Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*w 2i ' * p * t ^ '' ^ ^ ^ ^' '' ' j ^ ^ ^ innnt'i xi.r-t.Djm1 i > ! n luaijuu^mu^^xr^j^u^.x^^ar:^ 1 ivxtrar? w . . ..du?i-^iacp?E<????? ?MMBHBMB ? ?> VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 79. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAB i'X.*. PLAN TO POSTPONE I PAYMENT OF TAX?S FARMERS TO ASK FOR SPECIAL V SESSION OF LEGISLATURE, j r Want Proclamation on Closing of j Gins-?Hold Meeting on State Fair Grounds. The State, 28th. 9 J Contending that the payment of; taxes at the usual time this year will j necessitate the selling: of cotton at' \ ' one-half the cost of production, J. i ' Skottowe Wannamaker, president of i the American Cotton association, at i a mass meeting of farmers held yes-: terday at the state fair grounds, of-: fered a resolution asking th'e gover-1 g, nor of the state to call a special | meeting of the legislature to cnact J measures which will provide that a ; part of the taxes be paid in January - and the balance in July, 1921. The resolution* which was adopt- j ed by the meeting, also provides that j at this proposed special meeting of j v the legislature laws be enacted which | will impose heavy penalties upon j planters who fail to reduce their < otton acreage for 1921 one-third. Another resolution, offered by R. M. Mixson, was to the effect that Governor Cooper be urged to "ssue a proclamation calling upon the cotton gins in South Carolina to discontinue operations until conditions improve. This resolution was also % adopted, though many voted against * it. Still another resolution, offered by j John J. McMahan, called upon President Wilson to put Mr. McAdoo in charge of the treasury. Another |?atare of the meeting was the ani nouncement made by Mr. Wannajraftinm j ittfter tb?t;be would sever his connecnonwrthinec otton 'a^ciation j! at the meeting to be held in Gal-j veston jn February. Heir RqBliat Speeches. ? The meeting was held on the grandstind'at the football field and \ was attended by many farmers, many counties being represented. H. C. Hamer; president of the South Carolina division of the cotton asso ciation, presided and after briefly stating the object of the meeting, introduced Mr. Wannamaker. Mr. ^Wannamaker devoted a large ^ part of his address to a detailed ac-^ count of tlie conference of representatives of the agricultural interests of the United States, which con- I PoKAnno woe in Washington Oc- i www A.V.M ? . - tober 12-13. He told of the news- j paper account of the meeting, quoting somewhat extensively from a Philadelphia journal. "Thirty associations of agricultural sections of the United States were represented at that conference/* said Mr. Wannamaker, "and * these associations represented a large part of the population of this country." He told of efforts made to have the war finance board reestablished so that exports could be mifln Ponfral Rurone and of the AU?VUV WV wv*?w* ? ? attitude of the secretary of the treasury on the proposition. He told of the indorsement of the position taken by producers by numerous writers and students of finance, saying that some of them said: "The call of the producers must be answered. The South anH the West have shaken hands and their cooperation means a great change in the manner of j conducting business.'' <, In discussing falling prices, Mr. Wanamaker said many lines were getting the same prices as when the war closed?the consumer, he said, finds little reduction in many lines, v yet the selling price of agricultural products has fallen. Some one other than the consumer is getting the benefit of the low prices being paid for agricultural products, he argued. Work Out Salvation. After saying that he believed the Washington conference would be of j great benefit to producers every- | where, Mr. Wannamaker .said: "We j are in a serious predicament, and I i beg the South to work out its own j salvation. We were urged to grow j big crops and were told that it would j be years before cotton went down to j a low figure in price. When other lines of business saw the break coming, they proceeded to unload?the farmer could not unload, as his crop was in the ground.. "The man that tills the soil is being crucified. He says, Tve produc-j i i / i . ' ed, and I can't pay. I can't hold my crop and I can't borrow money?I can't even get money to have my crop picked.' l asK," said ivir. wannamaker with vehemence,' "is such a condition right?" "Unless we of the South stand together, we will go back to the days of 1865." At this point in his address Mr. Wannamaker intro'aced a resolution to the effect that die association go to Governor Cooper and ask him to call a meeting of the legislature to take action postponing until next July the payment cf a part of taxes. The resolution also - provided that legislation be enacted to put into force legal machinery to assure the reduction of cotton acreage, one third, . act to be passed under the general welfare clause and the farmer to make legal returns showing the acreage planted this year and the acreage to be planted in 1921. He also spoke of the closing of gins in certain states and referred .to the organization of the export corporation and urged that it be supported. Senator Smith Speaks. i Senator E. D. Smith was the next speaker and during the course of his address said that next December he intends to do his utmost to have the word "may" changed to "shall" in the act defining the duties of the federal reserve board with regard to lending money on farm products. Senator Snith also made a strong plea for support of the export cor- J poration. | ' Governor Coopev was then introduced and presented to L. B. Altman of Greenwood the trophy cup offered by the cotton association to the county making the best showing i'i the membership campaign conducicd j last July and August. gostawov rjhe liry^-1 iropninir ralm in the present J waxivw vr*. ? ? ^ emergency, saying that there v/as! ho need of getting mad at Houston, j "we have got to get rid of him," he j said. Governor Cooper said that1 whatever he could do personally or officially to relieve matters, "you can command me." Mr. Altman then made an .appropriate response with regard to the awarding of the trophy cup.. ' ? Ask* for McAdoo. John J. McMahan then offered the i following resolution: "We call up" " * j. OUT.. on President Wilson to put iui . ;utAdoo in charge of the treasury with i a free hand io stabilize the purchasing power of money in accordance with science and justice, and to stabilize the marketing-'of agricul- j tural and other staple crops of the country at prices remunerative to the capital and labor necessary to production." This resolution was adopted. R. M. Mixson then offered the resolution asking the governor to is 1 nvmncr criri TIPI'IPS E-Ue a prociamanuii u to cease operation until conditions improve. When;- this resolution was put to a vote many voted against it, though it was carried according to the presiding officer. B. B., Sellers of Marion and others said the legislature would meet in January and that there was a possibility that that legislature might undo what the special legislature does. He thought that conditions would right themselves and that farmers will reduce acreage without compulsion. The motion, however, to adopt the resolutions was passed. All resolutions adopted will go befor the executive committee for consideration, R. C. Hamer said yesterday. Some of the Longs of Prosperity. Awards in corn in the boys corn club classes were, completed at the ' 1 ? t- Tim state lair grounas on i day. The State said some of the finest corn seen at the fair in years was on exhibtiion, the showings receiving favorable comment from visitors and the "youngsters'' were highly complimented for their excellent exhibits. Among the awards ani nounced were the following for this county: Class A. best ten ears, Curj tis Lon.ir. second; Furman Long, t third: George W. Lor.ji'. fourth. Class | i>. best single e<si\ Ashley Long, lirst; Curtis Long, second; Furman Long, fourth. These boys are all from Prosperity. As we remarked last week, Prosperity came off highly victorious at the fair. Prosperity is prosperous. J THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND WI I Georges uarpentier, tne nwi v,x of the heavyweight championship, kn title, in the fourth round of a scheci shows Carpentier and Levinsky shapi PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Delightful Hallowe'en. Pariy?Delegates From William Lester CKaoter. U. D. C.. io Staie Convention. Prosperity, Nov. 1.?Suggestive of i^re .x'^o'irr a -dslightfu! : affair was planned in celebration of J this event at the home of Mr. and ! Mrs. W. J. .Wise Friday night. The i home lends itself gracefully to the ! fantastic decorations of Hallowe'en | designs in black mingled-with bright ! autumn leaves, punmpkins, witches, j and black cats. The dresses of the | girls were exceedingly clever and were fashioned by their own hands. Guessing "Who's Who/' afforded much merriment, while dancing and ! sinQ-ino- were in evidence. /At a late I hour the witches' den was. opened rei vealing a delightful fruit luncheon. The affair was informal and thoroughly enjoyed, about young people being in attendant V The regular monthly meeting of | the William L&^r chapter. U. D. 0., i was held Friday afternoon with Miss Willie Mae Wise as hostess. During the business session delegates were elected as follows: To the state convention at Greenville?Mrs. J. H. Crosson. Mrs. J. P. Wheeler and Miss Blanch Kibler. j To the general convention in Ash..| ville?Mrs. G. Y. H?::tsr. i ' I The program consisted '<f: two J original papers entitled, "The Women of the United Str:te> 4 in the World War," by Mrs. A. N. Oo^-ori, and "Heroines of the Confederacy," by Miss EiSe Hawkins. The program was concluded v.l.h | the singing of "Little .Moth- r of -- - " ' t r\ {Mine" by :virs. j. u. j Hot chocolate and wafers v/ere | served. | Program of the 'oth annual con{vention of the Woman's Synoclical j Missionary society of South Care-ina I which viil convene in Grace Lutlij ernan church, Prosperity. November 5, G, 7: Thursday, 8 P. fid. A reception for the delegates giv| en by the local society at the home of j' Mr.*. J. L. Wise, j Friday, November 5, 10 A. M. ! Formal opening by president,. Mrs. ; M. 0. J. Ivreps. Greetings. Foreign mission board. Home mission board. Young People?* federation. South. Carolina synod. Reports of delegates. Friday Afternoon, 2:30 P. M. I Review of mission study book for junior tyi:ivi. j licports of ofur*sr.-. I'rdtiy Evt-nii-jf, 7:30 P. M. j Ac!<;ve?ros: Kev. \.,L. Itanier. rh. D., Sister I" ) Business. Work of departnu*ni.s. j lieport of ei'inmiitees. i A call to deeds of mercy. ? . LD FANS SEE FRV.NCH CHAMPION saa=waaeaaiV ,.:iL ,t infaBiiiimhitrwi'""!! 1 lUiltw, *.U 1U^. ^X-*. ^ oc-kecl out Battling Levinsky, holder of ul^d 12 round bout in the Jersey City n? up in the ring: just before the start | Saturday, 2:30 P. M. j liusine.'s foi-s.'on. I Sftardoy, ; *30 P. M. Pageant, 4*( :.ji(-cl ito the Colors." i j Address, IVI r.s. A. J. Stirewalt,^ | Japan. ' Sunday, November 7, 10 A. IV'. J 1 ' i 1 j; .... tt! x T__ I j>ioaei nemonsiruiji.>:i, now xo in- i | traduce Missions In the Sunday ' School, Mrs. -VI. 0.-?. Xreps. 11 A. M. . | I Divine service and holy commui.-, , i?nSunday Evening, 7:30 P. IW. Address, Rev. W. H. Gre:-vor. Formal close of oonvjntion. The public is invited to attcn'l ail services. # I Miss Ardie Taylor and Mr. Colie ! Hawkins were married in Newberry j Saturday afternoon by the Kev. w. A?*I)utton. Mrs. Hawkins > is the i , ydigest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |N. Lt. Taylor. Mr. Hawkins is a ' young progressive farmer of the St. | 1 Lukes community. i Rev. W. E. Pugh of St. Peters-; i burg, Fin., spent several days -here last week. Mrs. Pugh and W. E., Jr.. returned home with him, after spending several months with Mrs.; Jce Hariman. ' Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter left J Saturday for New York. ) Mrs. J.' E. hunter and children of ' Clenizon college are visiting Miss 1 - jiess J5o\vcrs. i j Misses Nannie Lee Young and Lot-; * tie Mills of Winthroo college were' 1 j home for the v.-eek-ead. ' James V." right Bedenbaugh of Clemson college visited the home j folks Friday. : Mrs. J. A. Counts has been visit-: i ing Mrs. II. L. Wh.ckr of Coluni-; bia. Mrs. J. I. Oxford of Atlanta is the ^ues: i;f Mrs. G. V?". aiarmon. - 1 T> C 4 r* f. \r vi *\ >? c v\; * n f Vlr f* - lAll'S. ! . l>. J.WI r ;i;u 1. , i nesciu.v and Thursday with her <iau;"htc;", ??Iiss Tviii *of Columbia coH-jcre. Mr. and M ?v. Horace Counts, Mr.J and -Mr.;. Enos Counts aiv visiting; Prof, and M:>:. J. C. Brooks of Eu lawville. (J. L. Robinson. the cfficicnt a>rcnt at the Southern depot, has moved his; family here from Newberry. j i Miss Susan Quattlebaum, teacher; ; at Pomaria, has been home for a few : | days stay. Big Creek school opens today. Miss Claudia Shealy of Pomaria and i Mrs. Ceorsre Mills are the teachers. : i ' Miss .Janie Hood of V/irmsboro is: , . ^ IIMUll . 1 ? I Mill j 'I The Commissioners of Public j j Works will have the electric lights | j j "winked" tcrvght to lei the stay at j < homes know how the eizcziou ?.? going. ' The flasher, will be as follows: ; : l"Wink"?Cor: leading. 2 "Winks"?Harding leading. 3 "Winks"?Cox electcd. 4 "Winks"?Harding elected. 5 "Winks"?Result in doubt. "Good-nighi." i ! i ~ J 1 2T0P BATTLING LEVINSKY. , i J ' '. I ; j.o cu.ne to Lias country in ques!; the American light-heavy weight Baseball park. This photograph of the fight. visiting Mrs. Lindsay Fellers. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Foster of Columbia spent Sunday with Mrs. W. C. Barnes. Mi*, and Mrs. H. E. West and Howard Wessinger left this week for Duncdiu, Fla., to spend the winter. Mrs. E. L. Hendrix of Greenwood is visiting: at the home of W. C. Bp. it. 03. Horace Dominick of Bailey Military institute was home for the week-end. Ernest Brooks of the University of South Carolina is home for a few days' stay. Mrs. B. B. Schumpert is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hunt, of Saluda. Prof. E. T. Mc-Swain spent the week-end in Columbia. Randolph Schumpert of Spartanburg has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. P. G. Singley. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Wheeler of Columbia rre visiting relatives here. Miss Ethel ' .ealy has returned home after spending the week in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wheeler, ?4r. and Mrs. W. W. Wheeler attended the funeral cf their nephew, Waldo Rikard, in Newberry on Sunday afternoon. Bernard Taylor of Columbia was home for the week-end. ATTENTION iYiemVors cf Post No. 24, American< Legion! Theie will bs an important meet;7.Z ci the pos'; tonight at 8 o'clock, j Ui*H.'Ci"5 1 Ul" i...*? 1 W 4 1a WV ? this meeting and other business of importance vvil! come up for consideration. The athletic committee requests that every member who can play karkotbal 1 br!ng his basketball | or tennis shoes along and practice after the meeting. John D. Sebzler, Post Commander. J. D. Caldwell, Post Adjutant. Grifnn-Sheppard. Edgefield Chronicle. ?.Irs. William Moon GriiTin of Newberry, S. C.. announces the engagement of her daughter, Octavia, to Tvlr. James 0. Sheppard of Edgefield. S. C., the wedding to take place Xovember 24. The above announcement is of peculiar interest to all of Edgefield, j The handsome and popular bride-J groom will soon lead to the altar in our sister city of Xewberry one ofj her choicest flowers. She is endowed j with beauty, taleni and lovaDienessj in id ordinary degree. She will bo! welcomed to our midst with warmest' cordiality. Yi>u.;?r lawyer-legislator j Sheppaxd is to be most heartily com-' mended and congratulated upon his latest and best triumph of his entire, life record. DEMOCRATS GATHER ONLY $878,831.24 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS UP TO OCT. 2. FILED BY MARSH. Fund is- Ms.de Up Almost Entirely of Contributions?Two Donations of $25,000 Each. New York, Oct. 28.?Total receipts by the Democratic national committee up to October 25 for the conduct cf the present campaign amount to $878,831.24, according to an announcement today by Wilbur W. Marsh, the party's national treasurer. This Mr. Marsh said, wai today submitted to the Kenyon committee investigating campaign contiibutions and expenditures in Chicago. The sum collected, the Democratic treasurer stated, is constituted almost entirely of contributions to the campaign fund, with the exception of $150,000 which was borrowed. Other sources, which aggregated collections of only a few hundred dollars, iuuuufcu ..ne sale of the campaign text books refunds from advertising and such small items. mi? -i?x-? ? -A- wiAYfAtr X IIG Sl/cl ttlllCi i L UCHULfo ivceived by the headquarters in New York, Chicago and San Francisco as well; as the woman's bureau. Of the total $665,481.33 was collected in New York, while San Francisco showed an aggregate fund of but $1,1G3.90. The woman's bureau *vas responsible for the collection of $8,544.50. Chicago collected 853,041.51. i Disbursement by the entire organi- j zations up to the same date, as shown j by the statement, amounts to $823,- j 345.09, with the New York bearing by far the heaviest burden, Chicago a sum slightly less than its receipts and San Francisco expense approxi mately eight times the amount or funds received. Running the women's bureau for the entire campaign to date cost but $1,339.30, the statement says. The treasurer's office also shows commitments of October 25 as follows : Naturalized citizens bureau, $761.19; organization bureau, $2,348.60; woman's bureau, $12,022.20; treasurer's statistical, $1,403.25; general, $210.10; publicity, $121,109.34; total commitments, $139,354.69. In addition to funds already received, Mr. Marsh's statement included a memorandum to the effect that two individuals had pledged $25,000 ? L- nvnoncoc nf HVP"tlS tciL'II I.U ? ing books-relating to the league of nations. In Recorder's Court Monday. Monday's session of Recorder B. V. Chapman's court of common displeases was a busy one. The cases were all of colored origin except in one instance of a white speeder, as follows: K. F. Jackson, G. B. Grigsby and John Mosee, speeding, $15 each.Ruby Atwood, Edith Wilson, Emma Epp> and Lula Higgins, assault and battery, $10 each for three and $5.50 for Higgins. John Robinson, recklessly turning corner in driving, $10. Gilbert Pettus, Jr., cursing and obscene language, $5. Ben Cannon, cruelty to dumb animals, Sarah Satterwhite, assault and battery, $10. Clark Williams, resisting officer, $40. Up to this writing all of the $150^0 had been paid except the Williams fine of $40. Calvin Crozier Chapter. The Calvin Crozier chapter, TJ. D. C., will meet Tuesday afternoon, November 2, at 4 o'clock, with Miss " *n vf L'orncna .viayer wiin Misses .juu? | and Lillian Kibler and Miss Marian j Jones as associate hostesses. Miss Julia Kibler, President. Mrs. T. P. Johnston. Secretary. Death of a Little Girl. A young daughter of Mrs. C. K. Baker, Sr., died at the home of her stepfather, in the King's creek nighborhood, on Sunday night and: was buried at Little Mountain Mon-j day. I INTIMATE PICTURE WOODROW WILSON ___________ t TUMULTY TELLS "MANNER OF MAN" PRESIDENT IS. Speaks After Ten Years as Private Secretary?Misunderstood and Violently Misrepresented. Washington, Oct. 28.?An intimate picture " of the manner of man this Woodrow Wilson really is," has I ea on ten yuars nis private b?c* ; re:ary and touched here and there with hitherto unpublished incidents in the president's official life wag drawn tonight by Joseph P. Tumulty, speaking at a Democratic mass meeting, just.over the line in Maryland. Mr. Tumulty described the president "as a man- as strangely misunderstood by some and as violently misrepresented by others as any man ' in the whole history pf American politics." He had long desired, he said, to tell the country what he knew of Mr. Wilson's character, but had rpfrnmpd in the knowledge thfi-t the president "who shrinks from ' self-exploitation v/ould resent exploitation by his friends." j With the approach of Mr. Wilson's retirement to private lif*?, however, Secretary Tumulty continued, "It seems to me not improper that just before the curtain rises on the lasfr? act, I modestly step out from my obscurity in the wings and tell the public a few things about the leading actor in this great drama of the past i eight years." v" ' ;V .:" On Fateful Day. Among incidents on which he drew to illustrate his sufoiept, Mr. Tumulty | recalled the reaction of the president | to the applause which greeted 7 de~ livery of his war message to cont gress on April 6, 1917*.^ , "On that fateful day," Secretory Tumulty said, "I rode with him bAdk from the capitol to the White House, the echo of the applause still ringing in my ears. For a while he cat silent and pale in the cabinet room. At last he said: 'Think what it was they were applauding. It means death | for our young men. How strange it . A seems to applaud that.' "That simple remark," SecretaryTumulty continued, "is one key to i. an understanding of Wbodrow Wilson," who, he said, h&ted and dreaded war with "all the fibres of his human soul." Secretary Tumulty recalled Mr. Wilson's determination to ride in the funeral procession of the maritfes and sailors killed at Vera Cruz when - ' ? l-x. A. their dodies were Drougnt 10 new York. Disquieting rumors that an attack was planned on his life and reached secret service men, Mr. Tumulty said, and "one undertook to argue -with him saving, 'You will show all proper respect by appearing in the reviewing stand. The country can not afford to lose its president.' "His reply was: 'The country can not affor? to have a coward for president.' This was his brief and final answer. He rode in the procession." The sternness of Woodrow Wilson, Vi?c cf?,->ret.arv declared, was "just the reverse side of his human nature" and "nothing more natural" than that he should have become the ' champion of small nations. The president's insistence upon Article 10 of the league covenant was explained as a wish to forestall the necessity of the United States going to war by making it a participant "in a plan to prevent the beginning of m such a war." - In contrast to Mr. Wilson's self- p proclaimed "passion for peace," Sec retary Tumulty declared that "when -J the challenge came from Germany 1 when American mind was ready for war . . . this same Woodrow Wil- 1 son became the most uncompromising advocate of the most stringent measures for conducting the war, thereby to hasten the end of the war." / Mining North Sea. "It was he," Secretary Tumulty continued, "who insisted on mining the North Sea to cut on tne uennwi , hornets. . . . Experts said that it could not be done. The civilian Wilson said it could be done, must be done and it was. It was the civilian Wilson who broached the plan for combining the allied powers in the West under the supreme command of (Continued on Page 6.) ' v: ..