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ESTABLISHED 1894 1 ' THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1820 / VOL. 27. NO. 12
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EXPORT COMPANY
READ\ FOR BUSINESS
President Mannipg of Cotton Export
Corporation Announces that Organization
is Prepared to
Ship Cotton to Europe. <
Columbia, Nov. 16 *? "We, have
made arrangements to ship some cotton
right away," was the interesting
statement made last night at the offices
of the cotton export corporation
by the president. Richard I. Manning.
"Just as 6oon as we can get it to
handle we can begin shipping it
abroad," "he said. ^
Pursuant to the resolution passed
' . * b> the board of directors of the
American Products Expqrt and 1mjFhrt
corporation, Mr. Manning is diA?cting
the assembling of the stock
which has been subscribed. The headquarters
office in the Arcade build
ing was a very busy scene yesterday
0when letters were being sent out to
the more than 5,000 subscribers over
the state.
Each subscriber is directed to
make checks for cash subscriptions
payable to the corporation and to
mail to the corporation at Columbia.
Liberty bonds are to be senr In by
mail or express. Detailed shipping instructions
have been given to those
who have subscribed cotton for Aock
in the corporation.
"If your cotton is pledged to a
bank," writes Mr. Manning, "arrange
to have the cotton shipped and deliver
the bill of lading to the bank and
let the bank send the bill of lading
to the export corporation and tbe
certificate of stock will then be sfent
to the bank to be held in place of
cotton.*' \ '
This was the week for the intensive
drive +o acquaint the people
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more tnorougmy wun me cuuuu cjlprfrt
corporation and to urge the taking
of stock upon business men and
farmers. There ar e 5,000 subscribers
now, and the directory would like
, ' to see the number doubled, so that
interest in the corporation might be
more generally distributed, says an
official of the company. Furthermore,
it is hoped that some who
have cotton that they have been holding
will put more o f it into stock in
the corporation.
l^'The weather has been atrocious
and the results of the drive for the
?trst two days were not what thy
should have been for that reason.
But It is expected that the individual
canvass will bring in a large number
^ of subscriptions." '
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Wearing Troubles IJghtly.
Mr. Editor;?A man with more
' troubles than he wants to tote naturally
wishes to get the sympathetic ear
of one who has a minimum of the
same, so if you have that kind of ear
please lend it to me. Thanking you in
1 * * T will nrnoppd I
advance iur me ivau * ..... ,? (
to pour it full: I owe a little and cant
pay that little so it's the same as if
f owed much. A few of those I owe
are still speaking to me, but there is
one terrible man who just looks at
,nie and gives me the creeps. I know
you have heard how Owing Moore
left town one day.
^ Owing more than he could pay,
Well I think I will do the same except
I won't travel on the crowded
day trains. You'll ?ear,
That poor guy left town one night,
He left to get plumb out of sight.
He could not pay, no use to fight.
Nothing left to him but flight.
When I go I'll take the night unlimited
through train,
r Shylock, Jr., the man who looks at
/ He with the evil eye, is terrible. I
^ H?ow you've heard of the little cradle
and the fair headed baby that left it
to join the angels on the golden
shore. Well Shylock of Sbakespe&r*
? ean fame might have been that baby
compared to my Shylock. Shylock, Sr.
drqpped his candy by bping too ex?t,
not too exacting. Now if S. Jr.,
,d drawn that contract Portia for
e debtor. S. Jr. would have had aj
clause In contact like this: "And to
further secure payment of said ducats
party of the second part agroes
that in default of paymen t in full
' on day and date above mentioned,
that the party of the first part shall
.have the right to cut from the anatomy
of party of the second part one
pound, more or less, of flesh, and party
of second part waives all right
to damages for the blood that may
bt spilled in obtaining the pound
more or less of flesh.''
The other day I started to get my
mail. When I got neas the P. O. I
saw S. Jr., standing in the door whetting
a long bladed knife on the bricks
ot the wall and looking straight at
me. I did not get the mail. Now I
don't object to losing flesh some
other way. I have gobs of it sticking
on my ribs and?er-elsewhere and am
thinking of going on a hunger strike.
(In fact if times don't get better I
^ .wiiy to reduce my supply. To continthe
contract.
^^BVrticle 3rd.' Party of the second
^^^ptrt hereby binds to all the condi*
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tlons of tnis agreement nimsru, miheirs,
administrators, executors, as
signs and Joe Cabell Davis.
Witness, etc, etc.
Dilft'n, Nov. 22nd.
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Thanksgiving Entertainment
Everybody is cordially invited te
attend the Thanksgivinc Entertain/
ment which will be given by the
members of the Literary Society of
Little Rock School at the school auditorium
Wednesday evening, November
24th, at seven o'clock. No
t admission will be charged.
V OLD SILVER TIP DEAD.
Had 'a Habit of Killing Ranchmen's
1 Cittle and That's Why he is Dead.
Silver Tip Grizzly is dead
'' He was a bad actor.
So says Charles J. Bayer, of Lan-i
der.i -Wyoming, predatory animal inspector
of the Department of Agricul-'
ture, telling of the end of a 1,000
P.ound monarch of beaYdom which
i has been killing stock in the vicinity
of Dubois, Wyo., for several years.
A 50-pound No. 6 bear trap anchored
to a 24-foot tree trunk was
Silver Tip's undoing; but he broke,
the tree and tore a swath 8 miles;
long through the forest before he fin-!
ally gave up the ghost.
Fifteen dead cattle, each killed with
a ctushing blow beneath the eyes
I and each with the liver removed aat?
' bear delicacy, marked the trail to the
point where the animal was trapped.
Inspector Bayer gave the following
account of Silver Tip and his end:
"While reports came in occasiofa
ally of a large silver tip that was
doing a lot of killing in the vicinity
of Dubois, no authentic report was
received until the spring of 1918,
when several cattlemen asked that we
send a man after the bear:
"The bear was particularly destructive
that summer, not only killed cattle
but destroying camps and fire boxes
belonging to the Forest Service
and wrecking anything that he happened
to encounter. .
"A second hunter was sent up there
i? the spring of 1919. He, too, worked
to get the bear, ,but without success.
"Hunter Rowley was then recommended
to us as a bear hunter, and
we put him on the trail of the grizzly
in the spring Of 1920. For a long
time he whs unable to find any fresh
sign of the bear, or to find any cat- j
tie freshly killed by him. About July i
15, this summer, he came upon a cow <
that had been killed a short tiine"be- i
fore by the bear and he took up the
traiL
"He kept after him until he got
him, the fore part of September.
During the six weeks that he followed
the bear, he found 15 head of cat- i
In thai tho hnar had killed.
"All these cattle were killed by a i
crushing blow beneath the eyes; i
from the bear's open paw. In most
cases the cattle were not eaten up ex- <
cept where the bear had taken out
the liver and eaten that. i
The trap that finally got the bear
was a No. 6. and was set about Aug- |
ust 16. The clog used was a log 24 ]
Xeet long and 6 inches through.
"The log was broken off and the ,
bear carried away 7 feet of it, and
had this fastened to him when* he
was found. He was found 8 miles ;
from where he got into the trap.
"In trailing through the timber
many trees 6 and 7 inches through
had been uprooted, and in several
places the bear got into the windfalls
and tore out the logs, almost making
a road behind him in doing so.
"He was dead when found. The
bear wov^d weigh about 1.000 lbs.
the front feet would measure about
8 K2 inches across, and the hind
foot about 12 inches in length.
- FACETS FOR YOU
Some Things You Know and Some'
You Don't Know. * j1
Children are not allowed out in
the streets of Norway after dark.
It is a serious offenee to ride a
bicycle anywhere near the-city of
Constantinople.
Teak, during the .reign of the Bur-j1
emese kings, was the royal wood, and
the king had a right to all teak.
It is believed that more fish are
found off the grand banks of Newfoundland
than in any other part * of i
the world. i
If a horse ate as much as a caterpillar,
in proportion to its size, it '
would consume a ton of hay every 24 <
hours.
The wet flat lands of Ecuador pro- '
duce a vine yielding a fruit which
when dried, forms a sponge superior |<
to animal sponges. '
A new use for the phonograph 1b j
the teaching of parrots to talk. The}
machine is "charged" with the de-'
sired sentence, placed near the birds
cage, and set working.
In the early part of the fifteenth 1
century carvers and gilders in Ven- <
icf were permitted to attach tneir:
names to the frames of pictures by '
famous artists. I
Before the war Russia's' 30 grand
dukes owned some 5,000 square miles i
of land and 325 palaces and castles <
and employed about 20,000 servants.;
Their income ran into the billions. i
In the Bible mention is made of 19 i
different precious stones, six metals,
10 4 trees and plants, 35 animals, 39 '
birds, 6.fishes, 11 reptiles, 20 insects
and other small creatures.
Paper was first made of straw and
hay at Meadville, Pa., in 1828.
California knows beans. It has:
265,000 acres planted to them this:
year.
!
Axes and other edge-tools haver
been manufactured at Hartford Con. I
for almost a century.
It is just 50 years since the first
introduction of automatic self-bind-!
ers for harvesting grain. )
The Christian aborigines of Yunman
like lengthy church services. A
Sunday morning set-vice in Sapushan.
Yunnan province, has been known to ;
comprise 11 hymns, eight prayers, ji
three sermons, and the sacrament of
the Lord's supper.
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FIRE DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
Stock of Groceries, Beef Market and
Brick Building Badly Damaged
At an early hour Monday morning
a fire of unknown origin almost completely
destroyed a stock of groceries
belonging to B. F. Cobb and badly
damaged the small brick store building
in the rear of the Dillon Hardware
Co's. store owned by D. Frank
Hueeins. The firo was discovered
about 5:30 o'clock Aand a few minutes
after the alarm was given the fire
fighters were on the scene with reel
and hose. Th water tank had a strong
pressure and in a short while the fire
was under control.
The extent of the damage cannot be
ascertained until the'arrival of the adjuster,
but the insurance will not covet
the loss. The stock of groceries
was insured for $1500 and the building
carried $2000.
Ttve store was closed at the usual
hour Saturday night and remained
closed throughout Sunday. The only
explanation that can be offered is
that the Are originated from defective
wiring or spontaneous combustion.
Mr. Frank Hugglns, the owner of
the building, fell through the roof
while the fire was raging and sustained
painful but nqt~ serious injuries.
He was on top o fthe "building fighting
the flames when the roof gave
way and he dropped to the floor, a
distance of about 20 feet. His back
struck a pair of scales and he sustained
painful injuries. His injuries
will confine him to his bed for sev
era! days.
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RUSSIAN EXILES HAVE HOPE
THAT CZAR IS ALIVE IN SLAM.
Berlin, Nov. 20. ? Russian "emigrantes"
circles, as the Russian monarchistic
and nationalistic democratic
exiles abroad are. known, are again
startled by reports that Czar Nicholas
may still be living. More than 500,000
Russian Czarists and National
Democrats who fled before the Red
wave which engulfed Russia are
"strangers in strange lands," living
off bounty of others, off proceeds of
jewels smuggled out when they fled,
o" from other sources, waiting for
the overthrow of Lenine and Trotzky
Many of these are loyal Czarists who
cling tenaciously to the hope that he
is still Jiving and will reappear at
the given moment.
That hope in their hearts has been
strengthened by , investigations made
hi coorot n cronto nf aomo nf fhoep
UJ OVV1VV ?&VUiO V? ?VI*1V v.. VVMV
groups, whose reports summed up,
are that proof of the death of the
czar is by no means complete or convincing.
A high officer of the staff of
Baron Wraitgel, commander of the anti-Bolshevik
army, in Crimes, has told
mo that he visited the place where
the bodies of the czar and his family
are reported to have been cremated,
and that it is by no means certain
that it was the czar himself, and
it was not wholly improbable that it
was a double of.the czar who died
for his emperor. Proofs mentioned in
the official British and French reports
of investigations made on that spot,
among other things the finding of
metal buttons worn only by the
young czarevitch, he declared, fail
to satisfy many, loyal Czarists that
Nicholas is dead. He pointed out
that 80 intense a fire which would
completely burn up human bodies
would also partly melt metaJ buttons,
but that the buttons alleged to have
Knnn f aiin A nuiro m orolv Klanlr Kilt
otherwise perfect.
Secret agents of the various groups
of emigrantes have been running
down every possible clue, rumor and
report about the czar. They cling to
the idea that a general who looked
like a twin brother of Nicholas sacrificed
himself for the later. They
assert that a large part of the Russian
people want their czar back, and
that the Bolsheviki, knowing that, of
course, have produced proofs of the
death of the family.
General Woyeikow, commandant of
the czar's place at Tsarkoe Seloe.
near Petrograd, and one of the la6t
officers to leave him, declared recently
to me that he was convinced that
Nicholas was still alive. He would not
or could not state upo what he based
that conviction.
Nicholas is reported to have fled (o
distant Siam, where he is concealed
by the king of Siam. Other reports in
emlgrante circles have it that Nicholas,
60 affected by the death of the
czarevitch and the czarina, who are
generally believed to be dead, escaped
td Thibet and is there in an inaccessible
monastery with the famous oc
culet masters. The daughters, outraged
by Boleheviki soldiery, are believed
to be in a monastery in Sibera.
French newspaper reports from
Siam are that not the czar, but his
brother, Michael AJexandrovitch, in
whose favor Nicholas abdicated in
March, 1917, has taken refuge with
King Tchatrobon, The desire of the
Russian peasants for normal conditions
again and the wishes of the emigrantes
'to return to their homes are
so strong that many believe a pseudo
Nicholas could easily take advantag'
o* the* situation to suddenly appear
when Lenine and Trotzky's regime is
at an end. Other rumors are that the
French are keeping Michael in Siam
until the proper moment, when they
will support him for the throne.
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A British imperial Polar expedition
will make a six year geographical
geological and meteorological survey
of the continent about the South Pole
with a view to commercial development
of the frozen tract.'
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TWO CHILDREN
* BRUTALLY SLAIN
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Search Being Made for Son of Xeigh*\
bor.
Gaffney, Nov. 20?Two small boys, i
Frank and Floyd Kirby, six and
eight years of age, respectively, were]
murdered in a most brutal manner1
this afternoon about six miles from
Gaffney. The little'fellows had gone!
hunting with Roy Henderson, 161
years old, and the son of a neighbor,
and the. county sheriff and his deputies
are hunting for young Henderson i
who is believed to have slain the chil-'
|dren.
The smaller boy was shot, one!
' - ' ? ' klnntM rtf f V* ?% Ct S i
cnarge IlUYlllfc UIUWII wii uiv
hand and another tearing away the!
top of the head.
The, other little fellow was Ipeaten i
over the head with the butt of a|
gun or other blunt instrument. Thej
bodies were then thrown into a deep J
water hole in the creek.
The KJrby and Henderson families
live near each other, but were not
intimate in their association.
When the father of the dead children
came home this afternoon and
learned that they had left with Roy
Henderson, he became uneasy and
went in search o fthe little fellows
and found their bodies in the creek.
Young Henderson is said to have!
come bacl^ from the hunting trip,
changed his clothing and left. Officers
here late today learned that he
had been seen about ten miles from
Gaffney going in the direction of j
North Carolina. Search is being j
made in all directions.
Coroner Vipzett went immediately!
to the 'scene of the crime, accom-i
panied by the sheriff and Dr. J. N.!
Nesbitt. A jury was empaneled, butj
?' ttroa taken Thn innuest
j III- irSlllilVUJ n uo iunv*?. *MV
| will be held tomorrow.
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THROUGH "PSYCHIC BOND"
TWINS FEEL SORROWS AND |
PLEASURES EACH OTHER.
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Mrs. Chester Porter, of Bultimore,
and Her Twin Brother, Clarence L.
Marsh, of Akron. Ohio, Feel Similar
Experiences in Illness and in
Health.
Through a "psychic bond*' Mrs.
Chester Porter of Baltimore, and her
twin brother in Akron, Ohio, Clarence
L. Marsh, are able to share each
other's joys and sorrows!
Though miles apart, they say they
feel each other's griefs and experience
each other's pleasures and
happiness. t
Before hen marriage, Mrs. Porter
was Miss Clara L. Marsh, Frederick,
llMd. Their mother, Mrs. A. P. Marsh,
I still lives at Frederick, and with the
' twins away from her when she
! hears from one of them she considI
KflnrH Hnth
I trs mat Blic uaa ucai u uwui ?w?.
that is, from the standpoint of their
| health, joys and griefs.
When Clarence L. Marsh teas put,
under an anesthetic at the University
of Maryland hospital, his mother was
at his bedside. Knowing her daughJter,
Clara, was generally'affected by
whatever happened to her twin
| brother, she called up her home in
j Frederick and learned her daughter
' was also ill and that while her brothI
er was under the anesthetic her fev|
er went u pto 104. -During
the war Clarence Marsn
'was a lieutenant stationed at Camp
Lee, Va. His sister could at all times
Ikcep track of his movements, she
says, through the medium of this
pyschic bond. She had other brothers
in the war, but she knew of their
movements only when she received
letters.
Mrs. Porter said she first discovered
this remarkable phenomena a
I few yearB ago, while a patient at
J the Baltimore hospital. When she
was ill, her brother also suffered.
"When my brother is happy, I
also am happy," says Mrs. Porter,
j "and when I am sad or worried, ne
feels the same regardless of the circumstances
which arises causing
these changes of moods. I even have
; to blow my nose when my twin brother
has a cold, although there is no
; reason for me to have a cold."
! A few years ago Clarence was at
iHighstown, N, Y. He became ill and
a physician was called to attend him.
After his recovery he wrote home,
giving details of his illness. The
!details correspond with the similar
: experience his sister had suffered.
However, fortunately, these twins |
' experience more joys than sorrows.
They are both the picture of health.
Clara got married five years ago and
: moved here and Clarence was marj
ried a little over a year ago.
In order to further determine just
the extent of this psychic force, the
!twins have decided to keep a diary
Iiinu iuiii|;air
The American Genetic association,;
J Washington, D. C., which makes exItensive
studies of heredity and the in-i
j fhience of one mind or person upon,
I another, has asked the twins to make;
ja record of everything revealed by
'the pysehic bond and furnish it with
statistics. This society will also in-1
[ferview their mother at Frederick. I
She has consented to reveal all then
similar experiences from childhood in
order that the record may be preser
j ved.
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Gun l'lay.
Into the firmament of the night i
they gazed rapturously.
"Oh, don't you just love shooting
stars? cried the emotional young
movie actress.
"I don't know," 'replied the Arizona
man. "I never shot none."'
DOUBLE KJLLl.Mi >EAK UArr.^ti
Man and Grandson Engage in Fata
x Sho: ting Duel.
I
Gaffnev, Nov. 22 ?I. P. Sarrat
and Revis Dawson killed each othe
ar Sarratt's home just across thi
line of Cherokee county yesterday af
ternoon at 6 o'clock. Dawson was Sar
ratt's grandson, and was about twen
ty-five years of age. Sarratt is sixty
seven. It is said that Dawson met hi:
father yesterday morning and madi
threats against his grandfather. ,Go
ing to'the house, he sat down ant
talked quietly 'with the old man
showing a copy of the'divorce whicl
he had recently obtained from hii
wife in North Carolina. Dawson sug
gested that they walk out-to the hog
pen#according to the statement o
Mrs. Sarratt, and that her husbanc
reached to the mantel and took dowi
his revolver which was in a 6cabbar<
and tt#t Dawson saw him do this
Then Mrs. Sarratt continued, shi
heard her husband say if you do
will and then the shooting commenc
ed. Dawson empted his pistol and Sar
ratt shot twice. Only one hall tool
effect in Sarratt, he being sho
through the right breast. Both mei
uieu luimruitticiy unci ucmg duui
neither of them speaking. It is sail
that it was Mr. Sarratt's custom t<
carry his pistol whenever he left th<
house at night.
Dawson's father lives within a te\
miles of Gaffney, and it is said tha
young Dawron has been in trouble be
fore. The Sarratt home is withii
eight miles of Gaffney, and the trag
edy coming so soon after the bruta
killing of ttye two Kirby boys las
Saturday has created much discus
sion.
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MUCH COTTON BEING STOLEN
"It might be a good idea to advis
farmers against lea -'ng cotton by th
roadside,'? said Sht/iff> Lane yester
day. "Farmers in widely scatterei
sections of the county have lost cot
ton recently, and while the price i
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not mucn 01 a lempuuoa iu me miei
yet there may be those who think i
i is easier to steal It than to pick it.1
I Many complaints have reached th
! sheriff's office this week in regard t
I stolen cotton. In many instances th
j cotton was left at a convenient spo
jon the roadside and the thief foun
I it an easy matter to get away with il
Van Brumbies, of Fork, lost tw
'hales last week; J. C. Covington- ^
Co,, of Judson, report the loss of fou
j halos; D. A. McCalhim had two bale
sic.lcn from his farm near Hauler, an
Vest Price, a colored farmer in th
lower cuci of the county, reports tw
'baleu missing.
I As winter advances and money b<
'comes scarcer thefts of commoditie
' that can be sold or eaten are boun
to become more numerous. A fei
j weeks ago The Herald advised it
' readers not to keep money in th
[house. The bank is the proper plac
1 for it. The person who conceals mot
.ey around hi,s home not only runs th
risk of losing his money but take
chances on^the safety of his familj
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COUNTY NEWS.
Fork. -*
Miss Emma Carmichael spent sei
eral days last week in Mayesvill
where she attended the wedding c
Miss Annie Lauria Wltherspoon.
Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Carmichael c
Rowland spent Sunday here with re!
jatives.
Mrs. Ernest Neil and little son c
I Statesville, N. C., are visiting Mrs
jS. J. Braswell.
Mr. Willie Heustess of Clio spec
Sunday in town.
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Sellers.
Dr.'C. A. Jones of Columbia preach
ed an excellent Bermon at Antioc
[Sunday afternoon to a large and ai
preciative audience.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Rogers of Mai
[ion were visitors at Antioch Sundaj
I Mr. J. C. Harrelson Is erecting
dwelling house, his home having bee
[burned several weekB ago.
Mr. D. B. Spell is living at th
'old school house, which he bough
I from Mr. J. L. Mclnnis some time age
The building has been remodeled .an
is one of the prettiest homes in towr
They already have' waterworks am
[are expecting to install electric light
] in the near future.
Mr. J. L. Mclnnis is living at Ml
Joe Shaws place.
Rev. Paul K. Crosby is attendin
Conference at Georgetown this week
Miss Elizabeth Page of Bishopvill
spent last week end with the horn
folks here.
The many friends of Mrs. C. E
Haselden will be sorry to learn tha
her father. Mr. Dusenberry, died re
eently at his home in Toddville, Hrr
ry county.
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Floydale
Mrs. A. B. MrElyea (Aunt Becky
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. I.
McLaurin. .
Itev. I*. K. Crosby left for Confer
ence Monday. Mr. Crosby is doinj
pood work on his charge and we hnp<
the conference will send him hack.
Mrs. Mack and Miss'Hall, teacher:
at Temperance Hill, spent the w?>el
end with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Taylor
Miss Catherine Murchison wh<
taught in Floydale school three year:
apo spent the week end with Mrs
J. H. Stackhnuse.
Mr. Robt. McLaurin spent a few
days in I.aiirinburp the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor o
Florence spent Sunday with Mr. ant
Mrs. S. C. Taylor.
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FINANCE COTTON- Georgia
Farmer Says Plan Worked.
Successfully in Hfs County in
I 1914 ? Talks to Committee.
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i The State.
W. J. Walker, a farmer and cotton,
buyer, of Sylvanla, Ga., was in Co*
lumbia yesterday in conference with
. the executive committee of the South f
E Carolina division of the American
r> Cotton association with regard to
. what he calls the Georgia-Carolina
] plan for financjng^the present cotton
crop.
! After having heard in detail Mr.
c Walker's plan and having asked hinj
. many questions concerning it, the
. executive committee passed a resof
lution recommending its adoption and
1 further recommends that the county ' j
i units lend an amount on cotton.
1 which, in their judgment, they con-r
sider safe. e
This plan is' modeled closely on
1 that pursued by t^e wheat growera.
. in the West in 1893'and used to fln,
ance wheat when the'market in that
j commodity was demoralized. ?v In.
t 1914, the plan was put in Screyen
i county, Georgia, by Mr. wajaer ana
his associates, and he says it worked
i very successfully?in fact he has,
3 numerous letters to bear out his
e statements as to the success of the
plan. Mr. Walker say* in 1914 the: '
v National Bank of Savannah accepted
t 150,000 of the cotton bonds from
- Screven county. " ,
i In brief the plan provides for the.
- oiganizaticn of cotton.bonding com]
panies in each community in the .
t cotton states by representative ybuai
ness men who are most interested
the taking over of the planters' notes.'
with warehouse receipts attached and
the issuing of bonds against the same
through a trustee.
e The plan contemplates the retiree
ment of all cotton offered and fur -
nishes the owner with high class
i colloteral security which passed'locally
by mutual consent, as a sups
plementary medium of exchange in
trade. The bonds may also be used
t to satisfy creditors and at the same"
time the plan holds cotton off the
e market for six months or until such
o time as cotton reaches a satis^aee
tory price.
* T"*? ? ? 4>>A
i 13y uietuia ui mcoc uuuw on
d of local banks Is relieved and fcftrge /
t. creditors in Baltimore, New York:ai|dv '
0 other cities, holding accounts against
fc farmers for fertilizers and maehlWr
erj, will take the bonds when shown
s that they are good and that, .they
d will facilitate collections, says Mr,
e Walker. - -/
0 Mr. Walker has his u]?n outlined
in booklet form and will send it!
free, he says, to any community. It
'3 j his plan fails to raise ' cotton 10
d | cents per pound, he says no price
v will ever be made for the booklet,
s "This plan," says Mr. Walker, "ise
practical; it is safe and it is effeee
itve, and it will bring immediate rei
lief. If adopted over the cottone
growing states, it will send cotton.
3 up ten cents the pound in short or-- (
' ' der."
Each local unit that goes into this
plan is independent of all other
units, says Mr. Walker. It makes itB
own loan price on cotton in bonds..
r* The loan value is left to each unit,.
e which , must underwrite the bondsand
be liable for their redemption.
1 In 1914 when cotton was selling iu
Sylvania , for five cents, Mrr Walke*
I- says this plan was ?,ut into effort?
seven cents in bonds was loaned*on .
all cotton, and the cotton was-.held
' jand sold later for eight to 10 cent*.
1 The bonds circulate as a medium of
j exchange only locally, Mr. Walker
i says. He had some sample doduh .
I with him yesterday and they are* i*? t
'appearance and size very similar te .
'-la $1 bill.
b Mr. Wa!ker is convinced that be i
has the answer to the cotton emergency
and is eager to see the plan t
adopted over the cotton belt.
r- The plan is of an emergency nuv
a ture and is not antagonistic to other
n corporations, Mr. Walker says. "If
.'banks in time of stress, can issue*
e J clearing house certificates, anil di>.
1 j not criticise them for so doing, on.
' | collateral no better than that which
d i will support the cotton bonds, surely
l-ithe cotton farmers can take similar
d action in such an emergency as we;
9 now face."
o
El Paso, Texas, is having its anP
nual visitation of "boomers," itiner
>ant workers who stay long enough
e in one town to get funds to carry
el them to their next objective. The
sunny slopes of California are calling
!. the boys from the cold northern*
t cities. I
; There was quite a crowd out Sunday
afternoon to hear Rev. Crosbj
1 preach.
? ! Mrs. B. A. Alfo'rd is visiting her
i* i daughter near Columbia.
Mr. W. H. Breeden has returned ,
- from West brook Sanitorium at Rich
mond much improved in health.
'j Miss Virginia Thompson "Ko
tau"ht the past two years here, spent
? the week end with Mrs. J. H. Stack :
house.
| Miss Mamie Bryant visited home
>'folks Sunday evening.
si Willio Beaver who has bwn in U.
IS Army for several years has receiver
his discharge and is visiting his
.* father Mr. J. T. Beaver.
Miss Thomas, State Organizer of i
f Improvement Association Clubs, made m
) a very interstlng talk to the ladies of M
Floydale Club last Friday. fl
m