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* \ 11 : ? - ? ' .y V VOLUME LV.f NUMBER SI. 1 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919. T s TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR _____ ??????^?a????-w?????^ Citizens Unanu 9 Committee Re 7j^e Cit 'zzns Are Asked to V Make Improvement in i Pay of 7 The citizens meeting was held in , the court house on Wednesday after-1 noon and was called to order by j \ President John C. Goggans and the | report of the special committee ap-. pointed at the last meeting to in-j vsetigate the condition and needs of the schools was read by the secre- i ' tary> E. H. Anil. This report has already been printed in the town papers and is familiar to the readers of the papers.? ta nrnuAMrWTT V ftDP. AW17F I a \J rCilUH/lllJbil * b 1 \/i\vjniiiuu COTTON ASSOCIATION * Meeting Called for Columbia Next Wednesday to Effect Permanent Organization American Cotton Association. * Columbia, S. C., July 28.?Calls "W6re issued Saturday for a meeting in Columbia,! Wednesday, August 6, of the farmers, bankers, merchants, business and professional men of the State for the purpose of effecting the permanent organization of the American Cotton Association in South Carolina. The calls came from j eGov. Robert A. Cooper, J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association; B. Harris, ^jvimiussiujuci ux Agiauituic iv/i j South Carolina; A. E. Padgett, president of the South Carolina Bankers . Association; J. H, Claffy, president . of the South Sarolina Farmers' j Union; W. G. Smith, Warehouse i toommissioner, and Joseph D. Miot, j president of the Columbia Chamber j <of Commerce. The meeting will be held at Craven j 'Hall beginning at noon and promises j to be the biggest and most represen- | tative meeting held recently in the State. .The call issued bv Governor Cood 1 - - ?er follows: ? * "In order to effect the permanent; * organization of the American Cotton Association in South Carolina, a meeting of farmers, bankers, merchants, and other business and professional men will be held in Columbia, August 6.\ I urge that each! county be well represented, or, bet- j .ter still, each township. "The temporary organization of She . cotton producers and allied in- ( * * - . .1, l f v terests nas Deen one 01 tne important; factors in bringing about an increase J ^,'in the price of cotton. The perman- j ^ ^nt organization erected upon the ; 'ground work of its predecessor, willj ihave the same effect. cotton belt has never enjoy-! ed prosperity commensurate with the j other sections of tile country. The ! economic and social life of the South , ias suffered tremendously because <cotton has not yielded a reasonable . profit to the producers. Some ad-' ?J Vio c nnnr Koon WrtTl i VilliUtgC, 11UVVCTC1, uao uvn vwu vr?., ( it must not be lost. Our progress in i y" , education, roads, in general happi-J * ness is considerably dependent upon the price of cotton "Bearing this in mind I appeal to the people of South Carolina to cooperate in an effort to insure for the ^present and for coming years a fair i ^profit for the South's greatest com- j .modity. Organization is essential." I joint call for the meeting was - : issued by J. Skottowe Wannamaker, B. Harris, Commissioner of Agricul ture; ?A. E. Padgett, president of the 1 " - Bonlroysj' A aanniatinn ! * OQULJU1 VttXVllUa x^auuvx u 4.awmvww.v..7 , .tj_ H. CJaffey, president of the South 'Carolina Farmers' Union; W. G. ; Smith,,Warehouse Commissioner, and I Joseph D..Miott, president of the Co* lumbia Chamber of Commerce. This ?all follows: "Whereas,. the organization of the ' American Cotton Association has saved to the South a sum estimated conservatively at $5,000,000 and whereas, as a result of the organization the American Cotton Associa1 *? + ATim oVtm tion every citizen in tjvci^ wv/wI and every county, not only in South Caro?in8, but in the entire cotton belt will receive great benefit, and, "Sfeereas, as a result of the organCotton; As nously Adopt port on Schools ote the Necessary Money U Schools and to Increase >' eachers. \ On motion of Dr. Geo. B. Crome: the report was adopted as read an< the same committee continued an< authorized to prepare petitions an< ask the citizens to sign them calling an election to vote two mills for th< maintenance of the schools and t< authorize the issue of $40,000 ii bonds to improve the physical equip ment of the schools. These petition: will be prepared at once and circu lated for. signature and the electioi ordered. sociation, the farm will be operate< on a business basis, cotton will b< sold at profitable price, the produce: will be furnished with informatioi on supply and demand through rep resentatives in every cotton consum ing country in the world and regula: crop condition reports issued, and "Whereas, as a final result, th< * ? "? r% 1 i n 1 bad roads 01 tne souin wjin De < thing of the past, illiteracy will b< blotted out, and rural conditions wil be so improved that the farm will at tract and iold the white man, and "Whereas as a final result of th< vast benefits that the permanent or ganization of the American Cottoi Association will bring to the entire South, the entire nation will be ii like manner greatly benefited, there for : ^? ; ^e it resolved: That the permari $nt organization of the Americai A i Ttrlll ir>. V/UtLUii Aidduumuiuiiy wmvii wm elude the farmers, merchants, bank ers, business aiid professional men ii every school district, every township in eve^y county in the entire Stat< of South Carolina and throughout th( length and breadth of the entire cot ton belt is of such vital importance that we, the undersigned, both in oui official capacity and as citizens oj the' State of South Carolina with th( best" interests of the State of Soutl Carolina, of the entire cotton belt and the entire nation at heart, herebj earnestly urge that the citizens ir each township, each school districl and of each county in South Carolina send a large and representative del egation to attend a mammoth mass meeting in Columbia, Wednesday August 6 at 12 o'clock, noon, & Craven Hall for the purpose of hear ing addresses and discussion on this great question?on the objects, purposes and formation of the Americar Cotton Association and for the further purpose of devising and putting into effect detailed plans for pushing to completion the organization oi the American Cotton Association throughout South Carolina. "As a matter of State pride we further urge ttiat tne citizens 01 South Carolina use every effort ir their power to complete the organization of these great associations ir South Carolina with all possible speed so that our State will be the fftrst in the entire cotton belt to gc over the top and will show the largest membership." "The Wilderness Trail." The opera house has booked Tom Mix, the- daring William Fox horse tr? nnncar or Ill C* II U1 plain anu uiA4 ^ v w Wednesday, August 6th, in "The Wildreness Trail," a photoplay fron: the well-known book by Frank Williams which portrays delightfully the life of the Canadian fur region. The scenery alone in this play is declarec to be well worth seeing?a wild coun try of forests and deep snows. Ir this setting Tom Mix will perforir new exploits that will make the hear! of the spectator beat faster. The old battle between love anc duty, in which Tom Mix more thai once defies death, centers round i new leading lady, Colleen Moore, wh< will surely be pretty to look at ii her furs, enjoying long sleigh ridei in the snow behind a team of huskies and who will show how a real gir acts when she is saved from deatl and dishonor by a strong man. Man] " __ _ ?vi*. will recall Miss Moore as a peuw and charming actress. The scenarii and direction are by two crafl; mast ers, respectively Chas. Kenyon an< Edward J. Le Saint. 4 ' . , ....' j f GLEN-LOWRY AND WHITMIRE ENJOYING FINE BALL I v | Dr. William Brackett Locates at f i Whit mire?Improvements Going On > ! Whimtire, July 31.?Mr. and Mrs. j Luther Martin after a few days stay ' ivi'fh Mr nnri Mrs. J. L. Miller have returned to their home at Cross Hill. | Mr. J. D. Felder went up to Grcenr | wood to the old soldiers reunion last i j week. He reports a pleasant time and * l royal treatment by the good people 3 j of that town. * j ??!rs. Barden and daughter, Eugen" | ia, of Monroe, N. C., are here now. 5 i Mr. Barden holds the position of cot1! ton grader for the Glenn-Lowry Co. " ] The old Tidmarsh home, lately occus ; pied by Mr. Wm. Rasor and family, ' i is undergoing repair, when the work 1 j is finished the Bardens will occupy j that house. " | Dr. P. B. Hilton, Mrs. Hilton and i i the children, received their fine new 31 auto last week. They left next day r 1 for an extended visit to relatives at i! Greenville, Charlotte and Camden. I Mr, Z. H. Suber has been in Colum i it. jf-? 1 j I Dia iur several u<tyo. Miss Cornelia Shannon, of Clinton, is taking her vacation and spending " the time at home with her parents, 11 Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Shannon. a j Miss Azile Miller of Silverstreet is visiting Miss Cornelia Shannon. Mr. Raymond Abrams spent sever3 al days of last week out at his old . home in the country. He visited at j Mr. Shannon's and other places where ? he found p-retty girls. Notwithstandi ing the rain and mud he participated . in astraw ride and moolinght picnic. Miss Alice McMakin. of Wellford. , j who has been attending the Winthrop x j summer School, is spending a few _ i days here with her college friend Miss Louise Best. ' Mr. Reuben Lyles of Maybinton is j the guest of his sister, Mrs. Eliza I; N^nce. Miss Frances C. Jeter, after spending a few- months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A.* Jeter, left SatUr> day and resumed her work as teacher I in TVuvpIpts Rpst. sr?Vir?r?l this t ... ? ? > morning. , 1 Mr. Jim Abrams has sold his home which is just across the river in I Union county to Mr. Wm. Gilbert of . Campobello. [. Rev. D. W. Garvin is conducting x a meeting at Fairview this week. Dr. Kilgo was in town last week , and held the quarterly meeting. He was the guest of Rev. A. H. Best. I Mr. Allen Nance, who spent a year _ in France, returned home last week. . He was in the aviation corps and camped near the Bay of Biscay. He t speaks interestingly of France. He will leave today for a short visit to , his brother, Mr. Eugene Nance at ' Erlanger, N. 0. ' f j Mr. and Mrs. Jim Abrams and j boys were in town last week. Mr. Abrams went to Newberry to visit , relatives. ? Mrs. J. M. Major and Miss Louise , Best are practicing the little folks for children's day, which will be held , in the Methodist church here on the , second Sunday of August. ; Miss Addie Cardarelli, who spent ( last week with Mrs. Jno. L. Miller, . leaves tomorrow for Lancaster where she will spend August with friends, then she will return to her home in Columbia. 11 Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Odell visited . | friends in Laurens last week, i __ . *?** I | Mrs. Margaret drowning ana Mr. >! and Mrs. Maynard Browning have reII turned home, after a few days stay .! with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Browning. ?! Dr. Wm. Brackett has decided to ;! locate here and practice his profesL i sion. Dr. jBrackett returned recently .! from France, where he served a year i J in the medical corps. The doctor is i a North Carolinian. He is a gradub ate of Jefferson Medical college and has had several years experience in 1 his profession. He seems to be a i! young man with the promise of very . i Jvrio-Vif fiThirA before him. He is a I j w ) | son-in-lanw of Mr. Wm. Sherard. We x | welcome him to our town. Dr. J. H. j j Moore, who has been our only phy, [ sician during the war period is much 1 j beloved here and deserves great credi ] it for some miraculous cures and for j! the way in which he handled the in?! fluenza situation last fall. This 3 J place has a large mill population and * ? nm/] TtTA - an extensive country practice auu ?>c j nee4 two or more physicians. ! M?. J#. E. Abrams and son, Tom, ^ : UNCLE SAM TO SELL FOOD AT WHAT IT COST Dreams of Roast Beef, Bacon and Eggs, Chicken Come True? "Bob Cratchits" "Tiny Tims" Happy. Washington, July 30.?Through the postmasters of the country, the war department tomorrow will offer ! j direct to consumers its present availj able supply of surplus foodstuffs amounting to approximately 341,I 000,000 pounds. "This surplus conj sisting of canned vegetables and j meats, is expected to be sold within | a week at prices representing thei j cost to the government plus postage. | Arrangements for the sale of - the ! foodstuffs, directed by a resolution ; passed yesterday by the house were > made today at a conference held by Secretary Baker with postoffice offi cials and Representative Kelly, of j j Pennsylvania, author of the resolu- j tion. 1 Preparing Price List. j Secretary Baker at the close of the . conference said a price list covering | the entire available surplus would be j j prepared at once by Assistant Seere- j | tary Crowell. This list, it was said, ! ; at the postoffice department, would j be sent out to each of the 54,000 j ; postmasters of the country and every ! rural route carrier, ~ - -. # i The postmasters and carriers unI der arrangements made at the con- j ! ference will act as erovernment sales j men, informing interested consumers of the prices and methods of sale and | taking orders for the ) foodstuffs, j Payment will be made by buyers at I time the orders are given the car| riers and postmasters. By Parcel Post. In accordance with the house 'resI olution the foodstuffs will be distrib! ute^by-parcel post and the prices to : be quoted at each postoffice will ' represent the original cost of the i fnnHc+nf-fs tn tViP <r^verr!ir)P7lt ATlil the 111 ~ - I f pa'i^fel post transportation charges | from the nearest war department de-; j pot having the foodstuffs in storage. ! The prices quoted, officials said, Would be considerably below die \ prevailing market prices. While the amount of foodstuffs in J each class, has not been estimated j hearings before a house investigating j committee recently showed the value | of the surplus available July 8 to be j approximately as follows: Canned vegetables $23,000,000;; corned beef ?24,0UU,UUU; bacon $z<5,-; 000,000; hashed corned beef $10,-1 000,000; roast beef $20,500,000, and : fresh frozen meats and poultry $20}- | .000,000. COLE BLEASE ANNOUNCES i Will Be Candidate for Congress in i f General Election. j Columbia, S. C., July 28.?Former f Governor Cole L. Blease today an- j nounced that he would be a candidate \ for congress at the general election, | but that he would not be a candidate ; ! in the primary. Blease is preparing j the platform on which he will enter j the race and will announce it in a few days. AMERICA LENDS HUN MONEY : . I Deutsch Bank of Berlin Gets Sum j of $100,000,000. j London, July 28.?An American ! loan of $100,000,000 has been ob- j tained by Martin Nordegg, represent- | ing the Deutsch Bank of Berlin, ac- : - i ! cording to an exchange teiegrapn dispatch from Berlin. It was said 10 per cent of the loan would be deposited in foreign bonds to the German bank's credit. 1 - i i, and Mr. T. P. Scott left this after- j noon in the Page for High Point, N.! C. They will be gone several days, j The citizens of Whitmire and the, surrounding cities and towns are en-, joying some fine games of base ball. Our Glenn-Lowry boys played Asheville here Friday and Saturday. I Wflnn i wnn out each time. The I UAWUil-UVnJLJ Vt VM ~ _ following games are booked for this week: Gastonia, N. C., vs Glenn- j Lowry, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- j nesday. Gomes called promptly at 6:15 o'clock. Lenoir, N. C., vs Glenn- j Lowry, Thursday, Friday and SaturHav. Saturdavs erame begins at 4:00 o'clock. Good music by Glenn-Lowry . Y. M. C. A. during the games. 1 ."Neta". I Riot Breaks C Agi Negroes and Whites Clash; cnrnes Fire on Train? 77 ories to Patrol Dangt Chicago, July 30.?While the troops were preparing to march from the armories a riot, broke out at Fiftieth and State street. Many menj blacks and whites, clashed, firing countless shots, the police report said. Police reserves were hurried to the scene. Officials of the New York Centra] railroad reported to the police tonio-ht. thnt. in the neero district the blacks were firing on all passenger trains. About the same time the police received word that rioting was in progress across Thirty-first and Dearborn streets, near the heart oi the black belt. Troops were ordered tonight tc various centers regarded as dangei centers. Request for the troops was made to Adjt. Gen. Dickson by Mayoi Thompson to control the race riots. The decision to use troops to patrol the dangerous parts of the trouble zone was taken tonight as a precautionary measure after Adjutant General Dickson had made a round of the South side negro district and its environments. : Situation Grows W~.s*e. He said the situation was more serious than 24 hours before. It was not deemed necessary at -the time the mayor asked for the troopS to proclaim martial law and whether Governor Lowden was prepared to take the step was not madd known. It seemed to be generally believed that placing the militiamen on patrol duty would prevent further serious rioting. "From what I have seen this afterPRESIDENT SUBMITS FRENCH TREATY TO THE SENATE. / President Wilson Asks for Early Action by Senate ori the Treaty. Washington, July 29.?President Wilson today transmitted to the senate the special treaty with France by which the United States pledges itself to come immediately to the aid of that republic in the event of an unprovoked attack by Germany and asked for its early ratification, "along with the ereaty with Germany." President Wilson nxade no direct references to the charges recently made on the senate floor by Republicans that he had violated a section of the pact - by not submitting it at the same time that the treaty of Versailles was presented. Submission of the treaty came after sharp criticism by Senate Republicans, who for several days had openly charged on the senate floor that in failing to present the draft of ? i* xr the pact along with the treaty 01 v ersailles, the President had violated one of the articles of the document. The president did not follow his usual custom of presenting the treaty in person. He sent it to the capitol by special messenger along with a message explaining its object. The Franco-American treaty is almost identical with one signed between Great Britain and France. One difference between the texts as made public by the French foreign office, to which attention has been called that the United States pledges itself to go "immediately" to the assistance of France, while Great Britain "consents" to assist that country. The president told the senate the -J? xi. nrnmrlo purpose ox me ucaii; wao w ^v>>uv assistance for France in case of unprovoked aggrssion by Germany without waiting for the advice of the Council of the League of Nations that such action should be taken and explained that it was to be an arrangement, "not independent of the League of Nations j but under it," "The covenant of the League 01 Nations,"-the president said, "provides for military action for the protection of its members only upon the advice of the Council of the League ?advice given, it is to be preseumed, only upon deliberation and acted ypoii Hrf e&cft of iffiii&menzs oi Ske ' ' ' ; ? ..-V'. : / ' )ut ain In Chicago < Countless Shots Fired?Ne~ oops Rushed From Armir Points in Riot Zone. t hoon and evening I should judge thai L situation and temperament of the people is more serious than it was at this time the night before," saiJ the 1 adjutant general. There were four deaths and a score ; | of persons wounded or beaten in con [! tinued rioting today. The outbreaks ! were widely scattered. ' Of the four I j/deaths, all oi which, vrerc vaults j cf shooting, two were iho rcz'ul'c of s j wounds rccclved in of j Monday and , | Tonight I he c . if :i Cc&:.\ Vcz fori ij four days showed thirty, of T.^.'3n^ I j 17 Wcl'O ZCS.02iw : / 7-.?.,-a 2S:? Qii-M/. 1 The- dfcc;-.."tr. to S:o Z' ;tfc| j cx?:\ itl ^ ?<airpl thel | streets was reached by Mayor: ; -Thompson after a long conference with city officials. There was littlei delay in getting the troops in motion^ I Before the troops were ordered out ! rioting broke out at several placed and police were called on to rant' . down negroes reported in automo-* ! j biles and firing promiscuously on J whites, ^ . { In Twenty-fourth street three ne-t . groes in an automobile fired at thai ; j whites on the sidewalk and in tbej < ' i | Street, a wmie mem was wuiwuvw s while reading a newspaper in a barb-< er shop and a white boy was wounded when negroes fired at a group c? s children playing in the street. ; Reports also were received that a | ; number of automobile trucks fitted with white men were being driven about South side streets, outside tko negro district, trying to stir up anti ' negro sentiment. | member states only if its own judg-< | ment justifies such action." j Pointing out that the treaty "shall / ' receive the approval of the Council j of the League," the president said it *. * | would remain in force "only until, upon application of one of the parties : to it, the Council of the League, act! ing, if necessary, by a majority vote, shall agree that th^ provisions of the, ; covenant of the league afforded her (France) sufficient protection." Mr. Wilson said he was moved to ? sign the treaty by the ties of friend- f j ship binding the two countries and t the assistance France gave America * in its struggle for independence. Without this assistance, the president said, it was seriously doubted wheih| er America could have won its inde- 1 jpfcndence, and added: * I i;L-n it shall riav tho *' i\ Ul/UiliQ imv . ? x ^ t debt." * The text of the French treaty, . / i with the president's message, was j received .at the senate chamber as soon as the session began at noon, i but was not immediately laid before I the senate. * , t j By unanimous consent, the French,' | treaty was laid before the senate in j open session at the request of Chair- < j man Lodge, of the foreign relations 1 : committee. ^ At the suggestion of Chairman Lodge, the treaty was referred to 4 the foreign relations committee with. out objection or discussion. ^ JUDGE WATKINS SWORN IN. a ? - - / Becomes Judge Western f ederal LMs- y trict South Carolina. Anderson, July 28.?H. H. Watkins took the oath of office this afternoon as judge of the Western federal district of South Carolina. J. B. Knight, clerk of the federal court, administered the oath. All the members of the local bar and a few ' friends witnessed the ce^emc-Tw t Judge Watkins took the oath cf - i fice upon a Bible given him when a \ Vitt Ilia mrkthpr He will hold cauu wj ***? ? court at Green- | v Bones?I say, Jones, did I bring < back that lawn mower you lent me ) last summer? Jones?No, you didn't. I Bones?That's too bad. I just eame over to borrow* it again.? roaaon. 9 , . London Answers. < ; I . - * - . . ?..... ...