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VOL. 10, NO. 6, SEMI-WEEKLY. ' LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1914. ' $L50 A YEAR.
ACREAGE MEASURE
PASSEDJY SENATE
Bill Now Goes to Free Conference
of Both Houses.
VIOLATION MISDEMEANOR.
PuniHhnhle by Imprisonment or
Fine of Not Over One Hundred
Hollars.
Columbia Special to Charleston
News and Courier, Oct. 22.?The
cotton acreage reduction bill, permitting
only one-third of the arable
land to be planted In cotton in 15? I f?
and prohibiting the harvesting of
over 2,000 pounds of lint cotton to
the work animal, passed the senate
late last night and was returned to
the house with amendments. Violation
of the provisions of the hill is
made a dlsmetneanor, punishable by
Imprisonment of not less than 'en
days nor more than thirty days, of
a line of not lese than $25 or more
than 9100.
The vote on the final passage of
the bill was 19 to 0, those voting
for the bill being Ackerman, Buck.
* Christensen, * Clifton, Goodwin,
Gross, Hough, Johnson, D. B. KotchIn,
Laney, Mars, McL.au rin, Mullins,
Nicholson, Patterson, Richardson,
Sbarpe, Stuckey, Verner. Total 19.
Those voting against the bill
were: Beamguard, Earle, Johnstone.
Sullivan, Sinkler, Young. Total 6.
The following pairs were announced
i Appelt for the bill, with Walker
against; Carlisle for the bill, with
Manning against; Lawson for the
bill, with Williams against.
DriWtTonrv
nur uocjU IVI (VULUnaiUKK.
After the passage of the bill Senator
Laney moved to reconsider the
vote, whereby it passed its third
reading:, stating: that he was oppos*
ed to the provision making it a misdemeanor
to violate the provisions
of the bill and a crime to plant cotton,
and said he wanted to substitute
as a penalty a tax of Ave cents n
pound on all cotton harvested over
2,000 pounds lint to the work ani
mal. The motion by Senatoi Clifton
to table the Laney motion was
lost, 12 to 14. The Sumter senator
then said that to reconsider the vote
mould only mean the reopening: of
the whole discussion, ai d he demanded
a roll-call on the motion
to reconsider, which was ordered,
the motion being lost, 15 to 10, and
the senate refused to reconsider the
vote whereby the bill had passed its
third reading.
Those voting to reconsider the
vote were: Heamguard. Earl",
Goodwin, Johnson, D. B. Laney,
Sharpe, Sinkler, Verner, Williams
and Young. Total 10. Those voting
against reconsidering were:
Ackerman, Appelt, Buck, Carllslt,
Clifton, Gross, Hough. Alan Johnstone,
Mars, McLaurin, Mulllns,
Nicholson, Patterson, Richardson,
Stackey. Total 15.
An amendment by Senator liikler
exempting sea Island cotton
growing on sea islands and in the ^
vicinity of the coast from the operations
of the bill was adopted.
NATURE OF COMPROMISE.
The bill as finally passed by the
>vu?K) nan iu IUC WUHir*i Ot & COW
promise between the advocate* of
taxation on production and reduc-|
tlon In acreage.
Senator Clifton explained that i
the house would not stand for taxa-'
tlon on production only and It wae
his amendment which wa< adopted
putt>ng In the idea of the hoone bill
prohibiting the planting of only onethud
of the arable land In col'or in
1916 and the cultivating and har4'
vetting of over 2.1>?Q pounds of Hut
cotton to the work animal. He also
made the penalty for violation a ipl*
riPKionunr K?r
? ? ? - , |?H.-.0vwvav U/ UIIV aUll
imprisonment.
It *?? thli provision *?'h'.ch
brought forth ooponltion from Se .ator
Lauey, who opposed mnkiim violation
a criminal net, but wanted to
place a tax of r.vo cents a pvjnd on
at.v exct-ns. Th? bill will no* <ci f>
free cor. fore-nee to settle' th? dfffer-j*e
between the two potu".
The Hay nee worth warehouse bill,
providing for bonds to* be given up
to 10 per cent of warehouse capacity,
passed and was ordered enrolled for
ratification.
CAPT. K. K. LEE DEAD. 1
1
Youngest Hon of Noted Chieftain
Passes Away.
Washington, Oct. 21.?Word was
received here today of the death of 1
Capt. Robert E. Lee, youngest son .
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Confederate
commander, at Upperville,
V> , Thursday night. The body will
be Interred at Lexington, Va., Fri|
day morning.
Captain Lee wns educated in private
schools and in the University
of Virginia. At the outbreak of the
War of Secession he joined the
l) I .1 /if
iHivnuumgi; y \ a. f uriiiiery an a pn-|
vate. He took part In numerous enI
gagements and later was promoted ;
| to the rank of captain of artillery on j
| the staff of his brother, Gen. W. H. 1
F. Lee.
Since the war Captain Lee had
been engaged in farming. He was j
married twice. His first wife was
Miss Maxwell and bis second wife
Miss Juliet Carter of Washington.
He leaves two children.
Captain Lee was the author of
"Recollections and Letters of Gen.
Robert K. Lee." He was born at the
old Lee mansion, now part of Arlington
national cemetery, October
27, 1843.
TOTAL ELIMINATION
DEFEATED IN HOUSE
Slaughter of Hill Came After AllMorning
Debate?Vote ?4
Against; 80 For.
Columbia Special to Charleston
News and Courier, Oct. 21.?The!
I total eliminators were completely
routed in the bouse today. By a
vote of 64 to 36 the pending bill,
contingent upon action on the part
i nf oil ? ??...? ?? ? -?
w. - wnwu B1UKIU5 Iiairn, WHS Uffeated.
It was a more severe defeat
than was expected. The slaughter
came after an all-morning debate,
which was characterized by well
1 rounded argument. One of the best
I speeches of the session, against the
, passage of the bill, was by Captain
j Scott of Anderson, who talkB little.
| but who told the house that he had
made money on cotton wrtien It was
selling for even less than today and '
1 that the trouble was that people
had gotten panic-stricken without
thought.
i The killing of the total elimination
bill by such a decisive vote has
about cleared the decks on the house
side of everything except the remarkable
and undigested cotton
bond measure, which is the largest
question that has ever confronted
the people of the state. The house
bond committee has reported against
i the purchase of cotton under the
bond Issue plan, while the senate has
retained this feature.
The house and senate are in a
tangle over the acreage reduction
matter, and. as some say that this
will be about all that will get
I through at this session, are disposed
to have it out on the reduction
measure and agree to that before
undertaking the cotton bond bill.
The discussion on the total elimination
bill was the longest of the
session. Just as the dinner bells
were ringing the previous question
was ordered and on the question of
striking out the enacting words of i
'the bill the direct vote was taken,'
> resulting 64 to 36 in favor of killing
the measure.
| Panama Canal to be Reproduced at
Fair.
1 San Francisco, Oct. 22.?The
i Panama canal In tnlnliature, accurate
In detail as to topograph/ and
hydrography, and with vessels pass- i
! Ing through locks that open and
shut, will be one of the features at \<
the Panama-Paciflo Exposition. The i
building to house the canal will bo i
575 by 340 feet, with seats so arranged
that they will move cloar
around the little waterway, so that 1
every detail may he seen and de- !
aorihfid Thu r?na# aril) Ko 1
1500,000. it
|
Winston Churchill Went to the i (
Front. I
London, Oct. 22.?Winston Spencer
Churchill, the first lord of the ad- ,
miralty, who accompanied the Brit-1
ish naval brigade and marines to
Antwerp, was, according to the marines,
with them in the trenches 11
practically all the time. Just before i
the order was given to retire he
urged the men to hold out 24 hours!
longer when the big guns would ar-1 *
rive. One day he reconnoltered the I
position of the Germans In an aero- j
plane. I
FEDERAL RESEBVE BAHKS
TO OPEN NOVEMBER 3C
Directors and Governors Favor
This Date.
BOARD MAY OVERRULE.
Itenerve lloard Has Supreme Power
and in Not Satiafled With the
Date Chosen, It is Said.
Washlnton, Oct. 21.?Directors
and governors of the 12 reserve
banks today refused to support the |
proposal of Secretary McAdoo to i
open the new. banking system for |
business November 16. By vote of 37
to 36 they recommended that the
opening be set for November 30.
This action has no binding effect
upon the reserve board or upon Mr.
McAdoo for the currency act gives
the Secretary authority to open the
banks when he believes they are
ready to do business. It was evident
tonight that members of the board
were not pleased with the recomendation
of the banks and it Is possible
a meeting of the board within the
next few days will develop sufficient
sentiment to bring a vote asking the
Secretary to name a date earlier than
November 30.
Discussion of the opening date
was taken up Immediately after the
bankers returned from the White
House, where President Wilson declared
bis belief that the best thing
for the country was to open the
banks at the earliest possible date!
Speeches were made at the conference
by the men representing
every one of the 12 banks. No sectional
difference of opinion was apparent,
but the smaller reserve
banks reported that they were more
nearly prepared to open on the sixteenth
than those In New York,
Chicago, St. Louis and other larger
cities. The argument against opening
on the sixteenth was largely
that it was physically Impossible for'
the directors to get ready. In several
instances the directors have not
rhnflftn thnir unvomnso ? ?* *
r," -. ..w. o in iiinu.v
cases quarters have yet to be select-1
ed.
Some of the Southern bankers
were particularly anxious for an
early opening because of the nsHis- (
lance the federal banks might give
in taking care of the cotton crop.
It was said tonight the directors
would go home tomorrow and begin
work preliminary to opening. If the
reserve board later finds that there
is every reason to Deneve a simultaneous
opening on November 16 or
November 30 can be accomplished
in spite of opinions to the contrary
expressed here today, the date will
be fixed. The board already has !
voted to open all the banks at the,
same time, but it is possible that this
decision will be changed If special
reasons are discovered to make
opening of a part of the banks be- t
fore the rest, desirable.
The conference today devoted
much time to hearing reports of
committees. The one In charge of,
a definition of commercial pnper, regarded
by many bankers as of first
Importance, recommended In a general
way, a broad definition of such j
paper, but decided to continue Its
work further.
Illiteracy Among South Carolina
Rami Population.
Washington. Oct. 22.?The need
of more and better rural schools in
South Carolina is made manifest by
conditions revealed In a recent census
report showing the percentage
of Illiterates among the native white
farming class of this state. The
figures show that the percentage of
Illiteracy in the rural districts of
South Carolina is 11.8 and 3.9 per
rent In the cities and villages of the
state. South Carolina has 276,980 i
Illiterates and 249,277 of them live
on the farms. There are 121,834 i
boys and men and 127,443 girls and!
women on the farms of this state j
that can neither read nor write.
Victory With Allien.
London, Oct. 2.1.?An Amesterdam
dispatch to the Central News states
x telegram from the burgomaster of,
Wenduyne, Helblum, as follows:
"Victory is with the allies. Seventy
thousand men have been taken I
prisoners between Chalons and
Longwy. Three guns and 31 flagB
tiave been caDtured."
I i
COTTON EE PUN 1
FAILED TO PASS HOUSE
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Vote, 123 Against It to 91 For.ji
Southern Members Fight.
MANY SPEAK FOR BILL.
Others Declared That the Proposl* i
tion Was DanKeruur* and Would i
Hurt Ilather Than llelp South.
Washington, Oct. 21.?The compromise
cotton relief plan, proposed
by Southern congressmen to relieve
the situation resulting lrom the de- (
creased European demand for cotton
on account of the continental
war, was defeated in the house today,
123 to 91. The proposal contemplated
the deposit or $250,000,000
of government funds In Southera
banks to be loaned to cotton and
tobacco growers.
Southern members of the house
fought strenuously, but *n vein, for i
the bill. Chairman Glass of the
banking and currency committee i
and Republican Leader Mann op- i
posed the plan as "utterly unsound," J
declaring it would contract the credit :
of the South rather than expand it.
The cotton belt members led by I
Representatives Henry and Hard- 1
wick insisted that the plan followed <
past treasury policies and that the
treasury often made large deposits t
of government funds to avert financial
stress in various sections of the
country. 1
The cotton relief supporters succeeded
in setting aside the calendar
Wednesday rule under which consideration
of the eotton plan would i
have been prevented for the day.
P?arpa?nlatlvo lj
r. ? v. .V, Iicuijr luovefl 10 1
close all debate on the special rule <
brought in for the consideration of |
the Lever cotton warehouse bill, the i
Glass bill authorizing the issue of 1
federal reserve notes on 100 per cent I
commercial paper, and the cotton re- i
lief compromise. <
Thereupon Representative Glass
made the point that no quorum was!'
present and a roll call was ordered |f
to enforce the attendance of abseil-;*
tees. The roll call discolsed the
presence of a bare quorum and de-1(
bate on the rule was closed by a (
vote of 120 to 95. All efforts to ex- 1
tend the time allowed under the rule I
for discussion of the bills failed and j
the consideration of the 100 per cent
commercial paper measure was '
begun. Representative Burkeley for 1
the banking and currency committee i
supported the bill but opposed the 1
amendment proposed by the cotton
states representatives. 1
Many Southern members urged 1
the rules committee's cotton amend-^
ment to the Glass bill for increasing 1
the circulation based on commercial '
paper to 100 per cent of the unim-j8
paired capital and surplus of the;
issuing banks. j ]
Representative Henry said the cot-[ j
ton amendment was necessary be-1 f
?i?um- me Aiuncn-vreeiand not had J p
failed to get money to the South and (
because the federal reserve system t
was "tardily organized."
Representative McKellar of Ten- i
nessee said the house had no hanking
system for the producers, that (
the South needs immediate relief
and was only asking what the secretary
of the treasury is asking the |
Southern banks to loan money on
cotton as security.
Representative Crisp of Georgia
contended that It was not a local, pc- t
lltlcal or sectional question; that the t
Southern farmer has no money to do <!
business on a cash basis, but has a
to transact his cotton business on f
a credit basis because the South has
never recovered from the War He- r
tween the States. a
Representative Heflln of Alabama t
said that 30-odd millions of people p
were asking their countrymen to pal I
some of the government's money In t
the banks of the South to relieve a g
suffering caused, not by economic1
conditions, but by the European war I
Representatives Huraett of Ala- fl
ham a, llrynes of South rarollna ami 1
others pointed to the precedents of a
the South joining with the North in
the relief for the Salem disaster, the h
San Francisco (ire and earthquake a
and the Ohio floods. *| c
"Printing large sums of money i c
never will help the cotton situation," d
Republican Leader Mann told the | li
house. "The proposition to increase I
the legal tender notes by $250,000,000
without any additional gold
reserve," is a dangerous proposition.
"What the South needs is a market
for the cotton."
"If $1,000,000,000 were placed in
the South I doubt if money would
be any easier. The people in the
Soutn or elsewhere will not loan j
money on cotton or anything elae
unless security is good. The more |
asset currency you have without ,
sufficient assets behind it the less
credit there will be."
Representative Glass said that
the cotton amendment was unsound
and without precedent In the history
of the country, that shrewd business
men would not buy the vast amount
of bonds proposed and that the
amendment would contract credit instead
of expanding it.
Lack of a quorum prevented action
oa the hill to permit National
banke to leeue circulating notes
bused on commercial paper up to
10 par cent of unimpaired captlal
and surplus and also on the measure
to license cotton warehouses. Indications
tonight were that both of
these measures would be "pocketed'*
In the rush for adjournment tomorrow.
The cotton relief compromise
bill provides that the $260,000,000 |
be raised hy the issue of United ;
States notes or the sale of Panama j
"anal bonds.
SENATE REPEALS ITS
ACTION OF TUESDAY
Upper House Rescinds Staying
Mortirnvo Snlm l?v
I
nthem a? they marched.
The demonstration reached lt?j
leight before the embassies of the ,
llled nations, where the cheering
rowds were greeted by the diplo-j
nats. The order calling out the stu- j
lenta. who usually are revolutionary, |
s considered here as evidence of J
tussia's present solidarity.
of 2!l to IO.
The Columbia Record last night!
laid:
Adoption of the concurrent resolution
Tuesday, which requested cir- ]
;uit Judges to postpone sales of :
property after foreclosure of mort- j
;age, was rescinded by the senate I
Wednesday, when a concurrent reso- j
lution of this purport, offered by :
Senator Sinkler, was adopted after-i
lebate. The vote was 23 to 10.
That the January legislature
tould adopt a resolution staying
tales after foreclosure was suggestsd
by Senator Laney.
"Public opinion is hfgher than law
>r a request of the legislature," dedared
Senator Sullivan, explaining
lis opinion that no need for such a
irocedure now exists.
After the motion of Senator
Vppelt to defer consideration until
Tuesday had been defeated, the senite
rescinded their action on the
'staying resolution" by a vote of 23
O 10.
The light to rescind the action of
he senate Tuesday in adopting the
'esolution instructing the circuit
udges to suspend sale of property
ifter foreclosure of mortgage was
ead by Senator Sinkler, when the
tenate convened Wednesday.
Supporting the Sinkler rescinding
-esolution. Senator Laney declared
'we are as solid as a rock financially
n South Carolina, but there are
lome creditors in the state who are
10 grasping and greedy that they
tan not help taking advantage of
he demoralized conditions." He
idmitted his inabilitiy to satisfy
lllUseU UK to VOtillg.
3RD EES STUD ENTS
TO jy* THE ARMY
tiMKiiui War Ofttr* Call* on Hoys j
From School* Md Universities.
Petrograd, Oct. 22.?Under Initructions
from Kmperor Nicholas
he war office today railed out stulents
of universities and high
chools, who ordinarily are exempt
rom military service.
This order In conjunction with a
eport that the Russians bad gained
i decisive victory, caused great en- [ (
huBiasm among the populace. A j
>arude that filled the wide Nevsky ,
>rospect surpassed any demonstra- (
ion held in Petrograd since the be;inning
of the war.
The paraders, carrying pictures of
Imperor Nicholas, the new Russian j
lag and also the French, British and
lelglan colors, sung the national \
ALLIES HOLD POSITIONS
AGAINST VIOLENT ATTACK
Onslaught of Germans Vicious
Along Western End.
BERLIN NOT HEARD FROM
French Claim Slight Progress in the
Argonne District and at Other
Points Along the Front.
Associated Press dispatches in the
afternoon papers yesterday said
Northern France and the coast of
Belgium still are the fields where
the most important fighting in the
WPMtorn nrono 41
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with the utmost stubbornness, but
an yet without decisive result. The
French war office announces that
the allied lines are holding in spite
of the furious onslaughts of the
enemy, while news dispatches from
London assert that developments
generally are against the InvAders.
Herlin, however, has not been
heard from on this subject since yesterday.
Lacking a German report
as to the progress of the prolonged
engagement in this territory, the situation
is being reported only from
the side of the allies. The German
announcement of yesterday said that
in the fighting west of Lille, German
troops taking the offensive, had
repulsed the enemy at several points.
Ilrltl8h warships nave played an
important part in these operations
and there are indications that their
activities are not yet at an end. The
fighting is going on night and day
and the allies are said to be approaching
close to the German positions
before Lille.
No confirmation of the reported
evacuation of Ostend has been received.
The German garrison at
Antwerp is said to have been reduced
and a German column of reinforcements
with two of the famous
16-inch guns is reported as having
passed through Antwerp on its way
to Bruges.
Outside of Belgium the fields of
battle are very numerous. Picardy,
Ohampagne, the Argonne .the Woevre,
Lorraine, the Vasges and
Alsace being referred to as localiI
ioa xi'hnro i.t..? -
.... Nhnuuh m iHKiuK piace.
In several of these districts the
French claim officially to have repulsed
German attacks which they
describe as not so severe as in the
Belgian field. The French say also
that they have made progress in the
Argonne and the Woevre territory.
French Official Report.
Paris, Oct. 22.?The official announcement
issued this afternoon by
the French war office says the positions
occupied by the allies in Belgium
and northern France have
been maintained in spit? of the violent
attacks of the enemy.
The text of the announcement
follows:
"On our left wing German forces
in considerable strength have continued
their violent attackR, particularly
in the vicinity of Dixmude,
Warniton, Armentieres, Radinghom
and I.aBassee, but tne positions occupied
by the allies have been maintained.
"On the rest of the front the ene
iu; uan l?*M I VtTfU OUTy P4Ttl#l n.t ?
tacks. These all have been repulsed.
particularly at Prfcourt, to the
east of Albert; on the plateau to the
west of Craonne; In the region of
Souuln, In the Argonne district; at
Four de Paris, southwest of Varennes;
In the region of Malancourt, In
the Woevre dltsrict; in the direction
of Champion and at a point southeast
of St. Mlhlei in the forest of
Ailly.
"We have made slight progress
in the Argonne district and In the
southern part of the Woevre, in the
forest of Mortmarte.
"Russia?The forward movement ^
of the Russian forces has been posl- *
tively announced. An important
success in the region of Warsaw
has driven back the enemy more
than 13 kilometres (eight miles.)
The advances or the Russians at
Ivangorod and to the south of
Prcemysl are equally perceptible."
nHTnnnflti Man Head* liar A??irUtinn.
WaKhlnRton. Oct. 22.? Peter \\r.
Meldrin of Sava inah, Ga., was today
alerted a* presid- at of the American
Par Aasociatlon, ruceeedlng W. H.
Taft.