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Section One Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920 AMERICANS SA[[ IN JRKISH MOYE All Believed to Have Escaped From' Marash. RETIRE Tb ISLAHIE Commission for Relief in Near East Receives Tidings of Good Cheer. Constantinople, Monday, Feb. 16 By the Associated Press.-The American commission for relief in the Near East today received a message dated Feb ruary .13 from its offices at Adana, Asiatic Turkey, which was construed to mean that all the Americans have escaped from Marash (northeast of Adana and north bf Aleppo) south ward to Islahie, which is on the rail road. The message says: "Information this morning is that the personnel of 2,000 refugees re tired to Islahie with Colonel Normand. There was extreme destitution and many were sick or wounded. There is no information from Aintab or Hadjin. The situation is serious." Maj. David G. Arnold of Providence, R. I., managing director of the Ameri: can commission for relief in the Near East, said today that there were ten American relief workers and six American missionaries at the head quarters of the American board col lege at Marash. The relief workers, he said, were Dr. Mc. Wilson and wife of Boones Hill, Tenn.; Dr. Mar bel Elliott of Benton Harbor, Mich.; Mabey H. Power of North Hero, Vt.; Helen Shultz of Reading, Pa.; Minnie E. Dougherty of Holyoke, Mass.; Frances S. Buckley of Cape Vincent, N. Y. Paul V. Snyder of Plain View, Texas; Evelyn Trostle of McPerson, Kan., and Stanley E. Kerr of Darby, Pa. The missionaries, all of whom are under the American board of missions, - Boston, are: James K. Lyman, Ellen 0. Blantiey, Bessie Hardy, Agnes Sal mond, Inez Lied and Kate E. Ains lee. Constantinople, Monday, Feb. 16 (By the Associated Press.)-There is much uneasines concerning the fate of 20 Americans at Marash, north of, Aleppo, Turkey, in Asia, where a rei-, gon of terror has existed since Jan uary 21. The last word was received from them on February 1, when their food supply was short and the Chris tian refugees were in a state of ter ror. In occupying Cilicia the French troops frequently took over American mission property and schools, which were the best buildings and the easiest 1 to defend. Consequently, the Ameri cans were regarded by the Turks as' Frenchmen. There have been many conflicts between the French occupy ipg the district and the Turks. The 1french are using Armenian and Sene-1 galese troops, which apparently have excited great hostility among the Moslem tribes. Rustem Bey, nationalist delegate; from Angora,, told the correspondent. that .James Perry and Frank S. JTohn-' son, representatives of the American: Y. M. C. A. killed recently near Aitab were mistaken for Frenchmen by na tives, wvho had no grievance against Americans. HeI declared that Ameri cans were not in danger in Anatolia and Cilicia if properly distinguished from the French. Rustem Bley said that the trouble at Marash started through a contro versy between Armenians and Turks, eventually involving the native tribes- 1 men in a siege of the towvn.1 APPEAL FOR RUSSIA VOICED) BY GOMP'ERS New York, Feb. 1'7.-Samuel Gomp ers, presidlent of the American~ Fedler ation of Labor, today appealed to the American people not to "turn their backs on Russia because of opposition to present conditions there." First of all, Mr. Gomipers, said in a statement to the American Central committee for Russia relief, "Russia needs the es-t tablishment of industries which sup-I ply the basic needs of her people." "There is needl for those of us who live where free institutions have been! established to held out a helping hand to the people of Russia in their pres ent plight; they are passing through, a terrible ordeal." the statement read.t "This Is not the time for free Ameri cans to turn aside because we are op pr.sed to what Is transpiring In Rue DOINGS Of OUR COUNTY FARMERS The first Co-operative shipment of hogs made from Clarendon County was shipped last Tuesday from Pine wood. Messrs. J. J. Broughton, J. E. Broughton and George Tinda) made up the car. 106 hogs were loaded. Although this is the first cooperative shipment from Clarendon we do not want it to be the last, this coming fall and winter should see a larger num ber of cars shipped. This method pro vides the farmers with a market for heir surplus stock and a myrket on which you will get the prevailing mar ket price for the grade of hogs ship ped. Don't forget: the boll weevil is still here. Mr. J. Elbert Davis and brother are going to put in a modern dairy on their lfarm a few miles from Mann ning. Plans have already been made and the Davis brothers are now wait ing on materials to commence con struction. This is one of the best things that has happened in Claren Ion for several years and I hope more farmers will soon follow suit. There is not enough milk, butter and cheese ?onsumred in this State and as yet the upply of whole milk is not sufficient or the demand in this State so you see there is a big market for dairy pro lucts. This is also one of the best methods of fighting the boll weevil ind likewise a business that will do t great deal towards increasing pure bred dairy cattle. Fight the boll weevil with dairy 3ows. The business men and farmers in .he Pinewood section are a wide awake bunch, listen here what they are doing. They have already form ul a marketing association in their :ommunity. They are going to build t small ice plant with a cold storage 'oom. The cold storage room will be big help to farmers in the summer ime. A sweet potato storage house vill also be built as well as ware ouses to store peanuts, velvet beans, 'orn and anything else the farmers in hat community will have for sale. 'hese men are working in the right lirection for it is absolutely neces ;ary that facilities be arranged for he marketing of the crops that the armers will now grow instead of so nueh cotton. Mr. Leslie Tindal is )resident of the association. Now verybody boost the association and mll together and you will have no 'cason to regret it. Fight the boll weevil with sweet >otatoes. Mr. Clarence Baggett has fenced nore of his fields where he will plant mnsture crops for his hogs this spring. Jr. Baggett has a fine bunch of pure >red Duroes and it certainly looks rood to see his fields fenced. Fences nake a farm look as if the farmer neans business, that he is not on the >lace just for his heaulth and don't are how much his neighbors stock uln over his fields. Pence your farms t is a big advertisement for any far ner who does. VENCE YOUR :'ARMS I am still busy inoculating hogs. rhose who have asked me to come and rent their hogs will have to be a lit le patient for I am getting around is fast as I can. I have already treat d about 1200 this year. Yesterday had the inmis fortune to lose my id'ld note hook in whtich I had all th'e tmes of farmers who want hogs in culated. If~ anyone finds samne 'round Manning or on the road~ to )avis Station please send it to me. ~Iy name andI addr(ess is stamapedl all >ver the book so that it wil not he iarmd to see wuho it belongs to'. One of th(e things Clar endon e'.. tecially needs is a good Bull A ssocia ion. Such an assocination wvill put the lhir- indnstry on th.. map and put it mn toi stay. It will do more towards retting the members of such an asso intion good .then hetter and in au few rears the best dairy cattle that can >e found. Each mtember can have th( ise of from three to five bulls for the >rice he puts up to help buy one. Each nember can then have the use of mils that now only the big dairymen an afford to buy; the best there is. Phere is nothing to lose in such an as o'intion and the gains have no limit. Phink it over and Italk to your neigh >mr about it. A. M. Musser, County Agent. MUlNICIPAIL TICKET In a letter addressted to The Tlimnes igned "Taxpayer." he suggests the ollowing ticket for Mayor and six \ldermen to be chosen in the town lecton t beheld on A pril1 12: lecio tobeMayor S. J1. SMITH. AlIdermien DR. R. E. BRtOADW A'Y, S. L,. IIUGGINS I. I. APPETLT, .JNO. C. BAGNALJ, IH. C. CUJRTIIS. IH. M. THOMAS The above ticket is merely a sug testion. as we dloubt if the gentlemen inmed have been consulted about the untter SOME VIEW TOBAC OUR TOBACCO MARKET A Discussion of Several Important Phases of Subject. To the Ed: - o' The News and Cou rier: In yoi. -litorial of the 12th you quote Wilmington Morning Star of Tuesday, the 10th. I note that you claim that the Wilmington paper confirms a statement made in The News and Courier of last Monday with reference to the very great advantage the old North State tobacco markets have over the South Carolina markets. I did not read this article; 'am sorry I missed it, and have also misplaced my Monday's paper. I note what the Board of Trade at Rocky Mount has to say in reference to the sales of tobacco made on that market this past season. I haven't the remotest idea but the figures given by Rocky Mount are cor rect. These figures I notice come from the Board of Trade at Rocky Mount. Sales at that place up to February 1, 1920, amounted to 20,727,000 pounds, which sold at an average of $51,56 per hundred. Now getting back to what we had in mind when we started to write, I note after you quoted the Wilmington paper you made some comparisons of the South Carolina and North Carolina markets. You state that in .ruly, Au gust and September, 1919, the South Carolina markets sold 81,123,916 with a money valuation of $8,439.336.74 You also state further that the total figures will exceed that you gave in your editorial by two or three million Mounds. I think in this that you are rliht; I expect probably six or eight million would be nearer it. Now about the average price that you claim we obtained for the South Carolira (rop. You say we averaged 10 cents per l:undrecd pounds or, to be exact, a little over ten dollars per hundred or about one-fifth of what Rocky Mount averaged. You further state that Rocky Mount alone brought approximately as much as the whole 'f South Carolina market or probably more. I do not know where you obtained your information about the price pail for the South Carolina weed, but you certainly are mistaken. If you will get in behind it you will find that we aveiaged, I think, a little more than tw"nty-three dollars per hundred; more than double what you have given us credit for. You refer to the fact that Rocky Mount stays open for months after the gathering and curing has been con l'ieted and that they only closed this '. 'ek. North Carolina. Virginia. Ken tuck y anil all the loose-leaf tobacco emarlets that I know about require thy farmer I grade tobacco before it can be marketed, and this requires lots of time. The people in the States referred to have been ;rowing tobae. (.0 for generat ions. just like we have cotton in South Ca rol in1. The grad mag of tobacco c(oines perfectly natural to them. The farmers get their first load graded out and it goes to the market to sell; before he can sell again he has got to go back home a nd gather his little family about his knees and sit. and grade :nd tie to b:acco for a week or ten dovs before he eann market agiain'. In Virginia nd K'atocky. wher I. usually go in the winter to idio a to baccco warehouse businhess. the f:arim eis have to have grading houses in he groundal. The places are called pits. The t roub'e he has in the gral ing and handling, etc. would make the average man ldown here want to qtuit with t obacco. In Virvgin ia, wh ere Iwar this winter' and last fall, the farmers found it very ha rd. inideedl, to get tobacco graded on aiccounat of the scaricity of labor. Many facrmers neglected the sowing of whe::t amnl the gathering of hiis 'orn :and bay simply beeause he had to gradle his tobacco. Of courise, he did ntot have' to doa this, but hie preferred to grad tobaicc o r ather thana wait anil take a ''hanrce on the prices going dIown o)n him. Now about Ithe dlifferenci' in the valu te of thle tocbacco .grown in t he 'dd bests: This tobacco, as a rule, is betteir for dlomestie use thanr the South1 ('a rolina tobacco. South Carcdlina is l argelyv ex port - I th in k abou ct 75 per' Penlt. We have' man11y girowers in this 1 nd adjoining counties thait grow i real goocd (quality oIf tobiacdco. Many cof them the past seasonui realizedI $6(tt 'icr acre. I cannot see where the Oil NoithI St ate canli 1)ut1 much ovir on po pie of that. kind. andl specially wheni you, take into consiiderat ion that. the farmer ean ma rkc't his tocbacco early -cind without grainig. I t hink if the i "rading question was put tci a votei in South Carolinia tihe fa rmcrs would I vote overwhelmingly against thle adlont ion oif it. I kno)w a good moany of the larger markets in South Caro hina want it. But it woubil put a good mny (If the little markets out of1 b'isiness. as the companie's couild not a fford to keen buyers 0n the small mnarkets for the length of time that it would reouirie t~o gracde the tobiacco crop. I think taking into considlern-I ion that we are more of a coatton-' (erowinlg State than tobacco ve't, we v-oul find that if we were toi adopt t he grad ing (If tobacco it wouilcd in tc'rfere very materially wtth tile gath ermig of our cotton. I am~ dloinig sonic farming myself and am plant-I ing both cotton and tobacco. andl T 1 am perfectly willing that North Caro lina and the other Sitte that ae 3 ON OUR 'O MARKET to grade tobacco before thcy can sel .t get the difference over me for their trouble. I cannot see where we coukd grade tobacco for $5 per hundred in this State now the way labor is, and too the average man knows nothing about grading it. Some fellov: imay say that I take iy position because I want to make this market and a Virginia market too. This is isn't true. I am willing to stay open in South Carolina as long as the companies that buy our tobacct think best to stay open. I think we should stay open until the middle ot September or the first of October. 1 find that the majority of farmers want to get through reasonably early and then give their attention to the gath. ering of cotton and hay crops. You will pardon me for writing at length, as I never know when to quit when writing about tobacco. Ont thing I neglected to mention about last year's crop of tobacco: The wet season in July knocked hundreds o1 thousands of dollars oat of the South Carolina crop, not onlt the growing crop, but the tobacco was brought t< market wet. I bought more than two hundred thousand pounds of this kind and today I have as a result of this high order more than one hundred thousand pounds that spoiled. Thi would not likely have happened ir North Carolina, as the farmers art well up on how much order to let thc weather put into the tobacco.-Mon. ulay's News and Courier. I. I). Cothran, February 16. 1920. Editor of The News and Courier, Charleston, S. C. Dear Sir: I have been interested in reading this morning an article in your paper an "Our Tobacco Market" by my goo.d friend R. D. Cothran. Mr. (othra, is probably one of the best posted to bacco men in the State and I am glad that he has written this article, he cause there are some things in con nection with the South Carolina to bacco market that the growers of to bacco would like to know about. Mr. Cothran does not make these 'point.s lear in his article, but I am quite sure that he has the information an I being a warehousenan acting as the argent of the farmer in selling his to bacco, he is naturally interested in 'verything that affects the South (arolina market. Mr. Cothran give. two reasons why South (Ca rolinoa tob'aceo does not sell is higi. as North Carolina ind Vir ;irina tobacco. The first reason is that 'orth Carolina and Virginia tobacco is graded and tied and the second rea on is that the tobacco grown in these wo states is a better quality than the obaccco grown inl South Carolina. lr. otbran is probably correct in this ut we are not particularly interested a. this phase of the question. \We wish Air. Cothran to tell us why South 'arolinn tobacco :sells so much higher ,i the North Carolina market after ,t. has been bought up and shipped here by warehousemen or other peculat ors, than it does on our own Xa'ehouse floors. Ie o ia ws a truly iath't i pi'ture of the poor North 'arolina and Virginia farmer gather ng his little fIamily about his knees n a humid grading ph toiling awa o help daddy get another load of to. 'aecn graded and tied to that he can ake it to market and sell it for $1.10) wr pound, but he dloes not tell us ibo''t the North ('arolin: amil Virginia enIor; who bui1y ul large Mtocks >f Souti 'arilinar tobacto du.ring the ~ew we'eks thiat ourii w'.areh'louses arec >pen'i andl theni ship this tobacco to he North Carolina markeits 1(o be sol it at prit tof anywv~he're from twentyv vye to one IhutnIdred per' ceont. (Certain lv hpping' SouthI C.ariol ina t obacco ceross the staite liner c'annott imiprove t to that ext ent, anid I doublt verv much if the spetutittoir gathers his ittle famnily' arond his knees to grole and tie hiis piurchase's. I am glad that Alr. (''thr'an lid riot ieg'l'ct to mention tU,' terrible wet spe!P in J1uly t hot knocked hiundr'els f thoursands of do'lhirs out (of thle 'outhi (Carolinia crop. It is currently 'eporit(ed that duiring this awftul wet :1pell, the warehousemi (If our Stalt' >Otught tip hiarge stocks of the ('0m iion grades at anr average eost ariounrd (Ix ('ents lar pound anal that a fter thle meason closed t hey sold these stocks at lin averag' price r iotund 1 5 cents peri iounid. Nonie of this tobacco was traded('t ori t ied( eit her but wa s t hrowni nto hiogs-hieads with a plttch fork and ti mioire ('are( was taken (If it. thia' ,wouild he tiaken withi hay or fodder. It' ~his irtpornt is t rue the wa rehitise m'n niadte morei( nit prof'it afteri paving for heir hiogsheados anrd oIther'i shiiinug 'xpenises t hani the far imer i rece iveil for he tobacci. No oo kniows how miut'h he other sneeu'tlator; maide who iough t the betteir grades tiut it is sa i: hat thiei r prof'its we're enormous. Mr. ('tthrani was iunforttunate , in hnmt lit failed to keep hiis toIbacco st ir -ed and allowed a good part (of it toI poil, but no otheri warehoisemani that know of lost any a pprec iilet amnon t if hi~s purchases ini this way. I do not, vouch for' t' aeuraicy of hie above' statements as 1 am oiily nt irstedl ini tobaccoI'( from thlit stand11 )Oinit of thle grower. but thbese' iriort s if hoi'er' rofits being made oni South 'aroinaii tobacco is common talk i'' he tob~accol tradet, especially in NorthI "ar ol in a. Mr. Cothi'aii. beine- fully informedt MEMORIAL S[RVICES Al SUMMERTON Some time ago the French Govern ment notified the United States that they were going to give Memorial Death Certificates to the nearest of kir of the American boys who paid the supreme sacrifice on French soil during the world war. The American government immediately notified the different Posts of the American Legion that it was their desire that these certificates be presented through the (liflerent local post,.' American Legion Post No. 35 of Summerton have decided to hold a meeting Sunday afternoon, Feb. 22 (Washington's Birthday) at 3 o'clock in the School Auditorium at Summer ton, for the purpose of distributing these Certificates. An invitation has been extended to Major J. B. Tate of the Regular Army, who Is now locat ed in Columbia, to be present andI make an address. Captain W. C. Davis will present the Certificates and there will be a choir present who will furnish appropriate music for the oc casion. The following persons are entitled to these Certificates, they being the nearest of kin to those who did on the battlefields of lrance. Mr. Calvin .1. 1laley, Wilson Alill Alirs. Beulah B. Sprott, Manning. Alr. It. I.. ,ogan, Alcolu. Mrs. 13. 1. Thompson, Jordan. Mlr. J. J. Epps, New tZon. Mrs. Cotney White. Bloomiville. Ir. S. C. Williams, Manning. Mr. J. P. Kelly, Mahning. Ars. lattie P. Mood, Sumnmerton. The above people are earnestly re quested to be present and receive these memorials. The general public is also invited to attentd these exer cises which will be of a memorial na ture to the gallant boys of A merica. I)IS'TItlC''S DIVIl)END HY DOMINI('K 1311,1.( Washington, Feb. 17.--Congressm:an Dominiek today introduced a bill di viding the Eastern and We:tern jud ic ial districts of South Carolina to f'o (ivisions each, as follows: The divis ion of Aiken, Columbi, Florence anI Charleston, and (Greenville, Gree!nwool Rock H1ill and Anderon. Court would be held in each (livii;ion. 'hese divisions would be made up (f the following counties: Aiken: Aiken, Allendale, ImnBa erg, Barnwell and Itampton. ('olumbia: Cal'houn, Kershaw, Lee, I..xington, Orangeburg, ltichland and Sumter. Florence: ('hesterficld, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, ILorr y, liarlboro, Marion and Williamsburg. (harleston: Charleston. Beaufort. Berkeley, (Claarendon, Colleton, I)or chester, Jasper. (reenville: Greenville Iaurens, Union and Spartanbui-g. GreenwooI: Abbeville, E Igefield, Greenwood, .lc(or, mick, Newherry anI Saluda. \ nderson: A nderson. Oclro1 nee. and l'ickens. I ock l ll: ( h es te r. l-'a ir tl Id . :t.a easO-ter arnd York. Al emph is, Feb. 17.-C-(harles II. iek art, president and general manager oif tihe National Prioducts comrpan:- of this city was arrested todlay on a fed. erab wairart (harging him with mrai: ing a fraudulent income tax return. The warrant alIleges B ickart gaven fih' ta xale income of lIis comrpany. a $2o,X38. 1-1, wherea s, the wa rran ta serts, the taxable income of th' een eern wa si $10,58t0. 15. Ilickart waivedl prelimlinary hrear ing. Ilei was releasedl on $1 i,f)(0 bond. - 0 1-'0OD lNSP'ECTF(HS ElI'T Chairlesfton. Feb. 17. -Onr March 18 aInd~ 19 food inspect iin lxperts from six states in the Snut heaist, iniehl-l ing North anrd (.5uth Carolina, wi2lfl hold air anniual convention or t his eit v I r. T.enon HaIinov' of (Charleston is Iha ir wvhich is ma king arrangemenats;. Be twee'r nO anid I100 oflicialIs a re exp~ec ,ud. Thie as'sociat ion mret in .hac'kson viule last year. is in a p1sit inn to fell us' wheithter or not fthese reponrt s arie t rue. It threy mre not trne. it. is due the warehouse me0niof thre state that the facts shouli Ie nrad In. own. If t hey arc truen, steps shnuld 1(be taken at once eifther byv the grow.ers alone or in coopr~ern t ion with the warebnousemreir, to0 iremeidy th is coindition. C. R. Smrott. Manning, 5. C. Fdl. in; 1920. MICHIGAN JURY HEARS_1R[CRAMS Group Testimony Marks Day in New berry Trial. LESSONS IN POLITICS One Poll Worker Explains flow He Was Paid for His Efforts. Grand Rapida, Mich., Feb. 17. Group testimony marked the New berry elections conspiracy trial today. Nearly half the time was consumed reading telegrams to the jury. For the rest there was a review of the Work of Allen K. Moore among the railroad men of the state; a presenta tion of politics as practiced in the village of )unrlee; a description of how "our navy," the "dry land battle ship film" was distributed, "t, gratis features" in one reel, the testimony concerning the circulation at Great Lakes, Ill., of some of the Ilelme nom inating petitions. The Dundee testimony was aimed at Emery Mills and Fred E. Cronenwett, defendants from that. village. The men who dealt with Mills gave little information but one of ('ronenweet's poll wtrkers explained how he got. paid. "Cronmiwout' wen by me fast and gave me $," said this witness. Two yong women from a Detroit film exchange. Genevive ('.ll ins and Ilclen Ba1man, dercribd how "Our Navy" was sent around the state. It was offered free e.xhihitors, the aim. as explained by Miss Collins, being to get it shown in every moving picture house in Michigan. She said it went to "pos~ibly 200 theaters." Miss aIalmian read to the film as a "gratis feature." On eros sexanina tion 'tartin ''t. Littleton a:tked her one quest io.: "Was the lord Weekly sent free to theater-." Aliss Hagman answered afhirmatively before the govetnment could interpose an ohii.-t iton ulft Iutgre Sessions or dered both inestion and answer out. of the record l 11.I, SI'FFER11S, 1W'ITNESS CI.AINIS Washington, Feb. 1i.--The public' was pictured as the vietim of the re 'ent 1.1 per cent. increase in wages given the coal miners in testimony to dhy by representatives (if t he Public Utilities association before' the coal strike settlement commissitn and t.he senate com011meric' subcommittee inves tigating the fuel commission. \1. 11. Alyesworth, ixectitive natn ager of the Nationalt F;Iectrie L.ight as sociation. told 119. c-'ramtission the public h1:01 heen Ited to believe that th' wag' inceae wotl.f utt he pass ed oi to consontters, but when the op erator' :added thie in,"rense o, ti)e pr.c. cihiar'gd-l the public itiliti-s. it was in vitale' tht t' aiih-anc(' s i ldl lie relete-ji in litft ht. hi- det re t hant thi' utiliti's i'.nttl it 1 sta t r muitt i-t maintt t oflt pofo'it that" they'n~i i coul- o li' h-til in s 'XIohS ndi-'lth tel oft themisse thi'on'atiil erts t te utifit ies itult tin wifllittuto tir dial ion tesu-eim nh.s h doub'es handtti't-ta x~ling Ica wat vffet lin' huin t'he fit-'tlnd weathera.O~ tii h Thle wi 'ittn ui. 'eti'e ht-f who pr tt't':cf'i thetperttling 1xp-il lif plib Ilie Itilfieits wase f 'iii.i aou I n ftittn ita t i (f'govern ofl t' - ipit l verc a ietse Nt be abv-:ittteli oecl sry untils restoraidn f nrmastilt ahis t ib e o vllt -i- i>n .0 ro h