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WILL BE PLACED BEFORE THE WORLD AT PLENARY SESSION 1 \ OF ARMS CONFERENCE WED- t NESDAY?LONG SESSION OV- v ER SHANTUNG QUESTION. s \ 1 Washington, Jan. 31.?The text of I the five power naval treaty, to carry t into effect the capital ship settlement I the limitations placed on auxiliary v warcraft, and the "status quo" agree- p ment regarding Pacific fortifications, was put into final form today and 1: will be placed before the world at a f plenary session of the arms confer- t j ence on Wednesday. c Final agreement on the fortifica- ? tions article, for weeks the only pro- c vfoion of the treaty remaining incom- e plete, came after Japan had suggest ed and other powers had agreed that t the American Aleutian- islands, which c are a part of Alaska, should be in- e eluded in the area in which no furth- " ?r fortifications or naval bases are e to be erected. t As accepted the provision pledges t the powers to maintain in their pres- e ent status the fortification of the Phil c ippines, Guam, the Aleutian islands c and various smaller Pacific posses- c sions of the United States, Formosa <3 -and other Japanese islands stretching } to the north and south from the prin- j cipal Japanese group, and the. Brit- j ish port' of Hongkong, together with a number of British islands lying1 to t the southeast. The Japanese main- ^ land, Japanese Sakhalin, Brit eh r Singapore and the Hawaiians do not t fall under the prohibition. t . Although at first regarded by the t American delegation as a part of the t American mainland for all the pur- s poses of the treaty the Aleutian s group is said in American naval cir- I cles tonight to have little strategic c value in any of the naval plans of the i general board. The Japanese on the c other hand are understood to have t taken the position that the archipel ago, stretching out from the Alaskaif \ mainland toward Siberia, might be- t come a potential factor in the Far I Eastern situation if it became the c site of an American naval base. s Among the Japanese islands listed 1 as falling within the """status quo" | x significance is attached in naval i circles to Formosa and the various island chains which stretch away to I the southward from the main Jap anese group. It would be in these waters, in the opinion of many naval ( experts, that the most potential Jap anese naval bases could be develop ed. The belief that Japan might in the future desire to build a great naval establishment on Formosa and c might also fortify the Loochoo and j other groups in order to bottle up the C Yellow sea and the Sea of Japan has i long been prevalent among naval au- c thorit'es. 1 In the same way Japanese naval ( opinion has held that America would possess a powerful foothold in the Far East if a naval base were erected on the American island of Guam, now excluded from further fortification along with the Formosa and the Pescadores. NAME CANNON MAYOR Westminster, Jan 30?The may or's election came off quietly at Westminster today, F W Cannon being reelected his fourth term over J H Stoneeypher and T D Mairett. The vote was as follows: F W Cannon, 119; J H Stonecyph er, 107; T D Mairett, 14. tumraioijiuii mc.c.u The Abbeville County Highway commission will meet Saturday in the court house, at which time the con tract will be let for the construction of the Calhoun Falls road. Military honors and deconrt.ons are held by more men in France .han in any other Country. bin made in warehouse: Washington, Jan. 31.?Intoxicatin iquors stored in government bonde varehouses can not be withdrawn b lie owners for their own personi ise, the supreme court today held i i decision delivered by Justice M< Senna, and dissented to by Justic klcReynolds. Such liquor can only h ransported from the bonded war< louse Justice McKenna stated, to irVinlocalo /Jmowsf. fnr ?nlp to him fc urposes not prohibited. The court in a previous decisio iad held that owners could withdra1 rom private warehouse liquor fc heir own consumption or for the us >f their family or their bona fid quests. Today's rulings marks wid listinction between private and bone id warehouses. Justice Mc&enna on this point sai hat "mere ownership was not th squivalent" to possession and declai id that under the Volstead lav 'there must be ownership, and pos: ission in one's private dwelling, an hat character can not be assigned t he bonded warehouses of the goverr nent." The cases before the coui lid not, he said, have the effect c teprivlng those who held warehous ertificates of their property withoi lue process of law nor did it amoun te added, to the taking of privat iroperty for public purposes withoi ust compensation. Referring to the contention ths he prohibition amendment and th /olstead act if applied to liqou nanufactured and lawfully acquire >efore the amendment and the la* >ecame effective would be vo-d, s aking from property its essential a' rib'utes of the right to use it, poi ;ess it and enjoy it. Justice McKenn itated that the court was ''not dii )osed to trace the elements of th :ontentions minutely, as they wei ill answered by the former decisio >f the court in the national prohib ion cases." Referring to that part of the la" vhich permits one to use lawfully ol ained liquor in his home, Justice M< Cenna asserted this right can not b :onstrued to. extend "to liquors nc o situated or to put it more pointec y an intention to make all bonde warehouses of the country outbuilt ugs of its dwellings^' f i JIRTH RATE FOR STATE SECOND IN COUNTR )nly North Carolina Excels Sout Carolina in Percentage of Babies. Death Rate Low. Columbia, Jan. 31.?When :omes to the baby crop of 1921, th 'ear of financial depress:on, Sout Carolina is second to only one stat n the union, according to the re< irds ill the bureau ot vital statistic: ["he -one state that outpoisted Sout ^arol'na in the matter of births i L921 was North Carolina. In 192 he total number of births in thi tate was 49,342, which is at the rat >f 29 bab es per 1,000 populatiox rhis was next to the highest rate i he registration area in the Unite States, according to health officials. Not only was the birth rate higl lut the death rate was low?the lov ist South Carolina has mainta'ne ince she was admitted to the regis ration area. The total number o leaths in the state in 1921 was 20 62, wh:ch was at the rate of 11. ieople per 1,000 populat'on. Thes igures were taken from the record f the bureau of vit^l statistics o he state board of health. South Carolina was admitted to th egistration area not very long age 'he admission means that nations ealth officials recognize the statistic urnished as approximately accurate nd recognition was awarded afte n investigation had shown that th gures and records kept at the offic rere accurate and reliable. The bu eau of vital statistics has registered nd indexed the 49,342 births, ac ording to the state health officer. V - " v*' ' - ;' *' . ' * - -?' \ . " ' - ' OvV;-' * ERVICE E! THAWING TEMPERATURE EX PECTED TO CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON AND VICJNI ITY OF - CAPITAL?MUC|H| SNOW MELTING Washington, Jan 3C^?Brigfat sunshine and thawing temperature rli/1 mn/?Vi fnHav tn r?atr?ro n/tmnl I conditions in Washington and the Middle Atlantic section buried un der Saturday's severe snow storm. Forecasts of the weather bureau were ior a continuation of the fa vorable temperatures and it was generally believed that tomorrow night would see a complete ire sumption of the activities suspend ed in many cases since the storm began Friday night." The brightt sunsihine. in Washington although helpful in removing the snow seem ed to contrast strangely with the deep gloom of spirit hanging over the city a3 the result of the Knitakeifbocker theater disaster. All danger of a.food shortage in the capital passed away during the day as train services was resumed. Normal schedules were resumed by trains on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio at noon and the railroads entering the city from the south reported complete ser vice. Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line and 'Southern railways asserted first reports of delays were exaggerated. Street car service here was not so quickly resumed. While many lines were opened up today the twtf traction companions serving the city stated that it would be late to morrow before some of their cars stranded since Friday night in out lying and suburban sections could be released and the lines, cleared for traffic. Alarmed by the theater catastro phe apartment house and business office owners continued to give much attention to clearing roofs of snow and nearly every hour brought rumors of the collapse of some large building. All these rumors, however, proved false. iDoa: cess was tive chui $25 hi am of 1 by own odic . The Rev. John R. Cunnngham, D of Grenada, Miss., has declined {at-e the call to the pastorate of the Afbbeville Presibyteria church, ac cording to a letter received today by J. C. Thomson. The call was ex tended some weeks ago and since that time the Rev. Mr. Cunning ham has visitfed Abbeville, making a most, favorable impression. ' The news tfesfr he would not come was received with general regret. The Mississippi minister gave several reasons for declining the call, chief of which was the work where he is now located, con sisting of his cfhurch and a mission whic /igt tor fatt !:he his umb the .vhe D iegi Car< bein rece offe] church only recently ^rganized^ Mr. Cunningham say9 that he feels it his duty to continue at his pres ent plaee. Saying that he can nev er forget the Abbeville people he closes with the declaration - that should he allow his personal pre sence to rule he would reconsid er his decision. facu ng * Saw Way To Liberty Greenwood, Jan. 31.?Howard Bridges and another prisoner named Walker, both white men lodged in the city jail here for safekeeping overnight by Sheriff Beason, of Ruth erford, N. C., sawed their way to liberty early today. The men were arrested at Monticello, Ga., on a charge of robbery near Rutherford ton. , Ji Was the naip< ente will test, luck CI Mrs. rrin< 80 p diers terdi '' ... > - ' V . *L\ A 11 PASSES ; OFFICES BILL ^VISION RESTRICTING EX 'ERIMENT TO SHERMAN ELIMINATED BEFORE PAS (AGE OF MEASURE?C)AMPS LOT LIMITED Washington, Jan 30?The inde? dent offices appropriation bill Ting a total of $494,304,238, t of which is for use by the vet i's bureau, was passed today by house and sent to the senate, the bureau the, bill appropriat $377,474,622 and the only tige in this feature was the lina/tion of a provision which ild have limited the number of ips at which training schools ht be established to Camp rman, Ohio. ome of the items making up the 0,000,000 appropriation for the ping board came in for sharp ick, the house defeating, .171 to , Democratic motion to recom the bill for the purpose of re cting the board's advertising enditures to $500,000. In addi i to $900,000* carried for ad tisingj tflie board has available 0,000; thus giving it $1,700,000 advertisimg. 'he (motion to recommit, offered Representative Byrnes (Demo ;) of South Carolina, a member the appropriations committee lid have eliminated also a sec providing for $50,000,000 .for ment of claims. m amendment by Representa Byrns, Democrat, of Tennea-, directing that not more than' officers or employees oiL the rd should receive a salary in ex i of $11,000, was adopted, as an amendment by Representa Walsh, Republican, of Massa setts, limiting such salaries to ,uuu. [r Walsh also got through an mdment stipulating that no part ;he appropriation should be used the board for publication of its t newspapers, bulletins or peri :als of any kind. tint FROM VIRGINIA r. James S. Moffatt, Jr., Associ Profess'or of English at Wash on and Lee University, was a vis in Abbeville yesterday. Dr. Mof was called to South Carolina by illness and subsequent death of father, Di\ J. S. Moffatt, of Col la. He will be with members of family until the end of the week n he returns to- his work. r. Moffatt received his Ph. D. ee from the University of North )lina some two years ago. After g at that place for a year after iving his degree Dr. Moffatt was :ed work at Washington and Lee :h he accepted. He is popular with lfw on/1 efnrlfln+c fllAro QTlH 1Q HA a fine work. OFF FOR EXAMINATION ick Bradley left Tuesday for ihington where he will stand physical examination for .An >li8. If he can pass this (he will i preparatory school where he make ready for the mental Every one wishes Jack good 1 Dies At Age of 101 larlottetown, P. E. I., Jpn. 31? William Gibson, of Mashfield, i ce Edward Island, who knitted 1 air of socks for Canadian sol- J i during the great war, died yes- i ty at the age of 101 years. < .. : ' - ; IN THIS STATE The department of commerce, ] through the bureau of the census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1921 and 1920. The total for the state was made public at 10 a. m., Monday, January 23. County 1921 1920 The State . 775,393 1,606,35$ Abbeville 17,067 31,931 Aiken ... 13,936 42,979 Allendale 4,548 13,388 lilt Anderson , 63,050 Bamberg 4,006 Barnwell 7,905 Berkeley __ 1,090 Calhoun __ __ __ 5,-374. Cherokee 14,996 Chester 26,486 Chesterfield 24,682 Clarendon __ _w. 8,282 Colleton 2,043 Darlington __ 22,746 Dillon 34,586 Dorchester 1,688 Edgefield 7,607 Fairfield 10,341 Florence 21,694 Georgetown X- _ 470 Greenville 43,468 Greenwood __ 14,080 Hampton 3,041 Horry __ 3,965 Kershaw 12,810 Lancaster 16,360 Laurens 35,752 Lee __ __ ? __ 19,561 -Lexington 9,286 McCormick 4,381 Marion 1<S,002_ 21,394 Marlboro -- __ ? 50,558 60,537 Newberry .. 19,112 44,585 Oconee __ 21,799 21,774 Orangeburg __ __ 18,513 . 92,940 Pickens __ __ 22,460 19,056 Richland 8,435 36,119 Saluda ? 9,531 29,829 Spartanburg __ __ 71,349 80,368 Sumter 18,582 - 58,386 Union 17,298 24,039 Williamsburg _ 7,501 33,128 York 41,482 41,790 All other 1,470 2,199 ARGUMENTS HEARD BY NEVADA COURT Attorney* Speak on Motion To Have ' Mary Picltford's Divorce Annulled. Carson, Nev., Jan. 31.?The Neva da supreme .court, after hear ng oral arguments today on a motion of At torney General Fowler to have the divorce obtained by Miss Mary Pick ford at Minden March 2, 1920, an J j. uuucu, tuun. uie cube unuei auvise ment. The court had three months in which to make a decision unless the case is resubmitted before that time. Fowler contended that the divorce of Miss Pickford from Owen D. Moore, another motion picture actor was obtained by fraud, since he said she deliberately swore she had no other residence than Genoa, Nev., al though both she and her husband were bona fide residents of Los An geles. , J Gavin McNab, attorney for Miss . jriciciora, asserted tnat tne attorney j general's act was "gratuitous and meddlesome action and interference by a stranger without warrant in law and against public policy." He * declared the divorce decree was ir revocably final since ne ther party had appealed. \ H. A. McCarran, former chief jus tice of the Nevada supreme court, g followed McNab, saying there was no aggrieved party in the case and ^ therefore no foundation for the V suit. Federal Prohibition Agent Washington, Jan. 31.?Appoint ment of Robert T. Thome, of Green ville, S. C., as a federal prohibition c igent for South Carolina was an- t lounced by Commissioner Haynes to- i lay. 1 DECISION TERMINATES BOUN DARY DISPUTE?SOUTH CAR OLINA LOSES ONLY ONE CON. TENTION BEFORE SUPREME V? COURT OF UNITED STATES. Washington, Jan. SI .-^Associate *< Justice Clarke of the United States supreme court handed down an opin ion today in the South Carolina Georgia boundary case, the opinion . sustaining Georgia's contention. The" justice in his decision specified: "(1) Where there are no islands- I In the boundary rivers, the location of the line hetween the two states is i on the water midway betweeir^ tbr j main banks of the river: When the water is at ah ordinary stage. j "(2) Where there are island^, the line is mfdway between tie inland bank and the South - Carolina I when the water is at ordinary stager " (3) That lands in th$ Chattanoo ga river are reserved to Georgia as completely as are those in the Savan nah or Tugaloo rivers." In the decision it. is provided.. Jhat counsel,in the case may present a decree ihside of 30 days to carry out * the decision. A commission to locate the line may be appointed if desired. The cost of. the action in the but . preme court will be equally divided between South Carolina and Georgia. _ A detailed historical sketch of the '' case was made by Justice Clarke, who quoted from. authorities on bdth sides as farback as the Beaufort con- .;*-' v'ention of 1778. In sifMifilng up the ,. .: justice said the niferits of the contr'o- i versy were limited to the nation of the questions: "(1) Whether the boundary line shall be located midway between the banks of each river where there are no islands, or at Jow water mark on 'ho fJenronn ahtvrp? ^2^ Wh?t)lAr the' determi-, ^ . ihe Georgia shore; (2) Whether the" 1 a; - t AT. - t J 1! Pvs lucauun ui uil* uuunuary jine wnere there are islands in the rivers, is in \f:; the middle of the stream running ber tween any island and the. South Car olina shore, or at low water mark on the southern or island shore of Such stream; and (3) Whether any island there may be in the Chattanooga riv er is'within the territorial jurisdic tion of Georgia." In his opinion Justice Clarke com mented: "The taxation of dams'" and hydro-electric plants, already ^ con-f structed and hereafter - to be con- - ;tructed, in the boundary rivers ren ders the decision of the question in volved of importance to^the two states." ; JAMES E. BRITT DEAD > ^ ???? ru:... u.r * A V&AftAJftWU* V1VI4.CU VI IllVVVIUIiVa. -" V Died on Sunday Night. J. E. Britt, president of the Bank of McCormick, and one of the most prominent citizens of McCormick, ' >? died suddenly Sunday night at 11.30 txvv o'clock at his home in McCormick. . "3 Mr. Britt was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and died within 30 minutes. Mr. Britt was well known in Abbe- -:V yille and had a number of friends here who will be grieved to learn of ^ :iis death. He was a brother of Mrs. 'V. J R. B. Cheatham. ;^ V - In the organization of McCormick V ?nnnfr M Priff frvrvlr o S, 'iivv ivvn a uiuiuiuvitw Dart and it was in part through his JTorts that the movement was a sue 0 ;ess. He was actively interested in ill matters pertaining to the ad 'ancement of his county and was one >f the leading business men of that lection. Mr. Britt was about 55 years of tge. He is survived by his widow, vho was Miss Janie Bell Kennedy, tnd several children. MRS CARLISLE ILL Friends in Abbeiville and is her :ommunity will regret to. learn of he serious illness at her home two niles from town of Mrs. S. R. Car isle, Sr.