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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, Augustan Talks of War in Europe DR. AND MRS. GEORGE A. TRAYLOR ARRIVED 111 CITY FRIDAY A. IA. Dr. Traylor Says They Were Arrested By a Mob and Not By Military—Were in No Danger of Execution SAYS GERMANS CONFIDENT THEIR ARMS WILL TRIUMPH Broad and Greene Streets Look Good to Augustans Who Have Been Away Since April. Were Treated With Great Consid eration By Officials in Ger many. That Broad and Greene streets look better to him than Unter Der Linden or any “strasse” seen since he left Augusta last April, is the declaration of Dr. George A. Traylor, who with Mrs. Traylor, returned to Augusta Friday morning. Dr. and Mrs. Tray lor arrived in New York several days ago on the Rotterdam, of the Holland-American line and there are no two Americans who have set foot on their native soil since the cata clysm started in Europe who are more proud to get back home than they. They left a number of Augustans in the old country who are returning by other boats, and they declare that all of them are well and none the worse for the wear. Dr. Traylor was interviewed soon after arriving in the city and he talks very interestingly of the great con flict over the seas. "We were in Breslau on the 31st of July," said Dr. Traylor, “when the situation first began to look extreme ly serious. We immediately made arrangements to go to Dresden. I was taking a course of study. The order for mobilization had come and all of the transfer lines’ horses had been pressed into service and it was a problem to get our baggage to the depot. I was advised that we had better take the six a. m. train for Dresden as the 11 a. m. train might not go. I arose at four o’clock In the morning and secured a hack and ac companied our baggage to the depot and we left Breslau on the six a. m. train arriving three hours later at Dresden. There we stayed from the first of August to the 18th. German Anger Against English. Germans did not consider the war so serious until England got into the conflict and then their anger toward Englishmen knew no bounds. French and English signs all over Dresden were torn down and paper pasted over them and Mrs. Traylor and I were in an English and French drug store buying some articles when a mob came and forced tne proprietor to cover up his signs printed in English and French. It was while we were on our way to our hotel from this drug store that we were arrested, not by the soldiers, but by the mob. Mrs. Traylor and I were conversing in English, not trunk ing we were in danger, when sud denly a man punched my wife in the back telling her in German that she was not speaking the German tongue. She replied that of course she was not speaking German. My first impulse was to attack the man for it seemed to be an unprovoked insult, but with in a few moments a crowd of about 25 or 30 gathered. Fortunately for us I restrained myself. We soon under stood that we were being taken for English people and were escorted to our hotel a block or so away where the lady in charge informed the mem bers of the mob that we were Ameri cans and her guests. We had told the mob we could establish our identity at the hotel. It was while tne mot, vas congregated in front of the hotel that a young lady of our party from Atlanta took a snap shot of the crowd. Gave Up Her Kodak. A great deal of excitement was caused by this act as it is against the law to take pictures during times of war. However, she gave up her ko dak and the German officers devel oped the pictures themselves. When she went to court she was treated with a great of consideration and was not fined at all, as has been reported, end they even returned the kodak to her. As for us being In danger of ex ecution, that is absurd. After the ar rest Incident we remained In doors for a day or two and then ventured out on the street again and were not mo lested W’e were given no more trou ble by any one during our stay in Dresden. That city was a great mobilization center and thousands of soldiers gathered there They were most enthusiastic and all night long we could hear sung German patriotic sours, such as the “Watch on the Rhine." Whoever may be responsible for the gnat conflict which is tearing Europe from center to circumference the Ger man people certainly think that their cause Is Just. They say that they had a perfect right to support Aus tria, their ally, when she was threat ened by Russia and they were confi dent task of defeating France and then turning upon Russia and crushing that monster of the north would be easy. And even with Eng land coming Into the war they think that they are going to triumph. The enthusiasm of the German people Is wonderful. Every one is anxious to go to war regardless of age and even the women want to take up arms. They claim that they arc fighting for their very existence and the fact that England has such allies as Russia and Japan causes the German Indignation against the Britons to know no bounds. Considerate Treatment, We were treated with the greatest consideration everywhere except at the time that the mob arrested us. Great crowds waved at our special train of Americans as we left Dres den and all along the route to Berlin on August 15th we were cheered We remained at the capital of the empire o' cr night and then continued our journey to Rotterdam from which place we sailed. We had the largest number of first class passengers on our boat that an ocean liner ever car ried, over 1.400. People everywhere take sides violently on the question of which of the combatants is in the right and there were several fights on the boat. As for myself, I shall not attempt to say who is right. It is a terrible conflict and I will not pre dict when it will end. We were in Vienna when the Crown Prince of Austria was assassinated, and the excitement was tremendous. The papers got out extras and the feeling against Servia was running high." SWIELT SAYS HAVE NO CASE AGAINST 01 Brought Evck By Detective Roney-- Ay Warrant Charges Only Misdemeanor, Bond Has Been Fixed at One Hundred and Fifty Dollars .T. W. Swindell reached the city in ihe custody of Detective Sam Roney, of the city police, yesterday afternoon and was immediately committed to the Richmond County jail. He had not furnished bond early this after noon. Swindell says, according to the jailor, that the authorities have no case against him and that he should not have been arrested. The arrest was the culmination of a rathe- pretty piece of detective work by Mr. Roney, Who was detailed on the case on July. 20th, two weeks after Swindell left Augusta, under pretense of spending a week or ten days vacation in Ten nessee. For several weeks Detective Roney had been conducting a search from his office that covered the entire country practically, when last week it was as certained where Swindell was —in ! what town, and furthermore, even his street address —1111 E. Main Street, LaFayette, lnd. By checking his baggage, it is learn ed, the detective trailed him over his entire route, from here to Atlanta, to Chicago, to St. Louis, to Decatur, 111., and to LaFayette. He had been living in LaFayette for six weeks with the woman with whom he left Augusta, it is alleged, but Mr. Roney says that when he ar rived the woman was not there. Swindell was employed at a livery stable operated by Joe Shumaker, which at the time was engaged In buying horses for the French govern ment, for service in the war. At first it is understood Swindell refused to be brought back without requisition. Luckily for the detective, it happen ed that he found Swindell living near the Wabash Railway station, and that one of the employes at the station helped him move his baggage. Swin dell's baggage was checked up and in this way it was learned from a certain employe at the station who helped move the baggage exactly to Swin dell’s street address, which aided ma terially in finding him. Mr. Roney says that when he reach ed LaFayette it was snowing, and ho was told that it was the first Septem ber snrw that had ever fallen there. This was about the time that a change in the weather was noted here. As the warrant, which was sworn out by Mr. E. J. Lyon, his employer, charges only a misdemeanor, Swin dell's bond has been fixed at $l6O. Thfatricat Notes ot Interest | j PAUL POIRET, FAMOUS COSTUM ER, NOW FIGHTING WITH FRANCE. Paul Poiret, the celebrated creator of new styles who made all the cos tumes for the operetta “Adele,” is now marching to the front with Ills regi ment. His Paris shop has been clos ed; and it will be some time before other Poiret creations will arrive in New York. Those who attend the pi r forma rice of "Adele” at the Qrand next Friday evening will have a rare opportunity to view the only Poiret gowns in the 1815 styles that have reached this country. Jos. P. Blekerton, Jr., managing di rector of the New ICra Producing Co., the sponsor for “Adele," was very lucky in getting an early shipment from France on all wardrobe to be used this season in his productions. HORSE RACES AT THE FAIR GROUNDS NEXT TUESDAY Event of Labor Day, Which Was a Tie, to Be Run Off. Was Error in Herald’s Report Horse racing, in which a cash prize of 1100 goes to the horse winning the best three out of five heats, will be an event of next Tuesday afternoon at the Georgla-Carollna Fair Grounds track The races will start promptly at 3 o’clock. The horses are "Radium B" owned by T. J. Daly; "Mollie Romers," owned by R. A. Somers, and "Lady Klmore,” owned by Frank J. Rouse These racers tied on the fair gronds track Labor Day. It was erroneously re ported In The Herald that the race whs won by “Radium B.” The prise was |SO. Since it has been doubled, however, and doubtless the exhibition Tuesday will be fast. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. HIGHWAYMEN SHDOT NEGRO AND ill HIM DE ALL HIS MONEY James Franklin, of Jefferson County, Held Up Near Bowles' Place By Four Negroes, Who Shoot Him Through Ear and Lapel of His Coat and Then Take One Hundred Dollars From Him Jas. Frankln. a negro farmer from Jefferson county, was held up and rob bed of SIOO Thursday night while on his way home from Augusta. Four negroes whom it Is not thought he can Id unify held Franklin up at the point of revolvers. However, they shot him before they robbed him, one bullet clip ping off a small piece of one of Ids ears and the other going through the lapel of his coat. Franklin was frightened so much that afterwards he was hard COTTON HOW RRICHTER FRIDAY THAN ANY TIME THIS SEASON Augusta Sold Five Hundred Bales to Liverpool Thursday Night---Cotton Up One-Half Cent Per Pound From Few Days Ago---Augusta Banks Shipping Currency to Country Banks in This Section Cotton men in Augusta were bright er Friday than they have been for weeks, or, tn fact, since the war start ed. Thursday night Augusta sold her first cotton to Liverpool for the pres ent season. The amount sold was 500 bales. There is a general feeling among cotton men that conditions are going to improve. Middling cotton brought 7% cents per pound Friday and there W'as a very good demand. One factor said that he thought the worst was over, that the sentimental depression of prices was a tiling of the past and that the only depression in prices which will amount to anything will occur if there are great quanti ties of cotton dumped on the market. The "buy a bale” movement and the general holding movement is having Good Enrollment Indicates Splendid Year in Public Schools of Augusta. Friday Was Last Day New Pupils Could Register in Gram mar Schools in Advance of Opening Next Monday. Teach ers Given Instructions For the Year Friday Afternoon Arrangements are nearly complete for the opening of the fall session in the public schools of Augusta on next Monday morning, September 14th, at 9 o’clock. The number of pupils enrolled in both the grammar schools and hißh schools throughout ttiis week in ad vance of the opening would indicate a most successful year. The principals of all the grammar schools have been in their respective offices every day thiß week until noon registering new pupils. The old puplkn as well as the new have been required to register in the high schools. Enrolling is not all the children are doing; there are other things to be done before starting to school. Many a mother has been busy for the past seven, i days supplying her daughter with the necessary school dresses, etc The stores have profited by an extra amount of trade on account of It, too. Today wound up the week of en IS ENTIBELY IMPRACTICABLE TO HOED ALE IF COTTON CROP Consensus of Opinion Among Factors That One-Third of it Should Be Sold---Must Not Be Sold Precipitately, But Gradually That it Ik entirely impracticable for the entire crop of the South variously estimated at between 15,- 000,000 and 10,000,000 bales to be held for higher prices, is the belief of every cotton factor in Augusta. They think that one-third of the crop should be sold, not precipitately so that the prices will he forced down further than they are, hut gradually. If the crop is 15,000,000 bales and 5,000,000 hales are sold there will still remain 10,000,000 hales to he placed somewhere. No one knows how long the war will last, therefore it is uncertain as to when cotton will climb to its proper level of 10 cents and 12 cents. So while the factors are, for the most part, announ cing that they will hold cotton for their customers when it is sent to them in sufficient quantities to cover the amounts thf>.se customers owe, still they be lieve that one-third of the crop should be sold while it is green and weighs more than it will a little later. An extended movement which will embrace the entire South to plant only half as much cotton next year as this is imperatively necessary. Il would he suicidal, think the factors, to have as much cotton raised next year as this. So the slogan must he “Cut the acreage one-half in lUIS ” •ly able to give a coherent account of the affair. He had been paid SIOO for a mul# which he sold and started home in h buggy. When near the place of Mr. Dan Bowles he was held up and after being robbed was left in the road, the negroes who robbed him disappearing in the adjacent fields. Tills was be tween nine and ten o’clock. He came to the city and reported the matter to Sheriff Plunket, who began a diligent search for the highwaymen. He has not yet made any arrests. good effect and many of the farmers are selling the4r first pickings of cot ton, not precipitately, but gradually. Cotton is now bringing one-half cent pop pound more than it was some day* ago. Another encouraging sign comes in the form of a notice to local bunas from New York hanks saying: “You are at liberty to discontinue stamping checks drawn on us ‘payable only through the New York clearing house,’ as requested in our circular tetter of August 3, 1914.” Augusta banks on Friday shipped large quantities of currency to the country hanks In this section to ha used Saturday In paying for cotton and cotton seed and business appears to be getting brighter all around. rollment before school opens, but nat urally there will ho many more to ho enrolled the first part of next week. However, on Tuesday it Is expected of the teachers to have their classes fairly well organized and commence to get down to their regular dally routine. Those pupils who have already en rolled have been given lists of the hooks they will be required to use this year. It Is found to he very similar to last year's Those who have not as yet enrolled will ho given lists of hooks they must purchase the first thing Monday morning. There will he no school Monday, but there will lie Tuesday. A meeting of the white teachers of the public schools of the system was called by Superintendent Evans fur 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Tubman high school, for the purpose of giving them instructions for the year’s work as is customary at the beginning of every school year. CITY BRIEFS State Baraca Sec'y Coming Mr. C. C. Teague, secretary of the state Baraca of Georgia, will he in Augusta Sunday to deliver an address before the BaVaeus and their friends at the First Baptist church at ft o’clock. lie will speak at the Second Baptist church at It) a. m.% St. Mathew’s Lutheran, 11 a. tn.; St. Luke’s Methodist, 3:30 p. m . and Wood lawn Methodist at S p. m. At Grace Church Sunday Rev. C. K Camak, head of the Textile Industrial Institute. of Spartanburg, S. t\, will preach at the (JVace Methodist church in North Augusta, next Sunday morning at 11:1ft o’clock. The general public Is in vited to hear Mr. Camak tell of educa tional work in tiie cotton mill section of the state. Rev. M. M. MacFerrln Returns—Rev M. M. MacFerrln pastor of the Greene Street Presbyterian church, returns to the city today after a pleasant vacation of several weeks in the mountains. Sun day morning he will preach on "A Mes sage from the Mountains." at the even ing service on "God and War." ST. LUKE BARACA. Mr. C. C\ Teague, state secretary of the Georgia State Baraca Association, will address the St. Luke Baraca class Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Mr. Teague is an interesting speaker and his address is expected to prove interesting. , All young men are invited to meet with this class to hear Mr. Teague’s address. .The class room Is at the. cor ner of St. Luke street and Cranford avenue. HOTEL ARRIVALS Hofbrau Hotel. A. C\ Jackson. Valdosta, Ga.; TD. Bargeron, Waynesboro, (1n..; J. A. Stuart, Thomson, Ga.; W. A. Good bold. Marion, S. <\; Miss Mahle Webb, Atlanta; L. \V. Mack, Chicago, 111. Albion Hotel. J. B. Massengaie, Atlanta; R C. South, N. Y.; J. Robinson, Atlanta; J. A. West, Jr., Atlanta; A. Darcela, Atlanta; W. K. Stacy Atlanta; W J. Gosld, Mass.; A. I>. Gone, San Fran cisco, Cal.; J. 1). Slappery, Atlanta. Genesta Hotel. G. Mace. Atlanta; J. F. Chic; Mr. and Mrs. Ray, Atlanta; IV Juraz, Col umbia. S. (\; F. A. Holkee, Columbia, S. C.; H. <\ Davenport, Atlanta; Mrs. AV. S. Smith, Beaufort, H. C.; C. R. Tragessor, City; W. Cook, City; Mrs. Power and Miss Nash, Clinton,, S. C.; F. F. Carrington, Anderson, S. C. Planters Hotel, J. Jones, Berlin; T. Thomas, Har lem; M. R. Nixon, Me Mean, Ga.; J. Lightly, Ky.; N. B. Chiefly, S. C.; G. Stallings, S. C. NEW SCHOOL BOOK LISTS ARE AT THE BOOK STORES Pupils and Patrons Can Find Out There Exactly What They Need For the Coming Year Lists of the books, in the course of study, adopted for Augusta's public schools by the board of education are on file at the book stores where school books are sold, and pupils and patrons can easily ascertain from these lists, when they go to the stores to buy books, exactly what they need. While the list as a whole, is new, In a good many esses the books are the same ns tlie ones formerly used, hav ing simply been re-adopted, and In these cases it will not be necessary to buy new *books, If the books on hand are the ones to be used by pupils in their promoted grades. In every case old books, whether re adopted or not, will be accepted by the book store at a second-hand ex change value. MR. J. H. ROBERTS DROPPED DEAD IN HIS DOORWAY Heart Failure Cause, it is Said. Funeral and Interment Satur day at Hephzibah Mr J. H. Roberta, 70 years of age, dropped dead In the doorway of Ids store ai 1142 Jackson street, shortly after 10 o'clock Friday morning. I’hy slclans say the cause of his death was heart failure. He is survived by hln wife, who was Miss Louise A. Simon, of Hephzibah, and three children, Mls» Mal/.le E Roberta and Dessle A. and Alex II Roberta, of this city, besides two brothera and three slstera, who do not reside here The remalna will he taken to lleph zlhah at 9 a. m. Saturday for burial and Interment there. MR. D. J. BOLSTER HAS BOUGHT BALE OF COTTON Mr. Dari Roister has Joined the "buy a bale of cotton" movement and has purchased a hale and stored It near the depot. It la attracting a great deal of attention. DEATHS DIXON MRS MINNIE LEE. wife of Edward L. Dixon, died yesterday afternoon at the city hospital, at 3 o’clock, In the 35th year of her her age, after an extended Illness. The funeral services were con ducted from the residence of Mrs Ella Stone, 535 Wright avenue, thla afternoon at 4 30 o'clock, Rev. M W. Ivey officiating, and the Interment following In the West View cemetery. Resides her hus band deceased U survived by five brothers, Messrs. J, M., L. A., E. L,, S. E., and J, H. Stone; two sis ters, Mrs. R E. Elelds and Mrs. James Stephens. ROBERTS, MR. JOHN H.—Died this morning st his residence, 1141 Jackson Street, Deceased ts sur vived by two sons, Dessle end Alex II Roberta, and one daugh ter, Miss Mazle K. Roberts. Ills remains were shipped to llephzl bah today, and the funeral ser vices and Interment will take place there tomorrow. The Cotton Holding Movement in This Section of the South Has Teeth In It Let no one deceive themselves —the cotton holding movement in the South -certainly this section has teeth In it. Fanners are holding cotton for a long pull six months at least —a year if necessary—until the war is over— until an adequate foreign demand springs up. People who are buying cotton are buying it for an investment not t.o speculate in futures. They are not wor ried by margins or the mischievous ability of the NOw York Cotton Ex change traders to put cotton up or put it down. The South is buying to hold until the war is over. The farmer—the real farmer—the man who owns his farm and who owns himself, never was in a better position to hold his cotton. A good many cotton factors will tell you that they put out less money than usual to their customers that this crop, as far as they are concerned, was made on 25 per cent less advances than usual. Many farmers who raise cotton are able not only to hold their own crop until the war is over, but they have money in the bank —their own money with which to buy and hold their ! neigrbohrs’ crop, if ho is forced to sell, i A good many well-to-do farmers are going to do this very thing. They figure, it is a good investment for them to buy cotton cheaper than they can raise it. City folks are figuring the same way. “Distress Cotton” is cotton that never ought to he raised, for it is raised for the most part by careless and improvident tenants and crop pers on borrowed mony. “Distress cotton” is the of the South and when , land-owners, country mer chants, country hanks and city fac tors will decline to take the perilous hazards of advancing money to ralHo this "distress cotton” which is always forced on the market, to bent down the price of cotton, then will come a new era in Southern agriculture. Farmers* unions, crop reduction pledges, etc., cannot cure this evil, but the land-owners, the country banks, the country merchant, the city fac tors can put a crimp in it whenever they decline to take the big risks of loaning money to careless and im provident tenants and croppers and renters, who annually raise the “dis tress cotton” of the South and which yearly puts down the price of cotton, when this “distress cotton" each year is forced on the market. There will he mighty little advances made next year In the South to raise “distress cotton." The present hold ing movement, which bids fair to hold for some time, will see to that. Mighty little “distress cotton” is going to be raised next year on the money of the country merchant, the country bank and the city factor. Farmers are keeping their cotton on the farm this year. The glriners re port. indicates that they are not even in a hurry to gin it. Some declare It. keeps better in the seed and Improves the quality of the lint. What’s the use in rushing cotton on the market, when there Is no foreign demand? Let the demand come and at the right price and the South will furnish the cotton. ITntil the demand comes and until a fair price is offered, it’s foolish to offer cotton on the market. None is being offered save Ihe usual “dis tress cotton" -the curse of t|ie South. News from the trade territory of Augusta, in Georgia and South Car olina, as published daily in The Her ald, in the series of articles by a staff correspondent, shows that the farm ers, the merchants and the banks are BIG LEAGUERS IN THE SPOT LIGHT New York.—John McOraw In going to have ;i hard tank from now on In lo cating subjects for lilh semi-weekly newnpaper artlrlen. John til to hh« iiif* considerable* space dwelling on Junt wlmt he expected lilh team would do In the world nerlen. Hut thone Bouton Braves have rness?d thing* up no much, from n New York viewpoint, that John no long*** Im ahnolutely mire that he and hln'n are going to mingle In that nerlen Whenever John larked other subjects he would devote a column or ho to In forming th«* populace that the National League at Iff of umpires certainly In the wont collection outside of Jail. But John can't do that anymore. He deliv ered himself of a bitter arraignment of the umpiring persons a shrjrt time ago, saving that President Tenor ought t<» |AK| action Tener 414 but It wann’i the kind of action John demanded or expected. Tener, Instead of firing the whole staff because John didn’t like 'em. pass ed the word to John that now and hence forth John must not say harsh, cruel things abodt the umpires Tener, ’tis said, made his order very emphatic, end John has promised to be n. nice, refined writer In future. Of course, John could use up a few columns putting forth alibis but lt*» a bit too early for John to come to the front with an alibi concerning the loss of the pennant. And John his used up almost every possible alibi to explain the recent slump of the Olants and their In dlff#*-ent work all season. Ho, you see John has n hard Job ahead of him think ing up things to write about since Stall ings and Tener polntly robbed him of his pet subjects. I>aJole's case Is one thst shows that there Is no sentiment In baseball. Lajole was one of the big factors In the making of the American League For many years he was Its brightest star He drew countless thousands of fans to the parks that he visited during those yoirs, arid even now, when his brilliance Is fading, some fans go to the park Just to see him In action. Back in 190F> or 1906 It was estimated that Lajole alone had drawn 150A.000 Into the American League coffers during the few' years he was In the league. That was something like eight or nine years ago, and If those figures are correct, It means that Lajole, In Ids dozen years In the American League has drawn at least 91.004,000. ft whs only last v*«r thst Pharlle flomers, owner of the Naps was quoted ss saying “Lajole has s Ilf* job with the Cleve land club We win never sell or trade him He has made money for me in the years gone bj and when he Is through a Mr league, I shall five him his unconditional release" And now. less than a year litre the management of the club Is tr ing to shut him off The club hasn’t made money this year and Homers wants to cut ex penses Lajole Is r» blgn priced mnn iind HomcA’S, Iti pursuing the retrench ment policy arid harking to the charges made against Lajole by Manager Birm ingham, Is Willing to let him go but tie won’t give him his unconditional release, lie wants to sell or trade him. and It seems that he Isn’t particular whether ilotrry goes to a minor league outfit or standing shoulder to shoulder. They propose to hold cotton until the war is over and the foreign demand starts up. It is the simple, sensible thing to do. Most of these farmers, mer chants and banks are amply able to bold all or a great portion of their cotton. Many of them have plenty of corn, meat, oats and foodstuffs to carry them through. Many of them have money in the bank and can and will help to take “distress cotton” off the market. One cannot read these daily reports from the substantial .citizens of this section without being impressed with the fact that the cot ton holding movement in the South this year has teeth in it. Fertilizer companies In Charleston are agreeing to take cotton in pay ment of accounts and hold it for the farmers—merchants and banks In the country are doing the same thing—* machinery men. livestock dealers are also co-operating on the same terms. The “Buy a Rale” movement Is just getting under way throughout the South. Other sections, the West with its high priced wheat and corn and oats and meat, will soon be coming South to buy cheap cotton if it can. Cotton is bound to bring better prices when the foreign demand starts up. It’s foolish to try and sell any thing when there’s no adequate mar ket for it. Until the foreign demand starts up the only cotton on the mar ket is going to be “distress cotton” and the demand for that is gradually forcing the price up in the local mar ket. Get in the game—buy a bale of cotton—it’s a good investment at the present prices. The South is going to protect Its cotton crop this year as against the lack of foreign market and the only way to do it is to hold its cctton until the demands starts up. It’s folly for the South to raise cot ton unless it is prepared to protect cotton. It’s folly for the South t# lend its money, year after year, make a cotton crop, unless it Is pro pared to protect these loans when they are paid back In cotton. In the future why not make all ad vances to raise cotton, payable in cot ton. Many landlords now collect their rents in cotton. Make so many tons i*f fertilizer each year, payable in so many pounds of cotton. Let the coun try merchant and the country bank who run tenants and croppers who raise nothing but cotton make their loans payable in cotton. Why make the farmer take all the risk of rain and cold wind and hall and heat— #»ven of an Ruropean war and lack of market? Raise less “distress cotton.’* The South has raised a magnificent crop of cotton this year. What is she going to do with it? The “distress cotton,*’ as usual, is going to he forced on the market to beat down the price the rest of it is going to be held until conditions right themselves, until the foreign demand starts up, and it is going to bring fair prices. The annual fight for a fair price between “fine cotton”—the owners* own cotton and “distress cotton” is going to take place in the South, de spite the Ruropean war. Farmers who can hold, are going to keep their cotton on the farm. “Distress cotton” is going to he hawked around, war or no war, at any old price. Next year ♦ here is going to be less “distress cot ton” raised, for the reason that the parties who usually furnish the money and the credit and take the risk to talse this “distress cotton” have found this year that it has been unprofitable. But the farmer who raises his own supplies, who lives at home, is not going to suffer while the war lasts, and he Is going eventually to make a profit out of it. Conditions are im proving every clay. not, Just so long as Homers gets his pYlce. “Rabbit” MaranviUe, the whirlwind shortstop of the Braves, Is in danger of cither being arrested or having his nose punched. It’s all up to Pete Daley, of the Yanks, :** to just what’s going to happen to "Rabbit.” Maranvllle landed in **cw York for that memorable three-game series ten ♦ lays ago and found that his bats had been lost In transit. He borrowed the lightest war clubs from Ids teammates, but. none suited him. Finally, he got a “tip" that Da ey had a bat In his lock er that might prove to his liking. Mar mvllle got the key to the locker and possessed himself of the bat. When the Braves left New York. Daley’s bat went along, carefully guarded by Marunvtlle. “When Dalev gets back tell him I’ve got bis bat and I’m going to keep It.” MaranviUe told the groundkeeper. "I’ll piy him for It If he names the price, but be can’t hive the hat back. Its the best dub I ever used and I’ll need It In my business more than Daley will In bis.” It so happened that Daley had a par ticular fondness for that same bludgeon and when he learned that Maranvllla had taken It he set about preparing an ultimatum. The contents have not been made public. LAST DAY FOR ASSIGNMENT CASES IN THE CITY COURT Today In the laat day for attorney* to give notion to the clerk of court concerning the assignment of casee for trie! In the city court during the week of September 21 at. In a notice Judge Kve sent out the 12th Inst., tiaturdny, wan given aa the last date, hut thin wan an error. MAY ORDER AMERICAN AUTO* FOR WAR USE. * Fteel maker* ar* much Interested, eaye The Iron Trade Review In an order which practical/ ban been deed with American builder* for 2,000 motor ambu ! lance* and truck* for *h!pment to ona jof the European nation* now at war. The value of the order 1* *et at I&.000,- 000. Railroad* *r* putting out fair bridge Inquiry The Btngor t Aroostook la taking bid* on • bridge at Van Buren, Me requiring 1.500 ton* of steel. The I’enni.- Ivanla railroad ha* Issued mle eellaneou* new Inquiries totaltng about 1,500 tor*, end the Atlantic Coaat Lin* i, in the market for a bridge at HUlton, N i" . Involving 700 ton* of »t*el, NO jOHK "Strange." »ald the first tramp medi tatively. "how few of our youthful dreem* ever come trua!" "Oh 1 dunno. *etd hfa companion. 1 remember I used to dream about war in’ Unix pant* end now I guea* I wetr ’em longer than any one *-l*e In the country.” No matter what other* offer you in suit*, punt* or furnishings we have the beat for the prtce.F. G. Medina. SEVEN