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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Columbia County Farmers Ginning
Their Cotton and Hauling it
Back to the Farm
Backed By Merchants and Bankers, They Are Determined to
Hold Until Normal Conditions Return- -Not a Bale Raised
Around Grovetown Offered For Sale and Only First Pick
ings Disposed of Anywhere---Need of Bonded Warehouse
at Harlem
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Correspondent,
The Augusta Herald.
Harlem, Ga.—Columbia county far
mers are getting their cotton out of
the fields as rapidly as possible, hau'-
ing it to the ginneries and then hauling
it back home again.
Columbia county farmers are deter
mined to hold—to hold and endure —•
rather than to sacrifice their cotton
at a price less than the cost of pro
duction.
Though ginning began here last Fri
day, and since then from 200 to 300
bales have heen ginned, not one bale
lias been sold in Harlem. About two
thirds of the cotton seed have been
sold—around 21 cents. The warehouse
at Harlem has only 14 bales. Prob
ably half a dozen bales have been
shipped to Augusta. The remainder
has been hauled back to the farms.
Of course it is a problem—how the
farmers are going to hold. They,
many of them, owe money. Their ob
ligations are falling due. To harvest
the crop calls for ready cash. Cot
ton pickers are being paid 40 cents a
hundred as usual. At present there
Is no money to be secured at the
hanks. But this is not the first time
the cotton farmer has been called upon
to solve a serious problem, though it
is the first time the present existing
conditions have constituted the prob
lem.
From the best information obtain
able, crops throughout Columbia coun
ty are excellent this year. There is a
large cotton crop, helping to make
up in a way for the drop in price.
Due to the long drouth the early corn
crop was cut rather short, but May
and June corn more than made up
f or any shortage and barns are pretty
well stocked. Many oats were raised.
And in the Harlem vicinity, I am told,
there are few farmers —except share
croppers—who have not at least
enough hogs to run them through the
winter.
When it is considered that hogs on
the hoof will bring 9 cents a pound,
it is readily seen that a good-sized
hog is worth about as much as an
average-sized bale of cotton. But a
butcher in Harlem tells me there are
few hogs offered for sale. So, the
farmers are also conserving the hog
crop.
Sell Only First Pickings.
Though assured by the bankers and
the merchants that they will lend ev
ery assistance within their power to
enable the farmers to hold their cot
ton until prices advance, there are, of
course, some of the smaller farmers
who are compelled to secure some
ready cash now. I talked with some
of these today. They propose to sell
only their first pickings—just enough
to tide them over —then to take ad
vantage of the assistance which ali
believe must come through the efforts
of the bankers and business men of
the South.
Bonded Warehouse Needed.
Of the many men I talked with to
day in two points in Columbia county
none appeared hopeless. Uncertainty
prevails, and there is a wide diver
gency of opinion as to how long it will
be before normal conditions will again
prevail; but all have faith in cotton,
and hope in cotton. Therefore they
desire to hold the cotton which they
believe is bound to go back in the
course of time to a figure in advance
of that from which it tumbled at the
beginning of the European war. The
hope, it is realized, is in the present
crop; next year there can be nothing
like an average crop raised. And the
hope is in the acceptance of cotton
warehouse receipts as security for the
issuance of 75 per cent of the value of
the cotton crop in emergency cur
rency.
Realizing that to take advantage of
this, government regulations must be
complied with, there has sprung up
within the past few days at Harlem
a strong sentiment favoring the erec
tion of a bonded warehouse. It is re
garded as essential as it will be that
the banks in Columbia county form the
proper connections with banks which
Last Call at
These
Prices
$9.95
For mi r SIB.OO and $15.00
Man'* Suits
$14.95
For our $25.00, $22.50 and
$20.00 Suits.
MSCrearys]
"Home of Good Clothes.
are members of the National Currency
Association in order that the cotton
warehouse receipts they handle may be
converted into emergency currency
through these larger banks.
Banks Willing to Help.
Dr. F. H. Phillips, president of the
Bank of Harlem, is thoroughly alive to
the situation.
"While I believe,” said Dr. Phillips
today, "this calamity will ultimately
prove a God-send —for if it does not
teach the Southern farmer to live at
home nothing that can ever happen in
the future ever will—we must deal
now not So njuch with the future as
with the present.
"It is the policy of the bank to help.
We have given much serious thought
to the situation these last few weeks.
We are now urging the farmers to
store their cotton, advising all against
selling, and requesting that they bring
in their warehouse receipts. With
these we believe we can help because
on these we believe we can secure not
only renewals but additional money if
they come in sufficient quantity.
"It is clearly evident that the South
cannot raise anything like another
crop of cotton next year,” continued
Dr. Phillips, “and while the govern
ment estimate of this year’s crop is
15,000,000 bales, stretching that over
two years and even allowing for a
5,000,000 bale crop next year, will cut
the production down to 10,000,000 bales
a year for two years. With the world
demand in spite of the war in Europe,
although we must carry over the great
majority of this year's crop to get the
benefit, cotton is bound to resume, in
the natural sequence of things, its
rightful place as a world commodity.
Every man who holds is going to bene
fit. And with the help of the larger
banks—which we can get with cotton
warehouse receipts—we can help the
farmers of this section to hold.
Sees Silver Lining,
“I have heard it said that it is ruin
to the small farmer to try to hold
his cotton,” continued Dr. Phillips. “In
my opinion, the situation now con
fronting us will not hurt the small
farmer as much as it will the extensive
planter who is more able to stand
temporary hardship, perhaps, but upon
whom will fall the brunt of the loss
should things ultimately work out as
is now indicated. However, it is go
ing to teach us all—bankers, mer
chants, big farmers and little farmers
—a lesson by which we are bound to
profit. There is going to be in the fu
ture another money crop besides cot
ton; there is going to be more diver
sified farming—more hog and hominy,
more living at home on the farm;
more grain raised. And there is going
to be less senseless credit, particular
ly to wagehands and share-croppers.
Perhaps we may all yet be thankful
for what we have received in this
lesson which, I believe, is destined to
teach the Southern farmer how to
farm.”
Will Extend All Credit.
If those Columbia county farmers
whose names are on the books of Mr.
George T. Wilson, who is one of the
largest supply merchants of Harlem,
have been apprehensive that Mr. Wil
son would be disposed in view of ex
isting conditions to demand settlement
of accounts as they mature, there is
consolation for them.
Mr. Wilson told me today that he is
now making a proposition to all who
owe him as much as one bale of cot
ton and upwards. This proposition Is
simply that the farmers bring him the
cotton. He will assist them to hold
until conditions are Improved.
"As long as they want to hold it, If
it is three years,” were Mr. Wilson’s
words. "I will store the cotton for
my customers anywhere they would
have me to and won't sell a single bale
of it. With these receipts I can then
secure further credit, which I must do
in order to grant any further credit.
My desire is not only to help my cus
tomers by extending paper due now
and soon falling due, but to be able
to continue helping them while they
are holding their cotton for better
prices."
Business, declared Mr. Wilson, Is
not so poor as one might expect under
existing conditions, and as many to
whom he had made the foregoing
proposition have declared their inten
tion of accepting It as soon as they
get their cotton out, he was in better
position o see further ahead than
some merchants who nave not taken
steps to alleviate conditions.
Not Worried About Accounts.
"I am not worried about any ac
counts now on my books and I expect
to continue doing business the same
as though nothing had. happened," Mr.
H. M. Dunaway, another of the lead
ing merchants of Harlem, told me to
day. Mr. Dunaway does not attempt
to discount the seriousness of the sit
uation, nor the fact that it is one which
calls for courage on the part of ev
ery man, but he, too, expressed his
Intention, as did others to whom I
talked, of doing everything he can to
help the farmer help himself. "I am
still buying goods." he said —one In
dication of his sincerity. "Yonder at
the hack door the boys are unloading
a shipment that has Just arrived.’'
Mr. Dunaway Is aleo a farmer. "1
believe In farming now more than ever
before," he said. "I mean the right
kind of farming, not simply raising
cotton, and If I didn't have this busi
ness on my hands I would be tempted
to give my whole time to farming
hereafter, beginning the first of next
year."
Busy at Grovetown.
In spite of prevailing conditions, tho
whitening fields around Grovetown are
full of cottonplckers at 40 cents a
hundred, and one after another wagons
loaded with the fleecy staple poured
Into the town yesterday
Two ginneries are In full operation
and have been for several days, and
as soon as the cotton Is ginned It U
hauled back to the farm where It was
grown. Only a very few bales have
been shipped from Grovetown to Au
gusta—and these with Instructions not
to Sell Alout a hundred bales have
been ginned up to noon yesterday at
Grovetown
Cottonplckers have plenty of ready
cash to spend, and though It Is a fact
that not a single farmer in the Grove
town section has as yet sold as much
as one bale of cotton —the determina
tion of all apparently being to hold,
hold, hold, until conditions improve—
business is not by any means at a
standstill.
"1 have seen a great deal much
worse times than these," said Mr. T.
E. Norvell. who has been in business
at Grovetown for thirty-odd years, a
well known merchant and farmer. “It
hasn't been so many years ago since
cotton was bringing only 5 and 6 cents
a pound and nobody starved. Of course
I know that cotton is worth more than
it is bringing now; but we folks down
here are not selling. We are going to
hold because we know there is plenty
of money in the country and that the
demand for cotton is going to be much
greater.”
Fortunately, the farmers throughout
the Grovetown section have been suc
cessful in raising splendid crops this
year, not only of cotton, but of corn
and oats and peavine hay, and will not
suffer, not at least in the near future,
for hog meat, though in common with
practically all sections of Georgia, the
first consideration has been the "ready
money” crop—-cotton.
Mobbed As Spy and
Expected to Be Shot
London, 2:52 a. m Mrs. Stobart,
who went to Brussels in the middle
of August to establish a hospital un
der the auspices of the Belgian Red
Cross, lias returned to London after
thrilling experiences. While trying
to get from Brussels through the Ger
man lines she was arrested with her
party outside of Louvain and taken in
a coal truck to Tongres, where she
declares she was submitted to insult
ing treatment as a supsected spy at
the hands of German officers.
Mrs. Stobart and her party spent
the night in a guard room, expecting
to be shot in the morning. They were,
however, sent on to Cologne. They
were deprived of all their documents
and mobbed by crowds of howling
German soldiers at Liege, Aachen
and other stopping places. They were
finally liberated and escaped through
Holland after encountering many dif
ficulties.
ALBANY-SAVANNAH HAD A
HOLIDAY YESTERDAY; GO
TO BABIES’ PLAYGROUNDS
Yesterday afternoon was holiday for
the Savannah and Albany baseball
teams, the firs two scheduled games of
the post-season series having been
played on the two previous days, the lat
ter two games scheduled for this week
will take place in Albany. After these
two games are played tlie two clubs will
again return to Savannah, and if neces
sary, when two games are played, go
back to Albany, however, its improbable.
The championship of the South Atlantic
League will he decided next week, at
least it should be.
The club that wins four games before
the other does will be awarded the rag.
Denies Originating
News at Embassy
Washington. —Count von Bernatorff,
the German ambassador, said today he
would make no protest against the
purchase by Great Britain of muni
tions of war from American firms.
The practice of neutral nations, it
was said at the state department, is
not to restrict traffic in contraband, I
the privilege to prevent such commerce
on the high seas resting with belliger
ents in their right of search and cap
ture.
Count von Bernstorff also denied a
statement which declared the German
embassy had originated some of the
news it gave out. He said nothing was
given out but official reports from
Berlin.
OTHER RESULTS
American Association.
Louisville 2, Milwaukee 8.
Indianapolis 5, Kansas City 7.
Columbus 3, St. Paul 2 (14 innings).
Cleveland 5-1, Minneapolis 4-6.
North Carolina Leaaue
AsheviHe 2, Charlotte 4.
Durham 7, Winston-Salem 8.
Raleigh 5, Greensboro 4.
International League.
Rochester 4, Jersey City 0.
Buffalo 4-8, Newark 3-1.
Toronto 10-1, Baltimore 2-3.
Montreal 6, Providence 0.
ADJUST WIRE CENSORSHIP.
Washington- Sir Cecil Spring-Rice,
the British ambassador, after a con
ference with Counsellor Lansing at
the state department today sa. S that
the wireless censorship had been ad
justed rh unofficially outlined two
days ago.
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC.
Detroit, Mich.—The Grand Army of
the Republic In annual encampment
here plunged Into routine business to
day. The principal event of the fore
noon sessions was the annual address
of the commander-in-chief of the G.
A R., Washington Gardner, who made
several Important recommendations.
Receptions and campfires and a dis
play of fire works at Belle Isle were
the entertainments arranged for to
night.
THREATS OF VIOLENCE.
Clintwood, Va.—Authorities of the
Dickenson County Jail took extra pre
cautions today for the safety of Har
mon Mullins, an aged farmer under
arrest charged with shooting to death
hIS 19-year-old son Benjamin, at their
home near here yesterday.
Details of the killing are not known
but rumors of threatened violence
against the prisoner have reached the
authorities from several sections of
the county.
STAY IN MEXICO.
Washington, D. C So warships are
to be taken awsv from Mexican waters
at present and transfer of command of
the fleet from Rear Admiral Badger to
Hear Admiral Fletcher tie been post
ported until next month. It was the
plan to bring the fleet to Hampton
Roads for the transfer.
6 DEAD IN SANDBANK.
Schenectady, N. Y.— Five girls and
one boy, ranging In age from six to
ten years, were killed here yesterday
when a sandbank on which they were
playing caved In. They were In a
tunnel they ha/1 dug Into the foot of
the bank and when found they were
covered with several feet of sand,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Split Double-Header.
At Boston—
(FIRST GAME.)
Score; R. H. E
St. Louis 000 040 140—9 13 1
Boston 020 000 211—6 13 \
Baumgardner, James and Agnew nut!
Jenkins; Gregg and Cady and Thomas.
(SECOND GAME)
Score: R H E
Boston 210 130 *—7 13 1
St. Lonis 003 000 o—3 6 0
Bedient and Carrigan; Mitchell,
Hoch and Jenkins.
Tie-up.
At Washington—
Score: R. H.E.
Chicago 100 000 030 o—4 6 1
Washington ....000 100 003 o —4 12 0
Benz and Schalk and Mayer; John
son, Bentley and Williams.
Tigers 6, Yanks 5.
At New York—
Score: R. h. E.
Detroit 000 104 100—« 12 0
New York 101 030 000—6 11 0
MHln and Stanage and Baker; Cole
and Nunamaker.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Pels Lose Ground.
At New Orleans—
(FlßST GAME.)
Score: R. h. E.
New Orleans 000 100 o—o 2 1
Nashville 100 010 o—2 4 1
(Seven innings by agreement.)
Bagby and Higgins; Berger and
Gibson.
(SECOND GAME.)
Sc °re: r. h. B.
New Orleans..ooo 000 000 000—0 3 2
Nashville 000 000 00 000—0 4 0
Kissinger and Adams; Boland and
Smith.
Crackers 1, Barons 6.
At Birmingham—
Score: R. h. E.
Atlanta 100 000 000—1 5 2
Birmingham 020 000 40*—6 9 0
Williams and Dunn; Roth and Wal
lace.
Gulls 2, Lookouts 0.
Mobile 000 000 2 —2 4 0
Chattanooga 000 000 o—o0 —0 4 0
(Seven innings, darkness.)
Townsend and Schmidt; Howell and
Street.
Not Scheduled.
At Mobile-
Score: R H E
Meciphls-Montgomery, not sched
uled.
BASEBALL WEATHER
American League.
All clear.
Philadelphia at Boston (2).
, Washington at New York.
National League.
All clear.
Chlcagd at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis (2).
Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Brooklyn (2).
Federal League.
All clear.
Indianapolis at Chicago.
Kansas City at St. l.ouls.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (2).
Brooklyn at Buffalo (2).
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Buffalo Victorious.
At Buffalo —
(FIRST GAME)
Score: R If E
Buffalo 11l 000 00*—3 6 1
Brooklyn 000 000 100—1 4 2
Moore and Blair; Bluejacket and
Land.
(SECOND GAME.)
Score: R H K
Buffalo 021 001 001 000—5 11 0
Brooklyn ....000 010 040 000—5 12 3
Schultz, Krapp, Woodman, Morau
and Blair and laivlgne; [.afltte, Chap
pelle, Brown and Land.
Packers 3, Hoosiers 4.
A< St. Louis—
Score; R. H. E.
Kansas City 010 001 100—3 7 2
St. Louis 000 300 01*—4 5 5
Cullop, Henning and Easterly; Dav
enport and Simon.
Chifeds Lose.
At Chicago—
Score: R H E
Indianapolis 000 110 000—2 5 0
Chicago 000 000 000—0 « 1
Moseley and Rarlden; Lange and
Wilson.
Postponed.
Pittsbrugh- Baltimore, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Braves Now Leading.
At Philadelphia—
(FlßOT GAME)
Score R H E
Boston 030 020 011—7 11 0
Philadelphia 000 111 020—B 13 i
Rudolph and Gowdy; Rlxey, Mar
ahall, Baumgardner and Kllllfer
(SECOND GAMEj
Score: R. h. B.
Boston 543 000 000—12 15 1
Philadelphia ....100 100 001— 3 7 3
James and Gowdy and Whaling;
Tincup, Oesthger, Rlxey. Mattison and
Burns.
Pirates Win.
At St. Louis—
(F'IRST GAME.)
Score: P. H E
PlttHhurgh 000 003 010—4 0 1
St. Louis 100 000 000—1 6 2
McQuillan and Coleman: Perrlt,
Rohlnson and Wlngo.
(SECOND GAME )
Score: r. h. B.
Pittsburgh ....000 000 001 00 1 10 1
St. Louis 000 100 000 00—1 6 1
Adams and Coleman; Doak and
Wlngo and Snyder.
Cubs 3, Reds 4.
At Cincinnati —
Score: R. h. E.
Chicago 100 002 000—3 10 0
Cincinnati 000 004 00*—4 6 4
Vaughn, Humphreys and Archer;
Ylngllng, Schneider and Clark.
Gianta 2, Dodgers 6.
At Brooklyn—
Score: R T* E
New York 000 000 110—2 H 1
Brooklyn 210 120 00*—6 11 0
Marquard, Srhmier, Hchupp and
Mevers and McLean; Pfeffer and Mc-
Carty.
FRED. CLARKE
"I'd advise even/ ballplayer to
smoke Tuxedo. I do, always. /
know of no other tobacco that gives
the satisfaction that Tuxedo does.”
JIMMY ARCHER
"Tuxedo is my idea of a good
smoke in every way — coolness,
mildness, purity. Tuxedo is a
Vinner. ”
JACK McINNIS
"Tuxedo gives a cool, mild
smoke, and never affects the wind.
Tuxedo is a tobacco that’s always
good."
STANDING OF CLUBS
Southern League.
Won Lost Pet.
Birmingham 78 58 .573
New Orleans 73 57 .562
Mobile 75 62 .514
Atlanta 68 50 .535
Nashville 70 63 .525
Chattanooga 64 72 .471
Memphis 57 75 .432
Montgomery 48 87 .356
American League.
Won Lost Pet
Philadelphia.. 83 38 .686
Boston 69 49 .585
Washington 61 57 .517
Detroit 62 61 .504
Chicago .60 63 .488
New York 56 66 .459
St. Louis 55 66 .454
Cleveland 39 85 .314
Federal League.
Won Lost Pet.
Chicago.. . > .. .. ..67 53 .553
Indianapolis 67 53 .558
Baltimore 61 54 .530
Kansas City 56 64 .509
Brooklyn 68 56 .508
Buffalo 67 57 .500
St. Louis 54 67 .446
Pittsburgh 48 66 .421
National League.
Won Lost Pet.
Boston 65 61 .660
New York 63 51 .553
Chicago 63 56 .529
HI. Louis 64 58 .625
Cincinnati.. ~ 64 64 .485
Brooklyn 64 62 .445
Philadelphia.. .. i. ..53 63 .457
Pittsburgh 53 63 .457 1
COLD STORAGE
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Now Prepared to Take Care
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Conveniently Located Terms Reasonable
10th and Market Sts. Phone 3216-W
Ask For Rosenthal’s Weiners and Bolognas
AT GROCERS AND MARKETS
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The Perfect Tobacco for Pipe and Cigarette
I' rom the scoreboard man to the magnate
in the private box, everybody on the grounds
is “catching on to” the supreme merit of
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leaves of high-grade Burley tobacco, so treated
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Tuxedo has many imi
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Convenient pouch, inner-lined H
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Cordon of British
Warships in Patrol
St. John, N. F. —The British govern
ment haw directed that for the re
mainder of the present season all
shipping between Canadian and Brit
ish porta abandon the route through
Belle Isle Strait ami use that by way
of (’ape Kace exclusively. This will
enable the cruisers In the North At
lantic to give more efficient supervis
ion to shipping;.
The wireless station at (’ape Race
has been restricted from doing any
general business and required to han
dle only naval and official messages.
A cordon of British warships stretches
from (Tape Race eastward to the Brit
ish coast and another patrols the
ocean sufficiently far south to guard
all British shipping traversing the
North Atlantic.
GRAND
OPENING ATTRACTION
Next
MONDAY and TUESDAY
EVENINGS,
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Prices 50c, 35c, 25c
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this week:
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pound ISc
Choice Salt Water Trout,
pound 15c
Choice Snapper,
pound 12i/ 2 c
Choice Blackfish,
string 25c
Choice Fresh Water
Bream, string 25c
Choice Mullet, string 25c
Norfolk Select Oysters,
quart 50c
For prompt delivery phone
1077.
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721 9th Street.
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in Water Products.
FIVE