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. 1 "IKk ' ' v r , 4 ' ' VOLUMEXXXIV ~ GRAHAM STRUCK ON HEAD WITH FORK ^Physician Says Wound May Sum Out to Be a Serious One FIGHT WITH NEGRO AT CONWAY GINNERY Trial in Town Court Hesults^in Fines?Bound Over to ^ Higher Court. There was a fight at tho^ ginnery of the Conway Iron Wtffrks on Thursday, October 2nd, which resulted in a hearing in the Mayor's Court with a fine of $15.00 imposed on Frank Davis, a negro, and $10.00 each on two white men, Jesse Williams and . William Graham. I At the ginnery at the time was a third party who took no part in the fight whatever, a son of W. H. firaham of Conway, R. F. D. No. 2, who was standing at one side during the thick of the' fight between the other three. The negro drove into the auction chute to empty his cotton ahead of his turn. One of the white boys who was in charge of the gin did not let the team stop but made it drive on when the negro jumped off the wagon and picked up a pitchfork. Je ss Williams and William Graham I tk fought the negro, and he turned around to one side where the Graham boy \va standing, and without any provocation from him struck the Graham boy on the head with the pitchfork. The boy who was knocked on the head was examined by a physician who stated that he may yet suffer great injury from the blow as the skull bone may have been cracked.; The negro has been bound over to the | Court of General Sessions after paying a fine of $15.00 in the Town Court. o Business handled by the railroads in August continued the increase. ^ FRENCH TOKEEP GERMANS' TRADE 1/1 anv Would I ikn to Kaon All teutons Out But Find it Inexpedient. Paris.?The impending resumption of commercial relations with tho enemy of yesterday is causing; the Trench public at large a good deal of misgiving. Many would keep the Ger man out at all cost, but cooler heads realize that Franco cannot afford to close the door upon a customer of a billion francs annually. There is, how ever, a fairly unanimous feeling that if the German is to come back to Trance, he must como back in some recognizable shape and not disguised, jas boo often before. Incidents such as the following do not serve to put the public mind at ease. A woman of good social standing of L?ille recognized yesterday, in tho person of a cashier in one of the big department stores of Paris, a former German officer. She had good reason to remember him as one of the ? A . 1. 1 1 1 1_ ? invaders wno nau wen quartered upon her home in Lille. Challenged as to his identity, the man stoutly denied his Teutonic nationality. He spoke French perfectly, his papers were to all appearance in order, and the accuser at first found scant credence on the part of the management. Then she remembered thafl^the man had once boastfully exhibited his arm, on which the portrait of the former German Emp?ror was tattooed. The cashier officer was dismissed and the. newspapers are now demanding that employers slut 1 bo held respon: ible for the civil status of their employes. .* - ' \ . *? Its CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS ELECTS OFFICERS \ A meeting of the members of the Civic League was held Wiednesday, October 1st, in the rooms of the Red Cioss. The Chairman, Mrs. M. W Collins, stated that as the activities of the Civic League had been suppressed, the ladies of the town having devoted their attention to the dutiesentailed by virtue of the past war, it was her opinion that it was best ti enter into an election of officers ant! begin again on a new basis. Mrs, Collins made it very clear that owing to other duties it would be impossible for her to serve as Ghairhlan again HoWfcVer, she pledged' her hearty co operation of the Civic League and hei tty to whoever would be elector to stteeeed her. The body then pro cCfeded with the election of new officers with the following result: Mrs Nell Freeman, President; Mrs. H. W Ambrose, Vice-President; Mrs. M. CI Andersen, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. C. J. Epps, Treasurer; Mrs. L D. Magrath, Corresponding Sccrc tary. Mrs. Collins then gave way t< the new President and after a litth talk in which cooperation of eveij body was requested and the scop< of work necessary to be done out lined, the appointment of the chair man of the various committees wai then taken up and the following ap pointments made: Mrs. J". K. Stalvey Chm. Entertainment; Mrs. C. J. Epps Chm. Finance; Mrs. F. C. Todd Res Room; Mrs. I). A. Snivov. Citv beau tiful. The president then requester that all members present use thei influence to get all the ladies of th< town interested in becoming member! of the Civic League and it is hopc< that every woman in the town o Conway will affiliate herself witl this body and that the work of tlv I^engue will be carried out alonj lines which will tend to the improve ment of beautifying the town gener ally. The next meeting of the Civi? League will be held the first Monda; in November in the hut at the Feth odist church. Mrs. L. D. Magrath, Corresponding Secretary. PUBLIC OPINION W1LLTAKE HANI Washington.?Growing conscious ness on the part of the general pub lie of the disastrous effect whic] labor agitation and strikes have on th cost of living was noted in the revie\ of September conditions issued by th jfederal reserve board. "Public opinion," the review sai( j "appears to be awaiting the reactioi which increased and dtvrea&ed outpu may have upon commodity prices an. the vicious circumstances which ma; result." From several reserve districts i was reported also that there was j growing realization on the part o workmen that their interests ar bound up with the interests of th community as a whole and that in creased efficiency resulting in greate productivity was imperative. While labor unrest assumed th predominant place in the industria situation during September, neverthe less there was no interupticn in th usual autumn swell of business. "The high retail prices prevailing, the review stated, "do not appear a yet to have a noticeable effect i checking consumption and the do mand for higher grade products c( n tinues." Lessening of production by shorte ing of hours, decreased efficiency an disinclination to work more than par time, had tended to advance the gen cral price level, but recessions wcr noted in certain foodstuffs, raw cot ton, textiles and hides. The mor conservative feeling noted in Augus continued with moderation in price being urged, rather than the policy o exacting all "traffic will bear." I agriculture, the relatively unsatisfa( tory situation as to wheat was said < be compensated by the excellent pro? pects for com. Deficiency of rainfa has damaged tobacco. Further increase in building aeti\ ity was noted. r-.r "?, * % CONWAY, S. C., THXTRSDAY WARRANTS ARE OUT l FOR SEVERAL ARRESTS 1 Growing Out of Troubles at Price Farm in Galivants Ferry. ; Mr. Geo. S. Price has applied for , Warrants of Arrest against Henry > Flowers and Archie Flowers ehargl ing them with committing an assault . and battery upon him in July, 1919. ; It is alleged that following some k dispute about storing tobae'eo while . Mr. Price Was talking with Archie - Flowers ftbout the tobacco, Henry Flowers slipped up behind P.ice witn I r heavy pole and struck him violent 1> across the shoulder, evidently aim ing at his head. The blow paralizcd Mr. Price tem. porarily in that side so that hi . Could make no effort to protect him; self, except to walq around the . wagon, thus getting the wagon be tween himself and Henry Flowers. > Archie Flowers jumped the wagon 5 and picked up a single-tree but he J did not strike Mr. Price. The same prosecutor will indict - Henry Flowers for assault with in tent to kill when the former fired a * pistol at the prosecutor twice in - September 1919, the same day that f George Price shot Henry Flowers in i, self defense and inflicted a gunshot t wound, from which Flowers recover_ ed. 1 o r CHANGE IN TIME. l 1 R What is known locally among our \ people as "new time" will cease entirely at one o'clock on Sunday, Octoiber 2Gth. At that hour, under the i p law, the clocks will be run back one ^ hour and the clocks will not be run s forward at all next year unless Congress should pass a new law. S. C. STILL GETS ARMYEQUIPMENT The State is still getting former army roa<l equipment for use. on State highways, despite the recent I effort in Washington to stop the alj lotment of trucks and road machinery land equipment to the States. Capt. J J. Roy Pennell of Columbia, who reticently went to Washington to take - ; part in opposition to the plan to disn , continue this aid to State highway e; building, states that the plan of disv . tributing the equipment is still in 0 operation, and that during recent days the South Carolina highway l? department has received a considern able amount of road-building cquipt meiit. 1 The highway department is just in V receipt of advices from Washington regarding several shipments of road * equipment that are now in transit tort wards Columbia. Fifty-three new mo. f tor tiaicks have just been shipped 0 from Streeter, 111., and these, will be 0 received within a few days at various - county seats of the State. Thoy are i' being distributed among counties where federal-aid roads are bc.ing e consrtucted. 1 In addition to these trucks the high' way department has receifed shipc ping instructions regarding the shipment to South Carolina of a large amount of road machinery, such as s pumps, shovels, and the like. Includ1 ed in the shipments are two 5-ton - motor tractors. These are being ship " ped from Norfolk. Recently the highway department 1 received advices from Washington, to 'I the effect that the judge advocate's office had ruled against the distribuu tion of road equipment. Highway 0 engineers in other States received ' similar notices. A meeting of highc way engineers was held in Washing^ ton, and effort was put forth in bea half of a bill in congress authorizing 1 ine continue*! distribution of former n war equipment to the various State - highway departments. Since this meet 0 ing, which is said to have indicated u the sentiment of the country in favor U of allowing the States to use the mad equipment instead of having it "junk*" ed," there has been no interruption or the distribution of the equipment. v * '? ' it Mm "OCTOBER 9, 1919. BUSINESS INCREASED IN CLERK'S OFFICE J. 0. Norton Filling the Place of Deputy Clerk Very Efticiently. The business of the Clerk's office at tlie Courthouse has greatly increased during the last few years. In years gone by the Clerk of the Court could do all of the work himself if he wanted to even if he had it all to write out in longhand, and then have plenty of time to go fishing and deer-hunting, as the old Clerks of Coiut used to do; but the transfer of real estate has increased from year to year, court business has increased while the pop-! ulation has grown and the Legislature has from time to time placed now iduties upon this important officer. | The present Clerk of Court, Mr. W. L. Bryan, who is ill at the Hospital in j Columbia, is one of the most efficient | Clerks of Court in South Carolina. He introduced new systems as to many of the records, which eliminated a lot of work and worry and made it easy for the laymen to get information from them. After he was taken ill and unable to attend to the duties of the of( ficc he left efficient help which has I kept up the work remarkable well; ' and on the first day of the last term of the Court, Mr. J. O. Norton was ) 1 appointed as Deputy Clerk of Court, whereby he has been vested with all of the power and duties of the Clerk himself. Since his appointment Mr. Norton has been attending to the duties of ' the office in a very efficient manner. CALMER ATTACKS ORGY OF SPENDING Besides Rapping the High Cost of Living While in Baltimore. I Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer attacked the saturnalia of c?xtiavagance and the orgy of spending just as bitterly as he assailed the pr> fiteer and gouger and hoarder at the mooting on the high cost of living at the Garden theater, says the Baltimore Sun. He said that aroused public opinion by itself could kill profiteering if the people only made up their minds to do so; that if the public would only determine that prices must fall and stick to their decision, the result would be immediate, and decisive, i But the basic trouble lies deeper than that, in his opinion. Idleness, he characterizes as the great sin in this emergency 01 x;ne nation?idleness, not only of the man who works witn his hand, but of his money. Along with this idleness of the man who works with his brains the. next greatest sins are "the better saturnalia of extravagance and orgy of spending like a drunken sailor," which encourage and make possible the. unconscionable gouger and hamper the work of those trying to combat such conditions. Produce More "It is as much the duty of the patriotic American to economize as it was when our boys were 'over there/ he declared amid much aplause. "Gov emor Harrington, you can do no finer thing than you are doing in your effort to awaken and guide public opinion. All public men should do likewise and the press and ihe pulpit shoud preach saving. You should plead with your people to do these two things. "Produce More?Consume less. Work?Save. The audience of perhaps 2,500 men and women cheered approval and Gov emor Harrington bowed in acknowl1 . mi i i ? ' eagement. me poopic nau come eariy, ao had Mr. Palmer and Judge Charles Bll&mes, who is directly in charge of th?H. C. L. fight under him. Williartf iH.Willian, fair price commisioner for ' Mrfl^and. started' the meeting before altl. DEADLY POISON TO WEEVIL IS FOOND ?? Washington.?A deadly poison to the boll weevil, the insect which has cost Southern cotton planters $100. 000,000 annually, has been discovered ! in the form of dry powdered calcium arsenate by the bureau of entomology of the department of agriculture. Although calcium arsenate* has been used at the government experimental stations since 1914 as an insectitudc : the department of agriculture has j started only recently the campaign for wide, application of the poison. Already cotton planters are showing keen interest in the experiment and many planters over the. entire belt | have treated their fields. HARRIS QUESTIONS j REPORT ON COTTON t Thinks South Being Discriminated Against?Says Cotton is Worth Fifty Cents. "A gentleman said to me Thursday after the government condition report had been received, showing the alleged condition of cotton on September 25, 'Cotton ought to sell immediately for 50 cents per pound.' The report showed the condition to be 54.4 and the estimated yield at 10,696,000 bales. I replied to this man,, "This cot ton situation is a cold blooded proposition. What ought to be sometimes isn't." Commissioner B. Harris, in commenting on the government cotton re -i- j- ? yvji t, m vci mut'ii empiiauc 111 uecuring that the value of the cotton is 50 cents a pound, no matter what the price is. "I fully agreed with my friend," says Mr. Harrison. "According to the law of supply and demand the relative value between what, the raw material and the finished product has been selling at would make 50 cents appear cheap for a pound of cotton. "1 also said to him, 4Do you expect I cotton to go up when the farmers who ! produced it are willing to sell it for i less than cost of production, as they are doing today?' "It is a known fact today that we have a world famine in raw cotton and also in the manufacture of cotton | goods and the spinners of the world J are wondering where they are to get cotton to even scantily meet the needs of the world, for clothing. I I see that the government reports that the cotton belt gives 21 pounds more of lint per acre this year than last year. Everybody in the South 1 knows that the production per acre is less this year than last. It causes me to wonder really whom does the Wash ington department represent-?the sipeculator or the farmer? It is not a hard question for an observant man to decide. It is high time for the people?the producers?of the South to wake up. I "Investigate and speak out against any discrimination to keep down the prosperity of the South! It is up to the people of the South to fight for their rights and I believe that in the the governor's arrival and laid down the first barrage in the. battle after the audience had joined Community Song Leader Charles G. Woolsey in singing "America". ! Governor Harrington then introduced Mr. Palmer who spoke as follows: 1 "This problem interests and affects all, for there is so rich that he is not disturbed by the high cost of livinp, and no income so large thvt it | does not feel the burden. You all can realize now that the amount of a man's wages is not measured by the cash in his pay envelope, but by the goods in j his wife's market basket. You have learned that it does no permanent I t o ilnmon/1 n? t oo I *% ? .r. r. ^v/v/vi iv \iviiiuiivi uii iiititurtc 111 when the increase is consumed en'irely in the increased cost of necessities. The wage worker will not recure relief until this cost of living is reduced. NO. 25 MASONSTALVEY IS SHOT FROM AMBUSH !>.' ? warrants Sworn Out for Jess J. Todd Charging Him With Crime HOUSE OF J. A. STALVEY SHOT SUNDAY NIGHT Telephone Message Sent For Sheriff James A. Lewis Following Shooting. A warrant was sworn out in the Magistrate Court last Monday by Mason Stalvey for the arrest of Jess J. Todd, alleging an assault asd battery with intent to kill by shooting the prosecutor on Sunday night about one-half hour after dark at the home of J. A. Stalvey at Red Bluff. The injured boy is a son or J. A. Stalvey. The facts about this affair, as stated by the prosecutor, are to the effect that Todd went to the house where he could see by the light shinhli'* frrmi Hio '~ 1 *' 1 ?0 ... vnv. uuupv; limn i and urea at young Stalvcy without warning. The shot was a rather wild one, or at least was made from some distance, as only one of the shots struck Mason Stalvey in the head. Stalvey telephoned to Sheriff J. A. Lewis and the Sheriff went and arrived at Red Bluff about ten o'clock last Sunday night; but could not make any arrest as no warrants had been issued by any Magistrate, and there is no Magistrates at Red Bluff. Two or three hours after the Sheriff left Red Bluff, somebody fired into J. A. Stalvey's house twice from the rear, and the prosecutor believes that this was done by Jess J. Todd. This trouble seems to be an outgrowth of a series of lawless acts committed in that section of the County, all arising from ill will of the defendant against the injured persons, and their friends. Various threats have been made and it will be remembered that Jess J. Todd is one of the defendants in a riot case now pending in the Court of General Sessions against T. J. Cox and several others for shooting Thomas W. Livingston. This riot case was put upon the docket for trial at the criminal court week before last but was j. nut kiit'U. O CANCEL LAND TRAIN. The demonstration train which was to have been operated in South Carolina to show the farmers the valuo of modem, methods especially in the use of the latest machinery inventions, has been cancelled. It may be run at a later day but for the present it is off. There are several reasons for the postponement of the tour, the princi! pal one being" the responses received | from the machinery people. Proposal of the United States railroad administration to increase freight rates in the Southeast on all commodities about (> per cent, has met with organized opposition. o Practically the entire file of correspondence between the Mexican and American governments it is expected will become a part of the records of the senate foreign relations subcommittee investigating the Mexican I situation. I I\ future they will do it. ! "I wan to say to the farmers, this j cotton and cotton seed situation is 'entirely in your hands and it is up to I you to name your price. I fought for the price of cotton to be named at 40 ! cents minimum. I stood for it because that price was right. Now the | only way to get our price is to keep | the cotton and seed away from the I market. Hold on to it, sit steady in the boat and the price will come and come pretty soon."