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o BLEASE TALKS OF 1 SPECIAL SESSION Governor Tells What He Thinks Legislature Should Do. TO SEND SHORT MESSAGE; leaves for Portland. Me., to Attend Meeting of National Council Ked Men. Columbia Special to Charleston News and Courier. Sept. 11.?Governor Blease left Columbia this afternoon for Portland. Me., where he goes to attend the National Council of the Order of Red Men. In a half jocular vein, but perhaps with more or less serious intent, he suggested that he was going to see his campaign for the vice presidential nomination started at Portland. In pursuance of his suggestion thaf he would have something further to say by way of explanation of his proclamation of the official and formal call for the special session of the general assembly. Governor Blease had this statement prepared for the press: "1 stated to The News and Courier correspondent last night, when I gave him the proclamation calling for an extra session of the lcgislatiisit I ilid not have the oppor tunity then to prepare'a statement of my views in reference to the extra session, but that I would give them to him this morning. I did make a few remarks to him, as he states, among them that I was not inclined to agree that a stay law of some kind or form could not be legally enacted. My reasons for calling the ex- l tra session of the general assembly nre clearly and fully set forth In the proclamation. I shall, of course, when the legislature is convened, send them a short message, giving to them such suggestions as I think are proper, and then leave it with them to enact such laws as they deem wise. "1 think, however, that one of the very things that they should do would be to appoint a non-factional committee to confer with a similar committee from the legislatures or other cotton growing States as to what is best to do in reference to the cotton situation so as to get together upon a proper and uniform law that the benefit;- derived fram it will be given to all of the cotton growing people and approv.d by the Governors of the cotton growing States. "Now, individually. I am of the opinion that they should pasA a law protecting the poor people of the State from being imposed upon by the foreclosure of oither personal or real estate mortgages during this panic. I am satisfied that such a law can oe passed as will meet every constitutional requirement. Thoy may not call it a stay law, but it most assuredly can be termed a law for the protection of the majority of the citizens of the state. "I also think that they should pass a law to reduce the rate of interest in this State and to make it a felony punishable by a long term of imprisonment. without the alternative of a fine, for any yerson, association or corporation to chsrge any monoy l>or- i rower, either by discount or otherwise, any greater rate of interest than that fixed in the hill so as to stop the usury, or you might properly say robbery, of the man who is compelled to hare a little money. "I think they should also take up and Rive their mosl careful and serious consideration a State warehouse system -either such a bill as Mas introduced at the last session, or such hill as will Rive the farmers proper relief. "And yet the most important of nil matters to he considered as 1 see it. is to make arrangements to finance the State during the crisis, without issuing executions against the property of the individual citizen who will not be able to meet his ) tax obligations this fall. The present Admlnisstration borrowed ail the money it wanted this year?suf ficient amount to run it? at 3 1-2 per cent, in the face of all the cursing. abuses and vilification and the lies that have been told on the present Governor, and with the bankers, money interests, all fighting him and trying to Hamper ms ?uuiiuinuHiuu in order to cause his defeat. It certainly would seem then that the incoming administration, with a very, very wealthy bank president at its head, endorsed by all the money interests^ the state, including capital ists, bankers, railroad officials, cotton mill presidents and others, surely should, if not much cheaper than cheaply, if not much cheaper than the retiring administration, and. in view of this fact, I heartily favor the extension of the time for the payment of taxes in order to protect the property of the poor and hfdpless. "The people are the state and each Individual, however poor .he may be, is as laiich n part of his state as the tfkv Vi * I , wealthiest man in it, and should receive the same protection from its t laws; in my opinion, it is a great deal better for the state as a whole j to be in debt than it is for the indi- , vldual to have every little thing he has forced upon the market and his! J wife and children turned out of ] home; and, as the state has borrow- t ed this year all the money she wants , at a Ya per ceui, inu 110 iuuitmiiihi ran borrow money at all, or if so, for not less than eight or ten per rent., therefore, it is better for all of the individuals, AS ONE, called the state, to borrow money to run the government on until April 1st .at 3 per cent, or even at 5 per cent, than to force the one individual citizen to mortgage all he has to borrow money a* eight or ten per cent in order to pay his pro ixta share of the running expense* of the government. of which government he is one. I have repeatedly called the attention cf the legnir.'ur> to the fact that extravagant appropi iatior.s made extravagant levies, and if the legislature had listened to me at it3 last session, and sustained all my vetoes, the levy this year could have been much less than it is, however, ' it is too late now to discuss that sit- j nation. We must discuss the one ' that faces us. There is many a poor p man who will not he able to pay his 1 taxes this fall?in fact, he v'll not s . . l be able to pay ror what r.3 at: nlis family have already necessarily had " to consume in order to Bus?xi:i life, ' and will have a hard time to make 1 arrangements to continue to get the 'l necessities of life under the present '' financial panic; and it most assured-1'1 It would be unjust, unfair and ty- s tl rarnical for the whole tc say to the ' \ on ?. we will take your property and ' force It on the market and force your wife and children out In the street l) if you do not par your taxes by a 1 r^r'aln date, particularly when the whole knows that It is in.possible for the one, the individual, to make such c arrangements, or If he does make it,.' to do so by the payment of an exorbitant profit to the money lender. To illustrate?suppose a corporation a Is composed of ten men and they owe n $100,000?each being required to 1 pay In $10,000. If the corporation could borrow the amount needed at 8 3 \<x per cent and no individual could borrow his $10,000 for less than 10 per cent by mortgaging all he haci, would it not be better for the corporation, as a whole to borrow the j $ 100,000 than for each individual to be forced to borrow his $10,000? Any one will answer 'Yes,' for the individuals make the corporation. Just so with the state. It is inn h cheaper for the state, as a whole, to borrow the amount needed to run the j government than it is to force ?ach Individual to pay an exorbitant rate 1 of interest by mortgaging all of his J1 property to pay his pro rata share; r and, as with the corporation, the in- I dividual makes the great corpora- v tion?namely the state. s "As 1 stated in my inaugural ad- t dress, in 191 <>, which I repeat now it Is far bettor to have a poor govern ment and a wealthy people titan it j is to have a wealthy government and ?, a poor people. If our general as- c sembly had listened to me then, and > acted upon that presumption, which ^ is absolutely true, our people would p not be as closely pinched as we are In the present crisis; but the legfs- 11 lature, being overwhelmingly oppos- J' ed to me, carried out its usual poll- ^ cies and showed to me world that v anti-Rleaseism was the oppression of a tlie poor, while Hleaseism was then J as it is today, the refuge of the poor and the oppressed." t It will be noted that C5ove.*nor F Blease places special stress upon the ( idea of a conference between a non ? factional committee from the South Carolina assembly and a similar committee from other states. Ho thinks this will accomplish more in ?ho way of results than a conference of governors. Tf the people of the state and the general assembly want a stav law or its equivalent. Governor Rlcaso thinks It can he done. Congratulations. Philadelphia Record. Sllicus?When Is the proper time to congratulate a bride and groom? Cynicus?After they have lived to'gether for at least a year and are still happy. <'ivili/.ation's Advance. Philadelphia Ledger. "They don't burn yule logn any more at Christmas, do they?" "No, only money." Stop That First Fall Cough. Check your fall cough or cold at Once?don't wait?It may lead to serious lung trouble, weaken your vitality and develop a chronic ailment. Get a bottle of Dr. Dell's Pine Tar Honey today; It is pure and harmless?use It freely for that fall cough or cold. If Baby or Children are sick give It to them. It will relieve quickly and permanently. It soothed tho Irritated throat, lungs and air passages. Loosens Phlegm, is antiseptic and fortifies the system against colds. It ?nrely prevents cold germs from getting a hold. iGuaranteed. Only 25c at your druggist. 1 T1IL LANCASTER NEW! Men ami the Church. Spartanburg Journal. Some time back The Journal reprinted from The Baptist Courier ind commented upon a letter from Joseph Norwood of Columbia, on 'Why So Few Men Attend Church." [n this letter Mr. Norwood claimed ihat the ministry had lost its influsuce. R. B. Norria of Greenwood writes to The Courier this week on Mr. Norwood's letter. He says: "In The Courier of July 20th, Brother Joseph Norwood writes of :lie reason why so few men attend church' and makes the statement that the ministry or our state has woefully lost its Influence, if indeed t ever possessed it. The- idea Dlaces .he ministry In the pdsition of that >f the Catholic priest, that is the priest gives to the people spiritual or noro knowledge, or withholds it 'rom them as it may^please himself, ind our brother overlooks or fails to ixpress or imply the 'doctrine of the esponsihility of every individual ieclple of our Lord Jesus Christ. "I am not willing that all, if any >f the blame for the 'woeful* condlions in the churches, and in our poltics be placed on the ministry. The [renter part of the trouble is that v.e, he laymen, fail to apply, and conerve the truths of the gospel as deivered to us, and allow it to go by in heeded to a fearful waste. 1 beieve the cause of this condition is hat we fail to think about Christ nd His code of righteousness. Men o not go to church on Sunday mornug, or evenings or to the Sunday eliools or prayer meetings be >ause bey are not thinking about the taster, and if they go to these places here they should worship God. here is so little thought of Him that hnv foil l?u * no/ mil iu iiviv.li UlU npiril, <11111 ruths of the Gospel. "Our ministry Is delivering to us a South Carolina, and all over this outheland of ours, every week a liagara flow of Gospel truths, and we he laymen, allow It to flow on to an wful waste by our failure to conlect our Chrlst-thoughta up to It, and ransmlt It to the world through our uslness, professional, political, and oclal lives. "The great need of the hour Is hat men and women every where ould be made to read, think, and ealise the terrible things that ome to people, and nations who leareth, and heedeth not the voice >f the prophets, and forget, thinking lot c! God." Mr. Norris' views are practically ho same as ours. Wisdom of Diversified ! arming. londerson Gold Deaf. There are many lessons to be earned from the predicament wo ihnll find ourselves is as a result of he Kuropean turmoil. Dessons for ill classes manufacturers, dealers, lankers. planters?through the t Hot nf thn vnooH/\na *?/-? nention those upon whom fall the rcponsibilittes and cares of our naional .and state gvernments. The press of the country will he iisv from now on pointing out simie f these things which, if learned and iceded. will constitute a part of "the ilver lining" of this so dark war loud. This paper desires to speak ust now about a matter that conems first of all the planter, yet fhich affects us all, for every other usiness depends on the farmer The farmers who have been in the abit of making either cotton or toacco, or hoth, practically their only rop, or crops, need no one to tell hem now that such a practice is not >'ise. The exigencies of war will .pprfse them of that fact. The farm ournais have for years been trying o persuade the tillers of the soli to ilant diversified crops, urging th?m o cultivate, so far as it is at all iracticahle, ail they and their stock i-ould consume. Some have taken he advice, while many others have lot. A number of our N'orth t'aroiria farmers who have land that will ir would produce almost anything, nstead of cultivating a varietv of rops, devote practically atl their nergy to cotton or tobacco. Others ittempt to lessen the hazard by growng hoth of these crops. Rut that s never safe, for no one can foresee lie future and no one knowi at ilanting time that by harvest time :he bottom may drop out o* the narkets and leave this kind of farmir stranded. He may And himself vith little to eat, less to feed hi? itock on and no savings ahead. Then ae la either forced to sell at a sacrl flee price, or to borrow money at a (ligh rate of Interest. The better and safer way is tc cultivate a variety of crops, raising snouRh of the cereals and vegetables Tor consumption in the farnllj through the year and sufficient grab ?.nd provender for the stock. Ther the rest of his t'me and energy maj be spent on a money crop for th? market. But in this day when we have s< large an industrial city and towi population with so large a class de pendent upon the trucker for vege tables, fruits, etc., the energetic an< resourceful farmer has the oppor tunity of making many an extra do! lar by bringing to market his oveplus of truck and fruits. Nean; everything can be sold today h town, and the towns are becomini so numerous that those who 1 iv< remote from one or several of then are becoming fewer and fewer. One farmer raises his own bog and cattle, corn and hay sufficlen for all Ids uses, makes his own when and about everything else he con sutnes, having a little excess of al (fit*.! 1111 PEPSI-CO (Lancaster, S. C. 3, SEPTEMBER 15, 1914. I What wil like after I '->) 11 v fir ir oi kJ -orrrifht 1?I4 ^ . 1VM. BUck C?. - su th of J' 1 th jjK OS 5k ga Hi ai T I re J tOIS J \fv th Cop* 'tU 1914 TLc H. BUok Cm. ? Lancast The Store That 5 i I most everything ho makes, such as meat, calves, hay, etc., which he turns to a good profit, and besides a ' very creditable cotton crop, which ho doesn't have to sell to supply his needs, but holds for the maximum price. Another, while cultivating all tlie usual crops for his section and not specializing in any, has sold on the side $l7f> worth of grapes. Others find berries, melons and truck quite profitable I neonnection invigo 11 your new yuu vc wuni * Two suits m tuch alike whei /the honest worl itching and the innot be seen, lanence and d rily /to the garnn th? graceful lines tf ueh when you first Wooltex garmer eir perfection of sty] : the fabrics used, I e superb tailoring i iquisite lines and th : refinement which irments. And all of this td good looks stays turn with all its orig iL_ * _ -- Tie me garment 18 pi The Wooltex g e purchaser of twc .ctory wear. erMercai Jells Wooltex i-M >?' Tpr-c... ; ?. . tj-. - lis > 1 with general (arming. No one yet knows just what effect the war will have, btit If It should be of long duration it will cause the husbandman to stop and | think and plan, and if it causes him to get on a better basis of farming I there will have been at least some ' good in it for Americans. Energy is first coui gy is 99 per cent < pt for the big mon< F*EPSI-< shes physical and mental rates, stimulates?banishc forry from Ibo much work \ xvill find Pepsi-Cola at S< untains or Carbonated in Bottles, anywhere E "PEPSI" HABIT, IT WO] ?LA BOTTLI BHHpBHHHMHHI ?uit look I it awhile? I >] iay look very I i new, but it cmanship, the tailoring that that give perurability not lent itself, but iat you admire so put on your new its are famous for le, for the beauty ...i ? mi especially iui which give* them ie unequalled air you see in the i good character with the suit, to inal Kp mfv * romr essed. y uarantee insures > seasons of satisutile Co. Coats - Suits - Skirts Foundation for a Future. Washington Star. v i "Charley, dear," exluimed young Mrs. Torkins, "make Willie come down out of the poach tree. He's i going to reach around till he loses 'his balance and hurts himself." "Let the boy alone. It's good practice for him. Sometime he'll ; have to go home every fall t.nd scramble around the top tof a step {ladder trying to hang pictures." sin to Brains?ft af the universal iy making. 3ola energy?It refreshes, ^ ;s fatigue, weariness 154 / 4 j N'T GET YOI!, \(. WORKS It's Pure and Clean ,