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Wr' ' ' ^ ^ .. '^ \ ' V fc ' ' VQ& y t 'j _ _h VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 72. * NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAL, OCTOBER 12, 192C. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA1 ? gnPBPBI rw^^rry ngTmBBC '- gflMMD8ne??WnMeBOta35CagK ^??"rnm? asSCMBI i,i1-rrsr.^'tw..??VX1' JUU JUI VTIIMXI ? - HARRIS DEFENDS COTTON POSITION SAYS STAPLE YET WORTH FIFTY CENTS POUND Says Law of Supply and Demand not Functioning in Market. To the Editor of The State: On Monday last I cent you a reply to certain statements with reference to the commissioner of -agriculture made by Mr. W. A. Clark, wall known Columbia banker. As my ar - ? ? J T tide seems to nave miscaincu, x ?on. you to publish the following statement: Mr.. Clark alleged in his article that certain of the people of South Carolina, ''led by persons as ignorant as- themselves," had held their cot?. ^ ' ton through a period when they ? * could have received something more th&n 40 cents per pound, and that these owners of cotton had been misled by "false prophets,*7 who said that cotton would bring 50 cents. Now, I wish to say to Mr1. Clark; ?tnd to the people of South Carolina through the opportunity thus afforded me, that I did my. duty. I have no regrets, nothing to be ashamed ' of. I am proud of the course that I pursued, consistent with my teachings for the last 20 years. Is Mr. Clark's present course consistent with his lifelong policy? I say today, as I have said repeatedly, that if the law of supply and demand were operating cotton would be worth in? ? mi _ i trinsically more than 50 cents, max is all that I have said, and it was true. If I am singled '^ut as one of Mr. Clark's false prophets, I will ask why he was not fair enough to state the whole'case?and let the people judge as t who aj.e'the true and proper friends o$ the cotton growers? A year ago I advised the farmers not to sell long staple cotton for it was ^ worth $1 a pound. They waited and -they got it. Mr. Clark does me the ' ' A- ? "monv" availed nonor iu sj*iy inab themselves of the advice that I gave them and on his statement to that effect I will suggest that if I, and others, had not urged the farmers to keep their cotton off the market, the price never -would have gone to -40 cents. The action of cotton in that respect was the result not of a nervous movement, but of two years of , effort to organize the South against the depredations of the speculators. Deflation in Force. And just when we got the price of cotton to where it would pay the farmers for growing it, here comes along this new bom infant prodigy of "deflation,". and accomplishes the actual deflation of one lone, poor commodity in the United ' States-^, that is cotton in the fields. At least we know of no other that has been so seriously affected,- and then only * 1 3 Uio mnnnu clXtcr ttlc ictrmci nttu put h?o iuvuvj into the making of the crop. Why not before? I would have been justified by the facts, and I would have been a true / prophet of the people had I in the spring of 1914 advised the farmers to hold their cotton for 20 or 25 cents. That was according to" the law* of supply and demand. Yet in August of that year there came a great war and the law of supply and ^ demand was suspended and the price of cotton went to five cents. That was an abnormal, unexpected and we IK hope never to be repeated catcs?i_ nTc tViorp anv nattiral E xropne. ???i; reason why we should today have a w repetition of the calamity of 19141 ' ' I say there is not. The law of supply and demand is a law of natural circumstances. There is no more moral right to suspend such a law in peace times than there is to suspend the law of habeas cort,ic t-hp great bulwark oi puo-?nmcu 4^ ?..v 0 civil liberty. The law of supply ani demand .should be our defense against ' the predatory inter ests which -would impoverish the South, if they could to make "a kill nig'' in big profits for themselves Yet, this very immoral and unthink abie crime of commerce has beer committed against the South. Told Farmers to Buy. I charge that Mr. Clark has mad< a misstatement of facts concerning my position, and as I am sure he did > it unknowingly, I wish to set him .(Continued on page 2.) tsi , EXPORT CONCERN MOVES FORWARD WHOLEHEARTED INDORSEMENT OF PLAN ORDER OF DAY gia and Mississippi Meeting With Succcss. i J The State. Ex-Gov. R. I. Manning, who v/ent to Atlanta Thursday night for a conj ference there in regard to the or1 ganizing cf the Cotton Exports cor| poration in Georgia, Alabama and | Mississippi, is expected to return to{day. News at his office yesterday | was to the effect that his mission had : been even more successful than he i had anticipated, and that all obstacles ! are being met and cverccnie in all j of the states. ; Governor Manning's office is in re; ceipt of numerous messages of encouragement. Among some that have j come in arc the following extracts from letters and telegrams: j Victor Montgomery, Spartanburg financier and manufacturer: "1 in; dcrre the movement and think it will be a great benefit to both farmer ' and manufacturer. If low grades ; can be sold for export, will be very j stimulating to both goods and cx>ti ton." W. L. Daniel, Saluda farmer and i public citizen : "I am interested in j the plan for handling cotton through | the corporation being organized to j do business on credit with central ; Europe. v I have- confidence in such ! a scheme, and I fervently, hope that ! it is the entering wedge that will dij. vorce the cotton farmer of the South j from the raids annually planned and . pvf-ruted bv the Northern bears." ; W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal banking board, stated to a ' committee of the American Cotton I associaion that the federal reserve i system is prepared for such credit > I expansion as may be necessary to | move the crops and called attention ! to the desirability of the formation j of an export corporation by Southj ern cotton interess. | Do Everything in Power, i B. C. Matthews of . Newberry, 1 chairman of the banking committee of the South Carolina Cotton asso1 "V'nn rnit\r rolv nnnn t.o CiClL-IVil A VU Av.j ; do everything in my power to be of assistance in the formation of the proposed corporation." ; A Ne\V York banking house'says: "It is obviously much bettor to take J into exchange European bonds, guaranteed by the governments, than to ; allow this excessive cotton (the unsaleable low grades) to break the market bjf superabundance or to remain in the'hands of the growers or . +V?/-k nurnnrc withrmt: ynlp " | |^1 b Vr?AlVl.kJ ITiVIIVMW WMAVI Fred S. Munsell, state director of I the New York Life Insurance com| pany, in directing his agents to promote the sale of the stock says: "Low grade cotton is now a drug on the market. The mills of central Europe want this grade of cotton and that is the only market for it. As long as this- low grade cotton is idle here it will depress the market on higher ^ n m .! In ollirri TTC? m TOOn*lr?ft UCS, anu 10 ?nv??jfo a iiibnuvv, uv ! fair trading. The stock in this corj poration is a real. investment in a i real business venture that will pay real dividends, outside of the great ! service which the corporation will I do. I feel that this is the perma| nent basis of the salvation of the j South in the marketing of cotton/' Call to Underwriters. . Frank E. Brcadnax, president of the South Carolina Life Underwriters > j j association, has mailed the following I appeal for service to every life in' | surance man in the state, and he feels ' j that they will respond readily to the 1 : opportunity to serve the state: ! "Do you want to do something to .: prevent business stagnation in South j1 Carolina? ' ' ? j - t : ?! "reeling mar you ao, 1, as pieai_ i dent of your life association, pledged ; j your support to the American Pro[i ducts Export ami Import corporation, i to assist them in the sale of their t I stock, either for cash. Liberty bonds x i or cotton. "The formation of this corporation is the only solution to the stabils; itv of business in all lines in the South for the next 12 months. If the cotton producing South does not rise up and seek a market for its . greatest commodity and export , its own product to countries which are \ FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF GI J This is the first photograph to 'res j sion, after 'the brief von Kaon on I | ============= PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Futile Attempt to Rob Bank?Sorosi j Reorganized?Death of Lit tic Boy. # Prosperity, Oct. 10.?After hav ing disbanded for the summe: , months the Soro.-is was reorganize* ! an | the first meeting was held Friday .afternoon with Mrs. J. Frank Brown* as hostess. During the w;ntov tiv club will'study "citizenship." short musical program was enioye* after which a tempting salad cours .was served by the hostess. a;siste< by Mrs. L; W. Harmon, j E. O. Counts, Jr., was married ii ; Charlotte on Tuesday to Miss Thelm; } Dellinger of Cherryville,/N. C. Mr i and Mrs. Counts, after a short visi to his parents, Prof, and Mrs. E. 0 I Counts, left Saturday for Charlotte their future home. ' Thomas Jefferson. Long, two yea old son of Mr. and Mrs. Normal i Long,. died Thursday and was buriei ! Friday afternoon at ihe St. Luke' | cemetery. The funeral service j were conducted by the Rev. V/. H , Roof. j. An unsuccessful attempt was mad j Saturday night at midnight to ro I the People's National bank. Police men Lindler and Eedenbaugh discov ! ?' A t?. ^ mx ( ? r\ r\ : o 4" ? t f *"? 1 f\ uriill MIK H L HIJK srij ui-v. ! one man had enter ed the buildin; j and although v number of shots wer i fired the would be burglars mr.t! their escape having failed com : pletely in their 'purpose. | ' Miss Ruth Stockman of Columbi; i college was heme for the wesk-end j Mrs. L. L. Davis of Alta Vistc |"Va., is on a visit tr> her parents, Mi {<?nd Mr*. 8. M. Mathis. i r.Irs. 11. (\ iiantcr spent Wednes I day in Columbia. _ | Miss ^thel Counts of Vvalhulla, c I route to Cameron to attend th I Young People's federation stoope ' over on a short visit to her inothei ; Mrs. E. 0. Counts. Mrs. J. M. Worts and Mrs. Eir? new begging for same 'ioes she r:o j deserve to suffer? I "The way has been prepared: th j only logical plan evolved. The great jest need now is for you to coopcrut , by carrying this message to the v.r informed within the next few (Iny . and see every person possible and k ' them feel their responsibility to ci operate with this movement in on way or another. "Life association men have arise to every occasion of public service i the past, so won't you please repoi j to the officials of your county co! ton association and cooperate wit them in every manner po.-sibie." The Anderson chamber of con j merce will put over the quota in tlis , county today, judging from a tek ' gram received at Governor Manning' j office Friday, and reports from othe i counties are encouraging. The cour {ty organizations will be set up tc j day with zeal and determination b j the representatives who were her ' Wednesdav at the state conference. } :rman national assembly ui s fulfil Jj^^??. ch.the United States showing the re.5/ itbrepk. The now German chancellor, i m*mammmnmimatmmmmMDmfmmTmm.~iaam*mmm* mi mwmM ? mxrt.rm, .a f j Wise spent Thursday with Mrs. J.' r B. Bedenbaugh of Pomaria. i 3-1 iss Annie Fellers is home from' s Timmonsville. t j Mrs. J. B. Dennis and Mr;;.-Price! are spending a few days in C'olum-; ibia. ' - | Br. and IVIrs. Arthur Shelly of: v : Gai.rtos\ :!le, Fla., are visiti r< their | :1 , parents near here. y i Mrs. Amos Cornwall of S.'luda is e viiitinir her sister, Mrs. Will. I.eap? hard:. > i Th;; Rev. J. A. McKsown has gone; i : to Chester t j visit his mother. 2' Mr. and Mrs. Otis Boozer spent 1 ; Wednesday and Thursday in Chester. < | Mr. and Mrs. Will Roof, Mir. and n.' Mrs.* J. K. Cromer of Pomaria were a. guests Sunday of Mrs. -J. H. Crosson. '. J Mrs. Lucy Focshc of Sanatorium,t i N. C., spent several days last week >.! with Mrs. Ira Gibson.. !, J Mr. and Mrs. Rawl have returned' | to Columbia, after visiting the lor-, rimer's daughter, Mrs. Olin Bobh. i ii J Miss Jtjan Adam? of Pclzer ivns il the week-end guest of Mr;;. J. C.' s Schumpert. " ; sj Miss Josic Griffin has returned1 1 from a short visit to Florence. ; Mrs. T. L. Shealy and son, Hayne. c spent Monday in Columbia. b blisses Rcsalee ar.d 1-ieien vvncc:sr; -. of Easlcy are heme on a visit. | -i 7.1 r. and Mrs. Gerald Quatilebairn r : of i^tatesboro, Ga.. rpent the past % week with ??Ir. and Mrs. .J. D. Qaat-e j tlebaunr. i e; Prof. E. T. :ucS\vain spent the -! week-end In Newberry. i Miss Celeste Sir'tley of Columbia ; n is spoil dine: a few days with Mr. and I. ; Mr?. J. C.'Sinjrlcy. | t, i II. L. Chaplan of Neeces spent i Sunday here with friends. i Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Luther of , Columbia spent Surday with Dr. R. L. Luther. n 1 .diss Mae Long of 4 Summerhr.d e | college was home for the week-end.; <1; Rufus Monts of Newberry caliche \ hsc been visiting his 'grandfather,! i Mr. Adam Monts, on Route 1. e Mrs. Olin E(;bb has gone to Co-j - lumbia to bring her sister, Miss t Blanch Raw!, home with her to re# ?> cupcrate from a iccent illne>3. Mr. and Mrs. John Cook and fam-: - ily of Trenton are visiting relatives, c here. '-! Mr. aru'f Mrs. Luther .Crouch and '3 daughters, Misses Ruth ar.d May, of 't Lcerville here shoppers here on' , Saturday. e! Mr. ar.d Mrs. X. L. Uiaek, Mr. ami Mrs., J. M. Dlaek of Saluda wciv !1 guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. n! Black. ' i II IB Undertaker T. A. Williams buried h . the Indies of two young inen on Su.r.i day. .J. W. Gilder and Willi? Wili liams. The two men were overseas it; soldiers during the world war. The! '-.former died over a year a.yo in a' 's hospital in Franco. His body was. r ' exhumed and shipped to America, ar-j i-; riving in Newberry Sunday on the( ; 1:9l). The latter died in a hospital j yl in Grc-euviilt ami home on e! Thursday, and held over until Sunj?, _. j ' > ' ; V i ESS ION AFTER REBELLION. j J ^ " i HHf merman -\ationr.i Assemoly in'scs- v ierman Mueller, is in the chair. n w b A "DIVORCE (?) HERE * LN COLORED CIRCLE , r ; t Juclge 3. V. Chapman* on the 3ench v of the1 Supreme Recorder's Court, f Grants the Request of llie Y/o- y man in the Case. <u There was an interesting care be- "v fore the recorder on Friday, the first c of the k.'^d recorded in the annals of th-j court. It makes reading that \vi!i air&ct attention and'may hnvej? a far reaching influence among a cer-'j tain clans of.people. Becky White- [? r.er rents a -home, but she does not; i want her husband, George Whiier.e;\ \ to live there. Being unable to have t her demand? obeyed fcy her own efforts she had the said op.rtv cf the , , * " c record part indicted by the strong ] ami of the law. Recorder Chap- j man heard the wri! of the w>nian { and being impressed with the t :eital \ acceded to Iicr wishes in the com- j j plaint. Accordantly, Gj^rgc was '\ fire ! v15 and ordered to vacat e the , : I},. ; i (i-'irt ??mi if ho. pi'Uli: !SUI;. ill" I'UMI ... 4 is not now a bettor and wiser man, j Becky is at least and at last free of ^ one case of "domestic infelicity and j connubial incompatlb:li{y.?' . *=? - { Death of Mr. Gcsrgo Dicker.l. j Mr. Gccr;?e T. Dickert died cf can- ( ccl* of the stomach at bis home in , Wiiliamston o:: Saturday and hisj] hnrH* was !*rcJ'.rht to Newbeny on j? the 12:30 Southern train Sunday and ] carried 10 the heme of his first ( cousin, Mr. J. P. Shealy, whence it ( was borne to Rosen on: cemetery, ^ leaving the house at 4 o'clock, at- ( tended by the following pallbearers: J? }\ Shealy,' C. T. Summer, Dr. W.!t G. Hcuseal, J. W. Wheeler, C. B. j i Spinks and Wilbur l ong. The serv-jj ices were conducted at the grave by ? the Rev. Edward Fulenwider. Mr. Dicker! was 5'3 years of age was mfront of the Southern rail- ] way stationed a Williamston, to j < which place he had only recently \i been appointed. "Mr. Dickert is sur- j < vived by his widow, the second wife, t and her little son, George T., Jr., j of Atlanta, besides the following' < children- of the first union: C. Hnr- [ old Dickert and. Miss Guzsie Dickert j of Atlanta, both of who.n were pres-i j ent at the burial, and by another son,! j Cus Dickert of Boston. He is also J j suivived by the following brothers ' t .-.nd sister.-: , D. A. Dickert and Jeffjj Dickert of Atlanta. Mrs. Mary Boin-J est, Mrs. Lottie Ethridge, Mrs. Sarah \ i Spe::ce, Mrs. James ?den, all of At-' > lanta, and Mi*. Lee Dickert of Macon, I > ? - . i. _ v.rr limn tn.-? ! V J. I / i v l-.iuil'i a: :j> ii.f, i. v/ *. * kvx/ | for the funeral, reaching Newberry' * fin Monday morninir. \ There wore a good many disap- c poinvri people; soma from the eoun-J i : > , when !i was learned t.n Monday j ( thai Professor ('only. the healer and t psychologist, would ;-.ct be here as r announced ia>t week. He passed through Newberry Sunday on his way 1 to Laurens aiiu Greenwood. It' is t said he may be here the latter part i of the week. * c t Forty Lents Co Is Be Lermany Aione Said to Be ill Need; j of Two Million Ssles With Mills and Workman in Readiness Bat IVIcney Not Available. ?- ! * ? 1- o. i. O \T T3 : , isjrrmngnam, s\ia., uct. o.??. x. ^ r. Harding, president of the board -of! ^ ovcrnors cf the federal reserve ' r ar.k, with D. C.Wells, newly ap-11 oir.ted member of the board, met! ere today with the directorate of j * he Atlanta branch and discussed the lovement to hold cotton for -10 cents'}; pcu.:d, which has been sponsored r y the American Cotton association. j ? L. U. Jackson, director of the1 ieorgia bureau cx markets, who s^id v e was speaking for 90 per cent. y f the banks in his own state, made c , pica before the beard for a mare; iberal extension cf credit to Scuth- * rn planters, claiming they need .the ( nor.cy to pay of: debts' incurred ? rh:le pi-oducirg the present cotton rop. ; Mr. Jackson asked that members f the federal reserve system be al-fj owed to discount nojtes for money j srhich, he said, is to be used in payn.ent of wages, fertilizer and supply! ills. He said the loans would extend j { or only a few days and would not! ( naterially affect the reserve of the' ^ ederal system. He also declared j j hat a great majority of planters' < veve not seeking money simply to! j inance themselves while they were i ( lolding cotton ofT the market. Theyj< ire hard pressed by creditors, he j j :aid, and must have cash at oncei( vith which to meet obligations in-! urred this summer. j < For Export Corporation. j I Governor Harding announced to-1,' rhof Rirminp-hnm is to haV;* a'i t iub-treasury of the United States im- i j neaiately in the sense that the local j j )ranch of the federal reserve barrk;< vill perform the functions of a sub 1 i reasury. i< Championing the Export Ccttom* is.-ociation idea tonight, Governor |v Warding- declared that he had been j 1 nformed by the commercial ager.t of j< he German government, 'now in the J Jnitcd States, that Germany alore is ; s n need of 2,000,000 bales of cotton; ji hat the Germans have the mills with; vhich to spin the cotton and work-!i nen to operate -the mills, but that, 3 is cn that'1 UIUI1V-.T ... hey can not pay for the cctton they;1 leed in money. 1 "Under a well organized cotton ex-j )ort organization," Governor Hard- : ng stated, "we could ship our raw :otton to Germany under an ade- 1 luatc guarantee by the German banks and the German government. j The cotton would be manufactured i nto cloth and the manufactured pro- ; iuct disposed of to nations whose currency has not depreciated, and in ;he end the Germans could pay us for )ur cotton in good American dollars. "This system would have to ex- : ;end over a period of nine months ;o allow for the shipment of the cot;on to Europe, its manufacture and i ale of the finished product. To Stimulate Situation. "In my opinion, the first 10,000;' sales of cotton shipped abroad un- j ier this system and with this guar-: mtee would have an insxaniant*ou? i effect in stimulating the entire cot- j' ;on situation. To my mind, it is the j rreatest opportunity in the South to- j' lay. "It is up to the South to do this ! f ;hing for itself and with its cwn j. ncney. The North has money, but j ^ t likewise has use for all the money J n its possession. It is the duty and j j ,he opportunity of the Southerners; /j do this for themselves." Matters transacted by the direc ors of the federal reserve bank of ' \tlanta in their meeting here today j ,vere: The question of changing the base j ate of 6 per cent, with progressive ' 'eatures to a flat rate of 7 per ccnt. j' md referred to a committee. This i \ i o mm it-tee will report after a meet-1 ng of all the governors of the fed- J1 ml reserve banks to be held with: he hoard members in Washington at' tn early date. The matter of making provision 'or credit to the farmer to enable1, he liquidation of debt for fertilizers i tnd the like was also referred to a 'ommittee to report later. This < 4 . - ' ' / " . ' ' - ' ? .?- / . ' /' , v i.* i u-. jls tton ing Discussed 1ARDING DECLARES FOR EQUAL RACIAL klGHTS, SILENCE GREETS REMARKS / Fair Grounds, Oklahoma City, )kla., Oct. 9.?The negro mast be ;iven the same rights as the white . nan, Warren G. Harding declared on he borderland today. ' . There v.as dead silence in the mor.entarv nause that followed. "I ^eliev:? in equality before the ' ' iwhe said. "You can't give one - ? i;-:hl to the v.hi'e man and deny the ane r:ght to the black man. i;?ut that does not moan that the hitc man and the black man must A; 'G forced to associate together in the tccep'arce of their rights," he added. Harding's statement was in reply o queiicr.s printed in a local )Dem>cratic p$per asking how Harding toed on Jim Crow laws. MANNING SPEAKS OUT -ormer Governor Denounces Threats to Barn Gins. , Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 8.?Threats to v >urn cotton, gins made generally iver the South in the last few days, vere denounced here today by Forn.mrav-r, r\y MorminC* ftf South klXik VJV>TVi.A*Vi ? ? Carolina, and other speakers at a neeting of bankers, cotton men and >thers called in the interest of the ? 10,000,000 cotton corporation proposed by the American Cotton association. Formation of the corporation speakers declared would i>e by Southern men with Southern money and its establishment would enable ;otton producers to lipid their staple .... for a reasonable price and fclso would lid in entering foreign markets now ;!csed to them. " _ $. <?<$><* 'f ^ <& <$<$> $> <$> & '?<$>< ><$> i . s> . y Things We Don't Understand. <3> * ^ / - .y' ? ^ Q ? One of the things we do not understand is how those funny peoplie, k manage to be happy; that is, if they arp hannv. A reason for SO think "** v * ? , y ing is that many of them seem to , have a real craze for hearing un- ^ wholesome "news." Like a mule backing up his big ears they are always on the lookout for skittish things. As a hungry man craves food for his body some of these funny people crave the morsels for their minds, the tidbits being absolutely necessary to their existence. Pure food is essential for the inn^r man and the inner woman; but just as rotten stuff is injurious to the physical being, even so in turn are the good and bad foodstuffs to the mental makeup. This is only one feature of the funny business. There are lots of funny people and things. New Serial, "The Veiled Mystery." . . One of the principal requisites for leading players in modern serial thrillers is that of courage, and soupled with this must be a spirit of daring and love of adventure. Antonio Moreno, who is starred in Vitnrrrnnh's erinoine: chaptered film * ~ O AT A. * story, "The Veiled Mystery/' which is to be shown every Saturday, beginning October 23, at the opera houce, possesses all these qualities. He is not only an athlete, possessed of unusual strength for one of his build, but knows how to use it in time of stress and action. The writers of the story, "The Veiled Mystery," . bad Moreno's qualifications in mind while the narrative was being formed. Moreno insisted upon going through al! the breath taking "stunts'' contained in the story himself. He refused to allow "doubles" to work in scenes where strength and agility were necessary or where a ?reat risk was involved. In all situaL:?? moHor Vi a 7a r^nns. Vie LIUIia, UU mawvvi **v , ivas given the courageous support of charming Pauline Curley, his leading ivoman throughout the story. . . Hey, there, you fellows; get your partners for Gus Hill's Minstrels 9 p '? Thursday. question was presented by L. B. Jackson of the Georgia state bureau 3f markets. l i . r-. -~A