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|pt JtralD and Jans. Entered at the Postoffice at NewS. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, August 17, 1916. THE BASKS AND THE FARMER. We notice that the bankers of Texas fcave held a meeting and have decided to help the farmers get a fair price for their cotton this fall, and that eight cotton States were represented at the meeting. They also state tftat they have the Federal Reserve bank behind the movement. We hope it is true tfcat they are going to do some tiling to secure a iair price ior cvuuu, and that they will make arrangements to hold the cotton until a fair price may be realized. Several plans were suggested last fall for financing the crop, but the money Was never in such condition that it could reach the farmer. There was so much red tape attached to it and so many expenses tt:at when it was available it was beyond the reach of the producer. If any plan is deviRPrf if it is to hplD the South, it must be so arranged that it will be within tfte reach of the small farmer, the man who raises from five to ten bales of cotton. He is the man who needs the help, and if he receives it, then it will help tfre merchant, because as a rule he is the man who owes the merchant In addition to that it must be cheap money. The Regional Reserve hank, of coarse, will do business tfcrough the local bank, and if the local bank is to charge 8 per cent, discount for the money it will not be of very great assistance to the producer. He can not afford to hold his cotton and pa/y such a rate of interest. An not Vdaw what rmr hanks ?f C uv live uuv " " ?v- V ?? here are doing, but we tope they will make some arrangement to take care of the cotton this fall. Last year even a warehouse receipt for cotton was not considered good collateral. The Regional Reserve bank and the money that the treasury department - - ?. ih._ ^4. said woui<i oe piacea in o-e ouuiu m&i year to handle the cotton crop never reached the farmer. It may have dons the cotton mills and the banks some ?ood, but little help was it to tJ:e producer of the cotton. What we need is some scheme that will help the producer, and then all of us will be benefitted. I As we read tfce statements from the meeting of the bankers in Texas, the plan is to help the producer of the cotton to realize a fair price for his product and to help him from putting it on tfce market at once, and to market it gradually and thus keep up the price. This plan presupposes a ware house system tnat win maKe marehouse receipts valuable as collateral j and even if the Reserve bank should lend its assistance it will of necessity have to be done through local banks, because the Reserve bank could not deal with each individual farmer. What will be done will depend largely upon the attitude of the local banks and the1 facilities for warehousing tine cotton. We believe that the local banks here are going to do all they can to aid the producer. They feave so long foeen accustomed to charging 8 per cent discount they may not know how to let money for less, even though there should be arrangement with the Regional bank for a less rate on cotton stored in warehouses. The season is nearly here and we hope arrangements will be made by whicji the producer and tee small man may receive a fair price for the labor of his hands. The Charlotte Observer a short while as:o had an editorial on "Tfce Banks and the Farmer," which we are going to quote. Here's hoping the Observer is right. Here is the editorial: "Riere never was a time when the Southern bankers were not behind the cotton farmers to the extent of their banking facilities. The trouble lias been that until tl'oe recent enactment of the banking and currency law the opportunities for the bankers to extend aid were limited, and while the bankers have been at all times as accommodating as possible, tine aid which they have been able to give has not been sufficient to meet the demands of the situation. This season, however, for the first time, tfne conditions are changed. Through the medium of the 1 , - " V . * ^ xsif> " * Federal Reserve bants there will be j i an abundance of money at the. demand ] of ti e farmers and for the first time since the civil war it may be said that 1 the South is in fact able to finance its : own crops. Under these new condi-! tions it will therefore become less of a necessity for the farmers to sacrij fice their cotton on a declining marjket. But t'-ey should take advantage' of the "borrowing facilities and secure sufficient advances to pay their debts and meet their present needs. That is the way to keep cotton up and put the South in good condition. It would relieve local strain in mercantile circles and keep a satisfactory degree of I prosperity established. If tl:e farmers will make use of the banking facilities now at their disposal they will have it in their power to largely control the cotton market." BUSINESS IS GOOD. Do not take this statement in its literal sense and do not apply it to vour business and then begin to knock again. Taken in its broadest sense, business is good. The nation's business is good and your business will be good if you will begin to boost it. Get a little enthusiasm and hand some of it to your neighbor. T:e question of hard times and depressed business is very largely a mental one at this time; by talking and boosting and stating facts, you will very largely overcome this mental condition. Did you ever stop to think how many thousands of men in all lines of business in Richmond are drawing t':e same salary or more than they did three or fou- years ago? These people have the same purchasing power tfi-ey always had. People must wear clothes, shoes and hats, and buy groceries and pay rent just as they have always done. They can not do without the siioes or the clothes and they can not make them last but just so long. The general stocks of merchandise throughout the country are de * ? ? A > 1 J /n . Pietea ana musi De repienisufcu. 'lucre is no question but what there has been a tendency on the part of buyers to make small purchases; therefore, the stocks of goods are not as large as tJ:ose usually carried. This means that there is going to be a flood of buying orders placed with the jobbers, and in turn with the factories, and somebody's order is going to be at the bottom of the list and some merchants are going to fcave to wait for their supplies. Then they will begin to wonder why they did not place an order sooner. If you are a wise merchant you will place >your orders in time, for the rush is surely coming. Any student of business men who wa teles the signs of the times is bound to be impressed with this. Aside from the fact that business has adjusted itself on a more economical and sounder basis in the last few years, the additional impetus given to our trade by the enormous buying orders received from Europe will make business f:um. The- balance of trade in favor of this country is piling up at the rate of hundreds of millions and it is going to continue, for we haive the material to sell and the nations at war must get them from us. Our enormous wheat and oat crops will soon be turned into caslii by the farmers. The hay crop is good and the corn crop is gigantic, and all of them are bringing splendid prices. Right here in Virginia the crops were never better. With abundant rains and a splendid growing season, tf:e farmers and country people are going to have C ?v% An A*r foil ^ pieni_y (_>l iiiuuc,t uuio iai'i auu ?.ua? Ui v j going to supply their needs and possibly buy things they have done without for a year or two. As indicated by tJ:e stock market, money is plentiful and investors are quick to see that I the prices of good standard stocks | have been very low. Of course, some j of the war stocks, so-called, are rather skyrockettiy, but the prices are based on the fact that bona fide orders are on faand for enormous amounts of -material and the profits are in sight. Business is good from this broad viewpoint, and if you, Mr. Business Man, are stil! talking hard times and ba<i business, look around you and get a little optimism in your system and talk it to the other fellow. Just Koncn TTrtn Vi o T7ci Vi q ^ a n v or a UtLaUOt J V/U AJLM.U VV-V4 V?V^ ? bad week or a bad few montfns, do not think all lines of business are the same way, for if the business man continues to say business is bad, the fellow with the money, who ought to nut on/-? cnonil it 'hckcinc trw tlTinlr so, too, and he holds on to his cash. Getting back home again, right here in our State, the Newport News sfaip- 1 yards have more work on hand than | ai>An Knfnra ir> fhoir hictnnv with I CVUI WtlVi ^ 1U Vi*v** , f .V?. many ships on tfce waiting lists to be docked for repairs. The same condition exists in the Baltimore and Philadelphia ship yards. The water-borne commerce of the world is fceaded toward the United States; owners are , looking to us to build new ships and repair those that need repairs. This is just one line of industry Look up 1 the facts and read the record. Look I at t?e bright side and tell your neigh- : bor what you know. We will soon enter into an era of prosperity such as America has not known for generations. Do not be caught napping.? Richraand, Va., Journal. This article is ratner long to De quoted here, but we want our people to read it. It is from tl:.e paper edited by A. B. Williams, and while it has reference particularly to Richmond, yet it contains much that is applicable to this State and this section and to Newberry. As T:e Herald and News has frequently said, what we need here above everything else just now is a nntimicm "What wo tippH 5c opil it V/l V/^liiUlWA2J, IT MV?v ?? v UVVVi to get the enthusiasm and then oand some of it to your neighbor. It will do no good to sit down and cry hard times and talk about the war. We have not been getting that great volume of business on account of tl:e ' * n A-' ~ war mat some otner secuvus nave, uccause England has been trying to keep us from selling what we have to those who need it and are willing to pay for it. We can see no more reason for declaring cotton contraband of war ? an declaring muskets and rifles and powder contraband of w-ar. But what we need down here is to be more optimistic. If you have had a bad day or a bad few months there is no good to be talking about it aad complaining, because, just as is said, you will help the fellow wt:o has money to spend to think so, and he will hold his cash from circulation. The mental condition f:as a good deal to do with it. If you will boost and talk better times and he optimistic you will help better times to come. The ideas of Congressman Henry of rT* J- ? ? *1- ? lexas, as to uiie uetrus ui cue vuuuu producers are about right. OHe wants money to enable the cotton producers to hold their cotton and he wants it cheap. He very well understands that 8 per cent money is plentiful, but what Le wants is 4 per cent money. Ac tn whether he will acconiDlish any thing remains to be seen, but .if he should get tJ':e concession of 4 per cent money, the cotton producers can not receive the full benefit thereof unless they provide themselves with State warehouses.?Yorkville Enquirer Tf:at is very true, and not only must we have the warehouse facilities, but this money will have to come through the local banks, and the question is can and will tJ:ese banks let \the farmer have it at any such a rate of interest. Could they afford to do it? .We believe they might handle the money for a less rate than ti:ey are now charging, but they would have to be responsible to the Reserve bank for the money and would have to receive something for their trouble. At any rate we i':ope some arrangement may be made by which the money is available even at a higher rate of interest. Last fall it i could not be ODtamea ai any raie. The Greenville Piedmont makes the announcement tJiat Mr. Lewis W. Parker will he associate editor of that J paper, and Mr. Parker makes his statement in a very few words. In making his announcement Mr. Parker says: 'SI believe the time now is in this nation, State and community for frank expression of views, for the endorsement and advocacy of progressive pol - * - - ?i ~ ~ ?vj f ? lcies?jju.uu.ies w ij.iv; 11 run icuu lv/ au- i vance tJ":e intelligence and welfare of the mass, of our people, and which tend to the upbuilding of our State and section." That is a good platform upon which to stand and we are satisfied that iMr. Parker will stand tfcere firmly and flat-footedly and intelligently. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Parker into tne journalistic ranks of this State.. He is an addition to the profession which is worthy and will help to uplift. Mr. Parker is accustomed to -with, hiV ouestions and will give strength to the Piedmont. Congressman Finley is quoted as giving the cause of the war, "because those people in Europe have forgotten God." And we believe that Mr. Finley r:as this situation down about right. It was Dr. Pendleton Jones who said as much in his sermon which he preached in response to a request from the president tfcat we have a peace Sunday and all the preachers he re-1 quested to preach peace sermons. Dr. t Jones said in substance that it was all 1 a farce. That there could be no peace until the people wfto were fighting got individual righteousness in their ? , \ , >- ? te:- i* ?'u I I We Can Supply You in Cigars, Cigarettes and i ci.i: i uuattu emu Jiauuucry, i We now wholesale Paper Bags and Twine. Get our prites before j you buy. We are anxious for your business. Anne 0. Ruff & Co. The Wholesale Cigar Store Dom't Forget Our Laundry Agency DR. F. C. MARTIN Ol/MIT Examines Eyes, Fits Glasses and Artificial Eyes ! T r . __ -L 1_1 _ i ir your eyes are giving you trouuie: don't fail to consult him. Satisfaction Guaranteed Office over Anderson's Dry Goods Store. | hearts. Until that was done there' would be no peace, it mattered little j how many peace sermons were! 1 preacneu. There has been finer opportunities i for first-class dragging of the roads this summer than we have seen in a long time. The rains that we are having now give fine opportunity for first -I. iV.i r>?4. A*. I Class wwrii ui mm Amu. i>ui, uui ti-ose who make a feint of working the roads pile all the grass and rocks from the side into the center of the road? We have often wondered why l that is done. iWe see.it here in tl'ne streets of Newberry and on many of! the public roads. We should not thinK i that grass was a very good substance with whid'j to build roads. Mr. A. H. Kohn, now of Columbia but a former citizen of Newberry, and one of those who has always taken a | j great deal of interest in everything pertaining to his native place and who has also been*. very much of a j stnrtpnt the families of the county, I I has had in preparation for some time some biographical Sketches of the Dutch Fork. OnLy last week he spent several days in the Little Mountain community and while there for recre-1 ation and rest he at the same time' was busy gathering data. He spent a J day at the hospitable home of Mr. John I a cnmmor on/i it wflc thp nleasnre XTL. UUlUUiVl U Aiu AW " VM VUV r of the editor to spend the day there also. i.Mr. Summer has one of the most valuable private libraries in this section of the State and one of the most delightful country homes in South Carolina. But the point of these remarks is to say that The 'Herald and News will begin the publication of these biographical sketches by Mr. i Kohn in a short time and it would oe well for you to enter your subscription if you do not want to miss these valuable contributions to the history 'of Newberry county. s The Herald and News for many years has done a lot of this sort of work and in its files may be found some valuable history of the county, so that the future historian who has access to these files may find his work easy, I'~~ " I comparatively. SlTM>AY SCHOOL CONVENTION Interdenominational Convention to Meet?The ProgTam and the Speakers. Hie Newberry County Interdenominational /Snndav School association will hold its meeting at Mission church, two and a half miles east of Newberry, Wednesday and Thursday, j September 1 and 2, 1915. Program. 10:30 a. m.?Song service and devotional exercises, led by Rev. J. N. Booth. 10:45 a. m.?Enrollment of delegates. ? J J -? --I ^ V,r T-r,? I 11 a. m.?Aduress ui weiuouic uy ouv. C. Neel. Response by Norman <Wessinger. 11:30 a. m.?"The Aim and Purpose of tfce Sunday School," Dr. Geo. B. i Cromer and Rev. T. C. Croker. 12 m.?"The Bigness ol the Sunday School," Rev. E. W. Leslie and i-roi. t. W. Keitt. 12:30 p. m.?Adjournment and acquaintance meeting. ! 2 p. mSong service and devotional exercises, Rev. Y. von A. Riser. V- : " One of th r 1 i nmoroicH Begins Tuesday Mc Caldwell & i One of the greatest sales Edgings, Insertions, and ! the big sale, at yard Buy all you want. Values up to 12 l-2c yai No. 1, piled high, yard Va iiM nn fo 1 Sr and 2 counter No. 2, at yard See our big counter just a door, values up to 50c Caldwell & Phone 40 Jos. T. Hut I 4 per i m ON SAVI flf H The National of Newbe Save a Di Join Our Become a men one of our P Bai There's one w WKv not rail and get it. : The National Bai Newben " ~ - Af ~ **#%*??? M 2:lo p. m.?"urganizauon as a mcaua of Growth," Rev. R. H. Burriss. , 2:i30 p. m.?"How Training Secures Efficiency," Miss Bess Burton and Prof. 0. B. Cannon. 3 p. m.?"The Best Way to Select! the Sunday School Teacher," Rev. j Edw. Fulenwidcr and Thos. M. Mills. 3:30 p. m.?Reports of department J superintendents: Elementary classes,! Mrs. J. Sidney uerncK; auuu ctuu home visitation, Rev. Z. W. Bedenhaugh; home, Mrs. A. J. Bowers; teacher training, Rev. T. C. Croker; secondary?13 to 20 years?Miss Eugenia Epps; temperance, Mrs. J. M. | Workman; missions, Miss Lizzie Neel. | Adjournment. Wednesday Evening?8 O'clock. Address, "The Temperance Cause? Especially in View of the Approaching ; State-wide ElectionRev. C. E. Burts,1 D. D., of Columbia, S. C. i Thursday iMOrning. 10 a. m.?!Song service and devotion- j al exercises, led by Kev. w. Jtt. joouknight. 10:15 a. m.?"Growth of the Sunday School," (a) Intensive, 'Jno. C. Gog- j gans, Rev. W. J. Roof; (h) Extensive,; Rev. J. N. Booth, W. A. McSwain. 11 a. m.?"Growth Through Better j Teaching," Rev. S. C. Ballentine, Arthur Kibler 11:30 a. m.?"Every Member of the Church a Member of the Sunday Softool," Rev. E. D. Kerr, Dr. W. C. j Brown. 12 m.?"Reaching the Unchurched," Rev. I. M. Culberson, Prof. J. Sidney Wheeler. 12:30 p. m.?Adjournment for dinner. 2 p. m.?Song service and devotional exercises, Rev. W. E. Furcron. 2:15 p. m.?"The County Wo k," byPresident Carson and Secretary J. B. O'Neall Holloway. 2:45 p. m.?Business meeting. 3:30 p. m.?"After the Convention, What?".Rev. T?. E. Dibble, Rev. Jno. J. Long. , 4 p. m.?Song service, led by Rev. 1 S C. Ballentine. i Adjournment. - , If, for any reason, any of these ap e Greatest sry bales irning 9 O'clock at Haltiwanger's : pvpr hpM in Newherrv v v va mvaw *u iv ft arva ? J Match Sets all go in lc rd, on big counter 5c !0c yard, on big L8 you enter the 1 /\ yd, sale price, yd * "C Haiti wanger chison, Mgr. 1304 Main St. IvvtA A Havr line a iscly Fhrift Club iber by getting ocket Savings a Llltd aiting for you. at our bank nk of Newberry ry, S. C. pointees can not or will not serve, let me urge each one to notify me promptly, so that other appointments may be made. This is important. J. B. O'Neall Holloway, County Secretary. lest ?i Dfvwuireii 1J1C8, "The^ performance of Goodrich Silvertown cord tires last -Saturday at the races in unicago ana ues Moines seems to be the final proof tkat hereafter they will be regarded as a most important factor in any great speed contcst for automobiles," says Mr. E. C. Tibbitts, advertising director of the B. F. Goodrich company, Akron, Ohio. "There is no room for questioning the fact that they contributed in a considci>oVi1 a. Aacr-raa. t/\ tVlA CT\1 shfiW tlttUit V/V/ wv tij. v ings made by Resta, Cooper and Burman at i:he Chicago speedway, as well as to the eight cars finishing on fcem at Des Moines. Silvertowns are not l&ade specifically for racing tires. The grinding test of a race is what shows up the worth of a tire under unusual + /-vf onOO/1 3TlH WPAT Aside V/VSJUViJIAVS1AO V/l ww* v* " - frcm tr.e increased speed made possible with Silvertowns, the actual comfort and better control they grv-e to the driver of the car are indications of their advantages on cars in ordinary use. The secret of their success and of tfceir constantly increasing favor with motorists is in their cord construction?the two plies of flat, rubber-impregnated cord presenting a tire carcass which is distinguished not only by its difference from others, bit by its amazingly higher percentage of genuine tire service." The prisoner threw the magazine across his cell in disgust and cursed eloquently. '^Nothin' but continued stories," Ibe growled, "aricl rm xo De auug ucai. Tuesday."?Chicago Herald. Whenever You Need a General Toais Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a (ienerai ionic oecause it umuuua use well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives rat Malaria, Enriches the Blood and BaildsapUUe HmH,