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I i " ( :'4,?.:{ ) 1 .-Congrexswoia , i w . her new oilie in Washington. 2. the Amnerilan Near East ltelief to s western university, voted the most NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS President Asks Congress in Ex tra Session to Pass Ship Subsidy .Bill. DEMOCRATS ALL AGAINST IT Measures Link Bonus and Modification of Volstead Act-Turks at Lau sanne Are Having Hard Sled. ding-Clemenceau's Frank Speeches in American Cities. By EDWARD W. PICKARD G EORGES CLEMENCEAU, i j J the "Tiger" of France, is 0 telling his Americgi audiences 0 j that Europe's unrest is due to 0 the fact that the United States 0 0 abandoned the Old World to its t troubles without trying to help 0 it adjust matters after the war. 0 He says we should enter an in. formal alliance with France and p j Great Britain. What do you 0 and your acquaintances think s p about that? 0 00 iIESII)I-:NTl IIAlICIlNG, addressing the extra sesSinn if congress whii'h opened MonIay (if i;ist week. appe aIt for the enaetineint of a ship subsidv bill. He said there were but three courses Io he Iaalon in tis miatter "constructlve,(1obstructdive and1( (1e strmucti'e."' Andi~ thlough lie untIt ted the re is, e'ven in his oIwn party, dec clde'al oppiio''I n osiin-hi a IIuensure, lie uirgedi tha 1111 'n'ress aike th le lonistrue4 tie ('ou1rse. le argiud 11utt tihe mueas tire as dIraftted pr'ovihh t4 Iult e safe guards againtst exIIl~n tation for' fn-. vored( intere'(sts andi .;Ibl that he he0 Ileved gov*erninenIIt a id fort thIie iiuer chan lt tiaarln' was 4s ju1st 1 iable as gov' er1inne~nt aid( (If indu111ry thvlrough tariff and hmns 41, and~ go vernalert4I ('eX i 01 tures for goodi rolads. 11uland water Way3s, reel ata t in anld irIrigation-' proie('ts. Mr. ltiarint Espl('lly3 (etnsized1 tureI'(s. but1 I11: I 'stead propoises Io 54lthst1 tute forI the4 i4re4sti nunt141 dIrailn of $r50/NXXO(J) uponII114 the 41ubli( t re'('try dilrect contipensai ou ('41nal to a trifle Ifnore thanit half thait :t1onnI.41 (Congress lisitened Io th 11'1'resIdent enilmily an4d4 coldly aind theni the tuajor. fty got busy with Ithle pro~gram4, to (1o the bes't It cou4(1ldi in ' he ciumistanc1eS. Th'le hill was~ gu1l1idy rlm- 4111IllCi . ably by thet entuttet(e I'n inerlhanit marlinE, anld on4 \\'i'nsdlay thei house51 adopted a speelal rule for Its con'I der. at ion. Th1Is priVded for' Ithr(e (lays o4f general udebate andt three't forl e'4inlr ation of am41emIne(wIs, 1414( :4 final4 vtei (4n Wednesd'5(ay of tis wveh. \1(':ie. While t he DIn~'loeraI t' members4t4. in ca. sol idly, antd some14 Rtelicans l"44 let it be known they w toul vtel in the4 nlega tive beeunuse the t13'houghlt 11he people of their distr'let~s didnl4'1t wat the hIll. HEIJRE~ were two 11nterestlig Ceal Atures of the senate'.s Sessioni PTes. dlay. The first wats 11ho sweainilg in (of the first wtomnan to holdi a seat In the United States senate-Mfrs. W. H. F'el ton of Georgit. 11enator-elect Gleorge' delayed the preentation of his ere d entAfa that thIs historic ev'ent ilght take -place. Next (day3 Mrs. Felton answered once to heri n1ame1 In the roll call, told the senate ho0w proud she '4was, amid retired after 22 hou41rs' andi~ 25 mInutes of actual service. The other feature was th'e bringing tip of the Ku Klux Klan mn1(tter. A let -tersfroi Governor Parker of Lolislania to 'A New York ex-Service mian was : ead, by $es'ator W~alsh of Massaebuli. setts. It 1#Wged that senlators and( 'on.' g;ressmen te detked to assist in com *tatin~g the or'ganisa'tion. Oovernor' r hker wpus in WVash'ngton at the ite, a ~y~Ing journeyed there to appeal to A. ik i& i t ' u I lt to g eit) tieAtaan 'alice of the former Germian kaiser teller orphan refugees from Turkey. )eatiiful girl in mid-vest colleges. the President for federal aid In driving the Man from his state. Air. Harding told him the federal government could interfere in the matter only where federal Interests were involved and that lie wais confident Louisiana could take care of the situation. Parker left for itonie with the statement that he was cuing to :nake a tight to the finish igtiist the Klan. Goiernor Ilirwlvick of (leorgia says he will co operate with (overnor Parker in this, and already Governor Allen of Kan sus has started legal proceedings to slip the operatlons of the Klan In his state, because It has not filed Its arti cles of incorporation. Governor Oleott of Oregon also has declared himself the tmrelenting foe of the Klan. H.UMAN H. NEVBERItY of Mich igan put an end to the long con troversy over his election as senator and at the same time relieved his party of great embarrassment by re signing his sent. lie said it would be futile for him to attempt to continue his pubile service as lie would be con tinually hampered by "partisan politi cnl perseeutIon." Itepuiliican leaders, though sympathizing with Mr. New i'-rry, agreed that he had adopted a wise course. WO soldiers' bonus bills have been Intrtdtced In the house, and both (if them Involve modification of the Volstead prohibition act for both pro vide for financing the bonus by taxes on liquors now classed as intoxicating. The bill introduced by IRepresentative 11111 of Maryland provides that the )otniis he financed by a 20 per cent tax on beer and cider containiig not more than 2.75 per cent alcohol. The inens ure slponsorei by Representative Brit ten Is the old hill amended so that the necessary funds shall be raised by a tax of $10 a l.airrel on domieste beer, $30) a barrel on Imported beer, $10 a gallon on Imported champagne, $5 a gallon on imported stIll wInes, and $2 a gallon on domestie wines. Wh'et her eit her or both of these bills tire fathered by the "wvet" organiza tins Is not stauted, but the couplIng of the bonus and thie lberalizlng of thie Volstead nct may turn out to be a clever and~ winning move. rThe Asso (liat Ion Opposed to P'rohIbI-tIon Is on the war path and ov'erlookluig no ebiance. Its executIve cominit tee has dleelded to condultct active catmpaigns to hiave thie state and national conven lions of both partIes lnsert "wet" plaunks In thieir lat forms. Senaitor Spencer of Missouri, Demo cra t, has announced that he will Intro (1h1ee a hill1 to create a sclentifle comt iidsslon to investigate and1( deeide the (luest Ion, "When is liquor Intoxicat Ing?" I 'M'' P^ST'^ ""id hi Turkish INat IonaltI st (ohlleagiles findl thetm selves up agaInst a tough proposItion In the Near Eanst peace conference wvhteh began Its sessions at Lausanne fin Monday. Lord Curzon, by promis ing BrItaIn's full suplport for the i'rench program In relat Ion to Ger mnany. brought about complete necord bettweeni Greait BrItain aind France in regard-e to the terms to be imnpoedl Oin lie Tluirks, and in general it appeared hat Italy would ngree wvith them. To tart with, the tillles deeldled, over thle prot Ps of the '[Turks, thiat the pro ('eedings of thle ('0onference should be secire't andtu eve'ry (delegatte was pledlgedl niot to reveal them, the lpre.As being gIven only a brIef communique each daty. After several (lays the Turks agaIn protested1 agaInst this, asserting that the irltishi and French dlelegates Were givitng out the. news to corres pondlents secrtetly, whlile they, as Mos heii gentlemen, were observinig theIr pledge. All of whleh avaIled them nothIng. inmet .also objected In vain te the presence of "third partIes." (spe'ciailly (the Japane'se, in the con fer-en(-e, aindl asked wvhy Rtussln was not 4ully repire.ented. Tn.the latter lie was hauecked uip hby Premier MussolInI of Jtnly wvho dleclaired RussIa .. should partipate. fully In the 'conference. 'This stand of the Fasclst statlesman wias a great suirprise to the BrItish andie Frenc'h. The soviet (delegation iwns a week late In arriving. When the conferees got (down to business lsmet Pa ahn sumbmnitted the demand of Tuirkey for the 1913 fron. tiers or those resultIng from the ed indl Bailkan wip', and for a plehisdite in western Thrnee. The allies virtual to her se-cretary fer lirst tetter trom a the island of Corfu, now used by -Mls's Ether McDonald of North ly decided at once that these demands should be rejected, but it was said the matter might be referred to ia con mittee. They Were opposed vigorously ay Venizelos for Greece and by the Bulgarians, Rumanians and Jugo Siavs. Stambouliski asked the' conference to give Bulgaria a corridor to the Aegan sea, including Dedeagatch, but Greece and the allied powers opposed this. It is not unlikely Bulgaria will be granted an outlet by the free use of a railroad to Dedeagatch, which would remain Greek territory. Abdul Medjid Effendi, a man of schohirly attainments, has been elected caliph of the Molammedan church by the Nationalist assembly, and installed In Constantinople. The deposed sul tan reached Malta safelv under pro tection of the British, and It has been rumored that they will make use of him later in India to create antago nism there against the Nationalists. W ILIELM CUNO, the new Ger man vhancellor, spent much of the week selecting the members of his cabinet from the bourgeoise parties, and seemingly he believes his govern ment will be strong enough to with Stand the assaults of the angry united Socialis s. The latter rejected Presi dent Ihert's appeal to drop their quar rel with the People's party and help save Germany from collapse. This caused Ebert to repudiate his own party and authorize Cuno to ignore the Socialists. KIN GEO :GE opened the new British parliament with the usual speech from the throne, in which lie asked that, as regards trade and em ployment, the anel oratiye measures prepared by the Lloyd George govern. ment be continued and extended. James R . MacDonald, who had been elected leader of the Lab~or party andl therefore is leader of the opposition in parliament, started the debate on the king's speech b~y calling for allevia tion of the distress arising from un! employmnent. 'How serious this ques tIon Is wais made plpin by the enor mous paradle of the unemployed in Lon doan which at first demanded aecess to l'rime Elinister Bonar Law hut was turned awvay from Downing street by diplomacy. The first urgent busIness of parliament, however, wvill be the passage of the rrish bil11, for if the Free State constitution has not beetn ratified biy December 0 th~e Anglo-Irish treaty will lapse. MN (EOR(GES CLEMENCEAU is e dlivering a series of add~resses in the largest American cities, explain ing the present (liy attitude of France and telling Americans wherein, as lie thinks, their owvn country is at fault in not taking an active part in the ef forts to revive Europe. Ulis strictures and his advice are received with en thuslasmn, with interest or with dis sent, according to the opinions of his individual hearer's and readers, hut always they are received with friendly spirit, for the aid man himself in spires adlmiration and hiking every where. It is not likely that lie can in duce Amerien to enter into the alliance with France and Great Britain which lie adlvocntes, but probably lhe 'will he successful in giving us a better tmnder standing of the policy of France and bier urgent needls. A NOTHIER great mine disaster oc ('urred last week, this time nenr Birmninghiahi, Ala. Cars running wild severed an electric cable and a spark causedl a terrible dust explosion 1,100 feet from the entrance. Four hundred andl seventy--five men were trapped, and of these 84 were killed. Many others wvere severely injured. E VERIYONE will be interested in the story which came out of French Lick .Springs, Ind,, ,whierp Mayor ily Ian of; New ;York has' been stopping -after rt' visit to Chiicago, It is :to the eff'ect that Hylan an'd Mayor Thonip son of Chicago have formed an alliance for the purpose of getting William Rlandolph Hearst tiorninated for the presidency in 1924. I~t is said th~ey will hold'. over the heads of the teaders of the Dqimocratic party ,the threat of formlinfg a third party to include all the insurgsi(( ;gag more radienl 'farmer aind labor *elemnents. In fact. rHylan made juist that threat in a statement to the nresa SENTENCE INFORGE WHILE ON PAROLE SUPREME COURT ORDERS GROVER CROOKS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. RULING IS OF WIDE EFFECT Decision Handed Down is of Much Importance; Governor Was With out Authority. Columbia. Holding that the sentence against a prisoner out under a parole from the governor continues to run while the prisoner is at liberty, the supreme court recently handed down a decis ion ordering Col. A. K. Sanders, su perintendent of the penitentiary, to release Grover Crooks from his cus tody. Crooks was convicted of assault and battery in Oconee county in Novem ber. 1916. and sentenced to serve six years. He was paroled December 22, 1921, by Governor Cooper "during goodI behavior" and September 13, 1922, Governor Harvey revoked the parole because Crooks ,he said, had violated its terms. In the decision handed down, writ-; ten by Justice Marion and concurred in by Justices Watts, Fraser and Cothran, the court said that the pa role granted Crooks did not suspend his sentence, but that.Crooks remain ed in contemplation of the law as if in legal custody and continued to serve his sentence. Chief Justice Gary dissented from the opinion. Crooks' sentence had expired by virtue of the operation of the law on April 5, 1922, and there was no further service due the state by the petitioner, the court holds. The court draws a distinction be tween "suspended sentence" and "con ditional pardon" along with "parole." The governor could grant a condi tional pardon or suspend a sentence and a prisoner would be liable to com plete the remainder of his sentence if the governor saw fit to revoke his act giving clemency, the court says. Crooks was in the custody of the sheriff of Oconee county at the time his parole was revoked. being under charges of breach of the peace. The court orders him returned to the sheriff. The case was argued before the court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus, taken out before Jus tice Watts, but returnable before the full court. The recent decision was of far reaching-effect. It applies to the Reed Shaw case in Anderson, Judge Prince. having released Shaw under habeas corpus proceedings because he held that Shaw's sentence had expired. The court, while not considering the Shaw case, upholds the action of Judge Prince. Shaw's parole was revoked by Governor Harvey after his sentence had expired, consideriig that it ran concurrently with the p'arole and was not held in abeyance, as was decided in the opinion. Several other cases are likely to devely within a short time. Revenue Comes From New Law. Nearly $2,000,000 has already been collected this year from the new rev enue bills, taking into consideration the 01(1 three-mill corporation licenseI tax and the domestic corporation li cense tax, according to figures com piled by S. T. Carter, state treasurer. The exact amount, including collec tions for November 17, w~as announced at $1,802,063.87. Of this total the income tax money was far ahead with $909,896.99 andi the gasoline tax was second w'th $529,163.05 to date. The income taxc has already reached a figure higher than was expected when the lawv was at - first put into operation, but has not yet attained the mark estimated by the free conference on the general appropriation bill this year. They es timated the tax would bring in a rev enue of $1.000 000 and this figure may he reach before the end of the current year. Of the $909,693.99 some $10.000 will have to be refunded, Mr. Carter esti mated, some overpayments having been made. Thd furieign corporation annual license fee has brought in $51, 666.53 to (late and the domestic corpor. ation capital stock license fee has noet ted $22Z,845.57, according to Mr. Car ter's tabulation. The three-mill license tax amounted to $88,704.23. The income tax collection is not yet complete and threo more months are yet to run on the gasoline tax. The gasoline tax will for the ten months of the year amount to some .thing over $700 000, judging by the records of the past seven, months. The tax was not operative until Marci Greenville Firm Will Build Road. J1. T. Bliassingame, of Greenville, was awarded the contract for "onstructing the rcoad from Cleveland, GreenvilleI county, to the North Carolina line at a pD-ce of approximately $178.000, it watj announced at the offices of the state .highway department. The roa is about 15 1-4 miles long and six and otne-fourth miles wvill be constructed of clay-bound macadam, while the re maining nine miles will be of top soil. The road goes by way of Caesar's I Head anrd ons. am.,w ro.t The state highway conimissio adopted a plan whereby it -is hopeo to stop the universal abuse'o; demon. stration plates by dealers throughout South Carolina. The commission adopt ed the suggestion of a committee of the Columbia Automotive Trades as sociation and will hereafter issue to dealers demonstration places equal to the number, af bona-fide salesmen employed by each dealer and the plates will be :ssued personally to each salesman. The commission also increased the price of the plates from 50 cents to $2.00 in an effort to stop the abuse. An affidavit will be necessary from every dealer before the demonstra. tion plate is issued,' under the new plan adopted by the commission.' Dealers all over the state have vio lated the privileges of the demonstra tion plates, according to the commis sion, and several weeks ago an ffort was started to arrive at some plan to stop this general abuse. At the Octo ber meeting of the commission Frank Gibbes, Clarence M. Asbill and Rob ert D. Lambeth appeared in behalf of the Columbia Automotive Trades as sociation and suggested the plan that was adopted. The increase front 50 cents to $2.00 was thought advisable as this will in a measure cause dealers to be more careful, it is thought. Prof. Walter Rowe, head of the civil engineering department of the univer sity, appeared and discussed plans for a road institute to be held under the auspices of the university and the highway department similar to former institutes held. The late Prof. M. Goode Homes originated the road insti tute plan. The commission pledged Its hearty support to the plan. It Is planned to hold the institute early In February. C. J. Hill, chairman of the Aiken county highway commission; Dr. W. A. W'litlock and J. E. Yaun, members of the commission, and J. H. Shuler, en gineer, appeared to renew their re quest for $10,000 additional federal aid for the Ninety-Six road and $45,000 for the Sand Bar ferry and Ellenton high way to connect with the new Sand Baar Ferry bridge. The commission pledged the $10,000 for the Ninety-Six roan from first funds available, but de ferred action on the $45,000 request. Engineer Moorefield was instructed to utilize available funds up to $10,000 on the road project from Blackstock to Winnsboro. Considerable attention was devoted to matters to be reported to the leg islature and Chairman R. Goodwyn R.hett, Commissioner C. O. Hearon and Engineer Charles H. Moorefield were requested to prepare recommendations to be made to the general assembly. Some new plan for maintenance wil be drawn up in the hope of obtaining legislative action in favor of more money to keep up the roads and the matter of eliminpting grade crossings will be dealt with. Repair of roads in the counties is causing the commission considerable thought and this will be another subject in the recommenda tions. Arrangements have been made, the commission announced, whereby Aiken county will build the -atesburg-Mo. netta road from a point near Monetta to the Saluda county line. Road Contracts to be Awarded. Blids for the construction of six sec tions of roads in South Carolina, total ing approx:imnately 52 miles, are being asked for by the state highway do partment, four for Decemb~er and one for Novemb~er. The county commissioners for Alik en county, in co-operation with the highway department, will receive bids until noon of Decemlber 7 for thme con struction of 14,709 miles of state route No. 39 in Aiken county, beginning at the Aiken-Orangeb~urg ine and extend ing toward Monetta. Bids will be0 received up until noon of December 6 for the construction of 8.363 miles of the state route No. 26 in Kershawv county. Bids for the construction of 18.953 miles of state route Nc. 36 in JTasper county will be received until noon of December 5 by the Jasper county conm missioners and the highway dlepart ment. The work wvill be awarded in two sections, the Ridgeland-Gillison ville stretch of 9.792 and the remain der of the roadl to the county line, about nine miles long. On the latter section one creosotedl timber bridge is to be0 built. At noon on Decemb~er 1 the county commissioners of Newberry county andl the highway dlepartment wvill open bids for the construction of 12.6 miles of state route No). 22 betwveen a point near Newberry andl Broad river. W.ds wvill be0 received until noon of Ncvemnber 28 for the construction of a two-mile section of state route No. 9 in Union county. Wateree Bridge Now Completed. The Wateree river bridge has been 30mpleted and acecepted from f~ho sontractors, it was announced at the ffices of the highway department. ['he structure is not yet open to traffic. sinning Figures Below Last Year. Ginning statiktics for. So,uth 'Caro mna up to November 1 show that a otal of 412,860 bales of cotton were sinnedl as compared'with 622,815 bales or the same period of 1921, accord ng to figures announced by the do. artment of commerce at Washington. Spartanburg county Jbads the state vith 43,425 bases, while'Horry- has the mallest number ginned with 413. Uiken, Allendale, .Bamberg, Blarnwel nd Hampton counties have ginned acre bales than at this time last year, be report shows. ' ~LY LL ,ANGE THE Peer of all ranges in baking perfection, kitchen comfort, grace of design, and economy of space and fuel. Ask your dealer or write us for catalog and name of dealer near you. ALLEN MFG. COMPANY' Nashville n ss 0 Tennessee A TRUE RAT STORY ., Auburntown. Tenn., 6-22-2n. Stearns Siletrios Pate RoCo., Dear Sirs: Mr. Robert T. Donnell of Auburntown, Tenn.. cane in our store the other da~y and wanted something to kill rate, so I sold him a box Stearne Rat Pasto. And he put some paste on six biscuits that night and the next morn. Ing he found fifty-four big rats. And the second night he put out four more his rults with paste on them, and the second morning he found eoventeoe more rats. two nightes, and there were nlots more that he did not find. the leas, it isso.g Just tthought would write to let you know that your rat pasta Is good. Respectfully, KENNEDY BROTHERs. Buy a 35c Box Today Enough to Kill 50 to 100 Rats or Mice with powders ,iiquilsannotherexpeimental prparations. Ready fo Ue-Better Tha m Tlraps. Drug and General Stores mell STEARNS' ELECTRIC PASTE Severe Indigestion "I had very severe attacks of ind estion, writes Mr. M. H. Wade, a farmer, of R. F D. I, Weir, Miss. "I would suffer for months at a time. All I dared eat was a little bread and butter... consequently I suffer ed from weakness. I would try to eat, then the terrible suffer ing in my stomach t I took medicines but did not get any better. the druggist recom mended Thedford's BLACK-DRAUGHT and I decided to tyit, for, as I say, I had tried others for two or more years without any fim rovement in my bealth. I soon ?udthe Black-Draugh was acting on my liver and easing the terible pain. "In two or three weeks, I found I could goback to eating. 1 only weighe 123. Now I weigh 147-eat an thlng I want to and by takin ack-Draught I co not sufer.' Have you tried Thedford's Black-Draught? If not, do so today. Over 8 million packages sold. a year. At dealers' E Risky Talk. "'Alr like wIne--" "Shaut upl. D o you want to get us9 airres9ted?"--Louis'ville Courier-Jour aal. Don't1 hae in a hurry to see life if you NOulld llve long. CORNS Lift Off with Finge& II a o . Doesn't hurt a bit!i Drop a little Freezone" on an aching corn, instant, r thlat corn stops hurtIng, then short. v you lift It rIght offtl fingers, 'ruly / it Your druggist Rolls a tiny bottle of F~reezone" for a few cents, suffieient remove every hard corn, soft corn, r corn between the toes, pnd the cal, Ises, without soreness or irrations