Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TRJ? ti MTKK WATCHMAX, Established April. IS50. "Be Just ? CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 188L I HARDING ELECTED PRESIDENT BY REGULAR LANDSLIDE Republican Ticket Certain of 275 Electoral Votes and Late Returns May Make it 395 Only Solid South Remains Democratic and Even Tennessee is in Doubtful Column ) ew Tork. Nov. 2.?At 12:30 o'clock this morn faff with actual returns far from complete. Hording- was certain Off 371 votes tn the electoral college from the following states: Connecti? cut. Delaware. Idaho. Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Mains. Massachusetts. Michi? gan. Nebraska. New Hampshire. New Jersey New York. Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. Vermont. Washington. Wisconsin snd Wyoming. Tbs states from which returns were tso meagre to Justify actually ptac tng them tn either the Harding or Cos WARREN G. HARDING rarfo, luuktna. Kentucky. Maryland. Minnesota. Missouri. Montana. Ne? vada, New York. North Dakota, Utith. West Virginia- totaling 12?. ThesUUss which were certain for jf?rw^nour were Alabama, ArU a rb'rtdu. Georgia, Ix)Ul*iana. MtsatsstpM. North Carolina. Okla tfislsi. South Carolina, Tennessee, ttsffi and Virginia, a tots I of 13C votOs In the electoral college. New York. Nov. 2. ? In thrt f ace of returns showing the growing landslide Mr Harding, Governor Cox*s own newspaper, the Da>ton Daily Newa, and Chairman White of tho Demo? cratic national committee, soon aft -r fl^e/eiock tonight conceded the elec? tion of Senator Harding. Without watting for returns from the west, fjfalch four years ago elected Wilson K^e face of pluralities for Hughes Hue-bout the east, the Democratk; ?EWdtdate and hla chief m aha ft con* Osded that in the ' solemn referendum" Which President Wilson declared would decide the league of nations question. American voter:? had pre? ferred Harding, who favored ' staying out." ?, Governor Cox. who was In his newspaper oltlre whei the concession of Henstor Harding s election was published, said he would Issue no statement. Senator Harding at his homo in Marlon said ho was "more fftven to prayer to God to make me capable of playing my part" than he was to exultation At 11:11 o'clock, eastern time, with the west nod middle west still scarce? ly heard from, the Harding landslide In the east was continuing with gath? ering; momentum At the rate the Harding column was growing at that hour, the Uepublican f plurality In the state of New Tork would be around the unpreoedented figure of more than a million. New York elty. normally Democratic, was going for Harding b& at h\ st half a mtn*on The governorship tight con? tinued close arlth Uepublican manag? ers claiming the defeat of Governor Smith. Pennsylvania returns at that hour ahowed Harding leading Cox three to one and Senator Penroas elected Massachusetts was piomistng Harding tho greatest plurality ever given a presidential candidate in that state. Boston had gone for a Uepublican for the second time in its history, and had given Harding a gjrc iter h ad nvci Ost? thsn It gsve McKinley o\ ? i Drj in In 11)1 Returns from half of Va ntoot gave Harding a three to one res I over Cox. Hughes beat Wilson I v.* to one there tn 191?. In the home district of Charit I I Murphy, leader of Tammanv H.i'l, Hsrdlng beat t'o* 1 |o 1 Maine re ported Harding leading Cox ? v the largest plurality ever given to ? \< ? ?dentu?I candidate. ' Ohio. one fifth complete, show vl a growing vote tor Hsrdlng Harding car-b I tuo wards in tin etty Ss* Atlanta, Us., and two parches In the L*)04sisns sugar belt, both Dem ocraUe tei rlt< rise !? ibl* New York senatorial race, Senator Wadsworth was leading hid Detnoeir i rie opponent, Lieutenant. QssrsrsV r Walker Senators Hraadeffs? ?J CoaSnrctlrut and Moses of New Hampln Ire, opponents of the league of nations both seemed < rtaln of re elaeUoVi The Igte closing of polls In the v\, n i ?? Le<< the .i iTe? em v in time, Imtg haltdls and ? innth I nor eased vote, were the of i|k late rot um 1 from tho west. Dayton. Ohio, Nov. 2.?Governor Cox'i newspaper, The Dayton News, issued an extra edition shortly beforo 11 o'clock tonight conceding the elec? tion of Senator Harding, the Repub? lican candidate, as president. *Tbe governor himself said he would make no statement tonight. His newspaper, however, carried the elec? tion returns under tho caption, "Re? publican Landslide; Harding Wins." Governor <?ox himself did not for? mally concede his defeat regardless of the statements made in his newspa? per. He said: "I will make no statement tonight, and whatever my paper says is purely impersonal." Announcement that the extra would be issued was made at the governor's newspaper office at 1,0:15 and soon af? terward word came from New York that Chairman White also had con? ceded Senator H&rding's election. At that time the governor was in his private office at his newspaper plant where he spent the evening with meml>ers of his family watching the returns. Reporters, who called, found the governor smiling, and smoking a oigar. He showed no emotion, an attitude he had maintained throughout the even? ing, following a day spent quietly at his home near here. Friends who visited him during the evening said the candidate realise! his defeat long before the appearance of the newspa? per extra Mrs. Cox also seemed un affsoted as did the governor's daugh? ter, Mrs. D. H. Mahoney. i Apparently, the ? most consoling news of the evening for the candidate' was. unofficial returns/ showing in 33 of the 265 precincts in Montgomery county, including Dayton that Gov? ernor Cox If, his opponent, 5,218 votes to 6.000. The county Democratic headquarters however, reported that Harding carried Carrimonte. the gov? ernor's own precinct, by 12 votes. Princeton Against Pres, Wilson Princeton. Nov. 3.?Senator Harding carried President Wilson's home dis? trict two to one. Cox Congratulates Harding Dayton, Nov. 1.-- Gov. Cox wired B< nator Harding congratulations, pledging his "support as a citizen to uxecute authority in whatever enter 7i ncy ..tigiit arise." It Might Have Been Worse St. Louis. Nov. 3.?Champ Clark has been passed by his Republican op? ponent by fifteen hundred votes from not quite half tho precincts In the dis? trict, Railroad Official Dead R.chmond. Nov. 3.?George W. Stevens, president of the Chesapeake A Ohio railway, dropped dead at Oreonbrier, While Sulphur Springs. He had been ill since the death of his son in i 'I-. Holly Hill Safe Robbed ILdly Hill. Nov. 1.?This morning about 4 o'clock some citizens heard an unusually loud noise and when the railroad agent went to his office he found pieces of the safe, 'some soap and two handkerchiefs on the floor sod about $1.200 in cash and checks n; losing. It a? penrs thai the tuen drove their ,iutoajMbl'e near enough to the station *o that they could step up on the platform and not leave nay footprints. This is the first time Holly Hill has been vieitd by sate oiowers. e Harding Plans Pleasure Trip Marion. Nov. ?Senator Harding is pleased with the prospects of a re? publican oongress. He is planning a citation on the Texas coast and in the Panama Canal Zone, returning via New Orleans. Ho will apeak nt the Klks' nation.il meetiiu. at Bedford. Va. He will consider the formation Of bm cabinet after his return. He will remain senator until Governor Cox is uccecded by a Republican governor the first of the year. Railroads Are Expensive Washington Nov. 3.?The private operation of the railroads for the first six months after federal control cost Ihs government six hundred and lifty >iv million dollars, under the federal Kuarantee, the interstate commerce < oatSJllssion announced !<>dav. iml Fear Not?u*t all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C., SATURD President Wilson Well As Usual He Did Not Vary His Usual Rou? tine?No Comment on Election Washington, Nov. 3.?President Wil? son arose early today and did not vary his routine. White House of? ficials said he appeared as well as usual. Maryland Goes Republican Latest Returns Indicate Forty Thousand Majority for Hard? ing Baltimore. Nov. 3.?Returns from ninety precincts show Harding leading In Maryland by forty thousand. Statement by Harding Gratified at Election But Does Not Regard It as a Personal Victory Marion, Ohio, Nov^ 2.?Convinced by early returns of his election to the presidency, Warren G. Harding Is? sued a statement tonipht saying that instead of being exultant over the re? sult ho was "more given to pmyer to God to make me capable of playing my part." Receiving the election returns at his home here, Mr. Harding declined dur? ing the early evening to make any comment, and Issued his statement only after the flgurer had piled up majorities for him which his advisers declared made his election certain. At the same time it became known that the senator and Mrs. Harding had made plans for a vacation trip, i to be carried out regardless of the re* (suit of the election, taking them-for a rest next week to Texas and uf ter that foi4 an ocean voyage to the Panama Canal Zone. They will return I to Marion during early December. The senator's statement follows: "Assuming that the early returns are wholly'dependable, I do not hesi? tate to say that I am pleased, of course, I am happy tc utter my-grati? tude. But 1 am not exultant. It la I not a personal victory. It Is . a re? I flowed expression of confident A*mert- ] canism and a national call to the Re- j oublican party. 'i "It is also serious;< the obligations! are so solemn that instoad of exmlting I anv more given to prayer to God to make me capable of playing my part, tnd that all tho calls to responsibility -nay meet the expectations of America and the world. ? "I nm sure the people who have voted the Republican ticket will un? derstand my feeling that I should nake no unstudied statement of poli? cies at tills time beyond the expression made through the campaign." Coincldently with the senator's statement, Harry M. Daugherty, a member of the Republican campaign .?ommittee. made this statement here: "It is the greatest victory In Ameri? can politics, clearly foreshadowed and j predicted. It is more than a partisan I /ictory, as the result was contributed ! *o by millions of Democrats. The women of the nation have quickly vindicated the conferring of the auf? rage privilege as they sensed correct? ly the Issues and rallied to the cause of America and American Institutions. The Republican party is fully con jclous of the great responsibilities im olled In this popular verdict and will faithfully keep Its obligations." The senator's trip to Texas will be? gin Friday night or Saturday morning and Mr. Harding will arrive at Point Isabel. Texas, near Brownsville, next Monday. He plans to spend about twelve days there am then leave for Panama by way of New Orleans. His stay in the Canal Zone will last | about a week, during which he will ?nake a first-hand study of local con? ditions, and particularly of the tolls system of American ships. He has advocated throughout the campaign a repeal of these tolls and it is expect? ed he will collect information on that policy. Leaving Colon about December 1. he viM land at New Oilcans and will travel by train to Bedford, Virginia, where he speaks December 5 at an FAk's celebration. Afterward he is to return to Marion, to remain, under present plans, most of the time until March 4. He may take a trip during this Interim, however, to some south? ern resort. Roosevelt to Coolidge New York, Nov. 3.?Roosevelt, in congratulating Coolidge, said "I trust the n.. ton will grow in prosperity and 'in unselfish Ideals of Americanism which unprejudiced cltiscns of all par tit, s desire." Gain Twenty Congressmen Republicans' Will Have Over? whelming Majority in House New York. Nov. 3.? A net gain of twenty Republican vctea in the house is shown by complete returns from seventeen states, including most of the Democratic strongholds. Eight of fifteen Republican senatorial candi? dates w<>n and ten others are reported to be lending. All nine southern sen atorlal candidates won. The Rcpub Urans claim a majotity of eight I i ii in the next wttntt. Ims't at be thy Country's. Thy God's a AY, NOVEMBER 6, 1920 Alabama Safe For Democracy All Congressmen Save One Elect? ed by Safe Majorities and He Has a Lead Birmingham, Nov. 3.?Democrat^ appear to have won all district** except the doubtful seventh, where the Dem? ocrats are leading by four hundred and seventy-seven. Belgian Demands Extradition of Traitor Pro-German Belgian Who Sought Asylum in Holland Under Sentence for Treason The Hague, Nov. 2.?Holland, which refused to surrender the former Ger? man emperor to the allies for trial, has another knotty problem in a de? mand from the Belgian government for the extradition of Professor de Vreeze, formerly libiarian of Ghent university, a political refugee and now librarian at Rotterdam. Professor de Vreeze is one of the Flemish Belgians who during the German occupation of their country sought, with German aid, to sepa? rate Flanders, the Dutch-speaking paft of Belgium, from the French Speaking party. Many of them, when the armistice showed Germany beat? en, fled to .Holland. In their absence, they were convicted of treason and some of them are under sentence Of death. Professor de Vreeze is ac? cused as a leading "activist'"' in the Flemish separation movement. Con? sidering this a political offense and therefore not extraditable, the Dutch government wouid not give him up. Now. at a time when relations be tween^Holland and Belgium aro strain? ed because of commercial treaty com? plications and the renewed efforts of Belgian-Flemish activists toward the separatist movement, Belgium has de? manded the extradition of De Vreeze, this time on grounds, which, if prov? ed, Holland might consider, while it would not consider ? political offense. The charge, however, Is only that Professor, pe Vreeze->uaed ? for f?cl at his. house i'h"Ghent some .government ? property, such as old boxes, old books und some coal which were on the ?remises of the library at Ghent. I it is hinted in Holland that this Is only a subterfuge to get the professor across the frontier. k t The Dutch government has named a commission to decide the case. ? ? .._. * f '_^ Thrift in Boston Pbnzi Fiasco Arouses Yankees to Realization That They Need Protection . Boston, Nov. 3.?An organization to promote thrift and to protect savings 1 as been incorporated here as an outgrowth of the war-time conserva? tion campaigns and the recent Ponxi high finance fiasco, it will be known as the Association for the Promotion and Protection of Savings and will combine with the encouragement of safe investment an educational pro? gram to combat quick-rich schemes. At the head of the association is Al? fred L. Aiken, former governor, of :he Federal Reserve Hank in this city. Those associated with him include leaders in the thrift, Liberty loan and other campaigns of recent years. The association wtll cooperate with the work of the savings division of the treasury department, but Its activities will be distinct from any government branch. The educational department will be divided into school and homo eco? nomic sections, the former covering education in thrift in colleges, public, private, parochial, normal and voca? tional sch ols a id the latter working with women's organizations, fraternal bodies, the army and navy, the churches and professions. The business department will be di? vided into industrial and commercial, agriculture and banking sections. The Industrial and commercial section will work with labor unions, associated In dustries, the wholesale and retail trades, Americanization committee and the Young Men's Christian asso? ciation industrial secretaries. The ag? ricultural section will be concerned with the granges and farm bureaus and the banking section will have its work with the savings, national, trust company and cooperative banks, in? surance and investment banking con? cerns, and trust companies. Appeal Filed in Murder Case Adam Griffin Will Not Be Elec? trocuted on December 1st Notice of intention to appeal to the supreme court In the case of Adam Grlftin. the negro sentenced to be electrocuted on December 1st for the murder of a guard at the State Farm while he was sta ving a sentence was given on last Saturday. Gritlln was tried, f? und guilty and sentenced at the last term of the court here, and It was thought that no ap? peal for a new trial would be asked for, but on ' Saturday, w h i c h was the last day on which no? tice of Intention to appeal could be given, the notice was sent In, This notice of the intention to tile the proper papers for appeal to the supreme court automatically stays the execution of the death sentence, which was to have taken place on the. first of ih Kt mouth rf ... od Troth's." THE TRUE St Tourists Shun Strife Torn Ireland Revolutionary Disorders Have Injuriously Affected the Tour? ist Business of Country Dublin, Nov. 2.?The tourist busi? ness in Ireland has been injuriously affected by the revolutionary disorders. Tourists agents and hotel keepers arc in despair. North Wales and the Isle of Man have canturcu the visitors who used tg come tv/ Killarney and Glengariff. There hay been a notable absence of the usual influx) of Amer? icans. Dublin has suffered less proportion? ately than other places, but Dublin's I visitors did not take the risk of leav? ing it for the provinces. There was no danger to life or limb, but the dis? location of the railway service caused by the refusal of the railway men to carry soldiers, police or munitions made the train service so uncertain that nobcidy could count safely on reaching or returning from any given destination within the limits of a holi? day. Cotton Ginned in State Director of Census Makes {Pre? liminary Report Washington, ISTov. 1.?^irector Sam l*. Hogers, of tho bureau of the cen? sus, department of commerce, an? nounced the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties In South Carolina for the crops of 1920.and 1919. Tho report was made public for the state at 10 a. m. Monday, Octob? er 25, 1920. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Linters are not included): 1920. 1919. Abbeville . 12,076 14.414 Xiken. 23.6*4 28,632 Allendale . 9.942 - 15,121 Anderson . 2*6.540 46,168 Bamberg . 13,256 la,173 Barnwell . 1<*,186 24,371 Beaufort . 127 1.093 Berkeley. 3,176 t>,l94 Calhoun .17.4 21 2 2.604 Charleston , 115 2.5,7J, Cherokee 4.090 . ? 7,813 CMefcter. 9.6)6 17.087 Chesterfield ....... 11,407 1 7.'702 Clarendon . 21,071 27.38? qoileton ..*>. ? ? 4,**4J . 8>4^0 Darlington . 15,172 25,044 Dillon. 12.646 26.593 Dorchester ....i. 5,594 10*93 { Edgefleld ........ 13,433 , 16!857 Fairfleld* V_'J.'.' 9.0*86 12,434 Florence. 13.0*7 24.562 Georgetown.1.192 1,%U Greenville ....... 10,798 21,98? Greenwood . 14.6*70 , 20.941 Hampton . 5.176 8,173 Horry . 1.664 3,760 Jasp?er. . 56x 1.374 Kershaw _.... 13.4 62 19.796" Lancaster. 4,469 11.422 Laurens . 22.127 27.043 Lee . 18.882 26.511 Lexington. 15,006 17,420 McCormlck . 7.000 10,508 Marion . 6.203 10.576 Marlboro . 25.211 43.885 Newberry. 16,562 18.933 Oconee . 4,905 11.207 Orangeburg. 43.248 60,019 Picken? . 3,831 10,124 Richland . 15,780 16,717 Saluda . 13.280 16.848 Spartanburg . 21,829 34,513 Bumter . 22.446 32.103 Union. 7.365 9,096 Williamsburg _ 12,945 14.036 York . 9.790 22.440 The State .562.127 840,587 Bloody Riot in Florida % Two White Men Killed, One Negro Hanged and an t Unknown Number Kill? ed By tlve Associated Press. Orlando, Fla., Nov. 3.?A ne? gro named Perry was hung from a tree and the body rid? dled with bullets after a night of rioting, starting when the negro went to the polls armed with a Shotgun, because he was refused the right to vote for failure to pay poll taxVs. Two white are dead and anunkrtoWn number of negroes were kill-' ed. ! Republican Ward In Columbia Columbia, Nov. 3.?One ward in the city of Columbia, where there is a heavy negro vote, went republican by 96 out of a total of 184 votes. Reports from all parts of the state today indicate that the thirty-three amendments to the constitution car? ried^ with slight opposition. Chinese Sailors Mutiny New Orleans, Nov. 2.?Eleven Chi? nese members of the crew of the Brit? ish steamer Elm Leaf were wmnuk'd when the guards resorted to pestol fire to quell a mutiny aboard result? ing from refusal to giant shore leav \ Two will die. The election is over and everybody should go to work. Steady work by all who are able to work will make r ood times. >UTHItON, Established June 1, VOL. LI. NO. Joe Sparks Con? gratulates Democrats People of South Carolina Con? tributed Liberally Toward Cox-Roosevelt Campaign Fund j_ ? To The Democrat* of South Carvllnri: Taking into consldeiation wealth and population, it is with great' pleas? ure I am "able to announce that the Democrats of South Carolina hav* contributed twice as much to help el^et Cox and Roosevelt as any other st?fe in the United States When all ^tfce ends of the campaign have been clear? ed up, the state wilt hav? contributed about forty thousand dollars. The men of the state gave approximately^ tjirefi ty-nfne thousand .dollars. "The IffcoA women of the state have contributed ab out six thousand dollars under able leadership of Mrs. R. I.-Manning and Mrs. R. A. Cooper of Columbia. Seyerai thousand dollars have been sent direct to N/pw York froih. various parties In the state. Charleston Dem? ocrats mailed a great number "W checks direct, Jasper county, for ijf* j stance, sent as much as one hundred i dollars direct' to national hea^qtiaV ters The Democratic national comr?ti tee deeply appreciates the generous spirit of the South Carolina Demo? crats and in behalf of the commlrtue X want to thank each and every con? tributor for their response tq the t-ll during the days when it appeared w ? had little hope^of succesa. I want to thatak fhe forty rsl* county chairmen in. south Carolina-whq%h*< a worked untiringly'to put this cam? paign over. - /' " * I want in bohalf of the national committee to personally thank Gen? eral Wil'c J ones1 for his fine arid un? selfish spirit displayed throughput thb? entire campaign. X want to- thahk the obllcHoflb ?ef South Carolina throughout the entire, state. ........ r The Democratic press is the te??t powerful weapon in the hands of the Democralic party. The newspaper,* of the state mlve simpljt been magnifi? cent. Every paper has joined in ihe movement and'given unlimited amotlnt of spapc lit aJp effqrt to.arouse o?r peo? ple to tpl$ sltdatlon. ". - ? : f yj * The wvrneft or;^fulh feardlfna -^ava respor^d^nobly. 1faeyYfre"^rfe, ntade Just as .good a record as the womenet any dffylc state. The women of Co? lumbia made,* heU.tr rccofd than t^\a women1 of ^py other ln the Cgit ed^^tejes. . , . / As a berso^al rcprcaeutaiive of Mr. Oeorge*Whitt\ ch^man of th$*nat? lonat cVunthittee, o(-.4dr. James' w. ?er ard,'finance chafrman and of Vfr. vT. W.< Mfcrfehr tfeasitrdrV 1 wagV to a* ltd a word oMhahks-to every Carolinian *h? .has joined In this honest battle fov' humanity. / . ? ' 1 , v1 T" , Xo-nutXter how, toe election may turn out. me Democrats of S??fa jb'ftf. olina HaW fo?ght ? noble battfe. They came to the aid of tne national committee when1 that body pod -no funds. By their early cunt ring tipns they put new l*/e. into the fight at national headquarters. .The case is wilh the American people. The Democrats of South Carolina khave done their duty, and whether defeat or victory-is outs the Democracy of South Carolina will al? ways look back upon the campaign 6 " 1920 as one in which they .by their splendid spirit and generous contribu? tions stand foremost in the states of the union. t JOE SPARK*. Assistant Treasurer,' Democratic Na? tional Committee. Negroes Vote in Columbia Columbia, Nov 2.?A large number of negroes voted in Columbia today. In one box several socialists also voted. The election appeared in pre? carious condition for many hours after the polls were opened, duo to the refusal of election managers to serve. They would not work for the dollar a day pay oftered managers. Only two boxes opened on tlmo. The negroes vdted for L H. Hawkins, a Columbia colored real estate mart bn the Republican ticket who opposed H. P. tfulmer, of Orangeburg, Demo? crat. * .. i ? , IINHW?OI? COMMUNITY' ThVk\ The Plnewood eommunlty fair will be heitert Fridit, November Mtn And not oh November itth a* unintention? ally ,bkt, erronehusly . Rtibllsrltd other newspapers. s. L 4 ? j> ,V **lte premldni lists tor thih lair M*e been pubhsnedlanp are'ret\df fbs tribtuttudvat -the ?Cmter. cHutslb^r i*>t (?d1ttmert6. ??'fcno bualftras ost#hiWi tn>rijts hf^KomWrf .Indult dthlr Btl*l?r fclliieds^who ftre, lrtteitete* W t? ing hundreds of friend* an ctHflbm ers for Sumter will do well to attend this fair which is put on as a celebra? tion of Pinewood and ninety square miles of Clarendon voting Into Sumter county. The fat*' is going to be splendid exhibition of the rcaourc und progressiveness of one of the tH sections of South t'arclina With population among tho best in t| country. Sumter is to have a modern laundry, managed by an expert dry man of m;iny years cvperient as soon as the necessary ee,t can be installed. A company capital of twenty thousand *! been organized by Mr. H. and associates and the mal comes from another city tereated in the company SSJ greater assurance of the new enterprise,