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'? $ VOL! ME Mil. M MBKK 2. NEWBERRY, S. C? Tl ESDAY, JAM ARY 5, 1915. TW1C1 A WIKK. ILH A TIAB. * ? ? JJIII ii i i ii i i iiiiiniBii.an COTTON CORPORATION ENDORSED BV NEWBERRY e A DR. WADE STACKHOISE MARKS PLAIN AND PRACTICAL TALK The Farmers and Business Men Hold ATeet/nsr to Discuss Cotton Situation. In respone to the call issued by Mr. C. E. Summer, as president of the Newberry Cotton association, there was a fairly good attendance of (farmers and business men at the meeting >n the court house on Saturday at 12 c'clcok. Mr. Summer on account of pressing engagements could not be present but the meeting was taken in charge of Dr. W. C. Brown. Dr. fWade Stackhouse, of Dillon, who ias devoted a great deal of his time mMTie trv an effort to hel"D the cot ton producer and who was on ardent advocate of total elimination made a plain, practical and sensible talk on the cotton situation and explained tfte plans of the proposed cotton corporalion. This plan has been already explained in The Herald and News and :t seems to be a feasible and practica plan. Dr. Stack-house said that lie hc:>plan. Dr. Stackhouse said that he hoped there would be lots o: optimism in 1915 amongst all classe of our people. cqiH that, he attended a meeting in Washington in August and our congressmen and senators, told us about the benefits to be derived from the Aldrick-Vreelaild bill by which the Southern cotton planter was to get relief. Nothing came of this after a wait of thirty days or more. Then the beauties of the regional banks were pointed out and finally the banks opened on the 16th of November but very little or no money has been sent, down South to relieve the cotton producer. Then we had the Wade plan suggested and it got into the hands of the regional board, and it was found that after going through a lot of red ta-pe a loan at 3 1-2 cents a pound might be secured on cotton. 'In fact Dr. Stackhouse thought tJ.iat the far mers bad been handed tnree very sour lemons, on all of these matters. He thought that total elimination was the plan that would have resulted in much help hut that now was an academic question. He would say, however, that Dr. Howard of the federal department of agriculture had fie the statement that total e;imion would have blotted out the boil vil. e said that cotton had ranged in e for the last hundred years i 4 cents a pound to $1.02. We i been looking for some sort of IBganization by whidh to find a solution that would give some sort o<f stable price* and for .orty years the farmer has dreamed of some sort of cooperation to handle cotton direct from the farmer to the spinner. He said that the cotton corporation was Irying to form a company wita a capital of one hundred million dollars vit-h that idea in view. He then outI'ned the plan .of the organization and kid the sole object would be to handle fctton and cotton seed. He thought le cooperative plan for marketing was one that appealed to him. H? said that this plan had been submitted to the -business men and financiers | of the money centers of the East and t.Kov all no-rf^pd it Was Ivvaixu u-o-w 0 feasible and practical and that they would be willing to help ?ihe cotton producer if he showed a disposition to help himself. He thought that about ten million bales of the present crop was stiU unsold and that if tftis company was organized one fifth of it would be taken from the market at. once, but suppose we can't get more than a million dollars. If we had one million dollars subscribed, the company could be organized and he had assurance from Mr. Joseph XorI wood, a prominent banker in Columbia, that money could be obtained through the corporation on cotton at a reasonable rate of interest and it could be held off the market until prices were better. He hoped trat they would be able to carry a large portion of this cot* ton beyond the planting season beIcause it seems almost impossible to restrain the Southern planter rom planting cotton if he believes that he ran get at least S cents a pound for it. pHe said that the other plans suggested had not be*-?. run a? business ! ASSEMBLE CARGO i FOR RELIEF SHI? ? / r ! ( AMl'AIG'N FOR Sl'FFEIilXU IiEL(AXjSS IS REM-WEI) Chamber of,Commerce There Will Not Furthef Movement to Relieve t Distress. I J ? { Following the distractions of the | j Christmas season and the diffi'cutly in | securing cooperation at l>.hat time, the : Belgian relief committee o:" the Co! lumlbia 'C amber of Commerce has rej stimed its work with renewed vigor j and with a broader scope. In addi tion to a continuous stream of correj spondence with the county chairmen, \ the committee is writing to prominent j ! citizens in many towns of the State | ! asking them to secure a carload of j I foodstuffs and new clothing from j their respective towns. In a few | days 10.000 copies of a circular leti ter, explaining the movement and th? j ! ' ends in view, will be sent broadcast j ! throughout the State. T ve committee ] 1 has already mailed detailed shipping | i instructions to many persons. I 1 , ! I Though the Charleston chamber of j 1 commerce has decided that it would I be better, owing to the character of j . the membership of the commercial j I'ody, not to iurther the movement to | procure contributions, a letter from ! R. F. McLeod, president, states that. ! he will endeavor to interest citizens ! in the relief work. i ~ i Card of Thanks. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks i | and deepest gratitude to all who were I | so kind in helping to save my effects j | during tJ'.:<e fire at my home on Sunday | night. To each member of the lire deI partment we are especially grateful. 1 i would like to personally thank every i one if I knew all'who have been kin;I i ! to us. i [ I can in aay way serve anyone | call on me Respectfully, E. Pendleton Jones. Newberry, S. C. Dec. 31, 1914. F/re at Mollohon J A fire in the card room of Mollohon ! mills Sunday evening at 6:30 did about | $700 damage, fully insured. It started in the cotton, and was caused either by a rat or by spontaneous combustion. Death of Mr. D. S. Hull. j News was received here Saturday j cf the death of Mr. D. S. Hull of West- j minster, S. C. He had been in failing health for several weeks and the end was not unexpected. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and a highly respected citizen, enjoying the confidence and esteem of a large number of friends in the community in which he ] lived. Ten vears as:o he was married to I i Mrs. ill. A. Stoddard of this city. n Tne following is from a list of. those j j appointed in the counties of the State j j to take charge of the cotton loan: ! Newberry county?James Mcintosh, j | chairman; E. C. .'Matthews, H. L. Parr,. J. Y. McfFall. ! enterprises. The question, he said, is the farmer going to try to ihelp himself by cooperation or are we going to go home and every one say devil take the hindmost. Dr. Stackhouse then explained how aaiiU nc d/3 fr\ r* nfVioy nnr. V^VLCV/H LUU1U uc UO\iU Jl v/ i Vtuv.1 yj X poses and thus create an increased demand. He said tJ>-at at least four j million bales could be used for bags j in place of burlap whicih is imported ; from India. A lot of it could be used | in towels, collars and cuffs. He said j that when the government gave or| ders tJ':at the twine used in the post t offices should be from cotton, the man I u'facturer of the cotton twine actually j shipped it to Wellington in burlap | sacks. j At the conclusion o Dr. Stacki house's address a resolution was unj animously adopted endorsing this plan I covorol nf t1lA<5P SSTeed I to subscribe to its capital stock. Dr. i Drown also requested that a vote taken on the repeal of the law passed at the last session of the legislature | reducing cotton acreage. The sentii ment of t' e meeting was in favor of ] retaining the law though there were ! some voters in favor of its repeal. 100KS FOR PEACE 1 WITHIN THE YEAR' i ! POINCARE PREDICTS WAR WILL END IX 1915 Tells Corps at Recept/on That Next j Annual Fete Will See Beneficent Settlement. . ' Paris, Jan. 1.?Prediction that 19Io I I would see the end of the war was made ' ! by President Foincare in an address j ' today to foreign diplomats who went' to the Palace of the Elysee to present | | New Year's congratulations j "I do not doubt that next year, at I this traditional reception, we shall! j celebrate tbe establishment of a be-: neiicent peace," said U e president. T..e British ambassador. Sir Fran-: cis Bertie, as dean of the diplomatic ' j corps, presented the congratulations ; o his colleagues and himself. In his address Sir Frances remarked that | the diplomats present compromised ! "representatives of the nations fight- ' ) ing at the side of France, and of [ other nations whereon neutrality im-, posed special duties in this grave crisis." 1 j ' American Ambassador 9 arp was arnong those present. He was ac ! companied by three former ministers who are aiding him in the arduous I tasks of the embassy during the war ?John W. Garrett. H. Percival Dodge and John G. Coolidge. President Poincare exchanged New j Year's greeting by telegraph with ' Gen. Joffre, the kings of Great Britain, Belgium and Servia and the emperor of Russia. I Acts of Clemency by the Governor, j Anion? the recent pardons and pa-; roles by Governo Blease, the follow-! ing are cases from this county: Lige Dendy, alias Lige uansDy, alias Cooter Boyd, negro, convicted before Judge- Memminger, at the No-, i\ ember, 1912, term of court for New-j t ; berry county o>f manslaughter and! given a sentence of 15 years' impris-; onment on the county public works, i 1 was paroled during good behavior. James Jci:nson, negro, convicted before Judge Shipp, at the November, 1913, term of court for Newberry! county, of assault and battery with i intent to kill, and given a sentence! of five years' imprisonment on tfte public works cf that county, was pa roled during good behavior. John Boyce, convicted in Newberry j county in June, 1914, murder, given! a life term in the State penitentiary. j Paroled. Elmore Mayes, convicted in New- j berry county in November, 1907, ar son, given 10 years in the State pen-! iieutiary. Pardoned. J. Horace Rivers, Newberry, No- ' vember, 1908, assault and battery of i a high and aggravated nature, three ! years. Pardoned. Jack Edwards, Newberry, March, j IMS, highway robbery, six months. I Parole. Murray Free, Newberry, March, j I 1913, highway ro-DDery, six moiuus.?. I Parole. | George EicbeLberger, Newberry< | March, 1913, highway robbery, six ; months. Parole. Trump Ellison, Newberry, November, 1914, manslaughter, ten years. Parole. Milledge Q. Chappell, Newberry, May 1914, resisting an officer; in June, 1914, two oharges for storing whiskey for unlawful use; sentence to fines a total of $225 or a sentence of 90 days. Pardon. }Eph Williams, Newberry, November, 1911, manslaughter and carrying 1 concealed weapons, ten years. Com 1 UlUtt^U tU live ,> cai o. Cleve Donaldson, Newberry, spring | 1914, larceny, 18 months. Pardon. William Harris, Newberry, November, 1914, housebreaking and larceny. Paroled. The pictures to be shown at the Opera House on Tuesday have been shown in several of the larger cities of the United States. The thousands who have seen them have a clearer idea o: tre conditions under which the nations are fighting in Europe. The State also says the pictures are wonderfully realistic and give a very vivid id^a of the Belgian battlefields. Many o>f them were taken under fire, and that they are the only motion l;i'-tnres of the world's most tremendous war. i (, expejs south to kally soon FAIRFAX HA K HI SOX PREDICTS QUICK RECOVERY Demand Increase, Both for Export And for Use zn Amer/can Mills. Washington, Jan. 1.?Fairfax Har ?j. ? o i ?i nson, president 01 iue oouuiem ian-s day, declared todaj- that war's effect; on business conditions in the South | was proving only temporary, said de- i mand tor cotton was growing and ! predicted a general revival of business. "Tl.e world must have cotton," hesaid. "The demand, both for export ! and for American mills, is increasing and there has been a substantial ad- i vance in prices since the low point ; when t'he depression was at its worst. ' With a larger movement of cotton there will come an increased demand .or merchandise o:' all kinds in th-?; South and a general revival of busi- j ness. i formorc a ro mppfin" tillP ouuuiti n luiiuuiu vt* v> IAA^ w v.?^ -? situation confronting them by planning to reduce the acreage of cotton planted in 1915 and to devote the | land thus released from cotton to oth- | er crops and to live stock. Statistics \ cf the United States department o-f agriculture and reports of the agri-1 cultural agents of the Southern Rail-j way company show substantial in-! creases in the acreage planted in fail ! grains in every Southern State, ana } the prospects are that a larger acre- j age of corn will be planted in the ; spring. i "With a smaller crop of cotton, | Southern farmers will be assured of j a better price for the crop of 1915, j and for that part of the crop of 1914 j which' must be carried over, and | with a larger production of grain they ' will profit from the inevitable European demand resulting .rom the withdrawal of millions of men and draft animals from agriculture in the coun tries whicn are at war." Mr. Harrison added that many Southern manufacturers realized opportunities for export business growing out of the war and that reports indicated they were "taking intelligent steps to secure a share of their trade." THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY Change in Teachers?Watch/ng the j Old Year Go Out?Miss Lang ford Improving. Prosperity, Jan. 4.?After the holiday festvities our town is quite lone- \ some, about a hal>: hundred of young people having returned to their res-! pective colleges. Dr. Clark, of Atlanta, Ga., will be at j the Wise stable at Prosperity Mon-1 day and Tuesday to buy mules for the ! English government. iMr. J. P. Cannon has returned to Washington, D. C., after a month's ! .isit among relatives. Ti.e friends of Miss Mary I^angforu : will be glad to learn that she was not 1 seriously hurt on Wednesday afternoon when hsr horse fell and threw T *. 1 1 V? /-v ATAr*o 1 ViP- | ner on. it win uc acvciai ??v^no , fore Miss Langford will able to re- ' turn to Columbia College. /As has been the custom for several I years the young people had a watch meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wicker. The games of olden times were enjoyed until t)'ne new year was urshered in. The hostess served fruit; Miss Willie Mae Wise has resigned her position in the Prosperity high school to accept the position of county organizer of the Girl's tomato club. She succeeds Miss Fannie Holloway. Miss Isoline WUche has been elected teacher to fill the position made vacant by tl':e resignation of tt!iss Willie Vve Wise of the Prosperity high j school. - -r m T-> ? C ' Mr. ana .virs. ij. i. cruwu, ui o^cueer, X. C., and Mr. Robert Counts, of rstesbi-rs-, have returned to their respective homes after a visit to Mrs. E. 0. Connts. Miss Margurite Wise spent a few days 2as? week in Little Mountain. Dr. G. W. Harmon and Little Rebecr-a Harmon have returned fron. a visit to Ninety Six. Prof. Edwin Worts, of Mimphis, Tenn.. has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Francis Werts. PRESIDENT PICKS THREE OF BOARD CHOOSES TRIO FOR TRADE COM mssioy Two Compeers of Day/es, Hurley and Pea')ody Must Be Republ/cans or Progress/ves. Washington, Jan. 1.?President Wilson was understood tonight to have decided tentatively on three members o. the federal trade commission. They are: Joseph E. Davies, commissioner of corporations; Edward X. Hurley, president of the Illinois Manfacturers' association, and George Foster Pea'body, a New York banker. T wo others are to be selected. The three men chosen are all Democrats, and if they are finally decided en, tr.e other two members will be Republicans or Progressives, since under the law creating the commission, not more than three members can be of the same party. Mr. Davies was decided on for the commission as soon as it was created, because of his experience in conducting the bureau of corporations of the commerce department, which is to be merged into the new commission. Mr. Hurley, a former railroad man and manu; acturer, won the approbation of the president by his work as trade commissioner to tl'r.e LatinAmerican republics. He is considered an expert on export trade. :\ r. Peabody, it was said tonight, ias been reluctant to accept a position on the commission. He is expected to confer with the president on the question soon. Mrs. John Grout, of Andrews, is vis- i it in2: her parents. Mrs. Addie Hodges is home again after se.eral weeks stay in Columbia. IMrs. C. G. Barrier, o." Little Mountain, visited her sister, Mrs. S. J. Koln, last week. Mrs. Olin Bob'b has as her guest her j sister, Miss Rawl, of Columbia. Mi&sps Lucile Counts and Vannie Lake visited Miss Grace Burton Reag!n returning on Monday to Little Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bedenbaugh visVfwn 7 13 Da? AnKonorV* t r\ PAmono I 1 ITU %V11 9. *) . J->. -ucutaimugu 111 a. v/mt?.x *u, , last week. Dr. D. 1M. Langford spent Wednesday in Greenwood. t M;>ses Isoline Wyche and Charlotie i Jackson have returned from a visit to l.V'rs. Herbert, of Utopia. Mrs. W. A. Moseley is spending the week in Columbia. [Mrs. -F. E. Schirmpert has as her guest Mrs. Tyrie Wise, of Plains, Ga. Misses Alice and Johnnie Rawl have t returned to Lykeland after a few days stay to Mrs. M. C. Morris. Mrs. J. A. Sease and Misses Gracy Sease and Aline Griffin spent last Thursday in Columbia. Misses Ellie Counsins and Leila Xorris, of Xewiberry, spent tfce week-end with Mrs. Frank ("Merchant. Mr. A. H. Kokn, of Columbia, was j a business visitor here last Friday. Dr. end Mrs. G. Y. Hunter and Miss Mary DeWialt Hunter have returned j from a short stay to Columbia. Misses Ruth and Myra Hunter visit- i i ed their aunt, Mrs. Frank Hunter in Newberry last week. The executive committee of The Young People's Lutheran Federation of South Carolina met at the residence j of Mr. j. L. Wise on Thursday evening. The following were in attendance: Prof. Gilbert Voigt, of Newberry college; Mr. Clarence Norman,* of the Lutheran Seminary; Prof. He- j ber Ballentine, of Little Mountain; Miss Elberta Sease, of Little /Mountain; Miss Rosalyn Summer, of Pomaria: and Miss Willie Mae Wise, of Prosperity. Judge B. B. Hair has in'vited all his friends to a house warming ?t his new home on Friday evening. The Jolly Street band will furr'rvh the music and the old time Virginia Reel will be aanccd. Xo invitations have been seni out but all are cordially invited. Mr. J. L. Wicker, of Xewberry, and Miss Annie Dowd, o-. Little Mountain, were married Sunday afternoon, January 3, 1913, at the Lutheran par- j sonage, Rev. E. W. Leslie officiating. i I EXTENDS PERIOD FOR TAX PAYING PENALTY IS DEFERRED FOR 39 DAYS 6 Comptroller General Sends Orders by Teiegrupli to Suspend Delfquency Charge. A. W. Jones, comptroller general, yesterday extended the time for the collection of taxes, 'without penalty, until February 1, 1915. The order was approved by the governor. The extension order was issued under the power conferred upon the comptroller general, with the approval of the governor, in section 767 of volume 1, code of laws of Suth Carolina. A telegram was addressed yesterday by the comptroller general to the county treasurers of the State, announcing the extension order. The final date for the payment of taxes without penalty was December 31. . The State tax money has been coming in very slowly as compared with past years. Several days ago S. T. Carter, State treasurer, announced that he had sufficient funds to meet the interest on the bonded debt of tfce State government. The salaries of the State officers 'have bee* paid for December. SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT Garm&ny School Has Pleasant Exer- . IT -1- T? 2- A uzsc?unucn i merest Jianziest in the School. A very pleasant occasion o: the holiday season was an entertainment a: Garmany school on last Thursday as arranged by the efficient teacher, Miss j Mary Brown, with tT.:e cooperation of I the trustees and patrons. There wers exercises by the children of the school and Santa Claus brought to each one ' a present. .The teacher was not forI gotton either and while Santa Claus ^as getting the presents from the tree for the children, he found a beautiful brooch for the teacher which had been sent by the patrons and the children. This is one of the excellent one teacher country schools of the county, in iu 1 - -J? wine.: au ul me people 01 me communuity take great pride and the school is doing a good work. A short talk was made by JMtr. G. D. Browr and one by Miss Sadie Goggans. P/tts-Hastzng. On Thursday evening o: last week, December 31, 1914, Miss Xora S. Pitts, of the Smyrna section, and Mr. Julian1 D. Hastings, of the Xinety Six section, were married at the Smyrna church, T. C. Coker, pastor cf Smyrna church, officiating. It was at the hour when the golden glory of the setting sun was re fleeted on the western i':orizon of the dying old year and the (full orbed moon was climbing the eastern sky as if determined that the old year should not die in total darkness. A happy company of young people, friends and relatives cf bride and groom, all oul for the remainder o=f holidays joys, came to witness the nuptial ties whick blended the two young lives into one. After the ceremony all returned to the home o. tl.~e bride, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Pitts. The young couple will make their home near Ninety Six for the present. rr^i * i * j.1 J rney carry wiin tnem me goou wishes and warm congratulations of their many friends here. T. C. C. State W/de Prohibition. At a mass m< *ing ot men in the court house Monday, January 4, several o tfre petitions to be presented to the legislature in regard to Statewide prohibition were handed the Chairman R. T. C. Hunter. These were filled with names of voters of Newberry county. Upon motion it was decided to request all who Dave petitions in hand to have them signed and return to Chairman Hunter not i later than January 15. Mr. J. H. "Wicker was appointed to i look after tlie circulation of the pe titions in Newberry, and will, no doubt see thai each voter shall have a chance to sign one if he wishes to do so. It is very iimportant that the petitions be in the hands o?f the chairman on or before January 13. I