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WAR DEPARTMENT WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL GUARD OF S. C. Taking Umbrage at Attitude of Qov. Blease, General Mills Gives Notice That Annual Appropriation for South Carolina Will be Withdrawn. Blease Says He is Glad of it. Columbia, June 24.?Taking um barge in tiie attitudes of Governor Blease, the United States war department has withdrawn all Federal aid from the organized militia of South Caro lina and the plans for encamping the three regln: Mils Mils summer may have to bo abandoned. Funds for this purpose; conic out of the allotment of Federal aid to this st:::o. amounting to about $75,000 yearly, and the taking away of this money leaves nothing for payment of the encampment expenses. Seccrtnry of War Lindlcy M. Garri son notilicd Governor Bleaso by letter or the Withdrawal of the Federal funds from the South Carolina militia, and Hrig. Gen. Mills telegraphed the same information to Ad.it. Gen. Moore, say ing this action was taken because of the "attitude of the Governor of your State toward enforcement of Federal militia law." "This announcement Is very pleas ant to me." replied Governor Blease to Secretary Garrison. "1 fought tho Dick law when 1 was in the Senate and nothing gives mo more" pleasure than to soc South Carolins relieved of its iniquitous provisions." In u dictated Interview be said the Legis lature would probably repeal the Dick law and he would sing "Hallelu jah, praise the Lord! South Carolina is once again free from the domination of Yankee uniforms and once more In control of her own State militia." Adjt. (Jen. Moore refused to make any comment on the following mat ter. The following is a copy of the tele gram from Gen. Mills to Adjt. Gen. Moore: Wire From Gen. Mills. "Washington, 1). C, June 23, 1913. "Adjutant General, South Carolina, Columbia, S. C: In accordance with action of war department this date, taken In consequence of attitude of Governor of your State toward en forcement of Federal militia law, as expressed in his letters of May "> and 27 to you, and of June 11 to Secre tary of War, no further Federal as sistance, either in personnel or equip ment, will be afforded the organized lilitifl of your State. n*>r will further expenditure of Federal funds in hands of disbursing officer be authorized by Flee rotary of War except to cover such obligations as may have been already incurred and appro' by Secretary of War. Requisition for property now on hand in militia division is disap proved and no further roqusillon Will bo honored. This information is tele graphed to you in connection with plans for oncampmcnl of South Caro lina organized militia this summer In order that you may be guided by such t> Icgram and act accordingly. Dis bursing offlcor has been informed of action by war department, Mills, "Chief Division Militia Affairs." G?vernor Mease's Comment, Governor Bloaso was handed a copy rrf- the Mills telegram and asked what lit! though! of it. The Governor re plied : 1 f^lli is whal T 'nave bet n wanting for sometime. I fought the Dick law in the Senate. 1 believed the State ?vvas unwjse in adopting It and I be lieve the wisdom of my fighl ngninst it .has boon shown. The law Is ah In fornnl mess, and I have been making b continuous light since Itj adoption bore to gol it off my State. I believe this will certainly open the ??yes of (ho Legislature and thai at their 110X1 eosalon they wili repeal the Dick law. When that shall have been done I will have won a struggle 1 avo been mak ing for several years, and truly I shall Mng. 'Hallelujah, praise the Lord; south Carolina is once again free from the domination of Yankee uniforms, and once more In control of her own State militia.' "As to the matter of the encamp tments, I don't know whether this will affect them or not, but If it does I am satisfied the young militiamen of South Carolina would rather not have an encampment than to be bossed by Yankees In their own State organlzn ' lion." IHeaso to Secretary of War. The following letter was writt? n Secretary of War Garrison by tho Governor: ""Columbia, S. c., June 24, 19HI. ?lion Lindley m. Garrison, Secre tary of War, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:?1 am in receipt of your letter of Juno 23, in which you state: "After careful consideration of your communication (letter of June lit I am forced to the c onclusion that you leave the war department no other course to pursue than to withdraw all Federal assistance to tho organ!/.) 1 militia of South Carolina. And it Is with great regret that I have to In form you that such action will he Im mediately taken."' "This nnnoucemcnt is very pleasant to mo. 1 fought this Dick hill when I was In the Senate nad 1 have seen the wisdom of my opposition since, and nothing gives me more pleasure than to see South Carolina relieved from its Iniquitous pro\ isions. "Thanking you on behalf of myself. I am, "Very respect fully, "Colo Ij. I'lease, Governor." BLBASE ISSUES STATEMENT. Says He has no A]>ol?gIcs to Make to "Yankee Gen. Mills or to anybody else. Gen. Moore's C<>nimcnt. Columbia. June, 2S.?Returing today from Abbeville, whore he attended the Firemen's tourney. Governor Blcnso issued a* statement regarding the war department wit hdarwing ali support from the militia of South Carolina, which in part is as follows. "in my opinion this whole matter Is 'making a mountain out of a mole hill'. The Adjutant Gcnornl, when he had finished bis inspection, made a report to me, in which he recommended that 1 muster out of service el >vc n compa nies for IntfllCioncy. This I most pos sltlvely refused to do, and 1 do not now propose to do so, to pleas) any bdy. "After that some question came up as to the distribution of some funds. The military board was Called together and after discussing til t mater and bearing both sides, the brigad ?? ? gen eral, Hon. Willie Jones, who has. he. n in the military service for 10 years Col Julius E. Cogswell, who h ... uo< n In tho service since his childhood, and who is known to bo cur- of tho most thoroughly posted military men In the State, and the Governor of the State, voted to pay this money. I know that I Cen Jones and Col Cogswell love Gio militia and were thoroughly conscien tious in their VOtCS. "I am willing to take my chanCCS as I have done heretofore, 1" fore the people-of-this State. 1 have no apol ogy to make to Yankee Gen Mills, to Secretary War Garrison, to tho Adju tant General, or to anybody eise, i nmplcnsod with tho matter as it stands' and under no conditions or circum-l stances will I alte;' my decision, I would not muster those companies phi j>f service and reflect ilnoil tin so yo mg, lnon without giving them an oppo tunify to bp heard ;:n.l (?> prove ? selves, as I know them to be, truo'i Carolinians? fot1 till ui fhc money In. the United states treasury, for if they are glvon the opportun it} til >y will meet, all the military requirements' and all the special orders of the A Tin tnnt Gonoral. \V;il Not Must, r flat CotlipiHllcs. "if it is necessary to do otherwise. to get an appropriation then South Carolina will have no appropriation from the United states Government for this purpose while I am Governor, and there is. no use for any fur:he,- in terviews or any further correspond ence. If it means to HHIStor out those eleven companies to get this money then we will never get it. if 11 re quires me to reflect upon those young men In those eleven com pan loa to gel a few dollars from Secretary of War Garrison, we will never get it. So far as I am concerned he can keep (Continued on )>agc 4.) C. 0. I). BY PARCELS POST. Beginning Yesjterday Packages can be Sent C. 0. I>. by Parcels Post. Beginning yesterday patrons of the parcels post could send packages ('. ?. I), for a charge of ten cents, ac cording to information and iustru tions received at the local postollicc. The additional cost of ten cents, to he paid in parcel post stamps will al-, .so include the charge of Insuring the package, to n.n amount not exceeding $50. The collection for packages througll the postoflico system, is a decidedly new fontUI'O of postal work, and nat urally Its adoption in connection with the parrels post is somewhat of an experiment, the result of which will he watched with considerable inter est. Packages thus sent C. (). I>. may he sent only from a money order office, atnl only to a money order ofllco. The amount to he collected cannot exceed' $100 on any one park. go, The remittance to the sender of the packages wi| he by money order.' When the uddri. receives the package, he signs a receipt, Which is ( onsl lere 1 ns his application for Ii money order tor the amount called for upon the package, With this re ceipt-application, the ivoslmnslor makes out a money order fo rtho ac count and returns it to the sender of the package. While the instruc tions so far received do not give sfiC ciflc information upon this point, jl is believed tha ttho remitting party will have to pay the regular money 1 order fees upon the amount so re- , mit led. One feature about C. O. I). Itusincss which should he carefully noted, is that the addressee will not he permit ted to examine the package before paying for it. He will not be given an opportunity to examine it, until lie has paid his money and ben given a, receipt. This precludes the possibili ty of sending a package subject to ex amination through the ('. (). I>. lUOtod. If the revolving party finds, aftor he has gotten the package, that he does not want to accept it he cannot then refuse payment, if he declines to nc eopl the package at all, it must liehe-, fore the payment is made. COURT OF COMMON I'LKAS, To Convene (he 1Kb of this Month and Will Probablj Last Two Weeks. Tlie summer term of court of com mon pleas will convene here Monday, July Mth. with Judge .1. W. Dovore on the bench. It is very likely that the court will continue for two weeks, as there are quite a number of cases now on the calendar. The Jury commissioners met in the > office of 'Clerk of Court Power Mon day morning and drew the following i jurors for the first week: .1. I.. Martin. Waterloo township. j .f. S. Thomas. Sullivan, T. M. Shaw, Wall rhu . A. C. Shell. Dials, A. C. Crow, Youngs, I'. M. Craig. YoUrigs, .1. (!. Voting. Hunte ? I. M. Pearson. Youngs. I); M. Cunningham, Waterloo, W. Workman. I limb r, j. w. Honor., Jack K. 13, Bobo, Yc -ngs, 13, A. Adtims, C oss Hill, 13. P. Minter. Laui'f ti?. lt. M. Brownlee. Lhu.i ? W. P. Pit on, Youngi .r. H. N'ab?rs, Latin n j. .v. 0'D Waterloo, ? A. Sonn, Scufflei >wi j. Andei oil Jone?, Huni< y c. 1 1 s. M. Ball, Bin ! lt. V. Crawford, Sullivi :.. J. II. Ropi .-. Sulll' an, c,. c. Pitts, Hunt< . M. flary Wallace, I)h j. v. Tolbcrt, Laurt m ? .lohn 1. Putnam, Lauren?, L. P. McSwnln, Cros? H\\l <*. w Madden, Watt rloo. p. VV. Roper, SuIIIvan. Moved lo Spiirlanbiirg. Mr. and Mrs. J, I >. Ha nicy, loft yesterday for Sunt tatiburg. where they will make thC|l home in the fu ture. During their short residence In Laurens they have made hundreds of dose friends who regret their de cision to malte their home In Spar tan burg. \ COTTON BLOOMS CO M F. IX. First Bloom of the Se?s?n Sent In by II. M. Cole, of Cross Hill. II. M. Cole bears tho distinction of Bending In tho first cotton bloom of the season and thereby wins tho sub scription offered by Tho Advertiser ror tho first OHO Of tho year. This bloom reached tho olllco Friday night and was a pink one, showing thai it showed Its '':. the day before. The cotton is of the CooU's Illg Moll va riety. The second came in Saturday morn ing having been brought by a colored man, Tom Pitts, of MoUUtVillc. Soon after this one reached the olllco, \V. N. O'Doll, who lives on the Harris place near Mountvllle, owned by .Mrs. Rosa 1 Cnino brought two beautiful stalks-, one of them having a largo pink bloom on it. lt. I). Johnson, a colored man who lives on .Mr. NV. .1. Fleming's place jioar Qrn, brougbl in the lirst bloom from tho upper part of the county, his bloom having Urs I scon the light of day on Friday. .Monday morning tho blooms be gan to come In ruth or rapidly. \v. II. Hamilton, who had tho flrsl boll and tho first, bale last year, bringing in a stalk with two bloomu on It,, Her bert .Martin, of Trinity Ridge, report ing; another bloom. Finest Dodson, of Tumbling Shoals, sending in another bloom, .lohn D. Chlldross, who has a farm near the city reporting another one, io, W. Copeland another, C. c. Pitts of Madden another, T .C. .Me Auley of Cray Court another, \V. S. Holt of Clrny 'Court another ami an other by Nllcs Workman of Ora. W. Joe Saxon of the Sulphur Springs vicinity, is tho lirst hoy to send in a bloom and he ranks along with the lirst. lie found a bloom m his patch Saturday. He is twelve years of ttgo Olid must he a "hustling fanner" as soon by bis letter in anoth er part of the paper. Tuesday saw a number brought in, showing that blooms, lirst brought in were not. freaks from "garden spots" but wire the products of Hie Heids. The general reports from over the country are that though the crop is rathe rlato, still it Is making lair1 progress and promises to turn out well unless unfavorable weather sets in. Will ( lose ?ii fourth. The following merchants in I.aureus have signed tin- usual agreements to close their places of business on tho Fourth of July: Mintor Company. Davis Roper & ('o. Clardy & Wilson. II. Terry. W. Solomon. Fleming Dros. .1. D. C. Fleming. Moscloy & Roland. J. C. Hums Co. s. m. K- R. II. Wilkes. Su it/.er Co. Mnhaffey K- llabb. Menuett & Owens. Kennedy IJros. .1. A. Franks. Hunter ,M- Co. Ovvlngs .v Owlngs. ,,T, If. Sullivan. R, c. Cray K- ( o. J. M. Phllpot. i IIrooks Hardware Co. Red Hot Harke:. R. W. Willis. W. (I. Wilson. CLINTON MAN GETS PIKE'S OLD PLACi: Coiiirrcssiibiii ?lotttis<?ii ippoluis \\\ V, NotlHe in* Private Seci'viaiy. Won l!i> later Rj I.eMer. |\V^;mlngtnn. .'cue 30; Represent* stive John ton In - appointed D. w. a. rotary to ! t< cod I'. II. bike, who re cently rcsi ? ted to bot omo city editor of (he H i l- .'"d who was lutor appointed postmaster at S?pnrtanburg. .Mr. Neville is. n son of the lute president of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, located a: Clinton, and bftck of bis selection by Mr. Johnson Is a most interestiir; story, serving to show the well known but too little practiced truth that polite ness and magnaminity are among the best paying investments that have ever been made. ? Spartaiiburw Her ald. TWO (MMKS ON KU Hi ll. Walls Mill IMnj Mills Mill of Green illlo. .In Morning and Afternoon. A l>oublc*lload(>r for Saturday, The chief and only attraction in view tor the celebration of tho Fourth here wll ho tin game of base hall at Watts Mills, wl .<n tho crack Watts Mills aggregation will lino up again.d tho Mills Mill leant, of Groonvllle. in ta< t, tho lining up is going to bo dono twico. for two cantos will ho pulled oil", one in the morning n< io :m and another in the afternoon at l*U0 Ac cording to tin- prognostications of tho wise ottos, these tiro going lo ho "sumo games", tho Mills Mill loam being the loade rs of base-balldom In their own bailiwick, whjlo tho prowess Of tho Walls Millions is Well Known in ihcso parts. Mills Mill played ten games this season and hasn'l lost one. "till yet". While thO Walls Mills |?e H are Icadlnk the c N. & L. League. The odinisslon to tho grounds will Ix- r, and cents, ladies frei', while a small lee of ten cents will lie charged lo all who sit on tho grand stand; ladle's Included. Douhh -J. .Ml- r Sal unlay. I'.i ildos, Die two ante.; Friday there will bee two other gallics of hall till \ week. On Saturday, Watts Mill will I tickle tie Whllmlre loam in a double-header, The IIn I game will be called ul "? o'clock and the second will begin Immediately aflor the Ii ist. Whit mire has a winning loam and the gatiles Saturday promise to bo Interesting, oi l to t.i: i r\sin i:l. \ nuiiilier of old Soldiers Who Fought iii (aellyslMirf.' Off for the IteunM'n of the nine ami I ho (Iriij Detwoil llflenn and twenty old sol diers, who Were in the groitl battle at Gettysburg when Mcado checked Lee's march into Pennsylvania, are in Gettysburg attending the reunion of tho lllue and Gray survivors of thai great eonlllc.i. The obi soldiers loft Monday morning and by now they are camping on tho battlefields over which they charged IIfly years ligo. recounting the events of thai great 'baCtle and frnterni/ing With Jtll0.se whom they founghl V eal's llgO. The j "boy.." will relnain there over Ihe Fourth and will boglll to return the Inter purl of the week. All of those going from this coun ty were provided with railroad fare from the funds in the baud: of Con. TeagUO. Those from Cl'OSS Hill, Whose liaiUOS ale found elsewhere, were provk'/.td wlUh additional sum by the ladies of that V'laCO, These going from Laurens and vicinity were: .lohn T, Langstoii, W. A. McClintock,! J; I?, fabhv. ll .lames Workman, L. Nelson. It. P. A'dulr, T. I >. Dliekelt, J. it Anderson, <:. W. Ilanna, T. <: Anderson, It, F. I lolllngsworth and probably oilier.: went, from Clinton and Job n S Wei banks, an inmate of the old soldiers home at Columbia from this county, was also among Vole llonils for School. ? DI \ i ll til "HQi'MI'K" SF.XTOV, The many rrieiids iiirougnoui ??au, reiis county w ill regr< I to lonrii of tin dot f.i of "Squire" F. M. Sexton which occurred al his homo In Wood ruff Mondoy. Mr. Soxlon was about 711 years old and left a family ami Hundreds of friend:. , to mourn his death. For many years ho was in charge of one of the warehouses In Laurens later ho was cotton weigher u! the Laurens Mills. LAST COTTON CROP SECOND ON RECORD Brought Better Prices than 1911 Crop. VALUE GREATER BY SEVENTY iViiLLiOiNS The VM'2 Cotton Crop was Soootld I.:ii'u?'st Kver Produced \?'( nrdiuir T? Latest Census Reports. Kstl nintcd ValllO of IflItS Crop Nearly Olie Hill ion Hollars. Second Also la Value, Washington, .Inno 2S. Tho L905S ?ot!on crop of the United Btotos was Iho second largest hvoi produced and amounted io i l,:n;f,0lfi Imlos of f>ou ponmlH (mi in. the census bureau an nounced today in nun ln;< public tho dual col ton product ion si all Has, Tiny show a slight incerns.o OVOf tho preliminary production statittie.; an nounood March .'<'. Tho boh Island orop amounted to 711,777 bales Unters to COL'. 924 bales ami nood production was 0,101,0011 tons. of which 1,570, 508 tons war. taken by the oil mills,, leaving 1,524,402 tuns lor planting, export feeding and other purposes. The estimated value of tin1 crop was placed at $1)20,(1:10,000 or $00,790,000 more than the record crop of 1911, not withstanding thai the quantity of lint cotton was 12.7 percent less. The <? llinatcd value of the cotton crops tor live years 1008-12 is. $1,220,970,000 the average price being about 11.7 conts a pound or nearly $00 per bale The 1912 crop graded "middling to strict middling" and the average price Of upland Cotton was 12.Oft cents per pound, Insects Caused Damage. , Insect pests seriously affected tho crop, growers in a, large section hav ing to contend with the hull woovll, cotton caterpillars ami grass norms. Tho ! oil weevil an a showed consider able extension |>u| work by tho f?d eral and State agricultural depart ments is greatly reducing the destruc tivencSH of (he pest. The quanity of cotton reported for the crop of 1912 with linlers In hid ed and round hales counted i hales, is 11,090, st;:', running ' th With Hie exception of that of 1911, this is the largest crop Ihn United Slates has ever produced. Kxprcsscd in gross 500-pound bales the < top amounted to 14,212,015 hales being 1,1127,201 hales, or II !? per cent loss than that of I'll l, but exceeding thtvt of 11)10 by 2,'07,"27 baloH or 19.1 per (.nt. that of 1009 by H.997.022 hales, or 28.8 per (cut end that Of 191 I. tho thrd largest crop, by 022,0 I balos, or t 'i per cent. Tin- average annual production Of! trotton for the years 1899 1902 was Ie.e.',.'..en;: bales, and lor He yoai'H 190S 1912, 12,29-1,222 bales: the in ere: >? in the five rage annual prodm ? (fon ? jtiH '.:: "i." 'u i. ill s or ::?_?.?.: per eifnf. W'lii ti it It considered that, ?l; total ai.a of lb-- e.ounl.le.i rom , rein " of - oi'on ginni ,! A-'oro Ii-,". Hon than ?" U)I2, Almost a Million. The ostinvntod value or the crop o? 1912 is $920,(130,090 as. compared >sith $859,840,000 for d I, $063,180,000 for 1910 $s|'_',of)O,000 for 1009, $081,630 . for I00S, and $700,')00.000 for 1907". Thus tho value of tho crop of 191?. , ;mated, was $60,700,000 or 7 pec (Continued on page 4.)