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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.
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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
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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
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—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.
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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
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Mrs. W. A. Soott, 29ft Cbostanf
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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
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Southern Insurance ft Realty Co.,
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For Bale—One Flanders 20, two new
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Indian Runner Duck Eggs—Grea*
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For Sale—Tom pkln’e and Langford’t
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Why Not Spend the hot summer days
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