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BLUSE OK EITRA SESSION. L?tilKI..\Tt RK MtlOt l,|> APPOINT ( OMMITTI i : TO (OM'KR. t'hlcf Kxevnthc Navs Thut State should Morrow M<moy to Tide it 0\?r I ?r Season. Columbia. Sept. 11.?I stated tu Th< Ntwi and Courler correspondent laal night, when I gave him the proclama? tion calling for an extra session of thi legislature, that 1 did not have the opportunity then to prepare a state? ment of my views In reference to th* extra session, out thut I would give them to him this morning. I did make a few remarks to him, us he states, among them that I was not In? clined to agree that a stay law of wo me kind or form could not be le? gally enacted. My reasons for calling the extra aeaalon of the general aa aembly are clearly nnd fully set forth In the proclamation. I shall of course, when the legislature is convened, send them a short meaaage, giving to them such suggeatlons as I think are prop? er, and then leave It with them to en? act *u? h laws as they deem wise. I think, however, that one of the vary first things that they should do would he to appoint a non-factional cormrtttoe to confer with a similar committee from the legislatures of other cotton-growing States, as to what la heat to do In reference to the cotton situation, so as to get together upon a proper and uniform law, that tha benefits derived from it will be given to all of the cotton-growing people and approved by the govern? ors of the cottor -growing States. Now, Individually, I am of the opinion that the> should pass laws protecting the poor people of the Htate fronr. being Imposed upon by the foraclousro of either personal or real ?suite mortgages during this panic. 1 am sat Is tied that such a law can be pa?ad. as will meat every constitu? tion! requirement. They may not call It a stay law, but It most assured? ly can bo termed a luw tor the pro? tection of tha majority of tho cl' Izcna ?f the State. 1 alao think that they should pass a law to reduce the rate of Interest in this Htate. and to make it a felony. punishaMc by a long term of Impris? onment, without the alternative of a fine, for any person, association or corporation, to charge any money borrower, either by discount or other? wise, any greater rate of interest than that fixed In the bill, so as to stop the usury, or, you might more prop? erly aay robbery, of th*. man who is compelled to have a little money. 1 think they should also take up and give their most careful and se? rious consideration a Stute warehouse system?either such bill us was in? troduced at tho last session or such bill as will give the farmers proper, relief. And. yet. the most Important of all matters to be considered, as 1 tee It. la to muke arrangements to ti MUM* tha Htate during this crisis, without Issuing executions against the property of the Individual citizen who will not be able to meet his tax obligations this fall The present administration bor? rowed dl the money It wunted this year?sufficient amount to run It?at 3 l-I per cent. In the face of nil the cursing, abuse and vilification and the Urs that have been told on the present governor, and with the bank era, money Interests, all lighting him and trying to humper his administra? tion In order to cause his defeat. It certainly would seem then that the Incoming administration, with a very, very wealthy bank president at its head. Indorsed by all the m >ncy Inter? ests of the State, in- hiding capil illsts, barkers, railroad o flic la is, cotto.i mill presidents and others, surely should DS able to burr -w money as cheaply, It not much SfJs iper. than the retiring administration ami In view of thi fact I heartily favor the extension of the time for tin payment of taxes in or?'er to pf *> t th< proper! > of the poor ami helpk a The people, are the Stute and each Individual. however pOOff he mas be. Is aa much a part of his State as the wealthiest man in it. and should receive the same proteethm frout Its law*. In my opinion, it is a gtcl d< al l?etter for the State as a whole p, be In debt than it is for the Individual to have every little thing he tSM forced upon the market and his wife and (hihin n tunud out of home; and as tin Si.ite iMf horrovved this v em? ail the BJSSJSJ sh? w ints at .". 1-'-' per t ent and m> indiv i'.ual can bOfffW nmney it nil. or if so. for got leas than h or <?? p< ? cent . therefore It is l.efti r lor all of t h? indi iduals as <?in < illad the Mate, In borroa mones to run th. | ? a snu nt on until April 1. at I 1 ? pel < . rd . or e en at I per t cut . th in t.. f,,|, ,. ihi one indicidual rlHses to mortgage .ii he haa to gjsjffeaj money at | or |fl tent, in order Is pa\ hi- pro i it, share of the run- tg egfJWSjStS of the government, of which government I" Ih one I ha e |< peatedl) eailed tin attention of the legislature to the fact that extravagant appropriation* mad, extrav agant lev les, and If the lee,i-I i ture had listened to me at Its lasi 1 MWHtJKMY i I HltV.Nt Y ACT, Would Intend !Vunk V I-; fltinlc oil Currency. Washington, Sept. 1!.?The emer ireiu y currency net. amending the Vrecland-Ahlrich net to make 75 in-j tend of 30 per cent., the amount of < ommerciul paper to bf accepted from hunks as security for emergency cur rcny, passed the senate today with? out a roll call and now goes to the house. The measure was prompted by duanlcal CO! ditions growing out of the European war. An amendment adopt? ed today provides for the issue of emergency currency through State hanks and trust companies. Senator lloke Smith of Georgia proposed the amendment, which was supported generally by Southern senators, who declared that only by issuing emer? gency currency to State hanks could the needed circulation he brought to the small farmer and small mer? chant. Under an amendment all privileges conferred on national hanks under the Vreeland emergency currency act are extended to Stute banks and trust companies hav.'ng a cupitaization ofj $25,000 or more and a 20 per cent, surplus. The amendment exempts such notes as may he issued to State hanks from the 10 per cent, tax on State bank circulation imposed in 1875. The senate voted down a proposal that cotton producers should he given j preference in the loaning of einer-, gency currency in cotton States and that the interest charged should not, exceed 6 per cent. Senator Overman proposing the amendment, declared the purpose of emergency currency in | the South was to relieve the cotton | situation and said that by his amend- I ment relief to the cotton producer would be assured. Bryan Wins Tennis Championship. The Y. M. C. A. tennis championship was won by Hryan when ho and Levi played on the Y. M. C. A. court Sat? urday afternoon, the former winning three of four sets. This ends the championship series of the tourney which hus been played on the Y. M. ('. A. court recently. The consola? tion matches have still to he played off und will probably he finished up this week. The match Saturday afternoon was one of the best which has been played in the tourney, the championship de? pending upon three sets out of live. | The first set went to Levi 0-1, while Fryan won the next threo sets Ml c-l. session, and sustained all my vetoes, the levy this year could have been much leas than it is. However, it is too lute now t j discuss that situation. We must discuss the one that faces us. There is many a poor man who will not be able to pay his taxes this fall?in fact, he will not be able to pay for what he and his family have already necessarily had to consume in order to sustain life, and will have ? hard time to make arrangements to continue to get the necessities of life under the present financial panic; and, it most assure lly Would be unjust, un? fair and tyrarm'cal for the whole to aay to one, wo will t^ke your prop? erty and force it on the market and force your wife ami children out in the atreet, if you do not pay your taxos by a certain date, particularly when the whole knows that it is im possUde for the one, the individual, to make such arrangements or if he does make it, to do so by the pay? ment of an xorhiiant profit to tho money lender. To illustrate: Suppose a corporation is composed of ten men and they owe $100,000?each being required toI pay In $10,000. K the corporation | could borrow the amount ns 'ded at 1-2 per cent.. ami no individual could borrow his $10,000 for less than Hi per cent. hy pJIOTtgauin? all he had. would it not bf l etter for the corporation, as a whole, to borrow the $10(1.000 than for each Individual te he forced to borrow his $10,000?j Any one will answer "Yes." for the individuals make the corporation. Just so with the State; it is much cheaper for the State, as a Whole, In borrow the nmouni needed to run the government than it is to force each individual to pay an exorbitant rate of interest, by mortuauim: ill of Iiis property le pny his pro rate share; and. as with Ihr corporation Hir' in? dividual mokes the a real corpora tion ?namely, Ihr Hinte? As i stated in my Inaugural address, in 1110, w hl< h I rep. it now it is far better te have n poor government end a wealthy people, than it i* lo have a wealthy sjovernmcnl end ? poor people. |f nttr general asseinhp, hid listened to me then, and acted npon that presumption, which la nbaolutely true, OUr people would pot be ;r chsjely pinched is we an In Ihe pros* enl crisis; hut the legi lolUl'e, heim, ??verwhelmlnnl.v opposed to me, ear? ned out Its usual policies and show* d to the world that antl-IHenae|stn > ir the oppression of Ihe poor, while Miens, Is n wna Ihon, ns it Is Indny, the refuge of Ihe poor und Ihr oppress* d. LEVEN ON COTTON SITUATION. iom;hi:ssm\x TELLS ABOUT soiTlls i'ltOBLEM. South Carolina Koprosentatlve Culls Attention to Need lor l*rofjicr Ware* house System to Ahl Farmers. Washington. Sept. 12.?In reply tu many letters asking the status of the cotton situation here, Congressman Lover today wrote John J. McSwain Of Greenville aa follows: "The delay in responding to your letter relative to the cotton situation la due to the fact that all of my time has been given to working Out of sat? isfactory grading and warehouse hills, necessary in the plan of relief being pursued by congress and the execu? tive branches of the government. "Briefly summarised, we are work? ing along the following lines regarded as fundamental to any scheme of real relief: "First. It is of the utmost import? ance that every bale of cotton de? manded for export shall have facili? ties for prompt transportation. To this end the merchant marine of the United States, now negllble, must be greatly enlarged to carry cotton and grain and other agricultural products desired by foreign countries. Any lack of such transportation facilities must result In largely increasing the surplus of cotton in the hands of Southern farmers and holders. When the economic law that the surplus of a crop is a prime factor in fixing the price of the crop is borne In mind, the Importance of reducing the surplus to the maximum minimum Is readily un? derstood. Already congress has pass? ed an act allowing foreign vessels to register under the American Hag, and the morning papers announce that at least Km ships are expected to reg? ister under this law in a few days. In addition to this, a law has been en? acted to provide a federal bureau of war risk marine insurance, with a fund of $5,000.000 to be used in meet? ing possible losses to Amerlcn ship? ping. This latter act will stimulate greatly registry under the American flag and greatly Increase the carrying facilities of this country, other meas? ures touching the problem of trans? portation are being worked out by the committees of the two houses and Will become laws before the adjournment of this session of congress. "Second. It is clear that the South will have to carry over from this crop not less than ?.0O0.00O bales of cot? ton?probably more. To do this with the least possible Sacrifice some nethod must he found to finance cheaply whatever portion of the crop is not demanded for the consumption at reasonable prices. The secretary of the treasury has made it very plain that the financial machinery of the government Is to be used to the very limit, within the bounds of safety, In furnishing financial support. He has positively declared his intention to make warehouse receipts, issued by responsible warehouse companies, for cotton, tobacco, naval stores and other agricultural products, properly stored ami insured, a basis for the issuance* of additional national hank currency under the Vreeland-Aldrlch act to the extent of $1,000,000,000 if so much be required to moot the situation. There certainly Will be no scarcity ol Currency and in direct response to your suggestion that the currency is? sued shall go to the product- and not the speculator, I would call your at? tention to Secretary MeAdoo's state? ment to the cotton conference held in Washington, as follows: 'I shall not hesitate to refuse it if 1 am con? vinced that it Will be used merely for speculative purposei instead of for the operation of harvesting nnd ear? ning the crop until a reasonable mar? ket can be found and for the needs of legitimate but InCVB.' "in addition to the large amount of currency available under this act, your attention is called to that pro? vision Of the federal reserve OCt, soon to be In operation, which enables the rediscount ol indes secured by agri? cultural products and indorsed by lo? cal hankers. Under the federal res? ive act the farmer will execute his note for a given sum, attach to it his ware? house receipt for a given number of hales of cotton, present these to the bank, which in turn Indorse it ami gives it a negotiability all up the line of tho system. The Importance of the provisions of the federal reserve act in thli emergency can not he over? looked or overestimated, in my judg? ment our chief relief is to come from this system, coupled with the unsel? fish rooperatlon of the local hanks, nnd in this connection local haul s in no ease Should ? ha rre t he fa I III. r fol moiie> more than j per cent, nhove ?be Mj are ul v. hi. h he pets it. It seems to me that the large suppl> of currency nvnllable to ihe hanks should enable then. t.. handle it at a prollt, at the rute of Inter*, st not ex? ceeding, In any case, per cent, The cooperaiion of the banks in reducing lo Ihe minimum interest charges will for In em ouiaglnu the larmer to hohl hl* cotton off the market and at I he same time pi rtnit hau |,, ln< , t hi-' uiosl presslug obligations. "Third; Vou will observe trial the plan <>f the treasury department to help in thla situation i.s predicated up? on ;i wurehouae receipt of unquestion? ed Integrity. No bank is going to loan money upon cotton not full) insured und protected from deterioration. The key atone, therefore, of the plan of Unancing and holding cotton Is to be found In U system of efficient ware-' I houses, whose receipts are of such 'strength at all times as to command the confidence of the banking and in? vesting world. The Integrity of a warclutu.se receipt and hence its value as collateral, will depend upon the character of the warehouse issuing it. It is certain that a reet ipt issuing from a warehouse govcrninentally li? censed, inspected and bonded will meet the requirements of tin.- secretary of the treasury, both in tin- Issuance of additional currency under the Vroo land-Aldrlch act and for rediscount under the federal reserve act. To the end that such a system of adequately protected warehouses might he built j up, my committee last Friday author? ized rne to report favorably to the I house the substance of a hill which 1 had before introduced on the subject. The bill is permissive in its terms, that is to say, the provisions of the bill j to be made effective must be volun i taiily accepted by the warehouses of J the country. It is my belief, how ever, that the advantages to be derived from In governmentally supervised ware j house are so great as to induce prac? tically all of the warehouses of the South to come into the system. I i have made the definition of a ware? house so broad as to include a "pro? tected Incloeure." This was necessary to m?et the lack of sufficient Ware 1 house facilities in the South. 1 ex? pect to be able to pass this bill In the next week or ten days. "Fourth: It will be seen, therefore, that we have worked out practically the problem of transportation, finan? cial aid and storage facilities. The remaining factor in the problem can be worked out only by the farmer j himself. Of course I am now refer? ring to the vitally important matter of evolving some plan by which the surplus of this crop may he gradually eliminated. it is needless Mo argue that 0,000,(100 bales of cotton carried over into the next crop, if it should I be a normal one, w ill constitute as heavy a load upon that crop as this j present crop. The idea of laying a prohibitive tax upon the planting of cotton does not appeal strongly to I me. 1 do not believe it to he neces? sary to force open the eves of the farmer by legislative enactment. My confidence In his good sense, his busi? ness ability, and his unselfishness, war? rants the belief that upon his own ini? tiative the necessary reduction in the acreage of cotton will come. I do believe, however, that every agency of the government, including the vast mach liter y of the department of agri? culture, should he set in motion at the earliest possible moment with a I view of impressing upon the farmer the necessity of voluntary and cooper? ative action upon his part in this crisis j J w hich is before him. To plant next season more than r>0 per cent of the I present acreage in cotton w ould be a {calamity to the South. The farmer j must he induced to plant oats, w heat. I corn and leguminous crops. He must j look in the direction of live stock and poultry. He must get as far away from cotton during the next few years as is possible to do, and he alone can do this. "While I know that a certain por? tion of our cotton must be sohl at ) greatly reduced prices, yet I can see I no reason for a complete sacrifice of ; our crop, If all ageillcs, federal. State, and local, banks, manufacturers and i ! frmers shall cooperate unselfishly,' bt'MBER MEN ENTER PROTEST. Object to Proposed War Tax on Kail road Freight. ______ Washington, Sept. 11.?Protests of the most energetic sort arc being tiled with Senators and Congressmen from the lumber States against the proposed tax of :! per cent on rail? road freight, The lumber people claim that the tax will hit them particularly hard because freight is such a large part of the value of their product at Its destination, and also because the demand foi lumber has been so seri? ously curtailed by the war. The North Carolina Tine Lumber I Association, Including the, leading ninnufncturers of th<- Carolinas and j Virginia, has sent strong telegrams t" Chairman Cnderwood, of the way: and means committee of the house und !<? many senators and representa? tives, declaring that their huslnes is iu no condition to stand tin ndded freight charge, and Ihnl if the tax '.a adopted a number of lumber mills lr the South will close und thousands of men will be out of employment. The suggestion Is made thai ii Ihls In? crease in freight rates goes into ef? fect it v, ill never come off, but v\ il! constitute n pennant nt addition to ihe shippers' burden. Tin i? w ill i ? rlainly be i lud light over Ihe war tax programme, bill if the president continues in back it up , it v ill be h ud t<. defeat. TKAIN TO CROB8 GOOSE CHEEK TUEKTLE NEXT \VI:dm:si>\v. Most of tho Trucks Laid and New Itullroad Is Expected to lie Operat? ing Um Trains to < harlcslon in tho Enrl) Tall. News and <'ourior. Making ;'n cpocli in the building "f the Carolina, Atlantic an l Western Railroad between Andrews and Char? leston, tho lirst train to Ins operated over tho trestle across Goose Creek wili be run Wednesday morning, should tho present plans of the cen? tral ting company materialise. Tho last jdlos of the trestle were driven Saturday night, some leveling and other similar work will lie done to? day, the rails will be put in place to? morrow night, and it is expected thut an engine drawing several work car! will pass over the structure the fol? lowing morning. The Goose Crock trestle, for the building of which the contract was awarded to the Charleston Engineer ' ing and Construction Company, is ? one of the longest trestles ol the line, familiarly called the Charleston I Northern. Exclusive of abutments the bridgework over this creek is 2. 200 feet In length. The work has been carried on under the personal super? vision of Mr. T. C. Stevenson, presi? dent of the Charleston Engineering and Construction Company. Work on this piece of tho Charleston Northern Lino was begun in .Inno, hut timing the early stages of the building of the trestle only a Very small force wa& employed. Recently the number ol laborers employed on this particular job was increased to above 200 and the structure has been rushed toward completion with amaslng rapidity, j The train to be operated over tin trestle Wednesday will be an ordinary work train, and there will be no cere? mony connected with the passing ever of the engine and cars. The drst train to pass over the bridge, as a matter of fact, will bo the train placing the rails and erostics. ! The Charleston Engineering und {construction Company has the con? tract for tho building of all bridges i'< tween the Cooper river and the I Navy Yard, w ith the possible excep j tlon of a few crossov ers of but a few I feet in length, which will be built by i the construction gangs of the Char? leston Northern. The Goose Creek testle is tl longest of the number ; being built by the Charleston con? cern, others ire In various lengths, from 200 fe . up. Tho lirst bridge out of Charl on, built by this com? pany, spans isotte Creek, just be? yond the Navj 'aid, and is about 200 ; feet long. The work on tho entire roadway of the Charleston, Atlantic and Wes? tern between Andrea's and Charles? ton is being steadily pushed and the indications are that trains can be op? erated over the whole route this fall. The Cooper river trestle is near ing completion, according to reports re? ceived here, and rails are now being laid with the coming of each day. The rails of the track have been In place in the City of Charleston for Some time, and they extend almost to Goose Creek. Work trains hauling erosstles, rails and other materials, are being operated over parts of the lino daily. Tho work of the Charleston En? gineering and Construction Company, as contracted for, practically ends with the completion of the Goose Creek trestle. Some grading and the building of a number of small cross? overs remain to he done by this Com? pany, it is stated. The grading opera? tions, which are to take place In the vicinity of Goose Creek, will probablj begin and be finished this week. When tho Carolina, Atlantic ami Western line is completed Charleston will have Improved communication fa? cilities with both the Kasl and West. One of the features of the new ser? vice that is expected to prove Very convenient to traveling men is llu shortening of the time necessary for going between Charleston and Char lotto. A direct service l?otwcen th; city and New York, it is believed, will be put on by an arrangement between the Charleston Northern and th Seaboard, between whom, it has heel announced, there now exists an ai r< o ment regarding the use of trackag? o| one 1 iu< by the other. The freight terminals of the m w line, which arc being built on the ; liennett's Mill property, on the Coop? er river, at tin fool of Sisdety street are progressing rapbllv toward com? pletion. No announcement has yet been made as to what arrangement** tin Charleston, Atlantic and VYestern has In mind lor the accommoduth n <? passenger trains here, it is thought likely that some arrangement will made for the use of tin I'nion stn t ion. The new line, sometime* called ;i ler its president, M r. W I:. I ton i the I'.onsal Itailroad, wdi conned with the geaboard Air Line nt II ti? li t. \. c. nod at Mel tee, in Ibis Ma'..-. The line rrom Ifninlel to Andrews has been complete for some time. Con* licet torus for SJumtei nnd Florin***, for the present, will lie made at Postott, but it is said thai tii" road intends la? ter to build from Charleston to Sum? ter, thus completing the network of direct linos. There baa I icon considerable specu? lation by tin' public as to when the Bonsai I toad will begin a regular ser? vice to and from Charleston, but be? yond the statement some time ago that it was expected to have the line in readiness for handling the cotton crop this fall no definite announce? ment has emanated from the head? quarters of the company. A survey of the part of the lim4 that is already complete, ami a glimpse of the rapid? ity with which large ganga of hands arc laborin: on tln^ uncomplete por? tions tend to strengthen a belief that the statement Is correct. It is _ald in some quarters that trains will be run? ning n?d later than the middle of next month .or at IcmsL the latest by the first day of November. I - 1 III sis WITH STATES. federal <-ov eminent tan Not <?<? I nitiier than Extending ( redit on Warehouse Receipts?National Val? orization Not Practicable. Washington, Sept. 11.?After long I consideration officials arc convinced that the federal government can take no further steps to aid cotton pro? ducers to meet the unusual conditions caused by the European war. The treasury department has announced its determination to accept wan house receipts as a bu .s fur additional na 11 lional currency, but the friends of a ' plan for the vail risation of the cotton crop have not fan cecded in convincing . government officials of its desirability. I dllciaia who have studied the situa ! tlon feel that any remedy to be taken Iiis in the cotton men themselves and in the ?t?te legislatures. Some of these students believe that a valoriza? tion of a part of the present crop by the cotton-producing States is entirely feasible and would prove helpful. The idea is held here among government experts also that state legislatures^ where necessary, should pass Iegisla j tion to limit the crop next year and for succeeding years, if desired. It was pointed out today that fur ! ther federal measures to aid the cot? ton men might bring down on the I government a demand from other sec? tions for similar assistance. Those familiar with conditions in the cotton growing states say it has been demon? strated for years that a reduction in the amount of the crop would work no hardship, hut would be advan? tageous to the producer. Pas' efforts to insure such a reduction, however, have failed, and the chief hope now is in legislation taxing overproduction. Those interested believe a reduction I in cotton growing would mean that thousands <d* acres of productive land Would In- turned over to other profit? able crops, w hich would Insure a mar? ket for the cotton produced. The ! proposed conference of governors of Suthem States, recently suggested by th.e governor of Alabama, is attracting attention in this c* nncetion. Death of .Mrs. Stuart Booth. News was received here Saturday of tin. death at her home in New Orleans at 7.10 o'clock Saturday morning of , Mrs. J. Stuart Booth wife of a former resident of Sumter, w ho has been liv 1 Ing in New < Orleans for a number of years. Mr. Stuart Booth is. a broth? er, of Messrs. J. I'. ami b\ S. Booth of this lily. The body was taken to Mrs. Booth's former home at Baltimore, where the , funeral services were held and the body Interred. Mrs. Booth is survived by her husband and one daughter, by a former marriage, Mrs. Anderson of Ashevillc. Tin deceaaed visited in Sumter about two years ago, when she made a number of friends. She was a de? vot? d and loving wife- ami the sympa? thy of his relatives ami friends la te g< es out t<> tin* bereaved husband. SHAKE IT OFF. Hid Yourself of Cnnocessary Burdens. Don't bear unnecessary burdens. Burdens of r bail back sre heavy Get rid of them. Bonn's Kidney Pills are for ban kidneys? 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