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Section One P agL es to 16MG CDAV1 9o .6 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1920 NO4 COLBY WILL VISIT BRAlIL AND URUGUAY Secretary of State to Represent Wood row Wilso nin Returning Recent Visits of Presidents of These Two Countries to United States-Can Not Go in Person. Washington, Nov. 9 (By the As sociatel Press.)-President Wilson formally announced tonight that he had directed Secretary Colby, of the state department, "on my behalf and in my stead," to visit Brazil and Uruguay in acknowledgment of the recent visits ot this country of the presidents of those two republics. In alddition the president said he wouil( be gratified if Mr. Colby took the opportunity also to visit Buenos Aires in response to the recent invi tation receivedi from the Argentine government. "It has long been my hope that I might, personally return these vis its" the president's statement, issue(d at the conclusion of .to(lay's cabinet meeting, said regarding the recent tours in this country of Presidents Brum, of Uruguay and Pessoa, of Brazil, "and I can conceive of no worthier object to which I could dedi cate my time and strength; but I am prevente(l from doing so and can not longer postpone the agreeable cour tesy of their reciprocation which the country is strongly (lesirous of show ing to the governments and peoples both of Brazil and Uruguay." The president's statement follows: "The history of the relations bn tween the United States and the friendly republics of South Aiierica was marked in the years 1918 and 1919 by two incidents of the most agreeable character and outstanding significance. I refer to the visit to this country in August, 1918, of His Excellency, Dr. Baltasar Brum, now president of Uruguay, and at the time of. his visit, minister of foreign af fairs of his country, and in the year 1919; to the visit of His Excellency, Dr. ispitacio Pessoa, now president of Brazil, and at the time of his visit the presi(lent-elect to that exalted office, "Bot hthese visits called forth (e monstrations on the part of the peo file of the United States of the ut most cordiality and good will towar'd the distingnislied visitors and the friendly nations whom they repre sented, and every thinking person in this country was impresged vith the M11- as in.:,u.u - ts for cementing the sincere attachment and (leepen ing the genuine intimacy between the self governing democ racies of the Western hemisphere. "It has long been my hope that I might personally return these visits aml I can conceive of no worthier ob ject to which I could dedicate my time and strength; but I am prevent ed from (loing so and can not longer postpone the agreeable courtesy of their reciprocation which thiw coun try is strongly (lesirous of showing to the governments and people, both of' Brazil and Uruguay. "I have, therefore, d irectedl the secret ary of state', on umy biehal f and in my stead, to visit both Brazil ad Ur iuguiay, and( to extend to the people oft both those coun tries t hrough th eir' respect ive gove'rnnient s, the most em - Sphatic assurlances of the este(em0 and( friendship of the people of the Uinited States, anid oIf the' desire felt in this (c(mutry for the strengthen intg of' 'every t.ie that binds our re(spet ivye pe(oples in mutual goodl will and cor (lel intercourse. "'I aim also mouch gratified that it will he possible f'or the secr eta ry of state, taking adlvantage of his prIox 4 i mity to Buenos A ires, to acce'pt thbe very coulrt (ous5inv itation of thle Ari geniltine( governmen('it to visit lBuenos10 Air'es, andl to carr'iy toI the pleople of th~e Argentine confederation the s~ame assuran~ice of our high ('steemi and dial i ntercour'se. Secretary D)aniie'ls announcned to night that Secretsary Co~lb~y and1 his party would make the tip abloard'l the drleadlnaught Florida, (of the A t lantic fleet. The ship was fi ttedl as a flagshiip and has extra (quar t('rs suitable for the party. The daite (of sa ilinig has nTot been a(nniounced. New York, Nov. 9.--The National D~emocratic club11 at a imeet ing today oIf the hoard'l of governors e'Il'ected President Wilson andl Governori Co(x honorary li fe imembheris "'form consp ie (0ous seriv ice'(( lreded to the wor Illd." Thbis election is the fiirst (of its kind since that of Grover Cleveland. SPARKS CIRCUS DRAWS BIG CROWD Last Thursday, afternoon and night, the Sparks *Circus played to capacity audiences. Crowds came from every section of the county early in the morning so as to be on hand when the parade started. Promptly at 10:30 o'clock the parade left the grounds, making the rounds of the main streets. At the afternoon performance the large tent was fi)led to capacity. Every num ber on the long bill was heartily en joyed and loudly applauded. Of course the "kids" were on the look out for the clowns-and they had several ex ceptionally good ones. Special mention must be given to the posing work of one couple, de picting hunting secenes and using a horse and four dogs. This turn was out of the usual run in a circus and it drew much applause. Tle elephants were above the ordinary and their per formance showed mu Th patience of their trainer. Acrobatic stunts, wire walking and bareback riding all came in for gen erous bursts of applause. While the Sparks Circus is not the largest circus on the road, it it one of the best and also one of the clean est shows on the road. They will be heartily welcomed at any time they comle to Manning. FOURlTH ANNUAL IOLL CALL No part of the United States can afford to fall short in its support of the American Red Cross in the Fourth Annual Roll Call, for the Red Cross is the institution of the entire country, alike valuable to east and west in its iministrations. Least of all can the South afford to fail, in the slightest particular, to back the Red Cross whole-heartedly and thoroughly. If any sedtion of America stanis for .warmth, hospital ity, generosity and kindness, it is the South. These have been considered the cardinal qualities of Southern peo ple since time immemorial, and the Rted Cross-that great humanitarian institution-is the great medium for the expression of triits that beat in kind generous hearts. There is another reason that makes the cause of the Red Cross a cause to be particularly cherished by the South. Last year, for every dollar contributed in the south to the Red Cross, the Red Cross spent $1.25. This was due to the large number of military posts and hospitals in the Southern Division and to the fact that the Red Cross concen trated a great deal of its health and social work in our section. If any other incentive were iecded to southerners to join the Red Cross in a mighty army, this should furnish it for never will it be said of the South that it lacks in appreciation. Thus, from every 'iewpoint, the Fourth Roll (:l cones as a clarion summons to -very true Southerner to give his best in time and money and zealous effort. Let us prove our mettle from Novem ber 11 to November 26. Let us roll itp such a majority from the Red 0 LW ESIT PRICES IN FOUR YEARS Chicago, Nov. 9.-Lowest prices in four years prevailed today for all op tions of wheat, corn and oats on the Chicago board of trade. The new prices represented declines of six to seven nts for wheat and two or three for corn and oats under yes terday's prices. Wheat was 33 to 39 .ents lower today than it was a week ago and corn liquotations were less than one-half what they were six omotnhs ago. The December option in wheat closed todlay at 1.77 to 1 .78; D ecember corn, 78 cents and D~ecem ber oats, 419 cents. Cointc id ent wvithI the low prices in wheat caime announcemenot from Min nieapolis millers of dleclines' in fain I in atents to niew~ low p~oints, the 'lice dIroippinog below $10 a barrel for the Ii rst time in nearly four years. Lo.iwer corn prices wvere followed by heavy receipts, aggregating 106,000 ni malIs ini ten ma~irkets, wvere declar id to bie one otf the ca u~:es of the cclinte ini pr1k. Weakness of the wheat prices was a scribied lby some brokers to reports hat K ansmas hanakers wvere consider ing thi' <itestioin of curtailing cred its, which, if done, oight force Kan s wheat on t he market, it was saidii. La ter repiort s iquotedl the Kan sas bani k coimmissioner as saying hat , wile I siomie banks were oiver loaned. there wvouh i be no blaniiket ardert for ea ritiiet oif loans, but thatI ('achi, banik's situatotion would lbe iioisideredci oni its merits. The hank 'omiin ssioner joi neil J. C.X Mohlecr, sec retary of the state board of agricul ture in ideclaring there was no 'strike'' of K~ansas farimers to holdl wvhea t for hiigher prices. New York, Nov. 9.----Prices of foods serveid at Clhld's restaiurants th rouightout the Uit ed States will be redutcedi from 11 to 28 per cent., as soonit as5 new~ menutt cards (can be pirint at andi idist ributteid, it. was antnountcedt todlay by A. WV. Riley, head of the Lgoverniment's ''flying squiadronil,'' of profteer hunters. PLAN ANNOUNCED I FOR P[ACE ARMY Paper Strength of Three Hundred Thousand. BAKER GIVES DE'AILS Secretary of War Tells of One Skele ton Amiy During Normal Period. Washington, Nov. 8.-The new tac tical peace time organization of the regular army based on the army re organization bill, passed at the last Session of congress, was anntounced . today by Secretary Baker. It pro vides for one skeleton arty in time of peace with a paper strength of 337,221 men. All army corips under- the new or gan izatioi will consist of 79,9(G ment, an infantry division of 19,385 men, a cavalry division of 6,417 men, an ar tillery brigade of 3,414 men and an infantry brigade of 6,153 men. The act providing for the new organ iza. tion divided the country into nine t corps areas and in time of war on general mobilization Lhis division would result in three armies, each of the tactical strength of the regu ar army is only 280,000 men, All . Baker explained that the national guard and organized reserve would fill the gaps. Tihe estimates for the war deparat ment are based upon the require men5s of an army the size of which alrea-ly has been fixed by the Repub lican congress, but the naval esti mates to be submitted next month will be based on the Democratic pro gam. Secretary Dan iels had repeat edly said that, unless the United States became a member of the league of nations, it must maintain the most powerful navy in the world. Under the program authorized an 1916, the government now is coal structing five great battle cruisers and more than that number of super dreadnaughts and the forthcomlng naval estimate is expected not only to include appropriations for carr-y ing on this work, but also recol - mendations for additional waar craft. Estimates for all of the govern ment departments are expected to ex reed, $4,000,000,000 this total includ ing (amounts for refunding propor tions of the public debt falling due (luring tile nex fiscal year. The es - timates for the present fiscal year I exceeded $6,000,000,000 but these sub- I sequently were reduced by something i like $2,000,000,000. Whether al lof the annual sulpily measures will be completed at the next and final session of the 66th1 congress remains to be determined President-elect Harding is expected to call a special sesisoll of the new q coangress soon afterl he takes oflice [)It March 4 and it may be that some of the appropriatioll bills will go over to the special session. GOVElNAlEN'' GIVES GINNElRY FIGU'H{EN Wasliingt on N ov\~ 9. C-( ottonoa ginanedI prtior to November 1 amaounart ed to 7,171 ,52 runntiing bale's, countt ing~ routtd as hlall b'ales, w'nhi mn.tti blered I100,7418, and ittclutd ing 2,478 I bale s oif A merican -Egyp)tianI an d 562 5 bales, of Sr a island. G in nings last year pr'ioa' Lto Novem I bet' I wer 6,305,054 ru nn ing hales, includin ag 70,423 roundI bales, 14080 I bale's oif Am0er'ican- Egypt inn a 1111 3203 hales of Sea Islantd. G innings by 'states: A laba nm, 411 I 104 ; Arizona, 30f,)14; Arikanas, 51 9. 139; Califor nia 19,1(12; Florida, 1070)7; Georg',ia 994,95; Louisiana 2701,195; M ississippi1, 4789418; Al issourli, 24;,7f;2; orth Carolina 355,157; O)klahoma, 170,058; South1 ~ Crol ina, 858,715; Ten - nesseeiI 1.347; Tlexas, 2,9015,7 I8S; 'ir-t' Lginlia, :3,088; all othet' states, 2,68-I. -------- o- I DEL)hI NE I N( itEA\SE l' lIaltimorte, Nov. 9.- Tlwelve thous- e ta wot'kmen, memberi~cts of' buildinrg I ltades int Bal timore ha ve dleclined t o a acc'ept an I i'trease in walges. A t ' ne('ti ng of repraesentat ives of the wor'kers ai mtion to ne'ce'pt a walge I irdvancl(e front 90 cents to $ an hIllou r was tabled by an ov'erwhelmin tg vote. Dnle yeara ago the u nionl ralt(' for ena' pente'rs was fixed at 90 cents with the unlderastand ing Novembher a'I this vena' thle int(case woultt d be1 efn'(' Live. The lareement was signted lby s otracII(tor's, bil deras antd ti'resta(t~ 1-( ives of the tades. Emphryer's tmadIe a 1(o attemplt to r'ecedle from the agr'ee-- 1 mient. ( 1OVERNOR URCES BOARD TO MEET Votild Have North Carolina Ieturns Canvassed DECISION IN DIOtll' 'hief lectutive Hlas No l'romise That Alny Oflicial Will Glo to Sylva. Asheville, N. C., Nov. 9.--Although *ivernori Bickett, who arrived here t, noon tod:ty, conferred with several ttorneys here this a ftetiooni attli iunight, Ite was Unable to get any I these lie talked with to consent to o to Sylva, .Jackson county, tomori ow to advise the county canvassing oard, when that body meets at 2:30 clock to cativass the returns of last 'uesday's election).\ The chief executive of the state, ollowing confer<:nce whlich lie held ere this afternoon with Chairman .. . lason, of the canvassing boad nud Attorney G. V. Sutton, said to eprle.nict tihe Rtepubliai candidates f the county, :tnnounced that he had dvised the officials to retut'n to Sylvia nt convene the board tonorrow. The ,overnor s:1id that, he believed the en ding of his message to Sheriff Cole f d:ackson and statements from the o,'d ch airman together with Attorn y Sutton's statement would cause he crowd to qutiet if a disturbance lIe urged the otlicials to request he sheriff to swear in a itnmber of' ':o ling citizeis of both parties, as pecial otfiten, to help maintain or e r and to arrest anly person who tiempted to start a disturbance. In :s(. arrests (,itnn not be mide then . wits (':e nam'es of the ones Vlmt tart aly thing, he said, and he would ee that they are taken care. of.' Ile viii not send troops, he says, and nrefers thit the ca ivass ing board re love to another county raither than 0tnd -soldiers there. DIIl" -IIO.\ul lit'l.G~alS Genva, Nov. . Bulgaria's re tiest f'or ammissioni to tie league of ations w.:. received at the head iarters of the league here today. Vienna. Nov. 9 ( Hy the Associatei 'ress. ) -The A ist rian go vernmoeIlt as fimulnated a imloi'orial request uI i of Austria to tie Si in(tio.Th draft of th nIioial w. il a iopte'd by teilt chit1 I' Li' ientlry committe todh y. It b-l e presented to parliamlent, ih assellibles tomorrow and nthe ,-ll be forwarded to thet league hevad u~arteors in Geneva. NEWSL'N(A'E MAN D)EAlD ilirminghamil. Nov. 9 ila yan, ve-teranl Souther.1 newspaper 1:1n1, and t'r the past 22 years asso i. wytn sasd fory presv s ien f wih h - til tate it f ltt dih d; wt jttlusi r v flt' tither tait IihIt tto t'tdrl. eidnClvn ni n erv - imfor manyyt' s s itit 'iiihmilt 'itd i'f the~ Sefitaboardt', ir illinerait COtN SMOW TO ;BE IIELI,) IN FIORENCE Ploreece, S. C., Nov. G.-The coun ties composing the Pee Dee section of South Carolina, will have a big corn show inl Ilorence Thursday, Decei- I ber 9. Around $500 in cash prizes will be offered in all classes of exhibits, ranging from probably $25 for the best single ear to $102 for the best 10 tars entered. The show will com bine every phase of the agricultural, industrial and educational interests of corn inl South Carolina. This projected show resuits from the interest in the crop manifested in the e'De lee Fair, just closed; from the certainty of the coming of the holl weVil; and the proven value of this crop to every section where it is grown inl the United States, both from the actual and possible economic standpoints. Plans for the show were laid last night, when eminent citizens of three 'ounties held a conference on the fair grounds at the close of the fair. In chudel inl those attending were: L. L. liaker, of Bishopville; E. M. William Sonil of Mount Claire; A. II. Ward, l)arlingion county agent; E. E'. Hagill, Dright Williamson of Darlington; I. S llaynsworth, Charles F, Luhrs of Florence; J. Ward McLendon, Flor etice ('ountty agent; R. E.. ( arrin, Sup erintendent of the Pee Dee Experi ment Station. County agents from practically all tle counties of the Pee Dee section will be in Florence londay to make tip further the plhains for this exhibit. The aid of' Clemson College and the extension service will be enlisted in italkni gthis exhibit a success. Scarcely a single phase of corn will'be overlooked in this show. It wil linclude hundreds of exhibits from the best corn producers in the Pee Dee section. It will include also I every procurable manufactured by product'--save, probably the one which heretofore has been chief. All corn handling machinery will be included from tlhe industrial accessories of the crop- including planters, best types of plows, corn hinders, harvesters, chop pers, shellers .etc. The educational features wil linclude lectures on, and demtionstrations of, cultural I methods, seed selection, varieties, ty pes, food vilues, comma 'tive values of corn grown in the Various sectiotns of the I hiited States. .\nother Very interesting feature of the show is going to be a great -olf lection of types and exhibits collecteil fromt oter sictions of the United States. The United States depart ilt'at of agriculture aid development 1 depart ments of the railroads are go Ang to be asked to co-operate to sup ply this part of the show. One of the best judges in the Unit- I el States will be procured to pass ont the entrits of the various 'xhibits. E'xhibits will jolg~ed onl the aecepted I mald approved stondards set forth by" I the biggest and the bst corn shows I if the world. Innediately after the conivention of' the coiity agents Mon- I day, thll gtentleme"n bhn th ove inentf will get together' again ant at'-. will lie opent toi e'vet'y, person who ahants corn11 in thet lPiet lhu' sectioni exhibiit. A l)l)l'T'I ON AI. I.)('A lS dayv ini ('olumnbia. I ~ast Tlhurtsdayt af tettnoiii 'fhi Titmes ollice' was a mtintg phwe't tot two i ulaikies~ to putllI oIl' a bloodly bl.tt le. A\ l'tt Weu'ston an ol i'ti nea l anduork aamble atyounitbt'k wverei the trit yiipals. Wiestiit iame ito fte ofi e toi i tik's to fill it, Yoritk kniocki'd '.Vies on itowa', thent titut him in the fueand '11 hbbet himi undeur fth' -heat. '(ilk I bro'ike and ranu but in at fiw atiutes citiens Ilinnedl him itutp ini thle hia hei Ibol Ithi' olli'' andt jiu him ini t' liiik~-tup. 'The r'ow was ablout lift v" i'ients Wi'sitn iwed 'itrk, anid it cos't Y'ork $110.00l) which lhe pidii the I own, u M .II. .1. limart is int ('olumbil . to- - iay iln butsini'ss. A'shievillie, N. ('.,N Nov. 9. Dhh ates ( frttm thit'ty-six states are e'xplcd'i to e I nhitetrs if the' 'onfetderacty. G'ov-t erutot' B ickett and otheis will spetaki tonight. t 4ANY CHARCES MADE Of IRRECULARIIES orruption of Eiployees and Ollicials of Shipping Board 1nergency F*leet Corporation and Other Al legations Brought Forward by Former Eimployees to House Com mittee of investigation. Washiigton, Nov. 9. (By the As loc'iated Press.)-Corruption of em loyvees and oflicials of the shipnmig oa I'd emergency fleet corporr t on, raft in purchasing supplies for and i repairing government owned ner hant .ships, and the use of political i. other influence in obtaining con racts for ship construction and the illocation of' completed vessels to >lperating companies are among a iiaze of charges made in a report uibmitted to the house committee on ;hipping board operations by A. M. isher, and .1. W. Richardson, former mn11ployees of the board. Chairman Benson, of the shipping >oard, efused tonight to discuss the 'eport, declaring that any statement ie might have to make would be nade to the house committee which low is continuing its investigat ion >f the board's operations. The report mas made public to.. iight by the committee of which lepresentative Walsh, Republican, d6assachusetts, is chairman. It cov rs miore than 100 printed pages and eats exhaustively with niny phases If shipping board operations as ob 'erved by the committee .nvestigat Irs over a period of more than a ,ear. Mtr. Fisher, who formerly was con ie'ted with the federal trade Con nission, made a survey for the ship >ing board as to record keeping sys ('iS inl the oflice Of the Lumber ad lnilistr'ation. Air. Richairdon, for 20 ,ears a newspaper man, was employ d for several years ill the board's lepartment of investigation. In preseltilg the report Air. Fisher 'xplained that it was designed to leal only with problems which could wv solved wholly by tle . shipping mard itself and "left untouched" 14 eneral subjects in connection with he board's operations. Among thiese ere llnierated organization of tihl' >oard', technical er(rors ill the con truction program; (German-American eals, assumption of diplomatic fune ions by board officials, enforcemlent fthe Iwi ml'erchant marie act and vaISionls of thle selective s~erviCe act. Chairnman Benlsonl, of' thle shipping 1onnl*i, refused tonight to discuiss the eport, declaringv that anly statement L( might have to make would be hna1de to tile house connnittee which 10W is continuing investigation of he board's operations. Taking up1) ill dt'tail sevel gelelal I >has's of tie boards e'Xecutives, tlie ('port charged t wross waste of gov I'lrnment funlds, improperly drawn ontracts whieb (.(st the( governmem~l ar'ge suml1s an11d failure (If the vario; (i~in f the b a d to co)opera,:te flicienttyadteamotcmlt lilr ose 'ls , oflt'5l the ftivision 11t hI'dtnS oI f payriil o llsf11 by is re.111I rnmentII\ (I 11 vess l t Ill stock1 (l''intom aIlls funisihinglill supples toll thos raft at(l picesll tiatngi in nywhr trom fleeto ('0 pellr ct aboenh. (lis'aJ.N ov eq imnt. fo shlil~ ip ande heIi lagsef mill ii' ofdllart hilug Thek in vwit i ater alili'll that, in 'hoetasee fliiies corporaIon: l'oan 'r~s, "whicl'h htidr tif e sIil' beeni'Il ni''o was tnsu iyale (O'l that inmayene hi ( ubitOhns.ih maeil