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FARMERS ASKED TO DONATE COTTON AND GRAIN FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF Western Farmers Urged To Donate $250,000 Worth of Grain South Asked For $250,000 Worth Of Cotton Columbia. Dec. 15.?A plan for the people of the South and West to contribute to their agricultural products to the relief of the Near | East sufferers and the Polish people is being worked upon by the Amer:-| ? can Cotton Association. The plan was evolved by Loui? I. Guion, of: Logoff, a member of the executive, committee of the South Carolina Cotton Association and was endors-| ed by the South Carolina Cotton As sociation at its annual meeting last > Wednesday. I The plan calls for a contribution nf Arwttwn in value to $250,000 by the people of the West. J. Skot towe Wannaniaker, president of the ^ Why g Suffer? ? CanW'Dkl Wonders for Me," DdmiBitLk^. "1 suSered for a long time with womanly weak neo," says Mis. J. R Simpson, ol 57 Spruce SI., Asbrdlle, N. C. "1 finally got to the place where it wai an effort for me to go. 1 would have bearing-down pains In my tide and back ? es S, pedally severe across my back, and down in my tide there was a treat deal ol loreness. I was nervous aad easily ftp l ? * a TAKE CARDUI The Woman's Toole "1 heard of Cardui and decided to use it," con tinues Mrs. Simpson. "I saw shortly it was bene fiting me, so I kept it up I and it did wonders for fl^di me. And since then I have been glad to praise Cardui. It is the best woman's tonic made." Weak women need a tonic. Thousands and thousands, like Mrs. Simpson, have Sound Cardui of benefit forthem. Try Cardui for your trou ble. ALL DRUGGISTS J. 80 :Kjm y bd r?* ?1 8 FOR YOUI S? To be healthy and strong, you r in your blood. When your blood la< ?and you are bound to suffer for nervous people, who suffer from pains, lack of appetite, and who f< probably need iron in their blood an< ! Tr I I i k The Scientifi Mr. A. R. Erwin writes from Oc taken very little medicine of any ki my back, pains in the muscles of weak, languid, depressed, no energ took three bottles of Ziron, and got Get a bottle of Ziron Iron Tonic Tab benefit you. your money will be refunded, fo back fuarantee. a. CAPPER MEASURE PASSES HOUSE Exempt* Farmer From Sherman Anti-Truit Laws Washington, Dec. 16.?The Cap-J per-Hersmann bill exempting far-1 mers' co-operative marketing asso- j ciations from the provision of the Sherman anti-trust law was passed today by the Senate without a re- j cord vote. The bill now goes to conference for consideration of the Senate amendment providing that the Fed-; eral Trade Commission instead of the Secretary of Agriculture snail pass on complaints against any co operative association. Other amendments added by the Senate provide that complaints against the cooperative associations shall be heard in the federal judi-j cial district in which the principal office of the association is located, and that any attempt to create a monopoly or resort to unfair me-j thods^ of competition in commerce shall make the association liable to prosecutions under the anti-trust Jaws and the Clayton act. Associations formed under the measure must operate for the mu tual benefit of the members. No member is permitted to have more than one vote regardless of the1 amount of stock or membership capital and dividends are limited to 8 per cent of the capital stock. Mount Fuji in Japan has heat enough in some of its steaming fis sures to permit eggs to boil. American Cotton Association, has been delegated to work out the de tails of the plan. The resolution adopted by the i Sont.Vi Pjjrrtlinfl TVivisirvn #vf Am erican Cotton Association follows. J "Our attention has been called to; the urgent und immediate need of| the thousands of children and wo-' men in the Near East including Ga licia, Ldthunia, Poland, Russia, Palestine and Armenia, i "The American Jewish Relief Committee and the Near East Relief are associations collecting funds to save these unfortunate from cold, I hunger and annihilation. "At this time the South and West are without money so that we can I not render financial aid sucfc as wej would line, ana swu ineir cry icw help should not fall on deaf ears. "The South and West are rich in the products of their several see-! tions. Being inclined to render such! aid as lies within our power, we the South Carolina Division of the Am erican Cotton Association, in con vention assembled, call upon the people of the South and West to con' tribute from our products, material for food and clothing to protect ! these distressed people. "Therefore, be it resolved that J we delegate Mr. J. S. Wannamakar president of the American Cotton ! Association to communicate with ? the grain growers of the West urg ing them to contribute agriculture I products amounting to $250,000 and that he urge the American Cot-! ton Association to join in with the | American Jewish Relief Committee j and the Near East Relief to contri bute cotton equal in value to a like sym $250,000 from Southern States." R BLOOD j nust have a certain amount of iron :ks iron, nothing can take its place iron until you get it. Pale, weak, headaches, indigestion, rheumatic :el tired, worn-out and depressed, i should take c Iron Tonic ilia, Ga.: "1 am a man of 65; have nd. Two years ago 1 got a pain in my arm and leg; no appetite, very y, nervous and irritable ... I all right." lets, today. If the first bottle taken falls to r all good druggists sell Ziroi on a money ZJ iM BIG BANKING COMPANY FORMED FOR SOUTH Subscribed Stock of Seven Million Dollars Reported?Directors Named; Will Be Con firmed New Orleans, Dec. 18.?The Fed eral International Banking com pany, with subscribed stock of $7, 000,000 was formally launched here today at a meeting of the cam paign committee. Fifteen members of the board of directors were nomi nated at tonight's conference and will be presented to a meeting ol the stockholders to be held here January 7 for confirmation. Following the confirmation of the board of directors by the stock holders, officers of the new institu tion will be elected by the board and the bank will begin to function under the privisons of the Edge del and under a charter from the fed eral reserve board. The conference held here today was attended by bankers from nine Southern states, the banks of which have participated in-the preliminary j organization and subscribed the capital stock. A canvass of the stoci v pa&oqe ??poi suopdu.ieq.nG total of $7,000,000 has been sub scribed, making it possible for the corporation to begin with a capital of $1,000,000 in excess of the amount originally agreed upon. Stock in the corporation will be divided into 70,000 shares at a pai value of flOO each and in view oi the oversubscription, it was decided to hold the stock subscription books open and instruct the campaign committee to solicit subscriptions with a view to nicreasing the captal stock to $10,000,000. At the meeting of the stockhold ers in this city on January 7 the banks making subscriptions to the capital stock will actually pay in the tresaury 25 per cent, of their sub scriptions, making it possible for the organization to begin to func tion immediately. Subscriptions by states so far ac tunllv as nnnnnncpH tndflv are as follows: Arkansas, $427,000; Alabama, $543,675; Florida, $112, 000; Georgia, $1,400,000; Louisi ana, $1,710,725; Mississippi $390, 900; South Carolina, $225,600; Tennessee $622,500; Texas, $1, 550,000?total, $7,000,000. Among those named ' on the board of directors are: Mills B. Lane, president Citizens and Sou thern bank of Savannah; Robert F. Maddox, president Atlanta Nation al bank of Atlanta; John K. Ottley; president Fourth National bank of Atlanta; J. Pope Matthews, presi dent Palmetto National bank of Co lumbia, S. C., and Arthur F. Perry, president Florida National bank of -TnMrsnnvillp Under the plan of organization, the bank will assist Southern pro ducers in marketing their surplus products abroad by furnishings the means of extending credit to those countries desiring it for the pur chase of Southern supplies. *, DORMITORIES AT CHAPEL HILL ARE RAIDED BY BURGLARS Chapel Hill, N. C., Dec. 18.?In the most daring robbery ever known here burglars last night swept through five dormitories at the Uni versity of North Carolina and took from students' rooms more than 30 watches and several hundred dol i l ?I.. lars in casn. in net?ny cvciy in stance the watches and money was taken from rooms in which two and three students were Sleeping. Sever al times the students woke up while a man was in their room, but when the stranger explained that he had blundered into the wrong room in the dark their suspicions were al layed. The robbers escaped in an au tomobile. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING A special meeting of the stock holders of the Planters Bank is here by called by the directors to meet in the office of the president of said bank at 12 o'clock noon Thursday, December 30th, to consider a resolu tion adopted by the directors to in crease the capital stockfrom $40,000 to an amount not exceeding $100,000 and to transact any other business that shall come before it. OTTO BRISTOW, Cashier. 4t-12, 8, 13, 20, 27th. Wealthy English children, in the eighteenth century, had toys of solid silver. Take out a member Club and save system; year. Everybody wel< join. Our Christmas Dec. 21 Any amount per week : Christmas you will hav Yniira fnr a ha: and prosperoi County Sa\ Sound :: Sal fl. A. NEUFFER, President. ALBERT HENRY, Vice-President. TEXTILE WAGES MUCH REDUCED Decided Redaction Made in New England?Notices are Posted Boston, Dec. 14.?A reduation of about 22 1-2 per cent in the wages of approximately one-third of the OAA AAA lAv+i'lt mrtrVoK! in Maw of several days tha that company, whi mills, had not yet matter. The reduction, -vt fective in most pia in effect cancels trw during tlu? past yef prices approximatel that obtained befor I OVViVVV ICAV I England was announced today. The t notices were posted in Lawrence, j LoweH, New Bedford and other cen ters of the industry in Maine and i Rhode Island. For the most part j # | they applied to mills making cot"x>n j goods, but in a few instances, opera j tives on worsteds were involved, j Other cotton manufacturers have I indicated that the^r would fall into ! line, but whether the woolen and J worsted mills will take similar ac | tion at this time is uncertain. Wil i liam M. Wood, president of the A 1 merican Woolen company, s;aid he had no word to add to his statement cent increase last 3 The manufacture nounced that the a1 the mill worker tl new schedule would The question of in the extensive cot River is under neg( ufacturers and lab of the other center! in this section wer the announcement 1 Boston, Dec. 14. tile mills of Maine in Rhode Island wil Here's Your CI Heme ml to the a< of yours Well. CI you to Ii snag on Start a tor the 1 They'll ? a gift an PL The Hom< ZINGS "BANK " IT OFF! men and women who ship in ourChristmas itically during next come. No charge to i Club Opens , 1920 from lc. up, and next e money to spend. ppy Christmas is Neu> Year rings Bank :e :: Service R.. E. COX, Cashier. P. E. BELL, Asst. Cashier. , t the directors of on December 20 and 22 1-2 per ch operates 5p cent wage reduction- announced to ijj J i-*- - -i ? - coiusiaereu uie rhich is made ef ces next Monday 0 increases made ar and restores y to the figures e a 12 1-2 per rear. rs of Lowell an /erage wage of lere under the 1 be $2L-a week, reducing wages ton mills at Fall! jtiations by man-i or leaders. Most I s of the industry j e represented in; aay in Lawrence, Lowell and New Bedford and in many smaller New England mill centers. The reduc tion, will apply to about 100,000 operatives. The posting of notices of reduc tion at the largest cotton mills in Lawrence today was duplicated in a large number of Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island cities. In some instances the amount of the reduction was not specified, but it was understood that it would be ap proximately the same in all cases. The Amoskeag mills of Manchester, N. H., one of the largest cotton and worsted manufacturing plants in the country, and other mills in New HflmnsKrirp Iiavp n/vf vpf maH? anw jf today. announcement as to a reduction. At ? Pall River, one of the principal tex ?All of the tex- tile centers, manufacturers and un and virtually all (ion labor leaders are conducting ne il put into effect gotiations regarding wages. fiance! )er how hard it seemed to get 'round dual si rating of that savings account ? , liristmas gives a bully opportunity for elp some young person over this rough the road to financial advancement. Savings Account?for any amount? joy or girl. ippreciate Ihe Ihoughtfulness of such d have pride in building it up. inters Bank "The Friendly Bank" ABBEVILLE, S. C. i of Over 1000 Bank Accounts. n