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- - - g** -~ You Youe Rome P STHE PICKES SENTINEL PUBLISHED WEEKLY Entered ApM 23,b A as lekaa sens, S.c.. a secnd class all matte. under -S PICKENS, S. C., DECEMBER 10, 1914 Established 1871-Volume 44 EMPTY MARKETS Europe Will Need Our Help, Say gress-Ships Our Greatest ties Imposed on Unitei Washington, Dec. 8.-The necessita for legislation to prodvide for trans portation of our commerce by sea wat strong rged by President Wilson ii his .essage to congress today. Thi n4 jdresidet pointed out that the market -greater part of the world ar( empty and that ours is the duty to sup ply the needs not only of the coun tries of Europe, but also of the coun triee which hitherto have looked tc Europe for their supplies. The mes sage in part follows: The session upon which you are noa entering will be the closing session of the Sixty-third congress, a congress, I venture to say, which will long be re membered for the great body o thoughtful and constructive worl which it haa done, in loyal response to the thought and needs of the coun try. . While we have worked at our tasks of peace the circumstances of the whole age have been altered by war, What we have done for our own land and our own people we did with the n us, whether of char We u ior &i wrg e it sobei enthusiasm and a confidence in-tb principles upon which we were acting which sustained us At every step of the difficult undertakng; but it is done. It has passe4 fom our hands We face new j~sks,.have been facing them these six months, must face them in the months to come-face then without partisan feeling, like men who ha*; forgotten everything but a common -duty and the fact that we are representatives of a great people whose thought is not .f us but of what America owes to herself and to all mankind in such circumstances as these upon which we look amazed and anxious. Europe Will Need Our Help. War has interrupted the means of trade not only but also the processes of production. In Europe it is destroy Ing men and resources wholesale and upon a scale unprecedented and ap palling. There is reason to fear that the time is near, if it be not already at hand, when several of the coun tries of Europe will find it difficult tc do for their people what they have hitherto been always easily able to do many essential and fundamental things. At any rate they will need oui help and our manifold services as they have never needed them be!ore.; and we should be ready, more fit and ready than we have ever been. If is of equal consequence that the nations whom Europe has usually sup plied with innumerable articles v, manufacture and commerce can nov get only a small part of what the3 * formerly imported and eagerly lool "to- us to supply their all but emptl markets. Here are markets which wi must supply, and we must find thi means of action. ,We Need Ships. It Is a very practical matter, a mat ter of ways and means. We have thE resources, but are we fully ready t use them? And if we can made read3 * what we have, have we the means al hand to distribute it? We are not ful13 ready; neither have we the means oj distribution. We are willing, but wi are not fully able. We have the wisi to serve and to serve greatly, gener ously; but we are not prepared as w4 should be. We are not ready to ma bilize our resources at once. We arn not prepared' to use them immediately and at their best, without delay anc without waste. To speak plainly we have grossly erred in the way in which we have stunted and hindered the developmeni - of our merchant marine. And now when we need ships, we have not got them. I have come -to ask you to remedi and correct these* mistakes and omis sions. The time and the circum - stances are extraordinary, and sc rr'ust our efforts be also. Use and Conservation. Fortunately, two great measures finely coziceived, the one to unlock with proper safeguards, the-resources of the national domain, the other tc encourage the use of the navigable waters outside that domain for the * generation of power, have already passed the house of representatives and are ready for immediate con der ation and action by the senate. With the deepest earnestness I urge their prompt passage. And there is another great piece o: legislation which awaits and should receive the sanction of the senate: I mean the bill which gives a largel measure of self-government to the peo pie of the Philippines. I cannot believE that the senate will let this greal measure of constructive justice awail the action of another congress. Its passage would nobly crown the record SNAKES ON DINNER TABLE Novel Banquit at Philadelphia in Honor of Curator of Bronx Zoo Startles the Guests. A score of writhing snakes, one of them more than five feet long, created terror among a quantity of suppel guests at Cafe L'Aiglon. Fifteentl and Chestnut streets, says the Phila de'phia Public Ledger. The occasioz w.s a "snake-' dinner, given for Dr Advertisers usi tisements read by zens of Piekenscei TURN TO AMERICA s President in Message to Con Need-New Tasks and Du I States by the War. r of these two years of memorable la bor. An Important Duty. iBut I think that you will agree with me that this does not complete i the toll of our duty. How are we to carry our goods to the empty markets of which I have spoken if we have not the certain and constant means of transportation upon which all profit i able and useful commerce depends? And how are we to get the ships if we wait for the trade to develop with out them? The routes of trade must be actually opened-by mapry ships and regular sailings and moderate'charges-before streams of merchandise will flow free ly and profitably through them. Must Open Gates of Trade. Hence the pending shipping bill, .discussed at the last session, but as yet passed by neither house. In my judgment such legislation is impera tively needed and cannot wisely be postponed. The government must open these gates of trade. I very earn estly hope that the congress will adopt this exceedingly important bill. - The great subject of rural credits still remains to be dealt with, and it is a matter of deep regret that the difficulties of the subject have seemed to .render it impossible to complete a bill for passage at this session. But it cannot be perfected yet. Economy is Urged. Before I close, may I say a few words. -upon two - -topics, much d cussed out of doors, upon ihich'.it is highly, important that our. judgirents should be clear, definite and steadfast. One of these Is -economy lxi govern ment expenditures. The sort of economy we ought to practice may be effected, and ought to be effected, by a careful study and assessment of the tasks to be per formed; and the money spent ought to be made to yield the best possible returns in efficiency and achievement. And, like good stewards, we should so account for every dollar of our ap propriations as to make it perfectly evident what it was spent for and ii what way it was spent It is not expenditure but extrava gance that we should fear being criti cized for; not paying for the legiti mate enterprises and undertakings of a great government whose people command what it should do, but add-. iig what will benefit 'only a few or pouring money out for what need not have been undertaken at all or might have been postponed or better and more economically conce,.;ed and car ried out. The nation is not aiggardly; it is very generous. It will chide us only if we forget for swhom we pay money out and whose money it is we pay. These are large and general stand ards, but they are not very difficult of application to particular cases. -The National Defense. The other topic I shall take leave to mention goes deeper into the princi pies of our national life and policy. It is the subject of national, defense. It cannot be discussed witho'ut first answering some very, searching ques tions. IIt- is sxii in some quarters that we iare' not prepared for war. What is -meant by being prepared? Is It meant that we are not ready upon brief no tice to put a nation in the field, a na tion of men trained to arms? Of course we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be In time of peace sc long as we retain our pres ent political principles, and institu tions. And .. iat is it that it is sug gested we should be prepared -to do? To defend ourselves against attack? We have always found means to do that, and shall find them whenever it is necessary without calling our peo pie away from their necessary tasks to render compulsory military service in times of peace. Fear No Nation. We are at peace with All the world. No one who speaks counsel based on fact or drawn from a just and candid interpretation of realities can say that there is reason for fear that from any quarter our indepen dence or the integrity of our territory is threatened.. Dread, of the power of any other nation we are incapable of. We are not jealous of rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. We mean to live our lives as we will; but we mean also to let live. We are, indeed, a true friend to all the nations of 'the world, because we theraten none, covet the possessions of none, desire the overthrow of none. Our friend ship can be accepted and is accepted without reservation, because it is of fered in a spirit and for a purpose which no one need ever question or suspect. Therein lies our greatness. We are the champions of peace and Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of the Bronx zoo. The snakes were placed upon the dinner table in a glass recep tacle from which they could easily have escaped. When they appeared, several women at nearby tables, not knowing that they were tame, hastily departed. But the snakes -were not aldne. There was a large jar of frogs and toads of many strange varieties, that -kept the cafe frequenters interested with an undertone of croakings. And:, Ithe center of the table was occupied ng The Sentinel I the best and mos aunty. of concord. And we should be very jealous of this distinction which we have sought to earn. Just now we should be particularly jealous of it, because it is our dearest present hope that this character and reputation may presently, in God's providence, bring us an opportunity to counsel and obtain peace in the world and reconciliation and a healing settle ment of many a matter that has cooled and interrupted the friendship of nations. This is the time above all others that we should wish and re solve to keep our strength by self-pos session, our influence by preserving. our ancient principles of action. Ready for Defense. From the first we have had a clear and settled policy with regard to miiltary establishments. We never have had, and while we retain our present principles and ideals we never shall have, a large standing army. If asked, are you ready to defend yourselves? We reply, most assured ly, to the utmost; and yet we shall not turn America into a military camp. We must depend in every time of national peril, in the future as iL the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms. It will be right enough, right American policy, based upon our ac customed principles and practices, to provide a system by which every citizen who will volunteer for the training may be made familiar with the use of me dern arms, the rudi ments of drill and maneuver, and the maintenance and sanitation of camps. We should encourage such training and make it a means of discipline which our young men will learn to value. The National Guard of the states should *be developed. and strengthened by every means which is not inconsistent with our obligations to our own people or with the estab lished policy of our government. And. this, also, not because the time or te. casion specially calls for such meas ures, but because it should be. ni constant policy to make these provi sions for our national peace and safe ty. Mare than this carries with It a re versal of the whole history and char acter of our polity. More than this proposed at this time, permit me 'o say, would mean merely that we had lost oir self-possession, that we had been thrown off our balance by a wa' with which we have nothing' to d(. whose causes cannot touch us. whost very existence affords us opportur ities of friendship and disinterested service which should make s ashamed of any thought of hostility or fearful preparation for troub.e. This is 'assuredly the opportunity :or which :. people and a government Oke ours were raised upr the opportitity not only to speak but actually to em body and exemplify the counsels of peace and amity and the lasting con cord which is based on justice and fa and generous dealing. Ships Our Natural Bulwams. A powerful navy we have always regarded as our proper and nati~ral means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the .seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense .or of provo cation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. When will the ex perts tell us just what kind we should ~construct-and when will they be right for ten years together, if the relative efficiency of craft of differ ct kinds and uses continues to change as we have seen it change under our very eyes in these last few months? But I turn away from the subject. It is not new. There is no new need to discuss it. Let there be no miscon ception. The country has been misin formed. We have not been negligent of national defense. We are not un mindful of the great responsibility resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by the lesson of every experi ence and every new circumstances; and what is needed will be adequately done. Great Duties of Peace. I close, as I began, by reminding you of the great tasks and duties of peace which challenge our best powers and Invite us to build what will last. the tasks to which we can address ourselves now and at all times the free-hearted zest and with all the finest gifts of constructive, wisdom we pos sess. To develop our life and our re sources; to supply -our own people, and the people of the world as their need arises, from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marts of trade; toI enrich the commerce of our own states and of the world with the products of our mines, our farms, and our fac tories, with the creations of our thought and the fruits of our charac ter-this is what will hold our atten tion and our enthusia: -n steadily, now and in the years to come, as we strive to show in our life as a nation what liberty and the inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for men and for societies, for individuals, for states, and for mankind. by a fern filled with chirping insects, known throughout Japan, whence they! came,. as "walking stIcks." The menu was arranged in keeping with the decorations. There were, of course, eels and frogs' legs. There was a "Bronx Zoo salad," which was full of mystery, even to the guests, be cause the ingredients were not re vealed. But the most peculiar dish of all was porcupine steak. The average husband is a silent partner. iave their adver tsbtnilct LODZ HAS FALLEN A GERMAN TIOTORY SECOND CITY OF RUSSIAN POL. AND IS OCCUPIED BY THE TEUTONS. ROUMANIA READY TO ENLIST' Forty British and French Warshpis Are Assembled at Some Place For Blow at the Enemey. Lodz, the second own of' Poland, and lying 75 miles to the west-south west- of Warsaw has fallen to the Ger man arms. It was occupied Sunday. according to an official announcement from Beiin. Around this Important town a des perate battle has raged for days. Countless thousands have fallen in desperate hand-to-hand conflicts and from the shells of hundreds of guns. It was evident from the occupa tion of Lodz by the Germans that the heaviest kind of fighting has. been on, for late advices told of a.vicious attack and bombardment of Lodz and fighting on the outskirts of the city and, previous to that, of operations 20 miles west of Piotrkow, which lies considerably south of Lodz, and along a line from Glowno, 16 miles north. east of Lodz, to the Vistula river. Lodz has long ..been an objective point of the German army. It has grown in recent years from an in significant place to one, of the most populous cities in the Russian em pitre. In 1910 its population number. ed 415,604 and with this important place as a base the Germans are ex pected to make a strong effort to reach Warsaw. Regarding other operations in the East, the Servian war office reports Servian success on the whole front, with the . capture of 2,400 men and four complete batteries. On the other hand, Vienna reports that Austrian troops are gaining ground south of Belgrade. In Flanders and the riorth of France was comparatively quiet. The French war office had nothing to report and no marked successes on either side were recorded in that territory for the previous day. While the attitude of Roumania is not known officially, a Swiss news paper asserts that Roumania has de cided to enter the war on the side with the Allies.' The time for doing so, however, has not been determined on. Forty British and French warships have assembled at some place, the name of which Is not given in the dispatch making this announcement "to force their way through." It is probable the correspondent intended to foreshadow an effort by the Allied ships to break through th4 Dardanel les the name evidently came under the eye of the censor . CONGRESS RESUMES WORK. Third Session of 63d Congress Con venes-Money Bills First. Washington.-The third session of the Sixty-third Congress convened at non. Memb)ers of both houses flock ed to Washington ending their holl dy recess of six weeks which fol lowed the long session that closed late In October. Democratic leaders expresses th~e hope tha; the legislative program . of appropriation measures can be con cluded by March 4, next, when the present congress automatically will end. Many Republican leaders, how ever, have said they would urge many Important measures, and some indi cated that supply bills ought to be delayed to such an extent that an ex tra session next spring and summer would be necessary. Democrats think an extra session unlikely. The bill to pave the way for Philip pine independence, which passed the house at th, last session, is pending in the senate is the immigration bill with the literacy test, for aliens, which has passed the house. Some maority -leaders have declared that it will be permitted to die with the expiring congress, to be considered when conditions resulting from the European war have assumed more definite shapt. Rural credits legislation is pend ing. This legislation, however, also is on the list of measures administra tion leaders are understood not to want to press at this time. At least seven of the great annual supply measures are to be rushed so so as to report them to the house be fore the Christmas holidays- These are the legislative, executive and judicial, the District of Columb~a, fortifications, pensions, military, post office and rivers and harbors appro priation bills. Others are to be hastened through to head off the necessity, of an extra session. Carranza Troops in Big Battle. Laredo, Texas.-General Cesario Castro, commanding an army loyal to General Carranza, defeated a band of Zapata followers near San Martin, according to a dispatch received here from Carranza sources. The- dispatch reported casulties of 1,2000 and- the. capture of nine rapid-firing guns, 1, 200-rifles and 47,000 rounds of ammu nition. The dispatch did not estab ish the location of the town of San Martin referred to. There are several towns of that name in Mexico. Card of Thanks. The family of W.J. Crenshaw wish to thank their friends, for he kindness shown during the sickness and death of father and hsband. We also wish to hank the physicians for their EUROPAN IAR SHAT TERS KING OTTON'S THRONE FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN. SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF WAR. Nation Rings With Cries of Stricken Industry. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union. King Cotton has suffered more from the European war than any other ag ricultural product on the American continent. The shells of the belliger ents have bursted over his throne, frightening his subjects and shatter ing his markets, and, panic-stricken, the nation cries out "God save the king!" People from every walk of life have contributed their mite toward rescue work. Society has danced before the king; milady has decreed that the family wardrobe shall contain only cotton goods; the press has plead with the public to "buy a bale"; bankers have been formulating hold ing plans; congress and legislative bodies have deliberated over relief measures; statesmen and writers have grown eloquent expounding the inalienable rights of "His Majesty" and presenting schemes for preserv ing the financial integrity of the stricken staple, but the swbrd of Eu rope has proved infightier than the pen of America in fixing value upon this product of the sunny south. Prices have been bayoneted, values riddled and markets decimated by the battling hosts of the eastern hemisphere until the American farmer has suffered a war. loss of $400,000,000, and a bale of cotton brave enough to enter a European port must pay a ransom of half its value or go to prison until the war is over. Hope of the Future Lies in Co-opera tion. The Farmers' Union, through the columns of the press, wants to thank the Amercan people for the friend ship, sympathy and assistance given the cotton farmers in the hour of dis tress and to direct attention to co operative methods necessary to per manently assist the marketing of all farm products. The present emergency presents as grave a situation as ever confronted the American farmer and from the viewpoint of the producer, would seem to justify extraordinary relief meas ures, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining business rules in order to ift a portion of the burden off the backs of the farmer, for unless something is done to check the Invasion of the war forces upon the cotton fields, the pathway of the European pestilenge on this continent will be strewn with mortgaged homes and famine and poverty will stalk over the southland, filling the highways of industry with refugees and the bank ruptcy court with prisoners. All calamities teach us lessons and the present crisis serves to illuminate the frailties of our marketing meth ods and the weakness of our credit system, and out of the financial an guish and travail of the cotton farmer will come a volume of discussion and a mass of suggestions and finally a solution of this, the biggest problem in the economic life of America, if, indeed, we have not already laid the foundation for at least temporary re lief. More Pharaohs Needed in Agriculture. Farm products have no credit and perhaps can never have on a perma nent and satisfactory basis unless we build warehouses, cold storage plants, elevators, etc., for without storage and credit facilities, the south is com pelled to dump its crop on the market at harvest time. The Farmers' Unions in the cotton producing states have for the past ten years persistently ad vocated the construction of storage facilities. We have built during this period 2,000 warehouses with a ca-I pacity of approximately 4,000,000 bales and looking backward the results wrould seem encouraging, but looking forward, we are able to house less than one-third of the crop and ware houses withoift a credit system lose 90 per cent of their usefulness. The problem is a gigantic one-too great for the farmer to solve unaided. He must have the assistance of the bank er, the merchant and the government. In production we have reached the high water mark of perfection in the world's history, but our marketing methods are most primitive. In the dawn .of history we find agriculture plowing with a forked stIck but with a system of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the Egyptians. the marvel of civilization, for who has not admired the vision of Joseph and applauded the wisdom of Pharaoh for storing the surplus until demanded by the consumer, but in this age wve have too many Josephs who dream and not enough Pharaohse who bluild. Frank Again Loses. The supreme court of the United States Monday refused to issue a writ to review Leo M. Frank's conviction of mur der of Mary Phagan, the Atlan ta factory girl. .The court's decision ends at tempts to save Frank's life by: its interyention. Frank's counsel announced they would take no further steps in Washington for the present. It is said efforts will be made to procure a pardon or commutation of sentence from the Georgia officials. Miss Mamie Brown and Mr. Willie Hayes were married De cember 6, 1914, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Brown. A. A. Jones N. P., officiated. x Just a Word to a Few of Our Readers It would please us greatly if some of our subscribers to whom we recently sent notices of ex pired subscriptions would renew between now and Christmas. The small amount of one dol lar will not be greatly missed by any one of our subscribers, -but i he aggregate amount would help us out wonderfully. We know money is not so plentiful with our readers now as it was this time last year, and we know it is mighty scarce with us, too. Tho practically everything used in getting out a newspa per has gone up in price during the last few months we are still selling The Sentinel at one buck per year--less than two cents per week. Each week it will cost you only about as much as two good chews of good tobacco, half a good cigar, not as much as a good drink of good likker or a "dope," and we know the paper's worth the most. because we've tried 'em all, and ordered all discontinued, except the pa per. DonI't deny yourself and your family your county paper for the measley sum of two cents a week. Pickens Doctors Elect Officers The Pickens County Medical Society met Wednesday after noon in the offices of Drs. C. N. and E. F. Wyatt, at Easley. No special business, ote- than the election of officer,, was transacted and a most pleasant and harmonious session was held. The following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: Dr. J. L. Valley, of Pick ens, president; Dr. H. E. Russell-, of Easley, vice president, and Dr. J. P. Jewell, of Easley, secretary. Board of censors, Dr. W. A. Woodruff, of Catee chee, chairman, Dr. J. 0. Rosa mond, of Easley and L. F. Rob inson of Pickens. Drs. C. N. Wyatt and W. A. Woodruff were elected as dele gates to the State Medical So ciety, which convenes next April. Drs. W. A. Tripp and J. P. Jewell were elected altei nates. Pleasant Grove News It has been raining eight days and nights almost without ceas ing and is still raining, and sure there will be only one mudhole, andi that will be from one end of the road'to the other. Jimmie Phillips, from near Greenville, is spending a few days with D. L. Barker and other friends in this section. Miss Lillie Fortner, daughter. of A. T. Fortner, is spending a few weeks in Greenville visiting relatiyes and friends. Harvey Cleveland of Cleve land, S. C., was in this sectiori on Thanksgiving, bird huntig.; He had some friends with him. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howard, Nov. 18, a fine girl. W. M. Davis'and his father of' near Norris were welcome visit ors to this section last week,this being the first visit for Mr.Davis,: Sr. He says he is delighted very much with this section of the county; so we invite him back to see us again, as the writer en joyed hearing him talk.. The population of some of t1le nations now at war in Europe, by the census that was taken in 1910, which we suppose is a big increase in the past four years, and also a big decrease in the last few months, if all reports are true: Russia comes first with a lare population, 155,443, 300; area,8,785,000 square miles; Great Britain, area 121,000 square miles; population 45,003, 431; Belgium, area, 11,400 square miles; population,6,693,548; Aus tria, area, 201,300 square miles; population, 47, 158,000;Germany. area, 210,000 square milEs; pope ulation 60,641,278; France, area, 207,000 square miles; Turkey, area, 1,565,021 square miles;pop ulation, 35,414,300. The United States contains 3,624,122 square miles and its population 93,346, 543, this being the census five years ago. The population of the earth by race is shown to be 1,440,650,000. Mr. A. B. Talley and his two sons, Absolom and Perry, went possum hunting some nights* ago and caught three 'possums and two fat coons. Who can beat this for about three hours' hunt? A F.ARMER. Not J. Benton Mention was made through the columns of The Sentinel by one of our correspondents that Benton Robinson had moved from Greenville to the farm. ~This is not J. Benton Robinson, formerly of Norris, who moved to Greenville. He is still located in Greenville and is living in a house on Lois street, which he has bought. Easley Local and Personal Items Mrs. J. R. Glazeier has re turned to Easlay, after an ex tended visit. to her daughter, Mrs. Pittard, in Newberry. Her son, Arthur, came back with her and spent a short while at his old home. Rev. Dr. Norton, of Georgia, preached a sermon of great pow er and beauty in the First Bap tist church Sunday morning. In the school auditorium on Sunday night a union st rvice was held, Dr. Norton spoke on the "Man of Galilea" and illus trated his talk with many beautiful pictures by flashlight. It was a great service. Mrs. Thomas Bolt has return-! ed to her home in Anderson, after spending a while with her son, C. 1). Bolt. Mrs. William Anderson and Miss Eunice Singleton attended the State U. D. C. convention in Yorkville last week. The Wesleyan - Gehodists dedicated their new -house of worship in South Easley last Sunday. They have a beauti Ful little house. We gladly welcome -back to his old charge Rev J. D. Holler. We also extend a hearty wel come to Rev. W. A. Lamar of the Protestant Methodist church, his conference having returned him to this charge. R,v. D. 0. Power has also been returned here. Here is our hand, Brother Power. John D. Sitton, Esq., W. M., Bates Lodge No. 189. A. F. M., will represent his lodge in the meeting of the Grand Lodge in Uharleston this week., Mrs. A. P. Mathews has re urned to her home in Easley after a very pleasant visit to Friends in Elberton, Ga. Easley Man May Be A Millionaire Ben Martin, youngest son of 0. T. Martin, editor of the Eas lev Progress, after graduating a few years ago at the Citadel, went West to seek his fortune. Among his first investments he purchased some lots in the town of Page, Oklahoma. So the news came the other day that the largest oil well in Oklahoma had been discovered on one of Ben's lots. The capacity of the' well is said to be one million I gallons of oil a day. Editor Martin was so excited over the news that the first m~ght after he heard of the good ortune of his boy he had the following dream: He dreamed that he was one of the busiest men to be found any where; that he was direct ing men in building huge tanks' in which to store oil and laying pipelines to all the large and im portant 'cities throughout the country. He could see oil spout ing up in every idirection as he urried along from place to place, looking af ter the business. Suddenly he met a swell-dressed wentleman with a high silk hat in. He said to the man: "Who are you?" The stranger an wered: "I am John D. Rocke eller." Mr. Martin drew back nd whaled away at the tall1 at, knocking it off. "Get out >f the way and get away from ere," said Mr. Martin, "you're rio oil magnate worth a cent!" According to the dream, Mr. Martin was the only oil magnate vorth considenng.( Corikratulations to you, Mr.j Martin, oti your wonderful good' ortune. _____ Death of W. J. Crenshaw Dear Editor: You will find below a brief biography of one; who has just departed this life~. 'lease find space in your paper;i for it: W. J. Crenshaw, who lived orthwest of Pickens, on the ieadwaters of Crow Creek, died Lecember 3, 1914, at his home, it the age of 60 years, 3 months and 29 days. On November 23, after a thorough examination, he found that he had been back lidden in heart for a number of years and after a night of con Eession and prayer to God he he was wonderfully saved about 3 o'clock a. in., after which he elt that he needed to be sancti fied wholly, a n d earnestly sought for it until 5:30 in the afternoon., arid thet lessed Holy (host came into- his heart and took up his abodeg after: which. Mr. Crenshaw sang andshouted and praised God until the hour of his departure. He leaves a wife, five sons, three daughters, and a host of friends to mourn his death. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Bethel M. E. chuich by the pastor, after which his body was laid to rest to await the resurrection morn. J. R. GREEN. Governor-elect Manning has resigned as president of the Bank. of Sumter, as he will be unable to attend to the bank's business after he is sworn in an anveara THE PATS DOLAR CONGRESS DECREES DULGING IN LUXURIESKU FIRST SALUTE THE. FLAG War Revenue Tax of $1 -Levied-Beer Bears Brunt of . Burden. Congress has levied a war tax $105,000,000 to offset a simlar -amount of loss on import revenue due to European disturbances and of amount beer is the heaviest contributer; having been assessed ap proximately $50,000,000; a stamp tax eon~ negotiable instruments, it is estimated, will yield $31,000,000;' a ta on the capital stock of banks of $4,300,000 and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea-. ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder. Congresa has decreed that the brewer, the banker and the investor must -shoulder the musket and march .to the front; that milady who would add to her beauty must first tip.:Uncle Sam, and a dollar.that seeks pleasure.' must first salute the flag; that Pleas ure and Profit-the twin heroes of iany wars-shall fight the nation's' battles and by an ingeniously ranged schedule of taxation congress has shifted the war budget from the. shoulders of Necessity to those of Choice and Gain, touching in. various ramifications almost everylIre of business. All hail the dollar that bleeds for Its country; ..that barer is 'breast to the fortunes of war and risks it 1fte.. to preserve the stability and integri* of the nation's credit. - The market-place has always been a favorite stand for war revenue col lectors. The trader is a great fian cial patriot. -His dollar is rally around the sapargled and the last to hear the coo of dove of peace. He-iscalledlupor buy -cannon; to feed and dloth4 the boys in blue and each month cheer - their hearts with the coin of realm. Men can neither be free nor brave .without food s,ud a7nition and money- is as important a factor N in war as blood. Many mounentag have been erected in honor of heroes slain in battles, poems have been wit ten eulogizing their noble deeds and the nation hondri its s6ldiers while they live and places a monument ug0n their graves when they die, but very little has beensaid of the dollar that bears the burdens of war. Honor to the Dollar that Bears the Burdens of-Wart 7 All honor to the dollar that an swers the call to arms and, when the battle Is over; bandages th wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a wreath up6n the graves of heroes and cares for the widows and. orphans. All honor to the Industries that bend their backs under the burdens of war; lift the weight from tihe shl ders of the poor and build a bulwark I around the nation's credit.. All honor to those wlao contribute to the neessities and aminister to the' comforts. of the .boys who are marching;. cool the fever of afflicte soldiers and kneel with the crossbe side dying heroes. A dollar may fight Its competitor in business, industries may struggle for supremacy In trade and occupations may view each other with envy or - suspicion, but when the bugle calls - they bury strife and rally around the flag, companions and friends, mess mates-and chums, all fighting for one -T flag, one cause and one country. The luxuries In life have always been the great burden-bearers In gov- , ernmelit. We will mention a few of them giving the annual contributions to the nation's treasury: Liquor, $250, 000,000; tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar $54,000,000; silks, $15,500,000; dia monds, $3,837,000; miliner'y, $2,479, 000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles, $870,000. We collect $665,000,000 of Internal and custom revenue annually and $450,000,000 of this amount classi fies as luxuries, and to this amount we should add the $100,000,000 war tax now levied. The war tax is immediaely ff tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! t industries are marching $100,000, strong and beneath the starry they will fill the treasury again w they ahout, "Hurrah for Uncle' In every field of human at demand for more competent mej women is growing every day. ia~ly so in agriculture. - Home pride is a irighty vl set, and the farmer who has. carrying a heavy nandicap road to success. . - Work is the salve that wounded heart. - Another isP The governor Sa ed a full parole to welder, the Lexi banker who was September, 1913% of-svlati~o~ of-the state~ Black welder fine of $1,000 or gang or in the s Later the goe the sentence to one year. The governor welder upon th~e dition: "Parole Black welder until Jr., is prosecuted of guilty or not benerndered his (Ia. H. Rh tion in the lie Bno bank th' wasp