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WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER WHITES TO PRESIDENT r i Columbia Record, 6th. Senator John L. McLaurin, State commissioner of cotton storage warehouses, upon seeing the statement that the federal reserve board would assist in financing the cotton crop, gave tue Record an interview suggesting further that the United States ffnvpmment. in Dursuance of the i>roD aganda for preparedness, take a million bales of cotton, properly prorated among the producing States. Following the interview, Mr. McLaurin has directed the following l$t ter on the same subject to President Wilson: n hils letter to the president, Mr. McLaurin says: "As you perhaps know, Soutfj: Carolina -has been operating a State warehouse system since last October. Very valuable aid has been rendered me in financing the warehouse receipts by Mr. Harding of the federal reserve board. I note with great satisfaction an Associated Press dispatcn giving instructions to the banks how to proceed wifci regard to the certificates. " I have been in such close contact with the cotton situation for the past year that I am going to venture a sugc-oaHnn "The borrowing power of our cotton is in proportion to the market price, and if much cotton is offered for sale in the open market, under present conditions, the price is bound to be so low C:at we will .not be able to borrow enough to meet the debts incurred in making the cotton. It seems to me that there are two very practical meth ods which might be employed to give the price of cotton a boost about the time fc- at the crop is coming on the market. This would fix the borrowing basis, and enable us to tide over the war situation. "First. I take it, from the statements that I have seen from Secretary Danieis and others, that this govern merit will soon begin to place herself rocn a proper military footing, and to do this will need large quantities of low grade cotton for ti:e manufacture of explosives. This low grade cotton is the heaviest b-urden that there is upon the market, and, as a business proposition, its purchase at present prices would be a good investment, and relieve the pressure on the better grades. "Second. It must be realized that there is great dissatisfaction and a S9-UI y UlVlSiVil VI ocuiim^ub iu v?v United States over the action of England in shutting off the European markets from 'American cotton, and as a matter of diplomacy it would go far in changing the trend of sentiment that is setting very strongly against her, especially in tne soutn. "As a matter of finance, if, with the purchases by the United States, England could corner the available supply of raw material for gun cotton and other explosives, siie would not only provide for the future of' the allies, -but hold trenmenuous aavauuist? uvci her enemies. "If a reasonable price could be fixed, ?ay 10 cents, to the present holders ot cotton, England and tJie 'United would hold a monopoly in low grade raw cotton wLich they could manufac ture for war purposes or ror ruiure commerce at a profit. "I can not see how eitJ: er this country or England could lose anything in making up a large part of the visible supply of cotton at present price-. Both countries would be purchasing auTmiiPA fnr war DurDOses. and would not be open to the charge of valorizing a commodity for political or other ends. I am of the opinion ti":at two million bales of cotton taken up in this way would relieve the situation. "I am writing this letter for purely weeks that too much agitation of ''Mspersonal use, as I have felt for some X * * ** r. ? ?>* ) n H I ~QU6Si.lOIl 111 IUC yi coo n ao uu ti 10^ auu tended to increase difficulties instead of relieving them. "I have watched your efforts to iLaintain the neutrality of this coun? ? A vr*.ri tVio on Imn PCC and '.ry, auu aumii tu LUV wisdom with which you have acted. In my liable sphere I have been doing what I could to sustain you, and I am hoping that some way can be found to ameliorate conditions which seem almost inevitable in the South without some artificial aid to sustain tbe cotton market. After the break in prices sure to come with tfte October movement it will be too late. "With assurances of my highest re spcct and confidence," etc. We Will Pay Cash For Eggs, dozen - 15c Hens, pound - 10c Friers, pound - 12c Miller Brothers Prosperity, S. C. | THINK OF ABOLISHING (01 MY-TO-t Or Mil CANVAS i ir...... rt .1 . ,i.. Annn?n .uauj i uiiuciaus ^irmuuusi; vrppwsc Plan to Do Away With Old Campaign. News and Courier. Columbia, Aug. 7.?That the countyi to-county canvass, which has been | | conducted every two years just pre- j i ir> or tv,A nomA^ratip nrima rv in thic l/VluWAWWiv f J w?( State should be abolished is receiving j attention in several quarters outside of political circles. It: ere is a feel-ing, to judge from many expressions, J that tiie biennial "circus," as it has been dubbed, has outgrown its useful-1 ness and that its continuation only serves to keep alive factional feeling. iA. great many politicians strenuously oppose any suggestion looking to the elimination of the county to county tour and declare that .it is the only way the "poor man" has of read-ing the people with his views. Some of these admit privately that the requirements for entering the canvass ought to be more stringent and a few of them !':ave suggested that it would be a good thing to require that a candidate must file a petition signed by a certain number of voters, say 5 per cent., before he could enter the canvass. This, they claim, would do away with the running of candidates wno have no earti-ly chance of election and whose 'vote each year is so negligible as not to amount to anything. But they insist that it would never do to abolish the "circus ring" because they assert it would sound the end of any but rich candidates. Many Disadvantages. Ti:is is not agreed in by all the politicians and by a great many people. Those opposed to this canvass emphasize the incentive to personal abuse and the opportunity it affords for the campaign to degenerate into villifica tion and tne impossiDUity or roe dismission of issues. Not only this, they say, but the crowding of the lists affords so little time to the individual candidate that about all they can do is to state their name and the office for which they are running and then give away to the next, and so on all day until tt: e patience of the voter is ex- j hausted and lie goes away no wiser as to platforms than when he came. Even if the villification incentive and opportunity were absent?which probably a majority of the people will say is not?the fact that tf:e individual candidate does not have enough time to discuss issues, makes it, in the opinion of many, absurd to r.ave the can vass. In the last State campaign party there were about 27 candidates for the various State offices, and even allowing tl em ten minutes?and many of them had l#ss than half tha* time? meant an ail-day's speaking, wearying alike to voters'and candidates. The strenuosity of the canvasa HmihfL-ckPnc :manv mPn frnm r-nTl ning for office, for many object to being dragged aro.und from county to county like actors in a show, placed on exhibition and then hurried off to Ute next county seal and this for 44 days. The canvass comes right in the middle of the hottest of the sum mer and the strenuous life and physical discomforts has broken down men in some instances and very few go through tLe campaign without some ailment. Only State in Union. South Carolina is the only State in the Union which has a pre-election canvass under a party regulation. Other States let each candidate run liis own campaign and tl':ere are many in South Carolina wl':o want to see this State do away with the staging every two years of a ring of the aspirants for office and sending them rnt to play one-day engagements at u'opv pftuntv cpjit in thA State, 'It is believed by many who have nade a close study of tJ-is matter and vho have no^political ambitions that t would materially lessen the cost of i campaign to do away with the canvass. The candidates have to spend noney for railroad fare and board and ".his makes a considerable item, which advocates of tfi-e movement to abolish :he canvass point out would enable ooor men. to run for office where they are now barred by this terrific expense of making the canvass. They ' relieve also that it would do away with factionalism and personal abuse and would mean that the candidates would discuss issues and not one an atnor so mucn. It has been stated that less than onefourth of the voters attend the campaign meetings anyway and that by eliminating the canvass there would be opportunity for more quiet, sober judgment on the part of tlhe voters and less chance that they would be incited to factionalism and bitterness. A zreat many believe that it would be a; constructive and forward step to abol:sh the canvass. .When the other fellow is wrong you howl, and when you ars wrong you shut up like a clam. j The City of Warsaw. Po'and was formerly a kingdom. The first partition between Russia, Austria and Prussia occurred in 1772; final partition in 1759. Russian Polano was a kinedom under r p Russian em pire 1815. There were revolutions against Russia 1820, 1S46, 1863. The kingdom ceased to exist in 1S46. Area 49,000 square miles. Agriculture and crttle breeding chief pursuits. Of the land, 55 per cent is arable. Extensile forests, great mineral wealth. Warsaw is 137 miles east of Berlin and 695 southwest of Petrograd. Population has grown from 161,000 in 1860 + ~ AAA i'n 1C70- AAA 13S7 L\J I U,UUU ILL J. V I ? , "IUUtVVV 111 XUVl , 756,000 in 1901, and 872,478 in 1910. Of these, one-third are Jews and 25,000 are Germans. Warsaw has six great trunk lines of railway and one of t'.o chief commercial cities of Europe. It is a great f rv r? a r? rl V? a c? frxr/v Qnnnol nidi, rvci/ v/ciilci aiiu ulc^o t?i v uuuum* fairs?wool and hops?that have a great reputation. In addition to its great railway connections, the west bank of the Vistula, which, with its tributaries taps a great section of the east. Riga is secjr.1 to Pe.roi.rad ai a port on the Baltic. Population 380,000. Tie port freezes 127 days out of the yeir, but thi.*. is .i most in portant point strategically. Warsaw ic ahr>nt as laree as Phila delphia and nearly as large as Baltimore and New Orleans combined, and there are only three cities in the United States larger than the Polish capital, whiciii is a seat of learning, art, music, science and manufactures as well as of agriculture. NEWBERRY COLLEGE FACULTY Rev. Albert Keiser to Take Place of Dr. A. J. Bowers?W. W. Slaaw, Physical Director. -News and Courier. 'Newberry, Aug. 6.?There will be some changes in the Newberry college far?nitv nPYf- session, because of two of the professors having leave of absence for the year. The Rev. Albert Keiser will take the place of Dr. A. J. Bowers for one year. He is a graduate of Wartburg college and a master of arts of the University of Montana. He is an accomplished scholar . and has specialized in Latin and Greek for many years. Mr. Keiser comes to the college highly recommended by several of the most prominent Lutheran clergymen in the country, and has made a remarkable record as a student in all of the institutions he l':as attended. He comes to the college with prospect of attaining fine success, as it has always been the ambition of his life to be a teacher in a denominational college. Mr. Keiser is a young man of splendid physical endowment, unmarried, and the friends of the college are confident that he will make a fine addition to the teaching staff of the institution. The position of physical director will be filled by Coach W. W. Shaw, wl.o has had wide experience in- the management of gymnasiums and the coaching of various athletic teams. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he played on the several varsity teams and became a leader among the students. Mr. Shaw is not only well posted on athletic matters but is a man of versatile ability in any direction. In connection with Itis duties as coach and director he will teach the sub-freshmen cottrses in English and history. Mr. Shaw is already in touch with the various candidates for tJLe football team of the fniiAjrp with his well-known sue cess in the past he will no doubt prove a successful leader in the athletic department of the college. F. D. MacLean will assist Mr. Shaw in rounding the teams into shape. Following their usual custom, t)':ose in authority at the college are "saw ing wood" as to the kind of team they j will have next fall, leaving that to i time to tell; but as is well known throughout the State they will without doubt let their presence be known be ? ~ i- ^ V? a I "YT -O >~1 -T r i-vf lore me season is umsucu. uwuj vi last year's varsity will return this1 fall, among them Renken, the Charle- J ton boy, Baker, Wessinger and Crot- j well. T':ere are also quite a few new men who by all previous accounts will make good. The schedule is nearing completion, and the stage is all set for a good season; and a good year is being looked forward to in all directions. Ml lAs incontrovertible evidence of the strict neutrality of this paper, we'll take your dollar ana never asK u yt>u be English, German, iFrench, Austrian, Russian, Italian, Belgian, Jap, Turk or the devil. i Some men are dominant forces in any crowd. But then some men make opportunity, while others wait for opNo. 666 This it a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then at a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomeland does not gripe or sicken. 25c I The following pr FnrA F I Ford T Ford T There can be no i prices at any time reduction in these "TV / . I front On August 1, 191 that if they could tween August 1, its with the retail each car. They h; o-nrJ r\i?A I D^Cwiiicu, aim jyiv as rapidly as poss who have not yet i ly endorsed, shoul Their plan to pro during 1914-1915 lieve in it, but, re makes it advisable sharing until a lat j dumi J ATI Pn<rf RpHi I Comp< ' 32x30 4 x33 - 4 x34 Fisk quality tires than they are gi1 is die. only real bought at the L Fisk'i McHA Lower Main St. j " ! SOTICE. 1 A meeting of the stockholders of The Farmers' Bank, Silverstreet, S. C., will be held in tlie bank building at Silverstreet, S. C., on Tuesday, the 31st day of August, 1915, at 4 o'clock p. m., at which meeting the matter of liquidating, winding up the affairs and dissolving the said bank, a corporation under the law of the State of South I Carolina, will be cosidered and voted on. Stockholders may attend in person or by proxy. This meeting is ordered by the terms of a resolution of the board of directors of said bank. H. 0. Long, President of The Farmers' Bank, Silverstreet, S. C. . Whenever You Need a General Tom? Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE at-_1 TRON. It acts on the Liver. Drives o'ut Malaria, Enriches the Blood and "Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly j The Old Standard general strengthei ing tonic. [ GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out ! Malaria-eTiricheU^ieblood.andbuilds jpthesysi t?tn. A true ton.c. For adults aad ch.ldrea. 50c ??g?i MlllliW?WMM NNOUNCEMEI* ices f. o. b. Detroit, effective Runabout 5 ouring Car nwn Car V F? WAA Q assurance given against an , We guarantee, however, th; prices prior to August 1, 1911 -Sharing With Retail 1 4, The Ford Motor Co. made 1 make and sell at retail 300,0' 1914 and August 1,1915, they purchasers, to the extent of i ave sold over 300,000 Ford fit-sharing checks of $50 each ible after August 15, 1915. mailed them their profit-sharin I J J lu uusu witnuub ueioy. fit-share with retail purchas has been most successful. Th alizing the uncertainty of coi 3 to defer anv announcement ft/ ;er date. mers uc * \ Dealers, Newberry, S. C. \ NON-SKH inwPRii ced?Quality N are With Plain Tread Casing Of Other Standard Makes 12.20 41x34 20.00 4!x36 20.35 5 x37 : never gave more univ ring today. THE FL non-skid which can 3w Prices. Hrtv>? Pnr Pn . II W ? V# RDY MOWER Newberry Q?immoi<!an/] iPn1?Affa I^Ui^UXiWl iUliU vviiwgv For the higher "duration of young women Healthful location Every modern convenience A competent, working faculty For catalogue or other information write to P. E. Monroe, Leesville, S. C. >OTICE TO TRUSTEES. It is utterly impossible for the County Auditor to know the location and amount of real and personal property in districts having a special tax, unless he has tfce assistance- of the trustees of the special districts. I therefore request and urge that all trustees of special school districts meet in the Auditor's office at differ ent times between now and tlie 15th. of 'August, 1915, and check over tihe returns and place the amount ^f real and personal property due to be taxed in their respective districts. Eugene S. Werts, 7-27,td County Auditor. , 4 \ \ \ 1 f I JT I ; August 2, 1915: 1 J 1390.00 I 1 440.00 640 00 I advance in tnese at there will be no I buyers I + ;he announcement 00 Ford cars be would share prof:rom $40 to $60 on cars in the time will be distributed Retail purchasers I j g coupons, proper- I ' lers of Ford cars ey thoroughly beiditions generally _ J! ?..1 Hi. oi imure promirage | K I WITH 1 m. FISK SERVICE 2 ? rpc laintained Prices - 27.30 - 28.70 4 33.90 ersa! satisfaction 3K NON-SKID be I & .1 Keg.U.S. Pat. Off. Sf% Time to R?~tkr? ? C. (B?yFUk) Barbecues I I Barbecue at Pomaria August 13. The three churches of the Broad River circuit will give a barbecue at Pomaria on August 13 for the benefit H'-o. Yfothn^icf narsfvnaffP SnAACheS V/X U ? \s ?UVfcUVV?*WV suitable for the occasion will be made. Dinner 35 cents and 40 cents. J. L. Graham, * M. H. Kinard, A Managers. ? a We will give a first class Barbec? at the Newberry Fill, near B. M. sfl ber's, August 14. Come one and M and spend a pleasant day. Dinner 35 and 45 cents. B. M. Suber. 7-9-td 0. A. Felker. 1 Only One "BROMO QUININE9* ?%?. wntilnf. call for fall name, LAXA* TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature o* E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops :ou?h and headache, and works ofi cold- 25c,