The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 27, 1920, Image 1
heXX IL A U E N S S O U I W SD A
"SCA IN COTION"
l[C[AR[8 II[SI[R
He issues a Statement of
Encouragement
DRASTIC DECLINE
DUE TO SELLING
tin Ten weeks More Than One Million
Bales of Cotton Iaye Ween Thrown
on the Market Without lihyit or
Iteason, Says Statement.
Now Orleans, Oct. 20.--In a state
'ment prepared at the instance of the
New Orleans cotton exchange direc
tors and] made public tonight, IHenry
(i. liestter, secretary of the exchange
and, for 20 years regarded as an in
ternat ional authority on matters per
tainlg to cotton mxarketin , declares
Ithere is "no reason for rushing for
federal financial aid'" and asserted
(.hete was "nothing the matter with
the So lh -bdyond ani unreasonable
scare in cotton."
The satement, prepared "for the
benefit and encouragement of those
who are not fully informed," follows:
"The drastic de,'lIno that has oc
curred in cotton since the first of
August, amounting to nearly $90 a
bale, or about 41S per cent, has been
mainly due to the pressure to sell or
a shrinking market, undermining con.
i(ence on both sellers and coniumers,
accn(':tuating the fears of the forier
and increasing the reluctance of the
latter until they practically abandan
doned the market except at. constant
cones ssions, which in the aggregate
probab ly constitute the 'greatest droop
that has ever taken place in the staple
in any like period. In the past ten
weeks, xxore than 1,000,000 bales of
spot -cotton have literally been
"thrown overboard" without rhyme or
reason. :;early three-fourths of th2
Texas ginnings to September 2 have
been rushed to market and while oth
er sections have sold more sparingly,
the reported sales at three leading
Texas centers have amounted to more
than 200,000 hales. Futures have per
force followed spots, the pressure hav
ing bcn accentuated by sales to hedge
spot.
Various Theories Given
arious theories have 'been given
for the 'scare' mainly the question of
flnnanxing, ur.aavorable attitude of the
federal bank and tight mxoney. Neit'h
er of these, however, should reason
ably h: ve precipitated i practical
panic. Calm thinkers consider there
-wa'; no rearon for asking for federal
ai d !an dui ng the 'buy a bale' period
of 191.1. \'- marketed that year more
lhx.3 2 '"Ii er marketed in any year
in I t eior yof trade and if we did
:" :xi- :;stchi for ouxr hales as we
"h' ve, we laid thit' fouidation
Qr: upw ard trend andl brouclt
xxi- oney Into the Soutih, faIrly
<:irned.x ini the years that fotllowxxi,
thIaix had ever hefoire benoiaie i
ouir hxitory. Whyx~ then'i sixoult we af
loer fourx seasoins iin wichi ourx i'-~
(Old 'd in valuxe $7,970,000,000,x had I 4a
ca rnI~g a few m ni i b~a ls penxd Iixg
a len'rary'~ 11ilt iin'deaand? lhas not
t hal v'ery liiuIlx eenx lengthlenedx by the
produxi xers. , Of cour se, everybjody
nowxvs li xt the govern mieixt's eff'orits
tox lower ithe high eo.<t of livting fis
(exerc0 il some1 Intlhiene buti t hal has
beenx by nox meanus (nix rely respIoni 11
for n'(0 the iottonI('. Let uis look ait
thei werm enxext's fiurs foir t(
noaso Atigxxst andi Septiemberx
I -ix, in fxxct oxf xall thme Ialk abIouit
reduionii~ or consum xpt ion, we ftind t hat
Ithe ''xills Nor'thI andi South conxsumaed
of ('CtIon from Axiuut I to Sepxtembher
30, 8841,000 bales xagatnst 913,000 for
the samexj tixme Inst yeai, a decrease of
Only 59,000 hales. This then was not
whiere the shoe pxiached as fair as dlo
mnestice consumipt ion was teoncernedI.
When the m~il hxecaixe Informnedj of
lihe gr'owin,'g fears of the Souithrin
tiroducers of a declIne In values they
fell 'back on their' supptltes Of ranw cot
tonx and dIuring the two imonthis usedl
iup 413#,000 bales xof thou' reseirve
stocks. Thuxxs on Juily 31. thme census
;1aidl mIlls Noith and South held
1.2(09,000 hales of Anmerican lint cotton
while on October 1, the same author
ily gav'e them a total of only 773,000
hales. lin September In face of the
panicky feeling that -was sprangn
AUTOMOBILES KILL
THRiEE ON SUNDAY
One Victim "orner Judg'e of Probate
in Cherokeo County.
Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 24.-Two au
tomobile accidents in Greensboro and
this section this afternoon resulted in
the deat/h of two persons and the se
rious if not fatal injury to two others.
J. E. Webster, aged 72, formerty a
probate judge in Gaffney, S. C., and
Mrs. WVolster, while attempting to
cross one of the principal streets in
'Greensboro late today, were struck by
an automobile. Mr. Webster died
from the effects of his injuries soon
after the accident while Mrs. Webster
is In a local hospital, not ex,,ected
to live.
On the Reidsville highway, near
Greensboro, late today Mi3ss Lucile
Roberson was killed alid her sister,
Miss Annie Rioberson, and Will )an
l1es were seriously injured when a
car driven by hiss Annie Danels, sis
ter of the injured man, ran oft an em
banikment and turned turtle.
Ilendersont, N. C., Oct. 2 I.--.Joseph
T. Watkins, aged :0, died early today
from fractured skull suffered last
night when an automobile ran into
him as he stepped from a sidewalk
while assisting a blind man across the
street. Watkins, though never or
dained was well known in North Car
olina for his work in prison evan
gelim.
3iarriagea of Cross ill1 Boy
Miss Edna I1. England, of \Westmin
ister, and Mr. Geo. P. Martin, of Cross
11111, were happily married at the home
of the bride in Westmtinster last Tues
day, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. J. A. Martin, father of the groom.
The young cmt Ple wilI make their
home in Cross ill, where the groom
is engaged in business.
in the spot market the Southern mills
eon:nanmed 2S1,A00 baes of lint cotton
and they held remaining but about
283,000 bales or about a month's sup
ply.
('om1parlson of Figures.
"Comparing t'ie situation now with
July 31, the showing Is: Stocks,
American mills, North and South, of
American lint cotton, July 31, 1920
(per census), 1,200,000 bales.
"European port stocks and afloat,
tober 1, 1,001,000.
Decrease lint cotton since July 31,
778,000 bales.
"Totals, 2,124,000.
"In other words, there wa.s a shrink
age in mill stocks at home and
abroad and !n the Etropean .$t upply of
about k00,000 bales of lint cotton-a
hacuum that must aml will be filled
when the m,.ret is i'rmit'' to set
tle down to normal cn: onsh, In
considerin.g these fl cie ':e are deal
ing i"'th the ;'pr=n'. ;'i with the
Pa:st. 't'l(,c'u tiit'i It:. in latrge pat
to ti .m t:c o: h irs which have
reuealed upo ciO~ onl "'miers, utn ettling
hoth ''ndei of: th. .:n, cani t0o he otha
'a-i'' tsane .;morary and will hard
we''" The mills ate ajiaite as anx
ion.> ,d the lirodatcers f'otr the i'estttim p
t iona of atotnia I fta net lon. Th'le rem edy
l ies wih the S'ouathern prioduc~er' and
htol der, w hi oiu le qito a ble to
coIII withi the situtitIon.
''The tetail trade, whaich Is the teal
foiuntdationt, is, we ate told by thle best
authboitie's, "pr ioceedaling ott a neatly
normoalI basis so fat' as voltume is con
'Con iilane tttit'itble rtori I il fromt
lie pr toduaerts' 'nd Tlhte wa-e of buy
ing or for the aeplenishmient for' thteta
Srilvies with only a I: now ledge that
the toomt Is at thle top1 anad tiot at I the
bottomn.
''TVhere Is not hinag th' atter i'I th
thte South beyon d aa an uneasoan rg
seaaae in cottont. Oura listitttons arae
solid, ot'r banks ate In siplendid~ con
dition, better thtan ever' known, and
they have ben made so by the apno
11le's money, resultant from thte pros
perity of the past few years, Thtea'
lnter'estr, ate the peolhe's Interests
atnd we need not be0 forcede to seek
outside of out' own section for' the
solvIng of out' prtolem 'Te world
wants ourt cotton, the lIke of whtlehi
can not be obtalined elsewher'e. The
wvoald muist supply its needs from ottr
suptply and a people who wvould throw
overhoat' dtthir 'products at 'less thtan
cost' utnder ex IstlDg condItIons woutld
cilss nor~tig shor't of 'bedlamites.'
We are not and have never 'been that
-kind."
A"TfElt FAS'' OF 73 DAYS
-iondon, Oct. 25.-Terencee Mac
Swine', lord mayor of Cork, the most
prominent- of the Irish hunger strikers
and said to have been the brains of
the Republican party in Ireland, died
early -today in Brixton prison.
The end was not unexpected, for
the lord mayor had been unconscious
for several days. He was' entering
upon the seventy-fourth day of his
hunger strike as a protest against a
sentence of two years imprisonment
on several charges, including one of
having seditioud documents in his pos
session. "
Only his brother, John MacSwiney,
and his private chaplain, Father
'Dominie, were with himu when he
died. Mrs. ilacSwiney and the pris
oner's two sisters, Annie and Mary
were at a nearby hotel.
The lord mayor, who was terribly
emaciated as a result of his long ah
stinence from food, had been delir
ious; for many hours. and was uncon
scious when death cate.
It was several hotur' after the lord
mayor died before his brother was
permilted to tell MIrs. MaacSw iney the
sad news. She immediately went to
the prison, accompanied 'by her pa
rents and the \Misses MaeSwiney, and
the family group stoical and dry-eyed,
prayed over the body as it lay on the
cot.
No I) enonstrationsi.
There were no untoward demon
strations outside the prison after the
flews of Mac .winey's death became
generally known. A large force of
police had been concentrated to put
down any disorder that might occur.
It was said at the prison that the
reason for withholding permihsion to
.ohn MacSwiney to inform the dying
man's relatives *of his conditons was
that it was in the prisoner's interest.
Just before MIacSwiney died, Father
Dominie and ,lohn MacSwiney knelt.
at the bedside and offered up tpray
ers. The priest administered the rites
of extreme unction.
It is well within 'the possibilities
that the body .will be taken to Cork
secretly In order to avod unpleasant
results frim whatever demonstrations
might be arranged in England and
Ireland along the route traversed by
train bearing the body. There is no
intimation that any official advocates
refusal to send it to Cork.
The home offiee in charge of pris
ons, which would control the move
ment of the body in lIingland, said
that no plan for the removal of the
body had been officially considered.
At the Irish office it was declared that
no plan had been formulated for the
transfer of the body to Ireland agnd
that final decision on this point woflld
rest solely with Dublin Caste.
It is within the powers of the home
office to give up the body of a prison
er in whatever way is deemed most
expedient. It is pointed out that it
could legally transfer the bodv in
secret to somte ou t-of-t he-wayn 'port
anid later to a governimentI vessel and
deliverc it at C'ork. Aio
Terencll(e .\lacS wintey was forty er
old antid wias 0one of the mtost lpromli
nent Sinl ieineors. lie startedI life as
a driaperc's assistant, but hlecame a
p~oet, author01 and a playwivright before0
tak intg up) polities ser'ioulsly. 1Later lie
I'eante violently anti-10nglish.
WVhileIi in Wakefield jail, Yorkshiire,
in I191I6, he met Niiurio '.luiirphy,
daughter' of a wvealthy Cork distillet',
who visited thle jail anld shor'tly afteor
th1ey wer mar 111ried, 1511 desit muh opl
Pos ition. .\lac~iwin ey was electedn as a
Sinnt Fiin membl 1111er from ('ork to thle
Iiltishi i'arliamlent in 1915, bu11 tCverl
took is seat, lie was presenIIt at. lie
first sess ion of tile Irlish Parilian tt
ill 191 9. Whenl the estabIlishment01 o~f
the Repulblic wns confirmed, and wiak
elected lord may0or of Cor'k in I1920.
Foi' various political offenses, he(
htad 'been in jail, with brief intervals
of lIberty, silnce Janular'y, 1916,. and in
Octobei', 1917, securedl his release
fromt jail b~y hunget' striking.
N'far'tedi "Strike" Aug. t'2.
.\acSwiney's htunger' strike was be
gunj on August 12 when'l wvith tenl of
his associates, he was arre'(sted by sol
dier1s ini Cor'k while attending a ses
sion of Sian lFein court. After tr'ial
b~y a courtmat'tal under~t the reOgula
tionls of the Defence of the Realmi
Act, he wvas found guilty of sedition
atnd sentenced to two years8' imlpr'isonl
meat, which he was serving in 'IBrik
ton 'Prison in London.
.\acSwinev. than an Aleran,. of
INF ANT'S IIODTY
CAST INTO FilRE
Norfolk Woman Who Gave Buindle of
"!tags to Fireman, Charged With
Murder.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25.-Mrs. Emily
IWilson, 21 years, old, was arrested
here this afternoon on the charge of
ilfantilde. Immediately after her ar
rest she was ordered by a health de
-partment physician sent to a hospital
as her condition is serious.
:While a circus parade was in pro
gress this morning Alirs. Wilson en
tered a down town laundry and going
hack into the fire room handed a bun
die to a negro fireman and requested
him to throw it into the furnace, tell
ing him that it contained rags. The
fireman's curiosity was aroused by a
mnovemient he felt in the package as it
left his hands for the Rlames. itaking
the bundle from the coals, he discov
ered that it contained the body of an
infant. The body was so badly iiuti
Ia'ted from the filaie that the coro
ner was unable to detertine the man
ner of the child's death.
Mirs. Wilson, who is the mother of
two children is separated from her
husband 'I'h police said she stated
the infant was born dead last Satur
day.
SO1'ilfl'' 1'!1W'1:{_.
IB1tIEAIhN(; 1)0W N
U'nited Sintes of Russia 1ay Bie
Evolved.
Washin:ton, Oct. 2-.-A tInited
States of Rlssia is now looked for by
officials here as the most likely pos
sibility along forms of governmieWnt
to follow dissoluition of the soviet
re' i me.
Official advices today . 1 the 101
shevik breakdown was rapidly con
tinuing in Russia.
A new central government pattern
ed roughly after the form of the
United States of America, it is be
lieved here, might include even king
doms such as have been recently es
tablished in Turkestan together with
the socialiitic forms represented by
the republic carved out of Siberia and
forming now the Far East republic.
Among the states which a United
States of Russia would be expected to
include, officials enumerated: Lithu
ania, Esthonia, Latvia, Georgia,
Azerbaijian, Ukrainia, Republc of
Onsk, the kingdoms arising out of the
government of the provnces of Tur
kestan and Rusha proper.
Cork, was elected Lord Mayor of the
city at a s'pecial session of the Cork
Corporation on March 30, of this year.
Ile was a well-known Sian Fein lead
er and, prior to his election, had been
deported and imprisoned several
times, one of the latest notable in
stances of his confinement having
been in 196It; in connection with the
Irish Easter revolt.
W\hen arrestei on august. 12, .\lac
Swiney managed to c.'lcape to tihe
st rlet from thle hack of the ('ity iilall,
whleh11 sold irs hadIC surrounded1CC, but1
was capturedCl outside. lie was taken
to) the miilitary barrai~ck5 andl c'aiie upi
for trial on1 Attguist I16. TheW(011 couiiar
ti al foundm himi guilty (If having control
in his p~o55'ssess a doe(linien t ilkely to
C'aite dlisaffect ion, niamiely, a copy oi
a re'so lut ion of' tihe ('ork Coriporiat ion
tlldgi ng alle(gianice to tile D~ail 1e
arl~i, tile Irlisih Iliulican P'arliameint,
anid oft hav'ig mai~de a 51'ditious5
sp~leh (in thle ovenasion of hiis eleec
Already wea':k at the~ trial heenualse of
his refusal to take food, Miac~w iney
diislputed the( juisi5cltioni of tie court,
saying: "'I amII thle lord miayor of thlis
city' anq its chief magstrate. I de
c lare this couri ilIilegal,. and those ta k
Inug iiart in It Iliablle to arirest unhder
the laws oif the Iish republic.''
The day folowing his trial, Lord
Mayor' MaeSw iney was dep~or'tedi to
10nglandc aboardi a destroyer', undeir a
heavy military eseort and w~as lodged
in llrixton jail. The government an
Ilo~uni~cd on August i19 that he was
senltenced to two years' imlpr'isonment.
MaeSwiney s hunger stike brouight
numer'ous solicitatioins and prhotests to
the Bitish authtlorities, many of the
appieal.4 becing from symp iatizerts In
the United States.
Even a threat from the Sinn Fein
in -Irelandl, that, in the event of his
(leath, a general strike and serious dis
turbances would pirevail throughout
the island. An alppeal was taken di
recty to the King, butt this also prov'
edl unavailing.
GIVEN MEDICAL EXA1INATION
ChIlldren's health Conference in the
Court. House F1 irday and Saturday
Attended by 31Iny Mothers.
Forty-five babies, both male and fe
male, from among which may be so
lected in the years to come a gover
nor, senator, notary public or even a
president, were given thorolgh e' am
inations at the Baby Health Confer
ence held in the court house Friday
and Saturday of last week uinder the
direction of .liss Minnie Rogers, coun
ty nurse under the Red Cross, with
the co-operation of ladies of the city.
Forty-live mothers brought. their chil
dren for voluntary examination by
-physicians of the city, had physical
defects pointed out to them and ad
vlco given as to how the children may
be made stronger and better fitted for
the battle of life'.
Saturday afternoon Cr. Lesne Smith,
chIild specialist of Spartanbu'g, was
present and spoke to a num ber of
mothers on the care of babies and
later examined several ('hiidren. The
address of IDr. Smith was given close
attention by the assembled iothers
and many rtiueltions were asked him
after he had cc rncludeil.
The Baby Ilealth Conference was
one of several conferences given over
the county under the aus ices of the
lled Cross and which will be I.iven
in other sections where they are de
sired.
'T'lhe obj ect of the conferences is to
to determine the developme01t and
present condition of children brought
by their mothers for examination. It
includIes a careful Iphysicial examiina
tol of each child, in which the child
is weighed, measured and compared,
point by point, with what would be
normal for that child. In this way the
mother may see where she is failing,
where she is succeeding and how she
may secure better results.
A Children's health conference is
not a contest or a clinic. It is for the
great mass of children who, though
apparently well, are-rarely found with
out defects. The discovery of such de
fects at an early age when they may
be easily remidied, Is the chief aim of
the Conference.
BERKETT W. DAVENPORT
Well Known Citizen Died at His Home
Here Saturday After a Brief Illness
Berkett W. Davenport, a well
known citizen of the city and county,
died Saturday afternoon at his home
on Laurens street. Last Monday he
was stricken with paralysis, soon
lapsing into a state of coma from
which he never rallied.
The interment was at Prospect
church Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
following funeral services led by his
pastor, the iterv. Samuel Ii. Temple
man, of the Pi rst Baptist church of
Laurens. The active and honorary
pallbearers were the meibers of the
sen ior. 1 aracL(a class of the Firist IHap
list ('hurch'l Sundl~ay school, of which
lhe had been a faithful miemberI for' a
numberiit' of yearIs.
Al'. D~avenpor't was a ha!tive 01' the
'outly, a son of the late Li. P. Daven
lort, schlool t 'eiher, and one t imel
coilnty sch l~oo ll oissionier. Some
yearis ago lie moved to town, anld dlirI
ing the Past year- or so he has con
dutelt :I a green groclry. lIeI is surlviv
ildlbe his wido~w, wilo was eoemr
by four I son;, ierrci Daven port 01'
Charleston, JTames, Br-ookA and Thlomas
D avenp1)rt, of L auren'hs andu one daiigh
Mit. .1. H. P h ilpot, su1perlinitenident of
thei cily vIlih andr water' plant, has re
Cei ve'd th le mlonithIy ana Iys is of thle
City w~ater' from Dr1, F. L. Par'ker,
stale chemist. The hacter'ial analysis
stateu "Bacterial Indricat ions of Con
tanminiation, 'NegatIve" and water' ini
cated to be of goodl quality and free
fr'omi conitamlination.
VH AS4INi N I0110t
T IC~OUGHI SWIA MP'S
Nor'th C'arolinialns Threat en to Lynch.
(irocerymian AssaIu~tl.
WilmIngton, N. C., Oct. 24.--Wlth
r'esidents of the WrIght sville Beaech
section thr'eatening him with lynching
if caught, John Allen, negr'o, chiarged
with murlderouis assault on N. S.
Veille, aged gr'ocer' of VIlla VIew, is
hbeIng hunted tonIght In the swamps of
New Hanover coulnty where 'he Is
thornght tn. be hidmmr
COX PR[DICTS
[L[CTION SRPRI8[
Strong Sentiment Against
G.0. P. Leaders
SENTIMENT GROWS
FOR THE LEAGUE
The Fos of the League of Nations Will
liate Their Surprises in New Eng
land, Atlantic States and Midwest,
Snys Governor Cox.
Washington, Oct. 24.-Suillprises in
election results for his Opponents ill
mlany parts of the country were pre
(irt((l by Governor Cox while the
Democratic r1) iesidential canlidate was
en rout' tonight from New York to
West Viuiginia, where he will cam
paign tiioorrow.
"The foes of the league," said the
governor, "will have their suiiprlse; in1
New ingland, in some of the Atlantic
states, in he middle west and the far
west. I have talked with men of long
(xperience in New York who have
seen manifestations of public feelings
in lpresidential campaigns anmd ther
.judgment s that the tide wihilh set in
about two weeks ago is unprece
denltedi."
Governor (ox in his statement de
(lared there was profound resentment
agailst llepuhlicat leaderdi back of
the "roulend robil."
"In the last ten days," hi' said, "and
iart iclilarily in the last week every aum
dience that I have addressed has giv
en ('vilence of this when the names of
the leading conspirators were recited.
I have in mind Senators Lodge, Bran
d1clgee, Moses, Wadsworth, Watson,
'enrose, Smootil Newberry and Hard
ing."
Deception regarding the League of
Nations almost succeeded. Governor
Cox added, but now "the truth has tri
umIn phed." Senator i-larding's election,
the Democratic nominee said, would
carry a sigificance "that could not be
misunderstood and further postipone
"uent of action by the senate would be
out of the question." ,
Gov. Cox daid he was advised that
in one day 7,000 contributions, mostly
small, had been recelved at Now York
headquarters and indicated, he declare
ed, a popular awakening to "the re
actionary campaign fund amounting
to millions of dollars" and "spiritual
fever that has seize dthe hearts of the
people."
Stating that he had spoken in thir..
ty-six states with an itinerary ar
ranged without regard to past politi
cal alignments, the governor said:
"We are on the last turn in the
campaign. As we go back to the mid
dle wvest, it is perfectly alpparent that
Our estimate was appraised correctly
almost two months ago when the
statement was n(le that poli-tica pu
rualiti ls as establ ishedt byw past elee..
ti on contests meant nothing this year'.''
(;ov. ('ox was accomplaniiedi this far
byv Josieph F. Guffey, national comlmit
1 eenman for P'ennisyhl ania. 1. If.
More, ofi Yolingstown, 0., tile eandi
daite's lpreconivenition malnger, was
antheriii traltling (ompllanion of the
.Lotvernori to remlain wvithI him. An en
lthuisast ic crowdt greetedj Gov. Cox at
tii'he ll nion stat ion wh leni he reached
here.' Leaving his private ear,- thie
aoero pa~ssed thirouigh ohieein'g
thron1 s to ihe titres idlent's- room in the
station. w here lie shoo(1k hand(s wvith
bilndlreds tduriig: thei timne his train
Stolilped htere. Yieldling to the crowd's
inlsistenici* for a s'ee hi, thle Demo-.
cratic nomniint'i cxliressedl his ''(eep)
S ra tir t1d1." for the demons rat o
"To say more," lie addedi, "wold he
to trespass on 'the sirmit of the Sab
balthi, an 111we arie a religious people
whoi I' reet our1 ireligious -tr'ad itionms."'
Amlon~g those who met Gov'. Cox on
his arrival here wer'e Attorney Gen
eral 'Palmer and .Joseph P. Tumulty,
secretary to the president.
Manny Aftenid Sales
ThelC dry gootis and clothling mner
(-han is of the city, wholr have been put..
ting on special sales dumring theC past
week or two, rebort that business has
been very gratIfying, considerIng the
stringent condlitions, and thlat peop~le
seem to applreciate the reducetions
thatt have been made. The sales are
stil In progress and the merchlants are
expectIng still 'better trade with the
recent advances h to n.n