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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9. ~ ircnton Farmers With Corn-Cribs and Smoke- Houses Well Filled and Cotton a Surplus t Money Crop, Set a Splendid Example The Pinch of War Depressed Cotton Prices Not Felt As Among Farmers Who Have Not liaised Foodstuffs and Jeedstuffs-'-Big Money Has Been Made in Truck---Rep resentative Planter Sees in the Existing Situation a Bright Hope for the Future of the South---Will Solve Problem of Farm Labor and Teach the Cotton Planter the Value of Raising Home Supplies WALTER E. DUNCAN, Staff Correspondent, The Augusta Herald. Trenton, S. C. —Favored with every thing except a fair price for cotton, not, however, by any means entirely dependent upon their cotton crops, but enabled to live while holding for the better price they know must come, farmers around Trenton are in posi tion, should it became necessary, to withstand a siege. „ There is no more fertile land in South Carolina than the fields em braced in the magnificent farms and plantations throughout this section, as level as the floor of a room. These farms have been developed to a high state of productivity. In sight of the station there are half a dozen Tine country homes. One may stand on Don’t Let a Cold Settle on Your Lungs Ts you have a persistent cough or cold, take warning before it is too late. Eck man’s Alterative has restored to health many persons who had serious lung trouble. Read of this case:— P easantville. N. J. 0 “Gentlemen: —During the winter of lUII I contracted a severe cold, which settled on my lungs. Eckman’s Altera tive was recommended to me and I com menced using it as a last reso#. The first bottle seemed to give no relief, in fact, I seemed to feel worse, but I kept on using the medicine and found out the first bottle had really started me on the road to recovery by loosening the mucus and making me expectorate freely. After using the medicine for some time, my cough ceased. I gained flesh and to day. I am a well man. (Abbreviated) (Signed) GEO. M. BATES. Eckman’s Alterative is most effica cious in bronchial catarrh and severe throat and lung affections and upbuild ing the system. Contains no harmful or habit-forming drugs. Accept no substi tutes. Small size, $1; regular size, $2. Sold by leading druggists. Write Eck man Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., for bool .et of recoveries. GRAY HAIR? Look Old? Feel Ashamed? Want Dark, Lustrous Hair? Thousands of men and wo men who bad gray, faded or streaked with gray hair have been made happy with dark, thick, beautiful hair by using Q-lian Hair Color Restorer. It is a clean liquid, harmless, not sticky or messy. Simply apply it to hair and scalp like a shampoo. The gray disap pears, darkening the hair so evenly and completely that no one will suspect you use Q- Ban. Easy to apply, produces a delightful sensation of clean liness to hair and scalp. Also stops itching scalp and dan druff and always makes the hair dark, lustrous, fluffy, thick, soft and abundant. The hair then becomes fascinating and attractive and makes you look young and vigorous. Big 7-oz. bottle only 50c. Mon ey back if it doesn’t darken gray hair. Frost Pharmacy, 502 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Out-of-town people supplied by mail. Low Cost of Living Menu By MRS. RAY THURSDAY. BREAKFAST Sliced Peaches Crisp Bacon Rice Griddles Coffee LUNCHEON Devilled Tomatoes Graham Bread Cake Cocoa DINNER Sliced Brisket Hindu Potatoes Boiled Onions Orange Salad Lulu Paste Toasted Crackers Coffee BREAKFAST Rice Griddle*—Mix one cup of cold cooked rice with one cup of milk, one ,‘KK, half a cup of flour and two tea spoons of baking powder. Heat well end took In small cakes on a griddle. LUNCHEON Devilled Tomatoes— Cse one pint to matoes one hard boiled egg, the yolk only two tablespoonfuls melted butter, onu 'one-half taldespoonfuls vinegar, one raw egg whipped light, one teaspoonful powdered sugar, salt, mustard and pep per; pound the boiled yoke, rub In but ter and seasoning, beat light, add vine gar heat almost to a boll, stir In the beaten egg until mixture thickens, set In hot water while you cut the tomatoes In thick slices broil over a clear fire, lay on a hot dish and pour hot sauce over them. O|NNER Hindu Potatoes—Cut two large pota toes In cube* about an Inch square, place it, saucepan with one tablespoon melted butler. Season with salt cayenne pep r»r and one teaspoon curry powder. Stir thoroughly, then add one pint hot water, let cook till potatoes are done. Oranne Salad—Cut In thin slices arid frve on el ute with the following Boll together five minutes one p <,r water and half n cup of sugar, st before taking from the fire squeeze In the Juice of a whole lemon. Chill nnd pour over the salad. Lulu Paste —cream half a cup of com r or cheese wtth a quarter of a cup of f. v minced onion. Add a teaspoon , Wop .'Storehpe and a little paprika. £- ; i e with toasted cracker*. the station platform or ride along a country road and view on all sides one of the most splendid sights—field after field of ripening crops, to feed and to clothe man, to fatten cattle j and stock. Trenton is a garden spot. Around Trenton every farmer plants cotton as a matter of course, but hardly a farmer who does not produce his food supply, his meat, his meal, his flour, his feedstuffs, and in addi tion enough to market —to help supply those farmers elsewhere who grow all cotton and must needs buy. Truck constitutes a ready money crop in ad dition to the surplus money crop cotton. Flour for Home Use. Three miles from Trenton a mill owned by Messrs. Irwin and Wal ter Smith, cousins and big Edge field planters, grinds each year about 3,000 bushels of wheat grown by the farmers in this sec tion for their own consumption. Here is also operated a large grist mill. Not far away is another good sized mill owned and operat ed by Mr. T. P. Salter. Only enough wheat is grown in this section for the actual needs of the growers and none for market, but other grain crops are raised in abun dance. It is nothing uncommon for farmers around Trenton to carry over from season’s end to season’s end from 200 to 800 bushels of corn after selling heavily of their corn crops; and the present condition of affairs find many of these farmers with their corn cribs so well supplied from last year that they are grinding up their surplus new corn to feed to the pigs. Fine Cattle Raised. Senator Ben Tillman is not the only Trenton farmer who raises cattle and live stock, though the senator prob ably does so on a larger scale than any one else in this section. Tren ton farmers have for many years been making the most of their opportuni ties. Cotton has not been the one consideration, and for that reason the condition of affairs suddenly thrust upon the Southern country by the war development in Europe, which has crippled the financial system and de pressed the price of cotton, does not pinch them and present the problem confronting tho average co'ton grower. If it is the same problem it is easier of solution. For Instance, the farmers in this section instead of facing the nec essity of buying meat, have meat to sell. A man living in the town of Trenton told me that all the meat that he has bought for sev eral years past he has bought out of the smokehouses of farmers, and at a price corresponding with those asked by the stores of ship ped meat. With fine pasture lands, and rais ing profitable alfalfa and pea-vine hay crop, farmers can produce beef at something like 5 cents a pound and pork from 3 to 4 cents, 1 am told. It not only can be done here as else where, but here it is done; and that is what makes the difference. Money in Asparagus. Diversity is the word throughout this favored section. Ready money crops are raised before cotton fields hardly need chopping out. Truck»rs reap their harvest and find ready markets for their produce. There is a great deal of asparagus grown around here. This past season Mr. T. P. Salter shipped from SIOO to $l5O worth of asparagus a day. Mr. Salter is a farmer who grows cotton, but raises enough of everything else to supply his home and his farm. He can grind up this year’s corn crop if he likes and feed it to his hogs and still have enough from last year to ran him until another crop is made. He has meat to supply his neighbors. Mr. T. P. Bauknight, living two miles from Trenton, one of the most extensive planters of this section, can —because he has grown everything else he needs—hold every bale of his cotton crop and get for it the better price that is hound to come with the return of normal times. On Mr. Irvin Smith’s place he re cently picked out sixteen Dales In two days—only a small portion ot ms crop—and like Mr. Bauknight, he is in position to hold because he has not depended entirely upon cotton. Mr. Walter Smith is a farmer who farms along the same broad, business-like lines. An Optimistic Farmer. I talked with Mr. P. B. Day, one of the most successful farmers of this section. It Is encouraging, in view of the existing conditions, to get the viewpoint of a man who sees the light ahead as does Mr. Day. “In my opinion," said Mr. Day, “while it is unfortunate and pre sents a problem, the situation brought about by the war is bound to help the Southern farmer to solve a broader problem, and one which confronts us every year— the problem with which we have been wrestling so long—and that Is, how to Induce the farmer to depend less entirely on cotton and diversify his crop so that he may live at home. Educational cam paigns have rooted the idea of di versity in the farmers’ minds. They are, I think, eager to take advantage of their opportunities: but the labor situation has made It impossible for many of them to do so. Now, labor conditions are going to be straightened out. It is Inevitable. "Here as elsewhere,” continued Mr. Day, “we have had the greatest dif ficulty in getting farm hands except negroes to work as share-croppers— and they don’t want to raise anything but the cotton that can be turned Into ready money as soon as It is gathered. It has been practically Im possible to get wages hands. The negroes have grown too independent. “Conditions which are bound to ob tain next year will serve to relieve the situation so far as labor is con cerned. It is going to be impossible for everybody to get advances from the banks with which to raise cotton. The farmers will be able to get any kind of help they want, and profiting by this year's experience, they are going to be compelled to turn their attention to raising foodstuffs and fed stuffs. "And another thing. Farmers spend too much money. They have grad ually. as a class, grown Into extrava gance, with high cotton prices. This will call a halt. But I see no reason why any one should get discouraged or excited. Cotton warehouse receipts are as good as money, and the coun try has not gone to the dogs. Experi ence is the best teacher and some les sons—the lessons that teach us the most—are those that cause us to suf fer so that we will not soon forget them. Yes, I believe this is a God send. It had to be to bring home some truths to the farmer that he needed to have impressed upon him— particularly that growing cotton is not farming.” Needless to say, Mr. Day will hold every bale of his cotton. lie has not begun ginning yet. A Big Help. Mr. Day is another farmer who has made money out of truck growing. This year he had 30 acres in aspara gus. He told me that he has in the past cleared as much ns $125 an acre on asparagus, although the cost of growing and preparing it far ship ment is high, since it required heavy fertilization—about SSO to the acre. I have passed through Trenton at this season of the year when the de pot platform would be loaded with cotton hales. 1 counted only six there today. With conditions as they are throughout this section—the farmers with cribs and smokehouses filled with hog and hominy—there is no question but that everybody will hold cotton until they can market it to ad vantage. The War in America Atlanta, Ga. —The telegraph wires brought in three queer little stories of “The War in America” today which were lost in them as of cable reports. At Fargo, S. D., Fritz Laemmle, a line man, is a German. He was working at the top of a telephone pole with Jan Ruskyn, a Russian. They began a war argument and Laemmle broke It up by hurling the Russ into a ditch. Then the whole crew joined in a fight which called out the county officers. At Indianapolis, Henri Gambe, a French chef In a leading hotel, resigned because the boss insisted on his filing a guest’s order for German fried potatoes. He swore that no German dishes should leave his kitchen while he was on the job. ♦ A Chicago, in a big State street move theater, tile picture was a skirmish of the war in Europe. When the pictures of the Belgian king appeared a German visitor or two raised a hoot, and a riot was precipitated. It required a squad of police to restore order. BUY A BALE OF COTTON BUY A BALE OF COTTON—we have bought a bale. Have you bought yours yet? M. Rich & Bro. Co., of Atlanta, has bought 50 bales Thirty-one employes of this firm have each bought a bale of cotton. Hotels throughout the South are buying a bale or two tof cotton and storing It prominently In the lobbies, tagged 10 cents or better. Labor unions, led by the action of the Atlanta Typographical Union, are pledging themselves to buy and store a bale or two of cotton. Turner Brice Co., wholesale grocers at Douglas, Ga., have bought 50 bales. Merchants throughout the 3outh are buying a bale of cotton and storing same in their windows and show rooms. The Buick Co., In Atlanta, has bought 11 bales and is storing It in their show rooms. Memphis is preparing to Join Atlan ta, Augusta, Athens, Rome, Winder, Waynesboro, Covington, Columbia and other cities in the South in the Buy a Bale Movement. President Woodrow Wilson has bought a bale and Joined the Southern movement to save the cotton crop. Dallas, Texas, Is also organizing a Buy a Bale movement. Southern houses are asking all the Northern and Western houses with whom they do business to Join the movement. Commercial travelers all over the South have endorsed the movement and will push the slogan. Buy a Bale of Cotton. Have you bought yours yet? The National I.oan and Exchange Bank of Columbia, S. through Its officers and employes, bought 27 bales In Columbia yesterday. Trade bodies, Boards of Trade, Mer chants and Manufacturers Associa tions, Civic Clubs, banks, merchants and professional men, all over the South, have endorsed the movement and are mots heartily co-operating. Augusta, as the second largest. In land cotton center in the South, s thoroughly aroused to the importance of this movement. Augusta’s Manufacturers and Mer chants Association are considering plans to launch this movement in the trade territory of Augusta In Georgia and South Carolina. The Atlanta plan calls upon the cot ton concentration centers. Augusta, Macon, Athens, Rome, Columbus, Sa vannah and other cities, to help In the Buy a Bale Movement. The plan as suggested by the At lanta committee Is as follows: "First, that, the following form of subscription blanks be used: "Enclosed please find check amount ing to $ for which you are au thorized to buy for my or our account bales of distressed cotton at the rate of 10 cents per pound at point of shipment—basts good middling. Please send warehouse receipt to cover. "If the cotton exceeds 500 pound* per bale I or we agree to pay for the excess at the rate of 10 cents per pound; If the cotton weigh* less than 600 pounds per bale you are to refund me or us the difference at the rate of 10 cents per pound. ”1 or we agree to hold this cotton for a period of one year, or until the market price exceeds 10 cents per pound. FHE AUGUSTA HERA' aUGUSTA, GA* THURSDAY SPECIALS GROCERIES SS” SURETY COUPONS SSi Flour, Golden Harvest, 24 t p r. ndbae 97c Flour, Self Rising no 24 pound bag .. . *JO C Hams,Dove Brand, oi pound AIC Lemons, Fancy, I *7 dozen 1 I C Potatoes, New, or peck ODC Butter, Creamery, Ol pure and sweet . . 04C Cheese, full OO cream, lb LdC Breakfast Bacon, on strips, lb iIUC Rice, fancy head, 10 lbs DOC Cottolene, No. OQ 10 cans 1 •£*/ Mackerel, 8 lb. OQ>« kit afOC DOUBLE SURETY COUPONS Before Noon mean 5c Saved on Every Dollar. "Second, that the state of Georgia be divided into the following concen tration points: Albany, Amorims, Ath ens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Ma con, Rome, Savannah and any other cities that can duplicate the work in their respective trade terirtories. The papers in the foregoing cities are re quested to publish names of farmers having distressed cotton for sale at least two days before the purchase of cotton by the committee. “Third, that the Atlanta zone in clude the following counties: Fulton, Cobb, Bartow, Forsyth, Habersham, Stephens, Gwinnet, Walton, Morgan, Newton Rockdale, DeKalb, Greene, Clayton, Henry, Butts, Fayette, Camp bell, Coweta, Troup, Douglas Heard, Ppaldlng, Meriwether, Pike Haralson and Paulding. “Fourth, that the following appli cation forms be filled in by farmers having distressed cotton and be pub lished in the daily newspapers and he mailed direct to this committee. Upon approval orders will be placed with buyers to be selected by this commit tee for confirmation: “Application to the buy-a-bale-of cotton committee: “I own or lease acres In county near city, state of Geor gia. My crop this year is bales. I desire to sell bales. Refer ences “In consideration of this sale I agree to reduce my acreage in cotton by 25 per cent for the season of 1916. (Sig natured.)” Livestock dealers and fertilizer com panies in many sections are allowing cotton producers 10 cents for their cotton on their accounts. Here is what a Macon firm is doing; Macon, Ga. —Waterman & Co., one of the oldest livestock establishments in this community, has adopted a plan which this firm believes will prove a great help to farmer customers, who bought mules and horses on time to make the present crop. Although the present market for good cotton is little better than seven emts, during the present month the producer who owes for his mules or horses at Waterman’s can pay the debt with cotton at ten cents per pound. This is an offer intended only for the bona fide producer. “It is our expression of faith in the future value of cotton," said Henry Waterman, Jr., "and also a determina tion on our part to step in and help the farmer to resist the starvation prlci which the open market is offer ing him.” This is a plan which It Is now be lieved will be largely followed by fer tilizer dealers and other supply mer chants who realize that It Is a dutv incumbent upon them to help their farmer customers to get more nearly what would be a normal market value of the cotton. UREAMIC COMA BRIGHTS DISEASE A young man called and asked If we knew him. He looked to weigh 200 pounds and was the picture of health. He proved to be George W. Newton, with the H. P. R. R. Company, Sacramento, Cal. Hl* previous visit was nearly 10 years ago. He came with his father. He was drowsy with uresmlc poison ing due to Bright's Disease and was In the edge of coma. Ills physician had told .itn father he could live but a short time. Fulton's Renal Compound wag ad ministered with eliminative* to help restrain the pending erlsl*. In three month* he was able to go home. The above I* the sequel. The ability of Fulton's Remit Com pound to oppose Renal degeneration and reduce albumen In many case* of Hright's Disease Is not a matter of opinion but a FACT IN PHVHICR \\p will mall formula for albumen test that will show the percentage from week to week. A* the albumen de clines Improvement commonly follows, recoveries having been reported In thousands of cases. Formula and lit erature mailed on request. John J. Fulton Co., Han Francisco. Green At 1 Horsey are agent. Ask toPf, •nph!«L CANNED MEATS Herring, 1 lb., OQ 3 cans L«/C Herring Roe, OO 3 cans mi C Shad Roe, or 2 cans JJC Shad, 1 lb,, 97/» 3 cans C Salmon, Pink, 1 lb. QA 3 cans DUC Salmon, 1 lb. Columbia River, 2 cans or for OvC Salmon, Vg lb. OP Flats, 3 cans .. .. CaO C Tripe, large can, OO 2 cans JOC Brains, large can, or 2 cans Oi/C Sardines, French, or 2 cans LaO C Sausage Meat, o*7 3 cans t* I C Chip Beef, O O 2 cans £OC Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. “My attention was first called to Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as much as twelve years ago. At that time I was se riously 111 with summer complaint. One dose of this remedy checked tho trouble," writes Mrs. C. W. Florence, Hoekfleld, Ind. For sale by alt dealers. BEARCH AMERICAN MAIL Washington. —The German embassy announced Tuesday receipt of the fol lowing wireless message from Its for eign office: “The English seize or search nil KIDNEY OR BLADDER WEAK? Just Mix Juniper and Buchu. Old Folks’ Recipe. The symptoms of diseased kldneyß and bladder; Scalding, dribbling, straining or to frequent passage of urine; forehead and the back-of-tho head aches; stitches and pains In the back; growing muscle weakness; spots before the eyes; yellow skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural short breath; sleeplessness and the despond ency; Diabetes, Bright’s Disease. The moment you have any of the above symptoms or a dull backache and rheumatic twinges, get from any re liable druggist a bottle of Stuart's Buchu and Juniper. Take a table spoonful after meals. Drink plenty of pure, fresh water and abstain from eating sugar, sweets or highly season ed foods. Your kidneys and bladder will then act fine and natural. Stu art’s Buchu and Juniper has been used for generations to flush clogged kid neys, also to neutralize the acids in urine so It no longer hurts you to pass water. Stuart’s Ruchu and Junipei Cornopund is old folks' recipe for kid ney trouble. Richmond Terrace Lot, 50x150 foot, price SIOO per lot. Titles allright. Location fine. Terms easy. On southern slope of The Ilill. Six eents a day buys one. Only 30 left at this price and on these terms. See me, or phone before they are sold. J.Hardwick Jackson Phone 3446. 409 Dyer Bldg. SNOWDRIFT COMPOUND No. 4 48c No. 10 SI.OB No. 20 $2.15 PURE LARD No. 5.. 82c No. 10 $1.60 No. 20 $3.05 COFFEE Rio, pound 19c E. C. D., pound .. . .29c Surety, pound 33c FOR ICED TEA USE J. B. White Special 40 Blend, 60c for . . 40C Jelly, pure apple, or 3 glasses mDC Ketchup, Bull Head, 3 bottles *l r for .. .... .. . ZDC Jam, any kind, on 1 3 glasses C* I C Olives, plain or or stuffed, 3 bottles . mJC American mail destined for Germany found in Dutch steamers. The Amer icans and relatives of Americans stay ing hero aro very uneasy on account of the Impossibility of getting news from the other side." BOYS’ SCHOOL SUITS -at- One-Third Off Made by the Best Tailors. Stylish, Serviceable, Satisfactory. McCreary's 1 —.l “Home of Good Clothes” CANNED VEGETABLES Peas, Early June, rr 6 cans DDC Tomatoes, No. 3, ra 6 cans 040 Corn, Sugar, AQ~ 6 cans 40C String Beans, MQ 6 cans 40C Sweet Potatoes, OQ No. 3, 3 cans.. .. Z«/C Beets, Baby, 2 OQ Asparagus Tips, 4 0 3 cans 40C Tomatoes and Green Pep per, 2 cans or for 00C Lima Beans, 3 o*7 cans OfC Lye Hominy, No. 3, or 3 cans £OC Tomatoes, No. 2, if 6 cans 40C Pumpkin, No. 3, OQ 3 cans LaO C We carry a Full Lina of SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Stationery Department Ist floor. FOR APPENDICITIS. Aberdeen, Scotland, (via London, 1:15 p. m.) Prince Albert, second non j •it King (leorge, has been operated on i for appendicitis. Ills condition Is re ported today satisfactory. Prince Albert was taken from tha Hrltlsh cruiser Colllngwood the early part of the month and brought hero for the operation. He Is an officer In 4 the .British navy. 1 «»« ■ i , Chamberlain’s Liniment. If you are ever troubled with aches, pains or soreness of the muscles, you will appreciate the good qualities of Chamberlain's Liniment. Many suf ferers from rheumatism and sciatica have used It with the best results. It Is especially valuable for lumbago and . lama back. For sale by all dealers, * Bailie- Edelblut Furniture Company Special Thursday Sale Now te the time buy your Rugs,before prices advance. Seamlofcs Wilton Rugs, all sizes, Seamed Wilton Rugs, all sizes, Axminster Rugs, all sizes, Burmu Wool Rugs, all sizes, Crex Rugs, all sizes, Matting Rugs, all sizes. THREE