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SAYS ni'PONrs ACTION IN ji'itKs txxrroN ghowkk. IHdtx-tiSm in I-tIvV of Seed und I- n( Hurts People Ia>h ( Abie to Hear It. Washington. Sept. 18.?A day or two ago. while the house way eonsld wlufc the urgent deficiency bill. I >n greaanuin W. P. Stovcnson rupped the UuPont power people hard for ^o-i iracting with tho ' cottonseed oil trus la the South" to buy up cottonseed products at a sum much less than their real value and then parading thslr patriotism before the peoph o. this country by having this govern meat buy its powder from them ai a reduced figure, tho formers paying the difference. "My desire 1? to use tho few mln ntes allotted to mo in culling atten tk>n to the fact that under the man 1 Motion of some of the department of the government more of the bur dens of this wsr ui * to he laid upoc. certain sections of our people cum lag from the Southland country thn . they are entitled to boar." Mr. Steven - ?on said. "In other words, as the tes? timony shows on page 766 of tho hearings on this hill, there Is a state? ment made by the officer there tcs tlfying before the committee that th? powder Is being bought for ten cent a pound cheaper than It can be n. in Wactured by the government in li< araenals. It la said that it is being bough for It' per cent. less, and perhaps more than that, cheaper than it ha? been sold to our allies abroad Tha' sounds very patriotic from the stand? point of Mr. DuPont, who Is furniah sag the powder, but when we conn to look Into it we find this situation Mr. DuPont has contracted with what la known as the members of th cottonseed oil trust in the South, wh control 46 per cent, of the seed, and of the Unters that go into the munu factum of explosives, to buy their en tire output at' $2.50 a bale less th i . he paid for it last year; that 1?. ro roduclng It from an average of seven and a half cants to five cents. Having Baads that arrangement, he secured ??< per cent, of tho necessary muU-r.a for manufacture in these explosiver far the govornnient. The Independen companies are all at soa. because the do not know what they can do. Th^ rome up here in a panic to get nos to Mr. ImPont's men and then man: of them sail out at $2.50 a bale oi their output cheaper than they wert paid iaat year. ? . _ ...... "The government, according to th testimony here. Is saving about $30, ?00.093 on Its ten cents u pound dt durtioO for explosives, and after the} have made this arrangement the t ot toneeed crushers yeaterday reduced the prtce of cotton seed $11 a ton ul over the country*. They say the gov? ernment has Interfered with tho price In tho market and propose:, to regu late the price, and all ?>\cr the South as I gather from telegrams that h.iv come In. the price of the rotten sec, has been reduced $11 a ton. "Iiet us look a minute to see bo - much, to save the government lh $30.000.000 on explosives, they hav taken out of the hide of the Souther farmer. You will find that it wil cost the Southern farmer $?1.875.00 to reduce the price of explosives t the government $30.000.000. That Is it pretty good slice of profit. They sa: the government ha reduced this. goevrnment has gone Into the rei:uhi tlon of matters, and therefore thc*> reduce It. That Is the excuse the have given. I went up to see M: Hoover, who is supposes! to be th gtneral adminis:rator of all matter, pertaining to food products, bsoau? I want to cull attention to the at that an acre of bind that produces bale of cotton in the Pnlied State prodsce* more foodstuffs- outside S the cotton thai an ncre of land pro due log 40 bushels of corn. If you will figure the units of nourishim-ii i 'Nn from the ml and the meal pro duced you will find that that Is a fhCl I went up to sie Mr. Hoover, and Mr Hover sold no. they had not rOgUlnt ed the price of cotton seed and did not Intend to. but he said that they sre going to squeeze the specnlativ. profits out of the business. That H what they are doing They h ? d ? rv and they have not done. They hav? dons that which has furnished th ? excuse for the manufacturers of cot ton seed products to arbitrarily t.-i' away from the Southern plant who has borne the ??runi heraus- 1 lost one crop of cotton si nee ?hl*-. I h?*an. having to sell It at six I when it cost 12 cents to male; Ille! have absolutely taken away from h at one stroke $?0.000,000, aOOUOO?, forsooth, the administrator of !'<> ?d says he has not the power to I'SfJMlnte the price of cotton seed, but 1 going to take out the speculative profit and let the consumer have the stuff at what It rout the producer yPlua a reasonable profit. Von cap not hold up that kind of m Hiir? oVer Ihe manufacturer* and ?' r ti i- ; lo in o".m .1 noon th ? i.> r who pioduces, ami by that one meth od our great governmental depart? ment has hit the poorest people In this country, the tenant cropper, Who Is obliged to sell his cotton seed and cotton on tho market. If that is go? ing to bo the rtsiult of our food reg? ulation it is going to take bread OUtI of tho mouth of the man who need| P. and furnish the manufacturer a > stick with which to hammer down the raw product from the producer below whut it Is worth. Not only ? bat, but In the course of the pro? m yilings the government has in the \ last few days made insinuations that there will bo an embargo placed upon the exporting of Cwtton. There is less cotton than,..tho,.manufactur? ing world will need, as I shall show l'efore I get through. What has bee the result? In 20 days they have re? duced the price of cotton $30 a bale I*et us see what these two items v htch are only in process of nntici l.itim?not actually in force?Arc ccst.ng the cotton farmer of tin ' Fouth. A reduction of $81 a bale cm the 12,500,000 bales that the agrlcul ttiral department estimates will be made this year in the South amount, to $375.000,000, and a reduction which was put into effect yesterda> of $11 a ton on cotton seed makes a reduction of $61.875,000. which Ulfdtet a grand total of $138.875,000 that th< threatened action ot^our government us taking out of the pockets of tru farmers of the South; and yet wo arc expected to pay taxes heavily in th maintenance of this war, and we ex pect to do it. Let us see where thai is going. Who is getting it? Ther has been no reduction yet. "The cotton manufacturers all ovci this country are boastln hat they have sold their product for month ahead, and they have sold it largely | tho government on the basis of 3' cent cotton, and they are buying the. cotton today at 20 cents ami are ex pecting to put it down to 18 cents That is where it is going, and th government is not getting any consld oration for it. The product is beim sold to tho government on the basi: of 30 cent cotton (and in many in .stances- 35), and they are buvlng it a 20 cents. I submit that we arc gel ting a rather raw deal on that prop osition. Where \s the other going As I said a moment ago, Mr. DuFon for his patriotism, and the sce< crurhcrs of the country, are takin ? ??1,000.000 out of tho farmer in o; tier to give the government a concc: slon of $30,0*00,000, and tho oth' $30,000.000 is to be prolits. I taliC I to the seed crushers and Mr. DuFon While I do not want to talk loca troubles, and all that kind of thing tt strikes re. that the activities tha aro denied, . ause they publish i the newspapers that there is no IIC crasity for this talk about M cmbar;, upon cotton affecting the price of cot ton, are costing the farmers of th South a pretty penny. "Tho mischief has been done, whih there Is no embargo to amount t> anything. It has been done, and don for the benellt of the people who ur already getting money out of th war world without end, and who or now in a position to make mon an* more If they can hammer down th< products of the country. Let us loo" for a minute to see if there is an: necessity for it. I omitted to me;-, tion, in addition to the manufacture the speculator upon the future mar ?\ots of this country. The manttfac turer and the speculator are the fei Iowh who are going to make $375, tft,i?mo that the farmers will loso if this |g consummated. Lost year the cotton that was consumed in the world was 20,180,000 bales. The pro? duction was 18,305,000 bales. There? fore there was a shortage of more than 1.SI 5.00 bales coming ove: from last year, '?"bis year the esti? mate is only 12.5oo,?oj bale., mi thi country, and the production will no reach 18,000.000, and yet we And th' product that Is sold to the govern ? ment and that is Hold to evciybod; else on a basis of 30 cents?we find that jusi the talk of an embargo an i the talk of interference with the pro? duct and putting it on the skids goes on the extent of reducing the prlc of cotton $30 a bale for 30 days, o In other words, it goes down a dollar a bale every day. Where is the ne? cessity for it? There is none, except for the fact that the speculators and the officious intermeddling apparent? ly of somebody is an excuse. I,et 11* see about the oil part of It ami the seed cake. The production of seed this year will go to 27,500.000 gallon* of oil. "It Is nn enormous product; i: : one of the enormous food products t this country, and they are railing o us to make it; and yet. by ofllolousl saying to the manufacturers. *\\ are going to squeeze you.' the mnnU farturers are going to turn nroim.i h< fore they have bought their SS ?1 snd squeeze the fellow who makes i Are we to be encouraged that wa are we to he encouraged to mnUe lb food products they are crying out f.? If this Is to be taken away fron- n Not only that, but the t,. ? of cottonseed meal. That mal.' <> of the grautest food producta, and ih excuse Uuil hi being offered is thai the government will not allow that to ; go to Sweden to be fed to cows to be sent to Germany. Well, that is all right. Is that any excuse for saying to them that what It Is bringing is more than it is worth, and we are going to squeeze you that much in or- j der to enable us to force so much les ; for the raw product? "Now, I am a supporter of this ad Ministration with nil my might, i ha\e always stood by Mr. Wllsoi MnOt tho time he was first a candl date, and 1 stood by him when peo? ple were very much against him In my State, and 1 stand for him today; but I ray that the method that is be? ing put forth by this offlclOOO inter? ference with what they assume In the food department to be a fictitious or exorbitant profit, and thereby give the executive the power to tax Un? people who are trying to carry out the dictates of the food products bill, is an ofllclOUf and unwarranted inter? ference that is going to be disastrous to the interests of the administration and to the administration of our food bill whenever it becomes known all over the louth that our great food bill that we passed here and the pow? ers we have given to Mr. Hoover are to be used for the purpose of ham? mering down the products that are produced by the people who have at last an opportunity for once m their lives to come out whole and to come out with a profit on the year's trans? action. It would bo time enough when the crushers had bought tin seed at the market price and tried to sell the product at a speculative pro? fit to Interfere, and not give them no? tice beforehand, so that they could take it out of the producer instead oi the ' t umer."?The State. BELGIAN DESTROYS GERMAN. Enormous Kncmy Rumplcr Machine Brought Down. Washington, P . t. 17.?How Ad? jutant Maurice ivledaets of the Bel glan Hying corps, tricked a monster German two-man airplane into a dght at an altitude of 20,000 feet, riddled it with machine gun fire, and sent it crashing to earth behind the Belgian lines, killing the pilot and ol server, was- told in a message today to the Belpian legation. Medaets was cruising above Dlx? mudc on September 11. when he saw shrapnel from the Belgian gun. breaking far above him and he has toned upward to investigate. A tier man machine with two men was try? ing to escape the gunfire and Mci)aft: gave chase, but could not overtake i?is enemy. "Finding that the German slthei would not light or was endcavorint to lead him Into a trap," the lega? tion's statement says, "the Helgian decided to try a ruse. Making a hall turn. Medaets started slowly toward the Helgian trenches at an altitude ot 20,000 feet. He saw the German turn and follow him. Keeping above his adversary, nfedates continued t< watch him until they were over Di\ mude, then, turning quickly, opened lire with his machine gun. He could see that the German observer, se? verely wounded, had sunk down In hll seat, and that the German ma? chine evidently was out of commis? sion. "The Helgian machine was ap proaching the enemy at such a rat< of speed that Medaets had time onl.\ to fire a few shots point blank and to make a perilous loop to avoid .i collision before the German plane riddled by bullets crashed down within the Helgian lines. "The German airplane was found to be an enormous 'Dumpier' of the latest model, put into service on I i August ;*, propelled by n 260-horse - I power Mercedes motor and armed I with two machine guns." Community Meetings. Chairman D. V. Keels, of the Raft big Creek Township committee of th Bumter County Council of Defense, has written that Tuesday night, Sep? tember 25th. the people of thai township will participate in a big COmunlty rally, under the auspices of the County Council of Defense. Several speakers will be selected for this meeting, and it is predicted that the men. women, boys and girls of Rafting Creek township will he out in full force to bei]) start the move? ment for a patriotic effort to help the government to win this war for dc nioorney ami civilization. The meeting will he held in lh< auditorium of the llembert school building. The Sheriff and the Dural Police? men have started a vigorous cam paign nuainst the blind liners Wh have turned to moonsblnlng since ih supply of liquor from Florida has" been shut off, The punishment for distilling liquor will be much more revere In future than in the past, for heretofore the law provided n penult) only for making liquor without pay? ment of n revenue license, hut now I he illstlllntlon of llqn >r In absolutely tot bidden. PROFIT SHARING FLAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSITION FOR SETTLEMENT OF BHIPBUILD ING STRIKE. Want's of Workers to Bo Increased and (?overnntent Will i'ay I tail In* crease (i routed by Companies Noi Unking over io Per cent. Profit. Washington, Sept. 19.?The govern* ment today opened a way for possibU settlement of strikes In Pacific Coast shipyards by offering to pay half ol any wage Increases' for companies making not more than 10 per cent. profit on comandeered ships. Ban Frunsciso builders in whose plants n strike of iron workers Is in progress agreed to consider the workers' de? mand for more pay on the cost shar? ing proposal and prospects for set? tling the strike were reported bright. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board postponed Indefinitely a trip to the coast on which he had intended to start today. Agents of the board and of the department of labor in San Francisco reported that the employer and men seemed near an agreement and work on the commandeered ships might be resumed in a few days. Mr. Hurley conferred again today with Samuel Gomperi and c her offi? cials of the American Federation ol Labor. Tomorrow he will give at? tention to the strikes at Seattle, Port? land and other Pacific coast points and indications were that they might be settled on the basis of the proposal made to San Francisco builder*, The shipping board's action is con? sidered significant inasmuch as if indicates belief that the workers' de? mand for higher pay should be grant? ed. The board also emphasizes it determination not to let any difficul? ties prevent the speedy prosecution of its big shipbuilding program. I To avoid being compelled to pay a proportion of wage increases for com? panies making big profits on govern? ment contracts, however, the present order specifies that profits of more '.nan 10 per cent, must be applied to I tho government share of the pay? ment. In cases where profits are hign the entire additional cost of extra pa) grants may be borne by the builders. I The cost sharing proposal will ap? ply only to vessels under construction commandeered by the government to hasten their completion and will no' affect ships ordered originally by tin government, contracts for these*cov? er BUCh exigencies as wage Increase either under a plan to pay cost plus a percentage profit or on a fixed charge I basis. The total cost of the new arrange? ment is estimated by shipping board officials as only a small proportion of the expense incurred in taking over ships under construction. DELIVER LIBERTY BONDS. Twelve Federal Reserve Hanks Wifi Begin Distribution of Issue Sep? tember '2i\. Says McAdoo. Washington, Sept. io.?Delivery of Liberty bonds to subscribers, Secre? tary McAdoo announced tonight, will begin September The twelve fed oral reserve banks- will distribute flu issue. Considering the probable re? tention by many subscribers of in? terim certificates already issued. o?* fleials estimate that the work of dis? tribution will require several weeks The huge issue is larger, in the number of bonds required, than firs; reports based on more than, four mil? lion individual subscriptions indicat? ed. The number of coupon bonds, {Secretary McAdoo announced tonight, Iis estimated by federal reserve banks as In excess of 8,700,0000 pieces, ol whic h mope than 7,000,000 are of the S?0 and $100 denomination. In announcing the date of the com? mencement of deliveries. Secretary McAdoo repeated his suggestion that holedrs Of interim certificates would find it to their ad antnge in many in? stances to hold the certificates Instead of exchanging them for bonds, until congress disposes of the bill authoris? ing a 4 per cent, interest rate on the next offerings. "it is apparent," reads Secretary MeAdoos statement, "that if pending legislation should be enacted and bonds- should fie issued bearing inter? est at a higher rate than :; i-l' per cent, per annum and exempt from the normal privilege of conversion, the demand for definitive 3 1-2 per cent. Liberty bonds, particularly those of the small denominations, would be greatly reduced. . . . "Fntil .Mine 1 5, 1 9 I 8, or sm h later date as may be fixed by prim- public announcement l y the secretary of th< rensury, no charge will be made foi ihe issue of bonds of smaller denom? inations In exchange for bonds of larger denominations, nor for the i ; ?ue of coupon bonds in exchange for registered bonds, . . . So charge will l?e made for Ihe transfer ni regiate ed bonds.*' Mrs. Alston Ptubhs lias returned from Ifendersonville, where she spen t lies summer, INFORMATION ABOUT BKED PRICES, Senator Tillnuni Asks for Facts to Substantiate Existence of Crusher*' Combine*. Trenton, Sept. 10.?Senator 1?. R. Tillman, who is upending a few days at his home on account of the health of .Mrs. Tillman, being advised by numerous friends that there was a probable combine in restraint of trade among the cottonseed (rushers, ad-, vised the attorney general at Wash ington of this- belief among our peo pis and requested that he send a spe Clal representative to investigate the matter. He was advised by wire on Monday that a special agent would be sent him to obtain any facts he may have In the matter. The senator j would be glad to hav wire any? thing going to substanti dc the om bine, in order that he may present the facts to the special agent when he arrives. The senator was- asked what he thought about the cotton situation. He was free to express the opinion that cotton would go higher, but did not feel like advising the people to hold cotton, as the price of cotton was a thing no one knew anything about; that if there ever was any reason why it should bring 27 cents, the same reasons exist now. As far as he is concerned, he will not sell ids cotton at the present price. Senator Tillman is a large raiser of long staple cotton and has many acres that will make a bale to the acre. He also has an unusually line tield of Mexican June corn, planted in June. Senator Tillman statrs he would be glad to have his- friends come to see him while he is here as it was aiwa. S a pleasure to see them. MAYOR MITCHELL NOMINATED. Late Returns Seemed to Giro Mayor Republican Honors. New York, Sept. 9.?Supporters of Mayor John P. Mitchell, Fusion can? didate for reelection, late tonight claimed he had won the Republican mayoralty nomination in primaries held today, but only after a close con? test with William M. Hen net. who c:i tered the tield without organised sap port. The unexpectedly heavy vot< given Rennet, who Is a former Stab senator was the feature of the pri? maries. With returns received from 1,810 districts out of 2,000 in the greater city the vote was: Mitchell, 81,042; Rennet, 29,73 3. There were no con? tests In the Democratic primaries ex? cept for judicial nominations. John F. Dylan will be the Demo? cratic candidate for mayor against Mitchell. Home Demonstration Work. The BagOOd Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs-. J. D. Jackson last Friday afternoon, September 7th. This meotlrg was a particularly In? structive one and much interest was La ken by the members. Miss Lcmmon made some quick breads, using wheat substitutes, these being sweet potato and peanuts. Miss Keels made un fermented grape juice by the cold press method. We all tasted of these good things and enjoyed them. Miss Lcmmon gave us a talk In which she again urged us to do our best to have a creditable booth at the County Fair. This we hope to do. Mrs. Crawford Sanders, President. The Salem Home Demonstration Club held i , regular meeting at the home of Mr. J. H. Wilson on Tues? day afternoon. September 11th. This is the first meeting since the summer holiday, and everyone has been busy canning. Every housewife reported that she saved everything that was possible to can. More fruits and veg? etables have been put up than ever before. Nearly a'l have planted fall gar? dens or are planting winter ones. The topics for the afternoon were wheat Hour substitutes and the uses for grapes. Miss Lcmmon gave a talk on wheat substitutes. Potato muffins and pea? nut cookies were made, and enjoyed by all, especially the younger mem? bers. They wish that we met offen? er. Miss- Keels gave a demonstration of making grape juice and gave a tails on other methods of ? aiming grapes. After the demonstrations were over a delightful fruit punch was served by Miss Pearl McElveen, and n social hour was enjoyed by everyone V. V. Warren, Seetv. Mrs. s. W. Btubbs has returned from her summer home ;it Lake Ju I'aluska. X. C. RUB-MY TISM Will cure youv Rheumatism, Vonmlgia, Headaches, ('ramps, t'olic. Sprains, llrutaea, Cuts ami Hum*, Ohl Soivs, Sting*of niseeti?, I'd NntivFlir Altodvne, ?>v?'?i iiiteriiallv ami externally. Fite 2% Recommended by Doctor Cothrain ?V, 4 Dr. T. E. Cothram Ii a well-known Eharmacict of Alexis, Ala. And v.heri e gets bilious or needs a purpr.tive medicine, what do you Buppost ho docs? Out of his whole big stock of liver medicine he selects and u^cs Granger Liver Regulator, lie ?yu "There is none better." That'3 a pretty strong endorsement, don't you think, from a man who knows all about the merits of the different medi? cines on the market? Grander Liver Regulator is purely vegetable, does not gripe nor irritate the delicate lin? ing of the stomach and bowels and always gives quick and pleasant re? sults. It is the best system purifier known. Your druggist can supply you?25c for large box. ( Accept no substitute. TWO BUBMARINES SINK. British Wai-hip Reported to Have Won Victory* Copenhagen, Sept. 19.?Two Cos* man submarines have been sunk by a British warship, according fo a news dispatch from Bergen. The Tlmruwcll Orphanage. The Thorn well Orphanage, located at Clinton, S. C, is the name of the Home for Orphans under the care of the Presbyterian churches in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It has thirty-live teachers- and matrons for its twenty-four departments and cot? tage homes, in which are sheltered above three hundred orphans. The home receives Children from any part of the union, and from any de? nomination. During July and Au? gust eighty-two applications were received, of whom only nineteen could be accepted. Above two Hun? dred are on the waiting list. These are all supported by the generosity of the Presbyterian public. We hope ! the friends of the school will do as all the other Orphan Homes are ex? pecting, Observe Orphan Work Day on the loth of October. The observ? ance consists in sending your day's wages for that day to the institution you favor. The Thorn well Home has idled up every vacancy, notwith? standing the war and high prices and will shortly erect another cot? tage. The pupils of the Home have the best of schooling and manual training and are very carefully taught. None but orphans are re? ceived. Contributions should be sent to Ilev. J. B. Branch, Clinton, S. C. The life of the institution lias been forty-two years in which time moro than a thousand boys and girls- have been made into useful and educated citizens. Suffrage ITni OIlHiltUtlO?I Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 17.?The 'ndiana woman's suffrage law was declared unconstitutional and void by a judge of the Marion county super? ior court today. The decision was given In a suit to test the law and arrangements are being made to ap? peal immediately to the Indiana su preme court to obtain a final decision before the municipal elections in No? vember. The court refused to is? sue a restraining order to prevent women from registering pending a decision of the higher court. The township committees of ihe County Council of Defense could do some practical work by organizing a special committee to look after the sale of hogs on a community basis. Farmers can obtain much better prices for their hogs If they will get together and ship a carload of hogs of an average size, than by selling a few at a time individually. Mr. D. U. Coker, of Hartsville, w ho has- been shipping hogs in carload lots for the farmers of his section will give any it; formation that prospective ship? pers may desire. Wi Grind Lenses, examine the ey< s scientifically and fit eye? glasses perfectly. Let us work for you. We have all prescriptions 1* on lile. Broken lenses replae- i| cd promptly. Graduate opto- %l im trist ami Optician in charge. f| I W. A. Thompson, JEWFIBR & OPTOMETRIST. I >