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educate these boys and girls and. fit
them for civilian occupations and pro-
LESSONS, as well as to fit them for
war service.
I'm the late war dozens of depart
ments were without heads and many
companies were without officers, be-
cause of the lack of educated men,
and women for the task. We are in a.
woeful state of unpreparedness not SO
much from military standpoint as
from a standpoint of educational fit
ness.
But the war has shook us loose
from our old ideas. Men and women
OF today are not men and women of
yesterday. We are creatures of a new
era and we must so conduct our ma
tional life, which permeates to every
nook and Granny of our fair land, and
on an entirely different plane.
such school system as / advo-.
cate is simple. 1t cannot be argued
that it can hot be successful because
of it's broad nature. The marshailinp
of forces for war quickly accomplish
ed by America. The nation operated
successfully the railroads, the ex-
press companies and the telegraph
wires. The government operates the
postoffice department., the greatest
and most intricate branch Of the treas.
ury department. Operation Of
school system by the government in
cooperation of the. states is a simple
matter. 1T would take away no right
of the state no more than any right
of the state Is forfeited by the aceep-
tance of national road funds. We
were all glad enough to get Uncle
Sam to help us build our roads. MY
school plan is just as simple and en-
tirely analogous.
"Do you realize that this govern
ment today is spending vast sums to
protect the hogs of the country? Do
you know that the branch of animal
industry, working sunder the depart
ment of agriculture is spending big
money to keep the hogs Of the coun-
try in. good health?
Glow much is the government
spending that will rebound to the last
ing benefit of the human family; how
much to enlighten the people; how
much to free them from shackles of
illiteracy and lift them up to high
er principle of American citizenship?
How much, ask, and echo answers
not. ot."-Advertisement.
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NOTICE
To Executive Committeeman and
Others

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee is hereby called to meet on Friday,
August 18th at 10 o'clock a. m. in the
Office of the Clerk of Court for the
purpose Of designating the polling
places in the respective precincts, ap-
pointing managers Of election, and ex-
amining and purging the rolls, and
transacting any other business that
may properly come before said Com
mittee.
Any person complaining of errors
in the rolls or omissions therein must
appear before said committee in
person at said time and place, other
wise their complaints or applications
cannot be considered by the Commit
tee.
very member of the committee is
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Foolish Question.

An omcial who was making mp an
assessment roll because Of some re-
cent street improvement called at each
house on the improved streets to learn
the names Of the property owners. At
one house he climbed out Of his Car,
went to the door and knocked.
"Who owns this property he asked.
"Why, I do," the woman answered.
The ofieial got her name and put u
down In his book. Then he TOOK .
squipt ut the size Of the lot. :
"How many fsstr" he asked. "Tws,
Of course" the woman snapped, won-
dsring whether he thought she Was
q csntipsde.
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ouk knY 4naEs ocroaEk lds;,.s
-H Are
se2a r1

According to the best estim ates. ("
says q writer In Everybody's for July.
about 10,OOO.00O, or more than ono
tenth OF our population over ten years
old, cannot read or write English-a
number greater than the whole popu-
iatfen Of Canada; greater than the
whole population of the South In the
civil war; greater than the combined
populations Of Is Of our states. And
sf this number. fully half can neither
rsad, write nor speak English. In
some cities. such as Passaic. N. J., o.
Fall River. Mass. these strangers nun-
Der q sixth sr mere Of the populattea.
III this enormous population, alien
n, speech or literature or custom, were
merely = population merely Twins
-asasas ~, that would b one thing TO
think about. But all Of this 10. .OOO.-
90 are also working among US, trying
TO build some kind Of life for them.
selves. And In 20 doing, they have
brought themselves int q closer rs-
Ationship with US than We arc often
willing to: admit, even II we are aware
~ 1t. More than So per cent of the
people who make our steel and iron.
more than ~ Per cent OF those who
make eur clothes, moro than Is Der
ssnS of those who Fs6ns our suEar.
are forsisn-born. And nearly all Of
than cannot read e write English,
ana at least q quarter Of thsm cannot
Rad or write theIx own language. six
hundred and twenty thousand Of the
million who mine our coal are foreign
born, and 4e5 900 Of those come from
men, -English-speakinR races. with but
he slightest ability, II any. TO read ths
English language"
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political Advertisement
political ADVERTISEMENT
TRAXLER'S FREE EDUCATION PLAN
Widely Endorsed by Leading Educators and
Economists of Nation.

David b. Traxler, candidate for
congress in the Fourth South Caroli-
ma district, has received commenda-
tion and endorsement from MANY
sources on his universal, free educa-
tion plan. Educators agree with him
that 1t is the only practical plan to
wipe out illiteracy in America.
Briefly stated the plan is this:
National aid for a thoroughly COM
prehensive system whereby the United
states government would contribute
three-fourths the cost, the state one
eighth and the county one-eigbth.
each county and state, as units. to
spend appropriations under a mutual
understanding based upon terms of
Federal and State laws; to erect and
maintain graded schools with we'll
paid faculties throughout the nation
Where every boy and girl would be
fitted to enter any profession.
Mr.. Traxler holds that Uncle Sam
daddy of alias was strikingly DEM
onstrated during the late emergency
and that being the daddy he must
look carefully after the education and
training of his children.
What father fails to look after his
children, surrounding them with such
blessings and advantages as he can 2"
asked Mr.. Traxler in explaining hsi
ambitious plan. "The father fails not
by any absence of good, intention, but
because of lack of opportunity" con-
tinued the candidate.
II hold" said Mr.. Traxler, "that
the hope Of the nation rests upon its
youth and its unborn. The past five
years have wiped from the face of the
earth the old order; it has passed.
This is a new day; a day of new
thought and action; new ambition,
new hopes, new ambitions and aspi-
rations, new desires-new principles,
if you will. This is not the day for
musty. souls to look through the
darkened, cramped vision of the dead
past. We buried superstition and
greed and selishness and factionalism
with our precious dead on Flanders
Field.
IF the nation holds to the newly
established principle-which I grant
is necessary for the safety of the
world-that it may conscript our
boys and girls in times of war and
great emergency-then I hold the ma
tional government can do no less than
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE

NV York, Aug. 9.-Mercantile pa
per, 8. Exchange weak. Sterling 60
day bills on banks 3.58 Ia, CONNER
cial 60 day bills 3.57 3-4, demand,
1868 1-2; cables, 1868 Id. Franc, de-
mand, 7.18; cables, 7.20. Belgian
francs, demand, TIA; cables, 7.76.
Guilders, demand, 1912; cables, 1926.
Lire, demand, 5.O4; cables, sos.
Marks, demand, 2.15; cables, 2.16. New
York exchange on Montreal IL 3-8 per
cent discount. Government bonds
easy. Railroad bonds irregular. Time
loans, strong; 60 days, 80 days and
six months 9. Call money steady.
Ruling rate, z. Bank acceptance 6A
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New York, Aug. 9.-New low fig
ures for the year were made in a
number Of stocks during the first
hours trading on the stock exchange
today.
The more serious aspects of the
Polish situation, together with q drop
of 2 cents in Sterling Exchange was
responsible for the renewed liquida-
tion and short selling which affected
all quarters of the list.
Shares which command a big spec
ulative forcing were the weakest in
Guiding the equipments, steels and
oils and shipments.
Not only did Sterling Exchange
drop z cents since Saturdays closing
10 to 35 points. After Sterling Ex-
change had made notable rally
from last weeks low figure Of 3.55h
the price of demand bills today fell
to 3.60A.
Dealers attributed the weakness
not only to unfavorable foreign news
pressing large amount of grain and
cotton bills on the market for which
there was no demand except at mark
ed concessions.
New York, Aug. 9.-Stocks con-
tinued to be offered freely, represent
ing a mixture of bear selling offer
ings by discouraged holders and liqui-
dation Of weakly margined accounts.
Some of the declines were of q vio-
lent character. American Express
fell 10 points, Lackawanna 8, Atlantic
Gulf 71-2 and Baldwin, Crcible,
Mexican Petroleum, American Su-
matra Tobacco, American Beet Sugar
and Utah Copper between 5 and 6
points Easier money tendencies,
with call money being supplied freely
at 6 per cent, caused an extensive
rally later in which recoveries ran
from 1 to d points.
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GENERAL STRIKE.
is ADVOCATED

London, Aug. 8.-British workmen
held meetings in many of the manu-
featuring towns of the country today
notably at Liverpool, Glasgow, Man
chester, Nottingham and London, and
protested against a war to help Po-
land. A feature Of the London meet
ing, which was held in Hyde Park,
was the presence of several ~repreta-
tives of organizations of former SOL
diers.
A general strike in all the principal
organized industrials was advocated
in a resolution adopted at several
meetings.
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Rent Pref,tssrs In Manila.

Landlords, owners Of residences
and business buildings in Manila,
are taking advantage Of the paucity
Of homes and commercial structures
to raise rents abnormally. Workers
for salaries or wages, and firms and
companies in mercantile pursuits. COM
plain bitterly Of the demands Of the
owners OR lsssors Of houses and stores.
factories and bodegas. Most Of the
victims have to yield to the increased
rents because they have no recourse.
One man who paid $40 q month for
his small, uncomfortable home, has
been informed that he. must pay s50.-
Manila Times.
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What Representative Weaver q
North Carolina doesn't know about
birds IL not worth knowing. He under
stands their habits, can initiate their
calls. 10 on speaking terms with their
ssgs. and everything.
When the house IL not In session
Weaver wanders around through the
capitol grounds holding converse with
the Jay birds, sparrow hawks, crow
blackbirds and such other birds as are
found around Washington. And the
town is full Of birds.
Weaver got the bird habit through
wandering about the North Carolina
hills.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-08-09
1918 Cotton Worth s2,os7, 600, 600.

The 1913 cotton crop, lint and seed,
was worth $2,O87. 100000 to the pro-
ducers. This is about three times the
value Of the cotton crop of 1914 and
is twice the value of the crop Of 1918.
which had the highest value Of rec
ord. The computation has just been
made. at the close Of the cotton year,
by the United States Departmental ag-
riculture, bureau of crop estimates.
based on average monthly prices re-
ceiveI ~ growers and on monthly
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Department
News Letter.
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urged to be present as matters of
great Importance to each club will
come up for final action.
August 7th, 1920.
]. A. Sawyer,
County Chairman.
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COTTON SEED OIL

New York, Aug. 9.-The cotton seed
ouemarket closed steady. Prime sum-
mer yellow 17.75 bid; crime crude
nominal. August 1900; September
12.4O; October 1850; November 1850;
December 12.48; January 1880; Feb
ruary 1857; March 1890. Total sales
5000.
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LIBERTY BONDS

NV York, Aug. 9.-Closing Liberty
bonds prices today were: 31ss 90.82;
first As 85.4O bid; second 4s 84.40;
first 4-4c 85.40; second 4-4s $3.50;
third 4-4c, $3.50; fourth 4-4c 85.04;
Victory 33-4c, 1854; Victory 3-4s,
Or &c
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QUINN SUMNER

Married Saturday afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock, Miss Ida May Quinn and Clar-
ence w. Sumner at the home of the
bride. Only members of the immedi-
ate family were present. They are
both from Buffalo and hold positions
with the Buffalo Mills. Marriage was
performed by H. T. Higgins, notary
public.
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Washington, August 9.-Oats, l.
4O2, 900, 900; Barley 1876, 100000; Rye,
n, 100000; Buckwheat, 100000.
White potatoes, 100000. Sweet
potatoes, 1O1, 100000. Tobacco, 1,544,
OOO, 900. Flax, 14,SOO,OOO pounds; Rice,
'52,O00,O0O. Hay (tame) SS,60O,00O
tons; Hay (wild) 1S,6OO,0OO tons.
Sugar beets, 100000 tons. Peaches,
45,5OO,OO0. Peanuts, 38,7O0,Q00. .Ka-
frs. 126, 100000.
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New York, Aug. 9.-Cotton futures
opened barely STEADY. October 31.8O;
December 30.45; January 1925;
March 29.0O; May 1855.
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Chicago, Aug. 9.-Higher prices fol-
wheat resulted from European wal
developments. Opening wheat quota.
tions ranged from 2 to SIC higher.
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PRODUCE MARKET

Chicago, Aug. Corn opened un-
changed to 2hc higher while oats
were as to Hc up.
Provisions were steady.
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Chicago, Aug. 9.-Potatoes weak;
Virginia cobblers 600 to 6.25 a barrel
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New Orleans, Aug. 9.-Opening:
October 5000 fiat; December 1850
fiat; January 2S.9S fiat; March $3.50
bid; May 2S.12 bid. Market easy.
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Chicago, Aug. 9.-Butter higher
43 to 52k. Eggs higher; first 46 t,
Al. Poultry alive unsettled fowls 81
to SO; springs 3S TO 40.
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New York, Aug. 9.-Butter firm
creamery 81 to 65. Eggs irregular
first AZ to so. Cheese Irregular; av.
erage run 251a to 27h.
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Closing

New York, Aug. 9.-The cotton
market closed barely steady.
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New Orleans, Aug. 9.-Spot cotton
quiet, so lower. Sales on the spot 90
bales; to arrive, 81. Low middling,
$3.50; middling 1925; good middling,
1000. Receipts, LOOT; stock, 215, ,445.
New Orleans, Aug. 9.-The cotton
market closed steady at net declines
Of al to 56 points.
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New Orleans, Aug. 80 a. m. bids:
October 30.41; December 1888; jan
uary 28.35; March 1855; May 1927
asked. Market steady.
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Chicago, Aug. Corn closed un-
settled 3-4 to 1-2 net lower.

Chicago, August 9.-Cash wheat
No. 2 red, 2.43 LIZ @ 2.47; No. 2 hard,
2.43 q Eat 1-2; No. 2 northern spring,
'2.70. Corn No. 2 mixed, 1.55 q 1.57;
number yellow, 1.56 q 1.58 Oats, No.
2 white, rs 1-2 q 80; No. 8 white,
II 1-2 @ .76. Rye, No. 2, 200 a
2.05; Barley, .95 q 1.15. Timothy
seed 500 q 11.00. Clover seed, $500.
Pork nominal. Lard, 1850. Ribs,
1g.00 q 1900.
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New York, Aug. 9.-Live poultry
weak. Broilers by freight 43 to As;
broilers by express AZ to 48; fowls SO;
old roosters "a; turkeys 35. Dressed
poultry steady; western broilers, fresh
az to 55; fowls 36 to AZ; roosters
fresh 26 to 27. Turkeys not quoted.
Chicago, Aug. 9.-Cattle good and
choice steers steady to shade higher;
early top 17.10; bulk choice 1925 to
1886; good beeves 1900 to 1915;
grassy steady, mostly $50 to 14.50;
first Montana run on sale; bulls steady
to strong; bologna $50 to 7.50; good
and choice cows, strong 1000 to 1850.
Gamers 400 to 4.50. In between
grades slow 800 to $50; calves slow
to- lower; general trade 50c lower.
Hogs steady to 10c higher, poorer
grades up most; early top. 1886; bulk
light and butchers 1880 to 1926; bulk
packing sows 14.00 to 14.40. Pigs
steady to higher.
Sheep, choice lambs scarce, slow to
lower, medium native and Western
sheep 25 to 35c lower; good Montana
wethers 8.75; feeders steady; good to
choice feeding lambs 11.50 to 1900.
Chicago, Aug. 9.-Wheat closed
easy at the same as Saturdays fin
ish to l cent lower.
Chicago, Aug. 9.-Corn closed un-
settled Sd to 2 1-2 net lower.
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Liverpool, Aug. Cotton spot in
fair demand; prices easier. Good mid
ding 29.45; full middling 1920; mid
ding 26.95; low middling 23.15; good
ordinary 1910; ordinary, 1870. Sales
5000 bales, including 1000 American.
Receipts 10000 bales, including 10,-
ELSA; March 2O.74; May 20.26; July
1888.
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New Orleans, Aug. 9.-The rumor
that the Russians had consented to a
truce of four days caused swift up
turn and the most active months got
back to within IL to 18 points of Sat-
urday's final prices, October reacting
to 3O.78. For awhile the tone was
very steady, but gradually under lack
of confirmation of the political rumors,
the market sagged again and late i'll
the day was 45 to 55 points under Sat-
urday's close.
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Washington, Aug. 9.-Production
of crops forecast today by the Depart
ment of Agriculture from their con-
dition on August / was as follows:
Winter wheat, 533 100000.
Spring wheat, 262,000,000.
All wheat, 95,000,00O.
Corn, 3,O33, 100000.
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Washington, August 9.-Improve-
ment of the corn crop during July to
the extent Of 224,OOO,000 bushels, with
a forecast for total crop of 3,003.-
0O0, 900 bushels and,a decline Of a.
000, 900 bushels in the prospective
wheat production statement making
the estimated crop 795, 100000 bushels,
were the features of the governments
August grain report issued today. Po-
tatoes, tobacco and hay also showed
improvement.
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New York, Aug. 9.-11 a. m. bids
October 31.40; December 3O.15; Jan
uary 28.9S; March $3.50; May 28.1e
Market steady.
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New York, Aug. 9.-All but few
points Of the earlier losses were re-
covered with December selling up to
1910 on rumor of four day armis-
tice on the Polish front and the de-
tailed weather reports showing con-
siderable rainfall in the South. The
buying tapered off as soon as the more
urgent demand from shorts had been
supplied, however, and most of the
noon market ruling about 40 to 60
points net lower.
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Chicago, Aug. 9.-Wheat closed
easy at the same as Saturdays fin
ish to 1 cent lower.
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New Orleans, Aug. 9.-Liquidation
of long contracts increased and short
selling became more general, widen
ing tn edecline to 68 to rs points.
October traded down to 3O.15. Late
in the morning the downward move
ment was checked by realizing of
profits on short contracts and a reac-
tion of to 18 points from the lowest
levels brought about.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-10-20
CARTA DE FRANCIA
Los faIsos profetas

z = I Ia ~ y 70 I
beldia Y al desprecio de la ley? ,Unol
de los jefes del partido extremista
ingles es Roberto Williams, "Bob"
Williams entire sus camaradas, secre-
tario de la Federation britannica de
=porteadores v apostol de la revolu-
cion. Alto, corpulento, bien vestido,
rebosando saiud y bienestar; satisfe-
cho, al parecer, del regimen de liber-
tad que ampara en- su pals una Mo-
narquia de siglos, y que no toleran en-
Russia los revolucionarios de ultimo
euno, 5es possible que prefiera el boil
a la democracia inglesa?
Asf debe de ser, no obstante, 81 hemos
de juzgar por sus arengas. Una de
elias fue dirigida, en- el mismo Petro-
Igrado, una multitud de bolchevikis.
Un periodista frances lie oyo gritar:
-"Tavarishis", yo soy, como voso-
tros, un proletario >hambriento.
Al regreso de su viaje organize en-
Londres un Council of action" labo-
trista, y desde sui llegada no ha cesa-
do de trabajar "pro maximalismo"
iMenguado de el 81 sus teorias Sc i'm
lponen! Quizas pueda decir entonces,
con mas exactitud que en- el palacio
de Invierno, en- Petersburgo, aquella
Erase que lie valio tantos aplausos de
un pueblo extremadamente famelico.
En- el torneo de extremismo que
presenciamos, Alberto Thomas, enc
migo de los comunistas y de Moscu,
Iy Paul Bonour, ell Kerencky frances,
como lie llaman, que considera el boil
ichevikismo como "une noble erreur"
Ino tienen otro papel que ell de servir
de blanco a todas las injurias. Ell
socialista que eNse atreve a levantar la
voz en- defensa del buen sentido, del
supreme interes de la nacion, recibe
"incontinenti" los peores califcativos.
Por todasApartes Sc oyen acusaciones
de TRACTION. Bracke increpa Re-
noult; Daniel Renoult, Thomas Y a
Bracker; Souvarine, a Boncour; Du-
moulin, al mismo Cachin, al ''citoyen"
Marcel Cachin, vicario de Lenin en-
Francia y depositario del Syllabus
lrevolucionario, con sus nueve famosas
condolences. Para ell articulista de
La Bataille, ell actual director de L'Hu
mantle es, sencillamente, un social
traidor.
Cada propagandista estima los
tdemas, no como colaboradores, sino
como adversarios. Entire ellos Sc com
baten saiudamente, Y emplean mas
odio enNdestruirse que en- atacar la
iburguesia. iC6mo querran, despues,
que el pueblo tenga confanza en- ellos,
81 el primer cuidado de estos ofician-
tes del nuevo quito ha sido ell de ha-
Ger perder la fe aun a los mejor dis
puestos? Una vez mas hay mixtifi-
cadores que Sc quieren pasar por gran
des sacerdotes convertir una falsa
doctrina en- religion universal. We
iremos si la sociedad los deja hacer.
AlvarO MIRANDA.
Paris, septiembre 1920.