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Twice ~prices-cut to pass o1 these redi obes 2 Thesi ~~A)UmAPPELT. Editor EVERY WEDNESDAY Blease has issued a d Netion gving full pardon 72 ~m~otsthat he paroled godbehavior. He even a pardon in advance to ~~toraf The Qolumia Record manen during the last ~R ~sent by this govern En~* Tgland complaining of with the shipping ~~rtiat~uutrhas not brought 5~ue~l ofan assurance nature, ~kO~ thecontrary, the matter I su further diplomatic - " It does seem ~~t~u ~that l of ourboasted Nkity and friendliness with She iiions of the world, the SUut~ States can demand the ~ ~Mitransport the products nhs~itry to markets with ~otlIng interfered with, and -Qemg subjected to harassing de sy.President. Wilson irealizes the sannesof having our iipngannoyed by the "Lords otie~ea,' and the purpose of disis IN000, as we conceive it, was 26tgive jigiand- to understand sthaftbla country will not pas >eey submit to being trimfed Tespeech of President Wil stod at Indinapolis last Satur ~day~! receiving the comments eZ th e press throughout thisi dustry. It was a splendid des Slverance so far as good ]english is nereand in awayjit sunded to future pohef of his aministration. TheMexican sit 9 aion whicbhAs troubling the public d for which he ~has eft~ cised, we infer that he to let the Repub lie on uthern border fight out differences in their own w~~dtake as long as they ~to do it, He said, "the conn is theirs, it is their business ..and nobody elses, let them set il t, and there must not be any terference from outsiders." any of the newspapers seem to they found in President's a hint that he lgid ~' pe.a 4ifferent view, and Our, a year, at the so low that i ur inducement: No' rae that every iced prices an 0.00 Suits an< 5.00 Suits anc 2.50 Suits an< ame discountC oves, Neckwei :D.1J think he will atep aside for Col. W. J. Bryan, but all of this is surmise. Wilson will again be nominated, and should be. He is the logical leader of the Demo cratic policies and if the party is to have~ its policies endorsed it will make a fatal error to change leadership. sThe Demo cratic party has either entrench ed itself in public estimation, or itlhas failed to win its confl deuce, if the former, with Wilson as the leader, it will win, if the latter itcannot win matters not who is made the standard bearer. It is with pleasure that we note The Sumter Item's views on the matter of referring to the voters in a special election the question of prohibition, what the editor so well says coin cides with our own ideas that it, if the people really want probi bition they can just as well ask the legislature to give to them as they can ask for the referen dum, and their wishes will be respected just the same. Then why~the election? The only pos sible reasgn there can be to have an electioriais to give some wind jammers eniiloymerit to go over the State to harangue the voters, and, if we are to judge by the past, somei of these haranguers make thediselves disagreeable by thr extreineutterances,their base misrepresentations,and irritating assertions, We have heard of statpnients made by prohibition advocates that are absolutely at varience with the truth. For in stance, one of them in a pulpit in this State charged the repre sentatives of a certain county ith being '.n the pay of liquor iterests, and the only possible ground for his assertion was the fact that these representatives were opposed to prohibition. This same speaker al1s o charged that the liquor interests had employed a certain senator to secure the registration of negroes to vote in the election to be held in that county, and that he had secured the registra tion of hundreds of negroes for the occasion, when the record showed conclusively that for that election not over four ne groes had been registered, and the officers said not over six had applied. Therefore, we say to keep down this kind of thing we had much rather see a State nide p hibition bill enacted by the alatnr!withnnjaafendnm. Semi-A close of each s tey are almost i and are, ther w Is man and boy i dfigure outwi: i Overcoats, n( I Overcoats, nc I Overcoats, nc $7.50 i eu all Boys' Sui tr and Shirts a .Cha Then, again, if this matter is referred no power on earth can keep the victors from claiming the spoils, every mother-son-of them will want to make it his stock and trade for political pre-] ferment, and instead of having peace we will have the measly liquor question with us always. We have great respect for thei sincere prohibitionist, but for the element that want this issue,I this moral issue, for a political hobby-horse to ride into office, our patience is exhausted. am. CURRN rasTEST AGAJIST GRAD-1 ING AND TIEISG LAW. Unfortunately the question of1 legislation in regard to the1 hadln and marketing of leafI tobacco according to the "Mul lins Idea" seems to have attract ed some attention from these in terested in tobacco. I have heard the question dis cussed pro and con and have1 been asked to say somethi ig relative to the proposed law. I admit that the eonditions rela-1 tive to the marketing of our tobacco are not as desirable as: they should be, but in talking with the people generally, I find that most of them view with.1 some degree of alarm the ten dency to run to the legislaturei for a remedy or remedies for every ill that befalls us. Es pecially do I find this among our tobacco planters. Leaving out this phase of the question, which I think the most serious there are other serious objections to the proposed legis lation or to any kind of legisis lation, along this line. It would not help the large growers of tobacco. They, as a rule have ample packing rooms and fixtures for the proper handling of their crops of tobacco have studied and do study the necessities of the trade, have smple capital at their comand to manipulate their crops as they think best. In other words, they know as much about tobacco market conditions as does the tobacco buye.is. This class of tobacco growers is going to get what is coming to him under any circumstances. I believe a law of this kind would discriminate very much against the small and poor tobacco planter, which class is the most numerous and on whose effrts danand the future devel nunual eason, we cles irresistable-i efore, influenco 'he Ra a the family. s] at you 0can sa ~w $20.00 w 16.65 w15.00 suits and Ove: ts and Men's ndler SUMTE pment of our tobacco industry. Sure, none should wish him tiarm or try to hinder him from eaping the fraits of his toil? s a general rule the small lanter has a barn or two for uring, no adequate place to torce or handle tobacco, nor is ie able to bud; his labor is limi ~ted in moso instances-to his own amily. With his force he can lot house and cure, Jreep off orms and suckers, attend to ther crops andagrade his tobac eos fast asit iscured. He will e forced to store his crop .of obacco in unsuitable nonses where it is more likely to get in ad condition, or he must sell on he farm -ungraded. This puts u at, the mercy of the n crupulous warehouse-man and ~ountry buyer, who are often in cahoos" with o dishonest buyer !or some reputable tobacco con ern; or he-must carry his to acco to some grading-house or place to have it graded. Ali who have tried this plan are eartily sick of it. In some in stances, the better grades are eplaced by inferior ones or the rading and handling has been o badly done that the prices ob ained are unsatiatsfactory. In my case, he is at the mercy of bhe other man. A great many will plant to bacco this year for the first ime and will know nothing -or rery little about grading. Many f us have seen good crops of bobacco ruined by inexperienced graders, it being better for all oncerned to let the grower sell o some one who could have andled it to advantage. As a general thing, if the crop f tobacco raised is -light the buyers want it heavy or if a right crop is made they want i red, etc. I hold that a very small per ent of old planter of tobacco, know enough about grading to o grade as to get the best prices. It costs from $1.00 to $2.00 per hundred to properly grade and ie tobacco. Often in attempting o grade tobacco under unsuita le conditions the tobacco be oes too high inurder and is ruined before reaching the mar It looks like foolishness t:> "tie up" a lot of common tobacco iat assoon as it gets to the 3temmery has to be untied to be ,emme, or if sent to the fac rHir Cle ara a~r out the stoc so low, that E( ad to buy. re Op Lould be cloth4 me by BUYINC $18.00 Suits 15.00 Suits 12.00 Suits rcoats, now $ and Boy's Troi Cloti R, S.C. tory will more than probably be run through a machmne that cuts it all to pieces to make smoking tobacco. I am told that at least 75 per cent of our tobacco is now so used. The cost to the farmer will be more for sellhng graded than un graded. That is under the pres ent law regulating the sale. For emample, we will take a barn of BOO pounds as cured and say the price is 10 cents per pound. The gross sales woulc amount to $8.00. For weighing 80 For action fees .50 For commission 2.5 per cent 2.00 Total ungraded 3.30 The same barn of tobacco graded into say 6 grades, running in weights as follows: 50 lbs, 90 lbs, 110 lbs. 150 lbs and 400 lbs would cost like this: Auction fee on 50 lbs .15 Auction fee on 90 lbs .15 Auction fee on 110 lbs .25 Auction fee on 150 lbs .'25 Auction fee on 400 lbs .50 Weighing fee on 50 lbs .10 Weighing fee on 90 lbs .10 Weighing fee on 110 lbs .11 Wighing fee on 150 lbs .15 Weighing fee on 400 lbs .40 Commissions 2.5 per cent -2.00 Add lost in weight while being graded say 6 per cent of $4.80 Add cost of grading 800 lbs at S1.50 $20.96 Or a difference of $17.66 in favor of selling ungraded. You may make your own calculations as to how much more per lbs he would have had to sell his grad ed tobacco to come out even. We hear a great deal about the better prices obtaining for to bacco in North Carolina markets nd it is augered that the reason for this better price is, that the North Carolina planter grades bis tobacco. I have before me te government report on tobac o compiled to December 1st, 1914. We hear that the crop is better up there than it Is here, bheir planters certainly should understand gradmng better than urs, our tobacco was sold when ll lines of business was depress ed to its lowest, since we sold conditions have materially i proved; yet the difference in prices in favor of the North Crlina planter is conlr18 cent Ence se k on hand by t JONOMICAL] portun 3d to the limita i NOW: and Overcoat and Overcoat: and Overcoati ~5.oo. isers. All Und iing( per lb or just enough to pay for the actual expenses of grading, leaving out the other loses at-1 tending the grading just consid-i ered. In the latter part of last sea son, thousand of pounds of to-] bacco from other markets ini South Carolina and North Caro lina was shipped to Florence toi be sold here. This tobacco was shipped by warehousemen and 1 buyers, who had every facility for grading and handling tobac-] co. If there had been such a margin of profit in selling it 1 graded, whyv did not these men] grade theirs and reap that profit? 1 It is claimed that with this law in force our warehouses would stay open later in the season. What's the use? Can any law be made to force a buyer to stay on he market if he does not wish to? What is the use of the1 warehouses being kept open without buyers? If such a law as contemplated is passed, its constitutionality estabbished, which I have no idea :an be done, what good would hat do? There can be no law to torce bhe planter to bring his tobacco bo a warehouse to be sold. The National government gives him ander its Internal Revenue rul ing, the right to sell his tobacco1 when he pleases, to whom he pleases and how he pleases or angraded, tied or untied, just so i Lie does not so manipulate it ast bo come under the head of Man-t ifactured Tobacco. The warehousemen in other tates are anxious to get South Darolina farmers' tobacco for sale in any shape they see fit to send to them.3 I am pleased to hear that the nembers of the General Assem ly from Darlington County will i rote as a unit against this pro posed law. The more we consider the roposition the more unneces ary and foolish it appears. I >elieve the problem can best be solved by farmers and buyers ~vorking together for better con litions, and I respectfully move ~hat the Legislature let them lone and let them work it out. There are a half dozen or nore additional objections that 1 ~an think of just now but I will R. E. CURRIN. Lie Is he power of c' 'EOPLE can i ity! >f his wants. s, now $12.O( s, now 10.Oc 3, now 8.OC erwear, Swea omp THE BELGIAN BABIES. How many Belgian babies here are we do not know. but here must be a good many housands of them. It was a happy thought which ed to the formation in Charles on of the Belgian Baby Club. en cents a week entitles one to embership in this club. Already the number of mem ers of the Club in Charleston is ttaining gratifying proportions. ut there ought to be many more uch clubs throughout the coun ry. Milk is needed for the elgian babies no less than read for the older Belgians who re in distress. - News and orier. - How's Thist We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for ycase of Catarrh that cannot be cured bu We the underind ehav knwn F. 7 Cheney 1rtels 1 yeas and belivi perfecty lally able to carry out any obligations made by VAIn(O x'e~~ MAavIN wolse drug al tarrh Cure Is taken Internallyacting Iety upon the bloo and mucous sur aceso ruggists Testimonial ree. Halrs Eamllv Pills are the best. Teachers' Meeting. The next meeting of tbe Clarendon ounty Teachers' Association will be eld at Manning Saturday, January 6th, at 11 o'clock. Superintendent S. H. Edmunds of the iumter City Schools will deliver an *ddress on timely school topics. Besides this address, there will be ther discussions of interest. Te meeting will then be conducted n the nature of round table talks on uch matters as will be the greatest in erest and value to our teaching fra ernity. Coming up for discussion at this time rill be a suitable program for County 'ield day in the spring. Every white eacher in the county is earnestly urg d to be present at this meeting. Let there be a full turn out df our eachers, and let us push the Associa ion work for the remainder of the ear. D. R. RISER, President. .. BROWNE, County Supt. of Education. ANYONE WISHING S' A BAI On account of closing out we will commence Monday, stock cf Mules, Horses, Buga a big sacrifice, as we are wan1 the Ford Car. We also have one fine fiv that won prize in show, and a full line of Ford Cars and p SteSt., D. C.S 'Dhor it-prices iot afford Just note ters, Bath - any, The Court of General Sessions con venes lai Mannn Monday January 25, with Judge L . Bowman presiding. GRAND JURY. C B ukes, New Zion, R F D. W 0 Gardner, Turbeville. J3S Ridgeway, Manning. D D Barnes, Foreston. B B Odom, Manning, RHF D. W 0 Baird, Turbeville. G M Smith, Manning. W L Lee, Manning, R F D. J D Beatson, Davis Station. C E Cochran, Manning. J E Husbands, Foreston. R D Timmons, Wilson. HOLDOVERs. R Hugh Belsar, Summerton. R E Thompson, Alcola. J McD McFaddin, Manning, R F D. J M Galloway, Manning. A C Harvin, Manning. J N Fann, Alcoln. PETIT JURY. J W. Rigby, Manning. J W Wheeler, New Zion. R P Billups. Summerton. P A Fann, Alcolu. H S Briggs. Silver. J D McElveen, New Zion. W D Gibbons, New Zion. W H Rawlinson, Manning, R. F. D. T B Coker, Turbeville. D E Geddings, Paville. Marion Williams, Manning. H JRoss, Silver. C H Baggett, Wilson. J M Rowe, Summnerton. C J B Corbett, Davis Station. J H Witherspoon, Alcolu. L M Justice, Manning, R. F. D. E H Clark, Davis Station. C T Martin, Alcoln. A B Thames, Manning. H U Chewning, Summerton. 3 0 Coker, Turbeville. R J Carrigan, Summerton. H A Alsbrook, Wilson, R F D. S E Hodge, Paxville. C F Rawlinson, Jordan. E M Watt, Summerton. Jos E Davis, Manning. W D Young, Aicolu. H F McFaddin, New Zion. 3 E Childers, Davis Station. Howard Hodge, Silver, R F D. John L Johnson, Davis Station. R T Geddings, Paxville. L R Cole, Seloc. H H Hilton, Davis Station. Notice to Creditors. All persons havior claims against the estate of Charles L. Ridgill, de eased, will present them duly attested and those owing said estate will make ayment to the undersigned qualified Admnistratrix of said estate. MRS. J. G. RIDGILL. Manning, S. C.. Dec. 31, 1914. rOCK CAN GET IT AT GAN. part of our stable business, auary 4th, to sell out our les, Surries, Wagons, Etc., at to devote most our time to ~gaited saddle horse; a pony ;eeral second-hand ears; also [A OCWASUMTER,