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, ?be 9illun Sjeralii SUBSCRIPTION - $2.50 Per Yr, r i 4 h/. ?; ? OHlon, S. C., November 25, 1920 \ . N THE .TARIFF AND COTTON. .* - y * . The protective tariff is now a fit subject for discussion, considering the ^ .fact that the Republican party is tc cause it to be raised materially. For the* tariff is one of the keystones of American politics and has been so r since the Civil War. *Some say it is -the football of politics?kicked up when the republicans get into power .and kicked down when the democrats ; . .are in power.' The sugar planters of Louisiana . have had tariff ideas ' that coincided Urith other tariff ideas in the south, .but of late years have allowed them .. / -to ,be somewhat revised, as a runs, they favor a heavy tariff on Cuban sugar?and on all other sugar that is imported. Such a tariff will protect 'their pn sugar. Probably, as regards !.. other products, the Louisiana sugar vg^owers are satisfied to have a low i s tariff. Such is human nature. In Florida there is an agitation afdbt to idemand a high protective 1 ' tariff on peanuts, which is a Florida .product of considerable prominence. Jit is pointed out that Canada, which isaott a producer of peanuts, imposes a duty of two cents a pound, while the United States, which is capable of producing all the peanuts consumed in this country, imposes an impost duty of only half a cent a pound. Florida growers, therefore, say they rare .(facing competition with peanuts *%%i ;fiom the Orient, wfiere mimuua v. ' > pounds aje being raised for the Amer,, ; lean market. The California lemon market is in the same fix. Lemons from other ccnuitries are flooding the country, it in faid, to the detriment of the local ^emon industry, so that California growers are initimating thdt Uncle . ' ;. .Sam is being handed too much of a . lemon. / But unfortunately for the southern cotton r -er the south produces nine-ten. .a of the world's supply of * cotton. A high tariff on manufacturv t' aJ cotton goods means that if ,we ship ' -. a hale of cotton to Europe the European manufacturer cannot pay a high price for the raw cotton plus : rm high impost duty and then sell his iproduct in America in competition with the American manufacturer. Liverpool fixes the price of raw cot ton, and a high tariff on manufacturveil goods means that the American r manufacturer will pay low Liverpool prices for cotton at home and sell tc the American consumer at high tariff Drices, thus raking off an enor nious profit. iProtection will help every produc -er or farm products in the south ex' cept the cotton planter. In this ret spect the cotton planter occupies ar unenviable and.almoBt isolated position. There is only one way out of the difficulty?only one way to beat a high tariff on manufactured goodr V ?and that is to curtail production? curtail- until the world cries for cot* Aon. DON'T LOSE HOPE. In times like these one man's prophesies are as good as another's, but somehow we have more faith in the man who keeps his nerve and lakes a hopeful view of the future. The situation is bad, but not hopeless." Never before in the history ot the world has there been such a. slump in commodity prices. And what intensifies matters is that it io ?---? na rllnilar sec -not connneu iu au} tion or natiop, but is world-wide in it:; scope. It seems as if by mutual agreement every nation in the world decided on a policy of deflation at the , same moment. Sugar is Cuba's big money crdp. A few months ago sugar was in demand at fabulous prices. Today it is piled sky-high on the wharves of Cuba, warehouses 'are bulging with It and the Cuban planter cannot dis? pose of his crop at ten cents per i pound. So acute is the situation that the Cuban congress has been called to aneet in extraordinary session for the "" purpose of considering ways and * meaps to lend the planters financial . assistance. Avenues of trade have been closed to the wheat and corn crops and while these commodities rot at wayside stations the other half of the world is starving. Ana so 11 is win Australian wool and American cot ton. There is no demand for woo . and cotton moves indifferently at less | than the cost of production while th( A people of Central Europe are almo.-i B naked. It is a world-wide calamity in whirl B no section or nation has been spared BE The whole comtnereial world hat been jarred to its very foundation' |^^B and there is disorganization am KB chaos and confusion everywhere. ^^^B But there is a brighter day ahead n| All indications point to the fact tha ~~ - ?JA? ?. _ _ B . > (the business halt fa only temporary ;i jr.nd the bottom rung of the ladde; j 'has been reached. Production go ''ahead of consumption and is waiting | a short time until consumption 1 catches up. A flowing up pf industry is some J particufar 'ine had its effect on som? ! other .line,, and before the world real- c ized it all lines 6f industry had been I ^crippled. Avenues of distribution 1 . closed suddenly, and with deflation ^ of the currency on the one hand and j the curtailment of credits on the oth j er the inevitable result was worldi wide business stagnation. It is the opinion of shrewd obsen \ J vers that it is about time for the pen- a dulum to swing the other way, and 1 while commodity prices will no; J reach their former high levels, they c will advante enough to stabilize busi- j ness an^.put the'world on its feet t again. Nobody buys on a falling r market. Th? consumer will wear the 1 old thread-bare suit a few weeks Ion- f i 0 ger and the manufacturer will re t main out of the market until he is r satisfied the price of raw materials e has reached the low level, and then ^ e jail at once consumer and manufac- t Jturer will re-enter the markets as ac- d 'tive buyers. Prices will take an upward turn and as the demand in- 0 ! creases prices will advance until a ? v c safe level has befen reached. Avenues s of trade will open up again, money will begin to circulate once more, ^ credits will gfet easier and before the world realizes it the wheels of industr> will hum again. j j There are two sides to the situa tion and the man who looks at th<" worst side all the time is bound tr- * get blue and dispirited. The world cannot go to pieces . People must be ? fed and clothed and if all avenues o c wero tn remain closed indef- n initely the men who own the money f would have so much worthless paper on their hands. Don't lose hopfc. " _ n NEGRO DRAGGED OUT s * OF COURT BUILDING. I Mob Reaches Jury Room by Breaking d Down Doors. t ?? ? Tylertown, #Miss., Nov. 23.?Harry h Jacobs, negro, while being tried for c his life for an assault on a white woman, here today, was taken from t the courtroom and lynched by a mob. u Members of the mob, who had been t barred from the courtroom during the I progress o f the trial, gained access r to the courtroom by breaking down $ two doors. After forcing an*entrance to the i: courtroom despite efforts of court of- 1: ficials and others to prevent violence, t the negro was seized, a rope placed about his neck and dragged two d blocks through the main street of the o town, after which the rope was tied I to the axle of an automobile, which h dragged him to Magee's creek bridge, s where the .lifeless body wis swung to 1 j the limb of a tree and riddled with r .bullets. Cleveland Strange, of Jay- b ess, Miss., was accidentally shot v I ?v.-n,,crv, tvio ohHnmpn rlnrine the af- a 4 fray and tonight is said to be in a | critical condition. Strange is said to t , have been hitting the negro over the d I head with a pistol, holding it by the \ barrel, when the pistol was discharg- t ed, the load taking effect in the c stomach. He was taken to a hospital i at McComb, Miss. S Brother Also Lynched t Harry Jacobs, the negro lynched to- f J day, was a brother of Bon Jacobs, t I who was Jynched by a mob about a I two weeks ago for^an attack on the husband of the woman attacked by ( I Harry'Jacobs on October 30. Since s his arrest he has been in jail at Mag- i r.clia, Brookheaven and JacksOn, to s prevent mob violence. 1 A special term of court was con- \ ivened here this morning to try the c ,case, with Judge D. M. Miller presid-ji ;ii:g. A grand jury had been organiz-'d od and the work of selecting a petit jury was being started when the moli f ^stopped the proceedings by poundingu orr the doors for. admission, with! | shouts of "Let us have him.; we must y have him." " \ Appeals Made in Vain t | I Appeals were made, by Judge Mil- ; ;ler, other court officials and the hus- f band of the woman assaulted to per- ( |mit the court to proceed in an order,- f I ly manner. I ( | With shouts of "Come on. let's get | i jhirn." the mob broke down the doors j of the courthouse, rushed up the | stairs to the witness room where i Jacobs was being held, and dragged | him to the street. ] Aften the body had been hanged ( to the tree it was left there for sev- , eral hours and gTeat crowds of cur- , 1 ious visited the scene throughout the < ! day. Everything is quiet in the town < 1 tonight, the mob having dispersed . ! soon after the lynching. ? ' PASSING CHECKS, CHARGED. I I I B. M. Joaiea, Alias Spangler, Placed 1 > Under Arrest ' Georgetown, Nov. 23?B. M. Jones, 1 alias H. S. Spangler, has been arI rested here, charged with passing * 5jdrafts and checks. Tne araus werei , drawn, it is said, on the Fisheries! ^Products Company of New York. Wil- ' minpton and Baltimore, and on W. H 1 | Pierce and Company of Chadbonrn. 1 N C. This party has victimized several banks and hotels in Georgetown Florence, Lake City and other towns 1 it is alleged. He had in his possessio: '.bank checks and drafts on many 1 banks in South Carolina and Virpin!ia. Jones represented himself to bp r ' 'stock salesman for the Fisherieri' ' Products Company, of Wilminpton . 1 N. C? it is said. 'l VINE MEN DEAD w FROM MINE FIRE, ai m Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23.?Nine si; Tien are dead from burns in a fire at h< he Parrish mine of the Railway Al ^uel company, nine miles soyth of in rasper, following a gas explosion in at he mine this morning. Three died at u a hospital here tonight, and seven ilhers suffered injuries. The dead: S' i. A. Rochelle, George Bell, H. Kyles, teuben Phillips, Lee Charablee, Parish; R. F. Chapman, Double Run, M }a.; Charles Lamb, Double Run, Ga. Jlos Bentley, negro, Parrlsh; John Fordan, negro, Parrlsh. The badl<y Injured men were taken cr o Birmingham hospitals on a spec- a? al train immediately after 'the acci- st lent. Special trains with surgeons to ind first aid equipment were rushed la c the scene in answer to an emer- m ;ene? call to the Birmingham office m >f the fuel company. d< According to miners, who escaped te njury, 26 men went into the mine cc his morning when operations were pi esumed following a shut down of ta norfe than a week, and when the last pi quad of workmen had progressed th ibout half a mile Within the drift, a fo errific blast occurred, with flames m acing along the corridors, making scape impossible and burning to. 3! leath those nearer the scene of the pi xploBiori which tore timbers from re heir moorings but did not choke the pr [rift. ] Rescuing parties were immediately)as rganized and fought their way into w: he wrecked mine, removing the dead .nd injured. The cause of the explo- $( ion has not been determined. pr o be VESTERN BUSINESS t pS MEN LOOK FOR EARLY ' ! st TRADE RESUMPTION1 $1 *resent Pinch Due Purely to Restri?-'^1 tlon of Credit, Says Secretary. i in 'lorence Daily Times. ;'s' "In Oklahoma, there are hundreds/11 f acres of cotton from which not one . oil lias been picked," Walter J. Johnon secretary of the Chamber of Com-.3, lerce stated today, upon returning i rom an extensive trip through the!*' orth and west. He speaks of what j e saw himself while passing through . he western section of the cotton belt. "Planters out t^ere told me-there's; ' o money in it; why pick it?" she|p, aid. "Also coming do^n the Carolinas, saw many fields of cotton which eviently had never had a picker in a hem. The cleanly picked field was he exception in the Carolinas, Okla- j oma and Texas, as I observed the otton plantations. . c "I would judge that the 1920 cot- * on crop will not be picked before the middle of December?possibly not by hen at the present rate. Everywhere " heard the complaint of the very high ates demanded by cotton pickers? * 2 to $3.50 per hundred pounds." Mr. Johnson made this trip especally into the oil fields of Kansas, Okahoma and Texas to inspect some roperties of a petroleum company. * "We have been hearing a great deal own here about 'cutting prices' in ^ ither places. Chicago, Washington,Cansas City and cities of this size lave 'reduced' prices?but I did not ^ ee any very impressive 'cutting.' "his fact attracted my attention veryr ' auch. Prices have been trimmed, iut I don't believe there has been the wholesale tumble we have heard , bout- n "Really, I was impressed most that rp he 'cutting' has been on raw pro- n. lucts?particularly of the farm. The ^ Vestern grain planters are sitting on heir wheat and corn as tightly as otton planters in Florence are stick- ^ ng to their cotton. They paid $7 and ^ b a day for common labor to harvest heir crop. They paid huge pricesL or seed and for planting. And nowj hey are unitedly determined not to Iaoo tVian for thoir whont .... "Both in Chicago and in Oklahoma Jity I had the pleasure of hearing ;v onie big industrial and financial men ^ ncluding the governor of Illinois, ar peak,' I recall particularly one New,h( fork industrial and financial man vho said thai the outlook is always!'11 larkest just before the break of light. ^ le emphasized that he believed the ~ lark times cf the readjustment period ire nearly through and then he hopes or prosperity and activity which,Pt igain will break all records. jth "I talked to good bankers too who ta roomed very optimistic over the o^it- bi ook for better times. w "My impression, from observation ti ind conservation, is that the present ui tir.eh is purely due to restriction of S< >redit and it is not due to anything 1 undamentally anything wrong in inlustry and finances and commerce. _ \dmittedly our credits have been ex- I janded beyond all reason?men have J sorrowed thousands where they were ^ lot entitled to hundreds. It had to I De stopped. Literally millions of dol- * ars worth of credit are being paid up now. As soon as these liabilities \re liquidated, and this process is 0 soing ahead very rapidly, persons, with whom I talked, believed trade r will resume with renewed vigor and ^ activity. ? "We have this reason to hope for d i comparatively early resumption of T trade with renewed activity?the de- c' flation program is not supplying one 0 lota of the demand for houses, manufactured goods, construction of all kinds, production of raw materials, and the myriad of other activities of j, our commerce and trade. The de- jj mand for houses today is as great a9 y ever?in the west people are living M In outhouses, shacks, tents, and other n makeshift dwellings, so great is the p tiemand. The market for lumber, jbrick, steel, labor, and all other build- p ing materials, as one may see* under p the circumstances, still stands." Mr. Johnson covered nearly a third of the states of the I'nion on this trip. Nearly 5,000 miles, and was in 11 many of the important industrial and financial centers of the North and West. He is more impressed than ever that business is merely stabilizing itself, there is little reason to It fear a panic, and conditions soon'o , i ill work out all right. The people! *e nbt rushing their products to arket and the merchants are not aughtering their stocks. Returning xme, Mr. Johnson found Mr. D. W. | Iderman, Jr., in Washington, return- ' g from Chicago, here he has been tending the national association of ltomobile men. o rATE DEPARTMENTS ASK FOR INCREASES 'ould Add $2,095,949 to tlie Cost of Government. Columbia, Nov. 22?Enormous ineases in state appropriations are iked by several departments of ate government which appeared here the budgefcommission during st week, according to announceent made today by the budget com- ' ission of the requests made by these rpartments. Representatives of fifen departments appeared before the Inst tnAnlr r% T* A V? 1 nni?A_ F.LXiLitlooivii iaoi ncca, ai:u iu(j w bat ions asked by these for 1921 to1 $4,799,815, as compared with ap opriations for these departments is year of $2,703,866, an increase r these fifteen branches of governent of $2,095,949. \ The tax commission asked for $59.>0, as compared with $35,000 ap opriated in 1320. The thx board of! view is asking for its same approbation, $1,500. The commissioner of agriculture is king for $135,940, as compared Ith $81,145 this year. The state electrician is asking for >7,523, as compared with 1920 apopriation of $30,950, the increase! >ing largely an item of $34,380, to! ty for the new heating plant inalled in the Capitol recently. The state penitentiary is asking for, 125,723, as compared with $125,715! is year, an increase of, $8. The Confederate Infirmary is ask-, g for $2,841 more than the last leg-; lature appropriated, making its re-^ lests total $25,001. The chief game warden's office asks r $14,225, against $13,525 this sar. The"pension commissioner asks for '58,797, as compared with $607,350 ! is year. 1U piuviue iui an-caicuoitc uuuu-i g program, the John De Howe' dustrial Schools asks for $114586 compa!*ed with $34,316 approprlat-: i this year. ^ ! A total of $197,333 is asked by the, hool for the deaf and blind at Ce-| ir Spring, against $104,551 appro-( iated this year. The State Medical College is ask-i g for an.enlarged building program, total of $150,516, as compared with 120 appropriations of $96,967. The state board of fisheries relests its same appropriation, $10,10. The University is asking for $465,?4, as compared with $211,515 apopriated for 1920, the largest item increase being for building imovement and additions. Th e Citadel also looks to building \ lerations, asking for $623,015 as: mpared with 192(J allowances of; :98,483, the largest increase being: ked for building improvements. The heaviest appropriations asked far of the budget'commission is at requested by th# state departent of education. It asks for $2.10,650, as compared with $931,090. The budget commission will hear 1 state departments, thirty-five havg been heard already and fifteen re-i ain to be heard. After hearing all; quests for appropriations, the coraission will make up its budget for e state for 1921. o "Orangeadfc" and "orange crush"; at never come closer to an orange! an the tanks of a synthetic chemi-i i laboratory are hereafter to be emed "misbranded." and the vends prosecuted accordingly. The citrous black fly, an insect pest hich attacks many plants in Cuba e Bahamas, Jamaica, Canal Zone id other tropical fruit countries is 'coming so noxious there that the gricultural Department is considerg disinfecting all shipments from lose countries. NOTICE. All persons are forbidden to trestss in any maner whatsoever upon ie lands of the undersigned or os-, ite lands under my control, either . fishing, hunting, hauling straw, j ood or other materials. Any viola011 of this notice will be prosecuted rider the statutes of the State of luth Carolina. 1 25 4t. 0. C. Hayes. Don't Neglect Zoughs and Colds. Neglected colds often lead to in"nnTi nnattTTtnnia ariH nt hPT SPT >us complications. or years the essential ingredients orehound, mullein and tar have een used successfully as an immelate check to coughs and colds, hese three ingredients have been olnbined with a few other helpful nes to make the celebrated Murray's Horebound, Mullien aid Tar t is pleasing to the taste and reef is immediate. 'our druggist will supply you. and ill refund your money if you are ot pleased with results. 'or treating influenza we recommend >r. Hilton's Life for the Liver and [idneys in conjunction with Murray? forehound Mt'Mein and Tar. Manmactured by AURRAY DRUG COMPANY Columbia, S. C. One hundred and fifty tons of balds were stuffed into the ballot boxes f New York City on election day. \ i - . WANT COLUMN * 1?- 1 WANTED ?COUNTRY PEOPLE TO _ TRY OUR 75c. MEALS. PALMET- I TO CAFE, NEXT TO HERALD OFFICE?.tf. FOR SALE Eight young milk cows, from $75 to $125 each. K. L. McDonald, Little Rock, Route 1.?11 4 4t.p. HAVE US SELL YOUR LAND AT auction. Atlantic Coast Realty Co., I Petersburg, Va.f and Greenville, N. t C. Write, wire or phone us at l Petersburg, Va., or eee Davis & t Bethea, Local Contract Represen- \ tatlves, Dillon, S. C. 9-30-t.f. ( t NOTICE?ON ACCOUNT OF THE nantc now unnrnflrhlnc T will r 1 make a reduction on all fresh J. meats five cents on the pound. Watch and see that I treat you. I right. Dillon and Palace Market. I a i I II I I WR of SA Conti WITH PRIC r> r* ? rr> n iLU Z VZl\ entire stoc shoes, men's ; ing, ladies' coats; everything in our tions and laces), tremendously low low that you ca with the full assi are getting the ve ble price. We re as low as they wi several months, sell it regardless ? i. or cosi. BOYS SUITS HA ^ AT ABOUT f LADIES COATS, t son's style coats and halt price. Coats $39.00 and i Suits $39.00 pnd a We won't try to qu ask you to come and Jones Dry R. R. Avenue - I' To The ] The Coum I . > f 1 9 Education h the opening operation of tendance aci 129th to Jan. All children betv and 14 not previously school that day and r consecutive days. i'OTICE?I AM AGENT FOR THE Florence Steam'Laundry and will receive and deliver all laundries as k promptly as possible. Palace Mar- V ket. ' * f iOST ? One white and brown Cas- f trated bird dog about 4 years old. Liberal reward will be paid to anyone returning the dog to me. Weitus Gaddy, Dillon, S. C.t R. F. D. No. 4.?11 18 2tp. ? ^ -a \ YOUR OPPORTUNITY luy one to 20 acres right near elec- ^ Tic car line and Columbia College, ow price, easy terms, kich soil, will nake living on five acres. Values adranclng. Growing section of city of . , Columbia. Get your share before It is oo late. Write today for particulars. M. W. Mason, Box 51, LI 25 2t Columbia, S. C. Gold braid on the uniforms of Mexcan generals and diplomats has been ibqlished. ' . \. i ALE [ . a LE inues ES CRUSH'LOWER :k of dry goods, and boy's clothand suits, in fact * store {except nois being sold at prices,?so very , n buy liberally' jrance.that you TW ry lowest possi:ally believe just ill be for the next We are going to of former price lND tailored ialf price. he very best this seasuits at about onedown to $3.75. | \own to $13.50. I ote prices but merely see for yourself. Goods Co. Dillon, South Carolina Public: ty Board of las changed date for the v the school at t from Nov. 4 3rd. peen the ages of 8 r enrolled must enter ; emain in school 80 r.... - '