The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 26, 1920, Image 1
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THE SCMTOER WATCHMAN* Estahlis
Consolidated Augr. 2,1
DISCORD BEGINS
IN CONVENTION
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Prohibition Issue Will Cause
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Bitter Fight at San Francisco
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STATEMENT MADE BY
BURLESON
Some Delegates Regard Him as
the Spokesman for the White
^ House.
San Francisco, Jane 23?The rum
bling discord over the prohibition is
sue became hourly more'omineous as
. the delegates arrived.' in increasing
numbers for the democratic national
convention. Hope that the storm
might spend itself behind the closed
doors, of the platform committee has
been virtually abandoned" by leaders
and they are prepared to face the
outbreak of debate on the floor of
the convention.
Already the overshadowing issue of
pre convention conference is the ques^
; fion of the . platform * declaration
against the present bone dry law
which took almost the whole stage
to itself as the"?deieg?tes heard of
Postmaster; General Burleson's an
nouncement lor ? modification of the
Volstead act By many who regard
Burleson as the political' spokesman
for the white house, this development
is accepted as a warning of which
> way the wind of administration in
fluence -would blow. Others refused to
taken that view, but nobody seemed to
know how far the sentiments of the
president might be in' accord with
those o*f Burleson.
War On Illiteracy
Every Minister in State Asked
to Preach on Education, Sun
day, July 4.
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. Columbia, June 23.?Governor
Cooper is sending to every minister in
v the State" a letter asking that the
subject of stamping out illiteracy in
the State be discussed on Sunday,
July 4th. This is liberty. Sunday,"
and the governor urges 4:hat it he us?
ed as an , occasion to urge for lib- ?
erfrom the State's blight of ilhter-:'j
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Tile governor's letter is at the sug- i
>lje:stion. of the State illiteracy com
mission, which is beginning a cam
paign against illiteracy, to cover the
summer months. The week following
"Liberty Sunday" will be observed as
"Write-Your-Name" week, and the
aim will be to organize classes f$r;j
adult illiterates, that every such illit
erate in the State might be taught to
write his name. Twenty, thousand
voters signed the club rolls in the
State in >$16 with a cross, not being
able to sign their namesi There'are^
also thousands of others who cannot
read and write, and it is the aim of
the illiteracy department to teach all
of these to at least write their names
during this summer, and if possible
during the week of July 4- 1I-.
"Write-Your-Name Classes" and
* "Lay-By Classes" are to be formed in
every county in the State this summer,
with the hope of educating many
adult illiterates. These classes will
be formed especially during the
month of August, when teachers are
available, and the teachers are paid
for their services by the State. Eight
? eec. counties ba\-e already made plans
for intensive campaigns against illit
eracy during the month pf August
Last year 5.000 adults were enroll
ed in the "Lay-By classes' in the
State.
Columbia Campaign
Meeting
A Small Audience Heard Candi
dates For State Offices
Columbia, & C.? June 22.?A small
audience heard candidates for State
officers here today in the opening
meeting of the State campaign. The
contest for Lieutenant Governor was
the feature of the meeting. Mr. - O.
K. Mauldingj and Octavius Cohen and
Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston
ma?e several humorous thrusts at
each other because of the difference
of their communities. Better educa
tion was struck as the keynote of the
campaign. The four candidates for
railroad commission caused slight
interest
Los Angeles
Shaken Again
Slight Earthquake Felt This
Morning
Los JAngeles, Jtane 23.?A slight
Earthquake at four o'clock this morn
ing was felt chiefly in Southern
Los Angeles and Inglewood. No
damage was done.
Cholera in Japan
One Hundred Cases Reported in
Southern Part of Country
Tokio, June 22.?One hundred;
cases of Cholera have been discovered
in Southern Japan.
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(MWAR
IN IRELAND
Streets of Londonderry Swept
I By Murderous Fire From
Marline Guns
TERRIBLE SCENES
I ENACTED
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^he Number of Dead And
j Wounded Cannot Be Comput
! ed Accurately As No Organi
I zation for Relief Exists
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Londonderry, June 23 (By the As
sociated Press)?Five Sinn Feiners
were killed by machine gun fire em
ployed to cover the removal of sever
al Protestants from Barrack street
tonight, acording to a military state
ment. There is a lull ,now (10.30 p. m,
in, the fighting. ?
Scenes of the most terrible descrip
tion wer-i enacted here last right, and
today. Many-streets were swept by a
murderous fire for 16 hours continu
ously. One man was killed and ten
dangerously wounded in one seetipn of
the city Several bodies are reported
to be lying in Bishop street Among
the wounded was a young girl, and
those who suffered slight injuries can
not be estimated.
j Sniping was indulged in on a large
j scale and there was indiscriminate fir
j ing of rifles and revolvers a'lT over the
city. The principal^ conflict .tooH
i place in Bishop street'where there was
a large concentration of Sinn Feiners
j in the neighborhood of St Columba's
Catholic college and Nazareth home.
Sand bags were thrown up from which
a strong fire was directed at the
I Unionists in Barrack street. There was
a vigorous exchange of fire and
many -casualties resulted on both
.sides.
I Meanwhile trouble, had broken out
on an extensive scale in the region of
Longtower street j arid Bishop's Gate,
j where there were fierce and prolonged
exchanges. Sinn Feiners occupied po
sitions on r?ofs, sniping isolated
Unionists- The soldiers and police
were on duty but were unable to in
tervene effectively The police* in Bis
hop street barracks, within the battle
zone, were virtually besieged.. Many
passersby were wounded, and it is re-,
ported some were killed but it is abso
lutely impossible to get correct details
During the course of> the night.there
was savage .fighting in the Waterside
district and the rival factions were
intrenched in the Cross Street and
Bond street, both of which were
barricaded.
Snipers were busy until 1 o'clock
this evening and contingents of
troops had to be moved into various
streets, which, until then were impas
sable to citizens. The streets had the
appearance of a battle ground. Sand
! bags were thrown up with sleepy
soldiers "almost in a state of exhaus
j tion after the night's vigil. It is ex
(pected that troops are coming by
I road but no reinforcements have yet
j arrived.
[ There is fighting in the outlying
districts from which Unionists are"
J pouring* into the city.
I The outside world has little idea of
; the reign of terror Londonderry has
[been experiencing without respite
"since Fiday last. The casualty fig
ures from day to day are alarming
enough/ but they picture only the
shadow of the grim reality. The truth
is none of the 40,000 inhabitants had
been safe since the rioting began The
city is virtually controlled by ex
tremists of the Unionists and Nation
alists who , probably number under
500. They fire volleys down the streets
without warning and apparently with
out reason and the citizens are thus
put in a state of continuous panic,
sallying forth only when the procure
ment of food becomes absolutely nec
essary. Many shopkeepers have sus
pended business and have taken
refuge on the top floors of thier busi
ness premises for safety.
Men who are compelled to be in
their offices sleep there rather than
risk stepping into the streets.
x The military so far has confined its
efforts to keeping the two sides apart
but witho"iit great success. Every one
arriving in the city is challenged for
credentials and is searched for arms
and amniunition. The real test for a
visitor, however, comes when he is
held up by either the Sinn Feiners or
Unionists. With hand* in air, star
ing into the muzzle of a revolver he
is thoroughly searched. Some have
come out of the examination rather
badly.
Each morning the engagement of
the night before is resumed Heavy
barricades have been thrown up and
groups of armed men go from one
place to another, either on the offen
sive or defensive. How many persons
have been ? killed is not known now.
After the first day or two it became
impossible to figure on the victims as
the dead are removed, and many of
the injured are treated by their com
rades and carried away.
A proclamation was issued by the
magistrates tonight warning all citi
zens to keep indoors.* The constabu
lary and military, the proclamation
announces, have received instructions
! to take prompt measures and if nec
j essary disperse by force all assem
blies. The magistrates stroiply con
demn Dublin castle's inactivity.
In addition to the erection of barri
cades, trenches have been dug Ttf some
of the streets within the battle zone.
!A special train carrying two compan
ies of soldiers arrived at the Great
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SUMTES,, S. C, SATD
MURPHY AND
Prospects Fine for Prohibition
Fight
MANY RUMORS
PREVALENT
Leaders Refuse to Talk Politics
For Publication
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San Francisco, June 24.?The pre
liminaries of the convention Got into
the period of hurry and scramble/1/'
j day with the appearance of one sfter
i another of the men who will play the
leading parts. . ' .
In the whisperings behind the
scenes the question of the Party policy
toward prohibition continued to be' the
big theme of'the agitation with pros
pects * for a fight ou the Convention
floor growing better and better.
The discussion of possible presiden
,tial candidates is still well in back
ground. Two new arrivals today ,\t
"tract particular attention, one was
Senator Carter Glass fresh from
Washington and generally reported to
have brought the Presidents >own
draft of a platform. The other was
Charles F. Murphy, Taihany reader,
who came direct from a conference of
old line party strategists, at French
lick, Ind. Both ^are as busy as Bea-'
ver but"are silent and as cagy as mice.
Refusing to talk politics.
Many Are Indicted
By Grand Jury
Oil Men Charged With Using
Mails to Defraud
New York, June 24.?Four oil
companies, ten brokerage houses and
about fifty individuals have been iad^
cted by. the Federal Grand Juris";
charged with using mails to defraud
investors, out of millions. Federal
agents throughout the country rflire
now engaged in rounding up the m'to
indicted. They are charged wilh
making misrepresentations regarding
{the oil-properties and paying dijri
j dends out of the money obtained t'rjjm
th* stock sale. Jf
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Communists Would
Cripple Shipping
I Call on Transport Workers To
Refuse to Load Ships
Washington, June 23.?A proclama
tion issued by the Central Executive
committee of the Communist party of
America, copies Of which were re
ceived by the Department of Justice,
calls on all transport workers to re
fuse to. load and transport apy
materials for Poland, Japan or other
country that is fighting Soviet . Rus
sia.
Missouri Republicans
Meet
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I Will Investigate Distribution of
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i Lowden Funds in the State
Sedalia, Mo., June 24.?Republicans
from throughout Missouri met here
j today to consider whether action
should be taken against the "party
leaders involved in the distribution of
$38;000 of Lowden Presidential
campaign funds in Missouri.
President Demands
Immediate Action
Railroad Controversy Must Be
Settled at Once
Washington, June 24.?President
I Wilson has a reply today from the
iRailroad Labor Board in Chicago
'.'promising to expedite the wage
: award in railroad controversy. The
message was in reply to one sent by
j President Wilson.
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.Northern ailroad station this evening,
j The county inspector announced that
la detachment of soldiers was leaving
j Belfast for Londonderry. He also said
;he proposed to telephone the author
j ities in London on the true situation
j- Tonight firing again broke out in
Bishop street and there was vigor
| ous sniping from the- hill overlooking
I the city. A detachment of soldiers
I moved to the spot and soon firing
I ceased- A military field kitchen re
; turning from its round conveyed three
I soldiers with heads and arms band
j aged.
No bread was delivered in the city
j this week. Hotels and homes are run
I ning short of supplies. No gas is being
produced at the gas works, and when
the present supply is exhausted the
city will be without lights
Londonderry, June 24.?More British
; troops have arrived and their activity
'in their efforts to protect life and
(property had a quieting effect. An
j occasional shot was heard after mid
night and two snipers arrested. The
' number ^killed and injured in the
fighting yesterday and last night has
not been determined. The Hospitals
are filled with the injured. i
Urns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's i
RDAY, JUNE 26, 1920.
WARRANT ISSUED
FORMURPHY
Boss of Tammany Hall Indicted
by Special Grand Jury on '
Charge of Conspiracy to
Defraud
DELEGATE TO *
CONVENTION
Five Others Involved in Case
Which is Alleged to Have
Been an Attempt to Falsify
Income Tax Returns
New York, June 23.?Indictment of
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many hall, and five others oh charges
of conspiracy to defraud the Uunited
States' by falsifying income tax re
turns and attempted intimidation of
Louis N. Hartog, a wealthy manu
facturer through criminal prosecution,
was announced here today. The
indictments, which were returned
seetetly by the extraordinary grand
jury yesterday camer as a great sur
prise. Murphy is now on his way to
the Democratic national convention at
San Francisco.
r Others "indicted with Murphy were
Assistant District Attorney James E.
Smith, one of the central figures in
the "vice war" between the district
attorney's office and the police de
partment; John A. McCarthy, former
business partner of John Murphy,
I brother of the Tammany leader;
'Arthur J. Baldwin, a lawyer; Ernest
B. Waiden, ^yice president of the Corn
Products company, and the Corn Pro
ducts company itself. Bail, for each
defendant was fixed at $1,000.,
Murphy is charging among other
things^ with trying to intimidate Har
tog into settling a $10,000,000 damage
? suit brought against the Tammany
" 'leader after the . latter is alleged to
have withdrawn promised financial
. support in a glucose product firm in
which Hartog was interested. The
indictment alleges' that Murphy
threatened to accuse Hartog of arson,
to expose to his wife his alleged secret
delations with another woman, send
' him to jail for offenses he did not
i commit, and ruin his- business.
-Hartog^ the indictment - sets forth,
-procured a $7,000,000 cruder for his
product from the British government
during the war. He found difficulty
in acquiring the neccessary amount of
glucose to complete the order. He
then . enlisted the aid of Murphy
through whose influence, the indict
ment recites the needed ingredient
was obtained from the Corn
Products company..
Hartog and Murphy later disagreed
over business matter arid Murphy
sued Hartog to recover $125,000 in
vested in the manufacturers company.
Then Hartog sued Murphy, the Corn
} Products company and Baldwin to
recover $10,000,000 profits he said
he had lost through withdrawal of
Murphy's pledged support asserting
he could no longer get'-glucose from
the Corn Products company.
Hartog was summoned to Assistant
District Attorney Smith's office while
these court actions were pending.
Hartog alleges Smith summoned him*
to force him to pay Mur,phy his $125,
000, but Smith claims he issued the
summons solely iri the interest of
prosecution of sugar. profiteers. Har
I tog's "brother was fined $5,000 in fed
| eral court for sugar profiteering, but
Srftith gave Hartog himself a clean |
bill.
San Francisco, June 24.?Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, ac- !
j companied by Gov. Alfred Smith of!
j New York, came to town tonight, but i
! he had nothing to say. The New York j
j delegation' and the Tammany hosts are j
i due here tomorrow. "I have been ouf j
j of touch with politics for several
I days," said Mr. Murphy, "and can't
j say what _.the New York delegation'
j will do until we have a caucus. As to
!a plank in the platform to amend the
I Volstead act, that is a matter that
i will have to be fought out on the con
jvention floor."
j Mr.; Murphy's attention was called
I to a story of his indictment in New !
i York On* the ground of conspiring to >
j coerce Louis. Hartog, a maufacturer, i
j to return $125.000 which the Tam
j many leader invested with the Hartog
j company.
j "That's a business suit." said the '
! Tammany chieftain, "and alt I will
I say about it is that Hartog got the
$125,000."
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Greeks Advance
On Turks
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?Advices Received From Smyrna j
Indicate Early Battle
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j Smyrna, June 24.?The Greek Army j
lhas begun an offensive against the
Turkish Nationalist forces according
jto the Greek Army headquaters offici- j
I-al statement
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Explosion in Springfield
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Two Were Killed and Four Injur
ed in Powder Explosion
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Springfield, 111...June 24.?Two men j
were killed and four injured seriously I
in an explosion at the Western Cart
ridge Company plant here today.
ind Truths." THE TRUE S
TENNNESSEE MAY
RATIFY SUFFRAGE
Special Meeting of Legislature
Called by Governor
WILL VOTE ON QUESTION
Uncertainty as to Whether the
Ratification Would Be Consti
tutional or Not
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j Washington, June 24.?Assistant
! Attorney General .Frierson has advis
ed Governor Roberts, of Tennessee,
that the legislature of that state could
j ratify the suffrage amendment with
i out submitting ; the issue fo the
[people. The question of constitution
ality hinged on a clause- in the st?Te
consitution which provides that any
action on a federal amendment must
be taken by a legislature elected after
tne amendment had been submitted to
the state. Gov. Roberts announced last
night that he would call a special
session* to act on the amendment but
was in doubt whether ratification
would -be constitutional. Attorney
General Frierson Beld that the re
cent decision of the supreme court
in the Ohio referendum case invalid
ated that clause in the constitution.:
Cooperative Marketing
Tremendous Advantage to be
Gained by Producers
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Columbia, June 24.?The tremen
dous economic advantages of co-ope
rative \ marketing will be stressed in
every county in South Carolina in the'
intensive campaign to be conducted
by the South Carolina division of
the American Cotton Association; the
South Carolina Warehouse Commis
sion; The U. S. Department of Agri
culture and the extension forces of
Clems?n College.
In Arizona the members of* the
American Cotton Association have al
I ready organized cooperative market
ing associations and have found the
beneficial results of them. A lettei
received by J. Skott.tve Wannamak
er, president of the American Cottor
Association, from the head of . th<
Arizona division says:
' "C?operat?ve marketing has prov
en a' decided success in Arizona, as
compared to individual marketing.
Odd and unusual as it may seem, ztii
marketing association has succeeded,
time after time, and without excep
tion, in securing for its members not
only better prices than the prevailing
local market alt all times during the
season, but has, in addition, on nu
merous occasions secured better
prices for small lots for single indi
viduals than they themselves were
able to secure?and from the same
buyers for the same -lots of cotton.
"These are facts, not dreams, as can
be shown by the records of the asso
ciation, and by >the testimony of
many individual members. Not only
did the association, in making actual
sales, top the market for both seed
and lint throughout the season, but
by keeping the membership informed
as to the actual value of their cotton,
enabled many to more intelligently
market their own products and thus
secure better prices for themselves.
."All authorities on marketing cot
ton, or any other farm product, are
agreed that, in common justice, the
man who sells should know as much
about the value of his farm product
as the man who desires to buy it.
Given this information, and with pro
per financing, . the. farmer is placed
in position to demand and secure a
price that will give them a fair profit. -
based on the cost of production, Iiis
I own and hired labor costs, land rent
al or interest on the investment, and
every other factor that ; modern ac
j counting takes into* account in figur
! ing costs. Lacking" this information,
j the farmer is at the mercy of the
I plausible buyer, whose only object?
and it is a legitiimate business ob
ject?is to buy at the lowest possible
figure and sell- at the highest pos
sible profit to the next man in the j
chain of middlemen that stand be- j
tween the producer and the user 0
"It is this matter of accurate infor- j
mation that is the cornerstone upon
which has been built the remarkable
success of the Arizona American
Egyptian Cotton Growers Association."
' "It has been said that the minds
of men run in the same channel and
it so came to pass that this group of
Arizona cotton growers, looking to thej
same thing, the good of the cotton,
growers, were organizing after muchj
the same plan as the American Cot- j
ton Association throughout the^south, j
though the distance in between had!
prevented the local men from hearing j
of that activity.
"So it came to pass, after due in-!
vestigation that the aims and methods j
of the Arizona association and the
American Cotton Association were soj
similar that they were combined, and i
this association is now the South-!
western branch of the American Cot-]
ton Association, thus adding the re-'
markable sources of information of
that body to those already acquired, j
"It is the firm and expressed belief:
of the association that the cotton j
growers of the Salt River Valley, as a
direct result of the work of the associ-?
ation, received last season at least
two million dollars more for their cot-!
ton lint and seed than, they would \
have recieved otherwise, by virtue of
the information received and dlstri-:
buted and the sales made. This was
accomplished with a membership of
OUTHRON, Established Jone 1, 188?.
VoLL. No. 38.
COUNCIL
Meeting Adjourned Leaving Al
most All Questions Undecided
EXPERTS GALLED IN
Matter of German Reparations
and Division of Sums
ceived Proves Stumbling Block
to Allies
Boulogne, June .22.?The supreme
council of the .allies adjourned%5**aay
to meet in Brussels on Juiy-.22, teacv- -
ing most of the questibns/.of the
gram undecided. The^ermah rep^gjl?
rations problem has be*e^referr<
experts who will meet in JParis to e
deavor to conciliate the view points of'
the allies regarding the- divisip?^j|^
-the sums Germany must.:pay.^T^j^
experts have not even reached 'a;de-,
cision as to the. total of the repara
tions and:the method of paymenfe:. ;'\
i Drowned at/ ,
Sulivan's Islais?l
College Boy From Summerviile;
' Loses Life in Surf
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Charleston, June 23v.?James Mi-;
Taylor of ? Sumfmervilie, a guest of h^
aunt, Mrs. Toippter, en .Sullivan's.. Ts^
land, was drowned early this after
noon in the'sjurf;-wh'Ue;--hi/ba^ng wld?^:
a young woman from Florence-, ^he?^.
un dertow ciughf -Mr'. Tayl or, after ho?
made a dive*' .intocomber, ' an^ b)^
was swept to rh^ death. Late thisa^J
ternoon the ,*]'ife' saving - crew of Su$? v:
li van's Islr^idy-i^^fillsearching' for;;;
the body. Hnf Tayloi/w-as a student^.
at the Ctollege ^?rVbnarl
ex-service man; having been- over
seas " He was - an athlfete of abaity/
and recently - played Blackfenrn
Hughes of this city for the. local ten-;
nis title." This ^ the first drowningf afe>
a local beach'.tiws season;
Labor Pmd$d On
(Railway Board
Three Groups in
Chicago, June 24.?A. well confirm
ed report in labor.circles said that the",
railway labor board is divided threSv^
wayt on the wage controversy. The'
labor group is holding -out for an
award which the company and. public- ^
representatives thought exorbitante
and the company - group is refuimi&y
to concede an award that the public'^
group held to be reasonable.
No Action Taken
Situation in Ireland Desperate
and May Become Worse
London, June 24.-?Sir Hamai
Greenwood, chief secretary for 3re- '-.
land today received another urgent
telegram from the. Londonderry mag
istrates expressing, alarm that no ac
tion is being taken by the govern
ment in connection with the .fight
ing, there. They consider the situa
tion desperate and fear it-will, become
worse. The message adds that fa?d,
supplies are running out and the gas'
supply is almost * exhausted: ; "
No Railroad
Strike Called
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Brotherhood Chiefs Deny Rum
ors of Impending Walk Out
I Cleveland, June 23.?Rumors that
jthe Railroad Unions would call a
j strike this week affecting all Union
men were denied today by the chiefa
of the four Brotherhoods.
approximately only ten per cent of the
total acreage ip the Salt River Val
ley.
"This season the work of the. asso
ciation is being extended in a very -;
large way. All the cotton farmers
in the Southwest are being offered!
the opportunity to join in the bene
fits._ At the end of the planting sea
son this spring the membership was
three, times what it' totaled last year
and will undoubtedly pass the 50 per
cent mark before cotton picking time.
'?Arrangements are being made to
have a bonded warehouse in opera- ?
tion by the time the cotton crop 'is
ginned this fall, to secure the ser
vices of a high grade licensed grad
er and classer whose services will be
free to the membership and a big
sales man to handle the sales
"So that this year the cotton grow
er in this section tfill he kept in
formed as to the value of his cottonr
present and prospective, it will be ,
graded and classed by an official grad-.
er. means will be provided for war<?
housing and financing; by bondedv
warehouse receipts, and finally, if the
grower so elects, his cotton wilL be
sold by the association, at no extra
charge and the betting is 10 to .1 .
than the organization can secure him
a better price than he can himself se
cure."
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