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OVER ELECTION President Says Elec tion of Democratic House This Fall Would Be a'Calam \ ity By WALLACE BASSFORD (Special News Correspondent) Washington, D. C. Oct. 16.? The president says the election of a Democratic house this fall would f be a calamity. In the judgment of the Democratic leaders of the house and senate this is correct? to a certain decree. It "would un doubtedly he a calamity to the president, to the Republican party and to the special interests which! dominate the administration fori their own gain: it would be such a calamity as. befell Taft in 1910. when the Democrats took posses sion of congress and put squarely up to Taft a splendid program of progressive legislation. They put a stop to his favors to corporate greed and fetid the foundation for the great Democratic victory of T&12, WTdch itself was followed by the greatest era of .prsperity ever known since the "'seven years of plenty " described in the Bible. To the. people, suffering under warl taxes four years " after the condu- j. o'on of the war and now handed a j new high tariff law, it would be dJ blessed relief, as it would be to the j treasury, facing a deScit which j even the president says will reach j 7S2 millions. But the Republicans; are not only very apprehensive! that there will be a Democratic j house elected, as shown by the fear; voiced by the president, but they] anticipate the reduction of the Re-? publican majority in the senate?a j. loss so great that they expert the Democrats. by joining hands with3 the Progressive-Farm Bloc Repub-j hear/:, to be aide to control legis- ] latibn in that body. They can see j the Ldss of Frelinghuysen iu New! Jersey, Calder in New York, the { Iowa seat for which they have! nominated Brookhart, a Socialist, j T.y.'nsend in Michigan, probably; Xodge in Massachusetts, and oth-i ers." On the other hand, the; Democrats are expected to retain! the seats of Reed of Missouri and i Pomerene of Ohio, two of the most j valuable Democratic fighters in the I senate. It ha~ long been a proverb that! '?chickens come home to roost.'* In i the case of the Fordere tariff law it might be more appropriate to; tall them Wzzards. for . they are j l>:rds or ill-omen. They are al- j ready coming. The Fordu*w law J puts a greatly increased tax on SU-; rar coming in from Cuba, a thing' which- increases the price of the' commodity to every American user. ? brt lessons Cuba's market for her; principal product. "Naturally the ? Cubans are indignant and in a: bad frame of mind: like the re mainder of humanity, their most; sensitive ner/es are those which I extend to the pocketbock. They ? are reinstating by placing a tax of4 > per cent on all American; Shoes entering the country?the j ?pftjt^mply stated?no Amer-i i^an shoes wit? enter. This means: * the "cutting off of the sale of about. &%M$0Q worth of shoes- each j year, a-ff^cting the shoe business /factory employees, and -even the: tanner and producer of hides. Does!, any.- one think that (he remainder' of the countries of the world , will ? witness this performance on the part of O'ba and net take similar i steps? ; They are. all hit by ourj J.sr:ff law and it is only natural' that they should retaliate, they I will'do what any of us would do asj individuals?they will buy from j those who buy from them, they will] decline to punchase the wares of' Those countries which shut out; their products by .high tariff walls] tike the Fordney lav.-. Their best j method of doing this is by fighting! usr with our own weapons?retal- | iatory tari.fs. Does anyone suppose I ?>>at England. France, Italy. Ja-j pan, will hesitate to do the thing j which our best friend anwn? the! nations hns just, done? Cuba owes her national existence to the United i States, yet she lias no hesitancy} ?i fighting back. Just the other! day Senator Caraway returned j from Europe with the observation! that th?:y are all antagonistic to us. 1 N*o one doubts this, for too many i evidenres of itf* truth have appear- j ed in .the press. If Cuba can cut deeply into our sajes of one product j by one tariff rate, what can-all the] cduutries of Europe do to us in their ; wrath? Already the great trade* which filled [thousands of ships under the late Democratic admin istration has dwindled to less than half of what it was three years ago, hundreds of great xteel vessels j .?re swingring idiy at their chains, j hundreds of worden vessels, new j and capable, have been sold fori less than one per cent, of their ) cost with the proviso that they j must be broken up to prevent th? ii sailing fn competition with the ves- j .-.eis of the shipping trust. These] some of the buzzards that are-; cwninjr home to roost on Uncle' gam's high tariff fence: ?' First a speck and then a vulture.1 Till the air is thick with pinions." Th"** are the first of the hasten- j infills f?f Republicanism?tariff wa:s. idle ships, treasury deficien cies. Dejooerats everywhere will be glad b? hear th--1 tfr* word r-r..?,..; to Washington that Champ Claris old district is going to oe reueeixi ed fey hi- briliiaht young parlia mentary expert. Cannon. He will coaie to cwgress rarely splen didly equipped for rlit? j? !?. having trad more than ten years quali fying experience around congress. He will possess an unusual equip ? rnent?farmer. lawyer, school teacher, parliamentarian. It was he who re-wrote and brought down to date the oi.rht great vol umes on parhamehtary law left as a heritage Crom the late Ash er : Hands. Speaker Clark always said that a man had to learn to be a congressman, just as one has to iearn to We a doctor, a farmer or a lawyer. If so. Cannon has tak-j en the course and a post-sradu- \ ate course on top of it. The fact is that constituencies should select their congressman like they worild select their road engineer or their comity agent?on ability to put the job over in good shape. Bride From France Mile. Vurpillot Weds Augusta! Man at Tryon Tryon. X. C, Oct. 16.?On the! passenger list of the steamship | Paris, which arrived in New York; a w eek or more ago, appeared the j name of Henrietta Vurpillot ofj Courcelles, France. The bearer of! the name, a young French woman,! came direct to Tryon and on Tues- ! day was married to Samuel Mc-j Gowan at his mother's residence on Godshaw Hill. The Rev. A. C. Caldwell performed the ceremony.. Mr. McGowan served in France during the war. The bride and bridegroom left immediately after the wedding for Augusta, Ga., in their car, where j Mr. McGowan is engaged in bust-1 ncss. J DR. HILL GOES TO j NEAR EAST RELIEF j Washington. Oct. 12.?Dr. A. j Ross Hill, vice chairman of the j American Red Cross in charge of j .foreign operations, left Washington j tonight and will sail from New I York tomorrow on the steamer j Bcrangaria to take charge of re- } lief operations in the Near East for j the Rfd Cross. He was accom- \ panlcd by Rear Admiral Samuel} McGowan, retired former paymas- j ter general of the navy, who will assist in the general management of the Red Cross operations among the refugees, and Ralph H. Renn as director of accounts.* They are due in Paris October IS, where they will consult with. E. J. Swift. European business} manager for the Red Cross, . in reference to purchases of supplies and then will proceed to .^thend. where headquarters will be estab lished for the permanent Red Cross commission. Chairman John Barton Payne also'went to New York tonight for a conference tomorrow with Chair man WiH Hays of the Near East emergency fund and Chairman James L. Barton ofthe Near East relief relative to plans for the ap peal for assistance which will be made to the country in November. The Red Cross was informed to day in a message from the Ameri can Legion in Athens, transmitted through the state department, that j the Greek authorities had express ed satisfaction at plans for the re lief of the refugees and promised ail possible assistance for the oper-i ations. _" v . No definite idea has been ob tained as yet as to' the extent for ?which provisions for supplies must be made, but warehouse and pur chasing facilities have been estab lished in New York and the volun teer serrices of business men h?ve j been obtained to advise and assist j in purchases as. during the world! war. Chairman Payne today appealed j to tted Cross chapters for garments] to meet the refugees' clothing, needs. "The clothing if not new { should be cleaned and mended be- ? fore sending and the shoes should be in good repair and tied togeth er in pairs. The production com mittee and the Junior Red Cross in every chapter are Urged to rally at one** to this work of mercy." Detailed instructions are being j s^nt to Red Cross chapters regard- j inpr the making of garments andj the packing, and shipping of them t? points from which cargoes will be loaded for overseas. State Fair to Open Next Week.! Everything is now in complete readiness for the opening of the Siate Fair next Monday, to con tinue throughout the entire week with elaborate programs daily. Entry books in all departmentsi have closed and never before, has j such a manimouth exhibit been j collected, as will be shown* at the! State* Fair. So great has been the number of] entries in the Live Stock Depart-j xneiits that additional stalls and; pens are now being rushed to com pletion. Especially attractive this" year will be the displays in the! Woman's and Art Departments.! Never before were entires so nu- j merous In* these departments. The] grandest displays of agricultural products/ever collected are now be ins installed. Visitors will bei amazed at the wonderful and mam-j moth agricjltural displays. Thej Poultry Show will house no less than fifteen hundred birds, far! (greater in number than any pre-j tvio?;* show. In addition to thej ; Premium Exhibits. Clemson Col-, j lese and other State institutions have installed extensive displays. ' i The Amusement Features are Ith?* most elaborate ever presented ! [They include harness, running and !auto ra<-es. football games, band concerts, free circus acts, stupen dous fireworks displays^ and the famous: Johnny J. Jones Shows. The F<wr opens Monday with a Cull progrnm and special fea tures are carded each of the Six* Day's of its continuance. Colum bia is preparing to entertain re-c ord-breaichig crowds during the week of \\i<* State Fair. Ireland may not be heaven but it seems quite a recruiting station. So many men think woman's place is to be out of place. FLORENCE FAIR COLLECTS RAIN INSURANCE Insurance Company Pays $2,500 For Crowds That Rain Kept Away j Florence. Oct. 17.?A crowd; larger than on. a previous first day i braved the heavy showers of rain ? and bad roads and attened the j Pee Dee fair today. It was "Chil- j dren's Day," according to the pro gram, but the ahteletic contests; were postponed until Friday, when j all the children of the county will be admitted to the grounds free, j Today's races were also postponed ; until tomorrow on account of a wet track. The Fair Association collected $ 1,500 insurance for the fair and $1,000 insurnace for the Columbia- J Florence High School football) game, an inch of rain falling be- { tween 8 and 9 o'clock this morning. 1 All other days of the fair, as well as football games, are also insured. MARINES IN TROUBLE! Three Enlisted Men Have Nar row Escape in Colleton Charleston. Oct. iS.?The three marines, now fn the county jail on ! charges of stealing the motor tour- j ing car of County Health Inspector j ?. S. Welsh near Adams Run Sun-j day afternoon told the jailer that, they were attached to a marine! corps detaehment at Washington. J District of Columbia. The men j have given their names as Walter i Smith, William F. Scott and Chris- i topher U Burns. Bural Policeman II. M. Fox had difficulty in protecting his prison-; ers early this morning, a? enraged j citizens were bent on handling the! men roughly. This occurred after j another rural policeman and sev- i eral citizens who had assisted Mr. Fox in bringing the prisoners from I Colleton eounty. had gone to their j homes. Mr. Fox had the prisoners j in his own home when a citizen's i posse came for them. The citizen's ' posse retired but relumed about! dawn. In the meanwhile Mr. Fox ! had got reinforcements. At the j time .the three marines were hand- , buffed together in the Fox residence! at Parker's Ferry. The actual capture of the men was-made by Chief of Police Alter- [ man of WsJtorboro and Deputy I Sheriff Walker Black of Colleton. j who acting on word from Sheriff j Oo.-repu M\. Poolpot of Charleston.j drove toward Adams Run. The of- | ficers passed the three men, recog- | nized them and turned about, glv-! ing pursuit and overtaking them. Although Inspector Welch reporrcd that the men were armed, only one pistol was found on them.after capture. At the jail it is said that the home addresses of the prisoners are not known and that thoy have said they are enlisted men in the corps. They will be heard before a magis trate on charges of highway rub bery and grand larceny of au au tomobile as well as of assault. Rural Policeman .Fox said he had difficulty in persuading the cit izen's posse to leave on its first .visit, saying that the prisoners couid be had only over his dead body. He said that on the posses return its.members seemed less aggressive and left on learning that he hud others with him on guard. Mrs Fox is reported to bo suffering from nervousness on account of shock due to the posse's visits. CHARGED WITH TAKING MONEY Former Bokkeeper in Rivers* Office is Under Arrest Columbia. Oct. 17.?C. E. John son, formerly bookkeeper in the office of J. N Clifton Rivers, slate warehouse commissioner, was ar rested today on a charge of misap propriating funds of the Ware house commissioner's department. The warrant alleges Johnson took and converted to his own use ten checks amounting to $1,13?^.3S. Af ter a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Hair, the former book keeper was released in $1,500 bond. W. W. Bradley, state bank ex aminer, and his force, assisted Commissioner Rivers in working up the ease. While the investiga tion was in progress. Mr. Bradley declared today, the commissioners office was entered at night and some of the records in the matter stolen. The rase has been pending a long time, officials said. Chocks given by the following, with the respective amounts, are alleged to have been taken by Johnson: Martin D.' Jvdlar. $100: Work man and Mackey, $71.<>""?; Farmer Marketing Company. ?7."-. J. B. Britton and H. A. Davis, $108.07; Farmers Marketing Company, HOD: .Marrin D. Kellar. $200:*B. J. Hyman, manager. ^!12.7?: Farm ers Marketing Company, $150. Johnson is said to have conduct ed a money lending business here at one time prior to his cmploy ! ment in Commissioner River's or i fiCe, A lark is theVnly song bird that Isings as it flies*. Others, and hu i mans, sin^ and'then fly. -t ?? ? ? There never will be enough hap piness to supply the demand. <'nal may in the cellar but coal prices will not. *.v.vX->?>:'. :. : : >-J: Sil ?. .v.-. .* Miss Edith. Schwabauer is winm beautiful stenographer in Chicago, typewriter. Man in Marlboro Takes Own Life Gus. I>. Matheson Fires Bullet into Brain at Filling Station Denr.cttsvillo. Oct* 1&?The peo ple of Bemicttsville were? shocked This afternoon when Gtis D; \ .Matheson committed suicide byj shooting himself through the right j temple with ;j pistol. Th'- tragedy] ^occurred in the filling station of j A. .'. and C. f>. "\iatheson. neph- j lews, about 3:: 30 o'clock. Mr. i M.Uheson was 45 years old and K-aves a wife and one daugKt'exl and one son. He married Mi^j I Belle Daniel's of. MuJT?ns. M'm j Matheson was Sna ncially* depress led but within a few minutes be i fore he shot himself he was cheer - !ful, toughing and talking.' Me was j-th'e son of the late A. .1. Matheson jand had a host of friends in the* [.city and county. Xo arrangements; ;have been made as to the funeral. Columbia Man Ch??ei^ I' ?.' -??' i I .A Iva Lumpkin is Governor of Kiwanis Clubs ! AshevilK X. C. .Get: IS.?Sole*:-] jtroh of Wilmington. X. C. as the; !place for the district convention ofj 11 !? 2n and tit*- election of Aha, !l.umpktn. attrtrr.?y of Columbia, "S. C. as district governor,, suc ceeding W. P. Merrimon. of Greens 'boro, X. C. featured tlie closingj [session of the district convention] ?ot* Kiwanis Clubs of the Carolinas j ? today. ! 1? was decided to ninke the j conventions annual instead of I ? seaii-annual, and the 102*J session ! will probafbly be held in Augusta, j R. H. McDonald, of Columbia. :was elected district secretary and j treasurer. The new officials will jtake ofbee January 1. L?23. i C<?nsidcrai?l" ;M?~r<-yt centered in the election of lieutenant govern? ;ors, with two each from North and 'S'.ntn ? Carolina. H. Grady* Ran ? kin. who is engaged in the cot [ton mill business at Oastonia. and liiert Jame*. attorney of Greenville, {were elected from North Carolina land W; H. Keith. genera] insur !ance agent of Greenville and E. W. Sykes, pr^siuenr of f'oker Col llcge, Hartsville, were elected to serve from lh*? Palmetto State. MAJOR MAHON IS PRESIDENT Greenville Veteran Heads Old t Hickory Association Xew Or lern*. Oct. IS.?Major ffayw?od Mahon. of Greenville, S. j C. was elected president of the Old Hickory (Thirtieth) Division : here laic ypsierday. ! Other etfiei-rs elected Included '? AS I>. Waldauer, Memphis, senior vice president: J. A. Leonard, vice I president for Xorth Cardlina: Sergt. IZach !_>nrr. Of Sumter of the 114th I'Machine Gun Company, Tie" pres ident for .South Carolina. j Promotion of titmorai fJ. C. <Vjf jley. former commander of the 35fh ? Field Artillery to the rank of Brigadier General by ' the presi dent was asked in n resolution I ad out ed bv the convention. The meeting way presided over, i by Col. James A. Gicasbn, of Knoxi'ille, who pres^nt^d a rfvioxv ?>f the accomplishments of the or 'gantzation during Iiis administra tion president. The -report of 'Frank Bowoo. secretary, was fbl : lowed by addresses. Steamer Reported Burning at Sea Passengers Rescued by Pass ing Freighter Providence, U. I.. Oct. \'<.?The Colonial line steamer Concord. New Yoik to Providence, was re ported today on life off: Watehill; I:. I. The passengers wcr<- trans ferred t<? :i passing freighter. Truth ? strange: than fiction. It doesn't come nr<?unfi as often. cago's Stenos ir of a contest held to pick the most And she says she'll stick to her Unions Ready To Fight Injunction Counsel Will Move to Dissolve Restraining Order Before Federal Court Chicago. Oct. IS.?Notice of a: motion to dissolve the interlocu-; jpry injunction restraining striking j railroad shopmen and union offi-; cials from interf^rin;r in any -way ! wirb rail transportation was served, on the federal district attorney to-j day by. Donald R. Richbiirg. cb'un- ! sei .for the shop crafts. The motion j will be presented to Judge Jamas' -H. Wilkersou'tomorrow, with 're vest that ?t"be set for hearing. ! ?pje of the objections to- conttn?-! ance of the injunction is the c/>n- ; ^tenlion that \ the conditions com- ; kb>frved if no' longer exist, if they j |:ever ??existed.' since .most of the'! "roads have settled the strike.' l It is contended, by counsellor the defendants that the injunction is not specific^ and does not describe j jin detail the. acts to be restrained: j tjhf.t it is^made binding on persons other than the parties-and those in active concert with them;, that it ?irobrbits the doun? of lawful acts:' Jin viola*-?on hi the constitutional rights of the defendants, and that [it prohibits the doing of ' lawful acts to further a conspiracy, with out defining the. acts which consti tute the conspiracy. It . is also j claimed that the court is attempt-1 Lag to exercise extra territorial ju risdiction outside the Northern District of IHinois. "This is more than just a formal motion to make the record , clear for an appeal to the supreme court." Mr. Richbnrg sai dtonight. j "In case the injunction is not! dissolved we expect to ask for. al ijury to hear the evidence. The .case, I j while not a criminal action, bor- ? j tiers on it. and we believe that itj j should be conducted in accordance ? I with criminal procedure." INCREASES j ARE SOUGHT! Columbia. Oct. IS.?The . South ] Carolina Railroad Commission an- ! nouueed today a public hearing will be held in Columbia. Novem ber 2 on the petition of the Co-! lumbia Railway, Gas and Electric j Company for authority to increase j rates on gas and eleetricity. This ease is said to be the first of its fkfnd to come before the commis ! sion since it was vested by the j j general assembly this year with ] The duties of the South Carolina! 'public utilities commission, which] was abolished. The Columbia Company an-1 bounced today proposed increases! ransinjr up approximately 17 per, 5 cent- In the gas rates, an increase | jot' 13c a 1.000 cubic feet for the,1 '.first 30,000 feet and loc for each; j 1.OO.0 cubic feet in execs'- of 50.00'.' ; {is scheduled. The proposed in creases in tile electric rate would! ?not be felt materially by small, ! consumers, it is stated. DEATH PENALTY DEMANDED Mrs. Clara Phillips Charged With Murder of Young Widow Los Angeles, Oct. 1 if.?A life for a life, it was learned ;?t the dis r.rict attorney's office, will be de manded of the state at the trial of .Mrs. Clara Phillips, for the murder of Mis. Alberta Tremaine Meadows, a twenty-year-old widow, sritich opens here tomorrow. Difference between kissing and being kissed is there is no' satis faction in the former. A florist le-ld his wife white an other woman slapped her and then sue said it. with policemen. Raisuli. famous bandit, lias quit. I. is understood competition in his Imo was too keen. , Horror upon horror crowds Rus sia. Latest one is the railways have ?.i>t aed their restaurants again. LEGION PARADE IN NEWORLEANS T h i r t*y Thousand World War Veter ans Take Part in Parade Xeu- Orleans. Oct. 18. ? The .American Legion, following: a brisk business session, paraded through miles of narrow, stone paved* streets along the tortuous courses of .."Vieux Carre.'* then-down the broad concourse of canal. Over thirty thousand Legionnaires "foil in" for the parade, all apparently full of pep. in their regular spirit. 'Yearin' to go".*' American Legion Demand Roll Call Will Fight Until Legislation is Enacted into Law New Orleans, Oct." is.?A de mand for a roll call that "the j ?world may know where we stand j on the bonus question" was fol-! lowed by a viva voce vote affirming the" report on resolutions by the committee which declared the. Le gion will "continue to fight for leg- | islation until it, is enacted into! Taw." . . ' . i New Orleans. Oct. 18,?:Kene- j saw M. Land's, supreme commis- j si Oner of baseball and avowed; friend of the Kervice jnen. told the1 Legionnaires that their stand on adjusted compensation was based on justice. ? ? ? ? Senator Vest's Eulogy on the Dog. "Gentlemen of. the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world , may turn against him and become his enemy. His sou and daughter that lie has reared with loving care may become ungrate ful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust! with our happiness and our good) name, may become traitors to their! faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him when he may need it most; Man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill considered acr j tion. The people who are prone to fall on their knees and-do us hon or when success is with' us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads, i The one absolutely unselfish friend a man; may have in this selfish world, the' one that never deserts him. the, one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is the dog. ! '?f_'ent;e,men of the Jury: A man's dog stands by iura in pros perity and poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleop on the cold ground, when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his 1 master's side. lie will kiss" the 'hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that \ come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as| if be were a prince. . "Whcu all other friends desert,: rhe remains. When riches take j wings and reputation falls to pieces he is as constaut in his love as the; ?sun in it.3 journey through thei I heavens. If fortune drives the i j master forth an outcast into the! I world, friendless ,and homeless, the j 'faithful dog asks no higher priv ! ilege than that of accompanying j j him. to guard him against danger, j j to fight "against his enemies, and] ! when the last scene of all comes j 'and death takes his master in its {embrace and his body Is laid away j iin the cold ground, no matter if jail other friends pursue their way,; ! there by his graveside will the ? j uooie dog be found, his head b? j jtwetn his paws and his eyes sad. ] but open in alert watchfulness, j faithful and true even to death.*' j The dog that called forth this' tribute to canine affection and fidel- j lity was Drum, a foxhound, owned j j in Johnson County, Missouri. He i iwas shot by a man who was latorj sued for damages by Drum's own-I I er. Learned council were engaged i joy t>oth sides. and the ruse was j ' finally tried before a j?ry in tbej ?State Circuit Court, in 1870. The) ! late United States Senator,- George ' Cr. Vest, made the closing plea for the plaintiff, the "peroration of which is printed above. Court. I lawyers and audience were entranc- j ed by it. Heavy damages were awarded the plaintiff, and Vest's Eulogy on the Dog stands as the most eloquent and touching trib ute ever paid to man's faithful friend. Legion Address Cancelled Director Forbes of Veterans* Bureau Cancels Date With out Explanation Washington. Oct. ID.?The de cision of Director Forbes of 'the Veterans' Bureau to cancel his ad dress at tin- Legion convention in New Orleans, remained without :m authoritative explanation, the bureau utlieiuls declining to dis cuss his. return here ami the con troversy which preceded it. If people spetn as m em ''v e talking about the ^ood things vt' life, as they do the bad. they woald know no more .thou: the blue than a fish docs an umbrella. iti the past five years forest fires have destroyed 5?.5?(),?OO square miles of timber. We will soon be OUt of the Woods. ! Hoover Makes j Campaign Speech Secretary of Commerce Deals I I in Generalities and Careful* j ly Avoids Reference to \ Real Issues i Toledo. OIiio? Oct. 3 S.?Former j Gor. James M. Cox. of Ohio, ad-: .dressing a Democratic rally here! j tonight charged that Secretary of j Commerce Hoover, who spoke at I j a gathering of Republicans here; ! Monday night, avoided timely is- I ! sues when he discussed the Coon- ; [ try's foreign debts.. j The former governor - made no i j direct reference to the leagruc of j I rations, the issue upon which his j campaign as the Democratic can-j didute for president was based in 5920. ;j Referring to the intensive cam- | j paign being conducted in the -state! i by Republicans. Mr. Cox said, i [ "Ohio is signally honored this | j week. Most of the cabinet officers j I are paying us a visit. Whether! it is courtesy to the home of the! president or whether the Old ! Guard has received an SOS mes ! sage. 1 will 'not attempt to say." Iii discussing Mr. Hoover's j speech. Mr. Cox said tha.t "ordi- i narily his analysis of conditions re- j suits in conclusions that are j thoughtful and interesting. ? We | ! a waited with eagerness his message j [ to the people of Ohio with'respect to the existing econonu'eai am* po llitical situation. We naturally ! looked to Mr. Hoover for a recital j ? of the good things tlie admi?ts-! j trat Ion has done and explanation t j of what it has' not done. ' To our surprise; we find that he [devoted his time to a discussion of [ the foreign debts. Our people arc ! much more interested in debts that j affect them more intimately. The! j farmers have never been such large j : borrowers at the banks. This year | the banks will be compelled to lend more money for tax pay-j > ments than at any time ip our his-r j jtory. Mr. Hoover comes inte a, slate, where the state tax rate is"! [ten times what it was under the . j last Democratic administration? ! into a county where property hold- i [eis in dollars and cents paid al-j most SlljO?O.O?O in taxes in 1021 j ia* against $4.500.000 in I'Mo and: [little over $2.000.000 in 1900. "In addition to these burdens, an additional load of $5/oO0.OtM),0O?> j is about to be added to the. cost j of living thorough the passage of j sn infamous tariff measure, which no one has been able to defend j [successfully. Mr. Hoover admits1 that postponement of the foreign ; [ cent is inevitable, therefore it is a ; [thing of the future. We are more j interested in the things of the pres- | I ent." . "After setting forth a c?mpar- j ison of falling produce prices and; ! wages'in face of rising taxes." Mr. j [Cox declared, "Mr. Hoover might j ! have explained profitably why de-' Jtlation came so nuickly to the; [farmer and why it was that the' I demand from abroad diminished: almost to the. vanishing point. He : might have responded to the sug-? gestion of the American Bankers* | association, which touched directly ! the matter of rehabilitating ourj foreign markets. He should have j [devoted some time to a discussion j j of. our hermit policy and cited I precedent for the United States I remaining as unmoved as stone in i [the face of one of the most cruel? ! tragedies in all history. [ "He should have made it clear however'tlie natians that owe us! 'money can ever pay us if jail the! i powers of the earth do not extend j I their cooperation. commercially and otherwise, in the work of re-| habilitation " m -m m ? ! SENTENCE OF ONE YEAR ! Man Pleads Guilty of Stealing Seven Automobiles i Greenwood. Oct. 18.?A sentence! 1 of one year for stealing seven au- < j tomobiles was given J. P. Eussey.: j president of the T-T Distributing j i Company, of Greenwood, in Athens; i Superior Court late yesterday. Bus-} ' sey was arrested in Athens less1 I than three weeks ago and confess- j j ed to the theft of the cars. > Hej [pleaded guilty before Judge Elan-j {ton Fortson and was given thej j minimum under the Georgia law. j t Eussey is a young married man j of prominent Greenwood family, i His father is the Rev. George W.j Eussey, well known Baptist minis- ? ler and he himself is a graduate of j Purman University. He had a rep- j utation for integrity and honesty I before th trouble to which he con- : j tessed. j Although he had coufessed to; ?the theft of seven <:ars all ofj j which had been recovered no one; 'appeared to pros-cute Eussey; j when his case was called: j ile was"** represented by C. A. j Mays, of the law term of Tillman. [ i Mays & Featherstoiie, of Green-; I wood. j The weeping wife, mother and[ ?father of Eussey heard the sen- j fence passed. [ After he had received his sen-; ! tence, Eussey kissed his wife and: [mother and his aged father grasp-1 j ed him by the hand. Dozens of ! people crowded abont him to ex ' tend their sympathy and to assure1 ; him of their best wishes for his [ future. -- j I These included some of those 'from whom he hud stolen autos. ! Eussey claimed that he stole his j lirst car. found it easy and then j stole others to obtain money to ; push an invention he hud pateht j ed and to prove to Iiis young wile I "that he was making good." I Politicians and ditch diggers al 1 most have the same trade. Most I of their job is mud stinging. No matter w hat the fashions may do. you can always figure where the expense li?*s. CHAIRMAN OF THE COAL COMMISSION John Hays Hammond Will Direct Investi gation of the Coal, Industry Washington, Oct. 18.?The Unit ed States coal commission exeat ed by congress to investigate and" report the fact on all phases of the coal industry with recommen dations for possible legislation of* government regulation at its fir-t meeting today organized by se lecting John Hays Hammond !as chairman and laid out a program for its future operaiton. As a preliminary step the com- ' mission telegraphed John T>. iiexvi?? president of the United Mine Workr ers of America. A. M. Ogle, pres- ?% ident of the National Coal associa tion representing bituminous operr ators and S. D. Warriner. who has served as chairman of the police committee' of anthracite mine' op erators asking all three-, to attend informal conferences . with 'the . commission next week for the pur pose of suggestive methods of pro cedure. - > ' ? In addition, those invited were asked to suggest the names of Rep resentatives of their own associa tions who might serve on consult ing committees to Assist and. cooper ate with the association in its . work. After the meeting Mr. Hammond . with his associates. George Otis Smith, director of the geological survey, Clark Howeli, editor of the Atlanta. (Ga.) Constitution, Fedcr-^ . al Judge Alschuler of Chicago, Charles F. Neil and Former Tree President Marshal! made a formal" call upon President Harding. Dr. Edward Devine of New York, the' seventh ' member of the commis sion, did not attend' the opening session. The commission is required by law to render a preliminary report upon its work next January but is authorized to continue ihvestiga- . tion thereafter. ? 'The sole object of Ute commis sion, said a statement issued b? its members. a3 declared at the meet- t ing today, "is to endeavor to gel" all the essential facts touching the coal industry to the end that prac tical measures may be found to in sure a constant supply of this most, necessary commodity at as reason able prices as arc consistent with, fair ivages, and profits to^those en- - gaged in the industry "The policy of the commission will be. to invite and welcome ev ery- suggestion -and tfffer of assist ance from the mine workers, op erators^ dealers and consumers of coal. The commission will from time to time make'public findings of fact with the view of informing^ the public as well as of eliciting additional information before its formal reports are submitted to the president and congress. At the outset it is recognized that only with the cooperation of both the industry and the public can the i work of the coal commissions-*""! made in bringing about the indu3-^ trial security and peap4 so sorely needed/' British Proposal Virtually Rejected Barihou Presents Document to Premier Poincare for Ap* v pro val of Government t - Parrs,. Oct. IS (By the Associat ed Press).?The reply of tbfr French government to the British reparations proposals calling for a two to four years moratorium for Germany has been drawn, by M. Barthou and presented to Pre mier Poincare for approval. Al though details are withheld, until the scheme is presented to the commission late in the week, the chief feature is firm in his insis tence, on further and more rigid control of German fmances. T.he reply virtually rejects the . British proposal as announced by Sir John Bradbury and offers a substitute which deals much less leniently with Germany. Stress is laid on Ute necessity of a Brussels . conference and of some general understanding on inter-allied debts of fhe whole reparations question ? before January 1. It is thought the French gov ernment will reserve for the Brus sels meeting its broader plan for a ?settlement of debts end iudemnitlek limiting the commission merely t<? the application of future control of finances in Germany. A spirited controversy is on be tween Paris and London over thf ? ?.uestion of holding the Brussels meeting. The British are frankly opposed to it. while France is strongly urging the conference. There is considerable feeling yx official quarters over' alleged inti mations in British circles that France in offering to reduce the German indemnity in return for cancellation of her debt is gjvms up something she never would receive. The French declare the British in opposing the Brussels conference do not want to be plac* i j in'the position of general settle I xneut of reparations. ; Massachusetts stidkers who' at tacked policemen with bottles may [plead they thought it was a boll sjamo. * ' Europe's dove of peace is after the no-slop light record. Cussedness is largely ignorance, and the man who first said "tbiWt as thieves" probably meant **thic* : as thleveV heads."