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TWO
DANIELS HIS
THE BIG INLAND
WATERWAY
Secretary of Navy Points Out
Great Advantages to U. S. in
Case of War. Would Link
Massachusetts Bay With the
Rio Grande.
Albany, N. Y. —What the propound
great inland waterway from Massa
chusetts Bay to the Kio Grande would
mean to the nation In time of war
was discussed hero today l>y Secretary
Daniels of the Nevy Department be
fore the convention of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterway* Association.
"Not only will thl* waterway lend
itself tremendously to the development
of internal commerce and tsud to
bring down the rate* of transporta
tion," said Mr. Daniels, "but it also
provides unusual facilities for self
defense in time as war. In any con
flict between nations, which have nav
ies the all-important consideration is
to secure, if possible, Immediate con
trol of the sea and tho power which
possesses the superior navy is usually
able to do this.
Great Advantage.
"In such case* the navy of tho
weaker power takes refuge In soma
deep and well defended harbor, Where
It aek* )o wear out Its entity by flght*-
ing It in detachments and in other
ways wearing down Its strength. Af
ter this weaker power, having thus
taken refuge In a safe harbor, can
maneuver Us ships through inland
channels to other exits. It enjoys a
groat advantage.
"The submarine has long been con
sidered a source of great effective
ness and if even the submarine, along
with the navy, could have free move
ment through an Inland waterway,
the power whose navy was bottled up
would he In a position to make a lon
ger defense until it could bring Into
play th# resources of Us country.
At Many Exits.
"It would be able to slip out at va
rious exits and do damage to Us
enemy. If the ships of the inferior
power were damaged In a general en
gagement they could utilise an In
land waterway to distribute them
selves aniens various ship yards for
repairs all the quicker. The whole
nature of a war would be greatly af
fected by available Inland canals
"Kven In times of peace the cunnl la
n very Important factor to the navy
and lemla Itself to preparation for
national security. I serge quantities
of heavy matorlsls are constantly re
quired by the government for Us
navy yards."
32,000 CANADA
TROOPS DAVE
SAILED
Departure of Dominion Volun
teers For the Front Has Been
Kept Secret a Week.
St. John, N. B. T. W. Crotlifrs,
minister of labor of the IVimtnlon of
t'anaibi, announced today that 32,000
Canadian volunteers "have enn« to the
front a day or two into."
Mr Crothera made the announce
niant In a speech liaforo tha Canadian
Trades and Labor Congress In con-
Vantlon her*.
Tha fores (ling brlJb VUipatoh la tha
only announcement tha Canadian cen
sor him parndtlad to «v> over tha wire*
regarding transportation of tho Cana
dian volunteer* for mora than a week.
Persona reaching tha United States
from Canadian ports have told of the
active preparations there for the
transportation of Canadn'n first con
signment of troop* to the theater of
war: a month age the prophecy was
made that the volunteers would anil
about September tfilh: one by one
1 1 ana-Atlant 1c liners have been railed
for undisclosed missions to Canadian
ports; but no Information has been
permitted to reach the outside world
as lo when the troops would sail,
where they would sail from or wlmt
port would he their destination.
Beyond the hare announcement that
the Canadian volunteers had sailed,
no other news of their departure was
permitted to get past the censor this
afternoon.
Stsady Flow.
Toronto.— A fleet of war vessels had
been gathered at Quebec by Admiral
We.vmlss. and oilier warships collect
ed at convenient point a. More than n
week ago. transports commenced tak
ing a steady flow of troops in the di
rection of Quebec from the camp at
Valcartier
As quickly as the transports were
loaded they steamed seaward and the
convoying vessels picked them up. All
the transports carry heavy guns
A large proportion of the tnfantrv
and all the nrttllery. together with
much of the equipment, already are
underway. The departure of tlie re
mainder of Canada's contingent will
follow shortly.
Battle Preceeding
Taking Jaroslau
Lasted 7 Days
Pan., 10:40 a. m,-T*l*gT« P hlng
from Ptrograd th* *nr**ponri*nt of |h«>
Havan N>w» »«fn, v aav» th«» anion,
th# *nsa**tmnt* proof dm. ih* cap
tura of JaroaiHii by th* Ruaaian* that
at Badova, on th* Vistula rlv*r. wn«
lha moat Important.
Th* fight laatrri **v*n day* without
Intorruptlon Tha Auatrtnn* nor*
antram had on th* aummlta or aom*
wooded hllla rlatng from a broad and
unahaltared plain. Th* Ruaalan* »*r*
foroad to charge acma* thl* open
plain aralnat a raking maohtn* gun
ffre. Thalr lota** war* tramandous
and thpy w*ra rrpnlaad many tlm**,
until finally tlMll gtttM found th*
rauga, than th* r.luu n* aw a uccaaa-
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ADMIRAL WINSLOW DEAD.
Washington. Head Admiral ller
berl Winslow. U. H. N.. retired, is dead
at Florence, Italy, according to a con
sular dispatch received hero today.
The time of his death was not stated,
lie was In command of the 11. S. N.
Corn at the battle of Santiago and
landed the first detachment of Amer
ican marines at Takti, I’hlhn, In the
Boxer uprising. Since his retirement
In 1010 he has been living ill Cher
bourg. France. The admiral was a
son of Hear Admiral John A. Win
slow, who as commander of the Kem
sarge sunk tho Confederate cruiser
Alabama In 1004.
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HIND 'NILLISTON ID WHITE
POND,TO CUT COTTON ACREAGE
IN DALE, LEGISLATION 00 NOT
Already Living at Home, Producing Their Own Supplies,
Farmers Plan to Develop Live Stock Industry and to
Raise More Corn and Hay Than Ever Before--Truck Farm
ing Has Been Found Highly Profitable, Helping to Main
tain Independence From Cotton-- Holding of Cotton Pres
ents Problem Not So Difficult of Solution As in Some Sec
tions.
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Correspondent, The Augusta
Herald.
Willieton, 8. C.— Handling on an aver
age of fi.OOf) bales of .cotton a year
under normal conditions, and with the
actual money of tills section tied up
In a cotton crop which, though It is
being gathered, ginned and baled as
rapidly as is possible. Is being held
off a war-depressed market, conse
quently crippling business, keeping
money out of circulation, making ex
tensions of credits necessary for the
mutual protection of all, Wlllistow is
nevertheless alive and hopeful. Busi
ness people and the farmers of this
section alike arc bouyed by an at
mosphere of confidence rather than
taking counsel of fear. Holding their
cotton —not more than 75 to 100 hales
have been sold here so far this season
-I he farmers of the wide sweep of
country In both Barnwell and Aiken
counties who make Willlston theiir
trading point are keeping an eye upon
the Improving conditions and the
steadily advancing market; but real
izing. apparently, that in common with
all planters they must carry over a
part of their cotton, their determina
tion to hold Is no more universal and
no stronger than their determination
to cut the acreage next year.
In fact, throughout this section,
curtailment of the 1916 cotton crop
and the production of inure corn, more
hay, more small grain, more live
stock and cattlo Is already pretty
generally believed to ho the key to
the situation, the one salvation and
the one avenue through which ade
quate relief may be expected.
Will Cut One-Half.
Whether or not the South Carolina
general assembly, when it meets In
extraordinary session, enacts crop
legislation making a reasonable cur
tailment of next year’s cotton crop
compulsory, It Is the present Inten
tion of the farmers of this section to
cut the acreage one-lmlf. Extensive
planters will need no urging, smaller
farmers must for their own protec
tion begin now to live at home, and
tenant farmers and share-croppers
will be forced to it by the law of
necessity.
No Western Corn.
The turning away from cottn to
other money crops will not be such
a far cry here ns In some other sec
tions. There has been marked prog
ress toward diversified farming. No
western corn Is shipped here except
whst is bought by the saw milling
companies for their uses—every
farmer produces his own foodstuffs
and most of them have com to sell.
More hay Is being harvested Tight
now than In many years. And while
there are seores of fnrtners who for
many years have known no sueh thing
as the necessity of buying meat and
lard, If this section does not at pres
ent produce enough meat to keep Its
smokehouses ns well supplied br Its
corncribs, the hog has begun to come
Into his own.
Truck Profitably Grown.
Wllllston Is the center of a wide
trucking section. The trucking In
dustry has been very successfully and
profitably developed during recent
wars and that as well as the live
stock industry and the growing of
grains and grasses has made Inroads
upon the cotton acreage with most
telling Rnd gratifying effect. From
Wllllston and White Pond, three miles
west of here, hundreds of shipments
of fruits and vegetables are made lo
the Northern markets during the
season. Hundreds of acres are given
over to asparagus, one of the most
profitable of trucking crops, and many
carloads of watermelons and thou
sands of crates of contaloupes, cu
cumbers and snap beans are shipped.
Around Wllllston Dr. W. O Smith Dr.
J. P. Lee, Messrs W. E. Prothro,
cashier of the Bank of AVtlllstnn.
Thomas Scott. C. H. Kltchins and
many others have found aspnragus a
highly profitable money crop, realis
ing upon it at a most convenient sea
son of the year for famers. 01 r Kltoh
ins ts perhaps the leader and the larg
est growe, but many have each year
from five to ten acres In asparagus
Mr. Robert Mlxson raises and ships to
the northern markets large quantities
of cabbages ami Irlah potatoes.
Mora Profitable Than Cotton.
The money brought to this sec
tion through tha trucking Indue?
try ts no tnconsblgriihlc amount.
It helps the farmer to maintain
his Independence of cotton, helps
him lo make cotton his surplus
money Crop as In the case of Mr.
W. It. Owens at White Pond.
From 25 acres In asparagus and
truck Mr. Owens this past season
made from II 200 to $1,500 net.
When I talked with him this
morning he was not In the least
disturbed over the situation so
far as he ts himself concerned Al
though his cotton Is piling up In
his yard, he will experience no
difficulty 'holding it Indefi
nitely, and he la buying rather
than selling at the present price.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
My cotton is not worrying me,7
said Mr. Owens. ”1 am simply piling
it over there in my yard and there it
will stay until I get ready to sell. I
have told my tenants that if they
want to sell I will buy their cotton,
and I have bought some from them,
hut as it cost them all they would get
for It at the present price l am ad
vising them to hold, because they have
all to gain If the 'market goes up and
nothing to lose If it goes down,”
Mr. Owens is also buying all the
cotton seed offered at his ginnery.
As he expressed it, "I don't think
much of too much cotton,” and he is
one of the fortunate farmers who
have found profit in farming on that
principle. Ho has already, two or
three years ago, cut his cotton acre
age in two and begun raising hogs and
cattle. At present, with about 50
head of hogs, he Is replenishing, going
in for hog raising on a larger scale,
and is Just now considering cutting
tlie other half of his cotton acreage
and planting none at all next year. Mr,
Owens Blso raises Angora goats.
Biggest Farmer to Cut.
Dr. W. C. Smith is probably the big
gest farmer In the immediate section
of which Wllliston Is the business
center. He has sold no cotton. He
will next year cut his acreage at
least one-half, and though he always
produces enough corn, oats and pea
vine hay to supply his big plantation,
will grow more grains and grasses
next year than ever before. IJke
other big farmers around here. Dr.
Smith will give more attention here
after to live stock.
Dr. Smith operates one of the many
ginneries which dot this country—the
one at Willlston—and which are run-
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ning at full blast. He is buying cot
ton seed or taking cotton seed for gin
ning In lieu of cash when it Is nec
essary, to do so, but as many as find
it possible to hold them are as re
luctant to sell seed as they are to sac
rifice their cotton at the present price.
Cotton Piling Up.
From Williston I took a trip 'out
into the country, and at. every farm
house throughout this section one
sees cotton in the yards, protected
from the weather as much as possible,
but piling up, bale after bale, while In
the fields small armies of pickers are
getting out more and more. Cotton
is opening so rapidly now that some
difficulty is experienced in getting
enough hands, and for the first time
this season 50 cent* a hundred is in
some cases, being paid.
Warehouse Facilities Inadequate.
Willistons’ warehouse facilities are
Inadequate in view of the universal
holding movement. Some years ago
Mr. Quince Kennedy built a ware
house here, which was later trans
formed into a sales stable, which he
operates in addition ”.o farming on an
extensive scale. Mr. Kennedy lias
found it necessary to reconvert the
building into a warehouse, but with
his stock to be taken care of, the
building is temporarily a combination
warehouse and stable. Possibly up
wards of 500 bales can be warehoused
at Willlston under this arrangement.
Banks and Merchants Help.
Upon deposits of warehouse receipts
extensions are granted and the cotton
held for farmers by the Bank of Wil
iston and the Farmers and Merchants
Bank. Business houses here as else
where. are offering premiums above
the market price when cotton is paid
on account.
The Farmers Union Mercantile Co.,
a co-operative concern in which many
leading farmers of this section have
stock and which under the manage
ment of Mr. James M. Bell has grown
Into a thriving and successful busi
ness —selling anything from groceries
to furniture —took the lead by offering
their farmer customers 10 cents for
cotton applied on account when the
market was considerably lower and
conditions were, less promising. W. H.
Kennedy & Son, a big department
store and one of the leading busi
ness establishments of this section,
Mr. A. N. Garber, president of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank and one
of the leading merchants, Merritt
Brothers, the Williston Hardware Co..
Mr. J. W. Wachtel, Mr. S. B. Hair
and practically all the merchants, and
supply houses have shown their con
sideration for the farmers in sub
stantial manner.
In White Pond Section.
Tn the White Pond section Mr. Owen
Alderman, who farms on upwards of
1,000 acres, producing his own sup-
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plies, foodstuffs and feedstuffs, and
who has always raised his own meat,
hogs, goats, poultry, is harvesting his
hay crop and gathering his cotton,
holding all that has been gotten out
except a few bales sold for his share
croppers to make it possible for them
to pay on supply accounts. Mr. Al
derman will reduce his cotton acreage
considerably next year.
Capt. John N. Hanklnson, in the
same neighborhood, will go in for win
ter wheat and small grain and next
year will cut his cotton acreage in
half and plant the remainder in earn.
Until a year or two ago, Capt. Hank
inson raised enough wheat to supply
his own needs and will now go back
to grain on a more extensive scale
than ever before. With about 50
head of liogs. he will give more at
tention to livestock.
Near White Pond, Mr. Jacob Black,
who also has found asparagus and
other truck profitable, has produced a
magnificent field of cotton on a place
where he demonstrated to his neigh
bors what could be done with stumpy
land. With a stump-puller, which
cost $l5O, Mr. Black removed the ob
stacles. and not only has wood
enough piled up in his yard and barn
for the next ten or dozen years, but
has made the place produce onc-third
more cotton than before.
Town of Handsome Homes.
Wiliston is not only one of tho best
business towns between Augusta and
Charleston, with substantial stores
and business buildings, but It is en
terprising and a thriving little city of
handsome residences, backed by a
particularly rich farming country. The
growth of the place has been rapid.
There are here a dozen or more spleti
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.
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did homes which would do credit to a
much larger place.
Mr. Reuben Rountree, a prosperous
trucker and farmer, has Just com
pleted a handsome residence at a cost
of about SIO,OOO, and recently com
pleted the construction of two blirk
stores In the business part of the
town. Mr. Rountree grows com
paratively little cotton, but produces
from a bale to a bale and a half an
acre on what he plants.
OUT OF COMMISSION.
Washington —The navy’s great wire
less plant at Arlington, V*., was put
out of commission last night by a
windstorm. Naval officials announc
ed that repairs would be made today.
PRINTED IT WRONG.
Amsterdam, (via London). —The
Nieus Van Den Dag says that the Bei>
lin Vorwaerts, which yesterday was
ordered suspended for three days, was
suppressed for stating in an article
that the German advance was in
reality a retreat.
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