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I TOWN AND (
McGregor-Boyle.
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(The State, October 13).
~~"Hiss Margaret Wella McGregor,
eldest daughter of MrNand 'Mrs.
Eugene C. McGregor and one of
^he popular members of the young
er soeiety set of Columbia, 'was
married last evening at S:30 o'clock
in Trinity church to Thomas Bel
ton Boyle of Sumter, the wedding
being one of the outstanding so
cial events of the fall in this city.
"While the congregation, which fill
ed the church was gathering. Lyn
wood * Williamson, organist, played
a beautiful program and just be
fore the ceremony Robert Lafaye,
tenor, sang a group of appropriate
songs. The wedding marches were
also played by Mr. Williamson*The
picturesque old church, which of
fers such an ideal setting for a
bridal tableau, was decorated with
exceptionally lovely effect. The en
tire chancel was banked high with
immense palms; big bunches -of
white bride roses filled *the altar
vases and marked the reserved
p'ews. and wild Smilax draped the
galleries against a background of
-white and the columns in the body
Of the church.
A charmingly pretty group of
young girls were the bride and her
ma^ds, all wearing <juaint little
close fitting bodices and bouffant
skirts and carrying great bouquets
of, roses to match their own fresh
beauty. '?? ? .
The winsome little bride was in
? ?oft White crepe satin with wired
skirt, a court strain, sleeves and a
touch at the low cut neck of
Venice lace embroidered'in whole
pearls. Designs of - the embroidery
in pearls gave a dainty nnish to
the gown and- the filmy wedding
veil was fastened to the coiffure
with a band of orange blossoms.
Her bouquet was of bride rosebuds
showered,: with lilies of the valley.
She entered with her father. J>y
wfcom she was given in marriage.
.'.-The'maid-of honor. Miss Daisy
McGregor, sister of the bride, wore
a- girlish gown .of cr^am lace with
?yer draperies of orchid georgette
and carried a shower bouquet of
butierfiy rosebuds of pale salmon
tint. ' Tf>e bridesmaids, Jdisses -Xeel
Reynolds of Greenwood. Elizabeth
Heath, Gulie. Melton. Leite Elliott,
Mary Grier of Greenwood, Adele
Weston, Marie Matthews and. Isa
bel Wells were dressed alike as to
style and fabric of their gowns and
were in pairs as to. color. -Their
quaint frocks were of satin and
were trimmed in clusters of flat
gold grapes, two being in orchid,
two - in. turquoise blue, two in
apricot and two in gold. They ali
carried bouquets of vivid pink C.o
Jhmbia roses.. The bride's little sis
ter, Celina McGregor, wearing a
dainty -frock of white georgette,
and her little cousin, Morrell Wells,
in smart white suit, drew the broad
white satin ribbons up the aisle,
and another attractive child in the
. wedding party was the bride's little
? cousin, Margaret Huntley of Che
\ raw, . who, dressed in filmy white
3 georgette, carried one long stem
*;med bride rose, in the heart of
\ which was hidden the wedding
\ ring:
Mr. Boyle was attended" b?? his
brother, Barnes Boyle, of Sumter
as best man and the groomsmen
were: Edward Tatuiu of McColL
Carlisle Stuckey of Columbia.
. Bichard Singleton of Columbia.
? George Carlisle of Spartanburg.
Gray Moore of Greenwood, O. B.
^Simxoons^ of Laurehs.' George Ba
cker Wells- of. Columbia and Roland
.?Boyle of Sumter, another brother
r^bf the bridegroom. The Columbia
^men of this group, together with
Henry Fair. Jr., and-James. Mac
donald, Jr., served as ushers.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, D. d!,
-rector of Trinity, and the benedic
? tfon was pronounced by the Rt.
Rev. Kirkman G. Finlay, bishop
of the Diocese o* Upper South Car
. olina.
- A small reception followed at. the
home of Mr. and Mrs. McGregor on
Pickens street, the whole lower
. floor and 'living porch being thrown
open and the presents. ,a large and
brilliant collection, being on dis
play in one of the rooms on <he
second floor.
- The house was beautifully deco
'rated throughout, masses of white
cosmos, feathery asparagus and
glowing white candles being used
tn' the drawing room and the din
ing room*, borders of ferns and long
leaf pine in the porch where two
punch bowls were placed, and
shaded pink cosmos, pink roses
ami pink candles in the reception
and living room. Wild smilax
draped the walls everywhere and
garlanded the hall stairway.
The guests were greeted*in the
hall by Miss Agnes McMaster,
Mrs. Christie Benet. Mrs. Bruce
Edgerton and Miss Louly Shand
and were shown into the drawing
room where, receiving with the
bridal party, were the bride's par
ents, the bridegroom's sister. Miss
Boyle of Sumter. the bride's grand
mother, Mrs. L. B. McGregor, hei
aunt. Mrs. William Ballenger of
Greer. and her cousins. Mrs. John
G. Ehrlich and Miss Helen McMas
ter. Mrs. McGregor wore a hand
some gown of black velvet com
bined with silver cloth, and a cor
sage bouquet of red roses, and an
other beautiful gown in the group
was the deep apricot satin creation
worn by Miss Boyle, her flowers
being a corsage of sunset roses.
Across in the living room Mrs
David G. Ellison. Mrs. Fred G.
Swaffield. Mrs. Robert Moorman.
Mrs. William A. Boyd. Mrs. Alfred
B. Owings and Mrs. Frank T. Par
.ker received and upstairs in the
present room Miss Hudson. Mrs.
John Bo)!:n. Mrs. James H. Mc-B
Into^h. Mrs. William-J. Taylor and
Mrs. William Hatcher Jones pre
sided.
Receding on the porch were Mrs.
George MoCutchen, . Mrs. Hall
Crawford. Mrs. \\: H. MoDpwell.
Mrs. George, T^afaye .and, Mrs.
Frank Ehrlich and ^ervim? at the
two punch bowls were the follow
ing girls, friends of the bride:
Misses Mary Winjsrfield, [Catherine
:O?NTY NEWS *
and Janie Shannon. Mary Boykin
Hey ward. Nancy Grier, Dorothy
Allen and Augusta Rembert.
The bride's register was in
charge of Mrs. Robert Moorman,
'Jr., and Mrs. Milton Jeffords.
In the dining room Mrs. Duncan
Clinch Heyward. Mrs. J. M. Can
: tey, Mrs. Huntley of Cheraw, Miss
! M. E. Joyner and Mrs. William P.
I Prioleau presided and the follow
ing young girls served: Misses
j Elizabeth Cantey, Katharine Clark,
[ Margaret Gibbes, Margaret Wells
! and Polly Moore.
i The bride's table had in the cen
} ter the beautiful wedding cake,
t iced in valley lillies and topped
with a French doll bride, and the
table candles, in four tall silver
candlesticks, burned beneath misty
white tulle shades fringed with
valley lillies. At each corner was
j a silver basket of bride roses tied
I with a bow of white tulle drawn
j down in streamers from the chan
I dielier above which wa3 trimmed
j in tulle, asparagus fern and valley
I lilies. Ices and sweets in white
j and green were served and for the
members of the bridal party there
were little individual cakes ex
quisitely iced in, valley lilies and
containing favors from the bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyle left last night
for a wedding trip, the bride wear
ing a braided dress of midnight blue
poiret with a touch of ..taupe, a
stone marten choker and a- smart
i brown duvetyn hat banded with
j narrow -gold ribbon. She carried
j a handsome coat of brown panve
* laine with brown fox collar,
j Upon their return they will go to
j live in Sumter.
The bride; who was born and
reared in Columbia, is a graduate
of the Columbia high school and
received her higher education at
Converse college and the University
of South Carolina. Her piquant
beauty and girlish charm have en
deared her to a wide group of
friends in and beyond her own set.
and cordial regret will be felt that
she is to move away' from ,Co
lumbia. ? /
Mr. Boyle is a: graduate of Wof
ford college and is- a prominent
young man of affairs in Sumter.
Among the outoftown guests'at
the wedding were: E. M. Wells of
Darlington. and son, Edward, Mrs.
Joseph Johnson of Spartanburg,
Mrs. William Ballenger and daugh
ter,-Margaret, -of Greer, Mr. and
Mrs, Graeme McGregor of Ander
son, Miss Emma Boyle of Sumter,
Mr. and Mrs. Latham Roddy of
Sumter and children. Caroline and
f Belton, Edwin and Walter Boyle of
Sumter, Miss Eloise Martin of Con
verse college, Mrs. P. B. Hunt of
Cheraw and W. B. Boyle of Gree
leyville.
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Report of Carnegie Public Library
for September.
i New members in September.. -19
Previously reported...2054
Total..._._ ..._2073
jNo. books lent in September. 135 S
j Previously reorted_ __ ..59,564
Total.? ..60,922
No. periodicals lent in Sep
tember 7S
Fines, rental fees, and rural
membership_$31112
Jessielyn Smiths
Librarian
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Attention Confederate Veterans.
All members of Dick Anderson
I Camp No. 334, U. C. V? who de
? ske to attend the State Fair at Co
i hxnbia, S. C.. week after next will
' please call on the undersigned at
i his office, and secure a badge,
f Tour names have already been sent
to General Clark in Columbia.
Thos. E. Richardson.
Judge of Probate, Sumtef.
Notice American Legion.
Members of the American Le
; gion who expect to attend the re
union in New Orleans may obtain
j certificates that will entitle them
j to the special railroad rates from
! either Geo. D. Levy or Zach Darr.
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Olemson-P. C. Football Game.
1
I Clemson College. Oct. 15.?
j Clemson battled Presbyterian Col
; lege to what might have been a
{scoreless tie. but for the astound
j ingr success of Clemson's aerial at
i tack. The game was 0 to 0 until
? the last 5 minutes of play when
j a forward pass T?rnipseed to Wray
I netted 18 yards. Another pass net
? ted eight yard. Another to Zieg
1 ler netted 10 yards, when the
fourth pass was thrown, the bail
was 41 yards from the |?oaI. but
? nothing daunted. Pat Marmon
' grabbed it and raced 25 yards for
j the first touchdown. The second
touchdown came when Webb in
tercepted a P. C. pass and ran 25
yard?; to the goal line. The gum>
fended 13 to 0 in favor of Clemson.
j.Zeigler and Lightsey starred for
! Clemson. while Pierce outshone all
'others for P. C. P. C. put up
'the pluckiest game seen here this
I year, and deserves great credit.
! Clemson's next game is with
Carolina at the State Fair.
Mrs. J. I. P'elder, Miss Felder
;and Mrs. Tozier were visitors here
\ Friday.
i Danny Kirven. Charlton Walsh,
Frank Kolh and Henry McLaurin
?came over for the game.
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; There was only one robbery re
i ported circus day. Late in the af
! ternoon a negro woman reported
: to the police that she had been
xwindl<-d out of more than a hun
dred dollars by two negro <-onlb
deuce men who worked the pock
let book gam?? on her. The swindl
i ers Ttuide her believe that they
: had found a pocketbook containing
I $2,000 and she gave them all the
I money she had for a third interest
in it. They went to get the money
?rbantred and never came hack, al
though shf waited several hours.
Many n dumb-tWl has tilled.
Fall Style Show
A Big Success
Crowded House Last Night
Witnesses Entertainment
Given by Merchants
and American
Legion
TVhen the curtain at the Acad
emy of Music last night rose for
the first act of the styie show prac
tically every seat was filled by an
expectant audience who waited with
interest to see what Sumter could
give in the way of a style show.
And when this same audience filed
out of the theatre after the per
formance it was the universal
(opinion of practically'all that the
show went over big and the enter
tainment was^n every way a suc
cess. Although the performance
dragged a little at times the
pauses were filled in .with good
music by the Columbia band and
were hardly'noticeable. As a whole
the performers did wonderfully
well in the short time. they have
had to rehearse for the event and
conducted- themselves with -ease,
grace and stage presence during all
the. scenes. The variety and beauty
of the costumes was a revelation
to many people present and show
ed conclusively 'that Sumter stores
have ample stocks and the most
exquisite gowns to satisfy every
whim and taste.
After an address by Mr. Ham
mond Bowmap. in which he outlin
ed the cause and plans of the
American Legion and the Sumter
Post in particular, the entertain
ihent Opened with .a revue of street
dresses, coats and coat suits stag
ed by the Sumter Dry Goods Co.,
.associated with Stubbs Bros, and
the Smith Itlllinery Company, this
scene being a reproduction of the
Paris' Salon. This display was
only a nappetizer of what was to
follow. Excellent taste was dis
played in the quiet elegance and
perfect . harmony between the
wearer and garments worn, es
pecially the'superb showing of furs
and fur coats display in this set
ting. One of the* most attractive
settings of the evening, however,
was the arranging, of an assem
bledgeof guests, ladies and gentle
men in full dress.
We will not attempt to be par
tial in describing this magnificent
scene. The costumes displayed
were reproductions of the best
"Paris designs and were charmingly
displayed by the following ladies:
Mrs. Lynani in a becoming lace
costume of sunset red metallic lace.
Mrs. W. D. Boykin in an
equally attractive creation of ma
rine blue duvetyn. handXembroid
! ered. 4$
} Mrs. J. Z. Hearon featured a
J handsome black lace costume worn
jover silver cloth and presided at
(the piano.
j Miss Grace Reynolds showed off
i perfectly a French blue georgette
j model with black chiffon draping,
j Miss Lillie Bell Lemmon in her
dancing dress of pink changeable
taffeta was charming.
Miss Lois Kirkpatrick and Miss
Estelle Palmec'wore gorgeous cos
tumes of periwinkle and nile metal
clpth respectively.
.Miss Clare Parrott's costume of
turquoise chiffjon taffeta hand em
broidered in pearls was one of'the
favorites among the critical au'd
'ience. .
Miss Vernielle Pitts' junior dress
of Nile two-tone chiffon was an
other popular number.
Miss .Genie Smith's black duve
tyn costume with cut steel decora
tions was an elegent creation.
It was during part two of this
act that Mrs. W. B. Lynam rend
ered a vocal solo which was warm
ly applauded.
The future models, little Misses
Janie Bla'nd, Annie Osteen, Maysie
Clark and Elizabeth Parrott were
in attendance during this first part
and added to the picture.
The gentlemen acting as models
for Stubbs Bros, and displaying the
season's latest in smart clothes for
fall and winter were Messrs. Mack
Brower, David Doar, H. L. McCoy.
Chas. Pierce. Major Shelly, W. G.
j Stubbs, E. W. Reynolds. Jr., Fink
jlehor suits and overcoats, Michaels
j Stern evening clothes and Stetson
f hats.
During this act little Miss Lelia
j Brennan danced most gracefully to
!the pleasure of all present. This
{little dancer displays extraordinary
I talent for her age.
Act two opened with a street
j promenade by the Ladies' Shop
land the D. J. Chandler Clothing
Co., showing the newest in street
dresses, tourist and sport clothes.
The last part of this act was par
ticularly effective, when a spot
light was used in displaying some
beautiful evening dresses as each
i lady entered frrom the rear be
jtween portiers and walked grace
i fully down a few steps to the foot
lights. Another scene of much in
terest was the golfing scene. Mr.
Paul Aughtry featured the newest
jgolf clothe** for men and Miss
[Xash displayed the new knicker
: suit for ladies which is most pop
ular now. In the college scene
; several charming young ladies dis
: played Betty Wales models and
jthe y^jmg men the popular sport
j suits inTWeeds. Miss Dorita Moise
dressed in a going away costume
jof platinum grey with silver tip
land fur collar and Mr. D. Boykin
i in a smart grey tweed suit repre
senting bride and groom made a
I pretty picture and carried out
j their parts most gracefully,
j The last scene showed afternoon
j dresses beautifully displayed on
j graceful models. Mrs. M. C.
j Boykin wore a beautiful dress of
! gold lace over green' gold cloth.
Miss Bess Xash a black velvet
[beaded dress with fur trimmings,
i Mrs. Paul Aughtry, a dress of silv-j
I er cloth and squirrel coat lin?id ,
I with tan mauve. ?
J Miss Louise Burkett in cedar c?>l
I oreil chiffon velvet* a dainty gown
: for younger girls. .Mrs. Leland j
j Moore in a gown of hand embroid
ered black lace' over gold. .Miss i
Corinne Barfield of Manning. Amer
ican beauty chiffon velvet. Jewell
trimmed. Miss Dorita Moise in a
jblue tafteta dance frock. At the |
|clos?nsr of the act Mrs. John D. j
j Lee accompanied by Mr. Moise rcn-!
dered a vocal solo which was beau
tifully sung and warmly applauded.
Messrs. Paul Aughtry, W. D. Boy
kin. George Bultman. Julian Levy.
T. V. Lawrence and Richard Wild
er as models for the D. J. Chan
dler Clothing Co.. displayed new
?styles in fall and winter suits, over
; coats, evening suits, sport clothes
j including the newest in gold togs
for men. featuring Kuppenheimer
? and Berkley clothes, Oregon City
overcoats, Stetson, Schoble and
I Mallory hats.
! The third act which was com
? posed of three parts and two scenes
opened with the Country Club
j scene with a showing of sport and
I golf cosumes featured by Schwartz
j Bros, and Bryan's, Inc. Mrs. Neve.
Miss Brunson, Miss Blackwell, Mr.
Williams. Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Thorne
composed the personnel who act
ed as models. The second part with
the place as Main street was an
interesting display of afternoon
g^wns and street costumes, the
men displaying suits and over
coats from Schloss Brothers.
I Part three represented a recep
| tion room at a fashionable hotel,
[time evening during which cor
j rect eve/iing clothes for men, and
beautiful, evening gowns were dis
I played.
! During scene two Mr. David
Cuttino, Sumter's favorite, sang a
clever little school days song. To
make the number more effective
school desks were included in the
stage setting and while the- song
was being sung four little boys and
girls entered in street costumes and
took their seats.
The costumes worn by the ladies
were as follows: ?
Mrs. Neve, a navy suit trimmed
with white caracal fur. A Paris
creation. Miss Brunson. antelope
roshanara crepe, "hat of brown
duvetyn by Cupid. Dress by Peggy
Paige.
Miss Blackwell, poiret twill with
gold military braid: also an im
ported number by Peggy Paige,
with Siberian squirrel, choker and
navy velvet hat by Cupid.
In act two, Mrs. Deas wore a j
dress of blue lace over turquoise j
satin, a large picture hat, pluck j
satin slippers and a neckpiece of |
Lynx.
Mrs. Court wright, American
'beauty dinner dress of lace , and
J satin, hat by Cupid, gold mesh bag.
satin slippers ? and neckpiece ot
'Hudson seal.
! Miss Burgess, a georgette dress
of brown and lace combined, fash
ioned by Peggyy Paige. A large
brown anO tan hat. silver; mesh
bag, brown satin slippers and j
neckpiece" of rich brown fur.
In part three Mrs. Neve wore a
brown dress of satin crepe of long,
waist line with side panels-.that j
touched the floor, a brown, hat otj
velvet trimmed with ostrich.by-Cu- j
pid. ; !
Miss Blackwell, a navy canton j
dress by Peggy Paige with panels
of American beauty and open I
sleeves of navy, a. blue duvetyn!
j hat by Cupid, gold mesh bag and \
black satin slippers.
Miss Burgess, a handsome dress!
of roshamara crepe, black and
white combination, large bell shap
ed sleeves and draped skirt,- b.
hat of black velvet and ostrich;
feathers to match by Cupid, with I
black satin slippers and gold mesh j
bag. I
The gentlemen during these
scenes displayed some stylish mod-!
j els in men's fal! suits. The sport j
{clothing was most distinctive. The]
i evening suits were well modeled
and made a most effective back-1
ground for the display of the beau- j
tiful evening gowns.
! COURT OF
GENERAL
SESSIONS
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Recess Taken Until Next
j Friday When Bradley Case
! is Set For Trial
The court of general sessions has i
I taken a recess until Friday morn- J
! ing, October 20th at which time
the case of the State vs. Edgar!
! Bradley, charged with murder will;
jbe taken up for trial. This case
j was to have been tried Thursday
? but was postponed at the request
j of M. L. Smith. Esq., attorney fori
! the defense who was ill at his home I
tin Camden. Judge Devore. instead !
I of continuing the case until next!
j term set it for trial next Friday.
This case has been on the docket
I for a long time and has been heard
{once, a mistrial resulting..
The docket was cleared Thursday
(afternoon of all minor cases that
could be heard at this time. The
following cases were disposed of
during the day.
The State vs. Lee McLeod. Fred
McLeod. Ben McLeod, Jesse Mc
j Leod and Willie Griffin, violation
jof the prohibition law. Not guilty,
i The State vs. Robert Ardis. Jr..
land Dud Weeks, violation of the
I dispensary law. Not guilty.
! The State vs. R. E. Baker, dis
posing of property under lien. Tried
in his absence. Guilty. Sealed sen
j tencc.
The alleged bootleggers had a j
! field day m court Thursday. The J
|jurie3 took the view that the wit-j
? nesses for the State were unworthy
of belief and all of the accused
were adjudged not guilty. To
stamp out the illicit manufacture
and sale of liquor there must be a
stronger and more militant public
sentiment than now exists. Every
body knows that liquor is manu
factured and sold in Sumter county
in large quantity, and if the juries
refuse to convict on the testimony
of agents employed by the officers
of the law to obtain evidence, ther^
those who are voeiff-rous in de
manding that 'the sheriff, rural and
city police enforce the law. wih
have to grin and hear th?? nuisance
of the drunkenness and disorder
engendered by the sale of bootleg
whisk <*y.
Asheville. X. C-, Oct. 10.?Ten
nessee interests have resumed the
fight for what they termed fair
freight rates from territory be
yond the Ohio river now sitting
int?-rsr.ar*> commerce commission
here,
LLOYD GEORGE
DEFENDS HIS
JOLICIES
Manchester, Oct. i4.?(By the
Associated Press).?Premier Lloyd
George dealt with me crisis which
Near Eastern events have forced
upon the government in a charac
teristic and powerful speech in the
city of his birth this afternoon.
While he spoke as Liberal to Lib
eral and chose a city remote from
thev capitol for staging his oration,
according to the long custom of
British statesmen, he was not
speaking primarily to Manchester,
but to Great Britain and the em
pire'.
The prime minister's speech was
evidently more carefully prepared
than is usual with him. It was
principally a defense of the govern
ment's policy, but it was the sort
of- defense Lloyd George likes, be
cause it gave him plenty of oppor
tunity for his favorite strategy of
"offensive defense," which with
him means dealing hard: blows at
his critics and going into personali
ties so sharp that they shook the
old fashioned conventional states
men.
What the country awaited most
curiously was information about the
future; it wanted to know which
of the various policies open before
the prime minister?resignation, a
general election or sitting tight?he
plans to follow but no light was
thrown upon that point; he left
himself free to take whatever di
rection events may indicate. He
declared that no one could welcome
his retirement more, than himself,
but followed this with gre/t dra
matic passage,
"I cast myself upon the people,
because I have never betrayed
them/'
The hall rang with approving
shouts aifd he added that he would
support loyally any alternative gov
ernment that would work for the
best interests of the nation.
? A Lloyd George speech of the
sort has come to be known as his
"back to the wall" is seldom a mete
speech; it is generally a thrilling
entertainment. Today's was no ex
ception; all the atmosphere was
friendly and congenial: the small
audience in the dining room of
the Reform club responded swift
ly to every point,
. Before the premier rose a small
pulpitlike structure was placed on
the table in front of him and on
this spread a sack of notes. But
once on' his feet he seldom bother
ed with these, so his sentences had
all the effect' of spontaniety. *
^Considerably stouter than when
he took control of.the government
seven years ago,' and hair: much
whiter, the Welsh statesman's man
net1 seems to have grown more se
nous with years" of responsibility;
but all the old fire was there.
In the hall where Gladstone had
often spoken he poured ridicule on
the great commoner's eon. Lord
Gladstone, who is one of the lead
ers of the Liberal revolt against
the coalition. Of him he said:
"I know the: difficulty of any
man without adequate gifts who
has fo carry through life a great
name. He has actually excommuni
cated us from the Liberal party.
Well, the papacy is not a heredi
tary ?Office. What service has he
rendered; Liberalism ? I . know of
hone, excep? one?he is the best
living embodiment of the Liberal
doctrine that ability is not heredi
tary."
' Some of his strongest points in
defense of the government's Near
Eastern dealings. were that the
Turks had slaughtered since 1914
1,500,000 Armenians and 500,000
Greeks; that to give way to them
npw would be to sacrifice the great
er part of the victory won over
Turkey in the great war* that and
"Am I my ^brother's keeper" at
titude has never been a doctrine of
the Liberal party.
The impression made on most of
his audience was that the premier
does not propose to have an early
general election, part of the press
charging that an election before the
conservative party convention in
November would be a political
trick. The inference, which may
be* wrong, was that Lloyd George
Will wait to see whether that con
vention commits the conservatives
"to dropping the coalition, in which
event he might try to return as
leader of the Liberty party. He
spoke throughout as a Liberal,
making appeals to Liberal princi
ples and traditions.
From today's display of form it
is safe to predict that if a general
election comes, the Welsh giant,
despite his seven years of over
whelming labors, will be ready to
carry on a whirl wind campaign.
Prime Minister Lloyd George ad
di*essed the greater part" of his
speech to the Reform League club
here today a vigorous defense of
the government's Near Eastern
policy. He laid stress at the out
set of the need of keeping open
the straits of the Dardanelles.
"It is not necessary." said Lloyd
George, "to point out the import
ance of securing the straits against
a repetition of what happened in
1914. That prolonged the war for
two years and it very nearly
brought upon the cause of the allies
irreparable disaster. But . aside
from that it is the onry road to
th" fairway of the Black sea.
where you've got the raw materials
you need, surplus food in times of
peace?in normal limes such as no
other part of Europe could supply,
and of the commerce of that part
of the world one-third had always
been in British ships.
?'Vital to you. vital to humanity*
we could not have these straits
Warred without giving away the
biggest important prize we had
Avon by our victory over Turkey in
th** gr?>at war and which had cost
us so much in life and treasure.
"As to spreading the wnr into
Europe., you [jave only g?>t to think
I I
I what would happen if the Turk,!
! flushed with victory, with no army
j to resist him had crossed the Bos
j phorus, passed into Thrace and oc
?cupied Constantinople. Do you
; think he would have stopped in
j eastern Thrace? Who would have
I stopped him from going into wes
Itern Thrace and possibly passing
jinto Salonika. You know what
j that would have meant?war. And j
jthe war of 1914 practically began:
j in the Balkans.
? "I think it was right that be
' fore the Turkish army should have
I been allowed to cross into Europe
I wi?h the flush of victory, with the
j blood of Smyrna on its hands, it
j should have had time to cool, and
that we should have guarantees
'that they would give protection for
the minorities in Europe. That is
'all we did. We are pledged to
shield these people.
"I am told it was not our busi
ness. Iam sorry to say that Liber
als had been pleading that it was
none of our business to interfere
between the Turks and their vic
jtims. What business is it of Brit
Jain's?, was the Question; if the
j Turk insists,leave him alone. Let
; him cross the straits: let him cross
jto Constantinople-r-a free road and
!a fairway to the shambles."
" That was not the old Liberal
policy. It was not the policy cer
tainly that it is brought up in. It
was not that I was taught in my
j youth?that Englishmen, Scotch
i men and Welchmen should every
morning repeat reverently the lit
any of the cynic. 'Am I my broth
er's keeper?' That Great Britain
should face the world with the
j brand of Cain u&on her brow."
Near Elastren Policy
The prime minister continued his
j lengthy defense of che government's
INear Eastern policy by laying par
| ticular stress upon the resistance j
[ to the French policy toward Mus- |
jtapha Kemal Pasha.
I "'Suppose we had followed meek- i
:ly behind France.'' he continued, i
: "The Kemalist forces would "have j
j been at Chanak. , The next thing i
! that would have happened would i
! have been- the crossing of the I
. straits. Gallipoli was held by a
[very weak Senegalese, battalion with
I orders not to fire upon the'Turks.
Both.sides of the straits would have
been in the Kemalist nahds.
"Do you think you would have
j got them but ? You Would have goue j
j to the peace conference and said:|
j "Will you please get away from
! Chanak and Gallipoli.' And Kemal |
[would have said; 'No, we will guar
jantee the straits to you."
i "Our critics say: 'Why didn't!
[you have an understanding with!
j your allies?* We did and only a j
j few weeks ago we received a mes-!
! sage from the French go\'ernment |
j that if the Greeks or Turks invaded*'!
I the neutral zone they would* have j
! to be " resisted^ by force. W.e ac
j cepted that and* thought they meant
[it. How were we to believf^jthat it
I was intended for only one side?'
j Dealing with the recent criticism
[by Lord Grey on the government's
foreign policy, the premier said:
j "It is not easy in the realms .of
'foreign affairs'to secure agreement
j and to secure results. Lord Grey
jknows that. Take 1914. His pro-*
j posals were admirable. His temper
j to agree with "Mr. Asquith was of
j the best. But he was not the kais
j er's adviser, and he had no infiu
I ence over the German general
?staff. They had their own ambi
jtions. They had theirN>wn ideas,
j It is just possible that the language
{less direct or that the language
imore direct, language more em:
! phatic might have stopped it but it
] is easy to be wise after the event,
j "I am not criticising. I'm only
pointing out that It was the great
test, most calamitous diplomatic fail
! ure the world has ever seen,, -and
jthat it was due to conditions over
: which Lord Grey had no control.
jHe therefore ought to be charitable
? with others. -
l' "Take the whole of the incidents
j of that period. Lord Grey sought
j to make peace in the Balkans, he
{made a peace. That peace didn't
?stand the jolting of the trwn that
'carried it from London to the Bal
jkans. It fell to pieces before it
I reached Sofia,
j "That wasn't his fault. The plan
jwas good, the intentions were ex
cellent, but there were factors
? which he could not control."
After his lengthy defense of the
I government's policies, both domes
j tic and foreign. Lloyd George said
ithat several times he had tried to
persuade others to take the pre
jmiership. He continued:*
"My course is a clear one. I will
support with all my might any
government that devotes itself *?nd
j lends its energy to the task with
j single mindedness. fearlessness and
(resolution, provided they do not
; embark upon measures, which
would inflict permanent In
juries on the country, whether
j these measures be* "reactionary or
I revolutionary. That does not mean
j that I pledge myself to support effi
jciency in any government or any
party, but any government that has
; not pursued that course. I will re
jsist with all my might. That is my
j policy."
j The prime minister closed his
{speech by saying:
"I place the national security and
; prosperity above the interests of
[any body, and if in consequence of
that position which I have taken.
;that position -which I mean to
j abide by?jf jn consequence of that
! I am driven alone into the wild
; erness I shall always recall with
i pride that I have been enabled with
!the support of loyal colleagues in a
Idark hour of this nation's history
i to render it no mean service. . . .
; if this were the last day I held
jthis high position I should be more
I proud than ever of the fact that
! it was given me in the last days
.and weeks of my premiership to in
voke'the might of this great empire
I to protect from indescribable hor
ror, men. women and children by
ithe hundred thousands who were
j entrusting to the plighted word of
'France. Italy and Great Britain
as their shield and defense, and
; who are thanking God at this hour
that Britain; Great Britain, has
i kept th^ faith."
... '.. '. ?
Farmers Pledge
Holding Cotton j
American Cotton Association;
Wants 30 1-2 Cents Pound \
?Resolutions Adopted
Columbia, Oct. 11.?The South]
Carolina Division of the American
Cotton Association, meetrngfrhere j
this afternoon, /adopted resolutions j
pledging the holding of the 1922 j
cotton crop, produced at an esti-!
mated cost of 24 1-2 cents, for a;
price of 30 1-2 cents a pound: en-j
dorsed the enactment of a bill by j
congress for the formation of a j
commission to study the cotton
growing industry: recommended j
the enactment of a federal law j
providing for a comprehensive Fys- j
tern of short-term agricultural j
finance: asked for the amendment |
of the Federal Cotton Futures act
so as to secure the same rights to}
the buyer as those obtained by the j
seller: recommended the curtail-!
ment of the acreage planted to cot- J
ton to not more than eight acres to
the plow, the remainder to be sown j
to small grain and food and feed j
crops: urged the turning under. asj
soon as the cotton has been picked j
of all cotton fields; requested re-1
duced freight rates on cotton; ask-!
ed support of the American Cot
ton Association and the South Car
olina Cooperative Marketing Asso
ciation; endorsed the "farm bloc*'
j in the United States Senate, and j
\ sanctioned the bill requiring the j
j census bureau to ascertain, at the j
end of each . cotton season, the
amount of "tenderable" and "un
I tenderable" cotton on hand in the
; world's supply.
The convention was held, in the
language of Dr. J. B. Johnson, of 1
Rock Hill, president of the State
j Division, "to foster and care for
jthe greatest asset South Carolina
I has?agriculture," and the varied
j business* interests ofthe state were
i invited to participate. Approxi
' mately 200 men and women from
I every section of the state > were
i present, and Dr. Johnson took occa
sion to criticize the small n?mber
: of farmers present in a gathering
j called for their particular benefit.
Governor Harvey, described b>
I President Johnson, as "the* man
I who has made good," delivered the
1 address of welcome. He said that
[the convention was gathered at a
time when the best- thought of the
state should be concerned with the
problems of the . "commonwealth.
i and each man; "in the parlance of
the times, should spit on his hands
land take a firmer grip on his'own
j affairs, particularly agriculture." It
is a time, he asserted, when forti
[ tude and optimism should prevail,
jand when pessimism's defeated
[ideas should be discarded.
Letters were read from President
I Warren G. Harding. Josephus Dan
iiels. of Raleigh, former Secretary
[of the Navy' and Russell R. Wfcit
> man, publisher of the New York
Commercial, tendering their regrets
[at their inability to accept invrta
jtions to attend: but- each of them
i voiced their ' full appreciation of
j the cooperative spirit, of the south
' era farmer and the hope that bet
ter agricultural times were "just j
around the coraer." A letter -of j
' commendation also was received j
J from W. B. Thompson, of New Or
leans.
Durmg the course of the convene \
tion a resolution offered by E: W.!
Dabbs, of Mayesville, thanking j
the president for his kind words,'
and 4las a test as to whether he
means them," requesting him to re
fuse to reappoint W. P. G. Hard
ing as governor of the regional re
serve board, but to appoint Comp
j troller of the Treasury Crissenger j
iin his stead/was adopted,
j President Johnson, in his speech'.!
'stressed the idea that the cotton
! of the future would be raised only
j by intelligent, practical methods of
culture. In his insistence on the
[cooperation of the cotton farmer in
jthe solution of his problems, he
j claimed that the most beneficent re
t suits obtained by the cotton-grow
? ing industry had been from the
? American Cotton Association, mak
jing the claim that, when the asso
ciation had advised the farmer to
j hold for a certain price that price ]
jhad always been reached.
? Under the caption, "Practical
'Methods of Boll Weevil Control." D.;
I R. Coker, of Hartsville: Prof. A. F. j
! Conradi. of Clemson College and j
[ A. E. Grant, of Richmond, Va.. told j
of the various methods now in i
vogue.
I Mr. Coker told of good resuhsi
i which had been obtained by a mix- ]
i ture of one pound of calcium ar- J
[senate with one gallon of molasses j
j and a like amount of water, put in j
jthe young buds before any bolls;
: are punctured. This is less expen- j
i sive than the method of dusting
I calcium a*c=enate. and can be in- i
j telligently applied by the -tenant j
j farmer as effectively as the man I
j trained in an agricultural college. I
[It would cost about 10 cents an1
; acre, and four acres could be work- 1
j ed in a' single day, he claimed. Pro- !
i fessor Conradi and Mr. Grant ad- j
j vocated the dusting method, as it i
i had been tested out and proved by
J experience.
J Senator Crpsson. of Batesburg, j
} stated that a neighbor of his in \
\ Lexington county had obtained
j good results by spraying his plants
j with gerosene.
; United States Senators E. D.;
i Smith and N. B. Dial were both on
j the program and made addresses, j
; Senator Smith recommended the
i adoption of the resolutions pre
pared by the executive committee j
of the association, and gave a vivid
picture of the stressful time during;
which the cotton farmer is living*
{ He said that he had been informed
j by the division of entomology, de- j
j partment of agriculture, that if the
(planting of all cotton would cease
j for twelve months that the boll
! weevil would be extinguished.
said that, in his opinion, this would
happen if the individual states
would prohibit planting of cotton
for a year, b.ut he was opposed to!
federal regulation: He gave praise
I to "that little body of faithful men
\ which I had the honor of organ
' izing around the table in my office
j (the farm bloc)" for its assist
i ance in defeating the duty on
! white lead, an ingredient sroirg into
Mhe make-up of calcium arsenate.
THE RIGHT TO
STRIKE MUST BE
SURRENDERED
Pennsylvania Railroad*
^Official Says That
Something Must Be
Done to Guarantee
Rights of Public
Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. IS (By the
Associated Press).-?Railroad labor
must surrender the right to strike
if the railway Situation is to. be"
stabilized and "the rights of the
people to uninterrupted transpor
tation service permanently sec'ar
ed." Elisha J. Lee, vice president,
of the Pennsylvania lines, declared
in an address tonight at the annual
banquet of the American Mining,
congress. - v
"I am not prepared to say, at the
present time," Mr. Lee said, 'that
we should go to the length of; ?hr
solutely forbidding -railroad strikes
by specific statutes. Kor would J
attempt otherwise to lay dowiTany
particular method by - which 'ac
ceptance of this basically correct
principle may be brought about. .
"Lam not only sure of one thing,
and that is that it must be accom
plished in- some way if the/rail
road labor situation is to be stabiliz-*
ed."
Mr. Lee described the Pennsyl
vania's system of labor relations
which brought it into, conflict with
the railroad labor board this year.
He also? quoted with approval, . a
recent statement of W. G. Lee, pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, saying that "this
whole business of railway labor got
too big for any one man or. few.
men to handle. It is loaded with
dynamite for the country ?s well as
for ourselves and the .executives."
' 'With these observations/'' Eli
sha Lee continued, *T heartily1
concur."
"Railroad management has the
social duty of effecting a' revival
among-working forces of the spirit
of -ambition, enterprise and social
progress; I wish we could return
to the condition which existed #n
the days When every man entering:
the ranks thought that he had a
chance^ to become president of hi*
company, and that he should work
for that job, if he vhad it in hinj
or at any rate for the best position
which his abilities could win.
"Xo greater harm has been done
than has resulted from the ejttnrt*
of some labor organizations^ and
their leaders iattempting to create
a permanent gulf between the
working classes and the managing
classes,* and in teaching the work
er that his hope lies not in im
proving himself as a producer, or
in fitting himself for more re*
sponsible duties, but in exacting the
highest pay he can possibly obtain
for the least work' he can compel
his employer to accept.'*- <
Mr. Lee declared one of the pub
he's rights was transportation at ?
reasonable cost, and that this en/V
tailed on the?part of railway man?:
agement resistance, against "exp*??
sive wage scales and unreasonsila
working conditions."
Excessive demands on the part of.
labor, Mr. Lee asserted, coostfctr--'
ted questions not between tabor
and capital, but between railway
labor and. the public. This does not
mean that railroad men should be,
dealt with ' parsimoniously.'* he.
continued. "They should be fair
ly paid, well paid. . Personally r^1
will go to the length of saying-that
I am fh favcr of railroad workers
being liberally paid. And the4wuri
of,.labor arid working conditions
should be compatible with proper
rest, recreation and the enjoymeht
of home life. It is only waste that
I am condemning.** _%
Governmental "paternalism" was
identified with socialism by Ira EL
Robinson, a former chief justice
in West Virginia and a member of
the War minerals relief commis
sion, who declared he saw an ..ap
palling drift in ? the direction of
both-in the United States.
Delegates . at the closing sessionk
passed a resolution declaring that
"laws should be made and ea-,
forced by all the power of .the
government that shall forever strip
labor organizations as well as em
ployers of the ability to interf*r%
with the production and distribu
tion of the necessities of life."
SHIPLOAD OF BOOZE
CAPTUBED
New York. Oct. 1*.?The prpkf^
bition navy speed boat Hahn feed
a shot across, the bows of the
schooner Emarld Dingby today,
eight miles off the entrance to -Ja
maica Bay and seized the vessel
with the motorboat Elsie, aboard
of both which the'agjgnts claimed
they found a thousand cases of
whiskey. *Fen men were arrested.
He claimed that when congress re
assembled an effort would b*e
made to establish a system of ag
ricultural banking, by which tl?
farmer could get not short-term
loans, but loans which would ter
minate on the option of tfie farmer
Senator Dia! gave hearty con
1 gratulation to the American Cotton
Association, the South Carolina co
operative marketing associations
and the American Products Import
and Export Corporation for. the
great work they are doing in be?
half of the farmer. He made a
very brief speech, in which he told
; of the benefits to be secured from
an adequate cotton futures act, ade
quately enforced.
J. S. Wannamaker. of St. Mat
thews, president of the America^
' Cotton Association, read a letter
; from John A. Todd of Oxford
University, England, in which he
predicted that if there is a life?
I consumption of cotton for the next
six months as during the like pat*
period, then the world would be
j out of iaw cotton before the har
! vesting of the 19*2$ crop.
