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Vol. LXXII No. 1221 , Union, S. C., Thursday At ternoon, November 10, 1921 3c Per Copy
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
> RESTS AT CAPITOL
Washington, Nov.-ft.?A plain soldier,
unknown but weighted with honors
as perhaps no American before
him because he died for the flag in
France, lay tonight in a place where
only martyred presidents, Lincoln,
Garfield and McKinley, have slept in
death. ?
He kept lonely vigil lying in state
under the vast, shadowy dome of the
capitol. Only the motionless figures
of five armed comrades, one at the
head and one facing inward at each
corner of the bier, kept watch with
him.
But far above, towering from the
great bulk of the dome, the *bro ?ding
figure of freedom watched, too, as
thought it said "Well done" to th servant.
faithfuKunto death, aslecn there
in the Vast dim chamber below.
America's unknown dead is horn."
from France at last and the nation
has no honor too great for him. In
him it pays its unstinted tribute of
price and glory to all those sleeping
in the fair soil of France. It wa3
their home coming to<jay; their day
of days in the heart of the nation
and they must have known it for
the heart boat of a nation defies the
laws of space, even of eternity.
Sodden skies-and a gray, creeping
chilling rain all through the day
seemed to mark the mourning of this
American soil and air at tin? bier
of this unknown hero. But no jot of
the full meed of honor was denied
the dead on that account. From the
highest officials of this democratic
government to the last soldier or marine
or v bluejacket, rain and cold
meant nothing beside the desire to do
honor to tfce dead.
An endless procession moved
through the rotunda of the capitol to
honor the unknown dead lvimr in state
where only the martyred president
have rested, the spokesmen for the
American groups and for the world
powers are free to place floral offerings
on the bier and. heaped tributes
. which are growing higher, spreading
about the vast chamber through the
day. Flowers from France and South
Africa, 9,000 miles away, are among
the tributes. The British embassy
arranged the parade, headed by
y. Aw?w_J-.Baifnur,
^ment delegation with two motor
trucks filled with flowers, including a
wreath from King George.
Armistice Day
Office of First Assistant Postmaster
General.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 5, 1921.
The President having proclaimed
Friday, November 11, 1921, a holiday
to be known rs Armistice Day, as a
mark of respect to the memory of
those who gave their lives in the late
world war, as typified by the unknown
and unidentified soldier who is to be
buried in Arlington Cemetery on that
day, postmasters may observe that
day as a holiday in accordance with
the provisions of Section 284, Postal
Laws and Regulations, as amended.
Postoffices shall be kept open on
W November 11 such length of time as
may be necessary to meet all reasonable
postal requirements of the publie,
and mail shall be made up and
dispatched as on other week days.
The extent of carrier delivery ser^
vice accorded the public is left to the
judgment of postmasters, but in no
case should Friday or Saturday's mail
be permitted to remain undelivered
until Monday.
'? . \ Hubert-Work,
First Assistant.
Head-On Collision
Near Longview
Marshall, Texas, Nov. 10.?One
trainman is missing and several passengers
were slightly injured in a
head-on collision between a Texas and
Pacific passenger train and a freight
' . near Long View. The passenger train
was derailed, the baggage car smashed
and the wreckage burned, says a
report to the chief dispatcher's office.
Want Immediate
Trial for Murderess
Los Art^eles, Nov. 10.?A petition
for a writ of mandate to compel the
superior court to grant an immediate
trial to Mrs. Madalynee on an indictment
charging the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy, or misses indictment
/jwill be filed in the state appellate
court, the defense counsel announced
today. The petition asserts that the
defendant prefers an immediate trial,
British Delegation Arrives
' Washington, Nov. 10.?Arthur J,
t vBalfour, acting head of the British
W armament conference delegation, arI
rived with members of his party and
New Zealand and Australian delegates.
Secretary Hughes and high
officials and pfficers of the army and
navy greeted the delegates.
Mrs. George E. Simmons of Spartanburg
will arrive this afternoon tc
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas
R Smith on S. Mountain street
DEMOCRATS GAIN
FOUR STATES
New York, Nov. 9.?Final summa :
rization tonight of results of yestcr(
duy's "off year" elections throughout
the country indicated substantial
' gains for the Democrats in four states
?Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia and
New York?while -municipal ballots in
many cities resulted in changes of
party control.
The outstanding case of statewide
Dei?oei*atic victory was in Kentucky
where that party regained control of
the legislature, which has been Republican
for two years. In Maryland
wheve the entire lower house was
elected, with 27 members of the senate,
Democratic control increased.
In Virginia the Democratic gubernatioral
candidate, State Senator E
Lee Trinkle, led his Republican opponent
by a wide margin, which extended
afso to his running mates, in.
eluding J. Murray Hooker, the party's
candidate for representative it> con
gress.
* In the New York assembly the
Democrats inci-eased their representation
by 23 seats, although the Republicans,
with a total of 90 assemblymen,
still l'etain a wide wo k'ng
margin.
Albany, long regard d as th
stronghold of Republicanism in thi
state will have a Democratic adrni-*
istration for the first time in 22 yea.f.
The Democrats elected their mayoralty
candidate, W. S. Hackctt, and
seized every other berth in the city
administration balloten on, including
a large majority of the 19 aldermani<
scats.
Detroit reelected Mayor James C011sens,
whose campaign was waged on
a platform calling for municipal traction
ownership, while Cleveland gave
Fred Kohler a substantial plurality
over Mayor William S. Fitzgerald
(Republican) and voted to change to
a city manager plan of government
in 1924.
It was Kohler who, when dismissed
as chief of police by Newton D. Baker,
then mayor, told his friends he
would some day vindicate himself by
being elected head of the city government.
He conducted his campaign
without making a speech. Cleveland
is- said ih? iargcsL-City. Ayhjch.
has adopted the city manager plan.
Republican mayors were elected in
Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
Meeting of Chamber
Of Commerce
There will be a meeting of the members
of the Union Chamber of Commerce
in the rooms of the organizatidn
tonight at 7:30 o'clock. All members
are urged to attend.
Study Club
The Study club will meet this week
on Saturday at 3:45 instead of Friday
as heretofore at the horfie of Mrs. J.
W. Buchanan on Douglass Heights.
Basket of Fine Greens
William McDaniel brought The
Times folk a basket of fine greens th s
morning, picked from his own garden.
He says he has bushels of turnip salad
and will be glad to change some of it
for monev.
Mr. McDaniel is a fine gardener and
knows just how to plant to make a
crop.
Unemployment
To Be Discussed
London, Nov. 10.?The session of
parliameht whic convened in February
was proroged by Roaly Commission
after a brief auihomin sitting
following the August adjournment
to consider the unemployment.
Several members, who are apprehensive
over the Irish situation, asked
the government to allow another adjournment
instead of a definite closing
to permit quick reconvening, but
Austen Chamberlain, the government
leader in the house of commons, declared
nothing stood in the way of
proroguing.
Hearing on
Borderland Coal Case
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 1Q.?The
hearing upon the application of the
i Borderland Coal Corporation and 03
I other companies for an injunction re!
straining the United Mine Workers
from attempting to unionize the Mingo
and Logan county fields, was set
to begin in the United States district
court here today.
Santa Fe Train Wrecked
Oklahoma City, Nov. 10.?A Santa
. Fo train was wrecked near Mulhall,
i Okla., according to meagre reports, in
I which several were injured, but none
killed. Three cars were ditched and
two derailed.
Mrs. L. B. Jeter, Jr., is visiting her
. parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McDow,
on S. Church street.
'POISON DID NOT
CAUSE DEATH!
' Arsenical poisoning did not brinj
about the death of four members o
the family of Joe Lee of Baldoc, A1
lendale'county, judging from tho con
dition of the stomach and intestine
of the mother of the family, accord
ing to the report submitted yesterda;
to Governor Cooper by Dr. C. V. Akin
representative of the state board o
health, who, in company with Dr. A
H. Haydcn, epidemiologist of tin
state health body, went to Baldo
Tuesday to investigate the death;
from a health standpoint.
Four members of this family havi
died and the father is now very ill ii
;i\ hospital in Augusta. Three chil
dren of the family died last week am
the mother passed away last Monday
The state health department was re
quested by physicians and citizens o
the community to send representa
tives to make an investigation, ant
Tuesday Dr. Haydcn and Dr. Akii
went to Baldoc. * Yesterday morninj
Dr. Akin made a report on the cast
to the governor.
To Examine Internal Organs.
Dr. Aiken said yesterday that th<
:rtevr*al organs of one of the chil.
Ircn bad been sent to Clems on col
ore for examination, and that th'
:M'crnal organs of the mother ha<
been sent to Charleston. If arsenic
In sufficient quantities to cause deatl
: i. _ .1 I? 1 ? ? ' ?1
wa i wnn ioou or water, trn
examination now being made shoulc
voadily detect the presence of the
poison, Dr. Akin said.
A well, located near a stable lot
furnished the water for the familv
Dr. Akin says physicians of the com
munity said they had examined th'
water and found present in it "wiggW
tails" in large numbers and vca
much alive. The presence of thos<
animals in a living state was oppos-v
to the theory of the well being poison
ed. Dr. Akin savs. Svmntoms de
scribed by attending physicians als<
tern! to rule out the poison theory.?
The State.
Notice
The services at Bethesla will be ai
3 o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday
Iftm-of an
nounced some days ago.
i Mrs. W. T. Hennett and F. M. Wil
lard will be with us. Every membe
is urged to be present.
H. E. Hill,
Pastor.
Coming?
A big football game at the Citj
Park tomorow, Nov. 11th, at 3:30 p
m. The Union Hi will p^ay the Cow
pens Hi. You can't miss this one. A
rromn i c nvnm i aorl tn nil wnt
come out.
Miss Kcrhulas Entertains
Miss Elizabeth Kerhulas celebrate(
her fifth birthday Tuesday afternooi
at the home of her parents, Mr. am
Mrs. Ernest Kerhulas, and invited 2(
of her small friends to share it wit!
her. ?
The little folks spent two hours it
merry frames and were then usheret
into the dining room where the moth
er of the hostess served cream ant
cake.
Ferns and chrysanthemums wen
used as decorations, the cake bearinf
the five lighted candles forming th<
center piece.
As souvenirs the departing guest'
were given dainty little baskets fillet
with mints.
Entertains Music Club
Miss Vera Murrah delightfully en
tertained the Euterpean Music elul
Tuesday afteinoon at her home ci
South street.
The following interesting progran
was enjoyed by all:
Piano sota?Mrs. Kemper Morgam
Paper, "Life of Grieg"?Mrs. Dud
Icy Beatty.
Vocal solo?Miss Lay ton.
Piano solo?Miss Duncan.
Vocal quartette?Misses I^aytor
-Tones,mnrtinandMrs. b m cmfwyp 1
Jones, Martin and Mrs. Perrin.
A delightful salad course was serv
ed by the hostess.
The next meeting will be with Mrt
rr? T> ti? fT.. )A.. ?
w. l. ueai/ty on xursuuy iuitiuw
November 15th.
[Predicts Another
War in Five Yari
London, Nov. 3.?Major Genert
Sir William Brancker, who was Cor
troller-General of Equipment an
Master General of Personnel of th
Air Council during 1918, said in a
address here on "Aviation" that ir
stinct told him there would be anotb
er war in five years.
"There will be no declaration," h
said. "It. will start by a sudde
aerial attack."
The cannibals of New Guinea us
oyster shells to carve decoratins c
their bodies.
?
0
MAN SAID TO j
i HAVE EATEN ftASS
g Spartanburg, Nov. 9.?Ah alleged
f demented white man who amjpicked
- up on the streets yesteifay and
- lodged in the city jail, has blto trying
s since to end his life by eata&p glass,
- the turnkey says, and thatjpe ate a
y lamp ch.mney last nightijand this
i, morning he broke a window kpd startf
ed chcwinp^glass. Dr. O. VVLsLeonard
. was called in and induced they man to
e take several pieces of fcl{HteJ out of
. his mouth.
i The man was acting in i -peculiar
manner on the streets yeetarday aft?
'.ernoon and was taken int ^.custody
t by a policeman. There was fep letter
. or other means of identifi iktion on
j the man, and he says iloes nqt
emember his own name, ^though he
. told the(turnkcy that he hqf a cousin,
f Thomas Shipman, living ft Brevard,
. n. c.
i 8\
i Believes in Open Aifi
Life j| r Girls
' New York, Nov. 8.?Op$ fl&SVf lttfe
;nd healthful games for giV! i ire ?av>red
by Mrs. Warren G. IDs tfiug. In
\ letter to Mrs. Oliver Ilan man, naional
president of the 4$ hip .'Five
Girls, the wife of the Preside it writes:
1 "I have never been abHj| imagine!
any reason why the Catnj^Fire Girls
1 should not be just as userpl an or1
g.inization for the girla. -at*; the Boy
Scouts. Moreover, it to mt
- ill at girls need this kind^f Inducement
to open air life and games
and occupations, quitp af flhpPh as the
boys. The p&rt that play in
- the world, has been greats'* changed
even in my own gerierttlMr* it- has
? been broadened and enlatWfd and we
r will be wise if We reco?^?(> that a
? larger consideration fotftwe hqklth
1 and physical advancetdent^HE girls
- will better fit them lor tKf&oki they
must/Assume." ^
East-West I^optb^Ciaine
Pasadena, Cal., Nov.-jBt-Prepawttions
are under wav for^Bb next annual
football game bet^nn eHstern
t and western intercolleg^^^vhampions
to be held here New YemKW&y under
'ISSjStf^- Tpumamentoi
uoFcsyvssociatmirr *^'
Association officials have no teams
(> in mind yet for the game and no invitations
will be sent until the close
of the varoius conference football
seasons.
Last year the University of California,
Pacific Coast Conference
champion, defeated Ohio State University,
Big Ton title holder. In 1919
fame the University of Oregon, coast
champion, lost to Harvard University.
The Tournament of Roses Associa^
tion is planning to build a stadium for
the big game and announced five-year
and ten-year books would be sold, be_
ginning November 1, 1921, the proceeds
to be devoted to the stadium
construction. The stadium however
* will not he ready for the 1922 game.
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! Salvation Army Lasses
)
1 The following young ladies have
been asked to sei*ve the doughnuts to
i the World War veterans in the city
1 park Armistice Day: .
MisseXLinnie Mae Cranford, Gladys
1 Harris, Bessie Rudder, Nell Pollard,
Lena Bailey, Lunell Mitchell, Muriel
1 Shaver, Herma Crawford.
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2 Change for Maddox
Maj. Theodore Maddox of Ur.ion,
I medical detachment of the First infantry,
South Carolina national guard,
was yesterday transferred to the state
staff corps and department and assigned
as state surgeon. The transfer
. was made in orders issued by Adjub
tant General Grant.?The State,
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Record Plurality
II Names Hylan Again
New York, Nov. 8.?Mayor John F.
Hylan, Democrat, was reelected today
by the largest plurality ever given
a mayoralty candidate in this city.
, The vote, with 289 districts out of
n 2,709 in the city missing was: Hyland,*
665,770; Henry S. Curran, Republican,
running on a coalition ticket,
296.082, and Jacob Panken, So,
cialist, 75,733. If Hylan's ratio of
n gain is maintained in the missing districts,
his plurality will be about
413,000.
Mayor Hylan swept into office with
him the Democratic"1 candidates for
S city comptroller, president of the
hoard of aldermen and tihe five boril
ough presidents. i
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d Becomes Rich and
Sails for America
n Bologna, Italy, Nov. 8.?Giacenv?
Lusardi, a carpenter, who says he has
suddenly become heir te milions by
the death of a brother in America ha>
1' been offered large palacbs to Jive in.
n He hai refused them and declared that
he intends. to reside It his presnt
humble home in Ferrara.
] Lusardi is sailing for America soon
I to claim the fortune.
HEART OF BRITAIN
FOR CONFERENCE
Washington, Nov. 9.?While the
delegates of the powers were quietly i
at work today perfecting their plans
for the armament conference, cheering
assurances of support for the purposes
of the negotiations reached i
Washington from two important i
quarters of the old world.
David Lloyd George, the British I
premier, in a message expressing i-e- i
gret that he could not attend the op- <
ening session on Saturday, declared <
the heart of Great Britain was "deeply
set upon the success of the confer- I
ence," and promised the diligent ef- .
forts of the United Kingdom toward <
a solution of the problem of arma- (
ments. At the same time it became ]
known through unofficial channels 1
that Pope Benedict had given his ap <
proval of the purposes set for the con- t
ference and might pronounce the of- ^
ficial sanction of the hly see at liie
consistory of November 21. He has t
prepared to maintain close "contact j
with the negotiations as they develop. I
The certainty of support by two
such powerful forces struck a note of (
encouragement in all the delegationas
they conferred among themselves
on die work ahead. For the most part
these conferences produced no surface
developments of importance, al- '
though they brought together for the
first time the full membership of the I
American delegation and its advisory 1
committee and gave the representatives
of other powers, occupied hitli- 1
erto with a succession of ceremonial
visits, a breathing space in which U c
review their plans in the light of their 1
experiences on American soil.
? i
Black Death Reaps Toll 1
Saratov, Russia, Nov. 8.?As one
nroceeds un the Volca river, the faces
6f the inhabitants grow thinner, their 1
death lists increase from hunger, ma- 1
laria and cholera and make the trav- 1
eller involuntarily recall the "black
de$th" which originated here in the '
Middle Ages.
. Thus far there has been no emigra- ;
tion from the city of Saratov but there
are 50,000 refugees living in squalor
about its river front streets. They 1
haVe flocked in from the counti y or
transportation westward.
An incident typical of the speculation
which takes place amid this
struggle for life occurred at IJvek,
below Saratov, when the man in
charge of two food cars of the American
Relief Administration told the
correspondent that his cars had not ,
been ferried across the river to the
village of Pugashusk, because the station
master wanted either part of the '
food for himself or a cash tip.
At this point on the Volga, the fir.-.t j
food-begging began. Barefooted children
who were huddled together on
the lower decks wandered about the
steamer knocking on doors and windows
and begging bits of bread. An
Italian opera singer going to Samara
played the piano and sang the finale
of the Tosca in the grand saloon until
a crowd collected and then asked for <
bread, saying he had had none for j
three days. .
At a German colonist town of ,
Baronsk, formerly a grain center j
where there are dozens of empty
transit graneries, it was said that five (
to 10 persons were daily dying of hun
ger and malaria, and that last year's
scanty crop had been requisitioned by (
enough for seed grain last summer. (
Bread costs 8,000 rubles a pound here. (
At Baronsk also were 10,000 peas- (
ant children whose mothers were unable
to feed them. The Soviet had ,
requisitioned the best houses to shelter ,
them and was serving soup to them
daily.
At the once wealthy town of Volsk
where the smokeless chimneys of the ^
Portland cements works stand on the
bleak, chalk bluffs above the river, the
traveller was met with customary
complaints of no medicines and no
money to buy food. People meeting
the steamer offered their home treasures
for food or money. There war
signs of pitiful attempts to make use J
of the Volga river water during the
rainless summer to irrigate miles of
cabbage patches between the low '
water and high water marks.
The market and shops of the towa
were closed. The only vestige of prewar
activity was at the cathedral
where services were held as usual and
the vesper bells called to thin-faced
people across the triangular square.
"When will the Americans come?"
queried an .old man with a world of
anxiety in his voice as he hobbled toward
the church door.
Notice I). A. R.
The members of the Fair Forest
chapter, D. A. R., are requested to
meet at the High School building tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock to jo'n
the Armistice Day parade, also tho'e
who have cars are requested to decorate
them, and the young ladies are
especially invited to serve at th
booth.
Mrs. L. J. Hames,
Regent.
1 Women voters of Vienna exceed
the men by 35 per cent.
GINNING REPORT
SHOWS INCREASE
Washington, Nov. 9.?Cotton ginned
prior to November 1 amounted to
6,6402136 running bates, including
111,150 round bales, 11,775 bales of
American-Egyptian and 1,G9G bales
ot sea island, the census bureau aniiouncefh'aid'iy.
Laa, year to November 1 there had
been ginned 7,508,G33 bales, including
159.058 round bales, 23,028 bales
if American-Egyptian, and 510 bales
if sea island.
Ginnings by states to November 1
Lhis year follow: Alabama. 512,858;
Arizona, 13,640; Arkansas, 624,668;
California, 7,263, Florida, 9.471;
Georgia, 736,900; Louisiana, 236,964;
Mississippi, 642,513; Missouri, 55,202;
>Jorth Carolina, 581,974; Oklahoma,
136,512; South Carolina, 622,076; Tonlessee,
223,305; Texas, 1.927.730; Virginia,
10,632; all other states, 5,129.
The average gross weight of bales
his year was announced as 502.5
munds, compared with 511.2 pounds
ast year.
Sheriff Fant Thought
To Be Sinking
As we are going to press news Tom
he hospital as to the eonditi< ? > t
sheriff J. Ilay Fant, who was <1 jerately
wounded accidentally y< st .
lay, is not in the least encoura jing.
There appears to be little hope < t 'ns
ecovery.
Yesterday afternoon he was oiVv.itid
upon in the Wallace Thomson h??>.lital.
It was found that the b-ii! i-neivd
the abdominal cavity or the
right side and ranged downward p< rlorating
the intestines and lodging
igainst a vertebra in the backbone
Hie operation was successfully performed,
and, although it was r c<
lized that the condition of the inueul
nan was very serious, hope oT his
recovery revived. He passed a reasonably
good night, but about (>:30
a'clock this morning he took a turn
for the worst and has been sii king
since that time.
The negro, Torn Browning, who was
being arrested at the time the accident
occurred, was brought to Union
and lodged in jail. He was arrested
upon a charge of disposing of goods
under lien. *Xy\ ?? %v- Obreg-on
Attends
Annual Dinner
Mexico City, Nov. 8.?Newspapeis
here cite as evidence of President
Obregon's democracy his recent attendance
at the annual dinner ol* the
local waiters' union at which he made
an extended address. Several members
of the president's cabinet also attended.
Cantaloupes Grown
In Imperial Vallej
San Fraryjisco, Nov. 9.?More ih..n
133,000,900 cantaloupes?enough to
furnish every resident of the United
States for a melon and a half f?->r
breakfast?were raised in the Imperial
Valley of Southern Californ'a
his year, according to the Pacific
Kruit Express Company.
Land on which the melons were
aised not so many years ago was
lescrt. Now more than 400 miles
>f irrigation canals carry water from
he Colorado river to Imperial Valley
[arms. The valley is located not far
from the lowest land depression in
i 1 1 A
Liiv wonu.
In all, 1,1,000 carloads of eantaoupes
were shipped from Impuria'
Valley points this year to Pacific
"oast and eastern markets. All wen
>ut in refrigerator cars, bin ice manufacturing
plants being operated at
Brawley and El Centro, valley pouv.s
'o stock the cars.
An attempt is to be made this winter
in the Imperial Valley to produce
Christmas melons, the valley 11 years
*go having sent out the first melons
?ver produced in the country during
Ihc holiday season outside of a hotbouse.
The first Christmas melons were
raised during a frostless winter and
predictions have been made that th-1021-22
winter will be frostless. Acting
on the predictions many farmers
have planted winter melons, hoping
to realize a golden harvest.
Today's Cotton Market
Open Close
January 17.10 16.66
March 17.05 16.63
May .. 16.90 16.54
July 16.45 16.12
December 17.40 16.99
N. Y. Spots 17.40
Local market . . 16.50
The largest forest in the world if
in the Labrador and Hudson Bay dis
'"L and is, roughly, 1000 by 170(
miles. > _
\ telo?cor?o. which it is olaimcf
will be the largest in the world, is
""^ctcd at Vancouver, Britisl
Columbia. _
George Washington took comman<
of the colonial forces under an ehr
tree.
PREMIER BRIAND
! GIVES HIS VIEWS
I .
Washington, Nov. 9.?General prin- ^
ciplcs upon which questions at issue
are to be settled will be laid down in
! the first days of the conference on
limitation of armament and Pacific
and Far Eastern questions, according
to the opinion expressed today by
Premier Briand of Fiance at a conference
with American newspaper ,
correspondents. He discussed freely
the work of the conference and the
spirit in which he and .his associates
in the French delegation will approach
it.
"My conception of the first days of
the conference," the premier said, "is
that it will lay down the principles
upon which naval armament*, laid
armaments, and Pacific questions are
to be settled. It will be for the conference
itself to decide the range of
discussions but my feeling is that it
will not go beyond the lines I have
indicated and as stipulated in the
agenda, already approved by the participating
governments."
"Will the question of European
debts to the United States r me up?"
lie was asked.
"I do not think so," he replied.
"Fcanee has no disposition to bring
forward the question and I do not see
that any subject not upon the program
could be considered without the
consent of all the governments represented."
In discussing the size of the French
army, M. Briand said: "Our army has
be< n reduced greatly and is in process
of further reduction. We are going
to the extreme limit consistent with
tnc security 01 v ranee, ana 1 may say,
of Europe. We are in the presence of
a disorganized Europe. Germany is
disarmed as to artillery and small
we; pon, but has GO,000.000 people and
an industrial power that could create
arms and war material with great
rapidity.
' We are in the presence of two
volcanoes. On the other side of Germany
is Sovietic Russia in full eruption..
The German volcano is rumbling.
The only barrier is Poland.
Should that barrier fall we would
have the two countries in eruption
uniting. We must have sufficient
strength to deal with eventualities
affecting the world. The United States
that duty because'she nns sent so ' - ?
many men across the ocean, for what
we may call world reasons."
"France comes to the conference,"
he continued, "asking for nothing, solicits
nothing and has in the background
no thoughts of things to be
obtained for herself. We come rathei*,"
he added, "using a "homely expression
of Brittainy, 'with our ear?
more widely open than our mouths.'
We shall listen rather more than talk.
We have our opinions to express and
suggestions to make, but we have no
sort of purpose to ask anything for
vranee. We will arr nge our affairs
nd all that we would ask at any time
yould be moral freedom to do so."
Notice to Public
We, the undersigned grocery rner
chants, agree U> close our places of
l)us;ness Friday, November 11th, from
11 o'clock a. m. for the remainder of
he day.
(Signed)
Sanders-Fowler Co.
Harris-Woodward C<>.
M. J. Mabry.
The Cnsh Grocery.
Notice
A regular communication of Unfot.
I.odge No. 7.r>, A. F. M., will be held
Friday. Novembei 11th. 1921, at 7:30
p. r.i. in the Masonic Temple.
All duly and qualified Brothers are
fraternally invited.
The new 1922 official cards have
been rerevied and will be issued upon
receipt 01 tne yearly dues which are
now payable.
By order,
Ben. L. Berry, W. M.
Win. C. I^ake, Secretary.
Zimmerman in Jail
York, No^9.?Abert Zimmerman,
24 years of ape, held responsible by
the coroner's jury for the killing; of
Pink Hudgins, whose dead body was
found by the roadside near his home
Monday morning, was arrested in
Shelby, N. C., last evening and lodged
in the York county jail last night.
Zimmerman evidently went direct
from York to \T TllllAW/i V% o 1%a?1 ?
? I TT UVkC lie IUIU I t*
contly been employed. He was making
preparations to leave that town when
arrested, it is said. He waived extra1
dition papers. Zimmerman refuses to
discuss the Hudgins killing.
Mrs. Effie Hudgins, wife of the dead
. man, was committed to jail Tuesday,
charged with complicity in the kill?
ing. Evidence brought out at the
Inquest tended to show that domestic
j troubles led to the tragedy.
\ Frank Hicks, who has been with
the Eastern Manufacturing company
at Bangor, Me., for six years has re4
turned to Union make this city his
home.