The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, February 08, 1922, Image 5
Rtary %enry*C. Wallace of
_ artment of Agriculture, act-'
>tid?j- the it? of Presi;
Warren G. Harding, sent out
if invitations to a specially selected
^ ?sr^?wii^iotJv^eleg^es in all the
|L?3? . inviting them
Mtead-a-fXarmecg' Conference to
^icrv, Washington, beginning
W. 23rd. The
, delegatesselected-were mainly the
brgiftizations, editore
Of fetm 'wV^i^nes, represenS?55
V* '.V *TV - ...
> ,. . tnttves of the * Federal Reserve
^ -. ?' Banking System, College presi- .
^vliy, deate. meet j^kqrs/. cotton seed.
- crusher?, .c^t<m ^exchanges and
~ .*>? v .^variousother business interests dependent
more or less on raw agriproducts..
In scanning the
it r list of about-three v hundred dele'~tc,s-4
vgntes^.there.i-does-, not- appear to
fr 0V -larti been .xnany ;gej\uine dirt far>.t*1
V mers, that.is'.men who devote; their
4 time, capital -and activities in the
y actual field of agriculture.
>;.'>.-"VWien Presldent-J; : S. Wanna^
? " ?h!?aker was-Appointed in behalf of
5:' /u ?' .the American Cotton Association,
<u- he requested and urged Secretary
Wallace tdr appoint forty-two outitahdiiig,
representative farmers
v kai; from the fourteen cotton states,
* 'u '" but the request1 was'refused, as the
" , , :>?
li?* Ar /JWoontM-wai aplppfprf hv n
special committee ~ fn "Washington |
- appointed for that-particular purpbie.:,J
The moist of the delegates
:*r we're What might he termed technical
students of agriculture and
Utx- -i ,i ? .... * -. ?
r, >; ..farm advisers.. Following is a list
of delegates attending the "Confer,i
x-.-i enoes.-.-y^.
? . ? v;;,.: President-J* S. Wannamaker,
American Cotton Association;
' Carl Williams, Oklahoma, Ghairv3Jl.
, .mancAmericanCotton Exchange.;
"A: C'. fiiavis, Arkansas; J. N.
Harper, Georgia; Henry N.
p : ;Pharr, Louisiana;B. W. KilTr
gOre< North Carolina; R. W. H.
k- p.-..,, 8t0ne, North Carolina; B. Hariris,
South Carolina; ' Geo. B.
Terrell; Texas; A. F. Lever of
'Federal Farm Loan Board; J.
r ; T.y Duggar,. Alabama; A. J.
} Iteming,. .Georgia; Vernon T.
Mississippi; W. R. Dod- I
,1, " aim, Louisiana; J". A. Simpson,
Okftthdma: ~W. M . Riggs, South
. - Carolina; r Clarence Ousleyv
Texas; Joseph Hirsch, Texas;
-"W. Story,
fei Florida; C.
a.uir CJcfbb,1' i: reOrgia; Thomas
,, Cooper^Kquluckyt Judge, Robt.'
it yikrf v.W *a.p.ingiw.m,.Kentucky; Gov
fe-r; f Louisiana; W. .
Fox, Mississippi; D. R. Coker.
South Carolina; H. AMorgan,
ganwiij i TUimiiULiLbrHenryC. Stuart, Vif- Ti'
5?i Vdck, Tennessee?'
C. 8tfiAe, F^tucky; President
V- f/""'Lowell of the" National Grange;
ff. S. Barrett of
; National - Farmers' Union;
A&tori Bapirb, famous authority
v- on cooperative marketing, Cali
f, >. ' fornia; Congressmen Anderson of
. , Jtoe Joint.Commission of Agricul
_. - tural Inquiry; "C. H. Gustafson,
Illinois; G. Harold Poweil, Cali'
' fornia; Raymond A. Pearson,
Iowa; G. I. Christie, Indiana;
:x- 1 Henry J . Waters, Missouri; Dr.
'^. Richard T. Ely, Wisconsin;
lr< Jtafius H/Barnes, Now York;
. ; r. Pitfchot,'- Pennsylvania;
- "Chas.- 'Brandk Pennsylvania;
Thomas , jP,., Hunt, California;
i . Eugene Meyer, Jr., of the War
; ? Finance Corporation; Ex-Secrevrf~'
Uury E. T. Meredith; Bernard
" M . Baruclr, Samuel Gompers; G.
.1AP.<.v Watrenp. TV/*?C. Atkeson,
.Washington; Wayne Dinsmore, >
- Illinois; Clifford Thome, Illinois; >
Rnaseft, -Wisconsin; Chas.
siftfc-.* Ai liyman; Cfcar>ee W. Holman
:rX '.a ;Ca^Xroop*an. '*>'<
. .Vjt> , ^The jwogwp of the. Conference '
. .. to the appoftitment of commitifeea
7ah2f fe&bje&S*Hd be discussed .
' '<* dppe*M lb'hate-been prearranged
*1 r*o^.that-.: the, attending delegates :,
r: 1 /QOH14 gene^flly have a god time at .
p .. the nation's capita} and endorse the
cut and dried program of action . ^
"" The'Conferencektifas opened on the
morning of January 23rd by an ad.
'ovdresw by - President Harding,- in -J
.'.....4 w?icb . he discussed the . farmers
problem^ in a sympathetic way and
suggested :methods for Federal aid
now pending, in Congress. He en
- y dorsed cooperative marketing and a
' better system of short-term agricultural
finance, but stressed the
* fact- that farmers _ must depend
largely 'upon their own efforts to
' ' the solution of the economic prob'
' lems of production and marketing.
' also took occasion to particularly
" ' ' U :" ?v.n.vnlti<Ml tA tVlO lirPSPTlt
* ' sircba ii:a ujyi;ui3iuuji .?- - - .*
.7 Senatorial Agricultural Bloc, by
stating that the farmers should organize
their own Bloc and that
either the farmers nor the coun~
try needed a Bloc in Congress.
?V~ The delegates attending the Conor
, ferenpe, however, did not take the
. . same view as the President, and
before adjournment, passed a reso,
lutipn.fully, endorsing the activities
and helpful aid of the Senatorial
Agricultural Bloc. A delightful
social* reception was tendered the j
f-oi-.o delegates by the President and Mrs.
Harding on the. eyening of Janui
>: %?ry
f
i
m
s. Gcm?erence
/</af Washington
FARM LEADERS IN CONFERencjS
Combine against cut
? Tvt?m\ TlDAflD A vr jvn
I.lil J1XUUW JL
SECURE PASSAGE OF WHOLE.
SOME, CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTIONS.
^ .President J. S. Wannamaker of
the American Cotton Association
and" other leaders of farm organizaI
tions attending: the Conference, created
what was termed an insurgents
group, soon after the Conference
opened and the administrative plan '
of action f ally outlined. Instead of ;
f. playing politics and being used as
automatic pawns to carry out the
.prearranged program of this Conference,
these so-called insurgents
balked and -insisted upon the consideration
of constructive measures
which co^tld be recommended ' to
Congress" "for'enactment of real
hefpfti! and immediately beneficial
leigi61a?t?Jn. * In this fight for recognition;.
of the farmers'- welfare,' J
President Wannamakcr took the
leadership, and as the results of the
Conference show, the so-called insurgents
won out on every strong
and forceful measure they pressed
forward to consideration. It is now
up to Congress and the Administration
to whip into definite and
tangible enactment such laws as
will tfit.hout delay give to the a?-~
ricufture of the nation the benefits
of. the various practical measures
incorporated in the resolutions
'* passed by the ' Conference. The
proposals and petitions to Congress
and the Administration arc ciear
cut and forcible. No more meetings
are desirable or necessary. The
time for definite action is impelling
if the present stagnation of agriculture
is to be pulled out of the
ruts of financial depression, and the.
industry put once more upon its
feet. i
... OUTSTANDING RESOLUTION'S
PASSED RT THE CONFERENCE
BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
ON JANUARY 27TH.
The following measures for re- j
construction and the rehabilitation |
of American agriculture were favorably
acted upon by the Conference:
No. 3.?The establishment of
. commodity financing through
loans to farmers running from
six months to three ,years; the.
creation by the Government of a
Federal financial system for diS-' '
counting farmers' short-term .
notes based on agricultural commodities
and livestock as collateral;
divorcing farm finance
from the short-term, red tape
.commercial system employed by
the Federal Reserve bahks,: and
have short-term farm, loans i .
handled by the Federal . Farm.
Land-banks either direct or
.through, the. agencies of local
. , ttiiu cuuiiciauve iiutiHeung
associations. ' -:>
No. 2.?To extend the present
operation of the -War . - Finance
-Corporation soi;long as its. ser- .
'lt vi,ces na^ he,needed; in making *'
, loans on warehouse, products aftd
livestock as at present Conducted* '
No. Endorsement of the ac
tivitieS'of the Senatorial Agricul?'
tural Bioc in its efforts for passing
and seeking to enact Turther
, beneficial legislation in behalf of
American agriculture.
\ No. 4.?Endorsement of the
report of- the Joint Congressional t
Commission on Agricultural Inquiry;
its fulsome criticism of
the drastic deflation policy of
the Federal rceserve Board and
the various measures proposed
to Congress for immediate and
future agricultural relief.
No. 5.?Endorsement of Federal
legislation to aid in the development
and succesful organir
zation of cooperative marketing
associations among the farmers
of the Nation as the best solutidn
Of existing 'difficulties in the
economic and efficient marketing
, of staple agricultural products.
No.,6,.?Endorsement of the
leasing of the Muscle Shoals dam
and goveirriment " properties to
Henry Ford, in- the interest* .of
..-i,, securing the manufacture, of ,
comipercial nitrates for use on
American farms and the full* development
of that'splendid water
.power/to be utilized, in v hydro .electrically-driven
enterprises - of ,
various kinds for the benefit of
"-- the whole country.
No? 7.?BecQfltmeYided the
'* appoihtfrieht of an American ' Commission
to attend and thkotv
part in the World Conference to be
held at Genoa, Italy, in March,
- to discuss ways and mea?jsrfov
rehabilitating.>:the industrial ae-. |
tivltioc aiH finance in tho
foreign countries, and that this
Government extend all possible
aid to European countries to enable
them to purchase needed
raw products from the United j
States. |
No: 8.?Endorsement of the j
economic policy of acreage con- j
trol in planting certain staple :
crops, so that production will j
more evenly balance with the de- j
mand for legitimate consumption 1
and avoid the heavy losses to I
farmers which accrue from the
produ< tion of a surplus of raw
products to be sold at low prices.
This plan provides for restoring j
the farmer's dollar to its nonr ii j
purchasing power.
No. t*.?Vigorous and united
action of all allied agencies to j
place the avocation of agricul- !
lure on a parity with all other j
industries. That the President !
of the United States and Congress
should at once take steps
to reestablish a fair exchange
value of all agricultural products
with thai c
; _ ties.
No. 10.?An equttiiiiiuon G?
I. tariff legislation which will prof
1 tectraw agricultural products
| s'frO'ni competition with cheap for-''
eign labor products imported in
(. .-Ulis country upon UIU sail!p uaoir
I of equity that American manufacturers
are protected.
Xo. 11.?The taking of a Federal
Census of the acreage planed
in staple farm products every
-five years. A more correct gath- .
ering of . statistical data regard-. *
ing crops and production each
year by the tl. SI Department of
j' Agriculture.1 The 'expansion of
- American commerce ; by -the
L- maintenance of. representative
..^..Federal agents, in the. various .
countries which stand In need. of.
* American raw ^agricultural '
^prdduCta and other commodities
produced as a surplus in this
country.
' ''iio. 12.?Recommended an immediate
reduction in the freight .
rates, a readjustment of wages
paid employees, to the end that
/the railroads should participate
in the deflation which' has been
forced upon alt other lines of
business in the past two years,
' rtnd especially that of agriculture.
.This means reduction of
freight rates on farm products
and livestock to what the rates
were prior to August, 1920.
Xo. 13.?Endorsed the open- i
ing up of the St. Lawrence and j
' Great Lakes waterways to ocean- j
eroine commerce and that this I
waterway project be completed
by international agreement at
" the earliest date possible.
"No-. 14.?Endorsed the action
of President Harding and Secretary
Wallace .in calling the Con...
ference.
It will be noted in reading over
the leading resolutions as above set
nut, that they are in line and ac
cord with suggested resolutions appearing
in Cotton News of January
15th. .The Conference at Washington
will no doubt do much good.
' The delegates, in strong and forceful
memorials, have told the.President
of the Nation and the Congress
what the farmers of the country
need from the Government as
an aid in their rehabilitation. The
language of the resolutions passed j
upon are plain, simple, yet effec- .
tive and to the point.; It is now up
to the Administration and Congress
to get busy and put into immediate
operation the plan of action I
called for; if agriculture is to get
back upon its feet and play its
proper, part in the reconstruction
of the nation's business, and meet |
the needs of the world commerce.
at*v m. i??Tnr ctfAT rro HP4TH'
WiU.1 :'J. M tvtvij CiLVTA AW
THREE ARE HEED EOR CRIME
* ** }: (Continued-from Pago One.)
' . *' .V
salts to Sam Perry and 'Mr. Ben.
.When I come back to drug store, I saw
Mr.. Quincy standing by the stove. He
told me to put wood In stove. I heard
the shooting. Mrs. Sheppard was in
the drug store. I was scouring the
floor.... Dr., Ha/mon, .went-out badfc
/door (When . he told me ro heat the
water to drench the hog. I don't'
know where Dr. Harmon was when
they were drenching the hog. That
looks like Mr. Rice's gun. He doesn't
leave his. gun at Drug Store. That i:
hi? gun. When he went'hunting, he
would1 have me clean out his gun and
take it to his house. He was not
hunting/today. 1 have worked tor
him about four years. I." didn't hear
anyone talking when the shooting
took place. I didn't see Air. PricV-'
go into the store, i didn't See Mr.1'
' ? i V . , .
Price till after the shooting. ' He
passed me. Didn't say anything.
Shooting sounded like it was on the
outside. Mr. Hendrix was back in
store when shooting took placev Mr.
Price came out first by me." I went
out behind him. Mr. Hendrix didn't
I - .. >
come out from back of store before J
left store. I.didn't see Mr. Price at
'* '? * ?
fountain. I had left back of store
about ten minutes before shots were
fired. \
"(Signed) Sinclair Waring."
v . JJr. Homer Mathias,. sworn, says:
"I reached Olin Price be/ore he
died> IJe diedab.oul fitteen minute?
after I got to He was lying on
his baejw * 1 found a gun-shot v.oun<
on left side about collar bone. The
wound went inward and outward, lie
bh>ad mueh. That-Wound killed him.
He didn't' speal:. There were other
wounds on back. 1 picked out some
of the shot. They were number si::
or eight shot. That was a shot-gun
wound. I would say that ilie wound
was made from close range. I didn't j
see any powder burns. i was there J
when his clothing were removed. He!
didn't have any pistol. J l'ound j
bottle, in his po.ltet. It (.otiiaiacd :
white lieuid. The wound ranged outward.
i am not positive whether
wound ranged upward or not.
"(Signed) . H. Math ins."
I>r. G. P. Ho her Ps, sworn, sriys:
"1 examined body of Mr. Price.
There were two wounds?one in from
and one in back. The ore-in from
I was about the union of collar bone
i and breaet-bono. The collar boric was
shot off. This ahot ranged outward.
| It looked like it was straight through
!?probably upward. If i: was nd
- r vlSglp.?'" AVi-v-ii-si. f
r': . ' . \.L JiVAS '!,0 SO secec.;. i.
J;Tfce wc^und from back did not produce
| death. ' The front wound caused
death.
|." "(Sigrned) G. F. Roberts, M. D."
y .
M. S. Geigcr, sworn, says:
"I was not ill store'when shooting
I /%/?.! r\l a T e* % tiri"* riYS-k a \T ft f
luui; |;iaLv; x ? ao xu ^auv^ai
Bank. T went to my home from drug
store. From home to bank and hack
to drug- store?whole time being almost
thirty minutes: I hoard- no disturbance
in drug store before I" left.
;V-: , ?- '" (Signed') ST. S- Geiger." .
s'/ r y; .. 1/\ *.*. . f ^ .
Sinclair Waring, re-called: '
."I was standing in store.' Saw Dr.
Harmon coming up the alley towards
store, and had his shot gun. I did not
tell anyone about trouble between Dr.
Harmon and Mr. Price. Dr. HarI
mon was. near the rear end of store
going towards store with his gun.
"(Signed) Sinclair Waring."
Fur man (riles, sworn, says:
'I was on outside of store at Auto,
house and I heard someting fall up
against something. 1 heard this
noise in store oeiore any one or mem ,
come out. Dr. Harmon come out
and went down alley. Sinclair said
Mr. Rice hit Mr. Price. We went
on drenched the hog and Sinclair and <
1 went on back to store. I was in j
store 5 or 10 minutes before I heard
shooting:. 1 did not see shooting.
"I have been in jail. Sheriff locked <
me up this* A. M. lie didn't have
any warrant for me. He didn't tell
me what he had locked me up for. j
and didn't take me out till he brought
me here to testify. They had me
?
locked up in cage part of jail where
I could not speak to any body on outside.
I am IS years ?!d. I am a
negro bov.
"(Signed) Fornion Giles." j
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Lucius Hick ley, sworn, says:
"J live in Lexington. 1 was in
front of Court House when 1 heard the
shooting. 1 was at home just before
T came to Court House. T saw Dr.
Harmon and Norman C.oiger come out
of Dr. Harmon's house. Dr. Harmon
had gun in his hands and bo::.
Dr. Harmon turned and went up alley
vtovrards his store, and Geiger came on
up town. I came along behind them
and stopped at Court House 2 or 3
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and every-day
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REXALL PETROLEUM EM
REXALL COD LIVER EMI
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COMPOUND EMULSION I
LIME AND SODA, PINT BC
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HIKER'S MENTHOLATED
A. D. S. CROUP AND PNE
NATURE'S OIL, A COMPOI
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WE WILL GIVE ABSOLUT
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<\Vf Price com? out of sc^ro ui'tei
shooting.
(Signed) Lucius Bickley."
Harry Lee Oswald, sworn, says:.,, .
"I work at Dispatch-^sewgoffice
second door from Dr. Harinon's store.
I heard two gun shots. Myself and
Bill Dent and Coke Dent wonf on back
platform. I saw Dr. jRipie B. Harmon
and; Ben- Teal standing- under
edge of Garage . door which, was open
Sam Perry was standing between hie
and Dr. Harmon. I did not" fifed dii$gun.
Mrs. Sarratt came out her bach;
door and asked Sam Perry vy,hat. was
the matter. . She then askifed me what
i;
was the matter and .1 said I don't
know. I didn't know . any one was
shot until I went to front and stood
there a lew minutes. ' V "
"(Signed) Harry Lee Oswald."
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Bill Dent, sworn, says:
"I am 13 years olu. L was in Dispatch-News"
office when I heard
shooting. Coke Dent, Harry Loe Oswald
and I went on back platform. I
saw Dr. Harmon, Ben Teal and Sain
Perry standing near Garage. Mrs.
Sarratt came out and asked what was
the matter and Harry Lee said I don't
know. She first asked Sam Perry
what was the matter. He did not answer.
She then asked Harry Lee.i
and he said I don't know.
"(Signed) William P. Dent."
Q. L. Hendrix, sworn, says:
work for Dr. Harmon. 1 was in
front of store when I heard talking in
rear of store. I heard Dr. Harmon
tell Price to leave his place of busi
. .
iii;ii.es curly layers of
produces fast growth In young chicks. tMi
Wo <arry :> complete line of faro-Vet S
Hogs and Poultry. We will gladly refund
results from the use of any Caro-Vct rem
AUTHORIZED DEALERS
s. W. Boozer.... Chapin, S. C.
Brookland Cash Uro..New Brookland, S. C.
Eargle Drug Store Chapin, S.C.
J. S. Wessinger 6= Son Chapin, S. C.
L. P. For Batesburg, S. C.
m??a?g?
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ti i\eau
>ffering the foil
special offers c
r needed family
IE BOTTLES FORMERLY $125
(The Host Tonic Made)
ULSION, PINTBOTTLES FORK
r Cough3, Colds, and a Building Toni
JLSION, LARGE BOTTLES FOI
3, Colds, Nourishment and a Tissue B
PURE COD LIVER OIL, W1
ITTLES, FORMERLY $1.50 NO
oat Troubles, Coughs and General l>eb
FRACT OF COD LVIER OIL, F
ile Tonic and Alterative for AVaMing'D
WHITE PINE AND TAR COU(
:UMONIA SALVE, LARGE JA.
UND LINIMENT, FORMERLY
'E COLD TABLETS. .... ..
ui and Black Dr
5ASE OF ONE BOTTLE OF W
BLACK DRAUGHT (for the !iv
ELY FR\E ONE PACKAGE O
fcUGHT.
armon Dm
The Rexall Store
aw*
About that time, I hca-rd Di. Harraoa^^^l
say Don't, and then the shotting ' \
taken place. I did not see the shoot- / "
ing. I didn't think' anything was
\rrong, and didn't go to see what was
the trouble. About'30 minutes before
the shooting,' I went to Bank of
"Western Carolina- to majte deposit.
"They left to drench hog about the
tihib I- went' to- Bank. I did not see
Br* Harmon after I carrie back from
Banfc'-until ai'ter..?hooting. I do not
*
know who did .the shooting.
."(Si&ned) Q. L. Hendrixl"
w. v* . '
S. B. Kyzer, sworn, says:
"I saw-Dr. Harmon turn in alley
at Mr. Sheppard's. He had shot gun
in his hand. I did not see anyone
'with him. I did not see N. S. Geiger
with Dr.' Harmon", or * coming up
street. I saw "Mr. - Geiger in Bank
when 1 heard shooting. I didn't see
anything else in Dr. Harmon's hand.
I didn't notice anythnig else iii.^r.
Harmon's hand- I would not say he
had or didn't have anything elsje in
his hand. 1 saw him crossing., the
street going in the alley on Idft^aand
side street. ; r
"(Signed) S. Ji. Kyzer."
t'oko Dent, sworn, says:
"I was in printing office when I
heard two shots fired.. Bill Dent,
Harry Lee Oswald and I went to rear
of ooff ice. and . saw Dr. Harmon, Ben
Teal and Sam Perry standing in rear
rff Jli-jio1 ctnrp rear Auto, house. I
stayed on ^ack about 2 minutes,
v ' ' "(Signed) Coke S. Dent."
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om Every Hen
: for .1 loafing lien.' You ?:u;i make layers
\ out of every solitary hen you own.
Egg Producer
itonic, develops the egg-producing organs;
jnyng pullets ; keeps poultry healthy and
pound box, r>o cents.
tandard Remedies for Horses, Mules, Cattle, "
your money if you fail to get satisfactory
edv.
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Rice B. Harmon Lexington, S. C. |
J. R. Lanford Swansea, ft. C.
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flERLY $1.25. NOW $1.0C 8
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