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% ? MpaaaBonacagjaxa ?BBanpt anc xKnmsa aeegn rawae eaa:?--?'?~ ?- ?rxam aegocaoi ?1 sagSBtgcdaeaoan f > VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 79. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAI I PLAN TO POSTPONE i PAYMENT OF TAX?S I FARMERS TO ASK FOR SPECIAL | SESSION OF LEGISLATURE. j I i g r Want Proclamation on Closing of j c Gins?Hole? Meeting on State Fair Grounds. i ^ " j 4 TVia I , I X Contending that the payment cf taxes at the usual time this year will i necessitate the selling of cotton at1 j \ ' one-half the cost of production, J. i ^ v Skottowe Wannamaker, president of j ^ the American Cotton association, at j ^ a mass meeting of farmers held yes- j terday at the state fair grounds, of-: ^ fered a resolution asking th'e gover- . p nor of the state to call a special ^ meeting of the legislature to cnact j . measures which will provide that a j , part of the taxes be paid in January j and the balance in July, 1921. I The resolution* which was adopt- ? ed by the meeting, also provides that at this proposed special meeting cf P r - w the legislature laws be enacted which J ^ will impose heavy penalties upon j planters who fail to reduce their c otton acreage for 1921 one-third. j Another resolution, offered by R. , * 1 h M. Mixson, was to the effect that ^ Governor Cooper be urged to issue a . proclamation calling upon the cot- ^ +nr? onns in Smith Carolina to dis- , continue operations until conditions lc improve. This resolution was also % adopted, though many voted against p it. Still another resolution, offered by John J. McMahan, called upon President Wilson to put Mr. McAdoo 0 in charge of the treasury. Another e< totare qf the meeting was the an- f' , nouncement m&de by Mr. Wanna- ^ - maker that he would sever his con^^^^^^necSonwSEflSe<>coffon,l,as^ciaiio^i at the mefeijng to be held' in Gal-j vfeston .in February. ? Hear Reputing Speeches. u '. The meeting was held on n the grandstand'at the football field and \ . was attended by many farmers, many counties being represented. ? C. Hamer; president of the South Carolina division of the cotton asso- n I ri ciation, presided and after briefly f n stating the object of the meeting, in- J r troduced "Mr. Wannamaker. Mr. ^Wannamaker devoted a large Sv" part of his address to a detailed ac-^ count of the conference of repre- ' sentatives of the agricultural inter- j * ests of the United States, which con- i . j CJ ference was held in Washington Oc- ! tober 12-13. He told of the news- a, SI paper account of the meeting, quot- ^ ing somewhat extensively from a . Philadelphia journal. j "Thirty associations of agricultural sections of the United States ^ were represented at that confer ence," said Mr. Wannamaker, "ana ? r< these associations represented a ci large part of the population of this * country." He told of efforts made -u to have the war finance board reestablished so that exports could be ^ maAa l .nftqI T7!-nrnnf? and of the U1UUV bV WMW* M.? ^ attitude of the secretary of the treasury on the propositidn. He told of the indorsement of the position tak- ^ en 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 anB the West have shaken ^ w--'' hands and their cooperation means a great change in the manner of conducting business." i In discussing falling prices, Mr. Wanamaker said many lines were getting the same prices as when the & war closed?the consumer, he said, ,j finds little reduction in many lines, v yet the selling price of agricultural j products has fallen. Some one other than the consumer is getting the c benefit of the low prices being paid s for agricultural products, he argued. Work Out Salvation. p , After saying that he believed the j v Washington conference would be of j c great benefit to producers every- 11 where, Mr. Wannamaker said: ''We i] are in a serious predicament, and 1 i e beg the South to work out its own ) r salvation. We were urged to grow j c big crops and were told that it would t be years before cotton went down to j t a low figure in price. When other! j lines of business saw the break com- ( ing, they proceeded to unload?the f . farmer could not unload, as his crop f was in the ground.. v "The man that tills the soil is be- t ing crucified. He says, Tve produc- p 1 id, and I can't pay. I can't hold my top and I can't borrow money?I ;an't even get money to have my :rop picked.' I ask," said Mr. Wanlamaker with vehemence,' "is such a ondition right?" "Unless we of the South stand to-1 ,rether, we will go back to the days i >f 1865." At this point in his address Mr. Vannamrker introduced a resolution o the eriect that the association go o Governor Cooper and ask him 10 all a meeting of the legislature to ake action postponing until next uly the payment of a part of taxss. 'he resolution also provided that egislation be enacted to put into orce legal machinery to assure the eduction of cotton acreage, onehird, this act to be passed under he general welfare clause and the armer to make legal returns showig the acreage planted this year and j he acreage to be planted in 1921. ! He also spoke of the closing of ins in certain states and referred to he organization of the export cororation and urged that it be suported. j Senator Smith Speaks. Senator E. D. Smith was the next j peaker and during the course of! is address said that next December e intends to do his utmost to have ae cord "may" changed to "shall" 1 the act defining-the duties of the sderal reserve board with regard to mding money on farm products. Senator Smith also made a strong lea for support of the export cor-, oration. * Governor Cooper was then intrc-| uced and presented to L. B. Altman f Greenwood the trophy cup offeri by the cotton association to the junty making the best showing i'l le membership campaign conducted tst July and August. Tka. I mce of keeping calm in the present \ mergency, saying that there v/as! o need of getting mad at Houston, j we have got to get rid of him," he ! lid. Governor Cooper said that j hatever he could do personally or fficially to relieve matters, "you can ommand m.e." Mr. Altman then lade an appropriate response with egard to the awarding of the tro-! hy cup.. ? Asks for McAdoo. John J. McMahan then offered the^ allowing resolution: "We call up-! n President Wilson to put 'Mr. Mc-! doo in charge of the treasury with free hand to stabilize the purbiasing power of money in accordnce with science and justice, and to :abilize the marketing "of agricul-; iral and other staple crops of the } ountry at prices remunerative to :e capital and labor necessary to roduction." This resolution was dopted. R. M. Mixson then offered the jsojution asking the governor to is- j je a proclamation urging ginneries I > cease operation until conditions ! nprove. When1 this resolution was : ut to a vote many voted against it, lough it was earned according 10 i le presiding officer. B. B., Sellers of Marion and othrs said the legislature would meet i January and that there was a pesibility that that legislature might ndo what the special legislature ! oes. He thought that (conditionsj ould right themselves and that | armers will reduce acreage without j ompulsion. The motion, however, to adopt the esolutions was passed. All resolutions adopted will go beor the executive committee for conideration, R. C. Hamer said yesteray. i Some of the Longs of Prosperity. Awards in corn in the boys corn 1 1 1 1*1 fori fit thf1 IUD Ci?iSS?5 were ?? . 1 i fcatc fair grounds on last Thurts-1 ay. The State said some of ihe' nest corn seen at the fair in years I fas on exhibtiion, the showings reviving favorable comment from visi-l ors and the "youngsters" were high- j y complimented for their excellent xhibits. Among the awards antounced were the following for this runty: Class A. best ten ears. Curis Long, second; Furman Long, hird; George W. Long, fourth. Class >, best single ear, Ashley Long, lirst; Curtis Long, second; Furman Long,' ourth. These boys are all from Prosperity. As we remarked last1 veek, Prosperity came off highly vicorious at the fair. Prosperity is prosperous. j i J THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND WILE jj^ Georges Carpentier, tne iaui i of the heavyweight championship, knocl ??^??? * *? ? < ? ' ?-i/- ^ title, in tiie tourtn round 01 a scnsuuje shows Carpentier and Levinsky shaping PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS j PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY j j Delightful Hzllcwe en Party?Dele- j gates From William Lester j Chapter, U. D. C., to State J Convention. ? i I \ Prosperity, Nov. 1.?Suggestive of} t a -delightful1 S affair was planned in celebration of.' 4-T^/M-rtn At Af r* O fl i inis event cii. me v/jl , Mrs. W. J. Wise Friday night. The , i< home lends itself gracefully to the i fantastic decorations of Hallowe'en > designs in black minted - with bri?ht autumn leaves, pur.mpkins, witches, and black cats. The dresses of the Si girls were exceedingly clever and; were fashioned by their own hands. Ii Guessing "Who's Who/' afforded: S much merriment, while dancing and -A singing were in evidence. /At a late y hour the witches' den was. opened re- -N o /Joiioflif-fr.i -friiif luncheon, v vcaiiaf. a uc.ij,- * w. The affair was informal and thor- j L oughly enjoyed, about 50 young peo-; pie being in attendance. i b The regular monthly meeting of lc the William Lester el.'ipter, U. D. C.,1 J' was held Friday afternoon with Miss ej Willie Mae Wise as hostess. During J< the business session delegates were! elected as follows: , S To the state convention at Green-1 ville?Mrs. J. Ii. Crosson. Mrs. J. P.; C Wheeler and Miss Blanch Kibler. ' 3 To the general convention in Ashe-; ville?Mrs. G. Y. Hunter. ti } ! Thp nroerrani consisted Cf two i original papers entitled, "The Wo-, men of the United States. in the ^ World War," by Mrs. A. N. Cros-on,: and "Heroines of the Confederacy,"; by Miss EfTie Hawkins. ! *r The program was concluded v.Mi D the singing of "Little ilothor of Mine" by Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum. Hot chocolate and wafers v/crs served. Program of the 35th annual convention of the Woman's Synodical' Missionary society of South Care"; inn ' which will convene in Grace Luth- , ernan church, Prosperity. November 5, 6, 7: Thursday, 8 P. M. 51 A reception for the delegates given by the local society at the home of Mr?. J. L. Wise. j a Friday, November 5, 10 A. M. j d I Formal opening by president, Mrs. M. 0. J. ICreps. * ! C j Greetings. i jV j Foreign mission board. | Home mission board. j Young People?' federation. r j South Carolina synod. ; j Imports (.1 delegates. I j Friday Afternoon, 2:30 P. M. J Review of i?.is:uon study book for junior societies. | Reports of ofne-crs. [ 1;r day F.vtn 7:30 P. M. | A(!(;ves:'es: Kev. \.,L. Uaiuer. Ph. j D., Si.ster I" [ Business. "Work of depart iv enf.s. I j Report of e<-:nn)iitees. I A call to deeds of mercy. : , I J > FANS SEE FRENCH CHAMPIO? T-TiiV^ 6 luiitvj i;iO xik^? i.x.?. v reel out Battling: Levinskv, holder of cl 12 round" bout in the Jersey Cit up in the ring: just before the star Saturday, 2:30 P. M. i>u?!;nef$ joj-sion, ';?tur:tay, ' 30 P. M. Pageant, "Califd ,to the Colors." Address, Mrs. A. J. Stirewalt a pan. Sunday, November 7, 19 A. IV'. Model demonstration, How to Introduce Missions In the Sundaj rchool, Mrs. JU. O.Kreps. 11 A. M. Divine service a ad holy commur. )n. Sundij' Evening, 7:30 P. M. Address, Rev. W. 11. (irer-ver. Formal close of convention. The public is invited to attend ai si-vice?. "vliss Ardic Taylor and Mr. Coin [awkins were married in Newberrj aturday afternoon by the Rev. W Dutton. Mrs. Hawkins - is the oungest daughter of Mr. and Mrs ;. K. Taylor. Mr. Hawkins is a our\sr progressive farmer of the St, ukes community. Rev. W. E. Pugh of St. Petersu:-cr. Tia., snent several days -hers ist week. I-Ik-s. Pugh r.nd V/. E., r.. returned home with him, after sending several months with M*rs. se Kartman. Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter left aturday for New York. Mrs. J.' E. hunter and children of lemson college are visiting Miss ess Bowers. M'sses Nannie Lee Young ar.d Lot e Milis of Winthrop college were ome for the week-end. James Wright Bedenoaugh of lemson coilcge visited the home )iks Friday. Mrs. J. A. Counts has been visitig Mrs. ii. L. Wh:.ekr of Columia. Mrs. J. I. Oxford of Atlanta is the uesc of Mis. G. V?\ Harmon. Mrs. J. D. Stockman spent Wedesuu.v and Thursday with her dau;/hMiss Tiiuh, *of Columbia college. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Counts, Mr ml .Mr.:. Enos Counts aiv visiting rof. and Mrs. J. C. Brooks of Euiwvilie. (J. L. Robinson, the efficient agenl t the Southern depot, has moved his amily here from Newberry. Miss Susan Quattlebaum, - teachei r Tv.mn-!') ii.is he on home for a few ays stay. ?>:?: Creek school opens today. Mis; 'lauuia Shealy of Pomaria anr Irs. George Mills are the teachers. Miss Janio Hood of Winr.sboro i.< The Commissioners of Public Works wil! have the electric lights "winked" tcrJght to lei the stay at homes know now mc wtvuu:. going. The flashes tvill be os follows: 1 "Wink'*?Co:: laaair.g. 2 "Winks"?Harding leading. 3 "Winks"?Cox electcd. 4 "Winks"?Harding elected. 5 "Winks"?Result in doubt. "Good-night." Ill I ???i I ?MrMBC??MMWT i 3T0P EATTLiNG LEVINSKY. t ' \ | .. ' -' ' ' ' 1 ... >41 . ,.c ca.iit; iu i:iis country in quest the American light-heavy weight T3 ^ e.<-? 1-,11 novl' TVi io r\Virt*norr,?l'nVi Y i>advuan paiiv. x mo t of the fight. | visiting Mrs. Lindsay Fellers. ! Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Foster of Co \ ; lumbia spent Sunday with Mrs. W. i C. Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. West and Howard Wessinger left this week for ! Dune din, Fla., to spend the winter. j Mrs. E. L. Hendrix of Greenwood J' is visiting at Uie Home or w. i_. > Barnes. ; Horace Dominick of Bailey MiliI -1 tary institute was home for the I week-end. j Ernest Brooks of the University of ; South Carolina is home for a few : clays' stay. 11 Mrs. B. B. Schumpert is visiting I her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hunt, of Sa; luda. ! j Prof. E. T. MeSwam spent the week-end in Columbia. 51 Randolph Schumpert of Spartan burg has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. 1; P. C. Singloy. -j Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Wheeler of Co. lumbia Pre visiting relatives here. Miss Ethel Shealy has returned 1 home after spending: the wiek in Co> lumbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wheeler, Mr. , and Mrs. W. V/. Wheeler attended ' the funeral cf their nephew, Waldo ; Rikard, in Newberry on Sunday aft| err.oon. Bernard Taylor of Columbia was 1 home for the week-end. ATTENTION ! Members cr Post No. 24, American. Legion! J There will be an important meet'; cf the post tonight at 8 o'clock. ' | Officers for 1021 will be elected at I this meeting and other business of ; importance will come up for consid| oration. The athletic committee requests ! that every member who can play I basketball - bring his basketball ' I or tennis shoes along and practice ' I after the meeting. I John B. Sefazler, Post Commander. " |' J. D. Caldwell, 51 Post Adjutant. .? Grrffm-Sheppard. j Edgefield Chronicle. i Mrs. William Moon GrilTin of 3 Newberry, S. (J., announces me en' gage men t of her daughter, Oetavia, ; to Mr. James 0. Sheppard of Edge5 field. S. C., the wedding to take ; place November 24. j The above announcement is of peculiar interest to all of Edgefield. The handsome and popular bride. it room will scc-n lead to the altar in our siite:* city of Newberry one of her choicest flowers. She is endowed ...UK iL.nl rnri InVflhlcneSS J V# 1 til *>"v aUltV) caiv.uk . v . . in n:> ordinary degree. She will be welcomed to our midst with warmest 'cordiality. Young lawyer-legislator Sheppard is to be most heartily commended and congratulated upon his latest and best triumph of his entire j life record. DEMOCRATS GATHER | ONLY $878,831.24 i 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. 1 New York, Oct. 28.?Total re- | ' ceipts by the Democratic national j committee up to October 25 for the j conduct cf the present campaign , amount to $878,831.24, according to : an announcement today by Wilbur W. Marsh, the party's national treas; urer. ; This figure, Mr. Marsh said, wai . today submitted to the Kenyon com! mittee investigating campaign con'tiibutions ar.d expenditures in L nL; omcugo. ; The sum collected, the Democratic I treasurer stated, is constituted al| most entirely of contributions to the j campaign fund, with the exception of j $150,000 which was borrowed. Oth! er sources, which aggregated ccllec( tions of only a few hundred dollars, iutiuaeu .ne sale of the campaign text books refunds from advertising and such small items. ; The statement itemizes money rc- j ceived 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 $1,163.90. The woman's bureau was responsible for the collection of $&,544.50. Chicago collected $53,041.51. Disbursement by the entire organizations up to the same date, as shown 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 approximately eight times the amount of / -C J ? T? n renin or +Vt p WO XUiiltd ICtCIVCUl UUiliV"d - -- - | men's bureau for the entire campaign , to date cost but $1,339.30, the state- j mer.t says. The treasurer's office also shows commitments of October 25 as follows : Naturalized citizens bureau, $761.19; organization bureau, $2,I 348.60; women's bureau, $12,022.20; 1 - ' A4 i An np . treasurer's statistical, - $i,*u?j.zo; general, $21C.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 each to pay the expenses of advertisinrr KnnL-c v^lstinrr tn thp leatrue of WUWtVO A w?w 0 nations. In Recorder's Court Mond-y. 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 j Epp> and Lula Higgins, assault and j 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, ?o. Sarah Satterwhite, assault and battery, $10. Clark Williams, resisting officer, $40. i 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, U. D. C., will meet Tuesday afternoon, November 2, at 4 o'clock, with Miss Cornelia Mayer with Misses Julia ! and Lillian Kibler and Miss Marian j Jones as associate hostesses. Miss Julia Kibler, President. i Mrs. T. P. Johnston. Secretary. Death of a Little Girl. A young daughter of Mrs. C. K. ( j 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- , [ day. / INTIMATE PICTURE WOODROWWILSON ?????. ' TUMULTY TELLS "MANNER OF MAN" PRESIDENT IS. -l Speaks After Ten Year# as Private Secretary?Misunderstood and Violently Misrepresented. I Washington, Oct. 28.?An intimate picture " of the manner of man this Woodrow Wilson really is," baaed on ten years as his private secretary and touched here and there with hitherto unpublished incidents in the Dresident's official life "wa? .3 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 refrained in the knowledge that the president "who shrinks from self-exploitation v/ould resent lex ploitation by his friends." With the approach of Mr. Wilson's retirement to private life, 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 eight years." " . , On Fateful Day. Among incidents on which he drew to illustrate his subject, Mr. Tumulty recalled the rej|etto# the president to the applause which greeted delivery of his war message to congress on April 6, 1917*. "On that f&teftti day," Seefttfery Tumulty said, "I rode with him bftck 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 f for our young-men. How strange it , x seems to applaud that.' ; "That simple remark," Secretary' ^TTumulty continued, "is one key to an understanding of Woodrow Wilson," who, he said, h&ted and dreaded war with "all the fibres of his 1 t9 numau sum. Secretary Tumulty recalled Mr. Wilson's determination to ride in the funeral procession of the maritfes and sailors killed at Vera Cruz when their, bodies were brought to 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 wiil 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, his secretary 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 j a plan to prevent the beginning of m such a war." In contrast to Mr. Wilson's self- I proclaimed "passion for peace," Sec retary Tumulty declared that "when the challenge came from Germany 1 when American mind was ready for i war . . . this same Woodrow Wil- 1 son became the most uncompromis- 8 ing advocate of the most stringent I 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 off the German hornets. . . . Experts said that it could not be done. The civilian Wilson said it could be done, must be was Tt was the civilian * Li VJilC ttliu * W .. -w. _ _ Wilson who broached the plan for combining the allied powers in the West under the supreme command of (Continued on Rage 6.) * f "V i * - - - ' - * ' ' * V