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IHK SCHIEB WATCHMAN, Estab Consolidated Aug. 2,1 OF ONE ACCORD ON PEACE PLAN President Does Not Find Any . Difference Among Allied Leaders as to Settlement. Speaks at the army headquarters to men Tells Pershing's Men America Is Proud of Them and a Warm Welcome Awaits Them. Chaumont, Dec. 25.? (By the Asso ciated Press).?In his address to the American soldiers today President Wilson said that he did not find in the - hearts of the great leaders with whom he was cooperating any difference of principle or fundamental purpose. Immediately after the reception at the Hotel de Ville President Wilson land Gen. Pershing and party motored to Humes, where the president re viewed a detachment of the First American army of the American expe ditionary forces. Addressing the troops, Gen. Pershing said: "Mr. President and Fellow Soldiers: We are gathered here today to do honor to the commander of our arm ies and navies. For the first time an American president will review an American army on foreign soil?the soil of a sister republic beside whose gallant troops we have fought to re store peace to the world. "Speaking for you and your com rades I am proud to declare to the president that no army has ever mor< loyally or more effectively served it? country and none has ever fought in nobler cause. - "You, Mr. President, by your con fidence and by your support have made the success of our army, and to you as our commander-in-chief. mav I now present the nation's victorious army/' In replying President Wilson said: "Gen. Pershing and Fellow Com rades: I wish that I could give to each one of you the message that 7 know you are longing to receive from those at home who love you. I can not do that, but I can tell you how every-one has put his-heart i?$o ft. So you have done your duty and some thing more. You have done your iduty and you have done it with a spirit which gave it distinction and glory. "And now we are to hail the fruits of everything. You conquered, when you came over, what you came over for, * and you have done what it was appointed for you to do. I know what you expected of me. Some time ago ?a gentleman from one of the coun tries with which we are associated was discussing with me the moral as pects of this war, and I said that if we did not insist upon the high pur pose which we have accomplished the end would not be justified. "Everybody at home is proud of you and has followed every movement ' of this great army with confidence and affection. "The whole people of the United States are now waiting to welcome you home with an acclaim whicn probably has never greeted ar.y oth er army, because our country is like this country, we have been so proud of the stand taken (of the purpose) for which this war was entered by the United States. "You knew what we expected of yu, and you did it, I know what you and the people at home expected of me, and I am happy to say, my fel low coutrymen. that I did not find in the hearts o." the great leaders with whom it is my privilege now to coop erate any difference of principle or of fundamental purpose. "It happened that it was the privi lege of America to present tho chart for peace, and now the process of set tlement has been rendered compara tivly simple by the fact that all the nations concerned have accepted that chart, and the application of these principles laid down there will be their applictaion. The world will now know that the nations that fought this war as well as the soldiers who represented them, are ready to make good, make good not only in the as sertion of their own interests, but make good in the establishment of peace upon the permanent foundation of right and of justice. "Because tli* was not a war in; which soldiers of the free nations have obeyed masters. You have command ers, but you have no masters. Your very commanders represent you in representing the nation, of which you j constitute so distinguished a part. ! "And' everybody concerned in the settlement knows that it must be a ' peoples' peace and that nothing must j be done in the settlement of the is- j sues of the war which is not as hand- j some as the great achievements of the, armies of the United States and the' allies. "It is difficult, very difficult, men. j in any normal speech like this to show you my real heart. You men probably do not realize with what anxious attention and care we have j followed even* step you have ad- j vanced and how proud we are that: every step was in advance, and not! in retreat; that every time you se* j your face in any -direction you kept your face to that direction. "A thrill has gone through my heart, as it has gone through the heart of every American, with al-j most every gun that was fired a?d j every stroke that was struck in the: fiallact fighting, that you have done. -feed April, 1850. "B?t Just m B81. StJ RECEIVED WITH ROYAL HONORS President and Mrs. Wilson Ar rived at Buckingham Palace This Afternoon. JOURNEY TO LONDON A TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION Streets From Station to Palace .Are Lined With Guards and Thronged With People. I London, Dec. 26.?President and Mrs. Wilson arrived at Buckingham Palace this afternoon after the jour rey from Calais to London, during which they were accorded 3.11 the hon ors ever given royalty. It is the first state visit of an American president jto England. A drive of short duration ; from the station to the palace through streets lined with guards and deco rated with fresh flags hung overhead and covering the buildings and with every available space filled with peo ple, made in all a brilliant spectacle. The president's trip to London was carried out on schedule. As the tram crossed the Thames and entered the station, a great cheer went up and a salute of 41 guns was fired from the tower London and Hyde Park. Clark to Be Candidate Rumored Speaker Seeks Presi dential Nomination. _._ ? Washington, Dec. 24.?Friends of Speaker Clark in congress said today the speaker would be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomina tion in 1920, although no formal an nouncement on the subject could be expected for some time. Mr. Clark himself said: "I have no announcement to make except to say that I know nothing about it." According to the story going the rounds at the capitol. Mr. Clark will be supported by William Jennings, Bryan, having reconciled differences j that hegan aj Ffr^T??**? cOihvehr ticn in 1912, when Mr. Bryan threw his support to Wilson. : j and there has been only one regret in America, and that was the regret that every man there felt that he was not here in France too." "It has been a hard thing to per form the tasks in the United States: it has been a hard thing to take part in directing what you did without coming over and helping you to do it. It has taken a lot of moral cour age to stay at home. But we are proud to back you up everywhere, that it was possible to back you up. And now I am happy to find what splen did names you have made for your selves among the civilian population of France as well as among your com rades in the armies of the French, and it is a fine testimony to you men I that these people like you and love i you and trust you, and the finest part of it all is that you deserve it all. "I feel a comradeship with you to day which is delightful, as I look i down upon these undisturbed fields I and think of the terrible scenes I through which you have gone and I realize how the quiet of peace, the tranquility of settled hopes has de scended upon us. And while it is "hard far away from home confiden tially to bid you a Merry Christmas, I can, I think, confidently, prom ise you a Happy New Year, and I can from the .bottom of my heart say God bless you." After the review President Wil son and party went to Montigny-Le Roi, where he and Mrs. Wilson took iheir Christmas dinner. In the afternoon the president vis ited the troops in their billets. He re turned' to Chaumont in time to leave at 6 o'clock for London. In response to an address presented to him at the Hotel De Ville soon af ter his arrival here today President Wilson said: "I feel the-t I have been peculiarly honored in the generous reception you have given me. and it is the more de lightful because it so obviously comes from the heart. And I cannot but be lieve that it is an instinctive response to the feeling that is in my own breast, because I think that even you. who1 feel contact with our soldiers, cannot but realize the depth and sincerity of the feeling of the United; States for France. "I* is an ancient friendship, but it has tjfon renewed and has taken on j a new youth. It is a friendship which j is not only tentative, but one based : upon a communion of principle. "You have spoken very generously and beautifully of the relations which ; have sprung up between yourselves and our soldiers. That is because they came not only to associate themselves with you as the champion of liberty, but they came with personal affections in their hearts for the people of France, and it must have been that which you realized. They did not come as strangers in their thoughts, j They brought with them something1 that made them feel at home the mo ment they were at Havre or at Brest in France "So I am very much moved bv be ing thus drawn, as they h;ive been, into your midst and into your con ferences, and wish to thank you very warmly for them and the people of the United States. I, like them, r.huliJ od Fear not?Let all the end* Thon Ali FMTER, S. 0., SATURDi XMAS IN BERLIN Regiments Mutiny and Join Revolting Sailors Tuesday Night. , j NEARLY HUNDRED KILLED IN STREET FIGHTING Predicted That Entire Berlin Garrison Will Desert Govern ment?More Sailors Coming Froni Kiel. j London, Dec. 26.?The Alexander j and Arnzer regiments have openly I joined revolting sailors in Berlin and j it is predicted in advices sent from : Berlin late Christmas night that near ; ly the entire Berlin garrison will sup j port them, leaving the government {without troops. j Advices say that large numbers of ! sailors are coming from Keil to join {their comrades in Berlin. Nearly a i hundred were killed in street fighting j which began in Berlin Tuesday. Republican guards tried several I times to take the royal stables, which j are the headquarters of the revolt j ing sailors, but were repulsed. Government Regains Control In Berlin Mutinous Sailors-Forced to Sur render and Royal ctables Captured. London, Dec. 26.?The mutinous sailors who were holding out. in the Red Palace, at Berlin, have hoisted the white flag, and have been allow ed to leave under guard, according to advices from Berlin, sent by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam. The government troops, the message adds, now occupy the palace royal stables. Murder at Branchville W. Preston McAlhany, Promi nent Farmer, Killed by ? Negro; Branchville, 4ec 24.?Mr. W. Pres ton McAlhany, one of Branchville's largest and most progressive farmers, was killed this afternoon about 4 o'clock by a negro, Willie Barnes, who lived on a farm adjoining Mr. McAl hany's. About noon Mr. McAlhany heard a shot down in his pasture, a j short distance from his house. - lie jsuspicioned that some one had shet isome o?Phis hogs, so he went over land investigated. He found where a hog had been shot. From all evi dence, Mr. McAlhany concluded to go to Barnes about it. About 4 o'clock, Mr. McAlhany with his fath I er, Mr. Frank Eerry, and John Ber jry, went over to the negro's house, 1 they saw hirn get off the front steps land go inside. 1 When the party was in the yard iand a short distance from the front porch, Mr. McAlhany called to the J negro to come out. He wanted to see him relative to some of the hogs that jhad been shot. j . Before Mr. McAlhany had hardly ?spoken, the negro-shot him in the throat, killing him instantly. ? The three eye witnesses saw Mr. ? McAlhany shoot while falling and .hit ;the negro in the abdomen. He dying j several hours later. : Mr. McAlhany was held in high j esteem by the whole community.* He jwas a constant worker in the Meth odist Church, being a steward for a j number of years, school trustee, and ! chancellor commander of W. O. W. j He is survived by a widow and an . infant daughter. His wife was Miss j Josie Paey Singer, of Newberry, ; where she is row on a visit, also a ; ftaher, Mr. S. S. McAlhany, and sis : ter. Miss Bettie McAlhany and Mrs. |D. S. McAlhany. j Mr. McAlhany was forty-four years I old. 1 Interment Thursday morning at the family burying ground, about: i four miles from Branchville. Victory Fleet Reviewed i . Ten Battleships Return From Service Abroad. Xew York, Dec. 26.?Led by the sn I perdreadnaught Arizona, ten battle ' ships under Admiral Mayo, the van i guard of America's victory fleet in European waters, steamed majesti calliy up New York harbor today in review before Secretary Daniels. They! were greeted by tumultous harbor craft and hundreds of thousands of. persons lining :;he shore. The fleet reached Ambrose channel late yes- j terday. After a parade this afternoon the men will be given shore leave. A j number of entertainments will be' given in their honor. As the ships progressed up the har bor a driving snowstorm hid vessels sometimes from those on shore. K?e; balloons and airplanes added pic turesqueness to the scene. Following the home-coming battle'I fleet into port came the British liner; Saxonia, with fourteen hundred sick j and wounded officers and men. most- j ly surgical cases. j carry away with me the mc^t do-.: lightful recollections and in my henrr, shall always say as 1 now say: ?? 'Vive La France!' " as t at be thy Country'*. Thy God's i 1Y, DECEMBER 28, 19 UN WILL ACCEPT ALLIES TERMS Bernstorff Shruggs His Should ers When Asked About Lasting Peace. HUNS ARE NOW HANDS OFF IN RUSSIA, HE SAYS Former Ambassador Does Not Favor Handing Over the Ex I Kaiser to the Allies.' - . ? Paris, Dec. 25.?"All the belliger ents have accepted President Wilson's fourteen points and the only question vto be discussed is their, interpreta tion," said Count vori Bernstorff, for mer German' ambassador to the Unit ed States, in giving his opinion oi j what Germany's attitude would be at the peace conference, according to I the Geneva correspondent of The Ma ; tin. I . "Germany," declared the count j "will keep to the president's pro ' gram, which grants each people oi ; an ethical group the right to dispos? of itself." ;? Asked if he thought the president's \ program would furnish the basis fot ; a lasting peace, Count von Bernstorfl j shrugged his shoulders. ? "This is the only one which can b< "proposed at present," he added, "ant j the attempt must be made to applj j it. At any rate, we shall support it.' I When he was asked by the corre I spondent what attitude Germany would adopt toward he East he re plied: "All the questions concerning th< new States which have sprung up or the Russian frontier are the affairs o: ?the allies. Let them disentangK i things as best they can. We wash oui : hands of Russia. We are content t< safeguard as far as possible the in tegrity of our territory." j Asked about the White Book whicl ; Carl Kausky is said to be preparing in Berlin. Count von Bernstorff said I "I don't think the book will revea I the individual responsibilities of th< persons who directed Germany h ; 1914. It will rather show the col I lective faults of the regime, i **1 do not "favor- handing over th< Kaiser to the allies. A sovereign i not responsible for the policy of hi government." Health Officer Raps The Druggists Dr. Hayne Would Prevent Sah j of Disguised Intoxicants. Columbia, Dec. 24.?The sale of a! cohol in South Carolina, disguisec under the name of some patent med , iclne or as Jamaica ginger, bay run or lemon extract, should be prevented I by law, says Dr. J. A. Hayne, Stat< ; health officer, in his annual report t< j the general assembly. "Much drunk ehness and crime occur in this Stat< on account of the greed of som< druggists in selling these intoxicants,' said the report. The section dealing , with this matter follows: "The important foods and drugs : work, namely, the carrying out of th( pure food and drug law, devolves up on the department of agriculture, bu1 the regulations governing the carrry '. ing out the law are formulated by ih* ' State Board of Health. We believe that cooperation between these de partments would effect much good ir; improving the^ situation in this State. Laws should be enacted to ? prevent the. sale of alcohol as an 'intoxicant, disguised under the name of some . patent medicine or as Jamaica ginger, i bay rum or lemon extracts. Much drunkenness and crime occurs in this State on account of the greed of some druggists in selling these intoxicants. ? "It is believed that this general assembly will enact laws adequate to deal with this situation." Fleet Celebrated Peace Sailors on Grand Fleet Gave One Hour to Jubilation. London. Dec. 1.?(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)?A vast chorus of siren whistles from a thous and fighting ships split the air when the British Grand Fleet received the news of the signing of the armistice. First the thirty-mile line of vessels sprang into light. Then, suddenly, the great fleet of battleships, cruisers, torpedo destroyers, mine-layers and patrols united in one huge, synchron ized diapson that startled the hear ers for a radius of a hundred miles. The tremendous sound re-echoed amongst the hills on both shores, awesome in its intensity. A hundred searchlights, which for four years had resolutely watched the skies, or pt^ered steadily along dark waters for enemy craft, merrily criss crossed about the sky. Flares were lit. s'ar shells fired, and here and there some of the greater ships were fortunate in a fireworks display. For sixty minutes the fleet threv. off all reserve and let itself go. At nine o'clock the sirens suddenly silenc ed, the lights snapped out and the Grand Fleet was again waiting and i watching and ready, and scarcely had" the last sounds died away than from the Admiral's ship there were winking at th.* masthead the orders for fur ther duty. I m? TmtH'i." IHK TBUI 18. EDUCATION TO BE KEYNOTE Governor-Elect's Inaugural to Deal With These Funda mentals. j WANTS BUDGET SYSTEM | i FOR STATE GOVERNMENT! To Advocate Compulsory Atten dance, Longer School Terms. ! Larger Salaries. i Columbia, Dec. 24.?Improvement in educational facilities, a minimum I school term of seven months and in : creased pay for teachers and county I superintendents of education will be : the keynote of the inaugural address I of Robert A. Cooper, governor-elect j of South Carolina, who will be in I ducted into office on January 21, un j less sickness or some other unfore seen cause prevents. I Mr. Cooper, who is now working on j his inaugural address and his admin ' j istrative program, expects to have !! them completed several weeks before I the- inaugural. He will touch on a ;' few fundamental principles of gov '! ernment in his introductory address, ' developing some of them for the gen eral assembly. ;. The governor-elect, bearing out the : principlees enunciated in his various ? campaigns, desires to make his admin istration, stand out as the educational ? administration of the history of the ? State. Mr. Cooper believes, and he will so "announce himself in his inaugural ad > dress, that the future prosperity and i progress of South Carolina oepend on ' jan improved educational system. He i; will contend for a State-wide compul ? scry attendance law, without the pres > ent local option feature, to affect chil ? dren between the ages of eight and sixteen years, with proper machinery t for enforcement. He will urge a more jj efficient school organization for the : i forty-five counties of the State, in 1 creased pay for the lowrsalaried ?: teachers and county superintendents. i and adequate facilities for the educa - j tion of adult illiterates, either by ; night schools or other organizations. The governor-elect will_stress ir 5: his inaugural address a revision of the 5 tax laws of the State by the substitu tion of a budget system and the elim ination of the present State levy. The i revenue for the State government and j institutions, under this theory, should ? be apportioned among the counties by la State budget board. I Mr. Cooper is making a thorough ;: study of the systems of taxation of j other States and probably will recom mend to the general assembly the adoption of a bill for revised taxation " based on the Virginia statute. Vir i ginia is operating on a budget system ' {and has found it to be remarkably I {successful. t j The governor-elect believes in Co operation with the other coordinate * lanches of the government and with ' the heads of the various State de ! partments. It is his idea to hold fre ; Quent "cabinet" meetings withy the other State officials and at such con ' ferences the needs and warits of the government and the problems en j| countered by all the departments can j be discussed around the table ami I cably. This method, he thinks, will ' I keep all departments in close and j harmonious touch and^will ma.ke for j a greater efficiency in the admlnistra j tion of all departments. It is Mr. (Cooper's idea to hold conferences I during the general assembly with the ; various legislative committees of both ! houses, so that there will be an ex | change of viewpoints on pending measures. He likewise proposes to i have a meeting of the executive of I fleers of each of the county delega j tions. j Mr. Cooper believes that the people ! should know all the inner workings of the government and for that rea j son he will court the "light o? pub- j j licity." He will permit no "star i j chamber" sessions; all conferences I and other meetings will be open to representatives of the press. ?? Hunter's License j - Law Is Void Assistant Attorney General ! Sapp Renders Opinion? Af- j i fects Whole State. Columbia. Dec. 24.?The South | Carolina hunter's license law, through I which the State game department de- j rives its revenue, is unconstitutional,! according to an opinion rendered to- I day by Glaud N. Sapp, Assistant At- ? torney General, to Wade Hampton j Gibbes. chief game warden. The act is unconstitutional on eith- ? er of two grounds, says the opinion, if it is intended as a general law | by the Legislature, then it is con-1 troventfon of the Constitution, bo cause the Supreme Court states thatj. "in order that a law may be general j it must be in force in every county of the State, and while it may contain special provisions making its effect different in certain counties, those counties cannot be exempt from its ] operation." and fifteen or more coun ties arc exempt under the hunters license tax; and if it was intended as a special net. the Constitution I specifically prohibits such status to ? provide for the protection of game. * (Constitution 1S95, Article III. Sec- i tion 24.) i) ; SOUTHRON, EW?MtehtJ inEB, J?? VoLXLVH. NO. 39. TRIBUTE TO GEN. PERSHING General Bliss Confers the Dis tinguished Service , Medal. FULL TEXT OF HIS AD DRESS IS GIVEN Details Work By Pershing of Creating and Training Army of Qver 2,000,000. Washington, Dec. 24.?High tribute to the work of Gen. Pershing and the i officers and men who served under I him was paid by Gen. Tasker H. Bliss ! in conferring upon the American com mander the distinguished service med* al at the direction of President Wil son. The full address of Gen. Bliss was received and made public by the war department today. The medal was conferred upon Gen. Pershing at the headquarters of the American expeditionary force at Chaumont, France, November 16. After detailing the work done by Gen. Pershing in creating, and train i ing on French soil an American army ' of more , than two million men, witbi ; the agecies for its transportation and supply, Gen. Bliss said: "With your aid our ancient Ally has regained her former boundaries. And you and your army have played a glorious par* in a world event transcending, in its momentous im portance, any other since Charles Martel beat back the flood of Moslem I invasion on the plans of Tours. You. like him. have done that which came ito you in crushing an evil and abort I ed civilization and in preserving , a I nobler one. "And in doing this you have won ! not only the admiration of your Eu ; ropean associates in arms but the a'd i miration and love of your country j ! n en. j And you have done it all with the. thorough devotion of the American { : army, its officers and men, and of i all who helped to make that army and I to get it here. & "All that I have said brings me to this. It is not for me to speak of his [ tory to the men who have made it. IBut it is for nie ?n?VT?r alf of ?s td j speak of that loyal and affectionate } devotion, from the men in the ! trenches to the men on the western j docks of France, from the men in the j shipbuilding yards and mines and lodging camps from the Atlantic to j the Pacific, from the * men, women j and children in every factory and workshop at home, whose devotion to the great cause and whose personal devotion to you has stayed up your hands, that they faint not, from the rising to the going down of the sun. "But it is not of these alone that I ?would speak, when I speak of them devotion that has carried you and I your army to such triumphant suc cess. I think with sadness and pride of those who have paid the last full I measure of their devotion; and of weeping American wives and mothers, and mourning children. I have no doubt that many and many a gallant American soldier has in his last breath, coupled with other names dear to him your name as the custo dian and guardian of American honor and glory?honor and glory so dear to him that for them he gave his life. "Just as it is our President who hands to you this medal, so I seem to see from these thousands of glorious graves pale hands reaching out to you . [and your comrades the laurel wreath ! of victory which they did so much .to * 1 win. r _'. -. > ? "And I know that I speak for our." president when I say that as to them the good God has given eternal rest, so may he through their heroic . death give to us eternal peace." . - "f May Attend Conference League to Enforce Peace Wants Governor Manning to Visit Versailles. Columbia. Dec. 24.?Governor Man ning, after he goes out of office ort January 21. may attend the peace conference at Versailles. The governor has received an invfr ttation from the League to Enforce Peace to be one of its delegates to the peace conference. He cannot leave before his successor. Robrt A. Coop er, of Laurens, is inaugurated on Jan uary 21. but, as the delegates will leave after that date, he may attend So far he has made no announcement as to the acceptance or the rejection of the invitation. There has been a great deal of speculation as to what the governor win do after he retires from State politics, but as yet he has given no, intimation of his plans. He has been invited to go overseas as a repre sentative of the Young Men's Chris tian .Association, but he has made no announcement as to that. Gambling1 In Coffee [Tnrestricted Trading in Fu? lures Resumed To-Day. \r>w York. Pec. 26.?Unrestricted rading in coffee futures was resnm (1 today on th? \>w York Coffee Es? change f<*r ih*? first time since Oc ober. IJ>IS, when trading was stopped; ?y the icod administration.