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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25
How Much is Cotton Worth?

Austin, Texas, Sept. 10.-The fol-
lowing is given out by State Commis-
sioner OF Agriculture Fred W. Davis:
In the September 5 issue of the
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
OF Boston, New York and Philadel-
pl1ia, appears a most exhaustive dis
cussion Of the cotton situation the
world over, the article covering more
than two small-type pages of that
great textile journal.
The Reporter starts out with the
proposition that cotton as commo-
atty and a necessity has always been
underestinlated,' and that at this
time, there is sacrcely a single bear
ish feature in the whole market"
The essence of the article is to
show that recent advances in the
price of cotton are more than justi-
fed, and that much higher values
may reasonably be anticipated. The
writer, at the same time, disclaims
any tendency to treat the situation
from the viewpoint of the grower. The
prediction of higher prices for cotton
and the reasons given as favoring
same, partake more of the nature OF a
warning to manufacturers Of cotton
goods, domestic and foreign, not to
permit themselves to be deluded by
dreams of lower values for cotton.
The salient features of the article fol-
low:
Cotton is coming to be no longe"
tha victim of circumstances such as it
has always been, but the tendency,
more snd more, is to value it at its
worth, as compared to other values
and especially to values &C 6oers with
which IT. competesS and with fabrlcs:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25
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could be exported He answers the
question by the statement that when
or :e the outlook clears, the amount
of cotton which could or would be
trurchased, would be unceraln, de-
pending largely upon circumstances
and conditions which no one may es-
innate; but it would be simply tre-
mendous; so great IN fact, that the
amount of cotton available to supply
/ the demand would be exceedingly
4 small
+ He calls attention to how the
worlds consumption of cotton holds
up. even in the face of such adverse
conditions as have been caused by the
war, and by the following table OF
production and consumption, how
closely even under such adverse con-
ditions, consumption keeps pace with
production:
The worlds production Of cotton
has been in 1912. 20,6o2,0O0 bales: in
]1e13, 21.e1S,OOO bales: in 1914, 23,-
4 S36. 900 bales; in 1915, 1875, 900
bales: in 1916, 1S,3S5.ooo bales; and
4 in 1917, 17,410,00O bales.
i The consumption has been:
For the year ending July IS, 1918.
/ l19.761. 900 bales: For same date 1916,
21, OH, 900 bales; and 1917, 2O,lSo,
600 bales.
4 OF course, the consumption ending
1 July 81, 1918, has been somewhat
less, possibly about, 100000 bales
or lower.
Under post-bellum conditions, he
estimates that world supply of 3d.
H 600. 900 Gales may be required, but
estimating the, worlds requirements
! at only 25.000,000 bales, he adds.
"where is the cotton to come from,
i He refers to the extent to which
production has been cut down, IN
Il both essential and non-essentlal indus
Il tries. such as harvesting machinery,
AUTOMOBILES, ETC., into the manuiac-
ture of which cotton largely enters.
Considering that under restricted
output of such things, 10 to ~ mil
lion bales have been consumed by ne
h world, what may be expected TO nap
pen when enormous ship space sha1!
be available and all these restricted
industries come back?
This rather extraordinary article.
considering its source, takes into &C
/ count the disastrous deterioration OF
the present crop: and touching upon
the claim Of many that the price OF
| cotton is too high, adds: 80 is the
| price of cloth, and many other COM
/ modities. Those who study the stu
alton expect high prices, especially OF
cotton
| On the theory that we shall VIII:
the war, which appears certain al
| this time. the writer says:
I'VE have felt confident that the
| end will come sooner than many
have predicted. Gen. March indicates
that the end Of the war may be eS-
pected some time during the latter
part of 1919. Well and good, but II
NAV occur previous to this time, anu
il is On the basis of possibilities that
the user of cotton must figure. II the
manufacturer waits until 1919 before
buvins a normal supply and operate:
his plant on q hand to mouth oash
until that time. what right h2s he
to expect that the price of cottor
will be lower in the meantime OF
that there will he Il larger crop II
4 1919 than that Which can be sfoWl
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25
NEW RoNT FEARED
Bill Urges Russians to Join Soviet
Troops. 4. Il g

Peking, Sept. % fBy the Associat-,
ed Pressl.-News has been received:
here .hat the German emperor on
September 10 issued an order to all
Austro- Hungarians and Germans III
Russia saying it was their first duty
to JOIN. the Russian soviet troops and
to oppose Japan and her allies who.
threaten to restore the Eastern,
front"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25

So sensitive is electrical apparatus
invented by a French scientist that
it will detect the presence Of one
part Of bicromatic Of potash in 2C0,-
C00 (00 narts of wafer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25
S;|ERBIANS A1 YARDAR.
SINCE SEPTEMBER TENTH THEY
HAVE ADVANCED MORE THAN
FORTY MILES.

They Have Cut the Main Railway
Line Between Uskub and Saloniki,
Have Reached the Vartlar River
and Have Destroyed the Com1nuni-
cations Of the Germans and Bulgar-
ians-Great Captures of Prisoners
and War Material Reported.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25

Amsterdam, Sept. 23-"We shall
never let the French and Americans
through here" was the promise CIV
en- the kaiser by the troops when he
visited the Alsace-Lorraine front on
September 18th and goth, according
to Carl Rossner, the emperocs chron-
icler, in the Lokal Anzieger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25
ASKS PRESIDENT TO WAIT.
Gov. Manning Wants Conference ola
Cotton Price Fixing.

Columbia, Sep. 21.-AGov. Manning.
Of South Carolina, today sent Rresi-
dent Wilson telegram asking him to
defer action fixing the price Of cotton
until after Monday and requesting the.
privilege Of seeing the president Mon
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25
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FIGHT TO DEATH. a.
TROOPS GIVE PLEDGE TO KAIs-
Err TO STOP THE FRENCH
,,,s AND AMERICANS.

importance of the Alsace-Lorraine
Line to Germans is Shown by the
Prominence the German Press Gives
to Promise Exacted Of Troops by
Kaiser to Hold the Lines Against
the Americans at All Costs-Huns
WEI Make Their Last Desperate
Stand in Defense Of Metz.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

- PajamaS, worn instead of night
(. dresses, have proved so sensible and
! so fetching that they have become an
established institution in the realm of
lingerie. Now we accept them as a
matter Of course. It was because
{ they proved pretty and fascinating
that they were followed by negligees
that scorned skirts and reveled in
trousers, inviting all sorts of gorgeous
oriental silks and furbelows, to come
and be at home with them. Japan,
China, Persia, Turkey and heaven only
knows what other lands, have been
ransacked for inspirations.
The designers, once having landed
an idea, exploit 1t to suit themselves.
In the picture a lovely negligee is
shown with lowered satin trousers,
or pantalettes, that are gathered in
about the ankle. Over an ivory sur
face, or on any good color background.
bouquets of flowers in several col
ors are printed on silks that make
beauty. Worn over these there are
mantels or jackets or draperies of
geOrgette or silk, usually in a plain
color. In the pictur- the over-garment
is rose-colored crepe georgette and ii
fastens with silk cord and tassels in
the same color.
Bright green, or black and gold
made up with straight trousers and
shnrt Jackets IN the fashion of Chinese
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

There is vogue for organdie-and
Tor net and other gossamer weaves-
but most Of all for organdie. 1t is
used for frocks and for hats and in
all Its long history never appeared in
lovelier conceits. 1t is made in flower
like cOlOrS and seems to suggest
quaint styles to designers who make
the most of its sheer, crisp texture in
trocks that are as irresistible as
spring blossoms. Frills, narrow laces,
In ruffies and insertions, ruchings and
sashes just naturally follow in the
path of organdie. and everybody
wears this utterly feminine material
from the little three-year-old to her
grandmother.
So, in summer when everything
that looks like extravaganza is taboo,
we may expect that womankind will
simply revel in organdie. 1t is made
In white and all the lovely light cOlors
yellow, lavender, pale green, rose,
blue and pink and in plain and cross
bar weaves. Plain skirts with knee
deep or even deeper hens make place
for frills of lace or organdie, or are
left untrimmed to be worn over lace
trimmed batiste petticoats. Older
women choose light green, lavender
and white, and younger ones include
these with yellow, blue and rose
shades. The effect of the pale colors
over white is particularly good when
frocks are made with tunic skirts like
that shown in the picture. The very
deep hens contribute something of
the same advantage in deepening pale
slnts over white.
; The lovely frock pictured in white
cross-bar organdie with little trim
ming in bands Of thread lace on the
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

costumes, we may pass by. but not
without casting one lingering, longing
look behind. Black satin trousers and
embroidered in gold colored silk make
negligees that one will never tire of.
Vivid and audacious shades of green
with touches of brilliant colors in
embroidered decorations are wonder
full in georgette or in satin. Turquoise
and bluebird are good choices in color,
and then there is gold color and paler
yellows that Tighten up a room like
sunlight. These new negligees invite
us to explore the world of color and
to become as brilliant as tropical birds.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
Species of WhinnoorwiII.

The cry of the whippoorwill is it's
song and only the male utters it. The
female is silent. When it is singing,
just as likely as not the whippoorwill
is sitting on the ground, although it
sings from the treetops at times. 1t
doesn't sing after midnight. From
dark4until about 10 O'Clock is it's favor
lite time for singing-or yelling. In the
South there is a kindred bird, some
what larger than the Northern whip
poorwill, which is sometimes called
"chuck-w ill's-widow," because that is
what some folks assert it says. And
in England there is bird very similar
to the whippoorwill known as the
"goat-sucker," because it is supposed
to obtain it's food from the milk of
gOatS.-Exchange.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

Those ladies who had agreed
to make cakes today for the re-
freshments for the reception to
enlisted men, at the Santa Cruz
Club, are notified that the recep
tions are postponed until Tues
day and Wednesday of next
week, and the cakes need not be
made until Tuesday.
William Evans Thomas enter
tanned a large audience at the
Army Y. M. CA. hut last
night. He gave a splendid lee
ture and readings and describ-
ed in an interesting way his ex-
tensive travels in India, China
and Japan. The entertainment
will be repeated this evening in
the hut.
Mrs. Ada Jones last evening
at her pleasant home home on
West Avenue, entertained a
number of soldier boys from the
18th Infantry, the base hospital
and the truck camp. She was
aided by goodly force of young
ladies and the occasion was a de
iightful one for all concerned.
In Nogales, Sonora, there has
been organized a corporation,
embracing both .Mexicans and
Americans, with a capital OF
$4,000, to work the Candelaria
mine, which is abbut 36 kilome-
tros south from Nogaleis. Mr..
Lazaro Puente is the presidente
of the company, which has dis
posed of a,large block of shares
for working capital.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

Tomorrow evening, at And
ing Hall, Camp Stephen D. Lit
tie, the officers of the 35th will
give their farewell ball.
The deferred parade and re-
view of the troops at Nogales
will take place this afternoon,
unless it storms again.
Yesterday Mrs. Frank j.. Duff
fly and her daughter, Miss Mary
Duffy, went to Los Angeles for
the heated term.
Mr.. Santos Moreno, an EN-
ploye of the Mexican custom
house, went to Hermosillo yes
terday.
Prof. Luis G. Monzon, elected
senator for the Moctezuma. dis
trict by 800 majority, has gone
to the City of Mexico.
Adolph Penn was picked up
and lodged in jail yesterday by
Agent Northrup of the depart
ment of Justice, and is held for
investigation as a Stacker.
Grover T. Vail, of the United
States Army, stationed tat San
Antonio, arrived in the city last
night and is quartered at the
Bowman.
Monday afternoon Mr.. Chas.
L. Fowler returned from a trip
to Prescott. He reported that
in returning he Travelled i'm a
storm all the way.
There are so manV balls and
parties the rest of this week
that the projected receptions
for the enlisted men of the 35th
have been arranged for Tues
day and Wednesday of next
week, instead of this evening
and tomorrow evening, as an
nounced yesterday.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

bodice is pretty enough to please the
most exacting girl graduate and SIM
pie enough to belong to her. It has
sash Of wide taffeta ribbon, shirred
across the front with many short rows
Of shirrings. Very often sashes are
CT organdie and narrow frills and
ruches of it take the place of lace for
trimming.
+ After day in the front-line trenches
OF war work, clad in Overettes In the
garden, or overall aprons in Red
Cross rooms and the most matter-Of-
fact street clothes for our goings and
comings, a decent regard for the opin-
ion of mankind-with the accent on
the man-makes it pleasant but i'm
perative duty to get into a pretty
frock. 1t is very restful to all con-
cGrEed.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

.Advices from Hermosillo are
to the effect mat Gov. P. Elias
Gales has named Mr.. Miguel
Pima, formerly of Nogales, first
in charge of the office of the
secretary of state.
Nick Polyhrone yesterday re-
ceived letter from his young
brother, M. Polyhron, who is on
the front i'm France. The lad
says he is doing his best to
help destroy the Huns.
Two small washouts eas1 of
Calabasas on the AogalesiBen-
son line, have been causing
some trouble but have so far
not interfered with Irregular
traffic.
Tuesday evening there ar
rived from the south train Of
twenty cars "a troop train)
with 200 soldiers, 100 infantry
and 100 cavalry, with the
mounts of the latter. A part OF
the. command was sent to Naco.
Yesterday Mr.. Jose PeSquiera
deputy lin the. federal rongress
of Mexico, departed for the fed
'eral capital summoned by the
president of the congress to a
special session.
Rev. Gordon has requested
The Oasis to deny that the boot
leggers arrested yesterday are
prominent church members.
The reverend gentleman asserts
that one of them was in the
Baptist church once, and that
was when he painted it.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

Mr.. Rito Chacon has beer
named local Judge at Cananea.
Rev. w. F. Beitz of Tucson,i is
a guest at the Montezuma.
A. F. Kaufman of Douglas, is
at the Bowman.
A. E. Fink of San Antonio is
a guest at the Bowman.
WANTED-an experienced
bookkeeper. Apply at Ell PasO
Store sa S:11tt
Mr.. Rubalcava, presidente OF
Cananea, is a visitor at No.
gales.
There was no train from Can.
anea yesterday evening, wash
outs preventing.
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
F.. Holler departed for Los
Angeles.
Ing. Pedro Trellos, of Magda-
lena, is a visitor at Nogales,
Sonora.
E. w. Perry of Los Angeles,
is visiting the city and is at the
Montezuma.
Sonora Lupe Pesquiera of No
gales, Sonora, mother of Mr..
Luis Martinez, has gone to
Guaymas to visit.
In Nogales, Sonora, yesterday
Mr.. Beker Houdry suffered a
broken ankle in an automobile
accident.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
ART OF WALKING REVIVED
That More People Take Beneficial Elk.
ercise Is an Indirect Result
of Great War.

The human race was forgetting the
art Of walking. Vanity had had some
thing to do with it-and the shoemak-
ers, who catered to vanity. For the
truth was, people were paying more
attention to the style of the shoe than
to theScomfort Of the foot Then came
the war.
Whatever else they are called upon
to do, soldiers have to walk. In walk
ing, one must have shoes that fit
shoes that do not cramp the foot shoes
with fiat soleS and low heels. So the
armies of the world provided their SOL
diers with shoes in which they could
walk-and the soldiers found the walk
ing easy.
Seeing these millions of soldiers
with good feet, properly shod and find
ing that they could walk for long dis
tances without firing, the rest of the
world gradually came to adopt sensi-
BILE shoes. In the fitness of time all
of us may learn to walk, and when
we do we shall find that we had for
many years overlooked the most de-
lightful process Of locomotion that has
as yet been invented.
Walking is the best exercise that
has been devised, because it. is the
most natural. Man is a walking ami
NAL; the process Of walking involves
every nerve and muscle of the body
and insures health. Men and women
who walk do not suffer from any kind
of disease. But the first principle of
walking is proper shoe for the foot.
Southwest American.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
Her Prophecy Came True.

A story is told to the effect that ST.
mon Bolivar, when he was child of
seven, had for a playmate in Spain a
boy of about his own age named Fer
dinand, the future Spanish king. One
day, while engaged in game of bat
tledore and shuttlecock, a stroke by
young, Bolivar Knocked the cap from
Ferdinand's head. Whereupon an old
nurse, who witnessed the occurrence,
and who was deemed soothsayer, de-
clared that some day Bolivar would
knock the crown from the kings head.
Which feat he certainly did accom-
plish, so far as South America was
concerned. azsyssass SEA L az4 -ld1Es<sGei-
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
capes Float From waistcoats.
@ried.

The designer who combined the
waistcoat with the cape offered a
choice morsel in costumery. The one
gives the other grace and solidity.
The waitcoat keeps the cape from fly
ing in the face of the public, and it
protects the chest and back from
whatever chill winds may blow. And,
further, in this day of conservation Of
clothes as well as material, it gives
one chance to go without blouse.
There are waistcoats that are nothing
but corselets, sleeveless ones, to
which are attached short or long flow
ing capes. These garments 60 On as
@ bodice. .esssaa.s.AaGA....l..
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
Building the pyramids.

In looking at pictures of the pyra-
mids and the Sphinx everyone has won
dered how these great monuments
could be built in an age when there
was no such thing as a steam derrick.
Discussion upon the point has run
through the centuries.
An English engineer has hit upon
what appears to be the true explana.
ton. His opinions are supported by
the evidence Of ancient inscriptions
on tombs and temples. This engineer
states that in building a pyramid the
Egyptians constructed an inclined
roadway to the level of which the work
had reached.
AS the pyramid grew taller the an.
gle of the road constantly grew sleeper
and its length greater. Up this road
way passed all the material required
in building the pyramid, hauled by
slaves and pack animals.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
TREASURES LOST TO HISTORY
FanatIcism of Spaniards on Isla de
Mujeres Is Regretted by
A~cheoIogsts>

Fortified by grim rocks from the
wind-driven waves of the Yucatan
channel lies the Isla de Mujeres-Isle
of Women. The Spaniards on a voy-
age in search of gold in the sixteenth
century were tossed up on this island,
where they found no gold, but had
an interesting time. When they start
ed on an exploring tour of the island
they came upon stone temple. Lured
by the fumes of incense, they entered
and saw many idols representing god
desses, clothed in cotton garments.
Officiating at the ceremonies were
women dressed in bright cottons and
decked out with feathers and orna-
ments of precious metals.
The Spaniards, excited by this scene
Of idol worship, rushed in, smashed
the idols, triumphantly placed an i'm
age Of the virgin on the altar and
held mass before the eyes of the as
tonished priestesses and native wor-
shippers. Archeologists have never
ceased to regret the fervor of the
Spaniards, who thus unheedingly de-
stroyed unique treasures of Magyar
civilization.
The Spaniards named the place Isla
de -Mujeres for future reference and
sailed away. The frightened Mayans
deserted their shrine. For years the
Isla de Mujeres lay still and forsaken.
Gradually it awakened. A fishing vii
lage grew up near the ancient affairs
and the Yucatans hunt the hawk
billed turtle where once Indian maid
ems swung the censers and chanted
their prayers.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08
The Daily Morning Oasis
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Local and Personal

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The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-08

ty, silky hexagonal mesh, black, and
it was being draped around small
fiower-wreathed turban. The interest
ing thing about it was the border; that
was composed of silvery gray coin
spots-the size Of 6-cent piece-a
single row on the long edge of the veil,
and double row across each end. II
was a simple decoration, but, as the
skillful milliner caught up the folds of
the veil and fastened them at the back,
it hung in graceful drapery,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-25
Settlement Of St. Louis.

The first permanent settlement on
the site of st. Louis was established
In 1864 by Pierre Ligueste Laclede,
according to historian, but it was
not until 10S years ago that the culture
city was incorporated as town.
Founded by the French, the frontier
post was for time under Spanish
domination, but was restored to France
and in 1903 transferred to the United
States. The Inauguration Of steam
boat traffic on the Mississippi gave the
town O. boom, and in 1922 it was In
corporated us a city, with an area Of
1856 acres and a population Of about
5000. Fog decade the population re-
manned almost stationary, but by 1S4O
1t had reached the 1900 mark. The
revolution in Germany in 1913 gave
st. Louis another big push forward,
for thousands Of exiles from the king
dom Of the Hohenzollerns found q
refuge in the Missouri city. st. Louis
also had a large Irish-born contingent.
For n time feeling ran high against
the foreigners. The native American
spirit was rampant and resulted In
many bloody riots. ...s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-25

He was a ballroom boy, but so well
groomed that he looked like ready
money. She was sweet young thing
and he was striving hard to make an
impression, muses. q Gotham exchange.
They were standing before IN automo-
bile display window in Broadway.
"There," he said, pointing to an ex-
hlbit marked $1,000, us the car I'm
going to get for the girl l marry. I've
had more expensive ones, but for
standing up qualities and class Mt the
SAM time you can't beat that model
there" "Oh," she cooed, beaming with
rapture. won't that" "Why, he'll
TO- Eddie" The fantasy was inter-
rupted by loud, cordial voice as the
intruder laid his hand on the young
mans shoulder. II haven't seen you
since you quit the taxi game. I hear
you're driving for the Blanks now.
How'd you like IT." And little while
later the girl was saying with little
sigh: Lets 60 to the movies. I see
where q new nickel show has opened
over in the avenue"