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PROHIBITION TICKET MAY
BE WITHDRAWN
Ready To Quit On Enforcement
Pledge By Cox Or Harding.
Washington, Sept. 23.?Senator
Harding and Governor Cox were
promised today by Aaron S. Watkins
,the Prohibtion party's presidential
candidate, that he would
withdraw from the race if either of
them pledged his support to the dry
program.
Mr. Watkin's announcement was
made in an address before the International
Congress Against Alcoholism.
He said later that he would embody
his proposal in telegrams to
Candidates Harding and Cox.
"I ask only two things of the other
candidates," Mr. Watkin's told
the congress. "Whenever any one of
them pledges himself to enforce the
18th amendment and enforce the
Volstead act, if elected, and to use
all of his power and influence to retain
them as a part of the nation's
law, I will agree to ask our national
committee to release me from the
ticket." z
The assertion of the prohibition
nominee followed a series of inferential
as well as direct statements
by speakers at the congress'that the
Prohibition party might be the
cause for overturning the dry majority
in congress through defection
of sufficient votes from "known dryi
candidates." P. A. Parker, general
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league, precipitated a near clash by
and dress, the trend of which was an
appeal for all prohibition workers to
support the dry candidates on the
major tickets and thereby avoid possibility
of anti-prohibitionists being
eleceted locally.
Fighting For Cause
At the conclusion of Mr. Parker's
speech, Mr. Watkins hurried to ths
platform and declared his intention
to withdraw when the other candidates
had given a proper pledge.
The prohibition nominee asserted he
was "fighting for a cause and not
for a party and when that party
stands in the way, I will hurry to
my national committee and say,
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"L t S uiddvivc uno jjtxxvj jlv*
time.' " There were numerous members
of the Prohibition party in the
audience and many of them joined
in a chorus of "Noes," declaring
they proposed to stick by their party.
Others without obtaining recognition
from the chairman critici
zed Mr. Parker's attitude and the
congress for several minutes was in
uproar. E. C. Dinwiddle, president
of the congress, after restoring order,
apologized to the delegates saying
it was Ka burst of enthusiasm
which js likely to manifest itself in
most any way." He explained to th?
foreign delegates that while they
were not familiar with American
politics the day's proceedings should
convince them and dry workers
here were "not overlooking opportunities
that might be wasted."
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former |
chief chemist of the department of
agriculture, in a speech earlier in
the session expressed the belief that
the Prohibition party should not
have nominated a national ticket.
He believed its work was practically
finished when the 18th amendment
was adopted, he sadi.
A delegate interrupted to inquire
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wnere ne wouiu asn a vunabiau
i cast his ballot."
"I would leave that to your conscience,"
Dr. Wiley replied. "But I
do not think a vote on the Prohibition
ticket will get anybody anywhere."
Prohibition Pays.
Dr. Wiley also declared the prohi-.
bition amendment never* would be
repealed or softened because the^
"country's business would stand
like a rock against it," since it was
found that "prohibition pays."
Papers by Dr. P. Almaldi, director
of the hospital for the insane,
Florence, Italy, and Dr. Eudo Monti,
Turin, Italy, dealing with problems
confronting dry workers in
their nation, were read in absence of
the authors, who were unable to attend.
Dr. Amaldi in his paper said
that the greatest problem prohibition
workers have to face in Italy
was that developed from the heavy
consumption of wine. He reported
that whereas the wine consumption
in Italy was 16 gallons per capita in
1884, it had increased to 31 gallons
per capita in 1914.
Secretary Daniels, addressing the
congress at its session tonight, de
NEWS NOTES
The Fall term of the Court of
General Sessions at Bishopville has
been held up up this week on account
of having no stenographer. L.
E. Wood, who has held the position
for the past seventeen years has resigned
and his place has not been
filled.
William Darby .Glenn, of York,
has arrived at home after spending
the summer in the West helping
gather the wheat crop. He made the
trip from Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
to Gainesville, Ga., on a motorcycle.
When he hit the Georgia mud
he shipped his motorcycle and took
to the train. He was accompanied by
a friend, both boys being students
of the University of North Carolina.
Fairfax Harrison has been given
a "loyalty medal," a badge of distinction
showing twenty-five years;
service on the Southern Railway.
Five hundred employes of the Southern
will be given such medals in
the near future.
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James W. Gerard, chairman of the
Democratic Committee, before the
Senatorial Investigating Committee,
made the statement that so far he
had collected one hundred and
twenty-eight thousand dollars of
the two millions which is the Democratic
goal. Mr. Gerard says he will
be "thankful to get a million."
The Bank at Heath Springs was
broken into and robbed on Se$tem
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ber 13th. The papers tanen irom tuc
bank were found this week by the
children of B. J. Richardson, in a
cotton field twelve miles north of
Lancaster. The bank paid the three
hundred dollars reward offered for
the papers.
When the letter, of resignation
of the President of France was read |
in the Chamber.of Deputies thisj
week, the delegates rose and remained
standing as a mark of sym-!
pathy.
Five dollars will be charged for
Grand Stand seats at the World
Series Games at Brooklyn next
week. This is the first time such a
charge has been made since 1914.
Barnard B. Baruch has contributed
five thousand dollars to the
Democratic Campaign. W. G. McAdoo
gives one thousand.
i Bids for the top soil construction
of the nine miles of the Dixie highway
from Princeton to Ware Shoals
are to be opened by the state, highway
commission October 1. The
Ware Shoals Manufacturing company
has agreed to pay one-half the
cost of construction of this piece of
road. ... r ..
Young Holstein and Jersey dairy
cows to the value of $10,000 were
shipped from Vancouver, B. C., to
the Kalfeng Baptist College of Kalfeng,
China, comprising what is believed
to be the first large shipment
of American live stock ever made
for foreign mission purposes.
clared that a congress could never
have been elected that would agree
to the- modification of the Volstead
enforcement act. He also traced the
history of prohibition in the navy
asserting that the effectiveness of
seamen had increased since the
"dry" order went into effect.
"Wherever the navy is, it is dry,"
declared the secretary, adding that
recently, alcohol had been discarded
in the navy for medical purposes.
PRESIDENT WILSON TO
ACT AT PROPER TIME
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| . Washington Sept. 23.?President j
Wilson will actively participate in '
the Democratic presidential cam-1
paign when "the proper time
comes," it was stated today at the ]
White House. He probably will not
make any speeches, officials said,'
but will confine himself to state-;
ments on campaign issues, particularly
the League of Nations.
j The President is keeping in touch
with the campaign through the
newspapers and party leaders.
While he has not received a formal
invitation from Democratic headI
! quarters to take part inj the camj
paign, White House officers said he
considered it his duty to do so as a
member of the party.
BOMB DISCOVERED
ON BROOKLYN LIN]
Package Of Dynamite With Burnin
Fuse Was Recovered?New
Clue Obtained Wall Street
Mystery.
New York, Sept. 23.?While ir
vestigators were still seeking t
solve the mystery of the Wall stree
explosion a week ago, police head
quarters announced a package cor
taining dynamite had been found tc
day on the platform of the Ree
avenue elevated station in Brooklyr
At the same time announcemen
came rrom Police headquarters tha
a tag found in Wall street near th
horse attached to the death cart ha
been identified as one issued by th
health department in 1918 to th
Reid Ice Cream company of Brook
lyn, certifying that the horse wa
riot afflicted with glanders. Detec
tives left immediately to questioi
company officials as to whether th'
horse had been sold within the las
two years.
The bureau of combustibles at po
lice headquarters announced tha
the dynamite package was a boml
with fuse attached and burning
when a patrolman found it and "pu
it out." Detectives took the bomb t<
head-quarters in Manhatten. Inves
tigation into the "planting of thi
'bomb" was started immediately ii
Brooklyn. Employes were question
ed in an effort to learn if extre
mists or strikers of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company, which oper
ates the line, had been seen in th<
vicinity today.
The bomb was in the form of j
?ard board cylinder and containei
no percussion caps, the board o
combustibles announced later, bu
"dynamite in considerable quanti
ty."
Patrolmen Sante li, who founi
the bomb, put out the fuse, he said
by stamping on it. Then he soakei
it in a pail of water. It was nin>
inches long with eight inch fuse tha
had burned half way down, he said
The horse which drew the "deatl
wagon" has been traced throug]
three sales after its purchase fron
the Reid Ice Cream company ii
1918, William J. Flynn, chief of th<
bureau of investigation of the de
partment,' announced today. Hi
would not say whether any for
eigners or extremists had been in
volved in any of the transactions
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He said tnat "trie ciue xooks guuu
but like any clue it may blow up an}
time."
ASK $500 FROM EACH OF A
THOUSAND DEMOCRATS
Chairman White Announces "A
League Thousand Club"? To
Match President's Five
Hundred Contribution
New York, Sept. 23.?George
White, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, announced here
today that the committee woulc
raise a $500,000 national "Mate*
the 'President" campaign fund.
Mr. White said, that a thousand
friends of the League of Nations
would be asked to follow the example
of President Wilson ,and subscribe
$500 each to assure the success
of the Cox-Roosevelt ticket and
the league itself.
Mr. White also said that newspapers
favoring the League of Nations
would be asked to aid in the formation
of the "League Thousand
Club" to be composed of contributors
to the fund.
"Less than $130,000 collected bj
us provided a contrast before the
senate committee investigating canr
paign funds contributions yesterdaj
with millions in the hands of th<
Republicans," said Mr. White. Sinc<
the fate of the league and the peac<
of the world depends on the succes
of Cox and Roosevelt I intend t(
call for a thousand friends of th<
league all over the country to matel
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the President's subscription of $50(
recently made in the same cause.
"This will provide a special fun<
of $500,000 to put the truth abou
+T-io loamio hn'fm-fi nvurv vnt.r?r_ Statl
and county chairman will be askei
to assist ,and we feel hopeful tha
there are at least a thousand men i
the United States who will give u
1 $500 each for the league.
i "This plan will provide the mean
i for a heavy assault against misrep
I resentation in the interest of mer
I
partisanship.
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nthusiastic reception given them
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war who marched here today
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ampment of the Grand army of -the
spublic rested tonight.
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