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MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1919.. N 22 VOL. xxix _ _3 SEN. LODGE CHEERED BY THE GALLERIES Foreign Relations Chairman Assails League of Nations DEMOCRATS ARE HISSED) Vice President Twice Threatens to Clear the Galleries Unless Order Preserved. Washington, Aug. 12.-The tra ditional decorum of Senate proce dure was upset today by an unusual demonstration of approval from the galleries following an address by Sen ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, chair man of the foreign relations commit tee, assailing provisions of the league of nations covenant. For more than a minute the gallery spectators applauded and cheered in violation of Senate rules, and then when order had been restored they in terrupted with howls and hisses a speech by Senator Williams, Democrat Mississibpi, in reply to Mr. Lodge. In spite of sharp admonition from the chair there were more hisses mingled with aplause when Senator Hitch cock, Democrat, Nebraska, seconded Senator Williams' speech. Vice-President Marshall made no attempt to check the first demonstra tion until it had begun to die out, but later he twice threatened to clear the galleries unless order was pre.. served. "A Subject Nation." Senator Lodge's address, tiself un interrupted, was aimed chiefly against league provisions which he said would make the United States "a subject nation," and ended with an appeal for the preservation of Americanism. The covenant in its present form, he as serted, would not establish a league of peace but would destroy the Mon roe Doterine and give other nations the power to decide domestic Ameri can questions and to order American troops into foreign service. Senator Williams pitterly assailed the foreign relations chariman, de elaring that in three months of prep aration he had worded his address to serve Republican pblitical ends and to play to the galleries. No Appeal for Rejection. There was no appeal in Senator Lodge's address for rejection of + e league altogether, ,nor was there ai.' mention of the program of reser' tions proposed by seven Republic h senators as a basis of its accept...e It was learned, however, that this pro gram had been discussed with him by some of its sponsors and that con ference of Republicans would be held within a few (lays at which an at tempt will be made to bring the Mas saschusetts Senators and several others into agreement on such a plan. It was understood the reservation group felt they had good grounds for believing that their porposal would be accepted by Mr. Lodge and that enough Republicans could then be lined up to insure success of the move ment should the Democratic leaders give their assent. Tumultuous Session. The uproar in the Senate chamber followyd, an equally tumultuous ses sion of the foreign relations commit tee at which David Hunter Miller, le gal adviser to the league of nations Commission at Versailles, wvas vigor ously questioned by Republican senat era about the genius of the league covenant and the meaning of some of its provisions. Clashes over the man ner of questioning the witness result edl repeatedly in intervention by the chairman to restore ordler. Mr. Miller said he never had seen the "American plan" for a league of nations until it wvas in printed form readyj for submission to the commis sion, and that later the basis of dis cussion by the commission was a com posite plan framed from the drafts of the various nations by himself andl C. P. J. Hurst, a legal attache of the British foreign office. .Son-In-Law of Col. House. Under questlonings the witness said he was a law partner of Gorden Au chincloss, son-in-law of Col. E. M. Houzse,and never had any experience isn international litigation until he was given an appointment in the State De partmnent in 1917. The witness was asked many hypo thetical questions about the operation of the league covenant ar~d his an uswers were objected to several times by SepublJean memberg~ as evasive. On some IOf the questions he reserved judgmentz It was the opinion of committee mom PUT MORE LAND UNDER FENCE Clarendon County needs more live stock on its farms. It needs more livestock not only to make the indi vidual farmer's pocketbook fatter, not only to make the land richer, but for the sake of the County as a whole. The farmer is now up against a very difficult problem; the labor situation, and as there are no signs of abate ment of the labor shortage for a num ber of years something else must be lone. In a few more years the farmer will have another knotty problem to solve. At least it will be knotty for some, when Mr. Boll 'Weevil walks up and knocks on your front door. Will you greet him with a dose of poison gas in the form of arsenite of lead, or will you be growing a variety of crops that Mr. Weevil will not feed on, or will you be one of tne many who will 'be prepared in no way to farm under boll weevil and labor shortage conditions. Washington said, "In time of peace prepare for war.' The farmers of Clarendon County are now at peace with the boll weevil but as everyone has been warned years in advance of the coming of this de structive insect all should be prepar ed. Immediately the question is ask ed, "what can be (lone? What pre caution must be taken, what changes must be made in our system of farm ing so that We can raise large crops Just as we did when we had plenty of labor and no boll weevil ?" There, are several answers to these questions but the first plan and the one that will bring in the most profit is, "Put more land under Pence and Raise more live stock." Again the questions are asked, how much will fence cost? Where can I get it? Where can I get the stock with which to start? How will I be sure it is good stock? Where will I find a mar ket after my stock is grown and fat tened ? How will raising live stock help me under labor shortage condi tions ?. - We will answer the last question first. The farmer who raises live stock will have steady work for his laborers the year round and can af ford to hire and will be able to hire a better class of labor on yearly con tracts than he can hire laborers for only a season. Besides, the farmer whose operations make possible the distribution of the maximum amount of labor throughout the year is in a much stronger position from every standpoint than the one who is com pelled to call in larger numbers of temporary helpers at critical times. Live stock is also a cash crop as well as one that can be used at home. When a farmer takes his stock to mar ket he comes home with a check in his pocket. Again, in live stock rais ing the farmer need only grow the crops and his stock will harvest it. This will save the farmer a large amount of labor not only at harvest t *ne mnd :, lag manure, and at the same time the stock get the neces sary exercise they need to make the best gains. Finally the crops that fatten stock do not fatten boll weevils. Now I have come to what I have been wanting to say over since I started this article. When you want to get more fence, buy live stork, raise live stock and then sell live stock let your County Agent, Clem son College, and the U. S. Depart ment help you. Just Aow I am get ting up an order for a carload of wire fence. The Animal Hustbandry Exten sion Men at Clemson College are get ting prices from various manufactur ers for carload lots. This will give the farmers who wants few or many rods of wire the advantage of the low est price obtainable. Any farmer in Clarendon County can take advantage of this wholesale price by getting in touch with your County Agent. Likewise any one wishing help in selecting, buying, raising or selling live stock can have the help of the County Agent and, the Animal Hus banidry Experts -of Ciemson College andl the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. This fall and winter I am go ing to ship a number of carloads of hogs co-operatively. Any farmer wishing to sell hogs this coming fall and winter- andl in succeedling years, whether he has few or many, one or a hundred, can (do 5o and the man selling oniv a few hogs can then get the samt$orice as the man selling a carloadl. But the big thing to remem ber is that when you have raised your stock you are assured of a market and one that will be too big for Clar endon County to glut. Start now to prepare to give the, boll weevil a warm reception and~ at.u a rofit to yourself. A. M. Musser, County Agent. bers, however, that Mr. Miller wouldl not be recalled andl that no further witnesses wouldl be asked to come be fore the committee in its considera tion of the treaty. Some members want to ask that Col.. House, who is still in Europe, be called to answer qdestions, about the leltgue, but the general expectation is that the p'-o posal will be abandoned because too great a delay would result. Te Republican Senators who have agreed on a reservation program are anxious that the treaty be disposed of' at the earliest possible moment, and It is believed they will, tr-y to impress that sentiment at the forthcoming con ferences with-Senator, .Iodge and others. MUCH INFORMATION CONC[RNING COTTON Secured by the American Cotton As sociation. FROM CENTERS IN NORTH Mass Meeting to Be Held in Early Fall for Recommending Minimum Price. Columbia, Aug. 11.-The following has been given out by the American Cotton Association: "The American Cotton Association through confidential representatives, has been securing inside information from the cotton consuming centers of the North and from the New York exchange for quite some length of time. Much of the information se cured is very valuable. "A mammoth mass meeting will be held in the early fall for the purpose of discussing and recommending a minimum price ior the growing crop based on supply and demand and the comparison in prices of manufactured products and other commodities, also the matter of acreage for the coming year will be seriously considered. The farms will be operated upon a busi ness basis and only such acreage will be planted as, based on supply and demand, will bring a profitable price. Under no condition will the acreage he planted to establish surplus to bear down prices. "After thit meeting confidential in formation, secured as stated abovv, will receive the most careful consid eration and attention of special com mittees, and in all probability a re quest for a special investigation of the flagrant manipulation which has been practiced in the cotton market will be made. As a result of this ma nipulation the South has suffered the loss of millions. "One of the leading bankers from the wealthy Western section recently stated: "We would be delighted to loan money on your cotton, as money as ex tremely easy with us, but it is an ab solute tool for the manipulator, the prices being flagrantly and violently manipulated at his own sweet will, so that cotton is really considered as a gambling product, and in our section of the West it is considered unsafe for handling by the banks. You should do something to stabilize your prices." "Dry goods today, since the break in the price of cotton, are still advanc ing, it being impossible to have or ders filled without delay. It has just been stated that it will be necessary to allot men's underwear on account of the great shortage of the manu factured product. There will be a rec ord breaking demand for cotton. As soon as the pence treaty has been confirmed, the manipulator will be denied one implement that he has used to beat down prices and caused the South fabulous losses, as Germany cannot buy a pound of cotton, even with gold, until the peace treaty has been confirmed. "Experts who are working on the cost of prodluction of the .growvng crop find that it will he the most expen sive crop) ever growvn. One leading expert from the South, Mr. Morrison of Newv Orleans, a recognized author ity, rendjeredl a dletailed statement in cluding every item showing the cost of production of the growing crop), basing middling, of 47 1-2 cents per pound. With the present shortage of labor, the percentage of off-grade cot ton from the growving crop will prob ably break all previous records, as there is certain to be a great deal of trouble andl delay in gathering the growing crop, which will be bound to cause off and low gradle cotton. "Much of the information in p)osses sion of the es.ociation shows that the lawvs of supply andl de(mand are ab solutely ignored. The inflation of the currency which is as unchangeable as the law of gravitation has no bear ing. However, these laws cannot continue to be violatedl, they will .as sert themselves eventually. In addi tion to this watch the condition of the growing crop from August 15 to Sep temnbpr 1, and you ,yill..see record breaking dleterioration.'- The cotton plant in its present condition cannot stan dreverses, neither can we spin' paper cotton, bollies, or cotton cotton, which are included in the published surplus. "The laws of God work slowly but surely. Truth crushed to earth will rise again. These laws canont be ig. nored. True, some manipulators have gor' unpunished' for lo. these many PAXVILLE NEWS NOTES Mr. and Mrs. H. W. ilarvin accom panied by their little sons, John and Gunter left Friday for a week's stay at Sullivan's Island. Miss Eunice Hunter of Bamberg spent last week with her friend Miss Iva Geddings. Mr. Earle Cutter of Charleston spent several (lays of last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Cut ter. Rev. T. B. Owens is on a visit to his family at Chesterfield. He expects to move here by September 1st and will occupy the residence recently vacated by Mr. R. S. Smith. Misses Jessie and Vivian Curtis are back from a trip to Waynesville, Asheville, and Lake Junaluska. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rodgers of Kingstree visited at the home of Mrs. Annie E. Herlong last week. Miss Ethul Corbett and Mrs. T. W. GCnter entertained the members and friends .of their Sunday school classes on Monday afternoon at Eddin's Mill. A tempting lunch was served at sun down. Miss Iva Geddings entertained on Wednesday evening in honor of her house guest, Miss Eunice Hunter. Miss Ruth Martin of Fair Forest is visiting Miss Ettie Corbett near town. Mr. W. P. Corbett, Miss Maggie Corbett, Mrs. John Holladay and children are spending the week at Sullivan's Island. Mr. Walter Brown and Miss Vivla Ridgeway of the Silver community were married on Sunday afternoon at the Pinewood parsonage, by the Rev. A. S. Lesley. They will make their home here with his father. Mr. U. E. Smith of Ujanta has re signed his position as cashier of the newly organized bank here. IIe has accepted a similar ponition at Lake City. Mr. J. N. Brown. Jr., has about completed the remodeling of his home, and will shortly install a lighting sys tem. Miss .Emma Brown is visiting re lat ives in Charleston. Mr. Eddie Griffin has recently pur chased a residence lot from Mr. Henry Curtis and will move his family here for the school term. ATTACKS ON HIGH COST BRING DROP Chicago, Aug. 12.-Concerted at tacks by federal, State and municipal officials on the high c. ::t of living re suited today in lower prices of many articles of produce to Chicago consum ers. It was the first definite benefit to result from the attacks on food profi teers and hoarders. With the decrease in wholesale and retail prices there came a substantial increase in re ceipts of various articles of food. It was said that producers were rushing shipments to the Chicago market in fear of further reduction of prices in the near future and large quantities of supplies were being taken out of cold storage warehouses and offered for sale. Yesterday the first sale of army canned goods at two downtown depart ment stores resulted in the disposal of 60,000 cans of corn and peas at a saving of 80 per cent, over the current retail prices. A budget of household expenses puir porting to show, that $1,918 is the min imum on which a family of five can live for one year was introduced today by Chicago packing house emiaes appearing before Federal JaT.ige Al chuler, federal mnediator, with deC mands for increiased wages. Mrs. Anna McQuillen, who lives neai' the stock yards, and who pre paredl the budget, said it was based on Junie of this. year,. and that living ex penses since then have increased 20 to 30 per' cent. She dleclaredl table costs were cut to the lowest possible figure andl that the amount permitted no luxuries, vacations noi' savings. Pirices last October made the' total cost $1,. 518, it was stated. years ;they may chanige and contiro veit and dodge the laws of man, how ever, remember that they cannot change perlanen t supJ)ply and dlemand nor- can they change permanent infla tion; hence, in the end you are hound to see prices something like what youi' cotton is wvorth, regardless of this hellish manipuiation, and this price is bound to be above any price for which it has sold, certainly since the commencement of the wvar, and in a~l probability, a record-breaking price. Oo not become intimidated, frightened, brow-beaten-we are no cowardls, krpaves or fools and are cer tainly entitle<' o a square deal. The organization of the American Cotton Association is the only guar antee that we will get a square deal, that the future will be protected that Present dlepressed conditions will be operated, tho South will come into its own, and be the mnost prosperous Part of the entire nation. We have just begun to fight--victory is cer taiftr ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS Between the tobacco worm, rain; and strikes the farmer, warehousemar and business man in general have had a tough time this season. Rev. L. B. McCord, pastor of the Presbyterian church is off on his va cation, and that church will be closel for a month. Mr. A. . Barron is putting material on the ground preparatory to build. ing a handsome brick residence, op posite where he now lives. Mr. Shelby Davis has purchased a lot from Mrs. Thames. next to Mr C. N. Sprott, and will likely build al home there in the near future. The friends of Mr. J. A. Weinberg who was operated on in the Columbia hospital, and contracted pneumonia will be glad to know he is improving. Misses Lizzie Roxie and Sallie Dixon of Blackstock and Misses Leila Ethel and Rochelle McLeod of Mc. lBee, are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Patrick. Mrs. D. Hirschmann returned Mon, day from an extended trip to tI Northern markets, where she purchas. ed an up-to-date line of Fall anc Winter goods. The paving contracts have startet to place the rock for the paving, am as soon as the necessa:-y water an sewer connections are made work wil begin in earnest. Mrs. Minnie Barnett has suflicientli recovered from her recent operation ti be discharged from the hospital, am she and her sister, Miss Anni< Loryea are now at Tryon, N. C. foi the rest of the summer. Council should have all of the rag ged awnings, low awvning rods am( signs removed fro ithe sidewalks It is time to beautify the walks whip the roads are being improved. Miss Fannie Weaver left last nighi for a visit with her brother in St Louis. While there Miss Weaver wil attend the fashion pageant whiel takes place, There next week. This i: one of the .rgest fashion shows hel in the United States. There will be a mall route soot from Manning to Suminerton and St Paul. The train passing these tw< places has been so uncertain that th government will start a star rout from here, assuring the people o Summerton and St. Paul a daily mai service. The big sacrifice sale at Abram Department Stores is creating quite a stir amongst shoppers who desire t< get real bargains. At the conclusioi of this sale Mr. Abrams contemplate: remodeling both of his stores. In ad. dition to a new front he will remode the inside, giving him one of the best store rooms in this section of th< State. We have been informed by one of our citizens that he is contemlplatinc nutting up an industry here that wil be a great benefit to the town, and it will take an outlay of about $100,00( to erect the plant. We hope by oi next issue we will he az liberty t( state what this is, and the party con. cerned. A meeting of the farmers, bank ers and business men of Clarendor county will be held in the Court lloust Wednesday, August 20th, at 12 o'clock Among the prominent speakers wit| be Mr. G~eo. R. Wheeler, manager1 (I1 the South Carolina L andowners As. sociat ion. MIr. Wheeler, who is from Charleston, wvill address the meet img on "Getting Readly for the Com-. ng of the lioll 'Weevil" anad "Iinceas ing the 'Taxaible Wealth of t he State of South (Carolina." Thliis prom ises to he an ex-ept ionally interestine mieeting and it. is to be hoped that our c itizens will turn out in force. SOL.IDERRS' HlO'S D)ECLARED) PAL[TRY Washington, A ug. 1 2.---Declaring the $60 war bonus paid toa discharyed soldiers and sailors was "paltry" as compared with $240 paid war work ers Representative Pou, Democrat, of North Carolina, in the llouse todlay asked for non- pa rtisani considerationi of Rlepuiblican and D~emocrats in deal ing with additional bonuses. "'When we deal with the soldiers,' he said, "I hope there wvill be no p)oliti cal (differences. I hope there will be no sparring for political adlvantages. The additional bonds should he large enough to give all discharged soldiers and sailors a good start as civilians." "The watch (dogs" of the treasury, Mr. Pou statedl, would be "horror stricken at the atnount .of the appro priation." ,Justic should be (lone these men at any cost, he said. TO LOOK FOR AVIATORS Marfa, Texas, Aug. 12.-Searching parties were dlespaltchedl today to look for Lieuts. Peterson and Davis, Amer ican army aviator sof El Paso, who are' thought to be lost in. Mem. WANTS BIC SUM FOR FOOD INY[STICATIONS Chairman Murdock Says Funds Au thorized Insufficient TWO BILLS ARE PRESENTED Would Fine Profiteers $10.000; Glass Asks $75,000 for Secret Service. Washington Aug. 12.-An appro)pri ation of $500,000 for investigatio: of the increased cost of living by the federal trade commission was asked of Congress today by Acting (ha man Murdock of the commission in a letter to Speaker Gillette. Funds for the commission alrerdy authorized are insufficient to conclude the pro.. posed inquiry, the letter said. Chairman Murdock, who also is a member of the subcommittee named by Attorney General Palmer to sub mit recommendations for reducing liv ing costs, set forth in his letter that the commission proposed to conduct further investigations as to the pro duction, storage and distribution of foodstuffs with the aim of arriving at figures on the real cost, whole sale and retail prices. So far as known the President has not directed any additional investiga tions but bills are pending in the I House for inquiries into the sugar and shoes industries. For Secret Service. The communication from the cnm mittee chairman reached the House at the close of a day during which both branches of Congress gave mulh at tention to cost of living problems. Ap propriation of $175,000 was asked for the secret service by Secretary Glass, wno asked that in authorizing the appropriation a clauze be insetred to permit the use of toe service op:-ra tives in running down food hoarders and profiteers. 1Two Bills Presented. Hoarding and profiteering were the subject of two measures presented in the House. A bill by Representative Gard, Democrat, Ohio, would provide $10,000 fine or five years' imprison ment for hoarding, profiteering or monopolizing the production of food.. stuffs, fuel or clothing. Representa tive Goodykoontz, Republican, West Virginia, presented a resolution to di rect the judiciary committee to frame legislation to eliminate hoarding and to reduce the amount of currency in circulation Mr. Goodykoontz also in troduced a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to sell the surplus stocks of automobiles and motor trucks. To Regulate Price. Representative Kellar, indepen(ont Republican, introduced a bill to au thorize creation of a national board of conservation headed by the Presi.. ldent and composed of members of the Cabinet, five Senators and t'v(, Representatives wh ich would h'ave power to regulate wholesale and re tail prices of food and clothing. Representat ire l-'essx, Republier-n, Ohio, discussing the high cost of liv. ing in the I louse decla red that ger eranmnt wastefulness during the war and at present in cont inuing many wrar-createdl agencies largely was ire sponsiblle for the existing si tuat ion. Senator Mc KelhIari, D~emoc rat, Te'nines see, appiearing before the Hlouse ag riculture committee, preic tedl organ izedl ohposition on the Part of the packing industry to any legisla tion to regulate (cold storage amc i lit ies. (Comiing I 'p Again Today. IThe cost of living question will be brought up agaiin tomoirow on the floor of the Senate with prepared ad dresses by Senator McKellar and Sen. ator1 ReedI, D~emocrat, MIissouri. The two addresses probably will giv e rise to co'nsiderable dlebate. Althbough no announicemnt was mnade( by the Department of Just ice today regardling its efforts to bring living e'xpenses dowvn to a level with the average mian's pocketbook, it was undlerstoodl that the activities already dlirected were progressing with the department's representatives hard at work in all parts of 1.he country. CARlS DESTROYED) BY FIRE* Camdlen, N. ,J., Aug. l2.--Twenty one trolley cars were destroyed in a fire todlay that swept the barn of the Public Service Railway Company. The total loss will reach $300,000. The fire started,. undcimno th a car :., e ba.