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COMPLETE CONTROL ! FOR WILSON'S FRIENDS I Administration Supporters Seem to Be In Majority at Convention. Glass for Chairmanship. i San Francisco, June 25.?So far as surface indications were concerned, at least, the friends of President Wilson and his administration ap peared in complete control of the political machinery of the Democratic party today, as the actual preliminaries of the national convention began. The domination was not without its complement of grumbling and complaints among scattering insurgent elements but there was every evidence that on a show down the anti-administration forces not only were far in the minority but were lacking in organization and leadership. The ascendency of the Wilson supporters showed itself in striking fashion in the program for the national committee meeting to decide between contesting delegates. Many committee members ex-: pressed the opinion when a recess was taken until tomorrow without the Georgia contest or the Missouri cases having been reached that the villi-ncr fj-i mflHp in these cases ... would be shaped to keep out of the convention Senator Reed of Missouri,1 critic of the Wilson policies. Another development pointing in! the same direction was the apparent collapse of a fight against Senator -Glass of Virginia in his candidacy; for chairman of the resolutions com-1 mittee a post for which he is commonly reported to have been selected by the president himself. ' j In addition there was accumulating evidence that William J. Bryan : would find the I cards against him in: his attempt to put into the platform' a league of nation plank in disagreement with the president's views and a prohibition enforcement plank framed without the acquiescence of the administration. j With regard to prohibition, how-' ever, the situation remained in state of considerable uncertainty with the trend apparently toward exclusion from the platform entirely. Those who want a liberalization plank continue an active campaign and some members of the New York delegation declared they would carry their fight to the floor of the convention itself, but a feeling gained headway that in the end both Mr. Bryan's bone dry declaration and that of the anti-bone drys would be voted down. j Just where President Wilson stands on that subject has not been made clear, but increasing significance was attached in the day's conferences to the absence of any reference to prohibition in the Virginia Democratic platform, unqualifiedly indorsed by the White House. Neither has the administration tipped its hand in regard to presi* f r?m"crVlt. the dentiai canaiua ICd anu relative standing of aspirants remained apparently unchanged. Attorney General Palmer arrived today to take personal charge of his campaign, and by tomorrow the running of candidates and their managers among the uninstructed delegates is expected to be at its height. Support for Walsh. Those who originally had suggested a fight against Senator Glass for the platform committee chairmanship apparently had turned their efforts tonight toward selection of Senator ?">v.iv,Qr(ont Walsh of Montana as pc 1 liiaiivit v chairman of the convention Senator Walsh, who quit President Wilson's lead in the senate in March to vote for the treaty with reservations heretofore was urged as the logical opponent of Senator Glass. I It was said tonight that the administration forces had reached no decision as to the permanent chairmanship and that in the end they might accept Senator Walsh without a contest. There also wTas talk of selecting Senator Robinson of Arkansas for the place. , t>ip trend for no Dlank at all on prohibition apparently had its greatest support today from some of those; previously counted on to support a liberalization plank. j Some of the best informed were predicting tonight that the fight to be made for such a declaration now would resolve itself into a' nominal' effort designed to put the convention; on record. It was expected, however,; that Mr. Bryan would be more insist- \ ent in his work for a bone dry plank | and would take his fight to the con-! vention floor if the platform commit-: tee snowed him under. Mr. Bryan reached San Francisco late today and led off with a prediction that the platform would contain an affirmative dry plank. He declined to divulge his plan of campaign in detail and would not talk alx>ut the *1 flflATlC of nil UC l/i licmviu ( The suggestion that the platform remain silent on the prohibition issue was indorsed at a meeting of the executive committee of the National Women's Bureau and further development in the same direction was made by the California delegation which caucused on policies without a single mention of prohibition during 1? Tn monw rmarforc C.SI 1 i CIIC 3C3diVU< All UIU a J ?V?W W? fornia had been counted on to sup-j port a wine and beer plank. Many planks dealing with the Irish freedom have been called to the attention of the party leaders and it was predicted that many conflicting councils on the subject would be laid before the platform committee. At a conference in the office of the American commission on Irish independence an agreement was reach-) bv reoresentatives of several Irish-American bodies to stand to-! gether for a plank espousing American recognition of the Irish republic. San Francisco, June 25.?A memorandum distributed among .the members of the national committee, at their meeting today, shows 756 of the 1,092 delegates to the convention are uninstructed. According to the card the instructed delegates .are: Icwa, 26 for Meredith; Ken tucky, 26 for Cox; Nebraska, 16 for Hitchcock; New Jersey, 28 for Edwards; North Carolina, 24 for Simmons; Ohio, 48 for Cox; Oklahoma, 20 for Owen; Oregon, 10 for MciAdoo; Pennsylvania, 76 for Palmer; South Dakota, 10 for Gerard; Virginia, 24 for Glass. The 28 votes from Georgia are contested. An examination of the ^temporary roll shows there will be 308 women delegates and alternates in the Dem- \ ocratic convention. They will be di-: vided as follows: I At large 41; alternates at large 39; district delegates 63; district alternates 155. | >> \f> <, > : > ^ $> <$ <?; THE COTTON SITUATION. ' >' ^ <?/ <$> < <?> <$> <?> s?> $> ^ <?> > > -,i> | ; The government report of 62.4 in-; , dicating the lowest averaged condi-j ! tion of the growing cotton crop in I the last 50 years which is practically, confirmed by the estimates ot otner authorities will startle the cotton world. At a time when the European spinners thought anything less than; a fifteen million bale crop in the United States would be a world disaster we have an indication of a crop; of eleven million bales. Even this estimate may have to be further reduced by the activities of the boll weevil and the unfavorable conditions which prevail in growing this *TT 1 X* I crop. We Know tnm/ nic picociibi price of cotton is far below its in- i trinsic value measured by the cost! of production alone and also by the world's needs, for we know that according to the law of supply and demand cotton middling and above is cheap today at 60 cents per pound. Now, no matter what the market may be, don't sell a bale of cotton for less than 50 cents per pound. There may be an apparent lack of demand but when the spinners who have hedged their requirements in I New York July contracts demand the cotton they are surely going to demand the actual cotton and we ' shall see the shorts do some tall scrambling to cover. As the spin? '1 ners have been out 01 tne mantes , for some time we know they must ( either be very long of New York j contracts cotton or they will have j to begin to buy the actual cotton at j once or they will have to close their j mills. At the tremendous profits i mills are making and a cotton fam- i ine in sight I do not think they will close down. Don't sell a bale for 1 less than 50 cents per pound. Sit i steady in the boat and let the shorts 1 cover their oversold cotton as best they can. Pay no attention how low they run future contracts down. It is an old trie* of the bears to do this to try to depress spots just j' when they have to buy spots to fill their contracts to the spinners. Now they say that the next government report will be a very bearish report. We know the condition report will be ; some better than the last one but it can only be a few points better. It can not possibly come up to the average June 25th report for the last ten years which was seventy. I hope that every spot holder will not be a bear on the market but will be a great big bull and you will soon see the shorts come to cover for cotton to fill spinnable contracts which they have sold ? ? m ~ ^11^ J 4-? fill ana wm suun uc tuiiipciicct lu mi. i There is too much money in spring! cotton today for the mills to stop until they are compelled to for the want of cotton. I want to say to the spot holders that they have the situation entirely in their own hands. The spinners are compelled to have cotton as I have said before there is not enough spinnable cotton in the world X fiv ?V* CA LU XUU IJ1C U1H1S 1UI OlA UlUllbllo, uw if the producers of cotton will sit steady in the boat and be bulls on the market instead of bears, you can get your own price for your cotton. Cotton mills spindles were not made to stand idle. There is no money in ! a cotton manufacturing plant when 1 it has stopped, although I believe that they will have to curtail and run on short time that they may be able to have cotton to run until the present crop has been gathered. Just refuse to sell and your price will come. From the very best information we can gather there is really not going to be very much increased production of food crops this year. I want to say to the farmers of South Carolina, those who have not diversified their crops, to make their farm selfsustaining, it is not yet too late for them to plant any of the early varieties of corn, such as Hickory King or any of the Dent varieties. You can still plant these varieties up to the fourth of July, thoroughly preparing the land and fertilizing it, working it quickly and it will make good hard corn by frost. Also the bunch speckled pea and black peas can yet be planted and they, will make good paying crops. Any farmer who has to buy food for himself or his animals will pay the highest price novf vpflr that. hp has vet Daid for these commodities. The man who is looking for low cost of living next year is only fooling himself. B. Harris. GOVERNMENT BUYS 14,000 TONS SUGAR As Soon as Consignment Readies New York It Will Be Distribted to Essential Industry and Household Consumer. Washington, June 24.?Howard Figg, assistant to the attorney gen-; eral, stated today that the 14,000 tons of sugar which Argentia has permitted to be exported to the United States "was purchased under, the direction of the department ofi justice and representations made by the state department to President llrogoyen that the same W2s purchased and wo#ld be distributed under tne direction of government agencies." Mr. FigrgrS statement was issued after he iad read an Associated Press dispatch from Buenos Aires saying tha-. Argentine government Don't Abuse YOUR hJmj EYES Don't teart in a poor light. "n rm't rojiH facinc th<? licrht. I Don't read when your eyes are tired. Don't read without glasses, if reading strains your eyes. OUR GLASSES WILL ENABLE YOU TO READ IN SOLID COMFORT. Dr. H. M. Bigby! Optometrist 305-306 Exchange Bank Bldg. Successor to Dr. E. C. Pierce j NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. \ 1 will make a final settlement of \ the estate of Willie H. Leaphart in j ] the Probate Court for Newberry j County, S. C., on Wednesday the \ 25th day of June, 1920, at 10 o'clock ! in the forenoon and will immediately; thereafter ask for my discharge as; Guardian of said estate. W. P. Leaphart-, * Guardian. M M RUFORD s is till telling lot* in the t Middle Georgia Oil & Gas Company at Sandersville, Georgia J DRILLING OPERATIONS NOW ON 5 BIG MONEY IN OIL c Why hesitate when the condition* g ire so favorable, when every lot pur- u chased at $35 each carries with it d the right of participating in all j e profits and leases of the company, j <j VTv Readauarters are at Wm. John- i ?* A ion & Son's store. If more conven* i ient drop me a card and I will call! _ to see you. Persons who have purchased lots: would do well to increase their hold- ' _ ings. Liberty bonds taken in pay-:|j ment of lots at market price. t M. M. BoFORD i 1officials had been surprised by his previous statement that the only.con-; nection the American government had had with the purchase was to. designate the purchasing company v and to obtain the permit for the ex- c portation of the sugar. ! c 1 Ti rrrr ooi(^ WAS C Ttie purcnase, iui. * i&6 .? . made by an American trading com- ? panv. j 1 ''The American trading company, , with the assurance of the department . of justice that a permit would be is-' sued for the exportation of certain: sugars, entered the Argentine mar-: ket and purchased these sugars at; the prevailing market prices." Mr. Figg said, "When 14,00 tonshas been secured a formal request was made, for permits to export. In' the meantime, a decree providing certain restrictions had been issued i- TTT1_ , by the Argentine government. wne? proper presentations were made to; President Irogoyen for the issuance of the permit, he consented to do so on the assurance that the sugars' were for distribution by the depart-' ment of justice and not purchased by private American interests. "On arrival in Nsw Yofk, this su-j gar will be distributed by the United; State government to the essential in- ] dustry and household consumer." SOLDIERS' BODIES TO BE BROUGHT HOME Four Hundred Buried' on Rocky: Coast of Scotland Will Be Re* 1 turned Soon. j Paris, June 25.?Exhumation of j the bodies of 489 American soldiers,) which were washed up on the rockyshores of the Island of Islay, off the Scottish coast aft^r the sinking of the transports Tuscania and Otranto' in 1918, will be started July 1, it ] was announced here today. The' Scottish clan which inhabits the lone-! ly spot has taken the most tender1 care of the graves ar.d the chief had1 +Viof +V>o <v1on urnnlH ' given a yicugE L>HU^ vuv > look after the graves as if they were! its own until the end of time. The! chief pleaded that the bodies be left on the island, but the relatives in' many cases wished the return of the: bodies and it was decided by ^he: graves registration service to re-' move them all. The coast of Islay is so steep and rocky that the coffins will have to be carried down steep trails cut in the rocks or lowered by ropes and tackles to a waiting barge, which will convey them to a transport standing off shore. ! Truth Will Out. American Motorist. Sometimes a man will admit that the most trouble he has had with his par war in ^ettinc it. i NOTICE Of the Reorganization of Mt. Pleasant, Walton and Trinity Democratic Clubs. ! Whereas, Mt. Pleasant, Walton and Trinity Democratic clubs failed to reorganize on the fourth Saturday in ADril. 1920, as required by the rules of the Democratic party, At a meeting of the County Democratic Executive Committee held Saturday, June 19th, 1920, under and by authority of the rules governing the party, it was resolved that clubs be authorized to reorgan*1 We have just unl One car Corn. One car Hog Fe One car Horse I One car Oats. Also have bi gsto lact we can give >uu Now this merchs ed its highest and w< to see us when in nee We Want Your Brvson 90 I I ze on Saturday, July 3rd, *1920, at my hour on that date that may suit ;heir convenience, and notice is heresy given to that effect. I. H. HUNT, Acting Chairman, Newberry County Democratic Committee. B. B. LEITZSEY, Secretary. l78o 1920 The Collesre of Charleston Co-educational. Entrance examinations, and examilations for the free tuition county cholarships at all county seats Frilay, July 9, at 9 a. m. Four year courses lead to the B. L and B. S. degrees. Special two rear pre-medical and pre-technical ourses are given. , Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, mexcelled library facilities. Two lormitories for men. Expenses modrate. For terms and catalogue, ad[ress Harrison Randolph, President. TEACHERS WANTED. For the Silverstreet school. One irincipal and two assistants. Appliations mav be filed with the under-1 igned on or before the first of June, 920. 0. L. Leitzsey, Clerk of the Board. SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE j EXAMINATIONS. University of South Carolina. The examination for the awarJ of ] acant scholarships in the University j )i South Carolina and for admission >f new students will be held at the :ounty court house on Friday, July >, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be ess* than sixteen years of age. When n 1 lift w especially the world, that in openly envies As he looks c his cattle bro find a real p work. \ i i i As thoughtfu his animals farm, so thou the financial .* Use our facili The Natioi Newb b. c Matthews, President. State, Lour Membe oaded this week the folic ed. reed. cks of Hen Feed, Dairy F l anything to be found in mdising was bought bef< 3 are in position to save y ;d of anything in our line. Business. Grocery G scholarships are vacant after July 9, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at examination, provided thfey meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Currell for scholarshiD examination J blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by the applicant should be filed with President Currell by July 2. Scholarships are worth $100, free tuition and fees, total $158. The next session will open 'Sept. 15, 1920. For further information and catalog address President W. S. Currell, Columbia, S. C. CITATION OF FLETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. By W. F. Ewart, Probate Judge: Whereas, Bertha Gary has made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of George Gary Thpsp are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said George ] Gary, deceased, that they be and ap| CRANE' For removinj J' New Locking I y 111 work. Send 3 ^ Press, etc. I COLUMBIA: 823 West Gervais Street i L___ 1RMFRC iiiiTimiu jse June days, is lany a city mar 0 m >ver his cultivat wsing contented ride and inspii ll?y MA 1% A MA t> iiy a9 nc vaica and every deta ightfully should returns hey brii ities, Mr. Farme; wmpmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiTwmmmmmmmmmmammmmm nal Bank of erry, South Ca T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. ity and City r Federal Reserve , r T~ 1 wing: 1 'eed, Syrups, Hay; m ' a grocery store. )re the prices reachou money. Don't fail | Phone 165 4 ompany ~ pear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry on Wednesday, June 30th next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, whv the said administratinn should not be granted. Given under my hand this 7th day of June Anno Domini, 1920. W. P. EWART, J. P. N. C. 1 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have qualified as Executors of the last Will and Testament of Dr. James E. Gilder, Sr., deceased; in the Probate Court of Newberry county, South Carolina. ' i ii t i .* * i ah persons noiarag claims against | said estate will present the same, duly proved according to law, to P. F. , ! Gilder, Exchange Bank Buildings | Newberry, S. C. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to P. F. Gilder. P. F. GILDER, 0. H. JOHNSON, Executors of the Estate of Dr. Jame# K. Gilder, Sr., Deceased. ~ WHEEL PULLERS I i X Auto Wheel, Gears, etc. : A ^ It TN % * ^ Arm noias ruiier on your for Bulletin D, Puller ArborV SUPPLY CO. Columbia, S. C. TUAHT l\ WUKLU f ' ' ' ' 1 ; a wonderful 1 secretly or \ - V / ed land and lly, he must 1 K1 r? auun 111 uis | 1 ' ' for his soil, il about the he care for til Ig. f, r. / X % \ Newberry rolina W. W. CROMER 11 Assistant Cashier. " Depository System 'w i r