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THE IIOISE GRAPPLES WITH ROM) PROPOSALS i (CCA7: L\TED FROM PAGE 1.) troduced by t'. e special committee on "bond issues which proposes that the State shall issue $2">,000,000 in bonds to buy cotton :rom the producers or r rm r-nt T An rm Tho h.TSlS uf 9 cenxs a pound. To this bill the^e was pending a committee amendment offered by the committee 011 bond issues abolishing: the cotton "buying plan of iis original "oil! and' providing simply for the loaning of money on cotton on the basis of 9 cents a pound. As an amendment to tihe committee amendment Mr. Boyd, the chairman of the committee on bond issues, proposed that the basis cf t:.e loans on cotton be reduced to r- x_ _ J TU ? 'V* i ceiiLs a puuiiu. iuc ivui ui uuuu issue proposal'before the house yesterday was the bill passed by the senate , authorizing the issuance of $35,000,000 in bonds, the proceeds from the sale of >viiich were to be used in buying cotton at 10 cents a pound, or loaning to producers on cotton at 9 cents a , pound. All of' 'the measures con- ; tained the provision in accordance with tJbe constitution that they should be submitted to the people at the general election on Xevember 3. The house, however, did not consider the , senate bill yesterday. A ft th bond issue proposal be:ore the house was | the bill by Mr. Irhiy of Laurens, proposing the floating of $25,000,000 in bonds to be loaned on cotton and on real estate at long time to assist homeless people to buy homes. The Irhy debate was postponed until today, and debate in the house centred around the three proposals emanating from i\ e committee 0:1 bond issues, disregarding the senate bill. >Ir. Irby Opens Debate, :Mr. Irby of Laurens opened the debate on t:ae proposed issue of State , bonds. He is the author of a joint resolution proposing to submit to the niiftriifl fhck niipsst.iriTi nf i<?fsiuin2r S.25. ^ o 000,000 in bonds for loans on cotton, long-time loans to citizens upon their homes and aiding homeless citizens to bay 'homes. In regard to the committee's bill to float $25,000,000 on cotton bonds, ]Mr. Irby said that if the State lost money on the scheme tine loss would fbe irretrievable, but under his plan the resulting development of tine would offset any loss. "Ey the time the cotton bond issue begins to reach' the people, the cotton will be in the hands of men who are able to take care of it," said Mr. Irb>y. -"The men owning from 100 to 1.000 bales of the staple can afford' !to bold them, but small farmers and farmers whose homes are mortgaged j and who need assistance can not be helped by the proposed issue o' cation bonds." 'Mr. lrby said thait, Cough he thought his bond plan pre erable to that of the commitee, he would vote for the passage o'f either bill because in any case, the people would have the last say at the election. let People Dedde. Mr. Ritt?>nberg of Charleston laid it down as a general proposition that he was willing to vote for any bill which required a two-thirds vote of tiie people to make it operative. The Charleston member declared, that South Carolina State bonds couldi not be sold at par or anywhere near par. He told of the difficulty 'Tennessee had had1 in floating its refund1ing bond issue. W!hen farmers tried fco pay their debts with South Caroiin bonds, they would only be accepted at their market value, which 'would decrease rapidly as the money market grew more straitened. Mr. Rittenbe/g held1 that tfc.ere was little possibility for effective curtailr\f nrjii rtn i,r> +"h O , OiiVU(/ v/i VV/ftVU yi VAiUV'VAVlA v*AV South generally because Texas, using no fertilizer, could sell cotton at' six fcents a pound and make money on it. I-f bonds were issiued on cotton un 'der the committee bill, farmers would | get little for their cotton after paying (Interest on the loan, insisted Mr. Rittenberg. He proposed an issue o^ 110,000,000 in bonds, secured by j promissory notes on oottor. at six < cents a pound, the bonds to remain in ( the State treasury to secure loans on I <t'he cotton notes. *'Under the committee bill the State stands to lose $5,000,000 or $10,000,- j 000 without accomplishing the desired' end because even ff the State boughtI all ol the cotton it could not in- \ urease the price, .for another crop will. certainly be raised next year,1' insisted! i Air. Rittenberg. "I am not opiposed' to the bond issue but I am afraid that j unless we make the proposition of j floating the issue safe and sane two-. thirds of the electors will not approve; . * at." Cotton's Loan Talue. Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield took "up the question whether a loan value of five cents or seven cents or nine ; rents should be placed on cotton, telliiig the numbers of bales that could be rtafcen care of under the various loan j values. Under the Rittenberg pro- . posal, Mr. Stevenson insisted that the promissory notes on cotton secured by un issue of bonds deposited in the iStaie treasury would be poor negotiable paper. Mr. Stei.enson said r at if the State lent money at "> per cent, it might create a demand for a reduction of tho legal rate of interest, which might or might not be good for the Sta.te. In regard to w'/.ether the bond issue 1.1 l, ? ~ o\T r GlfPVdVI 1 \\ U U I U. L? t* UlcX-d^ i^ioiauv/Ai, . i^w . v? son held i . at it Vv'on 1 d not come under this head because it would affect every person in the State. Mr. Stevenson declared thai the J:,ouse committee on bond issue was (irrevocably opposed to floating the ipaper for the purchase of cotton, but ihad agreed to a bond issue to loan money on cotton. He said that farm ers who pledged their cotton for a iloan would have this as an incentive <to curtail production. Mr. Stevenson cited tie instance of itae issue of bonds to rebuild Charleston after the fire of 1S38, secured by real estate, as precedent for the proposed cotton bond issue. JMr. Barnwell interrupted to ask 'if the venture had not resulted in a heavy loss to the State. iMr. Stevenson replied that the 'bondholders had lost but the State !had collected e)very dollar. Must See Reduction. The Chesterfield member declared "he would not vote for the cotton bond -proposition unless he was convinced 'that some decided reduction was to be made in the acreage devoted to cotton. For this reason he did not think *tne house should act until it had in its 'possession tfce cotton acreage reduction bill passed by the senate. llr. Barnwell of Charleston said that the situation was indeed serious but urged that the people take the advice of President 'Wilson and keep their heads in the crisis. He read the ^president's statement in the rooming "papers. 1 In regard to the 1838 ''Charleston bond issue of $2,000,000, Mr. Barnwell said that the State had required that tJi:e city guarantee the bond is<sue. As a consequence Charleston had lost $100,000 on the bonds. Mr. Stevenson said that the courts *had made the 'State and the State Ibank responsible for the bonds. Mr. Barnwell insisted that the city had finally 'had to pay the losses on the bonds and cited authority to prove .hat the city cad had to guarantee the "bonds. '? 'Mile State has got to depend entirely on the coitton it receives to secure its bonds." said1 Mr. Barnwell, who discussed the various proposals for issuing bonds. Question of Time. Mr. Barnwell said that the only ex cuse advanced \or the floating olf the bond issue is that it would give immediate relief to the farmers. "Let us assume that two-thirds of the people will vote for the cotton 'jcjid issue of $35,000,000. It will take time for the effect of the bonds to Oe felt because tliiey will have to go to the courts, be lithographed, be sold aDd machinery organized to float loans," said 'Mr. Barnwell. "All this will have to be done before we ?can get the relief we need today. It is absolutely impossible for this bond issue to be floated under 60 days av?ter November 3." "Has any one any assurance ?bat the banks v/ill lend money on the cotton bornts?" asked Mr. Barnwell. "Can you go home and tell your farmer friends truthfully that you have tbought out every detail of this admittedly radical legislation and that you are sure the machinery behind is n^rfeot?" Under the national banking Jaws Mr. Barnwell said that there was little inducement for the banks to absorb the issue. He told of issues of bcn^s by South Carolina in the past and L^ld that the State had very little of which it could be proud in lUbe history of these issues. "We have a clear intimation from the superior court that any measure 1 AnVinor f a fTi tvhw^oca rvf A/vrf An V?tt 1W u.xug w Jj/UIVUftO^: V/JL wttvu UJ itihe State where the State took the profits would be unconstitutional," declared Mr. Barnwell. "Delay will be fatal to this legislation. If you admit the necessity ifor delay, then you admit that this bond legislation is unnecessary.'' !Mr. Barnwell held that even if the State merely loaned money on cotton there would be room to question seriously its constitutionality on the (grounds o';" class legislation. Mr. Barnwell made a very strong speech. Offers Resolution. ,Mr. Stevenson offered a resolution providing that the committee on bonds should report a $23,000,000 bond issue bill with provision that the monev should be loaned or cotton on some rpecified basis. The resolution vras introduced in order :hat the comimittee to Washington might ascertain the sentiment in tfce house. Mr. Fpps of Sumter agreed with 'Mr. Stevenson that if the State purchased cotton outright from the farm fers it would encourage t'.em to i overproduction. The Sumter member said that somebody would have to pav the overhead charges incident to ! 1 " carrying the cotton, such as insurance and clerical expenses. ; "The legislature will have to treble t;..e tax levy next year to pa. these expenses if we buy the cotton outright from the farmers," said Mr. Ep-ps. "I do not believe that we should consider doing so for a min ute." I Mr. Epps said that in his opinion the farmer wiho got one of the proposed State bonds for his cotton would be in a worse fix than if he had kept the staple. Mr. Epps stressed the impossibility o'. loaning the funds equitably from the bonds. "It will treble our taxes to carry tie losses of the State on the proposed Ibond issue until the cotton is sold,'' f ]"? Q 1 im f O T* mPfPf YPT (?^ P ' ucviai cu tixc uuuuvi ^~~ not suggest a plan '.or a bond issue, tout I think that passing any one of the plans proposed would be the 'h eighth of folly." | IThe house took recess until 4 o'clock leaving the whole bond issue question unsettled. Afternoon Session. ! When the house met at 4 o'clock, Mr. Vander Horst took the floor. He opposed the issuing of bonds. 4,TLe feeling that something must be done has gotten on our nerves," declared Mr. Vander Hors't. "So much i so that I fear we are getting into a frame of mind in which we had rather do something that is a mistake than to do nothing at all." i j The Charleston member said it was ! not practical for the State to come to the rescue of the cotton planters. 1 "They say that it will be all rigLt for us to pass tuis bond bill because it will be submitted to the people," said Mr. Vander Horst. "But this is noi true, ior wnen we pass a measure we indorse it a.nd the people take this into consideration wlien they vote." i iMr. Yander Horst asked whether any member oT- the house who was the trustee of a fund would lend it now on cotton at 9 cents a pound, i "It's all sentiment," insisted Mr. Yander Horst, "and a feeling that something, we don't muda care what, must be (Lone." ! IMr. Yander Horst said that the bill proposing the bond issue was based on the principle of paternalism, whichhad never been successfully worked out. ' "There is no way in which this legislation can be restricted so that it will insure benefit to the farmer," Mr. Vander Korst declared. "Then you have the State, founded for government, engaging in a business and doomed to fail for lack of machinery." Opportunities for Graft. 1 The Charleston member said that the bond issue bill provided opportunities for fraud and graft of many kinds. "You are running the risk of ruining the credit olp the State and bringing ruin and disaster when you vote for this bond issue, and al lfor the sake o'F sentiment," urged Mr. Vander Horst. ; iMr. Boyd of Sipartanburg, chairman of the house committee on bond issue, declared that he did not believe the JZ 1 J * x 9 niianciai ana commercial situation in the State was nearly so black as it jhad been painted. He said that a price for cotton could not be legislated. In consequence the house committee on bond' issue faad not recom-(mended that the State buy the cotton fcrop. The committee's bill provided that money raised by a bond issue should be loaned on cotton on a fixed ( basis a pound. This action, the comi tmittee hoped, would stimulate trade. ; j1 If the State can lend its aid to 'Stimulate traie, ift should do so," Mr. Boyd said. "So the bond issue committee has authorized, the sinking fund to borrow money for a short time on tfrese bonds and in this way put real I 'money in circulation." Speaks for Committee. Mr. Boyd detailed what the house (committee on the bond issue 'had done. (The bond bill, he said, embodied what I the committee supposed the house Mro rtofl i " *JJl IvU, ! Mr. Lumpkin declared that if there I were a way to help the people he wanted to find it. "You have a proposition to issue I?25,000,000 in bonds for the relief of! _the people of this State," Mr. LumpIkin said. "I have failed to receive | adequate assurance that this proposed fbill will relieve the DeoDle 01:: this ' State from their distressed condition." i p Mr. Lumpkin held that the bond1 | issue might help citizens who were able to keep their cotton but that it |would not assist the small farmers. '"F'.e whole proposition to issue : these bonds, to lay a blanket mortgage ' on the State, is based on the hope that it may raise the price o':" cotton, some tiling that is controlled by the law of supply and demand," Mr. j Lumpkin insisted. "I can not see my I I way to vote for South Carolina to nn!d< rt:.ke a speculation." i Merely a Speculation. Mr. Lumpkin declared' that the issue was a speculation pure and sim<\ le whether based on buying cotton outright or lending money on it. ,Mr. Lumpkin plead eloquently to the house to kill the proposed bond issue, [picturing t e financial pitfalls into which it would lead the State. The Richland member declared that the fioating of the $:! ">,000,000 in cotton bones would prohibit the sale of any city or school district bonds for local improvements in the next ten years, j /Mr. Lumpkin was applauded when he finished. Mr. Kibler of Newberry admitted that there was some danger connected with the proposed bond issue. i "We are in the midst of a crisis J . 'though, and it is not unwise to un- j dertake under the circumstances j something which may entail loss on j the State," declared Mr. Kihler. "The I State and the people are not separa-' hie. I am going to vote for a meas- : urp of this kind. What will the Deo- ! pie think if the legislature admits; i that it can not afford some help in this crisis?" i ' Mr. Kibl-er said that the State had I been safeguarded as far as possible in the bond issue bill, providing as it did Chat .10 per cent of the monpy paid for cotton should be retained. Smacks of Paternalism. ! Mr. McMillan of Marion said that fee bond issue smacked of paternalism and was contrary to all the ideas o? democracy. I ""We are proposing that the farmers lay aside their independence,declared Mr. McMillan. i The Marion member blamed Bankhead of Alabama for stampeding the members of the house to the plan cf is&uing bonds. He asked how the/ general assembly could expect to sell a gigantic bond issue in the North wnere mere were tnousanas or souta Carolina bonds which were not worth the paper they were written upon. He said at the chairman of the bond' issue committee had admitted thai the matter of the price of cotton was net a subject for legislation. Mr. 'McMillan wa9 interrupted at 5:50 o'clock by a motion that the house take a recess until 8 o'clock. Evening Session. ' "WTnp-n fhp hnusp- resumed at 8 o'clock last ni'gM, Mr. McMillan of Marion continued his argument *in opposition to the proposal to issue bonds on cotton. J iMr. McMillan recalled the activity of Bankhead of Alabama in South Carolina in 1912 when he was trying to induce the State convention riot to indorse Woodrow Wilson. "Bank!:ead is the father of this ! wild 'bond scheme," declared Mr. McMillan. "Why doesn't he get a ses sdon of .the general assemlbly o: his ow.n 'State called and have it passed' there?'' ' ?. Mr. McMillan urged the house to1 take time to consider the proposed' Txmd issue coolly. "It is my idea that if South Carolina goes inio this bond scheme the State will lose some good money that \ these poor farmers we are trying to ! foelp will ibave to pay in the end," Mr. McMillan concLuded. iMr. McDonald on- uconee proposes that the State "do a little wrong to 'accomplish a great right," and float the bond issue. The Oconee member said that "one horse" farmers had not 'been heard from on the bond issue. These were the men the State should protect. He said that the only thiag ttie State could do would be to retire a large part of the cotton crop of j 1914. "If the constitution of 1915 does not give us the right to protect the ' people, then let us call a constitutional convention and draft a constitution ! which will permit us to do so," said11 Mr. McDonald, who admitted the pos-1 slbility that the proposed bond issue mdgiht not be constitutional. ! Mr. McDonald did not like certain features in the bond issue, but was anxious for the State to reitire at least 500,000 or 700,000 bales of cotton , X ?* ..nJ/v. ! XIOU1 IUC IXid.Ift.CU. ilC SdiU luai UlJU^l the committee's bond bill the poor man would not be 'heJiped. Recalls State Dispensary. "Why can't the State buy cotton and (build warehouses for it?" asked; IMr. McDonald. "fThe State bought liquor and built warehouses for it." 'Mr. Jones of Greenwood indorsed the position taken by Mr. McDonald j He said that 'his sympathy 'for the ' class demanding relief was so great that he was willing to pay his share o' any loss resulting from the bond issue. -j IMr. Stanley o? Horry confessed that j he did not understand the bickering j of tJce lawyers but he wanted something done. '" an we sit still and see our fellow- j I man go down under such conditions-, even though it bankrupt the State to save him?" queried Mr. Stanley. Tr.e Horry men. ^er said he bad been voting for "everything in sight" in an i Reliable evidence is ahw are constantly beins; res Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vei The many testimonial letters tl* lishing in the newspapers?hundr ine, true and unsolicited expressi for the freedom from suffering 11 .1 i . t I women solely tnrougn me use c Vegetable Compound. Money could not buy nor any such recommendations; you ma) testimonial we publish is honest doubt of this write to the wome addresses are always given, and 1< Read this one from Camden, N. J.?" I was sick for two my kidneys were affected. I had a d galvanic battery, but notnmg aid me ? to bed, but spent my time on a couch < became almost a skeleton. Finally i health, and my husband heard of L Compound and got me some. In two | am like a new woman and am at nv j your medicine to every one and so doc j Waters, 1135 Knight St., Camden, K, And this one from 1 Utica, Okla.?" I was weak and n and scarcely able to be on my feet. 11 i tation of the heart, trouble "with my bo taking the Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg< than I have been for twenty years. I cine and I have recommended it to otl j dock, Utica, Oklahoma. Now answer this question if woman continue to suffer with* i Pinkham's Vegetable Compounc it has saved many others?why < For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkhanr Cora pound has been the standard re male ills. No one sick with woma ! does justice to herself if she does no I11UUS mouicuio uiauc ? ??? w has restored so many suffering worn ?5**?Write to LYDIA E.PINKHAM ? CCOmDEYTIAL) LYNN, MASS. Your letter will be opened, read an by a woman and held in strict confi effort to find something to rtmedy th.e STA situation. j C< Mr. Scott of Anderson said that he did not believe that five times $25,- j M 000,000 would help the situation. He Contended that tlb.e proposed bond is- : T1 sue would .not have any effect on the enp< cotton market and that it was an un- tion sound business venture. : S. C i "I do not belielve that we can go Pi into it safely," declared Mr. S'cott. "I here do not think tii-at the people would- the pass this bond proposition if they had hou: time to think it over, but if we pass o'ck it now they may vote, for it on No- Nov vpmhpr 3. thinking we have endorsed of 1; it." I land Mr. Scott predicted' that tfce war in Soul Europe would ultimately prove a 101,6 blessing to this country. , ?L? & Maff Lending vs. Buying. a of I Mr. Sturkie of Calhoun spoke in sa-^ favor of the committee amendment . , righ to the senate bond issue bill provid- ^ j ing (for loaning money on cotton in stead of buying outrignt. Tne i^ai-1 houn member said he could not an- > , two derstand why there was so much op- i mor "position to -the bond! issue when it Dan~ would be submitted to the people. He ' ^ contended that the condition o'f the people warranted the general assembly in taking a drastic step. 1 mon "The State has all to gain and very _._r t little to lose." said Mr. Sturkie. i A ' |MlCU At 9:45 o'clock the house adjourned 1 until 10 o'clock this morning with the j ^ "bond hill still under discussion. ' day, ?????????????? SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY .Rt&] As executor of the lost will and testament of Robert H. Hall, deceased, in^e] I will sell at his late residence in ^ Newberry county on Wednesday, No- to a vember 4, 1914, at 11 o'clock a. m., a the following personal property: mat, One cow and calf, one mule, farm- v^e ing implements. Terms cash. 0f $ Rohert Hall, amo Exectuor. case 10-20-3-t. attoi ESTATE NOTICE. ^ ter, All persons holding claims against ^ the Estate of Lucinda Caroline Moseley, deceased, are hereby notified to ^ present the same, duly attested, to the , Thomas D. Copeland, Clinton, S. C., fron] or to Mower & Bynum, Attorneys, purc Newberry, S. C., on or before Novem- th , her 6, 1914. pUrc Thomas Duckett Copeland, the , Adm. pure CHICHESTER S PILLS E1 If yrv THE DIAMOND 3RAND. /. LstdlesJ A?U your Dr?i;-!>t Tor . pay &i\ &-SA t'hl-che?-ter8 Diamond Krnnd/>A\ in r,! ,.y r gage R-'J'sfWs-; tp ye." .... A:r:yt- oc % TTTVi/tl 1 idant that women ^ tored to health by I ?etable Compound m iat we are continually pub- 8 edsof them?are all genu- \ I ons of heartfelt gratitude that has come to these M )f Lydia E. Pinkham's WH i i r ' a _i_.t _ m Kina 01 innuence ooiain m r depend upon it that any I and true?if you have any | :n whose true names and | sarn for yourself. I Mrs, Waters: * years with nervous spells, and " .octor all the time and used a HSR my good. I was not able to go W|B| :>r in a sleeping-chair, and soon f'jfjg ny doctor went away for hi3 j|l ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable jk months I got relief and now I !| j usual weight. I recommend I is my husband."?Mrs. Tillle jg JVIrs. Haddock: M ervous, not able to do my work mm had backache, headache, palpi- ;JjS wels, and inflammation. Since stable Compound I am better think it is a wonderful mediiers."?Mrs. Mary Ann Had- fl fl you can. Why should a VlBj - T T? IMl out nrst giving i^yaia il. wg I a trial ? You know that 1?? should it fail in your case? ;S|i 's Vegetable fl medyforfe- H n's ailments (Q/<fr || t try this fa- S / f^ \ r $1 nd herbs, it ] 7 ^ yf j fl en to health. II IrU [EDICIJHE CO. CA In) \ J for advice. \\)V^3s^// 9 d answered Jgg dence. I'm i i ? n .TE OF 'SOOTH CAROLINA, |? DU'NTY OF NEWBERRY, S fCommon Pleas Court. ^p|B ary E. Hipp, Plaintiff, against loraas T. Davenport, Ora L. Dav- ^B|| >rt, L. Clarence Pitts, and The Naal Bank of Newberiiy, of Newberry, f?| ., a corporation, Defendants. arsuant to an order of tfoe court ml :ln, I will sell at 'public outcry, to ffij highest bidder, ibefore the court iff ;e door at Newberry, S. C., at 11 ||? >ok in the forenoon, on saiedaj^yav ember, 1914, the following tracts and, to wit: (1). All that tract of jB- W It in Newberry County, State of th (Carolina, containing thirty ?, more or less, bounded by lands 1MB L J. iS. Lanigford, Mrs. Fannie 'ett, estate of T. J. Orizzard, lands MmB DaviiJ Pitts-, deceased, and of the L. Clarence Pitts; (2). All the t, title and interest <rf the said Ora Mft >ayenport in and to that certain t of land in Newberry County, flH e of South Carolina, containing i hundred twenty-four (224) acres, IBB e or less, bounded biy lands of id Pitts, deceased', A. J. S. Lang- JR1|H , James Pitts and lands of the ?|H (Thomas T. Davenport. >rms of sale: One-half purchase J|?j| ey to be paid in cash balance SKI uble one year from day of sale; JIB it portions to be secured by bonds Msgm urcha?ers and mortgages of pre*. JHHgj is sold, -bonds to 'bear interest from VNGp of sale, and until paid in full, rate of eight per ?eat. iper annum^^^B|| rest to 'be payable annually or ? ~ 1 n rvnni oilil T7 ATI/I' IIIIO JJI <*il i:t IWiJ MrMVfc W rest at the same rate until nil; the purchasers to have leav?^H|Bgj .nticipate the credit portions, as?g||\; lole or in part, at aji^- time betfore^^Be irity. Said mortgages shall pro-^^*S for the payment of ten per cent^BKmm he principal and interest on the^^M|fe, unt involved as attorney's fees of suit or collection through aJ^^ga *nev. The mortgages s*hall stipu^^BSSS that if the purchasers fail to pay taxes on said premises, the Masor Ms assigns, may pay said I pf11?1 s, and any penalties incurre# M son, and reimburse themselves for^^Kjli same, under said mortgages, at^^B|| rate of eight per cent^per annum, - ~ ?? x _ i tne date 01 sucn payments, 1 ; hasers sfoall 'be repired to pay toVBj|j? Master the cash portions of hase .money immmediately uP?M8EvV!i acceptance of their bids and if twBs hasers Tail to comply the Mast^H9?|Dit resell at the risk of the defaxilWBB|te purchasers. The purchasers for drawing of deeds and mo^^^^?S s and recording of mortgages. B H. H. Rikard, tober 12, 1914, M|Ml