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Section One tion 2 Pages 1 to S12.,D R4U 1 1920No.2 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESRAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920 N. HOOY[R W~ILL BACK MOST PROGR[SSIY PARTY Former Food Boss Declares He Is Not a Candidate for Presi dential Nomination. REFUSES TO TAKE DEFINITE STAND i Says "I Am Able to Make Up My } ']Mind When a Subject Is Clearly Defined" 1 New York, Feb. 8.-Herbert Hoover tonight issued a statement defining his attitude toward the Presidency. He anounced that he is not a candidate for the nomination and that no one is authorized to speak for him political- i ly. If the league of natior- ia inade an issue in the election he w vote for the party that stands for t> 'e league. In response to requests tat he declare allegiance to either one or the other of the great political parties, Mr. Hoo ver says he will wait until it more definitely appears what the party man agers stand for, and will exercise, prerogative of American citizenship and decline to pledge my vote blind folded." His statements follow: "In order to answer a large number I of questions all at once, let me em phasize that I have taken a (lay off from the industrial conference in Washington to come to New York solely to attend pressing matters in I connection with the children's relief. I want to again say I have not sougl' and am not seeking the Presidery. I am not a candidate. I have no or ganization.' No one is authorized to speak for me politically. Interested in Situation. 'As an American citizen by birth and of long ancestry I am naturally deeply intc'ested in the present crit ical situation. My sincere and only political desire is that one or both of the great political parties will ap proach the vital issues, which ha e grown out of the war and "are new, with a clear purpose looking to the I welfare of our people and that candi- s dates capable of carrying out this L work should be nominated. L If the theaty goes over to the < P1:didential election (with any reser- i vations necessary to clarify the worlds I mind' that there can lie no infringe- i ment of the safeguards provided by a our constitution and nation-old tra ditions) then I must vote for the party 1 that stands for the league. With it s there is hope, not only of the proven- I tion of war, but also that we can safe- t ly economize in military policies. f There is hope of earlier return of con- L fidences and the economic reconstruc tion of the world. I could not vote with a party if it were dominated by groups who set aside our constitution al guaranties for free speech or free representation with hope to restablish , ' contrCl of the government for-profit c and,! privilege. I could not vote with f Ra party if it were dominated by groups o who hope for aiy form of socialism , whether it.be nationalization of indus. try, or other destructIon of individlualf 'initiative. Both these extr'emes, cam ouflaged or open, are active enough in the country today. Neither o ftheset dlominiations would enable those con structive ecoinmic policies that wvill get us dlown~ from the uinsounid eco nomic practices which of necessity gr'ed out of the wvar nor would theyi secur'e the good wil Ito piroductioni in g our farmeRs andl wor'kers OR mainitain ,, the initiative of our business men. e The issues look forwvard. not back. lieves ia Tow Parties. , "1 (10 not believe in more than two 1: great par'ties. Otherwise, comibinationis C of groups could, as ini Europe, create a danger of minority rule. 1 (d0 be lieve in party organization to support great ideals and to carry great issues andl consistent policies. Nor can any . one man dictate the issues of great parties. It appears t'> meI thait the hope of a great majority Sof our citizens in conifronting this now periodl in Americani life is that the. great par'ties will take positive sides orn the many issues that confront us and will select men whose char'acter anid aissociations wvill guarantee their pledges. \"I am being urged by people in bothI parties to declare my allegiance to either one or the other. Those whoV know me, know that I ami able to make~ up my mind when a subject is clearly J defined. Consequently, until it more a definitely appears what the party man hi ageR's standl for, I must exercise a pre hi rogative of American citIzenship andl i decline to pledge niy vote. 5 )YNAMITE A SURE . STUMP PULLE dlr. F. C. Thomas Writes of H1 S'cess. 7o The Editor of The rimes. Manning, S. C. It is so seklom that the down-tro< len farmer gets hold of anything tha s as good as he expects it to be, an ust about half as good as the pri ie paid for it, would Justify-that m led to ask your indulgenc to allo ne a little space to tell my farms rienno3 just how well I am picasc viih my oxperienee with dynamite i emovi'ig the scattering stumps in m arm.- 1 have used the stump pulle md the shovel and axe, but all c he olk methods are slow and tediou md it would take years to get yot arm free from stumps. About thr vecks ago, I began to use dynamit nd I have cleaned the stumps out c bouit fifty acres of land with fot lien, and I think I have sold rbot nough lightwood to pay for the dyme nite. Now as to the cost of each stun hat differs so much it is hard to sn ust what that would be, but I thin ny stumps will not cost any mot han to dig them out, arter you dedu< he value of the lightwood, and ti lifference in the cost of handling thei and filling up the stump hole. The farmer that sticks to the of >tan of trying to farm with a fourt f his land taken up with stumps wi urely go broke under the weevil cot itions that will surely prevail in th ountry from now on." Let your slogan be, stump yot and; drain your land; make all ti orn, and hay that you can possib: se on your farm, and above all mali s few debts as possile, pay off a he old debts possible," and then y vill be in shape to stand the period tress that we will surely above, t djust ourselves to the boll weev onditions. F'. C. Thomas, Manning, S. C. IOOVER'S RELIEF SHI'S ARRIV Berlin, Saturday Feb. 7.--The plat f Herbert Ihoover for alleviatin ome of the suffering in Polan ,zeeo-Slovakia, Austria and German re nearing completion by the cot tant arrival of ships at. Ilambur taring condensed milk, beans an acon, and, for Jewish beneficiarie ottonseed oil instead of bacon. 'T ood is gradually being piled in th Iamburg store houses and when all < t has arrived careful distribt ion t void illicit trade will be begun. Major Goldsmith, agent of th 1tmerican food relief, who has bee uperintending the operations r Iamburg, has returned to Berlin I ake control of transportation of th oodstuffs, heing succeeded at I [an urg by Francis C. Wickes, formerl ,f the American Relief Comm issio n Belgium. Drafts Against Food. According to Major Goldsmit rafts against the food stores a ready circulating in the Unite tates in multiples of $10. Availabl orms of subscriptions include a $1 ne for Christians' and another of th ime amount for Jews and a $50 sul. eriptionl for Christians a .d anothe or JTews. T1he first provides 24 .1 ounds(1 of wvheat flour, ten p~ounds c ecans, eight ounds(1 (of bacon andI te ns of conidensed mnilk. F"or Jews th 'rovision is the same, excepit thai ne ynllon of c'ottojisced oil is sul. titutedl for the bacon. The $50 subscription for Christian ricludes 140 pounds of' wheatt floui 0 poundsl (of beans, 163 pounds of bn on, 15 pounds oIf lard, 12 p~ounds o ornedl beef and 48 tinis of condense tillk. Tfhe same subscription fo ews eliminates the lard and baco ut includes six gallons (If cottonsee il. STlEERING GEAR F"AJS Charleston, S. C., Feb. 10.-With lhe toering gear dlisabledI the steamshij Vatonwan is helpless in a stroni outhwest breeze, 170 miles southeas f Charleston, accord(ing to report eaching here. T1he steamer Knoxvill, reportedl to be standing by the Wa nwan. Attempts to tow the (disable< essel to this ptort resulted in th, reaking of several tov{ lines, it wva eportedl. 11er position was given a ttitud~e 30 dlegrees 47 minutes norti nd longitudle 77 dlegrees 49 niinute rest. "I am not unappreciative (of th tany kind things that my friend ave adlvancedl on my behalf. Yet ope fthey will realIze my sincerity Ii ot tymng syself to undefined partisan tip. DLL WEEYIL FUND PH' KILLED BY HOUSE Resolution for $150,000 Recently Ap- Not proved by Senate RECOIRD VOTE NO'T TAKEN d Principal Argument Used by Oppon ents Is, it Would le Waste of Bal I Money. Sun ~V (lis{ Columbia, Feb. 9.-The House of xvas d Representatives tonight without a re- H. cord vote quickly sat on and crushed at I the life out of a concurrent resolution idet r pledging the General 'Assembly to of t vote for an appropriation of $150,000 the to be expended under the direction of said t Clemson College extension department u in an effort t~o neutralize the effects cal of the boll weevil. This resolution Ie, i was passed by the Senate two weeks i it ago without a dissenting vote, a ( It was the purpose of Prof. W. W. o\i >, Long, in charge of the extension work obs y and his assistants to produce the tiot' k services of about thirty bool weevil tem. experts and sen them into the in- wvh< fected counties and teach the unskilled idet i farmer, who knew nothing but the' gar planting of cotton, to diversify his crop. The appropriation was not asked by the college, but by the bus mess interests of the State, which 1(1 is m! that the economic fabric of the State is menaceed Ib the advent of the parasite. Ifr The prhic)ipal argument advancedI e against the re:nelution was that it would be a useless waste of money, as there has hein no no"thol found o to eliminate the destructive pest. The and il fundamental element underiyinug the of l request. for the appropriation that of giving scientific instruction in diver sification, was left almost untouched. Debate on the resolution was begs har IE, with the motion of Mr. Owens, o feet Marlboro, to strike out the resolving ' IS words of the measure. diar g Mr. Buckingham, of Aiken who op- cer 1, posed the resolution, referred to the left Y recommendation of Governor Cooper his for some such appropriation, stating a nd g that he thought the executive was ill- the (I advised. dit.i Mr. 'vans of New herr'. thoo' 'hit ste 0 the ntn ey, if :apropr't! ', v-ulI h' '-es, e wasted. . The Mr. Bradford, chairman of the ways and (! and ieans c(omtmitt''e, warned against clos pyramiding appropriations uniile:s the The P General Assembly denired an ex(ces- '".'it1 nt sive levy. IIen t Mr. MAorrison, of Charleston, op- :ai 0 posing the appropriation, was fearful " that. "if twenty-four addit ional denm- nro onstration agents w\'ere put in the fiel I way Y it would rend (lemott College." Ite tha said that the cotton seed oil'interests andl the South Carolina Cotton Seed abeh i'runlet's' Association not Clemson I ht College, was behind the lppropriatiois fair e because the cotton seed oil men want- assi d ed peanuts to crush for oil when sive e they could not get c< tton seed. witl 0 lIe stated that .J. S. Wannamaker of shii e St. Matthews in the presence of sev- iye eral members of the Iouse today, in r discussintig the a ppropriation .i said 'we .' l %1 2 wa'nt tnonte of it.'' f Mr'. Leoparid, of Pickents, likewise a wals olpposedl to the measure ont the( N e grountd that the government hind beetn retst t trying to fintd some meanus of eirad- 'd - icatintg the boill weevil for i'Sxte(' .i ie's yearis and had ntsiucc'teeed yet. thle s Mir. Denniiis, oif D~arlinigton. mrade a plo't -sttrotig lea fot' the tesol utioni. Mr. in ti - L ide of Ma riont, said he would be lby I f afraid to vote aga inst the tesoltiotn, for I atid ntot for political r'easonts, either, t i'e r butt Ott accounit of the ecotoiea cat- 'inv a a('lysmi the SItate faces if the e'ffects sttre Iof the weevil at'e tnt ei'ad ienled. lHe sitor pi(lede wvitht the mieiiber's oif thle stitm Ifouse nt'.)t to bet prtecipitate, but they Ithii wvouIl not Ilisten and~ qicikly adopted acr'te Mr. Owen's motion, which rej' ted the 19 rtresoluttiotn so fat' as this Getiet'al As- the semtbly is c'oncet'ned. vati A ftet' consider'able de(bate the House natm tontigh~t patssedl the l olk bill providinig volv a penlalty aind prleventing chiildrett oif I untder twvelve years (if age to opieraite now t pmotor drtiveni vehicles on the highways atte I oif the State, and sent the measure to falst the Setiate. hy I - -o - - as t t l"EDElRALI INVESTIGATlION acy. Meniph is, Feb. 10t.-Federai investi- N. gation of the (lentils here wvithin thie mion piast five (lays of seven persons, at-!$1 tributed by physicians to b)otitulnus maid poisonting dueW to the eating of ripe nouti olives alleged to have become infected list I with the poisonous biacilli, wvas begun wot I todlay with the ari'ival of an inispector' Wa -fot' the United States donpartment of tou YSICIAN LIVES NEWS Of WILSON hing to Conceal, Declares l)r. Young. VERY MUH1 CliE'TlII Aimore, Feb. 10.-The Baltimore today published a copyrighted atch from Washington in which given an interview with Dr. 11ugh Young of Johns 1Hopkins hospital altimore oi the condition of P'res it Wilson. IDr. 'oung has been one ,he physicians in attendance upon president. Dr. Young, in part, f'oin the very beginning the medi men associated with the Case have er had anything to conceal. When rst saw the president in October, risis ha darisen of such gravity, ng to the development of piostatic :ruction that an emer'geney opera to relieve this situation was con plated, but by a hortuitate and lily unexpected change inl the pres it's condition the obstruction be to disappear. ['he improvement in this respect clh has been steady is now coin e. The pr-esident was organically mil when I saw hint lust, ant I id him not only organically sound n I visited himin last week, but her, all the orgtns were funct.i-mt in a perfectly normal, healthy incr. he presidoent's get oral conlition especially the slight impairment is left arm111 and leg have itproveil e :lowly, it is true, but surely. lily. I'here have been no setbacks. nto 'ward steps, and ruittors to this of. are rubbish. s you know, in October last, we nosed the prel dent's illness is bral thrombosis wit eh aIfected his arm ait leg, but at no time was brain power or the extreme vigor lucidity of his mental processes itt slightest degree abated. This c(on t has from the very first shown a dly, unwavering tendency toward tlut ion and complete :absorption. increasing utility of the left arm leg greatly impaired at first, have Ply fit olwed on this iinprovemiett. president walks sturdily now, mout assistantce and w:ithout. fati And he uses the still slightly im) ed armi11 nore and more every day. \ to his nitt al vigor it, is simply ligious. Indeed, I think in many s the presi'lent is in bettor shape i before the illness came. oi can say that the piesideit is minded mal able bodied and that s giving splendid att:nt ion to af s of state an I that we have every trance that he will become progres Iy more active in these matters I the advent of spring and sun e, which enn not now be long de ,iONS AS GO)A l IN )AlNG~ l.OTl -- ork. -eb. 10. A fter the r todiay of three young mtten (ebarg vithi thle theft of $2,500t in securi. front a imtesse'nge r, the itolice gaivie dlet ails oif what they said was a to steal $5,000i,000 wonthi of bonds single cleaup ul, to be fiollowedl ight to C anatda andio lives otf hiuxuirx the lo~tters;. According to de(te: - who itadei( the ar rests, the plot lvies a "'rig"' of d ishoinest WallI :'t imessenigers. Thle plotters, the v wen'it, wertoIo awnait uint i lar'ge 5 of securities were i'nt ruisted to entro, pool 'htem arid thett (lash ss thle initerrnat inal l ine. Iward J1. Furey, a chatuffeur onte of prisoners,~ has beent undlet'robser In, the pol ice say, ever' 5'ince itis C waIs associattedl with the( case in irng Daivid W. Sullivant mtember hie Cortsolidiated stock exSchiange, under'ii iitment Ott chtarge's of ntptitng to ntegotiate loans wvith secu'rities. Fure'y was describedC~ Pepuity Police C'ommiissionier Lahey be "nmaster'n mind"' int the er :ispir.. seph Gluck, 23, (If Mounit Vernon, . r'., anothter pirisonter, worie a diia - Il r'ing set in platinumit v'aluted at )0. ils brother, Irving Gluck, 19, a full confe'ssiotn the police ant eod, ini which lie stated'( itt the year' he had stolen $2,000,000 hi of biotnds andl secur'ities from street firmst~ and hiad dlisposedl of with thec naistance of his hbr.. (I,. SM ITH DIES AT ORANGEIURG State Warehouse Commissioner Is Ill But a Week. Orangeburg., Feb. 9.-Col. Wattie C (illiard Smith, State warehouse con missioner of South Carolina, died at his home on North Railroad Avenue here at II o'clock this morning after an illness lasting about a week. Cul. S Smith was in good health until about week ago when he was stricken with an attack of influenza developing rapidly into a serious case of pneu mounia. 1" uneral services will be held from St. Paul's Methodist church here to morrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The o funeral services will be conducted by the llev. TI. C. Odell, superintendent of Eipworth Orphanage, assiste 1 by his pastor, I he Rev. G. E. Edwards, and i the Rev. .1. L. MeLees, Mr. Smith's c, long t rime neighbors. i Oratngeburg Commandry No. 9r. r Knights Temiplars will be inl chareye of the sterv ic ''atI the grave. The Active pallbearers will he: W. E. Atkinson, A. L. Dukes. .Tohn (art. 'Thos. V. Dant zler, .1. Stokes Salley W. L. (lover, A. 11. Marchant and A. The honorary pallbearers will be v:-ernor Robert A. Cooper'. and all of I the State oflieors: .1. Smuiter .lore. ('olun:ia; L. A. 'arson, ollohy I llI. ('harl Carroll Sims, Barnwell; 11. 1Folk ::nd G. abank Hamerg, Hai berg; Ex-Gov, rnor 1). C'. Ileyward ('olun-hia; G. W. IHraek.ett, New .ler scy; D4'. T. A. Jeff'ords, It. 11. J)cmiings C. L. :lley, )r. ,1. L. Stokes, Adamt II. id 0hs, .lohn Mi. Sifley, Sumter Sal ley and Ilavelack Eaves. Col. Smith is survived by his widow who b, fore nwr 'riage was Al iss; I.ucia S C. We thersbee, of Willist on, and foui childiren: ilenry G. Smitth. I.a:trange, (G. A.: Whiteford Smith, Lancaster; Jirs. W. .1. iieon, of Anderso n, :nd Ml rs. 11 H. Gieger, of St. Malt'"ws. lie -.vas elected Starte warehouse .'rn .iissioner in 1917 and had served co':tineiiusly since. lie was one of' :1-. bert postedi men upon the subjecI of warehousing and rmnrketing cot t1 in the South. Co. Smith's death at this time is a1 great !Iss to the State and to the cot tin feietrs genterally. Ie hael geaty if" it'v:'lc '-d the warehouse business of tie Ct'te. ('ol. Smith was one of' the) 1! l! eitizens of his counlity atndl r :ate. his f;mmked ability and :i f'enial ptersonn:ity mae ih :i in st of filends throughout, the State to all v"hom his death will comet as a pern ii I Iereavemtelt. lie was a membiler of the Masons, P IKi':hts of Pythias and Elks. ti -----. -ni-- -- -. -It ''O OPEN 1111)5 MON1).\Y Washington, Se. 10. Sale at aut t ion of the 3( former German passen ger liners, for wl:iteh bids were re cently requested but not iccepted, 11 was set for Monday by ('hairm Paine of the shipping board today. The sale will be conducted in Waish igton andl the shipijs wvill be sofbI with fte provisionl thalt they r'emin~ uniili r lie A merican flag antd flhat a certain numbe o11(1(f thiemi may be recalled for armyl\ transpiort sericei' in evenitofn D)OES A NYONE' E(NOW? Wash ington , Feb. 10.- lepresenut a-h Ii v Wingo, D~emocra't, Ar ikansas, deh- al tlare'd in the hiouse' today that "'noly al knowsv.' whierie the Rtepulicaiis stan d it eii universal trainuing"' andI that ft' I Il'epulicanti s thlemselves id not. k now v< wvhe'theri they were following Flor i' i.t'adei' Mondell, an tpponent of uni. a: versal traininig, or Chairman Kahiln ofm the il iitaruy tomiil ttet', n' sulppor'ter I. w -- --0----- at ISSITE IN CAMP'AIGN mii Rich monh, Vai., lFeb 1 A -I T. abodl- II ib:hment of the state pro~hibit ion dt' paritment will lit madeth( ani issuet ini fthe ne(x t polditital ecampatign. A ftler an all - dany wr.'ngle ton the lhil andI at series of a mendmelltnts the st a senafte to- sil niight passed an amendilmentI wih ml l inlIIs fior the abolition of t'eiapart - met't ini 1922. Ni (CHARGE OF Ai)ULT.hERY wi Pt Sumter, IFeb. 10.. Dr~. George S. vi L~ee ai homeopathuie pracititineri whlo Ri luas residled in Sunmter for' several s1 yeai's, was presenited by the grand jury yesterday afternoon on the lia sharge of adultery and was arruested ov )y Denuty Sheriff McKagen. Inc IN DECORATION FUSS ofl%'('sition in Paris. Subject for Yesterd~ay. IN RE,' 1iYlNIE;S SP'EE(C nut Ii C:arol ina (Conlgressmni i and Seniato (. lass A ppeal. Be fore Comnmittee L'3'shig~ ,)4.t Feb.) XV)-I'l (Ie(ti t.011s )0k i 0e\\' turn ttthtV befoi'e thet netitil Of13 (it .115. Wh11. Wans !.1id in con iilstnois hott ' Rei ar Adirjal W ii amt S. Sinis and ai t to ot nmembers otf )iF i'(.ss in l'ttnjs ltuinL the' val, dlis docing to s4.11k (:xt inlquir'ies into iii11i?ts r[1: l V c' '(i'.t a i Laniels le House by li'j resen ta:t i v Byrnes 1 wich it'he l Soth Caroil inai rep 'e:.ti tiv e asso'ete that. 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