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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-12-18
Cured OF Liver Complaint.

Il was suffering with liver COM
plaint," says Iva Smith of Point
Blank, Texas, and decided to try a
25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets,
and am happy to say that am COM
pletely cured and can recommend
them to every one" For sale by all
dealers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-12-18

Out of work and despondent, Geo
McGee, a popular young man of
Florence, attempted suicide Monday,
December s, by taking strychnine.
His life was saved by prompt medi-
cal attention.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-12-18
Arrival OF Passenger Trains Al
kinGStree.

The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
has promulgated the following sched-
ule, which became effective Sunday,
October Is, 1911:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Texas Farmers Plan
To Gin Own Cotton
President Of the Growers Organize.
tion Suggests Cooperative System
In Lone Star State.

FORT WORTH. TEXAS, Nov. 10
w. D. Lewis, president of the Texas
Farmers Union. in discussing the pol
icy OF the union for the coming year,
says: I'VE are just learning to work
together. and l am much encouraged
over the reception of my suggestion
that the farmers own the cotton gins
and operate them on cooperative
basis. We have 1900 gins in Texas,
valued at $4,000 900, and the farmers
of the State can take the gins over
and save the cotton growers $1,000
900 to $1oO00,0OO per annum, which
is now paid the owners in dividends.
1t will also give the Farmers Union
control of the sale of the cotton seed
and several million dollars more can
be put into the pockets of the farm
ers. thereby getting just price for
the seed"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Railway Dividends
Decline in Mexico
Political Troubles Have Depressing
Effect on the Value OF Dollar
MEX"

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE effect OF
the political troubles in Mexico is
portrayed in the dividend declared
for the half year to June 30 last by
the directors of the Mexican Vera
CRUZ Railway.
1t will be remember that this com
pany has done very well during the
recent troubles because 1t has re-
ceived a good deal of traffic, which
otherwise would have gone over 9TH
err lines. The result was that the
earnings for the half year would have
been sufficient to pay a dividend at
the rate of 4 rs per cent had other
things been equal. But they were
not.
The money for payment of the div
idend to stockholders has to be sent
from Mexico City to London, and
owing TO the severe fall in exchange
instead of dividend of AIS per cent
the stockholders are receiving pay
ment at the rate of only 21-2 pei
cent for the six months
The value of the Mexican dollar
has dropped from "a pence to IL
pence which means that in compari-
son with this time last year every
dollar of profit has to be cut down by
rs per cent before its value to stock
holders can be estimated. Previou:
to the overthrow OF President Dial
the stockholders had been able fol
many years to rely on the stability O,
exchange.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
England May Stop
Emigration Frauds
Austria's Action Against Canadian
Pacific Now Regarded as Step
Worth Following.
Special Gable to The American.

Special Gable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-The drastic ac7
ton of the Austrian Government
against the Canadian Pacific Railroad
Company, which at first aroused a
cry of indignation in this country, is
apt to lead to an official investigation
on very similar lines into the methods
of emigration and passenger agents
in England.
While Austria saw in the methods
Of the Canadian Pacific a conspiracy
based on Russian gold to rob her of
young men who were to serve in her
army, and eventually perhaps fight
the armies of the Gear, the complaints
against emigration agents here is that
they use tricks worthy of confidence
sharpers to lure poor and compare
lively poor people into buying tickets
for trans oceanic paradises which
have no existence but in their own
imagination.
John Burns for one Is determined
to have the Government introduce a
bill for the purpose of preventing
emigration agents from making profit
out Of the deception Of the ignorant
poor by inducing them to buy pas
sages to countries where there Is no
need for workers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

tho Latin Quarter provides fair
quota
One Is constrained to remark pa
renthetically. that the so-called gage
ty and alleged brilliancy of Bohemia
life the youth Of to-day is led to
believe In should be corrected by a
picture, the colors of which Monte de
Piete, the insane asylums, the hos
pitsls and the morgue can furnish.
In all the other cities and towns Of
France the municipalities control and
manage tho pawnshops which are
modelled In manner and method upon
that Of Paris. On the Continent State
control of this industry Is general.
In certain sections Of Germany, Aus
tria and Italy the rate is limited to
4 per cent year
English Laws Strict.
Great Britain Is the only European
territory where the pawnshop is not
directly in the hands of the State. but
while there the business is privately
conducted, the laws governing it are
strict and the inspectional powers OF
the police prevent the cruel and ex-
tortionate explorations that prevail
In the United States. Should ever the
business OF lending to the poor in
England degenerate to the barbarity
OF American conditions. there is a
swift and sure edy-the Bank Of
England could, and probably would,
open a huge pawnshop, which 1t may
do at any time, pursuant to Its char
ter.
And yet the ancients were more
considerate of the lowly borrower
than are France, Germany and Italy.
The Ancient Laws.
Moses forbade the taking of interest.
Among the Romans, Emperor Angus
tus converted the surplus issuing to
the State from the confiscated prop
erty Of criminals into a fund from
which money was lent without inter
est. The early Popes sanctioned
pawnshops on the stipulation that
money be advanced to the poor with
out a premium, and the authority and
It's proviso held good in Italy well into
comparatively modern times.
In China there have been pawn
shops for 5000 years, and to this day
the yearly interest Is limited by the
State to per cent, and pledged ar
ticles must be kept three years.
With such examples. past and pres
ent, before them, no American states
man has ever moved to legislate the
american pawnshop into a beneficent
institution.
Apparently the thing liz too low,
too far down to be seen.
He that hunbleth himself for the
humble in the council chamber of the
great shall be blessed of the people.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Lovett Finds West in
Estate of Hesitancy"
Despite Signs Of Prosperity, He De
clares the Business Interests
Are Still waiting"

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-R. S. Low
EFT, chairman of the Union Pacific
Railroad, declared upon his return
from a six weeks tour of inspection
that, despite the signs of prosperity
in the West, there is a feeling of
hesitancy entertained by business in
terests.
This is very prominently indicated
in the decided falling off in lumber
traffic" said Judge Lovett. THE
sugar beet industry representatives
say they must wait to see what eff
feet the removal OF the tariff will
have. They do not believe the in
dustry will be crushed, but are very
sure the grower will have to accept
a lower price for his beets, and 1t is
doubtful whether the consumer will
pay much lower price for the sugar.
The wool growers. another big factor
in our traffic, are in just the same
position They are going to walt"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
THE USE OF
CHRISTMAS CARDS

Never in the history of the develop
ment of social customs have Christ
mas Cards been so much used as they
are to-day.
The custom is almost universal and
is extending each year; a fact that Is
natural when II is remembered that
his Is the least expensive and most
delicate means of conveying our
share in the sum total Of Christmas
happiness.
While ready made cards for this
occasion are offered for sale at many
places, these are not so much In
demand now as those which are
specially engraved. Cards for Christ
mas Greeting" should express ones
individual taste in as great degre-
as a cordial personal greeting, and
this can only be accomplished
through the medium of a card en-
graved in accordance with your own
taste in arranrNmc~t and artistic eff
feet.
The most satisfactory results can
be obtained by consulting the J. p.
Stevens Engraving Co. a Whitehall
street, Atlanta, who will send sam
pies Of the very latest styles-send
to-day so that the work can be made
up for you in ample ums.-AdX.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Georgia Farms Face
Shortage Of Seed
All Varieties Finding Ready Buyers
and Demonstrators Dispose of
Their Entire Supply.

ATHENS, Nov. 15.-Reports from
farm demonstration agents reveal that
there is widespread shortage in various
kinds OF seeds which the farmer wants
to plant this fall. Good rust-proof seed
oats are not to be had in some places.
Many farmers have sown vetch this fall
and many more would have had they
been able to buy IL. Burr clover, which
Is not an uncommon crop. is not found
on the markets in Georgia and a great
number OF farmers who had counted on
sowing 1t, have had to walt until the
seed can be had.
A fancy for crimson clover has been
strongly developed in sections Of Geor-
gia this fall, but not all the farmers who
would have sown could find the seed.
Good seeds OF every kind have found
ready buyers In Georgia this fall. indi-
eating that high priced cotton Is not
weaving the farmers away from their
purpose to diversity their crops.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16


AS America has the loosest and
therefore the worst currency methods
OF any first-class power, SO it has
the most disgraceful pledgeshop
system" In the world. In this coun-
try the temporarily and the perma-
nently poverty-stricken are at the
mercy Of usury that Is unparalleled In
history and that has no counterpart
anywhere on the globe.
There has come to hand the annual
report for tho 1918 period of the
Monte de Piete of Paris.
1t is strictly official document that
must be dry as dust to the average
reader since It Is made up OF dull
tables and cold statistics showing re-
ceipts and expenditures, the former
amounting to 1897 392 francs, q
surprising revenue for a pawnshop in
one city of thrifty France. But back
OF the bare rows OF figures Is a story
by which America should profit.
Government Owns Pawnshop.
lie Monte de Piete OF Parts is a
pawnshop owned, controlled and man
aged by the Federal Government OF
France. The Government reserves to
itself the pledge shop business In the
French capital The institution Is
constituted OF tho chief heads, three
divisional quarters and 20 branches.
The general, or active manager Is ap-
pointed by the President of the Re
public. He in turn Ia supervised by
board governor made up of the
Civil Governor of the Paris District,
the Chief of Police, three Aldermen
and four Representatives OF the
Chamber OF Deputies.
All employees. appraisers, clerks
and bookkeepers are selected by the
Civic Governor. The maximum rate
Of interest is per cent per annum
and the profits of the establishment
are divided among the charitable in
stitutions of Paris. Everybody Is a
welcome borrower. for the shop will
advance money on anything from
Government bonds TO pair of wooden
socks. In every instance as much as
possible Is lent on the article offered
for hypothecation.
Kinder Than Wise.
AS a rule, the Government is a
kinder than wise aunt" (the French
equivalent for our "uncleD, hence the
net receipts for yearly distribution
among eleemosynary institutions are
not as large as they might be.
Paris authorities mix sentiment
with business in this matter. They
know the poor and the poor's miser-
les, so they stretch several points to
be helpful In all dire cases OF which
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
.U.S. CORN CROP .
S1,741,353,019
ARECORD VALUE
Falls 500,0OO,000 Bushels Be-.
low 1912 Observation-Disclosures
Cost 24c More a BushsA

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Based Cd
the Department of Agricultures est
mate of TOT cents bushel, this years
corn crop, although some 500, 900, 900
bushels below last years record outs
put, will be the most valuable ever
produced. 1t will be worth s1,741,-
35S,o19, against $3.50, Asa. 900 in 1914
Crop progress reports issued to-day
by the Department show an increase
of 100000 bushels of corn ovey
prospects of October l. Further in
creases are expected in next months
final estimate. Drouth damage hit
Kansas hardest, with a reduction Of
1913 bushels per acre. compared with
last year, while Missouri's yield peg
acre shrank from 80 bushels, in 1917
to 17.5 bushels now.
Buckwheat totals IA, ASS, 900 bushels
against 19,249,OOO bushels last yean
but it will bring 755 cents per bushel.
just 10 cents per bushel moro than
1912.
Potatoes will cost "a cents a
bushel more, while the yield is ga
$4,000 bushels less than last year.
but the quality may compensate
partly, with 1913 per cent.
This year a measured bushel Of
wheat will be 58,6 pounds, compared
with $50 pounds in 1912, while tbs
price-one of the few which is less
than last year's-is II cents pep
bushel, against S3.S cents the pre-.
vious year.
Oats Will bring 37.s cents a bushel
against 1876 cents, while q bushes
will be lighter by nine tenths of a
pound. Barley has gone up, accord
ing to estimates, 9 cents per bushel
while rye will cost cents less than
last year.
Hay, which yielded 63,46O.00 tons
compared with 1851 900 tons last
year, will command a price of $122t
per ton, against $11.80.
Even tobacco has dwindled to 903-.
$4,000 pounds from last years fig
ures of 962 ,S55, 900 pounds, although
the yield per acre was 1898 pounds,
against 1855 pounds last year and
S24 pounds as the ten-year average
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
FISHER TELLS
REASONS FOR
BOND DECLINE
Increasing Demand for New Cap
itaI and Diminishing Supply
Causes Market to Sag.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Deputy
Comptroller Edmund D. Fisher de-
clares the most discouraging factor
in municipal financing, or in any type
of financing during the past few
years, has been the rather steady de-
cline in the price Of high grade bonds
from causes entirely apart from con-
siderations involving the credit of in
dividual cities or individual corpora
tons. Mr.. Fisher said this tendency
has been caused by the increasing
demand for new capital and its di-
minishing supply. 1T is expressed"
he asserted, "by high interest rates,
high commodity prices, and lower Sc
curity values. Fundamentally, it has
been caused by a lessening volume Of
production and a waste of surplus
capital Relatively, prices also have
been affected by the conversion of
fixed forms Of investment, through
banking loans, into check currency,
thus increasing the spending tenden-
cy, with it's corresponding effect on
prices.
Legislation Will Aid.
Correction of these difficulties in
the United States will come in part
from the passage Of pending legis-
lation. The reserve plan of the pres
ent national bank act, although it has
developed the time and call money
market for the investment banker,
has also tended to bring frequent
periods of restriction in his business.
The investment banker Is primarily
interested in the continuity of good
business in the reasonable stability
of prices and In giving satisfaction
to his customers. Present practice
brings him none of these desirable ell
ements.
THE Glass Owen bill will not pre-
vent the investment banker from bor-
rowing money on securities during
the time they are in his hands for
placement with the ultimate investor,
but will remove the tendency to slim
ulate prices through a plethoric
money market. Under the influence
Of the new credit and currency law,
which gives fairer opportunities for
the development of business enter
prises throughout the country, there
will come increased wealth and new
opportunities for the investment
banker. This will come through a
broadening demand for investment
securities, and municipal bonds will
again take the place they once held
In the investment market"
Length of Issue of Securities.
Discussing the length Of issue OF
municipal securities, Mr.. Fisher said
in part: There is much to be said
in favor of financing loans required
for public improvements on a short
time basis in anticipation of future
bond sales if these notes do not cover
period of more than one year. This
principle was recently adopted by
Comptroller Pendergast of New
York. Short-time notes of this char
acter usually can be negotiated at low
rates Of interest so that money for
public improvements can frequently
be obtained In advance of bond sale
at lower rates Of interest than the
bonds themselves would carry
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Compensation Act
Is Expected to Pass
Justice TO the Workmen viii 30
Secured, Declares Senator
Sutherland, OF Utah

WASHINGTON. Nov 15.-The en-
actment by Congress OF national
workmen's compensation act by De-
cember l is the firm expectation of
Senator Sutherland, OF Utah, chair
man OF the Commission on Employ
ers' Liability and Worlmen's Com
pensation Laws
Passage of such a measure was
held up by the last Congress through
the adjournment OF that body while
the Senate was dlckering over some
House amendments to the bill. The
legislation had been previously
passed three to one.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Ve,us by Experts of Finance Industry Crops and Commerce
Light Buying by Spinners
Tends to Aid Cotton Bears
Extensive Long Interests Can Not Withstand
Attacks and Margin Calls-'Spots" Firm.

MEMPHIS, Nov. 15.-with wealth
er relegated to the background as an
influence affecting the price of cot
ton and the traders unable to agree
as to the probable size of the crop,
there has been a disposition during
tors. Much concern has been felt
in some quarters as to the outcome
OF the Mexican situation, although
many people think this has been
more an excuse than a cause for the
bearishness among the speculative
element. While it is felt generally
that the situation is serious and
fraught with much trouble, few peo-
pie have believed that there was dan
ger of hostilities or that 1t was O
matter to give concern to business or
trade interests. The fact that the
spinners have been buying only mod
erately Of the actual has been more
help to the reactionists.
One big factor in the reaction Of
prices to level about Sc a bale from
the seasons highest was the tech
meal condition of the market. An
extensive long interest had accumu-
lated, much of 1t held by people not
III pOSlllOll W Wllilnldiiu ~
tacks and large margin calls. The
wave Of pess!mism that spread
throughout a considerable part of
the business world, centering large
ly in the big money centers, encour-
aged liquidation by these interests.
The issuance of some bearish crop
estimates and the coming of the CEN
sus figures on ginning larger than
expected. or indicated by the private
estimates, added to the reaction and
caused the spinners to adhere to their
waiting attitude. Having bought
freely since the season opened, they
were in position to bide their time
and give the market a test, even
though the experiment prove little
costly.
Spot Holders Not Scared.
The holders of spots and the pro-
ducers, however did not take fright
at the markets reactionary tendency
and the spot centers did not reflect
a willingness to quit the fight and
turn over their unsold crop at what
ever prices were offered. The heavy
movement and the attractive price
naturally induced much selling. but
one of the main factors in checking
the decline and causing some re-
bound from the lowest levels was the
independence shown by the pro-
ducers. Having sold so freely al
ready, and at prices that turned loose
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

vast sums for relieving financial OBJ
legations, something like 100000
bales having been marketed at an
average price of about IS cents
pound, or SOS bale. the farmer was
not between the mill stones of ne
cessity. Moreover, he. was not over
awed by the enlarged crop estimates,
which were accepted so readily by
the professional speculative element
Also he could not see why the spin
ming world should have been so badly
fooled as to the probable supply and
needs as to have bought so freely al
very high prices and then suddenly
quit buying when a few crop guessers
announced their belief In a yield Of
100000 or more bales. The facts
were largely against such a view.
Short Crop Expected.
The actual figures as to the move
ment Of the crop from field to mar
ket and from thence to the mills point
undeniably to belief on the mart Of
the spinners in the supply being well
below normal requirements. There
has been no year when spinners have
taken so rapidly of the crop, and the
strength shown to date indicates that
there Is room for doubling that the
price discounts the shortage, provided
there is not mistaken basis in con-
sidering supply and demand. The
next few weeks will perhaps see crop
ideas pretty we'll settled, for the next
ginning report and the Governments
cumulative estimate will tend to
clarity the situation. Then the course
of prices will revolve largely around
the general state of trade over the
world and the policy of spinners as to
huyino their needs
About the middle Of the week there
seemed a tendency to turn from the
extreme estimates encouraged by ad-
vices from many directions telling Of
rapid progress in picking and the
small amount left, and 1t had its eff
feet on speculat tive sentiment.
Another thing that contributed
somewhat to the covering by some of
the traders who had sold short was
the intimation that the committee of
the New York Cotton Exchange, hav-
ing in charge the fixing Of grade
differences for contract deliveries,
would in its report, due November
10, increase penalties on the lower
grades, thus lessening the chance OF
using them as a hammer for depress-
ing contract prices. In view of the
large proportion Of low grades in the
crop and the domination of the New
York contract market over sentiment
the report Of the committee may
prove quite important.