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PLAN TO SCRAP SHIPS AND REDUCE FLEETS Secretary Hughes Throws Secret Diplomacy to the .Winds at Opening Session / Washington, Nov. 12.?"Scrap your capital shops.' Abandon your building program." Like the crack of a whip came this startling proposal today at the opening sessiort of the arms conference from the American government to the governments of Great Britain and Japan* It broke on the unprepared minds of the statesmen from London and Tokio like a flash of lighttrtifig from a clear sky. a t i * a J i. 1_. it iouna mem unreaay to mase reply. They are still gasping and unable to respond officially tonight, while the cables are burdened with thfc most momentous news they have carried since they bore to a waiting world three years ago the tidings that; the war was ended. The American cards are on the ta-1 ble?face up. They are being studied tonight in the capitals of the worlds ^ . - America has shown her hand. She v ptopcfses to do this: 1.-^-Scrap sixty-six capital ships, totaling 1,878,043 tons?thirty from America,- nineteen' from Britain, seventeen from Japan. 2.?Abandon all building programs ? America to give up her 1916 program, Japan to give up her "eight and, eight" program and Great Britain to ^cease construction of four new superHoods. * 3.?Enter upon a 10 year holiday . with. Great Britain and Japan dur , \ iiigr which there will be iy> building. 4,?Keep the relative strengths as they are at present?'Great Britain slightly in the lead, the- United States second, and Japan trailing, a bad third. 5.?Prohibit the size 6f future battleships, for replacement, to 35,000 tons. d.-^-Set the limit of capital ships to he retained at 2^ for Great Britain, i8 for the United States, and 10 for Japan. * Now World Leader Thus, with one swift, daring stroke did the United States today seize the leadership of the world from the statesmen who sat about tjtie green covered "table in Continental hall. ^ There, before the press of the world, with fite American congress "and hundreds of others looking on, did Sec-^ retary State Hughes bring forth a jJ&n which in the ordinary course of IT diplomatic procedure would have'been discussed only with great secrecy be* i ' Jlnjd ciosea ana guaraea acors. It was without precedent. It was i Open diplomacy with a vengeance and it caught the delegates of eight other fcations?only two of whom are conconcerned vitally?totally unprepared. They were riveted in their seats. Their eyes never left xthe tall, solid figure of the American secretary of state as he drove his points home with vigorous gestures. AUV AV^Ult UV<V^V?VVW) ** wv* -v, the veteran Right HonvA. J.- Balfour, "rat has participated jn every important international conference for thelast half century, looked on with surprise plainly written in their faces. ,The Japanese, following vith more dii&culty the clipped accent of Secretary Hughes," were, at first, more expressionless. But as they comprehended more and more the drift of the flttgkes proposal, the oriental mask slipped slightly and revealed astonishment and perturbation. "fcv . t. : J Tj II ' 1 | xne rrencn ana Italians, mure volatile, were quick to show that they Sensed the importance of what was going on. Ambassador Jusserand, the Oilly member of the French delegation with a good working knowledge of English, interpreted for Briand arid Viviani as Hughes went along. .Acceptance Expected ]>own at the end of the table, the "little fellows"?China, Belgium, Portugal and the' Netherlands?showed thfeir intense interest. They sensed that something was happening to the , - "Big Fellows." The question that was being asked t j i i.: in every embassy aim legawun, cvc^v hotel lobby and even on the streets of .the capital tonight is: "Will Japan and Great Britain accept?" The impression prevails that they will?that the United States, by the unprecedented courage of making su~h a proposal before the whole world', has placed the statesmen of both Great Britain and Japan in a position from which there is no escape but to accept. Unselfishly the United States has proposed to scrop more tonnage, lose mnrp monpv bv abandoning her un completed program, than either Great Britain or Japan. "What else can we do?" said one high British statesman with a shrug, to a friend. The bombastic speech cf SecretaryHughes fell upon the quiet, orderly stereotyped conference J ike a tfiun^erbolt. President Harding had fin> WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY WIGHTMAN CHAPEL The Woman's Missionary society of ! Wightman chapel observed the week of prayer last week, "Conquests Through Prayer" being the theme. t?I~ ? 'r,r>l/l X lie J. VII wv pi ugiamo ttvit nv.ui ishd his terse, but orderly, dignified j speech of welcome, and had departed ' from the hall, leaving American si rat-j egy and tactics in the hands of j; r* i Hughes and Root and Lodge and Underwood. ! Balfour, the suave, the polite, the j courtly English gentleman of the old j school had just nominated Secretary j Hughes to be permanent chairman of j the conference. jj Hughes Elected It was a gracious speech in ac- j knowledgment of the gratitude which, ; t'he assembled powers felt toward the United States for calling the confer- ( j ence. He praised Mr. Hughes as being "hones't, fearless and eiriejent!" ] Briand of France, was a quick second. Ke spoke rapidly in French and { 'said that France would be pleased to see the American secretary of state take over the conference as its oiiicial head. Secretary Hughes hitched his chair over the center of the U-shaped table, ( wittrtne Americans on ius mt British on his left. He rose holding in his hand a num- i ber of typewritten sheets.' Almost. before the applause which had greet- i ed his election had died away, the secretary began speaking. Upstairs, where sat the entire membership cf both houses of congress, the justices j of the supreme court, members of the ! cabinet and distinguished invited i guests, there was a hubbub of excited I whisper, which died away when the strong voice began carrying its message to the far corners of the crowd4 * ed room. * \ \ MB 4 ffKl* N \ The G ? Delivery service, wi motor fuel to a sev< the gasoline is qui< every time the mol allowing it to idle e / lot of gasoline. But there are other sides the "pep" tha sturdy pulling po\* mileage per gallon, pletely that there is the' moving parts oi ? i. These properties oi sessed by "5tandai article which leads i that makes for effic Work with your en Motor Gasoline for I STANDS L % at the church, Mrs. J. D. Griffin, president of the society, bein<r leader: Thursday?Subject: "Prayer and Missionary Achievements." Hymn. Bible lessons: (1) In eve/*y religion worthy of the name, prayer is an established principle. (2) In the life of every man prayer is elemental. (3). A true Christian will pray. Topic: ~ie assurance of prevailing prayer or God's assurances. Some achievements through prayer. Answered prayers. Hymn. Silent intercession. Closing hymn. Friday?Subject: Prayer and Gifts for Holding Institute. Hymn. Bible lessons: (1) True prayer is iccomplished by faith. (2). * True faith has the element )f expectancy. r Some Conditions of Prevailing Prayer or God's Conditions. Silent intercession. Incarnating a life through prayer. Holding Institute Meeting a Need. Hymn. Offering. Dismissal. Saturday?Subject: Prayer and jifts for Lambuth Training School. Hymn. Bible lessons: (1) True prayer has in attitude of confidence toward God. (2) True prayer has an attitude of 'orgriveness tpward man. (3) True prayer is persistent. ] (4) True prayer is communion. Silent intercession. Topic: The Women of Japan. The New Lambuth Memorial. 1 A poem on the death of Bishop vambuth. # Hymn. Offering. Dismissal. Phe week of prayer closed Sunday j I "V. r t^i asoliiie Delivei 0 ifth its innumerable stops ?re lest, especially in cold i *k firing, valuable time it tor has to be started. T1 t very time a call is made i * qualities that are desirabh t proper volatility assures, er for heavy grades, con The motor fuel must I) i practically 110 half-humcc F the motor and dilute the a well balanced motor f rd" Motor Gasoline. Itother gasolines in every ir :ient and economical open igine, not against it. Giv power and Polarinc Oil fa illl) OIL COJV T \ {[yew jersey; ? 'morning with a special missionary J 'sermon by the pastor, the Rev. J. I). [ Griffin. The Epworth League of Wightman j Chapel held its regular meeting Sun-j day evening at six o'clock. The i theme of the program was Prayer. The meeting was led by Horace Dominick. mi COOPERATIVE MARKETING i STRAIGHT ROAD TO SUCCESS | j i Columbia, Xov. 11.?Resolutions i . ' j calling upon the bankers, merchants, ; j newspaper men and the people of the state generally to assist in putting! lover the cooperative marketing of cotton were passed at the. meeting of the | organization committee of the South ' ! Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative j association in Columbia Tuesday. The I 'resolutions declare the movement one1 of such vital importance to the wel-, j fare of the state that everybody! ; should be concerned as to its out j ; conic. The resolutions call attention to the j ! fact that the general assembly of the ; state at its last session passed" res-! olutjons endorsing the movement. | ; Similar resolutions have been adopted j by the State Fair society and many other organizations over the state. I j "It seems to us," says the resoluI tions, "that the cotton farmers' only i hope for the future lies in the success-! ful formation of this association. The j ~ ? 4-l-wv Xirrr/^xril in fill <5 ! ; prustrncu ui tin; wn vy\.v.??? ... state is going to force Him 'to restrict his acreage and will greatly decrease | '/the production on the acreage that is j planted. .How important it is then | that he should secure a fa'r price for; that which he does produce! This he can dp through intelligent .market-1 ing." J In announcing the action of the ! committee Harry G. Kaminer, president, said: "The cotton farmer is right now ihat s the Gc: ami starts, pills & vea titer* Unless /jfa j frittered away (i?r le alternative of neans wasting a 5 in gasoline* be- JBjJp There must be (j|| i)j& ibined with big v$|'f urn up so com- m% 1 residue to foul j||K j I; : lubrieatinsr oil. Wm Hi I uel are all pos- | B;||j| is an improved j&r nportant quality fifi j^?n? m c it "Standard*' jjjp' r lubrication. jm Jll^ IPANY Ip ? a .Jfti confronted with some very seriou problems. "He has been pretty hard u against it before, plenty of times, c perhaps we should say all the tim< He has possibly been up against it a hard as he is at present, but "Now he stands at the cross road: On the one hand he sees stretchin out before hfini, twisting and turnini rough anil rutty, the old trail he h< been following since the beginninf It has been a hard road and the vie ahead is not encouraging. * fc f ^ > ? + l">n V* r\ r li o n /] ic o T> O \J straight, hardsurfaced road leadin straight to the cotton mill. It. is smooth road, well kept, and in its su: face is stamped this message: 'Gud anteed by 80,000 satisfied usdrs?a] proved by agricultural specialists.' "This new road is built on a sour bu?iness-like system, as are all oth( "hi-rlivvnnf indnsfrv. which othei are now following to prosperity. "The new road is the South Can linn Growers' Cooperative associatioi ]>y means of it the farmer cai through his own hired marketing e: pert, go all the way to market wit his cotton, guarding it from the los es'in country damages, city cro] speculative profits, unnecessar handling costs., etc., and take with 1 all of the money 'the spinner pays ir stead of the small part^hat has hen tofore been his in the price and th local buyer has paid him. "South Carolina farmers are takin the new road in steadily increasin numbers." * NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMEN I will make a final settlement c the estate of Nath Moseley in th probate court for Newberry count: S. C., on Wednesday, the 7th day c December, 1921, at 10 o'clock in th forenoon and will immediately then after ask for my discharge as admir istratrix of said estate. , ORIE MOSSJLEY, Admx. Newberry, S. C. Nov. 5th, 1921. ton ? 7 I ^ ff" **,7^ I IS I JL J s. 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