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? WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1922. 1
PROHIBITION PROHIBITS j
We hear now and again bitter {j
cr.tic'sm of the manner in which the',
I
prohibition laws are enforced in this ]
state, and sometimes in this county, j
Not that the.officers are blamed in i
all cases, but it is stated that in spite),
of what is done liquor flows freely,1,
liquor of ai? inferior grade, and that j
it were better that we had the legal-',
ized sale pf light wines and beer, and ]
may be of liquor too. Certainly if'j
we had light wines and beer sold le--(
gaily, it would be easier to get li-1,
quor illegally, and it would be only1.
a little time until we had the legal-' (
ized sale of liquor, that is if the pro- (
ponents' of the argument had the'r1,
way. jj
For the most part these conten- ]
tions come from those who would like i
to see the legalized sale of liquors |<
of all kinds, from persons who are 1
not now and never-were prohibition- i
ists. But occasionally a prohibitionist j
becomes disgusted and is inclined toj<
share the views of others at least in! <
part. To all of these we commend the 11
remarks of former Governor John!1
cia*\r Fvnnc in an interview sriven ' I
... w
the Columbia State Tuesday. Mr.! I
Evans has not been a leader in mat-ji
ters affecting prohibition, we believe, p
He was the author, we think, of the ]
' i
first Dispensary Law. Perhaps we j <
might say that he is not in fact a I
prohibitionist. But he has lately!;
come from Europe where he has wit- ]
nessed some of the debasing results i
of liquor, wines and beer, and this is 11
what he is quoted as having said toji
the State representative: ji
<(l C.O?e back to my country more i
of a prohibitionist than I ever was,"
said John Gary Evans, former gov- (
ernor of South Carolina, last night 1
wh:le at the State House where he i
was watching with much interest the (
proceedings of the legislature. Mr.
Evans returned to America a short 1
time ago after having spent several ;
months in Europe and northern Af- (
rica. 1 , 1
"I have seen so much of wine
drinking and whiskey drinking and
beer drinking; so few persons who i
were actually sober, so many evi
dences of degeneracy brought about
by excess ve use of alcohol, that I
feel like commending our country
because we took alcohol in hand be
* !i. * J i.i _ J-.tL :?
lore it nan gotten a ueaiu gup ou
our people.
''Not that you see many people in
Europe in the gutters dead drunk,
yet there are few who are sober at
any time. Day and night they are
under the influence of alcohol.
"Lloyd George is the only man in
Europe who has any common sense?
and I might say he is almost the only
sober one. * ?
"Moral conditions in England are
at the lowest ebb. All of Europe is
steeped in immorality?there is no
Christianity over there. The people ,
go through the forms but they are
absolutely ignorant of the teachings j
of the Christ. The larger cities on the |
continent are worse than Sodom and i
Gomorrah, and it is a wonder that j
thev have riot hp#>n HestrnvpH. The
Arabs of Egypt were the only sober <
people I saw."
Sensible men everywhere and of '
whatever persuasion, whether prohi- 'i
bitionists for themselves or for oth- i
ere, temperance men, or advocates of J;
legalized sale of l'quor should agree 1
that Mr. Evans makes a strong case
for prohibition. The country owes i
much to the men who have led the 1
fight in South Carolina and in( the i
whole country to banish liquor. Many :
men would owe them more if they !
would quit patronizing the illegal <
trafficker in the kind of liquor sold i
hereabout, because it is still doing i
the deadly work which it has accom- :
plifihed in Europe. Inebriety, degen
eracy, sickness, and many other ills :
worse fcan death are its results alike i
in America and in Europe. We art
thankful that it is not so bad wit!
us as with the people of the olc
country. We could wish that it wen
better.
THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
\
The New York Herald, in its issue
of Tuesday, fitly summarizes thf
wcrk of the Washington Conference
just ended, the work of which ha:
been widely commended by states
men of England, Japan, China and
other powers. The Herald says:
"The achievements of the Confer
ence, now a thing of history, are oi
two kinds, those that are concrete
and definite and those that are hu
man.
"The definite achievements are
chiefly the abrogation of the Anglo
Japanese treaty, the scrapping of bat
tleships with the ten year naval holi
day, the four Power treaty in the
Pacific, the maintenance of the in
tegrity of China, the open door in
11? -1: ?:?t:? ?.oc
L/iiiiia, nits eiiiiuua tiuu ui puiowu
and the restriction of the murderous,
unlicensed subhiarine.
The human .achievements call f<^r
a cordial frank, open discussion in the
handling of international problems
in conference with the purpose and
determination to reach just, fair and
unanimous conclusions; the human
achievements initiate a new idea in
diplomacy?directness, simplicity,
earnestness that I are of the essence
if American feeling and American
methods; the human achievements
provide for friendly consideration by
1 conference of nations, in good faith
if all irritating international prob
ems such as hitherto have led to
var.
"Much as the vast cut in the cost
jf navies means to the world the
;limination of the Anglo-Japanese
tieaty means more to the world.
With th's treaty out of the way the
two great English speaking nations,
Great Britain and America, ca? co
operate to the advantage of the
world in mutual confidence and good
feeling as they never could have co
operated with this treaty in force.
"The situation in the Pacific was
?trained. America could not free
herself from the acute appreciation
of Far Eastern intr'gues, entangle
ments and dangers. And for us the
consciousness of Great Britain's com
mitments to Japan complicated and
intensified the many sided problems
z'2 the Far East. No one of the con
crete achievements of the Conference
will go further in making for peace
in the Pacific than the maintenance
of Chinese integrity.
"The world has a singular senti
ment for Ch'na, a singular sentiment
for seeing this /vast, ancient nation
continue as- a unit and under the
direction and control of the Chinese
people. This feeling is so strong
that nothing else \yill satisfy the
peoples of the earth. In respect oi
China, therefore, the Conference has
achieved largely?enormously more
than anybody could have expected.
It now rests with China, herself tc
make good the opportunities she has
for reestablishing herself among the
nations of the world as a physica
o mnwol
nttu utuiai xviv^i
"Splendid as are the concrete
achievements of the Conference, how
ever, it is a question whether in the
vOng outreach the human achieve
ments of this Washington ( interna
tional gathering will not go furthei
and mean more to the world thar
the definite items of accomplishment
It is our belief that they will.
"The Washington Conference is
epochal. It stands out boldly among
all international conferences, great
est for its achievements and sanest
for its businesslike procedure. II
could not have reached so high in
human endeavor except for the fine
body of men constituting the Con
ference. Each nation participating
in the Conference was ably repre
sented, conscientiously represented
by its distinguished delegates. In
the main a spirit of cooperation ani
mated their purpose and character
ized their work, and their govern
ments at home splendidly supported
them in their work.
"The great thing about anything is
its conception. The conception is
basic, fundamental. President Har
ding saw the Washington Conference
in fancy?saw it while groping for
some way to lessen the war burdens
of the world and to bring peace
nearer to the world. Without the
conception there would have been
nothing for genius to work' up and
work out. With the conception be
fore him Secretary Hughes gave
shape and substance to the Presi
j'dent's dream which in its perfectio
1 startled the world as its provision
[ and purpose fell from the lips o
> Mr. Hughes on the opening day o
the Conference. Alike in his thoroug
preparation for the Conference an
. in the handling of the Conferenc
throughout as its chairman Secretar
, Hughes registered himself a giganti
( figure.
? 1 "In his selection of Secretar
; Hughes to head the American deleg?
. t on and in his selection of the thre
I other members, Elihu Root and Ser
ators Lodge and Underwood, th
President showed great wisdoir
. There is no more distinguished ma
, in inherent ability, in knowledge o
world diplomacy and in knowledge o
international law than Mr. Roo1
Altogether the American delegate
(ranked high with the very distir
gu:shed and thoroughly trained dele
I gates from the Old World.
BONUS COST ABOUT TWO
AND HALF BILLION:
Washington, Feib. 7.?The so]
diers' bonus would cost the federa
government approximately $2,500,
000,000 on basis of estimates pre
pared for 'the House ways an
; means committee by fiscal officer
j of the Army, Navy and Marin
I Corps.
Washington, Feib. 7.?The prob
lem of selecting revenue sources t
, I defray the cost of a soldiers' fbonu
i measure rested today in the hand
,! of the majority members of th
House ways and means c&mmitte
and the Senate nnanca committee
' In forming the majority member
i of the two committees at a Whit
i House conference late yesterdaj
| that whatever 'bonus bill was enact
i ed should carry a revenue pro
Ivision. President Harding joine
| in an agreement that they shouli
J confer jointly on the question o
' how the revenue should be raised
, with the understanding that whei
I a decision was reached it should b
! submitted to the President with
j view to his concurrence.
Discussion at the conference o
( various means of raising th? neces
,! sary money was said to have result
I ed in no conclusions. It was belies
,! ed today that the inter-committe
/conferences would begin probably
| day "or two after the approachin;
[ conclusion of the bonus hearing
. ' before the HoXise committee.
,1 IN SPARTANBURG
J
, j Mrs. Nina Chalmers left toda
! for Spartanburg where she wil
I spend sometime with Mrs. R. I
. | Dargan and enjoy the pleasures o
J the Billy Sunday meeting.
18 COTTON MILLS IN
RHODE ISLAND CLOSEI
Providence R. I., Feb. 7.?Eigh
teen cotton mills and bleacheries i
Rhode Island were closed todaj
five finishing plants were cripple.
( by walkouts of part -of their eir
5( ployees and a/bout 8,000 textil
, operatives were out of work as th
I result of strikes in proiest agains
.wage cuts and increasing workin
, hours.
In the Pawtuxet Valley, the se<
. ond most important cotton mam
. facturing center in the state, 1
. plants have been shut down since
20 per cent pay reduction was pi
into effect two weeks ago.
Every plant that made the cu
j has been closed and one that di
; not make it hae been affected. Fi\
1 thousand operatives are out o
' owrk. Most of these are unorganij
! ed. Some of them belong to th
Amalgamated Textile Workers c
i America^, which is supporting th
k I f?f i?Jlr a
I o wl 1/VCt
Cotton mill companies in' th
Pawtuxet Valley refused to discus
with their striking employees th
I,' possibility of a resumption of op
i erations on the basis of 48 hou
.week a/brgation of the pay cut.
BIBLE SOCIETY CLOSE
PLANT AFTER 100 YEAR!
New York, Feb. 7.?After mor
than 100 year of manufacturing bi
Jble3, the American B ble Society wa
announced it would soon close dowi
I its plant in the old bible house, ii
J Astor Place. The high cost of pro
duction was given as the reason fo
j discontinuing publication.
^ Th^'society announced it wouli
continue distributing bibles manufac
tured by other concerns.
Watch the label on your paper.
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COHEN FINALLY FREE
Judge Signs Order Dismitsii
Indictment
New , York, Fefo. 7.?Suprei
Court Justice W&sservogel tonig
signed an order dismissing the i
dictment against Joseph Cohe
charged with the murder Novemb
24, 1914, in West Washington m*
ket of Barnet Baff, wealthy poi
try dealer. Cohen has ibeen at lib<
ty since Thanksgiving eve, when
was released from Sing Sing pr
on on bail following the granti:
of a new trial. He had been co
n victed in July, 1917, of first degr
f 1 murder and was sent to the dea
house.
At one time a stay of execute
arrived from Governor Smith ji
seven minutes before time set f
his execution. Subsequently, G<
enor Smith commuted his senten
to life imprisonment. The ord
signed tonight dismissed and ?
aside tho indictment, discharg
Cohen from custody and dischai
ed the bail in which he was held.
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SFNGER DYED HER CATS TO
MATCH THE DRAPERII
J New York, Feb. 7.?Miss Margar
I
e Owen, 22, a singer, has her freedc
I today because she has promis
^ Magistrate Hatting that she w
never again dye her cats to harmo
s?'ize with her house draperies or t
vivid-hued clothing she wears.
e! Miss Owen was haled before t
e'magistrate when agents of the S
'ciecy for the Prevention of Cruelty
s 'Animals testified she had dyed
e ' valuable pet feline to match drap<
i ies in her home. The animal died, t
j.' witness testified.
. j "If I consent to be lenient," sa
d Magistrate Hatting, "I want you
A go back to Florida and stop dyeii
f jcats."
i She consented.
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n
e THREE DEAD IN
a RICHMOND FIF
!
? Richmond, Va., Feb. 7.?Thr
h persons are known to be de>a
. i twenty-ifive injured, several pi
1 bably fatally, as the result of
Q fire here early today which c
i stroyed the Lexington hotel a
g adjoining buildings. Several p<
s sons are thought to have be
: caught under a wall which colla
I sed on the Twelfth street si<jle
; the hotel. Many persons were i
|jured,in leaping from windows.
1 Property damage was estimat
U at $150,0j>0.
' The flames, starting in the Lc
f ington hotel from a cause as j
undetermined, quickly destroy
1 the structure and then spread
! the adjoining buildings occupied <
> J tjie Savings Bank of Richmond, t
Pearl laundry, the Cooperative E
[. change, the Anderson-Wilson pap
n i Company plant and the Clyde *
jt j Saunders Printing plant, whi
d I were practically destroyed.
e | NEW ENGLAND COTTON MIL
Qj OPERATIVES WAGES LOW!
g J Boston, Feb. 4.?Further wt
reductions in New England cot1
mills were announced today.
FitcHburg plants, employing 3,5
3 persons posted notices of a c
a the amount of which was not st
it e<*'
At Bitteford, Me., wage redi
lt j tions of about 20 per cent.' effect
^ j February 13, were announced
e the Pepperel and York, cott
f mills. The Pepperel employs* 3,5
operatives and' the York 2,0
e men
>f ?
e JOHN McCORMICX HAS
THROAT AFFECTIC
lTjLiiiuea^uiid, lTiiiiu. a- ov. ?- ?
e complication of throat infectic
h lasc night caused John McConmi(
r tenor, to cancel five engagemen
He loft aboard his special car f
New York City.
Throat specialists diagnosed t
5 ! condition as "acute laryngitis ai
inflammation of the trachea."
61
100 YEARS OLD HAS NfcVtK
HAD MEDICAL ADVIC
Danielson, Conn., Jan. 24.?Da
iel Cook Rawson, who observed ?
100th anniversary of his birth toda
claims that he never has had profc
Jsional med'cal advice as to bis healt
I He spent the day in bed because
ja recent fall. He likes to read h;
j tory, but has never been to t:
movies)
BILLY SUNDAY ASKS
CLEMENCY FOR DUPRE
Famous Evangelist Requests Got.
Hardwick To Commute Sen
tence of Peachtree Bandit
Atlanta Georgian.
Governor Hardwick' has received
a letter from Rev. William A. Sun
day, the famous evangelist, urging
him to commute the sentence of
Frank B. Dupre from death to life
imprisonment.
Mr. Sunday is engaged at the'
/present time in a protracted re
vival in Spartanburg, S. C., simi
lar to the one he conducted in At
lanta in the fall .of 1917. He has
been reading accounts of the Dupre
case in the newspapers, beyond
that, he acknowledges in his letter
he knows nothing of the case. His
appeal to the governor for' clem
ency is based upon the youth of the
convicted murderer and Dupre's
Uiaiui iiiao uc woo ui'uuiv vru^u uv
killed Irby C. Walker and wounded
B. Graham West.
No petition for cummutdtion, of
course, has yet reached Governor,
Hardwick. Dupre's motion for a
new trial has not yet been present
ed to Judge Matthews, who tried
him. His case will go through all
the processes of judicial appeal be
fore it will reach the governor un
less his lawyers take it there.
Govenor Hardwick acknowledged
Mr. Sunday's letter with a brief re
ply stating that he would give
careful and conscientious consider
ation to an appeal for cummutation
should one come to him.
Mr. Sunday's letter to the gover
nor was asi follows:
"Spartanburg, S C. Feb. 1, 1922.
"Governor T. W. Hardwick, Exe
cutive Mansion, Atlanta, Ga.
"My Dear Governor: That Du
pre case will finally come up, .to''
you, I suppose.
"I have heard a good many folks
express their views on the case as
they have followed accounts in the
papers and I don't believe a. single j
'in/livi/iliQl tVAIll/) fool lllflflVd '
had not been done if the boy were
given a life sentence instead of
hanging. # \
"I hope you "Will exercise that
clemency typical ot' the 'big heart
and generosity of the south, and
give this boy a chance. I have
somehow felt that his youth and
inexperience and that the fact that
he was drunk are all 'mitigating
circumstances, and I am sure th^t
if I wete placed in a position where
you probaibly will be, I would have
no hesitation whatever in^comaiut
I
ing his sentence from hanging to
life imprisonment.
"I believe, too, that the broken
hearted folks who were left behind
li
We<
Whet ! morf sentimental
Certainly It is not a mere
peddled around to the chei
Li' generally disappointing,
refack?encl we have corrw
don and every purse.
\amnin
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COMMON WOR1
Woman Worth $40,000,000 Says
She Will Live in Modest Home
In Factory Section.
Chicago, Jan.. 31.?Mrs. Marion B.
Stephens, daughter of the late Nor
man B. Ream, of Chicago, heiress
to a fortune estimated as high as
540,000,000, has announced her en
gagement to Alexandrovitch Vansi
atsky, an employe of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadelphia,
according to,a story published in the
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Stephens, reports said, reports
the wedding would take place in the
Russian church in New York. Van
siastisky is reported to have said
that he would rather remain amoqg
the working class and Mrs. Stephens
consented to live in his modest home
in the factory section. ,
It was his stirring stories of the
w^r that first attracted Mrs. Steph
en's attention, friends say,, while the
two were in Paris in 1919, where they
first became acquainted. He served
as an engineer in Kolchak's army. ^
Mrs. Stephens' husband, Redmond
D. Stephens, attorney, oDtained a 91
/orce in 1918 on the grounds that
"Mrs. Stephens wanted to travel %D.
the time; wanted to come and go, she j
lid as she pleased, and wanted to be
free."
To Construct Tubercular Hospital
San Francisco, Feb. 7.?The gov
ernment today completed the pur
chase of 200 acres of land four miles '
from Livermore, near here and -srjllv
construct on this property a $2,000,
000 hospital for the treatment of tu
beruclar ex-service men, Major LfP.oos
r. Grant, director of the United
States veterans' bureau in San Fran
:isco, announced last night
.
Budapest, Hungary, embraces the
historic town of Ofen, once a Roman
:olony.
' 77? T
because of the life he took would
not feel that injustice had been
done if he were sent to the prison
for life instead of having ,a rope
aibout his neck. '
"I know nothing of the cas$MeXr
cept what I have r^ad in Hth$ papers
which have come to ( SpartaiSjfljrg
during my meetings , here.
had a sort of feeling that p^rfcafs
the idea of commuting his segteBee
would come to you, and I thiak ,1
can speak for a great many fojks
when I say that by so doing tkey
will agTee that you have done the
just and merciful thing.
"With kindest regards,
"Most cordially yours,
(Signed) "W. A. SUNDAY."
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