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? \ . , ' ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ' ' ?? ??? ^?m? ' ???i^??? , ?^?^??? mm?mm?m?~*MmmimimKm i ?^?????^ VOLUME til, SOtBEB G>. NEWBEBBY, S. C. FRIDAY, AI GCST 28, 1914. - TWICE A WEEK, tUt A HAS, t _ _ Fred H. Domin Second Race DOMINICK AND AlkEN ! WILL RUN OYER DOMINIC K LEADS AIKEN IN ANDERSON. * ~ Aiken Fails to Carry Greenwood, j Newberry and Anderson?The Vote in Detail. There will be a second race for congress in tibis district between Aiken and Domjnick. The Herald and News has made every effort possible to get the official returns from the various counties in toe district and it is "hoped to have them official but at : this writing we have no official vote ;! crom Abbeville or Pickens. The other vote as printed is official. A : ' i " - ? mi * _ : : . m hl wKBmm ' Fred Dominick. phone message from Chairman Graydon of Abbeville stated that t^e committee was still tabulating but he hoped to get trough in time to give us Vvnf i-.Vk r? f avDTlt it 1 tilt; ICSUH uui mai in an j vivuv ?v "would not be materially changed from fc ' the vote as given below. w Mr. Dominick leaves to is morning for the upper portion of the district ana will make a vigorous campaign and with the assistance of his friends 1 he feels confident of winning in the second primary. In speaking of the result Mr. Dojninick said that he felt very much gratified at the handsome vote whiclh he had received with the great odds ocrainct fhim Hp fppls that he has made a clean campaign and will continue to do the same thing until the next election. He said that he appreciated more than "he could say the loyalty o? his friends and would appreciate even more t':eir help in* the next election. (We have later received the official vote from Mr. W. N. Graydon, county chairman of Abbeville and it is in eluded in the table below. That j makes tiie table as puDiisnea cne om- j ? cial vote in the district with the ex- j ception of Pickens and that has been i verified twice from unofficial sources, j The figures show that the opposition candidates to Mr. Aiken lead him by about 600 votes. Third Congressional District. ttjt 3 I i i s I i = : I i I i I ! Grec^rvood~ 1,170 968 5731 288 ! Anderson . 3.2161 3,333 51J 1,014 Abbeville . . 1.495] 671) 87! 248 | ? Newberry .. 1,498 1,494! 29 88 j uconee . .. l.yii' o4Ui ?&| Pickens . .. 1.T8S 1,164 54| 469j 1 Totals . . .11,079: 8,170 S69j 2.650 ! . ^ i FL\A>CI>G COTTON CHOP Imiortant Conference On iu Washington?President's Views. "Washington, Aug. 4.?Representative: of the various branches of the ! 1 cott<n industry, in conference here to- , < day ;vith the (federal reserve board (; and )ther government officials, were j' assu^d by the secretary o: the treas ury bat properly safeguard waretous? receipts :or cotton would be j I ; ick In : For Congress made the basis for currency issued by tne new teaerai reserve oaiiKs. The conference ir/mediately took up the question of proper warehouse facilities and discussed ttee details of financing the crops. Secretary McAdoo tolt! the delegation that the disposition was to make not only cotton, but tobacco and all other "stable products, properly secured/' the basis of bank credit. . Called on President. The conference, wuich represented -- * *- J U "U ^ cotion growers, merciiams aim uauiveers manufacturers from 22 States, after a morning sessio* with Secretary McAdoo and the reserve board,called on the president. He assured twem all the full co-operation of the National government in their efforts to meet the situation confronting the fcotton industry as a result of the closing of the European markets by war. The president urged that every interest do its best to help itself. "1 am not willing - to believe," he said, "that these conferences are intended to call upon tae government to rescue men who know how to take Dare of themselves; but that tfaey are called for the purpose of common counsel, and for putting .at the disposal of men who know how to take care of themselves every legitimate instrumentality of the government itself. Lesson in Co-operation. "The conferences that we have held in recent weeks have done a vast deal, first ot.' all to o'^ri'fy problems, and second, and peruaps more important, to show how by co-operation we can solve t?'ne problem. Not all of these problems are going to be entirely solved, because the circumstances are r?f cnrtT OYtranHinflrv rtiffimiltv hnt that they will come very near to being: solved I, for one have no doubt, provided always we keep cool and think of tnese things in the same s ^possessed temper we would exercise if conditions were not extraordinary. We are not to be ruu away with by sudden excitement; we are not to be imposed upon by unusual conditions; and the minute we sit 'down together I am sure that we can work things cut." Warehouse Facilities. "The conference this afternoon devoted considerable time to discussing warehouse facilities. S. T. Morgan, of Richmond, Va., representing t?he Virginia-Carolina ChemicaL company, said tuat, '.ollowing the secretary's announcement, his company had made all arrangements for buildine cotton warehouses throughout the South from North Carolina to Texas. He said that- engineers nad estimated that warehouses could be built for from $500 to $1,000 each, to store 1,000 to 1,500 bales. Postmaster General Burleson urged the cotton representatives to disregard thp manv radical Dlans Dronosei for dealing with the situation, suca as the valorization of cotton, and to concentrat i-.eir efforts toward plans whiea would be practical under the law. He pointed out the limitations off the banking laws and urged that any plan be made to conform with them. Both the postmaster general and the secretary of the treasury warned against hysteria and panic. Fayors Buying: Ships. Tho r5iir>iicc?r\rt + (ic ffornr\r\r\ H * "V .4*^0 Uncivil W4. iO ULWVi ' V* oped a sentiment favorable to the proposed purchase of ships by the government for :he foreign trade. It was st-ued C'-at wiih South American and Asiatic trade routes opened to American saips :he American cotton manufacturers coults extend their cotton cloths to these markets and increase tneir consumption or raw cotton oy 1,500,000 bales. The general opinion was that three million o." our million bales of cotton could have been carried over as a result of tee closing of British, French and German mills. Cotton manufacturers promised to make* every effort to increase their consumption and agreed not to force down prices for raw cotton. Bankers agreed to make every legitimate effort to aid in the financing of the :rop. The conference will meet a^ain tomorrow. [warehouse plan to be developed / ?? State Committee Meets in Columbia. Important Arrangements to Ife Made. j The State, 25th. j The warehouse committee appoint| ed byt the recent cotton conference j met last night at tie Jefferson hotel j and the following were present: J. i A. Banks of St. Matthews, C. E. Summer of Newberry, John L. McLaurin of Bennettsville, C. G. Rowland otf Sumter, R. M. Cooper of Wisacky, J. i G. L. White of Chester, C. L. Riser of j Olar, A. B. Calvert o" Spartanburg, j T. B. Staekhouse of Columbia, W. A. J Stuckey of Bishopcille. The committee organized by electing J. A. Banks president and W. k. j Stuckey secretary. , Tie following resolution offered by T. B. Staekhouse; was adopted: "Whereas, on the 19th day of August, 1914, the South Carolina Cotton congress was organized in Columbia, I South Carolina, for the purpose of i devising ways and mean^ xor the handling of the cotton crop of South Carolina for the year 1914, and at said ( meeting Dr. Wade Staekhouse was ! elected Dresident of said consress. j who, on motion, appointed a commit; tee for the puropse of (formulating a j plan tfor the warehouseing and financi ing of said crop. i "Resolved, That we, the said com' mittee so appointed, do recommend: "That at the county meetings, called for next Thursday, August 27, 1914, each county elect a warehouse j committee opposed of one live ac| ti-ve farmer from each twonship and 1 that such committee elect its own c.airman. That the county chairman, elected as aforesaid, meet with the warehouse committe of the South I i j Carolina Cotton congress in Columbia, | South Carolina on the 1st day of Sepj ternber, 19^.4, for the purpose a! ori ganizing a State warehouse comniitj tee. Ti:at each county chairman at! tend the aforesaid meeting on the 1st i day of Septehmber, 1914, prepared to report how much cotton can be stored, or warehoused, in his respecj tive county, in such manner as to be ' protected from the weather, and j whether coton so warehoused can be insured; and further and in addition thereto, report to what extent the banks in his respective county can finance said cotton, so warehoused and' insured, rfor a period of six months and the amount per pound of 1 cotton the banks will be willing to j j lend upon such coton so warehoused | and insured. | "That at the county meetings to be j held on Thursday, August 27, 1914, a resolution be passed by eacu county | organization urging the farmers not ! to offer for sale any cotton until the State warehouse committee has formj ulated and published some plan to ( prevent this 1914 cotton crop being j sold at ruinous prices." j M I I Heyss at a Prizo Winner. | The late Paul Heyse waa probably ! the only man of letters who could ? boast of having obtained two impor! tant literary prizes with an Interval of j more than half a century between the i awards. .'All the world knows that he I got the Xobel prize. All the world ' does not know that hia play. "The Saj bines." was allotted a prize in a i dramatic competition as Ion# ago as I 1857. He was a member of the Round ; Table of the good King Max of Bava| ria. a soveroi^ whose joy it was to i surrouir" himself with men of science I and letters.?Pall Mall Gazette. She Was Exact. "I am sorry to learn your mother is ! ill." said the sympathizing teacher to the little girl who had come i'n late. "Is she sick abed?" "Well, not onite." replied the truthful child "She's just sick a-sofa."? Chicago Tribune. Dog Love. ! "You can't dishearten the light kind of a dog." remarked the man on the , car. "Cut oft seven-eijihrhs of his tail j and he will try to wigwag his love with the remaining eighth "?Toledo Blade Fine Remedy Indeed. j Wife?If you can't sleep whv don't | you soe a doctor? Husband (grouehj Ily>?Ar>d then hare h bill to keep oue TV\ r"v/> L? O I/\nrn'l 1 j aVVUD.C; JL \Juvut UUI. Tut a little more in than you take j.out and your purse will soon fill. THE WAREHOUSE PL AX Bill Should He Passed?Would Fr( tect the Great Mass of Debtors. Mr. Editor: The mass meeting for Thursday z 4 t=n, nave Deen r< quested to exp- ess themselves on tfc subject of an extra session a:' ti 1 ger^^l assembly for the purpose < passing the ware-house bill. I believe.4hat the emergency whic confronts us will require legislatic more far' reaching. The warehous j bill will be valuable in that it wi convert cotton into a negotiable seci i ritv. which can be discounted ur I der the new currency law. Th new law (however, will not be i operation :'or several months, leavir the emergency currency act of 19( as our only dependence. This is a question of internation; finance and world politics. We car ! not aporoach it aifd be intellectual] ! true n.c.ely from the sectional star I Tr mnct 'ha ipuiui L V^UICUU. XV lUUMV , ered in its broaider aspect to arri"v : at correct results. The Georgia legi: lature is in session and ttie Texa J legislature meets today in extra se: sion for the special purpose df pass | ing a State warehouse bill which i ! an almost by Mr. McQueen and m} self last winter. 1 believe that this abnormal sii uation demands legislation of a mor ! radical nature, and will give ra J views in advance of these mass meei ings for what tuey are worth. -An : stay law which has reference on! to a particular form of security c class of credit would not only d( 1 stroy public and private credit, bi | bankrupt every financial institutio in the State. Tfte ware-house bill should b j passed, and in addition, every legis j lature in the South enact a genen ; morotarium, which will protect th | great mass of the debtors as oppos ! eO to the class of credits who, wit i the legal power to enforce the co lection of d?bts can if permitted i tr.is crisis to exercise it, acquire moj i ' of the property at very depreciate prices. j I am aware that the d | cision in the State vs Care1 ; reviewed and confirmed later in 14t S. C., held the stay law act of 186 repugnant to t'he federal constitutio ; because of impairing the obligatio of the contract, but this was soo after the war and is clearly wronj , It dees not impair the obligation c V?n* manalr nnctrinn c I lilt' L'Ullll (XVJl UUL U1CI CIJ pvutywuv ! the enforcement of the remedy. . prei.er to stand on the reasoning i (the Barry case of the elder .Tudg ; AldridJ, who was dragged from th bench by Canby's soldiers. Sine j the decision of the supreme coui in the warehouse case of 1912, s far as cotton is concerned, it is ec , tireiy within the police powers c J the State and the legislature ca I do whatever it sees fit in reference t I that nnrtirMilar oommoditv. That de cision' may become very importaE within the next few months. Thank to the breadth of view, force an power with which our court express ed itself on this all important ques tion. Congress cannot pass a st$y -av I It can only suspend specie payment and the distinction is o?f vital impoi tance in this crisis. War times al ways coin new words. "Skeedaddle was the product'of 1861 to 186; ! Morotarium in on every lip. I sup pose it is derived from toratio, t suspend or delay. The stock and coton exchanges de ciared a morotarium when they close taeir doors and left every contrac suspended. i T ?i tVia r\o n i n nf I 0A7 (-ho KinL'5 Hp lit IU\; y CXlUKs \J L 1 V I f LUV/ N- dared a aiorotorium, when nr.ey re:us eJ to give depositors money on checl< To say that there can be a morotariur :"or these institutions and none fo other classes is on its face absurd, i morotarium ( the modern stay law) i in force today of certain cases in th I United States. It is general through I If fa nAf moH UUL ?4111 upt?. ouypustr il 10 uv, uiuu general here, what will be the result It is computed that American se curities are held in Europe for abou five billion dollars, an amount equa to the gold reserves off the entir world!. These nations have qui work and gone to figfiting. Produc tive industry is at a standstill. The cab drivers in Paris and Berlin are >= women; the men are at the front. Theyi must have food. The only property they have which is salable are these American securities, rep;s resenting the accumulations of the 3- | 40 years which Europe has been preie | paring for this gigantic struggle. ie | Through these securities are they jf! going to force the United States to I furnish food and sold for the con I ~ j-fl | duct of this inhuman and unnecces>n ! sary war? >e frhe Bank of "England 'has made 11 the Ottawa Bank in Canada a branch 1- where gold trom the United States i- can be concentrated without the risks is 1 ot ocean transportation. \ j To aid the cotton planters, con' gress *';.as authorized the issue otf an ; enormous amount of eurrency, every dollar of which is redeemable in gold. It was thought when the t_ stock exchange closed, thf.t no sale [y, should be had for foreign held secul(j rities, but it is (found that they are j. j being sold anyway through irregu-e j lar exchanges. The emergency cur 5_ rency issue will facilitate tne saie LS of foreign securities ratiaer than cot3_ ton fdr which there will be no mar5. ket for a period of some montihs. Our [S 'foodstuffs, after supplying our own needs, will be utterly inadequate to stem this outflow of gold. Unless the t_ i states take legislative action con| gress will soon be forced to an act . i to suspend specie payments a moroy ' | tariuin like Great Britain was. This would do very little good to the ? i masses of the people. It wquld pro y > tect the great financial institutions, and leave it optional with them as to the enforcement of domestic obit j j ligations. It would strengthen the j strong and weaken the weak. The ! interests of tine thousand who owe 10 ! ' j money against the one who lends ! must be also considered. The banks I in South Carolina are borrowers. e They cannot indulge their debtoi^ 5" unless protected from pressure highk ' er up. i-r ^ j Our obligations for making tne " present crop, will fall due principal* 3t , ly in October and Novenber. If we d are to have relief, it must be right now. We cannot hope either to sell cotton or borrow sufficient money to * liqudate this enormous indebtedness k wt-ich I believe amounts to. about 8 1 x ' cents for every pound of cotton in n j the soutn. If our credit machinery n | breaks under the strain, the suffering n , and demoralization is something tthat I do not like to discuss. It is ^ mnph f-n pvnprt relief froifc the innate greed of commercialized man I | as a mere act of humanity. It ca* n i only come by law, with conditions, ,e which could not be anticipated by e the wise statesmanship ninety days e ago. Congress cannot suspend the t collection of debts in the States, it 0 can only be accomplished by the sevl~ eral states denying t'ze use of their " courts, for a limited period under n restricitons which, while giving !be 0 debtor breathing time, will protect the rights' and carefully guard the lt securities of the cerditor. :s The idea is merely to preserve'tiie d status quo, and prevent the reckless sacrifice of valuable property. Ic is evident then that ic the legislatures ^ of the cotton states meet, that hey wijl ha*-'e a much more intricate problem to solve than the passage of a ^ warehouse bill. There must be ? concert of action ana- the same gen. eral policy pursued in all the states. We are all in the same boat and must stapd or fall togetherr. Fellow citizens, do not fold your hands and wait for the federal gov^ I ernment to save you. Congress has ! gc-ne as :ar as n can. .uu.j.uuu doing all that he can. You must take strong, resolute and effective action yourself. Cotton congresses, mass meetings and speeches ge:^ :.owhere. and t)he situation is rigfct on n us, when we must have definite legisi* lative action or stand and take what comes. s . During the operation of the ruotorarium debtors could warehouse their cotton and allow creditors to use the 0 I 9 ! warehouse certificates for discount through the banks, rendering the t creditor secure and furnishing colj lateral to obtain sufficient mo ;ey to keep tite wheels of business moving, j. Respectfully. .John Lowndes McLaurin. I j COOPER IN LEAD ' FOR GOVERNOR COOPER, RICHARDS, MANNNIN r RUNNING CLOSE reepies tiectea Attorney tjenerai. Jones Comptroller General. The Other Vote. A phone message .from Columbia at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon gave the vote for governor of the three < ' leading candidates as follows. All > the rest have been eliminated by the ballots of the people: rnnprp /9111Q VVV1 JLiXl* ... . , . . ; Richards 24,593 Manning : 23,478 For attoj 7 general the vote stood: Brice."^ 56,674 Peeples 60,134 For railroad commissioner the race is between Fortner and Shealy. The vote stood: > Fortner 25,714 Shealy 28,341 > A. W. Jones is nominated comptroller general over J. A. Summersett. For lieutenant governor there will be a second race between A. J. Betbea and B. Frank Kelley. The following is the tabulated vote from The State on Thursday morning. m Min mmmi . niHBK.. .w...... jBHmHMBHI * "> 1 R. A. Cooper. It will probably take the official count to tell wfao is in the second race for governor: For G&xemor. Browning 1,403 Clinkscales 16,351 Cooper 24,137 Duncan 873 Irby 14,254 * * 99 91E 1Y1 <111 LULLg ?u Mullally 689 Richards 24,294 Sims 2,415 C. A. S'mitfa... ;.. 5,117 M. U Smith . . 8,766 Total 121,645 Lien ten ant Governor. 14 Bethea 44,673 Hamer 12,862 Hunter 18,689 Felley 40,664 . Total 116,887 Comptroller General, Jonea. 69,366 Summersett 41,742 / Total lll,iU8 Adjutant Gener*L Moore 72,219 Willis 45,271 ' Total 117,490 Attorney General Brice 56,123 j Peeples. 59,665 Total II o,Y88 Railroad Commissioner. Cansler 18,279 Fairey 9,810 Shealy 28,107 Fortner 25,577 Wharton 18,354 Witherspoon 13,8?35 % Total 113,962 United States Senator. Bleaae 54,303 Jennings 2,451 Pollock 1,411 Smith - 69,777 yZ. Total 127,94^