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Re turning from France, he had been on American soil not more than three hours today before he thretw down the gauntlet to those who distrust the pro posed concert of governments based, inanity. ; j An America, confining to her own territories her conception and pur pose to make freX he said, would have ■ to kd£p her honor “for those narrow, selfish, provincial purposes which seem so dear to some minds that have no sweep beyond their nearest horizon.” Bef6fe a responsive audience that filled the biggest auditorium in the City, the President pictured the Old World fighting with stubborn desper ation, and expecting in the end noth ing better for the peoples than they had known for centuries. He pictured the American nation entering the lists with a new purpose—the freedom of mankind. The Old World had caught the vision, and „ any treaty of peace drawn otherwise than in the new spirit, would be nothing more, he as serted, than *a “modern scrap of paper.” and the present peace, un- Into Vault of Richland Treasurer. More Than $12,500 of Stolen Money Recovered. ' Columbia, Feb. 24.—Odell Thomp son, negro janitor at the Richland county court house confessed late this afternoon to robbing the vault in the office of the comity treasurer here yes- ustice ana nu- ^ , .. Thompson has been janitor at the less guaranteed by the United States a,n< * procured between fifteen and forces of the civilized world, could not stand a generation. —— Bending over the speaker’s table, his face set in tense lines and, his rifht hand clenched, the President exclaimed, “Any man who thinks that America will take part in giving the world any such rebuff and disappoint- meht as that does not knovlr America. I invite hii£ to test the sentiment of the nation.” Interrupted by applause, the Presi dent halted and then evoked the great est demonst/ation of the" afternoon when he added thatAre would accept I no sweeter challenge than the issue of the American purpose in the war. ' “I have fighting blood in me,” he said with apparent feeling, and it is sometimes u delight to let it have scope, bu( if it is a challenge on this occasion, it will be an indulgence." At another bolkt in his address, the President said that if the great hope iwnrlri .far.-a.. league-of~aaUaa» court house about twenty-five years. He saVs he was assisted by another negro helper, Henry Park, who is also under arrest. The authorities immediately recov ered more than $12,500. Of this amount $10,485 was found in pack ages under the steps of the court house here, then $2,000 was found in the basement of the home of J. Frost Walker, clerk of court of Richland county where Thompson had placed It, Thompson also being janitor at MV. Walker’s house. Park has thus far not divulged where he put his part of the money. After punching a hole through a brick wall four feet in Ahickness, rob bers gained entrance into the vault of the treasurer’s office the Rich land County court house some time between Saturday afternoon at seven o’clock and seven o’clock this morn- ENJOY OYSTER SUPPER; - The member^ of the Clinton Au tomobile Association, together with a number of visiting friends, en- joyecf a delightful oyster supper lust Friday night at 'the Clinton Hotel. Mr. Geo. M. Wright, pres ident of the club, presided as master of ceremonies and the invocation was offered by the Rev. Edward Long. At the conclusion of the* feast, the secretary of the South Carolina Association, Mr. Hawkins, of Green ville, was introduced and made a very interesting and enthusiastic talk of.the association and its pur- in favor of better highways. He was followed by several local citizens and visitors from Laurens who spoke enthusiastically of the work that will he undertaken by the two clubs. A Constitution for the wmv organ ization, as prepared by tnc presi dent, was read and unanimously adopted. It called for the election of a board of directors composed of six and the following members were fleeted to serve for the ensuin r year: Messrs. W. C. Bailey, E. W. Ferguson, Geo. H. Ellis, R. G. Harper, L. A. Barrow and Jas. R. Copeland. The evening was-a most pleasant on£ and was immensely enjoyed by all the good roads enthusiasts present. TROOPS HAT COME HOME BY GERMANY Proposal to Transport Several Hon* dred Thousand AmericansJhas been Tttdd. "FftsMll* W BfUlg 400,000 by Route* Thnrartav Ffth. 20.—A pro posal to transport severail hundred thousand ifien of the American Expe ditionary Forces to the United States by way of Germany, placing them on board ships at Bremen and Hamburg, has been submitted to the American authorities. ^According to the present American arrangements, however, the first of the American units to be repatriated in German steamers iwill embark from the Netherlands, but it is said here American army headquar- COUNTY BEING ORGANIZED TO URGE (■■ ‘REDUCTION OT COTTON ACERAGE / Laurens, S. C., Feb. 26 (Special)— The committee appointed to organ ize this county for cotton holding and reduction held an informal meeting in the office of W. L. Gray, chairman, Monday morning and as a result of s discussion it was decided to call the farmers together Friday morning at 11 o’clock to lay the matter before them for their own decision. Chair man Gray, pursuant to that decision,, poverty while others ?njoy wealth, has issued a call for that meeting. All During the world war our people ro of the fanners and business men of sponded nobly ‘ to every call of pa- _ t ^ s is inclined to consider favorably >ihafiouaULAW-ejESguasteA toJ>e jfre use or the route through Germany a t that time to take part in the del lb- the financial colla h disappointed he would Wish “for thy part never to have had America play any part whatever Ip this at tempt to emancipate the world. I have no more doubt of the verdict of America in- this matter than I have doubt of the blood that is in me.” New England gave the President a * rousing welcome home. This city probably has never seen a greater crowd than gathered at every point of vantage along the route from Commonwealth Pier, tb which the naval cutter Ossipee brought down his party from the steamer George Wash ington, through the downtown dis tricts and around two sides of Boston t Common to the Copley-Plaza Hotel, where a stop was made for luncheon. At every turn, the President was cheered. Hat in hand, he stood in his motor throughout th$ two miles of the parade except in one block between Washington and Tre- mofit streets where, because of the narrow way, speetdiors ware not al lowed to congregate. . The National Army, the Navy, the State Guaru and the City police in lines on either side of the route form ed a guaru of honor for the entire 'listance of the drive. So effective were the arrangements that not an unpleasant incident occurred. Opposite the state house, in front of which a group of wounded sol- diets greeted the President, a hand ful of suffragists claiming to repre sent the National Party, took their stand for a demonstration which they had announced. Before the parade reached them, they were told by the police to Tfiove on. Re fusing? they were arrested for loit- I'ering and locked up, Later at the received a com- from the Massachusetts Wo man’s Suffrage Association, a non- jnllitant organization and asked its VvABiBbeia^Jo convey to the state body h!B “w^taK regards and sympathy." eighteen thousand' dollars in cash The brick vault is in the office and how the robbers gained entrance or made exit cannot be determined as the one door to the office was ipeked this morning and the iron barred windows had not been tampered with. The aperture through the wall through which tha robber, cralwlod into the vault was slowly battered with a heavy nail puller, made from an old buggy axle. The hole thus drilled through the brick, mellow with years, was nearly two feet square. The manner in which the robbery was executed would indicate that thei, party or parties were well acquaint/'' 1 ’ with the arrangement of the packages of money and interior structure of the vault. The opening was driven through the wall at a place so as to miss entirely any obstruction on the Inside. Also the robbers brought to the office in the equipment a fish pole, with a loop on| the end, with which to drag out the packages of bills which were piled in the vault. The bills were made up in $500 packages, and there were between thirty and forty of these packages. The treasurer is P. B. Spigner, Whose term of office expires the first of next July, when the office will be turned over to Mose H. Mobley. OLD SOLDIERS MEET. The members of R. Owens Camp, met Saturday afternoon to organize for the coming year. The following officers wePe named: Capt. T. J. Duckett, Commander, R. P. Adair, 2nd Com. J J. W. C. BcR, 3rd Com. R. J. Copeland, Sr., Seety. Pro- Tern. . . R. Z, Wrifjht, Seety. and Treas. W.i I>. Watts..Adj. J. L. Simpson, Chaplain. The camp Im a membership of twenty, end fourteen were present Saturday for the meeting which is always enjoyed. Mr. B. M. Cope land, of Nashville, Ark., who fought through the war with several mem bers of the eamp. was present as a visitor and was given a fordial wel come bv his bid eomrades. • SPRING TERM OF COURT CONVENES MARCH 10TH Laurens, S. U., Feb. 26 (Special)— The spring term of general sessions court for Laurens will be convened the second Monday in March. Judge Geo .E. Prince, of Anderson, will pre side ; For the rw»rm< that the court* of last summer and fall were cut short for various reasons, the docket that will face the coming session will be unusually heavy. There are six r seven murder cases to be beard, besides a large number, of more or less minor character. Monday the jury commissioners met and drew twelve grand jurors who will serve during the year ’ with the six holdover members, and the petit venire for the approaching term. The grand jurors for the year are as follows: S: M. Wilkes, Laurens: J. J. Brown- 1 ee. Wate rrwrrTr^M^rirtffurrrtatrrgnyr T. F. Babb, Sullivan; Robt. M. Hill, Cross Hill; D. S. Hill, Dials;' E. H. South, Di^ls; J. B. Cook, Youngs; J. R, Taylor, Youngs; E. V. Golding, Wa terloo; E. ID. Chaney, Scuffletown; Arthur M. Cox, Dials; H. J. Nabors, Hunter; W. TX Mahon, Dials; A. C Nash, Dials; Joe R. Adair, Jacks; Geo M. Davis, Hunter; R. O. Childress, Laurens. . - - - Petit Jury,;. Laurens—W. E. Hawkins, J. Willie Henderson, E. Q. Leak, J. D. Sexton Youngs—R. L. Cooper, W. M. Hunter, W. C. Crow, J. L. Smith, A. S. Riddle, H. O. Bane. . *- Dials—S C. Woods, D. D. Brownlee. for some bf the later embarkations, owing to the convenient transporta tion facilities and the adequate dock age and other arrangements of the North German ports. The proposal, which was submitted by the directors of the North ^jertnan Lloyd Line, with the approval of the German government, provided that a fleet of -big Mners with a normal car rying capacity of 50,000 passengers should he assigned to this service arid the troops transported from their present stations over the direct trunk lines to Bremen and Hamburg. Over thsee lines, according to General Groener, now in chargri of the Ger man railways, a speedy movement woul(J be practical. The steamers would be capable of making eight round trips in a year, making it possible to return 400,000 men by this route In that period. As American experts commented, how ever, if the ships were loaded in ac- in the parade and liter to ’Mechanics Hall, where he spoke before 8,000 persons, by Mrs. Wilson. He appear-j ed physically fit for what he described as the approaching strenuous attempt to transact business for a little while in. America.” The sea''voyagq, seemed to have glv- en him a rest He appeared to joy the day and in taking farewell of Mayor Andrew J. Peters^ the t>ffl- C 9^ bo it, said that he had immepafir.. ly enjoyed the brief stay bere. So cupled was Mr. Wilson wiflTthe pro- [deril WHson was accompanied j gram prepared for him, that all offl- L. F. J. E. Farrow, M .B. Satterveld, A. M. Owings. Sullivan—Josso A. Wood, Robt. E. Taylor, J. R. Crawford, J. W. Bag- weJL Waterloo—W. W. Cooper. larvin Madden, J. K. Daniel, W. F. Bolt. Cross Hiil—W. E. Griffin, Edd. Workman, J. C. Chandler. Hunter—C. O. Glenn, W. L. Teague. T. H. S. Hipp, Guy L. Coppland, W. D. Copeland, D. M. Wiliams. /Jacks—A. J. Hollingsworth, John M. "opeland. ^ Scuffletown—R. .J. Donnori, E. W. ’lonnon. .. , cordance with the present American military practice instead of under the German pre-war regulations, they would carry at least twice that num ber, or 100,006 the trip. The steamship company directors in a memorandulm to General Persh ing pointed out that the plan they proposed would relieve the over-tax ed French railways and ports of a part of the burden of the homeward 4 ' movement o^ the American army arid provide a distinctly quicker route. They urged as also against the pres ent arrangements for embarkation in ~ "Holland,' the Dutch railways were not well able to cope with heavy troop traffic and that no buildings were available to house the men dur ing the inevitable delays before board ing steamers, while on the other hand Hamburg and Bremen had ample barrack facilities. The company pro posed the utilization of such steamers as-wera-employed to-carrrAiacirto~tinr erations and organizations. The committee took the position that, as Jt iwas composed almost en tirely of those not actually engaged in the raising of cotton, that/ft was not encumbent upon them ta regulate the farming methods of those who are ’actually engaged in the business but it thought that this was a matter en- tirely to be left to the discretion of the farmers themselves. The committee, however, accepted it as a duty to give what assistance it could to the or ganization of the farmers if they warited to organize and offered its assistaace in perfecting the organiza tion. For that reason whatever action is to be taken in this county in regard to the cotton holding movement is to be left to the farmers, while the com mittee will act as a • bureau through which the pledges may be sent. Un til further riotice, those who desire to sign the pledge printed in today’s pa per, may send them to Mr. W. L Gray, depredations of weather and for the curtailment of the ISIS crop so that it will not exceed two-thirds of the aver age yield. I call upon the farmers to rilgn the cotton reduction pledges which will be presented to them on* that day? and to create a public senti ment which iwill not permit individ uals to violate the reduction program. Unless this be done we may expect collapse of tfce South should appeal to the patriotism of every citizen, and no one should desire a personal gain to the injury of the whole people. I, therefore, most earn estly urge that the bankers, mer chants, business and professional men, cooperate with the farmer in this movement, and that the farmers co operate with each other. COTTON EXPORT EMBARGO CUT OUT American troops for the transporta- tlbn-on the retrun of the supplies promised Germany i The company was informed in re ply that the Ameitfican government was already committed to the scheme for embarkation by way of Holland and that corollary arrangement^ had been made for moving the firsji food shipments into Germany by way of Holland and the Rhine, but that the German proposals would be submitted to President Wilson and it <was prob able that advantages would be taken of them in subsequent troop move ments. . FLfNTf:T .V L T QF A BIG ONE. 1 Card of Thanks. We desire in lieu of the many kind- rmssos an dthe numerous expressions of, sympathy from so many of our friends to extend this card of thanks and vep’ high appreciation: Our heavy burdens are made lighter by your thoughtfulness of us. H. M. Blakely and Sisters. \ jcial business brought to his attention was deferred until he was Aboard the special trajn which drelw out of the South Station at 4:30 Hiis afternoon! for Washington^jrhe $6,000,000,000 reyepueAritTwas among the documents which he refceived from*Seeretary Tu multy, and upon which he had not act ed when he left tl’»-liy. The five dav chiiutaiiqua to be held hero in May, promises to he a big suecess. quas are now being held all over the .United States, serving more than 400 towns and cities. The chau- tauqua- here will he held in one of their large auditorium tents with a seating capacity of 1,800 people. The program of music, entertain ment and edueatiQnal lectures is sure to he enthusiastically received; The o enterprising-men arid women in Clinton \\ho have been the moans of getting the Community Chau tauqua for this spring are to he complimented’on their good judg ment. The nation's host pntcr- tainers will be hoard and the pro- gram whichJKvill be announced a lit tle later in The Cbnjpiele will rank among the besCi>f ohautauquas. w chairman of the committee. Laurens County Committee. The committee appointed for this courity is as follows; ' W. L. Gray, chairman,; Alison - Lee, James H. Sullivan, W. L. Taylor, B. Y. Culbertson, Laurens; H. V. Work man, J, D. Bell, J. F. Jacobs, Wilson W. Hgrris^ Clinton; J. C. Smith, Wa terloo; Dr. J. H. Miller, Cross Hill. Governor’s Proclamation. The proclamation of Gov. Cooper, under which the steps are being tak en to organize this, state along with the other Southern States, is as fol* iowsT ” ~ Whereaa, an extraordinary situation exists in the cotton growing States,, due to the low price cotton is bring ing, which situation threatens dire financial distress and suffering to these States, because thej existing market, prices do not allow any mar- gin % of profit to the producers of coL, TOrTraiKT Whereas, this situation is caused by the fact that the available stu>plji of raw cotton ig in excess of the demand, which condition will continue if the 1919 crop should be a large one; and Whereas, the only plausible solu tion for the situation that presents it self is a reduction of the 1919 cotton crop; Now, therefore, I, Robert A. Cooper, governor of South Carolina, do de clare Saturday,,-February 28, 1919, to be Cotton Acreage Reduction Day, and do call upon the cotton planters of South Carolina to pledge themselves upon that day to reduce the acreage ordinarily planted in cotton by one- _hird, and to curtail the use of com mercial fertilizers. Amendment to Remove Embargoes Is Written Into Sundry Civil BUI. Washington, Feb. 24.—Representa tives from the cotton raising states were successful In, their effort tonight to write an amendment into the sun dry civil bill, designed to remove all embargoes, placed by the War Trade Board against cotton exports • ship ments. The amendment, however, is not effective until after June 30. The bill, including the amendment, now goes^to the senate. Although designed primarily to af fect cotton shipments, the amendment applies to all American goods export ed to foreign countries. The amend- >ment, prepared at a Southern confer ence of repreSentativs, waa offered in the house by Representative Bland of Georgia and afterward amended ’on motion of Representative Steagall of Alabama, so that cottonseed and pea nut oil also would not be subject to embargo. * ' The amendment was offered while the house, in committee of the whole, was considering an item of the sun dry bill reappropriating for the war trade board the .unexpected balance, of appropriations granted last year for continuing - its operation. Con- tiftuanee of the agency for a part of the next fiscal year may be necessary, it was said by members of the appro- priatinn ..cnmmittoQ. /who. fYninrit-rTTW-’ sundry bill. Funds, it was added, also would be necessary for the agency to settle its accounts. The reappropriation item wqs ap proved after adoption of the Bland amendment which directs that no part of the appropriation bill would he available unless all embargoes are lifted. Cotton growers today have on hand more than'one-third of the 1918 crop, which they cannot sell at prevailing t . prices without sustaining a great loss, (.omnninitv Ohautau-^^ is a matter of commop knowledge DUNCAN’S GREEK AND ROCK BRIDGE CHURCHES. By order of the Presbytery South Carolina, services will Ik: held at these effurches next Sun- driy and the Sunday after. The object is to pro {rare for the exten- slon work of the church for the year T betrinnini: April 1. The member* * of the church, and particularly the officers, arc urged to be present. Dr. A. E\ Spencer is }T8Si*?iiod to Duncan’s Creek Chim-h at 11 A. M. Sunday. March 2. and Rev. M. G> Wped worth to .Rockbridge Church at 11 A. H. On Sunday. .March 0. services will ho held at Duncan's Creek at ■! P. M. by Rev. \V. S Bean' and Mr. J :elf H. D.v vis will present the cause of the ewimpaigu ; and at Rockbridge at 11 o’clock. Dr. Bean is to preach. On. March 16, service* ai^Roekbridfrc at M A. M. by Dr. Been, assisted by s um* of-^ho committee. Pleas ’ bear in mind these very important meetings, as the churches must 1 * Now line t>f Bed Room Furniture in Old Ivory and H row n Mahogany now on display; Special values in Hall Racks Just arrived. that the ratio of supply to demand de termines prices, and should the sup- ply'of raw cotton, already too large, Ik? greatly augmented by a large-crop in 1919, the result would be tremen dously disastrous to the individuals ot the South, to the States, and to the South at large. The prudent merchant who ip overstocked 'With a line of wares does hot procure more of those wares before he has sold -that which he has on hand, and has paid for.. Southern cotton growers must operate on this sanft: principle. Unity of pur pose flpd concert of'action will save ub from’jcalamity, and give to us our just share of the , prosperity which other sections of the Barton are en joying. Therefore,- as governor of South Carolina, and as one to whom tie hap piness of this State is of first import. I call upon the farmers to assemble , Tyle* of the U. S. Now. in eaqh county of the State on Cottom Wfls djs( , har ^ ( | a]g0 and waK Acreage Reduction Day, to discuss - * , . , , and agree upon-plans for the holding of present cotton on hand, for the to CharIe9t«mJ» accept work with the government. reported to the Spring meeting of Presbytery. ^' • . . ' - _ W. S. BCan. S. M 4L E. H. WILKES & CO,/ | proper protection of this cotton from .-j.