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Yers, bankers, and merchants engaged In international trade, who are mem bers of the council on foreign rela tions, advanced the opinion that the 9 constitution makes -it mandatory upon Vice President Marahall to assume the office of President if Mr. Wilson leaves the United States to attend the peace conference. The former attorney general quoted section one of artitcle two of the United States constitution, which, he said, prescribed -the mode of proced ure in event of the, President'a "re mnoval from office, his death, resigna i on or Inability to discharge the du ties of said office." He maintained .that absence of the President from 'the seat of government and the coun try "constitutes an inability to dis charge the powers and duties of his ocice," within the meaning of the law. According to Mr. Wickersham, the most important functions the Presi dent has to perform in connection with a session of Congress, at which time, he held, "it is the President's duty to be at the seat of government," are: "First, from time to time, 'to give Congress Information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;" and, second, 'to consider bills which shall have passed the house of repre sentatives and the senate, and, if he approve, to sign them, and, if ne dis approve, to veto them.' " CAROLINA TROOPS EXPECTED TO EMBARK IN A FEW DAYS American Army Headquarters in France.-The 76th division 'of the American army, reduced by replace ment drafts to 61 officers and 1,000 men, has arrived at the port of St. Nazaire, and is embarking for home. The 27th division (New York troops) totalling 484 officers and 12,681 men, have been withdrawn from the Lem '"ans area and probably will embark in .a few ,days. The 27th division is the New York 'National Guard division commanded 'by Major General John F. O'Ryan, the only National Guard officer to have served through the war with that high rank, The 30th division was composed of the 'North Carolina and Tennessee Na tional Guard. Both these organizations saw heavy actions with the British and were highly commended by British officers for their desperate fighting when Marshal' Haig's armies were smashing the Hin~enburg line in northern France. Their losses undoubtedly have been heavy, but it is not re garded as pro~bable that half their IJI, original strength figured on the cas ualty lists. Secretary Baker said that none of .thedivisional roganizations would ar' rive home before Christmas. FAMISH D-AND HALF NAKED ' PR fRNaRS ARE RELEASED New . ork.--Famished and half nalced, 2,06Q prisoners of war freed by 'the Gernans have come stumbling I into Nancy, -Baccarat and Luneville in the past few days, and have been oar ed. for by the Y. M. C. A, workers on the Lorraine front, adcording to a ca blegram from Paris, given out here by the'- Young Men's Christian Asso elation, , ' BRITISH TRANSPORtTS TO - , BRING.400,000 AMERICANS Nei~ York.--Although the Brtilsh government may be compelled to use "irtually - all its available transports for the return of its own colonial troops, arrangements for the early transportation home of 'approximately * 400,000 American troops on Blritish * ships hav,e been effected, It was learn ed in authoritative BritaIsh quarters. ~. ~ 'This includes '12,000 who have been training in England and who hate alreadyv emharked. GERMANY MUST PAY IN STERLING GOODS THE PRICE OF VICTORY NOT VENGEANCE, RETRIBUTION, BUT PREVENTION. THE LAW PLAINLY LAIW DOWN Intimation Given That the Man, or Men Who Cauesd the War Must Meet Merited Punishment. London.--David Lloyd George, the Iritish prime minister, in a speech at New Castle, said the victory of the entente allies had been due to the ceaseless valor of their men and that it would be a lesson to anybody who in the future thought that they, as the Prussian war lords hoped, "could over look this little island 'in their reckon "We are now approaching the peace conference," the premier continued. "The price of victory is not vengeance or retribution. It is prevention. First of all what about those people whom we have received without question for years to our shores; to whom we give equal rights with our own sons and daughters, and who abused that hos pitality to betray the land. The second question was the ques tion of indemnities, the premier add ed. In every court of justice through out the world the party which lost has had to bear the cost of the litigation. When Germany defeated France she established the principle. "But I must use one word of warn ing," said Mr. Lloyd George. Ger many is not to be allowed to pay the indemnity by dumping cheap goods upon us. That is the only limit in principle we are laying down. She must not be alowed to pay for her wanton damage and devastation by dumping cheap goods and wrecking our industries. "There is a third and last point. Is no one to be made responsible for the war? Somebody has been respon sible for a war that has taken the lives of millions of the best young men of Europe. Is not anyone to be made responsible for that? If not, all I can say is that if that is the case, there is one justice for the poor wretched criminal and another for kings and emperors." A NUMBER OF TENT CAMPS SAFE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS Washington.--The 16' so-called tent camps originally constructed a:: train ing centers for national guard divi sions will be abandoned as acon as practicable, General March, chief of staff, announced in a war department circular. 'The only exception will be the base hospitals at the camps, which the cir cular directs to be maintained. The camps are Camp Greene, Char lotte, N. C.; Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C.; Hlancock, Augusta, Ga.; Mc Clellan, Anniston, Ala.; Sevier,. Green yille, S. C.; Wheeler, Macon, Ga.; MacArthur, Waco, Texas; Logan, Houston, Texas; Cody, Deming, N.: M.; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Bowie, Ft. Worth, Texas; Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala,; Shelby, Hlattiesburg, Miss.; Beauregard, Alexan'dria, 'La.; Kearny, Linda Vista, Cal.; Fremont, Palo Al to, Cal. EX-SECRETARIES B3RYAN AND M'ADOO MEET AT ASHEVILLE Ashevile.-Despite the fact that William Jennings Bryan does not s1 nkA 'lie was wearing a smoking ja: 'n Secretary W. G. McAdoo, of(, fd .States treasury, called . M&doo and Mr. Bryan felici tated each other, and Mr. Bryon jok-~ ingly remarked, that in spite of their former titles, each has one now thai, no one cani take from them, that of "ex-secrleta~ry." Mr. McAdoo stopped over to inspect this ('ity, with a view to spending his vacation here when he gets free fromn his political job. - ULTIMATE FUTURE OF CAMP GREENE DEPENDS UPON EVENTS Washiington.-amp Greene is to be used for many months for the de mobilization of army forces. Its fu ture depends on future plans. This was stated by government officialo. Secretary 11akwr announced as a "policy that all tent. camps will be abandoned as soon as practicable, No more tents nor supplies wvill be sent to these camps. nior wIll any further i~ipiovemients~ he no:'de other than those necessary for care of garr eons. EXM KAISER WARNE[ BY DUTCH PREMIE CONTRADICTORY REPORTS A CURRENT AS TO FALLEN MONARCH'S MOVEMENTS. ITEM FOR PEACE CONFERENI Entente Allies Have Decided to Mi Demand That Holland Surrende Former Emperor Up to Justice. London. - Some newspapers : making a conspicuous feature of i Dutch prime minister's warning to 1 kaiser not to so conduct himself to make his sojourn dangerous to IH land. The reports of his movemel are contradictory, some saying does not go outside of the castle g dens, fearing an attempt on his i Others describe his motor trips. The afternoon newspapers state I position of members of the Hoheni lern family is a specific item for consideration of the peace nfere with a view of bringing the 1 to tr for -breaches of international law d ing the war. The entente allies have decided demand that Holland surrender i former emperor of Germany to just according to The Daily Express. THE KING OF ENGLAND IS WARMLY WELCOMED IN PAR Paris.-King George, accompan by the Prince of Wales and Prin Albert, are in Paris. His majesty w received at the Bouse de Boulogne s tion 'by President Poincare, Prem Clemenceau, Foreign Minister Pi on and other cabinet ministers. Enormous crowds thronged streets, in spite of the bad weatl all the way from the railroad stat to the Qual D'Orsay, where the ro party arrived at 3:30 o'clock. Tro lined the entire route and they 1 difficulty in handling the -thrpngs. MORE THAN 9,600000 PRISONER: ARE RELEA'' BY GERMAr American Army of Occupation More than a million and a half pr oners have been released by the G mans, according to estimates has upon reports received by the Am can third army. Of this number. approximately 21 000 will pass through the Americ lines and will be fed by the Am cans. Most of the quarter of a milli prisoners are French, English, Itall and American soldiers. The army, sisted by the Salvation army, I Young Men's Christian asociation a the Knights of Columbus, is should ing the bulk of the task. PRESIDENT WILL NOT SIT AS MEMBER OF THE DELEGATI( Washington. --The impression growing among those who have tm ed with President Wilson about peace tonference that the Amerit deolegation wvill b~e limited to th mnembers, and1( sp~eculation over personnel has about narrowed down tiese ntames: Robert Lansing, secretary of str llenry White, ambassador to Fray and to Italy under the McKinley ministration. Colonel E'. M. hlouse. It was also indicatedl very deflnl ly that reports of the President havi dsilded to sit at the peace table h: aeif as a delegate were untrue. does to take Part in .the great preli inry meetings of the heads of the r'oesatedl governments and to see formal "onferences under way. not to serve as a delegate. FIFTH LOAN DRIVE BEGINS THE LATTER PART OF APF Wasington.-Notice that the co try must prepare for another inter.a war loti campaign, probably in i jirter part of April. was given by S retary MceAdoo in a letter to banks exphnining the treasury's program floating certificates of indebted~u: bonds during the next six months. ALL IDENTIFIED VIODIES. WILL BE SENT BACK HOi Washington.-Thousands of quem are being made as to <when the bod of soldiers, killed in action abre will be brought home. Secretary of War Baker', in reply questions, said that .there has been 'ehange in the pha a of the war partmnent to ultirgately stransport the United Statep' the bodies of American soldiers, who were -killed died in France a dl whose Identity -been estal!ishe( SUNITED WAR WORK R ORIVE A SUGOESI RE TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS WER 32,679,036 IN EXCESS OF DE SIRED GOAL. E FORTY-THREE STATES OVER TO ike I North Carolina and Alabama Excei Quota by Sixty Percent., While Georgia is 50 Percent. Over. re New York.-Total subscriptions 1 ho the United war work campaign we $he 203,179,038 or $32,679,036 in excess < a the amount originally asked by tU 01 seven war relief organizations f its their work during demobilization he the army and navy, according to u ar- official announcement by the natio: fe. al campaign committee. This is tU largest sum ever raised as an ou he right gift in the history of the world. ol- According to the committee, ever .he state in the union, with the exceptic ice of Pennsylvania and Minnesota, e ial ceeded the quota assigned to it. ur- F'ourteen states pledged; 150 pe cent or more of their "uotas, At to zona heading the list - 248 pt he cent. Percentages of .,.her hig lee states Included: North Carolina and Alabama eac 160; Georgia and Vermont each 150. IS. A feature of the campaign was ti manner in which men of the arm and navy themselves and the inhat ce tants of foreign countries contribu ed to the fund. The army and nav ,a- gave $618,346; China gave $1,000,00( io Russia, $11,000; Cuba, $275,000; J e- pan, $360,000; Mexico, $114,000, ar Porto Rico $82,000. New York State went "over ti .he top" with a percentage of 102. Jol er, D. Rockefeller and John D. Rock Ion feller, Jr., who had underwritten lac yal ing- subscription to the amount of . )Ps 623,689 were called on to contribu ad $370,097 to- make up the total. whi reports showed a subscription $34,629,903. Y. GERMAN PEOPLE ARE NOT IN ANY DANGER OF STARVATIO is er- London.--The Cologne Gazette, ed November 16, published an article ut ri- der the caption,, "Armistice and tb Food Supply," written by a specialki ;o,- named Oetelshofen, who argued the an there could be no question of a shor ri- age of food in Germany, but that j on was urgently necessary to reduc an rations. as- The writer maintained that Get lie many could deal with the transpor nd problem by readjustments, reducin er- t'he transport of potatoes and vegi tables and confining the transport ft cilie:es to 'foo('!, of greater nutritiv value in proportion to their bulk. N Dealing with the harvest, Oetelsh is (fen estimated the bread corn harves 1k- apart from barley and oats at not les he than 12,000,000 tons and the potat an harvest at about 47,500,000 tons. hie The writer' pointed out that Gel to .many must have an abundancec sugar, hitherto, had -been used as ra' te. material for nmunitions and German cO now had a' sugar harvest of abou ad 1,808,000 tons, as compared with peace consumiption of only 1,200,00 tons. te- "Even after t'he armistice," the wr: ng ter' said, "there is abundance of food I m.- Germany for feeding the populatio: ile If we reduce the consumption of an ni-~ i by reducing the stocks5 of cattle le EIGHTEEN MEN OF STEAMER mit DUMARU LOSE THEIR LIVE! Washington.---IEghteen mn fr'oa Ifrom the American steamer D~umar ILlost their lives after' the vessel wa wrecked near Guam last month b in- iig-htning exploding her cargo of gas Vo line. The navy department announc he ed that 16 of the men died from em '-posure and starvation in an open boa is and that two others were drowned ~or when .the boat was making a landing as at San Jose, [L'Orionto, Philippine Isj ands, November 9., WARt WORKE RS TO BE AIDED EIN RETURNING TO HOMEl les Washington.-plans to assist in th eis return home of thousands of war worn ad, ers in Washington noon to be release by the transition of government hi to roaus from a war to a peace .basis wer nlo cosidered at a conferce'( of personne do- officers of the war dlepartment. -to J. C. Sdhoffield, chief clerk of th alldepartment, waOs dlirec(ted by Secr< or tary Baker to prepare recommenda [ias tionis asi to methiods of aiding tU workers IL. 118th Infantry Suffered Heavily Col. Thomas B. Spratt of Fort Mill, S. C., who succeeded Col. P. K. McCully as commander of the 118th regiment E immediately on its arrival overseas, Col. McCully having been detailed for special duty in Southern France, is qnoted as stating that the South taro lina regiment in which many of the boys from this county were members, P suffered hevily when it went against the Hindenburg line. Col. Spratt has just reached home, having been sent back, according to id his statement, to take commend of a new regiment to take the place of the 118th, which had been cut to pieces. The statement appearing in yester day's papers, in part follows; .0 +"The colonel sailed from France on e November 6th, under orders instruct ing him to proceed to America to take command of a new regiment to take the place of the 118th whice had been a badly cut to pieces as the result of the n. terrific fighting in which it had been o engaged. t- "Among the 3,200 men in the regi ment when it went into the fighting in y which it pushed the crack German n troops, Prussian Guards, and others _- back to, across, and beyond the fam ous Hindenburg line, there have been nineteen hundred casualties. "All the majors of the regiment, had been killed or wounded and Captain Lindsay McFadden, of Compny H, built up with the old National Guard regi ment of Rock Hill, as a nucleus, is now major. y "Four days out at sea on his return, Colonel Spratt received news of the t- signing of the armistice, and later he y was ordered to Camp Dix; but upon ; his arrival at New York, he had no dlf a- ficulty in getting a furlough of ten days Ld in order to come home to see his mo ther, Mrs. John M. Spratt. e "Col. Spratt was reluctant to at tempt to give out information as to who of the home boys had been killed or wounded or who had escaped un scathetl. 'le recognizes that all par in ents and friends who have 'not yet re )t ceived information, will continue to entertain misgivings until they get the matter straight; but without complete detailed and authoritative information N covering all the cases he thinks it best to exercise his best discretion as to what to say and what not to say on this subject But the information will e soon be available in authentic form, he t says.'' All Tent Camps Including Sevier To Be Abandoned The ten tent camps originally con . structed as training centers for Nation al Guard Divisions will be abandoned e as soon as practicable, Gen. March, chief of staff announced on the 29th in .a War Department circular. No addl t tional tents or supplies will be sent to s these camps, nor will any further con o struction be undertaken at them not abiolutely necessary for the care of -troops now there or to be sent there f hereafter for demobilization. The only exception will he the base Shospitals at the camps, which the cir aeular directs be maintained.' The 0 camlps are C'amps Greene, Charlotte, N. C. ; Wadlsworth, Spartanburg, S. C.; HancckAugusta, Ga.; McClellan, Anniston, Ala.; Sevier, Greenville,S. C.; Wheeler, Macon, Ga.; McArthur, L. Waco, Texas; Logan, Houston, Texas; .Cody. D~eming, N. M.; Fort Sill, Okla.; Howie, Fort Worth, T1exas; Sheridan. Montgomery, Ala.; Shelby, Hatties-. burg, Miss.; Beauregard, Alexandria, La.; Kearney, Linda Vista, Cal,; F're mont, Pall Alto, Cal. The announcement, it was learned at the Department, (does not mean that the sites have been definitely rejected as possible locations for permanent military posts. On the contrary, at lepist two of them are known to be us der consideration in this connection. SStops Work At Camp Sevier . Instructions wore received from Washington recently by the construc etion quatermaster at Camp Sevier to suspend constsuction operations on the cantonment buildings which were .under way for the One Hutndred and e Fifty-sixth Depot Bligade at Green. 1i ville. The work was held up until further advices. Other construction e work in the camp, however, is still under waiy. The cantoument buildings includle a large number of wooden bar. *e racks and smaller huts for the housing of the men of the depot bia. Boards Won't In Demobil The locol exemption board . nothing to do with the demo if of the American army,- and the' are urged to finish up their busin - the earliest possible moment. This information was convedt telegram received by some lo1l in this State, Friday morning jor R. E. Carwile, of Columbia, officer in charge of the selectiv vice regulations. The telegram #t8 that Major Carwile had been informs to this effect by General Crowder. ' It had been supposed by many, d the supposition had appeared in new papers of the country, that the lo boards would be called upon to assist turning the men back from military civilian life. This is not to be the cas however, and it is indicated that th boards will speedily wir.d up thel affairs, seal up their records, and shi them to a designated point for preser ' vation. and then cease activity. An article recently pudlished in Thoe s. Charlotte Observer stated that the Charlotte board received an official': communication from Provost Marshal General Crowder, through the State abjutant's office, fixing December 10 as the date fot the sealing of all records of the board, and it was supposed there that the communication indicated that the date would virtually mark the discontinuance of all the boards o North Carolina. , No order to this effect has so fat" been received by the Pickans county board, so far as could be learned'yes, terday. Save the Manure The time is approaching wien much of the stock will be kept in, barns and sheds more or less of the Unle. Preparation should - Ade to take care of all manur ceumulates during the housing' .....a, s ya the Department of Agriculture. T o often manure is pitched out of th barnes and exposed to the winter rains. Where manure is leached in this way, the most valuable part of the fertilizer constituents is carried to the streams and lost to the farm. When the ma nure is removed from the stalls it should be placed in a covered shed or pit and packed down So as to prevent leaching and fire-hanging, or it should be spread upon the fields where it can be plowed in immediately or applied as a top dressing for grasses. Special Agent of Defence For Pickens County Squire .1. M. Jameson of Easley has ,, I been appointed Special Agent of the State Council of Defense for Pickens County with authority to look specially atter the conservation of live , stocks meats and leather in this locality. Flag Service A service of lasting impression was rendiered at the Pickens Mill Baptist church last Sunday night at '7:30 p. m. After the choir had sung "America." followed by a short Prayer, Mr. J. TI. Abercrombie presented a service flag bearing fourteen blue stars and two gold stars to the church and Sunday school. The flag was received by the paistor, Rev. 13. G. Field, in behalf of the church and Sunday school. Fol lowing this the spealker of the evening, Prof. R. T. Hallum, was introduced,. who delivered an impressive address on "What the World has Won By This G;reat War." Pickens School News Austin Nealy attended the flag ser vices at the mill church Suday night. IWe are glad to have as now pupil Martha, Elizabeth, Mary, Katherine, and Robert Cureton from Wyoming. Miss Mary Hlallum has been absent from school all week. The public meeting of the literary society is to be held Friday, D~ecember ' 20. Everyone invited. Theo Smith, was absent from school one day on account of illness. We are exp~ecting to have music all around before long as Martin Yongue is studying to be a violinist. Miss Maude Morrell has moved to Easley. WVe regrot to lose Mauide but wish her- much success in her new home, Miss Frances Mauldin was called home Friday on account of the illness of her sister. TIhe() Smith an l Leon Robinson spent Tihanksgiving at Rocky Bottom hunt ing for "DEARS."