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Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Peopie and for Honesty in Governmental Afiairs
Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday, October 28th, i9I4.
VOL. X
NO. 46
wm. h. STEWART, editor
The
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War is Capi Lei -Pricei Cotton
Up Un'ii Wer Stared Cotton Was 14 Cents
Under Vii.0'.
By Hon O. Max Gardner.
16 is utterably amsziug to hear
Republican politicians, who realty
kuow better, attempting to attri
bute the present prxe of octton to
the Democratic admisistraJtion cf
Woodrow Wilson. Every intslli
gut person knows that at least
two-thirds of all the cotton grown
in tb South is exported to Germ
any, Belgium, Franc-, Japan, and
Eugluid. There ia now uc mar
ket for cur cotton in auy of thee
countries except Jappn, Tney are
now engaged in nu unparalled aud
nuprecedeited war, a war th&t
staggers civilization, and is leav
inK iu its wak misery, poverty
suffering aud death, so fad and
dark and awful tb&t good ar.d
pious men wonder why U-od iu Hie
infinite l,.-ve aud mercy permits it
to continue.
Wars of Altsaud?i tho Great,
Caesar, Hannibal, N.poleon, ai d
our Civil War were but skirmishes
as compared to tbe tho cniosal
drama of dah being enacted in
Europe tody. Think of hi
Every continent on earth is in
volved iu this campaign of cruel
detraction, save and except
Amenc 1 Is 't any wonder, then,
iu view if ihe fiutiou abroad
and this almcs complete paraly
sis of our ozttJii Mdd, that tb
South is a kanu soffarr by riiei.
of th a wat? Last year the Sooth
received from Eugiauc1, Germa;y
France, Belgium, and Jap..u, all
of whom aro now at war, approxi
mately six huudred" million dol
lars in gold for its cotton crop.
Theao countries were thsc at peace
and the ocean was free frm the
teirible armed fleets of battleships
that now prey upon commerce.
This stream of gold that has been
yrly pcuriug into the pcckets of
the Southern farmer has dwiudled
almost to a vanishing point, and
every intelligent man. who stops
to think knows why this stream
cf gold has been interrupted.
The cotton mills of Europe are
largely idle, toe male employees
are at war, and the hearts and
miuds of the nation' engaged in
this oonteit for national existence
have been transposed from the
contemplation of business to the
horrors of war. The predominant
idea in Europe at this time is not
the price or the value of cotton ;
they are bending every energy,
spending over fifty million dollars
a day, and devoting the fall con
centration of mind and body tc
to the cultivation of the art and
soienoe of killing men.
During September of this year
the amount of cotton exported
was a little in excees of one hun
dred thousand bales while during
the mouth of September, 1913, it
amounted to a little less than one
million bales. These figures in
dicate the importance of cotton
in the economic afiairs, not only of
this Nation, but of the world, and
partly conveys an idea of the dis
aetrous acd apalling condition
tb.3 var has brought about.
Thi re seems to be an idea pre
vaici.t tnat tne reason cotton is
not bringing a higher price is at
tributable to lack of money.
This is a mistake. We do not
need money with which to handle
or finance the crop. 1 he splendid
Demooratio administration o.f
Woodrow Wilson has provided five
hundred millon dollars more cur
.1 . r .
xency now tnan last year, it is
not money we neea ; it is a mar
ket. We have the cotton, nobody
will Lay it, and until this Eu
ropean war has ended. and tho
mi. rke is restored, there can be
no' relief. Of the fiften million
Jbal 3 prodaoad iu the fckuth this
your, ten million would now be
goiug abroad but for the war. At
the rate the foreign naticus are
taking Southern cotton, the total
exports of the present crop will
not qial one half million I ales.
It is clearly apparent to any
sensible patron that the retention
in this country of ten milli n
bales of oott on, which ordinarily
would have gone abroad, has
practically destroyed the local
market fir the remaining five
million bales. The surplus of
auy prcdacas fixes the price of the
whole. If then i a eurpluB of
cotton, that ip, more octton pro
duced than the trade will take
at a reasonable price, the Burplu
must first be disposed cf before
normal conditi ns cau be res ored.
The size of the present orop is uot
responsible f:r the existing con
ditions of the South. If thd
world's condition wai normal the
price of cotton would be normal.
0 j account of this war, the largest
consumers of raw oottcn hav'
practically ceased to buy.
If this terrible struggle, most
destructive of lifo and proporty
h? world has ever known, con
tiuuea for six mouths, their sup-
d'.v of food and clothing will be
xhansfcsd. aud Europe will be
euiirely bare of octton and cotton
goods. If the South will only
hold back and not produoe a big
crop of cotton next year, there
appears to be reasonable hope for
a irnort nrinn fnr all r.nkton that is
uow being withheld from the
mirknt. Rnh f th flnnth ahnnld
ra.eo fifteeu million bales cf cot-
sou iu 1915, to whioh would be
added the surplus of 1914, it
would result in euch au overprc-
rinntmn g oronlt and fi nnri -
ally paraljz the Sotth next year
now small aud insizumcaut is
the couomio loss we eustaiu ic
tbe price of our cotton as com
Lared to the incalcuable loss that
v?ould follow the trightful de
auueion it this Nation were to
be pluuged into the vortex of war 1
na flxarninn th arimininkrR.
tion of Woodrow Wilson with
resoect to the nrice of cotton.
He was inaograted Preaident
March 4, 1913. The South re
ceived more money by many mil
lions of dollars for its cotton crop
during the first year of Mr. Wil
son s administration than it re
ceived for any crop previously
marketed in the tutire history of
this country. Cotton sold "last
year for an average of about 18
cents per pound, and this price
prevailed all wiuter, all spring
and cotton ws selling for 14 ceals
in the fasaof a big crop July 28tb
when Europe beoame aflame with
war. Therefore, the man who
seeks to charge the Democratic
administration as beiug rcSponsi-
ble for the low price of cotton is
either ignorant or willfullv at-
tempting to mislead and intuit
.
tne intelligence or tne boutnern
. . i m - . sa.a I
farmers. The farmers of the
middle west are receiving nnusu-
ullv hiah and Rhnnrmul nrin0 fiw
iU . . . . , r i .
uuou giaius) iuso auu inn e iuu. ,
and any person in the west who
attempted to construe the favor
able conditions of that section as
attributable to tbe Democratic
Party would be considered as
eitlier a fool or a demagouge, more
likely- both. The West knows
that tbe high price it receives for
its products are results of the ab
normal European demands. War-
ring nations must tat, and they
must buy cur meat and wheat
from neoessity. They do not eat
cotton, and with the surplus cot
ton goods already on band, Eu
rope oould live comfortably for
many months, without operating
a single spindle or loom. If we
had euouen cotton mills in
America to utilize our crop cf
fiftben million bales, this country,
while .Europe is at war, would
89iz9 the markets of jthe world,
and the price of raw cotton would
advance beyond doubt; I ut with
our present capacity, the mills of
America cau consume, at most,
running day and night, over two-
fifths of this year's crop. It is
perfectly apparent that there is
but little hope for an advance in
the price of cotton until, Europe
withdraws tho twenty million
msn now on the firing line and
returns to the peaceful pursuits of
civilization. We kuow nothing
of hard times in this oountry, and
instead of criticising President
Wiison, every kyal citizen in
this oountry ought to be thank-
ful for tbe Divine inspiration that
directed this Nation to elect a
man of Peace who now presides
over the destiny of our United
States. A bigoted, blustering,
Books Are Waiilei
At the sanatorium Bocks are Boon Corn-
There is no place where a good
book is more appreciated than at
the State Sanatorium for the
treatment of tuberculosis. There
the patients have nothing to do
but to get well aud everything
bringing cheer, a new vision or an
uplifting thought L.to their lives
is a direct aid in the prccesBS. To
fchoBe Who are not ecu timed to
their bfds, reading is a wholesome
entertainment and speeds many a
heavyfooted moment on. Some
f the patients learn there to read
for their first time aud eagerly
take this opportunity to learn to
reaa aca wnt8 WQlle taey gm 10
weight and strength.
A good library at the Sanatori
um would in no wise fail in the
true mission of a library. Its
educative, entertaing and inspir-
iu8 offices would be entered into
Ud appreciated. Al a Source Ot
oomfort, hope and light its influ-
ence would be aa the wideness of
the sea
TfaiB need of the Sanatorium
opens up a splendid opportunity
t3 individuals, societis, clubs, or
derd and Other OrgaUlZatlOL B tO
make donations either in bcoke,
magazines, daily and weekly pa
prs, or iu other equipment fcr
a good up-to-date reading room.
Those havug good bjoks of he
tiou, of varse, biography or copies
'f td8 standard writers, that -they
M17 read might as well pack
them up and send to the Sana
tonum U'18tead of Da'klDS tQem
wa t0 become dc8t eateu
d mouldy for lack of use and
witu ag. uookb nave toeir sea
eons like other things Don't
wait till they have lost their savor
and have beccm stale to send
them. Let theirs be timely mes
sages. Any books that oar readers may
have that they m wih t0. hus
dispose of can be left at this of-
floe, or better, Bhip them direct to
Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Sanatorium,
N. C.
Why Not Publish It?
When ycu want a fact to be
come generally known, the right
way is to publish it. Mrs Joseph
Kalians, Peru, Ind,, was troubled
with belching, sour stomache and
,r4UHU ueauacnes. one writes,
done for me. They have helped
my indigestion and regulated my
boweis. Since using them I have
een entirely Well."
Fr 8al by All Dealers.
bulldozing attitude by the Presi
dent of this country could involve
our Nation in war in twenty-four
hours. Behold I Woodrow Wil.
son administering the afiairs of
this Nation. With a vision un
clouded, and pursuing a perlious
path, he is leading us safely and
. . " V BU1"UU "uo usro
intriuauiwB ui international ai
plomaoy and is keeping this Gov
ernment free from the baneful
alliances witb foreign nations in
a manner that exoites the admira
tion of the whole world.
The man who tries to make
political capital of the present
price of cotton is unquestionably
aotuated br Pa"lon ad prejudice,
and 18 t0 narrow between eyes
for c,ear fa,r' uPr!8ht. and hole"
ome thinkinsr. He is a danger
man to follow at any time;
e8Peclally 18 he dangerous in a
P9riod of natl0Qal
cotton statist s.
Year No. Bales Average No. Bales?
Raised Price Exported
1918 13 982,811 13.1 8,291,725
1912
iQll
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
13,588,589 12.0
15,553,078 9 7
11,586,834 14 7
10 072 731 14 8
13,086 005 9 2
11,057,822 11.5
12.P83 201 10 0
10,495,105 10 9
13,451.337 8.7
9.199.C93
10 681.332
8 025,991
6,491,483
8.889,724
7,779,508
8 825,236
6,975,494
9,067,879
6,233.682
9 819 969
10,588,250
9.632,520
10 102,102
9,393,242
11,189,205,
12 2
8.2
8 1
9.8
7.6
4.9
6,913,506
6,870,313
6,806,572
9,167,623
1898
7,626,525
Crossing of Yser Proves Extent of German
Progress.
Paris, Oct. 26.4-11 :80 p. m
The smashing! tactics of tbe
Germans along tbe North Sea
coast line couth.jued incessantly
today, when thebig guns were
turned on Nieuport and the Allies
had to withstand fonstant attacks
of masses of troofis. Little pro
gress, however, wlpi made by the
Germans. ,
Yesterday's oroasing of the Yser
apparently had onfly a moral ef
fect as the Germans were con
fronted by solid ;oes of Allied
troops and were prevented from
advancing, withou overwhelming
efforts farther toward tbe channel
1-
ports.
The character of the country
prohibits a rapid movement, aB
the land is cut up tyy the canals,
and two strong serial of defensive
works separate them from Dun
kirk. i he derman infantry executed
a number of night jrttaoks on the
extreme wing also in the vioinity the chief. Already exohanges are
of Lille where they encountered rising against Germany and Aui
obBtinate resistance. The Allies tria and if the exportation of
r
are displaying wonderful energy "sugar could be prevented or rend
in this region. The commanders ered unprofitable a fuither seri
are sharing their many hardships ous blow would be struck to their
and are abte to giv constant re- trade.
liefs to troops ou the firing line.
Some times villages change
hards several times during the
course cf a day. Today iu one
hamlet forty Allied soldiers who
had been wenuded were lying in a
factory which bad been transform-
od into a hospital, A shell fired
the building. Tn bearers of the
American ambulance corps volun-
tered to rescue the wounded meL
and saved all of them. An hour
afterward this hamlet was captur
ed by the Germans who. after oc-
cupymg if for a short time, were
chised out agaiu after desperate
street fighting. Meanwhile the
wounded allies were removal to
the base hospital in the rear.
On the line from Soissons to
Craonne the Allies are said to
have gained a Blight advantage in
tne day's fighting .
The French here rushed well
forward and left only an cutlet
about 12 miles wide for a possible
German retirement.
The French are said to oocupy
e7ery position of importance in
theVosges. Their scouts swarm
in every wocd and thicket in front
of their trenches, which are pro
tected with barbed-wire entaugle-
meats, ine irrencn aviatojs are
doing excellent service in locating
the German forces and finding the
positions of their artillery.
Berlin, ia Amsterdam and Lon
don, Ot. 26. 8:80 p. m. A re
port from general headquarters
dated Monday forenoon says:
"West of the Yser Canal be
tween Nieuport and Dixmude,
which is still occupied by the
enemy, our troops attacked the
hostile positions, which are cbsti
uately defended.
"The British fleet co-operated
but was forced baok by the heavy
artillery are. xuree snips were
. . m zs m 1 1
hit. During the afternoon of
October 25 the flet kept beyond
the distance of sight .
"Near Ypres the battle is stag
nant. Southwest of Ypres and
west ana scutnwess or ljiue our
attacks are prcgresBing. jnring
severe street fighting the English
suffered gret losses, leaving about
500 prisoners.
"Noith of Arr is a heavy Frenoh
attack broke down, the French
losses beiug severe.
"In tho eastern theater of the
wsr our offensive on Augusrowo is
progressing. The battle near
Ivangorod continues but till now
there has been no deoision.
Your Fall Cold Needs Attention.
No nee to fus8and try to wear
it out. It will wear you out in
stead. Take Dr. King's New Dis
covery, relief follows quickly. It
checks youc Cold and Soothes
your Cough avay. Pleasant,
Autissptio and Healing. Chil
dren like it. Get a 50c. bottle of
Dr. King's New Discover and
keep it in the house. ' Our fami-
ly Cough and Cold Dootor" writes
Lewis Chamberlain, Manchester,
Ohio. Money baok if not satisfi-
ed, but it nearley always helps.
InM Tares Measures Against
German Sogar
London, Oct. 23 9:42 p. m.
An effioial statementissued tonight
says the Government has prohi
bited sugar importation to pre
vent German and Austrian sugar
reaching here from neutral coun
tries. Explaining the Government's
dioieion the official news bureau
says :
"Measures already have been
taken to prevent the importation
into Germany and Austria of
goods necessay to the oonduot of
war but when neutral countries
can make great pre fits on the en
hanced prices which Germauy.and
Austria are willing to pay, it is
impossible to put a stop to all im
portations .
"At the present time there are
few exports of great value which
cau be sent out in exohange for
goods which Germany receives
from neutral countries. Sugai is
German and Austrian sugar
may not be imported here under
its.tru colors but if ?t is first
exported to a neutral country and
then re-exported from the neutral
country to Great Bntain it pastes
as innocent. Already advices
have been received that bids for
German sufcar are beine greedily
sought in neutral countries. Even
if this sugar did hot come into
this country it would set free a
ccn 8; ondiug amount of sugar in
a neutral country, which might
be shipped into the United King-
dom.
'The .only ultimate big jnarket
tor this sugar is the United King
dom and nothing less than total
prohibition of importation into
this couLtry will hinder the Ger
man aud Austrian exportation."
Not Much Doing Friday.
rans, uot za. 11:40 p. m.
Violent attacks aud counter-attacks
continued throughout last
night and today along the battle
front from the North Sea to
Switzerland, acoording to officials
arriving here tonight from vari
ous sections of the line. No no
ticeable ohange in the positions
effected, they said, although the
Allies were compelled to give way
a little at Labasse, 18 miles south
west of Lille,
At Armentiers the fighting was
very stubborn and tbe Allies
gained some more ground.
Two officers in British uniform
today halted the motorB belong
ing to an ammunition convoy as
it was proceeding to the British
lines at Armentiers
"Halt you are running right
into German trenches," was the
command given to the convoy.
The captain in command noted
that the man who gave the order
poke with a slight accent and
drew his revolver and shot both
his supposed comrades. At the
same moment a squadron of Ger
man cavalry appeared a short dis
tance away.
The British captain ordered
the truck drivers to dismount
their rifles and take a position in
a ditoh beside the road to defend
the convoy. The Germans were
about to charge when a French
battalion appeared. A sharp figt
followed and the Germans retired
with heavy losses
The Allied commanders regard
ed the results of today's fighting
as favorable to their troops since
it has proved their ability to with
stand frequent and formidable
shocks from the powerful reinforc
ed German army.
Iu the vioinity of Arras tbe
forcing tactics of the Germans
were again in evidence but they
made no progress.
It Always Does tbe Work.
"I like Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy better than any other,"
writes R. E. Roberts, Homer City,
Pa. "I have taken it off and on
for years and it his never failed
to give, thedesird ssult."
II For Sale by All Dealers,
Tie Ever Present Dairy Promoter
In a communication just receiv
ed from Alvin J. Reed, dairy
farm investigator, he says :
"It seems that with the low
price of ootton that the farmer
has enough problems to face while
he is trying to shape his affairs so
he can get soma live stock on hand
and a few dairy cows to work.
However, one misfortune follows
another and right now the ever
resourceful creamery promoter is
agiin with us in the shape of a
salesman with machinery to sell.
He has taken advantage of the
present situation to talk dairyir.g
bat instead of selling cream sepa
rators and encourageing the sale
of cream to the creameries already
existing nearby, he insists that his
machinery be purchased at a high
price.
"He takes every means and op
portunity to disoredit all activi
ties of the State and government
agents and makes the grossest
misrepresentations regarding fac
tory operation and general condi
iions.
"Operations just now are cen
tered in Cleveland County. It
fill be to your advantage as busi
ness men, leaders and citiz ns to
report any activities of creamery
promoters in any part of the state.
"The dairy business has more
than doubled during the past
year; two new creameries have
been built ; ever 200 silos and 80
dairy barns have been constructed
under the supervision of this divi
sion, yet the promoter insists tbe
dairy development is being hind
ered because we do not favor bis
methods.
"A new scheme is being worked
as tbe promoter agrees to put in
the machinery at a lower price
than uiually charged and leaves
it to the new' organized oompany
to put np their own buildings! .
Apply Sloan's Freely For Lumbago.
Your attacks of Lumbago are
not nearly so hopeless as they
seem. You can relieve them al
most instantly by a simple appli
cation of Sloan's Liniment on the
oacK ana loins, ljumoago is a
form of rheumatism, and yields
perfectly to Sloan's, whioh pene
trates quickly all in through the
sore, tender musoles, limbers up
the back aud makes it feel flue.
Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment
25 cents of any druggist and have
it in the bouse against colds,
sore and swollen joints, rheuma
tism, neuralgia, sciatica and like
ailments. Your money baok if
not satisfied, but it does give al
most instant relief.
German Crnisers. Destroy 31
Merchantmen.
London, Ooo. 23. 7 p. m. The
Admiralty tonight issued a state
ment outlining steps that are be
ing taken to round up the eight or
nine German cruisers at large in
the Atlantio, Pacific and Indian
Oceans. These cruisers include
tne Emden, whioh has sunk or
oaptured 20 British vessels to date
in the Indian Ocean and the Karl
sruhe, whioh has taken 13 British
shins in the Atlantio. The state-
&
ment saj s :
"Searching for these vessels and
working in ooncert under various
commander-in-chief are upwards
of 70 British, Australian, Japa
nese, Frenoh and Russian oruisers
Among these are a number 0
fastest British crainrs.
"The vast expanses of seas and
oceans and thousands of island
offer almost infinite choice 0
movement to the enemy's ship
Despite efforts to cut off their coa
supply it has been maintained.
In the face of increasing difficulty
the disoovery and destruction of
these cruisers largely iB a matter
of time, patience and good luok .
Keep Your Stomach and Liver Healthy
A vigorous Stomach, perfect
working Liver and regular acting
Bowels is guaranteed if you will
use Dr. Ktngs New Life Pills .
They insure good Digestion, cor
reol Constipation and have an ex
cellent tonio effect on the whole
system Purity your blood and
rid you of all body poisons through
the Bowels. Only 25o. at your
Druggist.
Most Deadly LlecMne Gun
Tbe Belgian "Rattlesnake" Is tin Iwn
tloo of in Amerlcin.
That gun, the "Belgian rattle
snake," as it came to be oalled
on the firing line, beoause of its
deadly rattle in action, is an
American gun. It is the inven
tion of a retired United States
army officer. It is the most fe
rocious small death machine ever
known, and yet one man can
carry and operate it.
Two years ago Ool . Issao New
ton Lewis, U 8. A., retired, late
of the United States ooast artil
lery, offered his invention on an
automatio airoooled machine gun
to the United States Government,
and it waB tried out by United
States serial war craft in an offi
cial test at College Park, Md.
Bear Admiral Frank Fletcher,
U. S. N chief of naval ordnance,
made the observation that 2,000 of
these aircraft could be purchased
and equipped with the new ma
chine gun for the prioe of a single
battleship.
And this was the verdict of Brig.
Gen. James Allen, chief of the
signal corps: The effect on mili
tary warfare will be surprising."
Preoisely this is what the pres
ent European war has disolosed,
with the Lewis maohine gun
being us6d the Belgians, first, and
now, f rem the latest reports from
the front, by both British and
Russian troops, against the Kais
er's men. Nevertheless, this trun
was rejeoted by our Government,
Colonel Lewis was told that he
might dispose of his military
'mowing maohine" elsewhere,
and the very first place he went
to was Germany. After several
trials of his gun in the field and
in airships by the German army
corps, Colonel Lewis was asked to
sell the sole rights to the use and
manufacture of hiB machine gun
to Germany. This he refused to
do, and he next tried England.
The Brirish Government consent
ed to his selling the guns to her
allies, but at the time would not
gurantee to take all that Col Lewis
oould manufacture. Col. Lewis
then went over to Belgium, and
there he sold his guns without any
restrictions, and, lucky for the
Belgians, up to the time the war
broke out he had been able to
make only enough of the guns for
their use. The result was that
they were the only soldiers in the
world possessing this most certain
modern instrument of death when
the Germans stormed Liege. To
this gun is due in a considerable
degree the terrible 'slaughter of '
the Germans in the invasion of
Belgium.
This gun is a new departure in
ordnance. It is the only maohine
gun capable of rapid oontinous
fire under service conditions with
out change of barrels, and with
out tbe use of water oooling. It
is simple in construction and
operations, and on the firing line
requires no toolsor special equip
ment of any kind. The gun can
be assembled or dismounted in 30
seoonds with no other tool than
the point of a bullet, and it can
be fired singly or in bursts of any
number of shots up to the full
extent of the magazine, which cau
be placed in position in two sec
onds, and whioh oan be adapted
for any existing service ammuni
tion. The normal rate of firing
500 rounds per minute, but this
may be increased or decreased by
a simple adjustment.
Mr. Price to Spsat at China Grove
The Bowan Republican-Progressive
candidates will speak in
the town hall in China Grove,
Saturday night, October 81st.
Everybody is cordially invited to
be present and hear these gentle
men discuss the issues of tbe day.
Along with the speakers there
will be A. H. Prioe, Esq., cf
Salisbury. Mr. Prioe also speaks
at Landis on Thursday 29th, and
at Cleveland Friday 80th. Mr.
Prioe is a very interesting talker
and all will enjoy hearing what he
has to say.
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