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VOLUME LII, SOIBEK 79. DEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, OCTOBER G, 1911. TWICE A WEEK. 9LI A Y1UL ?mmmm?rnrn i m 1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 10 MEET TUESDAY TO CONSIDER COTTON SITUATION AND OTHEK QUESTIONS I Assembly in Extra Session Hay Fill I Vacancy of .Judgeship of Fifth * Circuit. ^olumbia, Oct. 3.?Called by the j H jUvernor to consider the crisis ! Fought about by tie closing of the [European cotton markets, the general W&ssembly will assemble in the capitol V in Columbia on Tuesday at noon in I extraordinary session to grapp'e with the problem confronting South Caro- j I lina. as well as other cotton States. ; The question of financing ti:e present ^Hcctton crop and cutting down or total1 ly eliminating the cotton acreage next year will be considered by the legislature. Probably over a score or measures have been prepared by members deai- j ing with the crisis, but the four emerg gency measures agreed to and drawn * up by Senator John L. McLaurin, of Marlboro county and Representative i\V. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield county, are the best known. These measures will be introduced in both' branches immediately after the legislature is called to order on Tuesday. tThe quartette of proposed bills are: Proposed Bills. I A State warehouse system for storing cotton ami State validation of warehouse receipts. The State is to secure loans for the cotton grower and Ihints have been made that supplemental legislation looking to the establishment o? a State bank to ne gotiate loans on the cotton may be necessary. Prohibiting the planting of more * than eight acres of cotton to the work animal in 1915, and excess planted being punishable by fine and imprisonment nf t-p nprson sruiltv. iA bond issue of $1,500,000 at 4 per ! cent to place the State on a cash basis and complete the removal of the State asylum to the new site at State Park, a ew miles north of the city. The authors of tihis measure would provide $300,<"'00 of this towards placing the State on a cash basis and the other $1,000,000 to go towards completing the asylum, but that out of this $250,k 000 already advanced by tue State on I t:e work at State Park should be re Fpaid. A joint resolution extending the payment of all county and State taxes to May 15, 1915, without panalty. The acreage reduction measure has attracted the ma;or share of attention. AnntVinr. -nu-vco 1 fnr nTvrai rn rip" tf.iis ' LUCl J^nupVOU'i. v V vw......0 . same end has been suggested by W. B. Gruber, of Walterboro, through an ! } occupation license tax. Total elimina- ! tion of all cotton planting for next 1 year is advocated by many and will | be urged on the general assembly. Cost to Taxpayers. "While the governor's call of ^he gen eral assembly was lor the purpose of considering the cotton crisis t'he scope of Li e lawmakers is unlimited once they assemble. The session will cost. the taxpayers of the State at least SnO.ftOO. and it mav run to $100,000 or ' f more. It is not thought that the ses- ' sion will last many days. It cannot last over one month, for the present l members go out oc office on Monday L following the general election in Nov- j V ember. f It is believed that if a cotton acre age reduction law is passed it will j be conditioned on the principal eotb ton growing States doing likewise. . Such a law for South Carolina alone with none of the other cotton States ' reducing acreage would work only i ^ Via-r^chi-n nn thns Statp an/} not he fet of benefit towards any material de-' gj| crease in cotton production, as is eviBn dent from a study of tine situation. Vacancies in House, A There are two vacancies in -zhe house rtansed bv deaths since the last Psession of Pringle T. Youmans, of | Richland, and J. L. Robertson, of Coiieton. Three vacancies exist in the senate, Francis H. Weston, of Richland county, having resigned to ac- ! cent the position of United States dis- | W& tract attorney for this State; B W. Crouch o: Saluda, having resigned to "become assistant district attorney and T. J. 'Mauldin, of Pickens, having | resigned to accept the jndgship of the ! I lot'.i circuit. Besides tTiere is a ques- j bers to occupy seats, T. J. Strait, o:' Lancaster, having accepted the position of superintendent oi the State asylum and A. B. Patterson of Barn well, aaving accepted the position of p.:\isician at State Park. Lieutenant Governor Charles A. (Smith, of Tiimmonsville, is presiding officer of the State senate, and Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, the speaker of the 'house, Marvin M. Mann, of St. Matt'iews, is the clerk of the senate, and James A. Hoyt, of Co nmi'Dia, me cier.K oi uie nouse. May Fill Vacancies.. The general assembly at its extra session may fill the vacancies in the judgeship of the ~>tn circuit caused by t'.e death of Judge Ernest Gary, and the vacancy on the board of visitors r?,f r?';inc,orl "hv + V??* V/ 1 lily.' V-' 1 C Ct iU v 1| V--CA UiJ V. U UJ twv UVCIU ' \J 1 Major Lucas, of Society Hill. For the Judgeship of t:.e ">th circuit the names o. Speaker Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, and W. T. Aycock, of Co1 .n-bia, are prominently mentioned. The extra session may leave the filling of these vacancies to the regular session in January, but tnere are some members who are said to favor electing in the extra session. Governor Cole L. Blease has 'his message for the extra session ready, but no hint of wuat it cod tains has been given. The message has been printed and will be ready for reading in the two houses on Tuesufciy immediately after the two branches convene. muA -..ill ^ u ^ i utr suiuus* wui uuuit; uiuroughly aware of the gravity of the situation confronting them, and it is not believed that there will be amy unnecessary waste of time. It will be the first time since 18&8 that the legislature (has met in extra session. Wyehe's Bills. Cedil 0. Wycbe, member of the house of representatives from Spar tanbur? county, who is in t'i:e city, was asked this morning for a statement in regard to the approaching extraordinary session of the '^gislature Mr. Wyche said: "It is true that I have prepared some bills for introduction in *tne house on Tuesday, and each and every one of them, in my opinion, is germane to the present serious conditions coniironting our people on account of the low price of cotton, and I am satisfied that if the general assembly will ; i pass my bills, that the farmers of the State will be pleased, and that all classes of our citizens will receive immediate relief. Some say that any law new passed cannot ? ve present relief. From this I differ. I am decidedly of the opinion that if we will pass a Din tor tae reaucmon o: acreage that those who are compelled to have cotton :or manufacturing and other purposes, realizing that next year's crop will not supply wants, will immediately begin to make purchases, and this demand will cause an immediate increase in ti'ie price of cotton. "The proposition as to whether or not a bill for the reduction of acreage is constitutional, in my opinion, is one which should not for a moment interfere with the actions of the legislators in tills matter. It is for us to ! pass laws suCii as in our opinion are for the best interests of all of the people of our State. It i.s for the executive tc approve or disapprove these laws, and I am satlsfid that the present executive will approve each and every one of tine bills which I will introduce on this subject if we pass them. It is then up to the courts to I pass upon the constitutionality of | these questions, and I am decidedly i and positively in tavor of letting each , Hnreirtmont iric nart TTip /^nnsH- i U V |VV* i (/UlVUb av AW v* * V V-V w tution provides that tae three departments shall he separate and distin<fc* Let's so keep them. Let the legislative department do its duty). Then pass it on to the executive department, and let it do its duty. Then pass it on to the judiciary, and let that department do its duty. TV.en no one will be to oiame, wnatever may oe aoue. out if tte legislature fails to act, without having the opinion ol the judiciary, we will have been derelict in our duty, for lawyers differ, and while a majority of the lawyers of the general assembly may agree that a bill is or i*c Tint r?Annna.l. thft final arbiter is the supreme court, and until we know its opinion there is ever doubt as to what is or is not constitutional, because when the supreme court sa- = it is constitutional, whether it is or r.ot, ti a: settles it until another Sai preme court says that it is not." MW'lvat are some o: your bills?'' Mr. VVyche was asked. i ' 1 do not care." he replied "to set myself up as the entire legislature ; and lay down a programme as to what j it is to do to give relief. I would not be so egotistical as to arrogate to myself such a wonderful power of leadership or attempted dictatorship. The bills which I shall offer for their consideration, and which 1 hope they will ( consider seriously, are: One to re| duce acreage, one to extend the time 'for tire payment of taxes, and a joint ItSlUUliUii giving IUC l illuming ^iaic authorities power to borrow mpney if it be necessary, to finance the State , until the extended time for the pay-1 ment of taxes has expired." \r . i -i xi'j ... i. jiiwuoo ivuueriMm* ; Edwin W. Robertson, the president : o. tiie National Loan and Exchange | bank of t'h.is city and one of the best! known financiers in the State received ) the following telegram from W. G. Mc- i Adoo, secretary of the treasury, last ! night: "Washington, D. C., Oct. 2, 1914. j "Edwin W. Robertson, President Xa- [ tional Loan and Exchange Bank, | Columbia, S. C. ! Festus J. Wade, of St. Louis, has made some suggestions to me regarding the cotton situation in tine South, which seems to me to be worthy or careful, study and consideration. It is my earnest desire to do everything in my power to be helpful, and I think i that every suggestion that offers a possible benefit should be considered by the best minds familiar with the problem. I shall appreciate it if you could visit St. Louis on 'Monday next and confer with Mr. Wade and his asI sociates with a view to working out, I if possible, some plan that will be iheLpful to the cotton situation in the South. Please telegraph Festus J. Wade, St. Louis, ami advise me of your action. "W. G. McAdoo, "Secretary ofthe treausry." j Mr. Robertson at once signified his , willingness to act in accordance wit'ii \ Secretary McAdoo's suggestion, and : left this afternoon on the Carolina Special lor St. Louis. There is much interest as to what plan the secretary i of the treasury and Mr. iWade have in , rnina to relieve me cotton situation. . Situation in Texas. According to a telegram received by Commissioner Watson last night from j Representative Stevenson, the South f Carolina committee now in Austin, { Tex., urging on Governor Colquitt and i tj.ie Texas legislature the enactment of j a law restricting cotton acreage is I meeting with success. Under date of , l October 2 Mr. W, F. Stevenson tele- j graphed from Austin, Tex., to Cmmissioner Watson as follows: "Have had hearing be.ore the house and the sentiment seems favorable ! here. The attorney general also ap- i proves. The bill prepared by him must be submitted to the legislature ' by the governor and we will have a 1, ~ ~ '-V- K /~y n-Arnrn Ar w p an \1 r* _ lUg uciuic uinr auy^iuui ?. Laurin and Stackl'.iouse arrive. Also, probably more extended hearing before the house." . The other two members of the committee are Senator John L. McLaurin and Dr. Wade Stacbhouse, who were to go to Austin from Xew Orleans, where they attended the general cotton conference. Mr. Stevenson went direct to Austin from Columbia and evidently tas been hard at work from the moment Tie arrive*. PARR SHOALS ROBBERY i Tw# Boys Suing White Company for "Xaliciou# Prosecution" in This Mystery. Columbia Record, 4th. The unsolved mystery surrounding the robbery of $16,000 ?;rom paymas| ters of the J. G. White Co., at Parr j Shoals, Sptember 5, 1913, is again T r^u. tli r<Mi crh thp I UIXJ Ugll't yi vuimouvb nil v.?~ , hearing of the actions at Winnsboro J of Bissel Bingham and Russell Fra- J ' sier, Jr., young men who were arrest- : ed charged with, having committeed; the crime, to recover from the de- j fendants for "malicious prosecution." (In tfce early part of the trial, testi- : ! money telling that a dictagraph 'h'ad been installed in the cell occupied by the boys while in jail at the request, of the Burns detective, upon whose ' warrant the arrests were said to have been made. - j | At this date one year ago a cquad of six Buras detective were mating headquarters in Columbia and work- , ing on ill is mystery. The only arrests they made were of these two young men, who, at the trial, produced evidence tending to show that 1 t'liey were at Chester when the rob! berv was comimitteed. i This robbery has become known in t/us part o:' the State as the most , baffling officers of the law have been | called upon to solve. The robbers i apparently left absolutely no clues I hphnrl thpm and the manner in which ; they worked and 'nlad planned their i coup indicated that they had full | knowledge of the conditions and activities at the Parr Shoals, construc| tion camps. | Coming at about the same time when t!:e robbery of $77,000 'irom an express car was discovered at Savannah, the officials o:" Columbia and adjoining counties were given to speculation whether or not a series of such crimes were not being committed by a gang of skillful yeggmen. BLEASE XAJIES DELEGATES To Purity Congress at Kansas City, November 5th to 9tli. Columbia. Oct. 3.?The governor's office today gave out the following letter: "Hon. B. S. Creadwell, President World's Purity Federation, La Crosse, Wis. Dear Sir: Your letter of September 30 received. I appreciate very mud'.i the invitation to me to attend the eighth special purity congress, whiich will meet in Kansas City, Mo., Xovem'ber 5 to 9, and I hope to be with you, and shall be very glad to do anything I can in tine interest of purity in personal and public life and in t'lie interest of morality. "Pursuant to your request that I appoint delegates to represent this State, I have this day appointed the following delegates, and I shall appreciate it if you will cause to be sent to them notice of their appointment. with, such proper credentials as may be necessary1: "Hon. Francis H. Weston, United States district attorney, Columbia, ?. C "Hon. Thos. H. Peeples. Attorney General, Columt>ia, S. C. "Hon. P. A. Bonham, solicitor, Greenville, S. C. "Hon. P. H. Stoll, solicitor, Kingstree. S. C. "Hon. Howard B. Carlisle, State senator, Spartanburg, S. C. "Hon. Wilton H. Earle, State'senatcr. Greenville, S. C. "Hon. W. W. Dixon, member of house of representatives, Winnsboro, S. C. "Hon. J. T. Liles, member of house of representatives, Orangeburg, S. C. "Very respectfully, "Cole. L. Blease, Governor." REQUISITIONS NOW DECORATED IN RED Columlbia Record. Col. John K. Aull, executive secretary to Cole. L. Blease, governor of South Carolina, established a new precedent yesterday by adopting red ribbon, tfhe Blease campaign color, to tborate the requisitions for persons anted in otfter States. Hitherto, during the present administration, a blue ribbon was the regulation color. FUNERAL A)T JOXHSTOX The fier. George M. Boyd Is Bnried at Former Home. Johnston, Oct. 1.?The remains of Rev. Geo. M. Boyid were brought here j yesterday afternoon from his late j home at 'Spartanburg and interred at j the Mount oif Olives cemetery beside i the grave of his first wife, who died a nu<miber of years ago. fard of Thanks. iMr. and Mrs. C. M. West desire to thank their many .friends for the beautiful floral offerings and many kindnesses shown them during the illness and death of their little son aJmes. James. Ginner's Report. iThe following is the report of cotton ginned this year, from 'September 1, to September 25, 1914, 5906 bales. I For the same period in 1913 tf-iere had been sinned 3719. i J Q <s> WORLD-WIDE PEACE. ^ $> <S> (Synopsis of a sermon by E. Pendle ton Jones, Pastor First Baptist church' Newberry, S. C.) I invite your attention to three passages of scripture this morning, Jer. 6:14. "They have healed also the 'hurt of the daughter of my people, slightly saying, peace, peace,; when there is ro peace. Isa 32:17. "The work of righteous -.11 "U ~ ^ ^ ^ ~ ~ C i ness siiuii ue iuuu iue euevi ui righteousness quietness and assurance forever."' i Isa. 26:3. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on on t'r.ee; because he trusteth in thee." That the world is passing through a great crisis no thoughful man will deny.' The greatest calamity the world has ever seen is now upon us and it behooves all thoughtful people to get a world wide vision of its meaning. All of the so called world wide peace conferences Ihiave been a farce. You may build your peace palaces, pass your peace resolutions, and pile your legislation, "oser on pelion,"' W'th peace laws, but as long as numan nature is what it is, the passions of men "will cause them to fi.g'ht. Without trying to lay the blame on any man or ntati-on we may confidently make the bold assertion that avarice and covc-teousness are the -causes of the present war. At the very time that the world was crying peace, ipeace, there is no peace. What will be the outcome of the present catastrophe no wise man will pretend to predict. When war was first declared a thrill went through the. wholS world, and we have been busy comparing the strength of the nations, their strategic positions, and the probable length of the war. But soon the horrors of war, commenced to be revealed, j broken tomes, ruined communities, the wailing of the widow and the or ! pnian. The thing that seemed most to have touched the neutral nations is suspended commerce, here we see the avarice of man in all o';" its hideousness. Our people are wrangling ovw the best methods for relieving the financial stress that has come upon us and have failed to agree on any proposition. Each man seems to be figating for himself or his community. 'very iew seem 10 De man tang in terms of the largest good to the most people. \The first retrenchment seems to be with the c'h-urch. She is feeling the financial effects more than any other institution, while she has done more for the peace and civilization of tl'^e world than any other institution. In View of this situation let us try to get a world wide view of the present crisis. It is a wise suggestion that our president has called on tfae Christians of ti'.iis nation to come together today and pray for peace. Not that he or any other thoughtful man believes that God will come down on the battlefield and perform a miracle in staying the passions of men. Lat t'ae praying will lead us to selif examination, and seeing ourselves as we are will lead us to a confession of our sins and give us a larger vision of God, and as we get close to Him we will learn the true principles of peace. Our hearts "will become softened and we will learn the sooner to "love our neighbor as ourselves." We learn from one of our texts "that the works of righteousness shall be peace." fThat means righteousness everywhere, in our maiviauai lire, in our home life, in our social and business, in our national life. As longas the principle. "Honor won't buy a breakfast," as held by a noted Virginia politician, holds in the politics of the world we will never have peace. It seems as if God .has brought our great president to the kingdom for such a time as this. To my mind the greatest triumpo in statesmanship in all history, was when President Wilson stood before the legislative bodies of our country and said gentlemen the repealing of the Panama tolls act, is not a question o: expediency, or of finance, but a question of righteousness an<i 'where righteousness is involved there can be no argument. He thereby naiied the flag of righteousness to the mast of our nation | and has done more for the p^ace of ? ??iml this country than any treaty ever made. And what thoughtful man will deny that that action is largely responsible for yjr escape, so .'ar, from the world wide conflagration. I Yes, tjhe S.iviour taught peace through, righteousness, ho gi^e his life for it ai:d the word ran only sing the song of "Peace on earth good will towards men" as it practices righteousness in all things. And the effect of peace is quietness and assurance forever. The world too must crush that otih er sentiment o: a great financial captain who said uat the "ten commandments was an irridecent dream" or e other man who said that "his private "Jfe was no concern of the .public." I'f we are ever to have uni verbal peace, we must insist on righteousness in all the relations of life. i ; j /Again one of our texts says, Tnou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee." . In dealing with this question in its : widest sense, there is the unknown quantity to reckon with and this is the largest aspect of the question. Logic, experience and even mathemiati .icai uemonsirauon nave proven iaise in the past, because our promises have been wrong. Who can read the future, who can predict what will be the outcome of this world, wide csateclasm? Happy the man whose mfnd: is stayed on God; who amid the wreck of empires andi the fall of worlds, trusts implicity in Him. TTT? - - i. 1 'Ai. ; 1 a ti 1 we can not uct une veil ana rocra. into the hidden future. I fear that if we could there would be many suicides. Buit <he wlio is willing to trust the future to God, '.has the "peace, sweet peace; the gift of God's love," and knows that, "Behind the dim un Known soanaeui uoa, wiunn tne snaaow, keeping watch above his own." In closing lei me say Chat the only hope tor the world's peace lies in the evangelizing the nation? of the earth. I"' all t'-e money spent\in the preparation of war were spent in sending the gospel of redemption the world would have been at peace long ago. V /Ml ~ Alllf /\ff ?TA?? > otvamIW j-v/u u-aic live tui uii liu-ixi .vuui wura. of missions or the curse of God will fall upon you. The world's only hoprfe is that "He whose right it is to reign shall reign in every heart/' DOI>G? AT PROSPERITY. Personal Mention of Those Coming and Going. i I Prosperity, Oct. 5.?Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Marcus, of Salem, Va., are guest of Rev and Mrs. E. W. Leslie at the Lutheran parsonage. 'Miss Lena Lester has returned from several day's stay to Columibia. >> lM*b. D. E. Ridgell and little daughter, Christine Lou returned to Jacksonville after spending the summer with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moseley. j.Mr. Godfrey Harmon lh,as returned to Atlanta to enter the Southern Dental college. Miss Bessie Taylor is visiting in spartan ourg. Mrs. J. C. Scaumpert of Columbia, is here visiting relatives. Rev. E. P. Taylor visited in Bates^ burg last week. iMiss Rebe Langford, of Spartan>burg, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Langford. . }Mr. C. H. N. Brown, of Chapin, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Q S Pi rwn rnu* Miss Clara Brown who is teaching ' in Little Mountain spent the weekend at home. i Mrs. P. N. Livingstone has returned to Greenville. ' Rev. and Mrs.. P. E. Shealy, of Neiwberrv spent last Friday with Rev an<i Mrs. E. W. Leslie. {Mr. W. P. B. Harmon visited Dr. G. W. Harmon Sunday. Mrs. J. H. Hucks, of Ehrhardt, fras been the guest of Mrs. L. A. Bladk. Dr. T. F. Littlejocn, of Pacolet is visiting his daughter little Mary , Littlejohn. Miss Annie Laurie Lester, of Columbia snent the week-end wit.h hpr moth er Mrs. Rosa Lester. ^ \ Sure. I Cincinnati Enquirer. "What are you doing "here?" de1 mandea the grocer as he caught the j stranger filling a basket with eggs /rom a box outside the store. ' Just getting the lay of tae land," replied the stranger. .