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I TOWN AND ( McGregor-Boyle. r-. ?? - ? - (The State, October 13). ~~"Hiss Margaret Wella McGregor, eldest daughter of MrNand 'Mrs. Eugene C. McGregor and one of ^he popular members of the young er soeiety set of Columbia, 'was married last evening at S:30 o'clock in Trinity church to Thomas Bel ton Boyle of Sumter, the wedding being one of the outstanding so cial events of the fall in this city. "While the congregation, which fill ed the church was gathering. Lyn wood * Williamson, organist, played a beautiful program and just be fore the ceremony Robert Lafaye, tenor, sang a group of appropriate songs. The wedding marches were also played by Mr. Williamson*The picturesque old church, which of fers such an ideal setting for a bridal tableau, was decorated with exceptionally lovely effect. The en tire chancel was banked high with immense palms; big bunches -of white bride roses filled *the altar vases and marked the reserved p'ews. and wild Smilax draped the galleries against a background of -white and the columns in the body Of the church. A charmingly pretty group of young girls were the bride and her ma^ds, all wearing <juaint little close fitting bodices and bouffant skirts and carrying great bouquets of, roses to match their own fresh beauty. '?? ? . The winsome little bride was in ? ?oft White crepe satin with wired skirt, a court strain, sleeves and a touch at the low cut neck of Venice lace embroidered'in whole pearls. Designs of - the embroidery in pearls gave a dainty nnish to the gown and- the filmy wedding veil was fastened to the coiffure with a band of orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of bride rosebuds showered,: with lilies of the valley. She entered with her father. J>y wfcom she was given in marriage. .'.-The'maid-of honor. Miss Daisy McGregor, sister of the bride, wore a- girlish gown .of cr^am lace with ?yer draperies of orchid georgette and carried a shower bouquet of butierfiy rosebuds of pale salmon tint. ' Tf>e bridesmaids, Jdisses -Xeel Reynolds of Greenwood. Elizabeth Heath, Gulie. Melton. Leite Elliott, Mary Grier of Greenwood, Adele Weston, Marie Matthews and. Isa bel Wells were dressed alike as to style and fabric of their gowns and were in pairs as to. color. -Their quaint frocks were of satin and were trimmed in clusters of flat gold grapes, two being in orchid, two - in. turquoise blue, two in apricot and two in gold. They ali carried bouquets of vivid pink C.o Jhmbia roses.. The bride's little sis ter, Celina McGregor, wearing a dainty -frock of white georgette, and her little cousin, Morrell Wells, in smart white suit, drew the broad white satin ribbons up the aisle, and another attractive child in the . wedding party was the bride's little ? cousin, Margaret Huntley of Che \ raw, . who, dressed in filmy white 3 georgette, carried one long stem *;med bride rose, in the heart of \ which was hidden the wedding \ ring: Mr. Boyle was attended" b?? his brother, Barnes Boyle, of Sumter as best man and the groomsmen were: Edward Tatuiu of McColL Carlisle Stuckey of Columbia. . Bichard Singleton of Columbia. ? George Carlisle of Spartanburg. Gray Moore of Greenwood, O. B. ^Simxoons^ of Laurehs.' George Ba cker Wells- of. Columbia and Roland .?Boyle of Sumter, another brother r^bf the bridegroom. The Columbia ^men of this group, together with Henry Fair. Jr., and-James. Mac donald, Jr., served as ushers. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, D. d!, -rector of Trinity, and the benedic ? tfon was pronounced by the Rt. Rev. Kirkman G. Finlay, bishop of the Diocese o* Upper South Car . olina. - A small reception followed at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. McGregor on Pickens street, the whole lower . floor and 'living porch being thrown open and the presents. ,a large and brilliant collection, being on dis play in one of the rooms on <he second floor. - The house was beautifully deco 'rated throughout, masses of white cosmos, feathery asparagus and glowing white candles being used tn' the drawing room and the din ing room*, borders of ferns and long leaf pine in the porch where two punch bowls were placed, and shaded pink cosmos, pink roses ami pink candles in the reception and living room. Wild smilax draped the walls everywhere and garlanded the hall stairway. The guests were greeted*in the hall by Miss Agnes McMaster, Mrs. Christie Benet. Mrs. Bruce Edgerton and Miss Louly Shand and were shown into the drawing room where, receiving with the bridal party, were the bride's par ents, the bridegroom's sister. Miss Boyle of Sumter. the bride's grand mother, Mrs. L. B. McGregor, hei aunt. Mrs. William Ballenger of Greer. and her cousins. Mrs. John G. Ehrlich and Miss Helen McMas ter. Mrs. McGregor wore a hand some gown of black velvet com bined with silver cloth, and a cor sage bouquet of red roses, and an other beautiful gown in the group was the deep apricot satin creation worn by Miss Boyle, her flowers being a corsage of sunset roses. Across in the living room Mrs David G. Ellison. Mrs. Fred G. Swaffield. Mrs. Robert Moorman. Mrs. William A. Boyd. Mrs. Alfred B. Owings and Mrs. Frank T. Par .ker received and upstairs in the present room Miss Hudson. Mrs. John Bo)!:n. Mrs. James H. Mc-B Into^h. Mrs. William-J. Taylor and Mrs. William Hatcher Jones pre sided. Receding on the porch were Mrs. George MoCutchen, . Mrs. Hall Crawford. Mrs. \\: H. MoDpwell. Mrs. George, T^afaye .and, Mrs. Frank Ehrlich and ^ervim? at the two punch bowls were the follow ing girls, friends of the bride: Misses Mary Winjsrfield, [Catherine :O?NTY NEWS * and Janie Shannon. Mary Boykin Hey ward. Nancy Grier, Dorothy Allen and Augusta Rembert. The bride's register was in charge of Mrs. Robert Moorman, 'Jr., and Mrs. Milton Jeffords. In the dining room Mrs. Duncan Clinch Heyward. Mrs. J. M. Can : tey, Mrs. Huntley of Cheraw, Miss ! M. E. Joyner and Mrs. William P. I Prioleau presided and the follow ing young girls served: Misses j Elizabeth Cantey, Katharine Clark, [ Margaret Gibbes, Margaret Wells ! and Polly Moore. i The bride's table had in the cen } ter the beautiful wedding cake, t iced in valley lillies and topped with a French doll bride, and the table candles, in four tall silver candlesticks, burned beneath misty white tulle shades fringed with valley lillies. At each corner was j a silver basket of bride roses tied I with a bow of white tulle drawn j down in streamers from the chan I dielier above which wa3 trimmed j in tulle, asparagus fern and valley I lilies. Ices and sweets in white j and green were served and for the members of the bridal party there were little individual cakes ex quisitely iced in, valley lilies and containing favors from the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle left last night for a wedding trip, the bride wear ing a braided dress of midnight blue poiret with a touch of ..taupe, a stone marten choker and a- smart i brown duvetyn hat banded with j narrow -gold ribbon. She carried j a handsome coat of brown panve * laine with brown fox collar, j Upon their return they will go to j live in Sumter. The bride; who was born and reared in Columbia, is a graduate of the Columbia high school and received her higher education at Converse college and the University of South Carolina. Her piquant beauty and girlish charm have en deared her to a wide group of friends in and beyond her own set. and cordial regret will be felt that she is to move away' from ,Co lumbia. ? / Mr. Boyle is a: graduate of Wof ford college and is- a prominent young man of affairs in Sumter. Among the outoftown guests'at the wedding were: E. M. Wells of Darlington. and son, Edward, Mrs. Joseph Johnson of Spartanburg, Mrs. William Ballenger and daugh ter,-Margaret, -of Greer, Mr. and Mrs, Graeme McGregor of Ander son, Miss Emma Boyle of Sumter, Mr. and Mrs. Latham Roddy of Sumter and children. Caroline and f Belton, Edwin and Walter Boyle of Sumter, Miss Eloise Martin of Con verse college, Mrs. P. B. Hunt of Cheraw and W. B. Boyle of Gree leyville. ? ? m> ?+> Report of Carnegie Public Library for September. i New members in September.. -19 Previously reported...2054 Total..._._ ..._2073 jNo. books lent in September. 135 S j Previously reorted_ __ ..59,564 Total.? ..60,922 No. periodicals lent in Sep tember 7S Fines, rental fees, and rural membership_$31112 Jessielyn Smiths Librarian ? ? ? > Attention Confederate Veterans. All members of Dick Anderson I Camp No. 334, U. C. V? who de ? ske to attend the State Fair at Co i hxnbia, S. C.. week after next will ' please call on the undersigned at i his office, and secure a badge, f Tour names have already been sent to General Clark in Columbia. Thos. E. Richardson. Judge of Probate, Sumtef. Notice American Legion. Members of the American Le ; gion who expect to attend the re union in New Orleans may obtain j certificates that will entitle them j to the special railroad rates from ! either Geo. D. Levy or Zach Darr. - * ? * - Olemson-P. C. Football Game. 1 I Clemson College. Oct. 15.? j Clemson battled Presbyterian Col ; lege to what might have been a {scoreless tie. but for the astound j ingr success of Clemson's aerial at i tack. The game was 0 to 0 until ? the last 5 minutes of play when j a forward pass T?rnipseed to Wray I netted 18 yards. Another pass net ? ted eight yard. Another to Zieg 1 ler netted 10 yards, when the fourth pass was thrown, the bail was 41 yards from the |?oaI. but ? nothing daunted. Pat Marmon ' grabbed it and raced 25 yards for j the first touchdown. The second touchdown came when Webb in tercepted a P. C. pass and ran 25 yard?; to the goal line. The gum> fended 13 to 0 in favor of Clemson. j.Zeigler and Lightsey starred for ! Clemson. while Pierce outshone all 'others for P. C. P. C. put up 'the pluckiest game seen here this I year, and deserves great credit. ! Clemson's next game is with Carolina at the State Fair. Mrs. J. I. P'elder, Miss Felder ;and Mrs. Tozier were visitors here \ Friday. i Danny Kirven. Charlton Walsh, Frank Kolh and Henry McLaurin ?came over for the game. ? ? + ; There was only one robbery re i ported circus day. Late in the af ! ternoon a negro woman reported : to the police that she had been xwindl<-d out of more than a hun dred dollars by two negro <-onlb deuce men who worked the pock let book gam?? on her. The swindl i ers Ttuide her believe that they : had found a pocketbook containing I $2,000 and she gave them all the I money she had for a third interest in it. They went to get the money ?rbantred and never came hack, al though shf waited several hours. Many n dumb-tWl has tilled. Fall Style Show A Big Success Crowded House Last Night Witnesses Entertainment Given by Merchants and American Legion TVhen the curtain at the Acad emy of Music last night rose for the first act of the styie show prac tically every seat was filled by an expectant audience who waited with interest to see what Sumter could give in the way of a style show. And when this same audience filed out of the theatre after the per formance it was the universal (opinion of practically'all that the show went over big and the enter tainment was^n every way a suc cess. Although the performance dragged a little at times the pauses were filled in .with good music by the Columbia band and were hardly'noticeable. As a whole the performers did wonderfully well in the short time. they have had to rehearse for the event and conducted- themselves with -ease, grace and stage presence during all the. scenes. The variety and beauty of the costumes was a revelation to many people present and show ed conclusively 'that Sumter stores have ample stocks and the most exquisite gowns to satisfy every whim and taste. After an address by Mr. Ham mond Bowmap. in which he outlin ed the cause and plans of the American Legion and the Sumter Post in particular, the entertain ihent Opened with .a revue of street dresses, coats and coat suits stag ed by the Sumter Dry Goods Co., .associated with Stubbs Bros, and the Smith Itlllinery Company, this scene being a reproduction of the Paris' Salon. This display was only a nappetizer of what was to follow. Excellent taste was dis played in the quiet elegance and perfect . harmony between the wearer and garments worn, es pecially the'superb showing of furs and fur coats display in this set ting. One of the* most attractive settings of the evening, however, was the arranging, of an assem bledgeof guests, ladies and gentle men in full dress. We will not attempt to be par tial in describing this magnificent scene. The costumes displayed were reproductions of the best "Paris designs and were charmingly displayed by the following ladies: Mrs. Lynani in a becoming lace costume of sunset red metallic lace. Mrs. W. D. Boykin in an equally attractive creation of ma rine blue duvetyn. handXembroid ! ered. 4$ } Mrs. J. Z. Hearon featured a J handsome black lace costume worn jover silver cloth and presided at (the piano. j Miss Grace Reynolds showed off i perfectly a French blue georgette j model with black chiffon draping, j Miss Lillie Bell Lemmon in her dancing dress of pink changeable taffeta was charming. Miss Lois Kirkpatrick and Miss Estelle Palmec'wore gorgeous cos tumes of periwinkle and nile metal clpth respectively. .Miss Clare Parrott's costume of turquoise chiffjon taffeta hand em broidered in pearls was one of'the favorites among the critical au'd 'ience. . Miss Vernielle Pitts' junior dress of Nile two-tone chiffon was an other popular number. Miss .Genie Smith's black duve tyn costume with cut steel decora tions was an elegent creation. It was during part two of this act that Mrs. W. B. Lynam rend ered a vocal solo which was warm ly applauded. The future models, little Misses Janie Bla'nd, Annie Osteen, Maysie Clark and Elizabeth Parrott were in attendance during this first part and added to the picture. The gentlemen acting as models for Stubbs Bros, and displaying the season's latest in smart clothes for fall and winter were Messrs. Mack Brower, David Doar, H. L. McCoy. Chas. Pierce. Major Shelly, W. G. j Stubbs, E. W. Reynolds. Jr., Fink jlehor suits and overcoats, Michaels j Stern evening clothes and Stetson f hats. During this act little Miss Lelia j Brennan danced most gracefully to !the pleasure of all present. This {little dancer displays extraordinary I talent for her age. Act two opened with a street j promenade by the Ladies' Shop land the D. J. Chandler Clothing Co., showing the newest in street dresses, tourist and sport clothes. The last part of this act was par ticularly effective, when a spot light was used in displaying some beautiful evening dresses as each i lady entered frrom the rear be jtween portiers and walked grace i fully down a few steps to the foot lights. Another scene of much in terest was the golfing scene. Mr. Paul Aughtry featured the newest jgolf clothe** for men and Miss [Xash displayed the new knicker : suit for ladies which is most pop ular now. In the college scene ; several charming young ladies dis : played Betty Wales models and jthe y^jmg men the popular sport j suits inTWeeds. Miss Dorita Moise dressed in a going away costume jof platinum grey with silver tip land fur collar and Mr. D. Boykin i in a smart grey tweed suit repre senting bride and groom made a I pretty picture and carried out j their parts most gracefully, j The last scene showed afternoon j dresses beautifully displayed on j graceful models. Mrs. M. C. j Boykin wore a beautiful dress of ! gold lace over green' gold cloth. Miss Bess Xash a black velvet [beaded dress with fur trimmings, i Mrs. Paul Aughtry, a dress of silv-j I er cloth and squirrel coat lin?id , I with tan mauve. ? J Miss Louise Burkett in cedar c?>l I oreil chiffon velvet* a dainty gown : for younger girls. .Mrs. Leland j j Moore in a gown of hand embroid ered black lace' over gold. .Miss i Corinne Barfield of Manning. Amer ican beauty chiffon velvet. Jewell trimmed. Miss Dorita Moise in a jblue tafteta dance frock. At the | |clos?nsr of the act Mrs. John D. j j Lee accompanied by Mr. Moise rcn-! dered a vocal solo which was beau tifully sung and warmly applauded. Messrs. Paul Aughtry, W. D. Boy kin. George Bultman. Julian Levy. T. V. Lawrence and Richard Wild er as models for the D. J. Chan dler Clothing Co.. displayed new ?styles in fall and winter suits, over ; coats, evening suits, sport clothes j including the newest in gold togs for men. featuring Kuppenheimer ? and Berkley clothes, Oregon City overcoats, Stetson, Schoble and I Mallory hats. ! The third act which was com ? posed of three parts and two scenes opened with the Country Club j scene with a showing of sport and I golf cosumes featured by Schwartz j Bros, and Bryan's, Inc. Mrs. Neve. Miss Brunson, Miss Blackwell, Mr. Williams. Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Thorne composed the personnel who act ed as models. The second part with the place as Main street was an interesting display of afternoon g^wns and street costumes, the men displaying suits and over coats from Schloss Brothers. I Part three represented a recep | tion room at a fashionable hotel, [time evening during which cor j rect eve/iing clothes for men, and beautiful, evening gowns were dis I played. ! During scene two Mr. David Cuttino, Sumter's favorite, sang a clever little school days song. To make the number more effective school desks were included in the stage setting and while the- song was being sung four little boys and girls entered in street costumes and took their seats. The costumes worn by the ladies were as follows: ? Mrs. Neve, a navy suit trimmed with white caracal fur. A Paris creation. Miss Brunson. antelope roshanara crepe, "hat of brown duvetyn by Cupid. Dress by Peggy Paige. Miss Blackwell, poiret twill with gold military braid: also an im ported number by Peggy Paige, with Siberian squirrel, choker and navy velvet hat by Cupid. In act two, Mrs. Deas wore a j dress of blue lace over turquoise j satin, a large picture hat, pluck j satin slippers and a neckpiece of | Lynx. Mrs. Court wright, American 'beauty dinner dress of lace , and J satin, hat by Cupid, gold mesh bag. satin slippers ? and neckpiece ot 'Hudson seal. ! Miss Burgess, a georgette dress of brown and lace combined, fash ioned by Peggyy Paige. A large brown anO tan hat. silver; mesh bag, brown satin slippers and j neckpiece" of rich brown fur. In part three Mrs. Neve wore a brown dress of satin crepe of long, waist line with side panels-.that j touched the floor, a brown, hat otj velvet trimmed with ostrich.by-Cu- j pid. ; ! Miss Blackwell, a navy canton j dress by Peggy Paige with panels of American beauty and open I sleeves of navy, a. blue duvetyn! j hat by Cupid, gold mesh bag and \ black satin slippers. Miss Burgess, a handsome dress! of roshamara crepe, black and white combination, large bell shap ed sleeves and draped skirt,- b. hat of black velvet and ostrich; feathers to match by Cupid, with I black satin slippers and gold mesh j bag. I The gentlemen during these scenes displayed some stylish mod-! j els in men's fal! suits. The sport j {clothing was most distinctive. The] i evening suits were well modeled and made a most effective back-1 ground for the display of the beau- j tiful evening gowns. ! COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS - : Recess Taken Until Next j Friday When Bradley Case ! is Set For Trial The court of general sessions has i I taken a recess until Friday morn- J ! ing, October 20th at which time the case of the State vs. Edgar! ! Bradley, charged with murder will; jbe taken up for trial. This case j was to have been tried Thursday ? but was postponed at the request j of M. L. Smith. Esq., attorney fori ! the defense who was ill at his home I tin Camden. Judge Devore. instead ! I of continuing the case until next! j term set it for trial next Friday. This case has been on the docket I for a long time and has been heard {once, a mistrial resulting.. The docket was cleared Thursday (afternoon of all minor cases that could be heard at this time. The following cases were disposed of during the day. The State vs. Lee McLeod. Fred McLeod. Ben McLeod, Jesse Mc j Leod and Willie Griffin, violation jof the prohibition law. Not guilty, i The State vs. Robert Ardis. Jr.. land Dud Weeks, violation of the I dispensary law. Not guilty. ! The State vs. R. E. Baker, dis posing of property under lien. Tried in his absence. Guilty. Sealed sen j tencc. The alleged bootleggers had a j ! field day m court Thursday. The J |jurie3 took the view that the wit-j ? nesses for the State were unworthy of belief and all of the accused were adjudged not guilty. To stamp out the illicit manufacture and sale of liquor there must be a stronger and more militant public sentiment than now exists. Every body knows that liquor is manu factured and sold in Sumter county in large quantity, and if the juries refuse to convict on the testimony of agents employed by the officers of the law to obtain evidence, ther^ those who are voeiff-rous in de manding that 'the sheriff, rural and city police enforce the law. wih have to grin and hear th?? nuisance of the drunkenness and disorder engendered by the sale of bootleg whisk <*y. Asheville. X. C-, Oct. 10.?Ten nessee interests have resumed the fight for what they termed fair freight rates from territory be yond the Ohio river now sitting int?-rsr.ar*> commerce commission here, LLOYD GEORGE DEFENDS HIS JOLICIES Manchester, Oct. i4.?(By the Associated Press).?Premier Lloyd George dealt with me crisis which Near Eastern events have forced upon the government in a charac teristic and powerful speech in the city of his birth this afternoon. While he spoke as Liberal to Lib eral and chose a city remote from thev capitol for staging his oration, according to the long custom of British statesmen, he was not speaking primarily to Manchester, but to Great Britain and the em pire'. The prime minister's speech was evidently more carefully prepared than is usual with him. It was principally a defense of the govern ment's policy, but it was the sort of- defense Lloyd George likes, be cause it gave him plenty of oppor tunity for his favorite strategy of "offensive defense," which with him means dealing hard: blows at his critics and going into personali ties so sharp that they shook the old fashioned conventional states men. What the country awaited most curiously was information about the future; it wanted to know which of the various policies open before the prime minister?resignation, a general election or sitting tight?he plans to follow but no light was thrown upon that point; he left himself free to take whatever di rection events may indicate. He declared that no one could welcome his retirement more, than himself, but followed this with gre/t dra matic passage, "I cast myself upon the people, because I have never betrayed them/' The hall rang with approving shouts aifd he added that he would support loyally any alternative gov ernment that would work for the best interests of the nation. ? A Lloyd George speech of the sort has come to be known as his "back to the wall" is seldom a mete speech; it is generally a thrilling entertainment. Today's was no ex ception; all the atmosphere was friendly and congenial: the small audience in the dining room of the Reform club responded swift ly to every point, . Before the premier rose a small pulpitlike structure was placed on the table in front of him and on this spread a sack of notes. But once on' his feet he seldom bother ed with these, so his sentences had all the effect' of spontaniety. * ^Considerably stouter than when he took control of.the government seven years ago,' and hair: much whiter, the Welsh statesman's man net1 seems to have grown more se nous with years" of responsibility; but all the old fire was there. In the hall where Gladstone had often spoken he poured ridicule on the great commoner's eon. Lord Gladstone, who is one of the lead ers of the Liberal revolt against the coalition. Of him he said: "I know the: difficulty of any man without adequate gifts who has fo carry through life a great name. He has actually excommuni cated us from the Liberal party. Well, the papacy is not a heredi tary ?Office. What service has he rendered; Liberalism ? I . know of hone, excep? one?he is the best living embodiment of the Liberal doctrine that ability is not heredi tary." ' Some of his strongest points in defense of the government's Near Eastern dealings. were that the Turks had slaughtered since 1914 1,500,000 Armenians and 500,000 Greeks; that to give way to them npw would be to sacrifice the great er part of the victory won over Turkey in the great war* that and "Am I my ^brother's keeper" at titude has never been a doctrine of the Liberal party. The impression made on most of his audience was that the premier does not propose to have an early general election, part of the press charging that an election before the conservative party convention in November would be a political trick. The inference, which may be* wrong, was that Lloyd George Will wait to see whether that con vention commits the conservatives "to dropping the coalition, in which event he might try to return as leader of the Liberty party. He spoke throughout as a Liberal, making appeals to Liberal princi ples and traditions. From today's display of form it is safe to predict that if a general election comes, the Welsh giant, despite his seven years of over whelming labors, will be ready to carry on a whirl wind campaign. Prime Minister Lloyd George ad di*essed the greater part" of his speech to the Reform League club here today a vigorous defense of the government's Near Eastern policy. He laid stress at the out set of the need of keeping open the straits of the Dardanelles. "It is not necessary." said Lloyd George, "to point out the import ance of securing the straits against a repetition of what happened in 1914. That prolonged the war for two years and it very nearly brought upon the cause of the allies irreparable disaster. But . aside from that it is the onry road to th" fairway of the Black sea. where you've got the raw materials you need, surplus food in times of peace?in normal limes such as no other part of Europe could supply, and of the commerce of that part of the world one-third had always been in British ships. ?'Vital to you. vital to humanity* we could not have these straits Warred without giving away the biggest important prize we had Avon by our victory over Turkey in th** gr?>at war and which had cost us so much in life and treasure. "As to spreading the wnr into Europe., you [jave only g?>t to think I I I what would happen if the Turk,! ! flushed with victory, with no army j to resist him had crossed the Bos j phorus, passed into Thrace and oc ?cupied Constantinople. Do you ; think he would have stopped in j eastern Thrace? Who would have I stopped him from going into wes Itern Thrace and possibly passing jinto Salonika. You know what j that would have meant?war. And j jthe war of 1914 practically began: j in the Balkans. ? "I think it was right that be ' fore the Turkish army should have I been allowed to cross into Europe I wi?h the flush of victory, with the j blood of Smyrna on its hands, it j should have had time to cool, and that we should have guarantees 'that they would give protection for the minorities in Europe. That is 'all we did. We are pledged to shield these people. "I am told it was not our busi ness. Iam sorry to say that Liber als had been pleading that it was none of our business to interfere between the Turks and their vic jtims. What business is it of Brit Jain's?, was the Question; if the j Turk insists,leave him alone. Let ; him cross the straits: let him cross jto Constantinople-r-a free road and !a fairway to the shambles." " That was not the old Liberal policy. It was not the policy cer tainly that it is brought up in. It was not that I was taught in my j youth?that Englishmen, Scotch i men and Welchmen should every morning repeat reverently the lit any of the cynic. 'Am I my broth er's keeper?' That Great Britain should face the world with the j brand of Cain u&on her brow." Near Elastren Policy The prime minister continued his j lengthy defense of che government's INear Eastern policy by laying par | ticular stress upon the resistance j [ to the French policy toward Mus- | jtapha Kemal Pasha. I "'Suppose we had followed meek- i :ly behind France.'' he continued, i : "The Kemalist forces would "have j j been at Chanak. , The next thing i ! that would have happened would i ! have been- the crossing of the I . straits. Gallipoli was held by a [very weak Senegalese, battalion with I orders not to fire upon the'Turks. Both.sides of the straits would have been in the Kemalist nahds. "Do you think you would have j got them but ? You Would have goue j j to the peace conference and said:| j "Will you please get away from ! Chanak and Gallipoli.' And Kemal | [would have said; 'No, we will guar jantee the straits to you." i "Our critics say: 'Why didn't! [you have an understanding with! j your allies?* We did and only a j j few weeks ago we received a mes-! ! sage from the French go\'ernment | j that if the Greeks or Turks invaded*'! I the neutral zone they would* have j ! to be " resisted^ by force. W.e ac j cepted that and* thought they meant [it. How were we to believf^jthat it I was intended for only one side?' j Dealing with the recent criticism [by Lord Grey on the government's foreign policy, the premier said: j "It is not easy in the realms .of 'foreign affairs'to secure agreement j and to secure results. Lord Grey jknows that. Take 1914. His pro-* j posals were admirable. His temper j to agree with "Mr. Asquith was of j the best. But he was not the kais j er's adviser, and he had no infiu I ence over the German general ?staff. They had their own ambi jtions. They had theirN>wn ideas, j It is just possible that the language {less direct or that the language imore direct, language more em: ! phatic might have stopped it but it ] is easy to be wise after the event, j "I am not criticising. I'm only pointing out that It was the great test, most calamitous diplomatic fail ! ure the world has ever seen,, -and jthat it was due to conditions over : which Lord Grey had no control. jHe therefore ought to be charitable ? with others. - l' "Take the whole of the incidents j of that period. Lord Grey sought j to make peace in the Balkans, he {made a peace. That peace didn't ?stand the jolting of the trwn that 'carried it from London to the Bal jkans. It fell to pieces before it I reached Sofia, j "That wasn't his fault. The plan jwas good, the intentions were ex cellent, but there were factors ? which he could not control." After his lengthy defense of the I government's policies, both domes j tic and foreign. Lloyd George said ithat several times he had tried to persuade others to take the pre jmiership. He continued:* "My course is a clear one. I will support with all my might any government that devotes itself *?nd j lends its energy to the task with j single mindedness. fearlessness and (resolution, provided they do not ; embark upon measures, which would inflict permanent In juries on the country, whether j these measures be* "reactionary or I revolutionary. That does not mean j that I pledge myself to support effi jciency in any government or any party, but any government that has ; not pursued that course. I will re jsist with all my might. That is my j policy." j The prime minister closed his {speech by saying: "I place the national security and ; prosperity above the interests of [any body, and if in consequence of that position which I have taken. ;that position -which I mean to j abide by?jf jn consequence of that ! I am driven alone into the wild ; erness I shall always recall with i pride that I have been enabled with !the support of loyal colleagues in a Idark hour of this nation's history i to render it no mean service. . . . ; if this were the last day I held jthis high position I should be more I proud than ever of the fact that ! it was given me in the last days .and weeks of my premiership to in voke'the might of this great empire I to protect from indescribable hor ror, men. women and children by ithe hundred thousands who were j entrusting to the plighted word of 'France. Italy and Great Britain as their shield and defense, and ; who are thanking God at this hour that Britain; Great Britain, has i kept th^ faith." ... '.. '. ? Farmers Pledge Holding Cotton j American Cotton Association; Wants 30 1-2 Cents Pound \ ?Resolutions Adopted Columbia, Oct. 11.?The South] Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association, meetrngfrhere j this afternoon, /adopted resolutions j pledging the holding of the 1922 j cotton crop, produced at an esti-! mated cost of 24 1-2 cents, for a; price of 30 1-2 cents a pound: en-j dorsed the enactment of a bill by j congress for the formation of a j commission to study the cotton growing industry: recommended j the enactment of a federal law j providing for a comprehensive Fys- j tern of short-term agricultural j finance: asked for the amendment | of the Federal Cotton Futures act so as to secure the same rights to} the buyer as those obtained by the j seller: recommended the curtail-! ment of the acreage planted to cot- J ton to not more than eight acres to the plow, the remainder to be sown j to small grain and food and feed j crops: urged the turning under. asj soon as the cotton has been picked j of all cotton fields; requested re-1 duced freight rates on cotton; ask-! ed support of the American Cot ton Association and the South Car olina Cooperative Marketing Asso ciation; endorsed the "farm bloc*' j in the United States Senate, and j \ sanctioned the bill requiring the j j census bureau to ascertain, at the j end of each . cotton season, the amount of "tenderable" and "un I tenderable" cotton on hand in the ; world's supply. The convention was held, in the language of Dr. J. B. Johnson, of 1 Rock Hill, president of the State j Division, "to foster and care for jthe greatest asset South Carolina I has?agriculture," and the varied j business* interests ofthe state were i invited to participate. Approxi ' mately 200 men and women from I every section of the state > were i present, and Dr. Johnson took occa sion to criticize the small n?mber : of farmers present in a gathering j called for their particular benefit. Governor Harvey, described b> I President Johnson, as "the* man I who has made good," delivered the 1 address of welcome. He said that [the convention was gathered at a time when the best- thought of the state should be concerned with the problems of the . "commonwealth. i and each man; "in the parlance of the times, should spit on his hands land take a firmer grip on his'own j affairs, particularly agriculture." It is a time, he asserted, when forti [ tude and optimism should prevail, jand when pessimism's defeated [ideas should be discarded. Letters were read from President I Warren G. Harding. Josephus Dan iiels. of Raleigh, former Secretary [of the Navy' and Russell R. Wfcit > man, publisher of the New York Commercial, tendering their regrets [at their inability to accept invrta jtions to attend: but- each of them i voiced their ' full appreciation of j the cooperative spirit, of the south ' era farmer and the hope that bet ter agricultural times were "just j around the coraer." A letter -of j ' commendation also was received j J from W. B. Thompson, of New Or leans. Durmg the course of the convene \ tion a resolution offered by E: W.! Dabbs, of Mayesville, thanking j the president for his kind words,' and 4las a test as to whether he means them," requesting him to re fuse to reappoint W. P. G. Hard ing as governor of the regional re serve board, but to appoint Comp j troller of the Treasury Crissenger j iin his stead/was adopted, j President Johnson, in his speech'.! 'stressed the idea that the cotton ! of the future would be raised only j by intelligent, practical methods of culture. In his insistence on the [cooperation of the cotton farmer in jthe solution of his problems, he j claimed that the most beneficent re t suits obtained by the cotton-grow ? ing industry had been from the ? American Cotton Association, mak jing the claim that, when the asso ciation had advised the farmer to j hold for a certain price that price ] jhad always been reached. ? Under the caption, "Practical 'Methods of Boll Weevil Control." D.; I R. Coker, of Hartsville: Prof. A. F. j ! Conradi. of Clemson College and j [ A. E. Grant, of Richmond, Va.. told j of the various methods now in i vogue. I Mr. Coker told of good resuhsi i which had been obtained by a mix- ] i ture of one pound of calcium ar- J [senate with one gallon of molasses j j and a like amount of water, put in j jthe young buds before any bolls; : are punctured. This is less expen- j i sive than the method of dusting I calcium a*c=enate. and can be in- i j telligently applied by the -tenant j j farmer as effectively as the man I j trained in an agricultural college. I [It would cost about 10 cents an1 ; acre, and four acres could be work- 1 j ed in a' single day, he claimed. Pro- ! i fessor Conradi and Mr. Grant ad- j j vocated the dusting method, as it i i had been tested out and proved by J experience. J Senator Crpsson. of Batesburg, j } stated that a neighbor of his in \ \ Lexington county had obtained j good results by spraying his plants j with gerosene. ; United States Senators E. D.; i Smith and N. B. Dial were both on j the program and made addresses, j ; Senator Smith recommended the i adoption of the resolutions pre pared by the executive committee j of the association, and gave a vivid picture of the stressful time during; which the cotton farmer is living* { He said that he had been informed j by the division of entomology, de- j j partment of agriculture, that if the (planting of all cotton would cease j for twelve months that the boll ! weevil would be extinguished. said that, in his opinion, this would happen if the individual states would prohibit planting of cotton for a year, b.ut he was opposed to! federal regulation: He gave praise I to "that little body of faithful men \ which I had the honor of organ ' izing around the table in my office j (the farm bloc)" for its assist i ance in defeating the duty on ! white lead, an ingredient sroirg into Mhe make-up of calcium arsenate. THE RIGHT TO STRIKE MUST BE SURRENDERED Pennsylvania Railroad* ^Official Says That Something Must Be Done to Guarantee Rights of Public Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. IS (By the Associated Press).-?Railroad labor must surrender the right to strike if the railway Situation is to. be" stabilized and "the rights of the people to uninterrupted transpor tation service permanently sec'ar ed." Elisha J. Lee, vice president, of the Pennsylvania lines, declared in an address tonight at the annual banquet of the American Mining, congress. - v "I am not prepared to say, at the present time," Mr. Lee said, 'that we should go to the length of; ?hr solutely forbidding -railroad strikes by specific statutes. Kor would J attempt otherwise to lay dowiTany particular method by - which 'ac ceptance of this basically correct principle may be brought about. . "Lam not only sure of one thing, and that is that it must be accom plished in- some way if the/rail road labor situation is to be stabiliz-* ed." Mr. Lee described the Pennsyl vania's system of labor relations which brought it into, conflict with the railroad labor board this year. He also? quoted with approval, . a recent statement of W. G. Lee, pres ident of the Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen, saying that "this whole business of railway labor got too big for any one man or. few. men to handle. It is loaded with dynamite for the country ?s well as for ourselves and the .executives." ' 'With these observations/'' Eli sha Lee continued, *T heartily1 concur." "Railroad management has the social duty of effecting a' revival among-working forces of the spirit of -ambition, enterprise and social progress; I wish we could return to the condition which existed #n the days When every man entering: the ranks thought that he had a chance^ to become president of hi* company, and that he should work for that job, if he vhad it in hinj or at any rate for the best position which his abilities could win. "Xo greater harm has been done than has resulted from the ejttnrt* of some labor organizations^ and their leaders iattempting to create a permanent gulf between the working classes and the managing classes,* and in teaching the work er that his hope lies not in im proving himself as a producer, or in fitting himself for more re* sponsible duties, but in exacting the highest pay he can possibly obtain for the least work' he can compel his employer to accept.'*- < Mr. Lee declared one of the pub he's rights was transportation at ? reasonable cost, and that this en/V tailed on the?part of railway man?: agement resistance, against "exp*?? sive wage scales and unreasonsila working conditions." Excessive demands on the part of. labor, Mr. Lee asserted, coostfctr--' ted questions not between tabor and capital, but between railway labor and. the public. This does not mean that railroad men should be, dealt with ' parsimoniously.'* he. continued. "They should be fair ly paid, well paid. . Personally r^1 will go to the length of saying-that I am fh favcr of railroad workers being liberally paid. And the4wuri of,.labor arid working conditions should be compatible with proper rest, recreation and the enjoymeht of home life. It is only waste that I am condemning.** _% Governmental "paternalism" was identified with socialism by Ira EL Robinson, a former chief justice in West Virginia and a member of the War minerals relief commis sion, who declared he saw an ..ap palling drift in ? the direction of both-in the United States. Delegates . at the closing sessionk passed a resolution declaring that "laws should be made and ea-, forced by all the power of .the government that shall forever strip labor organizations as well as em ployers of the ability to interf*r% with the production and distribu tion of the necessities of life." SHIPLOAD OF BOOZE CAPTUBED New York. Oct. 1*.?The prpkf^ bition navy speed boat Hahn feed a shot across, the bows of the schooner Emarld Dingby today, eight miles off the entrance to -Ja maica Bay and seized the vessel with the motorboat Elsie, aboard of both which the'agjgnts claimed they found a thousand cases of whiskey. *Fen men were arrested. He claimed that when congress re assembled an effort would b*e made to establish a system of ag ricultural banking, by which tl? farmer could get not short-term loans, but loans which would ter minate on the option of tfie farmer Senator Dia! gave hearty con 1 gratulation to the American Cotton Association, the South Carolina co operative marketing associations and the American Products Import and Export Corporation for. the great work they are doing in be? half of the farmer. He made a very brief speech, in which he told ; of the benefits to be secured from an adequate cotton futures act, ade quately enforced. J. S. Wannamaker. of St. Mat thews, president of the America^ ' Cotton Association, read a letter ; from John A. Todd of Oxford University, England, in which he predicted that if there is a life? I consumption of cotton for the next six months as during the like pat* period, then the world would be j out of iaw cotton before the har ! vesting of the 19*2$ crop.