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CLEARED HIE <
DOHA OF ;
ROUMANIANS
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Au?tro-Gern?a:i6 Force Defenders ,
Oat of All lliat Country Except <
Narrow Strip Projecting Toward 1
Galatr. Teutons Also Continue '
Their Advance in Moldavia?Bat- '
tie in Wooded Carpathians. 1 y
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Except for a narrow strip of land
projecting into the Danube marshes :
toward the Moldavian town of Gal- J
atz, all of Do b rad ja has been cleared .
by the Teutonic allieti of Russian and J
Roumanian troops. After the fall of
Matchin and Jijaa, the defenders be- .
gan a retreat across the Danube toward
Braila and, according to Berlin,
a force of Iti\ssian rear guards on (
4 the peninsula projecting toward Ga- j
latz comprises the only entente t
troops left in Koumania between the
i Danube river and the Black Sea.
In Moldavia the Teutonic allies, 1
notwithstanding the heavy snow, are,
continuing their invasion of the country
from south iind wast, although on ?
the front of Field Manual von Mtiek-j]
ensen in the former region they are
? meeting with strong resistance &t
various points from the Russian and ?
jtoumanian trot^ia. >
In the wooded Carpathians the
Russians in an attack captured from
the Germans an advanced position'i
north of Meste-Canesci Petrograd,
reports that in tils fightmg the Bus-1
lians took 000 prisoners and cap-L
tared three cannon, 16 machine guns *
and other war material.
On the other fronts the operations
still are confined to reciprocal bom-j
, bardments and engagements between 1
f small reconnoi< aring parties. In Ga-!?
,licia the Austio-Geraans delivered /
several attacks against the Russians 1
> but they proved unsuccessful. Raids 1
of German trenches northeast of Ar- (
ras and in the reighjorhood of Wyts- ?
chaete are reported by the London 1
war office, which asserts also that'
German attempt against British j
trenches east of Armentieres was '
put down with losses to the attackers c
A r<amn<i onkmaniia in fVlP MfiHi- 8
aterranean has sunk the farmer Can- *
ard liner Ivemia, which was acting as J
a British transport. Many of the c
ship's company, including officers,
soldiers ana crew, are missing. '
McCORMICE OFFICES ?
FM\m AT NEW YEAR I
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\ Various Officials Take Up Duties on (
Arrival of Commissions. First 1
Meeting Held.
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With the coming of the new year
McCormick county has taken its place j
officially as . the "baby county'* ofj
South Carolina. While the ? county |
was created by act of the general as-1
sembly at the 1916 session of the su-.j
preme court did not make its decision |(
> confirming the 'constitutionality of t
1 the act until April 12, which was later <
than the time provided jn the act for i
the special election for county offi- t
cers. For that reason McCormick <
county has been without officers or 1
county government since April 12, i
with the exception of the auditor and i
treasurer who are appointive officers.- )
In the last few days the following
have received their commissions and e
opened their officers for work: J. A. t
Talbert, clerk of cburt; F. F. Ed- I
munds, sheriff; J. H. Lyon, super- {
isor; T. E. Mann and W. O. Graves, c
Jr., county commissioners; L G Bell, f
T. Q r
pivuatc J UUjtC J JLJ? JkM\uvuvv?v?|L|
coroner. T. J. Price received his j
commission as superintendent of education
on November 20. t
The supervisor and the county, t
board of commissioners held their first
x&eeting on Tuesday. After the *
board was organized, J. A. Self was ^
elected clerk of the board. R. M. ^
* Fuller, M. D., was appointed county ^
physician, and T. M. Ross , county V
attorney. Several claims were audit- ^
ed, and the estimate of county ex- ^
penses for 1917 prepared and sent *
to the comptroller general. The su- >
perviaor is making active prepara- >
tion to begin road work as soon as V
possible. V
The county is as yet, without V
Count uuuie ur j?u, uui> to u CAjictv- i
ed that this will be provided for at
the coming session of the general ?
assembly. Other matters such as
the time for holding courts will be
disposed of at the same time. Until
a fail is provided, prisoners will be
9 weed in the jails of Abbeville, ,
Edgefield or Greenwood, the coun- J
ties out of which McCormick county [
was formed.
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V GINNER'S REPORT. \ \ \
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> V The government ginner's V j
V report issued at 10 o'clock on V,
V yesterday, gives the aaount V
V of cotton ginned to Janu- V
V aryl, 1917, as 11,045,225 as V
V compared with .10,845,000 of V
V the same date a year ago. 'w \
V Only aboat 200,000 bales V i
^ V* aira Koon ennna/1 oimna W i
V 13, according to this report. V. j
V Last season about 400,000 V 1
V bales were ginned after Jan- V i
V uary 1. If so many bales are V 1
V ginned this season after the V (
V same date there will be a - V
V crop of around 11,400,000 as V 1
V against the government esti- V ]
V mate of 11',510,000. V i
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Legislature Will
Be Asked to
Order Election
W. A. Crossland, U. S. senior highway
engineer, spent Thursday night
in Abbeville, coming here from McCormick,
where he has been for several
days assisting the officers of that
:ounty in initiating a better highways
campaign, which resulted in a
bond issue of $150,000 for that purpose.
Mr. Crossland came to Abbeville
ipon the invitation of Senator J. M.
tickles and conferred with a number
>f prominent citizens with a view to
naugurating a campaign for im
proved roads in Abbeville county.
Senator Nickles, it is understood
favors a bond issue for the improvement
of the roads. '
Dr. G. A. Neuffer, the newly elected
member of the delegation, is very
nach interested in improving' the
roads of the county and is understood
to favor a bond issue. J. Howard
Moore is also in sympathy with
he movement.
It is practically certain that the
people of the county will have the
Opportunity of voting for or against
i bond issue sometime in early sumner
as the county delegation will ask
he legislature;to authorize an decdon
for this purpose. ?
Abbeville B. &
L. Association
Makes BigGains
At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Building and Loan Association
of Abbeville held in the
rffice of Dr. G. A. Neuffer last Wedlesday,
the report submitted by Sec etary
Joel S. Morse was the most
creditable in the history of the orranizatibn,
showing substantial gains
n every branch over previous years.
Assets, consisting of loans, bills
'eceivable and cash on hand total
>60,985.23 while the liabilities are:
:apital paid in, bills paying interest,
md undivided profits which total $60,>35.33.
These figures show a net
rain of $3,289.25 on the same items
?ver the report of 1915.
The next series of the association
rill open January 20.
The old officers and directors reflected
were: Dr. G. A. Neuffer,
resident; R. L. Dargan, vice-presilent;
J. S. Morse, secretary. Direcors:
J. F. Miller, C. C. Gambrell, T.
5. Perrin, J. F. Barnwell, C. H.( McHurray,
H. B Wilson.
Wm P. Greenje_ presided at the
tnnual meeting weanesaay.
*EW CHILD LABOR
LAW GOES INTO EFFECT
The new South Carolina child lajor
law prohibiting the employment
>f children under 14 years of age *n
he textile establishments of the
rtate became effective Jan. 1, and
irtomatically 2,400 children ceased
A3 be employed in the cotton mills
>f the state, according to figures
'urnished by the state department of
igricultnre. The old law made the
ninimum age limit for employment
L2 years. \
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rne textile managements ox uie
itcte have been preparing to meet
he new law, stages Commissioner of
Agriculture E. J. Watson. They have
gradually been curtailing the labor
>f children in their mills, until the
irst of this year there was an ap>roximated
increase of 1,000 as com>ared
with August 1, 1916.
The enforcement of the law is enailed
on the department of agriculure
as factory inspector.
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT V
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The Press ard Banner will V
have a special correspondent V
in OnlnwiHin fin Tin or 'Ihn V
t, ent sessions of Sie legisla- V
k. ture, and will .print each V
k week a resume of the hap- V
t penings and doings of the V
t lawmakers. V
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JOLONS LEAVE FOR W%ANNUAL
MEETING
Members of the Abbeville county
lelegation to the general assembly
eft last Monday afternoon and were
>resent at the opening of the 72nd
ession of the State Legislature which
:onvened in Columbia Tuesday at
ioon.
The Abbeville delegation is comjosed
of Senator J. M. Nickles, J.
"Joward Moore and Dr. G. A. Neutfer,
;he newly elected member of the
ower house.
MR. A. W. SMITH.
Mr. Aug. W. Smith will move
torn Spartanburg to Greenville at
in early date, and he will make
Greenville his home. The friends of
Vir. and Mrs. Smith are glad to know
hat they are getting nearer Abbeville,
their old home, and we hope
jefore many years, to see them resilents
of our city.
Mr. Smith, since he left Abbeville,
las made a success as a mill man.
ie is president of the Brandon Mills
n Greenville, and that is a reason
for the change of his place of reaiience.
THE SOUTH :
PROSPEROUS
THE WAR C
4 OR PEAC
Manufacturers Record. *
Even with all of its best customers
at war,' the South is beginning to
catch the prosperity' which was necessarily
-first felt by the farmers of
the West when last year Europe began
to absorb the great wheat crop
of that region at steadily iising
prices, and the prosperity which a
little later came in such abundant
measure to the Eastern iron and steel
makers and the munition producers.
Two years ago politicians, seeking
the clamor of public approval, ana
rank pessimists who knew not the
inherent strength of the South's business
structure, were predicting dire
disaster.' They filled the land with
their tales of woe and the downfall
of the South's business. They said
that this section would be hopelessly
bankrupt unless battleships carried
our cotton to Europe and dared the
navies of the Allies to keep it out of ]
Germany. They said that unless j
the whole country came to the res- I
cue and. everybody bought a "bale <
of c6tton to help the South," utter 1
ruin would cover thjp fair land. <
They posed this section before the \
world as a land of beggars without 1
courage or backbone, and financially f
sick untb death. In nearly every i
leading hotel in the North and West <
and in big business houses, there i
were placards, for which they were j
responsible, which begged every- t
body to "buy a bale of cotton to
help the South," and , they widely c
heralded throughout' the land that,;
President Wilson had been so im- ^
pressed with the situation that he
had bought a bale "to help the T
6outh." > ?
These politicians and pessimists*'z
were a far greater injury to the s
South than the actual stagnation and j
loss in cotton due to the war.
That was the condition in which c
the South was made to think of it- ?
self and which the rest of the country
was made to think about the
South two years ago. J
Then cotton was almost unsalable 11
even at 5 to 6 cents a pound/ The v
iron trade, the lumber trade, the
naval stores' interests, and the phos- e
phate export business were all worse c
off then than cotton. There was. gen- ?
eral stagnation and poverty, but the }
South was not bai&rupt as predicted r
by the pfcssimist? and the politicians. \
This. section-caughtits. second wind and
took fresh hold. It adjusted itself
to hard timet And in the very ?
adjustment learned lessons of infinite c
value. < ?
Today cotton is selling around 20c. j;
a pound, with fluctuations from day 1
to day, of course, which some days e
carry considerably below that figure, r
but which sooner or later will probably
carry it considerably above it. ^
Sea-island cotton has sold as high as \
50 cents a pound, and while there are ^
some parts of the South where the J
boll-weevil or the floods destroyed v
the crops, leaving those limited re- c
gions at a serious disadvantage, there c
are other parts where the crop was ?
fairly-good and where the prices that
have prevailed du$ng the last few
months brought greater profit from J
cotton than ever before received in *
the last half century.
The cotton crop this year, includ- 8
ing seed, will bring Southern farmers 1
over $ 1,300,000,000.There were 8
about 3,000,000 bales brought over T
from previous crop, which will add *
to this year's income from cotton J
about $300,000,000, making a total *
of $1,600,000,000. Southern cotton
mills will this year cosume nearly
WEBB-KENYON ACT U
HELD TOBE VALID
frerenti snipmsnt or inmiHuag v
liquor, from "Wot" to "Dry"
State*.
- ' \Washington,
Jan. 8.?In the njpst
sweeping of all decisions upholding ;
prohibition laws the Supreme Court ?
today upheld as constitutional and s
valid the Webb-Kenyon law prohib-1t
iting shipments of liquor from "wet"
to "dry'1 States. It also sustains j
West Virginia's recent amendment _
to her law prohibiting importation in j
interstate commerce of liquor forjc'
personal use. | ^
"It is decided that, by virtue of i
the Webb-Kenyon law, there is no'
power to ship intoxicants from one ?
State into another in violation of the ?
prohibitions of the law of the State ^
into which the liquor is shipped. In r
other words, it is decided that since 0
the enactment of the Webb-Kenyon d
law the channels of interstate com-!e
merce may not be used to convey,).
liquor into a State against the pro- ?
hibition of its laws or to use inter- r
state commerce as the basis for a 0
right to receive, possets, sell or in a
any manner use liquor contrary to ?
the State prohibition." r
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A PRETTY VISITOR. V
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Miss Valine Graves of Augusta, V
has been in the city for the past A
few days visiting Miss Caroline jS
Graves at the home of Mr. L. C. S
Haskell. Miss Graves is a pretty V
and charming young lady. >
ro BE
> WHETHER
l/MkTT?I*TI r n n
UIV I 1/VUC.O
E PREVAILS
1,000,000 bales, adding in the pro:ess
of manufacture a value equal
A) the raw material. Counting this
mtput of cotton mills and also the
ralue of the product of cottonseed
)il mills, it will be found that the
?tal income to the South from cotion
and cotton products this year
will be not far from $2,260,000,000.
rhese figures, which are staggering
n their significance and in their imDortance
to the prosperity of the
South an dthe business life of the
lation, represent the returns from
>ne Southern crop.
A year ago the coal trade of the
South was in' the depths and' prices
xrere low. Pig iron Was difficult of
tale at $10 per ton in Birmingham
ind the iron producers were stock
XL Zi. J _ 1
ng up uieir storage yaras Decause
;he demand was less than the outrat.
Today every furnace that can
rossibly get into operation is being
rashed to its utmost capacity while
ong abandoned furnaces are being
>verhauled in order to go into blast,
because the demand for iron has
:arried the price at Birmingham to
ipwards of 20 a ton, and some furlaces,
producing exceptionally highjrade
iron, are selling at $24 a ton,
l large part of their total output for
lelivery in 1917. The coal and coke
nduatry is sharing in this wonderful
iroaperity of the-iron and steel interests.
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Are these fortunate conditions to
:ontinue if -war should cease, and
nil the South prosper under peace
is it is now prospering under war?
While we do not believe that Euope
will have peace for many
aonths to come, unless Germany has
eached a point where it is willing to
iccept practically any termiB that the
Ulies may dictate, nevertheless, eviry
man in the country is asking the
[uestion, what will be the effect on
iusiness if peace should come?
So far as the South is concerned,
fcavcapi USUCl VTVUIU) 1U VUA V|>IUon,
very far exceed the present warreated
prosperity.
From the day that peace is declarid
the demand for cotton would inrease
at a rate to absorb even, a big
rop at big prices. Central Europe
b bare of cotton. Its cotton mills
lave been starving for the raw maerial
with which to feed their spin
Ilea. ; ,
A demand^adequate to the in- ,
reasing demand of Europe and to j
he vast expansion of cotton conumption
in this country during the
ast two years would give a prosperiy
even greater to the cotton inter- i
sts of the South than that which
tow exists. \
Following peace there would come
i great burst of activity in construcion
activities throughout the world.
Shipbuilding will go as never before.
Phe yards of this country now have
tnder contract nearly 2,000,000 tons,
ir five or six times as much merhant-marine
as was usually under
ontract beforethe war. To this ^hip
luilding activity we shall add an
tnormous naval expansion, and no
tlans for disarmament, however
leautiful in theory, will perstfade
his country to cease building battlehips
and cruisers and submarines,
mtil ours ranks as one of the worlds
,Teat navies. Into the building of
laval vessels and the construction of
taval yards, this country will put
300,000,000 or $400,000,0oo a year
or several years to come. The de(Continued
on Page Two.)
1UMENTS BEGIN
ON ADAMSON LAW
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Question of Whether * Congress Has
Power to Regulate Hour* and
Wage*.
Washington, Jan. 8.?The test 1
ase to determine the constitutionally
of the Adamson law enacted last
September when a general railroad
trike threatened, came up today in
he suDreme court. Argument will
ontinue until Wednesday and a deision
is expected within a few weeks ,
Meantime, although the law was
tassed to become effective January 1, ,
ast, all litigation under it and the ,
hanges it prescribes are suspended i
y agreement. (
The question whether congress has
tovrer to regulate hours of service
nd wages furnished the keynote of
hfc xrgument today in which the jusices
manifested keen interest, inter- i
upting with many questions. In
pining defense of the law for the
epartment of justice, Solicitor Genral
Davis declared it regulates both
ours of service and wages and conended
congress has authority to ]
egulate both. He asked annullment
f the decsion of Circuit Judge Hook
t Kansas City, in the test case or
he Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf
ailroad, holding the law void.
A WW VVVVV
! SPOT COTTON. V 1
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k Good middling 18% V <
> Seed, per busnel 85 V i
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Has More Than
$2,500,000 Insurance
in Force
The annual meeting of the Abbeville-Greenwood
Mutual Insurance
company was held in Abbeville TuesrfoTr
Tho TOT>ni*f." atinnrod avdf fmn
and a half million dollars insurance
in force. The Association now includes
the home counties of Greenwood
and Abbeville, and is licensed
to do business in Edgefield, Laurens,
and McCormick. The old officers of
the Association were re-elected, but
the old style of directors was changed
so that there will now be ten directors,
two from each county instead
of one from each township. 1
The officers are, J. Fraser Lyon,
president, and John R. Blake, general
agent and secretary and treasurer. '
The directors are: Abbeville county?A.
0. Grant, of Mount Carmel,
and J. M. Gambrell, of '.Abbeville]
Greenwood?John H Chiles, of Bradley
and A. W. Youngblood, of Hodges:
McCormick?S. P. Morrah, of
Willington, and L. N. Chamberlain,
of McCormick; Laurens?J. C. Martin,
of Princeton* and W. H. Wharton,
of Waterloo; Edgefield?R. H.
Nicholson, of Edgefield, and P. L.
Timmerman, of Pleasant Lane. i
Another change was made in that t
in the future the directors will not 1
write insurance, tne state insurance t
commissioner having ruled tiiat it I
was contrary to law. Special agents t
will work each county and these are t
to' be appointed at an early meeting t
of the directors. j
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Rev. Mark Grier i
Goes to Reward, i
Funeral Sunday j
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The Rev. Mark B. Grier, a returned 1
missionary from China, died in Due b
West Saturday afternoon at the resi- u
dence of Prof. P. L. Grier after sev- t
eral days of illness of Brights dis- 1
ease. About one year ago Mr. Grier v
suffered a stroke of paralysis which li
impaired his health and unfitted him
for work. Being advised he would i
have, to take a rest he came back on e
furlough and was spending the.winter I
with his brother, Prof. P. L. Grier. j
Mr.- Grier was the youngest ehild j
of Dr. B. C. Grier. He was born in k
Due West January 8, 1967, and had a
just completed his 50th year7 ~ After v
graduating at Erskine college Mr. d
Grier took a special coures in Princeton
university and also took the theo- logical
course in Princeton Theologi- a
cal seminary. He studied for one
year at Johns Hopkins university and
then worked for a while in a mission C
school in New York.
In the year 1887 Mr. Grier went
to China as a missionary, representing
the Southern Presbyterian church,
the First Presbyterian church of Sa- t
annah, Ga., supporting him. He work- ^
ed in that capacity for 25 years, dur- r
ing his latter years being the head B
of the large boys' school at Hsu- t
chowfu. v
He married Miss Nettie Donaldson
of Greenville, Pa. She was a physi- c
cian in charge of the Presbyterian r
hospital at Hsuchowfu and was a t
great help to Mr; Grier in his work.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Grier four children. One son died in .
China at the age of one year. Three 1
daughters and Mrs. Grier survive him. v
Mr. Grier was buried at Due West J
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The '
remaining members of this noted fam- 11
ily, Prof. P. L. Grier of Erakine col- ^
lege, the Rev. B. H. Grier of Cam- f
den, Ala., and Mra. Laura White of 1
Charlotte, N. C., were at his bedside.
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SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE I
IN LOCAL POSTAL RECEIPTS ^
c
Along with most every other Ab- t
hovillo pnfprnrisp TArnrHq of thft t
local post office tell the story of a c
year of prosperity and increased bus- t
mess. Comparing: the records of J
December, 1916 with those of the c
same month of 1915 the increase in t
postal business was $225.57, and an
increase of 324 ib the number of c
money orders sent, the money value a
of which was approximately $7,500. f
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NUMBER OF BALES GINNED, c
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During 1915 the Oil Mill an<2
Long's Ginnery ginned 3,797 bales t:
of cotton, and last year, 1916, up y
until Jan. 8, 3,842 bales have been
ginned. These figures-show an in- *
crease of 45 bates for last year, even ?
though the cotton crop had been ?
considered short for 1916. b
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BUYS NEW HOME.
Mr. Hilton, of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway Company, has purchased
the Miller place on the street t*
near the S. A. L. station, and will h
iknrtlr mnvo intn fVio hnnca Mr. 13
and Mrs. Hilton have been living in f,
A.bbeville for two or three years and e;
they have made many friends who ri
are glad to know that they will become
permanent residents of the ^
Jity. - ? {
GONE TO CENTRAL AMERICA, v
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Jimmie Cothran left last Monday V
for Central America, where he has V
i position with the United Fruit V
Company. Jimmie is an agreeable V
and affable young man and his V
friends here wish him success and V
prosperity in the future. V
PEACE PROGRAM
[f Entente fceply Prove* Unfavorable,
Wilson Will Make at Least ^
One More Step to Bring End of ; ]
War Nearer. Second Communication
Would Make Position Even,
Clearer Than tha First. '{
Washington, Jan. 4.?If the en-;-'' i
ante leply to Preaidefet Wflson'f
roocc uuic xnus iaj meet am pru|A/iMU
for an early occasion for an avowal A
>f terms, I the presidentwill not let Jl
ie negotiations drop, but will make |
it ^ least one more move. |
Thia-became known definitely to- 41
lay, although it was indicated that 4iS
10 final decision on the nature of the :\M
lext step had been reached. J
If another communication is sent
t is expected to make more clear tin .->*
xwition of the president ,as it is felt
hat as a result of comment abroad jl
ind in the United States and the de- -sa
>ate in the senate more or less con- :-M
fusion has arisen as to just what ho,
ntended. v
President Wilson's chief hope in |
he ultimate success of the negotiaions
is known to lie in his suggestion I
hat a means be found for.maintain*-- ;.*?!
ng peace in the future. Ifanagree- '
oent on that point can Be reached ' m
he president is said to feel it would
institute- the "guarantees for the
uture" demanded by the allies. A
It was generally indicated today .
hat the president hag no present inention
of asking Col. E. M. House " %
o go to Europe on a peace mission* ^
The president never has publicly ,
ndicated willingness to act.as a me- '.|
lium for exchange of terms secretly /
tetween the belligerents and it tt
mown that he would prefer that it
ie done quickly. American diplooats
and other sources of conflaen- M
ial information have been looking /oto
that point. The negotiations
rere described today as being of a \
ighly confidential character.
-President Wilson's friends say he
s unconcerned over efforts to .ect
his note with the Geiroan peace M
irposals. Feeling that his sole obect
in sending, the note to leant . ?
use wnere eacn siae stanas, ne is ,
jiown to believe that in the end tho i
Hies as well as the. central powers...
nil realize that his move wag not
iirected against either.
SECRECY HAS SETTLED 1
ON PEACE TERM? J
'oionel House Sees President
Interviews Others of the Of- j&a
ficial Circle.
m..Ll.-i... T A TM A. id
Tf aaiiuiKwiif uaii? * ?u wc uu- .
ente reply to President Wilson's : * /$
leace note fails to meet his proK;
losal for an early occasion for an '%
.vowal of terms, the president will
Lot let the negotiations drop, but. 5; ' -t.tm
trill make at least one more move. , B
This became known definitely tolay,
although it was indicated 'that
10 final decision on the nature of ^
he next step had been reached^
Washington, Jan. 4.?The adminisration
policy of absolute secrecy rhich
curtains the moves in peace
tegotiations at this stage, so far as
he United States is concerned, re- . _ ^
nains unrelaxed, but does not alter ' -i
veil defined impressions that im- M
lortant developments are transpire V
Dg under the surface.
All officials are,silent over the re- a
iqrts that Ambassador Gerard, as a "Jj
esult of! his talk with the German g
hancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Holl?eg,
probably transmitted a report
m details of Germany's peace tern?> .^
o make them available to the Era? -
ente allies. They also refuse vpfj
omment on statements attributed to
he former Hungarian premier, Countr
ulius Andrassy, that the Entente JJ
ould learn Germany's peace terms
hrough the president.
Col. E. M. House, who had ndvised.
losely with President Wilson all
long on the peace movement, conerred
at length with the president
oday and was about the official cirle
conferring with others in touch 1
nth the subject.
Definite arrangements for publics- 2
ion of the Entente reply have not
et been announced here.
President Wilson's attitude again
ras described today as being sure
hat some beneficial results will
ome of th6 negotiations and lie Is
olding himself .ready for the next
fcep. / * '
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ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO.
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Dr. J. E. Pressly was called by jlegram
on Sunday night to Mexico,
is father being seriously ill. Dr.
ressly took the train immediately
or his father's home, leaving here
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