THE STJMTER WATCHMAN, Est CONSOLIDATED AUG? 2, FUNG AT OTHER Turkish Delegate At tempts to Discuss Reported "Marri age" Between Bal kan States and Di * rected Against Tur key Lausanne. Nov. 23 (By the As sociated Press).?The Turkish del egation this evening received the brigade of newspaper correspond ents and provided by far the most * amusing press conference since the Lausanne conclave started. Gen. Ismet Pasha himself did the talking. He took a fligtg at the oth er delegations which have been di vulging the proceedings of the se cret conference sessions by solemn ly declaring that his sense of honor in the sacredness of agreement prevented him from making public what they had done behind the closed doors. Then he jollily attempted to dis * cuss the question of "love mar riage" which somebody told .him had taken place between the Bai-, kan States, and directed against the dangers of Turkey^ return to. Europe. Jr; - "Personally," he retorted. \I haven't heard a thing, about this, 'marriage/ " A vivacious woman writer from the Balkans interjected: "But general, you were not in vited to-the wedding, were you?" Ismet laughed heartily.. but de clined to give an answer. The Kemalist foreign minister is very deaf, and his secretary, Tahia Kemal. a distant relative of the great Mustapha, fairly shouted the next question. "The journalists want to know about the 'love marriage* between Turkey and Russia." Ismet lost his captivating smile at this but replied in a serious vein: "That is a marriage that, has ac-< tually occurred. Everything they, say about it is true. We have a treaty with Russia, and very -goond of $125 and the other two on bond of $25 each. Officers, after talking to Mrs. Hunnicutt, declared that her act had been prompted by jealousy because of alleged attentions paid to Mss Hovis by Hunnicutt. Hun nicutt is a taxi driver. THIRTY-FOUR DROWNED Disaster on River in Argen tine Beunos Aires, Nov. 27.?Thirty four persons, many of them chil dren, perished in a collision be tween a launch and a ferry boat in the Parana river near Zatara last night. . hbUBbe? AprO, 1850. 1881. _ FAMES GIVEN THE DEATH SENTENCE York Man Goes to Electric Chair For Murder of... Taylorj Family ?-? York. Nov. 25.?William C. Paries, convicted by a Tork jury I of the murder of Newton Taylor, 13 year old boy, at Clover, was this afternoon sentenced to die in the electric chair December 29, sen tence being" pronounced by Judge James E. Peurifoy at 5:35 o'clock this afternoon, after he had over ruled a motion by counsel for the :defense for a new trial. Counsel for Faries announced this afternoon that an appeal would be taken to the supreme court. At 1:38 o'clock this afternoon, the case, the trial of which had be- i gun yesterday morning, went to the jury and at 3:19 o'clock, after the dinner recess, the verdict was brought in. However, it was learn ed this afternoon, the jury required only one-ballot in the reaching of the verdict and this ballot, it was announced, was not taken until the! jurors had prayed for guidance in reaching their decision. At 3:21 o'clock the verdict was i read and^ Faries, sitting handcuffed [.beside his attorneys, showed prac ? tically no emotion. Stolid and un perturbed, he had lounged in his [ chair through the morning session, apparently forgetful of all happen ing about him. ? The afternoon session was recon vened at 3 o'clock, a recess having been taken for dinner and for 19 miutes Faries waited the return of the juryv As the time wore on he (grew, as he waited.- visibly more I nervous. The handcuffs appeared [to worry him, and he continuous t ly readjusted the steel bracelets, [ fingering them in seeming curiosity. [He heard the verdict read, however, f without a tremor, merely turning I his eyes to the sheriff who had ap sproached to remove the handcuffs. Counsel for the defense immedi ately; gave notice of intention to i move for a new trial and at the re quest of .Thomas P. McDow, Judge Peurifoy set 5 o'clock as the hour to hear the motion.- Another re cess was; takjjn and Faries, sur rounded* by a number of friends land some of his children, was taken to. av jury room to await the re ?opening of the court. The mo tion for ^ new trial was denied and at 5:21 o'clock Judge Peurifoy or dered Faries. to stand up to hear [his sentence. - , "I have wondered," Judge Peuri foy told the aged defendant, "if you could retrace your steps if you would live your life any different ly.- Now, I think, you have come to know what it means to strike down and kill in anger and possi bly you could tell the young folk of this city something about the control of the passions. But your race is run. I do not know what I your intentions were in youth. But I if good intentions are not translat ed into good actions, they fall short I of value. You have take the wrong [angle. You might have made friends of these people, but instead you fed the flames of anger, and as a result you stand today, just as the |sun is sinking, almost in the very presence of your Maker. Your at torneys may get you a new trial, but my advice to you is not to rely upon this hope, but now, without delay, to make your preparations to meet your God." [ For 14 minutes Judge Peurifov talked and for 14 minutes Faries, , having admitted that he had noth ing further to say that had not [already been said, stood watching the judge and waiting for the In evitable solemn "and may God have mercy upon your soul." As I the minutes wore on. his gaze wan dered and all the time he showed no signs of emotion other than the constant twirling of his big black hafc The strain, however, had be gun to tell and it required con scious effort on his part to reply under the coaching of his attorney to the judge's query as to whether he had anything to say why sen-i tence of death should not be pass ed upon him, he stammered, chok ed, then caught himself and an swered, "Nothing except what my counsel has said before." Faries to Penitentiary. York, Nov. 26. ? William C. I Faries. convicted yesterday on a charge of murder for the killing last September of Newton Taylor. 13, and sentenced to die in the electric chair on December 29. is! expected to be taken to the state penitentiary in Columbia tomor row, it was stated here today. Howard McMackin. deputy clerk of the court, said tonight, however, that no commitment papers had yet been issued. TREATY BETWEEN U. S. AND TURKEY CONSIDERED Paris. Nov. 27. ? A separate treaty between the L'nited States and Turkey is being considered at Lausanne, says a Temps dispatch. The correspondent suggests that this was the possible subject of a talk between Richard Washburn Child and Ismct Pasha yesterday. "Be Jost and Fear 'AMERICAN SPEAKS AT LAUSANNE i i CONFERENCE J Ambassador C h i 1 d Stetes American Po sition as to Near East to Peace Con ference I Lausanne, Nov. 25.?The Ameri can spokesman today told the Near East peace conference the Ameri- j can position. The conference im mediately adjourned until after noon when the boundary discussion will be resumed. Mr. Child told the other dele grates the American representa tives would express views based only on the legitimate interests of ? the United States or humanitarian consideration. He said the Amer ican representatives were unable to hear any discussion of territorial settlement concluded which may affect other settlements without drawing attention to the tradi tional foreign policy Of America. ? ? m Clemson College News Freshman Class Adopts the Honor System?Church f Statistics ! Clemson College, Nov. 23.?The I freshman class at a recent meeting adopted the honor system and elect ed as the honor committee the fol lowing members: C. L. Hawkins, Starr; L. D. Deloach, Camden: >V. W. Bryan, Clemson College: J. Frank "Hagood, Spartan burg; F. N. Culler, Swansea; R. A. Johnson, Dillon, and H. L. Thomas, Mayes ville. This makes over half of the student body under the honor sys tem, as the present sophomores adopted the system while fresh men. Interesting figures regarding church membership among the stu | dents at Clemson have been given out by the registrar, Mr. J. C. Lit tlejohn. Out of 817 cadets whose records were examine*! only 20 arc. not church members. Not one class has over 5 non-church mem bers. Membership in the different denominations is as follows: Bap tists 237, Methodists 275, Presby terians 154, Episcopalians 42. Lu therans 21, A. R. Presbyterians 12, Catholics 7. all others 5. Clemson's cross-country team won by a score of 20-35 against the University of Georgia team in Athens last week. The Clemson men w ho won this victory are C. T. Young. Rock Hill: F. E. Buck, Sumter: M. Huggins, Timmonsville: E. C. Seasc. Prosperity; J. S. Thur mond, Edgefield; J. W. Bauer, Co lumbia. The Clemson College .A. E. F. club held its annual banquet on last Friday evening, at which ev erybody had a good time. Cadet L. B. Dyches, president of the club, acted as toast master, and talks were made by Dr. W. W. Mills. Prof. W. P. Enloe. Ser geant F. S. Singer, ^ and Cadets G. H. Griffin. M. A. LeGette, and R. L. Hartley. About 40 members were present. The student publications of Clemonson College are represented at tlie annual meeting of the South Carolina College Press Association in Columbia this week. H. A. Woodle, Greenwood, and J. M.! Bankhead. Lowryville: represent-j ing the Tiger, and R. W. Coarscy,! Clemson college; and T. L. \ Vaughan. Cowpens; representing! the Chronicle. The Calhoun Literary Society j has elected as officers for the sec-, end term E. A. Woodle, Green wood, president; R. W. Coarsey, Clemson College, vice-president; G. C. Wofford, Laurens. recording secretary; E. H. Hall, Blackville. corresponding secretary: H. W. Conder. Darlington, and J. H. Alexander. Walhalla, critics. Dr. W. M. Riggs, Prof. H. W.I Barre, Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun. Dr. I R. N. Brackett and others have! returned from Washington where! they attended the meeting of the association of agricultural colleges and experiment stations. While in Washington. Dr. Riggs secured the approval of the department of ag riculture for the establishment by that department of a boll weevil experiment station to be operated at Florence, S. (.'., for studying the boll weevil under conditions exist ing in the South Atlantic States. THE TRUTH, REGARDLESS Clemenceau Refuses to Tone Down or Qualify His Remarks Aboard Clemenceau's Private Car. Enroute to Chicago. Nov. 27. ?Georges Clemenceau today, re ferring to criticisms of his speeches, declared he speaks his piece in his own way. regardless of who be of fended. He has received dozens of telegrams from friends urging him to tone down his remarks so they will be inoffensive to any portion of the nation. He said he came to tell the truth and say the things he thought would help pre serve world peace. Not?Let all the ends Thon Aims't i Sumter, S. C, Wednesda WELFARE WORKER CREATES i SENSATION Former Secretary of State Board Gets in-! to Limelight by Ex-j ,aggerated Charges j Against Chaingang System Greensboro. N. C Nov. 24.?Con ditions in the chaingangs in South Carolina are "brutal and expen sive." G. C. Williams of Columbia, former secretary of the South Car olina state board of public wel- i fare, today told the citizens' com mittee of 100 of the North Carolina social service conference. Prisoners sent to the chaingangs in his state are placed in chains. | forced to wear stripes and ?are beaten "unmercifully," Mr. Wil liams said, and declared that poli tics is responsible for the condi tions, he charged. Predicting that within a few years prison camps will be aban doned, he recommended establish ment of a farm for women pris oners, training schools for "' yb?ng | ! prisoners, creation of a "just" pa ; role system, district jails instead of county jails, a receiving '-station .'through which all prisoners could jbe sent and provision for'paying them something for their labor. ' The committee met here to hear, reports from its subcommittees and ' to decide upon recommendations to the North Carolina legisf?ftlrc. Governor Harvey, when shown Jthis report last evening, said*tolat he had been in frequent conference J with Dr. Williams, former secretary i of the board of public welfare; and j that had reports of crudity in : handling prisoners been made, im I mediate action would have been taken. "I feel," said the governor, "that this report is a condensation of general statements, without the j context being given, which context ! would probably modify the"'?taVe Iments materially. "I have no doubt that there are! men wearing chains in different sections of the state and that ihen wear stripes?and I am not averse* to their so doing. No doubt there have been cases of harsh: treat ment of prisoners. But these "are i isolated cases. "If such conditions were general, they would have been reported to me and I would have taken a hand in them immediately. j "My own experience has been in making investigations that there is too much laxity shown in handl ing prisoners and that they are ex tended too many privileges ?nd liberties. "Investigations have been made J of reports of harsh treatment" ac- i corded prisoners and they have been found, at times, to have been grossly exaggerated. "I feel that had the conditions outlined in the report from Greens boro been general, they would have j been reported to me in the fre quent conferences held with Dr. Williams." i Governor Harvey, who is ex-of ficic chairman of the public wel fare board, said that a meeting of the welfare board would be held next Monday at which time this report from Greensboro might be > discussed. COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN Power Curtailment Announced By Southern Power Company Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 24.?With the announcement here today by officials of the Southern Power company that, effective next Mon day, all users of power will be re quired to curtail operations until the winter rains set in. one-eighth of the total textile spindles of the country will be idle one day week ly, it was said tonight by Charles I. Burkholder, vice president of the company. The territory af fected has been divided into.five districts and the curtailment of power to the mills on a prorated basis will cause 20 per cent, of tho t^xtilv manufacturers to be closed during the remainder of the dry weal her. Officials announced that the com pany's steam plants have been op erated day and night for the past 'two months in an effort to supply the mills, but lark of rainfall has greatly diminished the water sup ply in the company's reservoirs. During Tbc rocent railroad strike the company had announced plans for power curtailment, but the settlement of the strike averted I the action. MRS. PHILLIPS GETS TEN YEARS FOR MURDER Los Angeles. Nov. 27. ? Mrs. j ,Clara Phillips, who was covhlcted of the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, was today sentenced to serv e ten years' in, prison* r ^_^ ? at be thy Country's, Thy God's and y, November 29, 1922 SMITH OPPOSES GIFT TO JJBERIA Senator E. D. Smith Objects to Proposed $5,000,000 Loan to African Republic . Wahington, Nov. 24.?Agree ment was reached in the senate today for a final vote Monday on the administration measure to loan Liberia $5,000,000. The sen ate then adjourned until Monday. When the senate quit work a motion offered by Senator Sim mons (Democrat) of North Caro lina, was pending to send the res olution authorizing the loan, back to the finance committee with in structions to eliminate the loan feature and report out only the amendments attached in the senate authorizing an appropriation of of $20,000,000 for reclamation work and $170,000 for employment by the interstate commerce com mission of 35 additional locomo tive boiler inspectors. Attacks upon the proposed loan by the Democrats became general today. They challenged the Re publican claim that a moral obliga tion existed for the extension of the credit as the result of the part played by Liberia in the World war. Administration leaders in re ply declared the previous Demo cratic administration had arranged to extend the loan but had delay ed carrying it out until Liberia complied with certain conditions. Senator Smoot (Republican) of Utah, a member of the debt fund ing committee, told vthe senate that of the loan $s!500,000 was to be spent for roads, schools and other public improvements in Li beria and about $1,500,000 to re fund loans from bankers. Denying that foreign governments would have prior liens. Senator Smoot said the United States "took the position that it was not going to loan money?and let others have a claim while we hold a second mortgage." s*j- ' -?? ? ? State Welfare Board Former Secretary Williams' Greensboro Speech Causing Comment Columbia, Nov. 27.?The South Carolina Welfare Board will prob ably be in sesion.all day Monday, with. important matters pertaining to the state's penal and charitable institutions up for consideration. In addition, the board will prob ably take final action looking to the election of an executive secretary, to succeed Rev.,G. Croft Williams, who recently resigned Jo take an adjunct professorship at the Uni versity of South Carolina and al so the pastorate of,the St. John's Episcopal church here. The board recently conducted an election by mail, and W. J. Mc Garrity, of Aiken, was elected sec retary. Mr. McGarrity came to Columbia recently and conferred with Governor Harvey regarding the office, but his intentions re garding acceptance were not made known. Another matter before the board is the chaingang system of the state, though no definite action will likely be taken at this time. In Greensboro, N. C. last Friday Dr. Williams made the statement that there were instances of cruelty on the chaingangs of South Caro lina. Upon his return to the city Saturday. Dr. Williams had a con ference with Governor Harvey. Gov ernor Harvey does not fully agree with Dr. Williams in some of his views as to the chaingang system, and yet there is no note of discord existing between the governor and the former head of the welfare board. Dr. Williams stated that while his speech in Greensboro might have aroused some feeling in South Carolina, he did not in tend to say that, conditions on all the gangs Of the state at all times were as bad as the pres reports of his Greensboro speech might in dicate. Dr. Williams told the governor, as he has stated in pub lic statements on previous occa sions, that he is opposed to the county chaingang system. He is also opposed to whipping and to some of the other forms of pun ishment now used by the gang au thorities. Governor Harvey has not the same feeling in the matter. He opposes anything that might re semble cruelty, but he says he believes there are times when whipping might be inevitable as a last resort. He also favors the use of stripes on prisoners, largely as a matter of identification and segregation. Dr. Williams opposes the pres ent gang system as being expen sive, and as failing to produce the proper constructive results. He believes other methods of handling prisoners would have greater ef fect in improving the criminal sit uation of the state. Washington. Nov. 27.?The house without a recording vote, eliminat ed from the shipping bill the sec tion permitting the shipping board to sell government vessels without advertising for competitive bids. Truth's." LABOR IS THE GREAT ISSUE IN ENGLAND !? ? 1 Question o f Unem ployment Immedi ately Becomes Cen ter of Interest in Parliament London, Nov. 23 fBy the Asso ciated Press).?The opening of the business session of .parliament to day quickly revealed what is likely to be the paramount question in both houses, apart from Irish legis lation, for which .the session was especially called. The keynote of this was struck in the king's speech, unemployment. As soon as the time honored ceremonies incident to the state opening of parliament were con eluded and before the new parlia ment really settled down to its du ties, it became evident that the government's hope of limiting the discussions to the Irish bill would be disappointed. Labor, through the mouth of its new parliamen tary leader, J. Ramsay MacDon ald. immediately fastened on to the governmental confession in the king's speech that it has no new policy with respect to this im portant question but depends upon an execution of the late co alition government's proposed rem edies. The tenor of the opposition speeches in the debate on the ad dress was to press the prime min ister to receive an 'unemployed" deputation. This, however, Bo nar Law seems determiend not to do. In a further reply to a renew ed request by the deputation^ for an interview tonight, he refused again on tiie same ground, name ly, that orderly administration will become impossible if every group desiring to raise a departmental question ignores the responsible minister. Lord Birkcnhead. in the house of lords, referred to the extreme gravity of the unemployment ques tion, for which no statesman yet had devised a remedy. This may, perhaps, be taken as an indication of the line which criticism from the Lloyd..George-party, will ?o;? low. John Roblrt Clynes, former par liamentary Labor leader, will move an amendment to the address, ex pressing regret that the govern ment has no proposal for adequate treatment of the unemployment problem, nor any indication 6i l change of policy to enable Euro pean customers to ? buy British goods again; and, so restore inter national trade.and stabilize inter national exchange. ~~ While the debate in the house of commons today focussed mainly on unemployment and social prob lems in the house of lords, it con cerned for the most part foreign policy. Viscount Grey, laying stress on the danger of Germany, Turkey and Russia forming a com bination together against the allies, pleaded that everything should be done to maintain a strong, united entente. The prime minister in the com mons was able to give no infor mation about the Lausanne con ference and thought it was not the business of parliament or the press to interfere in the conference ne gotiations. The new Communist member, J. T. W. Newbold, and Edwin Sey mour, who defeated Winston Spen cCjT Churchill in the recent elec tions, got themselves early into the limelight with somewhat violent speeches. Mr. Newbold came into conflict with the speaker in his first speech, in which he described today's state function as "a torn fool show," the cost of which' would better have been devoted to unemployment. Lady AstOr, in a speech on the housing question, in which she was frequently interrupted by .Labor ites. with whom she had some acrimonious passages, declared that although she was a Conserva tive she would vote against the government unless good housing proposals were provided. Lloyd George was present but did not speak. Rumors that he in tended to retire for the time ap pear to be unfounded for he was unanimously elected leader of the National Liberals at a meeting of that party today and is expected to take a prominent part in parlia mentary life. BAKER WITH WAREHOUSE SYSTEM L. L. Baker Leaves Boys' Club Work to Go With State Warehouse Columbia. Nov. 27.?L. L. Baker, of Bishopville, for a number of years in charge of boys' club work in South Carolina, will on Decem ber I, become inspector of all non perishable goods warehouses for the state warehouse system, according to an announcement made yester day by Clifton Rivers, warehouse commissioner. Mr. Baker will be directly associated with the ware house system. He has t"*>r many years been interested in promoting better farming and better market ing conditions for South Carolina. THE TRUE SOU GOVERNMENTS POLICY ON THE COTTON CROP Experts, College Men and Others Interest ed Attending Meet-1 in? at Capital?Boll I Weevil is Chief Sub ject i _ Washington, Nov. 23.?The gov ernment's policy with regard to all : phases of the cotton industry was I outlined tonight by members of I the Department of Agriculture's .cotton council to the cctton confer I ence held in conection with the annual convention of the Associa . tion of Land Grant Colleges, j Presirents. extension directors, i and deans of colleges of the vari-: . ous cotton growing states, and ex perts in every line cf cotton grow ing and cotton marketing were . brought together to discuss a defi j nite policy with r?gard .to every I phase "of the industry. The con j tVrence was preliminary to the cot-1 ; ton States conference to be held j in Memphis early in December and j ; which Secretary JVallace, off the ! Department of ^Agriculture, will j j attend with several government cot-! j ton experts. v j Recommendations made by the ?cotton council of the Department; of Agriculture, after many confer ences in which experts in every ? branch, cf cotton growing or mar I keting participated, were laid be i fore tonight's conference, which j was developed from the ideas of i Dr. Bf. A. Morgan, president of the ; University of Tennessee, who has j made several tours of the 'cotton. ; belt on investigation for the De partment of Agriculture. Fight Against WeeviL i One of the principal subjects j covered in the recommendations is j the fight against the boll weevil : To overcome its ravages it was ! said to be of first necessity to ma j ture the largest possible crop in thev 1 shortest possible time. To accom plish the end the cotton. council's ! recommendations include: \ Selection of well-drained soils; if i possible, only. land capable of pro j ducing, with reasonable fertiliza,-? j tion, at least half a bale per acre. \ ? Preparation of a good seed bed j liberally fertilized. j Planting Of good seed of izn j proved, early maturing variety, rec ommended by the State experiment station and the Department of. Ag riculture^ Planting of seed of a single va viety bj entire communities and counties. Securing and maintaining a full stand through proper planting and liberal use of seed and. early and frequent thorough cultivation. Destruction of all possible adult weevils, either by hand picking or ? poisoning, if weevils are numerous j at the time cotton is just beginning 'to square. ! Picking and destruction of all j punctured squares every week or ten days for a month, if not I equipped to poison by dusting. I Then, if weevils arc still numer , ous. apply calcium arsenate dry I dust poison, following directions of j the Department of Agriculture j State College of Agriculture. I Picking of cotton in the fall as j rapidly as possible and immediate !ly killing all cotton stalks, thereby ! destroying the food supply and breeding places of the weevil be-' fore the hibernation period. ! Burning over, or cleaning up, j during winter of woodland, trash! j or rubbish in which weevils suc-J j cessi'ully hibernate, especially in j terraces, fence rows, ditch banks i and ravines. Recommendations for controlling! the boll weevil were formulated be- j fore the announcement of the Flor- J ida State plant board of its new] ' method for reducing boll weevil in- J I jury to short staple cotton, and in ! view of the promising results ex- j J pected for Florida conditions the j ! cotton council says it was as clear i ly desirable that experimental ap-] j plication of the Florida plan should j ! be made in each of the different i States.. ? Improvement of the quality of I cotton, the cotton council declares, , becomes more essential as the i standard of living of cotton pro j dueers rise and as the competition ot* foreign cotton producing regions ! increase?. Recommendations arCj i made for the encouragement of i production of cotton above 7-8 and; ! up to 1 1-S inches, there being j no economic justification for grow ing fibre less than 7-8 of an inch [ in length. It rinds the quality o? I the crop ha3 deteriorated in many localities in recent years. The most j serious obstacle to improvement of | the quality of cotton, the council j states, is that too many kinds of I cotton are planted in the same lo i cality resulting quickly in a blend - I ed nnmgrel breed of 'greatly in | ferior quality having reduced value. Can Improve Grade. ; The quality of upland cotton can j be improved and the improvement maintained only through production of adequate supplies of pure plant ing seed of superior varieties for which establishment of centers of pure seed production is essential. Restrietion of production to a small number of varieties would be ma terially advantageous both from TjtlltOSr, Established .Trine t. 18G6. VOL. Lin. NO 31 OF VENUE JEFUSEB ndue Newspaper Publicity C hic.f Ground for Argu- S ment Made by (kyxfc [ sei for Faries York, Nov. 23.?A motion for ^ a change of venue and continuance on ground of inadequate time to prepare defense were refused thb? < afternoon when made before Judge Peurifoy by former Governor* Cole Blease and Thomas F. McDow^ counsel for. William C. Faries, charged with the murder of four members of the family of Jas. M. Taylor; at Clover, on September 6. It was announced by Judge Peuri foy that Faries would be brought to court tomorrow morning to an swer/the charge of kililng ^Newto-i Taylor, aged twelve, the first of the victims alleged to have,-been shot in the Clover horror. The motion for a change of v.-?n ue was argued, by former Governor Blease on. the ground that the Yorkville Enquirer, comity newspa per, had more influence/in STdrk county than any State news'pajMK circulated in any county, -= r?d cha-t ?? the Enquirer had published eei--^ tain, articles- relative to the de fendant's father and to his atb-gV ? past difficulties thai pieJudjcejl'hL: case in the mind of any-juror."/a'? though the attorney stressed the fact: that he wished to. capt no ?? persion relative, to the honesty ar?T integrity of the many York co*m:y jury. >??-"'. - * v' There haSs been nothing said f x the county , .newspaper that has not been said in the daily newspaf pers' regarding this case, com} merited Judge Peurifoy in refusing the motion for a change oi'vemi?, ? and nothing said in York count that lias not been printed? in/mv own home paper in Walterboro. ? John R.. Hart, of counsel for the* state, offered numerous affidavits .that the defendant could get a fair' trial in* Yj>rk county, while the /de fense counsel offered no affidavits to 'the contrary, basing their argu ment^soiely on the ground of uh: due/ newfjgajier ;nablicitjs,. .. Judge Peurifoy: went on'to say in refusing thejnouon that he had seen "no indication* of threatening mob infiueh.ee or unrest. It was ua bffieially*, reported that counsel for v the. defentie..'had .Offered, prior to the* motion, to submit the case Xq a verdict 6f guilty with recommen dation t& mercy in the Newton Tay lor case, .which would have neces sarily carried a sentence of life im prison ment:"This the state refused and''.the* defense argument included . a statement that such refusal was , contrary to the $each:ngs of Jesus Christ whilfe he was upon earth. Yorkr*~Nov. 24.?Six members "f a jury to try William C." Faries on a charge of killing Newton Taylor last September at Clover, were selected, before noon today. This is the first of four chargae of murder against Faries, growing out of the shooting of members of the Taylor family. The court room was, crowded to capacity. An ?? extra force 'ef deputy sheriffs were ~ on duty. Faries* gins men ranged themselves around him in court. V' V WRECKED Belgravian Carrying 2^00^Gr phans Collides With Liner - Constantinople, Nov. 25.?Amer ican Near East relief ? ship Bel-' , gravian, carrying two thousand orphans from Asia Minor, collided with the trans-Atlantic liner. 3?ew York at the junction of thejios phorus and the Sea of Marmora to day. Allied ships have gone' to their assistance. Many children were injured. None were killed. ^ THE IRISH FREE STATE CONSTITUTION London, Nov. 25.?The bill set ting up the Irish free slate was pub lished here, today. It provides Vor the temporary continuation 'of ;!;e. present taxation system. It gives the Irish' power to adopt acts appli- ; cable to Other dominions. Is pro vides for a legislature consisting of deputies and senate. Citizens of 5 the age of twenty-one can be voted ? for deputies, and those of the age of thirty for the senate. No man Is boss in his own home un\ss the family is away. the standpoint of production and marketing. Recommendations of State insti-^ tutions as to the best cotton varle-* ties for the different sections of the belt have been assembled by the cotton council and endorsed by it with the suggestion that fed eral cooperation with the States , should be directed toward aiding in the establishment of pure variety seed?production areas. Special - cncoui*?gement, it recommend**, should be given to increased pro duction of planting' seed from Cleveland, Loue Star and Acata and varieties sinulrvr to those, ? * - . m