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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 18 in.) Published Every Wednesday Morning V'.iaby.eiiptmn SI l'or Annum Advertising Hales Reasonable. WT ECK, SIIEMMt & SCHRODER, i Communication ; of a personal haraetor <. barged for MS advertise-; ..TO'a ts. ty?) i tu a i . notli es and tributes of . of aol over 100 words, will .v printed free of charge. All over that number must i?<- paid for at the j . .> nf one ?-?-nt a word. Cash to . . m . n n .. ma n UK? rlpt WADllAMiA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEIT. I, DM5. MM MEAN END I \< "lit ?NA DI SM ? Hiis is Construction Placed on Elec tion ol' Nicholls t? Congress. . Cor. Nows and Courier. I Columbia, Aug ?50. The nomina- . ion oi Sam J. Nicholls for Congress In On fourth District is significan! ,. Dir cud of factionalism in South ..colina |>o|ilics, according to the . > ot w? ll informed ami unbiased . OM a! observers. lt is held by nose who has?' kepi in touch with ?he situation up in Ibo Fourth DIs <rio| thal Mr. Nicholls'-; eleclion is Im- largely to the fact that he ro ; ?iel iona lism ami stood hy lout Wood row W ?Ison A n y o';, wdio viol.-il III" l'enlll Dn . . prior io i ho ele. : ion an<l ?ho ??opt his ey os opon could >? ?. . minute the Spa ria ii hu iv; t, . dd lam?' otu for Nicholls Iiis ,'U'it?on was assured. Thal strong r ut virile organ is read and respect vi hy th?' majority of thc voters of ji? county, and on thc advice of Edi .oi ll? aron (lie a li t i I'lea se voters Ol -Spariauhiirg laid aside factionalism .md voted for Capt. Nicholls. May Tak.< ?lld View. ? of i he Rlease leaders outside '>'. i m I-ouri li Distend whose eyes are still Oiled with the faraway at iviosptiere ol the heated laidioiialism if ':a.-t summer will doubtless seize ' rrj the election ol Capt. Nicholls as a rtvA'ji ot (he swing of the pendulum back towards Hie Rlease way ol poli tics. They may shu) their eyes to 'lu- oin ions reasons au I delude Ihein -\elvos with the belief that it was bo Itloascllcs, and th<' I Ilea sei tos il? ie, who elected Mr. Nicholls to ingress, but any one al all familiar ? . n the Fourth District will laugh 11 .-nih eagerness to try and get tValrn for defeated hopes of the past, rfu* dominant idea of Hie campaign . ugh Hie Fourth was the avoid ance ol' factionalism, it might be ol' ..liierest to polili ians in other parts il the Slate io know (bat some of ? o long ll lease leaders were sup M\.T*\r?g Mr Morgan, of H reen ville. In fact, one Itleaso paper near the .Vg. ol Hie Fourth District came out '?guifiai Mr. Nicholls and in favor of U Morgan. < lil the Oilier Hand, . ? ol Hie leading anti Iliense lead ?-'?.- vere enthusiastic Nicholls tuen. i:?d any one who knows anything at *.l: ill reali/e that the support of <:?. Sparta ti tm cg Herald certainly irr'.,ii enough Mi'es lo Mr. Nicholls . . . a : < t he result, \n emphasi/.od by one who has . d Um i a in pa igti ami the two .?nrnoiies in Hie Fourth Ibo election 1 :?" Capt. Nicholls means, if it means . 1 . ' 'lilltf a' iii. t hat factionalism is ind that Ibo |teoplc of South karolina are h..hind President Wood row Wilson in bis magnificent hand Mng >i tue iifairs of this great gov ??'.-.:?.'.? at Ail lcl lo this, of course. ' ... ' . > inlu real l?tivngtli of Capt. Nie i-iis. for ho i. t young man of ?ftrnclivi personality, of intelligent 'I" r ami willi (be capac ity of mak ing a good Congressman. And this Us admirers throughout Ibo State . e he w ill do. and | hey look to .. ? Sam ,1, Nicholls make n name for iini ell in Washington. i ?i Rc Ni? ledls's Secretary. ?. "inti -, Aug _.('?. lt is stated .? r - io day thal Sam .1 Nicholls, m m i ii : cd for Congres?, will ,. 'point Capt. i?, w. Pabb, m Hus cit. . Iiis .or.at. secretary. 'i" ollicial vole hi this county was Hows: Morcan. 1,201 . NTch <-*fi? i.e.?:.. % nu rican Ship Delay ed. Hond?n. Aug. 21. | Delayed l>> ! 1 ' nsor. i The American steamer .Sirius. NOW York to Narvik, with rosin consigned to Petrograd, still is detained by Hm Rrillsh authorities, \> n.i insist slie m ii st he taken direct ? . Archangel, nabs. ?;". owners a guaran toe from Sweden that r . . iiptnenf of tile carno will be. per .Kitted. The Norwegian steamer * rU?mis, Baltimore for Gothenburg, > H h a coal cargo, has also been de t?sicoed. -?.a HM Quinine That Doss Not Affect Trw Heid ..recuse ot Its tonic ?nd laxative effect. LAXA Tf VK nROMO QUININK'* better than ordinary .?c}\?inir.e ?m?l does not cause nervousness nor muring in head. Remember the full name and Jc?J<t lor the stature of K. W. OKOVK. 25c. TO FKOTECT TH Fi COTTON CltOl*. ! Secretary McAdoo Pledges 930,000, OOO lo Finance Holding. Washington. Au?, lil. Treasury officials last night made public an an nouncement liv Secretary McAdoO Ilia*, in view of the action of tb?? al lies in putting cotton on the contra hand list, lie would, if it became nec essary, deposit $30,000,000 or nuire in gold in the Federal reserve hanks in Allanta, hallas . nd Richmond for the purpose of enabling the reserve hanks to rediscount loans on cotton secured hy warehouse receipts made by national hanks and Slate hanks belonging to the Federal reserve system. The gold would be deposited tem porarily, al least, wit houl interest charge. lt was explained that il il j appeared thai the object could he ac- j complished with greater efficiency thereby, the deposits would he made directly with national hanks agree- j lng to lend the money on coll?n at a rate not to exceed per cent. Secretary McAdoo authorized the: announcement from his summer | honw at North Haven, Maine. lt came at the close ol a day of specu lation in official circles as to the na ture ot steps which the entente pow ers have indicated they will take to uphold the cotton market in the lace ol' I heir cont rahand order. Secret livy's Statement. "In the exercise of the discretion tivoli to him bj law." read the treas ury statement, "Soerelarj McAdoo said tinii the government will, for time being, charge no interest on ?e deposits in Federal reserve h.iuks: 'hat such action is justified i-\ the unusual situation respecting ottoi caused bj 'he Furo pen II war: thal he considers ii his duty to use >verj available means to help the cotton producer of the South in the circumstances; thal il is a matter ol' economic i ni port a net' to the entire nation that those who hav< >rodUcod the colton crop .-hall have a fair op portunity io dispose of il gradually and in an orderly manner, so they may not he forced, through inability to market their cotton gradually, to sell il at sacrifice prices. ' The Secret?i s . aid thal one of his chief objects was to create a basis for suuli enlarged credit in the Sont ti that lin han's will have ample re sources te extend to producers such accommodations that they will bei able to carr1 cotton in warehouses lor a reasonable length of time until ii can be marketed advantageously. "In order to accomplish this," he said, "the national and State banks which are members of the Federal reserve system should make loans on warehouse receipts for insured cot ton at low rales of interest; thal the hanks can well afford to carry cot lon for producer.- at li per cent, especially if they are abb' to redis count cotton paper ai the Federal re serve banks at a much lower rate than ii per cent; that the credit re sources of tile hanks of tho country j are greater than ever before in our j history, and thal there is no re:o'? ll I why the banks should not. m co-op 1 oration with the merchants of the South, help the cotton producers 'with loans al low rates in the pres-1 i en t pei'a 1 ia r sil na lion, "The Federal reserve board," the Secretar) said, "had a right to deter mine the rate ol' interest which the Federal reserve hanks can charge, ? member banks on noies or loans se- . cured hy insured and warehoused Cotton rediscounted with Federal rosen e banks. Sin e of Co-ojierntloii. "ile has been unable lo consult his colleagues of the Federal reserve j hoard on account of his absence from Washington, but feels confident of their co-operation in every reasona ble way. Mr McAdoo said, however, that should it appear that the object in v iew could be accomplished with ' greater efficiency to Iho cotton pro ducers, the merchants and the banks of th.e South hy depositing govern ment fund.-, in the national banks di rect instead of in the Federal re serve banks, he would take that course and make deposits in such national bat?ks as would give him the assurance thal the money SO depos ited or the credit based thereon would he loaned on cotton insured or warehoused and at a rate of inter ?s! not to exceed fi nev cent. ' The Secretary declared he be lieved that there was no occasion for alarm about the future of cotton, and that if the bankers and merchants would co-operate will) each other and with the the cotton producers of the South in a spirit of patriotism and mutual regard for each other's wel fare the situation could he handled with happy results to all concerned. He expressed the earnest hope that this would be done." Farmer?' Local Union No. 76. A meeting of Farmers' Union, L<j cal No, 7 0. Is hereby called, to be held at the club house, on Saturday. September 4th, at 2..10 p. m. Every member is urged to attend promptly. F. ll. Hurley, Secretary. * HARDING TALKS AIMH'T COTTON. President Wilson's Letter-Present Situation Not Critical. Dirminghum, Ala.. Aug. 25.- -W. I* c. Harding, of th?' Federal reserve board, told the Alabama Merchants' Association bore thal the placing of roiion on the contraband list by the allies did not create a desperat? nation, but rather one calling for in telligent leadership. He urged Southern bankers to make conces sions to Dunnee the crop and pre dicted there would bc international competition for the American crop despite Hie fact that it was contra band. Mr. Harding bandied, for the reserve board, the arrangements for the hundred million-dollar cotton loan Hind. He explained to the Ala bama merchants, however, thal be was not speaking to-night for tho Federal board, but was giving Iiis personal views. "Germany," said Mr. Harding, "is as anxious to bave coll?n as the al lies are to prevent ber. lt is mr in conceivable that there may be evi dences before very long of interna tional competition for possession of the South's great staple. ,t is at leasl a possibility thal cotton will . purchased in large quantities h ?' for eign account and stored in Southern warehouses, to be shipped out as needed and as opportunities for ship ment ar'se. "No one has ever accused the Her mans of being lacking in far-sighted ness. Thov ure already looking for ward to what will happen when peace ls restored, and thal Ihej ' ill make a supreme effort to re '?vcr their lost trade with other na'ions cannot be doubted, ls it reasonable lo believe thal they would look with complacency upon t he absolute con trol ol the cotton mar kel bj Hie mills of Fngland and America, per mitting them to secure their sup plies of cotton at very low price- and deter their own purchases until after peace is made and take the chances of securing Iben their own stocks at much higher prices? ls it. no: rea sonable til believe thal they will ar range to buy cotton as tho spinners of other lotions buy lt, and can they not easilj t M ange to have their cot- . lon purchases stored in this count'-y for their account until they can transport it to their own shores?" Itcinuiierative Prices. Mr Harding said the South'! wel fare depends upon the marketing of cotton at fairly remunerative rates, and Southern bankers should/wher ever possible, make liberal conces sions in their usual rates on com modity loans. High interest, ho pointed out. means forced sales. "Presen! conditions." he said, "fully justify low rates and Southern bankers should bo willing , > lorego temporary profits for Ihe sake of se curity and solidity in the future. 1 tun sure thal the Federal reserve banks may be depended upon under their power of redo-conn tins to co operate to the fullest extent with the banks In taking care nf the cotton crop, and this assurance is, ol course, not confined to cotton loans, but ex tends to other staple commodities. "lt is now a matter o, public knowledge that the ltritish govern ment and its allies hav, declared cot ton an absolute cont rab:.i d. Hy that it is understood thai cotton viii he subject to seizure, even when con signed to neutral countries, unless' the shipment is made in accordance with the terms and limitations of tho proclamation declaring ii contra- t band. As tito annual takings of American cotton by Austria ami Germany amount to about :i.fi00,000 bales, the attitude of Creal Britain and her allies has created much un certainty in the colton trade anti ? great apprehension ot. the part of cotton producers in ihe South." World's Consumption. Mr. Harding assumed thal 22, iiOO.000 bales represent tho world's normal consumption. I'la' visible supply now. he said, was I 250,000 hales, and an estimate .ii' I 2,000,000 bales for tue present American crop could nm he regarded as ; >o low. ile took ?,ooo,000 bales ns fair es timate for all other counti es. His estimate for Hie next twelve months, including what is now in sight, thus totalled 22,500,000 bales. The dec laration of contraband against cot ton, ne thought, would perhaps be more effective in keeping it out of Germany than were the orders in council. If the worlds cotton ''<' (|uirement8 hy reason of ?he war were curtailed 3,000,000 bales for the coining season, be |K>lnted out i hat would represent the amount that would usually go to Cerniany. T1K> Federal reserve hurd, he said, has been advised by thc Depart ment of Agriculture's ollie?. "f mar kets that the public, private and cot ton mill warehouses in the cotton growing States In 1 !? I I had an ag gregate storage capacity of 11,577, 465 hales. "lt is thought not at all unlikely," he said, "that before the present crop comes to market there will be 5,000 warehouses of all classes in the South. Should this prove true, there will he storage capacity In the South on) warehouses for not less than 113, r.OO.OOU hales of (lal roi ton, while the cotton mill warehouses will he able to lake ? are of 1,300.000 bales. Through Ijocnl Hunks. "In view of difficulties that may arise in satisfying distant lenders as to the validity under all conditions of warehouse receipts for cotton ot tered them as collateral, it would seem that, for tlx- present, at least, loans on cotton must he first negoti ated through local hanks in tho South. These banks have now amitie facilities, which they have never be fore <m joyed foi rediscount ing the notes taken against such loans and it is for ?Item more than for any other agency to determine the policy or the South in regard to the marketing of the present cotton crop. The results of a gradual marketing of the crop this season will be far mort! satisfac tory than would be the case were the crop forced upon the market within a short period. "You have an opportunity of con serving tin- value of the South's greatest asset and upon you. South ern bankers and merchants, rests tlu responsibility of the weal or woe ol a great agricultural section perhaps for years. Leading financiers freely express the fear >!iat tho sudden prosperity developed In some sec tions and along certain lines of in dustry will be followed by a period of wild speculation and Inflation. The banking reserves of this country are considerably more tl an one billion dollars in excess of legal require ments. Our cold holdings (over two billion dollars; are larger than those of any other two countries combined. Our trade balances are piling up un precedentedly, probably amounting to a billion dollars during the last six months ot 1015. What better security could a Southern bank ask than the obligation of a merchant or farmer which he has been carrying on a crop not yet existent, what bet ter investment than to carry this ob ligation along for a few months if necessary, secured by the actual cot ton properly warehoused and in sured ami certain ol' a market'.' Wilson's Lotter. President Wilson, in a letter read by Mr. Harding, expressed confidence thai banks in the agricultural re gions th?' South particularly would content themselves with not exceeding li per cent above the rate they t bei.'.selves pay on money for meet ing the cotton problem, and said tin; cotton producers should exact what they have a right to expect from the banks. The President's let ter, read as part of Mr. Harding's address, was in reply to a letter which had been banded the President I in Washington by Mr. Harding dur ing a conference at the White House j last Monday. li follows: "The Whit?' House, .'Washington. Aug. j::. I!? ir.. "My Dear Mr. Harding: Thank you sincerely for your let ?er ol' August lt gives me just th?- information I desired. ?'What Interests me most is this: lt is evident from winn you tell me that the conni ry banks, with whom the farmer and other producers di rectly deal, can get money at from I to I per cent, and that I he question whether the benefit of ibis advantageous rale is to be extended to the farmer is in their bands, lt is inconceivable to me that those who ar?' responsible for dealing di rectly with (he producers of th?; conni rv should he willing io jeopard ize the prosperity of the country it self by refusing to share with I he producer the beneficial rates now ob tainable for money loans. "I think thai wc can confidently expect that the banks in I li?' cotton States and in the agricultural re gions generally will content them selves willi a rate not more Iban I or ?? per cent above the rate which they themselves pay. I hop?' thai the facts which yon have stated lo me will become generally known among the producers of the count ry so that I bey may feel themselves free to ex aot of the banks with which I hey deal what they undoubtedly have a right to expect. "Cordially and sincerely yours, "Woodrow Wilson." \A\H\ of Brigham's Wives. Salt Dake City. Utah, Aug. 22. Eliza Burgess Young, last survivor ot" Brigham Young's wives, is dead nt her home here. She was N7 years old. Her death closes the estate of the Mormon leader, who lefl a life annuity for each of the nineteen wives who survived him. When lt comes t<? calling men from their beds, the lire Indi puts it all over the church bell. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Ribbons ? Pap Wc can supply all Dcm Bonds, Heavy, Light and Fea quantity. High quality Carbon Pap Wc represent locally a Sales House. Best Silk Ribboi machines with but little delay. Orders for Supplies Ha nc PRINTING ?S? ? 8?s- a ITEM QUAMTY KEOWEE WALHALI Til KKK DAYS INSTEAD OF TWO. Centennial Celebration ?ii Pendleton October Di-Rt-t I. (Anderson Intelligencer, AHR. 29.) Col. I. C. si i-ii> 1 i:iur. of Pendleton, j was a visitor in Anderson yesterday I and staled that fanners in various sections bad demanded that the cen tennial celebration ho held for three days, instead of two, as first planned, I in order to give time for exhibitions of live stock and Held crops. Ac cordingly tho society luis decided to have the opening on Tuesday, Octo ber 12, instead of Wednesday, and the celebration will continue through the following two days. Clarence Poe. editor of the Pro gressive Farmer, of Raleigh, X. C., has been secured to give an adderss j on the opening day, and other speak- | ors will be announced later. For the |>rice of $1, any one will : receive, in addition to one year's membership to the Farmers' Society, a beautiful centennial souvenir, tobe composed of views of the society hall, Clemson College buildings. historic buildings of the community and cuts of progressive farmers. A history of the society will also be intituled. A committee, consisting of J. H. Oulla. S, Uhlenberg and W. H. Mills, have the matter of getting up the souvenir in ( barge and it will be printed at the oulla printery in this city. CHICHESTER S PILLS DIAMOND /ffifW^ti BRAND 00' LADII?S i Art DIA Got. Kit. ttrnfifrlit ot .Me vt? lt it ,v N n I* 11,1, S, for twenty-five ye.iri . ?? . r<l.<l aa De?;!, Safest, Always K ?hable. ^<x.D BY ALI DRUGGISTS ??tfffi, EVERYWHERE S8S3 Canada will spend $785,000 this year for maintenance of experimen tal farms. Pierre Henry, a colored policeman in Brooklyn, \. Y.. is a civil war vet eran .and former slave. He was boru in 1852. Littleton College A well-established, well-equipped, and very prosperous Behool for girls and young women. Fall term begins September 22, 191"?. For catalogue, address ,1. M. RIIODFS, Littleton, \. c. July 2 i, l '.? i 5. 2t)-:i7 NOTICE OF ELECTION. Stale ol' South Carolina, County ol' Oconee. Notice is hereby given that an elec tion will be held on the 14th day of September, A. D. 1915, al the voting precincts fixed by law in said county, upon the question as to whether the manufacture and sale of alcoholic li quors and beverages shall be prohib ited or cont inned in this State, as provided by Acl No. 7ll, to submit to the qualified electors the question of the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors and ho\ . erages In the State and to provide for the carrying of these provisions into effect, approved the I 6th day of Feb ruary. A. I). 101 5. 'The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the county one year, in tho polling precia. ! in which tho elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months beforo any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Pro vided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to >er - Carbons ands in Typewriter Papers thcr Weight-any size, anv er always in stock. Standard Typewriter Ribbon ns 75c. Fresh Ribbons for all lied Promptly. id that looks right and , in Style, Workmanship, and Price, Write or call. COURIER, LA, S. C. vote after six mom hs' residence in Hie Slate, otherwise qualified. Regis! ral ion. - Payment of all Laxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during tho previous year. The production ot a certificate or tim receipt ol' tho oilicer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusivo proof of tho payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening i ho polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitu tional oath. The chairman of the Hoard ol Managers can administer the oath to the other managers and Lo the clerk; a Notary Public must id m i ni stet' tli<' oath lo Chairman. Thc managers elect their chairman and derk. Polls at each voting place must be ?pened tit 7 o'clock a. m., and closed it I o'clock p. m., excepl in the City ii Charleston, where they shall be ?pened at 7 a. 111. and (dosed al O [?. m. The managers have the power to ill a vacancy; and if none of the managers attend, tho citizens can ap loinl, from among'the qualified vot trs, the managers, who, after being sworn, can ((induct the election. At the close of the election, the nanagers and clerk must proceed uiblicly to open the ballot boxes and '(Mini the ballots therein, and con inue without adjournment until the une is completed, and make a state liest of thc result, and sign the same. kV" i i li i ii iliree days thereafter the Chairman of thc Hoard, or some ono lesignated by the Hoard, must deliver o tho Commissioners of IO lee lion the ?oil list, the boxes containing the ?allots and written statements of tho esult of the election. Managers of election.-The fol owing Managers of Elect ion have icen appointed to hold the election it the various precincts in said on nt y : Clemson College-J. H. Whitten, A. Sense, S. M. Martin. Damascus-M. H. Lee, D. F. Car er, J. T. Itholetter. Double Springs W. H. Mongold, I. P. Uamby. J. T. Ly les. High Palls-O. C. White. J. M. V. Mark. Ld wa rd Gantt. Harles Mill -L. O. Bruce, W. 1). ?iles. Elias Earle. fair Play J. S. Glymph, A. lt. darett, Dr. W. C. Mays. Friendship L. C. McCarley, W. Campbell, II. D. Grant. High Palls No. l! lt. E. White, T. d. Elrod, .lohn h. Kelley. Holly Springs W. IT. Blackwell, {. E. Long, Roland Cobb. .locassee Henson Chapman, A. L. A'bit mili', 15. M. Fisher. Little Hiver I). E. Nicholson, .1 as. Cantrell, D. O. Sheppard. Long Creek W. P. Barker, Ceo. ijathoson, M. D. Lee. Madison-J. D. Hull, G. J. Ram ay, J. A. Cook. Newry- C. L. Anderson, C. E. Cail ard, J. T. Dyar. Oakway-W. IT. Cole. II, J. Myers, ,V. N. Bruce. Picket Posl Noah Tollison, T. V. 'balmers. A. A. Hubbard. Providence W. T. Hun,. J. B. jigon, W. O. Prater. Richland-.1. P. Stribling, W. II. Highs. N. Driver. Salem M. A. Muss, s. s. Me ron ey, A'. II. Talley. Seneca M. A. Wood, J. M. Bl rron, Y. P. Austin. South Union M. w. Gibson, T, >. Marett, E. H. Keese. Tabor I). II. Slancel. W. T. Tan lery, Earle King. Tugaloo Academy J, P. Powell, A'. Y. Smith. J. S. Denney. Tamassee J. w. Grogan, J. J. D. lowan, J, E. Kelley. Tokeenn .1. A. Callahan!, James tates. C. M. Ables. Westminster J. G. Breazeale, M. ^. Terrell, J. T. Bryant. West Union-J. L. Vaughn, W. W. fowler. John M. Medlin. Cherry Hill-J. L, Hudson, D. P. ?rant. Jesse Lay. Walhalla-W. M. Brown, W. A. Imith, .las. M. Moss. t The managers al each precinct lamed above are requested to dole rite ono pf their number to secure Y>- boxes and blanks for tho election it Walhalla Court House, on Satur lay. September Nth, 1915, from tho Merk. C.. B. WATSON, R. II. BOYD, ?ommissioners of State and County for Oconee County, S. C. D. A. SMITH. Clerk. Aug. 18, 1915. 33-35