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3,000 BALES ARE SHIPPED BY EXPORT COMPANY Columbia, Jan. 27.?Since the ini tial shipmen tof 600 bales, made just before Christmas, the American Products Export and Import corpora tion, the so-called cotton export cor poration, has shipped to Europe up to January 20, 2,300 additional bales making a total of about 3,000 bales now on the water consigned to Europe One of the primary purposes of this organization, which is an out growth of the American Cotton Asso ciation, is to open up the markets of Europe, now practically closed, to the south's staple and to furnish the ne cessary credits to this end. The cot ton export corporation, headed by former Gov. Richard I. Manning, of South Carolina, secured its charter in December and is now a going con cern. Shipments abroad are slower than they would be except for the ne- i cessity of rigid investigation of the) mills and banks endorsing the paper J and the general conditions surround ing them, but that shipments are ac tually being made under favorable commercial ?onditions is regarded as proving the practicability of the plan under which the corporation is oper ating. "The outlook for a good and ex panding business abroad is even bet ter and brighter than we anticipat ed," Governor Manning declarer. "At the same time we must use every nrofant.ion so that our transactions will be as safe as possible. We can- j not promise the public a sudden im-1 provement in general conditions, but I we are working steadily along lines I that'we believe will be satisfactory! to the stockholders and a factor in | improving general conditions. j The domestic buusmess of the cor- , poration is also reported to be mov? | ing satisfactorily. Uncle Joe Cannbn has been nomi- j nated for a seat in the House twenty- i five times, the longest service in- ( Congress on record. s r When yoi gam. O: You can't in poor in mak of pi When a mer< whole reputa ' being sent 01 employees ar So when yoi be as advert oonds adverl DR. A. W. ARUNDEL GOES TO HARTSVILLE The following is from tfie Harts ville correspondent in the Columbia State: The Rev. Alfred Arundel, D. D., has recently come to Hartsville from Greenwood. He succeeds the Rev. R. F. Blackford, who resigned as rector of St. Bartholomew's Epis 1 copal church here to become rector J ' of St. Peter's-By-The-Sea at the! < Navy yard Charleston. Dr. Arundel j I is an Englishman, having been born! and reared in England. He is being' well received by the community and j his congregation as a gentleman of |, pleasing address. j Mr. Blackford during his stay in , Hartsville of 18 months did most', excellent work, not only among the 1 j people of his parish, but throughout ( the entire community. He is very much missed. One hundred thousand of the 1, 250,000 deaths occurring in the Unit- ! ed States annually could easily be j prevented by the application of avail able medical knowledge. AFTER THE OFFICERS The word is being passed around ; ? to the different War Department! ( bureaus to get rid of all possible ! ? army officers stationed in Washing-1 j ton. The reason is to minimize criti-' \ i n ! , visiii uy v/uiigic2>s avuuu swivel uuaii j officers who have been in the capi- t tal for months. The War Depart- ^ ment business is being wound up <] rapidly, but they have continued on F the job. r Just how many officers there are 1; in Washington it is impossible to ! f tell owing to the fact that the num- j h ber fluctuates continuously, but it s is well in excess of 1,000. jv Owing to the slack commercial si situation few officers of late have - applied for discharge, feeling that: they might as well remain on the b Government payroll as long as pos-' H >ible.?New York Herald. r! I I u buy advert] nly goods fan lagine a metcha 3; aud will not g libiic conaemnat [ chant signs his na tion of his busine: it to all the people irl mncf r*f Kiq fn^ JIVA IXAV/Uk. v/x A. 11U AJLXV i buy advertised ised. That is \ tised. Advertisi lVS/S/S/?s/S/S^^Vv . ENDLESS DEBATE ON MINIMUM WAGE Dial Hat Made Speech Against It? Wrong in Principle Washington, Jan. 27.?The mini mum wage bill under which the gov ernment would pay all its employees at least $3 per day, like many other; bills of moment, will not become! law prior to the death of the pres ent congress, March 4. Nevertheless senators have regarded it as of enough importance to warrant end-' less debate. It is sponsored by Senator John son of California. Principal speeches i i j. i n agonist il nave oeen maae oy oena tor Smith of Georgia and Senator Dial of South Carolina. The latter has contended that whereas every service should be adequately com pensated, payment should not be made by head, but in accordance tvith service rendered. "It is wrong in principle," said Senator Dial, "for congress to legis late compensation for the people. It would be contrary to the production 3f efficient service. If we pass the aill, we say to every one in the Uni ted States, "Unless your employer s willing to pay you $3 per day, itop work." It would not be two lays before the news would be her-i ilded across the continent, and peo )le will say that congress has in cited them to ask for greater pay. \.nd if they do not get it, they will >e dissatisfied. It is impossible for is to legislate to meet changing con litions. Twelve months ago we ap iropnaiei money to una employ ment for the people, and six months j ater we could not find the people j or available positions. Even in my^ iome town pay for ordinary labor,,1 uch as plasterers and carpenters, \1 rent to the upheard of figure of 1 omething like $1.35 per hour. A,: ' 1 A specialty in Jamaica country ouses is "pimento cordial,"" a quor made from the pimento ber y it of sed goods y( rly priced ca nt advertising a five reasonable ion. That is w ime 10 a siareme 5S is at stake, he 5, so that anythir ;nds; then you n goods you get vhy it pays yo ng protects you short time ago, that same labor was begging for employment at $2 per day. It is unwise to legislate to meet changing conditions. ''We have no right to pick out pets and pay them salaries out of i proportion to service rendered. I These positions will be regarded as j 'soft snaps.' I believe in helping la bor to better its condition. But the term, living wage," never did ap peal to me. People do not work just to live. They should be able to save something. But when we pay ordi nary labor people who occupy chairs and simply point to the next door, more than we pay educated people who take an interest in their work then we do wrong. We encourage dissatisfaction. We should adopt a scale on the same basis for em ployment in private life. This bill proposes to double, and oerhaDs to i treble, in case of government em ployees the compensation received by people for similar work outside of the government service." Senator Dial then read a report j of the average wages paid in thej several states for work on the farm.; He continued: "It is proposed to pay government employees who do every little service, who sit indoors and are not exposed to the elements douible the sum that men who work on the farms receive. Mr. President we can not appreciate the feelings of men who toil and who earn on the average only $64.95 per month', as against the proposition to pay the beneficiaries of this bill nearly $100 per month." Senator Dial inserted at this point a statement prepared by D. R. Coker of South Carolina, connected ^ with the federal reserve system, which was printed In "Commerce and Finance," and which showed that a man, his wife and three chil dren, tilling the soil in the South, netter only $1.07 a day in addition to "a few potatoes and cabbage." In the course of the debate Sena tor Smith, of Georgia and Senator rohnson of California engaged in a iarcastic controversy as to the pay ? 1 1 the J )u are gettin in stand the . lot of articles i wear. Such g< hy it pays to bu nt he is careful is doubly care lg in it is not true lay be sure he the best of the 1 u to read advc . Read it and '^/VWVW^VVWVVVVWVVVVWVWV'^/^/V'/VVnA of United States senators. The Georgia senator had just remarked that he did not believe in paying by the head. United States senators are paid in that mariner. Senator Smith did not think that the system of paying senators should be alter ed. Senator Smith asked: "In what way, up or down?" Senator Jchnson replied: "Some are worth more than what they re ceive. I would not insinuate that any are worth less. So you ought to have a graded scale for senators." "It would be very difficult to dis criminate between senators," re plied Senator Smith. "I could scarcely estimate the value of the serivce of the senator from Califor nia." "Of course," retorted Senator Johnson. "I had in mind the trans NOT After January I * CASH AT A-SMAl Please do not a anything, as it wi ment for both of E. F. AI Barer g the best of strain of ac that are poor ir )ods can't stanc b ly advertised go< what he says, ful. When that : will be known is ten times doi bargain, because jrtisements, and get the best c /S/S/VS/S/S/S/S/S/S/S/SA/N/S/S/VS/S/S/SAv/SAs/S/S/N^sA^VS/S/S/S/S^S/S/V/S/S/ condent service of the senator from Georgia. But it was so obvious that it did not require suggestion." "I am g]ad that he realized it was obivous," said Senator Smith. "I feel sure that now I am rendering a serivce, and the senator from California is not." ICE! >t wejwill sell for ONLY LL PROFIT sk jus to charge 11 save embarass us WOLD ain the bar Ivertising. i aualitv. or i the strain ods. When the statement is to all of his ibly careful. ; they must 1 to buy the >f bargains. J I