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Through Our Columns. M ffl I jMjfH. I ^ I Yoor Ad. In This Paper Erery Corner of the Town and Country H ra B A ^ ? B^. ^ I Will Bring Business to You that now izz_ vlliiTtUU Hiur0tll^^t, I ~ Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELDBOUNTY, S. C.. SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 Number 47 McLaurin to Res His Letter Addressed to Arthur Banks Explains Contemplated Course. SUPPORTED BLEASE AGAINST MANNING; Says Governor Has Views Other Than His for Future of Storage System?Enumerates Some if His Achievements. Johu L. McLaurin, in a letter an dressed to J. Arthur lianas of St. Matthews, copies of which were distributed to the press Saturday, says that he will shortly resign us state warehouse commissioner. The commissioner, in seven typed sheets, comments on his purpose as follows: "It is my desire to retire as State warehouse '.'ommissioner, and this is to advise you that 1 will tender my resignation to the governor at an eariy date. My purpose is to give you an opportunity to take such action as you may deem wise to secure a capable man as my successor. "I have established the system, so far as 1 have gone, on a hrm foundation; we are taking in new houses nearly every day, and, in spite of the hiuh urice of cotton, it would astonish you to kuow how much is being stored. The present State administration favors retaining the system on its present basis, while I favor its development upon broader lines. 1 can not sueceed with opposition from the State administration. Admits Achievements. "Another reason why I wish to retire is that I am tired of public life. Twenty-five years ago, when I went to Washington, I found negroes in nearly ?M'"' Hi' flf Ifie postoflices, and our people I were restless and resentful uuder this condition of affuirs It finally culminated in the burning of a postmaster in this State and in Mississippi, and had there not been a change there i> no telling what might have occurred. I set myself to work with the determination that, no matter what the cost was to me personally, 1 wouid rerneu.) this condition of affairs. The oin.? way to do it was to gam the respect and confidence of those in authority, and make them see what was right. Personally it did me no good, and was a great burden, but the benefit was not confined to South Carolina. The policy which 1 succeeded in getting McKiuley to inaugurate, and Kooseveit to carry on, was extended to ever.v Southern State, and lias practical^ settled the negro question so far us politics is concerned. My reward wa? the charge 011 the floor of the senate by iny colleague that 1 had sold out for patronage. I advocated the principle of ship subaidy for an American merchant submarine, and pointed out then what would happen to the South if there was ever a European war. 1 was the first man in high public office in this State to point out und opi?ose the Democratic party following Mr. Bryan in his erroneous views on finance. Bead the platform of the party today and see whether my views have prevailed or not. "In the present campaign there \va> not a candidate for governor in the field who suited me. I begged you to run 011 the industrial issue, and offered to run for governor myself if you would run for lieutenant governor. When it was narrowed down to Blease und Manning. I supported Blease. and would do so again under similar circumstances, because i knew that I could develop the warehouse system and secure a rural credit* measure with Blease and that I could never move a i?eg with Manning. When I made up my mind to fight for Blea.se I did not do it in a half hearted way, and I believe riirht now that if I had not got sick and had to spend a month in the hospital hut could have continued my canvass of this State, that we would have won the fight on the first ballot. However, what is to be will be. and 1 am not crying over spilt milk. Archbold Correspondence, "Senator Tillman refers to a letter I wrote Mr. Archbold, which he construes into asking for a campaign contribution, when he and I resigned to fight it out 20 years ago. 1 have explained in the public prints the eir cumstances under which this letter was written, and so long as my conscience is clear 1 care little what any one else thinks of me. I might reply to Senator Tillman by calling attention to charges <>f corruption against him, which he lias not and can never satisfactorily explain. This I will not do. liecause he can not help acting as he did in this cain% ign Warehouse" Po& paign. lie began life as a character assassin ami reputation tliiof, and even now, wlieu in dread of death lie is trying to be a better man, reverts to liis primal instincts. "1 aui interested in tire material progress of South Carolina. 1 believe that good government and civilization follow in the wake of prosperity. It matters not about me; rileasc and Tillman are minor incidents about which I care naught politically, except as they further or retard what 1 am trying to make my life work. "The State Warehouse system has; "1. Demonstrated how easy it is to transform cotton iu tofreotiable security. "J. it has established a new fact in economics, to wit, that you can valorize products within certaiu limits by giving thein special privileges as a collateral. "o. After the failure of the Wade plan, it pointed out the true way to make effective the federal reserve law on commodity loans. I have 011 tile in this office letters from the president of the United States, the secretary of the treasury and the president of the federal reserve board in Washington, which atuplv confirm these statements. lte<ietits of Warehouses. "If we never take another step, the State warehouse law has done more for the people than all of the self-seeking, mouthy politicians in South Carolina have accomplished since 1ST0. If I felt that my presence here was. an absolute necessity i would smother my natural feelings of indignation and continue to sacrifice myself, but I think that I now have the system where a good, sensible man can run it upon its pres cut basis of furnishing a collateral, if there is any further attempt to develop it, 1 stand ready as an outsider, to do all in my power to assist w hoever may be in charge. What it needs now is: "1. Licensed graders. "2. Direct sales. "3. To liecome self- '- '(^porting, "the insurance, properly handled i?y the legi.Muture, can be made to support the system and furnish aid 111 establishing direct sales. Few realize the tremendous profits made upon insurance. We have paid out HUSII IIIHI iti iii'nniiiuiK \vhil<? ihe losses during that time am unit tu only $l.r)7. Vie. system ^h -eld be authorized to ca- ry, at first, is much as l.OUO bales in one place, rial a reserve fund established from the premiums to meet losses. Cotton in excess of 1,(100 bales eouJd be re.nsured on the same plan that 1 um working it now or the State might eeome co-insurer and divide the .iremiums with the same companies ihat are now carrying our cotton or others .with which arrangements night be made. Licensed Grading. "There is one thought in connection vvith licensed graders to which I 'ail our attention. At the time the Sta^e warehouse system started, there io federal law upon the subject of trades. If we adopted the standard trades of the department of agriculure, and saw that they were enforced, ither through federal or State law. vith proper supervision the South "arolina grades would soon b,? firmly >>tnldished. and the certificates of hese graders make the receipts pass urrent in the money markets, or with lie fedeial reserve bank. Then the ortioii of the net guaranteeing grades 111! Wrights ?-??ii! ! In* r??|u?n'<- 1 thn^ i?*\ iiiir tin* of this contingent ';.-iI?i:iI*.*. It was necessary at tin* time, i order !? L" t tin* Slate \vnrehouse -tela -larted, t?iit if this other plan ill work ihere i- in* need for tin* * ?: 111 In run this I'll Mini*, if Hie receipts i!! pass wit limit it. "Tlier.i is another thiinr: I think hat Hie members of tin* State ware limine association ^-li'niNl estalilish a fanners' haul: to handle our receipts rind t" accomodate the small State ?.i ! ||\S and enatde them to compete in Isi-i?ulit:hit receipts, with the uutiona! hanks. I do not mean that this bank d: n d hid for deposits, or do commer ial business in any way at all. but uerely iiandle paper eligible for dis ount at the Richmond bank. If the small Statu hanks wore thoroughly alive to the situation they would see that this was done. On Cotton I'rioes. "Now. 1 wish to say a word about the prie? of cotton. \\*e are in the midst of the urea test inflation of money and credit that lias ever occurred in the hi-lory of the world, it i- due to th war. 1 think that perhap- ili!~has had as area! an cflVct on prices as i short cfoji I will tr\ to put il clearly so thai laic fanners can uinlcr?tand l the <ir-t slop of the allies was to ieelar . a moratoriuni. Then when the it tempt to resume >jierio |<a.vineiits \;i< made, the decline in foreign exlianjo between this country and Europe threatened to become prohibitive (.f all trade. England tried to sus# / tuia the exchange value of the p< sterling by selling back the set billions of dollars of American se< ties held abroad. "The demand for war material foodstuffs, however, was so great I within two. years America has bo I tack nearly all of her securities 1 abroad, has loaned England 1 j France more than $1,000,000,000, has a balance of trade on top of of more than $11,000,000,000. T sums, so tremendous that the i can hardly take it in, were not pal money, but iff the way of a credl the purchase of supplies in this c try. The trade balances are no lo settled in gold, but in credits base* products. If this be true, then United States has made herself a p to the European inflation caused the war. "There Is a time coming, a 1 ways off when, just as has occu nfter every war in history, there he an effort to reduce an inflated rency, and prices of products wil lmvu lower and lower until the torn is reached. But until that comes, the trend of prices for p nets is upward, because products grow dearer as money and credit g cheaper. The general public ha.? ehea|H*r. The geueral ptildic ha dim idea of this technical sltuat \<? cotton mill will contract for fu delivery on a basis under 16 c< Twenty cents a pound for cotton if present crop were 15.000.000 bi would be no more with the m< situation as I have stated, thai cents in 1018. "With a demand for 15,000.000 t of American cotton, and a crop w 1 do not believe will turn out over 000,000 bales, with Europe bare stocks of raw cotton, and its g< practically consumed, where sir cotton legitimately go when p comes, Of one thing I am sure; llation of money, easy credit, and spirit of feverish specu aiion will cotton as much too high as it been too low. Wiping all this out, easy to demonstrate that cottou, c pared with everything else, is w 85 cents a pound today. Here is v our people should do: Let the sp lators sell the paper cotton. The n they sell, the higher it will go, w fhey run to cover. "Let the farmer sell as slowly possible, and when ihe mills dem I lie actual cotton 011 uiese paper tracts, a uian can jxet almost auytl he chooses or asks for spot cot L'liis is the way to recoup the iosse the past few years. If we would 1 ottoii off the market 10 days it w< go above 20 cents. Then it woult just as easy for it to range fron cuts upwards as from 15 cents d( for nobody will sell cotton uiulei cents under present conditions, ept from ignorance. When the tolier report shows that the cro] practically gathered, and the sb stare to cover, here is bound to 1 stampede. When this is over, .vorld must face the inexorable 1 that the price of cotton must go u a point where the consumption V curtailed. T.et any man ask ] self the question. Where is sue point, when war inflation makes 1 y and credit cheaper and ever ch er." Ir. MrLaurin's Resignation Is Be Board. Columbia, Sept. IS.?President J. thur Banks, of the State Warehi -socialion, has referred to the ex .ice committee of the association letter of eSnator John L. McLa xpivsslng his intention of resigi lie position of state' warehouse < uissioner, in whieh lio stated thai >vas notifying President Banks in ilor that tlie members of the assc a might mnier. if they so desl a the interest of securing a suit aieeessnr. Letters have been addi <1 to the nieinhers of the exeeil oinniittee vailing a meeting ti iiehl ill the l ily of ('oluui)iia 011 1 lay night, Seiiteniher 20, at 8 o'cl n aeeordanec with the following ter from President Banks: "St. Matthews, .Sept. IS, 1 "Col. J. K. Aull, Secretary, "Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: "1 am sending you enclosed U received from Hon. John L. McLai late warehouse commissioner, and oe pleased to have you mail a < >f the letter to each member of executive committee of the Sts >Vnrehouse association and req them to meet at such time and pi as you may deem advisable to such action as tlie.v may cons proper. I am still conflied to my mil wiwll he pleased to have you Vain to the ooiiniiiftpo the eirt stau?vs which piveenr me rrom iisy personal attention li? the sill) "Youis sincerely, J. A. BANK "President State Warehouse A; Correctly Calculated. Pa'timore American. "A penny for your thoughts, d< | was thinking of that exqu perfume and its cost." "Ah. I knew your thoughts t about a scent's worth." >und A FALSI IMP CORRECTED :uri-( (From the Pronsglve Farmer f< and We now call in\ all farmers ar that all papers frlep^l to farmers to he! ught correct one LB the most damnab held falsehooods y< Verpetrated to ohet and growers out of y ifcir price for th and years' cotton crojl that with startlingfttttprise and asto: hese ishinent cotton ?$ners read in tl nind daily papers last [week that a mee d in lug of Stafe^Shers' Union pres it in dents, held in VkfcOrleans, had re oun- ommended twgfoeieBtB as a minimu nger price for cotton...^ -1 on And this was reported on a day whe the even new crop fiddling cotton wi arty bringing 15 ceriM.iH oyer the Soul 1 by it was reported ilao the day afh Superintendent iMter published tl long cotton stastigUc^Hated elsewhere c rred this page and'^Kpe very city whei will he published tw? cur- From Virginitfi) Texas this stab 1 go ment of leaders wMaentlng the grov hot- ers of the cropyia^Wled with hall time lujabs by the and with ama? irod- ment by farmerik The price of cottc will slumped quickly5 ifterward, and th: tow report was no dOibt' partly to blam< ' a Now what are facts? The fact S n urn that thla Aiimil VtB nnt nnl ? ui v wuuv w?w ? ?? ? # mvv v?m tlon. a ne but a li'jBromoted by hlgl ture banded forgery fraud. The facl nits. ai-e that instead,'of naming twelv the cents a pound wfe reasonable min ales, mum for this ytk? crop, the Farn Hiey ers? < union preaMjnts named flftee a It) cents and say If should bring twent cents. "We And tilt conditions wa; ales rant a price of t&taiity cents, and w hi h urge farmers not .tj> sell any cotto 11>* ut all at less Chin fifteen cents," 1 of the official stateKWit signed by thoe aods (juioa presidents*':!?^ remained i ould New Orleans afteflthe discovery < eaee this amazing frawlv Iu" The tragedy ot itis that the pre* the agency which sent,false report t Put all dailies semfegi jx> have sent ov bas no correction weaver. We theri ^ ts iore urge all papqpf friendly to fan :om" crs to copy this arCcle, and for fea ortl1 many editors will ^t see it we urj chat overy cotto'u growW "reader to send 1 ecu" to his newspapsifi-y- j Qore The fight for prices cannot t rhen |L-lotted by suchiltivery. Conditior defected by sud^njgery. Conditior _as now are and tack the millions'tl ey lost two yea) co11" ago and every farnn r should help . ,liis crusade. ;ton. ] r^ Germany Must^jght for Life. 'u^d Loudon, Sept. 17.?-jr j, Garvin, wri 1 uig in The observe^ on "Germany 1 ~ u igUc tor Her Life;' gays I >wn, ...llie uext aix we^a wm lift the i ? terest of the strugg^ to a pitch an ^ niaae an end to thi$ year's lighting i ^ ^ me summit of the> campaign. Th< !> mere will be a winter interval, lor orts or short, and after t^at, not before, v may come to the last phase which hi . rlt oeen prematurely Proclaimed for puj > to arama* "There have been leW episodes in tl him- vVur to 1116 Present situatio >h uothing whatever Ifca there been i Qon surpass it The fact is that the co; uuued cumulative danger in the We eai> aud the steady defeat of German r sistauce in the atta^ed sectors, ha^ jore >vorked with BruslloffS advance ar iiumauia's intervention to awaken Ge mauy far more thoroughly ihfl" even Ar i'ortuight ago .to a sense of realities. uuse "Germany must ncw raise earth ar ecu_ the nether regions. Until she is a the ^?'ute'*v beaten, she i8 bound to dei urin lllat she is eolng to ^ beaten. By hi nin" -*ltorts a,ld those ?* her allies huma oni- it,v already ^as ^>e Q considerably sta t he ^ored- Humanity is quite certain to 1 or_ -staggered more by the rest of th icia- >'oar s campaign and;the cumulation i red, the "elL ? ? able Fsr ess- "me trencn ana British armies a: llive evidently pursuing a far reaching pit ) j)t, which can not be ea^iy divined. Not 'ues- l,ig is niore likel>' ^kn that Joffre ai 0C];> .laig are keeping, ?t>mething in the let haud. j 'Hidcnburg's situs tion is know 916. t ',e courses open tot him are lilmite ?t is obvious that before long he mu show all his cards. | Then indeed, V Franco-British retor^ may give a ne ?tter character and a broader grandeur irin, the Western campaign, will ' further development of Hide ;opy burg's campaign agaifaet Rumania is the be expected. There l8 little doubt th !te the Balkans during t^e next few weei uest will be the fiercest dockpit of the E acee roi>eau fighting. If i the allies in tl take Balkans can break ajjppder the centr lider allies' connection a%d complete the 1,p,1 single, continuous fr^nt,'then they w ex- realize ^11 the advantages Rumanlt .Um- intervention was- effected to eecui vlng I'bey will shorten the struggle by a ject. months. That desirable issue st hangs in the balai^g, Well may \ S, say that there has lWn no more dr *30." matte moment in thk whole war.' Funeral of Ba^u w. Duke. Lexington, Ky., SW 18.?Basil 1 Duke, one of the last 0f the brigadi >ar," generals of the Southern Confederat Isite who died In New Ycrk 0n Saturdi was buried here tc^ay. A numb vere of Confederate on sanitations frc various parts of th ? state attendt 1L ISSUES STATEMENT TO PEOPLE la OF THE STATE nv )r ?:? ed Senator Tillman Asks That Faetionalid ism Come to an End I lp So !? The News and Courier has received an & from Senator Tillman for publication th the following: so To the People of South Carolina: B1 a' The election is over. Manning is re- to, ie nominated, and Blease has misses the ne third term he coveted so much. I hope in: that I will not be misunderstood if, th as your old and trusted servant, I T1 m m^ie a few observations and give th some advice. ly !n There are approximately 65,000 to ^ South Carolians who wanted Blease for Governor despite his record, and I am convinced that 45,000, or m; more of these voters are good men and true. They voted for Blease here cause they honestly believed he was p< the better of the two candidates. I know they were mistaken, wofully mistaken, but they would have been g. recreant in their duty to the State |Q had they not voted as their conjg sciences dictated. There are too many Sei e voters not to alive to their duty as citi- ca ta zens, and they were easily mislead Cli y by a selfish demagogue. Lack of i- thought, not viciiusne8s, was respon- th ts Bible for the hold that Blease got on flr re the people. They did not stop to an- f0] 1- alyze the difference between demagogy th l- and statemanshlp. Being honest and pb o straightforward themselves, they did eB y not suspect Blease. His striking per- WJ r- sonality, his ability as a stump speak. th re er, and his genius for organization n were to much for them. When he vj( 13 proclaimed himself the heir of Tillman be ^ and the Reform movement, these 45,- UE D 000 good men took him at his word and followed him. History is full of like instances. 18 It grieved me to see so many of cl) ? my old friends bamboozled by Blease, gl l* but I know their hearts are right and ar 3- wr that in time they will see the differD i'? ence between true Tillmanism and otH Let e false?the kind that Blease teaches. The old Reformers were blinded and nc misled, but, at the same time, their ^ ardent and unselfish support of what l8 they thought were the principles I L3 taught them long ago excited my ad- m ft miration, respect and affecHop. In |V, y their splendid loyalty to true democ- W] ^ racy as they see it lies at once the promise and the hope of good gov eminent in South Carolina. Let a real statesman arise, and these men will ? HX' be even more loyal to him then they la t- were to Blease?and as they always u 's were to me. M For Blease himself and his chief a- lieutenants I have noting but scorn di id and contempt. McLaurii^, Talbert, ^ it Browning and others of their kind m >n knew in their hearts that Blease was ^ ig thoroughly bad, but they followed him A] 'e because they thought they could thus I tJ( is further their own selfish ends. They ^ re believed it was a "ground swell" like ^ that of 1890, and wanted to get on 16 the "band wagon," as so many men did D? then?"driftwood," 1 called them, you t? remember. D Q" Now that the election is over, look 8t calmly down into your own hearts? ^ * I am speaking to the 45,000 patriotic re Blease men?and see if your position i(* was well taken. The heat of the con- a. r. sb flict is past, and you can now see clear- ^ a ly. Ask yourselves?nobody need know you are doing it?why all the ^ tin-iron gamblers, all the blind tigers, 1,1 all the red light habitues, all the crim- . ly tn er inals and near-criminals?those who tQ u have been pardoned and those not yet gm caught and convicted?were for Blease. ^ What have you in common with these 13 men, these vicious parasites on the ^ 0f body politic. Nothing; for you are cg good men and they are bad. There are those who have said that re the Reform movement was responsible 1q n for Bleaseism. I, as the leader and , ' ki h- organizer of that revolution, deny the ~ id charge. The Reform movement had lr certain definite, constructive aims in view, 1. To teach the people the n. power of the ballot and thus "ree d. the State from an oligarchy which 8t had ruled it for a hundred years. 2. To E; lie provide means for educating the en!W larged electorate. 3. To safeguard m to the State, as far as possible, from negro participation in politics. "By lo n* their fruits ye shall know them." I w to point to the primary system of elcctions, to Clemson and Winthr.jp ccl- 11 ks leges, and to the Constitution of 1895 u~ as the fulfilment of the purposes of ^ the Reform movement. The positive. a* ness of 1890 never coud have pro- j lr duced the negation of 1910 and 1912. yf , He who charges that Tillmanism j.0 18 gave legitimate birth to Bleaseism ex- it presses his own disbelief in democ IX ? ? jjj racy. The Reform movement maue me j,e people of the State free political m agents. Will anybody dare deny that that was a good thing? "Government derives Its just powers from the con sent of the governed." Tillmanism pJ ry gave the ballot to the people and er taught them its potency?which all ?r Democrats must admit was right ami ay proper; it is not responsible for the ^ er mistaken use of a rightful power. I cj im am a Democrat, and the defeat of de sd. Blease in 1914 and 1916 renews my he - \ < ' r v o v x ith in the people. If the Reform ovement elected Blease, what defeathlm? I am growing old, and before I die would like to see the people of 1 iuth Carolina forget their differences .d bury factionalism. Factions *are e result of misunderstanding and cial injustice. Let all the people? easites and anti-Bleasites?come gether in a spirit of mutual helpt'ul88, clearing up the misunderstandgs and working together to remedy e injustices that are but too many, le vast majority of both factions? ank God!?are honest men, and sure, honest men can find common ground stand on. B. R. Tillman. ( Trenton, S. C., September 14, 1916. EYIf!A\S CLASH WITH AMERICANS iac< Delegates Resent Americans ''Meddling With Their affairs And are Told They Have .More Pride Thau Sense. t New London Conn., Sept. 18.?Disunion threatened to upset the Mexin and American delegates almost ashed on methods of procedure. General Carranza's envoys Insisted at the border question be settled st and Mexican troops substituted ' r General Pershing's army south of e Rio Grande. They declared ematically that the only reason for the 1 tablishment if this joint commission as to agree upon a plan to protect 1 e frontier. The American took a far different jw. They explained that there would more border massacres and raids Jess Mexico is purged of certain piical, social and ecomic iniquities. ' In reply, the Mexicans said that ' jxico intended to do its own house janing in its own way. They were ad to inform the Americans of Genal Carranza's reforms, but not as a rt of the commission's official pro.'diugs. uhe commission should not y to reform Mexico, because it was >ne of the commission's business, ey said. Want Border Settlement Luis Cabrera, the Mexican spikesan, was particularly displeased by qnvti'hr* -from- Mexico a-kittahy the conference was discussing e regeneration of Mexico. Another legram to Mr. Cabrera was said to ive been by Gen. Carrauza, comanding his envoys to drop all reform lk and huiry up the border settle?nt. After the morning coiiferenet r. Cabrera said: "These stories of the commission's scussion of Mexican internal affairs scouragea me very much. The comission's only business is to arrange r the protection of the border. The atericans have asked certain ques>ns about other things, and it would ive been discourteous for us not to ive furnished this information. "More talk about such matters, bower, is no part of our official work." The threatened rupture of today has sen developing for several days. Last ght one of the Carranza delegation sgan to complain that the Americans d not realize that the Mexicans were proud race. He was linally stopped sort by an American who said: "Tnat just the trouble. You have more ide than common sense. You are too oud even to let us heip you." The Mexican repied: "Every time e United States had had anything -i- ?..? + !. ornt thfi worst of it. UU WIIU UO ?v/ o e cannot forget tliat we lost Calirnia and Texas." The attack of Villa's troops in Chilahua was interpreted by the Mexims as most favorable to Carranza. tiey said that Carranza's troops had therto experienced great difficulty in eating Villa. Now that Gen. Trevino tew where the bandit chieftain was ie would pursue Villa into the rnoun,1ns relentlessly." How Many Steps in A Mile. schauge. How many steps do you take to the ile? Should you be a British inntryman your pace will be the ugest of any infantryman in the orld. The Russians' pace is the lortest, being 27 1-2 inches, the rench, Italian and Austrian pace is > inches, the Germans do 21 inches, hilst the English stride an extra ilf inch. But your own pace, what <>f it? depends upon your height. Take ur eyebrow height, half it, and that presents your pace. You will find to be somewhere between 30 inches id 32 inches, so tint you will need tween 2,000 and 2,100 paces to the lie. Incredible. liiadelphia Public Ledger. City bred Doris had arrived at andfnther's farm for a visit The st morning she came running into e house to her mother, crying extedly: "Ob, mama, come see the >ar little pigs, but Just think, they ive a hog for a mother." IAK.WEKS C0.V1K0L 1'KICC OF COTTON Senator Predicts Short Crop. Juuior Memuers Accepts Invitation to Speait lor IresiUent Wilson in Middle West. Columbia, Sept. lb.?E. D. Smith, juuior United States senator from this State, cume to Columbia from his home in Florence yesterday to attend the funeral of Airs. Annie Howe, sister of President Wiisou. He returned to Florence yesterduy afternoon. Nert month Senator Smith will give much of his tune campaigning for the presidential nominees of the Democratic party. Early in the campaign be had been listed for a tour of two weens through the Eastern division. 1'esterday he received a telegram from Senator Kern of Indiana, urging that he join the Chicago division for a series of speaking engagements before th fgncuiturui masses of the Central West. Mr. Smith accepted tbe invitation. Cotton and problems incident to the marketing of the crop have aiways been of votal interest to Senator * * Smith, but he was never at any time more concerned than just now over the prospect for unprecedented high prices .'^Although, trade relations! line year ago were disrupted by a world war, we consumed 4,000,000 bales of cotton in excess of an 11,100,000 bale crop," he said. "This year the surplus has been exhausted mid we will market not more than 10,000,000 bales. Uur own State will not gin more than 50 per cent, of last year's figures. A concrete illustration is my own crop. 1 have 32 acres from which 1 have picked each year from & to 30 bales. This fall I'll probably Prices to be paid for this year's crop are wholly in the hands of the farmers, Senator Smith emphasized. f\v An extremely small crop and that sec- tlon of the federal reserve act whereby cotton was made a liquid u.xsot, render this possible. All the farmers have to do is to store their cotton in a manner acceptable to a member bank of the federal system. With this assurance from the memoer bunk, the feueral reserve ac? provides that a large percentage rtnr nrrnrecf-tavi coti.uV-.'ifcKl" vunced six mouths by the regional reserve bank. Last yeear $40 was advanced to the bale. Prices then were eight and 10 cents. "With cotton selling at 15 cents throughout the South, an advance of $00 ought to be had," Seuutor Smith said. Another point stressed was that ' liic warehouses did not have to be nuked up with the State warehouse system. The federal reserve act was passed long before a warehouse act was placed ou the statute books of South Carolina, aud the only requireuieut imposed was that the cottou shall be stored in a manner acceptable to the member bank. Senator Smith was uuthor of that section and could speak with authority as to exactions. Another issue on which Senator Smith thinks the people should bestir themselves is the acquisition of the $20,000,1100 nitrate plant as receutly provided for in congress. Selection of the site has been left with President Wilson. Senator Smith was the author of the bill uud fought for its pasage through both houses of congress, uud be.ieves that with a superabundance of water power aud mineral dei-.-its and proper distribution facilities mar the iields for consumption the State has more than an equal chance to procure the plant, if the people of the State vigorously light for its establishment here. GUARD REGIMENTS WILL BE SWAPPED Each New Organization Sent Relieves One Already on Border. Washington, September 18?Gen. Fuuston was directed by tbe war department to-day to return one National Guard regiment to its borne station for each new regiment of the Guard seut to the border. Thy order was issued iu line with Secretary Baker s policy of sending all organizations in State mobilization camps to the border before they are mustered out of the federal service. The three North Carolina regiments ordered south Saturday, together w|th thos,. from Tennessee already on the way, will be the first to reach Gen. i'mixfoii's command to relieve troops now there. There are l'sOOO Guardsmen still in the State camps. These will move as rapidly as the necessary arrangements con be made. It was indicated at the war department that no general movement of < J on rdsineu homeward would be ordered until a decision affecting the border situation had been reached by the Ameriean-Ahexicau commission meeting at New Loudon. Conn. When -National Guard organizations are ordered to home stations for muster out. those members who apply may he discharged ut border stations when applications are made in good faith and are approved by the catnmanding officers. ? . - I' V-.v " ' ' " ' Vj -r ' ' , A