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s . v:.? t ' ' -r,' . vTV s; -s ! \ ' .... . " ' .. ' # 0 % \ ~ : r / _ VOLUME LV., NUMBER 81. , NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919. TWICE A WEEK* $1.50 A YEAJi * fRK >? ? rlr I i J > n i mrmi oAl UKI * -! i NEV fA 1 J J .? I t du neaa or 1 I kind and wil ] and will be ? Rememb Y TV I^ / f ?? HUMORS DENIED BY GOVERNMENT Senator Takes Up Matter With Department of Justice in Washington. P. H. McGowan in The State. Washington, Oct., 5.?Senator Dial has received from the department of . justice positive assurances that there is no >-uth in rumors of profiteering havir v been disclosed among South Carc-.-.a merchants by agents of the - department. Complaints had come to the senators that legitimate retail business in the state was suffering damage through the persistent currency of rumors that federal agents were visiting stores, comparing sales : prices with wholesale invoices and finding evidence of abnormal profits. Cognizance of these reports was taken by the chamber of commerce of f several cities, which investigated and as a Result repudiated these stories. Senator Dial, in order to learn the facts, asked Attorney General raim- j er whether any such investigation or findings had been made. The attor ney general informed the senator today that such inquiry, had referred the question to the only other agency j likely to have been concerned, this | hpW the office of the fair price ! commissioner for South Carolina, Al- j > bert D. Oliphant of Columbia. The i attorney general furnished Senator' Dial with Commissioner Oliphant's \ reply, Mr. Oliphant says that so far j as his office is concerned, no evidences of much profiteering have been found, nor have the methods alleged to be employed been used by j him. Commissioner Oliphant writes as J follows: "So far as this office is concerned ' there is no truth in the rumors which j have reached Senator Dial, as we 1 have not four.d evidences of 'much J ; , v' " " ' - - - i. :iAr. ' ^ Al 4 r UP All TO BE )AY, OCT warn a^^. WBVH VBKK 9 "\ \ ares and Hors ? ? ? 1 take the placfc >old at auction. \ ier the Place an bur price bi fiiiet1 ^ _? profiteering/ nor have we used so far. the system of investigation described in the senator's letter, i. e., securing prices and then asking for invoices. "As you know, I have not concerned myself with any commodity except food. We have had no trouble in securine local wholesale prices for food without asking for invoices and of course the market reports cairied by the Associated Press give us the prices for food at the primary markets. Our 'fair prices' for food are arrived at through action of fair price committees, on which food dealers have representation, and we do not secure them by asking for invoices, for the simple reason that it has not been necessary. "To set at rest the rumors to ^ ? T\* 1 i* 1 amined, for the reason that I knew the wholesale prices both of fresh meats and of bread making materials. Moreover, these investigations did not disclose any great amount of profiteering. "The rumors to which Senator Dial refers are current in Georgia as well as in South Carolina. The morning paper in Columbia prints a story today denying the truth of these rumors as far as Columbia is concerned." . A Good Loser. Punch (London). There is no sort of control over the kind of eggs a hen shall'lay, says ?* "" ^ a Ti. The Morning rosi. it is ramei pathetic to see our contemporary admitting defeat. . 1 SOLD RY C es from 3 to 5 y : of high priced This is your ch d Date, Newberr iys the anim p-Six w [lieutenant dozier i * ? * ^T<n/vn 4 Ten i AUA1IN UC.CUKA i ?.1/ ? Officer of Fort Mill Company, 30th Division, Made Chevalier by French Republic. I \ TheV State. Hock Hill, Oct. 6.?James C. Do- i zier has just received from the pres- I ident of France the decoration of a Chevalier or the Order of the Nation-! - * ** ? T' * J-L 4. I al Legion of Honor, it is an auratiive decoration and is highly prized by Mr. Dozier, who served as a lieutenant of the Fort Mill company, be- > ing in command of that organization a considerable part of the time the j company was abroad. A few days ago he received the order making him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. f The certificate naming him for this prized honor, founded by Na- . poleon I, was drawn on May 5, 1919,i land says: "The grand chancellor oi > j the National Legion of Honor hereby j j certifies that on May 5, 1919, the > i president of thewrepublic of France conferred upon James C. Dozier, lieutenant, Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth regiment of infantry, of the American army a decoration of the Chevalier of the Order of National Legion of Honor." Lieutenant Dozier has previously i been awarded the croix de guerre, j j the British military cross and the j congressional medal of honor. | CLUB BOYS' LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST j V ! Clemson College, Oct. 4.?South | Carolina's club boys will put on a i new feature at the coming State fair ; in the form of a live stock judging contest. Supervising Agent of Boys' Clubs, L. L. Baker, is now working out the details and working up a representation of the club boys from ^each county to enter the contest. ?wanWB1UMUIMUWIWHU? M AT AU( T ?-? OUR J f ears old. All t TUair a luico* i tivj u ance to get a g< y, S. C., Saturd al. Wesha ; f nt _ . dtoc NEWBERI {-> Hours fqr White Pj 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. (Ma 0 . 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. (Ma] 4:00 to 6;00 P. M. (Fei 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. (Ma 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. (Ma 9:00to 11:00 A.M. (Ma ' 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. (Fei 9:0(Fto 11:00 A. M. (Bol Though there are several matters yet to be # settled and announced, the following pioints have been settled: 1. Two leading prizes, . a pure bred gilt donated by Duroc Hog Farms, Cartersville; and a pure bred male pig donated by Dr. a. J. summers, Cameron, have been secured. 2. There is no fee for enterir^g the contest, which is open to all club boys. * 3. Club members desiring to attend \yill be admitted to the fair on half-price tickets, which must be secured through county agents. nnnfoaf will hp held on Wed IliC I.UUVVUV ? ? ? nesday or Thursday, probably the latter, of fair week. Club boys should see their county agents at once about entering the contest and securing special tickets for the fair. THREE NEGROES SLAIN IN GEORGIA t Washington, Ga., Oct. 6.?Tliree negroes have been killed, two burned at the stake early today, as a result of the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff Red Freeman near Lincoln^ : < , S I > *? - rf- - j* ' '< ^ ISA VND HC nmoN 1 *' * . T HO * ' t i 1 _1_ . :ne aDove siock < ire all sound yoi ood horse_at you ay, October lit! II expect yot :k C< IY FREE VENEREAL DISEASE ^o. 501, 502, 503 Exchange Bank TREATMENT PERIODS. itients. Days Houri^ f [ ' ^ ^__ ile only.) { Mondays 7 *30 to 9'1 I- I Tnee/Wa , 9l00^Oll:C V1"J"/ i 4:00 to 6:1 1 ' '. nales.) : Wednesdays 9:00 to 11 :C les.) i \ i 9:00toll:C les.) , Thursdays 4:ooto 6:C nates.) Fridays 4:00 to 6:C , v c , , 4:00 to 6 :C ;h sexes.) Saturdays 7-30 to 9-2 i ton, in Lincoln county, Saturday night. Jack Gordon and Will Brown, the latter being the negro who is al leged to have taken Gordon in an au tomobile from the scene of the shooting Saturday night, were burned at the stake shortly before daylight today by a mob of a thousand; persons after Gordon has been taken from the Lincoln county officers. Mose Freeman, a negro charged with mislead ing members of a mob hunting Gor. don, was shot to death when he tried to escape. Deputy Freeman, who was shot through an eye, the bullet lodging in his brain, died this afternoon and will be buried at Lincolnton tomorrow. He was first reported dead due to the fact that he was unconscious and showed np signs of life when friends hurried to the scene of the shooting. Last reports from Lincoln county tonight indicated all was quiet and no lurtner trouDie is anticipated unless negroes Gordon is said to have implicated are found. A quiet hunt is in progress for these men. Gordon was caught f\ve miles from here late Sunday and kept in jail until 2 o'clock this morning when IE I J S HBnHBHnniBM / tnnrn . f*--' v # >. ? /> 1 ' ' ' 11 ^ V 'CLOCK U3L ... ' * . ire die good Miff animals r own price. t - t > i,1919 i f ' * 1. "" ... . --* !T~ * CLINIC ^ Bldg. or Colored Patients. )0 P. M. and 10 P. M. (Both sexes). 10 A. M. and >0 P. M. (Both sexes.) J 10 A.M. (Both sexes.) 10 A. M. and 10 P. M. (Both sexes.) 10 P. M. (Both sexes.) V 10 P. M. and 10 P. M. (Both sexes). i * * * he was turned over to Lincoln county officers. Once in Lincoln county the mob seized Gordon, brought up Brown, who had been caught earliefr in the day, and fastened both to an old wagon. Wood and trash was piled around the negroes and*the torch applied. VIRGINIA JURY CONVICTS YOUTHS / Christiansburg, Va., Oct. 6.?A jury in the Montgomery county circuit court, after deliberating an hour and 15 minutes tonight, brought in a verdict of guilty against Benjamin Siegel, Newport News; Robert W. Ware, Dunneville, Va.; George W. Bott, Jr. Richmond, Va., and Albert 7 , G. Copeland, Wyanoke, Va., former sophomores at the Virginia Polytechnic institute, charged with assaulting in connection wit hthe alleged hazingA last spring of John Fox, Roanoke, a former freshman, and fixed SiegePs penalty at one year in the penitentiary. Ware was given six months in ; inil* "Rntt. SO Havs in iail. anri Com*, | land was fined $50. \ which senator uiai reiers, iei, me say further that I have used the service of 'Government agents" only twice, once in the course of an investigation of the price of fresh meats in Columbia, and once in the course of an investigation of the price of bread at our baking centers, to wit: Columbia, Charleston, Spartanburg and Greenville. . In these investigations, no invoices were ex