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5* -g -ag g- ' ' XSSUED glKI-WlEKLY. | u M. grists sons, pobiwiets.} % ^ainilg gemsjajei;: ^or tty promotion of fiotitiipl, ^>oqlaI, ^rieullurat am! <*; jttnei-cial .Interests of thij geojlq. j TERM t^0CoPjE^Nc*^ANCE " ESTABLISHED 1855 YOEK, 9. C., FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1919. . NO, 56 1^ PRESIDENT TO SENATE Momentous Message of Peace on Eartb. STORY OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENT It I* Up to America Now to Bocome the Moral Leader of the World, and of Tremendous Importance Is the Choice That the Senate Might Make. The peace treaty with its league of nations covenant was ia:a uuwro me senate Thursday by President Wilson In an address accounting to the country foi his part in the negotiations at Versailles. The league of nations, declared the president, was born of the conviction of practical statesmen that an international concert had become a world necessity to end the old order and guarantee civilization. He declared thai in such a concert the world looked confidently to Amer.ca for leader' ship, r-nd added that, while the treaty a might not be exactly as the American ^ delegation would have written it, no vital principle had been sacrificed by B the accessary compromise. The senate, already, divided into a titter fight over the league proposal, received the president with cheers and r listened to his words in a grave silence. When he had concluded there was another burst of cheering until ho had passed out of the chamber and had gone to his capitol office where he talked for an hour with senators who wished to ask about specific features of the treaty or of the negotiations. In these conferences the president discussed freely such subjocts as the dis position of Shantung:, the German indemnities and Irish freedom. Many Phases Untouched. In his address, however, there was no direct reference to many of the questions around which senate debate has centered the president declaring; he could not construe details of the treaty in a short address. He did not directly mention the Monroe doctrine. Shantung or the obligations assumed under Article 10, of the league of covenant, nor did he allude to the proposal to write reservations into the ratification He asserted a hope that he would be given opportunity to discuss details later either with the whole senate or the foreign relations committee. "My services and all the information I possess," said Mr. Wilson, "will be at your disposal and at the disposal of your committee on foreign relations at any time either informally or in aAooisxn on won npAfer and T hone that you will not hesitate to make use of them." American isolation, the President asserted, was ended 20 years ago when the war with Spain put the nation in partial aontrol of Cuba and the Philippines. Offered World Leadership. "But we have not exploited them," he continued. "We have been their friends and have sought to serve them. There can be no question of our ceasing to be a world .power. The only question is whether we can refuse the moral leadership that is offered us. whether we shall accept or reject the confidence of the world." "The stage is set, the destiny disclosed. It has come about by no plans of our conceiving but by the hand of HHp God who has led us into this way. We V cannot turn back. We can only go forward with lifted eyes and freshened spirit, to follow the vision." 'J Alluding to the skepticism with , which the plan for a league of nations first was received, the president said that as the peace negotiations proceeded it became apparent to all the delegates that such a concert was "a practical necessity," demanded by "all the peoples of the world." Pointing out that many minor compromises were necessary to secure the support of all the interested nations, he continued: No Principle Sacrificed. "The treaty, as a result, is not exactly what we would have written. It is probably not what anyone of the national delegations would have writr" ten. But results were worked out which on the whole bear test. I think that it would be found the compromises which were accepted as inevv itable nowhere cut to the heart of any principle." In disregard of precedent, the senate received the address in open session and afterwards ordered that tne treaty be published in The Congressional Record and as a public document. The galleries were overflowing and crowds who were unable to gain admission waited in the rain to cheer the president when he arrived and departed. , Many members of the house crowded into the rear of the senate chamber and most of the members of the cabinet were seated near the vice president's desk. No Attempt at Oratory. Speaking from the same platform where 30 months ago he astounded the world with his first declaration for a league of nations, the president read his address slowly and in a clear, quiet voice. His manuscript, typewritten on small pages, he held in his left hand and with his right he punctuated his utterances with an occasional gesture. Before him on the vice president's ^lotr Vi/-v trootr hrnncVit hv him in ucorv in/ vitv vi vmv/, v? vwo.. . ,, A person from Versailles. ? There was no attempt at oratory and no applause interrupted the address. Nearly every senator was in his seat, and all listened attentively. Afterwards his supporters were unstint^ ed in their praise for the president's words, while those opposed either declined to comment or declared he had dealt only in unsatisfactory generalities. Shantung and Irish Questions In his talks afterwards with league supporters, the president was said to r have discussed at length the Shantung and Irish questions. He was quoted as saying he was not satisfied with the treaty provisions giving Shantung to Japan, but as declaring there was an informal understanding among the * peace delegates that eventually Japan must make an acceptable agreement with China in the matter- He was represented as expressing confidence that Japan would deal rightly with the final settlement. Discussing the failure of the peace conference to receive the representative of Irish American organizations on behalf of Irish freedom, Mr. Wilson was said to have told senators that the representatives had so identified themselves with the revolutionary element in Ireland that it became impossible to receive them. He was quoted as saying that both he and David Lloyd George, the British premier, had been anxious to arrange for a hearing. The decision not to bind Germany to a definite indemnity, the president was reported to have said, was reached over his protest He was quoted as saying he consented to the indeterminate plan to help Premier Lloyd George over domestic obstacles. It was said the question of Flume was not mentioned. Against Renervations. in uuaing iu Liit> s'jiimuiD, me >???.?ident was said to have taken a Arm stand against any reservations in the senate's ratification of the treaty. It was asserted he would not be disposed kindly even toward interpretive reservations to make the senate's position clear, pointing out that there always might be doubt as to whether any particular reservation really were innocuous or would vitiate some league principle. The president was also quoted as saying he believed a two-thirds majority would be necessary to write any reservations into the ratification resolution, but it was said afterwards that he probably meant that the reservations, once apart, would have to have the support of two-thirds of the senators to secure action when the senate vote was taken. Among senate leaders the impression had been that only a simple majority would be required to amend the ratification resolution, and the president's reported statement met a sharp denial from opposition senators who cited a senate providing that in considering treaties a two-thirds vote shall be required for ratification, but only a majority on all other "motions and questions" involved. As To Artiols 10. Regarding the proposed resolution under which the senate would declare the nation could not enter war under Article 10 without a war declaration by congress, Mr. Wiison was reported to have declared such a stipulation unnecessary. He was quoted as saying that the constitutional inability of the United States to make war without a congressional declaration was one of the reasons why the league council was authorized only to "advise" as to the steps'to be taken. In all the president's visit to the capitol occupied less than two hours. Arriving shortly after noon, he went to his office adjoining the senate chamber and at 12:15 was escorted to the vice president's desk by the five senior members of the foreign relations committee. The applause following his appearance had continued for two minutes when Vice President Marshall rapped for order and the president began speaking. The address required 39 minutes and at its conclusion while the senate and galleries stood and applauded he was escorted from the chamber by the specially designed foreign relatione members. He left for the white house again at 1:45 p. m. Mrs. Wilson and the president's daughter Miss Margaret Wilson, were in the gallery during the address. The French ambassador, Jules J. Jusserand, dean of the diplomatic corps, had - A the unusual privilege or a seai m u>? president's reserved section, and many other foreign diplomats were in the diplomatic gallery. Wilson Is Assured. One of the democratic senators suggested to the president that the treaty be taken from the foreign relations committee and considered by the senate in committee of the whole. The president, It is said, promised to consider this suggestion. Several democratic members of the foreign relations committee said they assured the president that the fight both for the league of nations and ratification of the treaty eventually would be wonIn discussing difficulties in negotiating the treaty, the president's visitors brought up the German indemnity questions. Those who talked with the executive said he told them he had urged that a definite indemnity - J ^ that hp DO imposed on vxeriuaiiy, crui v?*uv ?*v yielded to the indeterminate plan adopted to "help Premier Lloyd George out of a hole." The Irish Delegates. Regarding failure of the American mission in behalf of Irish independence to secure a hearing before the peace conference, the president, according to his visitors, said the members of the mission had so thoroughly Identified themselves with the revolutionary element in Ireland before going to Paris that it became impossible for them to be received by the peace conference. Senators who discussed the treaty questions at length with the president included Pomerene, Ohio; Pittman, Nevada, and Swanson, Virginia, of the foreign relations committee, and Phelan, California, King, Utah, and Jones New Mexico. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor is attending a convention of the International Trade Unions at Amsterdam, Holland. J I Austria will be admitted to member-1 ship in the leag-ue of nations as soon as the Allied and associated powers consider that both with the will and ti e power to fulfill, she possesses a responsible government. Cotton mill operatives of Manchester England who have been on strike have returned to work. The operatives resumed work yesterday on a basis of forty-eight hours per week and an Increase of thirty per cent in wages. The central office of the "League of German Men and Women for -the Protection of the Personal Freedom and Life ot' William II" at Goerlitz, Germany has addressed an open letter to the ex-kaiser inviting him to return to Germany. HIS IMPRESSIONS OF FRANCE Corporal Lewis M. Grist Gives a . Brief Interview. TRANSPORTATION WON TflE WAR Where People Quench Their Thiret With Wine Instead of Water Farming Confined Principally to Trucking Has Enough of War and la Now Content to Remain at Home. Lewis M. Grist, Motor Truck Company 620, returned to the home of his father, Mr. W. D. Grist, in Yorkville, Friday morning after nine months' service with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He arrived in the states in May; but his earlier discharge was prevented by reason o< the fact that h? hAa beun held for treatment in hospitals first at Walter Reed in Washington, and later at the Base Hospital at Camp Jackson. He is looking quite well and is much heavier than when he went over. He freely admits that he is glad of the opportunities he had and that experiences he gained were invaluable, although he emphatically declares that all the money in the town of Yorkville would not be much of an Inducement for him to go through it again unless conditions were the same as those which made it necessary for the Americans to put the fear of God and democracy in the Germans. He said Friday that he had quite enough of traveling to satisfy him for a few years at any rate, and that the wanderlust is not strong within him by a great deal- "My job on The Yorkville Enquirer," he said, "looks better to me than any place I know, and I knew for a certainty that this town of Yorkville is the finest spot on the face of the earth absolutely no exceptions." Speaking of his experiences overseas and the work of his organization, Corporal Grist said: "We fellows in the motor corps didn't have any chance to especially distinguish ourselves and we did not have any fighting to do. Why, we didn't even have to fight cooties and I have yet to have the experience of going through one of those de-cootieizer outfits, so necessary and vital to the physical comfort of tho doughboys. It was our Job to transport the fighters to the front lines, to haul them supplies and all that kind of thing and to keep the thousands and thousands of trucks, motor-cycles and touring cars in running shape. We had plenty to do all the time and there was comparatively little time for recreation. If we didn't learn pretty nearly all there is to learn about motor cars and their mechanism, it is our fault. We sfrely had plenty of opportuniti's to learn. Aided Railroads. "You have heard a good deal about the efficiency of French railroads," he continued. "There Is if5 flBTlflt dT the fact that they are efficiently managed. During my nine months hi France, I never saw or heard of a serious railroad accident. But at the same time those railroads are very small and very slow, and it is my sincere belief that had it not been for the thousands of American and Allied trucks used in handling soldiers up to the lines like trains the war would still be in progress or else Jerry would have long ago mopped up. Motor trucks hauled as many soldiers over France as did the French trains and most of the automobile hauling, it seemed to me, was done by the Americans. "The French trains are small, they have not the accommodations of our American trains. Why, many of their engines on the main lines are not nearly as large as the dinky engines one sees in use on construction work in this country. There seems to be little system about their operation and yet there is a lot of system too- They know nothing abtut air brakes and the conductor ha9 no means of communication with the engineer except in per** - - ai T r? Prnnoh son. Aiany a umu i imvc acca ux twuvu conductor stop his train at some little village or town, go into a saloon and order a quart of wine and sit for a half hour or so at a table, calmly sipping his vintage. The passengers had no redress other than to await his pleasure to proceed. I've known the engineers to do the same thing. It is more than funny as compared with our methods. Yet damage suits in French courts on account of railroad accidents are almost unknown in France. A watchman, usually a woman, is stationed at every railroad crossing of any importance in France. She has a horn and upon approach of a train, stands near the crossing and blows the horn. Rode In Box Cars. "We enlisted men did most of our riding in box cars third class you know. After I got my warrant as a non-commissioned officer I was allowed to ride second-class and more than once I have gotten away with a seat in a first class compartment by telling the French conductor 'no compre' that means no savy, when he undertook to oust me from my good place. "On the wnoie we ia.reu preuj nu>. I don't remember ever going hungry a day and there was always more than enough for us. But the drinking was something fierce. The water in France is very poor and much of it is poisonous. All that we had was charged with chlorine to kill the germs, and that resulted in a dose that was worse than awful. Up around La Pallice the water was salty and of course there was nothing doing so far as drinking that was concerned. We had to content ourselves with the wine and beer that the French drank. I never could get accustomed to It, however and many a time have I moaned for a drink from that fountain on the courthouse square in Yorkville, and my buddies used to make me more than mad with stories about the goodness and virtues of spring and well water In the respective communities In the States from whence they came. The only . 1-,. r Kr.,1 decent anna 01 wmci ? ....u ... rope was some I got on a little junket I made over Into Spain. But it didn't taste nearly so good as does some of that mineral water over at Piedmont Springs. Shaved With Coffee. "The water problem was ev-;r a serious one. Of course the French don't worry about it because they don't need any water in their business. I've known fellows to go for three months without a bath becaus< they couldn't get water. I've knowr others to use a part of the coffe< served them at meals to shave wit! and I've gone myself for more thar a week without washing my face Sanitary conditions in France an simply horrible as compared with oui methods. Yet the people are healthj and well which goes to show tha environment has a lot to do with living and that people can get used t< pretty nearly anything. "To my great disappointment never got into Germany. I had t 1- -1 ,,n mlth r-nn. euupie ui uiiaiiucB iu gu up mvu ,v?voys; but I was busy both times working on the private car of soms big general or somebody, and ] couldn't beg or bribe any of my fellow machinists to do my work for me anc let me go. Thus it happened; anc while I regret it still I don't know tha' I missed a great deal because I saw enough of the Germans to last me foi quite a while. Thousands of prisoners were taken in the various areas ir which I was stationed and we saw al kinds from buck privates to soms of the biggest guns they had. Th< American troops always treated theii German prisoners kindly and well; but they were awful keen at all times for German souvenirs. Many a time I have seen a bunch of Jerries broughi in who in a short time would be deprived of every button on theii clothes. The dough boys wanted 'err as souvenirs for mother, sister anc the sweetheart and the cousins bacl home. Nope, I never cut any oft myself; but I did have quite a collection Roads Helped Win War. "France is in many respects a most beautiful and wonderfu country," Corporal Grist said. "S< far as road construction is concerned it has this country beat a mile. Manj a time have I run a Cadillac ovei French roads at a rate of sixty anc seventy miles an hour and if there is 1 ' aA/tf<An wKnrn It pnt d I UdU in luia ocuvivu ?Ti*v* v >v ww. be done at least where one can do il and keep well, I would like to knoi* it. Many of the roads in France have been built thousands of years and the French people in many instances take better care of the roads than they de of their babies. Never would the war have been won in my opinion had it not been for the excellent roadf which permitted the swift transportation of troops. The enemy fully appreciated their value and he succeeded in tearing: up hundreds of miles ol them. But he couldn't do enougi tearing up to stop the Allies, although he did more than his darndest. "As a farming country it is all righl for truck; but the average Yorl county farmer would starve to death in trying to make a living over there The grape industry there is far mon extensive than the cotton industry ir this section. My duties carried me tc every section of the country on numerous occasions and everywhere were huge vln?yard?-qf-grnpea, ywrpH grapes. Truck farms spotted the country and patches of rye. The poorer classes live on rye bread and cheap, low-proof wine and they raise enough wine to wash down the bread with plenty to spare. "Some of these days if I lire, perhaps I will go back over there and look It all over. If I go I'll go with a big heel on and plenty of leisure. A trip of that kind would be more than interesting. But I am not going over with any 'yaller' clothes on if I can honorably help it. And until recently I never did fully realize just how attached I am to the Yorkvillc Enquirer and Yorkville and York county." CURRENT EVENTS. News Happenings Gathered from All Parts of the World. Yellow fever has been discovered a1 Merida, Yucatan. The Shelby cotton mills propose tc build an extension at a. cost of aboul $S00.000. Forest City, N. C., proposes to ered a new school building at a cost of $50,000. A 100-room hotel is to be erected ai Cleveland Springs by a stock companj to be ^capitalized at $200,000. Lieut. Jean Navarre, one of France'i leading aces was killed near Versailles Thursday when his aeroplane fell. Tho town of Shelhv has barred al vaudeville shows from the town ant appointed a board of censors for al moving pictures. H. Perclval Dodge of Massachusetts has been nominated by the preslden to be minister to the kingdom of th< Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The Fourth and Fifth divisions, less the Thirty-ninth regiment are to re turn home at an early date, accord ing to announcement of the war de partment. Baptists of North Carolina will with in the next five years attempt to rais< $6,000,000 for home missions and de volopment of educational and hospi tal institutions. "Come Home to Roost." Jake Gos nell, who shot and killed Hendrix Rec tor at Greenville, on July 4th, was taken to the peniteniary on Monday July 7th, by Sheriff White of Spartan^ burg. Gosnell had been in the Spar tanburg jail ever since the shooting. Closnell was seen in the penitem tiary Tuesday morning by newspapei men but declined to make any state ment as to the case. He said he prc^ ferred not to discuss the affair at all When the newspaper men saw him h< was eating dinner and was seated at i table next to Bramlett, who shot hii mother-in-law and sister-in-law ii Greenville several weeks ago. He sai< he had been unwell for several days but was feeling better. Revenue Officers Vanderhorst an< Morriek, under whom Gosnell had beei working talked with Gosnell for ahou an hour Tuesday. None of themwouh state the nature of the conference. Jin Williams, former deputy sheriff of An derson county, who is serving a sen tence for killing Barnes Wilson sev eral years ago. is a trusty in the pen itentiary. Gosnell was with William! and Wilson the night of this traged: and it was largely upon his testimon: that Williams was convicted. "I hav< no malice against Gosnell," said Williams, "but chickens will come hom< to roost." The home of John E. Lewis at Clemson College was destroyed by Are lasi Thursday. : BROAD RIVER FIGHTS LIQUOR 5 ; Township Improvement Association ; Hears Ernest Addresses. r * t MEETING HELD AT SHARON FRIDAY > Question is Whether Law or Lawlessness Shall Govern Speakers Declare 1 Moral, Material and Financial Wei1 fare of Community At Stake. That Broad River township will ' soon become unfit to live in and will 5 be branded throughout the state as a ^ township of lawlessness, poverty and ' crime, unless drastic measures are ' taken immediately to put an end to 1 the illicit operation of moonshine ' stills, was the keynote of several ' strong addresses delivered by well r known people before a meeting of the * Broad River Township Improvement 1 Association held in Sharon school ' house, Friday afternoon. There were i come seventy-flve or more Broad 5 River township people, many of them r ladies, in the audience and all mani; fested a deep interest in the pro5 "ccedings of the afternoon. Magistrate 1 R. L. A. Smith, president of the as^ sociation presided and addresses were " made by Rev. E. B. Hunter, John B. r Paysinger, W. Beattie Wilkerson, 1 Jeff D. and G. W. Whltesides, Magis^ trate J. L. Duncan of Bullock's Creek 1 and Rev. J. L. Oates of Yorkville. Made Liquor Near Church. Rev. E. B. Hunter, the first speaker of the afternoon said that while he ' did not believe that Broad River 1 Township was any worse than a } great many others he knew, it was absolutely necessary for the friends of ' law and order to present a solid front against the forces of lawlessness, and ' it was the duty of every good citizen J to exert every influence toward arous1 ing public sentiment against moont shine distilling and to aid and coT operate in every possible way toward ' driving the moonshiners out. He told i of discovering six places on a branch 1 near Sharon within calling distance of } a church where liquor had been made 5 recently. > J. B. Paysinger pleaded for undivid' cd support of the officers of the law " in putting liquor traffic to rout. Point ing out some of the evils of liquor making and liquor drinking, he said f that there was a time when a man ' could become intoxicated and nothing 1 was thought of it by his neighbors and friends. But now the finger of t scorn and derision is pointed at the c drunkard. Nobody will employ him, 1 nobody will repose confidence in him. The light of a new day i.om a moral ! and educational standpoint s in the 1 land and it Is necessary thtP every ? vestige of the liquor business must be put down, lest modern progress i -gld prosperity be destroyed. It is the f "ffiunos.s of every man; woman 'and child, he said to get what informa' tion they can regarding the making of I moonshine liquor and to give that in formation to the magistrates and 1 other officers of the law without fear or favor. He scored those more or less prominent white people who are alleged to be backing up negroes and others in the illicit liquor making business and said that every person should make it his or her business to expose these arch-criminals. History Of Organization. W. Beattie Wilkcrson, secretary of the Broad River Township Improvement association gave a brief history of the organization. He said that it was organized about two months ago and was the result of a conversation and discussion of the growing liquor traffic in Broad River township which ' was held in the Methodist Sunday school at Hickory Grove one Sunday. t At the time of organization an executive committee of seven were appolnt' ed good men from different commu nities in the township who pledged themselves to give not only moral but ^ physical support to the officers if " necessary in breaking up the nefarious traffic. He asked that members 1 of the association and good citizens r generally give this committee or the officers such information as they had. s The women, he said could be of great ' assistance and indeed some of the most valuable information that had 1 been given him .hus far was received 1 from a woman. The association, he ' said, realized that it was up against a hard proposition because the liquor 3 people were strongly entrenched. In 1 fact, their organization was like unto i labor unions. He had reason to believe that white - men of prominence 3 were connected with the traffic. He had consulted' men at different times whom he thought he well knew seek ing their co-operation and assistance and had later come to learn that they were in sympathy with the block aders. Jeff D. Whitcsides, a men ber of the executive committee said that although little had yet been done in breaking up the traffic comparod with what it was hoped to do, a good start - had been made. He pledged him? self to do everything possible toward . destroying the traffic. G. W. Whitesides, also a member of - the executive committee thought it wise to conduct a campaign of cduca tion among the moonshiners so far as r practicable in order that they might - aoo the error of their way. It was his - desire to have the moonshiners see . the error of their way, the harm that e was being clone the community a* a i result of their operations and to see 3 them led into the light of law and 1 order, happiness and prosperity. He| 1 made a plea for more proper Sabbath s observance and clean living generally and for a raising of all moral stand 1 ard?. l Magistrate J. L. Duncan of Bullock's t Creek said he expected there was a 1 still or two down his way and if he 1 had some assistance he believed he could catch 'em. Whole County Affected. Rev. J. L. Oates, the last speaker - of the meeting said that he was in3 terested because he loved the western y section of York county where he lived ir for many years and further, because 2 that his present home section was - threatened by the traffic. Liquor he ; said is being made in the western section of York county while it is being drunk in Yorkville and Rock Hill. . He recounted the origin of governt ment and of law and order and point- | cd out the fact that it was absolutely' necessary to the peace and prosperity of any community. The time was he said, when every man was a law unto himself. The lack of system prevailed until the more thoughtful of early peoples came to realize that lines must be drawn somewhere. Referring to the laws against moonshining and against vice and crime in general, he said that law In itself amounts to little as is very sadly known. There is a law that allows one to kill a maddog and yet that law does not keep the maddog from biting one. Thorough judicial administration of the law is necessary or else it amounts to naught. Prosperity In Jeopardy. Declaring that steps must be taken fit* nnro tn rirfvA illicit linnnr rnnkinc out of Broad River township, Mr. Oates said that the fundamental principle of human life Is at stake and that liquor must be driven out before the whole community becomes contaminated. It is going to cost to enforce the law. It is going to cost friendship among other things. But it is necessary and worth while no matter what the cost. The life work of every man- and woman of the Broad River community is at stake, he said. If the liquor makers are going to govern Western York county, then farm values are going down, educational and religious influences will decline and the community will become a blight upon the escutcheon of York county. No matter how strong the organization of the liquor crowd, said Mr. Oates, the forces opposed to the traffic have right on their side in putting it down. You have all the law on your side the law of man and the law of God. OVATION FOR DE VALERA "President of Republic" Royally Received In New York. An enormous crowd attended a meeting In New York Thursday night in Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Friends of Irish Freedom at which Eamonn de Valera, "president of the Irish Republic," was the chief speaker. Twelve thousand men, women and children forced their way into the garden before the doors were closed under orders from Fire Chief Kenlon, to enforce regulations against overcrowding of building. Several overflow meetings were addressed from automobiles in streets. Inside the garden, buglers and flfe and drum corps were scattered throughout the big hall. American flags and the green, white and orange of the "Irish Republic" floated side by side from the balconies. When Mr. de Valera was introduced wild cheering burst forth from boxes, balconies and floor, members of the audience jumping to their* feet. and vigorously. The ovation lasted fully 15 minutes. The uproar was heard outside and the | cheering was taken up in the streets. It was Mr. de Valera's first public address to this city. Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalen presided. With the Irish president walked Former Gov. Edward F; Dunne of Illinois, Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City and Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia who recently returned from France after having, on behalf of Irish Americans, attempted to obtain a hearing at the peace conference for delegates i representing the "Irish Repybllc." Justice Cohalan said the purpose of the meeting was threefold: "to pay honor to the president of the Irish Republic," to welcome home the "Irish American commissioners," and to protest against the proposed league of nations "which is only an attempt to foist on the world what is nothing more than an Anglo-American alliance." Bedlam broke loose when Mr. de Valera, banked by standard bearers carrying the flags of the United States and the "Irish Republic," advanced to the front of the platform to speak, cries of "de Valera de Valera!" thundered across the auditorim only to be picked up and repeated. When after minutes the demonstration ended several* persons fell back exhausted in their seats. "That is New York's recognition of the Irish Republic," said Mr. de Valera quietly. "The fathers of the Iri3h republic were Orangemen or rather Protestants," continued the speaker. "I have not forgotten that the idea of this republic was founded in the north, and I am certain that if England's interfering hand were taken away, the appearance of division would disappear. And when I mention Belfact it will be news, I am sure, to New York, to tell you that in that city there are more Irish nationalists than in Cork. "Irishmen want their country. It is rightfully and lawfully theirs. "Irishmen want their freedom; freedom to live their own lives in their own way, freedom to develop along their own lines. "Freedom, freedom, from the rule of the baton and the bayonet, from rifles, from machine guns, freedom from police spies and police perjurers, from the invasion to their homes without writ or warrant; freedom from murder by British government agents, freedom from Invented crimes and imprisonments without trial. "And not least, freedom from the infamous libels spread by the organized ofllcial propaganda of the English government in order to hide the true natures of their rule in Ireland-" STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Happenings of Interest in All Sections of South Carolina. Twenty-one troop ships bringing men from overseas have anchored at Charleston since the latter part of March. Lieut. Gen. R. L. Bullard is expected to arrive in Charleston the latter part of the month. He will succeed MajGen. H. G. Sharpe as commander of the Southeastern Department. Police officers of Columbia captured seventy-four gallons of liquor In a house on Richland street In that city, Thursday. Liquor is said to retail at $15 per quart in Columbia and at this price the seizure was worth $4,440. The case of Jake Gosnell, United States special agenl who is charged with the killing of Sheriff Rector in Greenville, will likely be called at the term of court of general sessions in Greenville which convenes August 25. Judge James E. Peurifoy will preside. GARNERED WITH SCISSORS News From Wltbin and flthout the County. CONDENSED FOR* QUICK READING Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment and All Helping to Give an Idea of What Our Neighbors Are Saying and Doing. Fort Mill Times, July 10: While The Times has no record of the purchases, it Is believed that few less than one dozen new automobiles have been bought by Fort Mill people during the last two weeks Officers of the town Kiindnv mnrnlnp nlnpsH tha nrnnplatnps of several of the soda fountains under bond for dispensing cold drinks, ice cream, etc. It is understood, however, that the cases against the fountain men have not yet been called for trial. Mr. John B. Erwin, Confederate veteran and one of the town's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, is critically ill at his home on White street. Mr. Erwin has been in poor health for some time and little hope is entertained at present for his recovery The times is informed that the building committee of the board of trustees of the Fort Mill school on Tuesday awarded to Jesse L. Howie the contract for the erection of the new $15,000 addition to the school building. Work on the building is to begin as soon as the necessary material can be gotten on the ground The Times man, along with hundreds of other citizens of this city and community, would like to see the township supervisor get his force together and put in a day or two days work on the road leading from the incorporate limits to the Catawba bridge. The road is in bad shape, and es'pecially so at a point just beyond the home of Mr. W. B. Hoke. There are holes there over which one can hardly pass with an auto. But the road, as a whole, is in urgent need of work. This road is of sand-clay construction and was built by the county chaingang. It stcod up well for a year or more, but the heavy traffic over it and the washing rains have caused ruts in many places and it is no longer a desirable place to negotiate either for business or pleasure, proper treatment with a road machine for a couple of days now would save the road and again put it in the good shape in which the chaingang left it. Please do something for it Mr. Supervisor. Rock Hill, July 10: Capt. Robert Crawford, who has been in service in France, landed in New York Saturday, and reached his home here on Wednesday. Capt. Crawford did service with the Red Cross for several months in Greece -Berry McCleeve of York has a position with Williams and Company, cotton Jiuyers. -.Jhe friends of Mrs- R. A. Wilson wiil be glad to know that she is recuperating nicely, after an operation at the Fennell Infirmary William E. Gaskin and Miss Cora Rollings of this city were married last evening by Magistrate J. F. Wingate at his residence on Saluda street. Chester Reporter, July 10: Mr. A. E. Legare, of Columbia, is the new county engineer, succeeding Mr. P. F. Patton, resigned. Mr. Legare is just out of the army, after two years' service. He comes to Chester splendidly recommended for the position, and enters at once upon the active discharge of his duties. Mr. Legare was formerly city engineer at Columbia, and was also connected with the Columbia Street Railway Co The following marriage licenses have been issued this week from the office of Judge of trooate a. w. wise: j*ir. i^nanes a. Brock, of Cornelia, Ga., and Miss Mary Jennie McFadden, of Rlchburg; Mr. Raymond J. Green and Miss Katie Belle Mobley, both of Ckester; and Mr. W. C. Gladden and Miss Viola Ferguson, both of Bascomville. Mr. William W. Stokes, who was for many years prominent in county politics and was in the race for the states senate last summer, died last night between the hours of eleven and twelve at his home a short distance above the junction. Mr. Stokes contracted blood poisoning four or five months ago from wearing a tight shoe; and kidney complications made it impossible for his system to throw off the poison, with the result that he gradually grew worse Mrs. J. T. Bigham is spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Grier, at Clover. Gaffney Ledger, July 10: Cherokee county's $125,000 road bonds bearing 5 per cent interest were sold Tuesday for par, plus accrued interest and a premium of $1,439.25. The purchaser was the Continental Trust company, of Macon, Ga. Seven bids were submitted, the lowest, by a Cincinnati firm, being par and accrued interest less $1,212.50 for expenses. The Highway Commission has decided to establish maintenance quarters on the Natinndl Uio-Viwov incit tho nnrth. ern section ?f the city. Quarters will be built to accommodate two crews, of four men each, a barn for the mules assigned to this department, and sheds for the road working machinery. No contracts have been let yet, but rough plans have been outlined. At the meeting Tuesday the commission ordered the survey of a road to connect the National Highway and Cherokee Falls. This will be a stretch of about a mile and a half. The commission has decided to put up a steel bridge over Bird creek on the road between Blacksburg and Grover to replace the one washed away a week or two ago. A survey of the route of the National Highway through the town of Blackeburg has been ordered. The commissioners devoted a considerable part of the time Tuesday to a discussion of the route for this highway through Gaffr.ey but no decision was reached We venture the assertion that no counties in the state are more closely allied than Cherokee and York, and yet they are a long ways apart by reason of the wretched condition of the roads between the towns of Gaffney and York. The trip from Gaffney to Blacksburg can be made by auto, without violating the speed law of the state within a space of twenty minutes. If there was a good road to the York line, this distance could be made within a space of thl:ty minutes, and if there was a good road from the York line to the county seat, the distance could easily be traveled within a space of forty minutes more, thus the trip from York to Gaffr.ey could be easily made within one hour and thirty minutes, whereas it takes now about three hours. There are a number of citizens living in York, who formerly lived in Gaffney, and there are a number of ? citizens of Gaffney, who formerly lived in York, and the relatives between the two towns should be unusually cordial, but with the present conditions of the roads, a trip is undertaken with reluctance, and is not to be thought of for social reasons only. Now if York county will meet Cherokee at the line with a good road, we believe that the Highway commission of Cherokee will do its part, and build a good road from Blacksburg to the line, thuo connecing the link between the two towns, which would make a trip between the two towns a pleasure Instead of a trial as is now the case. A splendid rood could be constructed from York to McGill's store at Bethany with very little expense, and the road from there to the Cherokee county line runs very nearly all the way on a rldg% so that it would not be at all an expensive propr ' osition to build a road from the town of York to the Cherokee line. We firmly believe that it would pay both York - J /"'It 1 A- 1 II M il l-- ? aim ^nerunee iu uuiiq mis roaa, ana we hope to see steps taken In the Immediate future which will bring about thLs result. Gastonia Gazette, July 10: Mr. Neal Hawkins, who lives on the Pleasant Ridge road about two and a half miles south of the city, brought to The Gazette office Wednesday a gray eagle which had been killed that day at his barn by Alf Smart, who lives on the. place. The bird measures four feet and three Inches from tip to tip of its ' wings, and was eating a cat In the hallway of Mr. Hawkins' barn. It had Just cut the cat's throat, and was either about to devour it or fly away to its nest with the carcass. The bird was common in this section many years ago, but is very rarely seen of recent"" years __Mr. Robert Marlon Gardner, one of the best known residents of Gastonia, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Howell, Thursday afternoon, July 10, at 8 o'clock following an illness of several months. He was stricken with paralysis two years ago but recovered to some extent. Death was due to apoplexy. He was * 74 years of age, having been born August 3, 1846. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George R. Spencer and Mrs. George W. Howell, both of this city. j Mrs. Gardner's death occurred several years ago A business deal of large interest to many Gastonlans was consummated yesterday when Messrs. Ed. C. Adams and A. Meek Barnett became partners with Mr- J. H. Kennedy 4n the \ < drug Arm of J. H. Kennedy and Coi, . third interest in the business. Mr. M. C. McN'eely, who purchased an inter est in the business & year ago and who has been manager since that time, haa disposed of his Interest Mr. McNeely has not as yet made his plans for the future. Mr. Adams had been with Kennedy's for eleven years, six as a clerk and Ave as manager, when he sold his interest last July and volunteered for service In the army. He was assigned to Base Hospital No. 81 and saw several months of overseas service. He returned home the 18th of last month. Mr- Barnett has also been identified with the drug business in Gaston ia for a number of years, having been with the Adams Drug company until he went into business at York a few years ago as part owner of the York Drug Co. Last year he sold his interest there in contemplation of army service but the armistice was signed a very short time thereafter. At present Mr. Barnott is with the Torrence Drug company here. SHOTS THAT KILLED RECTOR. Physician Performing Autopsy Files Official FeporL Dr. W. C. Black who performed the autopsy on the body of Sheriff Hendrlx Rfector, on Thursday, filed. his statedmeat with Magistrate J. L. Ballenger, acting coroner, which describes in detail the points where three bullets entered the body and also the courses taken by tl?e bullets and the location. A second autopsy had been demanded as a means of determining the angle at which Sheriff Rector was shot and indications are that the statement and Dr. Black s testimony will figure prominently in the trial of Jake GesnelL He explained that he used the term, first, second and third hullcts merely for descriptive purposes and not to indicate the order in which the bullets were fired. His statement in full is as follows: "First Bullet Entered on right side of his face, one inch from lower lobe of ear and two and one-half Inches from corner of eye. This bullet went practically through, except it did not come out. I did not, however, attempt to find this bullet, as I did not hare It located, and it would have necessitated a great deal of dissection and great disfiguration of the face. Dr. Ashmore tells me that he located this bullet next morning in the picture and that he can therefore testify to thta In court. "Second Bullet Entered point of right shoulder, penetrated head of humerus and went through, passing down through the muscles and lodging between the scapula and ribs. This bullet was extracted. "Third Bullet Entered right side between sixth and seventh ribs, eight inches from right nipple, and two and one-half inches posterior to the axillary line passing through the chest, ftoing through the pleura (right lung) (?), left lung and heart, lodging on the left side between the eleventh and twelfth ribs. This bullet was re moved. "Sheriff Hendrix Rector came to hla death from the effects of the above described wouads. July 4, 1919. (Signed) W. C. Black. M. D." Willie Reynolds alias George Johnson of Aiken was electrocuted at the state penitentiary in Columbia, Friday. He was convicted of criminal assault Sixty surtlmer schools of a term of two months will be operated In GreenGreenville county as a means of compliance with the compulsory school attendance law.