Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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s ) ~ ^ p ?IP r * -=-4- , VOL. 39?NO 42 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1920 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE At The CHEST Hours 7 Regular Admia TO-] A P r~\ 1 cucum "BELOW TH FRI Mitche 1 "BURNING SATU Douglass "THE J A MAK ? iTi\/r w. s. "STAKING TUEf Taylor 1 "NOTHING WEDN Bert 1 "Lombai BIG REDUCTION IN COTTON FORECAST A reduction of 660,000 bales in the cotton crop as forecast last month was predicted Monday by the Department of Agriculture, which based its latest forecast on a crop condition of 69.1 per cent on September 25. This total was reduced in Monday's forecast to 12,123,000 bales. Production was forecast last month at 12,783,000 bales and the condition of the crop August 25 as 67.6 per cent, while the forecast made in August was 12,519,000, based on u condition of 74.1 on July 25. Last year's production was 11,329,755 bales and * the condition of the crop on September 25 a year ago was 54.4. The tenyear average condition on September 25 is 63.0. The condition of the crop this year on September 25 by States was: Virginia, 72; North Carolina, 68; South Carolina, 62; Georgia, 61; Florida, 50; Alabama, 49; Mississippi, 60; Louisiana, 47; Texas, 61 ; Arkansas, 65; Tennessee, 66; Missouri, 75; Oklahoma, 70; California, 78; Arizona, 90; all other States 90. Talking Cck\ Texas ei OJ ALSO A & S I F* /fc/zn< Strand ERFIELD ; to 10:30 ion 20 and 30^ j ??? I DAY < >unt Special R QI IDCTAPI7" J?< v_? vy Ati n vy i < | ( DAY 1 Lewis < i N DAYLIGHT" I [RDAY I \ McLean ! N || ilLPIRD" |t IDAY ]\ , Hart ;! HIS LIFE- |J 5DAY f Homes o N If BUT LIESESDAY . , Lytell i N ' -di L'td." 1 NOT LIABLE FOR JURY DUTY Raleigh, Oct., 4.?Women arc not liable for jury duty in North Carolina by virtue of the Nineteenth amendment to the Federul Constitution, according to an opinion from the office of Attorney General J. S Man ning. , The Attorney General ruled today that the right to vote plays no part 1 in the qualifications of a juror and 1 that it will requir a legislative act j to impose the liability of jury service 1 upon women. GET OFF THE EARTH Henry Ford has reduced the price of his ilivers to ante-war figures. ' Now, if he will juRt build that $2.50 ' car he was preparing to build when 1 the war came on, everybody who 1 doesn't own a car will soon have to buy a dying machine, for there won't ' be any room left on the ca? th fo: ' I pedestrians; and the wishes of that {Anderson woman who insisted that "pedestrians ought to be required to 1 I keep off the streets" may yet be ful- ' riled.?Newberry Herald. 1 I i Charles Poslon, a merchant-planter of Florence, dropped dead in his auto while attending a landsale last Satur1 day afternoon, lie had suffered a paralytic stroke about 18 months ago. 1 About rer We Have on Hi Red Ruj RP.n r>Ai LIJLUX V^rTLJ lCAROFSEI 0 zts Meicam \ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS Warnings to cease ginning cotton until the staple "brings thirty-five i-ents a pound" were found posted on the doors of several gins in Anderson and Oconee counties Monday morning. Some of the notices were typewritten and were aifixed to the doors with matches. The posted warnings followed receipt by local newspapers jf letters signed "The Block of 75," saying that 75 men had taken oath.j ;o burn gins that continue to gin cotton. One ginner in this v:e:nitv clos;d down. Others said they wou'd con,inue operation. Cliff Hawkins, mountain youth convicted of murder and sentence tj leath at the last term of the Ctiminai Uourt at Greenville escaped electro ;ution Friday by reason of an appeal ;o the Supreme Court. Hawkins was jonvicted of the murder of William Morgan, his neighbor. The banks of Gaffney have antouneed that they will assist the farners of Cherokee county in holding heir cotton for a higher price than s now offered lor the staple. This will >e done independent of the attitude >f the Federal Reserve Board, which )ody is said to oppose lending the 'armers money with whijh to hold heir cotton for a higher price. Ac:ording to the farmers the price ofered at this time is far below the ost of production and all who need he help of the banks to hold their rop for a higher price w'll take advantage of the offer, and will warelousc the cotton until the price imiroves. Only a small part of the crop n the county will be marketed now 10 as to liquidate the most urgent if the outstanding indebtedness. 'ACELAND WOMEN LEAD IN REGISTRATION Pageland has the distinction of invincr lpnrl tln? nf th.i nAnnfif in he number of female voters who registered. Pageland registered 230 woncn; Cheraw, 100; Chesterfield, 80; (efferson, 70; Patrick, 30. The numfeffereon, 70; Patrick, 30; McBee 3C. WANT LIQUOR CONCESSION Dffer Custom Officials $2,000 P?r Week For Protection Key West Flo., Oct 4.?Two men ;iving their names as Louis Epstein ind Rubey Lubctsky, and claiming to lail from Detroit, nonchalantly walked into the custom house here hi^ afternoon and brazenly offered hree custom officials $2,000 a week f the custom men would allow them o pass alcoholic liquors .nto the United States from Cuba,according to Lhe statement of the custom men. Appearing to feel sure of the success of their mission they are said by the custom men to have laid $600 an the table as payment <n advance for ill" first- carload of irnoi!.. which they said, would be Cuban prapefuit containing liquor. They assured the olticials the shipments would be frequent and carefully concealed. The custom men took them into custody at once, and in a little more than an hour's time the pair had been arraigned before Federal Commissioner Lawerence P. Warner and held under bond of $2,000 each for the federal grand jury. Neither Epstein nor Lubetsky would make any statement in court They put up cash bonds. ( I t i ops \nd a Car of t-Proof rs ED RYE | tile-Co. j / i < la iiiitiiimiii iBmimriifrlttai NEW SELLERS GIN i BEGINS OPERATIONS 1 1 The new cotton grin of Messrs. W. f C. and Sidney Alonzo Sellers grinned | its first bale of cotton Wednesday. ? Although delayed for severeal 1 ! 4 . weeks by the nonarrival of necessary I pieces of machinery, the erection of ! of the building and installation of ma * | chines ^as accomplished in record i time, considering the size of the nlont ., The capacity of the gins is rated at j one hundred bales per day, but Mr. S. A. Sellers, better known as Lonnie, * is more conservative and places the 4 figures at 75 bales daily I The power plant is the most com- ? plcte that has been produced. It consists of two four-cylinder 60 horse power oil burning marine engines. The engines are from the factoiies of c The Fairbanks-Morse company and 1 are known as the Diesel type. They operate on crude l^troleum Each en- c gine drives a complete gin of the lat- t est type, known ws the Munger sys- ( tern. Thus, either Or both gins may be c operated, according to the press of t business. Before starting up it was nect sasry h to erect two 3,000-gallon oil tanks to J hold the first shipknent of crude oil. ? This fuel is pumped from, the tank s car to the storagja tanks and from there is pumped tj> the engines. I; A complete water works system f with a 3,000-gallon storage tank fur- h nishes protection from fire as well as t the running water necessary for oth- t er purposes, including a circulating p cooling system for the engines. n Several small engines are used for t pumping oil and compressing air, this b being necesary when crude oil is us- v ed for power. The main building and seed house a have concrete floors and are entirely v covered with corrugated steel and are ii ! rn ! Tfc 1 or rot . \ I ....... ^ _ It coun ?ng f of it nish I not a I ' HoU! i ginn : i ^ I I nc / X V^l \ I ? X acco I 9 coun coun t I PAY ! the 1 stan sami ed o I ! * is nearly fireproof as it is possible | For such buildings to be. Mersrs. Sellers have not been influenced by the organization of cotton j'.nr.ovs in setting the prices on ginling, but have figured on: the'r own icale, ?vhich will be, for the present, ' $.'1.50 per bale for short and $4..r>0 'or long staple. ORGANIZING COTTON EXPORT CORPORATION i l A meeting will be held at the Court I Bouse next Saturday afternoon, Oc-' ,ober 9, in the interest of the Ameri- j :an Product Export and Import Corjoration. This organization, which is in outgrowth of the American Cotton Association, ha;v been gotten together or the purpose of exporting cotton lirectly to the manufacturers in Eng- J and and other foreign countries. Mr. R. B. Laney, county chairman >f the Cotton Association, has issued he fallowing call to Chesterfield bounty farmers and all others interested in the welfare of the county and he State: "An Export Cotton Meeting will be leld at the Chesterfield Court House, Saturday afternoon, October 9, at M ''clock. Come and learn about ending cotton to Europe." The success of this organization is argely due to the efforts of Senator d. B. Dial, who has devoted most of lis time for the last two months to ineresting South Carolina farmers and tusiness men in the business of extorting cotton direct to the foreign nills. Senator Dial is of the opinion hat this is one of the sure ways of iringing the price of cotton back to /here it belongs. With Mr. Laney there will be sever- i 1 speakers at Saturday's meeting /ho will explain the details and workig plans of the corporation. e?t YOU A is NOT FAIR to the customer w ts when bills are presented to ej ull well that some of it will neve will be forth coming when calle< The business must be carried o the where-with-al. We do not believe in doing bus illcw our good-pay customers to It Is for this reason that we, th tes, have decided upon a few r ing October 7. ALL PA:VT3 SUPPLIED MUST E ALL kLk Aik WORK MUST 3L :ar. This wiH not apply to our REG unts when bills are presented. We have prepared a RATING 1! its of tiie undersigned, showing its have been paid. According to each man's reco 2nd as BAD PAY; 3rd as DEi Only those in the FIRST CLAS PAY WHEN BILL IS PRESENT FURTHERM0R7: On October ding JO DAYS or more, with n< e and no arrangement for extent ver to our LEGAL REPRESENT Luca Servi Gar! i... REBUKES GRAND JURY S. J. SELLERS MAKES REPORT ON c POOR HOUSE y Kinds Everything |n First Class Shape And Inmates As Snug As 'I Bugs In Rugs 1 Air. Sam J. Sellers has made a pri- ? vnte investigation of the county alms house and finds the institution a very t comfortable and cozy place in which to live, judging by his sworn state- c mcnt which appears below. v It will probably surprise the members of the Grand Jury to learn that s the institution is in such healthful r and sanitary condition, as their investigation of a fortnig! t a?ro was v followed by a report of directly op- n posite import. In fact, the Grand I Jury's report denounced the institution as a disgralc to civilization and v the Commissioners in charge as guil- h ty of criminal negligence. The re- fi port also recommended that the keeper be made an inmate. Mr. Sellers n recommends that she be given a nice p family Bible. n Below is Mr. Sellers' statement: State of South Carolina, n Chesterfield County. 1 To whom this may concern: 1 here- L by certify that I have personally invesgitated the County Boor House F I find the beds with*all new matresses v and clean sheets and good quilts. All C the rooms are in good healthy condi- n tion, the inmates were ali clean and made no complaint about anything, b The colored man said he could read t( and wished for a Bible and 1 reeom- n mend that each one be given a Bible p and that widow Thompson be given a nice family Bible as she has : i < smai' n children. tl Sworn to before me Respectfully, ai 1020. M. L. Raley, S. J. Sellers, w Notary Public for S. C. | tc nd US rho pays cash or who settles his a ctend credit in all directions, knoi r be collected and not knowing ai J for. n and the cash customer must fu liness in any such manner and w pay the bills of the dead beats. e undersigned Garages and Supp ules that we shall put in force b ;e paid for when delivere SETTLED FOR UPON DELIVEF ULAR CUSTOMERS who pay th< 5HEET on which will appear all f how promptly, or otherwise, all { rd will he be rated, 1st as GOC \D BEAT. >S will be allowed the priviledge ED PLAN. 15 All Accounts which have be ? effort having been made to set! lion having been made, will be tui ATIVES fcr Collection. s Auto G . it ji . ice LYiotor IG. Morg, i AfrttlWUi *1 <tti .11 ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN England now has women naval arhitects. There are iive colored women lawyers in the United States. Philadelphia has nineteen women's uxiliaries of American Legion posts. '1 here are more than thirteen milions organized women in the United States. Kansas is said to have more school eaehers than there are jobs for them. Maryland's club women are advoating the building in Baltimore of a /oman's hotel. Move than 8.r> per cent of the eonumption of the nation's wealth is diected by women. Approximately 19,000 American /omen and girls are studying ecoomics in schools and colleges in the Jnited Status. The wages of from $4 to $0 a day ;ith meals and lodging is atttacting undreds of women to She harvest elds in the West. With 27,000,00') women voting, nproximately twenty-five earloads of aper will be used to enable 'hem to lark ballots in voting booths. /' More than 5,000 women in Minesota are members of '.'he ninetylree auxiliary units rf the American egion in that State. The petition nominating Miss lorence Allen for a place cn the eneb of the Common Pleas Court in Ileveland bore more than 2,000 sigatures. Elaine Jenkins, described as the est business woman in England, is j be married. She is president of umerous Welsh railroads and tinlate concerns. J Theodore Roosevlt, Jr., who is runing for re-election as a member of ie New York Legislature, will have n able champion in the person of his ife, who will make a speech-making >ur in his behalf. I j L / I i i t i ^ I iy | i ( ir- | i in i : i l i D. | ! Y 1 I i i t i i >D I ( of en -w tle? rn o. : Co. an