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' JULIUS L FOUST, Pres.. Greensboro, N. C
UaTker Affora lit
We have-heard of a few tenants
recently who were offering seventy
fire cents per hundred to get cotton
picked. Where men farm on halves
this makes it cost them f 1.60 per
hundred for their half of the seed
cotton and about $4.60 per hundred
for the lint cotton. If to this is
added the work of hauling the cot
ton to the gins and then to the mar
ket it wjll be seon that it takes about
half the cotton crop to get it from
the field to the buyers for the mills.
Can tenants afford such 'prices for
picking? Can they pay big debts at
this rate? " ; '.
We believe in fair prices for labor.
but the prices for some" work is too
high now.- The business of farming
cannot and will, not afford such
wages. we near or some- who are
boarding hands in addition to the
high prices paid for picking cotton.
Some say the pickers could get cloth
ing, too, as well as board, if they
would demand it The one . thing
certain about it all is that it will
take two or three months ' to house
the cotton. It can not be picked in
a week or two no matter how fast
it opens, nor how high a price is paid
for work. Farmers should do all
they can themselves and then get
help when it can be had at reason
able prices. A lesson to be learned
is not to plant much if any more of
any particular crop than can be
housed with the help on the farm
It is risky to depend on outside help.
Smithfield Herald. 1 . .. -
DECLARED FOR
15-CENT COTTON
Convention of Growers Take
Important Action. -
HOLD IT FOR TiiAf PRICE
CwOperatloa Ameni Farmers aal
with Beakers aaf Flaaaclers De
clare ta B Selatlea ( Ike
. . . h
rrekleat Tkat Is Teaiag'
tke Cottea Growers ' .;
f Te-Dey. ' :
Wkal Te Oe WUk Cettoa See. '
' An Associated Press despatch to
the News and Observer from Mont
gomery, Ala., dated Sept Jdth
says: "Five hundred farmers and
as many bankers, Congressmen,
United States Senators and business
men, representing every ' cotton
growing State, declared in conven
tion today that the farmers cotton
is worth fifteen cents a pound and
resolved that the farmer should
hold, his cotton for that price. The
resolution followed a committee re
port that the crop in America would
not exceed 12,500,000 bales,
For financing the crop of this year
a resolution was adopted to the
effect that the farmer should deposit
his cotton in a warehouse and use
his receipt as collateral until he
could sell his product at not
than fifteen cents. . There was also
a resolution that the several State
legislatures provide a system of
bonded warehouses. ,:
Declaring - that i organization
Last fall the oil mills offered a
high price for cotten seed early in
the season and consequently bought
UQreJhan tbej could care, for jjrojH among ,faana-andi.cc-fipexatior
eriy. , Almost every mill , bad to among them with the bankers and
work thousands of bushels of dam- financiers was the solution of the pro-
age seed, ihey rotted alter they blero. the convention resolved itself
had passed through the gins. This into a permanent organization te be
year they are trying to avoid that known as the Southern Cotton Con-
mistake by not buying so many green gress and ad jurned to meet in Atlan.
seed. The price offered is only ta at call of the president E. .J,
about 22 cents per bushel. , What
shall be done with the seed under
the circumstances? . They should be
hauled from the gins and placed un
der shelter. Once or twice a week
they should be examined and if found
hot should be moved about to allow
them to cool. If room is scarce so
they can be easily . stirred, then
holes can be -. dug,; with- shovels
through the seed to the floor on
which they rest so as to give, them
air and cool them. A hole can be
dug in a pile of cotton seed almost
like digging a hole for a post. Keep
them under shelter and do not , let
them get hot and rot. Do hot seil
them for less than thirty cents per
bushel. , We know this is good ad
vice." Our idea is , that . they will
bring more than that later. -Smith-
field Herald. - ?4'f:'-
Parson's Poem A Gem. ,
From Rev. H. Stubenvoll la., in
praise of Dr. King's New Life Pills.
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If other kinds you've tried to vain,
Use Dr. KIdi?s, and be well again.
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Watson, Commissioner of Agricul
ture of South Carolina. 'i.
The meeting in Montgomery is to
be followed by a similar convention
in every Southern State, to be called
by the Commissioner of Agriculture
of each.State. , By these conventions
the action of the Congress is to be
ratified and re-inforced by further
steps to await a better price for cot-
torr. .--'.f.'T'f' ",v ir
- Among the speakers was Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, who re
ceived the thanks of Congress for
his attitude toward the government
cotton report' : Congressmen Heflin
and Clayton, of Alabama, and
Hughes of Georgia ..
It was Senator Smith who made
the speech which decided the con
gress in naming the price of cotton
at 15 cents for Congressmen Heflin
wanted to make the price fifteen or
fourteen cents, with fourteen cents
as the. minimum. - Congressmen
Clayton declared his belief that with
in ten years the world would be us
ing f twenty-nve or thirty million
bales of American cotton. .v.." r
President C. S. Barrett, of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-opera
tive Union,' denounced as baseless
the reports of a btfmper cotton crop;
denounced the charge that the Far
mersUnion was combine to hold up
civilisation and asserted that there
is a commission for the purpose of
hammering down the price of cotton.
As the result of a conference in
Montgomery' yesterday evening
President C. S. Barrett, of the' Far-
mers Union, announced today that
a French-English syndicate has guar
anteed any amount of money up to
seventy five millioo dollars to finance
the South's cotton crop. The deal
was made with the personal support
of the syndicate. The money is to
be loaned at six per. cent and the
cotton is to be put up as collateral.
Details of the "plan art to be perfec
ted by a committee to b composed
of one Southern banker two mem
bers of the Farmers'; Union. The
estimate of this year's cotton crop,
recommended by the committee of
state and adopted by the committee,
is approximately 12,500,000' bales.
This estimate was based on figures
proposed to the committee by the
call of States, each State being re
presented by its Agricultural Com
missioner or his authorized assist
ant, and by figures furnished by the
National Farmers', Union from its
recent convention at Shawnee, Okla
and by revised figures submitted by
President Chas. S.'Barrett, of the
Farmers' Union. . , -
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ROBBERS. GET U20.000 BOOTY.
POOLING THE
TOBACCO CROP
Farmers Should-Not Follow
Kentucky Brethren.
TO ESTABLISH FACTORIES
Baa la British Celnmbia Clrnaai
Ovt-Taree Hea Entered Baak,
New Westminster,?. C, Sept. la.
three hundred and twenty thousand
dollars in cash were stolen from the
Bank of Montreal early today. The
robbers escaped. ' Three men enter
d4wnk-)MMfietactadrear
window, dug through the brick wall
into tne vault, wrecked the cage
door, blew open the safe and -took
approximately $320,000 in gold and
currency. Tbey left $20,000 in gold
on the bed where they piled their
loot and $80,000 more unmolested
in the safe. The Chinese caretaker
appeared and gave the alarm, after
working loose from the bonds with
which he was tied. " Chief of Police
Bradshaw hurried to the scene. All
available officers were pressed into
service. ' From the thoroughness of
the job and the tools with which, the
work was done, the officers believe
the same gang which -has been at
work in Vancouver did the work
here. . It is impossible to say when
the men effected an entrance into
thebank." " It is presumed it was
about 4 o'clock this morning,. When
the Chinese janitor arrived he found
the robbers. . He was sandbagged,
gajrged and tied to a chair.
Then the robbers proceeded to col
lect the gold and bills in the vault
and left the building, taking more
than a quarter million, and leaving
about $100,000 in the vault behind.
Usually there is a watchman on
the premises, but he was on a vaca
tion. It is evident the robbers knew
this Blankets from bis bed ; were
used to deaden the noise of the -ex-!
plosion, i After a survey by the bank
officials it was officially stated the
robbers stole at least $320,000.. - '
A turner's Factory ta Ivery Ceaa-
tr Weals Leave tke Meoey
la tke Caaamaalty aafl
tke Farasers WeaU
TkerekyBeMack
- Beaeflttei.
The tobacco farmers of North Car
olina are now discussing the wisdom
of pooling their tobacco, very much
on the order of their brethern in
Kentucky, but unlike their Kentucky
brethern, with reference to the law
lessness indulged in by the latter.
The night riding and barn burning
injured the cause of the Kentucky
f aimers. They could have accom
plished so much more by peaceful
methods than by handling the pro
position as they did.
We hope to see the farmers in time
organizing stock companies and
manufacturing the product of their
fields. This it strikes ns could be
handled better than in a big pool of
tobacco for the entire state. Sup
pose the farmers of Wilson county
would subscribe sufficient stock to
locate a factory in Wilson. Those
who could do so would pay for stock
with the cash and those who could
not could exchange tobacco for same.
A farmer's factory in every county
would leave the money in the com
munity and then every farmer would
be benefited.
Again, to the factory could be ad
ded a re-drylng and storage plant
and the manager of the factory 1
could receive this tobacco and look
after it without additional expense.
Under this plan the- farmer . would
get in touch with the consumer and
would not be at the mercy of spec
ulators, but could sell to the trade
a part of the tobacco sent in for
manufacture if the management saw
fit to do so. f In other words there
would be two ways of disposing, of
the product to the consumer as
well as to the manufacturer. Again
the managers of; the factory must
of necessity be experienced , tobacco
men and these would understand the
proper re-drying and re-ordering to
bacco, a matter requiring the great
est care. V.;,.s" " "...
Under the decision of the su
preme court which will eventually
separate the American Tobacco Com
panies into separate and independent
entities there is every reason to be
lieve that the opportunity awaits
new capital and energy in the man
ufacture of tobacco and why should
not the farmer handle' the product
from field to consumer? It is his
property; because he made it "in the
sweat of his face," and if there is a
good profit in the manufactured ar
ticle and from the expenence of the
American Tobacco Company then
Say a Gee4 Word Akeat Tear Tewa.
This thing of saying a good word
about your town is a habit which
the people of this community need
to coltivate, and they need it badly
IOU 1UBC start out hern anm
bright morning yea. even on
bright morning when everyone ought
to feel good and mention some
thing about every citizen, we don't
care who he is, or how pure he Is,
and you will be "uprised to know
how many people have out their
little hammers and how with their
might they will be trying to use
them.
Now, how much better it would be
if we all had a good word to say of
our neighbors. What makes your
town but the people who live in it?
When you hit them, don't you know
you are striking your town, and
when yofj strike your town don't
you know that you are driving blows
on your own little head? Say some
thing good or keep your tongue in
your mouth. You will feel better
yourself, and you will be better.
too. Waxhaw Enterprise.
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depositor, regardless of the a
mount he may have in this bank.
Capital .... $I0MM
Sarplaa m f SO.tOt
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StockkeMerg Llak - $100,000
Teul
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$261,000.00, that amount stands
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Compounded Qurterly
The Planters Bank,
Rocky Mount, N. C
WILL BUILD WAREHOUSES.
Seatk Carallaa Farmer' Unlos Seek.
lag te Flet a $200,000 Ca- .
Operative Cerperatlea.
One of the most interesting devel
opments among Southern cotton
farmers is the big chain of ware
houses which the South Carolina
Farmers' Union is now getting ready
to establish The project has attract
ed a great deal of attention and we
are glad to give herewith a summary
of its main features. In the last is
sue of the Farmers' Union Sun Sec
retary-Treasurer J. Whitney Reid
puts the case in a nut-shell as fol
lowa:--'- v rr t . v.,..'. . .
"The officers of the South Carolina
State Union have set their heads to
gether and go to work vigorously
in the effort to establish a chain of
warehouses for the storing of cotton
until it shall reach a price at which
the farmer is willing to sell. A com
psny nas oeen organized, with an
initial capital stock of $200,000, to
be worked up to an ultimate capital
of $500,000. Canvassers are already
in the field to secure the subscrip
tions to bring the capital stock up to
the latter amount According to the
blanks prepared by State Secretary
Reid, and sent out to the local
unions, 30 per cent of the capital
stock must be paid by December 1th
rail; 30 per cent February 1th 1912.
and 40 per cent November 1, 1912.
Concluded on Page 2.
why shouldn't the farmer get it? if
the farmer will place himself in a
position to handle the products of
his farm he will certainly benefit
his community by the encourage
ment of the location of factories.
For factories build cities; The larg
er the city the more benefit to the
farmer, for a large population furn
ishes a market for his cattle, hoes.
poultry, fruit and vegetables." Let
the farmer orgaruze stock compa
nies, manufacture his tobacco and
sell direct to the consumer. Wilson
Times.
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THE OPENING AT
PITT'S WAREHOUSE
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V " Rocky Alount, North Carofina '
; Was highly satisfactory to us and to our farmer friends. The prices paid REACHED A HIGH MARK, and
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If you did not sell with PITT on the opening day, try,us with your next load.-: Once a patron of Pitt's Warehouse you will cticl:
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RALPH PITT, Oivner r.nd Pronlor. ' "