Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Will Help Fa, To I DESRIBES PUNT CAD NEIfHRftBPnnn run iUiiuiAuuiu uvi/ .YLAURIX WILL SEEK MARKETS FOR WAREHOUSE CERTIFICATES Commission Writes Sen. T/llman?Oe? ^ S\ 4. 4 ,, ciipzes rermaneni yuariers?assistants Report for Duty. The State, IOth. John L. McLaurin, State warehouse I commissioner, made public yesterday correspondence had between Senator Tillman and himself, in which t;he general type o: neighborhood warehouse acceptable to the commissioner for leasing in the name of the State is described. Mr. McLaurin says that although v/v lAnrJpio+m-Q efni/it from fhp W3Tfi .ili C icjioiauut on uvu vu. ~ house bill the provision making it the luty of the commissioner to negotiate loans or sell cotton for those wfco anight have it on storage, he intends as- an individual to aid the holders erf State warehouse receipts either in the borrowing of money against their cotton or the selling: of the staple. He suggests a basis on wl':ich in his opinion these receipts may be used with rue federal reserve bank. He asks the cooperation of Senator Tillman in enlisting the good offices of Secretary McJAdoo. "In addition to this," says the commissioner, "as soon as I can get the machinery here in running order, I expect to visit some of the money centres and see what can be done in the way of straight loans on the receipts." Office is Moved. Yesterday the commissioner moved ftis office from the Jefferson hotel into the quarters leased some days ago ir. tSa r>o .Kmiriin,sr r>f the old Sltate dis ~ a - --- f gensary plant, at Gervias and Pulaski streets. Telephone service has been ordered, but has not yet been prodded. John K. Aull, secretary to the commissioner, was on duty there yesterday and so were the deputy commissioner. J. A. Drake of Bennettsville, and the inspector of State owned 'warehousese, J. G. L. White of Chester. These three at present comprise the staff. Incidentally it tra!nspires from the letter of the commissioner to Senator Tillman t!*"at negotiations are pending for the leasing by the State of the old State dispensary warehouse for the "overflow cotton." "Later," says Mr. McLaurin, "the concentration warehouse, with compresses, can be developed, so that cotton from the local warehousese can be shipped un der milling rates and compressed en route to the port. At present, however, I am merely trying to meet an emergency." Sev?ral days ago Mr. McLaurin took up with J. X. Kirven of Darlington, president of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society, the matter of using tre large steel exhibition buildine at the State fair grounds as a cotton warehouse. No announcement as to the status of this project was forthcoming yesterday, j From Senator T/Ilmun. Senator Tillmar writes from his home at Trenton as follows: 'Since writing you I have it in mind, if I can bring it about to get t'be farmers around Trenton to build | their own warehouse to store their 1 cotton. Please give me such informa- j tion as you possess on the following . points: ' * ry r\ r\ -r\ .3 r?irY>anOiAnc r*f tVi A V> Aef O-'Z-VT cl 11 'J. UllllCllCiUUO Wi IX1'5 form of warehouse you have considered or selected. "T:e minimum and maximum num- j her of baies tl at can be stored under , one roof. "The best insurance rates, and to ' who one should apply to get data about insurance on cotton thus otored. ^ "I propose, if T can bring: it about, to have mv neighbors join in and construct a warehouse that will be accepted by you as State warehouse commissioner and also by the insurarce companies, so that we can secure cheap insurance rates. It seems that , this will be much cheaper and better \ than to all depend on you to ~et warp- ; houses for the farmers. Anyway, I will be glad to Ir.'ave your adfvice and sug- ; gestions along this line. Promptness, ! off course, is essential and therefore I would be obliged to have an answer ; by return mail." To Senator Tollman. Mr. ?\'cLaurin has replied as foli lows: ""^rar Senator: In reply to your favor of 7tfn inst., beg to say that I aeree with you and intend to do all in ttv rrvo" to enconrase farmers to erect warehou^ese in eaci community ctori^or their own cotton. This can t>e done more cheaply than in a central warehouse in Colum.'bia, though j zmers Procure Loans ; I am endeavoring to secure the old State dispensary warehouse for tne overflow cotton. Later ti:e concentration warehouse with compresses, can be developed so that cotton from the local warehouse can be shipped under milling rates and compressed en route to the port. At present, however, I am merely trying to meet an emergency. | "I would suggest, i" reply to your question as to type of jildiug, insur?-> o f rvl 1 /-V.W Q | c^o iviiw" w. "Construction: Sides and roof of corrugated iron, on skeleton wood frame; earth or other noncombustible floor. Building to contain not over72,000 cubic feet. ! "Dimensions: Ninety by 100 feec, or, if preferred so as to get a 19-foot rafter, 50 by 150, about eight feet in height. In other words, suit yourself as to shape, so that the cubic feet of space does not exceed 72,0{)0. Doors, not less than two in ends and sides, wfoid'i must open outward. The ends, however, can be planked up, so that the boards can be ripped off in case of fire. The rate of insurance runs on this -type from $1.90 per $100 per ' year to $2.25, dependent on other conditions surrounding building, but in no case on this type more than $2.25 per $100. This makes from 90 cents to about $1 per year insurance ; for a bale of cotton, estimated at ' about 8 cents per pound. A Columbia ! contractor estimates tfce cost of this building at $600. I am satisfied that I could put up one on my plantation, t where I have access to the woods, for around $400. j "I am empowered by the State to | settle the terms upon which such a warehouse can be taken over, the only restriction being that I am not to incur a loss to the State fronT&e oper ation of the warehouse. H:h State is to give a receipt carrying absolute ! title to the bales enumerated in same, and guaranteeing: "1. Weigl-t and grade. "2. The delievery OT the identical : bale named in the receipt. "When this receipt is understood in ihe commercial world.it will have a value not enjoyed by any other j warehouse receipt, because it pre 1/\Ar? n?Ai orVtf venis SUDSllLUllOll, guctiaiiicco n C15U1. and grade and removes the cloud restI ing upon the title to every bale of cot[ ton produced under the crop mortgage and lien system. "I am devising a contract wfaich will enable me to lease such a buildI ing as I have described, and at an ! added cost oif three cents per bale for i each month to those storing cotton, to give them the benefit of these warej house receipts. I will have to take | a bond from the manager and grader to protect the State in weight, grade and delievery of cotton. Will Aid Farmer. "As to how the receipts may be used i to secure money, I will say th?t in my 1 original bill it was made the duty of tlhe commissioner to negotiate loans or sell cotton for those who i':ad it on storage. This was stricken out and is not a part of my official duties under the present law. But there is ro reason why 1 cannot as an individurl aid the holders of those receipts either in the negotiation of loans or making sale of cotton, and it is my purpose to do this to the extent of my ability. What we need in South Carolina now is to unlock credit!. T:.ere is as mucCi money as there ever was in tlhe country, but credits are tied up as a result of ti':is holding movement. Many ininK me iarmers should sell and pay their debts, but this can not be done for the reason that if there wa.s a general selling movement the price of cotton, under present conditions, would go so low that we would lose the cotton and otill ntra + HoVfc Vr?thiripr will nut OWiil UVI t 111^ . .yy r the price of cotton up except to hold it off the market, and it looks to me like, if we do that, we can borrow more money on cotton than it would sell for in ine open market. If t':e farmer holds his cotton and dees not borrow money the lien merchant wi1! be wiped out and with him will go the country bank. "Now, under section 13 and section 14 of the federal reserve act, there is no reason why the lien merchant and banker can not agree upon a price for cotton stored in State warehouses. Suppose they agree upon S cents; t'^e farmer gilves the lien merchant Ibis nolo for $1,000 with State warehouse receipts for 25 bales of middling cotton; the mercT ant takes the note an 1 rpcpinrs tn the hank with hi?' indorse ment; the bank accepts this pa^>er and presents it for discount to the federal reserve bank at Richmond. This is a two-name paper, and in addition is for agricultural supplies 'based upon exisiting values' as provided in these sections. "The law says that bills of ex change of this nature shall be discounted for six months. They can be renewed for six months. Futrhermore tLere is absolutely no limit to i the amount of such paper which any one bank, a member of the currency association, can discount. "The title of the cotton remains in j ! the farmer, and he gets the benefit of j an advance in price and is enabled to j ! force an advance without destroy-1 l ing his credit. The bank has recourse jon both the lien merchant and the far! mer, and in case o: a decline in the price of cotton could take means to jprotect itself by demanding oti.er se-j curity. If cotton sells above eight ! cents within the next year it would go to the farmer. Asks Cooperation. 't-Vlr. Hamlin, president of the Reserve board, and 'Mr. Harding told the I i j legislative committee that they would i ! accept for discount farmers' notes i | indorsed in this way and a south 1 Carolina State bond with cotton valued at 10 cents a pound. As soon as possible I desire to have an interview with Mr. McAdoo and others, to 1 consider this proposition. I think it would be of great value to have your Qccictnnpo in this rip^ntintirm and if I you are going to Washington in tLe ; near future I would like to meet you j there. If not, please write to the secretary of the treasury on the subject. ! "In addition to this, as soon as I can get the machinery here in running order, I expect to visit some of the money centres and see "what can be done in the way of straight loans on the receipts. My blanks are in the hands of the printers, and as soon as I can get them will mail you copies of same, whidh will give you a better idea of my plans than anything I can I write in a letter. I hope that your , neighbors will join with you in a warehouse and transform their cotton into , a negotiable security and I will do my utmost to estaonsn its piace in tne commercial world. The small appropriation is discouraging, but I sfcall do what I can with the tools provided. "Your letter put in a nutshell just what tCie farmers in t'.is State wish to know. I have replied at length, and j will give the correspondence to the press for the information of all." S1PP IS APPOINTED ! Succeeds McCullough on State Historical Commission. C. N. Sapp, former member of the "house from Lancaster, has been appointed by the governor as a member of tlhe South Carolina historical commission to take the place of Jos. A. McCullough of Greenville. Mr. McCullough /tas been elected to the house. The Belgian Sufferers. | Columbia, Nov. 10.?Referring to i letter of his excellency, Governor ; iBlease, November 3rd, 1914, quoting! I cablegram from Mr. Herbert Hoover, j of London, in regard to the critical j condition which exists amongst the people of Belgium. i iT-Tic? qvoqI 1 on/rr f Vi omvarnnr ic in | . . . ! receipt of the following additional j cablegram, which is self explanatory,) and which you may desire to publish ! fcr the information of those who wish to contribute to t:. e relief of the Belgian people: "London, Nov. 9, 1914. "Governor of Soutn Carolina, Colum! bia, S. C. j "With respect our telegram second, we have now been endowed with lund ior soie purpose paying transport uu foodstuffs from central point your State and others to Belgium, therefore, every pound or foodstuffs, which can be subscribed or purchased in your State will reach the people of Belgium without transportation cost to your people. Iowa, California,, Minnesota and many others are giving us most gratifying support. Cable address, Crevcoh, I.ondon. "(Signed) Herbert Hoover." Sot Newberry College. Some first-class colleges are worrying along with second-class ootball teams this season.?Anderson Mail. U he abo e may be true of some colleges and colleges It is not true of Newberry college, as the following", along with much previous his.ory in the same brand, of learning, will stow: Charleston, Nov. 9.?.Newberry defeated Porter Military academy this flfrprnnnri. 20 to 7. following Satur day's gruelling game with the Citadel. Newberry earlier in the season trimmed Porter 20 to 0. Newberry scored a touchdown in the first period. The second quarter passe* : without a score, and in the third Newberry got another line crosser, j Renken intercepting a forward pass j and running half the length of the field. Goal was kickcd, making t) e score, Newberry 13, Porter 0. In the fourtla quarter .McLean went over for a tally and kicked goal, making tJ:e total 20 points. America's Greatest Good Grow The most wonder riorsed highly by tn< For severally by the far Will gTow wherever hay than any other produces 300 to 600 U per acre the same s nay si'sts drought and si sovf an acre in drill hay equals timothy livestock preier 2t t Seed and erra/ii. Last spi Texas. It is now se fore next spring as stead/ly on the /nerd ^ Sudan grass seed m ? QiflffC less tlian one pout r?liPin?pr. TCefter Ord money and then ma crop for dzversificat jliRprp ean *he seed an( l1 A 1? O rm R A v | JCiiiogcu^ i ui, ?va Laughs at Droi I Clarke's BigSi J T T JE call this our "Spice-Of-Lif ' ' * ' ^ ~ -i- - - >r. (-1-./-V ,TO(/>A Af I 1 i \ V VdlltLy 1?> UiC cspicc ui ij j enough to suit all tastes! THFS \ SIX HJLi. QLARI S |se. oo m j rj iXPRLSS J PR^PAiD jp^ I *! JcL^Es 0 tl h i 'WanSJKBfi 6?-Q< ?S Happy Valley ? msM pan <* a iijSsi ,EXPR il il^u^fVso:! Express. Think of ; II Mellow Wh |j| f antee. Don't waitjjj today and learn the meaning of c Our goods are the high j n:usr re cli y u in perfot I Remit Po?*al or Express Money Order, ! I Whiskies, Brandies, Cardials, etc., on request. H. CLARKE & SC jjj | Th South's Gr*>a es ""TT" ""'iT- ' VmTMII MMI jrjBfgy tmiyrirrrir.y---.^ Newspaper Blunders. , mgg^ Tuesday's Observer carried a,timely editorial on "Newspaper Blunders." It well suits The Herald and News re- I ^ porter as ne nas oeen "rocKea in uie (jne same boat" on the troublous sea of your journalism. Some of bis paragraphs ~in ; poun get divided and mixed, some parts (pric scattered, some lost altogether, to say belie nothing of such little things as misspelling of words and names, misap- ! plication of punctuation, misusing of grammar, the putting of "Mrs." for t "Mr.," etc. | Mm:,,;,:; But all that is not as bad as was the case of a Georgia editor who had his ' account of a wedding mixed, as the j fol'owing from Atlanta to the Union ! Associated Press will show: | The bridegroom in this case was named Gunn, and his father Abra I am Gun. Tiie girl s name was j \ Srnit?.. Tr.e editor turned his copy j , , over to the printer just before catch- i 5 ing a train to Atlanta and when he | got home the paper was off the press. ! L The article was headed "GUNN- let us SMITH-?" and narrated that the mone; bride was dressed in white mule in- Gi stead o." white mull. She carried a . I B8H) large red "nose, also. The story I tr-a hri^currnrvm was a noDlllar i ^UXU V W* 4U.VQ* x t son of A Gunn, and the printer ihad run out o'f capital letters. Now the * editor is waiting in Atlanta until he T. k T TP j can screw up courage to go home and l- vvface "A Gunn." j E. T. L Jurors Court General Sessions >'o?em- ; A. M. 1 ber 23. Thos. 3 E. I . Soase. S. B. j E. 0. Counts. <J- H. ? .T W Werts. J. R. E D Frank Dominick. F. M. t V. C'ary. s- L- s ' r Duncan. Claytor 3 Stillwell. J. E. I Grass Come: ' Sudan Grass ful grass of the age introduced a i S. Agricultural Department, mers of Texas in all parts of the sorghum does. Makes more and plant known. Under ordinary eon lbs of seed and 3 to 6 tons of cho; eason. Adapted to all sorts of so: iands rain. Takes 2 to 4 lbs of ? s and 16 to 24 lbs broadcast. Qui and cattle figifot for it while all k o alalfa. Poultry eat the tender ing the seed sold for $2 to $4 pe: ll/ngr for $1 ]>er lb and will go hierl the supply is limited and tho <1 ise. We will send prepaid by pare lots of 50 lbs and under for $1 per id considered. Larger lots by er now and be sure of tne seed ar Jie money next year grow/ng the ion. Everyone should grow Suda I make more money tlun ever. A 15, Ald/ne, Harr/s County, Texas. Light - Smi ixlntrodud e-Package" for the old ad :fe/' and here's variety brings this ESS PREPAID, to any poin it! Six Full Quarts?Six letrov?pprh harkprl hv thf ?you're missing a treat? omplete satisfaction. est Jo?must satisfy you in e :t condition ?or money hack. Yo Reg.stered Letter or Certified Check. )NS, Inc., Rick Mi ! Ord->r Wine anr* Whiskey M* MMMLgWg?fliTTni WBHtiM?J?I????a / uBDnnnnBi 3 ? Equals \ startling statement but a true one in t teaspoonful of medicine and two pc own ground feed (cost about 3 cenfc ivhat tney do for your animals and fo w ds of any ready-made stock or poull e 25 cents). There you are! If yc ve it, try it out 1 Buy, today, a can o aa T\pp stock & po JJfcc medicin hanges feed into tonic?Makes it resnlt-prodi > - V 'I -- i ' ^ V >, .4-5 v . /V*? _ ./i "as" star's up 11:e la:-y ones. ^E-255 flock and gives a healthy 'osts but a trifle?the extra e?gs pay for prove to you that it will make hens lay. y back. 25-lb. pail only $2.50. In ] V v^.y.s-% a cwrr?vO inUM L1JLK & WLL1VO jui in W. G., MAYES Counts. JM iunter. T Sheaiy. Cole. . G tner. ong. G H UailieiSCU. A. Mills. S\ull. J* A Summer. Soozer. Satterwhite. "5 Sfcealy. ^ i L. Boozer. Jrioyd. ? 5 From Africa f Make jid en- I Money better 1 ^ it ions 1 te ? Where IU - ? tf/ty of :nds of leaves r ib m Other tier be[envsnd el post lb not n Tf r. freight CrOpS id save fmest ,n wlio a f #ddress, Fftll mmmmmmm , jmmm ? w\ Ifc. m les at Kain tory Offer age says, ms*> se^o'l 5 complete assortment, it on Southern or Adams : Pif erent fVands of i reliable Clarke Guar- j send your order along ! I " very way? Ijj Jfe u can't lose! IjH Complete Price List ot Wines. 5 J jd none.1, Virginia j %rchanrs i?^,?iHunnnNaBBnQHB5| 3 his case. lUnds of Write for atrial package >' equal. Of Bee Dee STOCK <fi Ic-Jtwn POULTRY MEDICINE, is, iwu jjgg Qur 32 page, illustra.ry tome ted book, fully explaining J )ll don't its uses. Address: f? Bee Dee Stock Medicine Company, ;; ULTRY Chattanooga, Term, . ^ 25c, 50c and $1. per can. J iciof At your dealer's. B A ? ? ' ' QO [T :-: ' v^.' ? > r/^ /"s^rr-t.' liiV;, ?'' v ': . . : ; ; '.} ::? ':.' ??icr.s into the e<r^-a-f?r?7 cla?s end Puts life and vir^or into tne whole relish to the feed, j it many times over. Come in end If it fails, vre will give you your packages ct r""\, a J ?1.10. cnm & M^rRACKEN UV/11 V*. " V ? [. C. Bedenbaugh. f ? . E. Chandler. Xp . L. Ringer. ,fpf| . Ridgell Bowers. 'yMj . P. Boozer. ^ . H. Abrams. Jj| A. Rikard. Si Taz Senn. . Hayne Hawkini. S D. Nance. W. Clary. . K. Baker, Jr. . B. Dawkins. "MllpllU . iF. Melton.