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Thi 68TH YEAR. NO.* 70. SEMI-WEEKLY GOVERNOR COOPER ' CALLS THE SHERIFFS .... France A Asks for Conference With Soli- and i tors in Columbia on July 15. Newport Nes ______ remaining men Division except JAIL POPULATION TOO BIG eft behind be - enough first cla Plan to Be Effected Whereby the ?h'P arrlv? State and County Authorities su^ppi^1 TraTn^ Will Co-operate in Law En- cers and 470 forcement. claimed their < me arrival hoi my divisions, tl 'Columbia, S. C., June 26.?In or- being five rogu der to perfect a plan for mutual co- service of supp operation in the enforcement of the The troops < law in South Carolina, complaints of transport Monl the violation of which are coming to from St. Nazi him from various parts of the state, on board the Covernor Cooper has addressed a 1,000 negro tr letter to the sheriffs of the state erinary units calling them together' with the four nients of the teen solicitors and foremen of the va- while they arc rious county grand circuits, to meet oats will be with him in the hall of the house of Casino Y. M. representatives here July 15, at men who arri\ noon. The text of the governor's let- were James \\ ter follows: ond Street; Jo "Complaints have come to me South II Rtroe from various sections of the state in- Harj*y llerkan dicating that the prohibition law is Knox, police being more or less generally violated. r(>nce M. Outlaw It appears too, that the Jail popula- uam o. Onley tion of the state is increasing, and street; Joseph that the homicide record is distress- Lincoln Street; ingly large. and Edward II "In view of the facts stated, and jn>, street. of the additional fact that after July 1, we shall have a new situation in LARGE CR< regard to prohibition, I am^asking all \irn i *i?i me snerins, the solicitors, and allj ??iijii/\ivi the foremen of grand juries in South' "Carolina to meet witli me in the hall * alnPs Throng of the house of representatives, Co- 1 ractir lumbia, at noon on the 16th day of July, for the purpose of discussing law enforcement. Toledo. June "As a citizen and as a chief ex- co?' wealh{ ecutive, I am intensely interested in "lat 'lavp s,'en the upholding of law. Hence, I am I)emP8e> in t calling upon you, as the chief ex- camps ?' ,,lf> ecutive officer in your county, to 'ul meet with me so that we may effect $2,400 to uati some plan for mutual co-operation. I ra,,n^8- and w] am convinced that it is necessary for ^'"aids camj us to arouse puldic opinion in order "10 now<' wns that we may have the most effective Hempsey bo possible enforcement of our laws, for Jamaica as you well know, laws and their enforcement are but expressions of the eight rounds at i<uuiic m wm. 11 seems 10 me inai a U"*'"K an" meeting of tho sheriffs, the foremen Helnen. the ( of the grand Juries, the solicitors nuit tho ramp and certain others directly interest- to his neck re ed, will result In much good. We can, struck the unp; by working together, create a pub- when Willard lie sentiment that will hold up the the third time law breaker as an enemy to society. With the a It is also necessary for the state and Drexel Middle, county authorities, and for the au navy and clvi thorltles of the several counties, to control, deflnl cooperate. Isolated effort, while regard to rofen laudable, is not so effective as a gen to he made, eral effort. Should we all have a firmed report i common purpose, then each can in veteran ring ol culcate in his community a whole co, was under some sentiment that will result in final choice. J absolute vindication of the laws. of Dem'psey, is "I hope you will be able to attend and Willard is this conference. Please notify the him because ol foremen of your grand Jury or the Wlllard's chan meeting, and urge him, and any oth Jack Johnson i ers you care to designate to be pres- Willard was ent. The state's welfare depends been grante/1 upon the security and happiness of boxer's license ith individual citizens, and the seou- jPR control. 1 rlty and happiness of Its citizens de- Uronse N'o. 2. pends upon the enforcement of law. license was aw; Your task is not an easy one, but you promoter of t can make it much easier, and make contest. the results of your efforts far more satisfactory, If you can effect a Ren- CYCLOPS IS oral demand among your conHtituents for the eradication of the men who strike at the very roots of our social system by defying the laws wc * ?'umbla have made. Vork Sr "I shall be Rlad to have any bur- man on Ijoi RCHtlons you care to make, either In writing before the conference or Columbia, 8. verbally in the meeting." or ?' mal,y ^ ller Cyclops, a WRIGHTSVILLE FIRE far been expln DESTROYS BIG HOTEL when the moth seaman on the Heashore Burns to Oround, Tliree gram from Nov llyndro?f tJnests KMiipInK l*n- "safe In this cd hurt.? la?te at Night. the missing vei i .i port. Wilmington* N. C., June 26.?The The records Benshore hotel, one of the two big sey, of Columb hotels at Wrlghtaville Beach, ten the Cyclops, an miles east of Wilmington was burn- at sea with th? ed to the ground at a late hour to- however, kno1 night. More than 300 guests ee- would clear up raped unhurt with moat of their be- Officials thin longings. The loss la partially cov-J ably a hoax, b a red by Insurance. Fire fighting solve the myst< equipment was sent from this city. I carefully lookli iLANCA LANCASTER, S. C., FRIL poht'NEWS, ZMAY STORE lT IN HOME FOR OWN USE re Few Oniccr* ?- I supply Men. Folks Who Want to Keep Li quor Around the House vb, Va., June 26.?All May Do So. fibers of the Wild Cat five officers, who were cause there was not &OME 01 HER PRC^ ISIONS 1 Lss accommodations on (d here Tuesday morn- ? ,, . , ,, oe Hundred and Sixth Some Members of (onRress numbering nine offi- Disposed to Make Possesmen. The officers sion IUeKa, But They j oge trganlzation completed . ne of all National Ar- ^ hose remaining abroad lar army divisions and ... ... . . , J Washington, June 26.?A mans ly men right to store liquor in his home for :ame on the small ... . . . . . , ,, , the long dry period after July 1 tpeller which sailed , . . . ... . v , stood up against an attack on that lire two weoks ago. _ , ,. . provision of the prohibition enforceBhip ?ere more t lan men^ before the house judiciary oops ntvirhod to vet- comralUM. and service detach- ... , , , ,. ' ? Near the end of the session, the Twentieth Engineers ... ... . . ?... . committee voted down an amend> in the city the Wild , , . , , . , . ment which would have made it unentertalned at the , , . . ... , . , Jawful for a citizen t ohave liquor C. A. hut. Columbia ... , in his possession: struck out a section ed on the Montpelier ... ... ? which would have prevented use r. McManus, 207 Sec- . . . by a citizen of liquor In his private fT Lee Porter. 1207 / ... . ... .. , , .... dwelling, and decided that in tho t; Tillman Heuslev, matter ot general enforcement tliero Kelly, George \\. .. . ..? . . would be no difference between wei 1, vxo .1 ? ..^nu?i?a> icn, ?"i? timo ;in<l constitutional prohibition ,v. It. F. D. No. 4; Wil- ... ... ... . Even with this and other changes 2010 Washington .. . ... . .... . , ?-the bill as it will be reported out is Clyde Lawhon, 11." .. , .. . 0 , M I ev cnnsi,'or0(' as a" embracing So S ! r?i 'Pvy drastic arc its provisions, members . 1 otn? r, -< - ant Qf (he committee said that while a man may put a keg of beer in his eel" nvu 'ar mny *>0 convicted and fined if )W Lin >V Alt 11 ^or jnstance ite wears a watch fob on [) AND DEMPSEY which there is a picture of the keg as I an advertisement. e?l l?y People to Sec in a general consideration of the e?One of Willard'n measure the committee made a nuinters Quits. her of minor changes, but the prin cipal fight was over the question of 26.?With the return the right of home storage for per>r, the largest crowds sonal use. Representative Morgan Jess Wlllard and Jack Republican, of Oklahoma, endeavorraining packed the ed to have stricken out the section heavyweight rivals, reading that "it shall not be unlawndred persons paid ful to possess liquor In one's private eh Dempsey box four dwelling while the same is occupied j bile the attendance at and used by him only as his dwelt was not announced, ling." 11 on r 1V na lot* fro ?, ....... .wvay Willi Saloon. xed two rounds with Ardent prohibitionists on the coraKid. and two with votP(i against the Morgan Hard boxed the usual pr0p0Bai for the reason, they said, id did three of shadow that nothing was to be gained by outlier exercises. Jack noting a law so drastie as to arouse 'hicago heavyweight, the hostility of people who* rejoiced because of an injury that the day of the saloon had endreived when his head od. Prohibition members supported idded edge of the ring an amendment eliminating the pro knocked him out for viso that the liquor must he obtained Friday. and placed in storage prior to date rrival of Maj. A. J. the act would become effective. As president of the army, amended the section reads: "That Man board of boxing such liquor need not be reported, ite announcement In provided the burden of showing that >e questioh is expected possession is legal upon the possesThere was an uncon- sor." that Jack Welch, a Representative Card. Democrat, of i (hcial. of San Francis- Ohio, led the fight to strike from tliel consideration as the hill the word "use" as applied to the lack Kearns, manager right of home consumption. Mis not opposed to Welch, motion to amend also included, the i understood to favor striking out of the words "give ' his work in judging away." "receive" and "possess" but lpionslilp battle with the committee insisted that these in Havana. . should stand and it was said there advised that he had was no particular fight on Mr. Gard, the first professional and as amended the section stands; by the board of box- "That no persons shall or after :)empsey was granted the date when the 18th amendmentj The first promoter's i t? the constitution of the United arded to Tex Rickard, | States goes into effect, nor white the ho Independence day wnr prohibition act shall be in force, manufacture, sell, barter, give away, | " transport, import, export, deliver, i REPORTED furnish, receive or possess any intox- , A GERMAN PORT Icatlng liquor except as authorized j In this act, and all the provisions of , ' Receive Wire from ^Is aot "hall be literally construed tying Her Son, Sea- to tho and that Intoxicating liquor as *t Collier, Is Safe. beverage may be prohibited. Liquor! for non-beverage purposes and wine', C.. June 26.?Anoth- for sacramental purposes may be , clues to the lost col- pnrchased, sold. transported and ( ,11 of which have so as herein provided." , ded, turned up here Must Make Report. I ler of Otis Ramsey, a Kvery person legally permitted to i ship, received a tele- have liquor Is required to report to ' v York saying he was the proper authorlthfs within tetr j < untry again" and that days after the passage of the act, and * ssel was In a German possession after that date "hv any i person not legally permitted under < show that Otis Ham- this title to possess liquors" shall be I ila, was a seaman on regarded as evidence that It Is kept | d he Is listed as "lost for purposes of sale. This, however, t ? ship." The navy, does not apply to home stocks, ws of nothing that The bill's definition of what is In- i the mystery. toxlcating liquor?any beverage or ( k the message prob- product containing more than onetut as they expect to ii^lf of oh<A pefceet'aluohol -was retry some day they are . ........ , ig up every clue. (Cdntinued dn 'Page Three.) \ jy STER 1 >AY, JUNE 27, 1919. ASK REMUNERATIVE TA, h PRICES FOR COTTON ( Head of Virginia Polytechnic Institute States His Views on Question. Was ____ oral ji ONE-CROP SYSTEM FAILS nm H - burg. Approves Cotton Campaign to ' Raise Price of Staple and Mr. Plane of Living By People of in the O Sease, South. for his ??? Muc St. Matthews. S. C.. June 26.?Mr. the la! J. S. Wannamaker, president of th? prohal: American Cotton association, has JudPR f^en out the following letter recelv- 1 od from Dr. J. I). Eggleston, presi- bpnch dent of the Virginia Polytechnic In- 11 ,s stitute: known Mr. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, President American Cotton Associa- that Jl tion, Columbia, S. C. Join Mv Dear Sir: 1 have your letter bas bf> of May 29th. in the In answer to your questionnaire: throng 1. I have all my life believed in 'tinl. .'i and worked for living wages; teas- the no onablo hours of work; and proper assiRn< working conditions. In so far as this Agent affects children and young people, it Sen: is undoubtedly t^iS> that the ten- Plnren deney of civilization is Vi forget that]0' aKI all children and young people have that an inherent right to play, and should tourlni he encouraged to do so. shows, 2. A one-crop system Is slavery, lumbiu whether it be cotton, tobacco, or any- shown tiling else. No doubt Cod could > Colum make a country permanently pros-' porous without cattle, but lie has Kfnt o never done so. With me. the vital bo question is not how cheaply a thing Creeni can he pr<uliicedr~but how the stand-.1"0 ba aid of living can be made so sane and j ,be so ?et out tree*. house 9. The negroes are human he- vote ol Ings. This should answer your tion ri question. amend 10-11-19. Already answered. tion. 13. A man's occupation in any leader, - the pr< (Continued on Page 3.) ed to iiuuiiiiTUT- mat tne* human beings ninit < making the thing can make it with- displa; out detriment to themselves physi* ments cully. mentally or morally. attract 3. 1 have never believed in sec- which t ion si 1 lines. An illiterate child in Idaho should be a matter of con- RAIE corn to every citizen In Alabama. An I overworked child in North Carolina' should enlist the deep interests of I every citizen of California. I in- state .proper working conditions; inadeqnate wages; child labor ? these ,m tilings are a menace to every citizen of our common country, and the welfare of the country itself. I. Not only remunerative prices New for cotton. hut diversification of ,, ,s ol crops should he encouraged through-! l'*'s out the south ?' s,a' 5. Child labor should never be1's*a,'v i??:i nui n-u ii 11 uut-ncres wiin in? physical, mental and moral growth of the child. The child is valuable bapers to the country as a citizen. Every- The thing should he done, therefore, to *dmult make of hint the best possible citi- an<' " zen. trial \ If should not be necessary to make "" a practice of working children end women in the fields. Except under,"" '<n temporary stress, the children should ' ' un< be in school with plenty of time for!'ns?n' I ||('|/ play, and the women should be in the homes, and the homes should be no% " worth while being in. Rand f>. The one-crop system is slav- . 1 seizure erv. Aside from that it will and does , i been l tend to poverty of soli. It is worse|.pj,v y than absurd that southern farmers .. the se buy meat, hay, etc.. from the west. ^ 7 Every home should be a pleas- y^olclin ant. healthful place in which to live. fo _ro, Small farmers especially should hej (lmcnt: encouraged to cot away from the onoi |{Uasja an<I two-room dwellings; to have wa-l jjan(jh fer in the house; to have good sew- sja ,jf age wherever possible; to have sani- tribute tarv surroundings; to have electru. srhedu lights, telephones, etc. cnmprl 8. It Is positively depressing to of th me to travel through the country (lis- weekly triots of the south and see the wash- by a i p<1 hillsides; the bleached fields; the for th( unpaintcd and undersized homes; j A b the poor cattle; the general air of trial p neglect around many of the homes, j they u The contrast between some portions open t >f the south, and other parts of our! The country, in these respects. Is very moved marked. We need a campaign to get | mr people to whitewash and paint TEX V homes, barns, stables, fences and to Tit plant flowers and cultivate grass and , Aust News SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR 1 OKJi-iKiESHiP !RANIfE'DC CMflADCC HEARD AT CAPITAL! wrinilljUJ LllPV/IXOD COTTON ASSOCIATION ?f S?'iisr?N'iinit* of Gary * Mentioned. Pledge Co-operation in Move nient for Bix Export Fihington, Juno 26.?The fed minting Corporation. udgeship had another turn hen Hcace L. Bomar and Ben rown, attorneys of Spartan- lO IMPROVE CONDITIONS came to Washington and die the situation with Senator . _ . . ? Fact Deplored That Cotton Brown has been here before Cultivation Has Brought interest of Judge Thomas s. Wealth to Everv Section Exand again made an argument appointment. cept South, h has been heard here within .1 day or two concerning the Colombia. S. C.. June 26,?At tl.o dllty ot Ihls place BOlnn to ,.onvent|on of ,hB Smlth Caro|lna Frank Gary, which would ,, , . ... . , Bankers association at Tybee Ist vacancy on the circuit court , . . . , , .. land last week, resolutions endorser th< state. ing the work of the American Cotton rumored that one of the best ... . ... .. association and pledging the eo-oplawvers of South Carolina is ., . ,, . . . , e rat ion ot the hankers were adopted, for the vacancy in the event , ,, , ., . . , , The formation of the big export idge Garv should go higher. ... .. , ? ? imaneing corporation was strong y 1 W. Kellett of South Carolina , , * r endorsed en appointed a deputy collector , , The resolution adopted by the con* internal revenue service. . ... vent ion follows: h the interest of Senator N. 15. out .? . .i ? ? . .... , Realizing that the American Cotmd will enter on his duties in ... , . , ton association is enraged in a work ar future. Mr. Kellett will bei ? . I of vital importance to everv phase ed to the staff ot Revenue . of life in the south: realizing that Vanderford. . . , . .. .. . , cot ion has blessed everv sect Ion ot itor Dial has obtained from the globe on which the sun shines ce Ousley. assistant secretary . . ., , except the south (to the south it has iculture, a tentative promise ' . . . . . . i proved a curse): realizing: that the the great interdepartmental ., . . commercial handling of cotton has ? exhibit known as the victory , ... .... ... , brought wealth in every form iu which will be displayed in (!o- ..... . , .. . . . . , . which it lias been handled to everv i at the state fair, shall ho .... , . I country in which it has been hanalso in Greenville on leaving . , , ... idled except the south: realizing that bia. 1 _ . , . . .. if>r the last sixty years the south has Ouslev s agreement is contm-1 , ' , : produced and sold cotton on the nly on the provision of suita.... # ..... AI basis of starvation wages and at using and display facilities and . , .... 0 . starvation pure : realizing that cotMile has in the Southern Tex- , ' . h , ton is a national question and not a 11 perhaps the best building in , 1 , , . sectional question; realizing that beuth for the purpose. This ex- ' ? ' , , , , , tween the years 1880-1914. 115 years, omprises a long train load of| ,-s representing all the depart-! lh? fo,al Vah,e of ,h? forelKn oxport* and is undoubtedly the most "ft 'J"0"'r;om ... $10.8411.114.637. or $2,282,887,437 tlve and instructive collection, . .. . , . . . , . more than the total of the world's is available to American fairs. _ gold production of $8,;?t>o,227,200 during the same period; in other 1 RAND S( HOOL AND words, if every ounce of gold mined W. W. HEADQUARTERS on earth during that 35-year period had been poured into America it would have fallen $2,282,887,437 1 roups and Agents of Lcgisla- short of paying America's bill against Committee Pounce Oil Strong- Kurope and Asia for our raw cotton: , realizing that during the 10-year penoldx of lied*. . . , i nod of 19 05-1914. inclusive, the ! value of (lit1 exports of raw and manYork June 26.-?Headnuar- otnctuml cotton and cotton seed and r throe radical organizations in *'s products aggregated about $;>,ty were raided by a joint force 70o.o00.ftn0-as a contribution to our e troops and agents of the leg- foreign trade; realizing that from e committee which is investi- 'ho disco\er> of America in 149.. to bolshevik nronneanda in this; 15*14 the total production of gold f..r A large quantity of books and th* entire world was $15,690,000,-. ; was seized. " OuO, while the total value of the raids were conducted almost south s cotton crops, including seed, aneously upon the Rand School f?r 3.i-year period 1880-1914, to headquarters of the Indus- xxa:* $ 18.164.O00.Ooo, or about $2,iVorkers of the World, but on 500.rton.rtoo more than the value of a or east side, and upon the of- world s gold production for 4 23 f a commtinist newspaper on years, tioiu 1 492 to 1914; realizing ver west side. The raiders act- 'hat it is absolutely necessary that ler the direction of A. B. tftov- the south change these conditions associated counsel of the "ltd its commercial life and the vacommittee. atyl Deputy Attor-! rious phases of its business and some ra 1 Samuel A. lterger. j cial lit", that are effected as a result tit 30 persons found at the of conditions brought on by the proschool vigorously protested duction of cotton, which has been of documents. This raid had at starvation prices for the last planned at the oftlce of Chief sixty years; lagistrate McAdoo, who issued Therefore, he it resolved; arch warrants. That this association hereby innwhile radical socialists were dorses in the strongest terms the g an outdoor meeting up town great work being done for the purtest against tho-seizure of doc- pose of changing and improving the s in the recent descent on the; conditions as outlined above by the n soviet government bureau. I American Cotton association; that ills reading "hands off Rua- we further bind ourselves to co-op>wn with Kolchak," were dls-| orate with, and loan every assistance >d and 17 speakers were in our power, to the American Cotled to address the radicals, ton association. We realize that Ising about 15# men. Copies they are engaged In a work of vast e Rebel Worker, a radical commercial Importance and of great ', were being offered for sale service to every section of our na>erson who solicited members tion. > "one hib union." We further indorse in the 3trongig sign nearby read: "Indus- est terms, and pledge our undivided ower will bring workers whet support, to the following specitiC ant. The one big union will lines of work now being undertaken ho jails." by the American Cotton nsanniaMr.n* police ordered the sign re- r Formation and putting into 1 _ operation of tho Fxport Financing i HOFHF It A TIF 1 KM (Corporation, the organization of T? SI FFHAtiK RKSOMTloN which corporation we realize will not only prove of nntold benefit to tho tin. Texas. June 26?The ontlrp 80Uth w,n rrvolut,onize tha of the Texas legislature, by a ro(ton am, varloua a)lu.d ,nler08t8 of r 96 to 21. adopted the resolu- (he rt0Uth ,mf wh,fh wi? a,so itifying the woman suffrage forrn a wonderful service in arrsngment to the federal constit.i- jn^ credj(a to war-stricken Kurope, Senator Westbrook. senate for the purpofle of enabling them to says 15 of 30 senators and gnance their purchases of raw eot tsident of the senate are pledg- _ u support the resolution. Continued on Page 7.)