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am ? jgg gam Tin> Ks IT !>1<X IDKDLV HKTTElt SOW TU AN FORMERLY. Say* Tliat t'onfcrvnco of Governors aad < on* rennten IUh l*rovctl licm< aYtal to South?I'ointM out Ways aad Means Devised to Aid Cotton tJrowcr*. Washington. Sept. 29.?Senator E. D. Smith, discussing the cotton con? ference of the Southern governors and congreasmen which hua teen go? ing on here (or the paat two days, to? night expreased himself us being of the opinion that because of the dis? cussion which has been had the gen. eral altuatlon is now well In hand. "The conference of governors, sen? ators and congreaamen lasted practi? cally a night and two days." Senator Smith suld. "Every phase of the prob? lem confronting tho cotton growers was thoroughly discussed. There waa sincere interest upon the part of all. it was gratifying to me. after my years' work for the cotton growers of the South, at leust to aee the govern? ors of all the cotton growing States aa well as the senators and represen? tative* of the cotton growing States so determined in their efforts to re? lieve the present conditions. "The financial situutlon was careful? ly can' aase? The difficulties In this respect seemed to be First, that the money available for loans on cotton bad no* been applied for and where ep. lUai for and obtained had not In a great mi ny 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 farm era. Second, 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 de. term In ed not to sell, the lenders of money, mill mon and investors were not disposed to enter the market for fear it would go lower. "There seemed to Ik- a pretty unani? mous opinion that thure waa an abundance of currency to take care of this crop but there was s lack of con? fidence ?n ary g ven price below which rot on wouid not go. There was some suggestion that there were infuences at work adverse to any rise in the price of cotton, but after the matter bad been thoroughly discussed, the conference adopted the two following resoJutons: ? . " 'Resolved. That It Is the sense of this conference: " 'First. That the acreage of cot ion to be eultlvated in the United States In 1916 shall b? materially re? duced. That to accompllah this end every legitimate means shall he em? ployed. " 'Second. That the members of this conference make every possible ef? fort to secure federal legislation which will enable the producers of cotton to obtain loans of public funds deposited la the banks, et a reuaonable rate of iafsrest to be lived by the government and under such conditions as may be upon auch part of the present crop prescribed by law and by the rules and regulation lawfully made by the treas? ury department' "The following resolution also was adopted by the conference: " Revived, by the governors, senator* and representatives In con? gress from the cotton growing States, la convention assembled In the city of Washington. September 29, 1914, That we will moat earnestly endeavor to maintain the price of cotton above 10 cents per pound and to accomplish this end will bring to bear, as fur as we can. the power of the national and Stats governments to restrict ucreage for the year If] I and furnish govern, menbtl aid to handle tin- present crop.' 'The resolution pledging the gov? ernors, senutora und representatives to use all their power, polltlcul and personal, to maintain the price of cot? ton above 10 cents a pound, and in furtherance of this to Invite every legitimate aid of the federal govern ment along financial lines, has given the pledge of success and makes the prospects brighter. It must be re? membered that the present condition Is not one where the producers of cot? ton are fighting idverse forces in the markets, such as has characterized our ntcht for the last 10 or 2o years: but It Is a ught to sustain the farmers themselves with the markets dead. It to a condition which no American law can remedy so far us the markets art* concerned. Knrope, that part of It engaged In war today, comprises pr.ictn.illv the part which buys two out of every three Pales of our Amer? ican cotton This market Is so crip? pled by this war tbat the probabilities are that It will not take is much as tralf of Its normal port-buses; there? fore, from u.Ooo.ooo to G.Ooo.OOO bales will have to bo financed or carried somehow for an indefinite period. Therefore, tbe problem Is entirely dif? ferent from any that has confronted -is and calls for the united efforts of ^ Mi Interested In cotton production. W This meeting, in conjunction with tbe farmers' organisations nnd the cot? ton organizations, will solve the pud) lems. it is gratifying to mo, after ull of my years of work, striving to make the people of this country, and especially the people of the South, those in authority, sec the Importance of the cotton crop, 1 say it is very gratifying to me ut least to see gov? ernors, senators and congressmen 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 and the pledge of the eongressmen and senators at the national govern mc nt to eoncentratc their efforts in the solution of this problem is a guar? antee of relief from the distressing conditions. "As 1 was tho one who proposed the conference, I am greatly pleased at the splendid results accruing there? from. I believe that the ilnancial dif? ficulties will be rapidly and satisfac? torily adjusted. It must not be for? gotten that the methods now being employed to relieve the situation are new, and will necessarily take time to properly adjust themselves, and 1 sincerely hope that the farmers throughout the country, the mer? chants, the guano men and creditors of all sorts will view the situation as It is, and with patience and determi? nation to help in its solution. "It is confidently expected that in the very near future the new banking and currency law will be put into operation, which will greatly aid in tho solving of this problem. "1 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 tho next tew 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 in? vestigation 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." NO DEFINITE PLAN FORMED. Conference Adopts Resolutions Look? ing to Relief of Southern Cotton Growers In Crisis. Washington* Sept* 29k.?Southern governors and congressmen conclud? ed a series of conferences here today without determining upon any definite plan for the relief of cotton planters from conditions growing out of the European war. While they resolved that next year's cotton acreage should materially be reduced, no specific means of curtailment were agreed upon. The conferees agreed to attempt to i secure federal legislation that would < enable planters to obtain loans from , the banks on their surplus crop, while prompt action was urged upon the warehouse bill pending in the house and upon tho senute bill proposing the ropggj of the 10 per cent, tax on State banks which participate in the amended Aldrich-Vreeland emergency currency act. They determined to at? tempt to maintain cotton prices above , 10 cents a pound and a committee was named to submit the conference resolutions to President Wilson. Resolutions were adopted looKlng to an effort to reduce acreage in 1915; to concc led efforts to secure federal legislation for a commission to pro? mote the cotton trade, and to secure the passage by congress of acts to per? mit the extension of credit in this crisis. The latter included recom? mendations that the house pass the senute amendment to the Aldrich Vrecland law eliminating the tax on currency issued by State banks; that the house act promptly on the pend? ing warehouse bill, and that congress enact laws enabling cotton growers to secure loans from hanks at a rate of interest llxed by the federal govern? ment. They also authorized the ap? pointment of a committee to lay tin cotton seed situation before the at? torney general. The eommltteemen named were: representatives Hughes, Georgia, and I iicver, South Carolina, and Venator K. D. Smith of South Carolina. I Representative Hardwiek and Rep? resentative Lever and Senator Joseph T. Robinson were appointed to sub? mit the resolutions to the president. Adoption of i he resolutions came after many hours of heated debate. vigorous objection mat the proposal that the governors pledge themeelvei to call special sessions of State legis? latures to enae prohibitive taxes on cotton production in Itll in excess ot ",0 per eenl of the lilt] crop. Many of the governors were understood to have contended that such laws would be an eXCfCtes of police power nie that State constitutions forbade ex lenatou af that power beyond h pre, scribed field. A committee had re ported that the States had full an tborlty. but it was impossible t< reconcile divergent views. Tin- Trinity school will open or the 4th inst., and the patrons of tin school are requested to meet at tin school house on the |fd to do soim needed work nhout the building Manning Times. WOULD ORGANIZE GRAIN MILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM? MITTEE REPORT FAVOR BUY? ING PARROTT MILLING COMPANY PLANT. Would Require $20,0<)0 Compuny to Mako fferoaVai j Changes In Build? ing?Wheat Mill und Additional Hins Would Iluve to Be Erected to Hold (.rain. At u joint meeting of the directors of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce und a number of the members of the organization yesterday afternoon, Messrs. G. A. Lemmon, J. W. Mc Kicver und S. C. Baker, the special committee appointed to investigate the feasibility und co:*t of the estab? lishment of a grain elevator, wheat mill, and market facilities tor grain, made their report. The report or the committee was unanimously adopted, and the chair? man of the meeting, It. B, Belser, was authorized to appoint a committee to canvass the business men and farmers to find out if tho proposed capital stock of $20,000 can be sucurcd to carry out the plans advanced by this committee. It wus the unanimous opi don of the meeting yesterday, as well as of the first meeting on September 2lith, that the providing of a market at Sumter for grains of different kinds, oats, corn, and wheat particularly, and the establishment of a locul fac? tory for manufacturing the corn into meul and feed stuffs and a roller mill to grind wheut Into Hour and bran are of paramount importance to the future agricultural interests of Sum. ter county, and necessarily to the commerical interests of the city of Sumter. If the agricultural sections are to become self-supporting and the de? moralizing, uncertain, and unprofit? able one-crop pirn is to be abandon? ed, and this cour.ty made a live stock and grain section, as the natural cli? matic und soil conditions warrant, < there must be a guarantee to the I farmers that their Held products will Und a ready market, and storage fa? cilities. Report of the Committee. < To the Members of Chamber of Com? merce and Retail Dealers' Associu. tion: Gentlemen: Your committee, ap? pointed to look into the matter of es? tablishing a gruin elevator in this I Lity and possibly the operation of a milling plant in connection with in, In the hope of furnishing a market for gruin in this territory und thereby I encouraging the farmers of Sumter md adjoining counties to curtail their -?otton acreuge, has made as thorough in investigation as the time at their illsposal would allow, begs to submit the following report: We first had a talk with Mr. W. 3, Savage, an expert from Knoxvillc,. Tenn. He Informed us that an elevu- 1 tor containing six bins and capablo of storing 50 thousand bushels tf grain could bo built complete for the sum of $10,000, exclusive of the cott of the lot. The ground plan of this elevator called for a space of 2Dx??0 feet. The umount named would cover the cost of all necessary conveyers, elevator shafts, automatic scales, etc Mr. Savage gave us some written memoranda which are herewith sub? mitted. We next conferred with Messrs. L. I. Parrot! and Son with regard to the purchase or utilizing of their milling plant situated on South Sumter street. The PaiTOtt property consists of a lot Tu feet wide facing on South Sum? ter street and running back a depth of 180 feet and abutting on a spur track of the A. C. L. Railroad. There is located on this lot a four story frame building covered with galvanised iron. Tbe ground plan is 4 0x60 feet. The building is constructed of heart stuff and is in good condition. Besides machinery for grinding and bolting meal there is an equipment for grinding and mixing feed stuff for horses and cattle. There is also a corn sheller for shelling corn brought in in the car, and a dry kiln for drying corn that comes in too damp for milling or storing. There arc in the building four bins with a capacity of 1,000 bushels each for storing grain and all necessary conveyors and elevators for handling the same. At an expense t>f about $2.r?00 bins sufficient to store 1C,000 bushels more can be constructed on the north side j of the present building and the same elevating machinery can be used to bandle the grain with the addition "I conveying thoughs, etc There will still remain abundance of room on other*parts of the lot to erect u 50,000 bushel elevator later if found neces. sary, There is sufficient room in the pres? ent building t<. install b moderate sized roller null without hampering tbe other muehlner.v- a mill say of 116 to :',.'? Panels capacity per 21 hours run. Mr. Parrot! states that a reasonable profit can be made in the milling business here, if sufficient orders can be bad for meal and feed lull to keep mill running lull time CARRANZ& 10 RESIGN. WILL OFFER TO GIVE UP ?IIIS POST AS PROVISIONAL PRES? IDENT, Diplomatic ami Other Officials ThinkI Meeting Win Result in Settlement of Row llotween First Chief and His Former Lieutenant. Washington, Sept. 30.?Dispatches reaching the constitutionalist agency | here from Mexico City tonight indi? cated that Gen. Carranza would ten. d< Ms resignation as first chief of the constitutionalists to the convention of leaders in Mexico City tomorrow with? out awaiting the outcome of the peace conference about to begin at Zaca tecas. It is understood h^re, however, that the convention will delay action on the resignation and take no steps to? wards setting up the new provisional government until some word has come from the conferees. In official and diplomatic circles it is thought tho Zac itecas conference will end Gen. Villa's revolt by approv? ing Fernando I. (aderon as provi? sional president, and this action will be followed by Igles! \s' election by the Mexico City conven.ion. Rafael Zubaran tonight made pub? lic a telegram from Carranza, in which the latter sa d: "If the chiefs to whom I will re? sign accept my resignation I shall re? tire to private life with the conscious? ness of having done my duty as a citizen, as a governor of the State of Coahuila and as first chief of the con? stitutionalist army in charge of the executive power." Reports that Iglesias had refused to accept the olfiec of provisional president were denied by officials here. Secretary Rear don Makes Fx pi a na? tion. By mail, local and long distance telephone, at his office by the hun? dreds, at the postoffice, at his home, even at church, the managing secre? tary of the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce is besieged to buy cotton at ten cents per pound. He has been within a hair's breadth of having to take a whipping not less than a dozen times by irate farmers and their friends who said he had "money to burn" belonging to the Chamber of Commerce with which to take all cotton offered, at ten cents' per pound. He is now taking off his hat to ev? ery man he meets and stating in ad? vance that he has no "Buy a Rale' at ten cents money. He requests that the newspaper men explain to the la? dies why he is not "doffing" his hat to the "sweet fair sex" because he hasn't tho time, so busy is he bowing to men who want to whip him. Dr. J. Z. Hearon, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, director thereof, president of the Retail Deal? ers' Association, and a member of the "Buy a Rale" committee, and last but not least, the "man with the smile that won't come off" has been like? wise in serious danger of having to fight or run. Yesterday the boys and girls of the primary department did not march into the building to the heat of a drum as usual, more up-to-date music than that produced on a drum was theirs. A big Victrola had been placed conveniently and was put into action with one of its loudest and most pleasing tunes. The children at the Washington school were much pleased with the new music for their marching and no doubt the change was as pleasant to the teachers also. Ho states that there is more to be made on manufacturing feed stuff than on meal. He says that the quality of the meal turned out by his machinery is super? ior to that shipped in here to the merchants. Mr. Parrott has made us an offer to sell their mill on satisfactory terms in the opinion of this committee. The propositions before us are these: 1. Build an elevator alone of 60, 000 bushels capacity. Cost $10.000. Size 27x40x00. Csing home material and labor we may be able to build for $o,ooo. 2. Build row of bins along north wall of Barrott building t<? hold 16, 000 bushels in addition to the pres? ent capacity at cost of $2,500. 3. Install wheat mill at cost of $-. 100 as estimated by Mr. Savage. We may be aide to get the Minis mill mi approval for much less. We respect Hilly recommend that: We buy the Parrott mill outright and add the bins at the side of his building and that \n e also install a Hour mill in the building. We estimate that this can be done at a total cost of $20,000 which will 1 i?i- tin*, capital stock necessary to be I raised. We recommend that the ele j valor and milling company thus or? ganized be run on a plan analogous to the cotton wart house. (Signed) <;. A. LKMMOX, .1. W. M'KtEVER, S. C. BAKER. TO EXTEND IIAILKOAD LINK. Preliminary Work Begun ut Bowman ?To Hun lioud to Manning. Bowman, Sept. oO.?Ground was broken hero yesterday by the Savan nah Western railroad authorities in the preliminary work on the propos-1 cd extension of this raslroad through | BowmM on to St. Paul, Summerton! and Manning. It is stated that the i company has an option on Branch* ville and Bowman railroad, and work has commenced at the terminal of this road, going east, the llrst shovel being thrown by Intendant D. E. Knight, the second by President E. N. Mittle, of the Bank of Bowman, and tho third by George H. Milligan, the promoter of the railroad, after which a gang of hands commenced work and by sundown the "right of way" in? dicated for some little distance, a rail? road in embryo, and the work is be? ing pushed right along. The company proposes to straighten the "right of way" on the B. and B. railroad, tak? ing out some of the "kinks," shorten? ing the distance a little. The propos? ed extension from here on to St. Paul will pass through a splendid sec? tion of Orangcburg County before crossing the Santee river, farming land along this territory being second t* none in tho county. Much interest is being manifested by the people in that section in the proposed right of way the road is to be built. Augusta Cotton Market. Augusta, Sept. oO.?Our market, like all others, is dependent on the orders received by local buyers. As the future markets are closed, "hedg? ing" is impossible and in the present state of affairs in Europe exports are exceedingly small. As soon as the English financial affairs are straight? ened out we ought to have a good business from Liverpool and some from the countries thac are not at war, but it is a serious proposition to take care of the surplus cotton that will not be re luired?probably G or 7 million bales. The conventions called by politicians cannot agree among themseves and the editorials of newspapers amount to nothing. We Southern people must get down to business and stop deceiving ourselves with the idea that the world is going to help us "bull" cotton. At the con? vention in Washington yesterday some one pointed out that cotton growers represented only one-third of the pop? ulation of the United States, while consumers of cotton represented two thirds, so that additional federal leg? islation is almost impossible. We must not force our cotton on the market but sell it gradually and work off as much as possible so as not to carry over a larger surplus than we are ab? solutely ubligcd to. This years' sur? plus will of course be added to next year's crop and be a dead weight on the market. At the present price of cotton, mills say they cannot make any money for the price of goods has also been enormously cut down by Dr. Jones to lVouch Sunday. The Mow Howard Leo Jones, D. D., piesldent of Colter College at Harts Vllle, will conduct the services and preach at the Plmt Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. At the evening services Dr. Jones will have special prayer and sermon for peace, following out the request of President Wilson to observe October 4th as Peace Day. Dr. Jones is an eloquent speaker and those who have heard him be* j fore will be glad of unother oppor? tunity to hear him speak. Presbyterian Church Services. Services will be resumed at the Presbyterian church on Sunday morn? ing. The sacrament of the Lord's supper will be celebrated at the morning hour. Rev. J. P. Marion has returned to the city from Altapass, N. C, where he has been spending his vacation. Mrs. Marion will return later, having been detained In Laurcno on account of the illness of her mother. Fred McLain was tried this morn? ing for transporting and having in possession for an unlawful use a quantity of liquor. He was fouud guilty on both counts and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve 30 days on each, the line in one case being suspended during good behavior. The American Lumberman, a pa? per published at Chicago in the in? terest of the lumber dealers of Amer? ica has come to the aid of the cotton growers to the extent of buying one bale of cotton at ten cents and advis. ing the lumber men to purchase cot? ton on the "Buy a Bale of Cotton" plan.. ... the demoralization in the finances of the world. Let us then face the sit. nution bravely and do our best with? out calling so much for outside help. Other countries are in as bad a fla as we are and some of them much worse-. The following are today's quota? tions Augusta classification: Low Middling 7 1-8. "?" , Strict Low Middling 7 1-2. Middling 7 5-8. Strict Middling 7 3-4. Good Middling 7 7-8. Market quiet with buyers bidding one-eighth under these prices. Not much cotton for sale. Davison & Fargo. _ .- - Geo H. 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