JUDGE RICE.
SQUARE 0
The following letter of Circuit
Judge H. F. Rice of. Aiken, addressed
to the Board of Trade of his home
town and published in The Journal
and Review is so timely and so applicable
to conditions throughout the |
entire state,- that The Dlspatcn-Aews
is reproducing it In the hope that it
will be generally read:
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Mr. J. B. Salley,
President of the Business League of
Aiken.
Aiken, S. C.
My dear Mr. Salley:
On my return to Aiken for the
week-end quite recently, I was inlonnedi
by our mutual friend, Mr.
Muckenfuss, Cashier of the .Bank of
Western Carolina, that the business
men of our city are at present engaged
in a stroqg effort to advertise
* the many advantages of Aiken as a
winter resort for tourists. Please permit
me to say that I think this is a
step in the right direction; and any
assistance that I can give, you may
depend upon.
But there is another matter to
which, through your organization, I
would like to call the attention of the
live business men of Aiken, if I may
do so,v that in its importance to the
present and future welfare of our
people, overshadows all others of a
"business nature. As is well-known,
cotton- has been almost, if not en\tirely
so, the sole dependence of our
farmers for money. The value to the
- world of the cotton crop of the South
is hard to over estimate. The destruction
and havoc in our cotton'
fields, caused by the boll weevil for the
past year, and its unprecedented advance
this year over the cotton belt
has now become of almost international
significance. For many years
past this crop has enabled this country
to cast the balance of our trade
with foreign nations in .our' favor.
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This year's experience in this State,
however, has demonstrated, as nothing
else could, how , hazardous the
raising of coton will be for us in
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the future. In all probability we
will always raise some cotton on our
farms. The farmer need not, and
will not, abandon cotton planting entirely;
but he is now unquestionably
in that situation where he must, in
gTeat part, turn to crops other than
cotton to enable him with any degree
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of certainty to secure the cash necessary
for himself and ' family, if he is
to survive and enjoy even a moderate
degree of prosperity.
There is a great variety of such
crops which we can, and do, raise,
successfully on our farms, such as
peanuts, velvet beans, hay, corn:
sweet potatoes, oats, rye, peas, and .
many others. In addition many hogs ,
are 'being raised, and we have, in
reality, only made a start in this part
of our farming business. It seems
superfluous to state that, in developing
our farming along the lines indicated,
that acreage planted to cot- ,
ton will be greatly reduced. This has
already been done this year; and necessity
will force the famer to a still
greater reduction next year. In fact,
in certain sections the destruction of
the cotton on some of the best lands
in the State has been so complete that
it is very doubtful if ahy cotton at all
will be planted theer another year.
On the subject of "diversification"!
our farmers have had a great deal I
of advice. It is now, and has been!
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for many years past, a favorite theme
with newspapers, farm journals, Federal
farming exports, Clemson College
Farm Extension workers, and liun-1
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drcds of others. In fact! venture to |
assert that no class of people in this j
Southland of ours, or in any othei i
section of our country, have had such i
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a volume of free advice as have our j
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farmers; and a very large part of j
it from people who have never, in
their lives, run a furrow or done work
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AT ITS BEST j
3 The strongest com- I j
| plimeni ever paid to |
iSGOlfsEniiiSion] |
1 is the vain attempts at |
I imitation. Those I
c who take cod-liver j
| oil at its best, take Yflf I
1 Scott's Emulsion? 5
Scott & Bowse, Bloomfield, N. J. I
ALSO MAKERS OF I
emids !!
i (Tab ets or Granules) I
| ess INDIGESTION J
HITS NAIL
N THE HEAD
of any kind on a farm. What the farmer
needs now is not more advice,
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OUT cLSSlSXxi.il (Jt? U1 <X piav^u^ai aiuwuav)
and this assistance must come from
the business men of our State, or else
they, as well as the farmers, are going
to have a rough road to travel for the
next four or five years. The prosperity
of our merchants, our banks,
our professional men* and in fact
every kind of business, depends almost
wholly upon fhe farmer. When
he prospers all business pulses with
the vigor of new life. When he fails,
then all other business goes down
also.
If the above observations be true
then from the standpoint of self-preservation,
if from no other, it is to
the interest of our business and professional
men to stand by the farmer
and keep him on his feet if it is
humanly possible to do so. My views
as to how such assistance is to be
given him, I purpose to get out in
this letter. At this point I wish to
say that the small farmer?black, as
well as white, the one, two and three
horse men, are those to whom our
main attention should be directed.
The large farmer as a rule, can take
care of himself. The great mass of
our farm products have come from
+ V,? em oil farmoi' ,
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In the first place, it will not do to
refuse him credit entirely. In this respect
good judgment and discretion,
of cpurse, must be used; but what
business house in Aiken, or what
bank, as to that matter, could stand
the shock of having credit absolutely
withdrawn from it. If under such
conditions a business house or bank
cannot survive, is it reasonable to assiJme
that the farmer can. Certainly
not. In the second place, what the
farmer needs most now is a market
k
for his products other than cotton,
and this must be provided by the
business men of our city. He doesn't
need any more advice at present. But
with him there is now a crying need
for this market. In my humble
judgment if he doesn't get it soon,
there will be many mercantile place?
of business^. closed in the next few
years. The farmer is not going to
create or find it for himself, because
he is not a business man. If it is
found for him, then no more time and
effort need be wasted in advising and
urging hi mto "diversify." He will
not do so without it*, and I might add
also no more advice need be given
him in case no market is found, for
in such case he will be a fool to raise
more of the'se things than he could
use on his own farpi and have them
rot on his hands or be destroyed by
insects. But, I heard a man say some
time back, "First get the farmer to i
raise* these things and then we will go j
after the market." "Would any merchant
fill his store with goods on any j
such basis? Not if he has any busi!
ness sense. There is now on the farmsi
of our. County, or at least a great
many of them, a surplus of farm
products, which the farmers would
sell if there were a market. Xot any
huge amount it may 'ne, but a 'ready
market for such as they have on hand
now would go a long way towards
helping them through the winter; and
when he finds he can haul to Aiken
a wagon load of corn, velvet beans,
sweet potatoes, oats, peanuts, hay,
and other things produced on his
farm, and sell them just as readily as
he formerly could sell a bale of cot
ton, and at a fair price, then he will
produce more and more of such crops,
and the life Mood of business will
again go pulsing through our arteries
of trade, an dthe smile will again sit
upon the countenances of our bank
presidents.
What I have said above as to the
products of the soil applies equally
to livestock. An I have already
stated, a great maify hogs are now
raised in our County; but the number
would multiply many times if
there was a ready market for them.
The problem then, to my mind, is
; leariy one of marketing, which, as
i have said above, will have to be
r: rive d by our business men. There
is a need somewhere for everything
the farm can produce on our land,
and the business men should find
these places and supply sucli need.
The details of the marketing end of
the matter should present no very
great difficulties if brains, some capital
and the will to do it are set to
work. A farmers' exchange with an
abundance of warehouse room, where
the products of the farm could be
purchasd and stored until a carload
had accumulated of each kind, and
then shipped to the nearest market
should answer the purpose; and with
good management, prove profitable.
I have farmed to a limited extent for
some twenty-five or more years, and
have kept in close touch with farming
operations during all that tim?\
although I haven't lived on the farm.
From personal experience I ca.i
speak on the farmer's problem, and
I I write this letter from the farmer's
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i view* pomr. ir tnere is any umei
way "out of the woods" for the farmer
to follow, and our merchants and
business men too, then by all meanlet
some one wiser than myself point
it out; but so far as I can see, there
is none. Sooner or later this matter
j will, from necessity, be worked out
j on the plan I have briefly outlined;
! but I sincerely trust it will be done
J before our labor has abandoned the
i farm and the attendant depression
h&s settled down over our beautiful
little city. '
I hope' that you will, in your own
way, and at the first opportunity,
present to the Business Men's League :
the views above expressed; and if
such views do not embody sound
business sense, let some one of them
point dut wherein they are faulty. If
they agree with me, then get some
action at the earliest possible moment.
There is no time to lose, as '
the fall is now on and the crops are
] being harvested.
I would have preferred presenting
I in person to the League, in a more
extended manner, the matter barely
outlined in this letter, but my work
in the Sixth Circuit has up to now
prevented my being at home for more
than a day at a time. I don't know
that this effort will result in any good
; whatever. It is human nature to say,
"Oh, yes, that's so; but let George do
j it," and it is done; but I have been
j so profoundly convinced that the plan j
above outlined is our only salvation
I from a business standpoint, that 1
j couldn't resist the impulse to call it to
j the attention of our people.
With kindest regards, I am,
Yours very truly.
1 H. F. RICE. j
CAROLINA CLUB BOYS AT
INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
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j Clemson College, Oct. 29.?South j
! Carolina's team of club boys at the j.
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I International Club Judging Contest
j at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta
! won tenth place among all states,
! scoring 2797 points out of a possible
i 3000, This was only 204 points under
; the winning team from Maryland, and i
| it indicates the closeness of the con-!
i test.
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The South Carolina team consisted i
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j of James Garrison, Pickens County;
! Province Branham, Kershaw County;
i Robert Whitehead, Union County;'
Wallace Belcher, alternate, Anderson
County, with L. L. Baker, siipervisi
ing agent of Boys' Club Work, in.
charge.
j Mr. Baker reports that the team
I was stronger on placing than on
| reasons. Garrison made perfect score
j on placing three classes, and Whitehead
made perfect score on one class. !
The team won third prize money on
placing Guernsey cattle and fourth on
placing Shorthorn cattle.
| "I feel on the whole," says Mr.
Baker, "That our boys did remarkably
| well with training they had, and they :
bore themselves like men. They had
only the preliminary training at the ;
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onort course iur liuu m juiv |.
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| and a week at' the college just prior to <
| the contest, whiles ome of the other <
I states had their men in the field for I
i weeks visiting stock farms, fairs, etc.
But certainly our boys need not be
ashamed of their record; and the ex- ;
! perience gained in the training and
' in taking part "in the contest justify
! the trouble and expense incurred."
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(iood Health
If you would enjoy good health,
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| keep your bowels regular. No one j
| can reasonably hope to feel well, 11
j when constipated. When needed, take,
i Chamberlain's Tablets. Tney are mild'
and gentle.
; CALOMEL SALIVATES
EVEN WHEN ( Alii:; i'L
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Treacherous Drug Can Not Be Trusted
; aad Next Dose May Start Trouble.
Calomel is dangerous. It may salivate
you and make you suffer fearfully
from soreness of gums, tenderness
of jaws and teeth, swollen ton.
gue, and excessive saliva dribbling
from the mouth. Don't trust ealoi
mel. It is mercury; quicksilver.
I <i you I eel oiuous, neauacny, con- ;
i siipatcd and al! knocked out, just go j
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: to your druggist and got a bottle ol
j Douson's Liver Tone for a few cents
t
j which is a harmless vegetable subj
stitule for dangerous calomel. Take a
j spoonful and if it doesn't start your
| liver and straighten you up belter and
quicker than nasty calomel and with!
out making you sick, you just go back
and get your money.
If you take ctflomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides,
it may salivate you, while if you
take Dodson's Liver Tone you will
wake up feeling great. No salts necessary.
Give it to the children because
it is perfectly harmless and
can not salivate.
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A Rat That Didn't Smell After Being
Dead for 3 Months.
"I swear it was dead at least 3
months," said James Sykes, Butcher,
Westfield, N. J. "We saw this rat
every day. Put a cake of RAT
SNAP beftinci a narrei. iuonms later
my wife asked about the rat. Remembered
the barrel, looked behind it.
There was the rat?dead, not the
slightest odor." Three sizes, 35c, 65c,
$1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Harmon
Drug Co., and Lexington Pharmacy
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TAX BOOK OPEN
Office County Treasurer
Lexington County.
.Lexington, S. C., Oct. 11, 1921.
Public notice is hereby given that
state, county and school taxes for
Lexington county will be received by
me from October 15th, to December
31st, 1921, inclusive.
The levy is as follows:
For State purposes 12 mills
For County purposes ..7 1-2 mills
For Int. and Prin. Highway
loan 3 mills
For past indebtedness.. 4 mills
For Constitutional school
tax 3 mills
For weak schools .. .. 1-2 mill
Total 30 mills
Special tax as folows:
District No. 1. Special and bonds,
12 mills.
District No. 8. Special and bonds,
14 mills.
District No. 14. Special and bonds,
S mills.
District No. 15. Special and bonds,
34 mills.
District No. 18. Special and bonds,
36 mills.
District No. 25. Special and bonds,
12 mils.
District No. 29. Special and bonds,
16 mills.
District No. 36. Special and bonds, j
G mills.
District No. 37. Special and bonds, J
1 4 mills.
District No. GO. Special and bonds,
3 2 mills.
District No. 66. Special and bonds,)
8 mills.
District No. 76. Special and bonds,
3 2 mills.
District No. 32. Special and bonds,!
3 0 mills.
District Nos. 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 21,
27, 32, 34, 35, 3S, 40, 42, 43, 45, 50,
53, 59, 61, 63,64, 69, 71, 77, 78, 80,
83, S4, and 87?8 mills.
Dstrct Nos. 41, 79 and S2?6 mills.
District Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 19,
20, 22, 30, 31, 33, 39, 4G, 4S, 49, 55,
G2, 75,. 8S?4 mills.
District Nos. G, 23, 24, 2G. 28, 44,
47, *51, 70, 72, 74?2 mills.
Capitation Road Tax $5.00, optional
upon all male citizens between the
ages of 18 to 55 or work 5 days in
lieu.
Poll Tax $1.00 upon all mate citizens
between the ages of 21 to 60.
Dog tax $1.25 for every dog over G
months old.
In remitting your tax money please!
state whether you wish to pay road
tax or work, also, state how many
dogs you have. In order to avoid any
confusion as there are many other j
Smiths, make j'our money order ofr
cashier's check payable to W. J. |
Smith/' Treasurer, and address your
yetter to W. J". SMITH,
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Mr. Addison I. Williams. Box 10f>i,
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institute of New York as fol1
lows:
"Regarding the \T. B. L. Cascade,'
I feel it is one of the indispensable
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it being an invention of Chas. A. Terrell,
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By the proper application of Nature's
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will gladly explain to you the simple
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why it is so certain in its results, and
will give you free of cost, an interesting
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of the experiences of Dr. Chas. A.
Tyrrell of New York, who was a specialist
on Intestinal Complaints for
25 years in that city. Why not cut
this out as a reminder to get this
book as soon as possible. Kemember,
please, it is free.
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Lexington, S. C.,
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Service
give you
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
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1515 Main St., Columbia S. C.
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THE DISPATCH-NEWS
WEAK, NERVOUS, J
ALL RUN-DOWN 1
Missouri Lady Suffered Until She m
Tried CardnL?Says "Result . 9
Was Surprising."?Got Along m
Fine, Became Normal m
and Healthy. y
Springfield Mo.?"My back was so
weak I could hardly stand up, and I
would have bearing-down pains and
j was not well at any time," says Mrs,
j D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known
j farmer on Route 6, this place. "I - . P
I kept getting headaches and having to
go to bed," continues Mrs. Williams
describing the troubles from which '.-U
she obtained relief through the use of
Cardui. "My husband, having heard
of Cardui, proposed getting it for me.
"I saw after taking some Cardui
... that I was improving. The result f?
; was surprising. I felt like a different ?
| person.
i "Later I suffered from weakness #
1 and weak back, and felt all run-down.
, I did not rest well at night, I was so
j nervous and cross. My husband said * . -v
he would get me some Cardui, which *
he did. It strengthened me . . . My
doctor said I got along fine. I was in fr
good healthy condition. I cannot _ &
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Thousands of women have suffered I
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Since it has helped so many, you .
should not hesitate to try Cardui if I
troubled with womanly ailments.
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