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Section One Pages I to 12 Pag 1 t 2 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1920 POLISH INDEPENDENO[ STAND Of AMERICA Sessions Might Involve Results at Which Country Recoils, Colby Says NOT TO DEAL WI'ICE SOVIET Reasons Why United States Has Not Recognized "Socalled Republics" Washington, Aug. 10.-(By the As sociated Prcss.)-The American Gov ernment declared today for the main tenance of the political independence and territorial integrity of Poland and against any dismemberment of Russia. In a note addressed to the Italian ambassador Secretary Colby, speaking with the approval and consent of Pres ident Wilson, said the United States took "no exception" to the efforts to arrange an armistice between Poland and Russia and would "regard with satisfaction" a declaration by the Al lied and associate Powers that the "territorial integrity and boundaries" of Russia would be respected. The government flatly stated, how ever ,that it would not, "at least for the present," participate in any plan for the expansion of the armitee ne gotiations into a general European conference because it would -in all probability involve two results from which the United States "strongly re coils." "The recognition of the Bolshevik regime." "A settlement of Russian problems almost inevitably upon the basis of a dismemberment of Russia." Diplomatic Secrets Disclosed. The note was in response to an "agreeable intimation" from the Ital ian ambassador that his government would welcome a settlement of the views of the American Government on the Polish situation. Much of it was devoted to a statement of the sympa thetic feeling of the United States to ward the Russian people. In reviewing past events as evidence of this sym pathy the Secretary of State disclosed some' hitherto diplomatic secrets. Mr Colby revealed that the Amer ican Government had withheld its ap proval from the decision of the su preme council at Paris, recognizing the independence of the "so-called re publics" of Georgia arid Azerbaijan because part of them were called out of the (li Russia] Empire. It also was stated that the United tntcs hald taken the position that the falid d nation of the boundaries of Armenia, which the President has been asked by the Allies to fix, "must rot Ie made with oIt Russia-'s coopera tion lan agreement." It was further disclosed that the United States had persistently refused to rcognize Lhe Baltic states with the exception of Finlan 1, a once indepn dent ntion, becaume it held that they were rightly a part of Russia and that the territory embraced in them should be held for the Russian people until they should have organized a stable government. Russia in Grip of Soviets. "We are unwilling," the note de clared, "that wvhile it (Fussia) is help - less in the grip of a non-representative government whose only sanction is brutal force. Russia shall be wveakened still further by a policy of dismember ment conlceivedl in other than Russiani interests." Secretary Colby's statement of the attitude of the American government in the face of threatened overthrow of Poland b~y the Russian Bolsheviki was unequivocal, lie dlecalredl that the people of the United States wvere "ear nestly solicitous" for the maintenance of P'oland's territorial integrity and political independence. "From this attitudle we will not dle part," he announced, "and the policy of this government will lbe dlirected to the employment of all available nmeans to rendler it effectual." Pillage and oplpression of the Poles, the later dleclared, wvould remove Rus sia wholly from (out of the ''pale of the friendly interests of other nations." Trhe Sec ret ary's note wats acceptedl generally as evidence that the United States aind Gr;yt Britain and France were at one in a determination fo pre vent the absorption of the new re jpublic into Soviet Russia. Great Brit tain's views on the subject were out lined today in the British I louse of Commons by Prenmier Lloyd George. England and America Differ There apparently, howvever, was a the British and American governments on the questions of dealing with the Soviet and preservation of the true boundaries of the former Russian em pire. Informal exchanges between Wash ington and London and Paris on the Russian-Polish situation have been proceeding for some days, and the fact that the American note was ad dressed to the tlalian minister caused some surprise in Washington. Mr. Lloyd George had announced in the I-louse of Commons only today that inquiry surely would ye made as to the position of the American Gov ernment. To this was added the fact that Italy had not taken an active part in the Allied discussions of the question and had not been represent ed at the Hythe conferepee of Allied Premiers, at which a policy was out lined. The Ameriedn nate did not go into details as to the "available means" which might be employed in protect ing the independence of Poland, and there was no information as to the views of United States Government all the blockade and economic meas ures decided upon at Ilythe. Like wies there was only an implied re sponse to Poland's request for a declqration of the "moral support" of the United States in the fight against the Soviet. Defines Boundaries In declaring for the maintenance of the true boundaries of Russia so that the whole of the vast empire might be held for the Russian people until such time as they had established a permanent government, the Secretary of State said these boundaries should properly include the'whole of Russia with the exception of Finland proper, Ethenic Poland and such territory as might by agreement from a part of the independent Armenian State. The aspiration sof these nations for independence are legitimate, lie said, because each was forcibly annexed by old Russia and their liberation con sequently involved no aggressions against Russia's territorial rights. Adeclaration by. the Allied and as sociated powers that the territorial in tegrity of Russia shoul be respected, the secretary continued, presupposdt the withdraiwal of all foreign troops from the territory embraced by these boundaries and should be accompanied by the announcement that no trans cession by Poland, Finland or any other power of the line so drawn ald proclaimed would be permitted. 'Thus oniy." he asserted, "caln the Bolshevist regime be deprived of its false but effect've appeal to R'.'ssiar nalttionlal ism ant; comele to mieet the inevitablei chalknuge of reason al( self respect which the Russian people secure frol invasion nd territoriai violation are sure to ddres:l to a so call philhoophy that degrades then and a tyrann y that oppresses theni."' iHEl.TII NI:RSES , '[O WAGE FIGIT Board of Child Hygiene and Publi< Nursing Cooperate Witil Tubercu losis .Association. Miss Helen B3. Fenton, district su 1Crvisor of the bureau oft chlido hy. gienie andii public hlealthl nursinlg, wvas at the bureau's headquarters on th< fourth floor oif the Palmetto Bank build ing yesterday and1( toild something, of the wvork being done over thle stat<( by tile public hlealtih nurs~es. Ti bureau in cooperation with the Souti Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis associa tion, 1s at prlesenit aiding ill the fighi against tuberculosis. There are 4( public health nurses under the super. vision of the state boar-d .of hlealti but about 68, in all in the State. Thiest have been as~ked to c-ooperate with til< tuberculosis association during til< months of A ugust and September Physicians niear- each of the nlurse, have also been asked to coopierate Printed matter- on the disease has1 beei senlt to each of them, Miss F'entoi says, and thorough instructio'ns give, concern ing tile work they areC exp1cCt ed to (do. Thie winlter nmonthis are given ove1 bly the nurlses to work wioth the sc-hoo chIildr-en, thle spring months to ibb wvelfar-e and the fall wvill he dlevote< to special wvork wvith tubherculosis. Th< puliic health nurses paiy attentionl t< tubierculosis at atll times and~ aid wvitl every effort in the figiht thlat is beint wvagedl againsat this dlisease, but thley aire c-oncentr-ating upon01 thlis wvork dur11 ing these two( mlonlths, Pariailiesi whlicih dent ha have oc-cuirred dlurinj thlis year will he visited and whier: there are conltact cases, help will bi iven. BETTER MAIL SERYICE ASKED FOR MANNING! Manning, S. C., July 19, 1920. To The Chief Clerk of Railway Mail Service, Charleston, S. C. Dear Sir: We would again call your attention to the very poor mail service that we receive at this place, and request that you give it some consideration, and have one of your representatives make a personal investigation of it. You will understand that this is no com plaint against the Postmaster, or a:-y of his force, but we think with o ! amount of business done here thv. the mails should be handled with more dispatch. At present if the trains are on time we receive and dispatch one mail a day each way, except on Sun (lay when we get only the morning mad. In the week if the train reaches here hefore nine at night the mail is distributed that night, if not, it is dis tributed next morning too late for the trains that morning to do any good and causing a wait of twenty-four hours before we could get off the re ply. We think that as this Office now comes under a Second Class Office that sufficient force should be given to put up mails each night, Sunday included whether trains are on time or not. We also request that a Mail Clerk be put on trains 46 and 47, which would give us a double service. First National Bank, by W. C Davis, President. W. C. Davis, Attorney. J. I1. Rigby, Mereahnt. The 5-10-25c Store Ir. W. Gordon McCabe & Co. by S. J. Smith. The Manning Grocery Co. F. L. Wolfe. Appelt & Shope. .J. E. Davis. S. J1. Smith. C. C. C:iewning. B. B. Breedin. Hoffman French Dry Cleaning Co, by Cary Smith. Cary Smith. J. B. Cantey, Clerk of Court. H. D. Dubrow. Charlton DuRant. Home Bank & Trust Co. DuRant & Floyd. II. I. Ellerbe. DuRant & Ellerbe, Attornys. Clarendon Telephone Co. Plowden Hardware Co. Coffey & Rigby. .J. W. Rigby. . Purdy & O'Bryan, Attorneys. Manning Light & Ice Co. by S. Oliver O'Bryan. S. Oliver O'Bryan. Dickson Grocery & Feed Co. Manning Builders Supply Co. A. J. Rigby, Jos. S. Dickson. F. P. Burgess. J. F. I)ickson. PAXVILLE IT'EMS Mrs. .1. W. ims and children spent the week-end with relatives here, re turning to Sumter on Monday. Miss Iva Geddings left last week for a two weeks visit to her friend, Mrs. Ada Crumle y at Saluda. Miss Varnie McLeod is visiting re httives and friends at Charleston, and Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Annie E. lerlong has return ed from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Alec Rodgers at Kingstree. Miss .Jessie Curtis has been appoint ed to teach the 1Home Branch Adul school and begun work on the 2nd. She reports a very enthusiastic class. A party composedl ,>r Mesdames G. HI. Curtis and daughter, A mel ia, .. WV. M ims, .Jr., and childlren, T1. WV. (Gunter, Misses Vivian Curtis, D~aisy and Carrie Rhame have returnedl from Charles ton and the Isle of P'alms where they spent several clays enjoying the seai Mrs. Charlie Bradhama and clild ren of Sumter are visiting at tihe ionme of Mr. L. Weinberg. iMr. Dave Wilson of tile firm of Eadon & Wi ton left Saturday for Baltimore t rhs od o h fall trade,.o ucaegod o h Rev. P. B. Ingraham is away on his vacation and will not fill h1is appoint -ament next Sunday miorn ing at the Methodist church. Little Grc TIisdale celebated her sixth birthday on last Saturday after noon1. Quite a number of her little friends wvere present to enjoy the oc easion1 wvith her. Ice (camn and cake were-served (luring tile a fternaoon. On nlext Tuaesday, the 17th, cam paigtn D~ay here, the ladies of tihe Methodist church wvillI serve diiner in the grove of Mr's. S. E. C ur'tis. Upon03 the conclusion of the speeches, a game of ball wvillI be played on the Pa xvilleI diamond between P'inewvood and the local team. Our boys are gettinig th ings ill shape and1( a lively game is promiisedI. Be sure to spendi next Tu'Lesday in Paxville. > COUJRT-'MARIJAL 1)UTY'X M iam i, Vla., A ug. 9.- -- Rearm Adma- a I IHenton C. Decker, com~ma ndcanit of the - sevenith1 naval d istrtict wvithi headquar ters at Key West, has been detaced and11 order'ed to report at Hampton Roads for general court-martial dunty, as wvas officially announced at the Key West navnl station thifeno. ADDITIONAL LOCALS A truck belonging to the Manning Candy Kitchen got away fron the driver Monday evening, ran into thc front of the Home Bank and Trust Co, anll. did considerable damage to the brick and plate glass in one of the doors. Mr. Lee Von Sauten of the Clarendon Irug company came near losing his life Monday' night when he came in contact with a live wire near the depot. It seems that the are lamp near that point had been blown dowi by the storm and the wire broken. As sistance was rendered Mr. Von Sau ten by parties nearby who heard him fall and as a result of the timely ac tion even though he was badly burned his life was saved. The construction company contract ing to build the highways of Claren don. commenced work yesterday. The, started at Turbeville and will come t( Manning. The next r-oad will be from Pinewood to the Williamsburg line. It now looks as if Clarendon will gel some good roads, as this company works a large crew of hands and other necessary machinery for build. ing roads it will not take them long to give us some turn-pikes. Rural Policeman J. Edward Gamble located and arrested Richard Rowe, c negro, who killed another negro ir 1914, at Alcolu, by the name of Wise and made good his escape. This negrc has been dodging the officers for siN years, but through the detective worli of Rural Policeman Gamble, he wa, located and arrested and lodged in jai last night. Mr. Gamble was alon when the arrest was made at Gable yesterday evening. Clarendon Coun ty has a State-wide reputation foi running down criminals. Mrs. Horace Thomas entertained al four tables of rook this afternoon ir honor of Mrs. E. F. LeParde of Vir ginia. After the games a deliciou. salad course with iced tea was served The. guests were, Mrs. E. F. LeParde Mrs. .1. D. Gerald, Mrs. McElveen Mrs. Ma rian Williams, M rs. Franl Burgess, Mrs. Cary Smith, Mrs. Scot, Harvin, Mrs. F. C. Thomas, Mrs. Me Crea, Mrs. B. B. Breedin, Mrs. Arant Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Wycoff, Mrs. Scot Harvin, Sr., and Mrs Patrick. For the past week Miss Cecil Clarl ha4 entertained a "lucky seven" girl: at a house party, each moment of thei stay being filled with fun and frolic The guests were Miss Harriett Wan namaker, Miss Margret Gelzer, Mis: Margret Clickley and Miss Lida Glov er, all of Orangeburg and the follow ing town girls: Miss Francis llarvin Miss Leila Margaret Dickson, am Miss S-Ath Lesesne. Among the af fairs given in their honor was foui tables of rook on Friday morning a the home of Miss Clark. On Thurs (lay evening Mrs. George Di:kson an< Mrs. Iiggenbotham chaperoned abou thirty members of the younger set a a picnic supper and swimming matel given by Miss Clark for her guests at Tindal's mill pond. Thursday even ing the home of Miss Clark was th scene of a lovely party given in hono of her guests, a color scheme of gob anld whiite being carried out in th decoration3 oi cut flower.,; and in th dainty ices served. Delightful informality characteri-e the party given at the home of Mayo mad Mrs. W. C. Davis Th ursday even ing in honor of their attractive neices IMisses Belva, Louise and Claira lay 1,(-swoirth of Florence. Upon the ar rival oif the guests they were givem ten letters of the alphabet and rec qulestedl to write a teni word telegramii beginning the words of the telegr-an with the letter-s given them. 'Thes were then readl andio votedl upon, M is Iriene Plowden winiing the prizte a bo: of stationer-y for- the most uniqu telegr-am. ....ext came( a match guess mig conitest whiich affordedl much fun lFortunes inl nut shells were- passe amnonig the gu-st~s ando these wer openedco and r-eilad a0oud. Punch wa ser'vedo throughout the- evening from ao artistically arrianged punch bowl 0i the p)orch over wvhich Misses Clara IHay~ne.swVort L ou .)1ise Br'own'. Bloci creamlil inl yellow andl white with pounm cake icedl in wvhite wvas served at late hour11. Dainty powder'i puffs wer given the young ladies as favors wh ii gay c'oloi'ed balloons fell to the young men. Tlhe guests i ncludmed : Miss Tor Ilagnal, Miss I 'rne P'lowdein, Mis .Juiliai Wilson. Miss M ildr'ed Brown Miss Rita Hlugginas, Clnarence lDink ins, Craven Bradhamn, Lau11rens Briad hama, Theodore Lese('sne(, Jr., Thoma Haigal, Scott BagnalI, HIarry G er'a ld (C)AL. EXPICT'IS AlUE LA RGE WVash ington, A'Xug. 101-Ex2<por'ts ! bituinous coalI fr'om the UI nite R'to(s duin lg the fiscal1 y'ai- just enid nil ('eceded by~ more thlan 5,000,00)( according to foreign trd fiI igure'(s iis sud todany by~ thle D~epar'tment of Com. D~uri ng thle fiscal yeari 1920 22,97ti, 9192299,978 wer-e e'x\ported comparIli ed S'h 18,152,337 tons valued at. $75,82(6 ('lb y(''ir agJo. In addition bunkea eml loaded on vessels for for'eigt ' ndle in 1920 ann1031 em to 836,r5 BOARD GRANTS WAGE INCREASE Chicago, Aug. 1O.-The railway i bor board's decision today awarding an annual wage increase of $30,000,000 to employes of the American Express I Company will be submitted to the 80,000 men affected in a referendum,' with a recommendation that the award be accepted, officials of the four unions included in the decision said tonight. The labor board granted a flat in crease of 16 cents an hour to the em ployes, retroctive to May 1, 1920. While this amount was somewhat less than the men demanded, it -was said by officials of the unions tonight t> "appear to no satisfactory" and belief was expressed that the employes would approve it. The four unions of the express ei ployes, all of which were included in the award, are the Order of Railway Expressmen, the RaIhvay Express Drivers, Chauffeurs and Conductors, Local No. 720 of Chicago; the Interna tioml Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chiefs, Stablemen and Helpers of America. and tie Brotherhood of Rail way and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and , Station Em ployes. MANY INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK Savannah, Ga., August 10.-Froni twenty to thirty persons were injured this afternoon when Atlantic 'Coast Line train No. 83, New York to Jack sonville, was derailed four miles north of Hardeeville, S. C. The train coil sisted of nine coaches, six of which left the tracks and went over a five foot embankment. aRilroad men de elare no one was killed. All avail able ambulances have been ordered 1o thc union station here and reserva tions at Savannah hospitals have been madie for the injured. The following injured persons have han taken to the Savannah hospital: :rs. P. W. Brown, Savamah, back I injpred: serious. Mrs. Pauline Lane, Jacksonville, shoulder bruise.. 1calp Wound. J. A. G: rrard, 70.1 Wynnwood road, West Piiladelphia, ribs broken. G. .1. Barnes. Anderson, S. C. N. P. Caddell, Charleston, S. C. W. J. Craig, passenger tralic man ager Atlantic Coast Line, Wilming ton, N. C., body bruises. A. B. llemingway, Ridgeland, S. C. I riilt shoulder fractured. Mrs. John 'Reitz, Irs. Charles Reitz ind John Reitz, Ashland, Pa., buruisecs on necks andl heads. - Mr-. Neetle Kimes, Fort MeaI e, Fla., briised and shaken up. A number of injured were released fron the hospital after examination. BERGl)OLL ANi RIATTVES New York, August 10.-Erwin Ru dolph Bergidoll being court-mart ia led on Goverror's Isharind, chr ged fith deserton from tOh armly in evi.ing tlth draft law, did not want to enter the ar-my and bie inl position where he "miighit hlave fir hoot relaitives onl t he other ile,"' acco rd ing to t estimonay todlay by Wmn. E. Ellis wvho was chair mian of tihe local <harft board of Broomal, .Ja., at thle time Bergdoll Bergdloll d isa ppea red a fter he was Itold that ais he was an Amiler ican c iti en1 lhe rnuist aniswer the dr a ft call, Ellis sarid. Walter R. JIohns, treasurer (of the .Med ia Trust C'ompa ny, Meidia, Pa., idlent ifi(ed thbe hanadwr-i ting of Mr-s. Er win R. Bergdloll,. deceased wvife of the accu sedl, wholi hadi wittten a letter to the diaft bioardr asking wiry Bergdloll was placed ini (hiss I whenl he was 5IGNED) BY AI.I AES r'Sv res. Fraincei. Aug. 10i.. -(ly tile A ssic iieud Pr'ess.) ----Tuirk ey, till last poiwer' tol remnaill inl ai state oif war withi the EnItent e, s i'ned tile treaty triday andi is no(w oile~lially at. peiace. ISeria andi1 lra z a lone oif tile na11 ion~s initeiesteid liad reifused to s ign. I 'remlier Veizielois, alithIouigh a11 cie ig whamt is c'onsidrledi tri have' beein onre of Is life amblitionas, aflixedl Is signature tir tire th ree vouminouis idoe umoenlts tile tlrty itself, andl ltalol G;-rek pirotoco-l andi a pirrtioiol (in Asia inor andi tihe zones( of inlfluieni.2 wi trobn h 'rlirIandis andri sombre face a1rie by somell to illneiss an iro(ver elk. The thrree 'rik ish delegates loIoked awvay as thec premier passedl their seats, nlot bow ing to I im as they dlid to thel( othier dlelegatts. INV. 63 IONlI D18C.OS[S SOM Of 1118 STEPS amous Financier Tells Kiwanians of Rise POSTAL EXCHANGE DEALS ks Yet lIe Has Found No One Who Will Have to Mlake Good Any Loss Sustained Boston, August 1--Charles Ponzi, vlo claims to have jumped from Com arative Poverty to a multimillionaires state in a few montls through deal ngs in imternational postal coupos, old members of the Kiwanis Club to lay sonie of the steps in the process y which he claims to have amassed is fortune. Ponzi, making his first appeorance s ai after-dinner spleaker since ho ecame one of the most talked of mien n the country, was a luncheon guest f the club. Ile was invited some ime ago, before lie was compelled to ease payment in his "fifty per cent ii forty-five days" proposition becauso f the orders issue(d by the Stato ank commissioner to the Hanover rust Company yesterday to pay no nore of Ponzi's checks. In opening his remarks Ponzi reit rated his claim that he was solvent ml expressed confidence that this vould be substantiated by the fed 'ral and State investigations now in >rogress and that he would be able ,o resume business in a few days. Small Office to Start. Ile related how he had hired a small >fhce, use(d his small capital in v'ari >s business schemes, and then, with in international reply coupon always n front of him on his desk, "began o do something." lie finally obtained inancial assistance, lie sai(l, to de 'elop his idea and spent thouis'ils )f (ollars inl foreign corrcs pond. Mee. "I found out," le said, "tha the itttal coupons were being sold in 'oreign countries for the equivalent of ;ix cents and could be converted into .o)stage staims. Then all I had to (10 was figure how many nickles mal a liillion. "I got in touch with men-that's As far as I'll go-who were able to ecire for me large amounts of cou pons in lifferent countries. They >Ought them with our money and .tsel them as collateral to be re !eetie(d later. "Whten contditions werv right I of et're(l to borrow money from tho public. I offered fifty per cent. inl minety dal, -, and would not promise (o redlt'ei notes in forty-five, though I thouglit that. thire weeks was About the right time to bank the money here, sed11(1 it abroad, get the iLamps ani (onlvert themil iito clial Presi(lent and Office Boy. "I started the Securities Exchange Coi mpany. I was everythi ng from pesident to olice boy. "I deci(led that it I redleetmiedl he stampis ini th' Untitedl Stattes the tet 'tal government miighit decide thait if 'attm( withini its .iurisdiction, though there was no fieeral or State law agn.i.ist it. But the exchainge rate wans thie same itn Sw i tzerlanrd anid Norway tand someit otther' counitItries, so I de. 'idedl to tedeemi thlemi thtete." Somieonte ini the auilence asked why the( posta Iauthlor'ities hadti been utn able tio fin ti aniiy e'videc It o '(f such Inarge dleal ings~ inl reply iourit Pi.Ioz'ij 'eli ed that tforeign govetrnment s teil. !zed a ptrofi t on the issueo of' t hese pos.. LalI c(rtiflicatIes 'nd ate not going to Iisclose to ot her governmtient s how mianiiy 'outon t11)51hey havte issutedl." "'A ndt t he Itutertiat inal Postal Un ion is not going to (It it.,'' he adldd. A sked if f'oreign governmtetts had not1 stolpped this, he replied. "Yes, t hey are stopping. they have stopped the sale of ('oupjons for pub. lI I use. Hut thait dotes niot stopi my buts inets;. My mnoniey in Eur-ope is work intg today ,event if it is tiot here.'' lIn the tratisactionis in c'oiuponls ,bto inisistetI, nobodly suffers a ltss. "I buty today,''"t he 1 ait "a 'ldlar's worth otf italIian exchanigte. At thte n'teset rate i' I et e ighiteetn lire. woubttIt get fi ve under no rumal exch angte. Vith the cighiteen Iir'e I huty sixty inltrnationial reply~t 'ontpons. 'Tesie 'ilotis enn be tt sohil for $3 itn Amoeri 'an mtoney."' IHt nmita ine utat noIi go)vernmenlet. 1 ed't lose, bit transactio n btweenu vernmItents m5tay be tdelayed utntil e'N hIanrge' is nor-mal andt ptointtedl out, htat. thete has been dlelay in the pay1 nleit of interest, otn Amerviicait loans ) thie Allies.