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BAMBERG'S COTTON ACREAGE ILL
BE CUT IB HALF NEXT YEAR AND
FARMERS WILL CO IB FOB GUI
At Bamberg Patriotic Woman Leads in “Buy-a-Bale” Move
ment to Back Up Farmers Who Are Holding, Even Though
Better Price is Offered in Open Market Than Elsewhere.
Carlisle School Accepts Cotton For Tuition and Fees and
Will Hold For Farmers---Trend Toward Farmers Living at
Home Hastened By Situation Thrust Upon South.
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Correspondent,
Tha Augusta Herald.
Bamberg, S. C.—Bamberg, city and
county, has arisen magnificently to
meet and cope with the situation
thrust upon the .South by disturbed
business conditions because of the
European war—a market depressed In
consequence of four world powers
gripping In a mighty struggle for
mastery—and an overproduction of
cotton.
With Inadequate warehousing fa
cilities. the holding of cotton pre
sented a problem which has been
speedily solved. I'nwllllng to hold
their cotton at home, unprotected,
and unable so long as they old so to
secure the temporary relief based
upon warehouse receipts available
elsewhere, (he farmers were, tor a
brief season, put to It to find a way
out. But the way was made clear for
them.
Two weeks ago last Saturday a
meeting of progressive citizens
was held at Bamberg, called by
Hon. H O. Mavfleld, warehouse
oommlt teaman for Mouth Carolina
of the Southern Cotton Congress.
At that time a stock company
was formed, a warehouse compa
ny organized. No time was lost
in preliminaries. Within the al
most Incredible spare of two weeks
the Bamberg Cotton Warehouse
Company haa erected lta ware
house. Monday of this week there
were stored within its walls 250
hales of out loti.
Thrss Bonded Warehouses.
Moreover, it is a bonded warehouse,
built to conform with federal regula
tions. Mr. W. I). It bond Is president,
Mr. <5. Frank Bamberg, first vice
president, Mr. C. It. Free, second
vice-president, and Mr. H. M. Gra
ham, secretary of the company, which
Is capitalized at 12.000. The ware
house already built has a capacity of
1,000 hales, and the building lias been
so constructed thsl whenever It be
comes netcHsnry the capacity may no
easily increased to 5,000 bales
At Denmark and Ehrhart, In Bam
berg County, bunded warehouses
have also been erected wllhln the
past three weeks through the efforts
at lion H O. Mayfield, and are now
storing cotton.
T makn particular mention of this
activity merely to substantiate -ny
statement that Bamberg, city and
county, have arisen lo meet and deal
adequately with the situation, to pro
vide all possible relief for the far
mer. The erection of these three,
bonded warehouses is by no means all
that has been done here. The "Buy
a-Bale" movement has gained a firm
foothold, hanks and business houses,
In accepting cotton and either can
celling debt or granting extensions,
hsve made cotton Jus! as good as
money if not a legal tender; ami as
elsewhere the merchants have for
eeveral weeks offered a premium, over
and above the market price, for cot
ton.
200 Bales Sold at 9 Cents.
As a matter of fact, practically
all the cotton that has been sold
at Bamberg this season has been
sold at a premium Friday of last
week 200 bales were sold in lh<>
open market at it cents' a pound.
Cotton buyers were freely offer
ing It cents last Haturday, but
succeeded In buying only a few
bates even at shout half a cent
above the market quotation Prior
to Friday not SOO bales, all to d.
had been marketed here, though
Ba inherit County produced uu
aver»ire of about 21,000 bales a
year, upwards of 16.000 bates of
which are handled here, and In
aplte of the fact that this yeir
there la a splendid crop which, t
am told, promises to reach the
high water mark of the couni /
for production. 21.000 hales.
The temper of the people In times
of stress, when ns unruffled ns 1 find
It here after talking with formers,
merchants, bankers, and fee linn them
out, ta a mnrvelmni thing. With on<)
accord the farmers have put away nil
Idea of sacrificing their crops, if in
deed they ever entertained such mu
Idea, they have apparently determin
ed to sit tight and wait, and while
they are waiting they are working
getting out the remainder of th*Mr
cotton, ami confidently looking to
ward the future, they find It full of
promise, for they, as a whole, ore
planning new and better things for
191 b. they are right now at the forks
In the road, and begpoiing next year
they are going to travel a new mod—
the highway of progresa towards
emancipation from dependenoe upon
cotton. Business people are cheerful,
hopeful ami confident. They. too. see
the rift In the clouds, and through It
have read the promise of the future.
It Is admirable
But while all apparently realise, is
Mr. A. W. Knight, the postmaster, put
It to me, that the trend of the move
ment In thla section toward sclentif.o
agriculture and diversified farming,
by this visitation upon the cult * t
farmers, has been hastened, no one
iwnif* to have discounted the neces
sity of the first consideration taking
care of the present big crop. As *
relief measure, the “Buy-a-Bale*'
movement was Inaugurated here soon
after the idea was conceived
Woman First to Buy Bslo.
As sn evidence of the splendid
list riot tc spirit of the women In
ihe prwnl crisis, a woman sal the
example for the rtttssns of Bant -
bat g to follow Tha first b via
iHioght at 10 rents was bough’ by
s woman, Mrs W. IV Illume, a
saleswoman at the store of Hiatt.t
A Munitions, anil with the big,
now hale placet! on exhih.tlon in
front of that store, the firm em
ploying Mrs Blums was by no
means the only purchaser to Weep
the movement going
B W. Simmons A Co.. Mr J M.
Kina Ml. UNsm* Thomas A Co , and
Mr. W. G. Hoffman were quick to Jo
likewise Other firm* and other In
dividuals atepped Into Hite The idea
spread and there have- been many
hales bought up and taken off the
market throughout thla section.
Bought B> An Infant.
Among the first tfules so be |
bought on the "Buy-a-Ka!e" plan
was purchased by little Franklin
Blzer Ilartzog, the 6-monlhs-olri
son of Dr. and Mra. L. A. Hart
z of Olar, In this county.
Weighing 500 pounds, and bought
at 10 cents, the bale was ware
housed for the little hoy by hit
grandfather, Mr. C. F. lUzor, In a
Columbia warehouse; and little
Franklin Hlzer Ilartzog is proud
ly claiming to he the youngest
member of the "Buy-a-Bale” club
In South Carolina.
For Hon, Jornes F Byrne*, repre
senting the Second Mouth Carolina
District in congress, Mr. J. D. Cope
land bought the other day a bale of
cotton si 10 cents. Congressman
Byrnes, who live* at Aiken, has bought
a hale In each of the several counties
in his district.
While buying al as nearly the mar
ket price as he could get I lie cotton.
Mr. I. N. Dunn, superintendent of the
Bamberg Cotton Mill, has bought on
hi* own account a great deal of cot
ton, compared with the amount of tho
staple that has been sold here, and Is
holding It for fin Investment. Mr.
Dttnn believes that the price of cot
ton 1s bound lo Improve rapidly, and
his intention Is to hold for a fair
price and a fair profit, then market
his holdings.
The Bamberg Cotton Mill is In the
market' for more cotton titan at any
time In the past, the mill having re
cently Increased Its output, making a
heavier grade of cloth. Mr. Dunn 1s
not, however, buying for the mill.
A splendid spirit has been shown
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Scene from Act First of “Today” at tho Grand, Thursday,
October Ist.
by the Carlisle School, located at
Bamberg, where each year many
young men and young women are
fitted for college. Mo far as i have
heard, this is the first educational
institution In the state to accept cot
ton at 10 cents a pound for tuition and
school fees. That it has done so is
proving not only a popular p'an, but
is enabling many boys and girls who
otherwise could not do so to attend
the school. Two bales of cotton and
S6O, it was announced by Prof. J. G.
Guiles, (he headmaster, several weeks
ago, would be accepted In payment
for tuition and term fees, the cotton
to be held, and when sold if it brings
more than 10 cents a pound, the dif
ference to be rebated. There have
been many acceptances on this plan.
Bast year the school had only 77 pu
pils. This year, on the opening day,
ItS were enrolled, and Professor Guiles
is authority for the statement that a
large majority of these could not
have enrolled except for the cotton
arrangement, made.
Business bouses of Bamberg have
stepped Into the breach, offering all
the relief that they could give. Mr.
G. Frank Bamberg and Jones Broth
ers have been accepting cotton on ac
count at 10 cents, and others sent out
letters some time ago stating that
they would allow a cent above the
market price. Among those granting
premiums are Mr. H. C. Folk, Mr. J.
D. Copeland, Mr. J. A. Hunter and C.
R Brabham ft Hons. The three hanks,
the Enterprise Bank, the People Bank
and the Bamberg Banking Company. I
aer granting extensions when ware
house receipts are deposited with
them.
Bank Deposits Largsr.
That there is no money famine
ill Bamberg is evidenced by the
fact that the deposits of the Peo
ples Bank, for instance, are at
present between S4OO and SSOO
more than what tiiey were this
lime last year, as I am informed,
although this time last year cot
ton was bringing a good price
and was being rapidly marketed.
Favor Crop Legislation.
There Is an •mtnistakaole sentiment
prevailing here fa voring legislation j
making curtailment of the 1915 cot- |
ton crop compulsory, not only in 1
Mouth Carolina, but throughout the
cotton belt. But, as 1 am informed,
legislation or no legislation, the Bam
berg County cotton acreage will be
cut at least one-half next year. As
I have said, the trentk has been for
Ihe past few years toward diversified
farming and more particularly towarl
living at home, raising home product*
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Scene from “The Only Son”
With Thos. W. Ross, at the
Orand Tomorrow, Paramount,
Afternoon and Night.
and food crops. Less and less west
ern corn and hay have been shipped
here. It has grown to be an uncom
mon sight to see a farmer hauling a
bale of bought hay out of town. It is
a thing of the past. And that the
farmers are now making all the corn
they need to feed their stock and
themselves is already an accomplish
led fact. Throughout the county there
j have been put into operation in the
last few years several grist mills.
Wagon Load of Hams.
Many hogs are raised in Bam
berg County. They thrive and
fatten on com and penders. Un
willing to sell his cotton at the
prevailing price and needing some
ready cash, a farmer living not
, ’ far from the city brought into
town the other day a wagon load
of hams, which he had no diffi
culty in retailing to ready pur
chasers at a fair price.
Bamberg farmers have also been
successful in producing a big potato
crop and there isqdenty of new syrup
for home and market.
Ehrhart Farmers Happy.
With the example of the farmers of
the -Ehrhart section before them, far
mers throughout Bamberg County will
produce more meat In the future than
e\ek before Down In the Ehrhart
section and the lower part of the
county no man Is accounted a good
farmer unless he makes meat enough
to supply at least his own needs.
On Mr. G. Frank Bamberg’s place
jin that section, for instance, he has
now about 200 head of hogs. Mr.
, Bamberg runs 40 plows, but jMiough
j the price of cotton may stay below
cost of production for some time, ha
has plenty of corn and potatoes and
is assured of a bulging smokehouse.
Mr. D. M. Eve is making arrange
ments to stock his Edisto River plan
tation with hogs.'
Col. J. F. Folk, one of the biggest
farmers in the county, is going in next
year for'cattle raising at his Ehrhart
plantation.
Turn Now to Raising Hogs.
"There is good money in hogs,"
said Mr. James Wyman, former mayor
of Bamberg and one of the most ex-
of Bamberg County.
“We aAi all determined down this
way to raise something to eat next
year. That will be our first consid
eration. Nobody in the county but
who will cut the cotton acreage 'at
least one-half. We are selling only
a little cotton," he added, "just what
we must to ease up the merchants
and the supply houses and to let the
tenants pay their accounts, and every
body around here is detrmined to hold
just as long as possible."
There is no mistaking the fact that
the farmers are getting out the cot
ton as rapidly as they can. As much
as 60 cents a hundred Is paid pickers.
The Carolina Gin Company at Ehr
hart is kept busy until late at night,
and at Bamberg the Cotton Oil Com
pany's ginnery is running night and
day This modern ginnery has a ca
pacity of 4(10 bales a day—one every
three minutes.
Bamberg’s Nsw Railroad.
Bamberg has a new railroad, of
which big things are expected toward
the development of the city and sec
tion. The Bamberg, Ehrhart & Wal
terboro Railroad will begin running
regular trains between here and Ehr
hart, 20 miles distant, within the next
few days. A depot is now being
built at Bamberg. Already freight is
being hauled over the line on an ir
regular schedule, but the road has
not been yet inspected by the railroad
commission, and as soon as that is
done passenger trains will be put on.
.The road will connect at Ehrhart with
the Atlantic Coast Line. It is the in
tention to extend th<i line later to
Cope and Orangeburg. The company
behind the new railroad is composed
almost entirely of Bamberg capital.
The Bamberg County Medical As
sociation held a meeting Wednesday
of last week at New Bridge. A fish
fry was an enjoyable feature.
Mrs. C. J. S. Booker is visiting
friends and relatives in Richmond,
Va.
Mrs. E. J. Wannamaker, of Orange
burg, is visiting in the city.
Mr. Norman Kirsch has returned to
Bamberg from Charleston, where he
has been In the hospital undergoing
treatment for appendicitis.
Messrs. J. B. Rice, Ben Black and
Roy Cooper are attending the Uni
versity of South Carolina.
From Bamberg, Messrs. John Folk,
Francis M. Bamberg and W. D. Rhoad,
Jr., are attending Wofford College at
Spartanburg.
Mr. W. C. Whitesides, who bought
cotton here last sdhson, has returned
to Bamberg.
AFTER THE STORM: THE BOW OF HOPE
Be Clean!
Inside and Outside
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impurities caused by weakness of the digestive organs
or by inactivity of the liver.
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LANDSLIDE FOR
MS', VIRGINIA
The Majority May Go to Over
35,000 in State-Wide Prohi
bition Vote.
Richmond, Va—Returns from re
mote precincts coming in slowly are
Increasing little by little the 30,384
majority for state wide prohibition
conceded last night by the Local Self-
Government League. The “dry” ma
jority, anti-saloon league workers
think, may go to 35,000.
"Wet” Virginia newspapers, after
expressing astonishment at the “dry”
landslide, are calling upon all citizens
loyally to accept the decision and are
urging the legislative tax commission
to provide promptly for the prospec
tive lnqs of revenue.
TODAY’S CRUISE.
New York.—Beginning today the
sessions of the Atlantic Deeper Wa
terways Association convention which
opened here yesterday, will be held
aboard the steamship Berkshire. To
day’s trip included a circuit of New
York harbor and a cruise to Perth,
Amboy, N. J„ where the delegates
were to be addressed- late tilts after
noon by Governor Fielder, of New
Jersey.
BANKERS IN SESSION.
Dallas, Texas.—Bankers attending
the second day’s session of the con
vention of the American Insjjkute of
Banging here today considered the
federal reserve system and the ques
tion of government ownership of the
telephone and telograph lines.
Men’s and Roys’Vllovea at Martins.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23.
if you would be
healthy, strong and
MjP r happy. Baths keep the skin
clean and in good condition. But
what about the inside of the body?
You can no more afford to neglect it
than the outside. It is just as import-
RUSSIANS BURNING
ALL UNREMOVABLES
London, 5:05 a. m.—A Petrograd spe
cial to Reuter’s says the railways lead
ing to Przemysl are in the hands of
the Russians and that the Austrians
are falling back behind the Przemysl
forts. The dispatch declares that in
tercepted reports show Przemysl is not
prepared for a siege.
In Eastern Prussia, according to the
same dispatch, the Russian troops are
failing back in perfect order, taking
with them ail their stores and wound
ed. What they are unable to take they
are burning.
The Russian government has decid
ed to profit by the presence of the
enormous number of prisoners to put
into execution several large plans for
canal construction and other public
works.
AUGUSTAN VICE PRES’T
NAT’L DRUGGISTS ASS’N
Indianapolis, Ind. —Chas. A. West,
of Boston, has been elected president
of the National Wholesale Druggists
Association in convention here. Among
the vice-presidents elected is John
Phinizy, of Augusta, Ga.
THE CORWIN AGROUND.
Nome, Alaska —The ste-amer Corwin
is aground at Cape Douglass, mid
way between Nome and Teller. The
revenue cutter Bear and the Nome
live saving crew are alongside and
are trying to get the Corwin Into
deep water by lightening her cargo of
tin ore.
QUAKER OATB SUIT.
Chicago.—Taking testimony for the
government in Us anti-trust suit
against the Quaker Oats Company was
completed before the examiner here to
day. Testimony for the defendant re
mains to be taken.