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YD GEORGE ZEALOUS * FOR PEACE British Premier Work ? iing to Obtain Peace i^able Adjustment of rSpiish Affairs ^/.London, Sept. 15 (By the Asso ?cupfeif Press).?The arrangements for the proposed Irish peace con fereToce are cancelled, xbut the ne gotiations still are not ruptured. That^ln brief is the story of today's iptt^pected and surprising develop ments. /jfS?amonn De Valera, the Irish re publican leader, having reaffirmed his,, claim to enter the conference afl^he representative of an inde pendent sovereign state,. Premier I*k>yd George declares that such ission is impossible. He an lces the cancellation of the ar fents. for a conference and tfi? necessity of his consulting his colleagues on the subject." .?*The premier is careful not to .cJpjse the door to possible resump T.^wi of the negotiations. On the ^jpemtrary, he gives Mr. De Valera and his supporters the amplest time and opportunity to reconsider S&eir position. "^Declaring that there was but o^ae answer to a claim which would i>V" equivalent to Great Britain's Acknowledging Ireland's right to |?*grotiate. a treaty of closer asso ciation vrith "some other foreign power," he mildly reproaches the ipBh, people for taking no single jgfep to meet the generous ad vances of the British government. ^?'The whole tone of the letter, in :fe'Ct, reveals that th? premier still obtains hope of some more favor :aljie development. >"The text of Mr. Lloyd George's ;|sBely, which was telegraphed to night, says: ? informed ycur emissaries who came to me - here Tuesday that jMteration of your claim to nego S?gte with . his majesty's govern aaent as the representative of an independent and sovereign state --would make a conference between .us impossible. **They brought me a letter from you xii which you specifically reaf JhrxnlLhat claim, stating that your nation has formally declared its 'in atlded, 'as representatives 'of that state and as its chosen guardians that we have any authority or pow ers to act on behalf of our people.' :, "I asked them to warn you of the very ;serious effect of such a para graph and offered to regard the let ter as not delivered to me in order ^ftjayjyou might have time to recon a^er'St. Despite this intimation y6u have now published the letter ^??Lits; original form. I must accord / ingly cancel the arrangements for conference next week at Inver and must consult my coi les on the course of action this j*ew situation necessitates. I will communicate to you as soon as pos sibles *>ut as I am for the moment -jfeidTipj ff^re a. few days-, delay is in : eyitabie!; 'Meanwhile I must make ?j ^.'absolutf ly clear that his majesty's ^rovernment can not reconsider its P^Kqpition which 1 nave stated to you. \ >.^v*;*'If we accepted a conference jp^fth your delegates on the formal Sts&emeht of the claim which you &av?-reaffirmed it would constitute . official recognition by his maj ? -wfe^s government of the severance of: Ireland from the empire and of . its. existence as an independent re public. *^"lt would' moreover entitle you . to declare as of right acknowledged t;vDy. us, that in preference to asso r>G?ation with the Fritsih empire you ?*}u!d pursue clever association by .?r;treaty with, some other foreign ;.3>0wer. There is only-one answer piossible to such a claim as that. ,.VTbe great concessions which his :?aajesty's government made to the Reeling of your people in order to ? -secure a lasting settlement deserv iredv in my-opinion, some more, gen erous response, but so far every ?.advance has been made*by us." r jV'On your part 'you have not to meet us by a single step, vfcHBt^ have merely reiterated in plkrases of emphatic challenge the ?Jfe&ter and spirit of your original 'Claim. "I am yours faithfully, "Lloyd George." ? ? ? ? BE VALERA'S REPLY TO LLOYD GEORGE -/^Dublin. Sept. 15.-^The text of the reply, of Eamon De Valera to Prem r?er. I#lyod George's latest communi - Ration is as follows: , "We are unhesitating in declar ing our willingness'to enter a con ference to ascertain how the asso ciation of Ireland with the com munity of nations known as the British empire can best be recon ciled with Irish national aspira tions." ..rsr!*'0ur readiness to contemplate such an association was indicated fax our letter of August 10. We have accordingly summoned the Dial that we may submit to it for :ratification the names of the rep resentatives it is our intention to propose. We hope that these rep resentatives will find it possible to be at Inverness on the date you vsoggest, September 20. "Sovereign State" "In this final note we deem it our 'tfuty to reaffirm that our position ^'?is^and can only be as we have de 'ifeied it throughout this corres pondence. Our nation has formal Jy"'declared its independence and 'recognize- itself as a sovereign State. It is only as representatives "pif that State and as its chosen "guardians that we have authority b* powers to act on behalf of our people. " "As regards the principle of gov ernment by consent of the govern |eif, in the very nature of things it *'iskust be the very basis of any agreement that will achieve the purpose we have at heart?that is. the final reconciliation of our na tion with yours. "We have suggested no interpre tation of that principle save its ? every day interpretation, the sense, for example, in which it was understood by the plain men and women of the world when on Jan-, uary 5. 1918, you said: "Consent of the Governed." "The settlement of Europe must be based on such grounds of rea son and justice as wPl give some promise of stability. Therefore it is that we feel that govern.aent with the consent of the governed mAst be the basis of any territorial settlement in this war." "These words are the true an swer to the criticism of our posi tion which your last letter puts for ward. The principle was under stood then to mean the right of natie is that had been annexed to empires against their will to free themselves from the grappling hook. That is the sense in which we understand it. In reality, it is your government, when it seeks to rend our ancient national and to partition its territory, that would give to the principle an interpre tation that would undermine the fabric of every democratic state and drive the civilized world back in to trie llism. "I am, sir. faithfully yours. "Eamon De Valera." Six Georgia Train Wreckers 4rrested Fitzgerald, Ga.. &^ot. 15.?The jury in the case of O. C. Fairfield, one of 26 persons indicted in con nection with the alleged "interfer ence of employees of the Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic railroad," was put to bed at 11 o'clock to night. Fifteen minutes later Fairfield. who was under a $500 bond, was placed under arrest on a warrant charging murder, the warrant be ing issued on an affidavit signed by Mrs! W. T. Reed. The case of Fairfield went ?to a jury in Ben Hill superior court af ter Judge O. T. Gower charged the jury at 9 o'clock tonight. The grandv jury,* which is inves tigating the death of Engineer W. T. Reed, who was shot in his lo comotive on July 5, had not com-, pleted its work tonight, although more than 30 witnesses appeared before that body. With four additional arrests to day in connection with the death of Engineer Reed, six persons are now held in the county jail on war rants issued on affidavits sworn to I by the widow of Engineer Reed, each charging murder. John L. Lyle, 55, former mem- j ber of the board of education and former engineer, considered well tp-do was taken into custody short ly before noon. J. W. Hornsby, 55, former engineer, and A. K. Hall, 60, also former engineer; Alf Smith j and D. V. Myrick, former em- J ployees, are others in custody of j the sheriff. Judge O. T. Gower held that the walkout of former employees of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic \ railroad was not an issue in the j trial of O. C. Fairfield and he sus- j tained the objection of Solicitor General Wall to the effort of the I defense to show that the "strike j was justified by acts of officials" of j that road. The jury was sent from i the court room while the lawyers argued this point. Fairfield, in a statement to the j jury, said that "we are organized ! to protect ourselves, to get a good j living and to be able to send our children to school and to live de cently." , j He denied that he had ever in timidated any present employee of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlan tic railroad and denied that he had attempted to destroy company property. "I have tried to have the men ! uphold the law. I am innocent," j he said in conclusion. ! In rebuttal the state put on a number of witnesses who charged that former employees had threat ened present employees of the road. Sheriff Dorminey, .one of the wit nesses, said that "many of the strikers carried sticks." He said that B. W. Mayo, one of the joint defendants, refused to give up his shotgun while oil picket d' ty when the officers demanded it. Mayo had sworn for the defense that the offi cers had not asked for the gun. J. H. Snellgrove told the jury that C. O. Russell, . former em ployee, said' he would "blow the shops into hell," if he could get in for a few minutes. Lonnie Cox, negro, one of five men on the locomotive when W. T. Reed was shot on July 5, and the first negro witness in the trial, said that the crew was fired upon by strikers' pickets. Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. 15.?B. L. Bugg. receiver for the Atlanta. Bir mingham & Atlantic railroad, con i ferred here today with a man from Nashville. Ga., who previously had written Governor Hardwick that he could point out two men who he declared were responsible for the fatal wreck of an A. B. & A. freight train here last week.. The man's identity was not dis closed pending an investigation of j his c'ii n. Federal investigation of the wreek was continued today while the state commission was awaiting the result of scientific tests of the rails under the wreck and examination of a part of the j locomotive before preparing its j report. The union leaders con j tinued their claim that defective ; equipment caused the wreck while ! Colonel Bugg holds that an explo I sive was placed on the track, j Policemen Rob Savannah Safe Savannah. Sept. 16.?Paul Dan iel., acting cashief of the Fulton Realty Company, reported that po licemen entered his office, attacked him and robbed the safe. Pittsburgh, K an.. Sept. ?A strike by three hundred miners em ployed in the Spencer-Newlands Coal company's two mines has been ordered. j Murder Trial Postponea Case Against Newt Kelly in Lexington County Contin ued on Motion of Cole L. Blease Columbia, Sept. 16.?A surprise I was sprung in tho court- of general sessions in Lexington Thursday, re suling in postponement till the next term of court of the case against Newt Kelly, charged with murder of David Shull, of Columbia. Judge Se'ase granted the contin uance on motion of Attorney Cole L. Blease. for the defense, on the ground that the record of the clerk of court did not show that the grand jury returning the indict ment against Kelly for the murder of Shull had ever been sworn. It is expected that the legality of the present indictment will go before the supreme court. ' The murder case against J. C. Swygert, charged with killing Dr. J. C. Nicholson, of Leesville, was postponed to next week because of the ? illness of Swygert's brother. Textile Workers Hint at Strikes Warn Against Any Further Redaction in Mill Wages j New York, Sept. 15.?Election of j Thomas F. McMahon of Providence R. I., to the presidency of the United Textile Workers of America at the annual convention tomorrow was forecast tonight after William Johnson of Maynard, Mass., with drew as a candidate. Mr. McMa- j hon, who was a firse vice president, became acting president upon the 1 death of John Golden of Fall Riv er, Mass. last June. James Starr 'of Patterson. N. J., Thomas J. Reagan of Lowell. Mass.. and Frank McKonsky of Philadel phia anrfounced their candidacies for the two vacancies of vice presi dent. Today's session of the convention was featured by adoption of reso lutions protesting against reduc tions of wages ? in New England textile factories and endorsement of a plan for workingrnen's banks. The delegates said that any effort to decrease textile workers' wages [further would result in strikes. The executive council was directed Ito gather data regarding operation of banks catering solely to the working class. The ' movement launched by the Philadelphia Cen tral Labor Union which resulted in the organization of the Produc ers' and Consumers' Bank of that city was endorsed. Calls for organizers were re ceived from locals throughout the country and the conventino left this subject in "the hands of the ex ecutive council. Members in Mas sachusetts. Maine Rhode Island. North and South Carolina, Mary-, land and California urged that greater efforts be made to organize non-union workers. A proposal to hold the conven ! tion biennially instead of annually jwas defeated. The delegates ex j prsesed themselves in favor of a monument at Mr. Golden's grave in Fall River, to be paid for by popular subscription among textile workers. The delegates were entertained by a concert given by an orchestra made up of striking dyers from Philadelphia, who have been out of work for 17 months. A sum was raised to help them and several hundred comrades. Death From Fast Driving Lexington. N. C. Sept. 1'!.? Roosevelt Estes, aged 19, is dead and Pierce Leonard has a broken leg. as the result of the automobile in which they were riding hitting I a wagon. The men are said to have been drinking and a war rant charging manslaughter has been issued for Leonard. ? ? ? I Prohibition Enriched Grape Growers j San Francisco. Sept. 16.?Prohi bition has trebled the profits of j the grape growers of California, j grapes jumping from ten dollars to ja hundred per ton. This year's j crop is valued at seventy-live niil 1 lion dollars. ? ? ? jLast Confeder I ate Colonel Raleigh. N. C. Sept. 16.?Funer | al of Colonel John W. Hinsdaie, ' who died yesterday, the lasl sui - viving colonel of the Confederate army living in North Carolina, will be held tomorrow. Franklin Roosevelt 111 New York, Sept. l .".-?Franklin D. Roosevelt, former assistant sec retary of the navy and democratic (candidate for vice president a; : last year's election, is suffering i from a mild case of infantile para lysis, his physician, Dr. George ' Draper, announced today. j According to Dr. Draper's diag nosis, made immediately upon Mr. Roosevelt's arrival at the Prcsby i terian Hospital from his stimm! r home at Campobello, New Bruns wick, he is slowly nearing recov ery after suffering from tin- malady \ for four weeks. Power to control the affected muscles of the lower legs and feet, Dr. Draper said, is beginning to re turn and Mr. Roosevelt's general condition and spirits are good. "I cannot say how long Mr. Roosevelt will he kept in the hos pital." Dr. Draper added, "but you can say definitely that he will not be crippled, and no one need have any fear of permanent injury in any way from this attack." ! Gossett May Be Released Man Serving Forty Year Term Applies For Bail Pending New Trial - Greenville, Sept. 15.?At a hear ing in tin- Greenville county court house before Associate .Justice Thomas P. Cothran next Wednes day it will be determined whether or not Kenneth Gossett, convicted of criminal assault in Abbeville and sentenced to 4<> years imprison ment, shall be released on bond from the state penitentiary. Upon ! application this morning of Bon ! ham & Price of this city, and Gen. J i Milledge Bonham of Anderson, ; i counsel for Gossett. Justice Coth ran signed an order directing the j superintendent of the penitentiary to produce Gossett at the county court room here Wednesday morn ing at l'i o'clock for- the hearing. The original order was mailed this afternoon by G?ssett's attorn eys to Col. A. K. Sanders. su|)erin-j tendent of the penitentiary. A copy ; will be served on Homer S. Black well of Laurens, solicitor of the j Eighth circuit, v im conducted the | prosecution of Gossett. Gossett was granted a new trial by the state supreme court several weeks ago. No time lias been set ''? for the second trial, i Kenneth Gossett was arrested j ! with his cousin, John Gossett, last i year in Honea Path on a charge of ! assaulting two young women at Ab I beviUe. They were tried a year! j ago from last April. The jury re- j j turned a verdict of guilty with rce- ' I ommendation *o mercy against Kenneth Gossett and he was sen- | ' tenced to serve 40 years in the state j I penitentiary by .Judge Sease. The ! I court direc ted a verdict of not j j guilty for John Gossett. -?-o-? Camp Jackson Deserted - j iLast Military Outfit Left. Gamp Friday Morning For Camp Eustice, Va. J Columbia, Sept. ir>.?Camp Jack- j son became a thing ot the past as j ; an army post Friday morning. j when the last military outfit left j the camp on its journey to Camp ! ? Eustice, Ya.. leaving only a few j j hundred men to "police" and \ ' guard tlie camp and lake care of \ the supplies and army property. The last regiment to leave was the Fifty-First Coast Artillery, and marching through Main street, with I flying colors ami with martial music from several bands, was reviewed by Governor-Cooper, Mayor Blalock (and E. <>. Black, president of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. j from the Chamber of Commerce ; balcony. ! The advance guard of the artil lery outfit left two days ago. With the outfit today went engineers. ; who will repair roads and bridges i as the heavy trucks .and gun car : riages and tractors pass along. I The regiment is approximately S50 enlisted men strong, with twen ! ty-seven officers: The equipment includes 2011 trucks. 60 motorcycles, ? 3S tractors, eight 8-inch Howitzers, I and eight 6-inch G. P. F. ^uiis. With the outfit went "Dixie ? Oirl". the famous gun which fired more shots during the war than : any other gun of such caliber. The \ gun has made many friends at Camp Jackson, hundreds of peo ? pie seeing it in action and being j struck with the name, painted on ! its side. ? The 51st is all that is left of the : famous 39th coast artillery brigade, an out'it which has spent more days, in Camp Jackson than any I other. The first stop of th<- regiment ; will be at Charlotte, then Durham, next Richmond and then Camp Eustice. Columbia bids farewell j to th; men of the outfit with a sad '.heart, for Camp .Jackson, its bustl ! ing military suburb of days gone by J is now a deserted collection of army i barracks. Efird'sHarl^ Store Burned Big Department Store De stroyed Thursday Night Charlotte, X. C, Sept. 16.?Fire of undetermined origin, discovered shortly before midnight, gutted the big department store of Efird Bros, here, headquarters and parent store of a chain of 3.1 stores in the Caro linas and Virginia, entailing a loss which may amount to between ij?200.000 and $300.000. The fire was under control at 1:30 o'clock, but at 2 o'clock all the city's firemen and fire fighting apparatus were engaged in vigor ous efforts te extinguish the flames. The stock oi goods was estimated unofficially at $300.?OQ ai least and it w.-is declared thai the entire stock was ruined. A large propor tion burned and the balance was damaged by smoke and the floods of water poured into the building through more than ha if a dozen lines of hose. The walls of tie- building were h-!'t standing, but tie- (fames burst through the and lighted up the business part of tin- city. Xo statement of the amount of insur ance tarried could be obtained. Th'- fire was discovered on the sec ond floor in ih.- rear ot the store. -c ? o Great Presbyter ian Conference Pittsburgh. Sept. 16.? Delegates from all over the world represent ing thirty-five million poisons are attending the eleventh general council of the alliance of reformed churches holding tin- Presbyterian system. Cnverncss. Scotland. Sept. ? Lord Dawson. physician to King George has been, asked to attend Premier Lloyd George, who is ill at his summer home. . [Some Nations Afraid to Disarm _ Proposal of United States Meets With Evasive Replies New York. Sept. 15.?Only sev en of the 26 nations that have an swered the appeal of the league of nations for an agreement to keep the military and naval expenditure budgets for the next two years within the .appropriations tor the current year have replied in the negative, says an official report from Oeneva received and made public here tonight by the league of nations news bureau. They are South Africa, Brazil, France and Finland, Poland, Greece and Jugoslavia. These seven states, the report ex plains, all agree heartily to the general principles of limiting arma ments. Reservations accompany almost every one in the affirmative an swers, it adds, declaring that the main reservation, which occurs in almost every answer, emphasizes the* impossibility for any one "^na tion to I< ad the way to disarma ment without regard to what is done by other nations. Two governments. Austria and Bulgaria, answer that the question I has been settled for them by the peace treaties, which regulate the extent of their defensive establish ments. "Fourteen governments," the re port continues, "accept the propo sition with only such conditions as have been indicated above. These are: Bolivia., China, Guatemala, Australia. Canada, Belgium, Great Britain, New Zealand, India, Italy, Holland. Chile, Denmark and Nor way. '"Spain. Japan and Rumania have given evasive answers, the spirit of which, however, indicates unmis takable agreement with the pur pose of the appeal. Rumania agrees in practice but points to the precariousness of its present situa tion in regard to Russia. Spain agrees also ut points out the un certainty of the budget as a meas ure of the extent of armaments." Japan, whiie expressing a desire that there should be an agreement on limitation of armaments, point ed out. the report says, that in view of the fact that the council of the league was studying disar mament plans, it did not believe it i advisable to take any action on the j j recommendation of the assembly until these plans had been complet !ed. ? ? ? No Clemency For S. J- Kirby Columbia, Sept. 15.?Mrs. S. J. j j Kirby's oral plea for executive i j clemency in behalf of her husband, \ I made to Governor Cooper yester- ! j day. will not receive official consid- j , oral ion from the governor. It was j ; stated at the governor's office today j that unless a pet'lion was filed with j ; the executive, no consideration j could be given the plea. .Mrs. Kirby and her eleven-year- | j old daughter called on the govern I or today and asked that he change j the sentence from death to life im ? prisonment. Mrs. Kirby gave as I her reason that her husband had : j often been subject to temporary periods of insanity. I It is also stated that relatives of ; Jesse Gappins will make a similar : plea to the governor. I C. O. Fox is resigned to his fate. I His aged father, who is here, states I that his only concern is the "eternal welfare of his son's soul." <> 0 -9- ? Evidence to Convict Arbuckle San Francisco. Sept. 16.? Roscoe Arbuckle will go to trial within the ! next three weeks, the district at j torney announced today, adding ; that he had sufficient evidence to '? convict the actor on the murder [ charge. Prohibition officers contemplate confiscating Arbuckle's twenty ; five thousand dollar automobile, because of transporting liquor. -o ? Dirigible Victims Brought Home - New York. Sept. 16.?The British cruiser Dauntless, bringing home the bodies of sixteen American j victims of the ZR-2 disaster, ar rived today off Sandy Hook, es corted by American war craft. -<*~o?? Southern Artillery Posts Reduced Washington, Sept. 16.?The five southern coast artillery commands placed on reduced personnel basis in line with the reduction of the strength of the army are Capo Fear. X. C, Charleston. S. C. Sa vannah. Ca., Tampa. Fla., and Mo bil". Ala. -1? ? ? Newspapers on Trial Chicago, Sept. 14.?Whether a city or oile r municipal corporation may sue a newspaper for libel, al leging damages approximating the value of th entire establishment of the latter and through a oossible verdict for the full sum. virtually j pui tie- newspaper out of business, will be one of the chief issues in the case of the city of Chicago against the Chicago Tribune, which is to b? called for hearing September 22. The sun. tiled in circuit court in December, 1920. after the bitter Il linois Republican primary cam paign of that year, asks damages of $10,000,000 alleging that published charges against the city's financial credit and hampered the conduct of municipal business. A similar sni! lues been filed against the Chi cago Daily News. Washington. Sept. 16.? Major General C. T. Menoher. chief of the army air service, has asked for transfer to tie- command of troops in the held. j Food Prices Con tinue to Advance Increases Were Recorded During August in Southern Cities Washington. Sept. 17.?Retail food prices increased average 4.3 per cent August as compared with July prices in Atlanta, Charleston, S. C. Jacksonville, Louisville and ; Mobile. There was a four per cent j increase. In Birmingham three j per cent and in Memphis one per cent. The Future of Camp Jackson Big Cantonment May Be Used As Industrial Site Columbia. Sept. 16.?With the' completion of the abandonment of; Camp Jackson today, with the ex- i ception of a small garrison to pro tect government property, the com mander of the cantonment announ ced that the government was ready to lease the site for residen tial or industrial projects to a re sponsible leasee. The lease would only be terminated by war in which case the government would desire the cantonment for mobili zation purposes. Col. Jackson, j members of the directorate of the j Chamber of Commerce and other business men held a conference I with Governor Cooper on the mat- i tcr today and the executive offered the suggestion that as the boll | weevil had traversed South Care- j lina. it might be a good idea to se cure the camp as a center of dis tnbution for the assembling of grain or potatoes from all parts j of the State under a cooperative system. Tonight at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the j matter was. discussed but no plan ! could be devolved on such short ' notice. It seems to be the concen- ; sus of opinion that for the ad- j vancement of the interests of Co- i lumbia. the better plan would be to j secure the site for a large indus- ? trial development. Col. Jackson stated that the government was willing to lease the plant with its land, buildings and improvements costing the government an initial i outlay of approximately $31.000,- [ 000. except that small area needed to house a guard, to some respon sible bidder. The government de- j sires one leasee. There has been ! a move on foot to have the govern ment turn the abandoned canton ment into a vocational university for wounded ex-service men the branch of the American Legion go- j ing on record for such a school at its annual convention at Xewberry i a few days ago. However, the pro- I posal of Col. Jackson, transmitted j to him by the War Department ap parently would mean that the camp will not be utilized for any such purpose. Edwin W. Robert son, president of the National I,oan and Exchange Bank whose traction lines are operated into the interior of the camp, is interested in the matter, it is understood, and he might devolve some plan for utiliz ing the plant and its grounds. Gov ernor Cooper stated that he would be willing to go with a committee of the local chamber of commerce to Washington to present any feas ible plan for the reclamation of Camp Jackson. The abandonment of Camp Jackson was completed j today when the Fifty-First Coast Artillery with its motorized equip ment, went through the streets of Columbia this morning on its way to Camp Eustis. Virginia. The reg- j ment was reviewed by Governor j Cooper and others. On its march the regiment will stop at Charlotte, i Durham and Richmond, before it reaches its destination. An Errorless Ball Player i Stuffy Mclnness. of Boston Red Sox Has Played Hundred Games Boston. Sept. 17.?A hundred games without an error will be the fielding record of Stuffy Mclnnis, first baseman of the Red Sox. if he j completes first game of today's j doubleheader against Chicago with-! out a misplay. Ordinance Against Ku ?Klux Klan El Paso Forbids Public Gath erings of Masked Persons El Paso. Sept. 16.?Apparently ! designed to counteract the activi ties of the Ku Klux Klan the city council has adopted an ordinance ? forbidding public gatherings or demonstrations by masked persons. Large Ginnery Burns - i Match in Cotton Thought to Be Cause of Blaze Xewberry. Sept. 16.?The gin-j nery at Chappells. owned by a joint stock company, and one of th^ largest and best plants in this part of the state, was burned down on Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock. It was thought that the fire was caused by a match in the cotton, for the flames burst out in a great blaze while the gin was running. There was only a small quantity of cotton in the ginnery There were several loaded wagons in the yard awaiting their turn but these drove away from the fire and were saved. The capital stock of the company is $10.000 and the es timated loss is about that sum. as the entire building with its machin ery was destroyed. There was some insurance, but not enough to cover the loss. Shooting Spree in York F. L. Hinnant Seriously Wounded by Robert Mc Ginnis at Home of Latter York. Sept. J6.?Following the exchange of a few words about a domestic matter, Robert McGinnis, 4 3, watchman of the Southern rail way shot and seriously wounded F. L. Hinnant, 35, one of the pro prietors of the Palmetto Monu ment company, at noon here today. Two shots were fired from a 45 caliber revolver at a distance of only u few feet, one bullet only grazing the skin, while the other pierced the left side, perforating the intestines in several places. Hinnant was taken to a R^ck Hill hospital this afternoon. McGin nis maoe no effort to escape, wait-; ing at his home, where the shoot- } ing occurred, until arrested and ? committed to jail. Hinnant is! said ' ?? have entered the house in i response to an invitation to "take a drink," when McGinnis upbraid- : ed Hinnant for receiving letters! from the former's daughter. After! a few words McGinnis. who had been flourishing a revolver, sud denly shot Hinnant twice. ? ? -o Ex-Railway Worker Is Found G; iltyj Six Men, Alleged to J ave Been on Picket Duty n dicted on Murdei Charge Fitzgerald, G'* . Sept. .?Six former employes of the . 'anta. Birmingham and Atlantic r. 'ro3d are charged with murder i true bill returned by the Ben Ha ' _3un ty grand jury today after i in vestigation of the shooting of En gineer W. T. Reed, while he was on duty on his locomotive on the night of .July 5. Three no billy were returned. The six arrested under the indict ment are: O. C. Fairfield. J. W. Hornsby. Harvey Booker, Perry Booker, Jr.. Tom Hendricks and G. V. Myrick. There were no bills against A. K. Hall. Alf Smith and A. T. Lisle, three of the six men taken into custody on the preceding day on warrants issued on affida vits sworn to by the widow of the enginc-r. An hour after the indictments were returned the jury that heard the case of O. C. Fairfield, one of twenty-six persons charged with "interfering with the employes of the A., B. and A. railroad." re ported a verdict of guilty on one count of the indictment.. This count charged that Fairfield per sona Ily had "interfered with em ployes of the A.. B. and A. rail road." He was sentenced to three months in jail and twelve months on the state farm. The other counts in the indict ment, for which the jury held that Fairfield was not guilty related to an alleged conspiracy with others to interfere with the employes. It was announced late tonight that the trial of the six accused men will be held the second week in October. Representatives of the organization to which the men be long assert they will fight the case and predicted that it will cost Ben Hill county ?6.000 to try the accus ed men. l.'nless the defense ob jects Solicitor General J. B. Wall said they would be tried jointly. The six men arrested on the in dictment denied that they were do ing picket duty on the night Engi neer Reed was shot and indicated that they would endeavor to es tablish an alibi when the cases are called for trial. ? ? ? Dillon Citizen Struck by Train Emory Davis May Die of In juries in Wreck Dillon, Sept. 16.? Emory Davis, a highly respected citizen of Dil lon and an electrician by profes sion, was struck by No. S3 train this morning as he was crossing the railroad near the Carolina Milling plant. He has since been uncon scious and is not expected to live. The touring car which he was driving was completely wrecked and .^trewn along the railroad track. Mi\ Davis received tust aid treat ment here and was then taken on to Florence on the fast train that struck him. He has lived in Dil lon for about ten years and the ac cident is deeply deplored by his many friends in this community. -?? ? Road Builder Killed Two Men Crushed by Fall of Rock Near Elkin, N. C. Winston-Salem, Sept. 17.?Troy Collins, aged 40, and his sen. aged IS. wee crusher! to death by a cave in of rock while engaged in road building near Elkin. Application For Loans Personnel of State Committee is Announced Washington. Sept. 16.?The com plete personnel of the committee which has been appointed by the War Finance Corporation to handle applications for loans in the South. Carolina district, under the recent act of Congress making $1.000.000 available for financing agricultural and live stock transactions, is as follows: Wich headquarters at Columbia: .1. Pope Matthews chairman, of Columbia; C. L. Cobb. of Rock Hill: FfL 1.. McColl. of Bennettsville: W. U\ Barnwell. of Columbia: .1. C. Self\ of. Greenwood. De Yalera Talked Too Fast Cancellation of Inverness Con ference by Lloyd George Causes Anxiety in Dublin London, Sept. 16 (By tlTe Asso ciated Press).?In a telegram sent this evening to Premier Lloyd George at Gairloch, Scotland, Eamonn De Valera is considered in hizh quarters in London to have indicated a desire for continuation of the negotiations looking to peace in Ireland which"were terminated momentarly, at least by Mr. De Valera's communication earlier in the week insisting on the independ ence of Ireland and Mr. Lloyd George' mediation of the con ference with delegates of the Sinn Fein which he had proposed for next Tuesday. The letter of Mr. De Valera was as follows: "I received your telegram last night and am surprised that you do not see that if we, on our side, accepted a conference on the basis of letter of September 7. without making our position quite clear, Ireland's representatives would en ter the conference with their po sition misunderstood and the cause of Ireland's right Irreparably preju diced. Throughout the correspond ence that has taken place, you have defined your government's position. We have defined ours. "If the positions were not so def initely opposed there would, in deed, ,be no problem to be discuss ed. It should be obvious that in a case like ours, if there is to be any result, the negotiators must meet without prejudice and untram melled by any conditions whatever except those imposed by the facts as they know them." Up to a late hour Mr. Lloy George had made no response, bu the concensus of opinion was that since neither side to the argument seemingly is desirous of a rupture in the negotiations there doubtless will be held a further exchange of messages. From advice received in London the Sinn Fein leaders were surpris. ed by the effect of Mr. De Valera's letetr- which induced Mr. Lloyd George to cancel the proposed con ference. From these advices it would seem that the Sinn Fein leaders in Dublin hold the view mat their leader's letter was unfor tunately phrased and that it is ad visable to make a further attempt to bring about a conference. It appears to be realized, however, that some weeks will be lost in the process of attempting to clarify the situation. There is some talk of holding a conference in London in October. Premier Lloyd George has not yet called the meeting of his cab inet, but it is expected that it will be held early next week at Inver ness, or at Gairloch, where the premier is now staying. It is ex pected that there will be an ear'.v^ session of the Dail-?ireann to c jn sider the new aspects of the sit uation. ? ? ? ?? ? Gompers Leading Fight Against Wage Readjustment 'Conference With Mill Workers Held in Atlanta i Atlanta. Sept. 16.?Decision to I resist all attempts at further reduc ! tions of wages in the textile indus try and to inaugurate a permanent campaign to organize the non-union workers of the south was announc | ed here today after a conference \ between more than 200 southern leaders and Samuel Gompers, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor. While the 4S hour week was not mentioned in the announcement here dispatches from Washington said it would be one of the sub l jects to bo discussed at a confer | ence next Tuesday in Washington . on wages and working conditions in the textile industry. Charlotte. X. C. is to be headquarters for the campaign and a meeting of leaders of the United Textile Workers of America will be held there Sep | tember 22 to formulate a definite I plan of action. "It is not a declaration of war", j said Jerome Jones, editor of the At lanta Journal of Labor, w?to acted as spokesman for the con J "but it is a step toward active re ! sistance to the effort to reduce tex I tille wage scales below a living l figure." South Carolina was to have been represented at the conference, but ' the delegates failed to arrive. "As for the trouble in the south ern textile districts I expect to wit ness soon a great amelioration of : present difficulties," Mr. Gompers i said. Mr. Gompers visited the Atlan , ta federal penitentiary this after ! noon, making a brief address to the prisoners who were assembled in the chapel, and holding a 20 minute conference with Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader., who is serv ing a ten year sentence for violat ing the war time espionage laws. Money Market Easier Situation in Financial Circles Decidedly Brighter Xew York. Sept. 17.?The finan ci.il situation during the past week was decidedly brighter. Money -. was of freer supply and rates in clined to ease off. Most steel mills, equipment, motor and textile con cerns reported a marked expansion in operations, while many whole sale lines were on a larger scale. An Ancient Canoist The Pas. Manitoba. Sept. 17.? Sara Donkey, aged one hundred and twelve, traveled a hundred and fifty miles by canoe for a' famliy reunion, meeting .Temina Don'.toy, aged 2, her great -great -great daughter.