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69. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA*
UNFAIR TO FARMER
4 TO LOWER PRICES
m SO SAYS COMMISSIONER OF AGr
RICULTURE.
Holds They Are Taking Advantage
^ of Situation?Says New York
i is Blood Sucker.
f That it is an outrage to start prices
' . > skidding downward now, after farm
ers have Dougnt ineir ieruu^ers, machinery
and farm equipment at high
} prices, is the opinion of B. Harris,
I commissioner of agriculture of South
t Carolina, who,.in a statement given
out yesterday, pours hot shot generally
into the speculators who, he claims,
are trying to force farmers to sell
I their cotton at ruinous prices.
Commissioners Harris' statement,
'. - in full, is as follows:
"South selling here persistently"?
that's what we read in the dis[
/ patches telling how the price of cotIk
ton is being manipulated. There isn't
a word of truth in it. The South is
not selling. The only selling that is
being done in the South is by the
cotton rpills, who are selling futures
I to protect themselves. This is ant
other of the ni^an efforts at deception.
It has worked?as far as putting
down the price of futures is concerned,
but I don't 'believe the South
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is selling any cotton.
Some of the great dry goods
houses', they tell us, are cutting prices
50 to 20 per cent. They are jesting
with us. What is a miserable little
cut like that? Why, a shirt or other
garment that cost around $1.50 to $2
> in pre-war times is now selling for
$3.50 to $5. What would a little
cut of 20 per cent, amount to? The
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inanuxitci.uiex& <uiu uwwn^ j~malring
handsome promts and are not
deserving any praise from the public.
Nor should the farmers receive any
blame. For they have been getting
none of these bi? profits.
Take Advantage of Situation.
The speculators realize that the
farmers must and wish to pay their
, i debts and they are trying to force
them 'to sell their coton now. It is
an outrage to start to "deflating"
costs after the poor devil of a farmer
has paid all of his costs. He has
paid the trusts high prices for ferI*
* tilizer, high prices for machinery,
high/ prices for this and that* and
everything that he has put into the
crop?and now that his time to enjoy
the fruits of his labor has come,
the prices are deflated! Why was
this not started immediately after the
armist'^e? Why is it being done at
? this late hour?
I see that a million and a quarter
.bushels of wheat were exported last
\ Friday, perhaps the biggest day's ex
. por-tation in the history 01 tms country,
and yet the price fell 12 1-2
cents a bushel I Was that right? Was
it fair by any rules of commerce?
** The same day 65,000 bales of cotton
were shipped to England, the
greatest one day's exportation in the
history of cotton. And yet the price
fell a cent a pound and has fallen
three cents since then. If cotton were
not moving across the water, the bear
speculators would say there is no
market for it. When it does move,
J they put the price down anyway.
This crop has cost our farmers 37
to 43 cents. Nearly half of the spindles
of the world are in Great Brit^
am and yet the speculators of this
country are unpatriotic enough to
W w\sh to see foreign spinners get our
' cotton below cost of production and
Southern American farmers go upon
the rocks of' distress. It is a shams
upon the name of fair trading. But
the farmers of the South are not expecting
fair dealings any more.
Upon the island of Manhattan is a
gigantic mass or oricK ana mortar
| and stone and steel; this thing they
call the city of New York. It has
r sucked the blood of this country for
generations. In all of its area there
is not enough produced from the soil
' in the course of a year to satisfy the
appetite of a canary bird. Yet, how
does this city become great? It is
because it feasts upon the rich things
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UUg VUll Ui IlllC glUUl iu UJ M1K.
of this country.
Calls It Graft.
They may call it brains, they may
i , call it commerce, they may call it
anything they wish, but I call it
^ graft. They are blood suckers and
nothing else. They add not one cent
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PREPARE TO SHIP
COTTON TO EUROPE
EXPORT CORPORATION TO
HAVE LARGE CAPITAL
i Work of Organization Will Befin at
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Cotton.
< j The State, 29th.
- The committee appointed to decide
j the question as to whether or not
j there should be organized an export 1
j ing corporation to hand^Mhr sale of
i cotton abroad, especiall>^^ central
. | Europe, met in Columbia yesterday
1 and unanimously decided to proceed
1 at once with the organizatio nof the
| corporation. The name selected is
] American Products Exports and Im
J port corporation.
I The capital stock will at first be
.! $10,000,000, to be later increased as
' conditoins demand.
! Ex-Gov. Richard I. Manning was
selected as chairman of the commiti
tee on organization and will at once
, j proceed to secure the subscriptions
I necessary to obtain a charter?
, i Columbia will ,be the headquarters i
of the company.
Governor Manning is now prepared I
to receive subscriptions. The par
'value of the stock will be $10 per
share, and subscriptions are payable
. in cash or in cotton at the market
price, or in Liberty bonds at the
: niainw v avv* j
{ The members of the committee |
having the matter in charge are: j
Richard I. Manning, chairman; J. j
Skottowe Wannamaker, L. I. Guion,j
B. F. McLeod, R. C. Hamer, B. H. !
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; Moss, John A. Law, J. Ross Hanahan,'
j A. M. Gibbes, R. M. Cooper, E. W. j
i tviwoii tc t. will^nv. .t_ w. Gaston. I
! Alan Johnstone, Paul Sanders, Wil- j
; liam Coleman,' R. G. Rhett, D., R.j
i Coker, Bright Williamson, Victor,
Montgomery and George B. Cromer.!
CIRCUS PARADE A
MIGHTY PAGEANTRY,
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When the circus' glad voiced cal-!
lope pipes forth on the street Men- i
j day morning at 10:30, starting the!
! parade over the usual route there will j
j be many spectators on the curbstones |
to Ory "Welcome to our City" to Bib
Zulu, the skyscraper elephant and
' the lesser members of the two ele
: phant herds. It will be the finest'
j circus parr.de that has been gotten,
I off .the front steps and sidewalks for
j for an age.
j The first thing to dazzle the eyes i
j is the band wagon in the lead with its,
j ten ,dapple grays. Dotted here and j
there down the rest of the line are j
other bands, chimes and calliopes.;
There are elephants, camels, ponies I
thoroughbreds. In all there are 200 j
all prize winners from the world's!
i prize stock shows.
| The menagerie cages are open, dis-1
] playing all sorts of creatures from j
I jungle and plain; beautiful tableaux j
wagons and floats?all resplendent i
in geld and glitter?are interspersed !
in the lineup. Taken as a whole the .
Sparks circus parade is a thing of-i
beauty and well worth seeing.
- The performance Monday after- j
? r* O o r> in *fI
iiUvJII UCgiiiO CL U U \J vxv/cxv uiiu axjl v?iv i
evening at 8 o'clock, the doors open- j
ing at 1 and 7 to permit an inspec-:
tion of the menagerie and horse |
: fair for which this circus is famous, i
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j to the wealth of the world by any-'
J thing that they have produced. Yet ]
i they can sit there in their offices, in j
t I
j collaboration with the British money ]
j interests, can dictate the prices of j
j commodities that they have had noth- j
j ing at all to do with. They today are ;
j trying to dictate to the wheat farm- j
i ers of the West and the cotton farm-'
! ers of the South. There is but or.e :
; thing to be done, and that is to form I
! a combination of the farmers of all!
! sections of the United States and '
| drag down to their belly in the dust j
i the vampires of the str igth of our J
I country.
i I urge our people not to be dis-1
| couraged. The law of supply and j
; demand shows that we are entitled to i
at least 40 cents for our cotton. Those |
quotations in the newspapers do notj
amount to anything. They are mere j
j contracts that are swapping hands, j
.If our farmers will hold their cotton
until after the election, they will get
what they ask for it?and they should
not ask more than a fair profit over
the cost of production.
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RHODES TRUSTEES I
; ANNOUNCE WINNERS
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iKOSELEY AND NORWOOD FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA.
J First Group to Leave in January.
Second to Go in ' Fall of
: Next Year.
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....Boston, Sept. 26.?The results of j
; the ..annual ..election ..of ....Rhodes |
! scholars to ..represent ..the ..United
j States at the University of Oxford
I were announced today by Prof,
j Frank Aydiotte of the Massachusetts j
| Institute of Technology, American
I secretary of the Rhodes trustees. The
! quota for the United States this year
| as was the case last year, was 64 in'
stead of the normal 32, thus making
; up for the postponement of elections
! during the war.
I The scholars elected as for 1920
! win ov? fn Ovfnrd in January. 1921,1
I and those elected as for 1921 will
| go in October of that year to bring
I the appointments back to the regular
| schedule. Next year the quota for
! the United States will be 32.
j The selections were made by comj
mittees chosen from 500 former
Rhodes scholars now living in this
country. About 400 men were candidates
for the 64 appointments, the
competition being this year larger
than ever before. The increased interest
in the scholarships in this coun
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xry is parajieieu uy me idvuiaun: arrangements
now in force for their '
reception in Oxford. Resolutions recently
passed by the university ad|
mit the men to junior or senior standing
with much less difficulty than in
the past, while the new degree of
Ph. D. has been established largely to
meet the needs of American students.
Rhodes scholars are chosen in accordance
with a threefold requirement
in the will of Cecil John Rhode3,
whicli comprise character, intellectual |
ability and physical vigcr. No written
examinations are held, the men
being chosen on the basis of their
school or college record, supplemented
by a personal interview with
the committee of selection.
The following are tlse men chosen
from South Carolina.
South Carolina, 1920, Edwin F.
Moseley (Wofford college), Laurens,
S. C. *
South Carolina, 11)21, Josepn ?i. |
Norwood (University of South Caro- '
lina), Columbia, S. C.
Joseph Norwood is a graduate of
the University of South Carolina,
class of 1920, where he made an exceptional
record both as a student,
winning first honor and being a mem- ;
ber of the senior honor society, and
as a student leader. Norwood was
prominent in practically every phase
of college activities, the university
publications and literary societies,
however, attracting the greater part
of his attention. During the three
years at the institution he served as
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president 01 ine v^janusuyim; sutic^v, i
editor in chief of The Caroliniar. and j
represented the university against the \
Citadel in the 1919 Clemson-Carolina-Citadel
debating contest in addition
to taking an active interest in
the Y. M. C. A. and in athletics.
Edwin F. Moseley is a graduate of
Wofiord college and was selected as j
alternate by the Rhodes trustees last j
year. In addition to his record as a
student, Moseley was onfe of the con- J
spicuous college athletes of his un- J
dcrgraduate days. He was several j
seasons one of the Methodists' main- j
stays in the backfield, and was one |
of the few athletes to make the rny-1
thical all-star football eleven.
With the sejpcticn of Mr. Norwood |
and Mr. Moseley, two of So(ith Caro- j
j Una's Rhodes scholars are now from j
J Laurens and two of them graduates j
of the University of South Carolina,
F. P. McGoxvan, last year's selection,
i being: both a university alumnus and
from Laurens.
! JOHNSTONE ACADEMY SCHOOL j
WILL OPEN NEXT MONDAY ;
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The opening: exercises of the j
! Johnstone school will be held at the j
school house on next Monday at 9
o'clock. The patrons and friends of
| the school arc invited to be present
! and give the teachers a welcome and
! a good cheer as they begin the new
[ school year. Col. E. H. Aull will be
j present at the opening and possibly
! one or two others who will say a
j word of cheer to the teachers..
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' > The boys are going to the ^ |
- circus Monday. The next paper > ' F
*> will be printed Monday by 10
o'clock a.- m. All copy for ad- <t>
'v vertisements for this issue must I
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come to the office on Saturday. <?>
t> No copy for ads for the Tues- '*>
day paper can be handled if re- -S>
eceived later. Please bear this *>
'v in mind and send in your copy. ;> s
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DELEGATES FROM JAMES D. t
NANCE CAMP TO REUNION I
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The following delegates have been c
appointed to the general Confederate c
reunion at Houston, Texas, October (
G-8 from the James D. Nance camp: ^
M. M. Buford, J. i". J. uaiaweii, u.\
M. Ward, W. Y. Fair, B. G. Aull, B. 11
F. Goggans, R. T. Caldwell; alter- a
nates: W. W. Riser, W. C. Sligh, j.
R. I. Stoudemire, J. H. Alewine, J. <
YV. Crouch, W. R. Smith, J. J. Hipp. ?
These and others desiring to at- f
tend may get certificates from M. M. ^
Buford which will entitle them to c
special railroad fare.
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TO GOVERNMENT REPORT t
ON OCTOBER 2 }
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I am instructed by the chief of the j
bureau of crop estimates, United ,
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States department of agriculture, to ^
advise that the government cotton report
will not be issued October 2, as
formerly announced, .but will be .
made Monday, October 4, instead, the 1
change being made to correspond '
with census ginner's report date.
B.B. Hare,
Agricultural Statistician for South 5
Carolina. 2 r
Saluda, S. C., Sept. 29, 1920. ?
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Death of Mr. Dee Shockley. t
Mr. John Dee Shockley died of c
acute indigestion at 3 o'clock on ^
Wednesday morning at the home of \
his daughter, Mrs. 0. E.' Black, in 1
Columbia. His deathrwas sudden, as (
he had worked all day Tuesday. His
body was brought to Newberry on the t
4:05 Southern train'Wednesday aft- *
ernoon aud borne toUosemont ceme- 1
tery by the following pallbearers: R.
D. Smith, Arthur Kibler, R. C. Perry, ?
D. C. Spearman, J. P. Shealy and C. 1
J. Zobel. The services were con- *
ducted by Mr. C. A. Freed of Colum- c
bia and Dr. J. L. Daniel.
Mr. Shockley was 72 years of age.
He was a native of Laurens county
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but had lived in iNewoerry ior many
years, making his home for a long ^
time at Helena, where his brother,
the late Irby D. Shockley, also resided
with his family at the time, the *
two families being next door neigh- ^
bors. A -beautiful trait in the lives
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of the two . brothers was their strong *
and devoted attachment to each
other, and as they had married sisters,
who were equally devoted, the
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families mere happy in their associa- "
tion. After the death of their wives j"
the two brothers were inseparable \
and both remained true to the mem- ,c
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ory of the departed mothers of their
loving children, who, during the re- A
mainder of the lives of their fathers, |
repaid them for the tender solicitude
shown while the happy children grew
to young manhood and womanhood in j ^
right living. So in his old age Mr. | 1
Shoekley, like his brother, always had :;
1 ? ? ^ nlnna x n \7i5if Tlie I *
an 6V2r WCltumc yiU.V.V u\s
subject of this sketch was indeed for- (
turiate that in the winter of his life
he was made comfortable iby alter- -(
nate visits to the homes of his two }
surviving daughters, Mrs. C. E. Black 1
in Columbia and Mrs. Welch Wilbur j (
in Xewberry, and to the homes of his j
two surviving sons, Mr. Surry D. 1
Shockley in Washington, D. C., and
Mr. Guy B. Shockley in Clinton.
The sons and daughters of the de- j 1
ceased, with their families, attended j'
the burial, with the exception of the *
elder son, who was unable to be here, (
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as he is now at Colorado Serines
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seeking the restoration of his health.
Mrs. Surry Shockley, however, was *
present with the other sorrowing rel- (
aaoVi r>f whom we tender
a l/l V U \J VMVK v/t - ^
our deepest sympathy.
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Cat-Caruso. j
Morris Year Book.
Mary had a Thomas cat,
It warbled like Caruso; 1
A neighbor swung a baseball bat? i
Now Thomas doesn't do so. 5
jOMPERS compares
harding amd cox
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TURNS
FACE TO PAST
iead of Federation of Labor Calls
for Defeat of Republicans.
Washington, Sept. 26 (By the Asociated
Press).?Writing in the currt>if
icsiifl nf Aniprirnn T^ftfiPra- i
VliU ItJC UU \J A. V.11X/ ^
ionist under the title "Normalcy vs. j
'rogress," Samuel Gompers, presi- '
lent of the American Federation of I
,abor. says Senator Harding, the Re- j
;ublican presidential candidate, has j
ummed up his position as in favor
f "going backward," while Governor
}ox, the Democratic candidate, has ;
leclared for "going forward."
Mr. Gompers also says that the Re- i
mblican national convention in 1
idopting its platform "turned its .
>ack on labor" and declares that ,
'every American worker, every earn- |
:st American citizen must strive ar- .
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lently for the defeat of those who ;
urned their backs upon the people j
;ene rally. * | .
"The two leading candidates for j
he presidency have defined clearly ;
heir attitude toward the great pub- j
ic issues of the- day," says Mr. Gom-!
>ers' articlc, which was. made pub-1
ic today by the labor federation. "In j:
i sentence each has summed yp his j
>osition. j
"In effect Senator Harding says, ! ;
let us return to normalcy.' The word J
s obsolete and so is the condition to ! j
vhich he would return.
Looking Backward.
"Unquestionably in the mind of
Senator Harding a return to normal
neans a return to the conditions that
ixisted before the war?a return to j
omething that is past. It is clear j
hen that in keeping nvith the spirit
)f the Republican platform Senator
3arding's personal desire is to folow
: course that leads backward and
f elected to lead the nation in such a
course.
"Governor Cox proclaims a desire
o go forward and a determination
o lead the nation in forward ccurse
f he is elected to the presidency.
"Both of the statements are ab
tractions and of themselves mean
lothing beyond a definition of the
general trend of thought of the canlidates.
The important fact is, however,
that the platforms of the parlies
upon which these candidates
itand and their own personal phil
>sophies lead inevitably and natural*
y up to the conclusions found in
hose two brief utterances.
"The denial of any desire on the
jart of the American people to go
>ackward to anything that is past is
round in practically every public ex>ression
which the people have been
ible to make in recent months."
Reviews Primaries.
Mr, Gompers then reviews the results
of recent primaries in a nam)er
of states, and continues:
"The interests of the great masses j
>f our people can be best served only j
)y the election of the candidate
vhose declarations and whose ree>rd
ofTer the best assurance of inteligence
and integrity in the future.
,'t is vital that there be success for
he candidate and the platform which
jest understands the needs of the i
>eople and which most fully and most!
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lonesuy picaj^tfs lucji KauoiaLuv. I
"The Republican convention j
turned its back upon labor' and in so !
loinjr tur. H its back upon all of our
)eople exct, for that small minorty
which finds its occupation in the
;xploitation of the masses through
;pecial opportunities and special privlepres.
"Every American worker, every
?arnest American citizen devoted to!
he cause of human progress and with j'
i faith in the righteousness of the j
jrinciples of freedom, justice and j
rvmct cfrivp aidentlv for I
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;he defeat of those who have turned {
heir backs upon labor and upon the j )cople
generally and for the success ;
>f those who have attempted to meeti vith
understanding and in a spirit of j :
onstructive progress the problems of
he needs of the working people and :
>f the great masses of all cur pco- :
)le." 1
Miss Sallie Gilliam and Mr. S. C. (
foung, both of Whitmire, were marked
by the Rev. E. G. Ross on the
!6th of September. :
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TWO MORE CONFESS P
"THROWING" GAMES
DRIVE ON GAMBLERS NOW BE- CY
ING PRESSED
True Bills Voted by Qrand Jury Ev
Against "Brown and Sullivan."
Investigation Begins in New
York for Coming Series.
Chicago, Sept. 29.?Confessions
from Claude Williams and Oscar coi
Felsch admitting they were bribed to vo
"throw" last year's world series were inj
made public today and at the same *io
time the grand jury investigating the sei
baseball scandal took its first action
against gamblers who are said to ?q
have engineered the deal by indicting
two men whose identity was only S0]
partly revealed. . be
"Brown and Sullivan" were the
names under which true bills were co:
voted against the alleged gamblers,
and both were said to be from' Boston
or New York. Later, however, it | jje
came out that the jury (believed these j m(
names to be mythical and used only j ^
by the men when they discussed the j wj
series "throwing" with the ball play- J ac
ers. Possibility that they are two \ W(
men whose names already have been j ac
brought before the jury and who are : ga
nationally known was expressed by I
officials in the state attorney's of-1,
fice" | ky
The statement by Williams and the pa
newspaper reports of Felsch's confes-! ch
sion tallied with those made yester- j jg.
day by Eddie Cicotte and Joe Jack-jar
son. | ie.
According to the sworn statement i
made by Claude Williams, who lost |
three of the world series games, he |
and "Chick" Gandil, "Buck" Weaver,; no
Eddie Cicotte, who lost two games, j fo:
and "Happy" Felsch, whose error j 0f
helped lose one game, met to barter i jf
with "Brown" and "Sullivan" to lose
the games. "After we had agreed ^
we were willing to 'throw' the series," J
Williams said, "we went out one at j jc
a time and made our bargains with
Brown and Sullivan."
Not All Paid. |e,
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Williams saiu iie ictci* CU tpivjwvv j jU
and that he gave $5,000 to Jackson, j ba
a statement which (tallies with the, th
confession made by Jackson yesterday.
He was supposed to get $20,- he
000, he said. ha
Felsch, according to reports of his J it
confession, said he received $5,000, i th<
which he found in his locker- at the j
club house, but that he never had a i q.
chance to really help lose the series. | ^
His one glaring error of the series!
?when he dropped a fly ball?was j
an accident and he was warned aft-;
enfcards by the other players not to
be so awkward in making his misplays,
he was quoted as saying. The do
outfielder declared he didn't want to in:
"get in on the deal" at first, but the be
other players at the hotel conference fo
told him it would be easy. He said ac
he had been promised $20,000 but
was doublecrossed. Abe Attell said ve
Gandil was the one he believed guilty j
of the double crossing. co
Felsch denied that the White Sox
had thrown many games this season |
and said the men implicated in the !
- IWt
bribery had felt all season xney i
would be exposed sooner or later. He!
confirmed the confessions of Cicotte \ ^
and Jackson, made yesterday.
John Heydler, president of the Na- j
tional league, and John McGrcw,,
manager of the New York Giants, to-)
day told the jury details of the Lee j co
Magee and Hal Chase cases and also Iac
of dropping of Heinie Zimmerman.
McGraw was requested to return ; Ju:
Tuesday and bring Fred Toney, New j m(
York pitcher, and Benny Kauff, out- j
fielder. Heydler was asked to appear !
again at his convenience after the an
world series. j a <
TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT j Ci<
FOR THE ADULT BLIND '
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Fred t . Livingston ox r-umana, ? j LOj
member of the executive committee j Bi!
of the Columbia association of the J is
blind of South Carolina, leaves Mon-! wa
clay morning to attend a committee j th<
meeting in Columbia that afternoon. SU(
At this meeting plans will be con- l0\
sidered and arranged for the start-,
ing of the prepared industrial establishment
in Columbia where the
adult blind who wish to may secure
employment. Bu
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See "The Flower Shop" again to- Gr
night, Thursday, at the opera house. R.
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LAYERS INDICTED
ARE SUSPENDED
IARGED WITH THROWING
WORLD SERIES GAMES.
ery Member of White Sox Suspended
Who Are Indicated for
Fixing World Series Games
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True Bills Found.
Chicago, Sept. 28.?The Cook
anty grand jury this afternoon
+v?i?? hillc aorainsf "follow
WU VI UV KfAAAU ??.v ,.
* baseball players in its investigan
of alleged "throwing" of world's
?ies games last year:
Eddie Cicotte, Claud Williams,,
!hick" Gandil, Happy Felsch, Fred
:Mullin, Charles Risiberg, Joe Jackn
and Buck Weaver. All are memrs
of the Chicago Americans.
The eight players are charged with
nspiracy to violate a state law.
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Chicago, Sept. 28.?Seven memrs
of .the White Sox and one for;r
member were indicted today by
5 Cook county grand jury, charged
th conspiracy to commit an illegal ^
t in connection with last year's >rld
series, which they have been
cused of "selling" to a coterie of
mblers. - r'
The seven players were immediatesuspended
by Charles A. Comis,
president of the club,, who aprently
thereby threw away all
ances of winning (the American '
igue pennant this year. The Sox
e only a half game behind " the
igue leading Indians today.
The "old Yoman" wno nas spent a
e ^ime building up his club, noied
the accused players in the
tice of suspension that if they were '
und guilty he would 4five them out
baseball for the re?t of their lives,
possible.
As the afternoon session opened,
e grand jury called President
jydler of the National league and
>hn J. McGraw, manager of the
jw York Nationals.
President Heydler of the National
ague 'before going before the grand
ry said the scandal in organized
tseball was "the most deplorable
ing that has ever happened in the
itory of the game." He added that
t was glad the case was in the
nds of a competent court and while
was a terrible thing he hoped that ^
e guilty would be punished.
President Comisky of the White >:
x was so broken up after sending
e telegrams suspending seven of
j star players that he was unable \
make a statement. \ .?
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Ccmisky's Statement. M
"If you are innocent of any wrong I
ing you and each of you will be re- '
stated; if you are guilty you will
retired from organized baseball
r the rest of your lives, if I can
complish it.
"Until there is a finality to this instigation
it is due to the public that
take this action even though it
sts Chicago the pennant.
Uharles A. uomisicy."
"We will play out the schedule if
; have to get Chinamen to replace
e suspended players," Harry Gralbr,
secretary of the Sox, announced
is afternoon.
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Chicago, Sept. 28.?While the in:tments
at present contain but one
unt, "conspiracy to do an 'illegal
t," Assistant States Attorney Hartt
Renlotrln. in eharore of the srrand
ry investigation, announced that
>re probably would be added after
s grand jury session (this afternoon.
Just before the indictments were
nounced a witness was ushered out
iisused rear door of the grand jury
3m. He was reported to be Eddie
cotte, the White Sor star pitcher.
Cicotte, who was named in the
-? iL. ?11 J
)ry Ul uie imegtru gaiuu;cx? yivw
d at Philadelphia last night by
lly Maharg, former prize fighter,
said to have signed an immunity
liver and then to have gone before
j grand jury and testified. The
dden voting of -the true bills folved.
Griffith-Neal.
Married at the Baptist parsonage,
ish River, on Saturday evening,
ptember 25, 1920, Miss Mary Ella
iffith to Mr. John E. Neal, the Rev.
H. Burriss officiating.
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