dlL fOR COUNTY
' COTTON CONVCNTlOh
_ ting To Be Held In Newporl
Saturday, September 19th for
Purpose of Remedying
Cotton Situation.
Jounty Judge C- B. Coe au
thorizes the Independent to cat
Ufa mass convention of all citizens
Jackson county interested in
rroviding some relief for the
present deplorable cotton situa
ippdon, to be held in Newport at 1
; p’clock Saturday, September 19.
| /This meeting is called for a dis
^|5uss;on of the various remedial
Proposals now being made by
- different organizations to relieve
the South and furnish a market
for cotton and to agree upon
the most practical plan of work
ing out the common purpose of
lj|he various theories.
The Buy-A-Bale movement
has received strong support in
all parts of the South and is
generally approved, but whether
f sufficient to be a real factor in
y creating a market and maintain
ing a price sufficient to pay the
4 cotton farmer for the cost of
lit production and give a fair re
Iturn is doubted by many.
Either the government or in
dividual cotton growing states,
supporting a common plan,
** should come to the relief of the
South and protect the only sec
tion, whose product is so disas
; ^.trously affected by the present
f * war.
The farmers, merchants, gin
ners, bankers, professional men
and cotton buyers are all inter
ested in the protection of the
South in this critical condition,
)and jeopardy of our one cash
crop. We are interested in a
market now and the protection
* of that market by a diversifica
tion of crops and reduction of
cotton acreage one-half, at least,
I next year.
This convention should be a
monstrous affair. It should show
the willingness of our people to
r stand together in concerted ac
» tion. The times demand it and
* a common interest urges it.
Come to Newport Saturday,
L September 19th, and identify
yourself with this movement.
STATE AID PLAN.
If a program partly outlined and
tentatively agreed to by a number of
southern senators and representatives
V obtains, cotton will sell for 11 cents a
pound. Senator Simmons of North
Carolina has taken the initiative in
the movement, to which a number of
.« V i i *i i
oouuieru .Beuaujis uavc auuou»ucu
His proposition provides for the pur
chase of one-fourth of the cotton rais
^ ed this year by the state. A purchase
tax is to be levied on all cotton sold in
the open market. A production tax
on the cotton produced in 1915 is a
part of the scheme.
* “First let each cotton-producing
“Clean Up the Dowel* and
Keep Them Clean”
1 here many remedies to bt
La,, for .ipation, but the diffi
culty is to procure one that acts
without violence. A reniedy lu.:
does not perform
b y force what
should be accom
plished by persua
sion is Dr. Miles'
Laxative Tablets
Aiier using them,
■ ... Mr. N. \ Waddell
W........"\ 415 V-Tshii"
• ,v\ it., Waco, j.m.,
\ , \ says •
Sft "> - # ••Almost all nay
■ .V' ,'Au/h'V •»* life I ’nave !><-..a
Ct. iMed constipation. and hav o
tr. -I many p'u. dies, alt of which
s :r.('d to cause pain without giving
1.. . ;li relief. I Anally tried Dr. Miles'
l_.ixnti.-e Tablets and found them ex
c-'.lent. Their action is pleasant and
ir. i. and their chocolate taste ms
1 >n easy to take. I am more than
d to recommend them.”
^ Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean,” is the advice of all
physicians, because they realize the
d ‘per resulting front habitual con
s’. union, l'o not aelay too long,
b u begin proper curative measures,
r Dr. Miles’ Laxative Tablets area
' new remedy for this old complaint,
and a great improvement over the
♦harries you have been using in
« past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
j v ill convince you.
L Miles Laxative Tablets are
sold by all drug;.-.-'- at 25 cents
r. ox emits j rloses. If not
- Wind .^..itisf.u;. a;, after trial, re
turn the box to yo> r druggist and
.. he will rt'..1 rt: yo :r money. is
;V!._£j MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. In*
state buy one-fourth of the cotton pro
duced in it during the year 1914 at
| 110 cents a pound, middling, 8 cents
i per pound to be advanced at the time
! of purchase in non-interest-bearing
bonds of the state in Such convenient
denominations that they may circulate
it in adjusting credit; said bonds to
be redeemable by state on or before
January 1, 1916, in cash or four per
; cent bonds of the state at its option.
i “If, when the state shall have pur
chased one-fourth of the cotton of
1914, the price of middling cotton in
the open market is below 10 cents per
pound; the state shall continue its
purchases on like terms until it has
purchased 35 per cent of the 1914
production if the market price of cot
ton does not sooner reach 10 cents per
pound.
1 “Second, That no part of the cotton
so purchased by the state shall be
! sold before Nov. 1, 1915, for less than
110 cents per pound on the basis of
middling, nor before June 1, 1915, for
jless than 11 cents per pound. That
| when and as soon as the said cotton
vendors
ifrom whom the same was purchased
' the two cents per pound due thereon,
i “Third, That the state impose a pur
j chase tax on all lint cotton purchased
! in the state during the year 1914 of
j 50 cents per bale, to be paid when the
same is sold in the ODen market, or.
j if not sold in the state, then by the
i assignee before shipment out of the
state. Such part of the proceeds of
1 said tax as may be necessary to be
j used to reimburse the state for any
! loss sustained in the purchase or hold
i ing of cotton proluced in 1914 as
j hereinbefore provided, and the bal
■ ance, if any, to be converted into the
' treasury of the state.
PRODUCTION TAX.
“Fourth, The state to impose a
production tax of one cent per pound
on all lint cotton produced in the
state in the year 1915, provided that
said production tax shall be remitted
if the acreage cultivated in cotton in
the state in 1915 does not exceed 60
! per cent of the acreage cultivated
I therein in cotton in 1914. Provided
further, if said total acreage of 1915
exceeds 60 per cent of the total acre
age of 1914 said production tax shall
nevertheless be remitted on all cotton
grown on any farm if the acreage of
cotton grown on said farm in 1915
does not exceed 60 per cent of the to
tal acreage of cotton grown on said
farm in 1914, and if there has been a
subdivision in the ownership of any
farm upon which cotton was produced
in 1914 the said subdivision shall be
included in determining whether the
cotton acreage thereon in 1915 was
more than 60 per cent of that in 1914.
than 60 per cent of that in 1914.
“Fifth, The foregoing plan should
be conditioned on its adoption by
states producing at least two-thirds
of all cotton raised in the United
States in 1914.
“First, Bonds for the payment of
the eight cents per pound advanc
ed by the state should be non-interest
bearing. (1) That this paper be in
a form to conveniently circulate in
adjusting credits. (2) If a bank or
individual should advance eight cents
on cotton upon a warehouse receipt
the farmer would have to pay inter
est on such sum and expenses of in
surance, warehousing, etc. Under
this plan the farmer pays neither in
terest nor any expense incident tothe
holding of cotton, and if the bonds he
receives do not circulate and he has
i to borrow on them he will probably
have to pay even a less rate of inter
est than if he borrowed on his cotton.
“Second, As the purpose of the
state in withdrawing from the mar
ket surplus cottop is to establish and
maintain a fair price in the open
market for the whole cotton crop of
1914, it is but fair and reasonable
that the whole crop should contribute
to the reimbursement of possible
losses as a result of the transaction.
FORCE UP THE PRICE.
“Third, The withdrawal of this sur
plus cotton from the market will not
accomplish the purpose in view un
less there is a like reduction in the
cotton production of 1915. It is
thought that the tax of one cent per
pound upon the production of 1915,
with conditional remittance if the to
tal acreage of that year is less than
60 per cent of the present year, will
strongly tend to keep the production
of 1915 writhin the limit desi '
necessary to the success of th._, ^_
“Fourth, It is believed that the
adoption and successful inauguration
of this plan will force the price of
cotton in the open market to at least
! 10 cents per pound. Manufacturers
of cotton can well afford to pay this
price for cotton, because the present
price of cotton goods is based on 12
and 13 cents per pound raw cotton,
and there is nothing in present condi
tions that will militate against tne,
maintenance of this price. Indeed,
everything is favorable to an increas
ed demand for their goods with a
diminution of competition in their
sale at home and abroad. It is be
lieved that the manufacturers can
j not only afford to pay 10 cents per
pound for cotton and make a very
much better profit than heretofore,
but they would be perfectly willing
to pay that or even a somewhat
higher price if they were assured
that the price at which they have
purchased would be maintained so as
to project them against competition
of gooas manufactured of cheaper
cotton."
Subscriptions To Monument
Fund.
j Subscriptions to the Confed
erate monument fund continues
| to be received by Mr. W. E. Bev
|ens, to whom is largely due the
success of the whole movement.
His loyalty, zeal and faith in the
people of this county have won
and the fund is fast approaching
the amount needed to pay for
the beautiful monument chosen
to become a memorial to our
Confederate dead.
Mr. Bevens’ “Reminiscences
of the Civil War” arouses the in
terest of the young in the events
of those historic years and fires
their pride in a brave patriotic
ancestry, while the thinning
ranks of the bo vs in erav are
made reminiscent and brought
into a closer comradery by a
perusal of its pages.
The history of the great con
flict replete in anecdote and
story is well told; from the
viewpoint and life of a private
you get a splendid idea of the
army life, its privations and
hardships, the stubborn valor of
the Confederate soldier, a recog
nition of a similar courage in
the opposing lines, the varying
tides of fortune and defeat and
after it is all over, there lurks
no bitterness but a glory in the
fight made.
i Mr. Bevens has a number of
copies of the last edition of his
book left. They are bound in
cloth and are an addition to
any library. They are sold for
$1 and the proceeds go to the
fund for the building of this
monument. If you haven’t one,
you should buy.
The recent subscriptions to
the monument fund are as fol
i lows: ‘
Mrs. W. L. Heath, $1.00; Mrs.
A. G. Anderson, $5.00; Mrs.
Florence Cathey $1.00; Forrest
Bleakley $5.00; Marcus Brewer
$5.00; J. A- Beede $1.00; R. C.
| Roy $2.00; W. N. Nance $2.00;
Beede Bros. $5.00; Mrs. Hettie
Wilmans $5.00.
Threatens Life Of Wife Who
Left Him.
j A difficulty that threatened to
end in murder, occurred Sunday
1 in the public road near Paroquet
| when Sam Oliver, who lives in
Jackson county, undertook to
.compel his wife to return to his
| home and live with him.
j Oliver and his wife separted
! some time ago, his wife leaving
| him and returning to Paroquet
: where she has been making her
home with her sister, Mrs. Liz
zie Martin. Last Sunday, Oliver
went to Paroquet for the pur
pose of getting his wife to re
turn and live with him, which
she refused to do.
Sunday afternoon as Mrs. Ol
iver and her sister, Mrs. Martin,
and others, were returning home
from the baptizing, Oliver over
took them in the road and de
manded that his wife return
home with his. She refused to
do so, telling Oliver that he
would not treat her right and
she could not live with hm.
Angered at her refusal, Oliver
is alleged to have told her that he
would kill her, and made an at
tempt to get to her, but by the
assistance of tl\e others of the
party she succeeded in getting
away from him and Oliver was
prevented from carrying out
his threat. Oliver left but was
seen in the community again
Tuesday morning and it was
'feared that he had returned to
make good his threat. Being in
formed of Oliver’s presence in
V
-!
i the neighborhood again, Mrs. Ol
iver boarded the local for New
port to swear out a warrant foi
Oliver.—Newark Journal.
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Pests Ruined Prize Seed Crop.
| Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 11.—Last
| spring the Agricultural Depart
! ment received from Washington
j some prize seed cotton seed, and
| it was planted in a little patch of
ground on the capitol grounds in
the most fertile soil, kept well
watered and tended under the
most favorable conditions. It
made a splendid plant, and fruit
ied abundantly. But last week
! the boll weevil began working on
jit, puncturing the squares, and
jlast Monday the army worms
| began on the leaves, and now
nothing is left but the bare
stalks.
Yesterday the worms left
marching toward the statehouse
in a countless horde. It attract
ed a great deal of attention and
| the question is now agitated by
| department as to where the wee
vils and the worms came from?
'There is no cotton within miles
' of the place, and the seed was
1 raised where there are no
pests
i _
j Eases Torment of Asthma And
Hay Fever.
For the discomfort and mis
| °ry of asthma and hay fever use
I Foley’s Honey and Tar Com
! pound. It puts a healing, sooth
iing coating over the swollen,
tickling membranes, and eases
the thick and choking sensation.
Helps you to breathe easily and
naturally. Mrs. Agatha Long
acker, Fond du Lac, Wis-, says'*
“My left lung was greatly af
fected by a severe cold, and one
half bottle of Foley’s Honey and
Tar cured me.” Refuse any sub
stitute offered. For sale by City
■ Drug Store. 3th.
_
You Can Earn A Good Salary
By equipping yourself in a good
business college. The Inde
pendent has scholarships in
many of the leading business
Colleges of the South and can
save you money. Scholarships
«*oId at half price. btf
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gain prices. Splendid locality.
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SEVERE PUNISHMENT
Of Mrs. Chapped, of Five Tears1
Staidiaf, Relieved by CardnL
Mt. Airy, N. C.—Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
Sell of this town, says: “I suffered foi
ve years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punisnmenl
was more than any one could tell.
I tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
I read one day about Cardui, the wo*
man’s tonic, nd I decided to try it I
had wot taken ut about six bottles until
I was almost cured. It did me more
K1 than all the other medicines 1 had
, put together.
My friends began asking me why 1
looked so well, and I tola them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it”
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache.
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
If so. let us urge you to give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
just as it has a million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won’t regret it All druggists.
_ Writ* t»! Chattanooga Madlctoa Co. U4W
Advisory Dost. Chattanooga, Tana, far
Mrmiimu on four ease ana •4-pagt Dook. Homi
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E. G. UTLEY
an! Some of the grocers have discontinued selling
!sni our bread because our competitors have cut prices ”
Wz and sell them more for a dollar than we do. gje
(us We believe the consumer should get the bene- anl
^ fit of any “price cutting” and to that end we are sni
dj putting the best that money can buy into our bread, %
jus believing that quality and not quanity wins. Be sure Off
S and ask for City Bakery’s Sanitary Bread [wrapped iff
n n=1 in wax tight paper.] If your Grocer don t sell it, call phone ye
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Citrolax For Children
Citrolax For Grown-ups.
Citrolax For Invalids and Deli
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Children love to take CITRO
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is the nicest physic in the world
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any cathartic I ever used;" and
an invalid says: “It suits me
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4sa.
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there is an electric light socket.
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This economy puts the safety and j
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