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1 LEXINGTON DISPATCH=NEWS
^ LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY JULY 31 1918. No. 40.
B. DIAL OPPOSED
FARMERS' LOAN
* .
|| fie Issued a Printed Circular
^ Which Finally Reached New
HGg?^York Bankers' and Was Used<
Hp Against the* Passage by the
.South Carolina Legislature of a J
BSix Per Cent Legal Rate of Inarieston
American.
By JOHN K. AULL.
Columbia July 23.?Do the people j
South Carolina want in the senate j
of the Umtea states men wno uuucx-i
1^ .stand the needs of the producers? j
% Hfe-. the farmers and the laborers?or do:
they want representatives of corpora-!
f . ?iions? With theprospects of a cotton;
jlffi- -crop of between 15;000;000 and 16::
I ?000 ;000 bales this fall do they want
IP a man there who is opposed to the
estate warehouse system or do they
-want a friend of -the system?the man j
g. who while governor in the dark days j
of the fall of 1914 when cotton was a
Wf . * drug on the market ./d financial;
i j
ruin stared the farmers and all of the i
state in the face called an extra ses- j
sion of the legislature for the purpose
of establishing the system in order
that the farmers might hold their cotton
and borrow money on it at 6 per
cent?some of them notably the late
* * Senator Tilllman securing money on
?ieir cotton as low as 5 per cent
through the system that fall and the
next spring?
DUr? Circular.
Siirely the fanners of South Carolina
do not want to send to the United
States senate at this time a man
who in the fall of 1915 issued a prin.
ted jjircular which whether With or
without his concent found its way to
2few York bankers who were lending
money on state warehouse receipts
and which protested against the passage
by the South Carolina legisla
'ture of a 6 per cent legral rate of interest
That is what Mr. N. B. Dial
at that time in control of a private
"bonded cotton warehouse in Laurens
and now a candidate for the United
States senate did.
Mr. Dial still does not take time to
state his own qualifications for thei
office of United States senator and;
as has been stated in this correspond'
cnce it is felt that it is only a kind-'
ness that they should be stated for;
him in order that he may devote his'
whole time on the campaign to a villi:
hcation of Mr. Blease who as grover.,
* i
nor called the extra session of the
legislature for the passagre of the
-state warehouse bill and who signed
-the act which put the system into operation
and saved' the farmers of
Souths Carolina from the grasp cf
the cotton speculators.
DATE OF CIRCULAR.
The circular sigmed by N. B. Dial
Teferred to bears date October 24
1915.
The situation of the farmers of
South Carolina at that time will be re
called. The great war in Europe
and on the seas burst uoon the world
in all its fury in Augrust of 1914.
When the souths'cotton crop that
Tall went upon the market the price
hnrp down to 5 ana 6 cents. Debts
* "were owing: by the farmers "the banks
"were panicky for. fear of being: called
* by northern creditors and there was
general economic despondency ana
irloom throughout South Carolina.
Then came the extra session of the
general assembly with the result sta
ted. State warehouse receipts became
a liquid asset in the money mar
kets of the nation and a farmer was
enabled to shove a bale of cotton a,
cross a b?nk counter secure money;
at 5 and 6 per cent hold his cotton
pay his debts and hope for the better
times which came.The influence of
"the system reached far beyond the
borders of South Carolina had a stabilizing:
effect in all the cotton states, i
At Critical Time.
In the fall of 1915 the situation
liad been somewhat relieved and the
state warehouse system was becoming:
firlmy established. Such banks as
the Guaranty Trust company of Newj
York accepted its receipts without
question. It was at this critical time
that the Dial circular reached New
' York. It had an unsteadying: effect
for a short time which was overcome
for the reason that Senator McLaurin'
** then in charge of the system went
personally to New York and explained'the
exact situation down here in'
South Carolina*.. . ..* j
Was Mr. Dial at that time a true'
k
'
ID. N. STRICKLAND
i PASSES AWAY
j.
Swansea, July 30.?David N.
Strickland died Sunday after a
long illness and was buried Monday
in the family burying ground
near his home. He was about 69
years of age and is survived by
his wife, seven sons and' four
daughters.
Mr. Strickland was a consistQiroricao
Ron.
cut iuciucci ui mc ijvvanovu
tist church, and the funeral services
were conducted by his pastor,
the Rev. J. R. McKittrick,
in the presence of a large gathering
of relatives and friends.
i
SUGARLESS RATION
MAY BE NECESSARY
Commodity Must Be Used Sparingly
During Month of August. Two
Pounds to Person
Further reduction of the consumption
of sugar is made necessary by
the present critical shortage: and the
food- administration is calling upon
the home consumers to cut down the
use of sugar to even less than the ration
which had previously been estab
lished emphasizes the fact that unless
the new regulations are voluntarily
carried out by the people the sugar
supply will not last. It is to safeguard
against a sugarless ration or a
sugar famine that the food administration
has cut down the allotment
which is now three pounds per person
per month to two pounds per person
per month. This allotment applies
to the month of August.
In public eating places reestaurants
hotels boarding houses and dining
cars the new allotment will be two
pounds for each 90 meals served. .
Manufacturers of soft drinks and
candy are now receiving only 50 per
cent of their normal supply or of their
last year's consumption of sugar.The
private homes have not been asked
by the food administration to make
so deep a cut as that
Sugar bowls have disappeared
from he tables of many of the hotels
restaurants and cafes and sugar is
carefully measured out guests and
customers. Under these listing con
aitions there can be no unlimited use
of sugar even for a portion of a
month in the homes of those who are
endeavoring to conscientiously and
Datriotically live up to the food administration
rules and regulations.
Sugar must be precious to be wasted
or to be used except sparingly. Ever
though it may mean sacrifice sugar
must be saved now.
friend of the farmers of South Caro
lina upon whom the prosperity of the
state rested?
He was in favor of "a still better
warehouse system" to be "passed
congress similar to whiskey bonded
warehouses."
"At present" he said in his circular
"the (state warehouse) receipts
are weak" etc.
Arguing against the state system
he contended that "at the present
time our people want a,, roller mill
built" and sarcastically asked "Will
the state compete with the owners."
Referring to State Warehouse Commissioner
McLaurin 6 per cent interest
he said.
"He now says-that the next legislature
will be sure to pass a 6 per
cent rate of interest law. I do not
know what influence he will have
with. the legislature but I do not
think any reasonable member with
ar.v amount of experience will be so
unwise as to advocate such legislation
Contending that the state ware
house receipts were "weaK" ana arguing
agrainst a lesral interest rate
of 6 ner cent when millions of dollars
of those receipts issued at a 6
per cent rate of interest were then
held as collateral in the banks of
New York; Baltimore and elsewhere!
Such was the friendship shown by
Mr. Dial to the farmers of South Car
olina in the fall of 1915 at which
time he stated he was succssfully man
agrin? a private warehouse in the city
of Laurens. *
Perhaps even yet Mr. Dial will de 1
cide to gpve the people of South Caro
lina his qualifications for the offiie of
United States senator and relieve The
American of further responsibility a.
long this line. His qualifications are
numerous and if Mr. Dial simply
won't' gfive them it is felt to be only a
kindness to him as stated to grive them
for him and it will be done.
f
"Don't Put Off L
Tomorrow What
Be Done Today."
Don't put off buying the V
pledged to buy when you sign
Help improve the showing of
ing the stamps as early as
pledged to buy. Help UncW
SOON and as OFTEN as poss
NOTHING IS SA
ft , ?
South Carotin
Taken'
P. M. Re<a, vice-director of
war savings, has made the
1 _ 4 M (ti
IOUUWIJUg siaieuioab ill a
ence to the June intensive
W. S. S. campaign:
"With reports incomplete,
it now seems likely that as
a result of the June intensive
W. S. S. campaign nearly
$15,000,000 worth of War
Savings Stamps have been
purchased and pledged. The
war savings movement will,
of course, be pushed vigor-'
ously until December 31, by
which time the state's quota
for the year will have been
purchased. In the meantime,
we wish to acquaint the people
of "South Carolina with
the splendid results effected
by the campaign and which
do not plainly show in the
cold figures:
"Several hundred thousands
of men and womenmore
than hare been reached
In any previous war
campaign?have voluntarily
pledged to help win the war
by saving and by lending
their savings to the government;
thousands of men, women,
and children have started
saving who never saved
befere; the practice of thrift
has been encouraged in a
way that will have a perm a
nent effect; a splendid foundation
has been laid for meeting
the economic problems
that peace will bring; the
sacred principles for which
America and her Allies are
pouring out their blood and
treasure, and the necessity of
carrying on to victory the
war against German aggression
have been brought forcibly
and convincingly home
^
:w!? DENT MAKES j
PUBLIC STATEMENT
|
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Mr. Editor:
! I notice in your last week's is|
sue that Mr. D. L. Shealy, who!
j is running for Auditor, seeks to j
jget in print, and in his article he:
! saw fit to state that I had stated i
I
! 2 years ago, during the cam-;
ipaign, that if elected that I|
j would not again make the race;
for Auditor. My friend is mis-;
: taken,-1 never made any suchi
j statement publicly or privately, j
j Also, -as to his other statements j
j refering to me. they are equally i
: as unfounded.
Last spring on account of con-'
; ditions of my health I hesitated j
I to state positively that I would;
j enter the race, but even then I j
!did not state that I WOULD:
|NOT RUN. I have decided to;
j make the race for re-election, j
The office belongs to the people j
and I am willing to leave it to j
them to say who will serve them, i
t i
j Every man has a right to run for:
| office if he sees fit. We have no
i objections to Mr. Shealy making
i the race for Auditor or any other j
citizen offering tor this office.
I take this occasion to thank t
my friehds who have already in-1
dicated to me their purpose to |
i give me their support and I as-!
sure them and all the people of i
Lexington County that if I am j
re-elected that I will give them i
the very best service of which I
i am capable. *
* W. D. DENT.
i
fntil
Can
)
7ar Savings Stamps which you
ied the W. S. S. pledge in June,
your county and state by buypossible
in the months * you
; Sam by buying W. S. S. as
ible. Make your pledge good!
VED BY DELAY
' t
ia Has
Hie Offensive.
to the people of the Palmetto
State. For these results,
aside from the millions of
dollars loaned to the government,
the June campaign was
fully worth the effort. The
people now realize that when
they do without nonessential
articles and lend the
money thus saved to the
government, they are releasing
labor and material needed
in prosecuting the war.
"The great popular success
of the campaign is due to
several causes: to the win
the-war spirit . wnicn animates
the people of South
Carolina; to the loyal and un.
tiring efforts of thousands of
devoted worker*; to the patriotic
zeal which imbuee the
county chairmen and their
efficient co-workers; to the
splendid co-operation of the
press, the pulpit, and the public
forum in conveying the
War Saying* message so
ably and forcefully; and to
the many patriotic advertiser*
jrho donated their advertising
space for presenting
the W. S. S. cause.
"All classes of people have
been brought together for
the common good in a way
that practically insure* the
eventual succe** of the W.
r S. S. campaign, and. we are
confident that when the year
Is over South Carolina will
have done its full duty in this
war measure as it has in all
others. The good work of
June will be kept up. 3outh
Carolina, in common with her
sister states, has taken the
honr.v offensive against the
F iiser."
NOTICE TO
t CANDIDATES
!
At the meeting of the Executive
Committee on the 26th the
! first campaign meeting was mov|
eel up from August 14th to August
or<;, at Giioerc. Therefore,
aii pjeu.iie.-5 muse be filed either
win; me uiiucrsmned or the secretary.
.ur. l. nampton Hendrix,
Heeoviile, 6. C., and all
^assessments paid by twelve
noon, by fast time, on Friday,
August 2nd.
C. M. EFIRD.
County Chairman.
COUNTY CAMPAIGN WILL OPEN
AT GILBERT.
The Lexington county campaigr
will open on next Saturday August
at Gilbert. This is in accorda.r
with the new arrangement perfectec
and agreed upon by the county exe.
cutive committee which met in the
court house last Friday. After the
first meeting at Gilbert the candi.
dates will have a rest until August
15 when the campaign will be resum
ed at Pelion.
The time for filing pledges for the
county races "will expire on Friday
August 2 at 12 o'clock noon instead
of August 13 as first agreed upon by
the executive committee. Therefore
all prospective candidates must pay
their assessments and file their pledges
with Judge C. M. Efird county
chairman at Lexington or with the
secretary of the committee F. H.
Hendrix at Leesville by 12 o'clock
noon Friday August 2.
With the exception of the time set
for the opening of the campaign the
other meetings will be held as heretofore
arranged beginning 'Pelion on
August 15 and running through the
regular itinery until all of the meetings
hare been held. r. .
BLEASE AND
i PEEPLESWILL
| NOT COME
|
Senatorial aud Congressional Candidates
Will Speak in Lexington
on Next
Tuesday.
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Candidates for the Ion? term
U. S. senate, Messrs Dial and
Rice, and those for the short
term, Pollock and Bennet, will
speak in Lexington next Tuesday,
August 6th, on the court
house square.
Mr. Blease, who is also a candidate
for the Jong term, has announced
positively that he will
not be in Lexington on the above
named date.
?
In addition to the senatorial
candidates, the four candidates
for congress from the seventh
district?Messrs Timmerman, Lever,
Brantley, and McLeod?will
be present and lay their claims
before thejpeople of j Lexington
county.
No doubt the congressional
race will attract more attention
in this county than the senatorial
race inasmuch as two of the
candidates, Timmerman and Lever.
are both from, Lexington
and have strong suDporters in all
sections of the county. The congressional
race in this district
has attracted more attention this
year than it has at any previous
time during the past 20 years.
All four of the candidates are
good speakers and present their
claims in a forceful and attractive
manner, indulging in thrusts
" - >1 J A. i
jand wiucisms mat are interesting.
Messrs McLeod, Timmer|
man, and Brantley devote most!
j of their time to an attack on Le- j
j ver with reference to his en- j
! trance and withdrawal from the;
race for the United States senate,
i i
This will be the first time the
i people of Lexington will have an
'; opportunity of hearing the congressional
party and it is expect!
ed a large crowd will attend the
i 1 meeting Tuesday.
)!
. j MR. BURNETT DENIES RUMOR
' To the Voters of Lexington Co.
I understand that there is a rumor
, about over the county to the effect
that I drew out of the Auditors race
! at the request of Mr; W. D. Dent and
.1 that I was paid to do so.
.; I want to say that if such a rumor
1! is out that it is a lie and I would like
; to know who started it and have a
chance to face him and tell him so.
I am not the kind to '"sell out" and
; Mr. Dent has never approached me at
all in regard to my withdrawing; but
' on the other hand seemed to be anx.
f i ious for me to make the race. I supj
pose that Mr. Dent was as much surj
prised at mv withdrawal as any one
i as no one knew of it except a few of
' my close friends at Swansea until I
had finally decided to do so. My
i j reasons for withdrawing were sta.
ted last week and on August 1st I
!! will take up my new vork with the
>! E. M. Livingston Co. of North S. C
,: where I will always be gla.d to see
;!any of my friends from old Lexing-;
: ton county. j
I hope these few words of explana. j
i; tion will make it clearer to the people J
'j of the County and that I will hear no j
i more of this rumor of "selling out." j
j
j Again I want to thank you for the,
: j many assurances of supDort that I
i had throughout, the county and for:
.! the many expressions of regret of my i
i withdrawal.
1 E. W. BURNETT. |
j Swansea S. C.
BIG RATTLER KILLED
T. R Quattlebaum a well known cit
. izen of Steedman killed a big rattle
i snake one day last week while fishing
s in Mr. Perry Hall's pond. The snake
. measured 4 feet in length and had
16 rattles. n
DR. FOLK AT
SUNNY SIDE
Dr. R. H. Folk, county health
! officer, will lecture at Suunv Side
! school house, near Reeder's, on
| Saturday night, August 3. Dr.
j Folk will discuss rural sanitation
I and other important matters per
taining to the public good. Dr.
| P. H. Shealy will speak on Den|
tal Hygenic.
I The public is cordially invited
to attend.
CALDWELL'S.
!
We carry injthis issue the opening
announcement of Caid!
well's, the most up-to-date womans'
store in Columbia. Mr,
| Caldwell is well known in Lexjington
county, having been a
i member of the Arm of Caldwell
! & Haltiwanger for several years,
| where he served a large number
: of Lexington'people. Mr. Caldi
well has equipped his place with
! all modern fixtures and carries
! one of the largest and best se|
lected stocks of any store in the
| city. He invites the people of
i Lexington! county to visit his
| place at 1300 Main street, and be 1
i convinced that he has what he
advertises. ^
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S FARMER S RALLY AT CENTER*
I
The big Fanners Rally at Center
next Saturday August 3rd promises
to be the biggest and best ever held.
This is an annual affair held for the
past five or six years and has become
an event that is looked forward to
each year. This year Mr. J. Ed. Kai?
| ser who is at the head of the movement
is putting forth greater effort
; than ever to make this occasion one
} long to be remembered as a farmer's
rally. Mr. J. H. Claffy president
| of the State Farmer's Union has consented
to be present and deliver an
address on marketing cotton and cot
ton seed. Mr. Claffy is an expert on
such matters and will explain the mar
keting question which is of so much
importance to iarmers at triis time.
This topic will be a special feature of
the meeting: this year; in view of
the fact that the present outlook fore
tells an enormous cotton crop all over
the South. Every farmer in this section
should be interested in this move
ment and lend encouragement by his
presence. Besides Mr. Ciaffy there
will be several other good speakers
present to address the crowd; among
them B. Harris of Pendleton F. H.
Hyatt of Columbia and possibly several
others.
Picnic dinner will be served on the
grounds free to everybody and the
largest crowd ever attending such a
meeting is exoected.
GOVERNOR MANNING SUMMONS
CERTAIN COUNTY OFFICIALS
Failure in Duty Alleged by Tax Com*
missicner
The State 7th.
T7 . 1 : ^ * 1 ~ ^ ~ -J x ~ rv ?
r or navuig laneu or reiujeu to cjtecute
orders issued by the South Caroiina
tax commission Governor Man.
nine yesterday summoned H. A
Townes auditor for Pickens county
and F. P. Furtick auditor for Cal.
houn county to appear before him
next Monday morning to show cause
why they should not be suspended *
from office. The governor's wire to '
the county officials is as follows:
"The South Carolina tax commission
reports you have failed or refused
to execute orders issued by
them under the statutes. I hereby
summon you to appear before me at
my office Monday July 29 at 10 a. m.
to show cause why you should not b$
removed from office."
ENTERTAINMENT AT
SAXE.GOTHA
The Ladies Missionary Society of
Saxe-Gotha Baptist church will give
an entertainment at the home of Mra
A. B. Goodwin Saturday night August
10th at 8:30 P. M. for the benefit
of building the church.A quilt and
other things will be 'sold and refresh
ments served durin? the evening.
Everybody is invited to attend and ?
rood time is ~roraised.