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AGREES TO SEND REPRESEN. 1
TAT1VE TO ECONOMIC CON.
FiERENEC IN GENOA?BE
GIN DISCUSSION TODAY OF
REPARATIONS QUESTION .
Cannes, Jan. 10.?Soviet Russia
has accepted the invitation to at. *
tend the coming economic confer, b
ence at Genoa. A teJgram from For.
eagn Minister Chitcherin announc. (~
ing the soviet acceptance was re. v
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ceiVed here this evening.
The subcommittee which will
met tomorrow to framq the text of
the invitation for the meeting at
Geinoa was confronted tonight by
the nice diplomatic question of
whether it should send out an invi.
tation to a country which already
,has signified its intention to be
. present.
Simultaneously with the making
public of Russia's intention to have
representation at Genoa, it became
known that the German delegation
headed by 'Dr. Walter Rathenau,
will arrive in Cannes Wednesday
to discuss the question of repara
tion with the supreme council.
The reparation experts and com
mittee dealing with the proposed in.
ternational financial corporation to
day ontlined their program, which
comprises a vast effort for Euro,
pean reconstruction. The repara_
tion experts decided that Germany
should he asked to pay 720,000,000
goid marks in 1922 and at least an
equal sum annually afterwards.
i. 21 t_
MUCH jaymenis 11 is cuirsrueieu hiu
be sufficient to meet the interest on
a series of German 'bonds of 20,.
000,000,000 gold marks, which thus
will .become negotiable.
/ The economic commission decided
upon an international corporation
with a capital of 2,000,000 pounds
with its seat in London and with a
board of directors nominated by af
filiated companies in each interest
ed country. These countries, in
cluding the Ubited States, will or
ganize corporations for promotion
only, with a combined capital
equivalent] to 20,000,000 pounds.
These corporaitions will serve as
mediums for credit transactions and
facilitating the activities, of private
enterprises in all countries where
the business field now is obstructed
by lack of credit and disorganized
finances. This plan presupposes the
/v# o Tin 4-n/J AAvnnoniar
ui axuaiau^u wviuyaiiicv
in Germany as well as in the Uni.
ted States.
HOTEL WILL BE SOLD
Finch Again To Go On Block in
Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Jan. 10.?S. T.
Lanham, master in equity, has ad_
vexTtised the Finch hotel for sale
again, ealee day in February. The
hotel was sold sales day in January
Mrs. W. T. Finch being the purchas
er at $266,000. All bidders were re
quired to put up a forfeit of $8,_
000. This Mrs. Finch will lose unless
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some arrangements can be made for
them to stop the sale. It it said that
Mrs. Finch has sufficient backing to
stop the sale yet, and that the hotel
,?:n .r,,
*vin ut vpcncu iui txaiu;
111 a j.cw
we-eks.
OFF TO COLUMBIA
Lawmakers Met in Columbia Yester
day at Noon
^ Senator J. Howard Moore left to
day for Columbia to represent this
county in the general assembly which
convened Tuesday. T. A. Putnam,
member of the lower house left Mon
day. Hubert Cox, the other repre
sentative, is already in Columbia,
where he has resided since his mar
riage. Senator Moore was not able
te attend the opening session Tues
day because of the illness of Mrs.
h Moore.
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"ARIFF WANTED ON EGGS FROM
CHINA?HARTSVILLE MAN IS
ONE OF TRIO OPPOSING DUTY
AS URGED BY OPPOSITION.
VEGETABLE OIL FIGHT.
Washington, Jan. 10.?Protection
or the poultry industry was urged
tefore the senate finance committee
oday by B. F. Kaupp of the North
Carolina department of agriculture
trho protested especially against free
rozen eggs from Chinii He said he
ranted a tariff that would "bridge
he difference in the cost of produc
ion here and in China."
Rates suggested by the witness
irere eight cents a dozen on shell
ggs, eight cents a pound on frozen
ggs, 24 cents a pound on dried eggs,
our cents a pound on live poultry
nd five cents a pound on dressed
oultry. ^
An import tax of four cents a
ound on peanuts, both shelled and
,1 the shell, was requested by John
I. Pinner, of Suffolk, Va., who said
here werfe large importations from
!hina and that there should be an
qualizing of production costs in the
Inited States and China.
American production alone this
ear, the witness said, has been suf
i we
in
he:
to
wil
tut
dri
his
foi
up;
saj
the
the
cient to supply all the demand in
(lis country. Prices now are so low,
Ir. Pinner added, that the raisers
re in a bad way financially.
A duty of 25 per cent, ad valorem
n naval stores?rosin and turpen
ine?and synthetic camphor was
rged by Robert Ash of this city, of
ounsel for the Turpentine and Ros
i Produecrs' association in a brief
led with the committee.
Mr. Ash said that whereas the Unit
d States produced approximately 85
er cent, of world's production of
orpentine and rosin before the war,
t now produced only 62 per cent,
'he remaining 38 per cent., he added
> "supplied by the rapidfy increasing
reduction of France, Mexico, India,
Ipain, Italy and other countries."
POISONED AT SACRAMENT
fen Men Drink Wood Stain For
Wine
Grand Rapids, Hich., Jan. 10.?
."'en men, nine of them deacons and
lders, poisoned yesterday by wood
tain served by mistake for sacra,
nental wine during communion
ervices of the Seventh Reformed
hurch here, were pronoainced out
?f danger today. Sjoerd Rolkersma
vas the only on? seriously affected
>y the stain, but his condition was
Te'atly improved today.
The sacramental wine was kept
n a clqset under the choir loft. A
ug of wood stain used in repairs to
he closet and one of the elders
>reparing tho communion acciden.
ally put the stain in the com_
nunion cup.
COTTON GINNED
:igures to January 1 Show Crop Is
Three Million Short.
Washington, Jan. 10,-?Cotton gin
ed prior to January 1 amounted to
,884,272 running bales, including
23,320 round bales, counted as half
ales; 30,093 bales of American
Igyptian, and 3,106 bales* of Sea Is
and. To January 1, last year, 11,
>54,648 bales were ginned, including
02,127 round bales; 64,262 bales of
American-Egyptian and 1,449 of Sea
sland. South Carolina ginned Y'/u,
>58 bales. f /
OPENS NEW SHOP
IrifBn Nickels Locates in Old Edi
son Parlor
Griffin Nickels, who recently re_
urned from Columbia to operate
he Clinkscales shoe shop on TrinL
y street, has "bought equipment of
lis own and has opened a shop in
he old Edison Parlor, next to the
Cerr Purnrtare Compauy*
MUM MAY
SOLVE SECRETS
)PES TO AID WEATHER PRE- ,
DICTIONS?DISCOVERER OF
SOUTH POLE ABOUT TO MAKE
GREAT EFFORT AT NORTH.
FOR YEAR IN ADVANCE
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New York, Jan. 10.?Within four
ars Capt. Roald Amundsen, Arctic
venturer and discoverer of the
uth Pole, expects to return to civ
lation from the North Pole in pos
?ion of the knowledge and power
it will enable scientists to predict
ather conditions for a year or more
advance.
Captain Amundsen, who arrived
re tonight from Seattle, is en route
Washington, where he will discliB8
th directors of the Carnegie insti
;e details of his renewed attempt to
ft across the top of the world in
i iee-boujld craft.
VfiJh him he will take instruments ,
a super-scientific study of the
per air reaches of polar regions, he
rs he will attempt to work out the
sory of Prof. Vilhelm Bjerknes of
s University of Christiania, Nor
y, that the weather conditions at ,
! North Pole govern the weather
the remainder of the earth's sur
:e and that an intimate knowledge
viAwfll will
l/IIt: Ittl UlCOV IIUJL UI nwuvuv* W....
ible scientists tp determine for a
it or more in advance a more or
3 exact chart of weather conditions
the remainder of the world. If
s is accomplished he said, it will
>ve an inestimable boon to the
rld's crop growers.
REELECT OLD OFFICERS
nks Hold Stockholders Mooting*
Yesterday
Stockholders of the" Planters,
rmers and National banks held
setings yesterday and today, re
nting officers and directors in
ch case.
The Farmers Bank directors re
nted are: J. F. Barnwell, F. E.
irrison. C. C. Gambrell, J. F
inkscales, P. B. Speed, C. D.
own and W. H. White. The old
icers will serve another year: F.
Harrison, president, t" a speea
:e president, J C Thomson, cashier
d G C , Sweten'burg, assistant
shier.
The Planters Bank stockholders
sleeted L. C. Parker, W. H. White
D. Kerr, J. S. 3ark, J L McMillan,
A. Gilliam, H A Benton and Otto
istow directors. The executive
icers also were reelected: J. S.
ark, prsident; L. C. Parker, vice,
esident; Otto Briatow, cashier;
,y Gallman, assisant cashier.
Directors of the National bank of
Seville are J. Allen Smith, Sr,
* M Rftmwplil. Lawis Perrin. A.
Smith and J. #S. Morse. The dir_
tors chose the following officers,
of them reelected: J. Allen
idth, president; W. M. Barnwell,
:e president; Lewis Perrin,
shier and Neil Swetenburg, as_
tant cashier.
HIGH PRICE FOR LAND
storic Plantation Sold In Spar_
tanbprg.
Spartanburg, Jan. 10.?One of
i most historic places in Spar,
aburg county, known as the Bobo i
ice, the home of H. S. Lipscomib,
Id under bankruptcy proceedings
s afternoon, was purchased by
S. T. D. Lancaster of Pauline
r $12,000. Additional land sold
ought more than $24,000 averag.
I something over $150 per acre.
nneiiee Road Bring* $1,500,000
Nashville, Twin. Jan. 10.?C. H.
>vey assistant manager of the
idhville Industrial Corporation
lay purchased the Tennessee Cen.
U railroad at the upset price of
,60*,*00.
CONTINUANCE UK
MADE FOR CORBETT
SLAYER OF THREE AGAIN IN
COURT?JUDGE HAS NO RE.
SPECT FOR OFFICER WHC
RUN AWAY TO PROTEC1
PRISONERS.
Orangoboirg, J?j. 10.?Motjoi
for continuance of the trial of Car.
los Corbett, charged with the mur.
der of,Hugh Faijaing, was made
when the case -was called her? todaj
and after hearing argument, Judge
Prince announced he would make
his decision. tomorrow morning
Corbett was indicted on charges oi
killing three men and blinding c
fourth in March! 192&. and at his
first trial was acquitted of the mur.
cfer of BryaA Salley. When called tc
trial, charged with the murder oi
Julian Cooper, has counsel entered
a plea of former jeopardy, which ii
pending in the United States sup.
reme^ court At the opening of hi*
trial today on a charge of the mur.
der of the thind of ithe trio, Cor.
bett's counsel moved that the case
be continued until the supreme
court decides the appeal in the
Cooper case which, It was indicated
a*j?o would be made in this case.
The three men, who, were killed,
and Jonas Salley, who lost his eye.
sight, were passing Corbett's home
in the western part of Orangeburg
county and he opened fire on them
in the belief thait they had set fire tc
a pile of ibrush in his front yard
with intent to destroy the place, it
was contended in the earlier hear
ings. There ;had -been previous
trouble between Corbett and the
four men, it was also declared.
REFUSED MILLION
Now Garland Decide* He WoaU
' Like To Hare it
Middleiboro, Mass., Jan. 10.?
Gharles Garland wiho fourteen
months ago refused one million dol.
lars from the estate of his father
the late James A. Garland, of Bos.
ton, on the ground that it would
be inconsistent with his views re.
garding property, today confirmed
a report that he had had a change
of mind and that he would accepl
the legacy.
Hamilton Garland, his youngei
brother, has also reconsidered hii
determination to reject nine iegacj
and will accept it, according tc
James Garland, the oldest of th(
three brothers.
Charles Garland said he stil
thought the property system agains1
which he revoJted a year ago, was
wrong but he had come to the con.
elusion that he ought not continu<
to refuse the money and allow it tc
li^ idle. He believed it 6hould # ib<
put in circulation.
HOWD HE DO IT?
Has Bottle of liquor 150 Yeari
Old
Wilson, N. C., Jan. 10.?Henry E
Thompson of Stantoniburg, neai
here, ilays claim to'having one, oJ
choicest hottlee of moonjJiine liquoi
in the world. Mr. Thompson is the
pro<ud possessor of one quart oi
apple brandy distilled in Jb-'dgecomc
county, North Carolina, in th? sum.
mer of 1770. The whiskey has been
in the Thompson and Snuggs fami_
lies more than 150 years, Mr,
Thompson having had the brandy
more than 50 years.
Pittsburgh ha$ a $250,000 Blaze
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 10.?Fire
which swept the Eichbaum building
in the Fifth avenue district toda$
caused damage estimated at $250,.
000. For two hours after the fire.
men responed to a general alarm
they were unable to enter the build,
ing but the flames were finally
brought under control by water
poured from the tops of adjoining
structures.
[ EXPECTED THAT COMPLETE .
TEXT WILL BE READY FOR
I PUBLICATION JLATE THIS
WEEK?FINAL QUESTION
UP.
Washington, Jan. 10.?Only de_
tails of technical phraseology re
main to be worked out before the ;
treaty for limitation of armanent is ;
ready for signature by the pleni
potentiaries of fte five great pow_ ,
ers. ' ' j
Passing today on its last question i
of policy, the armament committee
of the Washington conferences de_
cided aaginst any present attempt
to limit or regulate aerial warfarey <
tfA+A/l +A I^A A
aim Tugcu bu iww utu jnwicui rw a
continuing commission fof future
I study.
* Then each of the five delega. ,
tions, meeting separately, (began an ;
1 examination of the tentative treaty
' draft prepared by the subcommit
tee of experts. The delegation heads ,
! are to come together late tomorrow <
! to compare opinions and it is ex. .
! pected that the complete text will .
' be ready for publication to the
world at a plenary session of the
' conference on Thursday or Friday.
Questions of definition, particu.
* lariy with referece to the status of -
* merchant vessels in war time, are ,
1 understood to be the chief concern
1 of the delegates in their efforts to i
' agree on a wording acceptable to .
' every one. Some features of the j
merchant ship prdbsbly already
1 have been cleared away, however,
and there is no indication that aj'
prolonged discussion will result.
"With the armament end of the
conference approaching final dis
position the delegates are preparing
to press the Far Eastern discussions
also (to an early conclusion. The
Shantung question still is in doubt,
ibut fresh hope for a settlement "was
aroused tonight when it became ap_
parent that the negotiations on
that subject were turning into new
channels. The other remaining ele_
ments of discord in the Far East
are not generally considered ' of a
character to lend to extended de
bate.
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AFTER DENBY
Says He Violated Game Laws Of
Virginia
Richmond, Va., Jan. 10.?A com
munication has been addressed to
Secretary of the Navy Derrby by
the Virginia State Commissioner of
Game and Fisheries asking the Sec
retary to explain "why he hunted in
Virginia without a license."
T'Vio onmmimAflf.inn WAS Sprit tO
r
! Mr. Denby !by M. D. Hart, secre_
tary of the State Department of
game and fisheries. Accompanying it
was a clipping from a newspaper
under a Fredericksburg, Va., daw
1 line, declaring that Secretary Den_ (
by "enoyed a successful hunt at ]
Point Farm;- in Stafford County, i
. nar Fredericksburg; that the caibi.
. net officer was accompanied by ,
, Colonel Cutts and Major Kings. (
bury and "took back to Washington ,
. a fine lot of quail and duck, some (
of them for President Harding."
CONDITION OF BANKS
Some Facts A? Taken From Re_
cent Statements
A study of the figures given In
the statements called for up tp De_
comber 31st shows that nine banks
in Abbeville county have corrtbined
resources of $2,237,030.54 and
that their loans and discounts
amount to $1,572,641.73. The
money credited to the savings de
partments was $340;957j91 while
deposits subject, to checks were
$795,563.84. Bills payable amount.
$79^553.84. , Bills payable
amounted to $278,770.89, and
overdrafts were $15,024.25.
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ARTHUR GRIFFITH NOMINATED
TO BE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO ' >
FORM PROVISIONAL GOVERN
MENT UNDER TERMS OF THE V
RECENT TREATY
' *;&2s
Dublin, Jan. 10.?Arthur Griffith
was placed in nomination this after
noon in the Dail Eireann for the of
fice of chie? executive, to form a pro
visional government for Ireland, Mi
chael Collins placed Griffith in nomi
nation and the motion was seconded <
by John McKeown.
The motion to reelect Earn on de
Valera president of the Irish repub- *
lie was defeated in the D?il Eireann
.
today by 8 vote of 58 to 60.
As sopn. as the Dail Eireann was
V*.
convened this morning Eamon .de
Valera arose And nlaced hk rentnu
fcion as president of the Irish' repub
lic formally before the house.
Michael Collins, one of the leaders
in support of the Irish treaty which \ /
was ratified Saturday : over llr. de
Valera's opposition ?aid that so one
in the Dail wished to be put in the'
position of opposing President de
Valera. '
He pointed out that the Dail was
now faced with the problem of tak
ing over the government from the
British and he suggested the forma
tion of a committee, whose membesr
vould be chosen from both sides of
the controversy, to keep the peace.
Work and not talk waS now required,
le added.' v
, Mrs. Thomas J. Clarke, moved the
reelection of Mr. de Valera tm presi*
lent of the republic. Liam .Mellowes
seconded the motion.
Arthur Griffith, speaking after Col
lins had concluded said the question
af the treaty had been constitution
ally settled and that there was noth
ing to prevent its terms being ear
ried out.
Dublin, Jan. 10.-i-Arthur Griffith
was elected president of the Dail.
Eireann today.
Eamon de Valera and his follow
ers walked out while the vote was
being taken, in protest against the
nomination of Griffith. Speaker Mac- *
Neill put the motion for Griffith's .
V -A
election and he was ' unanimously
chosen. ' (
Griffith moved the appointment of
the following:
Minister of finance, 'Michael Col
lins.
Foreign affairs, George Gavan
Duffy.
Home ^affairs, Eamon J. Duggan.
Local government, Wm. T. Cos
Ejrave. r -MS
Economic affairs, Bryan O'Higgins.
Defense, Richard Mulcahy.
BUYS SHOE SHOP
Experienced Men Come From Corn*
merce, Ga.
W. E. Thompson of Commerce,
Ga., and his brother, W. A. Thomp- -
have bought the shoe shop on Trinity
Street from Ray Clinkscales and will
continue to operate the place at the '
same stand. The shop has been op
?rated recently by Griffin Nickles,
who it is understood, will open an
other shop in town.
The Thompsons have moved into
.he house recently occupied by L.
Peinstein.
RUMOR INCORRECT
No License Charged Wood Sellers
From Country
A rumor that city council had
passed an ordinance requiring a li
cense of wood sellers and people
who nell country nroduee from
wagons on the street, is incorrect,
according to Mayor Man. No such
odrnance has even been eonshleitod
hp says, and the farmer may con.
tinue to sell as he always has.
First Christmas pantomime was
produced in London in 1702.