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VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 55. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1921. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR
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> EDITORS LISTEN
TO ABLE PAPERS
FOURTH ESTATE GUESTS Al
KIWANIS LUNCHEON
Ed DeCa.rnp Gets Box of Cigars?
Cordtland Smith Delivers
/ Address
fff^ The State.
HHf Greenville, July 7.?iNewspapei
flfiff men of South Carolina were guest!
Wm of the Kiwanis club of Greenville to
WB day at a banquet at ? the Ottaray hotel.
Besides the social features the
E South Carolina Press association speni
9 the second day of its annual conven
tion in interesting and profitable dis
cussions of newspapers. Cordtlanc
Smith of New York, president of the
American Press, addressed the convention
this afternoon, speaking particularly
to the weekly newspapers
and directing his remarks to the general
propositions of advertising rates
and circulation.
The convention will end its sessions
tomorrow, the last feature being a
picnic dinner on Paris mountain giver
by the citizens of Greenville.
"Edtorials" was the subject of a
paper prepared by L. M. Rice of the
Union Times and read by 0. K. Williams
of Rock Hill this morning. Another
able and very interesting papei
vr
was "lne newspaper ui ivmvuvn
by Bobert Lathan, editor of The News
and Courier,^ Charleston. "The
Twelve Em Column" was discussed ir
a paper prepared by R. Charltor
Wright of the Columbia Record anc
read by Waiter E. Duncan.
The conv*nti$i| unanimously indorsed
the movement to establish a
memorial sehool of journalism at
Washington and Lee university in
* honor of Lee.
Kecommen&tions by the Committee
on the presideht's annual' address
were unanimously adopted. Among
these was the recommendation for th?
appointment of a committee of seven
one from each congressional district
for the organization of the association
on business lines and for the ap
' pointment of various subcommittees
on- relations with labor, relations
with the government postal department,
relations with railroads, etc.
B. H. Peace of Greenville served
as toastmastei at the Kiwanis luncheon.
A "mock trial" iri which E. H
DcCamp of Gaffney Was the defendant
and in which he was unanimously
found guilty and presented with a bo>
of cigars as a tokten of esteem, proved
a highly enjoyable feature of the occasion.
The case was "heard" before
Associate Justice T. P. Cothran,
Short talks were made by A. B. Jordan
of Dillon, president of the asso
ciation; Walter E. Duncan, Roberl
Lathan, Charles 0. Hearon and others.
'
In his address this afternoon Cort
v
land Smith Scored the "rate cutter?
and circulation liars" among the
country newspapers, and urged the
publishers of the papers to stand up
for their rights. He emphasized the
great value of the rural press as ar
advertising medium and showed its
superiority to magazine and othei
k;CHCiUi au.v..?..0.
One of the most dramatic scenes oJ
the history of the Press associatior
was witnessed this afternoon, wher
\ two pupils of the adult night schoo
at Brandon mill appeared before the
association and spoke on the wonder
ful work being done at this school
The men made an earnest plea to the
association to lend its full support tc
> the work of the illiteracy commissior
in South Carolina. Following the
speeches of the men, members of the
association spoke briefly in favor oi
the work and pledged it their heartj
support.
L. M. Brown, one of these night
school pupils, also made a speech al
the banquet tonight, and received ar
outburst of applause when he tolc
in dramatic manner of how he hac
been taught to read and write and
what the night school had meant tc
n
mm.
Tell a woman she is beautiful anc
she will forgive your saying she has
no brains.
Talk is cheap but, like other cheap
things, ;it is apt to prove expensive
in the end.
A man's fool friends cause him al
most as much trouble as his wise
enemies
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY
i
Prosperity,
July 11.?A lovely affair
was a rook party which Misses
^ Susie and Mary Langford gave Tuesday
morning complimentary to Miss.
es Frances and Mabel Bolton of
Tatum.
The game was enjoyed at three
tables amidst a colorful setting of
beautiful summer blossoms. A temptcolor!
/?Aiirco anrl ir>pH tp? were
r lUg oa.au vvwtuw ??
5 served.
Miss Vera Taylor, daughter of Mr.
. and Mrs. Willie T. Taylor was mars
ried Saturday in Newberry to Mr.
I Sidney Cook of Bachman Chapel by
. Rev. W. A. Dutton.
Sunday School day will be observl'ed
at? Zion church Sunday, July'17.
; The exercises will begin promptly at
. 10:30 with songs and recitations by
. the children. In the afternoon Dr.
; John G. Clinkscales of Wofford col1"
??in wiol/o Qr> (DiriTIPT
. ICgC Will uiant an uum?.^u.
j will be served on the church lawn.
Sunday evening Dr. Clinkscale will
5 fill the Wightman chapel pulpit. The
i services begrin at 8:15.
t At Wightman chapel Sunday morning
Sunday School day was held,
i with appropriate exercises by the chil>
dren followed by a strong sermon by
. Pastor Griffin, his subject being the
. work of the Sun3ay School.
A series of meetings are being held
' at the Baptist church. Services will
5 be eath evening at ?:au, tne puipu
being filled by Rev. Mr. Vaughn of
t Greenville.
i Mrs^ E. D. Whisonant of Brandh1
ville and Miss Reid Griffin of Pinewood
are guests of their brother, Rev.
. J. D. Griffin. Prof. Whisonant who
i is attending University of South Car;
olina summer school will join Mrs.
rj-Whisonant here for the week-end.
Mrs. E. W. Werts and children and
- Miss Kate Barre are visiting Mr^.
? Kenneth Baker of Greenwood.
> Prof, and Mrs. G. T. Pugh' and G.
! Jr., of Rock Hill visited Mrs. W.
' P. Pugh during the past week.
Rev. J. D. Griffin has returned
from training conference at Wofford
college, and reports a very successful
conference in the work aceomnv?/4
ofton/luripp
| puaucu anu mi<i,viiuw4>v?.
Misses Dorothy and Lillian Sease
I left Saturday for Washington, Ga., to
attend the Calhoun-Sease. wedding.
Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum, primary
instructor, and Mrs. J. F. Browne,
Misses Clara Brown, Gertrude Bobb
and Ethel Saner are attending New|
berry College summer school.
Miss LeRhea Counts has returned
to Columbia after spending several
weeks here with relatives.
Julian Shealy returned Saturday
ifrom Columbia accompanied by WiJ..
bur Fulmer.
Mr. W. P. B. Harmon and his
granddaughter, Miss Rebecca Har
mon, left Monday for Lake Junaluska.
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Mrs. J. I. Oxford of Osceola, Ark.,
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[ is. expected this week on a visit to
' Mrs. G. W. Harmon.
Miss Lyna Gulledge returned to
j Sumter Friday after spending several
weeks with Mrs. J. A. Price.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Counts, Mr.
J. C. Counts spent Saturday in Little
^ Mountain' with P. H. Miller.
^ Miss Doris Boozer of Haines
I T?io ic vicitino- IVTrv ,md Mrs.
^ vii-jr, A >?., ?->
I O. E. boozer.
Chas. P. Barre returned Saturday
to New York.
Mrs. A. H. Kohn of Columbia
spent Friday with Mr.1 and Mrs. A.
J G. Wise.
Miss Olive Counts is visiting Miss
J Helen Ciayton of Central.
Miss Marv ReWalt Hunter is on a
> ' *
. house party at Myrtle Beach.
Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Monts of Plains,
Ga., are guests of the former's father,
J. E. Monts.
Mrs. R. L. Rankin spent the weekend
in Pomaria.
j Max Witherspoon of Pittsburg, Pa.,
^ is visiting his mother, .. Alice
1 Wt'^Viarorvnrtn
TT itacio^/vvi*.
Little Miss Rosalyn Quattlebaum
) has returned from Neeces.
Mrs. Chris Saner is visiting relaI
tives in Little Mountain.
Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter have
returned from Columbia.
Rev. L. P. Boland of Newberry vis>
ited Mrs. George Griffin on Wednesi
day.
Miss Lilla Boozer of Newberry is
visiting Mrs. J. B. Stockman.
Dr. D. M. Cro^on, Messrs. J. J.
* Gall, H. F. liendrix and daughter,
Frances, en route to their home in
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SAVANNAH FIRM GIVEN CONTRACT
FOR NEWBERRY ROAD
The State.
The contract for the paving of the
Newberry road was let yesterday to
the Chatham Paving company of Savannah,
the total cost of the excavating
and cement-concrete surface
building to be $4*89,25o.20. This is
the second contract to be awarded by
the1"Richland county permanent roads |
commission, the concrete surface be- :
ing again favored over the asphalt :
paving.
This road to be paved is 18.5 miles
Inner Pvt^nHiriP- from the citv limits
1V"M o
to Piedmont school and across from
the school to Hilton, where it connects
with the recently improved Lex- :
ington county highway. The average
cost per mile of the work will be
approximately $26,392 as compared
with $26,150 per mile for the 8.52
miles of the Garner's Ferry road let
in June to the Dixon Construction
company of Savannah. The greater
cost clomes, however, in the grading,
the placing of concrete coverts, etc.,
the actual placing of the six and a-,
half inch cement-concrete surface be-1
ing done at a cost of $2.52 square
i yard as compared with a cost of $3.60
Iper square yard for the Garner's FerI
ry road.
I Ten bids were offered the commission
by the Caughman Contracting
company of Columbia, Clayton-Mitch-!
ell of Cairo, Ga., the Dixon Construe-1
tion comany of Savannah, the Powell:
Paving and Construction Co. of Co
lumbia, the Weller Contracting company
of Washington, D. C., Slattery f
j& Henry of Jacksonville, Fla., W. T.
iHadlow of Jacksonville, Fla., and
Simons-Mayrant company o? Charleston.
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THIS ONE WILL BAFFLE
ALL THE LIP READERS j
Lip-readers who see "The Land of
Hope," the latest AJice Brady photoplay,
and expect to enjoy their usual
j sport from reading the lines as the
nlavprs sav them, will be disappointed
f^ ?v .
(unless they are. .'in linguists.
I The story deals with the arrival in
| America of a little group of Polish
immigrants, and their subsequent
vicissitudes in trying to gain a foothold
in the new soil. There are numerous
tenement and sweatshop scenes,
j.in which E. H. Griffith, who directed
! the picture, brought in many foreigners
for character parts. Although
all of them now speak English, they I
A +V>oiv native I
were directed 10 spcan. m
tongues while the cameras registered
these atmosphric scenes.
Accordingly, one spoke Portuguese, I
another German, several French, one
Spanish, and several Yiddish.
"Now," said Mr. Griffith, on completing
the scenes, "the lip reader
who gets what all that bunch was
saying will have to be a real lip linguist."
"The Land of Hope," a gripping
story of humble folk, and a radical
departure from the dramas of smart
|society in which Alice Brady has
hitherto appeared on the screen, is
booked for Tuesday.
The newspapers are not "playing
up" the Stillman case of their own
* -? ?i f /-> c-o + ic*fI
desire, i ney re just u.v Illg IU OU WiU* j |
the public appetite.
Mr. Taft's rise to fame is not so
remarkable when it is remembered
that he got his start in a newspaper
office.
Leesville from Hendersonville visited
friends here on Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. Rhoads of Saluda
were guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Price.
Rev. C. J. Shealy, Misses Willie
Mae Wise, Nannie Lee Young, Sara
Long and Olive Counts leave Thursday
for Summerland college to attend
the Sunday School normal.
Mr. and Mrs. j. M. Werts visited
j Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Pomaria
last week.
Mrs. W. C. Talbert spent Thurs|
day in Chapin.
J Mrs. Claud Bedenbaugh has returned
to Columbia after visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Christine Minick.
Mrs. J. A. Simpson visited relatives
in Newberry on Monday.
Messrs. J. B. Pugh and 0. S. Miller
were business visitors to Whitmire
Monday.
C. M. Simpson of Columbia spent
Saturday with his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. J- A. Simpson.
GOLD HOLDINGS !
SHOW INCREASE
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FEDERAL RESERVE "BANK OPER-1
ATIONS FOR YEAR
Contraction of Currency Indicates
Degree to Which Gauntry Has !
Entered Period of Deflation
Washington, July 7.?Federal re!
serve bank operations during the past
year have resulted in an increase of
its gold holdings by $48.';,607,000, a
decrease in its notes on the circulation
of $480,000,000 and an increase
in its total reserves of $519,000,000,
according to a statistical summary issued
by the board of governors today.
The contraction of the currency indicated,
the board said, the degree to .
which the country had entered a pe
riou 01 ucnaLiun.
Total resources of the reserve system
amounting to $5/242,000,000 on
June 20, 1921, were decreased 13.7
per cent from the total on June 25,1
1920, of $6,074,000. The capital of
federal reserve Wanks, however, increased
from $94,500,000 to $102,- j
184,000 during- the same period, due !
to the fact that "the system has steadily
increased in membership and
strength" during the war. -This, the ;
board remarked, was "in striking contrast
with the decline in total resour-'
ces." T |.
Government obligations continue
to work out of the banking .system of
the country, and into h^nds of private
corporate investors, it.was remarked, ;
because reserve loans on treasury
honds and certificates of indebtedness
dropped from $1,300,000,000 in June,
1920, to $648,000,000 in June this
year. The total of reserve notes in
circulation last month -was $2,634,000,000
while in the same month of
1920 it was $3,117,000,000. j
Discussing the gold movements, the
board pointed out that the metal
flowed out of the United States in
1919 in considerable quantities but
began returning in even greater vol
? >, lOOrt -fVi/i im-nn-rf "fnr lfist
Ullif 111 1. %J +j\J ) V AW* v.. ?r
year being $618,000,000. Offsetting
imports against exports since the ar-;
mistice and to June 10, tiie country's
gold stock showed a net iiic.r'vsu of
$120,000,000 and was ?.:ill bound upward.
Banking systems <ibr)ad were noappnmrili^h
the reduction of
tauic vv Mvw.?.r...
paper currencies, the statement said,
to anything like the de^t-c^ which '.he
federal ahowe'i. In England
circulain|r notes were riluced 9. jer,
cent during the year, while in Fra ice j
they increased 8 per cent, in Italy;
11 per cent, and in Germany 2 7 per
cent. j
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Silverstreet j
Although nothing has been said recently
about Silverstreet, it is as
bright and shining as ever. I
The Sons of Toil and Sons of Rest
still hold their regular sessions.
A baseball club has been organized
which seems to have attraction for
the young people. j
Mrs. Mayer Havird has been for the
past several weeks with her mother,
Mrs. Long, who is very ill. ;
Miss Elmina Long, formerly of Silverstreet,
now of Saluda, is visiting
Miss Margery Martin. # |
Mr. and Mrs. John Long and chil-'
dren of Saluda worshipped at the
Pentecostal church last Sabbath. I
Mrs. Anna Pearsall after an ab-'
sence of four months has returned
home. Mrs. Pearsall spent three
months with her son in Clarendon!
1
1 IMOlf
county. On ner reium sue vnacu
friends at Alcolu, Sumter and '
i
Wedgefield.
Messrs. Jim Blair, Matt Berry, V.1
V. Pearsall and John Vernon Havird
! attended the barbecue given at Saluda
on Thursday.
I
Services at the Methodist chapel
on Sunday evening last, at 5 o'clock.
Prayer service every Wednesday
night at the Methodist church and atthe
Pentecostal church every Thursday
night.
Mr. C. Swindler from Saluda visited
relatives here Friday.
Mrs. V. V. Pearsall, who for some
time has been ill, is improving.
Mrs Maffett continues quite ill. |
Mr. Tom Lake of Greenville visned
home folks recently.
Mr. Dan Ward of Newberry spent
part of last week here.
Mrs. Saliie Golden made a business.
; trip to Newberry Friday.
Mrs. E. B. Martin returned to Co-'
t
NEGRO GIRL KILLED INSTANTLY
BY CARELESS HANDLING OF GUf
Julia Williams was killed nea
Bachman Chapel Thursday afternoon
and Coroner F. M. Lindsay held th
inquest j'Tiaay morning.
Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh at Prosperity
certified that he had examined th<
body of Julia Williams and found tha
she came to her death from effect o
gun shot wound.
The following is the report fron
the inquest:
Ida Williams, sworn, said: I hear*
my boy holler and they told me tha
my little girl had got shot. Julia Wil
liams is my daughter. Her age is nin<
years. She was lying out in the yar<
when I got to the house. She wa
shot in the right breast. She neve
spoke. The boys, Ransom and Coley
' i . :.j ? ? +
told me inai n was an acciueuu 1 uc,
were tussling over gun. Coley an<
Ransom were in the yard when I go
there. The boys came over after me
It was at Coley Gary's.
Coley Gary, sworn, said: Me an<
Manuel had been ditching by the sid<
of the road and he told me to go an<
get gun to go to muskrat trap. W<
looked for rats; could not find any
He gave me the gun and went on u]
the road, and I saw Ransom William:
side of the road ditching and I .canK
by. Ransom asked me for a cigaret
and I told him I did not have one
and he said, "Come on to the housi
and get one." I was making cigaret
Gun was lying on machine. He ha<
the gun barrel and I had the stoc]
and we were tussling over the gun
the gun went off and shot Julia Wil
liams. She was sitting in chair. Sh<
ran in yard and fell. I went over t<
my house and told Ida Williams,
did not come back with her. I for
-1-11 -A Pnnrt
gOt tO LilKfc suetx UUL Ui guii'. lvanv.
came in and grabbed gun off the ma
chine. He and I had been partners
Single barrel gun. Nobody here bu
me and Ranee and Gary and Julia
I told" Gary riot to bother gun.
knew gun was loaded, but had forgo
about it. I knew gun was loadei
when I told Gary not to bother gun
Coley Gary.
Gary Williams, sworn, said: Ranc<
and Coley came to house. Coley pu
gun on machine. Coley Gary.wa
making cigaret. Told Ranee not t
come there where he was making ,*
cigaVet. Coley and Ranee we:e tus
sling over gun; gun went off and hi
t_i?_ Tn 1 io rem mil" nf tioo
J una vv unu i????
and fell. I went to hollering an<
crying, and my mother cane to sei
what was the matter.
Gary Williams (his mark.)
Ransom Williams, sworn, said: Wi
were side of road. Co'ey came past
He was making cigaret, and I grabbe<
hold of the gun barrel. He a.^d
were tussling over gun and ?un won
off. Girl was sitting in chair?Juli;
Williams is girl who was Mmng u
chair. She went out door and fell
and Coley and I went >ver to hi
house and told my mother what ha<
happened. It was Coley Gary's gun
Coley had stock and I had bai rel. Pii
not know gun was loaded. He ha<
just come from muskrat rap. 1 ci(
not ask him to take shell > it o-? gun
Ransom Williams.
The verdict of the coroner's jur;
was that "Julia Williams came to he
fr-rtw o-nnshot wound inflictei
ucatu ai vy*.? & ?
by Ransom Williams and Coley Gar;
through carelessly handling of gun oi
July 7, 1921?very carelessly as t
the part of. Coley Gary." The juror
were J. A. Kinartt, foreman; L. A
Bobb, B. B. Rikard, J. D. H. Kinard
J. I. Boland, J. E. Long.
Ransom Williams and Coley Gare;
are 15-year-old boys. They are beinj
held in jail.
lumbia Monday.
Mrs. Ella Blair who for some tim
has been in Columbia for rnedica
treatment, is at home somewhat im
proved.
Mr. J. A. Tallant made a busines
trip to Spartanburg this week.
Mr. Mayer Havird has a very tin
cane crop.
Mr. and Mrs. John Berry are ex
pecting to visit Mrs. Berry's forme
home at Bethune.
Raymond Blair of Newberry visit
ed friends here, Saturday.
The recent showers have improve*
the gardens and several have plante
beans, collaid seed, etc.
Miss Josie Berry who has bee:
studying telegraphy is now assistin;
at the depot.
{ ANOTHER KILLING IN COUNTY;
1 NEGRO MAN SHOOTS WOMAN
r Coroner Lindsay held another int,
quest Sunday in this county, over the
e dead body of Hattie Jones, colored,
who was killed Saturday night at her
YI home near Fairview school. Ells
e | Hiller also colored, being charged
t "with j crime. Deputy Sheriff D. J.
f Taylor arrested the man and committed
him to jail. The particulars of ;
i the killing will be found in the fol- 1
~ I ,
J lowing testimony before the jury of1
j!inquest: j
t| I). J. Taylor, being sworn, said: Ii
_|had a call last night to Hattie Jones'j
B'house, near Fairview school house.!
11 Hattie Jones was lying on porch with !
.1 j ,
s (gunshot wound in right breast; dead'
rjwhen I arrived. On investigation I
. ifound fresh-shot gun; belongs to Ells
9 (
y Hiller. I arrested Ells Hiller and
j carried him to jail. On arrival at,
t jail he claimed that the gun went off 1
accidentally and sho' her. He claim-'
ed that there was a man at the house,'
and he asked her who he was; she said
V> A i A nnt lrnn.u/
OUC; UiU 4WAVFT.
? D. J. Taylor, j
Robert Lee Jones, sworn, said: I
"ilive with Hattie Jones; she is my
mother. Don't know. I was at the
g house here last night; I was asleep.
g Did not know anything. Lavinia
Graham waked me up. I heard Ells
Hiller say last Friday week ago, "I
' will kill you rain or shine." They
were at the house when he said this
j statement.
^ Robert Lee Jones (His Mark)
Vinnie Graham , sworn, said: Ells
Hiller came to my house last night
about ten o'clock and said, "Some
) d?n son of a bitch has shot Hattie."
Ho usrv mnph excited. Showed
J ?
, me where she was shot, describing
place. He asked me to come over
here. He left .my house and came off
next to her kouse. I knew he and
t Hattie had been fussing before; he
accused her of other men.
j Vinnie Graham (Her Mark) j
t Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh gave certi^
ficate that the woman came to her
death from gunshot wound, and the .
coroner's jury found she came to her |
death at the hands of Ells Hiller.;
0
, i Hiller was arrested and .committed to j
1 jail. The following were the jury:!
Wilbur Wise, foreman; E. L. Domi0
nick, B. E. Waites, Olin Fulmer, W.
a E. Fulmer, D. E. Griffin.
' Ells Hiller, who is charged with
the killing of Hattie Jones, at firstj
denied the killing, claiming that j
some one else drove up to the house j
0
and shot her, but after getting to j
Newberry and just before he was
placed in jail by the sheriff Satur-:
e day night, he told the sheriff and
' Deputy Taylor that he did shoot her
* but that it was accidental.
I| ?
t NOTICE TO FARMERS
i AND TOWNSPEOPLE
i
? The chamber of commerce is opers
ating an exchange board in their of
1 fices. Any farmer having things for j
sale regardless of the quantity or any
1 one wishing to purchase any article,
1 can notify the chamber and same will j
1 be recorded, and placed on the ex-1
change board. The chamber wishes
I to assist all citizens in the county to
sell any and .all articles they may
1 " 1 ? ~ ? 4-U%?ivn/?Vi + V\ 1 e flV. !
r wisn to dispose oi, uiivu^h ;
i change board. Visit the chamber of,
y commerce office and see the various
!
i articles offered for sale, or drop in |
o and make known any tiling you may .
s wish to purchase. We will endeavor'
. to-find same for you.
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The directors in the chamber of
I
y j commerce wish to go on record as
*. heartily in favor of the very worthy
{undertaking of building a club house
- and swimming pool for Newberry.
One feature the chamber of com-'
e merce wishes to bring to the atten- j
.11 tion of the citizens in selecting a site
- for the club house, is that in our opinion
it is only a matter of time before
s it will be very desirous of having golf
j links, and, of course, considerable
e land is required for same, so in sej
lecting the site we feel it would be
'well to bear this in mind, so that later (
' I golf links can be added i make it a 1
well balanced club house.
American Legion vs. Silverstreet
Baseball at College park Tuesday
^ afternoon at 4:30, American legion
^ vs. Silverstreet. Admission, ladies
' ? i
and children 15c; men zoc.
ti i
g The tariff on poker chips ought to
be reduced. They go across so often, j
COCHRAN NAMED
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
TO SUCCEED J. WILLIAM THURMOND
OF EDGEFIELD
While Not An Applicant for the
Position Mr. Conchran Will
Accept it if Confirmed
Andorson Mail.
Washington, July s7.?Ernest F.
Cochran was nominated today to be
United States Attorney for the Western
district of South Carolina.
Mr. Cochran's nomination was not a
complete surprise to Andersonians for
his friends have been busy in his behalf
for the past several weeks. His
nomination was made today by the
president.
"I have not been an applicant for
the place," said Mr. Cochran to a reporter
of The Daily Mail this afternoon.
"I have known indircetly of
the efforts of my friends, and I am
appreciative of their efforts and of the
honor shown me by this nomination
of the president. While I am not an
applicant, if my nomination is con
firmed and my government feels it
needs my humble services, I shall certainly
accept it."
Mr. Cochran's nomination is received
with delight by his many friends
in Anderson. His ability as a lawyer
and as a "prosecuting attorney was
long since proven, and the high esteem
in which Mr. Cochran is held in ,
all parts of South Carolina bears witness
of the success he made of the office
of United States attorney when
he filled the office duripg the years of
1906 to 1914 inclusive. Mr. Cochran
was United States attorney when he
had the entire state, before the division
was made.
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The United States attorney's office
lor llie VYcaitcm uiiivitw ?-*
Carolina is filled at present by Mr.
J. William Thurmond of Edgefield,
S. C.
"IN UNION THERE IS
STRENGTH"?AND PROFIT
Florence Potato Grower* Realize
Handsomely on Cooperation
Clemson College, July 6.?Two
thousand barrels of Irish potatoes
sold at $5.00 per barrel while the
general market on potatoes was $2.00
per barrel was the result of organization
and cooperation among Florence
countv farmers during the season just
ended. This fine result was brought
about through the instrumentality of
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the iviorence cimmuci v* ?.?
and County Agent J. W. McLendon,
and as a consequence the farmers
working through the organization
made a profit of $6,000 above the
market.
To start at the beginning of this
story, a contract was made, before
the time for marketing, with a buyer
who was attracted to the Florence
potato market again this year because
of the satisfactory way in which potatoes
were handled on that market
in 1920. Then the leaders in the
-?-? ?nidation nut on
.Florence puiuuu x
a campaign for proper digging, grading,
packing and shipping of the crop.
Instructions were given by letter to
all member growers and assistancf
was given where needed.
.Potatoes were required to be machine
graded, and growers who did
not have enough potatoes to warrant
buying graders individually were aided
in securing graders jointly. Strict
grading was required for the market
was falling, and a falling market
grading was doubly important.
Farmers who did not work through
the organization received $2.00 per
barrel for their potatoes, thus paying
w? failure to rea
a Dig penalty ivi w.v..
lize in time the value of organized
effort.
Newberry College Reunion
Calhoun, St. Matthews, Times.
The students, ex-students, friends
and the public generally, are invited
? onrl at SandV
to 'd Dig ICUIIIUII anu ?Run
Lutheran church Friday, July
15th. Dr. S. J. Derrick, president of
the college, Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, expresident,
and others will deliver addresses.
No reunion of this kind ha3
even been held at Sandy Run and a
record is expected. The exercises
will begin at 10:30 a. m.
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