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THUSDAY SEPT EMBER 25,1919.
PLAINS WOMEN
ACTIVELY BEHIND
BETTER SCHOOL
PLAINS, Sept 20.—The ladles of
Plains were represented at a meet
ing Wednesday afternoon in the in
terest in the school, Principal W.
W. Denton had charge of tha meet
ing and presented his motive in cali-
for ing the people together, stating that
an organization for school improve--
ment would greatly benefit the school
as a unit and the children individual
ly. He urged the ladiee present
to band together and to promote ac
tivities that may be recommended by
a committee who will study the needs
of the school He intimated the need
of equipment in the newly installed
domestic economy department and
pref-vocational training. Plajjground
equipment was also discussed. At
the close of the principal’s remarks
formal organization took place. Mrs.
E. R. Stewart was elected president
of the club and Mr*. M. M. Jen
nings, secretary. A committee was
appointed to draw up rules and regu
lations for the organization, to be
submitted to the club for its ap-,
provaL Mrs. G. W. Montgomery was
made chairman of this committee.
Mis. J. W. Timmerman and Mrs. i
Walton Walters were requested to
present suggestions for ajtive work
at the next meeting. The number of
members enrolled was encouraging!
to those promoting the movement.
A meeting has been called for Fri
day, October 3 at 3:30 at the school
building. At that time the member
ship will agree upon the future time
of meeting and the definite work to
be undertaken. Every person who
is interested in the Plains schools is
requested to be .present and to feel
that he or she has a part in this ef
fort for school improvement, wheth
er a patron, dirtctly, or not.
Cotton On Way to 50 cents
Pound, Says Broker, Telling
of World Market Conditions
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Vets to
[Plains Town Property
Changing Hands Fast
That cotton is headed for 50
2?* • :and will reach that
po.nt within a few months, is the
opinion of Carlisle Rountree, of the
New York broker firm of Roun
tree Brothers, in a most optimistic
review of the general situation.'
According to Mr.' Rountree, the
bulls are certain to win, even
though the bears have the upper
hand temporarily. Here is what
ho says:
BY CARLISLE ROUNTREE.
So many arguments have i_
cently been advanced relative to
the future trend of cotton values,
certain bear interests trying to get
it down, and the producers, 90 per
cent of whom are bullish, wanting
the price to go higher, that we feel
that an unbiased discussion of the
fundamental facts and elements
that enter into making the market
will not be amiss.
While the inexorable law of sup
ply and demand must ultimately
determine the level of tha values,
the next important item in the
final analysis, and one that has not
been considered in many of the
discussions, is the “morale” of the
Southern farmer. "
The majority of them know, nor
do they pretend to know, bnt-lit
tle about the effect of world’s vis
ible supply, mill stocks, exports,
-consumption, census reports, crop
estimates, exchange money rates,
foriegn labor unrest, strike trou
bles, or any of the economic fae-
tors that enter into making of the
market, and cause it to vary as cer
tain incidents occur that are bull-
ishly or bearlshly construed. But
they know that they had a taste
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Cor. Peachtree and Walton St*.
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EXAMINE YOUR
BATTERY
Get honest, conscientious service. We
will demonstrate to your satisfaction
any statement we make regarding
your Battery.
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We are now permitted to use the pat
ented Vesta Impregnated Mats in re
pairing all makes of Batteries. Let us
explain what this means to you.
•Cottt leu per Month of Sonit*’
AMERICUS BATTERY CO„
ASA PITTMAN, Manager.
Jackson Street Americuz. Phone 10
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"DARLING" HOLO.T1CHT ROUGE, 3Sc AZ0X
Mirant ADOLPH KLAR
HI rOUZTH AVH1UZ ~ »
of 3C-cent cotton last fall, since
when none of the cotton goods
they ust have declined, and that
if necessary, they will • eat corn
bread and hold their cotton until
they get it again. And here enters
upon the scene the psychological
fact that they want cotton to ad
vance, and want it to so bad, that
they only see the elements that
favor an advance, until they al
low their desires to so influence
their judgment that they really be
lieve it is going to advance, and
believing this as they do, they will
not sell unless it docs advance,
which is the winning card in the
game of draw, as this will without
doubt cause the very advance the
farmer desires.
Farmer Able to Hold.
And since the majority of farm
ers have realized more cash the
past few months than ever before
out of their grain and other crops,
they are in a position to hold un
til next year if necessary. And
they will have the help this year
of the Southern bankers, many of
whom realize that they were duped
this last spring by insistent, pre
conceived, organized bear propa
ganda, predicated upon the as
sumption that if th’o Southern
banker got scared, that the spot-
holders would be forced to sell,
which is just what happened in
many instances around the 20-ccnt
level
Six weeks ago practically all the
big operators and interests in New
York City were predicting that
cotton would hit 40 cents per
pound, in a few days more. This
caused a considerable long interest
to accrue, thus weakening the tech
nical condition of the market and
making possible for heavy selling
to start the break and make the
longs run, this additional selling
causing tho decline to go still fur
ther. Now while these same in
terests are putting out a lot of
pessimistic dope and figures show
ing that cotton must decline still
futher on account of present ruin
ous conditions, they almost with
out exception believe in higher
prices ultimately. Then why
should there be any futher decline
at all if cotton is to go back to
new high levels?
The answer is that there will
be no further decline.
Available Supply Small.
The biggest bear argument re
cently has been the scarecrow of
the large carry-over of spot cotton.
A'strict analysis of these figures,
I estimated at 0,824,000 bales, show
that their .significance has been
i greatly misinterpreted by those
j who figure that the large carry-
[ over will cause still lower prices.
After deducting United States mill
stocks and European mill and port
stocks, which are not available to
the short seller, of 2,700,000
bales; Untan, 700,000 bales; low
grade cotton not tenderable - on
contract, approixmately 1,000,000,
we havo 2,424,000 bales left. In
cluded in this balance are the ware
house stocks hero a largo per cent
of which have already been bought
for foreign account, thus leaving
tho short seller very Uttlo of the
actual to fill his contract with in
the event it is demanded, and since
miU and spinning interests have
been buyers on the scalo down, it
is only a matter of time until
the cotton will be asked for as the
options expire, and,these same
bears who so recklessly sold short
on the carry-over figures, will be
converted into the best balls ijidSe
ffrorld when they find they can
not get the spot cotton to deliver
and can only cover at increasing
higher levels.
Even though the carry-over was
3,000,000 more than it is, the re
sult would not be much different,
as the South is now financially able
to hold and carry this amount of
cotton. And if each of 500,000
farmers and merchants in the
South would appoint himself a
committee of one to buy a con
tract of ten bales of cotton and
call for the actual ten bales of cot
ton at the expiration there is no
limit to the price cotton would sell
for.
Enormous Demand Coming.
Also the bears have contended
that the government campaign
against high cost of living would
PLAINS, Sept. 20.—Mrs. Sam
Jenpings has bought a homo in
Plains, formerly owned by a Rev. A.
C. Welions. The house has long
been occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Timmerman. Mrs. Jennings ex
pects to take possession about Jan-
uary. ' ■ ./ " „
Mr, Huggins, of South Carolina,
recently bought the Lawson proper
ty here. On acocunt of frequent
change of property ownership many
people are faoing tho problem of be
ing houseless for the coming year.
Walton Walters has bought a
homo, formerly owned by Rev. A.
C. Welions and will occupy it next
year.
OLD DANCES AT
REUNION BALLS
Stenographers and Bookkeepers I
Demand; Trained Workers Nc
eral weeks, the bears have had ev
erything their own way and the
gong strikes with them a winner
on points. But the gong will
strike in a few months announc
ing the opening of another round,
when all of the present temporary
obstructions to trans-continental
trade will have been eliminated,
exchange rate*' improved, peace
treaty ratified, and England and
France, Spain, Btlgium, Japan,
the Scandinavian countries, Italy,
Germany, Austria, at al, wanting
a few million bales of cotton each,
plus American requirements, to
talling 25,000,000 bales, and their
buyers here vicing with each other
in a mad gush of competltlvo bid
ding for the fleecy staple, at
around 50 cents per pound, with
the South triumphantly holding,
and tho Southern farmer will have
come Into his own.
For Brick, Lima Cement. Plastef
and Sand Phona 117. We feature
quick service. Jno. W. Shiver.
16-19-21-wkyq-tf
ATLANTA, Sept. 23.—The old
fashioned polka and minuet will share
Honor* with the new Liberty waltz at
the Confederate reunion in Atlanta,
October ,7-10.
For the first time in the history of I
the reunions, arrangements will be
made at the grand balls for the vet
erans and ladies to havo tho floor
to themselves at certain intervals
during the evening. •
Two balls will be given at Atlanta’s
city auditorium, the vast hail capa
ble of seating 10,000 people. The
rows of chairs will be removed from
tho arena,' tho floor will bo polished
until it shines like diamonds, and on
•.he big stage will bo seated an orches
tra second only in size to that of the
In order that tha Confederate vet-
erars shall in truth bi the lions of the
evening, rnd shall art lave to give
way entirely to tho younger folk, the
program for both balls will open with
a grand march in which the men cf
Inti- 65, many of them in their old
g.ay uniforms, will marjU around the
room under brilliant lljnts, waving
t' dr tattered banners.
Again, the dance program will bo
so arranged that tho minuet and the
polka will alternate with the one-step
and the Liberty waltz, with the jazz
and the peace trot. The veterans
win take tho floor and to the strains
of “In Tho Gloaming,” “Bonny
Eloise” and other songs of the ’six
ties, trip through tho dainty old-fash
ioned steps with the gracious and
courtly women of the Old South nnd
with their beautiful grand-daughters
and grand-nieces.
Enroll
Now And
Finish
Training
In Time To
Accept a
Good
Position
This Fall
Graduates of The Americus Busine
receive highest salaries and are
demand. The course of instruction
thorough, and only modern, up-ti
terns are used. A highly trained 3
sure the student who matriculates i
stitution rapid advancement and e
unt:on. Clanei formed weekly and <
of Proficiency issued. The Americus ]
College, now located in Armory Hall,
syth street, has within recent years
into one of the most substantial of An
educational institutions, and hundreds of <
graduates now hold positions of high •
and responsibility in business houses 1
elsewhere. *
Students who come here ror their busin
education from points outside Sumter co
are regarded as special w^rd* of the fa
while here, and parents and guardians shon
consider this fact in their selection of
proper institution in which fo prepare
children for a life career.
Americus Business College
Armory Hall
STANCHED OR SOFT
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19 A DEPENDABLE INDICATOR
OF A SMART SERVICEABLE
CLURTT, PEABODY A CO.. !oc.
COLLAR
Troy, New York
Can’t
Hold Cotton Again
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In justice to yourself you can’t afford to
hold cotton for a higher price this year if
you are going to allow it to lie around in
any old place and lose some of its value.
affect cotton pricea along with ev
erything else. Bat the only way
to decrease the priee of a com
modity like cotton ia to increase
the production, and unless the pro
ducer gets a living price over his
cost of making the crop, the pro
duction will not be increased.
Although on account of the large
margin between price of raw cot
ton and finished product, tto price
of some dry goods having been bas
ed on as high as 70-cent to 90
cent cotton, the finished product
may decline, and cotton still be en
titled to advance.
During Round 1 for the past sev-
I .
{][ Some time ago we received ten bales for storage—after
the owner of the cotton had allowed it to lie around
* under a shed. When We sold it for our customer at 35c
we had to pick 1741 lbs. off on account of Country
Damage. Figure it up. The owner of the cotton lost
a cool $535.00. v . '
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Every dollar of that $535.00 could have been saved by storing in
Willinghams Warehouse in the beginning. A year’s storage on the
ten bales would have only co£ him $60.00. Just fifty cents per bale
per month—covering both Storage and Insurance.
(IT Commission charge for selling very reasonable. Will gladly make
^ loans on cotton stored with us up to 80% of the value of the cotton.
/• - Write or Wire for Information
Willinghams Warehouse
Established 1870
R. F. Willingham, Pres.
MACON, GEORGIA