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FIGURING ON ? AN! Some American Cotton A Prove Interesting-C Cents a Pound, Si Columbia, July 2G. Spocirl: Coi tou producen should now receive 7 ". cents per pound for their product, | basis middling, declares President J. S. Wan nu maker, of the American Cotton Association. Ile terms this a fair price compared to what the public is paying for manufae'ured cotton good?, and says that b >c iuse of the groat world demand fi- the staple, tho supply and demand situa tion and the increased cost of pro duction, the raw product will soon he worth more than it has sold for since tho Civil War. .Mr. Wa nu tuna ker says As to Supply and Demand. Our exports have completed a tho rough Investigation as to the supply and demand for raw cotton. They were guided in this investigation of supply and demand solely for the purpose of securing accurate, con servative and correct ligures, and have submitted the following report as to tho supply and demand of American cotton. This statement has been submitted to leading linns engaged in various industries affected hy cotton, includ ing cotton buyers, manufacturers of raw cotton and dry goods people, and many of them state that they con sider the same conservative: Total visible supply of American cotton, as of .Inly 3, lilli?: li? 19 Bales. Liverpool stock. 34 G,OOO Manchester stock. 45,000 Continental stock . 220,000 American,afloat for Europe 435,896 U. S. port stock. 1,258,484 U. S. interior stock. 1,027,232 U. S. exports to-day . 7 2,335 Total American .3,409,947 This visible supply will, of course, be very materially reduced at the present rate of consumption before the close of the present cotton year ending duly 31, 19 19. Hales. Total amount cotton car ried over from yr. clos ing .Inly. 31, 19 19. into year opening August 1, 1 919 . 2.700.1MI0 Production of cotton from growing crop as shown by government esti mate, approximately . . 10,9(10,000 Total .I 3,1160,000 A painstaking investigation con vinces us thai Hie countries named below will t'mance and consume the following nmounl ol' cotton. How ever, this only represents the press ing and absolutely necessary de mand, which amount will be con sumed as shown: Hales. C. s. will reunir?. 8,500,000 Europe will require.I o,ooo,(too (?thor countries of the world, Including Japan, will roil u i re . 2,500,000 Total absolutely necessary requirements .2 1 .ooo.ooo This will show a shortage in supply of. 7,:MO,000 (See paragraph below headed "Im portant," which swells this total to 0,050,000 bales. ) In this estimule we have shown Europe far below her requirements. Europe shows a shortage of cotton bought in the lasl four years,as com pared with Hie previous four years, of 15,935,437 bales. 'Japan will certainly make a des perate effort to secure an amount ol' raw cotton far in excess of tho TRY IT! KI BSTITI TE IOU NASTY CALOMEL. Starts Your Liver Without Making You Sick, anil Cannot Salivate. livery druggist in (own your Iritgglsl and everybody's druggist- . ns noticed a great falling off in thc He of calomel. They all give Hm uno reason: Dodson's Liver Toni? taking its place. "Calomel is dangerous, and people {now it, while Dodson's Liver Tone perfectly safe and gives better ro . m's," said a prominent local drug f . .. Dodson's Liver Tone is person guaranteed by every druggist sells lt. A largo bottle costs a few cents, and if it fails to i\ easy relief in every case of liver iabness and constipation, you only to ask for your money b? ck. son's Liver Tone is a ploasant purely vegetnblo remedy, .ss to both children and adults, spoonful at nigh ' "-ike ng fine-no billo c h?) acid stomach Or roi . .1 ht . 's. It doesn't gr . 3 noch lenco all the nt r<- ? e lol? Ul ' domel. Tnko a do:-:o of i - i ? .ny, and' to-morr on il A 1 k and nausea>'< d. i t Jose i day's work! Tal ?"<? s L .? Cone instead (ind f * HI ol . '1 ambition.- rtv ?UPPLY 3 THE DEMAND ssociation Figures that will onditions Warrant 75 lys Wannamaker. umoilili (?ui.sumed during the present I year. (Important-In Hie above esti mate we have shown the government estimate as to the production of cotton amounting to approximately 10,960,000 bales. With information before us as to the abandonment of ac; 'age, we lind, as a result of a very ca;'-ful investigation and recheck, thai the abandonment is s \<? per cent. The government condition re port was tho lowest in M years. With information before us as to acreage and condition, we consider a crop of 10,000,000 huies a liberal estimate, and taking this from the government estimate, there is a difference shown of 0 00.000 bales. Add this amount to the above shortage in supply of 7,340,000 bales, and it makes ti total shortage before tho 1020 crop will become available of 8,300,000 hales.) Concerning the visible supply of cotton shown above, which enters llnally lalo surplus, lt is the unani mous opinion of our exports that the visible supply of cotton would ie enormously decreased by an a ct uni count. This, of course, is caused by UUSpinnable cotton, and also by rot ten cotton duo to enormous amount of cotton being exposed, entirely un protected, during the past wet win ter as a result of the acute la".or situation and congested .conditions, lt is estimated that the decrease frota these conditions will amount io around 750,000 '.ales. This, added to the shortage of 8,300,000 bales as shown above, will make a total shortage in supply of raw cotton as compared with the pressing demands of 0,050,000 bales. We find that, regaidless of tho fact that Europe purchased in the last four years 15,1135,437 bales of cotton less than for pie previous four years, the amazing fact stares us in the face that there were still 3,000, ptio bales more cotton actually con sumed from the four last consecutive crops of American cotton than was produced. The trade is overlooking these startling facts. According to the latest figures obtained from the Department of Agriculture in Wash ington, the world':! production of colton for the last four years shows an enormous shortage as follows: World's production - I !i 1 .". .17.000,0 00 bales lit|? .1 8,005,000 bales 1017 . 17,4 1 0,000 bales I01S (shortage even greater than shown above. Exact ligures liol yet compiled. ? The world's consumption for the last four years has exceeded Hie world's production, as follows: World'tS consumption - 1 !t ] ;, .10,701,000 bales I ii 1 0 . 21,01 1,000 bales 1017 .20.1 Sd,0(10 bales 101S .1 7.Tu 1.000 hales lt is our unanimaus opinion Dial the above ligures are conservative; that it will be necessary for tho mills to curtail production -in many cases to close down - before the 1020 crop becomes available; and that we are facing a cotton famine. Wo have rendered the above report upon true conditions and facts, and without bias, it being our sole purpose to render a correct statement. Cost of Production. Tho following facts have been com piled regarding the cost of produc tion of (he 1018 cotton crop: Cxpert representatives of the De partment of ''Agriculture, employed tor the purpose of making an esti mate of the cost of production of the lOIS cotton crop, lind that this cost is in excess of ?{fl cents per pound, nashs middling. The cost of produc tion of the lulu crop thal is. the growing crop will be far in excess ol t he ! .i I S crop. Wo are now engaged willi the best experts obtainable in preparing a .statement showing the cost of pro duction of the present growing crop. This statement cannot be compl?t?e until Hie season has become far enough advanced io ascertain ap proximately correctly Hie produc tion, which will probably be ascer tained tho first part of September, at which time a statement showing the cost of production of sahl crop will be completed. We are conducting in every section of the belt a thorough and painstaking investigation, so as to show the absolutely correct cost. With information before us. how ever, wo lind that this cost will be far above the cost of the 10 ls cot ton crop. World's Needs for 1020. W . working with leading expo paring a Statemoni ns to t needs for cotton for tho . menclng August 192' '1 bea . esHtn: << :.. . being madi ' purp . tullich lng m j h im gre wilt nc. lind ateo for the purpose of deciding up- . on the acreage to he planted in cot- j ton in 1 ii20. Cotton will not he sold below the minimum price agreed upon, nor will an aero be plantea excess of the acreage recommended. A mammoth meeting of the Amer ican Cotton Association, with repre sentutives from every county in tho | cotton belt, will be held as soon as these reports have been rendered, and al this time a minimum price at which cotton will be sold, based upon these reports, will be agreed upon. The acreage to be planted in Ii?20, based likewise on this infor mation, will be agreed upon, and not a pound of cotton will be sold below the minimum price so established, and only the acreage agreed upon will be planted. .Many of the European countries consumed every pound of cotton available during the war. Germany even used all mattresses, cushions and everything containing colton, and Germany is to-day in tho mar ket for re-gins and linters to help replace this shortage and help till her great demand for cotton. However, there will not be even enough re-glns and linters, which went begging and which we thought valueless, to any thing like HU the demand. Cotton is worth, basis middling. 7? cents per pound, based on tho price, of tho manufactured product. Based on supply and demand as j shown above, it will be worth tho ? nighest price for which it has sold i since the War Hetween the States. I lt will prove a wise business policy to hold your cotton until it brings a price based on these conditions, and to plant your lands in food and feed crops, which require much less labor, and which crops are bringing very profitable prices. Do not swap ono bird in the hand for two in tho bush. You have your cotton: hold j it; do not sell at these prices for the purpose of planting more with the hope of making another crop, and with the hope that you will be able to sell lt for something like what lt I is actually worth. Demand it for the cotton that you have held and you will get the price. ; LIFT OFFICORNS! Apply few drops then lift tore, touchy corns off with fingers Don't suffer! A tiny bottle of] Freezone costs but a few cents at i any drug store. Apply a few drops on the corns, calluses and "hard skin" on bottom of feet, then lift I hem off. When Freezone removes corns from tho toes or calluses from the bottom of foot, the skin beneath is loft pink and healthy and never sore, tender or Irritated.-adv. Senator Tillman's Will. (Augusta Herald, t .A copy of tho will of the late Uni ted states Senator, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of Trenton. S. C., was (lied with the local (Merk of Court Tues day, together with tho papers ap pointing his son, H. lt. Tillman, .lr., oxeen tor. Tho will was originally Hied with the Clerk of Court at Ridgefield, S. C., last August, following the death, on July :?. HHS. of the Senator. I'nder this will Miss Lona Tillman Moore is given thc Tillman property at the corner of Broad and Kollock streets, now occupied by Ibo Augusta Vulcanizing Company. Tho other property of the late Senator, con sisting of valuable farm lands in tho counties of ( ? roon wood. Aiken and Edgefleld, South Carolina, and other properly in North Carolina, was di vided among Iiis widow and four chil dren. Certain sets ol' books wore loft to his grandchildren, but tho bulk of his library is to romain at the Till man homo at Trenton. Two busts of the lalo Senator were given to Clem- | son and Winthrop Colleges. Hy the j terms of the will tho children are re quired to care for one of the old and faithful servants at the Tillman homo. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood, Im Ideation, and act as a General Strength : to the whole system. Naturo will then llifov - dispel tho worms, and the Child wlllbo "i> . : ealth. Pleasant to take 60c per bottle. I , in advance-Courier $1 year. THE ABIJE VILLE MU H HEH CASK. Detect Ivos Work i HR on Mark Smith Case rind Themselves Powerless. | Columbia, July 23, - Governor ; Cooper bas bad two detectives inves tigating the killing of .Mark Smith, a negro, near Abbeville, moro than a 1 month ago. The detectives, after j spending several weeks on the case, | reported to the Governor that, while tho identity of the persons who did | the killing is quite generally known j in and around Abbeville, it ls im possible at this time to get anybody who could give direct evidence to j make the required affidavits, and that i they feel that it would be useless for thom to stay on the case any longer. They say that many of the good peo ple of Abbeville seem to be afraid to discuss the matter at all, and that Sheriff Hurts seems to be absolutely ! helpless. The detectives say it would he easy for a local man to secure suf ficient evidence upon which to ask for conviction, but that it would be useless for an outsider to attempt it now. 'lue killing of the negro Smith was one of the most unusual that ever occurred in this state. About a year ago Smith was tried in the Sessions | Court at Abbeville on the charge of i assault and battery with intent to kill and was acquitted, lt appeared from the testimony that he shot hud wounded Deputy Sheriff Cann,of Ab beville, who was searching the ne gro's house. Tho officer did not have a search warrant and was ?leting un lawfully in making the search, and it was upon this ground that the negro was acquitted. Smith left the community after the trial and re I mained away for several mon hs, but later returned, and was living on a farm several miles below the town of Abbeville. About two months ago he was driving lo his home late one af ternoon, accompanied by his wife and mother, when an automobile contain ing several white men drove up be j hind them. The men opened lire and I Smith was instantly killed. The men took his body into the automobile with them and drove off. About a week later the body was found In the Savannah river and was brought ashore, and Sheriff Hurts, o{ Abbe ville, was notified. Hy the time he could reach the scene unknown par ties had got to the spot ahead of him and had mutilated the body, cutting off the head and inflicting other lnju I rios. The affair caused a great deal of talk, of course, but no arrests were 1 made, (iovernor Cooper sent two de tectives to Abbeville county, and they j worked on the ease for several weeks with the result as stated. They say that most of the people of Abbeville seem anxious for the men to be brought to trial ano punished, ?md thai the identity of the persons who did the killing seems to be a matter of pretty general knowledge, but j that everybody seems to be afraid to i make a move toward bringing them to justice. The detectives gathered tho Impression that the men who did tho killing, und some of their friends, had declared they would kill anybody j who attempted to make a move against them, and that tho matter is ! resting in that shape. Sheriff Hurts is not imiking any move, and seems j to bo absolutely helpless. Tho killing of the negro Smith re calls tho murder of another negro, Anthony Crawford, ?it Abbeville sev eral years ago. Crawford got into a dispute with <t white merchant of tho town ?md cursed him. Ile was ar rested ?md beaton up, and thou placed In the county jail. Late that after noon a party of white men went to the Jail, took the negro out and car ried him to the outskirts of the town and hanged him, and then riddled tho body with bullets. Physicians said thal the negro would have died from the beating received earlier in the day even if he had not boen lynched, (iovernor Cooper was solic itor of the Abbeville Circuit at tho lime and gathered a lot of ov'dcnco j against persons accused of the crime and placed it before the grand jury, bill the grand jury refused to return j a true bill against (ho accused par- ' lies. There is more catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years ii was supposed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, lind by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a local dis ease, greatly Influenced by constitu tional conditions, and therefore re quires constitutional treatment. Mall's Catarrh Medicine, manufac tured by E. J. Cheney &. Co., Toledo. Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is taken Internally ?md acts through (ho blood on the mucous surfaces of tho system. One Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any caso that Hall's Catarrh Medicino fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. V. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for conatlpa don.- adv. Tho Courior, $1 a year. Pay in advanco And thon bo sure to buy somo 1919 War Savings Stamps. "F)R. Caldwell' that it is cia always keep it in the need for my children, I do not hesitate to re Syrup Pepsin to my fi (From a letter to I Mrs. Esther Port tow Dr. Ca Syrup The Perft Sold by Drug; 50 cts. ? A mild, pleasant-tastir laxative herbs with pe; naturally. Children li ly. A trial bottle can 1 Dr. W. B. Caldwell, Monticello, Illinois. O HOW I Xii CROPS ARIO RI'IX Fl). Br. A. C. Summers, the State's Chem 1st, Plaees Responsibility. Columbia, July 23.-There is no doubt in the mind of Ur. A. C. Summers, chief chemist of the Slate Department of Agriculture. that trona potash from the Searles Dake deposits of California has ruined thousands of dollars of growing crops in South Carolina. Some days agc he made a preliminary report after an investigation made at the invitation and request of Bright Williamson, of Darlington. At that time there was no doubt in the mind of Dr. Sum mers that the cause of the death of the growing crops was some element in the potash. A subsequent visit has strengthened his belief. Upon the occasion of his second visit Dr. Sum mers had photographs made of a number of fields willen had been ruined. In some places it was found that this potash had not such marked in jurious effects, and Dr. Summers dis covered that such condition was due to the fact that the potash In some localities contained more borax than in others. The chemical laboratory bas made a careful analysis of sam ples taken from thu potash that was used in Darlington county, and Dr. Summers is convinced that there is a considerable percentage of borax, which is known to be a poison to plant life. On the farm of Alex. McLeod, In Darlington county, the (lainage, ac cording to Dr. Summers' estimate, is around $2a,0(10. He has also found considerable damage to have boen done to farms in Orangeburg county, and on the Morgan Boyleston planta tion nf Springfield he thinks the damage will run as high as $30,000. .lake Stroman and other farmers of Orangeburg county have been dam aged by the use of this potash. Dr. Kummers states that the negro tenant farmers use this potash for washing powders and say that it beats "Red Devil Lye." In some places whore the potash has been used and crops ruined the farmers say that it was done by "that there Peruna potash." Reports from North Carolina indicate that many farmers in that State also have received seri ous damage from the use of this pot ash. In,going over Darlington county Dr. Summers was accompanied by J. M. Napier, COJtinty demonstration agent, who has O*H?U in conference with Mr. Williamson about the ef fects of the potash. Mr. Napier has very decided ideas himself as to the responsibility for tho loss of the crops. ?..,..?..,..?..,..?..?..?..,....,.,?.,,.,,...........?........?. ! LEMON JUICE j TAKES OFF TAN ! Girls! Make bleaching lotion ! if skin is sunburned, 1 tanned or freckled Squeo/o the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has tho lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few couts. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion Into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and soe how freckles, sunburn, wind burn and tan disappear and how clear, soft and while the skin be comes. Yes! lt is harmless.-adv. s Syrup Pepsin is all imed to be and I will house as it is all that I and grown folks as well, commend Dr. Caldwell's iends." )r. Caldwell written by er Harrelson, George n, S. C. ldwell's Pepsin ict Laxative ---- . gists Everywhere (SS) $1.00 ig combination of simple psin that acts easily and ke it and take it willing 3e obtained by writing to 458 Washington Street, Negro Prisoner Well Treated. Editor Keowee Courier: Pleas allow a colored prisoner of your county to express bis thanks and appreciation for considerate care and treatment during confinement in the Oconee jail. On the second day of April I re ceived a sentence at Greenville Fed eral Court for transporting liquor, and was sent to the Oconee jail to serve three months, and during this time I have been treated well by the Sheriff and others in authority at the jail. To make a long story short, I will say that Mr. Willie Alexander has been the best Sheriff that has been in Oconee. 1 have been treated as good as any prisoner could have oeen treated, and have had plenty to eat, and be sure ls kind to his pris oners, and lie has got as flue a lady as I have ever seen. She is the same every day. And he has two fine daughters-as fine as Oconee affords -'and a mighty nice young boy. I can't say anything too good for this family. They made no difference in the prisoners. My time has about expired, and 1 will leave soon for my home. I am grateful for the kindness shown me during the time I was serving out my sentence. Allon Price. rn Eye Sufferers Who Need Glasses! Railroad fare paid one way to our Oconee County Patients Who Purchase Glasses. Eyes examined hy specialists and glasses made while you wait. Kodak Films Developed by Experts. Odom-Schade Optical Co., A. A. Odom, A. II. Schade, President. Sec'y A: Treas. Consulting Optometrists, Masonic Temple, Greenville, S. C, KURFEES PURE LEAD AND ZINC PAINT covers, hides, protects and beauti fies the surface with IcBs gallons and its durability put? off repainting for a longer term of years. That's economy that counts. It's made of: Pure White Lead 80% Pure Zinc Oxide 20% 100% Pur? Lead and Zinc The Outside White weighs 19 pounds to the gallon and the Colors weigh more than those of any other Lead and Zinc Paint. KUREHE'S PAINTS ARE SOLD IN THIS SECTION RY I). E. GOGH, WALHALLA, S. G.