heXXIL AUENSSOU I WSDA"SCA IN COTION"l[C[AR[8 II[SI[R

He issues a Statement ofEncouragement

DRASTIC DECLINEDUE TO SELLING

tin Ten weeks More Than One MillionBales of Cotton Iaye Ween Thrownon the Market Without lihyit or

Iteason, Says Statement.Now Orleans, Oct. 20.--In a state-

'ment prepared at the instance of theNew Orleans cotton exchange direc-tors and] made public tonight, IHenry(i. liestter, secretary of the exchangeand, for 20 years regarded as an in-ternational authority on matters per--tainlg to cotton mxarketin , declaresIthere is "no reason for rushing forfederal financial aid'" and asserted(.hete was "nothing the matter withthe So lh -bdyond ani unreasonablescare in cotton."The satement, prepared "for the

benefit and encouragement of thosewho are not fully informed," follows:"The drastic de,'lIno that has oc-

curred in cotton since the first ofAugust, amounting to nearly $90 abale, or about 41S per cent, has beenmainly due to the pressure to sell ora shrinking market, undermining con.-i(ence on both sellers and coniumers,accn(':tuating the fears of the forierand increasing the reluctance of thelatter until they practically abandan-doned the market except at. constantcones ssions, which in the aggregateprobably constitute the 'greatest droopthat has ever taken place in the staplein any like period. In the past tenweeks, xxore than 1,000,000 bales ofspot -cotton have literally been"thrown overboard" without rhyme orreason. :;early three-fourths of th2Texas ginnings to September 2 havebeen rushed to market and while oth-er sections have sold more sparingly,the reported sales at three leadingTexas centers have amounted to morethan 200,000 hales. Futures have per-force followed spots, the pressure hav-ing bcn accentuated by sales to hedgespot.

Various Theories Givenarious theories have 'been givenfor the 'scare' mainly the question offlnnanxing, ur.aavorable attitude of thefederal bank and tight mxoney. Neit'h-

er of these, however, should reason-ably h: ve precipitated i practicalpanic. Calm thinkers consider there-wa'; no rearon for asking for federalaid !an dui ng the 'buy a bale' periodof 191.1. \'- marketed that year morelhx.32 '"Ii er marketed in any yearin It eior yof trade and if we did

:":xi- :;stchi for ouxr hales as we"h' ve, we laid thit' fouidationQr: upw ard trend andl brouclt

xxi-oney Into the Soutih, faIrly<:irned.x ini the years that fotllowxxi,thIaix had ever hefoire benoiaie iouir hxitory. Whyx~ then'i sixoult we af-loer fourx seasoins iin wichi ourx i'-~

(Old 'd in valuxe $7,970,000,000,x had4aca rnI~g a few mni i b~a ls penxd Iixga len'rary'~ 11ilt iin'deaand? lhas nott hal v'ery liiuIlxeenx lengthlenedx by the

produxixers. , Of course, everybjodynowxvs li xt the govern mieixt's eff'oritstox lower ithe high eo.<t of livting fis(exerc0 il some1 Intlhiene buti t hal hasbeenx by nox meanus (nix rely respIoni 11for n'(0the iottonI('. Let uis look aitthei wermenxext's fiurs foir t(

noaso Atigxxst andi SeptiemberxI -ix, in fxxct oxf xall thme Ialk abIouitreduionii~ or consumxpt ion, we ftind t hatIthe ''xills Nor'thI andi South conxsumaedof ('CtIon from Axiuut I to Sepxtembher30, 8841,000 bales xagatnst 913,000 forthe samexj tixme Inst yeai, a decrease ofOnly 59,000 hales. This then was notwhiere the shoe pxiached as fair as dlo-mnestice consumipt ion was teoncernedI.When the m~il hxecaixe Informnedj oflihe gr'owin,'g fears of the Souithrintiroducers of a declIne In values theyfell 'back on their' supptltes Of ranw cot-tonx and dIuring the two imonthis usedliup 413#,000 bales xof thou' reseirvestocks. Thuxxs on Juily 31. thme census;1aidl mIlls Noith and South held1.2(09,000 hales of Anmerican lint cottonwhile on October 1, the same author-ily gav'e them a total of only 773,000hales. lin September In face of thepanicky feeling that -was sprangn

AUTOMOBILES KILLTHRiEE ON SUNDAY

One Victim "orner Judg'e of Probatein Cherokeo County.

Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 24.-Two au-tomobile accidents in Greensboro andthis section this afternoon resulted inthe deat/h of two persons and the se-rious if not fatal injury to two others.

J. E. Webster, aged 72, formerty a

probate judge in Gaffney, S. C., andMrs. WVolster, while attempting tocross one of the principal streets in'Greensboro late today, were struck byan automobile. Mr. Webster diedfrom the effects of his injuries soonafter the accident while Mrs. Websteris In a local hospital, not ex,,ectedto live.On the Reidsville highway, near

Greensboro, late today Mi3ss LucileRoberson was killed alid her sister,Miss Annie Rioberson, and Will )an-l1es were seriously injured when acar driven by hiss Annie Danels, sis-ter of the injured man, ran oft an em-

banikment and turned turtle.

Ilendersont, N. C., Oct. 2 I.--.JosephT. Watkins, aged :0, died early todayfrom fractured skull suffered lastnight when an automobile ran intohim as he stepped from a sidewalkwhile assisting a blind man across thestreet. Watkins, though never or-dained was well known in North Car-olina for his work in prison evan-gelim.

3iarriagea of Cross ill1 BoyMiss Edna I1. England, of \Westmin-

ister, and Mr. Geo. P. Martin, of Cross11111, were happily married at the homeof the bride in Westmtinster last Tues-day, the ceremony being performed byRev. J. A. Martin, father of the groom.The young cmt Ple wilI make theirhome in Cross ill, where the groomis engaged in business.

in the spot market the Southern millseon:nanmed 2S1,A00 baes of lint cottonand they held remaining but about283,000 bales or about a month's sup-ply.

('om1parlson of Figures."Comparing t'ie situation now with

July 31, the showing Is: Stocks,American mills, North and South, ofAmerican lint cotton, July 31, 1920(per census), 1,200,000 bales."European port stocks and afloat,tober 1, 1,001,000.Decrease lint cotton since July 31,

778,000 bales."Totals, 2,124,000."In other words, there wa.s a shrink-

age in mill stocks at home andabroad and !n the Etropean .$tupply ofabout k00,000 bales of lint cotton-ahacuum that must aml will be filledwhen the m,.ret is i'rmit'' to set-tle down to normal cn: onsh, Inconsiderin.g these fl cie ':e are deal-ing i"'th the ;'pr=n'. ;'i with thePa:st. 't'l(,c'utiit'i It:. in latrge patto ti .m t:c o: h irs which havereuealed upociO~ onl "'miers, utn ettlinghoth ''ndei of: th. .:n, cani t0o he otha-'a-i'' tsane .;morary and will hard-

we''" The mills ate ajiaite as anx-ion.> ,d the lirodatcers f'otr the i'estttim p-t iona of atotnia fta net lon. Th'le rem edyl ies wih the S'ouathern prioduc~er' andhtol der, w hi oiu le qito a ble tocoIII withi the situtitIon.

''The tetail trade, whaich Is the tealfoiuntdationt, is, we ate told by thle bestauthboitie's, "prioceedaling ott a neatlynormoalI basis so fat' as voltume is con

'Con iilane tttit'itble rtoriI il fromtlie prtoduaerts' 'nd Tlhte wa-e of buying or for the aeplenishmient for' thteta-Srilvies with only a I: now ledge thatthe toomt Is at thle top1 anad tiot at I thebottomn.

''TVhere Is not hinag th' atteri'I ththte South beyon d aa an uneasoan rgseaaae in cottont. Oura listitttons araesolid, ot'r banks ate In siplendid~con-dition, better thtan ever' known, andthey have ben made so by the apno-11le's money, resultant from thte pros-perity of the past few years, Thtea'lnter'estr, ate the peolhe's Interestsatnd we need not be0 forcede to seekoutside of out' own section for' thesolvIng of out' prtolem 'Te worldwants ourt cotton, the lIke of whtlehican not be obtalined elsewher'e. Thewvoald muist supply its needs from ottrsuptply and a people who wvould throwoverhoat' dtthir 'products at 'less thtancost' utnder ex IstlDg condItIons woutldcilss nor~tig shor't of 'bedlamites.'We are not and have never 'been that-kind."

A"TfElt FAS'' OF 73 DAYS-iondon, Oct. 25.-Terencee Mac-

Swine', lord mayor of Cork, the mostprominent- of the Irish hunger strikersand said to have been the brains ofthe Republican party in Ireland, diedearly -today in Brixton prison.The end was not unexpected, for

the lord mayor had been unconsciousfor several days. He was' enteringupon the seventy-fourth day of hishunger strike as a protest against asentence of two years imprisonmenton several charges, including one ofhaving seditioud documents in his pos-session. "

Only his brother, John MacSwiney,and his private chaplain, Father'Dominie, were with himu when hedied. Mrs. ilacSwiney and the pris-oner's two sisters, Annie and Marywere at a nearby hotel.The lord mayor, who was terribly

emaciated as a result of his long ah-stinence from food, had been delir-ious; for many hours. and was uncon-scious when death cate.

It was several hotur' after the lordmayor died before his brother waspermilted to tell MIrs. MaacSw iney thesad news. She immediately went tothe prison, accompanied 'by her pa-rents and the \Misses MaeSwiney, andthe family group stoical and dry-eyed,prayed over the body as it lay on thecot.

No I) enonstrationsi.There were no untoward demon-

strations outside the prison after theflews of Mac .winey's death becamegenerally known. A large force ofpolice had been concentrated to putdown any disorder that might occur.It was said at the prison that thereason for withholding permihsion to.ohn MacSwiney to inform the dyingman's relatives *of his conditons wasthat it was in the prisoner's interest.Just before MIacSwiney died, Father

Dominie and ,lohn MacSwiney knelt.at the bedside and offered up tpray-ers. The priest administered the ritesof extreme unction.

It is well within 'the possibilitiesthat the body .will be taken to Corksecretly In order to avod unpleasantresults frim whatever demonstrationsmight be arranged in England andIreland along the route traversed bytrain bearing the body. There is nointimation that any official advocatesrefusal to send it to Cork.The home offiee in charge of pris-

ons, which would control the move-ment of the body in lIingland, saidthat no plan for the removal of thebody had been officially considered.At the Irish office it was declared thatno plan had been formulated for thetransfer of the body to Ireland agndthat final decision on this point woflldrest solely with Dublin Caste.

It is within the powers of the homeoffice to give up the body of a prison-er in whatever way is deemed mostexpedient. It is pointed out that itcould legally transfer the bodv insecret to somte ou t-of-t he-wayn 'portanid later to a governimentI vessel anddeliverc it at C'ork. Aio

Terencll(e .\lacS wintey was forty erold antid wias 0one of the mtost lpromli-nent Sinl ieineors. lie startedI life asa driaperc's assistant, but hlecame ap~oet, author01 and a playwivright before0tak intg up) polities ser'ioulsly. 1Later lieI'eante violently anti-10nglish.

WVhileIi in Wakefield jail, Yorkshiire,in I191I6, he met Niiurio '.luiirphy,daughter' of a wvealthy Cork distillet',who visited thle jail anld shor'tly afteorth1ey wer mar111ried, 1511desit muh opl-Pos ition. .\lac~iwin ey was electedn as aSinntFiinmembl1111er from ('ork to thleIiltishi i'arliamlent in 1915, bu11 tCverltook is seat, lie was presenIIt at. liefirst sess ion of tile Irlish Parilian ttill 191 9. Whenl the estabIlishment01 o~fthe Repulblic wns confirmed, and wiakelected lord may0or of Cor'k in I1920.

Foi' various political offenses, he(htad 'been in jail, with brief intervalsof lIberty, silnce Janular'y, 1916,. and inOctobei', 1917, securedl his releasefromt jail b~y hunget' striking.

N'far'tedi "Strike" Aug. t'2..\acSwiney's htunger' strike was be--

gunj on August 12 when'l wvith tenl ofhis associates, he was arre'(sted by sol-dier1s ini Cor'k while attending a ses--sion of Sian lFein court. After tr'ialb~y a courtmat'tal under~t the reOgula-tionls of the Defence of the RealmiAct, he wvas found guilty of seditionatnd sentenced to two years8' imlpr'isonl-meat, which he was serving in 'IBrik-ton 'Prison in London.

.\acSwinev. than an Aleran,. of

INFANT'S IIODTYCAST INTO FilRE

Norfolk Woman Who Gave Buindle of"!tags to Fireman, Charged WithMurder.Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25.-Mrs. Emily

IWilson, 21 years, old, was arrestedhere this afternoon on the charge ofilfantilde. Immediately after her ar-rest she was ordered by a health de--partment physician sent to a hospitalas her condition is serious.:While a circus parade was in pro-

gress this morning Alirs. Wilson en-tered a down town laundry and goinghack into the fire room handed a bun-die to a negro fireman and requestedhim to throw it into the furnace, tell-ing him that it contained rags. Thefireman's curiosity was aroused by amnovemient he felt in the package as itleft his hands for the Rlames. itakingthe bundle from the coals, he discov-ered that it contained the body of aninfant. The body was so badly iiuti-Ia'ted from the filaie that the coro-ner was unable to detertine the man-ner of the child's death.

Mirs. Wilson, who is the mother oftwo children is separated from herhusband 'I'h police said she statedthe infant was born dead last Satur-day.

SO1'ilfl'' 1'!1W'1:{_.IB1tIEAIhN(; 1)0W N

U'nited Sintes of Russia 1ay BieEvolved.

Washin:ton, Oct. 2-.-A tInitedStates of Rlssia is now looked for byofficials here as the most likely pos-sibility along forms of governmieWntto follow dissoluition of the sovietre' i me.

Official advices today 1 the 101-shevik breakdown was rapidly con-tinuing in Russia.A new central government pattern-

ed roughly after the form of theUnited States of America, it is be-lieved here, might include even king-doms such as have been recently es-tablished in Turkestan together withthe socialiitic forms represented bythe republic carved out of Siberia andforming now the Far East republic.Among the states which a United

States of Russia would be expected toinclude, officials enumerated: Lithu-ania, Esthonia, Latvia, Georgia,Azerbaijian, Ukrainia, Republc ofOnsk, the kingdoms arising out of thegovernment of the provnces of Tur-kestan and Rusha proper.

Cork, was elected Lord Mayor of thecity at a s'pecial session of the CorkCorporation on March 30, of this year.Ile was a well-known Sian Fein lead-er and, prior to his election, had beendeported and imprisoned severaltimes, one of the latest notable in-stances of his confinement havingbeen in 196It; in connection with theIrish Easter revolt.W\hen arrestei on august. 12, .\lac-

Swiney managed to c.'lcape to tihest rlet from thle hack of the ('ity iilall,whleh11 sold irs hadIC surrounded1CC, but1was capturedCl outside. lie was takento) the miilitary barrai~ck5 andl c'aiie upifor trial on1 Attguist I16. TheW(011couiiar--ti al foundm himi guilty (If having control

in his p~o55'ssess a doe(linien t ilkely toC'aite dlisaffect ion, niamiely, a copy oia re'so lut ion of' tihe ('ork Coriporiat iontlldgi ng alle(gianice to tile D~ail 1e--arl~i, tile Irlisih Iliulican P'arliameint,anid oft hav'ig mai~de a 51'ditious5sp~leh (in thle ovenasion of hiis eleec-

Already wea':k at the~trial heenualse ofhis refusal to take food, Miac~w ineydiislputed the( juisi5cltioni of tie court,saying: "'I amII thle lord miayor of thliscity' anq its chief magstrate. I de-c lare this couri ilIilegal,. and those ta k-Inug iiart in It Iliablle to arirest unhderthe laws oif the Iish republic.''The day folowing his trial, Lord

Mayor' MaeSw iney was dep~or'tedi to10nglandc aboardi a destroyer', undeir aheavy military eseort and w~as lodgedin llrixton jail. The government an--Ilo~uni~cd on August i19 that he wassenltenced to two years' imlpr'isonment.MaeSwiney s hunger stike brouight

numer'ous solicitatioins and prhotests tothe Bitish authtlorities, many of theappieal.4 becing from sympiatizerts Inthe United States.Even a threat from the Sinn Fein

in -Irelandl, that, in the event of his(leath, a general strike and serious dis-turbances would pirevail throughoutthe island. An alppeal was taken di-recty to the King, butt this also prov'-edl unavailing.

GIVEN MEDICAL EXA1INATION

ChIlldren's health Conference in theCourt. HouseF1irday and SaturdayAttended by 31Iny Mothers.Forty-five babies, both male and fe-

male, from among which may be so-lected in the years to come a gover-nor, senator, notary public or even a

president, were given thorolgh e' am-inations at the Baby Health Confer-ence held in the court house Fridayand Saturday of last week uinder thedirection of .liss Minnie Rogers, coun-

ty nurse under the Red Cross, withthe co-operation of ladies of the city.Forty-live mothers brought. their chil-dren for voluntary examination by-physicians of the city, had physicaldefects pointed out to them and ad-vlco given as to how the children maybe made stronger and better fitted forthe battle of life'.Saturday afternoon Cr. Lesne Smith,

chIild specialist of Spartanbu'g, waspresent and spoke to a num ber ofmothers on the care of babies andlater examined several ('hiidren. Theaddress of IDr. Smith was given closeattention by the assembled iothersand many rtiueltions were asked himafter he had cc rncludeil.The Baby Ilealth Conference was

one of several conferences given overthe county under the aus ices of thelled Cross and which will be I.ivenin other sections where they are de-sired.

'T'lhe obj ect of the conferences is toto determine the developme01t andpresent condition of children broughtby their mothers for examination. ItincludIes a careful Iphysicial examiina-tol of each child, in which the childis weighed, measured and compared,point by point, with what would benormal for that child. In this way themother may see where she is failing,where she is succeeding and how shemay secure better results.A Children's health conference is

not a contest or a clinic. It is for thegreat mass of children who, thoughapparently well, are-rarely found with-out defects. The discovery of such de-fects at an early age when they maybe easily remidied, Is the chief aim ofthe Conference.

BERKETT W. DAVENPORT

Well Known Citizen Died at His HomeHere Saturday After a Brief IllnessBerkett W. Davenport, a well

known citizen of the city and county,died Saturday afternoon at his homeon Laurens street. Last Monday hewas stricken with paralysis, soon

lapsing into a state of coma fromwhich he never rallied.The interment was at Prospect

church Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock,following funeral services led by hispastor, theiterv. Samuel Ii. Temple-man, of the Pi rst Baptist church ofLaurens. The active and honorarypallbearers were the meibers of thesen ior. 1 aracL(a class of the Firist IHap-list ('hurch'l Sundl~ay school, of whichlhe had been a faithful miemberI for' a

numberiit' of yearIs.Al'. D~avenpor't was a ha!tive 01' the

'outly, a son of the late Li. P. Daven-lort, schlool t 'eiher, and one t imelcoilnty schl~oo lloissionier. Someyearis ago lie moved to town, anld dlirI-ing the Past year- or so he has con-dutelt :I a green groclry. lIeI is surlviv-ildlbe his wido~w, wilo was eoemr

by fourI son;, ierrci Daven port 01'Charleston, JTames, Br-ookA and ThlomasD avenp1)rt, of L auren'hs andu one daiigh-

Mit. .1. H. P h ilpot, su1perlinitenident ofthei cilyvIlih andr water' plant, has re-Cei ve'd thle mlonithIy ana Iys is of thleCity w~ater' from Dr1, F. L. Par'ker,stale chemist. The hacter'ial analysisstateu "Bacterial Indricat ions of Con-tanminiation, 'NegatIve" and water' ini-cated to be of goodl quality and freefr'omi conitamlination.

VHAS4INi N I0110tT IC~OUGHI SWIA MP'S

Nor'th C'arolinialns Threat en to Lynch.(irocerymian AssaIu~tl.

WilmIngton, N. C., Oct. 24.--Wlthr'esidents of the WrIght sville Beaechsection thr'eatening him with lynchingif caught, John Allen, negr'o, chiargedwith murlderouis assault on N. S.Veille, aged gr'ocer' of VIlla VIew, ishbeIng hunted tonIght In the swamps ofNew Hanover coulnty where 'he Isthornght tn. be hidmmr

COX PR[DICTS[L[CTION SRPRI8[

Strong Sentiment AgainstG.0. P. Leaders

SENTIMENT GROWSFOR THE LEAGUE

The Fos of the League of Nations Willliate Their Surprises in New Eng-land, Atlantic States and Midwest,Snys Governor Cox.Washington, Oct. 24.-Suillprises in

election results for his Opponents illmlany parts of the country were pre-(irt((l by Governor Cox while theDemocratic r1)iesidential canlidate wasen rout' tonight from New York toWest Viuiginia, where he will cam-paign tiioorrow."The foes of the league," said the

governor, "will have their suiiprlse; in1New ingland, in some of the Atlanticstates, in he middle west and the farwest. I have talked with men of long(xperience in New York who haveseen manifestations of public feelingsin lpresidential campaigns anmd ther.judgment s that the tide wihilh set inabout two weeks ago is unprece-denltedi."Governor (ox in his statement de-

(lared there was profound resentmentagailst llepuhlicat leaderdi back ofthe "roulend robil."

"In the last ten days," hi' said, "andiart iclilarily in the last week every aum-dience that I have addressed has giv-en ('vilence of this when the names ofthe leading conspirators were recited.I have in mind Senators Lodge, Bran-d1clgee, Moses, Wadsworth, Watson,'enrose, Smootil Newberry and Hard-ing."

Deception regarding the League ofNations almost succeeded. GovernorCox added, but now "the truth has tri-umIn phed." Senator i-larding's election,the Democratic nominee said, wouldcarry a sigificance "that could not bemisunderstood and further postipone-"uent of action by the senate would beout of the question." ,

Gov. Cox daid he was advised thatin one day 7,000 contributions, mostlysmall, had been recelved at Now Yorkheadquarters and indicated, he declareed, a popular awakening to "the re-actionary campaign fund amountingto millions of dollars" and "spiritualfever that has seize dthe hearts of thepeople."

Stating that he had spoken in thir..ty-six states with an itinerary ar-ranged without regard to past politi-cal alignments, the governor said:"We are on the last turn in the

campaign. As we go back to the mid-dle wvest, it is perfectly alpparent thatOur estimate was appraised correctlyalmost two months ago when thestatement was n(le that poli-ticapu-rualitils as establ ishedt byw past elee..ti on contests meant nothing this year'.''

(;ov. ('ox was accomplaniiedi this farbyv Josieph F. Guffey, national comlmit-1 eenman for P'ennisyhl ania. 1. If.More, ofi Yolingstown, 0., tile eandi--daite's lpreconivenition malnger, wasantheriii traltling (ompllanion of the.Lotvernori to remlain wvithI him. An en-lthuisast ic crowdt greetedj Gov. Cox attii'he llnion stat ion whleni he reachedhere.' Leaving his private ear,- thie

aoero pa~ssed thirouigh ohieein'gthron1 s to ihe titres idlent's- room in thestation. w here lie shoo(1k hand(s wvithbilndlreds tduriig: thei timne his trainStolilped htere. Yieldling to the crowd'sinlsistenici* for a s'ee hi, thle Demo-.cratic nomniint'i cxliressedl his ''(eep)S ra tir t1d1." for the demons rat o"To say more," lie addedi, "wold he

to trespass on 'the sirmit of the Sab--balthi, an111we arie a religious peoplewhoi I'reet our1 ireligious -tr'ad itionms."'Amlon~g those who met Gov'. Cox on

his arrival here wer'e Attorney Gen--eral 'Palmer and .Joseph P. Tumulty,secretary to the president.

Manny Aftenid SalesThelC dry gootis and clothling mner--

(-han is of the city, wholr have been put..ting on special sales dumring theC pastweek or two, rebort that business hasbeen very gratIfying, considerIng thestringent condlitions, and thlat peop~leseem to applreciate the reducetionsthatt have been made. The sales arestil In progress and the merchlants areexpectIng still 'better trade with therecent advances h ton.n