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STATE COTTON MEN HEAR JORDAN PLAN MEAD OF SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION TELLS OF PROPOSED COMPANY Comm/ttee Appointed to Present Plan to the Farmers of the South. ft. F. Caldwell in News and Courier. Columbia, D-ec. 15.?Called for the purpose o hearing Mr. Harvie Jordan, president of t?e oSuthern Cotton association, outline the plans for the formation of the Cooperative Cotton company, the president of the county rganizations assembled here this afternoon in response to the call of President -"Wade Stackhouse cf toe State branch. Mr. Jordan detailed the scheme for forming a holding company Tvith an authorized capital of $100,000,and a minimum of $1,000,000 to take are of the surplus crop and give stability to tfce remaining cotton. The subscribers to the company are to puk up spot coton for their stock, !fcasis middling, at 10 cents per pound. Ihe ownership <y* the stock and control of the company to be rtained by the cotton growing interests of tfn-e South, with only one vot', fr each sharehlder regardless of the amount of stock he may own. Governing: Board. The business affairs of tire company te be vested in and administered by a governing board elected from the cotton States in proportion to the total amount of stck wned in each State and the members of such board to be elected by the shareholders of each State through their respective county or r* -r\ * rrn i- ? r\ri e? TViA aVA/^m + iVa AfR^ArC! Vi ^aui^auviio. cAtv.uu?c vmuvi o of the company to be elcted by the governing board from residents in the ScutTa- interested in cotton growing. The compan^ is to have the right to fcegin business when $1,000,000 of its apital stock has been subscribed and paid for. n':.e first business of the company when organized, will be to issue negotiable warehouse receipts against the cotton of its stockholders being heltf i?. storage and secure loans on same at r qq cnn ohlo -ra toe rwf intoroct tVnarphv 1 VWOVUU.V1V 1 UWiJ V4 iAXVV/i VWV) Wiiv* V enabling holders to secure funds with?ut being forced to sacrifice their cotton on a depressed market. Wfcen the abnormal conditions are relieved the future purposes of the tsompanp will be to stabilize cotton values at fair and reasonable prices to the growers; perfect an economic sys-l tem of warehousing and financing fu- 1 ture crops of cotton; preventing v:o-! lent fluctuatins in the cotton markets; improving present wasteful methods of "baling, handling and marketing cot , uibti lUULlIIg CUlitCt 1U1U1 JLlittUUJLl regrading supplies and consumption of cotton and otherwise lending valuable and efficient aid to the cotton growers. To Pledge Reduction. In the South there are 850 cotton producing counties each yielding an average production of 17,000 bales. Out of these only 7 per cent of the average production of each county would, in t?ie aggregate, furnish 1,000,000 to the capital stock of the company. Each farmer, who subscribed cotton to tJ'.ie company, would be requested to sign a written pledge to the Southern Cotton association agreeing to reduoe his cotton acreage for 1915 at least 50 per cent less tr.an the area planted in 1914. This, it is claimed would practically guarantee the proper equilibrium between supplies and consumption for next year and stabilize vrices to fair and reasonable values, as well as secure for the company a minimum price of 10 cents per pound for the cotton subscribed as its foundation capital. The plan contemplates the immediate retirement of 2,000,000 of tfte present i surplus of cotton from the market. These.and other matters in connec-1 tion with the proposed company were j outlined to the conference by Mr. Jor- | dan, who, with t)': e other officials of the Southern Cotton association, are j undertaking the work of getting the! preliminary $1,000,000 subscribed for | the company to organize. Dr. Wade j Stackhouse of Dillon is representing the company and taking subscriptions in Soutih- Carolina. Mr. Jordan was accompanied here today by Mr. B. A. Forbes of tine Han- | over National bank of New York city. Mr. Forbes was present as a listener and to see what is going to be done. Ontlrned to Growers. It was decided to begin tbe first step ki organizing the Cooperative Company in South Carolina, and the plans were laid before the leading cotton growers or" the State at the conference in the ball room of the Jefferson hotel this afternoon. Leading cotton producers from all prast of the State were here and participated in tihe conference It wa9 felt, as pointed out by one that if South Carolina approved of this plan and subscribed her part to the capital stock the rest of the South would fall into line. "South Carolina is looked on in New York and the North as a leader on account of her acreage reduction law nd her warehouse act," said one I I ;<:f the mo.st pronun- n'cotton growers, i \\'.:o was present at the conference, i The promoters of the plan are enb'.aisij astic over the outlook and believe its | success will solve the difficulties and ' remedy the distress caused by the collapse o.' the cotton market. Committee Xumed. I A committee was appointed oy tne ; Southern Cotton association late this afternoon, consisting of Harvie Jorj dan, president; Dr. Wade Stackhouse, of South Carolina, and Mr. Walter Clark of Mississippi, to present this j plan to the farmers of the Soutib. The ! first Siate in which it was presented in j full, was South Carolina today. The . meeting was called by Dr. Wade Stackj house and was composed of the presiI dents of the various county cotton : congresses. Mr. Jordan explained the ! plan at length, and it was approved by | a unanimous vote of those present. ' VmafaAn /->roiT-*-fi/v rt*r.-nracont I * ^ II i ^ U. \y ISl&Ul n Vig * ' vovu^vu. Dr. Stackhouse appointed a commit! tee, consisting of Mr. W. A. Stuckey, Senator J. A. Banks, State Warehouse ! Commissioner John L. McLaurin and (himself, to draft an address explaining tlhe plan to the people and calling | meetings in the various counties to! pass upon the same. Why the Movies Help Rather Than Harm the Theatre. In the course of an interesting interview with Cyril Maude, the famous English actor, in the January Woman's Home Companion, Mr. ;Yaude explains ; in part as follows why he thinks the j j movies will help rather than injure the ! ; theatre: i " 'So many American interviewers J j 'rave asked me if I am not afraid that j the legitimate drama will be curt by , ! , i i the present "craze' for pictures. Not at; all! The drama has always competed j ; with other . orms of entertainment, and ! has alwavs held its own. Poor spoken ! drama will go down before the film-; drama, but good drama will go tri- ; jumphantly forward. You cannot satis-j fy the public completely by appealing j l to one sense only. " 'But I do maintain tl'.at in the end the legitimate, the spoken drama will gain heavily by tlbe moving picture craze as you call it. I find ti'.:at here ! ir. America, as in England, there is a ! certain percentage of the population which still "believes the theatre to be a power for evil. "" *Xow these people have been drawn to the picture theatres through' what is known as the educational film. t-Y ctt Vovo ooon rlra m a +1 /">! o c Q j xi-ti ^ tia * u uuiMViv v4mw , ics reproduce.1, Shakespearean i tragedies and comedies, "Quo Vadis/' , and dozens of modern masterpieces. : They now see the drama as a power I for good, the theatre as a forum for ! the discussion of social, civic, and in-: I dustrial problems. Gradually these i l one-time spurners of the drama are i coming to the legitimate theatre.'" | Slz'grh School is Progressing Rap/dly. Columbia Record, 15th. Blythewood, Route 3, Dec. 14.?Witfa an enrollment of about 40 pupils Sligh school is making rapid progress. 1 Being in charge of Miss Mamie E. i = Crooks and Miss Helen Coleman, obth of whom fcave won the love and re- j ' sDect of both pupils and patrons, some | ; are attending more regularly than , ever before. Miss Crooks is one of the best principals, while Miss oCleman, being a j graduate of Winthrop, is an excep- J ; tional primary teacher. Under their j | guidance Sligh's is expected to be , one of the leading schools of this dis. trict. I ! REPRIEVE GRAFTED TO WILL GOGrGANS ; Clumhia Record, 8th. Brought here late Monday to be electrocuted December 11, Will Goggans, a i negro convicted at the March, 1913, | term of court for Newberry county, | will not De punisnea ior ma umuc uutilMa rch 4, 1915, according to a reprieve by Governor Blease filed Tuesday in the office of secretary of S";ate. ; It is known that no executions will occur in this State until after Governor Manning assumes office January 29. Goggans was sentenced by trial Judge George E. Prince to be electrocuted April 25, 1913, and Ihis sentence tvhc cfavori hv rpnriAve until Mav 27, 1914. Beore the time of expiration! of the reprieve, an appeal was made to the supreme court in Goggans' bei half, and after the court had passed upon the pppeal, fee was resentenced by Judge Gary at the June, 1914, term of court for Newberry county, to be electrocuted December 11. Mitten Money. | Sometimes when the weather is very cold and the pilotboat is rolling in a heavy sea off the Ambrose channel i lightship the old pilot will think twice about the precarious ride in the small boat and the icy, strenuous climb up the ship's side on a sea ladder. And it he does think twice about it the old fellow may give one of the younger pilots a chance to take his turn. Should this bargain be concluded in the snug cabin the younger man receives bei sides the regular fee the sum of $4. and this fe called mitten money-?Nerr York San. f ; When Notre Darr.e's Bell Tolls. One of the most interesting sights of Notre Dame is tlie ringing of tlie great bourdon, the giant bell of the cathedral. It can be seen by those who happen to visit thp helfrv at noon on Good Fri day. There are no ropes: the ntige mass is swung by a sort of seesaw, on which the lingers perform curious gymnastics. The tone of the bell is so pure that one may stand quite close and suffer 110 more inconvenience than from the sounding of a thirty-two foot j organ pipe. Huysmans has described | the ringing in one of his novels?i'ali I Mall Gazette. i - . ' I Woolwich Once a Koman uemexery. Woolwich arsenal only dates from 1716. but Woolwich's military conneetions so further back. Batteries were erected there against the Dutch in 1(^57, I and as early as the reisn of Henry j VII. the spot had be^un to be associatI ed with the navy. And even earlier Woolwich was well known, for the Roman Watling street crossed Shoot er's hill, and the site of the arsenal was once a Roman cemetery.?London S|>ec tator. TAX NOTICE. County Treasurer's office. The books for the collection of State and county tax will be open from October 15th to December 31st, 1914. Tfcose who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1915, with 1 per cent; those who prefer to pay in February, 1915, can do so by adding 2 per cent; those who prefer paying from March 1st to March 15, 1915, can do so by adding 7 per cent; after March 15, 1915, the books will be closed. N. B. -Taxpayers awning property in more than one township or special school district will please inform me when paying or writing for the amount of bis or her tax. This is very impor tant, there being so many specia1 school districts. Those who wish to pay by the 31st o: December, 1914, and do not care to come to the office, will please write for the amount not later than December 25, 1914. Alter that time I am too busy to answer letters promptly. In sending stamps, nothing above a 2 cent stamp should be sent, as 1 cannot use them. If money is sent, it would be best to register same; if sent otherwise, it must be at sender's risk. By referring to your tax receipts of 1913, you will know the township and ?r>Anial school district, or both, in Y'ii'oli your property is located. T:e levy for 1914 is as follows: Mills State 6 Ordinary County 3% Court House % Road and Bridge Note XA Ordinary County Note & Roads and Bridges 1 Constitutional School Tax 3 Total 14 y2 Except the following localities where an additional railroad tax hatbeen levied: Mills Township No. 1 1% Township No. 8 3 Township No. 9 2 And except the following school districts, where special scnool tax has been levied: Mills No. 1, Newberry 6 No. 5, McCullough 2 No. 9, Deadfall 2 No. 10, Utopia 1 No. 14, Prosperity 6% No. 15, Saluda ... 2 No. 26, Big Creek ... 2 No. 26, Pomaria 7 j No. 30, Little Mountain .10% ; No. 33; Jolly Street 4 No. 34, St. Pauls 2 No. 35, Excelsior 2 No. 39, Chappells 4 No. 41, Dominicks 2 No. 45, Trinity 4 No. 48, Jalapa * 4 No. 52, Whitmire 5 No. 56, Zion 4 No. 58, Silverstreet 6 No. 11, Hartford 2 io 9. i iNU. i^| ULTUUO vUUC ? N< 13, St. Lukes 4 \ No. 16, O'Neal] 2 | No. 18, Fairview 2 j No. 19, Swilton 4 No. 22, St. Philips 4 | No. 31, Wheeland 2 j No. 43, Bust River 2 \To. 44, Smyrna 4 No. 59, Pressley 2 A poll tax of One Dollar has been levied on all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, .except f ftVQ-nrnf KIT lour LllVJOC wvv^JJLL^rw is J " j A tax of 50 cents each is levied on | all dogs. i ! Persons liable to road duty may pay i a commutation tax of $2.00 from the ! 15th of October, 1914, to the 31st day of December, 1914. All taxpayers remember all taxes have been listed separately, and please n A -i ?: _ a ? ? ?"U see uiai you Hxive a receipt ior ea^u | piece of property so listed. Jno. L. Epps, County Treasurer. i BOW HER FBIENDS i HARHIY KNOW HFR IHIBVfti S Hill v v> IIB8I But This Does Not Bother Mrs. Burton, Under the Circumstances. Houston, Texas.?In an interesting Mrc C P Rnr+nn 1CUCI UU1U Hi 13 Ul/, if no. C?. 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