The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 18, 1919, Image 1
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g$TH YEAH. NO. 50. SEMI WEI
ff\ 'to devise ways to "
jf finance the cohon
1 Pa:
State Association Endorses Cot- ^
ton Marketing Corporation
With Large Capital. Par,B
? lion g<
r many
REVOLUTIONIZE BUSINESS elated
' damaR
billioni
Banks Are Asked to Increase ciai e<
Capital in Order to Be Able 18 ^ ^
I <A ? *' '
v iu<uic utiiKcr muiviuuai C]Ug|or
Loans. writlni
which
4? ' volved
Columbia, April 17.?Meeting ration)
here Tuesday -with members of the 000,00
South Carolina delegation in con- vided
Cress, th? twenty delegates from the followi
South Carolina Cotton association to within
i the convention in New Orleans next oOO.Ofl
month, headed by Governor Robert in 192
A'. Cooper, passed a resolution en- a com
doming the proposed cotton mar- it shal
keting corporation, but suggesting
that it* capital Btock be made $200,- DOR(
; 000,000 Instead of $100,000,000, as
proposed. To further enable the
sonth to finance the cotton crop the i
- committee .also urged that banks be ^ a"ft<
t ' urged to Increase their capital stock y
' 60 per cen$. ( '
Attending the meeting were the.^
governor and lieutenant governor of^
South Carolina, two United States; wJth t
senators and three members of theJ a pro
. house of representatives. I 8eotloT
A committee was nnnnlnteH tn! - ~
? j lare v;
take charge of the question of secur-j here.
Ing large government warehouses j pnone
to handle cotton, and after a discus-j gumm
ion of possible amendment to the tnK
national banking law this question oxjstef
"was placed in the hands of Represen- tfine,
tatlve W. F. Stevenson. a trac
The resolution summing up the cauRe.
result of the meeting is as follows:
* The Resolution. matlor
"Resolved. That this special com- cattle
iii'ttCu appointed by the South Oaro- both 1
Una Cotton association do hereby en- qre(] t
dorse the proposed organization of <n the
a cotton marketing corporation, horseb
with a capital stock of one hundred; horse
million dollars '(100,000.000), and Clark
Its scope be enlarged to deal in and -p,p K
with cotton seod. with 1
"This committee believes that It Qro,
would be practicable at this time to:0f age
raise the amount of $200,000,000,| fhe ro
especially If the stock be made pay-| ]eaVes
able in liberty bonds If desired by fam|iy
the subscriber. ! marrle
"It Is essential, In the judgment p0u
of this committee, that the majority to Sur
of the stock be owned by the farmers \ff
of the south, and this committee hroug)
recommends that proper provision tevnon
be mAde to secure this end. tl] Oct
Will T>n Their Share. 'he r<
"This committee is confident that venes.
the people of South Carolina will
tak* their proportion of the capital WIIjIjI
Stock of this corporation, whether H.J
It be $100,000,0 0 0 or $200,000,000, Will
and pledges its full support to see Studer
that said stock Is taken. lege?t
"This committee recommends that of the
all bankt, In the south increase their or 10
combined capital and surplus by 60 ty. 0
per cent, or to such an amount they |,M
may find to be practicable, for the 20 wc
purpose of enabling them to make joinini
'larger loans to individual borrowers Rigl
. upon cotton collateral, and to meet ed her
the Increasing demands upon all was fit
banks for financial assistance. I alienee
f *= "It Is suggested that there is a : rally.
5 very large .Investment in liberty' The
bonds in the south, which may be that- t
converted into this increase of cap- J uncalli
J tel. with advantage both to the in-' dent c
the reftam vector and the bank. j snTted.
ittrtlr cotj /^'Rtnte ba^ lrs in the south not u'fy a
the federal reserve sys
ddrmtmtm tern are urged to loin the federal re-1 "r
serve system. The south will mar-, ed ou1
V* ~ ket and finance its cotton crop. This: m?^..
vrlll completely revolutionise the en-i
tire buainess Interests of the south.
It means commercial freedom, pro- ^HS
gross and prosperity." HJtchc
^chafrnr
IMWT ift r;??i i n ? rttMnnrrrl?r<?rl
ftB REMOVED TO ENGLAND ieapue
London, Apr{J 171?The body of flclaily
Edith Cavell,' the English nurse who reinov
was executed by tho Germans in the rc
1*15 at Brussels, will be brought to the r
England from Belgium on May 15 league
and taken to '.Vestminster Abbey, the se
where ceremolles will be held. The "Th
body will m? Drought to Dover on a made
waj.ehip and will be transported on nant,"
dt*(un carriage with military escort vefjr s
I to Victoria station, and thence to answei
I Westminster Abbey. ^ Interment will have b
f {bo at Norwich, the home town of: thay /
\th? Caveils | that I
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SKLY. LANCASTER, S. ? FRIDA
HUNDRED BILLION ni ^KjTV AP CIIWHC [{
LD MARKS THE TOTAL I LEW I I UP PUNl/d k
- the Amount Germany Mist FOR GOOD ROADS
p Allied Governments For
mses Caused iiy the War. Also For Harbors and the I
Health Service of the
, April 17.?One hundred bil- United States.
>ld marks is the amount Ger
must pay the allied and asBogovornments
for losses and PUBLIC WORK IS URGED J
e caused in the war, plus other .
s to be determined by a spe- _ , , , _
>mmission on which Germany Department of Labor Issues En- 1
e represented. couraging Statement on the
' "vM I"*' V6 co?- Work That is Ahead?UrKes
i which has been reduced to
5 after weeks of negotiation Prompt Action.
took a wide range and in
frequent changes and modifl- tl
,. The payment of the 100.- Washingon, April 17.?An encour
0,000 gold marks is to be di- a*lng atat ent the '
into three distinct amounts as Partment of labor that despite the c
a: First 20.000.000.000 fa,,Ure of con*re88 to PU88 8everal ?
two vears; second. 40.000.- appropriation bills, at the last ses- <
0 during 30 years beginning slon ,he federal *?ve ment Is still t
1; third. 40.000.000.000 when ,n P?8,tio? to take th? lead in con- 1
. . ,, . . . . struction of public works anil build- t
imission shall determine how
ll be done 'nBs- State and municipal authori
ties from one end of the country to ?
""HESTER COUNTY ,he ?,her* have been urged to pro- t
*' ceed with public works so that the i
SCENE OF HOMICIDE problems of reconstruction may be j
met more easily. ! s
Clark in Jail Charged The federal government finds that' I
kVitli Killing of Frank J. it has large funds for good roads, ji
Grooms rivers and harbors and certain con- j <
| siruruons or ine public health ser- I
? vice. It is shy. however, on monev I
George, April 17.?Charged!, ,. ,. r . ?.
for the construction of postofnces, in
he killing of Frank J. Grooms . .. . .. . . i
various sections and it is asserted .
minent citizen of the lower .. . ,. , ., , .
_ . that the failure of the last congress
? of Dorchester county, Wal- . ,. ,
. to provide for the building program
lark is now in the county jail . . . . , .
? .... . of the treasury department is hohlThe
killing occurred on the . . , ,rA . ,.
ing up about 150 projects. Almost
Hill road several miles from , , , .. ...
. ? every state in the Union is representerville
early Saturday morn- . . ... ... , . .
... .. . , ed in this list of deferred projects
It seems that bad feeling had ..... ... .
which would involve expenditure on i
1 between the men for some ,. ... ,
. _ . . ... the present basis on material andi
difference in connection with . . . , . .... ....
labor cost, of about $23,000,000.
t of land having been the ..
Many of these projects were contemplated
before the war and uionev apmen
met, according to infor- .... .u .
propriated to cover the construction
i received In St. Oeorge at a , ,. ,. ... .
, , . costs on the then prevailing prices,
dip in the section in which ? .. . . . .. . ,
? .. , , Estimates at that time showed these
ived. Following worus. Clara , .... ,. . . . ,
_ . buildings would cost approximately
wice, both shots taking effect ,,,. r ? ? . . .
, $16,500,000. The present estimates
body of Grooms, who was on . , ... ... , ,
3 . . . . . are about $6,000,000 more and be-1
iack, and after he fell from his ... . . . . ,
. , , , fore the work can be undertaken
as the result of the first shot . . . .
_ . congress must nnnmnrlnld nnnuorli I
if? saia 10 nave nrea again. ~ -r-r ??
un used by Clark was loaded ,m?ney (? take 0ar* of %hl*
mckshot, It la stated. ,n bun?,lnK There Is littlel
onis. who was about 55 years douM but ,hat ,bfi nflXt c?nP ? will ,
>, was well known throughout takt caru ?' *bis. (
unty. He was married and Road ltiiililing Fund. (
a family, as well as a large The spending of $266,000,000 np- \
connection. Clark, too. Is proprlated for federal aid for road ' (
;d. and is about 60 years old. building depends upon the several1 i
owing the killing, Clnrk went states. Some are hastening to avail ;
nmervllle and gave himself up themselves of this opportunity to en-j<
igistrnte Limehouse and was Joy federal assistance in building ,
it to St. George Saturday af- state roads: other states appear to i
n. He will not face trial un- be slow to take advantage of the op- \
ober, when the next session of portunity. However, the money is.
iurt of general sessions con- or will be available and the federal |(
government is anxious that states ?
n make the most of their opportunl- ]
1AM AND MARY 8TCDKNTS ties during the current year as road (
IVK GONE OCT ON STRIKE bttllrtine will do much to stimulate .
Ilamsburg, Va., April 17.? business and to provide buffer em- ,
its of William and Mary col- Payment for labor until the Indus- ,
his morning "struck" because fr'a' transition from war to peace ^
i summary dismissal of eight bns been effected.
of their number by the farul- Congress passed the appropriation
>nly 10 male students attend- for 19.050.000 for new hospitals and
^tures this morning and the Improvements to old ones needed by
imen students are talking of *b? Public health service, and this,
5 the strike. building activity is being rushed and
it or 10 students were dismiss- be under way by the end of the ^
-ause the room of a student ??ar -Some Gf these projects will be j
Mtded with water following his under construction by mid-summer.
1 refusal to attend an. athletic MorP than J30.000.000 are Involved
In the maintenance and construction
student body takes the stand work out ,n the rivers and bar- |
he dismissal of the men was hors impropriation bill passed by the ^
ed for and holds that the stu-i 'ast congress.
:ounctl -should have been con- The harbors and rivers ImproveThey
have hajided the fa"- meat work takes In almost every
n ? t. : 11 ' Inn nf thp cnti n t rv mnok /\f it >?<._ ?
ii uiiiiiKuuiu miu mi y iiiuy win "" vv,w" " *" J ,,,UVM "
for tlie'r homrn in the morn- '*?? planned for the southeast, the
ilesa the trouble tg straighten Atlantic coast and the Pacific states.,1
t Mftfc than 11,000 000 will be spent
m along the Mississippi river, npproxi-,
H'<XK PLRASRD WITH nmtely $1100.000 on the Ohio river I
IIANOF IN THK ('OVRXANT and about $f?00,000 along the Mis-"
ihlngton, April 17.?8enator ?oi:rl river. This work. It Is under- 1
ock. of Nebraska. retiring stood, will go ahead regardless of 1
inn of the senate foreign rela- f0** ?f material and labor costs and 1
[ ommlttee. in a statement do should prove an Important factor In
thrft the changes mnde In the making business good In the bun-1'
of nations constitution as of- dreds of localities where such work
' announced in Paris, would Is undertaken by the government,
e virtually all objections to Public Health Program: ' |
ivenant. He predicted that The building program of the pub-! eace
treaty containing the jjc H service, to meet the re- 1
covenant would be ratified by ,.u<rements of soldiers and sailors, I
nate. ' tak'nr advantage of its privileges '
e changes that have been under the war risk service, calls foi '
In (he league of nations cove- r<>modellng and additions to hosph- I
said Senator Hitchcock, 'are properties at Camp Cody, N. M. I
atisfactory and are conclusive |fftmp Hancock, Ca.; Camp Joseph <
rs to ail the objections that g Johnson, Fla.; Camp Beauregard, <
ieen made to the plan. I think . Camp l,ogan. Tex.: Camp Free- <
amoved most of the objection* | .
save been raised by senator* | (Continued on Pago Eight.) 1]
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STER NE
Y, APRIL 18, 1919.
5EARCH STATUTES
TO FIND AUTHORITY ? ?? ..r
sliidimis on Cotton ami
Jower to Enforce Prohibition ,i"" of
T OUI M.... I>~ O.l A... J i
uun ma,* 1IC l/tMCgil Ifll l?
?> ? Denver. April 17.?II
Revenue Bureau. ? . . .
government restrictions or
keting of the cotton crop i
HANY SUGGESTIONS MADE tion ,n acre!l?e Panted
were urged at a meeting o
iners' Kducational and ('(
5ut All of Them Do Not Change 1 Tnion of America in i
Materially the Air of Uncer- H13pea,k?er" p"in'"' 1
more diversified farming f
tainty Over Enforcement of aid in development of ti
Liquor Laws which has been handicappi
fining farming operations
A report by the commit)
Washington. April 17.?Legal ad ton and cotton products s
,'isers of government agencies inter "There have been more
'sted In liquor regulations exam- strictions on cotton ever
ned statutes and executive orders beginning of the war thr
vithout specific legal authority by other farm product and
vhich the internal revenue bureau those restrictions remain
night enforce war time prohibition than on any other fair
ifter July 1. Kven today there are resti
President Wilson, under the Ov the trade with our allies,
irman act, giving him power to "With these facts as a
ransfer functions from one depart- feel justified in asking 01
nent to another might delegate the ment to make every effoi
lutliorlty to the revenue bureau, these restrictions remove
iome lawyers declared. Ilowevr, earliest possible moment,
his still would leave the bureau The report also advoca
without adequate funds to pay tliej tion in the acreage of <
?osts of maintaining a large fed- daring that the south
Mai police force, unless there is some! brought to industrial Slav
egislation at an early special session] pendence upon the crop.
if congress. j
Suggestions received did not SHOUTS TO IIELL M
hange materially the air of uncer- UNITED STATE
ainty over the question of how pro
libifion is to be enforced after July
1, as caused by Interim! Commit* Man Interrupting Senat
*ioner Roper's announcement that i?.rlainV sp?mch Was
tils bureau hat! not the authority nor
'he funds to carry out the enforce- Mobbed.
ment measures properly. Many tele
grams received at the commission- New York. April 17.
?r's office reflected keen interest by tional incident marked th
Individuals and officials throughout an address by United Stat
the country in the status of war time (jeorge A. Chamberlain at
prohibition. Mr. Roper added noth- of the Sphinx club at th*
ing to his statement in replying to Astoria. Ills peroration w
these queries, it was said. poem "the American Flag
Degal advisers of other agencies Oregon senator recited t
discovered that an executive order lines one of the diners In I
if the President dated September 2,'the grand ball room half
lit 17, Issued under authority of the his seat and shouted:
Dvet-man act, delegated to the rev- "To hell with the
nnue bureau and the customs divis- flag."
ion the enforcement of the provision Diners from several o?
r?f the food conservation act of Au- started towards the man
iust 10. 1 ! 17, which prohibited fh<- denounced the flag, hut Iuse
of food materials in production M fch"!l, vice-president of
if whiskey, and paved the way for and Oklahoma Oil compnn
restriction, of beer brewing. These! flrst to reach him Swir
igencies, acting under the treasury his right arm. Mr. Mitchel
were authorized by the President to clean blow on the chin <
imploy such additional assistants for trrber and knocked him d
this work as the secretary of the Several friends seated
treasury might deem necessary. man attempted to int
The amendment to the agricul- 'her** was a lively scri
tural appropriation act of November whieh Mr. Mitchell hii
21, lf?18, by which war time prohi- J" 'ru<>h 'n 'he face.
I
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR sot
H1 GETTING READY FOR i
- THE VICTORY LOAN
ItedllC- ?* " .
Lancaster Will See Troph\Train
and Also Tank Used
emoval o .
.. in Armv. .
i the mar * <
tnd red no- # ?
to cotton train here on may g
if the Fhi-i ^
^-operative] '
convention "W. 1*. Robinson Has Accepted
nit that a I ,,, _ ,
. ,.i ( nairmanship for Lancaster
dan would *
tie south. County and is Preparing for
ad by con <he r>rive
to cotton.
:ee on cot
'aid: W. P. Robinson has been appoint-severe
re ed and has accepted as chairman
since the I for Lancaster county in the Victory
in on any loan drive which begins next Mon.more
of day. Mr. Robinson Is marshaling his
in force1 forces and preparing for a systen
product. I matie and effective campaign in this
riotions on ! county. As near as possible Mr.
I Robinson hopes to vise the same orbasis
we j ganization that was used in the preur
govern- vious campaigns.
*t to have "The Thirtieth Division Special,"
>d at the the trophy train bringing trophies.
' of the great war taken in the field
ted reduc-'by men of the Thirtieth Division
'otton. de | will visit many points In South Carohad
been j Una during the period of the camcry
by de- paign and will he in Lancaster on
Tuesday, May fi. The train will ar- I
rive here, according to schedule
'ITH which has been sent to The News, at
p| Tuesday morning. May 6, and
j will remain here until the same
' hour Wednesday morning. The
or Chain- train comes here from Rock Hill
Xltuost il,1(' point after leaving
Lancaster is Camden.
Another feature of the campaign
will be the appearance in Lancaster
?A sensa- of one of the tanks like those used
e close of | in the war?like those that went
es Senatoi j through the Hlndenburg line. The
t a dinner date has not yet been announced.
a Wol,l,,. ff "Tt,o I> t I.
s uiviwi U i I iic 1 live ui j crtl c, IIIU filivcril*
as a poem ment moving picture, will be shown
As the'at the Star and Midway theatres on
he closing May 7. At the former in the morn(he
rear of j ins and again in the afternoon and
rose from at the latter at night.
The picture was made by the sigAmeriean
nal corps of the United States army
| and covers the period of the war. It
her tables begins with the young men leaving
who had their homes, bidding farewell tcr
Id ward \V ' mothers and fathers and other lovthe
Texas ed ones to answer the cal' of duty
y, was the Then scenes at the port of embarkaiging
with lion are shown. The spectators are
1 landed a given a close tip view of the big
>f the dis- steamer Leviathan. formerly the
own Vnterland, loaded with 10,000 solwith
the diers hound for Brest. France. Then
erfere and the men are shown leaving the
immage in I steamer at Brest.
nself was; As the men draw nearer to the
I trenches the scenes grow In interest
tied out a and the audience applaud 'd wildly
us damage when the American hoys were seen
Sdmund IX advancing to take their places In the*
f the club, | battle line Close views of the igh,
treas- trenches are shown and the pecta- gan
an in-j tors are given an idea of what real'
had been | warfare is. The machine guns arn
nan's iden-1 shown in operation sending their
ot rest nn- messengers of death over towarda
the Hun lines.
The picture shovs the real terY
TO rors ?r war- Americans are
t \Tin\C "hown going over the top in the f&'"o
' ' <>f a gruelling tire from the enemy.
Two men are seen to fall, killed by
Pr> to lie. a shell, in one advance Hundreds
imi \?i?.- j dead Germans are shown. Snipeis.
are shown crawling out into "No
r?rkr\. Man's Land" for duty.
The picture closes with the sceno
istria-Ilun- 'n New Yo-k on the occasion of thc?
\ are not arrival recently of the Leviathan,
litors, but tMs time without her war paint,
. .%ith the bringing 27.000 nier home. Tho
npenaation marines, or what is left of them, are
ay. is tak- shown landing in New York amid
e financial j the cheers of the people
tes, or the The picture is put out to encourthe
same age the purchase of Victory loanrmany.
hoods and to give the general public
s will be|*ome <dea of the Immensity of tltd
noiple that ' war through which the country lias
milages to).Inst come. The captions on the picunder
the ture give some idea of the enormous
(1 to Tier-, expense of preparing for war. It
p has been opens the eyes of the average citi
vhich they along those li^os and makes hiic
obts. The a more willing purchaser of bonds tr>
e commls-j the approaching drive.
od to have | ~<v ? Z
(>n Next Sunday.
( ^tT ^ i Pcllv day exercises to be held at
\ans ,(' the Second Baptist church will lio
h parts of ? _ _ ,, ?.
. , . next Sunday, Easter, April 2ft, ami
tided with- ., ? . _ ? ._ _
. .. n?t Easter Sunday, April 27/* tr? .
I liberated . , _
. announced in The News Tuesday,
er, may h? npu gu
e for com- ,
and Ser- Barron Rlackmon,. of Charlott?-?
spent Saturday here.
? ' "^FVl
bition effective July, was establish! The <"sturber was rus
"d. did not become law until long door before any serio
iffer that executive order was is-' wns ('one' however. J
med and consequently the order j form<>r president o
would not apply to the prohibition iin<' Robert 8- Scarborou
measure i "rer? who immediately be,
, XT . ,, 1 vestigation. declared they
The act of November 21, 1918.: . .
. .... . ,, ,, I unable to determine the n
provided ' that after June 30, 1 i* 1??
... .. . . . .. ^ i tity but that they would n
until the conclusion of the present i
. .. ... ... . | til they had done so.
war and thereafter until the termination
of demobilization, the date of
which shall be determined and pro i seekin(i some \\ a
claimed by the Preslden t of the1 (;et more repai
United States?it shall he unlawful
lo sell for beverage purposes anv , , ...... ?
.. .... , , m . Allied Commission Will 1
iistilled spirits. The act also specifies
that In that time "no beer, wine vNr Plan to Polled Fr<
ir other intoxicating malt of vinous tria-lluiniury. Itulg.ria,
liquors shall be sold for beverage;
purposes except for export."
This distinction between this act1 ' -ir *. April . A<
, .. ,. .. . i gary. 11 lgarla nrd Turk'
ind other war time liquor restric- ...
. . . . , particularly promising de
lions, as pointed out hv otilcials, is
,. . ,. , . ... .... the reparation commission
'hat it relates to the snie of liquor.
.. . , . , . problem of German coi
whereas the others related to manu- . . .
for damages out of the w
facture ( onsequentlv it was ex- , ,
....... . ., mg up the question of tb
plained that the revenue bureau will
responsibilitv of these stai
lot have power to take action
. * .... . . . ... . remants thereof, along
igainst illicit sale, but will retain , , ...
, lines as in the case of l.e
ts present powers to provent illegal
, .. ... Germany s former allic
production of liquor. ... .
required to acept the pr.i
;1 t-v are responsible for d
VVIIi)/A RIk-DKWI'KKY Fit HIT (jvil,Hn ?fo aTld proptMty
MAY OOCI It IX XI \ I * X I.AND s.nne eatagorles as appllc
New York, April 17 Another mar v. anil a sub-eonimittei
possible site for the Willard-Demp- studying the extent as to 1
PV hg?!I VV U'Olvht .oK'i nitvi/\??oKin '*
vuMiiipKriinui)/ IMU- ?l If** IW ?i1( |H| V II
:le, entered the list when represen- results of the work of th
:atlves of Cumberland. Maryland.1 r'op thus far are understoi
jfTered Promoter Tex ltlckard al- been dargely negative as
uring Inducements 'o stage the bout of the debtor states hnv<
ihere. The delegation which was! to a great extent and ric
leaded by J. J. Snyder, came to th's the;r domain are now incl
ity armed with letters and other In the bounds of alliet!
locements from business and civic states. Something, howevi
lrgnnizatlcns and presented a strong realized from the wrechag
'lee which evidently impressed pensatlng* Italy, Rumania
tUckard. | bla.
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