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I \ VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 63. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA! Senate Commit ^ /n Mnnv? and Snencer of Missouri Ex- | change Heated Words in Which Reed Also Joins?Much iJiscnesion of Republican Plan to Raise Money for Campaign. Chicago, Sept. 7.?Ed H. Moore, j as personal representative of Governor Cox, today* presented to the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures part of the documents and information upon which the Democratic presidential candidate based his charges of a Republican plan to raise a campaign fund of - $15,000,000. The testimony was not finished, but its presentation caused a, stormy session of the committee. Senatorial traditions as to courtesy were strained to the breaking point on several occasions as Republican - and Democratic members were tangled over the value of the evidence, and at one stage, just before adjournment, Mr. Moore started to leave the stand, exclaiming that Senator Spencer, Republican, of Missouri had intimated forgery by ques- j tioning the authenticity of a circular ! int+oi? xvhich he had offered a6 fur- J nishing a lead to further informa. tion. ' "No man, even though he be a I United States senator, can make such j ft - a charge as that against me," said * B Mr. Moore. JP Senator Spencer's disclaimer of j " such, a charge brought his Democratic colleague, Senator Reed, to ^his ^ feet with a protest against "bully-* ragging." He said the entire incident was ''disgrace#*!/' and announced j that he proposed to see that the. wit;-1 ness "was treated like a gentleman." i The PYWaamge was the climax to 1 several similar ocdurrances, and not even Senator Kenyon's plaint that he "could not keep peace in Missouri" served to settle the atmosphere. "Preparing for War." ^1 don't want peace; I am prepar- j , ing for war," announced Senator Reed. .^Considerable of Mr. Moore's late rt-p ir?frtrmation tesnmony cunsiavcu uj. ? gleaned from telegrams received from J \ Democratic state chairmen in Western states. He told Senator Kenyon he had sent for some of this information and that other p.arts of it had i been volunteered. - "Don't you expect to give us other j leads besides telegrams from Demo-1 ciatic state chairmen?" asked Sena- j tor Kenyon. Mr. Moore said the messages were 1 1 1 ? enrforoct OVPTHIP" intenaea niaay ^ ou^vu, ^ of inquiry, and he said the "paid em ployees of the Republican national committee ought to be able to furnish, the committee with the facts." "The object is to get those men on the stand here, and if they lie prose-j cute them," declared Mr. Moore. "You must expect to keep the attorney general busy," suggested Sen1 ator Kenyon. "Of course, if prejury is comUafnra thic committee the J XUibWCU Wxvxv v-.._ guilty should be punished." I Senator Kenyon continued that ini $ newspaper interviews JVIr. Moore had criticised the workf of the committee, and*added: , I " governor Cox Wirtd Setaicr1 Reed that he would produce the evifcfe dence and leads to support his charg? es. . But through you he sends none of this evidence and you start a line of evidence which it would take us a year to run down." Official Bulletin Quoted. "Senator," replied Mr. Moore, "(Governor Cox had the official bulletins of the Republican committee,showing that certain quotas existed and that widespread plans were being > carried out to collect them. Yet the Republican witnesses get on the stand here and tell us these bulletins were only 'bull/ then he had a copy of it that he had every reason to believe was a true quota list. The day beXl ,:-i ~ flio T?f>_ lore trie ust waa puuiiouvu >.?v publicans said there were only four copies of it in existence. Now they testify that the list never existed. It is the same way with 'form 101,' and we believe we have got to get ' this evidence if the committee really wants it." Besides Mr. Moore there was testimony today by Walter S. Dickey of ' 4 tee ! Strong Session Kansas City and Charles McNider of Mason City, Iowa, chairmen of the Republican ways and means committees for their states, and by A. B. j Paxton of Wheeling, who holds a similar position for Ohio county, W. Va. From Messrs. Dickey and McNider the committee learned of the plans to raise money in those states. Missouri's share of the national Republican fund being given as $90,000 and Iowa's as $75,000. Mr. Mc-* Nider said that on fiis own initiative he set the Iowa goal at $200,000, believing that the figure asked by the national ticket needs in his state. He said that $52,000 had been raised. Mr. Moore told the committee he thought this testimony tended to support the Democratic charges that the $3,000,000 budget of the Republican national committee was only a small part of the total that the party proposed to raise. Mr. Paxton's testimony was to the effect that he had raised $4,285 from 41 contributors and that James >1. Saunders iiad raised $3,910 more in the county. When he said that was all he had to offer, Senator Kenyon indicated that he had been subpoenaed at the request of Democratic members of the committee and thought requiring a journey of 550 miles for such testimony was "rank injustice." Wholesale and Retail. "Well, I don't think so at all," interposed Senator Reed. "If we can not get the truth here by wholesale we will get it by retail." "Well, you certainly are not going to bring in every county chairman in the country," replied Senator Ken- j yon. Mr. McNider's testimony also1 brought a small sensation when Senator Reed asked him: "TkU Ty.?/4 w TTr?V>nm trpjvsnrer of i L'iU i Itu VI the Republican national committee, say to you in substance just before you took the stand that you never got from '101' because it was never sent out?" I The witness said Mr. Upham ask 2d j him if he had received it and whan j Mr. McNider replied in the negative, i the treasurer rejoined: "I guess not." Senator Kenyon brought out that "three or four persons" were listening to the conversation. The testimony of the state chairman and Mr. Paxton also developed ! that considerable of the worK 01, raising the campaign fund was done j by salaried "state directors" from 1 Republican headquarters. W. A. King of California, was named as in charge in Missouri and Charles MaviI ty as the field agent for West Virjginia and later for Iowa, after Irving | C. Norwood had "quit because o'f a disagreement with Republican headj quarters." j Mr. Moore was the first and also I the last witness of the day. When he ; I resumed the stand :n the afternoon | he said: | "Much of my information will te | useless and the whole investigation | will be also if the committee thinks, j that Governor Cox's charge is a critl-1 | cism of method and plan of the R?-; i publican drive for funds. I think the J I plan of spreading the contributions ! i over the country is excellent 'but if j there is being raised a fund of $15,-j 000,000 or $12,000,000 more than j the Republican national committea j itself thinks is sufficient, you will; agree with me that it -would be a bad\ i fViincr fnv America, no matter how it j I * ' j is raised." j | "We all agree on that," said Sena-1 j tpr Kenyon. ; The witness and chairman then I agreed that the published list an-! j nounced by Governor Cox in his' j Pittsburgh speech was a correct du-! j plicate of the quota sheet from which ! j i4; would not be necessary to put the j j governor's copy in evidence. Quota for Pittsburgh, i - Taking up the list, Mr. Moore said | Pittsburgh's quota was given as; $400,000. | "TT. C McEldownev. president of; J the Union Trust company, can give you the information that this is the (Continued on Page 3.) i ' / NO PINK TEA FIGHT WARNING BY COX "WHO IS IT THAT'S SQUEALING," SAYS GOVERNOR "Never Be a Snob, Reach Out Your Hand to AH," Says Democratic Presidential Nominee. St. Paul, Sept. 6.?Governor Cox worked a full holiday today on what he termed his "pilgrimage to the Pacific coast." The Democratic candidate made several speeches, viewed p\-hibits at the Minnesota state fair, where he drove a race horse around the track, attended several receptions and went tonight to Minneapolis to close his Minnesota visit with another address. Two extensive and several minor speeches were made by Governor Cox. He addressed at the fair grounds what was said to be a record crowd for Minnesota and spoke to a large gathering later at the auditorium. Agricultural and labor questions were the governor's labor day subjects at the fair grounds, and the league of nations that of his public meeting here tonight. A statement that he favored appliration of the Drinciple of self deter mination to Ireland'was made at the latter meeting by the candidate in response to a question from a man in his audience. "If elected president," he was asked, "will you recognize the Irish republic?" Draws Loud Applause. "I am in favor of the application - ? col-P ^oforminr? ux cue <->J- ji.ii. v. ? tion in Japan, in China, in Persia, in Turkey and in Ireland,*' was the governor's reply after several passages with his inquisitor and a preliminary statement. The reply drew loud applause and ended interruptions. The governor preceded his reply with a statement that the armistice was based on President Wilson's "14 points," including that of self determination and .that Article X would protect weak nations from external aggression?"bullying attacks of stronger nations," he said. He added that nations should be builded from "racial groups rather i lan mountains and rivers." The league was advocated Dy tne governor in his auditorium audience, to which he was introduced by Mayer L. C. Hodgson, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, as a prerequisite to world readjustment. "It is the salvation of France, Austria, England and Germany," he declared, repeating his pleas for disarmament and denouncing separate peace with Germany which Senator Uov/lnin- Tiic T?ormKS if*nr? nnnnnpnf;. ww.WM... -x'x 7 the governor declared, advocates "in plain words." Governor Cox declared that "big business was trying to elect the candidate of the senatorial oligarchy" and commented on local newspaper criticisms of his attack on Republican campaign contributions, stating that the paper had taken exceptions to his "getting a little rough," the governor added: No Pink Tea Fight. "Who is it that's squealing? The same crowd that's fought a sick man on a sick bed in the White House for o uaar Tliic is nrvt cnintr ?r? hp nink " J " """ t>"?o x tea fight nor a pillow contest; I intend to deal in plain words and not in the meaningless and ambiguous words that have characterized the senatorial oligarchy up to the present." The governor reiterated that he was not making a partisan campaign. He accused the senatorial oligarchy of having "stolen" the Republican orrro v?i'rrr,f inv, ^ M ^ orvrvnoln/l -f r\ + a VOnl* ^aiii^auiv/u anu cvy en ^ and file of the Republicans, together with independents, to vote their "intelligence." The governor was welcomed with frequent applause during his addresses and other activities here, as he trod through the state fair buildings and also when he swept around the track in a sulky guilding Peter Nash, the thoroughbred 2.10 1-2 chetnut in a workout. The governor swept down the home stretch at top speed while cheers rang from the grandstand. Accepts Prize Winning Picture. During his visit to the state fair, Governor.Cox was presented the pici PROSPERITY HIGH SCHOOL 1 HAS A FINE OPENING! The Prosperity high school had a! fine opening on Monday. The teach-! ers were all present and the children were bright and in good spirit and the new school year starts out auspiciously, and the motto of the new superintendent, Prof. E. T. McSwain, j ' * 1 -3 ?- ~^ rtv eQDm_ j IS WOI"K anu IIJUic num, ui men, ed to be the only conclusion to be reached from what he told the student bo^y on Monday. The enrolment is around 200. - ' There were a number of the patrons and friends at the opening exercises and the school spirit was; evident, and we are sure that there will be good, work at this school during the present term, and that will be no exception to the rule in this very excellent school. There was one thing at this school that must strike the eye of the visitor, and that is the neat and clean appearance of the 1 4-V-*^v finVi ?^A1 bunaing, ana mis suuws me spirit, because where the school spirit prevails there will always be good care taken of the school property. < The exercises were opened on Monday by scripture reading by the Rev. C. J. Shealy and prayer by the Rev. J. D. Griffin. Then there were short addresses by Col. E. H. Aull, the Rev. C. J. Sheaiy and the Rev. J. D. Griffin and Trustee J. M. Bedenbaugh and Dr. C. T. Wyche. All of them spoke words of encouragement to pupils and teachers. The teachers or this session are: Prof. E. T. McSwain, principal; Miss TTT.-iii. Hf.. Mflrr Tar.fr YV Hilt; ivicif VT lie, AUIOO iUttlJ UUU(, ford, Miss Josie Griffin, Miss Goode Burton, Miss Clara 'Brown. The music department is in charge of Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum and Mrs. J. F. Browne. Professor McSwain is an honor graduate of Newberry college and has some experience in teaching and will do good work zt Prosperity. Most of the other teachers have had service at Prosperity for some time and are fine and experienced teachers and we expect to-, have good reports from this school during the year. Dollar Democracy means prosperity and progress and peace. I LITTLE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY The Little Mountain high school will open the fall session next Mon day. The teachers at this school for the coming year are: Miss Elizabeth Neel, principal; Misses Narvis Setzler, Lucy Brady, Evelyn Wise, Vanie Lake, Stella Wessinger. The patrons and friends of the school are invited to be present at the opening of the school to give by their presence and their words good cheer and encouragement to the teachers and the children. There will probably be several short talks by the friends and trustees of the school. Miss Neel has been superintendent of this school for two years and under her direction the school has made marked progress and has been very successful. Several of the teachers 'were in the school during the past session. The people of this community have a just pride in their school and \vc shall expect a number of the patrons and friends of the school at the opening next Monday. Help Cox and Roosevelt; give a dollar for Democracy. ture "October Day in Minnesota," by Knute Heldner of Minneapolis, ' which won the gold medal. Accepting the picture, Governor Cox said: "I accept the picture with the condition precedent that it will be established in the east room of the White House." Tr> a clinvt ndriress to Minnesota j farm boys, the governor talked about ; | hogs and his early days on the farm. ! He.told the boys "Never be a snob. : | Reach out your hand to all." i The twin cities were the farthest ' Western points ever visited by the governor, who never had been West . j of the Mississippi river heretofore. . ( tr;.- ivn<? nnymented here by j nw i'"' V o W. Jett Lauck, an economist sent by the Democratic national committee to assist the candidate. Mr. Lauck was prominent in war labor board work and Plumb plan, railroad and profiteering publicity. i v t , I COMMITTEE ACTS ON PRIMARY VOTE STATE BODY DECLARES RESULTS OF AUGUST 31. Several Contests Decidcci?Carter Lcs25 in Horry?N.irr.e Pr^si deniial Electors. The State, 8th. Official tabulation of tho votes in the first Democratic primary of August 31 by the state Democratic cx-; ecutive committee yesterday brought' no material changes in. the figures already announced. Several contests wcro brought bo- [ fere the committee on appeal from the county executive committees, i'robably the mo-it far reaching a:- ' tion of ine committee was itsdefinite stand on the rul.s of the party and the hw if tht- s'.re. i K Oir'.cr. j can I.Ja'.e for tVfc ' us?* Hcny county, was disous'ined :>v* .rs fail-, u e 5 * his ex;) - .*e a.-c.:.- ? on vht>i u.?V b.fi re thy ele:' i'ivi- men in race a ii ?>j v> rj be j cii-en en '.he tic'i?" Mr. Ca:'.or ie-' . ? V. < lip hip-In c e of th^ five V.? w . v. w ?c.. .. ( ;:pi !::c'rtd only )l b:ulcts ?f 'v-n; nominated, his total being 1,699:'One candidate was eliminated and three . others along with Mr. Carter ordered > in the second race by the county committee. A "citizen" protested the; placing of Mr. Carter in the se:ond 1 primary because he had faiied to file; his expense account, but the commit-; tee overruled the objection. The j "citizen" then brought his appeal to; the state committee and won out. Much discussion featured the con- J test and committeemen spoke pro and ! con on the case. Several speakers j said it was purely a case of uphold- j ing the rules and laws or abolishing j the rules entirely while others said it was a case of the result counting . and they believed if the people of Horry county wanted Mr. Carter to J represent them he should be allowed | to remain in the second race. By a i * I vote of 19 to 14 the appeal was sue-I tained and the action of the county j committee reversed. Mr. Carter will J r.ot enter the second primary. Rorlcslev Contests Dismissed. j Another contest from Berk?by| county took' the same aspect as the J Carter case. C. B. Balientine, de-! feated candidate for the K*.u:e, brought his appeal from the county committee to the state committee because his county body had everruled his objection.. He protested the county committee's action in declaring J. Q. Harvey one of the no nr.-1 nees for the house on the grounds that Mr. Harvey had failed to file his expense account on the day before the primary. He appealed to the county committee, but this body declared Mr. Harvey inc nominee. | Evidence introduced yesterday sh~)W-| ed that Mr. Harvey filed his account j at 11:30 o'clock on the morning of J the election. Attorneys for Mr. Harvey raised the point of law whereby it was shown that it was necessary for Mr. Ballentine to serve notice on Mr. Harvey cf his onnpnl tn the state committee. Mi*. J Balientine had' failed to do this and the state committee dismissed the protest, leaving Mr. Harvey the nominee. Three magistrates contests brought up from the county committee of j | Berkeley were also dismissed on the | . same grounds, the contestants hav! ing failed to notify the contestees. A contest from Newberry county j in which H. H. Evans appealed to i the state committee from the action j of the county body in declaring W. j A. Counts the nominee, was referred 1 Vi, if^AA in oc I bacK to tne county funiiinucc m much as the state committee had no jurisdiction to act until the county j body had acted. Mr. Evans claimed j that Mr. Counts had failed to file his expense account until the day of the j county committee meeting and had ! filed it then while the committee was recessing in order to allow Mr., Counts to comply with the rules. Mr. [ j Evans protested to the county com- J | mittee, but this body did not hear j the case, so the state committee I sent the protest back to Newberry. A similar case of non-jurisdiction I was that of J. A. Clarkson, who apj pealed from the Richland county : committee's action in declaring P. B. I (Continued on Page 6.) | i i .r . *.. Big Lead For \ In Ge With Two-thirds of 'Vote Reported } Former Member cf Congress Has r Majority Over Dorsey and Smith. r Contest Between Walker and [ J Hardwick for Gov. Close. s \ Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9.?Thomas E. Watson received the Democratic j ( nomination for the United States j j senate from Georgia, on the lace 01 c unofficial arid incomplete returns ( frcm 143 of the 155 counties in the } state compiled by the Atlanta Con-1} stitution at 1:15 this morning. These ( figures indicated that Watson got 223 county unit votes in yesterday's . primary in which 195 were necessary for nomination. The same figures indicated Govcr nor Dorsey got 102 votes, Hoke ' ? Smith, the incumbent 32, and John R. Cooper none. While final figures ( were not obtainable from many . counties the returns tallied to a < great extent with the latest com- , piled by The Journal, which supported Smith. The Constitution supported Dorsey. The same returns indicated a run off might be necessary in the guber- j natorial contest. It was indicated f Clifford Walker had 178 votes; Former United States Senator Hardwick 166; John R. Holder 12, and R. Brown 0. The Journal's latest figures had > also indicated a probably run off in this race but showed Hardwick ip the lead. Atlanta, Sept. 8.?Thomas E. Watson, publisher and author, continued to maintain a majority over three other candidates for the Democratic nomination for the United States senate, as unofficial and incomplete re-1 turns were compiled Jate tonight by j the Atlanta- Constitution and the At-' lanta Journal, neither of which ?up- j ported him. Returns tabulated by these papers from approximately two-thirds of the 153 counties in Georgia, indicated United States Senator Hoke Smith was beaten, as both papers put uov. | Hugh M. Dorsey in second place, j John R. Cooper, the fourth candidate, j appeared to have carried no counties. Watson, an opponent of the league cf nations, and an outspoken critic of the Wilson'administration had 172 I county unit votes out of 388, acccrd- j ing to The Constitution, and 161, ac- j cording to The Journal. To nomi- j r.ate 195 votes are required in the i senatorial and gubernatorial races. A I plurality suffices in other races. The Constitutions figures at 11:30 p. m. follow: Watson, 172 county unit votes. t Dorsey, 102. Smith, 36. Cooper, 0. The Journal figures at the same ! hour were: Watson 161, Dorsey 61,' Smith 48, Cooper 0. _ I Governor's Race in Doubt. The gubernatorial nomination ap.-'; peared to be in doubt, with indica-1 tions of a runoff between Former j Senator Thomas W. Hardwick and i, Clifford Walker, former state at- j torney. The Constitution indicated! Walker had the lead, and The Jour- j nal's returns favored Hardwick. The I Constitution supported Walker, but TVo Jnnm.il backed no candidate in j this race. The Constitution's figures indi- j, cated Walker had 168 county unit,' votes; Hardwick 13S; John N. Holder,' 10; W. R. Brown 0. The Journal's returns indicated Hardwick 150; Walker 132; Holder 6; Brown 0. The bitter fight in the senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns brought out' a heavy vote throughout the . state despite inclement weather. Interest centered on the two chief con- { tests and returns fro mthe' other j races were slow. Congressmen to Return. On the face of estimates tele- J graphed in by its correspondents in j the eight congressional districts in i which the incumoeius nau uupuaiuu.. The Journal predicted that all the j Georgia congressmen would be re-; turned to office, although several races were close. Similar estimates received by The Journal indicated Guyton McLendon ' . it. - v--. ? * V . - ! ^ 9^ z* .v/5 Vatson orgia Primary J iad been nominated for state attorley general; Paul B. Trammell as ailroad commissioner, and 0. H. B; Bioodworth and Ben H. Hill for the tate court of appeals, in which two racancies were to be filled. The .total county unit vote instead >f the total popular' vote, deterirr.es the result in Georgia Demo:ratic primaries, which a^e considered jquivalent to election. ~ Each county las twice as many unit votes as it . ^ las representatives in the lower house )f the legislature. * ' Augusta, Ga., Sept. 8.?The incumbent, Carl Vinson, was renomilated for congress over S. L. Qlive in the Democratic primary vote in the Teiith congressional district, according to the Augusta Chronicle returns, carrying seven of the 12 counties, netting 20 county unit votes against ten county unit votes for his opponent. ? " * - ^ - O i. O Aiiania, vja., oepu o.?mlb. G. McClendon, a pioneer suffragist , in Georgia, telegraphed a protest tonight to Secretary of State Colby, beckuse she, in common with other Georgia women was denied the privilege of voting in today's statewide Democratic primary. Women were not permitted today under a ruling of the subcommittee of the state Democratic executive committee. It was he!) that the law requires registration six months be- , fore an election to make a person eligible to vote in a primary to nominate candidates for that ejection. JYLrs. MCJLenaon, aner Hearing at . ./ the polling booth in the ward in which she resides here, telegraphed Secretary Colby as follows: _ - _*i "I have demanded ballot at proper voting place in this city today and have been refused the right to vote on account of sex.. Am qualified to vote under the 19th amendment. Please give instructions." Women in other sections of the state also appeared at the polls and demanded the privilege of voting, but were refused, according to reports here. . 4 1 Macon, Ga., Sept. 9.?The Ma<h*n Telegraph at 1 o'clock this morning. _f. conceded the nomination ofv^Thomas E. Watson for the United States senate. This paper opposed Watson. Watson is given 208 county unit votes. Dorsey 314 county unit voteq and Smith 30. The Telegraph also claimed that Former Senator Thomas W. Hardwick ha3 been debated in his race for the governorship. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 9.?The congressional race in the First Georgia district is so close that the result will not be known until later in the day.' Judge W. W. Sheppard of Claxton ? tit tri CM? /. UliU VV . r . oiuici, an abbvia^jr ux Pembroke, are opponents -df Representative J. W. Overstreet. case no candidate gets a majority of the county unit vote, the popular vote of the district nominates. Unofficial returns up to 1 o'clock ^ indicated that Representative Overstreet may win by county unit votes. Effingham has not reported. If he carried this county, he was expected to win by two votes. AMERICAN LEGION TO GIVE ANOTHER DANCE The young people in Newberry and the surrounding communities will be glad to learn that the American Legion will give another one of its delightful dances in the Legion's hall Monday evening, September 13. Especially will the older members of the dancing set be glad to hear that Comstock's seven piece orchestra will furnish the music. The floor wiL be put in first class condition, and no pains will be spared to make this dane an enjoyable occasion. The admission fee remains the \ same?$5 for men, ladies free. The mothers of the young people who at- # tend .are especially invited to be present. John B. Setzler, Acting Post Commander. Dollar Democracy will sure win. i A