Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Chewiest Chewing Gum ever Chewed T1IEKE IS A DIFFERENCE. The Trice of Cotton And The Price of American Lives. New York Herald, August 10. Mr. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, United States Senator, Governor of Goorgla for two terms and a member of Presi dent Cleveland's Cabinet during Ills second term, might be supposed to rep resent. actually the sentiment <>f the Soupthern people. lie professes to do so, ami will make a speech at the Illlt more Hotel tomorrow before an organi zation of importers, which, unlesfc chal lenged, will be taken In some quarters as representative of Southern thought and Impulse. . , What Senator Smith will say tomor row Is a matter of conjecture, but If Ids utterances In last night's Evening Mall, which, simultaneously with the publication of that Interview, under the signature of Its editor dropped all subterfuge and caiue out as a sympa thizer with Germany, are to be taken as an example, he will tell the im porters, in effect, that the methods be ing pursued by Great Britain and the Allies in Interrupting cotton shipments destined for Germany are worse than those pursued by Germany in her sub marine warfare on commerce which has eost so many American lives. We have never seen any statement from Senator Smith approving the notes sent to Germany by the State Department regarding the Lusltanhi and other oturages. We have seen statements from him disapproving those notes, and therefore it is -safe t ? ? say that he regards Great Britain as wors<? than Germany. There is no intent to do Senator Smith an injus tice. Hut he did sneer at the Presi dent's I.usltanla position and yesterday he insisted that the President "must" inform Great Itritain that she must, permit cargoes to through or the United States would "omit no word or act" to send them through, and that if there is further interference this Government will consider the act "de liberately unfriendly." So much for Senator Smith's posi tion. He would have us go to war with the Allies over cotton. There Is 110 dodging that. It Is the position of a man who _has gone cotton crazy. Mr. Kidder or Dr. Dernburg could not go so far. Now, in order to put the New York public on its guard, as well as to do jusitce to a great and splendid section of this country, the Herald ventures to say that, while Senator Smith may l>e the titular representative of the state of Georgia in the Senate, he is not In any sense a representative of Southern sentiment. He represents a class composed primarily o 1 cotton speculators. The same men, according to the Vlcksburg Herald, which Senator Smith must admit Is fairly representa tive of a cotton section, got up a fake six-cent calamity howl last autumn, when, according to the Vlcksburg Her ald, many were "seared Into, sacrific ing their cotton." According to the Savannah J'ress, which represents tJUo greatest seaport In Georgia, the cotton agitation which Senator Smith is as sisting "places this section (Georgia) in the position of blindness to the moral difference between human blood j and the price of cotton." On the same subject the Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore, devoted to the development of the South, said recently : "The South Is in danger of worship plug cotton Instead of worshipping the Almighty ; we are In danger of sacri ficing honor, integrity of character and nil that makes for human advancement for the price of a -bale # of cotton. Around the neck of the South hangs like u curse a bale of cotton." "What shall It profit the South If It shall gain the whole world (for Its cotton) and lose Its own soul?" Senator Smith and,, his associates were the other day the subject of a sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. M. Ashby Jones of Augusta, Ga. I)r. Jones Is the son of a noted Confederate cahp laln under Stonewall Jackson and Is representative of the best life in the South. He said: "To translate this teaching Into terms of our present problem we must ask. How much, then, is a man of more value than a bale of cotton? "The cry is going up that tftt4 South Is being made^to suffer for a Tight which Is noittJ.of hers. Rut had we not better clearly Understand that this tight Is ours and upon Its Issue our destiny Is deeply involved with the rest of the world ?" With these quotations it is well to leave Senator Slmth to pursue before the New York importers his efforts to mislead the North as he Is seeking to mislead the South. Rut this much can truthfully be said. The editorial columns of the Southern newspai>ers reveal that section of the country standing loyally behind the President, and their discussions fall to show that they In any sense support Senator Smith In his efforts to make the question a great moral Issue over which he would lead us to war. The Southern editors were shock?Ml at the enormity of the outrages inflicted by Germany on Americans without warrant of law, and they arc delil>er atrly refraining from regarding the Rrltlsh Interference with commerce as an outrage calling for an ultimatum. Senator Smith has not blunted the moral sense of the South. He has only blunted his own. It doesn't pay to own things you owe for. MISTAKE TO PULL FODDER. Says S. Pressly Coker, of Klartsvtlle, In CleniKon Bulletin. The practice of fodder pulling which has been followed in tJUe South so long, Kind which is still prevalent today on most every farm, is a practice which injures the corn yields of any given year and lowers the vitality of the seed for the following jrear. It is a practice long since denounced by ? all the best agricultural authorities of the South and one which should be de nounced until heeded by every farmer. It will not take much experlment ing on the part of any farmer to prove to his entire satisfaction that fodder pulling does not pay. I know when you talk of not pulling fodder, you . touch a tender spot with the majority of farmers, for many of them believe it is the thing to do, but let me urge every farmer to follow out the advice of our agricultural papers, "to think more for himself" and experiment to find out whether or not a thing pays If lie cannot be convinced by the exi>er- . ienee of others., - 1 The results of our experiments for the past four years show conclusively that where fodder is pulled when the bottom leaves begin to turn, there Is. a loss of at least '24 per cent In yield of corn. If pulled when three-fourths of the leaves are dry, about 10 per cent decrease in yield. Prohibition Campaigns in South Caro lina and Ohio. Two states vote upon the wet and dry question this fall. The prohibi tion referendum bill passed by the leg islature of South Carolina comes be fore the voters of that state Septem ber 14. Ohio voters, under the initia tive, decide the question November 2. Since twenty-nine of the forty-four counties of South Carolina are already dry under the dispensary law and the remainder have dispensaries only in the principal cities ? most of them only in the county seat ? there Is every reason to believe that this state will *>e nine teenth on the prohibition list. Prohibition was defeated in Ohio last November by a majority of 84.000, af ter a short campaign forced by tlm li quor interests, hut despite this handi cap seventy of the eighty-eight counties gave dry majorities. Outside the two cities of Cincinnati and Cleveland the amendment swept the state by more than 36,000 majority. Ohio, therefore, it is confidently expected, will bo twen tieth to take its place in the dry col umn. Magistrate Corry, In Spartanburg, has ruled tliat playing golf on Sunday Is not a violation of the law. GERMANY MAY NOT REPLY No Further Attacks Have Been Made on American Vessels. A Washington special to the New York World "a^: The manifest In difference of the Berlin government toward the last request sent by the United States for a satisfactory reply to former protests against t lie subma rine warfare of the German admiral ty is causing more concern here than is apparent on the surface. American officials and foreign dip lomats are perplexed by the failure of Foreign Minister von Jagow, of the German Imperial government, at least to indicate his puri>ose to reply to the note of July 23 presenting the final comment, of this government regarding the destruction of- the liiisltania and other acts of German submarines in violation of international law and the rights of humanity. So far as can be learned, the State Department has not received any as surance through Ambassador Gerard that ^ reply may be expected, as is customary in diplomatic usage. As a matter of fact, since the dispatching of the note 110 word has been received from Ambassador Gerard regarding it other than an acknowledgment from Mr. Gerard of its receipt and the im pressions which have been reflected in the comments of Oerman newspapers. While the President's note did not in a sense call for a continuance of the correspondence, it was assumed by the officials of the United States that a reply, might be expected within a rea sonable time, or at least some formal announcement on the part of the Ger man government indicating its purpose to change its marine policy to conform to the requirements of the situation. It was believed by officials of this government that the concluding para graph of the President's note would inspire the Kaiser's government to an nounce such a change of policy or at least to present additional reasons for not doing so. That paragraph was: "Friendship itself prompts it (the United States) to say to the lmi>erlal government that repetition by the com manders of (Jerman vessels of acts In contravention of those rights must be regarded by the government of the United States, when they affect. Ameri can citizens, as deliberately unfriend ly." While there 1ms not been recurrence of attacks by (Jerman submarines on vessels carrying American passengers and cargoes, and there, exists the gen eral l>elief that the policy of the Ger man government has been quietly al tered to prevent a repetition of them, American officials' and foreign diplo mats unite in the view that something more Is required by tip attitude of the i United States. This, It Ik held, should take the form ot u reply, conveying uu otter to umke such amends for (>MMt deeds uh the former relations between the two coun tries JiiHtlfy and the assurance that the ImiH'i'lHl government has taken steps to prevent cause for complaint on the Maine more. What puzzles both officials and dtp- 1 tomfttH. however. In that, Germany up to date has failed to wend preliminary aaMii ranee through the American am bassador or to ItH own representative at Washington of ltt? purpose at leant t<)%ek now lodge tile rec$ii>t ?f tUd Pres ident'*' note of it* Intent to reply to it within a reasonable time. Hut up to date the Washington gov ernment has no direct information re* gardingt, the IntcntiouH of the Herlin government. Carnegie's Wealth. When rumorH were flashed over the laud again one day recently that An drew Carnegie was dead the query on everybody's lipH was: "How much money did he leave?" Mr. Carnegie himself made the im portant remark that it is a crime to die rich ? being one crime which most of us will escape without violent ef fort. Hut how much is Carnegie worth? Since he sold his steel works tba income from the bonds he received in payment has amounted to $210,000, 000. Hence the laird might have spent $5,000,000 a year to maintain his frugal household and have given away $140, 000,000 and still have all of his orig inal fortune intact.- ? Philadelphia Led ger. Treasurers and Auditors Organize. Columbia, Aug. 12, The auditors and treasurer's association of South Caro lina was organized here today with the election of the following officers for the ensuing year: President, H. E. Neal, treasurer of York ; first/ vice pres ident, T. H. Gooding, auditor of Hamp ton ; second vice president, H. F. Howe, treasurer of Darlington ; .secretary, J. P. Mozlingo, Jr., auditor of Darling ton ; assistant secretary, W. F. Russell, auditor of Kershaw. Comptroller General Sawyer was made an honorary member of the as sociation. Temple, Tex.? Cutting roses In her garden, Mrs. Ed. G. Talley heard her baby cry In the house. She started to run indoors, tripped over a lawn mower and fell. The scissors In her hand pierced her heart killing her In stantly. onck a ?uj?r3 Would luj. ^ HeIU.1^ ,WU M ?T M moo w*i th? public M|ium. Kun.lay ni^i* , ; ?" 1>"rtH to eJS <W u"? Bluto *: liraUntnwjr wrvtCM l.? ???. IVI.-r BtoltM, ?,?*? miwto wm reoflered i.y ? ^ jTi and violin (juait. i 1. Mr. McUndon said be w??? K0tu preach on Hin, and mlKht uiak? ? tl remark* on the boot# bush** JV aimounced ?h tots text : "Ih, that eth I.Ik Hln shall >ml prosp0t { but confcKHCth and for*uki>tb them tlAVt nn'i'i'y," rroverlis 2H;1|{. lit- told of the awful niiiuiv *j sequences of kIii and iu partly^ and dcudenlng effects Upon m.-n, vividly portrayed hIii hi all 1U bldeoo? UHpecU. The la tier part of hU senuou *u the inoHt scathing arraignment of ti# liquor business that ban probably Wer been heard in Beiinettesville. in piai^ hluut language he pictured it a? tu? greatest agency for evil 011 earth, uud with touching Illustrations emphujj. ed the fact that the saving of one boy's life and soul from Its deadly fang* |, ^vorth more than all the paltry dol lars ever realized from Its sale. "But you say," continued Mr. Me Lendon "that 1 once ran a blind tlg^ In Benuettesyllle, and I am ashamed to say that It Is true. It almost breaka my heart to think that I have sold blind tiger liquor to some of you wt out 'tAere. But I want to tell you whit I now think of the' blind tiger. It la the lowest down, vilest skunk that ever walked the earth, and Is worse than a cross between a polecat and a b & sard." The closing words of Mr. MeLea don's sermon was a prayer to Almighty God that he might be given strength and power to overcome the evil and repair the damage that he had done la his earlier life, and .that he might ban a band in the blotting out of the ac cursed liquor business from South Car olina and the nation. Throughout his terrific assault upoa sin and alcohol, Mr. McLendon was m tened to with the most wrapt attention, and there was perfect l>ehavlor thr* out .the great throng that filled tbe eastern side of the public square. -Pee Dee Advocate. phjlltps Watts, machinist for the Otto Elevator company, was electrocuted Tuesday morning! in Columbia wbe4 making an inspection of the elentoc in the Mimnaugh department store. ; BUILD YOUR FENCE The need of the farmers in this and other counties of South Carolina is raising cattle and hogs. We_ha?e been looking forward to this change and have ju?t re ceived another car of Southern Field Fence. Get oar prices and when the boll weevil strikes old South Car olina we all will be prepared to fight the pest with Hog and Hominy. Laying by tiipe is near at hand and there will be no better time to build your fencei WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR FARMERS SUPPLIES AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT See the greatest M6wer on the market "The Emerson Standard." Agents for Larro Cow Feed and Arab Horse Feed. SPRINGS & SHANNON THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK , ' \ : .... /c . t. \:i *L__. _ ' ' , ? f!) ii s a l wm den^ Ili'i! ^ ,>IjA^ATION in West Wateree, seven fciiles from tt* ' m?es from I^ugoff S. O. \ ' j* 1 1contal,ns 1?373 acres; 800 acres open land, a good portion of Dlncl - onllnner cuItlvatlon and producing well ; some ?ood timber on * ? ' on* ? room dwelling, 26 tenant houses, several bams and of k^Vov ? property is situated in one 6t the best farming sections of inh?, w c?unty ; K??4 neighborhood and healthy locality. PWj mJn! ?n place5 about 300 bales of cotton produced on pl?<*,?? ninJi ;?80mP goo<1 pasturing land for stock raising. We hare this Ai?n n saJe at a bargain and the terms are very easy. . in* i??i f?]lowing : 75 acres 8 miles Southeast of Camden, adjol ?.f A. J. Boykln, West and Burrows. About 40 acres o**j holn balanco in wood and timber. Two room dwelling* Pf0"?1??8- Price $1,650., cash or terms. . Ai?' 1 belonging to T. 3. Dunlap, 8 miles from Camden In ? hor nn uSWt nj This is a good tract of land with some nice wo 2 8 adJolning this property have been in demand we have this for sale at a reasonable price. 7 DuBose & Boy kin I**-. NJ^ ? "? "