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t V I ' ? VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 85. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1920. * j TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA* GOVERNOR CALLS FOR OBSERVANCE ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. "Must Look Forward to s Another Year With Hope ^and Confidence." Governor Cooper Tuesday issued a Thanksgiving proclamation, calling upon the people to observe fittingly the day as a day of thanksgiving and prayer throughout the state. "We look forward to another year with hope and confidence. We shall not be discouraged because of temporary adverse conditions," says tne governor. c "We approach this day of thanksgiving and prayer with a consciousness of duty well done and with the comforting reflection that through our efforts the sufferings -of huamnity .have been alleviated," Governor Cooper says in his proclamation. Below is the proclamation: "In accordance with established custom, the president of the United States of America has, by proclamation, set aside Thursday, November 25, 1920, as a day of thanksgiving on the part of all the people of the . United States. "The people Qf South Carolina are * in a position, to observe this day in +h<? snirit which nronroted the Drac tice on the part of the Pilgrim Fathers. There is abundant evidence that the people of this state have enjoyed, in a substantial degree, the 4. blessings of divjne -providence during the past 12 months.- Our educational activities have gone forward in a satisfactory manner; i new impetus is thus given to our social and moral progress. UndeT the blessings of God, our soil has yielded an abundant harvest. nsfe%ften practically free from the ravages of contagious and infectiottfc <Ka6llses. It has been our privilege to extend a helping , hand to those peoples of the esfrth less favored theli we. We approach this day of thanksgiving and prayer with a "consciousness of duty well ^done'i&nd with the comforting reflection that through our efforts the suffering^ of humanity have been alle> viated. "We looK forwaH, also, to another year w."i hope and confidence. We shall not be discouraged because ' of temporary adverse conditions. As we shall assemble on Thanksgiving prayer, we should rededicate our _i day for the purposes of worsnip ana selves to the service of Him who presides over the destinies of nations and who holds each of us in the very 'hoilow of His hand.' "Now, therefore, I, R. A. Cooper, governor of the st&te of South Carolina, do proclaim, in accordance with law and custom, Thursday, November 25, 1920, a public holiday, to be observed as a day of1 thanksgiving and r? raver throughout this common r--?r ? ? wealth; and I call upon the people to gather on that day in their usual places of divine worship and there, as well as in their homes, give thanks to God for the blessings which He has given up during the past year; and at the hour of prayer on this day let our thoughts be of those who have given their.lives to maintain democratic institutions, as well as of those who yet struggle for the realization of those high and lofty ideals which are the very foundation of our own free government; also that we shall not forget, in our prayers and our gifts, the needs of the suffering and famine stricken peoples of Europe and in the Near East." ALL-PRESENT DAY AT SILVERSTEET CHURCH Sunday, November 28, will be observed as All-Present day at the Silverstreet Lutheran church. It is earnestly hoped and requested that every member, who can possibly do ' so, will attend. Regular divine service will be held in the morning. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock the Junior Missionary society will give a missionary pageant. Immediately after an address will be delivered by Mr. H. Inadoni, a native Japanese now completing his theological course at T ,,4t,vnv-. cnmtnavv in Pollimhia. Lilt? JJUuici an j ^ ? 7 S. C. If the weather permits, dinner wiU be served on the grounds. The public is invited. BRIE RY IS CHARGE! IN SHIPPING PROBI PRESIDENT'S BROTHER-IN-LAW MENTIONED. ' Treasurer of Board?Witness Get: j Crossed Up and Fails to Stick to Same Story. New York, Nov. 20.?Allegation: tending to implicate men now am formerly connected .with the Unitec States shipping board, with allege( collusion in securing contracts foi the Wallace Downey Shipbuilding : company of New York, were mad( ; today by Tucker K. Sands, a witnes: before the Walsh committee invest gating shipping board affairs. The men named and alleged tc ' Vio\ro in n Hist.rihution o1 i more than $30,000, were R. W. Boll; ing, brother-in-law of President Wil ' son, and now treasurer of the shipj'ping board; Lester Sisler, formerly j secretary of the board; John Cranor, a representative of the Downey Ship| building company and Sands himself j He testified that he' received the i money in the form of "notes," some j of which he discounted and at difI ferent times described payments tc I ?"?> " i ? L.iU I uoiiing ana oisier as uuui yay ments" and "loans."- In anothe) part of his testimony he asserted thai the money was to be understood as a commission to him for securing s loan from the bank to the shipbuilding company, with which the witness was then connected. Affidavit Submitted. The testimony of Sands was preceded by that ot Alfred W. McCann, a reporter for the New York Globe, who swore he h?id secured from Sands an affidavit detailing the enX * n V\ Vt VlAV Iurt? trciii^uuuuii. iui tn^t (testified that when he took the affidavit to Sands for him to sign, he declined to do so on advice of his attorney. Previous to submitting the affidavit for Sands' signature, however, McCann said he had taken the document to the shipping board and had it photostated. One of these copies carrying notations in what was testified to be Sands' handwriting and which Sands afterwards testified to being "corect except that some of the facts may be a little different,'1 was presented by McCsnn in evidence. The document, however, was not made a part of the stenographers' minutes of the hearing. Crosses Own Statement. In the course of questioning bj Chairman Walsh and Congressman Kelly, Sands said he did not think Boiling ever got a cent from anybody for aiding to gel a contract? that money given him was a "loan.': At another time he stuck to i statement that Boiling was to get his share of the transaction-^ that nt "gave Sisler for one of 'his comrmninc 0/1(1 r>Tl VlU Tiott1 which note Y V j v v V ? he still has. He said he had nevei had any controversy with Boiling was on friendly terms with hint. Ho also mixed into his testimony details? .of a purchase by him from Boiling of s lot for $900. Sands testified he was now under indictment "for allowing a company to overdraw?a shipping company, in which I was interested.' Hp testified that he was th-2n connected with the Commercial National bank of ! Wnshincrtrm "as its cashier.'' He alsc testified he had endeavored without success to secure Mr. rolling's influence to have this.case settled. "Perfectly Satisfactory." Washington, Nov. 20.?Chairmar Benson, of the shipping board, in i formal statement regarding charge; of bribery made before the Walsfr committee in New York, against R W. Boiling, treasurer of the board declared that Mr. Boiling's explana i tinn of the report was "perfectly sat ! isfactory." | "While the attitude of the chair i man of the shipping board is to ren ! der every possible assistance to th< J Walsh investigation committee,' I Chairman Benson's formal statemen (said, "and to do anything possible t< j aid them in carrying out the dutie j assigned' to the committee, he fee1. I that in view of the serious charge; ! that have been made against a re sponsible official of the shippin; board, ii. order to reassure the pub lie mind at the earliest possible "date ? i III i (Continued on Pa<re 7.) n ^ If j .?. I 1 n s j | ' ' . , .: -w fit B ^ 4 ' r . ^j-^^j^fli D^mHP ; !| v';v , 2'< t, . I A very remarkable photograph I pv" California team and the Oceid< ; j the University of Southern Caliior 5 j tal college halfback, which is bring u .1 ' NO AMENDMENT NOV DECIDES COMMITTEi i _____ '! LEAGUE OF NATIONS HAS NO" ' | YET HAD TRIAL. l! ,* Many Proposals to Be Consideret j Report Will Be Made at Next , J Meeting of Assembly. J Geneva, Nov. 23 (By the Associai j ed Press).?There will be no amenc k I ments to the covenant of the leagu I*' of nations at this session of the a: , sembly if the decision of committe , i No. 1?thta on general organizatio . ?which has Deen considering amtrm I; ments, is approved in full session. I Arthur J. Balfour, chairman c > j the committee, suggested in commil .! tee meeting that it was too early t . draw conclusions as to the workin . ' of the league or to form an idea a i to howk the covenant may be impro\ ed. He proposed that the committe - recommend the appointment of , ; special committee to consider propos ;! e,d amendments and report to th . j next meeting of the assembly. -1 The Scandinavian delegates on th ' j committee insisted, upon the consic A * " ^ ? i erauon inniicui<ticiy ui amciiuiii\,ui ; j they proposed, but they were out j vxoted. The South* American dele j gates accepted Mr. Balfour's sugges ' tion all the more readily because the \ are of the opinion that any amenc i! ment to^the covenant should awa: I A >, propositions that are expected fro: i j the United States after Presidenl i j elect H&rding's consultations on th j subject. They declared it wouici b ' entirely out of order to revise th ' {covenant in the absence of one o i j the most important nations of tii world. i I The committee on the internatior ' j al court decided to send a letter o ? 1 thanks and congratulations to Elih ; Root and other delegates of Th Hague conference. This is a? far a Ihey have got in their work, j Antonio Huneas, head of th i Chilean delegation and chairman o i j the committee on admission of ne1 ? members, told the Associated Pre< 5 today that his committee already wa ?^ hard at work and hoped to make a ; early report. ? News of the application of Mont( negro for membership in the leagu - j of nations leaked out today. No ir j formation whatever was given on th -'subject by the secretariat of th - i league. This 11th hour applicatio - j necessarily will come up on the fioc ' | of the assembly before being refe: t: red fro committee. )! s : Geneva, Nov. 23.?The seretarii s* of the league of nations today con s municated to the assembly a tel< - gram from the national Ukrainia ? commitlee in the United States. Th - j communication asks the league to n ,( spect the rii?hts of thfe Ukrainian r.? v (Continued on Page 4) . - - ; ?BCJ??? ? ??B?P??? ?M? SOME ACTION. J iffI 1^ t ^ '' v;*: v V $?' ': ' ?* .v;. '?* - ^ :;:,";x % Q -- *?%? ~ e -' :*s?^?s**fAMgJ ,...:_ -----'!.; :J->- r-^t:.:/^?... f<': * :^ . ; t .i,Yi-*-< - ' * A"1 .i?frf^vr"vr~ ? ri. jm./y.i??w?? ^ made during the xccen: tootball gam jntal collcge squad in California. It s nia squad, finishing one of his great r ing Teelen down with a viscious tackl < I ^[MISSISSIPPIMOB i LYNCHES NEGRO T PRISONER TAKEN FROM COURT ROOM AND PUT TO DEATH. i -. _____ i I. ' Angry Men Force Way Through Officers After Being Denied Admittance. ) I t- Tylerton, Miss., Nov. 23.?Harry 1- i Jacobs, ne^ro, while being: tried for e j his life for an assault on a white wo5-1 man here today, was taken from the e ' court room and lynched by a mob. n : M; jers"of the mob, who had been 1-' barred from the court room ' during j the progress of the trial, gained ac>f : cess to the court room by breaking t-! down two doors. i 0 ! After forcing an entrance to the S | court room despite efforts of court lS officers and others to prevent vior~ j lenc-e, the negro was seized, a rope e ! placed about his neck and dragged a 1 two blocks through the main street ?" i fVio trtwn flffpr whirh t.hp ronp was e | tied to the axle of an automobile, I which dragged him to Magee's creek e | bridge, where the lifeless body was 1- swung to the limb of a tree and rid;s ! died with bulelts. Cleveland Strange t- { of Jayes, Miss., was accidentally shot i-! through the abdomen during the af5-! fray and tonight is said to be in a y j critical condition. Strange is said to 1- [ have been hitting the negro over the it! head with a pistol, holding it by the n i barrel, when the pistol was dischargt j ed, the load taking effect in the e ; stomach. He was taken to a hospital e ! at ??lcComb, Miss. < e j Harry Jacobs, the r.egro lynched, | was a brother of Ben Jacobs, who e ' was lynched by a mob about two , weeks ago for an attack on the hus1_ band of the woman attack by Harry ? . __ . _ ^ ^ , . Jacobs on Uctcber au. since ms aru rest he has been in jail at I^agnolia, e jBrookhaven and Jackson to prevent lS, mob violence. i A ^pecial term of court was con^! veiled here this morning to try the ' case, with Judge D. M. Miller presidA i ing. A grand jury had been oigan's ized and the work of selecting a petit jury was being started when n! the mob stopped the proceedings by | pounding on the doors for admission, i with shouts of "Let us have him; we e must have him." i-! Ampuls wpvp made bv Judsre Mil I - -1-t-?-? -- - - .J 1 ler, other court officials and the huse band of the woman assaulted to pern ' nut the court to proceed in an order>r1 i 1 Iv manner. r- * i With shouts of "Come on; let's jret [ him," the mob broke down the doors ^ito the court house, rushSd up the ^; stairs to the witness room, where Jacobs was being held, and dragged him n 1 to the street. ! After the body had been handed to 3_ i bhc tree it was left there for several x_: hours and great crowds of curious ? 1 people visited the scene throughout | the day. Everything is quiet in the j 4 . . 9 ' VSr '?' vi 8S> vS ~ *. * > zmSt!MBumi?i*s;>& ;:.m ^Wi: ? v. . .-<S; <i uetween ttte university of Southhows Andy Teelen, star right end of uns in the arms of Roberts, Occiden- i -i.alfii 'APPEAL BY HAYS TO REPUBLICANS i DEFICIT OF BIG SUM IN PARTY ! FUNDS. National Committee Must Raise Million and Half Dolars to Balance Books. i ; | New York. Nov. 23.?An appeal for contributions to make up a deficit" of approximately $1,500,000 in the v* .3 4- ! * /-> Onmi Vvlinon n n \^<SLlliyai)ZlL 1UUU tit LJ1C Jbc^uuutaii Iia: tional committee was sent out to| night by Will H. Hays, its chairman. | The appeal, srddressed to the "Re- , publicans of the country and all those . !who aided them,"'called attention to 1 | the report of the committee's treas| urer, filed yesterday in Washington, ; pointing out that although tl^ buy; ing power of the dollar was material- | ! ly less than in 1916, the 1920 camj paign had actually been conducted at i less expense than the Hughes cam- . ; paign four years ago. Mr. Hays accompanied his plea for | ! further funds by an expression of . j highes tpraise for the spirit of Re- ^ publican? during the campaign. More j j than 50,000 individuals contributed , about $2,000,000 to the fund, he jsaid. ' I The presidential campaign this ; year cost approximately $3,400,000 ( exclusive of pre-convention expendi- , j tures, he wrote, leaving a net deficit , I of nearly a million and a half dol- . ; Iars. This, he declared, he .hoped , j might be promptly made up by popu- J J lar subscriptions in amounts less j than the $1,000 limit set during the j I campaign. j j "It was apparent some weeks be- ( fore the election that the $1,000 , : campaign would not result in an amount equal to our budget," the j statement continued. j Like to Get Money. ] j "It was not wise to risk any sub- ^ : stantial change in the plan of the . \ campaign and we did not want to ( I raise the limit. It was decided then : mat ne wouia go tnrougn every econ-1 j ! omy consistent with efficiency and y after the election continue the rais- , ! 1 ing of money until the deficit was ' ; met. , | "Of course, the easiest way to li- . I quidate this indebtedness would be to ] ! appeal to a limited number of gen- < : erous Republicans who could give < ; substantial amounts. This could < have been done before the election, . ; it could be done now but this policy . I am unwilling to adopt except as a ' 'very.last resort. ( ' "It is my firm belief that the $10 5 campaign in the hist days of the 191(5 , campaign and the $1,000 limit of . 1!*20 have finally placed the popular . 'collection of political funds on a (Continued on Page 4.) . ^ i town tonight, the mob having dis- <. ' persed soon after the lynching. i l m League of Na Prep HAS NOVEL PLAN TO FINANCE COTTON WOULD HAVE EACH COMMUNITY ISSUE BONDS. Qaoreia Farmer Sr>ys Plan Worked Successfully -in His County in 1914?Talks to Committee. The State, 23rd. W. J. Walker, a farmer and cotton buyer of Sylvania, Ga., was in Columbia yesterday in conference with the executive committee of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association with regard to i i. i_ _ 1. r* ? _ r\ 1: vvnai ne cans Lne ueorgia-^aronna plan for financing the present cotton crop. After having heard in detail Mr. Walker's plan and having asked him many questions concerning it, the executive committee passed a resolution recommending its adoption and further recommends that the county units lena an amount on cotton which, in their judgment, they consider safe. This plan is modeled closely on that pursued by the wheat growers in the West in 1892 and used to finance wheat when the market in that commodity was demoralized. In 1914, the plan was put in Screven county, Georgia, by Mr. Walker and his associates, and he says it worked very successfully?in fact he has numerous letters to bear out his statements as to the success of the plan. Mr. Walker says in 1914 the National Bank of Savannah accepted $50,000 of the cotton bonds from Screven county. In brief the plan provides for the organization of cotton bonding companies in each community in the cotton states by representative business men who are most interested; the taking over of the planters' notes with warehouse receipts attached and the issuing of bonds against the same through a trustee. The plan contemplates the retirement of all cotton offered and furnishes the owner with high ' clfcss collateral security which passes locally. by mutual consent, as a supplementary medium of exchange in trade. The bonds may also be used to satisfy creditors and at the same Hmo fho nlnri Vinlds rotton off the market for six months or until such time as cotton reaches a satisfactory price. By means of these bonds, the strain of local banks is relieved and large creditors in Baltimore, New York and other cities, holding ac:ounts against farmers for fertilizers and machinery, will take the bonds when shown that' they are good and that they will facilitate collections, says Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker has his plan outlined in booklet form and4 will send it free, he says, to any community. If lis olan fails to raise cotton 10 ;ents per pound, he says no price will ever be made for the booklet. "This plan," says Mr. Walker, "is practical; it is safe and it is effec:ive, and it will bring immediate reief. If adopted over the cotton growing states, it will send cotton jp ten cents the pound in short orier." Each local until that goes into this )lan is independent of all other mits, says Mr. Walker. It makes its )wn loan price on cotton in bonds, rhe loan value is left to each unit, 1 " 1 Krvri/^c ivn.'cn must uauerwuic mc ind be liable for their redemption, [n 1914 when cotton was selling in Sylvania for five cents, Mr. Walker says this plan was put into effect, seven cents in bonds was loaned oji ill cotton, and the cotton was held and sold later for eight to 10 cents, rhe bonds circulate as a medium of exchange only locally. Mr. Walker ?ays. He had some sample bonds vith him yesterday and they are. in ,.ntinn onrl c' -7ix rrarir eimilar tf) 4'JJtai <(11v. v, (4iiii ? v. * i $1 bill. Mr. Walker is convinced that he las the answer to the cotton emergency and is eager to see the plan idopted over the cotton belt. The plan is of an emergency na . f Yi -r. v. - tions wre for Move j f Assembly by Unanimous Vote Decides to rlelp Armenia?Appeal to Powers to Send Assistance. i Geneva, Nov. 22 (By the Associated Press).?The assembly of the j league of nations decided without a dissenting vote today to appeal to j the powers in the hope of finding a i government willing to undertake mediation between the Turkish nation-' alists under Mustapha Kernel Pasha and the Armenians. An earnest debate preceded the vote on the resolution which was presented by M. Viviani, former premier of France, inviting the council of the league to take the action j indicated, it tnreatened at times, j however, to justify the predictions of the league's opponents that the work of the assembly would founder on the rule requiring a unanimous vote. Lord Robert Cecil, A. J. Balfour, Rene Viviani, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, C. J. Dougherty (Canada) and M. ! Stalaiovich (Jugo-Slavia) participated but the real contest was between M. Viviani and Mr. Balfour. j Mr. Balfour explained the failure [ of the league council to find a man I datory for Armenia. He referred to the refusal of the United Sta/tes to accept such a mandate and hoped that the commifcte-e of the assembly might do better. The former Fwnch pleaded warmly for prompt action, provoking the first enthusiastic demonstration of the assembly. -He declared that if the assembly,was unI able to do better than nanie SndtHer committee it wotild proclaim its oWn i importance. It was remarked that Lord Robert ! Cecil applauded vigorously from the South African bench While the English delegates, Mr. Balfour and H. A. ' a *1- ' * L. Fisher, remained stolidly indifferent. It, seemed evident that Mr. Balfour was fighting against an eventual j military expedition more than against j mediation as proposed by M. Viviani. i Although Dr. Nansen was the only one to speak boldly in favor of an expeditionary force to deal with the Turkish nationalist leader, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, all the others with the exception of Mr. Balfour, approached as closely as they could to this eventuality without actually saying so. The general impression after the 1 debate was that the assembly favored fighting Kemal Pasha if no other way was found to end the conflict in A1 Uieilld. j There was a moment of supreme J tension when the vote was reached, ! as the attitude of Mr. Balfour seem: ed to indicate that he would prevent? , a unanimous vote. M. Viviani, Lord Robert Cecil, Gastona Da Cunha, M. ' La Fontaine (Belgium) Hjalmar I Branting and Dr. Nansen conferred ! and decided to com'bine on the prop osition as advocated by the French and South African delegates. To the great relief and surprise of the assembly Mr. Balfour was one of the first to rise and vote in favor of | the resolution. The council of the ! league met this evening, but took no action relative to the resolution. ] Mr. Balfour, on leaving the'assembly room, was asked what action had i been taken. He shrugged his shoulders and merely described the proceedings as "The curious meeting ; this morning." Dr, Da Cunha of Brazil in replyi ing to a question as to what action 'had been taken, said: "Unfortunately no action has been taken." i . ! ture and is not antagonistic to other corporations, Mr. Walker says. "If | banks, in times of stress, can issue clearing house certificates, and do not critcise them for so doing, on i collateral no better than that which will support the cotton bonds, surely the cotton farmers can take similar ! action in such an emergency as we now face.' i | Mr. Walker is registered at the I Jefferson hotel and will remain in ! Columbia today. I { N , ... .