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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,
SUMTER ~
Jury in Federal Court
Returns Verdict
. Against Railroad
Men Who Attacked
Strike Breakers .
Columbia, Nov. 9.?"Guilty" was
the verdict brought in by the jury
in the United States district court
yesterday in the case of the gov
ernment against C. D. Wltherspoon,
J. P. JButler. Collie Hinson and
M. B. Hinson, who were charged
with contempt of court in that they
were alleged to have violated th8
order of the court that they -re
. frain from interfering in any way
with men who had accepted em
ployment on the Atlantic Coast J
line railroad in South Carolina.
The jury was out only about 20
-minutes. Judge Smith will pass sen- (
tence upon the convicted men to
morrow.
- The progress of the case against j
the four men was followed with in- j
tense interest by a crowd that filled
the court room to capacity, and the
testimony of the witnesses for the;
government and for the defense was
listened to closely. The judge's
charge, too, was heard; in a court
room that was very still.
The witnesses for the govern-j
ment, Jesse TimmonswR. O. Hair,|
R. D. Timmons and C. F. Griffin, j
told of agoing to work for the At- j
lantic Cost Line in Sumter last j
August, while the railway strike;
was-on, and of living in the shops,!
which were under guard, They toldj
of having visited a house some dis-;
tance away one afternoon, and of;
having' been followed by Wither- j
r spoon, striker, who, they said, dls-j
appeared after a time. - When they
were returning to their place of
employment, they say they were,
confronted by men and said they
returned to the house .they had left.
They said threats^ wej|e -uttered
against theim and one or more said
a gun had been -procured from
the house for their, protection.;
Other witnesses told of the* appear- j
ance of the strikers near the. house
where the strikers had gone for a
visit '
"The def endahta i placed -upon the"!
stand said they had-gone on strike
in July and based:,, their defense
strictly on an alibi, saying that they
had nothing to. do with, the attack;
on the strike brehkers, and did
not know who took part in it. One;
claimed to have been hauling wood
at the time threats were alleged to.
have been made; two others claim
ed to have been preparing to go
on a fishing trip and another,
Witherspoon, said -he walked down
the railroad track but denied hav
ing shadowed the strike, break
ers. Practically all Of the defend
ants said they had been on picket
duty during the railroad strike and
said their duties were to keep
watch on the" rolling stock of the
railroad and make note of deter-1
ioration and report on it at the
meetings of the local union which
were held daily.
Judge Smith, in his charge to
the jury, said that men had the;
right to quit %ork, or strike, that |
such a procedure was "lawful but
when men. he said, in the pursu
ance of their designs said that not j
only would they not work but that'
they would not allow others to
work, if they did that, "they cross
ed the line between law and law-!
lessness." The judge told of the
order issued by the court that men
refrain from interfering with or in-^
timidating other men who were in.
the efnploy of the railroad, said
that the order of the court had
been served on all the defendants,
and told of the necessity of the op-"
eration of the railroads so that
produce might be marketed, the
people cared for and mails deliver- -
ed.
In reference to the strike break
ers, who had been kept in the yards
at Sumter, where they ate and slept,
Judge Smith said "What a com
mentary upon conditions when' a
man who is exercising his legal
right to work has to do so under
armed guards."
'This is a serious case," the
judge said. "It is to determine
whether this country is to be run.
by the courts, the legislatures and
the machinery they have set up or
by unions." "The moment any
union?be it a union of lawyers, a
union of bankers, a union of agri
cultural laborers or a union of rail
way employees?undertakes to ad
minister the affairs of this coun
try it becomes a lawless mob."
After having said that the gov
ernment's witnesses aaid the de-,
fendants took part in the alleged
attack upon them and that the de-,
fendants denied having had any
thing to do with the attack, the
judge concluded his charge. The
jury returned with a verdict of
gulity in a few minutes.
Bandits Rob Bankers
Successful Hold-Up on Street
Of Kansas City
Kansas City, Nov. 11?Three ban
dits held up officials of the Central
State Bank here today, obtaining
two thousand dollars. The bankers
were in autos returning from an
other bank where they bad obtained
the money.
abllshed April, 1850.
1881._
COTTON
MARKETING
ASSOCIATION
: -
'?State Farm Cotton j
I Turned Over to Co-!
operative Associa-1
tion
Columbia, Nov. 10.?The board
of directors of the state peniten
j tiary decided Wednesday to de
j liver to the South Carolina Cotton
Growers' Cooperative Association
all of the state-farm's old cotton,
466 bales. Under the terms of the
Contract, signed by the State of
South Carolina, delivery of any
cotton grown prior to 1922 was op
tional, the same as with othe:"
members of the association.
At the meeting of the directors
of the penitentiary today, the mat
ter of delivering the 466 old bales
of cotton, which the board has
been holding over, to the associa
tion, was brought up and the board
voted unanimously to take ? this
step. The association was imme
diately notified.
The board has already turned!
over all cotton produced in 1922
to the association and the old cot
ton will be delivered tomorrow by
Col. A. K. Sanders, the superin
tendent.
At the 1922 session of the gen
eral assembly a joint resolution was
passed authorizing the superin
tendent of the penitentiary to sign
the cooperative marketing contract
of the association and subject ths
state to the provisions thereof.
Officials of the cooperative asso
ciation, state that much enthus
iasm., for the association prevails
in every section of the state and
credit, is being generally given the
cooperatives of. the belt for the
?steady advance in the price of cot
ton.' New contracts 'continue to
pour in from every (section of the
state, over 100 having been receiv
ed during'the-past week. Of these,
thirty-two came from Fairfieid
county alone?* Many growers, not
members of the association, who
sold thei r 1922 crop as soon as it
was ginned are now disgusted with
themselves, officials of the associa
tion say, and are signing the con
tract, to deliver all cotton grown
during the next five years through
the association/
: i? sionary Union
... , ' '
Annual Meeting in Columbia
Adjourns?Meeting in
: Florence Next Year
-;- ?
Columbia, Nov. 10.?The Wo
man's Missionary Union of the
Baptist-state convention of South'
Carolina adjourned sine die in Co-|
lumbia Thursday afternoon, after a j
three day convention. The 1923
gathering, it was decided, will be
held in Florence. Mrs. J. D.
Chapman, president, and all other
executive officers were re-elected,
with the exception of the corre
spnding secretary, Miss Von nie
Lance, Of Spartanburg being select
ed to succeed Mrs. Chapman, who
acted in- that capacity during the
last year.
Other officers of the union are:
Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, vice pres
ident: Mrs. C. B. Bobo, vice
president of the Northern division:
Mrs. E. W. Masters, vice president
of the Northwestern district; Mrs.
D; W. Alderman, vice president of
the Eastern division; Mrs. C. M.
Scott, vice president ' central di
vision; Mrs. T. T. Hyde, vice presi
'dent Southern division; Mrs. J. S.
Harris, vice president, Western
district; Miss Jessie King, treasur
er; Miss Bessie Major, recording
secretary; Mrs. Geo. E. Davis, Y.
W. A. and College correspondent:
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, superintendent
"Sunbeams;" Miss Azi'ie Wofford,
Royal ^tenbassadors; Mrs. T. B.
ClarksonT mission study; Miss An
nie Ulmer, auditor; Miss Wofford,
field Worker.
Miss Pauline White, of Brazil;
Miss Lora Clement, of China; and
Mrs. P. H. Anderson, also of China,
missionaries, were speakers for the
closing session of. the convention
yesterday afternoon.
VOTE BIG
BOND ISSUE
$500,000 to Be Expended by
Fairfieid County
Winnsboro. Nov. 9.?The $500.
000 bond issue for road improve
rnent for Fairfieid county is now
a certainty, the result of yesterday's
election being 4 to 1 in favor of
bonds.
After an active and vigorous
campaign waged for bonds for the
pa?<t several mnths the result is
considered "fratifying. This bond, j
issue means much to the people
of Fairfieid county it is believed, j
CLEMENCEAU
SAILED TODAY
'French War Premier Coming
to United States
Havre, Nov. 11?Former Premier
Clemenceau sailed today for the
United States on a self imposed mis
sion to further the entente between
France and Amrica.
"Be Just and Fear
REPUBLICANS
HAVE BARE
MAJORITY
Complete Unofficial
Returns Show Re
sult of Election?
Democrats Made
Tremendous Gains
Chicago, Nov. 9.?A continuation
of Republican control in congress,
but with a majority of 165 in the
house slashed to 15 and a senate
majority cut in two, was assured
tonight by practically complete but
unofficial reports from last Tues
days elections, ?
Close races and belated returns
left the exact majority in doubt
since election, but on the face of
tabulated returns tonight the 68th
house of representatives will be
composed of 225 Republicans, 207
Democrats, one Socialist. one
Farmer-Labor and one Independent
In thef senatorial contest, late
returns which indicated the elec
tion of Lynn X Frazier, recalled
Non-Partisan league governor in
North Dakota, and the victory of
Clarence C. Dill, Democrat, in
Wahington, did not change the gen
eral complexion of the upper
house. ?
These returns forecast that the
next senate would have 53 Repub
licans, a loss of seven, 42 Demo
crats and one Farmer-Labor sena
tor from Minnesota.
In the Washington senatorial
race, returns from 2,304 precincts
out of the 2,446 in the state, gave
Dill 127,597 and Miles Poindexter,
Republican incumbent, 123,417.
The victory of Frazier, Republi
can, fn North Dakota, was conceded
late today by T. G. Nelson, state
secretary of the Independent Vot
ers' association, supporting J. F. T.
O'Connor, Democrat, Frazier's op
ponent.
Retention of Republican majori
ties in both the senate and the
house was declared to be "very
gratifying" in a statement issued
by John T. Adams, chairman of the
Republican national committee.
- Mr, Adams . attributed the out
come of the election to unrest fol
lowing the world war, an unusual
prominence of local issues over
national issues, the use of "fake'is
sues" to befog the general situation
and the tendency of people to vote
for a change in off years.
"Discontent looking for a sacri
fice" was the way Gov. H. J.
Allen of Kansas analyzed the elec
tion results.
Complexion of Congess.
Next house: Kepublicans. 225;
Democrats 207; Socialist, 1; Farm
er-Labor, 1; Independent, 1.
Present house: Total member
ship, 435. Present membership:
Republicans, 296; Democrats, 130;
Socialist, 1; vacancies, 8. Of these
eight vacancies three were filled at
Tuesday's election for unexpired
terms ending March 3, 1923, as fol
lows: Illinois, at large. First and
Eighth Nebraska districts. The re
maining five vacancies were not
filled at this election for the Sixty
seventh congress. I
Next senate: Republicans, 53;
Democrats, 42; Farmer-Labor, 1.
Present senate: Total member
ship. 96. Present membership: Re
publicans, 59; Democrats, 36; Re
publican and Progressive, 1.
Line Up of Congress
Washington, Nov. 10.?On the
face of practically complete un
official returns of Tuesday's elec
tions the lineup of the sixty-third
congress will be:
House?Republicans 225; Dem
ocrats, 207; Socialists, Independ
ents and Farmer-Labor one each.
Senate?Republican, 53; Demo
crats, 42; Farmer-Labor, 1.
FEDERAL LAND
BANK LOANS
Columbia Branch, Operating
in Four States, Has $43,
395,926 Loaned to the
Farmers
Columbia. Nov. 10.?The Fed
eral Land Bank, of Columbia, op
erating in four states, the Carolinas
Georgia and Florida, has $43,395.
926 as net loans in force as of Oc
tober 1, according to a statement
issued by the bank and made pub
lic here today. The amount loan
ed by the bank In South Carolina
totals $13.389,705; the amount
loaned in North Carolina. $12,450,
S10: the amount in Georgia, $13,
508,21, and the amount in Flor
ida. $4,626,460. These amounts
represent 19,000 loans made to
farmers through 516 national farm
loan associations, and through pur
chase of the assets of two joint
stock land banks.
The capital stock of the federal
bank is $2.621,210, paid up. The
surplus and undivided profits total
$392,600, and the dividends paid,
according to D. A. Houston, the
president, total $111,219.65.
Shanghai, Nov. 11.?Two Amer
ican missionaries not yet identi
fied are ;unong the foreign captives
of bandits in Honan Province, ac
cording to word received today
from Madame Soderstorm of the
Lutheran mission, who has been re
leased by the brigands.
Not?Let all the ends Thon Ahnst i
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Sumter, S. C. #e<ines
LITTLE NEWS !
COMES FROM |
! FAR EAST
i
! - !
.Telegraphic Commun-j
ication With Con
stantinople Remains
Interrupted. Lon
don Ignorant of De
velopments j
London, Nov. 10 (By the Asso- I
ciated Press) .?Telepgraphic com-!
munioatton between London and j
i Constantinople continues inter-j
rupted. The only news coming in ;
is reaching London slowly and j
through devious routes.
j Dispatches dated Wednesday, re- j
jeeived by the foreign and war offices
today by naval wireless, indicated '
jthat the allied commissioners}
Ithen still were waiting a definite I
reply from the Angora government]
to their demand that the Turks j
recede from their attitude, which'
the allies regard as out of accord j
with the Mudros and Mudaniai
conventions. The dispatches show- j
ed that the allied representatives
also had. lodged a strong protest!
with Rafet Pasha, the Nationalist j
governor, against the execution of j
I Ali Kemal Bey, editor of Sabah, >
jan anti-Nationalist organ.
! - That the situation continues t
strained is shown by the fact that
the Earl of Derby, secretary for
war, was compelled to cancel a
political engagement he had in {he
North tonight. He explained that!
things were in such shape as to
make his presence at the war office
absolutely imperative.
Pour parlers are continuing be
tween the allies regarding the date!
for the Lausanne conference, on!
j Near Eastern affairs, which was
originally fixed for next week. It is!
'still believed here a postponement
[will be taken until Noember 20.
; Danger Draws Frafcce to England.
j Paris, Nov. 10 (By the Associat
ed Press).?The success of the. al
! lied powers in obtaining an ?rmfs
itice for the Greeks is far from be
j ing decisive. Premier Poincare told
j the chamber of deputies today,
j The Turkish Nationalists are no
? longer in the state of mind in which
J.they were when they signed the i
! Franco-Turkish agreement, he said, |
: and the recent incidents showed
jthat full accord between France
and Great Britain was more neces
sary than ever.
Poincare paid tribute to Lord j
Curzon, the British foreign secre- j
tary. for the effective part he ttlay- I
ed in preventing graver develop-1
ments, and said his loyalty and high
j minded views of the situation j
j weighed heavily in the bahjiice of
j peace. The Mudania peace corifer
j ence, however, was not a personal
I success, and not a French success
j?it was a common success^ which
i was far from being decisive.
In explaining the withdrawal of
the French troops from Chan?k at
the time the British declared their j
determination to hold the town in
the face of the Turkish advance to- j
ward the Dardanelles, the premier
declared it was an error to interpret
the French action as an abandon
ment of her allies.
- Lord Curzon, he added, thought,
as did the Freich government thati
a show of military force would be
insufficient to stop the Turks, and
that the position could not be de
| fended.
Poincare said that he was very
happy to find that Lord Curzon
would remain at the head of for
eign office in the new British cab
inet and that the latter would be
presided over by another friend of
France in Bonar Law.
ANXIETY OVER
NEAR EAST
London Newspapers Agree
That Situation is Serious,
But Have No News
London. Nov. 11.?The situation
in Constantinople where the Turks j
want the allies to get out and the
allies are determined to sit tight,
is still very critical, all morning
papers agree, but none carries defi
nite news to justify that view.
Even the government is declared
in some quarters to be largely in
the dark, owing- to the difficulty of
communicating with the Near East j
due to the cutting of the cable re- I
j cently.
j Will Aid Livestock j
?Government to Stimulate Use!
of Meat
Washington, Nov. 10?The gov
ernment has decided to come to the
laid of the livestock industry and do
; whatever it can to stimulate the use i
I of meat. A decrease of more than!
j 2"> pounds per person in the amount
of meat eaten a year in the United
; States is shown by latest statistics.
} "Many persons still hold to the;
j belief, which was largely the out- J
i growth of unfair and misguided j
propaganda that meat is not heal-i
thy. Medical science has proven,
j over and over that a large number
of ills once charged to meat eating i
are due t.> the infeeton of teeth,
tonsils and other organs," the De- j
p?rtment of Agriculture said today.!
So many ministers are being shot
there should be a law against it.
at be thy Country's, Thy God's and
;day, November 15,1922
EXTRASESSION
OF CONGRESS
_CALLED
Republicans Will
Make Desperate Ef
fort to Put Party
Measures Through
Congress Before
: March 4th
Washington, Nov. 9? Congress
was called by President Harding
tonight to meet in extra session
November 20, exactly two weeks in
advance of the regular session.
The call set forth as is usual in
the form of a proclamation declar
ed the extra session was made
necessary by public interests. The
text of the proclamation follows:
"Whereas, public interests re
quire that the congress of the Unit
ed States should be convened in ex
tra session at 12 o'clock noon* on
the 20th day of November, 1922,
to receive such communications as
may be made by the executive,
/'Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
Harding, president of the United
States of America, do hereby pro
claim and declare that an extra
ordinary "occasion require the con
gress of the United States to con
vene in- extra session at the cap
itoi in the city of Washington on
the 20thr day of November, 1922,
and 12 o'clock noon, of which all
persons who shall at that time be
entitled to act as members "thereof
are hereby required to take no
tice.
"In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af
fixed. ?
"Done at the city of Washington,
this ninth day of November, in the
year of our Lord, 1922, and of the
Independence of the United States,
the 147th.
Warren G. Harding."
Announcement that the call
would be issued either today or to
morrow had been made early this
week from the White House and
prior to that statements made by
congressional leaders after confer
ences with the president indicated
that the executive had practically
made. up. his mind..to convene; con
gress in special session, although
the call would not be sent out until
after the election.
The call of the special session
two weeks in advance of the regu
lar meeting has been approved
generally by Republican leaders in
congress, who have felt that by get
ting an earlier start on legislation
than; would be afforded by the
regular session practically all im
portant bills including the apro
priation measures could be dispos
ed of by next March 4 when the
Sixty-seventh congress must ad
journ sine die. Leaders have
asserted that unless the spe
cial session were called it would be
necessary to have an extra session
after March 4 and work into the
summer months.
Although the nature of the pres
ident's recommendations to the
extra session when it convenes No
vember 20 have not been definite
ly outlined, the opinion of Repub
lican leaders has been that the
house will proceed directly to con
sideration of the merchant marine
bill. The president agreed to post
ponement of action on this meas
ure at the last session upon assur
ances of party leaders that it would
be taken without delay when con
gress reconvened.
While the house itself is working
on this bill its appropriations com
mittee divided into subcommittees
will work, on the supply measures,
which really provide the most im
portant task facing congress at the
regular session. The members of
the appropriations, committee have
been called by Chairman-Madden
to meet tomorrow to begin work
of providing the government with
appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1924, and budget
bureau estimates for most of the
departmnets are virtually complet
ed. Leaders hope to have four
or five appropriation bills ready for
the house by December 4, when the
regular session will begin.
The senate has several important
measures left over from the last
session, including the Dyer anti
lynchng bill, which has been pass
ed by the house, and it is prob
able that President Harding will
make some definite recommenda
tion at the outset of the session as
to the changes in the transporta
tion act. The senate also will re
ceive a number of nominations
soon after it convenes, including
the name of the successor to As
sociate Justice Day of the supreme
court, appointments to the more
than a score of federal judgeshifts
created by congress at the last ses
sion and many others.
Except in the case of vacancies
none of the new members of con
gress chosen at Tuesday's election
will take their seat until after next
March 4. Two new faces probably
will appear in the senate when it
meets November 20. Walter F.
George was elected Tuesday in
Georgia, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Watson,
and. if a recount in Delaware
confirms the unofficial returns
showing Thomas F. Bayard. Dem
ocrat, to have been elected over T.
Coleman DuPont, Republican, who
is serving out the unexpired term
of J. O. Wolcott, resigned, Mr.
Troth's."
ENGLISHMAN !
SLANDERS !
AMERICA
_ j
Weeks Issues Order.
That John Forteseue
Not Be Allowed to!
Address West Pointj
Cadets as Scheduled j
for Today
??? ;
Washington, Nov. 10.-^-Brig. Gen. j
Slayden, commander of the Military j
Academy at West Point, has been!
directed by Secretary Weeks to re- !
call an invitation, given to John!
Forteseue, president of the Royal
Historical Society, to address the
cadets on Armistice Day. A for-;
mal statement issued today by the
War Secretary, said the reason for,
his action was found in statements"
contained in a recent book written j
by Forteseue, entitled "British'
Statesmen of the Great War."
The secretary quoted this pas-.
sage: j
" 'Americans eteem a good bar
gain, even if gained by dishonorable.
means, to mark the highest form
of ability. The United States can'
not engage in any form of com
petition with us, from athletics to
diplomacy, without using foul
play. They must win, if not by
fair skill, then by pre-arranged
trickery or violence; if not by open j
negotiations then by garbled maps
and forged documents. VThere Is
the? fact. It may be unpleasant,
but it can not be denied.'" I
"An author entertaining these'
sentiments," Mr. Weeks said, "is
not considered to be a proper per-'
son to address the students of a'
government academy^.'
Mr. Forteseue Is understood to'
be visiting the United States for j
the purpose of delivering a series
of lectures. i
STATE TAX
COMMISSION
Work of Assessing Property
in South Carolina Completed \
Columbia, Nov. 10.?The state
tax commission has completed the
work of assessing property' in!.
South Carolina, and the results of
the years work are being tabulated
now. No indication of what th *
total assessed valuation of property,
in the state will be is available .is,
yet, according to members of thej
tax commission, who stated today
that while they cannot say what
the taxable property of the state
is worth oh" the tax books, it is
probable the total will be slightly!
lower than last year, due to the.
general deflation of values.
The commission yesterday began
hearings on Columbia protests
against assessments fixed by the j
local board of assessors,- on the;
basis of a recent survey of property j
in the capital, which was used by!
the local board as t^he basis of as-j
sessment values. In several cases
property holders alleged certain
differences between their figures
and those of the board, and their
petitions for adjustments are being j
considered this week.
Announcement is made by the J
tax commission that the returns!
from the state's gasoline tax for!
the year has so far reached about j
$900,000, and that for the entire}
year the proceeds of the tax are!
expected to reach a million dollars.!
Delinquent tax payments for!
1922 are being reported to thej
state tax commission now at the i
rate of about $2,000 a day.
Howard Manning
Struck by Train!
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1
Young Man of Dillon County j
Loses Life Near Latta in
Accident
Latta, Nov. 11.?Howard Man
ning, son of former State Senator
and Mrs. J. H. Manning of Latta
was killed this afternoon about
3:30 o'clock by a through freight
train just north of Latta. The
funeral services will be held at 11
o'clock Saturday morning at the
home and interment will be made
at Magnolia cemetery, Latta.
Cut Rates Refused
Interstate Commerce Commis*
sion Denies Request of
Railroads
Washington, Nov. 11?Applica
tions of transcontinental railroads
for authority to decrease rates to
and from Pacific coast terminals on
traffic originating east of the Rock- i
ies or destined there, were denied
by the Interstate Commerce Com-;
msision.
Bayard will take his seat when the |
special session is convened.
Two women will sit in the house
at the same time for the first time
when that body meets November
20. Miss Alice Robertson of Okla
homa is a member of the present
congress and Mrs. Winnifred M.
Huck was elected in Tuesday's elec
tion as a representtive at large from
Illinois to fill the seat in the Sixty
seventh congress left vacant by the
death of her father. Representa
tive William Mason.
jrraiu
THE TRUE 80?
FRANCE -*
WEARY OF
WAITING
Premier Poincare
Tells Senate That
France Will Act
Alone Against Ger
many If Brussels'
Conference Fails to
Give Satisfaction
Paris, Nov. S (By the Associat
ed Press).?Premier Poincare told
the senate this evening that the
French goernment had decided to
act alone with respect to Germany
if the Brussels conference failed to
give France satisfaction. He ex
presred the opinion that no gener
al settlement of the reparation's
problems was possible unless the
ouestion of interallied debts was
rolved at the same time.
"France is not imperialistic." he
declared. "I can say that she is
the least imperialistic ot the na
tions, but she has rights to defend. ,
We do not contemplate any per
sonal action before the Brussels
conference, but if we do not ob
tain satisfaction there is nothing in
the world that can prevent us
from acting alone in the fullness of
our rights."
"There is not one Frenchman
who 1 doubts the solidarity o
France, and no foreigner has the
right to doubt it," Premier Poin
care declared.
The premier rejected the idea of
establishing a customs barrier
along the Rhine for the benefit of
the allies on the ground that it
would result simply in turning
traffic in other, directions. A
The question; of resorting, to com
pulsion agains/t Germany to. force
her to execute her obligations will
be taken up at the Brussels con
ference, he said. ? _
The premier was replying .to
Senator Hubert, who-asserted...thav
occupation of at least . part, of the j
Ruhr district was* indispensable ta
bring the heads of German Hindus-,
try to a reasonable aititude on the
execution of the Versailles-.treajty
and the payment of German rep
arations:
? ~ M". ^Pomcare agreed that* ener
getic action was necessary,1 -but
avoided the questioh'of occupying
the/ Ruhr. He recalled that he was
ready last August to present ? gen
eral plan for the payment of rep
arations and interallied debts, but
the British cabinet issued a note
in which the debt to Great Britain
was linked with the British debt
to the United States. At the same
time, continued M. Poincare, Mr.
Lloyd George declared solemnly
that it was necessary to accord
a moratorium to Germany with
out charging her default against
her..
"I remarked at the time," said
M. Poincare, "that a moratorium
was a purely negative measure;
that it could not contribute to
uplifting the Reisch or the world.1
I proposed that before granting a
moratorium the allies take as
pledges 60 per cent of the dye in
dustries and aviation and estab
lish customs houses on the Rhine,
but I met with opposition, par
ticularly of Belgium."
The Allies Buck Up
Against Turks
Constantinople, Nov. 10.?The
allied high commissioners this af
ternoon handed a note to the An
gora government representative
here demanding the repeal cf all
measures relating to customs, pub
lic debt, sanitary and other ser-}
vices which conflict with the stip- }
ulations of the Mudros armistice!
of 1?1S.
London, Nov. 10.?If any mes
sages on the Turkish situation
have been received from Constan
tinople up to noon in official quar
ters, no British official was will
ing to admit the fact to the press.
Dne>government official went so far,
however, as to say that the situation
was "ominous," and nothing had
been received indicating that con
ditions are any better.
Constantinople. Nov. 10.?Ismet
Pasha, the Turkish nationalist for
?ign minister, who left this after
noon for Lausanne 'to attend the
peace conference scheduled to be
gan there Monday stated to the As
sociated Press representative that
lie was sincerely anxious for peace
5,nd was confident of achieving it if
:he allies adopted a reasonable at
itude.
Coal Exports Larger
Quickly Recover After Decline
During Strike
Washington. Xov. 10?Exports of
joal from the United States, which
ieclined rapidly during the strike,
ire quickly recovered according to
<n analysis issued today by the
Commerce Department.
Shipments of bituminous coal in
September, aggregated 1,112,000
ons. in August and 366,000 tons in
July, while anthracite exports for
the month were 285,000 tons as
against 29.000 tons in August and
17.000 tons in Juiy.
National Women's Party is de-1
manding equal fights for women. ?
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LIEUTENANTS
CAPTO "
Two Prominent Irish
Republican Leaders
Arrested at Wick
low?De Valera Es
capes i
Belfast, Nov. 10.?A . message
from Wicklow says that Erskine
Childers, one of Be Valera's lead
ing lieutenants and another-prom
inent Republican were captured
there early today. It is reported
that De Valera also was in the
house ; where the captures were
effected but he escaped arrest.
GUERILLA
WARFARE
IN DUBLIN
Dublin, Nov. 30.?Heavy firing
crackled in various parts of the
city during-the night when irregu
lars renewed their attack upon the
Wellington military barracks and
fired on the Porto Bello barracks.
Machine guns were used. ? T_yK?
civilians were found dead this
morning on a suburban road and
two soldiers lay-wounded in the
center of the city.
EXTRA SESSION
SCORED BY HULL
Declares Harding is Flaunting
Public by Action
Washington* Nov. 10. ? Presi
dent Harding* by caling a special
session.'Of pohgress' "for the pass
ing of thej8hip" subsidy. bill, luv*
shown; that he. has not profited by
the lesson^ of Tuesday's great Den\
ocr?ticT victory/* Cordelt HtruV
chairman of-the'national Demo?
cratfc- commiUeja, declared tohigbv
in a. formal statement.; ' Mr Holt
said that theI president' *presumabi
jyacted on the advice' of men Bke
Da?gherty and Lasker "and hadjfe^
cided to-daunt' public sentiment
by asking, a repudiated Congress
to", sanction .r-repudiated measures
? Th^^l^Jmfitlon. Mr. - Hun
cofttinued, -should "preserve the
splint of parliamentary govern^
meni" i>y .asking adoption of a
legislative'prpi^tm, which :he said,
should 'Ihelud^^efeat of the mer
chant marine legislation repeal of
the 'Fordhey^MpCumber tariff hUL
increases of'the farm loan ticlitk'
from^S.ee^.oft^ to $ioo,ooo,<hw
and tie unseating- of Senator New
berry^.
Sh?oti?^alffair
ih Greenville
Man Looks For Wife and Ar
guments Lead tO ShotS;
GreenviUe, Nov. 10.?W. M. Wat
son; well-known farmer of the
Unity seb??n, near SirapsonvHle,
received four flesh wounds and
Plumer Rfd&e. of Greenville, was
3hot about the face and is believed
to have been badly injured in a
shooting affray that took place this
afternoon in the Watson home.
Riddlfc left immediately after th?
shooting in a car that waited out
side : the Watson and his where
abouts were not known here to
night
>' Riddle i? said to have <?one to
the Watson home in search of his
wife who was visiting her father,
? Mr. >fcietel!a, on the Watson
farm. Not finding his wife at his.
fatherjjln-tew's, 'he went to. the
Watson home and finding his wife
there, is said. to. have started an
argument which Watson attempt
ed to end by ordering Riddle away.
Riddle then drew his pistol and*
emptied it at short range In the
directioii of Watson, according , to.
information given a stafT corre
spondent of the Greenville News
who visited, the scene tonight.
Though, wounded, Watson seized a
revolver and' fired at Riddle, but
none of the bullets took effect*
and he then secured a shotgun and
fired once, the load taking effect in
Riddle's face. The latter then re
treated. The shooting affair took
place iiv the presence of Mr. Wat
son's aged*1 father and his wife,
other members of the Watson
family aild Riddle's wife.
e??c?tTon^
conference
comes to close
Columbia, Nov. 11?An education
conference, called by Governor
Harvey, to plan for education week,,
December 3-9, came to a close here
this noon. It .was attended by about *,
a hundred prominent South Caro
linians. Resolutions memorializing
the legislature to give the schools
of the state full support were
adopted. A committee to handle
the program for legislative educa
tion was ^appointed: J. R. West
moreland. D. L. Lewis, P. W. Be
thea Miss Mattie Thomas and Miss
Will Lou Gray. Each county is to
be organized with a committee com
posed of the county superintendent,
the city school superintendent in
the county, seat, one prominent citi
zen,, a representative of the Amer- *
ican Legion and member of a wo
mari'r organization.
