The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 08, 1914, Image 6
COTTON SITUATION
DECIDEDLY BETTER
SAYS SENATOR E. D. SMITH
WHILE ATTENDING THE COTy
TON CONFERENCE.
IS W ELL IN HAND
He Attended the Meeting of Southern
, Governors and Congressmen in
Washington Last Week,?Outlook
i* Good.
In talking about the cotton situa:
tion last week, while in Washington
: attending the meeting of the South-1
' ' ern Governors and Congressmen, called
together for considering that matter
and to try to prcscrribe remedies,
Senator E. D. Smith, recently reelected
the primary to a second term spoke
in very encouraging terms.
"The conference of governors, senators
and congressmen lasted practically
a night and two days," Senator
Smith sad. "Every phase of the problem
confronting the cotton growers
was thoroughly discussed. There was
sincere interest upon the part of all.
It was gratifying to me, after my
years' work for the cotton growers of
the South, at least to sec the governor
of all the cotton growing States as
well as the senators and representatives
of the cotton growing States so
determined in their efforts to relieve
the present conditions.
"The financial situation was careful
ly canvassed. The difficulties in this
respect seemed to be: First, that the
money available for loans on cotton
had not been applied for and where
applied for and obtained had not in
a great many instances been used in
such a direct manner or had been used
for other purposes that it had been of
little or no relief to the farmers. Sec
ond, that in the absence of some fixed
standard of valuation a guarantee of
some price below which the producers,
merchants, bankers and all parties
having either direct or indirect control
of cotton, had determined not to
sell, the lenders of money, mill men
and investors were not disposed to enter
the market for fear it would be
lower.
"There seemed to be a prcty unanimous
opinion that there was an
abundance of currency to take care of
this crop but there was a lack of confidence
in any given price below which
cotton would not go. There was some
suggestion that there were influences
at work adverse to any rise in the
price of cotton, but after the matter
had been thoroughly discussed, the
conference adopted the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
this conference:
"First. That the acreage of cotton
to be cultivated in the United
States in 1915 shall be materially reduced.
That to accomplish this end
every legitimate means shall be employed.
"Second. That the members of this
conference make every possible effort
to secure federal legislation
which will enable the producers of
cotton to obtain loans of public funds
deposited in the banks at a reasonable
rate of interest to be fixed by the government
upon such part of the present
crop and under such conditions as may
be prescribed by law and by the rules
and regulations lawfully made by the
treasury department.'
"The following resolution also was
adopted by the conference:
" 'Resolved, by the governors,
senators and representatives in congress
from the cotton growing States,
in convention assembled in the city of
Washington, September 29, 1914, That
we will most eearnestly endeavor to
maintain the price of cotton above 10
cents per pound and to accomplish
this end will bring to bear, as far as
we can, the powers of the national
and State governments to restrict
acreage for the year 1915 and furnish
governmental aid to handle the present
crop.'
Pledges of Success.
"The resolution pledging the governors,
senators and representatives
to use all their power, political and
personal, to maintain the price of cotton
above 10 cents a pound, and in
furtherance of this to invite every
legitimate aid of the federal government
along financial lines, has given
the pledge of success and makes the
prospects brighter. It muse be remembered
that the present condition
is not one where the producers of cotton
are fighting adverse forces in the
markets, such as has characterized
our fight for the last 10 or 12 years;
but it is a fight to sustain the farmers
themselves with the markets dead.
It is a condition which no American
law can remedy so far as the markets
are concerned. Europe, that part of
it engaged in war today, comprises
practically the part which buys two
out of every three bales of our Ameri0
can cotton. This market is so crip1
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SITUATION IS GRAVE.
The Price of Corn is Doubled in Austrian,
Country.
The food question is a grave one in
Austria, according to a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Chiasso, Switzerland.
The Austrian cmporor has issued
an edict empowering the government
to take all measures necessary
to alleviate the situation. The price
of com is double that of norrinal tiirtfes
and is increasing at the rate of three
per cent daily.
German and Austrian dealers are
traveling in neutral countries, the dispatch
says, trying to buy com and
announcing at the same time that it
is intended for other countries. Italy
has demanded that the fullest guarantee
be given that corn purchased there
is not to go to Austria.
Rumania's embargo on the export
of corn has caused consternation in
Austria, according to the dispatch,
and it is said that Austria is now
making desperate efforts to get
wheat from the United States, but the
blockade of the Atlantic makes relief
from that quarter doubtful. Food
shortage is also felt in the German
r""iv, the dispatch declares.
GET TO THE CAUSE.
Conway People Are Learning the
Way.
There is but little peace or comfort
for the man or woman with a bad
back. The distress begins in early
morning?keeps up throughout the
day. It's hard to get out of bed, it's
torture to stoop or straighten. Plasters
and liniment may relieve, but cannot
cure if the cause is inside?the
kidneys. When suffering so, use
Doan's Kidney Pills, the tested and
proved kidney remedy, used in kidney
trouble for over 50 years. Doan's
Kidney Pills are recommended by
thousands for just such cases. Proof
of their effectiveness in the testimony
of this Conway resident.
Mrs. Sidney Smith, N. Main Street,
Conway, S. C., says: "My back ached
constantly and I had headaches and
dizzy spells. I rested poorly and in
the morning had no strength or energy.
Doan's Kidney Pills, which I procured
from the Norton Drug Store,
gave me more relief than any other
kidney mdeicinc I ever took. Since
I used them I have been able to rest
better, and I have felt stronger and
have been free from pain."
PrifP 1 f -ill dnnlovc Hnn 'f
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
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pled by this war that the probabilities
are that it will not take as much as
half of its normal purchases; therefore,
from 5,000,000 to 0,000,000 bales
will hav:e to be financed or carried
somehow for an indefinite period.
Therefore, the problem is entirely different
from any that has confronted
us and calls for the united efforts of
all interested in cotton production.
"This meeing, in conjunction with
the farmers' organizations and the cot
ton organizations, will solve the problems.
It is gratifying to me, after
all my years of work, striving to
make the people of this country, and
especially the people of the South,
those in authority, see the importance
of the cotton crop. I say it is very
gratifying to me at least to see governors,
senators and representatives
thoroughly aroused and intensely in
earnest to aid in a great work. With
a thorough understanding arrived at,
the promised cooperation of all of the
cotton States through their governors
.1 it. _ 1 _ .1 - C J 1 ? ?
arm uie pieuges ui uie congressmen
and senators at the national government
to consentrate their efforts in
the solution of this problem is a guarantee
of relief from the distressing
conditions.
Pleased at the Results.
"As 1 was the one who proposed
the conference, I am greatly pleased
at the splendid results accruing therefrom.
1 believe that the financial difficulties
will he rapidly and satisfactorily
adjusted. It must not be forgotten
that the methods now being
employed to relieve the situation are
new, and will necessarily take time
to properly adjust themselves, and I
sincerely hope that the farmers
throughout the country, the merchants,
the guano men and creditors
of all sorts will view the situation as
it is, and with patience and determination
to help in its solution.
"It is confidently expected that in
the near future the new banking and
currenncy law will be put into operation,
which will greatly aid in the
solving of this problem.
"I am preparing a statement of the
present laws and amendments which
have been had to them relative to the
issuing of currency which I hope to
be able to give out in the next few
days.
"A committee has been appointed to
take up with the proper authorities
the subject of the present price of
cotton seed, looking toward the investigation
as to the causes for the
extremely low prices at which seed
are selling.
"I believe that the general situation
is now well in hand."
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GAINS ARE CLAIMED
BY FRENCH-ENCLISH
DURING THE PERSISTENT FIGHT
ING OF LAST WEEK.
SITUATION UNCHAN6ED
News Coming From Both London and
Paris Stated that Both Wings of
Allied Armies Had Gained.
If the world expected last week to
hear the news that there had been
any decided change in the European
war situation, the world was disappointed,
for although there was almost
continuous fighting along nearly
the entire battle front, it was admitted
that the general situation remained
the same, though it was claimed
from both London and Paris that both
wings of the allied armies had gained
some advantage.
Toward the end of last week is was
stated from Paris that the Germans
continued the fierce attack in thq angle
formed by the rivers Oise and
Aisne in the direction of Tracy-leMont,
just northeast of the forest of
the Aigue, which has already been
! the scene of a success on the part of
the allies. Here the French lines thus
far held solidly. Attemts made to
' break them were futile. The contest
has been singularly desperate, but the
allies, by daring counter maneuvers,
have checked the bold attempts of
their adversaries.
Latest news from the front, while
not giving sufficient details to satisfy
the Parisian eagerness for war news,
is nevertheless regarded as favorable.
A news dispatch from London the
latter part of last week stated as follows
in regard to the war:
The screen of secrecy erected by the
censorship almost entirely across
northern France and behind which
military craftsmen of the last three
weeks have been, figuratively speaking,
fashioning the rough outlines of
! a new map of the eastern hemisphere
stands today almost unimpaired. It
has, however, juding from indications
in London, been pierced here and
there, which permits some inkling of
the tremendous war drama to trickle
I through.
j From what can be deducted from
these fragmentary glimpses there
1 would appear to be justification, ir
! the opinion of British observers, for
i the confident, even seemingly inspired
i ^ntimism on the part of the allies.
This describes events as shaping
themselves for a repetition of history
as it was written on the river Marne
when the allied forces sent the Germans
back on their tracks.
All the brilliantly skillful tactics
employed by Gen. von Kluck, the commander
of the German right wing, to
counter or break through the fence of
bayonets onstantly reaching northward
beyond his extreme right, have
thus far failed.
These efforts, however, have by no
means ceased and the German general
staff, it is felt in London, probably
will risk something elsewhere to reinforce
that wing. Heretofore, reinforcements
there have been met by
j reinforcements.
The Germans nearly got through
I the allied ring near Albert, to the
I northeast of Amiens, but after two
fljivc tirO'Pn (i irli Inn' f ?v?ric?_
u I.V4 vv iV7| Ulll? 1IJCIOtory
they failed. Incessant assaults
on the part of the Germans have, according
to the allied commanders
whose reports are agumented by
statements from independent sources,
cost the assailants such appalling
losses in men that, even allowing for
reinforcements, their ranks must have
been materially weakened.
The announcement from Paris of
the re-creation of the post of marshal
of France, coming simultaneously
with the report of Gen. Joffre, commander-in-chief
of the French forces,
of the satisfactory condition along
the entire battle line, has been hailed
by the allies as peculiarly significant.
In the meanwhile there has come to
London news that within a week a
new Russian army, a million strong
will join the present armies in Poland
and Galicia for "Russia's principal attack
on Germany."
Holders of Chinese Slave Girl Convicted
in San Francisco Court.
The first conviction on record a1
ban Krancisco for keeping a humar
being in slavery was obtained last
week.
In Federal district court Mrs. Wong
Sam, an aged Chinese woman, was
found guilty of holding in bondage
Loy Gum, a slave girl.
Kvidence was presented showing
that the girl had been smuggled into
this country and sold for $3,500. After
she had worked out this charge
she still was held under threats that
if she attempted to escape she would
be buried alive.
STATE BOARD OFFERS
FORTY CASH PRIZES
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF RURAL
SCHOOLS OF SOUTH CAOLINA.
IMPORTANT FEATURES
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Are Shown to be in Buildings, Equipment
and Increase of Social Activities,?Entries
Will Close on Decern
ber 1st, Next.
(The State)
The South Carolina School Improvement
association is the only voluntary
organization in operation in
the State today which has for its aim
A.L t ii ' -
tne Determent or educational conditions
affecting each white child whose
name appears on the school registers
By means of local organizations in
the various school communities, sentiment
and even demand for improved
school facilities is being created.
As a means of stimulating even
greater activity in the improvement
of schools, the State department of
education has provided 40 prizes?
10 first prizes of .$50 each and 30 second
prizes of $25 each?to be awarded
by the School Improvement association.
This organization has adopted a
regular prize score card as a basis
in awarding these prizes for school
improvement in country schools. The
items given consideration on this card
tnay be grouped under three heads:
(1) the .school building; (2) the
equipment; (3) community activities.
Official School Plans.
The School Improvement association
insists that all buildings be erected
upon plans approved by the State
board of education. Any viriation
from these plans lessens the chance
I of such schools of winning a prize.
Good equipment in a school room
is just as important as the building
itself. The items of equipment named
on the score card arc considered necessary
if the school is to be an efli
ciont one. These embrace a sufficient
number of single desks, a globe, a
' case of maps, a sufficient amount of
blackboard and a library.
There is one phase of the work of
i the School Improvement association
? which can not be measured in dollars
i and cents, and that is the phase which
arouses public opinion in favor of
1 better schools. This interest is mani.
fested in some community activities
; which may be shown in the presence
of a local school improvement associa>
tion, pupils in the boys' corn club or
. girls' tomatto club, a home-makers
club and public meetings held at the
i school building in an effort to make
the school the community centre,
i This phase of the work is given par'
ticular attention by the committee
awarding the school improvement
i prizes.
Entries Close December 1.
i The president of the State association
will furnish prize application
blanks upon request. These may also
be secured from any county superintendent
of education or county organizer
of school improvement associations.
All application blanks should
be accurately filled ont, and sent to
the county superintendent or organizer
on December 1. The prize will
be awarded as soon after that date as
the applications can be sent to the
State president.
Miss Mary Eva Hitc of Columbia is
president 01 the south Carolina School
Improvement association. The county
j organizers are as follows: Abbeville,
Mrs. W. O. Cromer; Aiken, Miss Florence
Dell; Anderson, Miss Maggie
Garlington; Bamberg, Miss Georgia
Emma Jordan; Barnwell, Mrs. Dora
: Dee Walker; Beaufort, ; Berkej
ley, Miss Charlotte Wienges; Calhoun,
; Charleston, Miss Esther
1 Royall; Cherokee, Miss Marion Morigan;
Chester, Miss Esther Strong;
Chesterfield, Miss Alexina Evans;
Clarendon, Miss Beulah Edge; Coleton,
Miss Georgia Ackerman; Darlington,
Mis Elizabeth Dickson; Dil'
Ion, Mrs. J. N. Hargrove; Dorchester,
Miss Caroline Dickson; Edgefield,
Mrs. W. C. Thompkins; Fairfield, Miss
Annie Adellc Hamilton; Florence,
; Georgetown, Miss Rosa
Bruorton; Greenville, Miss Mary Barratt;
Greenwood, Miss Louise Reid;
Hampton, Miss Belva L. Sanders;
Horry, Superintendent S. H. Brown;
Jasper, ; Kershaw, Miss Kate
, Simpson; Lancaster, Mrs. W. E. Tay
lor; Laurens, Miss Will Lou Gray;
Lee, ; Lexington, Miss Ethel
, Dreher; Marion, Miss Tully Atkins;
, Marlboro, ; Newberry, Miss Sadie
k Goggans; Oconee, Miss Annie McMahan;
Orangeburg, Miss Ruth Dor.
rell; Pickens, Superintendent, R. T.
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not only by the amount of labor
necessary to produce them but by hav
ing them on the market when needed.
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