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4 " VOLUME LV? NUMBER 73. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR * ^ \ ' 36 CENTS MINIMUM FOR SEPTEMBER COTTOK The Maximum of 40 Cents to b< b Reached in May?That is Decis| ion of the Cotton Conference in New Orleans. Fred Lewis in Atlanta Constitution New Orleans, La., Sept. 9.?Wher Maior D. F. McClatchev's stentoriar voice for the price of September cotton at 35 cents before the Americar Cotton association this afternoon with a graduated scale of half a cenl a month until May, when it reaches > 40 cents, the report of the price, recommending committee was adoptee without opposition. The committee had to deal with all sorts of conflicts. It was admittedly *1 1 J? ? ? ?- - ?J / ** r impossioie 10 recommeiiu a pnuc based on supply and demand. So il was predicted upon present conditions. . To Extend Credits to Europe. Declaring that the deterioration ir the cottn crop since August 25 is unprecedented and that the visible supply is far short of world demand, -v the committee's report said: "The president of the United States ronilDatorl frt 1RS11P H Call tC \ JlfliJ UCVU 1V1JUVUWU ?v ? ? _ the bankers, exporters, manufacturers and other large business interests of America, for the purpose of meeting and arranging and putting into effect and force credits for Europe which will enable them to enter our markets." * The resolutions then continue to orge that the executive committee -? Al? A ? PA44ATI oaoncigfiftTl OX tilt/ ? AIUCI iUrt 11 V/VKVVU ?mwvvm?W*W* shall meet at any time on call ol President Wannamaker and recommend a higher minimum price. For > the present they recommended minimum price as unanimously adopted here without opposition will be 36 for September, increases one-half a cent each month to May, when the price reaches forty cents, basis middling, standard government grade. The resolution urged the cotton producers to hold' for a still higher price. ^ Presides. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey presidr ed over all sessions today and handled the situation splendidly.. He was cordially complimented upon his able handling of the program. Wher governor Dorsey took the chair and opened the meeting the Georgia delI ?gation arose in a body, applauding vigorously.' This brought the other delegations to their feet and Governor Dorsey was given a magnificent ovation. Harvie Jordan, of Monticello, Ga., and Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina, were among the leading speakers. Mr. Jordan -spoke on a fair price for cotton, and the three essentials for it, he said, are: First, economic reform in the baling and handling of cotton; second, abundant warehousing at every interior market and third, efficient county organization in every county to take care pi distressed cotton. The Thread on Cotton Seed. The committee on cotton seed and its products which was composed oi the members of the old cotton states official ad\ sory marketing board, including cj issioners of agriculture ' * * 1 directors ol marxei Dureaus anu pi evident of farmers' unions, offered the following resolution dealing with cotton seed which was cordially approved : Resolved. That the spread oi $20.50 allowed the oil mills, by the food adminstration is amply suffix cient for this season; , the word spread meaning the difference between the market value the finished products and the price paid for seed. Owing to the variation in th yield in the different states each state will determine by government analysis the value of, the products from a ton of seed and deduct there from the spread of $20.50 to arrive at the price seed should sell for ir ' car lots at shipping point. Buying Corporation Proosedp. Cotton producers from ten Southern States at a meeting today de1 cided to organize a buying corporation in every county and parish in the belt with the object of buying every bale offered, then holding the staple until the minimum price, to be recommended by a committee of growers, was offered. The cotton, under the plan sub * mitted by L. D. Jennings, of South Carolina, chairman of a committee appointed to consider marketing : 1\ MANN AND 3TOLL [ GO TO CONGRESS o 5 Returns From 6th and 7th Districts Practically Complete?Stoil Pulled Up. Practically complete returns from | . j the two congressional districts in | ? there were second Drimaries I i j Tuesday indicated that E. C. Mann of - j St. Matthews is elected to fill the i j seat vacated by Congressman Lever, ,1 defeating George B. Timmerman, and ; jthat P. H. Stoll of Kingstree is elect5 ed in the Sixth district, to succeed j - the late Congressman Ragsdale, de- j I: feating his opponent, E. J. Sherwood j ux uunwaj. I From the boxes reported so far, j r j practically all, Mann's total is 4,96ft > and Timmerman's 4,033. ; Following are the standing of the candidates: Seventh District. * ? TimmerAvf r% r? L .UdlM. Li.lU.Ll I i Sumter, partial 586 93 s Lee, 1? of 19 313 402 , Calhoun,, complete.. 635 62 Orangeburg, 37 of 41 1,935 294. . i Lexington 29of 37.. 505 2,137 i Richland 29 of 37.. 9^2 1,105 A Qfifi 4,03ft | ? JL V/OUltf , * VV . Sixth District. i I Sherwood Stoll i Darlington 171 442 Dillon 803 191 FJorence 368 890 i Georgetown 480 649 i Horry 2,326 64 L Marion ...' 540 376 [ 'Marlboro 371* 380 . Williamsburg 28 2,169 Total >.6,087 5,162 v > m | COTTON MEETING " ENDS IN UPROAR Resolution to Endorse President's Speaking Trip Proves Bomb. 1 Newx Orleans, Sept. 9.?After the ' American Cotton Association at the closing session here late today agreed unanimously upon a scale of tefhpo rary minimum prices from thirty-six cents for September to forty cents for May, an uproar over a resolution i for the endorsement of .President i Wilson's tour for the league of naf1 tions and for urging the senate to ratify immediately the treaty ensued,, ; in which the proposal to set aside the two-thirds rule, which would allow a vote, was defeated, 46 to 41. The ; meeting got beyond the control of Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, who i presided, and in the uproar-he repeat: edly pounded with the gavel for order. ??a^? ; Among the Advertised. : We want you to look over the ad> vertisements in this paper. It will . be worth your while. Frank Hunter is offering some small tracts of . land close to town just large enough to make a comfortable home. The Globe Dry Goods company has some special bargains for three days. J. [ H. Wise at Little Mountain has f some very fine bargains especially in $ shoes and millinery. John Goggans . has a very fine place for sale very close in. Moon's boneless lean will y . be at your grocer's on Friday. Geo. ; Hipp has a fine lighting plant to sell . you. Bill Smith tells you about the . Chalmers which is being sold at the Carolina Auto company, he says a t real automobile, and he ought to ; know. Then there are others on the r other pages but these are among I those who are just getting into the paper this issue. It pays to read the advertisements. Land sales and all. Convict Escapes. Columbia, Sept. 8.?O'Dell Thompson, negro porter at the Richland county court house here, who was convicted of robbing the Richland I county treasurer's office of over I $12,000 some time ago, escaped from j 1 the county chaingang last night. He was sentenced to a term of seven years. problems, would be purchased at a price one-fourth below the minimum t price, then held until the minimum : price was realized. Officials of the : American Cotton Association, under > the auspices of which the meeting : is heine- held, were called upon to ? <37 V * - * proceed forthwith the organization of corporations. The organization i plans were introduced in the form of a resolution by Mr. Jennings and un' animously indorsed. TREATY REPORT U BEFORE SENATE Republicans Prepared to Contest ] Effort for Ratification at Every Step. Washington, Sept. 10-.?The German peace treaty, and its league of 1 nations covenant, with reservations, 1 was reported to the senate today by i the foreign relations committee, a i majority of whose members oppos- j -J i.; -C Aik?.i'r i 6(1 rJALlllfilLlUIlS ill IIJLC 1UIIU OUVIIilbted by President Wilson. Immediate-! < ly after it was presented by Chair- j < man Lodge, two months to the day j: from the time the president laid it < before the senate, Senator Hitchcock j i of Nebraska, ranking Democratic < member of the committee, annoiuic- \ < ed that the minority report urging : J ratification without amendment or 1 reservation, would be filed tomorrow, j The fight over ratification will be- ] gin Monday, Chairman Lodge an- 7 nouncing that the treaty would be i taken up then and kept continuously 1 before the senate. j i First will come the effort to amend :: the treaty, and then the light for re- j servations, mild or strong. I j Leaders of the administration j 1 forces continued to predict today '; that treaty with the league covenant j. would be ratified in its original form, j j Republican. leaders declared, how-11 ever, that if put to a vote now the j 1 league would be rejected by the sen- 1 ate. Efforts to reach some agree- 1 ment on the question of the reserva- ] tions meanwhile are being made. < The formal report of the majority ; was presented with as little formality as if it had been a bill to carry ] on the routine work of the govern- , ment. There was a larger attend- ^ ance on the floor than usual, how- j ever, indicating the interest in the , forthcoming battle. ^ HELPFUL SERVICES IN A. R. P. CHURCH J A very interesting series "of scrv- < ices is beink held this week in the A. R. P. church. The afternoon services are held at 4 o'clock and the evening services at 8:3U. xne preacn- ' ing by Rev. W. A. McAulay is ap- J pealing and forceful, and full of gos- ] pel truth. The services will continue 1 through Sabbath, with morning and 1 evening service on Sabbath. J The following themes will be dis- ] cussed: ! Thursday evening?"Wilt thou be made whole?" 1 Friday afternoon?"The Christian ^ Home." ] " ' .f1 Jtriday evening? -cjimoLiiig iw Service." ^ Saturday afternoon?"Ten Rea- ^ sons Why." ' Saturday evening?"How Long J Halt Ye?" j Sabbath morning?"Jesus at the < Door." 1 Sabbath evening?"Jesus Passing { By." t DIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. < Lutheran Minister From South Carolina Passes. ' The State, 11th. News has been received in Columbia of the death of the Rev. Pinck- 1 ney Hawkins, on September 5, in < Curwensville, Pa. His parental home < was in the St. Luke's section of Newberry county, and he was graduated J from Newberry college in the class ] of '78. After his ordination as a Lu- i theran minister in 1881 he served as i pastor of Lutheran congregations in < South Carolina, Virginia and Penn- 1 cTTivtjm'n nrtH his last oastorate at J Curwensville, about 15 years. He 1 was in his 66th year at the time of ? his death. His illness had extended over several months. < His only son, Dr. D. B. Hawkins, < formerly of Columbia had returned a5 few months ago from service over- < seas in the medical corps in France J and Germany, where he held the 1 rank of first lieutenant and was with i his father when the end came. ? ' j] Card of Thanks. I desire in ^his way to express my i ? ^ i appreClilLlUIl auu oiutcic giawvuuv i to all of my friends and neighbors s for their many acts of kindness and c helpfulness during the last illness | and death of my wife. My prayer t and the prayer of my children is that c God may abundantly bless every one \ of you. 1 D. E. Halfacre and Children. t CONFERENCE OF LUTHERAN PASTORS For $300,000 Drive Newberry Col- F lege and Summerland?Campaign October 19-31. The Lutheran pastors of the Newberry district met in conference at w ;he Church of the Redeemer, Wed- w lesday, lOtn inst., at 10 o'clock a. tt n. Drs. H. A. McCulIouerh and C. A. ~ f Freed, Columbia, members of the I C central committee, were present and j hi outlined plans for the campaign, j pi Oct. 19-31. The South Carolina j synod is divided into seven districts, tl gach with a director-general, who is tl in direct contact with the central j n committee and who promotes the i d campaign of the district. For the j c: local district J. B. Hunter, Esq., was j t( unanimously elected; and as an aux-j tl iliary or steering committee the fol-! t< [owing were appointed: Messrs. C.! \\ M. Folk, and H. 0. Long, and Revs. ! s< ^ T mi 1? J TT7 TT ! il u. J. oneaiy anu vv. xx. iujux,?uxic ui j u the principal offices of which is to j e enlist the speaking talent of the lay-1 ri men for the campaign. * i c. Preliminary and publicity work isja in the hands of the central commit- j I2 tee, whose organization is complete t] and whose driving power is applied, j h A.11 the organizations of the church 1 F as the Sunday school, Ladies' socie-1 ties, Young Peoples leagues, etc., are j a to be utiKzed. They expect to take ; si the campaign in a rush and "go over j a the top" for Newberry and Summer- h land colleges- All the pastors of the.j d " a A _T ? i. a t district were present, auu cutnusi- x astic and optimistic. ? A like enthusiastic meeting was' d held in the lower Newberry district- c at Little Mountain. ' Pastors from w the upper distrct attended the meeting also: A director was appointed, r< and, as auxiliary committee, Messrs. C J. C. Aull; Pomaria, and E. U. Shealy i S1 White Rock, and Revs. S. P. Koonj^ and J. B. Harman were chosen. j i1 I* A $200,000 DORMITORY ^ !s FOR FURMAN UNIVERSITY \A ?: I c: Greenville, Sept. ^6.?President W. J. McGlothlin of Furman university, e announced today that plans for a e' new $200,000 dormitory for Furman n aniversity are virtually complete and u work on this edifice, whch will be adequate to the greatly increased 01 needs of this institution, will prob ably begin within a very short while. 1 The money to be used in the erec- < 01 iion of the dorfnitory will come from! *c Furman's apportionment of the | ^ Baptist 75 million campaign fund, lu ,o be raised Nov. 30 to Dec. 7. State 4 4.1 leaders of the campaign state that; this addition to Furman's facilities!a] is but a xvery small portion of the ' ?reat amount of good work planned in Christian educational institutions jf South Carolina, to be accomplish- a] ed with funds obtained from the n campaign. ? A campaign in the city of Green- a' irille for $60,000 to be used in the ^ construction of a modern gymnasium i for Furman is meeting with success, [31 and work on the gymnasium will be- Ia ?I? <-V.5? o eliArf | ^111 ttl&U' WlblMll a JllUll muav. ^ it For Little Miss Johnson. ! 12 Mrs. R. C. Johnson charmingly enfcertained Thursday afternoon in honor of the fifth birthday of her little ^ laughter, Margaret. ' The rooms of the residence were arranged beautifully in a blue and pink color scheme, pink and white Ti asters being the flowers used. The | ^ most effective arrangement in the decorating was an American shell .c is land painted blue and pink by Sergt. Paul D. Rivers, brother-in-law of little Miss Johnson, and filled with isters. ^ The children played many games luring the afternoon, the most inter- A jsting one being a "balloon contest." rhe prize, a handsome box of station- J jry, was presented to Dorothy Stew- ?p M-na j T Stewart and Mrs. I Frank DeWitt assisted Mrs. Johnson n making the afternoon the one of w ixtr&ne pleasure that it was for the ittle folk. tj. Later in the afternoon the guests fj vere ushered into the dining room, tc which /Still carried out. the color scheme in every detail. The birthday :ake was iced by Mrs. ?.. B. Bolick, g( rreat aunt of little Miss Johnson for ;he occasion. It was served with :ream to the assembled 19 guests, (h vho wished for Miss Johnson many | lappy returns of the day.?Colum-,^1 )ia Record, 7th. a \ * . ' ' --v. ' -V Tl .V >. i .-S.-. . HICKORY NUTS" TO OPEN SEASON IN NEWBERRY anous Thirtieth Division Show Will Open Season at the Newberry Opera House. I Henry Wells, the amusement man, ill open the season at Newberry ith the famous "Hickory Nuts," le Thirtieth Division musical show. It was presented at Durham, N. not long ago and the Durham Sun as the- following to say about the erformance: "All those folks who didn't go to le Hickory Nut show last night at A /.n/)aiYiir rt-P Mnei/> miccoH thp 1C -O.LaUtXlJljr V/X AAAAMKJWV* VMW irest treat of the year, is the verict of those who did go. A big rowd attended, was tickled pink and jday is advertising the show to beat ae cars. The boys, under the masBrful direction .of Captain O'Hay 'i:o, incidentally, was the main ^ueeze and a good one, too, proved lemselves entertainers of the highst type. The Academy rang with oars of laughter,, shouts of glee and hucklc-s of delight. There wasn't dull moment. It was laugh, laugh, lugh and then laugh some more and -fnllsvnr TlO/1 ?J limit1. tfl VllS kiC TV fTUV UMU M . MAMAW vv tughableness was simply out of luck, 'or it was a case of laugh or bust. "The Hindenburg line smashers re sur^ a smashing success in the tiow business. With such an outfit s they have its dead easy to make a owling success. "Ae orchestra would o credit to that wonderful New 'ork? movie palace known as the ^ialto. The string quartette was a arb. The male quartette simply ouldn't sing enough songs $Q satisfy tie audience. The Belgian orphans, rho according to Capt. O'Hay were 4-1+ a nm ACdC 'V M cscucu uy uic x uikuguMn a. !. A., (we didn't know there was uch a thing) endeared themselves o the folks down in the seats. The aggler was a wonder. The acrobats rere too. The French war bride was tveet as maple sugar. Likewise the Lmerican war bride. The rest of the rowd was bully. And last, but not jast, Capt. O'Hay, the leader, genral director, commander, boss, chief xecutive, stage director, guide, and lainstay, kept the audience in an proar all the time. "The show was clean, sparkling, rackling, live, up-to -date, all the ay through and reflected an mnite amount of credit on the actors, ne and all. It will be^put on again might at the Academy. Many have eclareti their intentions of seeing all over again. Colonel Minor de[ares that he'll cheerfully refund le money of the person who attends nd isin't satisfied." An Inexcusable Error. And it was made by the editor, nd he knew better too. In the otice of the death of Mrs. D. E. - - * * r n r TT^l^ Lallacre we naa it ivirs. cj. u. naixcre. It was inexcusable, because all le Halfacres in the county are good riends of The Herald and News and lbscrbers to the paper, and personlly known to the editor, and just ist why we managed to get the inials wrong we do not know. We jgret the error. And we sympath:e tenderly and sincerely with Mr. [alfacre in the loss which he has istained in the taking from the ome the wife and mother. No one nows what it all means until he has nr? flip pvnprienre. No greater sor dw can come to any home than to irnove the wife and mother, and yet ich sorrows must come sooner or iter to all of us, and all we can do . to trust and believe that some day le clouds will roll away and it will e morning and then we shall know fid understand the providence of the 11 Wise one. LL CONFEREDATE SOLDIERS MUST RE-ENROLL o Confederate Soldiers and Widows of Confederate Soldiers: J All soldiers and widows of soldiers ho were on the old pension roll will ive to re-enroll between now and te last week in October. You will nd me in my office from 9 a. m. > 2 p. m. and from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. Please attend to this at once. W. F. Ewart, spt. 11, 1919. Probate Judge Not Near rer Here. Said Corporal Victor Fleming, .'he man who invented near-beer is padr:ju^ge^f^d41ittin<tes?- ' * p i] sri'\ J y r.i v .. . -V. ! GENERAL PERSHING INVITED TO REUNION ! Old Hickory Association Asks Commander to Attend Meeting in Greenville. Greenville, Sept. 10.?Gen. Pershing was today extended an invitation I in behalf of the Uld Hickory veterans' Association to attend the reunion of the Thirtieth division which, will be held here September 29 and 30, the anniversary of the breaking of the Hindenburg line, by this famous division. BURLESON DENIES GALLOWAY CHARGES l Pnetmicffl* P.pnpral SaVR He Never ^ J I Attempted to Improperly Con-* trol Postoffice Appointments. J Washington, Sept. 9.?Postmaster General Burleson denied that he had sought at any time to "miproperly" ! control postofnce appointments by the civil service commission in a statement tonight replying to recent charges by Charles M. Galloway, w??n. rtitril eorui/io r>nTnm}q<3innpr I 1UI ill^l W1TU UWX T *w V w w , | that Mr. Burleson was attempting to "debauch the civil service and make a sham of the merij; system.." "At no time has the postmaster general addressed a communication to the civil commission with a view of improperly controlling a postoffice appointment," said Mr. Burleson,.. "and he has at no time spoken to. the members of the commission with a. purpose to control their action in. filling any postoffice vacancy." Replying to Mr. Burleson Mr.. Galloway tonight declared the postmast er general "avoids the issue and resorts to mud-slinging." "Mr. Burleson does what every guttersnipe politician does who. has | no truthful defense to charges made against. him," said Mr. Galloway* adding that he reaffirmed every statement he had made concerning the postmaster general. NO ARRESTS MADE ! FOR PROFITEERING I , J Fantastic Stories Circulating All Over the State, as Well as in Columbia. j Columbia Record. | No arrests for profiteering have j been made in Columbia or Anywhere ! else in the State, as far as could be learned after thorough investigation up to noon Tuesday. United States ? - - ' *_ ? _.ff | District Attorney w eston Knew uj. | none and agents of the department J of justice stationed in Columbia had j not reported any to the federal court ; officers, it was stated. Federal of| ficers stated, however, that they had j heard the stories that have been in | circulatipn for several days, but that j as far as they knew these were all I fantastic. The story was circulated alf over Columbia Monday that a prominent ! Main street merchant had been ar{rested. At times tke story was told j about two different merchants. The ! story had it that there was a secrst I agent of the department ot justice 1 working in the city and that this agent went into a store to mak: a purchase, and after some words w: h the merchant, flashed an offic il | badge and made the arrest. At c.:e I time the story said the agent was a * man. At another time it was said the | agent was a woman. | Mr. Weston and others working in ! his department stated that they had i found nothing that would confirm j these stories, and the^ were branded as fictitious. It was also stated that these same stories had been heard m Charleston, Augusta, Savannah and other cities. The agents feel that the public should be more careful as to telling such stories on specific merchants, ! and at the same time they point out * * 11 ?L -?" ?i r? that in tnese siories tu?c ?> sw?tj thing of the secret of the fight | against the H. C. L. It is up to the public to prevent profiteering, they say. | The Tragedy of Keeping Clean A little boy had been given a white suit, and before going to picnic was cautioned to keep his new apparel clean. He obeyed with scrupulous care until late in the afternoon when with a tired look and yearning ap- / peal,he. aske4:- ; | h "Mamma, ma# I sit on jny pants?"