Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRESIDENT HARRIS ISSUES AN ADDRESS To Cotton Producers: The great money-producing crop of the South-cotton-is now being harvested. The farmers should inves tigate conditions and use good judg ment in selling this great money -eroi of the South. By so doing nany iillion dollars will be added to her wealth. First, we will look into conditions. The supply of cotton is less today than it has been in twenty-five years. The merchants' shelves are scant of goods. The population of the world is increasing every day. and they have to be clothed. Again. the output of manufactured goods has greatly de creased this year from the fact the 1907 crop was 4.000.000 bales short. This shortage will have to be made good, as the world needs the goods. As to the condition of the 1908 crop. We have heard nothing for the last eight weeks but a bumper crop. Who is it that circulates these reports? I see in Europe 3,000 miles -away, sta tisticians are freely predicting a crop of American cotton this year of 16, 000,000 bales, while many of the knowing ones on this side are send ing out literature forecasting the crop at 14,000,000 bales. The South is now being flooded with circulars of bear dope by spec ulators and manipulators who are try ing to sell the market down under the influence of these bearish argu ments. The wholesale jobber in the cotton trade is demanding concessions from the manufacturer in the price of goods, while the spinner is holding back as long as possible in order to be able to lay in their supply as low as possible. Never before have so many inter ests combined to hammer down the price of spot cotton. There never was a time that the growers will be call ed upon to exercise the full limit of their strength in resisting the efforts to depress prices. as at the present time. There was never a time that co-op eration was needed as badly as it is today. Our annual meeting of " The Farm ers' Educational and Co-operative UTnion of America'' met at Fort Worth, Tex., on the first and was in session four days.. The attendance was large, all the cotton-growing States were well represented by del -egates. The unanimous consent of the- dele -gates was to keep the minimum price a secret within the membership. A national cotton committee was -formed, with a delegate from each State for the purpose of handling cotton. President Barrett will call a meet ing the first of January, as by that time we will know the true condition of the crop. As to the condition of the growing crop. Every cotton-producing State -was represented and there we had the opportunity of getting a true report as to the condition of the growing 'crop. Not a single State reported anything like an average crop. Some reported 40 per cent. off, some 30 per 'cent., some 20 per cent., some 13 per -cent. It will be impossible for us to make an accurate report at this time. To begin with; we had floods and wet weather up to. the 1st of July, then hot, dry weather. Rust and blighit and a dozen other p)ests we had never heard of before. East of the Mississippi river you hear that Texas and Louisiana are -going to make a bumper crop. When you get west of the Mississippi they tell you: Mississipbi, Alabama and -Georgia are going to make bumper -crops. When you investigate it you find it false. In the last three weeks I have been in seven of the leading cotton belt States, and in no place did T find anything like an average crop. From the time I left home until I reached the "Lone Star" State I dii not see a single field of .n tton that did not have blight, either rust or hlack rot, and was poorly fruited. Farmers. all you have to do now is to just sit steady in the boat and not put a bale of cotton on the market until the price gets right. Remem ber, it all depends on you as to what it brings. WXe cannot blame the other fellow for getting it as low as he can. There are plenty of good ware houses, and advise warehousing it and borrowing money on your re ceipt to satisfy your indebtedness. As eotton is the great money crop of the South, I want to urge our hankers, merehants and other money ed men of the South to hellp the weak farmers to hold their cotton until the price gets above the cost of produc tion. so the grower may have a pro fit left to him -to have money to spen with othe business enterpris It the fart'.rltI' il' pr perous all t thl ('r buls2Iness i, progerous.I i and1 if he is not, all other l1ies1 is dull. - It is the duty of every business man of the South. no matter what profession he is in, to stand behind cotton and make it bring a profit above the cost of proaucon to the grower. low is the grower of* cot ton to be e )me ablr to mailntainl a profitable price? First. he must diversify his crops. and Ilow is the time to begin for another year. Sow oats, wheat. crimson clover. vetch. rye and barley. You will need it next spring to feed your stock. Instead of buying. raise your horses. mules. cows hogs and corn. Q1uit butyinl, hay to kill g.rass. to raise cotton, to buy more hay with. Make home self-supporting and self sustaining, and prosperity is yours. B. Harris. MANY EYES WILL WATCH SMITH. Goes as a Member to Perhaps the Most Deliberative Body in the World Without Entangling Politi cal Alliance and With a Clean Stretch Before Him. News and Courier. Washington. Sept. 17-When South Carolina's new senator-E. D. Smith -takes his seat. in the upper branch of congress, beside his colleague-Ben jamin Ryan Tillman-at the begin ning of the next session of that body lie will not be without kinsmen, per haps. Just across the aisle in the senate chamber is the seat of Wil liam Alden Smith. of Michigan, a de scendant of John Alden, and one of the progressive young men of the up per house. Down at the other end of the big capitol building may be found all manner and make of. Smiths -good, bad and indifferent, as the saying goes-some democrats and some republicans. but all Smiths for that matter. There is Smith, of Cal ifornia; Smith. of. Iowa,'a republican, of course; Smith, of Missouri; Snith, of Arizona; Smith, of Michigan, and Smith, of Texas, the latter being the only democrat of the Smith family in the house. William Alden Smith only went to the senate in 1907 upon tne death of Gen. R. A. Alger, and was subse quently elected for a full term of six v-ears. Therefore South Caro lina 's Smiith will have an almost even start for senatorial honors, although the Michigander has been a conspic uous figure in house polities while he was groomning for the senate. He was anapt pupil of "U..nele Joe'' Cannon and learned readily. It is n5t altogether certain that E. D. Smith will be assigned the partic ular seat -now held by Senator Frank B. Gary, although he mray ask for it and be in close touch to his older col league-Tillman. When Senator Lat imer was in the senate :his seat was some distance from that of Senator Tillman-that of the former being about the middle of the democratic side, while that of the Edgefield statesman is the first seat to the left on entering the main senate door. When Mr. Gary eame to Washing Iton as the junior senator from South Carolina he was assigned to a place in close proximnity to Senator Till man. and. though the two were sel dom seen in discussion, it is assumed that the seat was given him because it was thouzht he would want to be near Tlmani. It will be interesting, therefore. as everythinu else is that happens 'n or a h.ut ibe senate--even the smallest ting1s are sometimes in teresting--to see what section of the democratic side Mr. Smith will go. If he makes a request of the sergeant-at arms of the senate he would probab ly be assigned to the Gary seat, oth erwise he will sit nearer Senator Latimer's old place. South Carolinians here are deeply interested in Mr. Smith. They have watched the political race in their old State for fhe past year and many and Icarious have been the views express ed for one candidate or. another, but for obvious reasons this correspondent has maintained his silence, aiid through the News and Courier has endeavored1 to exprs n rfeec Iwho were asiring to thle senate. Now. however. that its all over, a word for Mr. Smith. It sh'ould be remembered that Mr. Smitih comfes to th upper branch of e4 nlre',. i!n mlaiy resp}ects the most delib)ert iVe Ladv in th:e world. free of poliic a! ls5o(1a:ns or ties of any ind. wi th his hands free and noth ing but a clean streteh before him. He will be expected to do) many things, especially early in his career. But this is .iut what he will not doi if he is wi.se and takes t .e adlvise of old a maln' u- tulness in congress as to make a big blow early inl his congres snll,l lit'. .\n1 excellent example of this is ound in the ease of "Jeff'' Davis. of Arkansas. le came to the senate last winter fresh from the Western wilds. where he had pledged his political life to make a. speech on the floor f the senate before the session was a week old. and he did it. but tile rilling he got from peo ple everywhere. at home. too, possibly taught him a lesson he will never for get. Mr. Smith, of course. will do nothin," of that kind, but it must be remembered by the people who will be watching the latter when lie comes to Washington that I.e must take time to learn the ropes. There are many things to be learned. here and they c(annot be pirked up in a day. Tt takes time, and plenty of it. There is no doubt that Mr. Smith will ful fil every hope of those who have sent him here, but the people at home should not expect too much of him, especially in his early days. Though a senator. he will still be a ''congres sional kid" for a time, after which will no doubt realize all that has been hoped of him. This much is assured. when Mr. Smith comes to Washington to begin his official life he will get the glad hand. There is a big colony of Car olinians here. who have never lost love for their old State. and who have closely followed the ins and outs of the recent campaign. They are going to -give Mr. Smith a real old fashioned welcome. and make him right glad that he has found so many true and tried South Carolinians dom iciled in this "Yankee" land. TEACHERS EXAMINATION. An examination for teachers will be held on Friday, Oct. 16, 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m. Besides the ordi nary subjects such as English, gram emr, arithmetic, algebra, geography, history, physiology, and hygiene, questions will be submitted on Hughes' Mistakes in Teaching, Pet erman's Civil Government and cur rent events. The examination for white teachers will be held in the office of the county superintendent of education, for colored teachers in the court room. J. S. Wheeler, County Supt. of Education. FOR SALE 173 Acres FineLand One m!le of city Limits of Newberry, S. C. One-.half of lands in new grounds. 100 acres will make one _bale of cotton to the acre per year if properly cultivated. Just two miles from the City Graded Schools and Newberry College. Fine location for a home. Can be purchased on reasonable terms. Apply to GED. W. SUMER, NEWBERRY, S. C. IAI. G. Houseal, Mn. D. fjincerHours - 3 $to ro m L. A. Riser, ln. D. Off ice with Dr. Houseal. {S to 9 a m. Office Hours - 2 +o 3 p. m. 16.9 :o 7.30 p. m. 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