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Senator McLaunn Responds to R quest of Mr. Wannamaker For Letter on Cotton Situation In response to a request from S. Wannamaker, president of tl Southern Cotton Association, for letter on the work of the associatio Senator McLaurin has written i follows: Mr. J. S. Wannamaker, St. Matthew S. C. Yours to hand and I heartily con mend the efforts you are making \ ' ? oucA^iatinn for tl rerm an ?. sale of cotton. If we form a con p&ny in each county for the purcha.' of all cotton offered for sale belo - the minimum price t fixed in Ne Orleans we will soon tie up evei available dollar in the south, at still not have enough to carry tl cotton crop. We must haw an ou let for the cotton purchased, so thi the capital raised will be a sort < revolving fund. Otherwise busine. would soon stagnate as it did in 191 There seems to be considerable oj position in congress to the bill d< signed to finance export cotton. Tl chief objection urged, is that it is further measure of inflation, and d< creases the safeguards thrown arour depositors in national banks. So far is inflation is concerne there is nothing to it The new pan graph in the bill merely permits tl advance to be made on a note secu: ed by a bi i of lading, instead of warehouse receipt. The security tiie same, only the evidence of thi security is different. How does thj make inflation? It oaly makes tt asset more liquid, which is not on) good bant ng, but also good sens So far as the security is concerns the borrower is limited to 25 per cei of the capital stock and surplus, an gives $110 worth of cotton as secir ity for the loan, with the cotton ered by an insurance policy. I hav studied the bill carefully and it is good law. My persmal opinion is that tfc state of South Carolina should se its cotton, through its warehous system, taking potash or other cow modities in exchange. Even if yo get this new law Europe cannot bu from us, unless she sell at the sam time. Hie contention that the 5 tat should not engage in business wi not do. This very bill is for the fee eral government to enter the busines field. The lesson of the war is to recent. I prefer state to federal cot trol. We are too dependent on Wasl ington, and if the country goes R< public, the Democrates of the sout will realize that too much power ha been taken away from the states an centralized in Washington. The foe supply was taken charge of in 191' and not only the price of it regulai ed, but the quantity of food to tt family regulated. The governmei purchased, raw material and turnc it over to private corporations to t manufactured, fixed the wages of 1: bor and the price to the public. 1 took over the railroads, built an operated ships, engaged in life ar marine insurance. It openly an effectively controlled the commercii life of the nation upon large lin( and with far better success than being done today. South Carolina has the law onh< SUMUM: UWA9, CIIIJW ntl (U5 oiv aw warehouse commissioner to negotid sales of cotton, why not try the el periment? These are still war time for who does not know that war not over when you put an end to between nations? It is only the moi superficial view which confines ti meaning of war to a conflict betwee governments. Our present industrij system makes society itself astat of war, active, irreconcilable war 0 every side and in everything. Tt very essence of war is this needles competition between corporations c individuals. Every government, up to 1914, wa founded upon the principle of indivit ualitv. This war seems to have ende that epoch Man is now trying to a< "tn the mass. I believe these strike _ai* an unconscious struggle on th pant of the masses for the enthrone ment of the principle of associatioi That is the meaning of the New Oi 1 leans (vmventinn This is the tru meaning of a Republica. War differs from peace in its r< ceptivity to new ideas; it welcome them, while peace rejects them. Th opposition to the exports bill is fror reactionaries trying to reject the les sons learned in war. Our method ng the war of production, financ and distribution were vastly mor scientific than the bungle peace i making. War always listens with an ope mind to every proposal brought foi ward by peace, while peace tries t shut its ear to every lesson taugl by war. It is blind now to the fac that the masses look on governmei as an association for the commc good, not a mere collection of ind vidual units. The schoolmaster, wa taught tour million young men ho easy it is to secure co-operati< through government and they ha e- brought the new- home. Do*.? anyone imagine that, with the knowledge, this country will go back to 1914. and j rot in the narrow barbarisms of so j called peace. ie; Let me urge you Mr. Wannamaker, a: to carefully consider finding an outn> j let to foreign markets through well i developed and strong state action, instead of relying on Fabian federal S) of the people, not expressly granted promises. All of the reserve rights 1 to congress, rest in the state of ^ South Carolina, and they are ample ie to protect our great money crop, if we use them with firmness and wisHnm se w The creation of thought is the w greatest factor in all the questions .y of life, and you have done a wonderl(j ful work in convincing the world ie that cotton is too low. I see you have made a Btiil of my friend Theodore Price. See his article in Commerce and finance last week. You deserve ? the thanks of the South. Mr. Price 5 is a man of wonderful power in finance and when he says cotton is too ^ low, you may be sure it will go high^ er, because he is a constitutional cotie ton bear. I beli jve cotton will sell * for 50 cents inside of 10 months, no matter what any of us do. Sincerely, Jno. L. McLaurin. o ' Thought His Chances Poor ie r" Ethan Allen was in church one * Sunday with anumber of friends listis ening to a very high Calvinistic minrt ister (exact stature not recorded), rt The text chosen was, "Many shall ie strive to enter in, but shall not be iy able," and the preacher premised his e- remarks by observing that the grace of God was certainly sufficient tointt dude one person out of ten. "Seconded ly" disclosed the fact that not one in Is- twenty would attempt to avail himr' self of salvation. At "thirdly" it e came out that but one man in fifty a was really an object of Divine solicitude. "Fourthly" was announced and ie the estimate of elect now reduced to U great correctness, the sad condusion ? being drawn that but one out of i- eighty?when Allen seized his hat u and evacuated the pew, exclaiming, y "I'm off, boys: any of you may take e my chance."?Harpers Magazine. o 1/6 I imagine that life can give nothing I* much better or much worse than I have myself experienced. & 0 Land Reclamation Schema. l~ The British board of agriculture has i- Inaugurated a schema for the rectamat tion of land on the Lincolnshire shore h of the Wash. A bank la being conlS structed from Wainfleet, a little below q Skegnees. to Kreiston. near Boston ^ (Lincolnshire), commencing at the _ Wainfleet end, and by thla means it ' Is hoped to recover about 12,000 acres. The work la In charge of a resident ie engineer In Wainfleet dad will employ it a large number of men, who wlU be d selected from demobilised soldiers and e sailers, and thus obviate the taking i- away of labor from agriculture. It la [t said that it the middle of the last ceo. tury e reclamation scheme waa started, 1 and it was then estimated that a tufflciently large area Would be redeemed 1(1 frem the WAsft fie form a nets fcngftth ^ county. As mtetvilse was abaMen:s ed. but experts Sate hlWUyi maintained is its prtrctfcaWftfr, Which la sow la the course of bOfng tested. ?r ???? Iq taw Oeerpe Illofs Qhest. te The death of Mrs. Katharine Maet. quoid, the reteran aoreliet, at the great g age of ninety-three, severs another of .' the few remaining links with the Vie!? torlan past. A contemporary of George " Eliot, Mrs. Macquold used to tell how 5t she once saw the famous writer in a ?e vision. m When George Eliot went to Hve at il Chelsea Mrs. Macquold proposed to go te and call on her. But before ahe could - An a remarkable and trade thing ,n ? ? ie happened. }g One night Mrs. Macquold awoke suddenly, and saw the figure of George >r Eliot standing between the bed and the wall. The apparition was distinct ls and unmistakable. On the following 1- evening Mrs. Marqnold learned of d George Eliot's death. rt is Things Looking Up in Serbia, e There are many evidences of betterj_ ing conditions In Belgrade. Serbia. Belj grade university opened a short time ago. The American Red Cross is now erecting barracks to house the students e during the summer. In the spirit of the people there Is a marked change for the better in the s last few months. Social gatherings are e more frequent, and a few moving picn ture theaters are in operation. Shops in the city are gradually re?. filling with stocks. Prices are high. Reports from the interior Indicate a L large grain harvest with a possible e surplus for export In South Serbia. s These reports have had encouraging effect on life in the capital, n China to Make Cement\ o The cement requirements of Korth it China will probably soon be supplied t, by domestic production. One large conlt ceni is said to control this industry n In North China, and its plant is located at Tangsimn, a small town about 100 l~ miles northeast of Tientsin, on the Pe,r' king-Mukden railway. It is equipped w witu rn'-dern machinery, and secures >n its supply of limestone on the site of ve tiie work.*. | - k A > 1 DICK'S DIPLOMACY j By ADELAIDE R. KEMP. | $'[ i Mollle sf?M?tl by the little white gate gazing down the road, grass-grown and tree-shaded. She was jnst about to return to the house when the figure of a small boy coming up the road, holding a small flag and whistling "Yankee Doodle," attracted her attention. As he came nearer she saw that he belonged to the new family only recently moved Into the big house on the hill. The strong feeling of loneliness and her desire for human companionship caused her to smile and anf: "Hello, laddie! What's jour name?" "Richard WInthrop Hetherlngton. Jr.," was the response. "Where hare you been. Richard, with your flag?" Tin boy's face brlfhtened as he answered: "Oh I down to the station to see some of the soldier boys coming homo. My undo will bo corning homo any day now." He paused a moment far breath, and then continued: "Why didn't you go down? Haven't you got any sweetheart?" "No, I haron't Richard. I ruess you #111 hate to And me one." "All right, m try," answered the lad promptly, and then saluting, he shouldered his flag and continued up the rand whistling n martini air. MolUe watched him ont of sight She knew he considered himself a whole band leading a company of returning heroes. Two days later with all the ferer of spring cleaning in her blood. M6Ilie donned her biggest apron and whh scrubbing brush and broom made an attick on the past winter's germs and dust Up on the step-ladder In her bright little kitchen she was scouring paint with her usual rigor when n roice from the open doorway startled her so that she nearly fejl from her perch. "Rrcuse me I I hope I haven't frightened you, but I knocked and eouldht seem to mute anyone hear." Mollis, dambertng down as quickly as pesalbM, mw a ysung officer tn otlrMffib uniform, sreraees cap ha one hand and battered suitcase iu the other. He was bronzed from exposure and rather carewora, bat even at that Mollis decided he waa very good to look at There Was 4 moment's pause and then he continued: "Could yob direct me to the Hetherlngtoo's? I seem to hare lost my way." "Oh!" Motile exclaimed. "Ton must be Richard Wlnthrop Hetherington, Jr.'a uncle." Then she stopped had blushed scarlet. 'That sure is my number," laughed the jming fellow. "My home la In Michi^m, but I thought I wotrid stay here for a short time before going on. Tou must be acquainted with my *oung nephew." "I Just mat him the other evening," said Mollie, and she smiled remlnlseently. "They live in that big white house on the hill." Still John Hetherlngton lingered. 1 could come down some .evening while I am here tnd tell you some great stories about tie war it you weuld like to hettr them," he said finally. Mollie clasped her hands. "Oh. I wish jrua would! I dost know anyone who has beea ever there, and I have wanted so much to hear it directly from some one who was In the big battles." 'After this, John, finding ho new excuse to Iftyfer, picked up Mb suitcase thd dapnrwd. the weeks flew rapidly by. As John Hethdrihgfon explained to his rSlattai; the pehce and beauty or me nrw mugland Mill were far better for Ida health than the ruah and buatle of the busy Weat. It apparently took him a food many evenings to tell all hla adventures "ovbr there" to Mollle. It alao quite often occupied bis Sundays. One evening late In August the tafo sat rather silently In the rose-coverM porch of Mollie's little cottage. Bat It was a silence that contained all speech. The moon had risen In all her glory over the distant purple hills. As John looked op the road he saw his young nephew approaching, whistling as usual. When he reached the white gate he stopped and hung over It to gaze at the pair on the porch. "Well, little scout, where are jou going?" asked John as a general opening to the conversation. The boy looked gravely at his uncle. "I'm going down to the store fb gft some nails for dad. He said he asked yon to get them, but the place would be closed before you ever reached there, because you wouldn't ever be able to get past Mollie's house." There was a moment of embarrassed silence, and then John, to relieve the tension, asked: "And what did you say to that. Dickie?" "Oh," answered the lad, slowly looking from one to the other, "I told him that I guessed ft was all right, 'cause Mollie asked me to get her a sweetheart, and I thought you'd do." Having delivered himself of this piece of eloauence, Richard Wlnthrop Heth erlngton, Jr., resumed his Journey storeward. The moon very kindly went behind a cloud at this Juncture and John turned Mollle's scarlet face toward him. "Will I do, little sweetheart?" he asked In a low voice. And Mollle looked In the eyes she had learned to love so dearly, whispering a low "yes," as she hid her blushing face on John's broad shoal der. ? iCopyrtCht. U15, Modure Newspaper Sfk I.::* ' .an. ? I FINE MIL /"t* ' Our Mr. ? see this week loads of Milcf Watch oui % cattle come ir I v S. r. Spqs c \ At Arrowsroitt) Mute Cu.'s S ? 1st A T{RI-COU 6EM6ET9WN, W&LMIKt Andrei Wednesday, Tb ] v/uiuuci EVERY DAY $1500.00-IN PR EXTENSIV Agriculture, Cattle, 5 Work, Boys' an SPECIAL U. S. GO Good Roads, Farm C Jjj^L You Owe It To Your OCTOBER 15ti ^ IT WILL BE THE 6HU 0C6 THE AM US I will nresent the latest and r and Amj ! Andrews, S. 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