Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DENIES GALLO WAY CHARGES Postmaster General Says He Never Attempted to Improp erly Control Postoffice Appointments Washington, Sept. 9.?Postmaster General Burleson denied that he had sought at any time to "improperly*' control postoffiee appointments by the civil service commission in a state ment tonight replying to recent charges by Charles M. Galloway, 'former civil service commissioner, that Mr. Burleson was attempting to "debauch- the civil service and make a sham of the merit system." "At no time has the postmaster general addressed a. communication to the civil commission with a view of improperly controlling a postoffiee appointment," said Mr. Burleson, "and he has at no time spoken to the members of the commission with a purpose to control their actum in filling any postoffiee vacancy." Replying to Mr. Burleson Mr. Gal loway tonight declared the postmaster general "avoids the issue and resorts to mud-slinging." "Mr.-Burleson does what every gut tersnipe politician does who has no] truthful defense^ to charges madei against him," said Mr. Galloway, add ing that he reaffirmed every state- j ment he had made concerning the j postmaster general. Paris," Sept. 9.? The Bolsheviki i have proposed peace to Lithuanians, i according to Polish reports. ?VTmi in in > rri i) i r|ijj_ ?_ ? ggg" ???.' ! Fulghtim & Texas IN STOCK Now is the time to buy Backer & Bultman DELC04JGHT i < *5'lic: i-^?a.ij>le%^; Liz-cirix- Li^ht i-axi j Self-starting. Stops automatically. ! ?So simple a child can operate it. T. M. BRADLEY, Phone 649-L Snmter. S. C ?M'LEOD APPEALS I TO THE PEOPLE ? In Effort to Put Cotton Associa tion Over Top Columbia, Sept. 9.?An appeal* to ? all farmers, merchants, bankers, bus i iness and pr sessional men who have I not yet joined the South Carolina di II vision of the American Cotton Asscc'a j tioi: to do so at once was issu.-.l ?c j night by B. F. McEeod, of Charles J tun. State manager of tlie South Car ' uiinn division. i. "Reports from over the State indi cate splendid results in most of the counties from our membership cam j paign," said Mr. McLeod. "There are jsome few counties, however, that have I not yet come up to expectation. We I are anxious that the heaviest i r,s jsible membership be secured in every ! county of the State. We have decided to continue the campaign until every citizen has had an opportunity of en listing himself in the membership or' the association. I am very firmly con vinced that the salvation of the South is dependent upon the perfection or the organization of the American Cot ton Association. A chain is .no strong er than its weakest link. To perfect the organization of the American Cot ton Association it is necessary that every State in the cotton belt be strongly' organized. The wholr belt is counting on South Carolina setting the pace. Our State has always been rirst in progressive movements. We must be first this time. "The farmers are rallying splen didly to the support of the associa tion The merchants, the bankers ?-.nd other business -men and the prof es-I sional men should join in support of them, for after all the prosperity of the South is dependent upon the pros perity of the farmer. A good price for cotton means prasperitj' for every body in the South". "I want to issue this final appeal to all who have not yet joined tlie as sociation to do so at once. The Amer ican Cotton Association offers 1 the South the greatest opportunity it has ever had to free itself from the shac kles 01 commercial slavery that have held; it bound for so many years. If we fail to take advantage of the splendid opportunity we may suffer a disaster. The market manipulator will knew then that they have us orm-j pletely at their mercy." In dis-1 cussing the progress of the member- j ship campaign. Mr. McLeod said that he was delighted at the interest be ing taken in some sections in the membership campaign by the wo men. TOBACCO PRICES TAKE BIG JUMP Vledium Grades Sell at $55 Per Hundred at Danville Danville. Sept. 9.?The tobacco narket opened here today. Medium grades selling at $55 a hundred pounds: a \ FARMERS' SPECIAL LTD MOTOR TRUCKS FARM INC DALE , LONG ISLAND The most economical truck on the mar ket today. Why? Because every ounce of fuel energy is turned into useful driving power, due to the "Triple-Heated" gas fea ture. The FULTON is equipped with the Herschell-Spiliman motor, the same motor used in the Curtis Airplane. EL T. EDENS, x Cotton Planter. Dalzell, S. C.: March 17, l&iy. Anchor Motor Co., Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen; I have owned a FULTON truck fur five months and it has been put to a severe test daily during that time in farm work and has given perfect satisfaction in every way. 1 cheerfully recommend the FULTON to my brother farmers as this truck has never failed me. Although th's is a 1 1-2 ton truck?3.000 pounds capacity?I have hauied eight f.?u bales of cotton at one time?4,000 pounds, with ease, at the speed of fifteen miles per hour over ordinary road::. The gasoline consumption of mv FULTON has ii<?i been more than that of a six cylinder automobile and a boy of ordinary knowl edge and common sense can operate same. My truck will a<? the work of four mules oh t Jong'haul and mules on a short haul. Any farmer will understand this. I cannot say too much for my FULTON Respectfully, (signed) H. T. EBEXS. The FULTON is the Truck t*??r the Southern farmer. jtny style body or cab furnished. Let us demonstrate the FULTON on your farm without obliga tion on your part. Phone or writers and we will bring a FUX.TON. Anchor Mo 212-214 W. Liberty St. Phone 912 SUMTKR, s. O. ST A T E D ISTRIRI T< >RS CARLISLE L. STRAUSS, Salesman v GREAT NEED OF * CO-OPERATION Farmers Must Stand Together to Get Better Price For Their Product New Orleans, Sept. S.?Declaring I the Southeastern. States would today be in a vastly more prosperous con dition than they are if they never had I raised a bale of cotton. Senator Holes Smith of Georgia in an address late j today before the meeting of cotton ^growers, 'factors and bankers, urged ! the necessity of holding cotton until j the demand created a satisfactory ? price . "1 earnestly hope." said the Geor i gia senator, "that the farmers will j quit raising cotton in America/ unless j chey can receive a vastly better pric? i forMt. You must stand together, coi : iectively organized by counties and j hold your cotton until it brings you I a price that will compensate for the ! -abor put in its culture. The cotton j farmer should during the coming sea son receive at least as high a price for his cotton as that at which cotton has sold at any time during the past i2 months." He/ advised fanners to keep new I cotton off the market entirely during September and from the first of Oc tober on to sell slowly, only as man i "ifacturers need it. *Tn the mean I time." he-said, "while gradually sell ing your cotton plant foodstuffs and laise cattle and hogs. Let the world ; "understand .that you will meet the .-ituation until next fall, independent and owning your cotton. He. indorsed the cooperative prin ciples of the American Cotton Asso ciation and referred to the cotton question as national, not sectional. A minimum price recommendation will be'Submitted to the meeting to morrow by a committee appointed to day by J. S. 'Wannamaker, president Cx the American Cotton Association,; under whose auspices the'two days' : meeting is being held here. | CAROLINA SECOND IN TAX SHOWING Washington, Sept. 9.? Preliminary] report made today by Daniel C. Ro-.i per, collector of internal revenue, re- j veals a phenomenal showing by hisi own State -of South Carolina on com- j parative receipts from income ami j profits taxation for the fiscal year) i 919 and 191$. South Carolina's payments into .the 'rational treasury on this account i were $17,200,000 for the year ending j 'une 30, 1919. as compared with $7. LS4.000 for the fiscal year ending! 'une 30, 1918. There was an increase of about 119 }?-??* cent in one year. It was by iar the heaviest increase shown by any c? t\ states but Nevada, which is I ardly a State except politically and by way of divorce. With the exception of Nevada, which showed an increase of 1,000 per cent, no other State showed any .? here near the percentage g. ms or : outh Carolina. The country as a ??hole turned in $243,019,000 les-~ than for the preceding fiscal year, two very large deferred payments be ng due in the fiscal year of 19-U. Ceorgia paid in about 55 per cent more for the fiscal year-of 1919 than! ror the fiscal year 1918, and North! < arolina very nearly 5u per cent more.! MOBS LOOTING IN BOSTON Besten. Sent. '9.?Taking advan tage of the absence of police protee i oil. a mod in South Horton tonieht was reported to be breaking- win cows in stores and looting. Super intendent Cromley, government in spectors and thirty Metropolitan Pari: police oibeers were rushed to the j i t;eUO. I GREAT MINERS CONVENTION Cleveland. O.. Sept. S.?The United - 7:r:Y?;-~, Convention opened with speeches of welcome by Mayor Harry I.. Davis, and* John M, Owens, secre viry of the Cleveland Federation 6? i abor.. Two thousand delegates are ;.resent. Ths nationalization of mines, the ratification of the peace treaty tnd the league of nations are to be! discussed. Mann Carries Sumter. Comparatively few of the Demo ? ratic Clubs of Sumter county have reported the result of the primary J yesterday, but the returns tabulated j indicate that Mann received approxi mately five votes to Timmerman's one in Sumter county. The following clubs have boen ve poi ted. Mann Timmerman Ward 1.4S 19 ?> o". 18 VV'aid 3.79 17 Waid -L.51 9 Dalzell .4 8 12 Earlc.16 Farmers. 8 5 Kagood.25 ?'avesville .21 Oswego.19 l Privateer. Wedgefield ? ?. ? ? ? ? 27 8 5 6 7 92 Married. Mr. .J. Doby Jennings and Mrs. Sa rah Bundy were married al the resi dence of Mrs. Gordon Bradley, West Hampton Avenue. ;?t 9 o'clock p. m. Tuesday ox Rev. .). P, Marion. < ml} :i few friends of the bride and groom witnessed the ceremony. Mr. John fL Sessions and Mrs. DCet Matthews were married ;it the Presbyterin Manse at 9.30 o'cloe? Tuesday evening by Rev. J. P. Ma rion. Barcelona Sept. 9. All labor con flicts have been settled, employers and workers having signed ;i manifesto calling for the immediate resumption of werk. _,_ ROSEN AND CORN MILLS l ?i ? :??*%? 2 to 25 Horse Power Engines in Stock w HP* Carolina Machinery Co. Sumter, S. C. Pisgah Xews and Views. Pisgah, Sept. 8.?Owing to a wreck r.n rhe Northwestern Railroad we did not get our mail in three days and we felt that we were in a lost world, for daily news has got to be necessity. Cotton picking is going on. Very little is being sold. How in the name of common sense is a man to hold his cotton when every one he owes is hot after him for what he is due. From accounts the mails are full of duns! a month or two before the debts are due. The farmers are not going to be scared or bulldozed into the sac-! ! ifice of their crops?that day is .past.- The high cost of living and j high wages would bankrupt them if they got a low price for their cotton: j their only money crop. Miss Van Ray Kenney leaves fori Anderson College' tomorrow. She i*, a smart young lady and will make , ?:ood at her studies. - Miss Sadie Rogers will- take a bus iness course at St. Joseph's Academy ? ?s soon as it opens. We will miss, these young ladies. ? I Children's Day will be at! Pisgah1 a isse'ct in is stand before .' ?'.. f' ! .* ,v in ir.op.es \ mevfcau i church on the second Sunday of this he is sure that it .vfcrlJ b^-donfe bu~ | month at 3.30 p. m. J a poll of the senate does not give any ; I will tell you about it when it ! h?l)e lnat il wil? b'' The'^n ' comes off. i ate will thorough Cards are out announcing the rnar-i treaty to see wher.e w riage of Miss Annie Virginia Boykirr involving, our gotmtry j and Mr. Edward Alva Bradley on fusses, and no libert\loving Wednesday evening, September 17th j wants that done. . ~- * at St. John's Methodist church, Smith-;' -~?~- " . ' v-ille. S. C. The writer acknowledges1 Johnson-Sineath IVedflmg. /. t" the invitation to be present on the-in-' An event which came ?s a great terestirig occasion. x -surprise to his many friends in Sumv Mr. T. A. Bradley and family, who j ter was that of the wedding otfJ-f?r. spent some time in the mountains of Palmer Sineath: to Miss May Jfohn Xorth Carolina, have returned home.! son of Fayetteville, N. C. The wea They report a tine time. They tented! ding was solemnized at:, the homa.ot: out. j the bride's parents in FayetteviHe .6^ A picnic will be given von ^omor- Monday evening. Psefcious to his row at the State Farm in honor of coming to this etiy Mr. Sineath was a Gov. Cooper. The writer accepts with resident of Fayetteville, since com ink thanks the invitation to be present. j here he, has been a member of the The speech of Hon. Bourk Cochran,j firm of Sineath-Kelly Motor Cq. ?, of Xew York before the foreign rela-; Mrs. Sineath was a popular young lions committee of the United States lady of Fayetteville. Her fiigjay senate against the league of nationsj friends are sorry that '-bex marriage is one of the finest I ever read. It takes her away from her * cdiiidhopo surely goes to the root of the mat-1 home. ter. j Mr. and Mrs. Sineath have arrived President Wilson wants the league Jin the city and are at home* tov their of nations ratified as it is written and friends. ? . or Hauling Cotton 3E3 .CSS SB ive an Carolina Machinery Co. Opp. Post Office Sumteir, WM>