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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-02
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port issued by She American Cotton
sAssoeiasson from its heaettG uafters IN
this city gives the cone ition of cotton
ON Ma S as IS he report de-
5caares shat ther had been sx- s.
.tremely pnfay ayorabfe ovel rlast the
bolt anti the middle Of May 50 shat
tie crop is from four to me weeks
tate, the preparatlen very poor and
the stands badly broken T Ehi IS sstya
the report. under present insect cons
sditions and he l,eat shortage Of Ia
:ler IS an extrelneiy serious feature
and WlH probably more r;sssss: 81 'iesse
the pfoanction than 81 iial, conti9lt loas:
zshavese ever reduced it in the pas. !. $3.50, s,
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sSssss Acreage shows a saiaH decrease
compared nj ish last year. However,
there MAS an acreage abando onnlent
last seas,n as shown by the govern
.ment of oNer SIX percent. Under eXz7.
ssiag eonditions it is almost an irey-j
table eertainty { hat the acreage ahan-
doanaent WI exceed "a previous rec
ords On account OF the high prices
for food products and the: absolute
certainty that the world is facing q
s,,a.,, ss,orta food fhe producers
ara ,,rres to give ss,i t. s;,a
loss they face from abandoned cotton.
aceeage ana are accepting the recon-
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the c,fton producing industry. The
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-02

Born to. AR. and Mrs. T. e. Deas. on
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trips -
What hit. cotton. Friday and SAT-
airdays a fYer the cool weather and
heavy rains .of the past swet' Is? With
9fe various ne ports. I expected ITO see
cottons soins to- 9csand ,here at starts
the other way. How much of it was
due TO the meeting Of the Federal
Reserve Beard. sson the 18TH IN Wash
ingtofl?? .Thes Farmers Union aud
Cotton Association ,sho uIds have been
represented at that meeting. do
not know What information Pres
dents Clafey and :Wannanak ker had
of its call 4, ais chairman OF the Far
,mers' Union committee only learned OF
the meeting through the columns of
the Manufacturers Record.
wish. Mr.. Editor. you would give
your readers. Who do not see the
Manufacturers Record some of the ar
tTe,es on the Fsderai Reserve Board,
M1fch Edmonds writes. and one KY
sen. owens, OkIa5to.. Gov. Harding.
Our people do rot bssffh to appreciate
the sinister influences at Work against
,,s urlfierstilc snise OF :reduciHg the f;
C. Il. which is nothing more than al
detuagogic play to .tfia 5fi
they do not stimulate prodsietioh By
higher primary prices to pro- dues
prices to consumers will SO so high
that there win he anarchy ii msny
cet,ters efscongesfed popuiatis1 -
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Arizona republican., 1920-10-16
SUBURBAN DAY TOBE OBSERVED
 BY MERCHANTS
Phoenix Merchants Set Oct. 28 First Date on Which To Offer Special Bargains To Out-of-To People

All roads lead to Phoenix Thursdav. october 2s, when the first "Suburban Day will be observed by local mer- chants and business men.
 Suburban Day" will be day for the suburbanite. the viIIager and inc rancher. The entire city will be turned over to them and. as speciaI inducement, merchants will offer real attractions in the form of bargain prices.
 Final decision was reached vester- day by the committee of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers' Association to set aside the last Thursday Of each month as a special day for out-of- town shoppers. The plans was whole-heart- edly endorsed by practically every merchant in the city.
 Primarily. Suburban Dav" win be day of unusual values fin local busf- ness houses. Bargains of such merit VIII Dc offered that shoppers will be attracted from-al sections of the state the committee declared.
 Merchants to Cut Prices
 The dollar will be given something Ike It's former value on the occasion or these Suburban Days" Prices will be slashed beyond recognition" !" as one member of the committee ex- plained yesterday.
 It is the first concerted action bv Phoenix business men toward bidding Tor the patronage to which they are righnully entitled. As the capital city and hub of the state. all districts
Arizona republican., 1920-10-16

our dollar does extra du-takes the T season
 the reach forget trade Boston Soe
Arizona republican., 1920-10-16

should be more or less tributary to Phoenix. 1t is pointed out. Hereto fore, practically all of this business has been going to Fl Paso, Los Angeles or other cities within a radius of a few hundred miles.
 "It's bad business. financially and economically" one of the committee men said. Phoenix merchants are as progressive as merchants in the larger cities and because of this progressive ness are able to compete with them in every respect. including values as well as quality But they have never here tofore made an active bid for this out of-town business"
 The old-fashioned bargain counter will be afforded the opportunity of a lifetime when suburban Day" arrives. merchants assert. She won't be obliged to hunt the town over, how ever, for her desires. for they will be offered her on every hand. So many values will be at her fingers tip that she will probably have difficulty In de termining which to select, they point out.
 Also Get-Acquainted Day.
 Merchandise offered on these occa- sions will be from the regular stocks anu not Olu or Oul-Ol-HtdSOn bOOuSf ll was emphatically emphasized by the business men.
 Suburban Days" also will serve as get acquainted days and bring the people of the state into close rela- tionship, the committee said. Here tofore there has been more or less sec tional feeling among the different communities of Arizona. One of the objects of these bargain days isi to abolish sectionalism and create har- mony.
 Complete plans for the first "Su- burban Day" have not yet been com pleted. but assurance is given by the merchants that 1t will measure up to every expectation.
 Business men of the city are join ing hands to make the event a suc- cess from every standpoint. Every consideration will be shown out-of- town shoppers and the city will, fig uratively. be turned over to them the last Thursday of each month.
 O
 Tn the devastated regions of France the population has increased from two
Arizona republican., 1920-10-16

Tn the devastated regions of France the population has increased from two million to more than four million - approximately three quarters of the pre- war population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

civil service retirement measure, the Volstead prohibition enforcement law, the extension of the wartime food control act to punish profiteering, the repeal of practically all war laws and other measures.
 Take it all in all the record of the Congress is one of which every mem Der may well be proud" declared Mir. MondelI.
 Tt is record that comments the Congress to the favorable judgment of the American people"
 A SHAMEFUL FAILURE
 Referring to the republican applause which followed MT. Mondelrs speech, had spoken ito the only audience in the United States where his speech could receive applause.' He declared it was 'absurd" to say that the work of this Congress measured up to any of the past"
 Turning to the republican side. Mir. Garrett continued:
 You seldom paused in the midst of doing nothing except to do something worse"
 Declaring that this Congress had been "an absolute humiliating and shameful failure" MT. Garrett said no new tax laws except some bunk pop gun measures had been passed and that the reduction of estimates which the republicans called savings had been made by every Congress in the last twenty-five years.
 We cannot concur concluded MT. Garrett 'in word of praise because in spiri. you know and the country knows this Congress has been hu- initiating failure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
URGE FURTHER REDUCTION
 IN SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS

chicago, June 5.-RepreS entation for
 the southern states in future repub-
 lican national convention would further
 be reduced under plans to be urged
 upon the national committee.
 Many of the northern committeeman
 feel convinced that the last reduction did not reach the mark at which the committee was aiming, and they cite the crop of delegate contests brought to the national committee from the
 southern states with accompanying
 ''cooked-up evidence" packed or secret
 conventions and stacks of affidavits
 which some delegates before the com
 rnittee charged had been obtained at
 five dollars throw"
 In practically every contest before
 the committee speakers have declared
 that the republican party would meet little success in the southern states unless it took steps to check the al- legged practices.
 As the first step. the committee by una nimous resolution gave warning that no local or district conventions for the next national convention must te held in places which were not &C., cessible to all regardless of color. The same committeeman who proposed that resolution have now, after further study of the subject, prepared to submit plans to slash the delegate represen- tations of the southern states down to a minimum in harmony with the num- Der of republican votes they bring out at the polls.
 The plan is to give the states repre- sentation by limited number of dele gates at large and to put the required number of republican votes in the con- gressional districts at a mark which will much reduce the district delegate representation. The South Carolina case centered the attention of commit teemen on that feature, as it presented an instance of a state casting 1,500 re- publican votes being represented In the national convention with eleven dele gates. The understanding now is that the committeeman framing the plan are goHeg to present it to the present com mittee before it goes out of existence
 and use the proceedings of the contest hearings to argue the reason for the change they demand.
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Contest Delegates Are All Disposed of to
 Advantage of LOwden
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party affairs in the south followed z crimonious battling today between whites and negroes during disposal o1 forty three contests, of which there were twenty three from Texas, fifteer from Virginia and five from Georgia In nearly all the negroes charged, and the white delegates denied. racial ra- cial discrimination.
 The race dispute was staged before a number of women proxies and a large audience, composed mostly of negroes.
 Pollard charged the white repub- 1icans of the south had for years "de- ceived" the republican leaders and were holding their organizatio for patronage only.
 The committee decided in both Texas and Virginia cases that the evidence presented was not sufficient to entitle the negroes to convention seats.
 The decision in the Virginia case left the delegation standing, according to actual instructions:
 Wood one; Lowden, six, and unin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
LATE SESSION OF
 CONGRESS FAILURE,
 DECLARES WILSON
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 all, only because I despaired of any thing better
 The Presidents telegram follows:
 T received your telegram of June & You call my attention to matters that l presented to the present Congress in a special meFsage, delivered at joint ses- sion of the two houses on August 5. 1919 In nine months this Congress has, however, taken no important remedial ac- tion with respect to the problem of the cost of living on the lines indicated in that address. or on any other line. Not only has the present Congress failed to deal directly with the cost of living, but it has failed even to give serious con sideration to the urgent appeal, oft re- peated by me and by the secretaries of the treasury to revise the tax laws which in their present form are indi- rectly responsible in part for the high cost of living. The protracted delay in dealing with the problem of the rail- roads. the problem of the government owned merchant marine, and other sini lar urgent matters has resulted in un- necessary burdens upon the public treas ury and ultimately in legislation so un- satisfactory that I could accept it, if at all only because I despafred of anything better. The present. Congress has not
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only prevented the conclusion of peace in Europe, but has failed to present any constructive plan for dealing with the de- plorable conditions there. the continuance of which can only reflect upon us Tn the light of the record of the pres- ent Congress, I have no reason whatever to hope that it's continuance in session would result in constructive measures for the relief of the economic conditions to which you call attention It must be evident to all that the dominating motive which has aactuated this Congress is political expediefcy, rather than lofty purpose to serve the public welfare"
 The letter to the President from the brotherhood chiefs said;
 "As the responsible heads of railroad
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labor organizations representing more than 100000 workers we protest most earnestly and most emphatically against the proposed adjournment of Congress next Saturday. in accordance with the plan reported in the public press. We call attention to the fact that despite the revelations as to the profteering scandal, Congress has done nothing to check the evil, or to punish the evil doers; that the cost of living continues to advance without a single remedial measere having been passed, and that there has not been even serious consld- eration of constructive legislation dealing with the serious problem of industrial un- rest
 "In the circumstances, it appears to us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
PRESIDENT KILLS
 ELEVEN MEASURES BY POCKETw VETO
IMPORTANT BILLS SIGN
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coming to the United States, while most of the other measures were minor ones. IMPORTANT BILLS SIGNED The more important of the bills signed were:
 The naval appropriation bill. carry ing s436, 100000. The army appropriation bill carrying S354 929, 900. The sundry civil bill. carrying s4s6- 0G0, 900. The District of Columbia bill, carry ing s1S,37S.o00.
 The diplomatic and consular appro- priation bill. carrying s9,21s.5S7.
 The third deficiency bill carrying s5S, 100000.
 The army reorganization bill.
 The merchant marine bill
 The postoffice pay increase bill.
 A bill providing for the exclusion and expulsion from the United States of aliens who are members of anarchistic organizations.
 An act to pension soldiers and sailors of the Spanish American war, the Phil ippine insurrection and the China relief expedition.
 The industrial vocational rehabilita- tion bill
 A bill permitting government owned T8ulO SldllOUS to ndnul6 private anu press messages.
 An act amending the trading with the enemy act so as to permit the re- storation of seized property to re- turned enemy aliens and to residents of former enemy countries now resi- dents of new countries set up under the peace treaty.
 An act to establish a woman's bureau in the department of labor.
 An act granting pensions and in- crease of pensions to certain sailors and soldiers of wars other than civil wal and widows and dependents relatives of such persons.
 An act authorizing enlistment in the federal forces of non-speaking English citizens and aliens.
 An act regulating the imm grafton of aliens to and their residence in the United States.
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 yention there.
 APPOINTMENTS CERTAIN 1 Failure of Congress to act on nearly 1 200 executive appointments before ad- l iournment today. combined with num- I Der of vacancies now existing or ex- | pected to occur soon in governmental | departments and the diplomatic service, j, is expected to lead to number of re- cess appointments by President Wilson. | While the larger portion of the uncon | firmed nominations are postmasters of the lower grades, appointments to number of important offices were not acted on by the Senate. The latter in- 1 cluded the nominations of Henry Nor genthau to be ambassador to Mexico, Mark w. Potter. Henry Jones Ford and James Duncan to the interstate com merce commission. Samuel w. Mccall 1 to the federal trade committee Martin l.. Gillen to the shipping board, and l John Skelton Williams to be comptroller of the currency.
 | The new merchant marine bill, signed by the President just before Congress 1, adjourned, creates new shipping board 1 of seven members. Appointments to the rev board probably will be made by the i President before Congress reassembes | in December.
 ! The principal existing vacancy in the | governmental departments is that of undersecretary of state, from which of | flee Frank L. Polk will retire June l5 l The state department tonight made for l nal announcement of the acceptance of 1 the post by Norman H. Davis of Tulla- homa, Tenn, now an assistant secre | tary of the treasury. It is expected that l the President will announce recess ap- pontment for MT. Davis within a few | days
 | Diplomatic posts now vacant include 1 those of ministers to Bulgaria. Finland.
 Greece and Honduras.
 HOUSE IN RESTLESS MOOD 1 The House was in restless mood l throughout the day and efforts of many members to have taken up spe- 1 cial bills in which they were inter | ested failed. In the last half hour ths House settled down to give close at tention to the addresses of Represent 1 atives Mondell and Garrett.
 1 Mir Mondell declared that this Con- ! gress in its two sessions had made i saving of s2,374, 460.S17. Eight appro | priation bills that passed the House in ! the Sixtyfifth Congress but failed in I the Senate filibuster were reduced | s940.510,5sS. Mir. Mondell said and the 1 estimates submitted by the govern ment departments for the next fiscal year were reduced by s1.4S3.S5o.21s. Several laws were cited by MT. Mon dell as constituting record un- equalled in American history" He in cluded the transportation act, the wo- man suffrage amendment, the mer-
 chant marine bill the mineral land
 leasing bill the waterpower act. the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERAID, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1920

structed, eight. At least two more Wood votes were claimed by the gen. erals supporters from the unin- structed group. The committee dis missed separate contests of anti-or- ganiaztion delegates from the Third and Fourth districts
 The committee adjourned until next Monday noon, when various conven- ton arrangements, including plans for participation of women in party af- fairs, are to be considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
ONLY WAGON MINES EXCEPTED

The act in question excepts only what is termed wagon mines that is mines which transfer or remove their coal in wagons and not by cars, boats and barges," continued the opinion. "In other words. it excepts only that class of mines which may handle or market their product with wagons and Which are doubtless remotely situated from rail or water transportation; and 1t is evident that the legislature did not regard wagon mines, the output of which is small and which are no doubt in the experim ental stage, as com petitors with those so large and for tunately situated as to employ and en- joy larger and perhaps less ex- pensive method of handling the coal, or that the state would find it expedi- ent or profitable to exact and collect a privilege tax from those engaged in operating wagon mines. The agreed statement of facts corroborates rather than rebuts this presumption in favor of the reasonableness of the legisla- tive classification if we are permitted to look to same"
 Estimates made this week based on receipts from the tonnage taxes for the first seven months of the fiscal year beginning October i, 1919, show that the state treasury will receive a little more than $500,000 a year from this source of revenue. For the seven months the taxes tota1ed about $290,- 900. Little variance has been shown in the monthly production and the re- ceipts should be about the same each month unless there should be strike or the mines closed down for other reasons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

incredible that the responsible leaders ofVA the government at Washington can as- sent to this seeming agreement to con- tinuation of a do-nothing policy, which means that the grave economic problems of the people are to be made the play thing of politics and politicians for the next five months. It invites political chaos and business disaster. Congress should remain in session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

--The AMERICAN process of
 linen laundering brings out the natural beauty of the fabric,
 and the ironing is carefully done-no wrinkles, no creases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
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CtEND your linens, fancy D work, etc., to the AMERI- CAN in the morning-hun- dreds of housekeepers do ev- cry week-and they're always pleased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

And send the crochet work, embroidered pieces and dainty garments to the hand-work de- partment.
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erated, is recognized as being hurtful to public morals, productive of disor- der or injurious to the public. (Author- ities cited) So >long as privilege or license tax upon the legitimate line of trade, occupation and business does not violate either of the foregoing re- quirements. it is in no sense governed controlled or restrained by our con- stitutional provisions which relate to direct proper tax as distinguished from license, privilege or occupation tax"
 The court ruled that there has been no violation of the bill of rights be- cause the tax is for the privilege of doing a certain thing and is operative whether a person owns the property and pays an ad valorem tax on it or operates on another's property. % It said it matters not whether a person op- crates on his own land or does busi- ness on rental, royalty or other con- tract basis.
 Arguments of those opposed to the contract that discrimination is shown by the elimination of wagon mines from the operation of tonnage tax sec tions were disposed of by the state ment that different conditions exist and that discrimination has not been shown for or against persons of the o1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Bridge Bonds Voted

Meridian, Miss, June 5.-(Special) An election held yesterday resulted in bond issue of $200.0 900 being voted for the purpose of building permanent bridges and culverts along the inn portant highways of this county.
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turn out

No work is too sheer and fine for this CAREFUL laundry to turn out.
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coming to the United States, while mos of the nther measures were minor ones