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inms GENUINE "BULL"DURHAM TOBACCO SAYS PRODUCIION - WIL BE R[DUC[D Control of Cotton Crop Discussed by Wannaimaker FOLLOW MOSES' LEAD Tells Manufacturers Many Growers Favor Limitation for Five Consecutive Years. The American Cotton association yesterday made public a statement issued by J. Skottowe Wannamaker Opresident, which it announced that it had telegraphed and cabled te many, dixerent lines of the cottor industry, especially the leading manufacturers abroad, who have re quested definite information con cerning the outlook for the produc tion of cotton for the ensuing years, the attitude of the holders of Ameri can cotton for cotton now on hand for which they can got only about one-third the cost of production, and the outlook for the coming crop. The statement follows: "The cot ton producers of America have posi tively decided to be guided by th< wisdom of Moses, -who gained greal success by limiting production. Th< lands of Egypt under mandate lait idle every seventh year. The in roads of the boll weevil now cov ering 77 per cent. of the cotton belt bring to every lina .f the cottor industry a national and international problem. Its ravages not only enormously reduce cotton production but fearfully inecease the hazard and expense of production. "A referendum vote submitted to the cotton producers of the 14 cottor growing states on: First, total elim ination of the cotton crop for th< year 1922, and if necessary every other ye:'.r, for the purpese of fight. ing the inroads ef the boll weevil; second, limitation of production for five consecutive years. planting 011 oive-fourth of the cultivated lands in cotton with a view of producing foi the year 1922 not iii excess of 6,000, 000 bales of cotton; and third, no reiuction inl cotton production I shows upon tabulation tha. t the cot tcn producer realizes the predica 6 ment in which he h:is been pl.-ced at a result of the fearful (eflation ii prices and ;.s a result of the ravage! of the boll weevil. The result o1 this vote wvill be anoanled on Sep. *tembe- I. P'roducer-s Nowv in Conti-ol "The jtroduc'-s now absolutel~s control tile pr1(1oct !ion of cotton, s that the produlctionl will lbe ba~set upon tihe result of this r-efer-enduni vote. Of the thousandls of votes tabulated up to da~ite not a sinlgle solitar-y vote has been rQceiv-ed ir favor (of no reduoctiton. An e~lnom vote has bleen1 r~eeve~ dIfr-om (very section 0 fthle colttts hlth in favo -of a total eliina1t ionl of tihe cot tor cr'op bly legislat ion und(er the hu -eau of enltomlology. Lim01itat ion o1 production for five conlsecutive years as outhnmed above on votes I abulate< to (late, howvever-, i.s leading byV hu0 dreds1 of thlousainds andt iniciatiome poiit to the ad01 oto of this pilan. "I ur-ge that every line of th<( cotton consum01ing1 world be guidler by the wisdlom of Joseph and se. - cure thenr material not otily for th< pr-esenft but for future wants. Th< * fact- that the augricultur-al or-ganiza. t ions oif Anmerica, repr)1esenlting ever-y line of agnieu Iture, have unan imour ly adopted ouir pilans for- limitatioi * of pr-oductiont to such a point thai the product. will absolutely assuri to the producer- a piofitabie pr1ice ai pr-ice sufli-ient to enalie him t< operate an(1d discharige thle debts en forced upo'. him by tile defhlitiota policy, and the fact that the agric-ul. tural inteirests have agreed to meet wvith us in a conigress at Washing toil for- the purplose of (devising plamn fntionwidle for- secuing necessa(r, relief to agr-icultur-al conditions, ar< prloof positive that America 1s fae eto face wvith thle gr-eatest change it its agr-icultIural andic commnercial lift that has ~ cotme to pass withitn th<( 1last century. .As to Governmlent Report be issued by thl' governlment 01 September 1 will bring conicinglf p roof of the limitation oif productior by limitatio'n ini acr-eage, and1( als< limitatio:.: itn produilctionl by the fear fill :ravages of the boll weevil, thur making tan e-normour- i-ease in th<t hatzard( and1( cost of producetionl. "Keep in mindl tile fact that inl thl( socalled carry ovor theire is at CHICH TERB PILLtS re.r JBDROLDB ~GISTS EVERY WERE enormous namount of unspinnabl< cotton.. The spin'nable cotton added t< the growing. crop sh'uld impres, upon any one guided by commor sense the importance of r.dopting the course'used by Joseph. "The cotton consuming world iF facing limitation of production. Th< producer is in .control and will noi Ionger impoverish himself by pro ducng. He will only produce tc such an extent that it will assur him of prosperity and guarantee him against adversity." 0-. Subscribe to The Times CITATION NOTICE The State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. By J. M. Windham, Probate Judge. Whereas, John F. Cutter made suit to me to grant him Letters of Adniin istration of the Estate and effects of 13. W. Cutter. These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the Kindred and Cretlitors of the said B. W. Cutter deceased, that they be and appear be. fore me, in the Court of Probate, te be held at Manning on the 5th day of September, 1921 next, after publica tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 19th day of August, Anno Domini, 1921. J. M. Windham, pd. Judge of Probate. Sev W H st toms have ] 1 F1 2 Pi 3 u 4 D 5 N 6 cf Using' toward motor f mum p no mor I ST A SCHOOL ATTENDANCA IN SOUTH CAROLINA Washington, D. C., Aug. 29.--Ac cording to the census of 1920 there are 315,069 children 7 to 13 years of age in the-state of South Carolina and of this number 274,429 or 87.1 per cent were reported as attending school. In 1910 the percentage at tending school was 67.6 thus indicat ing a decided improvement as re gards school attendance between 1910 and 1920. Of the children 14 and 15 years of age in 1920, 78.0 per cent were attending school and of those 16 and 17 years of age 49.2 per cent. Of the white children 7 to 13 years ycars of age 78.0 per cent were at tending school in 1910 and 93.0 per cent in 1920. For colored children of the same age the percentage in the same interval increased from 60.4 to 82.3. The percentage of children attend ing schools was considerably larger in the cities than in the country dis tricts, the percentage for children in the urban population 7 to 13 years of age being 92.3 while in the rural pop- | ulation it was 86.3. "Urban" accord ing to the census definition includes all towns or citis and other incorpor ated places of 2,500 population or more. HUNDRED BALES SOLD Sumter, Aug. 29.-J. F. Bland, a large planter of Mayesville, sold 100 bales of cotton h'ere at 15 cents round, The cotton was purchased by T. G. 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