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SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION COTTON ASSOCIATION Columbia. April 26.?The semiannual meeting of the South Carol'nu .if fVip A niPficjlll Cot tr>n association will be hold in Columbia at Craven .Hall on Wednesday, Uay 5, at noon. As this is to be a very important meeting of the association it is urged that every county in the state be fully represented. All members of the association are urged to attend the meetings in their counties prior to the convention. The May 5 convention will take <'rtvoo mr.ttovs frt?- t ll rtTftl 1 <rb d'is cussion, according to an announcement by R. M. Mixson, president. These will be Warehousing, Finances arid Organization. The South Carolina division is anxous to have sufficent warehouses n the state to take care of the 1920 crop and will bend every energy to this end, according to officials of the association. Plans are under way to further perfect the organization in the state. Membership campaigns will be conducted in every county in an effort to secure as members those merchants, farmers, bankers, business and professional men who have not yet joined the association. A special effort will be made to enroll the women of the state into the ranks of the association. The American Cotton association at its meeting in Montgomery voted to admit the women into the convention on the same basis as men. One of the speakers at the May 5 convention in Columbia will be Mrs. Cora D. Mathis of Alabama, a large and successful woman farmer, who thrilled the Montgomery convention. Mrs. Mathis is very enthusiastic over the niiicrxvau \juitua aoovviavwti* Each county chairman in the state is urged by President Mixson to see that his county is represented by a large delegation at the meeting. HONOR OF UNITED STATES AT STAKE, SAYS PRESIDENT Declares Issue Which League Will Raise With Voters of Country InVolves Redemption of America's Most Solemn Obligations. Wichita, Kan., April 22.?A letter from President Wilson to Jouett Shouse, elected today as delegate-atlarge, setting forth the league of nations as a campaign issue, was read to the convention. The President wrote: "I cannot help thinking that the party is to be congratulated on the fact that it has come to a year of exceptional opportunity and duty. The issue which it will raise with the voters of the country involves nothing less than the honor of the United ctdirj cviiu tzic icucmyiiuii ui no mvow solemn obligations. Its obligations to its associates in the great war and to mankind to whom it gave the most explicit pledge that it went to war, p.ot merely to win a victory in arms, but also to follow up that victc :y with the establishment of such a concert of nations as would guarantee the permanence of a peace based on justice." Col. Sam Amidon, of Wichita, was elected national committeeman by acclamation. The delegates-at-large are Mrs. Caroline Drennan, Arkansas City, Jouet Shouse, Kinsley,; former Governor George H. Hodges, Clathe, and R. W. Blair, Topeka. The country must be prepared to see the Democratic convention at San Francisco' nominate President Wilson for a third term, J. Hamilton Lewis, former senator from Illinois, told the convention in an address tonight. "The country must be ready," he said, "to see the convention at San Francisco put Wilson as its candidate before the nation as a protest against the treaty of peace being tortured into the pack of revenge on nations, as licensee of murder of men, and command for raids and invasions upon oppressed and suffering peo pies. I FRANK SHEALY QUITS CIGARS 22CaIibre Bullet Explodes in After Dinner Smoke. j Lexington, April 22.?It's no more cigars for Hon. Frank W. Shealy, the popular chairman of the South Carolina Railway Commission. Hereafter?or at any rate for a good many days to come?Frank Shealy is either going to smoke an old cob pipe or a cigarette when he smokes at all. The chairman of the railway commission is a stauncn believer m the movement to lower the high cost of living, but this not altogether for the reason for his cutting out cigars. It came about this way: A day or two ago Mr. Shealy purchased a cigar made by a well known Tampa, Fla., manufacturer from a well known local dealer in Lexington for his after-dinner smoke. For a few minutes everything went well, says Mr, jShealy; but the next second, just as the popular taking strong pull, there was a mighty ex plosion, followed by a scream on the other side of the room, and when Mr. Shealy came to his senses he was minus a cigar. The cigar wras "loaded" with a .22 caliber rifle bullet, and the little missile had struck the maid on the other side of the room, barely missing Mrs. Shealy, who was sitting near her husband. The negro girl, however, was not injured to any appreciable extent. Neighbors rushed into the Shealy home upon hearing the report of the cartridge. Had the incident occurred a couDle of years aco when the great world war was on, there would not have been anything said about it. said Mr. Shealy, but the war is over now, and it is time for such things as loading cigars with bullets to cease. Mr. Sh^n?y reported the occurrence to the man from whom he purchased the cierar, at the same time present ing the seller with the shattered cigar, together with the cartridge and bullet. An investigation will be made by the Lexington merchant, it is said. NEGRO CONVICTS KILL WHITE GUARD Eleven Other Prisoners in Detail Report Back to Stockade After i ragedy. The Stale 23. Xegro convicts on the DeSaussure state farm at Hagood, Sumter county, early yesterday killed Archie M. Sox, guard, by knocking him in the head with a shovel. Three convicts made their escape after the crime had been committed, running into the nearby swamp with their shackles on. The negroes took Mr. Sox's pistol and shotgun with them. Mr. Sox was in charge of a detail of 14 convicts, but only two are supposed to have been connected with the killing. Those who got away were: Adam Griffin, 27 years old, serving a sentence of seven years 1I UK1 i^Ul (.11COOCI VV/UiH.,* , II Wkuv?| 22 years old,. serving an eight year sentence from Charleston; and Mose Bright, 38 years old, serving a sentence of one year from Beaufort. The remaining 11 convicts reported back to the stockade immediately after Mr. Sox had been killed and are said not to have been associated in any way with the crime. A reward of $50 is offered for the apprehension of each of the convicts. \s soon as it was learned that Mr. Sox had been killed, searching parties b^an scouring the surrounding country, but up until late last night none of the convicts at large had been'apprehended. i Mr. Sox was a native of Lexington county and comes from substantial folk. He was 41 years old and unmarried. He is survived by four brothers and two sisters, two of the brothers and both sisters residing m j Lexington and two brothers living at j Hickory, N. C. The Rev. E. J. Sox is a Lutheran minister and along with his duties as pastor has been a professor in Lenoir college. D. J. Sox also lives in Hickory, where he is foreman of the Elliott Contracting company. Preston R. Sox and Labon E. Sox reside in Brookland, while Mrs. ! Wade Roof and Miss Margaret Sox, the sisters, live about two miles from the town of Lexington. The remains of Mr. Sox will be brought to Columbia this morning for interment in Lexington county. Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the penitentiary, was in Hagood yesterday morning at the time Mr. Sox was killed. He got in touch v> ith the Columbia office at once and had sheriffs and rural and city policemen notified of the killing and furnished descriptions of the men who had escaped. REED FORCES TURNED DOWN IN MISSOURI League of Nations Looms as Principle Issue Before State Convention. Joplin, Mo., April 22.?The league of nations covenant and the stand of United States Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, league opponent, loomed tonight as the principal issue - ? .. r\,_L 1 . before the Den cratic &Lai,e conveu1 tion which convened here today to . elect delegates to the national convention and adopt a State platform, j , Another issue was brought for-' ward late today when Frank H. Farris, of Rolla, candidate for the! Democratic nomination for Governor, announced that he had filed with the committee on resolutions proposed action favoring amendment of the Volstead Prohibition Enforcement Act to permit the manufacture of beer and light wines. ! Reed is Selected. The first open movement in the Reed controversy came this afternoon when the Fifth district delegates (Kansas City and Jackson County), in caucus, selected Senator Reed and Joseph Shannon to be district delegates to the national convention at San Francisco. I! The caucus also adopted a resolution declaring that the delegates were "elected with freedom of action on the platform to be presented to the national convention, any resolution by this State convention to the contrary, notwithstanding." Under convention rules all district selections must be approved by the convention. ; Mentioned as Candidate. Senator Reed has been mentioned as a prospective candidate for dele- ' gate at large to the national convention, but he has declared he would not be willing to serve if the convention instructed the delegation to vote fv?v ? rmtinnnl nlatform nlank sup porting- the league covenant. Anti-Reed forces claimed a victory tonight when the credentials committee of the convention voted to unseat a delegation of twenty-two Reed supporters in favor of a delegation instructed to oppose any endorsement of Senator Reed by the convention. THREE MORE BODIES ?fttfN t & nzrr v fUUINU L/\0 1 V? j^-i^rv. Mrs. Lester Waters, Miss A!?c?? Meshine and Robert Manning Drowned on April 4. i The State. j Anderson, April 22.?Three more bodies were recovered from the Savannah river of the party who were drowned on April 4. Mrs. Lester ; Waters, Miss Alice Meshine and RobA ** of fo^Jo'c ere maiming wcic muuu ?o uuuv ^ ferry, near Mt. Carmel, 20 miles below Harper's ferry, where they went down. It has been the opinion of many that the bodies would not be found until the river rose again, as they were covered with sand, and this theory has been proved by the fact that the river is up higher than it was at the time of the accident and is now 12 feet above normal. E. W. Harper and others stationed the!>s?lvcs at Cherokee shoals and two bo<:es passed that they could v V \ not get them as they were too far out. Mr. Harper also states that he could kle-'itlfy th? holy of Lest?r Waters when it went by also, but he could not catch it. The ferrymen all down the river are on the lookout for the bodies and they may be recovered in a few days, and there are now only two that have not been seen. Ail of the bodies that have been found have been positively identified, the two young women who were found Wednesday afternoon were identified by jewelry. The funeral of the three unfortunate young people was held at Lowndesvilie Thursday morning. w*rvv vriRkr POR7FR BUYS A HOTEL From the New York Evening World. Here's a 100 per cent, true story about a man who started, twelve years ago, as a $25-a-month hotel porter, is today the proprietor of a prosperous hostelry and has no patent on his success receipt?work, thrift and watchfulness. The man is Harry J. Choucherie, head porter at the Hotel McAlpin, who assumed a 15-year lease on the Colonial hotel at a gross rental of 1-4 million dollars. He is still bossing the McAlpin porters and intends to for some tome to come, besides running the Halem hostelry. He Planned Ahead. "How did I do it? Why, I just made up my mind to do it and now I've <done it," explained Mr. Choucherie. "A man is nothing more than he bej;/-.v7?.c> I Holiovpd thnf. I would 11U * VO 11V. iC* ? ... ? have a hotel of my own some day and now I have it. But Fm not going to stop here. No. I want to?Ftn going to?make such a success of this place that the Astors will build me a hotel right on this site some day. "I began life as an assistant express wagon driver," continued the porter proprietor. "I worked up to be superintendent of drivers. That was twelve years ago. I was then getting $150 a month?that was a very handsome income twelve years 'Acrn. T took some stock of my pros pects in that line. The best I could ever do in the express wagon business would be to get the job of the man above me. That paid $195 a month. Quit $150 Job. "I quit the express wagon business and went to work as a porter for the Beltmont hotel at $25 a month. I worked there six years and learned a lot. Then I connected with the McAlpin and worked up to be head porter and chief of transportation service. I have been there six years, but I am not ready to quit yet. "I believe a man can be whatever Vu> wants tr> hp. That is. alone: the line of his abilities, of course. I could not be President of the United States nor could I push this building over with my hands?but I have succeeded in being what I wanted to be. A man should make up his mind what he wants to be?then go to it. Work, study, save and keep your eyes open and things will come your way. "Yes, I am studying all the time. Getting the theory of the business as well as the practical side." Mr. Choucherie pointed to the rows of books that lined the wall of his apartment. Mr. Choucherie is 35 years old. WILL HUSBANDS AND WIVES TAKE THEIR DIFFERENCES BEFORE CONGRESS? By N. B. Dial, U. S. Senator From South Carolina. In this country we have a constitutional form of government and ;aws to redress all wrongs, and when these are upturned anarchy will prevail. Without intending in the least to criticize my colleagues, I am thoroughly convinced that congress is taking cognizance of too many quarrels between different groups of citizens. We are continually having hearings, spending money, and consuming time, and, to my mind, very little good has been accomplished. If the parties to these controversies knew that thev would not get the ear of congress, they would get together and settle their own grievances more rapidly and there would be less unrest and turmoil. I fear that we are allowing our body to fast become the clearing house for the scandals of the nation and are affording free advertising to much muchracking that p-Vi--.nl/-l nAt ho abroad. We are elected directly by the people, and we know, or at least should know, what is best for them, and should legislate on national subjects in a broad and comprehensive way. If the pace we have been setting in the recent past is continued?taking notice of all items from school teachers' pay to the League of Nations and peace treaty?it will not be long before husbands and wives will bring their differences for us to settle. We should remember that the several states still have rights, and they should cope with them and settle all intra-state questions, and that we should not undertake to investigate matters unless they are of a peculiarly national character and unless hnvA n institutional rierht to ap ply a remedy. It is high time to lay a^idf all unnecessary restrictions and let the public uCt- normally again. It is a function of gover?.!!??1^ to tax, regulate, and supervise, but not to engage in business. The government should get out of all business it can at the earliest minute and allow its citizens to pursue their usual course in a national and legitimate way, otherwise we will grow up a nation of dependents instead of an independent population. Discovery Bares New Source of Platinum Supply. In testing native ore for gold, a California chemist, says Popular Mechanics Magazine for May, discovered that, tho ordinary prold treatment, with a supplementary process, extracted platinum in the form of platinum black, and in quantities up to several ounces to the ton. TEACHERS EXAMINATION ; The regular spring examination for teachers' certificates will be held! Saturday, May 1st. This will prob- ] [ably be the last State-wide examina-! tion as the new law for a central ! board of examiners jroes into etr'ect j June l?t. \\ hite applicants will report at the i I Xc-wr-crry nigh school. i i Colored applicants will report at the Knr>-,> <? ho:ii nt ? n. m. i C. M. Wilson, j Countv Sup;. Education, s ' 4-2-td i ! ' The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. By \V. F. Ewart, probate judge:; I Where?.?, J. Henry Rasor has made j I suit to me to grant him letters of ' administration of the estate and effects of Jim W. Watts. j These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular ine kindred and creditors of the said Jim W. Watts deceased, that they be and ! appear before me, in the court of .probate, to be held at Newberry on J , Wednesday, April 28th, next, after 4 publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in [ j the forenoon, to show cause, if any! j they have, why the said administra- j j tioii should not be granted. ; Given under my hand this 8th day Anvil A nrtrt rinmini. 1D20. j * W. F. Ewart, ! j P. J. N. C. | NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.; j I will make a final settlement of: i the estate of William Greenwood in the probate court for Newberry! , count, South Carolina, on Saturday j the 8th day of May, 1920, at 10;" ' o'clock in the forenoon and will im- j a mediately thereafter ask for my dis-j. . charge as administrator of said es- i tate. . W. M. Greenwood, Administrator. Newberry, April 10, 1920. STREET DUTY NOW DUE AND MUST BE PAID. Notice is hereby given that Street Duty is due now am must be paid by j the first of May?after that date a j penalty will be added. I ask that all who are liable for j this payment give immediate atten- j tion to this notice. E. L. Rodelsperger, thief of .Police. I 4-16-td I NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. N . A meeting of the stockholders of The Her aid and News Company is hereby called to be held in the City of Columbia, South Carolina, in the oflice of the Carolina Life Insurance Company on Friday, April 30, 1920, at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose of considering a resolution to liquidate, dissolve, and wind up the affairs of the said company. A. H. KORN, President. "March 30th, 1920. (This is the old company that sold The Herald and News plant to the Herald and News Incorporated.?Ed. H. and N.) | * m Can Yc i f I Alluring ways our earnings Compared wi orofitable savi *. I I Yet in the bus ; saving is admi ! tance than eai . J Do you save? Or do vou sa\ When you am you can begin I future. ! The Natior M L. newu? b. c matthf.ws, President. i State, Coun a ? 1 memoer i 11 J c/- ?? i'j ' Goes Strain! * <"\ /-xv;'v I i r*r- ? ! jSi-^y /> "^7^/ I N-^rv r>/_2.vTi-v> x 4---?.??? ?. r=:.~Hn Our toll lines reach : ; low STATION TO S service a real economy, | SOUTHERN BELL' I AND TELEGRAPi: I JUST R] A shipment of Player ar ner Pianos. Will save yc every day. See me at G. I J. L. B( Factor WEL Do not throw broken i away. Let me weld thfem and time. We handle al your entire satisfaction, repairing at prices to plea* ing and it will be promptl$ Correspond* Toe 17 UCAOi JU? Little Mou GALVANIZED CORRUGATEE Have two thousand two hun number twenty-nine gauge Galvs and 10 in. lengths. One thousar Crimped in same lengths. This 21st, expected any day. You ought to use our Lead E ing. Send for circular. 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