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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1922 *
A MENACE TO CIVILIZATION. 1
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Concerning the necessity for ex- 1
pending every effort for the discovery
of some means to lessen the dam.
ages done by the boll -weevil, the t
Manufacturers Record, in its cur- e
rant issue, states the case strongly *
and truthfully when it says: e
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"Cotton is in many respects the ^
Most important single industry in
the world, when we consider it
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from its production as a raw mate- c
rial to its manufacture and its wide ?
ramifications in world trade. It represents
an aggregate investment in ^
lands, in mills and cognate industries
f $25,000,000,000 or over. The
South alone has about $1,000,000, 00
invested in cotton mills, knitting ^
Hills and kindred interests, and many
billionB in its production.
"The Hpvplnnment of the cotton
industry during the first half of the
last century was the greatest busi- ^
ness achievement during that period a
i* the world. Beginning with a production
of a few bales in the early ^
years of that century, cotton-grow- ^
ing developed in the South to a point ^
where it largely dominated the finances
and politics of this country and ^
of Europe.
* 'During the Civil War the famine
ia cotton endangered the welfare of
Millions of people in England. The /
poverty in the Lancashire district
during that four-year period stands
out as one of the awful records in L
ffcp Hfp nf an industrial center. A
few months ago one of the foremost
cotton manufacturers of England
wrote to an American friend that the
1 inability of England to Becure its g
usual supply of American cotton, in y
*ny one year, would cause greater e
distress in the Lancashire district n
than did the War. Millions of people F
in Lancashire are wholly dependent t<
on the manufacture of cotton. Mil- 1<
lions of people throughout the world h
?hundreds of millions, indeed?are a
dependent for clothes upon the pro- v,
duction, from the South's staple, of o
the finished cloth. Millions of people t<
in this country are directly depend- h
ent upon the growing and handling a
of cotton, while the finaneial inter- tl
ests of the nation would be shaken a
to their foundation by the loss of
the cotton trade. The South could c<
weather the storm better than any d
other section, because the South t.
could turn it3 farm lands into the f<
production of diversified agriculture, J]
once more regaining the prosperity ti
which never would have been lost if di
this section had not by force of cir- a]
cumstances unwisely centered its st
agriculture upon the production of oj
cotton. c<
"This great industry, without P
which the world could scarcely main- c<
tain its civilization?for without cot- F
ton clothes we would sink back into t?
barbarism?is menaced by the boll- b;
weevil. This is not merely a menace lc
to the South, for the South could
stand the shock of its cotton crop
being destroyed, better than the If
world could stand the loss of cotton tl
goods. It is a menace to the nation? d
a menace to civilization itself. b
"It is, therefore, incumbent upon 1?
every agency of this Government h
and of all other civilized govern- ri
ments, upon chemical manufacturers, f<
* cotton manufacturers and financiers,
to spend money with the utmost free- c
drm in encouraging chemists and tl
others to find a remedy for the boll- ii
woev:l. Various remedies are being b
developed; some of them are more or F
less successful; but the task is very s
great. The danger of the destruction C
of the cotton industry is so vast that s
until the whole nation realizes th?
extent and importance of that indus- s
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ace the task will not be tackled on a C
scale commensurate with the magni- 1
tude of the problem to be solved. t
"The world faces a cotton famine: ?
civilization may be at stake by tho \
loss of cotton. But we believe a rem- r
dy will be found. We believe that
his crop?in many respects the most
mportant single crop ever given by
. beneficent Providence to humanity
?will be saved from the destructive;
tower of the boll-weevil, but we beieve
that the utmost energy of the
lation must be concentrated upon
he solving of this great problem." ;
As we have suggested before, it
s not to be hoped that any remedy
or the present evil will be found
vhich will entirely eradicate it. The,
nost to be hoped for, certainly in j
he next few years, is that some
neans will be found of so lessening
ne uaiuogca UVUE m
n this section that people on the
'arms may. be enabled to make a
iving, and the people of the world
nay secure necessary wearing ap-J
;arel.
The necessity that every effort j
ooking to this ead be expended by
he United States government and
ivery other agency is so apparent
hat we cannot understand on what
:round an appropriation for investiration
in this 3tate could be denied
y the legislature.
What controls the weevil in one
ection does not control it in another.
5o that we not only need general
:nowledge on the subject, but we
leed a knowledge of the evil as it
ffects the people of South Carolin
Ve cannot afford to sit idle anal
How the chief, and almost the only,
loney crop of the state to be desroyed.
TRIBUTE TO JUDGE GARY
The court of general sessions of
ipartaraburg county was adjourned j
11 day Saturday out of respect to,
he memory of the late Judge j
'rank B. Gary, who died in Uhareston
on Thursday and was buried
t Abbeville on Saturday. Special
udge Ramage paid a high tribute
o the deceased jucge, which was
pread on the journa! of the court.
?Carolina Citizen.
kLLENDALE HONORS
MEMORY OF JUDGE GARY
.ast Placc Late Judge Held Court.
Number Speeches Made and
Court Adourns
Allendale, Dec. 19.?The court of
eneral sessions which convened here
esterday morning held memorial exrcises
at 5 o'clock yesterday afteroon
in honor of the late Judge
'rank B. Gary, who died in Charles
' - ? ?MMA T* TWO a AT ?
on a lew wccrs ugw. it, naa at,
?ndale that Judge Gary, held his
ist term of court, being forced to
djourn court here on Tuesday of
hat was to have been a full week
f civil court in September, afir
having been stricken during court
ours. He never recovered from the
ttack and spent the greater part of
le time between when he left here
nd his death in the hospital.
A resolution was offered to the
jurt by James M. Patterson, presient
of the Allendale Bar associa
on, expressing the high regard felt
' v _ _ i 1 1
)r tfte late jurist oy me mcai uai.
[r. Patterson spoke to the resoluon,
speaking in general of the aruous
duties of the lawyer in gener1
and of jurists in particular. He
tid the avrage life of a lawyer was
nly ten years and that of the jurists
>nsiderably less. The bench, Mr.
atterson said, had suffred an inilculable
loss when it lost Judge
rank B. Gary and in evidence of
ie high regard in which he was held
r f-ho lnpnl bar he offered the fol
>wing resolution:
"Resolved, That in the death of
le Hon. Frank B. Gary the state has
>st one of its most useful citizens,
le bar one of its most earnest stuents
and clearest thinker3 and the
ench a most conscientious and
?arned member, a man devoted to
is duties, clear and concise in his
uling as well aK vigorous in the enorcement
of the laws.
"Be it further resolved, That a
opy of the resolutions be spread on
he minutes of this court and therei
suitably inscribed and that a copy
e forwarded to the widow, Mrs.
'rank B. Gary, and to the distin*
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irsneci orouier ui mc u^v^..av>t |
"hief Justice Eugene B. Gary of the
tate supreme court."
State Senator J. Henry Johnson in
econding the resolutions spoke of
lis high personal opinion of Judge j
Jary as a patient, conscientious, j
earned and cultured member of the j
>ar and a most eminent and distin- j
,'uished man, which the state as i
vhole should r'>v *n>~t
nembcr of a d:stinguished family had j
passed away, and South Carolina
had lost one of her noblest, best and
proudest sons, said Senator Johnson
in conclusion. jj?
Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh of ^
the Fourteenth circuit, who is hand
n
ling the state's legal affairs here this I ^
week, also spoke to the resolution,!
giving in a few well chosen remarks fiu
his high opinion of Judge Gary re- Q
suiting from his association with him Q
in tke courts of this district. "I have [
never been associated with any judge |
who more closely cooperated with me j[
as his associate in the application of
justice than the eminent jurist whom ?
wt seek to honor this afternoon,"
said Solicitor Murdaugh. He said m
further that the late judge was a man
of upright character and one of 1
South Carolina's noblest and most j J 1
highly revered jurists. il i
Special Judge Mendel L. Smith, 1 1
who is presiding here this week, in ^
ordering the adoption of the resolu- '
tions made some eloquent remarks S '<
upon the resolution. He stated that I !
the office of circuit judge offers the ? |
greatest opportunity in his opinion U
that is offered within the realm of rf
public duty or service to one's coun- S
try. He recited the arduous duties rt
that devolve upon the circuit judge A
and lauded in the highest terras that ft
office. "I know of no man who had-tjl
a clearer conception of the spirit of ?
the law and its enforcement than the 3
late Judge Gary, and I hold him high
in my memory as a man of culture, "f
learning and a most elegant gentleman
and scholar." tt
Court was adjourned until 9 o'clock U
tomorrow morning as a further mark Q
of respect to the memory of Judge B;
Gary. Q
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This Christmas Song Service has
sen made the great distinctive
ature of the musical year at
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Rice $1.00
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the best artists of the wnole town in
are engaged, and for the splendid mai
success of the enterprise the re- tha
ligious and artistic community is ??
indebted to the genius of Mrs.
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All kinds of Spices, Powdered Si
Baking Powder, Whole and Gra
rants, Seeded Raisins, Can Grate
apple, Bartlett Pears, Dessert P(
Coffee, Fancy Irish Potatoes
Evaporated Peaches, Prunes, Etc
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and we will be pleased to help yc
msa Dinner, Supper or Breakfast
Big Lot of New Army Goods Jw
Cheap."
$1,000.00 worth of SHOES?Ju
Women's and Children's, i
Bargain Prices.
Spartanburg and the make* aid
nagex of the remarkable choir
t sings at Bethel every Sunday.
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