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VOLUME LVL, NUMBER 89. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920. _ TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAB ' . - ... . - . ' .- ' ' v4i-.c?*-fe-lS?aBS Appeal to Con I For Imr I Revival of War Finance Corporation j pj r Urged for Relief in Crisis?Bank- j ers Support Plea of Farmers. t* " , - | :TJ Memphis, Dep. 7.?Revi^l of the war finance corporation was indorsed: at a conference here today of bankers, merchants and planters from all; of the cotton growing states as a j means of immediately remedying^ present depressed conditions in the! pj .' ' cotton markets, and committees were ' . v named to perfect plans to bring p:] about a drastic curtailment in pro-iw] duction next year and to permanent- j ]y stabilize the cotton growing; indus- ce . try, ' ca On" motion of W. B. Thompson., ^ former pre?: dent of the New Orleans jn cottpn exchange, a telegram was sent to Washington tonight urging upon gj. congress the1 need of reviving the war ro finance corporation. ABwner resom- ^ tion introduced today was referred m, to a committee asking that a special w] government census be taken of cot- eo ton of lower than tencferable grades. m. Committees to devise mean# of enforcing a. reduction in cotton acre- co age and the raising of greater food and feed crops, which leaders in the pi, i?evement declare will amount to a it curtailment of at least 50 per cent, to . in the acreage planted in cotton, f0 were named arter aaaresses ox vxuv. 3 John, M. Parker of Louisiana, chair- A-: man of the conference, and other pv. speakers, who stressed the necessity ge of a cut in production am! diversified ch crops as the logical solution of the w< situation now facing the Southern fr planter due to the present stagnant Oi market." " pi n?l j \riyr?mpr ratriiei. bu^wvcu ??v. 15 hankers refuse to extend credit to ar r farmers who do Hot join the acreage ac reduction movement. -" "Redaction in the pasty has always hi meant reduction for the other fel- ar Jow/'said governor Parker. "To fix ec it so that the individual will no? tr violate the. plans, of this convention g: your bankers should be memoralized cc to grant not one dollar oi creait 10 w: the i^clrvidual who does not live up er - io these plans." vi Governor Parker urged the planters ly to sell enough of their cotton now jo on hand to at least repay the bankers m for money loaned for the making of TJ the present crop. I th Colonel Thompson predicted thatj tr the crop next year would not exceed J bi 6,000,000. bales, approximately one-, half of a normal crop. he Gerald Fitzgerald of Iarksdale, w Miss,, a speaker at the afternoon ses- ai - sion. explained the plan of the Mis- of sissippi Delta Cotton Export and j hi Trading corporation to establish! cc * eredit for the cotton shipper-in Eu-|th Tope. TJie conference probably will j bi adjourn tomorrow.. p] ' , bi . y Washington, Dec. 7.?Undaunted er by failure to obtain immediate" ac- ai . tion in the senate today on farmer - ^ ^ +i>oje: reiiei legislation, pivpuucu ID VX lav i * legislation announced tonight they "* intend renewing their efforts x to ^ bring their proposals to a vote. Chairman Gronna of the senate ag- N ricultural committee - declared the v farmer relief forces had the assurance of enough votes to pass the legislation and were determined to do; ? it. ri | g v v Objection of Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, Republican leader, and of ^ Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, today blocked consideration of the pending resolution demanding of the ^ finance corporation and the extension ^ of more liberal credits to farmers by the reserve baking system. The I Republican leader said time has not I s* Jbeen given for senators to study the J proposition, and suggested that man- j ^ *o/?*nr<?rs of New England were hav- j !. UXMWw ?? ^ ing the same difficulty as the farmersj w ? in obtaining nesded credit. * Senator Gronna said tonight that! . Kfe,, ^ I ?j g- . as soon as the testimony taken in the 1 _ gj* hearings by his committee was print- I a: lb ed and placed in the hands of the b; wAnM t>ress for considera-! K;? svuaic n ?#? x tion of the resoiution. Senator Nor- |-w ris, Republican, Nebraska, author of J rr. Bg. ? . the measure, also declared the matter f m i could be accelerated. jn ft * The resolution* now is on the sen- jei | ate calendar and can be called up ati e: I gress | nediate Relief , , SOSPEROUS BOTTLING WORKS! \ NEW AND BETTER QUARTERS j sc Coca-Cola Plant in This City j Hrsc Qcjin Moved to Na* Oua?ters | in West Friend Street. Removed this week to the commoous and more comfortably shunted sliding recently completed in west iend street the local branch of the j swberry Coca-Cola Bottling com-j my of Newberry and Orangeburg j 11 he e-vfter be able to accomnote tha trade in an even more acptablo manner than has been the c/i i n Kn ns.?st under the handicap j limited space and other conditions j the former place of business. Mr. Fischer fcas built up a fine and pvaing trade in Newberry, and surunding territory^ dup not alone to 5 efficient management but in great sasure to his affable disposition, lich with his high standing in the! mmunity has made him a great j any friends and made his plant ^ie J ading bottling institution in this I unty. j Mr. Fischer has always kept ' his ace in the best sanitary condition, j is needless to say he will continue! have the same thoughtful regard r the public in the handling of the cellent soft drinks he dispenses. \ nother member of the firm^ Mr. R. Bruner, secretary of the' firm, a intleman of the same stamp of :aracter and reputation,* is also all known in Newberry from his. equent trips here from his home- in pangeburg. Another addition to the easant part of the life in Newberry * - - ' / ir..s the bright little daughter 01 iuiv id Mrs. Fischer, whose popularity ids to the popularity of hex "dad." Next in importance to the ' "men' gher up" in this well established id valuable enterprise are the traint drivers of the always full delivery ucks, Messrs, James Paysinger and arl Taylor, favorably known in - the immunity and everywhere they go ith their' sc&t drinks. Mr. Paysingit. ?nnint of ser IS tilt? bCIZiUi I 11 V?av ?T ce, Mr. Taylor being compara^ivea new man, but each is "on the b," regardless of any obstacles that ight 'bev temporarily in the ^ way. iiey are both clever fellows and in eir dealings with the numerous paohs of. the concern know nothing it to give square dealing all around. We must not overlook the good Manager Fischer has in his "JC ork. The hands under him are nong the best young colored men : Newberry. They have been with m fc some time and have always inducted themselves so as to wierit ieir reputation for honesty, reliality and competency. We take easure in mentioning the two . others, Pinckney and Arthur Turnthe former being operator of the ltomatic bottling machine, with the tter as inspector, both of whom are;perienced in .their line of business, nd the way those fcoys can sing is a uly eryoyatue \ EWBERRY ROTARY CLUB HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING Addresses on "Dr. George W. olland," by Rotarian Sidney J. Derek,, and "The Growth of the Auto usiness in Newberry County," Jby otarian McHardy Mower, featured te regular luncheon of the Newt>~oinVi an Wednesday aft iLiy xvwuuji v-iuu v.. -noon, which was largely attended, hort talks were ,also made by Roirian Haskell Kibler and Dr. _W. K. ofcwald, while songs were inter>ersed throughout the program. The next regular luncheon of the ub will be held on the 22nd inst., I which time a Christmas program ill be rendered. There are more than 12,000 spees of bird life. rty time by unanimous consent or it mainritv vnfce of the senate. J The senate agricultural committee, hich reported the resolu&on, in the l i : teantim.e win resume neamigs w lorrow with a view of devising other jmedial legislation for the producers. Tobacco men from Virginia are cpected to. be.heard tomorrow. f COUNTRY'S YOUNGEST I i <Mi/- : >: | : ^ ^ : iiif | 111$ ?fSi?l t ; w$ : : 1#^^" I''- % *ri^ & z{t, - iS?^;:v til ^ i iSS^Sn^ Sif?Si?pS ^i^ :;f;:v%v . y :: A^wy'i .1;:. Walter M. irieymann* zt year om the youngest bank president in the Ui children. Five cents opens an accoui day. WILL T. BROWN ASSISTANT CASHIER COMMERCIAL^ BANK ! Mr. R. Herman Wright Has Resigned. Mr. Brown Has Experience in Banking Business. -Mr. R. H. Wright, who has been assistant cashier of the Commercial bank and bookkeeper for several years, has resigned to take effect on iihe first of January/ Mr. WilJ T.: j Brown has been appointed to take j "wie piace. iui. vu^uu n?.o | well for some time having a sore foot; iand Mr. Brown is also filling the%timc| ! until the first being now on the job. j Mr. Brown Jias large experience inj the bankirig business having been with the Exchange bank for several j years and will make quite an addi- j tion to the very efficient service &i the Commercial. v He is affable and mleasant and knows how to meet the J *- . ! ptiblic and to make friends. No man who has a. grouch.of any .kind has a right to take jany public position. .He owes it to the public he is expected to serve to be pleasant and affable, j and Mr. Brown possesses* these qualii ties to large degree, and the patrons j and friendsj of the bank will be glad ' A - U<V Jrr 4-/% ko ItrifK tll'C LU biivvv mat uc 10 iu u mvu ?u>u large and growing financial institution. We congratulate both the bank and Mr. Brown on *fie connection which has been formed. ! MR. J. B. DUNCAN DIES AFTER/LONG ILLNESS v ' t* Prosperity, Dec. 9.?J. B. Duncan died Monday in the Good Samaritan hospital after an illness of t nine weeks.. He was born and reared in Prosperity but since leaving college he has made his home in Spartanburg. J. Bu was 26 years of "age, and had promise of a bright future. His remains were brought to Colony church yard Tuesday where he was laid beside his mother. - TJie Rev. S. T. Hallman, D. D., of. Spavtanjburg accompanied the funeral party iand Dr. M. O.'J. Kreps of Columbia, j and the Rev. C. J. Shealy of* Pros jperity assisted with the funeral services. He is survived by his maternal aunt, Miss Nannie Simpson of Pelham, his father, S. D. Duncan of Savannah, one sister, Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps, Jr., of Columbia and one brother, Claude Duncan of Spartan<*vova 5 WltVl j uuij;. uic i lovely floral offerings, showing the jhigh esteemvin which he was held. .mmm j LADIES AUXILIARY FIRST | BAPTIST CHURCH NEWBERRY ! The ladies auxiliary of the Fii-st j Baptist church will hold a birthday (party at the home of Mrs. W. H. i Hunt on the afternoon of December 1G at 3:45 o'clock. The ladies are requested to bring a parcel for the Christmas sale which i' will be held in connection with the party, -i ^ ar?Q8MM? HBUiiw I I I luMMtBMMManHnn ?mm vhmmhmmmmbi JANK PRESIDENT STARTS DEPART; president of the Liberty Trust and S?.vi: lited States, has inaugurated a depa rtr it in the juvenile department and 300 c LITTLE GIRL DIES RESULT ACCIDENTj ! , ? , i (STRUCK by motor truck dies! TUESDAY4. I ' S Motor Truck Fatally Injures Child of i Widow in West End-r-Driver Not to Blame. 1 Late Tuoriilay afternoon, while Mr. [A. C.^Thomasson, Jr.,waS returning ! with the hai5ls from Mr. A. P. ! BoozerV sawmill, the truck ' struck 'Frances Ethel Crooks, the 8 1-2 year I old daughter of Mrs. Mattie Crooks, . widow of Charles Crooks. The acci- : i J i. n-i- i\\a r>r\?-nnf ! Utril [/ U^tUUCU C4 Ki ?Hb ? , 0JNeall and Drayton, streets and was witnessed by' several persons, all of whom say it was unavoidable. While it is deplorable and brings grief to Mr. Thoraasson and the family of the little girl, yet it is a consolation to all Concerned in the dreadful tragv ** edy to know that no one is to * 'be blamed for it, the little girl herself,,' as well as the mother, exonerating Mr. Thomasson. Everything possible was done to] j save the life of the injured child, j ;Dr. T. W- Smith, assisted by Dr. It. j 1 ! L. Mayes, worked hares, but no eij forts could avail, as death ensued J j on Wednesday morning at about 8:30 | ;o'clock. The burial took place this! Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at j i New Hope ctiurch, services by' the < j '{lev. W. F. Gault. Coroner\ Lindsay held the inquest! .on Wednesday morning, and the jury? promptly ren'dered a verdict that the;. ! accident was unavoidable. Whenj' I Sheriff Biease offered the jurors their j. +lin.r CJC.-I i-rt -xfr-o-nf +lm mnnpv. ( i & 11 c jf i vj uotu tv uv^v|^v ui^ r , ; requesting the she'rilt to use it for f !' | floral offering at the funeral. This'i kind and thoughtful act will be ap-i ; predated by all who read of it, as j | well as will be the generous deed of j j Mr. A. P. Boozer who bore all ex-j j-peases. Immediately after the acci-J | dent Mr. Boozer phoned to Columbia] i for a nurse, who promptly came on j ! <11 ] rflvf YV? C\ r>1 1 T* O* J LiHJ v.<ttiuuil ua 11 I1V..W 1UU1J.I.I;,. | The following testimony is so com-1 : plete with the circumstances of the ' J sad occurrence it was unnecessary j: for us to ?0 into details: j Testimony at the Coroner's Inquest, j | Earl Chandler, sworn, says: "I live ! in Newberry, S. C.: am 17 years of ' | age. I saw the accident. The acci- \ I dent happened on the corner of! j O'Neal I and-Drayton streets; it hap- j' j peried about ten minutes to 6 o'clock j | Monday afternoon. I was standing' on edge of sidewalk with Andrew; Thornton about 15 feet from where! j accident accurred. Frances Crooks j (was coming across the street walk-; | ing straight from Timmerman and ! I VnrloirV fflfnor tn flip cftrnPl' next to ! tOlVj kj VVltlVi VV v.. w ? ^ Mr. Hardeman's house. A little girl j | had already crossed ahead of her; j i they were together. The truck wasp i . (Continued -on Page *5.) WENT FOR CHILDREN. rigs .Bank of Chicago, said to "be nent in the bank exclusively for tccounts were opened on the first . ORDER OF SJAGS INSTITUTED WITH ffARGE MEMBERSHIP The order of Stags has been instituted in Newberry with.a large membership of the good citizens of Newberry. The order is not very well known in Newberry, but it is a fraternal and a benefit order somewhat on the order of Elks and when it is better known the membership will greatly increase. There were about i 75 meni'bcrs at the organization on Wednesday night 'and the charter is still open and will be for a few days. The lodg:e was instituted by Mr. E. Lamar Bailes, who is state orgapizer. For the present the meetings will be held in Klettner's hall, but it is the J-1-- 1 purpose ox tne otuei t,u> uycu uuv rooms where the members may enjoy the social side of life. ' There will be another meetihg next Wednesday evening promptly at 7 o'clock for the purpose of receiving application for membership and will adjourn in time for the show that is scheduled at the opera house that evening. The following officers were elected: E. M. Evans, Jr., exalted director. J. W. White, prelate. Carl Epting, senior warden. R. C. Floyd, junior warden. L. F. Fischer, inner guard. E. J, Dickevt, outer guard. James L. ?ul!, recorder.' T. S. Lefier, treasurer. ? WEVIN MUSICAL CLUB AT OPERA HOUSE DEC. 10 ~~ j On Monday .night the Legion's basketball team had a good work out. ; Ferd Scurry, Owen Holmes, Sullivan, Finney, and Hardeman are all "going strong," and the men that will finally iar.d berths on the Legion's team will have to beat these men. There will be practice again on Thursday night. Every veteran who has ever | handled a basketball is urged to come out. If you can't win a place on the i team you can at least make the man ! work who will represent you. We are attempting to arrange games with Legion posts in Colum- j bia, Clinton, and GreenviHe, and the ; Y. M. C. A. in Whitmire. Our sea- j son will open with a game with Newberry college Tuesday night, December 14. /" |* Have you seen the pictures that were taken on Armistice day? They j are good. Dr. John B. Setzler still j has a few on hand. See him if you want one. The price is $1.50. The second number of our lyeeum course, Nevin Musical club, will appear at the opera house Friday evening, December 10. T.'iis is one of the best numbers on our course and deserves a full house. Come out and encourage the fcegion in its efforts to serve the community. We lost money on our first attraction. Come out and help us make up the deficit on this number. ~ .. - * -11-- 1 Uon't Torget tne uastvenjuu ties tonight (Thursday) at 3:30, j f ' . * President's Mi Heart independence of Philippines and Loan to Armenians Among Recommendations. I ?_. Washington, Dec. 7.?Both houses of congress were in brief session tofr? President Wilson's an-1 nual message. It was read by the cTerks, Mr. Wilson having hfied the advice of the physicians 'not to appear in person to present his recommendations. Galleries in both senate and house were crowded. Both those drawn by the chance that the president might appear in person or by the possibility that his message mjght touch upon 4.1.^ AV.O ?-?ti n??fi nr? c av ktQ CIAC Ui.. liabiuxio Muvt. ???w ; vate life were disappointed, Mr. Wilson confined himself almost wholly to domestic questions. Only by inference did his message refer to the nearing close of hi3 administraiton, and that was in the concluding paragraph. The proposals he presented, the president wrote, were not so much a series of recommendations as a confession "of the faith in which I was bred and which it is ray solemn purpose to stand'by until my last fighting day." Aside from hearing the president's message, congress made definite 1 * y progress on at least one of the problems. it faces'during the brief session. The; house received a rule under which an effort will , be -made Thursday to take up the immigration | bill for prompt action. It would limit general debate to four hours. The two day interval was allowed to permit Representative Siegel' of New York, a member of tiie immif won committee, to frame a minority report././, - v / -c" /'v } \ / * No other matter in either house has passed today beyopd- the committee stage. At both ends of the capitol, however, members were deep in plans to deal with business depression, unemployment and farmers' relief. Discussions in the senate of the plight of farmers delayed thereading of the president's message in that body. Progress Being Halted. The industrial situation also found ?* J- ? a vplace in tne president s luccoag^, Recovery from war effects gave promise of early completion "only in our own fortunate country," said Mr. Wilson, and even here "halts and is impeded at times." A program of "immediately serviceable acts of legislation" to aid that, recovery "and prove the indestructible, recuperative force of a great government of the people" should be undertaken, Mr. Wilson said, adding: - * !? -rwnrra jj "une 01 witsc is jjiuiv H??v ? great democracy can keep house as successfully and in as businesslike fashion as any other govenwnent." First among the recommended steps Mr. Wilson placed enactment of a "workable budget system." He said he had vetoed the budget bill at the last session "reluctantly" and because of "a constitutional objection," but as it was later revised in the house, he believed it would, with other measures, furnish "foundations I ?nf;AnQl Vtnrlorof fiVStpftl." JL U1 (X llai/lvnai Mr. Wilson cited figures as to the national debt and urged "rigid econj omy," in which all branches of the government should cooperate. | "I can not over emphasize," he said, "the necessity of economy in government appropriations and expenditures and the avoidance by congress of practices which take money from the treasury by indefinite or revolving fund appropriations." This year's estimates "strikingly" illustrated the importance of specific appropriations, the president added, the transportation act "having dis-i nnlofiAn Viotmoon PlITTPnt IUX UCU MVVfr^vM receipts and expenditures to the extent of over a billion dollars. I "It is obvious," the message con- j tinued, "that these large payments j have already seriously limited the government's progress in retiring the floating debt." * The president renewed some of the recommendation^ he made at the ""i"'"" n-f fVio loss f. sack inn. and added: "I do not feel it my ptMegfc i - ' . ' v . V . -o , zssage :''M i In Congress present to suggest the detailed and particular methods by which these objects may be attained, but I have faith that the inquiries of your several committees will discover the wav and the method." The only recommendations for oth- j|3| er than domestic matters was that for a loan to Armenia, to be administered through American commissioners, to avoid "further tempting opportunities" to revolutionary tendencies in that country, and for granting independence to the Philippines "to keep our promise to the people of ! those islands." ' "* * -? , J rresiaenz, wiison s iubwi^c w | congress follows: !, When I addressed myself to per- . ! forming the duty laid upon the presj ident by the constitution to present j to you an annual report'on the state of the union, I found my thought ; dominated by an immortal sentence of Abraham Lincoln: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it" | A sentence immortal because it embodies in a form of utter simplicity and purity the essential faith." of.the nation, the faith in which it was conceived and the faith in which it; has grown to glor? and power. With that faith and the .forth of a na- ' tion founded upon it came the hope into, the world that a new order would prevail throughout the affairs qfmaqlRnd, an order in which reason ar4 nght wogjd take precedence'! over covetousness and force and I bei Haiw, flinf T 6vr?r<?sa the wish and DUf- . . j,V pose of every thoughtftrt ..ArgflPCSP^ when I say that this sentence for us in the plainest ihattner tn I part we should play alike in the ai9 rangement of our domestic affairs I and in our exercise of influence upon* I the affairs of the world. By tfcis^B i faith, and by this faith ilone, can the j world be lifted out of its present con| fusion and despair. It was this faith ^ 'which prevailed over the kicked force of Germany. You will remember that the beginning of the end of the war came when the German people found themselves face to faee with the conscience of the world jKRri realized that right was everywhere arrayed against the wrong that their I ???ffi>nflr?iHne> ta gUVClXlXIiCTil'w H ??ao|j ,.?? y rz'~?- -L-if?|nw petrate. I think, therefore, that it H true to say that this was the faith. which, won "the war. Certainly this is the faith with which our gallant 1 men went into the field and out upon the seas to make' sure of victory. Democracy Ha* Mission. This is the mission upon which democracy came into the world. Democracy is an assertion of the "right of the individual to live and be treated justly as against any attempt on ;} the part of any combination of individuals to make laws which will overburden him or which will destroy his equality among his fellows in the matter of right or -privilege, and I think we all realize that the day has, come when democracy is being put upon its final .test. The old world is just now suffering from, a wanton rejection of the principle of democracy land a substitution of the principle^ | autocracy as asserted in the name, i Hnt without the authority and .sane tion of-the multitude. This is the time of all others "when democracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt te make I this spirit prevail. ' !- 1-i.l I.L. | . There are two ways in wjucu uic United States can assist to accomplish this great object: First, by of-- J fering the example within her own j borders of the will and power of de| mocracy to make and enforce laws ' which are unquestionably just and ! which are equal in their administration?laws which secure full rigbtto labor and yet at the same time safe guard the integrity of property and particularly of that property which is devoted to the development of industry and the increase of the necessary wealth of the world. Second, by standing for right and justice as to(Continued on Page 3.) A