Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?rxncn watchman, Eotnbiis CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 1 HOW SOUTH CAN SAVE MILLIONS Plan By Which Southern Men of Large and Small Means Co? operate to Buy Distress Cotton FIGHT MILLS FOR CONTROL OF CROP The South to Now in a Position to Make Winning Fight For Independence rmn South Carolina loan $75,000, ?00 ?tun the south $6o0.0<H> 000 with? out financial prostration? That in the question which Sooth Carolinians und th?? cotton belt Interests have to fee*. It is-not a question which con? cerns the farmers only. It concern* ?very Interest In the oovitl: dltejctty, und less directly the nnsn< Lai utatun i f the whole United States. For half of that HOO.Ooft.uOu loss will be lost to the nation through the export of half the cotton produced. The Cnlt Od States an a nation will receive f JOu.oov.oou less for the cttton sold than a fair price would orlnv ? t What ateps then shall we take to prevent thla lose? The cotton asso? ciation is putting In motion ma? chinery whlon It hopes will ultimate? ly check the loss; but meantime the banks of the south have all loaned heavily - many to the limit of their ability to obtain funds. The banka of the south are not blind to the mean to* to them of $7ft.0Q0,OOO aaved In the atate of South Carolina or $600. 0*0.e(to to the south, in the way 'ft in created deposits, and may bO ex? pected to do sll In ttKlr power. But many have done all they can. Warehousing und holding will help to stem the downward tide of prices, direct export arrangements'to middle European countriea will help, reduc? tion of 1931 acreage and evidencing tha redwitort by a large fall-sown grain crop will help; but these meth? ods do net relieve the strained finan? cial conditions of the banks nor pre? vent the stagnation of business re aultlng from vhat condition, and we must Took for atlli other measures Buy up the Cotton That Must lie Sold I r*4$tJe* that some cotton la going to ho sold at whatever price can be obtained for it in or.ler )hg.( ,th ?Olton shall not ?Tut the market und 4Htmsf from lire effect tvwneao of the, other measures being taken to pro? tect the intsrosts of the south. 1 wdnt to appeal to tho people of the atate Who are In postOnn to do so, to buy tip this distress cotton and keep it from reaching the mills In sufficient tft?an Ity to break the market. And thla is not any "buy a bale" plea, but a business proposition that offers more profit than any legitimate in? vestment I know of. The recerda show thai for the ten year period ending August 31, 1914 the average cotton prices for the Sep? tember November period were 4c per pound below the average orlces for ihs Uay July period. ? This refiecta the pressure of the cotton on the markst during the rush se? sons, and is the natural result of aelllng more cotton In the fall period than the mills are to 'position to finance. Few mills can afford to buy up a year'a supply of cotton In the fall months-*- ' they simply haven't got the funda. and leave the market to the specula lors Four seats prior to 1914 is propor? tionate* to 10c now so that a propor? tionate variation now would mean 10c dlfftsreiu e between the probable Sep? tember to November prices and the prob.?M<- .May to Inly prlees?$&0 a bale Isn't lf.'< pretty good Interest on $114 Pj $110 for tight months? Tha* at how the probabilities figure out. Of course this will not help tho farmer who has to sell at once on th i portion of hie crop he now sells, but It witl help him on so much of It ??* he can hold, ami help all others who are holding. It - will also keep this profit in South Carolina and the south?where It Is entitled to l*>?and not let it go to New Vork, New Eng Innd. and Kump*. 1 know of no better Of more Im? mediate way of sroiosthtfi tin- inter? ests of the cotton bolt 1*1 the thou sands who make their money In South Carolina Invest in s S^uth Car? olina commodity which Is sure to bold Its value, and thereby Uc\? to udd thee* $79.900,000 to the we-.tlth of the Htate Any reputable cotton buyer win buy I ha cotton on the open merket for you. The indicated yield for 1939 IS less than 2ii0 nounda lint cotton per acre sud S y|oM im >"w gg that csnnot be produced at less ?hau lie per pound, and certainly 2? per cent is nuns too much profit fot the farmer who has risked his all and waited a whole year for one turn? over, to get as profit. I say then tore that a minimum fair price for cotton of the 1110 crop ia 36c per pound. < ?.million* Justify Higher Prior*. 1 am aware that the Southern Cot? ton association Ina f xed a minimum price of 4Sc., and that was undoubt? edly the price most fanners of the south hoped for to making the 192a crop Indeed many crops were pro? duced on a basis so expensive that no prloe below 40c will leave a fair re. torn for the time of the producer and Ms family and the amount of capital rlaked I have merely tried to be conservative In my estimates Kor the four* year period -tiding Auaost 1, 1919, the world's concump bed April, 1?50. "Be Just 81. GEORGIA NAMES TOM WATSON _ / Irridescent Politician Nomina? ted by Democrats For Senator HOKE SMITH WIPED OFF SLATE Old Time Populist Defeats Two Strong Democrats in Party Primary Atlanta, (la., Sept. 9.?Thomas K. Wason received the Democratic? nomination for the United State-? M-natc from (^eorgia, en the face of unoflllclal and Incomplete return* from M!l of the 155 counties in the state compiled by the At.anta Con? stitution at 1:15 tltis morning. Tho*e im urea Indicated that Watjon got 323 county unit votes \n Yest<erday*s primary in which 196 were neces? sary for oomination. The same figures indicated Gover? nor Dorsey got v102 votes, Hoke Smith, the incumbent 32, and John R. Cooper none. While Anal figured were not obtainable from many counties the returns tallied to a great extent with the lates. compiled by The Journal, whloh supported Smith. The Costltutiojn, supported Dorsey. The same returns indicated a run off might b necessary In the guberna? torial contest. It \ as indicated Clif? ford Walker had 178 votes; Former United States,Senator Hardwick lflt?; John R. Holder 12, and W. R. Brown o. The Journal's latest figures had also Indicated a probably run off In this race but showea Hardwlck In the , lead. * Watson's Nomina? tion Conceded Atlanta Journal, Hoke Smith's Organ, Admits that Former Populist Has More Than Majority Atlanta. Sept. 0. ? The Atlanta Journal llgutes dnomdal and incom-#j plets from one hundred and seventeen out ot one hundred fifty-flve counties, give* Thouuu* K. Watson one hundred nlnet) seven county unit votes, er more than a majority f<?r senator. Dorsey Is given sixty seven and Smith fort v. Si mil i gubernatorial return* give Former Senator Hardwlck one hundred sov^bty-Dvo and Clifford*1 Walker one hundred and thirty-elghr county unite. *Tf ??? Flu Epidemic Unlikely Public Health Service Does Not Expect Outbreak This Winter Washington, Sept. 9.?The public health service says there have been no Indications of a return of last year's Influensa epidemic this winter, although a certain number of cases each >?at. between .November and May. it is not expected to be wide? spread or as virulent as lust year. tlon of American cotton was approxi? mately r>" .000,ono bales while only Sa.??Oo.OOtJ bales wore * produced fn the same period. This made a draft of 6,000.000 on the world's stock of I American cotton. The production and j consumption of American cotton for ; the last two years has just about , l oimirr-lmIs deed. There every reason to expect that within the present season peace with German/ ".d Austria will be formally declared and the markets of those countries opemyl up to American cot? ton much more freely than Is pos? sible prior to formal peace. These countries will afford the much needed market for the lower grades of cot? ton. The world's stocks ot cotton must show an I ^cumulated shortage or 5.000.000 to ?i.ooo.eao tales of American cotton as compared with ihe stock on hand August 1. l'J14. And with this condition existing, a 13.000.000 bale crop for 1920 Is need? ed, and should be taken by the world at a price which will yield the grower a fair profit. ?II Interests Mihi i oofS'intc. Will the business Interests of the south combine tu sei? that this fair price Is obtained* Or will they sit I Indifferently by and see a condition of tight money, largely artificially ere- I Med. accepted as justification for tin success of u bear raid on cotton prlci which will cost Some Carolina $7... 000.000 and the south $600.000.000 ? I Will the people of the south sit idly | by while a. well Organised bear raid, j engineered by Kunf ui and New Bngland manufacturers und execut-i ed by .N?-\. York speculators despoil thetti of $800,000,000 n. which they are rightfully entitled which b> do- ' termlned and cooperative effort nM\ can save. Ia\ every business Intoreit in this state realize Just what it .aus to save South Carolina's $76,000,000 ot this Impending loss, and then with real determination pledge their co? operation ami put their shoulders to the \vh??l. If this be done, our pros perl i.\ will continue. and the de? velopment of thi? section go on km never before; if not, business ?tagmi tlon and bard times stare us In the face Whl h shall if h. | R, B. BEL3EH. and Fear Not?l<et all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, NEW OUTBREAK IN IRELAND Activities in Sinn Fein Circles Caused Apprehension of Re? newal of Disorder GOVERNMENT ANTICI? PATES MORE BLOODSHED Rumored that MacSwiney's Friends Urging That He Be Permitted To Eat London, Sept. 7.?The Dally Mail fay I that new activities are noted In certain units of the Sinn Fein repub? lican, army and that it is believed in official circles that new outbreaks aye planned, probably for September 25. I The same paper says that Mayor MacSwiney's friends are urging the republican government of Ireland td give the mayor permission to eat. COX MANAGER GIVES FACTS . _ Senate Investigating Committee Getting More News About Slush Fund. REPUBLICAN COLLECTORS ON RUN Men Who Are Raising the Cor? ruption Fund For Harding Dodging Subpoena _ 1 Chicago, Sept. 7.?The senate cam? paign investigating committee resum? ed its sessions with K. H. Moore, a Cox representative, who was prepar? ed, h-e said, to give the committee the Democratic candidate's informa? tion concerning the Republican cam? paign fund. Moore told the committee it watt pot seeking -the best evidence to prove (iov, Cox's charges and aaked why ColoatJ William Boyve Thompson chairman of the Republican ways and means committee, and sixty men of the paid organization will not be call? ed, flloore hail a massive brief case, rontaining several hundred papers listing the battalion of 'moppets up" party of the Republican finance or? ganization, Moore said, and named several men, claiming one had left Youngstown alter hearing that a re? quest had been tiled for a subpoena for him. The Criminal Law On the Subject Of Keeping a House of Ill-Fame ?Character of Evidence Necessary to Convict V At common law the keeping of a disorderly hou^o, or a house of ill lame, is a criminal offense, and the keeper thereof, upon conviction there? of, Is "punishable by fine or Imprison? ment, or'hoth. at the discretion of the .?Judge. It is admissible In evidence, on the question of whether or not the prem? ises In question Is used as a house of HI fame, to prove the reputation of the house, as sin h. In a prosecution for keeping a bawdy house, evidence J of the general reputation of its in? mates and frequenters is admissible to show the charcter ??f the house. Bvidancs of the fact that men fre? quented the place at all hours of the day and night ami evidence of their number, their purpose in going, and what they did there, ate admissible Upon trial for keeping a bawdy house. ; Kvidenee. direct or circumstantial, j may be sufficient to show the disor? derly charcter t t the house, if the house is shown to be used and occu? pied for the purpose of prostitution, j proof of a single act will Justify the conviction of the keeper thereof. MacSwiney Will Not Eat Refused to Obey Order of Irish Organization io Break Fast London. Sept. 9.?The Irish Self Determination league quotes Mayor IfacSwlney'l slater,as saying that the mayor will not obey the order from the Irish republican authorities to . ,isc his hunger strike. Bolshevik Army Getting Weaker Desertions From Ranks Said to Total Million Already Washington, Sept. ?.?The rifle strength ol the Bolshevik force on the Polish Moni has been reduced over on. hall is, the result of the Polish counter offensive, according to reports tu official circles liere The pnappre heuded deserters in Russia are esti? mated at a million. dms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a SEPTEMBER 11, 1920 ITALY FACES BOLSHEVIKI RULE _i_ Government Forced to Negoti? ate With Workers Who Have Seized Metal Works POWER TO PROTECT PROPERTY LOST Four Hundred Factories Have Already Been Taken Over By! , the Workmen Rome, Sept. 7.?Government of? ficials will open negotiations on Thursday with the general industrial confe- tya at Milan with the view of! solving the problem of the seizure by workers of metal factories through? out Italy. Four hundred factories have been seized and the movement expanding;, and a general offensive against industries Is threatened. POLES APP EAL TO LEAGUE i Asks For Meditation in Dispute With the Lithuanians WAR WILL BE NEXT STEP League of Nations is Sa\,d to Have the Appeal Under Con? sideration % London. Sept. 7.?Poland has ap dispute.. Unless there is immediate improvement Poland will be compell pealed to .he league of nations for mediation in the Polish-Luthanlan ed to declare war on Lithuania. The appeal su-.tes that the league of na? tions Is considering the appeal. Quake Kills Many Italians Reports From Stricken Districts Show that Disaster Was Serious * -?? I Rome, Sept. &.?As reports come In the extent of yesterday's earthquake disaster seems growing ar d scores are j believed to have lost their lives. In north Florence many stiucturcs col I lapsed and there are no tidings from ' many populous towns. The king has j gone to the scene. Revolt Against Soviet Lenine is Beginning to Have Trouble With His Subjects London, Sept, 8.?Several serious revolts against the Russian soviet government have occurred in the neighborhood of Moscow and were suppressed with much bloodshed, says an Exchange Telegraph Copenhagen dispatch, quoting Riga telegrams. Paper Clothing Exhibited Samples From Austria Shown in Washington Washington, Svpt. 7.?Paper cloth? ing from Austria was placed on ex? hibition by the department of com? merce today and will be offered to clothing manufacturers lor examina? tion. One suit is quoted at fifteen cents and la washable. Mexico Rejects Message Note From United States Re? garded as Altogether Objec? tionable Mexico City, Sept. 7.?W. A. Gardi? ner, the American citizen captured by ^the bandit Znmora has escaped, of? ficial advices say. It is stated that Gardiner took refuge at a ranch dur? ing his flight from the bandit camp and thut an escort has been sent for him. Mexico City, Sept. 7.?The foreign J Office denied today that it had re- ! ceived a note from Washington rela- ' tive to the petroleum situation. It is learned from unofficial sour ceo thai the American embassy received the i mote but the Mexican foreign otlice declined formally to accept it, claim- ' ing that it waa couched in such terms that acceptance is impossible. Census of Stills Washingto i. Sept. S.?The internal revenue bureau of the treasury de? partment has decided to tighten the regulations u 'ound the sale of stills In an effort to end illicit whiskey neftkin?. j Manufacturers will be required to ac? count for all stills gold and their locu- j tion, 11>i I Truth'*." THE TKl'fc 'if PINEWOOD JOINS SUMTER COUNTY Citizens of Pinewood and Cal? vary Township Vote to Leave Clarendon County VOTE FOR ANNEXATION 107, AGAINST 42 The Election Was Safely Carried I By More Than the Required Two-Thirds Majority The election to decide the question whether or not the town of Pine Plnewood and Fulton township and a part of Calvary township, should be anpexed? to Suniter county was held Tuesday. The advocates of annex? ation and those who opposed severing their relations with (Marendon coun? ty made an active and determined campaign and the election Tuesday was one of the most hotly con? tested ?evrr held in Clarendon coun? ty. Every possible vote was polled and the result was not certain until the polls were closed. In Pinewood and immediate vicinity the vote for annexation was overwhelming, only a few ballots being cast against an? nexation, but in tz'alvary township the sentiment was more evenly divided, this section giving a majority for an? nexation but not quite two-thirds ma? jority. The total vote for the entire section, however, was 107 for annexa? tion and 42 against, the majority being greater than the required two thirds. There w??re four contested ballots, which were not counted in the totals, but if these ballots are counted by the canvassing board the result will not be affected, as thnee of the four were for annexation, and there is a safe margin without the contested ballots. As soon as the result of the elec? tion was known in Pinewood a tele? gram was sent to Mr. Davis D. Molse. who has attended to all the legal letails of the annexation movement, notifying hiin of the annexation vic? tory and stating that a party of^Pine wood citizens of Sumter county~would set out at once for Sumter, their county seat, to celebrate their vic? tory. About seven thirty o'clock a party of between forty and fifty of the leading citizens of the annexed sec? tion arrived. Mayor Jennings, Mr. Moise, Secretary Heardon of the Chamber of Commerce were awaiting to receive them, and Mayor Jen? nings ordered the city hall bell to be rung |tO summon the people of Sum? ter to join in a welcome reception. In a few minutes a large crowd as? sembled at the corner of Main and Liberty streets. Mayor Jennings made a bri<ef speech welcoming the new citi? zens of Sumter county and pledging them the same treatment in future that other citizens of the county re? ceive. Speeches were also made in behalf of Suniter city and county by Messrs. Davis D. Moise and Secretary E. I. Reardon. Messrs. R. P. Epperson, Henry D. Richardson, O. D. Harvin, Walter D. Eppersorf and A. B. Minis, representa? tive citizens of the Pinewood* section, and ardent advocates and workers for annexation, were called on for speeches. They alt expressed their gratification over their victory and pledged their loyal supoprt to all pro? gressive measures for the develop? ment and improvement of Sumter county, of which they are now a part. At the close of the impromptu cele? bration all the Pinewood delegation were invited to be the guests of Sum? ter at super at the Palmetto restau? rant. There had not been sufficient time to prepare an elaborate spread but Jhe manager of the restaurant rose to the emergency and served a substantial satisfying repast. The Pinewood annexation celebration was altogether a very happy occasion, as a number of citizens of the town join? ed Mayor Jennings in mingling with the Pinewood folk and personally giving them a hearty welcome back# to the old home county, of which all of Clarendon was once a part. Dempsey Beats Billy Miske hW. .^1 I ? ??? Challenger Knocked Out By Ter? rific Punch in Third Ringside, Renton Harbor, Mich., Sept. 6.?Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world, demonstrated today that he still retains the terrific punch that won him the title. He knocked out Rilly Miske, of St. Paul, a fighter as big and game as himself, in the third round of their ten round match. Three hard smashes were rut (icient to w.n him between $00.000 and $100,000, his ."?0 per cent share *? f the gate receipts. Germans Help Lithuanians Warsaw. Sept. S. ? The Polish au? thorities contend that the Hermanns and Bolshevik! are aiding Iithuania. and say that conditions are becoming more serious along the border. They ( barge that Trotzky and the Germans planned to use Lithuania as a corridor connecting Russia with east Prus? sia. m OUTHKOX, Kstahllshed VOL. LL SHERIFF HU COMMENT ON LA1 Suppression of pisord^riy Houses EFFORTS HE HAS MADE TO ENFORCE LA j Resents Insinuations That HaVt Tendency to Discredit Hii I As An OftVer of t:.? Lav The Daily Item did a good service in its issue of September 4th by pub? lishing the law pertaining to the sup? pression of disorderly houses. The impression appears to '-let in the minds of *ome excellent ?ople, that the duty of enforcing that law rests primarily and exclusively upon the sheriff and other peace officers od , the county. Such is not the case, ss can plainly be seen by reading the statute, at least so far as the initia? tive Is poneerned. Peace officers can? not proceed except by order of the; court. When legal process Is placed ih the hands of the sheriff, it then becomes his duty to eexcute such process. Private homes are jealously guard? ed by law, even the homes of crim? inals and lewd women. WA often hear the assertion that "Lew Is made for the protection of criminals, rather {ban for the punishment of crime." That of course is a mistake. Nearer approach to the truth is found in the maxim "Better that a hundred guilty persons escape than that one innocent person be punished. ' Thus society is protected from persecution by over zealous and prejudiced officers armed with a little brief authority. Law di? rects and controls the administration . of Justice; the apprehension and pun? ishment of crime. One of the safeguards of the law. forbids an officer to make an arrest under a warrant sworn out by him? self. Take the law here In question. It requires that proceedings shall be instituted by the attorney general, the circuit solicitor, the county attorney or any citizen who may desire tot prosecute an offender. Nowhere does it say that the sheriff may take out such process. Nevertheless, and withtii a short time after my appointment the office of sheriff, I did apply to the solicitor for process under this law. That process was served on the M? mates of every house forblddeft by the law, so far aa I had Information. During/ my administration three ?l these places have been closed, and we have kept watch over all of them. In efforts to seize intoxicants and secure evidence, search has be<-r made from time to time. Only once did we find liquor, and Only once did we (Ind more than one woman. In this case the woman gave live hundred dollars bond, In cash, shut up shop and left the county. in all other instances, no liquor was found and only one woman, and she the owner of the house. I have personally conducted several of these raids, using at various times members of the rural police force or of the city force, add because I have not trumpeted around the country what I have done does not mean that I have not done my duty. I have heretofore refrained from* going into the newspapers, and would not now do so, txcept for the insinu? ations that have been published for the evident purpose of discrediting me/ as an officer. Zeal without knowledge is likely to do more harm than good. 1 try to know and keep the law, Kept 1 also be a breaker of the law. But 1 am ready to obey the orders of any court havmg jurisdiction of these matters. No reasonable person Would ask for more than that. C. M HUKST. Georgia Primary Today Smith, Watson and Dorsey Mak? ing Race for Senate Atlanta. Sept. 8.?One of the largest votes ever cast in Georgia is predicted, notwithstanding the unfavoiab I e weather forecast, in .today's Demo? cratic primary, in which Governor Dorsey, Senator Smith and Thomas E. Watson are contesting for the seat in the senate. , Leads in Savings South Carolinians Learning Lea son of Thrift Columbia. Sept. 8.?South Carolina leads all other states In the Fifth fed? eral reserve district in savings, ac? cording u/ information received from the war loan op ice of the district in Richmond, by James H. Crnig. state bank examiner. "South Carolina leads all other states In the Firth district In the auto um of money deposited In savings accounts last year,'' says the letter. Cox Charges Admitted Chicago. Sept. 8.?I'nlted States District Attorney Clyne said B. H. Moore, Oov. Cox's representative, sub? mitted to him Information about campaign expenses, but he was not ready to announce what action will be taken. He said the question of per? jury had been brought up.