The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 17, 1921, Image 2
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
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