The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 10, 1914, Image 6
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
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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.
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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.
One good reason for booming
"Made-in-America" goods is that few
goods are being made anywhere else.
?New York American.
Tf you want good roads you can get
them, but you must work for them
and pay for them. In a short time
they will prove to you that good
roads pay for themselves. A large
part of the value of land depends on
good roads.?Home and Farm.
Our notion is that the same number
of business men of the countries
concerned could at least have come
nearer than the piplomats did to preserving
the peace.?Charlotte Observer.
When the people's soda water, baseball,
theatre, beer, and movie tickets
are tav?'j somebodv
printed blanks furnished
ten . . "nuntry
ciation.
7. In making applicatioin
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Cruel Deception.
A neighbor had a parrot and a dog
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called him. Mac could open the |
screen door, but seldom did so, as he
was whipped when he did. It amused
Polly much to see Mac whipped.
Polly could imitate the voice of the
mistress perfectly. One day Mac was
whipped for entering and shut out
again. He came in again, then the
third time, each time receiving his
punishment and being sent out again.
The mistress could not understand
why Mac was so unruly, so she did
not return to her work, but waited.
WKn* 1 *
"uoi wao nor burpriBO 10 near a
voice say, "Come in, Mac. Poor Mac.
Come in, Mac." It was Polly calling
Mac to see him punished and Bent out
again.
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