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_ . Abbeville Press and Banner ! ?i.so SECOND SECTION, ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916. Page* 9-12. established 'm a year. 18 4 4 i McLaarin Disci Act Declares Some Delegates of Detn< cratic Council Were "Duped an Deceived"? Commissioner Undt cided as to Method of Carryin Principles of Warehouse System I People. John L. McLaurin, State warehous commissioner, yesterday issued tfa following statement: To thfe Fanners of South Carolina: In consequence of the action c . the recent State convention in declii ing to permit the State warehous commissioner to enter the Democrat] primary this summer in the interes of the warehouse system, I am r< ceiving so many letters from farmei throughout the State asking for a expression from me that k is impo: sible for me to answer them all, an it is in reply to them that I am mal ing this statement. Broadly and briefly stated, unde our present financial system, the but iness interests of both town an country are at the mercy of concer trated wealth. It acts as a unit; th people act as indiviluals. Until the federal reserve lav money and credit were under th 1 /># a lennf nf />nnsnirRtnrs. wh nsed their power to expand or cor tract the currency so as to enric themselves at the expense of the pre ducers. The bank reserves were cot centrated in New York and const: tuted that vast fund of "call money which fostered a tremendous speculs tion in products; cntrolled trans ? portation, locked up credits an made money panics a part of ou financial system. It was the fruitfi mother of usury, which, through th ages, has enablde the drones to d< vour the workers. To liberate the producers, the nei currency law must have for its ej pression the warehouse. If cotto values are stabilized, then cotto gamblers are destroyed. Cut Out Middleman. If the federal reserve system rec ognizes warehouse receipts and d< crees 6 per cent, money, then th usurer can no longer ply his trad< The central bank now discounts fo the member bank at 3 per cent, i only needs a little more legislation t deal direct through the State ware louse and thus cut out the profit o a useless middleman. If the product of land, cotton, i converted into a fluid asset, why no the land upon which cotton is grown Then mortgage companies and othe professionel Shylocks will find thei occupation gone. To find employmen for all the hidden hoards of monej it must seek investment in cora modity paper, land bonds or indus trial enterprises, which will plac labor in greater demand. Small bank will be on an equal footing with th big distributing banks. Small bus: ness men will have the same bankin facilities now enjoyed by the captain of finance. With the federal reserve bankin system, cotton has become a liqui j asset, and the last 12 months ha proved beyond any reasonable dout that cotton can be valorized by i1 use as a collateral as readily a stocks or bonds. If cotton is valorized by use as collateral, then immediately cro mortgages assume a new basis c credit and the tenant and shar cropper are placed in a more ind( pendent position to defy the chatt< mortgage robbers. Hidden Force*. These are the hidden forces direcl ing opposition to the development c the warehouse system and denyin a full and free exposition of its prir ciples before the people. I know that factional lines wer drawn in the State convention to kee me from discussing these qestion: I know that men who believe in m and my uork voted to cut me ov of a legal right and trampled undf foot the law of the State. They were duped and deceived. The unqualified indorsement of th convention proves this, but the dii bolical cunning of the selfish ii terests, who, when Manning woul not obey tl>eir behests on the mi strike and the anti-compact bill, mii led and brought out Cooper and ha^ now double-crossed Cooper and gon back to Manning in consideration c his throttling a presentation of th - - * 1- t ~ J xl- :_4 truth belore tne peopie, iea uiem mi the trap. There is no man in Sout Carolina who is swayed less by fa tionalism than I. All factions per s are fakes and frauds, through whic honest men are blinded that the se . fish few may thrive. It is time Sout Carolina passed out of political chil< hood and took on the sober though fulness that belongs to maturity. Vicious Attacks. The vcious and underhanded a tacks made upon the State warehous system and upon me, upon the floe of the conventin, emphasizes tl: necessity, based upon simple justic to the warehouse system and to tl people, of taking the system dircetl before the people, and I shall take m own way. which will later be di: closed, of doing so. 1 want it distmc ly understood that this statement hj nothing to do with the factional aligi ments in this State, nor with the cai didacy of any man for governor, bi the recent State convention has n< been able to abolish the true Demoi racy which lives in the hearts of tl people of South Carolina, and the shall have the opportunity, to whic they are entitled as a matter of rigl and not of mere privilege, of knowin I the benefits which the State ware isses ion of Conventior j house system has been to them an . the larger benefit which it can be t g them, and the State warehouse sys o tern shall have the opportunity, t which it is entitled in the same mar ner, of meeting before the people o ,e the State such vicious attacks as ar e constantly being directed against i as exemplified by the State cnventior I have no weapon save the though ,? which I can create; no appeal save t conscience and the true interest o , ~ my fellow citizen. c The concentrated wealth which op 5t poses every step I take forward gath ers for its defense an army of faith 'g I ful because well paid retainers. The; n buy the best brain to speak, write am }_ act for them. They have lawyers J politicians and editors constantly a work mouding public sentimenl When the system demonstrates it usefulness, they attack my characte , and try to destry confidence in me J No appeal to a sense of justice avails greed and self-interest outweigh th rights, urosiieritv and haDniness milions of human beings. Charges Monopoly. ' There is today in this State a clos ? corporation of interests demandini an exclusive monopoly in making, de u daring and administering laws. The; care not who hold the offices, so the; control policies. "Whose bread I eat his song I sing." Never was there si m overwhelming a desire on the part o the people for knowledge. Are the; to be denied? 7 If the State warehouse system ha one thing to be specially commended i it is economy and effi?gncy. Is i dangerous to give the jrople a lessoi in these cardinal virtues? South Carolina has never had i real business administration. Taxes have doubled in twenty years " Who dares say efficiency has beei bettered? Political Leeches. I venture the assertion that abou one in 20 primary voters Is on th< public payroll in some capacity. Thi State is flooded with policitcal leeche performing n ouseful work, but bend e ing their energies to keep up a ma i. chine which will perpetuate thel r jobs. Food inspectors, drug inspec t tors, whiskey constables, special con o stables, charity experts, labor expert s- hookworm and pellagra and tubercu f losis experts, hog agents, anti-toxii distributers, mad dog. ?inapegtow s white slave agents, demonstratioi >t I agents, tomato club agents, crop bu ? reau information gatherers upoi r whose information the prices of oui r products are forced down, trustees it purity congress delegates, drainagi r, delegates?anything that will creak i- a job?all traveling over the sami >- field, everlastingly drawing salarie e and piling up expense accounts to th< :s profit of the political machine and th? e imoverishment of the ordinary tax i- payer. Who pays the freight? Wher g is it all to end? What man outside o s the lunatic asylum does not kno\ that such a loose, diffuse administra g tion of its affairs would bankrupt th d United States Steel trust in a fev s years? The State only survives sucl >t a lack of efficiency at the expense o s a constant drain upon the taxpayers is We need ordinary business emcienc; I nnH nlnin fmmnn sensft in nublic ser a vice. p This condition came about because if after 1876, every time objection wa e raised, those in control said, "Hush s- you'll split the party." Now, it i il "Blease in the wood-pile," and peopl are whipped into line by a threat o "Bleaseism." God save the State, i the people can be fooled, and if the; l allow themselves to be duped into bitter factionalism against their owi interests ny tms incessant cry agains _ "Bleaseism." The interests which are lighting th State warehouse system because i cuts off their enormous profits mis g led the State convention into a fac " tional line-up against the interests o ^ the people whom that convention hai (r been assembled to represent. Manu facturers, exporters and others wh are now profiting at the expense o [g the producer do not want a license* x_ graders' system under which cottoi can be stored and sold on standar 2 grades, and they do not want othe jj laws which will stop the constan 3_ drain upon the people of the Sout! " r/hich every day enlarges of the al e ready rich. They defeated these meas (? ures in the last legislature, and the e will defeat them in the next unles >0 the people are on the alert. I hav no fear as to the final verdict whe: these matters are presented to th " people fully, and I shall take tha _1 11 t. n LA> ' cuuise wiiiun snail seem tu mc ucc to get an exposition of the principle k of the State warehouse system clearl before them. Jno. Lowndes McLaurin. ^ A. S. JOHNSTONE ELECTED. ;e )r Former Anderson Man Assistant Sec ie retary National Charities and Cox >e rections. ie y iy Indianapolis, May 18.? At th s- closing session here last night of th t- 43rd annual meeting of the Nations is Conference on Charities and Coi -?_ rantmnc iVi o Y-^or^lnf ir*r?c pnmmitt.P l- recommended that the resolution o it Miss Kate Davis of Clevelnad, plat >t ing the conference on record as fa\ > oring the Owens-Keating child labo le bill now in congress, be no adoptee >y The delegates approved the resold :h tion, but it was explained that it i it not customary for the conference "t ig adopt resolutions on questions o public policy." .... . i igj5(5J2J5I2I2J2J5f5J2/5i2IEfSJSHSI5JSISISEI5f5J5i5IBIBIBIBJi "tt ? offcast lit will pay s| for months I Considering To- Jt 1 11 day's Market, ; I These Prices *1 * 1 are Extremely er? ^ ^ m ww a {I LOW! 1 BOYS'SUITS aH I 1 ri 8 Large assortment of j 1 II boys' suits, mostly Nor- 11 s 1 folks, pretty materials, E J ! 1 ages 7 to 18 years: I} J $2.50 Suit $1.59 [l 11 2.98 Suit 2.35 Ij ! 1 3.48 Suit 2.65 g ?1 3.98 Suit 2.95 ' | * I 4.98 Suit 3.65 ! ] if 5.98 Suit 4.25 gy ll T^EGUIjS^iHlBflKisO j| OCTAGON S0AI j I MEN'S PANTS SALE - s 98c, $1.48. $2.48 and up to $398 j 1 100 Pair Men's High Grade Overalls, f ? "Safety Block" brand, $1,25 value, $8,( ' H Sale price, pair ! ijfj] 700 yards AAA heavy Homespun, 36 inc e j?] wide, Sale price, yard ! I BOY'S KHAKI SUlfsT f s Ages 4 to 7, jair f g Ages 8 to 15, pair \ I LADIES SPORT COATS iji Beautiful selection in plaids and far J I stripes, regular price, $5, (Q {] >_ I $8,000 Sale price 11 EMBROIDERY ~ 1 5c Embroidery, $8,000 sale Qj f 1 price, yd 02 jjli 10c Embroidery, medium width, G d; ? $8,000 Sale price, yd 0 lj| 15c Embroidery, width 18 ins., 1 *\ h|| $8,000 Sale price ? l- jj 25c Embroidery, width 25 ins., "I (] y | $8,000 Sale price 13 11 MUSLIN UNDERWEAR J j Gowns, Petticoats, Drawers, Cor it;'! Covers, in plain and to QC s|| fancy designs ?tOQ> 5FC I Your Dollar n m i IV 1TM9 A HOUSE OF 1,000 Bi [gj^gJSjaMSMSJSMarSMSMEMSJSMSJaJSMSISJSJSMSJ 900: inable Mer you to anticipal ahead at thes u> uvicivuiuijr uiai uiiuci uic [ii caci prices skyrocketing, with raw mat< al advance in the cost of all merch uch VALUES AS ARE ITEM1ZEI ILL BE QUICK TO GET THEIR F :k action is demanded ali IT QUICK MONEY! WE MUSI E Ann All WHEN PRESENTED AT TH IIIIIII III- STORE at ANY TIME, will en: I 11 I Ml H holder to 7 spools of this Sti I 11 11 I 111 ard thread for 25c. Good only w y y 1 vll Coupon iiprutntML Cut it out n Sp?llJ.SP.CMTJ|kp Cotton Thread /*! r For-- = kV bebbbbbbtaaaagBBiaaaa ? / ?. , F 25 lbs. Best Gr< n ? \ # This offer is op< | v ^ buy a* much as other goods in th I Ladies' Walk Over 500 # ^1a I Shppers -8c ij: ? i|: Awarded Grand Prize at the i|i Panama-Pacific Exposition in IK- ill 1915 This line of Shoes and ^ | Slippers are too well known > J: in Abbeville and Abbeville | county to say more-it's only i|; necessary to quote the very 'o ;]| low prices, thus: j|> $4.00 Quality, $8,000 Sale dJO 1 Q Price lA iji $3.50 Quality, $8,000 Sale d>0 H(l |C jjj Price ?C I COUNTERPANE SALE ;|: $1.00 Values in medium size QQ? 1 Counterpanes, Sale price 02/C jjj $1.50 Value, full size Coun- djl OQ ft t.ernanes. Sale Drice , j|; $2.25 Quality Counterpanes d*1 OA ]|: during this sale vl*Ot7 !c BALL COTTON, 8 for 5< Does DOUBLE lNTlFR 111JL/U11 4RGAINS 5J5J5J5J5J5J5J5J2J5MSJ5JSJHSJSJ5JSJSJSrSfSJBJ5J5J5JSJBJ5J5JS?5JSJSJ5MS i pi i 11 jalei chandisel te your wants J e low prices!! it condition of the market, with | ' i|| trials becoming scarce, with the Jg andise, that we are able to offer ? > ON THIS PAGE. W^ebuy- I ULL SHARE of these Values. I L ALONG THE LINE! WE I r HAVE QUICK SALES! | HHK MEN'S P. B. SUITS ,1 ?11 j $6.98 Value for ....$6.00 E [IS 1 ] ~ ? 11 LADIES'P. B. SUITS I Z> [} $6.98 Value $5.98 I ^1 BOY'S P. B. SUITS I S| ? $1.98 Value .$1.25 L^gl y Regular 10c Cheviots to I, T| ,jroat - 86 J 1,500" yds. Merrimcak HHgg calicoes, yd..... 4 3-4c inulated Sugar a 5 en only to those who B | one dollars worth of J J JL. | -U e store. No exception. il I i '.'JB | MEN'S STRAW HATS % ||: $3.00 Quality, Sale price $2.29 | 1.98 Quality, S*le price 1.50 I 1.48 Quality, Sale price .98 | , | 38-inch wide and narrow striped Muslins, 5 worth 15c, Sale price 11c j ;j; 36-inch Percales, light colors only, sale price i <j! per yard T 9c j <!' One lot Dress Ginghams, stripes and checks, I , 10c value, sale price, yd 8c ;{! 200 yards 36-inch Pajama checks, Sale price, 5 the yard 9c J |; SILK UNDERSKIRT SALE j j: In brown, navy blue, Copenhagen blue and green, $2.48 qpaality, QC j 11 $8,000 Sale price tPleOJ CREPE DE CHINE 1 1 $1.50 Quality in Maiz, Pink and white, j jusi i eueiveu vy cApieoay a |; $8,000 Sale price v 1 127 ij || MEN'S AND BOYS' CAPS j t| j; 50c Values, in a large assort- AOc || rnent of designs, Sale price.... ra i: 98c Valued, to go in the $8,000 70/* 1 |; Sale at i?7C | SUIT CASES I I' $1.25 Suit Case. Sale price $ .85 |j | 1.50 Suit Case, Sale price .98 | 3.00 Suit Case, Sale price 2.48 | * 5.00 Suit Case, Sale price 3.89 i : DUTY Here \ Mjnq : ABBEVILLE, S. C. | _2B