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Section One .SetoOn pages 1 to 1 Pg t 2 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1920 NO.5 APPROPRIATION MADE TO COMBAT WEEVIL Urged by Governor in Special Mes sage to the House. SENATE FAVORS MEASURE Money to Be Used by Extension De partment of Clemson College in Fight. -7 Columbia, Feb. 3.--Governor Coop er tonight transmitted a special mes sage in which he urged that an ap propriation be made to the extension department of Clemson College to minimize the ravages of the boll weevil. The Senate, last Friday night short ly before adjournment, adopted a con eurernt resolution without a dissent ing vote, pledging the vote of the up per body for an appropriation of $150,000 for that purpose. The text of the Governor's message reads: "Some days ago the Senate by a res olution expressed itself as favoring an appropriation of $150,000 to be used in combating teb boll weevil in this State. As all revenue measures must originate in the House of Representa tives, I address this .nessage to you, and urge that you make an appropria tion to minimize the effects of the cot. ton parasite. . assume the sum ap uroved b ythe Senate is a proper sum though I have not examined closely into this phase of the question. Do Not ('lose Eyes "It is not the part of wisdom to close our eyes to a situation such as that which now confronts us. We know, from the experience of other States, that the bol lweevil comes to stay ,nnd that radical changes in agri culture are essential if direful results are to be avoided. Our only chance to miss very serious economic and social distress resulting is to conduct now a systematic and comprehensive cam paign of education. It will he foolish of us if we do not heed the advice which comes from sections long since ihfested by the weevil, and it will be inexcusable on our part if we do not. profit by the experience of others. Wi must diversify our :triculture; other wise the faimer, merchant, banker and all others will be called upon to suffer unwarranted hardships, hon ship l that could, with a little foresighit. and preparation, be etcaped. "In this day of st rangulation of the cotol gnower we must turn to ('len bon College and tao other ag'encies for aISss.tantce. ('lemson is our mnost atu (lt ritattive coulrse' of agricullturatl in formation, and the advice of that i stituitiol is Ilia t we pri'n-'ur'e Il str"V ites of ex pirt s to inst ret is in nit - f'rs pertaining. to the l iversit ion, :1m1 to glrowing ioittol in sptitei of 1il' weevil. I arn willing, and I atn suret' you :r'.. to t rul-t :any necesar nuni' 1) to CIemsin C l-Ige to bh expebnd for the good o the ii Stateit. cnt year he favotrabh-lt thelii wt'tvil we mayi1 e'xpetii hbinage, ais fari inorth :i Coluiii i a. Theii w.te':il will :a n c e. until tir::illy thei whlole Stalt is if fected. Tist has beeni the expeiencie~t frus lto thinl: iur will he a diiffer vettit dleprectia iont of landl valuti. t he imigrt' io of a or l tedur' in teft in corie, a nd tI h e ge . di t resl it hat the expe'iri- if ll inf stedl Stat-s id lit n i n t~i ii\('st in::t loutn by noinelist ea listsi "Mfoine' w isetly expeed~i f'ora nyi elral b-ilut forV ig twhin ur tire r S t he.. he tilt' lito ge't' the upper ifwd shonht seemain ing o t'gvi in th f aci ohe. tat th i featoici'f pl(antd e cot'U'lon i ieropint-O man, have dN aone the thing whtich Clemison hopes to teach u.1 t~o do prlovidled the neces saey mannoi'V ii nnnennoprnteod." SUMTER HAS BIG FIRE LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON Large Garage, Three Residences and a Frame Store Building Destroy ed. A spectacular and for a time a very threatening fire occurred on iarvin street between Liberty street and Hampton avenue, yesterday about two V o'clock. The blaze originated in the s old Bradham blacksmith and wheel wright shop on the corner of Hamp ton avenue, which was occupied by c the Consolidated Motor Co., as a sales room and garage. The blaze was small when the alarm was given, but c there was a - high wind blowing and before the water could be turned on the fire was beyond control. The a flames soon spread to the two story house just south of the garage and jumped to the west side of the street to h. one story frame store building b These buildings were burned to the ground and another two story resi- f dence on the east side of Harvin and t one two stork residence on the west side. The residences adjacent -to these, s on both sides of the street were dlam- d aged. t For a time it seemed that all the buildings on this block of Ilarvin street were dboomed an dIthe ware- t houses in the center of the block be- P tween Harvin and Main were in great i danger. The high wind carried blaz ing brands for several blocks and roofs and awnings in South ain. I Liberty and South lIarvin were ig nited several times, but the bucket brigade took care of these small tires and little damage was done. n I The loss is variously estimated be tween thirty and sixty thousand --it is probably nearer the first figure. Eight cars were burned in the gar age - a Roamer. ludson, Huick, Wyl lis-Knight.. Dodge, Ford and two oth- d ers. In addition there was the usual stock of su1pplies in the garage. The I houses boued were occupied by Mr. Cross, Mrs. Lupo and Ilrs. Stewart, all of whom lost the greater part ot' their household ezects. The houses were owned by Knight Bros. Mr. Lu po and George Shadiaressi, respec tively. -Monday's Sumter Item. o .1 -- - - TWO PItSONElS Il I)l' IN W'El. M A)E DI'(GOt l'T 0 t)ssining, N. V., Feb. 3.-- The disap- s pearance last. Sunday of two atutomo-. bile bandits. Alfred Friedlander and p l1rn percival Mc Ionough fromf~ Sing Sing prison, was solved today when they were discovered in at Iligott. atply provisioned, at the north eand of the pirise)i yard. They had been living' int a hole six feet. sqlua rr and almost six feet dec p covere< with hoais over which had been14 placd loose f'arth, topped with sno~w and ice. The onlt rance was al11,o 1,vr4 w\t111 tith1 hustrds :a ld tearth. TIheir lid inyl ),tact was int t'-itycti when-1 wantn I.aw's notice a mtixtn (i f chay iau .ow nar the sp1:1. 'Thirty pt~t lied t I r main it in. hel oll d iu l'ou t f tw14' ort ~tr weekts,4 hoint tha th4 wot' st al1 h p ri iaI idao'wtl 14 n n'h The'y t~ Ii w ire p lc' 1in Pis 'li $Iry ' co n ' EliTORS W'l' 144 T V. a'4i '1141Yli tititofthe iod A l I.it Alili' P l SS't't 5 na vmedli i ia t '[Fnihr' u c~t ti'' fii r e if)' (u't'attin fh retditd pf tet' ryates farot 19s to pri1at isoulacl by Mir. I IIditors 'of the cunt. fwo s e e r4u stud ofth riradpr V. W. JOHNSON VICTIM OF INFUENZA Vm. W. Johnson, Member House Rep resentatives, From This County Dies in Columbia Columbia, February 3..---William Viley Johnson,, of Alcolu aged forty ix, a member of the House of Repre entative from Clarendon county died I a local hopital here shortly after I o'clock tonight of pneumonin,j aused by influenza. The body will be taken to Alcolu amorrow morning, accc.mpanied by a ommittee of members of the House. The deceased is survived by hist ridow, who was Miss Ellie T. A. lodge; four children, one daughter I iss May Johnson, and three sons, ohn, Willie and Theodore; a brother, V. C. Johnson, of Sumter, and two isters, Mrs. E. E. Crow of Fair For st, and Mrs. ,J. II. Carter, of Trenton, 1. C. lie is likewise survived by his Ither, J. C. Johnson, who resides with he family of the deceased. Mir. Johnson was born .lone 5 at ,yd in and attended the country dhools of his native county. Claren on, following farming as a vocation iroughout his life. IHe was married Miss IHotige, of Clarendon County, 1903. Ile was a veteran of the. panish-American war, serving in' hat struggle as first sergeant, ('om any D). Second regiment. South Caro tin volu'iteer infantry. The deceased was e('lected to the louse in 1917 and reeletted in 1919. irvig his four years coiseienti usiv. h was a member of the agriculture. nd claims committee. When Representativ' .ohnson'.; eath was announced in the ihose tio ight about I1 o'clock the boly im lediately adjourned until the morn IV at II o'clock in hontor of his nn'ra ry. Vreaths to accolpa ny the hbidy :as orlered by the Ifouse and1t tle omilittee on aigrli'ulturle. Spe:ther Cothran sele.cted! W 11 V.oodits and W. T. '. So-ott of ( 'aretn on ('ounty, tetmtbers of the deeas d's delegation: 1). .1. S. Ih'rrick of ,exington; C. .1. .Jackson, of Sumter. nl .1. F. Orr tf Oconee, as a comminit I'e t~o accom 1p-m1y the r,-main1s1. ----- --- --- - ..- ... VAiC-: I)lS('TSSION Washinlgtuon, Feb. -. PrIolongedu dIs ussion of dmanIs for increi'astd wag' etwee'n railr:ll a.i ninist ration fli ials :ni representatives if the 2,000. 0( i emploves itf the fe-hi-al cn''tndlled ailroats h:t netti't no t ngible I uilt when the first e'ssionl of the c. )'renc,' ailotnel tonighit. Viile either Director th-'nerall Ilines- nor (t: tlir Ieadh-rs xwohilt make a publi taItement)l enner n~'lt, ing , ( 1 : }a's nego.t) inttitins, it w'as ntditerst..tuit that t' rgIl(ine t thus far1 l~~ h a a IIh- t rv talize i ilti : e iite pr'Iram. D ireto r Genetral liines h:idl n~t resent.edl his prop'osatls in (heir enr, ire wi hen 'ii - , onfe-ren'ceI br k, u p htill Iutomorrow hainglt :4 lpted 09l. xlicy Of he mI-(1 :r -e-ni from al n1 ~ 1 b 0i":n1is :t .telt l):1(ri ''1I ' t t e 1 be'orii ite c nfr - T . :0 ain14istation thusl obltained'' a ' 'compr' l-lii ;e 1"I t ' I; 'I. -tid en i,1 -iti i nem ber x' i di' r - Ii-'T(' I. \ N t (itI xx is la te t- toi It The\ i . r I:,ita t w a inf:rin atda hil xx n 1 ;t-'l-ttla olhod for the urritl~ e n hex Teibsailyi aemogtrea"i w.is 1)ieh "i i Hr'uit htnlt re(i ti y'r aw i t o rnark Ii\ an(i vorb behi ulinfo.''cor i DR. I. M. WOOD PASS[S AWAY Sardinia, Feb. 1.-Dr. I. M. Woods, >ne of the oldest citizens of this part >f the State, was laid to rest at Mid vay Cemetery, near here, Friday, af er a brief illness. Dr. Woods hail >een an invalid for a couple of years, )ut the immediate cause of his death vas probably pneumonia, following tn attack of influenza. )r. Irving McSwain Woods was >ortn in this conunity in 1814. and rxcept for absence at school and col ege lived here all his (lays. In his outh he attended the \leCandless ltassical School, at Camden and later ttended the South Carolina Medical) 'ollege, from which he was graduated vith first honors. )r. Woods served i th" civil wir- with a creditable rec >rd and at. one time commanded a 'otpan.,. 1)r. Wl.ods was a man of very pro unced tid ividuality and independ 'ie of miid. He feared nr one and ,poke boldly whenever the occasion *('quired. IHe was full of energy and n his medical practice covered terri .ory formerly known ns Salem, a rent area of about twenty miles tuare. lie served five terms as a rein her of the house of re presenta ives for Clarendon county an!d declin 'd to continue in public life so that he aiglh t devote himself exclusively to he practice of medicine and the man tgenent of his farm. 1)r. Woods is ut vived by his widow, who is the Lttlghter of ('apt. John J. Mciladdin; I sister, Mrs. M. A. Baker, of this )hrce, and the following' sons and laughters: Dr. W. II. Woo cIs. of ;able, nowv a member of the house! of vepresentatives; .1. .\IeSw.ain \Voods. Im attorney, of Atlhnta; )r. M. R. Woods. <hentist, of Columbia; It. .len ings \oods, of Colionbia; Rion atl -tevensont WFouds, of S:rdinia, M1rs. Edgar Ilart, of Sttne-. :and Miss 1argaret. Woods, of Philadh-lphia. who is an anaesthetist for Dr. D.. Costa if Philadelphia. The entire cintomunit v fels keenly 1he loss of thi't 's pectt) an.1 h tl e i piysician. .\ lC I \lEN'T ('LI)Sl'[) ON (')A I. .I'l .\T1'I N Wa"I:hington, I ch. ,3. W ith colc-lu't. --'" -il'rwo m-nelll 11--.---u-otM il!'tfore the. t l s ike. se"tt(leent com m11 .: n io~ll l hey byl spLokesuin'-p for the iottaNi>s Ail Minte wor''et'. in the i'entttral c ii pttive't tiold, thel f*:ite of the r eiteraited letiands of the wimrkers for a t pi' -enit. in raanw m s:nd :1 :1I hourl wifei w':l ittiueil to the tntl ie. i ionl of the comrii on It:. I'.:o-h ile (, ~ evlr. wa(s f'ranltet i p..rnusu oni t~ )rt'senlt \\jthlln tIv'e da:y-- :1 \\-rjit t'll brief dlisen- sine! the oppomr:in' e'. i 1f'filet'. Ii the ii bim ing st:tein'it r it, ime I nite'tl .\ ine \\'orke: rs, .1.4hn I.. I.'w\is. tiny pre'- i h-t "f th, ori:iis t itn. a tlel ,ll- rebe1 silli : - fl I I'.' r ill millT r t'dmI:v Ilt> nly ha \ n nee but :1: e he . . . " ..b lmie lv io .tl ' t. U~illl! Y it. l. iHl \( \ T t "- '' It*', * .I i t t ' - .\ ' i' . t I . I " i Il '' r.- 1 . I I i it ; '\r . i ! :tiI I't 1" ! : I t .. Ii Ij :i'i ' t rImber ofv I t1 'u h -a . to tile ' t i n i n a 't h~s telim t irti hv im ifi nteartly every nort. in the worl. SOCIALIST ASSEMBL.YMEN SPilIT ON AMERICAN FI,'AG GIRL SAYS "I Think it Is the Duty of Any Ameri can to Take Stand Against. One Who Commnitted ''reason," Says Witness Albany, N. Y., Feb. 3.---A Brooiklyn stenogrn pher, Ellen B. Chive rs, sigh teen, today testified at the Iassembly .iudicitary committee's trial of the fiye suspended Socialist assemb)lymen that she had seen' one of them, Charles Solomon, spit up-n the Ameris'.in flag mt war time. ''here was a hurst of applause from the ero\vdedl chamber when the girl ex pltined that she had volunteere'l her testimony in a letter to Speaker Thad deus F. Sweet "hecause I think it is the duty of any American to take the staind against one who has comniitted reason against their country.'" The girl. prompted by an occa;ional question. told her story in the follow iig words. "I remember that in the summner of i 1917 a detachment of soldiers came to Ninth street and Sixth avenue Brook lyn, for the purpose of calling for vol - unites('- andI they ask~ed Mr. Solomon (who was delivering a street corner adlress) if they might borrow his plat form tir that plurlowi. Mr. Solomon replied: t doit u inyou my phitforni? ' an you rr iw nIy pia tfori ? Ilub , the gutter is goaul eni'agmi fir you. I ou'.sld not ' t. y'uii '.iIl yolrP di'rty feet on it." Keetllp her gal:-.e fixe~d tin SoItlmonr thi girl testitisil that: a few inutes Iat er : i:t l :tine ;thing :nal y i rtyt1I ip fl Star Sp:t;tgled ,anntri'r. h \Mr. .%lomon tiurneI iny his istai itl I '. put sIn his ht.s pullIdi it 1'tr hi y S spat i th e A Iiwrbesau la g .Ind 'h. iirl's .-tor'y totniht bn u,.st fron11 \11. Slinon aii s tt"1-m '!" denv inn that he h:sd in:sii i the r1i rlts at. trihited ti hiI ti. :.r-ti t T I nr in ii life had. le ev r sht n Ian: .its r ii' 1t" "1 t I t i \:- i ilt1 I s "!, g 1 11 i I'la 5 %illU l a t i1 w.': - t5-esi5t5l I :1\ ' ili Mh r tai it N- st itt * I . wI' l Stand indll'erently b whib 'i ()r an: . 1 h t l i'. r' 1in lie.td th .\ t' !1..i th t" " 11:. l : 11 , I t ! '1t" i rt l, itt 1 t 1i ;\ 1 1 "1 1 ' i " Sii oft h 1 o o o 11'bnt Tht' I n '. I e - I - iss u l i st an livwun b \ RMY OFFICER MAKES CHARGES OF WASTE oloneL Wagner Tells of 1': trat Ag a nce. VOI('E OF I')Z( '1'1 -'I' orrtter Director of Operation,, at \1 u:Mcle Shoa lit, Ala., Gives His Testimony. \1 :1;hint"ton, l eh. :;. - Itt cklesi, /:x :t\'t1gant"e in the enastruct.ion of the U\"et"nnlt'IIt nitrate pluut .1 t" \1use1e howls, i\la.. was charged in a report y Col. Fred It, Wagner formerly di ,.(.tor of operations at tilt, plant, Mod xlay with the house war expenditures Inlnlittt"e. ('oltinel Wagner related hut he a11vVeti to he the story of 111:et"ale Shoals built on the rust.-plus Ittn with \\"ar time speet! ar the only 'insittaintion. \\'ith the :trrusatitin that (-\'en in a Ittiurin! 1'Inel'gent'y Il:tt.I'iotIt- i at \tnu; It" tihlrals was fttl'gotten, C'(ilone"t Wag e r told hot': ho had Ilr"ote:=te11 agailist. :1\'inll .:tilO fora portrait. -,f F'r:tttlt S. i':t.'hhttrn, of New York. pr--sident of e :\nteriran Cyanamid I'(tmpany the ultsil!iarv of u'hieh, the Air \itrate : itl'Jt''1",i ion, Iii i! the "-Inetlt 1"otl 1,"t. fu r IIf" ;I I, (it () "tl(I1) Ii r, 1e("t.. 'I'!; Ii} 'si t"it :ll)ter W:ta '.v it it n ul t'I' i{li' t:1ttI:1 11 irf " 1"?:tl'a \'it}"a ll("f" "" itii \i:!stt', int'liiei. nt' ' and irrt i ul"ti 1' I!I:11't I Ili'\ t !ii :Ii"It iililf"i' in tI , h itlt"''.It! ' ltlillt't 4, it ll:It lll'lliiit-,i InltI.,i cif tl:tlnt"i.. 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