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n MASS MEETING THURSDAY FOR COTTON ASSOCIATION Statr Manager and State Director of Cotton Association to Meet with Farmers Tomorrow. ' Laurens, S. C., July 30, (Special) — Mr. W. L. Gray, chairman or the Laurens county organization of the ,'Sputn Carolina Cotton 'Association, has called for a meeting of the coun ty committee and all others interested in the cotton association to be held in the court house tomorrow at 10 o’clock A. M. The "hieeting has been called at the request Sf NTr. B. PVMcLeod, state manager, who will be here that day with A. A. ProUman, state director, to address the meeting. The letter of Mr. McLeod to Mr. Gray is printed be low. Very probably other matters of importance to the J!a|rmeriC olJ the county, including the employment of a cotton grader, will be discussed at the meeting. . .. . In calling for this,meeting of farm ers, Mr. Gray stated Saturday that he expected that whatever interest tire farmers had in the association would be manifested by their (presence Thursday. Mr. Gray said that he felt that he spoke for the local committee in saying that unless the farmers ex pressed their interest by attending the meetig that the committee would not feel justified in prosecuting the campaign further. However, he said, he was very interested in t*e cotton organization himself and thought that much good for the cotton growers could come out of^t and for that rea son hoped that the farmers would sup port it. The letter of Mr. McLeod, which is self-explanatory, was as follows: “At the request of the South Caro lina Cotton Association, Governor Cooper has called a State mass meet ing at Columbia, August 6th. This is to be a meeting of farmers, merchants, bankers and professional men from every county in the state, fo perfect plans and receive final instructi6ns from the big membership campaign in the State Cotton Association. “I have been elected State Manager of the South Carolina Cotton Associa tion to aid in launching membership campaign, and'through the coopera tion of the county committees, many counties have already been organized “It is very desirable that a prelimi nary meeting be held in every county .lha. Hlata ma^Mnpr nn Hip tith L am writing therefore to ask if you will call a meeting of your committee, together with any additional farmers, merchants or professional men that you think should be invited, for Thurs day morning at 10 6’clock, in* Laurens, at which time Mr. Protzman, the State Director, and myself will meet with you, go over the plans and aid In perfecting the organization in Laurens county. . “I mention the time specifically, be cause we expedt to have a similar meeting at Chester, 4:30 P. M., the same day. »—— i “Sincerely yours, “B. F.. McLeod, “State Manager.” Road Work in Cheater. Chester.—Within the next few days work will be^naugurated on the high way from Chester to the York county line, which is to be an important link in the highway, from Columbia to Char lotte. The work must be completed by December 1, according to' the terms of the contract. R. W. Parks, the federal govern ment’s highway engineer, has already arrived in Chester and expects to re main until the highway is finished. Chester Physician Honored. Chester.—Dr. Ralph H. McFadden, one of Chester’s most prominent phys icians and surgeons, who was the first of the local doctors to enlist in the late war, and who saw much service in France has been highly honored by the French government in being awarded a certificate of authorization to wear the arms of the city of Lan- gres. France, in recognition of the great work he did as a member of base hospital No. 53. Dr. McFadden was a first lieutenant He is a sur geon at Pryor’s hospital. 10,800 PER GEIII E War department appraisers INVESTIGATE LAND AROUND CHARL^lllP'i ME BEPflBT OH TERNINULS Chief Claimants Valuation of $798,500 Said to Hava Bean Reduced by Board to $42,460. Columbia. Washington.— (Special) — Having found that the price per acre now de manded from the government for land requisitioned in buildipg the embark**, tion terminal at *Charleston> 3, C., would represent “about 10,000 : cent increase” over the purchase p; of she years ago, the war department board of appraisers baa submitted a report recommending a flat refusal! Intead of the $798,500 asked for by principal claimant, the report recom mends payment of $42,460 as a fair and just compensation for ‘the proper ty and all damage resulting from the gcRrernment’s requisition. Lieut. Col. Ralph W. Donges, chair man of the*,appraisal board, fixed a maximum value of $100 per acre as compared with $1,887 demanded by one claimant. Oi^e tract of land 1 f>2 acres known as J. Rett Copeland place. 280 acres of land near Renno. S. C. known as the old Watt Cojxdand place. - * . . x • . V- . (>00 acres near Renno, S. C. known as B. F. Copland lands. 151 acres on main Laurens road, 2 miles from Clinton. <»0() acres in seven miles of Clinton. Two first class settlements on it, on main big road, known as the l>est farm in Laurens courtly one third cash, balance one, two and three years. 152 acres of land known as the old Nancy Stewart place good houses, well and now owner! by George Boyd. 52 acres in 2 miles of Clinton known as a part of the old E. W Ferguson place situated on main Laurens Fbad. 70 acres in 3 mil^s of Clinton know»as E. C. Briggs place.* / 150 acres in 2 miles of Clinton on main Laurens Road, houses good, a very desirable place to live known as the old E. W. Fergu son place, 211 acres known as Fred Johnson place Bounded by T. J. Oxner. Dr. James McIntosh estate and others. 52 acres in 1 1-2 miles front Clinton, known as the G. Wade Ferguson place. . ' « ' 321 acres near Garlingtbn s station, known as the old Sims place. \ * - ' * ' C 570 acres near Renno. S. C. known as the old Hollingsworth place. J78 Acres in 3 miles of Clinton. Good house, bam. and well. known as Mr. J. 11. Wham place. i . 132 acres in 3 miles of Clinton, known as apart of the J. O. Wham place. 70 acres known as the Old George Blakely home place, about 4 miles from Clinton owned now bv C. M. W. Pool. 71) 1-2 acres 3 miles from Clinton on Laurens road, a good house. One good tennant house, about 50 acres in cultivation, known as the J. Roiterl Wham place. 110 acres known as I. M. Smith lands. ' 05 acres. 1 1-2 miles of Clinton, knowif as G. W. Bailey’s lands. 9 44 acrea’in 4 miles of Clinton, known as T. W. Wesson place. 213 acres known as James L^Milam place. This is going at a bargain. \ . TOWN PROPERTY One house and lot containing about one acre with a ten room house on Carolina Avenue known as the old Owens place. Price reasonable. One house and lot known as the old Phinny place, to l>e sold cheap j r? 5 One house and lot known as the J. C, Harjier place, situated on Broad Street going at a bargain. See us quick. One house and lot 120x250 feet, known as the old MeCaafin home plat*. Price and term« to suit you. 1 About 3 acres of land on Musgrove Street; known as the old Joe. Smith place. Take a look at this. Its cheap. 1 One lot known as the Mrs. Uzzie Turner place. Containing about 3 acres, price to suit the buyer. ' One house and loLbn Owens Hill, known as T. F. Milam place. Prices to suit you. i One house and lot known as C. O. Glefin homeplace. Prices reasonable. Lots known as the A. E. Sjjencer property. The best property in town, for building lots. Sumerel & Stone ' Real Estate Dealer$ ' Lutherans Launch Campaign. Committees from the board of trus tees of Newberry and Summerland Colleges met ift Columbia to arrange the program for the called meeting of the South Carolina Lutheran Synod when the campaign to raise $150,000 in South Carolina for educational pur poses will be launched. The called meeting of synod will be held in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, August 14. At the meeting of the committees resolutions outlining the.plan of con duct for the campaign were adopted. The meeting of synod will be held to authorize the campaign and* to give it official sanction. In addition to au thorizing the launching of the cam paign for the educational fund, the synod will consider the launching of a campaign to secure students for Newberry and Summerland Colleges »r> rl frvn* i bxa I r PHA/YlfVfrif*al QpfYA- alltl tilt? l^U tntTruxi i tixjwit/g 11.at 0x7 iit inary. Doves Not In Danger. The open season for shooting doves in South Carolina will begin Septem ber 15 this year in accordance with state and federal law. The federal mi gratory bird treaty act says the shoot ing of doves is not permiasable until after September 15, and this law has been declared the supreme law for South Carolina by the general assem bly of 1919. , The season runs from September 16 until December $1. In some states the federal law and state law conflicted. Word having reached the ears of some of the alert game wardens that gunners were al ready making ready to. Invade the fields for dovea in August, Wade Hampton Glbbes, state game warden, pointed out the law, saying the season will open on September 16. This pro vision will be rigidly enforced. r $tate Crop Values. B. B. Hare, field agent of the bureau of crop estimates, United States de partment of agriculture, has recently issued his report showing the value oi all crops and live stock in South Car olina in 1918, by counties, also the value of the three principal crops grown la each county. Cotton, corn and oats were considered the princi pal crops in all counties, also the val ue of the three pr ncipal crops grown in each county. Cotton, corn and oati were considered the principal crops in all. counties, except Darlington, Dil lon, Marion, Horry, Florence, Williams burg and Clarendon, where cotton, corn and tobacco were the ranking crops as to value, while in Charleston and Beaufort counties cotton, corn and potatoea were considered the chief crops. The following are the values: Live stock and crops, $460,211,000. , Three principal crops, $317,518,000. AUGUST Friday and Saturday, August 1-2 Gotten Will Go Higher. Before leaving for the mooting oi the cotton association leaders in At lanta, Commissioner B. Harris gave out the following statement > “Don’t be uneasy,” said he, “about the price of cotton so !bi.g as futures sell higher than spots. All you have to do is Just alt steady in the boat Cotton goods are still advancing. Tile cotton manufacturers of the world reallce and for some time have real ized, that there Is a cotton famine. This statement is a fact borne out by their own publications. Watkins and Lever Confirmed. Washington.—^Special)— The sen ate confirmed the nominations of Judge H. H. Watkins on the federal 1 bench and Representative Lever to jt>e a member of the farm loan board. Mr. Lever was out of the cHy and a state ment could not be secured from him as to the exact date be would take up his npw. duties, triu it Is understood to be August 1. Mr. Lersr has secured a home at Chevy Chase, one of Wash ington's fashionable suburbs, and wiD Shortly move there with his famtly. ^ Ladies Pumps and Oxfords. Such values as you have never seen at these > prices. __L - f., ' '■ . *• . 1 . # These are odds and ends in broken sizes, and we have not considered the cost, but simply want to get rid of them. LOT ONE ♦ * LOT TWO a at ^ ' i : - at >' * 98c . ' v< ■ • .. 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