Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ttHE SUMTER WATCHMAN', Est a CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 AUGUSTA JUDGE WANTS APOLOGY FOR' WION" Requests Hardwick to Make Demand of Cooper For Action of Mob While Seeking Fox and Gap pins Augusta. Aug. 16.?Request of Governor Hardwick, of Georgia, for a demand on Governor Cooper, of South Carolina, for an apology for the "invasion" of Georgia last Thursday by a mob of South Caro linians, who made an unsuccessful raid on the Richmond county jail here in an effort to secure C. O. ?Fox and! Jesse Gappins, held " to answer charges in connection with Jjf the slaying of young William Bra zell, of Columbia, S.' C, a taxi driver, was made in a letter ad dressed to the Georgia governor by Judge Harry C. Hammond of the Augusta Superior Court. The judge's-letter also suggested that South Carolina might deliver at least one member of the mob to Georgia in view of the capture and retention by Georgia officers for South Carolina of Fox/ and Gap s. The prisoners were spirited away to Savannah before the mob reach ? ed Augusta last Thursday, and were subsequently taken to the Charleston. S. C, jail, where the: are now held. In the 02>ening paragraph of his letter to Governor Hardwick Judge Hammond states that "as a citizen of the state of Georgia, I respeet > fully request that you lay the fol lowing statement of facts before the Hon. Robert A. Cooper, govern or of South Carolina, and that you f demand from him apology for what has occurred, and immediate effec tive action in righting a grievous wrong to a sovereign common wealth." The judge a-ks: "What does she (South Carolina) propose to do? And what will you (Governor Hardwick) exact of her?" The jurist makes the point that ? the instance was the first in his memory when a mob invaded an other state. He asserts that here fc^taJtofore they have all been intrastate mobs, whereas this was an inter <g state mob. "A new condition is presented to your excellency," the letter says, "and you should take thought? serious thought ? of how you should meet it. Here is invasion of your state by an armed force, defiance of its laws and of your au thority, assault and capture of your jail and stockade, your property seized and what) have you from South Carolina or its governor in significance of these outrageous ; acts. What, answer does she pro pose to make or will you exact?" Discussing the activities of Sher iff J. T. Plunkett, in capturing South Carolina prisoners and deliv * ^ering them back to officers from that state, the Augustan says: "However, this may be, as a general proposition, the concrete ^ situation is presented to your ex cellency of your sheriff, exerting al most superhuman effort to render service to the state of South Car olina successful service, and the reward of such serv'ee is the in vasion of Georgia territory by arm ed organized mo5, the peace and quiet of a great city violated, the state's stronghold assaulted, its keeper and defenders defied. Must you not require of the state of South Carolina genuine activity in securing and delivering to author * ity some of the "?00 offenders who have outraged it? Three South Carolina criminals were arrested by Georgia authorities and return r ed to South Carolina with evidence to convict. Will not South Caro lina arrest and deliver to Georgia one of the 100 men who broke and defied tfye laws? Had this very in *? .cident occurred between the coun tries of Mexico and the United ^Stat^s on the south, or the Domin ion of Canada and the United States on the north, would not full explanation and apologies have been instantly made, and if not would the occurrence not have been a cause of war? Georgia and South Carolina are as distant sov ereignties as are the two countries." Atlanta. Autr. 16.?If Juclgt- Hen ry ! Hammond, of the Augusta circuit, who has protested to Go v. Hardwick against the "invasion" of Georgia and the storming of the Richmond county jail by a South Carolina mob. will iniiiate the nec essary legal st<'ps and furnish. Gov. Hardwick with th?- name or names of members of the mob, the gover nor will proceed at once to extin dite the alleged offenders fur tii.il in Georjrir for th -ir conduct; This in effect is Gov. Hardwick's answer to a letter received by him today from Judge Hammond. Concerning the judge's sugges tion that the governor of South Carolina apologize to the state of Corgia for the mob invason. Gov Hardwick stated he would forward the copy of the text of Judge Ham mond's letter to Gov. Cooper of South Carolina for such expression as he may care to make. In this connection it is recalled that the two governors engaged in a long distance telephone conversa tion last Saturday night in which Governor Cooper expressed to Gov Hardwick his regret at the action :>f the South Carolina mob, and blished April, 1S56. SSI. Eight is Wounded in Sjnall Augusta Riot ?Police Reserves Called Out Augusta. Aug. 1G.?Three per sons are dead and eight wounded as the result of a shooting affray here this afternoon. The dead: - Ben Tilhnan Hightow< r, Police man W. W. Moore; Walto- Smalley, negro. The wounded: Policeman William F. Britt: Po liceman C. W. Hardernan; Chief of Detectives W. U. Reed; Ali Stew art; prover C. Reid; .1. II. Stanton; A. Evans; L. N. Blackstone. Two negroes also art- reported to have been wounded. An unidenti fied white woman is reported t;> have been shot as she passed in an automobile. The k n o w n wounded are those who sough: hospital treatment. The trouble started wh* n Sute.ll ey, chauffeur for Dr. W. W. Bat tey. one of Augusta's leadinu phy sicians, shot Hightbwer, manager of a local wagon works. Hightower at the time was with Dr. Battey who. following the homicide called the police. After shooting High tower witnesses stated, the negro sat on the curbing and fired at ev ery white person who passed. When police arrived Smalley fired into their automobiles, wounding Oili eers Britt and Hardernan. II.- then fled to Perry's Bottom, a rtegro set tlement in the neighborhood, and after being wounded, reloaded bis gun and shot Policeman .Moore, killing him instantly. A few sec onds later the negro was practical ly riddled with bullets. Reports of the allray spread rapidly and bei ore Smalley was killed many heavily armed white men had gathered. Several ne groes in the neighborhood were threatened with violence end fied only to be captured, fries of "lynch "em" were echoed by t!:" crowd but police reserves reached the scene in time to prevent any general trouble. City police and county of ficers quickly dispersed the crowds in the vicinity of the allay but Cor several hours talk of revenge was 'rife. Several tin.es demonstrations were mad.- against negroes bet au thorities intervened in time to pre vent serious troubl,?. The entire police force is on duty and is prepared to cope with any emergency. - Five-negroes are being held by the po?ee for investigation. ?-*?-? Sugar Trust Prepar ing to Boost Prices New York, Aug. 17.?The Cuban American Sugar company passed their regular common stock divi dend, but declared a preferred divi dend today. -K??? .? ? Bigger Wheat Crop "Washington. Aug. 17.- Statistics from sixteen countries including the i uited ?tates huiicatied the wheat production this year would exceed last year by seven million bushels The United States normajlv pro duces fifty per cent of the world's vvneat crop. CARPENTIER TO FIGHT DUTCHMAN Paris, Aug. IT.? Georges Carpen tier meets Vanderveer. Dutch heavyweight, in a match next month. voiced his thanks to the state of (b-oi-yria for the arrest and saie keepiwg of C- (>. Pox and .Jesst Gappins, wanted for the alleged murder of William Brazell. Cooper Would be Surprised. Greenville, Aug. Governor Robert A. Goop/Tr declared that he "would be greatly surprised should the governor of Georgia demand an apology for the invasion" of Geor gia last Thursday hy the "mob" of South Carolnians who sought to g?-i Fox and Gappbrs. the two men charged with the kUling of \\ ? Ham Branell. Governor Cooper has had no word from Governor Hard wi< k on the subject of an apology. or in r-%:nv~i to .1. ]i\ ry to t!i ? Georgia authorities of at leas: one member of ; in* mob. Governor Cooper declined to comment further mi tin- dispatch j from Augusta in regard to the let ter sent by Judge Hammond asking Governor H?rdwiek to de:nand an apology. Amusement in Yikcn. Aiken, Am:. 1?;. -There is much Amusement here over tin- appeal made to the governor Cor an apol pjcy to trie governor of Georgia for t i?e appeara^^j <t .-. ? row.] of \. on Id I be lynchers in Augusta. The party ( passed through Aiken, only a hand ful of men, and acted very orderly l as they went through. < >n t heir iv I turn, howi-vr, they entered a res | tan rant b< re and < ut m. ?|uif?- a lot over a '"mess of fried e^^s." 1: was the I" lief in Arkw: that the I men found some "moonshine" I while in Angus;a. and ti !ii ? j party was on a frolic inst ead of a ^lynching bee. Their numb i small and thoynrotis? d no. cair.ios.il y in this town. The crowd r- >l I like a big party of fishermen a; j for a camp site. " "Be .!i:si und Fear SINN FEINERS^ ! " INnFPFNDFNrF I , uw?I OWOll/ii I De Valera Reiterates Ireland's Claim to Complete Separa tion From Great Britain i DuWm. Aus:. 16.?Complete inde i I pendence for Ireland still remains I the demand <u the leaders of the Sinn F< in. At the opening of the Irish Re publican parliament today. Earrton Do Valera, the Republican leader, in an address to the members, de clared that for Ireland he and his colleagues stood for the ideals *. -111? bodied in the American declaration of independnce. He reiterated Ire lands claim to separation from the British empire and asserted that the cabinet of tin- Republican par liament v. as the sole government the Irish people recognized. Referring to the peace negotia tions with David Lloyd George, Mr. De Valera said there were people who desired to*negotiate only t<> saVe possible bloodshed and for right and principle. Ii'* declared that the cabinet in refusing the proffer of a dominion form of gov ernment i?y Mr. Lloyd George had taken this step because it consider ed his proposals unjust. Mr. De Valera's address uns lis tened to attentively by i3u mem bers of the Dail Eireann gathered from all ;.::ris of Ireland. It was delivere dafter Prof! John M< Xei'l had been chosen as speak? r of the ?parliament. Mr. I>" Valera promis ed that at the session tomorrow he would outline the negotiations he and carried on with Mr. Lloyd George, and afterward the parlia ment might consider the situation behind closed doors. Hopeful of Settlement. Notwithstanding the attitude of the members of the Dail Eircan in taking an <<:it'! of allegiance to the Irish rtepubib?an oath which in Cornier days,would have been term ed high treason?and De Valera's reiterated demand for the freedom of Ireland, British civil officials in Dublin, many of whom assert that they have channels <>i" communica tion with the inn< r workings of the Sinn I-Vhi. ore still hopeful of settlement of the Irish problem. 'i h?se e?' -inl? tonight based their hopes on on e section of f?.- Valera's speech, in '.vhi- h he I sai d : "in the general election, which in < ffect was n plebiscite, the question i was put to the Irish people what form of government they wanted land how they \s.i11 <?'I t<> live s?> thai ! they might have che opportunity of I working out for themselves, their 'own national life in their own way. "The answer the people gave was [unmistakable. I do not say their an sum* w;!s for a form of govern ment so much, because we are 1101 Republican doctrinaires; l,ui it. was for Irish freedom and Irish inde pendence, and it was obvious to I everybody w h<? considered the I question that Irish independ tmce 'could net be realized at the present [time in any other way s.. suitable |as through a republic j "Hence, it was that an Irish re public, ;is such, was sanctioned by the representatives of the people and thai you, the representatives <u" [ the people came ' -r?> and in public [session declared the independence j of the nation and solemnly deolar j-'ed your determination that you i w ould give your lives and every ? thing you had in an endeavor to .make that expression of the people I effective so thai you would nol [merely in your own hearts secure ? recognition of i*. inn that you might secure recognition t.f i; from Ievejey nation throughout the earth." j This taken by officials h??re as affording an opportunity for Mr. de l \ alera to accept a sett lemenl >>\ t he controversy which does not involve ?a republic. A For Sell* Determination, I Eurthcr "ii in Iiis speech Mr. de Valera quoted statesman who had radvocated the principle of self-de itermination, and this to the official .mind in Dublin point*- to n reoom I mendation by the Sinn !?* in Cabi net to the Dail Eireann t<> submit '?!: imperial government"s offer to ; :i vote of ill" people of fro land.* j Mt'anwli'it-r, n- co'W it<~: t-> tie 1 ?? ; lief expressed here tonight, Mr. de j Valera expo- is the ?? ?verarm m to j supply further pressure on Ulster t<> enter the proposed Irish domin ion whir'' retain in 14 i;s pjca! nut on o:ny. Advices received in "Mm!':;. fun\'t v(-r, seem '<? show that the Belfast officials are iess inclined I than ever to come to ;m agreement j wit 11 Dublin, bush* ess neu are credited with these ad\ i< >?s as 1>> i:;;: inereasingly distrustful oT !le tcapaeliy ?.r the si.m Fein in practi cal affairs. The uili< nee v hi- !i assembled nt the Man si m House for the m?-ej ina <?!" the I ?ail Eireann ? eeapied s??ats in the e.allirv and 011 the fiber ! of the chamber around the square J sp.'e-e in front Of t lx- dais; in vvhicrh i'i ? I .'??' e 1 ? 11,!ie v ; vvho had accepted ? invitations {<> part ieipat e \u U:> ni-eti:):; oe(-tipjcd the Pattered .urn chairs and softs. (?ver the dais was 15i?- c< at of arms ? f 1 he ??'N it:::. ? : lie < Ian of 1 he pi es -m lord may ? ??? :i red hand on :t shield, u ii h :i swimming fish beneath. !' vns }'>:','? o'clock when Mr. De Valera j led lie- m mbers ?ito tie chamber. Not?Let all the ends Thou Ainis't Sumter, S. C, Saturd Washington Trying to Guess Who Presi dent Harding Will Name Washington. Aug. 17. ? Presi dent Harding has made up his mind on the personnel of the Unit ed States commission to partici pate in the Wa hington interna tional conference on reduction of armaments, but he cannot foreclose the subject until exchanges with the participating powers have de lined some regulation as to the number of representatives each na tion will have at the conference table. Secretary of S4ate Hughes al ready has been designated to head the com ml sion. For his colleagues the president is said to be con sid< ring the following: Klihu Root, former secretary of state. j Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee of I the senale. ; PMlandi r C. Ivnox, former secre ? iary of state and Republican mem t her of the seriate foreign relations j committe ?. I Oscar Underwood of Alabama j Democratic senator and friend of I the presid* nt. I George W. Sutherland, former J Re] ublican. United States senator j from Utah and international law I eer j If more than five Americans are I to be named, it is possible that the ! president may appoint a woman on j the commission or some member j of the house of representatives. That the president will appoint Mr. J Root is believed to be certain by j those who have discussed the sub i ject with him. -o> ? j Steeple Jack Killed I Albert W. Watlriri3 Falls Fromj Top of Charleston Laun dry Stack Charleston. Aug. 18.?Albert W. j Walters, 2 paint*-**, was almost in [ stuntly killed about 7 o'clock yes terday < veiling by a fall from th*i smoke stack at tne White Swan Laundry. 7l':: King street. A col ?a'?se of the top portion of the stack, about ninety feet in height, was the cause of the fatal accident. Mr. Walters was engaged in paint ! tug the stack and v.as being sup i ported by a scaffold hanging from l he top 6f it. J The work of painting the smoke ! stack uas being done by Mr. Walt i ers. his brother and another paint J ;-r. .-in!! the job was so nearly com pleted that they expected to finish ! i; before dark. When top of the I slack gaw way, .Mr. Walters was aloft on ih<- scaffold and he was hurled to his death. He fell on a phed at the foot of the stack and from there to tlm ground. A frac-I j tare of the skuJl ami other injuries' I were sustained, causing almost in-I j slant death. J Mr. Wait rs resided at 7 D street! and is survived by a widow and, several children. il>- was thirty two years of age. His body was I taken to the McA lister undertaking j ! establishment. - ?.??*? - I Lake City Farmer I Loses Iron Safe Lake City. Aug. 17.?Some time between Sunday and Monday night, [during the absence of S. W. Young, a prosperous farmer, about eigiv. I mil' s west of here, his house was j entered and the iron safe in which jhe ke|d about $'30,uG0 in Liberty I bonds and an almost equal am*Ulit I of mortgages and other securities was rem? v*ed and tracks in the yard [indicate that it was hauled away [in a wagon. Mr. Young was ap praised of iim fact upon his return to Iiis home Tuesday afternoon and is making every effort to appre hend the robbers. - Liquor Runners Arrested Cleveland. A'ugr. IS.?Seven men and four women were arrested lipon lie- seizure of a yacht alleg ed to be in the service of whiskey ring operating in Canada and the United States. lie was accompanied by the minls i rs of the republican Cabinet, by Lord Mayor '?'.Will and by Frank ;'. Walsh. Iiis American legal ad \ i?-' r. The ; vvo !att?T too'i their s os t.' the right and left of the chairman, respectively. Cheers ?vere giA-cn for the republican lead < r Hid '?; '" i s. and for Mr. Walsh when he uas recognh: d. A sin rt prayer wa^i said by Rath er i '^Flanagan n < .\aeJi?-t followed by the sw? aru;j; in i?f the members, v. b ? ;... i; t he i>aI Ii as a body by holding up i T i - - i *- hands. The first member i<> . i n lie- roll was Mich ael <'->|lil' . eoiii!M:i.nder-in-ehief of the r?-pub!ic;Cn army. v. ho had been ??I <i'd from Armagh, in Liste)-. I-he other invited members from I 's;.-r were a!>s>-ut. Mr. I'?? V'al.-ra. who was elected a member from both County Down and County Clare, sgned as a mem ber from the latter county. at be thy Country's, Thy God's and ay, August 20,1921 HATES ENGLAN MORE THAN HE; L0VES1RELA De Valera Insists That No Agreement With British Empire is Possible Dublin, Aue:, it (By the Asso ciated Press).?The I >rti 1 Eirann will go into secret cession tomorrow to discuss the British government's proposals for peace with the j% it< r ated words of Eamonn de Valera, I still fresh in the minds of its mem- j bers: "The Dail Eireann can riot I and will not on behalf of Ireland ' accept the terms offered." At the sceond session of the par- | Iiament, held today in the Mansion ' House, Mr. de Valera again dealt ! with the British offer. Again he insisted that nothing k-ss than ind - ! pendence for Ireland was in the minds of the Irish leaders. He stressed his viewpoint that the j status of a dominion government i had not been made to Ireland. The statement that such a government had been ottered contained two falsehoods. There was no Ireland mentioned in the terms, only two ; broken pieces of Ireland. Domin-j ions had the right to seced' but I the Irish republic must stay within ; the empire whether it desired to do so or not, he said. During his address, Mr. de Vr> lera held out the olive blanch to Ulster by declaring that in enter ing into negotiations for a settle ment of the controversy northern ; Ireland need not give up its own 1 point of view. He said he would be willing to suggest that the Irish j people give up a good deal in order that Ireland might be aide to view j the future "without anticipating j distracting international problems." j Mr. de Valera declared again j that the claims of the minority in i Ireland, as represented by the 171 sterites, were wrong but added that j he for one would be ready to go a lung way to give in to Elster" if we could g*-t them to conn: with us and consider the interest of their own country and not be allying themselves with foreigners." Everywhere these words of Mr. | de Valera with regard to Elster were received as an indication that i events were transpiring behind the j scenes having as theil purpose the j bringing of Sir .lames Craig, the Ulster premier, into touch with the ; Sinn Fein leaders in the hope of i evolving some means of surmount ing the present impasse. j - Higher Prices For Food - Increase Over June Noted in ! July Washington, Aug. 17.? Retail I food prices increased 2.7 per cent. I in July over June prices, while the I prices of wholesale foodstuffs ad vanced L.5 per cent, and wholesale farm products 1.75 per cent., the department of labor announced to day. Of 43 articles on which retail [prices were obtained 1(J showed in creases, including potatoes 2C per [cent., eggs 2n per cent., butter to per cent., and sirloin steak 1 per cent. Decreases were noticed in 23 articles, including sugar !? per cent., cabbage S per cent., onions 5 per cent., and bananas 2 per cent. The general increase in prices in eluded Jacksonville 4 per cent., i Savannah and New Orleans 2 per |c-nt., Charleston and Richmond 1 j per c< nt. j In Norfolk there was a decrease of 1 per cent. Wholesale prices dropped during ! the month in all commodities as they are grouped by the d? part ment. except foodstuffs "and farm [products, the decreases 'arying i from one-half to 1 per cent. in j cloths and clothing to ti per cent, in house furnishings. Building mater ials went down 1 per cent., find 'and lighting 1.5.0 per cent., and chemicals a*>d drugs 1.75 per cent. Wholesale prices of metal products decreased .r>.2T? per cent. -?^>~o ! Demands Are Being Made That Guv. Cooper Take Action Against Mobs Columbia, Aug. 1 s. Strong in dignation has been expressed bv prominent South Carolinians at Mv i:state of affairs which has existed in j the last ten days, in which n mob of would-be lynchers lias been '!?.? ' chief act. runnhig rampan' ovei the state unchecked. Ft is !i.\< h I thai tlovernor Cooper will ta!?*? i some definite action soon, hol there I are demands beimt; niade that the j liiOb be suppressed, i -? Irish Parliament ; Debating* ' I hjhlin. ?ug. 1 S "I lie de! ale on ; t he reply of the Republican parlia ment to the British goverivmeni offer ol don inion status to 1?. ; land wa.s this morning begun In ' the parliament tri executive session -?~?~? Forest Hills. X. v.. Aug. IS. Su zanne Lenglen and Mrs. Mallory i are expected to play for the world's ' tennis championship next month. Troth's." BIG FOUR BROTHERHOODS MAY STRIKE Referendum of Rail road Men Will Be Held on Wage Re duction Ordered by Railway Cleveland. Aug. 15.?-The call for the referendum "of all the mem bers or the "Big Four*' railroad ] brotherhoods and the .Switchmen*.* j Union of Nfortli America to deter mine their attitude on wage reduc tions ordered by the United State.*: railway labor board, under which they hav ebeen working since July L. may be issued before tin- end of' the week, according to officials of j the railroad brotherhoods here to night. Tin? ballots for the referendum must be ^ent out to ih<- member ship before September !. James1 Murdock. vice president and acting h< ad of thi Bro; her hood of Rail way Trainman during p'je Illness of President W. < V. Lee. said tonight. It will take a month to complete the balloting and know the verdict of the train service employees ol tie- nation's railways, Air. Murdock ' said. j A statement outlining the atti tude <>f tlie chief executives of tin five organizations may lie issued be fore I in- end of tin week. Tin- sit uation hinges, not so much oa tie average !- per cent, reduction al ready ordered, but on rumors tha. the railroads would seek furthei wage redjictions, the elimination of time ami one-half pay for over time, and tin- revision of schedule.: and working rules; '"if the railroads propose to go ahead and upset all we have gained through year.1; of negotiation, ami eliminate lime and one-lialf paj j and other working rules and can- i ditions. no power on earth can hot*! the railroad men of Lin- country'.' President Lee of the trainmen said in a reci hi imerview. Acting on the instruction's of tic- conference of g heral chair men in Chicago July 1. the broth erhood ! hif-fs are holding confer- ' ences with railway executives in j ea< Ji of tin- four r< giens establish- j ?-d by tic- interstate commerce commission. They are putting up..) ; to them these four propositions: i That tin* wage reduction already' or<l< red be recalled and tin- old ; rates of pay restoi ed. j That ho reduction be required I or sought. i That n<? efforl shall be mad? !?? lake time and one-half pay away ; from their members. I That for a fixed period ho at tempt be raade to cancel or change { present schedules or working rules. | j Executives of lie- Eastern rail-j ways, after a conference between ! I their committee and the brother j hood chiefs, rejected ail these i propositions last Thursday. I IP-ads of several of ih ? railroad | j brotherhoods who held a confer- j ; ence in Washington today are en [route to Chicago to meet ether ; railway union leaders in that 'dt;. | ' for further conference on tie- labor ^situation os ii concerns their labor j situation as it cane ros their mei:v I bers. -o?c - 'Accused of ! Killing His Father lira Cook and Henry Wheel ! er Charged With Murder of j Marcellus Cook i j Lexington, Aug; I1".?.lames Kar-j I field, Sr.. v. ho is being held in tin-1 i L< jcingtOn county iaii on the cliarg' : I " * j of killing Marcellus Cook n arj pSteedman Frtday aftertioon, when j j seen this morning in hi ; cell; de- i filled having been connected with I j the murder in any way. but admits j j tuning been a.t tin- Cook home Fri I day afternoon. I j loiter in the day Barfieid gave a [Sworn statement to Deputy Sheriff Oswald, saying thai Ira Cook and j iP-u:y Wheeler had top] him while in- was at tin- Cook home Frida;, altern.,on thai Cook had done the cutting while Wim,d--r field tin- old n.an. ?>n thispaffiUavit Mr. Oswald [m mediately procured warrants clutrging Ira Cook and Wheeler j with iitui'del" and went to Steed - j m.'i.-i :::i<1 '.-?t tlie two lie-:: nixitCi atresi and tiny are now conivn ?: in the Lexiagt :i jail ?o avvan' trial ai t be ro-xl !<?? m ol court. Win n nrr. .- !? d both of l!v m m i stoutly denied any knowl--dg. j whatever of lie? kilting other :l an ! vvhat tln-y had told ai th ? intim I. ,' Ira Cook is the ':<? year old son of| the iuitrd'-t-t d man arid -Vn td. i is'! a waire haml working and living a.t j I he I S. ! I i.exmg;-m iaii i-: now filled toj I capac'uy. there n.-big a' pre-ceni siyyi v. i-.if in* a and : ? ? ral ?.- 1 ' .t a ii inc. : rlab | -O?? \ ? ->' Tax Reduction Claimed Wa-biti.-l n Kim l< \"r. duc fi.,r] ,,i ::,.\ loiedr. d ard nie,, i y mi'lien. tlvree hundred and thirty. ; t hotoar.d dollars in the annual j I II! w ;;i r ?= ;!: from tie- chani; s in I i :? i \ i'v\-(-?iii' act. embodied fa the j j vf\\ adonnist'.alian tax I?Mi. ?'liair?j , man F??rdney, of the ways -and i ii,eaV:s committee, d. c la red in i he ; I majority report submitted to the ! house today. 1 THE TRUE SOI" ;RANCE WILL Premier of France Wili Head Delegates to Disarmament Conference Washington. Aug. 15 < By the As sociated Press).- The hone of Am< rican officials thai the disarma ment conference will be a diplo matic conclave of th?- first order was strengthened today when Frarice informed the star.- depart ment that she would scud her pre mier, Aristide Briand, at the head of her delegation of diplomatists. The de< ision is expected here to be followed by similar moves on the part of the other powers, in wstihg the gathering with extra ordinary significance and giving it much of the )d--nary authority that nas possessed by the council of "heads of states," at Versailles. The French notification came in the form of a message from Pre mier Briand himself, transmitted through the American embassy at Paris, saying merely that the pre mier would take pleasure in per sonally representing his country at the eoi?f? r. nc< . it was the first formal accept ance to he received from any of the invited nations. Meantime the administration's preparation of its own part in the confer* nee was advanced by a re quest setit to congress for an ap propriation of $200,000 &3 an ini tial budget to pay expenses of the American representaivtes and^of a secret a riu! -genera!. The sum fixed in the request and data accompanying it appar ently disposed ot any expectaton that this government would pay ?orpenses of any of the visiting dele gations, fo congress was informed specifically thai the money v.as to ?? used Cor tiie American delega ion and for the secretariat-general a lorn-. in making the rennest President Harming merely transmitted with nu. approval a lett< r written by Un wr-seeretaiv l'T< tcher of the state ?J.'i-ar! ;>i-i;t. who has been placed in charge of the physical arrange ments Lor the conference and who prepared ftis estimates after a con ference with Director General Dawes of the midget bureau. Then a ; s"il<>' attempt to dTvide tlie sums ?.to separat.- items in tlie senate it is likely that the requested ap propriation v iil be attached to the shipping board appropriation bill. Xews that tin- French premier vould attend the conference was received with manifest satisfaction here, for fixere has been a general expectation that should one of the powers decide to send its premier fhe others would do likewise in the interest of fr.ir representation. Soi only will che presence of the foreign pren?? rs to re add gr atlj to the weiglu of the deliberations, nut it is expected also to l?e a con- j ?-id.ral.le help in expediting the work- of the confer, nee. In ordi- j nary diplomatic gatherings much * tine- is consumed communicating with the home governments for in formation and instruction's hut with tie- highest political authori ties of tie- various powers actually on tie- groun i it is hoped d visions ean be made prompt!;? and with finality. -<s>?<v~0> Training Camp Closes One Thousand Given Military j Training at Camp Jackson J Columbia. Aug. itl.?The citizensi military training camp, which has { been in progress at Camp Jackson for month, will dissolve Wednes- , day of this week: Tin- cadets are this w.?k b ins pr.i through their uinal examinations." and the pros per: today, it is stated at camp headquarters, are that approxi mate a thousand of the young men j will oe given certificates of pro ficiency, entit ;ng them to take th< j "white eeiirse ' next year, the next highest bourse in the system of civilian militnt v training. It is the hope of the military j authorities ht-r- that the camp will j 1 enlarged i xt year, and that i :nore cadets 1 n be i rained. ?he voung men h?J.- this y. ar are from ." Lght southertiCtates. from tin- < Sor dinos to Lou# ana They are the I,ej'una: ni i oi" the south, tak <i. the a . era < \vlumi ia. a" tli. ni. They ;pl. n lid impression Florence Negro Attempts Assault Officers Rush James Mark to! Penitentiary Florence. Aug. I r..?-Within an] tour after th? alleged erime was j ?om mit ted. officers from the; sheriff's office this afternoon Iktd i lames Mar'.,. an IS-year old negro, n the county jail charged with at eiujuing :?' ?saiTlt a white girl.) ?-arinu rum- rs that trouble was p.. p [? resi i: if the negro w?-re : < j.i here, the officers arranged! -. ;i'? the . ity officers for assistance j : ti l* :.' i <>'? h?ek left the city fori '.ihtnvt'ia wiih iheir prisoner. Madrid. Aug. 16.?Spanish arc I reported turn.'-vl and routed by Moorish tribesmen before Melilla. ? ,i any deserting and tleeing in wild j 1 border. ' PHRON, Established June i, iw>. VOL. LIII. NO. 2 Co-operative Market ing Campaign Mak ing Excellent Pro gress in Some'i Counties Columbia, Aug. 16.?-Over II. 000 bales of cotton have been sign ed up in the cotton cooperatvel marketing campaign, according to announcement made today at the headquarters of the South ?\arolina Division of the American Cotton Association and the South Caro lina Cotton Growers' Cooperatiy** Association. ' Officials of both or ganizations express complete satis faction with the showing'that is bo ing made. Xo bettor showin :^ias been made in any. south erjjptate in the first three weeks of iTs^eam paign, it is claimed. Announement was made Satur day that the following well known planters of the state had signed contracts repres< nting in the aggregate ti.L-na bales: Senator P. L. Dethea. of Dillun: Dr. A. R. Johnston of ReesviJIe: D. Buist An derson of Spartanburg; B. D. Dar gan of Darlington for himself and for the Dargan farms; K. W. Dabbs of Mayesvilie; .1. P. Guess of A >ple ton: Alfred Scarborough of East over; It. C. Earner of Acton: J. Jkottowe Wannamaker of St. Mat thews; Karry G. Kaminer cf Gadsr den: LotK, I. < baton of Lugoff and Former Governor Richard I. Man ning of Sumter. An active canvass for siTnatur-s is being made in only two coup;!":: as yet, vi/.: Spartan bare- and Ma rion but quite a number of planters over the state are impatient to join and unwilling to wait until their counties are reached. it. <'. Hamer, president of the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association, yes terday received a letter from Marl boro county asking that a speaker be assigned to address a. meeting to bo held in that county at an early date to discuss cooperative marketing. The people in that county are said tu be getting im patient to join. B. D. Dargan of Darlington wrote asking that that counyt be permitted to proceed with its organization campaign at once. Dorchester county io "atr5L~" ions to begin work. Officials of the organizations cot - ducting the campaign said yester day that the campaign was being pushed as vigorously as possible and that all of the counties would be reaehed as soon as possible. The employed working forces of the or ganizations are so small that it w.as deemed best to concentrate them in two counties at the time. In sending in his signed contract. Senator I'. L. Bethea of Dillon county wrote Harry G. Kaminer, president of the South Carolina Growers' Coopeutive Association: "It gives me great pleasure to sign ? this contract for I believe the for mation of this association to be tin- en- great hope of .the cotton - farmer and especially so during tin* demoralized and ehaotic condi tions which prevail in -.he world ton" ay. note with pleasure the initial success you are meeting with, a sure indication that you will gath r momentum a> tin* campaign : ? vanees and b? comes an irresistible force. -South Carolina must be put across. In her past history she has never been a laggard in any right eous cause." The farmers of Orangeburg county at a meeting held in Orangeb?rg passed resolutions en dorsing the movement. Ominous News From Ireland London Dispatch Says Ail Soldiers on Leave From Ire land Ordered to Return Immediate London, Aug. 16.?All soHiers on leavo from ire land have been ordered by t< legraph to return to their reginjents immediately. Betfast, A.ug. 16.- It is reported tbat rri*h military authorities have cancelled all leaves of absence of both olTVe< rs and men.' It is stats**! that this action is simply a pre caution against surprise and has no other significance. War S?pBuild ing Delayed Congress Refuses to Appropri ate Necessary Money Washington. Aug. 16.?Curtail ment of naval building, dm- to de creased apnropirations will delay work on battleships and battle cruisers, the navy department said todav. The department requested one hundred and fifteen million and received only fifty-three million d dlars: -O O <3 Oenterville. Ala.. Aug. 16.?Ma chine cans arc mounted around the county jail, with two militia com panies guarding Clyde Thomas, the negrO; who is going on trial tomor row charged with crimnial assault and the murder of a fourteen-year old white girl.