Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country* SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. OVERALL CLUBS FLOURISHING Many Southern Cities Join Fight on High Clothing Prices. Atlanta, Ga., April 15—Organization of overall clubs continues in the south as a protest against the high cost of clothing. John A. Manget, chairman of the Georgia fair price commission, today called on citizens of Atlanta to organize an overall club. He announced that he had placed an order for 3,000 pairs of overalls to be supplied members at wholesale prices. At Greenville, S. C. many business and professional men today appeared in overalls. An overall club of 200 members was organised at Pickens, a small town near Greenville. At Columbia, S. C., every member of the student body at the University of South Carolina has agreed to wear overalls until "such time as the prices of clothing reach a reasonable figure.” The glee club win discard evening dress In favor of denim on its concert tour. At Richmond, Va., 1,500 men have joined the “old clothes and overall club” organized by the Renters and Consumers’ Protective association. At Roanoke, Va., three overall clubs and one apron club were organized at four different mass meetings of citizens. A total membership of 1,400 was enrolled, r Wearing Khaki in Spokane Spokane, Wash., April 14. —A. L. Weeks, fire chief, many city firemen, reported for duty today in $8 khaki suits. Chief Weeks said that hereafter regulation blue uniforms which cost >72, would be required only on formal occasions.