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APP[ALS To S. C. FARMERS ON COTTON WAR[HOU8[ BILL Columbia, S. C.-"I appeal to the financial successes are those wlc farmers to create public sentileit for have adoptet the plan of coiine this bill, which is in their interest .ialisni of today-which is co-opera and in the interest of all." says Don tion by consollation, trust building 1McQueen, member of the general as- price-fixitg by force of consolidation semibly from Marlboro county, in a or control of the products. Now let letter to the public, in which he dis- us illustrate this to the farmers, and cusses his warehouse bill pending in I beg then -to read and think. legislature and his program for im- "Look at the recent nitrate of soda provement of conditions on South trust. Look at he recent bagging and Carolina farm. ties trust. these have robbed th The following card lias been issuedI farme's out of millions of lollars. I to the public: I could cite dozens of others, but these "No great plan of reform can he are t'N'Sh and will servc to illustrate, brought about without agitating and I Will ;ask a question: flow loes the - o-operation. No statesman is large farlne t set his cotton crop? Answer: enouglh to lput( any great re tortn into I twelve months supply in three or orce without. the help of others. I four months, ie has nothing to do ask the farmers and business m iWeni i ixilg tle pric--Just takes what broughout the state to help pit he ca u get for it. Now I Will ash an I rough the great reform mltovenient !it ques ti Ho did the bagging :ll to protect the price of our great a ie trust anIl the itrate of soda taple crop, cotton and tilus promote trust sell thir products? 1ill they he agricultural interests of this state. hultIem at tle old farmers as fast 1 refer to the cotton warehioluse bill.i tily could sill, and ask them wla~t "i)o the farmers nedI the la of they WOuld give? id they take jst 'his bill to heli protect their hatir- ally piie they could get?n ter-ey store ''sts? I will use one or lWo praeti- ttei products in great warehuses (al illustrltions' Lto show Itheir and fixed tle pice oil them that would Ied oh' cotton warehouses withi ata 1lt' thea 1-i01l, a1tt then they jist state validation of the warehlouse waited on tl( farmer until ho was certitlcates as anI asset to borrow oliged to have tim poducts. 'heap money on and correct our i,1l'll'ls if you Will read tais a lid untitsinesslike metod of selling our 1 tink, it shows your 'tistate, and crop---a miethod which is the cause stows you phinly the temedy. 'l'hc of all our trouble. cottol Warehouse ll furiishes Millionaires N tt. Farmers. means to 'o'rect ou' istake ant get "About thirty years ago there was .t fair p'ice fot cotton. I ask you only one millionaire in the l'nited to get hind your 'elr'sentati es in 'tates. I believe his name was A. T.ie tegislatite ant tell thei t hl ;tewart. This great curiosity was pull ttis g leat bill through. it mat ,ublished in all our newspapers of ttr' not if thete is sone slight tefeot hat day, wit comnmnents like til.. int lill in your judgiett. 'he low far woulId his 'm1oney reach 1gteat pii'le is iight, and after silver dollars laid side by side, antI (w Il it i11( operation We call thet ow long wou1ldl it take atn inldivitl itllige'tly take out any de'ects till S('0ot thtt 'T'oday we have thou fis- nnia sy aotoe have. 1ds ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ hv afmlilarsadmut-ol 1.11dpited th ttl plan f homer iiais, atl tver tlt' tited States. I att'atntb conliation ,tttrst. ile don \ot of thet'se, praiclly siai rg.i g'ess-nall bf'o c t oifs cistitt, .1. ion ile from tiih' r'aliks of tilt' k rs.1 lti!Sd otlis ofte rtha anly effowt to 'ii' tile w(':llttl of Amler'ica. nione of' .1aiti' a basis for tilt issitt of mlhl(y' ~~~~~~~~~~ibgthem .aeeetid lysuhsc l a ofread an Wthink.prsi '"esses finaticially. 'l'hiis shtows that tl'lt ilt. tnhis pihani Whlo agreetd that ir methods are inlfer'ior a1 that.:I t'" ilea was tigh t it' wrked 0111 hey have nevr rctriuvd L hat. ehey in tbage finre. . justly t'ti t ted to. "Coltot (ru ae ' tse e rtiieats thc Farmiers Compete iti 'Tts. ;iares to iecomilie the basis fol cri.i "''ihe only ien Who htavte tade great rey ist and ill s 1t plust-at 1 am the first man in South Carolina who ever made 'a speech illustrating this plan. I haie the speech before -me now. It was 'published in all the daily papers of the State and in many county papers. It was made in Co lumbia during .the corn show confer ence in December, 1911. I quote an extract as follows: . "'We would make overtures to our representatives in congress and- have them fix -as a basis for the assurance of money on cotton warchouse cer tificates with state violation. What higher class security could be offered than 'the commodity, worth the money, convertable at uny and all tines, and the delivery guaranteed L - a soverign state? If we could succeed in this plari it would be a great boon to the Southern states, giving us a flexible money, available when needed to move the great money Cro cotton, und as the cotton would be taken from our warehouses and sold, this currency would be naturally retired. If we had currency hyued on that basis there would never be anly more money panics, brought about by the million aires in the Northern states comhylg together and agreeing to lock up their money in vaults and retire it for a time from cIrculation. Thus they pro duce tight money markets and cause cotton and grain, farm products and stocks and bonds, to go below the cost of production. 'T'hen these manipula tors go into the market and buy up scurities and famim products at their own prices, thus turning their money back into the channels of trade and relieving the panic. Wihen the reac tion com. 's, the things that they hav. bought cheap rise in price, an:l they 1lil their coffers with money at add to their millions. Thus the tilo teotecl farmers are robbed c f mil lions of bard-earned dollari.'' Local Money. "W'hen cotton warehouse ce(rtillcate a1s a basis for the issue of o1n0ey%, when the great crop, cotton, would h ready to move we would hav tie means in our' hands to move it with. No tight money conditions colt 0\r again be brought. about to roh the f;armers out of the labor of t1hei hands. "I am) not inlflelced by pelitical considerations. 1 amll not a cLndidate for ollice. lint I all a eanniida: ! for all measures to benelit 'my stite --the warehouse bill, my good road1 bill. ald an honest primary law in South ('arolina. I want to say here that .in origin of the cotton waroho'ase bill belongs to Senator MoLaurin, and he is making an honest fight to get this great -protective measure for our agricultural section. I introduced the bill that -passed the 1912 session of the legislature, which was by a deci sion of the supreme court thrown out on a techincality. I have reintroduced the bill as finally shaped by the Farm ers' Union, and this is the bill now pending, which I call upon the farm ers to urge their representatives to support. Senator McLaurin has in troduced it in the sente. I have fought for this bill until I have been nicknamed .by my .fellow-members 'Warehouse (Don McQueen.' I am go ing to stay by it like Grant around Richmond -and like the Duke of Marl boro in his campaigns, who it is said never lost a battle. I am behind the cotton warehouse bill, thte good, roads bill, and tho fight for a pure and lion est primary system in 'this state. "I appeal to the farmers to create public sentiment for this bill, which is in their interest and in the interest of all. Corporations and trusts may create sentiment against it and delay its passage. 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FIGURES SPEAK FOR PROGESS With the close of another year's business almost at hand, it is with great pleasure that we extend the season's greetings to our customers and friends and congratulate them upon the prosperity which they are enjoying and thank them for the patronage and co-operation which has made possible a very successful year for us. The 'statement below indicates the liberal patronage which we have enjoyed from our friends this year, causing us to enjoy a very profitable season and we gather from the showing of deposits that our friends too are enjoying great prosperity. With the increase in deposits of our county and town friends, this bank is being placed on a more - solid foundation as each season passes and we trust that the mutual advantages growing out of our associations in the past will prove good ground for a continuation of the same in the future. As an indication of the growth of this bank and the firm foundation on which it stands, we submit herewith a statement of condition drawn . Ifrom the books at the close of business December 12th. It will be noted that our Assets are now nearing the " $400,000 mark. ASSETSCaiaStc LIA BII ITIES Loans and Discounts - - - - $258,658.04 Capital Stock $100,000.00 Banking House, Real Estate and Firtures 27,691.41 Surplus and Undivided Profits - - 37,859.76 Deposits - - - - - - 26881 Due by Banks - - - - - 71305.19 . .Cashier's Checks Outstanding - -940 Cash on hand - - - - - 28,170.79 Dividends Unpaid - - - - - 153.50 $385,815.43 $385,815.43 Deposits Dec. 12, 1912, $141,951.63---Deposits Dec. 12, 1913, $246,887.76. An Increase of $104,936.13, or a Gain of 73 per cent. in one year Frame your resolutions for another year and let the first one be "I Will Start that Bank Account To-day" and then having finished that, turn over another leaf and write "I Will Deal With The Enterprise Bank." MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK ENTERPRISE BANK N. B. DIAL, President. LAURENS, S. C. C. H. ROPER, Cashier. _x -AM, M, " "no 4