The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 28, 1914, Page 3, Image 3
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 cot"v
ton farmers, I am glad to see that
you have called a meeting in Washington
tomorrow to devise some plan
for saving the South from being forced
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 least one-third of the cotton
crop. If State banks are exempted
from the tax on \iotes 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
he 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."
Appeals to Growers.
E. Watson, presidents 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 thnt
is absolutely certain is that the only
possible hope for relief is in the federal
government. I can only . say to
the farmers of the South that the
federal government, both in and out
of the halls of the national congress,
is doing everything in fts power to
work out speedily a practicable plan
to 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
coiion grower ana nanaier 01 cotton
withhold his cotton from the market
until the federal government has promulgated
the probable valuq of the
cotton and has oiitlined 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 cerl
tain things under the constitution and
under existing laws, and in order to
relieve the cotton situation amendments
to existing currency laws and
some new laws must be rushed
through congress. The restrictions
are iar greater than supposed. Be-Ox
auupur wnteni fe? hr"
the fact that you can't pass just anything
through congress. There must
be concentration upon those measures
that can be passed. Our people should
pet it out of their minds ripht now
that there is even a remote possibility
of such a thinp as federal valorization
of cotton. The United States
government is not poinp to buy and
ho'd anybody's cotton and such a
proposition would not even be conside
rod. 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 tyhich has herefore
been eating up some 8,000,000 bales
of cotton eating up a pound, and it is
not unlikely that the 1914 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
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paper but go up like a skyrocket as
soon as subjected to the restrictive
powers holding the government to
fixed lines of procedure. They had
far better get down to the real work
of organizing for holding at least a
third of the crop in warehouse and
arranging to hold as much more as
they can on their own account in the
seed if possible. Anything that is
done in Washington will be predicted
on the utilization of all the warehouse
space that can be mustered. Our people
all through the South should complete
their organization of the Southern
Cotton congress by States, by
counties and by townships and in this
State on Thursday in each county a
warehouse committee consisting of
one from each township, whose duty
it should be to get complete information
as to all the warehouse facilities,
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
the strongest minds in the nation are
already approaching the only solution
of the intricate financial tangle that
is impossible. It should also be every
man's business to see that his neighbor
does not wilfully in a moment of
I hysteria dump his cotton on some
platform at a ruinous price.
Unloading in Texas.
"This very thing had begun 111 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
kind of a price. That great State
came to this crisis with practically
no warehouses of any description.
The growers became hvsterial. There
is no such condition there as we
have here in regard to warehouses.
We can take care of 700,000 bales if
we have it to do, and three is no .actual
crying need for an extra session
of the general assembly to provide
for a State warehouse system
without careful consideration of the
details. Gov. Colquitt has called a
session of the Texas legislature and
that body convenes in Austin this
morning with a view of making provisions
that will give legal standing
to temporary warehousing methods.
We earnestly appealed to the leading
men in Texas to put a stop to the
hysteria there which was making
growers and handlers of cotton offer
thousand bale lots in this territory
at 9 1-4 cents delivered, as they had
begun to do. The telegrams I am
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 at 8 cents a pound. On Tuesday
the Georgia division of the
Southern Cotton congress will perfect
its organization at a meeting in
Macon, and take the situation in hand
there^
"In Washington the necessary
steps are being taken as rapidly as
possible. Congressman Lever wires
me that the Hoke Smith-Lever na
tional warehouse measure, which is
an essential to any federal financial
aid, will merely supplement existing
or State warehouse systems and give
the federal government the necessary
supervisory connection with any
funds put out against cotton warehouse
receipts. He states further
that this bill and the cotton standards
measure, another essential step, will
both be reported favorably early in
this week. Something definite will
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
four methods by which the necessary
money is to be obtainable to finance
the one-third of the crop, which it is
uniformly recognized must be cared
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 cota
d..i u ? ?? /ILaa*
lull. uui such a tiling an uiicitu iuuiia
to the farmers or the government
^j'lag-gntiriiold'ing the' cotton is simply
out of the question and the sooner
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
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 receipt
of information. My impression
is that federal measures if enacted
will eliminate necessity for many fea
a/ CU #? * /? ufnwhl\Aiioo nof Mno!
lures ui o ui ic noiciivuow (4v v *'*v/ov
serious thing in entire situation right
now in Texas offering in Southeastern
markets cottbn from new crop in
thousand bale lots at 9 1-4 cents. Can
not you, Colquitt and Kone do something
to stop this and prevent utter
demorilieation that Texas offers are
precipitating? Action of these men
is playing havoc!"
The following telegram was received
from Ed. R. Kone, commissioner of
agriculture of Texas:
"Telegram received after our con
ference adjourned. The Texas division,
Southern Cotton congress, permanently
organized. We resolved
unanimously that every cotton grower
and handler hold his cotton from
market until government has promulgated
probable value and course to
pursue and until that time recommend
that no cotton be sold at less i
than 12 1-2 cents. On this we stand
pat."?The State.
New I'ostcard Soon.
A new 1-cent postcard is now on '
the press and will soon be shipped to
all the postoffices, according to in- '
formation received at the Columbia
postoffice. The card will be 3 1-4 by ;
5 1-2 inches, and will be of cream <
color. The printing will be in green *
TU^ L!- i *
i iic suujeci 01 mo stamp will he a \
profile portrait of Thomas JefferSbn t
looking to the left.?The State.
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DEFIED THE KAISER.
A Pilot Who Know His Business and :
Had Lots of Nerve. 1
In u lit of impatience because the J:
speed of his yacht was slowed down on
entering a certain harbor, the German j
enyeror on one occasion tried to assert c
authority ami rang the hell for 1
"Full speed ahead." To his great sur- 1
| prise, tlio pilot, an old Norwegian 1
| named Nordliuns, wlro knew the dan ^
I gerous character of the channel, pine- *
ed himself in the way and. leaning ^
over the wheel, called down tire tube a
to the engine room, "Half speed ahead j,
?never mind the hell!" d
"What! You dare to countermand 'I
my orders?" cried (he impetuous niou- a
arch, again ringing the hell.
"Disregard the bell," calmly repent- P
ed Nordhuns through the tube.
For a moment the kaiser glared at "
the intrepid pilot, and then, drawing
himself up to his full height, said majestically,
"Go below, sir, and report g
yourself under arrest."
"Leave the bridge!" thundered the 1
Norwegian grimly, as he grasped the
wheel more firmly. ' "This ship is in
my charge, and I'll have no interfer- *
ence with my orders from emperor or
seaman!" ^
The officers on deck hurried silently ^
aft, wishing luck to the stni-iiv ?i.i ?
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sea dog, who, knowing that he had d
the law as well as common sense on ii
Ills side, stood at his post unshaken by
threats, unheeding commands, and t?
steered the liohenzollcrn safely Into ^
port. The
next day the emperor came to ^
his senses and decorated the pilot?the i(
king at the wheel?with one grade of
the Order of the Black Eagle and also y,
appointed him his life pilot in Norwe- C
gian waters.?Pearson's Weekly. b
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Oily Petrels. ^
Various sen birds, especially the pet- '
rels. contain a large amount of oil in p,
their tissues, and for this reason are g|
greatly valued by the inhabitants of t<
the Scottish coasts, who obtain from si
them "oil for their lamps, down for cl
their beds, a delicacy for their table, a
balm for their wounds and a medicine
for their distemper." On the island of ?
Rt. Kildn as many as 20.00)1 birds are
killed in the one week of the year
when tills killing is legal. So rich in
oil are some of these birds that their
bodies can he used as lamps if wicks
are passed through them.?London
Live Stock Journal.
Early Welfare Work.
The "sick fund" among factory employees
was known as far back aa the
first quarter of t lie nineteenth century,
a manufacturing company at Dover
having established it for tlie benefit of
employees. A hospital for factory operatives
was established in Lowell in
18.11). The charires were 84 a week for
tho moil and $.1 for the women. If
the.v were not able to pay. the employing
corporation became responsible.?New
York Evening Post.
Misunderstood. |
French Chauffeur ito deaf farmer on I
a Maine roadt?Can you tell me. sare. I
vere I get some of ze gnzzoline? Farm- "
er (with his hand to his ear)?Hey?
French Chauffeur?Non. non. non! Not
ze hay?ze gnzzoline. Zlzz eez a moior |
car. not a horse. ?Exchange. 1
Discovered. '
Wife?What would you do. George,
if you were left a widower? Hub?Oh.
I suppose the same as you would if <
you were left a widow. Wifc- Von k
-jfen-rid vfPffcH! 3tnd you told me you I
could never care for anybody else.?
Boston Transcript. c
The Dear Girl. ^
"Wife, why don't you make some '
flannel cakes?"
"1 will If you wish it." said the bride |
"Shall I use red or white flannel?"?
Kausns City Journal. I
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The Way Back To It.
"Why do you cull your wife Peggy? 1
"It's a long story.*'
"It must be. Peggy is supposed to
tie short for Margaret, though I could
never see why. Bet your wife's name
Is FeJlcla. now do you get it?" <
"Well, you see, it's like this. Peggy -j
Is short for a nickname I invented for
her. I got in the habit of calling her j
I'egasa."
"Tlnfr whrV ?
"Pegaaa la the feiulnlne of Pegasus."
"Yes, but"?
"Ami Pegasus was an Immortal
steed."
"I know that But what has your <
wife got to do with It?"
"Well, an immortal steed Is In plain
terms an undying horse. And an undying
horse Is nu everlasting nag.
Now do you see?"
lie saw and sympathized appropriately.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina?County of
Union?Court of Common Pleas.
L. P. Crawford, Plaintiff,
against
Ada L. Garrett et al.
In obedience to an order made in
the above stated case I will sell at
Union, S. C., before the courthouse
door on Salesday, Monday, Sept. 7th,
1914, the following land, to wit:
All that certain tract of land, lying,
being and situate in Union county
and State aforesaid, containing
Two Hundred Thirty-Five and 58-100
Acres, subdivided as follows: Tract
A?Beginning at a stake on corner
sf lot B, and running South 7.50, East
18 to pine stake XIII, thence North
38 3-4, East 53.50 to pine stake III,
thence North 11 1-2, West 14.80 to
stake III; thence South 41, West 10.30
to stake; thence South "'>7 1-2.
West 41.50 to beginning corner?confining
One Hundred Ten and 33-100
Acres. Tract R begins at a stake on
ine of A and runs South 09-303, West
370 to stake; thence West 4.25 to
.tone; thence North 58 1-4. We-t to
-take, thence South 38.30, West
>1.25 to pine; thence 15.48 with the
iver, tnence 38 3-1 East Uo.OO to
slm III, and pine III. thence North
r5 or 18 to pine, thence 87 1-2, East
H.50 to small elm in gully, thence
'forth 40, East 10.20 to beginning
orner?containing One Hundred
twelve and 10-100 Acres. Tract C
>egins at a pine and runs 52 1-2
4.03 to pine, thence with railroad 22,
Vest 0.00 to center of river, thence
vith river North 52 1-2, 17.72 to ash,
hence 38 3-4 East 8.75 to the bcginling
pine at corner, containing 13
r.d 0-10 Acres. This land will first
e sold in three separate tracts as
escribed above and then as a whole
"he sale or sales realizing the larger
mount will stand as the legal sale.
Terms of sale?cash. Purchaser to
iav for papers.
R. C. WILLIAMS,
3 3t Master for Union County.
MASTER'S SALE.
itate of South Carolina?County of
Union?Court of Common Pleas,
'he Union Building and Loan Association,
Plaintiff,
against
lenjamin Woodward, Mattie Woowward,
Defendants.
In obedience to an order made in
he above stated case, I will sell at
Inion, during the legal hours of sale,
efore the court house door, on salesay.
Monday Sept. 7, 1914, the followig
land, to wit:
All that certain lot of land in the
)wn of Union, county of Union,
Itate of South Carolina, being lot
'o. 3 in the division of the Ella I),
lodger's land, bounded on the North
y lot No. 2; on the east by lot No.
0; on the south by lot No.4, and on
tie West by Wallace street, a plat of
rhich is recorded in the office of the
lerk of Court for Union county, in
ook of Mortgages, O No. 15, page
68.
Terms of sale: One-half cash, the
alance on a credit, navahln in nnn ?
ear, purchaser to have the option of
ayinp all cash. The bond and niort- )
aire to provide for the payment of
m per cent attorney's fee in case of
Jit or /lofonif p?r
laser to pay for papers.
R. C. WILLIAMS,
J.lt Master for Union County.
rhat
Cemented
Patch
ipoils many a day's
notoring ? why not
ivoid using them except
in emergency cases
ind have your punc:ure
repaired permalently
with steam vulcanizing
equipment by
is?
We repair casings
md tubes, and guarantee
you genuinely satsfactory
work and reasonable
prices.
We earnestly solicit
a, trial?just call 66.
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[ To Our I
and Pa
In Union and Ui
LISTEN! Certain Staple
fearful wars raging in almo
our own glorious United St
leaps and bounds. Sugar,
s ducts are principally affect
| to know that while we can 1
B coming, we have an enormc
I of the best things to eat, and
by today and willingly and
| os long as our stocks last,
| men can sell these items and
I Every day we are sellin
| tomers at prices far below w
1 them; you could not ask us t
I you an item for $1.50 and it
I put it back in stock, just rei
I contributed 50 cents to helj
I war prices and then sold t
| costs to restock it. This is
I have been doing this since t
I ed, and we want our friends
9 patient, and remember that
5 us who are your friends jus
I than they do you. And jus
I stand ready and as long a:
I worth of food products left,
I get them just as reasonabl;
earth that hopes to weather
hope and pray will soon be
Don't forget that we are
the consuming public ever h;
Union Grot
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Notice of Final Discharge. estal
that
Itate of South Carolina?County of jUfit
Union?Court of Probate. char
Notice is hereby given, that on the
9th day of August, 1914, at 11 a. m.,
n the Court of Probate for said coun- 11
y, the undersigned will make his Pi
Inal settlement as guardian of the 30 d
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rriends
Irons
nion County:
s of life owing to the I
st every country save I
ates have gone up by I
Corn and Meat pro- |
ed, but we want you |
lot prevent calamities g
>us stock of hundreds I
I that we are standing g
gladly sell consumers I
just as reasonably as I
1 stay in business. |
g good); to our cus- i
hat it costs to restock I
o do more. If we sell
; takes two dollars to |
nember that we have I
) save you from the I
he item for what it 1
; no exageration; we I
his situation develop- I
> and the public to be |
such conditions hurt g
t as bad, if not worse I
>t remember that we I
s we have a dollar's |
we will see that you |
y as any concern on I
' the storm which we |
over. |
the best friends that 1
ad in this county. 1
:ery Co. I
Manairor.
Street, Union, S. C. ||
Notice of Final Discharge.
of South Carolina?County of
ion.?Court qf .Prnlmte
lay of September, 1914, at 11
k, a. m., in the Court of Probate
aid county, the undersigned will
his final settlement as Adminisr
of the estate of W. F. Arthur,
:hat thereupon he will apply to
udge of said Court, for his final
arge as such Administrator.
J. A. SAWYER,
is (5th day of August. 1914.
blished in The Union Times for
ys. 32 4t
tter a fool who knows nothing
one who knows too much.
your liver inactive? LIV-ERwill
wake it up. Glymph's
macy.
ery time a wise man makes a
ike he learns something.
mph's Pharmacy knows about
ER-LAX. You need it for vonr
. T. J. Chapman of Rome, Ga.,
erly a Union resident, spent the
week visiting in Union.
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te of Annie Kroom Hartin, and
thereupon he will apply to the
re of said Court, for his final disge
as such guardian.
R. P. MORGAN,
lis 20th day of July, 1014.
iblished in The Union Times for
lays. 32 4t
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