Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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gi)c tont! TUB sUfTKti WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S&0. "Be Just CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 1881. DR. W. W. LONG ISSUES TIMELY WARNING TO FARMERS Small Grain Acreage in South Carolina is Smaller Than in Several Years Past THERE IS YET TilME TO SAVE THE SITUATION Situation is One That Will Seriously Affect Farm Program For the Coming Year Clemson Coileg* Nov. It.?Last uprins we wired the bankers of the state the situation In reference to the corn crop. Many hankers ucted on our suggestion and cslled the atten? tion of farmers to necessity of increas? ing the acreage and better cultiva? tion of the corn crop. We have in South Carolina this season, partly as ? result of yo n cooperation. the largest corn crop In the history of the stats. A situation haa developed this fall as regard to the failure of farmers to weed fall grata that will affect, sc fouejy our If21 farm program and the economic situation of the state. Vp to this time the acreage In wheat and pats is smsller thsn It has been for the past asveral years. Won't you ass your Inttuenc? with the farm? ers of your county to stimulate at ears a larger seeding of these most ireportant crops. Please pans this ?wastage on to the bankers 11 your ce jnty W. W. LONG. Wrangel Bound For Unknown Port Anti-Bolshevik Leader Leave? Sevastopol on Russian Cruiser l^aodon. Nov. 1$.?General Wi angel, wneee army was virtually annihilated by the BolshevlVl in Crimea, left 8e beetopoi on * Uussian cruiser, with soldiers. ln>und for an unknown port, g Constantinople dispatch repot ts. Storm Warnings Up Influence of Disturbance Wide? spread and Attended by Gen? gral Rains and Snow Washington, Nov. 15.?Storm warn? ings were displayed tonight on the Oulf coast east of the mouth of the aftsftisstppl river and on the Atlan? tic coast from the Florida s'.ratts northward to Delaware breakwater aa the reaolt of the disturbance now central over tho easl central gulf of Mexico The influence of the storm Is widespread, according to n weath sr bureau announcement, being at? tended by general ralna in the South Atlantic. Middle Ath.ntlc and East Oulf states, and local snows In the t region of the Grest Lakes and the Ohio and uppur Mississippi valley. a. Temperatur- s remain below normal . in virtually all uarts of tho country 1%S of the Hiagusnpp' and "deottsd fy* below normal in the Oulf ste'.ei. Rains In the South Atlantic and ralna and snow In tin Middle Atlantic ststee are indicated tor Tuesday and probably Wednesday. The tempera pare la falling on the South Atlantic coast snd will remain below normal generally SlSSWhSM east of the ela> Ippl Tuesday and Wednesday. Hoover Meets Gompers Questions of Industrial Peace and Related Problems Discus? sed at Washington Conference Waahlnaiep.. Sfgsj 16.?The rpies tions of ndu.Mt.Ui y?*ce and related problems wcr#? discussed at the | .a ference of labor leaders and Herbert Hoover, former lead administrator, who attended the conference at th* ssejtesst of Piwsaaeai Qoatpsia of the American Federation of Labot Postoffice Thief Arrested A. L Graves Stole Eight Thousand Dollars From Hen derson, N. & Postoffice HenJerson. N C. Nov. IS--L V QfSrSaa a poetoihVc der?;, bus been arrested char* -d with ribbing the mails of over eighteen thousand d >l lars. Part. th?* authorities said, was found in an extra tiro on his auto ?SObile Contests in Congress Defeated Candidates File Notice of Intention to Contest Seats of Elected Rep resent at ives Washington. N'ov 1? Notire n re contents for the honep of repre> ntstlves s>*a*s have already been with the elerk of the house, who saud he aspect* fifteen son,testa ss^d be Western Union Telegraph Com pany Refuses to Send Any More Cable Messages Unless Prepaid COMPANY SAYS ORDER IS RESULT OF WON'T PAY State Department Officials De? clare it is Spite Work in Re? taliation for Refusal to Per? mit Landing of Cable at Miami Washington. Nov. 16.?The long controversy between the state depart- I ment and the Western Union Tele? graph company today reached the stage of an open break, the company refusing to handle any more cable messages for the state department un? less the tolls are prepaid. It is understood that the order is Intended to app.y to all government departments, but the others are ex? cepted informally from the ruling. The Western Union said it based its action on delayed payments for previous ca? bles, but department officials hold the opinion that tho step was retaliation for the failure of the department to allow the. Western Union to land a ca? ble at Miami, Fla., connecting Har badoes with the British cable from South America. "Shall Japan Fight America?" Japanese Students Organize So? cieties to Debate a Very Dangerous Subject Tokio. Nov. 16.?Students socie? ties of three private universities hAve onrnnized a meeting tonight to dls euss the question, "ftball Japan Fight America?" Farmers' Market? ing Agencies Farmers* Union Convention Dis? cusses Elimination of Middle? men K*asmi CKy( Nov. 16.?The estab? lishment and extension of coopera? tive sales agom-ies to eliminate mid? dlemen in marketing farm products was the principal subject before the national farmers' t:*Mon convention biro. Delegates from twenty-eight states are in attendance. Is Obregon a Figurehead Provisional President DeLa Hu erta Win Head Mexican Cabinet Maaten <MfV. Sow )*>?Provisional [estjent lH? La Huerta will head the If General Obregon. when he |ttejfe< tho presidency December r$he newspaper Excelsior. i't^n^in Facing Loss Prohibition Ruling May Affect Manufacture of Syrups Milwaukee. Nov. 15.?Large brew? ing Integlatj wh'ch have been manu , fact nr.ng syrups from which home brew oottVd I ?? made declarer* that if pl? recjm rulim: of John F Kramer. aajUonaF prohibition eommlnsloner, m?kln? tbe sal,. ,?f these extracts , Mlf??l ts cjiforeed they loos ,i BSrlOUS ' loss. 'After the 1*th amendment went into effect the majority of tho bTOW< srhM dsaaned that the manufacture I of near hei?r w.ml I fesj ISSS profitable than leaking malt syrup*, a combine? tion of malt ami co>fl In Ihe propor? tion of 40 an.I 60, whleh eould be us,-a fOt unikmff houm brew. AppfWlpnlell HOn.000 pounds :m MM to be sand every day in mh Sfsjunes tor the manufacture at home brew mixtures Br< wertes have, in Mailed spoclal machinery f<?r the ssi sjfaeiare of malt syrup because oi toe iimrenMnfj demand. v slid Fear Not?Let ell the ends Thou i SLMTER, S. C, SATURDA' BELGIAN ELECTED HEAD OF LEAGUE Paul Hymans Received Large Majority of Votes At Opening Session President of Switzerland Expressed Hope That United States Will Join League Geneva, Nov. lf? (By the As? sociated Press).?Paul Hymans, of Belgium, was elected perma? nent president of the league of nations at the opening session of the leagues assembly here today. He received 36 votes to four votes for President Motta of Switzerland and one each for ex-President Ador of Switzerland and Leon Bourgeois of Franco. M. Hymans had called the del? egates to order and introduced President Motta of Switzerland, who in his address welcoming the ; delegates expressed the hope that : the U?ited States would not de- ? lfiy much longer in "taking Its legitimate place in the league." Whon M. Hymans, who heads the Belgian delegation and is a formerly foreign minister of Bel? gium, declared the first session of tho assembly open, the hall was crowded with men and women and there were several women among the delegates. The toilet? tes, with the qaint red and yel? low gowns of the Swiss guards, fcave touches of co'or to an other? wise sober scene. M. Motta, in his greetings to the delegates, thanked the peace conference for having selected Oeneva, as the aeat of the league - of nations and also thanked Pres? ident Wilson for calling the meet? ing ot the assembly in the seat Of the league. The first session of the league assembly was greeted with the ringing of all the bolls in Ge? neva after several minutes sl lenco on the part of all the peo? ple ef the canton. President Mot? ta of Switzerland was folio wed by M. Hymans. The Socialist leader Hjalmar Branting. head of the Swedish delegation, provoked the llrst de- , bate by objecting to the eloctlou of Paul Hymans as president of tho league by. acclamation. M. Hymans himself decided the question ny holding that since one member requested a secret vote, he was entitled to it. A more animated and more sig? nificant discussion grew out of the adoption of the agenda. Lord Robert Cecil, who represents South Africa, held that tho ap? plications for membership of Albania, Bulgaria and Austria, which were received since the agenda was made up, should be added to it. The assembly so decided after the French delegates M. Vivian! and Bourgepi* had made it clear that the applications woulo bu re? ferred to a committee to be ex? amined and a decision taken as to whether they would bo re? ceived. This reservation, it is contended, will establish a pre? cedent so that, if Germany s application is received later the French delegate* will be able to at once take up the question of eligibility The working oiganizatlon of the assembly as firmed this af temoon consists of six committees each with il members represent? ing all the states attending. All questions of the agenda will be di? vided among these committees and will come up for debate on the lloor only when the reports are submitted. Tho presidents of these committees will be cx offlclo vice presidents of the as? sembly. The debated today clearly in? dicated that Lord Hubert Cecil, Leon Bourgeois, Uene Vivianl and Signor Tittori are likely to become leading tlgures on the door and that the small states are showing a spirit of independence and WtU not accept prearranged programs without having their say. On motion of George Nicoll Barnes of tha British delegation, a . resolution calling for a mes? sage of sympathy 10 President Wilson in his Illness was adopt? ed. Big Cut in Men's Suits Manufacturers Announce Re? duction of 33 to 40 Percent Roc hooter, N Y.. Nov. II,?Cuts in the wholesale prices of men's fall anJ winter BUlts ranging from 33 1*1 to 4 0 per cent were announced today by nineteen Roohogter clothing manufac? turers who are members of the Na? tional Association of- Manufacturing Clothlera Spring lines ort the same manufacturers opened today nt prices 10 per cent lower than hist year's pi ices. The price cots are to take effect Immediately, No .statement was made by any of the members in sxplsnat on of lbs price decline but factories ars known I to have "o hand largt stocks of un jBOld and retained winter suits. Over lennt Block* are said md to h< hrge. klms't at be thy Country's, Tliy God's u f, NOVEMBER 20, 1920 MANNING HEADS EXPORT CO. Directors Select Former Gov? ernor For Place f I - 1 TO PROCURE CHARTER Application Will Be Made Right Away With Capital Stock of Two Million I Columbia, Nov. 17.?Meetinpr yes- j I torday at noon and continuing in sea- \ jidon for six hours without intermis-! sion, the directors of] the American I Products Export and Import corpora- ' |tron transacted a large amount of routine business. Richard I. Man? ning was elected president of the cor? poration. The directors present were: Ross Hanahan of Charleston, R. C. Hamer, Richard I. Manning, J. W. Gaston, C. I* Cobb, R. M. Cooper. Jr., and L. I. Gnlon. The only absent mem? bers were B. E. Geer of Green? ville and Bright Williamson, both of whom were detained by illness, but are known to bo in accord with the business transacted by the board yesterday. It was decided to apply at once for a charter of $2,000,000, and thereafter to apply for increases of capital stock and to sell same as it may be? come necessary in the expected de? velopment of the corporation. The board is pushing matters with all expedition, so as to get the real work of the corporation going promptly and earnestly. J The board called for subscriptions of cash, cotton and Liberty bonds to be paid in immediately and shipping Instructions have\ been sent out to all subscribers who have pledged cot? ton in exchange for stock in the cor? poration. ? As soon as the BUbscrip tions are .paid in tho corporation will be ready for business. Tho action of the board of directors puts the corporation upon a new plane of operation; and tne members df the board were very.optimistic over the prospects of success for the cor? poration in Its sphere of usefulness. Man Held For Enticing Labor Transporting Labor From This State to North Carolina With out License 11. it Elmer Olllla d was arrested and placed In Jail by Rural Officer New? man on tho charges of soliciting labor without a license. Gllliard was caught at the A. C. L. depot With a ne 3TO in tow whom he was talcing to Grt?onaboro, N. C, to work for the Southern Railway. Gllliard la now here in jail, since his bond was fixed at fl.OOu and he was unable to put up this amount. Mittle Accused By Dying Man Witness Testifies to This Ef? fect at Coroner's Inquest Orangeburg. Nov. 16.?An inquest was held this afternoon with Magis? trate C. P. Brunson acting as coroner, \ over the dead body of J. H. Patterson, 'the drainage engineer, who died lasb I night at 9 o'clock in the Ornngeburg j hospital. ' Tho last witness was Mr. Frank isain, whose house Mr. Patterson was ] leaving wheu the fatal shots were ilrcd, It was Faid. Mr. Sain testified that at 11 o'clock Sunday night as Mr. Fatterson went to switch on tho light in his automobile that he was Shot, he (Mr. Sain) hearing the shots. He further testified that Mr. Patterson rushed back into hin house and asked, for a doctor at once. Mr. Sain stated that Patterson told him that B, N. Mittle shot him. j The first witness was Dr. C. A. Mob ley who stated that Mr. Patterson came to his death as a result of a j bullet wound in his breast. Or. Mob ! ley testified that in his opinion this i shot killed him. but that there were four other wounds in the body. Mr. W. Hampton Dukes was tho i next Witness, lie stated In substance, j that he was called to the residence yesterday to take the body of Mr. Pat? terson to the Orangeburg hospital. Before his death Mr. Patterson left i a dying declaration stating that E. N. Mittle shot him, It was testified. Mr. Patterson's body is still here. His brother is expected Thursday nii?ht. when the body will be carried to his home in Ottawa, 111. About forty peo? ple attended the Inquest. Men Laid Off From Work Pennsylvania Railroad Reduces it Forces Philadelphia. Nov. 16. ? The Pennsylvaia Railroad will lay off l,? ! 300 more men, 1.000 of them on the Philadelphia division, within the next I live days, acordlng to announcement : today by tho company. ' Since the end of October there bus been a total net reduction Of more [thl.n 10,000 employes of the Pennsyl? vania system, most of them east of Inttshurg, nd Truth's." THE THUK SI LEAGUE OF NATO DEBATE ON QUE! British Delegate Favors Stands Pat For Se COMPROMISE FINALI LEAVING COI Executive Sessions Will tees See Fit and Minute Soon as Possible_ New Equipment for the Typesetting School More Machines and Additions to The Teaching Force in the Publishers' School at Macon Ga. Macon, Ga., Nov. 16.?Within the past few weeks four llntoype ma? chines have been added to the equip? ment of the Typesetting School at Macon, Ga., and notice has been given by the Mergenthaler company that sixteen more machines will be deliv? ered soon. ? The Lanston Monotype company has also given notice of its readi? ness to ship at once three new ma? chines and full equipment. Two additions have been made to the teaching force, and this now in? sures an equipment that will acorn modate students as fast as they wish to enter within the next three or four months. The Intertype com? pany, the Monotype company and. the Llntoype company have shown a great desire to assist ?ne Southern Newpaper Publisher* and the Ameri? can Newspaper Publishers, through this school, to relieve as quickly as possible the terrible shortage in the supply of operators throughout the nation. 'The school was established last January in connection with the Georgia-Alabama Business College, whose president is an experienced newspaper man, having grown up in Iho printing office. Students who wish to learp of the unusual oppor? tunities rJTorded by the scnool, may get the Information by addressing the Georgia-Alabama Business Col? lege, Macon. Ga. Wilson Sends Personal Greetings Expresses Hope That League Assembly Will Accomplish Much Washington. Nov. 17.?President Wilson sent a message to the presi? dent of the learrue of nations assem? bly at Geneva extending his personal greeting to the assembly and express? ing hope and belief that their labors will be of immense value to the whole civilized world. It is Farmer Villa Now Former Leader of Mexican Ban? dits Said to Be at Head of Colonizing Scheme in Lower California San Diego. Calif., Nov. 17.?Villa is reported to be at the head of a big colonizing scheme in Dower Califor? nia with fifteen hundred men farming with modern machinery. It was be? lieved he has settled in Chihuahua on land given him by the government. United States Makes Threat Demands Equal Recognition From Western Union W/ashington. Nov. 17.?A veiled threat contained in a formal state? ment of the stae deparmont that per? mits for landing Western Union cable in the United States will be revoked unless the company continues to ac ? cord the American government iru? same privileges as other governments in handling the cab'.e messages. No Recognition State Department Takes Firm Stand in Regard to Mexico Washington, Nov. 17.?No corpora? tion, no group of corporations, and no individuals are going to deliver Amer? ican recognition to Mexico, was stat? ed authoritatively today at the stats department, Earlington. Ky., Nov. 17.?Ten min? ers have been rescued from the burn? ing Arnold coal mines near here. The bodies of five others have been covered. One. other person is miss ( A tunnel was dug ground t'1 .,. which shut off the single entrj ' men Wert entrapped fOl hours. ?-' , >c? The live stock < v ?ihn . M.sp,,,. more varied and in S<"(N ^ K\ the b*-st ?he POUJlt y ful? DU TU RON, Kstabltshcd June 1, VOL. LI NO. lf INS BEGINS STION OF SESSIONS Free Discussion?French cret Deliberations ,Y REACHED KMITTEES TO DECIDE Be Held When Commit is Will Be Published As Geneva, Nov. 16. (By the Associat? ed Press).?How far the principle of open discussion might apply to the work of the assembly of the league of nations was a question which fur? nished the feature of today's ses? sions. It brought into contest for the first time in a sharp debate two of [the chief figures among the delegates. Lord Robert Cecil, representing South Africa, contended for open meetings of the committee as well as of tho full assembly. Rene Vivian! of the French delegation stoutly defended the parliamentary tradition of private committee work, with subsequent publication of the minutes. His, /lew prevailed after a prolonged discus? sion. Lord Robert pleaded strongly that the assembly make a stand in f ivor of full openness of discussion when the question of committee work came up. M. Viviani pointed out that all precedents were to the contrary. In the dispatch of a mass of business before them, committees, ho said, were obliged to talk questions over privately. Lord Robert retorted that British precedents differed from the I French. A compromise finally was reached. j betweon the two, whereby the com? j mlttees will be permitted to hold I open, sessions when they see fit, the I minutes of the deliberations to be published as soon as possible alter the sessions. Signor Tittoni, Italy; M. Viyiun'l. Lord Robert Cecil and George Nie.oli Barnes engaged in another lively clash after recess over the proponed rule that questions on the agerda ! woidd be considered in the assem-dy with the committees before tho latter deliberated. Mr. Barnes called attention to the importance of committees having 1he views of the assembly on such Im? portant matters before they began work. ? II, Viviani strongly impressed the assombly and gained the first gen? eral applause since the opening of the speeches by an eloquent plea for greater action and less discussion. Ho pointed out that under the rules till questions were to be discussed thr?e times?once before reference to com? mittee, once in committee and once again after they were reported on. Signor Ttttonl'a motion that the rule be eliminated and questions referred direct to committee without deba:e prevailed. Several small conferences between delegates preceded the tardy oper - ing of the morning session. Lord Robert Cecil and if. Viviani were sur? rounded by animated groups in the front and center of the chamber. At the rear a group cf neutrals confer? red with Hjalmar Brantig. tho for? mer premier of Sweden, while Dr. Fridtjof Nansen of Norway was very active, passing from group to group. The impression prevailed that some of the debates of yesterday wero rushed by the guiding minds of the assembly in their haste to get. oi with the work, but some persons ex? pressed tho belief that if some inters ligent hastening of debate was not; carried out the result would be inter? minable discussion which would keep the delegates here indefinitely. The development : in the morning dehgte seemed to support the latter view. A confused and prolonged con? flict arose over the question wheth? er substitute delegates would be al? lowed to sit in committee as well as in the full assembly, during which Paul Hymans, the president, found h s Reel occasion to make violent use of his new gavel which replac? ed the ordinary hammer with which he opened the assembly yesterday. Another lengthy debate occurred on the election of the vice presidents. This brought Viscount Ishii of *he Japanese delegation to his the first time to question of the president to withdraw position by Dr. Nansen thaj three of the 12 vice prestyei elected should be nOs" Every one being agr< t4 discount Ishii withdrew his ob dton Geneva, Nov. t<: - pMint von ' Bernstorff, former Osrgran em has* ssdor to the UotwJ itytes, la report? ed to be due btre a- art early date. ' He is t i act 1 hsas . of the German 'league whig) jfestroas of Oer? many cr.te-.ng thj league of nations, ! according to thVreport. tej/er, Nof. 17 ?Bandits attempt p hold/hp and rob a Union Pa? Ig I ! cd 'ciP train near here. They Ipgged Ugj train but were drievn off y the if,in crew after a gun battle rhe hasjdits later derailed a toll awl na r-?:n. ' ownsville, Texas, Nov. 17.?sen ?' 'I trding is on his way to New Or ans to board ship for Panama. He expect d to decide today whether S4 e. ,,: the Invitation to visit Mexico he ship maj he ordered stopped mi ei a Crux.