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| Cotton Associ* The Facts A Declaring that the time has conn when the truth regarding the cottor situation must be driven home tc every farmer in the state, the Soutf Carolina Division of the Americar Cotton Association has issued a state ment appealing to every organizaticn in South Carolina to assist it in^iti efforts to secure an acreage reductioi in the state this year. Statistics are gitren which tend U show that on the first of next August before a bale of the 1921 crop is picked, there will be on hand a surplus of over 9,000,000 bales, or almost a one-third crop. It is declared that the planting of anything like a normal acreage in cotton this year- will be a simple suicidal business policy not alone for farmers but for every business interest in the South. For this reason it is declared that the business and professional men should be active in the movement to secure acreage reduction. ' "The gravity of the situation con? C- ^ V, 0 ?. i'o<ro r/lc thp iron tins me ouuui ao * . parking of another cotton crop and the apprehension on our part that there are thousands of people in our state who do not comprehend just what we are up against impels us to issue this appeal to the farmers, business and professional men of South Carolina," says the statement issued by the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association. "We feel that it is our duty to place the facts squarely before them, as startling as they are, in order that every ; organized agency in the state may join with us in our efforts to see to it that no farmer in South Carolina plants over onerthird of his cultivated land in cotton this year. To do otherwise will be to invite disaster and financial V bankruptcy. "One of the most alarmming fea. - tures of the present situation is that there are so many who contend that they cannot meet the requirements of the association that thev nlant onlv one-third of their land in cotton. They seem not to stop to conside^ that it would perhaps be better that they - plant no e;otton at all than to plant it an'd be fcreed to sell next fall at a price far below the cost of production which we believe they* will surely have hto do if over a one-half crop is raised i this year. To those who still have their last year's eron on hand we "MODERN ' ..: BEST WORKi,". ; ; Crown, Bridge and All Work RAY F1S Over Lever's Shoe Store 1 ! TV A \ Drag 5a ws a | As long as our Type "W equipped with Bosch Ma and until Feb. 15th, 7921 price f. o. b. Columbia of which means a 25 per cen Columbia Sis 823 West Gervais St. mmmaammmmmmram nrnmmrruv\mt\rrrsz^raat ? ibm !! iib ii i mm W Speci Continued ON OOOK STOVES. RA Furnaces, and Oil Heater duced prices. Lorain < burner at ?1-5 50; four br All enameled ware, tin \v< utensils and household f be sold until February Isi Send us your orders. LORICK I 1533 Main Street,f Colin ~ \r _ ition Gives and the Figures i | would say that present indications are j 1 | that they would profit by not planting: I * ! hale because a half-crop this year i v on Id mean that they would got more i u r their last year's crop titan they - would fret for last year's crop and this i ! year's crop combined if over a half51 . p is planted this year. . i "Now what are the facts about the i | u.uor, situation? Here they are. and j we hope every farmer in South CaroI una. white and colored, who tan read, . I will read them, and that somebody will read them to every one that cannot read: ;j "On August 3. 1920. there was a i surplus of American cotton on hand, i | according to -Hester, of G.OSG.OOO j bales. "The ten-year average amount of J American, cotton on hand August 1 is I i,200,000 bale?. "It is thus seen that the surplus on hand on last August 1. was almost six times larger than -the average amount on hand at that time. "The probable amount of surplus i cotton on hand on August 3.. 1921, is estimated by those who are in good positions to know, at over 9.000.000 oales. or almost a one-year ciop. I '-Tiio o-i'ontpsr ennsnmntion of every ? / American cotton ever known in one year was 15,000,000 bales. Ten-year average of consumption of American cotton prior to the great war was 13,000.<?10 bales. With so many of the foreign mills shut down, you may fig-j ure yourself as to how much will be { consumed this year. "The American crop of 13.000,000 bales this year indicates a world supply of all kinds of cotton, including American, of 29,000,000 bales. 'The world carry-over, including j American cotton, may reach a total j of 13.000.000 bales. \ "The world during the first present j ve&r is not likely to consume more J i f without question if Hunt's Sslvn ; fails in the treatment of Eczema. ; Tetter,Rinjworm, Itch, etc- Don't ; become discouraged because ot!:er treatments failed. Hunt's Salve ; has relieved hundreds of such \ cases. You can't lose on ou.* Money Back Guarantee. Try j it at our risk TODAY. Price 75c For sale locally by 11.ARM OX DRUG COMPANY. ' ! j DENTISTRY" -LOWEST PRICE I j Plate Work a Specialty Guaranteed iHER SOX ! 615 Maia St. Colombia, S. C. .t!'if-Tosiowc7r.<*r?... .yy.yy.r.Te .i -.. t Special Prices | 3 Drag Saws, which are .gneto and Lever control, we will make a special $150.00 on these machines |J it cut I pply Company Columbia, S. C \ S I Eg asss aggagmnffizggs ial Sale for 30 Days NGES, HEATING STOVES, *s. All at great!v reo :>i! cook ctove, three lrner at $19 50. ire, aluminum kitchen j !arni3hir]g goods will : t at reduced price s. -nbia, S. C. Phone 4P3 ! -I-i srrrrr-v'saajsrs^r. :J: - J r p -than 13,000,000 bales. "These are the facts. The figures j are startling but we be.iieve they are | coirect. They were prepared by the i Cotton Acreage Reduction Committee at Memphis. Tenn., appointed by the great convention of bankers, farmers jrd merchants held at Memphis. This! committee consulted with the best j posted cotton men in the world. "There is one point which we desire I to stress regarding the pledges. They| do not require u farmer to cut his acreage "*0 per rent. They merely require that h. plant only one-third ol" his cultivated land in cotton, Ii he has not been planting over one-third the pledge does not affect him at all. Nevertheless we desire every farmer, whether the pledge affects him or not. to sign the pledge because we desire to announce that a definite number of farmers have signed. This announcement followed by a similar announcement from each of the other cotton states will show the world that the South is in earnest this time and will have a good effect on the market. "The situation is so serious that we appeal to every farm-.]', every merchant. every banker, every professional man: to every newspaper, every chamber of commerce and state-wide organization to join in the fight. We believe that the other states are going I'onnvtc inilif'.'ito rlinr IV 1 VVJUV V . 4 VV |/vi 411\4?x t.v v.*<? w V..V certainly will. Whether they do ?>r not. South Carolina should. It" \w reduce and they do not. we will have no cause for regret?indeed we would then have to congratulate ourselves. But they are going to reduce and we mttst keep faith with them." Bring your Joh I'riming to The Dispatch-News orfice. ? > t I | ii STOMACH IN ORDER! X NO INDIGESTION, j < < - .GAS, SOURNESS \ > r 4 4 ? 'Tape's Diapepsin" has proven itself the surest relief for Indigestion, Gases, Flatulence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fer-TWAn + ft + iAr* s\y C + T^iofrnsa iiicuuiiivii vi tj lA/mavu a/ioui^cij vtvu^vv* by -acidity. 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Now I'm well, 9 feel just fine, eat and sleep, K I my skin is clear and I Lave Jgf gained and sure feel that ^ Cardui io the best tonic ever tor g? made." S Thousands of other women M tave found Cardui just a3 ?& E Irs. Burnett did. It should Wt lelp you. Jgj At all druggists. rv*; E.87 n POMT0 A (TTf IP Q 1 ilftV I Wl\ L> SUPPLIESMachinery Castings and Repairs. Steel Beams, Rods, Ropes Tackle, Wheelbarrc vs. T rucks, Wire Cable, JBoilers Tanks, Stacks, Etc. Ventilators. Grating, Etc. Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co., GEORGIA Fc;d Stivr-I" ? ar.J Repairs in Stock. 1 LEXINGTON MILL DOTS. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Sox spoilt SatI u relay n.iyhi and Sunday with Mr. Sox's parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sox. Our community was sad stricken when it received the sad news of ! Miss Era Price's death, a former Lex| inyton girl. Mr. and Mrs. Price have our sympathy. May Clod bless those j who are bereaved over their loved j i one. Mr. and Mrs. Johr/ Gable attended j Mrs. Gable's neice's funeral, Miss Era Price, Sunday at Pisgah. Mr. John Pound spent Saturday evening and Sundav with his brother. i j Mr. B. B. Pounds. | ' Mr. and Mrs. John Shealy visited I Mr. Thomas Risinger. who is sick | with a fever. But glad to find brothi er Risinger doing some better, j Dr. F. H. Funderburk is preaching | a series < f 4 sermons on Baptism. He I made two good lectures on Baptism I last. Sunday morning and night. I Everybody is cordially invited. I I Messrs. E. Floyd, Earl Corley, ' J and Andrew Xorris motored to? Co- j ! lumbia Saturday night. In some way | I the car jumped in a hole and slight- j j ly hurt Mr. Corley. We hope it will j not prove fatal. 1 Mr. Sam Price was at the mill MonI day, shaking hands with old friends, i j We resrret to learn that grandma I l 1 ' Wilson is very sic k. Hope she will be J We are now o; | home, located J are better prep | friends and cuj I Furniture and I some of the let I at prices that v I We will be 1 spect our line. I satisfy all 1 fi v? ?3 Ifl K(; I 1308 Taylor Street ?Tjr^"rT^?n^^S5^.-EIS$75EE5535!^:2i; I Taylor Mi i I I Let as show yen ,| prices. We are ju I be pleased to "have ' ^ 'V ? <">V/~lr*^ I'^nfYS / \ I !r\ iai^c i wi Stones cut to ore I l ! ^^ssassmsaeassmsBs^sssBmam 4 well again soon. J v Mr. James Floyd motored to Co- I n lumbia on business Thursday. ! a 1 Hoys, believe me. we have got some ; n rough road. They are pulling the big ' 1 bill down above the mill. j lj HAVi: FASSKI) D.WfiKK 1'OIXT ! 1 SAYS w. 1'. ilAilDlNC. 1 _ I .sew i ork. Feb. .".? Discussing credit expansions arising from rhfparticipation ?>t" tin- I"nitc-?l States in the war, \\. i\ ('?. 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