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up 1^1 | I ELEGANCE 01 ' | We hop. f | Newest! I prices. 1 patronag | Our Millim | Is complete i H ?? t i 1 We have sec ' 1 services of R 1 will have ch; ' 1 partment. ISP A I ? U1 Ji $400,000,000 FOR DEFENCE. Wilson and Advisers Estimate Congress Should Give This Sum. ^ Washington, Oct. 13.?Four hundred million dollars for national defence?an increase of approximately ./ $140,000,000 over last year?constitutes the amount President Wlison and his advisers now estimate should BSjitlfe he appropriated by the next congress for the army and navy. As the date?Friday?for completion of the annual estimates draws nary consideration to the national > nary consideration to the national defence budget, out of which it is - ' ' J ? ** oral. riOTTal * 'Hoped 10 lay uuwu a ouuugcji uc**^ programme than the United States i-/:' ever has authorized in its history. The president has had before him - 'or everal weeks the outlines of a p y 'tt military policy of a continuing character framed by Secretary Garrison \ after more than a year's study with officers of the general staff. With it K' v y ? the president is in hearty accord, refV--.;-.'..' g&rding it as a conservative, well yly v, , balanced programme. While details ' v have not been revealed, a substantial lr : increase in the regular army, probacy bly from 87,000 to at least 120,000 Spy men and the creation of a reserve of perhaps 400,000 men through short y term enlistment service of citizens in* terested in military training, a re said IK* to be parts of the army plan, yy As yet the appropriation to be recommended for the army and navy respectively has not been definitely * - v fixed. ' Indications are that the jfyi army's budget of $110,000,000 last L year will be increased by at least f $60,000,000, while Secretary Daniels If is figuring on obtaining a $100,000,? 000 increase over the navy appropria tion of $148,000,000 of last year. B< The general view in administrate tion quarters now is that a bond isK sue will be proposed to meet the addE - ed expense. m. The president's determination to urge on congress a defence proI gramme to cost about $400,000,000 H has been emphasized in high official quarters in the last few days. Much interest is manifest in conferences P V the president intends having with A members of congress, at which it is believed the procedure for the army and navy bills will be discussed. Both will be made administration measT on^/thov nrnhahlv will hp pivpn ruics, f - ^ ..... ~ w -right of way over all legislation. Chairman Hay, of the house military affairs committee, will confer with the president tomorrow concerning plans for the army, and Monday L ^ r fte ' Hi / FSTYLE 5 to build a Bind Smart \ Hundreds re accordei ;ry Department in every respect :ured the valued Irs. Odom, who airge of this dey * NM Lilll MANNING POSTPONES TRIP. / . Will Visit Boll Weevil Zone Late; On. Columbia, Oct. 16.?On account o the Charleston situation Governo: Manning has abandoned for the pres ent the trip contemplated to the bol weevil section of the Mississippi val ley. He and the Clemson authori ties hope to be able to make the tri] at a later date. In a statement her< late tonight the governor said: "Under the existing conditions do not think it proper for me t< I leave the State at present and fo: this reason, after communicating with the other members of the party the contemplated trip to the boll wee vil territory has been postponed unti a later date, when all the member! of the committee from the trustees o Clemson college together with the ex perts from the United States depart ment of agriculture may arrange t< spend a full week in the weevil in fested section of the Mississippi val ley. We expect to make a full anc thorough investigation and hope t< be able to gain information that wil be of value to thev farmers of Soutl Carolina in preparing for the figh against this pest." Secretary Garrison is expected to re turn to Washington and begin a se ries of talks with the president or the defence programme. Secretary Daniels said today thai both the president and Chairmai | Padgett, of the house naval affain ; committee, seemed to approve of the idea of a five-year naval building i programme. Intimation in nava quarters were that four capital fight ing ships would be recommended foi the first of the five years, three the second year and enough thereafter te make a total of between fifteen anc twenty fighting ships for the entire period. The secretary revealed that mosi j of the information sought from Amer ican naval attaches abroad before making up next year's building pro gramme had arrived. He said the rfplflv in huildiner the two battleships authorized by the last congress was ! due to a desire to perfect plans foi I protection of these vessels agains I the torpedo. According to Mr. Daniels's esti mate today of ships built and build ing, exclusive of what additional ves sels may be authorized by the nex congress, the fleet would numbei thirty capital ships of the first lin< by 1922, with twelve in reserve. FINEST OF md expand i est Merchar who have vi d proves the Sho The famous M I is our mail > also hav MAKI Sho MEW COTTON HUNDRED A BALE. 4 p Hefltn Predicts Fleecy Staple Will ) Go to Twenty Cents Pound. 5 j Washington, Oct. 17.?Cotton at 6 ? more than $100 a bale is predicted g by Representative Heflin, of Alaba- ^ I ma, in a statement issued from his g office. a Mr. Heflin says that the cotton V ? holding movement in the South will 6 ' become general and that prices will 6 soar, all on account of the fact that g j the war is using cotton faster than 5 it can be produced. He declare^. 3 r that the cotton crop for this year N y will not be over 10,000,000 bales 6 and that domestic consumption will 6 I account for all but 2,000,000 bales g j and that 2,000,000 bales will fall 4 ? far short of foreign needs. He de- 3 f clares that already this year more v than 9,000,000 bales of cotton have 8 been exported. 6 "Cotton prices will be higher than at any time since the War Between ? the Sections," said Mr. Heflin. "Ger- S j many is already in the Southern S ! Kntrinor on/1 etnri'nor nnftnn frtr K J mai UUJ lug UUU 0VV/AlUg AVA j future use. It will require more 8 x than 500,000 bales of "cotton and ^ t linters for the manufacture of pow- g der and high explosive shells for our 3 , army and navy. The cotton holding ^ movement will become general in C .the South before very long and then 8 l prices will soar. I shall not be sur- k prised to see cotton seed selling at 3 t $60 a ton before .Christmas. Cot- )3 j tonseed meal is selling as high as ? s- $36 a ton and some are asking $40. v 3 Cottonseed oil has advanced in 8 r prices and is in great demand. Cot- 8 j tonseed hulls are being used more 3 extensively than ever and the linters /a . cut from the seed are being1 con-1S s sumed more rapidly than ever be- s } fore, when bleached linters sell for I 2 0 cents per pound. I am expecting a to see $100 and more for a bale of ? cotton and $60 to $65 for a ton of g t seed- 3 Awful Thought. g The government official had been 5 telling a simple old Scotch farmer fi 3 what, he must do in the case of a ft 31 German invasion on the east coast of g r; Scotland. A t "An' hae I reely ta dae this wi' a' 2 ma beestties if the Germans come?" Q - asked the old fellow at the finish. ? The official informed him that such ft - was the law. "All live stock of every ? tj description must be branded and n r driven inland. 3 3 "Well, I'm thinking I'll hae an 6 awfu' job wi' ma bees." ^ i I ' . " 'v' '.v. v\\. QUALITY i ipon the three j tdise" at the r sited our stores jy were convin / es Groce [annan fliiY* I LUIU1U11 k/liwu W MA A i go. We pi e other We g ?S of theb< es. be oh :antii * " i [[now is t in aow i ===== I No mattei i cotton is | you cam > j Plant Wh I nrir a nf ce I f ? | worry you | AN UP-TO-DA a i\i/inm urnr I Kibni nm ifeim SSlMiMMM ECONOMY OF PRICES | 1 >rinciples: 'The ! if A ?1(2 nost reasonable | p ; and the liberal J | ced and pleased |' i| ry and Meat Market Dept. | | ineof Groceries is com-' I !ete in every detail ; | Jfj five our customers the | ,11 sst native meats that can I '.t-jj itained. Always Phone No. 40 | ffl LE CO.l tl? I11V1E, I U I Wheat I 9 W m r what price I f | next year, I lot eat it. |t| eat and the f J >ttori will not 1 | i ir l 1 nairsomucn i * TE ROLLER MILL 1 : IN RAMRF.Rf, I I