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TUESDAY. AUGUST 11.
COTTON CROP OF THE SOUTH
RECEIVING NATIONAL ATTENTION
IJ. J. Watson, president of the
Southern Cotton Congress, left yes
terday afternoon for Washington,
tvhere he will prepare the plans for
the extraordinary session of the con
press. when the United States gov
ernment will be asked to give finan
cial assis’ance to the cotton farmers
of the South. He was accompanied
by T. B. Stackhouse.
"Referring to the published report,”
said Commissioner Watson, "to the
effect that at the meeting at Ben
nettsville I had been called upon as
commissioner of agriculture of the
state of South Carolina to call a mass
meeting of the citizens of this state
at Columbia on the 15th and prelimi
nary meetings in each township on
the 12th, I wish to say that Immedi
ately after the meeting I talked on
the long distance phone to Mr. Exum
and pointed out to him that practi
cally all of the men in South Caro
lina who were in the forefront of the
fight to save disaster to the cotton
crop would not have returned from
Washington by the 15th, and that by
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and Associate
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ADOGRAM
No. 9.
All things come to those who
hustle while they wait.
The modem business man, manufacturer or merchant,
does not merely wait for business to come—“he hustles while
he waits.”
The medium by which the shrewd hustler makes his
willingness to serve known, is the advertising columns of
the daily newspaper. Of all forms of advertising, newspa
per advertising is the greatest result producer at the small
est cost.
that date it perhaps might not be
known what action the federal gov
ernment would be able to take. I
also called his attention to the fact
that in order for anything in this
crisis to be available it must be on a
basis as wide as the cotton belt itself,,
and that that was the reason every
body vitally concerned in cotton had
been invited to the conference in
Washington; that nothing short of fed
eral action could be made effective o'
the fight to save disaster to the cot
ton now to be moved. After discuss
ing the matter ladvised that it would
be well before attempting a meeting
at which otir people could only grope
in the dark to wait and see what
could be done in Washington on a
national basis, and I told him that
should we fail of something effective
there the people of South Carolina
might rely upon me to immediately
issue a call to them enabling them tu
get together and do what they can
within the borders of their own state
to protect themselves from the total
loss which would perhaps threaten.
In any event no matter what is done
in Washington it is very likely that I
shall comply with the request that
comes from Marlboro and call a gath
ering of all interests qpneerned in
cotton for about the 18th or 20th of
August. However, I expect to confer
further in Washington with the men
from Marlboro who passed the reso
lutions at the meeting at Bennetts
villc and will largely be guided by the
results of that conference.”
Commissioner Watson will today
hold a conference with a representa
tive from each of the cotton states,
when tile action by the cotton con
gress will be discussed. The congress
meets Thursday and delegates will at
tend from every state in the South.
“We have worked out a clear cut
proposition. It is one that will benefit
every cotton farmer of the South,”
said Commissioner Watson.
E. W. Dabbs, president of the South
Carolina State Farmers' union, yes
terday appointed the following dele-'
gates to attend the cotton congress.
COTTON OPTIMISM GROWS
Prospects of Export Trade Considered
Better, but No Move Is Made to
Reeume Trading.
New York— While there appeared to
he rather a more optimistic feeling
as to export trade prospects in the
cotton trade yesterday, no movement
was made toward any immediate re
opening of the New York Exchange
Sentiment appears to be against any
effort to resume trading in futures
pending a further improvement in the
international situation.
Cables received here from Liverpool
reported business had been resumed
in the spot market there and that
there had been sales at a decline o f
15 points from the last quotations,
with American middling quoted at
6.50 d., or about 13 cents a pound. The
apparent difficulty or uncertainty of
replacing supplies now held in Liver
pool would naturally be a factor in
the English price, however, ahd it was
reported the South was offering
prompt shipments of new crop strict
middling cotton at 11 to 11 1-4 cents
delivered at Eastern mill points. Lo
cal spot dealers reported that domes
ti' mills were neither accepting these
oM'er;: nor willing to make bids for
the time being.
New crop cotton Is not yet showing
up at Southern ports or interior cen
ters as freely as It did at this time
last year. Southern planters are be
ing urged to market their crop as
siowly as possible, and nearly all the
Southern papers are devoting many
columns of their space to appeals for
government assistance as well as that
of hankers and merchants In such op
erations.
Spot dealers In the local market say
that In the case of a sufficiently at-
tractive price many of the larger do
irentic mills would buy enough cotton
to supply their normal requirements
for two seasons.
URGES COTTON MEN TO STAND
FIRM.
Congress Committee Advises Growers
Not to Put Product on the Market
In Haste.
Washington.—ln an address to the
cotton growers and people of the cot
ton growing states, made public re
cently, the congressional committee
which volunteered several days ago to
seek measures which would prevent
serious consequences to the South be
cause of the European war, declared:
“Our message to you is: Stand
firm; sell cotton only as a last neces
sity."
Members of the committee, headed
by Senator Hoke Smith, Georgia, af
ter a careful investigation of condi
tions up to the present time, gave it
as their mature judgment that the
least possible cotton should be put
upon the market during the next six
ty days, asserting that the agencies
of the federal government, both ex
ecutive and legislative, were doing all
possible to relieve the strain of the
situation caused by the lack of trans
portation facilities and the danger of
facing no market abroad. They call
ed for unselfish co-operation among
the farmers, merchants and bankers
of the South for the common good,
and declared:
"It should be understood that w«
are not in the midst of n panic, nor
is a financial panic possible under our
new banking and currency law; and it
is not necessary for us to throw our
cotton upon the market at prices less
than its real value."
PRICES ON COTTON GOODS
SHOWING UPWARD TENDENCY
Large Manufacturers Taking Firm
Grip on Situation.—Orders Coming
Forward on Staple Goods to Replace
Other Lines Which Cannot Be Se
cured—Burlaps Have Now Reached
Prohibitive Levels, and Are Still
Advancing.
New York—Manufacturers and sell
ing agents handling staple lines of
cotton goods are fast getting a firm
grip on the situation. The fear early
last week of a tremendous slump In
the price of cotton, owing to lack of
orders from English manufacturers
and the nervousness shown by South
ern spipners and manufacturers com
ing to this market. Is rapidly disap
pearing. Whether or not the English
mills take their usual quota of raw
material, cotton is not going to be
“thrown overboard” In this country.
Merchants In the South rushed to the
conclusion that with England and Eu
rope out of the raw material market
the bottom would drop out on cotton,
are now taking a different view of
the situation. The large volume of
orders coming through and the fact
that cotton goods can he used in place
of many lines of imported goods now
impossible to get, is beginning to sink
home.
Coarse cotton goods which were to
be picked up at low prices a short
while ago are now being gradually
marked up from 1-8 to 1-4 cent a
yard, as orders continue to Increase.
Owners of cotton are being strongly
advised to hold what they have, as
larger quantities of raw material will
he needed later on for home consump
tion. In addition to this the conserv
ative merchants in the trade are very
confident that the usual trade routes
between here and England will short
ly be cleared for commercial purposes,
and that manufacturers in Great Brit
ain will need a fair amount of. raw
material. Not only is this the case,
but there is every indication that the
mills of this country will be called
on to supply markets where up to the
start of the war, British and European
manufacturers furnished the goods.
400 COMING VIA DENMARK.
Copenhagen—Four hundred Ameri
cans, including Alvey A. Adee, assis
tant secretary of state, and now a
delegate to the Spltzberger Confer
ence at Christiania; Post Wheeler,
secretary of Ihe American embassy at
Tokio, and the latter's wife are pro
ceeding from Kgbierg to England.
Henry White, former American am
hassador to France, is reported safe
in Berlin, but unable to leave All
the Americans have sufficient funds.
Mr. Adee, who was on his anting
vacation in Europe, was appointed by
the United States government a dele
gate to attend the conference at
Christiania, at which the representa
tive of the powers were to draft a
form of government for Spitsbergen.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA
ASSEMBLY BF
GEORGIA ENDS
Adjournment Comes Tonight
Under the Fifty Day Law.
Many Bills Remaining.
Atlanta. —After making all arrange
ments for taking a day off today and
attending the funeral of Mrs. Wilson
at Home, the Georgia legislature de
cided that the plan was not feasible
and changed its mind yesterday af
ternoon, so its adjournment will comn
tonight, as originally intended under
the fifty day law. The two houses are
head over heels in work today and
will be until far In the night, but
even then there will be many hun
dreris of hills unreached.
The child labor bill reaches the sen
ate today for final vote and passage,
and If any fight develops on it It is
probable it will go by the board.
State Health Board,
Atlanta. —The powers of the state
board of health were greatly Increased
by the hill which passed the senate
yesterday afternoon, and which al
ready had passed the house. The sen
ate struck out the clause permitting
the beard to declare quarantine in
any county where thiß was considered
necessai.v and in which the county
authorities refused to act.
There were ninety-three senate
bills left over upon which no final
action will he taken.
AUGUSTA MAY TAKE PART
IN BOSTON EXPOSITION
Dates Oct. 5-31. Commission
ers of M. & M. Held Their
Regular Meeting Last Night.
At the regular meeting of the Board
of Cornniisfiionera of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association held
yesterday afternoon, only routine mat
ters were transacted with the excep
tion of an invitation from Roston for
Augusta to send a representative and
have an exhibit at a large domestic,
science exposition, October 6-31. being
referred to the agricultural depart
ment of the Association, Mr. R. C
Berckm&ns, chairman. The “Back to
the Farm*' movement will be a con
spicuous feature of the exposition, too.
Should the committee decide to
have Augusta represented at Roston
preparations will he made to send a
big agricultural exhibit to the Hhow
as well as maps, literature, etc., giv
ing statistics about Augusta and
Richmond county which were only
recently compiled for the M. & M. As
sociation for use specially at fairs and
expositions in other cities.
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Nsnrly everybody who has ever tried
ealome] has found that it gives only
a temporary relief. For calomel is
suoh a powerful drug that 1t shocks
and weakens the liver and inAlas It
less able afterward to do its duty
than in the first place.
This is one of the reasons why your
druggist guarantees Dodson'* Liver
Tope to take the place of calomel.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is a pure vega,
table liver tonic that will cure consti
pation quickly and gently without any
danger of bad after-effects. It is
guaranteed to do thla with a guaran
tee that Is simple and fair. If you
buy a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
for yourself or your children, and do
not find that It perfectly takes the
place of calomel, then return to the
store where you bought it. and get
your money back with a smile.
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Large assortment
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ANNUAL MEETING GFOROIfc
CHEMICAL WORKS TODAY
Tile annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Georgia Chemical
Works was held at the offices of the
company at Augusta todaj at 12
o'clock. No matters of any public
interest were transacted.
EQUIPPING AN AGRICULTURIST
"How's your boy Josh doing?"
"Well," replied Farmer t’orntossel.
"Josh is a smart hoy and mighty will
in’, but I’m going' to have to send him
to school some more before I can
depend on him for help on the farm."
"Why, lie Is a well educated young
mui:."
“Yes, but he's got to specialize. I'm
golf.’ lo keep him studyin' geology
untol he kin recognize a rock before
he hits It with a plow.”— Exchange.
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The Reorganization Sale
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ANNUAL SUMMER
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Trunks. Bags, Suit Cases,. Ety.
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