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' DIAL DISCUSSES 1 COTTON SITUATION HOLDS CONFERENCE WITH SECRETARY HOOVER Hopeful of Results by Energetic | Action on Part of Cabinet By Hugh W. Roberts "Washington, March 21.?Senator Bial today expressed himself as being very hopeful of good results to lie secured by the new secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, in the Biatter of our foreign trade. The South Carolina senator held a long interview with Secretary Hoover and j , discussed with him at length all of l&e important phases, including commerce generally, but with special reference to the exportation of cot fon, senator Dial touna tnat ivir.) Hoover had for many years been a! close student of this matter and that is now in possession of information, coupled with his ideas, which fhould end in fruition at a very early j date. .. The new secretary believes that ?nder the Edge act, which is an act j to promote export trade, and under the Webb-Kenyon act, authorizing banking corporations to do a foreign j .banking business, excellent results' trtnv conn hp had I "I found Mr. Hoover," Senator Dial said, "very alive to the situation that is now confronting us. He , believes that under both the Edge tct and the Webb-Kenyon act there is an opportunity for American producers and shippers to get out of the jdump into which the effort to get back to pre-war times has thrown , them. v No Thoughts of Marketing e "I am sorry to say that we people in the South havfe never seriously ^ considered our Dosition and condi- ? * a tion. When we reflect that we have j a little territory about 2,000 miles ^ long and about 500 miles wide, with Q p. population, perhaps, of 20,000,000 people, raising 60 per cent of the cotton of the world without any t thought of marketing this shows how I ^ little ibusiness ability we possess. | n Th$n we compete wiith ourselves by | raising twice the quantity that should j ^ be raised, we simply commit financial? suicide. ' "Our slogan, 'Reduction of acrefge/.Js wron?.. When we advocate; ? -' __ i _ i 5 taiis, a great HUjyay our peopie i D think that we mean for them to cease j ' [ work. On the other hand, our mot-j^ I to should be to 'make a living at j r I iome.' Just fee idea of our state i ^ importing about $110,000,000 of pro-|S) 4ucts that we can raise just as welljc as can be produced, any where in the|.( World, and then raising cotton at a j ^ loss to pay for this, is most distress- j t( jug. A farmer thinks he can raise cotton on a certain piece of land' ^ And buy more corn than he can pro4uce on this piece. This is true, per- j feaDs. but when he has planted that|? additional fxfeld of cotton, he has sim-1" jply cut down the price of what he is j g .raising on the other part of his farm. ^ We should make a living at home and ^ then the cotton acreage would be automatically cut. For example, in ^ 1914 a 16,000^006 bale crop brought j 1500,0004)66; in 1918 an 11,006,000 j bale crop brought $2,500,000,000.1 ^ Last year -if we had raised a half crop j bo doubt today cotton would be sell- j c ing at 40 and 50 cents a pound. It | g Is useless to produce cotton to sell at I less than the cost of production, and 1 .oven now it would take about double j the present price to let the producer,c out. We working and boarding j tl ourselves and are exchanging at a j ^ toss for other products, which we j b should raise at a profit. ^ Nobody Buying Now. b "I do not want to present a too u discouraging picture, but it is simply nonsense for us to try to deceive ? . j. o other people?ana especially 10 ae-1 ceive ourselves along with them. The jS1 most discouraging feature to my mind j ^ is that before the late war England S( and Germany and other countries!^ <? * j 11 eould buy cotton at some price and even hold it. Furthermore, New a York and the East had money with which it could be obtained by mills of this country and they could buy up j ? cotton and itore it for future use, j * but now Eurc"? is practically bank-1 * rupt and .has no money for invest-1s ment. Also, Nc-w York is a creditor jp and can make a higher rate of inter- j a est out of this money Dy using 11 in j r other sections of the world than in!0 I the South. Hence we are simply,0 sawed off, as it were, and have left j t: ourselves without any prop. We are g reminded that we are in about the I1 same position as a babe six months old who loses its mother and there is. i; 110 one to go to for assistance.. We^e should have been giving more atten- I tion to providing markets and ar- j ranging to extend credit, if neces- c sary, and this we will have to do be- t fore we can become the self-support- c ing and self-relying people that we t are entitled to be. a Grace Halsey Mills Shakespeareai mw^'';v^^^89K'iK3jRlraMCV^n^MHittG J$t5BB8qpgR^r|gy^^^8^^^''*>'*rv*iy..I*X'!*!*X:*;%*!l-;*!*I:!v/->>t\*!',!'X'Nx->;%*X*X; PilwiyiTiffiffi " "' v.; .v*:%%vyX;..<vv?Xv* >. ; : : Xv'v'v ; ; >. >! jjpT ' ' * GRACE HALS Miss Grace Halsey Mills of New Yor Llnd in "As You Like It" at the Redapth terpreted leading roles for the Ben Gret ?need and rarely gifted In Shakespc-area Aa RnKfllinri shp is ppnprnns wnmfl that Shakespeare painted in his pen pi< Her exceptional art is characterized feminine charm. Miss Mills Is only one of an excepts ers ..o will appear here. "We have been looking to the gov- t rnment here to help, and I was c :reatly outraged at the action of the j ormer secertary of the treasury in I ilencing the war finance corporation, t appealed to him last June, July, 1; lugust, September, and upon various s ther occasions, with all the power at a tiy command, to let that arm of the v overnment resume functioning. We c ook the position that it was not the h unction of the government to lend t * j 1 T t. aoney ior private enterprises. 1 re-1 u lied that this was true ordinarily, t iat that we were then living in exraordinary times and under extrardinary conditions and that the peo- v le of the limited States purchased evernment bonds, believing that the ffidals vfotrtd allow every Tescmrce {^ f the government to function until j c rorld conditions became normal. 11 eminded him that the warehouses of ^ lie South were full of cotton by rea- jj on of the spindles of the various ountries of the world having been ? lie for a great many years and that here was a demand for all the cota :>n we had, provided some arrange- ^ lent could be made for its payment; ,iat the mills in Germany and many ther countries were intact and that 1< ibor was idle; that it was a part of ^ risdom and humanity to give these a eople employment; that the United ^ tates government had the ships and hat the owners of surplus cotton v rould be glad to part with it, provid- ^ -1 11 1 J U- J a iney wuuiu uc uiiiuc a<tic anu auuw p bat the money would be paid to them ^ ventaully. The secretary declined 11 of these appeals, and I feel that y his acts he has helped bankrupt lany thousands of our people. This orporation is now in operation, how- ^ vcr, and is helping considerably. Appealed to Mills ^ "Some time ago I got a list of the) p otton spindles in every country of S1 ri* wrold and wrote at least 100 let-j fl jrs, trying to encourage tfte mills to uy cotton direct from the South? ^ rom the producer, as near as possi- c le?thereby saving a great deal of f( nnecessary middleman's expense. I a eceived many hearty responses and 0 am delighted to state that this prop- ^ sition is receiving very serious con- t] ideration now, and I believe a very u irge business will be built up as Don as conditions become normal. ^ 'he government has aided no great- y / and is now assisting me very much long this line. q "Furthermore, one of the main t! roubles was that through spite -the j a Republican party refused to ratify j v he treaty and the league of nations, t hereby making it practically impos- t ible for credit to be extended Euro- t ean countries; hence, they have c bout bankrupted the world?and esecially the farmers. If the people e f the United States were fully aware n f the reckless legislation and ex- f reme spite that is displayed in con- s ress, we would almost have a revo- j iition. v One of the greatest injustices that s inflicted upon the South is the pres- t nt future contract law. To be frank did not fully realize the great inustice of this law until after a thor ugh investigation. I then decided i hat beyond question the cotton pro- c lucers are robbed of a great propor- i ion of each year's crop?how great c t proportion I would hesitate to ven Well-Known i Actress, Coming J x EY MILLS. k City, who will appear here as RosaChautauqua, has for many years init Players. She is thoroughly experin portrayal?. nly, charming, capricious?everything rture of this delightful heroine. vy ucautj, aticii^Lii, lutciu^riiLc auu anally strong cast of Ben Greet Pity* ure a suggestion, because you might :onsider me an extremist. Under the iresent law, the seller?and thereby mean the manipulator?has ten opions and the purchaser has none, lence there is a continuous stream of elling and the price is pushed down :S regularly and as successfully as vater running over a dam. I introluced an amendment to this law and ad a hearing on it, but was not able o get it passed at the last session, iut hope to do so at the next. It is oo long a story to cover in a letter. No Help in Tariff. .-"Some think the revenue tariff law fould help the producer, but the law /hich passed congress the other day, rtuch was vetoed by the president, owever, would have increased the ost of living on our people and rould have been a great burden on he South instead of a relief. I 'beeve, however, that raw material hould be properly protected In case ? <? i 1 J _ T_^ re protect manuiaciurea gooas. m ther words, the laws should be equal nd just. I am still of the opinion hat the democratic doctrine-fchat taiff for revenue only is the right ourse for us to pursue?and especilly at this particular time. As you now, the exchange of the world is t the lowest point in history. Thereore, the people of the various forign countries have not the cash with rhich to buy our commodities, and if bey are not allowed to export their rcducts in kind, to my mind, which hey so badly need?and a surplus f which we have. "To my mind, the greatest thing to e desired is for the reparation comlission and Germany to agree upon he amount of indemnity and let the Germans go to work in earnest. This ? the mudsill of future, business a?d rosperity and business will not be tabilized until after this has been ccomplished. "I feel it is incumbent upon the anks, the land owners, the mer-. hants. and whoever furnishes money or production to advise, aid, encourge, request and do everything in his r her power to get the people to ave our farms self supporting. If le farmer does not prosper, none of s can. "I have also had a long conference nth the secretary of the treasury, Ir. Mellon, and he is considering enouraging more intimate trade with Jermany. The former secretary took he position that since we are still in technical state of war, it is not adisable for or people to extend credit o the Germans. In this position I hink he is entirely wrong, and I hope hat a different ruling will be forthoming ere long. "It is my earnest desire to see forign markets created immediately for iot only our raw materials but also or our manufactured goods and I hall continue my efforts along this ine until something concrete and vorth having results." ATTENDING TO THE rt-rtirii rn I AWC HI TC (MP QQ u i nc.iv r E.i.l.V/ ti -j There is a class of people parading ip and down the earth, full of wonler and amazement?always wonderng what is going to become of the ther fellow. You can't have a five minutes' chat I with them until they begin to reciti all they know about the other fellow': financial standing and often show ; desire to know to great deal more. To make it more convenient fo them I have been thinking it migh be a good idea to petition the govern or of the state to call an extra ses sion of the legislature to enact a lav ' providing for the appointment of on< j or two recorders in each town fo i the sole purpose of making a full rec ord of everv man. woman and chil< who comes in town from the county And anyone who fails to make a ful entry of their business shall be pun ished to the full extent of the law whatever the penalty might be. Thosi records shall be an open document fo the benefit of all those who are curi ous to know the inside of the othe: fellow's business. The report shall be somewhat a; follows: How much money you have ant whom you owe it to. If you have obtained any new cred if \JL-Vtn did von vpt it. from and wha' kind of papers you gave. f you have failed to f?et creli who did you ask and why did the\ refuse to credit you. If you have failed to sign th< pledge to reduce the cotton acreag* one-third. State the reason. State now mucn corn, potatoes peas, pindars, cabbage, watermelons and pumpkins you intend plantinj for sale this year. Also state if you are going to ge' any fertilizers this year and whon you bought it from, and what kiiu v of papers you gave. If you have paid for the guano yoi used last year, if not state why. New, gentle reader, don't yoi think such an arrangement would b< just splendid for those wandering souls? Oh, what a mighty state of unresl it is to keep right up in pace wit? the other fellow's business! But i1 your object in watching your neigh bor's business is to improve upon his methods, that is well good. Bui if it is for the purpos~e"of gossip, sc as 'to fit you for telling every persor you meet, you had better lay dowr that idea right now and stop worty ing and begin to set yourself straight Your neighbor mayii|pt be willing f-n liis eotton "acreage. Bui that is his mistake. H^may not set the necessity of keeping out of debt But don't you be worried about that unless you have a finger in running the business. It is .notour neighbor who counts on paying your bills And stop grieving ov|t the idea oi your neighbor's barns, cribs and store houses being eiffty and that he and his family may come to wani next fall. Try and fill your own. And keep your tongue out of youi * Cornedj m ??nn4 w i lhe ss 1 " H( ^ By *Booth Tarkington I NewY It Thrilling situ* humor and cle this play an exc lar Oiantai I* SIXTH Redpath ( KS1 * H Just One of 1! ||j SEASON TICKETS $ li^^^BREDPATH CI Chautauqua * -m 1 April e i neighbor's business. If you have P 5 anything to give to the needy, give a it with a cheerful heart and the j Lord will deliver you up in time of j? ; trouble. d t| * I ..nT-<or^ rtn rum CPTT! CUCMT I . INUI1L-JC- KJr rinnL, . - Notice is hereby given that the un- d ; I dersigned will make final settlement ' [ of the estate of Godfrey Harman, J: deceased, in the Probate Court for r j Newberry County, South Carolina, p, . j on Monday, the fourth day of I! April, 1921, at 11 o'clock in the n I- __ ti : 0 . I iorenoon ami win liinncuidic^ urcit]! after apply to the said Court for let- e j ters dismissory. All parties indebted b " I to the said estate will make immedi- ? >!ate payment. All parties holding ^ 2 [ claims against said estate will present 3 r J the same, proved as required by law, c . ; to the undersigned or their attorneys, j Blease & Blease, Newberry, S. C., 3 I by said time, and all claims not pre- j sented will be forever barred. 31 HARRIET F. HARMAN, MOLLIE HARMAN, b . 1 Executrices. u 1 THOMAS J. HARMAN, ii GODFREY D. HARMAN, b . j J. W. HARMAN, c i executors. t Newberrvi S. C., 1< March 1, 1921 r t ltaw4t t , ? 4 Rub-My-Tism relieves Rheumatism, a Neuralgia, Sprains.?Adv. ^ i ???? ?H a : Do You R Cat LDJWM : like Castor Oil? : then why make them J take it? Why cling to the old idea that a medi3 cine must be unpleasant t in order to be good? ; Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets TASTE I0E CANDY ACT LIKE MAGIC The best authorities say > that their main ingrer client /'accelerates the peristalsis in the same way as castor oil." Good for childreh and t adults. Get a box at your drug store* nuaummmmmmfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaamm ? ; Ian from 1 )me" I and Harry Leon Wilson g ork Cast 1 j mi i M itions, bubbling ? ver acting make ji optionally popu- || aqua feature. j| 1 p : NIGHT i Chautauqua g 7 Big Attractions ? 2.75, PLUS 10% TAX | HAUTAUQUAES^gg?l i Week Here 19-26 \. NOTICE TO VACANT LOT OWNERS. If your vacant lots are not already onnectecl up with the city water >ipes, you are urged to have this lone before the streets are paved; or then it would be impossible for ome years. Please call at the city water works lepartment for further information. H. W. SCHUMPERT, Superintendent. JOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that I will nake a final settlement of the estate | f Mary Elizabeth Bushardt, deceas- j 'd, in the office of the Judge of Pro- j ate for Newberry county, S. C., at j 1 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday,'April !0th, 1921, and immediately there-' fter apply for a discharge as Exeutor of said Estate. OLIN B. CANNON, Executor. -larch 18th, 1921. BIDS INVITED The Highway Commission of Newierry county will receive sealed bids ntil March 31, 1921, for the followng supplies to be delivered at Newierry, S. C., from time to time, as i f x. T..i i 1 Am i . auea ior, up to juiy i, i?^i, ana m he approximate amounts shown be3vv. Only bids on all items will be eceived. Contract to be awarded to he lowest responsible bidder on April th. Right reserved to reject any and 11 bids. 4When the I the medicine f< she has more f< l/nau7c U7A marl nuu fvg *? v iaium scription. She this pharmacy Purity, Str Acci are assured. P 11 ? i and help the u house by bring scriptions here. ? Mayes Di Newberry, To All Driver* ( Vehi Notice 18 liereb^ ordinance requii these vehicles a "muffler" so the noise made of the engine, strictly enforced March 18th, 192 E. L. RODE 300 bushels feed corn. 300 bushels feed oats. ! 10 tons No. 1 Timothy hay. 1400 pounds fat back. 8 barrels first patent flour in sacks. 40 gallons Karo molasses. 40 pounds Luzianne coffee. 15 bushels field peas. 25 pounds rib bacon. 200 pounds table salt. 2 cases cooking soda. 60 bushels corn meal. 2 cases pink salmon. 2 cases tripe. * 100 pounds Brown Mule tobacco. 250 pounds granulated sugar. 100 pounds ham. i 50 pounds compound lard. I 25 pairs work shoes. J 10 kegs nails?40's and 60's. I A noivo ca/>1/q I -2 uv/^vu yui i o mviA ouvao. 12 boxes 5 cent pepper. 4 dozen pairs of mule shoes. 8 tons 16 per cent acid. 1 dozen Ames road shovels. 6 cases Octagon soajp. .30 pounds whole jrrain rice. 5 pounds Royal Baking powder. 1 case concentrated lye. 100 pounds plows. 1-2 dozen hoes. 1-2 dozen heel bolts. 1-2 dozen plow lines. 1-2 dozen devices. 2 dozen large size boxes matches. 1 barrel lime. 1 ton cotton seed meal. GEO. P. BOULWARER, Chairman. 3-22-3t. ... - - t i m \' ; \ y torse Poors ..... ' ? * ' : or the patient iith in it if she e up the preknows that at -> V- , ^ ength and iracy * lease the nur?e lvalid in your ling your pre rug Store South Carolina i i ?? I ??i?? \ h Meter Driven ides f given that the ring that all of 2 provided wiiii as to decrease by the exhaust is going to be ! from this date, * * i. ASPERGER, Chief of Police. j