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f | "HOLD COTTON,* SAYS SENATOR MTAUR1N V If Farmers Will Hold Their Cotton They Can Make Their Own Price After January. Columbia. Nov. 16.?"I believe that there is more cotton in the hands of the farmers in South Carolina than in any other state,'' said State Warehouse Commissioner John L. McLaurin this morning, in the course of a statement which he gave The Charleston American in response to a request for an expressian upon the cotton situation in South Carolina at this time, in fview of the fact that cotton has reached the highest point since the War Between the States. "If they will just simply continue to hold this cotton thev can make their own pric rfter January, when all of the distress cotton has either passed into strong hand* or entered into consumption," he said. The state "warehouse commissioner refused to predict what cotton will do. but said he believes cotton is intrinsically worth 25 cents a pound, and that he is holding his own crop. His statement follows: fotton Hlsrhest E?er. Cotton reached tlie highest level yesterday that it has gone to since the days immediately succeeding the close of thg* War Between the States. It would be too long a story to trace the -causes that liave produced this result. There is one thing that I have observed about cotton?that when som observed about cotton?that when some unfavorable event happens, cotton goes much lower than it should : from natural causes, and that the reTerse is true when something favorable occurs. The pendulum swings wider on cotton than any other product, because of its international character, it being used to such a large extent as a substitute for gold in settling trade balances. In 1914 cotton went down in the interior towns as* low as 5 cents a pound, and in fact ??* AiS/tAll.. ?/% morLrof of IX16re was prctvutdli^ uv uiai nvt ub all for cotton. This was due to a condition of panic, and there was really no reason for it. I have jome of the cotton on hand yet that I offered on the streets of Bennettsville and on which at that time I could not get a bid of more than 6 1-2 cents. The difficulties of transportation are much greater now than they w*ere then; the r cotton will not spin any more goods now than it would then, and the danger of the United States being drawn into the war is much greater now than it was then. The chief reasons why cotton has advacea 60 mucn m pi c are: "First. The demand exceeds the supply. "Second.-The ease with which cotton can now be financed, on account of its character as a collateral having been established by the State warek house system through the federal re? serve banks. "Third. The inflation iu our currency which is always the result of a war. "More than one-third of the available gold supply of the world is in the United Statee, and this fact alone wauld be sufficient 'o account for a large rise in the price of everything that is for sale. For instate, indigo is ten times as much as It was at the beginning of the war; log-wood, coming in from Haiti aid Jamaica is worth three times as much; the Chinese and Japanese silk growers arcgetting thre? times what they were before the war, and so on through a long range of products. "But in addition to this, the federal reserve bank bns furnished a constantly expanding vtfrme of domestic A?rron/>v and t'?e 1 i,",e 'oans made lit VUi ? by American financiers to frveig^ governments, by the extension of credits for thp purchase of supplies here, has boomed the price of cotton and everything else. Cotton is really not as high at twenty cents a pound as a great many other products.'' "How high do you think cotton is going?" Senator McLaurin ^as asked. After thinking a moment, Mr. McLaurin replied: Will Not Affect Price. "Well, a man who would undertake to predict how high cotton or anything else will go during this war period would be \ery foolish. Thenis one thing that can be said about cotton?that it is the only article that the return of peace in Europe and on the seas will not reduce in price, because of the fact that the continent of Europe is bare of both, the raw and manufactured article, and there is probably nothing that the need 60 bad" "Afinn Tf the war was end J) IIUW (IS CUllvu. v ed tomorrow, then the proposition would be something likr> this: If the present crop is 11,500,00 bales, and the demand for cotton is 15,000,000 bales, then the price of the goods would have to go so high that it would check the consumption of raw cotton and reduce the demand from 15 to 11 million bales. I can put it another ya: This osthae z ,flffi another way: This is the first time in the history of the cotton crop that the holders of spot cotton were absolutely in control of the situation. New York about thTee weeksxzfiflffffi I was in New York about three weeks ago. and I found out there that a very determined attempt was on foot to break the price of cotton. They did break it about two and one-half cents a pound, but this had practic ' Iv no effpct on spots. If the South, had followed the advice t t South Carolina cotton confei which was called by Messrs. Willie and Dabbs, of the Farmers' Union, the farmers would have eot tho benefit of these high prices. As it is. my irformation is that the budk of the cotton has passed out of the hands of the farmers, and is being held by ntfaafeftren? I b?Kttr-tl&t' there" is' more cotton in the hands of the farmmrs in South Carolina than in anv other State. If they will just simply ? ; continue to hold this cotton, they can make their own price after January, when all of the distress cotton has either passed into strong hands or entered into consumption. I "It has been the dream of my life to see the cotton planters thoroughly organized, we nave a. muuupuij iw a product that should make our country the richest section of the world, but I fear that much of this crop was bought by the representatives of the British government a: twelve cents a pound. Much of it has been bought 1 X ^ AM/1 O C t Vl tnrouga tne extuicuiscs, anu <.uv time approaches for filling these contracts they liave to bid the price up in order to get it out of the hands of ; tiie holders of spot cotton. These people who were caught short are the i same set who took our cotton away from us in 1914 at six cents a pound : up, and, so far a3 I am concerned, I ?am thoroughly enjoying getting some , of this money back. i "Of course we have got to sell at ' some price. I said at our conference A ?? -- ~ fiff nOTi here, vnen cction was ttruuuu un.rt<u i fonts a pound, that it was intrinsij cally worth twenty-five cents a pound, j I do no-, make the prediction that it j is going there, but I intend to ke^p mine until it either gets to tha: price or much lower. I think it is due to go to twenty-five cents a pound on i its merits. If the people who have got I the spot cotton wish to squeeze those j who haven't they can put it to thirty 1 cents a pound as easy as to twenty' five. Really, however, this is net an ' ideal condition. Looking at it in a i broad sense, it is just as injurious in rt _ i the long run ior any Ui<tJiuai u t" v\i j uct to go too high as to go too low. ! What we want to do with cotton it to ' make plenty of it to meet the n?eds of j the world, so that the poor and nejdy can have clothing, as well as the rich, and then get a staple price for it. j '^Planting cotton now is a regular gamble. I would rather see us make j a fifteen-million-bale crop, and get fifteen cents a pound for it, than a ten-million bale crop, and not get but ten cents." COR>: AM) WHEAT WILL UTTT utott ALL THE YEAR ill Xi JL I Chicago Trade Letter. As to grains: According to present estimates this country has only about , 60,000.000 bushels more of wheat to ; spare for this crop year and at the i rate they are going, this will be all ex, hausted very early in the new year? j if not before. Corn also will rule high all the year j and we don't think it is very far from ! the spot to start buying right now. ' " 1-1? ?-~ ~ n At 5! rl - I ^ WiieSt 111 LLiti UieiiJiLmit* uv&o uut w?v. vance, we might possibly get a break in the corn of from 3 to 5 cents be tween now and Christmas?but we j hardly expect it. THE THREE GODFATHERS From Peter B. Kyne's great story, "The Three Godfathers/' that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and wa3 pronounced, by the editor, to be the best story the Post ever printed, Bluebird Photoplays have made a splendid feature and on Tuesday, November 21 at the Arcade theatre the result will ; be shown. E. J. Le Saint directed the i production, using a scenario by Harv? - j ey udics. Three bank robbers escaping from a pursuing sheriff's posse, find a woman ill unto death of childbirth. She is in an abandoned "prairie schooner" left alone by her husband who has wandered afar in search of the team of horses, and has perished in a blinding sandstorm. The hardy bandits each pledge themselves to the mother, before she that thev will rear her baby boy aivu, ?- y in the paths of rectitde. Fifty miles from the nearest habitation, the sand storm still raging, and with, only the appliances at hand to ue expected in an outfit arranged for overland travel, the three bandits "Face a problem that would stagger almost anybody. How they keep the breath of life in the new-born baby's body constitutes the most effective picture story of recent development. i Thpre is sreat human interest in the * " W" O" touching scenes. As the etorv advances two of the triplet of godfathers are seen to sacrifice their lives in the ultimately successful effort to transport the babe to a place where it can be properly nurtured and cared for. It is the unusual devotion of these rugged men to a helpless babe that brings out the touch of human interest that will j make "The Three Godfathers" have I strong appeal with every type and ! class of film fan. The Road to Laugrhtertown. ! Would ye learn the road to Laughtertown, ye who have lost the way? Would ye have young hearts though your hair be gray? Go learn from a little child each day, ' ' * ~ nlov his Go serve nis wan lb diiu pxuj j play. 1 And catch the tilt of his laughter gay And follow his dancing feet as they j stray, ] For he knows the way to Laughtertown. | Oh. ye, who have lost the way! ?Katherine Blake. Generous Offer. Time and again I've given you a mv motorcar. \ I11C lit m; ?? j So you have. i I iNow that I am hard up and can't meet this month's payment on it, you "efuse to lend me any money. Well, I'll tell you what I'll do to ielp you out. You estimate the num er of times you have taken me to town in your car and I'll Day you ten cents for each ride, which is twice the fare charged by a jitney bus.?Puck. ! General von Hindenburg means well in saying that Germany can noia tne western front for thirty years, but it must b&' admitted * that hfe sounds much more like a patriot than a man of practice.?St Petersburg Independent Teaching and Marrying. 1 The Philadelphia Public Ledger i says: "Mere man is prone to take it for ' granted, in his philosophy of marriage, that to be single is to be infelicitous.1 knp .. /~v finilht tVlHf 1 flp WOIXiam > uiuan uao []\j uuuut v?- ? ? if she met the right man there is no , better task than to make his home for him. But if fate has not brought1 her the other peyon, her life is still! to live, and hers may be Thp love she longs to give to one | ' Made great enough to hold the world.! i "Dr. Arthur Holmes of State College tells our Pennsylvania teachers that' 3S5.000 unmarried women of their, , profession in the 'United tates are ! J mainly cheerful and contented, and; : that the percentage of those who are j happy is at least as high as it is in i the case of those who are set in famI Hies. To stand in loco parentis to a ! : schoolroom is not to realize complete-! | ly the maternal instinct and its satis- j j faction; but tie teaching career, if it! I has its frequent discouragement and : rivorrnwprin? weariness has ! A tJJ Vlf&u v/ ? ? 0 likewise its own peculiar compensa-1 tions and all the little scholars are , not indifferent or ungrateful. If they I I do not in the active hour rise up to ! j bless the instructor a d the instruc-1 j tion there comes repeatedly in after \ years a strong sense of gratitude to 1 those who in childhood wrought with i ; exemplary patii nee for their good." | We have always held that, even though a girl or woman knew positively that she would marry, a few years teaching is a good training for her. The Ledger's apt comparison of the woman's place in the home and in the ' 11 VJTT-?n tO j school room IS well Uia?u, i those who have taught and who now hope to take up the work, it holds out a broad ray of light, because it proves that no woman should feel that she ha^ mi3sed her calling in entering the educational field. To tsose who have taught and who now , have homes and children of their own, rit must show that the time spent in j the school room with scores of children was wisely and judiciously used. Next to real home-making school' ' TM-Q-ominpntlv at the j tGSCnins Siamra j" ? i head of the womanly professions? j Abbeville Medium. ?? j ^ Frvan's Bij? Part. ; Raleigh News and Observer. In the campaign which has return| ed to the presidency Woodrow Wilson j there is no one man who has done a j bigger part than has been done by j William Jennings Bryan. So splendid has been his course that those papers ?some of them democratic?which since his resignation from the cabinet ."have taken occasion to impugn his democracy and to insist that he had ' out a knife for Woodrow Wilson, I should make the amende honorable j and give the great XebrasKan me praise that is due. j During the campaign, and at his I own expense, Mr. Bryan canvassed j the western states thoroughly, using I a special train at times so as to reach I many places in a day. He did not | spare himself, but went at the work j with a will and a determination that j he would make his efforts count in ; behalf of Woodrow Wilson. And they did count. The country knows that it was the f'A^st that saved the day for democj racy, and it must recognize that pow, erful influences were at work to sej cure the reversal of the votes of i any of the states of the West which , have been going republican. Among I these influences there must be counted i William J. Bryan, and the democracy j may well consider itself fortunate in i j havfifg him at work for it. Thpodorti j Roosevelt was in the West for1 i Hughes; William J. Bryan was in the i West for-Wi'ison. Note the difference! j in the results. i | 'What Mr. Bryan has done in the J ; campaign just closed has been only j the expected to those who knew the I man. He is big hearted, strong, de1 termined democrat, who stands by I the principles of the party and by the men who ?o all possible to put its j principles into effect. He has served . damAPrapv a"blv and well. He has put his heart into the cause. At St. Louis his speech thrilled the delegates and the other thousands at the demo! cratic national convention. His services in the West in behalf of the , democratic nominee for president I matched that speech. | m j In Bryan*s Country. Charleston Post. The New York World says it should nvnrionkpd that the sweep to ( UUl UC ! Wilson occurred principally in those States where Bryan had campaigned and the Democratic party -will hardly , be permitted to miss the point, for Mr. Bryan still has a voice in the old hall. . and some hundreds of thousands of ' 1 followers yet. What was "the enemy's country" to the Xebraskan when ht> snatched the banner of Democracy sixteen years ago and fanned it out with blasts of oratory, is the enemy's country still, but there is a land of refuge and reward as well, such as there wztb j not then. The West had come straight,1 i .-x fv.r, wost that Mr. Bryan ! I ana it w ?aj> m mc Tl v?. has been preaching and teaching and j (holding his legions together all the; time. Has he been completely "kock-l 1 ed into a cocked hat," yet, in the face' of the returns from the trans-Missis-! j sippi region? Col. Roosevlet has set j up claims to the West as peculiarly j his own, but his trail is marked by i Democratic triumphs, and they seorn j to have forgotten him on the ranges, j Wp thinks otherwise, though, and is j believed to be getting ready to prove \ {that he can do for himself what, pat- j I ently, he could not do for Hughes?i even if lie would. What if the two J Colonels should try to "come back," each, the champion of his r?rtv in a ' desperate struggle~f6f the "Winning of the West," after Mr. Wilson had finished his work, packed up his tent and wended from the White House? Such tobacco enjoyment as you never thought could be is yours to command quick as you buy some Prince A -fn l Q -TLlUOl L Cilivj. iu ?-* pipe or a home-made cigarette! Prince Albert gives you every tobacco satisfaction your smokeappetite ever hankered I for. That's because it's made by a patented process that cuts out i bite and parch! Prina been sold without cou] We prefer to give quali has a flavor as different a: And that isn't strange, eith< Men Rtfv Prince Albert every- rpffp where tobacco is sold in AII-iptoppy red bags, 5c; tidy red xilDe. tins, 10c; handsome pound Qllt ( and half-pound tin humi- . dors?and?that corking fine COlTll pound crystal-glass humi- PlilK 'or with sponge- moistener top that keeps the tobacco p | im such clever trim?alwaysI ^ *' . Boll Weevil Meeting in Laurens. j The following from The Laurens; ; Advertiser will be of interest: The Boll Weevil meeting, which is i ; to be held in the court house next j Wednesday is attracting a great deal i ' ^ $ ftffAwlrnn AVf.n Anfoi.flfl f\9 T .tM 11 TOT) Q i | vjj. aucuiiui: c? rn v/utoxuv vi. uuua v**w j county and the indications are that: a large number of people will be here \ in attendance. Gov. Manning, Mr. j W. W. Long and Mr. McLain have' all accepted invitations to be present and will make addresses. NOTICE OF ELECTION FOB THREE SCHOOL TRUSTEES AND ONE j MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION; OF PUBLIC WORJvS FOR THE ; TOWN OF DEWBERRY, SOUTH , CAROLINA. Notice is nereby given that the regI ular election for three school trus] tees, to serve two y; ars, and one comI nf TMlVllin WAftfl 11\ rl'O llliaaiWlAfl V/JL p U Ui TTWiHO, uw WW* ? V j six years, will be held at the Council Chamber, in the opera house, in the town of Newberry, South Carolina, on the second Tuesday in December, 1916, being the 12th day of said month, the polls to be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon and to , close at six o'clock in the afternoon. H. L. Speers, E. P. Bradley and H. 0. ! Fellers are appointed managers of the said election. By order of the Town Council of Newberry, S. C., on this the 8th day of November, 1916. Z. F. WRIGHT, Af foot* Mavnr J. W. CHAPMAN, Clerk and Treasurer. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, The Dank of Prosperity, Plaintiff. vs. A. B. W5se, The Prosperity Stock Company, and A. B. Wise and A. O. Wise, partners under the firm name of A. B. Wise & Company. Defendants. Bv virtup nf an Order of the Court! ' herein I will sell before the Court j' House door at Newberry, South Caro-j lina, at public auction, to the higliest? bidder, within the legal hours of sale.! on Monday, salesday, in December, 1916, the same being the fourth <4th) day of said month, the following de-j scribed property to-wit: All that piece, parcel, or tract of i land lying, being and situated In the; county and State aforesaid, No. 9< Township, containing One Hundred and ! Sixty-five (165) acres, more or less, j and bounded by lands of F. Fed Stock-i man and the Estate of Jacob Mills.: S. C. Stockman and P. B. Warner, j ; This place being known as the Tay-! lor place and being the same tract i of land bought this day of the Prosperity Stock company. Terms of Sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash and the balance in two equal annual installments, tne credit portion to De i secured "by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold, which bond and mortgage shall provide for interest from the date of eale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually, and for ten-perj cent* attorney "fc-fee?'in caw I of collection or suit by an attorney, i The successful bidder at such sale -1 will be required to deposit with the 1 Master at once One Hundred and no 3 i you will i 3 Albert has always loS^SS . hai made pons or premiums. ??k? pi ty! ill ALBt the national joy smoke s it is delightful. You never \ IT. who think they can't smoke can smoke and will smoi rt. And smokers who have not :ertainly have a big surprise a ng their way as soon as th< :e Albert tobacco will tell its ov . REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO |100 ($100.00) Dollars, or a certifieu check for said amount, as an evidence of his good faith, and in case he fails to deposit said amount, the Master will resell said premises at once. Tne successful bidder will be allowed ten days in which to comply with the terms of sale, and in case he fails to comply with same in said time, the Master will resell said premises on some subsequent sales-day after due and legal advertisement at the risic 1 / T-iJJ 4.U . Oi tne lormer uiuuer, uie puituaaci w pay for papers and recording of same. H. H. Rikard, Master.1 Nov. 13, 1916. ! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF LAURENS, PROBATE COURT. C. B. Johnson and J. C. Johnson, individually and as auministrators ol the estate of Thomas L. Johnson, deceased. Plaintiffs. Against. Mattie A. Johnson et a!,. Defendant. ; i Pursuant to a decree in this action, I will sell at public outcry at Newberry Court House, S. C., during the legal hours of sale, on salesday in December, 1916, being the 4th day of the month: " j All that tract of land lying and situate in Newberry county, S. C., kiiown as the Nathan Johnson place, contain-' ing two hundred and seventy (270) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Malcolm Johnson, C. W. Buford, Mil- i ler and Buford and lands of J. W. Smith. I Terms of sale: One half cash, the balance one year from date of sale.! credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, the bond to provide for eight per cent interest per annum and for ( ten per cent attorneys fees in the1 event of collection by suit or actor-, ney, with leave to purchaseer to pay the whole bid in cash. Should the purchaser fail to comply with the terms of sale, the land to be sold on the same or some subsequent sales day on the same terms at tne hsk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers. *0. G. THOMPSON, J. P., L. C. November 10. 191?5. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 1 J. B. Hunter as Treasurer of Newber- j ry College and the Semi-Centennial i J ^ 4- T7n t-i rl Ejiiuu v? uicui r ujiu, Plaintiff, j vs. J. M. Ward, The Exchange, Bank of Newberry, S. C., Johnson McCrackin Company, J. M. McCothran and Ade- j line Silvev and W. 'At. Spear ah exe-l cutors of the Last Will and Testa- j ment of John Silvey, deceased, and; W. A. Spear, A. C. McHann, R. K. Rambo and W. T. McCullough, part- - ? - ? xi ners doing ousmess unaer tue ui m; ; name and style of John Silvey & Company, and the Newberry Real ] Estate Company, } Defendants. \ By virtue of an Order of the Court, < i-ePfcih-I *wHT s?n: t6"t5e 'highest "bidder \ it public auction before the Court ] House door at Newberry, South Caro- i ma, -wltliiri the legal hous of sale on Monday, salesday In December, 1916, j \ 1 three men ^1 ' 'I i pes where I feflSft|}:ju ji HK d before! I X^SURMNftPiPE'AND : *$ i wm DT I Ill m i S3? tasted the like of it! IB\ Btj Ir'tf * 2hb ; a pipe or roll a ciga- ?; ke if they use Prince yet given P. A. a tryjid a lot of enjoyment ly invest in a supply. m story! Winston-Salem, N. C. . the same being the fourth (4th) day of said month, the following described property to-wit: All that piece, parcel or lot of land lying, being and situated in the town of Newberry, county and State aforesaid, containing *"'xth-tenths K>jlO) of an acre, more or less, and bounded a,. by lot of, or formerly of, G. G. Sale, . lot of G. M. B. Epting, Summer street ? and Johnson street. This being the same lot of land this dav conveyed tov me by the said The New-berry Real Estate Company. ^ Terms of Sale: One-half of the purchase money to be paid in cash and thebalance in twelve months from date of sale, the credit portion to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, which bond and mortgage shall provide for interest from the da? of sale and until paid in full, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, interest payableannually, and sball provide for tert per cent attorney's fees in case ol collection or suit by an attorney; and. the said martgage shall provide for insurance of the buildings on sail premises for their insuranceable value and an assignment of the policy to the Master as collateral, with leaveto the purchaser to anticipate thecredit portion in whole or any part,. ? uie purcnaser to yay iur ya-yers auu. recording of same. H. H. RIKARD, Master NOT 13, 1916. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Mary Alice Dominick, in her own Right and as Administratrix of the Per- sonal Estate of J. H. Dominick, deceased, Willie Lake Dominick, Vic- toria Elizabeth Dominick. Furman T. Dominick and Jacob Raymond DominicL Plaintiffs. Against James P. Ceok, Ezra A. Counts, Sidney Eugene Cook, Ruby Cook, An~ nie Cook, Paul Cook and Alic* Louise Counts, Defendants. By virtue of an order of the court herein I wfll sell before the court house at Newberry, S. C., on salesday in December, 1916, the same being the 4th day of said month, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, a'l that piece or paicel of land, lying an<j being situate in the county and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and ten acres, more or less. The sam,^ being located near the town of Prosperity, and being bounded, now or formerly, by Dick Wheeler, (Anderson Xates, T. M. Cook, J. D. Kibler, J. C. Counts and the public road leading from Prosperity to Columbia, the same being known as the "Home Place' of the said J. H. Dominick. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in casii, the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, at the rate of eight per cent per annum; to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises; said mortgage to provide ior ten per cent, auuiuc; ? fees in case of foreclosure or collection by suit. Purchaser to paj^ne hundred dollars i nmediately^^fljB^^^^M acceptance of his bid, anc^jf :o do so, land to be r?^ y at bis risk, wit ^li&ser to anticin* fie cr J