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fierninny remain idle litttlo nior
than half of the cotton grown can I
spun.
Hut if the American spindles an
those in the Orient go full tilt, the
could consume much more than the
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i: Remedies for *
Potash Shortage \
Various suggestions have been
made in regard to the Bteps to b?
taken by farmers in reference to th?
shortage of potash in their fertii
izers, caused by the greatly reducec
n
Miipiutiim vi putoBii nuui wnmni}
since the first of August. Most ol
the fertilizer companies have en
deavored to make the potash or
hand go as far as possible by selling
for the present brands of complete
fertilizers containing only 2 or .1
per cent of potash and withholding
from sale brands containing larger
amounts.
The suggestion that some or all of
the potash be replaced by phosphori*
acid is absurd, for every school boy
knows that one plant food cannot
take the place of another. There
are some indirect fertilizers, such as
lime, gypsuui and salt that can release
a limited amount of potash
from some soils that contain hydrated
silicates of alumina and potash.
But if those soils have alreadybeen
treated with lime or have received
repeated dressings of the
usual forms of fertilizers containing
soluble phosphate with its accompanying
gypsum, then the potash in
ine nypaaieu silicates nas to a large
oxtent already been replaced and
the use of more lime or gypBum or
salt could not be expected to release
much additional potash. Ground
limestone or oyster shells act too
slowly to be used as potash releasers.
The residue of soda left in the
soil hy nitrate of soda is more effective
i nreleasing potash than is
gypsum and hence goods, in which
the nitrogen is largely In the form
of nitrate of soda, may have a special
value in the present emergency.
It is often stated that decaying
organic matter releases potash from
the soil but there seems to be no
direct evidence of this. OnThe contrary,
Dr. S. Peacock states in the
American Fertilizer of September 5,
1914, "Several thoroughly competent
resaerclies have shown that decaying
organic matter has little effect
on converting inert mineral
plant food in the soil into available
form."
In any soil the amount of potash
capable of being released by these
indirect means is a very small fraction
of the total potash In the soil,
most of which exists in a form about
on nuiuun: ?tB WII1UUW KUISS. 1
is no known profitable methodf for
rendering this inert potash of the
soil aallahle fast enough to provide
for profitable crops. Whatever temporary
expedients we maw employ in
the present emergency, ye must keep
in mind that the potash thus removed
from the semi-available soil
reserves must liter be replaced if
we are to maintain the soil's productiveness.
There is Banger in the statement
that farmer! have been using an exf
cess of potash. Crops use on the
average about two and one-half
times as much potash as phosphoric
ac'd, while the average fertiliser
sold contains only half as much potash
as phosphoric acid; yet no one
claims that we are using too much
phosphoric acid. The potash remaining
from previous fertilization
is practically nothing except in the
limited areas where a ton or more
,, f fn-llll-A- 1 I
iian usea per acre
on truck crops. Very rarely is half
as much potash applied to the wheat,
oats, corn or cotton crop as the crop
removes.
The potash mines are so numerous
and the stocks on hand so large
that supplies can he promptly sent
forward .as soon as European conditions
permit freight shipments to he
resumed.
HANMJNt; THE COTTON.
We have come into an extraordinary
situation in caring for this
years crop of cotton. Refore the
war cotton was fetching 13 cents a
pound. The crop was reported to be
large, but if there had been no war
there would have been a demand for
every bale that was grown at a fair
price. ? ? f
The opinion now is that there will
u?- l.i/uu.uuii or more halo;
of cotton than there is a demand for.
Certainly there will he little spining
in France and Germs.ny and litle in
England. The English mills might
go ahead but for the fact that the
mind of England is absorbed by the
tremendous problem of caring foT
the nation's life.
Here we are at the opering of the
season with war sweeping the world
and with every cotton future exchange
closed.
Naturally those American mills
that run are desirous of securing cotton
at low figure. So long as the
supply exceeds the demand there will
be a tremendous burden on the market.
This war may end within 6ft
days. If it should end within 60
days an enormous supply of cotton
wiil be piled up.
Again the war may go on until
next spring, Uuless more spindles are
put in motion and the war does go
on until next spring assuming that
the mills of England, France and
V/I UIU.II ?
If we could carry this cotton cro
along "and reduce acreage ne:
year,"' the present crop would t
marketed at a fair price, in spite <
adverse conditions.
Unfortunately for us. we are n<
a carrying people. We of the Sout
have been carled by others. We pc
an enormous toll for the service.
The wheat grower of tl.e northwo:
and the farmer cf Illinois and low
long ago learned the trick of enrr:
ing himself. He 's his own financier.
If there were some means of or
pulling together we could carry tli
crop along. The undertakng is s
big that an immediate tagible pla
is hard to reach.
But this much can be done. Ever
- man able to keep his cotton off th
market should do so. because if he i
able to hold that cotton he is reasot
ably sure to get a good price for
before another crop is grown.
The man able to hold cotton wi
not likely put in a big crop next yeai
unless the situation is cleared up. ur
til he gets rid of his present supph
The Lord helps those who hel
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who is out of debt hold back whn
cotton he can. Let the large plante
do the same. Let the man who is i
debt and being pressed sell onl
enough to pay himself out. The smal
merchant in the country town shoul
do his part in not rushing the cottoi
to market. Same is true as to th
larger merchant
This sort of co-operate effort wouh
be one material help. After that th
resource which we have always usei
should be called upon.
If cotton is properly warehouseed
a genuine warehouse receipt i
mighty good collateral.
Just now there is scarcity o
money in Chicago and St. Lou's cen
etrs but while a few days big re
turns on wheat will have begun t<
(liter into this country. Part of thi
money, then can probably be secur
ed and used in carrying our cottoi
along.
If the cotton crop is carried, "tin
question of acreage next year wil
adjust itself.," For at the beginnini
of the season if the war is not ove
and the price of cotton does no
promise to be high the planter witl
money will plant other stuff and tin
farmer without monv will have t<
grow something else hecuase he cai
secure precious little to grow anoth
er crop when the present crop is no
yet ofT the market.
At the meeting ygRterday then
were various -suggestions. Every sug
gestions in a time like this is good
The variety ,bf the plans show tha
the minds of^he people are at vorl
and "Whenever people berin to thinl
about the solving of a problem, tie
.solutions Is usually reached.
One iflnn suggested was that a
many fSeople as possible a^rio to tak<
off the market one bale of cotton a
1(1 cents a pound. This s.iggest'oi
scninds v'8'onar>r but ,s being con
sidered by some very hard heade<
business men of this city and is be
ing pushed in a neighboring city
The action of th meeting in np
pointing a commit'ee to see banker:
in the east and norih and asnoriah
how much, if any money ronid 1><
secured to tide cott in over until i
could come into its own was v iso
If it can be arra ined to carry "it
ton along, say at *31 a bale, then i.i
deed will the supreme element it
the problem be worked out
There is no nece s'iy of our peoplt
becoming panic-stricken. Let evci;
man hold on to his cotton as long a:
he can, if he can't got a good pr.<
for it now. If we ire not nation
we aceomplish nothing,
and don't co-operate, then indeed \. ll
we accomplish nothing.
England, France and 'lussia Savt
signed a pact to stand together unti
the end. Not one will make a peaet
without the consent of the other.
At first this proposition looks hat
for a sneedv conclusion of the win
But this ageement in itself may b<
an element for peace rather than foi
war.
The English. French and Germans
are, after all. hard headed business
men The business men of all thes<
countries are beginning to realizt
that a war costing $110,000,000 a duj
is so expensive that to continue it
long will mean the business suicide
of the contending nations. Thest
forces will begin to exert prssure foi
peace as soon as they get over theii
first anger and begin to see tin
awf.il price in money and blooc
that is being paid for the glo-y of r
few rulers.
.An I'l'geiit Call.
Kansas City Times.
A young surgeon received lat?
one evening a note from three of hh
fellow practitioners:
"Please come over to the club an<
join us in a game of bridge.''
j"Rnii)ie. dear." he said to lib
\v/fe, "here I am called away again
If is an important rase there art
throe other doctors on the spot al
ready."
Subtleties.
Washington Star.
"The English style of humor dlf
fers from the American," said th<
man who is ever studious.
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne
"Where we use chin whiskers to d?
I note a politician, the English usual
I ly employ side whiskers."
The Modern Woman.
Pell Moll.
"She is ar. extraordinary woman
you know. She paints, plays, ridei
horseback, boxes, piays football, gol
and is an aviator. It is too had. I
! I knew how to darn my own socki
1 I should marry her."
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THE LANCASTER NEWS
e CONSTITUTION OF THK KOl'TH e
Kl<\ COTTON C'ONCiHKSS.
,y ^"Thiis organization shall be known
ir as the Southern Cotton Congress.
Its puporse shall be to secure for
,p cotton growers a fair and equitable
price for cotton and by so doing to
p aid in the financial and commercial
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Jf u^uuuuuift wi mu uuULII. omvn |
ton and cotton products bring to the
,t United States our balance In trade,
anything causing cotton to sell at
' cost or less is a National as well as
Southern problem. Our aim Is to enlist
farmers, merchant, bankers,
! manufacturers and all other business
Interest If the South In an efTort to*'
Klve a stable and Just value to cotton.
' Wo call on the Farmers' Union, the
the Cotton Growers, Association, the
Grange, the Chambers of Commerce
and all other existing organizations
in the South now working for our
commercial uplift to join with us.
These results can be secured by ,
I promoting the building of ample
warehouse modations In the South.
U and in the event a suplus of cotton
is carried over, to reduce the cotton
jj acreage the next year so that the
surplus shall be wiped out. Realizing i
that it is impossible to carry over a
surplus without ample finances in
reach of the smallest cotton grower,
' it is our purpose to study, and if
t needed, suggest amendments to our
banking laws, so that in future emergoncles
we will have at hand money,
v as well as warehouses to solve the
II proplem.
,1 MEMBRSHIP
n Anyone interested in cotton and in
e the financial upbuilding of the South
is invited to become a member of the
il Southern Cotton Congress, and can
P do so by paying a fee of $.00 per
,1 year. This"*money is to be used In
defraying actual expenses of the orlt
ganizatlon.
s OFFICERS.
The officers of the Congress shall
f consist of a Pressident, a General
- Vice President, a Secretary and a
- Treasurer, and an Executive Com[>
mittee to consist of the Vice Presis
dent of each of the cotton growing
- States, and they shall serye for a
i period of one year, or until their
successors, are elected.
p PRESIDENT.
1 It shall be his duty to call meetings
5 In the Southern Cotton Congress and
r to name th etime and place where the
t State meetings shall take place. The
i President shall he ex officio a member
e of and Chairman uf the Executive
J Committee, and shall determine the
i time and place wh?-re they shall
- moot
t GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT.
He shall, In the event of t)ie death,
0 absence or Inability of the President
- to act, exercise all the powers andperform
all the duties of the Presl1
dent and such other duties as the
< President may request.
< SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
p The Secretary shall preform all
duties customary to such office, and
s If deemed advisable, shall also per- ?,
p perform the duties of the Treasurer,
t The Treasurer shall receive and ac1
count for all jnoneys and founds col
lected for and belonging to the
Southern Cotton Congress.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
Thte Executive Commute shall
consist of, ex officio the officers nam
ed above. 4fnd of a .Vice President
i from each of the cotton producing
0 States. The Vice President form each
1 State shall be elected by the respective
States when the State organl
zation is formed. In a general way
- they are to direct how the moneys
> shall be raised and disbursed. They
shall have the authority to employ
' the seryices of such persons as they
>' may deem necessary to carry on the
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w wi n ui inr \ t>iiKit-io run iriiuy .
STATE ORGANIZATION.
' Each of the cotton producing
States shall he organized by electing
as Chairman of the State organization
a Vice President of the Southi
era Cotton Congress. He shall call
I and perside ?t all State meetings and
J direct the work of the Congress in his
State. He shall require that each cot1
ton cotton growing county in his
r State be organized by the election of
i a Chairman, secretary and Treasurer,
r The Chairman of each county organization
is to be a member of the State
< Executive Committee. The "ounty
< Chairman may, at his discretion,
organize each township, school disi
trict or militia district.
Respectfully submitted,
t Charles'St. Clair, Galveston, Texas,
* Chairman.
} Wade Stack house, Dilloiy, S. C.
W. It Hnllinswnrth Ii'mvpMavIIIc On
R. F'\ Hold, Montgomery, Aln.
' H. Q. Alexander, North Carolina,
i C. \j. Candler, Norfolf, Va.
i I). G. Hughes, Atlanta. Ga.
J. M. Johnson, Florida.
H. S. Mobley, Arkansas.
It Is well to make a pood start??
and It is also well to remember that
< it is the finish thut really counts.
,
; Sow Crimson Clover
: and Save Fertilizer Bills
The indication^ are that prices of
fertilizer the coining season will l>e
much higher than usual, owing to the
fact that the subply of fertilizer materials
will be mrgely cut off on aci
count of the European war. This
should cause farmers everywhere to
, put land in crops that will save fertilizer
bills. Nothmg will do this better
than Crimson Clover. It is unquest
i/\noKlir r\r*rh a< Vutaf oAil-lmr??An.
era thai can he jfXit in, and wherever
it is grown, it givM largely increased
crops of corn, cottzm and tobacco.
We have securtJ more liberal sup*
plies of Crimson Tlover than was ex'
ported and will y>e tble to sell at
r much more reasonable prices than
* was anticipated. \
WOOD'S CROP* SPECIAL gives
full and intcrcstipl information aJ
bout the fertilizing lalue of Crimson
it < 'lover; also about Vthcr seeds for
3 Fall sowing. Write iter Crop Special >
and prices of an jr seedarequirea.^
i T. W. WOOD $ SONS.
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
I, SKPTKMBKK 25, 1914.
The "lluy-R-l<nle" Movement.
Abbeville Medium.
The "Buy-a-Bale'' of cotton at 1
cents a pound movement contlniu
to grow In Importance and man
large firms of the North, East an
West are joining in and buying co
ton on thiB basis. One large 01
rem has indicated its purpose t
buy 10,000 bales at 10 cents a pouut
It must be understood thni this
a patriotic movement on ti e part c
i large number of the burchasers ?
mey nave no need for tno cotton an
are -buying it at 10 cents a poun
simply to assist the growers to stead
the market and enable them to finn
ly secur ethat price. The price o
fered by the manufacturers, j
present, is about 8 cents and if tl
farmers were to rush their cotton o
the market at this price, of coursi
it would defeat the movement ei
tirely.
The idea is to buy on./ what
known as "distress" cotton. I
other words to buy only from thowho
are compelled to sell it to g?
money with which to complete Hi
work of gathering their crops '11:
to purchase food supplies. Sent
ment or friendship should not ?01
trol a buyer in "buying a ba!e at 1
cents" but the necessity of the tc!
er umy siioum ne consiaereo i li
movement is to help the farmer liu
not to buy the entire crop sit 1
cents. The greater number ol th
farmers of the South would be el a
to sell their entire crop nov; at 1
cents a pound but they cannot gc
that price now and this movemen
was started with a view of helpin
them to obtain it. Some peopl
seem t othink that every bale oft'erc
should be taken at this price. Thi
cannot be done of course, with th
limited number of buyers but it i
believed the movement will ai
largely in relieving the situation an
forcing the manufacturers to pnv 1
cents for it. The farmers must hel
iiiduiscitca in iiiih (nailer iii'l ri
man should offer his cotton unlet*
Notice of Discharge
Notice Is hereby given that th
und' rsigned will, as administratri
of the estate of B. C. Hough, d?
ceased, on the 30th day of Septeir
be* 1914, make her final return a
such administratrix and apply to th
probate court of Lancaster count
for letters dismissory.
MRS. EMMA HOUGH.
Admix. Estate of B. C. Hough, D<
ceased.
Aug. 28, 1914.
Invigorating to the Pale and Slckl
The Old Standard general atrengtheninc tout
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, driven 01
Malaria.enrichea the blood.and buildaupthc ay
tern. true tonic. For adulta and children. H
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he is compelled to sell. The merchants,
the bankers, and the l'er0
. tillzer people are not pushing the
?8 farmers which will greatly aid the
y situation.
d The movement is a patriotic movet
| ment in a large sense still the pur1
chasers do not stand much chance
:o of losing any money and very probi.
! ably will make some money on the
Is purchase by holding for a year. The
jf reduction of the 1916 crop will
to iu.iKeiy ueiemnne me price receivd
j ed next year. If you can afTord to
?1 i buy a bale at 10 cents we strongly
[y i urge you to do so as you will be aidi
ing an industry that affects the
f- whole South.
it
ie Saw Retreat of Napoleon.
? London Correspondence of New
p York Times.
It is believed that the only human
being living who saw the retreat of
;g Napoleon from Moscow. 102 years
? ago, is "Mother" Stavne, who has
ie now reached the age of nearly 120
years. ? !
w ller age. incredible as it seems, is
(j well attested. According to an en-'
j. try in the church register of the \ il- j
j. lage in which she was born, !>or- j
? movo, a small German town, the |
j. .'ate was October 16, 17a l
e She remembers the time when the |
lt I' lirch soldiers of Najiole n came j
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tuck from Russia in their tattoo!
blue-and-red uniforms. Together
with her parents, who fled to the forests
to hide ot? th app oach of the
French conqueror.
"Mother" Stavne is still engaged
in agricultural work. The region in
which she lived is once again, after
the lapse of more than a century, being
threatened by an invading
army.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
DIAMOND BRAND
LADIR9 I
Jtak yrtir Dr-nrartat for Cni-CHFS-TKR 9 A
DIAMOND 1IKAND TILLS in Kkd and/V\.
Colo metallic boxes, sealed with BluevO)
Ribbon. Taxi ko ctder. B??of j?m V/
I>rur*tit and a?k for Cni-CllES-TEK 8 V
DIAMOND nitANII IMM.K. for twcHtr-flee
years regarded ns Bei t,Safest, Always PellaWe.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
TIMK rVFRVWN FRF WORTH
XK1KD Lltni W rl t 11 t XKSTKD
Whenever You Need n General Tonic
Take Grove's
Tlie^Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
dull Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains tlie
well known tonic propcrtiesof QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the 'Whole System. SO cents.
ited
IS, POULTRY
lND eggs
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i have any to sell see us
ieest Meats and can give
mt. Fresh Celery, Home
iseklways on hand. For
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