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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.
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