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I bin The Union ILily Times kml X PRESS , . ??K?lfc>?I , K ' I DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY |H?IM?<hHIO Cow??? J t? ^ Urf?.i 0?My H^? Q? tofcwr 1, 1MT DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY | | [at 4 1 I 11111 I I1114^4^^ M I11 , - ? i H-Ell??IMl I l-ja - -- .. _i mi 1? l Vol. LXX1I1 1570 Ualo^ S. C., Thur^Uy AfUifoon, DecomW 25, 1502 3c P?r Coot . - ' ? --- * I MURDER THREAT IN GEORGIA OTT Columbus, Ga., Doe. 28.?lfai?|ii county grand jury convmsd la special session today to investigate the alleged bomb plot unearthed late yes* < terday. It was reported that aa of* 1 fort would be made to blow ap the 1 homes o{ five city commissioners, pa I apartment bouse and a large factory. . The police guarded the buildings last i night. Hie police- claims to know all \ the plotters. 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 27.?This city i was stirred as it had not been in i years when announcement by officials ? was made late today et Mm discovery i of an alleged oplt to Wow up the . homes of all five of Mm city commis- i sioners, an apartment house, and a ' factory. The authorities have taken i Drecalltinna t** ' Im ? WW ? WMW *MV * jr UJ? I out of the schedule of murder and < destruction. 1 The cotmty pand jury will meet I tomorrow morning to make a full in- t vestigation of "the affair, it waa an- ] nounced otnight. The names of sev- j eral persons believed to have infor- \ mation regarding the plot were i placed in the hands of the foreman of i the jury by the city commiasion and it ia expected they will be subpoenaed < to appear before the body. The, active plotters, according to < the police, are about a do sen men, ( criminals,' anarchists and persons who , are believed to be enraged over the i strict enforcement of the prohibition i law here. They have in their posses siou 100 pounds of TNT, enough to j wreck wholesale destruction, according to information in the hands of the < city authorities. \ Tonight the homes of the five city , commissioners, the Dimon court ] apartments, the largest building of i its kind in the citv. and the facterv ?f the National Show Caao company, of which Mayor J. Homer Dimon is , president, are all under guard, while , the city is at high tension. V. , While thes a precautions hare been , taken, officials do not believe any attempt will be made tonight to carry | out the plans of the alleged bomb plotters because of the publicity given to their scheme. emuJlnHwefffdibegi1 ate |iee>r?wwJ| / lest night 1b ? local cemetery and < mapped out the plans for the attack, i They charge that among IS men at- ] tending the meeting were members of , the police, malcontents, criminals and , one or two persons from the Alabama , cities across the Chattahoochee river. ] I Discovery of the plot was an nounced at a citiseaa' meeting at a i Joj^l hotel this afternoon, following a eaPon of the city commissioners, at which time Judge George P. Monro and Foreman Frank G. Lumpkin of the grand 'jury were called into conference. A verbal resolution was adopted at the meeting requesting the city comr\ mlssioners as the constituted author/ ities to meet and recommend any - ' steps t'tey might deem necessary to forestall violence. The aid of those present was pledged to the commis ion in the fight against the lawless element. Celebrates 94th Birthday Dr. T. M. Bailey, long one of Greenville's most honored and respected citizens and for many years a secretary of the Home Mission Board of the Baptist denomination in South Carolina, will celebrate his 94th birthday tomorrow. Dr. Bailey will be "At Home" to many of his friends who will visit him at his residence on Hampton avenue where he has lived for 37 years, to pay their respects and wish for him many happy returns of the day. * The Rotary club will send a special committee to pay the respects of the club to Dr. Bailey on his birthday. This committee is composed of Dr. D. M. Ramsay, chairman, Mayor H. C. Harvley, J. C. Keys, John H. Holmes and Rev. Furman Moore. Despite his serious illness of sev era! months ago. Dr. Bailey is in verf Igood health, considering his advancod age.?Greenville News. Time to Get License Tegs The time to order automobile 11 cense tags is here again and the high way department is receiving the tag in Columbia now. The law require the plates to be purchased be twee January 1 and February 1 and th mailing will begin at once. Christmas Fmorrises at Sard! There will N? a Christmas cntei tainment at Sodk school tonight I 7 &0 o'clock and everybody ia invits to attend. Mrs. Carl Cooper and children ai the gueetq of her sister, Mrs. J. < Wilifovd In Qromwood this week. Miss Smith ia ****? Hhr rian at the Carnegie tfbftary this wes Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Nix and Ml Katharine Nix am tha guests oi 1 and Mrs. J. H. Hope in Columbia. At f. t REFUGEES CAN BE REMOVED to entar Blrafc BM^rtTfof the emkerfcatisa ef Christian refugeea from Ado Miner en condition the s|dpa or? not apfler the Omk flat ud that they ho sec gated aid mdar am roilianoo of American liestioyeia. Thdo ii a complete immat of policy oo dm pari of tho Angora |?m? moot, which only a abort ttmo ago categorically rofoaod a rogueat for such porwilaalmi traaamtttod by tho American naval authorities here. The new mora comes on the heels of the Turkish concession restoring to Christiana foil freedom to leave Anatolia whenever they desired. Beth changes of front are believed here to have resulted from the pressure brought to bear on the Turkish dele i.f -S. A-0 W m ganon at me i^ausanne comerence, particularly from the American delegation, and the Turks' realisation that their previous measures had created a bad impression throughout the world. As soon as the . new decision became known the American Near East relief, which from the start has shouldered the burden of responsibility for assisting the Christian exiles to leave Anatolia, began extending its rescue machinery to inclutfe adults as well as orphans and wireless messages were sent to all its Black Sea coastal and intercoastal stations. Greek steamers, which had been waiting at the Golden Horn, were sOon under way, accompanied by American destroyers. An American relief worker is traveling aboard each hip and all the vessels are well stocked with foodstuffs provided by the Near East relief. Bases for the convoying destroyers have been established by the American naval authorities at Samasun, the principal embarkation point-on the Black Sea; in the Botphorus, at Constantinople, and at Piraeus, Greece, from which port refugee ships are starting. The new scheme provides free transportation for the exiles for the ji i >bvistas the necessity of transshipment mm allied vessels to Greek Doats at Constantinople. It will accelerate the refugee movement, permitting the departure of tens of thousands who remained In the interior because of thir lack of funds or (timiivh far of makinsr the long trek through winter roads to the coastal towns, only to find no ships awaiting them. Smith-Hifhtower Lock hart, Dec. 28.?Married on December 24 by Rev. J. E. Meng of Buffalo at the home of Ernest Hightower at Monarch Mills, Oscar H. Hightowcr of Monarch and Mian Sallie Smith of Lockhart. Mrs. Hightower is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith and is very popular in Lockhart. Come down to common parlance: If the governor had 'phoned me "to send him the best girl in Lockhart I would have gone to her and said, "Miss Sallie, Uie governor wants to see you." Homo. Gipsy Smith, Jr. in Mississippi Gipsy Smith, Jr., has just closed a revival of four weeks in Hattiesburg, Miss., and has captured the city. The free will offering for him was $5,000 and he was literally showered with handsome gifts and has s standing invitation to return once a year and preach. The newspaper says: "Mr. Smitl went to Jackson early Monday morn' ing well nigh physically exhauste< and was immediately ordered to be< by his good wife and will remain then until the real 'boss' of the househoh allows him to get up again. Mi ' I Smith will begin his first revival o ' 11923 at Lelend, in the delta, on Jann I ary 7th." Sara Barnhardt Improving i Paris, Dec. 28 (By the Associate . Press).?The condition of Sara - Bernhardt is improved today. B 1 * ' A Comment on British Misaioi ? London, Dec. 28.?British newspi pers commenting on mission of Stai ley Baldwin seeking to fund the Bri M ish debt to the United States, expre hope that terms were fixed by co grass for repayment be modified. 25-year redemp^on period was co ^ donned as too short Prayer Meeting Friday [T The business women's prayer me tag will be held Friday morning a1 o'clock in.the grand Jury room at t ^ court house t Every business woman Is invited be present as ?* Ir. Aubrey Neland, of Baden, N. GL, visiting relatives here this week. ' WaaMpgteo, JDm. St. ? Fwn Placket Wltssn mhkrtiil hU Wth birthday today, quietly at Ma borne bare. The only achsdalsj event wee the trhrft of the Wnptbii from the Woodrew WUeo* FVmndatliin yesterday afternoon to extend birthday greetings and inform him of the progress made in raising $1,000,000 to perpetuate the ideals pronounced daring hie presidency.' Washington, Doc. 27.?Woodrow Wilson will be 66 years old tqmgtorow. It will be his happiest birthday Vince the Republican senate smashed his dream of a league of nations. For, at the present time, an effort on the part of former irreconcilable*, led by Senator Borah, Is being made to induce the United States government to lend a helping hand to staggering Europe. Borah, who fought what he termed "Wilsonism," is now repeating the old argument of Wilson. Today, he declared it to be the duty of this strong government to save the countries of Europe from Completo collapse. Hlj argued that such should be done not only for Europe hut for the United States which requires a market for its surplus products. Borah, according to Senator Oscar W. Underwood, leader of the Democratic minority, is seeing today just what Wilson saw immediately after the armistice. While the indications are that the country is gradually coming to the "Wilson way of thinking," the Borah amendment, providing for an economic conference, will, according to Senator Underwood, be defeated. "The Republican leader," said Senator Underwood, "will make a, point ft# nrHor tkA Rnraii amnMll ment. It will be sustained. To su4f pend the rules requires s two-third* majority which the Borah amendment can not command. Democratic think, will vote with Borah in .favor1 of suspending the rules. V "It is a highly interesttar, situation with a man like Boiirf attempting: to do today what he mer president feels himself 1 justified. For the troubles of this ( country and the countries of Europe,! the Republicans, who defeated the Versailles treaty, are responsible. At that time, the United States, with the greatest army in the world, with the greaest capital in the world could have sat at the head of the table of nations and directed the situation. The economic conditions which prevail everywhere today, would have been obviated."* Democratic members of congress will remember the former president tomorrow. They will inform him that the Republicans ae in roundabout fashion accepting his theories which formerly they rejected, and that gradually the country is begin ning to smile over the "terrors" of entangling alliances conjured up in a former campaigiT by Senator Lodge and his colleagues. It is reported today that fhe health of Mr. Wilson continues to improve and that he is possessed entirely of his old time mental vigoh Lodge Confers With President * N Washington, Dec., 28.?Chairman j Lodge of the senate foreign relations i committee today discussed the Bo rat ! proposal for the new economic and . disarmament conference with the I president. He indicated after the conference that the president would prob j ably send a letter to the capitol dur. ing the day outlining his attitude to j ward the plan. Lodge declined to dis j cuss his announcement during the sen t ate debate yesterday that the presi j dent was negotiating a new worl< economic conference. In some quar f ten it is believed, however, that th . president will reveal his plpn in a let I i?r sent to the senate leaders. Lodge' Visit was followed cosely by a confei ence between the president and Sec retary Hughes. The opponents of tb 4 Borah measure planned to continv h the fight today. Washington, Dec. 28.?Lodge pr 1 sen ted the letter from President Ha ding at noon after the senate coi i. vened. The letter said the Borah pr n_ posal was inadvisable in view of wh t. the executive branch of the gover M ment was already doing to help tl n- economic situation. He said if co A gross really wanted help it could fr n- its hands of debt funding the coi mission which now cannot vary t time for payment of the foreign w debts. The president failed to s exactly what he planned. Lodge si st- the president told him he, opposed a ; 'j debt cancellation, he 1 1 Everett# Jeffries of Brevard, N. to i* spending the holidays with his l Mi* BapL sal Mrs. Davis Jeffr! He is principal of a thriving sch , Is near Brevard, N. C., and says he lil the gaate of teaching. ' % \ , - V" e - r V McKOlN OBTAINS HABEAl CORPUS Baltimore, pMk ! .?Three judgw presided in dty iy here today In , habeas corpus prwtdings brought by , Dr. B. M. MeKotoJ former mayor of , Mor Rouge. La^ Vho is fighting a , return to the state eh a murder charge , preferred by ?oeertior Parker. Mr- ( Koin's attorney armouneed that he 4 would fight extrawlon to the last ditch. i The judgee refused to order Mc- < Koin's release on lljhd and demanded ? of him (haf. ha aUait tha 1 itniaUn. officials. . ft I Bastrop, La., Das.^8.?Chief inter, est in the Motehoacp kidnaping case today shifted te Nas/ Orleans whero Governor Parker, Attorney General Coco and Special iHbsecutor Adams scheduled to confanjngarding the policies to be follou^yrTn open hearings starting JanuarjV/ UL A warrant for the arrest of Dr. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Morgue, was issued yesterday. This, it was believed, would make it unnecessary for the state to show its evidence in an effort to have the physieigjt brought here. The masked mob that kidnapped Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, who were found dead hv a lake, consisted of 75 men, according ip investigators. It is claimed that practically every member is known. Baltimore, Dec. 27^-Capt. George G. Henry, chief inspector of the Baltimore police, received^ telegram tonight from Gov. Johia M. Parker of Louisiana, askinsr that! ht&riiur in the . writ of habeas corpi* obtained by , counsel for Dr. McK&in be held up i until officers arrived wth extradition t papers. ' t The writ was obtai Ad in an effort j to obtain bail for DrH McKoin, who ( was arrested here ye^^rday after a , telegram was receivedHfora the Louisiana gtvarnor requeWinK that the , former be held on a <^w*rge of mur-11 der in connection with^Jhe Morehouse \ pariah murders and ki^Vapings. Hearing on the writ is s?H doled for to- , borrow. I Governor Parker's dHttS^a state^K ^^iarr but charged with mum Jn an affi- a davit." t h The writ of requisitnh on the gov- n ernor of this etate, issued by Governor barker, is not expected to ar- j\ rive here for a few daysj Dr. McKoin, a a former mayor of ^Her Rouge. j( through his counsel, former United d States District Attorney Robert R. a Carman, stated he will' fight all at- / tempts at extradition. IS Robert F. Leach, Jr., state's attor- h ney, has telegraphed the Louisiana c governor and Attorney General Coco of that state for information to use t at the habeas corpus proceedings to T__i: !_ .U. Am.mm M. T Oa?Vl _ morrow. Ciamcr in i>n. uv?Vm j refused to release Dr. McKoin on bail. j. It was stated tonight that Dr. Mc- t Koin telegraphed his father at Mon- ; roe, La., an alibi explaining in detail \ his actions on August 24, the day j Thomas Richards and. Watt Daniels , are supposed to havetbeen kidnaped and murdered. It also was said that the telegram | contained the names of many wit- \ nesses who would corroborate the story of Dr. McKoin. Meanwhile friends of Dr. McKoin ; are rallying to his assistance. Telegrams were received today from i many persons pledging their moral i and financial support. Among them i was one from two physicians signing I themselves fellows of the American > College of Surgeons. Another telegram from the Central Savings and Trust company of Mer Rouge, La., offered to deposit any - amount of money inw local bank in an effort to obtain release of Dr. Mc Koin. Dr. Hugh Young, head of the Brady A institute of the Johns Hopkins medi cat school, with whom Dr. McKoin e has been associated Oince he arrived - here last October, made public the ? telegrams received. That from the ' trust company read:, "The Central Savings and Trust e comnsnv of Mer Rouge will indeihnify ie you to any amount you might incur aa a result of the arrest of Dr. McKoin. The bank will deposit in any b- bank in Batimore city sufficient funds r- to cover any bonds that you might it- pledge for Dr. McKoin." 0. . w ^ at Jurors for Federal Court n- _ The grand and petit jurors for th< term of federal court in Greenwoo< ** February 6th has been drawn and th *" Union county people to serve are: F. A. Mabry, Jonesville; J. Moble; ?r Jeter, Jr., on the grand jury. W. A Walker, Union; P. H. Jeter, Carlisle ,id M. E. Abrams, Whitmire; J. C. Seta ny ler, Whitmire; L. J. Browning, Union J. E. Hughes, Union, on the pet! ?.* * ? [> - Mrs. Ida Baker i^tbe guest of h< les. daughter, Mrs. D. SEPope, in Colun ool bia for the holiday paeon, and is b tea ing honored with mfcgy delightful a ' tentions. UNEASINESS AT I CONFERENCE Uumok, Dee. 28 (By the-Associated Press).?The Near East conference conodhission on capitulations today reached a deadlock pending receipt of new instructions by Turkish delegates, some of the Allied delegates said after the meeting adjourn?d. 1 I^ausana^vDec. 27 (By the Assorted PnH|- Great uneasiness is ipreadinf jPHbghout Near East conference as the time ap5roach wHtn there must be a final eckoning An all important questions, vhieh har# been passed by with only >artial agreement or no agreement it all bedftreen the Turks and the tilled powsgs. Lord , Cursons's positive statement oday that Great Britain will not cede doBUl to Turkey and does not protone to discuss that question further ras the forerunner of less positive . itatements -from the other delegations ?n various questions, which indicates he conference is reaching a climax , ind that preparations are under way or a final showing of strength. The subtommissions are making ittle progress. Risa Nur Bey was enn truculent today in the subcomnission on minorities, bnt the Christ- 1 nas rest apparently did not improve he temper of the Turks materially ind the allied delegations are clearly >ecoming less tractable in preparation 'or a final and complete statement of he maximum they will yield. The indications are that this final -ouna up wui come early next week ?nd the contending: parties are so par part on capitulations, control of :he straits and the rights of minori- 1 -ies that the outcome is uncertain, [t is clear that further meetings of ' 'he commissions and subcommisaions will be of little use. x 1 Seemingly every one is talked out ind every foot of ground between Mt. Vrarat and the Garden of Eden has >een traversed. Old Testament history has been redewed from Genesis to Malachi, jpets, historians, soothsayers, who viae their ancestry dirr-tlv back to Ktesmen "*of man, . . .H . WI nd religions have been heard- The opper is filled to overflowing and ? ow the mill is starting to grind. Kurds, Arabs, Assyro-Chaldeans, , rmenians, Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians nd Russians are watching with tense iterest as the allied leaders meet aily in private conferences,, which <re really deciding What the map of J isia Minor shall be. Lord Curxon, farquis di Garroni and M. Barrere ^ ad a long discussion today on v apitulations, which after Mosul oil ? probably the most stubborn ques- ' ion for settlement. ( The three leaders made no an- ' louncement as to what decision had 1 J -lit. ?U sL?.. Ua?>A ?*A 1 >een reacnea, minuugu mry nave ?*.>eatedly made it clear that the in- I riting powers can not consent to have foreigners in Turkey tried by Turksh courts without some sort of foreign supervision. The Turks are insistent upon this point aiyd will not even consent to have a probationary period fixed so that their courts may be brought up U? western standards. Meantime, Constantinople is becoming more unsettled every day and Greece and Bulgaria are floundering along under the burden of the miserable refugees, who dread a resumption of hostilities between Greece and Turkey. Crawford-Johnson ' Miss Fannie Odell Crawford of Gatfncy and Edwin Howell Johnson, of Union, were married at the bride's home in Gaffney, December 24th by I Rev. J. B. Bozeman. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have the good wishes of hundreds of friends for a long life filled with happiness. Mr. Allen's Father Better B. F. Alston received a letter from Charles F. Allen, choir director foi Gipsy Smith, Jr., stating that his father was better. It will be remembered that Mr. A1 len was called to the bedside of hii father at Cedar Brook, N. J., while h< i was in Hattiesburg, Miss., and was ; much concerned over the outcome o the illness as his father was over 81 years of age. Friends in Union will be pleased t hear that he has improved. j M&arriage Announcement Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis announc the marriage of their daughte 7 Rosin* Davis, to Edgar C. Ernest, < I.* Easton, Pa., December 23rd. The young couple will make the home in Easton, Pa. Mrs. Poster Howell has charge < the Western Union office during Mi u. Pierce's absence. i- Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cureton m ft- children will return to their home t- Atlanta this week after a visit Mr. and Mrs. R. W. MeDow. GIRL'S DEATH NOT EXPLAINED New York, Dec. 27.?More than 86 hours after they began their investigation the police tonight confessed themselves baffled in their search for a solution of circumstances surrounding the death of Theresa McCarthy, ten year old schoolgirl, whose body with a 22 caliber bullet through the heart was found in a toy littered room of her Brookland home yeseterday. The investigation, after the police had laboriously dissipated a half dozen nebulous clues, sifted down to two theories. The first, the one considered most credible by the police, that the child was accidentally sh? W a playmate who had been giveri \ gun of Bmall caliber as a ChristrrcaVresent. The second theory, whichwV police say they had little faith in,^*? that the child was shot down by a sailor of whom Theresa and several of her girl friends had complained several weeks ago, declaring that he had annoyed them. An autopsy today by Medical Examiner Norris provdied the principal grounds for the theory of accidental death. The medical examiner declared the girl had not been attacked. The 22 caliber soft nosed bullet had passed through the heart, he found, and went straight through the body, indicating that the gun muzzle was on a level with the chilj'a breast at the time of the explosion. Powder marks on the clothing indicated that the shot had been fired at close range. More than 100 boys lhdng in the neighborhood of the McCarthy home were questioned by detectives in a search for one who might have rereived a 22 caliber pistol or rifle as a Christmas gift. The police also reexamined the girl's father, Edward McCarthy, a painter and war veteran, who has been separated from the girl's mother, Mrs. Pauline McCarthy, for arteral years. They declared he lull successfully accounted for| hai actions yesterday. f \ V ^ Mr^ Perrin/^ , inderson, are visiting their mothc/, Irs. Ida Perrin. M. and Mrs. Lester Davis, of Jreenville, visited relatives in Union luring the holidays. Miss Mamie Bates, of Winthrop College, is spending the holidays with ilrs. George T. Keller. Mr. and Mrs. James Vincent are risiting relatives in Barnwell this veek. Sarratt Hames, of West Point Miltary Academy, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Vfr. and Mrs. L. J. Hames. Miss Nancy Goudelock, of Greenville, spent part of the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Belle Goudelock, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Coggshall, of Darlington, and Mr. and Mrs. Gist Duncan, of Leesville, were holiday guests of Mr. and" Mrs. R. P. Harry. Miss Clara Jolly, of Columbia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. James, on Hart St. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Strange, of Marion, N. C? spent the holidays with relatives in South Union. Miss Fanny Clark, of Lancaster, is visiting her parents, Capt. and Mrs. E. L. Clark. They also have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. R. N. I Clark, of Milwaukee, Wis., the former a brother of Capt. Clark. Harry Sanders, of Asheville, N. C., spent part of the holidays witht his mother, Mrs. Hattie Sanders. Miss Lois Townsend has gone to Macdonald, N. C., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Townsend Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Gault and family are the holiday guests of theii parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Colson. Mrs. S. H. McLean of Columbia wai called to Union this week on accoun' of the critical illness of her brother Dr. M. D. Huiet. Miss Viola Aiken is spendini sometime with Miss Wiiiie Lewis i; 1 Columbia. Mrs. Felix Goudelock and littl daughter are visiting relatives in Der mark. 5 Mrs. George Goudelock of Darlinf 3 ton is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mil< f Smith. ? Mrs. R, E. Lawson of Jonesvllle the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. ' 0 Moseley, on West Main street. Griffin-Broome On December 25th Mr. Tom Broc ? arid Mrs. Louise Griffin were united r? the bonds of holy matrimony at t home of her brother, Mr. John Loc man. They were married at 1 o'clo *r by Rev. W. A. Duckworth, pastor the Methodist church, and Rev. J. Graham, pastor of the Baptist chur Mr. and Mrs. Broom have the b wishes of their many friends. ad In the last 26 years only six oun In of radium have been produced, is Gray and black Aggripina mo | are IS inches from wing to wing FRENCH MAY TAKE GERMAN FORESTS Paris, Dec. 27 (By the Associated Press).?Premier Poincare plans to follow up the reparations commission's decision declaring Germany in default of her wood deliveries by presenting to the allied premiers' meeting next week a scheme of taking over the German state forests as a guarantee. If the other premiers will not agree to this step it is understood Prance is prepared to act alone. It now is feared that the British and French attitudes will be as far apart when the premiers reconvene as *u? ?' -* urey were wnen tne recent London conference adjourned and the latest reparations development is taken to support this view. Sir John Bradbury went to London today to confer with Prime Minister Bonar Law and other members of the government on the effect of the reparations commission's action and on the question of the general British policy toward the premiers' meeting. Sir John's reasons for refusing to suppot the default vote which reasons, it is thought, may be taken as a reflection of the position of Bonar Law, were that certain extenuating circumstances entitled Germany to more lenient consideration and that furthermore the allies had previously agreed on a course less radical in the event of Germany's failure to make the deliveries. France's victory in the reparations commission vote is ascribed to the personal efforts of Premier Poincare who is said to have carefully planned the coup. The action was so quietly and swiftly executed that none of the American unofficial observers had the opportunity of being present. Although the United States has no vote in the commission the views of its obseervers have always had much weight, especially when a vital issu-'. was before the commission, as was the case yesterday. It is declared in reparations circles that the position "Of the American ober9erg has approximated that of the British. / The commission's su^-n decision ' took not only tbr^^-sicane but v ... ^ French poUticoL_5ir< " , *v ? * WITH THE SICK W ********** Ben Crawford, our Main street He livery boy, is sick with flu at his ^ home on S. Church street. ^ Dr. Morgan, druggist at the Palmetto Drug Store, is sick with the flu, as are the clerks and the store has been closed for several days. Mr. Arthur Lawson has been quite sick at the Wallace Thomson hospital for several days and his condition does rot improve. Dr. M. D. Huiet continues quite sick at the Wallace Thomson hospital and his condition causes his friends grave concern. Davis Jeffries, Jr., has been sick with flu for several days, but is some better today, although not yet out of danger. Mrs. J. Frost Walker and little daughter are very much improved today. Misses Neeley and Effte Sartor have heen sick for several days at their home on S. Mountain street. M*r. and Mrs. J. T. Moseley and Miss Lilian Moseley have been quite sick with flu, but all are improving today. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gilbert arc confined to their home with an attack of flu. Eugene Gregory, J. T. Clark and A. F. Clark are recovering from a siege with the flu. J. H. Hnlford has been quite sick with flu, but is very much better now. r Mrs. G. H. Rector has been quite sick with flu at her home in South j Union.. ' Harris Resolution Adopted ? Washington, Dec. 28.?The senate u adopted the resolution by Senator Harris, Democrat, of Georgia, exe pressing joy and pleasure at Former , President Wilson's recovery to health. Most of the Republicans were silent. No Violence During Night New York, Dec. 28.?The Irish free ls state and the Republican representatives are still in join possession of the Irish consular offices here after an all. I nicht viiril. The nieht was spent in peaceful debates and violence was absent. The court action is likely today. >m .?. in TODAY'S COTTO^ MARKET k- Open 2:00 p. m. <*k January 26.62 26.39 of March 26.72 26.69 S. May 26.80 26.78 ch. July 26.64 26.46 eat October .; 24.68 24.60 Local markot .. 26JW In flight the wings of a sparrow makes 18 strokes per second, ths In Iceland whistling is fostrfdden as tip. a breach of the divine law. ' ' ' '.'ii i ? '