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Section One Pj8 IIages M to 8WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBERg29,11922 ,,,.XII - -- MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1922NO NTI-LYNCUIN BiLL BILL BRINGS FILIBUSIER Democrats Determined to Block "Force Bill." PLAN TO CONTINUE FIGHT Contest Grows Interesting With An nouncement by Majority Mem bers Tha't They Will Hold / Senate in Sesison on Thanksgiving Day Washington, Nov. 28,-Republican members of the senate, after a four hour filibuster waged by the Demo crats and after threats from the Dem ,ocratic side of continued obstruction, voted in cacus tonight to continue the tight in behalf of the Dyer anti lynching bill. v A further decision was reached by the Republican senators to hold the senate in sesison on Thanksgiving day -a most unusual occurrence-if such action was found necessary to break t' Democratic opposition. The vote .on continuing the fight for the Dyer bill, Which has been passed by the house, was understood to have been 24 to 1. The Republican cacus brought to a close a rather turbulent day at the senate wing of the capitol, for Demo cratic senators acting in accord with a stand taken several days ago in party cacus, showed immediately upon the convening of the senate that they proposed to block the anti-lynching bill in every possible way. Led from the floor by Senator lar rison of Mississippi, th' Democrats 1) started what they frankly conceded to be a filibuster the minute the chaplain concluded the morning prayer. The tactics included objections to the us ual cour~se of dispensing with the read ing of the journal, numerous quorum calls and presentation of amendments to yesterday's journal on which in variably a yea and nay vote are de manded. Senate attaches characteriz ed it as "the most scientifically con ducted 1ilibuster" carried on in the senate in years and as proof of this it was cited that only after signs of yielding had been seen on the Repub lican side (lid the Democrats permit yesterday's journal to be approved. This process usually consunes about 3 Oseconds but today it required four hours and might have tagen longer, for when the senate adjourned Sena tor Hrrison had on his desk a dozen or so amendments to the journal which he had been prepared to offer. Democrats Speak Out 'Not alone did the Democrats show by their tactics that they were un alterably opposed to consideration of the Dyer bill but through their lead er, Senator Underwood, Alabama, said so plainly. Senator Underwood tak ing the floor late in the afternoon told the majority leaders that the Demo crats had determined to permit the tarnsaction of no business, not even the confirmation of nominations, until the Republicans agreed to abandon the anti-lynching measure, which he charasterized as "a forse bill, pure and simple." "We are not disguising wvhat is be ting done on this side of the chamber," said the Democratic leader. "We frankly tell you that we are endeavor lng to prevent. considleration of the b Dyer bill. If this bil becomes a law it will threaten the very fabric of our government. But it will never be come a law and you gentlemen on the Republican sidle might just as 'well admit it now and give up the fight." Faced with this threat and further notifiedl of the determination of the Democrats who carried their obstruc ., tionist tactics into an executive ses sion of the senate just before adjourn meat, Republican leaders taking coun s'el among themselves dletermined up en an immediate party cacus. Some "considleration was given in this caui cus to the legislative program for thet regular sesison but no decisions on this point wvere reached. Wide Range iid ebate The Dyer* bill, itself, was scarcely mentioned in the senate until after two hours of the filibuster had passed but the statement frou Senator Under 'wood opened up a debate on the mea sure, which ranged fro mthe h{all Mills murder case in New Jersny to the Japanese question in California >v but all centered about the anti-lynch ing legislation. iSenator Edge of New Jersey advo cated enactment of the bil, (declaring that in a number of states lynching were winked at and . somne legislation was needed to allow the federal gov ernment to step in. This argdmtent brought the stto SERIES OF MEETINGS AT ALCOLU BAPTIST CHURCH There will be a pcries of meetings in the Clarendon .Baptist Church at Alcolu, beginnig December 3rd con ducted by Rev. H. B. Dinwiddie, Gen eral Secretary of the Victorious Life Conferences, and Rev. L. L. Legters, Field Secretary, with headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. Legters was formerly pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bishop ville, S. C. These meetings will be interdenominational and all who con fess Jesus Christ as their Saviour during the meetings will be given an opportunity to designate the church of their choice. The afternoop sessions will be held at 3:30 p. m. and will consist of Vic torious Life Conferences, the theme being, "How to Work With God." The evening meetings will be at 7:30 p. in. and will be evangelistic. There will be no obligation direct or implied on the part of anyone to contribute except as a free will offering as the Lord may direct. Whatever is lack ing to meet the expenses, if anything, will be mde up from' private sources. We cordially invite all evangelical churches, their pastors and the pub lic to affiliate with us in these meet ings. The meetings will be conducted, as stated above, by Rev. Dinwiddie and Rev. Legters and it is especially desired to enlist as general support as possible. Our neighboring sister churches, the Trinity Methodist Church and the Dudley Baptist Church, join us in this call. Let us all be much in prayer that the Lord may get the victory for him self out of these meetings.., Clarendon Baptist Church, Rev. A. F. Ham, Pastor. We, the undersigned laymen, do hereby heartily endorsethe above call and will do all in our power to fur ther the work of our Lord in the same: W. C. Davis, J. W. Wideman, [I. R. Boger, T. M. Mouzon, T.- F. Coffey, F. P. Burgess, L. M. Jones, P. R. David, J. M. Nettles, B. G. Col lins, A. C. Bradham, P. R. Alderman, R. J. Alderman, J. C. Iarvin, Eddie Lee, F. L. Coward, J. M. Graham, Charlton DuRant, A. H1. Reese. AUTO WRECK ON MANNING -- ROAD FROM SUMTER Dr. Edward Barron, of Columbia, who was on his way to Manning, narrowly escaped death or serious injury Sunday night when he drove his Fprd car off a five foot embank ment into the branch a short dis tance south of Mr. John I. Brogdon's place. The accidqnt occurred at the point where the new road is being built at the branch. The fill has been contpleted up to the point where the new concrete bridge is to be placed, and there is a drop of more than five feet to the bed of the stream. There was no barrier or other work at the point the new road leaves th, old to warn travelers, and Dr. Bar ron in stead of following the old road took the wide new road and came to grief. His car went over the end of the em bankment and landed on its nose in the branch. Dr. Barron escaped with only a few bruises and the car wva, not seriously dlamaged. Mr. Julius Brogdon wecnt to his assistance and extractedl the car, and Dr. Barren was enabled to proceed to Mannaing in his own ear.--Sumter Item. JEFFORDS TO DIE Columbia, Nov. 28.-Frank M. Jef fords was sentenged yesterday to die December 22 for the murder of his partner, J. C. Arnett. He will carry an appeal to the United States Su preme court. Still, the gnashing of teeth here after won't be any novelty for the great American gum-chewer. ment from Senator McKeller (Demo crat) of Tennessee that "one of the most remarkable examples of unpun ished crime was in New Jersey al though nine-tenths of the people of the United Statedi could without diffi cult put their fingers on the murder er." The Tennessee senator a few min utes later after an interchange with Senator Shortridge (Republican) of California, in charge of the bill, brought up the killing of William eDamond Taylor, Los Angeles motion picture director, as an example of a case in which the lederal government under the bill might intervene inas much as, he said, "the commonwealth of California has failed to prosecute the murderer." 171 I>j MY COUNTY'S PART IN THE CIVIL WAR (Read by Mrs. E. S. Ervin at U. D. C. Meeting.) Clarendon County's part in the Civil Wat, began at the very outbreak of hostilities for\when after a hot fire from the State\ troops hastily gather ed at Fort Moultrie, Maj. Anderson lowered the United State:: flag that floated above Fort Sumter, ex-Gover nor John L. Manning was summoned from his Mansion near Pinewood, to1 arrange the terms of surrender. Great excitement prevailed throughout the County, and preparations were made for raising troops. Men of every age, rank, and conditioh freely offered their services to the Confederacy. These men were organized into companies hastily drilled, and rushed to Charles ton where they were placed under command of General Beauregard. One company from -Clarendon was placed in the Hampton Legion and led by the immortal Wade Hampton re ceived their baptism of fire at the bat tle of first Manassas. In August 1861 the Sprott Guards were organized, the company was equipped for service by Mlr. Jos. Sprott in whose honor it was named, amyl its organism was due to the un tiring efforts of Major Henry HI. Les esne. The' Sprott Guards formed a part of the 23rd regiment command ed by Col. HI. L. Benbow. This regi ment immortalized itself at the battles of Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Cold Harbor and Cedar Mountain, and mnet its Waterloo at second "Manassas." There the commanding Col. was des perately wounded, and the regiment badly demoralized and 1'eut up." In Writing to his wounded Col. at few dlays after this battle Dr. Giredeau Chaplain of the regiment said: "On that dlay we grew so familiar with death, that the rustle of his dlark w..ings will never.agn. startle4 ." (dby tfuMers to the nearesat .ai.l lrndona Cots forardedn to Civr gina. beAn t Soth's vrysoutrek fe htiesor of woven beate a hacrifire I( atw r oul triae, Mpecia mention o floTed Summert SwingrSociety,"er -gnifor JotheMnnn purpso umaknd grments, Mandsiong sockr fior the asrlnes The te wa sueer. Grey Mrcitemhni tlger~ a0 thrugou lady Contre dpreaato t e ad forraiingtrops.Menof(Bvy Extens rTkan condisio fervcey oiseadisn thei sevies to setthe nfedtresy. fTcose menditonean organizet comnis hastilyedriled, ndx shedn to ghrwein aoptwereb the weremluned unde cOnin rcomfom Cendfo com plaeinphe onamto Lnegion landle byth imongrtalWe arieties-Wbbr ceiveghening baps ofadir a good bat sIn Auti 181ear. rotuad wereorgdig to tet uchlaree va SCoin hse hono inatrwas~ aaiid hanksgiving 1922 who was a refugee from Charleston, mnd her sister, Mrs. Wagner. The president was Mrs. Marie Ragin, her self a beautiful seamstress, and a single incident is sufficient to impress us with the patriotism of the society. Near the close of the war, a call came to these women for heavy shirts as the men were suffering from the rigors of a northern winter. There was no material on hand, and no money to buy what little woolen :lothes that could be shipped past the blockade, so Mesdames Colclough Briggs, Benbow, Frierson and Nelson took down the costly damask curtains from the windows of their sumptious plantation homes and had them made into shirts. When a call came for old linen to be sent to Richmond for lint aind bandages for use in the hospitals, the finest table clothes and napkins were torn into stripes without a mo ment's hesitation. Why not some day erect memorial on our beautiful pub lic square to these Clarendon heroines of the "60's" The elderly men who stayed at home also "done their bit." The families of the soldiers were supplied with food regularly, and refugees who fled to Clarendon from beseiged coast towns found.a shelter and a welcome in the homes already taxed to their capacity. A little later these men staked their all, to buy Confederate bonds that years afterwards their children burnt as trash. In the strug gle for Southern independence, my county played well indeed her part. DIRECT SALE IS URGED Washington, Nov. 28.-Direct sale to Southern cotton planters of 35,000 tons of surplus nitrate of soda held by the War Department was urged today by Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, upon Secretary Wal lace of the Department of Agricul ture( anid Secretary Weeks of the War Department. The soda would be used in the planters' fight agair.st the cot ton boll weevil and the two cabinet of ficers said they would give Senator Smith's proposal immediate consid eration. Senator Smith proposedl that the War Department nitrate be sold at cost in the same manner in which Chilean nitrates were distributed by the government a fewv years ago. %lnt By Communities )f Service) mat oneo way to help fight the boll on found to be best under boll weevil clubs, secure the desired seed now ach community only the variety given best results for South Carolina nunity adoption: dl Boll on wilt free land, Dixie 49, Deltatype Webbe'r. wing at Clemson college experiment s King, Half and Half, Simpkins and on and na tn be recommendnd. IIc e/ CLAI ENDON CHAPTER U. D. C. The Clarendon Chapter U. D. C. held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. J. W. Rigby, Monday, Novem ber 27th. The subject for the after noon, "Social History," was indeed in teresting and instructive. Mrs. J. L. Dickson gave the History of Mann ing in detail. The paper, "My Coun try's Part in the War" read by Mrs. E. S. Ervin gave facts and incidents thnt were well worth remembering. Mrs. C. N. Sprott's solo was appro priate and added much to the pro gram. The Poem read by Miss Irma Weinberg was especially appreciated as it was written by a local writer and poet. It was decided that funds be' raised at un early date, in order that mark ers might be placed on the graves of those Veterans who have passed on. This si indeed necessary, for even now, it is a diffcult matter to find the last resting plade of some of our time honored heroes. The matter of securitig war crosses for the Veterans was turned over to Mrs. C. N. Sprott. Seven applications for membership were voted on and accepted. All ladies in the County who are edlligible for membership are urged to unite with this Chapter. The business for the afternoon :sav ing been dispatched a very pleasant social hour followed. Refreshments were strved by the hostess, Mesdames J. W. Rigby, C. S. Rigby and T. M. Wells. The papers re-Ad at th ese meetings will be published from time to time. They are worth reading and clipping as they contain valuable in formation that is not always attain able. THE B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION The annual conventin of the B. Y. P.U'.ofth aneeAsoiain e Praye-PrsdnH I ias ScrptreLeson- rs C.W 'ReogCandton Cdeeapters.D.C Add( isreslof Wecme -President h. DueMrs.-Mr. Bomar Monday MisseRub ber ontmenth subjNominarting Come non,"octt Hsorewe.ned n "Erestincyi instautiB. s. P. M. Dickvon Ravethda stryofM.n ingindaiAl. The PapDer,"Mr. CouW. tr. Rprt in toinartin b Mrste. "T.rin ad Trbuatis of iGroupt Chataine," well JnoM. Jrdabng. Talk-Mr. N . prt.' Rooers apo Soatnd-"Wed Mrchin to tieion." Wen ergwseiseiony prcae atemoner ateion rdrm thanning estailltib ldon ohewrof veeer f The foetowing were lected on Thissi idet, Mr.cessary White Secre tary i adireauer matte touind the. Elasvesng Vic Psdent 01stfu Ditict, District, hero.SpnBrg. M res.sN SRot.J.AEaey Seendictin. nsfr ebesi lAd man mkes Coat wuh mre satgib faory guest.i ae uever ok abot Tihe nluinefoth nk aftron .v FORMER MINISTERS . [X[CUI[[D IN ATENS Six Men Convicted of High Treason Are Shot EXECUTION CAUSES BREAK Official Representatives of Great Britain Notifies Greek Govern ment That He is Leaving Capital 'Athens, Nov. 28 (By the Associated Press).--The six former cabinet offi cers and army officers, convicted of high treason in connection with the Greek. disaster in Asia Minor, were executed today. The execution of the condemned men was by shooting. The men ex ecuted were: Former Premiers Gou naris, Protopapadakis and Stratos; M. Theotokis, former war minister; M. Baltazzis, holder of portfolios in sev eral former cabinets, and Gen. IIad janestis, commander of the (reek forces at the time of the Asia Minor military disaster. The British minister, F. O. Ljpdley, has notified the Greek government that Great Britain has broken off rela tions with Greece and that he is leav ing Athens tonight. C. II. Bentinck, British member of the financial control, remains here. A statement issued by the courtmar tial which condemned to death the former ministers, giving the reasons for imposing the sentences of death, says in effect that the defendants knowingly concealed from the people the danger involved in King Constan tine's return to the throne and that, although Greece, was breaking away from her alliances, they did their ut mhost to gonsoIidate Constantine's throne in order to enjoy office under Him. "By terioistic methods," the state ment adds, "they stifled all public opinion contrary to them, arranged with General IH[adjanestis a pretended offensive against Constantinople and thereby brought about the enemy's of fensive and the collapse of the Greek front in Asia Minor ,thus deliberate ly delivering a large part of the army into the enemy's hands. "They therefore were convicted, in accordance with several articles of the military and penal codes of conspiring to commit high treason." The official anouncement issued to (lay after the execution of the minis ters says: "The sentence of the courtmartial was delivered this morning. Messrs. Gounaris, Baltazzis, Theotokis, Proto papadakis, Stratos and General Had janestis were condemned to death and were executed this morning. "General Stratigos and Mr. Goudas were sentenced to penal servitude for life. The military defendants were also sentenced to degradation and the following fines were inflicted: Gon naris 200,000 drachmas; Stratos, 355, 000 drachmas; Protopaadakis 500,000 Baltazzis 1,000,000; Theotokis 1,0000 000; Goudas 200,00 dlrachmas." Londlon Nov 28.-A despatch to The D~aily Express from A thens asserts that before the Greek ministers faced the firing squadl General Hlajanestis was solemnly degraded. His medals and the insignia of his rank wecre cut from his uniform and hin swordl was broken. Comminunion was administered to all the men before they were shot. Their bodies later were taken to the cemetery where they were turned over to relatives. The despatch add~s that F. C. Lind ley ,the British minister, continued his efforts to secure clemency for the condlemned men up to the last mo ment. H~e visited the foreign office twice Monday evening when it al readly was an open secret that some of the accusedl men wvouldl be sentene ed to death. H~e also visited the re volutionary chief, Colonel Plasticiras. London, Nov. 28.-The Times as serts that the British minister at Athens, F. 0. Lindley, has asked for his passports. Lausanne, Nov. 28. (By the Associat ed Press).-The news of the execu tions of ministers at Athens caused - great excitement among the delegates to tho Lausanno conference tonight. Former Premier Venizelos of Greece denied himself to the newspaper men. The other Greek delegates said that without official information they were unable to say whether the executions would have any effect on the position oft the Greek deation.