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4 DANIELS SCORES ]
THE YEAR OF 1919
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Says There Has Been Only Fiddling
aad Delay?Tragedy of Tragedies
^ When the Whole World Was
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Waiting for Action?Expresses
Hope for Future.
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New "iork, Feb. 1.?The past year
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for the United States has been one
' "of fiddling and delay" and was,
characterized as the "tragedy of
Sp^rptarv Daniels, who |
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addressed the opening meeting here
today of the campaign for the Near
East relief fund. Although America
had not kept faith with the allies, he
i said, he had confidence that thej
American people would do their!
duty.
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"One of the beliefs that carried1
us into the war" added Secretary
Daniels "was that small peoples:
have the right to liberty and to contrcl
their wn destinies. Shall Ameri-j
ca alone fail now in sustaining that
principle? I do not believe it. I am
confident that the American people
* will respond to this call to give to
i-' v Armenia nresent relief from the
perils cf starvation and then proride
for the freedom of the country
v from the rule of the Turk. They will
! resr:>nd to this call as they have responded
to every call made upon
them since April 0, 1917."
;' Secretary Daniels in speaking: of
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' the navy said that the popular idea
of the navy was that it only exists
as a fighting machine. This, he added
is its chief mission but if it had not
proved a powerful agency in protecting
the people and upholding the
T ' dignity of the flag at all times it
had failed of its mission. In the war
he declared ,it has proved its worth
and #had its full share in bringing
about peace.
There was nothing the matter
4?l*^ ArwAw,rtn? flnrinflp
TV 11/LI l/lie /llMvl Itau iiOVj VA*\*
war, James W. Gerard, former am"i
bassador to Germany said in a brief
7 address.
"The trouble about the secretary
*??is that he is too good natured
4&. added Mr. Gerard. "If I had seen ;
secretary of the navy and a bunch
of admirals or anybody else had
formed a soviet board of criticism.
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I would have had them on the slide
| and their heads in the basket inside;
' of 24 hours."
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: , NO DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
MEDALS FOR ENLISTED MEN
Washington, Jan. 31.?A ruling by
the war department specifically ex'
eluded enlisted men from distinguish-,
, ed service medals awards, Brig. Gen.
j Robert C. Davis, president of thei
"v American expeditionary force awards
board said before the house sub-1
c<>mmittee which'began hearing in its |
investigation of the army's distribution
of war decorations. Suggestions
that enlisted men be included, he
' said, were made from headquarters
B nf t.hp flrmv ^vnpditionn-rv fnrcps Knt
cabled instructions from the department
were that enlisted men were in>
eligible for such awards and that the
order of merit, formerly the equivalent
of the medal for enlisted personnel,
could not be revived.
;j.V This ruling prohibited many enlisted
men from receiving awards,
, / General Davis said, adding that approximately
1,200 medals and more
than 5,500 service crosses were
awarded by the American expeditionary
forces, 4,500 of the crosses to
pnlisteH m?n. 1 ^00 t.n nnH 9S
to nurses and auxiliary workers.
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I Groand Hog Sees Shadow.
The ground hogs in these parts;
saw their shadows at high noon to- j
day, thus settling the trifling ques-j
? tion of weather for the next six [
weeks. The day began with all signs
^pointing to cloudy weather, but
shortly before 12 o'clock the sun
came out bright, showing that an[?
other month and a half of winter
v weather impends.
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MEXICO RELEASES
TWO LIEUTENANTS
PLANE ALSO RETURNS
San Antonio, Feb. i.?Lieuts. E.
F. Davis and G. E. Grimes, United
States aviators, who have been held
by Mexican authorities since Wednesday
last, when they made a force
landing near Guerrero, were released
at Nuevo Laredo this afternoon and
crossed the.Rio Grande to Laredo,
Texas, Col. J. E. Fechet , Southern
department air service officer, announced
tonight.
The aviators were released by order
of Gen. Reynaldo Garza, commander
of the garrison at Nuevo Laredo,
after a conference with Maj.
Gulian F. Sanez, commander at Matamoras,
who accompanied the aviators
to Nuevo, Laredo.
General Garza and Major Sanez
called at the American consulate and
informed Randolph Robertson,
United States consul, who had accompanied
the aviate?:; from Guerrero,
where he had gone to look into
the circumstances of their detention,
that it would not be necessary
to take them 1 before General
Marguia at Monterey, according to
reports of Colonel Fechet from Laredo.
T O r> OVlAT
L.IU Ul/UIIclii V CAkl U.iMVV*,
with station at Laredo, was sent to
pan Kafael Las Tertillas, 30 miles
west of Guerrero, and late today retuvned
with the airplane of Lieutenants
Davis and Grimes, Colonel
Fechet announced. /
FRANCE CELEBRATES
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Paris, Jan. 30.?A public celebration
of the organization of league of
nations was held today in the Sorbonne,
presided over by President
Poincare, Paul Deschanel ,the president-elect;
Leon Bourgeois, Albert
Thomas, Former Premier Ivibot and
Andre Honnorat, minister of public
instruction, und places of honor.
M. Bourgeois, who was the French
member of the committee which
drafted the league of nations covenant,
said: "President Wilson, by
his messages and his personal efforts
offered the means of realizing . this
iueal in great international convention.
Whatever defects there may be
in it, the pact of April 28, 1910, ha*
sealed between the free peoples -a
solemn agreement for the union of
all for the safety and independence
of all."
M. Bourgeois in his address, made
a reference to the first meeting of
the league on January 16, where he
said, there were found missing only
the representatives of the United
States of America, for the adherance
of which in the near future we all
are waiting and hoping.
ENUMERATORS CALL
ON PEOPLE TO INSURE
AN ABSOLUTE COUNT
The census enumerators have completed
the canvass of the town of
Abbeville, every house has been
visited. Some houses two or three
times, but with that, there may be
some people who have not been
enumerated. We desire every name
and now call upon everybody to help
us get the entire population. Find
out if you and those about you have
been counted. If not, telephone to u's.
T_ .) Li J. iL.i.
ui case ui uvuui repurt su uitti we
can investigate.
Mrs. W. P. Wham, enumerator
for first and second wards.
Mrs. Laura Faulkner, enumerator
for third and fourth wards.
ENGLAND'S NATIONAL DEBT
7,481,000,000 POUNDS
London, Jan. 31.?Official figures
given out today show that the national
debt on April 1, 1919, was 7,
481,000,000 pounds.
Going North.
Mr. W. H. White leaves Tuesday
afternoon for the markets of the
North where he expects to buy a
stock of goods for the L. W. White
Co., which he hopes to be able to
sell at a little less than profiteering
prices.
$50,000,000 AGREED j DJ
UPON AS A LOAN
FOR FOOD RELIEF:
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i Washington, Jan. 31.?In voting
] today to recommend Miew govern-jfic
ment loans of $50,000,000 to Euro-|se
. pean countries for food relief, the jy
House ways and mean.s committee,}
including its Republican members, aj.
! went counter to the majority view of ' ar
the Republican legislation steering'
committee. I
Technically, the committee agree- j tic
i merit was by a unanimous vote of 19 j
!of its 24 member. Six Democratic j ne
members joined the majority after j ur]
failing to get a larger fund, but re-] an
served the right to seek an increase j jn(
when the bil comes up in the House Ja ^
probably next week. Their efforts inj
'committee to make the amount to be.
recommended .$125,000,000 as proposed
by the Treasury, $100,000,0001 ?
'or $75,000,000, were defeated in by
| order. " ' se
Action by the ways and means! by
followed a conference earlier in the!
day between its Rcpublicr.n mem-,
'bers and the steering committee, at'as
i which steering committee members jnc
;expressed disapproval of any loans! jn
Ion the ground that congress hhd no - ru
j authority to give away funds, while Ur(
iin the Senate both Democrats and
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I Republicans voiced opposition to ad-'
ditional credits to any European;
.countries. jjg,
Walsh Oppoc23 Further Aid ! fr
' Senator Walsh, Democratic, Mon-ire
tana, said he was opposed to further! 0v
'government financial aid to Europe; tu
because some of the nations now ow-|pi
jing this country money were spend-|fjr
ling stupendous sums in military and'
naval preparations. Senator Phelan,
Democratic, California, charged that'
European nations, particularly Great
Britain, were using money j\vcd tr>! tc
the United States to extend their oii \vi
interests throughout the world. I pa
; Senator Smoct, Republican, Utah,, Sj
said the funding of interest pay-ian
ments might be necessary in the case,
of some nations, hut that it was notjtir
necessary for "nations like Great: is
Britain." ! co
In agreeing on the $50,000,000 so
total the House ways and means com-! bij
mittee decided not to stimulate the {
I countries to which loans might be'nii
made. This will be left to officials of' hi:
jihe treasury, who have asked foriro
jthe aid of Poland, Austria and Ar-jni
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j CHICAGO BAKERS WILL
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Chicago, Jan. 31.?Retail bread
prices in Chicago will be increased '
one cent a pound, effective Monday.
, leading bakers announced today. The'
j new price will be 11 1-2 cehts for a
! pound loaf.
i Bakers also announced that a new
bread made of 50 per cent govern,
ment flour and 50 per cent, white ne
flour would be place on sale at the'se]
old prices. ! ou
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HOOVER CLUB FORMED
! . BY UNIVERS.'TY tolliiU
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i Charlottesville, Va., Jan. 20. ? A j
"Hoover for President" club -.vas or-jcle
ganized tonight by students at the!Mi
: University of Virginia and a i clc
jgram was sent to Leland Stanford j at
! University, of which Herbert Hoover !afl
is a graduate, suggesting formation Uui
of a similar club there. Officers of!
the club here claimed a charter]^
membership of 150 students and!
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jiacuicy memDers.
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To Visit Brother. es:
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Mrs. Mary Kennedy will leave to- j
| morrow for Washington to visit her |
, brother, Major George Hanvcy. |
I Major Hanvey has been on a tour of
.duty in Washington for some lime,
Ibut recently received orders to pro- tjc
jceed to Honolulu for a tour of duty. p0
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MASTERS SALE ! fr<
In the case of Edmund Johnson,
Jr., vs Edmund Johnson, Sr., a let. of ?
(land in the Pinhook was sold to
(Edmund Johnson, Jr., for S5Ct' r.t tin
Masters Sales Monday morning ha
EMOCRATS BOLT
AFTER LODGE TURNS
DOWN RESERVATION
Washington, Jan. 31.?The unofial
bi-partisan negotiations on rervations
to the peace treaty suddencame
to an end today when the
jmocratic senators, failing in a last
tempt to obtain a compromise on
ticie ten, waiKea out ox tne conierce
and announced they would seek
her methods of obtaining ratificain.
The Democratic leaders said the
xt step would not be determined
itil there had been a consultation
long the friends of the treaty. They
dicated nothing would be done for
:ew days.
The final break came when Senar
Lodge, of Massachusetts, the
jpublican leader, refused to accept
reservation to article ten drafted
former President Taft and prented
fco the bi-partisan conference
the Democrats.
To Move for Debate.
After consultation with his party
sociates. Senator Hitchcock anlunced
that notice would be given
the senate tomorrow that on Febary
10 he would move to take the
eaty up for debate. Opinion among
nators was divided as to whether
e motion would secure a majority.
Leaders on both sides, have been
eping close watch on dispaches
om Europe, Asia and Africa. The
ason is that both sides in the fight
er compromise apparently hope to
rn to their own advantage the
ight in which much of the world
ids itself.
Big Money Out of Little Money.
The Southern Road from Abbeville
Hodges, would not be complete
thout a Syfan to help make it a
ying proposition. Mr. George W.
fan was one of its first engineers
d was with the company for nearly
ty j7ears. Each son has served his
ne on the road and now its welfare
in the capable hands of his son,
nductor M. B. Syfan and his grand
n, Thomas Kiugn, wno nres up the
ej engine.
Conductor Syfan knows how to
ake the nickels and "dimes count, foi*
3 cash fares last year amounted, in
und figures, to two thousand and
ne 1 und red dollars. Capt. Syfan
es r:::t understand the new fangled
:noek-down" game popular with
any conductors, so they say, and
is money swelled the receipts at
;adquarters.
The Abbeville Branch is twelve
iles long and stops are made only
Darraughs, Stevenson and Pratts
ossing, and this amount of money
is been collected in very small fares.
The Trouble With The Cabinet.
Washington, D. C., Friday.?Cabit
officers eat too much, Repreitative
Ruoker, Democrat, Missri,
said in a speech in the House
Jay opposing appropriations of
L'.OCO for repair and upkeep of
lomobiles for official use by State
partment officials.
"These officers and their chief
irks are always at lunch," said
\ Rucker. "You call at eleven o'ick
in the morning, and they are
lunch, you return at three in the
;ernoon, and they are still at
ich. They eat too much."
KCADE MILLS AT ROCK
HILL HAS A $50,000 FIRE
Chester, S. C., Jan. 31.?Fire of
(determined origin, caused damage
itmated at $50,000 to cotton in the
irehouse of the Arcade Mills at
>ck Hill, S. C., early today.
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Among the One Hundred.
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Will H. Hays, chairman of the Na-J
inal Republic Committee, has ap-j
inted a committee of one hundred!
visors. R. R. Tolbert will serve'
Dm South Carolina.
Railway Strike Ends.
lome, Jan. 31.?The railroad strike, J
lich has been in progress for some^
ne, ended today. All the strikers j
ve resumed work.
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new army MEASURE
to gw? u. j. ?12
force ;r? five yea::: !
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Washington, Jan. HO.?Mobilization
of an organized field army of:
two million men' would be possible i
within five years after passage of
the senate army reorganization bill,
Chairman Wadsworth ,of the senate!
military committee, said today in his j
report to the senate on the measure. I
The cost would not exceed $590,987,000
annually, he said.'
Including the permanent standing
army of 298,000 and the citizens' c
army and national guard, as proposed
,the measure through its com- ^
pulsory military training plan would;
permit the mobilization next year of
an army of 1,198,000 men ,the re- 1
port continued. Youths trained would ^
be passed in the citizens reserve i
army and in 1926 the nation's available
military strength would be 3,-j*
345,000 officers and men, while the *
cost per man would be reduced s
from $509'in 1921 to $176 in 1926. r
'"With the organization personnel c
shown in 1926," the reporter said,!1
"it will be possible after providing ?
for the foreign garrisons and the'*
coast defenses to mobilize an organi-1
zed field army of 2,000,000 men t
with ample surplus strength to sup- '<
ply replacements and to form new (
and unexpected organizations. This I
can be done even after a' liberal al- <
lov/ance for evemptions on account!
of industrial requirements.'* 2
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JUROR IN MUD HOLE, i
VERDICT SOON AFTER t
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Monroe, La., Jan. 29.?When a f
dissenting juryman to.'ay refused to <
agree to the verdict of <ruilty the!
trial of Alvin Calhoun, negro follo.vinrr
the murder 0" N. H. Arnold 1
January 20 at Tallulah, La., he was
publicly whipped and then dipped in ^
a mud hole, according' to reports
from Tallulah reaching here tonight. s
When tho jury returned to its s
quarters in the court house, escorting (
the downcast, mud covered dissent-;
ing juryman, a verdict of guilty was ^
agreed upon, according to the report. ,
The jury ther. appeared in thfe court ^
room, reporting its findings, which j.
declared Calhoun to be guilty of ^
murder in the first.degree. ^
It is said that the dissenting juryman
was later waited upon by a
committee and ordered to leave L
Tallulah.
Calhoun confessed to the murder /
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cf Arnold, a young farmer who hadi^
emigrated south from Danville, Ky., ^
IfDveral months ago, according to.
the sheriff at Ouichita parish. He is'
.said to have stated that he picked up
a heavy piece of wood and struck
the white man over the head while ,j
the latter was milking a cow. Ac-j(
.cording to the sheriff, the negro I
said he then robbed Arnold of less j
than $100. Arnold operated a farm i
at West Point, Miss., before coming!
to Louisiana. jr
To Organize Miners.
Bluefield, W. Va., Jan. 31.?Johnj
u. jjevvis, acting president 01 trie un-j
ited Mine Workers of America, is,
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planning a campaign to organize all:
coal miners in the Pocahontas field,
involving approximately 300 mines J
and 75,000 men, according to a statement
Mr. Lewis is said to have made
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A nawsnonov i
, wv .ivuoj/Hjyvi liltu uyun n to amv<ai|^
here tonight.
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Protest At Hanover.
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Berlin, Jan. 31.?A demonstration^
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participated in by 5,000 persons wa3|?
held at Hanover yesterday in protest jj.
against the extradition of Formerj
Emperor William from Holland. The|v
demonstrators -after the meetingj
marched to the home of Field Mar-jshal
von Hindenbur? and acclaimed 11
him. Hinden'burg replied with a brief
patriotic speech.
Legislating Against the Women
Jackson, Miss., Jan. oO.?Mississipi
school teachers are forbidden to
marry druing a term of school, according
to the provisions of a measure
passed by the lower house of
the Legislature today.
BANKS UF ill
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foo Many Government Depositories.
Pruning Knife To Be Used?War
Causes Changes?Cutting Off
Inactive Banks and Reducing
Deposits.
Washington, Feb. 1.?Drastic reaction
in the number of national
ianks designated as government
lepositories is being made by the
reasury department with the result
hat less than 400 of the 1,331 such
nstitutions holding federal funds on
une 30, 1919 are expected to .sur
rive the pruning knife.
Changes in the government's
inancial situation brought about by
he war's fiscal cooperations, it was
;aid, officially today, has made it
lecessary. to abolish hundreds of the
lepositoi'ies and revise the plan for
iistribution of government moneys
tmong banks employed since prior
.0 1912.
While the treasury is cutting off
;he inactive accounts, it is also' rclucing
the balances carried by many
>t.her banks?in all, in fact, where
government transactions do not re]uire
the use of large sums.
"Scientific apportionment" it is
;aid will be the basis in the future
'or disposition of surplus funds.. Of:k-ials
explained that the policy as
o depositories woulJ operate :-o
hat each bank will be able to realize
squal returns on a basis of business
iono for the government:. \
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Lei: Than One Thousand.
Liciu led in the list oi national
janks struck off are .">30' banks
vhich had accounts of $1,000. un.I
vhich were designated as governnent
depositories during the administration
of Franklin Macyeagn, as
secretary of the treasury for Presilent
Taft.
Practically half v of the banks to
)e deprived of government balances
ilready have been eliminated from
he rolls and .outstanding balances'
hus have been reduced from $52,)00,000
to $27,000,000. Other banks
vili be taken off ot tne omciai list
)f depositories and other accounts
vill be reduced until by the end of
he calendar year it is expected the
lew policy will be fully completed.
Officials were reticent today as to
he geographical location of the de>ositories
cancelled.
MORE DEFENDANTS ILL
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Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 1.?InT
"luenza made a fresh attack on the
iefendants in the Newberry elections
:onapiracy trial today and it was
probable tonight that seven of them
,vill not appear in court when ihe
:ase is resumed tomorrow afternoon,
rhat the trial will go on was indica;ed
by the fact that the 12 jurors
sworn in Saturday gave no sign of
>eing affected by the malady.
Three of the five defendants on
yesterday's sick list had recovered
his evening, but five others were
'resh victims of the epidemic. John
3. Newberry, brother of the principal
'igure in the trial, was stricken on
lis way to Detroit and word tonight
vas that he would not be able to reurn
for several days.
At Work Again.
The paving force got back to w*rk
igain Saturday on Greenville street,
ifter the rain and sleet. The road is
leing leveled up and filled in and
nadc wider by cutting down the si
valks.
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