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Oneo N O iPages I to 16 MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1920NO. 0 VALUS SHRINK FOR FARM CROPS i dr Harvest. of Year Proves Abundant. f a RECORDS ARE BROKEN pi da Aotal Worth Placed at Five Billion Dollars Less Than M Last Year ta in Washington, Dec. 14. By the Asso- If clated Press).-Shrinkage of values hi of the country's farm crops has w placed their total worth this year at th alngost $5,000,000,000 less than last ax year although the 1920 harvest was e0no of the most abundant in the na- ra hns istory with half a dozen crop hi breaking records. . . The important farm crops which s comprise about 90 per cent. of the fu value of all farm crops, were valued se -this year at $9,148,519,000 by the de- fo partment of agriculture today in its K '\final estimates. .Last year these ar crops were valued at $14,087,995,000. pu Acreage devoted to the importantito crops also decreased, the total being J $351,062,409 this year as compared er with 356,162,122 last year. "The extraordinary character of c the harvests, which have proven to th be among the most abundant in the el country's history notvithstanding m111 beginning about as unpromising as ever known, is emphasized by the i December revisions of estimates," ly the department said in a statement Iw eoomentin gon today's report. "The fina! outcome of the 1920 wheat har vest, winter and spring combined, is in now estimated at 789,878,000 bushels, of compared with 934,365,000 bushels in al 1919, this being an increase over the th earlier estimates for 1920 of 39,230,- t vP000 bushels. sil Development of Wheat The' 1920 acreage abandoned from l winter killing was less than wu as pected and indicated by the very bad wi -and unpromising conditions on May 0 1, and the increasingly favorable wI character of the later season per- fu mitted much wleat then considered hih hopeless to develop and come to har vest. The report of increase over ex pectations of winter wheat produced S come from almost every important winter wheat state. The greatest vain, 13,000,000, is in Kansas, the Pi leading producer of winter wheat. il In that state the increase was help- in ed by an area of over 1,000,000 acres . of volunteer wheat sprouted from ol shattered grain in the autumn of w: 1919 which despite its unpromisqing wl beginning and doubtful prospects in W the spring of 1920, came finally to TI harvest. "In general it appears that the re duction in crop acreage in 1920 be low 1919 is less than was thought and reported at the beginjiing of the fl crop season. Notwithstanding the let early unfavorable condition for farm "i work the efforts of the farmers to d fully seced their fields assisted by th favoring (lays that came late in the th planting period, resulted in plantings N( greater than anticipated." I0 .Increases in almost every crop were th re.Iportedl in the rVevisedl production X figures, as comparedl with the pre- e liminary estimate anniouncedl in No- sh vemb~er. Corn, wvith a record crop, ar shows an increase of about 33,000,000 I" bushels; winter wheat, an inerease or 'almost '18,000,000 bushels; spring -- wehat, a decrease of 9,000,000 bush els; oats, an increase of almost 70, 000,000 bushels; barley, an increase of oc almost 11,000,000 bushels; potatoes, inicr(ease of 9,000,000 b~ushels, and to- og bacco, increase of 32,000,000 pounds. The yieild of coirn per acre set a record wvith an average production of vs 30.1) bushels. Only once before has the averaige yield per acre exceeded gi 30 bushels, and that was in 1906 when 30.3 bushels was madi~e. Record Corn Crop While the corn crop is a record one, 82 its value this year is $1,02,000,000 less than last year's crop), which was snmaller by 374,000,000 bus;hels. The $2 priice being paidi to farmers for corn on Decemiber I was announcedi by $t the dlepartmlent as 67.7 cents a bushel, as compared wvith $1 .349 a year ago. 1 2 'Finial estimates of crop production. and value for this year were an- $ nounicedl as followvs: Coera, 3,232,367,000 bushels and $2,- $1 189.801 ,000. Winier wheat, 580,513,000, and i( $8o6;,74I1)000. Sp'irg wvheat, 200,365,000, and $'S 273,4165,000. Ooats, 1,523,055,000, and $719,882,- 5! 000. Bailey, 202,024,000 nmd $14293000. $n1 J. CANTY GOES TO HIS OWN FUNERAL litor.of The Manning Times: Several nights since I had 'i beau :ul, and at the same time pathetic eam, in which I witnessed my own neral, an din order to bring about reformation in the manner of con ieting funerals, I wish you would iblish this dream. According to the eam ,it appeared that much to the light of the people of Summerton, very happy deathinad overtaken me. y death occurred at noon on a cer in (lay, when the sun was shining all its glory, and in the full light day, I went to the eternal happy inting grounds, which were prepar before the foundations of the )rld, for all honest men. My friends, ough few in number, gathered oundl my dead body, and in harmony th what they thought would be my sh, decided upon the funeral ar ngements. Knowing that I did not ve great respect for priests and eachers while alive, my friends de led they would dispense with the rvice of priests and preachers at my neral. Since I did not belong to any cret orders while alive, the para erinalia of secrets orders were per ree dispensed with at my funeral. lowing that I believed that songs d instrumenital music were for the rpose of bringing joy and pleasure the living folks, and not for dead ople, all songs and instrumental usic were dispensed with at my fun al. There were no prayers by self dhteous people at my funeral, be use my friends knew full well that had always maintained while alive at the only prayer worth while was !an living. All the usual parapher lia of funerals being thus dispen d1 with, through force of necessity, v friends kindly placed my body in metallic coflin, and kindly and silent Wended their way to the cemetery, icre my body was gently lowered neath the sod and covered with the h soil, without the sound of trum t, without a prayer, without a song, solemn silence. The little children Summerton, who loved me while ve, followed the funeral cortege to e cemetery, and placed lovely flow i on my grave, and then my friends d lhe children parted in solemn ence. In the meantime, I had been itching the funeral and the proces mn from my place of vantage in the arnal happy hunting grounds, and oiversation there with great men ioni I had ead about and learned to e on earth, I reached the conclusion at my little funeral at Summerton is the most decent and appropriate neral that has ever taken place since itory was written. Yours truly, J. J. CANTEY. 0 'ORE ROBBERY AT PINEWOOD The store of Mrs. C. W. Bates, of newood, was entered on last Friday Aht and it is claimed over $2,000 merchandise stolen. The goods ken included, shoes, dresses, men's thing, furnishings and the entire aitents of the cigar case. The store ks broken into from the rear, kere tracks indicate a largo truck s backed up to the rear door and ed in hauling the stolen plunder ,ay.---The Sumter Item. -o-_ BANDITS MAKE HAUL. Bayonne, N. T., Dec. 14.-Seven isked bandits, led by an unmasked iders, obtained $30.000, it was esti ited, when more than 200 racing votees were he.ld up in a safe here is afternoon. The robbers entered S' place as the last reports of the 1w Orleans races were being re ived and forced the crowd against ai walls at the point of their guns. hile the search was proceeding a ish of glass, followed by a pistol ot, threw the place into con fusion, d dluring the pandemonium the ndlits esceapedl in a waiting a uto >bile. Rye, 69,318,000, and $88,609,000. Buckwheat 13,789,000, and $1 7,797, 0. F'la x seed, 10,90)0,000, and $19,413, (I. Rice, r52,7 10,000, and $63,837,000. Beet sugar, 2.219,200,000 poundls, Iue not given. Can n sugar, 372,000),000, value not ven. Sorghium~ sy rup, 43,876,000, and $46, 8,000. Peanuts 35,960,000 bushels and $48 9,000. Ileans, 9,075,000, and $27,114,000. Apples 240,(i46,000 barcrels, and 71 ,984 ,000. P'eaches, 43,697,000 bushels, and 1,862,000. Oranges, 27,200,000 boxes, and $70 5,000. P'otatoes, 530,458,000 bushels, and 00,974,000. Sweet potatoes, 112,368,000, and 26,629,000. H ay, 108,233,000 tons and $1,989, 2,000. Tlobacco, I .508,064,000 pondms, and 98,001,000. Cotton, 12,987,000 bales nndl $914,.. 0,000. Cotton seed , 5,778,000 tons, and TEXTII WACE I MUCH REDUCED. Deciedd Reduction Made in New England NOTICES ARE POSTED Announcement Made in Lawrence, Lowell, New Bedford and Other Centers of Industry. Boston, Dec. 13 (By the Associated Press.)-A reduction of about 22 1-2c per cent, in the wages of approx imately one-third of the 300,000 tex tile workers in New England was an nounced today. The - notices were posted in Lawrence, Lowell, New Bedford and other centers of the in dustry in Maine and Rhode Island. For tho most part they applied to mills making cotton goods, but in a few instances operatives on worsteds were involved. Other cotton manufacturers have indicated that they would fall into line, but whether the woolen and worsted mills will take similar action at this time is uncertain. William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company, said he had no word to add to his statement of several days that the directors of that c'mpany, which operates 50 mills, had not yet considered the matter. The reduction, which is made effee tive in most places next Mlonday, in effect cancels two increases made during the .past year and restores prices approximately to the figures that obtained before a 12 1-2 per cent. increase last year. The manufacturers of ),owell an riounced that the average wage of the mill worker there under the new schedule would be $21 a week. The question of reducing wages in the extensive cotton mills at Fall River is under negotiations by manu facturers and labor leaders. Most of the other centers of the industry in this section were represented in the announcements of today. Boston, Dec. 13.--A11 of the textile mills of Maine and virtually all in C Rhode Island will put into effect on December 20 the 22.1-2 per cent. wage reduction announced today in Law rence, Lowell and New Bedford and in many smaller New England mill centers. The reduction will apply to about 100,000 operatives. The posting of notices of reduc tion at the largest cotton mills in Lawrence today was duplicated in a large number. of Massachusetts ' Maine mid Rhode Island cities. In some instances the amount of the reduction was not specified, but it vzs understood that it would be ap proximately the same in all cases. The Amoskeag mills of Ianchester. N. 11., one of the largest cotton and worsted manufacturing plant.; in the country, and 01 other mills in New t IHampshire/00have not yet made any mnnouncement ts to a reduction. At Fall River, one of the principal tex tile centers, manufacturers and union labor leaders are conducting nego tiations rega rding wvages, t Wdilljim M'. Wood, president of. theI American Woolen company, wvhich opera~tes 50 mills in Newv Entgland~ and New York state, said today that he had no statemient to make at pres enIit on the matter of wvages. I)ARING A l'O TH'IIEF. HIELI Chattanooga, D~ec. I14..-A fter beinrg held in the county jail here for more I than five weeks, Robert Ba rtle, alis I .Jame F15 ra nklIin, today made a written p ('onfessioni, according to Sheriff Nick l Bush, which shows him to b~e one oft the most dlaring automobile. thieves in the Sou therun Stat es, heing wanted by oflicials at Birmingham, Ala., At lanta, anid other cities, who havet made cla imis four possession of the pirisoner..t Bartle andi~ a comipan ion, G;eor'ge Mann, alias George Black, and14 a wo man who Unrtle saidI was his thirdi wife, were a rrestedl at Trenton, Ga., I several weeks ago, while in possession of a stolen automobile and when ar- I r-aigned in C~-riil Court here today, bothI the men pleadled guilty, and the woman was released. According to the alleged coinfession of Bartle, he I has three l ivirrg wives rind is a fugi tive from A tlanrta, Blirminrghamn andh Savananah, whiere lie is watnted on thec charge of grand larceny. All three prisoners refuised to make t their real identity known, hut' were finally traced by photographs ta kent sin1ce their arrest. Sentence of Bartle and Mrann was withheld p~endling in.. vestigation of the alleged confesions. I IR0CRESS MADE BY COTTON C01 qearly Thirteen Million Ialea Esti mated. BIGGEST IN YEARS eason Begun With Poor Conditioi Has Turned to Great Productior Washington, Dec. 13.-The cotto: rop, which began the season in th vorst condition in 50 years, has turn d out to be the biggest crop sine 914, with a production of 12,987,00 nles, according to final estimates an iounced today by the department o gricul ture. 'ihe lateness of winter, the depart tent said, has helpled to increase th ize of the crop by permitting th dant, which was late in gettinj tarted, to mature. 'he price of cotton paid to pro ucers December 1 was announced a 4 cents a pound, the lowest for tha late since 1915. The final production estimate is 1, 00,000 bales more than forecast fron he condition of the crop late ii une. Vast improvement was showt, s the season progressed and th( ugust conlition brought a forecas f 12,783000 bales. That was re uced by the Septembler condition t 2,123,000 bafles:. In Texas and South Carolina th rop is very large, closely approach ng the record. Oklahoma's crop is record one, as is that of Arkansas 'roduction in California and Arizon as about doubled the production 01 ny previous year. Prouction last year was 11,420,763 ales of 500 pounds gross weight, ih 918 it was 12,040,532 bales and it 9 7 it was 11,302,375 bales. In com. uting gross weight bales allowanct i made for 478.3 pouids of lint an. 1.7 pounds of bagging and ties. Prodiction this year by states it 00 pound bales follows: Virginia 9,000; North Carolina, 840,000; Sout 'arolina, 1,530,000; Georgia, 1,400,. 00; Florida, 18,000; Alabama, 600, 00; Mississippi, 885,000; Louisiana 80,000; Texas, 4,200,000; Arkansas ,160,000; Tennessee, 310,000; Mis ouri, 85,000; Oklahoma, 1,300,000 alifornia, 150,000; Arizona, 110,000 11 other states, 15,000. The average weight per running ale this year is estimated at. 506.9 10111ds gross, compared with 504.2 ounads last year. - a ANlMElRS UNABLE TO PICK COTTON .1. SkoLtove Waannamaker, president f the American Cotton association ast night. said that he was standi ng y the American Cotton association stimate of 12,247,000 bales as tht otal cotton crop for this year, not vithstanding the government repor isued yesterday which gave the tota rop .as 12,987,000 hales. "We received information this aft. rnoon," said Mr. Wannamaker, "that he governmtent report made( no prio ision1 for lbol lies and( snapls, wh iel rast year anmoun ted to 589,000 bales 'he govern ment reporat also inc lde he low grade cotton wvhich is still ii he fiel, and a very great portion (t 'h ich ,is goinug to r'ema in in t h "Farers all over t he SouthI art bandon ing the cotton inl the fiels wearing that they will not pick i nless there is a sharp rise in th. rice. 'lThis nmay sound Ilike pop: and~a , lbut ana invest igatLion by a ny Odly will convince thenm that ith hie truth. 'At the present prices the ft amer re not able to pick their low gratlh otton. They' (enn not finance it. Many housands of' bales will bte left it lie fields th rough ntecessit y. Manat housands more will be l(eft, Lbhrougl ho ice. "'There is aniothier surprise ini store' at cot ton circle's. A bill1 has been ini rodlucedl in congress calling for uirvey of the untenable ('ottoni 01 innd1. T1he qluantity of this cotton 'hich wtill be disc:losed by the repor v'hich will be made following thi uirvey, will be a surprise. In sono tlaces Ilints and regins are bei ng efortedl ats (otton. "'I am standi(1ng b~ehiin dIthe , Amneri an Cottont association estimate (o 2,24 7,000 bales a's t he total crop f(. his year, ;tand I beil ive that our fig res are mouch nearer correct that hose of the government. Our esti nate was made after a most. caref'u tnrvey, I believe that time will provi liat our figures are correct.'' REPRESENTATIVE SPROT'T ON NEEDS OF THE COUNTY I was glad when Senator Wideman told me hie had called a meeting of th citizens of Clarendon County to dis cuss the iceds of the County and- il possible devise some means by which the Legislature may help the peopl. . We stand ready to serve you. None of us knew a year ago that conditions would be so much changed in so short a time, great pressure is brought to bear on us for greater appropriations and raise of salaries for 1921, and on the other hand the people are com plaining of high taxes, and justly so. If prices had remainedi high and the people prosperous it would be differ ent. I have made up my mind not to vote for any increase of salaries or appropriations in 1921 unless my pe tition of the people, but to (10 all I - can to reduce salaries and thereby re f duce taxes, until conditions become normal, I have given the question of how to relieve the situation a great - deal of thought, the suggestion by some of not planting any cotton in 1921 1 do not approve as that would only benefit a few cotton speculators and at the expense of the majority of the small farmers nor do I approve of legislation to penalize those planting over five acres to the horse. Cotton is a necessity, and should not come un der the police regulations you could not destroy a farmers cotton if he planted over the amounts stated in the law nor could you imprison him. Such a law. would be unconstitutional in my opinion. I believe in reduction of ae'reage of cotton but let it be done outside of the general assembly, we have too much law now. It may be well enough to penalize them for miaking whiskey and com mit timg crimes. But for God's sake h t us be free to rais- raw- ncessitins of life as we see fit. As to relieving the people in this financial panic I ask your advice, I am not one to look on the dark side of things. The county of Clarendon I tIhink has more corn, hogs, cattle, mules and cotton than ever before while we all owe money, I do not hear of creditors forci ing col lections and making the farmers sac rifice their citton and stock to satisfy debts. The hanks ve been extremely lenient; most of us cannot meet our ob ligations. Ilow long they can hold out I do not know. The G-'rors of Ahe diff rent states have met and are fryrg to solve the question of how to relieve the farmer, that question is too deep for ic antd I think bevond state legislation. I want the people to be free to make any suggestion to us as their representatives by petition as to appointients of differient oflicers n our power to appoint, rural Police mni, Township ('ommnissioners. etc. There Vas some excuse for raising 'of salaries on account of increased cost ot living and liberal appropriat ions for roads, school ete, when prices were high and our people prosperous, they were clamoring for better roads andl and schools. I do not suppose we would have had the streets of Manning paved if cotton had gone dovii last year. But the work is done and we are proud of our beautiful county seat. Now let us all pull together for the best inter est of our county and state. I, as your representative stand ready to serve you. W. T. P. Sprott. Williamson, W. Va., lDee. 1.1.-Mini ers in the Williamson district in cluding strikers in the Mlingo county field voted overwhel m i ip in favor of the reelection of national as well as district officials in the United Mline iWork.ers election today, David Vow Icer, in terna tional repiresenta tire inf c harcge oft the strike sa idi toniight. TFhe vote, he deelared as faru as rc turins indicated showed the alImost unianimlous choice for the present ad diands valuedl at fromt int) to $100tt,000 wvere stilen from the gobiletn i.essel in the liomain (Catholie' church of St. Vtlicet lirrer here witin theli last :l houriis byv the thIiev's whio es I (aped wit hout leaving a clue. \lost If the valalls takent wveri pried from the luna, a vessel of gohil us.. in the churich's ceremntitials. They conist it uted pari t of fur n ishintgs re gairdled as amng~i) the fittest in the ---------.--o Wash'inugtoni, Dee, 1-I.- TIhe print ing~ lill for pubihlicat ias issued't by the idepartmwent u'oifllmnwree amoui'nt tii $.125 ,37t0.75. FTese fi1res repre' senit the( cust of 975 mtis'elbmeol'u. r~eporiits a nd varlious issues of p etiod (ical pubtllications. The sales have in. rnsh I froom $53 ,0x0.98 in I 18 to'* $81;,t77 .17 in 1920. TJhie printing of thle iflic ial reg:S ter' oif the' Uitedi States, the dirae -tory ouf goverIlnment. ofl'icialIs a nd i e pliuyees, the issuance of' ghichi is ri' 'iuir i b ly law, amoun111ts to $35,7 I5.33. Thelo edition of 1919 wasi of 3 ,2il coi.'s, each of which 'onisistedi oif 1,701 pagis. The clhairge for thei pa per stock usedl was $3f,320.66. BORAH WANTS NAVAL BUILDING STOPD Would Rave U. S., Japan and Eng. land Sign 'l'ruce. )ANIELS OPPOSES PLAN Declares It Would Ile Grave lllunder For Anmerica to Take "Naval Holiday." Washington, Dec. I4.-Rumored in. tentions of Great Britain and .apan to seek a tripartite agreement. with the United States for limitatior of war shipbuilding programs cam up today in Congress. In the Seiate, a r-olutijm was of fered ly Senator Borah, Republican Idaho, requesting the President to seek an agreement with those powers for a five-year naval building truce with construction programs ct, in half during .that reriod. It would, he said, "develop whether Great. Brit ain and Japan are sincere ir' their talk of reducing armaments. Daniels Wants Large Navc Before tto louse naval commnittee, Secretary Daniels presented his ree ommnlenldations for naval constrnctorns with thi , conuent: I proftundly believo that the United Staites e:n; nit, affrl ', take ;-. Ave ye'rl 'naval holiday' as it ha- belen rumored Englanul and Japan will -ug. gest to this couitry. "I t ashi be~ a btifnertl, aine-t a crime, fo: the United States .o enter into anl alliance with ally two I'he nat ions e:tter to suspen.l or t. rtail naval buihing or for anly olh ; pur pose. It would certainly miaki for suslic n1. ;aolig the other na To U rge lromIt Action. Se nat'.' Mho0raeh's re:20hd0 Ion we- A to h"-oe; roeb'tion comm11ittee wt. out debate. The Idaho Senatcr Raid he woul urge promIpt action. The l ouse naval commit.tu-e pre pared to mnquire into the relative strength of the navies of the three powers. It was infornied by Admiral Coontz, . hief of naval ope rations, who accom-ipanied Secretary Daniels that. if al huihiing were suspened today, t eompt irative capital ship tolnige urer< would be Gr:et Brit ain 84;1,600, United States 462,0001 J ain 32,00. 'I le officer wa. in -ruuted in h, , -dy tomorrow t. dis. usS in detait at an executive ses!-sion the qiuesnti of relatives- strength ,-x. istimg an project-ed. Secretary laielo tohl the c(-:m:fit. tee he 'reved entirely with --natir larding.'- recnt stAl Ifeent at Norfol that the. na:svy should b' commenurate with th nation'e iiterests, reitrating his opir n t aint it, shoiul.d ".1' - to any '-. e world." "I w.i wo (1)(ubd hav. a "\rkd "agreeilenfit * O settle! disputeo-: With out recori.st to airnw " hit added."b It il thai t il. - coile- :md ( 'lo surely. wt ieht- t,; carry out oir ina TO TIn .. ..' dall wa" Senitin-.. toi $1.t-:) Enei wath leun ihi byI Jeidgte 'I Zi ' . Siath -in fe-< ra a t :ih hi aft fnin. Dr. KthdiC had ji,'te ioh-a gily fj i ol ingt the feet iaroti n. R'ev- Rwi. tllnd o' !uine: mli '! mf: samec n. ( wi'ie lVui' :i si" f 'i: l 4 oe . rur le. Thren "al.a . .N -I lt:# 'i w in- han edaThe t-:he hi.ght.' e beha!! tof with t. K e a- of , :; .0w w Oe mmoti nicalitye Dr.:i . Feida hrst-!-iita'vr.--i