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J t -Z"y 4: 10 $a.J~ ILgV A1~S S&II~~ ~ , WEDiNESDAY, NOVE i3xi- O 98 x~1 PitDGIU 10 HOLD COTTON0 Movement Set on Foot m Columbia FARMERS URGED TO ORGANIZE' Seiait.ir Smit h Furnishes lnta to Show that ic4en1tM ilIop n otton l'i'es IitVarraited. Says that the llequire - Ients a1re (Greater thant the SupplY oil Hand. Columlia, Nov. 19.-Cotton groiwers from every section of South Carolina in conference in Col unthia yesterday pledged themselves to hold the crop off the market until the staple is sell ing at 35 cents a imund, middling basis. A resolution was also adopted, au thorizing the executive committee of the State Farmers' Union to call oni President Wilson to abolish at once the two boards dealing with cotton of which Brand and Page are chairmen. This commnittee wa1s also authorized to call on Chairman Brand of the cotton pmrchmasinig committee to furnish the names of the' parties inl tihe South who sold eotton short the last few Weeks. therehy causin sleh a disastroes slumt in the cotto 111marliet. ''o provide lie m a ichinlery withIi whihel to cary into ieTet tilt am of tIhe .lowers, a centrial omlmuittee of 15 was created. T[his comint tee is anitho i i " l stl;. tilt emti cm sitla tio tll. h (stabbh andl maintain coop erallve act ionl wit h other cottm States, to farm5ers and oier al lied int urests as to ;hat steps to take to seilre the best possible prices for the 1918 crop m1111 as to cottoll an1d { food -prodiucti fl [or 1919 and to orgain ize the fa riers and their illed inter ests for their limueturlmal protection." migiht mnembers of the cQmittee are namei in time resolution. Tiese are to select seven others and there are to be on the committee eight hona fide farmers. Eachi congressional dis trict is to have representation. The eight named in the resolution are: Governor Manning, A. C. Summers, commissioner of agriculture; Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson Col lege; W. W. Long, Capt. J. H. Claffy, president of the State Farmers' Un ion; W. G. Smith, State warehousc commissionor; J. Skottowe Wanna maker, president of the South Caro lina Bankers' Association, and V. M Montgomery, president of the Soutt Carolina Manufacturing Association. The meeting was unusually well at. tended, there being approximately 25 farmers from all parts of the State, al good, substantial citizens, vitally in terested in the present status of th cotton market. The meeting wa called at noon in the library at th State Capitol, but the crowd could no be accommodated in this room an the meeting was adojurned to th court house. Governor Manning called the cori vention to order and referred to thm urgecnt necessity of those intereste in and dopendent upon cotton to mec and deliberate calmly. He had inaugi rated the movement for the Atlant conference when the holding move ment wais initiated and he felt thi there should be a well defined movr ment in South Carolina to keep -t)l cotton off the market in this crisi Dr. Wade Stackhouse nominated W. Sanith, warehouse commissioner, pe maflent chairmnan of the conventio W4flWam Blanks -was elected secretar 1D. AL Coker then introduced tl resointlon embodying the sentiment the eenvention, which resolution w thoroughly debated before being final adopted. C'apt. J. 11. Claffy of Orangebuc president of the State Farmers' U~nk seconded the resolution and el p~hantaed thue importance of the repi semeativeti going back home and < * ganining local unions. If the Sti were mvell organized at this time, 1 * ~unions would afford the necesst medium for getting before the far era the holding movement. R1. M. Mixson of Blarnwell opipoI the resolution, ar-guing that it was ,mild. Later in the day he offerec *substitute resolution, which tabled. Senator 10 D. Smith made the el -al, re.miewing in Ita various rani If. I. VIllKRiSON . JR1., DIEl) AT U03 E E ARIY 3ONID.\Y tlt leen III it a Few Buys. i1.1-d Tu'iesday liIornhut'r. W. 11. Gilkes-on, . r., for many year. press agent herec and for tihe last i!hlt (1r nile years an eliployee of the . & W. C. Railroad. pasVd away t its' home oil North ilarper street at 1 2::'.( o'lovk Sunday ilorniilg alter a rief illness of influilenza and lieltlino-1 ia. Alr. Gilkersol was unIwell .lon - 1y and 'PTesday, bll, llade hi ac olmed 11n as condcltieor on the (Greel - ile braich of the C. & W. C. both 1,y s. Wedniesday mnin111g, hoiweverl, e .was unable to go to his dlties and y Friday 11s siekness had taken a ritical urn. Sunday evening the end xas foreseen and death caie shortly Ifter midnight. Short funeral services were held at lhe house Tuesday morning and inter mient took place at the Laurens ceime tery, the body beingr laid beside those of his grandmother and sister iII the Gilkerson plot. The services were conducted by Ills 'pastor, Rev. .1. M. Steaudlian, of the First lethodist church. Masses of flowers laid upon tile grave expressed the grief of iany friends and their sypillathly for ills wife and relatives. , Anong these were wreatls from the C. & W. C. Railroad, froi em jployees at tile station lere. fiom Ithe .lasonls and asteril SIar aild freill tile .1 ldics Aid Society of the .ethlaoIist chiurch. Air. Gil(keiisoll numiil hlered iS fiend amiong the child rn :s well as their elders alog his run !ml from -inu o vi ean' .1 :: ;ltil i fill wethiI of f!owers wvith a iimple t ::.e : "From; (''p1. (Gill't:;on' t'inel fittle friends,. 1hw ilo Young gh-rs, .-sim sonvile, 1. ('. W ith g i e f". Thi active 11111 hetenrs at the full oral twert .\Wr.;. \\. P. Th.nSson, W. M. Alon,11 .\iarill.impsl, C. NI. Clarike, t. t,. Caldwell, Allie Lsee, Nat Xieliedy anld Dr. ". M. .liller. The h0onlorary pall hearers were I)r. .1. i-. Tl'eague, )r. II. K. Aliken, 0. DI. Sim1 111ons, Dr. G. C. Albright, 13r. V. Di. lerguison, .. C. ToLd, ii. Terry and L. B. lialle. .\Xr. (ilkerson is survived by his wife, who was Miss Cora i3abb. his parents, Mr. and Mr's. W. 11. Gllkerson Sr., and the following brothers and sis ters: Y. . Gilkerson, John Gilkerson, .\Iiss Annie ,Gilkersoil and Mrs. \V. G. Lancaster. He had been married less than a year. The sadness of the occa sion was made increasingly so by the fact that his wife was very ill herself during most of his sickness and still remains so. After the funeral yester day she was moved to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilkerson next door where she could receive more constant atten tion. - cations the complicated problem ol marketing cotton. 'He presented ai i array of sattistics to show that over p production was not the cause of thi t recent slump -in the market. He ealiet I on the members of the convention t< a demand of Barney Baruch, chairmal of thewar Industries board, and Brani - chairman of the cotton purchausini e committee, to advise by whom order d were Issued to sell 600,000 bales of cot t ton two weeks ago. During the las ithree years only 34,000,000 bales hav a been produced, while 41,000,000 bale - have been consulmed. With such fact t staring the people in the face semi -thing was wrong. "When the wa e came we had a big crop to marke . and the price broke. Now when peai 3. comes we have a little crop to mark r- and again the price broke". TI n. u-boat menace had been removed. ? y. longer was there any embargo on co 1 ton. Hundreds of thousands of toi of of new bottoms had been added to ti a available shipping. 'Neutral cou: ly tries ,were at liberty to go into tl markets for cotton. Yet the -price wa -g, gradulally depressed. Cotton was wor in, 40 cents a pound, If it awas worth an 1- thing. If the convention did not er - on thle heads of the boards .in Was ir- ington for an explanation of why tte market went down, the United Stal e senate would conduct an investigatt .ry he said(. Inquiry ought. also to be ma m- as to whlat restrictions, if any, thi boards intended to put around I ted listribution of cotton, and also if I to government intended to interfere w I t the price of cotton. The farm< ra oughmt to pledge themselves to redi their atcreage for next year', and ti tief keel) the -pledge, lie urged the fai in- e r.. to 1101( eve..y baleo atheir cot t IRES WOORO WISO TOwm~ 4 -:74 iuf iesIof im'or in- lin he~ 1.t aLhre .\fni n Lx M e nye t i Ma e of t3(100 l 1.ar( r .t i e n (hme e ll esOcll. . to hn iv. ie' loih111 h-a l'ar4. oii A~~~~~~ .a~t .le dr t fr. bot .h . ud rln ;i :. .w 1. r-. .... .eit y i ity s urge (1 t1 ithe mel-t lini wwe(S pa1 t-r.; and ip h-he reteh ing ofeed C ro ol( ss,1ji whiih i ll be Fi e h n in ties iate d t there ret lonbl in th eliort I ou se ~t. 'l lihee c o so in Ger yover t afher powirg ook nfteta WednesdayIil af3trnoon. to ble fivna th ivarioush coun iscm itany niotsl of1)1111 fhor in lrls to0 oit e a oiiw le it. aty W ii l{ed oss w~corks witnl l e iced1-l~sruieu lesrtg io h i a cnd f allyreport mad.ocenn th e llnetSca is o s ogt work of the chapte in thety wilpbest n tyear. Ivtrksemostandmpoliern' council Red Seross Direts oattend andh the pub-fllwdteeligarsnsdmn Aikn SccedsHiti. orThe dirathsindicae thian ther Mr. 0 13.Simmnswo ha bee guads Thger m esnto affaise than presden of he aurns Ntioalo the executionciby st the facs llak since theasredcedth tenth of theltIt.tltCativofered wsoe I M the nstiutin bengkownthenasetoendnicalistill Hore socngitis th B . ofMOns ESIGNd' h n ricalleda executrv councilh tos l4 Wk ad Drkm .hen bulkitersodier thas whol as beent csirduring al( liart lves(.% ; 11 refus tol counteance flolshrevi of he the eLaaselectedtosue- meholl d thein hnasb ion demtratn ced athiol bank. has st. at a meorareti ng in the tag oude Aid en streeds uindr the dircion 'ag form deleatoes fro all th lired ,f,,r.. Simmons, hi uoueis nao to Co il Inbern nd elaegats preid of the ritstoy bens Nal.ost the eercuis eonl ephere the faci It equa tost capirtatfo all whic group soder ae unliteda firtly wgainh rof tie btnk dat oefted athe Dr.e ha been thrnot of the In e me.etn tI tao ofitee ysers dao rcsoi ng trs vantiythtion of D.ene pvr ilie s the. k Io NS asrens resigned Th e Premie iertsi addrei s e prsidecy f th *Farmes Bndedmeeingdecard thaters aouvastmasl Wrehoe ompany andes place f the oplenk atupote the goveri The esincteatn of til. lat that Captain von Beerfeld iwas forcee .r a b ito leave it because he was considere wellthe pns nblicg gn then as btoo radical, Is still more socialistic iand radical than the larger council eifrom rhich It has Its commissi on. rectors last week and Dr. 11. K. Aiken,Tatheblofiesldrshm Thte remie adde thatodir themi who has been cashier during a part selves refuse to countenance Bolshevil of the same time, was elected to sue- ethods again has been demonstrate of Mr. Wimmon. Lits, h livels anearun- couchi euls awntd defete thlosin pris gtoday an s alesofpst week.rouni'rla elewr. Thero Augr equaotto byfie capiday niohck he Irs vliisoldes hreutored beenl arrivi er e was Thelted atlohe saenhe ere at b8 a ieen , n t arrie hee b ha-ntd alreabyegtine t he adwromoty of Dr Atken. tiel a 8e ai 2 from sche i petsimpcyossibe toarmtinguishdtidemeetingdeclarie tat 8:2 va.st aort esWaeos. Cmayadhspceof the8 perple suportedfthe gver ther ha als ben liedby D. Men. ient arrie atovernme n.a inthai 5Theo geinedtion thi Mc.uSmmon to fttie from Sth trp at the. frn iatmte asareprise to teu deretmenat thatvll will ml r eave r 'cok wll ay the oubc ageneralM. Hec hsteand wo 8areI hurrying hobearedcu mavye o ubhi anunementt lasto ear disordein traeno andt Wurei plan 22,4r bales wutre, buinnd The geneal- The~ preme adde statin will nt >C uderod thae gne duin thesenSat- ol hereint pet maee thea~ Germai m- Lanfre Saion ha te a mintune thnn tanfrCouba 01 nosingbohood ofinnery asx lbaeesotof0 1 in ,tI!1p 1, 0 "is obe i .U Ti TO 1i0 1(1(1 lkTer t ( 1 11. 1 113 ii Iiee i iv Qilofel I Th ins:I t iiI tetr ' 'ie : tI l i a- i ii be(i tlC n i t hasfered w i byl .:t I t a m, s a4) e tiled t ns li nza I iroe e thov. .\annitt e , at the re he d a e:ial1-rn of t () be lid eo acom! I. in Dctmer. 11,1 "orrl will (wo ic .\'otniay 1orn . it.i rl ii. That julry comi1sS doner will 1w..1 tomrrow to draw hew p tit julry. e time ileof the court has oeen lim ted to one we. wi thee athe several rant cases o be tried it ishr ly probable thlat (lhe docket w\ill b)e rleared of all cases in tat a timet thot ll it. Is though( that thie jail eases will be disposed of. Inf (1 aprobability aofong tite first vases t be teried will be that of robert ihdette, charged with the nder of nof D). D. Stoddard near Owings. This case has already been tried one(, time and resuiltedin isil, iIt was set for tie last term of Court but was postpon1ed when the cour('t was called off oni arount of tle illuenza. IRobert Brookis, Colored, wvill proh ably he tried for the mur11der. of 1,(nor1a 1:avis,~~ ner.lunvle inl 1910. Hirooks , rntlyprehended in Newca tl10. Pa.. and turn.1ed ()vcr to th., local lla 'f I ' !n-11- t r : m fl r 11 1 1 r I . T n0 1 - 1ay 1e up or . i has m -:a l. IS i I n o he lIast trial a new epi.ode has belen writ I enl inl 111' fend) between the two partie.s, Pinlsonl and his incle, Will Pinson, having en elmliged a fusillade of shots with Da vis in Front of Davis' home about a1 m1onth ago. In this last encouteC Davis was again seriously hut not mortally shot by one of the Pinsons, while, as Dvais claims, he was drink Ing water at the well. The Pinsons, il is intimated, will claim that Davi waylaid them and shot at them firs from behind the well and that the) shot In defense of themselves. Sinc< this last incident the Pinsons hav been arrested by federal agenti; on thi I charge of Illicit distilling. Food Production Exhibit Friday. In addition to the exhibits in fooH production and conservation to he hel at the court house Friday, Nov. 22n there -will be a demonstration in can ning of meats with steam pressur canner.. This demonstration will b held at 2:30 and will be conducted b Miss Lois Ervin, of Spartanhurg cour! t ty. Everyonhe is urged to be prese d Friday and bring exhibits of their pr ,served frulits and vegetables and gal den products. Mr. Moore has invitI oan agrliultural specialist to addre: the men. I- Death of a Child. g Mary Moore, the eldest child of Al t, and Mrs. M. hi. Moore, died at t1 1 home of her parents early Saturdi 5 morning after an Illness of sever Sweeks. The funeral services we held near Simpsonville Sunday aft< 3noon. Mr. and Mrs. Moore only 1 a cently moved to Liaurens, Mr. Moc being the county farm demonstrat< He Is a brother of Mr. P. W. Moe who held the same office here until few months ago. The people of t ocity deeply sympiathhlize with till e, newcomers In their soro bereavemne f_ eVaunlt League Dead. ,n- DecVault. ieague, son of Mrs. Fli ad once Leagu~e, of the Rabuin siectil ta, died at Camp Wadsw~orth Sunt of morning of influtenza anld pneumtlO 'll The dleceasedl had been at .eamp I i- a short1 time, being o-w of the lust to crement. of soldiers to leaIve hiere in- November 5th. lHe wvas conside 'iat, amilong thle brIghtest and)4 best yo01 ['n- men! of ils .commnunity and his dec ye was a great shock to his friends th ith The holly was brioulght home for hu Ich Monday. interment being at Ra (,.eek chnrch renayv morning. D f i 1 i c Annonccieet Hai:n- Be~en Madeo WILL SAIL IN D E C E M Vu E R i1 l. Genell-t-1t ly I'irdU 4r:<1 stood th a11t tihe President's lleciiqpt uns 313ade Ipon (he Earitest Solicitation of thite Pre fiers of Fran(e and I-thinLditi. Stay n Ill be Short. Washington. Nov. 1 S.--rIesident Wilson wIll attend the opening ses s ion of the peIce coliferencve. This was annoutnced tonight oficially. ie vill go Immediately after the conven ing of the regular session of Congress oil December 2. Tihis oficial statement was issued at the White llouse: "hI'e Presidentt expect s to sail for raniice im:e(iately after the opening of the egi lar sesjltsio on oPgr ess. for tht puripose of taking parl ill the dis u 'Inion nd .etiletmnt of the main feattures of the treaty of pec.e. It is not tilely that it will be ibSmI1le for Ii, :d' :..11 11 itp f- 1:4'ei !ow long; thet Pre;ichoat will r-emain abro:tI he himself pr11obabi connfi say nowf,\. The lilme for lite- nvnn of Ile peace conifrence as lin ot yet been Iainintlced, buttt the gen'eral be lietf here is itt it cannot. he assembled before !a t11 in I )oeemlle 1% '1t the earliest. If such proves tihe case, tihe President will Ibe absent from the country for at least a month and proiably longer. What. plans the President may have for his trip other than to at telnd the opening of the peace con forence and to partlcipate in the dis cussions among the representatIves of the associated nations will precede it, have not been revealed. He undoubted ly will be accompanied by Mrs. Wil son and it is expected here that be sides visiting Paris, ,wbere the peace congress probably will be held, he will I go to London and possibly Brussells 1 and Rome. I, Mr. Wilson is expected to receive - abroad a ,reception such as has been e accorded but few men in public life. e He 'will be welcomed not only as the y President of the United States and t- the commander in chief of Its armies it and navy, but also as the chanypion y of wvorld democracy. :In visiting Eutope the President d will establish two prcedelnts. HeI s will be the tfit chief executive of the United States to participate in a p)eace conference for the settling of Issues grorwing out of a wvar In 'which this country participated and like r. Avise he wIll be the first president to eleave North American soil during the tenure of office. aIn reaching his decision to attend rthe peare conference, President Wil r-son is underst~ood to have 'been large ely influenced by representations from rePremiers Lloyd George of Great Bri >r. ain, and Clemenceau of France and re other statesmen of the Entente a countries. The principles and terms he of settlements enunciated 'by th? e President have been accepted by nt' othi the associated nations and I I-e P'entral Powers as the basis upon which peace is to be re-established ar- and it. Is understood that it is for the a, working out of the applicntion of lay these prInciples thlat his presence is lia. so e'arnestly desired by the allied tit stat esmenl. in Rinee the Presiden'tt is to sail for on F'rance early next month, It se(ems (Clr red tin that lie wvill reach Paris weeki tmg iefore the pence congress assembles. ath I is putrpose is hel ieved here to be to wre. art heipate in thle conference now pro rial eeditig at Versailtes as the prelim' (Continued on Editorial Page)