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y Ift' . |t * VOLUME JLVI., NUMBER 79. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1920 TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAB r* Republican W r ^ O ! bwet P Defeat of Minority Leader Comes as J Distinct Surprise?Several Democratic Senators Forced to Give Way to Opposition as Harding is Swept In. ** i x r ft mi a. wew IOTK, l*ov. o.?liie crest ui the Republican election wave, both ^ presidential and congressional, continued rising tonight as belated returns filtered in. Among new Democratic casualties were defeats of Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, former speaker and present Democratic leader in the house; election of Republican congressman from Texas, reelection of a Republican senator ? from Missouri and a sudden jump of Senator Harding into the lead in I. Oklahoma. Another border state, % Tennessee hung by a narrow margin jp* but the Democrats were leading. L A Republican senate majority of nhniit +.M1. as eomnared with but two i at present, and a house majority of I ' around 100, as against 40 odd were other forecasts of the overwhelming majorities. > With about eight states still in the doubtful list in presidential and senm atonal" contests, the huge majority was assured Senator Harding of at . %%1 east 346 ' electoral votes* with Governor Cox certain of 1S7 and all from the "Solid South,!' including Kentucky. The Republicans today added Idaho, Maryland and South Dakota to their face of large majorities and of remaining states the Republicans were reported leading in Oklahoma, Arizona, Njorth Dakota. - Xtemoeratic margins in New ifexica-and Teftti^ssee were - reported. Chaafr in' Senators. Among Republican senators elect\ ed in hard contests Were Lenroot of .* > i..-. . , Wisconsin,. who was oppose a vigorously by Senator La Foliette; Spen' cfer of Missouri, who. defeated Breckj* \ ::.c - - . inr!4ge Long, former assistant secretary of state,, and Jones of Washington, senate commerce committee chairman. Senator Phelan, Democrat, * California, was defeated by Samuel 1 M. Shortridge, Republican, and SenaI tor Smith, Democrat, .Maryland, a i/>Qf n i? Weller. Renub P w< . .. r ^ f lican. Senator? Nugent, Democrat, Idano, was defeated 'by Former Governor Gooding. Senator Harding, at Marion, excharged telegrams of congratulation |; and planned his Southern vacation, r Among his messages was a brief one ? *. of congratulation from Governor ? Cox. Another presidential candidate, Parley P. Christenser., of the Farmer-Labor party, issued a state I ment declaring that the election spelled elimination of the Democratic party. He predicted a rcut of the Republicans by his organization in 1924. - . With majorities piling up in what Democratic leaders said was a "solemn referendum" upon the league of nations, President Wilson .withheld any comment. # Bai?bridge , Colby, secretary of state, expressed disappointment. Senator Johnson of California, leading "irreconcilable," stated that the election meant the end of the league and anotner. sen? ator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, declared that the fight upon the league was a "tragic mistake" and had split the Democratic party. Champ Clark Defeated. Defeat of Former Speaker Clark was one of the election surprises. He has served in the house continuously since 1*897 as one of the Democratic stalwarts and received- a majority of votes for tha presidential nomina? tion at Baltimore when^ President Wilson was 'chosen. He probably will be succeeded as minority leader by Representative Kitchen, Democrat, North Carolina. Representative Clark's victor was T. W. Hukriede, who has been active in the Missouri r \ Republican organization. The Republicans broke into the I solid Democratic congressional deleI gation in Texas through the defeat I of Representative Bee of San AnK ?onio, a relative of Postmaster GenB eral Burleson. Another Democratic veteran, Rep resentative J. W. Rainey of Illinois, also went down in defeat. rave *ps the Country * The Prohibition party will be without formal representation in the next congress, Representative Randell of! California, lone Prohibition member ! having been defeated. The Socialist party, however, j again will have a member, Meyer; 1 London, from New York city. He j won over Representative Goldfogie, Democrat, who defeated him two years ago. Former Representative Victor Berger, Milwaukee, Socialist, j was defeated by Repreesntative Staf| ford, Republican. j Representative Mondell of Wyom-! l -i-nir )inmp Rprmhliean leader, was! reelected, according to late returns j tonight and probably will continue1 in his position. j Four Senators Certain. I With Republican candidates lead-1 ing a. several states, the Repub- j. licans were certain of a gain of four (senators from California, Idaho, j I Maryland and - South Dakpta. In the | house and Republicans had scored a, { net gain of more than 30. Amor.g i their gains were the following: , | California, three; Illinois, two; Maryland, two; Massachusetts, twoji New Jersey, four; New York, six; Ohio, six; Pennsylvania, five, and two -ttV L T\ ' Ikma " : in tjtan. me uemutiiua uu^ seats in New York from the Repub- f* I licans.' * ' ' , ^ A Democratic casualty was the election of Nathan L. Miller, Republican, to succeed Gov. "Alf " Smith ' of New York, who ran far ahead of the Cox-Roosevelt vote in the Em-. ; pire state. j In the presidential. fight the re- ^ j turns showed that the Cox-Roosevelt ticket had lost least nir.e 1 - ^ j states; which President " Wilson carj Tied .foun years ago?California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, j Cc New Hampshire, Ohio, Utah and' da Washington. : ' i wi . Twenty-nine..^fltes, regarded from 1 ua the wealth of Republican majority as1 assured for the Republican ^presiden- co tial ticket, were: California, Colo- ^"e - - \T, J rado, Connecticut, Delaware, laano,; j Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, j w< ! Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts, st* (Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, j *h J New Hampshire, New Jersey, New *ni ; York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, ' | Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, J en [Vermont, Washington, West Vir- wl i ffinia. Wisconsin and' Wyoming. j nij ! In the Cox column were: Alabama, | or; j Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken- j pa | tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North ; gr; j Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and ; inj j Virginia. States from which returns tonight to iwere incomplete were: Arizona, Mic- ?e j souri, Montana, Nevada, New Msx- jn ! ico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and ze j Tennessee. ex ' m: WORLD WAR VETERANS i GATHER ARMISTICE DAY h - _ N su ; Ail In^ted to Dine With Red Crcs* , 1 _ ed on That Day?Dinner in Old . Court Hsucc. i ei th The World War veterans ever the ^ county seem enthusiastic over bein7 ^' j entertained again -by the Red Cross ' and it is believed that a record ? r c I'breaking gathering of soldiers will | result. The Red Cros3 has invited '.all World War veterans to dinner,! I ' we 112:30 o'clock, armistice day, in the; i ' ca I eld court house. i ^ ; M: I Arrangements have been made by j jjv J Mrs. L. W. Floyd for the preparation ; and serving. Mr. John Wicker will! (,a ' act as chairman of the table and ' gr (chairs; Miss Rosalyn Hipp of table! cloths;.Mrs. J. Y. McFall of decora-! nv jtion; Mrs. C. H. Cannon of dishes;; J Mrs. Mary P. Far.t of silver; Mr.' j?j ? ? * iTT : . i Frank R. Hunter oi meais; .'us. I G. Houseal of pickles and bread, and j Mrs. R. T. Caldwell of coffee. er Only soldiers with ticketsc and la- (ju dies who have been asked to serve pj. will be admitted to the hall. Miss (j0 | Sadie Goggans will admit the waitj ress at the door at 12 o'clock and will da ! put a -badge on each. -Mrs. Frank fa ' R. Hunter will assign the ladies hjc j their tables to serve. I he j The money seems to be slow com-J Mi I ing in. Will the county and town da 'people please drop in Mr. P.-^E. An- ni? derson's store and give him their do- ho nations right away? Let us show the brj boys this appreciation. tht c $10,0000 HC Apparently nothing is too good lampion, valued at $10,000, spent a oines. ^?? * AAnn UA liOUU LU5LK; RETAINS SMILE 4 EFEATED CANDIDATE MAY GO; TO EUROPE. ass - of Telegrams Assure Ohio ; Governor That He Made a "Good Fight." ; 1 Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 3.?Governor j >x, the defeated presidential candite, looking forward to the time he 11 surrender his state office in Jan- J ry, announced tonight that he was ? J? A-:- ?i a * nsiuermg <X tllp ciuiuuu cait^v ucai ar to study conditions in Europe, eanwhile, he said, he planned to >rk and rest, leaving here for the ite capital on Friday, and starting e middle of next week for a hunt-j ? trip in Mississippi. Today found the governor appartly in the same mental state as len he watched the returns last \ ?ht, bringing in continuous unfavable news'. .His smile, was still aprent tonight and the mass of tcleams seemed unanimous in declarl he had made a "good fight." / ' I The governor's first act today was 1 send a congratulatory message to nator Hardihg, the president- elect, which he volunteered as *'a citin" to support the nation's chief CCUUVt? JII wiicitcvci. ight arise." No formal statement was made by e governor over the election reIt and his newspaper commenting itoiially, did not attempt to ar.fze the returns. It was the govnor's message to Senator Harding at carried the defeated candidate's rmal concession of his defeat. Liti in the belated returns today rved to soften the sting of defeat. >r the first-time in the governor's litical career, his home county of ontgomery, including this city, tnt against iiim, Senator Hardir.g rrying it by about 8,000 plurality, iddleton in Butler county, where he: ed as a boy, also went to Hardin'* five votes, but the county itself .ve a comfortable edge to the govnor. "I have not had a chance to travel | iich," the governor said tonight. "I, gan work quite young ar.d I think 1 soon go to Europe to study condi-j ins there." ' i The governor's voice seemed rathhusky, worse than at any time ' ring his campaign, and he ex- < lined that it must be due to a "let' wn of vocal cords." The governor divided his time to-' v between his home here and his; rm at Jacksonburg, the place of; ; birth. While at the farm, he, lped the farm workers husk corn, i rs. Cox was with him during the! y and tonight they scanned the tny messages received at their i me. Senator Hitchcock of Neaska, the administration leader in ? treaty fight, wired: "It is beti - > . ' )G HAS ROOM DE LUXE IN DES MC i SI.:: ^:^^HP^'^99HPSHMsqmmmhHI^^^Hb^B8 |i$ , ; f/Z&&%? - ?|M|^B^B|BHMf8 for the hog in Iowa. "iSaDy Hawse y< night last week in tfte suite de luv e [SAYS NO CAUIE FOR PESSIMISM - - >. *4' ???/. .; NO CAUSE TO FEAR FUTURE, SAYS SPARKS. \ Finds More "Blye" Talks in South Carolina Than Elsewhere. j * ' ^ ^ . -r Urges Miles of Smiles. I The State, 2nd. j "I find more 'blue' talk right here I in South Carolina than in any other Southern state," said Joe-Sparks, assistant treasurer of the Democratic | national committee, who yesterday returned to Southern headquarters, Columbia, after a trip which carried him through practically all of the 1 Southern and several of the states of the Middle West. During his trip Mr. Sparks ha^l abundant opportuni- j ! ty to discuss conditions with men i i from all walks of life and people who! ! know Joe Sparks are sure that he; [didn't let such an opportunity slip. ! "The South is not broke," Mr. | Sparks continued. "It is financially j | sound. It is true that we are pass- j j ing through one of the great eco-1 I nomic readjustment periods, but it is j no time for howls. Now is a time i for smiles. If we say 'broke' we will ; be broke. The people of the South I have helped themselves before. They . can do it again and now is the time. "The state of South Carolina was; jnever in a sounder financial corfdi- j ! tion than she is today. The prosper-' j ity of the past four years has been | I unprecedented and the people of the i state are about $1,000,000,000 to the j ; velvet. j Cause for Smiles. ! ".My argument for smiles instead ; of gloom is based on facts. The poo-! pie of South Carolina were never! better fed than they are today. They I were never better dressed. Many j million dollars went into aatomo-1 biles last year. When people are j broke, they don't buy gasoline. When | people are broke they don't go to ! state fairs. When people are broke ; they don't pack Pullman cars; they J don't crowd restaurants: they don't l make long trips throughout the' country. "Some of our people have been : making money with their hands and ' spending it with shovels. There have j been few business failures in South j Carolina. Let any man look in the! cases of bankruptcy on record. , All j lines of business have been pros-1 porous. ? Smile! Smile! Smile! "If all of our people will meet the situation with an inexpensive and at the same time expansive smile, we need not fear the future. In other states of the South the people are going about their business. They are | i f I tor to lose in a cause that .is right i ? than to win a cause that is wrong." Other messages came from cabinet officers and party leaders throughout tho country. ; ^ / x? i - ;?? 1 UNES HOTEL. 1 1 j ft" ? **r^nr /. % . A '3fl|5 \>^> --. ^-:::-;:x::'<*v:.:: x'^'^ v^iBMM >" an eight months old junior of One of the best hotels in Des HARDING RESTS AFTER CAMPAIGN GLAD TO SEE SUCCESS OF REPUBLICANS. Next President Will Have Working Majority in Both House and Senate. Maridn, Ohio, Nov. 3.?Warren G. .Harding spent his first day as president-elect resting from the tension of election night and reviewing later returns with particular attention to the make up of the 67th congress. He expressed keen pleasure as the growing figures confirmed a Republican gain in both senate and house for he had told his friends that his greatest apprehension over the outcome had not been a fear of defeat for himself so much as a realization that as chief executive his hands might be tied by lack of a working party mainrifv in t.ho legislative branch. His interest throughout the last week of the campaign turned specifically to the senatorial. situation and it was known in the inside circles of the party that it was to aid Republican senatorial candidates more than for any other one cause that he left his front porch and made a swing around the circle of states where the present narrow senate majority was receiving its heaviest at tacks. ?.Ir. Harding; was not inclined to regard the triumph as a personal one. As he told many of his audiences during the campaign, his feeling was that the decision would be made on issues rather than candidates and that the league of nations and the record of the Wilson administration at home were the determining factors. Messages of Congratulation. The avalanche of congratulatory 11 1 _ : j?., messages aaaressea 10 tut* picsiuc.uelect and Mrs. Harding increased in proportions today, many prominent Democrats being numbered among these who sent their good wishes. The defeated Democratic nominee, Governor Cos, sent a brief telegram accepting the i?3ult and the senator in a still briefer mesage thanked him. When 3Ir. Harding locked in at his office at'the end of the afternoon no word had yet been received from President Wilson. j {Continued on Page 5.) i J hopeful. "So long as our people cry 'hard j times' the value of their credit is de-J stroyed. When we yell 'broke' we | lose the confidence of other sections j of the country. "We can't expect bankers to extend credit to v beggar. "I venture the statement that | every man and woman in South Carolina is in much better financial con-' dition than ever before. "Let me again appeal for a season of smiles in South Carolina." I TWO COROPRATIONS NOT IN CONFLICT LETTER FROM MADDOX TO MANNING. Atlanta Man Gives Support to American Export and Import Corporation. mi m.i.. m -i ine state, oisc.. When it was announced from Washington a few days ago that Robert F. Maddox of Atlanta was inj teiesting himself to form a $12,000,000 corporation to a?sist exporting Southern products, there was a lot ! of speculation as to what effect, if I any, such an organization would have upon the .effort to organize the | American Products Exports and Im; port corporation. Richard I. Man! ning, chairman of the organization committee of the last named corporation, never had any misgivings, for [ he felt sure that the two propositions I while similar in a general way, were j entirely dissimilar in essential deI tone This -nrnves to be the fact, from a letter received by Ex-Governor Manning from Mr. Maddox, who is the president of the Atlanta National bank. Ex-Governor Manning had assurances immediately that there would be no conflict between the "cotton exports'' corporation and the proposed corporation with which Mr. Maddox's name was connected, but the following letter from Mr. Maddox confirms that statement and gives assurance that Mr. Maddox and his associates will support the organization of the cotton export corpora tion, as the only one which can handle cotton or other commodities: No Conflict. "Dear Governor: "I beg to acknowledge receipt ofyour letter of the 25th instant and assure you that the proposed export finance corporation under the Edge act is not intended in any way to conflict with the purpose of the American Products Export and Import corporation. On the contrary, will if nv<yani7.Pf]. he of material " "?"? ? ""ft ? 7 help to your company. "Corporations organized under the Eclge act are specifically prohibitsd from dealing in commodities. "While the Southern delegates to the convention of the American Bankers' association at Washington unanimously approved the plan to organize a corporation under the Edge act, the matter is still pending) and nothing further has been done, j 1 - ! An organization committee was ap-i pointed, which will probably meet j next week in New Orleans to consid-; sr the question. "I am in full sympathy with your : efforts and hope you will succeed in organizing your company, and fcalievn if the finance corporation ori ganized the two will work harmon ! iously together and be of mutual benefit. "Yours very truly, "Robert F. Maddox." Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of limestone college, Gaffney, wires: "I heartily indorse the movement and will cooperate in every possible way with voice and perr. I rejoice to , cee our people using legitimate eco! romic means to help themselves instead of making appeals for future governmental assistance." Georgia Indorsement. John J. Wilkins, president of tho' | Georgia National bank of Athens, says: "I am in hearty sympathyt" with the aims of the export corpora-! tion, and for such aid as I may be able to givo it will be my pleasure to ; do so." B. E. Geer of Greeville, president of the Judson mills and former state fuel administrator: "I am very much interested in the organization you r.re trying to perfect and I am en1 * ? ?? ---I i 1_ ?? Vka/iWn . Closing you ncrewibii my ?uustnytion for $500. I hope that you will be encouraged and that the organi-; Ziition will be perfected very soon." j W. T. Kyzer, county agent at Or-j angeburg: "The campaign for sub-i scriptions in this county is moving along about as well as newspaper re-, ports indicate for other counties. Wej have not stopped yet, and will not j until every farmer in the county has had an opportunity to express him-) self. We held a number of night meetings last week, and on the 0th of next month we hope to have cov-i ered every township in the county,' / ' / / y r HARRIS RETURNS FROM CONFERENCE V FARMERS WILL COOPERATE IN MARKETING. V "Next Step" Committee Outlines Policies That Are To Be Pursued. I The State, 2nd. commissioner narria reiurnea 10 hia office Monday from Washington, where he had been attending a meet' ing of the joint agricultural conference at the headquarters of the national board of farm organizations. This meeting was attended by 150 representatives of 30 or more farm organizations from practically every state in the union. "I have missed very few important meetings of farmers in the last SO years," said Mr. Harris, "and I Consider this about the most progressive and most far reaching that I have ever attended. "Each and every one who attended went for a definite purpose. It was the intention of this meeting to see what was the cause of so much dissatisfaction caused by the wierd kind of deflation that came upon the ~ country like a bolt of lightning out I'of a clear sky. It was the consenj sue of opinion that there was no ! need for the deflation policy and evidence was brought out to show plain- ^ ly that the farmers were being discriminated against by the policy of j Secretary Houston. It was easy to. 'see that the farmer is not getting : his pro rata share of the currency i noorj i n th*> <rrAA? flgBPHltUTftl , ? ?--? interests of the cotint*F? "The world may Wit ?HB?4 th# in the future the to take a more positive stand for their just rights. They have been asleep too long already, and ali&w* ing themselves to be dictated to by other people who havfe no other object but their own personal gains. I am proud to say he is blAjnifcg nobody but himself. He is waking uj>, to a sense of his own duty and this can only be done through organiza tion and cooperation of the. farmers of the North, East, South and West, banded together in a great organization. They have found out *who hit * Billy Patterson/ Politic* Not Montioa?4. "I consider it remarkable that in j this gathering of 150 men from all j parts of the United States, in the rational eanital. iast a few daVs be fore the presidential election politics j was not even mentioned. It showed very conclusively to me that this body of men was there ferreting out the great problems now hindering the prosperity of the country?and * hunting a remedy. As this was such a representative meeting and not alone of Southern farmers. The following statement of the 'next step' committee that studied the causes ' and suggested remedies was adopted unanimously:" v-1 A great crisis exists in agriculture today which vitally affects both farmers and the great mass of city toilers dependent on farmers for - / their food and clothing. So serious is the situation that the farmers' organizations which speak fjr agriculture have been repeatedly sounding the warning, believing that the industry and business of farming are affected with a public interest and that the whole country should know the facts. Under the governmental urge to feed the hunger stricken people of the world, our farmers, at enormous sacrifices of both money and labor, endeavored to produce adequate crops this year. Despite this fact the farmers have been forced to bear ,the brur.t of a deflation policy instituted by the government, a poliey which is the basis of the farmers' present financial troubles. The war debt, including interest when paid, will aggregate $40,000,000,000. To repay this debt under conditions of present prices and farm products aad wages for labor will (Continued on Page 6.) and then wind up at our fair with an intensive canvass of every farmer who attends. We have had a hard time getting any one to help us, so the whole burden falls upon the men who are usually willing to help in any campaign/' \ 1 ; ,. r