muds. The distribution of reve le between connecting lines shal > on the basis of through rates ant visions, except that the 3 centi oppage charge shall accrue to th< le bringing the cotton into th< arehousing point, it being a condi 3ii of this privilege that the Urn suing the bill of lading out of th< urelvousing point shall be the llni inging the cotton into the ware out|/uiciii. an hoc uc ruilM^Ill'M ^ to t^e warehousing point and ct freight thefeto paid on basis of the yj full local rate,up >n which the delive- j;) ring agent will give paid freight receipt, wh'ch the holder of the cotton i should retain for the purpose of se- | curing reshipping privilege. MUST PROVE IDENTITY. I? 2. Upon reshipment from the warehousing point, the shipper will he required to surrender to the agent h of the line bringing the cotton into it the warehousing point tlie paid 01 freight bill covering that identical a cotton. The number of bales, marks it anil weights of cotton, as forwarded Ci from the warehousing point, must el conform to the paid freight bill, and s' in addition the shipper will be re- o! quired to certify on the hack of the c< paid freight bill that the cotton tendered is the identical cotton receiv- b' ed thereunder. The shipper will w also be required to surrender to the w railway agent at the time of reshipniPIlt t hr> Kill /lf lo/liiicr /.m MriMnr ^ movement of the cotton into the in warehousing point, unless the bill e( of lading for such shipment vshall o| have been previously surrendered to r< the railway. 3. Thereupon the agent will issue a through bill of lading to the ni further final destination at the through rate from the point of origin to such further final destination in effect at the time of the original 111 shipment into the warehousing point. " plus 3 cents per hundred pounds, provided such further final destina- * tion is a point to which there are es- 1,1 tabllshed through rates in effer:t from the original point of shipment ' via the warehousing point (provided, that at the option of any inter- 'J ested line the minimum through ci rate will he that from the ware- h< housing point plus the stoppage t charge of 3 cents per hundred a] pounds.) Where the rate from the c< original point of shipment to such ni further final destination is less than > "j the rate from the original point of shipment to the warehousing point, is the lawful tariiff rate to the ware- it housing point, plus the stoppage 8< charge of 3 cents per hundred ^ pounds, will he charged as a mini- o mum. fl WAYBILLS TO DESTINATION. J' 4. Shipments will be waybillcd c< out of the warehousing point at the A balance of the rate, plus the stop- j,? page charge of 3 cents per 100 8| y \at a point in the same Industrie ne? the established transportatioi large shall apply. /'ILL BUY COTTON FROM TOBACCO MEB nierieiin Tobacco Company's "Itujf a-llale" Oiler Helps Merchants in Southern States. New York. Sept. 28.?The Ameri n Tobacco Company Is to lend its iwerful support to making tin >uy-a-oale of cotton" idea a sue ss. The plan evolved by the to icco company will greatly help thf tton situation in the South, whilt the same time stimulating trad' ronirli the Southern stuns and sr ablishing confidence in the South': ntinued prosperity. In a Jetter sent to its customers jrcival S. Hill, president of th? merican Tobacco Company, makes e following offer: "We will pur ase, at 10 cents a pound, as man> Kinds of good middling cottor om each of our customers it. tin ove named states, as the aggre te number of pounds of Red J id Ret/jn's Natural Leaf plug tobac s, Hull Durham and Tuxedo smok g tobaccos, and Sovereign cigar tes (counting each thousand o vereign cigarettes as equal to flv? ninds of tobacco) shipped direct t( ich Customer from September 20 14, to November 30, 1914." This\etter was sent to dealers ii labamil Arkansas Florida, Georgia juisiann, Mississippi. North Caro ta, Oklahoma, South Carolina mnessee and Texas, so that tin Miliaria! effects of this plan will bi w i.,.. *1" * Mr Hill gave out the followinf a lenient: "It is our plan to rende liform help to our customers in al tton growing sections. The brandi i which we make this cotton-buy g offer have such a large sal* iroughout these sections, that w> it i mate 10,000 bales of cotton cai ? bought by our company under thl an. By offering to buy cottoi oin its Southern customers til >mpany feels it is rendering a ser ee to the territory wnich deal rgely with it. and is also makini sound financial investment." I HINKSK STATU ItKblhlON. resident Yuan Shili lvai Officiates a Kirst Annual Ceremony. Peking, Sept. 28.?Between til ours of :> and 6 o'clock this morn )E President Yioni sttiili lv-ii uii [Rotate at the first annual cereraon t the Confucian temple. The cen lony will be elaborate. Specir istumes significantly copied afte ight of the ancients have been r the President and othe dicers of the government as de> ndants of Confucius. Strict military precautions hav een taken because of the danger f Inch ,the President was expose hen le left the palace a year ag< Yuan Shih Kai, believing Chin eeded a religion and moral teacli ig and fearing ancient and respect 1 cpstoms would end with the birt r tie republic, issued a mandate d ctfng that Confucianism again b night in schools and appointing ay when the President, like the foi icr monarchs. should repair to th unple of Confucius. Those of othe Liths nrotested and Yuan Shih i a second mandate declared he lia 0 intention of creating a state r< gion. The general opinion, how zer, appears that today's cereraou ill be equivalent to the ostablisl lent of a state religion. flood Results With Cover Crops. Mr. David W, Hendrix of Heat prings has been experimentln ith good results with vetch an imson clover. In September, 191J e sowed crimson clover between th >tton rows on two acres of land an lrned same under this spring an bout June 10th, planted the land 1 )rn, using about 300 pounds C Kid and kanit and later on used de application of 8-4-4 fertilize! e says the corn is fine. About the same time in Septembf kst fall he sowed two acres of lan 1 hairy vetch, using 20 pounds c ,1, rre. From the planting he cut tw >ns of hay, which he sold for $4' n the 16th of May he planted th eld of cotton, uning 200 poundn ( eld and kanit and 100 poundn c -3-3 guano mixed to the acre. Th >tton will make a hale to the acr< n Boon an the cotton 1h gathered th ind* will be planted in vetch an lover again and followed in th >ring with corn. ?-Xn I ,i THE LAy^ASTKI? NEW? iSOUTHERN GOVERNORS : MEET IN WASHINGTON 8 ? Discuss Plans to Relieve the Cotton Planter. 8 - A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. ? Southern (iovernors ami Agricultural Officials Confer With B Congressmen. B Washington, Sept. 26.?Curtallr ment of cotton production next year because 01 tne nuge amount or the 1 1914 crop remaining on hand 1 through the Suspension of the European market was discussed today by governors and congressional delegations of the South. At a preliminary [ conference committee consisting of a senator and two representatives " from each state were selected to meet with the governors later in the day and devise a formal plan for ac" eomplishing crop curtailment. 5 The morning meeting showed there is some difference of opinion " as to whether legislation should be " state or federal. Senator Iloke ' Smith, of Georgia, and several other J congressmen held that each state ! should act for itself, passing laws that would limit next year's crop to ' 5(> per cent of the 1914 yield. Many of the governors, however, believed a federal law should be enacted tnx' ing excesBtve production either by the pound or by the acre. The preliminary conference was expected to complete :ts work in 1 time to present a plan to the otien meeting tonight, which will he attended by all congressmen from the cotton states, ofllcials of the department of agriculture and other government representatives. \ plan for federal taxation al' ready has been formulated by some 8 Southern congressmen which would } fix a tax of 10 cents a pound on all cotton produced in excels of half the lit 14 crop. Another proposal, was a 1 tax of $20 on each acre planted in cotton in excess of 50 per cent of the " 1 !> 14 acreage. Hoth proposals have had many supporters, but it was not 8 indicated at the preliminary confer8 ence which would be favored in the finhl plan. r r Washington. Sept. 28.?Several 1 Southern governors and agricultural s ofllcials conferred with congressmen - here today over plans for relieving f? financial stringency due to conditions e in the cotton market. Speciflic rem i euies will ne considered at a general s conference tonight, fi Among the visitors were Goverp nors O'Neal. Alabama; Stuart. Vir glnia; Hall, I^bulsiana; Tranimell, s Florida; Cruce.} Oklahoma; Slaton, g Georgia; Commissioner of Agriculture Graham. North Carolina; Commissioner of Agriculture Peck, Tennessee, and VS. A. . Stuckey, representing Govenior Blease of South it Carolina. After the preliminary meeting a e senator and .'representative were api pointed front* each state to consult II with the go\\rnors over means of y handling the ,%tuatlon and a report >- will be submitted to the general conil ference tonight. ?! COmitKfl COUNTY FAIlt. Every Negro i?* Urged to Contribute Something to It. To the Kditor of The News: o The Lancaster County Colored Fair Association met at the colored school building September 22 to ar? range for holding a fair this fall. a The meeting was well attended and ,a great deal of interest shown. The ' officers and promoters of the fair 1 last year were present and urged h that every section of the county be i- represented this year and that every v negro farmer be urged to put something on exhibit that he has raised a or grown out of thp ground. looking bnck at the start we f 1 made last year, we feel proud, but we feel there is still room for improvement. We are not unmindful li | of what our white friends did for us d last year. We are very grateful to k f hn m on/1 H/kno Y% r? * ?" ?u- ?1 .... ... _ ...... ||U|(C tiitl l nil IIUIBC WIIO ! helped us last year may assist us I again nnd urge others to do so. The y following persona have been eleeted i- i to serve another year: Prof. M. T). Lee, president; J. W. Morrison, secretary: R. B. Mobley .treasurer. Since last year our fair baa been chartered by the state. The books of h subscription will be opened at a g meeting to be held Saturday, October d i 3rd, price of subscription 12.00 per L i share. We urge every negro who e wants to see his race elevated to buy d i one or more shares. The fair will d be held from the 18th to 20th of n November. Let every negro in the >f I county take some part in the fair, a Bring the best you havb of overyr thing and let us make the fair a success. J. W. MORRISON. >r ; "Secretary. d I ?f I1hf "Why so?" ? "It says here all the Poles in s. America are going home to fight." e d No man ever llveo long "enough to e understand why his neighbors dislike him. V i 3. SKPTKMBKK 29, 1914, GERMAN CEIRGYBITTERLY ATM NATION'S FOES"public by the Federal Council of Churches Bucrett Receives Statesment. 1 d ^ , thlB k OERMANY NOT TO BLAME. can 01 maints Afserts the Inter tint ioiutl Telegraph relatlo Service Is Spreading a "Sys- the G( tematlc Network of Lies." I church New York, Sept. 27.?The Federal attltucT Council of Churches tonight mado* trality DUblic a communication from tweniv ' tlon." nine leading Protestant churchmen of Germany, repudiating, in behalf '*arva of German Christianity and the German government, responsibility for f n the European war. and fixing it onlxar(l "those who long, secretly and cun- vear 1 ningly have been spinning a web of ' c,l,rr'1 conspiracy against Germany, which (',as8 c now they have flung over us to ,lll(' strangle us therein." The comnnuil-' Krm'ul cation is addressed "To the Evangelical Churches Abroad." Wc. "It's warlike tone," says a state- and k ment issued by the Federal Council, tion o "and vigorous denunciation of Ger- a.n(' the la many s opponents is a matter of con- ]jjs jat siderable surprise to members of th? before council." "A systematic network of lies," the communication reads, "controll-1 ing the international telegraph ser- j vice is endeavoring in other lands to ! cast on our people and its government guilt for the outbreak of this war. and has dared dispute the inner ^ right of u& and our emperor to invoke the assistance of God." FORTY-THRKK YKARS' PEACE. The communication points to Germany's forty-three years of peace and to her material development "in i friendly competition with other people" and declares that only under compulsion to repel a wanton attack has she drawn the sword." Her frontiers threatened. Germany was compelled th protect herself "from i being ravaged by Asiatic harbar- J ism," it is declared. "Over against a world in arms," I the communication continues, "we j recognize clearly that we have to defend our existence, our individuality, our culture and our "honor. No scruple holds back our enemies, j CI 1 A I , where, in their opinion, there is a c prospect through our destruction of Hy J. seizing for themselves an economic ' advantage, or an increase of power, of ,uj| fragment of our motherhood, our , effect! colonial possessions or our trade, ceased We stand over against this raging of The the peoples fearless because of our trust in the holy ?nt1 righteous ceased God." fore n "HOLY ENTHUSIASM." VS^?1 1914, "Precisely because this war has of, at been thrust upon us wantonly it finds j show us a single people in which distlnc-1 tions of race and rank, of parties and confessions, have vanished. In a day o holy enthusiasm, not shrinking from battle and from death and looking to God, we are all of one mind and prepared Joyfully to stake our all for -eg*.***, our land and for our liberty." It is declared that "unnamable X horrors have been committed against Germans living peacefully abroad," V and that "Into the war which the czar has openly proclaimed as the decisive cnmimien tr.,1?, 'r,,,.I I and Protestantism, heathen Japan isI called upon the pretext of an alll- f % ance. "Not for the sake of our people, whose sword is brigf^ and keen, but <* for the sake of the unique world task of the Christian people in the decls- ^ ive hour of the world mission, we J now address ourselves to evangel!- _ < I eal Christians abroad in neutral and V Inimical lands. NATION CALLED TO HEPKN- A a TANCK. A _ "If the people among whom mis- A sions and brotherly love had begun A to be a power lapse into savagery in t 10 |i ^ ? murderous war through hate and bit- I terness; if Christian Europe for- I L. felts u notable portion of her posl- ' M tion In the world; if the sacred A () springs from which her peoples' A ^ diould derive their own life, are cor-( 1 rupted and choked; the guilt of this "j* ? rests not on our people. We know fall well that through this aan- ^ quinary udgmmt God Is calling our' nation to repentance, and we rejoice A ? 1 that she is hearing Ilia holy voice, X and turning to Him. Hut in thiH J ' we know that we are as one with V all the Christians among our peo- * pie, that we ean and must repudiate ? on their behalf, and 011 behalf of S' their government, the. regponsibility A for the terrible crime of this war and ^ ail it$.ooft**duc?Hjo^ for' Hie develop- w ment of the Kingdom of God on J m earth. With the deepest conviction r? we must attribute it to those who have lonfc secretly and cunningly o not see how a statement of , j Ind cau help matters. Ameri- wlt) lurches are endeavoring to j lt)( lin without interruption the ^ nB previously existing wltli ?rniaiv, churches and with the piljj ies of al lother nations. Our jiej( le is more than one of neu- nl^| ; it is an attitude of concilia- ^ the rd University ()|iens !27t>tli ' "t( .. ' StU( i ear. (bridge, Mass., Sept. 28.?Hnr- ' a University opened its 2 79th oday with one of the largest tig classes on record. The '' ?f 19 18 will number about 700 le students in the college and ' [AW ite schools aggregate 5,000. Chi' ( ton 8pe Plumping /. ^ wil ami ( / . FU| Elcmrical Work , and P1I0NE 399 tri; 1 Sat 1 CITATION. Ca, E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ountj of Lancaster. oot E. Stttfinan, Jmhge of Probate. ereaJ John A. Marshall has \vii. dr. and Mrs. Manly Croxton of icaster were here Monday. diss Ivor Brown spent Saturday 1 Sunday in Lancaster. dr. E. C. Croxton made a business i to Kershaw Monday. lorn to Dr. and Mrs. ltutledge urday, a son. Messrs. II. W. Mobley and A. Jtlien started a buy-a-bale club L week by each buying a bale of ton. man Will Hold High Legal Place. A'ashington. Sept. 28.?Mrs. Ante Abbott Adams of San Fran- j ;o was today appointed assistant Ited States attorney there. She the first woman in the country to upy such a position. Representative Raker of Califordeclared he considered the an ntment a recognition of woman rrage. 'robably the original bone of contion was the jr.wbone. rhere Is no demand for gold cks, yet they always find a mar?*? Checks on * Y Tkl. Y Ml 11IO JLJCL11 KY V V ^ are payable at sight. We always carry a V cash reserve large enough to meet all demands. Have your A'ill give you an added 3e up to date by having JL ank. JONDITION OK V RUST COMPANY, V W of business June 30, 1914. 1 LIABILITIES. V )thl Stock Paid % /. $50,000.00 X plua Fund'. . . . 1,500.00 llvided Profits, *? ens Current Ex- X lenses and Taxea mid 8,261.01 ividual Deposits X lubject to Check 64,658.71 V le Certificates of leposit 33,605.34 ? ^ filer's Checks... 41.51 J * In nnvnhlo In. * * lading Certl- A ates for Money t Sorrowed 65,000.00 *j? fotal >212,956.67 JJ i ler of the above named bank, X ? above and foregoing state- J i, as shown by the books of W. H. MILLION ?2? > thlB 6th day or July, 1914. & rFORD, Notary Public. A P. Robinson. W. P. Bennett, & WST COMPANY^ W. H. MILLKN, Cashier. V itnnt Cashier.