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I f % % Hamburg fmlb $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921. Established in 1891 , i SENATE DEBATE AMUSES WILSON SMILES BROAl>LY AS REPUBLICANS SOMERSAULT. Opponents Sustain Colombian Treaty Ratified By Men * Who Bitterly Opposed Former President. Washington, April 23.?The Republicans have eaten their crow, and Woodrow Wilson is more amused than any other man in the United States. In the ratification of the Colombian treaty the senate, by a twothirds majority, withdrew its criticism aimed at Wilson two years ago, and after profoundly apologizing, proceeded to do as he told the sen oi Tneoaore rtouseveiu xiie ycuyio ui the countrv were not for the Colombian treaty. They did not believe that Theodore Roosevelt had done a wrong act, and it is most extraordinary and amazing that three years later after that issue had helped to win a campaign for the Republicans, Republicah leaders have now turned a complete somersault, and what was an infamous crime under Woodrow Wilson becomes a very divine proceeding under the administration of the Republican party. "During the last campaign, the people believed what we said, regarding our intentions?about economy. Yet our very first act as Republicans in power is to vote $25,000,000 to a set of bandits by a treaty that was denounced in a report signed in 1917, by Republican leaders, as a blackmail proposition! ''T A r\ n r,t iri r-> + + r\ Vioor mn r>V> ynrtPO J. U.V/ XIKJ I IV iJL^CXX uxuvii xiiv* v about economy in this congress. I have been receiving letters from farmers on the brink of bankruptcy who urge us, if we have money to throw away, to lend it to them." And it is said that Woodrow Wilson smiled grimly when the Kenyon rebuke was uttered. But Kenyon had no effecft. Neither had Borah. The Idaho senator, having heard the Republican leader, Senator Lodge, declare that he did not regard the language of the treaty as an apology for the rape of Colombia by Roosevelt, offered an amendment, so stating, to the treaty. It was voted down. Another Borah amendment which Lodge and his colleagues, who formerly denounced Wilson for advocating the treatv, voted down, follows: "That neither said payment .nor anything contained in this treaty shall be taken or regarded as an admission that the session of Panama in November, 190.?, was in any way aided or abetted by the United States of America, its agents or representatives, or that said government in any way violated its obligations to Colombia." ate to do. There is no question in non-partisan minds that President Harding in demanding of his party the ratification of the treaty rose above political consideration in a determined effort to act justly toward a weaker republic. It required considerable courage, because it was necessarily to be followed by sharp and bitter division in his own lines, and in excessive embarrassment to Republican partisans who stand against a Democratic administration, always, and for a Republican administration, always 1 ' "Vi nr TtTv-r.-l C n f tTlP ?:?partisans iu vmci "umui ^^ ~ ~ Senator Lodge type. In the speeches of Senators Borah, Johnson, Poindexter, Kellogg, and ? Watson of Georgia, Woodrow Wilson found intense satisfaction. He did not agree with their sentiments expressed against ratification. But their assault against the Republicans who changed views respecting the treaty in response to the direction of the president, served as a most palatable morsel. Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, an idealist the variety generally regarded as "sweet though impractical," sometimes constitutes a thorn in the side of his party. For instance in arguing against ratification of the treaty, he expressed the hyporicv of the Republican politicians who deceived tfce- country into returning a Republican congress in 1919. He said: "In the campaign of 1918 I heard many excellent addresses of leaders of the Republican party. Nearly every one I heard denounced the Colombian treaty as the crowning infamy in the attempt of Woodrow Wilson to slur the life and character " ' u nnv ? MARKETING FACILITIES .. The advent of the cotton boll weevil has produced such conditions that it is absolutely necessary for the planters to look for other money crops. That Bamberg county is peculiarly adapted for the growing of other crops has been undoubtedly proven already. The question that now confronts the people of this section is that of marketing facilities. In growing cotton and tobacco, there are no worries about being able to market the staples. Cotton can be hauled to Bamberg, Denmark, Ehrhardt or Olar and sold any day in the year. .The money is secured for one bale or one hundred. Tobacco, during the selling season, can be 'brought to Bamberg and sold in the warehouse anv day, and the money is paid then and tjiere. This is not true of any other crops, however. Corn can be profitably grown in this county for market, but there are no marketing facilities. The merchants will buy a limited quantity for their trade, but all the corn purchased by the merchants of the county combined is only a dent in the quantity that the county is capable of producing. Truck can be grown here with success, but the problem is to sell it. I Potatoes, sweet and white, are profitable crops, but there is no provision to get the money for small lots, although in a large measure the potato house here is caring for sweet potatoes. What the county needs and must have is a ready market to take care of the money crops of the county. There is now a movement on to establish piarketing facilities throughout this state. It is to be sincerely hoped that the movement will meet eiinnacc that it wall Drovide I WILLI OUULtcw^uu ? ^ the people with the means of disposing of thei-r crops in small lots as harvested. To ship commodities carload lots must be made up to avoid the transportation charges exceeding the value of the goods, and it is not possible for one planter to ship carload lots. Th4 thing to do is to provide a system whereby the planters can combine their shipments and make up car lots at short notice. We understand the object of the movement is to provide just such facilities for the planters. SELLER OF* "WATER" STILLS. Dry Agents and Postoffice Men Raid His Business. Atlanta, April 25.?Prohibition agents and postoffice inspectors today were seeking H. McGinty, proprietor of the Atlanta Supply Co., charged with .violating dry laws and using the mails to further sales of distilling equipment throughout the United States. Investigation of McGinty's business I was made on orders to D. J. Gantt, | supervising prohibition agent for the southeast, from Washington. John t\ Kramer, prohibition commissioner reported, that his department had information that the "Atlanta Supply Co., is shipping distilling supplies everywhere from Mexico to Canada," and that it was advertising extensively in the newspapers. A raid on McGinty's place of business and home Saturday, officers stated, disclosed a large i^umber of seamless copper stills in the store while at the house they found, it was said, a copper still and a quantity of newly distilled whiskey. According to the agents, advertisements in various newspapers solicited orders for "stills to distill water in homes." Hundreds of orders for these stills, some of them accompanied by postoffice money orders, were found, they declared. According to the officials one of the stills was purchased bv Harry Saphire, a prohibition agent posing as a mule trader from Little Rock, Ark., for $44.90. He gave the address of a federal official in Little Rock, R. A. Caldwell, and the outfit was to be shipped at once. English Like the Dickens. ?v An advertisement from a Siamese newspaper: "TIip tipws of English, we tell the latest. Writ in perfect style andj most earlist. Do a murder get com-1 mit we hear and tell of it. Do a mighty chief die, we publis it. and in borders of sombre. Staff has each one been college, and writ like the Kipling and the Dickens. We circulate every town and extortionate not for advertisements. Buy it."? The Pioneer, Indiana. Big Clean-up Campaign c The mayor has proclaimed tl zens are requested to make this make Bamberg the model of ne; The progressive spirit of our citi necessary to mention this work i Valuable prizes are offered fo ed same is neatly piled and mad County Pt "infinn r?f TT1 hPT?T COUn~ I 1 lie pcaoiuu i uw j. ^ ty 'is given below. The pension I checks have been made out, and may; now be secured on application to Probate Judge J. J. Brabham, Jr., | Class "A" receives $105.00 each; class "B" $80.00 each, and clas? "C" $46.81 each. Class "A" Receives $105.00 Bessinger, John W., Bamberg. Copeland, Jacob C., Ehrhardt. Dempsey, Calvin R., Branchville, R. F. D. Garland, Geo. W., Bamberg. Hartzog, Dan'l S., Denmark. Kearse, J. F. Olar. McMillan, John E., Bamberg. Pearson, Henry F., Bamberg. Rentz, Calvin, Bamberg. Robinson, J. D., Bamberg. Rowell, J. D., Denmark. 'Wilson, Albert, Bamberg. Zeigler, Jas. H., Bamberg. Class "B" Receives $80.00. Copeland, J. Laz, Ehrhardt. Copeland, W. R., Denmark. Dempsey, Asberry, Bamberg. Eaves, U. M., Govan. Hunter, Ds O., Bamberg. Milhouse, C. A., Bamberg. Still, Chas. F., Olar. Class "C" Receives $46.81. Bessinger, Adam, 'Bamberg. 1 3 T nio r jareianu, u ouun, viu^ Carter, J. E., Smoaks, R. F. D. Copeland, F. E., Ehrhardt. Copeland, J. I., Ehrhardt. Felder, J. D., Bamberg. Felder, J. M. Ba'mberg. Folk, J. C., Ehrhardt. Grayson, E. H., Denmark. ' < Guess, E. B., Denmark. Hanberry, Geo. D., Olar. Hunter, A. J., Bamberg. Kearse, J. B., Olar. Kinard, G. F., Ehrhardt. MoCormick, John, Bamberg. McMillan, H. Z., Ehrhardt. Mitchum, Henry, Ehrhardt. Peters, J. A., Ehrhardt. Rice, Langdon C., Denmark. I Rizer, T. P., Ehrhardt. I Sandifer, Wm. P., Blackville. Smoak, Moses, Bamberg. Varn, P. M., Bamberg. ! The following is a list of the widows of Confederate veterans in Bamberg county receiving pensions: Class "A" Receives $105.00. Fail, Emily, wife of Jos. Fail, Olar. Folk, Annie E., wife of W. C. Folk, Bamberg. Neeley, Catherine E., wife of Ed. P. Xeeley, Denmark. Ray, Lucia J., wife of S. G. Ray, Govan. Kentz, Mary, wife of J. G. Rentz, Bamberg. Class "B" Receives $80.00* * 0 Brabham, Janie H., wife of J. M. Brabham, Olar. Xeal, Adeline, wife of Louis Xeal, Bamberg. Class "C* 'Receives $46.81 Beard, Lucia, wife of Geo. Beard, Bamberg. Bishop, Sarah Ann, wife of Josiah Bishop, Ehrhardt. Blume, Susannah, wife of Dan'l. Blume, Denmark. Brabham, Julia A., wife of J. F. Brabham, Denmark. Breland, Cornelia E., wife of J. F. Breland, Olar. Brickie, M. R., wife of V. V. Brickie, Bamberg. RrohViam CJnlilp "H Trifp r?f AT .T. Brabham, Olar. Carter, Henrietta, wife of Marion Carter, Bamberg. Carter, Susan, wife of Harley Carter, Bamberg. Chasserean, Martha, wife of J. A. Chassereau, Ehrhardt. Clayton, Martha M., wife of Geo, W. Clayton. Ehrhardt. Clayton, Sarah C., wife of Chas. R. Clayton, Ehrhardt. Driggs, Fannie, wife of H. G. Driggs, Ehrhardt. Dunn, Cornelia J., wife of J. H. Dunn, Bamberg. Eaves, Maggie J., wife of B. B. Eaves, Bamberg. Gillam; Mary Ann, wife of J. B. Gillam, Blackville. in in Bamberg This Week. tiis week clean-up week. All citiweek a record breaker in effort to atness, cleanliness, and healthful, zens is such that we feel it is only in order to make it a success. r the largest pile of trash; provide accessible to the collector. ins ion Roll. < Goodwin, Sheba, wif? of Jas. Goodwin, Smoaks, R. F. D. Jenkins, Crulhia, wife of J. A. Jenkins. Bamberg. | Johnson, Alice, wife of Geo. I Johnson, Bamberg, j Jordan, Rebecca, wife of Perry Jordan, Bamberg, j Kinard, Cadelia, wife of Elmore j Kinard, Ehrhardt. Kinsey, Gatsey, wife of W. E. Kinsey, Branchville, R. F. D. Kinsey, Mary, wife of R. Kinsey, Smoaks R. F. D. Main, Mattie, wife of J. E. Main, Govan. Martin, Lou A., wife of Richara Martin, Denmark. Miley, Amanda E., wife of J. C. Miley, Bamberg. Mitchell, E. E., wife of Jno. Mitchell, Bamberg. Morris, Eliza, wife of Elijah Morris, Olar. Morris, Nellie, wife of Gideon Morris, Bamberg. Myers, Mary, wife of Alex Myers, Bamberg. Newsom, W.' A. B., wife W. A. B. j ? ? j isewsom, caraoerg. Owens, R. A., wife of C. J. Owens, Ekrhardt. Owens, Sallie R., wife of J. R. Owens, Bamberg. Rice, W. F., wife of Wm. F. Rice, Bamberg. Sandifer, Sarah E., wife of Wesley Sandifer, Bamberg. Shuck, John S., wife of John S. Shuck, Bamberg. Smith, Mary E., wife of J. M. Smith, Ehrhardt. Smoak, Annie, wife of Andrew Smoak, Denmark. > Smoak, Delia, wife of?Dave Smoak, Bamberg. Smoak, Ella A., wife of J. G. Smoak, Bamberg. Smoak, Rebecca, wife of J. M. Smoak, Bamberg. Steadman, Sarah S., wife of J. E. Steadman, Denmark. Steedley, Amanda, wife of D. 0. Steedley, Bamberg. ?. Tant, Mattie E., wife of M. W. Tant, Denmark. Tant, Sarah Ann, wife of J. C. Tant, Denmark. Textone, Nola, wife of Darling Textone, Denmark. Tindal, Sallie R., wife of S. H. Tindal, Denmark. Walker, Mary E., wife of T. K. Walker, Denmark. Walker, Susan, wife of J. A. Walker, Denmark. Wilson, Maggie, wife of H. E. Wilson, Bamberg. Wright, Elizabeth, N., wife of L. A. Wright,'Bamberg. ? i^> ^ CHURCJI MEMBERS AID. Plant Corn and Cotton Crop of Sick Brother. York, April 23.?Who said church membership hasn't a practical value as well as a spiritual? Take the case of W. H. Howell, of the Bethany section. Howell has been down with rheumatism for weeks. His means are slender. Planting time was at hand and it looked like the little farm was going to be unplanted 'his year. Imagine his surprise Friday when more than 100 members of the Bethany congregation, of which he is a member, came to his home in work clothes and with tractors and other farming implements and planted his cotton and his corn. Not only that, but they gave him assurance that at the proper time they are coming back again in order to cultivate the crop. Paper Versus Leather. A Swedish paper felt is said to have proved a cheap and effective material for dust guards in journals of railway carriages. Tests on the Swedish state railways have shown that dust shields of this material do not stretch, like those of leather, and they are claimed to be unaffected by oil or water, and to endure service a long time without hardening. 4* A WISE DONATION The education movement of the Methodist church is causiug those who are interested in the welfare of the nation to do some serious thinking. The real issue is becoming more and more clearly seen. The leadership of tomorrow must be Christian or our nation will be pagan. It is a conceded fact that secular institutions do not produce a Christian leadership. A large per cent, of the students passing through them lose their faith in God and immortality. The foundations of our nation were laid in the Christian religion. Should these be undermined the en tire structure of our civilization will be overthrown. Realizing this, in spite of the financial depression, men of vision are carefully considering how much they can invest in the institutions of the church. Last week it was announced that a citizen of the state would contribute twentyfive thousand dollars to the cause. It I is understood that this is directed to Columbia college as a memorial. Such a contribution should inspire others to go and do likewise. The citizens of Bamberg and adjoint territory should begin to thinK about what they might give in the next five years or less to make Carlisle school greater. Money invested in a memorial building or memorial rooms would be more than a monument to departed loved ones. It would be a permanent investment in the character and lives of hundreds and thousands of young men in the days to come. Think it over.?Contributed. TWO BILLION FISH KILLED. Sudden Cold Snap Traps Them on Alaskan River. Kechikan, Alaska.?What is declared by Captain Brunn and officers of the steamship Northwestern tc be the greatest fish tragedy ever enacted, to human knowledge, occurred at Klawack Bay, Prince of Wales island, January 30, when at one stroke more than two million good sized herring lost iheir lives. The crew related their remarkable experience of sailing through, miies of the dead fish. The said Klawack bay was full of herring three days before the Northwestern arrived, when a* sudden freeze caught the fish in the narrow necked harbor before they could escape to sea. The freeze cam? with great suddenness and severity and about six inches of ice formed in the harbor. Millions of herring at the entrance could be seen dumbly fighting to get out to sea before the inclosed waters were frozen. "It may sound like a fish story," said Mr. Bradovich, "but the fact is that the greatest chance in the world for obtaining good fresh fish without a stroke of work was lost. For days a few persons tried to put some of the herring away for the summer, but made no inroads on the supply. The* nearest Indians, who would have appreciated the fish, were 300 miles awav "The ship had difficulty in navigating out of the harbor, as the propeller had to do the work of dissiccator, and it barely made a knot an hour." REPORTS INDICATE REDUCTION. Cut of 31 Per Cent. Claimed for 1921 Cotton Crop. Florence, April 21.?A reduction of 31.2 per centum in the cotton acreage of this year, compared with last year, is ind&ated in private information local reporters have received from reliable connections and supplied to the chamber of commerce. The information is considered very reliable and is known to be quite close, generally, to the accredited guveruuieui leyurts uu suca maueia. Walter J. Johnson, secretary of the association,- says, regarding the survey. The reports by states for the entire cotton belt is as follows: Decrease Indicated State Per cent. Acreage Texas 29 8,929,000 Oklahoma 38 1,714,000 Arkansas 37 1,802,000 Louisiana 34 951,000 Georgia 30 3,470,000 Alabama 29 2,018,000 Mississippi 30 2,1 17,000 North Carolina 31 1,047,000 South Carolina 30 2,014,000 Tennessee r30 577,000 Missouri 28 106,000 Florida 25 76,000 California 50 75,000 Arizona 50 119,000 Virginia .... -..-45 21,000 ? WORLD WILL NEED COTTON SUPPLIES ( LOOMS MUST SURELY START IS FUTURE. , r>ya Report After Study American Commercial Attache at London Tells of Investigation He Has Made. > i Washington, April 22. ? The world's cotton acreage must undergo a very marked expansion in the years to come if the supply of the raw cotton is to keep pace with the world's needs, Alfred P. Dennis, American commercial attacne at L?onaon, reported to department of commerce after an exhaustive study of the world's capacity for consuming cotton . goods. At the present time, he said, there ? is a record carryover of raw cotton. Combined with this, there is an immense amount of under-production in the chief cotton spinning centers of the world. There has been a marked setback to the purchasing power of the -world in the amount of cotton goods and a corresponding setback to the production of cotton. "It is obvious," said Mr. Dennis, "that the world has emerged from the war with a production capacity of raw cotton considerably below its re- , quirements. Coincidentally there has been a marked decline in the output of manufactured cotton stuffs, that in turn being a reflection of reduced J buying power in the great cotton consuming centers of the world. "With the return of the world to a normal state of economy, buying will be resumed, idle and short time looms and spindles will be speeded up, and an insistent demand for raw . ? material may be anticipated. Farsighted representatives of the British cotton trade are already agitating the question of increasing the production of raw cotton within the em- ? pire. "It seems established that the need of the world for cotton goods within . 4 the near future will grow more rapidly than will the extension of cotton growing areas. Increases in the supply of cotton depends very largely on the finding of fresh cotton territory and improving the strains of existing known cottons. "The crop in America, which has A been averaging for the five years, 1895-99, 10,000,000 bales, jumped, ten years later or for the five years, 1910-14, to an average of 13,500,000 bales. Production in other countries also increased. The inference must be accepted, therefore, that through the increase in the world's population and through the exten- V,. j sion of consumption to new markets, as well as through the inclusion of cptton into new utilities, such as automibile tires, the world required an increase in its supply of cotton. It is stated on high authority that the | world in 1914 was in a position to absorb in manufactured goods at least 700,000 bales of cotton more than it consumed the year before. "One-of the prime factors in teh present day education is the impover- . ishment.of the world. Trade with both Russia and Germany has amounted to little, and while the capacity in general of central and eastern Europe to buy cotton goods has not been destroyed it has been greatly impaired." DRIVE TO DESTROY RATS. Chicago Man Gives Some Interesting Fac^s. .'L.?! A slogan "No Rats in America by 1930" is suggested by Wendell Walker of Chicago in a letter to Governor Cooper in which the Windy City man asks the South Carolina chief executive what the people of this state would do to rid themselves of the ever present rodent. Mr. Walker says that each year South Carolina loses $3,336,000 from XCILS, ucisin^ IUCSC aguics uu cacu iat in the state destroying $2 worth of material. The state has 1,683,000 rats, Mr. Walker says, and he thinks it is time to give the rodents the high sign to leave. The destruction by rats each year costs the average farmer more than his taxes, the Chicago man says, and the same destructive rat has caused more deaths than all wars since the history of the country, he adds. Mr. Walker thinks a national movement : to eradicate the rat should be started. i i ? Women exceed the men in England | and Wales by more than 2,000,000. i i ;A