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M4 I VOL XLIV NO 90. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUES DAY'I OCi'OBER 8.1907.TIEAWK.$50AYR COTTON CONGRESS COMES TO AN END A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION IS TO BE PERFECTED. Meet in Paris Next Year-Report of Committee on Transportation is 'Adopted-Objection to Gov ernment Crop Reports. Atlanta. Oct. 9.-When the plan adopted this afternoon by the Inter national Conference of Cotton Grow- 1 ers and Spinners goes into effect the cotton industry of the world, from the time of the planting of the seed to the time the mills turn out their goods, will be under one great organ ization of planters and spinners. The international conference this after noon decided to make their organiza tion permanent, and in doing this, will also invite the Continental Spin ners' association of Europe and the Sea Island Cotton Growers' associa tion of the United States to become affiliated bodies with the association and to have representatives in the ex ecutive committee which, under the plan adopted,' is to be the governing body of the international confer ence. The plan adopted is subject to the action of the bodies now form ing the international conference and the two other great associations in vited to become members, but there is little doubt that the action of the conference will be approved by these bodies. The international conference ad journed late this afternoon. The first meeting of the new world-wide or ganization may possibly be held in Paris next year as the International Cotton Spinners' association of Eu rope Qeets there and Herr Kuffler of Vienna stated this afternoon that de legates from all organizations will be invited to attend. The conference at its sessions to day took action that it is believed will soon result in a vast improve ment in the methods of putting raw. cotton into shape for handling by the spinner- with a consequent saving to them e- . y $25,000,000 a year, now lost, it has been asserted, by reason of slipshod methods of baling. A sharp 'fight was made over Con gressman Heflin 's resolut>ion calling on the United States congress and the British parliament to regulate cotton speculation, but the matter Swas finally referred to the different bodies for independent action. Two of t.he affiliated bodies, the Farmers' Ufnion and Southern Cotton associa tion, later took favorable action on' this resolution. The spinners, while admitting that' cotton speculation was an evil, yet did nqt see how it could be eliminated and the vote of the international con ference was four -to one against con ference recommendation. Government crop reports also came in for their share of criticism. Here too the conference refused to unite in putting the powerful influence of the great organization behind theI movement favoring the discontinu-I anee of the government reports. Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 9.-The Interna tional Cotton Spinners and Growers this afternoon decided to form a per manent organization, which will in elude not only the associations now af filiated hut also the Continental Spin ners' association of Europe and the Sea Island Cotton Growers' associa tion. At the afternoon session the con ference adopted a plan of permanent1 organization by providing for the creation of a committee to be knownI as the International Committee of (Cotton Growers' and Manufacturers' associations. This body will consist of 15 members-two from each of the1 five organizations composing this con ference and two representing the spinners of continental Europe and two from the Sea Island Cotton Growers' association, which was ad mitted to membership in the confer-] ence this afternoon. In addition to the two organiza-tdons just named. the international committee will Cnn the Farmers' union, the South ?rn Cottoni association. the Interna tioii Cotroll Spinners' Association f Europe. the Assmciatiion of Cotton Maunfa-turers and the American Manufactturers' association. The 14 members or delegates forming the 2ommittee will select a chairmai Crom one of the associations repres ented. The opinion was expressed by everal of the leaders tonight that James R. MacolI of Providence, R. k -hairman of the present conference ind representing the American Asso .iation of Cotton Manufacturers, will )e chosen chairman. Each organiza -ion will send the names of its nomi ,ees to Secretary C. J. H. Woodburg )f Boston, and when all have been amed the chairman will be formally Alected. No provision was made for a gen ?ral meeting of the conference, but Eerr Kuffler said that as the In 'ernational Cotton Spinners' Asso iation of Europe meets in Paris next Fear, that delegates from all organ Lations will be invited to attend and :hus another international conference nay be achieved. The report of the committees on ransportation was adopted. Jt rec )mmends that greater care be exer Aised in preserving cotton in transit Erom the effect of the weather and hat every effort be made to extend he warehouse system for cotton in A.merica, the adoption of a label on -otton bales, identifying the grower nd the warehouse where stored and howing gross, tare and net weight. uch a system is conducive to reduc ion of country damage. A bill of ading so drawn as to establish the !.on,tinuity of responsibility of th'e ;everal carriers from the interior yoint to the ultimate de tination is ecommended. Also a port bill of ading signed on behalf of the steam r by an authorized agent after re eipt of the goods into the custody of ueh agent or ship. -The committee on reports and sta isties recommended the discontinu ince of government crop reports, but the conference decided to refer this eport to fhe different organizations ror action. Several of the growers !haraeterized the reports as guesses nd therefore worthless. Walter Jlark of Mississippi said it'may be a ~ake report but it is an honest report and is a foil for the reports of the sotton brokerage firms who solicit ~uture business. With the business of the conference ~ompleted, Herr Kuffler offered the banks of the European delegates to the various local and American comn mittees for their extreme hospitality nd the chairman of each delegation resent thanked the other delega bions. Just before the hour of final ad journment. Chairman Macoil deliver da speech in which he said the prac tical work accomplished for the cot ton industry will be of great and per manent value. The con?erence ad journed finally at 6 o'cloek tonight. The European delegation will de ,i a special train fmr i tour of the cotton states going :hrough Texas and returning to New Tork by way of St. Louis, Chicago, Riagara Falls and Toronto. After the adjournment of the con ~erence the Farmers' union and the othern Cotton association delegates eld separate meetings in the capitol m.d adopted resolutions indorsing the resolution of Congressman Heflin of Alabama. which was turned down by :he conference, advocating national mnd state laws abolish.ing the gamnb ing features of cotton exchanges. The attention of the President is irected to the nature-faker of Hous on. who recently wired a C-lifor aia orange to a tree in that town, and re now distributing post cards with ts picture upon them.-News and Tourier. It must be reassuring to Secretary Rot while absent in Mexico to re nembtr that that other party is in m swamp where he can't do a great eal of harm to the country for the THE NEWS OF WHITMIRE. Millinery Openings in This Thriv Town Attract Attention-Per sonal Mention. Whitmire. Oct. 10.-Dr. J. K. 4 der was in town Saturday. Mrs. C. H. Shannon and hands( son James, spent Saturday at Marvin Abrams. her two daught Misses Willie Mae and Sarah ace< panied her home and staid 'until M I day mornirg. Rev. W. P. Yarboroigh is condi ing a special meeting here, to the light of his many admirers. Sue( is crowning his efforts. Rev. B. P. Mitchell preached b several times last week. With help the Baptist are building a r bell tower and steeple to their chu: Mr. J. W. Hipp has baught a on Coleman Avenue next to the M( odist thurch, the brick and lum are being put in place. A young n building a house. Please guess remainder of this item. Mr. White Fant is in Columbia a few days. Mrs. S. A. Jeter and children sp Saturday and Sunaay at their hc at Beth Eden. Mrs. Tom Watson and children visiting her parents at Bamberg. Mrs. Mary Calder is spending s( time with her parents, Mr. and N J. E. Cofield. Miss Pauline Gilder is visiting uncle Mr. Jno. P. Fant. She goes New York in a few days to resu her studies in music. Prof. and Mrs. Earl Brabharfi daughter. have returned to their hc at Manning. Saturday was opening day at Glenn Lowry Company store. display of hats was attractive beautiful. The ladies and pre iirls were there with their hair ranged in its prettiest coils, and re to try on, to admire, to criticise enjoy those beautiful hats. 1V Mildred Hudson, of Morganton, N. the popular and experienced milli is quite as pretty as.the hats. S an old man as he came into the st< "Why Miss Hudson, you look fresh and pretty I thought you w part of the dedoration.'' The large window of the store ihung with lace curtains, and tr med with lavender and brown riht Here and there were bunches of own golden rod, the natural flowei America, while over all was thr< the mellow light of the Japanese tern. In the window were two g.ant hats, one a brick brown vel ruffy-.fluff shape, trixmmed with br4 morning g!Iories, cream lace brown velvet ribbbn. The other was a gray felt mushroom sh trimmed with pastel shades of vet folds, white wings and Pers ribbon caught up in front witi large oxodide buckle. In t'he est lishment was a table crowned in centre with an elegant palm- and corated with asparagus and maid hair ferns; on this table were se pattern hats, the most costly of tb was a large black one. The brim and laced with morie ribbon, wli formed a real mushroom; trimi with large rosettes of satin stri] morie ribbon and two long ostj plumes. IJust next door is the Cooper Their decorations and hats w~ beautiful, but I failed to get disc: tions. In this store Miss Comre] Carley has charge of the millini Miss McCarley is one of our a home girls, she has had much exj ience and success in her departm and she is always delighted to see many friends and relatives. Nits The Washington Herald rept that a man has been sent to jail Florida for writing~ poetry. Ther( no crime like the rhyme-erime News and Courier. Now, honsetly Old Man, are' still bent on spending ypur sumr vacations in Asheville? CANNOT PAY ALIENS' PASSAGI ing Important Decision by Attorney Gen. eral Bonaparte-He Holds that Louisiana Violated Immigra tion Act by Paying Pas _1-il- sage Money of a Cuban. )me Kr. Washington, October 7.L-_.*ttorne ers, General Bonaparte has re.dored ar M opinion in an important case involv ing the right of a state to solicit im. migration from a foreign county. Ho holds that in the case submitted t ict- him the state violates the immigra de- tion laws in paying the passage morf s ey of the immigrant; and, that, il this respect, the state does not, dif ere fer, in law, from an individual. his The case in point has been pend iee ing before the department of com eh. merce and labor since August 5. Or lot that date Geronimo -Garcia arrive th- at New Orleans from oba. By th4 ber special board of inquiry at the forme ian place he was denied admission to th4 the United States. The investigation de veloped the facts that his passag forimoney had been paid by Reginali Dykers, an agent of the Louisian State board of agriculture and immi ent gration, out of funds regularly ap me propriated by the state legislature He was given assurance f,hat emplo are ment as a farm laborer would be se cured for him, and he promised to re. me turn to the state the mon,ey advancei [rs. to him to pay his passage from Ha. vana to New Orleans. No employei her was selected for him, but he was lef1 to free to work for whom he pleased. ime The case was brought by the stati of Louisiana to test the immigratior d law. Several other Southern State; w were interested in the matter, becaus( they hid been engaged in soficiting immigration to points within theii the borders. Tle case was referred t< ['he the department of commerce and la md bor, on appeal, and Secretary Strau at- submitted the facts to Attorney Gen ar- eral Bonaparte for an opinion. idy The Attorney General has just ren [ids dered an opinion, in whieb he says [iss " The assurances given to Garcia b] C., the state agents constitute, in m3 ner opinion, promises of employmen ays within the inhibition of the statute >re, While it is provided that aliens com so i.bg tb this country in consequence 0o1 ere advertisements *by a state of induce ~vments to immigration shall not b< wtreated as coming under promise 0: -employment, there is no exception ii Ion- dividuals immigrants such as weri our favor of a state in reference to spe of cific promises of employment to in onf held out to Garcia by the representa an- tives of the state board." ele- The Attorney General holds, there wet fore, that, ''on account of .assurance: oof employment that were given ti htGareia as an inducement to his immi htgration he should be excluded fron ape admission.'' vel 'inIt is expected that tehe state o: iaLouisiana will carry the case into the 1courts in order to obtain a judicia the determination of the question whiel the means much, in view of the authori de- ties, to all of the states of the south .en ese One Week in Newberry. ut What Mrs. L. C. Boozer from New tieh berry, R. F. D. 1 has to say about th~ aed glasses Dr. Crimm fitted her: ped ''Doctor Crimm,~ I have been wear -ich 'ing the glases you fitted me more that a year and I am very much pleasei Co. and benefited by them. I used t< ere suffer with headache all the time, bu1 i-since I use your glasses I never hai V-any headache. I am telling every ry. Ibody how mueh good you, have doni >er- Dr Orimm does not need any intra ent ducetion to the people of Newberr5 her; ' '%w~berry county. He is comjns ito Newberry for the last (S) years . and fitted glasses to the besi people of Newberry. ~rts Will be in Newberry one week fron inMonday, Oct. 21st. is Examination free. Office over South .. ern Express office. IN. B. Dr. Crimm does not call fron house to house. you tOie more torrential downpour oi ner Goose Creek water words is over. 'Nws and Courier. iWU-JNICIPAL POLITICS. So Far Everything Quiet-The Can didates-Newberry Needs Good Business at the Helm. Municipal politics Mas been very quiet recently, especially in view of the fact that it is only a short time now until the primary election will be held. The executive committee of the Democratic party has been call ed to meet on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, when arrangements will be made for the callifig of a citizen's meeting to determine what plans should be adopted for nomination of the candidates, and to adoptt rules and regulations for the same. It is al most certain that the primary plan, whiclh has been in vogue for a number of years, will be adopted again, and that the election will be held about the first of December. Up to this time there are Anly two candidates announced for mayor, Mr. J. J. Langford, who has been alder man 1rom ward 4 for several years, and is filling that position now, is announced as a candidate for mayor. Mr. H. H. Evans, who was mayor for two terms for Newberry several years ago, and who was a representative in the legislature for this county for one term, and for several years member of the state board of control for the dispensary, is announced as a candi date in this issue. Other names have been mentioned, but it is not known whether there will be any other can didates or not. From wards 1 and 2, no candidates have yet been announced for alder men. In ward 3, the name of Mr. S. K. -Bouknight has been announced. Mr. Bouknight served as alderman from ward 5 some years ago, but since his removal to ward 3, has, not been a candidate for the position until th'is year. In ward 4, the names of Mr. C. J. MeWhirter and Mr. B. F. Griffin ap pear in this issue of the paper as can didates. Mr. McWhirter is a mer chant in West Main street, and is an nounced as candidate for the posi tion. Mr. Griffin's name appears for the first time in this issue and from the way it is announced, it is presum ed that his friends are endeavoring to get his consent to become a can didate and to serve the town, in case! of his election, in the capacity of alderman. Mr. Griffin is a member of the firm of E. A.'Griffin & Company, large grocery 'merchants of the city, and has been a resident here for many years. In ward 5 only Mr. E. L. Rodlesper ger is announced: as a candidate for' alderman. Mr. /Rodlesperger' is now filling the position of aiderman for that ward. The main thing that Newberry, needs is to secure a set of good busi ness men as members of the ct council, who are progressive and who are interested in the development and growth of the community. After the above was in~ type the name of Mr. A. J. S. Langford came in as a candidate from ward 4. Mrs. Hetty Green says~ that "Wall street is goin to the devil.'' This is the first annoneement of h-l 's home-coming week.-News and Cour ier. We warn Holt Collier to be care ful about shooting up the Louisiana swamp lest he be "dismissed with out honor.' '-News and Courier. The profits of the Charleston County Dispensary being $39,000 for the first six months of its career, the. them from aggregating $100,000 for the year would be the preference of the people that a part of the profits be diverted from the public treasur er into the pockets of lawbreakers. The citizen pays his money and takes his choice: to buy from the dispen saries and lessen his taxes, or buy from the tiger and swell the tiger's' wealth. By this time nevt year the Wash-; ington Herald colt should be bridle-' THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. No ICotton Selling-Work on New Lutheran Church-Mr. Domin ick Gets Leg Broken. Prosperity, Oct, 10.-Out Postof flee will move temporarily into one of the Duncan buildings on Main street. Dr. E. N. Kibler will begin the erection of his new office building in a few days and will occupy it as soon as completed. The postoffice will then return to its old quarters. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Luther left for New Mexico on Wednesday for the benefit of Mr. Luther's health. Messrs. E. W. and Jas. D. Luther spent Sunday with their parents, re turning to Columbia Sunday night. Mr. W. A. Moseley has gone to Jamestown and will probably visit the University of Virginia, has alma mat er, before his return. Mr. C. D. Bedenbaugh has accept ed a position in Lynchburg, Va., ana has gone to begin work in that pro gressive city. Mr. Z. F. and Master Herman Wright, of Newberry, spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. Z. W. Beden baugh. Miss Essie Pearson, of Newberry, is visiting Mrs. Ed. L. Sease. Mr. Lois Dominick had the misfor tune to fall off the wagon on Tues day and in falling he got entangled in the wheel and was violently thrown to the ground and had his leg brok en about half way between knee and instep. Drs. Hunter and Wheeler were called at once and about half an hour they had the broken limb in plaster paris and at last report he was doing nicely. It was fortun4te that only one of the bones in his leg was brok en. He will be out in a short while. Rev../R. W. Sheely, of Guyton, Ga, is visiting relatives and friends in the lower part of No. nine township. He is now with Mrs. J. H. Long, of the Upwell section. Mr. S. D. Duncan has moved from the Baker buildinz to his own and is now on the corner of Main and Broad streets. Messrs. J. H. Werts & Co. have also moved into the Duncan building. Dr. D. M. Cromber will open a rack et store in the building vacated by Messrs. Werts and Co. Mr. G. S. Merchant has moved from the Counts residence to his home in the Stoney Battery section. Rev. Mr. Whittaker has been as sisted by the Rev. J. T. Miller of Newberry, in his services this week. Pastor Kreps informs your corres pondent that ground will be broken on tomorrow for the new Lutheran church and that work will go on as fast as conditions will warrant. Dr. E. N. Kibler will begin his new building in'a few days and hopes to have it completed by the Christmas holidays. Cotton has not been coming yery freely for the past week and it will take a rise in priee to bring it out of hiding at home. We would be glad to see it go- up and that business would thereby im prove. Up-to-Date Opera. 'We are ef.1%pirat: " The h!orls hollers.' "Cur paid-up capital, $5.000,000. -Washington Herald. The odds are that the City Coun il of Charleston will not unsettle the strike.-News and Courier.\ Besides, we would inform all re turned wanderers from foreign parts that they may still enter the race for the United States Senate if they are prepared to put up the '"ante.'" News and Courier. We make as much ado about water in Charleston as a Georgia city might next year. If neither of the "Democracies" of Massachusetts is "unterrified" by the other. both are too full of hero ism for the exigencies of a practical ampaign.