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Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S, C? SEPTEMBER 30. 1915 Number 40
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RISEFOR GOTTO
WILL* GO -BEYOND 15 CEN'.
Junior Senator Tells How Banks G
Aid Movement of Crop. Heavy
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War Orders.
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Columbia, Sept, 27.?"Cotton w
eertalnly go beyond 15 cents. Jt
how much I won't say, nor will I i
peat what I said to u Columbia Bank
this morning. But cotton is goin
above 15 cents a pound.
The above was United States Sen
tor E. 1). Smith's optimistic aummai
of the cotton situation when in C
lumbia Suturday. His conclusion, 1
explained, was based on two factors:
One that the 15)15 crop will not 1
more than 10,500,000 bales; the oth<
the exorbitant demand for cotton f<
the manufacture of war munition
whlcty is l>ecomiiig more urgent eac
day to meet heavy orders from Europ
plus the imi>cndlng crisis-in MexU
and the api>eal for increased armamei
in the United States, incident 1
threatened complications with Euro]
ean countries.
nenator Mimtli alHo made a strlkin
analog}* between tbe present crop an
that of 1914. "Last year we produce
more than 10.000.000 bales. Despit
the demoralization of the Europeai
spinners and 4the fact that the cottoi
. exchange were dosed a large portloi
ot the season we have consumed pxmct
teally all of last year's crop. This yea
j^g^y^^rtetonly about 10,500,00?
|,v money should be loaned on cottonf a
6 per cent, also came in for hexte
arguments by the junior senator. H
explained that he had recently bee
in Washington In session with the r<
serve board, and that while there, e
his suggestion, the board had agree
that the stream of money available fc
discounting cotton receipts would t
shut off from that bank which dii
counted cotton palter at a hlgh<
rate of Interest than 6 per cent Sue
ruling, he added, precluded the idc
of the bank's acquiescence in the pr
vision of the law as being options
The banks were compelled to compl
he asserted, to remain an active pa
or the reaerai reserve Rysiem.
"It seems that you Just cant drb
It into the banker's head that th<
can discount any volume of cott<
receipts, irrespective of the size
capital stock or assets of the bank
he continued. "If the cotton is pro
erly insured, and graded and placi
where there will be no exposure
weather conditions, by the provisio
of the law the cotton is a bankli
asset, and the bank is compelled
discount the paper at 0 per cei
This discounted paper is then sent i
to the reserved bank and rediscount
at 3 per cent. And any bank can d
count $.1,000,000 worth of commercl
paper if it should be called on to do !
There's no limit, just so the farm
complies with the provisions of t
law in housing, insuring and gradl
his cotton. The central reserve ba
issues a steady stream of notes to d
count this paper, and the capital of
meml?er bank has absolutely nothi
to do with the volume of nnner it d
counts on cotton. The notes are lssu
on three-fourths of the market val
of the cotton."
Senator Smith claims the autlv
ship of that section of the federal
serve act which places cotton In 1
class with other commodities, up
which the government will Issue not
Mesdames Trout and Ross, of Ca
spent Friday last in the city.
t?*
Miss Annie Coward spent Tuesf
in Chesterfield.
Miss Jnnle Rrown, of Cash sp<
Tuesday In the city.
Mr. W. J. Strlcklln, of Dillon, S.
spent Sunday in the city with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Strickl
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SADOR DUMB A
NNo 'Leave of Absence;" Safe Conduct
As Soon As His Nation Admits
He ought to be Fired.
rS Washington, Sept. 27.?Dr. Constantino
Dumba. Austro-Huugarlan
Ambasador to the United States, will
be formally recalled by his Government,
according to assurances given
American Ambassador Penfleld at
the Vienna Foreign Office.
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m. cuuciu uhh oeen instructed to
make clear informally thut "leave of
absence" for Doctor Dumha would not
ill satisfy the request of the United
Lgt Stntes in its foriunl notice asking for
the recall of Doctor Dumba. Mr Pen?e
fleld was advised that the wishes of
er the United States would l>e complied
8 with.
A note 011 the subject is being prea"
pnml and immediately upon its re
ry ceipt. safe conduct home for Doctor
o- Dumba will be arranged and the lncldent
so far as the United States is
wncerned will l>e closed. Until forDial
notification of Doctor Dumba's
er recall is received, State Department
,r officials will make 110 announcements.
8> They are ready, liowever ^to hurry
negoatntions for the safe conduct the
e? moment satisfactory word arrl\)es
ro Vienna, in order that Doctor Dumha
R may sail on the steamer Rotterdam
.0 this week in accordance with his plans.
> Written assurances that Hadame
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iMilium couui proceen without fear of
g interference from British or French
(1 authorities was mailed Saturday, the
d Aliie<l Embassies having notified the
e Department that safe conduct was
a superfluous In the case of a non-comd
batant
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' nr RESCUE WORK,
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8 storm and flood at Port Arthur, Texas.
In the Port Arthur Record, a daily
* newspaper, the following article appeared
:
e "When the story of the storm and
n Jood at Port Arthur is written, and
^ proper cre<llt is given to those who
deserve recognition for their great
^ service during the first three or four
,r days, the name of Dr. David S. Rehl.
^ city health officer nt the time, will
B" occupy a conspicous place in the roll
!r of honor.
** "It was duo to the exigencies of the
a situation that the writer of this report
found n refuge in the office of Dr
1 * Reld during the storm and the succee^
y* ding days of ?"he first week.Bedrnggle?l.
r* hungry, wet through to the skin nr.d
back again, and also dry with thirst.
re the reporter wis found by the city
iy doctor and given hostage and comfort.
)n "During those memorable days and
of utrrhf nf Anpnntiiinv if 1 IP Rolil'tt fblliPll I
In his office and Mi? roceipien* of his
I*" many courtesies, toe activities of the I
^ physician conhl he obsen*pd easily. an*l
40 it is here said without reservation of
118 any kind that no other man, lie he city
official or private citizen, was more soto
llcitous for the health and comfort of
it everyone, great and small, than Dr.
on Rohl. lie spoiled his dress clothes the
first night and then donned his hath
Is" rohe. ^.<1 /which atlre he ' answered
lfll calls day and night, going to all parts
*?* of the city. If he slept any during
1(ir the first three days and nights it was
h? not observed by his guest, whose duty
ng it was to keep his eyes open and see
nk everything that happened at that
la- time."
' a Dr. Reld is a sin of the late Capt.
np W. L. J. Reid of Oheraw hand he has
is- several sisters and brothers: John S.
led Reid of Greensboro, N. C.. who travels
ue for a Columbia coneero; Charles Reid
of Cheraw, tylss ("Mary Relle Reld
or- Rlklns, wife of Rex. John W. Elkins
re- of the south Carolina eonferenee, and
he Mrs. Kate Reid Davidson of Springon
fleld, Mass.
es. Dr. Reld was made very ill from
blood poison by wadlnp around In
sl) the mudy water giving aid to the may
sufTerers.
AnutrlA Rpmllu Ttiimlm
B> Washington. Sept. 28.?Dr. Con
stantine T. Dumba, Austrian ambas
sador to the United States, has beer
formally recalled by his governmen
and the state department is arrang
Ing with the British and French em
C., bassies for his safe conduct on th
his: steamer Nieuw Amsterdam". saiVinf
lit), j October 5.
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NEW ORLEANS
IS ISOLATE!
Lower Miuiitglpi and Louisiana To\v"i
Flooded?New Orleans Light
Plant Out of Service.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 20.?New Orleans
and the Mlssisslpl Gulf coast tonight
were swept by a tropical hurricane
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.nut uemoraltzed oouiuiuniojition and
led to fears of heay loss of life and
property. The Mlsslsslpi Itlver levees
l>elo\v New Oreleans have broken,
houses have lH?en washed away, and
at least two lives have been lost in that
section according to a wirless message
to<lay from the Morgan liner Creole,
upward bound for New Orleans.
The business district of Itiloxi,
Miss., is under six feet of water and
train service has been nlwmdoned l>ecause
of washouts throughout a large
section nlsnit Bay St. i/ouls.
Last report coming from New Orle|
ans l?efore all means of communication
were lost said the c-ity was in darkness
l>ecause of the flooding of electric
'Deposit yoi
The Bank
Chera\
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STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER I
plants. Wind had driven the water
in I^ake Ponchartrain above the sea
wall, and Milneburg and other New
Orleans suburbs along the lake were
partilly under water. The advice said
automobiles were bringing in the inhabitants
of that section, and that no
loss of life had been reported.
H oowmehbDoeryaewagoyen rsUgvSre
JOE MALLOY EXECUTED
Joe Malloy, the Marlboro negro convicted
on the charge of killing of
Prlntlss Moore and (iuy Rogers, two
i young white boys of Rennettsvllle, was
electrocuted yesterday morning in the
State iKMiiteutiory.
It will be remomliercd that these
two boys left their homes on Thanksgiving
Day in 11)11 for the puriHvse of
in a gulley the following Saturday not
going hunting. Their bodies were found
far from the home of Joe Malloy. Prentiss
Moore had Imhmi killed by a gunshot
wound in the back, near the shoulder
blade, while (iuy Rogers was killed
a gunshot wound in the breast, which
entered in almost a solid mass.
After nn Investigation, Joe Malloy
was arrested, tried, eonvieted and
sentenced to death. The ease was appealed
jto tiie state \supreme court
several times and opinions were always
found adversely to Malloy. Hlf
ease was taken to the federal supreim
court on ap|ieal. and the highest trl
hunal of the nation refused to gran!
Malloy. was placed in the chair a'
him a new trlay.
12:1!5. When asked If he had a state
inent to make the negro replied:
i "No other statement than I have nl
ready made. I am Innocent. I could'
be guilty of It. I am going to glory.'
i The current was appled at 12:18 anr
I Malloy was pronounced dead at 12:2(1
Two shocks, of nine ami>eros and 1851
volts were given.
| LEGAL BLANKS.
We carry at nil tlinps n complet
Hup of Soufli Carolina Lengal Blank
besides a lino of special blanks gntte
up by loonl attorneys to fit Into loon
" county conltlons. Wc have just a ride
to our stock regulation South Carol In
J "Claim an<l Delivery" blanks.
JOB PRINTING
Send us you orders for Job I'rlnttni
5 We please others and can plense yoi
All we ask Is a trial.
PROCEEDINGS ;0F COURT OF (JEN.
ERAL SESSIONS.
I Tlie Fall ten# of Court of General SeI
sions for This County.
For the trial of criminal cases convened
at Chesterfield Monday morn*
' ing with Judge T. J. Moulding on the
bench. A largo crowd was In at- 1
tendance, owing to the number and
importance of cases to be tried. The f
grand jury, was set to work and the '
1 court took up cases of mluor lmport:
juice while the grand jury acted upon
' certain otiun 1111a The following
- ...rmrorcu vi during the day:
rni|i;] s vs McKay and McKay *.s S
Phillips. couti med because of Illness of
Mrs. McKay, one of the lminirtant (
witnesses In 1 oth cases.
Luther Ga ney pleaded guilty to k
selling liquor and was sentenced to 1
to three inonl ha on the Kane or a line 1
of $100. Thfc was his first offence.
\V. A. Met oil, 24 years old, plead *
guilty to for eery, and was given one 1
year on the g ing or In the penitentiary 1
in each of 3 cases.
Wlllam Stanley, colored, plead fl
guilty to breaking Into drag stere at .
Chesterfield. Solicitor recommended v
that his sentence lie as light as possl- a
l>le as he wat" oAly 14 years old. Sen- ^
ir money m
3 8
of Gheraw \
v, s.| c. :
I
T Be1
tenced B months 011 gang. tlG
Lero^Batnes, colored, plead guilty ad
to lioi^P breaking and lurceny. Sen- I)r
teuccdB 12 months.
ltoyflilunt, colored, plead guilty to so
breakiff in house and stealing gun. *'
Given ff months. al
Cleff Streuter, pleaded (guilty 'to cv
nuuisffighter. Solicitor recoiuuieuded
lilrcy as the negro he killed was
conshftred a bad one. He was given
the mLuniunn sentence of 2 years, and ( '
IS months of this was susitended 011 <(
good behavior.
John McGuger, plead guilty to shooting
another jnegro. Sentenced to G
months or tine of $100.
Case of \V. T. Arant for dis|tosing of
proiierty under lien, referred back to
arabitrutors for setlement.
In the case of I*. K. Hnmer, of Marlboro
county, charged with obtaining
money from The Merchants and Farmers
Hank at Olieraw under false pretences,
a misstrlal was ordered, the
jury not being able to agree on a
verdict.
Tuesday morning the time of the
Court was taken up with 'he settlement ;
1 of minor lm|K>rtnneo.
A true l?ill was found by the grand
Jury against all the parties charged
with engaging in the Pageland riot of
< last March with the exception of ?\Villl*
am Wallace. This case was continued
to the next term of court.
I Court adjourned Tuesday afternoon,
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YOUR C
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1 Have your cotton ar
1 and reliable companies
loss. ; 1 /Z!r;
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NEWS AND VIEWS
FROM STATE CAPITOL
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ELECTION TO BE DECLARED
rhe Gallona Month Law?State Print- hl
ing?General Items of Local : .
Interest. U1
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3r>eelal to The Chronicle.
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Columbia, Sept. 27.?The steering
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xnmulttee of the prohibitionists has sj
x-stponement of the declaration of the
egistered a protest against the re<-ent
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uu ?ci>icuiuer I-*, mm me
secretary of state. It. M. McCown, In n ln
ublic statement, has explnined that w
he iK>sti>onenient was neeessary, an Qr
lot a Mingle nieiulier of the board of
anvassers except himself was present
it the meeting which he called; that
le culled in the lieutenant governor. ^
rho attended, hut it was found that ^
err
,11 the returns were not in, and that sjj
ietober 5 wus finally fixed as the date
or
or a subsequent meeting to declare
he election. ^
The prohibition steering committee
eems to fear that if the declaration of .
he result is delayed, some of the couuy
dispensaries may purchase additlon1
supplies of liquor, the dispensaries
eiug forbidden to purchase any more
quors after the result is declnred.
"he secretary of state cites the law
nder which purchases must be made,
je time required for advertising, fqr I
?nled bids to bo submitted, etc., in re- i
he calls this "bugaboo, or tll(
the
We
>nth '
in wil go to the suprem^^^^^^M
judication, and probably to the suemo
court of the United States. Some tur
od lawyers think his construcpuply nin
nie good lawyers think his construe- ***
tn wrong. Mr. Win. I*. fSreene, an ^
?le lawyer of the Ablievllle bar. disisslng
the docission in his newspaper. '
ic Abbeville Press and Banner, dif rentintes
the South Carolina statute '
om the principle involved in the do- ,>iU
slon of the United States supreinen sm
*irt in the Kenuckey ease, upon whico s,n
udge Clarv based his decision.
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Way Pointed Out.
However, the law may be decided, a ,1(.
ay has been ]Hiinted out for South
'arolina to have real prohibition. The
irohihitlonists have a majority in the s2
:eneral assembly. ami if they want p.
eal prohibition it is urge<l that they n>J
ould j?ass an net making it unlawful jH
'or one to have ah'hollc liquor in his ni
>ossesslon even for jersonal use, aud ni
hen prohibit the shipment of it into 91
?outh Carolina for any puri>ose. There
ivonbi then be 110 loophole, and by thus
taking advantages of the federal law
South Carolina could Ik* made dry. It
Is urged that if it can l?e made unlaw- v
ful for a person to have more than a
gallon a month in his possession for
personal use?the only foundation J*
upon which the gallon-n-nionth law
can stand under the federal law?then
it can he made unlawful to have any
whiskey at all for jiersonnl or any s
lOTTON INSUR/
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Id inner property ihsuku
}; You get fair and prompt
>f every description and at
jur companies before plai
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thor use. and the Federal law ha
tken advantage of and keep whiskey
ut of South Carolina altogether. Of
imrse tlil.-i would be a stringent law,
ut it is the only logical conclusion of
jo whole matter, viewed in the light
f the recent election.
County Warehouses Under State
System.
The warehouse at Little Mountain
us been taken under the State system,
nd the warehouse at Pomarla, which
i now about completed, will be taken
tider the system this week. Messrs.
r. B. Shcaly and C. A. Frlck are the
anagers of the 1 Little Mountain warenise.
The Wise warehouse at Pros rity
has l?eon under the State system
nee last November. "%
The State Printing.
A Joint committee of the two houses
' the general assembly is investlgat-.
g the matter of State nrlntlne. nnd
Ill hold another session in Columbia
i the first of October. There is no
>ubt that In the manner in which this
inting has been bandied, due to lack
any adeqate or efflcent system of
e part of the State, there has been a
eat deol of waste, and there is posr?illty
of great savins to the tax-pays
of the State in the Inauguration of
proper plan. It is for the purpose
making rei?ort and recommendations
ing this line that the joint commit?
of the two houses was appointed.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
Ad Increased More Than $5,000,000
During Week
Washington, September 25.?Gold in
i vaults of the Federal reserve banks
sreased more than $5,000,00 during
i past week, according to the statethe
banks' condition Heptem- A -
jro*7 by Um Federal
nils
within
niuturlties^^^^^^Bety
L73.000: mntui^^^^^Vnlnety days
213,000. Total^^^MT.OOO.
11 vestments-?Unitfl^Bmates bonds,
32S.OOO; mnnlolpal warrants, $24,i.000
;Federal reserve notes, net $14,ukers,
net. $7.400.000; all other reirces,
$,3,577,000. Total reserve reirees,
$147,700,000.
Liabilities?Capital stock paid tin,
1,748,000; Government deposits, net,
20,041.000;? Federal reserve notes,
t. $15.-000,000; all other liabilities
.603.000. Total liabilities, $417,700,
.Id reserve against net liabilities,
.2 per cent: cash reserve against net
ibilities. SS.7 per cent; cash reserve
,'ainst liabilities after setting aside 40
>r cent gold reserve against net
nount of Federal reserve against net
nount of Federal notes in circulation,
I per cent.
Fetition in Bankruptcy.
A voluntary petion in bankruptcy
as filed in the United States Dis
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il l v/inii i iii'ir jrsiriuaj uj iv. mti
fatts, of Clieraw. Liabilities of tho
etitionor were listed at $4,848,88 and
is assets at $2,504.
AH kinds Ix>i;al Blanks are kept in
toek at The Chronicle office.
VNC .
I in one of our strong
adjustments in case of
; any location; Figure
nng your insurance.
IT ST CO.
Cheraw, S. C.