Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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That Little Girl Of Yours?she'll soon be having her hair "done up," and too, she will be out growing her childish ways ?and you haven't had her picture taken since she was in long dresses. You don't exactly want to keep her as she is?but you do want]to keep the memory. Make the appointment to day with OLIVER At The McCord Studio. t Mr 's/io/t'yi'<r/i/n i' i/i itOU* ? /own Wedding Gifts "WHAT TO GIVE?" Is]the question that is^S Agitating You. WE HAVE THE ANSWER Our yens of experience in supplying Wedding Gifts that please will help us to guide you. Gifts of distinction and Refinement in Pickard's Hand painted China. Everything desirable in Silver ware and Cut Glass. FLEMING BROTHERS JEWELERS Shafting, Pulloy?, Belts, Repairs and Files, Teeth, Locks, Etc. LOMBARD IRON WORKS. AUGUSTA, OA. Cef our circular btfore you buu. 1766 1913 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest College j 129th year begins September 26th Entrance examinations at all the county-seats on Friday, July 11th, at 9 a. m. Full four year courses lead to tho B. A. and D. S. degrees. A freo tuition scholarship Is assign ed to each county of the State. Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities, and the finest Museum of Natural History In the South. Expenses reasonable For torms und catalogue, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, 44-tf President. Asthma! Asthma! POPHAM'S ASTHMA REMEDY gives instant rebel and an absoluta cure in all cases of Asthma. Bronchitis, and Hay Fever. Sohl by druggists ; mail on receipt of price. $i.oo. Trlivl PnrknKo by mall 10 ennts. WILLIAMS MFC. CO.. Prop*., ClevaUod. Ohio LAfJRENS DRUG CO. ;/ >u Laurens, S. (i DR. CLIFTON JONES Dentist Office In Simmons Building Phone: Office No. 86; Residence 210 N. 6. DIAL SUGGESTS PLAN WHEREBY EARM PRODUCTS MIGHT BE USED AS COLLATERAL Would Have Congress Pass a Separate National Bond ed Warehouse Bill In Which INon-Perishable Products of the Soil Might be Stored and Money Borrowed on Them the Plan. Mr. N. B. Dial, who announced aomei months ago that lie would be a can* dldnte next summer for the seat in the United States senate now held by K. I). Smith, roturned from a business trip to the north seven I days ago. While In Washington ho made a call upon several of the South Carolina delegation in congress and talked over the Issues of the day. Mr. Dial gave them his views on the question of currency reform and several of the congressmen were so much Interested In them that they ask ed him to write out these views. On Ills return. Mr. Dial did so and the letter Is found below. According to this letter. Mr. Dia! thinks that the CSSOntlal need of tin- agricultural sections of the south and west Is to provide some method which will give (liability to the farmer's principal col lateral, his uon-porlshablo farm pro ducts so that he will he able to market his Crop gradually. The host way of attaining this end. he states, is through a system oj warehouses bonded or guaranteed reliable and safe by the United states government, The letter of Mr. Dial follows: "Congress is considering changing our banking and currency law. A good deal has boon said about lend ing money direct to owners of cotton and grain on warehouse receipts. I have a plan which, I think, will solve this problem. The groat need in the South is more money, of course. We have hut two things which we can use as collateral, numoly, land and cotton. I am glad to state that con siderable sums are being loaned on land by Insurance companies and oth ers, and this will take care of It self. What we need most at the present time, is to got our agricultural products in shape to he used as col lateral. My suggestion is that Con gress pass a separate hill authorising 'National Bonded warehouses in which non-perishable products of the soil can he stored, receipts issued there for, upon which the owners could borrow money in any part of the country. "If you will excuse a personal al lusion, 1 will state that I have been farming all my life; have boon prac ticing law :t() years, ami have boon engaged in the hanking business all this time. About lifteen years ago I saw the necessity of aiding our farm ers in marketing their crops and organized a bonded warehouse at this place. This warehouse is built on modern designs, practically tire proof with the latest sprinkler sys tem, etc. The Insurance on contents is at an exceedingly reasonable rate. The idea is that the moneyed world knows that the cotton crop has to be marketed within a short space of time, in order that the farmers can meet their obligations with the local merchants or hanks and the local banks be prepared to meet their ob ligations for money borrowed else where. Therefore, the owner of cot ton has to take whatever price he can get for it. If this price should ball pen to fall even 25 per cent, or 50 per cent, he has to sell. While I am speaking of cotton, I realize, of course, that no law could he passed governing this commodity alone. Ten years ago the annual agricultural products of South Carolina amounted to something like $51,000,000. Now thoy approximate $i io.ooo.ooo. Our banking facilities have always been inadequate. I do not believe in ap pealing for help when one can help one's self, but in this complex nation of pursuit Is necesary for citizens to ask the National Government for aid under these peculiar circumstances. If the states were allowed to issue money, then it would not he neces sary to go to the National Govern ment; but. when we remember that we gave up this right to the general government and can issue money only on prohibitive terms then we can see no reason and justice of asking Con gress to aid us. It took nie some time to make up my mind that this was the thing to do. We see where the Government appropriates money to educate us and aid us In making greater crops. We know of consti tutional provision for this, however we are not complaining, hut on the contrary ate thankful. A great and good work is being done, but after we are taught how to produce larger crops, it would not be wrong to help up get the best results for the pro ducts of our labor. By so doing our citizens Will bo encouraged to go to. the farms, thereby Improving their: health and giving employment to many millions of non-producers. This system would increase the value! of land, glvo employment to labor, would help the merchants, and would benefit the cotton mills, und would draw a tremendous amount of trade from the other countries of the world which use our cotton. Farmers would be encouraged to raise greater crops, knowing that they could get a fair price. "My understanding is that the Gov ernment Issues certificates for whis key stored in bonded warehouses. 1 can see no difference between this and receipts or certificate!) given for cotton in similar warehouses?except that the government nets a revenue out of the whiskey, and II would ho said that the owners of cotton would not want to pay a tax. This is true, but they would la; willing .o pay whatever expense necessary t> net a receipt countorsigncd or gunr anteed by the Government for their cotton, corn or grain, There are three ways to accomplish this: "The first is by private warehouses similar to the one outline I above. This method, however, is inadequate in that it does not take much money to build a warehouse and that It would not need banking capital in that it would require it for only part of the year. Some time ago '. listened to a man speaking, to I ho tanners along this line, and he advocated that wherever a few thousand bales of cotton were raised, to build ware houses. He meant well hut e vidently had not thoroughly studied the sub ject. It would not do to build ware houses unless they wer" practically flroproof and unless equipped With lire protection, in order that contents could be insured at a reasonahel rate. No one would loan money on such contents uninsured. This method, however, helps some locally, hut my thought is to get a system that would aid the entire country. These local wan-houses can borrow some money at times, hut this depends upon the reputation of the management more than the capita] stock of the com pany. "The second plan is for the differ ent states to go into the warehouse business. This is a big problem for the people to consider, and there is a great deal to be said upon both sides. Some states might adopt such a law and others would not. "The third way. and this is ab solution of the problem. Is, as above stated, for Congress to pass an In dependent warehouse hill. I do not know that the National (lovonimcnt would build, or that It would desire to own warehouses, but It occurs to me that it could recognize all ware houses that are built according to modem standards, and If it should be thougth necessary for the title to be In the Government, it could lease these warehouses for a nominal rental. Such warehouses thou could be declared to be ready to receive non-perishable products of the soil. Before this Is done, however, let the warehouse company furnish the gov ernment with strong bonds to pro tect it In every way, and then let re ceipts be given by the warehouses, countersigned by some agent of the Internal Revenue Department. These receipts would specify the weight, grade, staple, etc. Let the ware house company pay the Government whatever expense necessary to se cure the receipt?in other words, a very small fixed charge. There will bo no compulsion upon anyone to store the product, but in case they desire to do so they would have It in a form which would be used as a collateral. The result in my mind would be that money would tlow In the direction of the warehouses from all parts of the country, and the own ers would be, therefore, enabled to market their products throughout the year instead of being forced to sell in panicky times. As every one knows, cotton deteriorates but little and there is a ready market every day in the year; hence, money should be borrowed upon it at the very low est rate. F realize the above suggestion is a little bit revolutionary, but this is a progressive age, and It Is necessary to enact laws to meet the requirements of the times. In order to get people to lend or Invest their money they must be convinced the security Is safe. The plan above outlined seems to me to be entirely reasonable, con stitutional and practical." To Prevent Blood Poisoning nprly at onee the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTKR'S ANTI8HPTIC HKAMNG Oil,, ft sur gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liniment 25c. 50c. $1.00. SCHOLARSHIP AT CLINTON. Ladle* of Stephen I). Lee Chapter to finde w sr hi, |;i i ship ut IVc .Im (:?? ian College. Clinton. S. ('., Aug. 11.?The ladies or the Stephen i>. Lee Chapter of tlie C. 1). ('., of this place, have decided, now that the Confederate .Monument Is paid for, to endow a scholarship in the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, intending ultimately to pay in to the endowment fund of the Col lege the sum of one thousand dollars; and meanwhile to pay each year the tuition in the College of some deserv ing descendant of a Confederate vet eran, providing such a boy can be found within the bounds of Laurens county. It Is their desire to assist In this way in the education of some .vho Is in actual need of such assisstancc; and if the student will apply himself and take the whole college course, the scholarship will he his as long as he proves worthy of'it. A Committee to select the student to receive this scholarship has been appointed, consisting of .Mrs. A. B. Spencer, Chairman, Mrs. M. A. Hays and Mrs. .1. F. Jacobs. If there he within the hounds of Laurens county any descendant of a Confederate vet eran w ho is in need of such aid, who is ready for the Freshman class of the college, and who wishes to take advantage of this offer, he will please apply to Mrs. A. K. Spencer, Clinton, S. ('.. for further information in re gard to the scholarship. Minister Praises Ibis Laxative Rev. II. Stubonvoll of Allison, la., in praising Dr. King's New Idle Fills for constipation, writes: "Dr. Kiilg's New Life Pills are such perfect pills no home should he without them." No better regulator for tho liver and how els. Every pill guaranteed. Try them Price 25c at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. OVER 100 BUSHELS ON ONE ACRE. .Mr. .1. E. Winter Had a Splendid Yield of tints on His Sedalia Plantation. Tuesday's edition of Union Progress contained the following account of a splendid yield of oats on the Sedalia farm of Mr. .1. 10. Minter, who is well known here: "A splendid yield of oats is result from Sedalia farm owned by Mr. .1. F. Mlnter, who on having his special acre threshed found that the yield was 99 1-4 hushels by actual measure ment, and this did not include a loss of at least three or four hushels caused by the binder dragging about 80 feet and not cutting the oats, nor those that were in corners. Which would nave brought the yield up to 103 l -1 bushels, "The only fertilizer was 200 pounds of S-Il-I? not even any top dresser be ing used. "On another Held of about 12 acres Mr. Mlnter had threshed out over :I90 bushels, which did not include a large quantity which was fed t? the stock without being threshed, and which it is estimated would have made the yield run at least f>00 bushels." Good Reason for His Enthusiasm. When a man has suffered for sev eral days witli colic, diarrhoea or oth er form of bowel complain and Is then cured sound and well by one or two doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as is often the the case, It is but natura', that he should he enthusiastic in his praise of the remedy, and especially is this the case of a severe attack when life is threatened, Try it when In need of such a remedy. It never fails. Sold by all dealers. f THE AUGUSTA FISH COMPANY | AUGUSTA, GA. Wholesale Fish and Oysters. ALWAYS FRESH. Your order shall receive our prompt at | tention. A trial order, large or small, is' X all we ask. 1 BAILEY MILITARY INSTITUTE " (Formerly the S. C. C. I. of Edgefield, S. C.) A Christian military institution of fering instruction in classical, 3clen tltlc and commercial courses. Large new brick Buildings. .Modern;y equip ped. Steam heat. Electric lights. Hot and cold water In every room. If you want to place your son In a school where his health will be carefully looked after, his mind thor oughly trained, and where he will be taught habits of obedience, punctuali ty and industry, send him to our In stitution. Here each cadet is under the close personal control and watchful care of the teachers fron? the time he reaches the school until he leaves for his home. For Catalog and other information, address: BAILEY MILITARY INSTITUTE, GREENWOOD, S. C. :: :: ;: a ); :( )! a ii ? it a.::.::::: >: JeXuX"JUU? u<>OUCMM???!ai JUST OPENED Another shipment of those special numbers in Ladies' Silk Hosiery in Black and White at 50 cents. Also White and Black Silk Lisle at 25 cents per pair. Special value in White Goods in plain and fancy weaves, nice light textures for hot weather wear. Heavy yard-wide all Linen Skirting Cash at 25 cents per yard. Yard-wide Apron Linen from 10 cents up at W. G. WILSON & CO. BUY LAND AND SAVE RENT! Some More of These Leak Bargains in Real Estate Houses and Lots I Can Secure Loans"and Make Advances on Real Estate J.iN. LEAK GRAY COURT, S. C. The Man That Divides the Earth to Suit Your Purse."