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VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs ol More 01
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
"Yes, we are going to get the bond
buyers to take the full amount of our
township coad bond issue?$75,000,"
said Col. T. B. Spnrtt of Fort Mill, the
other day. "For a while attorneys for
the bond buyers were oniy wining ^
take S50.000, due to certain legal technicalities;
but recently it has all been
straightened out and we have sold the
full amount to a Cincinnati concern
and the bonds will bring a premium,
while wo will also save about two
years' interest."
How It Feels.
Talked to John T. Roddey over at
Rock Hill for a little while the other
day. Since Mr. Roddey was appointed
tv>r. Tjmr.'istpr Mercantile
conr.pany some months ago most of his
time has of necessity been spent in
Lancaster, and he hardly gets back to
Rock Hill except for a few hours at a
time. 'How do you feel since you had
that operation for appendicitis?" he
was asked. The reply was: "Well, I
still feel a little touchy on the appendix
side- a little stiff and sore like
with an inclination to dodge or draw
away when any one approaches me on
that side. While I would not say that
I have fully recovered from the effects
of that operation, still I am gradually
recovering. But it is an operation
that requires a long time to recover
from at my age.'
York's Cotton Crop.
"It is beginning to look like now
that York county'.? cotton crop this
year is going to run between 20,000 and
25,000 bales," said D\ J. B. Johnson of
Rock Hill, president ol' the South Carolina
Cotton association, in discussing
the matter the other day. "For a
while," Dr. Johnson went on to say, "I
thought York county would get between
25,000 and 30,000 bales; but it
would now appear that my estimate
was a little high. Still, with a crop
around 25,000 bales for the county I
am of the opinion that the farmers are
in pretty good shape, all things considered.
Reports coming to me from
nil sections of the county would indicate
that they are sowing much more
wheat and oats this winter than is
generally the case and you will find
that a big home grown crop of wheat
and oats will help very much next
spring and summer. No, I am not
making any predictions as to the price
this year's crop will finally bring; but
if the crop of the entire country is
proportionately as short as that for
this county 1 think you will find that
it will reach a higher figure before
long."
nuniing inc ucurniucms.
Man from Bethcsda township came
to the sheriff's office the other day to
see aoout a tax execution against a
negro on his place, for whom the man
had already paid last year's taxes.
"I know I paid that negro's taxes,"
said the man, "hut I cannot lay my
hand on the receipt, and I want to see
what is the matter."
The speaker was a responsible business
man, whose word or memory was
not to be epiestioned in a matter like
that, and Deputy Sheriff Quinn, as he
does in the case of every complaint,
went in to run the matter down.
After a careful search, it turned out
that the negro had made a return, or
some white man had made a return
for him, in York township, and he had
afterward moved to Ebenezer township,
where he was living at the time
the Bethcsda mart paid his taxes for
him, and as he had not been credited
with a return in Bbenezer township
he was entered in that township as an
additional. Then in due process, an
execution had been issued against the
return in York township, and in the
service of this execution the deputy
had located him in Bcthesda.
The white man had paid the tax as
ho had stated and of course did not
have to pay again; but the trouble was
not ended here. The original return
in York township, having in the metfn^
time been carried forward by the auditor,
there will be another execution
against the negro next year.
"There is just no other way for it."
explained Deputy Quinn. "The auditor
has made up his hooks and turned
them over to the treasurer, and the
treasurer has nothing else to do than
put the matter through the due course.
It was not the auditor's fault, and it's
not the treasurer's fault. The trouble
occurred when the negro failed to
make proper return at the proper
time, and have the auditor transfer his
return to the township in which he
was then living. It is just one case
out of many like it. Mainly because ol
ignorance those fellows fail to gel
their returns made as they should, tint)
they give us r.o end of trouble."
"York County Banks."
"I read that editorial in Friday's issue
of The Yorkville llmpdrer on tlw
York county hanks," said one of then
to Views and Interviews, "and i wan!
to say that the writer evidently has ;
pretty good idea of what he is talking
about.
"I would not claim," the banker went
on to say, "that we bankers are any
bettor than other business people; but
naturally I hold that we are about as
, good as any of them.
"But when you intimate that some
of us sweated blood during the depression
you had it about right. In fact
i you had it exactly right. This was cs'
pecially true during the latter part of
1920 and the early part of 1921, when
' the situation had reached its lowest
' ebb.
' "The country was pretty shaky about
that time. I believe The Enquirer is
correct in the statement that at no
time were depositors of any York
county bank in danger of inconvenience
even, to say nothing about loss,
but it was a most trying time nevertheless,
and every banker in the county
without exception, was in a state
of stress. I will say things to you now
that I would not have said then. Yes,
we were sound, as sound as wo are
now; but not as coiafortable. Business
people of all kinds were in more
or less stress They were not sure as
to whether the country would stand
the strain, and it made them nervous.
You could see signs from time to time
in the case of the little fellows who
had a balance of from $">0 to a few
hundred dollars. Some of them withdrew
their money and put it in their
stockings or somewhere, and you did
not know how far this nervousness
might extend. Almost any little thing
might have started a run. such as occured
in the case of banks in Charleston
and other places and we had to
keep ourselves prepared. Yes, we could
have stood it?that is. so far as any
of the York county hanks are concerned.
they could have stood it. I know I
could have stood it; but I am sure I
did not want any such experience, and
I confess that I saw things at times
that made me nervous.
"But it is all over now. There is no
doubt about it, as was said in that editorial,
the banks performed a wonderful
service?a sendee to be proud of
and while a great many people understood
the situation all the while, from
the way you put it, I think you have
made that understanding more general."
SPEND MORE MONEY, DON'T SAVE
Ford Says Man's Career Begins at
Forty Years of Age.
"Until he is forty, a man should 'be
gaining experience; he should be learning
all he can. particularly how to
cn^nri monev." says Henry Ford, in a
Boston interview. Spend your money
?on yourself; pet all the experience
you can. Don't try to save money and
be a miser.
"Give me the man of forty who has
had lots of experience, and if he's honest
and truthful his success is a certainty.
"I was thirty-eight or thirty-nine
years old before I bopan to think very
much about making: money. Before
that I was too busy learning: things
and petting experience, which I have
found to be of p -cat value to me in recent
years.
"Now a man should not be discouraged
because he wakes up one day and
realizes he is for'y years old and
hasn't nny money. He is really better
off if he has a clean record and has
pained much experience, because he
has the incentive to put his experience
to practical use and profit by It."
During the talk, for it was more of a
friendly chat than an interview, Mr.
Ford revealed what he believes to be
the secret of his amazing success and
why he is confident that plenty of
riches will continue to roll in for years
to come.
"My son and I," he said, "have often
talked about this, and we are agree 1
as long as our motive is to provide
employment' for just as many people
as we possibly can we will always have
plenty of money. I haven't really tiled
to make money in recent years. I
realized lonp apo that I had ail- the
money 1 needed.
' Sfinir- renresentntives of Hntro Klin
nes came to out- Detroit offices recently.
I asked them what Stinncs was
trying to do; what they were after.
They admitted his motive was to make
money: they were out to get control
of business and to make all the money
i they could.
"If that were our motive T wouldn't
be very confident of our future. We
are now employing about 100,000 people
and we hope to employ many more.
As long as that is honestly our purpose?to
provide lucrative employment
for just as many people as possible?
my son and T will always have plenty
of money to do the things we want
to do."
j ? Deputy Sheriff XV. P. Probst, of
Cabarrus county was shot and killed;
four others were wounded and Lie MeHarge
is in jail at Ka una polls charged
with the shooting which occurred at
1 that place Friday night according to
reports from police headquarters at
j Concord. Mcllarge, according to police
. i entered a cafe and drew a gun. Chief
Forger who followed him. attempted
j to make an arrest, whereupon, it is
| said. McHarge tired at liirn. A Mr.
i i'.ostian was wounded. cttiei r.??rsr?;v
j then eante to Concord where he got in
I touch with Peyiuly Probst who im>
, mediately jmoeeeded t<. Kannanolis. In
i .he chase which followed. Mr Marge is
t J alleged to have shot and killed the
i | deputy, and to have wounded Patrol;
man Swing and Pruitt. Mel-largo was
| twice wounded then overpowered and
t j taken to jail.
MYSTERIOUS MAN OF EUROPE
Has Tremendous Influence In International
Affairs.
IS SIR BASIL ZAHAROFF MAN OR MYTH?
Strange Individual Who Has Exercised
Influence Over All Loading Eurcpcan
Statesmen in Behalf of Greece.
Literary Digest
"Suddenly and sensationally the illusive
personality of Sir Lasil Zaharofif,"
to quote one Eurojiean observer's
phrase for a phenomenon which most
' i !.???
U1 lllt'lll imvc IIUIIUUU ill llivi v UI ivow
detailed dispatches, '"has been catapulted
into the European political tumult."
Zaharoff, according to reports,
is classified as a Greek by birth, a
naturalized Frenchman by choice, and
is deputed to be the richest man in the
world, lie has been likened to a
modern Count of Monte Cristo, "who
applies his immense wealth for the
manipulation of nations and dynasties."
Now, observes a writer in the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, comes
so responsible a publicist and editor as
Lord Beaverbrook, with an amazing
summary of Zaharolt's international
plotting, coupled with the demand that
"this man's interference with Britain's
affairs come to an immediate stop."
The Bulletin writer goes on to give
further details, both as to Lord Beaverbrook's
details and as to Zahoroff's
remarkable life and influence:
The significance of this categorical
statement that Zaharoff was pulling
the wires in Downing Street lies in the
authority behind it. Ix>rd Beaverbrook,
as Sir William Maxwell Aiken,
sat in the Coalition cabinet during the
v\ oria v\ ar, noicnng among oyier portfolios
that of Minister of Information.
In that capacity it was his particular
j business to obtain intelligence about
| sinister figures in the world.
No one, therefore, can doubt that
j Beaverbrook speaks by the card when
i he characterizes this 72-year-old
Greek, who lives most of the time in
Paris, where he maintains a magnificent
establishment. Zaharoff, he says,
owns Monte Ca/ io, and indeed it has
been understood for a year or two that
he had practically bought out the
proprietary interests of the Blanc
family in the Casino. He had been for
many years a large stockholder, and ;
the final purchase was facilitated by
the disastrous effects of the war on
the gaming establishment. Roulette,
baccarat or other games do not in'
trigue him, though the enormous revenues
from the Casino, now that the i
goddess of chance reigns at Monte j
Carlo as of yore, doubtless furnish him ;
With some of the means for his vastly
more hazardous games at the political !
tables. Lord Beaverbrook says that
the destinies of nations arc the sport
of this multi-millionaire "Mystery
Man." The movements of armies and
! the affairs of governments are his especial
delight.
"He can hardly estimate his own
wealth," says the article which Lord
Beaverbrook is believed to have
I written or inspired, because "it so per
mcates the financial arteries of Europe
that every move of the political nervous
system reacts on his fortunes."
To understand this and other al'usions
to Sir Basil it is necessary to re- j
member that while he i3 ostensibly a
banker, having supremely important
national connections, he is also large- [
ly interested in munitions and ordnance
enterprises in different countries.
These include in England the famous |
Maxim and Vickers gun works. The j
Reaverbrook article goes on to declare
that "in the wake of war this mysterious
figure moves over the tortured1
areas of Europe," a statement that involves
the most sinister implications,
j Specifically he is accused of having ini
fiuenced Lloyd George to back the
j Greeks in the Near East, and to have
| been the real wire-puller in recent
l'rilish policies which brought the Empire
to the verge of a war with Turkey
land a rupture of the entente with
! France. This would be the logical sequence
of his reputed manipulation of
'Grecian affairs in the past ten years.
: During the Balkan war of 1913 he is
: said to have granted Greece $2,500,5)00
a year. During the World War his
!donations to the national treasury!
| amounted to half that sum. No doubt
lis felt that he was the financial backer j
I of Verizclos and the Venizelist party,
i
and his continued subsidies for the1
; i
| Greek armies in Asia Minor are certain j
beyond conjecture.
What manner of man, asks the I
writer, is this mystery monger, the,
parallel of whom cannot he detected in
the pages of huthontic history and
must ho sought in glowingly imagina:
tivo romance? The reply runs:
The place and date of his birth are)
! not definitely known, but lS'.O is assigned
as his natal year. His full'
name is said to he Zacharie Hasilo- I
Zaharoft'. A fashionable suburb of
Constantinople. Athens, Russia and
London are all mentioned as places
where he was born, but lie is claimed
ir. Alliens as a native-born Greek. He j
is tall and slender, straight of figure,
I distinguished in bearing and address,
with iron-gray hair and a silvery im sjtarlie
and small imperial. He is an unostentatious
dresser, rather inclined to
carelessness, but invariably wears a I
'.lower in his buttonhole He has b?? 11
lilo ned to Haroun a! Rasliid, the d s;
guised Caliph of tin- "Arabian Xighfs,"
as he moves unrecognized from capital
I to capital. fto little does his personality I
suggest power that a French official's
reported.to have kept ZaharofTs check
for lialf a million francs lying carelessly
on his desk for several months |
under the delusion that it had been
paid in by a harmless crank. Yet the
suspected lunatic could command the
ear of Clemenceau, Briand, Poincaire, ^
Millerand, Lloyd George, whoever happened
to be president, premier or
prime minister. I
Zaharoff's bapking connections in
Paris, London tttid other cities are of
the highest in the world of finance.
Nevertheless bis name has been figured
so prominently in international bank- 11
ing as those of lfss significant men. No J i
doubt he was a very rich man before |
the World War,; but his profits from i
munitions multiplied his wealth. He is ;
a large stockholder in numerous i
steamship lines. ' He owns grain cle- ]
vators and theaters in various parts of
tho world. He controls newspapers in <
many cities, according to tho Beaver- s
brook article. In the Persian petrol- i
eum fields two years ago he was the \
energizing power of an Anglo-Persian \
syndicate that challenged competition t
with Standard Oil and the Dutch Shell t
Oil group. Thid fails to exhaust his l
commercial and industrial activities, c
which are as diversified and important
as those credited to the German t
colossus, Hugo Stinnes. j
Sir Basil was llrst publicly interject- "5
ed into British p:litics last July, in the t
course of the discussion on trafficking
in honors, when Ja question was raised z
in parliament as tq why this alien fi- a
nancier had received a knighthood and t
been nominated to two of the most t
coveted orders of chivalry in the be- t
stowal of the sovereign. A statement i
had been thrown out intimating that t
ho had helped Great Britain with a t
loan in the war, and the government a
was called on to explain why, if this j i
was true, the reason had not been ' 8
mentioned when the decorations were t
bestowed.
Now, as a sequel to the Beaverbrook
revelations, there is a demand in 'The s
Spectator, a weekly of the highest' f
character, that the Coalition govern- h
raent should cleer themselves of the ^
Imputation that Sir Basil, influenced
them, more properly the prime minis- /
ter, in the Near East policies. f
Mr. Lloyd George's retiremenj before
parliament meets presumably side- \
tvuolru tho nrnenoot of si rtnhato on the o
subject. But there is so much bitter y
feeling, and so much smothered talk
which has at last come out into the a
open, that it is not likely the subject g
will cease to be, a tppic of political dis- y
cussion. i
For more than a year tho undercurrent
of political gossip in the London i
clubs has alleged that Sir Basil was a
applying his powers to correcting what h
he conceived to be the mistaken policy ^
of Great Britain in the Near East up
to the spring of last year. This "cor- ^
rection" has caused Lloyd George to : v
veer from anti-Greek to pro-Greek, t
According to Lord Beaverbrook he f]
spent hundreds of thousands of t
pounds, which means millions of dollars,
in putting Venizclos in power and p
organizing the Hellenic dream of con- p
quest in Asia Minor. As an?example t
of his non-political financing there is t
cited his masterly procedure in averting
a panic on the Paris Bourse at the p
outbreak of the war, whereby he earn- /
cd the gratitude of the French gov- p
ernment. lie has tried to mold politics
in Upper Silesia as well as in the v
Balkans and Asia Minor, siding at the f
same time with or against FranCe, y
with or against England, as conform- t
cd to his plans in different theaters of s
intrigue and action.
Sir Basil's philanthropies, benefac- p
tions and charities are falAilous. He i
lias founded chairs of aviation and p
rroncn and nngiisn literature in i?ng- I:
lish anil French universities. France c
lias made him an officer of the Legion f
of Honor. England has knighted him t
and decorated him with the Grand n
Cross of the Order of the Bath and the i t
Grand Cross of the Order of the British s
Empire. Oxford has conferred on him
her highest honorary degree, that of D. r
C. L. He lias donated enormous sums <
to public purposes, including a $500,000 s
radio station at Venice and suitable c
mansions for the Greek legations in
different European capitals. He on- j
dowed a chair of modern Greek in .t
Cambridge University. With all this f
power and importance the public would j l
scarcely recognize^ a portrait of the l
slender, spare "Mystery Man." r
When a Quarrel Becomes a Policy.? c
In one of his many recent speeches Mr. a
Lloyd George admonished his follow- j i
crs not to nurse grievances over thejt
recent had treatment he and his party . I
had received; and in that connection I
gave an observation 0:1 the effect of j
making a grievance a policy that is as j i
true as it is keen. He said: {a
"I would like to give what I con- j t
sidcr the attitude and policy we ought. 1
to adopt. Disregard the origin of this j r
break in the combination. Do not go L
and examine it. It is not worth it t
1
(laughter). X? quarrel ought ever to
be converted into a policy (cheers). It f
dishonors, it degrades, it limits the man t
who indulges In it. When they are in - i
dividuals they are worthless for any j 1
purpose. 1 know men who have been I
ruined by grievances, legitimate griev- , t
nnees. They have been badly treated jf
and they dwell upon them, and they <
begin to tell you, and every time they i
do tell you, they get more and more \
; indignant, and at last their whole life | t
| ami purpose is obsessed by this one ! 1
I wrong. Uou't you make that mistake i <
I wlia I ever you do." ji
THE TIGER OF FRANCE 1
Seorges Clcmenceau Arrives In
America.
1CC0RDED HONOR BY GOVERNMENT
Remarkable Old Statesman Seeks to
Bring The United States to a Better
Understanding of tho Attitude of
France to Conditions in Europe.
Georges Clcmcneeau, wartime premier
of France, came to America Satirday
on a mission of peace.
The fiery old tiger earnestly voiced
he purpose of his tour in a brief reiponse'at
the New York City Hall to
in address of welcome by Acting
Mayor Hulbert.
"In the world at this time," he dedared,
"is a crisis which hasn't been
icttlcd. How it will end, nobody
mows. If you take the wrong side?
veil, the war counts lor nothing and
ve may have to go to war again. If it
urns out right, and the right thing is
lone at the right time, then it will
>e the greatest step for the civilization
>f mankind."
Clemenceau's idea of the "right
hing" is the message he will give to
America in a series of addresses in Now
i- - ? ,1 ;? T ?mie
Lum fiiiu in ijuoiun, viuvagv, ui. u'-ui-j, j
Vashington and Philadelphia.
Although he came as a private cit<
en, the famous French statesman was
iccorded the honors of a diplomat. Red
ape was cut by Washington to faciliatc
his landing. A personal represenative
of President Harding?Assistant
secretary of State Bliss?went down
he bay to welcome him and invite him
o the White House. Jules J. Jusscrnd,
the French ambassador to the
"nited States, was on hand to put the
tamp of his government's approval on
lie visit.
Word From Wilson.
Clemenceau had scarcely set foot on
horc when a telegram from another
amous World war figure was handed
lim. The message, from Woodrow
Vilson, read:
"Allow me to bid you welcome to
tmerica where you will find none but
rlends."
"The Tiger," who had worked at
Versailles with Wilson for the league
f nations, hastened to scribble this
eply:
"Deeply touched by your kind mcsage.
Please accept my kindest rcrards
and wishes. Am looking forward
with great pleasure to seeing you
n Washington."
Those were the day's serious spots,
'"or the rest, it was a day of madcap
dventure for the aged statesman, and
ic went to it with a' vim that belied
lis 81 years.
The keen eyes beneath the shaggy
irows were sparkling and snapping
rith excitement when the committee
hat went down the bay to greet him
list caught sight of him high up on
he promenade deck of the Paris.
They were still sparkling and snaping
when he was hustled into Charles
)ana Gibson's home, in East Seventyhird
street at nightfall, to rest up for
he morrow.
In his reply to acting Mayor Hullert,
M. Clemenceau paid tribute to
Lmerica's part in the World war, say tig:
"We have had a terrific, the greatest
rar that ever was in the w?rld. Men
ell by hundreds of thousands in the
rar and we waited very long some
imes and we looked around to see if j
otne help would not come.
"Help did come and it came magliflcently,
I must say, in the shape of
he American soldier. I can speak of
( as having seen it on the fields, and I
lave seen it, too, on 'the farm. Very
iften I met at the peasants' homes a
ig, huge American with two children
>n his knees, telling stories to tliem
nd trying to understand their ques- 1
ions that the old men and women j
hould ask about America.
"Of course he did not speak French 1
nore than the oilier spoke English. |
Some way or other they made them- |
iclvos understood. Very soon we dis-,
:overed they were all friends.
"I have seen them?the American?
n the fight and I have seen them in !
he field with the Americans under the |
lommand of General Pershing1 lake
told marvelously at St. Mihtel, re- j
easing a great many people. When I
irrived the next day, what did I see?!
\i! the American motors in the old i
ity full of French women and children ;
ind flowers. These poor people who,
lad not been allowed to get out of I
heir dens for three years were rescued j
>y the Americans.
Saw All Sides,
"And I saw the crowd cry, and laugh ng
and crying, I think I saw once in
l while an American soldier get a kiss
rom some woman. It was the next
lay after the battle took place, when J
ill hnrl hof?n nmntipil hv tho
\mcricans. It was a joy not to be for- ;
gotten.
"I saw some times the worst. I have i
:een the Americans in the mud of the
ranches for days and days without be- j
ng relieved and looking very sorry,
tut the moment I came and brought >
diem the crosses of war they had so
nagnificently gained they were all
miles. We shook hands and we spoke ,
>f the old place. America was the old
ilace.
"They did not cry and I could see the
winkle in their eyes. Of course they
cnew I was theirs and they knew they
ivere mine. One day in the highway I
net a troop of soldiers going home and I
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they made me feel sad when they
spoke of the old country.
"They said: 'Won't you come to
America some day?' I said: 'No I am
too old; I can not think of going there.'
I said, 'You make me make speeches
and it tires my lungs, I have very few
of them left, poor miserable things.'
They said, 'You do come.' 'I won't
go,' T said, and for years and years I
said 'I won't go.'
"One morning I was in my private
house bordering on the sea on the
other side of the water when I received
bad news from America. I heard bad
names. We were called imperialists |
and militarists. I think that is horrid!
and I thought I had better go and tell |
them how things happened to pass and
to show them their judgment was not
correct.
"One day a British newspaper arrived.
It contained criticisms from a
man of very high standing, calling
America bad names. At that moment
I decided I hnd better go to America.
That is the reason why I am here. I
do not make sentences. I don't promise
anything. I come as you very well
know on a mission.
No Personal Aim.
"Nobody can ascribe any personal
aims to my act in visiting this coun- j
try. My life is over. But it does seem [
to me that I can do you some service j
in letting you know how we Europeans
judge the American people. It is
necessary because in the world at this
time there is a crisis which hasn't
been settled yet. How it will end nobody
knows. If you take the wrong
side?well, then the war counts for
nothing and we may have to go to
war again. If it turns out right and
the right thing is done at the right
time, then it will be one of the greatest
steps for the civilization and mankind.
"That is the question I have come to
put to America. I will ask them for
the great freedom of thought and
great freedom of speech. I must be
allowed to speak as a free man to free
men who are not afraid of anything.
Your greetings encourage me to believe
that I will get access to American
minds. It will be a great satisfaction
iu nitr.
"I looked at this country from the
Battery. It has not changed as much
as it seems. The young ladies look exactly
the same and that is the first
message I am going to send to my
country. I am going to tell my countrymen
to come here because there are
beautiful ladies to look at.
"During over 50 years I have been
mixed up with all pf the worst crisis
of France?think of that. In my own
life I have seen my country invaded
twice by Germans. I am the only suivivor
of those who protested at the
assembly at Bordeaux against the act
of invasion. I do not want to see that
invasion repeated. I will not permit
any one to tell me that I have too
many soldiers or too soldiers unless
they succeed in soma way in giving
us such guarantees. Then, only,
with the greatest of pleasure will we
dissolve the French army.
"Will you Americans show us the
similar feeling? Wc must defend" ourselves."
AUTOMATIC AIR PILOT
Army Announces Development of Re- I
mnrkable Invention.
Development of an automatically f
controlled airplane, which has flown'
successfully in flights of more than 90
miles, without a living person aboard,
was announced from Washington, a
few days ago, by the army air service,
following a long series of experiments.
Declaring the invention constituted
"the most important post-war development
of the many novel ideas of new
engines of war," the statement added
that the experiments conducted had
shown it to be possible "to shoot"
bomb laden planes, without pilots, at
targets on or off the ground with astounding
accuracy.
In tests of this automatic pilot, ac- 1
cording to the statement, hundreds of :
take-offs have been successfully accomplished,
and numerous flights of I
ninety miles and more have been made,
from which results it has been determined
that the mechanical pilot will
operate under any '\nd of weather
conditions and will hold the plane on
an absolutely true course, regardless
of fog or other adverse conditions,
keeping it steadier than could a hu- !
man hand.
A small machine has been used in j
the tests, one having a wing span of '
20 feet, a sixty horse power motor, and
capable of carrying: a useful load of j
250 pounds. The "pilot" however, it j
was announced, can be mounted in any |
type of plane made. With the limited
gasoline supi^y of the test plane, sufficient
for 2 1-2 hours, in the experiments
the control machinery held fast
to its course until the fuel was ex- ;
hausted, except for the natural deviat- j
ions due to shifting air currents, it was
declared.
A wide field of usefulness for the j
pilot-less airplane in military operations
was predicted by air service officers.
? Clcmson college is completing what
is to be the largest radio sending station
in South Carolina. It is to have a
sending radius of 250 miles under ordinary
conditions and in good weather
will be aide to send much further.
? South Carolina with 47.0 deaths per
hundred thousand, has the lowest cancer
death rate, the census bureau has
announced.
INDEPENDENT TURKEY
Ismct Pasha Says He Wants Peace
on That Basis
HAS BUT LITTLE HOPE Of OUTCOME
Angora Government Doterminod to
Shake Off Allied Interference With
Internal Affairs of the Rejuvenated
Empire.
Before leaving Paris for Lauzanno
Friday evening, Ismet Pasha, head of
the Turkish nationalist delegation to
the forthcoming conferenco, said he
had full powers from the Angora assembly
to conclude terms, of peace. It
was apparent, however, that he was
not sure he would be able to reach a
satisfactory conclusion.
Ismct has been much disturbed by
reports that the Allies were arranging
terms of peace before the conference ,
and that they would merely present
ut fhnt would not
permit discussion.
In many quarters there is apparently
much speculation as to the eventual
attitude of the British if the latter attempt
to continue the occupation of
Constantinople or to restrict Turkish
control. The Turks freely assert that '/i
there Is no solution other than war.
"My Instructions on that point are
absolute," Ismet said. "The assembly
at Angora reasons not in terms of Europe,
but by its own logic. As far as
the straits are concerned we are indifferent.
"Whatever satisfies the Allies jrnd
others interested, will satisfy us."
Turkish spokesmen indicate that if
the British wish to retain their present
forces at Chanak and if the Freuch
are willing, there will probably be no
Turkish objection. The significant
fact advanced in connection with the
possibilities of the Anglo-Turkish relationship
is that the Angora government's
treaty with Afghanistan pro- .
vides fjr an offensive and defensive
alliance against Great Britain. J
While on the one hand Ismet Ip entering
the confererce with the firm intention
of obtaining a peace based oh
the total independence of Turkey
from outside political and financial
control, on the other hand h^ is prepared
to leave the conference if the
terms of the Allies conflict with this
independence.
Ismet Appears to be entering the
parleys with reluctance, despite his afr v
r.f umlflnrP A.lnni lif nn/1 I 11 tr
One of tho factors contributory to thl?
reluctance is n secret distrust of Brit- ,
ish intentions to keep the Turks embroiled
In war.
It is certain that the Angora government
will support Ismet in any action,
for it places the fullest confidence
in the intellectual powers of the
man who organized tho Turkish army
nnd led it to final victory. It,,was Ismet
who invented the national password:
"If we do net win this year, wo will
win next year or the year aft**.?
One of the hopeful intimations that
Ismet has received is that' the Allies
will insist only 011 reparations from
property losses suffered since 1914 by
French, Italian, British and American,
individuals.
When it was pointed out to Ismet
that the Allies would seek to sec:f-e
themselves against a fresh German
penetration of Turkey, Jie said:
"What applies to other foreigners
applies to the Germans, and the resolutions.
We wish to live at home under
our own guise, free from all Illegitimate
Interference." -j
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
President Has a Problem in Appointments.
President Harding told callers at tho
White House Friday that the law prohibiting
appointment of two members
of the Federal Reserve board from the
same state is delaying the selection of
a governor of the board to succeed W.
t'. li. naraing, wnose term expired August
9.
It was learned on unquestioned authority
that the president would like
very much to name Eugene Meyer, Jr.,
now managing director of the War Finance
Corporation, to head the Reserve
board. Mr. Harding feels that Mr.
Meyer has demonstrated that he possesses
all qualificatinos for the position.
The White House also has been In- f
formed that Mr. Meyer would be generally
acceptable to the business community.
Mr. Myer comes from New York and
the vice president of the board, Edward
Piatt, is also a resident of that state.
Under the law this fact prcvents?b*
president from naming Mr. MpjrtJfT
With the necessarv>etffnination. of
the War Finance Corporation chief
from further consideration, therefore,
D. R. Crlssingcr, at present comptroller
of the currency, appears to be the most
likely appointee to the Reserve board
governorship. Mr. Crissinger comes
from the president's home town of
Marion and is a close personal friend
of Mr. Harding. The administration
feels that lie has made an excellent
record as comptroller of the currency.
President Hardintr's difficulties in
filling- the vacancies on the Reserve
board do not stop with the governorship.
Selection of the "dirt farmer"
mi mbcrs as provided for by congress
is presenting another serious problem.
The various farm organizations /ire
lighting among themselves as to who
should get this post.