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TO HELP FARM THE PIEDM Prominent Greenville Mei Cotton in Upper Part Half for 1915, They Say Oreen ville, Sept. 2.-The organiza tion of the Security Storage Com pany Tuesday guarantees that the farmers of the Piedmont section of South Carolina will be able to get plenty of money upon their cotton. In that the bankers will be willing to loan money upon the cert i neates given by the warehouse custodians of this company. Very naturally the amount of money upon the bale ?which the bankers loan to the farm ers will be entirely regulated by sup ply and demand and will be a pretty heavy j>er cent or the true value of the cotton, owing to the fact that both the bankers and the farmers will be safeguarded by bond and in surance. The scheme was thought out by W. G. Sirrlne and he will bc general manager and the executive officer. The meeting was called to order at noon In the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce, having been advertised by personal letter and re quest to those interested to be pres ent. There were a number of cot ton mill men present, and since tho floor space ls to be rented from them, it was necessary that they under stand the plan of organization. A. 0. Purinna was asked to preside and be called upon Mr. Sirrlne to explain tho object of the meeting and the object of the Security Storage Company. The first object. Mr. Sirrine ex plained, was the formation of a com pany that would safeguard the farm ers of the Piedmont section of South Oarolina. Ile explained that when a compartment or compartments of the warehouses was rented, the company would place a sign of the "Security Storage Company" over the door and take charge of that part of the ware house as completely as if it were owned by the Security Storage Com pany. The warehouse keeper for the mill will be the sworn custodian of the compartments controlled or leased by the storage company and he will Ive under heavy bond for the faithful i>erformance of his duty. No cotton can bo placed ll partments unless placed there o he < redit of the storage company, and no bale can be removed except upon presentation of the original certifi cate. No one can enter the compart ment except those who rightfully be long in them. The cottoii will be insured in a regular company at the nighest pos sible value and every safeguard will bli placed over the warehouses for loss by fire or otherwise. Possibly the most interesting phase of the storage plan is the fact that upon presentation of th? certifi cate by a patron, the identical bale of cotton for which the receipt was given will be returned to the holder Of the cert ideate. A reputable audit company will check up the cotton in the compart ments each day and will keep a count nf the bales and the certifi cates. The receipts of the company will, therefore, be safe. If the Uni ted States government licenses cot ton storage warehouses, the company will secure license under the govern ment. There are 110 cotton mills in thf Piedmont section of the state, and they have warehouse space whicf they cannot MSC. lt is this spac< which the Security Storage Company would rent or lease at a small cost and use for the benefit of the farm ers and th?? bankers. ltigid contracts have been drawr up with the cotton mills which wher signed will be ironclad and will fullj safeguard the Security Storage Com pany and t he cotton stored in theil com part men t B. lt is readily understood that al mills now build their own storage warehouses In compartments of 501 bales capacity each. The compan; plans to rent one or two of those com partments just as one would rent ou or two cottages In a row. Alter the matter was fully dis cussed, upon motion of Lewis W Parker, it was decided to carry int effect Mr. Sarine's plan, and that an other necessary steps be taken t? safeguard the cotton in the Pledmon section. A committee consisting o \V. G. Sirrine, John B. Harris am AV. B. Thaxton was appointed to mee and organize the company. This company mei ami effected Ih organization to carry out the plan outlined, and within ;. short time, i )s hoped that thc scheme will b in working condition. The commit tee will have to conter with bot the farmers and the bankers, for i is realized that the two must ente heartily into the scheme before an great good to this section can ho r< allzed It was the sense of the mee ERS OF [ONT SECTION. a Plan for Taking Care of of State-Cut Acreage in ?MK that the cotton acreage should i><> mt in half in l 9 I 5. The committee will get actively to work at once to have the company In running shape by the time the fall cotton begins to come in so that the farmers can secure the money and the banks be willing to loan it upon the certificates of the storage com pany. Diversification of Crops is Urged. Albany, Ga., Sept. 4.-At the re cent convention of the Georgia State Agricultural Society held in this city, the following resolutions were offer ed and unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That the length of the war in Europe and its resulting influ ences upon conditions in this coun try have proved so depressng in so many respects, therefore, we call upon the farmers of Georgia to exer cise the strictest economy possible in their ex|>cnses of every character, and to proceed at once for a self-sup porting condition bj planting fall crops of every kind-both garden and Held-raising hogs, cattle and sheep nnd run a successful campaign of 'hog and hominy.' "Resolved, That In pitching their crops for 1915 they should let food supplies be their main erop and make cotton what it properly should bo, surplus crop. "We have seen darker ?nd more depressing days than we are now passing through, but what prevented serious suffering was that our smoke houses and cribs wero full. A deter mination on the part of our people to act In concert for what is the benefit of all-be cheerful and encourage each ot lier, and we will lind that things are not as discouraging as they might be. Be cheerful and you will be happy." Barrett Re-elected President. Kort Worth. Texas, Sept. 4.-The sub-committee of the committee of forty appointed by the convention of ibo Partners' 13 du ca tiona i und Co-Op erative Union ol Alberio to secure ewer goo vy legislation to, relieve r>e market ??uation leaves immediately lor Washington. Tho convention adjourned last night. President Charles S. Barrett, of Georgia, was re-elected. SI It WILLIAM'S GHOST STORY. "Who's There?" Ile Asked; "Answer Me or I'll Shoot." ( Philadelphia Press. ) Psychical research makes no ap peal to Sir William Henry Perkins, the inventor of coal-tar dyes, who vis ited N'ew York recently. He con fesses to believing in only one gho.U story and thal re'ated to a friend to whom he gave the name of Snooks. He explainer1 : "Snooks, visiting a country house, was put in the haunted chamber for the night, Ho said that he did not feel the slighted uneasiness, but, nevertheless, just as a matter of pre caution he took to bed with him a revolver of the latest American pat tern. "Ho slept peacefully enough until tlie clock struck 2, when he awoke with an unpleasant feeling of oppres sion. He raised his head and peered about him. The room was wanly il lumined by the full moon, and In that weird, bluish light he thought he discerned a small, white hand clasping the rail at the foot of the bed. " 'Who's there?' he asked, tremu lously. There was no reply. The small, white hand did not move. " 'Who's there?' he repeated. 'An swer me or I'll shoot.' "Aga n there was no reply. "Snooks cautiously raised himself, took careful aim, and ll red. "From tliat night on he limped. Shot off two of bis own toes." Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range tlu> whole system when enter ing it through ibo mucous surfaces. Sueli anieles should never be used excepl cn prescriptions from reputa ble physicians, as the damage they will do is ten-fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. ('heney & Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, nnd is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. In buy ing Hall's Catarrh Curo be sure you ?e. the genuine. lt is taken inter nally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by P. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation.-Adv. HENCH GOVERNMENT MOVED. [?arts Muy Become Pivot of Armed Forces-Battle in Air. Paris. Sept. 3-A proclamation has just been issued by the government announcing that the government de partments will he transferred tempo rarily to Bordeaux. The proclamation was issued by tho Minister of the Interior, who said I he decision had been taken solely upon the demand o? the military au-j thoritios because the fortified places j of Paris, while not necessarily likely j to be attacked, would become the I pivot of tile held operations of the two armies. The building of supplementary de fense works is proceeding vigorously. Several of thc gates of Paris were closed to tralP.c last night. A tight In the air over Paris took place Ulis evening. Three (?ci Mian aeroplanes hovered over the capital and immediately two French ma chines were sent up to engage them. Meanwhile rides and machine guns mounted on public buildings kept up * constant tire. By this means one jf the German machines became sep arated from tho others and the Kreuch aviators Hew swiftly In its di rection. The Germans opened fire to wliich tile Frenchmen replied vigor ously. The engagement seemed to turn to the disadvantage of the German, ?rho mounted speedily to a higher level, und holding this position, was saved from further attack. He finally I i sap pea red in a northwest direction iver Fort Romainville after a vain tursuit. The other German aeroplanes also .soaped the fire of the guns, and af- j er circling about for a considerable i me, disappeared from view. French Money Coming to C. S. Paris, Sept. 4.-Heavy transfers of '"renell money to New York are In >rogres8. There are several reasons or this, among them the moderate nterest paid on current accounts vhich may be withdrawn at any inie, a privilege not granted in any rnportant European market. Then he price of exchange is regarded as sertain to rise whatever course the nternational war takes. Altogether drench cash is considered safer In the Jnited States than in Euro lUIIOl iSOI'l I , < IU CU tliOJ'. ?rom Gaffne.'^fl^ . ;i'lH;"^lWW>ll::?eiit in '.]<?? graced sc tools O? Gaffney for tue session Jual commenced is more than 1,100, and yet there are many children here who are not in school. It is a sig liflcant fact that there are more ne ;ro children enrolled than whites in proportion to population, and it is lard to understand why the parents )f the white children will allow their ?ffspring to grow up In Ignorance ?vhen the tuition In the schools is HELP THE KIDNEYS. Walhalla Readers Are Learning the Way. It's the little kindey ills The lanie, weak or aching hack The unnoticed urinary disorders That may lead to dropsy and E-right's disease. When the kidneys are weak, Help them with Donn's Kidney [Mils, A remedy especially for weak kid neys. Donn's have been used in kidney troubles for 50 years. Endorsed by 30,000 people-en? dorsed at home. Proof in a Walhalla citizens' state ment. Mrs. Martha Driscoll. 9 Factory Hill, Walhalla. S. C.. says: "My kid neys were in bad shape. I had se vere attacks of backache and pains in my sides. I was also subject to dizzy and nervous spells. Teeing Donn's Kidney Pills advertiset , I got a sup ply at Dr. Boil's drug store. They restored nie to good health." Price 5 0c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Driscoll had. Foster-.Milburn Co., Props., Buffnlo, N. Y.-Adv. POPULATION AM) WAR Pased on the latest figures obtain the population ot Ku rope ls at war. 173,000 per.... in all Kurope, of 107.073,00 -.habitants are total army strength In time of war statistics of the eight warring natl Nations. Kassia. Germany . Austria-Hungary. England (United Kingdom) I"'ra nee. Italy . Belgium. Servia . Totals. The figures for the Italian army rials, who are only partly trained. TUHKKV MAY NOW ENTER WAH A uni nst Russin-Greece Will PolloW, Fighting Witti Allies. Washington. Sept. 3.-Turkey has declined to grant the request of the United States for permission to send the cruiser Norih Carolina through the Dardanelles to Constantinople to deliver $1 fit).OOO In gold deposited here for the relief of Americans In the Ottoman Empire. The Grand Vl/ier has informed the American government that the wa ters of tile Dardanelles are mined and that it would he unsafe for a vessel as large as the North Carolina to go through the straits. He declared also that it might estahlish a precedent for the passage of other foreign war ships, and suggested that the Ameri can naval yacht Scorpion, on duty in Turkish waters, he sent to sea to meet the North Carolina. This was the suhstance of a long cablegram received at the White House and ,Jtate Department to-day from Ambassador Morganthau, the first message from him in several days. The ambassador made no mention of any declaration of war, bnt referred to the diplomatic situa tion as highly critical. The ambassador reported that all Americans who wished to leave had done so, and he thought funds aboard the North Carolina would be suffi cient for immediate needs. Why Turkey Delays. From Turkish officials it was learn ed that the first declaration of war probably would be against Russia, and that Turkey's delay in announc ing her intentions was due to her de sire to complete military prepara tions. The Turkish ambassador said Turkish mobilization had been In progress for m arly a month, and that he believed ."?00,000, or possibly a million, men had been enrolled. He reiterated that the mobilization was not aimed at Greece or Bulgaria. Diplomats generally believe Greece Immediately will align herself with the allies against Turkey if the lat ter declares war. The expectation also ii growing that Italy is prepar ing to side with the allies. If she intends to stand by Germany and Austria, they believe, notification al ready would have been sent to Ital ian ships to stay in neutral ports and avoid British war vessels. No More "St. Petersburg." 1'? i n.graftal*i. ?' ?!".>;.. t, t', > St' ? \\? ) o'" fit? If,T..e na au- .' >'. '. '. : burg ' ' HOI apt><'ir in an/ KUitsi'm newspaper to-day. Thus nas been observed the Imperial edict changing the name of the Russian capital to Petrograd, on account of the German form of the name under which the city has been known since its founda tion. Other cities in Russia with Ger man names have asked that their ap pellations h<> Russianized. It has been suggested also to discontinue the use of German words such as "Kammernerr" in court communica tions and substitute the Russian equivalent. 80,000 Russians Ilmried in Prance. London. Sept. 4.-Reports have reached London from Liverpool that England has placed more than 80, 000 Russian troops In France by transports sent north of the Scandi navian Peninsula to Finland, where the Cossacks embarked and were safely landed at French ports. Because of the mines in the Baltic and North Seas, and the presence of the German fleet, it had been re garded < s impossible for Russia to reach France except by marching through Germany. Have We Violated Neutrality Laws? New York, Sept. 4.-Count Van Bernstorff, German ambassador to the United States, announced to-day he has positive Information that a vessel flying the American flag had been supplying two British cruisers with coal, provisions and ammuni tion. The cruisers are lying ten miles outside of New York harbor. STRENGTH OF KOKS. able, approximately 8 2 per cent of Of an estimated total of 4116, nations having an approximate total fighting against each other with, a of about 18,700,000 men. The ons are approximately as follows: Estimated War Strength Population. of Army. 160,100,000 5,400,000 64,900,000 4,360,000 51,340,000 1,820,000 45,000,000 800,000 39,610,000 2.500,000 34.700,000 *3,220,000 7,423,000 310,000 4.000,000 270,000 407,073,000 18,700,000 include about 2,000,000 terri to TO REDUCE TH AGE BY Commissioner Watson Se Legally Curtailing Acreag ern States-Texas is App< Columbia, Sept. 3.-That legal prohibition against the "over-acre age" ol* cotton is a necessity, is the opinion of Col. E. J. Watson, State I Commissioner of Agriculture, Com merce and Industries, given to-day officially as tlie president of the Southern Cotton Congress. Col. Wat son says the Cotton Congress has taken up the fight for curtailing the acreage of cotton, and tho Governors and Legislatures of the various cot ton States will be petitioned to pass a planting prohibition law. Such a law, he says, is the only way negro cotton planters of the South can be forced to curtail their cotton produc tion. Their participation In a reduced acreage movement is necessary, as they produce the bulk of the crop, b ai^ Col. Watson. In speaking of thc ; ot ton situation to-day, Col. Wat son said: Reduced Acreage of Cotton. "As president of the Southern Cot ton Congress, I desire to state < manifestly that now the crux of the whole cotton situation depends on re straining the iieople of the South from planting an over-acreage of an other crop of cotton, and because ol' the fact the bulk of the crop is raised by negroes working on their OV?I ac count who cannot be restrained in any other way than b} law. The na tional organiza Con is paying more attention right now to that question than to any other. "Last night the Southern Cotton Congress took the first step towards securing legarl prohibition against planting cotton by passing a resolu tion asking the Governors and Legis latures to take the matter up. Only one Legislature is now in session. , and that ls the extraordinary session called in Texas to consider the cotton situation. All cotton troubles begin ( with Texas, as it is the largest cot ton-producing State. If Texas will 1 assist in taking care of a portion , of the four or five million bales pro- } duced In the 'Lone Star' State, there will be no trquble to make the other ??tate? follow *or there will ho no trouble lu calling the Legislatures of J, the other States together io consider I til? .|uesUon of legal prohibition of L ' ?daming. Writes Governor Colquitt. I "1 am to-day requesting Governor Colqultt, of Texas, to immediately resent the question squarely to the , extraordinary session of the I>egisla- , turo meeting In his State, and get them to pass on it one way or the other, lt will be a waste of time and a very expensive proposition to get i other States to act unless it is known what Texas is going to do. If Texas liasses such a planting prohibition law the other States will follow. "T'ne best lawyers say such a law is perfectly constitutional, and it is absolutely vital to anything that can be done in any way, shape or form ii having an extensive curtailment in the acreage planted to cotton In 19 l?. The acuteness of this neces sity is apparent now more than ever before, for, within the last three days, the fact that we have a flfteen and-a-quarter million crop ls evident, and we have not only got to fight the total loss of the year's export con sumption, the caring for a debt of $550,000.000 against the crop of 1014 for supplies and fertilizers, etc., but also the realistic nightmare of overproduction-a condition that has not been figured on even as late as a week ago." FARMERS APPEAL FEDERAL AID. Ask Appropriation to Meet Emer gency-To Send Committee. Port Worth, Texas, Sept. 2.-An appeal lo Congress to appropriate funds necessary to finance the mar keting of the cotton crop of 1914 was authorized to-day by the Farm ers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America in sessions he>-e. Details of the plan to relieve the sit uation caused by the war in Europe were left to a committee, which will go to Washington to present tho ap peal. The delegation which will be named to-morrow will include at least one representative from each of the cotton growing States and the national officers of the farmers' or ganization. This action was taken by the ad option of the report of a committee appointed to devise a scheme to In sure the movement of the present cotton crop. "But one course ls open to any ! civilized nation when any considera ble number of Its citizens are threat ened with peril, occasioned by no ! fault of their own, and that ls direct ?aid from the Federal treasury," the '.committee urged in its report. i E ACRE LEGISLATION? es No Relief Except by e of Cotton in the South :aled To. Cotton Hill Ka volubly Kc|M>rted. Washington, Sept. 'J--As an out growth of emergencies occasioned by the European war, the House com mittee on agriculture iiied io-day Its favorable report on the proposed Federal supervised warehousing sys tem for cotton, grain and other non perishable agricultral products. The bill, a consolidation of two measures, will be pressed for action at this ses sion. '"The dire situation confronting the cotton producers," the committee re ported, "emphasizes most strikingly the utter inadequacy of the present system of marketing American stand ard farm crops. The essential weak ness is lack of adequate storage facil ities and their non-relation to the country's banking system." The bill provides that uniform warehouse receipts will be Issued on agricultural products stored tn gov ernment licensed warehouses. The system is not compulsory, however, and does not interfere with ware house systems now organized under State or local authority. Cause and Control of Cancer. lt is frequently said that we do not know the cause of cancer. In one sense this is true. What it is that starts the growth of cancer In the body is, as yet, an inscrutable mystery. Years of experimentation and research have not solved this riddle and the disease still remains the foremost problem of medicine. On the other hand v e know much more than is commonly supposed ibout the "causes" of cancer, If by 'causes" we mean "conditioning fac tors." We know, in some cases al most to a certainty, the combinations of circumstances which result tn this [lisease. A noted authority recently undertook to write a "prescription for cancer." He said that he could name certain states of the body, which, if they occurred together, would be likely to be followed by cancer; for f ist ance, syphilitic sub jed; willi h.)ii teeth, "/ho were con firm ea snick-: \ might reasonably be ax fleeted to ?eve?*)p Cancer of the tongue Irritation Tora long period In any part of the body may lead to the development of cancer. While we do not know Just why cancer cells set up a growth of their awn outside of the law and order of the human body, we can neverthe less describe a great number of con ditions under which they have been observed to do so. The influence of racial, local and personal habits on different organs, heredity, the evi dence and nature of constitutional predisposition, the influence of chronic, infection of wounds and other injuries, and many other fac tors may be profitably studied in connection with the development of cancer. Incidentally, this ls one of the ways in which cancer research hospitals are of value. If ls not necessary to know the ul timate cause of cancer in order to control the death rate from lt. We can remedy many of the conditions under which the disease develops by increasing the knowledge as to the facts about cancer. Campaigns of education have as their object the spreading of information about the disease, and pointing out the need of the earliest possible recognition of the symptoms in order that compe tent medical and surgical advice may be sought in time. The American Society for the Control of Cancer has recently been formed to encour age and direct this kind of educa tional activity in all parts of tho country. The society plans to co-op erate with all existing agencies en gaged in studying the disease, and to publish In every city, town and vil lage of the country the message of hojie which lies in the early recogni tion and proper treatment of cancer. REMEMBER YOUR LAST DOSE OP CALOMEL ? You probably recall tho bad after effects of the calomel more than the sickness you took it for. You need never again go through with being "all knocked out for a day or two by calomel," Next time your liver gets sluggish and Inactive, we urge that you go to Dr. H. M. Barton's or Norman Drug Company for a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, splendid vegetable liquid medicine that will start your liver as surely as calomel ever did and with none of tho after-effects of calomel. .. s absolutely harmless both to chil dren and adults and demands no re striction of habits or diet. A large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone costs only fifty cents and the druggists who sell it guarantee it to take the p?ice of calomel, and will refund your money if it fails in your case or If you are not satisfied.-Ad.