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r- ■ *. /' "m THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, S. C. ifen L&ov •; (Conducted by Naitvnol Council o( the Boy Mcouu of America,) T >», ROOSEVELT’S. BIRTHDAY. ^11 Sj- a- 1—Secretary Hughes addressing annament cobtereuce ut it» opening session. 2—Capitol iiiuummted liy the •‘Light of the States'’ for the conference. 3—Illunilnated Jeweled portal erected for the conference, showing Washington monument In center. "X NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Conference May Agree on Naval Armament Reduction Plan Within a Few Weeks. HUGHES' PROGRAM APPROVED Supgootod Minor Modification* Ar* Being Dlacuaood—China Flaada for Recognition aa Indapondont Na tion—Loaguo Council Oat* Af ter tho Sorb*—Progro** on Taa Revision Bill. By COWARD W PICKARD. I T AITKAKS that Ihn iin»t*r»**t* In Waaliliitftoii wrra all wrund. Thr gn-nl rimfarvticv ,M inlm{l) Is k<>Iiik (•> rvucli nikI elK'i nii HKr«‘vm«‘nt on llinltu fton of naval nnnntii<*nt ulthoul wnltltiif to M’ttl** tlir |irwf>lrina of thr I'urltkc •in) Ilia Far h-asT. 'Dil* tomi^ncy la a r**»ult of K^-rviery llmtlo-. ilown- rigtii ai’ilon In InvIiik Iwforv ili«* ovn- f^rfiu-a In I La fire! lhr .\jnrr- lean |>ni|Henl a* to nevlru llrlrfly. that |.ri>|"»nl Is Ihal t hr (’liltnl Rta'ra. limit flrlialn Hint Jh|*iiii «|{r%-r (o evia|M'int naval I'on.trua'tlon for t**n yraru, an<| ilurlnx llw aurtfnillng inn jrara liullt) only for rrpi arm wilt ; !hat • II unr«nn|>lrtr.t >-«|>ltal ahl|ui ami many oltirr ■|M*v-|fl**v| in|>linl alil|Hi In* •rrh|«|H-l at onr*»; that Ihr aicinvunlr «-«|v4'al »hli* ttMinagr l*r lliint»*<l to .‘Wat. Otn r«i<-h for Knclaml ami Aiurrhu. and Jhai.iaei for Ja|Miii; that Ihr ava {Miurr of th** thrv^ na'lona lo* main talnri) on Mila t>aela. Tlirrr arr iuhrr ft-aturr« of ih*- |irograiu, hut r»*-ry- oiir !• fanilllHr « IMi It hy Mila Mmr Tin* roll r**r* , tn'r aiul ihr vvorM v* f*rv at tirat aafoiiiiil«-«l l*v tlil« iiitryfwrtavl lay Inc of tlo* Ainrrlrnn rtinU on Mi** tahlr, Hml tlo-ti Mir |>lan vvn» tfnvtnl wlili loiiil hnd iinivrr.nl urrlnliii. Tlir llrlrwMlr. of Mir oMirr lllltlona I'lHlhl not. If tin v vvoulil rrfu.r to Imlorav It. nml ut Mir w .■•■ini o|M*n aviv.lon OrriM Itrltnln. Jn|'nn, Itnlyr nn'l Frninv, foriinillv in>r|i’ril it “In pr n • Iplr'' wltli minor niiMllrlrutlona. with a program. Uut China, whose yfntua In the rtnix of the situation, set before the committee on far Astern afTuirM the demainla of the Asiatic republic. Dr. Alfred Sze, head of the Chinese delegation, was the spokesman and he held a pre liminary conference with American ottldals and In his demands followed thrtr advice In all except one point— the creation of a permanent court of arbitration In the Far F>ast. China asks resjiect fivr her territorial integri ty, restitution of seised provinces and regions, abandonment of siiectal rights, monopolies, privilege* and Mtraterri- tortal rights, and withdrawal of foreign troop* from her soil and permission to direct her own domestic affaire and govern her own Internal and foreign polbies. Hhe does not demand that all foreign monopoltea and privilege* In ('hlna he abandoned at once, hut that she t* given • chance to put heruvif on a lorel with other (vower* and that as time goes on and conditions warrant the economic and political fetters on her he loosened. The llritlsh deleg*tl«*n d(»t*rvive«l the I'hlneae demands In general, especially the •vpen door jsilicy and the at>andon iivent of “aphen's of Influence." Th* .Iii|vune«e. It naa iiinterstiMHl. accepted the Chlneae program In prlnrlple hut aould Insist that withdrawal of In terest In I'tiina should Include all fiKelgn powers. The < 'hinose dele gates say tliey make their demands In behalf of all China. Including the south*rrv jan where Kun Tat Hen holds somewhat precarious sway, ami that Manchuria. Inner and outer Mongolia. Tltiet and Turkestan are In clmled In “the Chlneae rapuhllc." It Is h*>lleve<| mve result of the rita- misahm of ('Mna’s program may be the friendly alMHidonment of the AngUv- Js|Hiio-se alliance, ami 'he British would Ive glad lu see this aoun'e of trouble replaiwl hy a»me form of agree ment by the great jHiwera. P'llA.VCK. us has viften tKen polntevt out, is ea|ieetuily Intereaivwl In the mutter of r«*vluctl>Hi and lluiltatlon of lund urmumeiit, and I'remler lliiaml took the leud In Mila, though Ite bad m, concnte plan row „„y working ,^. n , n>Illf|J{ ^ l|Mf ()iff(>re| ^ ^ agreement vvltb the l nltevl Atatea dele t versa the hmise and senate tm-asure* gutlon In his Mwech be dlaeUsaetl w ,„ ( 0 . llB) ,,,. rMU , # rapidity, both aide* Mm military »ltuatl.*._ In Kurojw. | v, n|||ling cooce--l » a 0ll€ ^ the |m . portaut actions was the elimination of Gottingen, Berlin and 1‘niis, and ■peaks German and French. Next January Germany is due to pay a reparations Installment of $100,000,• 000, and In February a quarterly pay ment of about $00,000,000 on exports. Her financial experts are wondering where It la to come from aud the allied reiHtrationa commission In ses sion In Berlin Is working over the problem. The commission believes the Germans can raise the money for those two payments and urge them to do so aa a show of good will. There was reason to believe that If they did, the French delegatee would content to grant concessions for the rest of tho year. The com mission rejected a plan yf the Industrial leaden of Germany to pawn the country's Industries as a guaranty for the reparations pay. ntents; Instead It suggested that the Industrial Interests make sacrlllcea for their country instead of trying to prof it from Its misery. That Germany la mlaenhla In aoma respects la mad* evldant hy th* riot* Id Berlin caused by tho Increasing nwt of foodstuffs. Many shops were looted. High prices, of course, art cauted by tho decllpo of the taark. T T l.STKK Mill stands flrmly, or stub- tM>mly, as you choose to look at . It. In the way of settlement of tha : Irish trouble. Craig and hla cabinet. I after studying the Kngtlsh plan, re jected It aa unfair to their part of the ! Island and offered some kind of a j substitute. This th* Brttlah cabinet | In turn rejected, and an exchange of note* bet wren Lloyd George and Craig left the statua unchanged. The Ulster- flea reiterated their detennlnatloo sot | to submit to anything run*!dered • vtoiatUai of Ulster's rights. The British premier's atand was Mrrpgtb- ened by the acUon of the UalkViUt party In cvmvetitlon In Liverpool. The Irlidi negi dial Iona are dragging out so that Lloyd Ge«»rge may have to abandon his n ntemplated trip to Wash- IngtiHi to take part In the aruiament ctmfaranca. _ , a 'TMIK congreaslvatal conference cotn- ^ mlttee on the tax revision bill has The birthday uf Theodore Roosevelt Is observed by boy scouts throyghout the country at tlte instigation of the national J council - who feel that the late Colonel specifically represented perhaps better than any American of recent years those quali ties of sturdy manlkood, clean, high visioned, loyal, virile, which they like to emphasize and keep before scouts as a living ideal. There Was a particu larly close relation between Roosevelt and boy scouts inasmuch as he was vitally interested in the movement and was at the time of bis death said to have been considering becoming a national leader of the organization In which he was already an honorary vice-president and held the title of chief scout citizen. Last year, under the leadership of National Scout Commissioner Beard, bdy scouts of New York and vicinity made a memorial pilgrimage to Roosevelt’s grave, an event repeated this year on an even larger scale. In other parts of the country the celebra tion took the fonn of tree planting, mass patriotic meetings, father and son banquets, etc., all devoted to the ; pose of keeping alive the memory of the great American who played so htg a port In our national life and whose spirit All "goes marching on" among us. ^ 7 h sL jl MAXWELL HOUSE tv % . last n . Also Maxwell House Tea pupl drop!; 1 CiltfK'NEAL COFFEE CQ..NASiiviiii.liousiOk.JicKSONviiiERiChMoii- Giving a Guess. - “What were the Greenbackers, paw?" “People who lived dp near the North pole."—Louisville Courier Journal. Wall Diracted. Alice—Gladys is suing her husband for divorce. Virginia—Well, who else could shn sue? ... GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER SCOUTS AS FIRK FIGHTERS. (Hirtlculnrly tm It effect* France. *et forth the number of men under nnn* in * be \turlou* Kiiropetm Counirica mid nmiLc pin In Tbe*>e. ns M*t forlli then mid Inter, wen n* ' ''* -y-l,fureea. wmieclaity~ht RttlsIttP T So? «fT»T »lv - Great -Hrinrtn-'LTttm size nm! .. A , A , , he negiect to cull attention to kruinvn tonnnge of nnbinnnne-*; |M*rnilt eon of the lmu*e bill provisions for the exemption uf^WL the uo nu.v of <Ue 4W f l(fe lgn trade .^wuMiHmc-'ffTTHUfT- st r of one in pi t ii I ship a year tlurii iu’ t* n i our period to retain ship yard fa. Ilitl lex; |>ennlt i retention of more light cruisers and giiiihoats to pollc »* the high seas; reduction In mini) •cr of ha\ til ship hulldlng yards. By Japan —Increase of Japan'* na- val strength to 70 per cent of British and American ; cessation of eonstrue- lion of naval bancs am 1 new fortlllcu- tlori'i In the Pacific. By Fmnce—Allowance of eight cap ital ships to safeguard French col onies. By Italy—Allowance of six capital ships to protect Italian Interests. A committee, of which Col. Theo dore Ristsevelt Is chairman, set to work ut once to study the plan and proposed tnodJttentlons, and by the end of the week It was predicted an agree ment would be reached within two or three weeks. Among the American experts there was considerable oppo sition to the British suggestiohs. and the Knglishnien dropped the Idea of one battleship a year. Japur^p proposition that there be no more naval bases or fortifications con structed In the Pacific was expected, and perhaps proves a bit-awkward for the United States. It niehps the abandonment of work and plans in the Philippines, Dutch Harbor and elsewhere which have been considered most necessary for the safety of our possessions in the Pacific If not for that of our Pardfir-cnaaL. But if*Mr. |s*ill froju Germain which, he noted. Is a nation of tkl.tkm.OMU while France numbors hut .’lAjkkt.OUO. It Is plain that tlie French will not consent ,to plans for radical«military armament reduction until the Uusstun and Teu tonic threats are removed. —N /^V\ KU In Kurope (he League of Na- tlons ft-els that its authority is l»e- Ing fiouied hy Jugo-Sluvla, audit has determined to show that it can stop a war. Therefore it advanced the date of Its Purls meeting mid took up the mutter of the Invasion of Albania hy tho Serbians. The laipy had been ordered to get out of Albania and to observe the boundaries of that state as established hy the allied ambassa dors. hut In effect, ut least, they dis regarded both demands. They- did, how ever, disown’’ the troops In Al- _hanl:i, claiming they are irregulars over which their government has ho control. Meanwhile those “Irregulars" are said to he threatening Tirana, the Albanian capital, and the situation Is about the sume us at Vllna where the league scored a failure. T/'ARL and Zifa, ex-rulers of Austrln- Hungary have beer, landed on their Island of exile, Madeira. Portu gal- consented to cure -for them there' but the expenses, reckoned at about $8(1,000 - a year, will he paid by tlte states which formerly made up their ' empire U -the plan of tbe- comfclPltf Ilughes' general program Is accepted ' allied ambassadors is carried out. by the other powers It would seem | the United States cannot well decline to accept this plan of Japan. In the • ■hip-scrapping proposal America has proclamation of peace between the been most unselfish and perhaps she United States and Germany and there can afford to be a* generocs In iHher Is much debate a* to whom he will mat'era. ■ select for uuibHs.sudor to Berlin. First aholce among the guessera l* Con- W HKS the plnte came to put for- trre*smnh Alanson B. Houghtou of ward plan* for settlement of Vortdng. N. Y. He wa* bum In Mnssfl- tho prohtejns of the Far East mute rhu*eH* flftv-elght years ago. graduat- of the great [towt rs ieemed ready . vd froio Harvard mid the pnlvrrslttes pKKSIDKNT Harding' last Monday * signed* without any ceremony the Youngsters Ar* Tramst) in Soma Citiss, Mailers and' Undergoing Qua Pruoatioi.arr **»•""*• ' Fjr#mM Ar . Gjvw ,_ tluy the conferees suspended their meetings t«i allow the house to vote on the question of surtax rate*. Thg senate had fixed the maximum rate at oO per cent and the house at 31’ per cent. The “insurgent" Republi cans of the house were determined to carry through the senate plan so the leaders turned to a compromise. Just before the house met President Har ding took a hand In tho affair by In forming the house conferees that a maximum surtax rate of 40 per cent would he agreeable to the administra tion. The house, however, hy a vote of liOl to 173, Instructed its conferees to accept the rg) |>er cent rate. U npHK week In America wa* not wlth- X out Its serious labor troubles— few weeks are. The gannent workers" of New York went on strike in pro test against the restoration of the ^lece work system. Their leaders said most of the 00,000 workers quit, hut the employers asserted that 00 per cent of the workers had refused to go out. In Chicago there was a short but lively strike of the teamsters accom panied by some violence. The men refused to accept a wage cut of $3 a week ordered hy an arbiter and ac cepted by the union officials. After being out two days they returned to work with the understanding that they should have a rehearing before the arbiter., ~ Alexander Howat, for twenty years a leader of the^Kansas miriers now their president, was expelled from the United Mine Workers of America for his refusal to obey the order of the international officers to eud the strike in that state. About 4.000 Kfinsas miners also were suspended front meiuberablp. Howat and his crowd have fought uncompromisingly against the Kansas Industrial court. The Color*do Fuel and Iron cona|tany's miners In Cotqgado struck and state troetpa were called oaL TAKES OVER BOSTON TROOP. Sa'ld Dalfbus who served as Chief scout of Syria and Is now - a student at the Musaarhusetts Institute of Tech nology was one of the young men who answerW the recent call for scout leaders issued by the Boston council. He will act as- scoutmaster for a group of Syrian hoys. Another valu able addition-to the scoutmaster ranks that the appeal gained was Joseph A. Langone. organizer of th^ Sons of Italy, the largest Italian organization In tho country. Mr. Langone will serve as a scoutmaster of his own troop and supervise other Italian troop* In the city. GAVE HIS THREE PENNIES. Troops In many places have been making contributions to the “Scout comrades ' in Pueblo who lost so heavily and acted so heroically in the disaster which overcome the city last summer.” Orange (N. J.) scouts are among those who have been helping tills work and recently a little chap not more than nine years old—too young to be a scout but brim full of scout spirit—Stopped Scoutmaster Yarrles of that city and presented him with three pennies which ho said he -wanted added A to tlte fund the scouts were collecting for Pueblo l»oys. SCOUTS TO HELP AIR SERVICE. Washington scouts had the honor of laying the first marker H D. C. I.” for' the new air route from Balling fftld io Dayton, O' and plans nre being* made at the request of the fedcat air service for definite co-operaffoo of boy scouts with tjie service. Some of 'he work which It Is contemplated hav- ne scouts do' wllf c<»n*i*t of helping aviators making forced lauding*, re- uorting adverse weather coodlt narking airway*, guarding p4ane» 1 landed ot brukeh, night signaling. Tha Remedy With a Record of Fifty- Five Years of Surpassing Excellence. All who suffer with nervous dyspep sia, sour stomach, constipation. 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I preeiiute?* *'N«i. «dr. we got It at a sheriff - * sale of llie uiMiiufacturer's stork.' “'Why <hrt tin* manufacturer bust upf “ “Through selling this article at a ! dead loss/ , “ *1 sU|*|h-o» he'd paid ton ^urh for his raw iiitiierial. eh?* •"Oh, no; he stole the raw iiinterlitl.* “‘Gee whiz! Wrap tue up half a‘ dozen.’" SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY AILMENTS, Thera is oely oa* oMdicia* that stands oat pre-eminent as s medicine tor^^k curable si I teen U of tha ktdasys. Uver Dr. Kolmar's Swamp-Root staada tha kigbast for tho raaaoa that it to bs put th* remedy needed to upoa thousands of dtairesstng onaaa. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly ba> cause Its nuld sad im used at* effect a soon realised ut most esses It to • gawtio, bealmg vogetablo compound Hurt treatment st ones. Sold at all drug stores ta bottles of two am, medi um and torge. However, if yoa wish first to lost thin C l preparation send tea ceats to 1^. tier A Co., Bingkamtoa, N. Y., for • mcnple bottle. Whea wntiag be sere sad —AdvartiaauMSt. Speaking Hla I>^i|j4| Jrii; JiffLA»uytnr.iiTlHnaBtir of op|Mirtunity ?" * “There Is no douhlt of it,“ r»qWie«l the tlisgruntlcd Htlien. “I don't know ot another country on the face of the earth where it ninn hus grottier op portunlty to nutke a fool of himself in politics."—Birmingham' Age-Herald. DEADLY WEAPON OF SAVAGES African Tnbaa Use Poisoned Arrears Which Inflict Death That la Instantaneous. The most effective weapon of tho .Masai and Aiwlorobo is the arrow which they (Miiwia with the Accae- thera schliupert, a ataall tree, accord ing to a Nat tonal Geographic nociety bulletin. They boil the leave* ami branches until the mixture becomes* thick ami pltch-llk* In appearance, and place It on sheets of hark which they hide high <4i the branches of trees away from children until It la n*eded. When an animal Is shot with an arrow dlpiied In the (Miiami It dies alnnsit Im mediately.^ The native* cut out the flesh around the wotutd as soon as p<m- sthle and throw- it away. The remain der Is enten nml the blond is drunk. Tills love of blood as an article of fond Is common among many African tribes, sexeral of them going so far a* to bleed their cattle ami drink the blood hot or mix It with their porridge. P rofUacr lAg. - - • “I sttptMise-you marry a ltd of elo|^ ing fvittples. squire. Quite a source of inctsne, eh?” “Yes; I git $."» for marryln* •(tuple an* they come In finch da haste I nllus fine ’em $10 more foF «ii»eedln’."—Boston Transcript. _ The TSlock Signals Are IVor king— ie respects, is like railroading. In some respects, Human experiencB '&■ m mm Every moment of tHe business *nr1 social day the block signals are giving right of way to keenness and alertness -—while the slow and the heavy must 1 wait on the sidetrack for their chance to move forward. The ability to "go thrtragh n and to “get there 1 ' depends much on the poise of body, brain and nerves that comes with correct diet and proper nourishment. That's why so many choose Grape- Nuts for breakfast and lunch. Served with cream milk it is completely nourishing, partly pre-digested, and it supplies the vital mineral salts BO necessary to full nutrition. Grape-Nuts has a rich, delightful flavor,^is ready to serve on the instant ——and is distinctly the food for mcnr*,! and physical alertness and speed. "At all grocers. "There's a Reason* , for GrapecNutf i