The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 17, 1919, Image 1
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oc KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919. , NO 19
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IOBACC MARKET '
NOW WDE OPEN,
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BIG SALES TUESDAY AND WEED 1
* BRINGS SATIS FA CTOK Y :
PRICES j
.The Ktqj^tree tobacco market j
..opened under most favorable condi- J
tions .Tuesday. There was a quantity s
of tobacco already on the floors of ]
each of the "warehouses which had ]
been accumulating for a week or ten J
days nricr to the opening day. Early j
Tuesday morning many wagons came ^
in loaded with the golden weed, and j
.by the time the opening or first sale >
was called there hat! been unloaded ?
on the four warehouse^toors here
..approxim tely 150,000 pounds. t
The toss of a coin by the four i
warehousemen for the first sale of -f
.the ^ay, which was to start at 10:00 j
^o'clock, was won by the Kellahan warehouse
and there the first sale of 1
the 3919 season proceeded in the *
usual way until the last pile had been *
disposed of. Buyers and speculators f
went next to the Nelson warehouse
? *>arcra crntVlPrinC of visitors, 1
"WV ? ?o- o ?,
includbj^ a number of ladies were on
lumd to witness an occasion that js
always welcomed by our citizens.,
The third sale took place at .Gorrell's
warehouse, where the familiar personage
of M. R. Gtiss, was again welcomed
by .a number of old friends.
Mr. Gass opened and managed the
Gorrei1 warehouse here several years
but ga ve it up on account of ill health
four or five years ago. He has a host
of friends in the county who are s
glad to see him in the warehouse j
.business here again. With this ex- r
eeption the management of the local ?
< warehouses this year are practically c
in the same hands that operated 1
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them during tne iyra <xn gwu 11
yimen and we are glad to have them ?
with us. The last sale of the day was
held ft the Central. 1
The opening sales, so far as we Jcan
learn brought disappointment to j
JiO ONE. On the other hand every- c
thing paused off roost satisfactorily. |
There wats about the usual number of f
buyer.- present and each house was j
supplied with a good force of work- e
men. And last but not least, the prices | *
paid 'or the tobacco were all good |
and a little above the expectation of T
a number of our leading planters, i
who expressed themselves as being e
well pleased. It was noticeable, however,
at Tuesdays sales that there j
was not as strong demand for the
very low grades as seemed to be the
case last season, consequently these
grades sold at a lower figure. The
better grades were in demand and
sold well, the highest price paid be-1
ing $-.5.00. !s
At present- the market presents a ,
most gratifying aspect, and when it I
is remembered that the tobacco sold *
this week is, by nature of aie plant >
the poorest of the crop, we feel that t
every one interested is justifiable in
looking forward with brighter hopes r
of still better prices and a bumper t
crop as the season advances. ' I
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f ? 19,650 PERSONS PAID TO SEE |?
CHAMPIONSHIP BOLT (
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The Receipts were Li*TsS mail uai* I .
Million Dollars?The Promoter's i
Prifits Under $100,000 )
Exactly .19,650 persons paid their j!
way into the Bayview park arena, j
Toledo, Ohio, on July 4 to see the (
heavyweight championship bout between
Jess Willard and Jack Demp- c
sey. ('
Official figures as to attendance ,
and receipts were anounced by Frank t
B. Fi'ournoy, Friday. }
The receipts after the government <
tax of $41,789.94 had been deducted j
were $410,732.16. The 7 per cent; t
charity fund for the city of Toledo 1 <
was nightly under $30,000.
There were 292 policemen in the j
stadium, 72 firemen, 600 ushers, 90 .
ticket takers, 20 ticket sellers and J j
454 press representatives.
The principal expenses of the pro- i j
motois were as follows:
Wi'lard, $100,000; Dempsey, $27,- ]
000; an.ma construction. 150,000; ,
total $307,500. N
Other charges probably will make j j
the cosi approximately $325,000, .
leaving promotor's profit some-j.
^ be?y $100,000, Mr. Flournoy j |
> ( * Trie a?a was constructed to seat j
' 97,00'). dpornoy announced that it (
had beerffaold to the American House i j
Wrecking Company, of Chicago, for 1
$25,000. J ' 1
The Charleston City Council, at a ! i
special fmeeting Friday afternoon i
passed la resolution inviting Presi- 1
dent Will son to include Charleston in i
his proposed itinerary over the Unit-1 (
ed Stakes. The Chamber of Com-1 (
* ' merce mas already extended an invi- [
tation tp the President to visit Char- <
leston mnd the council is endeavor-: i
ing to {strengthen that invitation. !<
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SQRGEOLS RAIMENT OF COLONEL
ADORNS BACK OF HO- I
TEL DOORMAN
Col J. Rion McKissick, formerly a
member of Governor Manning's Staff
las just made a novel discovery of
the whereabouts of a gorgeous uniform
which be wore when the governor's
staff was called upon to lend
iignity to pumerous public affairs.
Hie discovery is another proof of "it
pays .to advertise," though Colonel
VIcKissick in this case was not the !
idvertiser, and, as it developed, was
lot bent upon tracing his uniform, j
tfe had forgotten all about it, as a
natter of fact, until the other day!
le read a story to the effect that an j
irray officer who had just .returned j
from overseas declared that he saw
;he doorman at one of the big hotels
n Brussels wearing a uniform that
vas once worn by a member of the
staff of a governor of South Carolina.
The officer said he was at the hotel
n Brussels one day when his atten:ion
was attracted by the uniform
vorn by the doorman. It looked
strangely familiar, being a brilliant
lavy blue with a quantity of gold
>raid across the front and shoulders,
md having the initials "S. U" on
ie collar. Upon closer inspection be
bund that every one of the dozen or
oore shiny brass buttons on the coat,1
vas adorned by the familiar palmet;o
tree.
The doorman did not speak Eng-11
ish, so the officer hunted around un- j
il he found an interpreter and then ;1
>egan to make inquiries. According
o the story which he was able to ,
>iece s together, some time last year
iiere was a drive in the United
states for second hand clothine for !
he benefit of the Belgians ana this' ]
jorgeous uniform, once the pride of
tome member of a governor's staff, ij
pas in one of the boxes of clothing 1
eceived at Brussels.
The hotel doorman had secured the
miform and, having it cut down to
it, had donned it and worn it ever
iince. The doorman was immensely i
)road of the uniform and firmly be- i
ieved that it belonged to a field (
narshal of the American army, long
iince deceased, and that his family,
>ut of their generosity, had donated '
t to the Belgians. There was nothing
ihnnt the uniform that would identi-, j
y the original owner, the officer',
aid.
Colonel McKissick happened to
ead the story and casually com- :
nented that he was satisfied the uni- .
orm seen in Brussels was once his.
ie turned in his uniform with some :
>ther clothing when a collection of :
garments was made at-Camp Sevier 1
ast year for the relief of the Bel-1,
jians. At that time the Greenville ,
Newspaper man was preparing to j
nter the military* sen-ice and he |'
bought he would have no further !
ise for his gold braided, navy blue 1
miform. It was dumped^into the ,
nottnd of clothing at Camp Sevier j
ind shipped across the water. A year
.'lapsed, and the news now comes j
hat the gorgeous uniform has glad- ,
lened the heart of a hotel doorman ,
n Belgium. j i
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POTASH INJURY
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Trouble Traced to Trona Potash
Clemson College, July 15.?Clem- ]
on College authorities have investirated
the potash situation which has .
riven trouble in the Pee Dee section, j
ind have traced the matter to its
;ource in the use of Trona Potash,
vhich contains impurities injurious
o crops. ']
Mr. It right Williamson, a promi- ,
lent banker and farmer of Darling- j
on, and John M. Napier, County ,
Ygent of Darlington County found
rouble with potash in that county I j
ccently and reported the matter to
Clemson College. Prof. C. P. Blackveil,
Agronomist, and Mr. J. L. Seal,
3lant Pathologist, went immediately
o Darlington and Florence counties
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vhere tliew mei ui. r?. ??. UUl UV4 9 j
^hief of Office of Tobacco and Plant |
Nutrition Investigations. The three
studied the situation in the fields of
Darlington, Florence, and Dillon I
.'ounties. ,
They agreed that the very erratic '
seasons have caused poor crop coniitions
in parts of Florence county j
vhich some have erroneously attrib- !
ited to potash. In Darlington county, ,
lowever, where Trona Potash from
Searl's Lake. California, purchased j
:hrough a Charleston broker, was |
lsed, very serious injuries were observed
on a number of farms.
The Clemson and Government exaert?
were convinced from field examinations
that this Trona Potash
s responsible for the trouble. Thous- <
ands of acres of crops in Darlington
lave been destroyed.
Other sources of American potash <
lave given good results so far as in- ;
restigations show. Since nearly all
the soils of the Coastal Plains sec
tion of the state are in need of pot-1
ish, it would be unfortunate to have
il! potash indiscriminately condemned
along with tnis one source.
Director Barre announces that experiments
will be begun at once at
:he Pee Dee Station to obtain all
possible information on the effect of
this material on plant growth. Further
study will be made in Darlington
fields to assist farmers in securing
data upon which to base claims
for damages. These investigations
kvill be reported as soon as the data
is available. The legal aspects of the
lase will be considered by the Board
jf Fertilizer Control.
There has probably been injury to
:rops from this same source in other
sections of the State, and if farmers
thinf they have this trouble they
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WILLIAMSBURG IN LEAD <
Conditions of Cotton in County 84
Per Cent of Normal, Or 6 Per
(Cent Above the State Average j
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According to a report issued by B. '
B. Hare of the United States Bureau 1
of Crop Estimates, the condition of
cotton in South Carolina on June 25, ,
was 78 per cent of normal. The con- ,
ditkms on the corresponding date of ,
last year was 83 per cent, 71 per ^
cent in 1917 and 74 per cent in 1916, \
the ten-vear average being 77 per 1
cent. (
The estimated acreage shows a de- j,
crease of 11 per cent compared with ?
last year, the total acreage planted
and standing on June 25, being 2,706,000
acres.
The conditions reported by counties
is as follows: Abbeville 83, Allendale
78, Aiken 75, Anderson 82,
Bamberg 68, Barnwell 67, Beaufort
83, Berkeley 82, Calhoun 72, Charleston
84, Cherokee 81, Chester 81,
Chesterfield 80, Clarendon 74, Colleton
76, Darlington 90, Dillon 88, Ror1
Chester 78, Edgefield 76, Feairfield
77, Florence 87, Georgetown 88,
Greenville 79, Greenwood 79, Hampton
71, Horry 82, Jasper 78, Kershaw
78, Lancaster 77, Laurens 84, Lee 85, j
Lexington 79, McCormick 78, Marion i
82, Marlboro 90, Newberry 80, Oco- ?
nee 83, Orangeburg 76, Pickens 83, i5
Richland 72, Saluda 78, Spartanburg ]
80, Sumter 80, Nnion 77, Williams- \
burg 84, and York 81. ><
In eight or ten of the extreme j j
eastern counties, embracing the Pee j j
Dee section, and in about the same j
number of counties in the northwest-;'
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ern part of State, covering most of, j
the Piedmont section, conditions J j
range from "fair" to "excellent", 1
while in the southern, western, cen-1?
tral and north-central counties conditions
range from "very poor" to t
'good". Just what effect the exces- ' c
sive rains of the last week in JuneI t
will have -on the crop remains to be j J
seen. On the well worked and well i <
i >
fertilized farms there will probably j (
be an abnormal growth of the plant: *
at the expense of fruit, but in fields (
where plant is small a normal plant t
ft ill likely be produced the fruiting of 11
same to be determined by subsequent1
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tivation. i.
The Collector of Internal Revenue
is in receipt of a telegram calling at- ^
tention to Treasury Decision just;
signed number 2883 which grants ex-1 *
tension of time to August the 15th J
for filing returns, to partnerships J
and personal sen-ice corporations i f
having a fiscal year ended on Jan- ;
uarv 31st, Februan* 28th, March1
31st, or April 30th, 1919.
The collector states that a large
number of corporations had as yet1 ?
failed to file returns for the year ,
1918. There seems to be some confu- l
sion in the minds of partnerships 1
relative to .the filing of returns for
1918,The 1917 law did not require ?
partnerships to file returns, where "
the net income accruing to the partnership
was less than $6000. The Act
:>f February 1919 requires all part- j
nerships, regardless of the amount;;
r^f initnmo filo vatiims for the i "
year 1918 and such partnerships
having failed to file such returns j
should do so promptly, attaching af- i
fidavit as to the delinquency, amUhe j
reason for such delay.
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Death of a Little Child j,
The little five year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Nesmith of Nesmith
died here Tuesday afternoon.
The little one was brought to the
sanitorium here that morning suffering
from an advanced stage of
appendicitis. She underwent an operation,
but the desease was too far advanced
to save her life and she died
nhont four hours after beincr ooerat
ed upon. Deepest sympathy is felt
here for the bereaved parents.
should consult their county agents,
all of whom have been posted about
the matter.
Late in June Director H. W. Banc
of the S. C. Experiment Station attended
a potato conference on Long
Island to examine tests of all sources
of domestic potash. Trona Potash
showed marked injury to potato
plants, and the conference developed
the fact that similar trouble was being
experienced in North Carolina
with cotton, tobacco and com. Simi- i
lar trouble seems to have been ex- (
perienced also in several localities j
along the Atlantic coast. >
For the guidance of farmers Prof, t
Blackwell gives the field symtomsas 1
follows: In the ease of cotton and t
com germination is retarded or pre- r
vented. Soon after plants which do s
germinate are above ground,they turn 1
white or yellow and die. Tobacco <
when transplanted turns light and j
soon dies. The roots are found to be 1
undeveloped and many dead. The
trouble is worse where tobacco beds <
have been knocked down, as this 1
brings the roots in closer contact I
with the poisonous substances. With <
all crops tne trouble is worse on light 1
sandy soils than on heavier soils. <
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COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
SAYS FULL CROP
IMPOSSIBLE
Commissioner Harris last week
fave out this statement on the cotton
crop condition. He says the farmt
er$ have won their fight for 1919 and
should now get ready for 1920. Here
is his statement:
"I am a farmer and I have been
matching the crops closely for 40
pears. I can say honestly that the
:rops of cotton and corn are at this
writing in the most critical condition
I have ever known them, as to
A*hat they will make per acre. Why
io I say this?
"First we will begin with the preparation
for the land for a seed bed.
faking it over the entire belt, it was
>ne of the poorest prepared seed beds
for planting that I have ever known.
"Second, since the planting season
jpened until the present time, there
las not been one week, all told, of
deal growing weather and the first
10 days of the young plant's life will
ieterminc whether it will yieljl abuniantly
or sparingly. The season
nust be ideal so that the plant may
nake good root growth. The roots of
;he plant must take good hold of the
jround before it will make a good,
'ruitful stalk.
"Crops rarely improve after the
10th o^ July, as they are like a
roung animal, which, if neglected
;he first six months of its life, will
lever develop into what it would
lave done if it had been well cared
'or. If the rains keep up through
fuly, we know the cotton crop is cut
?hort, and we also know that if the
ains shut off and hot, dry weather
sets in, this, too, will be injurious.
We are sure to have one or the other
>f these two seasons. So I say that
:he cotton crop will be cut, no mater
which of the two seasons we will
lave.
"Cotton can not recuperate from
low until the growing season ends,
t matters not what conditions arise,
;he n^ximum size of the 1919 crop
s fixed. The only marked change will
>e deterioration rather than recuperition.
"Now I wish to remind the farm?rs
that they had been advised by
he best authorities to hold cotton
?ff the market and it would reach
he price set Last week it did reach
hat figue?35 cents! Some of them
lad to buy and I heard of spots in
South Carolina selling for 35 cents.
Conditions are deplorable however,
vhen spots sell for 32 cents in New
fork and October futures for 35
:ents. This shows that the bears are
rying to put a bandage on their
iruised heads.
"The farmer who has spot cotton
in hand will be paid handsomely if
le will hold this cotton until June,
.920. Of course, I refer to farmers
vho have their debts paid, for I
vould not think of advising farmers
o avoid their indebtedness. Thiscoton
will pay all warehouse charges,
! per cent interest and then bring a
landsome dividend to the holder if
le will keep it until next June.
"We will see higher cotton in 1920
,han we have since the War Between
he States period. No one knows just
vhat the top price will be, for we
lave a,world's famine in cotton and:
he bear speculators have at last |
ealized it.
"The government's crop condition j
eport as of June 25 was 70 percent'
igainst 85.8. last year. By- July 2":
he public will find that the condition |
eport would be nearer correct at 68!
nstead of 70. It is impossible, as I |
?ave said, for the crops to recuper-,
ite in the next 20 days. The rains are
ontinuing in the Western and Kast-1
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"As the price has been set for the
918 crop, and as our prediction as to
he price has been verified, we will
)ass that up and will now open our
funs to protect the 1919 crop, to help
so make it bring money to the South
;han any crop that has ever been
>roduced, even though we do not
nake more than 10,000,000 bales.
"With the organization of the
American Cotton Assiciation, which
s now going to be pushed to comple;ion
by August 25, and the export
:otton corporation and the $400,.n/v
nnn rUc.
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ressed cotton, if there be any such,
he people of the South will get their
lands upon their own purse strings.
They will say, for the first time in
he history of the cotton belt States
vhat their product will be sold for.
The producer, when he has such a
nonopoly, has the rffchts to say what
le will take for his labor?as much
;o as the manufacturers have to say
vhat they will take for their proluct."
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Confesses His Guilt
The inquest into the death of Sam-1
lei Washington, the negro chauffer)
employed by the Miller Auto Comjany,
whose body was found in a
veil near Meggetts, having been shot
ive times in the chest and back, was
leld Tuesday at Charleston under
he direction of Coroner Mansfield.
The coroner's jury reached the dici>ion
that the "said Samuel Washington
came to his death as the result
)f gunshot wounds inflicted by a
?un in the hands of Samuel B. Dietrich."
Dietrich, a bluejacket who confessed
to the slaying of the chauffer and
:he theft of the Cole eight automo)ile
in which he was apprehended in
Charlotte, was the chief witness, and
Ms testimony included a complete
confession of the affair.
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KING'S CARRIAGE MEETS THE
AMERICAN COMMANDER
IN-CHIEF
London, July 15.?Go*. John J.
Pershing, commander of American
expeditionary forces in France, arrived
here with his staff this forenoon
to take part in the peace celebration.
He was welcomed at Dover
by Gen. Sir Henry S. Horne and a
guard of honor. Arriving at Victoria
station, Gen. Pershing was welcomed
by Col. Winston Churchill, secretary
of war, and officers representing
Field Marsha] Haig and Sir Henry
H. Wilson chief of the imperial
staff. After an inspection of the
guard of honor the party drove to
the Carlton Hotel, being warmly
cheered by the crowds along the
route, which is alreadv trav with dec
orations for the celebration of peace
day. In the first carriage were Gen.
Pershing, Col Churchill, Major Gen.
C. F. Romer, representing Field
Marsaal Haig, and Major Gen. John
Biddle, commander of American
forces in the United Kingdom. Other
members of Gen. Pershing's staff,
with British offirers, followed in carriages.
Among the British officers
attached to Gen Pershing's staff during
his visit is Brig. Gen. C. M. Wagstaff.
Gen. Pershing arrived in a special
train that ran to a private platform
at Victoria station. The platform
was covered with a scarlet carpet.
The royal waiting room near by was
decorated with palms and flowers
for the reception of the American |
commander-in-chief.
Gen. Pershing was accompanied by
members of his staff, including Major
Gens. Harboard, Brewster. Hines
and Davis.
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Gelzer-Lovetf.
A special dispatch to the Columbia j
State from Orangeburg, .July 12th,;
says: Tuesday afternoon at the home,
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John'
Gelzer, the marriage of Miss Lee i
Gelzer and G. H. Lovett of Indian- j
town took place in the presence of a
large number of friends and rela- j
tives. The Rev. James Thayer of
Augusta. Ga., performed the cere-'
mony. The home was elaborately dec- j
orated throughout with daisies and i
potted plants. The bride was dressed ;
in a handsome coat suit of pium col
ored cloth, with accessories to match.1
The only attendants were the bridegroom's
brother, Bratton Lovett, and i
Miss Mary Dibble of Charleston.
After the ceremony refreshments
were served. Punch was served by j
Misses Margaret "Gelzer and Lois'
Bowman throughout the evening. In j
one of the rooms an attractive dis-1
play of wedding presents attested to;
the popularity of the young couple.
Mrs. Lovett is popular in Orange-1
burg and her large circle of friends
regret that she will no longer live
here. .ur. and Mrs. Lovett will be at
home to their friends after a two
weeks wedding trip by automobile at
their home, Indiantown.
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REVENUE OFFICER GOSNELL IS
ORDERED TO PENITENTIARY
Hendrix Rector, sheriff of Greenville
County, was shot and killed
in Briscoe's Garage at Greenville on
July 4th, by Jake Gosnell deputy collector
of international revenu. Gosnell
fired four shots at the sheriff,1
three of which took effect, one in the
head, one in the side and one in the
shoulder. Sheriff Rector died ten- (
minutes afterward in an ambulance:
bound for the city hospital.
A hostile feeling which had existed
between the two officers for
several years, due largely to politi-:
cal differences, according to reports,
was the reason which has been assigned
as * the cause of the affair.
Eye witnesses of the shooting and
Gosnell would make no statement relative
to the manner in which it occurred,
but reports are to the effect
that very few words passed between
the two men, both of whom had come
to the' garage to have their cars repaired.
GosnelPs wife who was waiting
outside the garage for him, accompanied
him to the county jail.
Half an hour after the shooting
occurred, coroner J. H. Alison, who
automatically becomes acting sheriff,
according to law, ordered the removal
of Deputy Gosnell to the State
Penitentiary, in Columbia, for safe,
keeping. Sheriff Rector, who was j
about thirty-seven years of age, was,
serving his second term as sheriff I
and had announced Ms cancunacy in
the race next summer.
He is survived by his father, mother,
wife and four brothers. Deputy
(losnell is a man of family, and appears
to be between forty and fortyfive
years of age. The coroner's jury
viewed the body at 5 o'clock this afternoon
and will hold an inquest tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock.
Under unanimous agreement the
Agricultural Appropriation bill with
its rider for the repeal of the Daylight
Pavings La'" ' as to be taken
up in the house Monday with ren>'hlican
leaders honefu1 <>f nassing the
measure over the president's veto.
GRATIFYING ANNOUNCEMENT
AT HEARING IN WASHINGTON
TUESDAY
Following arguments presented before
the railroad administration at
Washington Tuesday by representatives
of Charleston and other Soutn
Atlantic and Gulf ports which are
seeking a readjustment of export
and import rates to put them on a
parity in competition with New York
for middle western business, Traffic
Director, Edward S. Chambers, who
presided at the hearing, made this
gratifying statement:
"I think I can assure you, gentlemen,
that the railroad administration
is in complete sympathy with
the contentions which you have made
here today and that we expect to
grant your demands in general,
though perhaps with some more
cnanges in detail.
The' hearing, whi^h was very
largely attended, was under the auspices
of the South Atlantic Maritime
Corporation representing five of the
South Atlantic and gulf ports and of
the Mississippi Valley Association.
Besides the arguments presented by
counsel for these organizations
speeches were made by Senator E.
D. Smith, of South Carolina, who
paid an eloquent tribute to the port
of Charleston, receiving applause;
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia;
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina;
Senator Fletcher, of Florida; Senator
Ransdell, of Louisiana, and orthers.
Senator N. B. Dial, of South Carolina,
was also present at the hearing
as were H. F. Masman, Traffic Commissioner
of Charleston, John D.
Frost, of Columbia, representing
Gov. Cooper, of South Carolina; W.
W. Munnerlyn and E. T. Campbell,
of Georgetown and F. M. Burnett,
secretary of the Greenville Chamber
of Commerce.
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HOUSE FAILS 247 TO 135 TO
PASS REPEALING
HCASUKC
Washington, July 14.?The Daylight
saving plan, under which the
clocks of the country are turned forward
an hour in March and moved
back in October will be continued indefinitely.
Thi; was assured today when following
President Wilson's veto of
the $33,000,000 agricultural Appropriation
bill because of its rider repealing
the daylight saving act, the
House failed by a vote of 247 to 135
to pass the measure over the President's
veto. Strength mustered by
the repeal advocates was eight votes
less than the necessary two-thirds of
the members present. Party lines
were disregarded in the voting, members
from agricultural districts?the
source of opposition?favoring passage
of the bill as originally enacted
with representatives from the urban
districts opposed.
House advocates of the repeal said
tonight that no further effort would
be made at this season, perhaps not
in this Congress which continues in
existence until March, 1921 to wipe
out the act.'
Senate leaders also indicated that
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body to repeal the measure.
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BOLL WEEVIL AUTHORITY TO
VISIT SOUTH CAROLINA
Dr. W. I). Hunter To Be Here During
Farmers' Week
Clemson College, July 15.?Dr. W.
D. Hunter, chief of the section of A
Southern Field Crop Insect Investi- *
gations of the Bureau of Entomology
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
will be at the Farmers' Week
meetings held at Clemson College
during the third week of July. He
expects to reach Clemson on the 23rd
and will likely stay for a day or two
to confer with farmers. He will address
the meeting on the evening of
Juy 23. This is a rare treat uecauac
Dr. Hunter is the pioneer of pioneers
in boll weevil work. Although a
scientist of high standing, he is an
intensely practical man. Dr. Hunter
took charge of the boll weevil situation
soon after this pest cross the
Rio Grande in 1892 and he has stayed
with the work ever since and
through these many wears has recent
lessly; followed the weevil's trail. The
cultural system now in use grew
chiefly out of the work under his direction
and now it appears that traits
of the weevil have been discovered
that they may yet make him amendable
to poisons.
Dr. Hunter has always had a deep
interest in South Carolina and many
years ago gave out estimates oi
what South Carolina might expect
together with recommendations to
mitigate the losses. Although the
weevil heretofore gave him no opportunity
to visit South Carolina, he
has for more than twelve years given
direct assistance to this State in the
control of southern field crop insects.
The boll weevil is now with us and
eve?y farmer, merchant, banker, and
other citizen interested in farming
is urged to hear what Dr. Hunter
has to say on the boll weevil situation
in our State. Do not forget the
date.
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