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VOL. 25. K1NGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 15, 1920. NO 45
BRYAN AT JACKSON
DAY DINNER i
THE THREE-TIME CANDIDATE
TAKES DIRECT ISSUE
WITH WILSON.
Wa&iington, January 8.?William ,
J. Bryan split openly with President i
Wilson, at the Jackson Day dinner i
tnni?rht. on the Question of
whether the Democratic party should
make the League of Nations an is- j (
sue at the next election. j,
The former secretary of State,
three times a candidate for the pres- ,
idency and a power in his party, declared
the Democrats could not go j
before the country on the issue and (
that they must accept such compromises
as may be possible.
Conceding the right of the Republican
majority to dictate the Senate's
course, Mr. Bryan declared:
"Our plan has been rejected and
we muut face the situation as it is.
We must either secure such compro- j j
arises vs may be possible or present
the issue to the countrj*. The latter i
course would mean a delay of at {1
least 14 months and then success on-;,
ly in case of our securing a twothirds
majority of the Senate.
"We cannot afford, either as citizens
or as members of the party, to
share with the Republican party responsibility
for further delay; we
cannot go beiore tne country uu un.
issue tliat such an appeal would pre- '
sent. A majority of Congress can
declare war. Shall we make it more '
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difficult to conclude a treaty than to
enter a war?"
Reviewing the past and surveying ;
a program for the future. Mr. Bryan j
said he ventured to suggest "three
new propositions". They were:
A national system of roads, extending
in every state, to be known '
as "a national peace way," both as
i a utilitarian project for binding the
ft ^ states together in commerce and inr
tercoune, but a memorial as well to
the soldiers dead.
A national bulletin?not a newspaper,
Mr. Bryan declared?to present
national issues under bipartisan
control.
The initiative and referendum,
which he declared the Democratic
party might well adopt in its "next, <
great reform."
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BANK OF GREELYVILLE
Has Best Year in History and In-',
creases Capital Stock.
The annual meeting of the stock- ,
holders of the Bank of Greelyville
was held Tuesday. The report of the
cashier showed that the bank had en- 1
joyed the most prosperous year of its
history, the net profits for the year 1
being 25 per cent. Application has
been made for an increase in the capital
stock from $15,000 to $50,000 and
the profits for the past year, togethr
er with the surplus fund will be paid
to the stockholders. The additional
stock is being rapidly taken up and
many who are anxious for it will be
unable to buy.
The basic nas outgrown i? yicacuv
quarters and a committee was appointed
to arrange for the remodeling of,1
the bank. The deposits are larger
than they have ever been.
The stockholders elected the following
directors: T. W. Boyle, C. E. Register,
Dr. W. S. Boyd, P. R. Keels, J. 1
F. Montgomery, W. M. O'Bryan and
P. G. Gourdin. T. W. Boyle was reelected
president C. E. Register,
who has been the cashier since the organization
of the bank in 1904, and
who has to a great extent suoessfuily 1
managed the affairs of the bank, was 1
chosen active vice president. G. W.
Green was promoted to the cashiership
and C. S. Land was re-elected j
assistant cashier. A bonus of sevenj
per cent was given to the employees !
in an increase in salary.
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To Be Married
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Frierson have
* * "?? LA moionorm nf '
issued mviuikiuiis US lUC mt?i VA
L their daughter, Miss Hessie Alma, to
r Mr. Bartow Burgess, at their home on
Wednesday, January 21st, at 5:30
o'clock.
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General Assembly in Session.
The General Assembly met Tuesday
and both branches of the State I
legislature are now in session. Governor
Cooper's message was read at i
a joint session yesterday. <
STAR .MOTOR CO., Bl'RNED
Fire of Unkonwn Origin Broke Out
Sunday Night
The new sheet metal building housing
the Star Motor Co., was burned
Sunday night about half past one
o'clock by fire of unknown origin.
When the flames were first discovered
they had gained considerable head
way and it was impossiDie u> enter
the building to save any of the contents.
Besides the regular line of auto accessories,
tires, oil, etc., there were;
about a dozen automobiles, some new.!
stored there or awaiting repair. All'
of these were completely consumed.
Hugh M. Graham was among the i
heavier losers, having three new Mitchell
cars in the shop. When the
value of the cars is taken into consideration
it is probable that the loss
will amount to between twenty-five
and thirty thousand doilai-s. with very
little insurance.
The Star Motor Co. was owned by j
B. J. Cox and W. J. Kelley and had
been doing a splendid repair business
for some months, having juct recently
moved into this new building. At'
this time they are unable to say ex-'
actly what their plans for the future,
are.?Lake City News.
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Cow Vanquishes Bear.
Domestic won over the wild in a
battle between a big black bear and'
a cow in the barn of George Hollenby,
of the Promised Land road, near
Olean, N. Y. The bear tried to carry j
off a calf, and the cow went to the
rescue of her young. Although
severely clawed and one horn torn
away, she carried the fight to the
!>ear in such a style that Bruin was
forced to give up. The calf was se- j
verely mauled. Bear and cow fought j
a bloody battle. The cow broke away j
from her fastenings to reach the
wild animal, which was picking on
the calf in another part of the barn.
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HIP POCKET TO SHRINK
No Longer Regarded As Important
By Designers
Prohibition will sweep hip pockets
in men's trousers into innocuous
desuetude, according to a prediction
by experts of the Intel-national Association
of Clothing Designers,
New York who last week issued an
edict:
"Make them smaller and shallower
this season."
Commenting on the attitude of the
designers, George W. Hermann, a
member of the organization, said: j
"It's illegal to tote a gun, it's un- j
handy to carry your handkerchief
there, and you can't buy anything
but wood alcohol to put in your flask.
So the pocket just will naturally
shrink away."
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Railroad* Operated at Loss
Railroads during November, 1919,
were operated at a loss of approximately
$60,000,000 to the government,
according to statistics given
out by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, last week.
The net profits for the month were
$29,242,530, against $60,152,379 for
November, 1918 a drop of more than
100 per cent. The decrease is attributed
to the coal strike, which necessitated
.a curtailment in railroad ser
vice.
Railway operating revenue for the
month was $438,138,814, aginst $440,915,188
for November, 1918. After
deducting operating expenses, tax
accruals and uncollected railway
revenues, the government was left
with a net profit of $29,242,530.
The average net profit per mile
was $125. With the government's
guarantee of $378 per mile to owners.
November's figures represent a
loss of $253, which the government (
must make good. <
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, How many miles of concrete road
:ould have been built for the amount
the war cost us? Figuring the war
to have cost us $30,000,000,000 and
the average cost of concrete road to
he $40,000, the money spent in the
great conflict woul<J have built 750,000
miles of good road, or trunk )lines
across the continent, or one every
five miles from Canada to the Gulf. '
The County Record is the only <
newspaper published in Williamsburg <
County.
LEAF MORE THAN
TWICE 1918 TOTAL
UNITED STATES SENDS 625.304,- !
513 POUNDS ABROAD
IN LAST YEAR.
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Mure uiaii m nc a> iuuv.ii uai tuuw.co
was exported by the United States
in the year 1919 than in 1918, accord-:
ing to figures just issued by the De- j
partment of Agriculture. The 1919 j
total was 625,304,513 and the 1918!
total 288,781,511.
Inasmuch as Kentucky produces
about one-third of the tobacco grown j
in this country, which is the biggest |
tobacco producer in the world, these
figures give somewhat of an explana- j
tion for the present unprecedented
prices for the leaf in that State. However,
there are other important fac- 1
tors connected with the high prices,
including the enormously increased
comsumption in this country and the i
desire of big companies to encourage j
growers to raise more to meet con-!
sumption demands.
Great Britain's imports of tobacco
from the United States jumped from
89,433,995 pounds in 1918 to 276,853,-:
745 in 1919, and furnished most of the j
increased exports from this country.
France obtained 97,088,976 pounds in j
1919 against 73,372,601, and Italy's i
purchases jumped to 61,U82,ZU4 irom j
38,540,520. More than twenty-five '
countries imported tobacco grown
here.
To Our South Carolina Friends:
Tobacco continues to sell high in,
Kentucky. The desirable types are |
bringing as high as $1.00 the pound,
some crop averages run up to $70,
$80 and $90. I can see noth'ng whatever
that would indicate anything else
but good prices for South Carolina this
year. I have talked with quite a
number of the leading tobacco men j
and the general impression is that1
the South Carolina crop, if a good one,
will make the best average of any j
crop yet sold in the State. There i
were several causes existing when the I
South Carolina markets started last
season which operated very much
against high prices. Though I am not
/innn<ula fViia Smith Car- !
Willing W WUV^UC WHO, VMV ,
oiina crop brought its value according
to the way that North Carolina,
Virginia and Kentucky have sold their |
crops. Yet developments accumulated
very rapidly which forced prices
up and the road, I am sure, now is
clear for much better prices, and it's
my candid opinion that good prices
will prevail for the next year.
Yours very truly,
J. R. HUTCHINGS.!
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BANK OF HEMINGWAY
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Makes Splendid Showing. Stockholders
Receive Sevevnty-Six per
ers Receive Big Dividend
Hemingway, Jan. 12.?A most unusual
rer>ort was read this morning
by W. C. Hemingway, president of
the Bank of Hemingway, at a meeting
of the stockholders from which it
was shown that a cash dividend of
fifty per cent were to be declared.
And still the stock is quoted at 133.
As it had been decided to increase the
capital from fifteen to fifty thousand
dollars, the extra subscription was
paid in, and now the bank begins its j
new career with a fifty thousand dollar
capital and a sixteen thousand six
hundred and sixty dollar surplus. Despite
the fact that the bank was only
organized seven years ago, and since
has had to face the depressing years
of 1914 and 1915, in addition to the
flood of 1916, it has made an extraordinary
record. But this has been due
to loyalty of the stockholders, the
good businesa^judgemer.t of the directors,
and the capable management of
the officers. The officers are W. C.
Hemingway, president; F. E. Hug? ?
n n Wniron'rio
? illd, y itc-picoiutuir, * vj.
cashier; Ed. Griswold, assistant cashier.
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Williamsburg Hera'd Suspends
At a meetinjr of the stockholders of
the Williamsburg Publishing Co., last
Friday night it was decided that publication
of the paper be suspended.
The world's most talented violinist,
Maude Powell, died last week in
a hotel at Uniontown, Pa. She was
suffering from a nervous breakdown
and became so ill that her concert
on Wednesday night had to be called
off. News of her death was received
with regret all over the country.
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WHY WE HAVE
INCREASED PRICES
HU>tiSI MtiUKEid IHAi inc.
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW
BY COMPARISON
(By David Silverman)
Most people seem to think that
clothes prices are high. Measured in
the number of dollars it takes to purchase
a suit, they are. But measured
in the prices of things which the producer
has to sell, or in the wages paid
for service performed they are not
higher than they were before the war,
in many instances, as a matter of fact
they are not as high.
"Compare close prices?for instance,
with that of com, the great
American money crop, in 1914 the
Iowa farmer had to haul 50 bushels
of com to market in order to get the
money to pay for a $25.00 suit of
clothes. Now he can get a $60.00 suit i
and a $10.00 pair of shoes for his fifty
bushels of corn.
"Kxmay be that he doesn't haul
corn to market but feeds it to his
hogs. On December 30th, 1914, he had
to sell four hundred pounds of hogs
at the top price of the Chicago market
to get the money to pay for a
$25.00 suit and a $3.00 hat. On December
30th, 1919, if he sold four
pounds of hogs at the top price of the
Chicago market he came within $3.00
of receiving the money to bnv a
$60.00 suit and there have been long
periods in the last two years when he
would have gotten from $80.00 to
$92.00 for his four hundred pounds of1
hogs.
"If, on December 30th, 1914, he
marketed a thousand pounds co; n-fed
steers at the top price of the Chicago
market he gbt $91.50 for it. If he
markeet it on December 30th, 1919,
for the top price, he got $195.00 for
it?money enougn to Duy a pretty mtc
outfit of clothes even at present
prices.
"Wheat is raised in very wide sec-1
tions of the country. Official govern- j
ment reports tell us the average farm
value of wheat on November 1st, 1914,
was Tit a bushel. The farmer who
sold fifty bushels of it got $38.50, or
just about enough to buy a $25.00
suit, a $5.00 pair of shoes, a $3.00
hat, two or three good shirts, and
then some handkerchiefs. The farm 1
value of wheat on November 1st, 1919,1
was $2.13 a btshel and the farmer |
who sold fifty hushe s at his same sta-:
tion received $106.50, or enough to I
buy him a fine $60.00 suit and a bigj
thick overcoat. If a farmer happens j
to live in the Northwest and to have j
held his v.lieat until now he can get|
somewhere near $3.00 a bushel fori
grain of good quality.
"While we are talking about the!
Northwest, it may be well to mention f
the farmer who raises flaxseed. The
government tells us that on the first
of November, 1914, he received an
average of $1,187 per bushel at the I
farm stations for his seed. For twenty-five
bushels he got just about
enough money for his $26.00 suit and
a hat. If he marketed his flaxseed on I
November 1st, 1919, he got on an!
average of $3.82 a bushel at the same J
station. For twenty-five bushels he |
got $95.50?enough to pay for his i
$60.00 suit and leave $35.50 for hat.,
shoes, and furnishings for the winter. J
"You may think the Northwest is!
a particularly favored territory but
let's look at the South where they
raise cotton. We all remember how
in the fall of 1914 the "Buy a bale of
cotton" campaign was on to save the
producer from ruin.
"The price of cotton in the fall of
1914 was down to 6 cents a pound for
a time, but that's hardly a fair comparison.
Let's go back to November
1, 1913, when the average farm pricfe
was 13* a pound. The farmer then
had to market 193 pounds of cotton
to pay for a $25.00 suit. On November
1, 1919, the average farm price
Ai?rl fV?A
W?u> ou*uf a puuuu aim uic 5?w??v.
could pay for a $60.00 suit by selling
only 165 pounds of cotton.
"The average price paid to the farmer
all over the United States for
butter on November 1st, 1914, was
26.4* a pound while on the same day
in 1919, he got 561 a pound for it.
For his eggs he got 25.3* a dozen on
November 1st, 1914, while he got 54*
a dozen for them in 1919.
"The sheep raiser who produces
wool for his money crop naturally
has quite a keen interest in the price
of clothes. The government tells us i
that the average sheep raiser all over
the United States got 15.5* a pound <
for his wool at the county station on; ?
November 1st, 1913. He had to sell ?
161 pounds to get money to pay for a
$25.00 suit of clothes. On November
1st, 1919, the average price paid to
the producers for wool was 50.6^ a; ^
pound. He only had to sell 118.^'
pounds of wool to get enough money
to buy a $60.00 suit of clothes. .
"On November 1st, 1914, while all
Europe was at war and we were not, IJ
the farmer received on an average o?j E
52.8tf a bushel for his potatoes. Fifty \ o
bushels left him a very narrow mar- j i3
grin over the price of a $25.00 suit, j h
On November 1st, 1919, he was getting
an average of $1.53 per bushel d
for his potatoes. The price of fifty t;
bushels bought him a $60.00 suit of e
clothes and a fine pair of shoes, and h
left him a few dollars for sundries. a
"But how about the working man? c
Let's start with the man who husks v
corn for the Iowa farmer. In 1914 he d
got 2t a bushel for the work and the
crop was of such a character that he a
did well if he husked one hundred v
bushels a day. He had to work twelve C
and a half days to pay for a $25.00
suit of clothes. Last fall he demand- h
ed and, in most instances, got 81 a
bushel for huskin corn. The ears were p
so big and plentiful that it was no
trick at all for him to husk one hun- s
dred and twenty-five bushels, earning C
$10.00 a day. It took him just six
days to earn enough to pay for a tl
$60.00 suit.
"The government tells us that the b
average pay for farm laborers hired ii
by the month in 1914 was $21.05 and e
board. In 1919 wages went up to a
minimum of $40.00 and ran to even q
$60.00 or $65.00 in many instances, ii
The going day wage for harvest hands
in 1914 was $1.55, in 1919 they were S
hard to get at $5.00 a day. p
"Workers in the cities do almost as f
well. The Baltimore bricklayer, who p
in 1913 got 45 cents an hour, had to
work fifty-five and one-half hours to s
earn money for a $25.00 suit of clothes.
Now he gets $1.00 an hour and v
works sixty hours for a $60.00 suit of b
clothe.-,. However, he gets in a lot more ii
overtime and is not idle nearly so ii
many days, so he is relatively better to
off than he was in 1913. n
"The New Orleans blacksmith in c
1913 received 35< for an hour's work
when he could get work. It took him f
70 hours to earn his $25.uu suit, inowj a
he earns his $60.00 suit by working
seventy-five hours at 80* an hour and c
has ail the work he wants, regular o
and overtime. 1<
"The Buffalo boilerraaker got 36. 1* o
an hour in 1913; he gets 72.5<i now.
The unskilled laborer in the building
trades at St. Louis gob 25* an hour,
six years ago; he now gets 62,5*, In
Chicago, San Francisco and sofueoth- a
er cities he gets $1.00 an hour, with
$2.00 an hour for overtime; and so
great is the demand for workers that
he won't work unless the contractor
permits him to get in a good many
hours of overtime a week. 0
"The Philadelphia hod-carrier was
content to work for 35* an hour six
years ago, but 70* is his wage now.!
The Detroit mechinists' scale was 39*
but it is now 86*.
"It's this way all over the country. ^
The Dallas plasterer and the Birming- h
ham plumber get $1.12% an hour, ^
with plenty of overtime at double pay; w
the Boston sheet metal worker earns ^
his 90* an hour regularly; the average
hourly pay of the rollers of the s'
sheet steel mills of the whole country a:
is $.57%, and they'work ten hours a &
day. a
"The prosperity of the worker is no a
longer adequately measured by his ^
wage rate per hour. Five years ago ^
work was scarce; a large percentage
of workers expected to De iaie many
days in the year. Sow there is demand
for the service of every available man g
in practically every trade, not only
for 44 or 48 hours a week at regular a
pay, but for many hours of overtime 0j
at double pay. jj
"Is it any wonder that the demand tl
for clothes is enormous? Producer
and worker alike ha-e more money, in jj.
proportion, to spend for clothes than _
" t-J u.r nn 8
tney ever naa utuurc. mcjf nam. ^wu ^
clothes, too, and are creating an unusual
demand for them." ?
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S. C. Woman Mother of 18 Children
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Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Vermilion, gj
of Donalds, Abbeville county, S. C. le
who recently died at the age of 84,! F
was the mother of 18 children, all of
whom reached maturityAlthough'
she and her husband were compara- D
tively illiterate, they managed to se
educate all their children, one son ai
being a college professor and anoth- n*
er a minister. 2?
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IERGER OUSTED
FROM JERSEY CITY ?
IARRED FROM MAKING SPEECH
AND ESCORTED TO FERRY
BY POLICE CHIEF.
Deported "without trial" from
ersey City to New York, Victor L.
lerger will take steps to sue Chief
f Police Battersby "for all there is
a it"?unless Mr. Berger changes
is mind.
Berger, Milwaukee Socialist, uner
twenty-year sentence for violaSA?I
A/ fUn PaniAMAMA O A+ AM/1 Tin
iuu vi wic r?o|iivua^c auu ic
lected to Congress after the House
ad refused to seat him, was to have
ddressed a mass meeting at Soialist
Hall in Central Avenue, and
rent over from New York last Tuesay
night
As son as Berger stepped from
trolley car, within a block of
.here he was scheduled to speak,
Thief of Police Battersby met him,
"Who are you?" Battersby asked
im.
"I'm Victor Berger," was the re"I
think you h^d better leave Jerey
City at once," suggested the
Thief of Police.
"But I am going to speak here."
he Socialist insisted.
"iou cercainiy are not, ciiueny
informed him firmly. "You're gong
to leave town at once; or I will
scort you out"
"If you do that," Berger retorted
uickly, "I'll sue you for all there is
1 it"
Oscar Ameringer, an Oklahoma
ocialist editor, who had accomanied
Berger from New York, ofered
to make the speech in Berger's
lace.
"No, you'll come along with us,"
aid the Chief.
The Chief's car, which had been
raiting a block distant, whisked up
o the group at a signal and, protestig
all the time, Berger and Ameriger
stepped in. With Chief Batersby,
Inspector Cody, Capt Cumungs
and four detectives, the mahine
chugged away.
They drove to the Lackawanna
erry house, where Berger was put
board a boat to Manhattan.
Frederick A. Schwarting, the Soialist
organizer who was in charge
f the meeting, threatened to start
?gal proceedings against the city
fficials for their interference
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Williarasburger Weds In Texas
Mrs. Earnest B. Neilson *
nnounces the marriage of her sister
Mayme Carroll Williams ^
of Tampa, Florida r* f
to ' "
Mr. A Hamilton Haddock
of Morrisville, S. C.
n Tuesday, the 30th of December,
1919 ,
at the ^
First Methodist Church *
Houston, Texas.
Mr. Haddock is a native of Wilamsburg
county. For some year's
e was in the United States army.
? - - _ n 1 wa ?>
seing service m iiu&sia anu oiucub>
ith the 8th and 15th infantry,
iter being honorably discharged he
as employed by the United States
tiipping board at Jacksonville, Fla.,
nd continued in that position until
ugust last year when he accepted
position with the Texas Company
t Houston, Texas, where Mr. and
[rs. Haddock expect to make their
jture home.
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McGill-McElveen
On Wednesday evening, December
1st, at 7:30 o'clock at the home of
le bride's father, Mr. J. Y. McGiH,
lovely marriage took place?that
f Miss Beth McGill and Mr. Georgia
[cElveen of Cades. The coun y
home was beautifully decorated
i bamboo and holly. The charming
ttle bride wore a handsome mouse
rey traveling suit with hat, gloves
id shoes to match.
Mrs. McJtJiveen nas uvea in me
edar Swamp community all of her
fe and to know her is to love her.
fe are very sorry indeed to give
eth up, but we fed that Cades has
lined what we have lost They
ft on 89 for an extended visit to
lorida. x x
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San Francisco was selected by the
emocratic National Committee, in
ssion at Washington last Friday,
t the place for the party's 1920
itional convention. Monday, June
t. was fixed as the convention date.
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