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ONLY $1.60 FEB YEAH IN ADVANCE klin Times AJi ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT BBING8 . BESC1/PS A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. mxm. ali ht NIMBEB 51 ENEMY SAID TO BE SAVING WAR MATERIAL COl'MCIL WILL ALSO MAKE TU' TON8 L'MtKHSTAM) THAT AL LIES A HE virions, SAYS IIA VAS. ?'? I League of Nations Commission, Says Tlie Temps, Will Protmh'y Be Able 1 To Submit Tlie Council of Powers j Definite Text of Its Project Betiuc J President Wilson's Departure. Paris, Feb. 1Z.?Although no offlc- J lal communique Was issued after the' meeting of the supreme war council this morning, the Havn Agency un derstands that the councils ?'ecldcd first to place Germany In u military situation where it would be impossi ble for her 10 recommence hostilities, i It is pointed out that the enemy coun- ! tries are preserving war mc.lerial,per mitting their, to ctjutn very rapidly an ' .army of at least 3.000,000. The council decided sccoiu'ly. ac cording to Huvas, "to make Germany realize that we are the conquerors and that it is not a 'white peace' that we j are seeking to impose on her." case Germany subr.r.r;; with good { gr^.w, continues ll.'vas, It in poss'ble. that tin* entente would facilitate tho iv-mnption of the entente's work of peace f j:* the benefit of Germany. The council ; l-o 1 ul to exami: e tho de mmds of the Polos that a clause be introduced into the armistice that the j Icultur. l nu'c..I liery ololen by the ? .ny should be restored. ' l.e council';* rrosram also contain-J :Mostlons of effeciivca "nd t'/.e r.'is ,'i . f the blockade concerning Turkey 'ul gar la. ?rress on League of Nations. T. c l eague of Xations commission, say* t!;c Temps, vill probably be able -ubmit to the council of th- pow | > ;he definite text of its project be Prcsident Wilson's departure. ' i!i its present form." continues the paper, "tl.o project involves* the na :i^Ur. memr-r--, of the league, making ?i .' finite e::* avre*r.? at to take up arms :.si- ;?.*> n?;:'ijtciuiuci' of their territor . the . i i .^u ?rding of interna ti v.?? fvai'i! . would seem that Miceptlon been discarded hereby the league l:ecomes a super i:i favor of insistence on the ne-, ces'-itv of close mutual obligation i fur nishing guarantees for tho independ cnc.' of each nation more efficient than the old systems of alliances." Ixrd Robert Cecil, the British rep resentative on the league of nations t ommission emphatically denied to night the report spread in Paris today ti'.nt t he'league of nations commission hod approved of the creation of an international army and that the United >?'1,1- f.tw-it 11 >? i t r 11 n ^1-1.1 rnnf,.il c<l a point to France. Lord Robert said that in Vis opinion II II ' II lllll'l III I over to approve any such plan. He uddt :! that such report must have originated from an eneuiy of tla- peace eonferener. LKTTfHS FrIO M Vil AM'?. My Trip To France." Le Mails. France. A. E. F., 30th Div.. Jau. 1!?. 1T10. I l^t Camp Sevier, fc>. t.". about two o'clock on the afternoon of May 7th. lf?ls on the Piedmont & Nor t Iter n Hallway S. C. arriving at Camp Mer rill, N. J., on May !?, luis about .'?:00 .P.. M. Left Camp Mcrrrct Tor Boston, Mass. May 11th ot) the. A. & I). K. R. trip bring made in day coaches. arriv ed at KfiSTfin abou. G:(:o 1*. M. May l.'th and bonded the S. S3. Bohemian. Steamed ouiof port 12:20 P. M. nanic date. Ship being very crowded, mad?* the trip from Boston to Halifax. X. S. without escort arriving at Halifax on the morning of the 14th. Could not enter the port owing to a Very dense' fog fof several hours, which did not lift until nearly noon, lfere we laid over until the 16th. Wo were given the opportunity to view tne ruin caus ed by (ho explosion of two munition ships which ran together during a dense fog in the early months of the year. Left Halifax during the after noon of the 16th. The sea was very! calm and we had a convoy consisting of II. M. S. Cromwell, ten other ships ; consisting of transports rnd freigh ters. The entiro trip was made with- | TUT accidents and very HHlr twa-sick ness. The weather was as a whole' very good, but very col<! while passing t the coast of New Foundland, and one I or two very windy days, which caused the ship to roll and rock considerably. May 22nd everything going smooth during the early part of the day. Main look sounds submarine alarm which caused no little rxcitement among both officers and men. What i seemed to bo the periscope of a sub. appeared over the horizon. Cruisers orders the convoy to slacken speed while sho goes ahead a good distance. Object continues to grow larger all available. Field glasses and telesco pes were immediately brought out to get a better view of the object. The thing turned out to be a small one masted* fishing boat. A gre^t relief was felt by everybody when it was found out exactly what it was. Con voy now enters dangerous waters laid out by Germany as the "Submarine Y t x peeling destroyers to arrive i Ynoment, crew was getting very | i y as we were fast approaching | ;s known as the "Kaiser's grave- 1 j; "l night of the 24th being very! ^ r and the sea calm. The moon J hinitig in all its glory an excel-' 3' t r.lght for an attack by submarines { * captain and crew are getting very j Xlght passes off without' mishap. Destroyers arrive early on the mor ning of the 25th eight in number ami ull^of them flying the Stars and Strip es. Every one on board was greatly : relieved and seemed not to care what | happened so long as we could see the U. S. Flag. Thfr day passed without: any excitement. Everybody cxp-cis' to see land the next day and nearly" every one participated a good nights sleep. May 26th evcrytJ: r? is well '.lit tie sight of 1 . tl t he d est ;-iyers riill watched wit;. latere ;t uc they | lodged in and out or ilie convoy. | About 1. :00 A. M. all on board was ; awakened by the explosion of a depth bomb dropped by one of the destroy ers followed by another explosion at I nn Interval of about ore minute. Wei then Jrnev wo were .being attacked by] a submarine. Convoy took a zii?-zagj every oiio or<l.*r::i! t.v. with life; belts securely fc .c <<\ Destroyers' ':ept dropping hon:::? ;tr vre were ex-' pectil?: to' !;o hit by a torpedo at an v mciuontf. D.-atroyera have returned , ana given all clear signal. Excite m :it dying down fast and most of us are j^olng back to our bunks?look-1 in r t'of another attack before morning. May 27t*.? land-is sighted, entered har-' bo'* at Liverpool F.:\g. Eve *y one o* us is anxious to get j.s! ore rjaln. Th. ship docked about noon and we start ed debt, ri-;133 at oncer We then mar cl.cd up.t ?Tain Street or Liverpool to ; tlio It. H. .station named "Walton or. ! the Hiir\. where we were address u by a Critish officer speaking for King I George who could not be present. Then we were given pamphlets with t lie, king's welcome on them. We en- ( trained immediately for a point un known. -42very one is in the best e? spirits and laughing at the Engltsn railway coaclies. ,which - ei eme ; like toy* than trains. Somebouy said he wi.i'.tt l one of them to carry bai ?: for his little brother to play with. , last we started for a rest camp all <?' us thought, but we were really cn o'..* way to Franco. The country we s a v. before it became dark was very pret ty, in !V.ct everybody thought it was wonderful. After* h xery tiresome night wo arrived at Folkstone, Eng.. 'and stayed there one day"nfld night. 'Jurir.i that time everybody was givert a chanco to get a taste of English hos pitality. The trip to Calai? was marie without accident. We were now J across the English channel and had a queer fiVling that we were in France. .We hiked from the dock to a rest eamp I about two kilometers wnich tirert us ,out. At the camp we had a very good .thin' Imtliiii.ir nui Intoning to rlai lalon i of Tcmmie* who had been at the* .front. I!er- ve turned in our Anier i ; ? ?? ? - fles and gas'helmets. Lett Calais In .c;'ttle cars en route to Zutkerque,! France, arrived there in aljout three hours. Here is where wr had our ifr .t tasie of war. Horse stables. ???'V. .I'.l'l .111,.H I I'I I'll Uili'l llf I! :house was pui in us*c. He He also we had very intensive training on tl-o cKPct tju-hod i?f curm.; the Hun* ?out oi France. Aflr al>or.t two weeks of th's training I was sent to Grass?. iPayellc to takt? a course in signal in struction, whfcli *ocmc<1 to give me a new vli'w on the war. I studied on it .very haivl ;.nd d urinu tin tv.o weeks that Ijwa*; there I made the j;rade of operator on a Field ?biwer very ea-;y. One day I w.is ordered o report back to my (. :>mp:iny umi v 1 got there : everything vas very imiMi stirred up like a bijj. move wr.ticcmirg off im medirto'y. Tin- next m?-l"!ng we were told to roll our \ickn with all our equipment and prepare for a nire .lone hiUo. Ahoiit h we march ed ?:tTt 01 Zutkrrqf*.* for a point un known . We liiUrd fifty i.iinutes and ;rested ten until dinner vsh^re we had a solid hour to eat and rest. The first hour after dinner i made it very j I well hut in the second ho-.ir I betran to j ?feel the weight of my pack. We ar-: 'rived at our camping piece near Wal-! | ton in a largo forust. Hero is where i i I slept in n dog tent for the flrst time. ( IK very body knows exactly how to put it up. so it did not rake long. Our , first thought was to take a hath and I get something to eat. We found a' ivory satisfactory place to bathe in. a. 'cinnl but our cats were not table de: 'hote. The hike continued for six I of July we did i-kilo not hike hut about eleven- kil onietors jso as to he encamped around Roe-; Ibrouok in time for dinner. Here we j rested for two days and learned that' we w.ero on our way loathe Ypres } front in Belgium. After 'two short. hiW/'U ui?-**rlved at St Jan Ter Biezen. j Belgium, which was about ten kilome ters from the Ypres front. We rest-j ed about two days and hiked to the Di- J vision Railhead at. Pro>en to entrain | for Landrethen, France where the ri fle range was. We shot at all kinds of targets at many different ranges. I Learned more about our new rifles | than we had ever known. Left the range after about four days of hard Shooting we hiked to the town by the name of Audruicq to entrain for Prov en. We arrived about noon and hik ed back, to St. Jan Tor Belzen. I^ft here next night for the Blue Line up near the front where wo kad actual training in the trenches and could hear real shells whlstlBffl?jwent to the Ypres front July the Brit ish. We thought it a '^?gttongerous place, but had no casSNM at this time and we were r el MSB by some other outfit of the 30th |p$Bion for ten days rest. Will finish this histo? BUGLER JOSHKI GILL. A. K. F. 120th Infantry Div. Mayen, CflH&any, ^ Jan. XB lyl9 Dearest Mother:?1 It is Sunday so 1 will you all a few lines. I am well getting on pretty goodT except iWyant to1 come home mighty bad W don't know when I will get to cdHi Some think that we will come i^?t away but I don't know. Well, 1 went to church thi^&orning the first sermon I have nea^nsince I was on the boat it was gabSjnd if I only could tell you how It. Igde me feel it seemed so much like ?fcme to set down and listen to -a. semon it seemed so curious to hoar a fefiiw get up and talk about your soul Sflr&tion. When I am so use to hearing ny ser -Scant or commander come otfj and call us to attention and give Wi hell if wo are not there on time fo* every formation or if he finds a little speck of rust on our gun at Saturday mor ning inspection it is very seldom that we get any encouragement it is h?ll if we do and it is hell if we dont, bo I don't care much if I do or if I dont. I said I went to church but I didn't, I went to the Y. M. C. A. .We l.aS the service^ there. It made me fuel? so good to take a song book and sing* the good ol(F Gospel hymns while an Am erican lady played the" piano. !We sang mUny of the good old songs tjiat we sing at home and then the minlser got up and read the bible and had s4v er;;l prayers. Well I can't tell vu i just . ) v it did make me feel. I vvjas so ghsd to g?'t a chance to ^iear a ser mon once more. I think I will go dy er/ Sunday as long as we stay hen. , It \\as the first chance 1 have hid ; and TThade good use of it. believe mft, and will always if T am able. I feel like going to church more than I ever did before and you know I always likft to go to church, but I am rapre. jmj '?.uts now than ever. ""Well I have mo vt i again since I got out of o*iara mao and I have got a real home seems like for I have nov j anything muchA AJ[ have-i warm room with a good stove and a 1good gas light,. I haven't got a bed hut a big leather Davenport to sleep <-;i. It is just as good, and two little Sirls one about like Mollie and anoth er not quite as large. They come in and play with me. It urcros almost like home. j Well I went to C'oblenz the^othcr day i on a pleasure trip, something 1 don't : do often. It was pretty nice. :t is a big city on the Rhine dyer. The river is big enough so ships can come up it. -and it nlio the ilhliliiiu?TtTTT?TT7^ ; t ween France and Germany or will be soon. All on this side of the Rhine Iia\> had possesion of it ever since, but i now they have got to restore it to the ? French. J crossed the river, that is what all the boys want to say. I htive crossed the Rhine. 1 gue.-'s you "Jjive !>??;;ru. uic song haven l- yo^? goes lik? thi=h?(just like Wn^hfRgtotr crossed the Delaware, General Persh ing will cross the Rhine.) That's *. hy all the boys vran t to cross it. i sirred all day in that city and until 10 o'clock tV.nt night. The Y. M. C. A. p,a\e a big show that night and it vas Jiiio. The Red C ross gives a big show tonight at the Y. M. C. A. it v.ill no doubt V.e r<ood.' Well there is not any news for me to write as I know of. so dou't be un ?: \v about me for I sun ?il right and still trusting in God for my safe re ie.ni to my loved ones. I hope Jos eph is at home by novr. but 1 don't know *vhen to tell you to look for me, eo don't look fo.* me until you see me. Tell fa!her tl.at this letter is just as much for him i.k is for you. It is for nil will; bo^t wishes and l<<ve to a! i ^ our loving son. HAROLD. A Talc* of an Old Mnn, IIK (turtlen and HI* Neighbor's Cliiekens, Pir.il was matic that lit t lo patch aim ma Once upotrti time anil not so long ago, there was an old man wh > had a little house and a tiny patch of ground 1 To him in the Spring or i018 an ap- ' hat he cultivate this . make a War Garden ! of it and thereby save food to send to ; our boys flighting "across the water." i ?T ho u Id uian bought, fi-mi./.r jipil gave all his spare lime lo th< cultiv?t-j tion of his little patch and h<- was be- j ginning to seo that he was going I o be | repaid*for his labor. Rut plas! for his hopes?his neighbor had chickens and these chickens invaded his do main! He plead with the owner to keep them out. but his every plea was rebuffed: and finally he srught pro teetion for himself by putting a littlo salted food in his garden, and by this salted food a chicken was killed. And for this the neighbor had Mm up be fore the court and the old man was made to pay $10.00-for putting a lit tle salty food in his own garden. ? And yet we say, we dare to say. our laws profect, and our cdurts adminis ter justice. Mr. Claude Collins, who has been with the 30th Division lo*.franco was at home the past week. * TO CLOSE N K XT WEDNESDAY Louisburg Tobacco Market Announces lis Closing For tlic 19th. Tl.at the Louisburg tobacco market will close its warehouses for the sal?' of tobacco on next Wednesday, Feb ruary 19th, 1910 for the season, has be*-a announced by the warehousemen. Tb" farmers in this section who have not so'd their crops and who are con templating selling on this market should bear this in mind and bring the remainder of their crop in before that date. - TMi: lOl NTY 110.111: I'AIIM SHOULIt . NOT in: SOU). Property lUxelopeil. \ >ios| Yaliiuble ' Asset?A Suggested Method of Improvement. Mr. S. Atwood .Newell offers the fol lowing suggestion as a solution of the County Home question, which is now bciiigjagitated, looking to a more successful operation cr die home: Mr. Editor:? I notico that a bill has been drawn and sent up to our Representative, with the request that he cave the Leg islature pass 11, authorizing the County Commissioners to sell the County Home farm. In my opinion the coun ty farm should not be sold. I also notice in your paper that sev eral proposition's have been made for the removal of the county home all of which presuppose* a sale or the farm. 1 heartedly agree with you in your endeavor to establish a count v hospi tal, hut do not agree with yi.ur me thod of selling the county home farm and combining the county home with the hospital here in town. This would mean that everything used for the feed and upkeep of the inmates would have to be bought which would greatly in crease tile running eTpinse of Same; and as this is a very poor vegetable market there would be times when you could not get thp things most needed ?regardless of cost. The liifr.-rence in running expense would be compara tively about the same as that of a fam .y? living in town and a family ol ^ual size living in the country. /The plan I would suggest is this: i Combine the county home farm and ...i * t . .. , be ? >rtC ? ?- - -- ? iy of them as . iy he necessary, on the farm when needed and when not needed on tho farm keep them working on the roads, i Or. it there was more convict labor than was needed on the farm at any one time the surplus would be kept on the roa?l work all the lime. I am inf... an d that the l'arui con tains about 1^0 acres, and that upon this Is a considerable quantity of val > uable t!mb?>r and wood. To inaugu j rate the .?/stem above suggested this timber, or the greatest portion of it t 11'^ulU?Um??? i ?i, t j,M html fi. oh?v. 111 ? ? 11 the timber is cut should bt* cleared and I put in cultivation?at h as: two-thirds 1 ? iv. oul^Aiso be done with the convicT j labor. The proceeds from the sale of ! timber should be used in the clear ! ?t* the land, establishing penna ii'ni t wi.uU >?.imps mid tui.or impi'Qvc UO'-'ns, _ j It is only a question of a short time ' ' en the road system wiii liave to be : county unit instead of township as it J!1J\V is. ! ?t is true that the 4S0 acre farm as ; j now stands with most of the land in ! % cod and timber, is a" noil-productive ? ?reposition. A latent nsset if you : ase. But with the development j:.r.d improvement above suggested it j v i.l become a very valuame asset and t'v county home instead of being a .Ulllly would, be more 1-ian seif-sus ? iuing. The above Idea is not original with me for the system is now beinn used several counties in "the State. 1 re i ?? to Bertie C ounty patrfcularly for | i- ere I have personally seen the sys- | iu being worked. Only a few days - ? I asked the representative from '?rtie how this system was working mi?l lie said "fine." Bertie has had is system for a number of years and 1 refer any fnterstcd reader to any of !i? er. or reputable citizen of Bertie for j verification of the statement ihat the I as nhnrr rmtttTrnrt is wording most ? : uiivssfully in their county. S. A. XEWELL. Ust o i l.clicrs. Tho following Ia a list of letters re ninining in t hi- Post Office at Louisr lmrg, N. C., not called tor Fob. 4.4JU>. 1101 Mr. Donio ftradwell. Miss Fannie Le? Colyers. Miss Mary Hall. M?-s Loreta Harris. Mrs. Kissiah it.. :tii s. Mr. Albert Macon. Mr. E. W. Pres ton. Mi?? Pattie S. Smith. Mrs. Nora Webb, Mrs. Julia Willidms. Persons calling for any of the above Irtiers tvlll please state that they saw them advertised. li. H. DAVIS, P. M. A Daughter. * The following announcement of the arrival of a little daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lynn Bern hardt, of State8ville, will bo of inter est lo friends and relatives here: "Mr. and Mrs. R. Lynn Bernhardt announce the arrival of {Catherine D% vis, on January ^wenty-Hrst." Subscribe to The Frank;^JEAmes PERSONAL. | Mr. W. M. Person went to Raleigh j 'yesterday. ? ? ? | Mr. E. li. Muloiko visited Raleigh (yesterday. ? ? ? 'Mr. Hen Ogburn was a visitor to' Raleigh yesterday. . . . Mr. A. w. Person and wife went to Raleigh yesterday. ? ? * Mr. Gilmer Allen, of Raleigh, is visiting his mother. * ? ? Mrs. E. F. Thomas spent the past j week-end in Loui:-burp". ? ? ? ? Mr. U. C. Beck left Wednesday for a business trip o Richmond. ? X ? Mr. E. S. Fuighum returned Mon day from a visit to Richmond. . ... I Mr. J. D. Hines returned the past j week from a trip to New York. * ? ? Rev. M. Stamps and Mr. S. A. j Newell visited Raleigh Tuesday. ? * ? Governor T. W. liickctt. of Raleigh. | was a visitor to Lou;sbur:4 Monday. ? * * Ex-Judge J. C. Bigg . jf Unleigl , ' j was a visitor to Louisbu:*; Monday. I ? ? ? I Mr. Ben Sumner, o. Rocky Mount. was a visitor to Loulnburg ye t*. rd. y. ? * ? ? ' Lieut. W. W. Poddie. of kll Paso.; TVxas. is on a visit to Tils? people here, i , * * ? j Mr. L. L. Allen, uf Spa?"nnl;urjr.! S. C., was a visitor to Loulsliurg t!r:s ! '?week. ? ? ? !. Pr.sid!ng* Elder J. K. rnderwood. j 'of th??" Kaieip'i dlsti !ct'spe nt Sunday j in Louisburx. ? ^ f ? ' Mrs. G. R. MeGrany ; ml llt'.le dati- j ghter, Sarah Rawlings. o; Ki?!elj:h. are j visiting I??t parents h* r. . ' * * i Maj. S. L*. Hoddie returned this! week from Charlotte, wnere he had I j been for-Medical attention. .. ... *' i_ * I Mr. Ballard Bradley returning from ; i the United States Navy where ho-had ii flpliJlni the German subma rines. to his home at Lakeland. Fla..| ! stopped over and visited his aunt, Mrs. , }H. I). Egerton. near Laurel. .Modern Woodman. Messrs. C. F. Koonce ami A. B. Melvcr. of Raleigh, were in Louisburg the p;*>t week in the interest of the local t ranch of tlv Modern Woodmen, working up a clu>s of two hundred m< aiher*. They rc.iived much en couragement and expect to put on a class introduction in ill?' near future. On Friday night they gave a free mov in>' n;'" 11 in l\u> rnnrt house* allowing tiii: many tilings ul in terest about tlio oj.:?r, especially the MPmTWUIp; m aT i iT: mis Tor in-lit ;i* H i ml'ors who a. ? si; unfortunau' as !o contract this irou Dle. * >arrnT <??e.iwr. ? ? ? Dr. A. H,?Klomiim. i on.;ia4*l ' J. K. Thomas. Messis. ?. ?. Thomp son ami-G. II. <'oopi-r r.;.?:*o..\v es caped death on Tuesday night when the automobile in whicIT they were riding turned turtle and flumped them out. Tin v were en route to Raleigh and were driving Dr. A. II. Fleming'* Brisco. when near Crabtree t'ret k the Bteerinu knuckle broke and the car took the ditch*. On : c-oa:i( of fali iny across the ditch the occupants ex cept Mr. Th'omf?son w'ho received a broken arm. ? scaped injury. The car was huuiy dair.agod-r- Mr. Thompson was taken to a ho*i>iral in Ralefgh. where "he received medical attention. J VoiiUic Woman's >IU*h?!iary Society. The Young Woman's Missionery So ciety in?-! at the home of Miss S:'ll?rv 1 Taylor, hYb. 12. It*IS*. 7::?0 o'clock in ? a study circle. The scripture lesson ! was taken from Psalms. 11th chapter, read by Mrs. O. J. Hale, followed by J a prayer by Mrs. M. (\ Pleasants. We had for our suDject Italian Life in Italy, v.liich was a wry interesting 01!^. Tho?*r prn^mt trrre MesflafHes T M. ('. Pleasants. O. J. Hale.. Misses' Sue Alston, Hodgfe Alston. I'owell. Neva liow'and. and Sallle Taylor. Miss Taylor served a most delicious salad course. . Card of Thanks. We want to thank the people of i/raistnnK ami I'ypurlany nil'' pi'itpn* of the community kitchen for the kind ness and assistance rendered us dur our sickness with tne Influenza, . ; :> lite people of the country. T. L, Bowden and Family. To Hold Annual Meeting. The Farmers Mutual Fire Insur ance Association will hold its Annual meeting at Luuisburg. Feb. 27th. Mr. T. B. Parker, President of the Statu Association, will make an ad dress on this occasion. The public is cordially invited to hear Mr. Park er. A man cannot exist long without food. That is why so many poets die young. Buy liberty bonds and help make liberty Bupreme throughout the world. ?W. G. McAdyo. GOVERNOR'S COT TON MEETING ADOPT RESOLUTIONS TO DE CREASE ACREAGE. Also to Sell N? .More Cotton For Less Thau ?10 Cent*?Ask Aid of Bankers Ami Merchant* The following resolutions were ad apted at a nirc'ing of farmers, mer chants and bankers licIO in Kalelgh Tuesday upon call of (jovcrr.or Bick ett, looking to ?liett?ring the condi tions in regard to cotton: * "The South is confronted with a dis ..?t;-r unless the crop of IDII) be reduc ed and tiie balance of the crop of 1018 be protected and held until market conditions justify Its sale. To enable ail people in the South Interested in cotton, and n?ariy all arc, to adopt a direct and i*Ucli gi lit mcMiotl-.of meet ing the situation, this convention earn er, i ly rccoirmends that the following plan he adopted: "H) Tliat the crop of 1910 be re duced at least 3."' 1-3 por cent in acre age and itin- fertilizer on the iwo tl.ird area li<* nc.t increased; but this ooes not apply to any rarm of less than five cures to the horse. "Provided, that in carrying out this rieo.nmendntftin the following sched ule ;)i induction shall he observed: "Any ir.i>n planting llvo acres or less i o the horse to make no reduction; 6-7 acres reduce one aero to the horse; {.-!? aii'-res reduce two acres lo the horse; 10-il-lJ-13 acres reduce three a'?i*es; 14 rct.uc four acres; 15-16 re duce o .?ins; 1*1 -1S reduce 6 acres. "I'lid r no circumaUaccs will any farmer phfrit more than 12 acres to the bor??. ^ 4 I'J) That i 'i all the cotton land left out and on the balance of tiie 1'arm, ample supplies of food, feed and other crops bo planted. That under present conditions the wisest plan for the South is to produce all of the food SiceiVd for its people ana the feed for i?s live stork. I "(3) We believe that the existing - situation justifies the holding of every ' bale of cotton now in the hands of our Southern people, and we urge our far mers not to Hell the natance of the 'present crop for less than thirty cents per pound basis middling. "(4) That to carry out this purpose we call upon the bankers and busi ness men of the State for their li- arty co-operation. *'(5) We recommend that every ow ner of cotton immediately pat his cut j ton ur.dcr shelter, or in a warehouse and will not permit it to leave the ! warehou.-? until the owner shal! so specify. "tO We "'iirnc?l!y warn the farmer ; t hut if ho buys high-pr?cc<l fertilizer ?' i - * i u kiil..' iicr. ui iMiinn :s r.i.iue, * he imifl |vtv lu x* fall w if 1l elio;. p cot ton for ike high-priced fertilizer ami "(7) We recommend to the farmer that he lea*?- uncultivated in cotton ?vo?y Mere ?!:;it he-cannot reasonably -cxpfft t?? make enough cotton to-yicld ? '? ?Wo do t h:-, t pro? luces of a bale will ? grower, an 1 every not be planted in cotton. . " i S) For the purpose of securing the united co-operation of all financial in terests ttud to put this plan into effect, the merchants. bank?rs. landlords, fer tilizer dealers and other business men are asked to extend credit and to fi nance farming oil the basis of a safe program, including full production of food and fvd. rather than t!:r produc tion of cotton alone. '?(!?) It Is recognized that the world need for ooiton when cw'nrfitiohs lie tome anything approaching normal will, without doubt, be exceedingly great and it is thereto?.* tmportant that tliOhe who can. hold their* cotton agiiins' that time, and that in the meantime, t lie situation be held in hand by control of future production. "(10) We ivcomniend that the pres ent Congress of the United States en act the Stulth Bill covering the charac ter of cotton deliverable upon cotton exchanges. "We ask that the Governor of ttiis State communicate immediately with our Senators and Representatives, in forming them of this action. "(11) Wo recommend that the Leg i s lature pass an adequate warehouse bill for the State of North Carolina. "(12) Wo recommerfd th*t the tax- ? basing clay for individual taxnav.?r* ho TTiaW Jnno isi. Z "(13) We recommend that a commit lee of sev?*n persons representing the farming and business interests of tin: State bo named by the Governor to iiw augurate a State-wide campaign to ef fect the purposes set fortn, such com imittee to meet immediately and to Shave full authority to devise ways and ?means to <4irry out the provisions of ? these recommendations. ' "This committee is authorized to i raise money, employ cerical assistance and to put on an intensive campaign, and to do anjr and all things necessary to Effect the purpose of this me<ting. 'To enable the committee to begin work immediately, contributions are now solicited. "(14) This organization shall bo known as The North Carolina Cotton Association, and every person present is asked to enroll- as a member before leaving." ' .