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REPORT MADE ON
COTTON MEETING
MR. ETHERIDGE AT HOME
Finds Situation Hopeful
in Washington
Editor Progress:—As a repre
sentative of Georgia Bankers As
sociation, I recently attended the
Cotton Congress which convened
in Washington city on the 13th
and 14th. It was largely attend
ed by representatives from all
the Southern States, comprising
farmers, merchants, manufactu
rers, exporters and bankers. All
were of one mind and were there
for the purpose of reaching the
same end. namely, that the
South’s cotton crop should be fi
nanced and handled without be
ing forced on the market at
ruinous prices.
Senator Hoke Smith, Senator
Ransdell from Louisiana and
Congressman Lever from South
Carolina addressed the Conven
tion. There is no doubt but that
the entire administration is in
full sympathy and in entire ac
cord with the main purposes of
the Convention. It is indeed for
tunate that we have Southern
men who understand our situa
tionat the head of the government
at this critical juncture. Think
Last Excursion to
Jacksonville, Tampa, Brunswick
And Other Points
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH
ROUND TRIP FARE FROM
JACKSON TO
JACKSONVILLE $4.00, TAMPA $6.00
BRUNSWICK $4.00, ATLANTIC BEACH $4.60
ST. SIMONS $4.00, ST. AUGUSTINE, $4.50
CUMBERLAND ISLAND.
Tickets to Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach, St. Augustine and Tampa
will be sold for
SPECIAL TRAIN PASSING JACKSON 9:41 P. M.
ARRIVING JACKSONVILLE 7:30 P. M.
ARRIVING TAMPA 6:30 A. M.
Tickets to Brunswick, St. Simons and Cumberland Island
will be sold for
TRAIN NO. 16 PASSINC JACKSON 9:10 A. M.
ARRIVING BRUNSWICK 5:25 P. M.
Where connections is made for the Islands.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Premier Carrier of the South
For further information call on agents or address
J. C. BEAM, A. G. P. A., J. S. BLOODWORTH, T. P. A.,
Atlanta, Georgia, Macon, Georgia.
of it, President Wilson, McAdoo,
John Skelton Williams, Houston,
Hoke Smith, Ransdell, Lever and
others all working and lending
themselves to every agency for
helping and meeting the situa
tion. Some legislation has al
ready passed and other needful
legislation will be passed that
will legalize whatever steps shall
be taken. I was placed on the
Resolution Committee to which
was referred all resolutions and
plans submitted by any and all,
and to cull from them all, and
present resolution voicing the
sentiment of the Convention.
Our committee presented in
substance the following:
Ist. That the government ad
vance on cotton warehouse re
ceipts the sum of $300,000,000.00
to be apportioned to each state
according to production and that
state banks be made channels
the same as National Banks.
2nd. That warehouses be
bonded or licensed by National
or State authorities and receipts
be issued showing weight, grade
and insurance.
3rd. That the advance au
thorized be 80 per cent of the
average price of cotton for the
past ten years, as ascertained by
Secretary of Agriculture.
4th. That loans be made for
three months with privilege of
renewal and that the maximum
rate to be charged must not ex
ceed 8 per cent per annum.
sth. That in order to avail
themselves of this fund, each
farmer must contract to reduce ;
his acreage not less than one,
half for the year 1915, and if it
should be ascertained in April or
May next year that this contract
had been violated, the bank car
rying the loan would be author
ized and instructed to require
payment by selling the cotton,
thus cancelling the loan.
It is confidently believed that
if we can keep off the market
one-half of the present crop,
that in a year or less time cotton
will be marketed at 121 c or more.
These resolutions. I understand
were slightly amended when pre
sented and finally passed. I was
unable to be present the last
hour of the convention, at which
time they were passed, as I had
to make my train.
Now let me say a word to our
farmers and merchants. We are
all confronted with the most se
rious situation we haye ever
known, and it is going to re
quire help and co-operation from
all. As someone said, “We are
all in the same boat, she has
sprung a leak, and every fellow
must man an oar if we expect
to reach the shore.” Co-opera
tion along every line is what we
must have if the best results are
obtained. The government is
going to do what it can, but each
individual is a unit unto himself,
and each one, while availing
himself of all the channels and
avenues open to him, yet each
must look to himself and the fu
ture for relief and independence.
If this war shall force our farm-;
ers to live at home, raising all
their home supplies, and raising j
stock, grain and other things to j
sell, it may be the greatest bless- 1
ing that ever happened to us.:
This war is likely to last one i
year, five years or longer and I
cotton may be depressed for sev
eral years. Begin now to secure j
your seed oats and plant grain
and such crops as can be planted
in the fall. Remember this.
This is a cotton panic and not a
a money panic. There is plenty
of money to finance cotton with
out selling it at 6, 7 or 8 cents
per pound, as many predict
There is not sufficient warehouse
room. Each community should
fix itself for that, so that insur
ance rates will be reasonable.
When holding your cotton, if
possible hold it in the seed. Of
course this cannot be done if
money is desired advanced on it.
It is freely predicted that after
the first year the United States
will see the greatest prosperity
she has ever seen. The South is
independent and if she will show
wisdom and judgment, practice
rigid economy during this time,
the price of our cotton will come
back, and we will be inde
pendent of the west, and more
happy and prosperous than ever.
Remember also this. God
rules and reigns, and how do we
know but that the permission of
this, the greatest war of the
world, will be over-ruled for His
glory, and the setting up of His
Kingdom so that “His will will
be done on earth as it is in Heav
en.” “Have Faith in God” for
behind the clouds the sun is still
shining.
F. S. Etheridge.
PROFESSIONAL CAROS
J. THREATT MOORE,
Attorney At Law.
Office in Crum Building,
Jackson : '• Georgia.
Will practice in all the Courts.
C. L. REDMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Carter-Warthen Building,
JACKSON, GA.
R. GUNTER, t
physician and surgeon,
Jackson - - Georgia.
Office over Jackson Drug Company
Residence phone 9—Office phone 62.
DR. O. LEE CHESNUTT
DENTIST
Office in New Commercial Building
back of Farmers’ Bank.
Residence Phone No. 7.
DR. JOEL B. WATKINS,
V. M. D., Jackson, Ga.
Office at Leach & Cos. ’s stables. Ot
fice phone 44; residence 151. All calls
promptly answered.
$100,009.00
TO LOAN on farm lands. Rea
sonable rate of interest. See me
before you borrow any money on
your farm.
W. E. Watkins.
Professional Piano Tuning,
Regulating & Repairing.
First Class Work Guaranteed.
I
Drop Card and I’ll Call.
J. T. MA\ O Jackson, Ga.
DR. J. A. JARRELL
Physician and Surgeon
Office Mulberry street.
Residence phone 152-2—Office 152-3.
Jackson : : : Georgia.
DR. CHAS. R. EITEL
Osteopathic Physician
HOURS 9 TO 5
Phone No. 302.
Harkness Building, Jackson, Ga.
“Clean Up the Bowels and
Keep Them Clean”
There are many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diffi
culty is to procure one that acts
without violence. A remedy that
tdoes not perform
by force what
should be accom
plished by persua
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Laxative Tablets.
After using them,
Mr. N. A. Waddell,
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mild, and their chocolate taste makes
them easy to take. I am more than
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“Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean,” is the advice of all
physicians, because they realize the
danger resulting from habitual con
stipation. Do not delay too long,
but begin proper curative measures.
Dr. Miles Laxative Tablets are a
new remedy for this old complaint,
and a great improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
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sold by all druggists, at 25 cents
a box containing 25 doses. If not
found satisfactory after trial, re
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he will return your money.
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