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Agents for ku ,
Klux Investigated

New Orleans, Dec. 3o.-Agents Tor
tho Louisiana Ku Klux Klan are ex-
pected to 60 into Morshcuse par,sn
AEON 10 conduct an independent IN
vestigation Of the kidnapping and mur-
der Of Watt Daniels and Thomas kicn-
ards last August. Within few days
the announcement was made after the
conference Of the Klan heads, VINO oe'
clared the khan was without biam'
and would seek to find the guilty par
ties.
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out after - scsss o. NJ y
Spencer Perrin. Jr... H. siek with huF
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Spencer Perrin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Flynn and little
daughter, Edith, are sick with flu at
heir home on Calhoun street.
Miss Frances Mellow is suffering
from an attack of flu at her home on
s. Church street.
Miss Neeley Sartor Is improving
from recent illness and will soon oe
ut again. tes
Mrs. ]. T. Jeter continues quite sick
at her home In Santuc.
DIR. M. D. Huiet, who has been crit
ically i'll for several weeks, is slightly
improved today.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Williams, OF
Glendale, are both sick with influenza,
according to a message received by
their son. Mr.. r. c. Williams, calling
; him to their bedside today. Owing 70
. their age, grave concern is felt con-
}. cerning their recovery.
/ Mr.. C. P. Summer, who has been
sick with the flu at his home on South
street, is now rapidly improving.
ol Mrs. O. L. P. jackson has been very
q sick with flu for several days, put Is
now thought to be improving.
70 Miss Fronts Winn has been SICK
70 with flu for several days, but is now
improving.
!, Mr.. H. l.. Poole has been confined 10
:. his home on West Main street with
- au. but is now convalescing.
no Mr.. ]. M. Keller is quite sick At the
" home of his son, DIR. George T. Keller,
n on South street.
-, 49, Mrs. A. L. LaytoA is suffering from
an attack Of flu at her home OF
to South street. -,
John C. Mellow Is confined to III
,@.s @ home on S. Church streetSwith an at
tack Of flu.
20 Mrs. R. C. Stands is very much I'm
:, proved today from recent attac
and of flu.
Trig Tinsley has been confined
his home for several days with
v;s- slight illness.
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Attorneys Before
= Suprsms Court

Columbia, Dec. 8l.--Attorneys L. g.
southard and c. p. Sims, Of Spartan
burg, appeared before the supreme
court. which IL sitting en- bsne today,
IN response to a summons to show
cause why they shouldn't return the
40 600 they claim as 4 fee TO W. w.
Rhame. Of Spartanburg. The atsor'
neys claim they received q, 900 TO pay
ths expense Of having Rhamss' prisos
sentence altered 70 fine and wer'
1, keep any that was left over. TN
sentencs was changed 10 $1,000 fns
which they paid for him.
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Rural Police Active

On December goth Thos Mcdaniel
8 R. Garner and ". +. Lawson de-
stroyed 500 gallons beer on ID. b.
Eaves' rIace on Pacolet RIVER.
On the night Of December 2sth ines.
Mcdaniel, s. r. Garner and V. +.
Lawson destroyed 24o gallons beer on
Mrs. Smiths place about four miles
from Union.
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Dossis hleeS| h the dari 10 farFas
thel reparations comnnission9 Is con-
cerned. The commission had learned
however. that among Chaneshor
Cuno's proposals will be one, 70 pay
= lump sum, somewhere between
5.ooo. .ooo, goo and s,ooo,ooo,ooo gold
marks. / 900 ,00e, 5000 to be paid as
once and the remainder over period
Of ten years. This would be accom-.
panied by = certain form OF afliee
financial control sufficient to insur'
the balancing of Germany's bulge
and the stabilization Of the mark.
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M. Gamer Entsrtaips

Miss Blanche Garner eneersaineo
the members Of the Tea and Topic
slub and few other friends Friday
morning ct hsr home on South street.
The main feature Of this nesting was
ths election Of officers for the new
ysar. They ore - follows: NJ.
Catherine Layton, president, and Miss
Annie Tinsey secretary. ~
The bostess served delicious Na
s.ndviches and home made candies.
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PLACES BLAME
ON ENGINEER

{. Charleston, Dec. %. -Enginser ".
A. Williams Of train No, 80, second l
section, Atlantic Ceast Line, railroad,
was today blamed for the railroad g.
cident at Hanahan December 9. which
resulted in the death sf Isaac ia.
wards Of Sumter, . coroner's jury.
J. Campbell Bissell, foreman, bring
ing in q verdict to that effect. Nr.
Williams was released on hts oWe
rseoenia fslA IN,
~ 36S5E - - - d s S i-sS q
qdesE, conductsd. by. Coro-
aer John g. Mansfield, WAS startsd
yesterday to ascertain the canse Of
Mr.. Edwards death. ,Aftsr q three
hour session ut Connelley It was de-
sided that, due to the fact that othsr
witnesses were still to be heard the,
inquest be continued until today. This
was done and, starting at II o'clock,
the jury begain again to examine adj
ditional witnesses, those heard today
being w. s. Baker, train dispaschses
lC. F. Peale, extra train dispatchart
lie. E. Brogdon, general foreman; y.
In. Hunter signal operator; g. 4.
Partridge, block signal expert; H. ..
lOsterkemp, signal maintenance op-
erative; z. Bs Rush, trainmaster. a
letter from A. N. Schriesberg, ~
syewitnesS ;of the accident, and th'
) statement Of Engineer McKeithan O
; train No. 1856, Q freight following
Isecond No. 80, were also read.
: The verdict Of the jury was "tha
a :he said Isaac R. Edwards came =
j his death Deceuaber 9, 1922, at tn
e Riverside infrmary, Charleston eoun
d lty, from injuries received, havin
le been fatally injured when Atlanf'
Coast Line train, second No. 30, ra
"a Into the rear Of Atlantic Coast Lss
,el train No. Sc at Hanshan, Chariestd
T. county, December Q. 1922. We Il,
a. ind that this accident was due to Il
re lcarelessness Of w. A.Wiliams, q
eineer Of engine No. 4s2, train %
pt ond No. 80, in not observing the. pr
Of cautionaryl signals, which were d
q played. We also find that the en-
Of on train No. So used ell the precs
les ltions i'm their power 70 pressst =
tici rear Of. their train I
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Missionary Meeting Postponsd

The missionary society OF Grace
church will postpone the meeting
which was to be held on Monday AZ
ternoon, on account Of the continued
sickness in many families. Due no
tice will be given Of the new date.
Mrs. C. T. Murphy,
..#>.-.. go. ~ :. 4. President. :.
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:nR Ike an stckberg after hSAi HsnS'
worst gales her skipper Soaid re-
member. Once, he said, when q hun :
dred miles an hour wind was blow
ing she could make but four knoes.
Also resembling an iceberg, the
Fort St. George steamed In today
from the Bermudas with her wire
less apparatus down, swept away by
the storm. Her skipper reporte'
that the vessel ran into the furiou:
gale at noon yesterday, and that sh'
could not nose her way out OF u
until 2 o'clock this morning. he
would permit no one to go on DECK
he said, and the 120 passengers wer
made to remain in their cabins.
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Fire in Oklahorna

Ardmore, Okla, Dec. 8,.-At least
one person has been killed and two
are missing as a result Of the fire
today which destroyed two blocks
here,
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TWO VESSELS ].
ARE IN TROUBLE

New York, Dee. 20 Gaiss today |
continusd to whip the North Atlantic
into smoantaias and canyons, arous- |
ing fears- for ut least twe vessels, de-
laying scores aad sending q few
smaller craft crashing into the shore.
! The chick anoeiety was felt for the
,freightsr Bretonia, which sailed Tor
this port from st. Pierre December
II. and the German frelghter Helm
Erieh Kaiser, which last reported when
sh. sent out IN 8. o. s. 500 ~pniles O.
Cape May sDseemEsr g.. ~
!. In n.addition, n f3utser ran through
marine circles when the shipping
board motorship Munmotcr, bound
| for Norfolk from Boston, radioed for
| help OF Five Fathom Bank light. The
Munmotor With crew Of AZ aboard
Ireported a bad list to starboard, but
la later message stated she mad
riehted q little, Meanwhile the coast
9uard cutter Kickpco put out to her
lassistance from Cape May.
The most important wreck report
ed was that Of the schooner. Annie
1 L. spindler. out Of Yarmouth, N. 8,
(which struck near Providcneetewn'
Mass, sending her crew OF SKI ashor'
lIin d breeches bouy. :.
Shipping Offices IN New York, Halt
,ifax and other ports were bombarde'
q With wireless messages from liner
!, reporting delays caused by midwin
! lter storms. ~
81 The Berengaria,i bearing Ambasss
: idor Harvey back to Washington ITO,
I'll L6ndon, was one Of the vessels he'
/. lnp. Due here today, she reported 81
: lstin was s17 miles OF this port n
) did mot expect to reach quarantii
/. lnn6a Sunday. 5, :,
4. Wives SlsSs were lashing the $40
! lof the giant Majestic, carrying 7,
al 6ritiSh ftnanciai mission to the I'm
a lea Ststes, and Emile Ccue, propo
lent of auto uggestion, bound ne
y f5r 1 lecture -toeE
Nearly 25 4teamers which ere
4 into port today showed the sdeess
Y. fshs Asttsfing they had received.
~ Fks Mstyehufia fsported three
a.s ~ crsS 81 TIE dick bay with inluz
sys e ZEN stnit byg = gixss
J
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kets arS involved, and from tr
,nanitariAn standpoint, as the heart II
Of the American people goes out 70 {
those who are in distress. We can
not dispose Of these problems by caa,
ing them European for they are woslo
probleuas and we can not escape ts
injurious consequences Of failure 70
settle them. l
"rhey are, however, European
,roblems in the sense that they can
not be solved without the consent Oh
European governments. We can
not consent for them. The key 70
the settlement is in their hands, mol
in ours. -,.
"rbe crux of the European sisus-
+;on lies in the settlement OF repars.
tions. There will be no adjustment
e ~ other needs, however pressing nn-
&c 81, a definite and acceptable basis ior
= :, the discharge Of reparations ciaims
u hos been fixed. 1t is futile to attempt
= to erect any economic structure ~
'e Enrone until the foundation is iaia
!. "How can the United States heip ~
y, +b,s matter? We are not seekihA
~ renarations. We are indeed asklns
~ Gov the reimbursement Of the COSTS o
81 our army of occupation; and w't'
s .ood reason, for we have maintaihe'
our army in Europe at the request !"
ION the allies and Of Germany ana uhoe
80 on agreement that its cost like ar"
.,, cost. should be a first charge upo
~ the amounts paid by Germany. oti
49, ~. have been paid and We have NJ
led. been paid.
. - "But we are not seeking senef
.ro .,arations. We are bearing U
hev o,vr burden and through our loans
..r. Ioro. mart of Europe's burden IN .
d;tion. No demands Of ours stsna
u;th .,s v,av Of a proper settlement OF
pers reparations question. ,uu
aim "Of course We hold tbs oshs
, Of t,ons Of European governments
- IN tb.re has been much discuss
'..k. ahro.d and here with respect TO IN
his There has been persistent atten
.tate .v.r since the srmistice to link up
or to debts to our government with reps
ense. t;ons or with projects OF cance
= his t,ons. This was resisted IN .
tsruined manner under the Tor
~ at administration and under the p
ather ent administration.
back "The matter 10 PLAIN enousn
,nsive our standpoint. The capacity OF
" his many to pay is not at oil snsc'e'
, were .ny indebtedness Of any OF the .
taken 70 us. The indebtedness does
escort diminish Germany's capacity AM
in the removal would not increase nef
n.city For example, II France
use Is been able to finance her part u
ing he war without borrowing at all
arrests ma. that II, by taxation and INT
inves- loans the problem Of what Ger
q. He aould pay would be exactly the
ight be Moreover, 20 far ~ the deDso
he did the United States are eoneerhed
actually have unsettled. ttsdit balances
on was their conditions md capacity :
can not be properly determined
bte amount that can be reals
nvills II these credits tor rspasst'sns -
ris. dstsrminsd.
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Men Injured m .
Auto Accident

woodbury., N.sJ, Dec. so:-clarense
Alexander Wray, member OF the
i019 Pennsylvania football team, and
Lswis A. Brsmner Of Phiiadeipma
aied today from injuries received
vhen the train struck an automobile
L last niRht. s
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New Years Reception
Abandoned 1t White House

Washington, Dec. so.-owing to the
illness Of Mrs. Harding, the annual
New Year reception at the White
House has been abandoned.
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SPEAK ppxOAy
yidual and give my
representing the opi
| in authority. ~ the
am, not entirely ignors
that these feeiers ha1
.ust {, as the prssla
states"
| Senator Watson nd
lsituation was not on
tions" but Of dipiAt
!, tions." Senator Bot
t more definite informal
he administration cou'
ltimately lead To. q con
ing the consultation OF
(. condition" 4
Il aOr to some gatheri
,tlpose Of determining
!. Senator Watson replie
al "But the senator
- the feelers have Sbesa,
!. ator Borah pressed.
nj sfbat Is my under
!. ator Watson replied.
al "And that. Il has !
4. object the adjusting
de | tions which now prev
at "The aiding OF I'D
RI. Senator Watson, sdt
Al. ers have been put q
.rs two or three months
ne Of ascertaining ths q
for how far we could 60
nat however, that he Y
the That they looked e
re- proposed by Mr.. D
ON THAT he did not mo'
the the administration,s
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CHIEFS OF KIAN
WILL INVESTIGATE

: New Orleans, NJ 4S.4-KlAn chiefs
Of Louisiana me- hsrs todsy 70 con-
slider action to,SE taken IN regard 10
the reports ~ have xainsd circula-
tion that snsa wers Responsible
for ~. sheuse kfdnapines and
s5Er Of . New Orleans news
nsns,s permitted 10 be present and
e. m INCLUSION Of the conference he
80 athorized to announce that
so,E 81 the khan would be sent to
NJ house to investigate what had
IL rred on August -, the date Of
She kidaaping.
III the klan Of Morehouse parish is
In any way responsible for the mur-
ders Of Watts Daniels and Thomas
Richards the charter Of that khan viii
be lifted and the klan outlawed," It
was announced.
III any individual members Of the
khan are found guilty Of these0uur-
ders, not only will they be out hinged
from the khan hut every bit Of power
the klan has will be used to help OBJ
tain their convictions before the Grim
inal courts Of the state.
@The story told by United States
department Of Justice agents that
members Of the khan in black hoods
formed the 'swrecking crew. for the
kidnaping and murder Of Daniels and
Richards is absurd. There is no such
regalia in any part Of the Ku Klux
Klan or in any Of its degrees"
The khan chiefs scored the tale that
Clarence Darrow cor any other prom
inent lawyer" had been retained by
the khan to fight in the defense Of the
men who might be charged with the
murder. "The khan has raised no de-
Tense fund nor has It made any de-
Tense appropriation It was stated.
A signed ststerent issued to the
press several days ago by an unofi-
cial spokesman Of the Morehouse khan
declared It had offered the sercices Of
it's 100 members to the state In solv-
ing the mystery and ppnsshsnYrin ing Z
guilty. ~ ~ nend,
Governor Parkery has eharpei -
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~ -"
rover to operate the canal tp tho
best interests Of the, state and can
employ suitable: persons to provide
for the upkeep, repair and operation
Of the property. Development Oh
power on the canal by plants ana the
sale Of electricity 10 provided Tor.
Ultimate completion Of the canal
ia also considered and the comma
sion is instructed by the act to make
plans for its completion to be pre-
lsented to the general assembly. Inc
canal should be made navigable, it Is
no;nted out in the act, and the new
lcommission Is instructed to look into
this as a possible development.
| Another provision Of the act i'
That the commission may advertise
flor bids to lease or sell the property
~ Il should think this the best plan
THE commission will receive $lo
J -la,y while engaged In the business o
Operating the canal.
O. When the canal reverts to the statf
Iii. such be the case, the old can:
I" lcommission appointed In 1917 WI
d cease to function.
j. Mr.. Duncan, one Of the member
It Liz at present state senator frol
70 Union county and it may be that
st will not accept the place on the con
mission, but this Is not known, or
ID may wish to resign from the sena
GO should it appear that he can not no
ID 10th places. This question has n
tn "a vet been raised.
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HUGHES MAKES
A SUGGESTION

New Haven, Conn. Dec. 39.-A
suggestion that an independent com-
mission of men competent In finsAeiai
af{airs could accomplish more than .
general International conference to-
wards solution of the European repa-
,rations tangle was put forward by
Secretary husirs.p tarieht In the Arst
public announcement on the 'eeoao-
mic crisis to come from responsible
officials Of the administration at
Washington. The secretary. who
spoke before the American Historical
association, added that he had mo
doubt" distinguished Americans
would be willing to serve on such a
commission, which, he said, might be
kept free from any responsibility to
foreign Offices or any duty TO obey
political Instructions. Once advant-
age had been taken Of the opportuni
ties thus afforded, he said, 'the ave-
nues of American helpfulness can not
fail to open hopefully"
., Referring to suggestions that the
United States assume the role Of ar
bitter in the reparations dispute, Mr..
Hughes said = sufficient answer TO
that was the fact "that we have NOT
been asked" He went on to say he
did not believe this government
should take such burden Of rsspon-
sibility.
Throughout his discussion the sec
retary recognized that the questions
Of German reparations lay at the
root Of any economic settlement. The
problems abroad, he said, are world
problems, and could not bs disposed
Of ''by calling them European" He
declared the United States would
"view with disfavor measures which
instead of producing reparations
would threaten disaster" and said no
one could foresee the consequences
which might ensue IL forcible means
were adopted to obtain rsparations
from Germany" g
The full text Of Mr.. Hnghes' dis
cHesion Of economic problems follows;
se'The economic conditions In SEa-
Re give us the greatest -conesrn:
onay have long received the caEnss;
thssidreation Of the ,administratioa.
It. 9 idle TO say that we are bet n.
Ssted In these problsms, for we ar
ly interested from an sconopi
n,~s,sk - - >x&s<r 4 mo
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,;;E;;!'':!!'

omlc W1uxoxe ~ 3. l ID
ional climaz -
when the Isl6k
that he would M
amendment 70 ~
ton bin on adnninl s
given BY Senator
that the president
ing out the sitpst
might lead, To- sona
would aid the : ID
tions prevailing I'M
Senator Borah M =
cision during the
tor Watsons one d =
ticn spokesnaen Fal.s
in lining up 'thsk kedm
in opposition ta1&3
ed to the Idah e.
his proposed q slf
TALLY the sal q
President Hasd - l.l
day. AZ -!
Senator WAtsoE a.
noiuist- 3l
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uIllO NAN
& On CQMAllSSlO IN

Sv>snof Harvey yesterday ap-i
SSsjntbd .ths Cslambia canal commits
|slcu Is taks eharge Of the Columbia
canal A soon % II Il adjudicatsd TO
Iths skats. il IL h adtudicsted.
3 Ho,s Hanshan Of Charleston was
= SSpoinksd - chairman and Capt: ].
iiovs PennSll. Of Columbia and T. G.
EI5,,ssaif, o9 Union are to be the other
ESnernk kS,rs. stst
The appointment was made under
~ tnrxe 81 en- oct passed this year
- &,S. ,ssne,al s,sembly and upon tbs
ssnd.tioa OF the present canal
tssSss.lnnieu. Under sha 1872 act the
avSrssr wAs authorised to appoint
/ s ,SoSanissioA Of three to Be- known
"a = ~, body Vii take charge Of the
c,,a ss socn a. II reverts TO the
I ~. n L rsvsrts. Until the canai
4 4, saiudicntesi 70 South Carolina, the
- eorrssssior, : can not function.
4 re- ~ eass Is now pending in the Unit
& a states suprens court and viii net
ss sssncd until several months, ii
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M,.. vad. Burton Of GreenSii's u
~. ~nest Of Mrs. W. H. Harris.
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UNITED STATES ,v" y
NOT REPRESENTED

81 Paris, Dee. % (By the Assoc No
Press) Persistent reports that The
United States would psrticipatt nI
some form nnext weeks confer&ncel
Of the interallied PRIMERS were aeh-l
nitely ,eliminat<d today upon the Ire !
ceipt of news that the United S.sah
government would taks-nu part in'Ae
meeting. Unofficial but authoritative
informtaion reached Paris today that
the American administration regards
the forthcoming premiers' meeting as
a purely European affair and az no,
warranting Intervention by the United
States.
Although It is not believed the state
department at Washington has made
any statement on the matter, inter
ested governments on inquiring in re-
sponsible American sources were in
formed that there did not seem TO be
the slightest chance of American
participation. There was some sug-
gestion, however, that the breaking
up Of the conference and the probabil-
ity that this would certainly be fol
owed by French seizures In Germany
might provoke some 11th hour ster
~ the United States. e; sS q
Reports that Wilhelm Cuno, the
German chancellor, intends to startle
the premier's conference with def
mite proposals for a four power pac!
which would guarantee the security Nd
France and the present Franco-Qher
man frontiers reached reparatfpri