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TWO BRYAN AGAINST OWNERSHIP BY THE GOVERNMENT tins Newlands Committee His . Views on Railroad Control. COMPETITION PREFERABLE. Federal Regulation Should Not Be Allowed to Exclude Exercise of State Authority, He Contends?Thinks Railroad Stocks Should Represent Actual Value and Be Stable as Govornment Bonds. Washington. Dec. 11. ? William J. Bryan, who startled the country ten years ago by advoeating government ownership of railroads, appeared before the Newlands Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce last week in sun port of the claim that the states should l)e allowed it) retain authority over the regulation of all transportation linos within their borders. Mr. Ilryan explained that he had long regarded government ownership as inevitable, but only because of railroad opposition to effective regulation. Against Government Ownership. "Personally I cannot say that I de sire government ownership," he explained, "because I lean to the individual idea rather than to the collective idea; that is. I believe that government ownership is desirable only where competition is impossible." Alfred 1*. Tlioin, counsel to the Railway Executives' Advisory Committer, previously had presented before the members of the Newi.mds Committee as one of his reasons for urging a better balanced and more systematic regulation of railroads the argument that this is the only alternative to government ownership. Calling attention to "he restrictions imposed upon the transportation lines by conflicting state laws and regulations, to the practical cessation of new construction and to the impossibility uinlc?r existing conditions of securing the new capltul needed for extensions and betterments of railway facilities, he warned the Congressmen that unless they provided a fair and reasonable system of regulation that would enable the railroads to meet the growing needs of the country's business the national government would he compelled to take over the ownership of the lines with all the evils at- { tendant upon such a system. Preservation of Competition^ Bfr. Bryan, on the other hand, holds that the further extension of federal authority over the railroads would be a step la the direction of government ownership. He advanced the view that the centralization of control In the hands of the national government would impose too grout a burden upon the regulating body, would offer strong temptation to railroads to Interfere in politics and would encourage the general movement toward centralization of power In the federal government at the expense of the states. lie said that he did not object to consolidations of railroad lines so long as they did not uronvy cuui|K?tiiion, tnat lie knew of no complaint against great railway systems because of their size and that he believed that the preservation of competition was the test to he applied to all consolidations. i) Regulation of Securities. Mr. Bryan declared himself in favor of national regulation of railway stock and bond issues, but added that he saw no reason why that should exclude the states from acting on the same subject as to state corporations. "I would like to see the stock of a railroad, as j long as it is in private hands, made as substantial and as unvarying as the value of a government bond," he asserted, I He suggested that railroad cnpitalt- i satfon be readjusted to equalize It with actual valuation of the property represented, making due allowance for equities, and that when this was done the roads should be allowed to earn sulflcient Income to keep their stock at par and to create a surplus. The j latter, he tentatively proposed, might tie allowed to amount to 25 per cent of the capital. Railway Earnings Low. This subject of railroad capitalization ;and the amount of railroad earnings received further attention from the .committee during its recent sessions. In answer to questions by Senator | d'ununins, Mr. Thorn submitted figures showing the net earnings of the roads (Cowtinufid on Page Three.) NOTICE. I have in my possession one cow und calf. Cow has split in right ear and swallow fork or under square in left. Any one proving tthem can pay charges and get them. CAKSON GRAINGER. T&bor, N. C., R. F. D. No. 2. 4t o Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Jialaria.enriches the Mood,and builds up the sys> tem. A true tonic. Pot adult* and children. 90c. |STATE ITEMS ' OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Military training might help the University men to get in the class of the Citadel cadets when they meet on the football field. The Salvation Army is planning- to give the greatest Christmas dinner it has ever provided for the poor people >f the city of Charleston. Many new names have been added to the list of needy households, for personal inves tigation has disclosed the fact that numbers are quietly suffering withut asking for aid. Contributions are already coming in, but the puolic is told that much more will be needed to ensure success. In a day or two, kettles for donations will be placed in prominent points in the retail districts. Gifts' may also be sent to headquarters at 190 King street or to the Commercial) lank, coiner of King and YVentworth dreets. Checks should be made pay ible to the Salvation Army, Inc., P. M. Clements, Treasurer. The Army has leased the old Y. M. C. A. buildng for the giving out of the baskets, > t W'lilfll rtnr?n <si /"?? ? ?i I ..v -- - vvvmuavii c% o[/v?va(ii |ji v;^i ani I will be rendered. Three important matters in which the people of South Carolina are deep ly interested?the location of the sites for the $20,000,000 nitrate plant auhtorized under the Smith iaw, the $11,000,000 Tillman armor plate factory, and the farm loan bank?are,j according to the best information i available, to be decided within the noxt. 30 days, i " The Riverside Development Company, of Charleston, was commissioned with a capital of $40,000. W. M. Evans, a former Columbian, I is president and manager of the Gulf City Boiler works at Mobile, which has recently been awarded a conract by the pearson oil syndicate of London to rebuild their steel oil tank steamer San Cristobel. J. E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education, has begun mail utg out copies 01 the 1916 school law. | George Werts, J. P. Long and Arthur Simms, all negroes have been arrested by the sheriff on warrants charging them with setting fire to ginnery of M. W. Oxner at Kinards, the night of September 24. J. W. Powell, a champion .potato grower in Richland county, has harvested this year 1,000 bushels of choice sweet potatoes from five acres; of land. Civil service examinations wlil be held January 12 for the position of clerk-carrier in the posi;office at Ilennettsville. o Get legal blanks at this office. C0UD3 & iaGRIPPE S or 6 doses 666 will break j any case of Chills & Fever, Colds 8c LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not firipe or sicken. Price 25c. NO HIGH Will mean a saving of money if you trade at Toddville. It is River six miles from Cnnwav. ni ?i 7 Steamers making this point ir Clyde Line at Georgetown. WATER RA Water freight rates are low, own property stands for no hi us and we will give you the ben A hint to the wise is sufficiei DUSENBUI Toddville, THE HORBY HI WHAT OTHER PAP Now and Then. An editor gets pretty close te Heaven every now and then when < some of his mother's relatives send ( in some fresh moat." Pudding used to be the favorite when we were young, but sausage has the favors, now!?Times & Democrat. i Indeed So. v . , A "buy a bale of cotton" mgve- i ment those days would have to be i prosecuted among millionaires ex- i elusively.?Southern Lumberman. ? i (Nashville.) - i Time to Change. j Commenting on the acquittal of the Isenhowers for the killing of i Sheriff Hood the Florence Times says it does not like to quest on the findings of a jury but "would like for that jury to tell just how gross a | crime men would have to commit to < make it murder?" The Times' con- < elusions are shared by thousands of .South Carolinans who are thinking it is about time for the pendulum to swing the other way.?Dillon Herald. ] i Well Indeed! j Surgery's greatest conquest was ] antisepsis, and then asepsis. Don't : bother to look them up?they arc < both simply triumphs over dirt.? i Winthrop News. Good Advice. There should be one or more brood < sows on every farm, but the man who has in mind the keeping of ten brood 1 sows had better try five until he has learned how much feed it takes to grow five good litters of pigs.?Progressive Farmer. ; | < Is It Not So. Strange as it may appear, the i more a man pleases himself, the less i he pleases other people.?Chadbourn Herald. Quick r-Cold Relief-n ia usually found through the prompt administration of a mildly laxative, dispersive tonic?one that will scatter the inflammation, remove the waste, and help Nature to build up resistance, Peruna is That Tonic. Its action Is prompt, usually very effective, and its use is without harmful effects. Every household should keep it at hand for this purpose, and every catarrhal sufferer should regularly use this reliable remedy. The tablet form will be found very convenient, A tablet or two at the very beginning of a cold will frequently prevent its development, and these tablets may be taken regularly with beneficial results. i^. jsssss: i ft ' lVU which for nearly [\ MhU C /{ | ^ half a century has a\ \ I C been the reliance '' ^ of the American . J Home. A J? Both are good. d Yourdruggiatcan ^ supply0"- c mm *. pi i PERUNA co- p^q/ 1 Columbus, I | ' |V^ Ohio [jr I RENTS to you !n the prices you pay located on the Waccamaw i the line of the Waccamaw i close touch with the big 1 kTES LOW and our store situated on our gh rent charges. Trade with efit of the difference, nt. tY & CO. s. c. % # ERA LP, CONWAY, 8. O. ERS ARE SAYING How Happy. The darkest hour is just before' daylight, aad after examinations comes Christmas.?Winthrop News. The Same Golden? "He was particularly' bitter in his denunciation of Governor Manning, whom he designated as 'a disgrace to South Craolina.' " This is a statement in the local morning paper in an account of a meeting held at one 3f the mills. The speaker was John Golden. Is this the same person that exGovernor Blease refused to speak to At the Oregon hotel in Greenville last summer, saying "1 don't want to meet the damn Yankee?"?Daily Record. Unprecedented Imports. The protection which for a time resulted from European war conditions seems to have entirely disappeared Beware. It is a well known fact that when liogs are fed on peanuts the carcass s soft, the lard being so soft and hav ing such a low melting point of temperature that the buyers discriminate against such hogs to the amount r >, i>onf n nrtnnil .. I, will I* [jv/iuni \J l lliuit X lUglfSB" ive Farmer. What More. A kiss is nothing but a thrill ar. expert psychopathist advises us. Well, what more do you want?? Chadbourn Herald. On the Job. The country can rest assured that President Wilson is eager to see and ^eize the favorable opportunity for actually accomplishing results. He "iceds neither persuasion nor encouragement.?York News. _____ .n Human Nature. We have always observed that nany people who criticise certain ?hows on the stage always attend die next performance given.?Times ?- Democrat. o {eB| ESTABLISHED ITU ltd hi. f&fcevillon, Freraa L?rg*?t Fur Manufacturer* In the World HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS Ship your furs to us. We pay all express and mail charges Write for our price list 453 West 28th St. New York o? Stiff, Sore Muscles Relieved. Cramped muscles or soreness fol- , owing a cold or case of grippe arc ?ased and relieved by an application >f Sloan's Liniment. Does not stain ' lie skin or clog the pores like mussy >intments or plasters and penetrates ] juickly without rubbing. Limber up our muscles after exercise, drive >ut the pains and aches of rheumaism, neuralgia, lumbago, strains, prains and bruises with Sloan's Linment. Get a bottle to-day. At all druggists, 25c.?adv. u "Cured^jl m Mrs. Jay McGee, of Steph- I HI ^ cnvillc, Texas, writes: * For ?j A nine (9) years, I suffered with rifci V womanly trouble. 1 had ter- IV1 X rible headaches, and pains in |K| J my back, etc. it seemed as if IBJ wt 1 would die, I suffered so. A Ml H last, 1 decided to try Cardui, |H| K the woman's tonic, and it |H| B helped me right away. The 191 full treatment not only helped WA M me, but it cured me." Tim HI 1 H| | J TAKE LI 1 A I > M si uaraui p a The Woman's Tonic m K1 Cardui helps women in time 3] El of greatest need, because it 9 SI contains ingredients which act vJ M specifically, yet gently, on the M ! fk weakened womanly organs. S , 4 So, if you feel discouraged, K m blue, out-of-sorts, unable to K R do your household work, on h >A account of your condition, stop 4 E worrying and give Cardui a V E trial. It has helped thousands 4 E of women,?why not you ? m ^ Try Cardui. F0KK1UN ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING The new shipping law, development of drainage and the intensification and diversification of farming were approved by the Southern Commercial congress at the close of its eigth annual convention. Frederick Yapp, better known in the baseball world as Fred Mitchell, will be the next manager of the Chicago National league baseball club. The annual report of the public health servicte, just made public, contains much valuable information relative to what has been done during the last year to stamp out peHagra wherever it has been found. Much interest is being shown in the meeting of the highway commissioners of the States of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia to be held early in January at which arrangements will be outlined for a northern branch of the Bankhead highway. As a matter of fact we are now buying more from foreign countries than at any previous period in our history.?American Economist. One kind word has been spoken for this most brutal of wars that Europe is now w./ing. It is expected to popularize marriage for love in countries where marriage has become to a large extent, an unsentimental transaction involving financial bargaining and consideration of social rank, thinks the Chicago News. Labor's movements for an eight iiour day was inaugurated among New York's clothing workers with a strike which will carry more than 60,000 persons out of work if the leaders' plans are carried out. o Lingering Coughs Are Dangerous Get rid of that tickling cough that keeps you awake at night and drains your vitality and energy. Dr. King's New Discovery is a pleasant balsan remedy, antiseptic, laxative and promptly effective. It soothes the irritated membrane and kills the cold germs; your cough is soon re lievea. Delay is dangerous?get Dr. King's New Discovery at once. Foi nearly fiftv vears if V??a ^ .? nw WWII HIC I favorite remedy for grippe, croup, coughs and colds. Get a bottle today at your Druggist, 50c?adv. o DO YOU KNOW THAT A little cough often ends in a large coffin ? Bodily vigor protects against colds ? Careless sneezing, coughing, spitting spreads colds? Open air exercise cures colds ? Colds sometimes get well in spite of the excessive use of alcoholic beverages ? Overheated, air-tight rooms begot colds ? Neglected colds often forerun pneumonia ? Persistent, oft repeated colds, indicate bodily weakness? Life Insurance, Fire Insurance, Health & Accident Insurance, Guardian Bonds. Writes Deeds, Mortgage W. Percy H FERTILIZER, CO' TON S P. S. 1 AM IN POSITION T ANCE IN STRONG OLD LINE I ATE YOUR TYPEWI I have the following Second h 1 L. C. Smith (used very little) 1 No. 5 Oliver 1 NO. 10 Remington Visible 1 No. 5 Royal 1 Blind Fox 1 Blind Smith Premier All of these machines have b and are guaranteed to be in firs Will sell on monthly payments, o for cash. Write me your needs. /?. G. SCARE SUMTER, SOUT Deale L. C. Smith & Bros, a / ^ ' ' Read the Story in this Paper, See the pictures at the Pastime BEGINNING THIS ISSUE lax-Fos, A Mild, Effective Laxative A Liver Tonic Does Not Gripe nor Disturb the Stomach. In addition to other properties, Lax-Foe* contains Cascara in acceptable form, a stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lax-Fos acts effectively and does not gripe ror > disturb stomach. At the same time, it aids < digestion,arouses the liver and secretiors and restores the healthy functions. 50c. j o | The Poor Hen. I The hen might help considerably in the proposed boycott on her product I by going on a strike.?Evening Post. CHEAP FLOUR 450 Bbls. Flour (bought before advance) i 1000 Bu. Red Seed Oats 700 Bu. Fulgum Oats N 200 Bu. Abruzzi Rye v 338 Bags Rice i ?? ? Can save you big money on flour, cotton seed meal, acid, hulls, etc. Get our nriroc .? fj I UVda """" ~" " " i Patlmetto ; Grocery Co. COOPER ... MULLINS Capital and Surplus $80,000 Live Stock Car Lots, V Cattle, i Hogs, Sheep and Goats. s, and Other Documents. VJ A iardwicke TTON AND COT- i >EED 0 WRITE YOUR FIRE INSUR- \ COMPANIES, WILL APPRECI- j! BUSINESS. tITERS. 1 and Typewriters for sale: ? $55.00 30.00 35.00 1 35.00 >. 10.00 I 12.50 . 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