Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W. dabb8 SAYS THAT EXTEN MOM OaT currency DE crkaakm purchas llfO POWER or doj> Letter* 1o tatctary Digest and Daily ISM* Bat: ttabW Points to Weakneaseo In Other Theories Ad? vanced as to ifrreasc? Prices for Favso ProUfccts arid High Cost of Uvaw. The Litersr* D(|eet: I have read wtlh a great deal of interest your cot? ton article In last week's issue. What surprises nie is that not one of the pa? pers quoted1, and yqu have a splendid? ly represehtstive fist, made shy men? tion of the leading tactor In the high pries of cotton, and* In your article on "Feed1 America First,' there Is the same4 emission, vis, the tremendous world expansion, of currency. R is tho diminishing purchasing power of 0 dollar, due to Increased gold pro? duction in the past twenty years, to the stupendous issues, of "promisej to pay" made by \hp greet powers of Europe, that Js sending prices sky? ward. Cotton should be 30 cents the pound If properly measured by the purchasing power of the dollar. I have tried all the season to maks our farmers and business men see that this has mors to do with the rising price than demand and storms. It Is se much more than our people dream? ed It would ever again sell for thaj they have rushed it on the market without regard to its value. The same might be sat* oi all foodstuffs, and manufactured good*, pfce only thing to do Is to sdvsnce Weges as you show by tqe many quotations you make, and as I know Is being done on the farms aryj at the saw mills of the South. 1 trust you will give this a place la your widely read Journal. There Is no seed to elaborate the Idea. Every stuaent of events on*ht o rec ofjnlas Immediately that this is the fundamental basis of high prices and that cotton is sure tp go to mucl high? er ictces In tjie next 80 or 90 days. Thin Is written with full, knowledge of the recent slump In cotton. E. W. Dsbbs. Ihr The bally Item: f 1 asa sMdll^Lthe koev> todt.y. it Ja** even alludes to It except fta thai quotation: Wage advances says^The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (New Torkj "are an ab? soluta necessUy." and "an act of simple justice to the work people. In? asmuch as owing to the great rise In prices the purchasing power of a giv? en sum of money Is so very much less than formerly." This in the ar? ticle "More In the Pay Envelopes. ' Not one word in the pages devoted to cotton ap.d to Fltsgerald's food em? bargo scheme said about expansion of the currency being the cause of high prices, fly the expansion of the currency the money In the world has bean provided to pay for cotton and all other products Including labor, are we going to get our share of It If ws let a gang of speculators tlx prtots to their profit and our undoing? Why can t the business men of Sumter and of ths s^.uth see. that cotton should be selling for 25 to 30 cents per pound if It, Is to keep pace with other products? What does the re? cant drop of 2 L>2 cents a pound In two weeks mean? Nothing more than that speculators think that by so do? ing they can make the holders of actual cotton turn loose, most of them still In the South, and many of them the farmers who grow It. if speculators cun no manipulate prices In face of this abort crop, what will they do for the Southern farm? ers next year. If we plant an Increas? ed acreage to the noglcct of food crops? It will he 1914 over again on a bigger scale. 1 want to call the attention cf the readers of this paper to the threntx from Washington to Investigate high prices, including cotton. Will the Southern Commercial Congress and Southern Cotton Congress thnt meet In Norfolk this week stand for any ?ueh demagogic Interference with free trade, when there Is never un in? vestigation of low prices that bring distress to mors millions than high prices do to a few thousands? 1 wish I could attend f.hls congress to voice my protest. ** K. W. Dal?bs. Hear* of lira mich lid'* In nth. Capt. end Mrs. K. Scott Carson Sun? day morning received a telegram from Oakland. Cat., conveying the newa of the denth of their grandson. Ilenr\ Wells, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Rbeneser Wells, who are re? membered sh former residents of this city. The teleg sm did not give any detail*, but merely stated that Henry was killed by a train. Henry Wells ?t ?m a In,I of seventeen. He was at landing the 1'nlvorstty at Oakland. OFFERING TAKEN TO PROVIDE POOR OF CITY* WITH CHRIST? MAS CHEER. Address by Dr. J. A. Branson and Mistorj of Movement 'Given by Mr. a\ G. Bowman? Committee Is Re elected to Disburse Fund?Meeting Of Committee to be Held on Thurs? day? Chairman Asks that Reports be Made of Cases Needing Help. The annual mass meeting of Sun? day schools and citizens of Sumter to take a Christmas offering in order that the poor of the city may be pro? vided with Christmas cheer was held i t Trinity Methodist church Sunday afternoon and the building was crowd? ed to capaeity. The address was made by the Rev. Dr. J. A. Brunson of Grace Baptist church and the of? fering was the largest which has ev? er been taken, amounting in all to nearly $600. This amount wil -ob ably be muth increased by addition al subscriptions during the week. The same committee to disburse the fund was appointed as served last yoar. This committee consists of Messrs. Baftow Walsh, chairman; W. F. Shaw, B. C. Wallace, A. M. Brough ton, treasurer; 8. P. Stoudenmire, sec retary and Miss Antonio Gtbson. In addition to this central committee the following were appointed from the wartous churches of the city to assist In the distribution of the fund: Presbyterian church, Mra H. M. St tickey and Mrs. Fred Qregg; Trin? ity Methodist, Mrs. H. L Blrcbard. Miss Rattle Phillips; First Baptist Church. Mrs. L. N. Llgon and Mrs. T. E. White; Lutheran church, Miss Liz sis Muller and Mra A. R. Bobbitt; Episcopal church, Mrs. J. R. Sumter aad Mrs. L. W. Jenkins; Salem Bap? tist Church, Mrs. Lily Raffleid and Mrs. Jno. Jennings; St. Anne's Cath? olic Church, Mrs. E. H. Moses and Mise Ammie T< ichor; Christian church, Mrs. Butler and M*se Mar? garet Waggoman; Grace Baptist Church, Miss Martha Osteen and Mrs. J. N. Hill. The representatives of the Jewish Synagogue have not yet been named. This committee will meet at the Y. M. C. A. on Thursday morning at It o'clock to arrange for the placing ao6 delivery of the Christmas gifts whk-'h will be secured for those In need. In the mean time any persons t* re give their hames to some mem-1 her of this committee. Mr. Bartow Walsh, as chairman of the central committee, presided at the meeting yesterday in the absence, of Mr. Field. The address of the even? ing was made by Dr. John A. Brunson of Grr-ce Baptist church. Dr. Brun? son in eloquent and forceful language pictured the beauty of having the right Christmas spirit and urged upon his hearers to give with a love In their hearts of the joy that they might bring to others with their gifts. Mr. P. G. Bowman told of the In* coptlon of the Christmas mass meet? ing and the giving of goot' things to the poor, a plan which was inaugurat? ed many years ago and which has been kept up ever since, and the work has grown, as the city has Increased In size and the collections have be? come greater. There was some discussion during the meeting of whether the Christ? mas fund should become an auxiliary of the Charity League, but this idea whs voted down and it waa decided to have ladles of the Charity League on the disbursing committee. These ladles are: Mesdames Ferd Levl, Jos. Chandler, S. W. Stubbs, Pitts, Jno. Green, C. P. Ex urn, Henry Witherspoon, W. J. McKay, T. 8. Joye, H. G. Osteen, T. V. Walsh, I. A. Ryttenberg. The subscriptions received Sunday afternoon In the general collection were as follows: Salem Ave. Baptist Sunday School. $5.00 Unraca Class Grace Baptist Church. 5.00 Sunday School, Christian Ch. 6.50 Mrs. T. B. Jenkins. 25.0? Young People's Christian Endeavor, Presbyterian Ch. 5.00 Sunday school, Congregation Sinai. 5.00 Sunday School St. Anne's Catholic Church. 12.02 O Donnell & Co. . .. .. .. 25.00 A. C. Phelps. 10.00 Men's Organized Bible Class. Presbyterian Church. 10.00 Knights of Pythias. 10.00 B. Y. P. U. First Baptist Ch. 5.CO Junior Baraca Class, First Baptist Church. 5.00 McCollum Bros. 10.00 G. E. McWhlrter. t oo Wesley Bible Class, Broad St. Methodist Church . 5.00 Rev. R. 8. Truesdale. 2.00 Mrs. L. Atkinson. 1.00 Mcl^od-Wesfey Bible (Mass, Trinity Methodist Ch. 10.00 W. H. Shelley A Son. 5.00 W. T. Spann. :{.<?<? jgumtef shrine QNM. 10.on C M. Wilson and Mrs. Eliza? beth Thomas. 1l on Rev. W. E. Thayer. 5.on Little Colonel Club. 5.00 Masonic Lodge. 10.00 Phlluthca Class, First Baptist Church. 6.00 Philathea Class, Grace Bap? tist Church. 3.00 T. S. Joye. 1.00 H. J. McLaurin, Jr. 5.00 W. W. Plow land . 2.00 E. W. McCallum . 2.00 Interest from Tourney Fund.. 240.00 Plate collection.132.54 TotaJ.f ... .... . .1597.06 BRAND-ADAMS MARRIAGE. Met Presbyterian Church of W& mington Scone of Pretty Wedding ?Of Interest to Sumter People. The following lrom the Wilming? ton. N. C, Star will be of interst to many Sumter people who are ac? quainted with Miss Brand. The leading social event of the week in Wilmington was the mar? riage yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in *he First Presbyterian church of ^ .a Etta Sloan Brand, daughter o. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Al? fred Brand, and Mr. Lawrence Augus? tus Adams, of Greenville, ?. C, the ceremony being performed by the pas? tor of the church, Rev. J. M. Wells, D. D. The large church ar jrl?m was rilled with friends of the family. Im? mediately after the wedding a recep tior was given at the home of the bride's parents, No. 313 Chestnut street, which was attended by about 200 guests. The church was beautifully decorat od for the occasion, the color scheme being plrtk and white. The pulpit was banked with Southern smflax and ferns, while fall flowers were taste? fully arranged and the glow of nu morous candles formed a background tdr the lovely scene. A] prelude of musical selections was played by Mr. E. H. Munson, organist of the church, and as the bridal party entered the "Bridal Chorus" from Lo hungrln was rendered. Mret Henry Carrier, of ?revard, and Mrs. L,ucy Williams, of Maxton, were the matrons of honor, and Misses Bes? sie Albright and Margaret Corbett were the bridesmaids. All of the at? tendants were daintily gowned in pink satin and tullc end wore pink and silver hats. They carried white enfcm el baskets with long handles which were filled v \ Ith pink roses. L4t.Ue .iilas, Em West Green, was the flower girl. She wore a dress of white batiste trimmed in embroid? ered lace and pink ribbons1 and car? ried1 a basket of pink rose buds and ferns. The bride, who entered the church with her father, was dressed in a beautiful creation of Duchess lace, tulle and satin, court train, with her veil caught by orange blossoms and carried a shower bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley. Mr. Erwin Moran, of Durham, was tho best man and the groomsmen were Mr. James M. Baker, Jr., of Washington, D. C: Mr. Mial McRae of Rockingham; Mr. Robert Farish, Jr., of Columbus, Ga., and Messrs. Willie M. Parsley, George W. Kldder and Champion McD. Davis, of Wilmington. The reception was held at the res? idence of the bride's parents on Chestnut street Immediately after leaving the church. The home was artistically decorated In the same color .scheme of pink and white as at the church. As the guests arrived they were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Wright and shown to the receiving line in the living room which was composed of the bride and groom, Mrs. R. B. Adams, mother of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Brand, parents of the bride, and the mem? bers of the bridal party. Delicious refreshments were served in the dining room by Mrs. T. M. Green, Mrs. Tom Wood nnd Misses Jennie Gilchrist, Janet Menzlcs, Isa? bel Williams and Atha Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Adams left on the (i: 4 5 train in the private car of the bride'.?? father, who is fourth vice pres? ident of the Atlantic Coast Line rail? road, for a bridal trip to Northern cities and after December 15th will be at homo to their friends in Green? ville, S. C, where the groom Is a prominent young cotton broker. Mrs Adams is a woman of charm f Xf. A V/1 ? ing personality and has a wide circle of friends throughout the State. She was educated at the College for Wo? men In Columbia, S.t C. She has en? deared herself to a host of friends in thir city and it Is with regret that they part with her. M'GOWAN SAVES CASH. Paymaster General Feeds Navy at Small Cost. Washington, Oec. 10.?Despite enor? mous increases in the price of pro? visions Paymaster General McGoNvnn's annual report today shows that the rost ?>f subsistence in the navy dur Ihn the past two years has been lower than It was before the European war. The dally cost of rations per man was half a cent lower thnn for the 1913-14 period when It was a fraction ovor 36 cents. OFFICERS ELECTED BY V. D. C. Miss Armida Moses Agaiii Heads Dick Anderson Cliupter?Recommenda? tions. Dick Anderson chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, held its annual' meeting Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. W. L. Brunson. The ban? ner presented to the chapter for in? creasing its membership at the recent division convention was displayed. An account of this convention was given by Mrs. Sidney W. Stubbs who had been one of the delegates. The an? nual reports of officers showed the chapter to be in a good active con? dition. The president's recommenda? tions were adopted to give ten prizes to county schools for best celebrations Of Lee's birthday, January 19; to con? tinue the chapter scholarship and li? brary collection; to increase the mem? bership of the chapter to 100; to write up any reminiscences the veter? ans might give to the members. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Miss Armida Moses; vice president, Mrs. W. L. Brunson; secre? tary, Mrs. C. L. Tisdale; treasurer, M^lss Minnie Moses; registrar, Mrs. M. H. Flaum; historian, Mrs. S. W. Stubbs. The names of 12 members were presented and elected into mem? bership. Mrs. H. R. VanDeventer in? vited the chapter to hold its January meeting with her. At the close of the meetlhg refreshments were handed by Misses Luclle Brunson and Carolyn Dick. GOV. MANNING ARRAIGNED. Columbia, Dec. 10.?A scathing arraignment of Gov. Manning's offi? cial act in calling out the militia In the strike situation at the Equinox and the Gluck mills, Anderson coun? ty, "wits made here last night In an address by John Golden, of New York, '-general president of the United Textile Workers of America, before several hundred mill operatives. Speeches by Mrs. Sdra A. Conboy, in? ternational secretary and treasurer of the same oganlzatlon, and by James H. Hammond, member of the house of representatives from Rlchland county, also were made. Jdhn Golden left for his headquar? ters' In New York this afternoon. He was; registered at the Jefferson Hotel while In this city. Mrs. Conboy, who alfa* stopped at the same hostelry, left the city this afternoon. While here thefiabor union officials were the re ?Hg&itf V Wttnr PoiiolftflH frnm the leaders of the various crafts' unions Toledo, Dec. 11.?Four firemen wer killed and f loss of one hundred and sevehty-flve thousand dollars was sustained today In a fire sweeping the "wholesale row." A fifth tire man is missing. BE OPTIMISTIC. Here's Good News for Sumter Resi? dents. Have you a pain In the small of the back? Headaches, dizziness, nervous spells? Are you languid, Irritable and weak? Annoyed by urinary disorders? Don't despair?profit by Sumter ex? periences. Sumter people know Doan's Kidney Pills?have used them?recommend them. Here's a Sumter resident's state ? ent: Mrs. J. A. Epperson, 14 Levl St.. Sumter, says: "My back ached and 1 suffered from pains through my loins. Mornings I was sore and lame and ired easily. My head ached and I was very dizzy. My ankles became swollen and I had other signs of kid? ney trouble. Reading about Doan's Kidney Pills I got some at Slbert's Drug Store. They relieved all signs of the trouble." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Epperson , ha4. , .Foster^MJJbjirn. C^j^Prpp^^ For Best Results , Ship yourt Long Staple Cotton -T-^TJO WHALEY & RIVERS, Charleston, S. C. .?Original promoters of staple cot? ton in the Southeast. I m f ... r? Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker ind Esbtlmer. rfnwpi Attstitlsn ta Ott ?r Ntgkt CftMt At I. O. Crsii OM SfsnoV *. Main Phone* n^!i?m ttttmtttttttttwmtitttttttttttttm A I ? n i We have only a few left. Values up to $35.00 Take your choice while they last at $17.50 We also have a nice as? sortment of Skirts, Dress? es and Sport Coats at very attractive prices. The trend of modern business necessitates a banking connection which affords safety, promptness, accuracy and individualized ser? vice. By reason of established responsibility, up to-date equipment and modern methods, and a thoroughly experienced organization, The Na* tional Bank of Sumter is able to guarantee the fullest measure of satisfactory banking service. We specialize in business accounts. e ft ??i% '* 4 "the National Bank Stimter, SUMTER, S. C. ON THE BUSIEST CORNER IN TOWN of Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, sJuicetsors to Booth'.Shult r Lumber & Supply Co. Goo. Epperson/o Old Sto-fid Opp. Court Home KV Ftl VTn INV? AT OXR PEACE.