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(Forecasts till S p. tn. tomorrow.)
rsr Augusts snd Vicinity.
Psrtly cloudy tgnlght and Sunday.
For Georgia.
Psrtly cloudy tonight and Sunday.
Comparative Dsta.
Hept. 12th, I*ll .
Highest temperature record, 96 In IKS*
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l,owp.Ht this mor g, 6*.
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XI In 2« hours ending a m. oil foot.
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WHY WORRY?
Business juat for the present mny
tmt bo at brisk as usual but condi
tions are Bound und prosperity is com
ing.
Cotton la quoted below It* real worth
and cost of production for lack of an
export market, but wc nil know this
la temporary and can't last forever
Flour and augar have gone, up and
we may have to use leas or substi
tute other things.
Hut you gill! have your health an 1
homo--you are not being ruahod to
the front to slaughter End be slaugh
tered—there's no prospect of your
early and sudden Uetith or of your
killing someone who has never harmcJ
you.
This rounlry Is a pretty good place
to live In, to work In, to economise In.
No rlieer tip. Buck up. dot busy
Work while you wall. There's a good
time coining Behind the clouds the
sun Is still shining for us all.
••DOUBTrUL WISDOM.”
Following Its UHiinl habit of hard
sympathy for South and IncNauu
hugging at the WilSoli administration,
the New York Sun ssy* that
An expedient of very doubtful
wlulnm wan rratorted to when the
rm«rfrn< y currency act *a»
amended so an to enahle South
ern cotton growers to obtain caah
for a part of their crop and at the
■ante time hold It for higher prices
than are likely to be afforded for
a long time to rome, ■■ a result of
tha European war's destruction of
the export market for cotton.
The Hun remark* also that
The amendment opened the door
to a vast viirlety of crasy schemes
for the convera ton of proeprty Into
forma of money by the aid of tha
government.
In llie first Place we know of no
departure from established customs
that does not open the door to new
nottonn of all aorta, aoma of thrin more
or loaa crazy, of course.
It ta not surprising that The Sun
should gel Its back up itt this depar
ture r <d emitter at all things new.
For so long haa the cotton crop of
Ihe United States been the aacrlflcv
goat that the nation lias offered be
fore the altar of protected Industries,
th. t It la exceedingly difficult for cer
ia4n case-hardened and routine-ridden
lapubllcnns to apprerlatc that the cot
ton raised In the Southern states Is
one of thla nation's surest and aothlest
assets.
The cotton planter deserves hit turn
• t some little protection, now that an
emergency la upon the nation, not the
sort of protection that means intrench
ed privilege hut the sort of protection
that means a prevention of useless
waste, the sort of protection that
makes it poiatble for the hardwork
ing producer of one of the nation's
greatest sources of wealth, to rest easy
In hla mind that the wealth be has
worked for and gathered need not be
sacrificed because the markets are
temporarily closed to him. The sort
of protection that encourages the pro
ducer of wealth to go on producing It.
Thta temporary protection of the cot
ton planter ta nothing more or less
than economy for the nation. It means
that the cotton planting shall not be
come demoralised and that the wealth
which cotton provides for the tntlre
nation shall not become ritaafpatrd.
Naturally It non Hgalnat the grain
of the New York Hun to Rce the pro
ducers and not the exploiters of the
country encouraged by the govern
ment, but we eheerfullv invite The
Hon to refer to . this editorial a few
veers from nog and take note of Its
own blushes.
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■iTATIOSi.* V l
Batesburg and Leesville, Twin Cities of the
Ridge Section, Organize “Buy-a-Bale” Clubs
and Even the Farmers Join in Movement
“Ten Cents or Rot; This is a Hog and Hominy Country,” is
the Slogan of the Farmers Around Batesburg. Retail Mer
chants Call Upon Wholesalers and Jobbers to Assist in
“Buy a Bale” Movement Under Plan Adopted By Bates
burg Board of Trade. Magnificent Spirit of Co-operation
Manifested on Every Hand
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Correspondent,
The Augusta Herald.
Batesburg, 8. C.—Along the "ridge''
- from below Johnston on to Leesvllle
the splendid patriotism of the fusl-
R| reading “Buy a llalc" movement has
been given expression by the ready
t espouse of the people.
Here at Batesburg a "Huy a Bale"
i lob was formed Wednesday. On the
aame day the business people of Let's
ville took similar action. Today a
Johnston a meeting of the Chamber
ol Commerce Is called to organize a
• T.d>. Edgefield is getting ready to
step Into line, and "Buy a Bale" clubs
may be expected at Hldge Spring,
Wards and Monetta
Promoters of the Batesburg club tell
me confidently that Its members will
take at least 50 and perhaps a hun
dred bales off the hands of needy far
mers. at 10 cents, and hold thla dis
tressed cotton off the market. The
first day of organization Ihe Lees
vllle club members pledged them
selves to the purchase of 21 bales at
10 cents.
Batesburg and Leesville, just two
miles apart, find the friendly rivalry
that enters an element into the civic
pride of the people of each city a
stimulating Influence which quicken*
the stride* of progress and achieve
ment. Friends and rivals in all else,
co-operating In this splendid move
ment to help the farmer help hlimudf,
the Batesburg and the Leesvllle "Buy
a Bale" clubs will seek each to out-do
the other and glory each in the
other's fine spirit of unselfishness and
patriotic endeavor.
Farmers Join Movement.
It Is significant and praise
worthy that not only are the law
yers. doctors, bankers, merchants
enlisting for the cause, but that
many farmers with large warming
Intelests who are already fairly
loaded down with cotton for which
they cannot get but a little more
than 7 cents with the market In
Its present war depressed condi
tion, have caught the contagion
from the enthusiasm of those
who are striving to help the far
mer as a whole bring about a de
mand that will force th* price of
cotton upward, and have joined
the Batesburg and l.eesvllle club*.
They contribute their SSO a bale
ln cold cash.
Ask Aid of Interests Higher Up.
A meeting of the Batesburg Hoard
of Trade, of which Hr. K. C. Hldgell
Is the head, was held Wednesday af
ternoon to endorse a counter move
ment, closely allied with the "Buy a
Bale" Idea.
Batesburg retail merchants, who are
themselves joining freely as members
of their club and contributing each
SSO a bale, have prepared a circular
letter which Is being sent out by them
Individually to the wholesalers and
jobbers from whom they purchase
goods This letter asks the co-opera
tion of Ihe wholesalers and Jobbed*,
both North and South In the “Buy-a
linle" movement. It 1* dearly pointed
out that anything that hurts or helps
the farmers hurts or helps the mer
chants, wholesaler and retailer alike
Specifically, the Batesburg rclstl
merchants ask of the wholesaler that
to help the situation each wholesale
house buy a bale of cotton at to cents
through them at Batesburg. In other
words, "l-el us buy It for you, and
hold It here for you,” they nsl. "Au
lt.orlxe us to do so. and we w ill make
draft on you with warehouse receipt
attached." t
Th* retail merchants pledge them
selves not to apply the money istld
for the bale bought with the whole
salers' money on account, but to pay
It in actual cash to the small farmer
or the tenant farmers from whom ihe
Cotton ta bought
Th* Make *f th* Man.
Mr M R. Rutland Is mayor of
Batesburg and one of the beat mayors
Batesburg ever had Mr. Rutland, of
course, lives In town, but he I* one
of the most extensive and among the
most successful farmers of Ihe "ridge"
section, tie has Joined In the 'Buy
a-Bale' movement.
Mr. Rutland will raise upward
of 2U<> bales of cotton this year.
All this he will hold until price
end value are nearer a parity, hut
he will not only aid In the move
ment by buying a bale at 10 cents
from the outside, but he told me
that he intends buying one bale ut
10 cents (ram each of his fifteen
share-croppers.
Tha tSateaburg Club.
Of the dozen men who first enroll
ed their names as members of the
Matesburg “Buy-a-Bale” club, five are
farmers and merchant-furmers.
Credit Is due to Mr. J. Rutledge Me
tier, editor of the Batesburg Herald,
for the inauguration of the moveipent
here. The first dozen signers of the
roll, some of whom will buy several
bales, were: Messrs. T. B. Kernaghan,
1-. I). Brabham, N. A. Bates, Ira Car
sen, 1,. I). Cullum. Isaac Edwards, L.
C Hartley, Paul Oarber, J. H. Evans,
O. M. Howard, M. E. Rutland, J. Rut -
ledge McGee.
The children, too, hare caught
the spirit, nod a number of small
boys who have saved up SSO or
more will withdraw the money
from the savings hanks and Invest
It In cotton at the "Buy-a-Bale”
price of 10 cents a pound.
Lestville Gets on the Map.
To Mr. VV. M. Oxner, editor and
proprietor of the l.eesvllle Twin-
County News, is due the credit of
lining up the Leesvllle people In the
movement.
With two or three exceptions,
everyone who signed the agree
ment which Mr. Oxner prepared
before lie began canvassing his
town—to buy one or more bales at
10 cents— either operates a farm
or has farming Interests—there
fore, they have cotton to sell, or
rather to hold.
Headed by the mayor of LeesvHle,
Mr F. H. Hendricks, who agrees to
buy four bale*, and Mr. J. L. Mat
thewa, who will take a like amount,
Ihe preliminary Hat includes for one
hale each. Mrs. J. K. Buuknight and
Meaara. J R. Ituuknlght. I)r. D. M.
Crasaon, Dr. James Crasson, C. D.
Barr, B. W. Hodle, Oeorge D. Oxner,
K. L. Asbill, a leading attorney, J. Y.
Cooley, \V. D. Hendricks, H. K. Hen
ilrlcks and J. C. Swygert St Son and
the National Hank of Leeaville.
Following the splendid example set
by the Student Club of Aiken, the
Woman's Club of LeesvHle will likely
buy a hale.
All Ready to Co-oparate.
Nowhere have 1 found a finer spirit
of co-operation, including everybody,
than here in the favored, fertile
"ridge’ section. It is manifested on
every hand. It will Serve to help tide
the farmers over the crisis thrust
upon them while Europe hears her
lullaby of death rattle and while be
cause of war cotton prices are de
pressed and the Southland suffers (or
the folly and the madness of nations
across the sea.
The two bank* at Hateshurg and the
one at Leeaville and there Is a na
tional bank in each of the twin cities
are not only disposed to encourage
the farmer to hold hi* cotton but are
straining e\ery energy to help him do
so. and. at the same time, figure far
enough ahead to help those who need
It raise unothcr crop next year. If by
planting time the war Is not history.
The spirit of the Batesburg mer
chants la boat attested by their action,
pot only In Joining the "Buy-a-Hu!e"
club, but seeking to bring outside
money In to buy bales that otherwise
must t«e sacrificed. The National
Bank of Leeaville has applied for Ita
quota of emergency currency, so that
farmers' notea may be extended, and
the business houses will hold otf Just
as tong as the wholesalers and Jobbers
do.
All Holding.
At neither place has there been sold
any appreciable amount of cotton.
Batesburg and Leesvllle buy annually,
under normal condition*, each S.OOO to
10,000 Iwvb'H B plow did crops have
been raised, the broad expanse of level
cotton fields are dotted with hundreds
of pickers, the ginneries are running
ntglit and day, the warehouses are
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
filling, but probably not more than a
hundred bales have so far been sacri
ficed in both places.
Fortunately, with some exceptions,
of course, the farmers of the "ridge”
section, do not confine themselves to
cotton. Fine grain and hay crops
are grown, every man raises his own
meat, poultry abounds, some cattle
aro raised—the farmers live at home.
Batesburg a Thriving City.
Batesburg has made rapid strides
In recent years—and 1 intend no re
flection upon the progress of her
twin city. The town is peculiarly
located—partly In Lexington and
partly in Kaluda Counties. The north
edn edge of Aiken County Is but a few
miles distant, and the town draws
largely from the three counties. It is
an interesting fact that Batesburg is
the biggest Inland lumber market in
Houth Carolina.
In addition, it is a splendid mule
market. I have spoken of the spirit
of co-operation. Here it is expressed
by the two stock dealers of Bates
burg.
I asked of Mr. L. D. Brabham
what he proposed to do about the
mules he has sold farmers who
cannot pay for them this fall.
"Let them keep them and raise
another crop next year,” was his
reply.
Mr. D. D. Smith, another large
dealer said: "If they can't pay
me this fall, perhaps they can
next fall.”
Adopt a Slogan.
Farmers, backed by merchants,
bankers and professional men of
Batesburg who are buying cotton
through the "Buy-a-Bale club, have
adopted their slogan. It is;
“TEN CENTS OR ROT. THIS
IS A HOG AND HOMINY COUN
TRY.”
Determination to hold Is not with
out the necessary foundation in this
section. The tenant farmer, to whom
some relief will come through the
“Buy-a-Bale" cluga, are less fortun
ate. but there are many who like Mr.
Rutland, concerning a visit to whose
magnificent place I shall have a spe
cial article who have taken mlvtan
*.age of their opportunities and who
farm first and foremost ami grow
cotton, not incidentally, but not
as a gambler depends upon the turn
of his one and only card.
Mr. W. F. Webb, who lives In Sa
luda County, not far from Batesburg,
for instance, raises only seven or eight
.
Will America Carry ]
Her Burden ? |
RE AT BRITAIN and Europe, where
productive industry has been paralyzed,
have mouths to feed, bodies to clothe, con
structive operations to carry through, and a
thousands-and-one wants and needs to be
satisfied-and Great Britain and Europe
look to America in confidence for much of
the needed supplies
t
It were folly for United States manufac
turers and merchants to be down-hearted
during these terrible times in Europe. A great
burden—a great di^ty—a great responsibility
—has been imposed on American manufactur
ers, merchants, bankers and workers. Shall we
shirk this burden, this duty, this responsibility
—and fail to reap the opportunities?
What’s Lhe Answer?—
bales of cotton .though he farms on
from 300 to 350 acres, growing grain
and livestock.
Mr. Webb Holstein, of the same sec
tion of country, has sold in Bates
burg recently—since the beginning of
the European war—s3oo worth of
oats.
1 am informed that back in Saluda
County there are at least 100,000
bushels of oats to he marketed be
sides what the farmers will retain for
their own use.
Surveying the Situation.
The First National Bank of Bates
burg is making application for emer
gency currency as a precautionary
measure. I asked Mr. Ira Carson, the
cashier. If the bank \m advising its
farmer patrons to hold their cotton.
“We are advising them to hold, but
are not advising them to take our
advice,” he replied.
“We are advising them to hold,
because we believe that either the
farmer who grows the cotton or
the speculator who buys it for 7
and 8 cents will get 10 cents for
It in a few months,” continued Mr.
Carson.
In Mr. Carson's opinion the situa
tion is right now at its worst. He
expressed the belief that relief will
a me as sudenly as did the cloudburst
of war—the same morning the world
will awaken to learn that diplomacy
has overridden war. Mr. Carson
thinks that it will probably be six
months after fighting' ceases before
normal conditions, so far as the cot
ton market is concerned, will be re
stored.
“In the meantime, while the
present situation continues.” said
Mr. Carson, “our bank will ac
cept cotton, release farm notes,
substituting them with ware
house receipts, and loan money to
the farmers ngatn next spring—■
provided the farmers promise not
to raise too much cotton."
Mr. Carson is one of the most en
thusiastic members of the “Buy-a-
Bale” club and a worker for it. “It
will help many a small farmer to pay
his debts," he said. "I see no reason
why we cannot buy at least 100 bales
right here.”
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
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her mistress asked her if she was ill.
“No, ma'am, not 'zactly,'' said Betsy,
■but the fac' ia I don't feel ambtious
'nough so get outer my own way.”
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AUGUSTA HERALD.
August Circulation, Dally and Sunday
Herald.
The circulation of the Daily and Sun
day Herald for the month of August,
; 1914, was as follows:
17 17.610
IS 12,405
19 12,535
20.. .. .. .. 12,598
21 12,795
22 13,1.465
23 14,335
24 12,605
25 12.745
-6 12.740
27 12,855
28 12,835
29 18.075
30 11,880
31.. ». .. .. 13,077
1 12,032
2 16,010
S.. .. 11,803
4 12,404
5 13,022
6 14,865
7 13,043
8 16,441
0 14.905
10 18,918
11 18,685
12 18,711
13 38.834
14 18,763
15- 17,702
16 11,635
Total August _ ..443,928
Dally Average .. .. ...14,320
The Augusta Herald, Dally and Say.
day, has a circulation In August., ag.
proxlmately twice as large as that of
any other Auguata 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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