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^ THE DILLON* HERALD, DILLON", SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY.MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1919. " VOL. 24. XO. 2.
HUB SUPPORTS |
FIGHT HOR COTTON
I VOICES HIS HEARTY APPROVAL
I OF AMERICAN' ASSOCIATION*.
Committees A p| jointed to Advance
ft Formation ol' Export Fiuancing
I - Corporation.
. Columbia, Sept. 21 .^-Following a
" comerence in Atlanta oetween VV. P.
r G. Harding, governor of the federal
I bank system, and J. Skottowe Wan;
naniaker, president of the American
Cotton Association, special commiti
tees haye been appointed by the1
i American Cotton Association to push 1
forward the organization of the ex- j
port financing corporation with all |
possible speed, according to an an-1
nouncement made at the offices of i
the American Cotton Association in
this city.
Mr. Wannameker has issued a call
to the president of every bankers' association
in the cotton belf urging
* that special conferences of the bank- ;
ers of each state be held at the ear-1
liest possible date for the purpose of
discussing the aims, objects and purposes
09 the American Cotton Association
and to arrange means by
which said bankers can be of the
utmost assistance in financing the
cotton crop of the South and to help
maintain the minimum price recommended
at the convention held by the
American Cotton Association at New
Orleans recently.
BT Mr. Wannamaker said that the
V bankers can be of the greatest asW
sistance by fixing a maximum loan
f value per pound when secured by federal
State or bonded warehouse regB
ceipts, and that they could be of fur
ther assistance in the organization of
jiB the export corporation. He said their
assistance would be needed also ' in
the fullest practicable exploitation of
the new export facilities provided iy
the Edge bill and other recent legislation.
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Governor Harding, in Atlanta, lent
I his very hearty endorsement to the
a ~ work of the American Cotton Asso*
ciation saying:
"I cannot emphasize too strongly
my approval of the great work which
" has been accomplished by the A?ier.
ican Cotton Association. I heartily
commend the wonderful service it is
rendering. I most strongly urge the
k. importance of locally ownefl and con?..
f t trolled warehouses in every county in
BfeS^e cotton belt. A tremendous amount
of work has been done by the Amer
^ ican Cotton Association for the pur\
pose of emphasizing the vital im|
, portance of the erection of these
warehouses and of their coptrol and
yownership by the farmers, merchants,
bankers and business men of the
South. I am more and more convinced
that if the South desires to ob!
tain a fair price for>potton it should
put itself in position to finance the
(. marketing of it both at home and1
I abroad. Our people have for years
PJ-T been accustomed to financing the
a growing crop, and of recent yftars
they have learned how to hold their
cotton after it has been ginned and
W baled, over a period of temporary
distress. They ought to go one step
; further and finance it until it gets)
into the hands of the s*pinners."
President Wannamaker said yesterday
that telegrams and letters
wece being received from all over
the cotton belt indicating that the i
k South is solidly behind the American
Cotton Association. Warehouse corporation^
are being formed' all over
the belt, he said. Several of these
are located in South Carolina.
In South Carolina it was stated that
the campaign was progressing most
satisfactorily. State Manager B. F. i
McLeod spent the latter part of last
week in the Piedmont section and reports
that practically everybody who
is solicited is joining the association
. ' in that section.
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UGLY AFFAIR AT CHER AW.
ChCraw, Sept. 22.?A distressing
tragedy took plac^ on the streets of
Sgs^^Cheraw Saturday afternoon at 6:30
gB||B o'clock when Burch Kirkley was shot
to death by T. L. Ingram and G. G.
SSgHr Ingram.
The trouble occurred in front of the
& Bank of Cheraw, where the streets
^ were thronged with the usual Satur-'
day crowd and it seems a miracle that
* nn nno oloo was sprioiislv hurt. Miss
SeDe Long, one of the high school,
teachers was struck by a stray bullet
and painfully, though not se-1
k riously hurt.
Just how the difficulty started is
not known. The Kirkley lands had;
been recently bought by the Ingram j
brothers and later auctioned off in
small tracts at quite an advance in i
k price. Some feeling seems to ha*e
arisen over this, and when Burch
rivirkley and E. G. Ingram met in
B-ont of the bank Saturday words
ere exchanged which led to blows.
B. G. Ingram then dre.1 his pistol
and fired two shots, making a slight
flesh wound in Kirkley's leg. Kirkley
was unarmed. Hearing of the difficulty
T. L. Ingram, a brother of E.
G. Ingram, rushed to the spot, seized
the pistol front E. G. Ingram, and
fired the fatal shot.
jL Mrs. Kirklev and little son were
In an automobile nearby and witness
ed the whole affair.
* Mrs. Klrkley fainted and was with
U much difficulty revived. She is now
W- seriously ill.
The Ingrams are largely engaged
in farming, livery stables and autoH
mobile business. Kirkley was an era
COTTON IS NOW GOING
DIRECT TO GERMANY
Shipments Are Being Made Fit>m Galveston
and Other Ports and
Markets are \Vide Open.
Atlanta, Sept. 21.?United States
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgit has
advised cotton men here today that
cotton is going direct to Germany!
from Galveston and otheiy ports.
It was reported a few days ago that
the Georgia senator was dissatisfied
with the government reports he had
received affecting the immediate future
of the cotton export business,
and he has wired the coTTectors of
* xt?? vr?..l. ?i1 J
CUSIUIU5 ctt 1U1& auu uii vvuvi i
ports to get definite information. I
The report was an error, as Senator
Smith has expressed himself as being
perfectly satisfied with the situation.
Shipments are wide open to and from
Germany. The senator simply communicated
with the port collectors
for the purpose of ascertaining to
what extent the opportunity to ship
cotton was being used.
Senator Smith finds, as he advised
cotton men, that cotton is going direct
to Germany from Galveston and
ether ports,
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SEA COW CAPTURED
NEAR WILMINGTON.
Hundreds of visiotrs went to Lake
Side Park yesterday afternoon and
last night to see the sea cow that
was hauled up in the sands of Masonboro
sound earlier in the day by a
crew of fishermen anddater brought
to the city by R. C. Fergus and hundreds
of others will doubtedless go
there today, tomorrow and Sunday
' A I.. Ant
10 inspect nit; jsu ciii^c Cirdiuic mai
has the head of a cow and the body
of a hippopotamus.
The creature has been roped to a
cypress close inshore and is hauled
up at regular intervals for the inspection
of the crowd. The barnacle covered
sides have been touched by the
hundreds of hands, including both
the timid and fearless and it seems
as though the crowd never tires of
looking at the aquatic bovine.
The cow is possessed of enormous
strength, although it appears to be
perfectly harmless. Its mouth has
three lips and it feeds on vegetable
matter. Already the grass growing
along the large shore has been cropped
close by the brute, which prefers
to remain immersed but comes to
the surface occasionally and takes
deep draughts of air.*
- It is not known whether it will continue
to live in fresh water or not
and those who would see the creature
are advised to go to the park as early
as possible. Electric lights ha\e
been strung around the spot, where
the beast is tied out, making it possible
to examine the creature at
night.
Already the spot in which the bovine
^as been staked out has been
dubbed the "deep sea dairy'* by an
enterprising youngster and there
were others who have called at
th~ Dark to know when the manage
c r - ment
expects to milk the beast. ?
Wilmington Dispatch.
NEGROES APPROVE ACTION
Take Stand That Lynching Was Justifiable.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 22?A number
of negroes residing near Lexington,
Ga., have met and adopted resolutions
approving of the action of
whites who recently lynched Obe
Cox, a negro, accused of assaulting
and murdering the wife of a white
farmer, it becam* known here tonight.
The resolutions condemned in
strong terms the crime that aroused
1,000 men and sent them on a twenty-four
hour search of swamps and
woods, which was concluded with the |
shooting of the negro and the burn-1
ing of his body. At the time the crime
was committed Cox was under indictment
for an attack on a negro
woman. He is said to have confessed
before death to the crimes.
Negroes who took the stand that;
the lynching was justified were said j
to have consisted of some of the riiost'
orderly and prosperous in Oglethorpe j
county wuere me nunc numou n
killed. "Nick" Walter, a negro who f
leases and operates a farm of sever- j
al ploughs, was said by officials at'
Lexington to have taken a leading
part in the adoption of the resolu-l
tions. Just how many negroes took
part in the move could not be learned
here tonight.
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Services at the Methodist Church
Main street Methodist church. Dr.
Watson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday]
[school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. H. Muller,,
'superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. j
and 8:30 p. m. by the pastor. Morn-!
ling subject: "The Excellency of Our
]God.'' Evening subject: "The Mes-!
'sage of the Bible to Young Women."
Prayer service on Wednesday at 8:00
p. m. Teachers' Meeting on Saturday
at 6 p. m. At this meeting the pastor]
lectures on the S. S. Lesson for the
itoUowing day. All S. S. Teachers of
ithe community are cordially invited.
Public cordially invited to all ser
ivices at this church.
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Mr.^and Mrs. B. F. Klien have re|turned
to Morehead City, N. C.
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plovee of the town.
| The funeral services were conducted
by ?the Rev. A: H. McArn at the
Presbyterian church at 11 n. m., on
Monday.
COUNTY NEWS !
AND HAPPENINGS
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NEWSY LETTERS BY REGULAR
CORRESPOXDEXTS.
Xews Items of Interest to Herald
Readers Ebb and Flow of the
Human Tide.
Carolina.
At Carolina church, the morning,:
service last Sunday was a welcome <
service in honor q/ the boys of the j
church who answered the call of their
country and have returned. An able!
sermon was delivered by the pastor, |
Itev. C. G. Brown, after the words
of welcome.
Misses Emma Kate and Maude McInnis
and Pearle McLaurin left Tuesday
for Flora McDonald College at
Red Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. McLaurin of
Rowland spent Sunday here with relatives.
.
Jtfr. M. Carmichael and daughter
Miss Nellie of Dillon, spent Thursday
at the home of Mr. Jenks McQueen.
Mfr. L. C. Norton of Dunbar spent
Sunday with home folks.
The Home Demonstration Club met
at the school house last Thursday afternoon.
A splendid demonstration on
grapes and pears, was given by our
efficient County Agent, Miss Sellers.
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Oak Grove.
The fourth quarterly conference for
the Brownsville circuit will be held
at Bethlehem next "Saturday morning,
September the 28. \
The Oak Grove school opens Octob- '
pr thp fith Miss Inn Mnv Pitts nf M
Clinton is principal, Miss Clarice
Fore of Dillon will have charge of
the intermediate grades and Miss
Margaret Simpson of Leeds the primary
work.
Farm demonstration agent Epps of
Latta was in this community Monday
morning/
Superintendent of Education R. S.
Rogers was here one afternoon last
week on a business trip.
The hot weather of the past few
weeks is making cotton open very
rapidly and in many fields nearly all
is being gathered at the first picking.
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Fork
Misses Sallie and Willie Moore left
Tuesday for Coker College.
Miss Sue Nelle Stith and sister,
Mrs. H. P. Dubose are visiting their
parents at Lamar.
Ottie Carmichael has returned
from a trip to Baltimore.
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Carmichael of
Rowland spent Sunday in town with
relatives.
Miss Bertha Moore has >returned i
to Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.!
C.. I
The teachers for Fork school have '
arrived and will begin teaching Sep-1
tember 22. The teachers for the com-]
ing year are Mr. Mahone Moody and 1
Misses Huggins and Carmichael.
Messrs. Eugen Carmichael and Bert ]
Roberts left Tuesday for Wofford Col.
lege.
Grady Rogers spent Sunday in the
city. I
Mrs. Mary Rogers had a family
reunion Saturday to celebrate her
olp^htv-flrsf hirthdav. All the llieni
bers of her family were present but ,
one son, M^. Herbert Rogers.
C. E. Rogers of Greensboro, N. C., J
spent last week in town.
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Lake View. \ <
Rev. W. R. Philips has been spend-,I
ing a few days the past week in the|<
mountains. .<
Mrs. Marvin Gaddy, who has just '
returned from the hospital at Flor- i
ence, is improving. 1
Miss Gertrude Norman is attending <
^phool at Falcon.
Misses Christine Goodyear and!
Bessie Hayes left Wednesday to en- i
ter Carolina College at Maxton.
Mr. J. T. Hankins spent Tuesday i
in Mullins on business.
Miss Allie Mae Temple has return-|i
ed to Salem College to take up her
work. * j'
Mrs. W. N. Goodyear visited friends r
in LumberUm the past week.
Miss Iartinie Oliver is visiting
friends in town. |;
Miss Grace Temple has left for|
Columbia, Tenn., where she will j
teach.
Mr. Richard Flowers left Saturday
to visit friends in Martinsville, i
Virginia.
Miss Pervatt is spending a few days
with her parents near Lumberton.
Mrs. Trust Booth is visiting rela-.
tives near Mullins.
Miss Hattie Temple who has been |
quite sick the past week is out again.
Mr. Ship Daniels, of St. Louis Md.t j
wno has heen in me county juori ui |
the summer looking after the estate,
of his father, spent Tuesday with I
I relatives in town.
| Miss Edna Norman left Sunday to!
[attend the Conservatory of Music at
Durham, N. C.
Mr. Wade Temple left the past i
week to attend school in Charleston,
S. C.
Messrs. Jones and Flowers of Wil-I
mington, N. C., who have heen put-;
ting the roof on Mr. D. K. Ford's
new building have returned to their!
(.homes for the week end but will re-1
(turn to do some repair work on the 1
furnace at the school building.
Rev. E. T. Mason who has been in I
a meeting at Pleasant Hill the post
.week, has returned home. He reports
a very good meeting. He was assist
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DILLON FARMERS
RACK CORPORATION
SUBSCRIBING LIBERALLY TO
FIGHT SPECULATORS.
More Than 100,000 Subscribed at Friday's
Meeting to Buy Pis
tress Cotton.
If other cotton movements in Dillon
an<j elsewhere have been failures,
there is no indication that the present
movement to organize a huge
cotton holding corporation to keep
distress cotton off the market will
fail. On the other hand there is every
indication that it is going to be the
biggest success in the history of the
farming industry in the south.
L. D. Jennings, well-known cotton
man, farmer and lawyer of Sumter,
addressed a large and representative
audience at the court house last Friday,
and at the conclusion of his talk
more tljan $100,000 watf subscribed
in a few minutes to organize a cotton
holding ass^iation in the county.
The cotton holding association in
each county in the cotton belt is the
outgrowth of the plans put into effect
by leading cotton men throughout the
south many months ago to protect the
cotton producer againsL the manipulations
of the bear speculator in the
north. The plan is for each county to
raise enough money to buy up all the
cotton offered at less than the price
Fixed by the Cotton Association. Many
counties in the south already have
the plan in operation. Sumter has
buyers on every market in the county
ind not a bale of cotton yis selling
in Sumter for less than 30 cents.
Last Friday Florence county put its
buyers on the market and it is said
that cotton cannot be bought in that
r?ni11ltv for 10 Por.tc Mot o halo ic hn.
ing offered.
Mr. Jennings says it will take
$300,000 to handle Dillon county's
crop of surplus cotton and up tp Saturday
last $130^000 of that amount
'lad been subscribed. Committees are
canvassing the county this week and
it is expected that Dillon's quota
will be raised by Saturday night. Mr.
r. L. Manning, county secretary, says
'.he farmers are responding liberally
ind there is much enthusiasm over
ihe movement.
Cotton jumped to 30 cents and
slightly over on the Dillon market
Monday, but none was offered. Buyers
for export houses and mills are
taking a holiday, so to speak, until i
the cotton world can get its bearings.'
rhat spinners and exporters are very!
much interested in the movement isj
svidenced by the fact that Special j
igents sent out by the various asso-1
sociations in the north are keeping |
n close touch with the situation, and j
ire securing and sending in daily re?|
sorts on the progress of the buyingup
movement. There is no questioning
the fact that the cotton goods
ivorld and the bear element particu-,
iany is very mucn concernea over tne
movement.
Many movements have been started
in the past with the object of
helping the farmer to get a better
price for cotton, but they failed because
the farmer was not financially
ible to back them up. But times have
changed. The past three years have
enabled the farmers not only to get
even with the world but to lay aside
surplus money and they are amply
ible to back the present holding
movement.
It is not -extravagant to say that
cotton should be selling around 40
cents a pound. The greatest obstacle
to high prices, so it is claimed by
economists, is that Europe has no
credit and exporters are not willing
to pay hard cash for cotton and send
it across the water on 60 and 90
paper of a doubtful value. Another
obstacle is the high rate of exchange.
Europe has nothing to sell and when
she pays for What we send her the
rate of exchange is so high that it
more than eats up the profits on the
transaction. The European governments
want to keep what money they
have at home, and will make no attempt
to reduce the rate of exchange.
This condition of affairs prevents the
exporter rrom Becoming an active
buyer on the American markets. The
bear element, it is claimed, is taking
advantage of this condition of affairs
t0 hammer the price of cotton down,
end the only way the south can meet
the situation is to organize a huge
holding company composed of county
units and buy distressed cotton.
President Wannamaker has appealed
to President Wilson to assist the
European nations in establishing a
credit for American cotton, but the
president has his hands full with the
peace treaty, and it is not likely that
he will be nble to give the cotton situation
his attention until congress has
ratified the treaty. In the meantime
the southern fanner must help himself
by lenling his means to keep
1 ? . ?ff < U r,.o>.v
surplus* UULIUII Uil I 110 uiai l\ci,
dollar he puts into the holding movement
helps him to get ;t belter price
for what cotton he has on hand. '
e'd by Rev. J. A. I-angley of Kemper.
The protracted meeting at "Bear
Swamp" closed Friday night and a;;
a result seventeen werP baptized.
Rev. Mr. Miller of Fairmont assisted
Rev. Joel I. Allen, the pastor.
Mrs. McDonald and two children
from near Dillon spent a few days
with th0 latter's parents last week.
Mrs. Frank Shooter spent a few
days with relatives near Mullins la?t
week.
MUST REDUCE FOOD PRICES.
Government Official Spent Day in
Town Investigating l*rices.
A representative from the Department
of Justice spent Tuesday in the
[city with Food Administrator Davis
and after making investigations said
i that certain foods were being sold
| above the market price. The official
fhade notes of his investigations
which will be forwarded to headquarters.
Among the articles being sold
above the market price, said the official
were mostly canned goods; butter,
beef and cheese. The native beef
(is being sold at the right price, but
(western beef, said the official,
j should be sold for 2 cents a pound
| less than the native beef. The offijcial
spent most of the day with the
grocerymen. At present the government
is investigating food prices
but will soon turn its attention to
such articles as clothing, shoes, etc.
it is likely thai the official will return
to Dillon in a short while and
make investigations along this line
I in order to . see that the law is be[ing
complied with. No charges of
(profiteering were preferred against
Dillon merchants, but their attention
jwas called to the prices being charged
in other towns for the same articles,
and it is likely that these prices
will be reduced to conform to the
government regulations. Food Administrator
Davis will shortly appoint
a i'Fair Price" committee which
will publish from week to week the
prices at which food should be sold.
This will enable the consumer to
Iknow whether or. not he is being
overcharged. The- retail merchant is
allowed to charge a certain per cent,
above the wholesale price and it is
the government's business to see that
the retail man is not over-charged by
the wholesale man. If there is an
overcharge it is the duty of the re
tall merchant to report tne matter
to the proper authorities, the same
as it is the duty of the consumer to
report an overcharge by the retail
man. Under this arrangement wholesaler,
retailer and consumer are protected.
The government official here
Tuesday did not attempt to fix prices
on the various articles handled by
the grocerymen, but told them what
profit they were alolwed on the
goods they handled, and instructed
them to stick to that profit. The official
said he did not find any intentional
profiteering, and that the Dillon
merchants expressed themselves
as willing to cooperate with the government
in carrying out the spirit and
letter of the law.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION TO EXTEND
THE CORPORATE LIM!
ITS OF THE TOWN OF
DILLON. s
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Whereas a petition has been submitted
to the Council of the Town of
Dillon hv a maioritv of the freehold
ers of the territory adjacent to the
town of Dillon hereinafter described,
praying that an election be ordered
for the purpose of determining Aeth.
er such territory will be included in
the limits of the Town of Dillon, and,
Whereas, the Town Council of the
said town of Dillon has ordered an
election for this purpose to be held
on Tuesday, October 7, 1919.
Now, Therefore, pursuant to the petition
aforesaid notice is hereby given
that an election shall be held in the
town of Dillon and/ in the territory
hereinafter described, on Tuesday,
October 7, 1919, said polls open at
the usual voting precincts of said
town from 8 o'clock a. m until 4
.o'clock p. in,, and at a convenient
place within the territory to be an,
nexed, said place to be designated by
the managers of election for such territory,
at which election only^qual;
if-ied voters of the said munic*ality
I and of the territory proposed to be
| annexed shall be permitted to vote.
I The following is a description of
, the territory proposed to be annexed:
i All of that territory embraced by
I me presem corporate iimus or rne
:said town of Dillon which is a circle
| drawn from intersection of Main
'street and Railroad Avenue, as a
| center with a radius of one-half (1-2)
'mile, and a square two miles on each
I side save and except the mills and
'mill villages of The Dillon Mills;
that is to say, instead of the incorj
porate limits of the town of Dillon
i being a circle with a radius of onehalf
(1-2) mile from the center,
; there shall be drawn from the said
center up Main street to the West a
I straight line one mile in length;
[from the center up Railroad Avenue
i to the North'a straight line one mile
: in length; from the center down Main
I street to the East a straight line one
mile in length; down railroad Avenue
to the South a straight line one mile
In length. Which said lines so
drawn shall strike each side of a
square two miles 011 each side
equal distance from the ends
?? f 5 /l? J V? f V? o fivpontinn
vii Ctttu niuci nun iiiv vavvfv.w..
above mentioned, all of which will
more fully appear by reference to
the lines of survey made hy Major 0.
|M. Page, Civil Engineer,
j The following are the managers of
j the Election for the Municipality'
I T. S. Richbourg. II. A. Harrelson and
I. C. Ingram. The managers of the
; election for the Territory proposed to
i be annexed: J. J. McKay, T. T. Cottingham
and R. L. Moody.
! Given under my hand and seal this
I the 2P.rd day of September, A. 1).
101ft.
J. H. HAMER, (Seal)
Mayor.
Attest:
J. R. EDWARDS City Clerk.
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SHERWOOD CLAIMS
REJECTED OR VOTE
LACK OF QUORUM BLOCKS FUfAL
ACTION ON CONTEST.
Stol! Was About to Be Declared Nominee
in Sixth by Majority of
23 Votes.
Columbia, Sept. 23 ? When the
State Democratic Executive Committee,
meet here today to consider
the protests filed in connection with
the second primary election for Congress
from the Sixth District, had
declared tonight at 8:30 o'clock by x
a vote of 11 to 9, to throw out the
protest made by E. J. Sherwood, 61
Conway, against alleged irregularities
and fraudulent votes "in the box
at Andrews, Georgetown County
and tQ canvass the returns and de- ,
clare the result, a point of the quo- {
rum was sustained by John Gary
Evans chairman, and the proceedings
were stopped. If the point had
not been made, P. H. Stoll, a!
Kingstree, would have been declared
the nominee by a: majorltv of twenty-five
votes. The secretary, Ashley
C. Tobias, Jr., was instructed to call
the membership of the committee
of forty-four members to Colombia
for the recessed meeting.
The principal protest fHed today
was that of E. J. Sherwood, who
alleged taht fifty-four irregular and
fraudulent votes had been ca"st at
Andrews, forty-five of them for Mr.
Stoll and nine for Mr. Sherwood. He
asked that the club be purged, which
if done, would give him a majority
of eleve'n votes in the same district
The other Sherwood protests, that of
uarves nay precinct, box no. i, tor
writing the names of candidates on
illegal ballots, was dismissed by the
'committee, because the regular ballbts
through an oversight were not
supplied the precinct.
Because there had been a recount
in Horry and it was found that seventy
soldier votes had been counted
twice and seventy of these votes "bad
been deducted from Mr. Sherwood's
majority, Mr. Stoll withdrew his protest
relative to Horry county as he
claimed his contention had been met.
Tonight after the motion of the
executive committeeman from Edgefield
county had been carried to dismiss
the Sherwood protest beeaasr t
there was not enough evidence te
show sufficient fraud to change the
result of the election, and to declare
the result, L. D. Jennings, of v
Sumter, attorney for Mr. Sherwood,
raised the point of no quorum. When
it -was pointed out by Mr. Padgett
that Mr. Jennings point could not he
considered because he was not a
imemb"" of the committee, it was renewed
jy G. A. Guignard, executive
committeeman from Lexington eonnjty,
and sustained by the chairman
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j CRITICIZES THE PRESIDENT.
i Penrose Declares He Brought Jewel*.
From Europe.
Washington, Sept. 22?Senator
Penrose, Republican, Pennsylvania,
declared in the Senate todnv that
President Wilson and his party
brought back from the Paris peace
conference* jewels and other gifts
from "crowned heads,*' which he had
been told were worth more than one
million dollars.
Interrupting a speech by Senator
Ashurst, Democrat, Arizonia, who
said that in 1810 it had been proposed
to prohibit acceptance of gifts from
I foreign rulers by the President, Imitator
Penrose asked if the Arizona
j Senator bad in mind gifts made l?
j President Wilson while in Europe.
"I know nothing of that,'' Sena- *
tor replied, "but if any Democrat ac- }
cepted such gifts he would receive
my condemnation as quickly as if he
were a Republican."
"I have been told that the President
and his party came back overburdened
with presents from crowned
heads and foreign governments,"
Senator Penrose said. "Ther^ was
jewelry valued at hundreds of thousands,
and I was told that customs
authorities valued the gifts at more
than a million dollars.'
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bk; auto races today:
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Fast Drivers YVill Compete for Big
Prizes at Dillon Race Tracks.
Large crowds are expected at Dillon
today to witness the auto races
which will be held at the race track
I this afternoon The event has been
extensively udvertieed?end large numbers
of visitors are expected from
the adjoining counties. Prizes aggreIgating
more than $1000 will he
awarded to the successful contestants
'Dillon is the first small town In thre
.state to hold an auto race. The
I large cities havP been having ihe
'races for some time, hut Dillon was
i the first small town to put up the
I guarantee and invite the timers over.
;The track has been put in excellent
'condition and fast racing it cr.nect,'ed.
The scout who came over and in
specie^ me tracK sain n was one oj
, the best in the sta'e and In saw no
reason why some fast time she\:ii not
,be made at today's races. About a
.dozen ears of various makes wiil be
|entered. The cats hr-ear. arrivi; , yes,terdav.
The races will start promptly
at 2:30 o'cloek.
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