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t THE STJMTER WATCHMAN", Eeti CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 ABRIDGES NORiGHlS Daugherty Makes Statement That It Will Not Be Used to Interfere With Personal Liberty, Speech .or Press Washington, Sept. 5 (By the As sociated Press).?The injunction obtained in Chicago against strik ing shopmen by the government Attorney General Daugherty said today, will not be used to abridge personal liberty, nor will freedom of speech or the press be interfer ed with. But, he added, "Free dom of speech and freedom of press does not mean those mediums may be used to incite riots or* mur ders." The attorney ger^fi? also declared that the injunction had not been obtained to force men to work, nor was it a move to prevent strikes. The statement of Mr. Daugh erty, which was made to newspa per correspondents, followed earl ier declarations by a Whi:,* House spokesman after today's cabinet meeting that President Harding felt the injunction would not in any was' endanger constitutional rights of the men on strike or of t?the~ citizens. But, it was added, the Chicago injunction proceedings would be followed up with the de termination of preventing inter ference with transportation. Just how far the government would be obliged to go with prose cutions against individuals?, the White House spokesman Said? could only be determined by events. It was indicated that no activities in connection with the strike outride of court matters were now in pro gress. Attorney General Daugherty in his statement declared there would be no objection by the department of justice to meetings of. union men to perform any of their func tions, "that do-not interfere with interstate commerce [ or otherwise ?violate the law." "If anyone undertakes to abridge personal liberty," he added. "I wtir be as vigorous in upholding the people's rights a? I am: vigorous in opposing violence." The attorney general expressed the belief that the strike situation would "quiet down" this week, and added: "2 do not want to go any fur ther in these proceedings than is necessary. I want to be reason able about it, but not so reasonable as to let the government and the people be trampled upon." The injunction, he said, "is sit ting very ' comfortable," adding that the department had received many congratulatory messages on it, including many from labor peo ple. The great majority of the press ?about 90 per cent?that portion of the "respectable upstanding press," Mr. Daugherty declared, approved the government's course. The press, he added, had perform ed a ;*very generous helpful ser vice to the American people." Responding to a question, the at torney general said he thought a court would construe advocacy of picketing as being' in violation of Judge Wilkereon's temporary re straining order. Reports to the department of justice today, he asserted, showed the situation over the country to be "quiet, very comfortable." . As the attorney general discuss ed the situation William H. John son, president of the Association of Machinists, one of the seven strik ing railroad organizations, declar ed in an. address here that no change had been made in the methods of conducting the strike, so far as his union was concern ed. Mr. Johnson characterized the Chicago action as "the big noise" and said he would "defy Attorney General Daugherty or any one else to interfere with me and my fel lows meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest." Chicago. Sept. 5.?Leaders of the striking railway shopmen de nied tonight printed reports that a call had been sent out for a meet ing of the union policy committee of 90 men in Chicago on Thurs day. "Any such report is a'plot on the part of the railroads to deceive our membership." declared .1. F. Mc Grath. vice president and spokes man for the union, in the absence from' headquarters of B. M. Jewell. While refusing to reveal the whereabouts of Mr. Jewell, who dropped from sight last Thursday, just before the government obtain ed a temporary injunction against the strikers. Mr. McGrath said, re ferring to reports that Mr. Jewell had been in Baltimore, that "I do not believe he has been in that vicinity even. "There has been absolutely no call for a meeting of the policy committee sent out from our head quarters he declared. "And such a. meeting would be impossible on Thursday as our members could not be assembled on such short notice." * At the same time railway executives said they knew of no ef forts being made to settle the strike. Hale Holden, president of the Burlington, said he understood that all discussions had ended af ter the recent conferences in New York and that his read was well iblished April, 1 SSO. .881._ iPL?NT NO I COHON FOR ONE YEAR j - j Senator Smith Renews! His Proposal That! I This Plan be Adopi -i ed to Exterminate Boll Weevil in the United States ? Washington, Sept. 5.?The pro i posal for a one year suspension of i cotton planting in the United States [ as a means of. eliminating the boll j weevil was suggested in the sen j ate today by Senator Smith (Dem-j focrat) of South arolina. who pre-i jdicted wholesale abandonment of] i cotton farms throughout the I I South unless governmental action I were taken to aid in destruction of the parasite. * The South Carolina senator an- j nounced he had written to the chief ? entomologist of the department of! agriculture, asking fhat a study be j made to determine whether a year's j layoff in cotton growing would j eradicate the weevil. He said the i entomologist had expressed in a I telephone conversation today the j belief that such action would re- ' suit in destroying the ? pest. Senator Smith announced that as J soon as he received the report of i the entomologist he proposed to j introduce a resolution calling for | the cooperation as far as-'const!-1 tutionally possible of the federal j government in the stopping of? planting for one year "so that there] may be a tomorrow for the cotton si industry." "Unless this heroic remedy is ap plied," continued the speaker, "it j will be only a question of a few years before the supply of cotton j j will be -inadequate to meet the do- j mestic needs, much less the world j demand." . The present loss to* the country< from tiie ravages of the weevil! 'amounts to $1.000.000,000 a year, j I Senator Smith said. He suggested ; that the federal and state govern- j ; ments should, join ?n paying the' deficit occasioned by the growers in j the one year's lay off. deciarngj that it would be cheaper for the' country in the end. even if it had j to appropriate the_amount to de-' fray the' expenses caused by the suspension of cotton growing for one year. Senator Smith suggested that j once the weevil was eliminated the federal government could and ; should resort to zoning the Rio1 Grande border for a distance of j 100 miles, in which no cotton could be-planted, expressing belief that; this practice would effectively stop: the insects' migration. Pointing out'that production last! year was only a little more than1 half of normal and estimating th:?t j ! this year's crop would not_ ex- i ceed 9,000.000 bales. Senator Smith1 asked how long the nation cou H j I expect to maintain the balance of | j trade in its favor if its export of j ; cotton fell away. The export de- j mand, he continued. i& around 6.- j 000,00-0 bales^ with the domestic] demand exceeding that slightly, j On the basis of this year's crop, ' he added, the country, would he i j 2,500,000 short of the export re- ] quirements. BOLSHEVIKS SLAUGHTERING OPPONENTS Moscow. Sept. 6.?Fifty-five per- j sons have been sentenced to death upon conviction in county revolu-i tionary activities, the newspaper; ! Pravda announces. League of Nations Elects Officers j Geneva, Sept. 6.?The League of Nations assembled today and elect-1 ed six vice presidents. They rep resented England, France. Portu-! gal. Sweden, Spain and Jugo- j j Slavia. I satisfied with general conditions, j "We quit talking at New York and [ now we are busy moving the traf ! tic." he said./ ! Mr. Jewell, who has been sought ever since the injunction was handed down last Friday to obtain : service for a writ, and who has va i riously been reported in Washing ton. Baltimore and other Eastern cities, was still absent today, al . though some of his friend-; indieat I ed he might return tomorrow. , Baltimore. Sept. 5.?President iAVillard of the Baltimore & Ohio 'railroad. tonight declared em : phatically he had not had any con ference with B. M. Jewell, head of I the "striking shopmen, with a view . 11> settling the strike nor had h-* seen Mr. Jewell. Mr. Willard fur ther said positively that no confer ence had been arranged and that the Baltimore & Ohio company is now froing right ahead improving its shop fore**- and increasing its working facilities along that line. Mr. Willard made the foregoi ig statement when questioned con cerning a report that he had ? on ferned with Mr. Jewell, with a view to a settlement of the strike. Color was ?iv?-n to th<- report when inquiry at the hotels disclos ed that "Ii. M. Jewell of Chicago" had registered at the Emerson last Sunday and hud left only last evening. At the hotel ignorance of ^is movements was expressed and his comings and goings were unnoted. "Be Jnst and Fear ! THE OFFICIAL ! COUNT OF THE HRSTPRIMARY Blease and McLeod inj Second Race F o r j Governor?0 t h e rl Figures Given Columbia. Sept. 5.?Cole L. 'Blease of Columbia and Thomas G. I McLeod of Bishopville will have to J enter a' second race for the govern- j orship on September 12. and John j E. Swearingen of Columbia and J. j H. Hope of Florence will run over j for state superintendent of educa- j tion next Tuesday, according to the j official announcement madf here j this afternoon by the state Demo- i cratic executive committee, meet- ! ing to tabulate the returns and de clare the results of the first Demo- ! cratic primary election held last j Tuesday. The committee announced the { nomination of B. F. Jackson of! Wagener for lieutenant governor: j W. B. Dove of Columbia for sec- j retary of state,: M. S. Wolfe of An- j derson for attorney general: R. j E. Craig of Columbia for adjutant j and inspector general: B. Harris of ? Pendleton for commissioner of agri- | culture: Walter E. Duncan of Ai- ; ken for comptroller general, and S. T. Carter for state treasurer. In the Sixth district P. H. Stoll of Kingstree and A. H. Casque of Florence will have to run over for congress. In all the other dis-: tricts the incumbents, W. Turner I Logan of Charleston, first: James i F. Byrnes of Aiken, second: Fred' H. Dominick of Xewberry, third: J John M. Swain of (Greenville; fourth: W.'F. Stevenson of Che-; raw fifth, and H. P. Fulmer of; North seventh, were renominated. j Frank A. McLeod of Sumter, A. F.! Spigner of Columbia and L. M>. Gasque of Marion, respectively. I were renominated. The following is the official vote j for state offices: For governor. Cole L. Blease, \ 77,798: J. J. Cantey, 1.2G0: William! Coleman. 3.7:)7: J. T. Duncan. 1. 780: George K. Laney. 23,164:' Thomas G. McLeod. 63,768. Lieutenant Governor. Lieutenant Governor, E. C. L. Adams. 39.457: E. B. Jackson, 78,-{ 603: Jennings K. Owens. 35,527. j Secretary of State, W. Banks Dove. 100,954: James C. Dozier,: 73.356. Attornev General, Harold Eu-1 banks. 36*.228: D. M. Winter. 45, 454: S. M. Wolfe. 90.091. State treasurer, S. T. Carter, 167.301. j Comptroller General, Walter E. Duncan. 109,300; T. Hagood Good ing. 56.527. j State Superintendent of Educa-: tion. Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake. 35.1S0: J. H. Hope. 37.669: (X D.1 Seay. S.663: Cecil H. Seigler. 9, 112: John E. Swearingen. 45 006;.' Mrs. E. Barton Wallace. 22,126. i Adjutant and Inspector General. | R. E. Craig. 91,278; T. B. Mar-' shall. 80.893. Commissioner of Agriculture. B.; Harris. 107.852; George W. Wight-' man. 60.722. Congress: First district. W. Turner Logan, j 10.437: I. S. Hutto, 7.363; J. B | Morrison, 1,291. Second district, James F. Byrnes 14.S71. \ Third district, F. H. Dominick. | 14,407: E. P. McCravy, 3.682; S. j H. Sherard. 4,762. Fourth district. John J. Mc-; Swain. 16.125. . Fifth district, W. F. Stevenson, j 20.127. ! Sixth district. W. R. Barring??r, 4.504: A. H. Gasque, 7.365; J. F.' Pate 4.261; P. H. Stoll 9.938. Seventh District, A. J. Bethea, | 3.S76: H. P. Fulmer 12.572; John! J. McMahan 3,674. Solicitor, Third circuit, John G. Dinkins. 3.204; Frank A. McLeod. 4.287. Fifth circuit. A. F. Spigener, 13, 48!>. Twelfth circuit. C. W. Muldrow. 4.130: L. M. Gasque 9,887. j The returns were tabulated by a subcommittee composed of R. P. I Searson, of Allondale, Sam J. Xich olls. of Spartanburg. and Dr. I. J.J Campbell. Irregular Scratching The ruling of Edgar A. Brown. 1 chairman, that when the names on the ballot for certain office is ir-l regularly scratched and the bal ance of the ballot is otherwise cor- j reetly marked, only that office In question, is invalidated. The vote for the remaining offices is to he j counted. It developed that in the last primary when there was ir regularity in one part of the ballot, the whole ticket was thrown out by some of the managers. A resolution from the Xewberry j <>x<-( utive committee was read in which the state committee was me- : morialized to do something to regu late the placing of ballots in wrong boX^'S. Eugene B. Blease. committeemau from Xewberry, said that fully 200 tickets had to be thrown out in his countv in the first primary because i of being placed in the w :-.<111* box. j Reports from every part of the state is to the s;iine effect, it has been variously estimated that fully 5.000 to i 0,000 votes w ere lost jr. the la t primary because <>f 11ii.-, i It was suggested that the "State j and county tickets be printed on different colors and the ballot box be painted to match these colors, j This change will have to be made ?ot?Let all the ends Thou Aimtf't a Sumter, S. C., Satnrd* She Laughs Just a month after she h?tfr seen an auto rare in which she wasf'dYivi Orleans, went back into the game a Hammond, La. GREEKS WILL !! EVACUATE., ASIA MINOR J -? ? Utr.it'-J) Successive V ictories! by Turks Will Force; Early Withdrawal! of All Greek Force's5 London. Sept. 5.?Xews of the successive reverses suffered by the Creeks at the hands of the Turk ish nationalists in Asia Minor is believed to forecast the early evacuation of the entire area by the Creek army. The Daily. Mail says that evacuation has already , be gun, quoting Creek official circles in London as declaring that the army will be out of the country within three weeks. Athens. Sept. 5.?The Greek communique reports that the Greek army in Asia Minor has repulsed and routed the Turkish national ists east of Brusa. by the State convention and the State Legislature. A subcommittee composed of Ceorge Bell Timmermann, of Bat^s burg. Eugene S. Blease of New berry, and Senator H. H. Gross of Harleyville. was appointed to make a recommedation on this matter and report to the next meeting is be held on September 19. Plea for Dillon The plea of the Dillon county executive committee that the ex pense of the second primary If that county be defrayed from the treasury of the state committee, was partially granted by the cen tral body agreeing to print the ticket for the Sixth District Con gressional race in that county, and paying for the newspaper adver tising. The Dillon committee said that all county offices were filled in the first primary and the county candidates refused to bear the ex pense of the second race and the treasury is depleted. In conference with a recent act of the General Assembly providing for a subcommittee of seven mem bers of the state committee rep resenting each of the Congressional districts being appointed to hear appeals from all municipal elec tions the following were elected, by the main body. First district. .J. 1. <"osgrove. Charleston: Second T. Hagood Gooding. Hampton: Third. M. L. B?nham. Anderson: Fourth. .1. R. McKissick, Green ville: Fifth. R. II. Caldwell. Ches ter: Sixth. John P. Cooper. Marion, and Seventh. Ceorge Bell Timrner mann. Batesburg. * After the regular meeting the subcommittee organized with the election of .1. I. Cosgrove as chair man, and T. Hagood Hooding, as seereta ry. The protest of Dr. Ii. H. Killings worth against the name of T. Ar. iins^. as a nominee for the House of Representatives from McCor miek county was decided in favor of Mr. JRoss. The contention was that .V.t votes were irregularly cast in the Willington l?ox because the numbers were never detached from the ballot, and tin- committee was asked to throw ?>ut the entire box. which would give Mr. Killings worth a majority of the vote. The protest of T. \V. Motley against declaring W. D. Handers magistrate at Pontiac. Richland county, was decided in favor of the latter. Irregular voting was charged. Before adjourning Chairman Brown called attention to reports it be thy Country's, Thy God's and ly, September 9, 1922 ! her brother and her fiance killed in ng a car. Frances Cline, 23, of New nd won a race on the dirt track at ATTACK ON [Unknown Persons Shoot into Houses i of Two Florence Me r chanics ' , i Florenc?. Sept. 6.?Unidentified persons last night shot into .the j home of H. I. Broach, repeating an 'attack which was made Friday night on his home and the home of W. D. Stokes. Last night the officers were prepared for the at tackers at the Broach home and j returned the fire. Whether any I one was hit could not be ascertain ; ed today but some of the persons present believe at least one man was shot by the officers. Both Mr. Broach and Mr. Stokes are former employees of the Flor ence shops of the Atlantic Coast j Line, who went out with the union ion strike the first of July. They j recently returned to work. When ! the shooting occurred during last i j night someone telephoned to Sher | iff Burch. who immediately disr j patched a deputy to the scene and I a deputy L'nited States marshal i went also. SUDDEN DEATH I AT MARION Mr. E. T. Hughes, Member of House of Representatives, j Passes Away ! Marion, Sept. 5.?Eddings Thos. [Hughes, chairman of the ways and j means committee of the South I Carolina house of representatives, ? was found dead in his home here j tonight. A coroner's jury found I that he -'came to his death from j causes unknown to the jury but ! with no evidence of foul play." Mr. j Hughes had been in ill health for six months or more and several months ago suffered a severe at , tack while in Columbia. I Members of Mr. Hughes' family are at their summer home a: Murrell's.'Inlet and he had spent the week-end with them there. , returning to Marion this morning shortly before noon. He transact- j ed some business at his office and] then went to his home. In thej absence id* his family he has been taking his meals at the home of Iiis mother-in-law, Mrs. Carmichael. , who lives across the street from .the Hughes home, and she it was , who discovered the body, lyins; j fully dressed across a bed. when she went to the house tonight about T o'clock. Death is believed to have resulted from an attack of : a poplexy. Doctor Clarence .1. Owens of South Carolina and the .Southern Commercial Congress is in Paris ?with a delegation to help the i French investigate their economic situation. Xol>ody enjoys a good ? investigation of an economic Situa tion more than Doc Owens.? Charleston Post. he had received from every part of [the st:.t?- of the ?rossest kind of j irregularities being allowed by the : managers in the operation of flto Australian ballot system, and he requested that the committeemen prevail oii the county committees j to ^ee that the letter of the law i was carried out if the '.system was expected to survive. Otttl '_J froth's." MEETING OF I BOARD COUNTY! COMMISSIONERS Bids Submitted Fori Supplying the Roadj Material by. Owners j of Gravel Beds?I Routine Business! Transacted ; - j At a regular monthly meeting j of the board held September 5th j with all members present. The minutes of'August 1st ^arsj read and approved. Mr. W. L. Saunders appeared rel- j ative to selling the county gravel j for the construction of the Wat -1 eree River bridge approaches. Ho j made the board a price of 8 cents per cubic yard tor gravel j needed. Mr. James G. Simmons al-i so appeared relative to this mrrtcrj and made the board a pric? cf 7 cents per cubic yard for the gravel' needed^ He^stated that the haul; from his gravel was a little ihej nearesr. Dr. Geo. W. Dick appeared rel-1 ative to the cleaning out of a ditch which ran back of his place and. which needed attention. The j grounds of the two-teacher school i in the neighborhood were flooded every time it rained. Asked that1 the board cooperate with him in \ keeping this ditch open. The! chairman and the county engineer; were appointed to look into the j matter and take action if war- j ranted. Mrs. M. E. Griffin of the Shady j Side section appeared and made j application for aid. Mrs. Marie Galloway of Tindal j appeared and made application for aid. Mr. E. W. Dabhs appeared ask ing that remittance of a fine for one Nat Fortune, a boy on his! place, who had been convicted and j fined $5.00 for stealing peaches, 1 stating that he thought the prose- j eution was the result of a personal; grudge. The board did not thir.k j it had jurisdiction in the matter, and directed the clerk to consult with the county ? attorney, and as-j certain If the hoard -had the right ! to remTt the fine."'" ' Dr. W. E. Thayer and Mr. D. W. j Cuttino appeared asking the com- j mittment of the children of A. R. Draytom to the Rescue orphanage. They stated that Mr. Drayton was; able and willing *#o pay for the; keep of the children. The board j directed that recommendation be made to the Rescue Orphanage to receive these children, but declin ed under the circumstances to be! responsible for their keep. Mr. P. E. McLeod again appear- j ed before the board asking for the' extension of the new Privateer road j to Broadway Siding. He stated that! this road was very badly needed! to serve the people in his com- j munity. Engineer Jeffords stated this road would cost between $600 j and $S00 per mile, the distance j being between four and five mites, j The board decided that they could j not undertake this work .at thisj itme, but would do so as soon as ? possible. Mr. ,M. W. Seabrook appeared] relative to the title deed to the: Santee River Cypress Lumber Co.. j to Sumter county for rights of; way over their lands in Watereo! River swamp. He stated that he; had conferred with the countyi attorney relative to certain fea-! tures which were objectionable in ! the first de^d. and that these had j been eliminated. He further st?.t ed that his company wanted righ to cross the right of way if ne~es- | s?ry, over or below grade. also, right to cross if desired for other purposes than hauling timber, j The board thought there was no; objection to theso. requests and j asked him to get these adjusted | with the county attorney. The hoard also asked him to get 100 foot right of way if possible, and; in all events at least 75 feet. Supt. Xunnamaker of the alms house appeared and stated that the: cook stove at the alms house was' burned out and either needed re- ? pairs or a new stove. County en-; gineer stated that Jailor Owens had asked him to report that the: stove at the jail was in bad re-; pair. Commissioner Oliver and the engineer were asked to look into the matter and do what was necessary. Edward Vinson appeared and asked aid. He stated that he had been burned while at work at the Williams Veneer Company, and was unable to work. The clerk was directed to write to the Wil-j liams Yen?er Company informing" them of this application, and ask ing for full particulars In the case.! It was brought to the attention of the board that .lohn McLaugh lin, who was on the payroll as a pauper, did not need this as-! sistance. and the appropriation j was ordered discontinued. The clerk reported that he had not been able to get return of the cotton warehouse contract relat ing to platform space for weigh ing cotton, and he was instructed to notify the Sumter Cotton Ware house company that unless the contract wast returned within a reasonable time that other ar rangements would be made. Mr. J. C. Rogers appeared and eta ted that the branch near his house and where it crossed the road was in very bad condition, and asked that attention be given same. The matter was referred to THE TRUE SOU1 WISCONSIN STANDS BY LAFOLLETTE Radical Republi can is Renominated For Senator by Two Thirds Majority Milwaukee. Sept. C (By the As sociated Press)?Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Madison. Wis.. as sumed a big lead over his opponent TV. A. Ganfield of Waukesha for the Republican senatorial nomi nation, with one-fourth of the pre cincts in the state tabulated here early this morning. In 646 pre cincts reporting out of 2,523 in the state, the senior senator had a lead of 38,379 votes. The vote: La Follette 67.988; Ganfield 29,609. In a statement issued at Madi son. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., campaign manager for Senator La Follette, claimed a 3 to 1 victory for the senior senator. Senator La Follette retired early after re ceiving returns, which showed him leading by a substantial mar gin. He expressed confidence that he had been nominated. Gov. John J. .Blaine, who was running on the La Follette slate, had a lead almost as large as that of the senior senator with one fourth of the state reported. His vote was 63.335: Morgan 34.016: McHenry 2.972. With only a few scattered pre cincts reporting on the Democratic gubernatorial race. Mayor A. A. Bent ley of La Crosse had assumed a small lead. Milwaukee. Sept. 6. ? Senator Robert M. La Follette continued to gain or his opponent, W. A.' Ganfield, as returns came in early today. With 854 precincts out of 2,52"3 in the state reporting La Follette had a lead of 50,809. The vote stood: La Follette 89,552: Ganfield 38,743. the county engineer for attention and action. Mr. R. J. Kolb and J M. Jack son appeared calling attention *o the bad condition of a part of the old Georgetown road near, their places, stating that same needed. j drainage very badly, and asking the county to join them in the ex pense of certain ditching, which they estimated would cost in the neighborhood of $1.00. Commis sioner Britton and the county en gineer were directed to look into the matter with power to act. The clerk stated :hat Mrs. Cyn thia Cutter, an inmc-.te of the alms house, had asked that arrange ments be made so that her adopt ed daughter could stay with her and go to school. She is now with a daughter in Georgetown county. The board refused to consider'put ting her daughter in the alm3 house. Mrs. Cutter also asked that she be allowed to have her own eyes examined. This was re ferred to Dr. Andrews, the coun ty physician, for report. The cl.rk was directed to noti fy City Council that the county could not afford to pay for con victs turned overjto it for a shorter time than 30 days, as the cost of equipping these convicts was con siderable. Also to request the city to have the convicts examined pre vious to turning over to the county and to turn over only those who were reasonably healthy and in condition to work. The clerk reported on the cash funds on hand for county ordinary expenses. Application was received from Mr. L. I. Parrott for a chair, which he had had made for his personal use when clerk of ci>urt. j stating that it was a little large I for the use of the average size man. The board, while desiring to accommodate Mr. Parrott. felt that it would not be warranted in disposing of public property, but agreed to swap chairs with Mr. Parrott for one of equal value. The clerk was directed to adver tise the election of cotton weigher to represent the county at Sumter. S. C at the October meeting of the board. The title from Powel House for right of way over his lands in the Wateree river swamp, was consid ered and the clerk was directed to confer with the county attorney as to certain features of same, and if these were sat isla ctory to have j it recorded. Chairman Rowland was designated to appoint a timber: estimator to act with Mr. House's j estimator to appraise the value of i the timber. | Chairman Rowland was appoint ed to purchase gravel for use on the Wateree river approaches. Game Warden Brunson stated that he had been instructed to put a phone in and asked permis sion to attach wires to the county poles. The board was of the opinion that the county itself was using the DuBose line poles and directed that he lie informed to that effect. On the application of Mrs. Ma- j rie Galloway and Mrs. Griffin the i board decided that they be com-! mit ted to alms house. Application was received from j Supt. Xunnamaker for a supply J of winter clothing for inmates of j the alms house, which was allow- j ed. with the exception of glasses | for Mrs. Cutter, previously refer-' red to Dr. Andrews for report. commissioner Miins submitted a request from the Turbeville peo- j pie for repairs and extension of J certain roads in that territory.1 rBR?N, Established .Tune 1, 1866. -?-?:?? _VOL. LIIL NO. 8 LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEET Third Assembly For mally Opened in the Morning Outdoes Predecessors Both in Number of Dele gates and Specta tors Present Geneva. Sept. 4.?The third.as sembly of the league of nations which was formally opened at I o'clock this morning outdid its pre lecessors both in the number o leiegates and spectators pr?sent, even though the session gave little promise of producing dramatic in terest. These things are interpreted by the leaders of the league as most' favorable to the success of the ses sion, indicating that interest -in the league is growing notwithstand ing the fact that the work of both the assembly and the council is in evitably becoming more and more of a routine nature, devoid oi pic turesque features and sensational debate. There was for a time "the prom ise of a mild sensation in connec tion ?with today's opening, tJi&nks to a movement on the part of Pe ru, which gave birth to a short lived boom for Dr. Eduard Benes/ premier of Czeeho-Slovakia. for the presidency of the assembly." The South . American delegation, however, gave this movement a death blow at a meeting during the recess at which they approved* unanimously the candidacy of Augustin Edwards of Chile. Thus the election of Senor Edwards be came virtually a foregone conclu sion, and in the balloting this nfterno?rr he ^received 42 votes out of the 44 states which had pre sented credentials to the assembly. Two .other votes were cast, one for, former President , Motta of Switzerland and the other for.-Br; Juan Carlos Blanco, Uruguayan minister to France. In planning the work of the ses sion the assembly decided to^dis-. tribute the labor among six* com mittees, as it. did last year. These coi?'mitteEs:;Jar.ej^ "' Constitutional and tarlcRc' qu.cSFv: tions. ? Technical organization. Reduction of armaments. Finances. Social and general questions. A special committee of five mem bers was appointed to consider whether supplemental questions could be put oh the agenda. Thes? questions . include Lithuania's pro test against- Vilna plebiscite. The ? Polish delegates object to th^s . question being considered. Former Premier Paderewski ot Poland, who was one of the most active figures-at the first assembly of the league, followed today's pro ceedings, with Mrs. Paderewski, from the public ga?ery. ? The report of the credential^ committee showed that the follow ing nations were not represented at the opening: Argentina, Bo livia, Honduras. Nicaragua, Salva dor, Peru and Luxemberg. HUGHES WELCOMED AT RIO American Mission to Brazilian Centennial Received With Salates by Warships "m Harbor Rio Janeiro. Sept 6.?Guns boomed from warships of eight nations when the United States ship., Maryland entered the harbCT yesterday, carrying the American mission to the Brazilian centennia?, headed by Secretary of State Hughes. The Maryland anchored in the midst of the internaticn il fleet and exchanged salutes in which the'harbor forts joined. Al though the United States hasn't recognized Mexico, a gunboat fly ing the Mexican flag saluted and the Nevada; which accompanied the Maryland, returned the salute by order of Secretary Hughes. The Hughes party was driven to the Guanabara palace, their official res idence. *> *_ This was referred to county en gineer for attention and report. County engineer reported the gangs at work as usual during the past month. Main gang still tit work in the Stateburg section", jail yard gang widening the roads in the DuBose section and caring for detours and bridge repairs. Stated that the roads were slowly recovering from the recent raias. He stated he was trying a mule be longing to the W. B. Boyle Com pany. Commissioner Britton was appointed to act with the engineer to purchase a mule if necessary. He stated that he needed twelve thousand feet of flooring and ten thousand feet of stringers for bridge repairs. This was author ized advertised for and purchased at the lowest price possible. The clerk was authorized to get prices on creosoted lumber fo.' bridge purposes. Reports were received from ?lie rural police and home demon stration agents. No report in frbm cotton weighers on scale tests. This was ordered obtained. After approving claims the board adjourned.