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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Esta % CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 MtttffiF . OPPOSES " TREATY Sinn Fein President Trying to Prevent Peaceable Settle ment of Irish Ques tion Dublin, % Dec. 8 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Eamon De Valera tonight issued a statement saying that he could not recommend the peace treaty with Great Britain to -the Dail Eire? an or to the coun try and that in this attitude he is supported by the-ministers of de fense and of home affairs. ^A. public meeting. of the . Dail EIreann has been fixed for Wednes day.. Following is the text of Eamon De valera's message to the Irish people issued at 11:30 o'clock to night: ? ."-You have seen in the public press the text , of the proposed treaty with Great Britain. The terms of this agreement are in vio Jtent conflict with the wishes: of the majority of this notion as express . ed freely at the successiYe elections in the past three years, "I. feel, it my. duty to" inform you immediately that I c?n not recommend' acceptance of this treaty to the Dail Eireann or to the country. In this attitude J am sup ported by the ministers of home affairs and of defense/ "A public session of the Dail EIreann is being summoned for Wednesday at 11 o'clock in the fnorning. "I ask the .people to maintain during the interval the same dis cipline as heretofore. The mem bers of.the cabinet, though of di vided opinions, are prepared to carry ori -public services as. usual. The army, as such, is of course not affected by the political., situation and continues under the same or ders and control. /The. great test of our people has come. Let us face it worthily, without bitterness and, above all,, without recriminations. There is a definite constitutional way of re solving our past differences- Let us not depart from it and let the conduct of the cabinet in this mat ter be an example to the whole nation." > ? ? Dublin, Dec. 8 (By. the Associat ed^ Press >.~Arthur.Griffith, head of the-Irish delegation which nego tiated the settlement ?t London? is sued the following statement to night: "1 have signed the treaty be tween Ireland and Great Britain. I believe this treaty will lay the foundations of peace and friend ship between the two nations. What I .h-ive signed I shall, stand by in the belief that the end of the con flict of centuries is at hand." .Dublin, Dec. 8 (By the Associat ed Press).?The third session of ?the Dail Eireann cabinet ended tonight at few minutes after 9 o'clock. It is understood that the opinions of the members of the cabinet regarding the peace agree ment were divided.: and the ques ticn was left to the decision of the Dail Eireann. An official report of the meeting is promised later. Lor.dsn, Dec. 8 (By the Associat ed Press).?One development in * Irish affairs today was the libera tion of many prisoners, including several women, from Mount Joy prison undergoing sentences for ^political offenses. Congratulatory telegrams con tinued to pour into Downing street. Among the messages were felicita tions from the French premier, M. Briand, the , South African pre mier, Jan C. Smuts, and A. J. Bal four, on behalf of the British dele gation at Washington. Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre ?xnier. will arrive in London early tomorrow and is expected to meet the premier at noon. He left Bel fast tonight accompanied by a large j?arty. which includes the Marquis of Londonderry and Captain Dix on, Ulster's chief whip. .Reports concerning an early gen eral election are semi-rfficially de nied. It is the government's pres ent intention to hold a short ses sion of parliament, probably for only a fw days, to ratify the Irish treaty and vote money for the ser vice of the Irish provisional gov- ; eminent and then prorogue to the 1 end of January, when necessary legislation for the constitution of *the new Irish state and other gen eral business will be undertaken. In such case a general election is nor liKely before the middle of the year. There was a cordial exchange of messages today bewteen M. Miller and, president of the French re public, and King George, M. Mil lerand offering congratulations for the Irish settlement and the king, in the course of his reply, saying: f'l am proud to have been able to contribute to the happy issue." j A thanksgiving service was held in Westminster cathedral tonight. The first electoral test of the "government's Irish policy will come the imminent by-election in t'OUtheast Southwark. a busy work-. ing class constituency of London, j London, Dec. 8.?The Irish cor respondent of the Pall Mall Ga zette asserts that the Dail Eireann has given orders for the immediate | r blislied April, 1S50. 8S1._ LODGE~ SPONSORS I ALLIANCE; Draft of Quadruple! Alliance Laid Before j Conference byi Massachusetts Sen ator By the Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 10.?The draft of the proposed treaty between the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan which is to sup plant the Anglo-Japanese' Alliance and pave the way for the accept ance of the American proposals for naval reduction was formally laid before the arms conference today by Senator Lodge. It is a ten-year agreement in which the four nations bind them selves to , respect their existing rights in insular possessions and j dominiqns in the Pacific and in j case of disputes, which cannot bo setiled by diplomacy, agree to a joint conference among themselves. Any one of the parties may with draw on twelve months notice. The treaty requires confirmation by the senate. In the following order Rene Viviani, head of the French delega tion, Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British delegation, and Prince To kugawa, chief of the Japanese dele gates, arose and gave their assent to I the new arrangement. They were followed by the chief delegates of the other powers represented, who also expressed satisfaction at the new arangement Minister Sze of China expressed "great satisfaction" with the pro posed treaty, while the actual per fection of the treaty goes forward it is expected that the naval arma ment and Chinese questions will speedily go toward settlement. The conference adjourned without giv ing attention to the question of na-! val ratio. ? ? ?? Anderson Boot legger Killed County Jailor, Acting as Dep uty Sheriff Shoots Hardin Crawford ? Anderson. Dec. 11.?Hardin M. Crawford was shot and instantly killed last night shortly before mid night by Jailer Rogers. From ac counts it is said that as Jailer Rog ers approached an automobile which he thought contained whis key, he was fired upon by Crawford, the shot taking effect in Rogers' neckJ Rogers fired twice at Craw ford and one of tne bullets went into ^ie right ear, penetrated the skun,"came out at the rear of the head and killed Crawford instantly. Thifi happened near the Poole farm, where another raid was made re cently and much whiskey found in an abandoned well. The stripped down car last night contained two ten gallon kegs of whiskey. This was confiscated by the sheriff and the car was also brought in. The automobile is said to belong to C. N. Veronee, who was in the car, and was driven by Albert Dodd. Veronee and Dodd disappeared in the darkness and have not yet been apprehended. It is said they took no part in the resistance to the officers. Jailer Rogers was accom panied by another deputy, Dan Mayfield. Dr: H. H. Acker, county physi cian, dressed the wound of Jailer Rogers and he surrendered to Sher iff Maret. Mr. Rogers, on the ad vice of counsel, is not making any statement. The wound in Mr. Rog ers' heck, the physician says, is not of a serious character. Crawford had been living in 'his city about two years, coming here from Livonia. Ga. He is said to be the son of a prominent citizen in that community. He has been living at Anderson mill and is sur vived by his wife. o ? ? Brutal Crime At Fort Worth Negro Taken From Hospital-1 and Hanged to Tree Fort Worth. Texas, Dec. 11.? Fred Rouse, negro packing house employee who was beaten by a crowd of strike sympathizers here last week after he had shot and wounded two brothers in the ranks of the pickets, was taken from a hospital here tonight and lynch- j ed. I Thirty men called at the city and \ county hospital, where the negro j had been confined. Rouse made a desperate effort to fight two members of the party delegated to find him. He was put in an automobile and hurried away. Twenty minutes later his body was found dangling from a tree. From the way they tussle about the fioor "dance haul" is correct. demobilization of the Irish Repub lican army. ; Irish Prisoners Released Belfast. Dec. -Sixteen hun- j dred Irishmen who were interned i at Ballykinler Camp were released under the amnesty proclamation, j "Be Just and Fear I THE FOUR POWER _TREATY ; Text of Agreement Sponsored by Sena tor Lodere Modeled On the Wilson Ver sailles Treaty Washington, Dec. 10 (By the As sociated Press) ? Senator Lodge spoke as follows: > "I should be insensible indeed if I did not feel deeply gratified by ! the opportunity which has come to me to lay before the conference a draft, of a treaty the terms of which have been agreed upon by four of the great powers of the earth in regard to the islands of ; the Pacific which they control, either as possessions or dominions. J I will begin by reading to the con i ference, the treaty which is both [ brief and simple, and which I am ! sure is full of meaning and im portance to the worid's peace. "The United States of America, the British Empire, France and Japan. "With a view to' the preserva tion of the general peace and the maintenance of their rights in re lation to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the re gions of the Pacific ocean, have de termined to conclude a treaty to this effect and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries. "The President of the United States of America. "His' Majesty, the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Do minions beyond the seas, Emperor of India. "And for the Dominion of Can ada. "For the Commonwealth of Au stralia. "For the Dominion of New Zea land. , i "For India. "The president of the French Republic. "His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan. "Who having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as fol lows: ?T. "The high contracting parties agree as between themselves to re spect their rights in relation to their insular possessions and in sular dominions in the regions of the Pacific ocean. " 'If there should develop , be } tween any of the high contracting parties a controversy arising out of any Pacific question and in volving their said rights which is not satisfactorily settled by dip lomacy and is likely to affect the harmonious accord now happily subsisting between them, they shall invite the high contracting parties to a joint conference to which the whole subject will be referred for consideration and ad justment. " 'Article 2: " 'If the said rights are threat ened by the aggressive action of any other power the high con tracting parties shall communicate with one another fully and frankly in order to arrive at an understand mg as to the most efficient measures to be taken, jointly and separate ly, to meet .the exigencies of the particular situation. " 'Article 3: " 'This agreement shall remain in force for ten years from the time it shall take effect, and after the expiration of said period it shall continue to be in forco subject to the right of any of the high con tracting parties to terminate it upon twelve months' notice. " 'Article 4: " 'This agreement shall be rati fied as soon as possible in accord ance with the constitutional meth ods of the high contracting parties and shall take effect on the deposit of ratifications which shall take place at Washington, and there upon the agreement between Great Britain and Japan which was con eluded at London on July 13, 1911, shall terminate. "The signing of this treaty," said Senator Lodge, continuing, "is on the part of the United States subject to the making of a conven tion with Japan concerning the status of the Island of Yap and what are termed I'. mandated is lands in the Pacific ocean north of j the Equator, the negotiations in re gard to which are almost conclud ed, and also to the reservations with respect to what are termed the mandated islands in the Pacific ocean, south of the Equator. "It should also be observed that the controversies to which the pro ' posed treaty refers do not embrace I questions which, according to prin | ciples of international law lie ex clusively within the domestic juris i diction of the respective powers. ! "The conference will perceive I that I spoke correctly when i re ! ferred to the terms of the treaty i j as simple. To put il in a few j words the treaty provides that j the four signatory powers will ;agree as between themselves to re spect their insular possessions and j dominion possessions in the region ! of the Pacific and that if any con troversy should arise as to such j rights all the high contracting ' parties shall be invited to a joint 'conference looking to the adjust ment of such controversy. They I agree to take similar action in the i case of aggression by any other power upon these insular posses sions or dominions. The agreement *ot?Let all tlie ends Thou Aims't a Sumter, S. C, Wednesd SLAUGHTER KILLED BY COMPANION i - Bob Slaughter Out- j witted and Terrified Prison - Authorities But Death Overtook; Him _ j ? Little Hock. Dec. 0. ? Tom ! Slaughter, desperado, en me to the end of his long career of crime, to- | night in the fastness of the Saline I county hills. He was shot from be- j hind by one of the white men whom ! he led to liberty from the state pen- j itentiary this morning. The report of Slaughter's death was confirmed late tonight by! Sheriff J. J. Crow of Saline coun- j ty, leader of one of the many posses on the killer's trail. Not only is Slaughter dead, but one of the five negroes who fled j the prison with him in the spectac ular escape this morning is dying in the hill beside the bandit's body, while the white companion, who shot him down from behind, and the three other negroes are in cus tody. The man who killed Slaughter is J. C. Howard of Garland county, who was serving a three year term for forgery. The scene of the ! shooting is 14 miles northeast of I Benton in the deep woods. Howard, according to a statement he made at the jail in Benton late tonight, had been biding his time to turn upon Slaughter. "I left with him with the inten tion of killing him the first chance I got," he is quoted as saying. Slaughter fell with two bullets in hi3 head and another through the body. The negro, who is dying beside j Slaughter's corpse, received his wound early this morning at Ben ton an hour after the flight from Little Rock during the battle be- i tween four officers in the main street of the town and the fleeing j bandits in their automobile. Slaughter directed a spectacular! escape in the early morning hours! from the Arkansas state prison, which he ruled like a "czar" for five hours. Slaughter summoned a guard, feigned illness, and when offered ! an extra blanket to warm him in : his death cell, he covered the guard ' with a gun, disarmed him, then i canvassed the prison, disarming and j jailing the guards as he met them. ? Before leaving the prison Slaugh- j ter went to the adjacent -home of \ the warden and aroused him from ! his bed and forced the warden and j his family to return to the prison, j where they were also locked in the cells. is to remain in force for ten years! and after ratification under the: constitutional methods of the high { contracting parties the existing agreement between Great Britain j and Japan which was concluded at London on July 13. 1911, shall j terminate. And that is all. Each 1 signer is bound to respect the rights of the others and before taking action in any controversy to consult with them. There is no provision for the use of force ' to carry out any of the terms of I agreement and no military or naval I sanction lurks anywhere in the! background or under cover of these ? plain and direct clauses.' "The surest way to prevent war' is to remove the causes of war.! There is an attempt to remove' causes of war over a great area of the globe's surface by reliance upon the good faith and honest in tentions of the nations which sign the treaty solving all differences j through the processes of diplomacy! and joint consideration and eon- [ ciliation. No doubt we shall hear it said that the region to which 1 this agreement applies is one most ! unlikely to give birth to serious j disputes and therefore an agree- j ment of this character is of little i consequence. ! "History unhappily has shown j that there is no corner of the earth so remote or so valueless that j it is not capable of giving cause ] for controversy or even for war be tween the tribes and the nations; of mankind. Bui the islands of the I Pacific, although remote from thej dwelling places of the mass: of hu- j inanity, are far from valueless. The j islands of the Southwestern Pacific extend over a vast space in that 1 great ocean. They reach from the j Marquesas on th*' east to thej Philippines on the west; from the Aleutian Islands on the north nearly to the Antarctic circle on j the south. They are far more nu- , merous than is generally realized. Thus l'ar the waves of the Pa cific ocean with all ih<- crowding is- : lands, except on the edges of the continents, have not been the scene ? of great wars, and yet. not many' years have passed since three great : nations sent their warships to Sa- j moa because th-re was a dispute! in regard to those distant islands, i Therefore an agreement among the j nations controlling these islands, has a very serious Importance to i the peace of the world. We make! the experiment here in this treaty e-t" trying to assure peace in that immense region by trustin.tr the j preservation of its tranquility to j the good faith of the tuitions re-j sponsible for it. "if the nations of the earth are] Still in the innermost recesses of their consciousness planning ori dreaming of coming wars and longing for conquests no treaties' of partition and no alliance can I t 1)C thy Country's, Thy Cod's and ay, December 14, 1921 Sinn 'Fein Split into Two Factions Over Ratification of Free State Treaty London, Dec. 0 (By the Associat ed Press).?After the first surprise occasioned by Earn on Do Valera's repudiation of the proposition for creating the Irish Free State offi cials in both London and Dublin were occupied today mainly in canvassing the prospects for rati fication of the Anglo-Irish treaty when it comes before the meeting of the Dail Eireann next Wednes day. The balance of opinion in both cities appeared to be that Arthur Griffith as sponsor of the treaty will obtain an effective majority, although it was admitted here that Mr. De Valera possesses a strong following and that the voting there fore may possibly be very close. If ??Ir. Do Valera should be defeated in his fight against ratification, it is thought here that he may resign his position as head of the Sinn Fein. Should matters develop into tak ing a plebiscite of the Irish people it is thought there wuold not be the slightest doubt of a grreat ma jority in favor of the treaty. At the special request of Lord Curzcn, the address in reply to King George's speech in the house of lords next Wednesday will be made by Viscount Morley, one of the oldest and staunchest advo cates of Irish home rule. He will make the motion for ratification. The motion will be seconded by Earl Dunraven, who for many years has advocated a dominion settle ment as applied to Ireland. Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Sir James Craig of Ulster held a long conference today which was participated in at va rious times by other ministers. Nothing was made known tonight regarding the results. It was sup posed, however, that the confer ence had .to do largely with mat lei's of finance. Thurles. Ireland. Dec. 0 (By the Associated PressL?As a train load of released interners of the Bally kin lar camp entered the station here this evening several bombs were exploded, injuring three of the released men, one of them seriously. Some persons In the crowd around the platform were slightly hurt by splinters. One report has it that the bombs were thrown maliciously while in other quarters it is declared they were intended as a greeting, but were clumsily handled. Desperate Criminal Breaks Jail Sensational Escape From Chicago Prison by Con demned Murderer Chicago, Dec. 11 (By the Asso ciated Press.)?Tommy O'Connor, two-gun man. sentenced to be hanged next Thursday for murder, and two other notorious criminals today escaped from the county jail, fighting their way past half a dozen guards, most of whom were beaten into unconsciousness by the desperadoes in their dash for. lib erty. Starting in the fourth floor "bull pen." where the prisoners were exercising at 11 o'clock this morn ing, the break for freedom led down five floors, through the base ment, into the jail yard and over a 12-foot wall to a street where an automobile was confiscated. The driver, a pistol poked into his face, was told to "drive like hell." A few minutes later the machine crashed into a telephone pole but the bandit:*, continued their flight. O'Connor commandeered another car. and when last seen the mur derer, who has been characterized by the police as Chicago's most desperate gunman, was headed to ward the south side underworld, armed for battle. Two other prisoners, who at tempted to escape with the tri >. were captured in the jail grounds. ?-<> e ? Women Storm Kansas Mine Pittsburgh, Kansas. Dee. 12. ? A mob of women, estimated at two thousand composed of the wives ;:nd relatives of ihe striking Kan sas coal miners, adherents of Alex ander Howat. stormed mine Xo. 17 of the Jackson Walker Co.. and prevented the miners employed there from returning to work. - Briand strengthened the world's friendship for Prance, other hrrces are Wbodfil and York. The reaction from idealism is a reactionary. stay them but if. us 1 firmly hope, the world has learned ;i frightful lesson from the awful experience of (lie great war of L914, then our surest appeal in order to prevent wars, in the future must be to the hearts, the sympathies the reason and the higher impulses of man-! kind. Such an appeal we make today by this agreement among I four great nations." 1 Troth's." WEC?ME ! ! TO FOCH Y STATE ; - ! Thousands Greet Fa mous War Leader at Greenwood Greenwood. Dec. 0?Passing through. chec "ing ranks of thou sands conic to do honor to the first soldier of the World War. Mar shall Ferdinand Foch, of France, j commander of all the Allied armies, was welcomed to South Carolina by the highest officials of the con : monwealth chis afternoon when he ! stepped for the first time on the soil of this state. Marshal Fcch's train reached Greenwood at 4:19 this afternoon. '< His train was met in Abbeville by a committee composed of Munro ; Johnson. American Legion national j exec '"e committeeman; Green i wood region Post Commander Er I nest Rosenberg. Major John W. j Moore, Col. Perrin C. Cothran and Mayor A. S. Hartzog. j On the arrival in Greenwood I Marshall Fcch stepped from his train to be greeted by a burst of j cheers. Walking through a lane of Bailey Military Institute cadets '< drawn up at attention. Marshal I Foch and his party were placed in automobiles and carried to a plat I form in the center of the business i district, where he was formerly wel j corned to South Carolina. State Legion Commander Morris C. ! Lumpkin introduced Governor Cooper, who in turn introduced Marshal Foch in a brief address of J welcome. Governor Cooper in introducing j Marshal Foch referred to him as the first soldier of the World War and hade him welcome in the name j of South Carolina. ? Marshal Foch in reply to Gov ? ernor Cooper declared that he ! wished to h ive his fervent wishes i for the happiness of the state of ' South Carolina and the city of j Greenwood. Marshal Foch spoke ! in French, stopping at the end of j each paragraph for the interpre j ter to translate it into English. f He spoke with emphasis and in a j deep, resonant voice. Occasionally j he made short, punching gestures i with his right hand. At the con clusion of his address, a memorial I was presented to him by Knights 'of Columbus of South Carolina, j The city of Greenville presented him with a gavel, made from a tree I at Camp Sevier, and a gold key. A. Theodore Soubeyroux, presi ; dent of the Soclete Francais of j Charleston, welcomed him to South ! Carolina, in behalf of Charleston, land T. W..Bacot, president of the j Huguenot Society of South Carolina i welcomed him in behalf of the j Huguenot Society. Marshal Foch presented a flag j to the city of Greenwood, handing j it to Mayor A. S. Hartzog. i A basket of roses was presented to the generalissimo by two small children. Laura Arlington and Car roll Chipley. in behalf of the school I children of Sopth Carolina, j At the conclusion of the formal ceremony of welcome Marchal Foch I was conducted hack to the train j through a cheering mass of human i ity. As the train slowly moved j from the station cheer after cheer i drowned the music of the bands. ' Marshal Foch saluting and waving j until his train was out of sight, j South Carolin.! came to Greenwood ; Thousands from all points of [today to welcome Foch, the streets : being packed from early morning i Marshal Foch and his party left [.Atlanta today for Washington via I Seaboard, the tour being arranged j at the expense of the American j Legion. The Seaboard Air Line j placed its transportation at the le ' lion's disposal and operated the ! train on schedule selected and with [ stops designated by the legion of ' ficials. ! Noble Peace Prize Divided I Harding's Disarmament Con ference Did Not Draw a Prize Christiana, Norway. Dec. 10.? The Noble peace prize for I'.cji lias been divided equally between pre mier H. J. Alma:- LJrahting. of Sweden. and Christian Lange, of X( rway. the secretary of the Inter Parliamentary Union has officially .?nnounced. Discount Rate Cut Second Reduction Ordered at Richmond Richmond. Ya.. Dec. 0. ? The board of directors of the federal re serve bank <>f Richmond today authorized a reduction in the dis count rate from ? 1-2 to o per cent. This is the second reduction this year, the 6 per cent, rate having been reduced to 5 1-2 about three months a.s;o. -? ? o Financial Buz zards Grow Fat New York. Dec. 10.?Wall Street is gradually recovering from the general economic depression and signs point to a liberal distribution of bonuses at Christmas. ? ?? ? Marriages have decreased, so skirts will be lengthened. THE TRUE SOU! COTTON MILL MEN WANT PROTECTION New England Manu facturers Ask Con gress For at Least Forty Per Cent. Tar iff Washington, Dec. 8.?Serious in jury to the cotton textile industry in New England would result from en actment of the cotton goods sched ule in the Fordney tariff bill. Form er Senator Henry F. Lippitt of Providence, R. I., declared today ! before the senate finance commit | tee. He described the schedules as I approved by the house as the most i "revolutionary" put forward under I a protective policy since the signing i of the first tariff bill in 1864. j Both Mr. Lippitt. who spoke for the New England manufacturers, and Arthur H. Lowe, of Fitchburg, Maes., who spoke for associations I of cotton goods manufacturers, north and south, declared that the j schedules failed to take care of the [ fine, fancy, figure-woven goods ! turned out in the New England i mills at a much higher cost than ! the ordinary cotton goods. These ' lines, built up largely during the ; war. face extinction, it was con i tended, by reason of the old and ! firmly established industry in Eu j rope. j Mr. Lippitt brought for inspec I tion of the committeemen r.umer I ous samples of fancy goods which he displayed as he talked. Urging a 40 per cent, protection for these goods as against the pres ent average of 22 per cent., Mr. Lippitt said: "Poker chips get 40 per cent. I think the cotton industry is equal ly entitled to that much protection." I Opposing any embargo on dyes, i Mr. Lippitt and Mr. Lowe said they ! believed the dye industry should be protected but at the same time ! provision should be made in the I tariff bill to cover the dyes in im ! ported goods, since, they said, the ; foreign manufacturers obtain their ! dyes at a lower price than do the I American manufacturers. Major j ity members of the committee j evinced a favorable attitude on j this proposal but regarded the i working out of a plan as difficult. The American valuation plan as worked out in the Fordney bill, ; Mr. Lippitt said, would afford an additional protection of from 5 to ! 6 per cent, but both witnesses took j the position that even under this plan the rates were too low. j Referring to what he described as j reported opposition by the agricul tural bloc to high protection for Eastern industries, Mr. Lippitt told the committee that the textile in dustry was a basic one and that as it prospered so would the rest of the country prosper. Charles D. Owens of Providence, representing makers of blankets and blanket cloths, asked the com mittee for a SO per cent, ad valorem rate on blankets and blanket goods made of cotton, while Ward Thoron of Boston asked for higher rates on piled fabrics such as velvetines. i He suggested 10 per cent, ad va I lorem in addition to the 33 1-3 per I cent, duty provided by the Fordney ! bill. I Another appeal for the reopening j of -he hearings on American valua i tion was made to Chairman Pen I rose today by the National Retail Dry Goods association, which asked i that spokesmen for organizations j opposed to this plan be given an opportunity to be heard. ? ?? ? i Big Fire in Latta Business Center Wiped Out Friday Morning I Latta. Dec. 9.?Friday morning i about 1:30 o'clock Latta had the ! worst fire that it has had in many I years. The fire swept the area be [ tween Marion street and Railroad i avenue, consisting of one block and ! about half of another before the j flames could be stopped. In the ! path of the flames were 14 places of ! business, including a shoe shop, a j blacksmith shop, a large negro boarding house, with a dance hall and piano underneath, one barber : shop, a t obacco warehouse, a grist i mill and seven grocery stores, which carried small stocks of gro ceries and fruits, except S. E. Brun | son. who carried a large stock of groceries and undertaking supplies, j and did a considerable business: I also B. F. Moore & Co., who did j a large business and handled an as i sorted line of goods. The people of Latta sometimes j referred to this section as "The Bowery." The loss in dollars and cents to those who owned these little places of business is great and will probably reach between $30.00? and $40,000. H. E. Parham, in losing his to bacco warehouse, in which was stored a lot of corn in the shuck and cotton seed, will probably be the greatest individual loser. Marines on the Wild Four Policemen Killed in Street Fight in Nicaragua Managua. Nicaragua. Dec. 10.? Four policemen were killed, one policeman and two American ma rines wounded when the police broke up a light between a party 1 of marines off duty and civilians. :HROX, Kstabhshed June 1. 1S66. VOL. LIL NO. 35 TOM WATSON STARTS RIOT IN COMMITTEE Erratic Georgia Sena tor Threatens To Slar> Face of Army Officer in Audience Washington. Dec. 9.?Senator Watson at a meeting of the senate subcommittee that is investigating his charges that soldiers were hanged without trial in France, threatend to slap the face of an army officer in the audience. The meeting wa3 nearly broken up in the row that ensued. Senator Watson shook his'finger in the face of Major George W. Cocheu. and threatened to slap him "if he looks at me again in that way." Chariman . Brandegec <fe manded that Senator Watson take his seat or retire. Army of?cers among the spectators were sent from the room. Senator Watson presented sixty-three names of witnesses he desired summoned. Live at Home Day Gov. Cooper Issues Proclama tion Setting Aside Decem ber 20th Columbia. Dec. 10. ? Governor Co oner issued z ps*oclam'at*on in dorsing the zjtion of the American Cotton association in setting asidv December 20 as "Live at Rome Day" and urging the farmers, of the state to gather at the respective county seats oivthat day a id pledge support in the effort to raise more food crops ?nd less cotton next year. The governor urges a hearty co operation on the part of all classes of people in an effort again to bring about a stabilized state with pros perity at every hand. The procla mation is as follows: "King Cotton has long reigned supreme in the fertile fields of Dixie, but the people of our south land are now standing with reluc tant feet on the verge of a ne*v era in our agriculture. It has been said the darkest hour comes just before dawn, and it is my firm be lief that beyond the vale of tribu lation through which we have traveled for the past two years lies a period of unparalleled prosper ity. Our hope lies in the diversifi cation of our crops, better rr.arkoV ing facilities, In raising com modi ties for our own use, anc in keep ing our money in c'n'i.iation among ourselves by buvrg wfiai we can not raise at home from ren own merchants and manu ac:.:r? "The American Coito:; a e ela tion, realizing * the impora-ce' of strict adherence to these prit ciplei has designated the 20th day of December as 'Live at H-?me Day,' throughout the southern riles, I heartily indorse this acti a en the part of the American C Jjttcn as sociation, and as governor of the state, I callj upon out farmers, in accordance with ?he policy outlined, to gather at the county seat of their respective counties, between the hours of 10 a m. and 4 p. rn., to pledge their wholehearted sup port in regulating the 1622 cotton production by planting other staple money crops and establishing a sound and sane bar is for diversi fication on southern farms, the es tablishment of cooperative market ing associations for the ettieient handling of such products and to study methods of preparing these commodities to meet the demands of the consumers. I also urge the public spirited citizens of every community, the bankers, manufac turers and merchants to attend these meetings, to prepare suitable programs for the day and to em ploy experts to assist in teaching the farmers how to successfully put into operation the new system of diversification." ? m> ? ? Packers Bring j in New Men Chicago, Dec. 10.?Another train load of new employees, now said number eight thousand, was un loaded in the stock yard walls while federal and state officials here were co-operating with officials of the meat cutters union in ar. effort to adjust the differences which brought on the strike of packing house workers. The reports that eight thousand i men have been brought into the stock yards are denied by the pack ers. ?? ? ? Good Price For Bonds Greenville. Dec. 10.?What is believed to be the highest price P3id for 5 percent municipal bonds in many months was accepted by the city of Greenville today when ! city council acce'/ted the offer of the Trust Compr.ny of Georgia. lo cated in Atlanta, cl par and ac crued interest on water works and street improvements bonus, totaling $200,000. The bonds were voted last January, but Mayor S. C. Harv ley and council declined to sell when the highest hid at that time was 92. Later bids ran as low as so. The mayor's foresight ir. holding the bonds saved the city some $30.000 to $40,000. We favor open winters openly arrived at.