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1—Interior of Arlington amphitheater where ceremonies for unknown soldier were neui Armistice day. 2— Motorcycle guard for mulls In New York since latest big robbery. 8—Continental Memorial hall, ^vbere arms con ference was opened. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Conference on Armaments and Far East Questions Is For mally Opened. HUGHES IS MADE CHAIRMAN Nations Pay Tribute to Amorlca’s Un known Soldier on Armistice Day— . SenatePasees Tax Revision Bill —elections of Week Please Democrats. By COWARD W. PICKARD. S ATURDAY, November 12, may, and It la to be hoped will, be set apart In tbs history of tha world aa one of Its Bioat momentous dates. On that day was formally opened In Washing- too (he conference on llmltatioo of armaments and Far Eaat questions which. If It la successful, will go far toward curing some of the worst Ilia of what we are pleased to call drill- sat I on. The projectors of. and partici pants to. this meeting do not enter tain tha Illusory hope that It will re sult Immediately, or even soon. In the abolishing of warfare, hut they do be lieve, and the world trusts, that their deliberations and agreements will settle peoreably the tangled affairs of the Pacific and the Orient, and so far cut down the naval and army programs of the great powers that the tai-burdened peoples will experience a tremendous Inanctal relief, and the threat of an other general or even Important war will he far removed It was In the handsome auditorium of the Continental Memorial hall that the opening session of the conference was held. When Secretary of State Hughes arose to call It to order, he faced the moat distinguished aasemhlatre 6f men and women this country ever has seen. Orest Britain, France. Itrly. Japan. Belgium. Holland and China had sent each some of her mQ|ti. ejoJrient atatoa- men. and onr own representatives are acknowledged of the first rank. Af ter the delegates were the extensive advisory staffs, and. of course, the dip lomatic corps was there In full force. The members of the senate and house. Invited guests and other privileged persona filled the hall to overflowing. Mr. Hughes. In opening the confer- •nee, welcomed formally the foreign delegates, and stated briefly the ob jects of the gathering. President Hard ing then stepped forward and. after the storjn of applause had subsided, he told more at length of the hopes and purposes that had led him to Invite the powers to this conference, He apoke persuasively and well; even the moat pessimistic of.hls hearers could rot help but feel that there was q fair chance that those hopes would be realized. After the formalities, the confer ence organized for business. Secretary Hughes being elected chairman, and other officers being chosen. Adjourn ment was taken until Monday. One great figure was absent from the opening of the conference—David Lloyd George, premier of Great Brit ain. Kept at home for the present by the Irish negotiations and the unem ployment situation, he cabled to the government the assurance that he would sail for Washington as soon as possible. _______ * Y ET another event made last week memorable—the burial of Amer ica’s unknown dead soldier on Armis tice day. In this the nation, through Its highest representatives, paid trlb- ute to the many thousands who, un- •ong and unhonored Individually, gave up their lives In the cause of patriot- farm and freedom in the World* war. The unnamed hero was brought home by the Olympia, Admiral Dewey’s old flagship, and on Wednesday bis cas ket was placed under the dome of the eapltol on the catafalque on which had mated the bodies of Presidents Lin coln, Garfield and McKinley. Around it stood, at parade rest, the five sol diers of the honor guard, and all About It and over It were the wrefths which had covered It on the way across the ocean. An officer pinned on the flag at the head of the coffin the badge of the Legion of Honor con ferred by the French government, and then came In President and Mr*. Hard ing, Vice President Coolldge. Speaker Glllett and Chief Justice Taft. Mrs. Harding laid across the casket a wide white ribbon, and on It the President placed a wreath of red rosebuds, Wreaths from congress, the Sa court and the War and Navy depart ments were added, and the honor ?uard was left alone with the dead. On the following day decorations and wreaths from foreign naflons and floral designs from every state were brought An- On Armistice day the great cerpm was Tarried out The pa Bade down Pennsylvania avenue was the most Im presslve ever seen In Washington. From the rapltol aa far aa the White House. President Harding walked In the ranks with generals, admirals, practically every government official In the city, veterans of the Civil war and and every war America haa had since then, and large detachments from the army and navy. At the White House President Harding and most of the other civilians dropped out of the pro cession. and went to Arlington In mo tors, but General Pershing trudged on afoot all the way with the body of his dead comrade-in-arms. The known was Interred In front of the pavilion of the National cemetery, with every honor that could possibly he oald him. The funeral address, deliv ered by President Harding, was re plete with passages of eloquence and pathos, and with expressions of hope fulness for the future peace of the world. Much of It is worth quoting; for Instance: “On the threahhold of eternity, many a eoldler, I can well helfeve. wondered how his ebbing blood would color the stream of human life, flowing on after his sacrifice. His patriotism was none less If he craved more than triumph of country; rather. It was grater If he hoped for a victory for all human kind. Indeed. I revere that citizen whose confidence In the righteousness of his country Inspired belief that Its triumph Is the victory of humanity. This American soldier went forHr 'ToTtffTTTF'KTl'h no t fia’trerl for any peo ple in the war. hut hating* war and hating the purpose of every war for conquest. He cherished our national rights, and abhorred the threat of armed domination; and In the mael strom of destruction and suffering and death, he fired his shot for liberation of the captive conscience of the world. In advancing toward his ob jective was somewhere a thought of a world awakened; and we are here to testify undying gratitude and rever ence for that thought of a wider free- lorn.” T WO governments have announced that they will not be bound by any agreements reached by the Washing ton conference. Neither Is represent ed In that meeting. First came defi ance from Moscow, the soviet rulers declaring they not only would not rec ognize the decisions of the conference, hut would adopt all means to defeat them. Next In this line of action was Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s southern China government. Ma Soo. representative of Doctor Sun In America, departed from Washington 1 after announcing that the government of southern China would fight any plan for the settle ment of China’s affairs that Is accept ed by the official Chinese delegation to • the conference. For the time be ing, the latter case may be the more Important of the two. but the time will come when Kus^a’s power and Interests In the Orient will have to be taken into account .9 ' ' . ' Tchltcherln, soviet foreign minis ter, says Russia's policies are now di rected only by economic Interests, and not by doctrines, and Russia is w;ej- corolng vociferously every Indication of the Investment of foreign capital; Premier Lenin Is predicting that-the chase for gold will lead to war be tween America and Japan or Ameri ca and Great Britain In 1925 or 1928. The soviet announced It had succeed ed In suppressing the revolt In the Ukraine, led by General Petlura. part ly because the- Inhabitants of that re gion refused to aid the revolutionists. But this was contradicted by later ad vices. A LEXANDER finally went to Bel grade to be crowned king of Jugo-Slavla, and found himself In the midst of dlfficnlttes Immediately. The Serbs were pressing their Invasion oi Albania, in the hope of reaching Tir ana before the meeting of the League of Nations council In Paris, Novem ber 18, and the council of amhassa dors ordered them to get outside the boundaries It had Just decided on for Albania. Premier Pachitch offered his resignation, hut Alexander refused to accept It. indicating he was satisfied with the premier’s foreign policy, and the Serbian army continued Its ad vance. The Montenegrins, who never have consented to the merging of their national Identity In the Jugo-Slav -Hate, hgve Joined foeees vritti thr~J banians, and the prospects for anoth er Balkan war are excellent. T HE Ulster cabinet has received from Lloyd George an outline of the negotiations with the Sinn Fein representatives and of the tentative peace plan, and Is considering It. Meanwhile, the Ulsterites issued this statement: “Sir James Craig (the premier) on behalf of the cabinet of northern Ireland, wishes It clearly un derstood that there can be no surren der of Ulster's righta* Parliament was prorogued on Thurs day, after being reassured that noth Ing would be finally settled with regard to Ireland without calling the bouse together. Cheater.—The new Seaboard Air Line railway's passenger station has been opened to the public. It is mod ara-ln every respect and-te a capita! iddi.lon to that section of the muni cipallty. • It will coat when entirely finished approximately $50,000. It is constructed of red pressed brick and la finely appointed throughout. A T THE doee of a fifteen-hour ston, the senate passed Its ver sion of the tax-revision bill, and on Thursday the conference committee began Its task. The Republican ’‘In surgents’* In the lower house, who f^ vor the senate maximum surtax rate of 50 per cent, forced an agreement that the bouse would be * given a chance to vote on that feature before the conferees reached a final decision on It The “Insurgents” claimed to have from 80 to 85 votes, which, with i he votes of the Democrats, would* be enough to accept the senate rate. The bill, as passed by the senate. Is estimated by Treasury experts to yield shout $8,250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June -30 aext. or $a«*tltK).O0fr loss than the existing law. * But ulti mately It would reduce the nation's tax bill by approximately $730,000,000. E LECTIONS held last week In vari ous parts of the country were ■highly pleasing to the Democrats, though the most talked-of contest. In New York city, really was not much Influenced by party politics. There Mayor Hylan. Tammany candidate, was re-elected, having a tremendous plurality over Curran, the coalition candidate. Hylan stood' for 5-eent street car fare and for local self-gov ernment. with which the Republican state assembly was trying to Interfere. In Kentucky the Democrats regained Control of the legislature; in Maryland they increased their control; In Vir ginia they elected E. Lee Trimble for governor and the ^ntlre state ticket ______ T HE next man who undertakes to rob the United States mails will probably run up against a devil-dog,” who will unhesitating ly fill him full of lead. The mall robberies were becoming so fre quent and flagrant that Postmaster General Hays was driven to ask’for protection. The President and cabi net decided that marines should be or dered on that duty, and 1,000 of them have been detailed to guard postal stations, railway mail cars and mail trucks, pending the organization of a permanent armed guard aa a branch of the postal service. ‘There is no length to which the department will not go to prevent these mall robber ies,” says Mr. Hays. T HE assassination of Prepiler Hart of Japan by a young political crank was startling, sod greatly shocked the diplomats gathered In Washington, but there was swift as surance that the event would . not change the nation's policies. The se- ectlon of a new cabinet was virtually In the hands of Marquis SaonJI and Prince YMmagata. the elder statesmen, and It was understood the former would take the office of premier for tke preeent. .' .-T AFTER EVERY MEAL** Florence^—Darlington reported to headquarters of the South Carolina Tobacco association It had signed ap proximately 30 per cent df the re- qulslte^quota of her tobacco crop un der the trl-state cooperative market ing association. It went past the mil lion pound mark, when 2$0,000 pounds were signed up, this total being fhe largest yet reported from any county in the belt A. Hyman of Darlington signed up 100,000 pounds which is ‘the largest amount yet reported for any one grow er. In signing up this huge lot. Mr. Hyman made the statement he felt he had taken the greatest act of hia experience to improve the conditions of this crop and its planters. Darlington's-crop In 1920 was 7,200,- 000 pounds, of which .40 per cent must be signed. Her pledges to date prom ise she will be first in South Carolina to go over the top. E. E. McGill is county chairman and is vigorously pushing the campaign. Charleston.—With the addition to Us faculty recently of Mr. E. G. Hay maker and Prof. J. O. Graham, of the College of Charleston, the vocational night school has all classes running on schedule. About two hundred stu dents are enrolled in the school. It la said, and In addition to Mr. Carl O. Planck, the principal, there are seven instructors on the faculty. York.—Charged with being an ac cessory to the murder of her husband. J. Pink Hudgins, whose dead body was found on the roadside near his home. Mrs. Effle Hudgins was lodged in the county Jail. Albert Zimmer man. named In the verdict of the coro ner’s jury as'this person who killed Hudgins, haa thus far evaded arrest Union.—Sheriff James Hawfant, of this county, was perhaps fatally wounded when hli pistol was accident ally discharged while he was trying to arrest a negro charged with a min or offense. The negro resisted arrest ind the sheriff struck him over the L*>ad with the bu’.t end of his pistol. The weapon was discharged the bullet striking him in the abdomen. Physi cians dlarnoe th#s condition of the wounded officer aa serious, but not jieceskarfly fataL _ . V-T ♦ ^ Sumter.—The funeral services of State Sena or John H. Clifton were held from his late residence on ^road street, and his body Interred at the city cemetery. As a mark of respect for this popular citizen, the stores and other business houses of Sumter were closed from 3:30 to 5 o'clock In the afternoon during the funeral. Ehriiardt. — Charles Ehrhardt. a prominent citizen of this town died from heart failure superinduced by an attack of acute indigestion. He was about 68 years of age. Mr. Ehrhardt was a son of Conrad Ehrhardt, a prominent citizen of this section and founder of the town. Chester.—Announcement was made here by Southern railroad circles that on November 12 the New York to Charlotte car, which is handled by he New York and Augusta special, hnown as Nos. 31 and 32, will be ex tended to Aiken for winter travel. Must Pay Lynchee’a Widow. Laurens.—In the court of common -nleas In session here Judge Mclver directed a verdict in the case of Hen- letta* Stewart, widow of Joe 1 Stewart, negro, f who was lynched in this city n April, T920. Suit for the amount provided by law was brought by Stewart’s widow as administratix and he court directed a verdict for the full amount after a hearing of the ase Tiad been completed. Stewart was taken late at night from the city lockup by a mob and hanged to a river bridge. Greenwood Man le Miseing. Greenwood. — Effort* are being made to locate Eugene Sima, a white man, who disappeared from his board- ng> house In Greenwood. According to. Q. W. Mitchell, with whom Sims, boarded, the missing man left, ills house to come up town to have rub ber heels put on hts shoes. He left To’.hing and other personal effects at Ms hoarding house and had paid his board Mr Mitchell declares he has oo reason to suspect fool play. , Sims came here about two weeks igo from Winder. Ge ' «t WRIGLEVS Newest Creation 10 for A delicious peppermint flavored sugar Jacket around pep permint flavored chew- 11 log gum. - Will aid your appetite and digestion; polish your teeth and moisten your throat. vwwyxk jnncmrx • in: ill? il . * > S JUIC.Y FPU IT —, » - The Flavor Lasts Dega Trained Net to Baric. 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