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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 Rosenthal’s Refrigerating Plant Now Prepared to Take Care of Your Perishable Goods. Conveniently Located Terms Reasonable 10th and Market Sts. Phone 3216-W Ask For Rosenthal’s Weiners and Bolognas AT GROCERS AND MARKETS Tuxedo — A Hit with the Hit -Makers TTUNDREDS of the snappiest ball players 1- in the country—the clean-cut athletes who provide Americans with their greatest outdoor relaxation—enthusiastically endorse Tuxedo. This is the kind of endorsement that carries a convincing punch. These men know that Tuxedo is a mild, pure tobacco, which can be smoked all day with pleasure. 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