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L. M. GRIST'S SONS, Publisher,. } afiintilj |Vfivspnpcr: jfor the fromotion of (he fjolitiipl, .Social, ^droitural and (Tommcrcial Interests of (he Jteopte. TERMa^l^cop^,EnTiNcE°w*N0, E8TABLI8HED 1865 YORK, S. C. FllIDAY. EMBEim 19^ N~Q. 94~ VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED DP BY ENQIIIKER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know.Condensed For Quick Reading. . '"Sam Woods and Sam Wylie, well known colored 'possum hunters seem to be running: a race to decide which will catch the most 'possums this season," commented one yesterday. "Each hunter hac r«pii!?ht more than thirty 'possums this season; and it would appear that the race between them has only begun." A '"Warm Rag." "Dat new Solicitnh Speahs am sutainly or warm rag." commented a colored attendant upon the court of general sessions yesterday morning. "Ah tinks dat of ah wus In do prisoner's dock an' had de least idea dat dey had muh numbah ah would plead guilty an' not tak' no chances wid dat white man. Yas, suh, dat's whut ah'd do." Officers on the Job. "Looks like the moonshiners "had come to the conclusion that this would be a good week for them to get in lots of work in the belief that all the prohibition officers would be in court," commented Magistrate R. E. Love of Clover Wednesday. "Several stills have been taken over the county this week by officers who were released from court duties Monday and Tuesday by reason of the absence of the judge." Scarcity of Eggs. "Never did know eggs to be so scarce as they are just now," commented Mr. Wyche Elder, proprietor of the Cash and Carry Store of Yorkville the other afternoon. "I don't know whether or not it is because the hens are just simply not laying or because folks are hoarding their eggs for sale about Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't think there have been more than two dozen eggs offered for sale at my store in the past two weeks. Of course we are getting plenty of cold storage eggs for the trade; but there is no question of the fact that there is a difference." Wasn't Satisfied. Several petit jurors souirht to be excused from jury duty for various reasons when the November term of the court of general sessions convened Wednesday morning. One petit juror who had no physician's certificate sought to be excused on the ground that he was hard of hearing. "Judge, when several people get to talking at once, I can't hear," he explained. "But," replied the judge, "in court we don't propose to let several talk at once. Now if several get to talking at once, why you just let me know about it." And the juror did not pursue his reason for excuse any further. Long Time Between Visits. Mr. J. A. K. Garrison who lives in the neighborhood of the Catawba dam was in Yorkville Wednesday, and in conversation with Views and Interviews said that it was the first time he had been here in thirty-one years. He is 72 years of age. "The last time I was here before today," he said, "I came after a tombstone; but having no business here since why I just have not come. I am here this time as the guest of my neighbor Mr. Gaston, who is a member of the grand jury and who insisted that I come along with him. I have never been a witness in court or even a juror." Mr. Garrison enjoyed his stay very much; but when Views and Interviews expressed the hope that he would not allow so long a time to elapse before his next visit he replied: "Well, I cannot promise but I hardly expect to be back again soon unless the sheriff comes after me." Procedure is Different. "The procedure in your courts in SSfiiifh Pfii'fiUnn nuito fTiftVrr-nt from ours in North Carolina in a pood many respects," commented Hon. John G. Carpenter, solicitor-elect from Gaston and Mecklenburg counties who was a visitor in Yorkville, attendant upon the court of general sessions. "For instance," Mr. Carpenter went on to say, "you can try a man in his absence in South Carolina and such a thing can not be done in North Carolina, and 1 notice many other practices and customs that are quite different from ours iii the old North State." Speaking about South Carolina courts Mr. Carpenter went on to say: "There is a certain d'gnity and decorum relative to the conduct of your courts and attached to the demeanor and behavior of all court attaches that is pood to see and that goes a long way toward helping to uphold-the majesty of the law." Mr. Carpenter takes ofiice as solicitor for Gaston and Mecklenburg counties on January 1. having been elected by an overwhelming majority on November 8." Drowth in Texas. Speaking of Texas, from which state he returned last week after n visit to his brother E. F. Aycock. Mr. S. V. Aycock of Sharon No. 2, said he could not see that the farmers out that way, especially in the country through which he passed, had been especially prosperous this year. They have been having a good deal of drouth this year," said Mr. Aycocfr, "and many of the wells having gone dry, many of the farmers are having to haul water for drinking and other purposes. They have not made much cotton, and the corn crops also seemed to be short. But of course, that is the section through which I have been only that I refer to. Texas, you know, is a tremendous state, and from one end to the other there is ro<5m for all kinds of conditions. "No there is no cotton to pick out that way. It has all been gathered. I saw a little cotton in the field out in Arkansas; but not enough to amount to anything." About Oats. "If it had not been for oats, I do not see how I would have ever made it farming." That is what Mr. J. Frank Ashe, of McConnellsvillc, one of the best all. 5 v.h Ij (innnlv thinks ilUUJIU xaillivin ill AUin WV...VI of this important feed and cover crop, as declared in a talk with Views and Interviews yesterday. "Yes, I think oats is one of the most profitable crops that can be grown. It will make you more and better feed to the acre than any other crop, and it will help to protect and build up your land. That is my experience." Continuing Air. Ashe went on to remark, that he had been raised with the idea that oats was not much of a crop. His father followed the old rule of "Dust in wheat and daub in oats," but he has long since found that this old saying is no good; it has lived more because of its being so easy to remember and repeat than because of its value. "I do not know of a crop that will respond better to good preparation. You prepare your land properly and it will always pay you." In reply to a question as to the best time to sow oats, Mr. Ashe replied: "My answer to that is September. I always prefer to get my oats in during September if possible; but the best crop I ever made in my life wa3 sowed on Christmas day. The thing is to select good land, prepare it well, use a liberal amount of fertilizer and get your oats well rooted so as to better withstand the winter. Then in the spring about-the last of February or the first of March put on your nitrate of soda. Many people profer to wait until later; but my experience is that the soda should be applied.about the time I have said to get the best advantage. "No, it is not too late to sow oats, Your danger is in having them frozen out in the winter; but if you sow in an open fuirow there is not much danger even of that. "But whatever you do, you must properly prepare your land." COLLEGE MEN AND WORK Thomas A. Edison Makes Quite Serious Charge. "The main objection I have against a college graduate," said Thomas A. Edison in an interview, "is that he objects to work, especially if it is dirty." Mr. Edison expressed his views at his laboratory in Orange, N. J., to he Princetonian. "The college graduate does not want a job with work in it," continued the electrical wizard, "and when he does get a position, he expects to be appointed ioreman at me eiiu m o»jv weeks. Most men working for me never attended college. The college men I have usually show lack of imagination. They scarcely have any suggestions to make in their daily routine which might load to improvement in the various departments. "College is no place for a man who wants to work, but, unfortunately, there art very few of this type nowadays. Yet, if a man wants to succeed, it is not necessary for him to go to |college. He will broaden himself withlout it. We have enough lawyers, doctors and literary men. Also we have many $100,000 jobs, with no one capable of filling them. The main quality for success, in my estimation, is ambition with a will to work." DEMAND FOR CASCARA Late Infant Industry Grown to Large Proportions. A half ."illion dollars was the value of this season's cascara bark, harvested by Grays Harbor (Wash.) folk. It is the peeled leather-like skin of the barberry tree, stripped by settlers and city dwellers who spend six weeks each spring in the swampy forests near IIoquiam. Six years ago this hark gathering industry was a babe, the few who attempted to c.ill the peeled bark getting from 3 to 4 crnls per pound for it. not knowing just how to properly cure and pack it. Then came the drug famine. The wholesale price which has gradually been rising is now 15 cents per pound and skiliful strippers make $10 to $15 per day. With a knife an incision is made near the ground and a piece of bark once loosened there may be pulled from the tree upward for tor to fifteen feet. Taking but a part o! J the bark does not injure the tree. . S. S. Hale, chief of police of Williamson, who on May 15. killed Rior ijCox, was acquitted at Anderson Tues, day, on a plea of self-defense. Tin jury remained out on the case flv< hours. ;| CLlEMS MESSAGE » Tiger ol France Rewlews Situaiion in Europe. AMERICA DOMIMATES THE SITUATION Says Militarists of Europe Are Plotting Another War for the Overthrow cf Democracy.Germany Making Cannon. Russo-Turkiah Combination Serious Menace. The militarists in Germany already are preparing another war. Georges Clemenceau, war prenierof France, declared in New York Tuesday night in the first address of his American tour. "Don't you read the newspaper?" he demanded. "Don't you know what that means*"' , The Tiger of France, speaking fervently before a packed house at the Metropolitan opera house, reviewed the situation in Kurope, pointing to an approachmcnl of the Turks and Soviet Russia as ominous war clouds. , In the meantime, he declared, Luden- dorff and other German militarists . were planning a coup against the i democratic government. ^ Describing the present as a time of "greatest crisis," he urged that the United States should renew conversa- tions with France and England which, without definitely committing this country to any set program, would present to German eyes a picture of the three unpleasant folks who faced her in the war. < He said sooner or later America , would have to interest herself in the post-war affairs of Europe, because she could not continue to be comfort- able and wealthy if Europe was covered with blood. , lie expressed hope that the United States might establish a plan as to what was to be done in carrying out the terms of the peace treaty and join with England and France in imposing it on Germany. i Frank in Criticism. , He was frank in his criticism of America's post-war attitude, declaring , America had had a large share in im posing the peace terms and had a l.ity ( to see that they were enforced. Challenging the worth of Germany's ( signature to a treaty, the Tiger de-clared that if France had known in ( 1918 that reparations would have been ( unpaid four years later, she would ] have gone on to Berlin. ^ The Tiger received a great burst of applause for the assertion. ( M. CIcmenceau, who protested mat he camo to America on no official mission but as a private citizen to present the truth as he saw it, declared that reparations was an American idea, because President Wilson had come forward with his famous 14 points and the armistice represented essentially the American point of view. At mention of Woodrow Wilson there was another great burst of applause. Expressing the hope that America could find some way of renewing conversations with France and England looking toward enforcement of the peace treaty, Clemenccau said: "I don't want to speak of the league of nations. But I might, I might." The Tiger said he did not believe in the league as a means of preventing war, but he believed in it as a means of arranging matters, deferring war and giving people time to think. "You have seen one of the greatest dramas in the world," he said. The Greatest Crisis. "We are now in the greatest crisis. Nobody knows when it will end and what effect European misery may have on American prosperity." He asked what America had made war for and what she had gained. He said America had cotre to the last point where she was granted time to ( think. No sacrifice was demanded of her except the will to assert herself as , the people she had vanquished were unable to do anything just at the prcsi ent moment. M. Clemenceau, showing little sign ( of fatigue, spoke for nearly an hour and a half. There was only one hit of disturb- ance. That was when a heckler in the ( balcony screamed a few words. "Put him out" came cries from various parts of the house. The speaker never hahed, continuing as if the heckler had been a mute. The Tiger of France faced his first audi- j ence on his tour of America to expound his country's post-war needs. To the strains of the Marseillaise ^ land "The Star Spangled Banner" Clemenceau, oft time premier of France, who now proclaims himself a simple! "citoycn" stepped upon the stage of |, the Metropolitian opera house and faced an audience that packed the huge auditorium from orchestra circle to topmost gallery. He entered the building by a side entrance, dodging a crowd that would have filled the auditorium several times over, and that, denied ndmit1 tnnee, lingered anyhow in hope of get1 tine n 'limnsn nf ttio nietnrosiilio R1 year old statesman. When ho stepped from the wings j [ there were cheers and cries of "Vive le Tiger" and "Vivo la France," min- gird with the more polite handelapping. Clemenceau took his place behind a low semi-circle of palms and chrysan1 thomums that obscured bis squat fig. ure almost to his waist. » Chair for Simple Citizen. ; The chair provided for him was a small, cane seated affair, appropriate, as the Tiger said, for "a simple citizen." The management had provided e big throne clmir but the Tiger, visiting the auditorium late in the afternoon for a final inspection, had ordered it out, declaring it would make him "look like Queen Victoria." Above his l/ead hung a cluster of amplifying horns to carry his voice to tlte big audience. Flags of the'two nations which the Tiger hopes bjl his tour to weld more closely, were intertwined over the stage. The fatnous golden horseshoe also was draped in French and Amcri- can colors. The audience was a select one. Evening clothes predominated, even in the upper gallariesi An army of plainclothes men lilted the corridor through which he entoied. Notables on the stage included General Pershing, Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legioh; Acting Mayor Hulbert, Maj. Gen. R. L. Bullard, commandant of th<}' Second army corps area, and Maj.jpcn. John F. O'Ryan. Clcmenceau aat between Pershing and John W. Dftvis, chairman, smiling at the cheering audience. When the lpplause that greeted the noted Frenchman ceased, Mme. Peralta of the Metropolitan, sang a stanza ot "The Star Spangled Banner." Then Rothier, another Metropolitan artist, 9ang the Marseillaise. Clemenceau stood facing the singer, his eyes sparkling with emotion. John W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain, introduced the war premier, the grizzled veteran of statecraft who had a finger in the history jf the world, as "Le Pere la Victoire." Explaining that the council of foreign relations, under whose auspices the meeting was held, believed that nothing was of more consequence to the well being of the American people than the relations they entertained with distant countries, the chairman paid tribute to the service of France in the World war, and the man who, 'when the hearts of men grew faint in 1S17, breathed fresh life into tnivenry hosts of all the allied armies." Clemenceau began his address with in allegory in which he contrasted himself with a Buddhist monk who called his disciples together in an Indian village, a thousand years ago, ;o hoar him preach. But instead gf a human voice me lisciples heard only the golden voice >f a beautiful bird, perched on a oranch above the monk. That was :he sermon. The "Tiger" expressed regret that he could not thus convey his message vithout speaking, saying "in fact you may have heard It, I came here on jurpose for that." First he said, he wanted to say he vas "more accustomed to grinning 'aces than the smiling faces of ladles" ind that on this night he was "rather, ilthough it has not happened very )ften.rather timid." "Really Wonderful Welcome." Then he expressed his gratitude for he "really wonderful welcome which I lave met in this country which is most marvelous since only 57 years ago I :ame fresh from the imperial Jails of Napoleon III to find there was another vay of living and a much better way." As an immigrant he brought to this :ountry a fresh outlook but he said he lid not know "whether it had been apireciated," that he had never been assured as much. He has looked around n America and "learned what Europe lad not taught me.to help myself." "And now, like the pupil who comes >ack to his teacher, who had gained xpericnce, I come back and it is very liffcrcnt," he continued. "I come hack vith changed ideas and to express my hanks for the good practical education hat I received." He came, he said, "with the American spirit and ready lo find fault in lifferent ways. "I must confess that I did not find is many faults as I expected. And oday, having been taught through independence, I am trying to find adLice. I have no mission; I did not omc with a mission from anybody." Clemenceau sat in his "pleasant Utile house by the sea" in his native country and there lie said, "I heard here had been bad words for France. [ did not like that at all. "At the same time there came people and hard critics, one a very distinguished Englishman, and I said 'Well, now, if England misjudges France, and the Americans misjudge France, what are we going to do? I had better go and sec what is the matter,'" Thus, he said, he left France "without really knowing whether I was going to plead against you or to defend you." In a challenging rumble, the "Tiger" then dared "any one to te'i me that I have a personal end in this trip to America and that I purpose any design, political, personal or any kind." ' * n oen»>*»xrl 1*/-* Un /I Knnn luttV) ill lUtl, iiu aooi;i iuu, 11 u imu uuvu nv* v long enough to decide he "was not going to have much trouble in establishing a basis of common thought on a very important matter." Of the opposition in France to his visit, he said: "When a man with his own nature tries to aim as high as he can it is encouraging to hear the raging shrieks from below." He came provided with such encouragement, he declared. America and France, he said, "have a great deal in common in some of the greatest events" seen in war. And he expressed particular pleasure in (Continued on Fage Six) FAMES TRIAL TODAY Noted Clover Case Is Set For Trial Friday Morning. PLEA OF "NOT GUILTY" ENTERED Alleged Slayer of Four One of Coolest Men in Courthouse When Arraigned Wednesday.Farics Looks Around Court Room for Friends and Kindred .Crowd Leaves Following Plea, Apparently Satisfied for Timo Being. Calm and collected, his gaze taking in the entire court room from the judge's bench to the front entrance, one of the coolest men in the York county courthouse when he was lirrmirht in shnrtlv hefnre noon Wed- nesday to answer an indictment charging him with the murder of little Newton Taylor, aged 12 at Clover on September 6, last, was William C. Furies. A little over 60 years of age, grizzled and gray, with a clear, blue eye, his general carriage and demeanor informing 'he world that so far as moral or physical fear is concerned, he knows it not, Faries came into the court room in charge of several deputies, his wrists manacled. He bowed his head in the direction of his handcuffed wrists as he strode into the court room in charge of his keepers and there appeared just the shadow of a smile on his whitened face as he looked at his bound wrists. There was no threat in that look. There was nothing that would warrant the suggestion that ne even entertained the slightest semblance of an idea of trying to escape from custody. He took a seat among several negro prisoners who sat in the row of seats Just inside the enclosure reserved for court attaches. Attired in a coat of dark grey texture and trousers of lighter gray material, he held his black slouch hat in his hand. He wore a dark blue work shirt and he had ho tie. People who have known him for years say he was never in the habit of wearing a tie. As soon as he had gotten his bearings in the court room it appeared as though he wanted to look around to see who was there. He wanted to sec those of his own folks, it seemed, who were there. Asi his glance went to the front door of the courthouse he must have seen James M. Taylor,.four mem- uers ui wnuae iciiiiuy nu ia uiuikcu with slaying. It would appear that he could not have missed the glance of the bereaved parent. Taylor is an unusually tall man of dark complexion. His is a gaze of unusual piercing and concentrating continuity. He had been unable to obtain a seat and he and Faries must have exchanged glances when the alleged slayer glanced back that way. Indictment Read Then Solicitor Monroe Spears in his brisk and straight-to-the-point manner, proceeded with the reading of the indictment charging the defendant with the murder of Newton Taylor. The solicitor had hardly concluded with the words: "What say you, William C. Faries, are you guilty of the murder whereof you stand indicted or not guilty?" before Faries spoke out: "Not guilty of wilful murder." Nothing more was said publicly by the prisoner. There was nothing more for him to say. He looked at his counsel, mutely asking, "what is next to say?" And there was no answer to his question. Trial Set for Friday. Then Solicitor Spears wanted to know if the defense would be ready to go to trial Thursday. Thos. F. McDow, chief counsel for the defense replied that the prisoner would be ready to answer Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Defense counsel, however, reserved the right to make any motions in the interval that might be advisable. Taken Back to Jail. Then Faries was released from the prisoner's dock where he had been arraigned and again for a few moments took his seat among the swarthy, stenchy, negro prisoners. In a few moments. Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn informed him that ho was ready to take him back to jail. It appeared that it was all the same to Faries. He held up his wrists together. The handcuffs were again adjusted and in company of deputies lie walked back to jail. The large crowd which was present principally because of the fact that they expected something to be said about the Faries matter, appeared to be satisfied and as he left by the rear door, they left by the front door, apparently satisfied with events for the time being. Numerous other cases engaged the attention of the court during Wednesday but there was no case to hold the general interest of the crowd who had gathered for the Faries case; most of whom with others are expected to bp back again Friday morning when it will again engage the attention of t"hc court for a little while whether it is tried or not. Will Plea Be Insanity? In view of the fact that Faries promptly denied the charge of wilful murder when indicted Wednesday, there was considerable speculation yesterday as to whether the defense would stick to the plea of insanity as already outlined. It was suggested yesterday that the defense would probably rely on a verdict of manslaughter or at worst, guilty with recommendation to mercy, which carries a life sentence. SHIP SUBSIDY IS NECESSARY. President Says That ths Withholding of Help Means Loss. Enactment of the administration marine bill was urged upon congress Tuesday by President Harding as necessary to relieve the government of present "staggering losses" in operation of the war-built merchant fleet, and to establish a program of assured shipping to serve the nation in war and give a guaranty of commercial independence in time of peace. Personally addressing a joint session of the house and senate the executive declared an actual monetary saving to the government would result from the proposed law. He challenged every insinuation of favored interests and the enriching of the special few at the expense of the public treasury. The legislation, he asserted, automatically guarded against enrichment or perpetual bestowal. "If success attends, as we hope it will," he added, "the government outlay is returned, the1 inspiration of opportunity to earn remains and American transportation by sea is maintained." Foreigners Anxious. The president said concern about the American merchant marine policy was not limited to "our own domain," adding that the maritime nations of the world were "in oomplete accord with the opposition here to the pending measure." He declared those nations had a perfect right to such an attitude, but that he wished to stress the American viewpoint, which, he said, should be the viewpoint "from which one sees American carriers at sea, the dependence of American commerce, and American vessels for American reliance in the event of war/' Mr. Harding declared it would be most discouraging if a measure of "such transcending national importance" must have its fate depend upon geographical, occupational, professional or partisan objection. A commercial eminence on the seas and ample agencies for the promotion in carrying of American pommerce, he asserted, were of no less importance to the people of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, the great Northwest and the Rocky Mountain states than to the seaboard states and industrial communities inland. "It is a common cause, with its benefits commonly shared," he said. If government aid is a fair term to apply to authorization, aggregating *vo,uuu,uuu 10 promote gooa roaas ior market highways, the president added, it is equally fit to be applied to the establishment ai'd maintenance of American market highways on the "salted sens." As to present government operation of the shipping board fleet, Mr. Harding said, there was the unavoidable task of wiping out a fifty million dollar annual loss and losses aggregating "many hundreds of millions" in worn out, sacrificed or scrapped shipping. He called attention that the government ships were being worn out without any provision for replacement and that a program of surrender and sacrifice and the liquidation which, he declared, would cost scores of millions. The cost of the proposed legislation, giving the direct aid, he said, with ocean carrying maintained at the present average, would not reach $20,000,000 a year and the maximum direct aid if American shipping were so promoted'that it carried one-half the nation's deep sea commerce would not exceed thirty millions annually. GHOULS WRECK CEMETERY. Tombstones Broken That Had Stood for Years. Complete wrecking of the Mill Creek Catholic cemetery, near Wadswojrth, 111., by ghoulish vandals has aroused a storm of Indignation in northwestern Lake county. Scarcely a tombstone has been left standing. Many of them have been broken. Religious fanatics are believed to be responsible. A rural mail carrier, passing the cemetery one day last week, was the first to discover the vandalism. He reported to officials of Wadsworth and also of St. Patrick's Catholic church, of which Father J. B. Foley is pastor. There was a hur ied investigation. The destruction scarcely could have been more complete had the little cemetery, established more than seventy-five years ago, been visited by an earthquake. Many of the old tombstones that have defied the elements for many decades were broken. Even the larger stones were pushed off their bases. There are indications that sledge hammers were used. The first theory was that the van- dalism was committed by boys, but this is not given much credence, be- cause many of the monuments were too heavy to have been overturned by youngsters. Also, the investigators believe that the natural fear of boys would prevent them from entering a cemetery after dark. The police are working on the case, but up tc the present time have been unable to obtain a clew. Authorities agree that it is the worst piece of vandalism ever perpetrated in Lake county. . Women and children constitute 42 per cent of all immigrants to the United States. Illl Willi III II H l.B PLAYERS DISQUALIFIED Catawba High School Athletic Asso elation Cleans House. I DOUGLAS N1MS ELIGIBLE TO DEC. 22 Had Received Money for Playing Baseball Previous to Formation of Association.Cases of Steele, ScHultx and Tollison Reviewed. The housecleaning so long needed In the Catawba High School Athletic Association because of the playing of alleged ineligible men by Chester and Rock Hill was done thoroughly at a meeting of the football committee of the utntn a o<cnr»i» t inn hold in Andf>l*ilOH 'J9 Wednesday. Player Douglas Nims, star half hack of the Rock Hill team was "whitewashed" in a measure by the committee, although it was shown that Nims had received money for engaging in athletic contests on a number of occasions. He got by on the ground that he had not f>layed for money since the association was organized. The following dispatch from Anderson of Wednesday, tells of the action of the committee: The football committee of the South Carolina high school league met at the ; high school here this afternoon to ( decide on the eligibility of certain players on the Rock Hill and Chester high school teams. J. D. Fulp, superintendent of the Abbeville schools, chairman L. L. Wright, superintendent of the Honea Path school and L. L. Hanna, principal of the Anderson high school, the members of this committee, were all present. The first case taken up was that of Douglas Nims, a player of the Rock Hill high school, whose eligibility to play on a football team in the state league was questioned because of having received money for playing sum- mer baseball. The mass of evidence 5| submitted, pro and con, did show that Kims had from time to time received I small amounts of money for playing I with the Fort Mill cotton mill team s during 1921 and 1922, but not sufficient | amounts to prove^ to the committee be- 8 yond a reasonable doubt that more I than expenses were received by Nlrae. I There was produced on orders from § the manager of the Fort Mill team in | 1920 on the treasurer of the team or- 3 derlng the treasurer to pay Douglas jjj Nlms 130 for three games and Nlms | acknowledged both the order and cancelled checks further fulfilling tne payment of the amount, but in view of that fact this transaction took place in 1920, prior to the adoption of the high school league constitution, the committee ruled that the constitution was not retroactive and this evidence could not be admitted. The committee, therefore declared Douglas Kims eligible to play with Rock Hill until December 22, 1922, when he becomes 21 year* of . age. J. D. Fulp asked to be excused from acting on Kims' case, as both are natives of Fort Mill, and have been more or less closely associated for a number of years. J The next case taken up was that of William Steele, of the Rock Hill school, formerly captain of the Wlnlhrop Training school team. Steele attended the training school for five days, the first week of school, was made captain of the football team, registered on morning of the fifth day of school with Rock Hill high school, yet attended the training school the same day. It was a clear case of double registration and as Steele did not enroll in the Rock Hill school the first week of school the committee declared him an ineligible player prior to October 25, so the games played by Rock Hill before this date, in which Steele pari-rlpated, were thrown out by the committee. The games thrown out were* with Port Mill and Kershaw. In the case of Glenn O. Schultz, of the Rock Hill school, alleged to be over 21 years of "age, the committee uccepted without question the affidavit submitted by the boy's mother, stating that Schultz was 20 years of age on November 6, 1922. The Winthrop Training school's protest of the game with Yorkville last Friday .was turned down by the committee. This was a protest on a decision of the referee relative to an off-side and the committee, as usual, ducided that If a team assents to certain officials before the game starts they must abide by their decisions. The case of Herman Tollison, of Chester high school, who was reported to the committee as being ineligible because he was receiving board and similar compensation in Chester, was taken up next. The committee appreciated Superintendent Brockman's removal of Tollison from the Chester team the same day he received word /». . A/tmmUtAA hot Tnlllann'o in_ II UII1 Ull* WUHillllUVt kliUV A V«»«vu w eligibility was doubtful but in view of the fact that Tollison admitted to superinten Brockman that he did not know who was paying his board, the committee ruled that the games in which Tollison participated were thrown out. They were with Fort MTU, York and Clinton, Any further penalty to these teams will have to come from the executive committee of the league which has the power by a two-thirds vote to suspend Rock Hill and Chester from the league under the provis- ions of article 12 of the constitution. * * A . Pennsylvania's League of Women Voters has a membership exceeding 30,000. Jg

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Page 1: C. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS ;| CLlEMS FAMES TRIAL ......L. M. GRIST'S SONS, Publisher,.}afiintilj |Vfivspnpcr: jfor the fromotion of (he fjolitiipl,.Social, ^droitural and (Tommcrcial

L. M. GRIST'S SONS, Publisher,. } afiintilj |Vfivspnpcr: jfor the fromotion of (he fjolitiipl, .Social, ^droitural and (Tommcrcial Interests of (he Jteopte. TERMa^l^cop^,EnTiNcE°w*N0,E8TABLI8HED 1865YORK, S. C. FllIDAY. EMBEim 19^N~Q. 94~

VIEWS AND INTERVIEWSBrief Local Paragraphs of More or

Less Interest.

PICKED DP BY ENQIIIKER REPORTERSStories Concerning Folks and Things,Some of Which You Know andSome You Don't Know.CondensedFor Quick Reading. .

'"Sam Woods and Sam Wylie, wellknown colored 'possum hunters seem

to be running: a race to decide whichwill catch the most 'possums this season,"commented one yesterday. "Eachhunter hac r«pii!?ht more than thirty'possums this season; and it would appearthat the race between them has

only begun."A '"Warm Rag."

"Dat new Solicitnh Speahs am sutainlyor warm rag." commented a coloredattendant upon the court of generalsessions yesterday morning. "Ahtinks dat of ah wus In do prisoner'sdock an' had de least idea dat dey hadmuh numbah ah would plead guilty an'not tak' no chances wid dat white man.

Yas, suh, dat's whut ah'd do."Officers on the Job.

"Looks like the moonshiners "hadcome to the conclusion that this wouldbe a good week for them to get in lots

of work in the belief that all the prohibitionofficers would be in court,"commented Magistrate R. E. Love of

Clover Wednesday. "Several stillshave been taken over the county thisweek by officers who were releasedfrom court duties Monday and Tuesdayby reason of the absence of the

judge."Scarcity of Eggs.

"Never did know eggs to be so

scarce as they are just now," commentedMr. Wyche Elder, proprietor ofthe Cash and Carry Store of Yorkvillethe other afternoon. "I don't knowwhether or not it is because the hensare just simply not laying or becausefolks are hoarding their eggs for saleabout Thanksgiving and Christmas. I

don't think there have been more thantwo dozen eggs offered for sale at mystore in the past two weeks. Ofcourse we are getting plenty of coldstorage eggs for the trade; but thereis no question of the fact that there isa difference."

Wasn't Satisfied.Several petit jurors souirht to be excusedfrom jury duty for various reasonswhen the November term of the

court of general sessions convenedWednesday morning. One petit jurorwho had no physician's certificatesought to be excused on the groundthat he was hard of hearing. "Judge,when several people get to talking atonce, I can't hear," he explained. "But,"replied the judge, "in court we don'tpropose to let several talk at once.

Now if several get to talking at once,

why you just let me know about it."And the juror did not pursue his reasonfor excuse any further.

Long Time Between Visits.Mr. J. A. K. Garrison who lives in

the neighborhood of the Catawba damwas in Yorkville Wednesday, and inconversation with Views and Interviewssaid that it was the first timehe had been here in thirty-one years.He is 72 years of age."The last time I was here before today,"he said, "I came after a tombstone;but having no business here

since why I just have not come. I amhere this time as the guest of myneighbor Mr. Gaston, who is a memberof the grand jury and who insistedthat I come along with him. I havenever been a witness in court or even a

juror."Mr. Garrison enjoyed his stay very

much; but when Views and Interviewsexpressed the hope that he would notallow so long a time to elapse beforehis next visit he replied:"Well, I cannot promise but I hardly

expect to be back again soon unless thesheriff comes after me."

Procedure is Different."The procedure in your courts in

SSfiiifh Pfii'fiUnn i« nuito fTiftVrr-nt from

ours in North Carolina in a pood manyrespects," commented Hon. John G.Carpenter, solicitor-elect from Gastonand Mecklenburg counties who was a

visitor in Yorkville, attendant upon thecourt of general sessions. "For instance,"Mr. Carpenter went on to say,"you can try a man in his absence inSouth Carolina and such a thing can

not be done in North Carolina, and 1notice many other practices and customsthat are quite different from ours

iii the old North State." Speakingabout South Carolina courts Mr. Carpenterwent on to say: "There is a

certain d'gnity and decorum relative tothe conduct of your courts and attachedto the demeanor and behavior of allcourt attaches that is pood to see andthat goes a long way toward helping touphold-the majesty of the law." Mr.Carpenter takes ofiice as solicitor forGaston and Mecklenburg counties on

January 1. having been elected by an

overwhelming majority on November8."Drowth in Texas.

Speaking of Texas, from which statehe returned last week after n visit tohis brother E. F. Aycock. Mr. S. V.Aycock of Sharon No. 2, said he couldnot see that the farmers out that way,especially in the country through whichhe passed, had been especially prosperousthis year.

They have been having a good deal

of drouth this year," said Mr. Aycocfr,"and many of the wells having gone

dry, many of the farmers are having to

haul water for drinking and other purposes.They have not made much cotton,and the corn crops also seemed to

be short. But of course, that is the

section through which I have been

only that I refer to. Texas, you know,is a tremendous state, and from one

end to the other there is ro<5m for allkinds of conditions."No there is no cotton to pick out

that way. It has all been gathered. I

saw a little cotton in the field out inArkansas; but not enough to amountto anything."

About Oats."If it had not been for oats, I do not

see how I would have ever made it

farming."That is what Mr. J. Frank Ashe, of

McConnellsvillc, one of the best all.5 v.h Ij (innnlv thinksilUUJIU xaillivin ill AUin WV...VI

of this important feed and cover crop,as declared in a talk with Views andInterviews yesterday.

"Yes, I think oats is one of the most

profitable crops that can be grown. Itwill make you more and better feed tothe acre than any other crop, and itwill help to protect and build up yourland. That is my experience."Continuing Air. Ashe went on to remark,that he had been raised with

the idea that oats was not much of a

crop. His father followed the old ruleof "Dust in wheat and daub in oats,"but he has long since found that thisold saying is no good; it has livedmore because of its being so easy toremember and repeat than because ofits value.

"I do not know of a crop that willrespond better to good preparation.You prepare your land properly and itwill always pay you."

In reply to a question as to the besttime to sow oats, Mr. Ashe replied:"My answer to that is September. I

always prefer to get my oats in duringSeptember if possible; but the bestcrop I ever made in my life wa3 sowedon Christmas day. The thing is toselect good land, prepare it well, use

a liberal amount of fertilizer and getyour oats well rooted so as to betterwithstand the winter. Then in thespring about-the last of February or

the first of March put on your nitrateof soda. Many people profer to waituntil later; but my experience is thatthe soda should be applied.about thetime I have said to get the best advantage."No, it is not too late to sow oats,

Your danger is in having them frozenout in the winter; but if you sow inan open fuirow there is not muchdanger even of that."But whatever you do, you must

properly prepare your land."

COLLEGE MEN AND WORK

Thomas A. Edison Makes QuiteSerious Charge.

"The main objection I have againsta college graduate," said Thomas A.Edison in an interview, "is that heobjects to work, especially if it is

dirty."Mr. Edison expressed his views at

his laboratory in Orange, N. J., to hePrincetonian."The college graduate does not

want a job with work in it," continuedthe electrical wizard, "and when hedoes get a position, he expects to be

appointed ioreman at me eiiu m o»jv

weeks. Most men working for me

never attended college. The collegemen I have usually show lack of imagination.They scarcely have anysuggestions to make in their daily routinewhich might load to improvementin the various departments.

"College is no place for a man whowants to work, but, unfortunately,there art very few of this type nowadays.Yet, if a man wants to succeed,it is not necessary for him to go to

|college. He will broaden himself withloutit. We have enough lawyers,doctors and literary men. Also we

have many $100,000 jobs, with no one

capable of filling them. The main

quality for success, in my estimation,is ambition with a will to work."

DEMAND FOR CASCARA

Late Infant Industry Grown to LargeProportions.

A half ."illion dollars was the valueof this season's cascara bark, harvestedby Grays Harbor (Wash.) folk. It

is the peeled leather-like skin of thebarberry tree, stripped by settlers andcity dwellers who spend six weeks each

spring in the swampy forests near IIoquiam.Six years ago this hark gathering

industry was a babe, the few who attemptedto c.ill the peeled bark gettingfrom 3 to 4 crnls per pound for it.not knowing just how to properly cure

and pack it.Then came the drug famine. The

wholesale price which has graduallybeen rising is now 15 cents per poundand skiliful strippers make $10 to $15per day. With a knife an incisionis made near the ground and a pieceof bark once loosened there may be

pulled from the tree upward for tor

to fifteen feet. Taking but a part o!

J the bark does not injure the tree.

. S. S. Hale, chief of police of Williamson,who on May 15. killed Rior

ijCox, was acquitted at Anderson Tues,day, on a plea of self-defense. Tin

jury remained out on the case flv<

hours.

;| CLlEMS MESSAGE»

Tiger ol France Rewlews Situaiion inEurope.

AMERICA DOMIMATES THE SITUATION

Says Militarists of Europe Are PlottingAnother War for the Overthrow cfDemocracy.Germany Making Cannon.Russo-Turkiah CombinationSerious Menace.The militarists in Germany already

are preparing another war. GeorgesClemenceau, war prenierof France, declaredin New York Tuesday night inthe first address of his American tour.

"Don't you read the newspaper?" hedemanded. "Don't you know what thatmeans*"' ,

The Tiger of France, speaking ferventlybefore a packed house at the

Metropolitan opera house, reviewedthe situation in Kurope, pointing to an

approachmcnl of the Turks and SovietRussia as ominous war clouds. ,In the meantime, he declared, Luden-

dorff and other German militarists .

were planning a coup against the i

democratic government. ^Describing the present as a time of

"greatest crisis," he urged that theUnited States should renew conversa-

tions with France and England which,without definitely committing thiscountry to any set program, wouldpresent to German eyes a picture ofthe three unpleasant folks who facedher in the war. <

He said sooner or later America ,

would have to interest herself in the

post-war affairs of Europe, because

she could not continue to be comfort-able and wealthy if Europe was coveredwith blood. ,

lie expressed hope that the UnitedStates might establish a plan as towhat was to be done in carrying outthe terms of the peace treaty and joinwith England and France in imposingit on Germany. i

Frank in Criticism. ,

He was frank in his criticism ofAmerica's post-war attitude, declaring ,

America had had a large share in im

posing the peace terms and had a l.ity (

to see that they were enforced.Challenging the worth of Germany's (

signature to a treaty, the Tiger de-claredthat if France had known in (

1918 that reparations would have been (

unpaid four years later, she would ]have gone on to Berlin. ^The Tiger received a great burst of

applause for the assertion. (

M. CIcmenceau, who protested mat

he camo to America on no official missionbut as a private citizen to presentthe truth as he saw it, declaredthat reparations was an American idea,because President Wilson had come

forward with his famous 14 points andthe armistice represented essentiallythe American point of view. At mentionof Woodrow Wilson there was

another great burst of applause. Expressingthe hope that America couldfind some way of renewing conversationswith France and England lookingtoward enforcement of the peacetreaty, Clemenccau said:

"I don't want to speak of the leagueof nations. But I might, I might."The Tiger said he did not believe in

the league as a means of preventingwar, but he believed in it as a means

of arranging matters, deferring war

and giving people time to think."You have seen one of the greatest

dramas in the world," he said.The Greatest Crisis.

"We are now in the greatest crisis.Nobody knows when it will end andwhat effect European misery may haveon American prosperity."He asked what America had made

war for and what she had gained. Hesaid America had cotre to the lastpoint where she was granted time to

(think. No sacrifice was demanded ofher except the will to assert herself as

,

the people she had vanquished were

unable to do anything just at the prcsient moment.M. Clemenceau, showing little sign

(of fatigue, spoke for nearly an hourand a half.There was only one hit of disturb-

ance. That was when a heckler in the (balcony screamed a few words."Put him out" came cries from variousparts of the house.The speaker never hahed, continuing

as if the heckler had been a mute. TheTiger of France faced his first audi- jence on his tour of America to expoundhis country's post-war needs.To the strains of the Marseillaise

^land "The Star Spangled Banner"Clemenceau, oft time premier of France,who now proclaims himself a simple!"citoycn" stepped upon the stage of |,the Metropolitian opera house andfaced an audience that packed the hugeauditorium from orchestra circle to

topmost gallery.He entered the building by a side

entrance, dodging a crowd that wouldhave filled the auditorium severaltimes over, and that, denied ndmit1tnnee, lingered anyhow in hope of get1tine n 'limnsn nf ttio nietnrosiilio R1

year old statesman.When ho stepped from the wings j

[ there were cheers and cries of "Vivele Tiger" and "Vivo la France," min-gird with the more polite handelapping.Clemenceau took his place behind a

low semi-circle of palms and chrysan1thomums that obscured bis squat fig.ure almost to his waist.» Chair for Simple Citizen.; The chair provided for him was a

small, cane seated affair, appropriate,

as the Tiger said, for "a simple citizen."The management had providede big throne clmir but the Tiger, visitingthe auditorium late in the afternoonfor a final inspection, had orderedit out, declaring it would make him"look like Queen Victoria."Above his l/ead hung a cluster of

amplifying horns to carry his voice totlte big audience.Flags of the'two nations which the

Tiger hopes bjl his tour to weld more

closely, were intertwined over thestage. The fatnous golden horseshoealso was draped in French and Amcri-can colors.

The audience was a select one. Eveningclothes predominated, even in theupper gallariesi An army of plainclothesmen lilted the corridor throughwhich he entoied. Notables on thestage included General Pershing, AlvinOwsley, national commander of theAmerican Legioh; Acting Mayor Hulbert,Maj. Gen. R. L. Bullard, commandantof th<}' Second army corpsarea, and Maj.jpcn. John F. O'Ryan.Clcmenceau aat between Pershing

and John W. Dftvis, chairman, smilingat the cheering audience. When thelpplause that greeted the notedFrenchman ceased, Mme. Peralta of

the Metropolitan, sang a stanza ot

"The Star Spangled Banner." ThenRothier, another Metropolitan artist,9ang the Marseillaise. Clemenceaustood facing the singer, his eyes sparklingwith emotion.John W. Davis, former ambassador

to Great Britain, introduced the war

premier, the grizzled veteran of statecraftwho had a finger in the historyjf the world, as "Le Pere la Victoire."Explaining that the council of foreignrelations, under whose auspices

the meeting was held, believed thatnothing was of more consequence to

the well being of the American peoplethan the relations they entertainedwith distant countries, the chairmanpaid tribute to the service of France

in the World war, and the man who,'when the hearts of men grew faint

in 1S17, breathed fresh life into tnivenryhosts of all the allied armies."Clemenceau began his address with

in allegory in which he contrastedhimself with a Buddhist monk whocalled his disciples together in an

Indian village, a thousand years ago,;o hoar him preach.But instead gf a human voice me

lisciples heard only the golden voice

>f a beautiful bird, perched on a

oranch above the monk. That was

:he sermon.

The "Tiger" expressed regret that hecould not thus convey his messagevithout speaking, saying "in fact youmay have heard It, I came here on

jurpose for that."First he said, he wanted to say he

vas "more accustomed to grinning'aces than the smiling faces of ladles"ind that on this night he was "rather,ilthough it has not happened very)ften.rather timid."

"Really Wonderful Welcome."Then he expressed his gratitude for

he "really wonderful welcome which I

lave met in this country which is mostmarvelous since only 57 years ago I

:ame fresh from the imperial Jails of

Napoleon III to find there was anothervay of living and a much better way."As an immigrant he brought to this

:ountry a fresh outlook but he said helid not know "whether it had been apireciated,"that he had never been assuredas much. He has looked aroundn America and "learned what Europelad not taught me.to help myself.""And now, like the pupil who comes

>ack to his teacher, who had gainedxpericnce, I come back and it is very

liffcrcnt," he continued. "I come hackvith changed ideas and to express myhanks for the good practical educationhat I received."He came, he said, "with the Americanspirit and ready lo find fault in

lifferent ways."I must confess that I did not find

is many faults as I expected. Andoday, having been taught through independence,I am trying to find adLice.I have no mission; I did notomc with a mission from anybody."Clemenceau sat in his "pleasant Utilehouse by the sea" in his native

country and there lie said, "I heardhere had been bad words for France.

[ did not like that at all."At the same time there came peopleand hard critics, one a very distinguishedEnglishman, and I said

'Well, now, if England misjudgesFrance, and the Americans misjudgeFrance, what are we going to do? Ihad better go and sec what is thematter,'"Thus, he said, he left France "withoutreally knowing whether I was goingto plead against you or to defend

you."In a challenging rumble, the "Tiger"

then dared "any one to te'i me that Ihave a personal end in this trip toAmerica and that I purpose any design,political, personal or any kind."

' * n oen»>*»xrl 1*/-* Un /I Knnn luttV)ill lUtl, iiu aooi;i iuu, 11 u imu uuvu nv* v

long enough to decide he "was not goingto have much trouble in establishinga basis of common thought on a

very important matter." Of the oppositionin France to his visit, he said:"When a man with his own naturetries to aim as high as he can it is

encouraging to hear the raging shrieksfrom below." He came provided withsuch encouragement, he declared.America and France, he said, "have

a great deal in common in some ofthe greatest events" seen in war. Andhe expressed particular pleasure in

(Continued on Fage Six)

FAMES TRIAL TODAYNoted Clover Case Is Set For Trial

Friday Morning.PLEA OF "NOT GUILTY" ENTERED

Alleged Slayer of Four One of CoolestMen in Courthouse When ArraignedWednesday.Farics Looks AroundCourt Room for Friends and Kindred.Crowd Leaves Following Plea, ApparentlySatisfied for Timo Being.Calm and collected, his gaze taking

in the entire court room from thejudge's bench to the front entrance,one of the coolest men in the Yorkcounty courthouse when he was

lirrmirht in shnrtlv hefnre noon Wed-

nesday to answer an indictment charginghim with the murder of little NewtonTaylor, aged 12 at Clover on

September 6, last, was William C.Furies. A little over 60 years of age,grizzled and gray, with a clear, blueeye, his general carriage and demeanorinforming 'he world that so far as

moral or physical fear is concerned,he knows it not, Faries came into thecourt room in charge of several deputies,his wrists manacled. He bowedhis head in the direction of his handcuffedwrists as he strode into thecourt room in charge of his keepersand there appeared just the shadow ofa smile on his whitened face as helooked at his bound wrists. There was

no threat in that look. There was

nothing that would warrant the suggestionthat ne even entertained theslightest semblance of an idea of tryingto escape from custody.He took a seat among several negro

prisoners who sat in the row of seatsJust inside the enclosure reserved forcourt attaches. Attired in a coat ofdark grey texture and trousers of

lighter gray material, he held his blackslouch hat in his hand. He wore a

dark blue work shirt and he had hotie. People who have known him foryears say he was never in the habitof wearing a tie.As soon as he had gotten his bearingsin the court room it appeared as

though he wanted to look around tosee who was there. He wanted to sec

those of his own folks, it seemed, whowere there. Asi his glance went to thefront door of the courthouse he musthave seen James M. Taylor,.four mem-uers ui wnuae iciiiiuy nu ia uiuikcu

with slaying. It would appear that hecould not have missed the glance ofthe bereaved parent. Taylor is an unusuallytall man of dark complexion.His is a gaze of unusual piercing andconcentrating continuity. He had beenunable to obtain a seat and he andFaries must have exchanged glanceswhen the alleged slayer glanced backthat way.

Indictment ReadThen Solicitor Monroe Spears in his

brisk and straight-to-the-point manner,proceeded with the reading of theindictment charging the defendant withthe murder of Newton Taylor. Thesolicitor had hardly concluded withthe words: "What say you, William C.Faries, are you guilty of the murderwhereof you stand indicted or notguilty?" before Faries spoke out: "Notguilty of wilful murder."Nothing more was said publicly by

the prisoner. There was nothing more

for him to say. He looked at hiscounsel, mutely asking, "what is nextto say?"And there was no answer to his

question.Trial Set for Friday.

Then Solicitor Spears wanted toknow if the defense would be ready togo to trial Thursday. Thos. F. McDow,chief counsel for the defense repliedthat the prisoner would be readyto answer Friday morning at 9:30o'clock. Defense counsel, however,reserved the right to make any motionsin the interval that might beadvisable.

Taken Back to Jail.Then Faries was released from the

prisoner's dock where he had been arraignedand again for a few momentstook his seat among the swarthy,stenchy, negro prisoners. In a fewmoments. Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinninformed him that ho was ready totake him back to jail.

It appeared that it was all the same

to Faries. He held up his wrists together.The handcuffs were againadjusted and in company of deputieslie walked back to jail. The largecrowd which was present principallybecause of the fact that they expectedsomething to be said about the Fariesmatter, appeared to be satisfied and ashe left by the rear door, they left bythe front door, apparently satisfiedwith events for the time being.Numerous other cases engaged the

attention of the court during Wednesdaybut there was no case to hold thegeneral interest of the crowd who hadgathered for the Faries case; most ofwhom with others are expected to bpback again Friday morning when itwill again engage the attention of t"hccourt for a little while whether it istried or not.

Will Plea Be Insanity?In view of the fact that Faries

promptly denied the charge of wilfulmurder when indicted Wednesday,there was considerable speculationyesterday as to whether the defensewould stick to the plea of insanity as

already outlined. It was suggested

yesterday that the defense would probablyrely on a verdict of manslaughteror at worst, guilty with recommendationto mercy, which carries a life sentence.

SHIP SUBSIDY IS NECESSARY.

President Says That ths Withholdingof Help Means Loss.

Enactment of the administrationmarine bill was urged upon congressTuesday by President Harding as necessaryto relieve the government ofpresent "staggering losses" in operationof the war-built merchant fleet, and toestablish a program of assured shippingto serve the nation in war andgive a guaranty of commercial independencein time of peace.Personally addressing a joint session

of the house and senate the executivedeclared an actual monetary saving tothe government would result from theproposed law. He challenged everyinsinuation of favored interests andthe enriching of the special few at theexpense of the public treasury. Thelegislation, he asserted, automaticallyguarded against enrichment or perpetualbestowal.

"If success attends, as we hope itwill," he added, "the government outlayis returned, the1 inspiration of opportunityto earn remains and Americantransportation by sea is maintained."

Foreigners Anxious.The president said concern about

the American merchant marine policywas not limited to "our own domain,"adding that the maritime nations of theworld were "in oomplete accord withthe opposition here to the pendingmeasure." He declared those nationshad a perfect right to such an attitude,but that he wished to stress theAmerican viewpoint, which, he said,should be the viewpoint "from whichone sees American carriers at sea, thedependence of American commerce,and American vessels for Americanreliance in the event of war/'Mr. Harding declared it would be

most discouraging if a measure of"such transcending national importance"must have its fate depend upongeographical, occupational, professionalor partisan objection. A commercialeminence on the seas and ample agenciesfor the promotion in carrying ofAmerican pommerce, he asserted, were

of no less importance to the people ofthe Mississippi and Missouri valleys,the great Northwest and the RockyMountain states than to the seaboardstates and industrial communities inland.

"It is a common cause, with its benefitscommonly shared," he said.If government aid is a fair term to

apply to authorization, aggregating*vo,uuu,uuu 10 promote gooa roaas ior

market highways, the president added,it is equally fit to be applied tothe establishment ai'd maintenance ofAmerican market highways on the"salted sens." As to present governmentoperation of the shipping boardfleet, Mr. Harding said, there was theunavoidable task of wiping out a fiftymillion dollar annual loss and lossesaggregating "many hundreds of millions"in worn out, sacrificed or scrappedshipping. He called attention thatthe government ships were being worn

out without any provision for replacementand that a program of surrenderand sacrifice and the liquidation which,he declared, would cost scores of millions.The cost of the proposed legislation,giving the direct aid, he said,with ocean carrying maintained at thepresent average, would not reach $20,000,000a year and the maximum directaid if American shipping were so promoted'thatit carried one-half the nation'sdeep sea commerce would notexceed thirty millions annually.

GHOULS WRECK CEMETERY.

Tombstones Broken That Had Stoodfor Years.

Complete wrecking of the Mill CreekCatholic cemetery, near Wadswojrth,111., by ghoulish vandals has aroused a

storm of Indignation in northwesternLake county. Scarcely a tombstonehas been left standing. Many of themhave been broken. Religious fanaticsare believed to be responsible.A rural mail carrier, passing the

cemetery one day last week, was thefirst to discover the vandalism. He reportedto officials of Wadsworth andalso of St. Patrick's Catholic church,of which Father J. B. Foley is pastor.There was a hur ied investigation.

The destruction scarcely could havebeen more complete had the littlecemetery, established more than seventy-fiveyears ago, been visited by an

earthquake. Many of the old tombstonesthat have defied the elementsfor many decades were broken. Eventhe larger stones were pushed off theirbases. There are indications thatsledge hammers were used.The first theory was that the van-

dalism was committed by boys, butthis is not given much credence, be-cause many of the monuments were

too heavy to have been overturned byyoungsters. Also, the investigatorsbelieve that the natural fear of boyswould prevent them from entering a

cemetery after dark.The police are working on the case,

but up tc the present time have beenunable to obtain a clew. Authoritiesagree that it is the worst piece of vandalismever perpetrated in Lake county.. Women and children constitute 42per cent of all immigrants to theUnited States.

Illl Willi III IIHl.B

PLAYERS DISQUALIFIEDCatawba High School Athletic Asso

elation Cleans House. IDOUGLAS N1MS ELIGIBLE TO DEC. 22Had Received Money for Playing

Baseball Previous to Formation ofAssociation.Cases of Steele, ScHultxand Tollison Reviewed.The housecleaning so long needed In

the Catawba High School AthleticAssociation because of the playing ofalleged ineligible men by Chester andRock Hill was done thoroughly at a

meeting of the football committee ofthe utntn a o<cnr»i» t inn hold in Andf>l*ilOH 'J9

Wednesday. Player Douglas Nims,star half hack of the Rock Hill teamwas "whitewashed" in a measure bythe committee, although it was shownthat Nims had received money for engagingin athletic contests on a numberof occasions. He got by on theground that he had not f>layed formoney since the association was organized.The following dispatch fromAnderson of Wednesday, tells of theaction of the committee:The football committee of the South

Carolina high school league met at the ;high school here this afternoon to (decide on the eligibility of certainplayers on the Rock Hill and Chesterhigh school teams. J. D. Fulp, superintendentof the Abbeville schools, chairmanL. L. Wright, superintendent ofthe Honea Path school and L. L. Hanna,principal of the Anderson highschool, the members of this committee,were all present.The first case taken up was that of

Douglas Nims, a player of the RockHill high school, whose eligibility toplay on a football team in the stateleague was questioned because of havingreceived money for playing sum-

mer baseball. The mass of evidence 5|submitted, pro and con, did show thatKims had from time to time received Ismall amounts of money for playing Iwith the Fort Mill cotton mill team s

during 1921 and 1922, but not sufficient |amounts to prove^ to the committee be- 8yond a reasonable doubt that more Ithan expenses were received by Nlrae. IThere was produced on orders from §the manager of the Fort Mill team in |1920 on the treasurer of the team or- 3derlng the treasurer to pay Douglas jjjNlms 130 for three games and Nlms |acknowledged both the order and cancelledchecks further fulfilling tne paymentof the amount, but in view ofthat fact this transaction took place in1920, prior to the adoption of the highschool league constitution, the committeeruled that the constitution was

not retroactive and this evidence couldnot be admitted. The committee, thereforedeclared Douglas Kims eligible toplay with Rock Hill until December22, 1922, when he becomes 21 year* of .

age.J. D. Fulp asked to be excused from

acting on Kims' case, as both are nativesof Fort Mill, and have been more

or less closely associated for a numberof years. JThe next case taken up was that of

William Steele, of the Rock Hill school,formerly captain of the WlnlhropTraining school team. Steele attendedthe training school for five days, thefirst week of school, was made captainof the football team, registered on

morning of the fifth day of school withRock Hill high school, yet attendedthe training school the same day. Itwas a clear case of double registrationand as Steele did not enroll in the RockHill school the first week of school thecommittee declared him an ineligibleplayer prior to October 25, so the

games played by Rock Hill before thisdate, in which Steele pari-rlpated, were

thrown out by the committee. Thegames thrown out were* with Port Milland Kershaw. In the case of GlennO. Schultz, of the Rock Hill school,alleged to be over 21 years of "age, thecommittee uccepted without questionthe affidavit submitted by the boy'smother, stating that Schultz was 20

years of age on November 6, 1922. TheWinthrop Training school's protest ofthe game with Yorkville last Friday.was turned down by the committee.This was a protest on a decision of thereferee relative to an off-side and thecommittee, as usual, ducided that If a

team assents to certain officials beforethe game starts they must abide bytheir decisions.The case of Herman Tollison, of

Chester high school, who was reportedto the committee as being ineligiblebecause he was receiving board andsimilar compensation in Chester, was

taken up next. The committee appreciatedSuperintendent Brockman's removalof Tollison from the Chesterteam the same day he received word/».. A/tmmUtAA hot Tnlllann'o in_II UII1 Ull* WUHillllUVt kliUV A V«»«vu w

eligibility was doubtful but in view ofthe fact that Tollison admitted to superintendentBrockman that he did notknow who was paying his board, thecommittee ruled that the games inwhich Tollison participated were

thrown out. They were with Fort MTU,York and Clinton, Any further penaltyto these teams will have to come fromthe executive committee of the leaguewhich has the power by a two-thirdsvote to suspend Rock Hill and Chesterfrom the league under the provis-ions of article 12 of the constitution.

* * A. Pennsylvania's League of WomenVoters has a membership exceeding30,000.

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