The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 29, 1920, Image 7
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Workmen and Popula?
te Bloody Conflict in
Strets
PLACARDS TORN
t FROM STREET CARS
Said To Have Situation
.Under Control After Seven
Casual ties
Cat
London, Sept. tl?Italian workers
****** to be divided, In respect to the
asjfeement between employers and
workmen In the rant* I trade. Turin is
ti%a scene of disorders and dispatches
place the casual tics at seven dead.
With situation under control. Extrem
lata beaded thasagltatlon which Is ap~l
parently without the support of the
population. ' Viva Lenne" and Death
to Klag?" wars displayed on placards
f* the street cal*a The population,
dragged the cart ten from the c\re
and destroyed th< posters.
Highway E>epartmen t
Sppreading Out
Act i vit lea, Employs
Larger Office Force and
Mere Room Needed
Oalambia. Sept. it.?Th * South* Car
alba* blah way department has seen its
**tl*Ules in eres as enormously within
r*o**i month* since the enactment
e| the new hlgbwav law last winter.
**Ml aanauacem ?nt la made today that
tie department is fore eil to And larger
?barters Official* of the department
are negotiating for new quarters now,
had some announcement of a new ie?
ration wMl ha made in a few days.
Wltll'n the naxt day or two the au?
fm licensing department will
to temporary quarters in the
?Mna Lif ? insurance company
ig oh the I?0* block of Main
At prwint this division pf the
department work is on the
dope of the Ideal theatre build
*K>?g with th* other divisions,
department m badly cramped
A Idtgs force of draftsmen is employ?
es ami there ar< also many office em
hlaysa. Secretary Thomas stated to
dar that with th* taking over of high?
way maintenance, as provided in the
now highway act, the * orb of the de
part matt has benh morn thus doubled.
m*% the new quarters will be neces?
sary if th* efficiency >f the depart -
naoat is to be ma Intal rial,
Tr antomobi e license department
hash? la to be much larger after this
ya*r. The new system of licensing
eam oast year will employ twenty -
Oa*> different ft hula of license plates,
far.various closers of motor vehicles.
Tma Increase of th* work of this de
pattt?X win, m* ke tt necessary for all
Heansn plates to be mailed to owners
*r malar vehicles.
Tha highway department hau many
activities. It builds roads,maintains
stato highways, licenses automobiles
end constructs bridges. At present a
rwmplefe system of highway markers
m batas prepared, by tue department,
and\ these ace to he placed on all
high ways of the state.
department employs officers
police powers, to sea that the II
plate law is obeyed by all motor
taers.
Clothinf Prices
Remain High
Ma Cut la Manufacturers' Prices
Probable Befre Spring
Chicago, Sept. 2t.?Prices for men's
clalhlag will not come down none
**ulehiy than the high cost oi inattri
alp and labor, and therefore, no vio?
ls** changes may be expected, dc
eftaraa Bit Btrouee, president of the
Matioaal Association of Clothing Man
nfacturcrs, before the National As
sociation of Retail Clothiers conven?
tion here tonight.
Mr. atrousw promised that the 10 to
ai per cent price cut announced by
the texUle manufacturers would be
redacted in spring prices, but said
that the east of clotb I? only one fac
t*r in %b? production of c kit bee. There
tied bean sv sign of reduction tn ac
reasory aaalertsls. he declared, and the
Weeners In the Industry never would
return to the low wage levels of the
old days.
Many Immigrants
Are Coming
Twenty-two Thouaand Foreign
Thruirh Ellis
# latmmd Ljiat Week
Washington. Sept. ft?The tide
af Immigration throuxb Kills Island
continues to swell the Immigration
ft>ureau reports showing the total for
the weab of September eighteenth of
almost twtnty two thousund.
No Strike in England
Threatened Strike of Coal Miners
Postponed For ft Week
landan. Sept. 14.- The coal miners
of Oreef Flrltatn will not strike Men
sa the threatend coal strike [to
Were postponed a week after the
meeting between Lloyd Oeorge and
the onion representatives.
Vienna. Sept. ?J.~~ The cabinet
co a net I haa approved the seven-hour
a*a/ far civil servants,
BANK PANIC
?BOSTON
As Result of Previous Bank
Failures Runs Start on Sev?
eral Other Banks
NINETY DAYS NOTICE ON
WITHDRAWALS REQUIRED
Situation in Financial District
in Boston Has Reached Criti?
cal Stage
Roston. Sept. 27.?Following the
closing Saturday of the Cosmopolitan
Trust Co., the fifth banking institution
to be closed here recent I iy, several
big banks this morning were forced
to invoke the law requiring ninety
days* notice before withdrawals of de?
posits. The first of these wan the Tre?
nton t Trust Co., where run started
Saturday and continued today. De?
positors generally are uneasy and fur?
ther runs are feared.
A Mechanical Dairy
Government Experts Solve Pro?
blem of Milk Supply For Ni?
tro, West Virginia
Washington, Sept. 27.-? Lack of
pasturage for dairy cattle in the
viclnty ef Nitro, West, Va., rasulted
In the establishment at that war
built city of a "mechanical dairy"
where milk and cream eqpivalent to
the output of a farm with 1,500 milk
cowa wn produced, according to a
government report Just published.
Bottles and cans of the fluid were la?
beled "reconatrueted" milk or cream,
and "nitrolac."
Accommodations for 26,000 inhabi?
tants were provided at Nitro; schools,
churches, hospitals, dopartmont
atoPes, restaurant', and all the other
elements of a modern well-equipped
community being part of the project.
As a constructioti problem It wa*
comparatively simple, but officials be?
gan to strike snags as soon as they ap?
proached the task of insuring a sup?
ply of staple foodstuffs, particularly of
fresh milk.
? Nitro is situated in a mountainous
district where lit te; if any natural
pasturage is available. Local milk
supplies were barely sufficient to satis?
fy the normal demands of Charles
town, the " nearest metropolis. Bx
pansion of the natural supply being
out of the question, the public health ,
service was asked for aid and the
fir* "mechanic I lairy" resulted.
The process ns<ed is deseribed as
the "emulslticatlon of butter fat ob?
tained from unsalted butter in a so?
lution of skimmed milk powder, or di?
luted evaporated tnifk." A building.
150 feet long by 51 feet wide, was con?
structed and provided with huge mix?
ing vats, refrigerators and bottling ap?
paratus. Chemically pure water was
used iu the mixing and careful testa
inude by the product which proved to
be a little superior, If anything, ttv3
report said, to natural milk.
Y.W. CA. in Brazil
First Association in Country
Has Commodious Quarters in
Rio
, Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 25.?The first
Toung Women's Christian Association
to b* organised in Rio de Janeiro has
op\..ed Its commodious quarters in
the downtown section. United States
Ambassador Morgan and other promi?
nent American and British i ^sldents
attended the open.ng.
The association starts off with a to?
tal membership of 937. Including 1U0
Americans and an equal number of
Itrltlsh. Seventeen religious faith*
and 20 nationalities are represented
among the membership.
Prohibition in
Swtzerland
Socialists Preparing Bill to Stop
Sale of Brandy and Liquors
Herne, Sent. *jr>.- The Swiss Social?
ly party Is drafting <? t>ill which It io
Umdfl to piece .hefore the Swiss parlia?
ment this month proposing a referen?
dum for the purpose of prohibiting the
sale of brandy and liquors in Switzer?
land.
Unions in Danger
Labor Official Warns Building
Crafts That Factional Strife
Will Destroy Unions
Chicago, Sept. V.l. -A warning to
the building" crafta that unless they
"resort to reason" and end Jurisdic?
tions! disputes the unions may be ,!??
stroyed and open shop come into
vogue. w*is issued today by President
lohn Donlen Of the building trades
department of the American Federa?
tion of Lubor.
Russia and China Break
Russian Minister Decides To
Leave Pekin at Once
Ft bid, Sept Is? Prince Koudaoheff,
he Rnssian minister, has announced
hi.- intention of leaving <'h n... a* the
lenuM of the decision of ihc foreign
? ?".>?? to tern mate ofTlc? il ?.-j^it Ions
?villi the RU'.slai legation. Ali treaties
let a tan Clor? and Rattl*: In the
meantime are held in abeyance.
Administration Officials Con?
tinue Silent on Ne^vciations
With Japan
JOINT COMMISSION SAID
TO BE UNACCEPTABLE
Negotiations in Reference to
California Anti-Japanese Land
Law Will Continue
?
Washington. Sept. 27.r?Adminis?
tration officials continue to be silent
on the negotiations with Japan grow?
ing out of the proposed California
anti-JapaneE-e land law, but the im?
pression prevails here that Tokio's
proposal that the question be refer?
red to a joint commission for solu?
tion Is unacceptable. The negotia?
tions however, are proceeding.
Hotel Rating
Report Ready
First Score Card of Hotels Un?
der Clean Sheet Law To Be
Issued
Columbia. Sept. 2.7.?The initial
scoring of all hotels oi the state, under
the new ' clean sheet" law, will he
published within a short time by State
Hotel Inspector J. M. Woodward, who
is in Columbia,.today for the first time
for several weeks, after completing
his ilrst inspection of all the hotels
of the slat*'. Mr. Woodward says
there is still room for Improvement
on the part of many of the hotels, but
many have < leaned, up to a remark?
able degree In the last few months.
Mr. WoOdWard spoke of one hotel in
the state that has recently undergone
a change of ownership and a change
r?f its condition. This is at SU Mat*
thews. H has been purchased by the
Garber-Davis orchestra, and the man?
agement of this well-known "Jazz ma
rhine." will manage the hotel. The
orchestra will make its headquarters j
at St. Matthews.
School For
Feeble-Minded
New State Institution at Clinton
Formally Opened ?
Columbia, Sept. 26.- C. Croft Wil?
liams, secretary of the state board .?f
public welfare, announced yesterday
that the state training school for the
feebile minded had been opened and
that it has seven boys enrolled, all of
whom seemed tc/ be contented.
? Mr. Williams said: "After a long
period of working and waiting, the
state training school for the feeble
minded has at.last opened its doora
for persons that arc mentally retarded.
The gruvo danger or' feeble mindedness
was ilrst* brought to the state's atten?
tion through the efforts of the state
hoard of charities and corrections,
Winthrop college, th<r Federation of
Women's clubs and other social agen?
cies. The legislature of South Caro?
lina in 1918 reflected the interest of
the people of the state by estab?
lishing the state training school to
care of and 'educate, as far as they
might be able to receive instruction,
the mental defectives of South Caro?
lina. It was eetlmal d that there
were at least 6,000 of such persons
within our borders, and this estimate
scents to be very conservative after
the disclosures of the mental U:st.N
made at Camp Jackson.
"This school was placed under the
board of regents of the state hospital
and an appropriation of $60.(?oo was
made for its erection. Dr. 15. O. Whit
ten, who had gained marked success
by Iiis management of the branch of
the state hospital that is at State
Park, was elected superintendent of
the training school. Dr. Whitten took
up residence at Clinton and has
worked imVel'atigably in fostering and
directing the erection of the building 1
for the state training school.
"The school now has one cottage
completed and another nearing com?
pletion. The completed cottage is now
open for Inmates, which must be
either men or boys. It has two wards,
one for men. who may be of somo
help In taring for the grounds, and
the other for boys <>f a trainable type.
The other cottage will be for women
and girls. It is expected to open
about the middle of November.
"These cottages are of brick and
concrete," Mr. Williams said, "and
are Are proof. They have electric
lights, with power furnished from
Clinton, and water supplied from wells |
on the school's grounds
"Dcsides tlw two cottages, there is
a frame building that serves for the
dining room and kitchen, and another
frame building that houses several of
the workers and contains the superin?
tendent's olHoe.
"The training school is situated In
the midst of a tract of land that con?
tains about 1,300 acres that are: brok?
en Into hills and depressions. A part
of this land is under cultivation and a
part is in forest. This domain is very
picturesque und Is an Ideal site for Ihe
institution that have there. This
excellent pi< eo of property Was ao- ,
quired mainly through the Interest and
generosity oi the citl/.ens of Clinton.
"Al Hi" lust meeting of the general
assembly that bod> relieved the re?
gents of the hospital of the responsi?
bility of the training School for the
feeble minded and gave Us manage?
ment to the state board of public
welfare, to whose care all of the state
Iuvenile Institutions for delinquents
and defectives were committed. Any?
one interested in having a boy com?
mitted or admitted to the sc hool ad?
dress Dr. Ii. O. Whitten. superln
lendenl of the state training school
for the feeble minded, Clinton.
Express Hearing
Ordered
American Railway Express Com?
pany Asks For Another Ad?
vance in Rates
< ' t
WHITE CALLS
I FOR $500,000
GOOD NEWS
FOR FARMERS
To Fight ^representation' Secretary of National Trade
Columbia, Sept, 27.?The South
Carolina Railroad Commission has
announced today that a hearing will ! PRESIDENT
be held in Columbia at an eariy date
on the request made by the American I
Railway Express company for an in?
crease of its charges in South Caro?
lina, in line with the order 01* the in?
terstate commerce commission last
week for the increase all over the
nation on interstate charges. The ex?
act date for the hearing has not been
lix< d, out shipjrers of ali parts of the
state will be invited to attend, aa Wt?J
officials of the express company.
The express company is asking for
an increase of thirteen and a halt per
( ?nt. in line with the same increase
On interstate business authorized last
Friday. This is the se< ..nd express in?
crease in recent weeks. Only last week
the South Carolina Railroad commis?
sion issued an onh r authorizing" an
increase of twelve and a half per
cent, in line with a national increase.
The first increase was to cover a de?
ficit in the express eompau.\'s finances.
The second increase is to cover the in?
crease in wages of express employes
recently authorized by the federal
wage board.
_i
Concerning the League
HEADS DRIVE
Chairman George White Wants
1,000 Men to Match Chief
Executive's Gift''
Council Tells Cotton Manu?
facturers
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EUROPEAN MILLS ON
PRE-WAR BASIS
Rooi-evelt
sand friends
Harding Makes
Early Morning Speech
Routed Out of Ned at Alcoona,
Pennsylvania?I? On Way to
Baltimore
-
Altoona, Penu.. Sept. 27.?Senator
Harding, who is enroutc to Baltimore
where tonight he makes the second
speech of importance away from his
Marion home, was routed out of bed
by a large crowd for speech and ap?
peared without collar or necktie.
.Largo crowds are greeting him at
eve ry stop which have been arranged
at frequent Intervals.
Bomb Explosion in Cork
Department Store in Irish City
Completely Wrecked
Cork, Sept. 27.?Much property
was destroyed and the city was bad?
ly shaken by the violent explosion of
bombs in a. big department store early
this morning. The department store
was completely wrecked and. it is be
lk x ed an effort ? was made to kill a
number of Sin Fehlers employed there.
New York. Sept. 23.?Permit me to
call your attention to a statement I is?
sued today as follows: "Less than
$130,000 collected by us provided a
contrast before the senate committee
yesterday with millions in the hamls
of the republican!. 'Since the fate o? |
the league and the peace of the world
depends on thfi success of Cog and
1 intend to call for a thou-,
of the league all over
the country to match the president's
subscription of sCOO made recently in
the same cause. This will provide a
special fund of $500,000 to put the
truth about the league before every
voter.
'"State and county chairmen will be
asked to assist and we feel hopeful
that there are at least one thousand
men in the United Stat?m who will
giv-e us ^.r?00 each for the league.
Newspapers which favor the league
will be asked to help us lorni the
''league thousand club." This plan
will provide the means for a heavy
assault against misrepresentation in
the interst or' mere partisanship."
May I call upon you in the name of
the great issuo to which we are so
wholly devoted to publish this appeal,
to endorse it editorially and to invite
citizens of your state to contribute
as indicated. May 1 further request
you to announce that you will receive
acknowledgment and forward to the
democratic national committee such
$500 subscriptions as any of your
readers may wish to send. This
great service will b?- highly appreci?
ated. None but the newspapers of
America have ^it in their power to ren?
der it.
GEO WHITE,
^Chairman Democratic National Com?
mittee.
They Will Soon Be Strong Fars?
ters on all Cotton Buying Mar
ketb
a !
Marplewood, N. H.. Sept. 24?Oa*
car K. Davis, secretary of the Na?
tional Foreign Trade Council, told th*
! National Association of Cotton Manu?
facturers that, the cotton manufactur?
ing industry in Europe is rapidly ap?
proaching the prewar outpi t and Am?
erica would soon be faced by the
fiercest competition in cottonbuying
markets.
Cotton Price Exchange
Chambers of Commerce of State
Will Exchange Daily
Reports
Ten Years For Rapist
Isaiah Young of Fairfield County
Sent to Penitentiary
Columbia, Sept. 27.?Isaiah Young,
a colored rapist of Fairfield county,
was lodged In the state penitentiary
Satuiday to spend the next ten years
of his life, and he is thankful that
there is a penitentiary, for it saved)
his life. The negro was brought to the
otate prison for safe keeping, a mob
of Fairfield county citizens having at?
tempted to take his life, several weeks
ago. lxist Monday he was called for
by a deputy from Winnsboro, and he
went back to his county seat to face
trial. He was convicted and sentenc?
ed to ten i'ears.
Japan Will Protest
Vigorously
If California Passes Anti-Japa?
nese Law Ambassador Will
Take Up Matter With State
Department
Columbia. Sept. 24.--AL the Cham?
bers of. Commerce of the state are to
be parties to a plan for spreading in?
formation as to cotton prices through?
out the state. A system is being
worked out whereby ihc chambers
<vill all be notified each day of the
price paid locally for cotton in the
other towns where there uro Cham
bens of Commerce or similar trade or?
ganisations. The Coluirrbm chamber
of Commerce has endorsed the plan,
and it is understood all the other
chambers hf>.ve done likew sc.
The idea originated with Secretary
Warren King, of the rirecnwood
chamber of Commerce. Ills plan is
to have each commercial oiganiUPiofl
in the state notify every other such
organization eve<y day of ilte price of
cotton that day, the price to be report?
ed by ihe local cotton buyer! The; in?
formation will be transmitted by pos?
tal card.
The idea is for each city and town
to be able to keep up with the cut
ton market advances and depressions.
This service will be put before the
public in such a manner at to bene?
fit the buyers and the producers.
Honolulu, Sept. 24.?Tokio ad?
vices to Japanese language newspa?
pers says the plan to ask the United
States to appoint members of a com?
mission to effect a settlement of the
Japanese-American problem has been
abandoned and Japan will instruct her
ambassador to protest vigorously, if
California passes the Japanese land
laws.
New PreMier of France
Ultimatum From Soviet
Georges Legues Accepts Call and
Will Act as Foreign Minister
Paris, Sept. 24.?Georges Legues,
minister of marine in the Clemenccau
cabinet has accepted a call to the pre?
miership under President Millerand's
administration and will act as foreign
minister.
The new premier is the father-in
law of Paul Rockwell, the North Caro?
linian who Served in the foreign Le?
gion during the war.
J?ol
Riga, Sept. 24.?JWolph Joffe, the
head of the Soviet Peace Delegation
has proposed an armistice with the
Poles, which he said must be accept?
ed within ten days or the Russian win?
ter campaign will be inaugurated.
Hays Bushwacks Cox
New York, Sept. 24?Will H. Hays,
declined to comment on the charged
of Governor Cox that Hays' scou's
were preceedlng Cox and attempting
to influence the press against him.
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