THE STJMTER WATCHMAN, Est

CONSOLIDATED AUG« 2,

FUNG ATOTHER

Turkish Delegate At¬tempts to DiscussReported "Marri¬age" Between Bal¬kan States and Di-

* rected Against Tur¬key

Lausanne. Nov. 23 (By the As¬sociated Press)..The Turkish del¬egation this evening received thebrigade of newspaper correspond¬ents and provided by far the most

* amusing press conference since theLausanne conclave started.

Gen. Ismet Pasha himself did thetalking. He took a fligtg at the oth¬er delegations which have been di¬vulging the proceedings of the se¬

cret conference sessions by solemn¬ly declaring that his sense of honorin the sacredness of agreementprevented him from making publicwhat they had done behind theclosed doors.Then he jollily attempted to dis-

* cuss the question of "love mar¬

riage" which somebody told .himhad taken place between the Bai-,kan States, and directed againstthe dangers of Turkey^ return to.Europe. Jr; -

"Personally," he retorted. \Ihaven't heard a thing, about this,'marriage/ "

A vivacious woman writer fromthe Balkans interjected:"But general, you were not in¬

vited to-the wedding, were you?"Ismet laughed heartily.. but de¬

clined to give an answer.The Kemalist foreign minister is

very deaf, and his secretary, TahiaKemal. a distant relative of thegreat Mustapha, fairly shouted thenext question."The journalists want to know

about the 'love marriage* betweenTurkey and Russia."

Ismet lost his captivating smileat this but replied in a seriousvein:

"That is a marriage that, has ac-<tually occurred. Everything they,say about it is true. We have a

treaty with Russia, and very -goo<£relations with"Russia'.- 3 -

The general speaks no Englishand. but falteringly in French, and:for this reason his remarks aboutWestern Thrace were difficult tounderstand. He wanted an honest,impartial plebiscite there, butadded that Turkey was not seek-;ing any additional territory."We want a fair vote, without

terrorism," he declared. "Turkey!is dedicated to liberty and does notbelieve that people, should be held"in bondage against their wishes.**;He regretted to report that the

Greeks were deporting Turkish]residents from Macedonia and'Western Thrace."What do you think about the

suggested demilitarization of thefrontiers of Eastern Thrace?" was.the next query.

"I do not like to. say anything,about it," he replied. 'That is a

subject for the conference to set¬tle but I can assure you that Turk¬ish militarism is never aggressiveor'oppressive of anybody."Asked if he counts upon loans

and credits from England or othercountries l3met answered:

"Certainly. Turkey offers the;finest investment in the world. Weare looking for ä flow of capitalfrom all lands because our coun¬try presents great business oppor¬tunities.**"And I want to say," he added,

"how glad I am th£t the UnitedStates is represented in this con¬ference." <

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Woman Misses TargetShoots at Husband on Green¬

ville StreetGreenville, Nov. 24..A - Main

street throng was startled about 5o'clock this afternoon when Mrs.M. C. Hunnicutt drew a small cali¬ber pistol and fired one shot in thedirection of an automobile near theintersection of Main and Coffeestreets, in which sat her husbandand Miss Fannie Hovis. The bulletdid not strike either of the couple,but went through the back of theautomobile, struck the side of a

building, richocheted and struckMr." Crosby, a barber, who was

standing at the entrance to hisshop. Although the ball hit Mr.Crosby in the head, it had spentits force and he was not injured.

Police arrested Mr. and Mrs.Hunnicutt and Miss Hovis, later re¬

leasing Mrs. Hunnicutt on b*>nd of$125 and the other two on bond of$25 each. Officers, after talking toMrs. Hunnicutt, declared that heract had been prompted by jealousybecause of alleged attentions paidto Mss Hovis by Hunnicutt. Hun¬nicutt is a taxi driver.

THIRTY-FOURDROWNED

Disaster on River in Argen¬tine

Beunos Aires, Nov. 27..Thirty-four persons, many of them chil¬dren, perished in a collision be¬tween a launch and a ferry boat in

the Parana river near Zatara last

night. .

hbUBbeä AprO, 1850.

1881._

FAMES GIVENTHE DEATH

SENTENCEYork Man Goes to

Electric Chair ForMurder of... TaylorjFamily

.-.

York. Nov. 25..William C.

Paries, convicted by a Tork juryof the murder of Newton Taylor,13 year old boy, at Clover, was thisafternoon sentenced to die in theelectric chair December 29, sen¬

tence being" pronounced by JudgeJames E. Peurifoy at 5:35 o'clockthis afternoon, after he had over¬

ruled a motion by counsel for the:defense for a new trial. Counselfor Faries announced this afternoonthat an appeal would be taken tothe supreme court.At 1:38 o'clock this afternoon,

the case, the trial of which had be-gun yesterday morning, went to thejury and at 3:19 o'clock, after thedinner recess, the verdict was

brought in. However, it was learn¬ed this afternoon, the jury requiredonly one-ballot in the reaching ofthe verdict and this ballot, it was

announced, was not taken until the!jurors had prayed for guidance inreaching their decision.At 3:21 o'clock the verdict was

read and^ Faries, sitting handcuffed[.beside his attorneys, showed prac-. tically no emotion. Stolid and un¬

perturbed, he had lounged in his[ chair through the morning session,apparently forgetful of all happen¬ing about him.. The afternoon session was recon¬

vened at 3 o'clock, a recess havingbeen taken for dinner and for 19miutes Faries waited the return ofthe juryv As the time wore on he(grew, as he waited.- visibly more

nervous. The handcuffs appeared[to worry him, and he continuous-ly readjusted the steel bracelets,fingering them in seeming curiosity.[He heard the verdict read, however,fwithout a tremor, merely turninghis eyes to the sheriff who had ap-sproached to remove the handcuffs.

Counsel for the defense immedi¬ately; gave notice of intention tomove for a new trial and at the re¬

quest of .Thomas P. McDow, JudgePeurifoy set 5 o'clock as the hourto hear the motion.- Another re¬

cess was; takjjn and Faries, sur¬

rounded* by a number of friendsland some of his children, was takento. av jury room to await the re-

.opening of the court. The mo¬

tion for ^ new trial was denied andat 5:21 o'clock Judge Peurifoy or¬

dered Faries. to stand up to hear[his sentence. -

,"I have wondered," Judge Peuri¬

foy told the aged defendant, "if youcould retrace your steps if youwould live your life any different¬ly.- Now, I think, you have come

to know what it means to strikedown and kill in anger and possi¬bly you could tell the young folkof this city something about thecontrol of the passions. But yourrace is run. I do not know whatyour intentions were in youth. Butif good intentions are not translat-ed into good actions, they fall shortof value. You have take the wrong[angle. You might have madefriends of these people, but insteadyou fed the flames of anger, and asa result you stand today, just as the|sun is sinking, almost in the verypresence of your Maker. Your at¬torneys may get you a new trial,but my advice to you is not to relyupon this hope, but now, withoutdelay, to make your preparations tomeet your God."For 14 minutes Judge Peurifov

talked and for 14 minutes Faries,having admitted that he had noth¬

ing further to say that had not[already been said, stood watchingthe judge and waiting for the In¬evitable solemn "and may Godhave mercy upon your soul." Asthe minutes wore on. his gaze wan¬dered and all the time he showedno signs of emotion other than theconstant twirling of his big blackhafc The strain, however, had be¬gun to tell and it required con¬scious effort on his part to replyunder the coaching of his attorneyto the judge's query as to whetherhe had anything to say why sen-itence of death should not be pass¬ed upon him, he stammered, chok¬ed, then caught himself and an¬

swered, "Nothing except what mycounsel has said before."

Faries to Penitentiary.York, Nov. 26. . William C.

Faries. convicted yesterday on a

charge of murder for the killinglast September of Newton Taylor.13, and sentenced to die in theelectric chair on December 29. is!expected to be taken to the statepenitentiary in Columbia tomor¬row, it was stated here today.Howard McMackin. deputy clerk ofthe court, said tonight, however,that no commitment papers hadyet been issued.

TREATY BETWEENU. S. AND TURKEY

CONSIDEREDParis. Nov. 27. . A separate

treaty between the L'nited Statesand Turkey is being considered atLausanne, says a Temps dispatch.The correspondent suggests thatthis was the possible subject of a

talk between Richard WashburnChild and Ismct Pasha yesterday.

"Be Jost and Fear

'AMERICANSPEAKS ATLAUSANNE i

i CONFERENCEJAmbassador C h i 1 d

Stetes American Po¬sition as to NearEast to Peace Con¬ference I

Lausanne, Nov. 25..The Ameri¬can spokesman today told the NearEast peace conference the Ameri-can position. The conference im¬mediately adjourned until after¬noon when the boundary discussionwill be resumed.

Mr. Child told the other dele-grates the American representa¬tives would express views basedonly on the legitimate interests of

. the United States or humanitarianconsideration. He said the Amer¬ican representatives were unable tohear any discussion of territorialsettlement concluded which mayaffect other settlements withoutdrawing attention to the tradi¬tional foreign policy Of America.

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Clemson College NewsFreshman Class Adopts the

Honor System.Churchf Statistics

! Clemson College, Nov. 23..Thefreshman class at a recent meetingadopted the honor system and elect¬ed as the honor committee the fol¬lowing members: C. L. Hawkins,Starr; L. D. Deloach, Camden:>V. W. Bryan, Clemson College: J.Frank "Hagood, Spartanburg; F. N.Culler, Swansea; R. A. Johnson,Dillon, and H. L. Thomas, Mayes-ville. This makes over half of thestudent body under the honor sys¬tem, as the present sophomoresadopted the system while fresh¬men.

Interesting figures regardingchurch membership among the stu-dents at Clemson have been givenout by the registrar, Mr. J. C. Lit-tlejohn. Out of 817 cadets whoserecords were examine*! only 20 arc.not church members. Not one

class has over 5 non-church mem¬

bers. Membership in the differentdenominations is as follows: Bap¬tists 237, Methodists 275, Presby¬terians 154, Episcopalians 42. Lu¬therans 21, A. R. Presbyterians 12,Catholics 7. all others 5.Clemson's cross-country team

won by a score of 20-35 againstthe University of Georgia team inAthens last week. The Clemsonmen w ho won this victory are C.T. Young. Rock Hill: F. E. Buck,Sumter: M. Huggins, Timmonsville:E. C. Seasc. Prosperity; J. S. Thur¬mond, Edgefield; J. W. Bauer, Co¬lumbia.The Clemson College .A. E. F.

club held its annual banquet on

last Friday evening, at which ev¬

erybody had a good time. CadetL. B. Dyches, president of theclub, acted as toast master, andtalks were made by Dr. W. W.Mills. Prof. W. P. Enloe. Ser¬geant F. S. Singer, ^ and Cadets G.H. Griffin. M. A. LeGette, and R. L.Hartley. About 40 members were

present.The student publications of

Clemonson College are representedat tlie annual meeting of the SouthCarolina College Press Associationin Columbia this week. H. A.Woodle, Greenwood, and J. M.!Bankhead. Lowryville: represent-jing the Tiger, and R. W. Coarscy,!Clemson college; and T. L.Vaughan. Cowpens; representing!the Chronicle.The Calhoun Literary Society

has elected as officers for the sec-,end term E. A. Woodle, Green¬wood, president; R. W. Coarsey,Clemson College, vice-president;G. C. Wofford, Laurens. recordingsecretary; E. H. Hall, Blackville.corresponding secretary: H. W.Conder. Darlington, and J. H.Alexander. Walhalla, critics.

Dr. W. M. Riggs, Prof. H. W.IBarre, Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun. Dr.R. N. Brackett and others have!returned from Washington where!they attended the meeting of theassociation of agricultural collegesand experiment stations. While inWashington. Dr. Riggs secured theapproval of the department of ag¬riculture for the establishment bythat department of a boll weevilexperiment station to be operatedat Florence, S. (.'., for studying theboll weevil under conditions exist¬ing in the South Atlantic States.

THE TRUTH,REGARDLESS

Clemenceau Refuses to ToneDown or Qualify His

RemarksAboard Clemenceau's Private

Car. Enroute to Chicago. Nov. 27..Georges Clemenceau today, re¬

ferring to criticisms of his speeches,declared he speaks his piece in hisown way. regardless of who be of¬fended. He has received dozensof telegrams from friends urginghim to tone down his remarks so

they will be inoffensive to anyportion of the nation. He said hecame to tell the truth and say thethings he thought would help pre¬serve world peace.

Not.Let all the ends Thon Aims't i

Sumter, S. C, Wednesda

WELFAREWORKERCREATES iSENSATION

Former Secretary ofState Board Gets in-!to Limelight by Ex-j,aggerated Charges jAgainst ChaingangSystem

Greensboro. N.C Nov. 24..Con¬ditions in the chaingangs in SouthCarolina are "brutal and expen¬sive." G. C. Williams of Columbia,former secretary of the South Car¬olina state board of public wel- ifare, today told the citizens' com¬

mittee of 100 of the North Carolinasocial service conference.

Prisoners sent to the chaingangsin his state are placed in chains. |forced to wear stripes and ?arebeaten "unmercifully," Mr. Wil¬liams said, and declared that poli¬tics is responsible for the condi¬tions, he charged.

Predicting that within a fewyears prison camps will be aban¬doned, he recommended establish¬ment of a farm for women pris¬oners, training schools for "' ybüng |prisoners, creation of a "just" pa-

; role system, district jails instead ofcounty jails, a receiving '-station.'through which all prisoners couldjbe sent and provision for'payingthem something for their labor.The committee met here to hear,

reports from its subcommittees and'

to decide upon recommendationsto the North Carolina legisfäftlrc.

Governor Harvey, when shownJthis report last evening, said*tolathe had been in frequent conference

J with Dr. Williams, former secretaryi of the board of public welfare; and

j that had reports of crudity in: handling prisoners been made, im-I mediate action would have beentaken.

"I feel," said the governor,"that this report is a condensationof general statements, without the

j context being given, which context! would probably modify the"'ötaVe-Iments materially.

"I have no doubt that there are!men wearing chains in differentsections of the state and that ihenwear stripes.and I am not averse*to their so doing. No doubt therehave been cases of harsh: treat¬ment of prisoners. But these "are

i isolated cases."If such conditions were general,

they would have been reported tome and I would have taken a handin them immediately.

j "My own experience has beenin making investigations that thereis too much laxity shown in handl¬ing prisoners and that they are ex¬

tended too many privileges ändliberties.

"Investigations have been made Jof reports of harsh treatment" ac- icorded prisoners and they havebeen found, at times, to havebeen grossly exaggerated.

"I feel that had the conditionsoutlined in the report from Greens¬boro been general, they would have

j been reported to me in the fre¬quent conferences held with Dr.Williams."iGovernor Harvey, who is ex-of-

ficic chairman of the public wel¬fare board, said that a meeting ofthe welfare board would be heldnext Monday at which time thisreport from Greensboro might be >

discussed.

COTTON MILLSSHUT DOWN

Power Curtailment AnnouncedBy Southern Power

CompanyCharlotte, N. C, Nov. 24..With

the announcement here today byofficials of the Southern Powercompany that, effective next Mon¬day, all users of power will be re¬

quired to curtail operations untilthe winter rains set in. one-eighthof the total textile spindles of thecountry will be idle one day week¬ly, it was said tonight by CharlesI. Burkholder, vice president ofthe company. The territory af¬fected has been divided into.fivedistricts and the curtailment ofpower to the mills on a proratedbasis will cause 20 per cent, of thot^xtilv manufacturers to be closedduring the remainder of the dryweal her.

Officials announced that the com¬pany's steam plants have been op¬erated day and night for the past'two months in an effort to supplythe mills, but lark of rainfall hasgreatly diminished the water sup¬ply in the company's reservoirs.

During Tbc rocent railroad strikethe company had announced plansfor power curtailment, but thesettlement of the strike avertedthe action.

MRS. PHILLIPSGETS TEN YEARS

FOR MURDER

Los Angeles. Nov. 27. . Mrs. j,Clara Phillips, who was covhlctedof the murder of Mrs. AlbertaMeadows, was today sentenced toserv e ten years' in, prison* r ^_^ »

at be thy Country's, Thy God's and

y, November 29, 1922

SMITHOPPOSES

GIFT TOJJBERIA

Senator E. D. SmithObjects to Proposed$5,000,000 Loan toAfrican Republic

Wahington, Nov. 24..Agree¬ment was reached in the senate

today for a final vote Monday on

the administration measure toloan Liberia $5,000,000. The sen¬

ate then adjourned until Monday.When the senate quit work a

motion offered by Senator Sim¬mons (Democrat) of North Caro¬lina, was pending to send the res¬

olution authorizing the loan, backto the finance committee with in¬structions to eliminate the loanfeature and report out only theamendments attached in the senateauthorizing an appropriation ofof $20,000,000 for reclamationwork and $170,000 for employmentby the interstate commerce com¬

mission of 35 additional locomo¬tive boiler inspectors.Attacks upon the proposed loan

by the Democrats became generaltoday. They challenged the Re¬publican claim that a moral obliga¬tion existed for the extension ofthe credit as the result of the partplayed by Liberia in the Worldwar. Administration leaders in re¬

ply declared the previous Demo¬cratic administration had arrangedto extend the loan but had delay¬ed carrying it out until Liberiacomplied with certain conditions.

Senator Smoot (Republican) ofUtah, a member of the debt fund¬ing committee, told vthe senatethat of the loan $s!500,000 was tobe spent for roads, schools andother public improvements in Li¬beria and about $1,500,000 to re¬

fund loans from bankers. Denyingthat foreign governments wouldhave prior liens. Senator Smootsaid the United States "took theposition that it was not going toloan money.and let others have a

claim while we hold a secondmortgage."

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State Welfare BoardFormer Secretary Williams'Greensboro Speech Causing

CommentColumbia, Nov. 27..The South

Carolina Welfare Board will prob¬ably be in sesion.all day Monday,with. important matters pertainingto the state's penal and charitableinstitutions up for consideration.In addition, the board will prob¬ably take final action looking to theelection of an executive secretary,to succeed Rev.,G. Croft Williams,who recently resigned Jo take an

adjunct professorship at the Uni¬versity of South Carolina and al¬so the pastorate of,the St. John'sEpiscopal church here.The board recently conducted an

election by mail, and W. J. Mc-Garrity, of Aiken, was elected sec¬

retary. Mr. McGarrity came toColumbia recently and conferredwith Governor Harvey regardingthe office, but his intentions re¬

garding acceptance were not madeknown.Another matter before the board

is the chaingang system of thestate, though no definite actionwill likely be taken at this time.In Greensboro, N. C. last FridayDr. Williams made the statementthat there were instances of crueltyon the chaingangs of South Caro¬lina. Upon his return to the citySaturday. Dr. Williams had a con¬

ference with Governor Harvey. Gov¬ernor Harvey does not fully agreewith Dr. Williams in some of hisviews as to the chaingang system,and yet there is no note of discordexisting between the governor andthe former head of the welfareboard. Dr. Williams stated thatwhile his speech in Greensboromight have aroused some feelingin South Carolina, he did not in¬tend to say that, conditions on allthe gangs Of the state at all timeswere as bad as the pres reports ofhis Greensboro speech might in¬dicate. Dr. Williams told thegovernor, as he has stated in pub¬lic statements on previous occa¬

sions, that he is opposed to thecounty chaingang system. He isalso opposed to whipping and to

some of the other forms of pun¬ishment now used by the gang au¬

thorities. Governor Harvey has notthe same feeling in the matter. He

opposes anything that might re¬

semble cruelty, but he says hebelieves there are times whenwhipping might be inevitable as a

last resort. He also favors theuse of stripes on prisoners, largelyas a matter of identification andsegregation.

Dr. Williams opposes the pres¬ent gang system as being expen¬sive, and as failing to produce theproper constructive results. Hebelieves other methods of handlingprisoners would have greater ef¬fect in improving the criminal sit¬uation of the state.

Washington. Nov. 27..The housewithout a recording vote, eliminat¬ed from the shipping bill the sec¬

tion permitting the shipping boardto sell government vessels withoutadvertising for competitive bids.

Truth's."

LABOR IS THEGREAT ISSUE

IN ENGLAND!. ¦

Question o f Unem¬ployment Immedi¬ately Becomes Cen¬ter of Interest inParliament

London, Nov. 23 fBy the Asso¬ciated Press)..The opening of thebusiness session of .parliament to¬day quickly revealed what is likelyto be the paramount question inboth houses, apart from Irish legis¬lation, for which .the session was

especially called. The keynote ofthis was struck in the king'sspeech, unemployment.As soon as the time honored

ceremonies incident to the stateopening of parliament were con-

eluded and before the new parlia¬ment really settled down to its du¬ties, it became evident that thegovernment's hope of limiting thediscussions to the Irish bill wouldbe disappointed. Labor, throughthe mouth of its new parliamen¬tary leader, J. Ramsay MacDon-ald. immediately fastened on to thegovernmental confession in theking's speech that it has no new

policy with respect to this im¬portant question but depends uponan execution of the late co¬

alition government's proposed rem¬

edies.The tenor of the opposition

speeches in the debate on the ad¬dress was to press the prime min¬ister to receive an 'unemployed"deputation. This, however, Bo-nar Law seems determiend not todo. In a further reply to a renew¬ed request by the deputation^ foran interview tonight, he refusedagain on tiie same ground, name¬

ly, that orderly administration willbecome impossible if every groupdesiring to raise a departmentalquestion ignores the responsibleminister.Lord Birkcnhead. in the house of

lords, referred to the extreme

gravity of the unemployment ques¬tion, for which no statesman yethad devised a remedy. This may,perhaps, be taken as an indicationof the line which criticism fromthe Lloyd..George-party, will ?o;»low.John Roblrt Clynes, former par¬

liamentary Labor leader, will movean amendment to the address, ex¬

pressing regret that the govern¬ment has no proposal for adequatetreatment of the unemploymentproblem, nor any indication 6i l

change of policy to enable Euro¬pean customers to ¦ buy Britishgoods again; and, so restore inter¬national trade.and stabilize inter¬national exchange.~~

While the debate in the houseof commons today focussed mainlyon unemployment and social prob¬lems in the house of lords, it con¬cerned for the most part foreignpolicy. Viscount Grey, layingstress on the danger of Germany,Turkey and Russia forming a com¬bination together against the allies,pleaded that everything should bedone to maintain a strong, unitedentente.The prime minister in the com¬

mons was able to give no infor¬mation about the Lausanne con¬

ference and thought it was not thebusiness of parliament or the pressto interfere in the conference ne¬

gotiations.The new Communist member, J.

T. W. Newbold, and Edwin Sey¬mour, who defeated Winston Spen-cCjT Churchill in the recent elec¬tions, got themselves early into thelimelight with somewhat violentspeeches. Mr. Newbold came intoconflict with the speaker in hisfirst speech, in which he describedtoday's state function as "a tornfool show," the cost of which'would better have been devoted tounemployment.Lady AstOr, in a speech on the

housing question, in which she was

frequently interrupted by .Labor-ites. with whom she had some

acrimonious passages, declaredthat although she was a Conserva¬tive she would vote against thegovernment unless good housingproposals were provided.

Lloyd George was present butdid not speak. Rumors that he in¬tended to retire for the time ap¬pear to be unfounded for he was

unanimously elected leader of theNational Liberals at a meeting ofthat party today and is expectedto take a prominent part in parlia¬mentary life.

BAKER WITHWAREHOUSE

SYSTEML. L. Baker Leaves Boys' Club

Work to Go With StateWarehouse

Columbia. Nov. 27..L. L. Baker,of Bishopville, for a number ofyears in charge of boys' club workin South Carolina, will on Decem¬ber I, become inspector of all non-

perishable goods warehouses for thestate warehouse system, accordingto an announcement made yester¬day by Clifton Rivers, warehousecommissioner. Mr. Baker will bedirectly associated with the ware¬

house system. He has t"*>r manyyears been interested in promotingbetter farming and better market¬ing conditions for South Carolina.

THE TRUE SOU

GOVERNMENTSPOLICY ON THECOTTON CROP

Experts, College Menand Others Interest¬ed Attending Meet-1in£ at Capital.Boll

I Weevil is Chief Sub¬ject_

Washington, Nov. 23..The gov¬ernment's policy with regard to allphases of the cotton industry was

I outlined tonight by members ofthe Department of Agriculture's.cotton council to the cctton confer-I ence held in conection with theannual convention of the Associa-

. tion of Land Grant Colleges,j Presirents. extension directors,and deans of colleges of the vari-:ous cotton growing states, and ex¬

perts in every line cf cotton grow-ing and cotton marketing werebrought together to discuss a defi-

j nite policy with r?gard .to everyI phase "of the industry. The con-

tVrence was preliminary to the cot-1; ton States conference to be heldin Memphis early in December andwhich Secretary JVallace, off theDepartment of ^Agriculture, will

j attend with several government cot-!

j ton experts. v

j Recommendations made by the.cotton council of the Department;of Agriculture, after many confer¬ences in which experts in everybranch, cf cotton growing or mar-

I keting participated, were laid be-fore tonight's conference, which

j was developed from the ideas ofi Dr. Bf. A. Morgan, president of the; University of Tennessee, who has

j made several tours of the 'cotton.; belt on investigation for the De¬partment of Agriculture.-

Fight Against WeeviLi One of the principal subjectsj covered in the recommendations is

j the fight against the boll weevil: To overcome its ravages it was

said to be of first necessity to ma-

j ture the largest possible crop in thev1 shortest possible time. To accom¬

plish the end the cotton. council's! recommendations include:\ Selection of well-drained soils; ifi possible, only. land capable of pro-j ducing, with reasonable fertiliza,-?j tion, at least half a bale per acre.

Preparation of a good seed bedj liberally fertilized.j Planting Of good seed of izn-

j proved, early maturing variety, rec¬

ommended by the State experimentstation and the Department of. Ag¬riculture^

Planting of seed of a single va-

viety bj entire communities andcounties.

Securing and maintaining a fullstand through proper planting andliberal use of seed and. early andfrequent thorough cultivation.

Destruction of all possible adultweevils, either by hand picking or

poisoning, if weevils are numerousj at the time cotton is just beginning'to square.! Picking and destruction of all

j punctured squares every week or

ten days for a month, if notI equipped to poison by dusting.I Then, if weevils arc still numer-

ous. apply calcium arsenate dryI dust poison, following directions of

j the Department of Agriculturej State College of Agriculture.I Picking of cotton in the fall as

j rapidly as possible and immediate-!ly killing all cotton stalks, thereby! destroying the food supply andbreeding places of the weevil be-'fore the hibernation period.Burning over, or cleaning up,

during winter of woodland, trash!

j or rubbish in which weevils suc-Jj cessi'ully hibernate, especially interraces, fence rows, ditch banksand ravines.Recommendations for controlling!

the boll weevil were formulated be-fore the announcement of the Flor-ida State plant board of its new]

' method for reducing boll weevil in-I jury to short staple cotton, and inview of the promising results ex-

J pected for Florida conditions the! cotton council says it was as clear-ly desirable that experimental ap-]

j plication of the Florida plan should! be made in each of the differenti States..

Improvement of the quality ofI cotton, the cotton council declares,becomes more essential as the

i standard of living of cotton pro-

j dueers rise and as the competitionot* foreign cotton producing regions

! increase?. Recommendations arCji made for the encouragement ofi production of cotton above 7-8 and;! up to 1 1-S inches, there beingj no economic justification for grow¬ing fibre less than 7-8 of an inch

[ in length. It rinds the quality o£the crop ha3 deteriorated in manylocalities in recent years. The most

j serious obstacle to improvement of| the quality of cotton, the councilj states, is that too many kinds ofI cotton are planted in the same lo-i cality resulting quickly in a blend-

I ed nnmgrel breed of 'greatly in-ferior quality having reduced value.

Can Improve Grade.; The quality of upland cotton can

j be improved and the improvementmaintained only through productionof adequate supplies of pure plant¬ing seed of superior varieties forwhich establishment of centers ofpure seed production is essential.Restrietion of production to a smallnumber of varieties would be ma¬

terially advantageous both from

TjtlltOSr, Established .Trine t. 18G6.

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OF VENUEJEFUSEB

ndue NewspaperPublicity C hic.fGround for Argu- Sment Made by (kyxfc [sei for Faries

York, Nov. 23..A motion for ^

a change of venue and continuanceon ground of inadequate time to

prepare defense were refused thb» <

afternoon when made before JudgePeurifoy by former Governor* ColeBlease and Thomas F. McDow^counsel for. William C. Faries,charged with the murder of fourmembers of the family of Jas. M.Taylor; at Clover, on September 6.It was announced by Judge Peuri¬foy that Faries would be brought to

court tomorrow morning to an¬

swer/the charge of kililng ^Newto-iTaylor, aged twelve, the first ofthe victims alleged to have,-beenshot in the Clover horror.The motion for a change of v.-»n-

ue was argued, by former GovernorBlease on. the ground that theYorkville Enquirer, comity newspa-per, had more influence/in STdrkcounty than any State news'pajMKcirculated in any county, -= r»d cha-t ¦.

the Enquirer had published eei--^tain, articles- relative to the de¬fendant's father and to his atb-gV «

past difficulties thai pieJudjcejl'hL:case in the mind of any-juror."/a'.though the attorney stressed thefact: that he wished to. capt no .»

persion relative, to the honesty ar«T

integrity of the many York co*m:yjury. >..-"'. -

* v'There haSs been nothing said f x

the county .newspaper that hasnot been said in the daily newspaf-pers' regarding this case, com}merited Judge Peurifoy in refusingthe motion for a change oi'vemi?,and nothing said in York count-

that lias not been printed¦ in/mvown home paper in Walterboro.John R.. Hart, of counsel for the*

state, offered numerous affidavits.that the defendant could get a fair'trial in* Yj>rk county, while the /de¬fense counsel offered no affidavitsto 'the contrary, basing their argu-ment^soiely on the ground of uh:due/ newfjgajier ;nablicitjs,... Judge Peurifoy: went on'to sayin refusing thejnouon that he hadseen "no indication* of threateningmob infiueh.ee or unrest. It was ua-

bffieially*, reported that counsel for v

the. defentie..'had .Offered, prior tothe* motion, to submit the case Xqa verdict 6f guilty with recommen¬dation t& mercy in the Newton Tay¬lor case, .which would have neces¬

sarily carried a sentence of life im¬prisonment:"This the state refusedand''.the* defense argument included .

a statement that such refusal was ,

contrary to the $each:ngs of JesusChrist whilfe he was upon earth.

Yorkr*~Nov. 24..Six members"f a jury to try William C." Farieson a charge of killing NewtonTaylor last September at Clover,were selected, before noon today.This is the first of four chargaeof murder against Faries, growingout of the shooting of membersof the Taylor family. The courtroom was, crowded to capacity. An £.extra force 'ef deputy sheriffs were ~

on duty. Faries* ginsmen rangedthemselves around him in court. V' V

WRECKEDBelgravian Carrying 2^00^Gr-phans Collides With Liner

- Constantinople, Nov. 25..Amer¬ican Near East relief ¦ ship Bel-' ,

gravian, carrying two thousandorphans from Asia Minor, collidedwith the trans-Atlantic liner. 3»ewYork at the junction of thejios-phorus and the Sea of Marmora to¬day. Allied ships have gone' totheir assistance.Many children were injured.

None were killed. ^

THE IRISHFREE STATECONSTITUTION

London, Nov. 25..The bill set¬

ting up the Irish free slate was pub¬lished here, today. It provides Vorthe temporary continuation 'of ;!;e.present taxation system. It gives theIrish' power to adopt acts appli- ;cable to Other dominions. Is pro¬vides for a legislature consisting ofdeputies and senate. Citizens of 5the age of twenty-one can be voted .

for deputies, and those of the ageof thirty for the senate.

No man Is boss in his own homeun\ss the family is away.

the standpoint of production andmarketing.Recommendations of State insti-^

tutions as to the best cotton varle-*ties for the different sections ofthe belt have been assembled bythe cotton council and endorsed by-it with the suggestion that fed¬eral cooperation with the Statesshould be directed toward aiding inthe establishment of pure varietyseed.production areas. Special -

cncoui*ägement, it recommend**,should be given to increased pro¬duction of planting' seed fromCleveland, Loue Star and Acataand varieties sinulrvr to those,

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