davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-31
MANY GAIN FAME
IN SALOON fight
Activities of Various Kinds Win
Wide Attention.
FRANCES E. WILLARD LEADER
Known All over World as Head of
w. C. r. U.-Picturesque Career
of Carrie Nation Is
Recalled.

The final adoption Of nationwide
prohibition calls to memory number
of men and women who have achieved
not only national but worldwide fame
through their connection with the pro-
hibition, or, as IL once was known, the
temperance movement.
Some of these persons who have
been most prominent in the movement
were active so long ago that their
names mean little to those who have
not been closely connected with the
prohibition movement, but others are
well remembered by the present gen.
Grafton. Among those who have won
the widest fame at various times
through their activity in this work
may be mentioned Gen. Neal Dow,
who is credited with bringing prohi-
bition to Maine, the first state to be-
come dry; John B. Cough, who be-
came a world-famous temperance"
lecturer after having been drink adj
dict at twenty-five; Frances q. VIII
lard, who personifies the w. G. Z. o.,
| and Carrie Nation, the eccentric sa-
loon smasher, who died only a short
time ago after tempestuous career.
Gen. Neal Dow.
Neal Dow was born in Portland,
Me-, of Quaker parentage. He was
twice mayor of Portland and mem,
Der of the state legislature. He en-,
tered the Civil war as colonel of the
Thirteenth Maine volunteers. He was
wounded and was prisoner in Libby
prison and was made a brigadier gen
eral for gallant service. Yet the coun
try knows Neal Dow simply as ia
Their of the Maine Law" and as TEN
perance reformer. Maine passed tht
law of which he was the author il
1851 and was the first state to estab
fish prohibition. General Dow trav
eled widely in foreign countries work
ing for temperance, and on his nine
tieth birthday memorial meeting
were held in many parts of the world
He died in 1897.
John B. Cough, who was the frs
temperance advocate to attract NOR
, than local fame, was a native of Eng
land, where he was born in 1917, Blu
he came to the United States when h,
was twelve years old. He learned tn,
bookbinding trade, but early becam
addicted to liquor and could not hol'
a position. He made such a living a
he could by singing in saloons. Late
he made new start and married, bu
when he lost his wife and child h
again took to drink and sank to ney
depths.
The turning-point in his life cam
when he was induced by a Massachu
:. setts Quaker to sign total abstinenc
!, pledge. He became temperance LEI
: turer, and after making many tour
: in the United States he visited Ent
land, where he conducted two can
!, paigns. His fame spread throughoU
the English speaking nations and hi
: books have been translated into man
, other languages.
J Frances Wizards Fame WorId-Wid
f Frances E. Wizards fame is worl'
wide She was born in Churehvill
d N. Y, in 1889. A graduate of II
t. Northwestern Female college at e
n anston, ILL.,, in 1859, she taught an
4 Travelled and from 1871 to 1874 ST
/ was professor of esthetics in Mort
n western university and dean of IL
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-31

and then released. She broke up am
other saloon and was not even arrest
ed. She went to Topeka and made an
appeal to Governor Stanley. He told
her he did not approve of her methods
She also addressed both houses of the
state Legislature. She visited Chicago
and other cities, between times contin-
uing the work of smashing saloon fix
lures.
States Enact Dry Laws.
The activities of these early leaders
of the prohibition movement gradually
brought about the enactment of state
legislation prohibiting or regulating
the sale of liquor. Some of the early
state laws provided for local option,
which made possible local prohibition,
as in Connecticut in 1889.
In 1887 Neal Dow, alarmed by the
vast quantities of rum entering Maine
through the West Indian trade, began
state. Stringent regulation of the
liquor traffic was established in sever
al states, but the passage of the Maine
prohibitory law in 1851 afforded the
first real test of prohibition. Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island in 1852
passed laws forbidding the sale of
liquor; these laws were subsequently
repealed Massachusetts, adopted local
option by towns. Iowa passed con-
stitutional amendment in 1882; it was
declared void and was superseded by a
statute 1SS4). This in turn was done
away with by the famous Mulct law,
which itself was modified. Several
states rejected prohibition sought to
be secured either through statute or
by, constitutional amendment. Kan
sas adopted prohibition in 1890 and a
| little later openly violated the law. So
there was spasmodic activity in most
parts of the country toward pro-
hibition, but it was without plan or
4 cohesion. When the ratification of the
eighteenth amendment began the situa-
! ton by states as to prohibition was as
indicated by the following table:
Prohibition States and Date of Going
Into Effect.
Maine (ConstitutionaD .......... 1881
Kansas (Con.) Observation-Disclosures. 1SSo
North Dakota (Con.) ............ 1859
! Oklahoma (Con.) ................l 9ol
Georgia statutory .............I 9Oo
North Carolina (Stat) ........l9o9
Mississippi (Stat.) 1919
/ Tennessee (Stat.) ...............19O 1909
West Virginia (Con.) ........... 1914
Alabama (Stat) .................l 1913
Arizona (Con.) ...................l 1913
Virginia (Stat) ............. 1916
Colorado (Con.) .................19l 1915
Oregon (Con.l ..................l 1916
Washington (Stat.) 1915
Arkansas (Stat.) .................l9 1916
Iowa (Stat.) .................... 1915
Idaho (Con.) ............ 1916
South Carolina (Stat) ........... -9l6
Nebraska (Con.) ................19 1917
South Dakota (Con.) .............1 1918
District of Columbia (Stat) ...... 1917
Alaska (Stat.) ..................l9 1918
Indiana (Stat,) .................l 91S
Michigan (Con.l. ............ 1913
New Hampshire (Stat). 1913
Montana (Con.) ..........Dec. 81, 1913
New Mexico (Con.) .............1 1913
Texas (Stat.) .............,..... 1913
Florida (Con,) ............Jan. 1, 1913
Utah (Co|0 ................... 1913
Ohio (Con.) ................-... 1919
Wyoming tCon) ......-.......... l9-O
Nevada (Con.l ...........-...... 1913
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-31

stftution by the legislatures of the sew
eral states as provided in the Consti-
tuition within seven years from the
date of the submission hereof to the
states by the congress.
CHAMP CLARK,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
THOMAS r. MARSHALL,
Vice President of the United States
and President of the Senate.
certify that this joint resolution
originated in the senate.
JAMES M. BAKER, Secretary.
This resolution was adopted by the
senate on August /, 1917, by a vote of
65 to 20, and by the house of repre-
sentatives on December IL by a vote
of 282 to 1913. House amendments were
adopted by the senate December IS.
Mississippi First to Ratify.
Mississippi was the first state to
ratify the amendment, both senate and
house acting on January s, 1918. Vir
ginia, Kentucky and South Carolins
took similar action during the same
month and North Dakota soon fol
lowed, but in most states action was
delayed until this year, when the vari
GUS state legislatures convened. Their
the states took action on the amend
ment in rapid succession. Following
North Dakota the states acted in tht
following order until Nebraska, thu
thirty-sixth to act, completed the rati
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
DO 6. RlJNA MA BYTl DODRzENO
PRlMERi.
MESTO NEHODLA VZiTI STAVKARE
ZPETDOS SLUzEB.
DO ULIC VRACf Sc POKOJ A Kid.

Boston, IL. zafi = Frank Mccarthy organisator Amer
Federace Prace vychodnch aech dnes oznam
unie poicist pfjaa Gompersv navrh vrat svm povn
nostem vycka vyledk1 konference prce jez
fna Blem Dome usporadana Bostonsk poiceni komisar
Curtis by seznamen tmto rozhodnutim ale prav vyda
dnes odpoedne rozkazy die kterh zadny do poceni su
by pcznovu hlasic stavkaf nebude prat Rozkazu
m6ze men dokud cd genernho zaobce nedostane prsus
nych pokynu Jedna zasadn rozhodnut zda pplceni
sraznk e pouhym zamestnancem kter pravo savkova
ii, aneb drednkem vlady ktery takoveho prava nema
Ulicem prochazely dnesnf noci slime vojenske hdky
nasazenymi bodaky dGleztesich krzovatkach vnrni
no mesa konala srazni suzbu zda Vcera pred OBJ
chody postavene barykady dosud ale osran6ny nebyly
Vysledek hlasovani ednotivych unii neby usrednimu
vyboru do pozdnfch hodn vecernch znam Ma schulz
cteny byly dopisy meskeho guvernera akoz te
legram GompersIv obsahujici svrchu uvedeny navrh
pfetf strajkujicich strazniki do suzby ma
hledy rznf tax Coolidge poyaznje
vyse polcisy desertery kteff opust svo povnnost
nesme by poznovu povereni vykonavanm bezpecnosnch
suzeb.
Jinak obchod meste pohybue obycejnych kole-
ch, obchodnc kupuif prodava souc vesmes ozbrojeni
revovery Pomery ukldnuj az n6kolik ojedineych
ceem nepatrnych pfpadd vcere vyrznost neopakova
y Diva muz zatceni skrye nosenf zbranI tf ako
podezfele osoby
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13

Cedar Rapids, la. - Y mly-
ne National udalo Sc vcera ne
s esti, iehoz ob6ti stal Sc mia
dy krajan Edward Jirinec. =
Hoch spadl totiz remenoveho
elevatoru vyse 4. poschodi do
sachty, proraZiv ST lebecni
ko t. Byl mu prerazen i kirk a
byl .jinak ma t6le hrozne po-
tlucen. V rychlosti byla privo-
lana ambulance. Zdalo Sc, re
mladik jeste dycha, ale kdyz
lei dovezli do nemocnice, le-
kar prohlasil, re mladik je jiz
mrtev. Jak Sc nestesti udalo,
neni znamo. Jsou vsak do.
mnenky, re z elevatoru nevy-
stoupil V cas- a byl ma vrchu
prehozen. i"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
Con1pers t11lrni bostonskou po1iCii.
SENATOR BORAH NADSENE ViTAN
VST. LOUIS.
BORAH UTOCI MA SANTUNGSKOU SMLOUVU A
VYPRAVU AMERICANA Ma SIBfR.

st. Louis r. zaff. = Kdyz senator Hiram w Johnson
KafOrnie vystoup ieve zdejsiho Colsea roral lgu
narodG dnesnf forme by uvan bouri souhasu rvac
ceych 1s minut Coliseum jest nevetsf msnos meste
byo napneno az do nejposlednesho mista Sta di
mohli dostati vGbec dovnitr.
Nadseni poslucha6stva dostouplo vrchoe, kdyz Wiso
n1v oposiGnfk Johnson pronesl vetu:
Prava otazka tohoto poru jest zda konat chceme nas
povinnos tak iak il parueme budoucnos aneb ida 81
pfeieme abychom stall poddanym Vek6 Britanie Japan
ska"
Kdykoli Johnson We reci zminl Angi oval
obecensvu syko We vyvodech pro narod prav re
dnesn statut gy userskou prac aneho smlouvan mez
spojenci kere bylo Amerce pred vky vbec neznamo
Nechape proc by Amerika mela m pokaenOu ces kdyby
nepala versaiskou mirovou smouvu TAX ak jest co
boiue president Wilson.
Pri banketu V City Clubu vyadri Sc Johnson re pres
dent Wilson uzfva dvou pravnickych argumenn, pomouva
oponeny hede zasrasit tvrzenm re sou zakuken
pratee Nemcd sam zapominae re Cd 1914 az do dub
1917 slime sam N6meGm prklanel dale ohan
Itray jnych poickych neprate boevismem kterehoz e
neopravnene naivn6 obvnue.
Dolby kdy Amereane Sc dali obsuhovati "a valky
pangm frasefni diky Bohu jiz zmizely'. tsas
Omaha, IL. zarf Dnes zde muvil, svoji va
prot Wsonov Borah kriikou verai
skych mirovch lmIuv ieho prednaska mea rozhod
ny dspech Znamou smlouvou die ktere posoupeno bylo
n6mecke pravo Santung Japansku, ZaGachrovano
bylo vice ak 100000 600 nam pateskeho du nepte jest
poitckou zradou ez histor nema rovne Vypravu amer
ckeho voska Sbir naval veke souhlasn6 boufe
povezenm naSich 10000 hochu jedne prosp6ch japan
skych a anglickych zamu.
Zamave byly jeho vypovedi Irsku iinych menSch
nrodech nichz jedn6mu nedostao svobody rukou
mrove konference Deegat Egypa, pr dmyslu dostavi
mrovemu jednanf byli jednoduse Ang6any pozavrin
podobne nebyo dovoleno, ably mirove konerenci Jed
nano bylo irske deegati neby vubec ami predpu
seni ize narodu zastoupeno jest 800 100000 di pod
kontroou gy by bylo pax 100000 600 di pax jsme
vyzyvan pripojt omuo obchodu pomahat udrzovat
porobe posednejsich 800,000000 Podobnym zpusobem
potra nasavaii svobodu mof odzbroovan narodu kdez
Angie stavi nyn dvonasobny pocet bevnc SpoJene
Staty mali vydrzovat 100000 muzu edin6 proto
abychom obazenm Cafihradu Anglcany aha kastany
q ohn6
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
PRovEDLA SvUJ ZAMER. KARA vLETELA DO VoZU
ILLUMINATING CO.

Chicago, IL. zari. - Pred
nekolika tydny jsme prinesli
zpravu o sebevrazednem po pc
kusu pani Nj. Svobodove z CT
sla 1921 jizni 81 Court V Cice-
ro a pfatele ubohe zeny dou-
fall, ze prvni nezdareny pokus
il odvrati od dalSi touhy po u
tracenl zivota, ale byli We SVEN
ocekavani sklamani. Poprve Sc
chtela pani -Svobodova udusfC
svltiplynem, ale nahodou Sc je
il manzel pan Vincenc Svobo-
da vratil V poladnich hodi-
mach domu a povolal lekare,
jemuz Sc podarilo pomoci pull
motoru privesti nest astnou pa
nj k zivotu. Byla dopravena do
nemocnice V Oak Parku, od-
kud teprve pred malo dny by
la propuStena, ale nikoli co u
pine uZdravena. Byla stizena
iakousi vleklou chorobou a ia
byla pficinou jejiho zoufalstvi
Patrne nedoufala, re Sc il op9t
vrati byvale zdravi to i po
jejlm rrvnim nezdarenem po-
kusu ozivovalo jeji myslenky
ma nasilne ukonceni zivota.
Vcera rano, kdyz dlela sama
donna, opetne otevfela plynove
kohoutky a tentokrate Sc j
zoufaly Gin, jejz povazovala
"a jedine vychodiste re svych
utrap, zdaril. Asi IL hodin6
dopoledni byla nalezena mrt-
va We SVEN pribytku a cely
dunn naplneny svfiiplynem do
kazoval, jakym zpusobem Sc
sla pi. Svobodova Sc sveta. V
kratke chvili dostavila Sc cicer
ska policie a lekaf pulmoto-
rem, ale uboha PAM byla jiz
mrtva a vSechny pokusy pri-
vesti il k zivotu zGstaly bez
vysledku. Pripad byl oznamen
koronerovi, ktery nafidil in
kvest, pfi kterem nepochybn6
vyjde ma jevo, re jedine nezho
jitelna nemoc byla pricinou
zoufaleho cinu, neb jinych du-
vodI k nemu nemela. Pr. Svo.
bodova .byla a5i 40 roku stara
a v Ciceru bydlela Sc svyn
manzelem jiz deisf dobu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
-
z KONVENCE UfzLOKOPU.
Sestatneni drah hlavnim ci
slem dnesniho programu.

Hlavnl pravni radce bratr-
stva zelaZnicnich Zrizencu,
Glenn E. Plumb prijel vcera
do naseho mesta, ably vysvetlil
sjezdu plan ohledn6 sestatne-
nj americkych drah, jimz "a
podobneho sesta',n6ni dostalO
by Sc kontroly vladni "a ASST
stence nekterych nynejsfch ze
leznicnlch uredniku i obycej-
nych zamestnancu. Plumb o
vyhodach sveho planu rozho-
vori Sc V poledne a Sized bude
Plumbem pozadan, ably usta-
,novil svIj zvlaStni vybor, KITE
ry by V utvareni dotceneho
planu pomahal. Bratrstvo zele-
znicnich zrizencG spolecne Sc
zastupci Americke Federace
Prace bude rokovaS o sestatn6
nj drah We Washingtonu V ne
kolika tydnech, ma kterychzto
poradach podilel by Sc tez po
zadovany vybor horniku, cimz
alliance zeleznicnich bratrstev
Sc svaZem uhlokopG by We sku
tecnOsti zacala.
Dnes dopoledne vratilo Sc z
pOhrbu zesnuleho predsedy
havirskeho svazu Mitchella 25
delegatl do sjezdu.A Nacelni-
KEN smutecni le delegace byl
historik svazu a osobni pritel
Mitchelluv p. Evans, jenz ali
anci bratrstva Sc svazem uhlo-
kopu zvlaste doporucuje.
Statistik svazu, byvaly armad-
nj kapitan Teller rovnez prijel
a dnes nebo v pondeli bude
svou staIistikou sjezdu dokazo
vat, kdo vlastne ma dobyva-
MIN uhli nejvetSi zisk a jak
dalece uhlokop "a tezkou svo-
| il praci je honorovan. TAX ku
Eprikladu v uplynulem roce u.
hlokop vydelal prdmerne jen
/ $770.
Resolucni vybor oznami kor
venci, ze ohledne prohibice sic
zdem, ME nebude podnikano &
soucasne vyslovi Sc proti nuct
! nemu odvodu v Americe.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
"VEC TESiNSKEHO SLEZSKA STOJf
PRO POLAKY SPATNE".

u Nor. Ostravy (Ctk Zprava postovn) - We warsaw
skem stuacnim canku tesnskem Sezsku pe parzsky do
psovatel Codz tesnskeho Sezska stoji
pro Poaky Spatne poskych pozadavk nepodporu
nebof dohoda daa Cechnm zavazne sliby Dmowski
tesnsk oazce konferenci pne kdezo eeske
pozadavy podporuie nemecky ineresovany vekoprimys
kaptal Rotshld Guttman Guenther snaz ably ostrav
skokarvnsky revr by rozdeen Take ezsky vekosatkaf
Iarsch posav Cechi ponevadz poska agrarnf
ohrozuje jeho zamy vice nez ceska Ces po
rail- rozhodne hasovan du Sezsku, spoehajce pod
poru France zadaji demarkacni caru defnvni
hranicea Vsy correspondent prav re suace e Pola
XIV must pfipravt to- ze dohoda nebu
de Sc rdit co Sezska zasadam Wsonovymi Ceskou
madu neze podceova ezto ma cetne ezke deosfeectvo
Poac mus pry Paffzi proeviti vedoucm muzim dohody
ze sou odhodani stu Ij bezohedne haiti svych prav
zaimt Agrarn reforma Poakum zapad9 velce uskoda
dohodov kapa chova dnes vuc Poakum velice zdrze
live. s1n1 a<"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
BALETNf INSTR o. BARTlK
Sc VRATIL Z CZECH.

New York, n. Y. = S par
nikem Rochembeau, ma nemz
pribvl prvni transport ameri-
ckych legionarn, vratil Sc take
p. Otakar Bartik. bale nj mi
str metropolitan opery. Jak
sdelil s nami, uzavrel V Pra-
re celou radu kontraktu cas-
kymi umelci ohledne jejich u
melecke cesty po Americe.
Jouu V tom zahrnuty smlouvy
8 opernim dvorem Narodniho
Divadla, Sc slecnou Emmou De
stinnevou. iez pribude do A
meriky liz V nejblizsich dnech,
S Kubelikem, "eeskym kvar-
tetem' AID. Podrobnosti budou
panem Bartikem> ceskosloven-
ske verainosti co nejdfive o.
znamenv. Pan Bartik sc be.
hem rveho pobytu We stare via
sti sice ponekud spadl, avsak
iinak jest pri dobrem rozmaru
a slibuje 81 mnoho cd pristi na
vStevy nasich. umelcu. Behem
zpatecni cesty nejvice jej roz.
Itrpcily pfisne osobni prohlidky
v rIznych zemich.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
Elize 10. zastavky A. B. c.
..rakcri linie usmrceni dnes 2
Sicktrikove a til muzi vazns
poraneni.

Ma krizovatce u desate "a
stavky A. B. c. trakcni linie
ma prodlouzene Broadway V
Maple Heights udalo Sc dnei
dopoledna po osme hodin6 bed
ne neStesti. Telefonuje Sc nam,
ze predm6stska kara, tax IVA
ma "limi,ka" vlet6la V mi
stech tech do voZu Cleveland
Illuminating Co., "a kterezto
srazky diva elektrikove byli u
smrceni a tri vice meme pora-
neni. Pozustatky zabitych od-
vezeny do Richardsovy marni-
ce a raneni nachazeji Sc V o.
Setrovani lekaru V nemocnici
sv, Alexise. Ku srazce doSlo,
,kdyz viz Illuminating Co. "a
hybal ma tra-' do pricni uli-
ce, pobliz tamnejSiho viaduk-
tn 50 tahnouciho. Prudce roz-
ieta kara vlet3la do stredu do
tceneho vozu, jehoz trosky roz
neseny ma vzdalenost nekolika
blocku a jehoz posadka row.
n6z byla roZmetena. Koroner
naridil prisne vySetrovani.
NITCCl Irt INICC
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
POMAHA TO VLASUM IZA-
LUDKU.

Chicago, 13. srpna. = Nick
Vouzakouty, cislo 738 jiz.
Crawford ulice, prisel ma pa
tent. Vyrab6l mazani ma vlasy.
po k.erem, jak ma lahvicca sta
10, mely rusti holohlavemu
vlasy jako Kubelikovi a maZa-
nj Slo ma odbyt. ZvlaStni phi
tom bylo, re nektery zakaZnik
vymazal kolik galonu tohoto
mazani, nenarostl mu ami
chlup a prece nikdo nereptal,
ba naopak kupoval mazani
jeSte vetSi horlivosti a maZal
Jim = vnitrnosti. Tam ovSem
tezko nahlednouti a tax ne
mono rici, jast-li nekomu ro-
stou vlasy V zaludku, ale vlad-
MIN zrizencGm byla northwest
"mazavku" podezrela proto
zakrocili. NaSli V basementu
.vyrabitele 3 study kofalky a ne
kolik gallonu mazani ma vlasy
zaroven zatkli nekolik hostin
skych, kteri zazracnou tinktu-
ru prodavali. UkaZalo Sc, ze
mazani ma vlasech bylo asi 90
procent alkoholu, cili pnl pnl
vody.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-09-13
ZAKON PROTI VYDERACUM.
PREsToUPEf sTIHANO BUDE PRfsNYMI TREsTY.

Washington, II. zar - Pro vydirani du namiTene "a
kony ktere die Wsonova navrhu portrait mali hvu pora
vnam tim zpsobem neslychanou rahotu vSech zivotnich
poeb byly dnes senaem pfay Pfedloha prosa pred tim
M domem Zastupcu stane prlvopatnou jakmile pre-
sdentem Wilsonem bude potvrzena
Ones podlehati bude trestu:
Zumysne nicenf potTeb.
Vedome mrhanf potravinami.
Hromaden, monopolsovani.
Uctovan nepomernych zskG drobnoprodeii pfekupo
vani.
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$4,000 neb dvouleym vezenm prpad6 obojm soucasn6
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-05-28

warehouses and warehouse receipts
to be used throughout the cotton belt,
which would appeal both to the State
and National Governments for their
endorsements The report was unani-
mously adopted
me committee on acreage reduc-
ton, after an exhaustive examination
OF all data in hand, reported an av-
erage reduction 1873 per cent less
this year, and a reduction Of about
one-third in guano used on the cot
ton crop.
A harmonious atmosphere pervaded
every session Of the conference, which
was manifested when the organization
asked for Twelve Thousand Dollars TO
finance the preliminary charter and
secure the stock. The amount was
subscribed and paid in thirty min
utes. The chairman Of the Califor
MIA delegation, a woman, promptly
notified the convention that she was
ready to take care Of her State finan-
cially and otherwise.
nv VI oDlIllOI OF tlOSG
best capable Of Judging, as expressed
when the meeting was adjourned, was
that the results Of this convention
when fully developed, would stabilize
the price OF cotton, fix the price of
cotton production on profitable
basis, enable the cotton growers of
the South to retire from the market
any time all distress cotton and
hold same off the market till the de
mand would call for such cotton at
fair price. The last opinion that pre-
vailed, and which is Of greater i'm
portance than all others, was: that
these results could be attained only by
a determined and unanimous co-opera
ton OF the cotton growers throughout
the belt. United we stand divided
we fall"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-05-28
REPORT ON COTTON MEETING
w. L. Gray Writes Of Results Of Big Cotton Meeting
Held at New Orleans

MI. w. l.. Gray, who went as a dele
gate from this state to the big cotton
meeting in New Orleans recently, has
written the following letter to the
farmers of the county in regard to It:
according to appointment at
tended the New Orleans Cotton Asso-
citation Convention. This, as you
Know, was a conference composed Of
delegates from all the cotton growing
states. It's object was to promote
ana organize a corporation for the
purpose OF exporting and handling
cotton direct for the cotton growers Of
lhe South. There were present men
representing all the business actiyi-
Ties OF the cotton belt, who took part
In the deliberations Of the meeting.
the organization of the export corpor
atlon was effected, committees ap-
pointed to draft and secure the char
ter' and to formulate plans, and to
raise the capital stock which was
hXed at minimum Of One Hundred
Million Dollars. The par value of
share is Fifty 'Dollars. The reason
for this being fixed at so small an
amount, was to enable the small
FARMER to become stockholder and
to provide that the subscription might
be paid with Liberty Bonds of a like
sum. 1t was said that the small
farmers could exchange them at par.
The capital stock is to be hedgcd
about with such legal restrictions as
to make it impossible for a majority
OF the stock to pass from the control
OF the cotton growers Of the South.
There was also committee of ex
perienced business men appointed to
consider, formulate and report to the
convention, the best plans for financ
ing and warehousing the cotton crop
or the Southern States, which report
recommended uniform system of