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PE3RS.OXAL.
J&'ra. W., X>. Shupe and children
are visiting at the home of her
parents, iXr. and Urs. Carr.
?i'SSrs. A. A. .Team stnd daughter,
are in the city,-at ? hex; parent's
itpnie -^.jB^^pian^^C.'ll
Mr. S^.H; iIcL,ean,- Division Pas
>? ?enger Agent of the Southern Rail'
road, spent FridaV in tCAYtii -
iXxss"Helen 31cLeod of ^Augusta.
? is% yisi-UngV Mrs. J'Rsbex* ganders. _v
Mr. W. H. Bradford, Jr.. who has
been visiting his father anil.mother
of this city left Thursday to re
turn to bis home in Baltimore.;
Dr. S. j>. JPoag. the new pastor
of Salem Baptist churcn, and Mrs.
Poag. arrived in the^city Saturday
morning and f wttL take _up his:
work tomjenrpw.. >
Mr. and Mrs. -Fred Converse of
Florence sp*nt.;Suiifte.in-the city.
. ' .? w m ??'
War Sayings Stamps, _ ,
War Savmgs.-Stanaps.,of the series
of [y 9 JrS-becnsne due and are pay
able to ihe.amount ip< $62-5,000,00.0;
Holders of these st?nn^rdesiring
prompt payment or exchange, at
?i^tu^ty.'must make their .arrange.
% rnents through Jban ks and. postof
iices prior :to January 1st andvsave
themselves possible delay: and con
fusion.
On l ajid after ... November. 15,
1522; .owners, may -.apply . to ex
change the' whole : or .part *>f their
19.1 S. War Savings Certificates, at'
maturity, value for Treasury 'Say-'
[ ihgs 'Certificates to- be dated Jan
uary 1,1923, with .the difference
either way to be paid in cash', or
they/may arrange for*.full cash''?
payment to be inaile at maturity.
Immediate payment will be. made:
in cash of any, difference due the
holder if . he takes the largest pos
sible amount of Treasury, Savings
Certificates in the exchange.
An opportunity is offered for the
renewal of the in^Kestmeht.. on a;
most attractive basis. Holders of
^ 125 in War Savings Stamps can
nose obtain a, $2 5 Treasury Savings
Certificate and $4.50 -in cash. $100
in War Savings Stamp*will be ex
[ changed for a $100 Treasury- Say-.
ings Certificate and $18. in cash.
An. owner, of $1,000 in War Savings
-Stamps, >can get a ?1,000 Treasurjr?
Savings Certificate and two 3100
Treasury Savings Certificates and
$26. in cash.
Banks will, ^cooperate with tbe^
post'offices. in effecting the cash re
demption or exchange of War Sav
ings Certificates, it is important
that aH holders, see their baniker !
or postmaster aj? soon, as possible if::
. Htsf ^dGBre.,prompt settlement..
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Postal H. Q. Expects Increased
Christmas Business. 1
iV^hington, Nov. ^?^~Post of-'
Jfice b&ciais are expecting a heavy;
business at the Christmas period'
this year, possibly _-heavier than
ever before. Mail was flowing
\:: heavily as early as November 1, it
was pointed' .but; and' when . the:
rush starts so early it is "taken as'
^ a sign of'a big rush of holiday mat!.;
' The department, began- in Octo-;
ber. the usual preparations for. the1
. heyday, increase and by December
ready.;
' O'tlBcials see that **xnaflpearly" cam
paigns, are having their effect cm]
the mailing public, resulting in the!
unprecedented early start.. of
Christmas business.
It is estimated that the. increase
in. postal receipts during December
over a normal month is $$.0O0,vQ0.
About 51,000,000 is spent for ex
tra space . on trains to transport
?tthe mails', the motor vehicle ser-:
vice .spends approximately $500.-;
000^ above. Its regul?r service, and;
: another $1,000.000 goes for addi
tional clerk hire in the various;
T>o?offices to sort mail. ,
Another item is $350,000 for ac?;
f ditiosal jcarriers. Added to "these!
itcjm* are the mlroons of inoneyj
order blanks, more, millions of:
stamps, nilles of twine to re-bundle'
j poorly tied packages, Tind thousands
of souare feet of emergency ware^
house space!
wCncle. Sam's total bill for Christ
mas is about as discouraging as
dad's," the "Department' declares.
"Deliver ah Christmas mail by
noon Decesiber 25," is the watch
word of the service as the day*,
drawns ncar, apd it. is very seldom
* vhot the goal is missed.
However, a bad storm may de
* lay deliveries, and adds terrifically
to the "bill. A~ storm In New York
* last Christmas cost the Post Of
lice Department $300.000 extra for
motor vehicle transport alone. The
^postal service does not xrish for
I a "white ChrBthias".''
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OTTON MARKET
me* rwm. carte* Mm
Open Scli Low Oos? Ctos?
i j?mmL. - - 25.32 25.32 24.89 25^5 25.5S
March _ - 2&5? 25.55 24.90 25.13 25.?
Way _ - 25.33 253? 244? 2543 23.57
jttfy . .. ? 25. l(S 25.? 2435 24.75 25.25
?Oct.... - . 23.33 .2337 23.W 23.03 23.31
De?. . - 25.45 25>45 24.8? 2535 25.52
Spots 43 ,off,- 25.2^. - : ?
- ...
MEW ORLCAMS COYVO*
TestoT*
6ora His* Low Close Close
Urn . ? 2532 2533 24.4f 24.57 25.30
r ?aw? .. .. 23.2? 2531 2431 2437 25.34
May. 2335 2535 243? 2437 25.20
J-rfy. - ? 243? 24.72 24.22 24.3? 2432
Oet^J - 2337 2337 22.79 2230 2335
Dec. .. 2535-2&.35- 24.52 24.63 23.25
Spots 12. off* 23.30.,
LrvntPoot coTToa
JtMsry . .. -. M.00
?Htrclt .- . 1332
*sy-. 13.69
? Mrr;._. is.4Q
October. .12.7S
December. 14.10
B"ceh?ts 14?00r'Saies. ? 000; MitWlinz.
H.91: ?o?d MkMlioc. 133J.
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The rcastrn some men leave home
is/because tbey can't pay the taxes.
How time does fly. Baseball
teamK are claiming next year's pen
nant.
{ - BETjaER COTTON
Results of Some P4suit-t6-Row
j Cotton feeding Work
! (W. R. Gray, Clarendon . County j
Demonstration Agent),
Mr. E. E. Hall.- extension plant j
breeding specialist.' and I. in co-j
operation with Mr. D. L. Tindal.pf
near Pine wood this year ^carried j
on a plant-to-row cotton breeding j
test. It is generally, recognized;
that on wilt free lands of this sec
tion that'Cleveland Big Boll is the
best short staple cotton we have
The test was therefore made with
this variety of cotton. : ?
The purpose of the test was to de
termine the highest gelding strain
of strains of Cleveland under our
conditions. The test "consisted
of twenty rows, all grown under j,
the ".same conditions as nearly as j
possible. 1 may say here that this i
[ test patch was planted rather late j
land in a-comparatively low place: j
the yields' are therefore lower j
[than "would have been the case -if j:
'the conditions had not been so ad
I'verse. \ However.; we were chiefly
? interested in the comparative yields
jof the different strains, as already
{-stated." . .
!".' The .results of this work are very i
j interesting and clearly demonstrate
[the value of careful seed selection
jahd breeding. I will not attempt to
( give the'yields of ..every row, but
] only eno?ug!i to sijow the variation
5 that there is in seed of the same
variety grown under the same con
ditions. . The' cotton" from , these
frows was all picked at one time
iknd rcarefully weighed by Mr. HaH]
[and m3*self, and.from,this the yield
j per acre was." calculated, "Notes
I'were kept on earliness. type- of
plant, length of staple, etc.
The highest yielding row in..the,'
lplot produced at the rate .of S92
[pounds per acre. The lowest yield
j ing row. produced at the rate of
4?4 pounds per acre making a dif
ference in money value of $43.74
per " acre.. Seed were saved ..from
the five highest yielding rows and
the balance discarded. The aver
age yield of these five highest
rows was 856 pounds. The aver
age of the rows not saved was ?49 j
Ipcunds. Lint cotton from rows
* saved for. seed averages $20.70
more per acre than that from those
: rows which .were not saved.
This work will be. carried on
from year to year. We will have
[aufiicieht seed from the. five highest
yielding rows to plant good, sized j
increased plots on Mr. . . Tindal's j
farm next year. Seed from certain
I of the highest yielding plants of
'most.-desirable type will be'plant-J
ed in another plant-to-row. test in}
1923. In this way we can in aj
short. time develop high ^yielding'
strains of cotton.
"These high yielding seed will
j then be sold, to other _ farmers in
the community at a. .moderate]
price, with a view tp getting a s?-i
I perior strain of one variety genrj
era!ly used in ? community. This}
I will make it easier , to keep the)
jseed pure and. up to standard. j
j_. I failed to state that this .cotton i
pwas all dusted with calcium arse
S nate. ahd the entire plot .average
700 pounds per acre. '
These rows were checked, and
the' seed planted by hand, in, order
to get the same number of plants
r.per row* and. the.same ^distance be
[t-ween plants.
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Sidles of Suits
Many Cantonments Invoked, j
Including Camp Jackson |
Washington. N"ov. 24?The gov-j
? ernment plans a series of suits to!
recover money spent on construc
tion of war cantonments as the next
step in the alleged war fraud cam
paign. It was indicated a dozen or
i more suits" involving seventy-five
i million dollars would be filed. First j
j cases arc expected to involve Gamps
t Jackson, at Columbia* Upton at
[ Tap Hank, N. Y.,, Sherman, Chillo
! cothe. Ohio, and Funs ton at Fort
1 Riley, Kansas. The Camp Upton
I suit involves six.vmilliOns, Jackson
I sis millions five hundred, thousand, j
I Sherman five millions and Funstoni
' lour millions.
The complaints in "the canton
j ment suits allege fraud, gross neg- i
j hgence,. inefficiency and wasteful- |
j ness on the part of ^contractors and j
j their agents. ' x , . ,? ..... j
Killed by Automobile.
; Greenville,. Nov. 2.6.?T. G. Bat
i son, 63, well known merchant of
j Gantt,-.a . suburb,., who was struck
? by an automobile on River street
\ here Saturday afternoon, died at
I 5 o'clock this niorning at a Green
j viUe hospital from his injuries. His |
j skull was fractured,
j The inquest has been set forj
Tuesday morning and Browning!
I Marshall of this city, driver of the
; automobile, has been released on j
I $3,000 bond by Judge T. P. Cothran, |
1 pending the inquest. Funeral ser-j
i vices of Mr. Ba^sop wjlj be held to- t
j morrow, , v., . , - . \ ,.r
m* m* m*
\ Cotton Mill Strike Ended.
L Manchester. N. H? Nov. 26:? j
[ The strike in the Amoskeag. mills, i
I whose units, comprise the largest;
^textile plants in the world, was de-!
clared off tonight. The action wasi
taken following the tabulation of,
the votes of 22 local unions of thej
United Textile Workers of America!
on the recommendations of the1
j international organizations' repre
sentatives that the operatives return
jto the mills under protest. Seven
l iy-five per cent of the voters fa-j
[ vored the recommendation, union;
j leaders announced tonight.
j The report that Mr. Jack Demp-j
[sey offers to 'play, the AU-American
I football team is untrue.
When the small boy voluntarily
studies his lessons it is a sure sign
Christmas is coming.
CO-OPERATIVE
MARKETING
Cotton Association Proves To
Be a stabilizing Influence
Columbia. Nov. -4?Cooperative
Marketing, of cotton is the greatest
constructive force now working, for
the- development of southern pros
perity, in the opinion of Carl Wil
liams, president of the American
Cotton Grower's Exchange. Mr.
Williams has been in Columbia for
two days in conference with the
Board of Directors and manage-,
meht-of the South Carolina Cotton
Grower's Association.
?'The orderly marketing program
Hollowed by the Cotton Cooperatives
i?f the South, is generally acknowl
edged to be a great stabilizing force
[>n cotton prices," said Mr. Wil
iams. "This year it has assured the
southern -farmer of the good price
for "cotton during the period when
farmers themselves had cotton to
?eil. This same result has "been ex
perienced by other cojnmodity co
operative Associations in the Unit
ed States. . T^eSe agricultural sec
tions, which -have- profited* for the
longest -period by this system of
marketing, are today first in the
United* States, in per capita bank
?eposits and among farmers, first
in per capita trade in stores, first
in good roads, first in quality of
rural schools, first in salaries for
country teachers, first in number
and size of country churches, first
in salaries of rural preachers and
first in rural recreation.
'These tilings have a direct rela
tion to city and town business. The
affect of the co-operatives has been
to increase the percentage of the
consumer's time, which the farm
er receives, and thereby to increase
his buying power #and raise his
standard of living." The natural re-'
mit is that all business is benefited
proportionally.
"I am -very much pleased with
the progress of the South Carolina
Cotton Growers' . Association, and
squally well pleased with the sup
port, which has been given the as
sociation by farmers, business" men
a.nd bankers of this state. The As
sociation .has already ? passed the
experimental stage and has become
i permanent part of the , life of
South Carolina. There is every in
dication that it will handle more
than twenty per cent , of the total
cotton crop of South Carolina this
year, and that it has become a
iominant figure in. the cotton busi
ness of this state. .
"Eight other state organizations
>f similar size, character and poli
cies are working with the South
Carolina Association. Their total
membership is more than 175.000
cotton- farmers/*- -
EDUCATION
WEEK PLANS
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' Columbia. Nov. 25.?Cooperation
to many parts of the state in the
plans for observing "Education
Week," is reported by the .com
mittee in charge, and a great im
petus for the...strengthening of the
3chooi system of the state is ex
pected .to result, according to
Powers. W. Bethea, of Columbia,
secretary of the organization. Re
ports., from r Spartanburg county,
Greenyilie county. Calhoun, Wllr
Liamsburg. Dorchester., Newberfy,
and Horry counties are especially
ec*oiiraging, 'Mr. Bethea sa-yc, .....
? The committee is Saturday., is
suing from the press a bulletin ex
plaining the plans of education
week, and making. suggestion*
its observance in. the various com
munities of the state. This is to be
sent to business men, school trus
tees and educational leaders of the
3ta.te, with a view to aiding in the
local plans being made for the ed
ucation week. The bulletin, was
prepared by Mrs. B. L. Parkinson.
Dr. Wilson Gee and Mr. Bethea.
In most of the schools of the
state Education Week will be ob
served with special exercises. The
committee has asked that ministers
touch on education in their ser
mons on December 3. In most of
the school districts of the state an
educational rally is to.be held, and
in- each county seat on December
fl a county mass meeting is planned,
with, special speakers. Rural
schools Tvill be the chief subject for
ah of the rallies. The American
Legion is co-operating heartily in
the program of, "Education Week'*
in South. Carolina.
Since the legislature of 19-2
made certain reductions in appro
priations for- education, a loud pro
test has gone up all over the state,
resulting in a state conference here
recently, which launched the gen
eral movement for the state-wide
observance of "Education Week."
It is the hope of the ^education
leaders of the state that the im
portance of education, especially in
the rural sections, may be so stress
ed by the special meetings, that
public sentiment may develop to
such an extent as to make limita
tion of education appropriations
again impossible
State Superintendent of Educa
tion J. E. Swearingen today is
sued a statement in which he ap
pealed to the public to stand by
the schools of the state. "I hope
to see the exercises and discussions
of "Education Week"' crystalizc
the educational sentiment of our
people by insisting upon efficient
schools, with adequate support,"
he says. "The compulsory at
tendance law should 'he more uni
formly and carefully enforced; the
physical welfare of pupils and
teachers should be better safe
guarded: careful, competent, con
scientious Christian t c a c h e r s
should be put in every class room
and should be paid a living wage.
The course of study should be en
riched and varied, so as letter lo
meet the manifold needs, <>1 child
hood. A minimum term of seven
months lor the country schools
should l>e provided. Tim campaign
apf.iinst illteracy should proceed
vigorously."
. Columbia. Nov. 22,?Cotton win
nings in Richiandjcounty are about
J twenty-six per cent off, compared
I with last year, according to a re-i
?port made today by James IV. \
Wesinger, of Ballentihe. in the
county, who is the government's]
agent for reporting ginnings. The;
ginnings for the county to Novem- 1
ber 1 were 5,320. as compared with;
7,26C for the same..period of last
year.
. Gaylord, Mich., Nov. 23,?The
price of potatoes fell to 18- cents,
a bushel today at producing cen
ters throughout Northern Michi-?
gan. this being the lowest figure in
years. . . : >
London, Nov.: 24.^-The goveimr.'
ment won the first division in the
new house of commons today, by
a majority of one hundred and
three, over the laborites. -t ? i
Dublin! N.ov. 24.?Erskine Child
,ers. chief lieutenant of .Earnmon
De Valera. was executed here to
day for. having an automatic .pistol,
in his possession, when arrested .at
Wicklpw November 10th. accord
ing to an official bulletin issued jby;
the national army. He was,con-,
victed by a military *court Novem
ber 17th.
Boston. Nov. .24?TClemenceau]
today lashed back at senate critics!
in his first American interview, giv
eh to the Associated Press, In an-j
swering Hitchcock in demanding!
he explain why France-uses, black j
troops in Germany, he said the sen- ]
ator had been misled by German,
propaganda. All black troops have
been removed he said. "Senator i
Hitchcock -calls- me-, a., militarist," j
said Clemenceau, "W*>11,. I'm glad
to tell Mr. Hitchcock he is. in; the"
senate, for only a. few days .more, j
When he is free I. dare him. to go"
to France and learn the facts.'.*
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j-:?'-s
. Rome, 'Nov. 24.?Italy .today
mourned the passing.of Baron S?n
nio twice .premier and a foreign
minister during the world war. He
died last night after an apoplectic
stroke earlier in the. day.
Washington, Nov. 24.?The house j
convened an hour early today , to
give, more time for general debate
on the shipping bill, whichrendV
Monday when the measure 7riU.be
taken up for amendment. Repre-j
sentative Edmonds announces, that
provisions giving the shipping,board
jurisdiction over charges of inter-;
state water carriers will be stricken
out and hearings held on coast
wise, rates questions.
Columbia, Nov. 24.?The college
press association convention.,will
come to an end here tonight,, with
a banquet at the Jefferson Hotel,;
I Yesterday afternoon, . members of
j various clubs of Columbia gave, the
jdelegates a ride over the city.
London, Nov. 24?-The announce
ment of the ^execution of Childers
Icame as a surprise to .Bnglan.il.
It had helieved that the free-state
.authorities would hesitate to exe
cute him in ?view of. the possible
aftermath. De Valera, several days
ago made a threat that if Childers
was executed blood would .flow. The
question now asked nereis, whether
the republicans will attempt re
prisals and the/ :; situation is re
1 garded as having ugly possibilites.
Greenville. Kov. 23_?The ".South
Carolina Supreme Court will, be
asked to pass upon the constitu
tionality of the two-cent gasoline
tax, and a' temporary, injunction to
restrain the prosecution. of the law
until it is decided, will be asked
by the South. Carolina Oil Jobbers'
Association, it was announced to
night by J. V. Dodenhoff. local oil
dealer, at,a meeting.of the Green
ville Wholesalers' Bureau..
... Washington, Nov. 24.?Senator
Ransdeil of Louisiana , has an
! nounced that a determined fight
j-will be made to prevent. the con;
j firmation of W. L. Cohen, negro,
1 as comptroller of customs at New
j Orleans.
Washington, Nov. 25.?-Repre
sentative Frear, Republican, of
Wisconsin, opened the attack, today
for the shipping bill opponents and
asserted the measure was, the
\ worst he ever saw. lie asserted
I the subsidy would reach seventy
[ five millions yearly. . He charged
the Standard Oil company would
reap the greatest benefit through
being able to borrow moneyi from
the government at two per cent,
whlie the formers pay. seven to ten
Boston. Nov. 25.?Georges Clem
j enceau today went to New Haven
I to see the Yale-Harvard football
) gauie. It was the first ever saw.
. -
York. Nov. 25.?Arguments have
j been started in the case of William
i C. Faries, charged with the mur
{der at Clover last September of
j Newton Taylor, and was expected
j to go to the jury late today. The
i case closed this morning after Mrs.
j Fannie Bracken told of a quarrel
! between the mother of the dead bo,T
and Mrs. Furies, in which she
I said both made threats.
; Los Angeles. Nov. 25.?The Los
Angeles Times today publishes a
story staling that reports are cur
rent in motion picture circles
then- that Charles Ch;iplin. the
comedian. ;tnd Pola Xegri, the
tragedienne, were engaged to be
married. Chaplin declined eFth'er
to deny or affirm the report.
Madame Xegri refused to talk.
Washington. Nov. 25.? Represen
tative Rainey, Democrat, of Illi
nois, who yesterday introduced a
resolution for an investigation of
reports that the Ku Klux Kl;?n held
an initiation ceremony under the
capitol. announced today that lie
?S IN BRIEF 1
had asked William J. Burns to get
the .facts for congress. Mr. Rain
ney said he felt sure, the inquiry
would he ordered.
. Berlin. Nov. 25.?Dr. Herman
Mueller, . minister of agriculture
jand food controller. in the new
German cabinet, resigned today, fol
lowing, attacks, made by Reichtag
Socialists. They accused him of
actively.participating in the Rhine
land separatist movement three
years ago.
Winnipeg, Nov. 25.?Two students
t perished, and twenty were injur
jed today when fire destroyed St.
Boniface College. The famous
i Jesuit library was also destroyed.
Washington. Nov. 25.?The house
faced. ;the last day o& general de
bate on the shipping bill .when it
convened today. Republican lead
ers are. confident that the measure
will pass when the final vote ;is
taken next. Wednesday. The senate
adjourned Until Monday when the
final vote is to..be.taken on the five
million dollar Liberian loan bill.
j St. Joseph, Michigan. Nov. 27.:?
j Twenty alleged Communists..party
j leaders, including W. Z. Foster,
leader of the l?li) steel strike, will
[go on trial here today-charged^ with
violating the Michigan ^anti-Syndi
calist act.
J
IRUMOSSARE
DENOUNCED
S Seaboard President * Sees No
i)anger of Receivership
Washington,' Nov. 26.?In con
nection, with the weakness in -the
rail stocks, rumors .have been per
sistent that Seaboard Air Line was
in danger of a receivership. S.
Davie.s,Warfield today characteriz
ed these reports as malicious lies.
He deck.red...the earnings for the
last two weeks to be the highest
in the history, of the road and
that progress made with new and
(rebuilt equipment has been great
| er than on any other system in the
? United. States. He points out that
[loadings for the first twenty-one
jdays of.November show an aver
age increase of 29.6 per cent with
traffic on an increasing scale. The
Seaboard is. just entering into the
period of^ its greatest, traffic which
! extends through the , next four
months,.. being increased by the
winter traffic passenger and
freight from the. northern states to
Florida.
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Strawberries For . t ,
Million aries
? ??
Plant City, Fla., Nov. 23.?
Thanksgiving strawberries will
come, .high this year, for buyers are
paying $4.25 a quart for them de
livered on the railroad platforms
here. . Plant .City, center of the
production area in Florida and one
of the largest strawberry shipping
points in the country', began, its
shipping yesterday, the earliest
date in seven years. The bidding
opened at $1.25 a quart and the
berries rapidly .went up to $4.25
while bids , went as high as $4.S0
with no berries in sight.
One fanner received a check for
$72.25 for a lot of 17 quarts, the
I best actual sale price of the day. It
was at the rate of $4.25 a quart
j and represented the highest price
! ever recorded here.
I Cne quart of berries was sold at
[ auction today for $103> the bidding
having started at $3. The seller
sent the money to the children's
? home at Tampa as a Thanksgiving
-gift, >
j Thinking Ab?ut Roads
. (Spartanburg Herald).
In s practically every county in
South Carolina the newspapers are
discussing the question of . high
ways from some point of view.
There are still many points of view
|as to the. solution :of this question,
i pressing as it is for solution, in
j South Carolina and other southern
i states. The Wateree Messenger, of
! Camden. has recently expresed this
i view: .
"A state highway system work in
I conjunction with the federal gov
I ernment will be the only way to
build so-called permanent roads."
* * * We would hail with delight
some legislation at the next ses
sion of .the legislature looking to
the building of permanent high
ways under a well devised plan. If
each. individual county is to build
its own roads, then the sand-clay
f roads are their only hope."
j The Wateree Messenger is com
j ing very near the truth. It is
I thinking along the right line. White
I South Caro'ina counties?and es
jpecially the. wealthier counties?
j have contributed to the state many
j miles of highways carrying the
traffic more comfortably and more
j expeditiously than ever before, in
j the history of the state, a system
I of state highways will never be
; realized until they are built and
; maintained by the state and not
; by the several counties. Certain
counties have contributed splendid
i highways, other counties can never
j do such a thing because they are
I without the resources.
' Second to the question of taxa
jtion in this state is the question
lot" highways. The next legisla
ture should determine upon a pol
icy, and launch the state's road pro
| gram that will yield results. We
i are nm going backwards ?but for
ward.
Illinois cbngrcsswoman has four
children so should pick up things
quickly iji the House.
j A baby srrand costs less than a
[grand baby but doesn't last as long.
Ku Klux Speaker
in Charleston
CoL J. Q. Nol?n Asserted
That He Cante Only to Ex
plain What the Klan Is
Charleston. Nov. 23.?Col. J. Q.
Nolan, -a representative of the Ku
Klux Klan, from Atlanta, address
ed a capacity audience at the Ar
tillery , Hall last evening-. He
styled himself as. the .national lec
turer of the . Klan, and introduced
himself to the audience, saying that
he represented a secret order and
that for a fellow Klansman to in
troduce him would identify the lat
ter as a member of the order. He
stated that he was a personal rep
resentative of William Joseph Sim
mons of Atlanta; the Imperial Wiz
ard of- the Knights of the Ku Klux
KlanN
There was disappointment that
Mr. Theodore D. Jervey Was not
given permission by Col. Nolan to
reply to his Klan address. Mr.
Jervey's position, as set forth in
his advertisement in The News and
Courier of yesterday attracted
much attention in the community.
Mr. Jervey attend ^d the meeting
last night. He made this state
ment yesterday afternoon:
"At about 3 p., m. I was rung
up at my residence by Col. Nolan,
advertised to speak at Artillery
Hall oh Thursday at 8 p. m. He
^aid he had seen my advertisement
asking him if I could speak at the
meeting and that as he would
speak for -about , an hour and
twenty minutes, he did hot think
I should reply to him; but he was
willing to have me speak before"
him. This I told him I had not
.requested permission for: but had
requested the unknown head of the
organization here, to permit me tp'
reply: but that I had no idea , of
thrusting myself on the meeting
and if it did not suit, I was per
fectly satisfied. He said there was
no head here, that he had -come
simply to explain the purpose of
the Ku Klux and- if i followed him
that I (night say something he
would like to reply to and that
would make the meeting too long.
I said that that wa% perfectly sat
isfactory to me and if it was not
suitable for me to reply I would
attend and hear his speech; that
Charleston was too hospitable a
place to interfere in any way with
the privilege of a speaker to run
his meeting the way it suited him.
It was his meeting and I accepted
his reasons for not having me re
ply: but did not think there was
any impropriety in requesting the
reply which I understood him to
agree with me and with -some
pleasant Temarks the matter
ended." ,
Col. Nolan gave as his reason for
not permitting Mr. Theo. D. Jervey,
who, m an, advertisement in The
News and Courier yesterday morn
ing, addressed to the unknown lo
cal head of the Ku Klux Klan,
asked permission to- reply to Mr.
Nolan, that he had quite a lot to
say to the audience and that if Mr.
Jervey replied, he would be forced
to. make, replies to the words of
Mr. Jervey and that this would
take entirely too much time. He
said that he talked to Mr. Jervey
over the telephone during the day
j (stating that he had called at the
j former's office to see, him and
i failed to find him in) and offered
I to allow him to precede him, but
that Mr. Jervey had declined this
offer.
j The meeting was, for the most
I part, orderly, with the exception of
j several periods during which ques
j tions were hurled from the audi
ence at the speaker, none of which
I he answered directly, to those ask
| ing the questions. During these
brief periods, one of which threat
ened to become boisterous, but was
immediately, quieted following the
removal from the hall of a man
who apparently was the center of
j the* storm, such questions as "What
I is the Ku Klux?" "Why do you
j wear masks?" and 'Tell us what
i you are?" came from male mem
! bers of the assemblage^ Most of
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
TOM, WHAT IM THE
vs/ORlD. ARE SOO lytf
LOOKING FOR? /
YOU'VE EVERYTHING *\S ?y
OUT OF THE C?P?OARD'/ At
;them were asked in a tone of de
} fiance and the "speaker was almost
J invariably . addressed as "Nolan."
j During one. of the periods of excite
? rae.nt a lady in the front of the
I audience fainted and had to be car
ried from the hall. The man re
moved .by the police was carried
from the hal! -amid shouts of "Put
him'otttv"sand "Out with him" and
"Throw him out." The audience
applauded, vigorously the removal.
?The questions were allowed from
ieach questioner, as he first started.X
j the audience seemingly interested in !
the question: but as no answer;
came from the-stage; a nd the q>" ?
tions began to fly; from all sides,}
j the audience shouted them down
and urged that the questioners \ye j
j "thrown out." therefore little of
:the substance of the questions
;could be..heardr,rhey were drown-jMcL^ f^pg atld Ife
ed by the general commotion. } . . . "T?
j ..,, m m m ,. /. ;. Appointed by Governor
. .. , .. - .., -V
Names Three lud?
? ?? ? .Ter
Tram Kills Infant
{ Columbia. Nov. 23.?W. C.
-" * " Vlx;in of Columbia, R. D/Epp^csf
i Crushed by Passenger Loco-lsumter aild c...j. Ramage. of
f- _ _ j .^-r ?uda were appointed special-juc
moiive ana Cars by ^ governor yesterday upon tM
Conway, .Nov. 23.?An infant son ] recommendation of Chief Jitt??
of "Kelly Jones, of the .Adrian sec- j Gary.
jtiori of Horry..county, was fatally! \lr. McLain was named U>,-h^UL
j crushed under a passenger.Strain f the court of common pleas -for 'Mar
[yesterday. Engineman O'Neill re- i rion' county commencing.j&ece
j ported that he noticed what ap- j ber 4'.
jpeared to be a large piece of pa-j Mr. Epps was named^to;hol?h
j per between the. tracks and that he ?special term of common pleas
j watched it intently. As his loco- jfor Allendale county beginning* t'b
motive was almost on it, the child]second Monday in December.;
moved and Mr. vO'Neill brought his
train to. .a stop}1 The infant was
picked* up under the maii coach
and rushed, to Doris for treatment,
but died in'a few minutes.' At the
-time of the. tragedy, . the infant's
father was working in a nearby
'field. "?' *y'*-'"-'
Mr. Ramage was named ..to -fe?td
the court of general sessions ?for
Spartanburg county commencing
December 4. -v-' *> ^fc
? '
Columbia, Nov. 24.?Thailmuj^
nesh is: bringing a good price:
? ?T-? ; shown in a^ sale conducted^by"
Columbia, Nov.. 24.?The .Colonia j large stock concern here y^eida^;
Hotel, a-tourist hotel of this city, ]'when it'sold more than four"huh/-:
was sold at. auction -yesterday andjdred mules at auction.^ The
brought $j65;G0O. It was bought in ; price was
$280.Attehding'^K
by the .-mortgagees. It. was sold I sale were ' 150 " buyers. Ohe> fo
under order -of bankruptcy against j them, D. E. Scarborough, of Nortp^
D.. C. Shaw, former .o.wner... Mr.jstated ?hat..he.believes the prices.o?'
Shaw is a prominent Sumter man.l mules will continue to increase? "
i_? . " ? : ? ? ' "-:' *s
E\TS?ETTTR?E
H*r*; rm?Tz-: i
PLACES
5T5>v4*t, efrl i&eixf, iW&s on<s Tfpt<^
THAT 'CvWAT YOU :DOr4*T k.KCM
[% CoiKia jo Hv&r
... ... BY ?LLM?H;
l?MTHE?E.;
utiGUESS I
iH'FmD'lT FOR.
fOU - COME
IN -
OH, LET IT. GO r^DOFF*
1 DON'T ^rVr "TO POT
V?U TO SO MUCH
K_ ^ROUBLE!
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