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' f % I ' 68TH Y1 " FORM CO TODEV ? Statewide Of ed at Mee lumbit GOVERNOR Development Atlantic S and Import Importance Columbia, S wide organlzat lumbia Thur8<1 the formation Export corpor tion is to seel tween Wilmin vannah, Bruns and South An preliminary ef South Carolina of $15,000 beii the states of Carolina, Geor South Carolim be raised fron Charleston, C Greenville, G Georgetown, R angeburg, Sum Hartsville, Ai: and Lancaster, Matthew H South Atlantic came to Colum the office of business men 1 state, relative part in the tra following wen question adec Carolina's bus their active scheme; John Joseph Schenl Montague, Ch; land, Greenvil Spartanburg; b*. ecretary; Columbia, tret Among the meeting were; John I). Frost, eral and for It: the Parker sys F. Masman, t the Charlestoi inerce; B. B. cotton manufa of Columbia, v l lumbia-George pany; Secreta M lumbia Chamli West, of Colu South Carolint association; Jc of the traffic a ? . mtttee of the C Commerce; T. ly consular ag< government at now intends to iness; Matthev South Atlantic Douglas MrKs torney, and ot "The develc South Atlantic export and itr States, is of g ed Governor upon the projc quasi-public c devote itsc.f the^e ports. ' sary before th< continued the securing; of si obtaining of I make it attra< patronize thes cultivation of em, Central ar pers, nnd the a group of agf er three. "A fleet of f % cured; It la i advantageous put Into effec ested In the pi diverting shipi to the 8outh , necessary agei *>r In procoan i H floirifl centra', I maintain a cor I and to handle vantages won, I nothing. fl "The natun tween a gron (Continue " 1 ii t in a ' ^ The EAR. NO. 19. SEMI-WEEKLY. IRPORATION" T'f " ' lo c ELOP TRADE... Man Attcn ganization Perfect- c ting Held in CoI Last Week. Wilmington, body of Lieuten CQOPER TALKS ??? In Bunks cha of Ports in South ?e0ach Thur8da> , 1:30 o'clock ne states and Export went down, th t Business is of Vast 8Urface of its ov en to High Pol Saturday morn was held Sundi I. C., July 28.?StaU froni Wesley Ion was effected in Co- cburcb High lay as preliminary to The funeral of the South Atlantic waa he,d from ! atlon, which corpora- Sa*urday nftern c to develop trade be- doub,e drownln gton, Charleston, Su- a K,r1'8 Hfe an iwlck and Jacksonville of the young lerioan ports. In the overseas servlc rort only $4,000 from wb?le <*lty to g i Is to be raised, a sum 'orns out that t apportioned between Barber and Hai North Carolina, South 8C0Uts. and bo gla and Florida. The brouKht Miss whoro uho an/ti a apportionment is to ** ? ? ?*?* i the following places: war<'8olumbia. Spartanburg. M,8S Burkhe reenwood, Anderson. heimer cottage :ock Hill, Florence. Or- for a ?wim, ent iter, Union, Darlington. 150 Var<l8 soutl ken. Laurens, Clinton where "he went sister. Miss Floi tale, president of the *lor tlance, Don Maritime corporation, '>()'nL N. C. S ibia for a conference in t,ie younK wont Governor Cooper with ^though not a from all sections of the <!(1 in,? the ehai to . South Carolina's Misa Burkheimt de building plan. The arou?d him ar i selected to bring the ,,e went to th< luately before South rise Mlss Uui iness men and procure toD of the w*ti cooperation in the by her ow" el D. Frost, chairman; reached by Jud t, Georgetown; R. L. 0,(1 hoy emplo arleston; W. C. Cleve- roo'n. A motorr le; Ben Hill Brown, te?*Ped into the W. J. Cormack, Coluui- Burkheimer abi and Julien C. Rogers, s'Rtance came, isurer. the shore when ?8e who attended the to U8e the pulm Governor Cooper, Muj. or(ler. Life coi assistant adjutant gen- *^r- Kirkmar ? years cotton buyer for ant in the arm; tern of cotton mills; H. to 8ee his flan r?fllc commissioner of 8-'nce he returi ti Chamber of Coin- was a brother < Gossett. of Anderson, HiSh Point. 11 cturer; T. C. Williams, Thursday, and ice president of the Co- <la>'8 town Steamboat com- Miss Burkhe ry Slatter, of the Co- of three culture er of Commerce; W. B. mbla, secretary of the PALMER S/' i Cotton Seed Crushers' INTFR iseph Schenk, chairman nd transportation comGeorgetown Chamber of Brooks Alford. former- Those \\ i>nt of the United States Coi Riga, Russia, but who ! go into thG export bus- Washington, v Hale, president of the General Paltnei Maritime corporation: senate Judicial ly of Columbia, an at- final reply to c hers. efTort to prove ipment of ports in ths nomination, de c states, and hence of | against him w iport business in these rted on by repr reat importance," stat-' interests beeau Cooper in commenting property rustod 'rted plan to establish a' German industi orporation which will States, to the development {if During the c 'Four things are neces- Mr. Palmer mi 1 goal can be obtained," charges by Si governor. "One is the Republican, of lily, the second is the the payment of freight rules that will j ator Harris, of etive for shippers to Fitzgerald, a f e ports, another is the house from N the good will of South- amount paid Si id Middle Western ship- was $5,000 lor fourth is an agency, or; became a luoint ncies to direct the oth- Mr. Fltzgora.d' month as assi iteamshlps hns been se- American Meta iractlcally certain that "As New Vo freight rate* will be services," the t; business men Inter- "Mr. Fltzgeral Ian are now engaged in shamelessly lov Ttems from the Eastern less than $7,00 Atlantic ports, and the ^ icies are either formed, * BLRj r?f formation. Without * AXDID. dynamic agency to ( ?'umbla. 8. itinuous flow of freight, ('overnor C ole incoming goods, the a*- nounrG(l or In sight, will avail 'or ronKroa* ; but that he wo' ?1 channel of trade be- 'n "ie primary t part of the United Platform o ? - : the race and wi d on Page Eight.) | dava. Lanc LANCASTE LLE BEACH "KirifI F W HI I OF DROWNING IuIrLlM 1/1 Occurs When V???B GAINING DISK iptM to Save Life >f <iiri. Substitute Bars in St. Almost Without Ai N. C., July 28.?The toiners. iant Don Kirkman, of 0 gave his life In an llss Anne Durkhelmer THE HOTTLES L(X nnel at Wrightsville was found Friday at ar the spot where he the Folks Who e body rising to the "Kick" in What T ?n accord. It ..!- Think ,he f nt on the 3:40 train ing and the funeral Worth While, ay afternoon at 4:30 Memorial Methodist ? pQjnt (From The St. Louis Pos of Miss Burkheimer at',.'"'Uls " ,?rn8 St. James church here " " h'?h Va,n,y " oon at 5 o'clock. The * '''T ln the ,lr> "h""1 ? ? |.| . , , - Substitutes for practicall; g, the pitiable loss of . . . . , , intoxicating drinks, exc d the heroic sacrifice * . . . . . whiskey, are displayed < man just back from . . ? . . .. . .. bars of many St. Louis :e, has stirred the ? . .. T. thus far their only office rief and sympathy. It ?.. 4. .. . _ , fill up the space left vaca wo small boys, Judson , _ ,. .... . .. . real stuff disappeared wl rvey Dttinan, both boy , tu time prohibition went int th under 13 years, ^ Burkheimer ashore, ?umbed shortly after- The boftles containing stitute drinks are the cf itner left the Burk- uct of tho f??a88blower*s i saying she was going fan?y closely reset erlng the water about ^ormerly used on the d 1 of the cottage. Near the*v are designed to sub: : in the water was her c'a'nied for all of them th rence Burkheimer. and ",e taste, but not the k R. Kirkman, of High . Sijcns That Star Jr. Kirkman saw that Bars in the hotels and an was In distress and the larger downtown an good swimmer, plung- saloons have an array o nnel. When he reached ties and an assortment er she threw her arms the mirror that would st? id carried him under. I hlbitionist if he should d P bottom and did not uarcunnrillu Thn ulunu kheinier remained on there are on sale gin ricl ar for several minutes cocktails, Bronx cocktai Torts and was finally ter. vermouth and, most son Barber, a 13-year- all, mint juleps. yed in the Palm Tea T|ie "drinking public nan from a passing car 8iow to respond to the ap i water and held Miss non-alcoholic concoctions ove the water until as- 80ni0 trade in them whe She was carried to flr8t put on sale. This 3 an attempt was made speculative and based 01 lotor, hut it was out of that they were not reall aid not be restored. j)Ut the genuine mixture! 1 served as a lieuten- jt did not take long for r and was at the beach to establish that this fa: cee for the first time hope was a will-o'-the ted from France. He only kick was that whicl af Walter Kirkman. of those who failed to find ? e arrived at the beach investigator Went Ho was to spend several A man who went out liberate intention of "tar imer was the youngest t. , , . those imitation drinks ft ;d and talented sisters became progressively mo vu epn\i i\l rived home before suppf llS IxfciKMAiN an(i put in the intervenin ESTS FHJHT HIM ing a lawn mower over i in perfectly straight lines al Makes Final Keply At a downtown saloon, ho Would Prevent nious for the superior <| mixed drinks, a Martini iflrinatiou. ordered. The skilled mi days put it together i July 28. Attorney painstaking way. p. appearing before the ^ ^ , |ke (Hh,,r y committee to make harden put forth In an First he filled a fall nt confirmation of his tracked ice, then he re. clared the whole fight back bar and KOt a bot as conceived and car- ?"s'.v lnbeled "vermouth esentatlves of German n of this on the ice se of his work as alien I ^ roin another bottle he r lian in breaking up the J of "<ir! syrup." Alter gi\ rial army in the I'nifed ture "trie to chill he s?r a cocktail glass and drop ourse of his statement, on ride detailed denial of The drink looked like i rnator Frelinghuysen, far as the flavor went ii New Jersey, regarding like one, except that excessive fees to Sen- which goes with every get Georg and John J. drink was not there. Tt ormer member of the all other non-alcoholic s lew York. The total ^ , Saloon Keepers l.earn ! nator Harris, he said, ' work done before ho Saloon keepers who h >er of the senate, while "P?sh" these new drinks i s firm received $.">00 a b,,ve niade several star oclate counsel of the Prios sinre Ju,v 1 which I company. preconceived notions as rk prices go for legal tlon of the saloon. They attorney-general said, ^OI om' thing that the d's compensation was brass footrall and the v. In all, he was paid *h,P 0,1(1 *ood Kdlowshl 0.* to go with it are not suffl m the trade alive when alct ISK \VIM> UK are not sold. ITU FOK < 'ON'GIt KSS Thpy al8f| haye lMrne < .. July 28.?Former fonnor whlakey drtnker ",ea8? ,oday able to get along on bee B would he a candidate on,y 2 v4 per Cent alcoht L the general election ?art?nK of nM fhey h(lV old not be a candidate a )arKO niaJorlty of f Ulease is preparing ..gtea,iy drinkers" have < n which ho will enter scruples against trying to II announce it in a few I 1 (Coat.uued on Page t FASTER N !R, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919. {INKS'RACE'CLASHES IN Tni/ir EPUIE CHICAGO SERIOUS:.,.., .7 Former Ollicl Louis Are Four Negroes Killed Monday 11 ly ('us- and Many of Both Races _ Were Wounded. New York, Jt . commissions by )K GOOD MAYOR CALLS GUARDSMEN ^ ^?c'Lui'mo of William Hari i Want a Four Regiments of State Troops vi"' cha,rman of who sailed yeste hey Drink Mobilized to Restore Order, trip to France Substitutes Which Police Are Unable to D,ack declared ti . tended to be fair Maintain. exactions not wa tion. it-Dispatch.) Chicago, July 28.?Four negroes "The pressinj "synthetic were reported killed and two police- "'s skyrocki ying to find men wounded in a gun battle result- is Paid by th ic of things, ing from an attack upon a policeman T,ie country bel y all the old at Thirty-fifth street and Wabash ?rybody who ept straight avenue tonight. A number of ne- ^earl>' every ma jn the back uroes were wounded. No whites took on everything hi u'nAtu ?,?? naff t r\ .?w. t ... ^ ... I ? 1 Inir Ik (Inn.. In Ah F"? ? ?* l " V UtlllUlC CAV. 11 <111 ^ t* U1 ? v" v" has been to shots. flation in prices nt when the reached finally > len thV? war- Chicago, July 28.?Mayor Thomp- breaking point 0 effect July tonight appealed to (Jovernor Frank s'on-" O. Lowden to mobilize a regiment of Suggesting th< ; these sub- guardsmen for immediate service in commissions loicest prod- Chicago's "black belt," where as far as the pow ?rt and have sporadic rioting has been in progress '? create such c uliling those since yesterday afternoon, and which cerned, "the s rinks which already hns resulted in two deaths. wbich read 'the stitute. It is serious Injury to a number of negroes ,,le Sherman i iat they have an(' whites and injury to scores of Pr'ces into the ( jek." others. validate an act .,l0 Quick action was taken and four commissions." regiments of state troops were or- wa r labor a number of . , ..... . .. . . . . ... . ^ dered mobilized. Adjutant-General Pr<ces of labor i Cl Yy Je f th se b t 'Hrkson announced that whether the w'>eat had also ' troops were sent into the disturbed tained, that ther gn.- on district would depend on develop- principle in his irt ? t i< pro ments 0f night. government wai p in for a Tijp action of Mavor Thompson, it Jurisdiction ovei iroclaim that , , .. . was stated, was taken onlv after it Mr* "lack prop Martini * Is ale ^ecome evident that the city po- nionwealth app< startb'n P?of "r<> ,orce was 'nn(lequato to maintain regulate prifes ' ^ ? order in the five-mile area where as lo fbe com many as ten clashes between whites missions, Mr. Hi has been t>luti-.? had developed in an hour, organized consu peal of these Several hundred negroes, many of s?nted, "especin ' There was them flashing knives and guns, con- consumers who sn they were Kregated early tonight near South w'ho have mo was purely state and 35th streets. After numer- P'nch. He sug 1 the chance OU8 m|n0r fights, most of them were mission should > imitations. dispersed. In one of these outbreaks borer, a capitall i in disguise a white man was reported stabbed* to steamship man. the knowing death. manufacturer a int gleam of jn (jie meantime, special police and should include c -wisp. 1 he detectives had cleared other districts. "The produce i came from ..here the outbreaks had become fre- nof dare to refu: n?- quent during the day. The police said "on Prices to nie SoIht. the negroes* were terror-stricken and w?uld compose with the de- appeared on the streets only in ^'r- 'Hack d< iking up" on groups, which gathered in alleys, and question as to >und that he then ran at full speed to their desti- milled his plan re sober, ar nations. T\vrk a * " >r was ready The police are making a special of-1 . r IT tinio mi ah- fort to tironk iin unprof miu'tintTC i\f 1 BY THE R; the backyard the negroes in halls and tlat buildings. <ln'' on Kar,? * formerly fa- Numerous riot calls were turned in ' hina <?ro\??uality of its early tonight. but in a majority of chary cocktail was cases the clasnes involved oniy a Ixer of other score or more of blacks and whites. Salisbury. N n his usual When the negroes began leaving i ,u<) w the big industrial plants at the stock r??"roa Hays. yards and elsewhere, crowds of white naiuiday, I glass with nion gathered and it was only with 1mad way. tched to the difficulty that the police prevented sons indicated i tie conspitu- further bloodshed. Negroes were in ,l,<' ai,n> a " He poured dragged from street cars and thrown in the glass, to the ground. Then they retaliated Kniiekshank. ha nit in a dash by treating white men likewise. , Perry A. Mosc ring the mix-i Patrol wagons threaded their wav ,. . . , .. . , from the 4kth ir ained it into through crowds and leaders in nianv . , i son April 1!?. iped an olive of the clashes were arrested. When ... the other an old negroes are brought to the stations, ..... left leg broken a i Martini. So there are cries of "Lynch them No t also tasted j attempt was made, however, to take (rajj) kn,0(, |h|M) the ardencyj the negroes from the police. JnR h Jd here f( mine "hard" j Numerous conferences w ere held lis is true of | by the authorities. After one of IIKAIMJI* \ ItTKI ubstitutes. these. State's Attorney .ViaeI,ay Hovne POST O ionieihing. iHwtiod a statemegt charging that pol- Columbia. S. iticians teaching the negro element ! American Login ave tried to ^ ,j|srespec t f0r tbe law was the basic which recently my that they r,,ason for the riots. once, composed tling disco\ "The police department has been pated in the g , upset .heir .. hea:inu: to the funr- .. ..... ., ... ...n, , I i I?I?1 llM, mar IS <1 ihi il 11, fill lllf HOUIII I ' ,,W| 1 ?'*iiHvo learned i I lure of tho!8aro to arrest and I P?Rt of the leglc . ' prosecute men with political backing South Carolina, companion ^ who claim to have political influ- legion, which i p suppose ence." the statement said. natural body of cient to keep fu)jus ? Wa,kf )holic drinks Czechoslovak* !(? (in niiiu Home. commander; O San Diego. Cal., July 28.?After, Greenville, vice d that many eight days spent in Camp Kearney re-! Irvine F. Belsei s have been | euperating from their voyage from1 adjutant; VV. I), r containing | Vladivostok to San Diego, 2.000 ville. state Una >1. and most Czechoslovak veterans departed for Poyall. ot Flon e found that tho Atlantic coast today in four ape-.*- .Tubal O. Willia he supposed lnl trains. master-at-arms: onscientious The veterans are to go to Newport of Spartanburg, induce them News, where they will board ships Gardner, of Flo for the final stage of their return officer, and W Eight.) Journey home. Greenville, stat< . .. ? ' 1]; EWS SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR - ? | (;.1:r(:edas TAII TO TITI7CNC PKUfTrUEKINt; vr?*iU VI11LL1W ? MEET IN COLUMBIA ial of War l.abor ojikI. Want Permanent Organization of American Cotton Association ily 28.?Price fixing in This State. the government are ,* for profiteering in r life, in .I,< opinion, WILL MEET ON AUGUST 6 non Black, formerly! the war labor board,1 IT . . I tiovernor Cooper Lrges I hat. rday on a six weeks \ r and England. iMr. Every County in South Carotiat even men who in- jjna jje Represented?Meant* had been forced into rranted by the situa- Much to Farmers. j problem, he said. Calls were issued Saturday for m. at cost of li\ing. It nieetjng jn Columbia WednesdayJ e ultimate consumer. Augus( g Qf (hp farmer8 banker8t ie\es th?it nearly e\- mercbants> business and professional' can is profiteering. men (j)e 8late for tbe purpose oCi n is raising the pi ice effect|nR tbe permanent organization' 2 sells. * * * If noth-1 ? ----- 0f the American Cotton association im eck this abnojnial in- gou(b Carolina Tin- calls came fronn. the stage will he Goy, Robprt A Cooper, j. skottowd where there will be a Wannamaker. president of the to relieve the ten- jcun cotton association; B. Harris , commissioner of agriculture forf e remedy ol price ti\- gwutb Carolina; A. K. Padgett. presi?, . Mr. Black said that dent Qf (h<> Sou(h Carolina Hankenrt rer of the government as80ciat|on; j. h. Cluffey, president ommissions was con- Qf ^ gouth Carollna Farmere- Uname supreme cou,t|jon; W.G.Smith, warehouse commls rule of reason* into sion(?r am, Joseph D Mi(jtt pre8,dent; act could lead fail Columbia chamber of com?j lecislon which would merce creating price fixing meefjng will be held at Cravenc He pointed out that i,eg|nnjng at noon and promise** board had fixed the be tbe b|Rge8t and tnost repreaen? and that the price of ta(jve meGf|ng held recently in th? been fixed and main- s(ate e was no difference in Tbe cajj jB8Uod bv Governor Coopplan. If the federal er followg. * found not to have ?jn order to effect the permanent prices in the states. organ|zaljon Qf the American Cottonu osed that each com- a8SOCjatlon in South Carolina, a meet vint a commission to .nR farmers, bankers, merchant*} within its holders. ftnd 0uier business and professional position of such com- men wU, be hp,d |n Columbia. August ack held, that the un- g j u,.ge tbat Gach county be welf mers should be repre- roprespnted or> better Btm. illy that part of the townshlp do not product and "'The temporary organization of the! st .bitterl> ft It the, co^on producers and allied interest* gested that each com-1 . lias been one of the important factors be composed ol .1 la t)r|ngj|,g about an increase in thes 1st. a railroad man, a prjce 0f ?-t?|ton. The permanent or?} a farmer 01 mint r, a jfanj./ayon erected upon the ground?? nd a consumer, and: , . ., , ... . ' work ot its predecessor, will have tnflt ine woman member. ~ . same effect. rs," he added, "would _. "The cotton belt has never enjoyed) se to submit the ques- . ... prosperity commensurate with oth^r the kind of men who' _. , sections ol the country. The economic these commissions." . . . ... . ., 0 .. . _ and social life of the South has suf? >clined to answer ft , , , . ., fered tremendously because cotton' wh? tin r lit had sub yielded a reasonable profit tcw| 1 o Hi* pri sid< nt (he producers. Some advantugej ...,,,, . lA however, has now been won; if inuscl OlJND DEAD , , , not be lost. Our progress in educa?' \ILROAl) TkA( K fjon roads, in general happiness is ' considerably dependent upon the price; 41.1,. ..? Track N.,,r oouon.' . ?Ktt.li Was ? l?i.- "Hearing this in mind 1 appeal to ;ed Soldier. people of South Carolina to cooperate in an effort to insure for (\. July 28. T',0| present and for coming years a fair* bite men were found j profit for the South's greatest com? d track near < hina I moditv. Organization is essential." , one on eacli side of i , A joint call tor the meeting was is? Papers on their per-! ,! sued bv J. Skottowe Wanna maker. If_ that each had served ..." , . ,. i Harris, commissioner of agriculture.. ( nd that their homes 0 I A. h. Padgett, president of the Soutl* One of them. Holier)' _ .. ? . . ,, . . , ,, ; , , '.Carolina Hankers association; J. H- 1 id evidently been with I ... ... . . 0 .. I Claflev, president ol the South Carosbows. The other.! . _ 0m?. , 11iia Farmers union; \V. <?. Smith. dev. was discharged , . . I warehouse commissioner, and Jo?epD ifantrv at Cantp Jack-! . ... . , ,, , . , H. Mint, president of the Columbia One had one dollar , , T. . . ... i chamber of commerce. i his cull fol? pist<il. Kaon had bis ' In we* m<1 was injured about . "Whereas, the organization of thc? supposition is that a . .. . \ met lean Cotton association haf*: i. The bodies are liesaved to the South a sum estimated t >r instructions m conservatively at $i>.00o.000, and i Its FOR s. c. whereas, as a result of the or pa alt a 1 ,|/ |,|;<,|<>\ <u?|-:\Kl? 1 i<,n 1,1 ,,l(* American Cotton ass?.. ia.lulv 28. ?Th? l'nn pvery citizen in every township ' n of South Carolina. am' everV oounty. no tonly in South was formed at Flnr- Faroiina, hut in tho entire cotton belt* of those w ho par tic'- i^ili tecei\o preat benefit, and reat war. opened its "Whereas, as a result of the orpanirtrrs here today. An. izatioki of the American cotton asso? made to estahlish a I elation, the farm will be operated out >n in every county in j a business basis, cotton will be said at The officers of the a profitable price, the producer will ? affiliated with the be furnished with information ot* the same name are: supply and demand throuph represenfr, of Columbia, state tatives in every cotton consuininp: uy A. (iiillick, of country In the world, and repular* state commander; crop condition reports issue.1, and r, of Columbia, state "Whereas, as a final result, the had Wilkinson, of Abbe- roa(js (,f the South will be a thing or nee officer; Sam J. (he past, illiteracy will he hlotUnl ont. 8nce, state historian; and rural conditions will be so Imms. of Liberty, state) proved that the farm will attract and Rev. J. W. Fraser. j hold the white man. and chaplain; Charles S. "Whereas, as a final result of the . irenee. state publicity v.,s{ benefits that the permanent or-fl I). Workman, of ? a 3 insurance officer. fContinued on Page Four.) jj^ttL-JL4aL--lUl*1T... lit Itw i .. H ? ^