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WATSON ISSUES APPEAL TO COTTON PLANTERS Urges Growers to Stand Firm?President of Southern Cotton Congress Advises Awaiting Action of Federal Powers, Letter to McAdoo. E. J. Watson, president of the Southern Cotton congress, last night addressed the following letter to William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury: "As president of the Southern Cotton congress, composed of producers, merchants, bankers and manufacturers, and speaking for the South's cotton farmers, I am glad to see that you have called a meeting in Washington tomorrow to demise some plan f A * OOITIM/V 4-V? V? ivi OOTIII^ HIC UUUVU 1IVIII UCIIl^ 1UIW" ed to sell its only money crop at prices that will be disastrous to every interest in the South, and trust that this conference will evolve some plan to enable the banks of the .South to finance at lea-<t one-third of the cot0 ton crop. If State banks are exempted from the tax on notes issued for circulation, they can avail themselves of the emergency currency provided for under the Vreeland-Aldrich act, which will very materially aid in taking care of the situation. We consider it imperative that whatever is done be done speedily, as cotton is being harvested and is already moving. Unless relief is forthcoming, the farmer will be forced to sell far below the cost of production or fail to meet his obligations." ADDeals to Groweris. E. Watson, president of the Southern Cotton congress, last night issued a statement urging the farmers of the South to hold the cotton crop until a definite policy is announced by the federal government. "It is absolutely essential to our very existence that eyver cotton grower and handler of cotton withhold his cotton from the market until the federal government has promulgated the probable value of the cotton and has outlined the course to pursue," says Mr. Watson. The statement follows: "From every quarter of the cotton belt there comes the persistent inquiry for exact information as to what to do with the cotton in the present crisis. No man living can predict the outcome of the present situation. Some of the ablest men we have for days have been wrestling with the problem and great headway has been made. The only thing that is absolutely certain is that the only possible hope for relief is in the federal government. I can only say to ? J,he farmers of the South ibat>the feaeral government, both in and out of the halls of the national congress, is doing everything in Its power'to work out speedily a practicable plan Co avert the disaster. Today the efforts that have been making in Washington will doubtless crystalize into a definite line of procedure. There is therefore but one thing that I can say to the men all over the South who are waiting and watching and I want to say that with all the earnestness at my command: It is absolutely essential to our very existence that every cotton grower and nandier of cotton withhold his cotton from the market until the federal government has promulgated the probable value of the cotton and has outlined the course to pursue. Suicidal Policy. "The dumping of the first bales of cotton on a market which sin't a market, right now, before the authorities in Washington can evolve the financial plan, will be suicidal. "Above everything we should not delude ourselves^ The federal government only has the power to do certain things under the constitution and under existing laws, and in order to relieve the cotton situation amendments to existing currency laws and 3ome new laws must be rushed through congress. The restrictions are far greater than supposed. Besides and of deeper concern there is the fact that you can't pass just anything through congress. There mu^t be concentration upon those measures that can be passed. Our people should get it out of their minds right now that there is even a remote possibility of such a thing as federal valorization of cotton. The United Scates government is not going to buy and ho'd anybody's cotton and such a proposition would not even be con. sidercd. Uneconomic ventures are not receiving any consideration and they will not. Conditions are not artificial now; they are real. For the first time we are about to skip a whole year and possibly more without machinery *|which has herefore been eating up some 8,000,000 bales of cotton eating up a pound, and it is A. 111 1 ll A. A t_ _ 4 A1 not unuxeiy tnat tne iyii crop can not be consumed in this proportion until the year 1915. "While the authorities in Washington are trying to work out the details of a complicated legal and financial plan, it would be the part of wisdom for our people to cease useless discussions of plans that look good on paper but go up like a skyrocket as f? soon as subjected to the restrictive ic powers holding the government to m fixed lines of procedure. They had ui far better get down to the real work ei of organizing for holding at least a in third of the crop in warehouse and g; arranging to hold as much more as pi they can on their own account in the m seed if possible. Anything that is tt done in Washington will be predicted pi on the utilization of all the warehouse space that can be mustered. Our people all through the South should com- tl plete their organization of the South- al ern Cotton congress by States, by fc counties and by townships and in this pi oiate on inursaay in eacn county a t> warehouse committee consisting1 of c< one from each township, whose duty T it should be to get complete informa- p tion as to all the warehouse facili- lo ties, should be provided for. This is the work that is needed right now; it is puerile to waste time discussing visionary schemes of finance when f the strongest minds-in the nation are already approaching the only solution of the intricate financial tangle that 8i is impossible. It should also be every e man's business to see that his neigh- * bor does not wilfully in a moment of .. hysteria dump his cotton on some p platform at a ruinous price. n Unloading in Texas. 8 "This very thing had begun in the Si ate of Texas during last week. The () Texans had a severe problem before _ them, and there was no wonder that they began the effort to unload at any n kind of a price. That great State a came to this crisis with practically no warehouses of any description. e' The growers became hysterial. There ^ is no such condition there as we j, have here in regard to warehouses, j, We can take care of 700,000 bales if y we have it to do, and three is no actual crying need for an extra ses- ^ sion of the general assembly to pro- v vide for a State warehouse system 11 without careful consideration of the ( details. Gov. Colquitt has called a session of the Texas legislature and a that body convenes in Austin this s< morning with a view of making pro- tl visions that will give legal standing to temporary warehousing methods. 11 We earnestly appealed to the leading s men in Texas to put a stop to the hysteria there which was making h growers and handlers of cotton offer k thousand bale lots in this territory tl 4- Q 1 A nnntn nr, 4-Ust.? U*A *1 at *7 x?> lcjiui uciivcicu, nau ~ begun to do. The telegrams I am e giving you show that this has likely been accomplished. We are now working to stem the same kind of a tide in southern Georgia where some farmers began a few days ago to try to sell xt 8jcep|i?a.pou?d.\ CSST'Tues- o day the Georgia division of the tl Southern Cotton congress will per- tl feet its organization at a meeting in bl Macori, and take the situation in hand ^ there^ "In Washington the necessary w steps are being taken as rapidly as 0| possible. Congressman Lever wires b me that the Hoke Smith-Lever na- ni tional warehouse measure, which is b an essential to any federal financial aid, will merely supplement existing or State warehouse systems and give p the federal government the necessary supervisory connection witn any n funds put out against cotton ware- h house receipts. He states further ei that this bill and the cotton standards 01 measure, another essential step, will both be reported favorably early in jj this week. Something definite will p doubtless be known in the next two ^ days as to whether the State banks are going to be able to avail themselves of the emergency currency. But it is unnecessary to discuss the n four methods by which the necessary v< money is to be obtainable to finance ^ the one-third of the crop, which it is w uniformly recognized must be cared c, for, and which is all that possibly car. be cared for. The efforts are all directed at help for the man at the bottom?the man who grows the cot- if ton. But such a thing as direct loans 1 to the farmers or the government ^ buying and holding the cotton is sim- ^ ply out of the question and the sooner B we dismiss those vision the better it will be for everybody." Situation in Texas. President Watson yesterday addressed the following telegram to Charles St. Clair, vice president of "J the Southern Cotton congress: "Your wire of 20th just noted. Glad to know call has been issued. Have wired Lever and Smith for construction of question you propound and will wire you immediately upon re- ^ ceipt of information. My impression n, is that federal measures if enacted |a will eliminate necessity for many features of State warehouse act^ Most Is serious thing in entire situation right hi now in Texas offering in Southeastern p markets cotton from new crop in thousand bale lots at 9 1-4 cfents. Can not you, Colquitt and Kone do something to stop this and prevent utter demorilization that Texas offers are precipitating? Action of these men w is playing havoc!" The following telegram was receiv- t ed from Ed. R. Kone, commissioner of ^ agriculture of Texas: "Telegram received after our con- m I ;rence adjourned. The Texas (UnC >n, Southern Cotton congress, pr lanently organized. We reeolv . , nanimously that every cotton gro 181 r and handler hold his cotton fro,, larket until government has promigrin* j ated probable value and course - i ursue and until that time recor n lend that no cotton be sold at le'* -1 aan 12 1-2 cents. On this we staiPent ) at."?The State. S" 1 New Postcard Soon. fday A new 1-cent postcard is now t* ' ae press and will soon be shipped P^or ! II the postoflices, according to ir^88* >rmation received at the Columbine ostoftice. The card will be 3 1-4 bess- | 1-2 inches, and will be of crearned , )lor. The printing will be in gree^"0" he sultject of the stamp will be a \ rofile portrait of Thomas Jeffersoi ?f 1 oking to the left.?The State. ( m i 1 DEFIED THE KAISER. , l Pilot Who Know His Businooo an J ' Had Lots of Nervo. ' 1 j In a lit of impatience because the ^ peed of liis yacbt was slowed down on ntering a certain harbor. the Qerinan e I ! n^eror on one occasion tried to assertrf- ^ authority and rang the bell foi Full speed ahead." To his great ?ur Jn rise, the pilot, an old Norweglang amed Nordliuii8, who knew the dan ? erous character of the channel, d himself in the way and, leaning V ? ver the wheel, called down the tube | > the engine room, "Half speed ahead -never mind the bell!" i- E "What! You dare to countermand it \ ly orders?" cried the impetuous niou- ^ rch, again ringing the bell. e P "Disregard the bell," calmly repeat-;s d Nordhuns through the tube. "V For a moment the kaiser glared at , w tie Intrepid pilot, and then, drawing^ n imself up to Ills fill! height, said ma- e estlcally, "Go below, sir, and report ourself under arrest." l" "Leave the bridge!" thundered the h lorwegiau grimly, as he grasped tlie s, rheel more firmly. "This ship is In e T ly charge, and I'll have no Interfer- n t? nee with uiy orders from emperor or eaman!" The officers on deck hurried silently s w ft, wishing luck to the sturdy old ^ en uog, wno, Knowing tlint be bad . w tie law as well as common sense ou( e] Is side, stood at bis post unsbnken by treats, unheeding commands, and tecred tbe Ilobenzollern safely intod ort. s Si Tbe next day the emperor came to Is senses and decorated tbe pilot?theing at the wheel?with one grade of 3 tie Order of the Black Eagle and also ppolnted him his life pilot in Norwe*c Ian waters.?Pearson's Weekly. , mi Oily Patrols. G< Various sea birds, especially the pet-r he ;ls. contain a large- amount of oil In ag leir tissues, and for ie Scottish coasts, who obtam fri^ft M lem "oil for their lamps, down folr 7" lelr beds, a delicacy for their table, a aim for their wounds and a medicine ^ ir their distemper." On the island of u t. Klldn as many as 20.000 birds are llled in the one week of the year hen this killing Is legal. So rich in II are some of these birds that their .. l? ? I wviicn mil uc ii^vu cm iaiii|/o U Willi?' re passed through them.?London ,ive Stock Journal. Early Welfare Work. The "sick fund" among factory emlo.vees was known as far back a? the rst quarter of the nineteenth century. manufacturing company at Dover aving established it for the benefit ot mployees. A hospital for factory op I ratlves was established In Lowell In R39. The charges were $4 a week for lie men and S3 for the women. If I tie.v were not able to pay. the em- I lo.vlng corporation became responsi- I le.?New York Evening Poet. Misunderstood. M French Chauffeur tto deaf farmer on I Maine roadt^-Can you tell me. sare. I I ?re I get some of ze gazzoline? Farm- V (with his hnnd to his eart?Hey? rench Chauffeur?Non. non. non! Not > hay?ze gazzoline. Zlzz ee? a motor |R ir. not a horse.?Exchange. U Discovered. Wife?What would you do, George, you were left a widower? Hub?Oh. snppoRe the same as you would if ftx >u were left a widow. Wife?Yon * srrid wretch! And yon told me you JJJ >uld never care for anybody else.? oston Transcript. The Dear Girl. "Wife, why don't you make some snnel cakes?" "1 wilt if yon wish it." said the bride "t"U ^hall I use red or white flannel?"? ansas City Journal. I Il( cs Tho Way Back To It. "Why do you call your wife Peggy f4 US "It's a Ions' story.*' "It must be. Peggy is supposed to 8 short for Margaret, though I could ever aee why. Itst your wife's name i Felicia. How do you get It?" "Well, you see, it's like this. Pegg.v 4-p i short for a nickname I Invented for ^ bp. I got In the habit of calling her jg egnsa." "But why?" SC "Pegasa Is the feminine of Pegaaus." "Yes, but"? "And Pegasus was an Immortal ieed." "I know that But what has your 3. 'ife got to do with It?" "Well, an immortal steed Is In plain una an undying borne. And an un ylng horae la an everlasting nag. HI ow do you see?" II He saw and sympathized approprl- II tely.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. A. H. Foster, Misses Ma Emma and Louise Foster return Tuesday evening from a visit to Mi Chapman at Spartanburg. Mrs. R. W. McDow has mai friends throughout the county wi will be pleased to know that she recovering from a recent illness. Mrs. D. S. Pope and children, w! have been visiting Mrs. Ida Baker her home on Main street, have r turned to their home in Columbia. Mrs. Ethel Smith and Mr. Stua Smith, who have been spending tl summer with relatives in Mississipi returned to the city Monday evenin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williamst >f Darlington arrived Tuesday afte ioon to visit Mr. and Mrs. 1). A. Boj it their home on East Main street. Rev. and Mrs. D. P. Boyd and Ma ter Albeit Boyd returned to the lome in Newberry Friday after a fe lays visit to Mr. and Mrs. D. i 3oyd. Mr. Edward McCrady, who is ei raged in construction and engineei ng work in Union, returned hom Holiday to cast his ballot.?I.aurer Advertiser. Miss Annie Fred passed throug Jnion Monday on lier way to Augiu a, Ga. from several weeks visit t ier sister, Mrs. Patterson, in ilendei onville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rodders lei lunday for their home in Greenvill rom a visit to their parents, Mr. an Irs. D. E. Wessinger, on Sout !hurch street. Mr. H. L. Gaflfney, proprietor of th lattery and Mr. 0. W. Myers lef Wednesday for the north, where the rill purchase merchandise for the ap roaching season Mrs. D. H. Wallace, Miss Salli Vallace and Master Dan Wallace rho have been summering in th lountains of North Carolina, return d to the city Friday afternoon. A revival meeting will begin a It. Vernon Presbyterian church Sun ay, August 31. There will be tw< ervices a day, 3:30 and 8 o'clock 'he public is cordially invitfed to at ind. Rev. A. B. Kennedy of Columbii assed through Union Monday on hi fQ \7 trt Paoo Krvwf no ~\7 '? VV A v\,anviivao, va., Wilt;re to ether with Rev. W. I). Wakefield hi 'ill conduct revival services for sev ral weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Con Allen, Mr. am [rs. D. W. Mullinax and Misses Nint ligh and Lyl Milam returned to th< ty Saturday from a pleasure trip tc ew York, Washington and other inresting pointo. Mrs. McCutcheon and children Charleston spent last week with e Misses McCutcheon at Monarch, rs. McCutcheon is pleasantly reambered in Union as Miss Emma >rdon and has numbers of friends re who were pleased to see her ain. Mrs. Herbert Smoak, who has been riUd^ Mrs. R. S. Adams in Chester, enjoined Miss Mamie Duncan and gather they will attend the Assoition of the Deaf, in Charlotte, N. On the return home they will visit . n.. n?c?n..i. run 1 wbeesm hat I iemented 'atch X)ils many a day's otoring? why not roid using them exipt in emergency cases id have your puncire repaired permaintlv with steam viil inizing equipment by 5? We repair casings id tubes, and guarane you genuinely satfactory work and readable prices. We earnestly solicit trial?just call 66. todel Garage ill To Our 10 and P eIn Union and t? LISTEN! Certain S >' fearful wars raging in H our own glorious Unite leaps and bounds. Suj * ducts are principally a J to know that while we < I coming, we have an em R of the best things to eat I by today and willingly I as long as our stocks 1; I men can sell these items I Every day we are s I tomers at prices far bek | them; you could not ask D you an item for $1.50 a 1 | put it back in stock, jus ( I contributed 50 cents to | war prices and then s< L I costs to restock it. TT jj have been doing this sii i I ed, and we want our fr: '< I patient, and remember us who are your friends than they do you. An< stand ready and as loi i worth of food products : get them just as reaso earth that hopes to we? a hope and pray will soor Don't forget that we | the consuming public ev Union Gr L. L. WAGN 1 Phone 100._ i WRIGHTSVILLE titi A /^TT ?D?ji\^n? . AND RETURN $7.50-GOOD 10 DAYS-$7.50 EVERY THURSDAY U. & G. S. RAILROAD AND SEABOARD "The Progressive Railway of South." For further information apply to Ticket Agent, U. & G. S., Union, or write Fred Geissler, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. 31 5t w w- *' -r V | Just Rc ?\ FRESH SHIPMENT I FINE C/ Y VNunnally's, Mary Gai > A Queen Victoria, An Y We Give Tickets t ?! ?TRADE \ % and get votes for f given at th Imilhous V T THE REXA A^A j^A j^A A^A A^4 A^A A^A A# Notice of Final Discharge. State of South Carolina?County of Union?Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given, that on the 29th day of August, 1914, at 11 a. m., in the Court of Probate for said county, the undersigned will make his final settlement as guardian of the Friends || atrons Union County: taples of life owing to the almost every country save d States have gone up by gar, Corn and Meat projected, but we want you ?an not prevent calamities urinous stock of hundreds , and that we are standing o and gladly sell consumers ast, just as reasonably as 5 and stay in business. idling goodte to our cus>w what it costs to restock us to do more. If we sell nd it takes two dollars to it remember that we have ' help save you from the old the item for what it lis is no exageration; we 2 ice this situation develop- 3 iends and the public to be I that such conditions hurt 1 i just as bad, if not worse | "1 Hist - tviuv-lllUCI Midi \V f ig as we have a dollar's left, we will see that you nably as any concern on ither the storm which we 1 be over. are the best friends that er had in this county. ocery Co. ON, Manager. Main Street, Union, S. C. iwiivc vi nnai ui?cnarf(e. State of South Carolina?County of Union?Gorrt-t of Probate. Notice is hereby given, that on the 7th day of September, 1914, at 11 o'clock, a. m., in the Court of Probate for said county, the undersigned will make his final settlement as Administrator of the estate of W. F. Arthur, and that thereupon he will apply to the Judge of said Court, for his final discharge as such Administrator. J. A. SAWYER. This 6th day of August, 1914. Published in The Union Times for 30 days. 32 4t Better a fool who knows nothing than one who knows too much. Is your liver inactive? LIV-ERLAX will wake it up. Glymph's Pharmacy. Every time a wise man makes a mistake he learns something. (llymph's Pharmacy knows about LiV-ER-LAX. Ydu need it for your liver. Mr. T. J. Chapman of Rome, Ga., formerly a Union resident, spent the past week visiting in Union. A, A! fy fy sceived ! Y OF THE FOLLOWING ! INDIES i V rden V V Votes for Women d Crane's Chocolates V f x ; to the Airdome Y T T V1TH US? Y he 5 Grand Prizes % e Airdome DRUG CO. | LL STORE Y estate of Annie Broom Hartin, and that thereupon he will apply to the Judge of said Court, for his final discharge as such guardian. R. P. MORGAN. This 29th day of July, 1914. Published in The Union Times for 30 days. 32 4t ,