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21 i,wwmwHWWMBmi^ 11 ji OUTLET * FOR -C?TTON Senator M^Lg^nii Res?ojids to Request of Mr. Wannamaker For Letter on Cotton Sit uation response tcha reque*sr from J. S. Wannamaker, president of the Sou thern Cotton Association for a i??t tes^on (he work of the association. :;-.%?|?tor McLlSKirin has written as foi irlowS ? Mr. J. S. Wannamaker, St. Mat SM&te?- C. lours to hand and I heartily com yr:Sjfctiidi ihe -eC.ojrts yon are-making: io fori?;.?p... -.expert association for - the ^,f^(frcT iu:txx>u. iif you form a com .?? pany in t<'?e>h'x^&nty~for :he purchase S^.of all coitorT offered for sale below minimum J>rice fixed in Xew r-Cwtea^.fc we win ' soon lie up every available doilar in the south, and still not have enough to carry the cotto?.i crop. We must have an out let for the. cotton purchased, so that the capita? raised will be a sort of revolvmg fund. Otherwise business .would ^ioon stagnate as it did in 19 -"There seems to be 'considerable op position, in congress to rhe bill de signed to finance export c?tton. The chief objection urged, is that it is a further measure of inflation, and de creases the safeguards thrown around depositors in national banks. So far as,inflation is concerned, there . is nothing to it. The new paragraph in the bill merely , permits the advance to be made on .a . note secured py_ 'a bill pf landing, in stead of a warehouse ? receipt. The security is the same, only the evi dence of that security is different. .Row does that ? miike inflation? ft only, makes the -asset more liquid, tfhieh is not only good banking, but 'also' good sense. $o far as the se curity is. Concerned, the borrower is limited to 2f> peVcent of the capita! 7stock and surplus, and .gives $1%0 worth of cotton a^r security for the loan, -xftih. the cotton covered by an insuran.ee policy. I have studied the bill carefully' and it is a good law. .'."My persona.' opinion is that the State of South Carolina should sell its cotton, through its warehouse system, taking, pofc?sh or other com hiodities in exchange. Even if you get this new law Europe cannot buy from us, unless she sells at the same . The condiliori that the State Should not engage in business win .not do. This very bfil is for the fed ^efal government to enter the business field. The. lesson of the war is too recent. I prefer,, state to federal control. We are . too. dependent on Washin'gtop, and Jf ihe ^country goes BepubHcan./tne democrats of the ^outh \yill realize that too much ?.ower .has been taken away from the ..States '-and- centralized in Washing Ipji. The food supply was taken charge of in J 917, and not only the price of it regulated, but the .quant i-' - ty of, .food to the, Lonily regulated. r ? ? jg^i ? .. "5 j The government. {Vttrehased raw riia jtA;! .a'fld ^ni^'vir.-iiv'.tr t<3=? ;>riva;< corporations to 6e rntjftuiucttVceji; ; fixed the wage:-; oi labor and the price ! to the public-. It look over the rail-' \ roak-'. built a-id operated snips, or. -: j gaged in ?fe und marine insurance.-; i It openly and effectively controlled : the commercial life of the nation up-! ;on large lines and with far better ?success than is being done today. South Carolina has the law on her! .'statute books, empowering the-State I warehouse commissioner to negoti-1 ... :ate sales of cotton, why not try the; : experiment? -These are still war ; times, for who does qnt know that: ; war is not over when you put an end 'to it between nations? ft is only the j most superficial view which confines: : the meaning of war to a conflict be-j ..tween governments. Our present in-' fdustrial system makes society itself | ja state of war. active, irreconcilable j war on every side and in everything. \ The very essence of war is this need ;less competition between corpora j tions or individuals; Every government, up to 1:*1! i was founded upon the principle of' j individuality. This war seems to I ?have ended.that* epoch. Man is now ? trying to act in the mass, j I believe j these strikes are an unconscious I struggle on the part of the masses ; for the enthronement of the princi : pie of association. That is the iTneaning of the New Orleans con I vention. This is the true meaning i of a Republican. } s War differs from peace m its re iceptivity to new ideas; it welcomes) Uhem. while peace rejects them. The ! opposition to the expoi t bill is from ] j reactionaries trying to reject thej j lessons learned in war. Our meth- j ! ods during tht war of production, j ! tihance and distribution were vastly i ! more scientific than the bungle peace j j is making. j War always listens, with an open ? ! mind to every .proposal brought for- j ; ward by peace* while peace tries to; : shut its ears to every lesson taught ; by-war. It is blind now to the fact, : that the masses look on government as an association for the common j , good, not a rrtere collection of indi- j J vkiual units. The schoolmaster,; ; war, taught four million young menj ; how easy it is to secure co-operation | I through government and they have i ; brought the news home. Does any lone imagine that, with this krtowl i edge, this country will go back to i 11914,-ond rot' in the narow bar ? harisms of so called peace. j Let me urge you,' Mr. Wannamak i or. to carefuly. consider finding an outlet to foreign markets through ; well developed ami strong state ac tion, instead of .relying, on Fabian ( federal promises-. - Ali of the reserve . rights of the people not expressly j granted to congress, rest in the state ! of South Carolina, arid they are am i pie to protect our great .money crop, j if we use them with firmness and : wisdom. w I The creation of thought is the ! greatest factor in jxU the eo.uation of I life, and you have done; a wonderful wor kin convincing the world that J cotton is too low. I see you have ? made a bull of my friend Theodore The most -economical truck on the mar ket today. Why? Because every ounce of fuel energy is turned into useful driving power, due to the "Triple-Heated" gas fea ture. The PULTON iff equipped with the Herschell-Spiilman motor, the same motor used in the Curtis Airplane. H. T. EDENS, Cotton Planter. Dalzeft. S. C., March 17. 1010. Anchor Motor Co.. Surat?'r, S. C. Gen i\ em en: I have owned o FULTOX truck for five months and it has l>een put to a severe test daily during that time in farm work and has given perfect ?" isfaction in every way. I ch? -rfully icCO'mmebd the FULTOX to my brother farmers as this' truck has never failed me. . Although this is a 1 1-2 ton truck?.1.000 pounds capacity?I have hauled eight 50.0 bales of cotton at one tkn<?4.0oh pounds, with "case, at the speed of fifteen miles per hour over ordinary roads. The gasoline consumption of my FULToX has not been more !han that of a six cylinder automobile and a boy of ordinary knowl edge and common setiso can operate same. My truck will do lbe work of fori' mules on i \oiis haul and six miJles on a short haul. Any farmer will understand this. 1 cannot say too much for my FULTOX Respect ft; lly. (signed)- II. T. EPEXS. The FUI.TOX is the Truck for the Southern farmer. Any style body or cab furnished. Let us demonstrate the FULTOX on your farm without obliga tion on your part. Phone or write us and we will bring a FULTOX. Anchor Motor Company 212-214 W. liberty St. Phone 942 SUMTER. S. <X STATE DISTRIBUTORS CARLISLE L. STRAUSS, salesman Price:. See his article in Commerce and Finance last' week. Vuu deserve j&e thanks of the south. iJr. Price i sa man of wonderful power in fin ance and when he says cotton js too low. you may be sure it will go higher, because he is a constitutional cotton bear. 1 believe cotton will seil for 50 cents inside of 10 months, no matter what any of us do. Sincerely, Jno. L. McLaurim .Liquor Curse or France. i Paris. Aug. 29.?Jurors of the Dis trict of the Seine who have- just dis posed of fourteen criminal affairs, of which ten were attributed to the abuse of alcohol, have written to Mr. [Nail, the Minister of .Justice asking that measures be taken for the sup pression of the sale of alcoholic bev-j I erages. I Advocates of prohibition in France.; j (there are few; have little hope that! [ any such steps will be taken. One of] j them told a reporter of Le Journal-j yesterday: "The elections arc too{ I near, and the wine merchant is a pow-1 j er in the. land." j I The American Legion The American Legion, already far underway in every State in the Fnion. j is the organization of the service men j returned to*their civilian pursuants, to] unite the efforts of .these four million j men who through national service j saw a vision of national betterment and dreamed, in a vague way, of this organization to effect it. An executive committee which was appointed ^by delegates frorA Amer ican Expeditionary Force and an exe cutive committee apointed by the dele gates-in this country have been com bined into one joint committee of thirty-four, under whose guidance .the i organiaztion is being perfected throughout the United States. The committee is of the belief thai! at least one million men who have dis-{ carded the uniform or are still wear-i ing It will have enrolled in- the local j posts before November. The post in Sumter county will b< \ formed on next Monday night at h j p. ni., at the Court" House. Every man in Sumter county who was in the Marines, army or navy between April (1th, 1917 and Nov. llth 191S is eligi ble for membership and is urged to be j presept at. this meeting which is a | very important one. During the month of October an? I sooner in those States where the or ganization has progressed more! rapidly, state, conventions will be held to elect delegates to a national con. vention at Minneapolis, where th. permanent organization of the Amer ican Legion will be effected. The organizatipn is non-partisan and non-political, but is one in which every member will be benefited. The post organizer in Sumter urges every man who cap attend the meet ing on Sept. 30th to do so, for some very important transactions will be made.. " . Dinkins Mill Notes. Reiiibert. Sept. 22.?We took a lit tle run down to the burg of Horatio the other day and found things there moving nicely. The Messrs. Lenoir have ' a large stock of goods and a splendid trade. W. M. Lenoir, who recently sustain ed paniful injury by an awkward fall was tltin limping a bit. Crops around there are good, but short of last year's. CJ A. Jackson is building a nice home; near to completion, almost in front of W. M. Lenoir's on the'op posite side of the road. Miss Jerushah Allen is nqt so very well. /We hope with care and good medical attention she will soon be her former self. ..Nearly every white man in our ! country' is n some way connected ?'with the couon association. ! With wise management, if the ei> jthusiasm of oilier sections of the co: ? ton bell is such as ii is here, the as soieation is going to succeed. V.'hrn it does there, are some fel lows, who wijl go around saying ".M ? and Betsy -killed a bear." Some oi. i ought then to break their lyirc J mouths. HagoQd'. Russia's Enormous I>td>L j London, Sept, 1?Interest on Hu.-; sia's State ? liabilities today amount; j annually to approximately $0-13,500, 1.0*0.,according to a statement issued j from Omsk by the Minister of Finance j cf th<? Koichak government. J- In 191-1 the nationaml debt was j (557.0.00,000 rubles, the-statement say.-. [Internal war time loans aggregated ? :;::.09O.000.ni>?? rubles white loans eon | traded abroad amounted to 8.000.-: : 000,900 rubles, thus bringing the dein I to a total./ of about rrp;000?0.00.00t| ?rubles. Aboui 5O,0OQ;O&0 rubles ye.ar ' ly would be required for the annul, ? sation of tliis- Tremendous sum. . ! The statement points out the fact thai the figures quoted in rubles rep resent fictitious values as the foreign ? loans were issued abroad in English. [American. French, Japanese and Jta-l l ian currencies which cannot be .con - j verted into rubles at the old goid rate of exchange. Whereas France, in pre?war days, was Kussja's largest creditor, it is not ed that Creal Britain supplied the bulk of R,ussia>;financial requirements during hostilities, with France, Amer ica, Japan and Italy ranking in the order named. From l*omr to Tokio. Turin. Aug. ?The airplane Might from Home to Tokio planned by Gabriele d'Annunzio. ihe Italian poet aviator, is being arranged in this city. The trip will be undertaken by .'i whole squadron <>r' the fasi s. \\ A. type consisting of six machines. Th" details of the trip are now being work < .I out with the greatest erwe. Eacli .mrvbine will carry a mint ami :i lueehaiii'ian. ;-*;?>!>.-; will be made :ii Saloniki ?dalia. Aleppo, flagdad. Delhi, Azra I Jen a res. Imngoon. fJangkok. Kandi Canton. Kaio-lClao and Lh?**n Tokb' The d ism nee to b? traversed will -a: gregate nearly 10.000 miles. ,u ;? planned to fly an average of beivv..-': 800 and 9CO-miles a day. k little change' > at fittsburg Both Sides Claim Advantage in Strike Situation Pittsburgh, Sept. 25.?Tattle change I in Uie steel strike situation here it* no-; ticcable today. Conflicting statements] regarding the number of* workers in- i volved in the walkeut come from cm-: ployees and. union'headquarters with' i>oih sides claiming advantage. teaitobTrostra- i ted at trial _ i Pierre Lenoir Imagines That He Was Executed Paris. Sept. 25.? Pierre Lenoir. whise execution was postponed Fri day, expected to be confronted by Joseph Caillauxi, 'former premier on Friday or Saturday. According to the newspapers he is- "in a state of most extreme weakness and is unable to stand, being obsessed with the Idea that he had "been executed." His Rights. "Why did you ? strike this man'* asked the judge sternly. "He called me a bar, your honor." replied the accused. "Is that true?" asked the judge turning to the man with the mussed up face. 4 "Sure, it's true." said the accuser. "I called him a liar because he is one. And I can prove it." ?- +? '?"What have you got to say to that?" asked the judge of the defend ant. "It's got nothing to do with the case your honor," was the unexpected reply. "Even if I am a liar, I guess I've got a right to be sensitive about it, ain't I?"?Topeka State Journal. A Coin promise. j Unlucky Fisherman?"Boy. will you j sell'that big string of fish you are car ( rying?" j . Boy?"No, Lut I'll take yer pitcher jholdiri' it for fifry cents."?Judge. A Daylight-Saver. "Is your husband in" favor of day light saving?" "I think so. Tie stays out so much at ?night that I think" he'd really pre fer not to use any daylight at all."? Washington Star. Xot Effective. ?'Xow." said the doctor to the young married man. "if you will take this medicine, you will sleep like a baby." The patient surveyed the pre scription doubtfully. '? "Well, doctor," he answered, "ii you moon like our baby, I guess I ! won't take it."?New York American. Social Work Conference. - In behalf of the ?South Carolina' Conference of Social Work. Dr. A. T. Jamison, of Greenwood, the president of this distinguished and scholarly body of men* and women, has ac cepted the invitation of the Sum tor county Chamber of Commerce to hold the 1911) conference in Sumter on No vember lSth. 19th and 20th. President Jamison writes 'hit Dr. John E. White of Anderson has con sented to give the keynote address r.t, t he opening session. Tuesday even- J ing. November l.sth. and Dr. Hastings! H. Hart of the R?ssel Sage Fo.mca-: tion has given a conditional promise' of an address. Dr. J. K. McCoiiough ! of Washington. D. C. the secT-?ta\y c-f j the Southern Sociological Congress hasI been invited and it is confidently ex- j pected that he'will respond. Active: j to formulation of ;i program of un-: i usual interest and instruciiveriess to ! l be participated in by some of the! j most noted and brilliant men and ? women of this country, and-further [announcement will shortly be made. ! Dr. J. C. Logan of-the National Red; i Cross is also expected to address the \ j conference. It is believed that between one ?hundred and one hundred and twenty-' i five prominent men and women of i South. Carolina?, and othVr States, j chiefly of the Southern States, will be j 'here for this conference. Dr. S. IT. Edmunds, city superin-; ' tpndent of education and chairman \ j of the committee on educational and ? social affairs of the Chamber of Com-1 ? merce is very, much interested and has I kindly tendered the use of the Girls' er facilities oi the'' Wunder cay yelv?ot system for ,Lh e* uses of this conference, ail of which have hcc-n accepted. The city schools orchestaft. assisted i>y other local talent has been invited Mid has kindly agreed to furnish the music under the direction, of Miss Truitt the director of music of the city schools. Miss Truitt will prpbr ably lead in the community singing program which it is intended to ma'r.) i prominent feature of the conference program. lit', ... " The sessions, of the .conference will he six in number, the opening session on Tuesday evening, 'November ISth, three sessions, morning; noon and night on the 19th. and two sessions, morning and afternoon.-on the 20rh. All sessions will be open to the public, and the Chamber of Commerce will put on an advertising campaign to let the people of Sumter county know that they are heartily weic .?me to each and every session. NO MORE RATS or mice after you use RAT-SNAP. It's a sure rodent killer. Try a pkg. and prove it. Rats killed with RAT SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs won't touch it. Guaranteed. 25c size (1 cake) enough for Panr try, Kitchen or Cellar. 50c size (2 cakes) ..for.. ?hicken/ House, coops, or small buildings. $x.i?? stee (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage building^, or factory buildings.' . Sold and guaranteed by Sibert's Dm; Store, O'Bonnell & Qo. and Du ra nt. Hardware Co. Sumter. S. C. The Schoo! Boy f^fetern A \ SIMPLE TEST in any s:hoG. room finds a large percentage of the pupils suffering from defective vision. Some are near-sighted, others have astigmatism?many suffer from weakened eye muscles." School Work Wherever latent eye trouble exists. Hard on the Eyes close application to study wiil aggravate the condition unless a helpful pair cf glasses are weni.' Glasses V ?at the right time ? often save wearing them ia later ie$tj? We take special pains with Children's eye? ' ' .'? D. L. WILLIAMS Office at City Drug Co. Putting Something Over? Yes, Indeed! ?but not in the way we have found some wagon users think* Listen, folks: When we began talking "auto" track wagops we soon discovered that a number of wagon users, down this way thoyghtthe manufacturers were trying to "put over * the northern narrow track wagon. We thought so too, at first, but nothing could be farther from the facts. It is simply a case of misunderstanding. We have said this before. We repeat it now, so that it will be clear to every wagon user? "auto" track & neither narrow track nor w*de track "Auto" track wagons are exactly what the name im plies, built so that the wheels will fit the path of the automobile which makes a track 56 inches wide. Wide track wagons will not do this. Neither will narrow track. Leading wagon manufacturers, some time ago, both South and North, realized that in order to make tbeir wagons give better and longer service it would be nec essary to make them fit the roads. And 90% of the road tracks throughout the country are made by the automobile. ?' ? <?? ? Could any automobile salesman induce X?ou to buy an auto that Would not run in the tracks of other autos? Not in a thousand years. Putting something over ? We'll say they are! Putting over the soundest, most practical idea in the wagon building business. Putting it over because wagon users who realize the value and ad vantages of "auto" track wagons are forcirtg the making of them by demanding wagons that will fit the prevailing roads of today and the permanent roads of the future. Come in and have us tell you anything you want to know about Studebaker "auto" track wagons. W, B. BOYLE CO. Sumter, S. C.