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VOL. XXII
pPFORT to dodge,
ASSERTS SLATON
Characterize Plan to Pro
rate Cotton as Visionary
an d Utterly Impracti
cable. Government
ShouJd Act.
Governor John M. Slaton,
when asked what he thought of
ti]o suggestion emanating from
Wa.-nine ton that the cotton of
the south be prorated among
t he twelve southern cot
ton states said that be thought
the p!e n visionary, and that the
suggestion was a palpable effort
on the part of senators and con
gressmen to shirk the responsi
bdity. now that the primaries
nere over and they had been
elected. He said:
'1 saw the article containing
the suggestion that tive million
bales of cotton be prorated by
the twelve cotton stales at the
suggestion of .-senators, congress
men and business men in Wash
ington. I think the characteriza
tion of this scheme as ‘vision
ary’ is well applied.
"Now since the senators and
congressmen are elected they
can easily place the responsi
bility elsewhere -than on the
government. Campaign prom
ises are forgotten, or are reserv
ed until next tiipe an election is
imminent,
''These senators and congress
men before their election stated
whut great aid the government
would give in relieving the far
mers and business jpen of their
states. It'they will display half
the ■/. al in carrying oft their pre
election promises and pass laws
requiring the government to aid
the farmers in this crisis, there
would be little difficulty in solv
ing the problem.
“The process of amending con
stitutions is tedious, the expense
great and the precedent (lq,pger
pus. By a single act of congress
winch can be passed in a few
days, the emergency can be met.
Can Prevent
'‘lt is the province of the gov*
eminent to issne money and this
emergency currency could be
made immediately available.
"If the proper pressure is
to bear on the secretary of the
treasury and the legislative ma
chinery is swiftly and correctly
employed, Georgia and the other
southern states can prevent the
sacrifice thq.t js threatened.
When war with Mexico was
threatened, a bill was intro
duced providing for a large ap
propriation and was passed with
lightning speed in both branches
of congress, Why can’t con
gress do the same thing when
southern farmers are threatened
with a much greater disaster
than was ever contained ip the
menace of a conflict with a weak
and distant country
I hope there will be no at
tempt to shirk responsibility
now and to pass to somebody
1 !>e the duty of the government.
Bus was the characteristic of
th" circumlocution office which
B dens satirized a,s the place
where no one did anything but
left the responsibility to ("some
one else.
'The people should demand
prompt and immediate action—
they are entitled to it, and
smooth speech should not be
Permitted to placato. Wbat
could be done before the election
ought to be done now. I hope it
will not be found that the gov
ernment is powerless when so
much was promised.”
Arnica Salve
Inn [>*l Salve tn The Wo* 14-
The Daniefsviffe Monitor
The Situation
One Of Panic
What there has been of stag
nation of business and extreme
fluctuations of prices owing to
the European war is morepanicy
than they are real conditions
warranted by actual causes.
Certainly our country must feel
the effects of war between the
four or five nations with which
we have.-the greatest exchange
of commerce, but there is no
reason for such war to stagnate
business so much and send
prices to double as much or half
what they were as has been the
case. Were our nation actually
engaged in the war it would war
rant no greater effects than w e
have experienced.
It all comes from the people
getting panicy and acting with
out thought or reason. We
firmly believe that within a few
weeks they will regain their
heads and our business affairs
will resume about their normal
stage and business go on without
any serious interuption.
Tbe Georgia Chamber of Com
merce has issued a most opti
mistie letter in regaid to general
conditions but warns the farmer
against selling his cotton in a
panic.
That the condition of business
is not likely to be as serious in
this country as was at first prfe
dieted at the start of the Euro
pean war, and that business
transactions are already return
ing more nearly their normal
status is the report sent out bv
by the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce.
Representative of this body
I Will Appreciate Your
....Trade....
This being a cash store there will not be any big
profits added to make up forbad accounts.
\
I have some bargains to offer you right now,
consisting of Low-Cut Shoes for men, women and
misses, and also some hosiery for ladies and misses.
S I
How about some Cotton Plaids for
quilt linings, at a bargain?
If its dry goods, notions, shoes, trunks, suit
cases, crockery or groceries, give me a call.
please keep in mind the fact that your trade
will always be appreciated by
S. S. BOWERS
SUCCESSOR TO
W. M. Bovvers & Company
Danielsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 10 1914
—The Danielsville 5ch001....
OPENED LAST MONDAY SEPT. 71H
With 120 Pupils
Tuition is payable at end of each month. In
cidental fee is payable on first day of entry. This
fee for the Fall Term is 75c.
Common school books are for sale in the
town.. High school books will be for sale at
the school. High school books will not be sold
except for cash. Old books should be brought
to school on Monday.
....LET YOUR CHILDREN ENTER NOW...
have recently visited the offices
of both Brad street and Dun, the
commercial rating agencies, at'
their headquarters for this tern
tor.y, in Atlanta. Officers of both
companies stated that there
were many indications that, point
to a speedy adjustment of busi
ness conditions. One of the
most interesting of these indi
cations is that the reports of
bank clearings in Atlanta for the
period since the commencement
of hostilities shows a steady con
tinuationof increase over last
year, at a trille more than ti e
previous growth. For the past
two weeks the increase has been
at a rate of about ten per cent
above the same period of last
year.
The number ot failures re
ported for the same period is
only about 05 per cent, of what
itwasayeai ago. Enquiries are
comingin about the normal man
nor. Of course it would be fool
ish to say that conditions are as
good as they would have been
without the war. But a large
part of the stagnation noted in
many lines of. business is trace
able rather to the scare which
was caused under the sudd-on
shock of the first news ol the
conflict, than by any act uaj effect
on business which is felt here
Business men of Georgia
should feel a large amount of
confidence in the situation.
With the highways of trafic open
across the Atlantic (which the
recent assurance of safety sent
out by the British Admiralty)
renders certain within a few
days and with the increased de
mand for the output of the
American textile mills, cotton is
sure to bring a good price by the
time tbe bulk of the crop is mov
ing, Not as large as it would
have brought under normal con
ditions but a price which will as
sure a good living for Georgia
under any conditions.
The man who is most liable to
suffer is the cotton g lower who
allows himself to be governed by
an unreasoning panic. This is
the man who oilers himself as a
victim for the unscrupulous
financier who will take advantage
of his scare to buy his cotton at
the ridiculously low*tigure.
—Oglethorpe Echo.
Here’s Chance For
Senator Smith To
Make Good Cotton
Promises
In view of ;1h; agitation of the
cotton question before the pri
mary and the many pro mis s that
were made bv Senator Hoke
Smith to the farmers that they
would soon he getting good
prices for fheir staple, one of the
Senator’s constituents at Kieli
land, (la., has shipped Senator
Smith i bain of cotton, reques
ting of the railroad company that
it be delivered on tne floor of the
United States senate and has
drawn on Senator Smith for
s O, or at the rate of 12 cents a
pound lor the cotton. The fol
lowing letter lias been sent to
Senator Smith:
Highland, Ga , Sept. 5, 1914.
I lon. Hoke Smith,
Washington, 1). 0.
Dear Sir:
1 have this day shipped you
one bale cotton, weight 440
pounds m which I have made
sight draft on you, attaching bill
of lading thereto, for $52.H0, or
12c per pound.
As you wore elected to the
United States senate on this con
dition more so than any other,
and as we cannot find a market
for our cotton, 1 am forced to
ship you this hale in order to
convince the people that you al
ways do what you tell them.
I wish to congratulate you,
Mr. Smith, and trust you will
appreciate me as an agent of
your admirers, and hope will see
I tin: wisdom of honoring the
and raft.
Yours truly,
GEO. B. TIT 111’IN.
Hon. John M. Slaton.
Kor the merit and work of gov
ernor Slaton, the state, we are
sure, has due and cordial regard.
Even those who opposed him
most vigorously in the conven
tion, bear him only the kindliest
feeling on the personal side.
Unfortunately for himself, Gov
ernor Slaton lias been aligned
with interests that were hostile
to the nationaal Democratic Ad-
ministration, and there was
widespread conviction at this
time especially that there should
be harmonious and united sup
port of Administration policies.
The Journal has heartily sup
ported the constructive efforts
of the governor’s administration,
and we shall continue to do so
through the remainder of his
term. —Atlanta Journal.
The convention at Macon on
dnrsed put in the party plat
from endorsement of —the tax
equalization law. On this law
Governor Slaton cast Lis political
fortune. In the senatorial cam
paign the law was attacsed bv
Senator-elect Hardwick, The law
stand-, as Georgia’s most pro
gressive sonstructive legislative
enactment.
However much it has been
made to appear that Governor
Slaton is hostile to the National
Democratic administration it
was the politics of the senatorial
convention campaign to so make
it appear the reverse is the ac
cu rate statement.
But this politics succeeded ih
the convention. 1 f the loyalty of
Governor Slaton to the party, to
*he president, to the administra
I tiop had been doubted by the
j Democrats of Georgia, he would
| not have been given a plurality
NUMBER 16
DOOMED!
Surprises Come Fast and
Furious, One is Hard
ly Over When A More
Wounderful One
Presents Itself
Once again the unexpected has
happened, .Just when things
look best, they are often times
approching a Crisis. Bike a bolt
from the blue sky comes the an
nouncement of lay 11. Epting
Company that all former prices
in their store are doomed and the
entire stock slaughtered.
Sales now going on.
Spool Cotton Best machine
spool cotton; m black lc.
Safety Bins -Motor Nickel
dated Safety Bins; 1 do/, lc.
Dress Bins -Needle point; full
count; papers, lc.
Men’s Collars Bour-ply linen,
all sizes, lc.
Finishing Braid —Assorted
colars and patterns, lc.
Forks—Heavy, nickel plated,
will not tarnish, lc.
Coin Burses—Leather coin
purses; each, lc.
Sill, Hose Not the ordinary
25e Hose made of glazed mater
ial, but genuine pu re thread
silk value, 50c in black and colors,
pair 15c.
Shoes One big lot of ladies
shoes and low cuts, values up to
$2.50 in gun metal, viei patents
tans, if we can you, pair 2. r ic.
Ladies’ Vests Ladies’ pure
white vests, full taped and guar
anteed Sta Up shoulders, each
sc,
Black Hose- Ladies’ full sized
black hose, seamless and stain
less, at pair sc.
Blouse Linene —Blouse Linene
in a big assortment ol oatterns
and colors worth 10 cents per
yard, during this sale you get it
at half price: Scents yard.
Oriental Curtain Drapery—so
pieces Curtain Draperies in vari
ous Oriental designs, beautiful
colors, values up to 15c, take
choice, yard. sc.
Ladies’ White Dresses —One
lot ladies’ beautiful white dress
es, nicely trimmed in laces and
embroideries, values up to $0 50
each, take your pick $1.47.
Japanese Art Squares —Pull
room sizo.laoane.se Art Squares
in beautiful flowered and Orien
tal designs, values sti 00. This
price good only during this sale,
$1.90.
Sea Island —A good grade of
soft finish Sea Island, not short
lengths, value 5c., ner yard 2 7 H
cents.
Ladies’ Hats—Choice ol any
ladies’ Hat, trimmed or untrim
med 95c.
Men’s Linen Suits —Small lot
of Men’s Linen Suits value up to
$7 50 to close out $2 95.
Bleaching - Full yard wide
soft finish Bleaching, worth 10c
yard, at sc.
Hoys’ Waists- 50c grade Hoys’
Waists in solid colors and stripes
at 25c.
liain Coats Anew shipment
o f ladies and men’s rubber
surfaced rain coats, new, $0.50
values, special prices 99c
Jay H. Lpting Company.
37S Broad St Athens, Ga.
vote and a county unit plurality
! by the voters of the state.
Augusta Chronicle.
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J. A. TURNIiR,
Dentist,
Crown and Hridge Work a
Specialty,
[KOYSTOW, GKOItGIA
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