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W. M. HAMER i The Man Who Evolved and Put Into j Practice the Plan of the Cotton Mills Buying Direct From the Planter /. -V : '-J?l?&e; ???< .. - Ssl \P WsiSffifflfflR^ ^^^^ "fy MR. W? M. HAMER.' '. Soveral years ago an enterprising merchant-farmer In a smaii Eastern Carolina town slipped away to Liver pool and had a quiet conferenca with tho pres Ido nt-of a largo cotton man ufacturing oBtabll sh ment. When the merchant-farraor returned home he exhibited to hts fellow merchants and tannera a contract, whereby he was io purchase cotton on,his. local ? mar ket*'ship lt.: to tho nearest compress abd. binn" bill it direct to the Europe th manufacturo r. It wa o tho il ret time iq tho hl?t?ry of tho Cotton lndubuy that- a European manufacturer and a local 'cotton buyer had been brought together.' It,was the first attempt that bad over boon made to eliminate the gftjOfs^&t? ie the haadiiag of ' the world's greatest crop. In that contract tho, European man? fae turor s and the American producer had boen brought closer., together? than ever before in the history of the cotton industry. Able 'lawyers 'who passed upon, the provisions of the contract said that lt granted an equal measure of protec tion io both buyer and scllor. Finan ciers wbp looked lt over said it;wac the. beginning of a new and better era In the handling of the cotton crop. in that i( brought , the Southern cotton field to the thresh h old of the European spinning room. But the Fates so will ed it thst bo foro tho plan could be put'Ibid practical operation death stUlod tho heart and hand of thin far , soelijs .merchant and rann or, and that contract which no doubt would bave meant BO much to Southern cotton planters became an inactive aBBet of a litigated.estate. - iBut . the germ of the- Idea did not dla with this enterprising merchant fanner; it found lodgment in the fer tile brain ot.? young cotton manufac turor of.the Pee Pee section.. "if tho European manufacturer sees an ad vantage in getting closer to the pro ducer why pot get. closer tc bim my self r* reasoned this young manufac turer- "Why not bu^ my cotton dlroct instead of through the broker.j an?? divido the,commission with the farm er 1" Thereupon his went ' upon the local cotton market In competition with buyers for brokers, and export ers, and the price,ot cotton advanced' nearly fifty points tho first d*y on the' strength of his buying. He con-. Unued tho 'fight throughout tho sea son,-bought'ovo ry hale of cotton his Diijla needed first hand from the farm . or and not only rayed' money.fdr him-' self, bot, added thousands ?ldollars to. the wealth of thc farmers of his native county. Thai man was W.. M. .Hhmer, for years president of the Dil lon.; Hamer and Maple Cotton Ml!!o, a$d at present' a candidato for Mien ' tenant-governor of South Carolina: Other mills over tho state caught bis Idea and that was the beginning of the. movement that resulted in the elimination of tho middleman and the . s ' . ..- r < OUTS PKOSHITIOX At lorn ry jReneral Promoted to Su presse Bench hy Fieshlen*. '->U"-'? tByjAaabclatodPrqss.) ; Washington. August i8.~ Attorney General :McRoyholdr w {ll bn ntmi natod -by tho president to Um vaeanc.v ;M^. , .Mc Rey f pi tis' pom I nation is ox nty-S&hto bo confirmed during ' Hw presK?I' sensloh of cop?rei*e ld oidcr that vin? mrty'gn' On tho r.nprp.m-i court t?ft&Vat?J?krfcxjl '.terril. , . /'T^^ojeai^j^ha^ a t?bmm-' ^' ;M>. : Mc Reynolds', place. establishment of a closer relationship between the manufacturer and the fanner. Mr. Hamer la a modest man and lt ls extremely difficult to get him to speak ot any of hie successes or achievements in uro. It was with re luctance that he -consented to the use of his name In connection with this article, but the only way tbs people can judge of a man's fitness for pub lic off leo-ie by knowing what ho has accomplished as 'a private citizen.' and lt is nothing but fair to the people of South Carolina, and a matter of simple justice to Mr. ' Hamer himself for theso facts to be gi von tho wideat publicity. Mr. Hamer was born on the farm and ia tho son of a farmer. He is one of four pono, all of whom are promi nent in miers of the Pee Dee country. Ills father before him waa a success ful farmor, a wealthy man for his day and time, and could have reared bia sons in caso and luxury, but being a man of -Bound, practical judgment he taught his boys the art of farming in the hard school of experience. After graduating from the South Carolina Coll?go Mr. Hamer went back to the farm where he combined bia techni cal knowledge with practical experi ence, and made his lands produce abundantly. When still a young roan his extraordinary businr:-* talent at tracted the attention of men of capi tal and he was called from th? fatal to the management of a cotton milt So greet was his succees as a mill map that lt waB only a short time before he began the erection of another mill, and' lator acquired the Hame? Cotton Mills, alt three being consolidated an der the name, of the Dillon Mill?. . Mr. Hamer ls not a politician; bi ls a plain, practical business man whe seeks public office because be believe! he can be of some service to Us fe! low mun. Havlngth?en raised on tbs farm and knowing how to Sympathie? with tho tillers of the soil, ho thiaki the government should assist agricul tm-e, tho source of all wealth, as .mich as possible, while he strong!) advocates an equitable.distribution ol taxes, "placing the burdens on thos4 m oaf able- to bear them,, and who en joy mest tho benefits of 'government' Mr.* Hamer la endorsed In writ int by every'officer, in Dillon and-.Marl boro counties. By the farmers for services aire adj rendered.' By the merchants of Dillon an< Bonnettsviu* for his progressiva Iras incas methods. By tho bankers of both Marlbor? and Dillon tor his integrity ead baal noss ability. By his former mill operatives fm his kindness and friendship. - -, By many othera tor his good clUseo SM?.' ' -? . - . ? ' . ? WH ? FIND oW JrYJl? ?i : --y, i; 'V r'ed?rbl' <?f?nd' -Jury. Investiga!le iligh t ort ef I.lvrtsjs. (By Associated,Press.) . Son. .Francisco, Angncrt 18.-Itoboi rl'Dcarn, .American sugar -beet". fcni \. A. Brown, of tho "California-Iis kV..lian Sugar Refining, company, wer ordered ? today . ti ?' n p ? tc? r before Ul rodcr:.l Kraud. Jury . investigating . th riso in nrle.5 of foods here. . .Msn.^gei ? -tho.foremost hotels of tho city.'.wi arlng'their bil?? .to Bhow what ^WWj&tfM*;.-thojr .hax?ipajdvsin? August \. ONLY LEFT PAIR OF SLIPPERS Reason for Curious Monument In Am oterdnm Over Burial Place of Eccentric Individual. Thon? stands in a church lu Amster dam an ancient and curious monument of white marble which alw^iyH attracts th? attention of visitors, and their! curiosity ia usually heightened by its inscription. On the monument are en graved two slippers of a singular shape, with the Inscription, "Effen Nyt," which, In Engllnh, would be "oven nothing," or, moro colloquially put. "nothing else." The story that ls told of this strange device is ss fol lows: A certain rich man, who was very extravagant in his tastes, becauso possessed of the Idea that he had just so many years to live and no more, ani he calculated that If he spent a stated portion of his principal every year his lifo and his property wou'd expire together. He was lavishly generous to others, as well as indulgent of hts own whims, and it so happened that he died the very year ho had prophesied would be his last. He had, furthermore, brought his fortune to such a low ebb that, after his few debts were paid, nothing remained of all his possessions, aside from the clothes in which he was to be burled, but a pair of curious old slip pers. Some of his relatives, to whom he had been kind !n his life, erected this strangely decorated monument to mark bis burial place. WHITE GARMENT IN DEMAND Pressing Need for "Coat" That Cricket Umpire Was Wearing to Comply ? With Regulations. Jobn J. McGraw was talking ats Camp Marlin about bis recent baseball trip abroad. "King Ocorge liked the game," he said. "All tho English liked the game, In fact. It's a superior game to their cricket, you know. "I heard a lot of cricket stories in London. A cricket umpire wears a long white coat. Well, I heard a good story about that "The Heltons Bumpstead team was to play a match, and orders went out that the umpire must wear tho white coat-but that was an innovation In that backwoods village. "The umpire, anyhow, appeared in white at the game all right. "The teams wero lunching-yon lunch and have tea and sleep In a cricket game-when a little girl came and said she wanted the man In the white coat j " 'The man in tho White conti' said a player. 'Well, you can't have him. He's busy carving a turkey.' '"Oh, ls ho busy carving?' said the little girl.. 'Well, please toll him, then, that mother's busy bavin' a flt, and we want the nightie he's wea rixs*, 'canas she's got to go to bed.' " CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS * A magicians' club of 200 persons bas ? beou recently formed In London. Th? oldest account of a chimney | place 1B tn Venice In 1347. An ostrich1 feather which cost $50 j a few years ago ls now worth $76. Tin? value of Imports Into Chile by I parcel post during 1912 amounted tc \ $1.992,334. Oleomargarine Imports into Ger many during the first five months thia) year totaled 22,800,000 pounds. Japanese soldiers are nearly all gymnasts, and every barracks has a gymnasium. So well trained are they that In lesa than half a minute they can scale a wall 14 feet high by simply leaping on each othc shoulders, one mah austainlng two or three others: The educational buildings in the! United States aro valued at $225,000?* OOO. Cigarettes lamportr 1 into China at Tientsin Increased. 8? per cent in 1912. A $11,000,000 telepi '.no cable ls to ba laid between Engin ul and Holland. It has been ea*' nated that British! Columbia has ann.uaof about 253,000, 000 acres, of y Mich about 1.600,000 la composed of lukes in the Interior,. There arje 100,' ..-,000 cores of .timber land pf no v.' .e for farming othes than for "stoc: purposes, and while lt ls estimated that 3.000.000 aeres', is .either under cult tv ott ou or partly so. statistics shu* that the actual yield* lng average other than for grazing! purposes, i J not moro than 250,000 j acres. '' r *' "" Says Moon ls Ovsl Shaped. Astronomers will await with Inter* est details of the "experiment" car ried put by Professor Stiattesi at Bo* logna by which ho claims to hava demonstrated that the moon ls oval ahaphd. '-' '. The moon is more easily measured than any other . heavenly body, but though it baa been measured thou sands of times no difference has been detected between its polar and ecrua torlal diameters. A clergyman recently put forward tho ?.eory that the side nf the moon always turned away from the earth ls of tho earoo also ana 'shape as the great pyramid which. ae*( cording to Revelations, form* tho .'New Jerusalem." Eventually, so ?s eerts the anther of tho theory, tho moon will rall on tho earth, hud the hemisphere) turned, earthward will tory Itself In our planet, while tho pyramidal Kew Jerusalem ?rill project above the rack and' ruin of the ele ments a? tho Celestial CKy. wharo tnt) faithful aro to spend eternity. .-. _ "fliln r?parkable lunar, theory hon M pub;iuhcd with a preface by tho War of the Great Races, Teuton Versus Slav, Means Slaughter motos by American Press Association. ON tim brink of tho most terrible war in tho history of the world Burop? quickly put its anejes on.'n war footing. Typos of the various armies are here shown. Tup (li is a regiment of Itussian Cossacks, in center (21 are crack Germuti troops on review,- left (3) type of English artillery In act lon'anil right (4) Kreuel) soldiers at rest during inn neu vere. 'Tile principal nations of the old world ugn'thig' each other. Teuton arrayed against Slav, means an International horror never before equaled. Photo by Ajntjj-icart Press Association. 'rf-French Artillery ?n Action ? ,,- i ;?:--> ur! The artillery.of Prance is one of the. most efficient branches In the nation's army. The gunners are well drilled, and the^guns ore of the latest type. ; Fluid practice has always been Insisted on by ofl}clat3,..nnd .the result has beeri-tlie high ntnndnnl of efficiency tbnt has been established, lp the.-picture ls shown the .latest type of guna in action. Photo by American Press Association. f? - ; . ... . ,.v The Armored Cruiser Achilles THE armored cruiser Achilles hn s a displacement or lS.?fib "t?nB o nd fs > swift oil burning vessel. She ls a sister ship ot tba Cochrane,. Nntn! an ? Warrior: She carries ala f).2dneh and four 7.5-1 neb guns.and twentyt<"< three-pounderS,. '-. " Glenn Springs Hotel GUNN SPRIGS, S. C. We lieg (o offer to our friend* anti patrons of (.hun Springs ult the comforts, courtesy and atteutlun thut years of practical ex perience luis taught UK. Absolutely nothing will he left undone to make you feel thut the memories thut you curry nwny of u summer spent ut Merni Springs will ulwuys lite in your mem ory UH a green spot. * Our automobile Fusseliger Hus vi 1th I'neuinatic Tires meets the trains at S pa ri an burg and the ride will only luke 3011 thirty min* tites to the hotel for one dollar for euch passenger. Our auto* mobile burgage truck will give you quick service for fifty cehts ?1er trunk. First Floor rates are $17.50, single or double. Second Floor Rooms are $17.50, and $15.00 per week, also single rooms at the same rate, J. Geo. Verhauer, Mgr. Stulb 6? Verh??er, Prop's. GENESTA HOT?L, Augusta, Ca. Anderson City Is ?My Town" ? Anderson County Is "My County" What About Anderson College ? K?m*&M<M^ Ford Gara "Buyers ta Share iii Profite .ffe?tiy?JKugu?t tst,.\9\4 to August ist 1915 Iand .guaranteed against any, reductions during that time. .-AH cars fully equipped f. o. 1J. De troit. \_ . * Runabout ........$440 Touring Car . ._496' Town Car . . . ._690 ?(In the United States Only.) . 4:^. ' AU retail.buyers of new Ford cars from August - 1st, 1914 to August. 1st, 1915 will share in the .profits of the company to the extent pf ?4 Q io ?g.?b per car, on each car they buy, PROVID- . ID: we; sell and deliver 300,000 new-r?or4 [cars during, that period. . . h ??Bk for Particular** ' TODD AUTO SHOP . " t.-.V-'r y.> I ? V i .?.-!*: A: ?BBaaaasBB Bf > t. HflasBBSBH| mmmm VISITING "CAHivi W?BDtKC H V'TATtONS 'STATION F RV TtlE ANPptSQN WTEIXlti^ ? JOB PR^ I I Attention All Millinery ?wttera M* by Hxnrcsi). ?:?</ ?' -Uy't -.;