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' METHODISTS HOLD
CLOSING SESSION
APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS DISTRICT
ANNOUNCED.
GOES TO GEORGETOWN.
Spur Applied and Much Business Is
Disposed of in Last
i'
Few Honrs.
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McCnll December 1.?The Metho
diet conference this morning with
only a few hours left for handling a
great deal of minute business, applied
the spur and completed its work.
Many boards and committees reported
and other matters were attended
to In Quick order
Georgetown will get the next session.
St. George also asked for the
conference, hut the vote for Georgetown
was almost unanimous.
Resolutions thanking McColl for
delightful entertainment and Bishop
Darlington for his presidency were introduced
by Dr. W. B. Duncan and
. were adopted by standing vote.
\ The bishop briefly addressed the
f . conference and then announced the
appointements as follows:
'' Charleston District.
Charleston District?S. B. Harper,
..'Ji- ? ~l J
jprcRuumg euier.
N Allendale?J. T. Fowler.
Appleton?J. A. Graham.
Beaufort, Cartaret street?J. J.
. ; Stevenson.
Bethel Circut?G. C. Gardner.
Black Swamp?J. K. Inabinet.
Bluffton and Ridgeland?D. N.
Busbee. Charleston,
Bethel?T. G. Herbert;
Hemstead
Square?S. D. Colyer;
. Hamton Park?to be supplied; Spring
street ? W. H. Hodges; Trinity ?
H. G. 'Hardin.
n Yonges Island?E. G. Caldwell.
Cottage Hill?B. H. Covington.
Dorchester?H. W. Whitaker.
Early Branch?W. G. Ariall.
Ehrhardt?T. W. Godbold.
Estill?G. W.; Davis.
t Hampton?G. H. Smith.
Hendersonville?L. D. B. WilHams.
Lodge?W. T. Bedenbaugh.
Eidgeville?J. A. White.
8ummerville?F. Mason Crum.
Walterboro?J. P. Inabinet.
Wando Mission?Robert Hucks.
Port Royal and soldier pastor, Parris
Island?C. B. Burns.
Conference secretary of education
?H. G. Hardin.
Florence District.
Florence District?F. H. Shuler,
^presiding elder.
Bennettsville?G. T. Harmon.
Bennettsville Circuit?M W. Hook.
Brightsville Circuit?J. A. Campbell.
Bethel and New Market?G. L. In
gram.
Blenheim?S. D. Bailey.
Cheraw?G. P. Kirby.
Chesterfield?B. J. Guess, T. B.
. Owen sueprnumerary.
x. v , Darlington, Trinity?H. J. Cau.
then.
Darlington Circuit?J. P. Attaway.
East Chesterfield?C. P. Chewning.
Florence, Central?E. L. McCoy, F.
A. Buddin, junior preacher, W. L.
Wait, supernumerary.
Hartsville?m. L. Banks.
Jefferson?M. V. Jerman.
' Lamar?G. A. Leavy.
Liberty?T. G. Phillips.
Marlboro?J. B. Prosser.
McColl?L. L. Bedenbaugh.
Patrick?H. T. Morrison.
* Pag el and?J. R. Sojourner.
Timmonsville and Pisgah?W.
Phillips.
Timmonsville Circuit?O. N. Rountree.
Kings tree District.
Kingstree District?W. A . Massabeau,
presiding elder.
Andrews?D. D. Jones.
Black River Circuit?J. H. Everett.
Cades?F. E. Hodges.
* Cedar Swamp Circuit?H. W.
Shealey.
Cordesville?B. S. Hughes.
Georgetown, Duncan Memorial?
R. H. Jones; West End?J. D. Williams.
Greeleyville and Lanes?W. R.
Jones.
Hemingway?J. L. Tyler.
<Honea Path?J. 2. McConnell.
Johnsonville?W. P. Way.
Jordan?W. H. Myers.
KIngstree?J. W. Daniel. *
Lake City?W. A. Beckham.
McClellanville?T. E. Derrick.
New Zion?W. L. Gu^.
Pamblico?D. R. Rtfof.
Pamplico?D. R. Roof.
Rome?G. K. Way. ~ ;
Sampit?D. O. Spires.
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APPORTIONMENT IS !
OVERSUBSCRIBED
WITH REPORTS INCOMPLETE, I
$5,858,876 IS RAISED.
NO RELAXATION.
Oreenville Continues to Lead All
Associations With Saluda
Second.
Columbia, Dec. 1.?With, reports
from many associations incomplete
and five reporting nothing a total of
$5,858,876 had been reached by
South Carolina Baptists in their eightday
drive for $5,500,000 according
to figures compiled late tonight by
general headquarters. The total already
reached is $358,876 above the
allotment of the State and reports
are still coming in.
The Rev. J. T. Watts, publicity director,
stated that all indications
pointed to at least $7,000,000 before
the end of the week.
Although the drive has already
passed the goal sqt no relaxation was
seen throughout the State today as
reports from churches which had sent
in figures Sunday showed that thousands
of dollars were secured today.
Leaders here at headquarters are confident
that nothing will be left undone
and that by the end of the week when
the drive officially closes every member
in the State will have been
reached. General enthusiam reigns
throughout South Carolina due to the
remarkable success and telegrams are
coming in every minute, giving more
figures and piling up the total.
$6,000,000 Raised Sunday.
Dr. W. T. Derieux, director, said
tonight thqt he was confident that
when ail reports had been received
it would be shown that over $6,000,000
was subscribed on Sunday alone,
the opening day.
Thirty-three associations had made
reports up until late tonight, many
incomplete, however.
Following are the associations that
have reported and their amounts:
Charleston, $345,734; Saluda, $445,000;
Moriah, $140,000; Fairfield,
$285,183; Greenville, $623,000;
Spartanburg, $239,143; Barnwell,
$202,330; Ridge, $310,000; OrangeV>i,r?or
f 8 Q Piror 41 94 -
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000; Florence, $165,000; York, $75,000;
Piedmont, $32,000; Lexington,
$34,649;' Welsh Neck, $275,000; Savannah
River, $96,666; Broad River,
$189,000; Twelve Mile River, $11,750;
Edgefield, $126,000; Southeast,
Santee, $261,000; Edisto, $60,000;
Union, $157,325; Abbeville, $350,000;
Pickens, $16,665; North Greenville,
$61,000; Kershaw, $47,978;
Pee Dee, $150,000; Chesterfield, $22,633;
Colleton, $1,999; Aiken, $40,000.
Greenville continued to lead today
and Saluda still continues second.
The First Church at Chester increased
its amount from $67,000 to over
$80,000 today and the Citadel Square
at Charleston raised $185,000 and j
the First Church at Gaffney went to
$85,000.
Scranton?J. T. McFarlane.
Turbeville?M. F. Dukes.
Trio?G. T. Rhoad.
Marion District.
Marion District?D. A. Phillips,
presiding elder.
Aynor?E. K. Garrison.
Brownsville?C. S. Felder.
Bucksville?W. L. Parker.
Centenary?R. M. Humphreys.
Conway?B. G. Murphy.
Conway Circuit?E. W. Hurst.
Clio?C. C. Derrick.
Dillon, Main street?W. B. Duncan;
Dillon Mills?J. M. Gasque.
Floyds?C. Burgess.
Floydale?P. K. Crosby.
Lakeview?A. S. Leslie.
Latta?J. H. Graves, S. J. Bethea,
supernumerary.
Little River?J. E. Carter.
Little Rock?J. H. Noland.
Loris?J. L. Mullinax, H. L.
Singleton, supernumerary.
Marion?W. I. Herbert.
Marion Circuit?M. M. Byrd.
Mullins?G. P. Watson.
Mullins Circuit?J. W. Ariall.
Wacamaw?J. E. Cook.
President Paine College?A. D.
Betts.
Conway?W. C. Harry, president
industrial schools.
C. C. Morris, Aynor, quarterly con!erence
superintendent young people's '
and adults' work.
W. C. Owen, Dillon, quarterly conference
secretary.
Orangeburg District.
Orangeburg District?Peter Stokes,
presiding elder.
(Continued on page 5, column 3.)
J The Pot
It is a typical cotton field with its
vast acres of evenly spaced rows, j
crowned by a veritable snow-cap of'
the unpicked staple on one side, and)
a brownish black void of emptiness
left by the pickers on the other.
Here is an army of negroes slowly
wending its way between the rows,
picking and singing at their task. A
negro boy is scurrying up a middle
with a bucket of water on his head,
stopping now and then for a picker
to drink from a large gourd dipper.
He exchanges repartee with the
pickers who take him to task for his
alleged slothfulness, always giving as
good as is sent, or paying little heea
to what is said or done except possibly
to dodge a green boll that is
hurled at him by a more playful
brother.
The Stranger's Question.
A stranger is seen slowly making
his way from the public road far
across the field on the side that is
yet to be picked. In his derby hat,
frock coat, and stiff shirt he presents
a strong contrast to the pickers in
their home-made trousers, check
jumpers and frayed hats, a contrast
that is made more obvious by the
heavy walking stick the stranger carries.
Occasionally he plucks a lock from
the burr, pulls the lint away ana
places the seed to his lips. The
owner of the field who is in the act
of departing for another part of the
plantation, gaze3 at the stranger and
marvels at his peculiar movements,
as he awaits the arrival and object of
the unusual visitor.
"Good afternoon," says the stranger
as he approaches.
"Howdy, Sir," replied the planter.
The visitor takes his handkerchief
from his pocket and swabs the interior
of his mouth to'remove the cotton
seed taste and the green stain
which is apparent.
"Funny thing, the cotton seed,"
ventures the stranger.
"Yes," replies the planter, "No
good at all except to plant and too
many for that."
"Why, exclaimed the stranger, "I
was just thinking what beastly food
they must make fo~ your negroes! I
have understood that the negroes actually
ate them!"
It is said that the planter was so
indignant at the thought of eating
cottonseed that he ordered the well
dressed stranger off his farm.
That was little more than half a
century ago, yet behold what time
hath wrought!
The Inventor's Brain.
Great progress had been made in
the cotton and cotton manufacturing
industries prior to this by many
years. In fact, John Kay, an Englishman,
had invented the flying shuttle
in weaving in 1733, thus greatly expediting
the manufacture of cotton
cloth, which was, by the way, very
expensive and precious cloth at the
time; James Hargreaves, also an Englishman
had invented the spinning
jenny in 1763; James Watt the steam
engine in 1782; James Cartwright
the power loom in 1785.
This colony of "Jameses" were all
of the British Isles, where but little
if any cotton was grown, but where
the majority of it was manufactured.
They created a demand for cotton
by furnishing equipment for its cheaper
manufacture, but still the process
of removing the lint from the seed
was a slow and expensive one at best,
this fine task being done by hand by
women and children who were paid
1 xl j a T ..IK,
oy me pouna ana wuo ireiiueuuy
worked far into the night to increase
their day's earnings.
Eli Whitney was an American and
Southerner who knew from observation
and experience the need for mechanical
means for removing the cotton
seed. So, in 1793, when he invented
the cotton gin the world was
quite ready to give him an attractive
ear and a helping hand.
The Gin Was Crude.
The gin, or "engine," as it was at
first called, was crude when it came
from the hands of Whitney, the
schoolmaster. It was improved from j
year to year, however, and served a
good purpose.
Through the influence of this machine
the cotton acreage was increased
and the cotton manufacturing
establishments enlarged and multiplied.
Mills Come to America.
In 1803 William Horrocks established
his steam power loom and nine
years late Francis C. Lowell a Cartwright
loom at Lowell, Mass. This
city has retained its supremacy as
t.
of Gold
the oldest and largest cotton weaving
center to the United States to this
day. *
Several years prior to this?1786
in fact?two Scotchmen erected the
first winning frame in America at
East Bridgewater, Mass.
All this was many, many years
prior to the incident related in the
begininng of this story, but has a
bearing because it shows how the
increasing demand for cotton was met
on one hand by greater production
and greater facilities for handling,
and how a certain "nuisance" grew,
like Jones's gourd, on the other.
4 The Extent of a Nuisance.
Tfcie nuisance was the cotton seed.
The jfint inspired poet writers of
songfc and promulgators of fiction,,
whife the seed was a curse; a blight;
a brand of Cain on the industry.
dinners grew faint of heart and
forsbok their plants on account, as
one ginner expressed it, "The problem
of destroying the seed is greater
than a man who values his soul
can^Jland." It is a fact that many
ging^vere moved frequently to get
away from the accumulation of cotton
seed, while others employed
teamsters to haul the accumulation
away and drop it into any convenient
stream or hole.
Legislators bestirred themselves
and passed laws against stream pollution,
and it was then many of our
best ginners abandoned the idea of
, ginning cotton for a livelihood.
, ' "A New Fuel!"
It is said that a poor family in
North Carolina, destitute, without
wood or fuel or opportunity to obtain
a'supply, yet cold and shivering,
attempted to burn cotton seed as a
last resort to preserve their lives.
Much to their delight the fuel 'substitute
burned!
The news of this experiment trav- J
eled throughout the Southern States i
a^d very soon practically every gin |
was usmg cotton seed for fuel with
satisfactory results. Still the cotton
seed was a nuisance ana was regarded
by a majority, as the planter declared:
"Good for nothing but
planting, and too much for that."
A New Era Dawns.
The last half of the nineteenth
century was characterized by a development
in science and invention,
that staggers the imagination, and
it is but natural that this colossal
and ever increasing nuisance should
have attention of the scientists of
two hemispheres.
The story of the development of
cotton sed industry from this point
to the present time reads like a tale
from the Arabian Nights.
Europe first discovered that the
seed had feed properties, and small
quantities were crushed for export,
first in South Carolina, next in New
Orleans and later in Texas.
Strong men were attracted by the
possibilities of the new industry.
They staked their fortunes and consecrated
their lives to the task of
discovering and giving to the worlu
the secret of cotton seed. Strong
men they were?strong and unafraid.
And, strong-hearted and visionary as
th t were, it is to be doubted if they
suspected that their search would be
like unto seeking and finding the end
of the rainbow and the proverbial pot
of gold.
The Unknown Secrets of History.
Columbus died without ever knowing
that he had discovered a new
continent and given to the world a
seat for a new conception of liberty
and freedom. Cortez carried away
many ship loads of gold from Mexico
without discovering the real riches
of the land he exploited. The cattle
barons of West Texas risked their
lives and fortunes and played for big
stakes, without dreaming that a
wealth vastly greater, and endowed
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS. j
The young friends and readers I
of The Herald are invited to send
The Herald their letters to Santa
Claus this year, as usual. As The
Herald expects to issue its Christmas
edition next week, Santa Claus
letters should be mailed so as to j
reach us by next Monday or before
in order to insure publication next
n-flfll- Tho Warn 1 ri talroa +VUQ nPfft
sion to express its hope that each
one of these letters will be given
careful attention hv St. Nicholas,
and we believe that they will be.
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NEW COAL RULES
PUT INTO EFFECT
RESTRICTION OP CONSUMPTION
BEGUN MONDAY.
TO CUT OUT LIGHTS.
Electricity May Be Used Only In
Hours Specified By Regional
Committee.
Atlanta, (ia., Nov. 29.?Far reaching
restrictions of coal consumption
throughout the Southern region of the
United States, railroad administration
were issued here tonight by the regional
coal committee. The orders,
effective at noon Monday, December I
1, provide chiefly that stores and |
office buildings may use heat, light
and power only between 9 a. m. and
4 p. m. Drug stores for selling drugs
only, are excepted.
Theatres, moving picture shows and
other public amusement places may j
use heat, light or power only between
1 p. m. and 10:3-0 p. m.
Industries, except public utilities
and plants engaged in continuous processes
that can not be interrupted,
may be operated only 48 hours a
week.
No .ornamental lights, white way,
or other unnecessary street lights,
outline lighting, electric signs or illuminated
billboards are to be operaed.
I
War Time Powers.
The committee is acting under the
war time powers of the United States
fuel administration and it announced
that "in case of refusal to comply
with these regulations coal supplies
or electric current will be cut off and
where it appears that a violation of
law is involved federal district attorneys
will be asked to act."
All territory east of Mississippi and
south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers,
except Virginia and West Virginia is
affected by the order which committee
members said was made imperative
because of the continued strike
of soft coal miners. The anonuncement
to the public which shows certain
other exceptions in addition to
those for drug stores follows in part:
"Immediate and sharp curtailment
of the use of fuel by customers in the
first five classes of the fuel adminis
tration s preference list has become
necessary. This programme becomes
effective at noon Monday, December
1, 1919, throughout the territory under
the juridiction of this committee
(except the State of Virginia, where
the fuel situation is administered
largely by the Pocahontas regional
coal committee). In this territory
are the states of North Carolina,
So" th Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana east of the Mississippi
river.
Apply ta Many.
"The regulations which apply alike
to consumers now receiving coal from
the railroads and to those who have
stocks on hand, or who are using
electric power, heat or light furnished
by public or private plants, are as
follows:
"1. No ornamental lights, white
way or other unnecessary street
lights, outline lighting, electric signs
or illuminated billboards are to be
operated. This does not affect street
lighting necessary for the safety of
the public.
"2. Stores, manufacturing plants
and warehouses must not use electric
or gas lights (except safety lights)
except between the hours of 9 a. m.
and 4 p. m.
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HiAuepuuu \aj. uiug aiuics viui
the sale of drugs only, except between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p.
m.) and restaurants may remain open
according to present schedule, but
must curtail number of lights 50 per
cent.
"Exception (B). Railroad stations,
hotels, hospitals, telephone, telegraph
and newspaper offices are not
included in so far as necessary lighting
is concerned.
"Exception (C). Lights may be
used in offices or manufacturing
plants for necessary accounting purposes
at any time.
"Exception (D). General and
office lights must be cut off at 4 p.
m. in office buildings except where
office operation of vital industries is
involved.
"Exception (E). Moving picture
houses and theatres and other public
places of amusement may burn lights
only between 1 p. m. and 10:30 p. m.
"Exception (F). Barber shops
may remain open from 8 a. m. to 6
p. m.
"Exception (G). Dairies, ice and j
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GRAND JURY INDICTS
MICHIGANSENATOR
| NEWBERRY FACES. NUMBER OF
SERIOUS CHARGES.
OTHERS NAMED, TOO.
On? Hundred and Thirty-Three Mentioned
in List.?Number of
Prominent Men in Deroit.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 29.?
Truman H. Newberry, United States
senator from Michigan, was indicted
by a United States grand jury today
for corruption, fraud and conspiracy
in connection with the election by
which he obtained his seat in the
senate, defeating Henry Ford* his
Democratic opponent.
With Newberry, 133 other persons
were indicted by the grand jury on
the same charge. The names of all
but 12 most prominent were withheld
from publication by Judge Clarence
W. Sessions, presiding, until warrants
could be served on them. Among
those named were W. A. Hopkins, of
St. Clair, Mich., assistant secretary
to the United States senator; John S.
Newberry, brother of the senator,
Deroit, and Paul H. King, of Detroit.
King was manager of the Newberry
campaign committee.
Judge Sessions indicated that the
evidence before the grand jury exposed
the fraudulent expenditure of
between $500,000 and $1,000,000 in
connection with the election.
Charge of Scandal.
Government officials asserted that
the testimony presented to the grand
jury had revealed a political scandal
that in many respects was never
equaled in American annals. It was
alleged that voters were bribed, election
boards corrupted, editors subi
sidized and moving picture theatres
bought up in the endeavor to defeat
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Henry Ford first in the primaries ot
both parties,,and later, when he had
won the Democratic nomination, in
the election'itself.
Officials were secretive as to how
the alleged conspiracy was uncovered,
but a general outline of their methods
was made available. It was revealed
that an attempt was made to
repeat the suspected tactics of the
1918 campaign. Under this plan a /
corps of investigators was sent into
the State under the direction of Karl
J. Houck, who with Frank C. Dailey,
special assistant to the attorney general,
was a central figure in the election
fraud cases of Terre Haute, Indianapolis,
Evansville and Frankfort,
Ind. These cases, beginning in 1915,
resulted in some 200 convictions.
Dailey and Houck came to Michigan
last August. Bank records were inspected
and the visitors' lists of safety
deposit vaults gone over. With '
the tale of these as a starter, the investigators
were sent out. They visited
"small fry" politicians first, offering
them vague hints of what might. ~
come from a mythical campaign of a
certain Michigan politician. Objections
to small returns were followed
by "confidential" comparisons with
the Newberry campaign.
Generally, it was said, these lesser
political leaders fell into the traps,
telling what they had received and
explaining who "ought to handle the
money" in given wards of towns. The
next grade of political leaders was
then approached and by this method.
It was stated, a clear trail was blazed
to the "higher ups." When brought
into the grand jury room and confronted
with accurate accounts of
their conversations with the agents,,
the men generally, it was said, repeated
their stories. v
refrigerator plants, bakeries, plant*
for the manufacture of necessary
medicinal products, water works,
sewerage plants, gas manufacturing
plants, plants operating continuous
processes (such as acid manufacture,
blast furnaces, etc) printing plants
for the printing of newspapers, periodicals,
battery charging outfits and
plants producing light or power for
telephone, telegraph or public utility;
companies are exempted.
"Exception (H). On Saturday
nights time of closing mentioned under
paragraph 2 will be extended until
9 p. m. for stores selling food and
wearing apparel.
"1. Between the hours of 7 a. m.
reached. General enthusiasm reigns
general headquarters. To total al
and 4 p. m. only enough heat (obtained
from coal, gas or steam) may
be used in offices, stores, warehouses
and manufacturing plants as to keep
the average temperature of 70 de(Continued
on page 4, column 2.)
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