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Vol. LXXII No. 1491 Union, S. C., Saturday Afternoon, September 23, 1922 ^ 3c Per Copy
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NEW MEMBERS
ARE COMING IN
S!xf*-four new memben wqre secutvri
the past week forwlVe^!South
Carolina Cooperative Cot4mkG%>wers
association, and new comractn are
coming in eyery day.
Several meetings have been held in
different parte of the county within
the past week, and these have been
weJJ attended. All the contracts are
coming through County Agent Wood's
office und those In charge of the sign,\?p
fee] very much encouraged at the
progress made the past week.
Harold H. Jeter, field representstive
of the association, who is in town
today, said:
The cotton is coming into Columbia,
Spartanburg^ and Greenville by
trainloads every day. Cotton is being
received at every point in the state
right now. The members are expressing
great satisfaction at the way it is
being handled. It relieves them of ail
worry in regard to handling and taking
carc of their cotton. When they
are members of the association all
they are required to do is to turn the
cotton over to the receiver at any
place most convenient to them, get
their receipts and make draft on thel
association for 12 cents per pound for
short staple and 18 cents for long.
"This feature has been especially
pleasing to the members.,
"In a recent tour through York,
Chester and Fairfield counties I found
all machinery working like clock work
without a hitch, the cotton appeared
to be grading out exceptionally well
and of very best quality, although a
much shorter crop than usual.
"In traveling over, the state I have
been impressed with the spirit of cooperation
between the bankers and
business men together with the farmers.
And Union county being my
home I am particularly anxious to see
s her sign up so that her showing will
compare favorably with the other
counties in the state. If the farmers
of this county could just travel over
the state as I have and see the fine
ppihit of loyalty and good feeling to.
I ward this great movement they would
i ' not hesitate to sign the contract and.
help put this great selling system for
the emancipation of the eotton farmer
over.
we do this if a great number of growers
stay on the outside and drag us
down?"
D. J. MacMillan, representing the
association, said today:
"I have visited several gins this
week and have seen cotton of an inch
to one and one-sixteenth staple sold
at the same price as seven-eights. I j
have seen the growers march up like,
sheep and dump their cotton on th?
market and submit tamely to the |
? grading, pricing of the other fellow
and let him have it at a loss of from j
nine to fourteen cents per pound lessj
than it actually cost them to make it. i
, No man can sell a pound of cotton this j
j ear for less than 80 cents and not'
) lose money. .Yet the farmers who arej
dumping their cotton on the market |
right now and allowing the specula-.
tors to rob them on price and grade |
are not receiving mbore than 18 cents
"for it. They are selling good an.l
strict middling for the same price as
they get for middling. If a bale has
a slight stain they must submit to a
reduction on account of that stain '
and yet there are hundreds of mills
right here who will pay the full price
. for stained cotton.
I know, of course, there are some
men who are not going to sign this
contract. They realize that it is a
contract they will have to live up to
And that is the very reason why they
won't sign it. But the county is going
over the top and is going to stand
right up among the leaders in this
state for this great forward movement.
The growers are getting tired
of listening to talk of "troubles in the
Balkans," "severe storms*somewhere
on the Atlantic," "hope of settlement
of the coal and rail strikes" and other
bunk as the reason for cotton being
low in the face of a short crop and a
small carry over. They are beginning
to realise that the plain truth is that
the cotton speculators, and they
alone are responsible for the low price
tof cotton. They have sold cotton for
future delivery and are going to buy
the cotton of the farmer at a cheap
price so that they may make millions
on those future sales at the expense
AT* of the cotton farmers who have gone
G?- In debt, fought the boll weevil and
worked themselves and families 14
* hours a day to make this crop.
"However, they had better make it
f this year. The South Carolina Cotton
K Growers Cooperative association will
f control one-third of this year's crop
' "W x?nd with the old cotton turned over to
E us will be the largest single factor in
m this state handling cotton. The Amer!#)? *
lean Cotton Growers Exchange, which
i?7 is the federation of all the coopera.
tHh associations of all the ootton
W ^ states will be the largest factor in the
cotton business in the world and bef?L-t?rs
next year roll! around win
^Hpsumstrate to the world that this
^ gasr system of selling is the moat effHeient
i au method of
ROADS WILL AID
IN FUEL CRISIS
Washington, Sept. 22.?The entire
operating personnel of the railways
of the country was called upon today
by President Harding for a "concertrated
drive" for 30 day to provide
the transportation facilities necessary
to meet the national coal emergency.
^ In a letter to Conrad E. Spens, vice
president of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad, who was named
today as federal fuel distributor under
the new coal distribution and
anti-profiteering acfi, the *pifesident <
declared that if the enthusiastic attention
of the railroads could be
stimulated for a month on the movement
of coal and handling of empties
"we could solve the coal situation
not only as to ample supply, but
prices would be quickly readjusted."
The president suggested that Mr.
Spens take up with the governors of
the various estates the question of
the prevention of extortion as the
new act is limited to coal moving in
interstate commerce only.
"The federal government," President
Harding said, "is loath to under
taice to tlx detinite prices for coal,
because of the objectionable character
of such intervention in peace
time, because of the difficulty in arriving
at fair prices without giving
undue favor to some and to loss to
others and also because of the incompleteness
of any authority which
is only supplementary to state action.
On the other hand, * wish you
to set up such agencies as will vigorously
follow up individuals using,
facilities of interstate commerce who
are exacting extortion, as defined in
the act, in order that we may have
relief from such practices at the
earliest moment."
Arrangements for the distribution
and control of anthr.*icite prices, tin
president declared, have been satisfactorily
established in cooperation
with state authorities and operators
and he added, the first activities of
the new fuel agency should be directed
to the extension of the cooperative
arrangements with the railway*,
bituminous coal producnig and consuming
communities and the state
authoritis* set us by Henry B.
"SSthe volunteer federal fuel
distributor.
Mr. Spens said tonight he was as
yet unprepared to announce definite
plans for the administration of his
new office but he invited the cooperation
of the entire public to the solution
of the coal situation. Cooperation
of the consumer, he asserted,
was as important as that of the carrier
and added his appeal to the plea
sent out by the chamber of commerce
of the United States that purchasei:
of coal under present conditions be |
confined closely to current needs and
that there be no 'accumulation of
stocks of coal moving under contract
or otherwise.
"If all consumers of coal?whether
domestic or indnaf.risl" Mr Snona
said, "will calmly consider this ap-1
peal and will cooperate as suggested
not only will their current needs be
taken care of but the result will be
reflected quickly in the fair price of
coal, which, today, in many sections
of the country manifestly exceeds a
fair profit basis/'
Of Interest to Baptists
At the meeting of the Baptist patrons
and representatives from the
various churches in Union county held
yesterday, to consider the best plans
tor furthering the reenforcement of
the 76 million campaign, the following
resolution was passed:
"Resolved that we, the executive
committee and pqstors of the Union
County Baptist association, called together
to consider the demunds of the
76 Million Campaign, do heartily endorse
the reinforcement campaign this
fall, and do hereby put ourselves on
record as favoring a full consideration
of the matter on next Thursday at the
association and the formulating of
plans for a thorough reeanyass of every
church during the month of October."
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By way of carrying out the provisions
of the above resolution it is
urged that every church send a full
delegation of its most progressive and
adtive members to the association
which meets with Mon-Aetna church
Thursday, Sept. 28. This matter is of
tremendous importance, and it Is
hoped that every church will give
heed to the above request.
Edw. S. Reeves,
Chairman.
Miss Mary FerrgusettTof Washington,
D. C., will arrive today to spend
sometime with Mrs. J. W. Buchanas
on Douglaaa Height#. * ...
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crop.
"We have received nearly 400 bales
of old cotton in this bounty end the
leoetving agents over the county state
that the new crop is beginning. Any
member who deeirai any information
as to the tuning over his potton may
secure same front either Mr. Wood
or myself."
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The William Wallace chapter, U. &
D. C., will meet Monday afternoon at *
4 o'clock at the high school and every t
Daughter is requested to be present. n
After the business session, Major
James Fitsjames Caldwell, will ad. '
dress the Daughters and the chapter
extends an inyitation to the Confederate
Veterans of the county to hear {,
him. Major Caldwell is an interest- r
tng speaker and during the War Be- j
tween the States was og Major-Gen- fl
eral Sam McGowant staff. y
Mrs. F. M. Farr,
siiMMivi
Mrs. T. C. Duncan, a
Secretary. 1
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PEACE HANGS ON F
TURKISH MOVE
Constantinople, Sept. 23 (By the
Associated Press).?Within 36 hours el
the world will probably know whether ?
the Turkish Nationalists have chosen tl
war or peace. The Angora cabinet, at M
a meeting at Smyrna, is expected to it
declare whether the Kemalists will
await the peace conference proposed tl
by the powers or take matters in its fc
own hands and invade Thrace. France
is expected to exert renewed pressure
to keep the Turks from hostile action ci
which would jeopardize their present sc
.extremely favorable position. th
lo
London, Sept. 22 (By the Associated pi
Press).?The question of peace or war di
in the Near East seems to turn to- a
n'ght, first, upon whether the ques- cr
tion ot the future status of Thrace can p<
be kept separate and distinct from the m
question of neutrality and freedom of
the Dardanelles, and, second, whether ly
the guns begin to speak before the ne- w
gotiatiens between the allied repre- jn
sentatives in Paris have ended. pi
While there is not the slightest di- n(
munition in the announced determine- m
tion of the British government to 8t
uphold the neutrality of the straits of
the Dardanelles a very significant fe
semi-official state ent issued this cj.
evening seems to indicate some modi- w
fication of the British policy and its 8t
attitude toward Greece in Thrace, ^
which it may be assumed Is the out- jz
come of the Paris negotiations in aI
which Lord Curzon, the British foreign
secretary, participated. pj
This statement declared she was ^
seeking nothing for herself but that
she would insist on neutralization of ^
the Dardanelles and free passage of t
the waterway under the league of n?
uons or some otner international organization.
All other uestlons were
secondary.
The negotiations in Paris have not j
yet been completed, bat according to
advices received tonight from th?
French capital Premier Poincare is
hopeful that by tomorrow a formula ^
will be found acceptable to all parties
which will enable the allies to
sraid a collective note to the Turks w'
suggesting a conference to arrange a 0
peace between the Turks and the J
Greek,. . F
<juOne?o( the strongest-charges made c
against Premier Lloyd George's Near ^
Eastern policy, especially t>y the Lab->r
party has been its pro-Greek char- ^
acter. The Labor party announced
that it was unwilling to engage the c'
nation in a war for the fulfillment of
Greek ambitions. It has been com- ,
mented upon as strange that awter v'
the premier's conference with the la. ^
bor leaders on Wednesday no report
of the speeches made were published
bv either side to the conference.
This silence, especially on the part
of the Laborites, was considered in e'
some quarters to indicate that some a
explanation or concession to the view- tl
point of labor was made by the pre- tl
mier. A possible explanation of the t:
silence is thought by some tonight to h
be found, in the authoritative state- n
ment made public during the evening
clearly intimating that the quesion of C
Thrace may be regarded as a secondary
matter and susceptible of arrangement
by negotiations.
According to Constantinople ad- P
vices received here Mustapha Kemal a
Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader, a
demands within 48 hours guarantees tl
for the evacuation of Thrace by the a
Greeks. On the other hand the Greek o
government expressed the strongest
determination to hold Thrace at all S
costs. France is supposed to be willing
to see the Turks back in eastern
Thrace, and if an agreement between
the British and French governments p
on this matter is reached it is be- a
lieved Greece will not be likely to op- e
pose the views of the united entente, g
The foreign office has no con firm a- n
tion of the report that Kemal has 0
fixed a time limit of 48 hours for the a
carrying out of the required "guaran- g
tees of any advance movement by the
Kemalist troops. The government,
however, is continuing its preparations
for any eventuality, but at the
same time declaring it has no desire
to precipitate hostilities. j.
According to the view expressed in
official quarters, the issue lies in ?
Kernel's hands. There is no secret 8
about the strength of the force that 8
the Nationalist leader is able to put 8
in the field.\ No woight is attached _
to alarmipt and exaggerated estimates
of that strength.
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LOOR FALLS IN 1
BURYNG CHILDREN;
Pittsburg, Sept. 23.?Fifty-eight
uldren are writhing in agony is re>unted
in the story of the collapse cf
?e Foyer Strand theatre yesterday.
Ladeline Kunkle, aged 8, one of those j
ivited to a free showing picture, 1
rhe Trap," was killed. Eighteen of ]
le injured are in the hospitals, only ]
>ur are in a critical condition. i
Pittsburg, Sept. 22(By the Asso- <
ated Press).?Fifty chattering '
hool children, most of them less i
an 12 years old, were massed in the !
bby of the Strand, a new motion I
cture theater in the east Liberty '
strict today, awaiting admission to
free show, when the concrete floe 1
acked from end to end and drop- '
>d the little ones into the base- 1
ent. % | ;
The body of eight year o'd Mada- 1
n Kunkle, dressed in holiday garb,
as removed from the debris. The '
jured, 38 children and the theater <
oprietor, were placed on cots in a 1
>arby hospital at approximately the i
inute the performance should have J
arted. }
Sol Selznick, theater oWAer, who
11 with his guests, and four of the '
tildren were in a serious condition
ere dug from the powdery maBS of '
one and cement. Some were bleedg
profusely. Others, vaguely real ing
what had happened whimpered
id cried for their parenti.'
Physicians at the Pittsburg hostal
rendered first aid to the injured
sfore the institution was reached by
score of hysterical mothers. Vic- 1
ms who escaped grave injuries were
irmitted to go home. V
City officials began and- investigaon
as soon as the injured were reeved.
The crash and cries of the frightled
youngsters were Ijetrd two
ocks away. Policemen add civilians
ho made the first rescue*, said some
' the children were biajded "three
?P" 3
Three jagged chunks olj concrete
ere lifted from the unconaejous form
' a girl about eight year* Uld. Unirneath
was a bleeding,?effing boy.
iremep lowered ladders ^through
ouds of dust. Thg chief
as the first to go ttto
attorn he noticed a fraTtjfc, under
hich several children wer4 \ pinned,
e called for a rope and the frame,
>ntaining a poster, was dragged to
ie? surface. It advertised "The
rap," the film the kiddies were inited
to witness. m
ireat Britain's '
Policy Established
London, Sept. 23 (By the Associaid
Press).?The policy of Great Britin
in the Near East is to establish
tie freedom of the Dardanelles unlnr
lie supervision of the Leapue of Naons,
declared Premier Lloyd George
1 a statement /at a conference with
ewspaper men.
[uestion of Revising
Article Ten Under Way
Geneva, Sept. 23 (By the Associated
ress).?The question of revisinir
rticle ten of the League of Nation*
ovenant or eleminating it passed to
tie fourth assembly by the present
ssembly without observation or re mmendation.
pens Begins Operations
To Carry Out Measures
Washington, Sept. 23.?With an ap
eal for cooperation of consumers
nd railroad and coal operators Fedral
Fuel Distributor Conrad E.
tpens began preparations to carry out
neasures contemplated in the new
oal distribution and antiprofiteering
ct to meet the national fuel emerency.
arretted For
Plotting Against State
London, Sept. 23 (By the Associated
*ress).?M. Grivas, under secretavy
f state in the Venizelos cabinet, was
rrested on a charge of plotting
gainst the state and present regime,
ccording to Exchange Telegraph.
Republican State *
Convention Assembles
Boston, Sept. 23.?The Republican
tate convention has assembled here
o adopt a platjprm upon whieh Henry
Jabot Lodge will seek reelection to
he United States senate and Chanting
Cox, a second term governor.
lot to -Return
Venizelos to Power
Athens, Sept. 23.?Announcement
s made of the discovery of ? plot to
eturn Former Premier Venizelos to
tower. Several arrests were made
tad authorities are conducting a
ewe to house search.
Rev. J. L. Baggott of Columbia will
attend the B. Y. P. U. convention at
*ali view .tomorrow, so a w m to Guy
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MURDER ACT OF H<
JEALOUS WOMAN
New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 22 (By J
the Associated Press).?"A jealous Ass
woman killed my 'rfiom* and Mr. Cov
Hall." This assertion, fitting in per- wot
fectly with the theory which authorl- ^
ties investigating the murder of Mrs. at.tj
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills and the Rev. dou
Edwarl Wheeler Hall are bending e -- the
ery effort to prove, was made th. ? 47^
evening by Charlotte Mills, 16-yem >ld
daughter of the dead woman. .I the
i\as the first time she had broken her the
jilence, save before the authorities--- Qat
since the tragedy stalked into the corj
Irimble Mills home and left her its wer
mistress. mo,
"The woman I think killed Mom," ^
Li e girl continued with bitemess in hca
h. r voice, was?" She named a wo- ^
tran whom the authorities also have wre
ulmitted was the center of most of
Ll eir suspicions. t^e
"This woman isn't an ordinary wo- ^en
nr.an," she went on. "She has funny re^
L'. es that make you afraid of her? an^
scrt of like a man. She hates young
people. She is three times as strong
a Mom. Mother weighed only 113. .....
She didn't have a chance." 1
Charlotte admitted she had given ^ '
her aunt, Mrs. Elsie Bamhart of Pat- ^
torson, a packet containing photog.'aphg
of Mr. Hall and of tier mother. cyy'
There also was'one picture of Mrs.
B all, she added. 1 c
She said her mother gave her the ,ec(
packet before an operation last sum- av
mer, telling her to give it to Mrs.
Bamhart in the event of her death. lho
m 1-1.1.- 1- A * - - Till
vjiiunuibt* ih not unaware 01 me j
Btories on which the supposed jeal-l
ousy of her mother is believed to be i ^ITU
founded. She has heard the gossip, unt
linking her mother's name in an un-l^ee
savory way with that of the slain *ou
minister. But she believes in "Mom.' 1 ve
"Mom did a lot of work that a pas- ?^(
tor's wife should have done in Mr. 'mF
Hall's church," she said. "Maybe some thr<
people connected with the church the
wfere jealous because of that. Mom The
was romantic?but her character was tha
beyond reproach. 1
"A jealous woman?helped by some the
man?killed her." the
The jealousy theory was strongly con
supported by several developments to- indi
day. Assistant Prosecutor Toolan, who ery
has been directing tha Middlesex dep
county investigation, declared there ieci
was no doubt left in the minds of the che
investigators that jealousy was the 1
motive. An arrest might bo expected as
momentarily, he said. f iv
One of the strongest leads followed wit
today was thai of a reported attempt con
to poison Mrs. Mills at a tea party (
s< .ral weeks before. pai
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Thirty-Third Degree tod
Mason to Visit Union que
Among the prominent Masons to attend
the big Masonic meeting here
October 5th will be J. Campbell Bissell
of Charleston, a 33rd degree Ma- thj
son, which is the highest degree m
l^eoamnonninr TM"!
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J. Campbell Bissell is Inspector nni
General Honorary and a member
Delcho Consistory No. 1, Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry
of the Southern Jurisdiction of the '
United States, the Mother Supreme s b
Council of the World. an<
In 1801 in the city of Charleston the so
33rd degree was founded and th<- dis
home of the Supreme Council remain- .hi
ed in Charleston until several years drj
ago when it was moved to Washing- W1
ton, D. C. to
This will be the first time in the his- to.
to y of Union Lodge, No. 75, Ancient *
Free Masons, to have present at it3 ic;
communication a 33rd degree Mason, in
The 33rd degree is conferred by the on'
Supreme Council upon those members
who have attained the 32nd degree, thi
Knight Commander of the Court of
Honor by meritorious work for good Pr
of Freemasonry and commendable
deeds for the betterment of humanity.
J. Campbell Bissel] is the Most
Worshipful Grand Master of the M. ju
W. Grand Lodge Ancient Free Ma- jj}
sons of South Carolina and is also Re- re]
corder of Omar Temple, Ancient pa
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. bp
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TODAY'S COTTON MARKET H
Open Close
October 21.12 21.16
December 21.27 21.42
January 21.12 21.26
March I .. .. 21.10 21.30'
May 21.05 21.13
N. Y. Spots 21.40 m,
Lo<*al market 21c .
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PERSONAL MENTION . at
Miss Maude Mabry will resume het 7;
studies in Virginia next week.
Dr. R. G. Hamilton of Winnsbori
was a visitor here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Deaver of Carlisle
were visiting in Union today.
Prof, and Mrs. A. D. Eidson of
Lockhart were among the visitors in d<
Union today. CI
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Alverson of Se at
dalia were visitors in Union today. ni
Miss Janice Freeman of Raleigh, N. pi
C., will arrive this afternoon for a f?
visit to friends in Union. r?
A
DNOR PAID TO
GOLD MINE DEAD
ackson, Calif., Sept. 22 (By the
lociated Press).?The 46 bodies reered
from the Argonaut mine
e buried here today.
l.11 other business and democratic
ivity of Jackson ceased. Even
rn in the depths of the mountain,
rescue crew searching for the
ti victim stopped its labors,
'wenty-sevcn bodies were borne to
Roman Catholic church, eight to
Protestant and 11 to the Greek
holic church, in three separate
:eges. The services at each church
e an hour apart to permit the
lrners to pay final honors to all.
ten piece band, playing dirges,
ded each cortege.
>ver each grave was placed a
ath, the final tribute of Jackson.
: graves were in long rows and on
front of them were ' provided
ches for the many mourners. The
itives were taken to the churches
cemeteries in special convenes.
he fate of the missing victim,
liam Fessel, remained a great
zle today, as it was when it was
ounced that his body could not be
nd in the 4,350 foot drift and
>s ciit, where the other bodies lay.
sel, whose laconic message that
gas was getting bad is the only
>rd left by the entombed men, may
e sought safety elsewhere in the
tilator raise that extends from
4,F)00 to the 3,900 foot level.. This
I be explored thoroughly,
'he search for Fessel will be conled
until he has been f<fdnd or
il it is determined that he has
n lost beyond recovery, it was an
need today by E. A. Stent, vice
sident of the Argonaut mine. Mine
ials believe it would have been
>ossible for Fessel to have broken
ough the two bulkheads erected in
death drift by the entombed men.
:re is no doubt, they said today,
t Fessel is dead.
'he distribution of relief funds to
dependents of the victims is in
hands of the Red Cross and the
ipensation department of the state
ustrial accident commission. Evfour
weeks for 240 weeks each
iendent widow or next of kin will
eive a check from tfie state. These
cks range from $62 to $84.
'he Argonaut will resume miningsoon
as the workers wish it. The
, which caused the tragedy, is out.'
h a loss of $125,000 to the mining
npany.
Governor Stevens will appoint a
ty of mining experts to investigate
disaster, his secretary announced
ay. The investigation was rented
by the mining company.
A Fine Treat
rhe cat had a fine treat this week,
inks to William Smith, the young
l of Mr. and Mrs. Furman Smith,
is young man sent us eggs, chickv.i
ri sweet potatoes.
Fall Fashions
The fashions for fall and winter
sorb a great deal of milady's time
d never before have the styles been
fascinating. The lovely, gay colors
.played in sweaters and trimming-,
arm and the frocks with the new
aped effects are simply alluring,
lien it comes to hats?it is difficult
do justice for they are here in parns
to suit every one^
Gloves, shoes, silk petticoats, hosy,
beads and handkerchiefs are out
new designs and catch the eye at
ce.
Visit our stores in Union and verify
s statement,
omotion Day at
Methodist Church
The children and teachers of tha
nior department of Grace Metho*t
church wish to invite their pants
and friends to come to our dertment
Sunday morning, Sept. 24th,
1 Oo'clock as a special program ?s
ing prepared by the children for
romotion day."
A most cordial welcome awaits you.
Mrs. Ben L. Berry,
Supt. Junior Dept.
Mon-Aetna Services
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p
by the pastor.
Sunday school at 9:46 Sunday morng.
Come and bring one with you.
Prayer meeting Tueslay afternoon
7:30 p. m.
B. Y. P. U. Wednesday afternoon at
30 p. m. . H. Hay dock,
Pastor.
rder to Return
Striking Shopmen
Richmond, Sept. 23.?Detailed or.
:rs for the return of the striking
hesapeake & Ohio shopmen under av
creement with the railroad last
ght are being worked out by th?
resident of the Systems Shopcrafti
deration. Orders will direct theii
(turn to work Monday or Tuesday.
ALLIES MEET TO
PLAN FOR PEACE
Paris, Sept. 23 (By the Associated
Press).?Prospects foj peace in th?Near
East is distinctly brighter as
the French and British cabinets met
to consider tentative conditions of settlement
drawn up by Allied representatives
here.
London, Sept. 23 (B> the Associated
Press).?Notwithstanding assurances
from Paris of prospects of peace in
the Near East, ugly reports continue
to come from Constantinople. Several
more units of the Atlantic fleet have
been ordered to prepare for service
in the Dardanelles.
Constantinople, Sept. 28 (By the
Associated Press).?The French government
has sent a wireless to Mustapha
Kemal Passa requesting him
not to take any action until the arrival
of a special French emissary, s >
it was learned here.
Paris, Sept. 22 (By the Associated
Press).?Limited assurances involving
the return of Constantinople, eas'.
cm Thrace and Adrianople to Turkey,
were tentatively agreed upon today t.1
a meeting of the conference of allied
representatives and will be formally
considered by the French and British
cabinets tomorrow.
Approval of these conditions of
peace wolud mean a definite end t.>
the Near East crisis and, it is hoped,
wolud remove r.U possibility of a clash
between the British and Turkish Nationalists.
To meet the insistence of
the British that no claims of tre Angora
government sho be adulmfwy
gora government should be accepted
:n advance of a peace conference, today's
plan would be subject to further
discussions and approval by a full
peace conference.
Taking the socalled Nationalist pac?
as a basis, the allied representativediscussed
for nearly four hours the
Turkish demands. Lord Curzon, British
foreign secretary, expressed some
doubt as to whether his government
would agree with any of the conditions
of the Nationalists in advanc
of a peace conference, but he finally
consented to forward the plan to London
tonight. At first Lord Curaon opposed
even tentative approval of. ttjg
Turkish demands before all the in
vited powers discussed them around
the peace table, but the Insistence op
M. I'oincare, the French premier, won
him over to the extent of accepting
them contingent on their full indorsement
by the British cabinet.
M. Poineare favored out and out approval
of all the Kemalist demand-,
but it is realized in French government
circles that the best that can
be hoped for is limited acceptance by
Great Britain.
The general scheme for peace would
contain the following points:
Constantinople, Adrianople and
eastern Thrace up to the River Ma
-itza would be handed back to Tur
Key, subject to the acceptance of a
bread demilitarized zone along the
ml r* i ? v
. nntcmii mugurian ana urecian
frontiers.
Internationalization of the straits
of the Dardanelles under the leag
of nations or some other international
hody.
Maintenance of a permanent allied
military force at Gallipoli.
Rigid treaty clauses tnsurtng tlv
protection of the minorities in Turkey.
It is probable the British force a'
Chnnak would remain there until a
pence treaty is signed between Turkep
and Greece. The British also
would further limit the size of the
Turkish force in eastern Thrace '
insure peace to that part of Europe
Premier Poincare desired to ha
certain of the concessions finally approved
today so thai Franklin Bout!
Ion, who negotiated the Franco-Turkish
agreement, might proceed immediately
to Smyrna in an endeavor
to prevent Mustapha Kemal Pasha's
committing any overt act which wou! I
cause hostilities between the Nationalists
and the British. M. Bouillan -s
now expected to remain In Paris until
tomorrow evening.
If the two cabinets approve of the
plan as outlined by the conference today,
M. Bouillon will present it to
Mustapha Kemal Pasha and try to
obtain a promise from him that th-?
Turkish forces will remain in'Asiatic
Turkey until a peace conference
meets.
It was further decided by the conference
today to hold the conference
at Venice unless the Turks object to
this place. If possible the opening
session of the conference would be
held October 10 or 12.
Heavy Onslaught Made
On National Army Troops
Dublin, Sept. 23 (By the Associated
Press).?A heavy onslaught with '
bombs, rifles and machin# guns were
: made pn the outposts of the National
i army troops last night. Three civilians
were wounded,
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