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t i VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 83. ' NEWBERRY, S. C., FJISDAY. ?:dVEM3ER 19, 1920. ? TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA8 _ | [|||w r m mttwmtm CALLS TO FARMERS TO HOLD COTTON \ HARRIS ADVISES ALL TO STAND TOGETHER. Scnth to Help Self?Commissioner 'Urges Bankers to Stand With Growers in Crisis. The following statement on the cotton situation was issued recently by B. Harris, commissioner of agri. culture: * v Why should we be alarmed? When we recall 1914 when the world- j "wide war broke out' cotton dropped six cents a pound just in a short time.! A crop of 17,000,000 bales. The balance of that crop sold for 10 j member what condition the banks of the South were in at that time. Now with not enough cotton for the demands of the world consumption, the trouble has been in the distribution of it. The export corporation which is about completed will in a measure Temedy that drawback, j Our institutions are solid. Our basks are in splendid condition, bet- J ter than they have ever been known, i -- and they have been made so by the : people's: money, resulting from the prosperity of the producers during the last few yeaii. Their interests are the people's interests and the people's interests aTe their interest. We 39k for full cooperation and we eolith /?or> cflt+Jo nuestion. ill -VUC UVUI/11 VMU uvanv ..... , The world wants our cotton, the I like of which can not be obtained elsewhere. We must look to our own selves to fettle these problems and Wf am' for the,South is one of the most iresourceful countries in the world; The law of supply and demand has been set aside for the greaenfoijfcut you may rest assured [ thfct it W the nai3ltl"law; and it can be ignored only for a time and it will reestablish itself.,- Now, how is this demand to be brought about by the . ^rmers? By holting his cotton off t*he market until the world needs it ' for consumption and then the skinners writ pay your price as set by the American Cotton" association. We have pipped the bears five years in succession. Just remember 1917 when cotton was selling for 18 cents. We named the price 35 cents and called tipon the farmers to how tori that figure, and all who hekl got it. You ate nofr ill much better condi 'J tion to get the price named?40 cents ?than you were in 1917. We farmers are too ready to forget the victories we have won. I want to say to the world that every time for the last ten years the farmers have set *he price of cotton it has gone there before another crop has been marketed?and this * year will be no exception, if we stick. Just remember that this great drop in price has been brougKt about by a scare which caused the Texas farmers to throw 800,000 bales on the market thus Jielping the very factors that were opposing the prosperity of the producers. There is not enough cotton to fill the demands of the world's consumption today and with the exporting of cotton which is bound to be more this year than last, and with the cotton export corporation and al' lied corporations being formed, ' there is no need to be aiarmed about the price of cotton. All the farmer v><>c +n Hn i<? to sit steadv in the boat and hold his cotton until the demands of the world, which will be before another crop can be made and gathered. All that we can ask is the full cooperation of the bankers and business men of the South to help to protect this cotton crop and make it sell for over and above the cost of production. If that is done, the j nancial condition of the South will | be better than it has ever been ; known, for we have the cotton and the world must have it before anoth- - er crop?or the manuiactunu^ ?uciests will have to stop and this they will not do for machinery was made to run and to turn in dividends, which it can't do if it is standing still. The farmers have got the situation ? Vionrle ami i ditirtiiy in men vwn imuu^ ? believe that they are going to act more in a businesslike manner and (Continued on Page 7.) j LUTHERANS WANT MOVIES CENSORED CALL ON GENERAL ASSEMBLE TO CREATE BOARD. Synod Ends Session?Next Meeting to Be Held in Leesville?Ofcers Chosen. j The State. Charleston, No. 12.?The Ninety sixth session of the Lutheran syno< of South Carolina in session her< since Tuesday concluded tonight. Th< I next meeting will be held with th< j Wittenberg church in Leesville, th( Rev. V. Y. Boozer, D. D., pastor. - | An interesting feature of the nighsession was the adoption of a resolu j tion by the synod, calling on the gen eral assembly of South Carolina t< create a state censorship board foi (moving pictures in South Carolina The resolution follows: "Whereas, the moving picture ha? become a dominant factor in the educational life of the American people and "Whereas, .this factor rightly directed may be made a powerful moral influence in the life of the youtlof the church; and .5 .4 "Whereas, if there be not a careful direction this influence will be most baneful; and "Whereas, it is not the function oj the church to provide such supervision and many of our states have created boards of censorship for this purpose, and said boards have rendered very effective service, therefore, "Be it resolved-, tfiat we, as a syn.rwi irtn nnr state legislature tc VUj vv. . ? _ v create such a board of censorship for the state of South Carolina." The president appointed a committe.fc'froin the churches in the Tennesse synod in South Carolina to arrange for a unioi} of these churches with the South Carolina synod. Members of this,committee are: Dr. C. A Freed, Columbia; the Rev. C. J Shelly, Prosperity; Prof. S. J. Derrick, president of Newberry college Rev. V, Y. Boozer, Leesville, and B H. Barre, Xieesville. Young People Do Well. E. K, Counts reported as to the work of the Young People's Federation of the Lutheran synod. Thej had set the amount to be raised during the yea rat $2,000, but reported $2,200. Next year they have J?i nnn picugcu (fU)UWi The Rev. H. J. Black of Charleston serves as president of synod foi four years. Other officers electer were: Dr. H. A. McCullough, Columbia, vice president; the Rev. C J. Shealy, Prosperity, secretary; the Rev. B. H. Petrea, statistical secretary, and W. A. Count.s, Little Moun tain, treasurer. J. P. Derrick was ordained ?to the office of#thc holy ministry Fridaj night in St. Andrews church. Dr. H A. McCullough preached the sermon An encouraging report came froir the home at White Rock. The privi lege was granted the board of trus tees to raise a fund of $50,000 foi the purpose of erecting an adminis tration building. The United Lu theran church appropriated S5,00C * * * ? ?A. i- 1 lor lis support U115 yrm. The synod was closed at the Fri day night session. Dr. S. T.-Hallman, the vcnerabh pastor in the synod and for man} years pastor of the Lutheran churcl in Spartanburg;, has retired from th< pastoral work, ofter serving* th< church for 52 years. The following resolution from the executive com mittee was adopted: 4,As our estsfmed and venerabh brother, the Rev. S. T. Hallman, D ? * c-vin,, | L>., navmg iaumuny preatucu word and administered the sacra ! ment for 52 years, and now havinj | resigned his work, the Women's Me [ morial church at Spartanburg, w< recommend that the synod hereby express its deep appreciation of hi; faithful, sacrificing and loyal serv | ices.'' Active in Missions. j The Thursday evening se.-sion wa i hefri in St. Johannes LutHerai j church, two addresses were deliver I fd- The iiev. (Jeorce S. Beaiden o: Saluda, ??avc :: very in i cresting his tory of the inner mission work ii the Lutheran church, and the can of the helpless ones. The church i (Continued on Pnee 7.) I [j EXCLUSIVE ?H An exclusive and most recent pho return of the Prince of Wales from : REV. FULENWIDER | IN AUTO ACCIDENT SUFFERS FRACTURE OF SKULL-! AND BROKEN RIBS , ?? i ! I Otherwise Bruised But Ws.s Doirg j Nicely When Last Heard rvozn. Seriously'Hurt B.i; Will Keccvcr. ; it win be sad r-rv. s 1 , r.ur.:erou>; ' i friends of the iv-\\ r! "ward Fuleu-i "i wider in this cosarr v to hear that i ' he suffered a sevbus automo.oile ac' o fo-.w1 f .'(J in Sjllishlirv I V1UV11V U i. V M Wiwv|( .. %/ when the car in which 4he was riding collided with another car. i The news came in a letter to Dr. W. G. Houseal from his nephew, Mr. j ; A. H. Werts of Salisbury. Mr. Werts j -1 sends the clippings from the Sails- i r bury paper which -we print below, in j I the same letter Mr. Werts states! that in addition to the broken ribs j Mr. Fulenwider suffered a slight-skull, j fracture but that he was resting well j and with no complications he would! recover. i Mr. Fulenwider only left Newberry! [ i the first of November to take his new j ': iir/\Y?ir oc nsi?tnr tho. Lutheran | ?l Vi il Utf I/WW. ? ? 1 i ' | church of Salisbury. The letter ' from Mr. Werts is dated November i 16. The accident occurred on Sun-! day afternoon it seems. Mr. Fulen-j [ wider's many friends in Newberry \ will hope for his speedy recovery, j ' j The following are the articles from' * j the Salisbury paper: I Salisbury Evening Post, J 5th. What might have been a fata! ac- j? r cident and one that was to some - extent a serious one occurred at the ! - intersection of Main and Henderson j I streets Sunday afternoon when the.1 ' T> T HI.* ! Chandler seoan ot ivir. i>.. jucc :?a-, - haley afid a car belonging to Mr. C. | W. Windsor collided both being over- i ji turned. 7 The Chandler machine contained 1 Mrs. R. Lee Mahaley and daughter, ^ / 'it ' Miss Nellie, the latter driving, and ' i the Rev. Ed\var<i Fulenwider, pastor ; ' of St. John's Lutheran church, and i family and was coming out of Wost j, Henderson street when it was struck: ; by the automobile of Mr. C. W.! ' Windsor in which his family was rid-j? in<r and which was coming up North j " i Main. The impact overturned both !, ' machines which were damaged. The j, majority of those in the Windsor car J " were children bat none were hurt i other than a severe shaking up. The j 5 j Rev. Mr. Fulenwider was the worst' " hurt of any, lie being considerably _ i bruised. He is reported todav to br' j ! getting along fine but is vt-vy yore s { from his exjerk'jH v. Alt's. .M;i!r.i!<-\ 1 j received sevt'iv.I ci:i> from :>v;?k?*n 'iirlass. The ?i?vu* irji. : f| crowd t*? '.. > . . : m : ' j borhoo-l. ?| The Rev. "icier " - < -; sj vented i: ? i night an.i " I a I talk fron: he !\- . M. of !!i! f 1 - " ! 07GGSAFH OF ROYAL FAMILY CJ \ HH4K& N tograph of King- George and Queen his tour. ' . . }*.. Southern's force here. ' v Vt - ? IS SLOWLY RECOVERING. The Rev. Edward Fulenwider Ssill ..Confined to ,B?c?Suffers Much Soreness and Broken Ribs. Stills Vary Post. 1 #?th. I Wor-i .toil y fio\r< thej?tev.~ Sd^&rd Kit'!::.ivasfcor of St~*Tp *Jt?I.1'i . i.i i who was ifjj'ir i.'i a is riu'jom cl.lia accidcai on North if!r-e Sunday, .s to the 'r'cvi that he s fret tin/* aioiu* vcty. well. 'JT/,s.? I* / . 'c* t.v ]! ]?!. " V " ' ? a.JI ,m,. bed and will be for some days yet. He is still feeling the effects of the sudden jolt and shaking up and continues very sore. S.everal ribs are fracturcd and it will require time for these to knit 'properly! The many friends of the Rev. Mr. Fulenwidc: will be glad to know that his injuries, while painful, are not serious, and that he is getting along as wil as can be expected. ? CALL FOR PAYMENTS Ofa 75 MILLION FUND Wh!>n Matthew T. Yates, the North Carolina Baptist missionary, was at work in China the Confederate war came on and his support was entirely cut off. Nothing daunted he accepted work in a consular office which enabled him to support !?5s family and build a mission chapel besides at a cost of over $3,000. Throughout his missionary 'career of some 40 years, in which lie did a monumental work, he was imploring Southern Baptists to send other missionaries that China's millions might be won. When he lay dying in that heathen lapd he told the Rev. R. T. Bryan, while the tears coursed down his cheeks: "So much work and I can't do any - r ul f9 UJ. II. Mr. Bryan said: "God can have it done." "But God needs men," was the sad reply of this modern apostle. These men are still needed, "but how shall they preach except they be sent?" Southern Baptists have sent out 75 this year on the faith of the pledges made in the 7H million cam paign. Unless those pledges are paid, there will be a shortage of half a million dollars. All first year pledges should be paid in before the boards close in this state on December 1. Every effort is therefore being made to collect in at least one-fifth of the five year pledges not later than the fourth Sunday in November. It is earnestly hoped and urged that every h i \ r.h#? Reedv Rive;* association w:!i attain i*s war ?" ?t ?>v !?i7th&t > he funds may. :>! i i'iIIV: . -."5 i -> ' : ' . i:!'i : :t"- /. .-.v ; .' u ! i;. i L I'u'o. i>iy. F GREAT BRITAIN. f 'Mary, wit^i the royal family, made at ! MANNING HEADS CVDOOT fAMDANV LAI V/l\l VVrifll iTM^i I DIRECTORS SELECT FORMER GOVERNOR FOR PLACE. . Application W;P Be MftJe Rijht Away Wiih Ca'niia! litock of 'i vo iV;?!i:or.. The State, JTti. , .Meeting; ywt.'aiuy . al noon and continuing: in for six hours without intern.i; the directors : of the Americnr: IVo ducts Export and ' Import corporation transacted a large amount of routine business. Richard I. Manning was elected president of the corporation. | The directors present were: Ross ; Har.ahan of Charleston, R. C. Hamer, : Richard I. Manning, J. W. Gaston, C. 7^. Cobb, R. M. Cooper, Jr., and L. I. Guion. The only absent members were B. E. Geer of Greenvilla and Bright Williamson, both of whom were detained 'by all ness, but are known to be jn accord with the business transacted by the board yesterday. It was decided to apply at once for a charter of $2,000,000, and thereafter to apply for increases of capital stock and to sell same as it may become necessary. in the expected development of the corporation. The board is pushing matters with all expedition, so as to get the real work of the corporation going promptly and earnestly. The board called for subscriptions of cash, cotton and Liberty bonds to be paid in immediately and shipping mcfvn/itinno lmvo hppn SPTlt OTlt tO liiiotl WV-HVUU HUTV ^ , all subscribers who have pledged cot: I ton in exchange for stock in the corporation. As soon as the subscripI tions are paid in the corporation will I be ready for business. j The action of the board of direci tors puts the corporation upon a new plane of operation, and the members : of the board were very optimistic ' 1 i-<- #AV? fllO ; over me prospects ui ouwv.?.-oij mi mv ! corporation in its sphere of useful| ness. Death of Mrs. Sarah Nichols. i Mrs. Sarah Frances Nichols, widow | of Sampson Nichols, died at the home | of her son-in-law,. Mr. John Bowers, j near St. Luke's church, at 1:30 I o'clock on Wednesday morning:, and j was buried at St. Luke's Thursday | afternoon at 3 o'clock, services by 1 the Rev. Mr. Roof. She is survived [by the- following children: Mrs. i Gcoiire Lester of near the old home place. Mrs. John I Sowers of the home n'lici, Mrs. >'Ui!\ *i; t* Dominick of Plains, (i-; . Mis. \!. !C. Lester of Iy<u.r})tiii\. '' > !. K. Hawkins of r. .a* ihe . Mr. Arthur v <?! .. . i. ; r:ti one jtep <!ittighter, .1 >. ' r uon-.m-cK 01 uowPhi1?lw>vt '.... ih'CJims more vivi-Hv ;r?an <lo ;i-kills. ? i I : Paul Hymans 1 Leag ORANGEBURG MAN i SHOT TO DEATH iMiiimrc rwriMFCD niF<; AF WOUNDS. E. N. Mittle Gives Up?Greenville ] Man Surrenders to Authorities at State Penitentiary. The State. Orangeburg, Nov. 15.?J. H. Patf<?r?r?n wVm was shnt. last nicht hv Edward N. Mittle, died at a hospital here tonight at 9 o'clock. Six shots were alleged to have been fired, four of them taking effect, one in his chest and one in the stomach. The inquest will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The shooting occurred about 11 o'clock Sunday night at the home of Frain Sain. | Both parties were prominent in this community. Patterson was 43 years old and unmarried. He was a drainage engineer by profession and had been employed in this county about a year by the J. J. Quinn Construction company of Miami, Fla. His home was in Ottawa, 111. Mittle lived in Bowman until about two years ago, when he moved! to Greenville. - While a resident of' this county he was cashier and presi-! dent of the Bank of Bowman. Mit-1 tie is 38 years .old and is said here to j now be a' member of the firm of Mit-, tie, Traxler & Co. of Greenville. J Wolfe & Berry of Orangeburg j have , been engaged to represent Mit-j tie at the inquest tomorrow. J. Le- j Roy Ou^es will represent the prose-'j r iitinn in the absence of Solicitor j ! Hydrick. 1 __ ??? E. N. Mittlc of Greenville, who I i . i shot J. H. Patterson at Rowesville i Sunday night, came to Coluijbi^ yes- j terday, and after employing counsel i went to the state, penitentiary and j voluntarily gave himself up. T]ie Co- j I 1 V C ? voooirofl i) TttfiSSaM ! j lumuja puntc iibvuvu ~ 0 early in the morning notifying them ; to be on the lookout, for Mittle and j they watched the incoming and out-1 going trains. When seen at the penitentiary yes-1 terday afternoon Mittle said he i would not discuss the shooting. He ; appeared to be much wrought up J over the affair and asked a number i of questions about what reports had j reached Columbia, but refused to j give any details concerning the trouble at Rowesville. , Mittle was still being held at the prison last night. Patterson Dead. Columbia Record. Orangeburg, Nov. 16.?J. H. Pat-j terson, the civil engineer shot by E. \ N. Mittle at Rowesville Sunday night; ; died here last night at 9 o'clock. An i inquest will be held by the coroner at \ 3 o'clock Tuesday* afternoon. The shooting took place at the home of Prain Sain. Patterson was unmarried, his home being in Illinois. The woman with whom Civil Engi- j neer Patterson was at the time he was shot Sunday evening by E. N. j Mittle, was the wife of Mr. Mittle, it j develops. Mr. Mittle had married the; young woman despite the protests of j her parents, interposed because of a j former marital experience of Mr. ji Mittle, it is said. Mittle is a prominent citizen, or- j iginally from Newberry county. He i has sisters in Spartanburg and I Greenville and a brother in Beaufort.' His parents at one time operated a j store in Newberry, known as "Mit-j tie's Corner." Mr. Mittle himself j was for a number of years a resident j of Bowman in Orangeburg county, j and was cashier of a bank and an j official of the Orangeburg-Bowman j railroad. Recently he has been in j the real estate business in Green-1 viiie. He is a Mason and a Shriner. j ii<> is a Citadel graduate. ! When seen at the state penitentiary Monday evening after his sur-j ! iv-mier In Columbia, Mr. Mittle re; fiisfd to talk of his case. He stated j j thai he did not want to make any' jpuMic comment. He has employed j (Continued on Page 3.) i Heads ue of Nations Belgian Elected Permanent President at Geneva Meeting?Swiss BelU - Ring As Session Opens. Geneva, No. 15 (By the Associated Press).?Paul Hymans of Belgium. was elected permanent oresi dent of the league of natioos at the opening session of the leagues assembly here today. He received 65 votes to four votes for President Motta of Switzerland and one each for exPresident Ador of Switzerland and Leon Bourgeois of France. M. Hymans had called the delegates to order and introduced PresiJ i If- -Li.- wiin in dent iuutut U1 O w 1 ticnaiiu, nuv 4u his address welcoming the delegates expressed the hope that the United States" would not delay mi^ch longer in "taking its legitim&te plice in the league." When M. Hymans, who heads the Belgian delegation and is a former t foreign minister of Belgium, declar ed the first session of the assembly % onen. the hall was crowded with men and women and there were several women among the delegates. ' The toilettes, with the qaiunt red and yellow gowns of the Swiss guards, gave touches of color to an otherwise sober, scene. ' M. Motta, in his greetings to the delegates, thanked the peace confer- / > ence for having selected Geneva as the seat of the league of nations and also thanked President Wilson for calling the meeting of the assembly in the seat of the league. The first session of the, league lapsembly was greeted with the ringing of all the bells in Geneva alter several minutes j^EIence on the part of all the pe'opk of tfa#v iiBiton. President Motta of Switzerland was followed by M. Hymans. The Socialist leader Hjalmar Branting, head of the Swedish* delegation, provoked the first debate by objecting to the election, of Pau^ Hy mans as president of the league Dy acclamation. M. Hymans himself decided the question by holding that, since one member requested a secret vote, he was entitled to it. A more animated and more significant discjssian greW out of the1 adoption of the agenda. Lord Robert Cecil, who represents Sojith Africa, held that the applications for membership of Albania, Bulgaria and Austria, which were received since the agenda was made up, should be added to it. * A The assembly so decided filter tne French delegates M. VIviani -and Bourgeois had made it clear ^.hat the applications would be referred to a committee to be examined and a decision taken as to whether they would be received. This reservation, "] it is contended, wan estaDiisn a precedent so that, if Germany's application is received later the French delegates will be able to at once take up the question of eligibility. The working organization of the assembly as formed this afternoon consists of six committees each with 41 members representing .all the states attending. All questions of the agenda will be divided among these committees and will come up / for debate on the floor only when the reports are submitted. The presidents of these committees will be exofficio vice presidents of the assembly. The debates today clearly indicated that Lord Robert Cecil, Leon Bourgeois, Rene Viviani and Signor Tittoni are -likely to become leading figures on the floor and that the small states are showing a spirit of independence and will not accept prearranged programs without having their say. On motion of ueorge iNicon Barnes of the British delegation, a resoltuion calling for a message of sympathy to President Wilson in his illness was adopted. "Are You 'a Shriner?" All the Shriners and their ladies who r.ttend the Shriner show on next Monday night are requested and urged to wear their Shrine Fez to the show that night. * - Rhododendrons attain their great' luxuriance on the Pacific Coast. ' I 4 " -x - 9 J