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PARKER DEFENDS )ILL MERGER. S d Willing for Probe Along Legitimate a: Lines-Denies Motives Imputed by Blease. Columbia, Jan. 18.-The joint com- p n mittees on judiciary this afternoon heard a defence of the Parker Mills ' company and what it meant to the State and the industry, from its presi dent, Mr. Lewis W. Parker. The ques tion before the committee was what action should be taken relative to the Governor's message with regard to the 0 merger, and wnether or not action t should be directed against the corn- P pany. Mr. Parker made a frank, open and candid statement, and invited any in ruiry that would,be along legitimate r lines. He told the committee that the t Parker Mills compary was organized t with absolute honesty, and that there a was not a dollar of watered stock in 0 it, and courted the fullest investiga- t tion, provided it was fair and square and not intended to do harm, by the e use of strictly business methods. No V book, no letter,. nothing, was secret, a he said. e Thinks it Discouraging. a Mr. Parker spoke with much feel- t ing, and begged the committee to b think what such messages meant to I the youth of the State, and what it . meant to aspire to da something, if it C simply invited criticism. He was born f and reared in this State, he said, and really felt that he was doing, or try- P ing to do, something for the develop ment of the State; when that success or hope of success meant 1to be damn- t ed, when it meant the saying of cruel s and unwarranted things against a 11 man, he wished to know what there .was left for the young man in this State. In all his business career, he h said, he had done nothing that would h ever reflect on his character or life as r citizen, and he never expected to do so, and that was why it touched him to have all sorts of groundless in e sinuations made against him by the t governor of the State. Other Corporations Larger. t] Mr. Parker gave a number of facts e and figures in connection with the Parker mills. In this presentation he I a showed how small the Parker mills! really were, with their half million ~ spindles, when compared with the lar- 5, ger corporations and the larger spin- j6 diage, and how absurd was the claim that the Parker mills could affect the b price of cotton. He personally had t and still believes in high priced cot- t ton, if it had been within the power of the Parker mills to have bought six tl cents cotton, he wondered why he had t bought so much cotton this season at: 1: 11 cents. Itj As a matter of fact, he said, the Par- t ker mills control about10 per cent, of the spindles in South Carolina, or .2 per cent. of the spindles in the Unit ed States. He went on to show that j the Parker mills used only 60,000 a bales of cotton in all its sixteen mills, 3 and that the world consumes 19,000,- I 000 bales of cotton, and that the smal! ~ g..roportion of the total consumption~ that was made by the Parker mills could have no effect on the gpneral price.I Making Finer Grades. Mr. Parker went on to show that while it might be regarded locally that the Parker Mills company was a large corporation, tihere were in New Eng- n land such as the Amoskeog, Fall Riv- t er, Pacific mills, and others, that were s very much larger than the Parker c merger. In fact, the Parker mills I were -using as few bales of cotton as d 1some of the other mill corporations in South Carolina, he said, and he then d went on to explain and showed sam pies of the manufactured product to e demonstrate that he was undertaking, I with the mills under his control, to c specialize on the finer grades of goods, x which use less cotton in 'volume. He ~ insisted that the hope of the South- ti ern mills was in specializing and this t: 'was largely possible by having various '3 mills and by securing abundant capi- a tal. He then went into an explanationb of the finances of the Parker mills, a showing that as a result of the merger s hie had brought over $2,000,000 of new money into the State for- the develop- ~ ment of the properties. As to Assessment. I Mr. Parker 'went on to take up the t governor's message in detail, argued1 and showed by figures that the basis t: of assessment on the properties of the Parker mills 'was as high or higher e than that of other cotton mills, and I that all cotton mill property is fully ' as high or hiigher than other classes C of property. Mr. Parker devoted con- C siderable time to explaining the ef-' f fects of the merger and specializing in t products and how, as a 'believer in, d high wagas, he expected to see the a Parker mills paying higher wages be-3 cause of the, higher clasE of work that the labor is doing. He sincerely be-C ieves that the textila indn.5try in~ this tate, by the development of the in ustry will lead to other industries ad the betterment of wages. Never Influenced Voters. Mr. Parker was particularly im ressed with the suggestion in the Lessage that the voters connected 'ith the mill industry were free and idependent and he, too, thanked God iat this was so. He said that he could truthfully an ounce that never in his life had he i the -:ghtest way tried to influence r debauch a voter, but he reserved le right at any and all times to ap eal to the intelligence of those with horn h. was associated in impress lg upon them what he believed to be r their best interests, but at all times ?cognized their independence and in ?lligence. He said the fact that cer lin of the mill communities voted gainst the present governor of their wn accord might have influenced cer lin passages in the message. With reference to their being water d stock in any of the properties, he rished to say that he had never been greeable to watered stock and that very mill in the merger was capit lized prior to the present organiza on. He went on to explain how he ought the Ottaray and Beaver Dam iills at bargains and how he sub equently sold these properties to ompani,es at a profit. This was be >re the merger was contemplated, and Ir. Parker explained that when the roperties were bought, those who ac uired them knew that a profit was eing made and that he did not think at buying a thing at a bargain and elling it openly at a profit was water g stock. Powers Unknown. Mr. Parker at some length said that e was surprised at the power that e was supposed to have, and if he eally had the powera that were cred :ed to him, that it was unknown and nused. He went on to explain that very stockholder that had gone into le Parker Mills company had done so f his own free will and accord and iat there was not a single stockhold r forced into the merger and that the ights of every stockholder had been .111y maintained. Mr. Parker said that it would be a istake to dignify a political message, 1to a legislative proceeding' that ight be misunderstood by the ibusi ess world,.and but for this he would e delighted to have an official inquiry > forever set at rest any demagogism at might be floating around. Busi ess men, he insisted, who knew what ey were talking about agreed that 1e Parker mills or mergers along this ne, with ample capital, diversifica on of product and the employment of e highest class of labor, were the nly and real hope of the Southern idustry. Mr. Parker was followed by Mr. H. .Haynenworth, who summed up the rgument briefly. It is probable that ttorney General Lyo.n will be heard revious to any final report being- sub iitted by' either committee. 'HAT WILSON-HARVEY BREAK. [atter Most Talked of by Political Washington-Statement Issued by Wilson's Manager. Washington, Jan. 18.-Naturally, the lost talked of matter in Washington aday was Col. Henry Watterson's tatment in connection with the dis ouragement of the support of Editor [arvey, of Harper's Weekly, by Candi ate Woodrow Wilson. The statement is unquestionably amaging to Governor Wilson's boom; .ist how much remaine' 'o be seen. An vidence of the strength of Governor Tilson is that it is exceedingly diffi ult to get any statements from )emocrats who are known to be op osed to his nomination, and yet hesi te to comment for publication on hiis incident because they realize that Vilson may be the nominee. Harmon ien are jubilant over the situation, ut their leaders at Washinton are ot giving out any interviews on the ubject. There is a decided increase in vol me of prophecy that the Democratic .ominee will be neither Wilson nor [armnon, but a dark horse involved in .one of the complications which have risen in the long contest between hese candidates. Wilson supporters are expressiLg atisfaction over today's announce ent from Senator Newlands, of Ne ada, who has been endorsed by his >wn State and has received pledges f support from other parts of the ar West for the Democratic nomina ion, that he would decline to be a can idate for the honor, but would use 11 his influence in behalf of Wilson, vhom he regards "as the man, who ,bove all other candidates, voices the onvictions and aspirations of the Statement Issued by Wilson's Man ager. Washington, Jan. 19.-The Wilson Harvey episode brought forth today, simultaneously with the arrival of Col. Henry Watterson, a siatement by Wn. F. McCombs, campaign manager fr Governor Wilson, declariag that "the tears that are beine shed over the passing incidents are wrung from those who have hitherto been the nio t conspicuous opponents of Governor Wilson." Col. Watterson, who will be here several days in connection with the work of the Perry memorial commis sion, read the McCombs statement, as well as the one made today, at Nash ille, Tenn., by Judge Robert Ewing, but declined to comment on either. "As to the Wilson matter," said the colonel, "I have nothing to add to what already has bcen said uniess it be seriously challenged by some re sponsible person. Then I may have a good deal to say." MlcCombs's Statement. The statement issued by Mr. Mc Combs follows: "With reference to the alleged Wil son-Harvey incident, it seems to me that Col. Watterson has said in a statement all that he needs to have said. It appears there from that as far back as last October he, himself, suggested to Governor Wilson that Col. George Harvey's support, through Harper's Weekly, might be injurious, and that he probably told Col. Harvey himself the same thing. It would seem that Col. Watterson had convinc ed the governor of the truth of his opinion and had at least impressed Col. Harvey with the probability of its truth, else Col. Harvey would not have propounded the question. It is passing strange that Col. Wattersdn should feel concern that the governor, in private conversation with him and Col. Harvey, should in answer to a pointed question, give frank expres- I sion to the very view which Mr. Wat erson thimself entertained and which he had communicated to the governor and possibly to Col. Harvey. Quotes Watterson. "In October last, also, the very month in which he made these sug gestions to Governor Wilson, Col. Watterson said, in the Louisville Courier-Journal, editorially: "Two things seem tolerably sure to the surmise of the Courier-Journal. If ~Woodrow Wilson is nominated for president it will be throuh the'force of an irresistible pressure of public opinion, and if he is defeated for the nomination, it will be by some organ-: ized agency, well backed with money. "'No Democrat of modern times has come into the running, Samuel J. Til-: den alone excepted, with half as much of the equipment and the cl'aiin of the New Jersey governor. "The tears that are being shed over the passing incidents are wrung from those who have hitherto been the most conspicuous opponents of Governor Wilson-witness the frequently quot ed statement of Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha, Neb., who has for months notI only been openly opposed to Governor Wilson, but who has been the aggres sive champion of another candidate. The same applies to others who have indulged in lachrymose expressions. This, of course, is to be expected whenever any man develops a decid ed lead for the nomination. "The gist of the issue, as I see it, is whether one friend, in private conver sation with another should, in answer to a plain question, resort to flattery or dissimulation, or whether he should state the truth as he sees it." Senator Gore, of Oklhoma, in a statement, came out flatly in defence of Governor Wilson. He declared the entire incident was, "a bubble, not a billow." -Woodrow Wilson Silent. Detroit, Jan. 18.-The only occur-i rence here today, during the visit of Governor W.oodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, candidate for the DemocraticI nomination for the presidency, which could be taken as referring to the Wilson-Watterson incident, was a por tion of an address made at a political mass meeting tonight by Dudley FieldI Malone, who is Governor Wilson's travelling companion, and who ad dressed the meeting before Governor Wilson arrived from the Wayne Gar dens, where he spoke to the Michigan Press association. Mr. Malone said :"The newspapers of the last few weeks show whom the enemies of the people consider dan gerous. They do not bother to show it unless they see it's worth while, and any man who dares to- attempt to per sonally attack and besmirch a charac ter eo above question as that of Gover-' nor Wilson will be replied to with the ignominy and conteinpt of silence which such an attack deserves." Governor Wilson, in his address at the mass meeting, criticised the Re publican party on the ground that terests." He advocated direct primary f nominations, even for the United , States senate, and eventually direct Plection to the presidency, and de ,cribed the initiative and referendum i a gun to be used if conditions made them necessary. Governor Wilson late tonight de ,lined to give out any statement re lating to Col. Watterson's allusion. He will leave early tomorrow for Ann EHarbor and Grand Rapids. MORSE GETS FREEDOM. Taft Comniutes Sentence of Former "Ice King." Washington, Jan. 1 S.-President Taft tonight commuted, to expire im mediately, the 13-year sentence for viol ion of the national banking laws, under which Charles W Morse, the! New York banker and "Ice King," served .two years in the federal peni tentiary at Atlanta, Ga. The commutation of sentence, which gives Morse his freedom, but which, unlike a pardon, does not restore his civil rights, was granted upon recom mendation of Attorney General Wick ersham and Surgeon General Torney, U. S. A. According to the surgeon general's report. on his condition, Morse could not live one month longer in confinement, and even at liberty probably would not live six months. - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By virtue of executions lodged with me in the cases of South Carolina Loan and Trust company against J. A.! Blackwelder, J. J. Lane and' J. D. Davenport; South Carolina Loan and Trust company a'gainst G. D. Daven port, M. A. Carlisle and others; Bank of Cqlumbia against M. A. Carlisle, et a]; Wallace B. Todd vs. J. J. Lane; - Bailey & Son vs. J. J. Lane, et al; Georgia Chemical Works vs. J. J. Lane, et al; First National Bank of Clinton vs. J. J. Lane, et al; Palmetto National Bank vs. M. A. Carlisle, et al, (as well as by virtue of various other executions lodged with me) I will sell within the legal hours of sale on sales day, being the 5th day of February, 1912, subject to 'the mortgages that exist upon it, all that tract or planta tion of land belonging to James J. Lane, one of the defenadants iin the above stated cases, situate in the County of Newberry, in the State of South Carolina, and bounded by the road which leads from the residency of B. C. Matthews, in the direction of the residence of B. F. Mills, which~ separates it from lands of S. P. Crotwell; by lands of George Johnstone; by lands of J. A. Cadwell; by lantk c- the estate of E.I R. Hipp, from which it is separated by the public road that leads from the town of Newhecrry to the old steam mill; by lands of Rosemont cemetery; by lands of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Martin; by lands lately the property of James! L, Lane, but now owned by the New berry Real Estate company, and by a street of the town of Newberry which constitutes a continuation of Harring ton street. There are several mort gages on this property and by order of court the sale will take place, as ftm stated, subject to the mortgages. This dc tract of land is supposed to containfed some two hundred and ninety (290) acres, more, or less, the exact number 1T of acres not being known. cha Terms of sale: Cash. balai M. M. BUFORD, the c Sheriff Newberry County. o Sheriff's Office, Jan. 10, 1912. Ithe r -in ca STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. lecte COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. an ai COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. must The Newberry Sr.vin.gs Bank, Plain- te tiffs, vs. Frank G. Spearman, J.r., and chas John R. Spearman, Defendants. he ~ By an order of the Court herein I ap will sell to the highest bidder before the court house at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale on Mon- M~ day, February 5, 1912, all the interest - and estate of Frank G. Spearman, Jr., ASS] in all that tract or plantation of land situate, lying and being in tihe Coun-1 ty of Newberry, State of South Caro lin.a, containing three hundred and forty-seven (347) acres, mnore or les, at ti and bounded by lands of Mrs. Fanniefor? Mafftett, A. J. S. Iangford, Thomas per'S Henry Spearman, a.nd Sallie R. Hud- Ne son, (formerly J. S. Spearman, 3. R. KI' Spearmnan and G. C. WiIama.) Janu Also all the interest and estate in o all that other tract or plantation of' land lying and being situate in the IP county of Newberry, State of South W Carolina, containing two hyndred and LG forty (24*) acres, 'more o'r less, and'M bounded by lands of, -or formerly of. P I au Will Sanders, Charlotte V. Spearman,Ja and others, being sometimes kniown L as Little River Place, of Lte late John ry R. Spearman, the said interest in said 0'! land., both tracts, being~ derived un- jSt. dr the ternas ot *e luo will and tes- L e) uahity NOT eI uantity rY When you think of having your Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Envelopes and in fact anything in the printed line, you should not think only how cheap you can get the work done, but the quality of the work should also be considered. We are prepared to give you a high class of work at the right prices. See us before you place your next order or 'phone No. 1. Elbert H.AuliCo. "Doers of Clever Things With. Inks on Paper" tof the late John R. Spearman, ivrtet usa,.inay'0 ed, the grandfather of the de- Chpel,WdsayJnur31 .fl Frank G. Spearman, Jr. Ada ebryutlFbur 0 s of sale: One-half the pur- atrwihdt eat f5 e n oney to be paid in cash, the cn.wl eaddaantalpros eon credit of twelve months,lrm orcprain fiigto ak eit portion to be secured by the Lerrtrs fthe purchaser and a mortgageTelarque aaxtbehr epremises sold with interest atedo almnesnte dmr t of 8 per cent. per annum,'and ggs loa noetxo rs n esaid bond sand mortgage is col- cmsi xeso 250 y suit or put in the hands of Teesalb aiaintxo eoney for collection, 10 per cent.fft cesonaldg,hepoed e added to the amount duejtobexeddfrshlpuoe. , as attorney's fee. The pur-1Dgno euedfrtxinsal may pay all his bid in cash if' l esires. Purchaser to pay for1oth curs ftisSae sand recording of same. Almaeprosbtenheae H. H. 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