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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23. BIG EXPOSITION ILL BE HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO NEXT LEAR Reports That it Will Be Postponed Are Erroneous---Will Be a Tremendous Success Despite the European War. San Francisco, Cal.—There have been reports that the Exposition, because of the war in Europe, would be postponed. It will not be post poned. There have been published state ments that the war in Europe would seriously affect the commercial or educational importance or the finan cial success of the Exposition. They will not be so affected. The Exposition will open on its scheduled date—February 20th, 1915. It will be completely ready when open. It is more than ninety per cent completed today. Nothing will be per mitted to interfere with the consum mation of the plans originally laid down. Many friends and parties in inter est have presented arguments in sup port of postponement, for a year. These have beep given anxious study and careful analysis. Most of them are merely counsels of timidity, bas ed on nothing save a general feeling of doubt and uncertainty. These are sufficiently answered by saying that there is no longer any doubt or un certainty as to the success of the Ex position whatever the situation in Eu rope may be. Other arguments f6r the postponement have some praotl oal foundation, but for everyone of these there is a stronger and better argument for proceeding with our plans. The Exposition wT3, therefore, open as scheduled. There is not the slight est reason to beiievo Its success, in any phase, will be any leas than that Cotton Seed Selection Is Important to the Farmer Valuable Suggestions Offered Georgia Planters By State Board of Entomology. Atlanta.— Georgia farmers have al ready begun to select their cotton seed for next year’s planting, and the state board of entomology is offering its aid by furnishing rules and suggestions bearing on this important work. All of the board’s rules are based on praotlcal experiments, and if care fully followed by the farmers will ma terially help in increasing individual acreage yields and in eliminating plant pests and diseases generally from the fields of this state. The Important points to be consider ed, says State Entomologist E. Lee Worßham, are resistance to black root or wilt disease; resistance to root knot and anthracnose; fruitfulness, earll ness; percentage, length and strength of lint, type of plant and distribution of fruit on the plant. The best place to make selections from resistant strains Is In the spots where the ordinary cotton dies the most, and then select the hardiest and best developed plants. Root knot or namatode worms may be starved out by rotation of crops, while the best way to guard against this pest in selection Is by choosing stalks which are not stunted. Anthracnose Is to be especially avoided. This is a fungus disease which causes the bolls to rot. Crop rotation and careful seed selection are the best protection against this dis ease. A plant affected by anthracnose should not be selected even though It Is resistant to wilt and well fruited. After the above mentioned diseases are guarded against, the department urges the selection of the most fruitful stalks with a view to increasing the acreage yield. In the face of the boll weevil ad vance It is If vital importance, particu larly In southwest Georgia, to plant early varieties. Early resistant cotton may be obtained by selections from wilt resistant strains of the earliest maturing varieties. While In upland cotton length of staple Is not so important as In long staple, the staple should not be less than 7-8 of an inch long. The strength can be tested by hand. No stalk should be selected which yields less than 33 1-3 per cent of lint. The only sat isfactory way to determine quality of lint is to :rtn each stalk separately with a hand gin. As to type of plant, the best stalks to select are those having long frult in_ limbs close to the ground with joints close together. The fewer large stalky branches the stalk has, the bet ter, providing the fruiting branches are more numerous. It is best to se lect the plants that have most of the fruit on the lower part of the stalk, for such begin fruiting early. To maintain the resistant quality, roguing should be practiced. That Is, the diseased and etunted stalks should be cut out about July Ist and August Ist to prevent crossing with the resist ant plants. The proper ginning of cotton select ed for seed Is very Important. A hau l gin should be used, if possible, as this does away with danger of adulteration or mixture with diseased seed. If the seed cotton Is ginned In a public gin all the s ed should be removed from the breast of the gin and other parts before the cotton Is run through, and the seed should be allowed to drop on the floor or In a sheet; It should never be run through the seed-carrying auger. The state board has a small gin run by electricity and will gin free any In vididual selection the farmer may send. The board will also be glad, Mr. Wor sham states, to assist any farmer in making Individual selections. Parties desiring to secure some of the state board's resistant seed this winter should write to the office of the stat-s entomologist here. As an Illustration of what can be done through seed selection and proper breeding, the state department of En tomology, through Mr. A. C. Lewis, as sistant, has developed a new eottj.i enlle£ "Dlxafifl," which Is a comblna t ticn 0 r Dixie and Egyptian, and makes a yong staple, upland variety. This cotton grown from seed furnished by the state department haa a staple 1 1-1 inches long and is now In good demand at II cent! a pound. It will bring evo.i more. The department hae a small quantity of tL* seed on hand which It will supply to growers as long as It lasts. which was so certain before the Eu ropean war broke out. Not one of the nations at war has notified us of an intention to withdraw her partic ipation; France and Italy have in fact notified us that their plans re main unchanged but even if we should lose the others the interest and im portance of the Exposition would still as a whole, surpass all precedent. As to the Domestic participation, the effect of the European war seems likely to be rather advantageous than otherwise. The stimulus on exhibits is already felt, as American manufac turers become impressed with the op portunity given by the Exposition for bringing their goods to the attention of the large distributors of Central— South America, the Orient and Can ada. As to attendance, all expert opinion agrees that there is nothing in the situation, even if continued through 1916, that will affect seriously the willingness or ability of the people of the Western Hemisphere and of the Fa* East to visit the Exposition. Some opinion is firm that travel to Cali fornia may even be increased by the war. The decision of the Exposition management, has, however, been reached without regard to that con sideration. We consider it our duty alike to our nation, to the participat ing nations, to our exhibitors and to ourselves to carry out the plans ar originally laid down and which, now nearly at fruition, promise the most Important, the most beautiful and the most successful Exposition in history. If any cotton grower making a spe cialty of seed selection desires It and will write to the department, a special representative will be sent to his farm and will render all possible assistance. Greatest Event in Woman's Life 'All human experience looks back to motherhood as the wonder of wonders. The patience, *.ne fortitude, the sub lime faith during the tec . period of expeetanoy ' ''Tic2|SSfllwl'yi are second only to the mother love be ” »Brc stowed upon the W V <>! /K most helpless but f\ JLr most marvelous cre- 1 s Women are quick to learn from ±ach ether those helpful agencies that aid to comfort, and yet are perfectly safe to use and among these they recommend ’’Mother’s Friend.” It is entirely an external application designed to lubricate the broad, flat muscles and skin that protect the abdomen. It has been In favorable use for nearly half a century and Is known to mothers In almost every settled com munity In the United States who highly recommend It. You will find it an sale in drug stores. "Mother’s Friend” Is utterly harmless, contains no deadening drugs, very beneficial, very soothing and a wonderful help. Get a bottle of "Mother’s Friend’’ to day at any drug store and write to us for our Instructive little book to mothers. Address Bradfleld Regulator Co., 813 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. 4.® 1 @ i f’l. /i . Union Increases Service TT 0 connected telephone* make the simplest form of tele * phone communication. Three segregated pair* give three lines for telephone talk. Unite the three pairs by means of a central office and an intercommunicating exchange «ystem is formed, giving fifteen talk track*. Five pairs thus connected give forty-five lines of communi cation, and so on, in regular mathematical rule. Millions of such groups are thus connected in the Bell System. (i All v flag 5k j GEORGIAN ELE’CTED AS I. 0. 0. F. GRAND SIRE Atlantic City, N. J.—ln one of the most spirited contests of its history, the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows last night elected J. R. A. Rob ertson of Oklahoma deputy grand sirs, with F. C. Gowdy of Colorado and Jos. Oliver of Ontario giving him a closs race until the 4 ballot. Robert Daniel of Georgia was elected grand sire; John B. Goodwin, Maryland, grand secretary, and Col. M. Richard Muckle of Philadelphia grand treas urer. San Francisco was chosen as next year's convention city. The convention adopted a report of the judiciary committee reversing tho decision of Grand Sire Keller permit ting lodges to Impose a special as sessment for other than fraternal pur poses. WHEAT FOR GREECE. Galveston, Texas.—The British steam ship Hubert will sail today with a cargo of 154.000 bushels of wheat for Piraeus, Greece. This is the first car go of wheat ever cleared from this port for Greece and shippers believe it to be the first from this country. CRISIS IN COFFEE. Rio Janeiro.—The crisis in the local coffee situation Is becoming aggravat ed as a result of the closing of Euro pean markets. The Brazilian govern ment Is considering means of protec tion. It is reported that Germany Is nego tiating with the State of St. Paul for the purchase of its stock of 3,200,000 sacks at prices quoted at the present time at Hamburg. flßarlbor©ug(j||l|f I Atlantic city, n. j. Capacity 1 100 400 Private Math* Exquisite refined inuolc every night throughout the year. Two blocks of Ocean front, Rolling Chairs, Horse-back riding. Golf, Theatres and countless amusements. Ownership Management JOSIAH WHITE A SONS COMPANY HOTEL Colling wood West SBth Street, New York City. SETH H. MOSELEY. Half Blk. from Herald Sq. & sth Av. In midst of leading department stores and theatres. Belect accommodations for discrimi nating people with personal attention and service Impossible in the larger ho tels. Your patronage Is earnestly so licited. Room without bath $1.50 Room without bath for two SI.OO Room with bath $2.50 Room with bath for two $3.00 Parlor Bedroom with bath $5.00 Bpeclal attention given to ladles and families. Restaurant at moderate prices DO YOUR OWN SHOPPING • c Onyx” ||| Hosiery Give* the BEST VALUE tor Your Money Every Kind bom Cottea to Sift. Far Mss, Wona ud CUUrtg Any Color and Style From 25c to $5.00 per pair Look for the Trade Mark! Sold by All Good Dealer*. Wholesale Lord & Taylor NEW YORK SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA; GA. Mackinaw Overcoats $8 and $9 We have samples to select from. Let us order for you. BOWEN BROS. Hardware DROPSY SPECIALIST S Usually give quick relict, have entirely relieved tnnr: seemingly hopeless ease- Hwelllng and short breath soon gons. Often gives entire relief In 16 to 2 days Trial treatment sent DR.* THOMAS E. GREET Suooeieor to Dr. H. 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CALL, PHONE OR WRITE Commercial Department Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation 812 Broad SL 2751 Phone BRING US YOUR COTTON It is Worth Twelve Cents Here Wo will accept Middling Cotton on a basis of Twelve Cents per pound Take Advantage of This Opportunity to Save Nearly Qne-Half or More on a Piano! We are overstocked.. These must be sold. SCHUMAN Mahogany, used * $228 KRANICH A BACH Mahogany, new S3BO HARVARD, figured Mahogany, used $l9B BRADLEY Mahogany, new $l7B CONSERVATORY, dark Mahogany, used $l4B MASON, Carved Mahogany, new $223 HADDORFF, Figured Mahogany, new $348 CLARENDON, Figured Mahogany, new $278 STULTZ & BAUER, Mahogany, new $378 CHASE BROS Mahogany, new $395 HACKLEY Mahogany, new $325 CARLISLE Mahogany, new .$298 PRESCOTT, Dark Mahogany,' new $l6B BRADLEY & CO, Dark . . .. Mahogany, new $250 BAILEY CABINET GRAND, Walnut, new $298 GORDON & SON, Upright Grand, Walnut, new • $325 GORDON & SON, Boudoir Grand, Mahogany, new $328 STODARDT Mahogany, used $l5O MATHUSHEK, Parlor Grand, Mahogany, used SIBB DECKER BROS. Concert Grand. Rosewood, used SSBB WELLINGTON Mahogany finish, used $l5O KINGSBURY Mahogany finish, used $l4B MELTON, Player Pi&no, 88 Note $350 ELECTRIC PLAYER and Music $398 New Organs, No. 60 $75, S9O and SIOO Used Organs sls, $25, S4O and SBO Catalogue of Century Edition 10c Music for the asking. A. A. Thomas Piano Co. Augusta, Georgia. No. 639 Broad Street. Formerly of Thomas & Barton 00. either in part or full payment on any Poano, Player Piano or Organ in our house. Realizing that the present market price of cotton represents only a temporary depression and that the farmer would be unwise to sell on that basis, we stand ready to accept the same here on a cash basis of twelve cents. This applies even to the remarkable sacri fice prices quoted below on pianos. NINE