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Section One(jfg jhSetoOn Pages 1 to 16 Pae ito 1 'OL. XXXIX MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1919. N.4 SUPERVISOR TAKES EXCEPTIONS TO THE TIMES CRITICISMS Editor of The Manning Times, Manning, S. C. Dear Sir: In the past two years, you have made your mean little thursts at me, through your paper, that I think has been unfair; -and uncalled for. If you have ever made a favorable comment, I have failed to see or hear of it. Officially we have ignored your comments, hoping that you would see that it was injurious to any progres sive movement, to continually find fault, never give credit, when deserv ed or a remedy for an apparent evil. Patience has failed to be a virture and in the future we expect to hit back, With the sole purpose of getting better roads-roads; roads, roads, will be my text, preached from any sub. ject you may inject into it. We have a clear conscience; and can prove a clean record. I have done my best with the funds available, and have nc apoligies to make for what I have or have not done. It takes money to do things, and we have a law that covers the situa tion thus, Section No. 14, Act No. 352 1918, It shall be unlawful for the couritj Board of Commissioners, or any member thereof, to create by con tract, express or implied, any obliga tion against the county which with the obligations then existing and chargable to any particular item of approp- ation, shall exceed the amount specifics. fly appropriated therefor Should the county Board of Commis sioners, or any member thereof, vio late the provisions of the paragraph next preceding in this section, the said claim resulting therefrom shall be declared null and void as against the county and the officer offending shall be held responsible to the claim ant therefor, upon his official bond. Section No. 6, Act No. 65, 1919 All taxes levied and collected within any of the said districts for road and bridge purposes by law of force or hereafter enacted shall be nlaced tc the credit by the. County Treasurer of the district from which it is collect ed and expended for said district. This is the law, and I have no objections to it? But I do object to being blam ed for not keeping the roads and bride-es in iiret class condition. There is 406 lin. feet of bridging on Black River near Manning, the total collect ed for district No. 9, and 27 which covers these bridges would not build one half of them with wood. When I took charge in 1917 the County owed $40,000.00 (Exclusive of bonds) and had been run in debt in a few years, to the extent that $30,000. 00 floating debt bonds had been is sued. The $40,000.00 unpaid clanre had to be paid, there was 300 people, including you, that were clamoring for theirs Up to March the 15th, 1917, the end of the tax collecting period for 1916-17 there was paid in and available for this debt $24,000.00 All of which was used. From a busi ness standnoint I passed through a small Hell before the debt was settled. And my administration received its first black eye, (In the estimation of some) so much for that. We had nothing to pay current ex penses with in 1917, except borrowed money ,nnd would not have any, un til the 1917-18 taxes were paid in. COTTON WARE ASSOCI The citizens of Clarendlon were in. hvited to a mass meeting held in the court house last Friday night, to dlis cuss the cotton situation. A goodly number responded to the call, and those that were fortunate to be here, heard two fine addresses by Rev. Rice and Hon. L. D. Jennings, both o1 Sumter. Dr. Rice was the first speaker andl he made a forceful tall< gn the holding of cotton for a living price. He also toldl several joker which kept the crowd in good humor Mr. Jennings followed Dr. Rice andI ~for aicsut two hours helud his audience spell bound on the organization of th-! American Cotton Association. He said this was a big undertaking, but by being organized the South could handle its owvn affairs without the dictation of the North. He said, the South had been bled and robbed for the past fifty years andl it was timc for an awakening. Mr. Jenningi spoke with much earnestness, andl the people seemed to appreciate what he saidl. Clarendon must raise $200, 000 to take care of the distress cotton. so as to keep it off the market, and by so doing the South will get the price they ask, 36 cents per pound. aAfter his talk subscriptions for thir ,orp oration were solicited and about $80,000 raised that night. We under staned the balance of the $200,000 har since been practically pledged. None of this money willl be called for un less 60 per cent of the counties in the cotton growing States come in. At the conclusion of the meeting the following resolutions were offered by Mr. F. C. Thomas and adopted: WHEREAS cotton hes been pro. dlucedl in the South for man years and ,iod at prices not yielding fair returne bor_ and capital invested; and NoWk)REAS there is in course of formation an organization to secure to the growers of cotton prices that will yieldi to the laborers and their families those elementary benefits oi The 1916 flood had left the roads and bridges in bad condition, and there was quite a clamor for improvements. In the face of such impossible con ditions, we the Commissioners made a covenant with each other ,that we would manage the county's business so that it would be on a cash basis before the end of our term. All claims during our administration up to Oct. the 1st 1919, will be paid out of the regular tax income of the county, and we expect to have a small balance. This means that we have run the county two years and nine months, on a two year income. We are strictly on a cash basis. For this we should receive a favorable comment? (Even from you.) Clarendon county's paper issued from this office, is now accepted, and honored, wherever pre sented. Did it cost us anything to get these results? What would you say? My salary is $1,2^0.00 per year. Of this I used for expenses in connection with county work in 1917 and 1918, $815.00 this left me net from the two years salary $1,585.00. If I had not have had an income to support my family, I necessarily would have had to resign the office. The above.- is some things that we have done for the county. What have you (lone? In 1917, we called for bids for the public printing, The Herald was then in force, and had been for a few years. Your bid was $75.00, and theirs $50.00 per year. Of course it was given to them. In 1919, the Herald had been bought by you, there was no other paper but yours, and your bid was $225.00 we had no redress; and you took advan tage of the County, the very first op portunity you had. If the citizens of Clarendon County, prefer your kind of service. to mine. they are welcome to it? But they will have to say so, before I will believe it. Yours very truly, J. E. KELLY. CAN'T CET ALONG WITHOUT THE TIMES Editor Manning Times. My Dear Sir: Please send my paper to Brookneal, Va., I am getting hungry for home news. I am selling tobacco right along and prices are higher than I ever saw them for the grade in my life. Farmers are simply delighted. How is cotton selling with you all? I hope it will boom and help the boys out that have been hit so hard by poor seasons. Make good preparation for a bright tobacco crop another year. I feel sure it will pay well. Yours truly, R. D. Cothran. MEXICO DENIES REPORT Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 30.-Governor Adolfo de la Huerta, of Sonora, re ceived a telegram from Mexico City today authorizing him officially to deny the report received by El. Nac cional, a new Mexican paper publish ed ni Paso, that President Carranza has ordered United States aviators fired upon should they cross the Mexican border. -n Merchantville, N. .1., Sept. 30. James Whiting, the ..egro who is aleged to have assaulted a white wo man of this place an- for whom a posse had been scouring the country side since yesterday afternoon, was captured tonight along liancocas creek near Mount Holly. He was lock ed up in the Mount Holly jail. HOUSING ATION FORMED good roads, goodl housing, primary edlucation, 6te., which are comprehend eel by the term the American standard of living: and WHTEREAS. during the period be fore The Southern Cotton Growvers Association and the various corpora tions to buy distress cotton can func tion the circumstances will call for the sympathetic and unted effort of all the business interests of the South, therefore be it RESOLVED) that banks and other institutions of credit be urged to give every possible accommodlation to growers of cotton whose obligations cannot be met wvithout sacrificing their holdings and that loans be not called, nor credit dleniedl so long as market quotations on cotton are below the estimated cost of production and fair profit as dleclalred by the Southern Cotton Association to constitute a fair urice: RESOLVED, further farmers, bank ers merchants and al omher interested in the development and prosperity of Clarendon County be not merely in vitedI to join the Southern Cotton As sociation, but urged to take stock in the cotton purchasing corporation to give evidence to the business wvorld th~t the cotton interests arc not only determined to have fair and adequate nrices but that the cotton growers themselves are investing their money in this corooration. RESOLVED, further, that every farmer regaird this as a business pro position affectimer him individually anid that he feel it ns an obligation to himself, to his family, and to his fel.. low farmers to join the Cotton Asso ciation at once and take stock in this the Cotton Corporation being assured that every dollar invested will yield large returns in dividends and im proved prices and conditions; and that if the farmers fail to give this their united and liberal support cotton prices must forever remain the play thing of the punatoin. MILL MAN ADMITS PRICE IS TOO LOW Could Pay Fifty Cents for Cotton, He Says AND MAKE LARGE PROFIT Manufacturer Writes Wannamaker Farmers Should Sit Steady and Hold. Columbia, Sept. 30.-"As president i of the American Cotton Association, I I appeal to the cotton producers to N hold their coton for the minimum t price," said J. Skottowe Wannamaker t in an appeal issued yesterday to the t farmers of the South. "If you sell at I present prices you are selling below the cost of production, you are helping those who are fighting against us and I you are shouldering an unnecessary loss. Stand by the South." Mr. Wannamaker at the same time I made public the following letter which he said he had received from one of 1 the largest manufacturers of the South: Could Pay 50 Cents. "Have just closed an order for around three million yards of cloth. I Could have sold a much larger order i had I deemed it wise to do so. How ever, am convinced that we will see much higher prices in all commodities and manufactured prod RI-t. Based upon the price at which we sold this cloth, I could pay fifty cents per pound for cotton, basis middling, and still make an enormous profit. However, it is but natural that we buy the cot ton as cheaply as possible. You, of course, realize the fact that the South ern manufacturer does not set the price for cotton, but buys it at the priee set elsewhere. I am a Southern man, vitally interested in all that goes to the upbuilding of the South. I be lieve in a square deal; for this reason I am giving you this information. "It is gradually dawning upon le gitimate trade that the statistics issued by your department were con- 1 servative, that your statement on sur plus as carried over on August 1 was i conservative. The surplus carried over on August 1, as shown by several dif ferent firms and individuals, included 1 an enormous amount of unspinnable I cotton. The Southern manufacturer is glad to see the producer get. a high 1 prin" for his cotton. 1 "The producer is fighting against fearful oddls. However, on his side are the facts, figures and statistics, and we feel convinced that he is going 1 to win. A much higher price for cot- I ton is inevitable once competition 1 enters the market. Remember that Europe is bare of cotton and cotton t tools: remember that the English are the shrewdest traders in the world They will never consent to lose their i enormous cotton business: von can rest assured that exports will be lim ited only by the supply, and the sup ply of raw cotton will not fill the demand. With this information it would seem that it would be the part of wisdom for the producer to sit I steady and hold his cotton for the nin imum price recommended by your as sociation, which. of course, we under stand is only a temporary price based upon a market without competition, and not based upon the price of the manufactured product. "I am buying my raw cotton now, as I feel convinced I will never have the opportunity to buy it as cheap again, I and I am convinced that once the man ufacturing interests understand the true condition there will be a scramble to fill their wants from the inade quate supply." 0o - CIIC LEAGUE HOLDS flRSI [ALL M[[INC Now that the fall is approaching. the member-s of the Manning Civic League have had their first meeting, after a rest th-ough out the summer months, which rest has added to their store of energy, and~ tne League has set to work in earnest, and proposes to have a most successft. year, full of hard wvork and ac-complish ment of all und~ertakings; which has always been the result of the Leagues many years of experience. Trhe finances of the League were looked into, and found to be in good -enoigh condlition to warrent the pur chasing of more apparatus for- the play ground, wvhich the sec-retary- w-'s instructedl to ord(er at once, and whien will be erectedl as soon as it arrives, This will add gr-eatly to the pleasur-e of our young folks, we are sur-e, as thec apparatus al ready installed by the League has afforded the younger sets much enjoyment. The secretary was also instructed to forward a contribu tion of $10.00 to Mrs. W. M. Catheast of Columbia for the Rescue hlome Or phanage, andl all members, as well as all others who ar-e iunteirested in this home and its work are earnestly re (;uestedl to save all tin foil Possible andl turn in to Mrs. J1. A. Weinbherg, who will forward saime to Mrs Cath cart, to be sold and the p~roceeds there from us'd to add to the comfort of the inmates of this home. The League then adljournedl to meet again on Octo b'er 20th. o0*-- - Honolulu, Sept. 30. (Fly the Asso- I : inted Press.)-Two ranch homes and I much valuable kon forest have been clestroyed by the lava flow fi-rm the I latest eruption of the Volcano of ( Mauna Loa, in the island of Hawaii. I The flow ja apparently thirty miles wide andl is moving rapidlly. It will t probably reach the ocean, thirty miles frm the volann, tinay. . . 2. ..I ANNUAL M[EIING MISSIONARY UNION Auxiliary to Santee Association. Thursday, October 2nd, Friday October 3rd, Manning Bap tist Church. Thursday Oct. 2nd. First Session. 10:30 A. M.-Conference of Executive committee. 11:00 A. M.-Devotional, Mrs. L. K. Sturkie. Greetings. Introduction of Visitors. Roll call of W. M. Societies. Review of year-s work-Asso ciational Supt. Distribution or Apportionment Cards. Awarding of Honor Roll Badges Reports-1. Treasurer. 2. Divisional Presidents. 3. Mission Study Chairman. Appointment of Committees: Nominating Committee. Committee on Time and Place. Committee on Resolutions. Message from Vice President of Division. Offering for Edisto Academy Miss Dora Lide. Thanksgiving Service for Peace Noon Hour-Second Session. 3:00 P. M.-Baptist 75 Million Cam paign. Mrs. Edwin Carpenter. Consecration Service. Mrs. ;has. Cuttino. Third Session. 8:30 P. M.-Address-Rev. E. M. Lightfoot. Collection for expenses. Benediction. Friday, Oct. 3rd.-Fourth Session. 10:00 A. M.-Sunbeam Program-Mrs. H. J. Matthews presiding. Song. Object Lesson from God's Word, How to be a Christian-1 John 2:1-0. Prayer for the salvation of our Sunbeams. Review of Year's Work-Asso ciate Supt.-Mrs. H. J. Mat thews. Distribution of Apportionment cards. Awarding Honor Roll Badges. The child learning Missions: 1. Through Home Training. 2. Through Church Training Miss Hettie White. Exchange of Sunbeam Methods. How to become a W. M. U. Full Graduate. Song.-Prayer. Royal Ambassador Program. Song-I am a Stranger Here. Review of the year's work Associate Supt.-Mrs. T. C. Howle. Distribution of Apportionment Cards. Scripture Reading. Three short papers discussing The Call of the Church to the Boy. 1. How are we to enlist the boy. Sumter Chapter. 2. How -are we to hold the boy Wedgefield Chapter. 3. how are we to use the boy. Clarendon Chapter. Song. Y. W. A. & G. A. Program. As sociate Supt. Piesiding. Song-O Zion Ras-e. Devotional, Psa. 122 and 116: 12-19. Prayer for a revival in the heart of every Leader and every girl. Review of year's work. Distribution of Apportionment Cards. Awarding Honor Roll Badges. Vocal Solo--Miss Kathleen Walsh. Bearers of the Torch 1. A Dedicated Life-Miss Violet Andlrews. 2. Training for Service-Miss Nell Rhame. 3. Do We Thwart God's Plans? Mrs. J. W. Ba-ton. Talk-~ "Opportunity" - The Onen Door to Leadership Miss Dora hide. Song-Am-erien the Beautiful. Offering for Edisto Academy. Fifthlssion. 2:30-Devotional. Rending of the Minutes. Obituary Report. Reports--1. Train ig School-Mrs. 11. P. Cuttino, JTr. 3. Margaret Fund-Mrs. M. WV. Gordon. 4. Pereonal Service--Mrs. R. W. Lide. 5. Ministerial Relief. 7. Hospital. Election of Officers. Report of Comimnttee on Time and Plnce. Renort of Committee on Reso lutions. Adoption of Poicy. Appointment of standing com mittees. Song. Prayer-Adjournment. RtAINEY WINS IN ALABAMA Cadsden. Ala., Sept. 30.--Early in dications tonight are that L. B. Rainey Democratic candidate for Congress man in the Seventh, has carried every county of the dlistrict except Cullman and St. Clair over C. B. Kennamer, Republican, and has been elected. The league of nations was one of the leading issues in the election. Mr. Kennamer having opposed the coven ant as it stood. 3EN. REED CALLS IT "A LEAGUE OF WAR" )eclares Americans Would Bear the Burdens Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 30. uoting from prewar and later speech s of President Wilson, Senator Reed, )emocrat, Missouri, speaking here to ight in opposition to the league of cations, said the President had re ersed his own opinions in order to upport the league proposed, "The American people have been led enerally to believe that the league is ormd for our benefit and that its >urpose is to keep America out of var," said Senator Reed, "As a mat er of fact, the league is formed for he benefit o fother nations, and it is o be maintained largely at the ex >ense of the American people." The President has "convinced him elf that it is the business of Amer can statesmen to sacrifice America in the altar of humanity,' he asserted. 2eferring to Mr. Wilson remark at leno during his recent tour, that he vanted "to get into any kind of trou )le that will help liberate mankind, md do not want to be always think ng about my skin or my pocketbook ir my friendships," the Senator said: "The trouble is that it is not the 'resident's skin that is to be sacri iced. It is the skin on the backs of he American people. It is not the President's pocketbook that is to be mptied. It is the pocketbook of 110, )00,000 Americans. "Let me give you a little sample of he kind of sacrifices that are made >y officeholders. The President went >ver to Paris. He took 1,300 men over .vith him. A glass pavilion was built n a great ship beneath which he 'ould promenade. lie asked Congress For $5,000,000 to pay the exper f :his trip. Congress refused expenses proceededl. They mntire hotel for the modes 235.000. They paid launoi, '1 631.583, and yet did not wash . e lirty linen." Citing programs for an army of 509 100, in which he said the administra ice had planned to meet obligations nder the league of nations he said t showed the purpose of the league. "The truth is we are making a eague of war," he declared. "We pro iose to unite with five great nations o control the affairs of the world. rhis requires armies and navies of tremendous magnitude, for the neo 1e of this country will never submit o dictation. What duos the United tates gain from this? She does not teek territories, she does not seek ands. All of her principal associates n the league are grabbing lands and )eople in every quarter of the globe. We pronose to pour our dollars into :he coffers and to pour the blood of ur sons upon the altar of their am )itions. That is what the President s pleased to call sacrifice. 0 TRY TO WRECK TRAIN London, Sept. 29.-(Via Mont real.) Pwo attl1npts to wreck trains running etween London and Brighton by plac ng boulders or the tracks were re >orted today. M ihitary forces are now uarding the line. Strikers in Scotland have blockaded :wo trains. The London and Brighton -ompany dery that 75 per cent of the mngine drivers and firemen of their inc have resumed work. BOLL WEEVIL ] CLARE~ The long heraldd and0( looked for, >ut dIreaded pest, the Boll Weevil has irrivedi in Clarendon C~ount y, arid is 'iow here to stay. Rumors of holl1 veevil being found at different pilaces bhrout the county have neen circulat - ag all summer hut upon Invest igatiing hese rumors I could find no wveevil. I'oday, hiowe'ver, uiponl invest igat ing a uimor three miiles from M annin g I [ound( twoi bll weev'ilI, wvhich woul d niciate, that not necessarily so, that ~here ar~e weevil south o- this poinit in he county, as the boll weevil move nent is North and East. I lowever' lhe wveevil hav ig alIreadiy reached the -oast and isl a nds ad liacent thet move nient is now wholly North. Now that Mr. B. Weevil is here *that will we do wvith himai? Well in he first place let. us NOT do like the Cole in other sect ions have~ done(, .,sit still aind hope he( won't hurt .our cropis and then some morning 'a ke uip andI findl you are' ruined, or ike other's think that t here is still ime( next year ori the year after to 'hange methods of farming and to rrowv dIi ferenit crops. Such a proce Iture will ru in you just as it dIidl many leople, farmners bankers, busines's nern, oil mills, andi gins in other see ions inivadled. It is late e'nough to tart to make the change now hut let is riot warit any longer. Watehful vai irng is not good tactics for this It has been the *'xperiene' in other ections that the toll weevil has in estedl, that after the secondl year land 'alues decreases, business becomes till, bank dleposits grow very small, abhor leaves the country, and many >anks business houses, onil mills anid einis become bankrupt. And you can ook for the same. thing to happen in llarendon County unless everyone incomes thoroughly aroused to the ituation andl all pull together for he common goodl. Cooperation andl >ractical methods of crop rotations in elligtently worked out. is the open HEAVY STORM PREDICTED [OR CAROLINA COAST Great Caution Is the Advice of the Weather Bureau. INTENSITY IS NOT KNOWN Center Is Expected to Pass Nearer to Savannah Than to Charles ton. A storm disturbance of an undeter mined intensity was reported to be moving on the Georgia and South Carolina coast last night by the weather bureau. Just when the cen ter would strike the land was not pre dicted, for information of the dis turbance was meager. Extreme cau tion on the part of shipping was ad vised. The disturbance was reported in the Atlantic Monday, and since then ef forts have been made to learn some-. thing of its nature, but definite re ports have been lacking. It appeared last night that the disturbance was probably of small diameter. From Savannah at 8 o'clock last night a falling barometer and winds of thirty-four miles an hour were re ported. It was believed that the storm center would probably pass nearer to that city than to Charleston. Storm warnings were up yesterday from Fort Monroe to Tybee. The following advisory message was received last night: "Advisory. Disturbance at 8 p. m. still apparently approaching Georgia coast. Some moderately strong winds reported in that vicinity. Little fall in barometer thus far, but extreme aution still advised along Georgia and 'outh Carolina coast. Precautions .gainst possible northeast gales late tonight and on Wednesday are urged." An earlier message was as follows: "Advisory, 4:30 p. m. 3 p. m. reports indicate that Atlantic disturbance is approaching the Georgia or extreme south South Carolina coast, and ap parently moving northwest. Extreme caution advised for shipping in thei vicinity and alone- the Georgia and Carolina coast. Futher advices to might." _0 SIIPYARI) STRIKE AVEIRTED Washington, Sept 30.-The strike of Pacific coast ship yard workers, threatened tomorrow, was believed here tonight to have been averted by an agreement reached after an all day conference by which representa tives of the shipping board and the Navy Department agreed to permit at ceptance by the men of wage increases offered by the ship yards on the West.. ern coast, provided the government would share no part of the ad-litionat expense. BAKING CoMIPANIES FINED Columbia, Ohio. Sept. 3,. - u large Columbus baking compo::i = in dieted August 22 on charges of vol at ing the Valentine anti-trust lw in combining to fix the price of bre:ai, today entered pleas of guilty and were fined $1,000 and costs each assessed a penalty of $50 per day from the day of imdictment, and ordered to reduec the price of bread to what it was be. fore the combination was entered int( NOW IN ;NDON COUNTY sesame to coot inuedl prosp~ei ty and good bank acoun ts under boll 'weevil (condit ions. 'Tle firist quest ion asked now will be, "If we can't grow cotton wvhat can we grow ?"' The answer is, "'You can grow tob'acco, livesto(ck , truck , pea nuts, sweet pot ato(s, (corn, diats vel vet. lbeanus, cowpeas, etc. And here is is whle re you cani get helP from y4our C'ount~y Agent Clemson (Collecre. andl lhe I. S. D~epartmnent. of A gr ionulture. Why not. get your share of the lene. fats of those organ izat ions, aol once you dto you will not omla in about the taxes you have to pay to (iup port them but will woander how in the world they (do so much with such a little hit of money. I will aid yon in cetting tmarkeits~ for the producnts youi rai se, so that. yo need not hol back on that. ai counlt, and1 if every farm in . this count~y raises livestocki for market. do niot. be afraidl that youl are going to, glut the mia rket for the world is pretty la rge after alii. The Mann imr Gi Mill will take every bushel of pea lnuts vou (nn ra ise, and1( you can carry thle result ant pean ut en ke hack andl feed it toi your hogs and not make soft liork . Thla t is once istlnce (if a marknet. for aj podulct you havie in your own counlt y. Likewise, (do aol forget that Manin lg has a co-opera. t ive C'annery and1 it. will take all the veg eta bles and fruit y.ou enni raise. 'The cam11pa in for more Ilivestoc k fore more land unider fenc'e will soon he openeed. This will give farmers anu opport umity of buying woveni wi re fenemiyr barbed wire, echicken wire, etc., at less than half price. This prici is made poibe111( by butying the wire il carload quaintities nnd1( it. is to every farmer's advantage to obtain wire at this time and especially so since the boll weevil is among us.' Mr. Farmer .take advantage of your op portunities and pirosper or accept the consequences. A. M. MUSSER, Cont Agrnt.