Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IS BEST CUSTOMER OF UNITED STATES * Great Britain Uses Three Times as Much American Goods as Any Other Country. 4 Washington.?Great Britain is using three times as much American products as any other foreign country ana absorbing more than one-third of all American exports. Export trade figures made public today by the de V v mat of commerce show that British purchases of all kinds in the United States last your amounted to' $1,11)1,000,000. j Franco holds second place with * purchases last year of more than half a bilion; Canada is third with $M44,000,000, and Italy fourth with a quarter o fa million. Great Britain's 1915 purchases were double in value these of 1914, France's tripled and so did Italy's and these of Greece. Exports to European neutrals increased anywhere from 20 ^ to 75 per cent, except in the case ol Swedcp, which bought $60,000,000 worth, or three times a? much as the jo vr before*. iS T, . . w" reports to .'i () grj. * >;*;, t 000,00) \n li)-4 \ ; $ , i 000,000; Av ' ir.ui.VA .$2 f,000.000 to $5:1,000,000 J liru7.il 1(28,000.000 to $0,4.0000)00: C'-iiio .$10,000,'0-00 to $17,000,000. '/ ' O.uir so purchases decreased from V , $20,000,000 t'J v( 0,000.000; the. Japanese bought $45,000,000 in 1015 com?' > "1 wi .li $41,000,000 the year before. HAVE YOU WEAK !.&?: Do colds settle on your chest or in your bronchial tubes? Do coughs hang on, or ^ are you subject to throat troubles? Such troubles should have immediate treatment with the strengthening powers of Scott's Emulsion :o guard against consumption which so easily follows. Scott's Emulsion contains pure cod liver oil which peculiarly strengthens the respiratory tract and improves the quality of the blood; the glycerine in it soothes and heals the tender membranes of the throat. Scott's Is prescribed by the best specialists. You can get it at any drug store. 0 Scott dt Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. clinging feebly to her. Quubbn resolved upon n desperate tiling. Better death to Esther, he ^ thought, than she should be in the power of Love!! and his brute horde even for an hour. Seizing a heavy pine branch lying near by and applying It as a lever, the half delirious Quabba pries at the rooking stone. * It poises a moment on Its pivot, then slowly sways and falls roaring down the mountain side. Gathering impetus with every foot of fall, it starts an P avalanche of rocks and dirt and stumps. Mightier, greater, vaster, heavier grows the landslide started by the ponderous rocking stone, now whirling down the mountain side in a great mass of dirt and rubble, until it seems the very mountain is falling. ? A roar from the valley below, and then a elond of ?!iwt timi ... iti._ - - ... I XIII l.ltV) IliVt.* <1 * fog shrouding the scone. The gypsy '"?> camp is wiped out. overwhelmed and v annihilated. * ******* In tlie far west the Overland Limited gasps up a steep grade in the desert. Beside it gallops a wild horseman. He grasps tho platform rails of a car that lumbers by him. and his horse gallops on. passed and distanced by the train, while the daring rider clings and pants In his perilous place. The door of the vestibule opens and the trainmen refuse to heed the warning of the spent, hysterical man clinging perilously to the handrail. It is Arthur, and he is desperate that he is doubted, believed to bo an outlaw train robber such as ho warns them of. Unheeding of his protests, scorning ids warning, they thrust him from the ^ platform and he falls insensible by the track and the train pants on. Among the passengers to whom it is whispered that, a desperate train robber has attempted to board the train from horseback are a young married couple known as Mr. and Mrs. Peyton. Mrs. Peyton, whoso husband addresses her as Vivian, lias shown some of the ladles on the Overland a wondrous diamond, set in an antique locket that her husband gave her as her wed^ ding present. "An old family heirloom." the happy bride explains. TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. If you wish to start this Story subscribe to The Herald. We can furnish you with all back numbers. * * * ^ While France and Flanders are the fields of military activity that just now command chrief attention, the operations of the Russians in their Caucasus campaign are developing notable points of interest. i TRAMPS THE BANE CITIES IN SOUTH I Campaign Is Begun to Prevent "Passing On"?Cities interested. How the South is planning to prc-j vent the "passing on" of tramps from I one city to another, as has been donej now for many years, is told in an ar- j tide sent out by the Survey Press Serj vice. It is explained that because of j this "passing on" policy conditions in a number of cities and towns were be cbming uncnduable and at the same time no relief was being given for the evil. Charleston is much interest ed in this problem, and will cooperate with other cities of the South in solv ing it. The story sent out by the Press Service says: A long step forward in the handling of charitable transportation of tramps and other non-resident poor| in seven Southeastern states was takn at a convention in Jacksonville, Fin., called by Mayor J. E. T. Bowden of that city. More than 100 mayors and another hundred delegates, representing nearly H>9 cities in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. 1 .r/'l li'.''"'.'! ( 1 > 11 M Ivfiflll | ?.> .V V ? l Ml* V/l%? U??\4 VW H i Carolina, discussed the "passing on,! evil and adopted a model ordinance to > solve the problem. Each delegate was i pledged t j do all in his power to secure the passage of the ordinance in his homo city. The complete proceedings of the convention, with a copy of the ordinance, will be sent to more than 500 cities. Passing it On, The "passing-on" evil has for many ? - t.l ~ C yeai s ueen a ptuuicm ui j;at utuiu: significance in the South. The mild J 'climate has been particularly respon-1 sible for the presence of many wandering tramps and "tramp families," ' and their increase has been encouraged by slipshod methods of issuing free transportation. A few charitable organizations with modern methods have worked under the transportation rules, as drawn up by the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in 1003. The city ' of Atlanta, Ga., signed these rules by ordinacc in 190G. But most of the municipalities and smaller relief organizations continued to get rid of their visiting poor by buying them tickets to the next town or the nearest large city?the old familiar method of "passing on." And so the dismal round continued, grow- 1 ing even worse. Towns and cities became burdened with an increasing number of wandering dependents,, who suffered increasing hardship and' pauperism from the system. In some' communities, due to their geographi- ( cal position the conditions became un-! endurable. Jacksonville, so stiuatedj as to be the gateway of Florida, was j 1 one of these. Nearly a year ago ; Barry C. Smith, then secretary of the! 1 Associate Charities in that city, dc! tcrmined that some local action must bo taken, and perhaps the cooperation of the entire South be obtained. As an initial step an ordinance was drawn up and laid before the Mayor and City Council. No action was taken, but Mayor Bowden showed an earning interest. Tramps Trooped In. Trump family after tramp family drifted into the city, and the Associat cd Charities kept the Mayor constantly in touch with these concrete instances. Photographs were taken of some of the worst types, reports wore secured from other cities and definite proofs cf the sending of such dependents to Jacksonville by other cities 1 were secured. Mayor Bowden be- 1 came convinced that what was true of Jacksonville must be true of other: cities and that the remedy lay in the;1 cooperative action of the entire South; Obviously each city, on this plan, re- j ceived about as many poor as it sent ' elsewhere and there was a great j1 waste of money in shipping folks 1 aimlessly back and forth. The call for the convention followed. The transportation ordinance was first un : animously adopted by a committee of ; Mayors and an advisory committee of J representatives of charitable orgar.i- ' zations. The members of this commit- ( tee were Mayor J. G. Woodward, cf ' Atbmta; L. A. Griffith, of Columbia, S. C.; L. Bonish, of Selma, Ala.; O. B. Eaton, of Winston-Sulcm, N. C.; ami ^ W. F. Colby, of Orlando, Fla. The ' charitable organizations were represented by Joseph C. Logan, Associated Charities of Atlanta; C. H. Patter- I son* Charity Organization Society of 1 New Orleans; Miss Helen Cinnaj mond, Associated Charities of Savan- f ! nah, and Barry C. Smith, of New I j York Charity Organization Society, ! I who recently resigned as Secretary of t THE HORRY hkB The Experiei With Perui Guide t Peruna has keen the of people for the last lift those who have used Peru A Standard i For Ordinary G For All Catarrh For Prevention An Excellent For the Convale For that Irre^ul For Weakened , Ever- Ready -1 What Family Med Docs the family medicine you now use keep the bowels Does your family medicine cure colds? / ? Dum yottf family medicine st*>p a winter or rummer cough? Does your family medicine increase the appetite uiul stimulate digestion? THE PERUNA COMP/ Those who ohj?ct lo liquid *ci< d.eyirftblo for Ca - rrr r~?n -_r , -i ? r ui_imi t a. AMERICAN BANK 1 WILSVUNG COMMERCIAL & 5 RESOURCES _ hide 1J MIL J. G. L. GIESCHEN?German C< J URGEN HA All?Grocer CUTHBERT MARTIN?Grocer GEO. 0. GAYLORD?Merchant I V. SID BURY?Real Estate and Ci n Ci rni T TMS M., rn V A.S A 1 W X VL UiV/l 1 i ^UiUvH South Carolina P. S. COOPER?President First N; CHAS. E. BETHEA?Cashier of ti JOS. T. KING?General Supt., Tr; W. B. COOPER?Importer and E: MILTON CALDER?Vice-Presid EDWARD AHRENS?Wholesale JNO. J. KUCK?Manufacturer A G. WARREN?Owner A. G. W; W. 13. DRAKE, JR.?Vice-Presidei Bank, Raleigh THOS. E. COOPER?President of ?0P1 Thos E. Cooper Milton Calder Chas E. Bethea E. Fred Banck, Robt L. Henley mm mm m n w?>?w?wnp?wwwi the Jacksonville Associated Charities and others. The ordinance as drafted by Mi Smith reads as follows: "A bill to be entitled an odinanc for the regulation of the transports tien of the indigent poor. Be it cr dained by the Mayor and City Counc of the city of that th Mayor is hereby directed and author ized to sign for and in the name o the city of the rules concern rates, which have been published b the committee on charitable transpor tation appointed by the National Con ference of Charities and Corrcctior which said rules are as follows: Simple Set of Rules. Then follows the transportatio; rules which provide, chiefly (1) rL ha free or charity rate transportation b issued only on satisfactory proof tha the applicant has at the point of des lination (a) legal residence, or (b ? ?! -i t 1 / . uiuj/iu^iiicji. ur uuior QCHUllC mean of support, or (c) friends or relative who will agree to provide for him (2) that such transportation shall b< clear through to point of destination thus prohibiting "passing on" entire ly, and (11) that each signed shall co operate with each other to proven the aimless sending of dependent about the country. A complete copy of the transports, tion rules can he secured of the Rus sell Sage Foundation, ISO East 22i street, New York city. These rule have now more than 600 signers, ii eluding municipalities, State board of charity, other public officials am charitable organizations. The convention, before adjourn ment, was organized on a pcr.nanon basis and will meet annually to dis cubs civic matters. ^ -O WHY PRINCE ALBERT WINS 'atented Process Is Responsible fo Its International Popularity. Smokers so much appreciate th< lavor and coolness and aroma o Vince Albert pipe and cigarette to >acco that they often marvel tha his one brand could be so differen aa, ccarwaT.s. c. ace of Others ia Is A Safe o Follow I household remedy of hosts y years. The testimony of na proves it to l.e "amity Remedy rip; al Conditions; of Colds. Remedy ?r sscent; ?ir Appetite; Digestion. fo -Take licine Do You Use? c Peruna keep* the ItotvcU retfnlar without I producing a physic action. i I'cruna is one of the best cold remedies on the market. I'cruna can be relied upon to stop cough in old or young. l'erunn has no superior an u tonic (or the apprti'c and digestion. tNY, COLUMBUS, OHIO idicitics will fine] Perunit I'i.fjlcla tarrh.il Condition'.*.. 8 TRUST COMPANY \ TON. N. C. SAVINGS BUSINESS $2,500,000.00 j rPTODQ ! .U I \J I I VI ? ounsel upitalist t Burroughs & Collins Co., Conway, a ational Bank, Dunn, N. C. tic Bank ^ ansportation of the A. C. L. System xporter ,e nt of the Bank Druggist arren Ice Cream Co. at and Cashier of Merchants National ip North Carolina the Bank PIOERS? President Vice-President Cashier Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier h from all others. ! The answer to this question is to " bo found on the reverse side of every j Prince Albert package, where you c will read: "Process Patented July - JJOth, 1907." That tells the whole '- story. Prince Albert is made bv a i ' i talented process that cuts out the ^ Ibite and parch, which makes the to-; - jbacco so mighty agreeable and satist jfying to men of every taste of every - iviliscd nation on the globe. V Smokers should realize that this !patented process cost three years' ,i iMiuiiuuus w ori< and study and a for-1 l> tune in money to perfect. But the result ^ has proven to be worth all that was expended upon it, because it has 'i set free men who believed they never t could enjoy a pipe or a makin's cigare ette. tj Prince Albert makes it possible - for every man to smoke a pipe or to ) roll his own cigarettes. And, no mats ter how tender the tongue, Prince Al-; s bert cannot bite or parch. That is j i cut out by the patented process, leav-1 c ing for the smoker only the joys /Of i> the fragrant tobacco. | Tt is a fact that since Prince Albert | - "arrived," just about six years ago, it t has made three men smoke pipes -.where one smoked a pipe before! I j ^ ? ??o - ? a I "" | ? For Sprains, Lameness, II Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism Penetrates and Heals. Stops Pain At Once t For Man and Beast 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers. r o- _ A distressing accident occurred at! I 3 mill No. 2 of the Fort Mill Mitnufac-i f turing company when T. G. Moser, | - overseer of the weaving" departmnt,j t was struck on the head by a breaking, t shaft :and rendered unconscious. ' PRICE ADVANCED BY SISAL TRUST A concise story of the sisal trust which may be used in any paper with ur without credit to Farm Implement Nows.A complete monopoly ot the sisal fibre output of Yucatan,. Mexico, has been obtained by the Comislon Reguladora del Mercado de llenoquen (committee to regulate the sisal llbre market), a body created by Yucatan law. A big advance in the price of binder twine will be one of the results. The Comislon Reguladora is now composed of supporters of Gen. Carranza, head of the do facto government of Mexico. To finance the monopoly the Comislon 1ms enlisted the aid of New Orleans bankers, who in turn I have prevailed on. banks in Now York, Chicago and St. Louis to take parts j of the large loan required, and which ' win do secured by warehouse receipts j 011 thp libro stored In New Orleans j and elsewhere. A company composed of American bankers and members of I the Comision has been formed and will | receive a large commission 011 all fibre sales in addition to the interest paid the banks on loans. The Comision lteguladora was created three years ago to buy surplus stocks of sisal fibre to prevent them from being dumped on the market and bearing down the price. The Comision lixed a certain price as the one required by planters to make their crop profitable, but was unable to get suthereat financial backing in Mexico to carry out its plau. With the power of Carranxa behind it the CbniisioJi | has driven out the fibre dealers and no Yucatan sisal can bo purchased 1 through any agency other than the Comision. Having a complete monopoly the ! Comision can dictate the price at all times. The price it is now demanding It! jr%r\*"\4 c- 4 I ? ?. - ' 1 * * 1 >j *. LU.AIl lilt' price n pronounced profitable to the planters in the beginning. It is 2 cents higher than the price wltich prevailed a year ago. It is lVa cents higher than the1 average price paid for sisal by binder twine manufacturers last season; hence, if no farther advance is made, the price cf twine is sure to be increased that much over the price of 1915. And there is no telling how high the price will be raised by the Comision before the required amount of libre for next season's twine supply has been purchased, and in the succeeding years. In advancing the price the Comlsion has ignored the law of supply and demand; for last year, notwithstanding the consumption of sisal libre was the largest in the history rf the trade, there was a large surplus in Yucatan. Under normal conditions of competition, such as existed before the Coniision seized the market, the prico would have declined from last year's figure. The price Is therefore arbitrary and unwarranted. Thus the American farmer Is to be forced to pay tribute to a tibrc trust financed with American capital; for I until such time as other flb-ci suitable 1 for binder twine can bo obtained in 1 suflicient quantities, the farmer must J depend on sisal for the greater part of | his twine supply. Conditions make it | ImpOSoibll to obtain an adequate supply of mantla fibre at this time. For every cent added to the pr'?? of through the operations of the sisal | monopoly, $2,500,000 will be added to the hinder twine bill of the American farmer. Is this jncnop^ly arr.rnf.b!;) to the anti-trUdt laws'of the U?.l?.cu Siatea? If it were purely a Mexican affair, or if the financial backing were obtained ; from other countries, the Ihi'tod States r ould be powerless to interfere. Rut s:roe the capital Is contributed by 1 American b\nks from deposits of American depositors, the combination should he amenable to American law. Justice to Ihe farmer requires that the government fake such as may he taken lawfully to prevent fho fini>nc. Inp: of the nior.opolj wilh Americas money. , ^ f -JAX I I^BSSCUIT J Supply energy. L'uil.i blocdand muscle. Give vigorot brainand nerve. Nearly twice the food value per pound of the best steaks. Cost much less. Made by Jacksonville Cracker Works O CITATION NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. By J. S. Vaught, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS W. C. Singleton made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Braxton Brown. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said; Braxton Brown, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the; Court of Probate, to bo held at Con way, S. C., on 1st day of March 1015 next, after publication hereof, at 11 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to 3hc\v j cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant.; ed GIVEN under my Hand, this 12th! i day of February Ar.ro Domini, 1916. ! Published on the 17th and 24th day of February 1016 in the Horry Herald. J. S. VAGHT, Probate Judge II. C. ggvni STATE TAX LEVY TO BE INCREASED ? Senate Adds One-Fourth of a Mill to The Levy UPHOLDS COMMITTEE WHO RECOMMENDED IT Upper Branch Raises Salary of Asylum Head to $6,000. Thoroughly consistent throughout three sessions the senate last week sustained the finance committee in. amendments to the appropriation bill, whereby the State levy was raised one-fourth of a mill above the estimate when the bill left the lower house. Concurrence though was not had without contention. The two main fights of the day were over the "emergency fund" provision to create a fund of $50,000 for the enforcement of the prohibition law, and the amend meat to the bill which provided that the salary of the superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, should be $6,000. After prolonged debate the fund for the "strong arm'* squad was provided, the committer being sustained by a vote of 22 to 6. Those who voted against the committee were: Messrs. Bcamguard, Goodwin, Johnson, Sharpe, Stacy, and Verner. Several pairs were also announced. Warehouse System. Another debate, acrimonious a^ times, was that over the section making provision for the State warehouse system. To support this department of the government, $15,000 was ap; propriatcd. A provision was inserted in the bill to allow the commissioner to have a free hand in drawing funds collected from fees and other sources jOf the system. This was one point of contention. Another was that the act provided for deposit of all fees with, the State treasurer. It was pointed out that the commissioner had an account, related to the system, of morethan $9,000 at the Union National bank of Columbia. Senator Banks ex1 plained that this money belonged to the insurance companies who hold policies for cotton stored in the ware1 houses, claiming that the money is sent to Mr. McLaurin by the cotton !ov.*ners, and that Mr. McLaurin's perIsonal check is forwarded to the com-* panics, whose names the commissioner refuses posititvely to divulge. The Bamberg senator said he knew the cotton in his own warehouse was insured with the best coiv.nnr b? i N.-? ? ?i - ^ *"1 ?4,v* United States, but he had never seen t'.u- policy which the unnamed company had issued. Much interest concentrated in the*" proposition to increase the salary of the superintendent of the State Hosipital for the Insane from $5,000 an J recommended by the ways a::.l means jcommittce in the house to $(>,000. C. j Fred Williams, M. 1)., was appointed to this position nearly one year ago |by Gov. Manning, who paid about $3,000 out of his own pocket, as salary increase, to induce Dr. Williams to ae cept the position. The contract with Dr. Williams, it was said, would lapse within the next, month, and retention of Dr. Williams as the directing force of the development of extraordinary magnitude undertaken at the State hospital was contingent noon action 1 by the senate yesterday. Don't Blame the Town. If you want to live in the kind of a town l.ike the kind of a town you like You needn't slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you've left behind, For there's nothing that's really new. It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town, It isn't the town; it's you. Real towns are not made by men afraid Lest somebody else gets ahead. When every one works and nobody shirks You can raise a town from the dead, And if while you make your personal stake Your neighbors can make one, too, Your town will be what you want ta see. It isn't the town; it's you. ?New York Evening Mail.