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COTTON MARKET LOCAL MARKET. Corrected by Nat Gist. Corrected Twice a Week. Good Middling. .14... 25 Strict 'Middlingy. 5/s IHms c)...1 o2 Mliddling .. .. ...141/2 By Robt. '-WeC. Holmes.flIlii For...50to60 Good 'Middling. .144 ~4.Cr........9 -Strict Middling. .14A Sugar.........5% to6% Mid-ling. . . . . .14%2 Bacon......1% to 15% Cotton seed 30 cents. VOLUME XLIL NUMBER 52. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY ,1910. The Men of th Have Captu STATE ASSOCIATION IS IN SESSION HERE LARGEST "MEETING IN HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION. Number of Distinguished Visitors Al ready in Attendance and Others Expected Today. With the largest attendance in the history of the association, the seventh - annual convention of the Rural Let ter Carriers' association of South C. WARDLAW MOORXAN. Of Columbia Record's Good Roads Tourists. Carolina was -called to order in the -county court house on Monday morn ing by State President Thomas E. Wicker, of this city. Among the dis tinguished visitors present yesterday was Editor W. D. Brown, of Washing La', editor of the R. F. 'D. Naws. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P. V. DeGraw is expected today. The morning session was taken up with the addresses of welcome, the responses, and an address by Editor Brown, and the report of State Presi -dent Wicker, which showed remart -able growth in the association during. the past year. Letters and telegrams were receiv ed from several of the South Carolina -congressmen sexpressing regret in their inabilty to be present. Congress man Aiken was called to Louisville on account of the sickness of his child, but hoped to get here Monday :afternoon. His private secretary, Mr. 'Wyatt W. Bradley, was present and .addressed the association. President Anderson, of the Tennes-, see association, is expected on Tues day mornings The afternEon session was devoted: to business largely, and at night an *elegant banquet was tendered the~ vis itors in the dining rooms of the Crot well. hotel. The Daily Record of Columbia will inaugurate its good roads campaign for South Carolina at thlis nmeeting of the association. Mr. C. Wardlaw Moor-1 man, of thef Record's party, came to Newberry on Sunday afternoon, and the Record's touring ears, a "Jackson 40" and a "Brush runabout," left Co lumbia Monday morning and were scheduled to reach Newberry Monday :afternoon. In the Record's party is Mr. D. H. Winslow, district superin tendent of the government's good roads department, who will at the meeting of the association this morn ing conduct a good roads discussion, under the auspices of the Record's good roads tourists. The city has been appropriately dec orated 'and flags and streamers be speak Newberry's hearty welcome, which can only be fully appreciated by being experienced. Among the delegates is a lady car rier-Miss Florence E. Livingston. of North, Orangeburg county. She is the -recipient of much attention. The following delegates and visi tors have registered at the chamber -of commerce rooms, the headquarters -of the visitors while here: 'Charles 0. Price, Cassatt, Kershaw. Silas B. Kolb, Pinewoo,d. Clarendon. JTno. M. Parker, Dalzell, Sumter. ~Mails red Newberry B. F. Wilder, Sumter, Sumter. A. J. Ard, Sumter, Sumter. A. A.- Glover, Edgefield, Edgefield. E. F. McCay, St. Charles, Lee. J. P. Cudd, Cowpens, Spartanburg. L. B. Aull, Dyson, Greenwood. C. C. Haile, Fort Mill, York. K. 0. Martin, Eutawvile, Orange burg. John Miller, Yorkville, York. D. C. Clark, Yorkville, York. W. T. Cromer, Rock Hill, York. E. M. Faris, Rock Hill, York. J. A. Cook, Lake City, Williamsburg. W. D. Connor, Timmonsville, Flor ance. SD. H. WNSLOW Assistant Dist. Supt. Good Roads Dept (Member of Columbia Record's Good Road's Party.) C. B. Jeffcoat, Swansea, Lexington. F.,B. Denny, Edgefield, Edgefield. D. C. Jeffcoat, Lexington, Lexington. J. E. Rush, Camden, Kershaw. W. B. Key, Rodman, Chaster. R. D. Robinson, Edgmoor, Chester. S. B. Hawkins, Prosperity, 'Newber ry. S. B. Harden, Chester, Chester. Eugene E. Fickling, Blackvlla, Barnwell. J. M. Grey, Darlington, Darlington. J. M. Tannant, Cornwell,, Chester. D. M. McNair, Patrick, Chesterfield. D. W. Turner, Ridgeville, Dorches er. Clas. D. Wilson, Blythewood, Fair feld. H. J. Thomas, Carlisle, Union. - Frad Allaben, Aiken, Aiken. J. J. Trussell, Honca Path, And w - son. D. M. Hof, Pielmno:it, Greenville C. V. Ashley, L.evel Land, Anderson. T.-.ed D. Cox, "ioney~ Creekc. Ander T. D. Di:gan, Honea Path, Anderson. I . L. Harris, Belton, Anderson. C2. G. Masters, Central, Pickens. icD. Metts, Whitmire, Newberry. .. Magnus Kempson, Slighs, New ber:y. Richard B. Ferguson, Renuc. Lau ren-. Fred S. Jackson, Landrum, Spartan burg. C. C. Settle, Landrum, Spartanburg. Walter C. Daniel, Landrum, Spar tanburg. James T. Trussell, Honea Path, An derson. J. J. Jones, Campobello, Spartan burg. Walter S. Wingo, Fair Forest, Spar tanburg. V. C. Dempsey, Campobello, Spar tanburg. A. E. Adams, Greenwood, Green wood. R. M. Arnold, Greenwood, Green wood. J. F. Lowman, Ballentine, Lexing ton. >M. L. Connelly, Chappells, Newber ry. E. W. Coiner, Rock Hill, >York. W. S. Sims, Sharon, York. J1. A. Murray, Summerville, Dor chester. C. Langford, Blythewood, Fairfield. Geo. T. McCain, Hawthorne. Aiken. C. A. Parks. Parksville, Edgefield. .John M. Cochran, Greenville, Green Arthur W. Hill, Greenville, Green Greenville. A. H. Brockman, Greer, Greenville. J. C. Holland, Greer, Greenville. R. S. Hutchings, Greer, Greenville. G. P. League, Simpsonville, Green Nille. B. E. Greer, Simpsonville, Green ville. Arch C. Owings, Gray Court, Laur ens. Gideon Y. Hellams, Barksdale, Lau rens. Jasper E. John, Gray Court, Lau rens. J. E. Campbell, Bishopville, Lee. E. L. English, Bishopville, Lea. H. C. Allen, Ruby, Chesterfield. J. C. Moore, Chester, Chester. Florence E. Livingston, North Or ,angeburg. Joe B. Hartman, Prosperity, New berry. Paul K. Crosby, Ruffin, Colleton. Jno. A. Jennings, Columbia, Rich land. Ludie A. Sheely, Pomaria, Newber ry. S. C. Younginer, Columbia, Rich land. ' D. R. Fletcher, Kershaw, Kershaw R. Walter M: Eleazer, Chapin, Lex ington. Lonnie B. Addy, Lexington, Lex ington. Olin F: Nunamaker, Irmo, Lexing ton. John E. R. Goodman, Lee. L. B. Lide, North, Orangeburg. S. F. Sheely, BaNentine, Lexington. T. L. Shealy, Prosperity, Newberry. Emory D. Younginer, Lexington, Lexington. L. J. Moore, Clinton, Laurens. Court House Decorations. Newberry county's elegant new court house was attractively decorat ed for the meeting, United States flags mingling in artistic arrang,.* ment with South Carolina flags, giving a most happy and patriotic effect. The building was comfortably filled ,with the delegates, visitors, and the people of Newberry when the asso ciation was called to order this morn ing by State President Thomas E. Wicker, of this city. Proceedings In' Detail. The proceedings were opened with an earnest invocation by the chaplain of the State association, the Rev. J. C. Holland, of Greenville, wlich was followed*'by the singing of "America," in which the whole assemblage, stand ing joined most heartily. President Wicker then introduced President I. H. Hunt, of the Newberry chamber chamber of commerce, as a man whos4 heart was bigger than himself, and as one who had been the true friend 'of the carriers. President L H. Hunt. Mr. Hunt welcomed the carriers rrost heartily on behalf of the cham ber of commerce. His references to :iie two Newberrians who had been honored by the State association as its presider-t, elicited much applause Preside: t Wicker, it will be recalled, succeed. d Mr. W. G. Peterson, an other Newberrian as president. Mr. Hunt em:pressed -the hope and the ex pectation that Mr. Wicker would some day be president of the national as sociatio:-. He told the carriers that the peo: le of Newberry wre their friends and that Newberry was theirs. M4ayor Cole. L. Blease. Mayor Cole. L. Blease was introduc ed as the next governor of South Car olina. a,d he welcomed the carriers on beha~f of the city, saying that all the people of Newberry were glad to have them here, and that no one in the city was more truly glad to welcome them than he himself. They were more than welcome, he said, for many reasons. The carriers were a repre sentative people, and up to this time, so far as he had been able to learn, not a single man who carried the mails had ever been found a defaulter or had got into any trouble. He spoke of the wonderful inflaence they exer cised' as they went throughout the country. He told the carriers if i. ere was anything they wanted and didn't see, to cem up to the mayor's office and ask for it. The polio' force w.'re not on duty for the carriers, he said. He told some happy jokes and closed amid prolonged applause. President R. C. Counts. President Wicker then introduced President R. C. Counts, of the New berry R. F. D. association as the big gest man in the county association, saying the least thing about him was his body. In the name of the Newber ry county association be extended a tained in the word. All carriers were travelers, but he felt sure the carriers had never traveled over a country where welcomes grew more luxuriant ly than in Newberry county. He spoke of the importance of the position of carrier and the influence exercised by the carrier as he came in contact with all human relations in all strata of human society. Knowing the carrier as he did, if he were a sculptor he would chisel in marble his idea of a man, and it would be a carrier with his sack of mail. If he^ were a paint er he would paint the carrier as as cending Jacob's -ladder, carrying his mail into the celestial regions. If he were a fairy it would take him a long time to tell all the nice things he would do for all the carriers h ever knew. But as he was not a sculptor or a painter or a fairy, he would bid them welcome, and assure them that if the sentiments of welcome felt this morning were roses, he would pre sent to each male carrier a bunch of American beauties, and to each lady double the amount, and the building would be redolent with the parfume of roses. His appropriate address was received with much applause. Mr. Allaben Responds. Mr. Fred A. Allaben, of Aiken .coun ty, responded on behalf of the associa tion. He was introduced as an incor rigible bachelor, but he said that for him the star of hope was always glimmering. He spoke of the honr felt by the delegates in being so warm'ly and eloquently welc6med. He said the occasion could not but inspire sentiments of lasting friendship and brotherhood. He spoke of the pleas ure of the carriers in being in New berry. He said the carriers were in terested in education and had noted with pride the growth of Newberry, tthe'alma matar-of the-Stafe president, who it was confidently expected would in the near future be the national president. He said he had noted the laudable pride. which the . business men of Newberry took in their town, as was evidenced by the interest of President Hunt, of the chamber of commerce, Mayor Blease, and other representative citizens on this occas ion. In concluding, he paid -a tribute Ito the women of Newberry. - His talk was happy and was frequently inter-, rupted by applause. Mr. B. D. Robinson. - Mr. R. D. Robinson, of Chester county, also responded in behalf of the association, saying hie was sure. he spoke the sentiment of every carrier in South Carolina, when he said they Iwere proud to accept the so cordial welcome of such a people. Standing in this magnificient temple of .iustice, erected by the geomanry of Newberry county, his mind-, he said, went back to the men who had made Newberry county great among, the countie.s of the grandest State in the Amei ican Union, many of which names he nien tioned. The carriers, he said, kaew they would go back better men-he nou1A not sa Tette' worsen. because t he association had the best women me ubers in the world-but they go back feeling they had been among the b'e "cop1e in t'ia world. He made a most happy talk, and the audience showed its appreciation. Editor W. D. Brown. Following the appointment of conm mittees, President Wicker introduced Hon. WV. D. Brown, of Washington, editor of the R. F. D. News, as on~e who had done more for the R. ?. D. carriers than any other one man, livs ing or dead. Editor Brown expressed his pleas ure in -being in Newberry and meet ing the R. F. D. carriers of South Carolina. He congratulated President Wicker upon the splendid convention. There were about 750 carriers in South Carolina, and there was a big ger per centage of the membershin at this convention than he had ever seen at any other State convention, and this was due to the energy and the ability of State President Wicker and Secretary Crosby. He said he had seen Tom Wicker on various occas ions, and he wanted to say when South Carolina was represented by such men as Wicker, Corner and Clark, the State was well represented, and he confidently expected that at some time in the not distant future South Carolina would furnish the na tional president. He said it would atiC be prop'er for the R. F. D. News to advocate any man, but Tom Wicker was his friend, and he loved him as ?. friand. and hr' h'mored him for tho riers and for the association. He said thlt he did- not come to South Carolina to make a speech, bt to meet the carriers. He said if there was any message which ought to be brought to the- cariers-it was use less here today, because the work which had been done in South Caro lina was evident here today-that message was to get t0gether and piUll together for an increase in organiza tion, and to work until every carrier was a member. He said that not only the R. F. D.s, were facing a peril, but there was a peril imminent which would touch ev ery rural dweller. There was a decid ed movement, he said, to put the ruc al service on a contract basis, and unless it was fought and the patrons educated against it, it would come,- if not at the short session of the pres ent congress, then at the next con gress. It was going to be necessary, he said, not only to fight for what the service ought to have, but to preserve the present system. The cairiers and the. patrons didn't want any cange. he said, but some city-members of congress thought it was a big thing to talk up in the interest of economy, in order to get more for their districts. The friends of the service were on the job, but a more general and complete organization was necessary, and it was of the most urgent importance to get the patrons interested, in order that they might realize tha danger, and with the rigth kind of national organ ization and the proper. interest on the part of the patrons, any reasonable request would be granted. It couldn't be done now 'for lack of. organiza tion. What were ten thousand mem bers of a total of forty thousand who ought to be in the .association. He spoke of an occasion when delegates from a central committee had gone be fore the postoffice committee, and among the first questions which had been asked by the postoffice commit tee was as to the organization. Edi tor Brown said that "when compelled to admit to the postoffice committee, which holds our fate in their hands, that we had only about eight or ten thousand members, it..didn't help the cause, but weakened it." There was no use to tell South Carolina that, because here was the result of their efforts, but lett every man here get out and get to work for a yet larger membership. He said somne people -had criticized the R. F. D. News, saying it had mis represented them; but they surely ought to give him credit for more sense than to say that he would try to antagonize any who might help the cause if they were honestly seeking to do so.~ But he was going. to tell the truth as "far as he could, and he was not going to say that any man was working for the interests of the carriers unless it was true. He said some one-he would not .say he was a congressman or a senator or candi date-had offered him $250 to publish a certain story. Editor Brown said he had his price, as ev'ery man had, but his price was the loyalty and sup port of the R. F. D. carriers. He said last year had been a -bad year for the carriers, the administra tion having been against them, the de partmlents against them, and the chair men of committees against them, but notwithstanding that the . fight had been made and the carriers had come within eight votes of winning. Some people mighi say there was never any vote, or an? bill, but the amendment was framed by some of the best mem bars, in the only way it could be fram ed umrder the rules of the house. And any man the friend of the carriers could not avail himself of any such ex cuse as that. Some of their friands were absent for one cause or another, and if they had been present the fight would have been won, anyway. The presence of Editor Brown was very much appreciated by the car riers. His address received their close attention, and at its conclusion he was extended a rising vote of thanks and was elected an honorary member of the association. It was a matter of regret that Editor Brown was forced to leave at 3.20 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon. He went to Raleigb to at tend the meeting of the North Caro lina association. Congressman Aiken. Private Secretary Wyatt W. Brad ley read a telegram from Congress man Wyatt Aiken, of the 3rd district. saying that on account of the sick-: !-ass of his child he would have to come to Newberry if possible. Pri vate Secretary Bradley said he hoped Mr. Aiken would be able to get here Monday afternoon. He told the ca" riers that Mr. Aiken was their friend, having proved himself so from his entrance into congress, as they knew. He said that in the future as In the past he could be counted upon to serve them in any way possible. Mr. Bradley reviewed the conditions in Washington, with which he is well acquainted, saying that a big deficit had been charged up to the R. F. D. system, when it did not belong thete, and when it woula not be theare if the number of small postoffices and star routes discontinued,, and. other thinga in which the R. F. D. service had re duced expenses, wera taken into con sideration. , In addition to that, said Mr. Bradley, it Was putting it on a very low plane to place the R. F. D. service on a basis of dollars and cents when the great good which it was do. ing along educational and intellectual lines was taken into consideration. P. 0.Inspector Brown. A letter Was received from Postof ftee Inspector Brown regretting his inability to be present, on account of pressing business. The Tenmessee President. * Presideift Wicker read a commuai cation from State President Andersoa, of the Tennessee Association, saying he expected and hoped to be in New berry on Tuesday.. Congressman Johnson. A message was read fiom Congress man Johnson, of the 4th district, re gretting his inability to be present, and promising the carriers his hearty co-operat ion in everything that looked towards their welfare. CredentiaU Committoe. President Wicker appointed on the credentials committee Secretary Paul K. Crosby, of Colleton; Messrs. A. R. Fletcher, of Kershaw; W. G.' Peterson, of Newberry; P. M. Hough. of Green ville; and A. I. Owings, of Laarens. This. committee submitted its report at the afternoon session and th2 dele gates were seated. Seargeant-At-Arms and Page. President Wicker &ppointed Frank Shealy, of Lexington, sergeant-at arms, and. Thompson Shesty, New berry, page., The Presidet's Repor,. President Wicker submitted his an nual report, which showed a remark able growth in the association during the past year.. At the close of the last convention, he said, the membership was onIy one hundred and twenty-five which entit led the association only to two dele gates in the national .convention. President Wicker began his year's work by an effort,'to increase the membership and to organize county associations in those'counties that had not been 'rganized and the member ship has been materially increased during the year and a great deal more laterest is. being manifested in the as sociation. President Wicker in closing his re p.ort makes several important recoin mndationg. He recommends a change in tfR constitution as to the method of voting so as to permit each county to cast one vote for their mema bers enrolled and that in those coun ties where there is no county organ izatidn each member of the $tate as sociation from such county be entit led to one vote. He also recommends that substitute rural letter carriers b~e accepted as members upon the pay ment of the annual dues. President Wicker urges the carriers to use their Influence dilring.the com ing year for the establishment of a State highway commission or a State supervisor or superintendent of pub lic highways. As the law stands now we have no public road system. At present each county has its own petty and imperfect system of road work and by the operation of this system it is possible for the "main roads in any county to become so impassable as entirely to obstruct or cut off inter-. ounty travel and transportation. President Wicker says that a State highway commission or super, intendent should be appointed and shottld, be vested with more than advisory powers. Among these powers President Wicker says that the State commission should have power to compel the county sup ervisor to keep In repair the, main roads in his cot1ty connecting them