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CASH LACKING
FOR SALARIES
Treasury of' the Southern Cotton
Association is Empty,
JORDAN MAKES REPORT
At Regular Fall Meeting of Interstate
Executive Committee in Session
at Hot Springs.
The interstate executive committee
■of the Southern Cotton Association
began its regular fall session in Hot
Springs, Arkansas, on Thursday, and
■spent the greater part of the first day
in executive sessiin in an effort to
fix a minimum price, at which cot¬
ton should be sold. More than 1,000
return postals In answer to inquiries
as to the condition of the crop were
submitted to the committee, and rep¬
resentatives of the various sections
gave testimony which will be used
as a basis in arriving at the minimum
.price.
The making up of an estimate of
this year’s crop and the report of the
committee appointed at a meeting in
Atlanta last month to investigate the
charges against officers of the asso¬
ciation of dealing in futures and oth¬
er important matters will occupy the
time of the members during the ses¬
sion.
Fourteen of the members of the ex¬
ecutive committee and ten of the
presidents of state associations were
present when Jie meeting was called
to order by President Harvie Jordan.
In his opening address, President Jor¬
dan spoke of the good that has been
accomplished through closer relation¬
ship with the spinners and also re¬
ferred to the action of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers’ Association in in¬
dorsing the use of cotton instead of
jute bags. He also called attention
to the progress that has been made
by local organizations in the build¬
ing of warehouses.
Mi. Jordan said that the finances
of the association are in bad shape,
that no salaries have been paid since
February, and that there is no money
in the treasury with which to conduct
a campaign of any kind. He closed
by, refer ting to the report of the spe
- to *"•
gate tue charges that' certain uuwers
of the association had dealt in futures
■while occupying their offices.
A motion by Committeeman J. A.
Brown of North Carolina for the ap¬
pointment of a committee of five
to fix the minimum price at
which cotton should be sold, was
•carried, but before the committee was
named by President Jordan E. D.
Smith of South Carolina moved a re¬
consideration, which carried, and a
substitute motion by Mr. Smith that
the committee, as a whole, go into
•executive session to discuss the min¬
imum price, prevailed.
Mr Brown opposed the motion, say¬
ing that he believed the proceedings
•of the committee should be given as
much publicity as possible. The entire
afternoon was spent in executive ses¬
sion, and at its conclusion it was
stated that no agreement was arrived
at. The night meeting was also taken
up in executive sessiin in an effort
to arrive at the minimum price.
The members of the executive com¬
mittee in attendance are:
Alabama—T. C. Banks, Attala; W.
F. Vandiver, Montgomery.
Arkansas — W. J. White, Russell¬
ville; L. E. Love, Dardanelle.
liOuisiana —F. L. Maxwell, Mound.
Mississippi—-D. A. Witherspoon, Me¬
ridian; J. W. McGrath, Brookhaven.
North Carolina—J. A. Brown, Chad
bourne; J. P. Allison, Concord.
South Carolina—E. M. Williamson,
Darlington.
Tennessee—W. D. Davis, Bailey.
Texas—J. C. Hickey, Henderson.
Oklahoma—L. B. Ifin, Stillwater.
The state presidents are: W. H.
Seymour, Alabama; B. H. Burnett, Ar.
kansas; Walter Clark, Mississippi; C.
C. Moore, North Carolina; E. I).
Smith, South Carolina; T. S. Bong, |
Tennessee; B. T. Milner, Texas.
GOVERNOR FOLK IN lANIRUMS.
Refuses to Attend Bryan Reception in St. I
Louis Because of Senator Stone.
The positive announcement was !
made at St Louis Thursday by Hal I
Woodsldo, secretary of Governor Folk, ,
that the chief executive of the state j
-would not take part in the reception
to be tendered to the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan on September 11
Back of all this is a story to the
effect that the only valid reason for
the governor’s declination is the fact
that the committee of arrangements
wished him to occupy a seat in the :
carriage with Senator Stone.
CHEATHAM WINS OUT.
Secretary of Cottcn Association Cleared
of Speculation Charge by Ex¬
ecutive Committee.
At Fri lay night's session of the
executive committee of the Southern
Cotton Association at Hot Springs,
Ark., Richard Cheatham, secretary of
the association, was exonerated of the
charge of dealing in futures whilo
an official of the associatiou. Incorpo¬
rated in the resolution clearing Cheat¬
ham was an expression providing that
it shall constitute an offense in the
future for any official or member of
the executive committee or member
of any state committee to deal in
futures.
The resolution exonerating Cheat¬
ham declares;
"That while all form of specula¬
tion is disapproved of, yet Fne com¬
mittee finds that Sir. Cheatham was
acting only for other parties and in
view of the fact that there is noth¬
ing in the constitution which makes
a person incompetent to hold office
because he deals in futures, and be¬
cause of Mr. Cheatham's efficiency
and of the fact that we believe the
assaults on Cheatham came from the
enemies of this association we dis¬
miss the charges as unworthy of fur¬
ther consideration, and denounce all
charges made against Mr. Cheatham
except what is hereinbefore stated,
as false.
“That In the future it shall consti¬
tute an offense against this associa¬
tion for any officer or member of the
executive committee or state officer
to in ary way deal in futures, and
any one violating this shall be expell¬
ed from office.”
The report, which is signed by a
committee composed of L, B. Irvin, E.
W. Smith and L E. Love, was adopted
by a vote of 11 to. 5.
THE SUlllVAN-BRYAN IMBROGLIO.
Illinois Committeeman Virtually Gives the
Lie to Nebraskan.
Roger O. Sullivan, member from Il¬
linois of the democratic national com¬
mittee, has issued a lengthy state¬
ment in which he replies to the re¬
cent atacks made upon him by Bryan.
The following Is an extract of Mr.
Sullivan’s remarks;
“lu Ills Jefferson Club banquet
speech at Chicago Tuesday evening
Bryan ag.-in, saw «t< m
make excuse for exploiting his
new ambition to convert the demo¬
cratic party of the United States Into
an autocracy with himself on the dic¬
tator’s throne. I regret that he has
done so, as I would regret any inci¬
dent or circumstance tending toward
discord in the democratic party.
“If portions of Mr. Bryai’s speech
mean anything, they mean that he
would rather have his own way than
have the democrats elected to con¬
gress or any other office. He has
invited all Illinois democrats who
agree with him in his opposition to
me to bolt their ticket. If there are
any democrats in Illinois who are dis¬
posed to act on this typically Bryan
ist.ic advice, many of them unfortun¬
ately will be found in congressional
districts which are close, but in which,
with united effort, we have a good
chance to elect democratic congress¬
men. tf these districts send republi¬
cans to the next, national house of
representatives, the democratic party
of the nation will have Mr. Bryan to
thank.
“Mr. Bryan has said by inuendo
that I, as an official of the Ogden
Gas company of Chicago, have secured
government, favor and profit by alleged
illegal or corrupt means.
“He harps on my connection with
the Ogden Gas company as If that
connection were disreputable. The
public press will show that the only
offense this corporation ever commit¬
ted was to reduce the price of gas.
“The very first, paragraph in Mr.
Bryan’s speech on me and on the
Illinois situation contains a deliberate
untruth. Practically every succeeding
paragraph contains either a deliber¬
ate untruth or an equivocation of t.he
kind that we expect oniy from the
shifty, word-juggling pettifogger."
NEW RAILROAD SILKS CHARIER.
Savannah and Statesboro Line to Be Ex¬
tended to Georgia Capitel.
Within the next few days an ap¬
plication for charter for the Savan¬
nah, Statesboro and Western Rail¬
way company will be filed with the
secretary of state of Georgia. It will
he an extension of the Savannah and
Statesboro and the extension will
reach Atlanta.
The road will be about 210 miles
long. The counties through which it
will run are Bulloch, Emanuel, John¬
son, Washington, Baldwin, Jones, Put¬
nam, Newton, Rockdale, DeKalb and
Fulton.
BRYAN GREETED
BY HOME FOLKS
A Great Welcctnining Celebration,
Pulled Off at Lincoln.
PEOPLE'S JOY UNBOUNDI
Republicans Vie With Democrats ifn
Doing Honor to Their Fcltow-Qti
Zen--0ratory and Fireworks.
William Jennings Bryan returnled
Wednesday evening to his Liuciplu
home, and the "home folks’’ well
od him with every evidence of
provul and satisfaction. It was a qi
borly welcome, planned as such
carried out in its entirety with
understanding. Lincoln has mor<
publicans than democrats, and B yau
lias in the past good-humoredly ex¬
pressed the belief that, it would be
a task to reform the city politically,
but on this occasion there was ; uo
lino of partisan division and the wel¬
come extended to both Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan was sincere and open-h lied.
Everybody showed good natur no¬
body wanted to quarrel about Lollties
and nearly the whole population s low¬
ed that it was genuinedy glad that so
well known a man as Mr. Bryar lives
in the city.
It is doubtful whether Lincoln ever
hold a larger crowd. The weather,
barring the heat, was as nearly pel*
l'ect as could he. It. was a hall-holiday
in Lhe city and every train which
brought not only Nebraska people, but
many from nearby states was crowd¬
ed. The city was handsomely deco¬
rated for tfle home coming, the fronts
cf business houses being a mass of
flags and bunting, while in the resi¬
dence districts lithographs of Bryan
in the windows, together with the na¬
tional colors were c?very> " ere seen.
The non-partisan nature o .he recep¬
tion was emphasized in Very way
possible. . J
The Bryan train arrived at the Bur¬
lington station shortly af ir & o’clock
p. in. Two hours befo that' the
crowd began assemblin and wan
packed around the st£ a, on the
platforms of freight 1 express
buildings and on the s walks and
in the street for nearly if a block
away. There was a elcome
as th r Bryan
appeared the platfo the par
| ty, aside from Mr, a*, ,rs. Bryan
and their daughter, Gra^if was the
Lincoln delegation, wilier left the
city over a week ago to meet him at
New York, and which Mr. Bryan ac¬
companied on its homeward trip, to¬
gether with a few of the Nebraska
democratic mayors, who ilso Vent to
New York.
Mr. Bryan’s only expression as he
looked down on the multitude of faces
was; “Great Scott; wh.l a crowd.”
In the afternoon exercLns were held
on the capitol grounds. It is estimated
that 50,000 people listened to the ad¬
dresses of welcome and a felicitous
speech by Bryan.
Following his speech Mr. Bryan
shook hands with the thousands who
passed before him. A display of
fireworks ended the exercises.
MOROCCO SUL I AN IS GRACIOUS.
Perfectly Willing to Turn Over Bank Wrecker
to United State*.
Governor Deneen of Illinois and
State Attorney HMly at Chicago
united in a dispatch to the state de¬
partment asking that. Minister Gum
mere at Tangier, Morocco, be instruct¬
ed to have Stensiand detained. Owing
to the lack of an extradition treaty the
department could issue no such in¬
structions, but the acting secretary
of state telegraphed Gummere to
sound the Moroccan government as to
Its willing less to surrender the bank
wrecker.
In answer, a messagi was received
at the state department Wednesday,
stating that the Moorish authorities
will interpose no objection to the re¬
moval of Stensiand. The diBpatch
adds that Stensiand is a prisoner in
the American legation there.
TO FORlMAll HE ARM BOOM
followers ol Bryan and forces of Jerome
form an Allioa< e.
An event of importance took place
in Albany, N. Y„ Wednesday, and
the city is buzzing with political in¬
terest.
This was t.he conference of demo
called crat.s from to discuss many counties the of the state [
situation in the
party, the central figure of which was j
District Attorney Jerome, ft is con¬
ceded that this meeting was aimed !
to prevent the no ml nation of indorse¬
ment by the state Randolph convention at Buf¬
falo of William Hearst,
SOUTHERN FARM
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The CHUB Industry In the South.
A recant bulletin of the Mississippi
Station, prepared by A. Smith and (’.
1. Brag, slates tha the "farmers of
that State and throughout the coiton
belt generally are slow to realize the
benefits of stock raising and cattle
feeding, and that it is more remun¬
erative than continuous cotton grow¬
ing.” Cotton growing has therefore
been t.he chief source of revenue for
the farmer; cotton is pre-eminently
the “money-crop” of the region, and
other branches of farming have been
neglected. The feeding experiments
carried on at lhe station with twenty
five grade steers, two to four years
old, which were classed as medium
feeders, using cotton-seed hulls and
meal, cornmeal, wheat bran and hay
(Johnson grass and u mixture of al¬
falfa and Johnson grass, 2.1) fur¬
nish quite clear evidences that the
feeding of beef catrie in Mississippi
is a safe and profitable investment
and a much more economical way of
maintaining the fertility of the soil
than by purchasing fertilizers.
In the wheat and corn belts farm¬
ers have long ago discovered that
the continuous sale of their crops
could not be carried on indefinitely
without impairing the fertility of the
soil, and that they must have re¬
course to live stock of some kind to
return to the land some of the ele¬
ments of plant food taken from it. by
the crops grown, thus preserving
their farms in a state of productivity
more easily resembling the original
condition of the soil. In the cotton
belt the beef breeds of cattle are only
beginning to take their rightful place
among other farm live stock. This
is largely owing to the prevailing
Idea among farmers that raising beef
steers for market Is not profitable.
Dairy farming has many good
points of superiority over beef rais¬
ing, but to farmers who are not close
to a good market and are handi¬
capped by lack of available and
steady labor, the breeding and feed¬
ing of cattle will offer many Induce¬
ments,
That is is a profitable business In
the South is shown by the low cost,
of raising cattle,-economy in produc¬
ing suitable feeds, and the inexpen¬
sive buildings required.
With a pure-bred beef sire, a herd
of ^ native cows, and plenty of pasture
ianJ., 3. I2 rmer may in two or three
years' time develop a gobu grift!6
beef herd, which will largely in¬
crease his profits and maintain the
fertility of the soil.
Tlie comparison between tha stable
versus open-yard system, while show¬
ing some advantage in favor of the
stable method, really indicates that
a combination of the best features
of both systems Is preferable. This
could be done by allowing the cattle
to run in large sheds with a solid
tight floor, which should be well
bedded, and the manure all saved.
If desired, outside yards connected
with these sheds could be provided,
so that the cattle should have some
exercise and plenty of fresh air. One
of the secrets of successful cattle
feeding is in making them as com¬
fortable as possible.
Where cottonseed meal and hulls
can be purchased at a reasonable
price, they prove to be very cheap
feeds for fattening steers. No bad
effects result from feeding cotton¬
seed meal for such short to" periods as
this, and it. remain ■ be seen
whether any ration can be com¬
pounded exclusive of good silage,
which can equal It as an inexpensive
feed.
Black Root or Colton Wilt.
Many complaints are already
reaching us concerning the ravage
of this disease, which is yearly prov¬
ing disastrous in our sandy sections
and which is destined to Increase its
ravage from year to year, unless in¬
telligent methods are adopted to staV
it. The cotton affected begins to
wilt, or die, without any apparent
causa; but if you pull up a stalk
and cut into iho root or stem, you
will see it has ’..egun to grow black,
and hence the name of black root.
It is caused by a fungus that, is in
the soil and which attacks the roots
and checks or destroys the flow of
sap to the top rf the plant. There
are two remedies. The first, and most
effective lies in rotation of crops.
We have been planting cotton con¬
tinuously too long on our lands.
Fields affected with this disease
should be planted next year in corn
or oats and velvet beans. Do not
plant in cow-peas, as this disease also
feeds upon the cowpea, and will sur¬
vive in the soil. But if planted in
corn, wheat, oats or velvet beans the
fungus will perish out more or less
completely for lack of food, it has
also been found beneficial to plant
cotton on such lands late, not earlier
than the first of May. The second
remedy is to secure cottonseed of a
r resisting variety. The Government
has been experimenting upon thia
| disease for several years, and has
found that some varieties of cotton
j resist the attack of this black root
much more than others; so they
breed a resistive variety and our
Stats' Entomologist, will be in posi¬
tion to supply our farmers with some
of these seed next season. We are
thankful that the high price of land,
the high price of our crop products
—the high price of labor are all
tending to make our Southern farm¬
ers adapt better methods and learn
to do better work. We still have
much to learn and more to do.—•
Southern Cultivator.
Let the South help Itself!
Perhaps it is necessary to their
peace of mind that the newspapers
should all take a fling at the Chicago
packers. One derives a sense of vir¬
tue from the act of hurling anathema
at the wicked. The Pharisees of did
used to have a great time at that
game, and their modern imitators
are not thinning out with time.
It. seems in order to say, however,
that at least Southern towns, cities,
and communities have no right to
complain. If at any time they have
suffered, cither in their stomachs or
their pockets, because of the high
price or the unwholesome character
of Chicago meat products, they have
only themselves to blame. There has
never been the smallest, reason why
they should not feed themselves from
their own herds, flocks, fields, dair¬
ies, and barnyards. The South is
rich in farming and grazing lands,
and the inhabitants thereof can raise
heel’ cuttle, sheep, hogs, poultry and
vegetables of the very finest quality
and in unlimited quantity if they
choose. Why need Uiey go to Chica¬
go, Kansas City, Omaha, or any other
distant market for food which they
can produce themselves? And if
they persist in a policy so unneces¬
sary and so improvident, they might
have the grace to realize that it is
their fault, and refrain from con¬
demnation of others. The pastures
of the South can turn out. as good
beef and mutton as the stockyards of
Chicago can. Southern farms are
capable of furnishing as high class
butter, milk, eggs, etc., as any farms
in Iowa or Kansas. Why, then, do
not the Southern people help them¬
selves instead S? ea!!!n« upon Her¬
cules to help them and filling t he air
with Complaint and Imprecation
when he fails to answer to their sat¬
isfaction?
We do not. pretend to pronounce
upon the truth, or lack of truth, In
all these nauseous denunciations of
the [lacking houses. We are quite
sure, however, that the Southern
people would be in much better busi¬
ness to set about the task of caring
for themselves. It is not at all neces¬
sary for them to be dependent, on
imported food of any kind. When
they bewail the hardships inflicted
on them by the Western trust, they
remind us of nothing so much ar. of
the Texas ranch owners, thirty years
ago, denouncing the quality of Hie
condensed milk they got from Minne¬
sota.—-Washington Post.
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Spot Cash.
That has got to be the motto of
the farmer if he ever salts down any
very great amount, of money as; the
result of his business. Too many of
us have been in the habit of trading
off our butter, eggs and other farm
produce to the man who “keeps
store” at the corner. The conse¬
quence is that he not only keeps the
store, but he keeps about all the
profit there is in what, we raise. He
gets a good margin on the stuff he
buys of us and makes a fair speck
on the calico and the sugar and the
tobacco we take home.
Now, I want this margin of profit
myself, and so i say to the grocery
man: "You pay me a fair price for
what. I bring you to sell and I will
do the same by you. If you will not
do that, I will hunt, up some one who
will. I am not obliged to let, you
have my stuff. I can send it a hun¬
dred miles away to market if i can
get a better price than you will give
me, and [ will do it, too. This talk
about patronizing the home market
is not what it is cracked up to be al¬
ways. Let’s get. this thing down to
a cash basis and see how things will
work then.”
And I know how it wilt work.
There will be more and better things
in the house to eat and wear, and we
will have a great, deal more money
to jingle in our pockets than when
we are going on with this old trade
system. And the store-keepers will
be better off, too. That’s another
good thing about it. They will have
a better line of goods, aqd sell more
of them. Let’s try this and see.—E.
L. Vincent, In Progressive Farmer.