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(Political Ad Statement by Se WHO WAS AI J? Ii NT FROM THK 0< THURSDAY DA ST, RHINO IN ? GATE TO DEMOCRATIC < THIS STATEMENT WAS READ TOR DAKIN MEETING To the Chairman of tDo Democratic Committee of Oconee County Mr. Chairman: It ?s a matter of deep regret that I nm ?mahle to ho with you to-day. Hut 1 am selected us one of the del egates from South Carolina to the j Democratic National Convention at San Krancisco, and folt it to be my duty to represent my State in part at a convention of national importance rather than to follow my personal desires and be with you at this time. 1 would have liked to appear before von Sn person and talked with you of tho various affairs of moment to you and the country which I have In augurated and in which I have par ticipated. 1 think I would be able to give you a more intimate grasp of those moasures. Hut my stewardship of the ollice which you conferred up on me, and the record 1 have made, is known to all. I have given you my best efforts, and I am proud of the things I have been able to ac complish. While 1 think that I have had an instrumental part In the pas sage of much useful and remedial legislation, I feel that In the next ad ministration I can accomplish more, and there are many things which must be done. My committee ap pointments are such as to give mo an opportunity to use to the fullest ; y position as Senator, and this* to gether with my experience and the established confidence and respect of my colleagues, places me in a posi tion where 1 can be of more service in the future than I have been in the past. lt has been charged that 1 have devoted a principal part of my time to cotton and the agricultural inter ests. I have devoted a large part of my time to these interests, and I was right. I believed what the last few years has demonstrated-that this, being the principal source of revenue to tho South, If we could secure a price anywhere approximating its in trinsic value, it would become the source of tho development of other businesses and other resources. A prosperous business cannot he main tained In a sterile or poor country. Merchant and banker and profes sional man In the South have been dependent upon the same source for their Income. What few manufactures we had were largely the Investment of outside capital and tho profits which accrued therefrom went else where. Tho profits that have in the last fow years been realized have liquidated old debts, have given op portunity for investment, have stim ulated every business enterprise in tho "country by home capital, and will, if we can maintain it. ultimate ly make us independent of any one source of revenue. I do not like to trespass upon your time, bul will briefly give a resume of those measures which I have or iginated and had passed or have had a pre-eminent. part. in putting through. Recognizing thal the foun dation of the prosperity of the South depended largely upon the prosperity of the agricultural interests, I ad dressed myself to the problem of the agricultural interests securing pro per credit with which to finance their crops. There were two things which militated against a higher price for cotton. One was the lack of proper credit, and the other was the rules and regulations established by the cotton exchanges. Under the old banking and cur rency law of IS fill the supply of cur rency was absolutely under the con trol of a few, and on account of Its inflexibility the situation was such that the more we produced tho less money per unit of production we had, so that when we produced a crop suf ficiently large to meet in some meas ure the demands of the world, the less we got per unit. When the pres ent administration came in and the new banking and currency law was tinder consideration, 1 roalized that there must he in that bill a special provision for the farmers. It ls not generally appreciated that the char acteristic difference between the far mers and tho other producers is that the farmer lias to wait for six months or so before he produces a commer cial asset something to sell-to meet, the obligations incurred in pro duction, while tho artificial producer offers (I complete commercial article ?.very day, and therefore hus some thing to soil to meet the d?lits Incur led in its production. The ordinary ? 0, GO and il0-day credits granted the manufacturer or artificial produ cer did not meet tho requirements of tho farmer as natural producer. I therefore introduced an amendment t*> this bill and secured its passage, giving six months' time for all notes, drafts and bills Issued for agricultu ral purposes, tints giving tDo farmers limo to produce something to meet tho liabilities incurred in production. Tho Fedora) Roservo Act properly administered has proven itself to be the greatest piece of constructive leg islation, as affecting the prosperity and development of this country, ever passed. I addressed myself to the existing conditions in Ibo cotton exchanges I introduced and had passed a bill to regulate the cotton exchanges so as to make their transactions reason able, fail" and just, so far as legisla tion could do so. After several years' trial it became necessary to amend this law. because when the bill first passed the number of grades stand ardized by the government were about nine, and were of such a na ture as not to ail'cct seriously market transactions in their delivery. The Dili provided that certain standard grades should bo delivered on con tracts. Under another law tho Ag vertisement.) , * na?orE.D.Smith DONEE CAMPAIGN MEETING ON .JAN EKANGISCO AS A DEDK JONVEXTION I HOM S. C. SKNATOH SMITH AT THE CAM IN WADHAM*!. ricultural Department was empow ered to standardize the grades from time to time and to promulgate the sanio. This it did, increasing the number of grades to 2 1 or 22, Ink ling in such character of cotton as to I permit the exchanges to practice ap proximately the same abuses as they had before practiced. I then intro duced and had passed an amendment to the "Cotton Futures Act" restrict ing Hie number of grades that might bo delivered on contracts so that those abuses might not be practiced again. Throughout the whole Southeast, including pre-eminently my own State, tho production of our land ls dependent upon artificial fertiliza tion. Tho most essential Ingredient and the highest priced is nitrogen or ammonia. Prior to our outry into tho war 1 introduced nnd had passed a bill appropriating twenty million dollars for tho erection of a plant or plants for the extraction of nitrogen from the air. Tho quantity to be de rived from the air*is unlimited. The production of these plants was to be sold to tho fai mer? at cost during times of peace. Immediately aftor the passage of this provision we en-^ tered the war. and the government, realizing Its dependence upon nitro gen for munition purposes as well as agricultural purposes, has practically completed a plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, which will in a measure, when in full operation, meet the re quirements of this section for nitro gen. There is a hill now pending be fore Congress which I had the honor to favorably report for the Agricul tural Committee, creating a govern ment corporation tb put into effect this piece of constructive legislation. During the hearings on this bill Dr. Whitney, the Chief of the Bureau of Soils, testified that it was possible to produce phosphoric acid from phos phate rock and silica or sand, and by the same process and from certain shales in Georgia and potash-bearing rocks of the country to extract pot ash and combine these two ingredi ents with the nitrogen, thus produc ing at the same time a complete fer tilizer. After the war broke' out the price of nitrate or soda soared to such price in the hands of the manipula tors as to lay an almost prohibitive burden on tho farmers cf this coun try. I found that the price in Chili, our source of supply, was such that if it could be bought nnd transported by the government, a material sav ing to the farmers could be secured, thus enabling them to produce moro for themselves and the country. I Introduced and had passed a bill appropriating twenty million dol lars, authorizing tho government to purchase this soda and soil it to tho farmers at cost. This was done at ar ?nd seventy-live dollars per ton delivered. The prevailing price pre vious to the passage of this hill was from ninety to one hundred dollars per ton. nnd in many localities even more. No one can predict where the price would have gone if it had not been for this piece of legislation. Of course it was impossible to secure a supply of potash, as our sources of supply were in German territory, but 1 immediately, upon the signing of the armistice;, took such steps witli tho War Trade Hoard as resulted in the lifting of the embargo on potash, which resulted in the farmers receiv ing this year at least a partial sup ply at a more reasonable figure. When the problem of a cheap and adequate supply of fertilizer is solved the prosperity of our country is solved. Bread and meat has been, and always will be, the foundation of the prosperity of any country, and I am glad that I have been able to contribute something to the perma nent solution of this question. During the latter part of the past session of Congress I introduced and had passed a resolution calling upon the Bureau of Census to give the number of bales of cotton held in storage that were of recognized spln nable grades, and tho number of hales, including linters, that were unfit for ordinary spinning purposes. This enabled the country to know exactly what our supplies of cotton were, in order that intelligent action (Continued on Third Page.) The next time you buy calomel ask for The purified and refined calomel tablets that are nausealess, safe and sure* Medicinal virtues retain ed and improved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c, A WOMAN'S BACK The Advice pf This Walhalla Woman li of Certain Value. Many a woman's txaok has many aches and pains. Ofttimes 'tis the kidney?' fault That's why Doan'a Kidney Pill? are eo effective. Ask your neighbor! Mian y Walhalla women know this. Hoad what one has to ?ey about tt: Mrs. 3 E. Powell Walhalla, ears: j "Sover?d years ugo kidney trouble oame on me and roy back ached a ? Kood deal. When I bent over, sharp pains would shoot through rae ??d specks appeared before my eye??. Morning? I was as tired as whoa I went to bod and I wa? nervous. My kidneys didn't act propoiiy. Finally 1 began Laking Doan'e Kidney Pilla and they quickly cured me of the trouble. I have great faith in UI?B medicine." Pnc>' i^ic, at all dealer*?. Don't simply a?k for a kidney remedy-get I>oan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Powell had. Foater-Mllburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Army of 100,000 Harvesting Wheat. Washington, July 8.-A land army of 100,000 farm hands, recruited and organized by tho Department of Ag riculture, is moving northward across the Western wheat belt har vesting the nation's grain crop in better time than in many years, ac cording to reports to-day to the de part incur. "For the first time in years farm ers have not been handicapped through labor shortages." Director Taylor, of the farm bureau, said. At tracted by a wage of $7 for a ten hour day, thousands of workers from Atlantic and Allegheny regions have gone West of the Mississippi river to Join the harvest drive, according to department officials. Charged with Food Profiteerings Posion, July 7. Indictments charging profiteering in food were reported here late to-day hy . Fed eral grand jury against K?. r. Swift & Co., Armour & Co., \. ]. ?jollis & Co. and the Independ?is Sugar Company, of th's elly. Although armlet and bra :e*.Ct ore often used with the same . caning, the former really Jonotcs s ; othing worn on the upper arm, 'vhll? a bracelet is worn on the wri ' 5 Goodyes Built imo cars is a ? ceeded ev< Cords on automobil Manufacti 31x4~incti tire factoi every deti them is r skill and c If you ow Maxwell sizes, assu mileage ai visiting th Station D< Go to him Goodyear is no suret isfaction. ."?-TljiOOl)/'' dyenr Double-Cure $'?).'^50 Veather Tread.. w 3 cvdycar S5rvde-Cur\? ??-*) -? KO -Skid Tread_ 7Z k: Go oe you i ca-..! a 30 X PAY TDK TEACHER AND SAVE Tho Schools-Some Pointed Remarks by Hon. Franklin K. Lane. "If your Americanism is founded upon intelligence (and it must be if it is going to live), you must have somebody who can bring out of the young what is in them. It is not a question of pouring; it is a question of drawing. You cannot expect that from a girl who gets $4 0 a month. Moreover, you have got to treat peo ple with respect and with dignity if you are going to get the be3t out of them. "What recognition do we give to I the teacher? What social status does she have? We talk of Americanism, and there is the person who ls at the very heart and center of American ism. Upon her depends our future. She can he made the greatest Instru mentality for building up the right spirit within the boy and girl in America-the greatest of all instru mentalities for Americanization. "1 had rather have the school teacher than all else combined, be cause she can sow the seed in ground that is fallow. And what status do we give to her? With what dignity do we treat her? What deference do we pay her? Socially, where is she? "If you love this country, if yov believe that you are a good Ameri can, see thal the teacher s.;c's an ad equate salary; see that she gets thc proper recognition! For nil of life is not money. The intangible things are the things for which most people light and that are of most value. And there is no better illustration of thal than the city of Washington, to which people are drawn largely because of those intangible thing;;, not the least of which is our vanity, our love of distinction. Must outside of Chicago there is a model country school. Do you know that we do not give the children in thc country districts a fair chance? I wanted, several years ago, to get Congress to appropriate $300,000, that 1 might get. a representative teacher from each district in the United States to spend a month nt that school in Illinois, where they could find out. how country children should he taught, ho... each boy and each girl In the school could be made to articulate with father and mother on the farm. 1 could not get the money. Hut some d..y we will dig nify tho country s more dignify the teacher. "Talk about bein not being able to treated with respect dignity given to you justifiable complnh. teacher of tho United icol, und still ountry school ; nderpaid and ive, not hoing and having no No one has as i A s the school j otates. In that i tr ECO?IOB Small Car 1 Goodyear Tires foi ligh relative value i aa in the famous Go< the world's highest Les* ured in 30x3-, 30x3 L sizes by the world's ry devoted to these ail of the work do narked by extraori ;are* n a Ford, Chevrolet or other car taking re yourself true Go< id economy on your e nearest Goodyear ? ?;aler* for Goodyear Tires ?. Heavy Tourist Tubes . means to genuine t lycar Heavy Tourist Tubes cost no inore t ire auked to pay for tubes of less merit -VJ gs when such sure protection is avail ?th 3 y2 size in waterproof bag-. one State two or three years ago the ordinary farm laborer was paid more than the school teacher." Cold? Cause Orip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove tho j cause. There ls only one "Bromo Quinine." E.W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. The Origin of "You All." (Manufacturers' Record.) ? Would-be purists in language of ten criticise the South for the expres sion "you all," but the South has the highest authority on earth for Its use. Paul, in lils epistle to the Phil ippians, wrote "you all," and no higher authority than the Bible nea ' be looked for? Paul know full well j the strength and force of "you all." j England's coasts are so well equip- ; ped with lighthouses and lightships | that a vessel, sailing round those is- ! lands at night, neeo only he out of sight of a lantern six times. j ?Ulu?inmmimmiL?ll UlJtiiiiimm Woman's R Most important among which to FREEDOM from tho bane hood inherited from Mother '. iVitao givos this froodom to worn Sold by yonr druggist on tho di: mont that if tho FIRST BOTT benefit, money will bo refunded Mn. W.l amauga, ( wondon) f and all ru boon nblo for six c but now j work." birt. Nellie Smith. Toxns. "I had fomolo troublo with smothoring spoils. Tho doctors had givon mo 'np-said Icould'nt possi bly gotwoll. Af tor taking four bottlos of STELLA VITAE I was up and go ing about my work." THACHER MEDICINE ChfctUrtoofft, T??a,. U. S ST ELI WOMANS RELIEF ly m * small lot ex* cxiyear priced l/2- and largest 5 sizes, ne on iinary , Dort, diese odvear car by Service ind for >; there ire sat han ;Iie price "ny risk costly ,e' ^450 S3 rili'i;.?(.,wj?;'>ut EVALUABLE HORSE;; SAVED. Expected Horse Would Die-Now is Sleek and Healthy? In reporting his experience, Mr. J. C. Huste, of Rock Bridge Baths, Va., stated: "My horse is the hest advertisement you would want for Dr. La.Qoar's Stock Powders. Ho was in a run-down fix and poor and I thought he would die soon. 1 got some of Dr. LeGenr's Stock Powders -and to-day he is as fine a looking horse as you can see in this section. I used only a few boxes of Dr. Le Gear's Stock Powders." Mr. Huste benefited by the advice of Dr. LeGear. By following the Doctor's advice you can also keep your stock sleek and healthy. Get Dr. LeGear's Stock Powders from your dealer; feed it to your horses, milk cows, steers, hogs and sheep as per idiredtions. Satisfaction or money back.-Dr. L. D. LeGear Med. Co.. St. Louis, Mo.-adv.