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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
SenatorComer May Get h
 Patterson-Kennedy Fight
Hears That Louisville and Nashville Railroad Officials Are Active in Behalf of Kennedy-OfficaIs See
 Danger in Gompers' Plan
By HUGH W. ROBERTS
Washington Bureau The Ass- Herald
 500 Davidson Building

800 Davidson Building
 Washington. March S1.-(S Especially If an understanding on the part of Senator Conner that the Louisville & Nashville railroad is active in Alabama for the purpose of electing presi- dent of the public utilities commits sion, is correct, he will instantly take steps to the end that the federal gov ernment might be apprised of the sit uation.
 Senator Conner, at this time. is not prepared to make public his plans It may be said with authority. however. that if the Louisville & Nashville gets into the Alabama fight, he also will get into it.
 The senator has heard that the Louisville & Nashville is already ac- tive. If the report is true and if the activity Is persisted in he will intro duce a resolution calling for an in- vestigation. He will also insist that the attorney general conduct an in vestigation. He will also demand that the interstate commerce commission bestir itself
 While Senator Conner has authorized
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LOOKING FOR MACHINERY Today China is looking fowards +b,
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DEVELOPMENT OF
 CHINA'S RAILWAYS
By HOLLAND

New York March H-(Special) )--Jarfnes J. Hill said in one of the addresses he made three or four years before his death that the American railroads would need five hundred millions of fresh capital yearly for at least ten years if they were to be put into such good conditions as to make it possible. for them to meet the enormous demand for transportation of freight.
 Mr Hill was much interested in China, looking forward to the day when very great commercial relations would be es- la blished between China and the United States He himself undertook to pro- mote relations of that kind. but certain rulings made at Washington prevented him from going on with his plans. If Mir. Hill were now alive he would prob ably agree. for he knew China weil with the reports which have just come from China which state that least five hun- dred million dollars are needed if China is to be sufficiently developed, to make the republic one of the greatest factors in the international trade of the world. No doubt Thomas w Lamont, who has just arrived in Pekin. will bring back to New York some detailed information <re- specting the needs of China in her trans portation system is to be made adequate if her harbor facilities are to be i'm proved and if her financial policy is to be recognized
 In all probability the so-called conetor- tium plan whereby China may be imme- diately aided will be adopted at Pekin. Mr. Lamont having pre-eminent influence ir the negotiations for the consortium When it was arranged. France, Great Britain and inevitably Japan. for that natipn cannot hold back. will provide the firancing which is necessary in order to nfet the immediate needs of China
 Tt was said early in the winter by one finance just as he was, departing fof EEnsepe that ip all PEobsbility the United
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they will stop work. So also the p1as-
 terers demand pay at the rate of SIP a day. the day being eight hours and four hours on Saturday. Of course in the aggregate the paperhangers and plasterers do not compare in numbers with the bituminous coal miners. but they together with the bricklayers. the structural steel workers and others In the building trades will, through ad- vance in wages, greatly increase the cost of building construction, and might, in fact. but an embargo upon construction if there were not an all most irresistible demand for new build ings. such as office buildings apart ments and dwelling houses.
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THREE
100000 workmen Locked Out

By AsssetAfse Frvw
 Rome. March 30.--A lockout was put into force today against nearly loo,0o men in Rome industries who for several days past have been going to the shops and remaining eight hours, but perform ing no work. When they went to the shops this morning they found them oc- cupied by soldiers and were unable to gain admittance. The employers decided that they would no longer permit their men to enter the factories unless they were willing to work
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no statement it is known that he ad- heres to the idea that the Louisville & Nashville is anxious to secure the cleo tion of Sam Kennedy and the defeat of A. G. Patterson. This bureau learns further. that certain Alabamians will visit Louisville for the purpose of de- manding of Louisville & Nashville of ficials that they maintain a hands-off policy. If this mission is unsuccess- full it is anticipated that Senator Conner will attempt to set in motion the Washington machinery.
 The, senator is very deeply interested in the race between Kennedy and Pat terson and it is indicated that he sees again the hand of the railroads at tempting to control politics in Ala bama.
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States would receive some interesting news from China in the spring. This
 may refer to our increasing trade with China and how greatly that has in- creased is shown by statistics which Mir. Lamont took to China with him. In the fiscal year which came to an end just
 before the outbreak of the European war the United States imported from China commodities of the money value of forty millions, and exported in the same year twenty-five millions There was a little balance of trade in favor of China which
 was fifteen million dollars and that was easily adjusted.
 OUR NEW TRADE WITH CHINA
 Statistics of that kind did not seem to give much encouragement for Our far eastern trade. We were at that time looking for the greater part of our foreign trade towards Great Brit ain and the rest of Europe. and also to a lesser extent towards Canada. Nevertheless, in five years our trade with China has advanced by leaps and bounds, almost unexpectedly We bought in China in 1919 and brought to the United States. commodities of the money value of one hundred and forty-five millions Our exports to China in 1919 were twenty-five millions less than our imports. but the aggre- gate trade was little over two hum dred and fifty million dollars.
 That trade can be. greatly increased if China has opportunity to exploit her resources. The country wants rail- roads and also improved waterways and harbor facilities. The Chinese are quick to learn industries. They secured in the United States the ma chimes necessary for the manufacture of implements of war in the greatest Of Chinese arsenals and the Chinese artisans speedily learned how to make use or these machines and with great efficiency.
 LOOKING FOR MACHINERY Today China is looking towards the
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Card of Thanks

Mrs. Maggie Johnson expresses her sincere appreciation of the beautiful tokens. attention and sympathy of the friends in the loss of her son.
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United States for machinery, for they are now establishing factories, cleo tric lighting plants and waterwofks. If China is given reasonable facility the greater part of this needed ma chinery will be bought In the United States Ultimately and perhaps within a few years after her industries have been well developed and good trans portation secured. China will have enormous amount of raw material for export, much of it the kind which the United States will stand in need. These are considerations which Mir Lamont will give careful heed while he is at Pekin arranging for the consortium When he was in Paris as financial ad- visor to the American representatives of the United States while the cove nant of the League of Nations affd treaty of peace were under considera- tton he learned incidentally many things respecting China which justi- fled him in saying after his return to New York that one of the greatest opportunities of the United States in the future will be found in China, and this was one of the reasons why he was all the more ready to go to China as the representative of the American bankers who are expected to share in the consortium or large loan to China which will be made by four nations the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan.
 STILL HIGHER WAGES
 The bituminous coal miners will un- less there be some sIip-up, receive ar increase in wages the aggregate of which will be two hundred millions a year. or course this means that con sumers will ultimately pay for the in- crease. But the bituminous coal min moi hn r,vN1xr Il. receive after April 1, unprecedented increases. The paperhangers in New York and its vicinity demand an in crease in wages which will bring their pay up to SIP day, and the intimation IS that unless this increase is granted
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SEE DANGER IN
 GQMPERC NEW PLAN

| Washington, March 31.-tSpecial )--Sam- iuel Gompers, actuated by Glenn E. Plumb
 ana other advanced" leaders of. organ
 ized labor. has initiated his campaign for the election of Congress committed
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08
A COSTLY SAND HILL MELON

The Rockingham Post says:
w. E. Locklear, Of Dillon county
s. c., is out under $3.50 bond fol
his appearance at November 9th
term of Richmond county Superior
Court to answer to the charge oi
highway robbery. The highway
robbery consisted Of the alleged theft
of a zoe watermelon from a coioreo
man.
The colored man was in the pub.
lie road near Hamlet on August
18th when Locklear- and another
man passed. The twos men are
charged with taking a Melon; Lock
lear says the old man gave 1t to
him.
At any rate, he was next day arrest
ed by local officers and placed in the
city lookup until Saturday when ne
was released under 800 bond fol
his appearance before the Re
Recorder Monday at which time ne
was bound over to Superior Cour'
under $3.50 bond.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08
ANS, point of production.

yrleans, point of production.
4. The Japanese credit balance in the
United States is entirely wiped out.
American exporters are suffering from
the closing of the japanese market,
but importers are buying rapidly to
take advantage of the unprecedented
low prices.
10000 Commit Suicide
In Yosaka, Japan, 1900 MERCHANTS
and bankers, poor men before the
war but millionaires before the crash
committed suicide rather than face
poverty again. 1t is estimated by
Americans in Japan at the time that
more than 10000 japanese killed
themselves rather than face the sltua-
ton. ,,,
But out of it all, Japan is rapidly
emerging solvent Banking methods
stopped, and the finances of the ma
ton, under the direction of the gov
ernment are being put on sound
bushes sbasis. :
The Japanese are new people IN
world commerce, just suffering their
first reverse. They have learned their
lesson, Americans believe and will
soon be ready to take their share OF
tho burden of restoring world hnance
to normal conditions.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08
SUICIDES IN JAPAN
10, 600 Said to Have Followed Fin
cial Crash

Japan has learned her lesson, says
San Francisco dispatch.
Formerly a nation with heterogen-
ious banking and financial methods
employed by comparative amateurs,
she will soon be ready to take her
place on equal terms with the COM
mercial leaders Of the world
But at what cost! Scores OF
banks and hundreds OF prominent
merchants and manufacturers have
failed, unable to pay cent on the
dollar; thousands of men, few
months ago rated as millionaires, are
dead by their own hand, and the en-
tire trade of the nation, with the ex-
ception of that in the bare necessities,
is at standstill.
Why? 0verspeculation and insult
ficient knowledge Of international
financial methods, says American
business men who have just returned.
From comparative poverty at the
beginning of the war to the largest
per capita wealth of any country in
the world-this tells the, story of
Japanese progress until March last.
Business men and farmers shortly
after the outbreak Of the European
conflict, found themselves with so
much money that speculative schemes
Of all kinds grew like mushrooms in
the country. Shipbuilding plants,
large and small manufacturing indus
tries, wildcat oil and mining concerns
soon dotted the islands.
! Stock Tumble With Crash
SPECTATORS, dreamed Of continued
prosperity, ordered goods from the
United States far in excess Of actual
demands. Instead Of 1000 miles Of
steel rails required import firms con-
tracted for 10000.
silk rose from a normal value or
1,400 yen per bale to 1900 yen.
Suddenly, with other nations
rapidly settling down to peace basis,
foreign buying stopped and the jap
anese found the balance Of trade
rapidly shifting against them.
On March II, 1920, the market
broke. In one day stocks dropped
on an average Of 20 per cent. In
three days total drop Of 33 per cent
average was recorded
The exchange yas closed for ten
days; banks which had advanced
enormous sums Ito importers who
found themselves unable to sell their
stocks and pay their debts, failed and
general financial crisis, the first the
nation had encountered, resulted.
Mogi & Co., the largest silk.exporters
in the country, were called upon to
pay loan of 50,Q00,000 yen. Un-
able to do so they failed, bringing
down with a crash all other silk
dealers.
Thousands of millions made dur
ing the war were lost in a day. Credit
could not be secured and people
everywhere began to hoard cash.
Goods are new being reshipped to
this country at little more than 50
per cent Of the original price. Ameri.
can rosin, formerly selling at SIS, is
now being shipped from Kobe, japan
at $11, while selling at SIS at New
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Card of Thanks.

wish to say through the columns OF
The Herald that am deeply grateful
to my friends for the support they
gave me in the first primary. con-
Quoted clean campaign, and al
though I failed to receive the nomina-
ton, I feel that every vote received
was a vote of confidence. have no
hard feelings toward anyone and will
take up my duties again as citizen
in the same spirit in which l entered
the campaign.
Respectfully,
DON G. MARTIN.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08
Rig CIRCUS COMING TO TOWN


Travelling on two trains Of cars,
carrying. four hundred people, two
herds of elephants and large double
menagerie of wild beasts is the state
ment made by Frank Ballenger,
agent for Sparks Three Ring Circus,
who is in the city today contracting
for the appearance of the big circus
here on Wednesday, September 28th.
The strange colony of people,
handsome horses, rare wild animals
and the rest of the paraphenalia that
goes to make up a modern circus, are
scheduled to arrive here during the
early hours of the morning Of the
above date on their own trains of
special cars from Mullins, where they
will exhibit the day before. Mr..
Mallenger states that many new fea-
lures are included in this seasons
program, among them being the
earth's mightiest monster, Big Zulu,
"the skyscraper elephant; Caesar,
champion high jumping horse of the
world, the Woodford Posing horses
and dogs, and the wonderful Sparks
stable of dancing horses, ten in num-
Der. The grounds have been arranged
for by the agent and a number of our
merchants will receive contracts to
furnish immense quantities Of food to
both man and beast.
In the .thirty-four years that the
Sparks Circus has catered to the
American public, cleanliness" has
been it's watchword and the absence
of the petty gratis and gambling de-
vices usually to be found with other
tented enterprises is commeldable
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08
NOTICE

Rebecca Pickens Chapter, D. A. R.,
will meet with Mrs. j. D. Hargrove
on Tuesday, September 14th, at 4:So
o'clock. All members urged to attend.
MRS. l.. R. CRAIG, Regent.
MRS. J. B. GIBSON, ,Sec'y.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08

He will be Chairman of the great
Agricultural Committee. Senator
Smith will be the chairman Of the
great Agricultural Committee OF the
next Congress If reelected. Can
South Carolina afford to miss this
chance to head this important COM
mittee The answer is VOTE FOR
SMTTH.-Adv.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-09-08
MONDAY NIGHT, sept. IS
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
DILLON. S. c.

An entertainment consisting of
Music, Songs, Jokes, Mimics and Ar
tistic Paper Tearing will be given by
Messrs. E. R., Murray and Prof. Jno.
Landrum, both of whom are blind,
and a lecture by Mr.. A. T. Stratton,
of Columbia. A small admission fee
of so and rs cents will be charged
and the proceeds will be given to the
Workshop for the Blind Of South
Carolina.
Ice cream will be served by the
ladies for the benefit Of the churches.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-02
NEWS OF LAUREL.

Laurel. June Mrs George Williams
4 ed al her home IN Bethel sunday eve
ming. aged 65 wears. Of Brights diease
She had been in failing health for several
wears and her death was not unexpected
Funeral services were held vi he Methodist
Episcopal Church in Bethel the pastor,
Rev. George t. Wood officiating III
terrnent in the church cemetery.
Following an interesting meeting last
night. in which the rank Of Knight was
conferred upon a candidate, Delta Lodge,
No. "a. X Of p. was entertained al the
cafe of Christopher {. Fills
The birth OF son 70 MIR. and Mrs.
Asa {. Merritt Of Norfolk. Va. has been
announced The little chap, who arTIyel
Monday. May 10, has been named George
William Merritt
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ellis and Clar-
ence Fills Of Wilmington have been visit
ing their mother Mrs Catesby Ellis.
Miss Blanche 6 Elliott whose engage
ment 10 6. Victor DeRevere u Wi
mington recently was announced. has
resigned her position with the Marvii
Package Co Of this town Her place has
been taken by Miss Loitie Fletcher d
Laurel
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CHFSTERTOWN AND VICINITY.

snecial Correspondence Of Every Evening
Chestertown. Md, June 2-Governor
Richie has appointed HARRISON "
Nickcrs. Jr., former States attorney Tor
his county. chairman Of the State Con-
servation Commission, At salary Of
IS 600 per annum.
Morris X. Barroll Of the University Of
Virginia Law School is at home for the
summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs +. Frank DAVIS and two
friends. OF Wilmington spent Sunday IN
Ches4prtovn with Mrs Davis sister, Mrs.
William f. Russell.
on Washington College field. Thursday
afternoon the Young Mems Clubs Of
the two Met hodist churches will contest
at baseball to decide ths championship
of Chestertown. One 81 the conditions IS
that no man shall bc allowed f. play. O.
either team who has PLACED game q Dali
within the past ten sears
The Fast on " iimngton motor frue 4
line continues TO carry large quantities Of
aSpars gus to Townsend. be Galena post
Office i selling 500 worth oi stamps a
davt 10 accommodate he big shipments.
MANY farmers have been compelled 20
replant nearly their entire tlllage. because
OF the corn rottIng Ia the ground, due -
the cold weather
Clarence Armstrong Of Wilmington has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Edward Armstrong, Al Chesiertown,
during the week
Mrs Eben T Perkins hiss been sub
shutting in the elementary school Tor
Miss Hannah Bell who il quite III - her
home on College Hill.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-02
CECIL COUNTY NOTES.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Elkton. Md, June 2.--The twenty
fourth annual commencement oil the
Elkton high school was held this morning
in Mechanics Opera House. The follow
ing graduates were awarded diplomas by
Professor Edward Fockler. Misses Gladys
Margaret Miller, Gladys Mica Nicklee,
Marv Dunbar Purncll, Sara Elizabeth
Simmons. Margaret Lyle Walton, Ruth
Jane Lawrence. Ellen Ratclitf Ward,
Blanche Marion Dean, Martha Rogers
Henderson. John Mercer Terrell, George
REYNOLDS Ash. Alton Anderson Borland
and Jesse Willard Hess.
Becoming jealous when she found HIM
talking with girl, Maize Moore, colored,
fred two shots al her husband, Howard
Moore. but fortunately the bullets failed
to hit the mark Officer Potts placed the
couple under arrest ior a hearing.
r. c. Reedcr, cashier. Of North East
National Bank. while standing in Union
Station, Baltimore. had his pockets picked
hv thief who tailed To secure any
vaIuablcs
The remains Of ! s Everist. former
resident Of Port Deposit, who died on
Sunday in Philadelphia were brought TO
West Nottingham cemetery, today and
inferred. He was - years of age
Chautauqua at Elkton opened this
afternoon IN the tent on the armory
grounds and A seven-dav entertainment
will be gwen,
In order Ia take care Of the automobiles
&c liz members who attend church. the
trustees az Elkton NJ +. Church are
having erected in the rear Of the church a
neat garage.
A large delegation of farmers Of the
First district appeared before the county
Commissioners in Elkton, yesterday
asking for an improved road in that
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-02
SUSSEX ALMSHOUSE REPORT

Georgetown, June Trustees q the
Sussex county almshouse have issued their
renort as TO the condition Of the lnstitu-
ION. which shows that during the, past
YEAR products raised on the farm and sold
for cash amounted 10 81 ,97765; disburse-
n1enrs from February |, 1919. to febru-
ary |. 1920, SOL 1.79; received from
county treasurer. 81. 367 &c; received from
sale al railroad shares. $50; from interest
on daily balance, sl76.03. On February |,
1919 there was balance Of s9, l42 I,
which. added to the receipts during the
YEAR. amounted to SlS,694.l5. The eN-
nenditures during the year amounted TO
So l41.7o. leaving a balance IN hand,
February /, Of 50, 552 SO
There are eleven white male and slX
white female inmates, and eight coiored
male and four colored female inmates
confined in the institution.
The inventory Of the live stock and
farming implements and property amounts
Ia 500 1925. The farm, houses and
furniture are valued at $4,000.
The report shows that during the past
season produce was raised amounting IN
value to St, $1,000, most Of which was
used on the farm.
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PLEA FOR THE STAGE

4 plea for the NOR cordial recognition
of tie stage By the church was made by
Rev. Frederick II Ashton last night be-
fore the Drama League tn II. Andrews
parish house.
Mrs O. Wesley Priest read scholar
II paper, called The Celtic Dawn and
Hrs Charles Wentz gave d delightful
reading If The Land Of Heart DESIRE
Miss Madeline Reed and Miss Ella pyle
gave tie musical program, Miss Reed
singing The song If the Wandering
Angus and RECOMMENDATION accom-
panied al the piano TN Miss pyle Both
songs we're composed by Mss Pyle