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X VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 70. . NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOEE& 5. 132C. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA1 1 - ??*"* yv? w aicnttm f y>nr\f\ nf A in i nBSmP Gamblers In Bi Are Wii ' . ? i Chief Justice McDonald Confirms Re-; ports of a Countrywide Scope in \ National Game?Investigation to Proceed Without Interruption. - I ~ l New York, [ Sept. 3.?Maclay I Hoyne, state's attorney of Illinois, before leaving [New York today for Chicago, said 'that two New York j men, whose names he would not di- j vulge and who are neither baseball I men nor gamblers, have given him the,sort of corroborative evidence! needed to make a strong,, case against J the "fixers" of last year's world's > V.- series. Mr. Hoyne intends to place the evidence before the grand jury in Chicago just as soon as he reaches there. He said, the two men are willing to > testify. K - ? By Earl L. Shaub. , Chicago, Sept. 20.?A stiff battle j between two arms of the law which j have been investigating the crooked | nicjv-irtcr here, is expected j ^ r _ v- when Maclay Hoyne, state's attorney, j returns from New York to Chicago ' tomorrow. He sent an order from New York; Wednesday night to halt the proceed-, ings of the grand jury which has in- J dieted eight White Sox players, three j of whom confessed to "throwing" the ! last world's series to Cincinnati fcr j the benefit of a gambler "syndicate." j His order, however, has been ig- j ^ - nored and the grand jury which ended j its regular session tonight will be j ^ reconvened Saturday in special ses-! sion to continue its probe in the* j greatest scandal in the history of i sports. v ' - ?.p ! It will take next tne activities the Chicago Cube to determine whether some of those players were "fixed" when they lost a game to Philadelphia on August 31. The decision to continue the in-! vestigation was made by Chief Jus- j ^ tice McDonald. Investigation to Proceed. "The investigation will proceed j without interruption/' he said today.! "The indictments will be returned ?n { the regular way. This grand jury will. J be continued as a special grand jury 1 and will not send its deliberations j until the scandal affecting the great i national erame is cleaned up." He hinted that the inquiry would ! not only hit crooked players and i gamblers in Chicago and New York, j but "fixers" in other cities where! * major league games are played. Hartley Replogle, assistant state3' j attorney is also convinced that the i i probe should continue. lie also wants i congress to act. . j "We have now discovered that : baseball games have been bought and! sold," he said, "by' unscrupulous j gamblers and players. There must be j no repeuuun ui ?.mo "Congress should pass an act ma'.;-' ing it a felony by any one to offer a bribe to any. baseball player to pluyj our national game other than on i:s ; merits, also making it a felony fcr | any player to accept a bribe. Let j _ congress act." A It is certain that the jury's report will contain this recommendation. Regarding Immunity. Judge McDonald was asked if other i players would be permitted to con- j fess, said: j ^ "They may confess if they choose j but they must waive immunity, mose i who have already testified have expressly waived immunity. Of courre if the players aid in weeding out the evil that will be taken into consideration in imposing sentences." He was asked under what law tY-1 men would be prosecuted. ' "There is no question but what they injured and ruined the business of Mr. Comiskey as well as the honest players on the team who would have received 00 per cent, of the receipts instead of 40 per cent, if their team had won. The statute of limitation extends back 18 months and we c-ViqH nvncopiito -fnif jmv frimp com OllUli f/l VWVN. v?vv ^ v*. _ _ mitted during that time.'' Henry K. Brigham, foreman of the jury said today: i "The investigation will not be halt? ed. The indictments voted will be f ; ? (Continued on Page 7.) .i a sehall iely Organized MT. HEBRON COLORED SCHOOL IN NUMBER TEN TOWNSHIP This is a consolidated scnooi near j St. Pauls church and includes part of j Excelsior and all of St. Pauls and! Jolly Street school districts and is the | colored school for this section. Just j as in many other places there is no ' school house in the district that is 1 worth while and comfortable or even such a place in which it is wise to ' spend money in the effort to teach. The colored people of the district are much aroused in an effort to help themselves and by united work they' have already raised in cash about $1,000 and have the lumber on the ': ground to erect the building. At the request of the rural super- 1 visor of colored schools, U. S. Gallman, I went down there on Sunday j ^ afternoon and talked to the colored i. folk and he also invited J. B. Felton, j' state supervisor of colored school^ to j be present and he came from Colum- j bia and also talked to them on the .1 importance of doing something them-1 selves and showing by their acts that, ' they really cared for a better school ' house and a better school. With the aid of the Rosenwald ; fund and what the state and county ' will do for the building I am sure ,' that there will be erected here a IJ three room building with another ' room for a Workshop because it is 1 the purpose to teach manual training ; ar.d make an effort to prepare the children to do the things they will have to do when they grow to man hood. > The spirit of the colored people of j! this community is fine and I am sure j that they will cooperate in the right j spirit in building up the community j and training the children in these j things in which they will reed to be ( trained. No use to train them away i from the very road they will have to follow after a while. E. H. A. MR. E. K. COUNTS PREACHES HIS FIRST SERMON SUNDAY Mr. E. K. Count's, a son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Joe Counts of the Central community, and a student of theology at,. .the seminary in Columbia and a j graduate of Newberry college and j a member of the St. Pauls church, j preached his first sermon at St. Pauls j last Sunday morning. Those who i heard it ^ay that it was a good ssrmon and delivered well and they are proud that he who comes from their church and community. This congre gation has given many young men. to the ministry of the Lutheran church and at one time had the record of furnishing more students and more graduates and more ministers to the Lutheran church than any j other congregation in the synod of i South Carolina. It was very thought- I ful of Pastor Koon to insist that Mr. Counts preach his first sermon in his home church. We were down there and expected to attend preaching but we were under the impression that the service was half past eleven, whereas it is 11 o'clock and we reached the church too late for the service. We always enjoy going to this old church. , j FEDERATION LUTHERAN / YOUNG PEOPLE i I j Charleston, Oct. 2.?Would ap-1 | predate your announcing on your J ! local page the following: The Federation of Lutheran Young; i People's societies of South Carolina j will hold its tenth annual coavention ; ! in Cameron, S. C., October S-10. An i i inspiring mill ^lU^iani 'oecn prepared which will be bene; ficial to all who attend. Since each j society is allowed two delegates, a j large attendance is expected. This | will cause a further mingling; of ideas ' which will mean a greater federation 1 lor 1921. Thanking you in advance. Winnie Butt, Corresponding Secretary, j j | Lydia-?When Jack met Billy and i ! me out walking. 1 found it very hard to conceal my dismay. | Alice?I imagine. It's so hard to j j conceal anything with the present; i styles. I \ ' 1 CASH WILL ASSURE VICTORY IN WEST SO WRITES SENATOR WALSH TO SENATOR DIAL. Prospects for Democratic Success in Wisconsin, Iowa and Dakota Are Bright. The State, 3rd. Cold cash is all that is necessary for the Democrats to regain control of the senate, according to a letter Senator T. J. Walsh of Montana has written to Senator N. B. Dial, which letter Senator Dial has forwarded to Governor Cooper. <<t no tfrtn Iiuvp rlrmhtless 1 lieIVCj ao ^ VU im< V v been advised, undertaken for the national committee to direct the campaign for the election of Democratic senators or at least to give them such aid as can be extended," writes Senator Walsh. "Incredible as it may seem to you," he says, "the prospects are excellent in Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota." Then the senator gives some details of the fight which is .being waged by the Democrats in the Western states. "Unfortunately," he says, "we are hampered by the went of funds. With 2ven a moderate amount of money we could accomplish very much. Poindexter, who .has charge of the Republicans, testified before the investigating committee, that he has in hand $200,000. If I had the onefourth part of that, we could undoubtedly regain control of the senate." In Sore Need of Funds. Further excerpts from Senator Walsh's'letter are as follows: "I think it quite likely that we shall beat Smoot in Utah .and our L -..ill nwnnaWr friend, Torn raggari, wm pull through in Indiana. "But our situation as to linances is Democrats may not be averse upon your insistence, considering the importance of restoring Democratic supremacy in the senate, to coming through again. In every Northern and Western state it is necessary to make a fight to get any place at all. Every one able to contribute is solicited, not only for the national ticket, but for the state and local ticket as well. The not always required to l a::uiuM w make a struggle for the nomination, but often he is. I was obliged to do so in 1912. In the South, however*, it is not necessary, as a rule, to make desperate. It is a struggle to get enough money to meet the pay roll of the headquarters -here, which means that it is next to impossible to do anything more. In this state of affairs, I am impelled to write you this letter, a duplicate of which is going to 'every senator from every Southern state. I hope you will be moved to take the matter up with some of our enthusiastic party friends in your state with a view to helping us out of the hole. "I appreciate that they have been, i?? hv the national pel committee, but some of the more devotee! any subsstantial contribution, either of money or labor to carry the ultimate election. Asks fcr Assistance. "In this situation of affairs I feel that we who are obliged not only to put our money up, but to expend oui energy and employ our talent, such as we have, for months, that Democracy may not perish in these parts, may not inappropriately ask our party brethren in your section tc come to our aid with funds to help us regain the organization of the senate, in the benefits of which you are equal participant! with us. I wish 1 might put into this letter something of what I feel concerning the opportunity that is before us and the anxiety that oppresses me lest it be irretrievably lost. "It would be inadvisable, in mj opinioiij for you or any other senatoi to do any soliciting. But you coulc assemble a few of the party leaden in your state and represent to then the dire necessity of the situation They might be prompted to organize themselves into a committee am parcel the burden out among thf various communities likely to be in terested. "There was a time when the Sour! was so straightened iinancially thai it could not answer such an appea as this, but thanks to a kind prcvi donee and u Democratic administra \ [personal paragraphs PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY i ! I Mrs. J. Sidney Wheeler Hostess for j U. D. C.?Miss Griffin Entertains for Children. Prosperity, Oct. 3.?Mrs. J. Sid- ' ney Wheeler was hostess to the Pros- j' perity chapter, U. D. C., Friday aft- j ernoon. The program was dispensed ; with because of the election of of- ' ! ficers, and after the usual routine of j i business the officers elected were:; President, Mrs. J. H. Crosson; first;; vice president, Mrs. j. W. Harmon;!, second vice president, Mrs. J. P. Wheeler; third vice president, Mrs. j H. P. Wicker; recording secretary, [ Miss Effie Hawkins; corresponding J secretary, Mrs. J. B. Stockman; j'treasurer, Mrs. J. A. Price; gleaner, j 'Miss Edna Fellers; first historian,! ! Miss Ethel Souer; second historian,) j Miss Clara Brown. Ice cream and j < | wafers were served by Missss Pearl j; j and Grace Wheeler. I I The James D. Nance chapter, J j Children of the Confederacy, was en- ' j tertained Saturday afternoon by Miss j Margaret Griffin. After the business | session Miss Salome Dominick gave i; j a skfitch on Pocahontas followed by j j a reading on the life of Capt. John j Smith by Miss Florence Wheeler. The j Hostess, assisted by Miss Nellie Mae Dasher, served cocoa and wafers. Miss Annette Long and Henry T-? 1? ~^ in mQm*inCP hv I | IjroUKi- vveit: uunc\| m ? ? ( the Rev. J. B. Harman at the Mt. j Tabor parsonage Wednesday evening, Mrs. Brooks has been a member of Summerland college faculty for the past two years .and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. -L. S. Long. Mr. J Brooks is a young progressive farm| er of the Mt. Pilgrim section. I An elegant pipe ^rgan has been | j installed in Grace Lutheran church j I to the delight of the entire congre- j ! gation. This has been long wished J j for and we feel sure it will inspire \ ! great musical interest and will add j : greatly to the proficiency of the al-1 j ready efficient choir as well as be a : : source of satisfaction and helpful! . benefit to the various musical programs of the church services. rI~"1?' T ?A ifl enniofv nf CrVflPP ! I I 111! JuUUlCS .'liu juv.IVI.,1 - ; church meets Thursday aftei*noon at! , j 4 o'clock with Mrs. J. A. Price. , i Miss Cannon of Westminster is the guest of Miss Lena Guila^e. i Mrs. G. Y. Hunter is spending the J r vyeek in Tyron, N. C. Mrs. J. C. Baylor has returned to , her home -in Batesburg, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise. : Mrs. Mary Sitz left Friday for J ( New York, where she will visit Mrs. j . j Harry Almstead. , | Mrs. J. L. Wise has returned from .! a visit to her daughter, Mrs. 0. K. j rr Zisagici. , ; Allen Hunter was carried to the j Columbia hospital Wednesday for the j appendicitis operation. Miss Edith Henderson of Newberry is visiting: Mrs. Addie Hodges, j Dr. and Mrs. Edward Ridgell of ' Batesburg spent Monday with Mrs. Rosa Lester. j J. J. Gibbons spent the week-end ' in Charlotte. ' j Paul Groseclose of Columbia vis! ited his aunt, Mrs. L. A. Black, last j week. 1 j Mrs. V. E. Kohn and Little Vir'; ginia have returned from Blacksburg. 1 j Mower Sir.gley, Tom Sease and ' Ernest Dominick of Newberry col1 i lege were home for the week-end. : j V. E. Kohn is attending a hog ' I sale in Rocky Mount, N. C. 5 Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Pomaria ' visited her parents Friday. J. H. Bedenbaugh and Miss Susan > tion, it is rich now. Come down and' " help us!" Cooper Makes Comment. I In commenting upon the letter j from Senator Walsh, Governor 7 Cooper said, "This letter from Sena- j *, tor Walsh contains most encourag- i ! : ing news. It shows that only linan- j > j cinl assistance is needed to make the j i I i- ? it rrivP1? nilV 1 i si'juitr i/cuiutiuui., uuu JV ? j people an opportunity to show just} 1 i how much thev are in earnest in their I 1 * 1 1 expressions of hope lor Democrats | success. -j "Senator Walsh is one of the big men of the senate and this statement i j from him should be given most caretiful consideration. Our Southern 1; states are given opportunity to as j sist in the fight which is being oar | l ied on in the West." i DEBBS GIVES KISS :! TO COMMITTEEMEN! i SOCIALIST NOMINEE CONFERS ! I VV11H LilALMiKO. Says Party Can Not Join Third ' ( International "Without Reservations." Atlanta, Oct. 2.?The Socialist *] party of the United States can not join with the Third Internationale ( "at present without reservations," j t Eugene Debs, Socialist nominee for j t president, told his campaign commit- ] tee here today, according to state- s merits made after the conference at < federal prison. ( "The indefiniteness of autocratic ! i interference and the experiments of ? the Third Internationale make it im- j possible for us to affiliate with them at present without reservations," ; Debs was quoted as telling A. /). ? Askeli, representing the Finnish fed- j eration, who sought a definite state- ? ment from the Socialist leader. ? n ^ n rr tPYl VG2.T < L'tfUS, WliW 13 Oi-i T V. ? | sentence on conviction of violating I ] the espionage age during the war, ( told the committee, it was stated, that he would not ask for clemency. : "I will never ask for clemency," he j was quoted as saying. "Mr. Palmer , is waiting for me to release him, but . I can outwait him." He also charg- j ed that the American Federation cf Labor had changed its attitude to- ] wards "political prisoners." { The committee was received by the ] nominee in the warden's office r.t the j penitentiary and he greeted them < with enthusiasm, giving each a kiss j in turn. Debs was wearing the blue { denim of the prison garb.^ He eeen:- ; ed particularly pleased when the , committee presented him with a box ^ of cigars. It was the first time the candidate has met his campaign committee since his formal notification of nomination several months ago and the party went into executive confe- encs within a few minutes after arrival. The committee convened immediately. The delegates were noncommittal regarding the work of the committee and they had been adjured to keep the deliberations absolutely secret. The EcSitcr's Guess. Morris Year Book. A leading either* in a small town was suddenly stricken with appendicitis and an operation became necessary. The editor of the local press heard of it and printed this note about it: "Our esteemed fellow citizen, James L. Brown, will go to the hospital tomorrow to be operatsd upon for the removal of his appendix by Dr. Jones. He will leave a wife and two children." Quattlebaum of the Pomaria school faculty were home for.the week-end. Mrs. B. L. Wheeler and Miss Olive \ Counts of Columbia are visiting her parents. Miss Gladys Chesney of Spartanburg is the guest of Mrs. Virgil Kohn. Mrs. H. H. Rikard of Newberry, spent Friday with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Wheeler. Miss Ruth Craig of Jacksonville, 1 Fla., was the week-end guest of Mrs. ; A. G. Wise. E. W. Luther of Columbia carnc up Monday for the funeral of his uncle, Mrs. J. D. Stone. Miss Bell Hunter of St. Lukes : spent the past week with Mrs. A." H. Hawkins. L. W. Scott of Pacolet visited his! father, J. B. T. Scott, during the past j week. Mrs. C. M. Simpson and children j have returned to their home in Columbia. Mrs. Olin Bobb has been visiting relatives in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. H. Boozer of NinetySix are spending a few days with Mrs. J. B. Stockman. r T M~ r. r*vw1 !T .a virion iVll'S. J. 1>1. VV una ?.(!.(( iiniuan Worts spent Sunday in Williamston. X. A. Nichols of Xinety-Six is visiting relatives in the St. Luke's community. S. S. Birge is visiting Mrs. A. II. Kohn of Columbia. Misses Willie Mae Wise and Louise Bedenbauprh and George Wise are delegates to the federation of 1 Young People's societies of South < Carolina which convenes at Cameron " October S-10. LAST EMULLMM1 EXCEEDS RECORDS NEARLY 430,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL j CHILDREN ON BOOKS. >fnce of State Superintendent of Ed- I ucaticn Shows Result of Compulsory Attendance Law. The State. The office of state superintendent ; >f education has just completed the ] abulation of school enrollment for ! he scholastic year ending June 30, < L020. The grand total of pupils n ;}io\vs 478,045. This means a clear j' ;ain of 89,032, or 22.9 per cent., ji >ver the preceding year. The prev- j, ous maximum was 415,706 in the | scholastic year 1915-16. This figure jj .'alls 62,279 below that of last year. ! According to the census of 1919, j; ipproximately 45 per cent, of the i; state's population was white and 55 3er cent, was colored. Every year ince the establishment of the public :chocl system, the enrollment has shown a majority of negro pupils. : For the year just ended the blacks exceeded the whites by 25,935. In 1010 the public school enrollment was 22.6 per cent, of the state's . Deputation. The percentage for 1920 will make an interesting calculation , is soon as the census figures are published. i The figures in enrollment for the 1, Last ten years afford an interesting !, and suggestive comparison. The number of white pupils has risen ! from 150,051 ten years ago to 22S,365 today an increase of 70,014. Dur- j ing the same ten years tne number j Df negro pupils has risen from 184,-i 364 to 251,980, an increase of 67,- j (>16. This is a significant index to j the trend of population in the state. | Gives Out Figures. The figures for the decade are as j follows: White Negro j Year Eiirollmen Enrollment; 1910 156,051 184,364 j 1911 160.830 193.440 101.2 156,280 175,307 1013 167.914 193,247 191-1 175,297 203.372 1915 180,316 192,525| 191G 196,057 219.699 1017 195,112 212,828 j 1918 194,687 }99.780 j I910 190,368 198-645 1<I99 226,065 215,980! The distribution of pupils in town J and country schools is also interesting. Jn town schools as reported the enrolment cf white boys was 50,353 and of white girls 51,227, giving a total of 101,580. In country schools the white boys numbered 63,724 and the white girls 60,751, making a total of 124.485. Whites Move to Town. 7.he same items for the negro chil-: dren show that boys in town schools? numbered 27,7S6 and girls 33,-169,1 making a total enrolment*in the negro town schools cf 61,255. This: figure indicates that the negro chil-j A->ar> .r.vp rfimaininir on the farm, in; direct ccrJ *ast with the urban tend-! encv "anions: white children. For the J negro country schools the beys num-j bered 93,140 and the girls 99,585,] making a total of 190,725. In this j classification all incorporated places} are grouped among the town schools. j The federal ccnsus designates as.j rural any town or village with fewer. than 2,500 inhabitants. It is a difficult matter to collect , statistics from private and parochial j schools, says Mr. Swearingen. This j class of children probably numbered j between 10,000 and 20,000. The col- j leges'enrolled for both races and; both sexes between 10.000 and 15,-; 000 students. It is safe to claim that! nt. 500.000 of the state's inhabi- j tants were taking some kind of school j training last year, says Mr. Swear- j ingen. I These gratifying1 results are in j part (iue to the prosperity of the j state, but they are in much larger j' measure due to the operation cf +hej compulsory attendance act, says Mr. j Sivearingcn. The 55 attendance of- i i ficers were paid $(><5,000 from the j state treasury in salaries. In a few counties they were allowed additional amounts for traveling ex-J pauses. It seems safe to claim that i for every dollar expended in this way Diie additional public school pupil was , enrolled. Such a program is not only ; the best remedy and preventive of j illiteracy, but also th? surest <;uur- < / bEUKUIA PAKMEUd WOULD HOLD CROP FIX FORTY CENTS AS MINIMUM SALE PRICE. Condemn Houston for Government's Policy as to ' Credits. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30.?After adopting resolutions condemning the policy of Secretary of the Treasury Houston towards loans for holding cotton, and urging all farmers to hold, their products for a "fair price" cotton men, bankers, merchants and others in mass meeting here late to- , day appointed a committee of nine to take the matter up with heads of all farm organizations. Members of the committee stated later they had decided to hold a meetiner in Washington and to urge representatives of all lines of industry to express their disapproval of "any effort to curtail farm credits." Cotton, speakers dedared, cost 38 cents a pound to produce and 40 cents was said to be the minimum sales price for the staple. J. J. Brown, state commissioner of agriculture, ore of those who called the meeting, was appointed chairman of the committee. The other mem- J: bers are United States Senator Hoke Smith, Charles S. Barrett, Harvie Jordan, Charles H. Brand, M. L.. Johnson, A. F. Hodges, C. G. Fitzpatrick and E. G. Daniel. Whilp the meeting in Washington is being arranged, Mr. Brown announced, a speakers' bureau will be established and organizations will be perfected in every county in the state. Farmers will be urged to hold j their cotton and borrow money on it from their local banks. . Congressman Upshaw today made public a telegram from Mr. Houston in which the secretary said: "I published no decision 'not to en- ~ courage Southern farmers in handling their cotton crop. ?t a living price.'" The secretary added that his statement had said he favored "every legitimate effort to promote the orderly marketing of commodities but the government can not be a party to an undertaking to hold commodities off the market to enable the owners artificially for speculative purposes to - - maintain war prices or nigucx w?t war prices/' . Ey the government, the secretary's telegram said, he referred particularly to the treasury. "I was not speaking of the banks," he added. "They are net the government." He said a request had been made that the treasury either deposit money in crop moving sections or revive the war finance corporation. Either of these, he said, would invoke borrowing '. ( money by the government at high rates. NEWBERRY GOT-RITE ALL-RITE NEW BAKERY GOOD THING > =? Party of Young Men in the City Made Fine Move by Inaugurating the "Bake-Rite." The "Bake-Rite'* Bakery jumped right into popularity at the start and bids fair to be a great success. There has never been a movement in this city meeting with as much unanimity of favorable sentiment on the part of the public. The people took hold with pleasure and with a vim. Customers are flocking to the bakery, automobiles stopping at the door continually and ladies alighting to have a look and a "loaf," etc. Everybody is joining in with a determination to make Newberry "get-rite." This new bakery has done much already in making this place look more lik-p a eitv than ever. Our young fellow citizen, T. E. Davis, familiarly caled "Tince," is manager of the enterprise, while Mrs. J. L. Henderson of Blairs is saleslady. They have a baker of fine reputation in Mr. D. F. Whitman of Florence, Ala., one of the best bakers in the entire country. Long-Brooks. Miss Annette Long and Mr. H. H. Brooks, both of Prosperity, were married by the Rev. J. B. Harman last Wednesday. an tee of an intelligent citizenship, according to the state superintendent i>f education. \ -v . M