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WILL BE PLACED BEFORE THE
WORLD AT PLENARY SESSION 1
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OF ARMS CONFERENCE WED- t
NESDAY?LONG SESSION OV- v
ER SHANTUNG QUESTION. s
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Washington, Jan. 31.?The text of I
the five power naval treaty, to carry t
into effect the capital ship settlement I
the limitations placed on auxiliary v
warcraft, and the "status quo" agree- p
ment regarding Pacific fortifications,
was put into final form today and 1:
will be placed before the world at a f
plenary session of the arms confer- t
j ence on Wednesday. c
Final agreement on the fortifica- ?
tions article, for weeks the only pro- c
vfoion of the treaty remaining incom- e
plete, came after Japan had suggest
ed and other powers had agreed that t
the American Aleutian- islands, which c
are a part of Alaska, should be in- e
eluded in the area in which no furth- "
?r fortifications or naval bases are e
to be erected. t
As accepted the provision pledges t
the powers to maintain in their pres- e
ent status the fortification of the Phil c
ippines, Guam, the Aleutian islands c
and various smaller Pacific posses- c
sions of the United States, Formosa <3
-and other Japanese islands stretching }
to the north and south from the prin- j
cipal Japanese group, and the. Brit- j
ish port' of Hongkong, together with
a number of British islands lying1 to t
the southeast. The Japanese main- ^
land, Japanese Sakhalin, Brit eh r
Singapore and the Hawaiians do not t
fall under the prohibition. t
. Although at first regarded by the t
American delegation as a part of the t
American mainland for all the pur- s
poses of the treaty the Aleutian s
group is said in American naval cir- I
cles tonight to have little strategic c
value in any of the naval plans of the i
general board. The Japanese on the c
other hand are understood to have t
taken the position that the archipel
ago, stretching out from the Alaskaif \
mainland toward Siberia, might be- t
come a potential factor in the Far I
Eastern situation if it became the c
site of an American naval base. s
Among the Japanese islands listed 1
as falling within the """status quo" | x
significance is attached in naval i
circles to Formosa and the various
island chains which stretch away to I
the southward from the main Jap
anese group. It would be in these
waters, in the opinion of many naval (
experts, that the most potential Jap
anese naval bases could be develop
ed. The belief that Japan might in
the future desire to build a great
naval establishment on Formosa and c
might also fortify the Loochoo and j
other groups in order to bottle up the C
Yellow sea and the Sea of Japan has i
long been prevalent among naval au- c
thorit'es. 1
In the same way Japanese naval (
opinion has held that America
would possess a powerful foothold in
the Far East if a naval base were
erected on the American island of
Guam, now excluded from further
fortification along with the Formosa
and the Pescadores.
NAME CANNON MAYOR
Westminster, Jan 30?The may
or's election came off quietly at
Westminster today, F W Cannon
being reelected his fourth term
over J H Stoneeypher and T D
Mairett. The vote was as follows:
F W Cannon, 119; J H Stonecyph
er, 107; T D Mairett, 14.
tumraioijiuii mc.c.u
The Abbeville County Highway
commission will meet Saturday in the
court house, at which time the con
tract will be let for the construction
of the Calhoun Falls road.
Military honors and deconrt.ons
are held by more men in France .han
in any other Country.
bin made
in warehouse:
Washington, Jan. 31.?Intoxicatin
iquors stored in government bonde
varehouses can not be withdrawn b
lie owners for their own personi
ise, the supreme court today held i
i decision delivered by Justice M<
Senna, and dissented to by Justic
klcReynolds. Such liquor can only h
ransported from the bonded war<
louse Justice McKenna stated, to
irVinlocalo /Jmowsf. fnr ?nlp to him fc
urposes not prohibited.
The court in a previous decisio
iad held that owners could withdra1
rom private warehouse liquor fc
heir own consumption or for the us
>f their family or their bona fid
quests. Today's rulings marks wid
listinction between private and bone
id warehouses.
Justice Mc&enna on this point sai
hat "mere ownership was not th
squivalent" to possession and declai
id that under the Volstead lav
'there must be ownership, and pos:
ission in one's private dwelling, an
hat character can not be assigned t
he bonded warehouses of the goverr
nent." The cases before the coui
lid not, he said, have the effect c
teprivlng those who held warehous
ertificates of their property withoi
lue process of law nor did it amoun
te added, to the taking of privat
iroperty for public purposes withoi
ust compensation.
Referring to the contention ths
he prohibition amendment and th
/olstead act if applied to liqou
nanufactured and lawfully acquire
>efore the amendment and the la*
>ecame effective would be vo-d, s
aking from property its essential a'
rib'utes of the right to use it, poi
;ess it and enjoy it. Justice McKenn
itated that the court was ''not dii
)osed to trace the elements of th
:ontentions minutely, as they wei
ill answered by the former decisio
>f the court in the national prohib
ion cases."
Referring to that part of the la"
vhich permits one to use lawfully ol
ained liquor in his home, Justice M<
Cenna asserted this right can not b
:onstrued to. extend "to liquors nc
o situated or to put it more pointec
y an intention to make all bonde
warehouses of the country outbuilt
ugs of its dwellings^'
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JIRTH RATE FOR STATE
SECOND IN COUNTR
)nly North Carolina Excels Sout
Carolina in Percentage of Babies.
Death Rate Low.
Columbia, Jan. 31.?When
:omes to the baby crop of 1921, th
'ear of financial depress:on, Sout
Carolina is second to only one stat
n the union, according to the re<
irds ill the bureau ot vital statistic:
["he -one state that outpoisted Sout
^arol'na in the matter of births i
L921 was North Carolina. In 192
he total number of births in thi
tate was 49,342, which is at the rat
>f 29 bab es per 1,000 populatiox
rhis was next to the highest rate i
he registration area in the Unite
States, according to health officials.
Not only was the birth rate higl
lut the death rate was low?the lov
ist South Carolina has mainta'ne
ince she was admitted to the regis
ration area. The total number o
leaths in the state in 1921 was 20
62, wh:ch was at the rate of 11.
ieople per 1,000 populat'on. Thes
igures were taken from the record
f the bureau of vit^l statistics o
he state board of health.
South Carolina was admitted to th
egistration area not very long age
'he admission means that nations
ealth officials recognize the statistic
urnished as approximately accurate
nd recognition was awarded afte
n investigation had shown that th
gures and records kept at the offic
rere accurate and reliable. The bu
eau of vital statistics has registered
nd indexed the 49,342 births, ac
ording to the state health officer.
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ERVICE
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THAWING TEMPERATURE EX
PECTED TO CONTINUE IN
WASHINGTON AND VICJNI
ITY OF - CAPITAL?MUC|H|
SNOW MELTING
Washington, Jan 3C^?Brigfat
sunshine and thawing temperature
rli/1 mn/?Vi fnHav tn r?atr?ro n/tmnl I
conditions in Washington and the
Middle Atlantic section buried un
der Saturday's severe snow storm.
Forecasts of the weather bureau
were ior a continuation of the fa
vorable temperatures and it was
generally believed that tomorrow
night would see a complete ire
sumption of the activities suspend
ed in many cases since the storm
began Friday night." The brightt
sunsihine. in Washington although
helpful in removing the snow seem
ed to contrast strangely with the
deep gloom of spirit hanging over
the city a3 the result of the
Knitakeifbocker theater disaster.
All danger of a.food shortage in
the capital passed away during the
day as train services was resumed.
Normal schedules were resumed by
trains on the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore and Ohio at noon and
the railroads entering the city from
the south reported complete ser
vice. Officials of the Atlantic
Coast Line and 'Southern railways
asserted first reports of delays
were exaggerated.
Street car service here was not
so quickly resumed. While many
lines were opened up today the twtf
traction companions serving the
city stated that it would be late to
morrow before some of their cars
stranded since Friday night in out
lying and suburban sections could
be released and the lines, cleared
for traffic.
Alarmed by the theater catastro
phe apartment house and business
office owners continued to give
much attention to clearing roofs
of snow and nearly every hour
brought rumors of the collapse
of some large building. All these
rumors, however, proved false.
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cess
was
tive
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$25
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. The Rev. John R. Cunnngham, D
of Grenada, Miss., has declined {at-e
the call to the pastorate of the
Afbbeville Presibyteria church, ac
cording to a letter received today
by J. C. Thomson. The call was ex
tended some weeks ago and since
that time the Rev. Mr. Cunning
ham has visitfed Abbeville, making
a most, favorable impression. ' The
news tfesfr he would not come was
received with general regret.
The Mississippi minister gave
several reasons for declining the
call, chief of which was the work
where he is now located, con
sisting of his cfhurch and a mission whic
/igt
tor
fatt
!:he
his
umb
the
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rece
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church only recently ^rganized^
Mr. Cunningham say9 that he feels
it his duty to continue at his pres
ent plaee. Saying that he can nev
er forget the Abbeville people he
closes with the declaration - that
should he allow his personal pre
sence to rule he would reconsid
er his decision.
facu
ng
* Saw Way To Liberty
Greenwood, Jan. 31.?Howard
Bridges and another prisoner named
Walker, both white men lodged in
the city jail here for safekeeping
overnight by Sheriff Beason, of Ruth
erford, N. C., sawed their way to
liberty early today. The men were
arrested at Monticello, Ga., on a
charge of robbery near Rutherford
ton. ,
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Was
the
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Mrs.
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11 PASSES
; OFFICES BILL
^VISION RESTRICTING EX
'ERIMENT TO SHERMAN
ELIMINATED BEFORE PAS
(AGE OF MEASURE?C)AMPS
LOT LIMITED
Washington, Jan 30?The inde?
dent offices appropriation bill
Ting a total of $494,304,238,
t of which is for use by the vet
i's bureau, was passed today by
house and sent to the senate,
the bureau the, bill appropriat
$377,474,622 and the only
tige in this feature was the
lina/tion of a provision which
ild have limited the number of
ips at which training schools
ht be established to Camp
rman, Ohio.
ome of the items making up the
0,000,000 appropriation for the
ping board came in for sharp
ick, the house defeating, .171 to
, Democratic motion to recom
the bill for the purpose of re
cting the board's advertising
enditures to $500,000. In addi
i to $900,000* carried for ad
tisingj tflie board has available
0,000; thus giving it $1,700,000
advertisimg.
'he (motion to recommit, offered
Representative Byrnes (Demo
;) of South Carolina, a member
the appropriations committee
lid have eliminated also a sec
providing for $50,000,000 .for
ment of claims.
m amendment by Representa
Byrns, Democrat, of Tennea-,
directing that not more than'
officers or employees oiL the
rd should receive a salary in ex
i of $11,000, was adopted, as
an amendment by Representa
Walsh, Republican, of Massa
setts, limiting such salaries to
,uuu.
[r Walsh also got through an
mdment stipulating that no part
;he appropriation should be used
the board for publication of its
t newspapers, bulletins or peri
:als of any kind.
tint
FROM VIRGINIA
r. James S. Moffatt, Jr., Associ
Profess'or of English at Wash
on and Lee University, was a vis
in Abbeville yesterday. Dr. Mof
was called to South Carolina by
illness and subsequent death of
father, Di\ J. S. Moffatt, of Col
la. He will be with members of
family until the end of the week
n he returns to- his work.
r. Moffatt received his Ph. D.
ee from the University of North
)lina some two years ago. After
g at that place for a year after
iving his degree Dr. Moffatt was
:ed work at Washington and Lee
:h he accepted. He is popular with
lfw on/1 efnrlfln+c fllAro QTlH 1Q HA
a fine work.
OFF FOR EXAMINATION
ick Bradley left Tuesday for
ihington where he will stand
physical examination for .An
>li8. If he can pass this (he will
i preparatory school where he
make ready for the mental
Every one wishes Jack good 1
Dies At Age of 101
larlottetown, P. E. I., Jpn. 31?
William Gibson, of Mashfield, i
ce Edward Island, who knitted 1
air of socks for Canadian sol- J
i during the great war, died yes- i
ty at the age of 101 years. <
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IN THIS STATE
The department of commerce, ]
through the bureau of the census,
announces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in South
Carolina, for the crops of 1921 and
1920. The total for the state was
made public at 10 a. m., Monday,
January 23.
County 1921 1920
The State . 775,393 1,606,35$
Abbeville 17,067 31,931
Aiken ... 13,936 42,979
Allendale 4,548 13,388
lilt
Anderson , 63,050
Bamberg 4,006
Barnwell 7,905
Berkeley __ 1,090
Calhoun __ __ __ 5,-374.
Cherokee 14,996
Chester 26,486
Chesterfield 24,682
Clarendon __ _w. 8,282
Colleton 2,043
Darlington __ 22,746
Dillon 34,586
Dorchester 1,688
Edgefield 7,607
Fairfield 10,341
Florence 21,694
Georgetown X- _ 470
Greenville 43,468
Greenwood __ 14,080
Hampton 3,041
Horry __ 3,965
Kershaw 12,810
Lancaster 16,360
Laurens 35,752
Lee __ __ ? __ 19,561
-Lexington 9,286
McCormick 4,381
Marion
1<S,002_
21,394
Marlboro -- __
? 50,558
60,537
Newberry
.. 19,112
44,585
Oconee __
21,799
21,774
Orangeburg __
__ 18,513
. 92,940
Pickens __ __
22,460
19,056
Richland
8,435
36,119
Saluda
? 9,531
29,829
Spartanburg __
__ 71,349
80,368
Sumter
18,582
- 58,386
Union
17,298
24,039
Williamsburg
_ 7,501
33,128
York
41,482
41,790
All other
1,470
2,199
ARGUMENTS HEARD
BY NEVADA COURT
Attorney* Speak on Motion To Have
' Mary Picltford's Divorce
Annulled.
Carson, Nev., Jan. 31.?The Neva
da supreme .court, after hear ng oral
arguments today on a motion of At
torney General Fowler to have the
divorce obtained by Miss Mary Pick
ford at Minden March 2, 1920, an
J j.
uuucu, tuun. uie cube unuei auvise
ment. The court had three months in
which to make a decision unless the
case is resubmitted before that time.
Fowler contended that the divorce
of Miss Pickford from Owen D.
Moore, another motion picture actor
was obtained by fraud, since he said
she deliberately swore she had no
other residence than Genoa, Nev., al
though both she and her husband
were bona fide residents of Los An
geles. ,
J
Gavin McNab, attorney for Miss .
jriciciora, asserted tnat tne attorney j
general's act was "gratuitous and
meddlesome action and interference
by a stranger without warrant in
law and against public policy." He *
declared the divorce decree was ir
revocably final since ne ther party
had appealed.
\
H. A. McCarran, former chief jus
tice of the Nevada supreme court, g
followed McNab, saying there was
no aggrieved party in the case and ^
therefore no foundation for the
V
suit.
Federal Prohibition Agent
Washington, Jan. 31.?Appoint
ment of Robert T. Thome, of Green
ville, S. C., as a federal prohibition c
igent for South Carolina was an- t
lounced by Commissioner Haynes to- i
lay. 1
DECISION TERMINATES BOUN
DARY DISPUTE?SOUTH CAR
OLINA LOSES ONLY ONE CON.
TENTION BEFORE SUPREME V?
COURT OF UNITED STATES.
Washington, Jan. SI .-^Associate *<
Justice Clarke of the United States
supreme court handed down an opin
ion today in the South Carolina
Georgia boundary case, the opinion .
sustaining Georgia's contention. The"
justice in his decision specified:
"(1) Where there are no islands- I
In the boundary rivers, the location
of the line hetween the two states is i
on the water midway betweeir^ tbr j
main banks of the river: When the
water is at ah ordinary stage. j
"(2) Where there are island^, the
line is mfdway between tie inland
bank and the South - Carolina
I
when the water is at ordinary stager
" (3) That lands in th$ Chattanoo
ga river are reserved to Georgia as
completely as are those in the Savan
nah or Tugaloo rivers."
In the decision it. is provided.. Jhat
counsel,in the case may present a
decree ihside of 30 days to carry out *
the decision. A commission to locate
the line may be appointed if desired.
The cost of. the action in the but .
preme court will be equally divided
between South Carolina and Georgia.
_ A detailed historical sketch of the ''
case was made by Justice Clarke, who
quoted from. authorities on bdth
sides as farback as the Beaufort con- .;*-'
v'ention of 1778. In sifMifilng up the ,. .:
justice said the niferits of the contr'o- i
versy were limited to the
nation of the questions:
"(1) Whether the boundary line
shall be located midway between the
banks of each river where there are
no islands, or at Jow water mark on
'ho fJenronn ahtvrp? ^2^ Wh?t)lAr the'
determi-, ^
.
ihe Georgia shore; (2) Whether the"
1 a; - t AT. - t J 1!
Pvs
lucauun ui uil* uuunuary jine wnere
there are islands in the rivers, is in \f:;
the middle of the stream running ber
tween any island and the. South Car
olina shore, or at low water mark on
the southern or island shore of Such
stream; and (3) Whether any island
there may be in the Chattanooga riv
er is'within the territorial jurisdic
tion of Georgia."
In his opinion Justice Clarke com
mented: "The taxation of dams'" and
hydro-electric plants, already ^ con-f
structed and hereafter - to be con- -
;tructed, in the boundary rivers ren
ders the decision of the question in
volved of importance to^the two
states." ;
JAMES E. BRITT DEAD > ^
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Died on Sunday Night.
J. E. Britt, president of the Bank
of McCormick, and one of the most
prominent citizens of McCormick, ' >?
died suddenly Sunday night at 11.30 txvv
o'clock at his home in McCormick. . "3
Mr. Britt was suddenly stricken with
apoplexy and died within 30 minutes.
Mr. Britt was well known in Abbe- -:V
yille and had a number of friends
here who will be grieved to learn of ^
:iis death. He was a brother of Mrs. 'V. J
R. B. Cheatham. ;^
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In the organization of McCormick V
?nnnfr M Priff frvrvlr o S,
'iivv ivvn a uiuiuiuvitw
Dart and it was in part through his
JTorts that the movement was a sue
0
;ess. He was actively interested in
ill matters pertaining to the ad
'ancement of his county and was one
>f the leading business men of that
lection.
Mr. Britt was about 55 years of
tge. He is survived by his widow,
vho was Miss Janie Bell Kennedy,
tnd several children.
MRS CARLISLE ILL
Friends in Abbeiville and is her
:ommunity will regret to. learn of
he serious illness at her home two
niles from town of Mrs. S. R. Car
isle, Sr.