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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
BORAH WANTS NAVAL
BUILDING STOPPED
Would Have u. S., Japan and Eng.
land Sign Truce.
DANIELS OPPOSES PLAN
Declares ii Would BE Grave Bmnde,
For America to Take NAVAL
Holiday"

Washington, Dec. 14.-Rumorcd in.
tcntions of Great Britain and .lapan
to seek tripartitc agreement with
the United States for limitation. of
war shipbuilding programs came I'M
today III Congress-.
IN the Senate, resolution was Of
Tered by Senator Borah, Republican
ldaho, requesting the President to
seek an agreement with those powers
Tor fivc-ycar naval building truce
with construction programs cut in
half during that period. 1t would,
he said, "develop whether Great Brit.
am and Japan are sincere in their
talk Of reducing armaments.
Daniels Wants Large Navy
Before the House naval committee.
Secretary Daniels presented his rec
concentrations for naval constructions
with this comment:
| profoundly believe that the United
states con not afford - take :. Ave.
year naval holiday as it has bcen
rumored England and Japan will gup.
gest to this country.
at wouId b. q blunder, almost
crime, foI the United States 10 enter
INTO an alliance with any two or three
nations either to suspend or rurtail
naval building or for nnv o.he,. rur.
pose II would certainly make for
suspicion among the other nations"
TO Urge Prompt Action.
ScnaioH Rorah's resolution wet to
IN" foreign rct;stiors committee with
out debate. The Idaho Senator said
ne would urge prompt action.
The House naval committee pre-.
pared to inquire into the relative
strength OF the navies of the three
powers. 1t was informed by Admiral
Coontz' chief Of naval operations,
who accompanied Secretary Daniels
that If all building were suspended
today, ;hc comparative capital ship
tonnage figures would be Great Brit
ain S64,000; United States 4G9 900;
Japan 900 The officer was in.
H'i iu'. &c" !" DC ready tomorrow to dis
cuss in d"tait at an executive session
the question of relatives strength ,ex.
listing anG projected.
Secretary Daniels told the commit.
tee he agreed entirely with Senator
Hardlng'> recent statement at Norfolk
that the navy should be commensurate
with the nation's interests, reitcrating
ms opin"n that it should be ".r.. n
to any ia the world"
II wish w" could have world
agreement to settle disputes with
out rccou:s" to arms he added. "but
until that tim" comes and comes
surely, we ought to carry out our nn
val building program"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
textile WAGES
MUCH REDUCED
Decledd Reduction Made in New
England
NOTICES ARE POSTEn
NOTICES ARE POSTED
Announcement Made in Lawrence
Lowell, New Bedford and Other
Centers of Industry.

Boston, Dec. 13 (By the Associated
Press.)-A reduction of about % 1-2c
per cent, in the wages of approx
lmately one-third of the 300 900 tex
tile workers in New England was an
nounced today. The notices were
posted IN Lawrence, Lowell, New
Bedford and other centers of the in
dustry in Maine and Rhode Island
For the most part they applied to
mills making cotton goods, but in a
few instances operatives on worsteds
were involved.
Other cotton manufacturers have
indicated that they would fall into
line, but whether the woolen and
worsted mills will take similar action
at this time is uncertain. William
nj. Wood, president of the American
Woolen company, said he had no word
to add to his statement of several
days that the directors of that
company, which operates so mills,
had not yet considered the matter.
The reduction, which is made etfec-
tive in most places next Monday, in
ehect cancels two increases made
during the past year and restores
prices approximately to the figures
that obtained before II l-2 per
cent increase last year.
The manufacturers of Lowell an
nounced that the average wage of the
mill worker there under the new
schedule would be $21 a week.
The question of reducing wages in
the extensive cotton mills at Fall
River is under negotiations by manu-
facturers and labor leaders. Most
of the other centers of the industry
IN this section were represented in
the announcements of today.
Boston, Dec. 13.-All of the textile
mills of Maine and virtually all in
Rhode Island will put into effect on
December 20 the 22.1-2 per cent. wage
reduction announced today in Law
renee, Lowell and New Bedford and
in many smaller New England mill
centers. The reduction will apply to
about 100000 operatives.
The posting of notices of rcduc-
ton at the largest cotton mills in
Lawrence today was duplicated in a
large number Of Massachusetts.
Maine and Rhode Island cities. In
some instances the amount of the
reduction was not specified, but it
was understood that it would be an
proxmately the same in all cases.
The Amoskeag mills of Manchester.
N. H., one of the largest cotton and
worstcd manufacturing plants in the
country, and other mills in New
hampshire /have not yet made any
announcement as to reduction. At
Fall River, one Of the principal tex
tile ccntcrs, manufacturers and union
labor leaders are conducting ncgo-
tlatlons regarding wages.
William M. Wood, president of the
American Woolen company, which
operates SO mills in New England
and New York state, said today that
ne had no statement to make at pres
cnt on the matter of wages.
o..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

every scout Is supposed to be In n
form. When you meet a boy wear
ing a scout uniform salute him for
you may rest assured that he is a
real boy and a worthy citizen in the
making. He never could have taken
the scout oath if he were not.
Tonight the scouts and the fathers
Of scouts are to dine together at the
first annual father and son dinner.
The fathers who attend this affair
are going to get a better idea Of
what scouting means and their in
terest In the organization is going to
be increased
Tomorrow night the first annual
rally of the scouts Will be held. This
will take place in the high schooi
auditorium and 1t is going to give the
public In general a better under
standing Of the movement. Other
events will follow during the week
tending to concentrate public atten-
ton on the Boy Scouts.
Perth Amboy ought to be a won
derfuI field for scouting. We have
SO many real boys here, all bubbling
over with vigor and enthusiasm.
Scouting furnishes a wholesome out
let for all this energy and trains 1t
into q sterling young manhood that
cannot help but be a great power for
good In the community.
We congratulate the Boy Scouts
on this their tenth anniversary and
wish them the greatest success in
their most worthy organization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Free Speech.
BY Thomas Paine

Prior to what Is in England called
the revolution, which was In 1888,
no work could be published in that
country without first obtaining per-
mission of an officer appointed by
the government for inspecting works
intended for publication. The same
was the case in France, except that
in France there were forty who were
called censors, and in England there
was but me-, called imprimateur.
AT the revolution the office Of i'm
primateur was abolished, and as the
works could then be published with
first obtaining the permission OF
the government officer the press was
in consequence of that abolition said
to be free, and it was from this cir
cumstance that the term liberty of
the press arose. The press, which is
a tongue to the eye, was then put
exactly in the case of the human
tongue. A mar does not ask liberty
beforehand to say something he has
a mind to say, but he becomes an
swerable afterwards for the atroci-
ties he may utter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
%H%r
UP TO THE ASSEMBLY,

1t is a momentous session of the
legislature that will be acid tonight,
particularly for the assembly. The
resolution for the ratification of the
voman's suffrage amendment to the
federal constitution will come up Il
fl viii be known whether New Jersey
Is going to limo up with the progress
sive states of the Union and throw
its influence to giving the women the
ballot. or whether 1t will follow its
old policy of reaction and extreme
conservatism that gets us
The battle 10 half won as far as
New Jersey is concerned. The SEN
ate passed the resolution by an over
whelming majority last week. Both
parties lined up In favor of 1t. In
dicatlons are that n majority IN the
House also fe"1e the resolution
Every member will have to go on
record tonight.
The women need New Jersey If
they are to have the privilege Of
voting at the coming presidential
election. But even with ratification
here the outcome is not certain rs
several Of the state legislatures 10
not meet this veal and these VIII
have TO be called into special session
If the amendment is to be ratified by
-- 4l.-r IF k1,n rtntno hafnIsn tnp
next election. The governors of some
of these states are not inclined TO
compIy with the request OF the suf-
fragists and call the special session.
or course, even should the special
sessions be called it Is not certain
that all the legislatures thus assem-
bled would ratify the amendment,
but there is good reason to believe
that there would be enough to ratify
1t to make 1t effective.
There isn't the slightest doubt that
the right of franchise will be given
the I'm o or later. 1t is the
tendency of the times everywhere.
The reasonableness OF the PROPOSE
tten has e. made plain, so why
postpone the inevitable?
II the women are going to have
the right to vote at all, they ought
to be permitted to participate in the
important election this fall. Each
state must act for itself in the mat
ter ana 1t Is UP to New Jersey to-
night. Let the assemblymen finish
the JOB so well begun by the senate
last weeh.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Daily Horoscope
Tuesday. February 10, 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
MeMsna ner SyndinntNl

Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
This should be q fortunate day, &C
'cording to astrology. Jupiter, Venus
and Mars RUE strongly for good, while
Neptune is friendly. The Sun and
Saturn are mildly adverse.
1t is a time for initiative In bust
ness or In large undertakings of any
sort.
There is a favorable sway for all
constructive effort. Men who direct
large enterprises should benefit es-
pecially.
Women in business come under a
planetary government that promises
great achievement. More than one will
attain extraordinary wealth II fame
within the year.
While the stars seem to promise
supreme attainment to the women
who enter fields of effort outside the
home there is q menac1ng sign that
! seems to indicate sacrifice of reputa-
ton and peace of mind for those who
reach high place.
The sinister star read as affecting
the destinies of the wives and mothers
of the nation may cause unpopularity
for those who seek political office,
since old customs and long-established
traditions will be strong through the
coming State and national campaigns.
) Dancing which so much occupied
the attention of young and old before
the war and after it will now become
less popular, owing to the substitution
of another recreation, it Is predicted.
Music Is still subject to a direction
of the stars that is most promising
for the future. Americans will win
fame as singers.
Neptune is in a place believed to
stimulate vision and to encourage
wise decisions:
This is not a lucky day for those
who desire to apply for increase OF
salary or advance in station,
1t is not an suspicious time fol
lpersons in high place to make any
important decision or to communi'
cate their plans.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the forecast of a prosperous year II
(which they accomplish much.
Children born IN this day are like,
ly to be energetic and resourceful
They may be independent in theiI
views and should be extremely sue
~cessful in life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

Too many people are against a thing
because they hate some man who Is
for It.
Never Judge by appearances. The
most important looking man in an es-
tablishment is more likely to be the
Third Assistant Clerk than the Boss.
Many a man gets gray-headed wor-
rying auout what People oalnk OF
him when the fact of the matter Is
that People do not know that he is on
earth.
We never could believe that the
Lord has much use for the man who
sits up all might worrying for fear his
neighbors might get beer containing
more than one-half of n per cent OF
alcohol. g
About the only reason why the
Stork brings a man twelve children Is
because he can't support two.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON
ON THE JOB.

1t Is a pleasant thing to find the
man who knows his trade; he orna-
ments the human kind, his fame
will never fade. I take my car to
divers shops to have the works re-
paired, what time the carburettor
pops, and busted wires are barred.
And one will toll around all day,
and make the blamed thing worse;
and if he duly gets his pay, he cares
no tinker's curse. Another breaks
a costly piece as with a sledge he
beats; one smears a lot of rancid
grease upon the velvet seats. And
then I find the able gent who knows
just what to do: he finds the rink
tum that Is bent, the n that's
broke in two. He diagnoses my old
boat as some great surgeon might,
| and he restores my Grant goat and
, fills me with delight. In ten brier
minutes he has found just why the
motor struck; he deftly makes the
i wheels go round, and taxes me one
buck. His shirt Is damp with
motor oils. he is in Crime arrayed,
but has my blessing as he toils-the
man who knows his trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
DO A GOOD TURN

We have with us this week the
BOY Scouts. True, we have had them
with US for the past ten years, this
week marking their tenth anniver-
sary. but In celebrating the compile
ton Of their first decade this has
been set aside as Good Turn Week.
in honor OF the boys and everyone is
invited to participate.
The Boys Scouts ts a wonderful
organization. The fact that It has
been only during the past year that
any determined effort has been made
20 get the organization thoroughly
established In this city Is the reason,
perhaps. why tho people OF Perth
Amboy do not fully appreciate what
the Boy Scouts mean. One of the
purposes Of this weeks celebration is
to get the public better acquainted
with the movement that has taken
such a Arm hold on the youth of the
land; 1t VIII be well worth ones while
to improve the opportunity thus af-
forded.
To the uniformed It might be
well to explain. perhaps. hat the
scouts motto Is DO a Good Turn
Daily" The boy who lives up to
that motto is certainly helping to
make the world better and he can
not help but grow up to be a useful
citizen. The lad who really makes
an effort to do somebody a good turn
every day is forming a habit that
will last through life-a habit that
Will go a long way toward making
real character.
But during this anniversary of the
Boy Scouts we are all invited to be-
come a scout. at least as far as doing
u good turn daily. The idea Is that
every person, in honor of the scouts,
viii go out of his way, II necessary.
to do somebody a good turn. If we
all should do this the pleasure we
derive from it would probably in
duce us to keep 1t up indefinitely. AS
most Of the joy In living is doing
things for others anyway, what could
bring more joy into tho world than
Tor everybody to strive to do a good
turn for someone else every day.
That Is the meaning OF Good Turn
Week" which Mayor Dorsey. in his
proclamation which was published
Saturday. recommended TO the peo-
pie Of Perth Amboy. 1t is something
well worth while.
This is going TO be a big week for
me scouts In the first place. in
honor Of their tenth anniversary,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Press Comment


While the passing by the STATE As
| Sembly of the resolution aski3s
United States Government to IeGos-
nize Ireland as a republic VIII oeIe
I ceived with varying emotlons ny 90
seymen. the fact IS that De valera
and his fellow-Irishmen were Simply
disposed Of with an act OF faclIe Po-
likeness ~
Being an Irishman, De Valera with
ont doubt has a sense of humor, ahd
he must know that the proposal Which
slid through the lower house or the
New Jersey Legislature as II CREASED
without debate and only a few a
tering votes in the negative, Is not
entirely sincere. 1t was a specious
form Of political politeness and any
Irishman who hopes for a free Ireland
would have preferred debate. opposi-
ton and a struggle to so hollow a VIC
tory.
1t must be obvious to anybody that
If the New Jersey Legislature had any
intentions beyond politeness and a
formal expression of good wishes. the
proposal to intermeddle In tnterna-
tional affairs would not have been
handled in quite sc casual a manner.
1t is an unfortunate fact that our
legislative bodies who nave no respon-
sibility in such matters are given to
passing resolutions that they don't
real y mean and that would raise the
dickens if the public generally took
them really seriously. We say UNI
fortunate for several reasons. 1t de
grades the Legislature, for it earns
the respect neither of those whom II
offends by such action nor those whom
1t affects to befriend without really
meaning 1t. The latter are deceived
if they take such resolutions serious
ly, or hardly complimented if they dc
not.
, Sincere Irish republicans have g
real right to complain of such treat
ment 1t would have been more of al
! honor had the Legislature taken then
seriously and hen defeated them
Newark Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Fire Alarm Boxes

25--Smith Street and Central r. r.
S6-Market n First Streets.
Avenue and Paterson st.
28-High and Lewis Streets.
and High Streets.
36-New Brunswick Ave. and New 81
87-Smiti1 and State Streets,
42-Atlaf!tic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford 81
i5-Commerce and Front Streets.
Estate n washington Street,.
Estate st. n Buckingham Ava
s5-Parker st and Pulaski Ave.
66-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
67-State and Wayne Streets.
bS-Near United Lead Works,
62-Washington and First Streets.
Brunswick Ave. and Elm 81,
S4-Sm1th Street and Watson Ave,
65-Commerce and State Streets.
72-FTont n Smith Streets.
73-Water and Gordon Streets.
74--kearny Ave and Gordon Street.
S1-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
82-Smith and Herbert Streets.
eS-Amboy Ave. and Washington St.
e4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street
City Hospital.
S7-Amboy n Hall Avenues,
e6-Cleveland and Brace Avenues
e2-Amboy Ave. and Inslee Street.
e3-1awrence and Francis Streets
e4-Nevills and tombstone Streets
l3-Raritan Copper Works.
24-Market and Sheridan Streets,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Luke NfcInke SAYS.

Somehow or other, the old-fash-
Toned girl who could bake good bis
cults did not have to go out on the
street half naked In order to lar a
husband.
A New York mar has deserted his
wife for the ninth time Well bet
she hopes he leaves her as much
when he dies as he did when he was
alive.
A woman does not put on her best
gown when she takes a railroad trip.
But you can bet that she puts on her
best underwear.
A prudish Princess can-learn nasty
things from a mans conversation that
the man isn't even thinking of.
No matter how poor and reggedy
a nan or a woman may be, Ii you vii
let them do the talking you will dis
cover that they have Rich Relatives
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
The ImcIrv Irish

It looks like you have to have a bit
of turf in your pocket to look after
Uncle Sans money. Listen 40 this list
of Collectors of Internal Revenues:
McGrath in Cincinnati; Grogan in
Detroit; Casey in Boston; McElliott In
Third New York; Walsh in Hartford;
McNoel in Birmingham; Murphy in
Dubuque; Doyle in Grand Rapids;
Lynch in ST. Paul; Moore in st Louis:
Wha'ey in Helena; Duffy in Newark;
Riordan in Buffalo and O'Shaughnes-
sey in Providence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

over in Turkey. when a man COM
mifs the prohibition tenets of the
| Koran to memory and breaches them,
he is rewarded with a Harem and the
title of Hafz. over here, when a man
commits the propaganda Of the Anti
saloon League to memory ana
it, he is rewarded with a
salary of $4,000 a year and the title
OF Lobbyist.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
HnW. HnMi

There is a lot OF taking in antique
furniture" said Smith. There are
cabinet makers who can take a new
piece of furniture and make 1t look
like 1t was 100 years old"
That's nothing" replied Jones. II
have an eght-yeiar-old boy at home
who can do that"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Then 1t Happenedl

81 wonder if they dor" unused the
Rummy, as he poured a little shellac
into his glass of seltzer to give it a
kick.
you wonder IL they do what?" de-
manded the Barkeep, as he grabbed
the ice pick.
why. I wonder IL they play head
pieces on a hat band?" replied the
Rummy, as he headed for the door.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

Representative Gardner charges
that some OF the consular appointees
under Bryan were the scum of the
earth" Scum" is a technical term
meaning members of the opposite
party"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Amt It the Truthl

wilmington News-Journal.)
Luke McLuke says that ven though
a mans wife tells him 365 days in the
year that he's a fathead boob. he
Keeps on thinking he's a right smart
sort of fellow, and rel though he
makes q complete failure OF every
thing he undertakes. he takes a lot of
time telling other men how to handle
things If they want to succeed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

Some men like fame and some
prefer obscurity. A Chicago man
has openly announced as a candidate
for the vice presidency.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
No Joke.

The mar who tries to reform 9th
ers Is an inspired Missionary. The
man who tries to reform You is a
| Hypocritical Humbug.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

You often find 1t hard to select just
what you want from the menu card
in front of you. But what we started
to say vas that Bill A. Fare lives at
Owensville, Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Eacf

Read this as often as you can,
You'll find 1t isn't CUFF;
1t takes a mighty nervy nan
To call a woman's bluff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw. how do they cook
steamed oysters?
Paw-Steamed oysters are cooked
biYalves, my on. .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
You Know Himi

A mighty stingy cuss is he,
1 speak of Oswald Price;
And he confines his charity
To giving free advice.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

1t Is a great pleasure to inform
Lenine hat American overalls ar
blue, not red.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

If compulsory military training
why not compulsory training In
citizenship?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

If Bolshevism Is madness, as all
sane men believe. the wisest Course
Is to give 1t sufficient rope to hang
itself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

What IL you've lost your little pile,
And haven't got a dime!
Cheer up and wear n smile
You can't lose all the time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Bits of By-PMy
Easf
BY LUKE MeLUKE
Copyright, 1919, the Cincinnati In
q1irer.

He is a fast youth, I'll agree,
He is a speedy runt;
In fact, he is so fast that he
Cannot get to the front.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Police!

A hen is worth a hen. 1t may
A fat one be. or skinny,
But I should scarcely are to pay
A guinea for a guinea.
Homer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
C

At the recent Congressional hearing
Mr.. Lemon, of New Haven. Conn.,,
spoke against recognizing the Irish
Republic. And every Turk present
put Lemon down as an Orangeman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

Daniels says this has been a year
of adding. And now we approach the
season of horn-tooting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

Patriots attacked the police bar
racks at Limerick, but 1t was a prosJ
affair. =
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

The former crown prince is taking
daily boxing lessons. Well. he has a
lot to learn about fghtins.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09
Ho, Hum!
Ho, Hum!
Its awful dry!"
Said Hiram Huke;
"What'll become
OF Luke McLuke!"
GOSH

In Pulaski, Tenn, Long Brothers
and Short Brothers are neighbor mer-
chants, Long Brothers are both short
men and Short Brothers are both tall
men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

Fletcher wasn't sent to Mexico as
an advance agent for war, and he
now has time to Fletcherize on the
fact.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-09

It's q good thing for senator's tina
they are not paid by piece work.