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TO Vt V !\ K 1OTTOM SAVi! INVKnT.HKN'T That i- i'lai* <? Southern Um!ers. (iot<T;u*rs l<> Moot. J * 1 ' ?v"\ ^ At _ -Was ington, Sept. 3 4.?ai a mm , ing oi senator> and hou.-e members interested in cotton growing, held here tonig.it, it was decided to invite the governors of all the cotton-growing States to come to Washington some time within the next week or ten days for a conference upon the subject. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia was empowered to extend the invitation * and urge upon the different governors ^ o^ppnted. j xn.cit it uc uvv^r. Upon leaving t~e meeting Senator E. D Smith of South Carolina said: i "It is ol the utmost importance j that whatever steps the legislatures "which are soon to convene in extra session take, and whatever the iift'erent cotton-growing States do, be acted upon now. While we are taking care or this year's crop to the very best j | advantage, it is absolutely nacao?..., in my opinion, that we make next, vear's crop a safe investment bv de-! I ciding as far as possible what the J acreage of the cotton-growing States j will be in 191 This can not be done i in any better way, according to my j judgment, than by a comerence of the j governors interested in the matter, j the ! to be held in Wasningtou { senators and representatives who have been at work on it since it was seen some time ago that there would I be trouble growing out of the war in j Europe. "I am glad that this step has been j agreed upon, and you may say ior J me that I heartily approve of it. If j the governors of the cotton-growing j ^ I States will come to 'Washington iue.v , will be in good condition to advise { with their people, and especially with the members o: their legislature, as to what course to pursue regarding j next year's crop. "We hoDe to have the meeting here, i ?.s stated, some time within1 the next week or ten days; tne souuei ter." Favor State Action. Washington, Sept. 14.?Senators and representatives of the cotton growing States, at a conference tonight, voted to recommend State legislation to cur i-' i TlOYt vpar tail the proaucuuu ui ,? in order to avert a surplus on the heels of a failing market this year due to the European war. The action of the congressmen "will be commmunicated to a conference of % J Southern governors to be held soon | to consider the cotton situation. How I ., .v _ i much the crop next year snouia oe | reduced by legislative action was not definitely agreed to at the conference, some urging that the crop should be j curtailed one-half and others one-; third. \ < General discussion o:' the possibility i of further federal legislative action in j the emergency developed a strong sen- i timent that the congress had done an : . it could in providing an emergencyf currency and means for the cotton j growers to take advantage o: it. Senator Simmons was emphatic in urging that the public be brought to j realize that congress had given all | the assistance it could. i Call for Conference. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 14.?Telegrams to governors of cotton grow- j 'ing States asking if a conference at Atlanta, September 25 and 2G, will be acceptable, were sent today by Gov. O'Xeal over the signatures of Govs. - n r\ m 1 T7<1 DliUOU Ul ucurgia,' naiuiucn ui nuiida and O'Neal. CAMPAIGN FOR GRAIN TO HELP SITUATION Commercial Secretaries of State Ihdorse Winter Crops to Relieve conditions. The State, loth. Commercial secretaries, representing 11 counties, together with other ranrticontjjfTVPS hniinp-ss mpn mot wittL the Columbia Chamber of Commerce yesterday to consider measures of relief relative to the price of cotton. After a thorough discussion of the situation, the "buy-a-bale" movement was heartily indorsed, and the secretaries pledged themselves to extend this throughout adjoining counties, which had no representation in Y\TVt ora ic? rw\ VVUl^l^UV/V* M uvi V i ^7 X4.vy commercial body in a county through which the movement may he extended, business men are to be called upon to organize and appoint an executive -committee to canvass the farmers for subscriptions to the "buy-a-bale" movemeh.t There was a general discussion as to plans to induce the farmers to inrreasp the acreage of sxain this fall and to guarantee a reduction in the acreage of cotton next spring, so that prices for the staple may not again "be jeopardized. A resolution recommending that the entire cotton acreage he put in grain next year was JT5 iH/#IS &'-&? ^i?-0h if' li ^ /LzZZh JS For years we have been sta country that a great many wc erations by taking Lydia E pound, and it is true. We "are permitted to pul extracts from the letters of recently received unsolicited more convincing? IHodgdon, Me.?" I had pains I could scarcely straighten u was so nervous I could not sleep, any better until I submitted to an ( Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co woman."?Mrs. Hayward Sowers 2 Charlotte, X. C.?"I was i pains in both sides and was which the doctor said was a tumor T ~-- a -fvionrl tifl J. IlilU till UJLFCia'.^Uii. J.X. ivvi ham's Vegetable Compound, a^id I fine health."?Mrs. Rosa Sims, 1G ^ 3 Hanover, Pa.?" The doctor i husband got me Lydia E. Pint experienced great relief in a short t and can do a hard day's work ar J 96 Stock St., Hanover, Pa. 4 Decatur, III.?"I was sick i cians said I would have to be ation as I had something growing mit to the operation and took L\ pound?and it worked a miracle i what it has done ?^r me."?Mrs. L William Street, .atur, I1L 5 Cleveland, Ohio. ?"I was v< my side pained me so that 1 ( eration. Doctors said they knev would help me. I took Lydia E. table Compound and I became ] from pain. I am thankful for si cine and will always give it the t Mrs. C. H. Griffith, 7305 Madison. Write to LYDIA E.PINKHJ (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, M Your letter will be opened, rear by a woman and held in strict c adopted. E. J. Watson made a strong plea for the proposition to warehouse the crop, arguing that a government warehouse receipt was the same as currency, the banks accepting these as collateral upon which they could se- j cure further loans. All committees are j urged to organize companies for the j construction of warehouses. Mr. Wat- j sr>n is a strnn? advocate of the "<bt!v a-bale"' plan. He believes it is doing much to stabalize the demoralized situation, and urged that the secretaries go back home determined to push the plan to its utmost possibilities. By extending the plan even beyond the coton raising zone, Mr. Watson believes that it will be possible to i retire 4.000,000 or " 000.000 bales in i i this way. i rare sowing on i*rain. ! W. W. Long, State agent and farm i extension director, sent the report that j he had instructed his agents throughout the Stae to canvass the farmers and urge the sowing of grain this fall. Albert S. Johnstone, secretary of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, .^'as elected president of the organization, with Raw ley w. Holcombe of tne Loiumoia association, secreia.^ and treasurer. The visaing delegates i \ I were entertained at luncheon at the ! Jefferson hotel. The resolutions adopti . ed were: l "Whereas, the present need of the liState of South Carolina and the entire South demands immediate relief in the way of ready money to Dick the j present crop and to meet the most pressing obligations of such, small (planters and farmers who are unable to secure additional assistance from local banks or merchants; therefore fre it "Resolved, That this body of com , inercial secretaries and representatives of the organized "bodies of the State of South Carolina do heartily in dorse the socalled 'buy-a-bale' movement, and we call upon every com. mercial body . the State, and where \ there is no organized body in any county upon the leading business men : at the county seat, to immediately or ganize an executive committee to i canvass the county for subscriptions to the 'buy-a-bale' movement. "We suggest that only distressed j 1 cotton be bought and that from the i farmer direct, a: the price of 10 cents per pound, provided that the farmer j agrees to plant the acreage in grain j next year and tha: each executive icommitee apppoint one person only tc 1 |do the purchasing in order to prevent duplication of purchase and speculation." Want Grain >'ext Year. Another s.t cT resolutions adontcd i j j j C-y ^ j i Lting in the newspapers of the men have escaped serious op- j . Pinkham's Vegetable Com- | blish in this announcement five women. All have been Could any evidence be i iii both sides and such a soreness p at times. 3Iy back ached and I and I thought I never would be i operation, but I commenced taking1 i mpound and soon felt like a new j , Hodgdon, Me. n bad health for two years, with very nervous. I had a growth , ancl I never would get well unless vised me to take Lydia E. Pinkgladly say that I am now enjoying tVinona St., Charlotte, N. C. id vised a severe operation, hut my [ham's Vegetable Compound and I :ime. Kow I feel like a new x>erson id not mind it."?Mrs. Ada Wilt, n bed and three of the best physitaken to the hospital for an oper- j in my left side. I refused, to sub'dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comi n my case, and I tell other women aura A. Gristvold, 2300 Blk. East 2ry irregular and for several years expected to have to undergo an op7 oi nothing that Pinkham's Vegeregular and free /j/jr^K!\\ ich a good medi- Wt aT vj dghest praise."? / w I f A v., Cleveland, 0. \i^ j/ J LM MEDICIJTE CO. CA Irj) ASS., for advice. \\| (// I and answered ($ 1& on&dence. is as follows: "Whereas a situation, over which we have no control, has arisen, presenting the farmers of the South | from disposing of their cotton crop of 1914, leaving a sufficient supply to meet the demands of 1915: "And whereas' the demand for grain greatly exceeds the crop of 1914, and the time fcr the planting of such crops is now at hand; "Therefore be it Resolved, That we ' urge upon the farmers of this State to avail themselves of this opportunity to put their entire acreage in grain. ".Now, therefore, be it further Resolved, That we cooperate with the State farm demonstration agents in every way possible to encourage the raising of grain in this State for I which there is a market and thereby j avoid a repetition of this year's ex- j perience of having a bumper cotton | A I crop." The meeting showed its attitude j to the warehouse problem in the following resolution: "Whereas the demands at this time ifcave ceiled for a tremendous increase of warehouse facilities throughout the State in order to properly store cotton and to secure benefit from the various emergency currency acts that have been passed; "Therefore be it resolved, That we urge upon every community in this ? a Tirorn- I OLdtC lv.? 1U11UCU1U J L QUUlli^/ II (*1Vhouse companies for the purpose of constructing such warehouses." Meet in Rock Hill. After a four hours' session the conference was concluded, Rock Hill being selected as tte next place for the quarterly meeting of the secretaries, ? -*-?:n u j Q [ WU1CU Will ue tUUYCUCU UtlUUCl >7. (Those attending the meeting yesterday were: Albert S. Johnstone, Greenville; L. P. Boylston, Blackville; D. K. Ellis, Columbia; H. B. Springs, Georgetown; P. C. Mellichamp, Blackville; A. V. Snell, Charleston; Harry !D. Calhoun, Barnwell; 0. P. Bright, [Edgefield; C. A. Robinstom "Winnsiboro; J. S. Huffman, Columbia; C. <P. DuBose, Camden; J. R. Hopkins,, Hopkins; E. C. Ridgell, Batesburg; Frank, \V. Shealy. Lexington; J. W. Hamel, Kershaw; \V. B. Gladden,. Richburg; Walter Spigener, St. Mattheys; S. C. Cathcarr, Winnsboro; D. R. Haiti-1 wanger, Lexington: E. J. Watson and J. Whitner Reid, Columbia; John B. j Xeall, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. F. Cole, | Dorchester; H. C. Randolph, Colum!bia; David Wolfe, Camden; C. E. jLeaphart, Lexington; George E. Muri rell, Columbia; R. W. Holcombe, Collumbia; T. C. Callison, Lexington; E. f 0. Calhoun, Galveston, Texas: .\I. B. | Bamek. Camden and 0. E. Crow son. V/innsboro. I I / Tli? 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The policyholders of the Farmers Mutual Insurance association of New- i berry county is called to meet at the court house on Saturday, September 19th, at 11 o'clock a. m. The purpose is to arrange to insure cotton. Every policyholder is asked to be present or send proxy as it is important to have your vote on this < important question. ^ R T. C. Hunter, - A L. I. Epting, President. ~ Secretary. A NOTICE OF FBSMAXX ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. A third primary election is hereby called for Newberry county to be held on Tuesday, September 22nd, 1914, for the purpose of nominating one^member of the House of Representatives; for Newberry county, j M Said primary will be conducted by * the same managers and clerks, under the same rules and at same voting places as in the primary held on September 8th, 1914. Afinitrcu-j will n'pasp rail for hoxps x'? ? and tickets on Saturday, September ^ 19th, 1914. 1 Jos. L. Keitt, ' County Chairman. W. A. McSwain, Secrtary. HT A Ci rA 41 TT C V* IT v mmm POXY COMEST TOTES . J P. E. WAY, Dru?eist, Telephone 13$.