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o SENATOR E D THE COT He Has Been in Touch Witl retary Lansing and Fin< suring?Regards the ( TTnnofnl TV?? JUV|/VA UA A lit To the Editor of The News am Courier: Your communication o recent date, with reference to th? cotton situation, is received. 1 thin! I can with propriety now state pub licly my attitude and the reasoni therefor. I have felt a strong pressure tc use the press and in my speeches tc join the agitation against the ac lion of England in reference to hei order in council of March 11. but ] recognized the fact that the Democratic administration was charged with ail of the responsiblitv attaching to the circumstances. I did not think it wise to lend my support to what seemed to be a harsh and damaging criticism of the administration: for the public at large to clamor for a thing to be done by their officials, the function of -whoso office is to do this thing, is tantamount to saying that there is a dereliction upon the part of those so charged. I believed that President Wilson and his cabinet were doing all in their power to discharge the duties imposed upon them for the best interest of the American people. T thought, however, it was my duty to write to them, signifying my appreciation of the grave responsibility that was upon them, and to call their attention to the gravity of the cotton situation growing out of the rder in council of lingland of March 11. 1 did not hesitate, under other ireumstances, to use both press and ;>latform in the agitation for better prices and better marketing facilities tor cotton. Under those circumstances we were dealing with a condition where public sentiment properly directed might ultimately force the proper legislation. The problems then imposed the responsibility of their solution upon the public. and the public had a right to express its sentiments, looking to proper legislation, through its representatives. In a word, the situation 'hen was amenable to national legislation. In the present situation it is possibly. and perhaps, probable, that the remedy is to be found through diplomatic negotiation. It was, therefore, the duty of those charged with settling ! ternational questions to meet 'Ala situation, and I believed tlten. as 1 (to *aow, that the administration was using every means in its power and would continue, step by step, to exnaust i vi r; m.c n- given it by law to settle properly this question. There was also a graver question, perhaps, growing out of the attitude at Germany in her submarine war'are. that was in nrouress of final determination. I'pon the proper settlement of this question, in mv ipinlon, depended largely tiie satisfactory settlement of the cotton lurstion with England. 1 felt that the efforts of the administration to maintain pome were ommendable and should receive tTie support of every American to mainait! peaee, of course, with national -< If-respect and without loss of any national rights, without the loss of any of our commercial rights, or the personal rights of any of our citizens going to and fro abroad. While the administration vv.s grappling with this grave situation, I refrained from giving utterance to any views or opinions that might add in the slightest degree to the difficulties that already beset the administration. But now, that the question with Germany has been brought to this last stage, I think it proper that cer tain communications that I have haf with the President and with the sec retary of state would be known ir substance. On the 14th of Julv. 1 wrote Secretary of State Lansing as follows: "During the last session of Con gress, a committee was appointed t( investigate the matter of expor cotton. "The attitude of certain power now engaged in war is to close neu tral ports and seize certain shipi having American cotton destined foi other countries than the one uiakin* the seizures. The new crop of cot ton is now about to bo placed upor the market. It is absolutely essen tfat that the growers and shipper of this all important article, should know as accurate as may he. what is to be England's attitude in refer ence to cotton shipped through neu . SMITH ON TON SITUATION i President Wilson and Secis Their Attitude Reas)utlook as "Vastly More in a Year Ago." i tral ports and on certain classes of f vessels. The embarrassment last e year, caused by her attitude, was c largely responsible for the failure - of cotton to go higher than It did. 3 "1 desire to urge upon you. as you are thoroughly acquainted with all of > the facts, to take such immediate ac> tion as will give relief from the pres ent intolerable condition. I beg you | r to use every effort to make it possi- 1 [ ble for cotton to move freely through < all neutral ports and through all < 1 ports that international law per- i . mits." I Under date of July 30, the secre- ' tarv of state, in reply to my letter. 1 said: ' "1 have the honor to acknowledge 1 the receipt of your letter dated July 14. 1015. in regard to the difficulties being experienced in making ship- ' ment8 of cotton to Europe at this ' time. ( "There are enclosed copies of the A British order in council of March the1 1 11th, 10 15. and the department's re- j | plv thereto. The British order in ' 'council is still the subject of diplo-' matic discussion between this gov- ' ernntent and the government of Great Britain. "The department keenly appre elates the difficulties surrounding the exportation of cotton from this coun- . try and is endeavoring to do all that it properly can toi relieve the situation. "While it is not possible to out- f line the exact methods to be pursued by the department, you may rest assured that strong representations i looking toward the protection of the ' interests of this important commodity and those connected with it are , I ' being and will be made. Further ( I than this assurance the department I would not care to indicate the method at this time. I "Realizing the limitations of the market for cotton arising front the war situation the department has from time to time called for reports 'of the market for cotton in foreign, * countries front its consular officers stationed abroad with a view to in- ' dicate any possible openings for a cotton that might relieve the situation due to the decreased exportations to Kurope." On Julv the 1 1th I also addressed ' I the, following letter to President Wilson: "My hear Mr. President: I fully ' appreciate the crisis that is now upon you as the head of the nation and ' f the grave responsibility that rests upon vou. I. therefore, hesitate even in the slightest degree to add to your burden, and if the matter wanot of such vital proportion to the ^ South and the nation at large. I would not do it. "I rail your attention to the atti: tude of England in the matter ol cotton exports. It is now practically ( the beginning of harvest time. The n o iv will ... ' ..... oww.. lUlllIMB l"? market. It is. therefore, very essential that we have a clear understanding as to England's attitude in reference to closing neutral ports and her famous order in council of March last. "I call this matter to your attention because. I think, its gravity demands you calling the attention of i your cabinet, and especially secretarv of state, to this all-important matter. I. of course, will write him also. "You may recall the fact thai I ' was appointed on a committee durng i the last Congress, to investigate this ;! very matter. Of course, it is practically impossible for this committee i j to do more than gather the facts. The - proper department must take it up i | officially. This, I hope will be done 1 at once. ' jI "May I hope to hear from you at I jrnui cniucsi (lussiDie convenience in - reference to this matter." ) The following in President YVilt son's answer to my letter: "The White House. ' j s "Washington, July 20, 1915. j -j "My Dear Senator: I hare your | s letter of July 14 and would say in r reply that I hope you will never hem? tate to write me about anything that - you think Important, no matter, how 11 busy or preoccupied I may be -| "And I want to tell you that, i though we have said very little about I It in public, nothing has been omitl ted to bring the matter you " rit? - about very comnletely and in their right light to the attention of the I . I HE LANCASTER NEWS1 government of Great Britain, ant nothing will be omitted that can bt done. Cordially and sincerely yours, (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." Of course. I was greatly gratlhed to be confirmed in my belief that out Democratic administration was taking care of the situation. It is reassuring to have this statement from headquarters. It is also gratifying to me to see the utterances in the press from the federal reserve board in reference t3 the financing of the cotton crop. There was some disappointment in the operations of the new banking and currency law last fall. I took occasion to speak to those char^a with its administration about that disappointment. I was very frankly informed that the prime reason for this disappointment was because they were not prepared to put so enormous and radical a movement into practical operation in so short a time. It was a stupendous thing to change so radically from the old orler to the new. Now. however the intervening time has given opportunity to the officials to familiarize themselves with the working of the lew system, and it is gratifying to tiear that it is propo&ed to use it in relieving the very conditions for vhich it was created. It is especially gratifying to me hat the particular section of the law hat makes it possible for the offi ials to relieve the cotton situation vas written by myself; or at least, hat part of the section that refers o the length of time that a loan can >e obtained on farm products as colateral. This is the section of the Vet that makes it possible for the ederal reserve board to take the acion contemplated in their public itterances. So. summing up the situation, the tutlook is more cheerful, vastly more topeful. than a year ago. The attiude of the President and the secreary of state in regard to our rights is neutrals, and the attitude of our ederal reserve board in reference o financing the cotton crop, is eeraitilv reassuring. I have done, and am doing, all in ny power to aid the cotton producers o realize a just price for cotton. 1 lave tried to do it wisely and disreetly, and if so. effectually. Very incerelv yours. L? It OMITtl Erf. l/. r?.M till. Flr.ience. August 7. 1'' 15. What (icntilos Could I/earn. Greensboro News. From an article. "What it means 0 be a Jew." in the American Ma?Lzine: "Get me suggest a few things that 1 closer contact, socially especially, could mean to the Gentiles and'what hey might learn from the Jews: (a) deal family life; (b) Filial love and espect: (c? Devotion: (d) Self-saeiflce; (et Brotherly and sisterly ove; if) Honesty; Ig) Frugality: h) Studiousness: (i) Wholesome ood and surroundings: (ji Enterainment of old and yottng: (ki Ablenee of domestic scandals; (1) Fntevered marital ties; (m) Indis riminate charity; (ni Temperate labits; to) Heal friendship: (p> ndustrv. But why extend the list, vhich might also result in a new ilphabet." The author of the article is a Jew limself. but these are truths, and jowerfully important on. s, at thats Till* F.lflcient Man. The efficient men is a type, not an ?xotic. hike a diamond he is dis overed. not thrown up by the sea. He bears neither reference nor crelential but his own personality. He is willing to learn?being nattrally a better listener than a talker. He is a good leader because he knows nell how to folio'.". He does not mistake his learning for wisdom; his eloquence for his philosophy; nor his clothes for his individuality. He is willing to go slow, but will not stop. Circumstances neithei overwhelm nor uproot hint because he is master of himself He accepts conditions as they are and sees men as they are. Whenever there is a choice, he takes sides; but never resists natural law. nor presumes upon his own infallibility. He wins because he is right rather than lucky, and his victories?they are permanent.?Wade of Fort Worth. Your <V>ugn ('an tot Stopped. Using rare to avoir! draughts, ex posure, sudden changes, and Lakim a treatment of Dr. King's New Die covery, w'.ll positively relieve, and li time will surely rid you, of you cough. The f.rst dose soothes the ir r lation, checks your chough. whlc? stops in a short time. Dr. King' New Discovery baa been used sue cessfully for 4f> years and Is guara< teed to cure you. Money back If 1 falls, (let a bottle from your druf gist; it costs only a little and wil help you so much. 3 S. AUGUST IT. 1915. niMMiinmimtmiiii + < T!IK PAPER AND THE COM > MTX1TY. Walterboro Press and Banner. Every loyal citizen of a community should take his home paper. The local new spaper is one of the l greatest branches of any section of the country and should be supported and encouraged as such, not with a feeling of charity toward the editor, , as is too often the case, but in the firm conviction that in supporting the paper you are contributing to the uplift of the community and the consequent enhancing of the value of your own holdings. Without your home paper your town would lose much of its attracts eness as a place of abode, would become a barren spot in the field of knowledge. The community would be groping around in the intellectual darkness; of uncertainty and speculation, while j other cities and towns would be1 climbing upward and onwari to bet-1 ter thiugs. The dissemination of news would [ return to the ancient method of mouth to mouth, with i s consequent delays, and distortions and omissions. The business interests would suffer from lack of a medium of communication between buyer and seller, commercial rivalry would be on the wane, and the American spirit of "I will" would sink into disuse and eventual obliteration. How many years have you been reading this paper, anyway? And don't you feel deep down tn your heart that it has been worth; more to you than it has cost you? How would you like to be deprived of the opportunity of ever seeing another issue of it? In other words, just how would you like to live in this community if there were no paper published her?\ no medium from which you couM ascertain the doings of the people oi the pommunity, no medium of xchange in the matter of barter and sale, no medium through which you could make your wants known to the people except by climotng Into a buggy and spending days In driving! from one place to another. Just how would you like that? The pill would he somewhat bitter, wouldn't it? Well, don't worry?you are in no danger of losing your home paper. This article was written merely for the purpose of causing you to do A little thinking along the right line. We want you?all of you?to. realize that this paper is not being published just for the glory of the | editor It is a public institution, it is an \ important part of the community itself. it is about the only Industry with which the community could not dispense without Intellectual stagnation. for when people cease to read of home affairs their intelligence pays the penalty. This paper is for progress, for commercial advancement, for community pride, for the dcvlopnent i and encouragement of every lepiti-] mate interest that will he of value to. our people. Wo are laboring to that end, and we want you to labor with us. And that our labors may cover a greater field and hear better fruit, we want every family in the community to read the paper to know wh it others are doing, to lend a helping hand in making of this one of the most thriving and prosperous sections of the state. (let rid of the idea that when you hand us a dollar you are "helping the editor along." Vnu nro hftlnlna #l?o as! (***? but you are helping yourself more than you are him, for you are getting more than value received for your money. You are supporting a business enterprise that labors diligently day by day for the social, intellectual and commercial advance of yourself and j every other citizen of the com-; inunity. And no other business enterprise: can speak louder or more to the! point. Publlo Life. Publlo life !b a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleens iinrm ht? -- I well an he that goes over to the entmy.?Burke. <( ** of Ohio, fit/ of Toledo. Lncaa County. aa. Frank J. ('honey ruekea oath that he In aenlor >artner of the firm of F. J. t'lieney 4c Cu., do>g budnena In the City of Toledo. County and tate iforeaald. and thet nald firm will I>ay i ne anm of ONK HtlNDRKU IKHX.ARS for | oh and e-ery c .ae cf Catarrh that cannot be ured l>y the uae of liall'a Catarrh Core. FRANK J. CI1KNRY. 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And a guide for little children. But what makes her more priceless than the treasures of earth And dearer than all the world Is not her wonderful eves or even her face so fair. But a magnet that holds with thes? things forgot Her soul is as pure as a prayer. ?Selected. Whitman the Prophet. Walt Whitman was a prophet who, line ho many of hits breed, called aloud before his time had ripened, a poet whose fruition for America lieB dimly In the future. Undismayed, buoyant with fierce conviction and unshakable faith, he moved amid the thunders of ruin menacing the republic and the later insidious threats of its decay, the bard of manhood, the chanter of democracy, the laureate of labor.?Nortb American Review. Where the Luck Is. "Luck won' take de place of hard work," said Uncle Kben. "Rut dat doesn't mean dat dar ain' no sech thing as luck. A man is lucky to be able to work hard." 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Division Passenger Agent, Charleston. 8. C. Lancaster & Chester Ry. Co. Schedule in Ehect Dec. 27, 1914. Eastern Time. WESTBOUND. Lv. Lancaster ...6:00am?2:30pm Lv. Fort Lawn ..6:30am?4:08pm Lv. BascomvlUe .6:47am?4:28pm Lv. Richburg ...,6:58am?4:43pm Ar. Chester 7:40am?5:26pm EASTBOUND. Lv. Chester .... 9:00am?6:45pm Lv. Richburg ... 9:45am?7:27pm Lv. BascomvlUe .10:00am?7:38pm Lv. Fort Lawn ..10:30am?7:55pm Ar. Lancaster ...11:00am?8:25pm Connections?Chester with Southern, Seaboard and Carolina & Northwestern Railways. Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air L lenRailway. ^ Lancaster ,wth Southern Railway. A. P. MeLURE, Supt. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. l*remier Carrier of the South. PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES. Trains arrive Lancaster from: >Jo. 118?Yorkvllle, Rock Hill and Intermediate stations 8:31 a. m. J'o. 113?Charleston, Columbia and Intermediate stations lu:05 a. m. No. 114?Marlon, Blacksburg, Charlotte and Intermediate stations, 1:35 p. m. 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