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MEN
TO WEAR OVERALLS

Birmingham, Ala, April 1.-Two
housand men in all walks of life
have Joined the Birmingham overall
club in a campaign against the cost
of clothing.
Started in a spirit of jest, the idea
rapidly gained converts and today
the headquarters of the club was
thronged with volunteers anxious to
sign the roster. Monday night a mass
meeting will be held in the largest
auditorium of the city when a vote
will be taken on the proposition to
don overalls the following Sunday
morning and wear them until the cost
of clothing tumbles.
Theodore Lamar, prominent busl-
ness man and secretary of the club,
is responible for its organization. He
advanced the idea On conversation
WITH everal friends and within twen-
ty-four hours he was joined by hun
dreds of men, ONE of whom consti-
tuted themselves membership COM
mittee in the city's latest "drive."
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ANh>A = \ = = y - :
COLD SPRINGS.
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Mr.. Horace King SpeTt Saturday
ipht with Mr.. Arthur Newell.
Mrs. C. C. Kay, and children, spent
few days of this week at Mr.. T. F.
Jldrick's.
Miss Ola Winn spent few days
! f last week at Mr. w. R. Ellis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christia Cothran
pent Saturday night at Mr.. T. F.
| Uldrick's.
Mr.. Roy McCombs came up from
Greenwood and spent the weekend
with home people.
Misses Cyrena Pearson and Carrie
Blanchett spent the weekend at Mr..
B. A. Uldrick's.
Mr.. Dickie Ellis spent Friday
night at Mr.. S. A. Cochran's.
Mrs. T. F. Uldrick, and Harold and
Francis, spent from Monday until
Thursday at Mr.. R. A. Hagen's.
Mr.. James Bowen spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. Marvin
King.
Miss Louise Uldrick is attending
school at Cold Springs and is staying
at Mr.. B. A. Uldrck's.
Mr.. Roy McCombs spent Saturday
night with Mr.. Erskine Hagen.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Kay, and chill
dren, spent last Thursday with Mr..
and Mrs. B. A. Uldtick.
Misses Sarah and Louise Uldrick
spent Tuesday night with Misses Mil
dred and jamie Winn.
Mrs. T. F. Uldrick, and children
spent from Thursday until Saturday
with Mr.. and Mrs. c.. C. Kay.
Mr.. Frank Uldirck spent few days
of last week with Mr.. Erskine Hagen.
Mrs. Andrew Newell, and children
spent Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. N
P. Milford.
Mrs. George David Nash is on the
sick list at this writing, but we wish
for her speedy recovery.
Mrs. Pierce Bwe nsl, ,WinntJ ohkar
Mrs. Pierce Bowen spent Thursday
I with Mrs. ]. A. King.
Mrs. R. A. Hagen spent Thursday
at Mr.. T. F. Uldrick's.
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Chester Has 5,557:
Gastonia 1881
Is Census Count

Washington, April 3.-Ihe lol-
lowing census returns were maze
public tonight:
Natchez. Miss, 12,GOS; increase
SIT or 60 per cent.
Gastonia. n. c., 1851; increase
7,112 or 1873 per cent. ,
staunton. Va, 1851; increase L"
or OIL per cent.
Chester, S. c., 5,537; increase
sos or 1G.9 per cent.
Springfield. Mo-. 5000; increase
4,419 or 1916 per cent.
Fort Smith, Ark. ., 2S,Sll; increase
1886 or 20.2 per cent.
Lcayenworth, Kansas. 1901; IN
crease 2,462 or IL per cent.
Carthage. Mo-. 10,053; increase
$40 or 20 per cent. ..
Trankiurt. Ky, 9.SO5; decrease
6Gn or e. per cent. ,..
stcol,on, Pa, 13.42S; oecre"''
SIS or 81 per cent.
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ON
LEAGUE URGED

Washington, April 5.-An appeal
the American people to support
the proposal for an agreement be-
tween President Wilson and q
majority of the Senate to vote for
immediate entry of the United
States in the league of nations Oil
the basis of the LodGc-McCumber
ompromise, with remaining diff
ferenccs left for later settlement,
was made public here tonight in be-
alf of those who signed similar
ppeal presented last week at the
White House.
"The effect of the adoption of
his p!an," the appeal said, would be
set the league in operation under
provisions contained in articles IA
and Is for the creation of code of
International law and the erection of
supreme court of international
ustice. The plan ought to secure the
eady approval of Lodge Republi-
an and it should be welcomed by an
administration Democrat. 1t would
naturally be opposed by, and only
by, the bitter-enders whose desire
and aim is to defeat any plan what
soever for te league of nations
S;gners cf the appeal include Car
dinal Gibbons, 4 Lawrence Lowell,
Augustus Thomas, Cleveland II.
Dodge, Jacob H. schiff, Frederick R.
Goudcrt, Rev. Chaunccy B. Brew
stcr. Hamilton Holt, President
Henry C. Idc, University of Cali
ornia; Julian Street, formcr Gov
ynor Richard Manning, Of South
Carolina; Dr.. Henry c. King, prc5i-
'?Nt Obcrlin College; s. y. Levi
ohn anj Samuel Concord.
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ENTENTE POWERS
HOLD CONVERSATION

Paris, April, 9.-The British atti-
tudc regarding the French occupying
of Frankfort will cause the opening
Of a diplomatic conversation between
the powers of entente concerning
the whole subject Of action with re-
gard to Germany, it was said today
in official circles.
In this conversation the French at
titudc will be based first on main
tenancc of the entente and second on
tsrict execution Of the treaty of Vdr-
saille.
, The French, although declaring
themselves not satisfied with some of
the terms of the treaty, accepted it
as finally signed and now consider a
ort of charter as regards relations
with Germany. Great Britain, it is
thought here, considers it rather q
! ort of elastic basis of settlement of
European affairs which is capable of
divers notifications.
Cancellation Of these viewpoints
will be the object of the ensuing con-
ersations during which France, it
stated, probably will ask Great
Britain whether, it stands for en-
lanation of the treaty.
It is recalled that Articles 42, a.
nd Il of the Versailles treaty de-
med actions by Germany which
night be regarded as calculated to
disturb the peace of the world and
Il IS pointed out that such action by
Germany was accomplished when the
eichewehr penetrated the Ruhr dis
rict.
n provision for such violation Of
lie treaty by GERMANY Grant Phi
tain and the United State, t5ropy,,
heir representatives in Paris II :,
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ANALYSIS OF. WATER

Analysis No. 2311. Of sample of
water received from Abbeville Water
& Electric Plant, Abbeville, S. c.,
Iarch 80, 1920.
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,r..-yVALE S SLIGHTLY
.~~r-r ,--!AE S@ARTAN2JHC
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
Fails to Distinguish.

DR.. George Lincoln Walton, the author
OF oscar Montague-Paranoiac." does not
know the difference between what is in
teresting in fiction and that which is
tiresome Indeed, il is quite likely that hs
knows the difference only too we'll and
has set about his work with the deliberate
intention Of writing tiresome book. The
persistence with which he dwels upon all
the embarrassing phases of life that come
within his scope shows him to be a master
in this unwanted line OF endeavor. Many
pages of his story are devoted to the
early years Of the repellent Oscar, his silly
mother and his slouchy. drunken father
Helen, the sister, remains the only bright
spot In the narration and after all she
is nerelv cnnvepSpoety g~od and
pretty heroine. The Montague family
spend their lives in accomplishing futile
and uninteresting things. The husband
tries to get his wife committed TO an in
sane asylum, and il he had sent her there
and oscar. too. he would have saved the
readers Of the book great many trcsome
minutes. The tragedies that occur are a
relief rather than a horror. for they rid
the world OF undesirable citizens. Youne
writer's can we'll afford to purchase this
book and study it carefully.
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
Vivid and Stirring.

l confess that I am rather tired Of wal
books and therefore it was some hesita-
itation that I opened the pages OF 1.-The
Secret Battle CEnopO and began to read
about the Gallipoli campaign, that dis
astrous undertaking which despite it's hor'
rors has not yet been over written Ii
was not long before I found myself In
terested for the descriptions are vivid ano
the story itself is SO convincing that an
unable to say whether it is truth or fic-
tion or both. It's theme is one that has
not been overdone-the disin tegration OF
a brave soldiers morale under distress
ing conditions It's author is Lieutenant
A. p. Herbert, who served in the Gallip-
oil campaign and afterward In France
He has written this book in order to vindi-
cate real or imaginary young soldier
named Harry Penrose, who has plenty OF
pluck, but is singularly lacking in self
confidence. Mr.. Herbert gives us a vivid
account Of the arrival OF his brigade on
the scene of action and of the interest
excited in his and Penrose's minds by the
thought that they were in region made
sacred to the world by classic history
Relentlessly he narrates the sufferings
endured by the command, the torment
caused by the f1ies the clouds of dust
raised by the hot winds and the ravages
Of dysentery. Called upon to do danger
GUS duty young Penrose acquits himself
in a manner that wins for him the COM
mendation of his superior officers, and
again and again he shows himself man
of high moral and physical courage
Later. in France. comes the pitiful trag.
edy that ruins him--the tragedy that re-
suits from broken nerve. The book Is one
of the best OF its kind that / have YET
read, and the story that it tells, whether
one OF actual fact or ina gination. fs one
that should set people to thinking.
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
On George Meredith.

Although the late George Meredith had
a following, both in this country and in
England, second in quality and enthusiasm
to that OF no other author of his day, he
has not yet been oyerwritten. For this
reason. apart from its own merits, Lady
Butchers Memories OF George Mere
dith" (Scribners) is likely to obtain many
interested readers. The memoir dates
from the year 1861 when Lady Butcher.
then n child of thirteen, first met the
novelist and began an intimacy that con-
tinued uninterruptediy until his death in
1909. BY reason OF her personal recollec-
tons, set down with much simplicity. and
the many letters that she reprints, Lady
Butcher manages to convey to her readers
very clear idea of the character and
personal traits OF the author OF Diana
and the Crossways." AS a child, she en-
joyed the benefits. not only of his society
but also of his instruction for he was al
ways interested in her. in the books
which she read and the companions with
whom she associated. Some time ago
I learned from friend who had visited
Mr.. Meredith at Box Hill, that it was the
novelist's custom to give to his gardener
the manuscripts Of his different novels,
and / find this matter alluded to in one of
Lady Butchers pages, with the added in
formation that he hoped that his servant
would be able at some future time to OBJ
tain q good price for them, and this he did
after Mr.. Meredith's death.
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News and Reviews Of = q
Interesting B00ksA A,}1 y,
Edited by James l.. Ford 3gS

paths of German espionage and even leads
us into the presence Of the Kaiser, who
has sent forth the Baron to meet him in
his private car near the Belgian frontier
The Baronet surprises every one by pay
ing off the mortgages on his old estate
and entertaining the finest sort OF COM
pany, including the Princess Eiderstrom
and the German Ambassador Prince
Terniloff. The latter is an amiable man
whose character has evidently been sus-
gested by the Prince who represented the
Kaiser at the beginning OF the war. His
mission Is to convince English statesmen
and others of influence and authority that
Gerrnanys intentions toward Great Britain
are OF the most pacific nature and that
her great military and naval preparations
are designed as menace to Russia.
With praiscworthy ingenuity Mr.. OPP
penheim has constructed a tale that is
always interesting. full of unexpected
turns and possessed OF denouement at
the very end that carries with 1t, even to
the most hardened reader. thrill and 4
surprise. 1t is more plausible, too, than
most stories of its kind, and we should
remember that great latitude is permitted
to the writer OF this school OF fiction. It's
character drawing is distinct and convinc-
ing and the authors literary style is far
above that of nearly every one of his
competitors In his peculiar field.
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
More Of the Spanish.

n would seem that the enormous vogue or
The Four Horsemen OF the Apocalypse
has given TO American readers tho latch
key 10 Spanish literature. and we may
therefore expect an invasion OF authors
long popular in Spain, but previously un-
ilSnown here Eduardo Zamacois, whose
stories "Their Son" and The Nccklace
are published i'm a single volume by Boni
& Livcright, improsses me as an author
we'll worth while. Both OF these tales re-
fleet Spanish life as convincingly as
Blood and sand" reflects tho bull ring
and the life OF the toreador. The first of
these two tales deals with the domestic
rsgcdy common 90 the Harlem flat as
we'll as the humble Madrid household
the tragedy OF the young married couple
land the attractive male boarder. AS the
husband rs n locomotive engineer and
away from home on long runs, tho action
OF the piece may be said to be facilitated
and the anorous path OF the boarder and
the unfaithful wife made easy. The result
may be easily guessed; nor are we sur
prised when the husband having been
told that the state OF things has long been
a nnrer OF common gossip. picks n quar-
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
Novels with Lessons.

Each one OF the two novels that lie be-
fore me carries with IL an important les
son to those who feel called upon to write
fiction. From The Great Impersonation'
little, Brown one may learn much about
how n novel OF it's kind should be written.
oscar Montague-Paranoiac Uippin-
cott) shows us more emphaticaIly how "A
novel should not be written. The first
named Of these books is perhaps the best
novel that has yet come TO US from the
pen OF Mr.. II. Phillips Oppenheim. IL is Q
tale of German espionage in England dur
ing the months prior to the war. and IL
Is based on the chance resemblance be-
tween two men--a German and an Eng
lishman-which is the only thing in the
book that really strains our credulity.
II is an old device, this sort OF resem-
blance. and II always has been the custom
TO place II on the shoulders OF twins, but
II would obviously be an even greater
strain on our credulity 20, have clo twin
born in Germany and the other in Eng
land. The two men, former. school and
college mates, meet In the heart OF Africa,
where Baron Leopold Won Ragastein Is
serving the Kaiser by quietly drilling
numbers of natives. To him comes Sir
Everard Dominey. who has spent his years
Ia profligacy and is now in marked physi-
cal contrast to the other, who is in the
very pink of condition. Sir Everard next
appears in London in company with n
German OF inferior social station and Is
quickly recognized by the Princess Elder
strom as Baron Won Ragastoin.
We understand now that the English
man has been killed and that tho German
has taken his place for some mysterious
purpose Of his own. tIo succeeds In con-
vincing his old friends and relatives Of his
Identity but his wife. who is insane, de-
clares that nc is not her husband and
Instantly falls in love with him. Mr. Op-
pnnhotm now takes us well into the by
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
1t Has Its Blots.

Tho giaring faults that disfigure Ruby
NJ. Ayres' new novel, Richard Chatterton
". c." (WatO are surprising in a work
so we'll written and excellent in so many
ways. The title is a bad one, for 1t tells
us that young Chatterton. whom we see
IN the first page lounging at his club
instead of fighting for his country, Is
bound to go to the front and distinguish
himself This belief is confirmed when
we read a moment later that his fiancee is
beginning TO suspect him OF indifference
10 his country'S needs.
But more serious blot on the novel
and one that many readers will not for
give, arises from the authors apparent
lack of sense OF honor. Her hero answers
telephone call intended for his rival, and.
as frequently occurs in such cases. learns
no good news of himself from the lips
OF his sweetheart. A man who VIII do that
may possibly possess personal courage,
but ne is not the kind to make high
minded woman happy. The story deals
entirely with well bred London society,
and It's tone is convincingly good. Never
theless, although one might judge Miss
Ayres to be familiar with the life that she
describes, she alludes TO one Lady Mer-
riam as 'the widow of a younger son OF
a younger SON. and later refers to her
departed husband as Lord Merriam"
do not see how il would be possible for
man of such remote connection with no.
bility TO possess a title.
But despite these faults the novel is real
" interesting and the descriptions or the
battle front, Of the sIfferings and discom-
fort endured by tho soldiers and of the
splendid act OF gallantry that earns for
tho hero the Victoria Cross are all adj
ruirably well done. Indeed Il Is hard to
realize tlat these passages were not
Banned bv an actual eyewitness. But the
principal theme Of the story is the rivalry
between Chatterton and Montague for the
hand of Sonia, a most delightful heroine.
who is so thoroughly womanly that she
does not know her own mind II is true
that when the suspense begins TO Tag the
author stimulates it by such well known
rcstora tIvcs as The false report OF the
hero's death and the news that reaches
him that Sonia has actually married ms
rival A little better power OF invention
on tho part OF the author and n keener
sense OF the difference between cad and
a gentleman would have improved this
novel materially.
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
Makes the Reader Cry.

Another book on old fashioned lines
comes to us, this time from across the
water and by a writer from whom better
things might have been expected. The
woman who, under the name OF Richard
Dehan, gave us that remarkable story Of
South Africa entitled "The Dop Doctor"
now publishes book of short stories
called "a Sailors Home Ooran) which
is an interesting study in literary surviv-
ais. The story which gives its name to the
book. is strongly reminiscent of Mr.. w.
w. Jacobs, but that may be because that
writer has preempted the British mariner
as his own particular province; in other
respects the resemblance is not so strik-
ing Then follow series of stories in
which the author worries her theme as a
cat does q mouse, never dropping 1t until
the reader as well as the subject is worn
out. "The Oldest Inhabitant,' for In
stance tells how n little girl writes let
ter to King George telling him she will
be ten years old in few days; the state
ment appearing rather n bald one. she
incautiously adds another figure, ANNOUNCE
ing her 10th birthday. She gets letter
from the Kings secretary, congratulating
her on her advanced age. report' rs come
to interview her, and for seventy pages
the situation is dealt with mall its pos
sible phases until the reader cries for
mercy. "The Rector's Duty has so old
a plot that I blush for the hardihood OF
the author in using il. / need only say
that II concerns twin brothers who look
exactly alike. s.re of whom n "A rarson
and the other a rake, and that the latter,
being hard up, decides to irnpfrsonate his
brother during the absence Of the latter
abroad. The seasoned fiction reader can
supply the rest from memory and be
spared the recossity of finishing The story.
''The Young Man from Mawleys' and
bleach" are much moro condensed. and
consequently much better stories, but the
author suffers relapse toward the end
of the book and gives us story called
''The Man Who Lost Himseif' which deals
with an individual who became an ardent
theosophist and learned to travel in his
astral body. never learned what be
came of him through my inability to finish
the story.
The New York herald., 1920-01-18

rel with the seducer and kills him There
is more to the story, and what remains is
the logical outcome OF the events mar
rated. "rhe Necklace" deals with the
passion of poor young student for Alicia
Pardo. the heartless and luxury loving
courtesan. who is the mistress of one Don
Manuel. The woman Is 80 well drawn and
the qualities that characterize her class
the world over are SO distinctly indicated
that she might have stepped out of Rec
tors as well as from a box in the Teatro
Real Alicia is attracted for the moment
by the young mans handsome face and
extreme innocence of the world, and in
this, too. she reminds one OF others of her
kind much nearer home. She is anxious
to possess certain emerald necklace that
hangs in the window of a jewelry shop.
rxt which costs so much that Don Manuel
wisely refuses to listen to her hints. Think
ing thus to gain her love. the poor student
steals the necklace and flees from the
shop, reaching his home with bullet in
his side. The rest OF the story is well
worth reading.
The New York herald., 1920-01-18
ROOK COLLECTION OF
ARMS TO BE SOLD

By order OF the Board Of Governors Of
the Southampton, IL. ~ Hospital, the
Rook collection OF arms, now on exhibi-
tion. as n loan collection, at the Metro
politan Museum OF Arts, will be sold at the
Silo Galleries on January 81.
The collection, bequcathed by thei late
Mrs. Frederick Rook to the hospital, con-
sists OF the chased and gold inlaid double
barreled fowling piece made by Boutlt. OF
Paris, the imperial armorer. By order
Of Napoleon l., for presentation by him 10
Marshal Ncy, and also OF collection OF
finely chased seventeenth, eighteenth and
nineteenth century French, Italian and
Spanish duelllng pistols, fourteen in
number.
The collection is on view at the Metro
politan Museum of Art, in the Riggs Ar
NOR Room. in cases numbered ca and 12i,