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WILL NOT REJECT
LEAGUE ENTIRELY
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES PLAN
TO REVISE. WICKERSHAM
SO SAYS?FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL SAYS CERTAIN
FEATURES TO BE RETAINED.
Marion, Ohio, Sept. 6.?After an
extended conference here today
with Senator Harding, Gecv~e W.
TVickersham ,a former Republican
attorney general and an advocate of
tVio 1 prunip of nations. issued a
statement declaring the Republican
nominees would not "wholly and I
finally reject the league," but
would take the lead in revising the
covenant and putting it into practical
operation.
' The senator recognizes, Mr.
Wickersham added, that the league
is so interwoven with the fortunes
of Europe that its unobjectionable
features must be preserved to stabilize
European peace.
From Senator Harding himself,
there was no expression on the subject,
but it was indicated in the
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near future he mignt maKe a puum;
statement detailing his precise
stand with regard to acceptance of
any portion of the covenant as it
was written. It was said in his talk
with the former attorney general
that the whole subject was discussed
minutely and views expressed by
1 the nominee met with Mr. Wickersham's
full approval.
Wickersham For League
"I earnestly favor the league of
nations," said Mr. Wickersham's
statement. "I recognize the imperfections
of the Paris covenant. Yet
I should have been satisifed to see
it ratified as written, believing that
the power of amendment was ample
to enable it to be moulded as our
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nauonai iiivcica?
necessary.
"Senator Harding does not wholly
and finally reject the league. He
recognizes it may have become so
entwined and interwoven in the
peace of Europe its good work and
its unobjectionable provisions must
be preserved in order to stabilize
the peace of that continent. When
President Harding, working in accord
with a Republican congress,
takes up the work of placing upon
a firm, just and sure foundation,
the relation of this country to the
other nations of the world, I am
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confident that the logic of accomplished
fact will lead to the adoption
of the league, so modified as to
remove all just doubts as to?its undue
effect upon American rights
and interests.
"Senator Harding has recognized
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inis iact in (.iic suibciuciiv ui?? uv
has no expectation whatever of
finding it necessary or advisable to
negotiate a separate peace with Germany.
The first effort of his administration
obviously must be to
secure an agreement with the parties
to the treaty of Versailles for
its modification so as to remove the
objections of the American government
and that accomplished our acceptance
of the amended treaty will
be the antural solution of the interantional
problem.
"No one will dispute Senator
Harding's insistence that the United
States may take the lead in revision,
amendment or reconstruction and
be able to count on the cordial cooperation
of all nations concerned."
Harding Saya Nothing
Senator Harding not only declined
to make any comment tonight on
the Wickersham statement, but he
UiSU iciittiut'U xiuia uiowuoomg bite
categorical questions about the
league which were addressed to him
by Governor Cox last night in his
Milwaukee speech. The Republican
nominee said he proposed to maintain
his policy of not engaging in a
debate with his opponent and
would express his views in his own
way rs occasion offered.
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COTTON GROWERS
CLOSE SESSION
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; Program or President J. S. Wanna
namaker Adopted in Full.?
Forty Cents Stands
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Montgomery Ala. Sept. 4?Appointment
of a committee of 55 Sou|
thern bankers, business men and ofacials
of the various divisions of the
j American Cotton association to conj
fer with W. P. G. Harding, governor
i and member of the federal reserve
board September 15, for the purpose
of obtaining clear cut pronouncement
of policy on the financing of the 1920
cotton crop, marked the last session
of the association here late today.
With adjournment sine die of the
association practically the entire pro- 1
gram of policy recommended by President
J. S. Wannamaker had been
with Q ronnmrnArrlu
tion to members that cotton be held
fur a minimum price of 30 cents middling
basis, with one cent per month
, added after November 1. Members
were also urged to hold their cotton
seed for $60 a ton.
Other proposals adopted urge establishment
of cooperative marketing
systems in every cotton growing
county, the formation of an export
corporation to sell cotton in central
Europe, the reduction of acreage to
cotton and increasing acreage for
food and forage crops, and retirement
of 25 per cent, of the higher
grade cotton.
,Southern banks with loans in Eastern
banks are requested in a general
resolution adopted this evening to recall
these loans in order that the
money may be diverted to financing
the South's crops and a resolution by
Former Governor Manning of South
Carolina calls on the governors of *
cotton states to proclaim September :
-U "couon aay on wmcn aaie meetings
are to be held in all counties to 1
develop interest in the program , of i
the association. ;
The principal address of the day
v.-as delivered by Judge W. T. Ram- 1
sey, governor of the Eleventh district
federal reserve bank, who deplored
the action of fixing the price of cotton
at 40 cents, declaring that it
could not be achieved. He brought a 1
note of pessimism into the conven 1
tion by declaring the farmer must
practice strict, economy and prepare
for hard times.
The convention voted to meet in
1921 at Dallas, Texas.
EXPECT HALF A CROP
Weevil Damage Severe Down In
Orangeburg ]
Orangeburg, Sept. 6.?The cot
ton ginning season has opened in
Orangeburg County and heavy ginning.is
being reported. Owing to the
hot weather of the past week cotton
has opened rapidly. The outlook in
Orangeburg county is for about half
a crop. The boll weevil has infested
the entire county and in about half
the county has reduced the crop at
least one-half, and in a great many
instances to one-third. The situation (
is alarming to business in the county ;
as the crop made on high prices, and I
with the severe weevil damage and
the low price of the staple finan- ^
cial unrest is setting in. '
ABBEVILLE BOYS ON TEAM 1
George Cann and Richard Swetenburg
will report at Clemson September
6th for practice on the foot ball
team, being among the "most
promising of last year's scrubs.' j
I The team will be under tne arrec- i
tion of Coach "Jiggs" Donahue and ,
his assistant Tarner Connover, a ;
new man from Pennsylvania. The
season will open September 22nd (
vith Erskine College at Clemson.
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COURT AT ANDERSON
Judge Frank B. Gary is in Anderson
his week holding a term of
court which is to be of unusually intprpstinc.
Ten cases for murder are
on the docket to come up for trial.
Mr. C. E. Tolly who was killed last
week was foreman of the Grand
jJury which body will post on a bill
I against his assailant.
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COURT CONVENED
THIS MORNING
Judge Ernest Moore, of Lancastei
Presides?Charges Grand Jury.
Indictments Returned
The Court of General Sessions con
vened this morning at 10:00 o'clock
with Judge Ernest Moore, of Lancaster,
presiding. Clerk of Court Per
rin, after the sheriff had called courl
to-order, called the grand jury, mosl
of whom reported for duty promptly.
A few were absent. The foreman
Joel S. Morse being sick, W. H
White was named as acting foreman
The court' charged the Grand
Jury as to their duties and especiallj
with regard to education and mob
violence.
The solicitor handed out six bill:
for murder and one for larceny oi
iive stock. At the time we go to press
the following bills have been returned:
State vs. Lawrence Callaham, murder;
State vs. H. M. Fell, murder;
State vs. Bee Stark, murder.
The docket was sounded and it appeared
that a number of cases have
been carried over. The court set a
number of these cases for trial tomorrow.
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The first case tried was that^of the
State vs. Sam Callaham charged witt
violation of the prohibition law. The
defendant was tried by a jury and
found guilty. He was sentenced to sia
months on the chain gang and to pas
a fine of three hundred dollars. Upon
payment of the fine, the chain gang
part of the sentence was to be suspended
during good behavior.
Louise Watt and Willie Jdhnson
were arraigned charged with murder
but the Solicitor consented to a verr\f
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stated, showing an accident.
The following additional jurors
have been drawn to serve in the
piaces of those who failed to report
and who have been excused: C. D.
Brown, Jr., J. A. Ramey, E. H. Hughes,
L. C Parker, J. T. Evans, J. M.
Wilkinson, R. L. McCanty and E H
Richey.
At the afternoon session of court,
Dave Scott pleaded guilty to a charge
of violation of the prohibition laws
and was sentenced to six months on
the chain gang or pay a fine of $250,
the sentence to be suspended on payment
of the $250.00.
The cases of the State vs. Dave
Howard and the State vs. Jim Thornton,
of Calhoun Falls, were noi
possed on payment of $100.00 each.
The case of Sam Miller charged
with house breaking and larceny was
likewise nol prossed upon payment
>f the sum of $50.00.
mi... a j. ] it. .
me cuuil entereu upun uie tutu
of the case of The State vs. Chestei
Fleming, charged with murder, at 4
o'clock and the case was being tried
as we go to press.
JUST LIKE HIS PA
Len, the young son of Col. W. H.
White, the only working man on
Greenville Stret, started to school
Monday morning with his new
glasses. His mother decided that
Len needed spectacles in order that
be might read better, but Len was
jo busy looking at the girls as he
ivent to the Graded School building
that he lost his "lookers" on the
way. He learned that from his pa.
TEACHING IN McCORMICK
Miss Mary Haigler has a position
in McCormick as teacher in the
Graded% School and will leave soon
to take up her new work. Miss
Haigler is a graduate of Coker Col?
lege and her firends wish her success.
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J. C. MARTIN ELECTED
At the recent primary election, J,
C. Martin was nominated for magistrate
at the enterprising city of
Donalds. Mr. Martin has served in
this capacity before and made a
good officer.
Lake Toxaway is to be rebuilt and
the survey is now under way.
CITY SCHOOLS
OPENED TODAY
? With Largest Enrollmei/t For First
Day in History of the Schools.
?Total Enrollment 632.
The city schools opened this
, morning with the largest enroll
ment for the first day in the his
tory of thes chools. The initial ent
rollment of the- graded schools is
ti 512 and of the high school 120
- making a total enrollment for the;
, first day of 632. This is an increase
. of 92 over the first day's enroll.
ment of last sesion. The enrollment
by grades today is as follows: First,
r 64; second, 54; third,, 80; Fourth,
i 74; fifth, 61; sixth, 54; seventh, 43;
mill, 62; high school, 120.
3 The enrollment in the high school
I is especially large as the highest
3 enrollment of last sesion in this de.
partment was 105.
it is nouceaDie tnax tne xrura
. grade is crowded and some other ar
rangement will possibly have to be
made if any more children enter
. this grade. Judging from the re- j
> cords of last sesion the total enrollt
ment in the city schools will exceed
. "750 before this session is over.
The following teachers were on
? hand this morning to begin work: .
t Misses Clara Adams, Alberta Mont-i
. gomery and Mrs. Sara Calvert j
[ Ellis; second grade?Misses Georgia,1.
; Ott, Harriett Coan and Mrs. J. D.
r Wilson; third grade?Misses May
! Robertson and Rebecca Jones;
. fourth grade?Misses Niza Kilgore
. and Esther Todd, fifth grade?
Misses Rosamonde Dixon and Ruby
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^Anderson;; seventh grade?Misses ;
'Annie Hill and Susie Lown; high
. school?J. M. Daniel, A. J. Derby_u:
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I Mine, luiaaca ocuiie lriagm, uvai
West and Annie Radcliffe.
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, SOUTH CAROLINA
WELL REPRESENTED |1
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. At The American Cotton Aatociation
in- Montgomery
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Columbia, Sept. 6.?The foreign |<
( export corporation as approved by J"*
,|the South Carolina Division of theii
^American Cotton Association wasj
i J adopted by the American Cotton As- 1
jsociation at Montgomery. Richard I.
, Manning of South Carolina, waa ]
made chairman of the committee to 1
i arrange for the formation of the :
. corporation. <
Holding and reduction resolutions)]
similiar to those passed by the|<
[ South Carolina Division were also :
i passed by the Montgomery conven- ;
, tion. j
South Carolina was well repre[
sented and conspicious on the floor
and on the committees of the Montgomery
convention. A large delega- ,
ijtion attended the convention from
jthis state.
Approximately $30,000 was raised
Jon the floor of the * convention to
[further the work of the American
1 Cotton Association.
Delegates from the other states ,
expressed a determination to com- .
plete their organization, especially
Texas. A delegation of bankers re-,,
presenting the entire belt assurea .
the association of assistance in fi- <
nancing the present crop, the Fed- (
eral Reserve Banks of Dallas, Atlanta
and St. Louis, assured the as- ,
sociation o their co-operation.
The South Carolina delegation to
the convention returned Sunday.
GOING TO DARLINGTON
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1 Miss Marion Mabry is leaving in a
few days for Darlington where she
1 will have charge of one of the sections
of the first grade in the Darllington
school. Miss Mabry is an experienced
teacher and is successful
wherever she goes.
GOING HOME
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"j Mrs. R. E. Caldwell, who has made
an extended visit to her sister, Mrs.
1 W. M. Barnwell, will leave Tuesday
l for her home in Hartsville. Mrs.
Caldwell has been the recipient of
much pleasant attention while here
I and friends regret that her stay
with us is over.
THE WOMEN
REGISTERING
In the City Today.?Mrs. Minihall
First to Register?Books Will
Be Open Until Thursday
Today gave the women their first
opportunity to register in order^to
participate in. future elections. At
noon'today fourteen had registered
and are now qualified electors.
The first to register was Mrs.
Rachel Minshall, postmaster at Abbeville.
Others who have registered
are: Abbeville precinct, Mrs. Henrietta
, Garrison, Mrs. Ella Cox
Cromer, Miss Nannie Seal, Mrs.
Ellen G. Penney, Mrs. Fred S. Hill,
Mrs. C. M. McKenzie, Mrs. Hannah
H. Coleman, Mrs. T. D. Harrison,
Mrs. 0. J. Harrison.
Due West: Mrs. E. S. Crocket,
Mrs. G. C. Pressly, Mrs. Bennie J.
Crocket.
Keowee: Mrs. Essie Ashley, Mrs.
Lillian Moore, Mrs. W. D. Thomas,
Mrs. J. W. Branyon, Miss Annie
Branyon, Mrs. Mollie B. Branyon,
Mrs. L. Elmer Branyon.
In order to register it is necessary
mat ne applicant state ner age. rnis
has deterred a good many from tak.
ing the leap. They do not care particularly
about people knowing
their ages, but this thing of making
a public record ?f them is another
matter.
This seems to be about the only
trouble the women are experiencing
in the matter. Some of them
do not pay taxes . on three hundred
dollars worth of property for the
reason that the men have been playing
the Lordly act and returning
the property of the wives in their
awn (the husband's), name but the
women are taking care of that difficulty
by reading-' and explaining
any section of the constitution to
the entire satisfaction of Col. Boles,
Col. Cheatham and Col. Pete Arm-1
strong.
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The books of registration are to
be kept open until Thursday in or-j
ier to give all the women a chance
to register. It is beileved that a
number will register in that time.
Not being able to participate in
the primary this year the women
are of course not (bound (by the nominees
of the primary and may run a
ticket of their own. Should they
register in great numbers before the
day of election, it is not at all unlikely
that Hubert Cox will have
opposition in the General Election
for his place in the legislature and
he may have to stump the county
again with Mrs. Betsy Smith, Mrs.
Allie Cromer or Mrs. Patsy Coleman
as his opponent. Even Jim Cox
may have opposition in his race for
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TEN WILL BE TRIED ON
MURDER CHARGES
Anderson, Sept. 4.^?Judge Frank
Gary of Abbeville will preside at the
court of general sessions here next
week. This will be a particularly
heavy court, as there are ten murder
cases, besides 20 cases of violations
of prohibition. The court may
be delayed on account of the death
of Clarence E. Tolly, who' was foreman
of the grand jury. A new foreman
will have to be seletced and a
new juror sworn in.
There are three murder cases
which will be of great interest: that
of H. H. Herring, charged with killing
Clarence E. Tolly; Ernest Ashley,
charged with shooting Arthur
Hughes in Honea Path, who died
later in a local hospital, and Sloan
Jones, who is charged with killing
Joe Statsney when he fired at another
man.
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VISITORS FROM FAIRPLAY
Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. J. S. Glymph
and Mr. Robert Merritt all of Fairplay
have returned to their home
after a visit of a week to Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. O'Bryant. Mrs. Elliott
is a sister of Mr. O'Bryant.
The . Tennessee Legislature has
reiusfcu to make the women of that
state pay a poll tax.
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CAN NOT BETRAY
LOYAL OFFICES
SYMPATHY FOR MACSWINEY
DUE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
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NO COMPROMISE NOW?LIOYD
GEORGE AND BONAR J^AW
^ SAY SUPREMACY OF LAW'
MUST BE UPHELD. v
Lucerne,__ Sept. 5.?-Premier
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Lloyd George of Great Britain has
replied in the negative to the message
of Mayor Hylan of New York
City urging the premier to release
Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork
from prison. The premier in his dispatch
yesterday stated politely but - M
firmlir fViafc Via nnnlH nnt intorfflro i 'A
"with the course of justice and law.
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London, Sept. b.?Relying to the '
Labor party's appeal in behalf of
Lord Mayor MacSwiney, Mr. Bonar .
Law ,the government leader, addressed
a. long letter, dated Howning
street today, to the effect that
the government's position was made N ;; j
clear in the premier's statement of
August 25, to wluch there was little /
to add.
Mr. Bonar Law proceeds to statfe
that MacSwiney was "one "of the
leaders of the Irish republican army
which declared itself at war with '
the forces of the crown, and according
to his own written words in one
of the seditious documents for |
which he was convicted, he and his
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their own ends, asking >no mercy 1 '|J
jand making no compromise. . ^
Had he been taken at his word
^and dealt with as an avowed rebel, ,
according to the universal practice
among civilized nations, says Mr. s$j
jBonar Law, he would have been
liable to be shot. Instead, he was
tried by k legally constituted tribu- ?J|
rtal, sentenced to a moderate term , .J
of imprisonment and given all the v|
privileges of a political prison.
"To release such prisoners," as- ^
serts Mr. Jtsonar law, ~wouia oe 1
nothing short of a betrayal of loyal
officers on whose devotion to duty
the, fabric of social order in Ireland !
rests."
Since MacSwiney's arrest, it is
pointed out fu the letter, 15 officers
have been brutally and treachorously
done to death without any chance ..
of defending themselves.
"Surely," continues the letter. - :|1
'The sympathy extended to the
ord mayor whose condition is due
to his own deliberate act, is due ' -|9
rather to the bereaved widows and
families of the murdered.. Irish po;
licemen. The government fully
realizes how large a part sentiment < fi
plays in all human affairs, and if it
were possible it would gladly have
taken the attitude of the English
king, who said of an opponent:
"He is determined to make him!
self a martyr ,and I am equally de- ^
Itermined to prevent it."
Mr. tfonar baw declares in conclusion
that the government can not
take a course involving the complete
break-down of the machinery
of law and government and that if
"jffr
the lord mayor dies in prison the
responsibility will rest in a degree
upon these who by their . repeated
appeals have encouraged the belief
that the government would prove
insecure in its determination.
RETURNING TQ WORK ^
! Misa Sarah White, who has spent
| the past month in Abbeville with her
parents, returned to Washing- ' <.t
| ton Sunday and will take up her
work again. She has an excellent . |
position in some of the Government
Departments and enjoys city
life. . M
j SERVICES AT LITTLE RIVER
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; Rev. J. T. Mann, the blind evangelist,
will preach at Little River
Church next Sunday morning at'
II o'clock, and at Walnut Grove on
same day at 4 o'clock.
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