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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. IN THE HCILLE SECTION FARMERS DEMAND CROP LAWS ASONLYWAYFOR CURTAILMENT They Are Very Much in Earnest About Cutting the Cotton Acreage Next Year---Legislator, Mr. W. C. Martin, to Work for the Law Needed Now---Demand for Seed Oats Greater Than Ever Before, and Some Winter Wheat to be Grown---With Serum Available to Combat Hog Cholera, Farmers Will Turn Again to Live Stock Industry. WALTER E. DUNCAN. Staff Correspondent, The Augusta Herald. Branchville, S. C. —Not only is there orevaient among the farmers through out the section of country of which Branchville is ihe nusiness center a strong sentiment which favors reduc tion of the cotton acreage in 1910, but this sentiment is. it is realized, in sufficient of itself to insure an ade quate curtailment, and far-sighted farmers are demanding legislation to compel a wholesale ana a universal cut throughout South Carolina at least. Mr. W. C. Martin, who is connected with the Peoples Bank of Branchville, is a member of the general assembly, Which has been called to meet in ex traordinary session to deal with the present situation, and with the Or angeburg county delegation he will go to Columbia when the legislature convenes on October 6th. "I have been approached by some of the most substantial and some of the most sensible tariners of this section, who are openly de manding the enactment of law which will force every farmer In South Carolina to make a rea sonable cut in his cotton acreage,” Mr. Martin told me. “While such a law may not be actually need ed here, for everybody is at pres ent apparently. tirm in the belief that the acreage must De reduced, that it is essential and the only way that the cotton farmer can protect himself next year from a repetition of this year's troubles, it may be needed elsewhere; and positive legislation will at least be an assurance to the farmers of one section that those of another are likewise cutting the acreage.” Mr. Martin is himself in favor of crop legislation as a precautionary measure, and will go to Columbia pre pared to work for its enactment. Sentiment Fast Spreading. On the eve of the convening of the South Carolina general assembly In special session 1 find the sentiment of the farmers of the Branchville sec tion of Orangeburg county pretty general. At least, wherever Igo it is given expression, as is also the de sire that the legislatures of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and other states in the cotton belt meet and enact sim ilat legislation. Will Serve Purpose Either Way. "Too many people appear to he afraid that the crop legislation which the South needs before planting time- to insure a mini mum production of cotton next year might be unconstitutional," a farmer whom I met on the train said today in discussing the mat ter: “Constitutional or unconsti tutional, we need a law to deal with the situation. It would take too long a time to revise the Con stitution. Therefore, the law should be passed right now. If it is unconstitutional, it would take two or three years after a test case was brought to reach the supreme court and get a final decision there, even though any farmer were foolish enough to contest the matter. That would be once, at least, when the delays of the law and the machinery of the courts would serve the people well, standing them in good stead; for even though taking it for granted that the law would he declared unconstitutional, in the meantime there will hnve been a universal reduction of acreage and the sit uation will have been saved—that is the main thing.” Some Far-Seeing Farmer*, ""hose farmers of this section who are urging the necessity of crop leg plation are among the most exten sive cotton planters. Some of them are: Mr. D. L. Klioads, operating from 25 to 30 plows and possibly the biggest farmer of this part of the country, Mr. .1. P. Bruce, Mr. A. N. Bmoak,' Mr. P. T. Berry. Mr. O. V*. Smoak, Mr. A. E. Shuler, Mr. K. F Fairey. Mr. L. H. Fairev, Mr. G. W. Mlley, Mr. J. W. Collier. Mr. Henry Zelgler, Mr. W. J. Zeigler. All of these farmers, it is needless to ..nd, will plant less cotton and more food crops next year. Not one ailing them who, unless the market ad vances above ten cents in the mean time, will not carry over until next \ ear the bigger portion of the cotton they are at present holding or have in their fields yet to he gathered Little Cotton Sold. Branchville handles about 6000 hales of cotton a year. Mr. T. C, Smoak, the cotton-weigher here tells me that up to Saturday only 260 bales have so far been sold In Branchville this sea son—about one-third of the average .sales under normal conditions. Of these 350 hales possibly the larger part of the cotton that ha* been Bold here changed hands on a ten cent basis, Mr. P. C. Dukes, who has bought most of the cotton, ac cepting It on account* owing his mer cantile business by farmers at that figure. Only a comparatively few bales have been sacrificed for c.vih at the price quoted In the open mar ket. When the market was up to S 3-4 cents, the highest It has reach id. only a few bales were sold. The officers of both hanks, the Peo ples Bank and the Bank of Rranch v|||e are advising their farmer patrons to sell some of their cotton at the best price It is possible to get for it, and to either hold the remainder or npply it on their accounts and fertilizer •debts Several other concerns, like Mr.. Duke*, are offering premiums above the market price. To Raise Oats snd Wheat. A Acting upon the advice of the South T Farr.llna Commissioner of Agriculture. Hon. E. J. Watson, who Is also presi dent of the Southern Cotton Con gress and who recently gave me for The Augusta eHrald an exclusive In terview which baa been widely read and commented on. many farmers In this section are preparing to sow win ter wheat and large areas In oats. Within the last few week*. I am told, ibe demand here for seed oats has be come greater than anyone remem bers it ever having been In the past. Cutting the cotton acreage at least one-half, more corn will be grown next year than ever before. The tendency toward raising more corn and hay has for seevral years Past been making somfe headway in this section. No more land than form erly has been given over to corn, but farmers have been following scientific agricultural methods and have been making more to the acre. Helping, a a factor, to bring about this condition, have been the boys’ corn clubs—the boy actually teaching the man. But next year not only will these scientific methods be applied on the land form erly given over to corn, but thousands of acres which this year and for many years past have been planted in cot ton will grow' grains and grasses. Not Afraid of Hog Cholera Now. Except for hog cholera the farmers of this section would now he inde pendent of the Western smokehouses. A few years ago almost all'the farm ers hereabouts were converted to the hog idea, if I may put it that way. Many went in for bog-raising who therefore had never given it any at tention. As elsewhere, a few hogs at practically every farm lot, prior to that time, was no uncommon sight; hut farmers determined to raise their own meat and some few began on a big scale. An epidemic of hog cholera followed, hundreds of hogs died, and the farmers became discouraged and gave it up. In a few cases, the battle was fought out. Mr. F. F. Fairey. Mr. D. L. Rhoad and Mr. B. F. McElhanney, among others, secuted the necessary serum and stamped out the cholera so far as their own hogs were concern ed, and have since then been very successful. Mr. McElhanney makes good money raising hogs, selling hun dreds of dollars worth a year. Now that Clemson College is furn ishing serum free of charge and a man to inject it wherever needed, only a nominal charge being made for the expert's expenses, and having before them an illustration of how hog chol era can be exterminated, the farmers will be turning back to hogs another year and, it is believed, on a more ex tensive scale than ever before. That winter wheal can be success fully grown in this section has been demonstrated by M. F. F. Fairey, who is wedded to the idea of diversified farming and one of those who have found profit in hogs. Bast year Mr. Fairey experimented on a few acres in wheat, with which he had splendid success. The wheat grown here was shipped to Spartanburg, reground there and measured well up to the finest quality produced in the Pied mont country. Mr. Fairey will grow' wheat for mar get this year. His splendid success has encouraged others; and when it is considered that one acre in wheat will furnish flour for an average fam ily for a year, the turning to wheat, even on a small scale, is a far step toward dependence upon the soil for food as well as for a money crop and ami shows that the farmers of this section are sincere in their efforts to shake off the yoke of over-production and low-price cotton. PRIZE OFFER : 0R ESSAYS ON COTTON Washington. - Miss Callle Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, has offered through the National Cotton Fashions Show, prizes of twenty, ten and five dollars tn gold to the three American school children under sixteen years of age who write the best three-hundred - essays on “The cotton plant and Its uses.” All American school children are eligible to compete. The essays are to be written and mailed during the week of October 6-12th, and the chil dren competing must send their essays in their own handwriting with the names of their schools. ASSIGN THEU.S. RED CROSS UNITS London.—The war office today as signed a Red Cross unit to the Amer ican Woman’s Hospital near Tour quay. Another has been assigned to the Base. Hospital at Motley. The steamer Red Cross will sail Wednes day from Falmouth to Paulllae, France, having unloaded all the mod ioul supplies intended for England and Russia. The Russian units will leave hero Thursday for Dundee. From Paqlllao the Red Cross will go to Rotterdam and then direct to America. IST VESSEL U S. REGISTER, BURNS Nassau, Bahama Islands. The American steamer Foxton Hall was wns burned off Watkins Island Sep tember 23. The members of her crew with the exception of two men who are missing, have arrived here. The Foxton Hail was the first ves sel to take out an American register after the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. She originally was a Brltlsa steamer. The change of registration was made at Colon. September 19, on which date the Foxton Hall sailed for Perth Amboy, N. J. The steamer was commanded by Captain Stevenson and of 4.247 tons nnjl 368 feet long. She was built in 1902. Some of the Strong Men Who Have Built Up the German Power s|W ' t;- \ ( .. ' ..ip*'"' ••■;•.. s v :<* ' v -S jRy \ ' A • • SPLENuiu tv, l l_■ i «rtY. In the vast development of the German Empire under William 11, Ihe Emperor has had the assistance of a group of splendid military, naval and industrial leaders, five of whom are shown here. On the left above is Admiral von Koesler, President of the German Navy League, an organization of a million Germans who do all in their power to stir up sentiment fur a big navy. The strides of the German navy, which has grown from an tnsignifeant force to probably the second largest in the world, are due in great degree to the league. Before heading the league von Koesler spent half a century abroad. On the right above is the second great naval figure, Admiral Alfred R. von Tlrpltz, the Minister of the Navy. He is a magnificent man in appearance and his mental equipment is as formidable as ills physical as pect. He lias an intimate knowldege of the details of every navy in the world. Great War Machine. In building up the German army, the greatest war machine ever developed, the Kaiser has depended largely on Field Marshal von der Goltz, shown below in the centre. Von der Goltz is a master of the science of war. He has trained thousands of officers and left his impress on many sides of German army life Hr superintended the defense measures of the eastern frontier, whore somerreports declare he is now in command with the co-operation of the crown prince. Below to the left is Prince Bernhard von Buelow and to the right Albert Ballin Von Ruelnw was the pre decessor of the present Imperial Chancellor, I)r. Theobald von Bethmann- Hollweg. lie did an enormous amount to strengthen the empire and perfect the power of the Emperor but had to lose his official head In checking the impetuous autocrat after the nasty mess of the interview the Emperor gave to a London newspaper Albert Ballin. head of the greatest shipping concern in the world, has donemore than any oilier man to create the stupendous maritime development of Germany. The Emperor is said to he financially interesled In his company. IE MEN BED! THE GERMAN EMPIRE The Terror of Europe Has Be hind it What Even Enemies Must Admit is Most Formida eble War Machine Yet. Pan-Germanism and the Yellow Peril have been the two bugbears of the last twenty-five years. The ter ror from the East is at worst unde fined, unorganized, a thing of the fu ture depending on the awakening of China to second the efficiency of Ja pan. But the terror of Europe lias behind it what even enemies must ad mit is the most formidable war ma chine ever got together, based on Iho sound foundation of most astounding industrial and maritime prosperity. The healthy flourishing growth of the German Empire since the Franrn- Prussian war in 1870-71 has only been exceeded by the example of Japan. It is this marvelous increase In re sources, matched with giant strides in war preparations, which has led German professors and hard-headed men of affairs alike to dream of a Greater Germany which should take its place in present empire with the three Scandinavian countries to the north, Holland, Belgium, Austria- Hungary, and lastly Turkey, as a gate way to the Orient. Personal Leader. Personal leader of the flourishing of the Teutonic colossus tire present kaiser has been beyond preadventure of a. doubt. He is seconded by a royal family which In intelligence and vir ility casts other reigning strains iri the shade. His six sons, the splendid figure of Prince Henry of Prussia, borther of the kaiser, and the leaders of lesser German states, while Insis tent on the divine rights of kings, have laid little less emphasis nn the necessity of making Germany the greatest of nations. Around the kaiser, as captains of manufacture, of finance, of merchant marine and of the army and navy, the kaiser has gathered a coterie of Htrong men, stirring chieftains whose achieve ments are worthy of the highest praise. It is related that a Prussian recruit was once asked; “Who is the greatest German?" He cried out "Ballin"’ To Albert Ballin, head of the great est steamship line in the world, Is due more than any other man the upbuild ing of the German merchant marine, that phenomenal growth which has been the spectre of Great Britain. Many a time the kaiser has sought to make Balln a cabinet minister, a peer, or a "von" but the wily Ham burger hud rather rule the commerce of the world than a second place at Potsdam. .He would only accept his sovereign’s photograph and on this VVelhelm wrote: “To the far-seeing and tireless pioneer of our commerce and export trade.” It la generally believed that the fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. Kaiser is a personal partner in the Ballin enterprises. Second to England. While Ballin has been causing the sea lines to be crowned with German shipping 1 . Admirals von Koester and von Tirpitz have brought into being a fleet second only to Knglnnd in strength out of an insignificant be ginning. The growth of the German navy has been in great part due to the propaganda of the German Navy League. This organization of a mil lion patriots has caused the doctrl le of sea power to become a part of the German consciousness. It is Admiral von Koester, the grand old man of (lie German navy, who caused the Navy League to become the great force it has been. Just after relinquishing the commander-in-chief of the High Seas Fleet with the rank of Grand Admiral—and at the end of fifty years service aboard shop, von Tirpitz became president of the lea gue. This w’as six years ago and the league was threatened with a disso lution. He put his shoulder to Un wheel. The place von Koester left on the high seas is ably filled by Admiral von Tirpitz, now minister of marine, the read creator of the German navy. He is now 65 years old and has been In the navy since he was 16. It was necessary to surmount almost Im pregnable obstacles to wring from the German people, the taxes necessary fro a gigantic fleet, and the credit for this goes largely to von Tirpitz. Remembered in U. S. Von Tirpitz will be remembered in the United States from his visit here with l’rlnco Henry of I'russla in 1902. Ho is a. magnificent figure in the Reichstag, with lhs great forked beard, and his six feet of solid energy. It is said that lie can give the name of every batleshlp inthe world. Its tonnage, the date of construction and the displacement and details of arma ment; and his knowledge of every ship-building yard on the face of the earth Is no less phenomenal. Von Moltke and von tier Goltz are the two names which sitting to the lips at the mention of the Incomparable Ger man army. Field Marshal von tier Goltz lost reputation through the de feat of Turkey’s soldiers by the Bal kan alliance after he had trained them. But this Is probaby unjust. Von der Goltz’s genius an an army organizer is unsurpassed. lie has dr ne superlative work in building up the harder defences, men and for tresses of eastern Germany, He was stationed at Koesnigsherg as general of the First Army Corps between 1902 and 1907 and here gave an Im print to all German army life. All Work. He inculcated in officers and troops the doctrine that soldiering Is all work anti no play. Ills comments on army maneuvers were extremely Il luminating. lie constantly revealed a new (joint of view and any officer who had served in his corps might be said to have studied the art }>f war at. the fountain head. General Count Mtlmuth von Moltke, now In supreme command of the German forces, Is the r'-tihew of the leader of the Franco-1 —lan war. lie fought in that struggle as » sub lieutenant and lias hud the personal friendship of the Kaiser to sn extra ordinary degree. The Kaiser twice offered lilrn the field marshal’s baton before he would accept. He Is un doubtedly n great leader In »tie field. But his position Is only 100 fully Il luminated by the remark of the Kaiser on forcing his post upon him: "In time of peace uny one can do the work. In time of war, 1 shall he my own chief of staff." Executing the Kaiser’s will and responsible only to him has been seen in line of five il lustrious Imperial Chancellors, begin ning with the great von Bismarck. Perhaps the most emphasis should he laid on the work of the predecessor of the present Chancellor. Pronce Rernard von Buelow, fourth Chancel lor of the German empire, would prob ably he in his high office today were it not for the unfortunate incident of the Interview with the Kaiser In Iho London Dally Telegraph. On Novem ber 17, 1908, it became the duty of von Buelow to take Ills painful Jour ney to Potsdam for the purpose of "muzzling the Kaiser.” He extorted a pledge “greater reserve" from ills exalted master, hut his knell politi cally was tolled. Before this his triumphs had been many. He Is mas ter of nil men. He knew how by a well turned remark to turn to his ad vantage the most violent attack of one of Ihe great socialist leaders. Ills work in buttressing the German state can scarcely be over-estimated. Autocrat. Rut von Beulow bad to give way to the courier, Dr. Theobald von Hethmann-llollweg, a man to be de pended upon to bend to every slight est wish of ihe autocrat. Yet von Bethmann-Hollweg Is undoubtedly a strong figure, lie preaches Ihe di vine right of kings mightily to the Relchta* lie has undoubtedly achiev ed many a. voctory by methods more spectacular, contemporaries at home and abroad are accustomed to shun. Ills Influence has always been on the side of moderation. Prince' Henry of Prussia has been spoken of as the trainer of the tier man navy. The brother of a reigning sovereign Is usually a nonentity, but not so In this cHse. The Sailor Prince Is Inspector General of the German navy and Its ranking officer. It was under the personal supervision of the Kaiser's brother that Germany rrn-t and overcame the crisis occasioned by \m . l MEL l Xwkm* WLgifc V I v - 1.. ■**“' - U jjjji * \ mem i . Max Figman and Lolita Rob erts, in their great success, "The Man on the Box,” Para mount Play, at Grand Friday. Great Britain’s development of tho dreadnoughts and tho auper-dread nough, the all-big-gun ships which have revolutionized the navies of the world. Lastly were it not for their utter failure in the outbreak of the present war, the Kaiser’s foreign office would deserve mention. At the head stands the foreign secretary, Gotlieb von Jagow'. a slight attentuated man, who was famous until two montlpi ago for Ills supposed feat of smoothing over tlie difficulties between Austria and Italy, Germany’s two partners in the Triple Alliance, Von Sciioen, am bassador to France, Richnowsky, am bassador to England, and several others, were depended upon to assist tile armies 111 the field in various dip lomatic ways, But now they are in disgrace. Another fallen leader is Prince Max Egon zu Fuerstanburg, of whom it is said he is the only man the Kaiser ever treated as an equal lit' is the head of the Princes’ Trust, the giant aggregation of capital which attempted to rule the German finan cial world. The Princes’ Trust went down to failure with a loss of many millions of dollars. U. S. AMBASSADOR VIEWS WRECKAGE Washington. Tho American ombas sy building In Faria wan severely shaken by the explosion of one of tho bombs dropped into that city Sunday from a German aeroplane. Ambassa dor Herrick has reported the incident to the stilto department by cable without comment. With the embafis.s staff Mr. Herrick made a personal Investigation of the damage caused by the bomb, which besides killing two persons, injured the masonry of sur rounding buildings and perforate 1 steel shutters. The state department will take no action upon the report. Hoys stilts and pants, all wool, price reasonable. F. G. Mertins. . s*,\"\. t ; ■ ■ ' ' • , ,v .(■ ■ , ..... . ,-.u ■ 0 ,’l if ’ ■ H C -< Geo. Mac Quarrie in “Today," Grand Thursday, matinee and evening. St. Jtmand Dancing Academy OPENS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 4 O’CLOCK, K. OF P. HALL, JACKSON STREET. Hiram Foster, Hepburn Wilson and Vernon Castles' Latest Steps. Phone 1726-J. MUST BE SOLD IN TEN DAYS Bankrupt stock of Williams’ Book Store, at Great Sacrifice Prices. Books, Stationery, Dolls, Toys This Entire Stock must be closed out within the next ten days to make room for our regular stock. 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