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France and Japan Charge Siberians ' With "Forgery" | Alleged CommurJcations Be- j tween Paris and Tokio Say | France Must Resist America's Efforts in Far East Washington, Jan. 1 (By the As sociated Press).?Copies of what j were declared to be communica- j tions between Japanese and French j governments covering the proposal j that the two governments act in concert at the Washington confer- j ence wiht respect to the establish- j ment of a .Japanese protectorate j over Siberia, were given out to- j night by the special delegation of j the Far Kastern republic which j has asked for a hearing when the j Siberian question is taken up by \ the conference. ' The communications were char- j acterized tonight by a member of j the French delegation as "forg- j eries, stupidly contrived." and as j -malicious*" fabrications," (by a j spokesman of the Japanese dele- j gation. ., " "The French government has I had no communication whatever ; with the Japanese government re- j specting a protectorate over East- j ern Siberia,'* said M. Kamrnerer, ! director of the Russian and Far j Eastern department of the French ! foreign office. . "I have been vice foreign min- j ister since September S, 1919," said j M. Hanibara,'onebof the Japanese! delegates, "that is to say, during! the period when these alleged doc- \ uments are dated. I want to say ; with all the emphasis at my com- i mand that there is no shadow' of : truth so far as Japan is concerned j and therefore, they - must be a j forgery." " Reference lo the Washington j conference occurs first in a com- \ aunication headed "from foreign } office in Paris. Transmitted oy I telegraph to Tokio on the 2nd of September to be delivered to the i minister Of foreign affairs." * "The aims of the Washington i conference are not quite clear to j the French government," this note j read, "we are therefore Uiiabje to | Repress our frank opinion with re- i gnrd to the conference. t "We take into consideration the | Interests of Japan to the same ex- j - Sent as we have done it before es- j peciaHy when our government is j convinced that with regard to all j ime Questions which will be dis- j cussed in Washington the French j government will have to rely on j Japan only. Our agreement with j J^apan on the Siberian question, j forces, us to be very careful for j our decisions are in conflict with j the policy of America which is now ; playing an important part in the j East. Amreica's intention to secure ? . .for itself a place in Soviet Rus- : sl? has. been frustrated by our pol- ! icy. The Americans are therefore j pushing the Eastern question so! as to gain supremacy in the West, j We must resist such efforts by all i means and the French government ] hopes to have the help of the Jap- i anese government in that. "The Japanese plan to create a \ free republic in the East under the! protectorship of Japan is compre-! hensible to us and the French gov-j eminent will give its support 10] that plan by all means, especially | as we believe that the Japanese government will take into consid- * oration our interests in the Chinese i Eastern Railway, Manchuria and i our interests in* concessions. Wei consider necessary therefore to be j well informed of all the details of j the Dairen conference so as to ? come to Washington sufficiently j prepared. It would be advisable to j send such a delegation which would I be capable of working out all the' details. With regard we would ad- j vise you to consult our reoresen- j tative. "Japan's plan to evacuate Si-j beria our . government regards as '; premature and dangerous if to take j into consideration thai the Com- i munistic regime in Russia is reach ing its end. A complete collapse can be expected at any time. There , is no need of sending our troops against the Bolshevists or of tak ing any other step. The chaos, the general situation, our attitude of expectation and the terrible famine have ruined Russia. The East will also be influenced by this crisis. The chaos will be extended to Si beria and in this respect we need ; the help of Japan. Because of these considerations we consider the evacucttion as premature. Japan must also participate in the res toration of Russia. We are ready to the downfall and restoration Well disciplined and equipped ar mies are now stationed in Hungary and Jugo Slavia who are ready to invade the country at any moment to restore order and to give their assistance to the old monarchic re gime. When that has been done, our aims shall be accomplished; Russia will be free and our com mon interests easily fealized. The French government hopes that at this moment when the fate of new Russia is being decided, Japan will not put any obstacles and the French government will readily de fend the interests of Japan in every respect. (Signed) "The Ministry of For eign Affairs." , Another of the documents, dated Tokio, September 1, said in part: "The Japanese imperial govern ment considers itself under great obligations to the French govern ment and is no less interested in regulating the important problem which has been put forward by the French government. "The Japanese government notes with gratification its solidarity with the point of view expressed by you and which may be put forth at the Washington confer ence. Neverthelses, the imperial government is compelled to de clare that under no circumstances will it renounce that principle which is being carried out in the Siberian problem. It (the Japanese j government) is very pleased that j the French government intends to I defend our point of view by all ; means. "It would be very desirable that this question should be finally set tled prior to the conference. Our policy in the new republic will be a real policy which will not tol erate any foreign intereference. It is too early to speak of evacua tion, a < everything depends on what will take place within the neare-t. future in Soviet Russia. The^e are indications that the end is near, and if this should become evident the imperial government is ready to come to the aid of resto ration., especially that, in such event In connection with the new situation, we will have to change our policy. _ _ _ (Signed) "Minister of Foreign Affairs." Columbia's Street Car Situation. Columbia, Jan. 2.?The Columbia street car situation is in status quo for ten days. The state board of conciliation will meet again next week, at which time the matter will be discussed further. The meeting last week adjourned Satur day, after both sides had agreed to let the situation remain without change until the board could meet again. B. E. Geer, of Greenville, and H. E. ("Smoke") Thompson, of Batesburg, were the members of the board attending the concil iation efforts. It ii understood the car men have agreed to a wage reduction proposed in a new agreement for 1922, submitted by the company, but that they object to certain clauses regarding the method of employment. The new agreement is interpreted as a blow at the "closed shop" plan, with a view to having "open shop" labor on the car line. Florence, Ala., Jan. 2.?The con struction company of North Amer ica is a competive bidder for the government's project at Muscle Shoals, C. C. Tinkler, president of the corporation announced here today. House-hold hint: Pay your rent. C, L. STRAUSS CO, Commission Merchants We buy and sell Grain, Feed Stuffs, Poultry, and Farm Products of all Kinds. Will sell your products on a commission basis or buy outright. Th^se products will be on sale locally, Doth retail and wholesale. Poultry is our specialty Located on Dugan Street, opp., Rowland Bros. Shop. We have a supply of Improved Warne on hand now. SEED Lancaster Bank Loses in Court Judge Towrisend Refuses to i Grant Injunction Against County Treasurer Columbia. Deo. 31. ? Judge Townsend yesterday issued an or der refusing to grant an injunction against T. L. Hilton, treasurer of Lancaster county, from withdraw ing over $'30,000 of county funds from the First National Dank of j Lancaster, of which bank Charles D. Jones is president, j An effort to enjoin Mr. Hilton from withdrawing the funds from : the First National bank and plac ing them in another bank was made j here Thursday afternoon before j Judge Townsend, but the order is I sued yesterday refuses the injunc j tion petition and rescinds the re ! straining order issued by Judge \ Townsend some days ago. j The First National bank at tempted to prevent the withdrawal of the funds -under the provisions of a legislative act of 1914 and the j Lancaster county supply bills for < several years, which provided that j the treasurer should keep the ? county funds in the various banks ! of the county in proportion to the j capital stock of the banks. Judge ! Townsend says that the acts declare j that the county should deposit its ! money in the banks offering the j most accommodations and if all j the banks offer to loan the county money at the same rate of inter j est. the funds should be deposited I according to the capital stock of the banks. In concluding his order. Judge Townsend uses the following lan guage: "In the absence of an agreement fixing the time the re I lation between the county treas | urer and the bank as depositor and depositary is to continue, it is ter i minable at the will of the parties; Ij and it is the duty of the deposi | tary to pay over the money on the lawful order of the county treasur ; er for county purposes or change ' of investment at the direction of i the county authorities. A failure j of the depositary to perform this I duty could not be justified by the j failure of the county treasurer to maintain the deposit required by j the statute. j "For these reasons, the applica t tion for a temporary injunction is :refused; and the restraining order j heretofore made by me in this ac I tion is rescinded, vacated and set ? aside." I j Final Drive By ! Tobacco Growers ? j Large Company Sends Word It Will Deal With Association I Florence, Dec. 20.?Official an i nounoement was received here to | day by T. D. Young, secretary of 'the South Carolina Tobacco Asso ciation, from the Leggett & My er's Tobacco Company that they will deal with 'obacco growers cooperative marketing associations, j Receipt of this information re ! moves the last doubt of the stand | ing and strength of the trl-statc association embracing bright to bacco growers of Virginia, North ! Carolina and South Carolina. It is the final contribution to the suc cess of the campaign ending Sat urday night to sign up South Car olina planters,. Mr. Young said. "With just tomorrow and Satur day left to win or lose cooperative marketing of tobacco in South Car ! olina by the growers one thou I sand men are working day and I night throughout the belt. These i men are planters, who have con i tracted their tobacco. Special j workers from Virginia and North j Carolina extension service, agents. I business men and other contracts J are being signed by the hundred. Mr. Young stated tonight. On the I basis of general reports to head i quarters. The Tri-St?te Association is go | ing over in South Carolina, hcad l ouarters predicts confidently. The j only question is how big it is go ing over. The big contracts have i been landed almost 100 per cent. The contracts now are averaging I less than 100.000 pounds each, j ",.000.000 pounds of these must be had in the last three days of this I week to win. In meetings today in Aynor and i Loris. Horry county signed up j 500.000 pounds: Lake City prom ises to forward 1.000.runt pounds to headquarters tomorrow. Mr. Young urges the immediate 'forwarding of every contract for i checking. The probable sign up at i present is estimated at above 24. i 000.(K>0 pounds, as 3,000,000 mus! ! be had Friday and Saturday to .'make the minimum quota of the State. These two days offer the ? greatest challenge of the campaign, Mr. Young stated tonight. Th?* ita.sk to be acomplished within j them is the hardest of the entire eft ort. The Lid Clamped On New York Prohibition Officers Determ ine to Have Dry New Year New Vork. Dec. 31.?Ralph A. Day, state prohibition director, to day Issued final instructions tor making the New Year's holiday most rigidly dry. Economic Confer ence of Bankers Paris. Dee. :)!.? The economic conference of alli<-<I bankers, and manufacturing interests, is con sidering measures for reestablish ing international credit of Europe and has agreed upon (he draft of dm project for an international cosortium which will be submitted to the allied supreme council. Navies Reduced To the Limit __ _ Washington Conference Has; Done All That is Possible to Cut Naval Forces Washington. Dee. ?,o (By the As-1 j sociated Press).?The arms eon- j j ference has virtually reached the ! end of its effort to put a curb on naval armaments To the capital ship settlement was added today an agreement for limitation of fu ture tonnage in airplane carriers, i and then the naval committee ad- | journed indefinitely leaving defer- j mination of various problems of de- ; tail to a subcommittee of experts. ' Some sort of declaration with re gard to use of the submarine and an agreement not to construct any auxiliary vessels hereafter with a j tonnage of more than 10.000 are Expected also to be added 10 the) accomplishments of the confer-j enco before final curtain is rung down. A five power treaty embody- ? Ing all the points on which there is agreement now is in process ofN drafting. There are growing indications.! too, that the four power treaty to preserve peace in the Pacific, which ? already has been signed, will be i in some way further clarified be fore the conference quits. *-The American delegation is understood j to have withdrawn any objection j to the Japanese proposal that the! treaty's scope be defined as not in - i eluding the major Japanese islands, and the plan for an exchange of J the treaty text is expected to take! definite form within a few days. The Japanese request for a clari- ; ft cat ion of the treaty's terms is said \ to have been based largely on the j development of a difference in view j on the subject between President Harding and the American delega- ' lion. This difference has been a', topic of such widespread specula- i tion in conference circles that the 'president took occasion today to characterize as "silly" published reports that Secretary Hughes was considering resignation from the cabinet as a result of differences ! arising between him and the White | House during the arms negotia tions. What is to be done about the Far Eastern problems now becomes the4 big unanswered question of the' conference. Japan and China are j deadlocked in their efforts at a sep- j arate. settlement *vC the Shantung controversy and as a consequence all the other Far Eastern discus- | sions are at a standstill. It was indicated tonight that a meeting of the Far Eastern com mitte?? would be held next week at which China would attempt to Transfer j the Shantung negotiations into tho full conference. Meantime senate discussion ofj the accomplishments of the confer- j j once are continuing even though' J the senate is not In session* i Today's contribution to the agree- j jment came front Senator Edge (l"ve-; j publican) of New Jersey, who de , clared in a public statement that the Washington negotiations had j laid the foundation for great pro gress toward peace and good will, j These are the "loose ends" of the; 'naval limitation program remain-! ing to be gathered up now that the j principal issues of the negotiations are out of the way: 1. The naval experts have yet :<.? I work out detailed agreements un j der the capital ship settlement for j establishment of a standard ton-1 j nage system of measurements for j j the replacement building that has; [been agreed to: for methods ofj J scrapping; for determining the re-j lationship of merchant fleets to i ! war fleets m war time; und for: j prevention of warship construe- ] ! tion in any place or manner that! I would violate the naval holiday, j 2. France still has to formally I ?accept the 1.0,000 tons limit agreed j to by the other powers for indi vidual warships of thy auxiliary! ? classes. j 3. The first Root resolution reaf I firming existng international law ! principles for regulation of subma j rine warfare is to be put into final j phraseology and formally adopted. J 4. The second and third Hoot j resolutions prohibiting use of sub I marines aginast merchant vessels and making illegitimate underwa ter warfare an act of piracy are yet I to be accepted or rejected by ? ? France, Italy and Japan. .". The complete capital ship j agreement, the agreement <>n air-j j plane carriers, the auxiliary craft limitation and the resolutions final-! i iy accepted regarding submarines [are to be put into a five power treaty unl formally signed. DECREASE OF TWO IN 1921 LYNCHINGS j New York. Dec. ::l.?Sixty-three persons were lynched this year against sixty-five in 11? i! i. s:iid the Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in a statement. _? m ?,_ LEPROSY IN NEW YORK CITY Xew York. Dec. !.? Eighty or ninety cases of leprosy are known I to exist in this city. City Health Commissioner Copeland told a meeting of physicians. ? -o ?? - ANTI-BOOZE CRU SADE IN CHICAGO Chicago. Dee. :i1.?The police] and prohibition Torres are prepar ed to give Chicago dry .\'e\v Yeai' Eve. Flask carriers have been warned that they will be arrested. - OPEN MUTINY IN BRITISH INDIA Alvmedahad. British India. Dec i. ? Ha/art * I uha r'j i. president <>; the All-India Moslem League, Open ing its annual session, pteaded thai i In- republic be declared January i. with guerilla warfare it' neces sary. Apologizing For Debs- Pardon Attorney General Daugherty at Much Pains to Explain Release of War Time Traitor Washington, Dec 30.? Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist leader, was granted his freedom from Atlanta federal penitentiary on Christmas hay by President Harding solely is an "act of grace," his violation of the war laws remain unforgiven by the government. This was dis closed tonight by Attorney Gener al Daugherty, who made public the text of his recommendations to tin* president in the Debs case. "It. will he observed." Mr. Daugherty said, "that a pardon was not granted Debs, hut that his sentence was commuted. The action of the president in no w ise condones the offense and the relief' was soh-ly ah act of grace. The! gratitude of Debs will be measured ! by his conduct in the future." The administration's theory of] action in the Debs case, according; to Mr. Daugherty, Is to be consid ered as the government policy in i relation to others imprisoned tor vi- ; olation of the war laws, of which classes of offenders "probably no I better case could be selected," he ' declared, than that of Debs. "Regarding this class of so-call ed 'political prisoners' as they are termed by those who are demand- '. ing their release," Mr. Daugherty j said, "there is no real reason whyi they should be treated any differ-; ently than any other person who '? violates the law aside from the] fact that many of them, as well axi their friends und associates on the outside, actually believe :md are sincere in rheir belief that they] have violated no just law and were j strictly within their constitutional"! right in their public utterances i which have been found to be in violation of the espionage act. Of ] course there are others among, them who were and are actively, conscientiously disloyal to our gov ernment and who contemplate and intend lo disrupt and overthrow! our present form of government ' whenever opportunity presents it self and are working to that end. ? As for them nothing need be said. They are past reason and the only argument they can understand Is the heavy arm of the law. They, have been justly and wisely con victed and must suffer the penalty of their m.'sdeeds. In : eaohing his dec;.-ion regard ing Debs, the attorney general re- : viewed the histoiy of rue case,! quoting copiously from the speecht delivered by Debs before the So-j cialist convention at Canton, Ohio. | rn 19ix. pointing out that the con-i stitutionality of Debs' conviction: was upheld by the supreme court j and asserting that this was the sec-; ond time Debs had "set up his theories ot government against the! government itself," referring to the! socalled Pullman strike in jlSOl. Discussing the question of Debs* j health, Mr. Daugherty declared; that he appealed to be 'physically! strong, hut as a matter of fact was! not and "he is not a normal man ; mentally on this particular subject." ; Considering Debs' age of GG years, : the attorney general asserted that the percentage of his life appro- ; priated to the ten year sentence was' excessive. - Florence Roller Mills Burned i Florence, Dec. 30.?The Flor- | once roller mills, owned by Captain ' Oillespie and E. S Olliver jointly,'! were burned here today. The plant was valued at $15,000 and in sured for $10,0^0. While other, buildings in the vicinity were en dangered the go <d w ork of the tire department '.-resented any further destruction. A quantity of casked flour was burned in the building, j Another fire of considerable pro- I portions oceuiTed yesterday when ! the machine shops and carriage! works of L. Tyler were destroy- ! ed. Mr. Tyler carried $f,500 insur ance ;>ut his loss will be heavy.; Several stores (dose to the burning works were slightly damaged by | fire and water. - Pittsburgh Ope rators Meet Cleveland: Dec. 31.?The Pitts burgh Coal Vein Operators' Asso ciation began its annual session! today. They will consider wheth-] er they will renew the general j wage agreement with the LTnited i Mine Workers of America. Baif our Wilf Leave Washington I Washington, Dec. 31.?Arthur J. I'alfour. head of the British] delegation, has definitely decided! to sail for borne on January I4th,l leaving Sir A ink land Oeddes, the! ambassador here, to wind up any. unfinished conference matters. -? ?? + Mexicans Start Killing Again Mexico City. Dec. 31.*?Eleven j persons were injured in a. fight hear I he chamber of deputies in con n-ectioh with yesterday-h election ol perma nent commission id legis-i late during the congressional re cess; ?-<>???? NEW PEACE SILVER DOLLAR READY Washington, Dec. 31.?The now j silver1 peace dollai will bo ready for distribution Tuesday, it was raid :it i he i reas.ury. -o- - CAMPAIGN FOR CORRECT HISTORY Washington. Dec 31. ? The American his Ty commission of the Knights of" i olumbus met here to-j plan a campaign for a correct! rendering of the nations history. Shall the Water Works Land Be Leased? bounty Fair Officials Appeal to Citizens of Sumtcr to Consider Matter Care fully Two petitions are being circu lated in iho matter of the propos ed lease of the city water works land for county fair purposes. The first petition against the lease of [he iand on the grounds that oc cupation of the land by a county fair will contaminate the water supply has been numerously sign ed, but the second petition in fa cer of this lease is also receiving srcneror.s support. The Sumter County Fair Association officials rlo not believe for a moment that there is any danger of contaminat ing the water supply with a coun ty fair or they would noi ask for this laud for that purpose. They feel that their opinion is worth as much as that of any other aver age layman and they have secured the opinion of competent sanitary experts that a county fair will not contaminate the wafer because ev ery precaution known to sanitary science will be taken. Then-fore the county fair offi cials ask that their petition be sign ed by the citizens and the burden of proof that a county fair is pe culiarly and particularly danger ous to public health and a men ace to the water supply be placed on those who oppose the lease of these lands for county fair pur poses. Conceding absolutely the honesty of purpose of those who oppose leasing these lands for coun ty fair purposes for the reasons al leged by these opponents of the lease, the county fair officials re spectfully submit that the county fair officials and the stockholders ef the association are just as in telligent laymen, just as loyal cit izens and as much interested in the public health and prosperity of Sumter as are those who oppose the base of the land for county fair purposes. Furthermore the county fair officials believe that they know about as much about sanitary science, purification of li quid waste by bacterial, chemical and natural methods, etc., as do any of those opposed to the lease of the land. In other words the. county fair officials do not think that there are any more, scien tific sanitary experts on the side of those opposed than there are among those who favor the use of the land for county fair purposes. Ihe county fair officials are willing to be governed by competent, ex pert, scientific authority and a>k that the citizens of Sumter be will ing to do likewise. Banks Pay Dividends Stockholders Receive Semi Anual Dividend Checks Holders of stock in various banks of the city are in receipt of tneir semi-annual stockholders' dividend ?hecks which are calculated to put e?ach stockholder in an optimistic frame of mind for the beginning of the New Year. The National Bank of Sumter paid its usual semi-annual 4 per cent dividend on its capital stock which amounted to $8,000 paid out to the stockholders of this bank. A prosperous year of business has been enjoyed by this bank under the existing conditions. Deposits of this hank are larger than the de posits on hand at this date last year ind the amount of loans and of their bills payable have been ma t-rially decreased this year as over last year's standing. The National Pank of South Caronlina has paid its stockholders the sum of $12.000, its usual 4 per cent semi-annual dividend on its capuital stock Stockholders in the First Nation al Dank received $6.000 as their G per cent semi-anual dividends. Ib>t ter business is looked for during the year of by this bank which makes an optimistic expression that everything is going to come along O. K Four per cent semi-anual divi dends was paid to stockholders on the $150.000 capital stock of the City National Hank. Tins bank is looking forward to 13L' 1' as being i better business year. The Sumter Trust company paid $4,01)0 in semi-annual dividends to its stockholders. Stockholders of the Peoples' Hank received their semi-annual dic ks totaling $4,000. The deposits on hand at the present date in this bank are high er than the deposits of last year and this batik also reports a de crease in total loans and in their bills payable for this year. This bank is holding an optimistic out look for the business of the com ing year. The total amount of dividends paid by these batiks reaches the $ 10.000 mark. With this amount of money in circulation and with like sum of $40.000 paid out by the banks in the for: of Christmas saving fund checks, approximately $80,000 has been put into circu lation in this immediate com munity during the month of !)?? e, mber. -? o - GREATEST SHIP TO BE REPAIRED New York. D? e. :P' - Bids were opened today for reconditioning tin- giant steamer Leviathan. America's greatest war prize, which has been tied up :i! Uobokeh for over two years. 111STO RICA I, * ASSOCIA - TION CONVENTION St. Lou:-. Pee. 3?>.?The tlilrty sixth convention of the American Historical Association will close to night after discussions on the eco nomic history of the Mississippi Valley und other subjects. Bandits Kill Two; j Fail to Rob Bank I Start Shooting on Entering Bank?After Payroll of $7,000 - Pearl River, N. Y.. Dor. 20.? j Pour armed b:\r.dits today swooped I down in: Pearl River, failed in an I attempt to rob the First National : Bank, and fled in their automo- ' : bile after slaying two men and , i probably mortally wounding anoth- i jer. One- robber, wounded by one of Ithe victims, left a slight trail of j j blood hi the snow, but this was lost i \ when he entered the machine. To- j night the town fire department in ?their trucks, citizens in private ma- | chines, and the police were scour-' ? ing the countryside. : Just what occurred was told the district attorney by Otto Miller, a! ; railroad flagman who was confer ring in an inner office with James ' }'. Mo..:?<-, assistant cashier, when ? : the robbers appeared, and who to | night lay critically wounded in a j : hospital. Only one ether person : ; was in the bank at tin- tint'- -Seig : fried Butz. a clerk. who. with I : Moore, was slain. Attracted to the bank by the ! ; prospect of obtaining a $7,000 pay roll for the Dexter Folder Company plant across the street, the robbers without any preliminaries began i shooting. I Butz was the first to fall. When j i Moore and Miller appeared from! i the inner office, the rain of bullets I continued, with Moore returning; the tire and wounding one of the bandits. The shooting was heard by girls S in off:c.-s over the bank and it was j believed that the shuffling of their j j :'? et caused the bandits to tlee ' through the window. Investigation showed the robbers | I had obtained nothing. The pay roll ? had been taken to the factory be j fore their arrival and the inner 'doors of the vaults were locked. ' - Christian Scien tists Dispute - - Directors of First Church Or I der Removal of Trustees of Publication Society \ Boston. Dec. CO.?The board of j directors of the First Church of ; Christ (Scientists) today annour.c ; ed the removal of the board of ; trustees of the Christian Science ! Publishing Society. The trustees ! insisted that they are still in office, I contending that their offer of res i ignation to the supreme court I gave it sole jurisdiction. I BRITISH AND FRENCH FINANCIERS MEET I Paris. Dec. 3o.?The meeting of ; British and French financiers and j business men here to grapple with i the European economic situation is I regarded in French circles as one of the mcst important experiments j in the effort to restore a peace ba j sis. I AUXILIARY NAVAL CRAFT PROGRAM Washington, Dec. 30. ? The American proposal for limitation ? of auxiliary naval craft displace | ment to ten thousand tons maxi j mum. understood virtually agreed I upon by conference of naval com I mit tee. Plsgah News and Views. i Pisgah, Dec. "7.?Christmas day I passed off very quietly here with ! not a sound to disturb the stillness ! of the day. It was Sunday indeed, j Monday the colored people had some horse racing and other amuse ! mcnts and were as happy as larks, j The white people looked as if they ! had come front a funeral. Mrs. Madge Livingston and hus ; band from North are spending the j .holidays with her parents, Mr. and : Mrs. T. M. Rogers. The grip is here. It has had the writer for sometime, also others. Otherwise ' the health of this section is good. ? The election passed off very quietly ! here. No one was disappointed, i Mr. Moise has a long list of eminent men to follow, who were devoted I to their county and state and made ' good in their work. So has Brit toti good men to follow. John hi. McElveen beat all the candidates. He got the entire vote of his home box and any man whose life is such as to bo approved by his neighbors and friends without prejudice to any one. as the people of Shiloh did for him, shows that there is good in him, and John is a good fellow anyway, and has lots o! friends outside of Shiloh. Miss Bessie Hatfield of Cassati got married recently to a Mr. Hor ton. She was raised, here ami has many friends and relatives who wish for her a lite of long happi ness. Mr. G. W. Elm ort? who was oper ated on at the Baptist hospital quite recently is home and improving rapidly. Pisgah Sunday school ha ! a Christmas tree and other it fr osting exercises last Friday afi u noon. Many of the you tig la <>s said very interesting pieces an the smaller children recited ma \ lit tle pieces appropriate for t i< oc casion. While all did nicely . id a credit to themselves "Tne ! tr of the East" song by Miss Ber Hat field w;;s very fine ami im .sive. Music was furnished by . W. II Shirer. K. C. Boss and i. nuel Baker. After the exereis- vere over the presouis were dis. ited from the fine holly tree and e big and little teas, grown folks a d all got reminders that Christmas had com.- again. Thus passed away a very pie- ant and enjoyable after noon. M..ch credit is due Mr. D. ? I la l field for his untiring efforts in making the occasion a success and he succeeded admirably. No Compromise in Dail Eireann^ Will Take Months For New Constitution to Be Put In-> to Working Order Dublin. Dec. 29.?Although no compromise between the opponents and advocates of the Anglo-Irish treaty in the Dail Eireann has yet* been attained, future plans design ed to avoid wrecking the agree ment are being considered. It is generally recognized now. that Eamon De Valera was right in stating that the Dail has no power to ratify the treaty. The treaty itself prescribes the mode of ratification to be by the members elected to sit in the headquarters of South Ireland, which was con stituted under the same rule act as* 1020, but which actually never m^t and which, except for the pur pose of ratifying the treaty, prob ably never will meet. Its mern-^ bcrship is nearly, but not quite, the same as that of the Dail. The Dail includes some mem bers from Northern Ireland and excludes four elected to the south ern parliament. A provisional government would be formed under the treaty, and the Dail Eireann could act as check on its functions. It will take many months for the new Irisjft constitution to be put into working order; in the meantime it is hoped the differences between the Sinn Fein leaders might be adjusted-. There is, however, a possibility that Mr. De Valera, and others may, as De Valera has said, regard the new provisional government as an usurpation and campaign against : it. Some of Mr. De Valera's mo-i ; influential and valued friends out ! side the. Dail have seen him and ; urged the desirability of accepting 1 the treaty. They are said *o have ? come away convinced that on the I ground of principle he is entire ; ly uncompromising and will fight j the matter out, whatever the con j sequences. Enforcing the j Game Law j Chief Game Warden RicharcL son Issues Statement j Columbia, Dec. 2$.?The follow i ing statement from Chief Game Warden Richardson will no doubt be of interest to readers, and es pecially so to those who hunt. The state game department has already this season convicted four i hundred and sixty-two people for j violating the game and fish laws. A large percentage of these con victions grew out of cases where people attempted to hunt without hunting licenses, especially during the holidays. Each and every county game warden has been or dered to be on the alert and to thoroughly cover his county dun> ing the holdiays and to demand of every hunter to show that he has the proper kind of license. Also, a good many special deputies are j covering different sections of the ; state with positive instructions to I See that every person hunting has j the proper kind of license and that j the game and fish laws are obeyed. In order that those who wish to* hunt may understand exactly what is necessary for them to have in the way of licenses, he states that: i All non-residents of South Caro-H j lina, regardless of whether they j own land in this state or not, are j required to procure what is ; known as a non-resident hunting ! license, the cost of which is $15.23. \ A non-resident holding such license I is entitled to hunt in any county t in the state. ^ j A bona fide resident of any coun | ty wishing to hunt in the county j in which he lives, is required to procure what is known as a county hunting license, the cost of which' I is $1.10. A county hunting license is only saleable to a resident of the county, and a resident oi one coun ty cannot go into another county j and buy a county license. A bona fide resident of South j Carolina wishing to hunt outside j of the county in which he lives is j required to procure what is known as a state hunting license, the cost j of which is $3.10. A state hunting4 i license entitles the holder thereof ! to hunt in any county in the state. Licenses can be obtained from the county game wardens, or any of their agents, said agents being located in practically every town in each county. The penalty for violation of the resident license law is $25.00, and .the penalty for violation of the* non-resident license law could be as much as $500.00. AH persons who expect to do any hunting are warned that it will be" well for them to procure the pro per kind of license. A. A. RICHARDSON. Chief Game Warden. SPECIAL ELECTION IN VIRGINIA Staunt on, Va.. Dec. 30.?C.ov. Davis has called a speciai election* for March 21st to choose a suc cessor to the late Representative H. D. Flood. AMERICAN RELIEF TO GET RUSSIAN GOLD _ * London. Dec. 30.?Walter Ly man Krown and Leonid Krassin have signed an agreement whereby Soviets will give American Relief* Administration 'en million dollars gold. SARRANT SAYS FRANCE HELD IN SUSPICION. Washington, Dec. 30. ? Albert Sarraut, head of the French arms delegation, told the naval eommit tee France was beginning to b** regarded with suspicion by other powers and this must stop.