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LEARNS OF PLANS FOR COTTON BAN STATE DEPARTMENT GETS OFFICIAL INFORMATION. United States May Object to Britain's Purpose to Make Staple \\ ?il* I Uuttauauu vi not. T1\p State t Washington, Aug. 14.?Information confirming reports that England maysoon put cotton on the contraband list has reached the state department from official sources, it was learned today. 'Ambassador Page at London is said to have advised t':e administration that, despite reluctance of the British government to take this step, public ciamor for a new blow at Germany may compel action. Aa informal protest to the British foreign office is being considered, according to authentic reports. This 'would precede a formal note. Presi 'dent Wilson and the state department are daily in receipt of appeals and! protests from cotton interests regarding tf;e obstructions already inFtituted by England against cotton commerce. They are also urging action to forestall placing cotton on the British contraband list. The president is aevoung mucn time to study of the cotton situation.! It will be referred to in a section of the forthcoming note to Great Britain regarding her general interference, particularly by Iher orders in council, witla American commerce. This note will be completed in a few days. Sir Cecil . Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, accompanied by a United States secret service guard, is due &ere .early next week from his summer home in Massachusetts, to go over the note with Secretary Lansing. BANKERS PROMISE HELP FOR GRADUAL MARKETING v Conference of Southern Financiers De r>i . i js i J Teiops rleases oi aju iu jikvi Complication of Situation* * ' ? i i Galveston, .Aug. 14.?Representative bankers from eight cotton growing States today pledged themselves to j stand solidly behind the producers in j an effort to secure a fair and uniform price for cotton, and in this they pledged the support of the four Southern federal reserve banks. The means by which it is proposed the perpetuation of the Cotton States Bankers' conference, t):e next meeting of which will be called for November or December. Joseph Hirsch of Corpus Christi, Texas, president of the Texas State Bankers' association, proposed the conference held today. The meass by wind: it is proposed to secure to the producers a fair price for C:eir staple is the gradual marketling cotton. The bankers agreed to ;a.dTance money to the farmers on cot sion securities and the federal DanK representatives agreed to rediscount this paper. Thus tj.ey hope to offer no more cotton than the market will Instantly absorb. The purpose of such graduated marketing is not speculative, It is pointed out, but for the benefit of the producers. In the meeting today presidents of .'five State bankers' associations, representatives of three federal reserve banks, and numerous prominent clear ing l';ouse representatives took part. T'nanimity of opinion marked the discussion and the opinion of the "bankers, as expressed, was that the financial South is solidly behind them.! There were 72 bankers present. That tJ-e federal reserve banks are :in sympathy with the movement was indicated by the interest shown by W. T"* ^ rr "Vini O r? A f JT. \3. Hdl UlUg, Viia.iiij.ia.il U1 nic 46U- . eral reserve board. In a telegram to , Mr. Hirsch, Mr. Harding expressed a willingness to meet with a committee of Southern bankers in Birmingham 1 on August 25. Pursuant to this expression, a committee is composed of one representatives from each State, Tiearlv all the members are presi idents of their respective State bankers' associations. The formation of an association of Southers bankers had been one of the plans of the leaders in calling the meeting held here today, but after the delegates arrived it was decided to ^abandon this plan. 30Y A/T LEXINGTON LOOKS FOE MOTHER 3B#rie Parker Taken From the Train -oil Which He Hoped to Reach OreenYflle. "The "State. Lexington, Aug. 12.?A boy giving ills name as Earle Parker and his age as 11 years, was taken from a Southern railway freight train "by the Bgent, M. D. Denny, here today. Hbe lad was turned over to Sheriff Miller, who will detain him until an effort can be made to communicate with his parents. The boy declares that he w^s driven from horns by his father, J. f M. Parker, a weaver in the Capital j City mills in Colombia. He said he : was going to his mother at Greeni ville. i The boy was poorly clad, and when . he was introduced to a bath and new clothes by the sheriff and Mrs. Miller, he experienced a novelty. The boy declares that his father left his mother in Greenville, forcing him to accompany him to Columbia. He says that his fat!', er secured board at the home I of Mr. and Mrs. Dabbs in the Capital i City mill village. His mother, accordI ing to the lad's story, is living with : her mother at 33 Norwood street, j Greenville. The boy is anxious to return to his mother. Solicitor Timmerman is interested in the case and will make a personal investigation. IX5VALID? DESPAIR LEADS TO SUICIDE Mrs. Johnson, Wife of State House Watchman, Takes Her Own Life. . The State, 13th. 1 (Mrs. John C. Johnson committed suicide early yesterday morning by shooting herself in the right temple i with her husband's pistol. Mrs. John| son had been in ill health for several months and despondency induced by her enfeebled condition caused the rash act. At different times she has threatened to take her own life, and her husband and children had been exi tremely wary in preventing her from harming herself. Mr. Johnson is day watchman at the capitol and wnen making preparations to come to Ibis work about 5 o'clock yesterday morning he left his pistol i on the dresser and went to the porch for a pitcher of water. Immediately Mrs. Johnson locked the room door and fired a bullet into the right temple, the ball plowing its way clear through the head. Dr. B. H. K. Kreps was summoned, but the patient was beyond the relief of medical skill. The I bod}'' was taken to Graniteviiie on tne [ 6 o'clock train yesterday afternoon, ! for interment today. The family lived originally in that section. Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband, one son and one daughter. The children are about 16 and 18 years old. The family lives on the 1000 block of Oak street, having only a few | weeks ago moved from Shandon Annex. Mrs. Napier, the mother of the dead woman, was with the family at the \ time of t&e fatal incident. ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF I> SESSION IS COLUMBIA j "lfnvftr Griffith thA TJpIp. 1 gates In Behalf of the Capital City. News and Courier. Columbia, Aug. 11.?Sessions of the convention of the South Carolina Association of the Deaf were held in the assembly tall of the Imeprial hotei j ? -w. /V O Vt r?r> A ^Allf 7* I cms mui aiug nuu aiiciuuuu. amwui members of the association from all! sections of tf':e State are in attendance. \ 'Among the visitors at the convention! are Dr X. P. Walker, president of the f!edar Snrinsr institute, and his son. W. I Laurens Walker, an instructor at the j same institute. The first session this morning was opened by an address by Lewie 'A. Griffith, mayor of Columbia, wfco welcomed ! the association to this city, and gave I an historical sketch of the education | of the deaf, dumb and blind in the Uni- j ted States. His remarks were inter-! preted to the audience by W. L. j Walker, the official isterpreter of thej ,'osvention. t Misses Mamie Duncan, daughter of i .T. W. H. Duncan of Columbia, in an | ; apt address welcomed the association 1 ! in the name of the deaf of Columbia, j I Tl TT /-vr. n ? A f I. n. v uiciiiaii in au tuuqucm. au- i : -Iress responded in behalf of the asso-1 1 ciation. Governor Manning and SuperintendI ont of Education Swearingen were on rhc- program for addresses, but were out of the city on 'other engagements. A duet, "Paddle Your Own Canoe, by Miss Mamie Duncan and Miss Carrie Smoak, was very enjoyable. Speaking of Watch Dogs. "Now that you've moved out to the suburbs, Jones, you ought to keep a I wafch dog." ! "'Nothin' doin'?I had a small watcfo | dog, wound him one night, set him by tne granaratner ciock m tne front hail and went to bed." "Well?" "Well, that night a bnrglar came and tfbe little watch dog was so scared he didn't spring." "Why?" j "I guess his main spring was broken."?Florida Times-Union. eons Old Son#; Other itomedtes Won't Cars. - he worst cases, no matter of how long sta-din*. are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing: Oil. It relieves ?a:a and Heals at tb<* same time. 2550c, J1.0U * APPEAL OF PAN-AMERICA SOUNDS PATRIOTIC NOTE Appeal of Pan-America ?s?Handset Washington, Aug. 14.?The PanAmerican appeal to Mexico, now being delivered to the chiefs of factions j and governors of States, was made I public tonight by the state department. Without even an intimation of armed intervention, it calls upon the leaders to meet somewhere in Mexico on neutralized ground, in a conference "to adopt the first steps necessary to the constitutional reconstruction of ,the country" and to issue a call for im. mediate elections. The services of the United States or any of t5~e other Pan1 'American conferees are offerd as intermediaries to arrange the meeting. The appeal, although addressed to the political and military leaders, takes the form of an announcement to the Mexican people themselves. As made public by tJ-e department the document is prefaced by this announcement: To the People. "The Mexican people are informed that the following communication has been sent to many prominent persons in Mexico who possess authority or military power witfcin the republic." Then follows this appeal, dated at Washington, August 11'. "The undersigned, the secretary of state of the United States, the ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Brazil, Chile and Argentina, and tine envoys extraordinary and j ministers plenipotentiary of Bolivia, i Uruguay and Guatemala, accredited to the government of the United Stales of America, acting severally and independently, unanimously send to you the following communication: "Inspired by the most sincere spirit of American fraternity, and convinced that they rightly interpret the earnest wish of the entire continent, have met informally at the suggestion of the secretary of state of the United States to consicer ihe Mexican situation and to ascertain whether their friendly and disinterested help could be successful: ly employed to re-establisft peace and constitutional order in our sister republic. Appeal to Patriotism. "In the heat of the frightful struggle which for so long has steeped in blood the Mexican soil, doubtless all may well i':ave lost sight of the dissolving effects of the strife upon the most vital conditions of the national existence, not only upon the life and and liberty of the inhabitants, but upon the prestige and security of the country. We can not doubt, towever?no one can doubt?that in the presence r\ Q a ntTWO ?-> r* r\ Aft 1 pMftM i fti w vi a. iiipauieLnj ayycai lium lucii brothers of America, recalling to them these disastrous effects, asking tfcem to save C-eir motherland from an abyss?no one can doubt, we repeat, that the patriotism of the men who lead or aid in any way the bloody strife will not remain unmoved; no one can doubt that each and every one of them, measuring in itis own conscience his share in the responsibilities r>f nast misfnrhinp and looking for ward to his share in the glory of the pacification and reconstruction of t5':e country, will respond nobly and resolutely to this friendly appeal and give their best efforts to opening the way to some saving action. Hope for Harmony. "We. the undersigned, believe that if the men directing the armed movements in Mexico?whet!-er political or military chiefs?should agree to meet, either in person or by delegates, far from the sound of cannon, and with no inspiration save the thought of their afflicted land, there to exchange ~ J J i- 4-1, - iue<4i> a.uu to uetci mine iue ia?.c ui their country from such action would result in a strong and unending agreement for t?e creation of a provisional government which can adopt the first steps necessary to the constitutional reconstruction of thevcountrv?and to issue the first and most essential of them all, the immediate call to general elections. "An adequate place within the Mex! ican frontiers, which for the purpose j might be neutralized, should serve as | the seat of the conference; and in or der to bring about a conference of the nature desired, tfte undersigned will act as intermediaries to arrange the time, place and other details of such conference if this action can in any way aid the Mexican people. "The undersigned expect a reply to this communication witibin a reasonable time, and consider that such a time would be ten days after the com munication is delivered, suDjeci 10 prorogation for cause. "Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the United States. "D. Da. Gama, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil. "Edo. Saurez-Mujica, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile. "R. S. Xaon, Ambassador Extraordi^ A D1 on i n/\f an f l o r tr f\? A t* crort - Iiiai'V auu J. V/i. tina. 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As replies are asked for within ten days tV>Q onnoal i<i rPP.eived. nO fUT CI I LC| tut. uy^vv*i -s/ ? ~ y ?__ ther meeting of the Pan-iAmerican conference is planned until they haive been received or it may be apparent tftat some of the Mexicans addressed do not propose to reply. 'The conferees confidently expect within a reasonable time enough favorable replies to warrant them in ex1' *? -.J A n CPA frtr O I tending inezr cuu lu auaugc iui wv proposed peace congress. Carranza's attitude still is a matter of speculation here. Although his position thus far has been regarded as defiant, it is hoped the friendly tone j of the appeal may lead him to open N IN U U IN (J t M L IN ces f. o. b. 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NO^^OD 'ITH FlSK SERVIC ,OW PR Vith Plain Tread Ca Other Standard Ma) i - 12.20 41x34 ; 20.00 41x36 - 20.35 5 x37 rices, but at the same time v which is made possible onl 4-i.rvv-k Tkio ofofcmanf ic Karl LLIUXXt JL X11C ClUlV^lllV/llw i<j k/uv/j d experience in building a stri the Fisk Non-Skid is mad< my when you investigate. Tires For Sale By RDY MOWER Newberry Negotiations witf'a the conferees. It generally is believed he will reply by /% Ail M f AT?nT*AT\ APO 1 O S"\ f ATY1 O I iuai\lllg tuuuici pi upuoaio ^/JL svm\^ sort. Should Carranza make no reply whatever, it is expected the conferees will accept the invitation of other faci tions to arrange details for a peace conference without his participation. In suDDort of a government not rep 1 resenting all of the factions probably it would become necessary to extend the plans of the Pan-American conference. An embargo on ^rms against ^ 1- - ? t- fVl A nATt? lorces wmun uiig<ui upyuac iuc government probably would be the first step. Argumentum Ad Feminam. Representative Bowdle of Gbio, whose vigorous speech on anti-suffer age was the feature of last month's suffrage debate, sat at a recent dinner party in Washington beside a suffragist, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. The suffragist, desirous of showing woman's serfdom or servitude, said: "Mr. Bowdle, why does a woman when sfte marries a man, take his name . August 2, 1915: f 390.00 440 00 640 00 advance in these it there will be no luyers B ? he announcement 10 Ford ears bewould share profrom $40 to $60 on :ars m the time ivill be distributed Retail purchasers * coupons, proper*rs of Ford cars 3y thoroughly beditions generally of future profit irage I m"~ 1 "Mrni; 11"" i"'' i 'IBif Ml 9NHH r if ICES sing Prices kes 27.30 28.70 33.90 * /e offer the best tim y by increased prosed by our years of ctly quality product. Mtrfc Reg. U. S. Par. Off. Sn Time to Re-tire ? Vx* (Bey FUk) But Mr. Bowdle, desirous of showing woman's sheltered and easy economical position, smiled and answered: "Why does she take everything else he's got?" Just the Job For Him. He was ti':e slowest boy on earth, says the Kansas City Sta r, and had been fired at three places in two weeks, so his parents had apprenticed him tn o naturalist iH? But even he found him slow. It took Ibim two hours to Cfe naries their seed, three to stick a pin through a dead butterfly and four to pick a convolvulus. The onLy point about him was that he was willing. "An^ twViof " liavin<r snant AUU " uao, uc mm a whole afternoon changing tfce gold fishes' water, "shall I do now, sir?" The naturalist ran his fingers through his locks. "Well, Robert," he replied at last, "I think you migjtt take the tortoise out for a run." Smoking diminishes hunger, and should, therefore, be avoided shortly before meals. -4* I