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52.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THiJRSDAY, MAY 20,1920. ? Established in 1891 POLITICAL PUZZLE BAFFLING AS EVER G. O. P. HOPES TO MOLLIFY JOHNSON WITH SECOND PLACE. Borah More Difficult. Will Bryan Be Good About League if He Gets Prohibition Plank? A Question. Washington, May 18.?Uncertainty increases as to the presidential nomiations as the dates of the national contentions draw nearer. The Democratic problem may be to some extent simplified by the outcome of the Republican gathering. For instance, if the Republicans should nominate Senator Johnson, or California, extreme radical with an especial following of the foreignborn the chances of nomination of former Secretary W. G. McAdoo by the Democrats would be decidedly augmented. In comparison to the wild radicalism of Johnson the mild radicalism of McAdoo would probably impress the business people of the country as conservative, while the more conservative "labor" element would be for McAdoo anyhow. It is no small advantage to the Democrats that the Republicans have to make their decision as to candidates and issues before the Democrats ) meet to make theirs. There may be some questions in the public mind which both of the great parties will be willing to sidestep. There are ?fv.QT?c. n-ViiVh cnnnnf hp avoided. The UUIC/1 O ?? Uivu VW*A**v ^ v, ? Republicans have to take the risk of error as to the sidestepping and of blundering in the method of meeting the unavoidable; the Democrats will have several weeks to study how public sentiment seems to react with regard to what the Republicans do. And should the Republicans split at Chicago, the likelihood of Democratic cohesion at San Francisco will be doubly greater. Johnson and Borah Problems. On the surface, it would appear that the problem of what to do with Hiram Johnson is the most serious confronting the G. O. P. Maybe it is, but some very astute Republicans of old guard persuasion, and of "mild progressive" persuasion as well, are 1 more disturbed down in the bottom of their hearts about Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, than they are about the rampageous senator from California. These students of the situation reason that the thing that Senator Johnson is most in earnest about is high office and that with him the issues of the day are means to that end. 1 On the other hand, they regard Borah as deeply in earnest about the league ' of nations, to which he is opposed in its entirety and to the point of 1 CJ. 11 CI ticioiu. Johnson is violently aggressive and radical, but he is not a fanatic. He is playing politics all the time. Borah has acted as if he intended to commit the Republican party absolutely against the league of nations without reference to the effect such a step would have at the polls. He believes the step would be a winning one, but he would take it just the sam? if he thought the contrary. He is not a candidate for any nomination, either. Now, the compromisers in the Republican party, the men who figure that all is lost if there is a split, are calculating on the acceptance of the vice presidential nomination by Johnson, in spite of his declaration that he would not accept that honor. They know he is playing for the highest thing in sight now, but they feel that his party can less afford to give him the presidential nomination than it could afford to give it to Roosevelt in 1916?and Roosevelt was a much stronger man than Johnson with the American people. They think Johnson's friends can convince him that his only chance to become president is by the Vice Presidential route, which Roosevelt had to take. Reasoning thus, the old guard men 'way up and way back,' except the California Senator to accept a mild plank on the league of nations if he gets the Vice Presidential nomination. But they don't know what Borah will do about this plank, any more than the Democrats know that Bryan will do about ! certain matters at the Democratic convention. The Democratic Situation. While Attorney General Palmer has more delegates instructed for him at this time than any other Democratic Presidential candidate or possibility, the impression gains that he will not CAROLINAS LEAD IN AUTOMOBILE GAINS SOUTHEAST SHOWS GREATEST ADVANCE IN REGISTRATION. South's Finances Strong. National Automobile Chamber of Commerce Says Farmers Own One-third of Cars. New York, May 16.?Greatest gains in Registration of automobiles were shown in the Southern states, the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports in a review of the automobile industry for last year. In an? ?rr tiiovo irorp 1 no8-848 motor ii U UUllUg lll^l V .. w . , ? _ - 7 vehicles registered in the United States, the chamber reported that one-third of the automobile owners are farmers and that the greatest percentage of increase in registration had been found in the cotton growing sections of the south. The exceptional gains, it states, is due to the fact that there have been heavy demands for cotton during the war and since which have put the south in a strong financial position and has enabled thousands of cotton growers to use motor power for transportation, whereas in the pre-war days the greater part of Dixie was too poor *o afforc efficient farm equipment. North Carolina led all states in the percentage of gain in registrations with 51 per cent. South Carolina showed the second largest state gain with 43 percent. New York had the largest state registration and the largest gross gain, while California leads for the number of automobiles in ratio to her population. A Club Call. Lansing Mizner, of the Californi dan which has been made famous on this side of the continent by Wilson Mizner, the dramatist, dropped into 1 the Union Club, of San Francisco, om day. "Come into the library a mii> ute," said a fellow member. Miznei shrank back. "Nay, nay!" he pro tested, "I might drop dead in there and they wouldn't find me fot weeks." be nominated at San Francisco. There continues to be a strong un- . dercurrent for McAdoo, who unques- ' tionably has a much larger following in the largely-populated twilight zone of voters to whom the Democratic party has to make a good appeal to have a chance of winning. Nevertheless, there is a large and substantial element of Democrats who are not anxious to see Mr. McAdoo i nominated, and these will be represented by a great many delegates at San Francisco. Among them will bet no doubt, the big New York delegation under the domination of Tammany Hall. There is no question that Mr. McAdoo "treated 'em rough"? the Tammanyites?while he was in official power, and they don't want him around if they can help it, any more than they wanted his distinguished father-in-law around after they found out what Col. Harvey did. As to this New York delegation at San Francisco, there is a rumor current in usually sophisticated circles that Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will probably get the New York vote, and that added to the Indiana vote and the vote of several other states from which he can count on this support, will make him a serious possibility for the Presidential nomination. It is fair and proper to remark that the democracy might go farther and fare worse than they would if they nominated the Vice President?indeed, they might easily go nearer and fare worse, for that matter. The Vice President is an interesting man, quite a sincere one. and independent in thought and speech. To say that he has made a good Vice President would be rather , ar. empty utterance, but he made a good Qovernor of Indiana before lie was sent to Washington, and by this time he certainly "knows the ropes" here. Former Speaker Champ Clark may get more votes in the convent on than would be expected, though his nomination is not regarded as t probability by anybody not directly "booming" it. As for Bryan, will he "be good" about the league of nations if the convention will be good aboat the question of prohibition? Maybe he vill. He certainly cares a lot more about prohibition than he does about the league?you may be sure of that. WEEVIL POISONING IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP INTO A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR. In Experimental Stage. Conservatively Recommended In Coast and Near Coast Counties This Year. Clemson College, May 15.?In view of the great interest in the possibilities of calcium-arsenate poisoning to reduce boll weevil damage, especially in the lower half of the state, Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist for the state crnn nest, commission, has Dre pared the following list of timely questions and brief answers: Do experiments so far conducted indicate the successful aevelopemnt of boll weevil poisoning? Present indications are that boll weevil poisoning will rapidly develop into a very important factor in boll weevil control in heavily infested fields. Is it expected that boll weevil poisoning will tak? the place of diversified agriculture in boll weevil control? Soil building will continue as the fundamental operation in South Carolina agriculture and it will always be necessary in boll weevil control. What is the poison expected to do? To safeguard the cotton crop in favorable weevil seasons against ruinous damage, just as orchard sprays safeguard the crop against insects and diseases, but do not take the place of orchard culture. May poisoning be expected to be profitable on poor soils? Mr. Conradi says: "It seems inadvisable to attempt poisoning on land which is not capable of making at least half a bale 01 cotter per acre in the absence of weevil injury." Is poisoning recommended in South Carolina in 1920? It IS COiiSfcJi"\QLiv ei,?1 I'CLTuiiiixicii'-icu. iu those coast a d near-coast; counties where the weevil is entering on its third or fourth year, including the year when it first appeared. Territory is named. Approximately what territory is this? Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston, Colleton, Barnwell, Allendale | and Bamberg counties. If the season i is very favorable severe damage may be expected in Orangeburg and Calhoun counties and also in Darchester, Berkeley, Williamsburg, Georgetown and Horry counties where the weevil made its first appearance last season, the weevil as a rule does not become very serious the year following the season of its first appearance. In what sections is poisoning not recommended in 1920? In the middle, eastern and northern parts of the state, because the injury in 1920 is not expected to be sufficiently severe to worrant poisoning. What is the poison recommended? ed? / Calcium arsenate, also known as calarsenate and arsenate of lime. Where can calcium arsenate be purchased? From any reliable source; but it should not be used until full assurance has been obtained that it confnrm? tn thp envornment snecifica tions. The United States government analysis samples free, and instructions for sending samples are furnished upon request. What kind of a dusting machine may be used. No dusting machine is recommended for South Carolina that has not the approval of the United States Delta Laboratory, Tallulah, La. That laboratory has had the most experience and is in the best position to advise. The three types of dusting machines are hand dusters, wheel traction or cart dusters, and power dusters. The hand duster, while a valuable tool on the farm for dusting poison a small scale for potato beetle and other leaf-eating insects, is very laborious to operate for a continuous period and its yse on any scale in boll weevil poisoning is attended with considerable difficulty. The power dusters have proved undesirable and will probably be entirely supplanted by the wheel traction machine. t me wheel traction machine seems to to be the most satisfactory type. When Poisoning Should Begin. When should poisoning begin and when and how often should it be repeated? As a starting point in this state in 1920, it is recommended that poison BYRNES CAUSES A STORM IN HOUSE CAUSES SPEAKER GILLETTE TO MAKE FOOLISH DISPLAY. Democrats Are Shocked. Chair in a Fit of Partisan Resentment Refuses to Put Representative Byrnes's Request to House. Washington, May 14.?Investigate the investigating committee. This was the purport of a resolution introduced in the House today by Representative James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina, whose speech in support of his resolution was such a scathing arraignment of the so-called Graham committee that Speaker Gillette had a brainstorm and made a foolish display of himself. Because of interruption from the Republican side which he handled with great effectiveness, the South Carolina Congressman was not able to finish his speech in the twenty minutes which he had obtained. At the end of that period he asked unanimous consent to speak for five minutes more. In a fit of partisan resentment, Speaker Gillette refused to submit the request to the House. "Does the speaker object," asked Mr. Byrnes, in astonishment. "No," said the speaker, "but the chair does not recognize the gentleman for that purpose." Former Speaker Champ Clark, floor leader of the minority here, arose to express the hope that the time of the South Carolinan would be extended five minutes as he had requested. Out of Order, Says Gillette. "The gentleman from Missouri and the gentleman from South Carolina are both out of order and will take 'their seats," ordered the speaker. "Will the chair permit me to remain in the house," sarcastically replied Byrnes, while former Speaker Clark walked out of the chamber in inarticulate disgust." Speaker Gillette made no answer to Byrnes's sally, but cut matters short by recognizing Representative Sells, Republican, of Tennessee, who had not even risen from his heat. The refusal of the speaker to put the request of Mr. Byrnes to the house is declared to be without prec edent. Nevertheless, Mr. Gillette said later in conversation that he intended to continue this method of handling requests for additional time under similar circumstances. The Democratic national committee thought so much of Byrnes's speech that it is using it as its publicity feature for this week-end and will cir- j culate it freely during the campaign. ing begin when the infestation has reached 15 or 2t) per cent. Poison three times, five days apart. If necessary make further applications to hold infestation to 25 per cent. The infestation count should be made according to the standard method, directions for which will be sent upon request. Beginners will require about seven pounds of calcium arsenate to cover an acre, while experienced men will require about five pounds. Has the boll weevil poisoning method yet passed the experimental stafe in South Carolina? No. "Whoever poisons in South Carolina in 1920 must remember that he is experimenting, and should bad results be secured he should not become discouraged, because many mistakes will undoubtedly be made this rmnr*r\ T? A -P4- f Vl i c C QO C- n fi WO Will I DCdOUll. -n.1 LCi LillO ObUOU JJ. <> II know more about it." What are the most important precautions to be observed in poisoning? Poisoning should not be undertaken in 1 920 except on heavily infested land which would produce half a bale per acre in the entire absence of weevil injury. Before you use calcium arsenate be sure that it conforms to the government specifications. Be sure that you have an approved dusting machine. Some dusting machines are not satisfactory for this work. Do not undertake more than you are absolutely sure you can handle thoroughly. Do not miss or handle haphazardly a single step in the recommendations or you may court entire failure. Where approved hand dusting machines are used, it is suggested that the beginner plan on five acres per machine unless he has plenty of good labor so that he can rotate men on one machine. At this stage of development pois LEAGUE OF NATIONS VICTORY PREDICTED J)K. TRUETT SPEAKS FROM STEPS OF CAPITOL. To Baptist Delegates. Speaker Declares Majority of Both Parties Favor Plan for World Peace. Washington, May 16.?Speaking from the steps of the capitol to thousands attending the Southern Baptist convention, Dr. George W. Truett, of Dallas, Texas, today endorsed the league of nations and predicted that if "it does not come today it will as inexorably come tomorrow as that God, is on His throne." A volley of cheers from men and women, gathered here from seventeen southern states, greeted the statement. "Standing under the shadow of the United States senate," Dr. Truett declared, "I dare to say as a citizen and as a Christian and moral teacher that the moral force of the United States of America without any regard to political party, will never rest until we have a league of nations. World-Wide Tragedy. . "I dare to say also that the unquestioned majorities of both great political parties in this country regard the delay in the ratification of the league of nations as a national and worldwide tragedy. I can certify the men of all political parties that the moral forces of this country will not be silent until there is put forth a great league of nations that shall strive with all its might to put an end toi the diabolism and the horror of war. "I thank (iod that the stricken man yonder in the White House pleaded and pleads yet that the nation will take its part with the others in bringing in a new era wherein shall dwell righteousness and peace." During 1919, southern Baptists^ with 500 churches not reporting, contributed to all church purposes at home and abroad $21,250,000, according to the annual statistical report to the convention, made by Dr. Hight C. Moore, of Nashville, Tenn., one of the secretaries of the convention and acting statistician. The contributions to home causes reached $14,000,000, while those to budget benevolence were in excess of $5,000,000. Gain of 9,218 Baptisms. During the year there was a gain of 9,218 baptisms, while other advances for that period, the report sets forth, include a gain of thirty-eight Sunday-schools, 76,728 in Sundayschool enrollment, $4,299,636 in the value of local church property, $1,055,356 in contributions to home purposes, $2,530,339 to budget benevolences and $3,474,617 in aggregate contributions in all purposes. Reports for the year were received from 25,117 churches with a combined membership of 2,296,091. The value of the local church property of these congregations is in excess of $75,000,000, the value of school property owned by southern Baptists is $25,000,000. mm PENSION MONEY. Delay in Getting Money'to Confederat Veterans This Year. There has been considerable delay in distributing the pension money to the Confederate veterans and widows this year. On account of the change in the pension law, much of the work o? registering the pensioners had to be done over again, and the subsequent apportionment of the fund has caused an unusual delay. However, Pension Commissioner J. D. Felder stated Monday that the pension check is expected to arrive any day. As soon as the money is received, it will be paid out promptly by J. J. Brabham, Jr., judge of probate, who will hav? the payment of the fund in charge this year. mm * mm ^ The Amorous One?"Do you ever peep through the keeyhole when I am sitting in there with your sister?" Small Brother (with a burst of candor)?"Sometimes. When moth -Li " T ,1 r>1?,-rV,*TT er am l tnere. ?jjuuuuu ijiisui.j'. oning is a serious, complicated and laborious operation, and unless one is able to prepare properly before beginning poisoning, and unless he is prepared to give it the attention it requires, he should not undertake poisoning in 1920. i FORGERY CHARGES BY NAVAL CHIEF DID NOT SIGN MESSAGE SAYS DANIEL. To GaGther All Evidence. Says American Navy is Responsible For Safety of Pershing's Troops. \ Washington, May 12.?Secretary Daniels told the senate naval investigating committee today that he had not signed a cablegram bearing what purported to be his signature which was among those read to the committee by Rear Admiral Sims when the investigation began. The original of the message, Mr. Daniels said, did not show his signature and he added that his name had been forged to the copy presented by Admiral Sims. Mr. Daniels declared Admiral Sims in his statement had stressed the words "signed Daniels," in commenting on the message, and had said that its purport had maae him feel like 'jumping overboard." , Si The cablegram concluded with the setntence: "In regard to convoys, I consider that American vessels having armed guards are safer when sailing independently." Sijrned bv Carter. The original of the cable was found at the British embassy through which it was transmitted and was signed "A. F. Carter, by direction of the chief of naval operations," Mr. Daniels told the committee, presenting photographic copies of the original dispatch. jyyym "Somewhere somebody was guilty of signing my name to an official document which the original here produced shows I never signed," said Mr. Daniels, "ox of altering a dis- * patch by erasing the real signature and substituting 'Daniels.' I knew that if my name appeared on such a telegram it would be because somebody had forged my name to it." Much of Secretary Daniels' testimony today was devoted to Admiral Sims's criticisms of the department's troop convoy methods. The admiral, MiMr. Daniels declared, persisted in regarding cargo ships as more vital to the Allied cause than troop ships and took the attitude that the former should be protected, if necessary at the cost of transports. This attitude caused the department "much anxiety," he added, and finally resulted in a "blunt" admonition that the protection of troop ships was the navy's >i| first mission. % Would Have Recalled Sims. Mr. Daniels~told the committee he did not know that Admiral Sims hela such a view until the officer testified recently before a court of inquiry, or he would have recalled the officer from London. i"?sj Admiral Sims's attempt to discredit the reports that the first American convoy was attacked by submarines were in line with his attempts to "throw doubt upon the entire conduct of the first convoy," the witness as- 4 'r serted. Reports of Admiral Gleaves and the French general staff left no doubt that there were submarines in the vicinity and that the convoy was attacked, he said. The Secretary took exception to Admiral Sims's attempts to give the British most of the credit for carrying American troops overseas and "protecting them en route." He de- , clared that nearly 50 per cent of Pershing's soldiers were carried in American ships and that more than 80 per cent of the protecting forces were furnished by the United States navy. jM Secretary Daniels was told today of persistent rumors in Washington that disciplinary measures had been ordered against Admiral Sims, effective -Is as soon as the senate investigation ended. He denied that he had issued anv such orders and said: "Just now I am presenting a case before a senate committee. I have had n<^time to consider such a thing and have no further comment to offer regarding it. I will not even form an opinion until all the evidence is in." 1 > m Spent His Money; But Got Nowhere "'No, sah, Ah doan't neber ride oil dem things," said an old colored lacft looking in on the merry-go-round ':Why, de other day I seen dat Rastus Johnson git on an' ride as much as dolloh's worth an' git off at the verj same place he got on at, an' I sez ti him: 'Rastus,' I sez, 'yo' spent yd money, but whar yo' been? ' -