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* jii&ip W f ifff VOLOlE LII, NUMBER >4. NEWBERRY, S. C? FRIAIIY, OCTOBER '23, W14. TWICE h WEEK, IUI A Y1AB. i !i BOND ISSUE BILL IN BOTH HOUSES ? i GOES ON THE CALENDARS WITH- ! orr REFERENCE Houxe Bill for Acreage Reduction Next Year Reaches tlie I'pper Branch. The State. Immediately after the senate had ' ^ reconvened last nig't, the committee I appointed to draft bills providing for ; a radical reduction of the acreage of ; the 191"? cotton crop and a bond issue : to retire the present surplus, reported j relative to the latter provision. T'.ie bill calls for the issunace of j $25,000,000 o*: 5 per cent, five year j bonds, after the question has been ap- ! proved by a vote of two-thirds of the j qualified electors of the State. r l According tc the tentative provi- I L sions, the State will purchase cotton j outright, paving 10 cents a pound or j |l middlisg cotton. Ten per cent of t?e i |jf value cf all warrants shall be retired ^ to pay the interest on the bonds and , incidental expenses in the ti'ancac- | i tions. (By the present s:atus of th? bill, it will be possible also to borrow money -on cotton held as security. Upon t'.:e ! presentation of receipts tor- cotton, | properly warehoused and insured, the j State will lend on a basis of 9 cents i L a pound for middling cotton. OneP tenth of the face value of the notes i " shall be retained to pay interest in ad- j v<am;e. The bill went on tine calender without reference. It was also introduced in the lower house. The .ull text will be found elsewhere. L Tlhe cotton acreage reduction 'bill, passed last Friday by the lowevliouse and sent to the senate, also was placed f on t'r.e senate calendar without reference. This provides that not n&re j ? " i?j ? J ^,,1 man one-tmra 01 me rami uuuei tui- , tivation shall be planted in cotton, j and in no .case more than six acres to , the plow. At 9 o'clock tr.e senate adjourned to meet in joint session with the house to hear the report o: t'e committee which attended the Memphis convenH tion." The ser^s win reassemble this F morning at 11 o'clock. Farmers, Fight for Cotton Seed ( io the Frmers of tfce South: I* I have written three letters to ComT missioner of Agriculture Watson of Sout?3 Carolina, showing t:at the three principal products 'from one ton of j cotton seed, oil, meal and hulls, being all good .for food or feed ought \ Mke lard, oats and hay to advance iin price, from this European war, so j that they will aggregate $50.00 there- ! by enabling tee oil mills to pay $40.00 a ten for cottcn seed (60 cents a bushThere letters will show you that there is one and only one way to do this and that will be almost as hard as going to war. If done, however, it means that you wild save 2 1-2 cents ] Bl . a pound on your cotton and 30 cents BR a bushel on cotton seed, that you would otherwise lose. You will need to compel your leg- , Islatures, every one of which you can ' V control, one after the other to pass a . V law requiring the closing of all the i B cotton gins and oil mills in tlbe South j H until tnft 00 a ton, osvn hf> had for the i f products o-:" a ton o? seed and they are able and willing to pay $40.00 a *on for the seed. You farmers, and only you can do this. If you don't do it, you will have no kick coming if cotton never goes above 8 cents and cotton seed above $20.00 for two j years. Your paper can get these Watson ! letters immediately, or you can your- | I sen arter uctooer ntn* wnen iney , are released, by writing to the State Book Store, Columbia, South Carolina, for them. The cost of the booklet i for printing is five cents. , Lehman Johnson. Couton Seed Specialist. ; [ Author of prostitution o? the cot- j ton seed cotton plants fifths wheel I etc. [ I ha've read the letters addressed to ! |ne, and think that the ideas advanced ly Mr. Johnson are worthy of careful Lmsideration. E. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture. (Also President o." Southern Cotton ftngress.) lH ' BATTLES EAST AND ! WEST STILL RAGING! fl mors onslaughts continue ! without dec ision j i Italy Has Decided to Kemain Out of tlie War?Portugal Outbreak Nipped in the Bud. I ? . London, Oct. 21.?Fierce attacks de- ' livered almost continuously for a week I I or more by the allies and the Germans have resulted in no definite decision in the battle raging in West Flanders and Northern Prussia. The contest in the eastern war arena in East Prussia, Poland and Galicia '/.as been equally undecisive. This is clearlv evident from reports , rr. * - I issued officially an various neadquar- j ters, whicc content themselves today I with recounting the fact that 'violent i attacks have been made. The French j '."owever, claim tne aines iiave repuis- j ^d German offensive movements at va- j rious points in the west. According to the French communi- j cation the Germans also made at- j tacks against the allies' lines at j Xieuport, Dixmude and La Bessee. - j French Repulsed. The German general staff declarer fighting continues on t:e Yser Canal andt hat the German-s, taking t: e o fensive west of Lille, have repulsed ; the French at several points. ""pv. pftaito + rs n r\yv+ rnvrirf AllCTOC i cpui ^ OCCUA tu wuu v>vi?. optimistic accounts appearing in English newspapers from correspondents who claim ti.:ey were in West Flanders an>d who claim the Germans had been driven back. The Germans, tow ever, are believed here to be fighting under a great disadvantage, especially along t>e coast, as the British shins assisting the al lies' land forces v.ave long range guns, capable of seriously menacing German troops and men in the trenches, as well as the ammunition trains and supply convoys. While no official in) ormation is available as to C.:e ships being used it is ^probable that they are the tf.:>ree monitors which were 'being completed in England or the Brazilian government wiien the war broke out, and which were bought Vw tVici a r?Tn iro 1 + v C"V Viiii * A UiW; Light Drafts. These monitors draw less than nine feet of water, and could take up positions not far from shore, from whicfr their six-inch guns and 4.7-inch howitzers could throw shells nearly four miles across country the range being given trem by airmen. The vessels assisting the allies have not been allowed to carry out their ' operations in peace for German sub marines have followed them down the coast and attacked them "wtiile they were shelling German positions. Tfce attacks, however, were made -futile by , tine presence of British destroyers.: One account says the submarines suf fered losses, but this statement has i not been confirmed. It tas been remarked that the submarines and aeroplanes, "which in times of peace have proved themselves as dangerous arms of the army and navy service, have suffered little loss and 'have been doing splendid work. Furious Battles. I Land battles are being contested' with a fury and tenacity ti:<at would indicate strategic importance is at- , tached to the positions held byt he cp- ' posing armies. When a town is reached street fighting generally develops. One side gains an advance only to lose it when the otr.er side brings up reinforcements. Thus :ar the allies have held Ypres. which is considered an importnat point, as it supports the allied force , I'.rcwn out toward Roulers, and. ; seemingly, endangers the rc-ar of the j German army advancing toward Dix- } mude and the coast. i The Germans are striking hard at ' the allies line in the vicinity of La , ~ . . i .. i Jtsassee ana rave matie counter ai- ; tacks against he force which for many 1 days has been endeavoring to relieve ! Lille. Along the ":est of the line from West to eas.t the French communication says til:ere is no nobble change. CONSULT fi'ADOO ON BOND SSSUE SENATE SENDS COMMITTEE TO WASHINGTON Wish to Know Whether Cotton Securities Would be Available as Collateral. The Slate 22. Robert Lide and J. W. iMcCown, senators from Orangeburg and Florence counties, respectively, le t yesterday afternoon for Washington to confer with W. G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, relative to the proposed cofcton bond issue. The question agitating the minds of the senators is whether the bonds may be regarded as collateral t~at notes may be issued thereon directly from the United States treasury through the regional reserve banks. Unless it is possible to link tJhe bonds in some ;vay wif'.i the national monetary system, the prevailing sentiment seems to be that the bond issue must be abandoned summarily. The resolution that a committee visit Washington to gather this information was offered by Senator McLauriri of Marlboro. MANY BADLY HURT AT UllsENS FAIR GRAND STAND COLLAPSES WITH 900 PEOPLE UPON IT Accident Caused by Supports Giving Way?Barring Accident, Fair a Success. News and Courier. Laurens, Oct. 20.?Between 20 and 30 persons were injured, several very seriously, when the grand stand at t?.:e fair grounds .ell with a crash at 11 o'clock today. 11; is estimated that S00 or 900 people were on the stand when the accident occurred, and it is little short of a miracle that no lives were lost outright and that more were not hurt. A dozen or more of the injured were rushed to the .Julia sanitarium; others were treated on the grounds while others were taken to their homes in the city. Higgins Bryson, son of W. C. Bryson, of Cross Hill, had a le<g broken; Royce Todd, son of D. E. Todd, of th-e county, leg badly lacerated ^nd chin hrnk-pn and ininrpri* W H. Barksdale, of Highland Home, rib broken; John J. Glenn's son received a bad scalp wound; Mrs. Joel A. Smith, of Waterloo, hurt on thigh and otherwise injured. Others Injured. These are t'. e more 'seriously injured, w/Mle the following received more or less slight bruises: Miss Barnie Wallace, of Shiloh; Miss Annie Bell Jordan, of Donalds, teacher in the Shiloh school; Mrs. J. F. Satterwhite and child, of the county; two children of Thad Senn's, Mrs. Sam Williams, d Ekom; Mrs. W. L. Reid, of the county; Mrs. J. R. Ellis, of the city; Miss Gertrude Nelson, of Fountain Ini*; Robert Sullivan, son o. J. C. Sullivan, cf Uli-e city; Harold HudSens, son of Jo~n N. Hudgens, of the City; child of C. H. Gasque, of the city; Wyatt Waldrep, of the city; Mrs. May I Mad den, of Moumtville. The accident caused) a long delay in the fair day program-me, but in the afterncon the different events were carried out. The stand "was erected a few days ago, the timbers used all being new, and it is stated that the collapse was not due to the construction, but was caused by the supports giving way in the soft or loamy soil on which the U'OC 1 AOOfcl f V f O 1 T o LI UtLUi C7 ?? ao iuv^ujc^u, iui* grounds being located in a meadow near the city. WILL JOIS THE RED CROSS Savannah, Ga.. Oct. 20.?Advices received in Savannah today from Berne, Switzerland, state t':at Miss Pleasant Stcvall, daughter of Pleasant A. Stov11, American minister to Switzerland, is now studying to prepre herself for Red Cross work in Europe. She will probably go to the '.ront. All t're young girls and women in Berne and in the principal capitals are enlisting for the service, it is said. SENATE FOR THIRTY-FIVE MILLION BOND ISSUE SENATE FOR CURTAILING OF COTTON TO iVM) LBS. TO ANIMAL j !n Executive Session Senate Confirms Appointment of Or. Strait by J il . ri ine v?uYeruwr. | News and Courier. IColutmbia, Oct. 20.?By the overi whedmingly majority of 27 to 4, the | senate late tonight went on record as i favoring a bond issue to buj- cotton. Only four Senators, Williams, Mars. Carlisle and Black, voted to strike out the enacting words of the bill. An i j a. : : i.'\ i. ~ e | amenumem, increasing me cuuuuut ui i the bond issue to $35,000,000 was adopted, IS to 12, and the bill passed j to third reading. It will come up ,iror final consideration in the senate . tomorrow. The motion to strike out tl':.e enacting words cleared up ^vhat at one time looked like a tangle which the backers of t':e bond issue were about to get thomsel'ves into. Que wing wanted the issue to remain at $25,000,000 and anwiiirr Ti*n r?r at! o nrl wiuci iiij5 v\ a-xri^ru iu nai taocu cxiiu. ,1'ore were signs of approaching dis; sensicu,,when the motion to strike out I the enacting words by Senator Mars j cleared up the incipient bickering among the advocates of the bond issue | and solidified them behind it. Tl.:e senate will take final action on the measure when it reconvenes tomorrow morning at 10:30. The senate late this afternoon dej cleared for the policy of reducing cot. tion through restricting the production by adopting the Sullivan bill as 'an amendment to the house bill, which reduced the acreage two-thirds and limited it to six acres to the work animal. The bill as now amended by |'the senate limits the production to 2,500 pcund lint cotton to the work animal and places a tax of 5 cents J ~ 1 1 ~ ~ <-4- ~ ~ 4>V* : o. | cl puuiiu Oil clll UVtLUll UVCi I-13 aniwiiiiL. I {'Tlie vote for tr.:e * Sullivan amned1sunt was 20 to S. Those favoring it being Senator Aekerman, Appelt, Carlisle, Cli' ton, Goodwin, Gross, Hough, i Johnson, D. B. Ketchin, Lawson, Mars, IMcCown, McLaurin, Nicholson, Patterson, Sharpe, Verner, Williams, I 'Young. Total 20. Those voting against J tie amendment were Senators BeamI guard, Black, Buck, Ginn, A. Johni ,'st.on, I^aney, Lide, Stuckey. Total, S. The bill as amended was than passi ed to third reading. It will probably , be given third reading in the morning ( and then be ready for free conference. Discusses Kond Bill. The senate then began discussion o-' the proposed $25,000,000 cotton bonds. An amendment offered by Senator A-ppeIt to raise tC.e amount of the bonds trv S~fi rtOO nnn hrmifht nn nrolnnorpd I 1 v ~w,w I- w-j debate. Declaring that it was an "heroic act only justified by the gravity of the situation" Senator Alan Johnstone explained tie bond proposal and advocated the $50,000,000 amendment, j'saying it was better to take care of j the whole situation than half of it. He argued that the proposal to save the j>cottcn crop through issuing of bonds i*was sound legally and financially and I # m an exhaustive review of the situation made a strong argument or the bond issue. Debate on the proposa: was still under way when the senate at 6:15 recessed until 8 p. m. A ronourrent resolution, introduced (bv Senator Appelt, requesting circuit judges not to allow any foreclosures f'before October 1, 1915, was adopted by ,'the senate without opposition and sent ,over to the house. This carries out the idea of Governor Blease not to sell any property under foreclosure .'prior to the first of October next i year. Executive Session. The senate in executive session tv.is afternoon con! irmed the following ap )pointmen>ts of Governor Bleas^c jr. J. Stra.it of Lancaster, as superintendent State Hospital or Insane. J. D. Bivens of Ridgeville; F. R. Hunter of Newberry, and A. H. Dean, 'of Greenville, to be members board of 'regents State Hospital for Insane. K. P. Smith of Anderson, to be solicitor 10-ih circuit. W. R. Koon of Clover, and D. B. 'Puerifoy of Walterboro, to be members of State board of education. Supervisors of registration in sev f eral counties were also confirmed. Dr. 'Strait immediately resigned as senator from Lancaster county and it was 1 accepted by the senate. He succeeds 'Dr. J. W. Bafaeock as superintendent of the asylum. ??.??? "Clean-l p I)ayw for the State. iFriday, November 6, will be "Cleanup day*' in Soutl.i Carolina schools. Miss Mary Eva Hite, president o1 the South. Carolina School Improvement association, is urging the schools of the State 'to use this day to make the 'interiors and the surroundings o.. j their buildings clean and sanitary. She has distributed cards in wijich a j '"standard for judging the work of j cleaning up is given, and she recommends that this card be filled out im- j affpr "Plpnn-im riav" anrt I 'kept permanently in the school room. I T':.e following are the possible points i j named: Yard, 20 points; water supply, 10 points; floor, walls and ceil- \ ing, 20 points; windows, 10 points; j stove, 16 points; desks, 10 points; |blackboards, 10 points; material, 4; j points. T:e ollowing are the sub- j I V: vi C'nrtc nrirl nnintc I j" Yard?Yard clean. no' bushes, ''stumps, weeds or trash. ( ">;; no ash l.ile (2); no loose paper or lunch: j thrown down (2); trash barrel or box 'placed on grounds (2); outhouses 'clean, unmarked and in good repair, j'witi'.i box of lime in them (5); two or ' i'more trees and as many shrubs plant- i ed on grounds (4). Water Supply?Good spring well ikept or pump affording pure water |'(3); water cooler and individual cups, ; (thoroughly cleansed (3); no water on I t':e floor (1); sink near water cooler (3). Floor, Walls and 'Ceiling?Floors scrubbed monthly or properly oiled! (5); floors weLl swept, dust down used 1 when sweeping and no paper on the ! jflcors (4); walls well cleaned or tint! ed a good shade (5); ceiling a Mg' ter ' liiiue (2): no old calendars or saudv ' |'colored pictures on th^ walls (4). Windows?Xo panes broken (3); ' .'panes well cleaned (3); windows j : opened for ventilation at recess (2); | window board or glass and windows ! | lowered at the to-p (2). i iStove?Polished regularly (4); zinc ! ;under stove (4); stove jacketed (5); j attractive wood box or coal scuttle, nothing on floor around stove (3). Desks?Desks clean and not coverj ed (3); no waste paper or trash hidl:den in them, but books kept in them when not in use (3); teacher's desk well arranged and attractive *(4). Blackboards?Neatly framed with moulding and kept clean (5); chalk rack and erasers clean (5). GREENVILLE MAN IS NAMED As Secretary of Fifth Civil Service I District. I I Washington, Oct. 20.?Thomas C. Shaw of Greenville county was today appointed tc succeed B. B. Hair of lS.aluda, as secretary of the 5th civil service district, with headquarters at 'Atlanta. This district comprises tfce States of South ICtarolina, Georgia, 'Flordia, Alabama, Mississippi and | Tennessee. Mr. Shaw has heen .for the past ten ' 'years a special field agent of the de-1 partment of agriculture. Mr. Hare re- j signed to accept an important posi- , tion under the agricultural depart- | 'ment, witth headquarters at Columbia. j COTTON AMESD3TEST DEAD I i Compromise Relief Plan Voted Down j in the House. Washington, Oct. 21.?The compro- \ mise cotton relief plan, final hope of I Southern representatives in their fight , for aid for the South was defeated in j the house today by a vote of 123 to 91. The proposal contemplated the deposit j cf $2-"),000,000 of government funds in 'Southern banks to be loaned to cotton and tobacco growers. Special Reformation Service. Nothing preventing, there will be ^ Reformation services at the Lutheran ! church of tt:e Redeemer next Sunday : at 11:15 a. m. The sermon will be ! /preached by Dr. J. W. Horine, editor of the Lutheran Church Visitor. Tjere will be good music. The public is cordially invited to 'this service, in ? ill?MB? WAR TAX MEASURE " I lUT TO $90,000,000 HOUSE AM) SENATE CONFEREES MAKE SACRIFICE TO ARGEE If Measure is Adopted Promptly Congress Will Adjourn at Once. Washington, Oct. 21??Agreement on the war tax bill was reached late to- tifll day "by senate and house conferees at a sacrifice of items from which 15 ?|lii to 20 million dollars in revenue had! "been expected. At the last moment the conferees eliminated the proposd liquor taxes, "flji rejecting senate amendments wilich. ^ would Lave increased the tax on beer '.rom $1.50 to $1.75 a barrel and would have imposed a tax of 5 cents a gallon uu icuuiieu spirits. -no &UDc>uiuiion. was made for the amendments eliminated, Representative Underwood's proposal to restore the tax of 2 cents a gallon on gasoline being rejected. This action fixed the estimated annual revenue at approximately $90,*000,000 instead of $105,000,000, as it first contemplated. T.o.cjHo'tc in hnr Vi Viaiicap t /-> m i H o iu >;vuxx iivuoto planned to expedite adoption of the conference report so t~at Congress fmigl:t adjourn tomorrow night. The ,3 agreement will be reported to the house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and will be taken up in the senate immediately after the house acts. Tax on Beer. + 9i The revenue bill agreement fixed tee tax on beer at $1.50 a barrel, with the senate amendment for a 5 per cent re'bate for prompt payment eliminated. The senate amendment reducing the proposed tax on bank capital and surplus from $2 to $1 a thousand was retained. *Tl:e senate proposal to tax domestic sweet and dry wines 8 cents a gallon with a tax of 55 cents a galIon on brandies used in the fortification of wines also was retained. The senate, amendlment increasing the tax on tobacco manufacturers and dealers ni'c ri or ?? /> /\ /-I I rv n n tt'i f V> I a.v a "4 v\ a deicru i/Vj aiiu wiuu the stamp taxes were not disturbed. Stock brokers will be taxed $30 a year instead of $50. The graduated tax on theatres also was changed slightly, the final rates .being as follows: Theatres wi'rt a seating capacity of 250 or less will pay $25 a year; 500 capacity $50; 800 capacity $75; more than 800 capicity $100 a year. A Charming Function. OF tVio rnonv cn/?io1 f-iinMi/vne +liof vy i biiv 4**1% v v/iui IUUVUVUO laical, have enlr?>ened the social pleasures and gaieties of our city, none was more charmingly carried out than the one given by Miss Fannie Holloway at ^ her hospitable home in East Johnstone street on last Wednesday afternoon to her charming cousin, Miss Edna Hipp, (whose marriage to Dr. Jesse O'Neal ^Wlilsbn Wtdctaj haippy event is announced to take place on November 3. The guests were inviteid in to the Jparlor which was decorated in pink and white roses/ After meeting the toride-to-ibe each guest was given a Ipage repr?seatiing some period in the Ufe of the bride elect and asked to illustrate it with pictures. These bound in book form, were given to the brideelect. A four course luncheon was served in the dining room, which was IKoo 1 -in i + e rv-f vpll/vw 'autumn leaves?the table had for a tenterpiece a wi'ndte basket filled with snowy white chrysanthemums around which circled dainty bride souvenirs for each guest. The guest of honor being presented with botf'.v bride and groom. Just before leaving the bride iwas showered with many dainty little gifts '.rom her friends. MARKETS BUREAU PASSES I* HOUSE The Warren-Sliirley-Gasrjue Measure >ot Oposed. The State. ine aouse passe^ lq uura reaums last night the Warren-iSiirley-Gasque bill, creating a State marketing bureau, under the supervision of the State department of agriculture, commerce and industries. The measure is intended to iheflp farmers find a market lor crops. Brief measure as drafted provides for twenty-five*million dollar bond is