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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-12-01
Card From Mr.. Thurmond.

All classes of all sections of the
United States are affected by the
present frenzied financial situation.
Don't think you are the only person
likely to incur set backs and losses
this year for practically all are IN
the same boat; however, DON'T be-
come demoralized and stampeded,
for the boat will land safely yet. Re
Gently, information from all sections
of the country has come to me, and
! am pleased to say that the people
Of our county and State are weatn,
.ering this financial hurricane as well
or better, than the majority OF the
sections of our country.
Money is tight, and times are hard'
Int I have seen worse. recall some
wears ago when cotton sold Tor
cents pound, and the country was
scarce of corn and meat; now, we
have a bumper corn crop and that
means an adequate supply of bacon.
When cotton sold for cents
pound black clouds hung low but
they rolled by and the sunshine was
as bright as ever. -.
The West is dependent upon its
Grain. hay and livestock, in addition
TO those industries we can grow sor-
.ghum cane, ribbon cane, peas, frule'
vegetables, velvet beans and cotton
and can live absolutely from our own
Gardens and fields and grow cotton
as surplus crop. While the market
value of our land does not compare
with That of many states in the nortn
and west, in my opinion, it IS worth
far more, for we can make every
thing they can, and great deai
more.
Our people generally are industri-
Gus but we need skill and are rapid
ly acquiring tive are all right, just
let. our creditors give us chance and
our abundant harvest will pay prac-
tically what we owe if cotton goes
up, but if it doesn't they have the
pledge of our honor, and this expe,
rience will teach US sense that Will
be worth millions to us another year.
NV hope for higher cotton is found
ed upon three reasons; first, that the
export and import corporation will
help: second, the fact that the, north,
east, south and west are all shiyer-
ing in this financial freeze, makes me
believe that congress which meets
yery soon will take some beneficial
4 action; third, the world is said to
y need every bale grown.
4 Sow big part of your land to
grain and fertilize with cotton seed
Il and prepare to cut your acreage IN
cotton another year, at least 4o per
d cent, and make at home the supplies
s for your table and farm-they, are
better than any you can buy, and far
cheaper, and thereby, your need Tor
Let Santa Claus come as usual
don't disappoint the children; just Just
don't be stampeded, the clouds Will
! soon roll by.
We are all right.
Very truly,
J. VIM. THURMoND,
Pres. A. S. A., E. c.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
MEXICO AGAIN PERMITS
BULL FIGHTING--A REFORM
And New Order viii Go Far Towards
Suppressing Crime and Dis
order Among Poor.
By international News seryioe.)

,By International News seryioe.)
Mexico City, Oct. 4.-The resump-
ton of bull fights. discontinued under
the Carranza regime, will go far to-
ward suppressing crime and benefit
ing the moral and economic condition
Of the poor Of the capital, according to
many Mexican reformers.
Far from being a debasing infiu-
ence, they say, the bull fighting season
marks decided decline in drunken
ness and crime and an increase in eff
cheney Of labor. They explain their
contention by pointing out that Mex
lean workmen, as a general rule, cam
not afford both to attend the bull fight
and frequent the pulque shops.
Bull fights as a general rule are
held on Sundays and holidays. If an
attractive Corriad is scheduled, the in
habitants Of the Colona de Bolsa and
other of the poorer sections work and
save conscientiously turnout the week
in order to attend. After the fight is
over they return home and show up
promptly for work Monday morning.
If no bull fight is in prospect, how
ever, the larger part of the week
earnings is spent in the pulque shops
and cantines. Police records show
these idle Sundays are productive OF
many disorders, robberies, shooting
and cutting ARRAYS, and failure OF
workmen to report for work Monday
Rodolfo Gaona, the greatest of the
Mexican escapades, still is probably
the most popular figure in Mexico, al
tho he has not visited the country for
years. His career in Spain is followed
by the deepest interest by all classes
as are those of Belmonte, Pastor and
other Spanish matadors.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07

On arrival it was found that the
operations had closed down for the
day, all but finishing run in the
evaporator pans. The shut down was
occasioned by slight difficulty with
the magnetic that supplied current for
a 40-horsepower engine used in driv-
ing the machinery.
However, the efficiency of the plant
was apparent. The cane was passed
thru the rolls, the juice going direct
into a tank and thence into the evap-
orator, while the stalks were run thru
cutter and thence up an elevator and
into the silo, the same power and
operation doing both.
And in the silo was another we'll
developed labor-saving plan. The
necessary packing of the ensilage,
usually requiring the combined eff
forts of several men or boys, was be-
ing done, and more effectively, by one
man and four big, fat Angora goats.
The man handled the distribution and
did most of the tramping in the CEN
ter, while the goats were kept milling
around and around, the small hoofs,
backed by solid pounds of meat
and bones doing a much better
nothing of the expense.
An interesting feature was the silo
Itself, an entirely homemade struc-
ture. Based with feet of stone and
concrete, the uprights were of 2x4
timbers, while the sheathing, sprung
in place and nailed on the inside, was
made from Ike boards, planned on two
sides and an edge and then resawed,
making them about 3-8 inch in thick
ness. When the first layer had been
placed, secured with 6-penny nails,
this was covered with an impervious
and acid-proof paper. Then. UNDER
sheathing Of 3-8x6 ipeh boards were
sprung to place and securely fastened
with 8-penny nails. Later the entire
structure, which will, if necessary, be
run to a height of about 30 feet, will
be sheathed on the outside and, 1t is
believed. will last fer years.
Mr.. Noyes is ably assisted by his
wife in certain branches of his farm
work. He credits her with the great
success at producing fine water
melons this season, they marketing
more than one hundred that weighed
more than fifty pounds each, and
wagon loads of fine ones of lesser
size. In addition they have crop"
of 105 capons, mostly of tie Indian
game breed. They are expected to
weigh better than pounds each at
marketing time, and past experience
causes them to feel pretty certain OF
as much as 40 cents per pound, or
1920 or more per bird.
Mr.. Moves also has a choice herd
ne Anvoras with which he is much
pleased.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
PROFiTEER|NC AS
IS PROFITEERINC
Chicago Hotel Men on the Grill for
Charging SOC for Tomatoes Cost
ing 1c. Coo for 2c Corn
Speed Up Building.

Chicago, Oct Further steps to
reduce prices were expected here to-
day.
Hotel men were to met to consider
reduction in cost Of eating. Russell
Poole, directing the city's fight to low
err prices. was prepared to point out
to the hotel men alleged discrepancies
between the cost and selling prices Of
food listed on their menus.
II think we will have no trouble
showing that so cents is too much to
charge for | cents worth of tomatoes.
and that go cents is more than
cents Of corn on the cob is worth, /"
said Poole.
Food prices continued TO tumble in
the middle west today.
Potatoes were selling at $3.50 to So
hundred pounds wholesale.
The Studebaker corporation an
nounced a reduction Of from S125 to
5000 in the prices Of its cars. The
Stewart Motor company reduced the
prices on motor trucks Is to 25 per
cent
The city Of Chicago's venture as a
uitISHdtitB " do W DC given bAyVub
today or tomorrow. Seven lake
steamers sent to Michigan to take on
| fruit were due to arrive today. The
city intends to sell the fruit at cost.
To speed up building and relieve the
housing shortage, delegates to the ma
tional building and construction con-
gress here decided to meet again in
/ january to consider the methods OF
4 A
committee Of six was appointed to
unite all elements in the building line
so a national building program may be
~. .l>.,J y,.s4 -, u a t..,.x,xaxy
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
FREE PORTS" FOR
MEXICO ARE URGED
Bin Now Before Mexican Congress
Provides for Establishing Ports
Where Goods Would Be Duty
Free-Vera Cruz Opposed.
BY Louis P. Kirby,
International News Service stan
Correspondent.


Mexico City, Mex, Oct. 1.--One Of
the bills now before the Mexican Con-
gress, intended to encourage foreign
capital to come here, provides for the
opening Of three free ports" One is
to be at Puerto de Mexico, on the Gulf
Of Mexico below Vera Cruz, another
at Salina Cruz, on the west coast, and
the third at Guaymas, in the state Of
Sonora, this being the home town of
President dc la Huerta.
Il is proposed to make these three
towns industrial and warehouse CEN
ters Foreign merchants and manu-
facturers will be permitted to ship in-
10 these districts all sorts Of materials
duty free, If the raw materials are
manufactured into merchantable goods
in the free districts the goods may be
ghlppnd abroad without the payment
Of duty. If shipped into other parts
Of Mexico, the usual duty is to be paid.
While those who are supporting the
bill believe that it will do much toward
adding to Mexicos industries, there is
strong opposition to the measure.
Vera Cruz interests are fighting the
bin because they see in the proposed
Stree port" at Puerto de Mexico a
blow to the prestige and Importance Of
Vera Cruz.
Other opposers say that whiskey
spectators are back of the "free port
idea.
AT present large quantities of whis-
key are stored at points along the bor-
der. Owners of this whiskey are per-
mitted to store the liquor on the Mex
Jean side by paying one-half Of the
usual duty, with the understanding
that the remainder must be paid after
a period Of six months. Ii the owners
are able to smuggle their whiskey
back into the United States before the
end of six months they escape the pay
ment Of full duty.
At the efree ports owners of whis-
key could keep their liquor in storage
for years without the payment Of Q
cent. would also be possible tn build
distilleries and operate them without
any cost above that Of labor and ma
terial.
Other obiectors assert that the 'fres
norris would encourage graft ant
smuggling. They say that the fires
ports would offer opportunity to al
of the rascals in Mexico and thruou'
the world.
Guaymas, like Salina Graz, is on th'
west coast, bat is farther north. OF
the Gulf Of California. That It wal
included among the proposed fires
ports Is attributed to the influence
Of President de la Huerta, who is be
lievea to be desirious to do something
to add to The prosperity of his hons
town.
But that there Is deeper policy bach
of the free port" idea Is indicated D,
the hint that the Mexican government
would like to see the du Points buils
q great powder plant at one OF tn
three ports, where powder could b.
manufactured for Mexico, Soutl
America and the Orient.
Such an industry would proyid'
Mexico with war plant to be seize'
and operated by the government a
amy time Of crisis.
1t is also limited that in case o
another revolution the warehouses. o
the Stree ports" would offer irresist
ihle temptation to looters.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
Dead Newspaper.

The public is able to sense the serl-
business Of the newspaper situation IN
Il sees the disappearance, one after
another. Of old established journals,
dne TO the high price Of labor and ma
terials, especially of newsprint.
la the same neighborhood in lndi-
ana. last Saturday, two daily news
papers gave up the ghost. One was q
Republican daily, twenty years old,
and the other a Democratic daily es-
tahlished in the seventies and publish
ed continuously, and both worthy OF
4 long life. There are communities
which neglect their newspapers, as
tho patronage were a matter Of no
personal concern. These commun-
ties do not awaken to sense of their
responsibilities until too late. Since
q ssssz outbreak Of the war hundreds of
small newspapers have disappeared,
due to increased costs and Indifferent
patronage. A community that stands
aloof while the village weekly is in
its last throes can hardly escape a
feeling Of self-contempt in the cons
teannlation Of the wreck.--Rochester.
IN " Herald.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
EFFICIENCY IN SAVING FEED.
Edgar Noyes. Near Acorn, Converts
Refuse Into Ensilage.

Edgar Noyes, Acorn farmer, be-
lieves in and practices efficiency in his
farm operations and if he fails to
make it profitable, The Star is bad
guesser.
Acting on tip from Peter McWil-
liam, the editor OF The Star, accom-
panied by his daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. f. Holt. drove out to the
Moves home Monday afternoon, sslserr;
it was understood good old Polk coun-
ty sorghum was being made, and, at
the same time, the pulp of the cane,
usually little better than refuse, was
being cut and run directly into silo.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
Bumper Crops to Reduce Prices.

Chicago, De- 1.-The return of all
commodities to normal prices is indi-
Gated in record crops turnout the coun-
try. This statement was made today
by Joseph p Griffin, former president
of the Chicago board Of trade. He
praised the grain exchanges as an inn
portant factor in bridging the uncer-
tain REIMBURSEMENT period. Food prices
have declined from 20 to rs per cent
in the last four weeks, say wholesale
grocers.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07

Wanted-Men or women to take or
ders among friends and neighbors
for the genuine guaranteed hosiery,
fun line for men, women and children.
Eliminates darning. we pay 00 cents
m hour spare time or $24 week for
fusi time. Experience unnecessary.
Write International Stocking Mills,
Norristown, Pa.-Adv. 38-6t.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-10-07
NINE HUNDRED LAID OFF.
Keller Bearing Company Lets
Out Workers.

Columbus, o., Sept. 80. Nine hum
dred Of the sixteen hundred employees
Of the Timkin Roller Bearing COM
panvss plant here were laid on this
this morning. It was announced that
tl,is action was taken because Of the
depression in the automobile industry.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09
STUDENT GOVERNMENT.

It is my privilege and my pleasure
to review briefly the purpose Of stu
dent government in the senior class
of Rockingham High School.
Under tho leadership Of our teacher,
Miss Finley, we introduced student
government in our room about De-
cember /, 1919. We were very demo-
cratic in our views Of student gov
eminent and in the manner of election.
Willie Williams, the president of the
class at that time, appointed Caroline
Covington, Robert Shepard and c. c.
Coley to draft the rules and regula-
lions for the newly adopted system OF
government.
Student government has proven
very successful and it only means that
we govern ourselves The broad Wis
toned teachers want the older boys
and girls to govern themselves. They
realize that it is infinitely more i'm
portant and vital that the older boys
and girls learn how to organize them
selves, how to have team play, and
how to be free, yet orderly and CO
operative, than that they learn how
to work the Binominal Theorem. Stu
dent government makes our school life
more interesting and effective; 1t re-
lieves the teacher of much OF the
problem of Order and Discipline and
it furnishes good soil for the growth
of the American democratic spirit.
In assuming the duties OF president
of this student government some two
months past, realized fully the re-
sponsibilities that this important po-
sition entailed. But through the CO.
operation of the pupils in the senior
class, we have progressed under stu
dent government to such an extent
that we believe that student govern
ment will be adopted by the junior
and senior classes next fall.
We are the first senior class to go
on record as the one class which
has governed itself The regulations
are few and simple, based upon the
assumption that the members of our
class are forward looking boys and
girls. The form Of government that
we have will not work any hardship
upon anyone AS the law of the
State is designed to protect its citi'
zens, so are the regulations Of our
student government intended for the
benefit of each pupil and the class.
mates recognize their necessity and
their propriety The pupils in our
class will tell you that the law has
no terror for the law-abiding citizen.
In reality we are only training our
selves for high standard of citizen
ship when we leave school.
The world today as never before in
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09

fight G. +. COLY,
President Student Government
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09

its history is demanding men and
women--real men and women, high
minded, men and women Of char
acter and Of high ideals. Let US
continue our movement of student
government and we will be able to
cope with the worlds demand The
noblest drop of consolation that can
cheer when we depart from old R. H.
S. is to say whether we have won
or lost, eve have fought the good
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-04-09

Large shipment of farm, gar
den and flower seed just received
at Watson-King Co.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-25
GOVERNOR WILL HELP WOMEN
SECURE APART MENT HOUSE
TWO RmiIdinEs for Purpose TO B~ Con-
oidcrct at Meeting tomorr""
Night.

Governor Wcstmorc.a DAVIS mas
promised 10 be present al N" ncetIi.
ot business and pcof"sSioci! women 70,
morrow evening At The Jefferson ltot.!
whom plans 10: the opening OF :. CO.
.uucr..,iVr .pa rtElcat house .or huSin"s -
Women ii; Richmond VIII he discussed.
ErS:lca the doWntown apartment
4rnuSc already under ConS!dcv.i!oli nE
tho committee on housing cond ions
Of which Mrs. INih Williams fGlh:! IS
.yu, irin.n. another apartment nous
.,rltraIlI located VIII bc offered INC
committee al the ni.ctin. tomorrow, -
v,s learned LAST night.
Yhls is The comparative. ~ new ana
modern brick structure. The apart
rcnt house is w"!l-arransrd win
\ large basement affords ANNE !aun-
drv facilities for the convenience %,
M. business women. there is ia!s"
vacant lot II the rear. and ga ai!"% Oh
Two sides THE Central is said /"
h.iv. one OF tho best heating plants IN
tbs section OF Richmond. II has hoth
gas and electricity and hot and cold
water and is most :,ttraciiVely arranged
inside villa wide halls and baths an
having doors opening into The nails
so that they can be used without pass
ing through the adjoining rooms.
The building viii he offered 10 tho
committee on easy terms OF payment.
The fact that the building was orig
iualiv constructed with The idea OF
changing IL into d small hotel at any
lime the owners believe VIII operate
to make IL an attractive proposition To
the business women VINO want TO live
In comfortable quarters down town.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-25
"Comcd' willy . and
Goldfish Figures
Government Bought More
Than 320,0O0,O0O
Ponds.

WASHINGTON March Corncd
beef ANA salmon. the familiar "Cor,"d
Willy and 'goidiith" Of the American
soldiers dict. IN the amount OF lii.G0S,
Isl pounds AMI 2C7.SIS.55o pounds. re-
sp"ctNcly yer" purchased by the
army during tho war, according to the
final report OF Mnjor-Generai Rogers.
Puarterinastcr-g general u the third
ingredient. beans. Of that famous trio.
which mad" tho Yaui5r" dourhbry tho
most euvicd person III hungry Euror,,
l"".3sH l'2 pounds We're bought III"
appeti,c Of tho soldiers could not Is."p
pace with tn" supply and the report
showed that millions OF pounds were
st!n ON hand after the signing OF the
armisticc.
smokes" issued as & part Of the ra =
ton for til" first time. proved thc most
popular artici" ON lh" ubsistonc" list.
including approximately ..5"i.OUo. 800
cigarettes not including supplies.
shipped overseas I" the various wr!
lar" societies. IN" government paid
$jI.l%l.0Gp Toy this tobacco Nearly o.
nr".Vpp pounds Was purchased.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-25
LIST WORLD WAR VETERANS
Lee CHAPTER. L. ID. G., Appoints Com
mittec T." Make Census of Con-
fedcrate Dcscendants.

Lee Chapter. L. ID. c., has appoin ed
committee 10 secure the records of
worlds War veterans who are lineai
descendants OF Confederate veterans
The committee is composed as follows
Mcsdamcs w. j.. ellis, chairman: Bas-
IT, Roy. j. w. W;scman w Il. Riggs
II. j. Dahron Earnest Boiling, g. Z.
Guthrie. IL. $. j. Williams, V. W. Daw-
pie Waddcll, Blanch BEDFORD II. 6.
Valentine. Il. Il; Chclf. w. Is. Dabncy
Annie Robinson. Martha Hcrndon.
Lee Chapter Will hold it's next meet
ing April |. The chapter has complci cd
the second $4,000 inStallmcnt for the
Confederate memorial endowment fund.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-25
RICHMOND LEADS State
IN TUBERCULOSIS CASES
Social Service Federation Hears Of
DcplOrabic Situation in This
CITY.

THAT OF the 10000 cases OF tubcrcu-
losis in Virginia, approx .mately 5000
cases are in Richmond alone. and that
OF the 2.GGo deaths in Richmond last
year from every cause. including in
flucnzh and pneumonia, 2S9 dird %
iuhcrcu!osis. MAS the statement OF
Miss Npra Spencer Hammer, executive
secretary OF the Richmond Tubrrcu-
loS!S Association, Speaking AT II meet
ing OF the Spccid! service Federation
yesterday afternoon in Ia" Jefferson
Hotel.
Miss Hammers subjcc, was "Tubcr
culoSis-:t coinnunit! I'rObIuu."
Miss Hammer called attention 10 the
startling fact mat Richmond had no
avaIlabic facilities for taking care Of
ity ,of only forty beds. she slid. and
the state tuDcrcUiar SInHtoriuuS arc
already inli wi;h long waiting lists.
there a ch.ld undy" 10 years OF ag.,
VINO mad tuberculosis. could u. treated.
The speaker !aii special emphas s.
on the matter Of tuberculosis b-tua Z;
distinctiy Il community problem Ia 50
gar as kichuOnd was concerned. and
tina, II Was certainly up To- Kich-
nond TO do something in the liGut -
wipe out tuberculosis IN Virginia.
What Richmond needs, Miss Hammer
declared, - niE sanltor.um "Ntiu-
siYci% Tor ia" treatment uc tubvrcuIar
patients w.th ample provision Tor tic
alrs. james wnre Durham vho
ma GcH tI- mental tests IN the psycnU-
PAIN c.lnlc 81 tn" Medical Cole" -
VIRGINIA, described in most eutor-
i'.n.n&. and obstructive" Way N" Dc
-'scs - delinquency in tH- courts Of
Practical application % The meas
p'a:ucd III in,er"siing detail asalln-
"itA particular typ.s Of delinquency.
-ad " n:'t Va gained th"reny
snc to.a 81 The code tests. and th"
''s!y~1ltHI'r tests. ana fables -