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> VOLUME No. 48. * LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AEG. 21, 19IS. ^ ^
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^ THOMAS F. BRANTLEY i
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Thomas F. Brantley was born just;
.after the Civil War on a farm in Orangeburg
County, the son of Ellison
"W. Brantley, a Confederate Soldier, 1
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"who served in Kershaws Brigade. He
.graduated from South Carolina University
in ,1S92. having worked him- ;
self through that University by teach :
ing a night school at a Baptist Mis- ;
sion in the District of Columbia, and j
attending the University by day. He
has represented Orangeburg county
in the State Legislature and Senate!
;and has taken an active part in sever
&.1 national campaigns, on the stump
in the interest of the Democratic party.
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To the Voters of the 7th Congressional
District:
Owing to the fact that the cam- j
r?aitrr> the District has not
^ -enabled us to reach more than a'
s*mall percentage of the voters, I am j
taking this opportunity of presenting ,
to the voters of this District a synop- j
.sis of tbe platform upon which I have j
"been making the campaign, so that:
the people can understand clearly my
position upon certain questions which
.are vital at this moment.
As to the War Issue?I regard the'
grinning of the war, and pressiing it,
to a successful conclusion at th# ear- ;
liest moment possible, to be the most;
vital of all questions*. The serious- i
ness and tearfulness of the conflict is
shown by the following facts. The
lirst three years of the war, up to
~ .. .August 1, IS 17. cost in human life:
Soldiers lost and killed
Allied Powers 4,337,000
, ; Central 'Powers 2,667,000
(Permanently disabled)
Allied Powers 3,183,000
Central Powers 1,936,000
Total amount soldiers killed or permanently
disabled, 12.123,000. About
lour million men have been killed or
.^disabled for life each year on all sides.
Up to August i, 1918, from reports,
there will be about four million men
more killed and disabled. At this
rate, the man power of the world is |
Tbelng decreased at the rate of .four
.million per year. :
The cost in money is shown by
the following facts: The last Congress
appropriated twenty-cine billion
dollars fbV ^carrying oh this war and
other expenses of Government, and in
all Congresses of the IJ. s. from itsi ;
to 1917. a period bf 126 years, there,
was appropriated only twenty-six bii- <
2ion dollars for all wars and expenses;
of Government during that time.;
"When we contemplate the cost of hu- j
man life and money that this war is :
exacting of the human race, we must j
realize how important and essential
It is that the sooner it is pressed to a
successful conclusion, the better for
ail mankind. I have, therefore, ur-1
ged in all my speeches during the
campaign that the people of this coun
try should economize and conserve
all of the resources of the country pos
sible, cutting out for the time being,
the luxuries and pleasures of life,
get themselves down to actual living
" expenses, and lend to the Government j
at this critical moment in order that
we might successfully finance this
* struggle to a victorious conclusion.
Public Highways and Drains. There j
t are millions of dollars expended upon
dredging rivers that could be more:
profitably expended on building highways,
especially at this time. With
permanent cantonments established
in South Carolina, and other states,
great highways should connect these
tup in a way that would aid the military
powers in easily moving from
one place to another without any
great cost and expense to the Govern
ment, and at the same time, the individual
citizen would be benefited by
these internal improvements. The
^xovernmeni. is aiso expending aoout
ten million dollars annually in irrigating
the arid lands of the West, so as
to bring them under cultivation. I
believe the Government with equal
consistency could spend millions of
dollars in draining the low lands of
the South, as it is far cheaper to drain
the low lands of the South than it is
to irrigate the arid lands of the West.
\ The most fertile lands of the South
are the low lands, and not only would
drainage transform the low lands, especially
of Orangeburg, Richland,
, Jjee and Sumter Counties into rich
harvest fields, hut it would add very
. materially to the health of the Sout/t
te have these low lands drained by
the Government
State Rights and Individual Right
pv must be,.preserved. I have taken the
* p&sltioih in the campaign that " while
we arc yielding up state rights to the
central go\crnaicnt < f the country to
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an extent that seems almost alarming '
at times, yet we must realize that inf'ivivdual
rights and state rights must j
be yielded temporarily to a great central
government at this critical moment,
in order that there might be ,
some directing head with power to
centralize all in the winning of the i
war. but when this war is over and
with the coming of peace, I advocate !
that all ihese individual rights and
state rights must be returned to the ;
people, because the nearer the Govern i
m,ent is kept in the hands of the peo- j
pie, the more sacredly individual !
rights and state rights are guarded !
and maintained, the more stable will
our republic remain. I am opposed j
to any military despotism, and while!
I realize now the necessity of the:
military snirit of the country being
dominant for the wining of this war, j
when peace again comes, the military j
spirit should not be allowed to domi- J
nate in a free republic. I believe i
strongly in the doctrine of George |
Washington that the military power J
should ever remain subscrviant to the j
Civil power, for any military domina- j
tion in times of peace would be a i
menace to a. free peonle.
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Warehousing System?The wealth j
of this nation is dependent largely j
upon the products of the soil. I have!
therefore favored and urged the per- !
feeling of a warehouse system, which |
should be nationwide, so that a re- .
ceipt presented by a producer for the j
products of his labor, showing what i
ho has to his credit in the warehouse, !
should be a basis of credit, upon !
which money could be loaned directly J
to the producer for a period of a year
at least, by the National Banks of
this country. Under the wise system
of finance worked out by that great
Secretary of the Treasury, William
McAdoo, with its expanding and contracting
features, expanding when
the country needs money for the harvesting
and warehousing of its products
of the soil are disposed of by
the producers, and in this way, and
with that system, there will be no j
set seasons of the year in which the I
producer would have to press a dis- '
tressed crop upon the market, but i
the products of the soil could be sold
as the needs of the Country required
it.
Fixing Price of Cotton?I believe I
was the only candidate at the bep-inninc
nf the camDaien. in the race !
for Congress, who was bold enough to I
take the stand that a minimum price !
of cotton should be fixed. I have ur- j
ged it throughout the campaign, my j
position has been criticized by some j
of my opponents, but I still maintain j
that my position is right under exist- j
ing conditions. I have taken the i
pains to gather information which!
convinces me that my position is cor- j
rect. I have gone to some of the cot- I
ton mills and heads of the Warehouse
System of South Carolina, and I have
gathered some facts which I now give
to the public for what they, are worth.'
I found that the mills were making
an enormous profit on cotton. For
instance, at Orangeburg, S. C., one of
the mills is making a cloth, one of the
cheaper grades of cloth, under the following
conditions:
One pound of cotton makes 8 15-1
100 yds. of Cloth.
Price per yard 12 cents,
making, $0.73 4-5
So that this pound of cotton
is bringing the manufac*'''
turer 0.73 4-5
Cost of manufacturing:
Cost of cotton $0.30
Co^t of mfg. 0.20
Waste 0.03
TOTAL, Cost of mfg. 0.53
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Leaving a clear profit to :
the manufacturer on each
' nnnn/1'ftf trvn msnnfaft.
tured of; $0.20 j
In other words, this mill is making;
on every 500 weight bale" of cotton J
manufactured, a clear profit of $100. j
I have Mso found that some other,
mills in .lie State are selling a certain
cloth for 23 1-2 cents per yard.!
This cloth is made in this way:
One pound cotton makes 4-yardsof
cloth, at 23 1-2 cents per yard, j
makes, . $0.94 j
Cost of cotton $0.30
Cost of mfg. 0.20
Waste 0.03
TOTAL 0.53 i
Leaving a clear profit on
every pound of cotton of $0.41 !
In other words this mill is making i
over $200.00 clear orofit on every j
bale of cotton 'it (manufactures. I
also found this astounding fact to exist.
That there are mills in this
States that during the course of last'
year made more in profits in one year j
than their entire capital stock. You ]
can ascertain from the heads of the i
Warehouse System of this State or j
e *v,~ r>lnth msdft from O. I
j rum me i iw v,. ~ -
lb of cotton if you will investigate !
that these facts are absolutely correct.
This is not fair to the farmer, the laboring
classes, or the mill operator.
Either the price of cotton should be I
raised, so as to give the farmer a rea- 1
sonable profit, or the price of the fin j
ished product should be reduced, with J
a reasonable profit for the manufacr i
turer. In other words the enormousr
profits that are being made by the ;
manufacturers of this country should J
be so harmonized that the farmers, la
boring classes, and mill operators j
would share equally with the inanufac i
turer. The price of the manufactur- j
od product is fixed by the War Indus- ,
tries Hoard of this nation, and it does I
seem that if the manufacturers of this j
country could have the War Indus-I
Iries Hoard fix the price on their man
ufacturod product, then the famers of i
the South should bo heard by the War j
Industries Hoard, so as to fix a niin- j
innon price on the raw material out!
of which th* finished product is made ?
and under existing conditions 1' do.
not ivgc.rJ a minimum price of ;
cents per pound too much in compari- I
son with the price fixed on the manu- j
factured product. The price of wool
is fixed, the price of flour, wheat, sugar,
and us before stated, the price
on manufactured cotton goods, is fix- |
ed, even the price of ginnery is fixed j
at $3.50 per bale then why not the j
price of the raw material of the farmer?
I do not understand why our present
Congressman seems so vacillating
and unstable as to his position upon
the cotton Question. I quote from a
daily paper from the Washington correspondent.
dated July 20, 191S "The
Ashville citizen": "Government control
or the fixing* of the price of the j
19IS cotton crop would not be feasi- !
ble at this time, President Wilson was
told today by Representative Lever j
of South Carolina, Chairman of the j
House Agricultural Committee."
Xote that this interview was when |
there were prospects of a 1G million J
bale crop wo may well thank a wise i
providence for a change in the crop ;
prospects.
Following Ihis report and this inter j
view with President Wilson, George i
R. James, chief of the cotton and cotton
Pinters Section of the War Industries
wrote a letter on the 28th of
July to II; G| Hastings, President, |
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, quot- !
ing for same:
"So far as the immediate future is
concerned, I think you .need give your j
self no uneasiness about the War In- j
dustries Board attempting to fix a!
price on cotton, for as a general rule !
no attempt is made by the War Indus- j
tries Board to fix prices on any raw j
material, where the surplus is as- 1
sured."
You can therefore see from this in- i
terview and letter, if the Chairman of
the Agricultural Committee of Congress
is against fixing the price of cotton,
being a Southern man, it is evident
that the President of the U. S.
and the War Industries Board would i
be influenced in a great measure by
his position. Of course, if the South
does not want the price of cotton fixed
by Congress, or any other method,
and this position is taken by a South-ern
Congressman, why of course the
price will hardly be stabilized. The
agricultural experts of the country in
their reports say that there are about
three million bales of cotton surplus
from last year, that the cotton crop
this year will be around fourteen million
bales, that the consumption cannot
be more than about eleven million
bales under war conditions, so
that there will be a surplus of around
six million hales of cotton this fall.
Now does not every farmer and business
man know that with a surplus of j
six millon bales, that the price will j
necessarily fall, unless there is some- !
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take the position therefore that the
War Industries Board should ascertain
from the farmers of the country
about what it cost them to make this
crop, add a reasonable profit for the
farmer, and fix a reasonable price,
say a minimum price of 25 cents per
pound. If this is done, cotton prices
will be stabilized, so that a man with
a warehouse receipt can go to any
Bank, and with this receipt as a basis
of credit, draw upon this warehouse
receipt, even in the face of a surplus
cotton crop. There is an enormous
crop of wheat today, one of the greatest
whfat rops that has ever been
made, 'and who knows that wheat j
would be selling for today, were it not j
for the fact that the Government has j
fixed the price on wheat at. $2.20 peri
bushel, owing to war conditions; the
ordinary price of wheat being about
eiighty five and ninety cents per bush
el. It is true that wheat was selling
for over $3.00 per bushel at one time,
but that was when there was a scarcity'of
wheat and the market was being
cornered. * But with an enormous
wheat crop this year, the price remains
at $2.20, because the Govern
merit has stabilized the price. Would j
not therefore the fixing- of a mini- j
mum price on cotton stabilize that
product, even in the face of a surr'us !
Cole L.
CANDIDATE FC
WILL SF
Lexingt<
Monday Even
191$, at 8
AND
NEW BROOKLA
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:COME AND FORM YOUR
- IS LOYAL AND
LEXINGTON MEN
' TO DON KHAKI
Will Move On Camp On August
29th. All in Class 1, And
Are Fine In Form.
The Local Board has called the following
45 registrants from this county
who will leave Lexington August 29th
for Camp Jackson.
Allen Julian Connelly.
Charlton Eugene Miller.
Charles Elton Derrick.
Curtis Roy Goodwin.
George Eddie Crim.
James Charlie Miller.
Arthur Jones Arnick.
Jus. Haskell Amick.
Wilbort Carlo Swygert.
Loroy Watts.
Jais. William T^orick.
Early Clifton Schumpert.
MJarrall Eld.red Hallman.
Jas Eugene Grooms.
George Russell Furtick.
George Clifton Barefoot.
George W. Willis.Fred
Burton Setzler.
Daniel Webster Scnn.
Tom Lee Bush.
John Benj. Gunter
Willie Smith.
Roy Sam'l Lorick
Silas Jethro Hallman.
Frank McLaurin Lever
Cyrus Fayette Rish.
Elon Craps
Adam Clifton Shealy.
Benj. Lawrence Frick ' T
Lonnie Alexander Sox
Harry Ethelbert Wessinger.
John Shelton Franklin
Olhe Steele \ '
Edwin Clair Floyd.
Roy H. Thompson
Julian Jeffcoat
Bennie Carwile Derrick.
P vi VAA*V*
David Lovell *v'!2
Olin Richard Stockman
Eugene Wilton Long.
David Leroy Frick
Pettis Eugene Derrick
Leroy B. Eargle | W ^ ~
Jesse Marion Roof
Cephus Berley Derirck
ALTERNATES. _ ..
Jesse Theodore Harman.
Benj Bryan Wingard
Jno. Brian Price . .
ARMY TRAINING CORPS
AT NEWBERRY COLLEGE
The Adjutant General at Washingtn
has informed the College authorities
that the Government will establish
a students army training corps at
Newberry College, this fall. An army
officer will be sent to comand the student
body, and the Government will
furnish the students with uniforms,
rifles and equipment
The college has eight students in
training at Plattsburg who will assist
the army officer in training the student
body.
NOTICE,
Rev. M. W. Hook, Presiding elder
of the Marion District of the South
Carolina Conference, will preach at
Hebron Church Sunday, August 26,
at 11:90 A. M.
. FOSTER SPEER.
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These arc my views upon the questions
which have been discussed by
me during, the campaign. I believe I
**in mv nnsitions: and will
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stand i?y those positions, should I receive
the suffraerc of the voters of this
District.
Very respectfully.
Til OS. F. BRANTLEY
?R U. S. SENATE
'EAK AT
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ing, Aug. 26,
O'clock,
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ND AT 9 P. M.
OWN OPINION OF WHO
WHO IS NOT! _
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GEORGE BELL
LEXINGT<
CANDIDATE FC
SEVENTH
TIMMERMAN TE
Favors Clean Eie^i
of Politician;
of Pc
To my Friends: j
Allow me to thank you for what J'
you have done, and may do, for me in!
my race for congress. The catnpaigni
is about over, and the issue of who
shall represent you in congress for;
the next term will be partially settled '
next Tuesday.
At the close of the first heat, I desire
to say that I have no regrets. I
have made a clean campaign, and a
fair one. I have resorted to no cheap
political tricks, and 1 will not do so. I
have made no personal appeals to vot
ers to cast their ballots for me. I
have tried to present the issues in a
straight forward manner, and I am
content to leave the decision in the
hands of the people. No body hasj
been imported from neighboring counp
ties, by me or my friends, to tell the
people of this county how they should o
vote. I have confidence in the peopleof
my county, and I do not believe
they need outsiders 'to tell them how]
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to cast their votes. Tour ballot is
yours to cast according to the dictates
of your own conscience.
If I go to Washington as your re- ]
presents tive, I will go there pledged
to no interest, except the interest of
I the people. I am standing in my own i
shoes. I am in no political combin-!
ations, and I have made no political
. i
I promises, that will embarrass me in ;
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iMiimTioN J
! AUGDST 241H
! ? ,
i Of all men who have become 21 years|
of age since June 5, 1918
In accordance with the Proclama-!
tion of the President of the United '
States, all men who have become 21}
j years olu since June 5, 1918, are re-1
j quired to register on August 2-1. 1918, j
i under the Selective Service Act of i
May IS. 1917
j For convenience of prospective
registrants, there will be registration ,
places provided at Batesburg, Swan-1
[ sea. New Brooland, Chapin. and Lex- j
I ington, to any of which registrants
I may report on that (lay
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< A\!)II)AT1>S IWITETl)
TO FISH FHV
| The Junior Order of Saxe-Cotha
.Mill village will give a fish-fry and
j chicken stew on next Saturday night.
August 1M. Candidates have a special
invitation, as well as the general public.
Subscribe to The Disnatch-News.
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TIMMERMAN I
)N, S. C.
)R CONGRESS
DISTRICT
1ANKS FRIENDS
:ioDs?Against Rule
i?For Rule
iople.
caring for the public interest. I firm
ly believe in clean, fair and honest' elec
tions, and equally firmly I believe in
a clean, fair and honest discharge of
the duties of a public office.
Every move I have made in thi#
campaign has been made in the openr
and there is not a word I have spolteo
or a line I have written that I would
be unwilling for any fair minded voter
to hear or see. Xo set or clique! '
of politicians has directed the cours# . .
of my campaign, and none will do. so#.
I have directed my own ' course. I.
have gone directly to the people, andr*^
if I succeed, it will be the success of*the
people. I will be under obligation#...',,.
to no one, except to the people, f .. ..
***** ..
am against the rule of the "politician#
I am in favor of the rule of the peo
pie.
rf 'c
I am proud of ray friends in ray *
home county, and I-most heartily
thank, them for the interest they havo
taken in the race. The only thing:
that I can ask theui is that they go
to the polls and aid in every way possible
in seeing that there is a clean,
fair and honest election. That is all .
I ask, all my friends desire and all
t
any one could expect, and it is what
1 believe every one will get in Lexington
county.
George Bell Tiramerman.
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GREATEST DRAFT
REGISTRATION SAT.
WASHINGTON Aug:. 17.?The na
tion's greatest di*aft registration will
e held on a Saturdav.This announcemet
was made today by Provost Mar,
shal General Crowder. Althouefr
congress has not vet passed the nev?
manpower bill the registration will
be held on a Saturday because that
day is a half holiday nd the assistance
of many persons for the registration
may be had without disruption of bu#
iness
TWO BALKS N'KW COTTON'.
Mr. I). James Cau^hman sold the
first bale, of new cotton on the Lexington
market Saturday. It weighed
IC6 pounds and was bought by Thos.
Ij. Harnian, the well known buyer, for
1-3 cents per pound. Mr. Caughinan
a second bale to Mr. Harnian
this morning for 32 cents, the
regular price, for the new staple. The
bale weighed pounds.
WE SERVE THE PUBLIC.
Everything in drugs and medicines,
p.,Ask Lice, he knows
in)lit it, t'.ve!i>y years experience.
:?. i!anTvio>; wive* co.