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It ' ' X . 5 "\ : ~ '' ' ' ^ ' . ' VOLUME LVJ., NUMBER 95. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, *2.00 A YEA* V ^' ' -1 F ALL OF PRICES ! NATIONAL PROBLEM ' \ N ONE-THIRD BELOW SCALE AT PLANTNG TIME. 8, ' Farmers Quandary ? Cooperative ; Marketing and Farm Credit Sug- | gesied Solutions. ? Washington, Dec. 1 1.?American vr- farmers face a situation due t; fa i-} ing prices for farm products which should, he dealt with as a national . problem, Secretary Merita declared in h? first annual report made public today. On November 1 prices were -33 per cent, below those -prevailing at planting time, the s^cretarv of ] agne?rfture said, adding; j "There is perhaps no single solu-j tion for the situation which the farm- j ? ers are now facing-,- but thfre aie j many steps whiefe can and should be j taken to place our agriculture on a; ^ more satisfactory basis and to *ta-j1 hillze the business cf farming, not j i??the interest of} the farmers alonebat in/*he interest of the nation as a ] whole. A sober national thought! y ,;-.- wtiix regara to uhpmuhu.c, w?v j^ absolute . necessity, of. a sustained agrieul.are in this country is imper- ' Several remedies were suggested j ' 4 induding- extension of cooperative n^k^Hug aad some means of aiding j ' in carrying ov^r to periods of low : production the surplus of years of r?**vlrw?tioii. Tie Question of , given Wore favorable consideration, the^ secretary d^cter^d, and ways be j to tequ^jments,." Mr. Mere-f1 dith ymafied, have produced I i 000,000.this yeftt. The combined!' yield of ten principal crops'was 13; J per cent., above ;ffte average for five j ^ The corn crop of 3,19^,000.000 ! < bushels is unprecedented, represent- j < ing about four-fifths of the world's | production, the. report said. Thep sweet potato crop . of 106,000,000 j I bush&s is far, in excess of any other J year-except 1919, while the nee crop j x of 52.000,000 bushels is one-fourth]1 greater thin the largest crop ever be-1 fore harvested. Tobacco production! of 1,470,000,000 pounds, the sugar-' beet crop, of 149,(H)0,000 bushels and | the potato, crop of 421,000,000 bush-1' els as high marks while the aug?te production- of 236,000,000 : v$?as been exceeded only once. "I ought to be a fact," Mr. Mere* ditfr continued* "that when the farms of the country produce abundantly, .thebe liberalaraier tiking his profit be^Sgm^rge production and the L ca^Mfter-'Teceivmg his increment ofi - having an adequate sup-j reasonable cost. I I uIn^neraIt we should expect it to! 1~ fe,1l^Sphat the farmer's condition is j #^|ffl|fe^ d in direct proportion to thej L tHB&i&er of bushels of wneac or com j number of bales of cotton he 1 J produces. It frequently happens, J I iowever, that when all'farmers have ] 1 extraordinarily good crops during the j ~ V same year low prices leave him worse j ^ off than he has been in other years ! &?lf*rwifch short crops and high prices. ] Tim?. f r This year, Mr. Meredith said, high J trices for farm products continued iltil they were ready to sell, when fie price reduction set in, covering ?ejrything the farmers had to " sell #^:immediately affecting nothing, U.,.r j - tfcfcy were compeuea tu uu.y. . |"The year's outpu", produced at an j apfcormally high cost/' the secretary; "is worth at current prices j $3,000,000,000 less than the smaller i crop of 1919 and $1,000,000,000 less I than the still smaller crop of 1918. I The best estimate that can now be made indicates that the total value of animal products in 1920 is $8,757,000,000 or about $200,000,000 less than in 1919. ' 'There is probably no other indus try or business that could suffer a similar experience and avoid insolvency." Farm finance, he said, has become more and more involved until it ranks in importance with the financial problems of industry. In this, as in marketing:, Mr. Meredith suggested rv-f +VIA /jAAnArotnrft l/losi fl 5 CApcUiviVil l/l LHV V,UVWViUV!? V MW likely to bring definite and tangible results of benefit to the farmer. The department is making* a study with a view to applying the' cooperative plan to farm mortgage and personal credit and farm insurance, the report I added. ~ * National thought will, be directed to the problem of land ownership rturing the year immediately ahead, Mj> Meredith predicted. Causes and results of farm tenancy, he said, must be placed "squarely .before the American people so that therr importance nay be recognized," since on the j question of soil, depletion and the] serious effect it has on production depends largely the food- supply of ^ the future. He urged congress to ^ make available funds for exhaustive f studies in this connection. J A governmental study also should be made of the farm labor situation, " Mr. Meredith said. j - "Failure to recognize its complexity," he added, "has resulted in many unwise attempts to solve it." j j The movement from the farm to the city constitutes "a real concern" jn i^merica, the report said. If the increasing population is to t>e fed from available farm lands, ef- \ forts to reduce agricultural hazards f aust go forward vigorously, Mr. jtferedith said. Among these hazards f Annmerated i>iant diseases, insects, j rodents and livestock diseases. Con- j rress was urged to provide for wider t investigation of these questions, the Y report^ asserting they should-be curbed as a jpatio^al duty to ward off _ grievous situations in the annual food J production in later years. {. * ji Ic ing tne i^nrisimas season, among j c which we have heard of the follow- t ^ J t Miss Marion Earhardt and Dr. Ir-jc win Matthews Satferwhite were mar-! r ried at 6 .o'clock Sunday evening by j cl Dr. Wm. K. Gotwald at the parsonage j r >f the Lutheran Church of the Re- j o ?AM / /vll | _ Seemer. rne ceremony wu? j^jiuxy- ( a ?d by a reception at the home of the i <] bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. J a Earhardt, attended by the bride- f groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack M. Satterwhite and family and other 0 relatives after which the happy young i couple boarded the Cannon Ball train 0 for a trip via Columbia. ' k Miss Florie Lominick of Newberry | f and Mr. Arthur Pugh of Prosperity j were married on Sunday night at f 7:80 o'clock t?y Dr. J. L. Daniel at j the Central Methodist church parson- c age and took the 9:30 Southern train s for a bridal tour. Miss Lillian Hayes and Mr. H. D. j. Maw, botn of the county, were mar- [ ^ ried at Whitmire by the Rev.- E. G. j s Ross, on Christmas eve. f Miss Blanche Kreil of Little Moun- *t\ tain and Mr. Paul W. Stockman of r Prosperity were married on Wednes- c day of Christmas week by the Rev. B. L. Stroup at St. Peter's parson- j age. ' t Miss Kate E. Kibler of Prosperity ^ and Mr. Claude E. Boland of Pomaria were married by the Rev. S. ^ P. Koon at St. Paul's parsonage on .r Wednesday in Christmas week. Miss Pearl M. Lominack of New- o berry and Mr. A. F. Pugh of Pros-, perity were married on Christmas eve at the Presbyterian manse in this c city by the Rev. J. W. Carson. ^ Miss Vinnie Dickert and Mr. James! Hiller were married on 'Monday at js the home of the officiating minister, |1 Rev. W. H. Dutton. s 2 Ellisor-V/icker. , \ 1 On Sunday, December 19, Miss " rnii: n i iumnie ijee imii&uioi xrxus|jctn..v uuu , j Mr. Samuel Wicker of Newberry ' were married at the" St. Paul's par- c sonage, the Rev. S. P. Koon officiat- f ing. ;; ~ 9' ?? THE ASSEMBLY OF rmmmm ' *35^SBB^SS H : ?':':?:: ::.vf-S"\4. : # :> ' v-'w jj , - ~ v.. vfcgj$$f:;i " ' . . .-, : : This photo, just arrived from Gone he assembly of the league in the hall nierTittoni of Italy, (3) M. Loon Bou rue, (5) Sir Eric Drummond of Eng fapan and (8) Dr. Baston de Cunna, M _ - - . I 'KUSFISKOUS YJtAX-AMfc?L> FOR NEWBERRY COLLEGE j -ar^e Enrollment?New Dormitory t and Liberal Support From Alumni and Friends. The enrolment at Newberry college ' his term is 276, including 33 sub-j reshirien. On account of the low! >rice of our money crop? ew of the students WiJl be forced to; eave college at the close of this term. Jowever, some new studentsvwill en-1 er January 4,. so that the enrolment; fill remain practically-the same. The new boarding hall and dcrmi-' ory \vas completed early last Oc-1 ober. This building has a large din- ing room, a splendid reception room,1 - A n'nrt 1"% AV osy l] Uili'l. t: I i> iwz. cue inauuj uuu u\~ r amily and rooms for 32 students, i nhe building: has steam heat and isi omfortably furnished and equipped j hroughout. It is the hope of the j rustees to be able next summer.to| onvert Smeltzer hall, our large dor-. nitory, into a modern, up to date j lormitory.- The plan a? outlined will, rovide room for 150 students. The' - Id boarding: hall has been made into; . handscrr.e and well appointed rcsi-j lenee and vjill bs occupied in Janu-j ry by Prof. W. K. Gohvald and amily.^ . i The alumni and former students] if the college have rallied in a quiet] >ut effective way to the support of j >ur athletics. A sum of money has' >??n pledged that wyl assure our ! riends that this department of col- j ege life is going to have sufficient tnancial backing. The sum will be increased by contributions from 1 >thers from many sections of the! tate, and even beyond the state. Mr. A. K. Ivohn of Columbia has >een elected treasurer of the stu-j ients' loan fund. This fund is now mall but the friends of . the, college : eel sure that the recognized zeal of. tfr. Kohn will effect result? of im-| nense and permanent value /to~ the j ollege and to Christian education. 1 The triangular debate, WofTord,'Presbyterian college and Newberry;,; his year will have in addition to the j lebate by teams selected from the; tudenfc body of these colleges, a de-j >ate by members selected exclusively! rom the freshman class'of each. Our; lebating teams will be selected soon, ifier the holidays. The Rev. W. K. Gotwald of the: ollege faculty is now supplying the: >ulpit of the Lutheran church in; sewberry, and will continue this| ervice until the church sccures aj eerular pastor. Dr. Gotwald is a! rery able preacher and_ his sermonsj ire very acceptable to the members,) tnd to ,the many strangers who at-j end. I The young# men of the boarding j tall presented the\ matron, their! 'other mother," with a beautiful andj o>tiy silver service before they left! or the holiday vacation. The Christmas vacation began! > THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEETS - 'mil~ I I - j|:;" - 'VI f? ' r ?S-'' -&< : V\" 'H* :> | : / ~ < ;vfc, shows m&nbers of the league of r. of the reformation in Geneva. (1) rgoois of France, (4) Paul Hymans oi Inr&l. chief seerefcartf. 3$?} Lord Fishe Brazilian ambassador?o -France. /, * i 'y.*' . v 1 :* .'f an institution nfcwberry | should Appreciate; ; I It is a fact thairtnarrj of us do not . i.S *" i. i. v i i. :x,. i: _! Know.' JUSl . MJlitlj ? HISUmwUIIS, j even in jj town ; tfee size of j Newberry, Ave have, dliS if we aid iI! is quite certain that' %'e would ap- [ preciaie their vakre and .importance; and^give them our sUppsri/^nd p - >? 4 Y/onder if there are very many' people in Newberry who know that; there is a real sanitary laundry here,; with a capacity of five tons of clothes a week, and that it is .really what its r name indicates, a saBitary laundry,' and if they really appreciate just what' that means and its value. And that1, it could do the family wash for -100 I families each week. It is rieht down : here in Friend street in that newj brick building, and it is doing busi-j ness:, but could do more ii; it had the: proper support from the people. of> the community. It ns now doing the' wash for about 200 families and! should have more. And then like' some .other enterprises in Newberry, J and we suppose, everywhere else some! of the people who gave it encourage-! /XiL'iiL LkJ dull (/ ??JiU JUUO<wli^U Lv/ UK capital stock have not paid up their! Lubscriptions, and this has been a i drawback, because it has takers and L still faker, some cash to do business, j even the washing- business. And it was a little difficult task to convince t some of our citizens that a laundry! could be established here that CQjild1 do the.family wash. Bet.it has been! and it is doing business. Don't for-' e?ot that. f ^ ^ I The authorized capita] is $ 15.000. f but it has not all been taken and! paid forN The machinery now'install-. ed cost above $12,000, and is of the: latest type and up to date. There! are three washing machines, ^every-^ thing is done by machinery, one ofj them is a big one tub machine and; one carries the family wash for two! * - < i* . I lammes ana one.ior i-our ia;uii;es,\cach family wash bping kept separate! in the process and -not mixed with the wash of any one else. And a bigj ringer or dryer or extractor which J runs around and around and it ex-! tracts the water from the clothcs, i and when they come out they are; ready for the ironer. Every house-; wife should drop in this place some! dav and take a look at it, and see; how the work is done, and then ycuj would conclude that it is much better; to send your wash here than to have; it d rayed around town and mixed up \ with what, you do not know. And if! the plant could be run to capacity it ' would not only pay expenses but; would be a pood investment for those i who have put their money in it, be- j sides being a great institution for the! community. J ' 1 11 1 ' I Wednesday afternoon at the oonrlus- j ion of the first term examinations, j College work will begin again on Tuesday. January 4. at 8:4-5 a. m. j i j !c FOR FIRST TiME. \ ^ ^ ~^ ^ l: 11 , I ntions council at the first meeting: of r Quinons de Leon of Spain, (2) Pre- ^ : Belgium, new president of the lea- } r of England. (7) Baron Matsui of a . / 0 t. At present eleven women and girls 1 are employed and seven men. r Wyche Dickert is the president and ^ M. G. Sheppard is'treasurer and S. E. Sheppard is secretary and bookkeeper, and if the plant were run to ca- t pacity the ' number of employees c could be doubled. It is the purpose ? of the management ot put in a collar i outfit and also a dry cleaning outfit "t soor as the capital-stock is all;* paid in, and these who have subscrib- J s ed stock should los:e no time in pay- j s ing -up, and then there might very j 5 well be a little more stock subscribed 11 so that the wheels could get going j? round without being: cramped by ?ack I of the thing that makes the wheels go! f round and round. In other words t there is need just now for a little c more capital to do the work as it a should tyc done, and to be ready to h take care of the capacity of the plant, p namely family- wash for -i00 families, g There is to be a meeting of the a stockholders Monday night,- we be- c lieve it is, and every one should be f present and behind this enter- o prise and see that it succeeds, be- a cause there is grept demand for just i: -in iv.crif n+inn hpvp 4 tlllll II *WI from every one in the community, or g even for the present stockholders to take a proper interest' in the plant, c would mean a v;hoie lot to its sue- a ceis, r.-.M! it must' succeed,' 'it is too it gcod a thin? for the town. Go out t 10 ihe meeting and .encourage those \ who are working: at this plant and t let' them know that the town really 1< appreciates the .having "-of a real san- 1) itary laundry, because that means t very much more than simply being Id able to have your wash done. Many j a of you know that sometimes you get j things with your clothes when they t come in from some of the washerwomen that you do not care to have g visit your home. Xo danger at the a sanitary laundry receiving any such ? guests. t There is another advantage thatjh possibly some have not thought of,' h that you can get at this laundry.! o There are those who have their fam- j t< ily wash done and" then the family jii noes the ironing. If that is the case[a here is the place to save tinie and! it money, juct have the sanitary lann-1 f; dry send for the clothes and take J 3V them home ready to be ironed and ! g ' - > i I cneaper tnan you nuve utrt;n ^inug *<, t< done or even chcaper tnan you can do it yourself. * a Let every good citizen of the town tl encourage this enterprise by giving fi it patronage. t] tl Card of Thanks. Si We desire through the columns of j ti 1 -Li- _ ? 1- ? ? 4- Aokltr I your newspaper 10 inunK iiul uuty uui, p many friends, but the public in gen- j is eral, for the many kindnesses shown jtl us in our recent misfortune, when ir our home was destroyed by fire .. ii Words fail to express our sincere o; gratitude and appreciation of the as- v; sistance rendered. r< H. D- Whit taker and Family. , . \ x V ! ? ' :hamber of commerce ! ] DISCUSSES TAXATION nteresting Meeting?Congressman Dominick Advocates Income Tax Instead of General Property Tax. TUa PUoynrvAi* nf pAmmAV/iA V?/al/l ?1 1 xi jc vi wiutuvi wv nvtu a aluable meeting at the court house;,I Tuesday evening, even though the j t ttendance'was small. Congressman j 1 . J. McSwain was not present,- hav- j i ng sent a telegram at the last min- i I ,te that he was the victim of a case ; j f acute indigestion. After it was j r nown that Mr. McSwain could not j t oyne, an effort was made to secure j c loyernor Robert A. Cooper for the ] t rincipal address, but the governor ( v ad an engagement in Columbia forj hat evening. I c Local talent responded to the op- t ortunitv of making the meeting a 'a ood one in spite of disappointment j s \ getting a speaker. Congressman j * 'red H. Dominickf Dr. George B. j a Ircmer, Mayor Eugene . S. Blease, \ t ienator Alan Johnstons, Mr. Neal W. | * Workman and other speakers got at a he heart of the difficulties with the' * I?4.1. n T.? . 4.?. 1 a louuj un;iu uu. ictu> jl>i . Corner opened the discussion, by ex- T la in Ing the report issued recently by 2 he joint legislative committee on evenue and taxation, appointed by * he general assembly in 1920. This * s said by Dr. Cromer to be a very ^ ble report. It points out, among < >ther things, the injustice worked by ( he law requiring all classes of prop- : rfcy to be assessed at the same rate. I [Tie application of this rule causes * learly half of the property in Souths Carolina to -escape .taxation altogeth- j I r. Dr. Cromer contended that prop-! ^ rty ought to be classified for taxa- j J ion, eacn ciass Deing suoject to an r * quitable rate. There should be j1 quality within each class, but it is * mpossiblc to get equality betweenr 3 o dissimilar classes. Also Dr. Cro-j< ner argirtjd- thfit fcugjilepanjte sources of revenue for city.< ma "state governments, that is, each^ ;cverament should not. be permitted < o levy a tax upon the same prop- < rty. . j < Congressman Dominick spoke m' * avor of the income tax. He said, * hat inasmuch as the income tax is J5 onstitutional in South Carolina, in-j smuch as the federal government; * las shown that this kind of a tax is ? '* iracticable, inasmuch as the federal, * ;overnmcnt is collecting $25.000,000: mnually m South Carolina from in- \ * omes, and inasmuch as the list -of jJ 1 ' 1 ? -? ? I* A ^ Gdsmi taxpayers is avuikrutc w fneials, he things it would be desir- \c :ble to provide at once for a state I ^ ncome tax. This probably could be' * nade to take the place of the present ) eneral property tax. 11 Mayor Elease voiced his approval! if the apparent absence of kicks j gainst city taxes. He explained i he increase of necessary expendi-j, ures, pointed out the wisdom of pro- j iding sinking funds to take care of j ? he bond issues which were voted ong ago and at least one of which ^ tas been refunded several times, said hat he did not see any possibility of eereasine the city taxes next year ' nd showed that people do, not ob-i^ ect to necessary taxes if it is evident hat everyone is paying his just share. ^ Senator Johnstone took the high ^ round of representing both state * nd local district. He does not think j he assembly will grant nearly asj^ * ? frti-rtl rt-F n r?r?rnr*vio ! C a tvviu ?? j jas been asked of it. Neither doesj^ e think it is wise or possible to cutj ^ ff appropriations which are needed, t j keep schools, asylums and similar j istitutions up to the present stand-j rd. In this age the people are de- J landing an extension of educational! ^ acilities and a reduction of illiteracy, [ovements of this kind can scarcely a o hand in hand with ^reductions in I ixation. Mr. Workman voiced his genera! i - .i J_ pprovai 01 trie recommeiiutanun? ux > lie joint legislative committee. A | Q 3\v years ago he introduced bills in le assembly providing for some of le identical changes which are now jggested by this committee. At that _ me .he could get no extensive sup- s ort for his tax reform measures. It!ti ; gratifying now, he declares, to see| ic leaders among the people arriv-1 n ;g at a point where they are will-1 p i? to piofit by the experience of ij [her states which have taken- ad- C anccd positions in the matter of tax j s< if orm. - I tl Several other men made, brief?ti i BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE Witnessed and Enjoyed by Many Newberrian*?The Spirit of the Gfcd Season Wm Manifest. The community Christmas tree on Saturday evening was beautiful in ita :insled drapery and soft colored ights and beacon star shining glor- . ously clinging to the top branches jointing the way to the world to the >lace where the Saviour of mankind night be found, and leading hot only he shepherds of the hiHs, but beckwing all mankind to hear the glad idings of -peace on earth and good There was a large crowd of the :itizens of the town out to witness ? he exercises and to view the tree .ml ?ood will and the community pirit prevailed. The tableaux were >eatrtiful and the singing two g?od ind e^cry one felt better for having >een there. It is well to encourage' his- spirit of community get-together, nd the pity is that it does not pre* rail throughout the year. The Herild and News has been furnished \ vith the following story of the event md we are glad to print it: One of the school children smilngly said on Thursdays'"Have you ,een our tree? Ain't it ju# bue&ti A imivif a# fVia .ux? xiuu wrav1 wao WJC oyutv v* w?4v lommunity Christmas tree. Every , >ne seemed to feel that it was theirs ind loved >t accordingly. The penile who had the work in charge say. ;hat those who only attended the eelibration missed the most beautiful >arfc?tlie Christmas spirit shown in ^ villing work. Mrs. J. Y. McFoIl and Mrs. Frank Hunter and their com? nittees have named many who gafcb iberally of their time, and stopped to say, "WeH, Wify nan.in town passing tya seuare1^1?^ id with the tree."' '' **''$ \ Tbe^ trw-Sa&J&riy igtht for all, tlmgrng to the tpfcfer kt&ftehes. &$'?>us children gathered &tfod the #)R;^ v )f the tree looking u? at the sfcej>sof -He Legion hall. The choirs of -the own were grouped at the left of the When all was -hushed and quiet the >rogram was rendered with singfng, ind tableaux. The choirs caroled hose beloved Christmas anthems: 'Joy to the World/' "It Came Upon he Midnight Clear," and "Hark the lerald Angels Sing." The school children sang alternately with thfe Hoir: "The First Noel," "0 Little ' Down of Bethlehem,^ and "Holy ^ight." At intervals during singing ap>ropriate tableaux ilrere shown on he steps. Miss Margfcjret|5urton a* \ jlad Tidings with thfT,ft$ for joy: he group of girls as Sl&Hild Angels r * vith their cherubic fates; Mrs; J". "N. tfcCaughrin as the Madonna with the' :hild in her arms; an&Miss Faanie vlcCaughrin as "The Greatest Mother >n- Earth." the American Bed. Cross. dth her outstretched arms of mercy vere impressive and beautiful. The county community is indebted o tb 2 Red Cross, American .Legion, own council, city commissioners, ;hamber of commerce, schools, Kivanis and Rotary clubs for this bfiftuiful ad' nsignificant celebration at he close of a perfect Chriatmaa day. In thinking of such a celebration - ; ^ or next year .the planting of a permanent Christmas tree to gtaw.lateer rom year to year hfisbeen spoken if. It seems that several other owns have adopted this ?oHcy.. *\ Bowlea-Ruff. f'i!' y The following announcement will e of interest to many Newberrians: Mr. and Mrs, M. G. Bowles . nr.ounce the marriage of tfceir \ daughter / ^ Ida JVIabel * Mr. William Pearson Ruff n Wednesday, December the twenty-second . nineteen hundred and twenty * Greenwood, South Carolina peeches, ali of which were insttudive and to the point. The chamber of commerce comlittee on taxation is very miu;h leased with the results of this meetag and when this committee goes to lolumbia in the near future to fnreent the case for Newberry it is felt iat several valuable Tecorantertla ions will ne laaae. w L'V