Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-11
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: every church should spend mon

ary" declared Rev. j.. Il. BraDnef
Smith, OF the committee on conserva-
tlsm and advance of the Methodist
Episcopal church, New York. "Critl-
cism of the newspapers. unless 1t is
Just is harmful and there should be
Cordial relationship, and cooperation
between the pulpit and the press. Both
the good sermon and the good news
paper article have in them the ele-
Inents ,of human interest and Welfare
and are conferred round some person.
dlity. The great difference between
a newspaper article and sermon Is
the preacher spends 80 minutes IN
coming to a climax, but newspaper
article hits the "bulrs-eye in the ftrst
sentence; the heart of the story is at
the beginning and not at the end, IKE
the sermon.
The Ku kluX ,klan was,' decried
and labor: was called upon to- destroy
rhe organization of speakers at
widely heralded meeting called by the
National Association from the Prom
otion of Labor Unionism Among Ne
eroes in New York Wednesday night.
The meeting was attended by negroes
and whites. A. Philip Randolph, sec
retary of the association declared the
working classes of the north should
unite against the ku kluX Kan. ana
If necessary call general strike II the
organization should dare migrate 10
the north" Joseph D. Cannon, organ.
izer of the United Mine Workers oi
America, another speaker, oaclafeo
the Ku KluX Rlan was sanctioned %!
the present government heads. he
said the Klan was organized TO co!ii-
bat and break down any attempt the
Irish, Jews or negroes might make TO-
on
that it is this invisible force that Is 10
be used in emergencies in the north
So elsewhere, to protect the i'll gotten
Gains of those who fear the ascend
ancy of the working class SAID MT:
Cannon. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn OF
the Workers Defense union or New
York, said the Ku KluX Klan VIII only
survive in the south, where the per-
centaSe Of illiteracy. Of 100 per cent
Americans is almost as great as the
Americanization percentage. as loE
the Ku KluX klan driving out lor-
eieners." she said. ut ill-behooVeS
Hose who came here on Monday to
coli those who came here on Tuesday
foreigners
-Ionnie Eaton, the negro whose
date of execution was forgotten Wy sne
sheriff of Ouachita parish, will not re-
gain his freedom because OF the over
sight, according TO an opinion hand.
ed down BY Attorney General Coco oil
Iouisiana last Wednesday. Prior 10
the rendering of the opinion many
leading attorneys of the state contend7
ed that by reason Of the fact tnat tne
neero's life had once been placeo IN
ie cardy when the governor hNeo tne
date of his. execution, and tnat oate
arrived without a reprleve oeims
granted he could not now De lesaliS
hanged, but that, on the other haHa,
he was legally dead and must oe
granted his freedom. This we" was
; not sustained by the attorney general,
however. who said that he could ma
nothing in the textbooks, ancieni, or
modern. or in Jurisprudence wnlch
wss the least basis for such an ldea
The attorney general then ruled lnat
II would be legal for the governor 10
again fix Il date for the execution oI
the negro, who WAS convicted OF thc
mnrdrr of Charles NJ. Qnillcr Il while
, nlanter. in 1917. Will 'fiournoE. apT
other rnegrp;f cohNaatdd !oi-a COG eaei.s
! in the crime, is now SERVING '4le sen-
.tence for his part of the killing OF lhe
white man. which occurred !" :.
heen started by number OF interest
,.ed neople in the state TO have lne
Stleath sentence standing against the
negro commutcd to life imprisonment'
Great Britain will not undertake
t.race with the United States tor sea-
.;power, Sir Philip Gibbs BRUSH W. W.
ssc.orresnondent, declared before the
.bouse naval committee few days
.oeo England hasn't the money lie
said. and most Englishmen GO not re-
gard the American navy as Il hleh-
Ace" Sir Philip said that before any
q preen,ent for disarmament could ne
reached by the principal powers lne
s.Rnssian question would have 10 pc
settled and the Russian people drawn
back into the family OF nallohS.,
There is a spirit OF revolt cn'lrcl!
apart. from Bolshevism IN EUROPE 'o
day because OF the general 'eai VI
another war, the witness Hct',, su.
adding that the people lelt 'nal ivy
hod been betrayed in the last war, ne
camea they had been told that it was
a war to end war. inc puFuen VI
.ormaments in Europe is greater 70
,Iav than it was in 1914" he asserteu, oc
8"Enrland is spending l7o'ooo'oo9
snounds a. year on its militarE-naNal
,esta ablishment This sum is more lnan
,twice the entire national hunSct Io'
sau purposes before the war.' IN Mes.
.onotamia alone Sir Philip Sald. Hftnl
britain is spending 40,0OO.OOO pounos
n wear for military purposes. An IN,
iitation from the United states loi -
disarmament conference would meet
with the approval Of most OF the p'o1
nile of Great Britain. Sir Phlllp s'lu.
although some sections OF government
are onposed to the general ldea oI
disarmament. Discussing the tutuiS
tof the British navy. the witness to1o
the committee that the English pcO,p'e
0id not consider another naval plil u,
proyide "a strong and supreme navy
necessary because they realize tnlt
Great Britain's chief menace, the Herr
man navy, has been crushed forever.
He added that there had been much
discussion in England lately about the
idea OF 4 big American navX, hnt '.ia. M
most of our people do not regard l'ie
American navy as Il menace.
-"We are engaged in trrllhlc
task" said Premier Lloyd George III Il
speech to the Welsh national nher'ti
council in London Tuesday, in whlch
in impassionei words he defended tine
coalition government and pleaded ar
IDENTIFY for continuation nl p"lltic;'i
unity. 1T is something more important
than defending myself and my auihih-
istration," he said and declared II lhe
dangers were past he would resign: -
world rcelng under the most terrlIle
blows eyer dealt was the way ne ue-