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WEATHER SOUTH CAROLINA-Fair Wednesday and Thursday: not much change in temperature; gentle variable winds. Morning FLORENCE News COVERS EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA ESTABLISHED 1894 FLORENCE, 6. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENT FULL RELIEF PROGRAM SOUGHT BY DEMOCRATS China Masses Sufficient Troops To Out Number Japanese Forces Legion Sponsors Big Armistice Day Event To Be Marked By Patriotic Parade And Celebration Exercises School Building Today is Armistice Day. It will be celebrated by the Amerlean Legion and other patriotic societies with a great parade through the principal streets and with exercises at the high school auditorium. The parade will assemble at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the Coast Artillery armory and will proceed Evans street to the postoffice building where at 11 o'clock it will halt for a moment as the bells and the whistles of the sound forth.

At the public library a salute will be fired by a special squad from the coast artillery in honor of the Florence county men who gave their lives for their country in the great war. E. S. C. Baker former senator of Horry county will make the address at the exercises at the school build- FLAYS ECONOMY ON WAR DEBTS Prime Minister McDonald Assails Reparations In Commons Meeting By PHILLIP H.

MYRING Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, Nov. 10-(7) Backed by an unprecedented majority, Prime Minister McDonald faced the first full session of the House of Commons today and pledged the national government's efforts to produce remedies for the world crisis acceptable to all nations. He bitterly criticized a of "crazy economy" on reparations and war debts which he said had brought about the distressing economic situation into which the world has fallen since the World war. "As long as the will of man forces an unnatural economic adjustment upon the world." he said, "the world will never succeed or prosper." 'The leader of the labor opposiion George Lansbury, a lashed the CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT Latest Doings In Manchuria (Copyright, 1931, by the A. TOKYO, Nov.

1 11-(Wednesday) (AP)- Japan will make no concessions to the League of Nations in its Manchurian dispute with China, it was reiterated authoritatively today. Its ambassadors abroad are being informed to that effect, in view of the approaching date of the League council's next meeting. Japan is standing on its five fundamental principles regardless of the consequences, the ambassadors are being informed. TOKYO. Nov.

11-(Wednesday) (AP)- Three hundred Chinese and three Japanese were killed and 77 Japanese were wounded yesterday in a clash between Japanese and Chinese troops near Kuchengtzu. Manchuria, dispatches to the newspapers Asahi and Honhi Shimbum said today. wandering detachment of Chinese cavalry stumbled into a company of Japanese infantrymen, the dispatches said, and fierce battle ensued. Kuchengtzu is west of Haicheng, extreme southern Manchuria. ing.

A program will be given by members of the high school. This will take place at 11:15 o'clock. All the stores of the city will close for five minutes from 10:58 to 11:03. Armistice Day is a national holiday and will be SO observed by public offices. Merchants of the city will display the National Colors in front of their places business.

An impressive part of the exercises today will take place when a bugler stationed at the corner of Evans and Dargan streets will sound his trumpet and four other buglers will answer in echo. Today's celebration of Armistice Day will be the biggest since the fateful hour that sounded the end of the great war. BECK SOUNDS DEATH KNELL Congressman Delivers Funeral Oration" To Policies Of Farm Board CHICAGO, Nov, Beck 10-(AP)- of Penn- Congressman James M. sylvania delivered "a funeral oration" over the Federal Farm board tonight and sought to "derive from the unhappy experiences of dead some useful lessons? a tor the spoke on "the menace of bureaucracy" at the Chicago board of trade's dinner to business and industry. "The farm relief scheme is dead." Beck said.

"It may be that congress. to save the faces of the farm relief lobby and its political advocates in congress may coninue its functions for a little time for purposes of liquidation, for oven a corpse needs embalming: CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT Smoke Stops Air Traffic Southward Planes From North Turn Back After Reaching Florence Airport Smoke rising from forest fires between Jacksonville and Florence has interrupted the air mail and passenger service over Eastern Air Transport lines, according to "Tubby" Smith, local manager for the Eastern Air Transport Company, who said last night he did not know when service to the south would be resumed. "It all depends upon the smoke," he said. No plane has arrived here from Jacksonville since Saturday morning and no plane has flown south since Sunday. Pilots who made the last trip south were able to see only a few seconds ahead and one of them after failing to locate Charleston turned back and sought safety at Florence air port.

Planes have been arriving here from the north only to discharge mail and passengers and go back to Raleigh and thence to Washington and New York. All service tc the south has been cancelled because of the smoke-filled atmosphere reaching to over 7,000 feet. It was reported last night that service had been cancelled between Charlotte and Atlanta. SOUTH CAROLINA CITIES PLAN ARMISTICE PROGRAM COLUMBIA, S. Nov.

10- (AP) -The 13th anniversary of the signing of Armistice will be widely celebrated in South Carolina tomorrow as "peace day." Practically every town and city in the state will have its own special program of observance. In many cities. imposing celebrations been arranged, with some of the foremost men of the state to deliver addresses. Governor Blackwood will deliver an address from the state house steps in Columbia. In an Armistice Day proclamation, he urged appropriate observance of the day to intensify thoughts of peace.

He particularly commended the custom of two minutes of silence at 11 a. m. At Sumter, an Armistice Day program will be climaxed with an address by Gen. Charles P. Summerall, president of The LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN EASTERN CAROLINA Did You Ever Stop To THINK? THAT -Florence will celebrate Armistice Day today as never before since that great night years ago when realization came home to an anxious people that the great war WAs ended and that "the boys" would soon be on their way back.

home. THAT--It is paradoxical that while we will be celebrating the end of one war guns are firing in the East and war clouds are growing blacker and blacker. THAT--Efforts of a decade to bring the world to a peace basis will now be put to a supreme test. The nations of the world are in no humor to allow China and Japan to precipitate the world into another great struggle. There cotton stacked up in barn yards throughout the country.

A good deal of lint cotton has not yet been ginned. Farmers are not as eager to turn loose as the bears would believe. THAT-One of the best indications is the fact that many farms, most of them in fact, have taken good care of the food supply against what is expected to be a hard winter. There are plenty of sweet potatoes, peas, corn, and chickens and hogs. THAT There are lots of fine cities and towns in South Carolina but persons who travel are not hesitant in declaring that Florence is about the finest.

THAT--Thanksgiving Day is almost here 'and soon it will be Christmas. If times are getting better and we believe they are, the hands of the clock cannot travel too fast. HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS By J. P. Alley PARSON 'LOW COLLECTIONS POW FUL BAD BUT HE KIN MEK IT THU DE WINTUH, PERVIDIN' DE WEDDIN' BIZ'NESS BEES Good! RECENT SCENE OF BATTLE IS BEING WATCHED 400 Chinese Rebels Arrested For Rioting! Some Are Beheaded TROOPS ON ALERT Japanese Women And Children Ordered Out Of Two Manchurian Towns By The Associated Press Fighting between Chinese and Japanese flared up in Tientsin early today and shells were dropped around the American Methodist Mission, one of them striking 8 girl's school, China massed sufficient troops at Anganchi yesterday to outnumber the Japanese twenty to one.

This force is within striking distance of the Nonnie bridgehead, from which the Chinese were driven in the hardest-fought engagement of the Manchurian conflict, In Tientsin 400 rebels who took part in rioting Sunday and Monday were arrested by Chinese police, who summarily beheaded some of them, The war office in Tokyo received dispatches from Mukden saying the Chinese were preparing to attack the Japanese controlled South Manchurian Railway. Eugene Chen. former foreign minister of the Canton government (the opposition government to which is involved against Japan) proposed unity with Japan to drive out the "greedy and meddlesome war lords" from Manchuria. Japanese women and children were ordered out of two Manchurian towns by the Japenese. authorities, alarmed by.

fast-growing feeling against their nationals on he part of Chinese. In Mukden Yuan Chin-Kai. president of the Mukden peace preservation society which is assumng authority over provincial affairs, was inaugurated. China informed the League of Nations that, unless the league succeeds in establishing peace, she will build up her arms to a point where she can withstand external aggression. In a memorandum delivered to Secretary of State Stimson by Ambassador DeBuchi, Japan reiterated that before withdrawing her troops from Manchuria the secunty of Japanese lives and would have to be assured and normal Japanese-Chinese relations restored (Copyright, 1931, by The A.

MUKDEN, Manchuria, Nov. 10- CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO Lake City Tobacco Warehouse Burns Flames Last Night Destroy Warehouse Owned By G. R. Bowen Special to Morning News: LAKE CITY, Nov. 10-(AP) -The tobacco warehouse here of G.

R. Bowen, one of the largest in South Carolina and valued at $40,000 was destroyed by fire tonight. The building was situated near the center of Lake City. The Kingstree department aided the local department In saving adjoining buildings, which were threatened by the blaze. Roofs of several dwelling nouses were ignited but these fires were extinguIshed.

The fire was discovered about 10 o'clock. At that time it had gained a commanding hold on the roof of the structure. Its origin has not been learned. A quantity of tobacco in the warehouse which was to have been closed for the season this week, was destroyed. Some of it belonged to Mr.

Bowen the rest to tobacco dealers and individual farmers. Some office equipment and records were al that was saved. Walls of the structure were of brick but the Interior was of wood and quickly fell before the blaze. The building WAS partially covered by insurance, it Was understood. The warehouse was known as "The Big Suicide Suicide Associated Press Photo Elizabeth Bates Volk, once the fiancee of Prince Johannes Lichtenstein, committed suicide in a fashionable New York apartment She had turned on the lets in the kitchen stove and the accumulated gas was Ignited by pilot light of the stove.

The resulting explosion was heard for blocks. SLAYER OF 5 IS INDICTED State Takes First Step In Effort To Convict F. Powers CLARKSBURG, W. Nov. 10 -(P)-The first step in the state's effort to convict Harry F.

Powers of slaying five persons came today with his indictment on charges of murder by a Harrison county grand jury. This development in the quiet Dell garage killings of last July came almost simultaneously with the finding of the body of Stamatos Sikas, 40, shoe shining parlor proprietor and friend of Powers, who disappeared last June. The body, with a bullet in the head and the skull fractured, was discovered on a hillside near Clarksburg. Coroner L. C.

Goff said he believed it a case of murder. Powers. said by police to have frequently in the company of Sfikas previous his disappearance. will be questioned later regarding his knowledge of the shoe shiner. The indictments charge Powers, CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO Marion Woman Dies From Poison Mrs.

Henry Berry Succumbs Soon After Reaching Hospital Here Special to Morning News: MARION. Nov. 10-Mrs. Henry Berry, 48. member of a widely known Marion, S.

family died last night in a Florence hospital from a dose poison. Mrs. Berry was carried to Florence from Marion yesterday afI ternoon when she was found in her home suffering from the poison. A bottle of poison was found in the bed room where she WAS lying. She was before her marriage Miss Inez Martin, of Savannah.

Ga, She is survived by her widower. They had no children. Efforts to learn if an inquest will be held were unavailing last night, Mrs. Berry WAS widely known and popular in Marion as a civic and church worker and leader, and' 'she was generally popular. No motive has been found for the supposed suicide, She was the daughter of Mack Martin and Josephine Moody of Marion county.

A brother. Robert Martin of the Savannah Morning News, Savannah, and a sister, survive, in addition to her husband. Mrs. Berry WAS found in her roo mat home at 4 o'clock this afternoon. It appeared that she had taken the poison two hours before.

Her condition was such that local physicians said death was imminent. She died ten minuten after reaching the hospital in Florence. Marion was shocked when the news of Mrs. Berry's death was announced. 'We Dedicate This Day To The Spirit Of Peace' The following Armistice Day message was written by Commander Darold D.

Decoe of Sacramento, Cal. especially for The Associated Press Feature Service. By DAROLD D. DECOE (Commander-in-Chief Veterans of Foreign Wars) dedicate this day to the memory of those who fought and on the battlefields of the world war for the honor and principles of their native lands. dedicate this day to the spirit of peace, to the unceasing WE efforts of all nations for international cohesion in respecting inherited rights without resort to carnage.

dedicate this day to our sons and daughters and to those WE that shall follow them. We pass to their hands the destiny our country, knowing well that when time stills our defending hands the flag shall be borne ever forward. INDICT AUTHOR FOR ADULTERY Theodore Dreiser And We- man Companion Charged Misconduct PINEVILLE, Nov. 10- (AP) -Indictments against 'Theodore Dreiser and Marie Pergain, charging improper at hotel here during the novelist's investigation in the Southeastern Kentucky coal fields were returned by the Bell county grand jury here today. The offense, misdemeanor Kentucky law, carries a fine den 120 to $50 upon Bend vas fired offense 1s not extraditable.

and officials indicated atlanpt would be made to serve the warrants unless Dreiser or the young woman returned to this state, The young woman was not identifled except by the name given in the It charged adultery, Circuit Judge D. C. Jones explained in answer to a question that since the grand jurors held that the couple was not married. it was the usual form to return such an indictment. Dreiser, whose trip with a committee of writers was sponsored, by the New York office of the nettonal committee for the defense of political prisoners, issued statement last night denying the charge and asserting it was 1m- possible for him to have committed it.

The New York office of the nattonal committee issued a statement today saying the indictment Was a -up" to fight Dreiser's efforts to "expose the real issues of starvation and terrorism in Harlan and Bell counties." where fatal clashes in a labor controversy drew the attention of the committee. Judge Jones said that when he arrived in Pineville Monday morning he was advised warrants had been issued against Dreiser and the young woman, but not served. He said he put the matter before the grand jury that day. Dreiser had left Pineville before then. The woman also was understood to have left.

Judge Jones also directed. the CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO Earhardt Elected Mayor Of Newberry NEWBERRY, S. Nov. -John W. Earhardt was elected mayor of Newberry, today, over J.

M. Davis, the incumbent, Earhardt, an editor and publisher, was mayor in 1902-03 and 1s a former member of the legislature. L. Wilson, M. O.

Summer, A. Shealy, A. H. Clark, reelected alderman. were, be a run-over race in ward between Charles W.

Douglas and John Senn, the incumbent, TO CELEBRATE ARMISTICE DAY Nation To Observe Ending Of World War Thirteen Years Ago WASHINGTON, Nov. 10- (P) Under skies as melancholy as those beneath which the World war ended 13 years ago, Washington harkened today to the echo of "cease firing" that will reverberate through the nation tomorrow in Armistice Day celebrations. With a threat of war in Manchuria speechmakers up and down the country found the field of international relations full of ominous portent with which to de for measures. Likewise the United States' hope of peaceful settlement of the difficulties was held up in Oratory reviewing the nation's leadership since Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the Armistice, and announced: "It is now our fortunate duty to assist by example, by sober, friendly council and by material aid in the establishment of a just democracy throughout the pilgrimage already traditional was planned by President Hoover. He and other high officials will walk to the brow of a Virginia hill and lay wreaths on the plain.

white slab of the Unknown Boidier's tomb. Later his voice and those of others will be carried through the air to a people resting at peace. while turbine and trade-counter remain silent in honor of the day. Patriotic gatherings and flag-draped streets will mark the day in town and country. With President Hoover, Secretaries Hurley and Adams will walk past the airy amphitheatre at Arlington where Lincoln's Gettysburg words are engraved: "We are highly resolved that these dead CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO NEGRO HAS LITTLE CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE DEATH PENALTY COLUMBIA, S.

Nov. 10 -There seemed little chance today for Dave Dunnham, Chester county negro, who is under tence to die Friday in the electric chair for murder. to escape. At Governor Blackwood's office it was said no requests for commutation of his sentence had been received. No effort has been made to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.

Dunnham, admitted slayer Dave Sterling, another negro, confessed last week he killed a woman and her child in Pikesville, two years ago. He said at a time of his confession he believed he had no chance to escape the electric chair. Some hope st have arisen, however, when he heard officials tell Hobart (Slim) Gregory on the eve of his execution last week the governor had commuted his tence to life imprisonment. APPEALS FROM DOOMED NEGROES BEFORE COURT COLUMBIA, S. Nov.

(AP) The State Supreme Court today took under consideration appeals of three negroes from the death sentence. Two of the negroes, Richard Dean and David King, both of Spartanburg, were convicted of killing Hack ill HIll, filling station operator last March. The third, Hilton Marlboro county negre, sentenced die for slashing John L. James, knife In September, Attorneys for ed the he being to chair. They also criticined.

Judge C. for PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED TO NEXT CONGRESS Legislative Program Designed To Relieve Nation's Worries Main Objective SEEK HOUSE CONTROL Representative Garner Announces Planned Program On Arrival At Capitol WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P) Full legislative program designed to relieve the nation's worries is planned by the democrats. It is to be presented to the incoming congress regardless of which party organizes the house. This plan was announced today by Representative Garner, demo cratic leader, upon his arrival from his home at Uvalde, Texas.

Texan did not disclose the scope of the program, but expressed the opinion it would be adequate to meet the situation. added that some emergency might make changes necessary within the period of the session. Garner arrived at noon, shortly after the republican floor leader in the last congress, Representative Tilson of Connecticut, announced house republicans plan to nominate speaker and contest for control despite the democratic majority, Tilsen also returned for the comIng session today. While Garner declined to disCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, Mildred Jeffords Has Passed Away Death Of Popular Florence School Teacher Shock To Friends And Family After an illness of six weeks Mia Mildred Jeffords daughter of Capt. and Mrs.

W. Q. Jeffords and one of the most efficient and popular teachers in Central school, died a 6:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon the nome of her parents at 706 West Palmetto street. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, probably the home, at an hour to be announced. News of the death of Miss Jetfords came as a severe shock her hundreds of friends throughout this section of the state, all 01 whom felt the deepest sympathy for the grief -stricken familly.

After four weeks in a local hospital Miss Jeffords had recovered sufficiently to be able to return home and she showed continued improvement until Saturday when complications set in which caused her untimely and extremely SAC and distressing death. Miss Jeffords was 25. In 1921 graduated from the Florence high schooi. She was graduate of Winthrop College having been awarded her diploma from that in stitution in 1926. She taught school for one year at McClellanville and was then elected to the faculty the Pishopville schools where remained two vears.

Miss Jeffords had just started upon her third year's work as teacher in the Flor ence schools when she was stricken. She was young woman great ability and personal charm a splendid teacher, and was loved all who knew her, especially by the young people who came under her supervision in the, schoo room. She was deeply interested in the work of the Sunday schoo department of Central Methodist church of which she wns 3 menber, and was most active. Miss Jeffords is survived by het parents, Capt. and Mrs.

W. Q. Jef fords, and by the following bro thers and sisters: Lawrence 8. Jeri fords of Augusta, J. E.

Jet fords of Pikeville. N. Capt. Q. Jeffords, professor of mill tary sclence and tactics at The Cit adel, Edward Jeffords of Florence Otis Jeffords.

a student at Porte Military Academy at Charleston. Ali the members of the Immed! ate family were at the bedside whet the end came except J. E. Jefford who 18 Ill at his home in Pikevith N. C.

Citadel. Capt. Harry M. Arthur, of Union, state commander of the American Legion. who joined with Governor Blackwood in urging universal observance of "peace day" throughout the state, will deliver an address at Spartanburg.

U. S. Senator James F. Byrnes will make two addresses. He will speak during the day at Pickens and tomorrow night will be heard in Greenville.

Judge Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, will be the principal speaker at a celebration in Anderson. Greenwood also has made plans for an appropriate celebration. Armistice Day is a legal holiin the state. The state office, buildings, most of the county offices, and many business establishments, including banks, stores and office buildIngs will be closed.

failure to isolate the jury in the overnight recess. Attorneys for the Spartanburg negroes contended today they had not had sufficient time to prepare their case and the atmosphere was hostile. The court heard arguments In three other cases. They were: The State against W. C.

ParW. S. Manning against Bras Corporation. 8. W.

H. Taylor. court recessed formally Armistice Day tomorrow. MOTOR TO CHARLOTTE Mr. and Mrs.

J. M. O'Dowd ac companied by Mrs. J. D.

Carswe motored to Charlotte, N. yester day where Mr. O'Dowd met a bus iness engagement.