The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 20, 1906, Page 8, Image 8
Cotton Outlook.
Opinion of President Smith,
Formed after Tour of Cotton
Belt Storms, Rains,
Frost and Boll Wevil have
Creatly Damaged Crop.
While in Columbia thiR week
president K. D. Smith, of the
State Cotton Growers' Association,
cave out tlie following interview
: ''SinceSeptember 25th
1 have visited every cotton State,
winding up at Orangeburg, S. 0.,
Monday, October 8th. My trip,
therefore, covered a period in
which the Gulf storm that covered
eastern Louisiana, all of
Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama
occurred. The conditions,
as I found them previous to the
Storm, did not warrant the
expectation of a yield very greatly
in excess of last year. The
eneci 01 me siorm can never ue
1 ii 11y estimated until the tinal
yield ot ttie crop is known. There
certainly lias never been a more
disastrous storm in its elloct upon
cotton in the history of cotton
growing. In tlie States where
it raged worst at least t>0 per
cent of the entire matured crop
was open; the fields were while
from Alabama to Texas. In the
low lands the cotton was beaten
down, and over large territory
wa'er trom three to five inches
deep covered the ground and
a great amount of cotton not yet
open cotton that was beaten out
and ruined. The continued wet
weather, subsequent to the storm.
caused a great deal to sprout in
the boll and rotting oi unopened
bolls. The vitality of tlie plant
was greatly impaired by the
force ot t he wind and the etlec's
of the rain. Since then the wn
precedented cold wave, accompanied
with killing trost, lias
practically covered the entire
eastern halt ot the cotton belt.
' In Tex ts and the Territories,
where neither storm nor frost
have yet been, we lound that
the yield promised to be in oxcess
of last year, but even in tins
section the final outlook is proh'e.
matical, for the reason that boll
worm, caterpillar and boll we"vil
have covered a greater territory
than ever in the historv of
Texas. The entire Brasos Val
ley of central and eastern Texas;
in fact, tho entire co?t<>n producing
part of Texas, has not
made any cotton since the 1 ofh
ot September, nor will it make
any more, on account ot the boil
weevil Therefore a frost in
Texas would have practically 11 >
ell'ect 011 the ultimate yield of
her crop. The la dl weevil has
extended this year over the entire
lied River Val lev. in T.
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and into western and southern
Arkansas and into Oklah nn i and
Indian Territory, and is now
within twenty miles <?f the Mississippi,
prob ibly having crossed
this river this month. Therefore,
in my oppinion, tlie yield
of this crop will not very greatly
exceed, if it does exceed at all,
the yield of last year. To sum
the whole matter up, the conditions
are these: The weevil has
mada a top crop in Texas imposible
; jand citizens of that State
will tell you that no more cotton
s
Tor Vour Protection
we place thin InlH'l 011 every
package of Scott's Emulsion.
The man wltlia tlshon his hack
Is our trade-mark, and It Is a
guarantee that Scott's Emulsion
will do all that Is claimed
f? *? If V<?t lit liiMir
iv. in'i/tn ivi
throat or bronchial troubles In
Infant or adult. Scott's Emulsion
Is one of the greatest tteshbullders
known to the uiedlcal
world.
We'll send you a sample free.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
will he made in the cotton grow
ing section of Texas this season,
lvist of the Mississippi the storm
damage, and then in aldiini to
I that, the trust, has cut off any
j possibility ot any further inatur
ing and the destruction ot that
tha' was partiall .* mitured. Th-*
crop wis conceded bv all to be
from two to three weeks late;
the frost is Irom three to four
weeks early. Therefore, takini?
I the-o conditions all together, the
outturn ot this crop must be ex
eeedinglv small in comparis- n
with what was expected a few
weeks ago.
''The headlines in one ot the
South Carolina newspapers a
lew days ago were a little misleading,
in that they madejit appear
that I advised the farmers
to sell at ten cents a pound.
What I said then I repeat now :
That'lhe association fixed the
line in their .judgment below
which no one should sell a pound
ol cotton, at ten cents. 1 advised
the farmers that irom thisjficure
up, according to the market, it
| they were under obligation and
I had debts to meet, to ^sell suflicient
cot'on to meet their obli
gaiions and to use their judgment,
based upon the informaI
tion that we could cive tliem as
to the conditions as to what they
would do with the b dance.
.
'T al-o said th.it eott n was
cheap at twelve and one-half
|cents per pound, from the prei
in f I n/?L* I i I. t 1 a r? - ?r
...... oni.uun, i i III II /V ? ' > tM \
conservative cotton man, 1>??th
buyer, grower an I spinner, will
concede iliis to be 'rue. It will
certainly have to bring that
'price if the obliga'ions ol the
South, incurred in making this
crop, are met It ever there
was a time when prospects favjored
higher prices, this is the
time. Audit the farmers will
but market their crops conservatively,
not rush it to market,
in my judgment, they will be
richly rewarded lor so doing.
^ Young V.other at 70
"My mother has suddenly been made
voting ut 7o Twenty years of ii tense suffering
from dyspepsia had entirely disabled
her, until nix months a?o, when she began
t ikmg lilectric Hitters, whieh li??? imm.
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and activity she had in the prune of life,"
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Cotton Outlook.
View.S of Secretary Weston
11
of State Association, on th<
\
Situation?Some Interesting
Figures.
President Strait, of the Count)
Cotton Growers' Association, ha
received the following letter fron
Secretary Westou, of the Stat<
Association :
In looking over the Financia
& Commercial Chronicle pub
lished in New York and consid
ered a very reliable and accurat<
journal, I gathered the following
facts which may be of interest t(
you and the cotton growers n
your county. It you deem thi:
information of importance, J
would suggest that you have ii
published in your county papers
The article was written on Fri
day night,^October 5th, and tin
da'a is up to that date.
To'al receipts since
Sept. 1, to Oc\ 5,
15)00, 987,013 bales
Total receipts same
period, 1905, 1,208,545) '
(,
Decrease in receipts
of 1900
over 15)05, 281,530 "
Stock 1906, 495.584 bales,
" 1905, 779.344 "
Deficiency
in Stock of
1901 over
1905. 283,700
The visible supply
of American cotton
tonight.
October 5, 1906, 1,387,380 ba
5, 1905, 2,350,054 '
5, 1904, 1.650,400 ?
5, 1993, 1,125,302 "
Bear in miinl the fact that tilt
spindles have largely increased
lience the consumption <?l coftoi
is greater today than it has evei
been in tlie world.
From information gathered ai
the exchange today, the frosl
seems to have been all over the
cotton belt, with the possible exception
of Texas.
The Farmers Union fixed i;*
minimum price at eleven cents,
In view of these facts, I would
i suggest that cotton he -o 1 el conservatively.
I do not assume te
take the responsibility of advis
ing the holding of cotton. Bui
it is my pleasure to tubmit t(
the producer .ill the informatioi
I can gather in order that hi
may understand marketing hii
cotton.
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ducks, guineas, eggs, butter,
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that we find it difficult to
keei ) enough meat to supply our
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; paying a little better price than
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I want to buy corn, peas, green
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We wish to say to our trade
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA*
County of Lancaster.
In the Common Pleas.
Arthur P. llorton et. al , Plaint ifli^4 |
against
AlleeT. llorton. Defendant,
Pursuant to an order of court made
in the above stated cause, hy.ludge
Prince, dated oct.s 1!?(???, the undersigned
will sell at Lancaster ( . IL. at
public auction, on the tirst Monday in
November, next, within the legal
hours of sale, the following described
real estate, to-wit : All that piece,
parcel or tract of land being, lying
and situate in Pleasant II ill township,
in Lancaster county, -tate of South
Carolina, containing 125 acres, more
or less,bounded on the north hy lands
of II. II Norton, Jr., W. ,S. llorton
and Lee llorton; east hy lands of \V.
S. Norton and Robert Caston; south
by estate lauds of E. It Cook, and
west oy lanus 01 >. >1. >?*hi and
Oye.
Terms of sale. Cash; purchaser or
purchasers to pay for papers.
.1. F. GREGORY,
C. C. C. 1*. L. C.
Lancaster, S.C., Oct. 0, IflOtl,
Green A Hines. IMaintitFa' Attorneys,
Executor's Sale.
I will sell at public auction,on Mon- ;
day, the oth day of November, l!?0(!, at
Lancaster. S. o., at 12 o'clock M., tract
of land in Lancaster county, South
C arolina, containing about bolt acres,
known as Tract 4 of the estate lands
of Julius Mills, bounded north and
west by Catawba atid Wateree rivers
as per plat of W. K Duren, 1).H.: bein^
tract conveyed by I) A. Williams,
clerk of court, to Anniu w
by deed dated the second day of December.
1889, and recorded in Deed
Hook G. pH^es 'A and 4.
Terms cash, or one-third cash and
the balance payable in t wo equal successive
annual instalments, with interest
from date of sale, secured by
bond of the purchaser and mortga|(e
of the premises. Purchaser to pay for
deed $1000, and all taxes payable on
and after January let, 1H>7.
All rents due for this year (1000)
are retained by the executor.
A.M. LEK, Executor, j
Estate of Annie K. Kobinson, Dec'd.'i