Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON GINNED TO 'A I JANUARY I, 11,599,230 i 1,550- 319 in Excess of Same Period .c . < ! 1913 j< Washington, Jan. 10.?Cotton gin- s ned prior to January 1st amounted c $ to 11,599^239 running bale?, includ- c ing 202.270 round .bales, Go,964 bales t of American Egyptian, and 1,599 x bales of sea island, the census bureau i announced today. Last* year to January 1st winnings v aggregated 10,008,920 runnihg bales t including 109,356 round bales, 31,- < , . -o J Fr fcliD Dales 01 AmtljCan aiiu 6,458 bales of sea island. t Ginnings January 1st this year by c states follows: i Air bam a.. ' 634,927 c Arizona 77,562 Arkansas 959,854 ( California 46,593 ria?-J- 1C 09A x-wriust Georgia .... ... ' ....1,366,238 > Louisiana.... ..J. 370,024 - Mississippi ; 820.8S4 Missouri 50,139 North Carolina ,...; 754,060 Oklahoma.... .... .'J 964,721 i South Carolina....- .... ....1,454,290 Tennessee... 261,416 r Texas...: i.l I,./;:.: .i* .-..3,752,005 i Virginia .,v 13,711 r - All other states . .. ..! 9,688 2 HARDING CALLS OFF CERE- !; MONIES OF INAUGURATION c J Washington, Jan. 10.?President <3 Elect Harding, in a telegram to Edward M. McLean ^ chairman of the ^ . , . 1 < inauguration ?emmittee, tonignt re cuesteiT thifcno 'ceremonies " to mark his installation as" President v of the United States on March 4. c The committee-will meet tomorrow f and probably call off the plans. v "I beg respectfully to sUgge3t to your committees the complete aban- 3 donment pf all plans for an inaug- *' ural celebratiw," the'telegram stat- & ** L'~ *' ?"? Vvn?-n iraw? ro. 2 t fl. "ncrwoiuxe j. nave 'ifcvu ?v ? luctarrt to express ray personal views 0 to year committee because I know of 1 the 'cherished regard of the citizens n of the district in making provisions ^ for it. a "If it is becoming to express riiy u u preference I wish you and your comm mittee^to know that the impression a of extravagant expenditure and ex- ? cessive cost would make me a very unhappy participant. I know full well 1 that the government outlay is relatively small and the larger expend i . * ? ??<? frrkn the srenerous contri- * bjation of district citizenship, but it '/ is timely and wholesome to practice r the utter .denial of public expendi- k tore where there is no real necessity, and it will be a wholesome example 11 of economy and thrift' to save the" many, many thousands which the in- * augural celebration would call from 11 the private purse of those attend-' 3 ins- f3 " "I have se?t a message of like im- 1 port to t}le congressional committee L asd expressed; the wish that no prep- 11 aratioH3 or outlay of any kind be made. It will be most pleasing to me to be simply sworn in, speak briefly ^ my plight of faith to the country and turn at ance to th? work which will 3 be calling." . 'c >/ ? . ' '' COULD HELP FARMERS ; i; A* * Justifiable as Protecting Rail- * roads I .1 y>/V", r The State. I Washington, Jar.. 8.?Replying to e the' impassioned address of Senator ^ Lenroot in the senate today, in whieh he declared the farmers would net ^ , be beneficiaries of the government t nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, and ? that the government should not en- i gage in private enterprises, Senator r Sm&h of South Carolina made the point that the government, having i' guaranteed railroads 6 per cent pro- [ * "-* ' - J. fit on their investmffS^ could anora?; to do something for &the man who 1 . 9 tills the ground. Jj? } Senator Smith contended' that it } was as properly the function of the ! government to conserve the soil as t to construct naval -defenses, and in- t finitely more than'""to Control the transportation system of the coun- t try. Regarding jthe. expense incurred r in constructing the properties at Mus- 3 cle Shoals, he declared that it would t be economy for the government to < complete the projects and give the f fertilizer to the farmers without c charge and reap a profit in reduced ; cost of Hving a hundredfold. ' } ' 1 H. W. R. t MUST CUT ACREAGE TO SECURE LOANS i i Sentiment Developed at Meeting of! ^ Bankers, Merchants and Farm- } ers in Louisiana { C New Orleans, Jan. 8.?At a joint i} meeting of the representatives of. j Louisiana planters today resolutionsj ] were adopted in which the banks of the state are urged to refuse to ex- 1 tend credit to cotton producers ; i ? ? ??? a?a?optac i .vhere the acreage has not been cut; it least 50 per cent. : In order to secure a universal go- ; ervance of this request, it was decided to hold a large number of neighborhood meetings throughout the tale. when leading bankers, mer;hants and farmers will address the otton planters and explain to tnem he necessity for cutting- the acreage >lanted to cotton in order to secure a rair price for the staple next ,year. Vfc these meetings the planters will >e called upon to sign pledges that hey will do everything# in their pow>r to assist in the reduction program. The meeting today was called by he Louisiana division of the .Amcri an Cotton association, which is di Pff-.iVo thf? drive to limit nexe year's vvw*"o :otton crop. :almly tells of poisoning husband foung V/oman in Marion County Jail Narrates Story of Her Tragic Life Marion, Jan. 10.?A reporter cnocked on the cell door of Lizzie ones who is alleged to have poisoned ler husband, C. Jones, an elderly' 'armer living on the Gallivants Fer-; y roacl about six miles southeast ofi larion. Presently a small tired face : ppeared at the opening and two' arge gray . eyes looked through the j >ars. "Would you mind having a vis-' tor for a while?" the reporter in-; [UUWU "No," she replied, "I am tired of! >eing all alone." Her voice v.ras list-! ess. When the door had been unlock-J d by the attendant, she invited the isitor in, and offering the lone1 hair, seated herself on the edge of j he cot. She looked at the reporter! ;ith an 'inquisitive expression and! ; ~ ilently waited for him to begin, her1 ? - - - -' - i 1__ TT__! mall hands folded m ner jap. n?r ireafih of dark hair parted s'naply in j he middle was drawn tight over her . ars and tacked in a massive pile; ver the nape of her neck. She wore: simple dress and shirt waist of dark \ material. On her small but pretty! ace was a tired, hopeless expres2ion; ,nd the large gray orbs looked out; tnflinchingly. Could this diminutive woman, frail ,nd pretty, with such frank gray! yes be guilty of so heinous a crime!. 'Did you really poison your huibandj Irs. Jones^' ; '*1 did," she answered simply . ,j "But isn't it. unwise to speak so: rcely?" "Why rot?" she challenged, "I ad-j, rutted it to the sheriff-?everybody' mows. I couldn't lie out cf it*now!"j Poor little woman!, It was all soj lopeless and terrible. "Yes," she continued, interrupting; ay train of thought. "I made up my I nind to do it. I had been saving the trichynine ever since" last.July to; icison him with. Jim told me to do I I "Jim* was a childhood friend,* was' te not?" j . "Yes, we grew up together." "Tell me all about it from start to; inish." She settled herself more eomfortr, bly on the cot, and as if relieving! ierse3f of a burden which "weighed i ' -1 U -?ofr>vtr I ICaVMy Upon ner s/m uc^au ir.i j*.***. , "Mr. Ammonsf that was Jim's fa-i her, ami my father were both farm-! rs living: near each other. I saw a! ^reat (leal of Jim anti became -fond I >f him when we were only children, j le liked me, but I am afraid he nev:r considered me seriously, for when j ?e grew up he married another;. "For a while it seemed like life j vasn't worth living. Then Mr. Jones; iegan to court me. never caved a j -reat deal for Mr. Jones. He was al-j nost three times my a?e. Bat at last; _i t_ ? narriea mm. , V "Then he treated you cruelly?" the j eporter asked. "No, he treated me well enough, j ir.d for a while things ran smoothly.' Then Jim began noticing me again. Whenever my husband was away from lome, Jim came to see me. Before ong I began to wish for my husband j o be away and sought excuses io] Iraw him from home. "I was quite young then?as a mat- > ,er of fact, I am only i ?venty-four "'nnan mnrr'p,! for OI?fht ! iUW auu nuvv rears. Mr. Jones was so much older j ;han me. I never could think of hini'j is my husband. It was always as; >arent or guardian that I .looked up-) >n him. "Children came into our home, j Fhere are three of them. Poor little: hings." And she came nearer tears at this! uncture than at any other time dur-: ng the interview. - j "Before long my husband learned >f my secret meetings with Jim and j le abused me frightfully, declaring! ,hat he would kill us both. But in-! stead he moved out of the neighbor-; lood, where we had been living, to i farm less accessible to Jim and j cept me under constant surveillance.' "This was maddening. Then his. lealth began to fail. The past two j iroovo n-C mi)' married life was torture' ? V lil C V Vli. ' I J , / za.-T7y*-rxrr-.'~ r.- i*.gjrgon4 zwwg- rJt-JA'. --vsm-***?Mvs. .Mar.Svlr.cy in *? cv? ^ or!; Mrs. Terence IvIacSwiriey. widow of ci; the lord mayor of Cork getting her first view of New York from the roof iV.i of the hotel St. Regiis where she stop- q. ped while in New York. Fi pi for me. Mr. Jones never lost an op- ^ portunity to upbraid and abuse me. Qr ^ ' T ? -1- - - ? - - K s* A T IiaI A V."\ TT A ? JL* il v JL u ISA y u ix y 11 KJ w CUUiU x u^iy iiivv i uu feeling for Jim?*' ($ She had worked herself up to an excited state arid her breath came sh fast. She paused a moment in her sh . / (j narrative and when she bvgan again 'is it was with the calm that had first ^ characterized her. "I never could quite bring myself to the pcint of giving my husband the poison, though. But on last Friday Jim came to see ir.e, though he de;+ vw.irr c.rwl n-ft.or a frenzied half an hour I decided to do the thing I had so long feared to do. "That night Mr. Jones was feeling * worse than usual and asked me to fix Him up a dose of soda and salts. I j went straight to the cupboard where 1 I kc-p: the little bottle of strichynine. | I emptied half of it in a glass. On top ^ of it I poured a dose of salts. Adding the usual amount cf water, I stirred the mixture until the medicine had * T _1 1 * c:33oiv.ea. . "I carried it .to my husband. He J was in bee1 at the time. Raising on W his elbcw he took the glass and drank the concoction down without a word. I watched hi'm with strange emotion. | At one second the impulse to* seiz-0! the glass from his hands and cry outj came over me and'the next a feeling; of triumph filled me. And so- I stood! with sealed lips and watched him j drain the glass. ; | . "I sat down in the bedroom and waited. Soon violent pains seized him an.i he Bagaii to writhe and groan. I ' With uncanny perception lie knew he had been poisoned, although many times before he had been very sick.' J "You poisoned me! You poisoned me!"' he be?an* to shout, and getting out of the bed he struggled to his J ' / i. I feet ar.d stazsered to me itohi porch. H? leaned over the. banister and began screaming and shouting at the top of /us voice, His hoarse cries cf "murder" could be heard a half mile away. I am a weak woman and was powerless to (in anything. The guard from the chain gang which was enc$.mped net far away was'first to arrive on the scene. "My husband was in a dyin* condition then, but he was able to tell the guard that I ;*mvc poison. What could I do? If I :c:a away they would surely catch me. As I saw it . there was nothing to do but ^ivo my-j ' scif up and tell the truth. Soon otheri peopie came and they sen.: for the sheriff. They, took' me away to jail * that very night and I've been here ever since. "I told them about Jim. Thoy, ar" - " 1 1 19 rested him ti'.c nexi <iay. 'He is out on bond, you know, and denies his part ih the affair,the re- . porter told her. , "Yes, I know/ she sajd. For a few c ccconds she did not speak. Then she * continued: ''I am a frail woman, may- 4 Worn Down, C Georgia Lady, Worn-out an Was Helped by Zi pxr<jl-lE personal experience of Mrs. Nannie Phillips, of Powder I Springs, Ga., is printed below in if ber own words: it "I was in a worn-out condition. My se stomach was out of order. I didn't m deep well. I was tired all th6 time., a I couldn't half eat, and didn't rest well at night. ^ "I would get out. o? heart and blue, ai I would feel like I was going to be u; down in bed. Yet I kept dragging around, ? -? Z: 1 : ! won't have to worry lo,\ ;-=it 1fc8&; :-re ai.il chink and think and tnink. \ m F lit what's the use?" !$|j The reporter su^gestCil reading "Siiai diversion, and rising- to leave prom- j [I j ed to semi her ?ome magazines. She j g I lar.ked him, and for an instant tVjjjgj .T2 vanished from her, pretty face j || j ith a bright smile. || j A sculptor in Rox'oury, Mas.?., was*.! g I tied ten dollar.- for chiseling a'HI lino An fsnnrlnv Before VOU Sivlsi tat the money was chiseled out ofj,; | m it might be well to see what s:jr:; ; | c statue it was. i j OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT j I. will make a finnl settlement of;H ie estate of Andrew E. Nichols inji [Q Probate Court for Newberry j| ouatv, S. C., 011 Saturday, the 26th i B lv of February, 3 921, at 10 o'clock j| the forenoon and will immediately (1 lereafter ask for my discharge as J H I nnrHffin nf ?:iifl c?3taie. j H f C. S. Nichols, ' & Guardian. ;E January 18, 1921. ^ 666 quickly relieves r. cold.?Adv. ,? OTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS 11 MEETING. iffl Notice is hereby given that a spe-igj ai meeting of the stockholders ofl^ L-ntucky-Carolina Oil company will: 3 : held at the office of B. V. Chap-J S an in the town of Newberry, Southj s irolina, on Tuesday, the 8th day of j 1 bruary, 1921, at 1:30 o'clock. The } j Lrpose of said meeting being to in- i S A/?lr A+* o r? _ I Ml C?C tJiC KCL'fJlittXl rv \JL ikVil- ?? cky-Carolina Oil company from a ie hundred thousand (?i00,000.00) f liars to two hundred thousand j| 1200,000.00) dollars of the par ? iue of one ($1.00) dollar per share ^ id from one hundred thousand | ares to two hundred thousand^ ^ ares of the par value of onejfi 11.00). dollars each. And for such IB her and further (business as may:B me before the said meeting. By order of the 'board of directors.!? B. V. CHAPMAN, jg ^re&S' | j| That fluttering sensation :g means heart trouble! Short breath : smother- jix in<r sensations: inability to !i lie cn the left side; pain ^ in the heart, left side or between the shoulders ; ?, swollen feet and ankles; are danger signal's. Dr? Males? 1 .-SLWti.i li- -EL JL V>&S.C,A..BL.K.'v.?'XivL? W has been used with wonderful success in all'functional p heart troubles for more ^ : than thirty years. Try a ? bottle today. Delays are y\ : dangerous. Your druggist 'J sells Dr. "Mites' Medicines. ^ % 1.4s? 1 ?,$$?i~J w% W? ^ if** w fx I i M Frs$ t'.JJ? i I [ZlCrnzy, ;ivc;,biaadcr cndtlrijac:i' 11 .uiif.c c:' tboir insidi^Uw cttndrs. | Lat tbev r.cfj-i ?.l::f;:.i'do/; by lalh-g ? J^CP ?V?#KpM "|| <0$i0^$ Qfy \ I L'ho world's standard r?mod" for these 9 iisordcrs, will often \v?;ci off these tils- $ ir-.'-cc and strengthen the* bedy against ? cither attacks. 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