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SUMTER COTTON PLAN I ADOPTED LAST WEEK WHAT IS KNOWN AS BELSER SCHEME ORIGINATING AT SUMTER AS AMENDED. HOLD F0RJ2 CENTS. Senator Ellison I). Smith Attended The Meeting and Addressed the Del egates,?Governors Will be Asked T nirielntinn \f o L imat a tu ?^v\ n i^v^iniaiivii iuai\ui^ iivuui" tion of Acreage Enforceable by Law. About 100 delegates from the counties of the State met in Columbia last week in the State Cotton Congress to try to formulate some definite plan to stay the demoralizing condition of the cotton market, to guarantee a better price, and cut down the acreage for 1915. The plan finally adopted was that prepared by the Sumter delegation and offered by R. R. Reiser of that county. Its main provisions are: That no cotton shall be sold prior to October 1, 1914, for less than 12 cents a pound. That a Statewide campaign be j cf orl n/1 o t Aii/in f/\ t/v ' ouu (it v/iivv. iv/ i iiti i\i |/i vn iciv/ii 11/ hold as much as one-third of the crop off the market for one year if necessary, to guarantee the price of 12 cent therefor. That the acreage for the 1915 crop be curtailed at least 50 per cent; this estimate to be based on the 1914 crop. Vigorous campaigns arc to be prosecuted in every county to secure pledges as to this reduction. Legislation is Sought. To render the agreement effective the president and the executive committee of the congress were empowered to memoralizc the governors of the nine cotton growing States to call upon their legislatures to enact : laws to validate this pledge as to re- 1 duction. It was agreed that voluntary ; agreements to cut down the acreage : or pledges to raise only so many bales to the mule would be ineffective unless strengthened by the strong arm of the law. This amendment was of- 1 fered by W. A. Stucky of Lee county. 1 W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw was '' called upon for an opinion as to the 1 con stitutionality of State compulsion ' in the matter of the proposed de- ' creased planting of 1915. He believed ! that this act of emergency lay within the proper police powers of the 1 State, and cited two recent cases in * South Carolina to support this view. 1 W. D. Black of Barnwell offered a substitute resolution, which provided ' that fertilizer companies and banks ( be compelled to accept cotton as collateral for outstanding notes on a 12 cents price basis, the notes to be extended one year. He urged that the < agreement between the farmers and 1 the creditors should be that the cot- ton should be held one year, if neces- 1 sary. This plan, he argued, would re- 1 lire from b,OUU,UUU to W,uuu,uuu bales, ? would issue necessary funds. The < on which the national banking system 1 cotton manufacturers, he said, would ' consume the remaining (>,000,000 or ' 7,000,000 and would pay a reasonable , price therefor. This was finally accepted as an additional resolution, supplementing the Sumter plan. It was also amended to the effect that fetilizer companies should be called upon to agree to sell only one-half the puantity of fertilizre next year as was sold for the last crop. Emergency Currency. Senator E. 1). Smith was present and took a lively part in the discussion, particularly in that relative to the provision of funds that would enable the farmers to hold their cotton. Emergency currency, under the Aldrich-Vreeland act, is to be placed in the banks on a 3 per cent, basis, with an additional increase of one-half per cent, each month until the interest rate has reached 6 per cent. To'enable the farmers to procure a better contract with the banks, Senator Smith offered a resolution, to memoralize congress to reduce the ex^ pense of issuing emergency currency. Senator Smith's resoluton was adopted without dissent and reads:. "Resolved: That this meeting hereby memoralizes congress to materially reduce the expenses of issuing cur; . rency under the Aldrich-Vreeland act to the banks, provided, the benefits thereby accruing be accorded to the planters dealing with the banks, to the extent of the reduction so provided." Senator Smith Speaks. Senator Smith favored the idea of compulsory reduction. The conditions, now, he argued, were difTeren* from what thev were ten vears aero. when the orgaization movement began. Then there was a market for the cotton, though the price was low. Now the growers have planted and raised a crop on the basis of the world's annual consumption, and there is no market to handle the crop. The great BATTLE IN THE AIR FOUGHT OVER PARIS THREE GERMAN AEROPLANES HOVERED OVER CITY AND WERE ATTACKED. RIFLES ANOJACHINE GUNS Stationed on Roofs and Towers Tried to Hit the Air Ships,?Germans Mounted on Higher Levels Finally Quit the Air Field. By the latter days of last week it was pretty well understood all over the world that there had been great fighting among the opposing forces of the Old World in the European conflicts; but the news as to where it all was and the results of great battles, if !111V WJl s )inf fori Vinnminfi' V nn?o dispatches stated last Thursday that the capital of France had been changed from Paris to Bordeaux. The latter city is 35S miles southwest of Paris. This move was stated to be only a temporary arrangement. A proclamation announcing this change of the capital was issued on September 3rd. The proclamation was issued by the minister of the interior, who said the decision had been taken solely upon the demand of the military authorities because the fortified places of Paris, while not necessarily likely to be attacked, would become the pivot of the field operations of the two armies. A fight in the air over Paris took place on Wednesday of last week and no doubt had much to do with this changing of the capital. Three German aeroplanes hovered over the capital and immediately two French machines were sent up to engage them. Meanwhile rifles and machine guns mounted on public buildings kept up a cntistilllf firn T}\r f Viio moono vv 1?W > v <11 V? WHO tllVUUO UllVof the German machines became separated from the others and the French aviators Hew swiftly in its direction. The Germans opened fire to which the Frenchmen replied vigorously. The engagement seemed to turn to the disadvantage of the German, who mounted speedily to a higher level, and holding this position, was saved from further attack. He finally disappeared in a northwest direction over Fort Romainville after a vain pursuit. The other German aeroplane also escaped the fire of the guns and after circling about for a considerable time, disappeared from view. It was expected that news of several great battles would reach this country before the end of the week. Stays in Paris. The diplomatic corps, excepting the embassy of the United States, accompanies the government to Bordeaux. Embassador Herriek's decision to remain in Paris has been warmly commended by the ministry of foreign affairs because the representatives af the most powerful neutral government will be able, should the occasion arise, to serve the French as well as liis own. THE FARMERS' UNION PREPARING PLANS. Legislation Will he Recommended to National Congress for General Relief. Last week at Fort Worth, Texas, delegates to the National Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union appointed a committee to devise plans for the relief of the cotton congestion. The committee, which will work jointly with the national officers and the national executive board, will recommend legislation which it hopes to have enacted by congress along lines suggested by reports submitted at this session of the Union. Peter Radford, who was appointed by President Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga., to help raise $200,000, the amount stipulated by the union for the maintenance of the committee in its work, already had obtained $10,000. est problem of all, he said, was how to keep the commercial machinery running, with the potential energy tied up in the cotton crop.. It was important, He urged, that the value oi tne cotton stored oe not destroyed by over production next year. The senator favors local storage in open yards, if necessary, surrounded by barbed wires, with the bales placed on skids. His argument, too, was that funds from the national government be distributed through the small banks of the towns and villages, as well as through the larger institutions of the State. The meeting was presided over by Wade Stackhouse, president of the South Carolina division, Southern Cotton Congress, with B. F. Taylor of Columbia, secretary. Seventeen of the counties had no representatives in attendance. / - I IA COLUMN OF GRINS | t x <to \ I -1, <&&$*& ^ V V <$* ?<$ &$>&?><$> 99 A Dare Devil. Home Town Visitor?"Well, well! What became of old Bill Summers ? Bill sure was a dare devil." Lew Hike?"Bill sure was. He married three times before he died." The Happy Mean. There is a happy mean in everything. It is said that a shrewd old lady heard her married daughter say: "If my husband doesn't do such and such a thing, he'll find himself in hot water." "My child," said the old lady, "a man is like a egg. Kept in hot water a little while he may boil soft, but keep him there long and he hardens." Heard on the Train. "Not married yet! Why I heard months ago that you were engaged to a certain young lady in Maiden." "No. I was engaged to an uncertain young lady in Maiden, and that's why I am not married." Could Have His. Mrs. Be n ham?"Baby wants his own way, but I won't give it to him." Benham?"Givo him mine; T have never had it." The Test. Mrs. Newrich. (who has advertised for a Christmas pianist)?"So you are the music teacher that answered my dvertisement ?" Pianist?"Yes Ma'am." Mrs. Newrich?"Well, sit down and play a couple of duets, so that I can see what you can do." The Tango. "Dat tango, boss, am sort of a easy moton. Ye jis go a-stealin' along easy like ye didn't have any knee joints and wuz walkin' on eggs that cost 40 cents a dozen." The Horrid Thing. May (indignantly)?"I don't care; I think Harry Esterleigh is dov/jv.' * ? \ shor mean. Marie?"Why?" /farm; May?"Well, he wrote me /farmer Egypt, saying he had shot a c^^v urul dile seven feet long, and that when he shot another he would have a pair of slippers made for me. I'll never speak to him again." No Kissing Likely. | Mr. Grubbs (ten p. m.)?"I hate to go to sleep, knowing that a strange young man is down in the parlor with our daughter." Mrs. Grubb?"Don't you worry. We had onions tonight, you know." Liked the Boys. Mrs. Ncxtdoor?"I admire your daughter so much. She has such boyant spirits." Mrs. Tungtwist?"Yes, she's been been crazy about boys ever since she wore short skirts." The Truthful Compositor. "I hear the editor of the Argus is in bad with the church," said Binks. "Yes," replied Jinks. "In the report of the services last Sunday it stated that 'The choir then rendered the anthem: 'Lord Have Mercv on Us Miserable Singers.' " Inventions That Sell. Servant?"Two inventors want to sec you, sir. One has a rapid fireing gun warranted to kill fifty men in fifty seconds, and the other has a new patent life-saving apparatus." Capitalist?"Show in the man with the gun. Kick the other fellow out." Condensed Tragedies "I frequently find my wife poring over that volume of sad fiction, the cook book." "Why do you call it that?" "Because not more than one in ten of ti ose pieces come out right." Pat's Reply. A soldier crossing the barracks square with a pail met a sergeant, who noticed that Pat was wearing a very disreputable pair of trousers. Intending to report him for unsoldierly appearance, he stopped him and asked: ^ "Where are you going?" "To get some water, sor," answered Pat. "What, in those trousers?" "No, sir; in the pail." Nothing Else Necessary. Girl?"You cad! Can it be true lLoi ?- L . .. mm- yuu mmie a oet, at your ciut> that if you proposed to me I would accept you?" Man?"Well, I've proposed. Will you?" Girl?How much did you bet?" Wanted a Piano. Wife?"We must have a piano." Husband?"We are neither of us musical." Wife?"I know; but what is home without a piano lamp." Ire m, m&a sa &? ss s?Ea msap ; aa VIEW'S OK OTHER PAPERS &a 1 Albert, King of the Belgians, has been under fire in battle with the Germans. It is yet to be recorded that the Kaiser or the Austrian Emperor or the Czar has heard the whiz of a I bullet.?News & Courier. [ The trouble about this new South American trade to be developed seems to be that everybody wants credit till the war is over.?The State. The talk about invading England brings up a famous remark of Napoleon. He said he knew a thousand ways of getting into England, but not one way of getting out. England has a considerable amount of "splendid isolation" on hand for her future safety.?Morning Star. The news of the great European war will be written when the fighting is all concluded. A year from now the magazine will be printing what happened at Liege and Heligoland.? Georgetown Times. 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