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NEGRO OFFENDS WILSO PRESIDENT BREAKS OFF IXT1 VIEW AT WHITE HOUSE. Toll.. (V.mniiltoo T1 .Ul. ?? USUI! IVII.^ vvuiiifi'Wv Will Have to Cet Another Chairman. Washington. Nov. 12.?Off em by the tone and manner of tli chairman, W. M. Trotter, of Host President Wilson today ended an terview with a delegation of negr who called at the white house to p test against race segregation in g ernment departments, with a wa ing that if the negroes wanted to him later they would have to another spokesman. The presid said he had not been addressed such fashion since he entered white house. A fifteen-minute interview 1 been arranged for the callers and president received them in his ofl with only his stenographer prese The delegation complained forma that Postmaster General tfuries Secretary McAdoo and Comptrol Williams, of the treasury, were forcing segregation of white a negro employees in their offices. Wilson listened to the statement a then replied at length, expiaini that he had investigated this mat himself and had been assured tl no discrimination had been practic against the negroes and that seg gation had been inaugurated avoid friction between the races, 1 to injure the negro. He added tl he was deeply interested in the i gro race and admired it for the. pr< . v, ress it had made. t Took Issue. * At this point Trotter and others . the delegation took issue with t president. They declared the net j people did not seek charity or assi ance, but held that they had eqi rights with the white and that th< rights should be respected. Th< had been no friction, they insist before the segregation was started Mr. Wilson waited for the prot< to end. Then he told the delegati that he could not discuss the m ter further. He closed with t quiet, but emphatic statement tl Trotter had lost control of his te per and that he (the presider could not be talked to in such a nit ner. When the negroes left they s: their talk had been "thoroughly d appointing," and that they woi hold a mass meeting in Washingt ? next Sunday to protest furtl against segregation. Xot as Wards. Trotter said in his address tl his committee did not come wards looking for charity, but full-fledged American citizens, voui 6afed equality of citizenship by t federal constitution. "Two years ago," said Trott "you were thought to be a seco Abraham Lincoln"?the presid( tried to interrupt, asking that p sonalities be left out of the disci sion. Trotter continued to spe< and the president finally told h if the organization wished to : proach him again it must choose i other spokesman, adding tnat ne n enjoyed listening to the other me bers of the committee, but that Tr ter's tone was offensive. The president told Trotter that was an American citizen as fully anyone else, but that he (Trotte was the only American citizen w ever had come into the white hot and addressed the president in su a tone and with such a backgrou of passion. Here Trotter deni that he had any passion, but the pre dent told him he had spoiled t cause for which he had come, a said ne expected muse who piuics: " to be Christians to come to him a Christian spirit. Continued to Talk. The negro spokesman continued argue that he was merely trying show how the negro people felt, a asserted that he and others wi now being branded as traitors their race because they advised i negro people "to support i ticket." The mention of votes caused 1 Wilson to say politics must be 1 out, because it was a form of bla mail. He said he would resent it quickly from one set of men as fr another, and that his auditors co vote as they pleased, it mattered tie to him, so long as he was si he was doing the right thing at right time. The president spoke frankly, s ing that if the negro people 1 made a mistake in voting for 1: they ought to correct it. but that would insist that politics should be brought into the question beca it was not a political problem. W some emotion he declared lie \ not seeking office, and that a n who sought the office of the pr< dency was a fool for his pains. A Human Problem. Emphasizing that he did not c in the least for the political consul ations involved. Mr. Wilson urj that he wanted his auditors to ^ | MEET NEXT AT WILMINGTON. Lutheran Synod Assumes Control of the Lowman Home. :h- _ ! Columbia. Nov. 13.?The United j Lutheran Synod at its session today hey assumed control of the Lowman | home, which is located about twelve miles above Columbia. This was the ' outstanding feature of the session! .led today. At the afternoon "session it i ieir was decided to hold the next bienon, nial session at Wilmigton, X. C. in- The I.owman home was presented oes to the South Carolina Synod several [ ro-j years ago by .Mrs. .Malissa Lowman. ov-j The place contains 1,000 acres. The rn-i home is operated for the benefit of see ; the aged and infirm of the church, get j Routine matters were considered entjat the sessions of the Synod today. , ^ l ?11 U* fAmor. j 1 lie micU sessiuii win ue ucju iuji'uithe row morning. Many of the delegates will remain over in Columbia for the tad services in the various Lutheran the churches Sunday morning. More tice than 200 delegates have been in atnt. tendance upon the meetings of the illy Synod, which is considered one of on, the most successful ever held, ler One of the features of the sesen sions has been the movement looking ind toward the fixing or minimum saldr. aries of ministers in the Lutheran ind church. ing ?? ? ter 1,250,715 BALKS CONSUMED. lat American Spinners Used Less During re_ Three Months. Washington, Nov. 14.?Cotton lul consumed during October was 451,-1 lclt S41 bales, exclusive of linters, com- ; n ppared with 511,923 in October last I )cr_ I year, the census bureau announced today. Consumption for the three months ending October 31 was 1,-1 250,715 bales, against 1,3S6,708 last I :he . year. I < TO I American cotton spinners used less j at" cotton during the first three months Ja of the cotton vear than they did in j i the same period last year; exports are during October were less than oneP(1 ' third of what they were a year ago, j and almost a million bales more were GSt in the hands of manufacturers and in ; on warehouses at the end of October atthan there were last year at that he time. This summarizes briefly the ia t effect of the European war on the ~ American cotton industry, as disclos- i 1 ed today by the October cotton conin~ sumption and distribution report of 1 . the census bureau. The United i Kingdom during October increased < its takings of American cotton. 232,- i 065 bales having been exported to i on it. Germany received no American cotton, while France took 22,302 1 bales, the first it had received since ' the beginning of the war. t Cotton on Hand. as Cotton on hand October 31 in as manufacturing establishments was 731,407 bales, compared with 1,'^e 023,015 a year ago, and in independent warehouses 3.7S0.036, compared er' with 2,509,658 a year ago. nd ( How Justine Was Cured, er us" A young girl in the Potato Hill neighborhood wanted to marry a 'm widower with two children, so her *P~ parents said to her: Justine, bring ln" the two children here for a month ac* and take care of them. If at the end ni" of that time you still want this man , of", you may have him without opposition from your parents." Justine he cared for the children just four davs, as and then sent them home. The experiment was hard on the parents , h? for a few days, but it cured Justine. i ne man sne iovea uoes noi come twice a week now. But shouldn't : nd Justine have known without this exied perience? Are not many mistakes !si~ made without excuse? he nd derstand that it was a human proofed lem and not a political problem, in While the American people wanted to support the advancement of the negro, the president was sure that, to as practical men. everybody knew to that there was a point at which friend tion is apt to occur. The question ere must be stripped of sentiment and to; viewed in its facts, because the facts the | get the better of the individual the whether one desired it or not. The president said he thought his VIr. colleagues in the government deeft j partments were not trying to put the ck-; negro at a disadvantage, but simply as to make arrangements which would om! prevent friction. He added that the uld question involved was not a question lit-1 of mstrinsic qualities, because all ure had human souls and were equal in the that respect, but that for the present it was a question of economic policy ay-' whether the negro race could do the lad same things that the white race could lim do with equal efficiency. He said he he thought. the negroes were proving _ -x !... ,.^,1/1 orwl tliot avorv Ano II (H tlirtt IIIC* luuiu, uuu mat v. ? v . .? u.iv | use: wished to help them so that they itli would not l?o so dependent, and that j vas their conditions of lahor would he j tan bettered. The entire matter, how-1 2si- ever, should he treated with a rec-1 ocnition of its difficulties. Mr. Wil-i son said he was anxious to do what j are was just and asked for more tnemo-j ler- randa from the conimittee as to in-j areri stances of sec relation about wliich i un- thev complained. i EXPORTS BREAK ALL RECORDS. New York Ships More Roods Than Has Been Known in History. The money value of goods exported from the port of New York yesterday was the largest on record. It reached $6.1 S3.S 12. Auditor J. F. Knapp, a veteran of the customs bureau of statistics, said that never in his recollection has so much activity been shown in foreign export as during last week. Max May. vice president of the Guaranty Trust company, a leading expert in foreign exchange, expressed the opinion yesterday that the trade balance has already begun to shift in favor of this country, and soon it will have a credit balance instead of a debit balance. Mr. May said one of the most impressive features is that Argentina, Brazil and other South American countries and China and Japan are r? a- Avok O Y-? era hi 11 c r\rt A m or 1 PA n UI a? 1U5 CACiiailb^ wutu VU ^iuv> vv.mi bankers instead of London bankers. Also several foreign governments are building up credits here against which to purchase supplies. Big Orders from Belligerents. Purchases of supplies for the belligerents are spread all over the country. Word came from Binghamton yesterday that the Endicott-Johnson company of Leistershire has shipped 100,000 pairs of shoes for Greece. One half of the price was paid in advance. The same concern is working on an order for 100,000 pairs of shoes for one of the warring countries. which paid the entire cost in advance and took all risks in delivery. Arthur M. Laycock, of London, who has the contract for supplying the British and French governments with all motor cars, has placed a * OHA m ntnr tni/?lrc With tviuiavi 1U1 ?W uiv/vvi V* MV?W ...... i Syracuse concern at $720,000. The Packard .Motor company has an order for 450 trucks, the Federal factory for .200 trucks, and Henry Ford for 2,000 motor cars to be used as ambulances. It was announced yesterday that agents of the French government have closed contracts in Texas for 5,000 horses, making a total of 25,000 purchased for that government within two weeks. These agents are authorized to purchase 50,000. It was reported from Chicago yesterday that within nine weeks $135,000,000 of food and supplies have been sent to Europe from and through that city. Shipments of American .vheat since July 1 were 114,S27,000 ! bushels, compared with 93.827,0001 bushels for the same period last year. Chicago meat packers say that for: he first time in mure than sixteen years work is going on day and night | in the canned meat and hide depart-i ments. Cattle from Canada, .Mexico' and other points which had never i been sent direct to Chicago are being sold there, at high profit. It was said yesterday that more lhan 4,000,000 pounds of wool have been sold in Boston within a few; days for export to England at a cent or two higher per pound than isj paid by American manufacturers.! 3. Liebvitz & Son, of Bverstown, Pa.,, have received an order for 20,000 i woolen shirts for delivery November | 1; Russia has placed orders in .Mas-1 sachusetts for 1,200,000 woolen j blankets, and specifications have) been received for 300,000 blankets j for Canada. The Bethlehem Steel company hasj an order for 900 six-inch field guns.i to cost $23,000,000. It became! known yesterday that Charles M. Schwab's trip to Europe, ostensibly j for a rest, really concerns contracts with the British and French governments for munitions, to be placed with the Bethlehem Steel company and other American corporations. It is said Mr. Schawb expects $100,000,000 worth of contracts. Following the declaration of Great Britain that it did not regard cotton as contraband of war, German government representatives have, through banking interests, completed the purchase of a large quantity of cotton in Southern markets, some of which will probably be shipped from a gulf port within a day or two. Heavy purcnasers tor tnis account have been partly responsible for the sharp declines in reichniarks, which yesterday broke all low records at S9, below the gold import point. Cotton exports, however, are still far from normal. Only IS,.500 bales were exported yesterday, which makes a total of 415.6S2 since August 1. In the same period last year 2,24 2,230 bales were exported. Pondered Over It. They had been talking as they walked. She bad remarked pathetically: "Oh, it must bo terrible to a man to bo rejected by a woman!" "Indeed, it must." was bis response. Tien, alter a while, with sympathetic ingenuousness site exclaimed: "it doesn't septii that I could ever have the heart to do it." And there came a silence between them us he thought it over. ___ a * DRESS in STAND Washington, D. C. Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. > Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department Uni versity of Maryland. Member S. C State Dental Association. 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