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t ; .1 PUN NR REMEDt r ON CRNilEU I1KT !C(T EINIEltYUmOKS LEVER BAS LEADING PART Oongressman Acte W ith Other Legis lators Ftmu the South In Their Kf- forte to Ameliorate Conditions for the Cotton Parmei s—Bonded Warehouses Are Planned. •* The problem of saving the cotton crop of the South in the face of the closing of the European cotton mar kets by war was taken up Thursday by a Southern Cotton congress com mittee, which met at Washington in special session. Delegates represent ing the cotton states organized, lis tened to members of congress who outlined legislative plans for' meet ing the cotton crisis, discussed the situation and named a committee to thrash out a plan for saving the 13,-. r >00,000 bales of cotton which will soon be harvested in the cotton states. 4. Representative Lever of South Carolina and Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who have had charge of the ., legislative end of the movement to provide federal aid to meet the sit uation, addressed the congress. They, with Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, formulated the scheme which will probably be put through. It cou- ^^em plates the establishment of '^tmrtidard cotton grades, government ‘^^HTcensed cotton warehouses and the issue of sufficient emergency current cy. about 1300,000,000 to be loaned on cotton, to enable the South to hold the surplus of the crop over • until market cnditlons become more nearly normal. A flood of suggestions and plans were proposed by delegates to the congress. They ranged from pro posals that the government valorize cotton or issue currency against it, to plans for the destruction of half of the crop, to maintain the price. All these plans were referred to com mittees elected by the various state delegations. The congress adopted a resolution Indorsing the amendments to the emergency currency act proposed by Senator Ransdell, which would make emergency currency available on warehouse receipts for cotton as se curity. Senator Ransdell told the congress that although the treasury department had decided such receipts would be proper security under the present law, he was anxious to make sure of it. The resolutions committee elected was: R. G. Rhett of South Caro lina; W. L Lewis, Texas; Hugh Mc Rae, North Carolina: L. Melton, Ala bama; E. E. Paten, Virginia; Frank Tomlinson, Arkansas; F. S. Ether idge. Georgia, and J. Frank Adams, Florida. The committee on legislation in cluded: S. G. Mayfield, South Caro lina; E. R. Kone, Texas; A. J. Mc Kinnon, North Carolina; Ray Rus sell, Alabama; Chas. W. Perridy, Vir ginia; Ben R. Well, Arkansas; H E Stockbridge, Georgia, and J. D. Smith, Florida. The congress also named a com mittee of two members from eaeh of the cotton states to confer with Sec- ^jetary McAdoo of the treasury as to financial aspects of the situation. ^^When Commissioner Watson of South Carolina, president of the Southern Cotton congress, called the congress into extraordinary session Just before boon, ho saw .before him gathered in the spacious House cau cus room somewhere between 400 and 500 serious minded, determined looking merchants, bankers and cot- 4on men gathered from all over the cotton growing states bent on their mission of saving the cotton crop from going for a song because of the European war situation. It is prob able that never before has any set of men come to Washington jnore de termined to work out some plan that will save themselves and their neigh bors from financial loss and ruin. At the afternoon session Senator Ransdell of Louisiana addressed the congress. He urged that anything like a valorization scheme be put out of mind. He declared that leglsla- tion now pending would make it pos sible to obtain all the money neces sary through regular channels, and would permit the holding of cotton «on farms or at least in the communi ty Where it is raised. By makifig the Vreeland-Aldrich law apply to State banks,, t? new banks that have'no surplus, and to small banks. Sena tor Ransdell told the congress, he felt'certain the greatest obstacle in the present crisis had been met. As to warehouses, he said, these could be constructed by erecting a platform surrounded by a fence and tarpaulins could be used for covering the coUon. It developed that the ton farmers are now nearer out of than at any t}me since the war Lw_ullLpxflhahll_hAV£ req u i red I css in any previous year had not the»war come on. VOTE WfllBE LARGER ENROLLMENT SHOWS INCREASE OVER TWO YEARS AGO. Figures Prom Thirty-Four Counties Compared With Their Vote In Elec- t tion of 1912. The enrolment of voters upon the club lists of thirty-four counties of South Carolina indicate that the total enrollment for the State will be considerably greater than the total number of votes polled in the guber natorial race of 1912. The total of votes for the 1912 race, as given out by the State Democratic committee, was 140,757, of which 72,043 were polled for Gov. Blease, 66,548 for Judge Jones and 2,166 for John T. Duncan. This year’s Democratic enrolment for thirty-four counties is given be low, toegther with ther cpunty vote for governor in 191:2. ’The table of couhty enrolments Is derived from the county newspapers, and the list of gubernatorial returns is made up by a News and Courier correspond ent from the.total vote accorded Gov. Blease without accounting for the scattering Vatfe of slightly more than two thousand in favor of John Dun can. Slight discrepancies in the enrol ment of more than one county may be accounted for by relatively unim portant county annexations: MnifS 1EPD1TEJ 1 * wm KHANS FIHT BELHANS AND TIB CIOSUIS MEET Spartanburg Journal Prints CENSORSHIP IS STRICT Vote Enrollment In 1912. in 1914 Anderson . . . . •T7T,934 8,800 Bamberg .... .. 1,258 1.429 Barnwell . . . . 2,477 Beaufort . . . . 681 703 Berkeley ... .. .. 1,125 1,387 Calhoun 888 1,019 Cherokee .... 3,400 Chester .. 2.296 2,350 Chesterfield. .. .. 3,007 3,843 Clarendon .. .. .. 2,026 2,172 Colleton . . 2,566 2,755 Darlington . . . . . . 3.073 3,502 Dorchester .... 1,654 1,794 Dillon 2,226 2,313 Edgefield .. . . 1,944 2,033 Florence .. .. 3.936 4,367 Greenville .. .. .. 8,934 10,2y5 Hampton .. .. .. 1,574 1,816 Horry .. 3,682 4,036 Kershaw .. .. .. 2,513 2,777 Lancaster .. .. .. 2,808 3,050 Laurens .. 3,976 4,250 Lee * .. 1,764 1,943 Lexington .. 4,280 4,690 Marlboro .. .. . . 2,400 2,608 Newberry . . . . . . 3,082 3,365 Orangeburg. .. .. 4,315 4,676 Richland . . . . . . 5,977 6,886 (About) Saluda 2,500 Spartanburg. .. .. 10,573 11,292 Sumter 2,575 Union 3,300 Williamsburg .. .. 2,008 2,431 York . . 4,295 4.446 Totals . .109.727 121,240 TENSE MOMENT. Americans Reach Home. One thousand Americans arrived Nen York Wednesday on board • liner Philadelphia, direct from iBthamptoB. , Manning Faces Mullally Before New berry Crowd of Voters. Richard I. Manning Wednesday morning interrupted John B. Adger Mullally in the midst of his denun ciation of Mr. Manning with the statement that everything Mr. Mul- laly ha'd said about him was mali ciously false, while scores of the audience rose^to their feet to watch the situation. Mr. Manning, facing Mr Mullally on the stand, in front of the 1,500 people in the audience, said to him in-a clear voice: “I have only been restrained from no ticing' you on account of a piece I saw in a New York paper about your condition. I do not intend to notice you further." By this time there was consider able uproar, but Chairman Keitt got between the two men and Sheriff Cannon G. Blease warned a specta toi*, who‘started from the rear of the stand, to get back. Mr. Manning took his seat, while many cries of "Hurrah for Manning!” mingled with shouts from the followers of the governor.. Mr, Mullaly had be gan his denunciation of Mr. Man ning after scoring him for his flaying of Bleasism. The two factions in the audience applauded the respec tive champions. - DOESN’T WANT IT - •» . Mendel Smith Would Avoid Support of Men Like Cliicco. Speaking at Newberry Mr. M. L. Smith said that he had. never voted for Blease Jin any of his races and that hi* anti-Bleaseism was well kndwn. He said that he was not pleading for factionalism on one stump and for pbace and harmony on ■another. Mr, Smith then went on to speak of the work of the State board of health and favored its expansion. "I do not want the vote," said Mr Smith, "and influence of such men as Chicco of Charleston and would, un der no circumstances, encourage or accept ft. I have given men in Char- my Owing to Cutting of German Cable AU War News Conies From Allies r * J*-, ' / —Battle in Belgium Hailed as Vic tory and Sea Battle Has German Cruiser on the Run. News for the seat of war continues to be vague and of the most unsatis factory character. Practically no news comes from the nations of the Triple Alliance, and the news from the other countries is so censored by war ofilciais that what little reaches America is only permitted to do so when there is no chance of it assist* ing the enemy. News is sent out from Brussels through London that 10,000 Ger mans, comprising cavalry, artillery and infantry engaged a force of 7,- 000 Belgians in battle at Haelen. “It is believed,” says the dispatch, "that the obje t pf the Germans was to take a position north of the St Trend road at Tirlemont, from which they could execute a turning move ment against the Belgian army. “Through efficient cavalry recon noisance the Belgian commander ob tained accurate information of the movement of the attacking forces To reach Diest the Germans had to cross the river at Haelen, and before this place the Belgians took up their principal position, erecting barri cades, building intrenchments and placing guns where they could be most effectively employed. “The Germans came in sight about 11 o'clock’in the morning and soon the artillery on both sides came into action. The German fire had little effect. The Belgian fire was deadly, even at a range of 2,000 metres, and played havoc with the German cav airy, which, notwithstanding, con tinued to advance. "The cavalry charged, but owing to hedges and hillocks could attack only In small groups. The Germans again and again hurled themselves at the barricades, only to be shot down by the deadly Belgian fire. "The attack on the bridges span ning the river was equally fierce. German officers urged their men to the attack to meet almost certain death from the Belgian guns. Men and horses fell like flies until, when almost shattered, the order for re treat was given at 6 o'clock In the evening. VThe German defeat was complete, their loss amounting to more than 1,000, and they retired in the great est disorder. At nightfall they were making their way hastily towards Tongres." News also conies of severe brushes between the outposts of the French and German armies near Othain. on the French frontier. This supposed to be a preliminary skir mish to some great decisive battle which will soon follow. According to dispatches the French have won most of the skirmishes, but no word has come from Berlin since the fall of Liege. It is also reported that eight for eign warships are now in the vicinity of San Francisco and a battle is im minent. News comes of a battle be tween an English cruiser and a Ger man cruiser in the Atlantic Rear Admiral Craddock, of the British navy, reports the battle as follows: “We were steaming north Thurs day morning last and the crew had just from the foremast head came the hail ‘enemy on the port bow’,” said the flag captain of the Suffolk in an official statement to-day. "The order ‘clear ship for action’ was given. “Off the port bow, 11 or 12 miles away, we could see the Karlsruhe naod the Kronprlnz Wilhelm. The Karlsruhe had her boats out, coaling from the North German Lloyd ship and as we hurried down toward her it vyas in the hope'’she had run so short in. Jher bunkers that we could catch her. “As soon as the Germans sighted us they took to their heels. The Karlsruhe did not even stop to pick up her boats. Her men clambered aboard as best they could and she hustled to the northward while the Kronprlnz Wilhelm steered to the east. .."Nineteen thousand yards was the closest we got to our quarry. The Bristol was north of us, and the Ber wick south. We called both by wire less and ordered them to aid in the chase. The Berwick tried to cut off 4he Kronprlnz Wilhelm, while the Bristol took a posit^n to Intercept the Karlsruhe. All afternoon wb rac ed after the fleeing German. By 5 o’clock her smoke had disappeared. “At 9 o’clock that night a wireless from the Bristol said, ‘enemy In sight.’ A few minutes later carqe the message, ‘we’re engaging the ene- fect and have ur^d upon my friends not in any way to solicit it but to' avotfl it.’’ V Three Persons Killed, Three paaengers were killed when a train plunged through a bridge near Ottawa, C£n% Monday. BY BLEA51TES RICHARDS REFUSED TO HOW HE VOTED. TELL Inters^ CLASSIFIED COLUMN terwd pure-bred. Holly. N. C. W. N. Cavia. Mt. ing Article Concerning Change of Heart Among Bleasites. Since many of tbe Spartanburg county Blease people have turned against Richards because of his re fusal to state where he stood in the governor’s election in 1912, it hus been learned, says the Spartanburg Journal, that a greater part of this strength will go to W. C. Irijy Jr., the Laurens county administration candidate. It would now appear'that Irby will carry the Spartanburg coun ty Blease vote over the other Blease candidates. In an interview with Robert J. Gantt a reporter was advised that the Blease people are by no means solid in the support of any candidate for governor. “There^bas been no ‘elimination’ except where the in dividual voter is eliminating by choosing the best man hs he sees it," said Mr. Gantt. J "It is true that a number of voters left Richards as the result of his re fusal to state his position two years ago, when questioned as to this Sat urday night. Mr? Richards was a candidate for railroad commissioner before the people two years ago, and both sides claimed him." Continuing, Mr. Gantt said: “The present campaign for governor is a campaign of principles as well as men, and unless a man stands squarely for the principles supported by Gov Blease, the Bleasites are not disposed to support him. Richards answer last Saturday night caused many to question his loyalty to Blease principles. There are men running in this campaign, who open ly take the position that they will not answer as to whom they will support. They are not running as ‘Bleasites’. They are straddlers and are running as such, and will be voted for as such. "But no one hoping to succeed Gov. Blease as governor and leader of the Blease movement can be elected by the Bleasites as sucb. A large number of the Bieasitea will not vote for any man who does not stand squarely for Blease principles, and whose loyalty to them they can not question. We assume that a man who has supported Gov. Blease in the past will continue his loyal sup port. If he Is a recent convert to Bleasism, and aspires to lead the cause, we realize that he has the right to change his views, we want to know this fact, and then we want to know, ‘Why he has changed,’ so that we might not suspect that there is some connection between the change of political faith, and the race for office. We want to know this so that we will not feel that the same political aspiration that prompted a change, will not prompt another change. That our candidate will stay put. “Any candidate can say ‘I will vote for Blease at the coming election,’ but the question is, will he be a Bleasite after the election. "I think Mj\ Irby hit the nail on the head when he asked Mr. Rich ards if he was so anxious to Iqt the people know how he was going to vote two weeks from now, why was he unwilling to tell how he voted two years ago? "Mr Richards is not running as a straddler but as a Bleasite, and we want to know if his record as such is sound.” For teto—V«)vet Beans, 92 bushel f. e. b. Alachua, Fla. Cash with or der. Caswell ft Grlmce, Alachua, Fla. * Ran cocas strain 8. C- White —Hatching eggs, 99 per 100;'ll.90 per settlLg. Red Briar Farm, Hen dersonville, S. C. / White Wyaadottee—Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatch ing. W. P. Causey, 1911 Dickens 8L, Colombia. S. C. Western North CaroMao. «• to $9 per woek. Wrtto for toformntioii, Mrs. W. A. Soott, 29ft Cbostanf 8t., Asheville, N. C. OOO Acres Ho—ten Ooemtjr, Cfe. Fine Farming ami Fo«C^ I^pttd—Railway way station- no gfacol Doa’l hesi tate os sc const of priee, 9^9,009 for this whicht Is worth 929.909. Southern Insurance ft Realty Co., Life Building, Macon, Oa. For Bale—One Flanders 20, two new cases, top, extra seat. Car In ex cellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, 8. U. LANDER COLLEGE Greenwood, 8. C. OPENS SEPT. 10, 1014. Send for Catalogue. Glenn Springs, S. €., TJie Garner House—Nearest to Spring. Meet guests at Whltestone with automo bile. Write for information. Indian Runner Duck Eggs—Grea* layers, easily raised. 91 per 13 FTp-n-f or pc reel post pnld. Mr» R. A. Kirk, Lancscster, S. C. R. 6 For Sale—Tom pkln’e and Langford’t high class Single Comb Reds. Fine breed. Select matings. Eggs, 91-to 92 and 92 per 15. Young chicks Mrs. John Kerr, Dutham, N. C. Why Not Spend the hot summer days at the Meadow Brook Farm? En joy good water, fresh fruits and vegetables. For terms write Mrs. R. P. Freeman, Horse Shoe, N. C. 'or Sale—Complete saw mill, 30 h. p. boiler and engine on wheels; splendid condition at law price; mlsu 35 foot motor boat. 8. H. Robertson, Sampson’s Wharf, Va. For Sale—Mountain Grown Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoes—Plant In July and raise fine crop. Price, 91.50 per bushel. Order now, from C. P. Senders, Spartanburg, S. G Blood is (ho Lite Purify the Mood, toxic and waste mi nerve will be better, pliant and stranger. Pi eaeential to goodnealth. ttcfgB > mewl .wi J.jm p MK1 ■RS. JOE PERSON’S R hassMts* sac ila all< otd—dm topoof Mood.- ftcl—as and aw rich** tbo IMS fluid sad thus way to porfoct hoslth. Toeraaiflhk—Itoja it tor ftwtr ro—. sad thoy tsatt* te Mb sma«tk-«tviat easUMos. offletaatfor its It has stroatthoaod up bout up my coastal hoslta. 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