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L-UC.jr , nu^uun * > ?.?> ' WILSON WARNS OF DELAY ON TREATS Formal Ratification of Treaty anc League of Nations Must be First Step Toward Normal World Washington, Aug. 19.?Presidenl ?" ? aii ii - j? - ? W liSOIl COICI trie lureign iciawun. committee ct the' outset of his con ference today that he could see nc "reasonable objection" to interpretations of how the United States accepts the league of nations provided such interpretations did not form a part of the formal ratification. If interpretations were part of the formal ratification, the president contended, long delays would follow as other governments would have tc ? "accept in effect the language of the senate as the language of the treatj before ratification would be complete." Most of the interpretations, the president said, seemed to him to suggest "the plain meaning of the instrument itself." The much discussed Article Ten, the president told the senators, was not of doubtful interpretations when read in connection with the whole covenant. The council, he said, could only "advise" and as its'action must be unanimous, the affirmative vote of the United States would be necess sary to any question affecting it. Article Sixteen, the president said, provided that where there*is a dis pute found to De soreiy witnm uic jurisdiction of one of the parties, under international law, the league ? council shall so report and make nc recommendation for its settlement Immigration, tariffs and the like, the president said,' clearly came undei that provision. The President's Statement. \ Washington, Aug. 19.?Presidenl \ "Wilson began his conference with the senate foreign relations committee at the White House, today with ar opening statement on the peace treaty and the league of nations. He ? ' said: "Mr. Chairman: I am sincerelj :glad that the committee should have responded in this way to my intima tion that I would like to be of service to it. I welcome the opportunity foi a frank and full interchange oi views. "I hope, too, that this conference will serve to expedite the considera tion' of the treaty of peace. I beg that you will pardon and indulge me if I again urge that practically the * whole task of bringing the countrj back to normal conditions of life and industry waits upon the decision *? * ~ ???J c ot tne senate witn regaru tu tuc 1^1 11XC of the peace treaty. "I venture thus again to urge advice that .the action of the senate -with regard to the treaty be taker at the earliest practicable momenl because'1 the problems with which we ' are face to face in the readjustments of our national life are of the mosl pressing and critical character, will require for their proper solution the most intimate and disinterested cooperation of all parties and kll interests and cannot be postponed with * out manifest peril to our people anc to all the national adventages we hold most dear. May I mention s few of the matters which cannol be handled with intelligence rr-t". the country knows the character d the peace it is to havo? I do sc only by a very few samples. "The copper mines of Montana and Alaska for example, are being kept open and in operation only a1 a great cost and loss, in part upor borrowed money. The zinc mines oi Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsir are being operated at about one hah their capacity; the lead of Idaho Illinois and Missiouri reaches only 2 portion of its former markets; ther< is an "immediate need of cotton belt ing, and also for lubricating oil which 1 xl - .1 cannot be met?all because tne caaxi nels of trade are barred by war wher there is no war. The same is true of raw cotton, of which the centra empires alone formerly purchasec ? nearly four million bales. ^And thes< are only examples. There is hardlj a single raw material, a single important food stuff or a single class o1 manufactured goods which is not ir H| the same case. Our fu\ normal prof|E itable producetion waits 011 peace. H Our military plans of course, wail upon it. We cannot intelligently oi W wisely decide how large a naval 0] W military force we shall maintain oi I what our policy with regard tc r military training is to be unti we have peace not only but also until we know hov peace is to be sustained, whether b] the arms of a single nation or bj -Ll-- oil fVio cry pat. xne vi an uiv x?x And there is more than that diffi "Rat-Snap Beats the Best Trap Evei Made," Mrs. Emily Shaw Says. "My husband bought $2.00 trap, bought a 50c box of RAT-SNAP. Thi trap only caught 3 rats but RAT SNAP killed 12 in a week. I'm neve without RAT-SNAP. Reckon couldn't raise chicks without it.' RAT-SNAP comes in cakes. Thre< sizes, 25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold an< guaranteed by Gilder & Weeks Co. * 'culty involved. The vast surplus r properties of the army include, not food and clothing merely, whose sale I will nffect normal production, but : great manufacturing establishments ialso which should be restored to their former uses, great stores of machine t tools and all sorts of merchandise 5; which must lie idle until peace and - j military policy are definitely deter>; mined. By the same token there can - j be no properly studied national bud get until then. 1 | Will Lose Markets. i | "The nations that ratify the treaty j such as Great Britain, Belgium and s | France, will be in a position to lay ! their plans for controling the mar ;! kets of Central Europe without co> ' operation from us, if we do not pres:; ently act. We have no consular r ] agents, no trade representatives j there to look after our interests. "There are large areas of Europe i whose future will lie uncertain and questionable until their people know I the final settlements of peace and ithe forces which are to administer Jand sustain it. Without determinate >, markets our production cannot proi J ceed with intelligence or confidence. ;' There can be no stablization of wages I because there can be no settled con;: ditions of employment. There can s ; be no easy or normal industrial cre , dits, because there can be no confij dent or permanent revival of busi, ness. j "But I will not weary you with ob; vious examples. I will only venture to repeat that every element of nor! mal life amongst us depends upon > and awaits the ratification of the . treaty of peace, and also that we ; cannot afford to lose a single sum mer's day by not doing all that we can to mitigate the winter s suuer! ing, iwhich, unless we find means to i prevent it may, at its worst, bring ; upon Europe conditions even more i terrible than those* wroguht by the ; war itself. 11 "Nothing, I am led to believe, s stands in the way of the ratification i of the treaty except certain doubts | with regard to the meaning and imr plication of certain articles of the covenant of the league of nations - j and I must frankly say that I am ?; unable to unde^ -tand why such :' doubts should ? .itertained. You 11 will recall that when I had the pleasjure of a conference with your comj mittee and with the committee of the .. house of representatives on foreign f affairs, at the White House in March i last, the questions now most frei quently asked about the league of r nations were all canvassed, with a i view to their immediate clarification. i i: The covenant of the league was then }; in its first draft and subject to revijsion. It was pointed out that no ex r! press recognition was given to tne ?; Monroe Doctrine, that the league l should not have authority to act or k to express a judgment on matters of ;; domestic policy, that the right to > withdraw from the league was not : expressly recognized, and that the I constitutional right of the congress j! to determine all questions of peace - ?(nd war was not sufficiently safe guarded. On my return to Paris all - these matters were taken ijp again I by the commission on the league of i - nations and every suggestion of the i United States was accepted. i! The view of the United States with " ' ' J-i T 1 ? regard 10 tne questions i nave mcnf jtioned had, in fact, already been ac ; complished by the commission and , there was supposed to be nothing ini i consistent about them in the draft of 1 1 the covenant first adopted?the draft : which was the subject of our discusi sion in March, but no objection was t* made to saying explicitly in the text i what all had supposed to be implicit [ ; in it. There was absolutely no doubt J as to the meaning of any one of the i resulting provisions of the eovenant i in the minds of those who partici-: pated in drafting them, and I re1 'spectfully submit that there is noth-' ing vague or doubtful in their word l nig. I I The Monroe Doctrine. I "The Monroe Doctrine is expressly 1 mentioned as an understanding which i is in no way to? be impaired or interr fered with by anything contained in - |the covenant and the expression "rei. gional understandings like the Mon1 roe Doctrine" was authorized, not - because any one of the conferees j thv :ght there was any comparable ; j agreement anywhere else in existr ence or in contemplation, but only r because it was thought best to avoid r the appearance of dealing in such a > ; document with the policy of a single 1 nation. , j "Absolutely nothing is concealed i, in the phrase." f ( r The Pot and the Kettle Again. # j Life. . j "The doctor is telling ever'body - haw he give ye nothin' but sweetened r . water 'stead of reg'lar medicine, j Jed," said one old crony to another. B j "The danged ol* hypocrit, but just ! ami 1__ i._:? i-_ u;n T - j wait mi iic tries tu pass mai vm * r j paid him with." 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HOW ^ m I A.ViVMS B BftBH V IHk R9 H EtPEP HER B Rats die ? | so do mice, once they eat RAT{ SNAP. And they leave no odor beI hind. Don't take our word for it? * fact! try a package. Cats and dogs won't been i touch it. Rats pass up all food to ,r j^g ! get RAT-SNAP. Three sizes. V *" j 25c size (1 cake) enough for la xar | pantry, kitchen or cellar. is ad- j 50c size (2 cakss) for chicken Kvays! house, coops, or small buildings, t ex-! $1-00 size (5 cakes) enough, for r t j all farm and out-buildings, storage j buildings, or factory buildings. ibent, | Sold and guaranteed by Gilder & orded Weeks Co. : , ^ ; high office?to let his lyre remain 5'ac* ! mute sooner than let it strike a com' mon-place or maudlin chord, has | m ss is | "Niagara falls being out of date," while says the Boston Transcript, "why 1". of fVio lftvpr<5 snpnd their honev that moon at Bliss, Idaho; Joy, Ky.; De-! verse light, Kan.; or Paradise, Cal.?" The in-1 reason is, of course, that Huggins, sort j Ark., and Kissee Mills, Mo., are far aure- preferable. 2n in- j paper i Woman's Wit. eader I Boston Transcript. like- j "Nextdore's wife has saved up noor some money for a nest egg." ar, it' "Is that why you call her an old j ;h his j hen?" j nn vnn Ncpn 1/U 1UU ULiLiI/ WE HAV DO YOU NEED WE HAVE I We carry in stock fro ferent makes of buggi( you in the make of your the High Point, the Br others. The Piedmont and C ons. None better. Prices correct. Bettt i . 1 ! 1 Jection now wnne we na Moline Mowers and Ral It takes money to buy what you need from yoi The Pun | Newberry, I I We Pay the Hi: for Country It has been our method sine try and give every one a square we have succeeded and if any contrary we will thank them t we should give our customers e both when selling to them anc to us, just 30 long as we are mi We have just returned fron most complete line we have < that we have bought at much pectedand we are going to grv this and when we sell out buy " * ^ 1 ? ? l tiling, uur line in pari cuijsisi * Notions, Ready-to-Wear, Cloth Children's Ready-to-Wear Cl< men, women and children, Noti kind. We have a specialty in Ties, Collars and Overalls, Wc a foil line of Notaseme Hosier ium cuts. We have a compl children's Sweaters, can fit mo; we say that we believe now is 1 and buy what you are going to I honest in the matter because i prices will go higher on many that, we have bouerht at a pric to give you a bargain and w reads this and who is going t line before doing so. We ha1 whom we have known quite a i have given us the lowest possit why we shouldn't sell you as many instances cheaper than y er cities and we are going to < lieve it just give us a trial. In also carry a line of Furniture Oats, Corn, Hay, Hardware, in we want you to come look over buy it's all right, we will be g same. We have a lot of carriet ers that we will sell at the old this means. i We expect to furnish our ] the papers from time to time weeks commencing Saturday, pay the following prices in ti count: For Eggs, per dozen For Hen, per pound For Friers, per pound. . . For Butter, per pound (to We also buy lot of four foot wood. Get our prices before s 1,500 bushels Red Rust Proo I -Pav Qaa no o a GOT*}' LUIlli dtlCU XVJi . VWA >, book your needs. 1,000 Cords Four Foot Pine to sell see us. We wish to thank our many eral patronage during the pas ing to prepare ourselves to ser before. Don't leave your hon than you can get the same good We always stand ready to aci return what should we expeci you would expect. Remember Deal to All." Yours v W. P. Derric Little Mountain . * A BDGGV? E IT A WAGON/ T TOO m two to four difjs and can please choice. We have nun and several Chattanooga Wag3r make your seve 'em. Also hare tes. Save the hay. it. Better gather ir own farm. :ell Co. , S. C. shest Prices Produce e going into business to 3 deal. In this we think of our customers think 0 tell us. We feel that very advantage we can, 1 when they are selling iking a fair profit. i market and have the * /? i ever carried, we ieei i lower prices than exre you the advantage of more and do the same ts' of Shoes, Dry Goods, , both men and women, Dthing, Underwear for ons of practically every Work and Dress Shirts, irk and Driving Gloves, y, both dress and medete line of ladies' and st any size. Now when the time for you to pick need in this line we are ^e not only believe the j articles but we believe :e which will enable us e want every one who 0 buy to come see our ve bought from firms vhile and feel that they >le prices and no reason cheap and in a great ou can buy in the largdo it. If you don't beaddition to this line we , Groceries, Hog Feed, fact a general line and our stock. If you don't ;lad to see* you just the 1 over Shoes and Sweatprice. You know what produce prices through and for the next two August 16th, we will *ade cash at usual dis 45c 25c 35c be fresh) 35c pine and eight foot oak jelling. f and Appier Seed Oats y as possible and let us Wood wanted. If any customer for their libt year and we are try l? 4-1% n v* r\rrr\ir ve yuu uci/ter iuau cvu ie town and pay more is at your friend's store, commodate you and in t. Nothing more than ' our motto, "A Square ery truly, :k & Co.. ? ? 7 a, S. C.