The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 25, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
BUY-A-BALE PLAN
SOLVES PROBLEM
SAYS GONZALES
MEN OF NATION MUST STAND
FIRMLY TOGETHER.
William E. Gonzales Points Out That
Government Has Furnished Aid
And Can Do No More?The
South Can Save Itself.
To the Editor of The State:
It is frequently unpopular to dispel
illusions, but my concern for the welfare
of the Southern cotton grower is
so great and my understanding that
only prompt measures for his assistance
can be beneficial is so clear that
I must speak against an illusion.
Every hour that our people wait inactive,
in the hope that the general
government will purchase and retire
the 5,000,000, <5,000,000 or 7,000,000
bales of cotton in excess of the demand
for manufacture is an hour lost.
Every effort to get the government to
do that thing is effort wasted, and
.o ..v 1,1111c mi tut; ooum 10 waste
effort.
Even were the government willing
the machinery couUl not be organized
to embark in a revolutionary venture
and set in motion in time to save the
small farmers and the weak holders
from disastrous losses; and those are
the farmers whom it is most important
to assist. But the government is
not going to buy and hold cotton when
there is overproduction, any more
than it will buy and hold wheat or pieiron
in similar circumstances. There
is an overproduction of 0,000,000 or
7,000,000 bales this year because the
European war has curtailed the demand
by that amount; but two years
hence, when the consumption throughout
the world is normal, the identical
problem would face us if the South
produced 21,000,000 bales. The government
will not establish a precedent
for buying cotton in years of overproduction.
It can not control the
production. Even were it possible for
the general government, under the
constitution, to limit the acreage (and
the South would quickly resent such
an attempt) the production depends
upon the seasons, upon cultivation
and the quality of seed, and it can
not be regulated by governmental decree.
T believe that in agreeing to issue
$75 in currency, at a low rate of interest
,to every bank lending $100 on
cotton, the government has gone a
long way to help the South. No stringent
regulations are made for warehousing.
and the United States treasury
makes no attempt to fix the value;
the banks may lend on a 7 cent or a
12 cent basis.
Of the multitude of plans proposed
to meet the present situation in the
South and save the farmer who can
not hold from disastrous loss, one
pr.ly?with its developing possibilities?stands
out as practical and immediately
effective. That is the b ij i-balo
plan.
The South is the part of America
Ui! hardest by the war in Euvopj anl
nothug can prevent us from suffering
less, but if we can establish a mcrk??
for cotton on a 10-cent basis we
will be saved from disaster, and that
i > v hat this buy-a-bale movement
will #.1o if pressed to its possibilities.
Mrvv'es giving relief to the individual
who sells for $50 a bale instead oT
c $40, it can be made to stimulate
holding by those who co aid ot Ire-wist
throw their cotton on a demoralized
market. For example, if
it were known that next we;<, at 50
C'iftrent points in South Carolina,
3,000 bales would be bought for S50
a or.le, thousands of small farmer?
would hold, maybe 10.000 or ) 2,0'JO
bales on a 7 cent market this week,
in t.'io hope of participating in the
limited but better market next week.
Again, every purchaser of a bale of
cotton at 10 cents, becomes an advocate
of "holding" and a talking advocate
for reduced acreage and higher
prices next year. Better than that, in
the years to come, will be the developed
self-confidence of the South and
the spirit of aiding each other and
our section in times of stress.
There are thousands in the South
who can buy, in the spirit of this
movement, five, ten, 50 or 100 bales;
and they will do it if "worked up" to
the understanding of the importance
of their cooperation. The press, from
Virginia to Texas, should work on
this plan as earnestly and systematically
as when raising a Democratic
campaign fund. ?
And then there are innumerable
opportunities for developing and extending
this movement. One suggestion
of great importance made recently
by a South Carolinian was that
the fertilizer companies to whom
farmers of the South owe many millions
of dollars, take their pay in cotton
on a 10-cent basis and retire that
cotton. They, as was suggested, are
vitally concerned In the South's Drosperity;
therefore they should help t?i^
farmer help himself in time of pressure;
and they are in better position,
to insure the increase in value of their
holding of cotton because of their
potency in bringing about reduction
of acreage. If the fertilizer companies
should take half their dues in
cotton at $50 a bale, the movement
would gain such impetus as to insure
success.
There are thousands of other creditors,
great and small, in the East and
West who would cooperate in this
movement and take cotton on a 10<
Msis if the facts were put before
them. If a big concern in New
York of Chicago takes cotton in payment
for debts on a 10-cent basis from
a Southern business house, that business
house should extend the benefit
down to the grower of cotton. In
,;'<e manner of banks, with increased
resources permitted by the government
in this emergency, extends additional
credits to a Southern business
house or refrained from pressing for
payments for loans, that business
houses should be likewise lenient with
its debtors. If such leniency is extended
"all down the line," the honest
man will not be secrificed. It
need scarcely be added that this is ]
occasion for the banks of the South
to utilize their resources in extending
to the utmost assistance where it is
neded. That is that spirit of the government;
that is the spirit of the
United States treasury in dealing ^
with the financial institutions of the
country.
As illustration of the possibilities
of extending the buy-a-bale move- |
ment, I quote a letter in the New
York World of yesterday:
"To the Editor of The World:
"I was much interested in your letter
from Texas today in the subject f
of cotton. In the past ten days I j
have been writing parents of girls in ^
the Southern States who had planned (
coming to my school but have de- ?
ferred it on account of conditions. To j
these parents I have offered to take j.
cotton for tuition at 10 cents, delivered
to a responsible warehouse nearest
them. i
"Miss C. E. Mason.
"Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson." .
I believe that aside from the direct
purchases by individuals and busi- c
ness houses, in and out of the South .
and outside of what the fertilizer J
companies may do, that Eastern and
Western creditors of the South are r
wiling to accept payment for scores J
of millions in cotton at a 10-cent
basis. (
Commissioner Watson can pet the *
attention of the newspapers of the '
South. It would be a splendid serv- :
ice if he would pet them to support '
and press this campaipn. It would 1
fae a campaipn to get by scores of 1
channels the people of the South ana 5
their business connections and cred- 1
itors to take the surplus cotton off
the market, while at the same time (
establishing a basis of value. It can
be done, but it needs quick work and j
ceaseless enthusiastic publicity. If it J
is done, and the 1915 crop is held
to 10,000,000 bales, we will have 12 J
cents or better for cotton a year from J
ttylay. Of course I contemplate co- J
operation in holding by those able to
store their cotton in warehouses and !
refuse its sacrifice.
To sum it all up, there is a prac
tical plan to help ourselves. We '
should concentrate upon it and work '
for its fullest success without waiting
supinely for the government to 1
pull us out of the hole. .
William E. Gonzales.
Rogers Rock, New York.
WARNS THE BANKS, <
CHEERS FARMERS
McAdoo Issues Statement on Situation?Chance
for People?Sees
Good Prospects for
Cotton.
Washington, Sept. 21.?A warning
to national banks which have received
government funds to aid crop moving
or which have received emergency
currency not to cnai-ge excessive interest
rates or to refuse legitimate
credits, was given tonight by Secretary
McAdoo in a formal statement
dealing with the present situation in
the cotton growing states. The secretary
declared he would not hesitate
to withdraw government deposits
from offending banks or to refuse to
issue emergency currency to them.
Aside from this warning Mr. McAdoo
announced there is no reason
for the cotton producer and manufacturer
to feel pessimistic. He expressed
the belief that there must
soon be an increased demand for cotton
and added:
'If the banks, the merchants and
the manufacturers throughout the
South will quit taking counsel of fear
and will go forward with confidence
the situation will, I believe, improve
still further.
"Complaints have been made to <
me," said the secretary's statement <
""that some of the national banks i
which are receiving national bank 1
currency are charging excessive rates i
of interest on loans, a9 well as re- ]
stricting credits. I have ordered that ]
a careful investigation be made im
mediately. (
"If I discover depository banks are <
refusing to extend legitimate credits,
or charging excessive rates of inter- j
est for government funds deposited
with them, or for socalled emergency ]
currency issued them, I shall not hesitate
to withdraw government funds
from such panks and to refuse to issue
emergency currency to banks
which I am convinced are not making
use of it upon reasonable term; for '
the benefit of the business comnmnl
ty. This applies not only to national
banks in the cotton states, but in all
other sections of the country. It musl
be remembered that the issuance of
this socalled emergency currency
rests by law solely within the discre
tion of the secretary of the treasury.
I shall not knowingly exercise that
discretion in favor of any bank ?.
banks which fail to make use of it at
reasonable rates of interest.
'There is no reason, in my opinion,
for the pessimism which prevails in
many quarters of the South about
cotton. The assistance which the federal
government is extending to tha
banks, through the issuance of national
bank currency against notes
secured by cotton warehouse receipts,
has already greatlv improved the situation."
DON'T HURT YOUR
LIVER WITH CAinMvi
When your liver becomes torpid and 1
sluggish, you can take calomel and i
whip it into action, but the calomel i
will leave your body weaker and sick- i
er than ever. Calomel is a very pow- ]
erful drug, a form of mercury, and i
need never be used because there is a j
perfect remedy to take the place of j
calomel, that has all of calomel's (rood j
medicinal effects with none of its dangerous
and uncertain follow-ups. It's
name is Dodson's Liver Tone.
The Milhous Drujr company sells .
Dodson's Liver Tone with the guarantee
that if you don't find that it )
treats you much better than calomel, 1
they will give you your money back '
with a smile. Dodson's Liver Tone is J
a true tonic for the liver, purely vege- '
table, and with such a pleasant taste
that it is no trouble to get children
to take it. It is absolutely impossi- '
ble for it to do anyone any harm. 1
VEGRO WOMAN IS I
BRUTALLY KILLED 1
IN GREENVILLE
VNGRY HUSBAND AFTER HE
HAD ALMOST SEVERED HER
HEAD CUTS HER UP. *
t Seems the Woman Went to Church
Against His Orders.
(Monday's Greenville News.)
Because she attended church last
light against his orders, the wife of j,
STelse Farmer, colored, was last night
tilled by her infuriated husband who
Iragged her from the HhJiness church J
ind carried her into a butcher shop on tl
Nichols street where he chopped her v
lead off with a big meat knife. a
At a late hour last night the sheriff j,
md his posses and Chief of Police
rlolcombe, Call Officer Bridges and
:everal of the other officers were still n
>eating the bushes in that part of the &
:ounty searching for him. t!
It would be hard to imagine a kill- ]
ng more brutal and feeling among a
he colored people in that-section was
l:?u t4. ?~ pormpr.
UnnillK 111 >4.11. 11 necius uiat ? I"??I
vho goes by the name of "Big Boy," *md
ordered his wife not to go to n
;hurch. She went, however, with her d
lunt, with whom she and her hus- c
land made their home. He came jj
lome and found her gone and went
x> the church for her. The negroes ^
vho saw the tragedy stated that he ^
narched up the aisle, pulled her out n
>f her seat and dragged her scream- y
ng to the butcher shop, which is in s
.he rear of a soft-drink stand at the ?
crossing of the C. & G. railroad. it
It is said that he took a small pock- n
;t knife at first and slashed her over
;he face and arms until she fell upon A
ler knees, weak from loss of blood. /
\ negro who saw the whole tragedy T
;hen stated that Farmer took a meat _
tnife and holding his wife by the hair
sent her head forward and with a "
mighty stroke all but severad her
lead. He then took the knife and
jobbed it down the neck cavity several
times, punching it the full length a
if the blade. He calmly walked out s<
the back door and while passing an ?
old colored man about a block fur- v
ther away, struck the old man a P
heavy blow over the head, cutting an e
ugly gash. The old man was carried ?
up town where his wounds were "
dressed by a physician.
Farmer is from Hartsville and has
been here about six weeks, working J1
for the Douglas livery stable. He is
described as being tall and well built, c
about 25 years of age and is said
be a light ginger-cake color. '
NEGRO IS CAPTURED. J
Tried, to Take His Own Life.
Greenville, Sept. 21.?Nelse Farm- si
er, the negro who on Sunday night g
killed his wife, cutting her head al- T
most entirely off with a butcher** p
knife, was captured early this after- ti
noon by a posse of officers. When hi tj
was surroundeflMoMHaaMMNNp^MiiMW
about three miles from the city, t^PJ
negro drew his pocket knife and in jM
dieted a terrible gash in his omyofl
throat. The officers, hearing the falla ft
rushed in and found him prostrated
with blood flowing profusely from thdKft
wound, which was about six inched;*?
long. The negro was placed in aif^B
automobile and brought to an undertaking
firm, where it was found
was alive. He was then taken to the'^H
hospital and his wounds dressed. To-'^P
night he lies in the county jail andd
physicians state he will probably re-.^
cover. There was some talk of ?iJ(
lynching by negroes of the city but ir
when the leader of the threatenedH
outbreak was arrested the crowd M
quieted. The crime of the negro,,
aroused the citizens, both white and
black. He dragged his wife fronttc
church and brutally slew her. Ate
posse started in pursuit but did not,,
locate the negro until noon today. Ht h<
was making his way back to town ca
and said his intention was to surren- ii|
ier. v
SINGLING DAY ALMOST 1IKRE.
kr
Rig Circus Bound This Way on Fire ha
Great Trains Loaded With
ex
Wonders. an
P*1
Children are now on their l est be- w<
tavior in anticipation of a real holi- m
lay treat on October (5 when Uingling ot
Brothers' Greatest Shows will exhibit pj(
n Spartanburg. It is expected that Sp
this city will send more than its usual ca
lumber of "sawdust fans" to welcome to
this popular circus.
Ilingling Brothers promise many J
lovelties and innovations and a "big- out
?er and better everything" is the slo- en(
Jan. Preceding the regular perfornance
the new spectacle of "Solomon
ind the Queen of Sheba" will be en- ,
icted on the largest stage in the
vorld. This mammoth l,2f>0-charac- .
er pageant cost $1,000,000 and the ^
ost unties, scenery and stage proper- n ?
ies are said to be a revelation in .
?orgeousness. Among the 385 arenic
icts, are scores of equestrians includng
the Lloyds, famous English riders:
the Borsinis. rollintr trlobe ar- .
-ists; the Balkanis, whirlwind riders nll
rom the Balkan mountains; the five
highest perch acts ever presented; cu
loxing and wrestling kangaroos;
five
lerds of trick elephants; 50 clowns, Hu
JO families of aerialists and a maglificent
horse show and speed tourna- r
Tient. The menagerie is larger and
nore complete than ever and features l<
nany animals never before exhibited 011
n America. A free street parade will
>e given on the morning of show day. .
18 2t adv 101
, m W(
To Use Cotton Sacks. J"
East St. Louis, 111., Sept. 19.?A ^
arge milling company of this city ^
vill ship its product in cotton sacks ^
nstead of burlap bags, according to
in announcement today, and thus will
nake a market for 3,000 bales of cot- D
;on- . M
A low grade man judges his friends P'
>y what they are willing to do for
lim. ha
#
WAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE
Uter Four Years of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.
Catron, Ky.?In an interesting letter
rom this **? " "
p.uvv, mi5>. Dtiue Bullock
'riles as follows: "I suffered for four
Ws, with womanly troubles, and during
'tis time, I could only sit up for a little
'We, and could not walk anywhere at
N- At times, I would have severe pains
mmy left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treatment
relieved me for a while, but I was
oon confined to my bed again. After
at, nothing seemed to do me any good,
had gotten so weak I could not stand,
od 1 gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me a bottle of
ardui, the woman's tonic, and I commenced
taking it. From the very first
ose, 1 could tell it was helping me. I
an now walk two miles without its
ring me, and am doing my work.'*
II you are all run down from womanly
Roubles, don't give up in despair. Try
ardui, the woman's tonic. It has helped
more than a million women, in its 50
ears of wonderful success, and should
urely help you, too. Your druggist has
old Cardui for years. He knows what
will do. Ask him. He will recommend
it. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladles*
dvisory Dept., Chattanooga. Tenn., for Special
VtruclioHS on your case and 64-page book,' Homo
raiment tor Women," sent in plain wrapper. L66-B
10W THK l \UMKU'S DAUGHTER
\| IV ? no "*'
" H r.,.\iv.> riA-MUINKY.
A lady in Richmond, Va. has made
national reputation putting up and
ell'np "pin-money pickles." She bean
a few years ago in a very modest
'?v, but now her products are so
opular that they can be found nearly
very where in the United States. Anther
woman in Wahsington, I). C.
as built up a business making chowhow,
for which she gets $.'3 a gallon.
These are only samples of what
undreds of young women have done
o earn pin money by putting up
anned goods at home. People are cond
goods at home. People are coninually
demanding a better quality
f canned goods and are willing to
ay a better price for them. The
irmer's daughter who desires to
arn pin money may avail herself of
lis demand and with care and pereverence
learn to put up canned
oods that she may sell at a profit,
hose who are interested in such a
roject may obtain detailed instrucons
on canning in Farmers' Bullen
fcl of the United States DepartTreeoiTcharge
to th eapplicapt.
,e bulletin, which encouraging the
g woman in her efforts to make
isiness proposition of putting up
s and vegetables, cautions
nst enthusiasm. It advises that
beginner experiment with a few
i before going too heavily into
j project. If the first cans keep
L she may be encouraged to pro
I. li sne meets with a lew tail i,
perhaps she has overlooked
e important detail outlined in I he
irtment's bulletin. It is only
ugh failures that one gets good
jrience, and with a little practice
care in following the directions
farmer's daughter should be able
>ut up a satisfactory can or fruit
vegetables.
fhen a young woman has succeedin
putting up a product satisfac'
for home use, she may well look
and for a market outside the
le. The girl who starts out with:
fidence in herself will be more j
ly to find a good market than one
? is diffident.
pecialize in What You I)o Best,
he girl with experience in canning
ws the products with which she
the most success, and should envor
to sell only those in which she
els. It is always best to specialize
i work up a reputation for some
ticular kind of goods, as did the
lien already mentioned. One girl j
y make a feature of satsup, an-1
cr may find her best product is j
kles, while another may put up a I
cially attractive can of peppers, j
iliflower, peaches, apples or tonia-.
s.
doubt life would be one grand, i
' own troubles as easily as we can I
lure the troubles of other.-. Ex.
SIGNALS OF D1STKKSS
ion People Should Know How loj
Head and Heed Them.
Disordered kidneys jjive many sir:
Is of distress.
The secretions may I>e dark, eon-j
n sediment.
Passages are sometimes frequent,
mty, painful.
Backache is often present day and
rht.
Headaches and dizzy spells may ocr.
Weakened kidneys should leceive
i<-'k help.
Don't delay! Use a special kidney
medy.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
lneys, backache and urinary dislers.
Union evidence proves their worth.
W. Lester Davis, 51 South St., UnS.
C., says: "My kidneys were
jak^ and caused my back to ache.
>an's Kidney Pills, which I procured
nm the Palmetto Drug Co., greatly
nefitted me and I soon enjoyed Rood
alth. I can Bay this remedy is
line one for kidney complaint."
Price 50 cents, at all dealers. Don't
mply ask for a kidney remedy?get
oan's Kidney Pills?the same that
r- Davis had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
?P8-, Buffalo, N. Y.
Those who win success by practice
ven't time to do much prcacning
I Draw a 1
! Check ^
^ for the money you owe anc
respectfully your creditors :
?ft lo do business with a mar
?)t at the CitVeils National Bs
?|f doing business in a business
?{t such an account even if you
?ft They will grow all right.
<4f
+ CITIZENS NAT!
^ R. P. Morgan, President C
^ Capital and Surpli
+
BUYERS TO SHAR1
LOWER PRICES OI
Effective from Auk. 1, 1914 to 1
teed against reduction d
TourinK Car
Runabout
Town Car
(F. O. B. Detroit, all ca;
In the United States o
1 Further, we will he able to obtai
in our factory production, and t
purchasinR and sales department
put of .'100,000 cars between the
And should we reach this produc
the buyer's share from $40 to ij
AuRust 1, 1915) to every retail
new Ford car between Auk. 1? U
For further particulars regard!
profit-sharing plan, see the nearc
UNION G
I * " V1 LAST"
Sold Hogs by
A South Carolina farme
of hogs which were ready t
was so warm that killing was
He went to his telephc
Columbia over Long Distani
at a good price. He then c;
office and arranged for shipn
1 he telephone is now a i
You can have one on your U
See the nearest Bell Tel
send a postal for our free bo<
FARMERS' LINE D1
SOUTHERN BELL TEL
AND TELEGRAPH CO
S. Pryor St., A
There is more Catarrh in this see- llj
| lion of the country than all other (lis- |f||
j eases put together, and until the last p
I few years was supposed to he incura- Prcs
;!>le. For a tfreat many years doctors p.r,
! pronounced it a local disease and pre- .j,v<
scribed local remedies, and by con- J.c(^
stantly failing to cure with local (jap
treatment, pronounced it incurable,
i Science has proven Catarrh to be a -?
i ..Anclllnfinnnl /lisoacn at?l fVia.nfn.n
' requires constitutional treatment. ^
j Hall's Catajrrh Cure, manufactured u'
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, ()h;o, ^
j is the only constitutional cure on the ,)ro
| market. It is taken internally. It y
acts directly on the blood and mu- jn
! cous surfaces of the system. They mjn
I offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars a
and testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co, >
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Drutftfists, 7f)C. ffi
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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+4"4,+4,XJ
I note how much more
regard vou. They like +
i who has an account &
ink. They know he is +
,-like way. Better open ?
r affairs are not large. 4?
+
ONAL BANK
'. C. Sanders, Cashier *g?
is $135,000.00 *
*
ijfj l|"j t|j ??? ^ ^ ^
E IN PROFITS
V FORD CARS
Vug. 1, 1915 and guaran- I
wring that time: ''
$490 I
440 11 i
690 ... J i
rs fully equipped. || I
f America only.) Ij
n the maximum efficiency |
:he minimum cost in our I
s if we can reach an out- I
above dates. I
tion, we agree to pay as I
>60 per car (on or about I 3
buyer who purchases a I I
)14 and Aug. 1, 1915. I j
ng these low prices and 3 !
>st Ford Branch or Dealer I I
ARAGE II
GADBEKKY ST. I I
111
T elephone
r had a large number
o kill. The weather
; out of the question.
3ne, called a dealer in
ce and sold his hogs
llled the local freight
[lent.
necessity on the farm,
irm at small cost,
lephone Manager or
oklet.
EPARTMENT
EPHONE
MPANY
tlanta, Ga.
alaria or Chills & Fever
!_*! KT_ tfPP ?
iiripuuu i>u. uu? is preparea especially
MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
c or six doses will break any case, and
ken then as a tonic the Fever will not
rn. It acts on the liver better than
>mcl and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
Ian who has a way of his own
a wife who outweighs hint
ome men will do more for a
ap cigar than they will for a dollar
Jncle Sam's ship of state may yet
ve the Noah's ark of nations,
ye can see where the minority is
the right?when we are of the
lority.
HICHESTER S PILLS
TIIK DIAMOND ItRAND. X
l.edlrnt Auk four UrnnM for A\
l( DckU d'hl-ehee-trr IMemnudTlmnd/#V\
lyyHL I'llla In Red tnd Mold nrtalllc^%^<r
Nfct boin, sealed with fllne KIU<on. \ /
I Take no other Huy of jour ?
' - * llruifltt. AskroeCiri-C'in'-.H.TRKfl
r J 1HAMONO IIRANI* Pll.l.ft, for &
9* fl years known as Ilest, Safest. / lw?ysRell?Me
?r S010 BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE