The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, June 22, 1911, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
F1FTKKX.IKNT tWroN.
Probabilities of an Vveray t'rop
Hilvi* licni Reduced.
Farmers and cotton experts are
beginning already to figure on the
probable price ot cotton during tinnew
season and the hist advices are
to the effect that 15 cents will be
the prevailing figure for the season
on account of the prospective
shortage throughout the belt. In
this connection the following of interest
appeared in the late issue of
The -Manufacturers' Record in the
form of special correspondence
from Galveston, Texas:
"The American cotton crop will
hardly exceed 15,500,00 bales for
the 1011-12 year, and 15-cent cotton
may he figured on.
This is the opinion of Galveston
experts. in this connection it
might be stated that Galveston has
been devoting a good deal of attention
to cotton facts for a long number
of years, and here are to be
found men who give as close and
intelligent study to conditions and
prospects as any in the country.
In arriving at the conclusion
stated above note is taken of the
fact that Louisiana's cotton crop
iiu? uftiinru ironi (iv<t oiu> million
bales to about one quarter
through the ravages of the boll
weevil, and that the Mississippi
crop is also greatly affected by the
boll weevil. States farttter east
will have the boll weevil with them
this year, and in the Carolina
drouth, which is very likely to decrease
the cotton totals, is now being
experienced. In Texas and Oklahoma
there is a deficiency of rain
In a section generally comprised
west of a line drawn north and
south from North Oklahoma througl
Dallas to the Gulf. In this section
of Western Texas there was a very
severe drouth during the last two
years, and while there have been
copious rains this spring, and in
some parts of Texas cloud-bursts and
excessive moisture, yet on the whole
the section named was without soaking
fall and winter rains. For the
last week or ten days there has
been an exceedingly hot spell of
weather throughout this section,
and it will require timely and frequent
rains from now 011 to give the
cotton plant the moisture required.
The banner cotton cron of Texas
was that of 1900, when off
000 acres 4,050,000 bales of cotton
were raised. In 1910 there
were 10,504.000 acres in cotton,,
with a yield estimated at this time
of 3,150,000 bales. The reports are
that the acreage this year is about
11,240.000. Should the weather
conditions be ideally perfect, of
course Texas could raise 5,ooo,00u
bales of cotton this year, but with
the lack of winter rains and abundant
moisture in the ground to
draw from in case of protracted
drouth and hot weather, the expert's
opinion is that the yield in
Texas this year can hardly be expected
to reach the figures of
1906.
Taking the country over, it is
pointed out to reach a 15,000,000bale
crop, as some prophets have
figured as a possibility, every cov
ton growing State would have to
give a yield equal to the best that
State has ever produced in the
past. With the possibilities of a
drouth in Texas and Oklahoma, with
the boll weevil active in Louisiana
and Mississippi and with drought
conditions in the Caroiinas. it is
viMiBiueri'u ncrc practically impossible
for any of the states, even with
the increased acreage which the
South shows, to equal the record
crop as those states, which would he
necessary for any thing like 15,000,000
to he raised to he raised
this year.
Pointing out the demand for cotton
its no reason why a reduction
in price should occur in the event
of a large crop, The Record further
says:
"The world is short of cotton.*
Even a 14,000,000 of 15,000,000bale
crop, if we should by any
probility have such an output,
could easily be absorbed without
any necessity for a serious decline
in the price of the rare staple.
aetkk .magnates who break
JiAWS.
Senator Pomerene Culls for Prosecution
of the Trust Officers.
Washington, dune 15.-?Criminal
prosecution of the officers of the
Standard Oil Company and the
American Tobacco Company was demanded
to-day, by Senator Pomerene,
who addressed the Senate on
his resolution Killing on the Attorney
General to undertake such legal
action. The Ohio Senator declared
at the outset that the Sherman antitrust
law was specific in its authority
to press such a suit against conspirators
who restrain trade. He
contented that the lawyer's doubts
of the meaning of the statute were
"in proportion to the size of the
fees they receive from their clients"
and that the internretation of thi?
l:iw by the Supreme Court of the
United States was clear.
"Now with these plaits findings
of fret and conclusions by ih<
court that this statute 'ins been vi ?lated,"
he said, "what reason
can be given by any sworn court official
for not continuing his fight
against them in order to bring
them to the bar of justice? What
excuse can any lawmaker or any executive
official give to the people
of this county for a failure to enforce
this law when they are every
day exerting themselves to punish
infractions of the law against other
transgressions with less money and
less influence at the command? A
decent sense of self-respect requires
the government either to enforce
this law or to repeal it?"
Tardiness is Dangerous.
Declaring that if criminal prosecutions
had been undertaken when
the law was first enforced there
would have been no such connection
of power as exemplified by
either of the two corporations under
discussion. Mr. Pomerene said the
ruling of the Supreme Court muast
be followed up quickly in the most
vigorous fashion, "or the fruits of
the victories will be lost to the
government and to the people."
Speaking for myself," he said, "I
think it is high time that the
American people should understand
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whether the Stars and Stripes are
to be the emblem of their power
and authority or whether that emblem
shall be the oil barrel or the
tobaeeo tag." lie declared there
was precedeut fur his resolution of
instruction to the Attorney Central
inasmuch as tin latter had failed to
undertake the criminal litigation,
although it is provided for in the
nn^i-trust law.
"The Attorney General is but a ,
creature of the law," he said. "His
office was created by Congress. He
is clothed with stu b powers and required
to perform such duties as
Congress sees fit to demand of
liiin It - ?-> - 1
,v ..in puu iu ei u van iukc
away front those powers whenever
in its judgement it is deemed proper."
Senator Potnerene closed witn
an appeal to the Senate for support
for the resolution.
SIIOKS WD Tin: HOOKWORM.
Ih'timl Army Surgeon Hit* Theory
About the lui/.y Disease.
Dr. W. K. Arnold, a retired surgeon
of the United States navy, submits
to the medical profession the
proposal to reduce too a minimum
the danger of hookworm infection
l>v inducing those likely to lie exposed
to it to wear footgear different
from the ordinary machine
made shoes. His theory is that
hookworm larva re will penetrate
mything that will permit the entrance
of water, and American sewed
shoes, he says, are not water;
tight.
Wooden soled shoes, Dr. Arnold
asserts, to which the uppers are
nailed are water tight, and these
prevent certain classes of workers
in S-iuthern Kurope from becoming
infected with hookworm.
"I desire to direct attention." he
says in an article in the Medical;
Record, "to the fact that has been'
repeated noted that hookworm infection
in Kurope is principally a
problem doalnig with certain occupations.
rather than incumbs upon
the whole that population?as up- '
pears now to he the case is our j
Southern Slates; also to put upon ;
record the conviction that this dif- .
erence of conditions hero and in j
Southern Continental Europe is j
mainly due to the peasantry there, j
"The machine made shoes of
America are famous alike for their'
attractive appearance and for their i
relatively small cost; but all of the'
recent studies of the condition of
our working classes agree in putting j
tile cost of shoes as one of the prin- j
eipal items of wage earners' expen- j
diturcs for appatel. This is ohvi-j
ously due to the poor wearing
quality. which are ascribable to
the tiglttness of titeir construction |
and to various devices in the tuaii-j
ufacture of leather tending tt?;
sliorten the time of its production
and to improve its working quaii-i
ties."
The writer goes to explain that
it is practically impossible to make
shoes with sewed welts that are
water tight. Then he says that the
shoes with thick wooden soles, to
which the uppers are nailed, such
as the European peasants wear, are
impervious to hookworm larvae.
"The Southern European peasan-,
! try," he continues, "and many do-(
mestics and cognate laborers of
both sexes use these wooden soled
. siioes. They do not in the least resemble
the Holland nor the German
clogs. They are indistinguishable
from ordinary shoes, especially
those for women, at a glance; and
the only modification in use is that
they are large enough to accommodate
a sort of slipper, made usually
of soft kid t<> iirovont "vwiK.
ive wear upon the stockings from
the unbending wooden sole. They
cost about the same as the shoos
usually worn by working people, in
spite of the duty now levied upon !
them on importation Should they I
prove too noisy for use in school
by pupils, this foult could be over j
come by adding sheet rubber soles
and heals.
"If it is possible to popularize
the use of such shoes in this country,
i do not hesitate to predict j
more efficient protection from the
ihoomworm infection. Every up-todate
practitioner in the South can
illustrate from his own experiences
instances in which newcomers either
have suffered hookworm infection,
and in the absence of direct
proof of infection by ingestion of I
hookworm larvae, which has failed
so far as tried with the hookworm
of the dog, defective footwear must
be blamed for such infection, espee- i
iaDv in bankers, druggists, and like
sedentary folk, notwithstanding i
their indoor occupation and town i
lives.
editors in troi'hle.
because They Accommodate ReILn- ;
quent Subscriber*.
The following is from the Publishers
Auxiliary, a newspaper!
published for the newspaper people: J
Special agents of the postoffice |
department are traveling around |
the country dropping into newspa-!
per offices when least expected to 1
examine subscription lists, if ascer-1;
tain if the regulations requiring 1
payment in advance is being ob-j i
served. Several newspapers have' i
been in trouble, and here is a story j1
told by the Res Moines Capitol. i
"Editor Fay, of Lyons, Iowa, has
been called to Washington city be- j1
cause bis subscription list is not i
as well payed up as the law re-11
quires. He will have to explain to .
the government officials whv hel<
has not compelled his subscribers |
to pay up according to the postals'
rules. It seems a little tough jhat ]
country editors have to bo hauled '
up before the government under the J
charge of violating the Federal law 1
just because they do not eternally ;
keep dunning their subscribers for
the small sum they owe on suhscrip- i
tions, but it is like the end of the
world; no one knows whet, it com'
eth and an editor knoweth not what
day the inspector may pop in and
ask to see his list, and if too many
subscribers are behind on the paper,
it means trouble with the government.
It puts the editor in such
a shape that he is compelled to
force his subscriptions unless he
has an unusually prompt paying list
of subscribers."
The Bee, a newspaper published
lished at Jefferson has been jerked
up. This is wlmt tliu editor said
about it
"Tin* lice this morning received
its official siiniiuons front tin- j?ostuffice
depuiimpiit to conform with
the ruling which iv'iu rts tin* pay
in advance. We can no longer setiii
the paper to delinquents. no matter
how willing we may he i i aceoiuin date
them. We sotnetitms question
the right ?>f ?"n?le Sam to 11terl'ere
in the conduct of legitimate
business and say we shall not extend
credit if we want to, hut
whether right or wrong we must
conform to tIn regulation, it certainly
will distte-s us greatly to
cut off good and long time patrons
who we know intend to pay. hut are
careless about the ma iter, and if
such really want tin J tee, we know
they will come to our assistance and
relieve us of this embarrassment.
"It i? a very dangeiotis business
for a newspaper man to send papers
to subscribers who are in arrears.
"To he deprivt d ol second class
privileges, wltieli is the penalty of
non-compliance with the ruling, puts
it newspaper out of business tor the
expense of putting a one eeiit stamp
on every paper mailed amounts to
more titan the profits >11 the etititi
subscription business to say nothing
of tile increased amount of labor
which is acquired it affixing
the stamps."
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Chicago, June Is. From blacksmith's
apprentice t?? President of
Stock Fxchangc ol the second
city of the country, and in twontytwo
years.
Vila! is tlu? record of James .1.
Towii8cnd, head < ? the firm of J J
Townscnd ?v Company, No. 2 3?;
South La Salic street. lb- -vas iioniinated
several weeks ago for the
l?ri'sidency of the Chicago stock L\change.
Mr. Townscnd was horn in Lima,
l'a.. a few tniles from Philadelphia.
September 1N.1X02.
"I can't say that I was born on
a fa nr., rode a freight train to
Chicago and steadily rose through
the usual channels," lie says. "As
a matter of fact, 1 rode all the way
in a Pullman for 1 always liked
good travelling, and I have always
ridden in a pullman ever since,
when 1 could get one.
"But 1 landed here with almost
nothing in my pockets, and began
looking about for work. In a few
days 1 entered the employ of a
blacksmith named H. 11 Martindale,
now dead
"I stayed there alK?ut ten years
and shod a great many horses, many
of them champions of their day
Piedmont and Goldsmith Maid I remember
especially, and they all
were well shod, t-'?o."
\ * * *
a :ime i uruteu into p<>!itiis,
going with the Democrats. and
always staying with them. Refore
loii}; 1 was tliairmail of the City
Central Committee, then I wss with
the State Committee, and served i
while on the West Park Rourd.
Wlien i left the forge 1 left polities
and further than going regularly to
the po'ls i have taken no active
part since.
"There was one man who used
to 4i?jve pretty fast horses and alwa>s
came to the shop to so?- them
shod. He got to know me and after
a while he had m" do all his shoeing.
One day lie was standing Inside
me watching me pound the
nails in and he said, suddenly:
Mini, why don't you quit this ami
do sonieinthing else?'
' I laughed and told him there
was nothing else 1 could do. "Yes.
there Is,' h>- said 'If J get you a
place in a brokerage office will you
take It?'
Although it was a good deal of a
surprise, 1 agreed The next day
iie came back, told me to take off
my apron and get ready to become
a financier. That man was John A.
King, then president of the Fort
Dearborn Hank 1 can never forget
him."
Mr. Townsend was then twentyseven.
He was put into the brokerage
office of Jefferson AL- Co. He
served there about six months and
i lien started in for himself.
Mr. Townsend has served nearly
twenty years on the Stock Kxchange
governing committee, is now in Ins
second term as chairman of tl%- finance
committee, and lias held enrolls
other chairmanships at different
times
HOLM. AFTKR JOY KIIH.KS.
( Vlllil'k. I l?? * ", :1 1 *
* wm mi- * I'lllI'M' TMill HH'
Sent (?> Officers W illi liislructiini.s
In Kn force (lie 1>?\\?.An .Act
to Kegulatc the Kiiiiiiing of .Motor
A'ehiclcs I'pon the Public
HijfliHiiys of the Stjilr, and Fixing
a Penalty for (lie Violation
Thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by (lie
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That no person
shall operate a motor vehicle on a
public highway at a rate of speed
greater than is reasonable and proper
at the time and place, having regard
(o th?- traffic and use of the
highway, and its condition, or so as
to endanger the life, limb or property
of any person, or in any event at
a greater rate than fifteen miles an
hour, subject however. ty? the other
provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. I'pon approaching a
crossing of intersecting public highways
or a bridge, or a sharp curve,
or a steep descent, and also iuftraversing
such crossing, bridge curve
:?r descent, a person operating a
motor vehicle shall have it under
control, and operate it at a rate of
speed no greater than six miles an
hour, and in no event greater than
is reasonable and proper, having regard
to the traffic then on such
highway and the safetv of the public.
Sec. 3. Upon approaching a person
walking in the roadway of a
public highway or a horse or any
other draft animals being ridden or
driven thereon, a person operating
a motor vehicle shall give warning
of its approach by signaling with a
horn, bell or otherwise not calculated
to frighten such animals, and
use every reasonable prerantion t??
insure the safety ot saeli person or
animals, and, in the ease of
horses or other draft animals, to'
prevent frightetiiug the same, uud
at once redtii e tie- peed ;ti win !
sneli veliieh is being < peiated and
hold same uikI>>i < uttol, end it
sueli horse or otiter nr. ft annuals
. ,'i" ar frightened, t > reduce the
peed : > not Illofe tit; !t one- a|f
the speed permitted P> See:ion
and bring same' to stop if apparent
.it i'i ssarv for the sa.l- t\ of soi l;
pi rsc n or ; nimni, having due r uiid
'? > sat :y of p;;s-<eiige:.s in sip!1 n-.?
i r vi'h teles.
See. 4 A person operating a
motor veltiele shall, ? t.ipust ot
op< t: signal b> pttuit'i. .tp the hand
front a person riding or driving
a restive horsi or horses, or other
ir.'lt animals In-iiu. au-i. . .
Ittfk> directly to ;t stop if neecssary,
having due rt-^aiM for safety of persons,
v"h:cles and animals, aiitl it
travelin ;; 111 oppos tc tlirection, reIttaill
Stationary so lestg : may be
11 stsotitifile to allow such horses or
aitituals pass, and if traveling in ,
tile same direction, use reasonable
i.iihit,ii ii tliereafter passing sueh
horses tii animals: Provided. That
in ease -iieli horse or animal appears 1
hadk I . iglllt lletl, tir lie is l'< i|iieStetl '
;<> tin so. the person operating suclt
iiiotci vehicle shall canst the motto*
i.t siudt vehicle :o cease running so
lot g -hail be reasonably nect
sjirv to pievent accident and incite
the cale>y f persons, vchieies nod
animals
Sec. ."i. Win never a p? rsoii opt rating
a motor vehicle shall meet on
punlie highways ami any person
riding or driving a horse m hordes
or at her lira ft animals, or any ot Ii
er vehicle, the person operating
sncli mo't't vehicle shall reasonably
turn tile Millie to the fight of the
ct lilt r if sue11 highway, so as to
pass will,on; ilitet ferettce. Am pt rson
opemt'iig a motor vohieh shall
on .'vertakii.,; any stitdi horse, draft
ai'ini'i! or other vehicle, pass on
tin left itle tltereof, and ttie rider,
driver of such horse, draft animal
or other vehicle fdtall as s-s.:; as
practicable turn to the right, so as
'o allow free passage on the left.
Any person operating a motor vehicle
shall, at tin- intersect ion of
public highways, keep to the right
ot the intersect iun of the rent res of
icli highways when turning to the
right. and pass to the left of such
intersection when turning te the
left.
Sec. Kvery motor vcliiciv while
in use mi a iiulilic highway shall he
provided with good and effieieiit
brakes ami also with a suitable hell,
horn or other signal, and l>e so eon
strutted as to exhibit during the
period neeessary from or alter
sun until not neeessary before sunrise,
a white light visible within a
reasonaide distance in the direction
toward which the vehicle is proceeding,
and a red light in reverse
direction: Provided, That in ease
of heavy fog, if necessary. such
light shall be displayed in the daytime
before sunset and after sunrise.
See. 7. Whoever shall violate the
provisions of this Act shall lie
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, lie fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
for not more than thirty days.
Sic. s "Motor Vehicles." as used
in this Ait, includes al! vehicles
propelled by gasoline or other explosive
vapor, steam, electricity or
other kindred power, hut the provisions
of t.his Act do not apply to
road rollers, nor to motor vehicles
run upon rails or set tramways or
tracks.
Approved tin 7th day of March,
A. 1). 1 ?U5.
IW'autit'ul SiMinon.
Chesterfield Advertiser.
Many words might he spoken and
eoluiniiK written without even saying
jts much as is comprised in tiie
following lines from the pen of
Kdwin Markam:
While the cobbled mused, here
passed liis plane a beggar, drenched
by the rain; he caleld him in from
the stony street and gave him
shoes for his bruised feet. The
beggar went and there catue a
crone, her face with wrinkles of
sown; a bundle of faggats bowed
her back and she was spent with
the wrench and rack. He gave tier
liis loar and steadied her load as
she took her way on the weary
road. Then to hir door came, a
child, lost and afraid in the world
so wild, in the hig dark world.
Catching it up lie gave it the milk
In the waiting cup and led it home
to its mother's arms, out of the
reaeh of the world's alarms. The
day went down in the crimson west,
with it the hope of the blessed
Guest; and Conrad sighed as the
world turned gray; "Why is it.
Lord, that your feet delay. Did you
forget that this was the day?"
Then, soft, in the silence a voice
was heard; "Lift up your heart
for I kept my word. Three times 1
came to your friendly door, three
times My shadow was on your
floor; 1 was the beggar with bruised
feet; I was the woman you gave
to eat; I was the child on the
homeless street."
This is indeed a beautiful sermon
and expresses a thought that
will linger with those who consider
it for a moment.
HIDDI'N GOLD I'PI XI)
Kst.imatcd to ho lletweeii fifteen
to Sixty-Five .Million,
A message received at San Diego.
i iiiiiii iira.illlf StM'KI'IS ? I M >; IT' f |
the steamer Eureka says their expt
(lition to recover an immense
cache of gold hidden by the crew
of a Chilean ohusier off the H011duran
coast more than 2" years
ago, has been successful. The treasure
has bean variously estimated at
front $15,000,000 to $65,000,000
according to reports. The expedition
was financed by Harry Krelling,
a well known clubman, of SanFrancisco.
The map showing the
location of the hurled treasure was j
in iKtssession of a former resident
of Honduras, who succeeded in in- |
teresting Krelling in his story of
I the buried gold.
I A SQUARE DEAL FOR DILLON COUNTY j
> *
X At least Lite In-tirance Company has kept faith w h *
> ;ts S<>uth Carolina policy-holders. *
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> Wilt, the St rth-Atlantic bc^an to solicit business in *
South Carolina its *. jui m. ntatiVvS wtie authorized to state *
* titat id rv dollar ot st.ij lus in ni 1 niiiii.ir. re iei] ts w< ihi \ c *
> uvestcd in the c< nuvunities n which the jutmirms were .-j;
* ceeived. *
*
? The South-Atlantic Life Insurance Company has loa ^
> mi Dilion County three tin.es its total premium receipts f
! policy-holders in that * uunty. ?
? !s ?t not your business to help the business ot a Company
<; v hose business help* your business? *
! South-Atlantic Life Insurance Company !
Ki?mi ni?. m hii<\\ick. Prest. KICI!>K?ND, V *
MAX FASS, General Agent, Dillon, S C.
How Cie ' ie-,.epLsi?ae ^stys
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The fanner v.'h 4 -elephone in
his home can meet :.:,.x.ncbS situation
whether he he at home or in town. Can
yoy call your home on the telephone like
this farmer is domy?
If not you are losing money by not
usin^ the greatest com enience of modern
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