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((f HORRIdhOBRU) -tfABHIONB" sniffed the Critical Woman. "Ona"
II wonriara 1uat hour rlRlmitmia thav win twMmma.'t j .
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- w . "KiaiquioufT Do you think they arei or wune on may alwayi expect:
the extreme for lomt parsons who run to that sort of tiring but on the whole It seems
to ma tha nil fasnions are a vast improvement In soma ways over those of the last
season or so." remarked the Serious Bool. ' A 'i.j '
"Rather" assented the Qut boot Qirl. "There are any number of point! in their
favor. Really they are delightfulthey are so FREE it Is just wonderful to think
of leavlm- these prisonlike skirts for the good old kind mother used to make.' Just
think how Ions; we've been doing Queer little Jerky movements aa a substitute for
walking. We have bad the nerval too pi bygone daya to laugh at the jerky little
walk of tha Japanese women! NoW gjoriou news we are to have -skirls wide
enough. to allow svfree unhampered movement of the limbs. It will require a lot of
time' I daresay to make us forget these jerks but after a while well see the free
swinging walk of the. day's when walking was a real joy instead of a alow torture."
"Don't forget the death of the Slouch" Interrupted tha Serious Soul. .
"Forget it" continued the Ou poor Girl "X never could but I am rejoicing that
It Is rapidly waning. The fall Is bringing in a"femlnlne creature of upright carriage-
a creature of real backbone. Yeevwe have brought ears back into style and' spine
and he girl of this fall and winter will find she can walk as much as ever she
wishes and with the good old sleeves sewed in at the shoulder She may once again
raise her arms from their long bound-down position." '
Think of the keen pleasure of being able to reach up for something once again"
laughed the Critical Woman. ' "I guess you are right the fashions do look a bit queer
and yet they are after all rather sensible."
-you'll always find freak fashions"; said the Out Door Girl "for there are any
number of humans who dote on the' freakish In dress but there are always some re-
markably sensible styles too and I think this is rather a sensible season from all 1
can read or observe." ' . - '
A Rosa Jar.
When making a potpourri gather the
harvest of rosea early In the morning
whn the petals are still wet wth dew.
Tost the flowers tightly onto a generous-
sliefl table in a cool airy place whore
fhef should be spread out and left to
dry Later shake them In half-inch layers
Intd'a wlde-mputhed glass jar separating
the layers by a sifting of salt.:
After gathering the desired quantity
leave the salted flowers In the jar for
ten days stirring thoroughly every morn-
ing. This is your stock. Now combine
the spices. Mix ina bowl half an ounce
' of coarsely ground cloves and allspice a
quarter of an ounce" of mace half an
ounce of cinnamon an ounce of pow-
dered orris root half a nutmeg grated
and a quarter of an ounce of dried laven-
der flowers. ...
The rose jar may then be filled with
alternate layers! of stock and spices and
as you work pciir over the mixture a few
drops of the ols of orange flower gera-'
nluro bitter einond rose and any other
you fancy anally an ounce of toilet
wattr or oolafne poured over the con-
sents of the ar will serve to blend the
whUe. This 'quantity is sufficient for a
very large Js or you may fill two quart
J mL. JiMMHl will VMM
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The jar ma be opened every day and
Will emit a
peugnuui garaen rrarance
' To make.
violet rose jar snip off the
roses and
mem. mix wnn line sen
and place
a pretty -china jar decor
ated with Violets. Add to the. dried
leaves on a orris root one package ot
violet sacjH one-half a teaspoonful' of
cloves thfsame amount of nutmeg and
DO centaifVorth of oil of roses. Mix
thoroughli and add a tablespoonful of
ammonia" Keep well covered. Tata gives
a deltghfui . fragrance.
Tha Sclentlfle Home.
The acoeastul. home-maker will make
her hone a resting; place where- cares
may b forgotten or shared; where sim-
plicity; truth and beaut and comfort will
createthe atmosphere ot home. Women
are loktng for larger fields and entering
busittss In all Its phases. Yet the home
nilgh be made aa scientific aa any Insti-
tute or factory aa well ordered as any
offW. with an allotted time schedule and
ever salary it desired! For some mod-
ernjnousehold scientists hold that When
hmiehold economics as a scientific pro-
fesion is mastered when the. shrewd
mil"1 of the business womtn capable of
&!!i&tjr !
Ur ?e for an allotment a percentage of
the noney Invested. For Instance: If the
itv ndlture in any. given family Is for
esa iple $6000 a year fully half that
ur. Is due in salary to those who admln-
iste the other half who keep accounts.
whtudy the markets who spend time
am strength in keeping Informed as to
the values and esthetics of the articles
pui haled and who give time to the car-
ryljg out of the plans formed. If the
miend woman share alike in the work
thfi f 1100 apiece should be considered a
peMnal share to use upon personal
neds. upon the higher social ana ethical
euros. The contentment and Interest
lltnouseseepmg migHt inns oe increased
ul every home would benefit by scl-
eUflo management In the ideal home
cere conditions could not exist; this
jjea of it Is nothing more or less than
Klary would be most distasteful.
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I A Test of Friendship.
An Invitation to breakfast was In Ma-
kuleys opinion one of the supreme tests
fat friendship. "You Invite a man to din-
President Wilson Sets Day .
for Prayer for Peace
' (AssociaHi Prtst Rfpori.)
WASHINGTON September I. President Wilson today signed a proclama-
tion calling on the people of the United States to pray for peace In Europe.
TBe proclamation sou aside Sunday October 4 as a day of prayer as
follows:
"Whereas great nations of the world have taken up arms against one an-
other and war now draws millions of men Into battle whom the counsel of
statesmen have not been able to save from the terrible sacrifice; and
- "Whereas in this as in all things it la our privilege and duty to seek coun-
sel and succor of Almighty God humbling ourselves before htm confessing
our weakness and our lack of any wisdom equal to these things; and
"Whereas it la the especial wish and longing of the people of the United;
States in prayer and counsel and all friendliness to serve ths cause of peace.
"Therefore I. Wood row Wilson President of the United States of America
do designate Sunday tha fourth day of October next a day of prayer and sup-
plication and do request all Godfearing persons to repair on that day to their
places of worship there to unit their petitions to Almighty God that overrul-
ing the counsel of men setting straight h things they can not govern or alter
taking pity on tha nations now In the throes of conflict in his mercy and good-
' ness showing a way where men can see none he rouohsafe his children heal-
ing peao and again restore onoe mora that concord araong men and nations-
without which there can be. neither happiness nor true friendship nor any
wholesome fruit of toil or thought in the world; praying also to this end that
he forgive us our sins our ignorance of his holy will our wilfulness and many
errors and lead us ia the paths of obedience to places ot vision and to
thoughts and counsels that punr and make wise t
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused tha seal of
the United Btttes to be affixed. -...' 'f'-'4.'lst -
"Done at city of Washington this eighth day of September In the year of
. our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen and of the Independence of
the United 8tates of America tha one hundredth and thirty-ninth.
' ' ; . "Woodrow WUson. '
J.-. "Bv the president. ' ;
"William Jennings Bryan
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ner" he wrote to Mrs. Marplot Beecher
SU.ve "because you must invite him
because you are acquainted with his
grandfather or because It is proper that
you should; but you invite a man to
breakfast because you wish to see him.
You may be sure if you are Invited to
breakfast that there is something agree-
able about you."
Nobody has ever complained ot the
Scottish breakfast as dull. "It is the
pleasantest meal' we have" says Boa-
well. "Dr. Johnson has allowed the pe
culiar merit or Dreaxsast in ecotiano.
These remarks Were made In connection
with the question of saying grace at
breakfast which aooeara to have been.
. customary In Scotland but not in Eng
land Bonweu tnougni grace as proper
at breakfast as at any other meal."
Johnson hedged. "It Is enough If we
have stated seasons of prayer; no matter
when. A man may as well pray when he
mounts 'his horse or a Woman when she
milks her cow (which Mr. Grant told us
Is done la the Highlands) as at meals;
and custom la to oe followed." London
Chronicle.
Letters From
the People
A BRITISHER
Replies to a Gsrman-Amerlcsn's Com-
munication.
To The Post:
I notice a letter In your Issue of today
September 1 headed "An Impossible
Feat" dealing with the reported trans-
fer of SO.WW Russian troops from Arch-
angel to Scotland and evidently written
by a German from the signature.
The matter therein Is of a piece with
the bulk of the effusions of Bert Koenig
and his Ilk.
There are a goodly number of ships
In the British service that can land
troops in Scotland from Archangel In
much less than 21 daya as Bert states
and they can be sent to the south of
England in about as many hours as Bert
claims in days. The regular express
schedule from Edlnhurah to London is
hours and with all railroad there
under Imperial control this traffic would
be accelerated; no marching Bert.
Crossing the channel Is a matter of two
or three hours one hour at its narrow-
est point and the sea is smooth about
now. Bert old son crush up your geog-
raphy a little and remember British ships
are Galileo's earth' "they do move." I
refuse to aay anything about German
ships slnoe the Kaiser Wilhelm ler
Groses was sunk owing to the fact that
It was not run on an express schedule.
The British ships will yet do more
wonderful feata than that. The instruc-
tions to the British navy is capture or
destroy the German navy. Up to now
they have usually carried out their In-
structions. Scotty.
Weimar Texas.
CUERO Texas September 8 A small
blase partially destroying; about SS bales
of cotton occurred at the compress
caused by someone stepping on a match-
head which Ignited some .loose cotton.
The loss was covered by the Insurance.
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i The above is a perspective of store
and conservatory of Kerr the Florist now
under construction at Main and McKln-
ney . This flower shop is the result of
two years' study and several trips
through tha North and East by Air. Kerr.
Hla plan Is to have his store and con.
servatory together in order that his pa-
trons seay be served with plants'' as well
as cut flowers and: at the same time have
this In the. heart of the business section.
.Mr. Kerr expects to have one of the
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CHAMBER OF COHUBRCE TO COOPERATE
I BDY-A-BALE OF COTTOlKUOYEtlENT
Vt Meeting of Members and. Citizens Steps Were Taken to
f'D2?elop Sjfiteiiiatic Pkfl'ofoii.
The Buy-a-Bal of cotton movement is
gathering strength as it moves. Each
day some new force realises its great
importance and offers Its co-operation.
Tuesday the Houston Chamber of Com-
merce created a new impetus ' in the
movement by giving its Indorsement
through a meeting 'of its members and.
cltixens called for that purpose. At this
meeting it was decided that a committee
should be appointed by the president of
the Chamber of Commerce In order to
workout and recommend plans for a sys-
tematic development of the ' Buy-a-Bale
movement. The work of The Houston
Post and other newspapers which are
fostering the movement was - commended
In-a. set of resolutions adopted by those
present and their efforts were urged to
.Continue.
While many suggestions as to the best
methods of relieving the cotton situation
were presented the general opinion was
to the effect that patriotism and senti-
ment must play a big part and that the
present movement opened the way for
thla spirit It was also made plain that
the Buy-a-Bale movement was Intended
for the Immediate relief of the tenant
farmer especially and for that reason its
sponsors did not contemplate the handling
ot cotton on a nig seals out the tiding
over of the farmer for the present to pre-
vent his sacrificing his crop at ( or 7
cents a pound.
Newspspers Due Credit.
H. C. Schuhmacher who was selected
aa chairman of the meeting stated its
lurpoae and declared that the credit for
naugu rating the movement belonged to
the newspapers and that it looked as
though (t had struck a resopnslve chord.
A letter 'was then read -by Secretary
Adotptf Bold from Quy M. Bryan ' in
which a comprehensive plan for handling
the present situation was proposed. This
plan contemplated the organisation of an
association to be managed by 25 trustees
and to issue certificates or cotton receipts
in the sum of 150 or $100 each. The asso-
ciation was to be a State body and other
cotton States were to be invited to co-
operate so as to form an interstate board.
R. H. Spencer declared that such an
undertaking would be entirely too large
to handle. "I understood" said Mr.
Spencer "that we would simply take up
this movement of Buy-a-Bale to set an
example which other communities could
copy and follow. I think we should get
the citizens of Houston to buy as many
bales of the Harris county cotton crop as
possible. If we could remove several
thousand bales of Harris county cotton
that would be an example which other
cities of the State would follow. 1 do not
think the plan offered is feasible."
P. O. Kelly of St. Thomas college said:
"I think the plan offered In Mr. Bryan's
letter is more Utopian than practical. In
the first place. It would be difficult to
have all the Btatee co-operate In the plan
as each one would have a plan of Its own.
In the second place. It proposes that the
producers reduce their acreage in cotton
for 1816 to one-half the amount planted
In 1914 which might be detrimental to
the United States should the war last less
than a year. I think the plan is too large
to be undertaken."
Co-operstlon Is Necessary.
Tom Flaxman said: "I think that the
most Important thing is to work up In-
terest on the part of the manufacturer
who uses cotton. If we pan Induce hltn to
buy and store the bales in his shed or
warerooms it will take many bales off
the market It Is not necessary to take
all the cotton oft the market I would
suggest that each town organize and send
a representative to a central point and
contribute to the chamber ot commerce
In eaeh city. I have already written to
my representative In New York city to
call on-800 Arms with whom I deal to get
each one to stibscrtbt for from 5 to 20
bales each. I intend to send them the
actual cotton. They have plenty of room
to store it."
W. C. Munn stated that he listened to
the remarks with a great deal of surprise.
He said: "We are long on cotton and
short on demand. We must create a suffi-
cient demand to equal the production or
supply. But in order to provide the means
for bring the two together we must com-
bine two things patriotism and specula-
tion. The American people are naturally
speculators. I believe the Idea of issu-
ing cotton certificates is a good one. The
price should be fixed according to the
demand. Mr. Bryan's plan would have
been good a year ago because it would
take too long to put it Into operation."
Captain Sinclair Taliaferro then offered
HOUSTON POST Houston Texas:
I want to buy a bale of cotton at 10 cents per pound f. o. b.
my railroad station. Tell me how to go about it.
Name
City
Street and Number
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HOUSTON POST Houston Texas:
I want' to sell a1 bale of cotton at 10 cents per pound. Send me
the name of a roan who wants to buy.
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largest openings ever held by a florist.'
The people of Houston will rememberihat
when tha Kerr Floral company took hold
of this store one year ago it was a dila-
pidated unsightly building.. Very little
money was spent on the remodeling but
the wonderful change was brought about
by the use of . flowers and plants and
when his new plan is finished this- cor-'
ner Will he bower of flowers. This only
shows the great nvalue of flowers and
plants in- beautifying and improving
premises "' '
a motion that the letter and plan of
Mr. Bryan be received and copies be sent
to the various bodies as indlratiul -with n
Kiew to holding a future meeting. This
lotion was .amended bv Colonel R. if.
Johnston that it be referred to the direc-
tors f the 'Chamber of Commerce before
being sent out and in this form was car-
ried. . - ...
. M. E. Foster said: "In reply to the
remarks Of 'Mr Munn Mr. Munn thinks
that there is a lack of enthusiasm. The
newspapers have shown that there is a
wonderful response to the movement but
I think that the 'Chamber of Commerce
has been lacking If any one. Ths Cham-
ber or Commerce and the newspapers
can make this Ji great success but It
must b dnn .m . unilnMt mA
proposition must be handled on a 10 cent J
uumb. i'i ma newspapers nave 'done
is of great- benefit. The Houston Post
in spreading the -movement on the first
page last Sunday has accomplished a
great deal and the HouBton Chronicle
is doing the same thing.
Confused About Movement. '
Col. R. M.. Johnston said: "There
seems to be some confusion as to the real
motive of tnis movement which started
in Atlanta Ga. through the happy
gvn'us of a Journeyman printer and has
been taken up1 by the Texas papers. This
movement did not contemplate the han-
dling of cotton on big scales. There Is
a b.ll in the legislature at Austin which
has passed both houses and which will
take care i of the larger questions in'
volved. This bill luill mean the rapid
erection of warehouses all over the
8tate. The Buy-a-Bale movement how-
ver is intended :'i or the immediate re-
lief n the present emergency of the
smaller Mrniara 'n m.. S
vr w BjdiSBiu ' WVCt sjSj H f
s prevent them artflQin; their crops at
'..u. i v'il" evuflu. i minn -any man
ought to be ashamed t buy cotton at
that prices--- - . '-.
"The people of Victoria had a meeting
at which they decided to let every man
buy a bale of cotton and pay for It at 10
cents a pound and put it in his barn and
keep Jt for a year. The Houston papers
have Infused that spirit In the country
papers. I understand that In Georgia the
movement has spread ' ke - wildfire."
UerL SoI.onel J01"810". read a. telegram
received from the Atlanta Journal which
newspaper was the first one to advocate
the Buyra-Bale movement
Colonel Thomas H. Ball said: "If this
movement drops below the patriotic pur-
pose for which it was intended and we
Senia-n'!y I"0'!16 original proposition it
WJU 2.1 a bornln an be of no value. For
the vebple to attempt to handle a 16 -
04BtoMCoon . crop " must -naturally
fall. The National government has gone
fw.T ' P"lble ln Putting cotton cer-
tifies VM on a par with other negotiable
paper. ' ... . t .
"Tlifs movement of 1Q cents a-pound
cotton simply means that a patriotic citi-
zen will put up his 150 for a bale of cot-
ton and feels that It might Just as well
be Invested in that as anything else. If
a single farmer can sell one bale at 150
he will he enabled to hold four other
bales. Mirny of these farmers are In des-
perate conditions and their resources are
greatly exhausted. I offer these two cen-
tral ideas: To appeal to public sentiment
and to get relief direct to the farmer who
needs It most."
Commend ths Newspspers.
The question of what part the cham-
ber of commerce would play in the move-
ment then arose and Mr. Spencer sug-
gested that the chamber of commerce act
aa a clearing house and also support the
newspapers in the agitation. Colonel
Johnston then offered a motion that the
president name a committee of five or
seven to formulate plana for carrying out
thia Idea which motion was carried. Cap-
tain Taliaferro made a speech in which be
stated that In Ins opinion the newspapers
should receive recognition from the meet-
ing and offered the following set of reso-
lutions: 1. We commend the movement of the
press of the State as Outlined ty the ef-
forts of The Houston Post and the Hous-
ton Chronicle to popularise and make of
practical benefit to the cotton producers
of Texas the Buy-a-Bale of cotton move-
ment and we earnestly recommend that
a -definite plan for the purchase df said
cotton direct from the producer be quickly
developed and put In operation to the end
that the class of farmers whone brawn
and sweat has produced 'the cotton may
get the benefit of the. liberality of those
Who buy the bales.
2. We believe the present conditions
surrounding the cotton; crop of the South
. X.! jram Prom Atlanta.
R. M. Johnston Editor of The
fust.
... Atlanta" Ga. September I.
. Have juat seen your Sunday paper
with Buy-a-Pale of cotton story.;
CongratuaUons; campaign Is going
'fine here. In order to be success'
' ful the- whole sduth must fall In
Una; keep up the. good work there
" and Invltf other Texas f apart to
help; will be glad to exchange
i night tetters with you on progress J
of campaign .v xNN X
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emphasises ' the necessity of a greatly in-
creased us of cotton-made goods by the
people of the South In lieu of the silks
and satins and other expensive materials
Imported from other countries In the
manufacture of which cotton is not used;
and -j . -. "! "..'.
- We believe that if the people of the
South would obligate themselves to wear
and use goods made from cotton for five
years - that the manufacture of cotton
goods and the improvement In the class
of. manufactured product would be so
stimulated and increased as to practically
absorb the entire output of cotton now
raised in the United States and our cot-
ton farmers would be confronted with the
necessity of Increasing Instead of decreas-
ing their-cotton acreage to furnish cotton
for foreign shipment . . ..
t....We can the attention of the great
financial bodies of the State and the na-
tion to tne absolute necessity of provid-
ing at once money to pay for the picking
of the cotton crop of Texas. If favorable
cotton' conditions continue Texas will
probably raise a crop ot from 4600000 to
6000000 "bales a - larga percentage of
which wo fear will be unpicked and left
In the .fields unless) money to pay for the
picking la speedily provided.
: 4. iThe conditions now affecting tha
value sale storage and movement of cot--ton-J-the
great money crop of the South-'
renders It both important and necessary
that every cltlsen and every business Interest-should
combine In a great and mas
terful effort to lessen the Injury threat-
ened by the' present situation and whilst
our citttensy not engaged in the cotton
business .are trying to give relief to the
cotton growers by purchasing cotton at a
greatly enhanced price we feel that we
can with every assurance of success call
on those who are ' engaged In the cotton
business to see1 that all charges for the
sale; handling storage and holding of cot-
ton are reduced to the lowest possible
price. i
FIRST BAIL OF COTTON
RECEIVED IN HOUSTON
; UNDER BUY-A-BALE PLAN
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dealer ln Ford automobiles who went to
Crosby early Tuesday morning arriving
there at 0:45 o'clock. The bale was loaded
on a amall truck attached to the automo-
bile Mr. Dickson was driving and brought
4o Houston.. On the way here a negro
was picked up and perched on top ot the
bale and In that way It arrived in Hous-
ton. It is on exhibition in front ot Mr.
McKlnnon's place on Texas avenue. The
check in payment waa sent direct to Mr.
Marek. '
"I am always glad to be in line with a
movement for the good of the country
and I believe that the Buy-a-Bale move-
ment will prove the salvation of the cot-
ton farmers this year" said Karl Druese-
dow county tax collector Tuesday aft-
ernoon after handing in his name with
.the statement that he would buy two
bales. "I don't believe that the move-
ment should be confined to a bale a man.
Some people are able and willing to buy
more and no doubt many will. I want to
be the first to start the "more-than-a-bale"
movement. Mr. Druesedow proposes
to store his two bales In his office at the
county court house.
At a meeting of members of the Red
Roosters Tuesday It was decided that the
organisation' will' buy a 1 bale ot cotton
.under the Buya-Bale of Cotton plan
through The Houston Post. The condi-
tion upon .which the purchase is to be
made is that the bale be sold by a Harris
.county farmer from his crop and that
it be aenvered to Denton v. Cooley
representing the Red Roosters at the
door of the Union National bank where
a check covering the 'price of the bale
at 10 cents per pound will be given.
Another bale of cotton which is typical
of the ready response of Houston citizens
te the Buy-a-Bale movement arrived in
Houston early Tuesday afternoon. It
was purchased by Henry Stude who pur-
chased direct from a tenant farmer. This
bale was delayed in delivery owing to the
fact that the compresses did not begin
operating until 12 o'clock noon Tuesday
but it was Immediately placed In the
window of Mr. Stude's Congress avenue
bakery where It offers a good example
which will probably be followed by others.
The following Is the list of names of
those who Subscribed to the Buy-a-Ba
of cotton move for 10 cents a pound and
hold It for a year.
Jonathan Lane
A. P. Goodman
John H. Crocker
R. M. Johnston .
Houston Press Club
Ben Campbell i
K. B. Parker '
R. C. Duff
W. M. McXlnnon
J. J. Sweeney
Presley K. Kwlng
G. J. Palmer
James A. Baker
Thomas H. Ball
Rev. Wm. States Jacobs
George K. Bberle
H. J. Dannenbaum
Rev. J. U Gross
Henry W. Stude
Stanley Beard
W. T. Bldridge
George M. Anderson of Cold Spring Tex.
J. W. Robins
Henry 8. Fox
H. M. Garwood
Rev. W. S. Lockhart
Thomas H. Flaxman
J. C. Hutcheson Sr.
John H. Klrby
Captain 8. Taliaferro
C. A. Teagje
James It. Storey
Earl Wharton
P. U Echols
C. Henderson
Henry Clement of Liverpool Texas
J. J. Settegast Jr.
H. A. Paine
L. P. Clark son
J. C. Hutcheson Jr.
M. P. Gelselman
Henry MoWMrter
Kattman-Kneeland Tent Co.
Max Taub
Otto Taub
Ed S. Phelps
Dr. B. C. Murray
Karl Druesedow (two bales)
E. A. Peden
J. M. West
H. C. Schuhmacher
H. L. Washburn
Red Roosters of Houston
P. B. Timpson
Miss C. S. Redwood
Sam Taub
Ben Taub
Leon Son field
Dr. J. E. Hedges
St Thomas College
C. A. Wall
C. K. Dunlap
H. F. MacUregor
O. A. Brandt
W. H. Ward
M. F. Hammond
Judge Clark C. Wren
Travis Holland
- The- Poet received from Austin late
Tuesday afternoon the following list of
State senators who have signified their
willingness to purchase a bale ot cotton
each under the Buy-a-Bale plan:
H. P. Brelsford Eastland.
S. B. Cowell White boro.
W. A. Johnston Memfchi.
C. W.. Nugent Conroe.
'C 'W. Tsylor. Rodaera
W. J. Townsena. LAirmn.
James K. Wylts St. Joseph.
L. H. Bailey. Houston.
J. K. Clark. Schulenburg. .
H. L. Darwin Cooper.
N. C Morrow Hills boro.
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AC. BURTON icO:;
General Offices and Service 8tatlon 1307 Dart Street
Phone Preston 164 4t'l'' f'
Display Room 1118 Main Street. Phone Preston 222 ;
Julius Real Kerrvllle.
H. B. Terrell West.
Robert L. Warren Kaufman.
John Q. Willacy. Portland.
VICTORIA BUY-A-BAtE MOVE.
Business Msn Held Meeting to Help Re-
lieve the Cotton Situation.
Houston Pott Special.)
VICTORIA Texas September . At an
enthhslastic meeting of the business men
held here it was unanimously decided to
start a Buy-a-Bale movement ln Victoria
and Victoria couaAy. The .plan has start-
ed in many points in the South and Is
meeting with much success. The plan Is
to buy the cotton from the farmers who
most need assistance. Every person In
Victoria and Victoria county is asked to
buy a bale of cotton take It home and
put It ln the barn or some good house.
The cotton Is to be bought at a basis of
10 cents per pound middling several
thousand bales of cotton can be bought on
this plan and it is very important that
every one who ran will buy a bale. The
cotton thus bought will be held until not
earlier than November 1916. The cotton
is bought to be held and not to sell.
A committee will canvass the town at
an early date to ascertain the number of
people who will agree to hold one or more
bales.
To make the campaign more speedy and
effective every one who ran Is asked to
phone the chamber of commerce and tell
the secretary what number of bales he
can take. The cotton will be received and
paid for by John T. Land secretary of the
chamber of commerce. The classing of
the cotton is to be done by competent
men.
GOVERNORS' MEETING PLANNED.
Governor O'Neal of Alabama Suggests
Session to Discuss Cotton Situation.
(AuociaUii Prtss Report.)
MONTGOMERY Ala.. September S.-A
conference of the governors of the cot-
ton growing States to agree upon a defi-
nite program as regards the handling of
the cotton crop Is suggested In a tele-
gram tonight addressed to the Southern
executives by Governor O'Neal of Ala-
bama. He suggests that the conference
be held In Montgomery September 24 and
23. If a majority of the governors ap-
prove the call for the conference will be
issued at once.
The telegram is addressed to the ex-
ecutives of Texas Virginia North and
South Carolina Tennessee. Arkansas
Florida. Georgia. Oklahoma Missouri
Mississippi Louisiana and Missouri.
Governor O'Neal suggests that each
executive appoint 10 bankers of his State
to accompany him to the conference. The
secretary of the treasury snd the sec-
retary of commerce and labor and the
secretary of agriculture will be invited
to attend the conference if it Is called.
MEXIA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED.
Has Pledged Efforts Toward Purchase of
About 1000 Bales.
(Howies Pen Specut.)
MEXIA Texas September S. At the
regular meeting of the Mexl-. Commer-
cial club the directors organised them-
selves into the Buy-a-Bale of Cotton
club of Texas and to start the dub off
on a good basis pledged Itself to see that
at least 1000 bales are bought at Mexla
on the basis of 10 cents per pound. A
committee was appointed to draft consti-
tution and by-laws and other commercial
bodies of Texas will bo asked to Join this
association which will have headquarters
at Mexla.
FIRST BALE SOLO IN EASTLAND.
H. C. Poe Purchased It Under the Buy-a-Bale
Plan.
(Houston Post !ptciaU
EASTLAND Texas September 8. On
the Buy-a-Bale plan H. C. Poe president
of the City National bank of this city
today bought the first bale of cotton pur-
chased here this season paying S50 rash.
The bale was sold by J. 8. Clark weigh-
ing 550 pounds and graded No. 1.
I President Wilson Joined the New
1 Buy-a-Bale of Qotton Movement j
e lAssfiettii prtrs Rtpart.) J. v . .. h
WASHINGTON. September I. President Wilson today Joined the Buy-a-i
Bale ot cotton club by ordering from the head of the organisation in Georgia )50 f
worth of cotton. Senator Hoke Smith told him that people throughout tha South S
were Joining the movement to take up the cotton crop left over by the' Euro-
pean war. 8enator Smith also told the president that next year tha Ootton crop - S
would be cut in half and thai wheat
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PRESIDENT WILSON BOUGHT
A TEXAS. COTTON BALE
Wired West Business League to
Draw on Him for Amount Buffi- ;
cient to Govm the Cost. - . "
(Ui PvtlSpttiiL) (.'. t
WACO Texas September -J. President
Woodrow Wilson today joined the" Buy-a-Bale
of Cotton movement when he wired
the West Business league to draw on him
for an amount sufficient to cover the cost
of a bale of cotton. Ha IS to pay 10 cents
per pound for the bale.
The president's wire was In answer to
one sent him by the business league "ot "
West. Monday that organisation wired v
President Wilson as follows: .
"In a move to aid the people of the.
South there is being organised a Buy-a-Bale
movement which if carried to an
end will surely help. We should be glad
to have you Join us In this undertaking
and Instruct Us to make draft on you for
one high-grade bale of cotton with ware-
house receipt attached.
"West Business League." V .
In answer the president sent this mas-'
sage: .
"Please enter me ss subscriber for One '
bale of cotton. Woodrow Wilson."
President Wilson will pay approximately
150 for his bale of cnttnn .
' - -
WORK PUSHED TOWARD
AIDING COTTON MATTER
President Wilson Joined in "Burs;
Bale" Plan and Others Are
Interested in Hove.
(Associattd Prut RtportJ
WASHINGTON September 8. Consld-.
erable work Was done today by tha rep.f
resentatlves and senators from the
Southern States in the way oi consldera-.
tlon of plans for the handling of the sur-.
plus cotton of the South. The Buy-a-Bale "
clubs have flourished being given a de-'
cided Impetus when the president Joined
through the Atlanta club to which point
he wired his order. Senator Bheppard I
announced tonight that every Southern
State Is represented ln the club he Is
promoting In congress and a number ot :
bales have been pledged with mora to ba .
taken later. Slieppard wired his order f or '
a bale to the club formed at Texarkana.
lino iiiutc iu secure a( least io cents for
cotton is proving very popular.
Senator Simmons is formulating a plan '
looking to the aequirement by each of the
cotton-producing States of at least 10 per
cent of that State's output this year this i
cotton to be held for one .year when cou-
pled with an agreement to reduce aero- -age
to 50 per cent ot thia year'a plant- '
Ing. If this cotton Is sold. for more than'
8 cents the amount over that la to be paid
to the farmer and. If the cotton taken '
over by the States is sold for leas than S '
cents the States to absorb the loss. .'
Representative Burcess ha maaoi
to senator overman that he add to his
bill calling for the advance to banks of '
emergency currency to relieve the crop
distress in the several States at 1 per '
cent interest a provision that this monev. "
when loaned on cotton warehouse certi-
ficates go to the farmers at wot -to ex-1
reed 6 per cent Interest per annqirC ft '
is believed that this limitation of the In- '
terest rate will pass congress If the Over
man bill gets through.. .
We return 20 cents on every dollar spent
at our store. Wilbush Drug Co. Adv.) -
and other products would be SUbstltutel. . Si
seosoBsssese'S
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