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THE WEATHER
/Forecasts till 8 p. in. tomorrow.)
ror Augusts and Vicinity.
V'loudy tonight n'Kl HHt'irHnv. rising
\rnperature tonight. probably looa.
**.o»era.
For Ceorola.
\ flnudy tonight ami Saturday, ilnina
snipers! ure tonight; probably I°®“'
powers.
Comparative Date.
lyi Hibp<«»mb#r 11 tH, 19 J**
wMitrheal lemperatnrr record, »•> In ' "■
anEuweat temporalure record. 54 In 1» -
reVnweat Ihia morning, 51.
bJTreoipltatlon yaalorday 0. normal t-
Tflvev etngc at * « m .
lac In 24 hotira ending * a m > ' -
flar r. r> KMK'.H. Local Forecastsr.
buy a bale.
$ If you have the money to buy
M a bale of cotton and wait >' f,u are
f lucky. Thrra'a not much apccrt
f Utton about It; lt'» aimply a Hood
investment.
If you arc a farmer the invest
ment proposition la all the more
dear. Hold every bit of your cot
ton you can afford to hold and
strain some to hold a little bit
mow. It la an Investment by
which you will profit If you han
dle It carefully. Cotton t» worth
Just as much to you as It is to
anybody else, so keep aa much of
It aa you can amt conalder that
which you keep aa an Investment.
One Hunt: I* certain. It la worth
more lhan It la aelllijg for now.
It la better to hold on to It If
you can. If you are In attch shape
1 that Beilins It la a dire necessity,
then at least set a good lesson out
of your losses. Make your land
f, support your home and your lain
js lly first, by Its regular farm pro-
Jg ducta ami let your cotton crop be
| un lndependant surplus Invest -
K ment. Having a bale of cotton la
W even lietter than buying one
A BONDED WAREHOUSE RECEIPT
IS AS GOOD AS CURRENCY
| Pay your debts this year and pay
.them In bonded warehouse receipts on
rot ton.
They tried this plan in 190 V In Blr
* mtnghain and It worked ull right. U
will work again this year. Under the
Birmingham plan, four receipts were
leaned for eauli bale of cotton —three |
of tIO.OO and one of 15 00, making a
tots) of $35.00 These receipts were
accepted by leading bunks at their face
value. Business houses In Birming
ham took them In payments of all
dnbta. When the cotton was finally
sold the receipts were taken up and
paid In cash for their full value and
the balance of the money was paid
to the farmers uud factors who bu 1
Stored and warehoused the cotton.
Under such n plan, the Atlunti.'
tttetea Warehouse Company, with the
assistance of the hanks and cotton fac
tors and mat chants of the city, could
take care of tOO.t'OO bales of cotton and
practically take It off the market tin
til the war was over. Its bonded
warehouse receipts arc as good aa gold,
hot only In Augusta but throughout
the whole country
By Issuing receipts In denominations
of 116.00 and 69 00. which could bo
used In the payment of obligations
throughout this section, a great Im
petus would he given to the Buy-a-
Bale Movement that la spreading til
over the country. Many a person
would buy $9.60 snd 11000 worth of
these receipts where they might not
have the SI a. 00 or $40.00 to buy s whole
bale of cotton
6TATE BANKS SHOULD GET
NATIONAL BANK CHARTERS.
There ere some *SO stele banks In 1
Oeoraia and 115 national bunks.
A good many state banks are apply
ing for national bank charters
It would be a good thing for the]
slate If more and more state banka
would apply for and secure national
i hart era
Georgia and South Carolina the
Booth—need more national banks
Only national banks can secure emer
gency currency under the Vreelaßd
Aldrich act If the South had more
national banks she would be In a bet-I
ter position to meet con titb its like
f e present.
,
Under the new current y law. so in
to go into effect, there is sll the more]
need for thr South to Increase tie]
number of Its national banks There j
is an ineieastng demand for m -re na ■ I
Mcnal hat.ua in the Koulh.
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The South Looks To Its Bankers
From the Dalian New*
In the report of the committee to the
National Farmers' Union, which has
been in session at Fort Worth, on the
situation confronting the cotton grow
ers, there is this sentence:
It appears that a decided step
forward ban been taken by the
Administration In dealing with •
tbla question.
That, though it testifies apprecia
tion off (lie measures Secretary Mc-
Adoo has taken to conserve the inter
ests of the cotton growers, pays but
scant tribute to him The fact Is, the
National Administration, acting
through Secretary McAdoo. has done
not only all that could he expected of
the Government, hut all that could
he done In safety. II lias shown a
quick und profound sense of sympathy
with the predicament of the farmers
and of tile south, and it has shown
courage and shrewdness In contriving
lira mires to case them out of that
predicament. It has not only con
strued the Aldrich-YTerlund act, un
der which It Is acting, In a most liber
al way, hut it baa had that act amend
ed in a way to enlarge Its powers of
relief. The Administration has an
nounced its readiness to Issue emer
gency currency on paper secured by
warehouse receipts for cotton up to
7S per cent of the value of the paper.
In doing that it lias elected to lift pa
per so secured above the class of
commercial paper, on which under
the terms of the law It would he au
thorized to issue currency up to the
extent of only no per cent of the face
value, up to the plane of state, muni
cipal and corporation bonds, on which
It Is authorized to Issue currency up
to the extent of 75 per cent.
By this decision the Administration
has mad* available to the bankers of
the South all the currency that will be
needed to save the South from the
disaetar of having to dump its chief
crop on a demoralized market. If the
South should not escape that disaster,
it will not be the fault of the National
Administration. It hat diecharged its
duty to a degree that ought to ex
cite the gratitude of the South at it
hat excitod carping criticisms in sec
tions of th* country that are very lit
tle concerned in this matter.
Duty and responsibility now de
volve on the hanker* of th* south.
Having been supplied with the means
of saving the sltudtlnn. whether the
situation ts saved becomes a question
of the manner In which the hankers
of the south utilize the means with
which thev have been provided. That
they will be wanting In loyalty to the
south is, of course, not to be even
Imagined. Whether they have the
courage and the wisdom to master
this emergency remains for them to
determine.
It lies with the hankers of the south
to fix the minimum price of cotton
Spinners will pay little If any more
than the hankers of 'he south are
willing to lend on It. Thev will pay as
much as the bankers advance, both
because the amount advanced will
express a conservative and even dis
counted Judgment of cotton's value,
and because they will he ahle to buy
little at leas than hankers ure willing
to lend. So far Use bankers have
show a a fair dtspomtton, It seems to
the News. Hut It has seemed to the
News also, that they have so fur talk
ed the courage to make the decision
which must he the solvent of the sit
uation. This decision concerns the
fixing of a loanable price on cotton
Report* come of country hankers
lending 110 stul. In some rare Instan
ces ||s a bate on cotton. Rut every
one must know that cotton I* an am
ple security for two or three times
that amount To advunce only $lO a
hale on cotton Is not to relieve the
attualion. ll 1* rather to aggravate
tt For the farmer who gets only $lO
a iWtle on such cotton as he stores will
not derive enough even for hla Irn
•rediale necessities to aav nothing of
paving any part of his debts Indeed,
such un advance as that can only re
sult ill allowing s large part of the
cotton the soil ha* given us to waste
and lot 111 the fields It will not he
picked. If any Considerable part of
the farmers should store their cotton
and receive only that niggardly ad
vance on the security of their receipts,
the result would he merely tvf tie up
•h* cotton etop and leave the aouth
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temporarily worse impoverished than
it would he if all its cotton were sold
for what it will bring, for certainly It
will bring more than $lO a hale.
II seome to the News that the hank
ers of Texas, acting tlihrough their
(Currency Associations, ought to come
to a definite agreement as to how
wuich they will advance on cotton
properly stored. And It Is unneces
sary to say that, In the opinion of the
News, the amount they'agree to ad
vance ought to he much greater than
$lO a bate. Without wishing to pose
iiH an authority on (he subject, it
seems to The News that there can he
little hazard In advancing S7O, or at
least $25 a hale, even If the crop
should equal the most bearish esti
mate of its probable size. Tty ad
vancing to that extent, the hankers
can save the situation for the south.
We should still feol aomc financial
stringency, hut not to a degree that
would mean disaster.
The responsibility now rest* on the
banker*. It ha* been put there by the
course of the Administration. The
south looks to its bankers to prove
themselves equal to the responsibility
that rests on them, and while they
have not as yet displayed the courage
that one would like to see exhibited,
the News believes they will overcome
their timidity and prove themselves
worthy of the trust reposed in them.
ANOTHER USE FOR COTTON.
Wc learn that there Is now- a move
ment on foot by a large fertilizer con
cern to adopt cloth as the material for
sacking their product. The concern’s
output Is very large, when times are
normal, ami it will require about 15,-
000.000 yards of heavy cloth to sack
their commercial product. Thus, an
other avenue la opened up to utilize,
low priced cotton, and one. too. that
comes within the range of practical
and economical utility.
This project If successful, will serve
the three-fold purpose of (l) retiring
permanently many hales of cotton front
tin overburdened market. (2) of put
puttlng many cotton mills into prof
itable operation that are now Idle;
<7l of keeping large sums of money at
home that are now going to Calcutta
to pay’ for Jute, of which the aacks In
present use are composed.
A practical test of the merits of the
two ma'terisls. cotton and Jute, de
veloped the fact that the gunny sacks,
In present use. made from Jute, pos
sessed the permanent resistance re
quired to withstand the action of the
acid In the fertilizers. On th* other
hand, the cotton sacks showed, after
a test of several weeka, that the ftlbre
of the fabric was entirely destroyed
at the bottom of sack, where the
strain was greatest. The problem,
then, was to find some substance with
which to treat cotton cloth, that will
render It acid proof and fool proof as
well.
The problem then hcoame a chemi
cal one and It was then referred to the
laboratory of the institution alluded
to above, to discover the easentlal
substance that would Impart the
strength and stability of Jute to cot
ton cloth.
The officials of the company, In
cluding the scientists of the labora
tory, now think they have found it
ami will therefore recommend the use
of cotton sacks fur future use, ts they
are found on practical usage to meet
the requirements of strength and dur
ability.
In the event that It Is found that
they have not found exactly what
they want, they might try creosoting
ns the correct treatment for cotton
sacks This has proven to tie un ex
cellent preservative for wood fibre
and extensively used for treating rail
road crossliM und shingles which are
exposed to the oxidization of the
weather. It might also prove to be a
protection against the action of sul
phuric aetd. one of which generally
forma a constituent element of com
mercial fertilizers.
One encouraging sign of the situa
tion i« that the lertlliser N.c kx vhu*v
made front cotton, are said to be ohep
er than those made from Jute With
cotton at the present prices, this' is
quite probable, so that thg discovery
of the process of the treatment of cot
ton doth becomes all the more Im
portant
There Is anothei 1 and * greater con
sideration involved in Ills adoption of
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
sacks .made from cotton as a covering
for commercial fertilizer by this one
company which alone inay require 15
million yarda, and that is, that it may
come into general use and be adopted
by all the companies doing business
with the southern fanners. In this
e\ ent. a very much larger quantity of
cotton cloth will be required and the
the uses of cotton will undergo a
much wider expansion.
EXPLAINING IT AWAY.
Ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown ex
plains his defeat in the race against
Senator Hoke Smith on the ground
that the war in Europe brought a
“dumb dread*' to the people of Geor
gia which Senator Smith turned to
his own account with his practical
offer to have congress enact legis
lation which would keep the price of
cotton up to 12 1-2 rents a pound.
The little ex-Governor figures it
that in the fullness of time, when
S,nator Hoke Smith’s bright prom
ises shall, or shall not. have been
realized that the people’s will will
again point Brown-ward, even as “the
needle of the compass, though rudely
shaken, returns Its point over to the
North.”
When the South Ceases to Raise Distress
Cotton it Will Be Twice As Prosperous
When the South ceases to raise dis
tress cottun it wll lbogin to feed It
self. It’s foolish to raise cotton on
borrowed money to buy bread and meat.
And when the tenant and cropper can
no longer borrow the money to raise
cotton to buy bread and meat, he will
he forced to raise his own bread and
meat. If he wants to farm or to quit
farming, if he won’t or can’t raise his
own living.
Good, steady wages in the long run
will heat the hazards of borrowing
money to raise cotton to buy bread
and meat. It’s a long way round to
a good living any way. It doesn't
build up the South or the farms of
the South, for when the end of the
'ear conics the follower of this endless
chain generally starts in again to bor
row money to raise cotton for some
body else to buy his own bread and
meat. Most times there is a debt car
t
We Can Make Every
Drug We Need
hear a great deal about shortage of
drugs and chemicals. Many other
industries are halting until needed ingredi
ents can be supplied. We have leaned to
Europe when we should be making these
things ourselves.
Listen to what Prof. E. L. Newcomb of
the University of Minnesota has to say:
“America for many years has been the
dumpins: ground for European drugs of poor
quality. If development work is now support
ed America will no longer be at the mercy of
European dealers, wha charge whatever they
please for inferior drugs because they have a
monopoly. There will then be no chance for
unwarranted price boosting such as there has
been in this country during the last two weeks.”
Time for America to Get Busy~
Of course Lil Joe is welcome to all
the dope he can mix sou himself; we
only trust that his nerves may be
pleasantly soothed and that no dread
after effects will punish him for his
Indulgence.
It Is going "some” though, for ex-
Governor Brown to assume that he is
the prophet of "equal” protection by
the laws and ‘‘equal’’ obedience to the
law's by all. It is going "some” to
pose as the prophet Elijah and call
his fellow Georgians to remember
that the 7,000 who remained faithful
to the law were the leaven throufflh
whoirn God restored His worship in
Israel.
The little ex-Governor may be par
doned for addressing the people of
Georgia in these terms. His obvious
conviction that he Is the impersona
tion of law and evenly balanced jus
tice is just one of those manias pe
culiar to men who have tasted the
dangerous fruits of political power.
In vain we might remind him that
"equal protection by the laws” is as
much—no: more—desired by those
who oppose him than by the 7,000
faithful who accept him as the em
bodiment, of righteous government.
lied over into next year.
It’s getting more and more hazard
ous to lend money to careless and im
provident tenants and croppers to raise
cotton to buy bread and meat. It’s a
bad system for all concerned, and the
sooner it is done away with, the bet
ter for the farming interests—the real
farmers, who make their own living
and raise tHeir own supplies. The
Bouth has had some good years and
is more prosperous—the farmers who
have raised tl.elr own living can hold
their cotton for fair prices and until
the war Is over.
But the tenant and cropper who has
borrowed money to raise cotton to buy
bread and moat is going to find it hard
to continue the system another year.
It never has been profitable to him..
And this year it hasn’t proved profit
able to the lender of the money. Less
of It Is going to be done next year.
Hats
that are
classy:
The Dunlap
$5.00
The Dorr
$3.50
The Young
$3.00
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Safety First
WHICH? are you looking for Bar
gain Counter Glasses, are you willing
to wear cheap glasses just because they
are cheap, do you consent to having
your eyes tampered with at the risk
of their Permanent Injury.
Then this message is not for you.
But if you value the Precious gift
of sight, if you wish to retain it,
if you Appreciate skill, then it Is
for you, and you are asked to come
wiiere Absolifte Accuracy, in cor
recting eye defects, is placed above
every other Consideration.
We take as much interest and
pride in fitting glasses to the face
as we do In fitting lenses to coiTect
defects, frame fitting is an art, you
get thd best here.
PROF. P. M. WHITMAN,
Assisted by
Mr. L. A. Williams,
Optometrists Rnd Opticians.
214 Seventh St.
Established 1888.
But at least, his opponents can earn
estly and heartily join with him in
the prayer with which he concludes
liis address to the people of Geor
gia :
"May the future be replete with
happiness and prosperity for all our
people, with all classes vying in the
protection of lives and common
rights.”
The River Swamp Chill and Fever Cure
sE'S 7 s -””"™~i?.SVSS& X-XJS
most obstinate cases of Chills and Fever.
Price, 50c bottle
L. A. GARDELLE, Druggist
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.
| AUGUSTA HERALD.
August Circulation, Daily and Sunday
Herald,
The circulation cf the Dally and Sun ■
I day Herald for the month of August,
; 1914, was as follows:
• ■ 12,032 17 17.610
2 15,010 18 12.4C5
2 11,802 19.. .. .. .. 12,538
4 12,404 20 12,593
5 13,022 21 12,795
0 14.865 22 13.065
7 13,043 23 14.335
8 16.441 24 12,605
9 14.905 25 12,745
10 18,018 -6 12,740
11 18.CSS 27 12,855
12 18.711 28.. ' 12.885
13 15.834 29 13.075
14 18.763 30 11,880
15 17.702 31 13,07/
18 11,635
Total August <43,928
Dally Average 14,320
The Augusta Herald, Oally and Sun
day, has a circulation In August: ap
proximately twice as large aa 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
newspaper.
Going to Build?
If bo, get the right ma
terial and right price.
Lumber for rough
or finished stock. Mill
work or estimates are all
carefully supervised by
officers of this company,
and you can make no mis
take in sending the busi
ness here.
SASH, DOORS,BLINDS,
SCREENS,MILL WORK
Let ns know your wants
by mail or telephone and
we will do the rest.
The Perkins
Manufacturing Co,
Phone No. 3. 620 13th St.
FORD
IS THE
CAR
The Wife and Boys and
Girls can drive as well
as the men.
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