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r t ? # / . ________^_ . . . VOLUME LV., NUMBER 78. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEA* 1_ . - _ -.,._r___. 1_^___, 1^?? 0 PROSPERITY TO HAVE A GREAT CHAUTAUQUA / / I Red and Blue* Waging a Campaigi ?Automobiles by Express?The Young Peoples Society Elects Delegates. Prosperity, Sept. 29.?J. Bernari . Jones, advance agent for the Rad cliffe chautauqua was in town las * week making arrangements for tin chautauqua to be held here early ii October, the exact dates being Oct 7-8-9. During his stay here he or ganized the teachers of the^ Prosper ^ ity high school into teams for th< ; sale of season tickets, with Mrs. M - All ? % C. Morris as captain ol tne Diues am Miss Mayme Swittenberg as captaii of the reds. Quite an active' cam paign is being waged and the com petition is keen. The chautauqu; committee consisting of 18 of -th< /- leading citizens of the town and com munity have been organized with th< .Kev. Unas. J. sneaiy as cnaiiinau, us. J. S. Wheeler chairman of the ar rangement^committee and T. A. Dom inick secretary and treasurer. ? * large tent will be used for the even and this will be erected on Monseley; 4 lot opposite the C., N. and L. depot ? * J-i l ^ onouia mere De a surplus anci yay ing for the attractions this will bi v given to the library of the Prosperity \ high school. The following is a lis of the guarantors fpr this attractivi coarse: Dr. G. Y. Hunter, A. H Hawkins, A. G. Wise, W. J. Wise T. A. Dominick, Dr. J. S. Wheeler Rev. Chas. J. Shealy, J. A. Baker, J *?. t? m c* V Of DlOCUIUtll) XV. x. rvugu, v. -u Wheeler, Dr. J. i. Bedenbaugh, D M. Langford, Geo. D. Brown, P. L Langford, S. L. Fellers, J. D. Quat tlebaum, J. L. May. The October meeting of the liter .ary sorosis was held Friday after * noon with Mrs. T. A. Dominick. Ai interesting program' On* Washingtoi Irvin, was rendered by the member !Miss Ruby Thorn made an impressive talk on Tarrytown, N. Y., the birth place of Irving. Miss Thorn visite< these interesting secnes while tak ^:ing a summer course at the Columbii university during the past summer Misses Salome and Bernice DomincI . served a sweet course. f The -Young People's society o: Grace church met Sunday afternooi and the following officers weri . - ? xi . . elected ior uie ensuing yeai. ncsi t dent, Henry Quattlebaum; vice-pres ident, McFall McWaters; secretary * Miss Annie Mae Gibson; treasurer Miss Louise Bedenbaugh. Missfe: Willie Mae* Wise, Grace Reagin an< Henry Quattlebaum were elected del egates to attend the convention ii T oocuillo Dpf nhpr 10-11-12. Automobile business is getting brisk in Prosperity. J. D. Quattle baum, the live Chevrolet automobil* dealer has received a car of automo biles by express from Tarrytown, N Y. This is the first shipment of au * tomobiles by express in Newberr: county, indicating that Prosperity i wide awake and living up to he: V. name. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Wicker and T P- Jr., were the guests Sunday o: Mrs. A. G. Wise. Miss Carilen Voigt of Eau Clair< is spending a while with her sister Mrs. C. J. Shealy. Monroe Fulmer has accepted a po sition with the Proserity Hardwari Co. . Mrs. Francis Bogguss of New Yor] 3 TTinorrl nf T^Ifwin 2tIlU IUI&3 V UgiUIA uuiMu v. Tenn', are visiting Mrs. J*. B. Hart k man. T The friends of Mr. S. J. Kohn wil be pleased to hear that he is abl< to be out again, after his recent se rious operation at the Columbia hos pital. The highest priced hog ever seei in Prosperity arrived here Friday from Cochran, Ga. This hog wa bought by V. E. Kohn and the pric< * ? nnn paid was fj.,wv. Miss Jean Adams and Miss Stuck; of Pelzer were week-end guests o Mrs. J. C. Schumpert. Col. E. H. Aull $nd family spen * Wednesday here. Mrs. G. Y. Hunter reached honn Thursday from Tryon, N. C. Miss Mary DeWalt Hunter of Lak< City spent the past week at home. Mrs. J. C. Taylor and childrei spent the week-end with. Mr. A. G Wise. G. D. Brown, Jr., has gone on i business trip to Greenville, Spartan burg and Anderson. * Mrs. Nancy TVheeler had \as he It guest Wednesday, Mrs. H. H. Rikard, k. Mrs. Maggie Wicker and Miss Mamie Cline of Newberry. a Mrs. A. G. Wise visited Mrs. J. H. Wise of Little Mountain on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bedenbaugh I have returned to Columbia after a i visit to Mrs. Evans Bowers. - p Miss Grace Reagin spent Thurs- j. t day in Columbia. r e Mrs. Rosa Lester and Miss Susan j. i Quattlebaum motored to Batesburg j rj last week for a visit to Dr. Ed Ridgell j 1 AcV.? I _ iviiss r>en Duoitei xi<to gunc i,v ?iont- ? j. - ville. ? s Mr. and Mrs. Eric Barnes of Sa- ?, . luda are the guests of Mrs. S. J. 1 Kohn. _ O i G. D. Brown has returned from j ^ - Glenn Springs. , g Miss Annie Lee Langford of Spar- j > a tanburg has been visiting her parents j b Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Langford. j j The following boys nave leit ior ^ z Newberry college: Price Harmon, I 5 Olin Long, Pettus Connelly, Herman - Wise, Clifton Shealy, James Roof, - and Bernard Stone. ! . L Mrs. H. P. Wicker is under treat- j ^ t ment at the Baptist hospital. j s Mrs. Carrie Leaphardt left Satur- g day for a visit to relatives in Co- ^ - lumbia. ^ 5 Mrs. M. C. Morris spent the week- ci 7 end in Columbia.1 ^ f 7VTMovnw T?orlonVicmcVi is snpnd- . V 1111 O. VlttAVj ~z J s ing the week in Columbia1 with her son, Ray, at the Columbia hospital. ^ , S. S. Birge has gone to Columbia j '? on a business trip. t The Rev. Leo D. Gillespie, S. S. ^ - field secretary of the upper South t . Carolina conference addressed the. ^ Metl^dists of Rg&perity and Zion ^ - church on Sunday. " ^ PRESIDENT FORCED * TO APANDON JOURNEY d v Woodrow Wilson Made 111 by Exer- 8 Si , tion of Forty Speeches?Returns ? - 11 s to Capital, Arriving on % ^ Sunday. n * On Board President Wilson's Spec- o " ial Train, Stpt. 26.?111 from over1 exertion on his long tour for the 1 peace treaty, President Wilson today C ? cancelled the speaking dates remain- ii ing on his schedule and turned back C f toward Washington. i The president acted under orders t 3 from his physician, Dr. Cary T. Gray- e - son, who said in a formal statement a - that Mr. Wilson was suffering from t ? i: ??, j 4.1.? + I Q , "nervous exiiausuou auu uiai. mmc ? , his condition was not alarming, a 1" s considerable period of rest would be a i necessary for his recovery. 1: After a few days at the capital, j 1 i where the president's special train rJ will arrive Sunday morning, the pres- t I ident may go to some secluded resort ? - for a rest from the official cares I i which have occupied his attention - i - continuously for many months. c A plan for Mr. Wilson to go to c - New York late next week to welcome i { King Albert of Belgium virtually has 1 s been abandoned, but the president t r expects to receive the nation's visitor ? later at the White House. All en- 1 . gagements for the immediate future t t* have been cancelled. a After a night of illness during ? e which Dr. Grayson and Mrs. Wilson i were in almost constant attendance t on him, the president decided to t - abandon his trip when his train t s reached Wichita, Kan. He did not leave his private car there and dur- 1 k ing most of the day-he was in bed. i , In the afternoon and evening he got 2 - some sleep and was able to take some c nourishment. ' t 1 Since he left Washington Septem- s 2 b?r 8, the president has delivered 40 i - speeches for the treaty, and when he c -j leaches Wichita ftaa traveled more than 8,200 of his original 10,000 i miles scheduled. r J Although Mr. Wilson's illness did t s not take an aggressive turn until last t e night, he has not been entirely well I since he left Washington. A slight \ y cold several times handicapped him in c f speaking and for several days he has \ suffered from headache. After Teav- r t ing his train for a three mile walk 1 yesterday near Pueblo he seemed in c e much better trim. t In the evening Dr. Grayson spent s e some time with him and during the i nierht made another visit to the presi- z i dent's car and found that the presi- I r. dent was not sleeping well and that \ Mrs. Wilson, who has been his con- i a stant companion during the trip, had 4 - been up attending to his wants. Wher ? the physician left Mr. Wilson seemed 5 r j to be resting more gently. . S V , CAPITAL NEW! (By Jon I Columbia, Sept. 28.?Probably the trincipal event of the coming week n South Carolina will be the first eunion of the Thirtieth division, to j >e held in Greenville tomorrow and j Tuesday, in commemoration of the J mniversary of the breaking of the j lindenburg line by these gallant sol- j iiers composed of men from Tennes?e end the two Carolinas. An unLsuaiiy attractive program hos been ( rranged by the people of the Mounain city. Governor Cooper, o A this j State, and Governor Bickett, of | ^orth Carolina, will be in attendance | tnd Tennessee will be represented by i Brigadier General L. D. Tyson, who j vill represent-the governor of that! >tate. As told by a Greenville dispatch j ? - rt . ' i? _|_1_ ; I n the Columbia state 01 urns mum- | ng, it was in Greenville that the now ; amed Thirtieth division had its or- j gin, and the reunion of the veter- j ns' association of this war, to be ] ield there this week, will be the irst staged by a returning overseas [ivision. A permanent organization rill be effected at time. The emporary organization was perfectd in France. From this State, in adlition to Governor Cooper, Col. lolmes B. Springs, commander of he old Second South Carolina, fend Jol. P. K. McCully, commander 01 j he old First South Carolina, .have i irominent parts on the program. ?hese gentlemen, the former from J Georgetown and the latter from An[erson, had their regiments largely | lisintegrated under the program i trhich congress carried out in pur-1 uit of the war, but each commanded s fine body of troops -as .ever went ti battle. Both were on thfe Mexican rontier before the war with Germany. Col. Springs was in command f the Second at the time, and Col. IcCully was lieutenant-colonel of the ^irst. Later, upon the resignation of Jol. E. M. Blythe, of Greenville, then ti command of the First, Col. Mc'ully was promoted to the command; The organizations of veterans of he world war, which are,-being formd throughout the country, and which re being consolidated into a na 1 oro orninor to have lOIicli Ui v .? . _ , wonderful effect upon the future cl."clc3 of this government,?unless, ,s General Pershing told them when le got ba<3c from Europe, they alow petty politics to enter inio it. There is little danger, however, of hese men allowing themselves to be ,'uided by any man or set of men, for j >olitical purposes. The worl:1 ron-1 lagration which they went through | >n the soil of a continent thousa ds] >f miles from home has purified their, nanhood in the most fearful cruci-1 j- J.1-- 1 )le? in all tne nistory 01 uie yeais, he cause for which they fought has jiven them an inspiration for the rigbest ideals, and the memory of heir comrades who sleep the last long Jeep in a foreign land will strengthm them to follow those ideals to the ittermost. They were the flower of 1 wv%.l*l?ei Tvianhrvrtrl hpfnrP fhft bat 'IIC WU11U O 1X1U1111VVVA ;le, and the battle has taught them ;he big things of life and of living. Colonel Roosevelt, a son of the ate ex-president, who was instrunental in the national organization, md who declined to be made its hairman for the reason, as he stated, ;hat it might tinge of politics, is icheduled for an address here durng fair week, and he will get a :ordial reception in South Carolina. . i And if there ever was a time when nen of broad vision were needed in | he affairs of fchis country, and of j ;he entire world, and needed in some ;ind of an organization, it is now, ?hen there is so great an evidence >f unrest, and of clash between the rarious forces that go to make up the esources of civilization. The Atanta Constitution is one of the most :onservative newspapers in this sec-1 nna VPTV VllVhGSt I lUIly - aim viiv v*. -?0 itanding. On its front page this norning it displayed the news, fairly md impartially, as usual. The first >ig headline, across the entire page, vast "Strike Paralyzes British Railoads." The next big headline was: 'Unions Move to Spread Steel Strike." The next was: "Italy is shaken by Predictions of Civil Strife." Something is deeply and i \ ' ' 5 AND GOSSIP C. Aull.) j [radically wrong when these are the ] I leading: items of news of the day. And the people of this country are J getting very tired of congress fritterinp' swflv its time, and thev are 1 looking to it to settle this league of nations covenant and the treaty of J peace, one way or the other, and get down to other serious domestic business, and to giving its attention to ] the pressing demands of the nation. Efforts are being made to establish another newspaper in Columbia, and they are meeting with considerable success. No intimation has been ] ^ ivcn as to who will be in charge of . the management?in fact, it has been ' stated that it is a business proposition, and that nobody is slated. It 1 is to be a daily afternoon newspaper, { and a considerable amount of stock 1 has already been subscribed. ^ 1 Commissioner B. Harris, of the ' State department of agriculture, is 1 still urging the farmers to hold their 1 cotton. "We won the fight for 35 ^ cent cotton," he said, "and I wish ( we were fighting for 40 cent cotton now or for even a higher price, for 5 cotton is worth it. But, let us fight ] for the minimum that has been set, 1 and the way to fight and to win is to hold the cotton until the price goes up. It is so simple, and the results * would be so sure. Not alone the fanner, but every person in the South would be helped by the success of the farmer. Then why should not all make this their fight?" he urges. Mr. W. A- McSwain, of Newberry, State " insurance commissioner, has made good in his department, and is regarded as one of the most effici- J ent of the State officials. He is now ] niwvinra +I10 Akcumron/ic ^iro nro. UlgiAlg W1AV TU11VV VX XiiV ^/*v vention day on October 9. Commis- 1 sioner McSwain says that at this time 1 of need in housing conditions, and 1 the high cost of labor, it is just as 1 patriotic to conserve property against" ? destruction today as it was while we were at war with Germany." Gov- i ernor Cooper has given his hearty en- ] dorsement to the program outlined for the observance of the day. Mr. McSwain has written county and < city officials in regard to the matter, and they will probably give the people the entire plan through the vari j aus county papers. The Columbia canal case, it has been announced by the attorney gen| eral, will be tried here some time S this fall. In this case the State is suing the present claimants of the canal, generally known as the "Robertson" interests, alleging that by violation of a contract with the State, under which the State turned over the canal to them and their predeces 4.T oi.i ^ ? surs, tne otaie s xormer interest 111 i the canal property has reverted back to the State, and that the property must now be turned back to the State. The matter has been in the courts for some time. The supreme court recently sustained an order by Judge Townsend, overruling the contention of the defendants that there was nn r>nncf> r?f hp firm wViirti mpsris . that the case must now be tried by a jury. The present value of the canal is problematical. It is, however, very considerable. It was built by the State many years ago, and turned over to the predecessors of the present holders under a contract which provided for the opening of the lower end of the canal, a short distance below Columbia, in the interest of navigation of the Congaree river between this city and Georgetown and the ocean. The State contends, and j the legislature passed an act to that j effect two or three years ago, that the contract was violated, all of which is denied by the defendants, and the matter will now be passed upon by a jury of this county. The women of the State are pressing their campaign for ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the constitution of the United States, civiner women eaual suffrage I ' 0 " - with men. There is no doubt that they have been making some headway in South Carolina recently, and j I the legislature may vote with them. I \ K A*5BlH5s m ' A: J. 'PROTECTION AND SELF- f; PRESERVATION DAYS."! j ] Columbia, S. C., Sept. 26.?J. Skot- ) :owe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association, has is- ] iued a proclamation setting aside 10 i iays, October 1-10 as "Protection i ind Self-Preservation Days," in the ] cotton belt. Farmers, merchants, 11 bankers, business and professional men are called upon in those 10 days : to form corporations for the erection i of warehouses to be owned and con- j trolled by the people and also for the : formation of corporations for the purchasing "distress cotton." The proclamation issued by Mr. > i* ii - -> i?..n. WannamaKer ioiiows m xuu; j Whereas, we have received many | telegrams and letters from every | section cf the belt urging that a regular date ?et a?ide to be known as "Protection and Self-Preservation * Jays." i.o be used by the farmers, bankers, merchants, business and J professional men and all others inter- J ssted in the protection and self-pres- j ervation of the South, for the pur/vf-A s\^ Afn?oyiT'7 j-n tv Q Y* j*1 prpphincr [JU5C Ux uuu V4. warehouses to be owned and controlled by the people and operated either under the federal warehouse act for < the warehousing of cotttm or under the Cannon., plan, so that every pro- i iucer in every county and parish in ; the cotton belt can be placed in a po- ' sition to warehouse his cotton and borrow money on same until the min- i ' -1 a : ri-i. imum price set Dy xne American v^ut- j ton Association has been reached; to be used further for the purpose of : organizing and buying corporations under the Jennings plan, so that corporations can be formed for 4fce purchase of distress cotton which is Atld < below the cost of production and below the minimum price set by the association. Therefore, in compliance with < these requests, I hereby set aside 10 iays commencing October 1 through October 10th, to be as "Protection | and Self-Preservation days" for the j nomod nV*nVP | < [mi pvoto v. We are facing the shortest crop in i the last decade. This crop added to the carry-over will fall far short of the demand for raw cotton. One of the largest manufacturers in the South wired me today as follows: "As a matter of fairness and justice and a square deal, I urge that the ; producers not sacrifice their cotton. Ihe mills have an enormous demand for the manufactured product, and on account of their limited supply j will be forced to enter the cotton market very actively within the next 30 days. We will have active competitive buying as soon . as Europe j enters the market, and you can rest j assured that the Europeans will not! permit the loss of their trade. Eu- j rope is in far better condition today j than the South was in 1860-75. I have just sold one million yards of ! cloth at a price which would have j - i I The legislature might as well, because whether one agrees with equal suffrage or not, it is coming anyway, J and South Carolina got on the prohibition band-wag6n on a constitu-! tional amendment, and, following that precedent, could surely get on the suffrage amendment, without loss of any more prestige. The States are making a dangerous mis* take to surrender their rights in eith - ^ *11 _ ' er matter, but if a state is wining, to surrender her rights on a police power matter, then why urge State's rights against the women? Surely, if it is right for women to vote, that is more important than the regulation of liquor, because if the women j are allowed to vote, they will regulate the liquor, in South Carolina, at least. And if the South Carolina legislature had wanted to surrender its rights in one matter or the other, it might just as well have waited, and surrendered them on the matter of ** 1 tiTAWfln nrnnM suiirage, unu uicu uic nuuKu nvmu have settled the other, without the aid of the legislature. On principle, however, both are wrong; because each is a surrender of the few remaining rights which the States reserve to thmeselves, and if SoutlT Carolina wants to give the women the right to vote, she could do it of her own initiative. But there is no use to argue against the facts. Woman suffrage is coming, and com"O"' cnrin Tf mnv nr mav not iilft TW1.J, WW.. J -- ? come in South Carolina at the next session of the general assembly, but in one form or another it will arrive very shortly. justified me in paying 45 cents pet pound for the raw cotton and still leave me room to make a handsome profit." The manhood, the loyalty and the patriotism of the South will win. The key t othe situation is the erection f warehouses under the Cannon plan and the financing cotton through the bankers and the great federal re serve system and also where deemed neccessary by the bankers by the / organization of either trade acceptance or loan and discount corporations; and further by the organization of buying corporations under the Jennings plan, of course, the buying corporations are to Jt>e independent corporations. No man, no people, no nation can swim with a mill-stone around their W7will nr/\T*lr mif Alii* TV C 111UCU ailVi win vrvia vuv vv&x own salvation. Remember the dates to organize, October 1st through the 10th. " . "For cowards the road of desertion should be left open. They will carry over to the enemy nothing but their fears." Thank God there are a few such in the South. Remember that the organization of the American" Cotton Association is our only complete protection and salvation. This is the most important matter that we can possibly handle. We are in the ^nidst of the greatest commercial fight that has ever been waged in any^ country, the organization of the American dotton. association with one faiillioc members, means commercial freedom, progress, prosperity and untold blessings for future generations. COTTON ASSOCIATION PREPARING TO ORGANIZE The commission for the Newberry county cotton holding association has been received and books of subscription are now open. At a meeting held at the court house on Saturday there was much interest manifest and all of those at the meeting sudscribed some stock. In order to get up the association the farmers of Newberry county must average from 20 to 30 shares each in order to raise the stock. The shares are $10 par value. It should be easy to raise the amount. The books may be found with County Chairman Jos. L. Keitt. ENUMERATORS WANTED FOR TAKING THE CENSUS The fourteenth census of the United States will be taken in 1920. The actual work to begin on the 2nd of January, 1920. Enumerators to do the work will be appointed on an examination by the supervisor with the approval of the director of the census. Appointment of enumerators will be made upon satisfactory examination. Applications will be received by the supervisor for the third district at his office in New-'' berry. Blanks and other information will be sent to all applicants promptly The enumerator must be a resident of the census district. And ' - ? ? ? ? TT?*Jam n may De a woman, uuuct mc ?.vu preference will be gitfen to soldiers of the late war in any branch of the service. The pay will average from $4 to $6 a day. Just as soon as the department at Washington furnishes a list of the enumeration districts they will be ' made known. The supervisor of the census for the third district, which includes the counties of Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick, Green wood and Newberry, will be glad to receive applications for appointments Address Elbert H. Aull, Supervisor of the Census for the Third District, Newberry, S. C. It is the purpose of the supervisor to make as near absolutely correct ns it is nossible. and in order to do se' he must have the cooperation of the people and a competent set of enumerators. The supervisor will make a trip through the district in the near future and will be leased to have the cooperation of the people in securing intelligent and competent enumerators. He?I love the good, the true, the beautiful, the innocent? She?This is rather sudden, but I think papa win consent.?Stray Stories. A ^