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F VOL CUE rm-, STMBSB a 3EWBEBBY, S. C. FKEDAY, AUGUST 4. 1916. TWICE A WEEK, *U? A TSAA 15 PRESENT COTTON CROP Government Report Indicates Sudden Decrease in Prospects Owing tv r Damage During July. Wusliington, Aug. 1.?Heavy dam P S 10 Uie giUW iug tuuuu viu[j ut twee 11 June 25 and July 25 has caused a reduction of 1.350,000 bales in the prospective production. The August cotton report of the department of (agriculture, announced today, indicated a production of 12,916,000 equi\alent 500 pound bales compared fiiirt 'n'At; fnrpfflst from j v> 1 I, II Jl T.?vutvvv Kr*K*.>-*s the. condition of the crop June The. condition during the month [ dropped S.S to 72.3 per cent, of a normal. Reviewing cotton condition? for the month, the bureau of -crop estimates said: "The month ending July 25 has m been only fair for cotton in most of b ^the belt west of the Mississippi river 1 it? ,, o n H lin VfiTftblft ilUU 111 l cu::wocv uuu w east of the river and in Louisiana. t "Rains in the drought stricken southern coastal regidn of Texas permitted the planting of a considerable late acreage. The crop in the WestI ) ern belt 'is well cultivated and mois* ture conditions have been favorable, although the need for rain is now beginning to be felt. F "East of the Mississippi a severe stnrm fhroueh Dortions of Florida, Alabama .and iMississlppi early in July and an extremely heavy downpour at mid-July in the arolinas, together with heavy and almost constant rains during July throughout the entire Eastern belt have put the crop badly in the grass, leached out much of already deficient amount of fertilizer and greatly facilitated the activity of the - boll weevil, where present, and its continued spread. Th? rains at the close of the period in the Eastern belt were preventing much needed cultivation." L Condition of the growing cotton crop on July 25 indicates a total proW duction of 12,916,000 equivalent 500 f pound bales. That compares "with 14,266,000 bales forecast last month by the bureau of crop estimates bas ing its calculations on the condition L of the crop on Jun^ 25, and with 11.1?1,820 bales, last year's final proM duction, 16.134,-930 in 1914, 14,15 ,4S6 bal" in 1913 and 12,703,421 hales ia V 1912. The final output, however, wil! be larger or smaller than above forecast according as conditions here? ^ ~v^4.4.^., ^? TfM.oo tVion aver. <ntcr <11 C LTCL \JL n w sv _? >, age conditions. Conditions of the crop on July 25 as compiled from reports of agents iand correspondents in the cotton belt was placed at 72.3 per cent, of a normal, compared with 81.1 on June 25, 75.4 on July 25 last year, 76.4 in 1914 and 7S.5, the ten year average on July 25. -During the month storms caused some damage to the crop. In the Erst week weather was favonabH -.n. most places and the crop made satisfactory | growth, hut, owing to earlier un* favorable conditions, some fields were irregular and Tn places the plants were small and backward. Boll weevil wrere reported damaging the crop in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, 'Arkansas ana Louisiana. High wrinds and Heavy rains of a tropical storm did serious damage in portions of the central and esut Gulf + A iy r> or fVi a c ^wvrvr* WAfikV Mil fvV) CK.llCO uu: lug tuu otvvuu ??w*>.. * ?**%/? of the crop in the lowlands was flooded and uplands were badly washed and the crop otherwise injured. In f extreme western Florida the crop was damaged from 25 to 50 per cent, by x : J ?: c* A ^ Xfl6 Storm. ouuimueu laius tavui cm boll weevil increase and prevented mo*ch needed cultivation. In the western portion of the belt iand northern part east of the Mississippi weather was generally favorable and the crop made good progress. During- tiie latter parr or uie month some damage was sustained from fioods in the northeastern section. The weather west of the Misc sissippi was favorable, but in the Ea3t it was less so, especially in the lowlands. Increased damage by boll weevil was reported. c/sn-mnilpd Tiv fhp hnrpan of j w ? I crop estimates show the value of the I 1915 cotton crop was* 10 per cent. P^f more than t&at of 1914, while the f production was 30 per cent. less. ' Total value of the 1915 crop was $794,000,000 compared with $720,000,000 the value of the 1914 crop. The 1913 crop was valued at $1,027,000,^000. ! Lint was valued at $62S,000,000 for i the 1913 crop, p2.ing producers about 11.22 cents a pound as calculated on '.averages based upon monthly prices and monthly sales. For the 1014 1 ' crop the lint value was $591,000,000, i paying producers about 7.33 cents s. 'pound. i The value of seed of the 101." crop '> was $: 60.000,000, paying producers .*23.60 a ton compared with $123,000.- < 000. the.-value of the 1914 crop's seed i which paid producers $17.00 a ton. ] The 'increase is the i rice of the seed j over 1014 was greater than the in-! ' i icrc ;se in the price cf lint. i ! Comparisons of condition on Julyj 25, by States, follow: Ten' s T"1" Ti,?a T'i!r Vpq.r i r OUIJ UUiJ- -'-'t C 25 25 1915 1014 Av. t Va. ... 87 00 79 89 S2 \ j N. C. ..70 7 6 7S S6 79 ] S. C- .. 65 74 72 79 77 ? Ga. ..... 6S SO 76 S2 78 \ Fla. ... 62 S3 73 S6 SI l Ala. ... 54 79 71 81 78 Miss. .. 65 85 76 79 77 t ! La 77 84 75 76 76 c ! Texas . 78 81 76 71 79 r j Ark. ... 85 89 80 72 SO j 1 Tenn. . 82 84 85 73 82 . ? 1 Mo. ... 80 74 83 75 82 t Okla. ..84 84 69 75 79 I Cal 100 108 96 100 <S>99 y |U. S. .. 72.3 81.1 75.4 76.4 78.5 I i a { -^Six year average. I The next report will be issued. Thursday, August 31, and "will show j the condition of cotton on August 25. j >' v #>! <3> A NEWBERRY'S' NEEDS ! . ?! j Editor The Herald and News: j I Much has been said regarding the j , needs of Xewborrv to mike it grow.,, r Accepting the statement that a small j t town mav encourage the organization j j and operation of small enterprises j: ; without much outlay of capital. New- j { berry should be able to support ad-', | vantageously the following: L 1 I fnr farm nrn- ! l X* .1 X UMIAV MM i_ . ^ duce. This could be run in coopera-1 : tion with a wholesale produce house, j ^ I creating both a local and an outside ' 2 demand for the farmer's goods, thus i | . stimulating the art of truck farm- \ ! ing. i ( ! 2. A Trust Company which would ; 1 give the small as well as the large j i testator a guarantee of an equitable j: settlement of his estate for a small j 2 ' nominal fee. This would encourage j ( ! tne placing or estates m nauus ui. j i j competent public officials, giving to j i i incompetent heirs their rightful prop- ! i : erty, and an opportunity investment 1 J for saving it. SucIl a company could < ! be run in cooperation with a good \ I strong bank. < | 3. Another Textile Mill. . Based s ! upon present market values of both ( : raw material and finished products, t j a cotton duck mill or a knitting mill t ! hp a naviner nroDOsition. A' i ^ still smaller plant which seems to be ' j a profitable business, is that manu- ( j factoring towels and damasks. I 4. A City Hospital. According to ? . .general opinion (Newberry can well 1 support a small hospital. There is a 1 - . / ; general conception of its economic j value, especially as to the health, of 1 j the community. 1 | 5. A'Free Pablie Library. Every * 1 educational center should possess a ' '' public library. 6. A Live Chamber of Commerce j j run on the cooperative plan. In fact . such an organization is essential to i _ < i encourage tne promotion or an enterS prises and institutions. Being alive to the necessity of these : | we gain the attention and respect of , j outside promoters?men of the mili lion dollar class who are seeking good . | fields for the investment of their ^ j surplus. Some are interested in rail- ( . roads and others in targe manufacf- < ! uring enterprises. { "Citizen." Newberry, Aug. 1. The county campaign held forth at ? I Longshore yesterday. < i ilEl'TSCHLASD OFF FOR RETURN TOYAGE koeni^ Confident He Will Be Able to trade Allied Warships and Arrive Safely in Fatherland's Port V Baltimore, Aug". 1.?The Dentscli-1 land nassed ('ore Point, >Id? 00 miles ' <o!?tfc of here, at 11:3-> p. m. Annapolis, .Mil., Ausr. 1.?The i iJejitschiand passed Annapolis at S;4r# >Vioek sk-aniina: aiiout 12 miles <!ji . ::>r. The V.vz T5m?nins alone v?a> ;>ay?yini;. .The yacht Valiant wit2i. ?Iii?t?:i?ni].hers aboard put into this !i;rt and reported the trip thus far inevcntiul. .The coast jjrtiard catter it kon loit the J>eutscl?!and at Port Carrol. j Paltimore. Au-. I.?The German ;unmaiine merchantman Deutschland ailed from Baltimore today on a reurn voyage to Germany with a decaratioii from her commander, (''apt.; ^aul Koenig, that he would tike her safely home in spite cf the allied ? ?: 4.4 ?-. Ka*? r\ *? rim , A <irSlllp& Wclltlll^ IU1 liCl ta^ ? ax ;inia capes. The submersible was towed out of he slip where she was berthed 23 lays ago at 5:40 o'clock this afterloon and it is expected that she will >ut into Newport News between 8 md 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Af- j er getting into midstream the tow; ine of the tug Thomas F. Timmins vi-js cast off and the LWtschlT.rd proceeded down the Patapsco river under ier own power. The Timmins went >n nno ciHo to eniard OUtter A'issachitkon on th-^ ocher, and the )olice boat Lannan Sirouaht up the ear to prevent undue crowding by he fleet of launches Ihir. foll">x.v,\ ! Annapolis 3^ miles soi".h '?f here, eported that the Deutschland passed here at S:45 o'clock, steaming about 2 miles an "hour. The tug Timmins ilone was convoying and o:ily ore essel was following, a newspaper . lispatch boat. Weather conditions at hat time were favorable. Capt. Koenig and his crew of 27 i nen put to sea with the knowledge hat a man had telephoned agents of i :he entente allies that the Deutscii- j .snd had started. They knew how he ; lad watched at the end of a nearb/ ( ner, day ana night, but the captain vent out of Baltimore harbor smiling ; tnd waving his cap. His last words the harbor were of praise for Amer- j Gu and for his treatment here by j customs authorities. He said he came i lere ' dubious" about his reception. Pant Koenisr said he had learned i hat eight warships of the entente j lilies were waiting for him at the: idge of the three mile limit, spread out j n a radius of five miles. "We shall i ! lave to pass unseen within that radius j n order to escape," he said. "We shall j lave to make that passage under con- | litions not entirely advantageous to1 is. Were the water at that poiit leeper i>; woul: be easier. We could submerse -ieejilv enough to pass ur.- ; ierneath the warships but the water here is not 150 feet deep. We shall, herefore. have to pass between the varships." Thre were not more than a turn- ; ired persons in the vicinity of the >ier when the Deutschland started md besides two newspaper dispatch 3oats there were only- four launches n the stream. The spectators iheered and waved handkerchiefs in mison with the cheering and waving j 'rem the sailors on board the North ; German Lloyd steamer Neckar. On j :he conning tower of the submersible :here was ,a huge basket of roses and vhite flowers, the last gift of a Balti- : I nore admirer. In the morning the river leading ):)t into the channel for a mile from :he "Deutschlands pier was dragged, i rhe search for something which j night have injured the Deut3Cland i K&s without result. The manifest of the 'Deutschland's , eturn carsro "has not been mode public i Dut in addition to large quantities of; ?rude rubber and nickel it is believed ?he carried several hundred thousand dollars in -gold. Mr. P. E. Anderson "will leave on NT-ondav for New York to buy the fa*! 'fork for the Anderson Dry Goodi 7mpany. 6EKATE ADOPTS RELIEF MEASURE Southern Members Prepared to Meet Any Opposition to Urgent Necessity Bill. Washington, Aug. 1.?Without a dissenting vote the senate today pass- j cd- the .pint resolution providing fori an appropriation of .>."40.000 for the ' relief of the flood sufferers in North j riouth Carolina and Alabama. Tomorrow Representative Harrison of Vis.-.issippi, a member of the house rules committee, will ask t'.;e hoase ro adopt the resolution. As tomorrow is unanimous consent day a single objection would, prevent the passage . 01 tne resolution. But Southern members are prepared for such, an emergency and oald there be objeeticn, Representative Pou of North Carolina, chair- ; man of the rales committee, will bring ; in i special rule providing for the I passage of the measure. The money is expected therefore to' he available for use within a very fe-v j days. It is to be disbursed under the j direction of the secrefarv of war and : i will provide immediate relief for i tnose wno neea tooa, ciotnmg ana medicine. It will also provide for, I seeds which can be used for crops maturing before the first frosts. In combating the Republican op-1 position to the measure when it was introduced early today by Senator Underwood, Southern senators assert- { ed that conditions were far worse I than had been represented in press ; dispatches and that in no other way i than by federal, relief couki destitution vbe/met. i "Thy disaster in these Southern I St-arWs is .,s great proportionately as the San Francisco earthquake or the Uiiio flood." saia senator unaerwooa. i "The general public does not realize this because many of the districts are remote and lines of communication j have been destroyed tin s making it impossible to get all the details before the public.'' Senators Smoot <and Penrose ledj the fight azainst inr.ie Ijate considera- j tion of the resosu'u;;. They assert-^ ed that it was but an illustration of Democratic extravagance :-,nd insist- j en tnat tne resolution ne reierrea 10 : the appropriations committee for con-! sideration. Senator Smoot said hej did not know what the people of Utah, who had often suffered disas ters to croo without being according i federal aid. would think o! the appro- ; priation if ,-igreed to. Senators Overman, Simmons, 'Smith of South Carolina, Vardaman, Bankhead. Randsell and others spoke in favor of immediate action hp the senate, but the measure finally was referred to committee. The appropriations committee immediately was called in special session and, alter' 'hearing a repor? from the war department describing the extent of the disaster and recommending relief for the homeless people, it recommended that the senate adopt the resolution. When the measure finally was reported it was put through the senate out of the regular order of business without opposition. I INDORSE PARKER BUT NOT HUGHES j Demand for l&tincation of Republiean Nomination Brings Chorus of Indignation. New Orleans, Aug". 1.?The Louisiana. St^te Progressive convention held 'Tip~? tndnv indorsed the nomination of, John M. Pp.rVrer for vice president, but did not ratify the national committee's action in indorsing Charles E. Hughes, Republican nominee for president. Instead the convention adopted a resolution instructing that Mr. Parker's name be placed on the ballot under the Bull Moose emblem, ns vice president, but that the space reserved for the name of the candidate for president he left blank. The ten presidential electors selected were instructed as to the candidate for whom they should vote if elected. Harmony marked the proceeding nvnanti/iri /if /in o W I'CIl liic c.wgjmuu 1/1 when ;a. delegate assorted "he thought the convention ought +o make a specific declaration for Mr. Hughes. At the mention of 'Mr. Hughes' name shouts of "No, no!" "You're out of order-" "Put him out-'' ">We agreed to keep off that subject!" came from all parts of the hall. Tho chairman ruled the speaker out of order and after considerable confusion he sat down. In the resolutions committee there was a sharp contest over a proposed resolution to ratify the nation,.)! committee's indorsement of the Republican candidate. After much argument ;-:;d persuasion the resolution was tabled "because of the effect it might have re or. local conditions affecting ^iie .p, ,rty," according to several of the leaders. A resolution was adopted reaStrmi mg allegiance to i'.:c Progressive platform adopted fcv the Chicago convenJ tion last June and oWgir % :iie Louis-; i;T,i Progressives permanently to maintain the partv in the State. * ! }Ir. Parker attended the convention an:; made a speech explaining why he has not withdrawn as the vice presi-j dentia! nominee and urged the continuance of te party's existence. He said: "I kr^ew just before I j received the unsought nomination for ! I T'' ~ ~ f tl-iof C r\ 1 PnAC^Vfilt ]"J mi v it c i;: caiucut mui wv*. iwwwvv.v . , sent an indefinite statement as to what his attitude would be if nomin,:t-! ed for president and I felt it my duty to ray State and to the Progressive party to stand absolutely true to my pledge and do all I could to make this a permanent political party. The failure of the national committee to comply with the mandate of the national convention to nominate a candidate for president does not affect my unnmonsly nomination. "The nomination was a graceful tribute, not to the man. but to the section of the country from which he came, and coming from men of the East. Xorth and Werrt. showed for the first rime a party big ana broad enough to wipe out all sectional lines and unite in the brittle for humanity and a better nation." cut price of oil Shreveport, La., Aug. 1.?Pipe lines companies with headquarters here today cut the price of Caddo and De Soto light oil 10 cents a barrel, the second cut within a week, reducing Cacido :o 1.35 and De Soto to $1.25. T', ~ TT.n e, O V| - r-r? i n ??p r? c; HTt P 1 11 CI C w ao a. MMVk ? lightning on Tuesday night. LUMORATIOX BILL PLACED ON SHELF Resolution Binding Majority Members Clears Way for Fight on Child LaJbor. Washington, July 31.?Democratic senators in caucus tonight voted to postpone action on the immigration bill until the next session of congress and adopted, 38 to 0, a resolution binding all Democratic senators to that decision. A resolution then wa3 adopted, 32 to 7, pledging the majority to vote down any attempt to attach the immigration measure to the child labor bill as a rider. The binding resolution, the first of that nature imposed by a Democratic caucus for several years, was put fhrmi?rh hv nartv leaders to whiD into line a group of Southern senators who had announced they would support an effort to saddle the child labor4 bill, which they oppose, with an immigration rider including the literacy test section in the hope that President Wilson would veto it. The seven senitors who voted against the resolution. pledging defeat of the immigration rider were Senator Bankhead and rnderwoo-d of Alabama, ' Martin anc Swanson of iVirginia, Simmons and, Overman of North Carolina and Beck- j ham of Kentucky. It stated that any amendment introducing a subject not germane to child labor legislation should be tabled. Senator Overman declined to vote on the binding resolution. In voting to postpone action on im- i migration until next session a resolution was adooted nroviding- that if ef * w ? forts to get an agreement in advance for a date to tal*e it up failed, it should become tlie first business of ( the session in December. The question of considering immi-. \ * i o ALLIES PRESS HARD OX TEUTONIC LINES Beginning of War's Third Year Finds Entente forces Pushing Offensive. Germany enters upon the third year of the war with her forces in nearly all portions of the main theatres of operations on the defensive, and | with her lines at numerous places in France and Russia pressed back from where they stood a year ago. , H- r >!lies also hare yielded th"1 in itiative to the entente almost everywhere^-tke Austro-Hungarians in VoJhynia and Gaiicia. and in Italy, respectively. to tiie Russians and the Italians and the Turks, in Asia Minor to the Russians, in addition along the Greek frontier unofiiciil reports indicate that Serbs, British ana French, are preparing to throw down the gage of battle to the Bulgarians and the soldiers of the central powers. The Russians, according to the latest Petrograd communication, arc continuing their forward march against the Teutons in the Stokhod river region of Volhynia, and there have captured the entire Thirty-first Honved regiment, together with its commander and starf. To the south, near Brody. the Russians also are ^ , r pressing the Austro-uermans who are answering the attack by bombarding i Brody and the crossings of the Boldn rcvka river, endeavoring to hold their lines of defense. Large reinforcements are being brought up to keep the Russians from additional gains toward their objective, Lemberg. ; While an unofficial report froir Petrograd says the Russians have crossed the Stokhod river between the \ Kovel-Sarny and Kovel-Rojitche railroads, Berlin says that on both sides o[ the Kovel-Sarny railway, south of the Turga river, and on both, sides of the Lipa, attacks by the Russians against Gen. von Linsin^en's troops ? ? TT-i'-fU i-?5Cn3THAQ v\ ci c icj/uiocu v?im jj.aa.Tj vuuu(??vW j to the attackers, 'and that nearly 2,000 Russians were taken prisoners. In the ; sector of Buczacz, Galicia., Russian attacks, were also repulsed, Berlin asserts. In the Somme region of France the British and the French are consolidating positions won Sundj.y. The , French were forced to sustain counterattacks Monday in the Hem. wood and at the Manacu farm, which Paris I says were put down with serious losses to the Germans. There was nu v. fighting on the British front durjiftg ; the day. In the Astico valley the Italians 1 are keeping up their pressure against ^ | the Austrians on Monte Cimone, and fctave put down Austrian attacks in in the Adige valley and the Travignolo | valley. ! T>o<-r/\crrflrt rAnnrts further advance I X V,V* v/0-~ ~r- - - ! for the Russians in the region of \ I Erzingan, Turkish Armenia, and the repulse of a Turkish .attack in the Mosul district, while Constantinople says the Turks have driven the Russians from Revanduz and are purs<uj ing them toward the Persian border. The British casualties in all the war theatres during July number 7,084 anH KS M1 mfill. * I gration before adjournment was briefj ly debated in the senate earlier in the day, and a motion by Senator Poini dexter (Republican) to take the meisi | ure up immediately was vu-ted down, ti to 17, all the Democrats opposing it. During discussion Senator Stone arraigned senators who he said were seeking to displace the senate's regu lar orders with matters purely politic| al and warned his colleagues that they j might as well reserve their political arguments for the stump because the j newspapers would not print them and [ they only would "slumber in The Con^ ! gressional Record." Pointing to the senate gallery and addressing himself to the correspondents he continued: *Tf you fellows exerc.se good judg meet, you will use about a fmgerfu! of this political debate. If you use more, your editors probably will throw it into the waste basket." "Those fellows up there," he added, turning tagain to the senate, "when they hear us wrangling about thes? political arguments, merely go out side and eay to each other. 'The dcgs are barking again.'" i t /