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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
ARMY SCANDAL THREATENS !
C0NGRESSMEM ARE TOLD
CIVILIANS GOT MEDALS
Witnesses T~stifyin@ Hc:orc promiSc
{" Dfsclosr Complete List
Today.
ny wINDEu Il. u.nnt>.

WASN'T NGTON. Fch. 3.-A Scauda,
over the awards OF war decoration.
ia ihc army riv;Ilin@ the controvcrs,
started hy Rear Admiral Sims in III.
navy - expected /" develop aS the re.
suit OF evidence. brought out at {:
hearing today before Il House war in
NrStiEaitnE subcommittee.
ihi$ cvidcnrc. which Was pivcn by
C"INnei j. g; Stccs". president OF til.
army board "f awards. under rsid
cross examinations by Representative
ioyal &. johnson. Republican, o,
south Dakota. chairman Of the sub
caic-Gcneral samuel Z Anscli. attor-
ncy Tor the subcommittee, showed
thut
!, Secretary o; War Baker overrode
granted Distinguished Service Medals
in many cases in which the board hn,,
recommended adversely.
Charge Personal Awards Made.
:. These personal awards hv the
secretary wcrc made TO civilians in
face of the contention Of the board
thai under, tho law .,hcv were not en-
.. Secretary Bake; srnt TO the board
long lists Of names over his own Sig
nature asking what Recommendations,
they were not entitled to the Dis;iu-
Guished Service Medal.
! In spite OF such suggestions from
thci" superior. who appointed them
aud h1l the power to remove them
the hoard declined TO recommend med
as III the greater norton of the eases
II was brought out Turthcr that Col
one! SicaSc and the other four mem
bcrS 81 til" board appeared before the
Sutco' } i.tcc attcr Secretary Baker
mad refused yesterday 10 permit them
TO testify.
In ic,tors 10 Speaker Gillct, and
Chairman johnson. tho secretary took
the ground that the House. in passing
the Gallivan resolution calling for de-
IA lied information on the awards OF
army decorations. had assumed cNclu-
sly" jurisdiction in the matter.
Must DC Part of Army.
Tho Legality OF the awards uc Dis
tnruiSScd Service Medals ia civilians
Was questioned 10y the board. Colonel
Stccsc stated. on the ground that a
civilian is not properly 4 part Of the
army. and. therefore. is not legally
entitled 10 e medal.
the statute creating this dccora ton
provides that recipient must hav.
served in capacity with the army.
Members Of the board were not pre-
pared to supply the names nor IN,
number of persons 20 whom The medal
was personally awarded by Secretary
Eaker They agreed. at the direction
OF the subcommittee. however TO re-
reta-y'S awards and all others 10
ciNjlians
E'ifty-tivc civilians. ali told. received
the Distinguished Service Medal. IL
was stated. but The portion 20 these
y wardcd over the adverse rccommcn-
dation % the board could not I've sup
piled.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
u, LANES u. NoI-uSE.

WASHINGTON Feb. .. Vigorously
attacking the new policy Of the Re-
publican leaders in The senate in seek
ing to bring about RATIFICATION OF the
peace treaty with the Lodge ccScrva-
lions. Senator Eorah. OF idaho, in a
statement; issued today. made these
charges.
United States as the British ambas-
sador made rcpeated efforts 10 get
into President Wilson'S hands Il state
ing that fhc Lodge reservations are
entirc!E acceptable 20 the British gov
eminent,
.. These efforts We're made after
Lloyd George had been advised By the
highcS lesal authorities in London
and IN, America that the reservations
would be worthless and would not in
any way limit Americas participation
III the league OF nations.
3. Lloyd George cahlcd viscount
Grey to waive ali objections TO the
reservations. and 10 advise the prcSi-
dent ti.a, nc. Lloyd .Gcorgc. found
states must be made TO Join the
lcaEuc.
l. The reservations are meaningless
and If the United States goes into the
league the reservations will, be for
gotten when the council OF the league
goes into secret conference to pass on
the fate ot nations
senator Ijorah. after making tbssa
charges. declared the NiScount Grey
letter accepting the Lodge rcserva-
lions has narrowed tho controversy
down 10 one single issue:
Shall tho United States enter tho
!cIgu. or stay on; OF It?
The senator asserted that there is:
no cNcuS" for men who really want
TO protect american indcpcndcn NJ. -
t:iMe with this subject any longer"
THAT portion OF Senator Borah
statement relating the activities OF
Y iscount Grey while in this country
under the rabled instructions Of iIovd
ieorac is as follows:
1t has been Known in Wasnins,oo
TOT weeks that the Lodge reservations
We're entirely satisfactory 10 Tho i-5c
'.sn Premier. He would have said so
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04

II. a. Boaz. formerly OF FOR, wor,b
OUT now living in Louisville ky|
"nere he is connected with tn, mis-
SION SION board OF The Southern Methods;
Of the Southern Mcthodis, Cnj.
Tersty OF Dallas. 10 succeed Or.
DENVER. Feb. $.-Ths Donve: POS;
.ouaE announced il would pay $4,000
20 Tue physician indny = cur. for
influenza. The money is 10 be paid
81 GER the cure has been approved hv
Inc me noe efeller institute and Johns
HopNinS University. Baltimore
,CoPENJAGEN. Feb. %NW-iI,i,n,
ihssNiooC Johnson. ot the American
Hti-Shioon League. and The Rev.
-" E!u -. Esttund today iEaugurdtcd a
proHloliion campaign at = public meet
me- mere. They met with mixed re-
capt ZION, but the hostile element pre- :
'o"uSratcd and the hockl:ng received
by the speakers WIS 81 n sever, M.
turc az"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
CAROLINA COAST SUFFERS
DAMAGE FROM HIGH WATER
WriShtsviNc Bcnch Co,tnee. E,I
When Foundations Arc
Washed Away.

WlLMlNGTON. y G.. Feb. 3.-Thrcc
houses have been wrecked and con.
siderable damngc done to several
others by high water at WrightsvilIe
Beach. near here. during III" past
ihree DAYS. The most seriously dam
@sen h@d their foundations washed
from under fheln and crashed 10 IN"
ground II heaps ct nrcckacc
ihe% are III such shape they cannot
ne renlired. The entire beach has
Which IS said 10 be the highest seen
mere III several years
Cotiases owned by Miss Annie Her
;lnS. Mrs. r. l.. Dunn and ;hc ]. 4.
springer estate. ali o: Wilmington.
arc reported among those wrecked.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
CUMMINGS AT SYRACUSE
heNicNt achievements az Nation and
hrt"irr> in Drm"crac.'> Inpar-
aiIcird ItccorI

SYRACUSE. y. y FcD. "a 70
Vie" OF the legislative achievements Of
ihe Deinocraiic party, AT attack uDor
the republican parry tor It's Htiliud.
to"ard the League Of nations ard q,
p!"a .CF harmony marked AN address
~ ltoneI >. Cummings, National Demo.
cFalIC Committee cha .rinau. a. . con-
fercucc tonight % party leaders frn,n
'cnira! and Northern Now Norr.
Chairman Cummings declared INA.
1oicc in the unparalleled record N: On,
i'arty. enriched as il has been h, 3,
."tderEhip which has carried America
- greater heights Of prDYprIit, IN,
honor ana glory than She has c(,.- I..
lore known" '
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
MRS. ROSE PASTOR Stokes
HELD ON $4,000 BAIL
warrant IL Served nv She stem. I,-,,,
Witness Chnir I'm Supreme
Court,
lea ArYocintcL Prcsa. |

MEN YORK. Feb. 3.-Mrs Ros, pas
.or STOKES. prominent Socialist anil
SoS,ai WORKER. was released on sh NM
oall here tonight under orders to 49,,
pear Tor examination rs "A furitir
from justice She was taken into ,.,,s
touN on request OF the police OF o.;
..aEo. where she WAS indicted .Jan,inrv
- on charge Of criminal syndicalisn,
MIS-. stokes Was arrested ms .hn
stepped from the witness c,air :, sne
supr,emc court, where she had bc"n
,His,iyinE at the trial OF Ecnianim
Iltiow. FORMER New York assrinhi
man. charged with criminal anarch,
On" WAS so weak when she jeft ~;
sun" mat attcndants had 10 assist hnr
,o srnt' Sh" previously had told ~
DcinE II! IN bed for the last ten d, Va
,h, her F"icc was 80 hoarsc and low
..Io nc court stenoGrnphcrs were
jury. 10 'ht'
When Mrs. Stokes was first arraipnca
supreme Court Justice Weeks lat.
hN"d bonds for her AT $1,000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
MORE PAY FOR OFFICERS
hut PriNntrS In Various urn,.,,
Federal Service Get NO
ltnise.

WASiIiNGToN. Feb 3.-Pay jucrco.
ior officers and men in the army. ,1;,y,
i.Na!Ine corps. coast guard anal Duhri,.
rrc"'ti services aSGrcGatinE $50 800 Oon
;pr INC next year are provided in ..
nous" BIZ passed today by tho Senate
'oiihisslon"d officers will receive An
men above the rank OF private will r.,
cc,Nc an Increase Of 20 per cent
Efforts TO amend the measure so "a.
20 prov:dc More money fo,. ur;,a, - |,
Were unsuccessful
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
IS QUESTION FOR COURTS
Holland win Refer Demand for Form.
CT 'rown Prince 10 Legal
Tribunal
Ey a ssociatcd l

~ hSsOtlttci ITcsS
,Iih nAGUE. Feb. 3.-Tnc Asso.
aidteu iresS was informed today iha;
my ue'nand on Holland for the sur.
tender OF former Crown prince Fred
rrlck William rs Il war criminal, would
W. lrcatcd by the Dutch government
pIopao!E according TO INc Dutch cy-
taunton treaty with C;ermany. and
~ would be "A question for the courts
:" ue''d" rather than the govcrnment.-
"s ~ Nh' case ot the tormor Einpcror
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
NO CHANCE FOR TEUTONS
Cannot lie Admitted to LenEuc UntIi
Treaty Terms Are Com
plird with.

PARIS. Fen. 3.--(icrmany has not the
slightest chance OF being admitted to
The league of nations until the terms
OF the treaty Of Versailles are fulfilled
III their entirety.
This statement was made 10 Uni
rcrsal Service tonight by jules Cam
hon. director af political affairs AZ IN,
French Foreign Oilirc.
This means tia. Germany Will be
barred from admission 10 the League
for at least fifteen years and that All
Efforts on her part !" become 4 mem
Der VII! he rejected by the allies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
Universal Writer Die.

NFIW YOl;E Feb. G.-Auru.,ir -.
~. q STAFF correspondent Of iinivcrsal
service. died today AT ;hc prcsbytc.
T!an Hospital mere. after Two weeks
illness eliminating in double un,n.
monia. Though only -, lardy mad had
a remarkably swift rise in gcwsuanfr.
"oTh., and MS death rings go 10 a
Nseiu. aud nightly promising cartfr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
JAPAN DOESN'T WANT SOLF
Rerlin IL Informed Former Germn,
Secretary for Colonies Is Persona
Non tsrRta.

BERLIN, Feb. 3.-Thc Zyoeif Chr
Hlatt asserts that Japan has intima ed
to the German government that DR..
Solf, former secretary for the colonies.
Will not te persona Erata as Ger
Hlany'S representative at Tokyo
The krcVzacitUng says that similar
difficulties are being raised in Brus-
sells regarding the appointment OF
Herr i-andSbcrg.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
Harding VIII No, ueYtn conn,,r

;, ASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Scnator
hard ng. OF Ohio Will conduct no cam.
naisn in West Virginia for the Repnb
Lcin presidential nomination as long
nS senator Sutherland of THAI State
~ candidate II. NJ Dauehertv.
senator tarding'a campaign manager
"inh"nnr"" today. Mr.. Daughertv said
.ihanGs on rule la!d down by senator
i'"tHinr where there are local candi.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
OKLAHOMA BEST STATE
DIR. William \. McI>-r>cr plans stare
Vide Search and Oncr.

lew YORK. Fsb. 3.-The civ ~.
CN!ahohGa ."hicn oncrs .ho bes, con.
SiFL VII oe tho object o. :, Sia,n.yyiJc
sesrfh ~ ~ William A. McKoeyCr
tyrcftd az Juvenile work of lilo prns
S2tcrfAH National Board If ,rcyrncr
sacs aEn Hnral Wclfarr 4, was an.
rourreH here ton!ghf Tho nunicipa iI.v
WHO'S Sctrr7 tts Hghcst AT no nn6
o. gAaf'S 'ss' viii bc a,vard,J -
prisS ~ s2sfsM offered by tfo Ho,n-y
CAin - 3dannsh.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
EXPECT BIG IMMIGRATION
0nicials Confer ON Plan. to Expand
Facilities on ELLIS
Island.
my Ar.ocintcd Tr,y,J

NEW YORK. Fob. 3.--Thc United
states is on tho eve OF !; "vcry great
rush OF immigration. such ~ we have
never seen before" ia the opinion OF
Alfred Hampton. assistant commits
s!onc- general q! Immigration. who
conferred with Ellis Island officials TO-
day on plans to expand facilities NJ
the Immigration station
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
Du Point VIII 1dmi,,.d

l.ai lNoiToE. DEL. Feb 1.-The
en.Fc estate OF Mrs. Alfred 7. du Pont
Sdinllteu 70 probate here today was
iicit 10 Miss Alicia Maddox. dauei,tcr
~ d FORMER 'nHrriaG-, ~ whose death
Is 10 reEert 10 Miss Camille du poni.
an adopted dauehtcr. The estate !.
5npp1seG TO be worth more than 81.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
Fourteen Held for Hobb.r,

~" loNh. Feb. 3.--'ourteen mon.
seven ciHl!iahs ana seven soldiers ~
tn" motor transport corrs ,rcrr
irstca tonight on charges OF coinuii-
~ in an attempt 10 rob the govern
plies. valued at $4,000. AnoIhcr NJ.
rest is expected
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04

~ ''''cs F.uNaru Martin, -. died
% pn.umonta this morning "A, 30
CLOCK. 1t the McEument Apartmcn:s
she - survived by her huSband ana
iWo cai!d:en. James Edward Martin
!r. ana Frank Douglas Martin. Flu
~! arrangements will be announcad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
AWAIT NEWS OF FLYERS
H'iatorS From Fort BLISS Captured u,
MeNirnns Sun Technically
nd~r Arrest,

Eli pASD. TEN.
q waited ioda% conc
9. l.. Usher ana l..
army arintorS stat
VINO were captured
can soldiers near
Mexico. and taken
n!caNy under arrest,
Tie Americans on
Bliss 10 NogaleS.
Yesterday and were
south OF NacoHuri y
HcceSsituicd a force
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
TO Fortify the system, Against
lald. Grin

take GROVES TASTE:LESS Chill
TONIC. II Purifcs and Enrichcs The
Flood. 1t Builds UP and Strengthens
thc Whole System. 1t Fortifies tho
system Against Colds. Grip and InRu-
cnHa. Price 60c.--Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04

Feb. 3.-Word WA :
"rning I.ieu;enauts
NJ. Wolf. American,
'fled ut Fort Bliss.
".S terda% BY Mcxi-
Nacozari. Sonora
10 Nacozari, teen :
:, hight from Fort
Ar.I.. became lost
sixteen EllVnictcrs
ncn engine trouble
q landing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09
COUNTY AGENT NOTES.

Rankin county has two groups
of people: Groupe /. consisting of
those who have fall and winter
those who have fall and winter
gardens, and Groupe II, consisting
of those who have no gardens ut
all.
10 which groupe do YOU belong?
Ii you belong to groupe ], YOU
are wise. If you belong to groupe
III, you should change your mem
bership at once.
All the following vegetables
may be planted during September:
Snap beans, beets, cabbage, car
rots, garden peas, lettuce, mus
tard, radish, turnips.
Prepare the soil carefully be-
fore planting the seeds. Break all
clods and rake out all trash. Plant
seeds deeper than you would in
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

the spring. Keep the crust broken
around the young plants.
How are you fixed for feed and
grazing next winter and spring?
Feed and forage will be scarce
and high.
PLANT OATS and ABRUZZI
RYE.
Secure good seed at once. They
are scarce.
Prepare firm seed bed on we'll
drained land.
Apply 200 pounds Acid Phos-
phate per acre.
Plant oats as early as possible;
preferably September Is to Octo-
ber Is. Late paintings are haz-
ardous.
Abruzzi Rye may be planted
from August Is to December /.
PLANT 2 to bushels oats per
acre, l to l 1-2 bushels rye per
acre.
Use grain drill if possible, less
seed required, less danger from
freezing S. V. BURKS,
County Agent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09
JOEL F. JOHNSON VICTIM Pc.
CULIAR ACCIDENT.

Joel r. Johnson, we'll known
land owner and planter, was the
victim of a peculiar as well as a
painful accident on his place near
Madison Station last week. He
was out In a field supervising
some hay cutting which was being
done by a negro who was operat-
ing mule-drawn moving ma
chine. 1t seems the team was not
moving ahead as rapidly as Mr..
johnson thought should be the
pace, and he sprang toward the
animals head to whip him UP.
This caused the team to swerve
violently to one side, which
brought the keen-edged cutter
solldly against Johnson's ankle.
The result was the complete dis
memberment of the foot, the bone
being cut clear through. Mr..
johnson maintained his nerve, di-
rectlng the panic-striken negroes
how to prepare tourniquet by
using plow line, and as soon as
the flow of blood was stopped
with the aid Of the negroes he
climbed into his moter car, driv-
ing directly to a drug store, bring
ing the dismembered foot along
with him which he viewed with
about the same degree of complac-
ency as though it had been cast
off shoe. Although he is a man
above 60years of age. Joel john
son carries the physical vigor and
stamina of most men of 40 and
holds himself entirely to blame
for the mishap.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

produced this year. There is no
real. overproduction. (2) Right
now, however, there is practically
no movement of cotton goods, a
wholly abnormal temporary dull
ness in the business of cotton
manufacturers, and Of course they
are not Offering normal prices for
cotton. Present prices are only
fictitious prices based on tempo
rarily demoralized market.
Nevertheless if one-fourth of
the cotton farmers of the south
are such fools as to accept this
fictitious under valuation for 1920
cotton, prices on the whole crop
will be lowered. We must keep
anybody and everybody from sell
ing at present prices.
2. Go to your county mass
meeting next Monday, -Septem-
Der 20, Every county in the south
is asked to hold a mass meeting of
its cotton farmers on this date, to
make plans for holding, ware
housing, cutting acreage and CO.
operative marketing Go and get
your neighbors to go, both land
lord and tenant, black and white.
We must educate everybody and
all classes to the Importance Of
this fight. And see to it that ev-
erybody makes some contribution
for supporting the Cotton Associ-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09
THE MONTGOMERY
COTTON MEETING
Six Things to Do to Help Get Bet
ter Cotton Prices.

What did the Cotton Associa-
toin Meeting at Montgomery Do?"
What can / do to help Get Bet
ter Prices?"
These two questions are now be-
ing asked on every hand. Per-
haps the best answer to both ques-
tions is given in the editorial re-
view of the work of the Mont
gomery meeting and it's plans as
given in the Progressive Farmer
of September 18th, an advance
copy which has been furnished US.
Which is as follows:
The great meeting of the Amer
lean Cotton Association in Mont
gomery, Ala, last week, discussed
lot of things, but we believe the
gist of the whole conference may
be given in six definite things
every cotton farmer in the south
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

alton in it's plans. A good method
will be to have every grower au-
thorize his ginner to deduct 10 to
rs cents a bale for the organiza-
ton. Business men should SUBJ
scribe literally, for no none will
be hurt more than they if the
south's spending power and debt
paying power is cut in half.
3. Cut your cotton acreage next
year by sowing a cord-breaking
grain crop this fall. Don't just
talk about cutting d1wn acreage"
"a negative sort of program. Tell
everybody to cut his cotton a.
creage by sowing more wheat,
oats, and rye, and by sowing more
clover to enrich the land for corn
next year. This is the only sensi-
bic way to reduce acreage.
4. Put your cotton in ware
house, and organize co-opera-
tive marketing association. Re-
markably important was the COM
prehensive report on cooperative
marketing adopted at Montgom-
cry, the result of months of labor
by Cotton Specialist Murph and
others. The report tells just how
to start cooperative selling with
official grading or chasing in your
community.
AS for warehouses, if there is
not sufficient warehouse room in
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09
List of Teachers Who Appeared
at First Teachers Examination.

The following named teachers
were in Grandon Friday and Sat-
urday, taking the examination:
Lola Summers, Puckett, Miss.
Ora L. Breland, Brandon.
Eva Ponder, Braxton, r. l.
Tom Ponder, Braxton, r. 1.
c. A. Knight, Pelahatchie, r. 2.
j. c. Ponder.
Mrs. w. L. Shultz, Jackson, r. a.
Eula Martin, Braxton, R. /.
Mrs. O. j. Kersh, Jackson, R. a.
Emma Lee Redfearn, Jackson,
R. 4.
Louise Long, Fannin.
F. M. Lowther, Mendenhall.
Eva Ponder, Braxton.
Maggie Boyd, Sandhill.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

your section, it will pay to hurry
up the construction of buildings
Of a cheaper sort. We do not be-
lieve of course that every COM
munity should be content with
such cheap and impermanent con-
struction, but this at least indi-
Gates that no community need ac-
cept the ridiculous prices now of
fered by bear spectators on the
ground that : can't house it's
crop.
5. Do all you can to help men
who are in tight place financial
ly from having to sacrifice their
cotton. Make it a point to see the
president or cashier of the bank
you do business with. Tell him a
large part of his business comes
from farmers and that farmers ex-
pect him to go the limit in help
ing them now. See your merchant
and tell him he had better suffer
some temporary inconvenience,
better wait until he can wait no
longer ON his cotton customers,
rather than force the south back
into the poverty and backward
ness it formerly suffered. And if
you have tenants or neighbors
who insist on selling anyhow, buy
their cotton if possible, and hold
it out of the regular channels of
trade
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

s. Demand also a fair price for
cotton seed. This subject has all
ready been discussed in previous
issues of the Progressive Farmer.
The decision Of the Montgomery
meeting was that farmers who can
use cottonseed meal for feeding
should exchange cotton seed for
an equal quantity of cotton seed
meal, or should sell seed when a
ton of seed is selling for as much
as ton of meal.
If this battle for better cotton
prices is to be won, the growers
themselves must fight to the finish.
Here are six definite things every
man can do. Check up yourself
and see how many of them you are
willing to do-and spread the
news to your neighbors.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

NOtICc Oh the lntenLlOn OF the
Board of Supervisors to Issue
Loan Warrants Upon the
Treasury of Rankin County.
NOTICE is hereby given that
for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of Rankin county, the
Board of Supervisors proposes to
issue loan warrants upon the
treasury of said county, at it's
next regular meeting, in October
1920, in the sum of Ten Thousand
Dollars, said warrants to bear in
terest at the rate of six per cent
UNI per annum and to be payable
February 1st, 1920. Said war
rants will be issued in the man
ner now provided by law.
Witness my signature, this the
9th day of September 1920.
S. d. DONNELL,
Chancery Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-09-09

can do to help the fight for better
prices:
l. First and foremost. hold
your cotton. We must show the
bear gamblers and their allies that
they have absolutely mistaken the
spirit and determination of the
southern people if they think we
will sit idly by and be robbed of
half the fruits of this years labor.
1t has cost between 80 and 10
cents a pound to make this years
crop. The decision of the Mont
gomery meeting was that 40 cents
should be minimum price for
middling.
Not only must each man resolve
to hold his own crop, but he must
see his neighbors and insist on
their holding. AS j. A. Brown
says, eve must shut up the mar
ket so tight that no man can buy
or beg bale Of cotton at present
prices-so that the only way to
get bale of new-crop cotton un-
til prices improve will be to steal
it!"
Mr.. j. A. Todd, the distinguish
ed English authority, who came
to Montgomery at President Wan
namaker's request, sized up the
present world-situation somewhat
as follows Cd The world will
need every bale of cotton that is