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rjffe A mi ' ' . | * VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 84. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1320. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAB FARMERS FACING SERIOUS CRISIS i , ^ FINANCIAL STATUS FORCING STRIKE. Production will Be Cut Disastrously Unless Credits Are Enlarged. When a short time ago farmers' representatives appeared before the federal reserve board and asked for larger credits, which were refused, Senator Shith of South Carolina said that if the fanners did not receive aid they would have to go pn a strike. In the following article he gives his reasons for the statement, and presents the side of the farmers. This is my conviction: Unless con.jjgi ditions are materially altered the <f| American farmer will be forced to strike. He will not strike for the mere sake of striking, and he will ? not strike en masse. But it will aaount to a Strike, for'he will have to stop the labor of farming. He will v obliged to' stop furnishing the necessaries of life tor tne reason max there will no longer be a living left * for him, on .the farn? The farmer does not wish to strike. He does not want to quit his lifetime work. But* he will have to do it unless the world grows different for him. .In no better way can I illustrate his present plight than by this! table: . Av. Produc- Market . . tion cost. Price. ! Cotton ...,.....$0.37% $0.181 ? - ' nn 1 o jsngnt cooacpo ...... .?* Dark tobacco f. .20 .15 Wheat . |lT? 1.65 Peanuts .09 .04 Beef .13 ,07 When.I say the farmer will strike, I do not moan that agriculture will i absolutely cMfte. That would be ab- j surd. A there will g$ on planting! . Somfe lew can stand tlie enormous loss, hopeful that some day, ^somehow, it will "be made up. A few others will keep on in a dull, list less sort of' fashion, tnrougn sneer force of habit,uritil- they go down under tlJte loss.. Will Go tO. Cities.' # * - - .. But production will be cut disastrously, because the average American farmer will leave th? frrm, just as he has been doing' knd as he is doing today. He will say to his wife and daughters: "Here, I must go to the factory and get Work? by the clay, so thai I will know the wage will come in." He will flock to the cities. Not many persons comprehend what this will mean. It is nothing short of a dual tragedy, this migration of the farmer to the city. It is the simulta. neous lessening of production and in L ^ ? crease 01 consumption, rjacu ume a farmer packs up his household goods and goes to the city there is one less man producing food for the world, and, at the Same tim$, one more mouth to-feed. But how can the farmer remain on the farm? How can he labor day by day,* at the hardest work in the world, when he faces a market that will not. pay by half the expense he incurs in raising his crop? Must he j toil on under more torturing circumefans>P? fh?n has ever known in i all his centuries of grim life? The farmer's cost of living has leaped upward along with the cost ? of living which the millionaire pays in 1920. The percentage is the same, no matter what the income. I can not stress too strongly that the . United States has entered enirely upon a different living plane, of which the farmer is a part. More money nolloH for now thnn pvpr before. lO VUUvu au*. aavtt ?> ?... ? It is not the cost of nigh living, but the high cost of living. The war precipitated this condition, which was) rapidly coming, anyway. The situa-j tion calls for more money?not ac-1 tually more money in the world, but j more money to the average man? j a greater distribution of money. It has been fondly thought that the fed- j eral reserve board would normally and effectually bring about this distribution. If it, or some other agency, does not distribute more money 11 * i il. 4.: i to tne agricultural ciass, trie uauvn , will face serious troubles. Price* Not Adequate. ? More money must go to the farm* ' (Continued on Page 7.) ' e ? ' LEAGUE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS SIX VICE PRESIDENTS NAMEE AT GENEVA. Organization Completed at Sessiox Filled With Action?Non-European Countries Fare Well. Sr . Geneva, No. 18 (By the Associatec Press).?In a somewhat agitated session today the league of nations assembly completed its organization bj the election of ; vice presidents, who, with the si:: h.i:rmen of the committees elected yi-srt-day form a sort of exectuive ?.. ;"ttee of the assembly. The non-f. op.?can nations, for whom much soliriuide was shown yesterday, had no complaint to make, as they obtained four vice presidents, instead of the three they had asked for. These were: Viscount Ishii, Japan; Honorio Pueyrredon, Argentina; Sir George F. Foster, Canada, and Rodrigo Octavio, Brazil. The other vice presidents are H. A. Van Karnabeek, Holland, and Dr. Eduard Benes, j Czecho-Slovakia. Picturesque features of the session were furnished by Baron Hayashi, head of the Japanese delegation; Dr. Fridtjof Nansen of Norway; Gustave Ador, ex-presidont of Switzerland, and the two leading members of the Brazilian delegation. Baron Hayashi; usually an impassive observer of the proceedings, attracted attention when he arose to ask the delegates to vote for Viscount Ishii, Japanese ambassador to France, if Japan was to have a vice president* The whole assembly looked on with great interest when, after M. Ador, who is also an ex-president of the international Red Cross had graciously replied to the remarks of Dr. Nansen regarding the Red Cross, the exiplorer rushed down a side aisle with characteristic steel-trap action to I orasn M. Ador's hand in a handshake I O-'??x 'so warm and real that the sentiment was communicated to the spectators. A curious result of the first ballot for vice presidents was a tie between Rodrigo Octavio, the Brazilian under secretary for foreign affairs and Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha,- the Brazilian ambassador to France for sixth vice president. While the assembly was discussing the proposed vote for the remaining vice president an animated discussion of the Brazilians, each candidate insisting that he be allowed to withdraw in favor of the other. A second ballot was taken however. As an act of courtesy, Guiseppe Mooto, president of the Swiss confederation who had delivered the address of welcome was elected honorary president of the first assembly of the league. Rumors which had been current all week that certain combinations had been formed to carry pre-arranged programs through the assembly were denied today from two sources. M. Pneyrreden, for the Argeneine delegation, said thai :t was absolutely untrue so far as A.vvntina is concerned that the S American republics were in >n understanding with other neutva's to force the admission of Germany into the league. Tiio "Rri+i?Vi rlnmininns* renresenta tives made it clear that they were here to represent their particular dominion without reference to sister dominions or mother country. All the delegates appear to be satisfied with the progress made in the necessary preliminary proceedings, the work having been gone through with a minimum of friction, and they expect the final results to satisfy all the friends of the league. Geneva, Nov. 18.?Lord Robert Cecil and Hjalmar Brantir.g, at the first meeting of the committee on disarmament, economic blockade and mandates, today put through a motion that the session of the committee tftmnwrnv would be oDen to the pub lie thus profiting by the latitude left by the assembly for the holding of the committee deliberations behind closed doors or not. Much curiosity is evidenced here whether the example will be followed by other committees. ?sa?*i Armies of France, England and the United States are engaged in important experiments toward develop,ing and improving war tanks. , I ! THE i! i| W^ctmWH^. '' Senator Harding casting ballot 3 just before the president-elect. Sen vote although all in line offered the p PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Oyster Dinner Enjoyed by Members Co. G.?Thanksgiving Service in Lutheran Church. Presperity, Nov. 22.?The members of Company G, Thirteenth regi ment, and other veterans of our | town and the Girls of..the 'fjO.'s enjoyed an oyster dinner given in ll:eir honor by the William LeiU : fir.:;:;.:, U. D. C., Saturday a: the town ha!'. The tables were deco>_atcd ir. yellow chrysanthemums v/ivh here and there a touch of green. The dalr.iy' place cards were suggestive of Thanksgiving. Several readings wore given by Miss Ethel Saner. Musicwas furnished by Mrs. G.. W. Harmon. i Miss Josie Gi'ififm was hostess Wednesday evening to the Linger-Longer- [ , Laf-a-L6? cihcb. The living room,1 where tables were placed for bridge, j was bright with chrysanthemums and, other fall flowers. The hostess, as-j sitsed by Miss Goode Burton, served] hot chocolate and wafers. A splendid meeting of the Pros- j perity Parent-Teachers' association was held Thursday afternoon in the high school auditorium. Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum had charge of a musical j program, after which general talks! were made by both parents and teach-! ers, which were very helpful. * J There will be union Thanksgiving' service at Grace Lutheran church' Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The' sermon will be preached by the Rev. j 0. A. Jeffcoat of Ninety-Six. The, pastors of all the churches request a; full attendance of their respective I congregations. A revival service is being held; this week at Wightman Methodist j church. The Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat of j Ninety-Six is conducting these serv-; ices and preaches each day at 3:15 J I - , land 7:30 p. m. Public is cordiallyj invited. The following announcement will j ' be read with interest by the friends, of Herbert Langford, eldest son of i Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Langford: The State, 21st. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines of Co-! lumbia announce the engagement of j their daughter, Bessie Martin, to; Herbert Langford, the wedding to j take place December 7. } Miss Minnie Boozer and John YV. j | Boozer were quietly married Satur-j * ' - ? * A/f U/?/l Ifff >>Q ? _ ' j uay aiternoon ul me ucuiuuioi sonage by the Rev. J. D. Griffin. The; bride is the attractive daughter of; J Mr. B. vy\ Boozer. Mr. Boozer was: ja veteran of the world war. Both ! Mr. and Mrs. Boozer are from the St.; Luke's community, where they will continue to make their home. .Miss Essie Robinson enter!:; :nvd I the younger society ?;-t Friday ' " * ing in hon<?r <?f Ml.- Sui* K'.i son of Newberry. AI a late ! tempting >\voet . ,-u v.- v. I. Miss \Yi;iV M .< . ,.-i I niootinir ' i" < > # PRESIDENT-ELECT CASTING HIS ] m; ., &i|j&aj|l^pj'ft^j^^ > 04 in his polling place in a garage a c ator and Mrs.. Harding stood in line tw resident-elect and Mrs. Harding pref j of the Young People's federation of. (the South^ Carolina- Lutheran church . j in Columbia on Saturday. j Prof. E. T. McStfain, Mrs. J. D. J [ Quattlebaum and Miss Josie Griffin: ! attended the teachers association in' : ; Newberry on Saturday. ! Ellis /.Yheoler .has accepted the. ; oositior! of dav clerk of the hotel in' ! * . ! i Kersjvi\v. . \ 7>*. T'. 7:1 o who has made hi? home here f-*r i.he pest year, has re. .iii ; :; tt> Ja:*k<onvil!'j to th-: re.:ret ' of 1 iii-".j.y :rrler.ds. _V= ;l-so > j.yaia and Alice Demiisiek cf Columbia svc spending a few days with the home folk. r>r.3S Gertrude Bobb, teacher at : Pelham, h;is been called home o?: acI count of the serious illness of her I 1 aunt, Mrs. J* C. Counts. j Mrs. W. C. Adams of Wilson, N. 7 i C., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Har-' ! riet Harmon. ' Robert H. .Counts has returned to I Greensboro, after a short visit to his parents, Prof, and Mrs. E. 0. j Counts. Miss Aubrey^ Oxner of Columbia j was home for ftne week-end. TI/TMJ?j t ?:11: ? ! iviiss iviiiureu miiuiici iul ; Mr. J. C. Schumpert, leaves this week for her home in West Virginia. Mrs. B. A. Tolbert and daughter of Hendersonville and Miss Irene Curlee of Winnsboro are guests of j Mrs. J. S. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kohn left Sun-1 day for Asheville to visit their d?ugh-| ter, Miss Doris, at Fairview sana-; tarium. I Mrs. J. D. Hunt is visiting rela-; tives in Columbia. V. E. Kohn has returned from a' business trip to Newbern, N. C. Ira B. Nates of Columbia is spending a few days with his father, A. A. Nates. C. M. Harmon and James Brooks ' of Greenwood spent Sunday with ' Mr. and Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon. Miss Elizabeth Hawkins of Mar- j ion was home for the week-end. The Rev. C. J. Shealy spent Wed-! nesday in the Capital City. Carl Day of Baltimore and Nor- j man Murray of Mt. Airy, Md., hnve j been jruest.s of Mrs. C. K. Wheeler, j Miss Grace Sease of Pelham is I spending & few days with her par- j ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sease. Mrs. J. F. Browne will spend; Thankstriviny ihw in Columbia, the ; jjucst of -Miss Erin Kohn. ..Mrs. J. A. Counts is expected home j this week from the Columbia hosoi-! tal. Mrs. J. B. Dedenbau^h and ehil-1 dren of Pomaria are jruests of Mrs.! J. M. Worts. M?-s. Eimo'.'e l.ayiielil rclun-et! u> her ponu* iii Audi's';: (-' \V't*?*c*.-'!*: \ y'-J: '?!?? :v<?! hs*r. \\ j\kV. i T v: t ' y i i . ' . . (. fll?.: !?"".: C. ' y (*.?".j . . mm. : ,.;j . 1 i . * BALLOT. , JOfc JH ""W ES^w^l I I ? i { : I >: ! J i I i ! Marion, Ohio. Mrs. Harding voted elve minutes waiting their turn to erence. REPUBLICAN ^OFFICIAL PLEADS WITH HOUSTON TO AID COTTON FARMER ^ <* Cctton Planters and Wheat Growers ,?.ncl Livestock Men A?k for Helping Hand. : .Ne w Ys;; k, >'cv. 20.?Employment .or. Vv?i>* finance corporation machinrelieve ri :? financial tension iarougi'.oat the i euntry was recom by S. ?.ttov William M. { of Xc v.* Yovi;. chairman of :r.:? senate n? i tec or wonstrue- j ?*' n. in a i'h \::r. ent tonight to I David F. Hon.. op. secretary of the! treasury. The :;r mi followed a| hearing tocviy by the committee on j the housing situa-jro? in this section. The telegram sent by Senator Caldcr fellows: "Bankers and business men through central and Southern sections declare commercial channels congested with unprecedented crops of cotton, wheat, animal prodCu?7ions and so forth, and financial tension extreme. Believe this dangerous situation can be relieved by appointment of war finance corporation machinery to facilitate foreign distribution. This machinery is in- your hands. Can not too strongly urge its immediate appointment.'*' Surplus of Commodities. Senator Calder. in ja statement made during the concluding session n-f fVia Viraa-rinrr Viqvp V/X C11W 11VUIU V4WW.V.4, W V. that it. was necessary to revive the war finance corporation to prevent stagnation of business and consequent unemployment of labor. "We have a surplus of commodities and foreign countries have a great need for it," he said, ''but they have no money with which to buy. It has been strongly urged by the producers of agricultural products in the cities which we have visited that we should make every effort to revive ? ? ? ~ ?A J yv mU Alf our UXTJUI'L uaue llliuugll die a^cuv-jr I of the war finance corporation, which is able to extend credit to American exporters and bankers upon good foreign securities. Delegations of cotton growers have come to me in New Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis;! representatives of farmers and wheat! growers have come to me in Kansas City. Omaha and Des Moines; producers of animal products in Kansas City, Omaha and Denver, all with the : ... i same story?that there is a backing up of trade from your ports of export, jtnd that if this continues and increases ic will bring about serious consequences of unemployment and financial str; in." X' - :Mr. Jr.o.' !. ;' i, . vIt Plsusant, * ;i !'U moon I y i/iukt* an?l :hv hi??j fori f '!( n- . I Appeal By H For ? COLUMBIAN GIVEN IMPORTANT TASK JOSEPH WALKER TO MANAUfc EXPORT CORPORATION. Ten Million Dollar Concern Has Com. pleted Organization and is Almost Ready for Business. The State, 20th. Joseph Walker of Hollowell & Walker of Columbia has been se lected as vice president and manager pf the American Products Export and Import corporation the $10,000,000 concern now being organized throughout the South with the prime object of financing the export of cotton.. according to the announcement made at the office of the concern last nieht. R. L. Hollowell, also of the same firm, has been named as treasurer of the corporation. The organization of the company has been completed with the acceptance o? Mr. Walker and Mr. Hollowell and, as soon as the stock is paid in, the charter for the corporation will be taken out and business begun. Experienced Cotton Man. Mr. Walker came to Columbia in 1901 and after a short apprenticeship \in the furniture business entered the firm of W. E. Smith & Co., buying cotton on the street. Two years later he went to the M. C. Heath company, later becoming a member of the firm. After continuing in this capacity for 12 years, he joined :vir. .Hollowell in forming the firm of ; HQ&MKSH 1919_ elected a member of the New York cotton exchange. Mr. Ilolioweli, who becomes treasurer of the corporation, is the senior member of the firm of Hollowell & Walker, orre of Columbia's leading cotton brokerage concerns. Mr. Kollowell is an experienced cotton' man, being .thoroughly acquainted with both the brokerage and manufactur ing phases of the cotton business. The officers of the corporation are: Richard I. Manning, president; Joseph Walker, vice president and manager; R. L. Hollowell, treasurer. The directors are: B. E. Geer of Gfeenville, J. Ross Hannahan of Charleston, R. C. Hamer of Eastover, Bright Williamson of Darlington, L. I. Guion of Lugoff, J. W. Gaston of Spartanburg, C. L. Cobb of Rock Hill, R .M. Cooper of Lee county and R. I. Mannine:. Slock Now Coming In. The call for the payment of stock was issued Wednesday and already much of it is coming in, and the cotton given in exchange for stock is being shipped according to the shipping instructions. "We have been especially pleased j by the fact that in a number of cases I the subscribers have voluntarily in- j creased the amount their stock j takings," President Manning said ] last night. Offices have already been arranged I for and all preparations for handli* 9 the business have been aompleted. j Just as soon as the stock is paid : in, the charter will be taken out and i the business will be started. "We i are ready to ship as soon as we get j the charter and get the cotton," said Mr. Manning. The temporary offices j of the company are at Room 30, Ar- j i i M _i: caue ouuuing. A gratifying circumstance noted ! by the corporation's officials was the i receipt of a subscription of 100 bales of cotton from Pink Whaley, a negro farmer of Calhoun county. Governor Manning spoke at Union Friday and was advised that in addition to other manifestations of indorsement of the corporation, every bank in the city had decided to take $1,000 in stock. "Our proposition,", he said, "seems to be growing upon i the people, business men and producers alike." Deaih cf An Infant. A three weeks o!;i son of Mr. and .Mrs. .j\m Davis of 1517 Drayton 'A est Knd, died early on Mon-^ <i M-ociiino nnd will be buried at i J;.;>;;er .Memorial cemetery Tuesday j afternoon at 3 o'clock, services by; i!:( Rev W. V. Gaulr. i arding 5 ]ober Thinking | President-Elect Deliver* Address in New Orleans Before Leaving for Vacation Voyage to Canal Zone. New Orleans, Nov. 18.?Sober : thinking and an abiding faith in the ! republic during the critical period of war reconstruction were asked of the American people today by President elect Harding in an address deliver- < ed here just before he sailed for a three weeks' vacation voyage to the Canal Zone. Some reverses and disappointments he declared must come as the aftermath of the world conflict, but he predicted confidently that all of them would pass away again if the people only "kept their heads," and held fast to the old-time virtues of :hrift, honor and common sense. Making his second formal speech since his election, Mr. Harding spoke ! in studied terms and with a quiet earnestness betokening a full realization of the responsibilities "ahead of him. But ringing through his address was a predominating note of confidence and unfaltering faith. "A confident America" buttressed by resources never equalled be| fore by any people and governed by i a free representative was the * ideal which the president-elect declared must be no acceptance of strange the time of transition. He said no ^ one desired that the .old order^hould ! return but he maintained tna't ? ; building for the neV ogtar ^there : must be no acceptance ^f.'litTang | cure:alls and fancy theories; ; v I TUn o/l^y?oce WQC #)A1ivay*A/) ' Of * o 1 x aviui woe *? uo uviiT?&vu ?#w M -i luncheon of the New Orleans A?jociation of Commerce the 7 centfai ; feature, of a profraifi' of ent<?roi5ij ment by which the city sought to show the president-elect that tKfe j partisanship of the campaign already ~ ? had been forgotten. ' Great Crowds Cheer. -. Great street Crowds cheered Mr. , .;, y ! Harding everywhere dutifig his short r ! stay and to a gathering toi thousands i in front of the city hftll he expressi - J T- ill-.J- -f X1.A , eu iub giamuuc xui mc uw?i>iwuitjr j extended him through thfe South. Following the luncheon Mr. Hardj ing was the guest at an ihformal reception held at the Elks' Home where j he was presented with a gold watch, I the gift of the local lodge. His 'lit! tie talk" promised the committee of Elks developed into a 15 minute address before a crowd of several thousand gathered in front of the home. 1 - J- -1- -1 I ? \T^ xne presiaeni-eieci was m wcw Orleans about five hours. He arrivj ed shortly before 11 o'clock in the J morning from Point Isabel, Texas, j where he spent the first week of his vacation and went aboard his steamer, the United Fruit liner Parismina, shortly after 4 p. m. Soon afterward the Parismina started on the four day run to Cristobol. Besides Mr. Harding and his secretary, George B. Christian, Jr., the president-elect is accompanied by a number of personal friends, including Senators Hale of Maine, and Frelinghuysen of New Jersey.' The party will remain in the Canal Zone about a week and will land on the return trip at Norfolk, Va., on December 4.4 Five Hour*' Vi?it. The address was a part of a five hour visit to New Orleans by the president-elect, who came from his /' vacation in Texas to take ship for a voyage to the Panama Canal zone. He said, in part: "I believe the American people have come to realize that we must I ace inuiueiiiuun piuiuvius anu inuat face them with resolute courage and practical wisdom and patriotic determination. There must be no reason for pause or excuse for despair nor place for pessimism. If we are effective in solving our problems at home we shall be the better able to hpln cnlvp thncp nf flip wnrlH Kp_ fits our part in modern civilization. 4'The biff thinjx for all America to realize now and always is the dignity of productive labor. No matter how humble, the producers are the makers of the essentials of civiliza * " 1 1 "'~v' " (Continued on Pasr*4 7.) .v ? '' yf-s >.. ' > '