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11 ^ II. -II __ II I? ? VOLUME LVII., NUMBER 2. # NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR W?????M???MWM? ? ? H??? ? 1?11 II ? ! ! ?? I.M li I, U .l'J I III 11?MgCP?I M B MI IBMHTirnr JIKTTI1 ?IT W J1 1IWBI??M??IMII ? 11 BtH UIWMBMWWWMBMBMWMWMWBMBW?BW?WBBWMIW??????MMBWiBWBBI * DR. HUGH AIKEN DIES OF WOUND LAURENS PHYSICIAN MEETS MYSTERIOUS fcEATH. Bulled Behind Ear Ends Life of Be loved Citizen and Business Man. The State. Laurens, Jan. 5.?Dr. Hugh K Aiken's death was caused from a bullet from a 32 calibre pistol, according to Sheriff Rekl late tonight. The officer hopes to clear u>p the matrei "within the next 24 hours. The wound was just behind the right ear, the sheriff said. The State. .? Laurens, Jan. 5.?Dr. Hugh K Aiken, president of the Laurens National bank and one of the mos! prominent citizens in this section of the state, died here tonight at his home at 7 o'clock from a mysteriously inflicted blow on his head Just behind the ear. He went to his home shortly after 4 o'clock. When his elder son, Hugh Aiken, arrived shortly before 6 o'clock he was told by the -1-' "Anlf +V10+ +Vioro xtrflR SrtTTlG V1U UCgiU vwa. vuuv thing wrong in the bathroom, that she could hear loud breathing in there. Young Ariken hastened to the rpoim and found his.father prostrated on the floor in a dying condition. Physicians were called, but within an hour the stricken man Dreawiea last. He had bled profusely from the wound. The terribly tragedy is shrouded in mfstery tonight. Che general belief is that he tfar killed by a burglar w^om'he found in foe hoijse upon his return home,, Jor there was no one there when the doctor went to his hosn^ for the, eyening. after spending th? *ti+ '&Vi? bank. The officers have made an investigation and there is nothing in the room that he could - have fallen against that Would have inflicted the fatal wound, ana it is not believed -that he was thus injured before going to the bath room. He was fully dressed and was lying near the fireplace. There were no evidences that there had been a struggle. Dr. Hugh Kerr Aiken was a son of . the late A. M. Aiken -and was reared on. the 'farm near Cokesbury. He took a special course at the University of South Carolina and later graduated ninth honora at ithe Medical College of ^Charleston. A few years later he located at Laurens and for a long time practiced his profession here, retiring from active practice nearly 20 years ago in order to give his time and talents to business. He was president of the Laurehs National bank and of the Farmers* and Merchants' Bonded warehouse and was interested in many other enterprises in the city. He was an elder in the first Presby. terian church and #ithalxone of the i most useful, citizens Laurens has. He "was 53 years of age and is survived by has widow, who, before marriage, was Miss Mamie Thames of Charleston, and by two sons, Hugh and Robert Aiken, the latter being a student at Davidson college. JUST THE THING YOU """"M "niTJMf TA UC A T> ]}?.?.!> VTAllinu iv * . " Just now every one is waiting and longing to see and to hear the sound of old time prices for merchandise and that as the sound that Haltiwanger and Carpenter are (making in their ad dn this paper and X1?* ?+o?f vnllin?r mrt RflblT tlltr U'CILL Will OVai V ivw.? day. It is just -wonderful to see the big reductions that are being offered in this sale. It is the habit of Mr. Carpenter, the manager of this store, to sell out :before putting dn new goods. He argues that it is bet" ter to put the ^oods into cash even at a loss rather than carry them over in stock. And that is just the thing he is going to do when tnis sale. starts and you had better be * on hand so that you may have ths choice of what he has left and get real bargains and see how it feels to have a dollar buy what it took - two dollars to purchase for so long a time.?? Meetintr Calendar Society. The Calendar society will meet Monday, January 10, at 4 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. Robert Lomiinack. [FARM LEGISLATION ! i " WILL BE ASKED j > COTTON ASSOCIATION TO CALL ' FOR BOND ISSUE. -1 Association's Flan?Warehouse Receipts Would Be Basis of Proposed State Bonds. The State. Announcement that the South Car jolina division of the American Cot j ton association would seek >leg:sla' j tion at the approaching' session pro j viiding for issuing cotton bonds based ; on warehouse receipts attracted a , | great deal of attention through the j state and South yesterday, according J to officials of the South Carolina diI vision of the cotton association. It was stated that the headquarters of j the association were flooded with in'.quiries for further information con i cerning the proposed legislation. The 1 headquarters of the American Cot.' ton association at St. Matthews also received many inquiries from out of . the state for plans concerning the 1 proposed legislation. I The following. statement was is-N I sued last night by J. -S. WannamakI er, president of the American Cotton association, and R. C. Hamer, presiPovaI a P.A+JIC J UCUi/ VI mc UUUIU va^yxtiiM vvw sociati^n: j "The cotton producing South has been attempting for the last half.. 1 century to have the necessary na- j tional legislation passed to protect its cotton producing interests and to 'place the handling and marketing of the cotton crop upon a strictly eco- , nomical business basis. Must Look to States. i "The passage of such national leg- * relation will never be secured. Adverse interests and sectional preju| dice will prevent this. The South has paid a' fearful penalty by failing to ;r ! exereise its- state rights and passing fthe necessary state legislation - for . i this purpose. t j -'The proposed legislation is for \ j permanent relief?not temporary j ( | alone, and will revolutionize the han- jj j dMng and marketing of cotton anci t j.will bring the . greatest beneficial j j change that has occurred in the last ? j half century and in the financing and ( j marketing of same. I "This bonding measure will not ^ only become uniform throughout the , I * ? ( -cotton producing South, .but will be j, j used in other agricultural sections of j j 1 the nation for the handling' of staple J v j crops. It is based upon the principle of the European banking system, the , | | i ! agricultural product being used for! t ja basis of financing-same, it being 1 j the safest of all financial credit. The J ! credit is cancelled when the product | is sold. Distress cotton, with this J" | form of financing, will be unknown. ^ lit will result in stabilizing thiX,price of cotton. - |_ "The enactment of a cotton bo^d-i | ing law in each of the cotton states jA j would give to all such bonds issued - , | a sovereign supervision of their isf.u- jv' j ance,. a guarantee as to their validity ; * ; and a basis of gilt edge security ito I * I all holders and" purchasers of same, jc A state clearly has the same consti- js tutional right to enact legislation for j ^ the creating of cotton bonding com- [ panies, supervise and regulate the is- jx I suance of same, class of security to j ^ I guarantee protection of payment of! * , such bonds, as it has io charter* r ' V I banks and supervise their * operation ! j and examination of same to protect c i the depositors. ] "Such a law is imperatively needed - v in order that the primary wealth each j ^ year created by the production of; 11 V* f r\ lfc 1 ^ j CUlwUii may uc tv ivw . j ; measure of intrinsic value to the j ^ j growers, the ^ilied business interests! ^ jand to the progress and development, j1 j agriculturally ?nd commercially, of;! c (the state in which the staple is pro- ? | duced. The growers, spinners and .Jc j manufacturers of American cotton jc j have for years pleaded for a system i * i of marketing the staple which would;* ! e+ahilfr/a i hp market values of cotton ' upon a fair and legitimate basis of; | cost plus a reasonable profit ar.d tob i curb the constant and violent fiuc-i* j luations in price brought about byj s i unbridled speculation by interests-^ operating on the cotton exchanges, j * who neither grow nor spin cotton, jc To Markcf Orderly. ! "To avoid these objectionable fea- =1 tares the marketing of spot cotton !c 11 1 (Continued on Pag** 7.) j c 'JIIWI na?fcaEar^iBMi frmmmmaaaaassmammamaammmmiKmmmMmmmmma PLANES AND BI ** wx+M&ii^-y,y,rm, i inmmmmmmmmmMI WWW ?.?iti i. 1 'I?>..I. M-^i i?>I ! ? ? | V ' ; s : If;. I'.;:.-; U i!' * * '' 5t _ " - - ~ I : # - -?h II - "' it Hps mm m M M i mg&msis \ im< - * ,\ : $s \ II The United Fruit Li.ier Pastores ca; ~ - Mil Va., escorted by naval vessels, airigion one of the escorting planes. The vesse] MUCH WORK AHEAD I i FOR LEGISLATURE APPROACHING 1921 -SESSION F ONLY SHORT TIME OFF. V f To Discuss Taxes?Governor's In- j F ' ugural to Be Siraple?Sergeantat-Arms Getting Ready. The State, 4th. 1 With the passing of the old yearj md the coming of the new, many | e ;hir.gs await the people, of the state j y ;hat may develop "something differ- j p *nt" from the days gone by. And not'i v ;he least, by any means, of the events a ;o transpire during the year is the! c ipproaching session of the general issembly that is\ expected to be full ^ >f interest. j 0 .Only a few more Gays remain un- j u ,il the assembly will be called to or- e ler. The session will begin promptly f it noon Tuesday, January 11. A p arge mass of work will be on the j 1; leads of the solons. j s< The session will be devoted to a ; t xYge. extent to the tax situation, it j 5 believed. The appropriation bill' d ,vill come in no doubt for some hard!? mocks as usual, and altogether thejilession is perhaps going to be ex- j h ireniely entertaining, to say the j n east. jt! A number of state officers are to, v, ?e elected and three circuit judgesJ 0 will come up for election. The terms e )f Judge Town send, Judge Sease andj n fudge Prince expire this year. It is;a rspected that ail three jurists' will j ^ )e-,renamed by the legislature. Trus-! e ees and members cf the various j tate boards will also be elected by! ^ he assembly. j j ^ The -first business to be transacted j vill bev. the organization of the two j Q louses. A speaker is to be selec^d | >y the lower branch and a president ! iro tem. by the senate. A large num-1 . >er of committees are to be appoint- j ^ :d in both houses. * | n Inaugurki ceremonies this year! ] vl'il be short and to the point. Gov-! a. ;rnor Cooper will be inaugurated ; ^ fanuary 1& at noon in the presence 1 c. if both houses. The governor said; j", resterday thVI his inaugural address' vould be brief. Justice Watts of! ^aurens - will administer the oath of; i SI >nlcG to the-chief executive. Other state officer^ will take the oath of j u >fr.ee the ranie day. Walter E. Dun-1 . an, the ne\v comptroller general, is | ^ he only nev/ slate cfneer, all the oth-j ^ >rs being re-elected during the fcastj. rear. - j \ ! S< Preparations for the convening of i he assembly were begun yesterday! >v J. Fred) Schumpert, sergeant-at-s * ? n TTT'l I irms of the }serate; ana a. vvnsuu, i ^ erffsant-at-otrnVo Gf the house. Both ' 0 Hi*. Schunipjcrt and 2*1 r. Wilson arriv- t] !c! during t|ie morning and spent thej' sj lay getting ihir.jrs in readiness for f( he assembly. Those two veterans of i if the legislature will doubtless be- a eelectec1 to their positions without;is >ppositi.on. j p J .IMPS GREET HARDING ON RE ' ' .. ' *' . i ' : ... : ' ' >/ '& : *. V fs I I M , ,/y - | : ' r ... : x ,' >i- . ' , * V' ' !>! .v .X . y's/., j>? . y *.< >>* f- s* * * V,> ~ ^ ~ ' s--.' < " '*: .v.'-v' : > . <v'-'v. . *i ;'* V ' ^::/.;,,;.,N/.v <-.v *.*,: . : frying president-elect Ilarar.g anu 2S' and army planes. This photo \va i was gaily decorated in honor of its 1ARDING BACKS RESERVE BOARD 'RESIDENT-ELECT. SUSTAINS GOVERNOR HARDING. I ' . " 'oiicy of Wisdom?Opinion prom Marion is That Farmer Should Take Medicine. .v % .I I. ' : X' 'he State. I Washington, Jan. 3.?Presidentlect Harding indorses the policy irhich the federal reserve board has >ursued and is pursuing, the policy fhich certain members of congress nd many farmers have > severely riticized. This statement is confirmed toight by W. P. G. Harding, governor f the federal reserve board, who fter having visited Marion, returnd to Washington today. Governor larding was invited to Marion by the resident-elect, who was anxious to now exactly what the federal reerve board had done and was conemplating doing. "I laid the case before the presient-elect," Governor Harding said. I told him what the situation was ist year and how we met it. I told im of improved conditions which ow exist. In the end he agreed that he policy which, we have pursued ' tt 1 ?as one ol wisaom. ne -wan ux mc pinion that the farmer, along with very other individual, must take his ledlcine in the process of price redjustment. He stressed ths fact that is sympathies were with the farmr." /Governor Harding was asked if he bought the country was destined to ndergo an era of "hard times." He omrnitted himself only to the extent f declaring that the "greatest daner had been obviated." He was then * 1 '" -*-1 -""H" Vof? Tioon n time S'rieu ix mere iciuiv uau vww* ? ince the war when danger of natonal financial collapse was immient. In answering, he cited a chart lowing the trend of credits in 1920,' nd declaring that unless a halt had een called "everything would have one to smash, including the fecjeral jserve banks." j Governor Harding, though aware f the criticism to which he had been objected, is apparently not perturb-1 d. am not in politics," he said,1 and can afford to sit rigidly on this 5b and administer it just as if it rere an individual bank. I hardly -1- ii.i ,v.,Q /^nnVif-c: hut that in liiliv LiicvL LlllJ/ V/iiW . financial sense I could better myslf elsewhere." j aljn Moats-EHisor. Miss Rosa Lee Moats and Willie lllisor were united in holy wedlock n Monday afternoon, January 3, at ie Mayer Memorial Lutheran parDr.age. Pastor W. H. Dutton per-| armed $ne ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr.1 nd Mrs. W. W. Moats. Mr. Ellisor! ; the son^of Mr. T. A. Ellisor of rosperity. J ; TURN FROM PANAMA. ' I .;.; g. *&?b ^/#-5 IIv% 1 ***** ! j M W%Mk ??. | ?. -5 ^ ?\t G gjlg ymmgm M 0:1 1 pp i I c mil c mm mg xf '. ".<: . . i'A ' V ' f: " |f?| H P W$mm, IP g#|i -\ -i <*i I & v - - -/ -- - f - f - ?'. ' .s v v " ' - , - : ; TMSmm. * ?*,' s*v vm- /*<&* "? ] Wm.* $$$$.. % *'?}*??' P$$pbM$ X1 WMPi M Spil - i: ? ;A ' v - 1 : J ~- ' ' -4 c irrr^v; -. i ^-' , S'r am; M $ ' 4 his party arriving in >te\vport News, * ls made by the army air service from j distinguished passenger. " c [WATSON PLANS ! FINANCE.MOVE [ ? WOULD MAKE LIBERTY BONDS * LEGAL TENDER. <] * , . ' c Georgia Senator-Elect Tells of Rem* e edy He Will Propose When He t Takes Seat. } c Atlanta, Ga., Jan 1.?Thomas ?. Watson, United States senator-elect c from Georgia, announces in a copy- t j righted statement to be published in c ! the Atlanta Constitution Sunday that i o 'at the extra session of the 67th con-jv > - -it ? j _ v:n i . gress ne win introduce a. um ?,u / ^ make Liberty and Victory bonds and r other government war paper legal ( tender. , v Mr. Watson has announced plans j for introducing bills to force the federal reserve and farm loan banks to ^ lend money directly to individuals and to require the secretary of the ! trMsnrv to issue the unused green- . backs authorised by a bill signed by J President Lincoln. The total of these ^ authorized but unissued greenbacks, i according to the senator-elect, is $102,000,000. Discussing his plan to make legal ^ tender of Liberty and Victory bonds, ^ credit certificates, war saving stamps v and all government obligation paper issued during and since the world ^ war as a remedy for what he claims 11 ' is an existing "domestic crisis," Mr. * I Watson declared such action would a have an electrifying effect upon v ' American business life. . * J On passage of such legislation Mr. r> { Watson declared "all apprehension of 1 a panic wopld be quickly disapjy S I pear.77 ^ | Regarding the nation's financial | system, Mr. Watson saia ne wouiu i introduce bills to make it mandatory ^ | under penalty for the regional banks ; to lend direct to farmers on ani i proved securities at an interest rate | not over 5 per cent.; to repeal that | section of the farm loan bank act I requiring a group of ten signatories ! to a loan and insertion of a man- ^ ' datory clause compelling such banks : e j to lend to an individual applicant \ ^ I upon approved securities without the ;13 | requirement of additional obligators, j ^ I Death of Young Woman. h I Miss EfTie Boly died of pneumonia n ; following influenza on Monday after- e i nocn at i o'clock, afler a brief ill-. a i ness at the heme of Mr. J. H. Finney J o [ in the Mollohon mill village where j she was boarding. She was 22 years n ; old. The 'burial took place Wed-,P i nesday neon at Baxters' Memorial ( fl ! cemetery, se/vice by the Rev. Paul j a i Kennett. She leaves a mother and P ! TV/Ti- T\Tl'? T,. T~)_ Till"- ^ e 4 . ? , I ner. j si I Berley-Miller. j v, j On last Sunday evening, January;h 2, Mr. J. David Miller and Miss Olaip ; Berley, both of Pomaria, were mar-! tried at the St. Paul's parsonage, the j si i Rev. S. P. Kocn .officiating. b [ i War Finance I Offi louse Follows Lead of Senate fey Passing Bill Over Veto of President but No Loans Likely for Time. Washington, Jan. 4.?President Vilson will have to fill at least one f the two vacancies on the board of lirectors of the revived war finance orpcration before it can make any onsiderable number of loans for finncing exports with a ^view to afAv/Hr>or voli<af to fliA farming* and oth-l r industries. This statement was lade by treasury officials today after he resolution directing revival of he corporation became lav/ through Is passage by the house over the (resident's veto. The vote in the house to pass the esolution ever the president's veto /as nearly as ample as that cast yeserday in the senate. The house stood i50 for the measure against G6 for ipholding the veto, or 37 more than he required Jtwf-thirds majority* Seventeen Democrats voted to susain the veto while for its passage here were 135 Republicans, 114 democrats and one Prohibitionist. Treasury officials in further disussing adoption of the resolution aid that while the corporation would irepare to function immediately as a esult of the action of congress, Presdent Wilson would be required to ippoint one or two new directors >efore anything much could be done. rv?0 hrtawl rtf Hirprtors is comoosed w iiv V VM1. Vk VA v.. if five members and officials explain'd that a majority is required by law o approve the application for a loan. iVhile the present board membership institutes a quorum, officials assertsd, Secretary Houston, who is> exifficio chairman, would not be able o devote his time exclusively to such orporation matters, as the investigation of the adequacy of securities irould require. The other two direc ore, Angus W. McLean, who now ^ tianagang director, arid George R. Dooksey, officials said, would thus be tnable to act upon applications for oans. Presidential nomination to the j >6ard requires confirmation of the enate and the question also arises s to whether the Republican maority of the senate would depart in uch cases from the policy of conirming no nominations at this ses ion. Finance corporation officials stated hat in any event it prabably would e two months 'before the first adance could ibe approved. Funds for making the loans must >e raised, officials explained, and the lethods of providing this money deermined upon. The corporation has . balance of about - $375,000,000 irith the . treasury but Secretary louston has 'taken the stand that this iioney should not be used for mak?? Q/+iron^2 fn nrivate concerns. US c ENATE AGAIN PASSES BILL FOR WAR FINANCE 'resident Wilson Disapproves of Measure on Ground That It Can Not Prove Effective, but Senate Overrides Veto by Vote of Fifty-three to Five. Washington, Jan. 3.?Veto by 'resident Wilson today of the farmrs? relief bill to revive the war fiance corporation was folowed almost ramediately by a vote of 53 to 5 in he senate to make the bill law desite executive disapproval. The ouse will take up the measure tolorrow, and predictions were genral that it would duplicate the sente's action and .thus place the bill n the statute books. 1 - -- J- ""Tn ~ ~ ? " ? O 1 an 1-riVl V vptn j .freiiaent vv uaun m ? . ? lessage declared he withheld his aproval of the bill because the war nance corporation was a war credit geney, not desirable or . needed in eace times. He said that it "would . xert no beneficial influence on the i ituation . . . would raise false opes among the very people? who * L Vlp J ould expect most, tiiiu >?vmju ""m urjf'^l to the natural and orderly i j rocesses of business and finance." The legislation, the president also lid, would result in additional credit urdens, and the government, he con* ioard dally Revived tinued, should not be "called upon further to finance private business at public expense.' Referring to widespread demand for abolishment of war agencies and removal of gov ernmentai mnuence irom ousmess, the president said he had "sympathy with this view," and added that 'the nation should resume its usual methods." 1 . f~-' ; t'%1 Upon reading of the veto message in the senate, Senator Underwood, Alabama, Democratic leader, urged its immediate consideration, for k which unanimous consent was secured by Chairman Gronna of the agriculture committee, which . reported the bill. Senator Underwood ioiiowed with the only address made, declaring that financial distress now was greater than during the war and that he felt confident of wise administration of the proposed law that would cause "no undue strain on tfce treasury." On the senate roll call 29 Demo- .( crats were joined by 24 Republicalns <-lT7QT-T?1/4jn C flip vf*to. ? AH v..w _ Supporting the presidents opposition were two Democrats, Seuator Gerry, Rhode Island, and Thomas, , Colorado, and three .Republicans, El- ; | kins' and Sutherland, West Virginia* and Keyes of New Hampshire. Senators Glass, Democrat, Virginia, and Edge, Republican, New Jersey, voted against overriding the veto, but withdrew their votes on account of having pairs. Senator Penrose of Pecji sylvania, Republican* was paired but announced that have voted .to sustain the veto. The president's message alsfc vras?S read in the house. . Representative Mondell, Wyoming, ftejtmblican leader, announced later tkafc it would bfc * taken up tomorrow at the opening of the house, but without any deBnite ' - ? ?? - ? J A ^TTAAoffifl " 3.1" range menus rui <x rxu?vc??vw of the bill, however, expressed confidence ?hat the house also would vote to enact the bill despite the veto. The house passed the bill by a vote of 212 to 81.xor much more than the necessary two-thirds majority. Many of the negative votes were cast by Republicans. Before the president's message reached the senate today, Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, a leading advocate of the legislation, criticised Secretary Houston, declar* -v "jj ing that the treasury head, according to newspaper reports, had advised presidential disapproval of the bfll ^ without indicating sucn opposition when Mr. Houston was before congressional committees.. .V' Senator Edge issued a statement >\ tonight, declaring, that the president's arguments against the bill were "absolutely unanswerable." By issuing bonds the finance corporation, Sena- - i tor Edge said, would "adversely affect the present financial and economic situation without any direct resultant good to producers." ^ - ? - . Honor Roll of Long Lane School. The following is the honor roll of the Long Lane school for the month of December, 1920: First Grade?Henry Baker, Azile Cromer, Marion Felker. Second Grade?Richard Caldwell, George Cromer, Helen Renwick, IVfary Folk. Third Grade?Mary Renwick. Fourth Grade?Sara Folk, Frances ' -j Baker. Fifth Grade?Elizabeth Counts, Wylie Caldwell. Seventh Grade?Alan Caldwell, Colie Brown Cromer, Mary Felker, Mot+e Mildred Renwick. Eighth and Ninth Grades?James , Brown,. Sims William Caldwell, Fran- , f ces Felker. Drayton Rutherford Chapter. The Drayton Rutherford chapter, U. D. C., will meet Tuesday afternoon, January 11, at 3:30 o'clock with Miss Mary L. Burton as hostess. j The time for payment of dues has 1 nVmno'prl <frnm Februrav 1 to m UtCll V V* ? ?r January 1. All members are request- ^ ?d to either bring or send their dues ?o this meeting. fl Mrs. F. R. Hunter, President. ^ Mrs. Arthur Kibler} { 1 secretary. , 4