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Show That Disaa fUJy Was of Wide? spread Nature THAN FIVK HUNDRED DEAD ti Injured Number More Than II Thougand and the Property Damage is Very Serious kge*. Italy. Sept. t.?The num \t of Hen tied dead from Tuesday's Irthquahe la steadily growing. Four ndr?d and thirty-two ware killed Flvisvene, hundred tnd twenty-four Vlgnetta and one thouaand were litlured. sarious damage la reported froam three score owns end ten thousand are homeleaa. ^ Buried in Ruins fifty Bodies Taken From Wrecked Houses In One Ital? ian Town tendon, fiept t?Fifty dead have Isen taken from the ruins of the r*>u of Barge. The Italian earth e*an was a heavy one seyc the Kx ****** Tslefraph dispatch meesnge, ? ddtfcg that many mon are hurled In la* e>hrts. Italy Still Shaking 114m*. Sept. t - New shocks were it* th the earthquake district this I naming, shaking down tottering gCrweturua end delayed rescue work. jpTaoghterof Sea Lions Asferuv Ore. Sept. 7.? William M. lee. known here as 'king" of aea haatsrs. reoeni ly collected IS80 tie from the state for t*2 aea ScaUpe. said at the rate "r 12.10 Bounty la paid on the Bea? tuse they are considered the eeast sermons' worst *nem> gather off the meuth of the ' 'o ihia river here to prey on fish upstream. hunting Is dangerous. Hun? an* he tells of narrow en? tfern angry hulls. Seals, he are not as awkward as they la* but ran travel fast. Recently nai i him >ver the rocks but kSted by Hemers companion be fore It reached him. , Munter work* from s amall launch VaUa at sea. Much of hie hunting si gone ?n roeky beaches where seals kpMftagate. He learned his trade? 1st He terms It -as a mountaineer fcuotlag hear and deer kn the Cascade IfdUfvtaina tn addition u the government nounr? Hunter Is paid by salmon can aarfsnen ' for destroying seals. Wstl ggsyte4 on the it I pax k the rate qf the* cannery bounty would be about I.sou sea-lions killed, destroy the fish by snap* eg OtT their hea.de. it is said. Dur tne salmon running seasons ir rhe g*rtng. tone at the (tsh are vlctlmn ef the sea-lion herds, ?f the sea-lions ace used ex m glove manufacturing. Oils gad fata also ere producta M,t#? for every 1 ?saMinas deetro Columbia, sept. 7.?Second faces hetsiaen Warren and Smith for the ITattad States senate, between Bhea'y and Smith for the railroad commis? sion and between Harvey and Maul 41a for lieutenant governor were or ?aarad my the state Democratic execu? tive committee meeting here today. Severn! couny election proteeta ware heard. Hub Evans' protest was referred beck to the N? wberry county ?gentn It tee Mr Kvans whs defeat* ior the ho?ae> by W. A. Counts. He p Mealed on the grounds that Mr. Counts hsd not flh?d expense accaunta hofore the primary. A protest from RichJanA on a magistrate election was alto referred back to tlw county committee. Washington, Sept. t.?Itepresenta tlree of farmers and llvestook peoduc ars organisations are preparing to pre? sent a protest to the federal reserve hoard, according to a atatement of the farmers' National council, against sl? aved credit restrictions. USED. CAR BARGAINS One BUICK Six. good mechanical dltloo. repainted. The prb e is right. One BUICK four. Thoroughly over? hauled and repatneVd Y?ry low priest One DODOt? louring, good tires, me? chanically o. If** repainted. Very resaonable. One MITCHELL touring, first" class mechanical condition, repainted. Bides like a I'ulluian. One aVPBHIOR truck, two tons, with good body and cab, in perfect ne. chantcal condition and repainted. Tires will shew good care of truck. Qoed for hauling cotton pickers and genral farm v.oik. a burgain. One FUliTON truck. 1 1-8 tons, been used one) week* Absolutely in first class mechanl* al condition. Other bargain*. Tern* to responsible purchasers. ANCHOR MOTOR CO, 2i2 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. N The Montgomery Cotton Meeting Siv Things to Do to Help Get Better Cotton Prices?"What Did the Cotton Association Meeting at Montgomery Do?" "What Can I Do to Help Get Better Prices?" The great mooting of tho American Cotton association in Montgomery. Ala., last week, discussed a lot of thlnga, but we believe the gist of the ?hr'e?oonfereneo may be given In six definite things every cotton farmer in the sunn, cun do to help the tight for better prices: ) 1. Kdrat and foremost, hold your cotton. We must show the bear gam? blers and their allies that they have absolutely mistaken the spirit ami de? termination of the aohthern people if they think we will nit idly by and be robbed of halt the fruits of this year's labor. It his coat between 30 and 40 centa a pound to make this year's crop. The decUlon of the Montgom? ery meeting was that 40 cents should be a minimum nrlce for middling. Not only mu.?' each man resolve to hold his own ' *t*, but he must see hta neighbors a d insist on thofr hold? ing. As J. A. brown says, "We must shut up the m?' 'et so tight that no j man can buy or beg a bale of cotton at preaent prioea so that the only way to get a bale of new crop cotton urftll prices improve will be to steal it." Mr. J. A.' Todd. the distinguished Bnglish authority, who came' to Montgomery at President Wannamak er's request, slsed up the present s/orld-sltuation somewhat as follows: (1) The world will need every bale of cotton that Is produced this year. There is no real overproduction. (2) Right now, however, there is prac? tically no movement of cotton goods, a wholly abnormal temporary dull n?**s In the business of cotton manu? facturers, and of course they are not ?offering normal prices for cotton Present pricea are ohly fictitious prices based on a temporarily demoralised market. Nevertheless if one-fourth of th cotton farmers of the south are su< fools as to accept this fictitious under? valuation for 1930 cotton, pricea on iW whole crop will be lowered. Wt must keep anybody and everybody from selling at present prices. % - 3. do to your county mass meet? ing? Monday. September 20. Ev? ery < "unty in the south Is asked to hold a mass meeting of its cotton farmers on this date, to make plana for holding. warehousing. cutting acreage and cooperative marketing, fjfo, and get your reighbors to go, both landlord and tenant, black and white, tl'e must edueate everybody and al' clatHes t?> the importance of this tight. And see to It that everybody make* some contribution 'for supporting the cotton association in its plans. A good method will be lo have every grower authorise his ginner to deduct 10 to 25 cents a bale for the organ? isation. Business men .should sub? scribe liberally, for no one wJH be hurt more than they if the south's ?pending power and d-ebt-paying pow at is cut in half. \t t. Cut your cotton acreage next year by sowing a rcoord-hreuV ing grain crop thla fall. Don't Just calk about "cutting down acreage"?a negative sort of program. Tell ev? erybody to cut his cotton acroagt by sowing more wheat, oats and rye, and by sowing more clover to enrich the land for corn next year. This is the only sensible way to reduce acreage. 4. Put your cotton in a warehouse, and organise a cooperative marke ting association. Remarkably important was the comprehensive report on co? operative marketing adopted at Mont? gomery, the result of months of labor by Cotton Specialist Murph and oth? ers. The report tells just how to start cooperative selling with official grad? ing or classing In your community. As for warehouses, if there la not sufficient warehouse room in your sec? tion, It will piiy to hurry up the con? struction <>f buildings of a cheaper sort. In next week's Progressive Farmer we expect to present some plans worked out by Mr. D. C. Walty. vlce-prealdent and manager of the Ar kansas Cotton Aaaoclution, whereby 1.000 balea t my be taken care of In g atructure costing only $1,600. We do not believe, of course, that every community should be content with such cheap and Impermanent con? struction, but this at least Indicates that no community need accept the ridiculous prices now offered by bear apectilatora on the ground that it can't house Ita crop. 6. I>o ?11 you can to help men who are in a tight place financially from having to sacrifice their cotton. Make it a point to see tho president or cashier of the bank you do buslnes* with. Tell him a large part of his business comeo from farmers and that formers aspect him to go the limit In helping them now. Sc*? your mer? chant and tell him ho had hatter suf? fer some temporary inconvenience, better wait intil he can wait no long? er on his cotton customers, rather than force the South back into the poverty and backwardness It former ly suffered. And if yrtu ha\^ tenants or nelghlM>rs who Insist on selling any? how, buy their rotten if possible, and hold It out of the regular channels of trade. fl. I>cmand also a fair price for eottpn seed This subject has already been discussed in previous issues of The Progressive Farmer. The decis? ion of the Montgomery mooting was that funnels who can use cottonseed meal for feeding should exchange cot? ton send for an equal quantity of cot? tonseed meal, or should sell when a ton of need 1m selling for as much as a ton of meal. if this buttle for better cotton prices Is to he wop. the growora thomsetvee must Muht lo th ? llnish. Here are six dednits) things every man cun do. Check up yourself and see how tnuny of them you are willing to do und spread the news tu your neighbors, -__-, Ginning Figures Show Late Crop Census Bureau Makes Report to September 1. -Washington, Sept. S.?Cotton ginned prior to September 1 amounted to 3*?7.241 running baten, Including 21, 143 round bales, the census bureau announced today In its first ginning report of the season. Ginnmg to September 1, last year, amounted to 142,625 running bales, including 1,1 IS round hales and 26 bales of sea island. Ginning by states this year to Sep? tember 1 were. Alabama, 1,555; Ar? kansas, 30; California, 1,545; Florida. 117; Georgia. 15,170;.Douisiana, 2029; Mississippi, 827; North Carolina, 7; Oklahoma, 326; South Carolina. 609; Tennessee, none; .Texas, 344,019; all other states. 317. The census report showing 367,241 hales of cotton ginned prior to Sep? tember 1 attracted comparatively lit? tle comra-ent, but was considered as an additional Indication of a late crop which intensified the effect of unfa? vorable weather and erop advices. There was covering by both specula? tive and trade shorts on the advance which followed the ?carly break and before midday active months sold 37 < to 55 points net higher, with October touching 28.45, and January 25.75. This attracted realizing but the week? ly report of the weather bureau was considered more bullish than expected and prices hold very stenldy early in the noon hour. After selling 60 to 60 points net higher on the unfavorable weather re? ports, prices reacted under realising. October eased oT from 2 8.60 to 28.07. with active months ruling about 10 to 17 points net higher during, the mid? dle of the afternoon. College Faculty Strike Concerted Plan of Members of Columbia College Faculty to Quit Just Before School Opens Columbia, Sept. 9.?A .concerted plan on the part of members of the faculty of Columbia College, a Meth? odist female school here, to resign just before the opening of the school next Thursday, Is said to have been made during the past summer, according to information obtained here today. The resignations of about a half dozen fac? ulty members are expected In the next few days. However, the new president of the school. .1. Caldwell 'Guild, is "ready for them." he says. He has a number of prominent persons already lined up for new faculty places and the work of the school will not be in? terfered with. This is the stqual to the recent . forcing from th;' presidency of Dr. C. T. f'ugh. The faculty members were in sympathy with pr. Pugh, whose place was declared vacant by the board, following Dr. Pugh's refusal to re-insHate gevxral students who had been deprived of. student body privil? eges because they took part in an es? capade, contrary to the college rules, ? last spring. The college will open next Thurs? day with bright prospects for the oest year in its history, it 4s said. The en? rollment will tax the capacity of the school, and many young women have been turned away.' . , Mexico's Oil Industry Mexico City, Sept. 7.?A plan . for thp operation of the newly-formed pe ? trol-eum consulting board of the min? istry of industry, commerce and labor, ha? Just been made public. In the effort to bring the govern? ment and the petroleum interests ih'.o closer relations, the latter will be per? mitted to attend the sessions of the board and present claims or give in? formation, but without the power to vote. ? 1 Another of the announced purposes of the board, of which General Tre vino, secretary of industry, commerce and labor, Is chairman, is the dissemi? nation of information regarding the petroleum Industry. The board ha.i l>egun functioning. Staple Cotton Association __________ Mississippi Plan of Marketing Cotton Endorsed by Darling? ton Meeting The executive committee of the Staple Cotton association, elected at ? mass meeting held September 2nd, met in the Durllngton court house September 7th. As u result of thi* meeting we, the undersigned members of the executive committee present, aftvr a thorough discussion of the Mississippi plan of marhcting cot? ton, unanimously agreed to recoifi mend to a mass meeting of the la ig staple growers to he held in the Dur? llngton court house Monday. Septem? ber 13th at 11 a. m., the Mississippi plan with some minor changes. We earnestly urge the long Staple growers from all ' sections of South Carolina to be present at this meet? ing. T. G. McLeod, D. D. .Jennings, L. R. Drake, C. P. Hodges, D. A. Moore, Wade Stack house, .lohn T. Mackey, A. J. A. Perltt, Jas. I?. Molntosh, J. W. GoOdson, io. McGlll. Quake Victims Increase Pome. Bept. 8.- -The newspaper Trlbuna says that several hundred per? sona were killed in the earthquake at Kivixzand end many more Injured, quoting dispatches from Massa. ! Meade Staple Cotton New Variety Replacing Sea Island _ Eteptjrta that .several hundred acres of Meade cotton are being grown in : Arkansas and Texas und more than I 2,00? acres in Hayti Uns year have caused cotton specialists of the bureau j of plant industry, ITrdtpd States de- | partment of agriculti.ro. to express* some concern over the effect this may have upon their efforts to bring Meade cotton to the front in Georgia as an Upland long-staple vu.rioty. There is no reason to expect that a variety of the special character of the Meade cotton can be grown to advantage in all parts of the cotton belt. Meade cotton, developed by the'bu? reau of plain industry, is now replac? ing the Sea Island cotton in Georgia and South Carolina. It is earlier and more productive than the Sea Island cotton In the presence of the boll weevil and produces fiber of the length and quality ?t Sea island, so that the advantage to the farmer is great. The attention that Meade cot? ton has attracted lb Georgia bus led, however,- to efforts oeing made to in? troduce this variety Into many other districts In advance' of any recom? mit datiori by the department. An essentinl requirement for the production of good long-staple fiber is that the pJAnts shall not bo checked by drought, which makes the Uber weak hnd Irregul?r and renders the CTDP difficult' to pick, because the bolls are withered and split prema - Lurely and do not open to the full ex? tent of those that are normally de? veloped. 4 An important advantage of Meade . oLton in the Sea Island districts, but* i disadvantage In Other parts of the ?otton belt, is that this variety is bot? er adapted to roller ginning, on ac? count of the seeds being only slightly fussy, like the Sea Island cotton. Though good prices have been secured in some casen for sow-ginned Meede fiber, there have also been complaints that such fiber is badly gin-cut, which is likely to injure the commercial standing of the variety unless the need of roller ginning is clearly understood by farmers, the buyers, and the man? ufacturers. , It has been the aim of the friends of Meade cotton to keep the product on im high a grade us possible, and it has been selling on the market for prices equal to those paid for s?*a Is? land Pf the same grade. It is already being produced in considerable quan? tities and is the nearest approach to Sea Island?now practically eliminat? ed by the boll weevil's1 invasion?in length and lineness of fiber. Tests of the strength and spinning qualities of the fiber have given favorable results, so that the possibility of substituting this type of cot on tor corresponding englhs of. Sea Island is definitely in? dicated. Meade produces earlier than Sea Island and develops bolls nearly twice as large. A heavier crop can be set in*a short period of time, and the fiber matures in advance of Sea Island - - al! -tending to avoid damage by boll w?-evil. Even when a large .proportion of the buds or young bolls are shed, as a result of severe weevil injury or other unfavorable conditions, the Meade rows often yield two or throe times as much us the Sv.a Island. I>uyr ers accept Meade fiber as practicably equivalent to the Sea island. At pres? ent there arc a vrnt f?,0i?u acres plant? ed in Meade in Gcorgui and South Carolina, about J.OOo acPej being es? pecially guarded as fhe basis ol a supply of pure seed. Episcopal Women Hold Conference Officers and Executive Council i of Auxiliary Make Plans For | Winters Work < ? Columbia, Sept. !*.?Officers and \ executive council of the Woman's t Auxiliary to the presiding bishop and ; council aiv holding a two day session j in Satterlce hall. This session began j yesterday and will continue today. Tho work being done by these offl- j cers and executive council, of which \ Mrs. William P. Cornell is presi? dent, is lhat of discussing and making , plans for the winter's activities. Representatives from all over the [state are present and interest Is being i shown in the future plans for the woi k. The women attending the con? ference are: Mrs. William P. Cornell of Columbia, president; Mrs. F. X. C hall en of Greenville, viee president of the Greenville convocation; Mrs. H. G. Ostoen of Sumter, vice president of the Columbia convocation; Miss Elsie Oudger of Columbia, secretary and chairman of the publicity department; Mrs. Lewis Parker of Greenville, edu? cational secretary; Mrs. John Cart of Orangeburg, secretary of supplies; Miss Virginia T. Singleton of Colum? bia, r. T. (?. custo/liun and chairman of committee on Offering of Life; Mrs. 1>. I >. Taber. representative of the : church school service league. Of the executive council of 18 the following women lire present: Miss F. B. Du vall of Choruw, chairman of depart-j men I of missions and church exten- j felon; .Mrs. John 1). Fell of Columbia, chairman of the department of Chris? tian social service; Mr*. James R. Cain of Columbia, chairman of the depart? ment of nation-wide campaign; Mrs. Henry VegXgin of Columbia; Mrs. T. H. Fisher of Columbia, Miss ICltu Powe of Ch< raw and Mrs. Robert Hunt of Charleston. Homes For Detroit Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 8.?The Detroit board of commerce will stand back of the Detroit housing corporation's pro? posal to float a bond issue of $600,000 j for building additional homes for j workers in the city. This was made I clear whci* !? per cent of the board's membership endorsed the idea. Vir jtua/ pledges on the par: of the entire ! membership of the board were made to subscribe most of the fund. The commercial organisation has just completed a survey tending to show that the growth of Detroit, both In population and industry, is being retarded by the house shortage. It was revealed that workers are paying from $70 to $lb0 por month for places in which to live and that many workmen cither are leaving Detroit for othe r cities or are threatening to do so. The bonds that the members of the board, are asked to buy are in de? nominations of $100, ?5o<> and $1,000, maturing semi-anndaily. They are to be secured by mortgages. "William Stocking, statistician of the board, reports a big reduction in house construction during July. The number of permits was 561 fewer than in July, 1919. Cox Speaks in Dakota Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 7.?Qov. Cox arrived here for three speeches in North Dakota today. Ho will speak here, and at Devil's Lake av.d Minot. ? COTTON LETTER - ? (John F. Clark A Co.) New York, lSept. 9.?Keports of leavy rains over ai large area of the >elt ha<l a stimulating effect on tho tear months In the cotton market ?arly and the options showed a gain >f ten 1 wenty points. There was: in increased volume of hedge sales ivhich were placed chiefly in the dis ant^months and these declined 20 to 30 points. The*market was very er? ratic again with the character of the lews conflicting. Press advices indicate that th<e coal strike in England had not yet beer* averted and this together with the un? favorable textile situation and lack of demand fnr the actual go to make up the bulk of the bearish news. Crop reports, however, are far from fa \<.1.?''!<' but as sentiment is inclined to lean more to the down side it looks as though a continuance of bad waprti? er must be had to maintain present levels. . NEW YORK COTTON Y'st'oVs Month Open High Low Close Close .Jan. ..20.30 2.fi.37 24.80 25.07 25.25 Mch, ..24.95 24.95 24.18 24.48 24.85 May ...24.58 24.60 23.85 24.05 24.55 Oct.2S.15 28.47 27.80 28.25*27.95 ' Dec. ..2C.35 26.47 25.85 26.1 8 26.18 NEW ORLEANS COTTON T'st'dy'a Month Open lilgh Dow Cloae Close Jan. ...24.S9 24.98 24.34 24.52 24.75 Mch. ..24.40 24.45 23.69 23.85 24.28 May ....24.10 24.10 23.40 23.45 2 3*5 Oct. ...26.88 27.40 26.70 27.00 li,$3 Dec. ...25.30 2 5.63 -4.97 25.2o 56.25 ; -, ( LIVERPOOL COTTON. Cloae January ., . 18S* March . 18.42 May . 17.97 July . 17.&7 August . 17.37 October .fc. 19.76 i >eeember .*. . . 19.07 Truck Farms. I will subdivide and sell my Chan? dler place, about a mile and a-half from town, into small farms soon. Th h land will make \aluable truck farms. D. C. Shaw.?AdVli Holiday Eve Club The annual meeting of the holiday' Kve club was held Monday afternoon at Which time officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: J. J. Williams, president, and J. H. Myers, vice-president were re-elected; A. H. Boykln, secretary; Cyril Schwartz, treasurer. Committee: M. M. Platt, J. P. Ilrunson, A. L. Yates. A committee was appointed by the president to draft new constitution and byrlaws, and to report at next meeting. The membership list was increased from fifty to seventy-five. The enter? te; inments will be held as usual?> Thanksgiving eve, New Year's eve. and just before and after the Lenterf season. . , After a general discussion of af? fairs the meeting adjourned to con? vene on September 27th and at sir o'clock in the afternoon in the office* of Mr. M. M. Platt, 21 City National hank building. Truck Farms. I will subdivide and sell my Chan Idier place, about a mile and a-half from town, into small farms soon. This land will make valuable truck farms. D. C. Shaw.?Advt. 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