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TREATY COA
BY SENA
DEVOTE DAY TO COMPROMISE
DISCUSSION.
Stumbling Block Article 10.
Reservation Framed at Last Session
President Has Declared Means
Rejection of Covenant.
Washington, Dec. 31.?Getting
down to cases in their discussion of
a peace treaty compromise, Republican
and Democratic senators found today
that article ten still presented
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tne Olggesi SlUlllUims uiutn. in Hie
way of an agreement.
^Jhe senate leaders of both political
parties again were active during
the day in the compromise negotiations
and the succession of conferences
was regarded generally as indicating
that the s'tuation soon might
take more definite form. On all
sides it was said that although no
agreement was yet in sight, the shift-!
Ing process had cleared away many
collateral points and had centered at'
tention on a very few reservations,
nptable the one relat'ng to article 10.
It was the reservation on this point
I
as framed by the foreign relations
committee at the last session which
President Wilson characterized as
meaning a rejection of the treaty.
Determined to secure some modification
Democratic senators have pre
sented a number of suggestions but
all of them so far have been regarded
on the Republican side as going too
far. The Republicans in turn, have
suggested changes which the Democrats
regard as modifications of lan-|
guage oniy.
Three conferences attracted , particular
attention among the many
wh'ch were held today regarding the
treaty. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
Republican leader, went ovei
compromise suggestions with Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, a Democratic
member of the foreign relations committee.
Later Secretary Tumulty
went to the capitol and, speaking for
t^ie president, discussed the s'tuation
with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
the acting leader of the Democrats.
Tonight Mr. Hitchcock called into
the Democratic members of the committee
who are in town. Details of
none of these meetings were revealed,
but it was understood that in all of
/ them specific reservation changes
were discussed, and in each case
article lu ngures pruiumcuuj.
Estimate by Pomerene.
As a committeeman who worked
for unreserved ratification and 'later
worked for the Republican reservation
programme Senator Pomerene is
understood to have given Senator
Lodge a comprehensive estimate 01
compromise sentiment, among the
Democrats, and to have gone into details
in outlining how far he thought
the administration senators would be
willing to go in regard to article 10.
Secretary Tumulty said the purpose
of his call on Senator Hitchcock was
to obtain, at President Wilson's request,
the latest information about
\ the senate situation. He declared he
did not take to the capitol any new
compromise scheme, though it is assumed
that the Democratic senate
leader took the opportunity to inquire
about Mr. Wilson's attitude toward a
compromise.
' The meeting tonight of the foreign
relations committee Democrats
was understood to have taken steps
to reduce to a definite form Democratic
proposals for redrafting the Republican
reservations. The subject
was considered in tne lignt 01 me information
obtained during the day by
Senators Hitchcock and Pomerene
and with a view to framing a programme
behind which the administration
forces could unite.
Some Progress Made.
It was the first attempt of the
Democratic committee members to
get together on such a programme.
Those who were present declined to
discuss details of the meeting but said
some progress had been made.
Bes'des article 10, the majority
reservation regarding voting power
in the league of nations figured prominently
in the day's discussion. Some
administration senators took the position
that the reservation would completely
disqualify such dominions as
Canada and Australia from voting
on any question. Among the Republicans,
however, there was a feeling
that if the article 10 qualification
could be smoothed out, the issue ovei j
voting power easily would be dispos-!
ed of. Much the opinfbn seemed to J
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JSIDERED
1TE LEADERS
ANNUAL REPORT OF LYNCHINGS.
| Tuskegee University Announces Its
Finctngs.
?
Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. 31.?The dej
partrnent of records and research of
I Tuskegee university today issued its
I annual report of lynchings in 1919.
According to the report there were
j 82 lynchings in 1919, of which 77
were in the South and five in the
North and West. Th.'s is 18 more
! than the number, 64, for 1918. Of
ithose lynched 75 were negroes and
seven whites. One of those put to
death was a negro woman. .Nineteen,
or less than one-fourth of those put to
death, were charged with assault or
attempted assault. Seven of the vicI
tims were burned to death. Nine were
put to death and then their bodies
were burned. The charge against
those burned to death were: Criminal
assault 3; murder 2; killing sheriff 1;
no charge given 1. The charges
aganist those first killed and then
their bodies burned were: Attempted
criminal assault 3; shooting officers
of the law 3; criminal assault 1; murder
1; incendiary talk 1.
The offense of murder was charged
against all the whites lynched. The
offences charged against the negroes
were: Murder 13; attempted criminal
assault 10; criminal assault 9;
abetting riots 4; shooting officers of
law 4; insulting a woman 4; killing
of officers of the law 4; alleged incendiary
talk 2; writing improper letters
2; chargea not reported 6; shooting a
woman 1; robbery 1; murder sentence
changed to life imprisonment 1;
shooting night watchman 1; shooting
and wounding a man 1; alleged complicity
in killing officer of the law 1;
kill ng man in self defense 1; Killing
landlord in dispute over crop settlement
1; no charge made 1; for being
acquitted of shooting an officer of the
law 1; remarks about Chicago riot 3?
for keeping company with a white
woman 1; for being found under bed
1; for making boastful remarks 1;
for alleged misleading of mob searching
for another 1; because appeal was
token from ten years sentence for attempting
life of another 1; for discussing
a lynching 1.
The States in which lynchings oc- .
curred and the number of each State
are as follows:
Alabama 7; Arkansas 12; Colorado
2; Florida 5; Georgia 21; Louisiana
7; Mississippi 12; Missouri 2; Nebraska
1; North Carolina 3; South
Carol'na 1; Tennessee 1; Texas 4;
Washington 1; West Virginia 2;
Kansas 1.
A Hope That Failed.
The great ocean liner rolled and
pitched.
"Henry," faltered the young bride,
"do you still love me?"
"More than ever, darling," was
Henry's fervent answer.
Then there was an eloquent silence.
"Henry, she gasped, turning her
pale, ghastly face away. "I/thought
that would make me feel better, but
it doesn't!" ? The Queenslander
(Brisbane, Australia.) >
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AU the Fixings.
"Has this car got a speedometer?"
asked an old gentleman to the auctioneer,
at one of the Disposal Board
sales.
The auctioneer was" equal to the
occas'on and replied:
"At th'rty miles an hour it exhibits
a white flag, at forty miles a red flag,
and at fifty miles a gramophone beg'ns
to play, 'I'm going to be an angel,
and with the angels dwell'."?London
Tit-Bits.
Professional Jealousy.
It was one of those rare occasions
when Sir E. Marshall Hall, the lawyer,
lost a case, and he wasn't feeling
so very happy over it.
"Your profession doesn't make
angels out of men, does it?" said a
medical friend, teasingly.
"No," retorted Sir Edward, "that's
one thing we leave to you do.tors!"?
London Blighty.
be held by both Democrats and Republicans
in regard to suggested ,
changes in regard to Shantung and I
in the preamble requirement that the
other powers must accept the senate's
act;on affirmatively. It was declared
that while no attempt had been
made to settle these issues "wh'le the
article 10 disagreement continued,
there were indicat'ons that the>
would be rendered much less dificult
once the main issue wah decided.
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EXPECTS REDUCTION 1
IN FUTURE PRICES
GENERAL ANXIETY PREVAILS ]
CONCERNING ADVANCES.
Readjustment Imminent.
High Wages for Labor Complicates 1
Situation, Declares Federal
Reserve Board.
Washington, Dec. 11. ? General
anxiety prevails throughout American
business concerning the continued i
advance in prices and a readjustment
appears imminent, the Federal Re- :
serve uoara reported tomgnt in its 1
review of December business condi- ;
tions. Through the board's statement
the inference was strongly given
that a reduction in prices is due, :
because of a recognized curtailment
of buying power coupled with a lack 1
of unanimity of opinion as to what ;
the future holds.
Great Trade Activity.
While retail trade shows great ac- j
tivity and wholesalers and manufac- 1
turers were represented as being un- (
able to supply the demand, the great
growth in business was shown to j
have been in terms of dollars and not
in units of production. Hugh wages (
for labor further complicated the sit- 1
uation, according to the board's re- ;
view. Practically every federal reserve
district reported that "skilled
labor was working only sufficient 1
days to keep going," resulting in a {
consequent falling off in production. *
Unrest Shows Abatement. 1
Laboor unrest, the review saia, (
showed some abatement during the (
month but the greatly reduced pro- 1
duction of the preceding month was ]
not by any means fully restored. The <
termination of the coal strike and the t
cessation of activity in the steel '
strike as well as the greatly increased
number of men employed in these <
lines in many districts accounts for a 1
lower figure representing unemploy- '
ment, the board said.
Disposition of Labor. 1
"From many sections," the board 1
asserted, "it is reported that the chief 1
d'fficulty does not lie in systematic 1
strikes but in the indisposition of *
workers to increase production and 1
to keep steadily at work. The reduced s
output as a result of very short hours 1
or the suspension of work a given s
number of days a week has proved ^
to be a national problem. The d'spo- 1
sition of labor to pursue such a pol- (
icy is ascribed by many to high wages 1
,nd the desire to employ the increased
purchasing power thus obtained in i
the purchase of leisure rather than
goods." <
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INDEPENDENCE OF WEEVIL.
Farmers Revising Their Programme
to Meet Weevil Conditions.
Under the leadership of County
Apent E. C. Bruce, Hampton county, (
farmers are hustling to revise their 1
farming programmerand their farming
business to meet the boll weevil
conditions now before them.
The need for concerted action is
realized, and the farmers are get- 1
ting together in community clubs organized
partly for buying and sejling
cooperatively, partly for discussion of 1
new conditions and new require- i
ment. Such clubs have been organized
in the Hickory Grove, Nixville,
Holly Hill, Hugging Oak and other
communities and others will be or- :
ganized as fast as the county agent i
can carry out the plans.
At recent meetings of these far- 1
mers' clubs, says County Apent Bruce, i
the discussions have centered chiefly
around livestock, peanuts, potatoes, <
sugar cane, and other crops for a
well balanced diversified farming, 1
and a programme has been worked ]
out calling for each farm per horse
or mule:
5 acres of cotton.
10 acres of corn, peas, peanuts,
and beans. 3
3 acres of oats.
3 acres of peanuts (White Span- (
ish).
3 acres of sweet potatoes (Nancy J
Hall).
1 acre of sugar cane.
"If the farmers are going to plant
what they say," adds Mr. Bruce, "I 5
don't see hom the boll weevil can 1
affect them very much."?Hampton ^
Guardian. ?
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Bobby, just home from his first v;s- iC
it to the country, was telling the folhs ]
of its wonders. "And say, ma," he <
sa'd, "out on the farm they get nrlk '
from cows, and it's just as good as ?
any."?Boston Transcript. ' <
NATIONAL CENSUS
WORK IS STARTED
EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND ENUMERATORS
REQUIRED.
WiU Cost $22,000,000.00.
Figures Showing Population Will
Probably Be Ready About
the End of April.
Washington, Jan. 1.?An army of
85,000 enumerators will begin
promptly at 9 o'clock tomorrow the
work of counting the men, women
^ -P A TTr? if A/1 C? + O f An o T"? /-J
auu tu.iuicu ui lulc uiiiicu uiatco auu
Df collecting certain information
about the resources of the country.
The taking of this census, the fourteenth
in the history of the nation,
is expected to require only about two
weeks, but figures showing the total
population probably will not be available
until the end of April.
Special Commission.
Workers will sally forth with a
portfolio, especially prepared, and a
commission signed by SamL . Rogers,
chief of the bureau.
The count is expected to show a
population of from 107,000,000 to
110,000,00*0, as compared with 93,300,000
in 1910. The estimated popllation
on July 1, 1919, was 106,871,294.
Larger Cities First.
Cards will be collected by 372 supervisors
and forwarded to headquarters,
where 4,000 clerks will be
engaged in the tabulation work. To:als
for each of the items on the
cards will be computed by specially
lesigned machines. Officials expect
to be able to make a preliminary estimate
of the population of the larger
cities by the middle of March, but re
urns for the country districts will not
3e completed until later.
The census includes the collecting
Df data on farms, manufactures,
forests and oil production, in addition
to the enumeration of persons.
The fourteenth decimal census is
:he first to be taken during the win:er
months. While severe weather
nay be a handicap in some sections,
:he change was made in order that
;he enumeration might be completed
aefore the election primaries of the
summer season. For the first time,
ilso, women have been employed as
supervisors. The maximum pay allowed
by law is four cents per person,
with a higher rate for farm land.
Congress appropriated $22,000,000
for the work.
The first census taken in 1790 during
the administration of George
Washington, showed the population
>f the new republic to be 3,000,000.
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WRITING A BIBLE.
What is Said To Be World's Largest
Is Now Being Prepared.
What is said to be the world's largest
Bible is being written by hand by
eading men and women of the United
Kingdom, says a London dispatch.
Among those who are participating
in the work are King George, Queen
Mary, the Prince of Wales and the
cabinet ministers.
The book will contain the complete
text of the authorized version from
Genesis to Revelations and there is
space for 12,000 handwritten contributions.
It will be five feet, 2 inches
high, and 3 feet G inchies wide.
Twelve large goatskins were required
for the binding which is done in red
levent morroco leather.
This huge Book will be exhibited in
various places, the idea be'ng to attract
support to the Bible crusade in
1 Q91 T+ ie ovon Vinnori tn tnli'P it I
Ik AO V/ f VAX iiv^vu wv .w
overseas to the dominions' where it
would he shown in a motor car provided
with a folding platform and
pulpit.
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No Surprise.
He was the little brother. Sister's
roung gentleman was waiting patiently
in the drawing-room, and Tommy
opened fire with:
"Are you going to propose to my
sister to-night?"
"Why, I?er?er?er?what do
fou mean?"
"Oh, nothing! Only if you are, you
lin't a-going to surprise her. At dinner
jus* now she bribed me an' my
little brother to go to bed at half-past
seven. She's hung four cup'd pictures
on the parlor wall, moved the sofa
wer in the darkest corner, got ma and
pa to go callin' next door, shut the
log in the cellar, an's been practising
Because I Love You' on the planner
ill the afternoon."?The Queenslandjr
(Brisbane, Australia.)
OVER THIRT
CITIES G
SANDERS MUST SHOW CAUSE.
Anderson Officer May be Removed By
Cooper.
Anderson, Jan. 3.?Governor Cooper
has ordered Sheriff J. Olin Sanders
of Anderson county to appear at the
executive chambers in Columb.a, .Monday,
January 12, to show cause why
his commission as the governor's appointee
to fill the unexpired term of
Sheriff Ashley, resigned, should not
be revoked, and his office declared
vacant.
Accompanying the order served by
the governor on the Anderson sheriff
is a number of affidavits apd statements.
including an affidavit from E.
M. O Bryant, a letter from S. E. Wh.tten,
foreman of Anderson county
grand jury, and the report of an investigation
of the sheriff's office by
James H. Craig, state bank examiner,
and other affidavits concerning offic.al
transactions.
Mr. O'Bryant's affidavit is to the effect
that while on duty as policeman,
in this city, he had occasion to call at
his home unexpectedly, and he found
that his wife was not in their room,
but that the door to an adjojin.ng
room was locked. Upon demanding
entrance he found Sheriff Olin Sanders
in th's room with his wife. Both
admitted illicit relations and Sher.ff
Sanders covered him with a pistol until
he left the house, according to the
affidavit. x
The report of Mr. Craig is of some
length and covers an audit of the
books of the sheriff's office, especially
in the matter of delinquent tax executions
and dispositions of fines.
Other affidavits are by B. R. Hillard,
relating to payment of certain
fines to the sheriff; W. F. Moates, relating
to his paying, a fine to the
sheriff; John W. Sammons, chief of
police of Anderson, concerning informat'on
regarding whiskey cases fur?
fv,a c Vi ari ff R R Milliard
ULldil^U ou^A xu.. ...... ?
made affidavit to the effect that slot
machines seized by Sheriff Ashley
were ordered demolished by Sheriff
Sanders and that the money to the
amount of $340 was taken out, and
this was deposited in the name of
the sheriff in a local bank.
R. E. Junkinj former jailer, makes
affidavit relating to persons not confined
to jail, giving a list of names.
As ordered in the formal order
from the governor, Sheriff Sanders
will appear before the governor at the
date and time set forth to show cause.
FRENCH SOUVENIR.
All A. E. Fj Men Urged to Send For
Memorial.
Acting as distributing agency for
the French government, Colonel J. E.
Wyke, U. S. Army Recrutiting Officer,
Savannah, Ga., is issuing to former
soldiers of the American Expeditionary
Forces an eloquent tribute to the
Americans who fought on French
and German soil in the World War.
It had been intended by the French
government that this memorial
should be presented to the American
Exned.tionary Forces before they left
France, but it was not ready in time
to be given to all. However, determined
that our men who fought overseas
should know that the French
government appreciated their sacrifices,
their heroism and their achievements,
it has requested that the memorial
be presented to them individually.
Soldiers and former soldiers
of the American Expeditionary Forces
can obtain a copy of the memorial
at The Army Recruiting Station,
1522 Main St., Columbia, S. C.
The French government regrets
that the supply of this pamphlet is so
small that it cannot be d.stributed
generally, for it contains abundant
proof that France as a nation and
the French as individuals appreciate
in full measure the glorious record
of American Arms in the war on
Prussianism. The pamphlet is a
brief history of what Americans d d
on the other side, it memoes, aiso,
interesting figured as to the devastation
wrought by the invading enemies
and of the great financial and commercial
losses inflicted upon the land
of Lafayette.
Even though it involves a little
trouble, every reader who is entitled
to re e!ve one of these pamphlets is
urged to obtain one, for as time goes
on, souvenirs of the World War become
scarcer. This souvenir will go
down to posterity as a mark of your [
service to the nation during the
World War.
Raed The Herald, $2.00 year, j
Y-THREE
LEANED OUT
| IN FIGHT TO KID NATION OF
AGITATORS.
May Double Number. V
Government's Big Battle Directed
Chiefly Against Communist
Party.
Washington, Jan. 2.?The greatest
round-up of radicals in the nation's
h story was conducted tonight by the
government, acting through Department
of Justice agents in thirty-three
cities, stretching from coast to coast.
Hundreds Captured.
At midnight reports indicated that
more than 1,500 members of the communist
and communist labor parties,
against whom the raids were directed,
were in custody, and Department of
Just'ce officials expressed the opinion
that daylight would see twice that
number beh'nd the bars.
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Thoroughly Carried Out.
Not alone was the round-up the
largest yet conducted by the government
in its effort to rid the country
^
of radicalism, but in the view of officials
it was the most thoroughly
carried out. Department of Justice
agents had been instructed several
days ago and at 9 o'clock tonight the
move was begun on the radical headquarters,
whether in Poland, Maine,
or in Portland, Oregon.
"With the Goods On.'*
Department of Justice operatives
were directed to catch the radicals
"with the goods on" and that these
directions were carried out was evidenced
in reports, particularly from
New York, where the offices of comi
munist newspapers were raided, and
from New England, where considerable
literature, prepared for dissemination
by the two parties was seized.
For Deportation.
The primary object of the raids, '
Assistant Attorney General Garvan
; announced, was the obtaining, of evi- 7
jdence upon which the Department of
! Labor might proceed with deportaj
tion of undesirables.
Larger Cities.
[ "t&ac
The larger cities in which raids
were conducted follow:
New York, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo,
Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Des iM
: Mo.'nes, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Hartford,
Indianapolis, Jacksonville (Florida),
Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville,
Milwaukee, Newark, Omahs^
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portlana,
(Maine), Portland, (Oregon), Providence,
San Francisco, Scranton, Spo
kane, St. Louis, St. Paul, Springfield,
(Mass.), Syracuse, Toledo and Trenton.
Minor raids were made in other
cities.
Over 300 in New York.
The biggest "bag" of the radicals
j was made in New York, where at
i midnight more than 300 had tjeen ari
rested and sent to ElPs island. From
| a dozen New England cities 300 or
I more of the communists were gathi
ered and in Detroit the raiders found
; a plentiful supply, taking about 300
into custody. Philadelphia and Chicaga
supplied more than 10 and Buffalo
about 100. A larger number than in
any previous raid was reported from
practically all the cities.
Incriminating Documents.
| Department of Justice agents deI
sired most of all to capture incrim'
inating documents, not so much of
| the literature and propaganda, but
papers showing details of the communist
organizations in each city.. It
was indicated that if such ev dence
were obtained deportation of the persons
concerned would be an easy mat.
! ter. As in the case of the members
] of the Union of Russian Workers,
j several score of whom were aboard
I the transport Buford, which sailed
| from New York ten days ago, mem|
bership cards in the organization
| were regarded by officials as the best
i documentary evidence on which to
i base deportation cases.
I Soviet Government.
. \
Officials said the only differencebetween
the communist party and
' the communist labor party was one of
i leadership. Both have been endeav'
oring to bring about the establish
J ment of a Soviet form of government
| In this country since their organizaI
f*on last September, according to
officials.
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