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/ f VOLUME XXXIV INCREASE SAVING I TO REDUCE H. C. L. ? Palmar Says JO Per Cent Saving Will Result in a 20 Per Cent Cut Attacks "buy now" campaign in speech Job Is to Wait, Speaker Sgays to ^Meeting at Harris burg, Pa. HarriSburg, Pa.?Describing efforts of the department of justice to down the high cost of living, Attorney General Palmer, speaking before a meeting of the fair price committees, mayors of cities and state officials of Pennsylvania here, declare I that if the people would increase their KftvinffS Kv 10 pnnt tlwi /.net ,?f living1 would fall 20 per cent in a brief period. Mr. Palmer attacked the "buy now" campaign, declaring that "our job is to wait, both in our interest and in the interest of the nation and the world at large, that the demand may be lightened." He called upon "the plain people" to wear their old Aclothcs a little longer, to refuse to ^buv until production had caught up /with the demand. This, he assured ( ^,the officials, was one of the principal ' means of ending the spectacle of "the dog chasing its tail around in a circle." Unless the people themselves take this step, the attorney general said, the nation cannot expect to have anything but discontent and disorder. Support Legislation. Mr. Palmer urged that the country vigorously rapport "some of the new proposed legislation which would place the strong arm of the federal government over powerful corporations." He spoke of the proposed licensing of institutions doing- an interstate business and the pending bills providing for marking production cost.-? on package goods. If the* production costs were known, he said, j "'the American trait of being stubborn will end a lot of gouging, for few of us will be driven into anything." L:iboii was called to account for anv leth:M'gjJ in production by Mr. Palmer. Vic branded idlers as "sinners" and declared idleness could result in only one thing at this time, discontent Take Advantage. Mr. Palmer declared people had tak en advantage of economic conditions growing out of the war to exact in their particular line a larger profit than was their rightful due and hoped to justify this form of profiteering by the excuse "that everybody was doing it." "That kind of a man is one kind or another of a profiteer," Mr. Palmer added, "and he is in my judgment the most despicable scamp that can Ji'/e in any community in this emo.yfcncy. He ought to l>e rooted o^it and exposed to public scorn, and %\ necessary confined in public prison. In the two months we have been engaged in the campaign to bring down the cost of living, prices have gone up. If we can keep prices stationary for a time they will sag?they are bound to coir.c down. If wo ran stop NtfhC movement of this vicious circle? increased wages, increased prices and increased cost of production, chasing each other around like a dog chases his tail, and hold the price steady, prices will drop." Congressman J. Hampton Moor'', Renutw an, of the Third Pennsyl T vania district, was elected mayor of Philadelphia. o Organized labor's proposal for ending the coal strike through withdrawal of injunction proceedings age-nst officers of the United Mine Vvo.':ers of America was bluntly rejecto:! by the department of justice. (The BLAMES WORKERS I FOR CLOTHING COSTS Chicago.?High prices for men's ( ready-made ciotinng were blamed on the Amalgamatccd Clothing Workers ol America by Nicholas Michels, a - | sistant state's attomey, in whose j hands books and records of the or-! ganization taken in raid on its headquarters. More than $500,000 as "fines" and "settlements" was taken from clothing manufacturers by the 1 union, the state attorney's office < charged. Agents called strikes for ' their own gain, it also is alleged. The organization is said to have more i than 100,030 members, dominating ' the clothing industry at Chicago, Now 1 York and Rochester, N. Y., the three ' clothing centers. Various small factories and shops wore <1 riven out of business and the < entire industry was compelled to pay tribute, according to Mr. Michels. 1 "One demand of $8,000 was paid by a Chicago firm," he said. "It wa-s paid in three monthly installments. This and other amounts varying from $500 to $1,000 we find entered to the credit i of individuals, not to that of the unions. "The demands were made in the! i guise of "fines" or "penalties." Tlie employes got the benefit of the strike demands and ^he officials got the settlement money." In this connection, Mr. Michels said a strike was planned soon in a 1 11 tvi/ M ;i i <u i y MltlVMI ClUl/IllIlg IUCWJ] y, forty-four-hour week and 25 per cent of the manufacturer's profits unless a settlement was made. "Strong arm" men were kept on duty in cities cover ed by he union, correspondence seized showed, the assistant state's attorney added, and were shifted from city to city to prevent police recognition. Mr. Michels said he had not requested arrests but would seek a number of indictments after he had conferred with manufacturers. UNITEOSTATES TO GIVE THANKS President Issues His Annual Proclamation to Our Nation. Washington.?President Wilson today set aside Thursday, November 27, as Thanksgiving day in a proclamation which said the "country looked forward with confidence to the (lawn of an era where the sacrifices of the nations will find recompense in a world at peace." The proclamation follows: "By the President of the United States of America. "A Proclamation. "The season of the year has again arrived when the people of the United States are accustomed to unite in giving thanks to Almighty Clod for the blessing which he has conferred upon our country during the 12 months that have passed. A year ago our people poured out their hearts in praise and thanksgiving that through Divine aid the right was victorious and peace had come to the nations which had so courageously struggled in defense of human libci*ty and justice. Now that the stem task is endeu and the fruits of achievement are ours we look forward with confidence to the dawn of an era where the sacrifice of the nations will find recompense in a world at peace. "But to attain the consumption of! the great work to which the American people devoted their manhood and the vast resources of their country they should, as they give thanks to God, reconsecrate themselves to , those principles of right which triumphed through His merciful goodness. Our gratitude can find no more perfect expression than to bulwark with loyalty and patriotism those principles for which the free peoples of the earth fought and died. i i T"\ 11 ?A. 1 1 1 uunng me past year we nave nan much to make us grateful. In spite ; of the confusion in our economic life I resulting from the war, we have pros i pored. Our harvests have been plon ' tiful anil of our abundance we hav.' Wwxv] CONWAY, S. O., THURSDAY, BIG COAL STRIKE K IS CALLED OFF Sovemment Moves to Bring SI Miners and Operators ToA gether and Resume Work. cc ________ a i 01 Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 11.?The ti United Mine Workers of America cl through its general committee, de- 01 nded early today to obey the man- In :late of United States District Judge aj A. R. Anderson, which means the hi recall of the order for a strike of hi 125,000 bituminous coal miners of tho b; nation. The decision was reached at m 1:10 this morning after more than U 17 hours' discussion. The confetonce then adjourned until 2 o'clock this r< [iltcmoon. tl n W GOOD RO.ADS MEETING, tl LOUIS, TIIES. NOV. 18TH g In addition to the regular Chau- ^ tauqua entcitainment at Loris, S. C., ^ on Tuesday, Nov. 18th, there will be Nv ;ilso ? Good Roads Meeting, begin- o: ning at 10 o'clock A. M., in tho big ti Chautauqua tent. Music by Chau- u tauqua Rand. S1 Following is the program: *S1 Object of the meeting1?Doc. D. Sl Harrelson. tl 10:80 Address by Col. D. A. Spi- t< vey. P 11:00 Address by Senator Hal L. tl Ruck. tl 11:80 Address by W. A. Freeman, Chairman of Highway Commission, p followed by Representatives W. W. ? Russ and W. L. Mishoe. n 12:00 o'clock noon?Address by V Chautauqua speaker. t 1 P. M.?Adjournment. v N F. Nixon, W. A. Prince, a Sec'ty. Chairman, t Little River, Loris and Nichols High <1 way Committee. e _o a NOTICE ROAI) OVERSEERS. a c t To all Overseers in Floyds township: r If you have i*ot already done so please do up all your work and send n in your report to me along with the < list of hands on your joint as I have got to make my report to the County I Commissioners. \ ?W. C. HOOKS, 2t 11 fi 19 Supt Floyds Township. Nichols, S. C. ii ?Hope for speedy action on the peace treaty brightened up age in last week. J been able to render succor to less favored nations. "Our democracy remains unshaken in a world torn with political and social unrest. Our traditional ideals are still our guides in the path of progress and civilization. t "Those great blessings vouch- I safed to us, for which we devoutly c give thanks, should arouse to us a c fuller sense of our duty to ourselves ? and to mankind to see to it that H nothing we may do shall mar the t completeness of the victory which we 1 helped to win. No selfish purpose t animated us in becoming participants in the world war and with :i c like spirit of unselfishness we should 11 strive to aid by our example and by 1 our cooperation in realizing the en- ( during" welfare of all peoples and :n t bringing into being a world ruled by t friendship and good will. t "Wherefore, I, Wood row Wilson, ( president of the United States of j\ America, hereby designate Thursday, t the 27th day of November next for 1 observance as a day of thanksgiving I and prayer by my fellow countrymen, 1 inviting them to cease on that day t from their ordinary tasks and to s unite in their homes and in their sev c eral places of worship in ascribing r praise and thanksgiving to God the f author of all blessings and the Master of our destinies. c "In witness whereof. I have here- V unto set my hand and caused the 1 seal of the United States to be affix- ( ed. 1 "Done in the District of Columbia t this fifth day of November, in the|t year of our Lord, one thousand nine i hundred and nineteen, and of the in- i dependence of the United States the t one hundred and forty-fourth. 1 (Signed) "Woodrow Wilson.*' I It IP* NOVEMBER 13, 1919. I0T TO COLLECT rnnu ninniim MUM UAKItAIUfl Washington.?Policy of the Unite; tates regarding kidnapping of Am icans in Mexico and attack upor mericans and their property in tha untry was set forth in an offioia inouneoment that unless negligence i the pai*t of the Mexican authoii os can be shown there will be n< aim for damages made by this gov nment. The kidnapping of Wil am O. Jenkins, American consula ?ent at Puebla and the payment b; is attorney of $ir>0,0()0 ransom fo is liberty was discussed at lengtl y a high official of the state depar lent in outlining the policy of tie nited States. Jenkins will have to effect his owi dmbursement of the money paid t le Mexican who kidnapped him. i as said, unless he can prove tha in Mexican government was nog:i cnt in affording him protection. Th act that he was an official of th United States government has n caring on the matter in any way, ! as stated, Americans in Mexico ca xpect no more or different j>rotec ion than is afforded to the Mexican nder the Mexican law, this officii iiui, in definitely disposing of th uggostion that the proteetio ought by Americans in Mcxic lirough diplomatic channels, to cou erbalance the greater measure c rotection granted to Mexicans b heir courts, will not be urged b his government. It was admitted by the state dc artment official that the robbery c Imerican mine and oil company pa masters "might be" different as tli laymasters are compelled to notif he authorities in advance, of the oute, time of departure and tl mount of money carried. Assei ion that on occasions Mexican so iers in federal uniforms are repor <1 as participating in the robberic ind that officers of the federal arm it times have led their men in alle^ d raids on the camps, brought tli eply that in such event thei might be" grounds for a claii gainst the Mexican government ui ler international law. lOnON'SRisFDUE TO GERMAN BUYINI i/lore Than Half Million Bale Said Have Been Purchased Since August 1. Large German purchases of the b< er grades of American cotton, sa> he New York Times, have been or if the principal reasons for the ri ent sensational advance in price i souinern markets, especially i ['exas, where the best grades are '? >e had and where spot cotton ye: or the first time since the civil wa erday sold above 40 cents a poun It was estimated by men in tl otton trade yesterday that moi ban 500,000 bales of choice grade tad been bought by German-- c Jerman agents since the present co on season began on Aug. 1, and c his total probably more than 250 )00 bales already have been exportei )n monday more than 110,000 bah cere shipped out of Savannah dim o Hamburg, making the total of d cct shipments to German ports sine V.ug.1, something more than 100,0( >alcs. In addition, it is believe hat at least 150,000 bales have bet icnt to Germany by way of neutn ountries, and it is understood th? nuch more will be exported within ew weeks. v?c-i many ?s purcnasus 01 Amcncii otton, according to trade authoritie lave been considerably larger in tl ast two months than those of an ither foreign country except Enj and. On direct shipment France hi .aken only 85,000 bales so far, whi jxports to England have amounted 1 ibout 470,000 bales. The Germans, s said have been buying only the be ,er grades, and apparently are n< lagling over prices, for reports fro he South says the German interns nilil. i nrn Ani\AA KtU UKUS5 UKIVt i 1$ SUCCESS HERE I The drive for annual membership " in the American Ked Cross started in * this county on November 8t.h. It has I been attended by great success from , the first, owing no doubt to the hard work being put in by the workers. ? Mrs. M. G. Andersen is Chairman of the organization in this county. Miss Edna Earle Spivey is at the head of r the committee of High School girls , working to secure members in the drive. The girls have a booth at I the Hony Drug Company's store. ^ This county's quota- is $1800 for the p war fund and 5.400 members. They are asking for the renewal of n old members and are going out after new members with energy. All are t dollar members. Fifty cents of each ^ dollar remains in the local chapter, while the other half is turned in to national headquarters. With the ^ money derived from this present ( drive, the local chapter will defray ^ the expense of a public health nurse M for the county. The nurse has already been employed and is at work. Each person solicited for memberI ship knows beforehand the great benefit this nurse is in the county, e Mi*. Henrv Bvrd, at the Horry n Drug Company, is cashier of the organization. n j. o ^ Beginning; of curtailed railroad ser* vice and the pinch of inadequate supplies of soft coal in several states marked the fifth day of the miners' " strike. i CHECKS MAILED TO :: PRECINCT CHAIRMEN r- _______ County Chairman, E. J. Sherwood has mailed out checks to the 37 Precinct Executive Committeemen fo: the pay for themselves and managers foi holding the Congressional elec " tion. Only $259.00 was sent bv the "C * State Committee to the County Chali 1 man to pay this expense, and aftei 1 the payment of the incidental expenses of holding the election, such a pCnting, etc., only 2*14.20 was left available for this purpose. Ill managers have been paid $16." S"ach, as have the 37 precinct chair men. Not knowing just who the managers were at each precinct, tin County Chairman has mailed a checl; for $6.60 to each precinct chairman .-c !$ that those who served as managerswill call on him for their money. have been buying more aggressively in the last few diivs thiin ;i ivw?ntli so ago. when prices were $1."? to $20 c gale lower than they are now. it No la rye credits have been a range* 's here foi the benefit of German inv ie porters, so far as is known, but it u 2- understood that some private credit? n have been provided and also thai n many American exporters have sel o plans afoot to use their own credit ir s- assisting the movement. Remittance? r. from Germany have been coming ii id ir. rather large volume recently ie which is one of the reasons ascribe* e for the steady decline in the quo 4s tation for reichsmarks, which yes>> terday fell to a new low record <>l t- about 1-10 cents to the mark. >f However, it is understood that tlu principal expedient used thus far in (1 financing exports of cotton to Ger. s many has been credits secured by Gei :t mans in neutral European countries i- | Germany, according to reports, ha? :c been exporting raw materials an* 10 some finished goods to the Scandi <1 navian countries an*l to Holland, an*! ? in return foi t'm*so nil? ieccived crc.vl ill its which have been used in the Unitit ed States. The volume of busines? a done in this way, it is said, has mi t* many billions of dollars and ha? in allowed German importers to buy s, goods here, chiefly cotton, without ie suffering unduly on accunt of theii iy depreciated exchange. Mos of the cotton forwarded t is Germany and to the European neu le Vln< not. imnn fhiviucrV* fliA <vi ' n " ' % * wv.^n V ??\ I WI t * ' to Now York. On tho contrary, tlu it great bulk of the business has beer t- moved from Galveston, Now Orleans ot and Savannah, where it is recoivee m ' directly from th<? big- Southern spol t? markets. \ NO. 30. j LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS ' CALLED FOR FRIDAY Complete Permanent Organizai tions Regarding Cotton I Holding HORRY COUNTY MUST HAVE HER MEETING Large Meeting Will be Held in I Columbia on Decernbcr 2nd. i Columbia, Nov. 10.?The County Cotton associations have boon called | by the state Manager, B. K. McLeod, to meet next Friday, Nov. 14, for the purpose of perfecting permanent organization and it is hoped that each county's association will comply with the call. The meeting in each county will be held at the county seat and a large attendance is requested. Each county association will elect a president, a vice president, and a secretary, and a county executive committee, composed of the president, vice president and five other members. Each county association will j also elect three members of the state 1 j board of directors. \ In the call for the county meetings { Mr. McLeod asks each county chair I man to "call attention to the fact that every member of the township and county organization is a member of the state organization." On Tuesday, December 2, a mammoth meeting will be held in Columbia to choose officers for the State * association. This meeting will be addressed by prominent men from over the cotton belt and plans for the 1 association worked out. H is hoped to make this the biggest meeting ever in the state. All county chairmen are urged by^ Mr. McLeod to secure as many members as possible before the organization of the township and county as" sociations next week. "The state association," lie says "should have * not less than 50,000 members when permanent organization is effecte.*!on December 2. This will make our organization when it speaks, will be : heard from one end of the State to ' the other. It will he a unit of the ; American Cotton Association, which promises to be the greatest organixa? * tion in the world." (Let Horry farmers realize the great good the cotton association has 1 done them already in the increased prices they have realized for their ' product; and don't let the Horry far' mors fail to come to the limit in per; focting her local organizations.? E?L) - QUOTATIONS ON COTTON t Washington.?To give to producers* Land others information regarding ac* | tual cotton prices in their local or i i. i ' nfar-oy important markets, the Bu? loan of Markets of the United States I Department of Agriculture is inaug | uniting a cotton price quotation ser | vice and will issue reports from five. important points in the cotton belt. Cottonseed prices will also be cover; ed. 1 The first report is to bo issued from Memphis, Tenn., for the district immediately surrounding that point; other reports will follow from dis; trict headquarters at Atlanta, Ga.; I New Orleans, La.; Charlotte, N. C.; and Dallas, Texas, for the territory I immediately surrounding ea^h of these points. <> __ 5 FOR RICK PRODUCTION. 1 Washington.?Senator Dial intro; duced to officials in Washington J. A. Wood, M. D., of Sumter, who is I interested in reclamation of lands ' along the Waccamaw River in South Carolina. Dr. Wood believes these > lands, which formerly produced abun I dant crops of the finest rice in the f I world markets, can readily he brought * again into rice production under imi proved practice with labor raving . machinery. Bernard Baruch of New I York and Dr. Isaac Kmorson o f Baltit more are among the landholders of the Waccamaw.