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U1A SPINNERS FEAR COTTON SHORTAGE "3)ry Goods Men Tell Wannamaker That Middling Cotton Worth Sixty-five Cents Pound. The State, 19th. In a statement issued in Columbia yesterday, J. Skottowe WannamaKtr, presdient of the American Cotton -association, declared that he had re cently laid before the largest manufacturers of America and largest dry goodf* houses and best experts of America the question: "What is a * " -'jji: - i.j_ _4-u "pounci 01 miaamig cunuu wuuu, -based on the price of the manufactured product today, after deducting the price for manufacturing and a .fair profit to the manufacturer?" Mr. Wannamaker says in his statement: "Their answer to this inquiry is that it is worth from 65 to 75 cents per pound basis middling." Mr. Wannamaker further declared in his statement that "based on supply and demand the world is facing the greatest shortage in raw cotton it >,as ever faced since cotton was nrst intr.odiiL-ed into America." "I : :n iirmly cf the opinion that ? tl:; Z^land sr.:J English spin3ior 5. a j t erri ); !uneasy o n account cf th: tremendous a iv; ntage which th? American Cotton association is brinyto the entire cotton interests," said Mr. Wannamaker. "They are terribly uneasy on account of the fact that they realize the world is facing a great shortage, that the producer will never again operate his farm except upon a business basis and not over produce. ? /v v. T*rto v? flia "X>eiore mis time hcai jcoi mv, spinners will be glad to buy cotton at any price. If their spirit and lib<erality is such as many of their friends claim, they have a golden opportunity to prove thi^now'by paying a fair, just.price for cotton based on the manufactured product, -which would be 65 to 75 cents per pound basis middling, instead of con0 tinuing to buy at present prices based on the manipulated prices of the New York Cotton exchange. The price being paid ar present is absolutely unfair." V" 'VirRTinamnl-pv vesterdav receiv "k'"i * ** - V ^ ed the following letter from United States Senator E. D. Smith commending his recent article on supply . .. Lcmand: 'J want to congratulate you on fol y ;&w:ng up by actual statistics the tremendous shortage in the supply cf jotrcn as compared with demand. A careful study cf war conditions, prc w?r conditions and now post war con; <Ljjtions will be wonderfully instruc Lf&e 10 our farmers and to the woi'Id .at large. The world consumed prac tically fifteen million bales of Ameri< can cotton while the embargo was on 'the central powers and while we were : still at,war.. American consumption ^rose from about five millions to seven millions. Now with all embargoes -Sifted and with the supply of cotton ;*goods necessarily depleted the world over, just what price cotton is going to is hard to say. The supply of cotton goods throughout the world is -depleted from two tremendous and far reaching causes: the drafting of * operatives and labor from mills, the demoralization of business and then the total inadequate supply of the "raw material. Now that employment :3s bein? souerht bv those released from military duty and the^ world is ^clamoring for cotton goods; and no embargoes, prohibitions or restrictions exist and the supply so manifestly short it is only a question of what the world is -willing to pay or rather can pay. The outlook from: .all I can gather is, for perhaps a ! shorter crop than even last year. "I hope in the near future to give ""out-an interview on this cotton ques *i?r? will be of aid in the fierht."; \? ^ JFIVE MEN KILLED IN THUNDER STORM ^Single Bolt of Lightning Kills Nathan J. Thomas and Three Farm Hands. "The State. ( Orangeburg, July 17.?A severe electric storm passed over Orangeburg county yesterday afternoon re suiting in five deaths. Nathan J. Thomas, a prominent farmer and citi : sen of Orangeburg county, togetner with three of his negro hands, Jeff Henderson, Ernest Curry and Henry VT ooty, were killed by lightning about .two miles from Cope. IjSEt. Thomas and the three negroes i-vuexe riding in a wagon toward the : Sarm yard when a bolt of lightning t the wagon killing all the oct .;upai]Ls, as well as the two mules. r The tragedy was. seen by some one a ? short distance away but before as *isrt?nce could be rendered the men were dead. A negro working on the farm of P. T. McCants, about three miles bellow Orangeburg, was also killed by lightning yesterday afternoon. Kloseman?Let me give you a piece of advice. Kr.ox?What's the :jaatter with it??Boston Transcript, - . i m i NEGRO GIRLS KILL j j FATHER WITH AXE Refused Permission to Attend Party, Daughters of 3ylbert Myers Take His Life. The State. i Florences, July 18.?Brutality of an almost inconceivable nature marked the killing last night of Sylbert Myers, a respected negro farmer, by his two daughters, Lillian and Rebecca, aged respectively 16 and 18 years. | Using an axe as a weapon the two girls struck their father on the back of his head while he was seated at the table eating his supper. The blows were struck from behind. Myers lived only a short while after the first blow was struck. | According to the statement of his daughters, Lillian first attacked her father. She brought the blunt part of the axe down upon hfs head with terrific force, breaking in the skull. As the man leaned over on the table she struck again, and he fell to the floor. Rebecca then took a hand and. grabbing the axe, from her sister's aand. srtuck the man as he lay upon ithe iioor. They then drugged him out into the yard where they watched him die. K:de Body and Attend Farty. After hiding the body -of their father in th ewoods the girls retifrned to tfre house dressed in their Sunday clothes and went to an ice cream supper just a few hundred yards from the spot, where the body lay. *The murder occurred last night about dark. Myers lived near Muldrow's mill and was highly thought of by his own race as well as by the white people of that community. When placed under arrest this morning by Sheriff Burch, Lillian and Re becca Myers confessed to tne muraer and told the officers all about it. They also made a voluntary statement to the jury of inquest which was empaneled by Coroner Smith. In their statement they declared that t!?ey killed their father because he would net let them go to a party at a tobacco barn., He said he would kill us if we went, said one of the girls. After watching their father .die the girls placed his body in a wheelbarrow an;! carted it into the woods, placing it near h path about 50 yards irom the public read. They then wens- lack to the house ana dressed for the party. The path near which i!.e body ^ay was taken by the'girls in- going to the parly. All cf this happened, however, after they had washed up the blood in the house and had swept the yard. They did not attempt to hide the axe and it is now in the possession of the coroner. It is heavy and blood stained. Dead Body Discovered. Two negroes who returned home with the girls from the party saw the body of a man lying near the path. One of them, Isear Law, called, but received no answer. Isear testified, today that he knew Myers was careful about his girls, and He thought it was Myers lying in the bushes waiting for them to come back home. When the negro men caiied the girls ran on to their home. The men returned to the tobacco barn ntliorc +A fnllftW pnTlIP OUU W Is tiilg VVUWJ.U vv x ..? ^ back to the spot and found the dead body of Sylbert Myers. The daughters did not tell of their coiriection j with the crime until faced by the of- j ficers this morning when they broke down and confessed. Both of them tell the same story as to the manner of the murder. Sylbert Myers was about 47 years, old. He was well thought of, his ac-, quaintances stating that he had al- j ways ibeen anxious to rear his chil dren correctly. I } FUEL SHORTAGE NEAR. ! ! Consumers Should Buy Coal Supply Now. Washington, July 17.?Urging congressional investigation of the : coal situation government officials and coal' operators told the house - - - * i A 1 rules committee today tnat luei shortage was impending. "Coal men fear the situation may get away from them and that prices may rise $4 or $6 a ton," declared C. E. Lesher of the Geological survey. "Their advertising of the situation is in hope that thus may he averted for they know that the condition would' reflect on them." I Anthracite production since January 1 was 10,600,000 tons less than last year and bituminous 74,700,000 +nr><! Mr. Lesher. due to lack of demand. "The only remedy is for the consuming public to lay in supplies nnw " Vip snirJ. j George 'H. Gushing, managing director of the American Wholesale Coal association said the coal shortage in the East and Northeast dur"jing the war would be repeated this winter, adding that its extent would depend on the industrial activity in . those sections. 4 Importan IV UlUtCId 0 i . Be sure you buy Moon's stamp on each piece. Th quality. If it doesn't suit and he will gladly refund piece. It means economy, to three pounds. This is economy because every 01 j / lean, sugar cured under a i you names of different fi meat in Newberry and say ! orflv oofon 1 I The proof is the eatii Dealers Who Ha Boozer Bros., J. L. Bums, Oakland Mill; A. P. Booz Still; D. C. Driggers, Mol J. Hitt, T. S. Hudson, John Model Market, A. P. I^oo: J. J. Senn, Hollo-ion Mill: T. M. Sanders, Oakland I. T. Tim merman, 'Mo}}oh( ley, Newberry Mill; VS. B Williams Cash Grocery. St i r* is f' r j. Jr. ivioc Phone 97 ^nd 287. Qtt i l?7rS^ fir*. /?\ /fi\ >?5\ /5T?\ Of | f AdOHl Wtei --The Hi$?3Sf Masnfa t . (25tn]]esEl fte&v Attractive R ost i * * ' * 5 ' ' ,"1 : t /** ? I A* iQ. c^r y ,'-i f v. j ' V i v ? w?>; k ! . I. A ? "** } * - <s". *" i I At *?> A -a ;-r ; /? r ;>"< '. ) . x || o < V wjr* '^v t V- ^ "? * si I >">e/5 >yz*? f-? ; -.?.'. v.- ? > j || J "W ! X. V1 i 1 J ? *-"4 7 ? Q CW " . " . ASnpyii '** * ' .".y- -.r--. * ( jj .,!"/* C . _ ..i- ? * i I: C?E5Si -V . ~ "3 A-v " * '" ' ' J |j D&&VH2 ( ir r? I * r f? S I j) A c *, ! jj Lsv.\ ?L yf IftfistJiisi .> j llCANUSA &$%?* f?l ?. ' | j l L tJ 4 i V ? -L~ 1 'J -- - - w K? .. ? ;; =? . r i- ? - -/ r . ^ /ir. <- ? I If ' *-. < > .? t * v i J . - . <- ? -! |L- ? . ; ? -- . . ^ t. - : O jj Vtte~ --i iLj , li si God Hotels &r?cH i VACATION , ^\v | 'LAND' {,!*/ . SOUTHERN R/ giiniiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiirtmiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiii'^iiiiiii'.iHU.iiniiiimiiiiiHlliilH; I 1 | raawBaMMaaMnnaaaMHBHMi J. BATEMAN SHOT IN RAID ON STILL Sant Barrett, With Broken Thigh and Young Son Arrested?Third Man Escapes. The State. Camden, July 17.?J. F. Bateman. State constable, of this city was shot and seriously wbunded this afternoon when he and A. G. Whitaker, chiei of police, made a raid on an illicit distillery located in the Beaver Dan section of Kershaw county about seven miles each of Camden. The officers ran upon Sant Barrett and Jim Sheorn in a wood. Barretl is said to have opened fire at the approach of the officers and Constable Bateman fell with a bullet in his lefl breast about four inches below th( U~.-w.4- TVm rvflRnorc rpfiiTTipH IlTf ilea.11/. iuv vuiw*u - and Barrett fell with a broken thigh Sheorn fell also, but after bringing Mr. Bateman to Camden and return ing to the scene Sheorn had made hi: escape, but it is thought that he wa: also wounded. | Barrett and his young son, abou 11 years of age, were arrested. Ai examination of the wounded office was hnrriedlv made and Dr. Guerr from Columbia will reach Camden to night to assist the local physicians ii an effort to save his life. He i thought to be > seriously wounded Mr. Bateman is about 48 years o age and was for a number of year chief constable, stationed at Charles ton. Barrett is said to be about 6! 1 - ? - i j. a r years oi a^e ar.o* ^rwitni .vuuyt, *<; The still in that locality is said t have bee*), in* operation tcr j ion; time. it Notice! d Consumers L:rr_. Look for the Moon is s:amp guarantees the tai.J ic back to your grocer your money. Euy it by the The cuts average from one a piece of meat that means Ko noar] Tf i a oil .UltC tail UC UOOU. Xb 1U Ull I special process. I can give j imilies that have used this j it is the best meat the> nave I ig. Try a piece today. mdle Moon's Lean Bledsoe & Co., W. P. Bodie, ;er, J. M. Boozer, Mollohon iohon Mill; J. T. Dennis, J. son & Johnson, \Y. S. 3Iann, ze:\' Prop.; Rikard- & Long, T \ Vnn'\n"rv t ?; kj 11 az ) i i v ^ ^ *w i i - < jl i, i i ? Iill, D. D. Darby, Manager; xi "Mill: Timmerman c: 2ves- ' | . Thornton, Newberry Mill; itzler Co., I'on^rir. x'-^I val^: ze Next Door National Bank i - ' p '1 nORTH II HlB,CAROLinA et Mijb * .is?!\i Ehstsn? Ar*?eric& 5ist oi AsbevlHe) ?rfs toffee ftostafos . - .>< 1 Ue ^ .* J *4^ fc 5 & I ; , yCP.f:^vya $?&Level, |3an???srGIiw?te " ." 'HAKIP' ' . * - 4; *.h- ?> - *i r o *?'.j I. - - r - - *r? ?j : n * rt jrrf 4 1 * > * >: ;! C I* ** j! v _ -iisio . . - r j j . j ? i .' \a> t. ? j v J j . jyff t Er'B * . . .jc. Cau ? f .-- . r^TE/tfi j! , -. . . V,. -J J _ii .L t# jj ; "?2o' ij. i - w j | - -; . - j! : . ; . s ij. k.j . ? ... i 3ci\rdk;^ Houses URSiOn FARES' fZC\\ZC\T SCHEDULES amn QFDi/irr ? nnt^ wunviwi. States Railroad Administration* rector General of Railroads. MLROAP LINES POSTOFFICE HEAUS . I CHOSEN FOR STATE I j i Names of Number Sent to Senate. C. R. Calhoun Selected for j Greenwood. ^ The State. , j Washington, July 17.?The fol: lowing South Carolina postmasters! i_ - *- ?1 J 1 r> y ~D Pol. I t were nominaieu iuua>. iv. vy?*houn, Greenwood; Stella R.. Nelson, ; Ridgeway; Howard A. Littlejohn, i Belton; Toliver D. Earle, Landrum; ; M. Zella" D.' Abercrombie, McCormick; Josephine B. Pelzer, Pelzer;: ; Ben Harper, Seneca; Andrew P. Bur: gess, Summerton. ., , I ij Greenwood, July 17.?C. Ramsey j t Calhoun, nominated by President j J j Wilson today to be postmaster at i Greenwood, won his appointment by . a competitive examination held here ? last November, in which he secured - the highest rating of three men cer3 tified. Mr. Calhoun has been in the s local office 12 years, sreving as assistant postmaster for the past ten t years. When confirmed he will sucn ceed George B. Bailey, who was com ? i j. iqu M*. r missioned pusunaaLCi iu if jli. iui. y Calhoun stated today on being noti fied of his appointment that he would i name Hugh E. Giles, who has been a s clerk in the office several years, asL sistant postmaster. The Greenwood f office is a second class one, the posts masters salary being $2,800. ' J ? ? - ~ . i. j: ') Frank rteiciier, a tanious sta.ue ui> rector now directing motion pictures, o {-as been engaged by World Pictures ? to direct Montagu Love In a new fivereel feature. * THOMAS A. E "Give eve\ and woma ? m have good home." THE NEW EDIS with a soul/' is t\ cal instrument. I homo, exactly as \ the 1: of the j - and instrumentali j strumoi.t has no ] every?!; r^rsvoico I ail m-isk-ai. ir.strui lTL I f y!' > "? ?tr* J A I?iC iLuU 'The, Phone you can draw unstint : > _ ure-house of music. I*. an(* happy colors int< * < ... . If you want good n: answer. DOES MONEY S I Thomas A. Edison h; A1J\? f AVtMC? j . LUt ptrnuit vjli bci.iiio any honest man or w carry out Mr. Edison rarily hard up and a music in your home, that obstacle. Let it Come lo us and tell u conveniently pay. AGENCY NEWREI fTs*! 1 O ' \] t ihy V i r . ITl VlC'lliiy U. I ; t ?> 2 W.TWV _ . Li.-, x.- "a.- c- T--n . ' r- .** : ? . . ? - ? ? /?% ^ 3 / i $ ^ y i ' r \ r ' iC*--. /S*'-. ??? ?i\?? i- ti? i* r-& f; -V*.v u>|)dl?||^ II ,1 V-.V \ijy .:._j au ij.r. NEW ADJUSTME Fabrics Silvertown Cords Both the Goodrich Fabric i regularly giving far in excess | age on Newberry roads. ; Buy Goodrich Tires at the - per cent, lower?and save n mileage. Complete stocks-Goodrich 1 ^ilrortnivn Cords. No delays I | Phone 300. I ???? . i OLD AGE STARTS WITH Selene* says that old &?e begins with nn weakened kidneys and digestive organs, th This being true, it is easy to hellers that by keeping the kidneys and dfgestive organs cleansed and in proper ~ * - - ?- - * - a TT4 worKing: oraer oia age can oe aeicrrea ? and life prolonged far beyond that en- ?0. Joyed by the average person. JJ For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL an Haarlem Oil has been relieving the I weaknesses and disability due to ad- ha i vanclng years. It is a standard old- dr time home remedy and needs no Intro- MI I dnction. - GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil is rel inclosed in-odorless, tasteless capsules sis ' containing about 5 drops each. Take ori 1 them as you would a pill, with a small In NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT, (at I will make a final settlement of *es ' W the estate of Lester Shealv in the ju Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Wednesday,'the 6th day of ex August, 1919, at 10 o'clock in the coj forenoon and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as guard- ap ian of said estate. pr< i W. M. Chapman. ^sh< Newberry, S. C., July 5, 1919. I^Te UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO-|i9 UNA _ jv^ Scholarship and Entrance Examina- j tions. I S The examination for the award of \-acant scholarships in the University of South Carolina and for admission ; of rew students will be held at the county court house, July ii, i-jit % ? DISON says: ry honest man . n a chance to music in the 5OX, "the phonograph ' le world's greatest musit gives you in your own ).erformed upon the stage world's greatest singers sts. This wonderi'ul in.imitatlons. it gives you 1 with litGra.1 lideiitv. Jt is rents in one. If you own \fy s \ siVsf $m >graph with a Soul" eclly on the world's rich treasThe New Edison will put new ; ) the skein of your existence. Lusic, the New Edison is the TAND. IN THE WAY? as advised us that we should of payment to deny music to oman. We are determined to 's wishes. If you are tempore thus deterred from having we are prepared to remove ; be an obstacle no longer. is the terms on, which you can IRY COUNTY * Veeks ' Co. 2Q J. C. Abrams, Jr. ? -J . - . ... x?*mxmrar%musmmmam i m? i -1 w&g \ ;nt mileage .6,900 Miles . 8,000 Miles md Silvertown Cords are of this adjustment miie> new lower prices?15 ^ loney by getting more fabric Casing, Tubes and ' I Mower Lower Main St. * I > YOUR KIDNEYS rallow of water. The oil stimulates t kidney action and enable* the gans to throw off the poisons which use premature old age. New life and I rength increase as you continue the satmeot. When completely restored Qtlnue taking a capsule or two each j. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Caplea will keep you in health^and vigor d prevent & return ox ue aiaease. * >o not wait until old are or disease A e settled down for g-oo<L Go to yoor anrist and ret a box of GOLD | 5DAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. Money - funded if they do not help you. Three * But remember to ask for the fffnal Imported GOLD MEDAL brand. sealed packages. - 9 a. m. Applicants must not be :s than sixteen years of age. hen scholarships are vacant after ly 11, they will be awarded to Dse making the highest average at amination, provided they meet the ndirions governing the award. Apcants for scholarships should write Prp?iHpnt. Currell for scholarship plication blanks. These blanks, operly filled out by the applicant, 3uld be filed with Dr. Currell. by ly 7. Scholarships are worth $100, >e tuition and fees, $138.00, total. :xt session will open September 17, 19. For further information !te to PRESIDENT W- S. CURRELL, . C. University, Columbia, S. C. 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