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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-08-25
MILLIONS FOR GRAFTERs.
government Pays for War Goods
Never Delivered.

You will find a Republican who
l. not afraid of the administra-
ten. says Senator Tom Watson's
Columbia (Ga.) Sentinel. His
name is James II. Begg and he
r'presents the 18th Ohio district.
Mr.. Begg wrote the war de-
pariment ii polite letter in which
he invited the Hon. Weeks to
furnish Congress with copies of
all the records of the war depart
mcnt showing adjustment of
claims of war contractors.
The Hon. Weeks was too busy
following President Harding on
some vacation to answer Repre-
sentative Begg. therefore the as
Sistant secretary. Wainwright,
Notified the Ohio congressman
that owing to a scarcity of clerks
II would be utterly impossible to
furnish the information.
|. The newspapers say that Mr..
i'ceg replied by stating that he
expected to obtain the lists with
ont conducting correspondence
school on the subject and if Vain
wright could not furnish them
voluntarily. he would be forced
10 respond to Il resolution of Con-
gre!s. demanding that he produce
the evidence.
MIR. Bcgg suggested to the Hon.
Wainwright that if he needed
L! !rrkS he mi ght use some of the
army officers who are loafing
around Washington.
The war department decided
10 furnish the information and we
now learn that our government
las paid more than TWO billions
Of dollars to contractors in the
adjustment of war contracts. and
IL. many cases we learn that the
goods contracted for We're never
u,llvcrcd TO the army, although
ollr government pays for them.
DO you understand why Mr..
Wainwright balkcd when Mr..
l'cgg asked the war department
Tor this information!
The following are samples OF
thousands of eases where our
treasury has been robbed by
proflterring criminals:
Sheldon Axle 4 Spring Co. ::
Articles delivered. none; amoun,
paid. S25S,O00.
Kenyon CO.. for raincoa,S: Ar
ti.irs drrlvrrrd. $4,000; amount
paid. T35O.OOO.
Studrbakcr Corporation Arti-
clcS delivered. 81 1856. 900: amoun,
paid IN addition. Tl,O6l 600.
Ford Motor Co.. for tractors
Number delivered. none: amount
p; id. $l.209, 9,3O1 80.
Ford Motor Co.. for tools: De.
llNrrcd. none: amount paid. %249.-
272.12.
Ford Motor Co.. for spare
parts: Delivered. none: amount
paid. Tj.5l1 .66S.54.
Packard Motor Co.. for trucks ::
Number delivered. none amount
paid, S151 ,l30.67.
Nash Motor Co.. Articles de
lIrrrrd. none; amount paid. $627.-
900.
Colt 5 Patent Firearms Co.. for
automatic rifles: Delivered none {:
amount paid. 81. 500. II Oh.
Hercules Powder Co.. for II. \.
T.. For goods accepted. $2,190,-
O46.3O; amount paid, $4.IS3. .334.-
70.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-08-25

Henry V. Richardson few
days ago bought the home and
shoe repair shop of r. d. Nunnin
Fort Mill. Mr.. Num- has bought
farm in the Dixie neighborhood
Of Mecklenburg county, to which
h, will move with his family in
the near future.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-08-25
Hoover in EVERYTHING.

Senator Tom Watson: No mat
ter what's what or who's who.
here in Washington. it cannot get
by without having Hoover put
into the soup before it is served.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-08-25

Mrs. l.. +. Ligon of Shelby. n.
t., is a guest at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Alice Harris.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
HAS AN EDUCATIONAL VALUE
Good Newspaper Is Very Much More
Than a Mere Purveyor Of the
Worlds News.

The newspapers are made up BY
men trained in bringing together all
the most important of the worlds hap
penings and cOndensing them so that
YOU can grasp them with little diff
Guilty.
II yours is a good newspaper. II Is
interesting. for nothing Is really news
that isn't interesting. Read il care
fully. II is your history of the most
interesting of all the periods OF the
worlds histOry-the times in which
you are living.
You can get an excellent education
by reading the newspapers attentiyely
and following up the suggestions that
come to you while reading them
II you do not read them. and read
them carefully. you will always be
rusty and behind the times. though
you have taken all the degrees the
greatest university can cOnfer.-IOhn
Blake. in Chicago Daily News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13

by Au-Wang against the Dog Bar
barians." thought TO have been ances-
tors OF the Huns. Tientsln dates
back at least 10 the fourteenth CEN
fury.
The salt industry in the neighbor-
hood OF Tientsin is prodigions. Wind
mills are used to pump salt water into
the fields along the Halo river, where
the widely known chang-lu salt is
made. Before the war nearly 10000
tons were produced annually. But
Tientsin Is Important commercially in
many respects. II Is a rice market,
and SIberia's tea formerly was
shipped through there. Exports were
as varied as the needs OF the dozen
or so nations which had separate set
Elements along five miles of the river
front and its imports were as diverse
as the commodities those nations had
10 exchange.
The Peiho and Hunho rivers con-
verge az Tientsln. From the latter to
the langtsze-Kiang extends the
Grand canal. that remarkable speci-
men Of ancient engineering. mentioned
by Confucius. which originally was
more than LOCO miles long.
Tientsin has more people than Bos-
ton. II Is the principal city OF Chih-
u. and is SO miles southeast Of Picking
by rail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13

triangle OF trade routes, with It's sides
not penetrated by important steamship
lines. Within this isolated Pacific trl-
angle are the Marshall islands.
Before the war sydney was reached
by steamer. a voyage OF more than
1900 miles. The only other method of
egress was steamer TO POnape
which connected with a French line
TO Singapore.
Like two loosely strung chains OF
jewels, the islands stretch from north
west 10 southeast, each with its la
COON setting encased by a strangely
shaped circlet OF coral. some ike tri-
angles. harps and stirrups. and one
outlining a bulls heed with its horns.
Straight haired. dark brown natives,
still preserving the religious signih-
canoe of tattoo and taboo. are 20 be
found. Once sturdy. reliant, sea
faring people. for they were the best
mariners in the Pacific, the white
mans coming. as In the case OF his
advent among the Eskimo and the
Indian. did not seem wholly beneficial.
In teaching them ways TO live more
easily civilization robbed them of that
bOldness and adventure winch made
theIn-the hardest Of the Microneasian
peoples Many of the young died of
tuberculosis.
Skillful and fearless navigatOfs, the
natives used bread-tree wood TO make
sailing canoes in which they would
VOYAGE for months. They devised
charts. made of sticks. showing the
locations of islands and the directions
Of prevailing winds.
Ancestor worship was their predOmi-
nant religious sentiment. With ped-
tions and gifts they worshiped the
departed whose spirits were supposed
10 return 10 earth In certain palm
trees which they set of in stone en-
closures. Birds and fishes sometimes
embodied these spirits, they believed,
md thus certain species became ia
boo.
Homes OF the natives were not pre-
tentiouS. Floors were raised above
tho ground 10 escape the rats, and
matched roofs covered the cOmbina-
ton house and storage room.
The two island groups are known as
the Ratak and Ralik chains. Their
entire area is not mo-e than 100
square miles; their native population
before the war was $4,000. with fewer
than 300 foreigners. The seat OF Ger
man government-was on Jaluit and the
most populous island Is Majeru, with
but Zoo persons.
otter explorers had touched at the
islands hut they. with the Gilbert
group. took their names from Cap
tains Marshall and Gilbert who ex-
plored them In 17SS. The Germans
annexed the islands in 1SSG.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
FORMER AUSTRIAN NAVAL
BASE NOW ITALIAN
STRONGHOLD

Pola. formerly important 10 Austria
as It's naval base. now is equally inn
portant 10 Italy, for a different rea-
son. A glance at a map Of the Adriatlc
viii show that the possession of Pola,
and the recent acquisition Of the island
of Cherso. by the terms Of the Rapall0
agreement, give Italy control of the
water route 10 Fiume.
Situated near the extremity Of the
Istrlan peninsula, s. miles by rail
southwest of Trieste. Pola's sole !m-
portant activity before the war was
connected with the repairing. prOvi-
Sioning and harboring OF the Austrian
naval forces. The town is virtually
without industrial establishments or
manufactures.
In 1900 the population OF POla was
about what it had been eighteen CEN
turtles before under the rule of Roman
empe.ors. During the succeeding ten
years. however. il grew from 1900 TO
10000.
The practically landlocked harbor
Is divided. the upper or northern half
being the commercial roadstead. and
the lower half (below the chain bridge
which connects Scoglio Olivi. or Olive
island. with the mainland) being the
Porto Militare. with the extensive ma
rlne arsenal on the southeastern shore.
The city itself clusters around a
castle-crowned hill which was once the
site of the Roman capitol. The cas-
tie is memento Of the days of Vene-
tian prowess.
Its settlement is attributed 10 the Col
chIans who pursued Jason and his
argonauts Pola's splendid harbor be
came Roman possession in 17s Ii. c..
but julius Caesar destroyed II for hav-
ing espoused the cause Of Pompey.
Some years later II was rebuilt by the
Emperor Augustus at the instance, ac-
cordlng to Pliny. OF his beloved daugh-
ter Julia.
The most impressive ruin in Pola
is me vast amphitheater. erected AT
the beginning of the Christian era in
honor of tile emperors. Septimius
Severus and Caracalla. This Is be-
lieved to be the only Roman amphi-
theater whose outer walls have with
stood the ravages Of time and of man.
The interior. however. is badly dis
mantled and the foundation walls AZ
one end. centuries ago. were extensive
liz auarrled by the Venetians who de-
sired the white Istrian limestone for
the erection OF their own palaces.
About the middle of the 18TH CEN
fury Pola became a Venetian city. In
the destructive wars. which resulted
from the rivalry between Venice and
Genoa to control the commerce Of the
world two centuries later, this port
across the Adriatic from its parent re-
public suffered often and grievously.
II was completely destroyed in 1879,
and for nearly four and half cen
turies< II lay dormant. II passed 10
Austria at the end Of the Napoleonic
wars, however. and its modern growth
dates from 1913. when IL was selected
as an Austrian naval base.
Pola lies almost due east OF Venice.
distance Of 70 miles across the
AdrIatic.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
WORDS MADE NO DIFFERENCE
Hearers Might Have Found II Hard
to Understand, but Old Friends
Were Satisfied.

Two IieflOng residents of an Indiana
sity meet daily at the noon hour, one
going 10 lunch, and the other return
Ing to work. Their habits have be
come so regular that they usually meet
az the same place ON consecutive days.
AS neither hears well, their brief
forms Of greeting have become stereo-
typed. but the other day something
slipped and this is what was over
heard:
"Mornin'. Mr.. Jones-niee weather
we're having" said the one, Ohlivious
of the fact that II was pouring rain.
mo. Mrs. Smith amt dom so wei
lately. Reckon the weather amt the
best in the world nowadays" vas the
reply.
Coin to attend the revival meet
lngs this week, Mr.. JOnes?" said the
first.
Eyes. you come and see us one Of
these days" was the parting answer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
CENTER oFITALY's SOCIAL
EARTHQUAKE ZONE

Milan. chief city Of the Lombartly-
Piedmont region OF Italy, where work
ers seized factories several months
ego. and where much unrest has been
manifested since. has frankly consld-
cred itself for long years the virtual
capitalize "capitale morale"-of the
country.
In the recent industrial troubles fac
tories are reported 20 have been
seized by wOrkmen in practically all
parts Of Italy; but Il was In Lombardy
and Piedmont. the territorial division
lying farthest north and farthest
northwest in the peninsula-the seats
Of the important Italian metal indus
tries-that the seizures were most nu-
merous. In those regions. In turn. the
movement was most pronounced in
and about Turin. the principal city OF
the Piedmont, and ths Detroit Of Italy !;
and In Milan. metropolis OF the north.
ana Italy's Fall River. Philadelphia
and Schenectady rolled into one.
Lombardy an. the Piedmont com
prise the plains 81 the upper reaches
Of the great PO valley. the Alpine foot
hills, and the southern and eastern
"lopes OF large part OF the Alps them
selves. Milan. on a fertile plain near
the southern ends OF some Of the most
Important OF the Alpine passes. was a
Town al considerable importance even
IN the dim historic days Of 222 b. g,
when IL was captured by the Romans.
IL was then. as Il Is today. second
r''y In point OF population in Italy.
Milan early earned a position OF lead
ership aIa0ng surrounding cities. a
leadership. however. which did not 90
dnchallenged. The city has been de-
stroyeG many times. once by a league
Of Dsighboring towns. and at other
times by alien conquerors. After each
destruction Il has sprung up on a seem
ingly nrner foundation 10 achieve
greater popularity and a more far
reaching influence.
Apart from any reputation Milan
may have gained as an index 10 in
dustrlal unrest. Il Is a leader among
Italian cities In other respects. In
deed. the Milanese insist that their
city. their -capitale morale" Is the
very heart and head OF Ifaly's mod
ern life and nctivity--first In indus
try, filst In municipal progress. first
In political importance.
The industrial plants OF modern
Milan have fairly burst the confines
Of the old city and many are TO be
found In numerous populous suburbs
that have sprung NJ. especially since
1895. The population now numbers
close 60 three-Quarters OF a million.
II Is exceeded only slightly. II at all.
BY that Of Naples. and is considered
In excess OF that OF Rome.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
TIENTSIN, PANORAMA
CITY

Tlentsln. In the northeastern edge
OK the terrible Chinese famine area,
In which millions OF people are starv-
Ing 10 death. Is Ike a necklace OF
towns strung together.
To walk about Tientsin Is TO travel.
An afternoons stroll from the native
10 the British. French. Italian. Russian
and other foreign quarters. gives the
sensation OF a magic tour through
Picking. London. Paris. Rome and
Petrograd. And the windmills among
the salt mounds just outside the city
add a touch Of Holland.
This panorama city has had a tenn
pestuous history. There a group OF
American and other foreign residents
Herbert c. Hoover among them
defended themselves for a month
against the fanatic Boxers In 1900.
Since then the native city has been
known as Cheng-n. or Town without
Walls" because the ancient barriers
were demolished during the siege. or
the 500 doughty foreigners more than
fifty were killed and many Others
wounded before military aid came.
Tientsin was the scene Of another
famous siege. that of the TAPPING
rebels I'm 1873 Followers Of Hung
Sin Tsuan, who had professed Chris
fianIty and SET himself up in Marking
as the Heavenly King" marched To-
ward Picking. But the Waterloo OF the
Tong haired rebels" sO-called because
they could not plat their queues ana
thus signify loyalty 10 the Manchns'
came at Tientsin-
The success Of the campaign against
the revolutionists was due principally
10 the gallant "Chinese Gordon. Cen
Charles George Gordon, and his Ever
Victorious Army"
Commanding the native force at
flemish was Seng-ko-lin-sin. Mongoi
General who later distinguished him
self less credIfably. In 1860 he sought
70 defend TientsIn against foreign
expedltIon By erecting an immense
mud rampant outside the city. Ten
tS.n was captured and held for two
Years nv the British and French. ana
~. crude defense Is known In the
foreign quarters as "Seng-ko-iin-sin ;
folly"
The region about Tientsin was
Known ms Chl-chou under the hsia
a,-rastv whose rulers. 1000 years ago.
oiraadv had court astronomers VINO
could predict eclipses- Later II was
caIles Ya-chou. IN the Chou dynasty.
marked By the western wars "ageu
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
No More Misery
After Eating
JRSt lakes An Eafonfo

- -. -ls- dose 81 EatOnlc did me
- - 7 take Go az meals and am
-. f t..-red with Indigestion, /"
Hrs Ellen Harris
- -,--s Tf people. Ike this dear
~ s-.--iT testify about EatOnic,
- VISITS wonders by taking up
-. 80 l- .-t the excess acidity and
-. --- bring on Indigestion.
- -.E--u- belchlng and food
-. ACID stomach also causes
-. other non-Orcanlc all
- - tE..- yourself. A big box
- Gusts but a trife with your
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13

The Marshall ISLANDS, one OF the
Pacific archipelagoes formerly owned
nv Germany. and over which japan
has been given a mandate by the
League OF Nations. practically form a
barrier between the Hawaiian islands,
ON the east. and Guam and the Philip
plnes 70 the west.
The two chains OF curiousiy shaped
a,olls. or coral islands consisting or
low-lying coral reefs encircling Ia
ICONS. known as the Marshall group,
lie a little south Of the center OF an
imaginary line connecting Hawaii,
Cham and the Philippines.
Guam. Samoa and Honolulu form
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
His Theory.

Wilbur, age seven. rushed into his
home after school and his first re-
quest was for bread and jam. His
grandmother, after complying with
the request. jokingly told the boy
that he would "never grow up" II he
continued TO eat So much bread and
jam. whereupon Wilbur answered:
Grandma. believe that's Why
you're so old. You don't eat any
bread and JAM"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13

A drunkard OF long standing has
besn reformed by an operation which
removed a bone that pressed against
the brain. The Detroit News also re-
ports a number Of cures effected By
the removal Of a brass rail that vas
pressing against the fOOt.-Kansas
City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
ASPIRIN
Elns 'Blysr" on Genuine

Tit4 Aspirin .l.y as tuiu 10 each
rta-a Of -.rl.re Eayer Tablets Of
Fr- E.n sou viii be following
"a. F-4f-s arI iu>ase worked out
T. -ae.- during "a years. aud
r-af Sa tg millions. Take no
gsr-rs orb substitutes. II you see
g. Bauer Cross 0l tablets. you can
NAE -- lr fear for Colds.
T4rt. Neuralgia. rheumatism.
E~Ha Tr.ela. Lumbago and
frEl- Tr.r#r rem boxes ~ twelve
us-rs .r,. .aT GENTS Druggists also
o. Er-.r r..a-es Aspirin Is the
rta -rs .. EHger Manufacture "
Erlat-. Ia.af-lsr % Sancylicacid.-
Az
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13

. .r C Woman is Mrs Cad
Err aHf believe"
- -a -u-r'y bills come In
go. r.. Esart-to-heart talk
v- r.E.- size Practices strict
rry-fUur hours -
- a--iIeralc-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
ponuIa,ior o. Tarsus s.ooo.

The population of Tarsus. celebrated
rs the birthplace Of ST. Paul, has
dropped within the last five years
from 10000 10 5000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-04-13
The man who blows his own horn
Is seldom applauded.


The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carbolisaive is applied II heals
quickly without scars. &c and sc by
all druggists or send sc TO The ]. W. Cole
Co, Rockford, ul-Adv.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1921-09-15
AL q. BARNES CIRCUS COMING
Ring Animal Show to Abilene
Thursday, Sept. II

Youngsters from seven to seven
ty-seven years old will find pleasure
in the announcement that the AL G.
Barnes four ring wild animal cir
Gus is to exhibit in Abilene Thurs
day, Sept. %.
Although this is the first time
that the Barnes Circus has played
Abilene the organization Is not an
entire stranger to this section. 1t Is
a California enterprise opening each
wear early in February near Los An
geles and closing In December In
the same neighborhood to go Into
winter quarters at Culver City. Ad-
yertised as 'the show that Is differ
ent," the circus lives up to the bill
ing, according to Frank A. Cassidy,
director Of publicity for Mr.. Barnes
who is here today. According TO
Mr.. Cassidy, the entire performance
aside from spectacle, Alice In
Jungleland," which runs for 20
minutes, is made up of animal acts,
10 of them in all. There will be
big parade N everything together
with the biggest elephant on earth
- feet. 5 inches high and "Tarzan'
the largest man ape in captivity.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1921-09-15
THEY LOOKED OVER BRIDGES
County Commissioners to Strength
en- First Street Structure

The county commissioners Fri
day afternoon inspected the First
street and Third street bridges. The
former they found to need strength
ening to make it safe for the traffic
now going over 1t and this will be
done soon. 1t was built In the
1s7O's. They have taken no action
on the Third street structure but 1t
seems likely that nothing will be
done for the present. However, they
said thy intended to assist In build
ing a new Third street bridge "as
soon as possible" This may not be
until next year.
The board adjourned until Mon
day. No action was taken on the
three mile connection in The paved
road east af Chapman to meet the
Geary county road for which the
board secured $4,000 federal aid.
If action is not taken by Sept. 10,
according to information from To
peka, the aid will be given to other
counties asking for 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1921-09-15

ing houses where campers are fur
nished gas stoves and use city gas
free OF charge and shower baths and
various other conveniences.
1--WE did not try to make record
Of milage, always started late In the
morning and stopped early In the
evening.
I'VE all kept well and enjoyed the
trip. Possibly you may wonder how
this could be-well we enjoyed help
ing others out Of the mudhOles and
then our own car walked right
through. / think must have met a
hundred people who had broken
springs on their cars and quite
number who broke three or four In
that way. This was because Of
chucks In the road. My car doesn't
show any hurt from the trip except
ordinary ware and tare. The desert
was very pleasant when we crossed.
The night spent there we camped
about 80 miles west OF Needles. The
night was cool and covered with
comforts to keep warm. The next
morning we started earlier than
usual, about 7 a. m, and wore our
coats the first couple Of hours. The
cool weather was caused on account
Of the big rains in the mountains
near there. The desert roads were
very good.
I'VE arrived Mt Barstow on Sat
lirday afternoon and were met by
our son law X. A. Franklin and
the next morning we drove to Up /
land, arriving here at high noon.
Our friends here gave us hearty
welcome to this land where fruit and
lowers grow in abundance.
"Some have asked II we were
moving to California. No. We are
,ut for Mrs. looks health and ex-
,ect to return some time next sum-
ner Much more could be said but
will close"