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VOLUME XX)(VII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922. NUMBER 21 QI[RUSSIA SUPPORTS TURKS' DELEGATES AT LAUSSANE DE O1AME: THAT BOSPIORUS AND DAliANELLES BELONG TO TUH KEY A"D THAT TURKISH PEO PLE ENTITLED TO FULL SOV EIMGNTY THERE. Laussane, 'Dec, 4.-The fundamen ial position of Russia on the Bospho rous, the Sea of Marmosa and the straits of the Dardanelles 'was out lined by foreign minister Tchnitcherin who read a prepared statement in French, of which the following oflic fal summary was given out this after noon: The Russian delegation. will strive to attain two objeots first, equality of the positions and rights of Rus sia and lier allies-'he -Ukraine and Georgia-with the positions and rights. of the other - powers; 'second, safe .ggardiug of the peace and se curity of the Russian territories, and liberty of their economic relations with the other .powers. M. 'Tehnitcherin conceded that nav igation, any 'Pacific maritime 'com munication in the. Bosphorous, . the Sea of Marmosa 'and the Da'rdanelles, must be assured in the most absolute n1anner and- without .restrictions. He said: "Maintenance of peace on the Black Sea and the security of its coasts, peace in the Near East and -the security of Constantinople should he guarenteed in a durable manner. This igeans that the Dardanelles and the Bospherous, in time of peace as in time of wit, ought t.) be constatly closed to the .warships and armed ves sels, as well'as the military airplanes, of all countries except Turkey, only in this, way can lberty of peaceful >iavlgation in these waters be effec tually guaranteed." !M. Tchnitchorin continued by say Ing.-hM theRusian government Mat. ed with the' elementary fact that the Busphorous and. the Dardanelles be. long to 3urkey :and that, the Turkisi .people are entitled to ful sovereignty over their ternitory and waters. M. Tchnitcherin said Turkey coult effectively defend her watei:s againsi attack by possessing the right t fortify and arm her coasts by pos sessing a fleet of warships and V. Kinzg for her defense every tech nici .means of modern 'warfare. M. Tchniitcherin then -passed t what was interpreted as an allusioi to England. He said: "Closing the straits to othot war ships conforms to the principle sc eqhality between states. ThrowiA them open will give a preponderatin position to the strongest maritim power." Aussia. and her alli'ed republi M. Tchnitcherin .argued, had no aj gressi*e, bellicose, -militaristic- d< signs against the 16berty of other pa plea; therefore they were in a pee liar position to iwatch over the inte este' of the working masses -and contribute to the 'world's econom development. Their solution was ti only possible solution of the straigh problem. T.he 'ussian leader added: "Soviet Russik. in annulling withc compeisation the agreements tout lng 1pon the returaiff Constantino to "Russia, and in liberating, all,' countries on tile ~Mediterranean bad f-rom the former menace and amibitic of Czarism, will nov'er permrat a set'l * meat of .the strxts question 'whi would menace .Russia?# own se94ri' He emphasized .the' importaice thp s,traits for thq~ economic prd~sp ty et the soviet 'tederqion. Int 1 mwo, thn venty. per* e~nt of the * tire, liusgIh5whee.t expby'tation apas blrotg(1ti .ports of the:niack, and the 0es, of Aaov. e adthat, tOmi the statidp e 4enge, this 'tiilts solpatiot al * the vital oiM ientary' in A J% iues onlydtfr~al1 that i4 ate the free pausage %2 $t.7bige; naval forces 0811l ~%Js tigtthe ententapow~ to'vorgainize ifi Southerll~ ~arke s'of "Deitkhit and *a 'to 'help'hemt in th~I' 'ERSHI[I.l PLEAS MILITARY CAUSE leclares America Must be Saved front Fate of 1inese Nation. SL 'Louis, 'Dec. 4.-General John Pershing today made a plea for a arger 'Ameican military establish nient so that .Americli will not "like 'hina, 'become the football of fortune, ubject to the dictation from abroad ind possible disruption from .within." The general spoke at a, Chamuber of jonimerce luncheon. ile declared the present trouble in ?ar and Near East should give Aneiri a some concern. "The developments -which have :aken place since the Turkish vic Lory over the Greeks indicate sufll eIently the danger iwhich we run of b)ccomfig entangled in questions sur rounding that age-old center of racial, religious and political strife," be as sei'ted of the 'Near East sittfation. "Wlien war Is thrust upon us," the general stated, "our patriotism flames ip and we are tremendously aroused. When the danger has passed, however, we gradually slide back into the old easy-going vays, serenely conildent that the future will takb care of itsqlf. We usually fail to attribute the costs of war to pre-war unpreparedness."' The general is making a brief tour under the American defense society. !lie -declared there was no danger of America becoming militaristic, as sonic piersons- "whose idealism ovenwhelms .their common" sdefis" fear. Military training should not only be put into effect for defense purposes, but also for the upbuilding of the phy sical and moral manhood of America, he emphasized. -During the past 150 years the army has been engaged in one important un dortaking every 18 months. General ,Pershing said, and "no one can say that war In the future will be lesE frequent." SAMUEL G. HUNE'R Ion of Late Dr. Hunter, of This Conn ty, Died In Greenville Sunday. ..After a lpngthy illness M'imuel E iiuid,'reded farmer of' 60' -P6*i Avenue, Greenville, died at -4 o'cloc unday morning at his home in Green ville. Mr. Hunter was a son of th late 'Dr. 'Melmeth Hunter, of thi I county and had lived in Greenvill about two years, having resided in th city of Spartanburg and the count . the greater -part of his life. -He wa r well known over the entire section anl .' a recognied leader. Besides a host of friend Land h wife, who was a Miss Sexton, a sist< of W. IL.. and MiIsses Annie and All Sexton of this city, the following sot - survive h'im: S. W. and W. T. Hunte f of Greetiville, and Frank M. Hunter, Los Angeles, Cal., and one brother, J SL. Hunter, of 'Liberty. e The funeral services were held 'Mo day at the Woodruff Baptist church , 112 o'clock, cohducted by Rev. N ;- Riley of Woodruff. The funeral par - left. Greenville at 10 o'clock. 1nt y. mont was -in the Presbyterianl con1 a. tory. The following gentlemen act r- as pal" bearers:' Melmeth Parks, Sn to ter :Parks, Jr., 'Ben Kilgore, Ben Hi ic 4r, William 11unter and W. D. Bext' ao nephews, 'Honorary pall bearers: S. 'P. Parks: The 'following nie it acted ~as flower 'bearer's: Miss Em h- Stllwo'rth, Miss -Ida LoOf Hunter, Id mle DelaParks, Miss (illie 'Parks, Id he Linda Hiater,Miss Janie 'Hunter, I% in tannld KIClgore. mne - le- Mrs. Sailte $tephlenIson Deddl ich Mrs. Sallie 8tsblienson;' an aged v *yld woman ivh6 has' d aðe;J of Irby sanita'umin'fol. tie-.&$ af ino y i..- 'iider the care of;N %ffulla" I 910 passdd away 'at the~ h~eAl5 en- The body~ was 6pxried gW her ~O se d home'I' in JIacksongille&. ia., 9 (i nads being accompay d ''b9Y mint Irby. Sire. 8tihensen' i ~St1 yea' On$ ae. and bad$'getefo ten- eate-. and At rinity. ~t ai vas T) or a a~ spersin ti9 school M1Ailding"6l er night of W Iday De. 8, beginetgin a o'cleclk. Yelvrybody la invited to< 'w 8c a'u sys the~ A 01or 0 4 ~~tose gr~ SCHOOL BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE toseiont, Colored School -Near C oss 6 11111 Destroyed by Fire FrIday Morning 1lBefore Thanksgftlng. Rosemont school building, one of he best negro school buildings in the ounty, was totally destroyed by firo I Df unknown origin Friday morning, I November 24th. The school Is located I several miles to Jhe right of Cross I Hill. When first discovered about 10 o'clock in the morning the flames had already advanced so far that neither the 'building nor any of its contents could be saved. 'So far as Is tenown, the building was empty when the fire occurred. The Rosemont school was built un der the Rosenwald fund and was in sitred with the state sinking fund for $2,250, the only negro school in the county being insured. -M. J. Miller, agent for the sinking fund, came to Ibaurens Monday morning ; following 'the fire and 'made a settlement of the .policy In full. The trustees of the school have already laid plans for ro :building at once and will build prac tically on the same lines as the old 'building. Speaking of the fire yesterday, Supt. of Education R. T. Wilson said that the trustees of the school were very fortunate 1i having the building in sured. All of the white schools of the county, ho said, are insured vith the state sinking fund commission. SAFE CRACElD IN. AUM. WV; SMITH[ STORE Loot Consists of $1,000 CasU and a Sinilar Amount Liberty Bomds., Spartanburg, -Dec. 2.-A yeggman or yeggmen bi'oke into the Aug. W. Smith department store, cracked the safe and secured approximately $1,000 in cash and $1,000 in 'Liberty bonds and ,war saving stamps some time Saturday night or SundaY morning, it was dis covered today when J. 1B. Ules, a clerk, entered the store about 11 o'clock this morning to write a let ter. \J.di;ations according to the .poUeg i are that the job waq done by experts; - who were familiar with mechanis e of the safe. A hole Was drilled near a the combination iob where the tW( e doors met and an iron pin inserted. B 0 means of a stel hoop-shaped 'bract y iwhich, was placed around the safe, lev a erage was s'ecured and great pressur d brought to bear on the pin which fin ally caused the mechanism on the in a side to yield. This released the stee r catches holding the doors shut and th ie safe was opened. No explosives wer s used. r, Detectives are worling on th [f case, but have mato ..o progress a )e yet. They refused to disciss the rot 'bery tonight. The tools used wer - left on the floor. Entrance was mad at from the rear of the store which I [r. situated on East Main street in ti ty heart of the shopping district. Thei r- was no light burning near the sat Le- This IsR the fourth ti-me -w(thin ta ed years that the department store hi in- been entered, 'H, Frank MlcGee, mal in- ager, stated -tonight. The store ca mn, rledl no burglar insurance. p.Boy IHas Narrow Escape ,nd Claude Starn, a school boy es short ,pants living in the 'Laure na Mills villgige, had a narrow esca iss -from seriou6 injury ~yesterday abc iss two o'clock uwhern he-was knocked do' lis and4 dragged severil feet 'by an au mobile 'bread witgon of J. A, Curet & 'Coihpany, of Gyeenville, driven a Mr. Craig. The trnek:.was coi r out of g~aurensdtireet into the pul ula square it thei.iter. 'Company. cork1 -arsaelling at a modeikte rate. 'l !,boy, doming' fromi' school, ran out day. front of' the truck from behind an mr tomobile -in front of thq Minter C< day, pany store. ,When he saw the truc~ >r.. 'niadd a dash to get out'of the way, iiss did not get quite tailenugh. The rl .g ot fender struck him and, knocked ianyt dpwn', He siigto the fronit bun and eried for help. 'F'ho driver of oar was iuable to stop immedial brit after 193pshing .the boy along ft ocia- feW- foet. came to a full stop and .iot tint to' 'ender assist ~e, The boy the :P.Cked up and fouin to 'be uxninj~ at */ After hrushitig llts oioogies off and Sgaining his self-possobsioh he pu hs e ap and' waflkedaway. <Episcopaianshlto Sell 'aney we OP'Under; the aussibes f, the Glull til Ah piscopal Ophtrh fancy art ISE 't l be gold~ at 'oWe's- 4rug st9r tomnptly-.at ,tet oook~ HALL SHERIFF OCCUPY JAIL? heriff Reild lias Moved Into Vacant t1oms in New Jail, but May be Forced to Move Out. Question I Raised by Supervisor. I Is the sheriff drthe county to live a the new county jail, Into which he las already moved, or will lie have to nove out? The question will likely inve to be decided by some higher I ithority than now exists in the :ounty. Several weeks ago the jail commis ;[oi turned the new jail over to the board of county cormupssioners, of which the supervisor is ex-ofliclo hairinan.. When they turned the jail Dver into the hands of the county com missioners, according to -Supervisor Watts, they.reported that it was not in a finished condition -as funds had not been sufficient to place cells on the lower floor.- Supervisor Watts, acting for the county commissioners, In turn delivered the keys of the jail to Sheriff .Reid. When the foitmality of turning 'the .. keys over was gone through the supervisor, as he says, ad'ised -the -sheriff that the jail was delivered for the keeping of prisoners only. The intimation was, so it is understood, that the sheriff was not to move his family into tlie. jail.. - - The sheriff, whether or not lie gath ered the full significance of the super visor's remark, moved his family into the jail last week, occupying the lower rooms of the building originally in tended to be used for cells but not actually containing prison equipment. When the board of county commis stoners met in annual sessjon yester day Sheriff Reid was called to meet .wiltb the commissioners and state his claim 'for occupying the space he does In the jail. The sheriff was out of town. It is understood that he claims that as the prisoners are in his cus tody and that as he is held responsi ble for theii he has a right to remain in" tld jail and be near them. 'More or he contends that by staying In tfie jail building himself he salvos the cinty. the-exDeosa of.an .extra jailer The jail building has a small roon and office for a jailer. The contention of Supervisor Watt. is that the plans of the jail buildinf did not call for occupancy of so mucd of its space as living quarters; tha without the space now occupied by th sheriff the accommodations for pris oners are Inadequate since necessitie require that males, females, wh'iteE blacks, juveniles and hospital patient be held in different wards; and tha while the rooms occupied by the sheril are not fitted with cells they are in a] other respects as safe as the room e upstairs and may be used to advar tage for prisoners. e What steps are to be taken in ti e matter have not been decided upc a or at least have not been divulge e Supervisor VWatts, who incidental e tiaid that there was no perhonai i '. tive on his part,. intimated that I ,- might appeal to the state nwelfa as board or to the goverinor a's a mneal 1. of arriving at an understanding. BAZAAR '10 1E HELD A T (4. 0..O. BU1LDID1 s Object to Secnre Funds for a Lighti pPlant for'the Building. ut Gray Court, :Dee. 4.-On Firidi vn Dec. 15th, a bazaar will be held to.. ray Court-Owings school building on secure funds for the contemplated by tei- and light plant to be installed ng the school building. li The several booths, arranged r, tractively in the auditorium, will eh opened at 2 P. M. The fancy-W ii1 booth will display all kinds of fal au. work for sale, and ,will have also t >m. galow 'and kitchen aprons, chidre h'0 romp~ers, boys' waists, etc. bt Thdc3 copmnittee in charge of ht "harvest'' booth will be ready. to ur vido the housekeeper with all kindi sper eatables, grown ,on the farm, ori the duced in the dairy. ely, iMnny kinds of delicious home-nl n'a andies will' be found at the ca got booth. SAnd for the sp~ecial inleasure of d. littie' folk a 'fshi-pond 'will "be.1 e. There iwill very probab~ly be two ga Von of basket ball, onie of the -girls 'one the boys, -played ,durinir the ternoon, t' . Aft~tr 5-o'clock~ a real tu/key di 4 of rill..be served ~n the baliemert le n the early evening, jdst efolio * veryfbody. is invited to come, HU0MAS 'S. BLAKE, OF UOILONACA, IS I)I'AD) )eath Canme Monday A fternooi Affter Long llless. Ireenwood lIndex-Journal. Thomas S. Blakely, prominent busi less man and farmer of Coronaea, died ionday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, ollowing an illness of several months. 'ho funeral will be conducted this af ernoon at three o'clock from the Presbyterian church at Coronaca by Rev. C, E. Bullivan and -Rev. M. M. 13rabham. interment will be in Beth lehem cemetery. Mr. Blake was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Blakely, and was born and reared at Ninety Six. lie was 53 years of age having been born Do comber 27, 1869. A number of years ago hqmoved to Coronaca and engag ed in themijiercantile business as well as farming. lie was connbcted w-ith a number of business enterprises of coro naca, and was one of tle most sub stantial citizens of that community. 'A -member of ithe- APresbytetian church, M1r, Blake lind alWays shown a deep'intierest in 'thb affairs 'of his church. 'He is 'survived by his wife, who was 'Miss 'Avie Andei'son before marriage; qne son, Edwin A. Blake, and one daughter, Annie E. Blake, both of CI~ronaca. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. W. B. Stewart, Ninety Six and Misses Bettle and - Annite Blake, of Ninety Sti. Desides his hiii mediate family, Mr. Blake had a large fanTily donnection in this section, and his death will be learned with grief by many friends. Active pall bearers iwill be: Ander son Simpson, Dave Byirnett, Henderson .Stuart, J. 0, Owens, Marcus Willard, Richard Buchanan, W. H. Harveley, It'. E. Wells. Honorary pall ,bearers: Jay Motsinger, Lewis Thompson, I'ill Rice, Larry Watts, Robert Stuaim/T. A. Robinson, R. T. Morris, L. R. Boyd. SIATE CONVENTION OF U. jD. C. MEETS Will Meet In Greenwood for Thre( Days. Elaborate Program Planned Greenwood, Dec. k 3.-'he twenty. aixth -annual 'convention of the Soutl Carolina division of the Unite Daughters of 'the Confederacy wil meet in Greenwood on December 6, 7 and 8, and finitl preparations are beinj made by the two local chapters of th< U. D. 1C., to entertain the visitors. Ap a proximately 150 delegates from ever; chtapter in the state are expected 3 'Practically all of the state officers 'wil be present, as -well as one or two ol E ficials of the national organization. The delegates will arrive We( f nesday afternoon and will be tendere a "Welcome meeting", at Lander co - lege on the evening of December 6. reception in the college parlors wi follow this meeting. e The -business sessions will beg a Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock, fc * lowed by a luncheon at one. Thursd; ly afternoon, all visitors will be givi D an automobile ride around the cii ie That evening will be known as "Hi re torical evening,," a'nd will be in char "" of M.~rs. J. H. West of Newberry, sta historian. An address lg Col. J. Ri McfKissick, editor of the G4reenvi Piedmont, wihll he delivered at tI ~( time. Friday morning, the business s gsons will be resumed and at o'clock all delegates will 'be the gue of' the rRobert A, Waller andi JC aMcKellar Reynolds chapters of to. D. C. here, at a luncheon. TI luncheon wvill conclude the fo'm iprogram of the convention. Elaborate "preparations are be amade for the ent ertainent of v'isit bely the local organizations. erkc ncy * Bailey School HIonor' Roll nf- -Seventh Grade-Mary T1emplt m's Robert Martin. Fifth Grade -Joel Fuller, Li-,zle tho ler'. wro. Fourth Grade-Evelyn Ramage, of telle Fuller. pro- Third Grade---Roy Jerry; Second Gradle-ileatrice Temple made Lillie Mae Shockley. ndy First Grade-Augustus -fRai Martin Milam. the - Lear, .Must Have' Trash Containers ines After hearing a report fr9m ad health department Mionday "nigh at- which it was stated that It .was I .tically intPossiljIe to keep abreal nnoi' street cleaning utidor - presnt e tions5, city coun'cil psassed a resol wing declaring - that citmenls musty pir gn. containers for trash instead of d lng It ?'nopiles for tite' trasht wag6 nicti un. ' IY IATHRR DISCUSS FINANS[ OINT .MEETING OF CITY COUN4 ''11 AND T;WO COMMISSIONS HELl .iONDAY NIGIT. In a joint meeting of city council, he water and light commission and he bond commission in city council !hamber Monday night financial af "airs of the city were discussed with 3 view of arrivitg at a definite plan for retiring the outstanding bonds when thoy become due. Sone pre-ar ranged plan for dealing h this phase of city finances, .plained Mayor Dial in opening the meeting, became necessary when it was point ed out to the city council by 1r. Wal lace, who recently audited the city books, that through failure of past city councils to lay aside the annual sinking fund a deicit in the sinking fund had been created which wou'id prevent the full payment of the bondsf when they'became'due unless -a large appropriation was made --yearly for this purpose or unless refunding bonds' 1e iisued at maturity M.i. Wallace was -present at the meeting '-onday niiht. Asked as to the amount necessary to be appropri ated each year to meet all of the bonds 'when they became due, he said that he estimated the annual amount to be in the neighborhood of $24,000. On fig tires presentcd by Mr. -McCuen, of the 'water aid light commission, it was shown that the appropriation would be a)pproxhiately $21,000 if the original schedule were adhered to and the present deficit be ignored. Under that plan no attempt would be made to make u) the present deficit in the sinking fund, but refunding bonds would be'lloated to make 'up the delldit when the bonds became du'e. The ex act amount of the defleit was not dis closed at the meeting. The total bond ed indebtedness was brought out as $296,500, Mr. - eMuen* said .that the .present bond issues had been provided for un der suggestions from the Business League and that he felt that the league. should be consulted as to twhat meas tires are to be taken for their retire - nent .in view of the fact that to retire all of the old and now bonds at ma turity might require a larger levy for 1 the next few years than the league an - ticiPated when the bonds were recom mended. The view of MI'r. McCuen was acquiesced in and the matter carried d over until another meeting. Council and the water and light com A mission also discussed the question 1 of the commiss-ion assuming respon sibility for payment of interest and n sinking\fund for past bonds for wa ter and lights as well as the now L' $65,000 issue. An animated discus m sion of this question took place. The Y. commission took the position that It a- could not meet these payments in cash 1while the city wvas only having a te "book-charge" made against it for the onwater and lights it was using. As a le matter of accounting, it was decided at that book charges should be made against 'the commission for these items s- and that settlement in cash be post it Ioned until -the commission is able to ssmeet the paymnents. Members of the licommission intimated that this might le a very long wait as the wvater and his light department was showving an an 11al nuaLl loss of around $12,000 before the icommission took charge. ors Action on the disposal of about $9,000 in accumulated interest and premiums on .the (bonds recently sold 'was postponled. Mayor Dial recomn *mended that no expenditure of this ton money be made, but that it be place4d in the hands of. the sinking fund comn u- mission to apply on future payments of interest. Es.-__ _ _ _ _ Mrs. Caine Buried tn, The remains of 'Mrs. 'Rosa I. Caine. 'whose death took place at her home age, in this city last 'ionday evening, wel'e laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in the Laurens tiemetery. The services were conduted by her ipastor, Rev, C. the T. Squires, of the First Presbyterian ,in church, assisted iby Rev. J. W. Watts, rac- supply pator of the First Baptist t of church. A harge concourse of sorrow )fdi- ing friends and relatives followed the atton body 'to its last esting place. The ac VIde tive pall bearers wore nephews-Q uimp- the deceaded,~ as follows: Eart !jison, as to Pierceirb, J. 14~ M. Irby, W. l. frbd, Rn V Trbh .im Irby and W. C. 60