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R - Our form die '20 Thi styles il Cost.I 1TI S.UMTI de Mann times. joUIS APPELT. Edio. MNNING. St. O- NOV. 29. 1911. UBLIHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SUBscRIPTION RATEs: AD)VERTISING RATES: ertincentS.-ObituarieS ani Trbte. o1 espect charged for as regular advertisements. iberal contracts made for three- six and twelve ~ruc nalZasdrst e oanied~ br e receIvttentionl. No communication of a persona' cnaracter will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at thepostoffice at Manning as See nd Class matter. FARMERS SHOUI.D BEWARE. The proposition of the "Syn dicate of Bankers" to advance the farmers $25.00 per bale on cotton, charging $1.00 for "hand ling, etc., giving the farmer three-forths of the rise in priceI above the market on the day the cotton was turned over to them, and putting the cotton into the ordinary channels of trade, pre sents some interesting possibili ties. -If the English language means anything, ''putting into the ordi nary channels of trade" means, of course, selling it. Say cotton -is selling in Sumter on the day the "syndicate" tak~es it at nine cents; the farmer turns it over to ~.the syndicate at five cents; he gets $25.00. The syndicate "puts! it into the ordinary channels of trade" and takes down $45.00 $20.00 more than is advanced the farmer, and in addition pockets the dollar for "handlhng, etc." It can then buy the cot-ton on the Exhange, putting up this dollar f handling money to cover the st. twenty points of margains he syndicate is then at no more xpense until the farmer gel eady to sell, unless it should ave to put up some more of the 20.00 surplus as maigams it ase of a drop. When the far mer s sell, it disposes of its cou and turns over to the far p 'ee fourths of the prolit tine cents, also the S20.QC etween the five cent: - a the market priei athe- y it was "put into the4 ordiary channieis of trade--" less, of course the dollar foi andinlg. T.In other words, the Syndicat< r -hos to advance $50,000,000 a would handle 2,0:0,001 of cotton- It puts thesi on the market and take $90,000,000, reimbursin; for the money advanced t< - rmer, and having forty nil of the farmer's money t ntii the farmer gets read L. The $2,000-000 of hanc II B SICEE entire Stock ~count of s offer simpli 1 Suits, Overc t will pay yoi NOTHINC III J, ng money will buy that many it ales "on the boards." If cotton hould go much below nine cents, n e syndicate might lose the use s some of the forty millions of s he farmer's money. If the farm- 3: e decides to. sell at less than te cents, he stands all the loss; T fit goes above nine cents- the e 1yndicate gets one-fourth of the c )rott. 1 The farmer could follow theC same method of his own accountC > considerably better advan ;ages. If he sells his bale at 1 orty-ive dollars he can advancet himself twenty-five dollars, put he other $20.00 in a savings( bank~ in his own town where it ill do himself and the commun ity good, and by next August it will have earned the dollar to pay himself the handling money, miness cotton should go down and he has to put it up to protect his margin. If cotton should go up he would get all the profit at an expense of fifteen cents per bale as commissions to the cotton ex change broker. But what would be the effect on the market of "putting into' the ordinary channels of trade" 2,000,000 bales on cotton belong ing to those who are now hold ing, in addition to the distress :otton? What too if the syndi :ate should decide to use the forty millions of the farmer's money to bear the market in ad dition to the tremendous blow1 that the 2,000,000 bales would give it, with the end in view of buying back those contracts for themselves at considerably below nine cents? Here in Sumter, the banks are advancing seven cents a pound on cotton, and the cotton is be ig held off of the market in warehouses. safely insured where it cannot get into the ordinary channels of trade. Te farmer can go and look at his cotton, if he wishes to, and Ithere is no trouble about it being Ithere when he wants it. The outting of two, million bales on the market at this time, taken fromt those who intend to hold for higher pr-ices, would ab solutely break the back of the olding movement and would probaby eliminate all chances of gettig above nine cents for th Further, after this cotton has been put into the ordinary chan nels of tr-ade, what security has the farmer for the other twenty Sdollars that his cotton brough1 on the day that he turned it ovea ) to the syndicate. The syndicat! Smight <Iecide to leave the bull! u: nd bears to fight it out an< d hmsle go over to the Cong( 0 o fight lions- -with forty million: L pay expenses with. Th~e op 0 pot unity that hts been outline< d aoe seems too attractive, how~ CHRII ig Redu of Suits, Over Cel rmeans that 3 oats and .Troi i to call on us CHARGED em~i is not probable. The conclusion of the whole f atter is that those who can n hould hold. and every farmerjit hould use less fertilizer and is lant less cottoenext year. lB It is the opinion of this corres- pl :ndent, that the less the farm- ti rs have to do with speculation an the cotton exchange, either ndirecty through this syndicate - [f New York banks, or directly al n their own account, the sooner a vill they become independent of it he imaginary causes for reduc t ion in price that the "Bear" on Vall Street batches up for his n profit. ' It is a lamentable fact that the d reatest influence at present t Lgainst the price in cotton are be selling orders sent to New or-k from the South and everyr otton exchange bulletin shows bis to be the case.--Sumter Daily Item. HUGH G. HAYNSWORTH. LIQUOR SHIPMENTS INCREASING. With nearly all of the South er States and many of the Western States, together with a few of the New England States in the prohibition columns. the Commissioner of Internal Reve- I nue will report that the manu- < facture of liquor has increased nearly 4,000,000 barrels over1 1910. There must be a reason 4 for this. The mail order con erns are reaping fortunes from the prohibition states, there is. hardly an express train which is not loaded with liquor for pro-i ibition territory, and unless the ongress enacts laws which will protect these states from being flooded, it seems to us that the est thing the legislatures can d isto repeal their prohibitory laws so that the citizens of their respective states can get some of the revenue which is daily going from them. We are not in position to know how much money is going from1 this state to Virginia, Florida' and other states. but judges, from the quantity of liquor the is coming in, the amount of money going out is enormous, and we are left with the evils resulting from the drinking of the stuff; aside from the illicit| sale of iquor, the quantity which ome in "for personal use" is appaling, there is hardly a gath ering of any sort but that whis key is at every hand and the authorities are helpless, with he result that crime is on the crease we believe. If we ar e to continue under prohibition hen our congressmen should get . he federal government to enact un? laws that the state can eep these shipments from com iig in, and if they cannot .get ttis done then in our opinion, -the prohibitory laws are doing h arm instead of good. 'TEER Al&N1111 U 1*1i ST MI .ction C -coats, RainC< ou will have tsers for Met .The Prices AT CUT [DLI The proposition to loan th~e rmers $50,000,000 on cotton is >t as eticing as at first glance would seem, and the subject so well considered by Mr ugh Haynesworth that we re oduce his letter to the Item in ais issue. Henry Clay Beattie the Vir inia wife slayer was executed, ad then buried beside h is ife in the Maury cemetery Richmond. This was one of 1e foulest murders, and until eattie made a confession of his uilt many felt he was innocent. 'he confession removes this oubt, and the culprit has gone -> his reward. The fellow who held up the sail clerks on 55 last Friday ight made a haul that entitles im to the title of "Bad Man." t is said he got away with over 30,000. but unless. he is as rewd as he is nervy Uncle sam's sleuths will soon bave tim where the money will do iim no good. United States Senator Isaac stephenson of Wisconsin will iold his seat so it is said,~ be ause the committee could -not id where he bought the votes hat put bim in the senate, the ommittee however censures the Wisconsin senator for spending so much money in his campaign. [f there was not corruption we 2annot see what right the comn rnittee has to censure him for spending money. The old gen tleman has barrels of the "lucre" which be made in the course of his business, and if he saw fit to blow" himself whole business Notwithstandinlg the protest otthe press of Charleston, and some of the others newspapers of the State, together with the ministerial unions, the projectors of the racing scheme are going ahead with their work to have the plant ready tor operation in January. .We notice howevel that the Charleston newspapers have not been so vigorous lately in their protests2 and that th! opposition has been transferet 'to Columbia. The Record has been giving this racing schemt considerable attention of late but the News and Courier ani Te Evening Post seem to hav4 quieted down Perhaps thes< newspapers have been "request ed" to hold up. Notwit hstandinig t he thbousanlds 0o ares of burdock :ht yearly tnatur' teir usihuy crop of se-ed in vacan lots al over the country. we neverthe ls iport an:xunlIy from Europea: countries 135<" pounds of dried but dck root. those~ prepa1rin~g it receivin; irn m to .cnts ner pound for It. ISO0 n All aats and Exti the opportul iand Boys a are all mark PRIES. CLOTE SUMMIERTON. "The time has come" to speak iot as the poet says "of many things," but of only one thing - ,he thing which arrests the at,I ~ention of Summerton society, be two weddings to take place yn Wednesday next. The first, bhat of Miss Ada Tennant of this place to Mr. Leroy B. Martin of N'axton. N. C., will occur Wed nesday morning at the early our of 7:15 A. M.; the other that of Miss Bertha Davis to Mr. F'elix Dingle, will take place in Methodist church in the evening at 8:30 o'clock. Both brides and one groom are of this place, and a very keen interest is being taken locally in the two marked social events. As forerunners of the marriages, the usaal "show ers" fell in profusion for several days. On Wednesday afternoon last Mrs. J. M. Plowden and Miss Sallie Anderson entertamn ed at a Linen Shower in honor of Miss Ada Tennant. Previously to the ai-rival of the Express wagon which conveyed the linen chest, original romanc es with the prospective bride and groom as hero and heroine were read by the guests. which were presented to the bride to be for her comparison with the facts in the case. Amid the applause of the readings the door was op ened ushering in Master Delmai Rhame, who dressed as an Ex press Agent pulled his wagor alongside Miss Tennant, deliver ing to her a diminutive "Sarato go," which contained many beau tiful and useful gifts. A delight ful salad course was served, aftei which the time honored custon of drinking the Bride to-be' health was followed, and quite number of appropriate and wel rendered toasts were made. Mis! Anderson acting as Toast-mit tress introduced Miss Scarbor ough who gave a toast to th< "Bride," Miss Mood. '' T h Groom," Miss Tennant "Brid< INumber T wo," Miss Davis "Th' girls wbo are left behind," ani Mrs. Rbamne "The brides th-a On Friday afternoon at th ome of Mrs. T. J. Davis. Mis B ertha Davis was the rec-ipien f a "heart-to-heart shower - iven her by Mesdames T. J. an . . Davis. In view of the happ event which should terminat Miss Davis's singlejife, it seen ed appropriate to procure somn means of ascertaining who shoul soon follow her good exampl< a nd Cupid was present in th |person of Master Kenneth Davi: ..I who distributed a bow and a r ows with which the guests migi lseek their fortunes by shootim at a heart, the presumption be ng that the nearest shot woul be made, by next bride to-bi Miss Louise Scarborough wit littl dimfncult pierced the ceuti L1.. Cothing -a Trousers w )e 1ity of buying b a small adv; :edin Plain Fi STRIOTU of the prophetic emblem. Pre- p sented with heart-shaped book- t: lets the guests were requested ti to make as many words as they ur could out of the names "Bertha p Davis" and "Felix Dingle;" Miss u Lucie Mood wrote the largest p number of words, and was pre- b sented with a dainty work apron. f Miss Scarborough received a ui double heart broach of silver. i~ Being next ushered into the com-p iug-room. the guests found their o places by means of pretty and a appropriate place cards of heart s design; here they were served a by Mrs. D'avis with a two course o luncheon of salad and sweets. s which accompanied by advice e and good wishes to the bride a Ito-be was heartily enjoyed by~ all. Returning into the parlorss Miss Davis' friends assisted her in a heart hunt. information har rng been given that all packagese sealed with a heart should be long to the guest of honor. N\eedless to say that quite a. number of hearts was added to er arady large collection, and beneath the~se lay many aamty and useful gifts. LET THEM BUILD WITH THEIR OWN MONEY Reahzing that there is no hope for inancial aid fronm the State during the present gubernatorial administration, the law students f the University of South Caro ina have resolved to personally secure the amount of mnone necessary to erect a law build ing. We admire the spirit: but that is the same spirit of deter mination which has characterized I the graduates of Carolina in the on ao. Surely such an insti ~ ution merits more financial aidI than it receives. - Floren-ce t is well that the student bodyI i ealizes the futility of getting f inancial aid from the present i administration to erect a law > building for the students of the outh Carolina University. Why tI should the taxpayers provide a factory for the manufacture of l lwyers? What interest has s. the taxpayer in the professionY t t is suficient fo- the t-axpayerr to provide school facilities for the rudimentary branches. to prepar those who desire enter-I e ing the professions, but when it comes to calling on the taxp)ayers~ e to provide the means to educate da profession which is of no pu li beneit, we think it is the e imit and, it is well that we h ave -n administration wh ic-h has suficiently impressed itself upon those who have an eye uuon the public tr-easury to warn thenm in advance that d there will be no such gr-ab per h We think we can safely assert Jthere are others besides "the .ll be sold at i all of this sea ance above A gures. esent gubernatorial adminis ation" which would oppose , e appropriation of the public in >ney- for the fostering of a it ivate profession-a profession ~ hich has no bearing upon the blic welfare, if it - has any-qg aring at all, it is to extort om it all of the -money that genuity can invent. 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