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Comparative Data.
Htpt. 4th, 1914
II if heel temporoture record, 97 In 1881.
TaOwesi temperature record, 59 in 1887.
L#%o«t this morning, 71.
Precipitation yeaterday 0, normal 0.10,
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K 1> KMIGH. Local P’orecaatar.
FARMERS, ATTENTION
Cotton is bringing sixteen to
seventeen cents a pound in
Germany.
Cotton is bringing twelve
and one half to thirteen cents
a pound in Liverpool.
Cotton is worth more than
seven and one-half cents a
pound in the South.
Cotton is going to bring
higher prices.
Hold your cotton.
Warehouse it. Store it safe
iy-
Sit steady in the boat.
BANKERS. MERCHANTS AND
FARMERS STANDING TO
GETHER, SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER.
In a rocent Interview In The Herald.
Mr 1 *«ill A. Bwilm. president or tint
First National Hank of ' (la.,
•ay a:
"We can afford to hold as well
aa to preach to the farmer to hold.”
"Every person Who ran afford to do
an. ahotild hti;F at leant one hale of
■ at ten and hntd It. I waa an murli lm
preaaod with tlila suggestion that I
I Ave took some money my little non
haa In the savings hank, enough to
buy for him one hale"
"The farmere muat now begin to
live at home and hog and hominy
moat, to a great extent, lake the place
at I'oHon "
"Nobody la aelltug except those who
are obliged to eelL"
Mr. R. L Hsdaway. large merchant.
Thomson, Csa,;
"1 have bought a htg stock of gooda
and t export to do a good business
this fall '
"If this war continues and the far
mers want to hold their cotton, we will
do more credit business than we have
done before. We are disposed to help
them Wo meon all help one an
other.'
>f 40 well to remember that cotton la
bringing l« to 17 rente In Germany,
and 12H to II renta In England. It
ta folly for the Southern farmer to get
panic-stricken and sell hie cotton for.
half of these price* t'otton ta worth
a good deal more than present price*
In the ttnuth. Store your cotton and
ycuTl make money. Hold your cotton
MU the world wants tl and can come
afier It Don't dump tt on the plat
form or take the first offer
NEW MARKETS FOR COTTON
GOODS.
There are *0 millions of people south
of the Panama canal and they buy an
dually from Km ope more than jtuio.-
ods.ooo worth of goods There a no
reason why the United States should
not furnish five-stxiha of three goods
1 nsteed of Kurope and once the mar
ket'has been gained, this country
ought to hold it
Oxer 1111.000.nn0 anually worth of
cotton good* Is bought by l-attti-Amer
t<4 and of thin l«it year the United
Btatca fnmlthad 110,600,000 H#ro t«
• viltneo at ovar !00 million* worth of
cotton good* trade thia yoar that is
practically open to the Amort can mltta
for ih t ftrtt ttmr.
Already the American mil la ar*
loading up .m cheap cotton And this
»otton Is going Into goods for the ex
port trade. It la reported thr N*ev
Rngand mills arc running night and
day and tp expect soon to *ee tie*
Routhem mills doing the same.
In addtton to thr now markns
abroa for octton gooda thr home
this year is going to hr bigger
and broadac. With imports abut off.
with no foralgn gooda coming Into thg
homa market, Amanca ia going to con -
auma mora of its own cotton than e\er
bafora
Hoisting The Flag
America will have a mercantile marine of her own and the Stars and Stripes will again be
seen in the world’s ports. Up with the flag!
“Hold Cotton in the Seed,” Says
John M. Parker
New Orlean*.—A miyopsi* of a
speech delivered by John M. I’nrker in
New OrlPHiie August 18th on the pre»-
int cotton situation declares:
"('otton ia the one agricultural
article in which the United States
is supreme. and*oven In view of
existing war conditions, it it the
height of folly for the cotton pro
ducers to become panic-stricken,
and sacrifice their product far be
low actual cost of production.
"Our people should realise that
seven and one half million bales
of cotton at fifteen cents means
greater prosperity than fifteen
million bales at seven and one*
half cents, and all they have to do
to realize the value of their prod
uct is to hold tt. as Tar ns ties In
their power, and gradually market
il as It Is wanted by the rest of
the world.
"Cotton does not deteriorate by
being held, and is the one agri
cultural product fully as good
forty years from now as It is the
dav It Is ginned
"The question of holding a rea-
CONVENTION REPARTEE
Senator Went, In commencing: the
vat* (or temporary chairman, stated
that the delegates would vote In ac
cordance with their Instruction*.
Colonel Jojrph t’ottlo of Mllledga
yllle was on his (eel In an Inatant de
daring that no county committee lmtl
the rlßht to Instruct It* fleleaates on
this i>otnt.
Senator West dlsclglmed any Inten
tion of trying to direct the voting, lie
sanl he was simply In the chair for a
tew minutes, until a temporary chair
man coulil he elected.
!>upont tluerrv was on ht* feet in the
middle aisle.
• Then If you are not the chairman."
he shouted, "don't try to tell this con-]
ventlon how to vote," nnd there was
anotlter thunder of applause.
J. E. Sheppard of Sumter county got
the floor In the confusion and stated
to the convention In stentorian tones
that lie was aulhorlaed to state for
Senator Hoke Smith that the senator
wss deeply concerned In the election
of Mr. Jenklna as temporary chairman
and Mr. Reagan as permanent chair
man.
Thu statement brought forth stilt
more applause, and Senator W est hsd
the utmost difficulty tn getting the
roll rail started.
O R H?itchen*. cne of the shor*
term senatorial candidates, stood tip
on a chair and Interrupted He start
ed a speech and when he got as far
sa "1 want to proteat against Hoke “
the convention broke forth Into an
outburst of disapproval. Mr. Hutch
ens climbed upon the stage amt de
manded of Chairman West that he he
reogmzed under personal prtv liege for
the purpose of protesting saalnst the
name of Senator Hoke Smith being
brought Into this convention
l-Y>r se\ era I minutes the delegate*
kept up such an lncr**ant noise that
Mr Hutchens could not he heard.
Convention in Upraar.
He began by giving. "We are all
fellow democrats, 1 yield to nobody
sonable proportion of this crop is
one in which the farmer. mer
chant, banker and transportation
lines are equally interested, be
cause good prices moan good trade
and good collections, and ruinous
prices mean poor collections,
bankruptcy, and hard times.
"In my humble Judgment, as
far as possible, cotton should be
held in the seed because the gin
ning of any large amount of cot
ton will congest transportation
lines. ai}d the sale of cotton seed
and seed products, under existing
conditions, will he at extremely
low prices.
"If the producer of cotton can
succeed, with the help of the local
merchant, city merchants. the
local bank, and the city bank, to
hold off of the market, forty per
cent of his growth of coton for
the < urrent season, there is no
question the result will not only
be much higher prices for this
year, but profitable prices for the
surplus which will he carried over,
and which will suerly he needed
by the tuition* of the world.”
in my lovHlty to the democratic par
ty
Mr, Hutchens then announcing that
he was coming to his point of per
sonal privilege began a reference to
ttie "purity of the dew drops and
beauty of morning glories," whtn ha
was Interrupted with Jeers and urged
to tut out Hie dew drops and morn
ing glories. There were cries of
put him out and the convention was
In an uproar.
After order had been partially re
stored Mr. Hutchens said, "Senator!
Smith hna sent word to this conven
tlon, whether to try to boss u or 1
not."
Pandemonium broke out afresh, and
there were cries of "Put him out." j
l.rt Hoke boss If he wants to.” etc. 1
But the disorder would not cease. ■
There yvas as much, ts not more noise |
In the gallery as on the floor. Final ;
1> Senator West had the announce
ment made that unless there was order
tn the gallery, the police would dear
every apectator This had the desired
effect, an far as the gallery was con
cerned. and Mr Hutchens resumed,
lie said: "This is a democratic and
hot an autocratic gathering. We
Bhotild observe the will of the people I
a* depressed at the haltot hog
It Is an Insult to the democracy of 1
this State for a man to sit off In somel
room and by sending messages here
attempt to dictate the actions of this 1
convention. The suggistlon front Sen
ator Hoke Smith Is an affront to the
seu«e. decency, manhood, character
amt honor of this convention"
At this point Mr. Hutchena was
agin howled dow n and the wildest dis
order prevailed for several minutes.
There were constant shouts of "Put
him out "
Threaten* to Adjourn.
Id E McClatchev. raising hta hand
and getting attention, announced
Senator West, unlesa order was re
stored at onca. would adjourn the con
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ventton until 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
"You can't do it. We dare you to
try it.” whs shouted at Senator West
irom the audience.
Mr. Hutchens. resuming for the
sixth or seventh time, said:
"1 didn’t sttyt.this row.'
The audience shouted:
"Well, stop it, then."
Dupont Guerry then made the point
of order that Mr. Hutchens was not
a delegate and therefore had no right
on the floor.
Mr. Hutchens snapped out, ‘Wei!,
he had the audacity to send a mes
sage here."
Mr. Guerry shot back:
"And you have the impudence to
come here and Interrupt this conven
tion."
Speaking
... THE ...
Public Mind
Cotton Suggestion.
Augusta, (la., Sept. 3rd, 1914.
To The Herald:
I was particularly impressed with
the article in your valuable edition of
yeeterda>. in which it was stated that
the farmers of McDuffie county and the
merchants weve standing firmly to
gether for tlie interest of each other at
this time of depression, by the accept
ance of cotton receipts as sufficient se
curity. etc., for necessary money; and
I was struck with the great benefit that
might be derived by our people ts this
mutual confidence should exist every
where. end also of the simplicity of an
avrangemeiit which might completely fi
nance the present situation with com
paratively little risk to any one, and In
fact, no risk except as we can all af
ford ami* l am therefore constrained to
suggest for the benefit *»f all the farm
ers and merchants alike that every
reputable warehouseman Issue a certi
ficate of the at»**age of each hale of
cotton with its grade and weight, and
that we all mutually agree, tint that
certificate may he used ,*h cash to the
amount of 940.90 per hale, passing it
around as legal tender through the dif
ferent marts of trade, and accepted as
so much money In all of our business
Intercourse not involving foreign trans
actions.
I would suggest, for Instance, a re
ceipt from the warehouseman, some
what after this form:
"This Is to certify that Ith trri Roe
has stored In our warehouse, ut Augus
ts. Georgia, one ill bale of cotion.
weighing five hundred |M)0I pounds,
which we agree to hold for him a pe
rils! of six month*, with the unedrstand
tng th*: when *old the then hold*- of
this certificate shall he paid the sum of
forty (ItO.oat dollars, and the ha shoe
arising from said sale after deduction
of proper clutraes sh ill go to the credit
of the oriclt.*! depositor."
This wou'd make the cotton receipt as
sole as any currency, chancing only
that cotton might decltps to less than
eight cents pec pound- a thing Impos
sible when all of ns are Handing to
gether.
I think this will be entirely legitimate
and produce a kind of currency much
•t-orger than the bark certificates,
which we «ti accepted the time of our
last panic.
The warehouseman would stand ss an
impartial "stake-holder " and s Urge
I majority of the racctpte botntr-twerety tn
circulation would never require the hnr
j den of financing even hr the hanks bu*
when necessary our hanks • ould stUt
| take them as col ateral for calling upon
HOW THE SOUTH IS
MEETING THE COT
TON SITUATION
ORANGEBURG PLANS
TO STORE COTTON.
Second Meeting of Cotton Congress
Unit Held to Discuss Need
of Hour.
Orangeburg. S. C.—The second
meeting of the Orangeburg County
unit of the Southern Cotton congress
was held here Tuesday in the court
house. About 500 farmers, merchants
and bankers of the county assembled
to discuss the cotton situation. Many
talks were delivered and suggestions
offered.
Mr. Barrett of Barrett and Com
pany, Augusta, was present and ad
dressed the Orangeburg farmers. He
stated that his firm has prepared room
in Augusta for 10,000 bales of cot
ton. A committee was sent from Or
angeburg to Augusta to ascertain
about cotton warehouse room and Mr.
Barrett came to Orangeburg as a re
sult of this visit. A vote of thanks
was extended Mr. Barrett and Orange
burg county will be glad to take the
10,000 bale space.
The farmers were urged not to
draw' out their deposits in the banks
and to borrow on their insurance poli
cies. Every effort Is being made by
the banks of this county to stand by
the farmer and strive to help him
through his financial struggle.
COUNTY BANKS ACCEPT
COtTON WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
As Security for Loans.—Will Be Ac
ceptable to U. S. Treasury Depart
ment and Will Relieve Situation.
Atlanta, Ga.—Joseph A. McCord, vice
president of the Third National hank,
who is believed to be slated for the
presidency of'the Atlanta federal re
serve bank, is back from Washington,
where he attended the conference of
bankers adn business men, with a very
optimistic and encouraging view of
the cotton situation.
He declares himself able to predict
a comparatively small loss to the far
mers on account of the lack of an
immediate market for cotton. This
prediction, he said, is based on the
action of the treasury department in
allowing country banks to accept
warehouse receipts for cotton as se
curity for loans.
Mr. McCord declared that there is
no longer any danger of money panic
in the United States.
He admitted that, of course, there
may be some loss to the farmers, just
as there will probably he loss to man
ufacturers and men in other lines of
business, but, he added, “the farmer
will have to take his chance along
with the rest of us.”
Mr. McCord sees, as a result of the
war, an enormous expansion of Amer
ican trade. That, however, is to come
largely after the warring nations have
sufficiently recuperated to buy.
Air. McCord said that the object of
tlie Washington meeting, contrary to
an impression which seemed to have
gained credence in some quarters, was
not to hold up the price of cotton, but
to get the bankers and business men to
co-operate so that the farmer will be
enabled to hold his cotton until there
is a market.
A committee was named by Secre
tary McAdoo at the close of the con
ference to formulate certain rules re
garding the use of warehouse receipts.
This information will be published by
the press as soon as available.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera arid
Diarrhoea Remedy.
“I advised the ‘boys’ when they en
listed for the Spanish war to take
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with them, and
have received many thanks for the
advice given.” writes J. H. Hough
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without this great remedy.” For sale
l.y all dealers.
the reserve fund as provided by con
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I offer this as a suggestion and will
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the plan.
Yours truly.
B. B. McCOWBK.
Endorses "Fight for Food.”
To The Herald:
I wish to endorse your article in
which you call attention to "a fight for
food" tha( will have to be made in this
section of the country. I believe that
all of the housewives should form a lea
gue and refuse to buy meat at such out
rageous prices as are now being
charged. It strikes me as being most
absurd for the prices to be so high
when little or no meat is being exported
because of the demoralized shipping.
Why should meat, meal or flour go up
merely in anticipation of there being *
demand across the water? The meat
trust, the big flour interests, etc., are
speculating at the expense of the peo
ple of this countvy* And yet. why should
we of the South he worried over the
high prices of foodstuffs when we can
raise everything to eat at home? It
is because we have all gone crazy on
cotton and I believe that the war in Eu
rope will bring home the facts so force
fullv that we will diversify our crops
in the future. Lets eat fish and pota
toes. for they are cheap.
HOUSEWIFE.
Hope.
We cannot know
Aught of that (sr-off realm by us
named heaven.
Where. In our fancy, lilies pure as snow
Heck all the emerald meadows which
are riven
By wondrous singing streams. We can
not know
Until we go
We may not tell
If our freed eplnt searching shad dis
cover
The kindred souls of those we loved so
well.
Who when they passed death's mid
night
river over.
Passed speechless and a one. We may
not tell z
Nor yet rebel.
Hare we not left
That strong Impulse to every high en
deivor.
Which swathes the broken heart by
partings cleft?
Hope skyward, burns Its beacon-light
forever.
Beckoning us toward the truth; this we
have left
Who are bereft. —Sidn.. Morse.
Woman's Reason.
Women hwe more of what l» termed
good sense than men. They cannot rea
son wrong, for they do not reason at
alt. They have fewer pretensions, are
less Implicated In theories, and Judge of
objects more from their Immediate and
Involuntary Impression on the mind, ard
therefore mors truly and naturally.—
Ha zlltt.
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the first cool
snap.
Better order your
Fall Clothes now.
Our showings, right
now, are magnifi
cent,but the choicest
cannot be replaced
when sold.
S4O, etc.
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calls a story of this famous artist. At
a banquet a young girl whom he knew
very well said to him: “Oh, Mr. Sar
gent. I saw your latest painting, and
kissed it because it was so much like
you.”
“And did it kiss you in return?”
“Why, no.”
“Then said Mr. Sargent, “it was not
like me.”—London Standard.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.
AUGUSTA HERALD.
August Circulation, Daily and Sunday
Herald.
———— /
The circulation of '.lie Daily and Sun
day Herald for the month of August,
1914, was as follows:
3 13,032 17 17.610
2 15,010 18 12,405
•1 11,802 19 32,536
4 12,404 20 12,598
5 13,022 21 12.793
6 14,865 22 13.065
7 13,043 23 14,335
S 16,441 24 12,603
9 14.905 25 12,743
10 15.91 S _6 12,740
11 15,685 27 12,855
12 18,711 28 12,835
13 18,834 29 13.073
14 1 8.763 30 11,881)
15.. 17.702 31 13,077
16 11,635
Total August 443,928
Dally Average 14,320
The Augusta Herald, Dally and Sun
day, has a circulation In August; ap
proximately twice as large as that of
any other Augusta newspaper. Adver
tisers and agencies invited to test the
accuracy of these figures in comparison
with the claims of any other Augusta
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