Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?AU?J JU1UU1 A NO SPOKESMAN SENT BY FRANCE (Continued From Page One) . Democratic nominee that Mr. Hard' *' * * ing had conferred with Maurice DeKotbra, a French journalist, regard ing the French attitude toward the legaue of nations. , The statement issued, over the signature of Judson C. Welliver, headquarers director of publicity, said that Senator Harding never had heard of DeKobra utnil today, though the latter had made an* un * "AA Uw TnQ. SUCCCbtxL U1 CiXUi o v occ turn iii * ? ^ napolis last Friday. }It was asserted / further that DeKobra, who said he had been traveling with the Cox 4 party "was evidently expected by Governor Cox to secure an interview with Senator Harding and to Y ay certain things to him." "Therefore," continued the statement, "when Sentocr Harding on the next day at Greencastle, Ind., made * i t \ !"v r gf . ' BEGINNING N fa/'; * ^ / Egc i ' # , SAT,(K r; j:\ We will r i* fcntire r ' . A - & I' i , _ -0 L . m 3 Auto Regai of ( *.. i ^ i Among wh following si mak^si-Gc Fisk, Firest Puncture h United Sta t' Get OUR Pric B\ E. F. A I > ' ' RNOLD A. his casual observation about France | having sent a spokesman to him in- I formally Governor Cox assumed J that the DeKobra mission had been successful and that Senator H&rding had taken the bait." Senator Harding himself declined to discuss the governor's references to DeKobra or to say anything further in regard to his utterance at j Greencastle. He indicated that with j ' his reply to President Wilson's let- j ! ter on the subject last night he was j 1 inclined to regard the incident as J '' ' 1 J ^ ?Ytfonr1 tA ! Closed, ariu mi?i< nc uiu uw mw...v. 3 reveal the identity of his informants or any other details of the informal" advices he received from _ P them., , 11 Senator Harding will leave t Marion at 7:30 tomoarow morning on his last speaking trip outside his a own state. Traveling on a special f train he will reach Jackson, Ohio, in t time to make an afternoon speech at g a Republican barbecue there, and on t ft ? 1 _ r B \ } ' I f ' t \ sell our Stock i >F~ j rmiMiA llKco ? fllocc ! uiwa i ]ost I iich are the ; ii :andard f i >odyear, ; one, Lee \ooi and \ ? ,tes. . v es Before You l "y OHNW.M'KEE ' SUFFERS LOSS: " f . J Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17.?Fire of un- ' nown origin in the McKee Motors Jorp. here early today caused damge estimated at $150,000 to $200,- j 06. Whether or not it was covered iy insurance has not been learned." Was it insured is the first question sked after a fire. That question is ever asked by a good business man. 1 le takes it for granted that Mr. Mc[ee, being a good business man, as ' lis success proves him to be, was proected. During his times of good'business nd plenty, Mr. McKee paid a nominal ' ee to certain companfes to guaranee him against loss. His contract is :ood. The Insurance Companies pro- ' ect him and his creditors. Good busness ability. Yes?and good comnon sense. This applies to small busiiess as well a^ to large. What kind >f a business man are you? Insure with? CITIZEN? INS. & TRUST CO. ABBEVILLE, S. C. (Advertisement.) . he following day will speak at Rochester, and Bufalo, N. Y. t Chicago, Oct. 19.?Senator Joseph '. France, of Maryland tonight said le had been questioned by private " atizen of France on the probability >f America's joining with France ind other countries in forming an issociation of nations to prevent vair and that he presumed the overnires made to him were "very much ;he same as those made to Senator larding." PRICES GOING DOWN V New York, Oct. 19.?A flat 50 >er cent reduction in the prices of >rintjng percales to the cutting and obbing trades was announced by lelling agents of a well known line lere^today. This was said\o be regarded in the trade as even more adical readjustment of prices than hat announced for bleached Cottons ast week; The slash <jn printed per:ales prices is to a basis of 15 cents ior 4-4 64x60 goods and 17 cents I or 4-4 68x72s. v_ A GREENVILLE tyAN v ! Hovey Smith of, Greenville is a j ich man. He bought a package at an I 'ole hoSs sale" of the Express Com-li lorn no-mnflF fnm dnllnra fnr it. Or.en-ll T"ji w"w ? T? ng it he discovered that he had gold luggets worth $50,000. JATTERY PARK HOTEL SOLD FOR $750,000.00 Asheville, N. C., Oct. 19.?Ai/1 louncement is made of the sale to m lay of the Battery Park hotel, by the 3oxe estate heirs to E. W. Grove. The consideration is understood to lave been around $750,000. The new wner will not get possession until anuary 1, 1921. The purchase of his hotel gives Mr. Graves the Grove ?ark Inn and the Manor. In statelent tonight Mr. Grove, says he wilj t once erect a 250 roon^ commercial otel here to cost half a million dolirs. wants | :OR SALE?One brand new 6-room Bungalow with all modern conven iences, on Magazine Street. The Home Buuilding Corporation, See T. G. White, Pres. 9- -tf.c :RIMSON CLOVER?Clean 12 cent3 pound, burr clover i2 cents pound,1 hairy vetch 28 cents pound, alfalfa| j 38 cents pound, rape 15 cents' pound, home grown appler oatsi $1.55 bushel, native rye $3.00 bu.J barley $3.30, blue stem wheat; $3.20, white, yellow and bermudaj - onion sets $3.00 bushel. We payj the freight. FARIS SEED CO., I Greenwood, S. C. 10-6-ltw-3t. ! | -- J "EACHERS.?Fifty to one hundred! requests daily from air classes southern schools. If you want rural work, graded, high school or principalship, salary $75 to $250, write uis today for special enrollment. Offices: Columbia, S. C., Richmond: Va., and Chattanooga, Tenn. Sou-! thern Teachers' Agency, Colum . bia, S. C. 9-20-4wks.ei.' . i . ' - 5- ?= PROTESTANT UNION j BEING CONSIDERED AT CHURCH MEETING i >? St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19?Formation >f a committee to inquire into feasibility of a union among Protestant iencminations, so far as their funda-j nental doctrines are concerned,, wasi considered today on the resumption' :f the conference of ministers and1 laymen of the Disciples of Christ j (Christian church) held preliminary Lo the International Convention of the Denomination which will be forraally opened here tomorrow. The conference, which the dele- j ?ates term a "restoration congress," j adjourned over Sunday after being in j session two days. It was brought j about by alleged departures from ! evangelic policy on the part of min isters and congregations of the Christian church, according to delegates who are promoting a doctrinal "restoration" movement. NO PULLMAN FOOD FOR HIM. I > New York, Oct. 19.?Charles W.' Taylor, of Maplewood, who left Ne-j wark, N. J., yesterday on his annual trip to his winter home at St. Petersburg, Fla., carried lunch for himself, his son Harry and daughter Lettie, for the entire trip. - Mr. Taylor fapj years until he retired was a lawyer in the patent department of the Philadelphia anH Readihg Railroads For the trip Mr. Taylor engaged a Pullman compartment ahd bought' food to last until the party reached St. Petersburg. "It is very tiresome to wait for a place in the dining car," said Mr Taylor, "and I have decided to travel in a compartment^ where one has privacy and can eat when one is r&dy. We won't have to contend with the overbearing waiters who will not give creditable service to travellers until they see the glitter of a coin." CAT NOT CARRIER OF DISEASE. i . , , London?Experiments show, says Dr. W. G. Savage, that the family cW is not, as believed, a spreader of diptheria. The mucotts membranes of a cat are unfavorable to the growth bf the bacillus, he contends. iraiaiisizraiiuafiigiiiiiuzii! ., i .v % * ? ' I M" B v*. ATTF.RNS [! IIlease | articula |j 1 eople i I V 1 \\ . [OUR Is Still on and IFREETR Still Holds GoodAmerican 9 Washington St. 1 ' ? ROOT DISCUSSES V LEAGUE OF NATIONS i (Continued from Page One) "Third.' That the scheme practically thrust a aide the whole system of development of international law. and of arbitral decision which had been the settled poiKqy of the United States for many generations. s . . "Fourth. That the scheme created a super-government which would destroy the independence of the United States: i "jnrtti. 'mat tne woriung 01 me plan pn<|er the covenant was not arranged as to articulate with the constitutional government ' of the United States; that under it the president alone could * practically carry on the entire foreign affairs i of the United States by agents of his own selection to the practical exclusion of the popular branch, of government." Mr. Wilson in being "unwilling to 'accept reservations" to the peace treaty and league of nations, has left us, "practically where we stand today." Mr. Root said. Mr. Kttot said it is plain that , the issue is not between a league of nations nd no league. "The question is whether the agreement creating the legaiue shall be accepted absolutely unchanged or shall be modified to meet the American objections. I BB5BB5SS , , , ' I V \ /. Men's an ? n m 9 fflil \ As They A W QUA Uj That is Appar 1MV I > ' I ()UR Price Off close to tl fik ot production to make then Parker < TO r You'll Get J For Every . Psill Uoro j 1 U(^ A A VI V tp -innnnnnnnriririi ulu muumuuuuuu ?r; ~ ~ sale! The Offer of I OUSERS J - J -vwiiiu in / x uua^; Ioolen Mills I Abbeville, S. C. I H ' 1'':; would be a-lad to have the nrovwinns of the agreement changed .so as to obviate t^iese objections. Then would i' '* follow an ordinary common sense negotiation as to the best way to obviate the objections." HI I I ' + / . y v . V' TWO MILLS SHUT DOWN ff % ^ " ' V ' ' : Two Others To StojS Later To C?r? toil Output -~:1 ' ' . - " " V ; Anderson, Oct! 19.?The Pendleton and Cohassett cotton mills da%?<"; ed down today for this week-to curtail 'production. These are the fittrt mills in this county to ciose, and they are only closed for one week. The Riverside and Toxoway mills have been postW that they wiH ^floBe next week! James \P. Gossett of the Broken mill, stated that produe tori might 1>e curtailed at Brogon bUt that it would likely be some time yet, and a shut down might be averted. - . ' LOST $250 IN BASKEf OF APPLES ? V . Erkhart:, Ind.?Howard Congdwi ^ hid $260, in a basket of apples when he drove to town*. He sold that basket , and a score more; and then thought of his money. Although he ' bp*-tracked and 16oked at a lot of- tfye baskets he was not able to-flnd one containing the money. id Young j! j I i Suits <! ! j and Stylish i j take Them !{ J !| , ' I1 : LITY ? ent at a Glance [ j s are just as S le actual co3t ffi i as it possible S I & Reese !i Real Value !j rir\llnr Vnff S L/V/ILUI M VM, I .'If j| \ ' > m i / 1 1 . L'*f _ >A'