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Real and Fictitious Cotton.
Greenville people who were pres
ent at the address of Senator Dial
yesterday heard for the first tJme a
clear and full [ explanation of the
cotton futures act which he has
championed vigorously for many
months. Reduced to simple terms,
the argument for the bill is very
well summarized in these para
graphs :
In 1920 there were grown in the
United States 13,340,000 bales of
cotton, and there were contracts
sold on the New York and New Or
leans exchanges alone for 128,907,
500 bales, and during that time the
actual number of bales delivered
were 267,700 in New York and 106,
600 bales.in New Orleans. This is
outside of the exchanges at Liver
pool, Bremen, Havre, and other
places. It is probable that every bale
grown in the United States was sold
on an average of twenty-five times
over before it reached the consumer.
We all admit that over-produc
tion depresses the price of a com
modity; this being true, does not
overselling have the same effect?
Why should cotton fluctuate from $1
to $10 per bale in a single day?
Goods sold at wholesale are sold on
sample. Would any sensible person
give as much for a contract for any
commodity which could be delivered
in 10 grades or classes, not know
ing which of the i0 he would receiv?,
as he would give provided he knew
exact quality he would get? For ex
ample: Suppose there were only 10
grades of hats or shoes allowed to be
traded in by law and. that contracts
had to be on basis of the middle
grade, with the right to the seller,
to select all the quantity in qualities
he desired, would anyone give value
for that kind of a contract? The
proposition within itself is an abso
lute absurdity. The present law is a
plan ,or a system, or a scheme, or a
method which deprives the grower
of a tremendous proportion of the
value of every pound of cotton he
raises. By allowing this law to con
tinue, Congress is unknowingly ar
rayed on the side of the bear against
the producer. The present law is a
great improvement over the former
euctom. Under that custom anyone
of 32 grades were tenderable; this
law reduced the number to 10. I am
not comolainino" aiha?* tv.? t~a-?
_ must be said to its
shame.
Tn other words, Senator Dial
would have real cotton distinguished
from fictitious cotr.on on the ex
changes. He takes the position that
cotton should be no more of a gamb
ling dice than coal, iron, steel and
wool, which are not traded in. To the
objection offered that his law would
injure the exchanges he replies that
"if the exchanges cs.n not exist un
der this kind of law, "hey can retire."
Senator Dial is earnest and cour
ageous in pressing his bill against
the bitterest kind of opposition. Wes
tern senators who have recently
freed grain from depressing ex
change gambling are supporting him
better than are Southern senators.
He believes that if he had the co
operation of other Southern senators
he would encounter little difficulty
in having the statute enacted. He
tells his colleagues that if the law is
rot perfect he will readily withdraw
it in favor of a better one which
they shall propose.
The News believes the people of
South Carolina can be of valuable
assistance to Senator Dial in the
-work he is trying to do for Southern
cotton farmers by reading the pro
posed statute thoroughly, thinking
about it,, and, if they consider it a
good measure, lendtig their influence
and enthusiasm in getting it passed,
There is no question that gambling
in fictitious cotton has a deleterious
effect upon the real commodity. Sen
ator Dial appears to be on the right
track to correct the evil. The News
hopes every reader of this paper will
secure from Senator Dial a copy of
the bill and read it carefully. It took
exactly 30 years to ge'; the last cot
ton exchange reform through con
gress. It will take that long to effect
the reform proposed by Senator Dial
unless the people exhibit enough in
terest to inform themselves of the
cuntents of the bill.-Greenville
News.
Farmers of Edgefield county
should sow a large acreage in wheat
and oats. We can supply them with
seed wheat, Texas, Appier and Ful
ghum oats at reasonable prices.
. EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE CO.
Joe W. Tolbert Takes Office
as U. S. Marshal.
Joseph W. Tolbert; Republican
National Committeeman for South
Carolina, yesterday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock, took oath of office as
United States marshal for the Wes
tern District of South Carolina and
immediately took charge of the of
fice.. Mr. Tolbert was recently ap
pointed to the office by President
Warren G. Harding during a recess
of Congress and will hold the office
at least until the next session of the
U. S. senate.
C. J. Lyon, Jr., who was a deputy
under his father, tendered his resig
nation yesterday, immediately after
Mr. Tolbert had taken the oath of
office. Young Mr. Lyon has, for
some time, held the position of depu
ty marshal under his father.
The appointment by the President
was read yesterday afternoon in the
federal court room and then the oath
of office. After Mr. Tolbert had tak
en the oath Judge Watkins made a
brief talk introducing him into the
"Family of the Federal Court of the
Fourth District of South Carolina."
Judge Watkins stated that family
spirit had always featured the court
and that now tnat he was a member
of that family the court expects, his
hearty cooperation. Judge Watkins
paid a tribute, to Former Marshal
Lyon, in stating that during his term
fo office the cooperation from that
department with the court had been
perfect in every detail.
In his talk to Mr. Tolbert Judge
Watkins emphasized the fact that the
business of the court here was an
nually increasing and now more than
ever was coopeiation with the mar
shal's office necessary. The district
judge added "we have labored in
the past to increase the dignity of
this court and it has been, and is,
our aim to make it a court where ev
ery man may find refuge and jus
tice."
"Well, I'm really here," said Mr.
Tolbert yesterday, "and I intend to
do all in my power to make the 4th
district a good marshall. Eventually
all of the old force will go. One has
already said that he intended resign
ing and I believe two more expect
to leave shortly. There are now four
in the office and two are doing field
work. I have not definitely decided
I lust -"'ti" T --..*?.
uusmess could be wound up.
Under the law Tolbert's original
nomination died with the expiration
of the last session of Congress, and
in the ordinary course, would have
to be resubmitted to the senate. It is
taken for granted that President
Harding will send Tolbert's nomina
tion t o the senate in the next term
of congress. If the senate again fails
to reject the appointment Tolbert
will automatically s/e'rve )until the
end of the session, meantime draw
ing his salary and exercising all the
powers and authority of his office.
Should the senate fail to take any
action the nomination will die, but
President Harding may continue him
in office by another recess appoint
ment.
President Harding's action in re
fusing to give the judiciary commit
tee an opportunity to report on the
charges against Tolbert and in has
tening to put him cn the payroll has
promoted a good deal of comment in
political circles. Il; is Believed that
this attempt of the President to vin
dicate a Republican National Com
mitteeman and give him a berth at
the same time, while grave accusa
tions against him were still without
criticism when the senate shall have
reconvened.
Tolbert is the oldest and one of
the most influential members of the
Republican National Committee, al
though the representative of a
Southern state where Republicans
are a small minority. He has been for
years a conspicuous figure in Repub
lican national conventions, in which
he usually controlled a considerable
number of negro . Republican dele
gates.-Greenville News.
Delicacies in Season.
We want the Edgefield housewives
to know that we are headquarters in
Edgefield for all of tie season's deli
cacies.
We carry a well selected stock of
fresh fruit such as Bananas, Apples,
Oranges, Grape Fruit, Grapes, Cel
ery, and Cranberries.
Selected Norfolk Oysters, nothing
finer on the market, by express every
week. Choice mackerel and imported
canned goods of all kinds.
Come in to see us or send us your
orders.
EDGEFIELD FRUIT CO. I
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS Of WAR
25,000 Disabled Ex-Service Men
in Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS' FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention of Sym- .
pathetic Workers.
When on November ll the world!
halts to observe the fourth anniver
sary of Armistice Day, and the Ameri
can Red Cross inaugurates Its Annual
Roll Call for the enrollment of ths
1923 membership, the people of the
United States may well pause to thiner
of the unparalleled contribution to the
cause o' . eace made by our Army and
Navy In the World War. The glory of
It is a common tradition; but t?e
wounds of war remain. They are not
healed In a day, in a year, nor In four
years. And on Armistice Day there
will be under treatment In Government
hospitals over 25,000 ex-service men,
broken physically by wounds, expo
sure, nervous strain and exhaustion
Incident to their service In the war.
The Government without ?tint ls un
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
ical care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care is a duty of the
Red, Cross. Why? Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases of
ex-service men individually; lt must
handle these men In bulk under a
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority, the funds
or the equipment for working out the
problem of the individual man. There
is where the American Red Cross
finds its greatest field for service, aid
ing through its very active Chapters
In reaching the disabled man with Im
mediate practical help, assisting his
family while his claim ls emerging from
the process of adjustment, furnishing
articles of comfort, funds to tide over
the difficult periods, the friendly touch
of personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry-dispelling amuse
ment. It ls the warm hand of sym
pathy and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority of these disabled ex-service
men, some of them friendless in the
whirl of life, thousands of them with ?
wives and children dependent upon
them- ? *>TH1 I?HB4W"'- ?'-u>'>T fwuHiMf.
mg my, 2,679 Cha"p??rsln all parts of
the country are engaged. This is 350
more than were working for -ex-service
men last year when approximately
$10,000.000 was expended by the Na
tional Organization ana the Chapters
working together In harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated $3,030,
6G2.90, an increase of $365,560.84 over
the amount spant for the work among
ex-service men in the year ended June
30 last. Since It is estimated that the
Chapters will expend close to $7,000,
0OD from their own funds, the, grand
tor.al of Red Cross expenditures for
th!".s single work is expected again to
reach the $10,000,000 mark by June 30,
19:23.
Hospital and District Office Work
. t During the fiscal year a total of over
li,000 persons, paid and volunteer, has
been engaged in Red Cross duty In
hospitals or district offices of the U. S.
Veterans' Bureau. An average of 8,000
new cases requires definite and par
ticular attention each month. The de
mand for Chapter-made articles for
hospital patients is constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quarters . handled 37,200 compensation
.nd Insurance claims, 24,560 allotment
tad. allowance cases, and 9,700 miscel
laneous claims. Since February, 1919,
lt has disposed of 64,174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Fost Office Department reported unde
liverable.
... The Chapter Is the unit of the Red
Cross organization which is accessible
to every disabled veteran or his fam
ily. Between July 1,1921, and June 30,
1922, the Chapters had reported* 1,665,
079 Instances of service to Vx-service
men and their dependents, at a cost
estimated from reports now at hand of
more than $5,340,000.
The basis of this far-reaching work
of the Red Cross is the individual
needs of the disabled veteran to the
end that he may obtain his rights un
der the law, that his especial wants
may be immediately supplied, that his
own and his family's situation may be
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
their outlook for the future may
visualize Incentives for independent
and fruitful effort.
Spread Christmas Joy Abroad
More than 100,000 Christmas boxes
for the children of Central Europe
were packed by the Junior Red Cross
last year. The spread of Christmas
joy through these boxes will be largely
increased this year because of the
plans already under way.
Your Peace-Time "Bit"
Not "all you can," but your "blt,"
$1, makes for strength of the Ameri
can Red Cross In peace-time service.
Strength in nuumbers multiplies serv
ice. Join today.
Noticie of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and
County Officers will be held at the
voting precincts prescribed by law in
said county, on Tuesday, November
7, 1922, said day being Tuesday fol
lowing the first Monday in Novem
ber, as prescribed by the State Con
stitution.
The qualifications for suffrage:
Managers of election require of
every elector offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him to vote,
the production of his registration
certificate and proof of the payment
of all taxes", including poll tax, as
sessed against him and collectible du
ring the previous year. The produc
tion of a certificate or of the receipt
of the officer authorized to collect
such taxes, shall be conclusive proof
of the payment thereof.
Section 237, Code, of 1912, as
amended - by Act No. 6, special ses
sion of 1914.
Section 237. There shall be three
separate and distinct ballots, as fol
lows: One ballot for Representatives
in Congress; and one ballot for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, State
officers, Circuit Solicitors, members
of the House of Representatives,
State Senator, county officers, and
one ballot for all Constitutional
amendments and special questions,
each of three said boxes to be ap
propriately labelled; which ballots
shall be of plain white papers and
?of such width and length as to con
tain the names of the officer or offi
cers and question or questions to be
voted for or upon, clear and even
cut, without ornament, designation,
mutilation, symbol or ma^k < * any
kind whatsoever, except the name or
names of the person or persons voted
for and the office to which such per
son or persons are intended to be
chosen, and all special questions
which name or names, office or of
fices, question or questions shall be
written cr printed or partly written
or partly printed- thereon in black
ink; and such ballot shall be so fold
ed as to conceal the name or names,
question or questions thereon, and so
folded, shall be deposited in a box
to be constructed, kept and disposed
of as herein nrovidid-J??-3- -J
voter may indicate ms vote uy strm.-1
ing out one or the other of such
words on said ballot, the word not
so stricken out to be counted.
Before the hour fixed for Opening
the polls, Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe the Constitution
al oath. The Chairman oi the Board
of Managers can administer the oath
to the other members and to the
Clerk; a Notary Public must admin
ister the oath to the other members
and to the Clerk; a Notary Public
must administer the oath to the
Chairman. The Managers elect their
Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed
at 4 o'clock p. m. except in the City
of Charleston where they shall be
opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6
p. m.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can ap
point from among the qualified vo
ters, the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerks must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and con
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make a state
ment of the result for each office and
sign the same. Within three days
thereafter, the Chairman of the
Board, must deliver to the Commis
sioners of Election the poll list, the '
boxes containing the ballots and
written statements of the results of :
the election.
At the said election qualified elec
tors will vote upon the adoption or \
rejection of amendments to the State 1
Constitution, as provided in the fol
lowing Joint Resolutions:
A Joint Resolution to Amend Ar- '.
tide X of the Constitution, so as to !
Authorize the Town of Greer to As
sess Abutting Property for Perma- ]
nent Improvements. 1
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5 of Article XVII of the Consti- i
tution Empowering the General As- j
sembly to Regulate.the Printing for 1
the State. - ]
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5, Article X, of the Constitution
Relating to the Limit of the Bonded
Debt of School Districts, by Adding I
a Proviso Thereto as to the Due
West School District No 38, Abbe
ville County.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 7, of Article VIII and Section 5
of Article X or the Constitution, 60
as to Exempt the City of Beaufort
from the Provisions Thereof.
A Joint 'Resolution to Amend
Paragraph 5, Article X of the Con
stitution Relating to Bonded Indebt
edness of Counties, Townships,
School Districts, etc., by Adding a
Proviso as to the County of Beau
fort.
A Joint Resolution to Propose an
Amendment to Article X of the Con
stitution by Adding Thereto a Sec
tion" to -be Known as Section 13-A,
Empowering County Authorities to
Assess Abutting Property for Per
manent Improvement of Highways.
The proviso of said Section shall ap
ply only to Beaufort county.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5 and ?, Article X, of the Con
stitution, Relating to the Limit of
the Bonded 'Debt of Townships, by
Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the
Township of Christ Church Parish,
Charleston County, . S. C., as now
Constituted Embracing in Area pf
said Township the Town of Mount
Pleasant,- S. C.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5, Article 10 of the- Constitu
tion Relating to Limit of the Bonded
Debt of School Districts by Adding
a Proviso Thereto, as to School Dis
trict No. 10, Cherokee County.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5, Article X of the Constitution
Relating to the Limit of the Bonded
Debt of School Districts by Adding
a Proviso Thereto as to the School
District of the City of Florence in
Florence .County, S. C. ,
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 7, Article VIII of the Constitu
tion, Relating to Municipal Bonded
Indebtedness, J)y Adding a Proviso
Thereto as to the City of George
town.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion 5 of Article XI of the Constitu
tion Relating to the Formation of
School Districts, etc., by adding a
Proviso as' to Certain School Dis
tricts in Pickens County
A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec
tion VII or Article VIII, and Section
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tne rrovisions inereoi.
The following Managers of Elec
tion have been appointed to hold the
election at the various precincts in
the said County:
Bacon: J. B. Yonce, Cole Berry,
E. N. Smith, W. H. Smith, Clerk.
Polling place,, Store of J. M. Yonce.
Colliers: Joe Hammond, Crafton
Hammond, John Mathis, Murphey
Miller, Clerk. Store of Tuck Mathis.
Edgefield No. 1.: W. J. Duncan,
W. L. Dunovant, Jr., D. J. LaGrone,
J. H. Nicholson, Clerk. Evans' Of
fice.
Edgefield No. 2 : J. W. Kemp, T. A.
Hightower, W: W. Adams, S. B.
Mays, Clerk, Court House.
Johnston: J. W. Cox, W .E. La
Grone, M. W. Crouch, John Wright,
Clerk. Lott-Walker Store.
Long Branch: L. C. Clark, W. L.
Rutland, D. C. Derrick, L. S. Yonce,
Clerk. L. C. .Clark's Store. '
Meeting Street: W. M. Ransom, E.
G. Lewis, J. M. Bell, J. K. Allen,
Clerk. T. A. Owdom's Store.
Meriwether: F. B. Barker, T. B.
Harley, Dr. J. T. Reese, J. H. Mathis,
Clerk. Meriwether Hall.
Moss: T. P. Morgan, W. A. Reel,
R. C. Griffis. D. 0. Brunson, Clerk.
West and Williams Store.
Pleasant Lane: N. F. Manly, E. M.
Timmerman, Whit Harling, M .B.
Byrd, Clerk. F. L. Timmerman's
Store.
Red Hill: C. F. Mathis, 0. 0. Tim
merman, Lewis Eubanks, R. M.
Johnson, Clerk. Red Hill Store.
Ropers: W. D. Lanham, F. F.
Rainsford, W. J. Lanham, J. D. Bos
well, Clerk. Boswell's Store.
Rock Hill: R. D. Seigler, E. C.
Winn, John Press Sullivan, J. D.
Hughey, Clerk. Residence of J. C. C.
Seigler.
Trenton : T. P. Salter, J. R. Smith,
Ed Harrison, James D. Mathis, Sr.,
Clerk. Store of J. D. Mathis, Sr.
The Managers at each precinct
lamed above are requested to dele
gate one of their number to secure
loxes and blanks for the election at
Edgefield on Saturday, November 4.
S. B. NISHOLSON,
Chairman.
C. A. GRD7FIN.
3om. of State nad County Election
for Edgefield County.
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
i COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for Representatives
in Congress will be held at the vot
ing precincts fixed by law ih the
County of Edgefield on Tuesday, No
vember 7, 1922, said day being Tues
day following the first Monday, as
prescribed by the State Constitution.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in State for'two years,
in the County one year, in the poling
precinct in which the elector offers
to vote, four months, and the pay
ment six months before any election
of any poll tax then due and payable.
Provided, That ministers in charge
of an organized church and teachers
of public schools shall be entitled to
vote after six months' residence in
the State, otherwise qualified.
Registration-Payment of all tax
es, including poll tax, assessed and
collectible during the previous year.
The production of a certificate or the
receipt of the officer authorized to
collect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
iake and subscribe to the Constitu
tional oath. The Chairman of ?he
Board of Managers can administei
the oath to the other Managers anr
to the Clerk; a Notary Public must
administer the oath to Chairm?n.
The Managers elect their Chairman
and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed
at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at 7 a. m. and closed at
6 p. m. i
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy; and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can ap
point from among the qualified vot
ers, the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must- proceed
I publicly to open the ballot box and
count the ballots therein, and con
tinue without adjournment until
the same is completed, and make a
.io***-- -nt of the result for ?each of
1 sign the same. Within three
?reafter, the Chairm?n of the^
or some one designated by
.rd, must deliver to the Com
?rs of Election the poll list,
I containing the ballots and
statements of the result of
..tion.
Managers of Election-The fol
lowing Managers of Election have
been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the said
county:
Timmerman-G. W. Scott, G. L.
Salter, W. P. Rutland.
Cheatham's Store-H. H. Wil
liams, J. H. Seiler, C. A. Cheatham.
Johnston-H. S. Rhoden, J. W.
Bledsoe, W. P.Cassell.
n Mathis-H. W. McKie, T. A. Ad
ams, T. C. Mathis.
Trenton-W. H. Moss, Wallace W.
Wise, Lt. D. Eidson.
Meriwether Hall-H. F. Cooper,
R. W. Glover, Walter Stephens.
Edgefield No 1-W. H. Bee, J. W.
Morgan, J. W. Peak.
Edgefield No. 2-Otis Lamb, W. S.
Adams, L. T. May.
Roper---S. W. Miller, J. W. Mun
dy, W. D. Lanham.
Meeting Street-J. R. Blocker, J.
F. Payne, G. Boyd Timmerman.
Bacon-O. W. Wright, J. H. Bouk
night, Gamewell Smith, Jr.
Pleasant Lane-W. L. Winn, J.
E. Reynolds, G. R. Mayson.
Red Hill-T. A. Williams, J. Boyd
Holmes, L. J. McClendon.
The managers may appoint a
clerk. Managers will delegate one of
their number to come for boxes and
tickets on Saturday, November 4th.
W. W. FULLER,
Chairman.
J. F. PAYNE,
J. D. HUGHEY.
Commissioners of Federal Election
for Edgefield County.
Lombard
Foundry, Machine, Boiler
Works and Mill Supply
House
AUGUSTA GEORGIA
Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane,
Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and
Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers,
Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and
Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing
Hose, etc Cast every day,
GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
ENGINES
Pumping, Wood Sawing end Feed
Grinding Outfits.
