f license fees for the current year are all in and that tho total is ap-' proaimately $iio,ooftv as compared With $:m2.r>03* for last year. Tho in oronso shows an increase of the tflre insurance business. 'Urn largest Item of income for the Insurance department Is tho fee col !??< tod at tho rate of two per cent, on all premiums collected by insurance i ompanlcs during the'first six months ?)t Ho prear. This total for this year $327.330. For last year It totaled 142. Tho seeorpl largest item of tho d-o ssgifg ant's Income ts tho flre depart - magi tax, paid on premiums collected in towns Whose dro departments: m< ?atfoe up to requirements of the '"Firemen's Fund aet." This has to? taled for this year $28,780. Last year it totaled 121.892. The fire inspection tax collect? .1 w ar totals $7,858. Last year It totaled ?*,?U1. This Is a tn?x on in lnee companies to cover the eosf! of Investigation causes of tires and rto hru prevention. Tho brokers' tax collected by the department this year, from brokers handling insurance in unlicensed companies, has totaled $729. Last year it totaled $7-1.1. This is tho only item of tin d. pnrtiivcnt's lncomo that has shown a decrease. Tho tax against investment corn? 's in the state, such as oil con? cerns selling ntock in tho state, to? tals this year $2,780. Last year this tax amounted t i $1.798. State license fees, imposed on all invuraru o companies operating In Ekrut* Carolina, have this year totaled IIIS?!*. Last year the total was $17. 175. Tho annual insurance department lid nj?e fees, colJected for the suppott r?f the department, have totaled $23, 544, as compared with $21,000 last year. HMmprillc News Notes. nishopvllle. Sept. 4.?After running two weeks the protracted meeting at the Methodist c^hureh came to a close Sunday night. The pastor, Rev. W. V. Dibble did the preaching. He did not preach an inferior sermon. Twen? ty-two were added to our church by vows and twenty-six by certificate. The whole membership were reviv? al spiritually. All three of the Bhurche* attended the services after? noon and night, and everyone pro? nounced it as a great success. The election passed very quietly and pleasantly, i will not give tho re? sults as they have been already pub? lished. The number voting was un? usually large. Tin- contractor has a large force of hands and machinery at work prepar? ing oiw* streets tor paving. It is a ?low operation ard will require some? time to complete the job. The farmers tave gathered their fodder and some are picking cotton, the first bale was offered for sale yes? terday, but I heard could not get a purchaser. Help for Ironing Day. Do not discard old mats and car? pets.*. Cover the mats with the best part of the carpet, and make into a pad to stand on While Ironing. This will bo found very restful to the feef One of these pads placed st the bot? tom of the cellar steps, on which to wipe the shoes, will help to keep th* steps clean and thus save much labor. Her Sad Farewell. A very dignified mnn. whom I had known only o short while, came one ? . enlng to say good ly, as he wns leaving on a lorg trip. When I Ush? ered him into tl,~ parlor I discovered tlmt my young brother hud nun? crepe r?n all tho furniture I?Chicago Tribune. Tea Blended to Suit Water. Whenever a largo town In tho Brit? ish lilc. changes Its source of water ?upply, a temple is taken by the tea Mender*. Ip ortlet H?Ht the right blend uf tea way be made to suit that i ur? tlcalar water. Compete With Pyramide. The only competition of the p.vra Baffle, says the Automobile Bitte) lh>(?k, is the fgaPOUS painted rocks near Marl eopn, Cal. Thesa rocks are what re Bt*!o of the magnificent old Sun Wor? ship temple where thousands of In? dians gathered each year. The rocks were discovered by early Spanish ex* plorers in the seventeenth century, and It Is believe.,! that the group wns nine or ole\oti do/en centuries old arhen the American Indiuus first saw If. Great Man's Vanity. Juliu* Cgeaai was sensitive regard? ing his baldness, s i mm h did this worry hint that ho 1.nine. III. When the day Came <?n which Caeaar dlseov? er? j that there wns no remetly he had rt crown nind^ that cver.d the entire lop nnd bad. of his bead, but It was a torture to wear IL Flrat American Woman's Club. Soro is, the first woman's club or? ganised in America, wns established !n Im;k py n group of women protest* ing ggglnsl the exclusion of women it l gvaatfl ul n banquet tendered Charles Dickens, theo visiting La New *w**tty . ^jgjaiHgt, Harding Will Oppose Labor Domination Believes Voluntary Arbitration Is Best Solution Marion, Ohio, Sept. 6,?Harding, in his Labor day address, said that al? though he believed in unionism and collective bargaining, he opposed la? bor's domination of business or gov? ernment as determinedly as he would oppose domination^ by any other class. He preached the gospel of under? standing between employers and em? ployees and sain voluntary* arbitra? tion was the ideal solution of labor troubles. Dempsey-Miske Fight Today _ Thousands Pouring Into Benton Harbor For Exhibition Hcntonj Harbor, Mich., Sept. ?.? Thousands poured into Benton Harbor today swelling the tide that came to see Jack Dcmpscy stake the pugilistic crown won from Williard in a ten round bout with Hilly Miskc. bemp soy was tha* favorite but there is every prospect of a hard fight. All of the eighteen thousand seats are expected to be tilled when the principals atop in the ring at 3:110 central time. Sumter Women May Register Board Will Keep Books Open As Long As J^ecessary ' A number of ladies of Sumter ap? peared at the court house this morn? ing to register for the November elec ions. The ywere not allowed to regis? ter as the supervisors had not re? ceived Instructions from Governor Cooper to allow women to register. They later phoned to Columbia and ?ecoived instructions from th?? gover? nor and have announced that they will iceep the' books open Tu?esday and Wednesday and as long as necessary to allow as many women as wish to register. t i_ Sebastopol, Sept. 6.?The fourteenth Bolshevik army has been driven across the Dnieper river after severe losses us the result of Gen. Wrangles' suc? cessful attacks. The soviet forces w ere decimated. s 1 Columbia, Sept. 4.?Governor Coop ?r today issued a requisition on the ,r ?vernor of Florida for the return to Mi u lestop of Steve Johnson, held at Tampa, Fla., under a charge of mur ier. M. F. Weinzes, of Charleston, IS named In the requisition as agent to bring the man back to this state for trial. The man is under arrest at Tampa, v ?/ New York, Sept. 4.?Three hundred boy scouts returidng from London jamboree and a visit to French battle lelds arrived here today. Paris, Sept. 4.- -A proclamation of Lhe new sttae of Lebanon was made at Beirut September first by the French High commissioner, Gouard. ? Constantinople, Sept. C.? General Wrangles' forces ?have made a land? ing at^the cast end. of the Black sea recent advices say, and the situation >f his forces in the region of Js'ovoris isk Is improving. Laurel. Miss., Sept. 6.?Dr. g. M. Vracey, agronomist of the United states depart merit of agrlcultrue and I Widely! known botanist, died at the home of his daughter hero. Our Foolish Fllosofy. fThoer up. Why mbrry? Mo*t any thing you do will make somebody glad II you g6t sick somebody who don't llko you will be plensed about It. If you get well somebody who likes you will feel mighty happyv about It. If you die the undertaker Is entitled to ??ongnttula?er?-that Is to say, we all have our little moments.?JndlanapolJ* ?je? To Rescue Drowning Person. As soon us a drowning man begins to lose his recollection he gradually Blackens his hold until he quits alto? gether. A rescuer should be careful to avoid being grasped, however. The safest method of approach Is at the bead. Grasp the struggler by the hair, turning him on his back. Then throw yourself on your back find swim, holding the man by his hair, his back to your stomach. boi omi?n a i -.i.fj c. It Is believed today by inanj rants that tho old Testament descrii tion of 8olomon*i temple was wrlttei by the .lews after their return fron, the captivity, with the memory of the real splendors of Babylon fresh In their mind**. It Is possible that the actual temple was n simple place of worship, if It had been otherwise, It I? hardly possible that no remains of It would he visible today, seeing that the temples of Egypt, which are so much older, remain, In aotne eases, al most In toto.?Anstrutber Mackiiy in Atlantic Monthly. JefUraon's Aim. Jefferson sought to create In the university of the state an Institution that would not only through tradition? al culture values give to the state "log Islators and Judges . . . and ex? pound . . . structure of govern* ment." but would also "harmonize and promote the interests of agriculture, manufacture and commerce, and hy well formed view* of political econ? omy give free course to public Im1u? tr>." f.dwnrd Kldder Grnhf.m. ACCEPTANCES i URGED TO AID COTTON LOANS Would Make Country's Credit Resources Available to Grow? ers and Lighten Burden on Southern Banks. , rt , UNIFORM WAREHOUSING LAWS ARE NECESSARY Natitonal Bank of Commerce In New York Saya Discount Market Re? quires Standard Receipt Which Will Protect Loans. The use of bunk acceptances for financing cotton growers is advocajted by the National Hank of Commerce Id New York as a remedy for the hand to-mouth crop-Hen system now in gen? eral use. In its magazine, Commerce Monthly, the bank points out that cot ron marketing; retirements hereto? fore have not shared In the country's credit resources because the obliga? tions of the generality of borrowers in this field have tot been suitable for negotiation in the open market. The burden of financing has been concen? trated on a limited number of South? ern banks. Such a system has been responsible in a large degree for com? pelling the dumping of cotton on the market almost as rapidly as It could be picked and gl med. The hank points out that a means of securing a broader distribution of the burden has been provided by the Fed eral reserve system, which enable* member banks both to rediscount loans and to execute acceptances, which are particularly suitable for general negotiat on. The success of thJs remedy, however, depends largely on the ability of borrowers to provide41 certain simple requirercants of the discount market. One of the chief re qulrenieote, the bauk declares, Is a uniform standard of quality of ware? house receipts, which will enable banks throughout the country safely to undertake the execution of accept? ances on cotton Id storage. Requlsiti Conditions. "There has b*en a diversity and often a laxity in business practices, as well as an absence of uniformity in 'the obligations and responsibilities as? sumed by warehousemen, under vary? ing state warehousing laws, which haa caused banking Institutions not di? rectly acquainted with the Individual warehousing concerns to hesitate to extend credit on the strength of their receipt!," the bank declares. "On re? ceiving a request for a loan against cotton the v banker's first concern is that there actually Is cotton behind the warehouse receipt. One of the most serious dilficulties which banks, particularly thoso which are not In close local touch with the situation, have found In the way of loaning more free? ly against cotton receipts is that they have never been able to ascertain ex? actly what title to the cotton they had. In general It Is ' rue that the holder of a receipt Is subject to prior Hens, and uncertainty as to their nature and ex? tent Increases the banker's hesitancy \ In accepting receipts as collateral,; even thongh in practice the actual losses from defective title by reason of such liens have been comparatively small. ? The cotton, furthermore, should be in tie hands of a reliable warehouseman, who should be inde? pendent of the borrower, so that the latter cannot, while the receipt Is out? standing In the hands of a third party, obtain control ever the cotton covered by iL Uniform Warehouse Laws Needed. "A reasonable method of improving this situation would seem to be the application of fairly uniform laws con? cerning cotton warehousing wherever cotton is stored. Two laws have al? ready been formulated which, were their provisions uniformly and Jointly applicable to cotton warehouses, i would go far toward establishing I warehouse receipts on the high level j of the bill of lading. These are the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Law and the Federal Warehouse Act adopted In 1016. The litter provides for Fed? eral supervision and examination of Hconsed warehouses which take ad? vantage of its provisions. The Uni? form Warehouse Receipts Act, on the other hand, is eoueerned with putting the receipt ltsslf Into proper form, making standard the terms which It incorporates arid the obligations as sumed by tho warehouseman, and making standard also the conditions attending its transfer or negotiation. "As regards the Uniform Ware? house Receipts Act, there would seem to be no valid reason why its provi? sions should not he Incorporated In their entirety in the statutes of every state. The Federal Warehouse Act is not compulsory, Hud warehouses have been, and probably will continue to he, glow to nvatl themselves of Its provi? sion! because ef tho public supervision for which It provides. A remedy might be found either In the estah lishroent of n similar system of public supervision by the respective states, or in a provision in state laws that all public warehouse! be required to obtain federal licenses, the laVer method being decide!y preferable be cHiise of the greater ugiformltj it would injure.* POLITICAL, ADVERTISEMENT 1 SENATORISMITH DENOUNCES AS FAISE.HISIOPPONENTS 0 "I have just been shown a political ad\ ment of Mr. George Warren, which wag pub ed in the Charleston American of this date which has no doubt been sent to the press general ly I denounce as absolutely false the statement that I am in any combination in my race for the senate except with the people of South Carolina to serve them to the best of my ability, . i "Mr. Warren, in a desperate effort to win, is at* m tempting to revive factionalism in this state. Tlie ] effort will be rebuked by our people as unworthy of any one seeking the suffrage of the people of South Carolina at this day and time. [What I want and will get is the great majority of the votes of the united people of this state, whatever may have been their former political affiliations. "Mr. Warren has evidently purposely distorted * the facts. They are as follows: On my return to my home in Lynchburg August 9,1 received the following letter to which I replied as given below: "'Columbia, S. C, August 6,1920. ? ? ? r <! ' '"Hon. E. D. Smith, , \ W?% '"Lynchburg, S. C. . M * *P I -Dear Sir: "~ ^ ' * *"ftPf "'I am reliably informed that it is being con? sistently circulated in certain counties of this state that I am taking an interest in the present senatorial campaign against your renomination. " 'I do not know that you care very much about the matter as to how I stand, nor that anybody else does, but I do not care to be put in a false po? sition, and it is for this reason that I am address? ing you this communication." " 'I am taking no part in politics for or against anybody and I do not know that I shall even vote' in the coming primary. When asked I have frank? ly stated that with the present senatorial candi? dates, in my opnion, you should be renominated. " 'I have had no conversation with you within the last few years, and have not seen you even ft speak to you, only to shake hands with you once within the last two years, nor have f^had an? communication from anyone who is interested in your campaign; therefore, this letter is withy out solicitation from any source. > ' i:? " 'If you wish to use it, you may do so, as to whether it will do you any good or harm, you must be the judge. mmm** "'Very respectfully, -\ "'Cole L. Blease" ] "To which I replied as follows: , f*R i '"Columbia, S. C, August 9,1920. \ 1202 1-2 Main Street 4 '"Honorable Cole L. Blease, *j|J I '"Columbia, South Carolina. . * gj '"Dear Sir: ^ilKllli '"Upon my return to Lynchburg I found your letter of August 6. I have read it very carefully and fully appreciate the motive that prompted it. "Talso appreciate your kind permissiont? use it. I thank you very much for your expres? sion as to my candidacy. '"Very sincerely yours, *i RD.SmithV* "The above is absolutely all and any statement to the contrary is without foundation. Nothing further passed between us. I subsequently learn? ed that Governor Blease in writing a letter to a number of his friends indorsed my candidacy. I never saw a copy of this letter until it was shown to me by George Warren, August 26, at the cam? paign meeting at Monck's Corner. "I know no faction in this race and I appreciate the votes of all Democrats. If it pleases Mr. War? ren to attempt to revive antagonisms amongst our people which no longer exist, that is his privi? lege but when he goes further ahd charges me with any combination, I repeat, it is absolutely false. m ^t?^.lt^^^<%^Pt^^ * "E. D. Smith." ? J y-mwu*-m*n . mmm* CARD FROM MR. WESTON "I have just been shown a statement issued by Mr George War? ren, a candidate for the United States senate, in which he refers to me as the reputed campaign manager of Senator Smith. * "I make the positive and unequivocal statement that 1 am not nor have I been the campaign manager of Senator Smith and any statement to the contrary is absolutely false As to the implica? tion that I negotiated any deal with Mr. Blease, that also is abso lutely m*:wp2*TOTWW1HB BH I * "FRANCIS H. WESTON."