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lie SHllatt . C, Decoaber M, IMS. BOAD WORKMANSHIP. la article* la various publications os road building, frequent reference is made to materials, some or them patented. The experience has been in Dillon county, however, that not only must there be good materials In chad building, but the workmanship Is Just as important. In hundreds of counties roads that were put down b only four or five years ago?at the time "guaranteed" to wear 20 yevirs ?are already virtually worn out, especially on the more important thoroughfare*. County authorities have come to the conclusion that in the future every dollar expended for road work must give honest returns. WHAT THKT DID TO POULTRY. r ' I Several weeks ago a great packins concern sent out statements that poultry wan the cheapest meat on the market, and advising its liberal use. But the food speculators quickly took advantage of the situation and stopped the decline by jamming the cold storage warehouses with "birds Of IaW knd Y%isrV? dooroo " them in at the prevailing low figures. Vere are the figures of poultry in storage warehouses this ear and last year, as given out in Washing- , ton: Amount of poultry in storage July 1, 1916, was 6,215,672 pounds; i on July 1,1917, 54,186,977 pounds. This tremendous difference will explain the high prices the consumers are paying. But the producers of poultry in Dillon county and everywhere else got a just share of the high prices the 54,000,000 pounds of poultry stored will bring. They got the low price that was quoted by the packing concern at time the poultry was purchased for storage; the public will pay b the high price ' ihe storage whenever they dee i right and proper ? to unload. ,?? , ?"b army. round numbers, our income tax ?^^^paying portion of the population tot- ( f ala less than 4 50,000 individuals and i leas than 350,000 corporations. M These figures prove tw0 things? 1 that there are not as many prosper- 1 ous people, based on the income tax * returns, as many imagined; and that 1 k there are more of the Icsh prosperous than was supposed. On the other hand a charmed cir- i cle of our income tax payers have IMF ' to pay very heavily because wealth is exceptionally concentrated in their 1 hands. 1 For instance, it is stated that 206 ^ people in this country made more . than $1,000,000 in 1916; no one knows how many became millionaires since then. i It is considered disgraceful to I make millions out of the war?but some hundreds of people in the country have done so. They are included in the 450,000 paying income taxes. ^ The real significance of our income tax list, however, is overlooked if h merely the total of individuals and MlPnAraHAtia la The cft*lsignificance is not the I total comprised in the charmed cir- * ^ cle but the total of wealth they 1 represent. j1 No more convincing argument j n against the unequal distribution of j wealth was ever presented to the no'-j tios of the nation than the income tax ] I, returns. j, S*?- Less than one-third of one per eeat. of the population pay income I | ' taxes; hut a goodly percentage of L those that do must pay millions. j' p Services at the Methodist Church. ! % Maim street Methodist church. Dr. VMsoa.B. Duncan, Pastor. Sunday | school at It a. m.. Mr. W. Harry L Mutter, Superintendent. Preaching at h 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. by the Pastor.' L Hbrning subject: "Peace on Earth". SrmriBg?suh|oat: "Faith and Worka. L hi Personal Salvation." Prayer serK vice oa Wednesday at 7 p. m. Public L * " .11 1 ? y * |? wtwy BUVI?W w ?kl< VCITII^O. I Kb,; I Pwwwl of Mr. McKinwf. wR^'v* Mr. I. R. McKinsey, who lived Mar UtU dlef very suddenly on IftBt Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m. The k Iprtal took place at Pleasant Grove church near Dillon, on Mon-' jjBT dsoratac at 11 o'clock. Dr. Wat-j B. Dvacaa conducting the ser-' ; 3>P*s. A large number of friends and ^p^Whtirw attended the funeral. Mr^'wOR SALE?1000 bushels Pulghum aeod oats, $1.55 bushel; 2000 bushels Texas Red Rust Proof Seed Oats, $1.16 bushel; 400 bags PeafflF' nut Meal at $3.05 per sack, 100 pounds. Terms cash. A. B Watson Co. Rowland, N. C.?11-28-tf. TIE gPIXHKR Ml TtUC PLANTER (W. W. Robinson In the News and Courier.) The spinners are aubjeet to a good deal of criticism. Moat business men are. In fact few people, whatever may be their pursuits, ever escape the critics. Some things said about the spinners are probably true. It would be most unusual If they were not. It would be equally unusual if a'l or them were true. It is fairly certain however, that the spinners are quite up to the average of American business men, women is unquestionably high. Whatever may be the spinners faults, the fact remainu that nlng industry is one of the great constructive industries of the country. A bale of cotton shipped abroad as a raw product means about $150 to be divided between commerce, capital and labor in this country. Shipped manufactured into the various products, of which cotton ia susceptiole, it would mean from three to four times Ihet amount to be divided. This reveals how Intimately the spinning industry concerns the econ. omic resistance and financial power of the nation. It makes it clear also that manufacturing all the crop of American cotton by American mills is In the direction of the soundest public policy, and looking to that end, the spinning business should, therefore, be steadily fostered by wise laws and by an active and sympathetic public opinion. Now that shortcomings of the industry are, more or less, superficial and are constantly undergoing the process of correction which time is always applying in human affairs, tJ let what is temporary and minor in character obscure and neutralize our inierebt in. the big an<i vital facts outlined here would show a lack of vision and a lack of ability to use great opportunities which the eia now da wing and the future it forecasts, demands of the American peor?le nml f.onn/. toll,- u * I- ? - ? i?? iu en*- ixoiam rant* >f the cotton producer n id of the coltoi: spinner. This prospective achievement in Ihe judgment of the wiiter, over-1 ihado-vs in importance every other outlook of the cotton trade. It8 iu--! :ess intimately and equally concern-1 ilike the spinner and the plant^7 ' Po orine it about, itjs the mtput of JAfclTiinufactu red product in^he production of the raw 111aerial must both be kept 011 a steadly expanding basis. More American ;otton every year and more of it manufactured by American mills evsry year should be the watchword. The best way, in fact the only way this end can be realized i8 through a sound and steady profit for all interests concerned. Without such a profit, the spinner would not continue to spin, nor would the planter coninue to plant. Now an abundant supply of cotton is certainly essential to the steady growth of the spilling industry, but this does not mean that cheap cotton is one of ihe essentials. In other words, it does not mean that the property of the industry in the future depends on the price of cotton, returning to the levels which brought nothing but poverty and its privations to the producer for more than forty years after the close of the civil war. This opinion, widely current, that cheap cotton was necessary to the wholesome expansion of the spinning business is one of those sophistries that often find lodgment in the public mind through a kind of inherited habit of thought. Its fallacy is coin-| pletely exposed by the easily provable fact, that cotton at three or four times above the average price it has usually brought, would still be the cheapest fabric for clothing the hu-| man race. The fact is, it is the only rabric of which the supply is suffi-1 cient. If the demand for cotton had to be transferred to linen, wool end Bilk, where would it put the price, and what would be the extent of the Buffering of those who could not get It at any price? In the last analysis not only the healthy growth of the spinning industry. but the economic and finan-; cial power of nations depends on an increasing supply of American cotton.' How can this be assured? That is one of the momentous questions of the times. It is clear that as the spinner must be induced by a steady profit to expand his business, so must the laborer engaged, in growing cot- j ton be assured of such a profit that it will induce him to steadily extend himself in its production. Not to recognise these fundamental facts would i be sheer recklessness for the trade.! It is practice' certain that the planter will determine this matter of cost, profit and price in the future, regardless of all interference by outsiders. It is really fortunate for the trade that this is so, since it will clearly go a long way towards insurin this steady increase in the supnlv Af ranr nnHon wKI-aW Is wl?*l A r>/ v?? kM*f WVVVU) VVUIV1I AO A VOI. A lot of people, who are ignorant and aliens, attempting to determine for the farmer the cost of production and the price of the cotton, is an impudent absurdly on its face. At one time, long ago, the activity of such people was more or less dangerous ?it is of no consequence now. Thig matter of cost, profit and price of cotton can very safely be left to the farmer, as it must anyway. It will tend very definitely to insure a steady supply, it will insure stability end, upon the whole, will be a most constructive influence in the American cotton trade achieving that position of dominating power -J? ?' J which ia Just ahead In the future, and la. In fact now practically within their grasp. While there are too many farmers for the activities of these meddlers to amount to anything, the number of farmerg who are willing to take a reasonable profit is also too great for the few who might be willing to practice anything like extortion. The official record covering the distribution of negroes has au intereating bearing on this prospective supply of American cotton. These records show that in 1910 they made up 29.8 per cent of the population of the South. In the larger cotton producing States the percentage was 32.6. The ratio of increase of the white race, whi ;h is faster, points to this difference being now negroes 28 per cent, white 72 per cent. The percentage of other races is so small as to be negligible'. uuriag me iasi ten years diversified farming has attracted an increasing number of white people, so it is entirely probable that now 75' per cent of the agricultural products of the South are produced by white labor. This is rather plainly brought out as it relates to cotton by some of the heavy cotton producing States having a very small negro population. Texas and Oklahoma, for instance, averaged only 14 per cent, in 1910. These records will no doubt, be surprising to many. Since they showj that results depend so largely upon the superior initiative of the white luce they justify an optimistic out-, look as to an adequate supply of American cotton. What these rec- \ ords indicate as to the prospectivei range of prices is most interesting. I You see the low prices, which prevailed before the war-were based on economic slavery; this has been plain ly shown by the estimates of the cost, of production which were based on lubor at $75 per^month. One might | be justified in assuming that the' negroes would continue to put up with these conditions. It would be however, absolute folly to assume that the white man will. ? TOTAL (JKIiMAX l?KAI? ABOUT TWO MlldrtlX. " I V.W ntx M.llon Casualties Already| Reported. ' New York, Dec. 20?When the tot-i al German casuslties' are published, | the number of dead will be about two, million, according to the Colognef Gazette of November 25, a copy of.' which has been received here. Up to! Oct. 25 the total casualties report-! ed were 6.066,79 6, of whom more' than 4,7 50.000 were Prussians. The total includes the naval casu-iliies, which were 70,000, comprised of more than 25,00|0 dead, more than 15.000 missing and nearly 29,000 wounded. Casualty list No. 1,284, publish'd October 24, according to the Cologn Gazette, placed the number of dead j at 1,611,104, the number of wound-, ed at 2,683.14 3 and the missing at! 772,522. The paper says that of the number reported missing 180,000 may be considered dead. The Cologne paper uses the word, "appalling" in describing tlie.casualties among the officers. The total on October 24 included 44,700 officers! killed 82,460 officers wounded and | 13,600 missing, a total of 140,760. | The loss in officers alone, the piper i points out, exceeds the total casual-! ties of Germany in the Franco-, Prussian war of 1870 when the total losses were 129,608. The total on October 24. which did not include casualty lists from! A*-- ^ - me iiKiiiuiK uii me western ironi alter that date, nor the German losses in Palestine, was apportioned by the paper as follows among the Various 1 army contigents: Prursia, 1,262,060 dead. 2.882,671 wounded, 616130 missing. Yotal 4,760,870. Bavaria 150,658 dead, 363,8231 wounded, 72,115 missing. Total 568596. Saxony 108,017 dead, 252,027 wounded, 51,787 missing, Total. 411,831. Wurtteniburg, 64,507 dead, T55.654 wounded, 16,802 missing. Total. 236,936. Navy, 25,8962 dead, 28,968, wounded, 15,679 mis9ing. Total 70,509. JOHN Hllil. HAS FINE PROGRAM FOR MR. W1Ij60N. Presidential Party Will Arrive at: England Thursday Noon and Be Received by Duke of Connaught. I London, Dec. 21?(By the Associated Press.)?Following is the official program in connection with the visit of President Wilson to Eng-' land: I The presidential party will arrive) at Dover at 12:10 p. m. Thursday j and will be received by the Duke of Connaught. representing the King; John W. Davis, the American ambassador; Lord Reading, the British ambassador to the United States, and .Lord Herschell, lord in waiting to ,the King, who will be especially at, tached to the President during his I visit. { Commander Sir Charles Cust, bQuerry to the King, will meet the , President at Calais and will be specially attached to him. \ The party will arrive at Charing (Cross station, in London, at 2:30 p. m., and will be received by the King and Queen and with the sovereigns will drive to Buckingham Palace. The streets will be lined by troops. 1 who will be assisted by conti gents J from the royal navy and the air fore- j es. Clubs and those occupying private < houses along the streets thru' which j the President will pass are asked < to cooperate in making the decora- J tions as effective as possible. }< On Thursday evening the Presi-.J dent und Mrs. Wilson will dine pri-'< vately. Friday morning and after- 5 noon will be reserved for the Presi- j dent to meet the British Cabinet r ministers. In the evening the King < will give a banquet at Buckingham ( Palace. 1 On Saturday the President W"M proceed to the city to receive an ad- S dress at Guild Hull. On I hat evening ( a dinner will be given by the gov- J5 eminent at Lancaster House at which J the British ministers will be present.]! After the dinner the President will s leave London for Carlisle, his nioth-|<j er's birthplace, where he will spend J Sunday. This visit will be without:1 ceremonial. From Carlisle the presidential par-j ty will proceed to Manchester, where the President will be the guest of the) lord mayor. Arrangements have beeni, made for the President to receive on I] Monday the freedom of the city of. i Manchester. It is expected that the;] President will leave for France on i Tuesday. On Belgian Steamer. < Dover, Dec. 21 ? When PresidentJi Wilson crosses the English channel ] Thursday he probably will travel by S the Belgian mail steamer Jan Brey-|S del, which brought Field Marshal Sir ? Douglas Haig and his generals backj3 to England. British aerial and naval }! escorts will be furnished. e The arrangements for the reception \ of ihe President have not been com- j pleted but the civil authorities ex- a pect to join the naval and military ? authorities in a great welcome. S Situation Shaping up Well. 1 Paris, Dec. 21 ? The President's i <j first week in France finds the pre- J liminary situation surrounding theijj peace conference fairly well develop-j| ed toward the point where, according j ! ?.?> me rresiaents expressed view, it X will be worth while for the United j| states to participate in conferences' d with French and Italian statesmen, n have served to emphasize that he con. j j siders a treaty of peace not enough ; but that the general agreement to ) be made among the nations must in- > elude a satisfactory settlement of the ^ question of the freedom of the seas and a league of nations. <j The President now goes to Eng- ( land to continue the discussions there J along the same lines as those he had < with the representatives of Pari8 andj Italy, which the President's advisers describe as having been satisfactory. Carl i 1 THUI |j* W ell-broke & tke West, aiu % 4 If you are 11 X Stkat will give ; to see tins lot. Bl % X $ Two solid car 1 X good serviceable i ?? '1 V w i I A # w t wi _y uiiiv. |r. H. ! | Litt , X258 , , i Jones Jones j CHRISTMAS 5 fIDTITITTWrC I! | I VJ1VJUJU X liXVJk/ | V I ? I < { ) We look upon the business world with \ 1 | a broader vision than the mere making of | | money our intentions are to be real service | i to our customers and friends for we con- | | sider every body in Dillon and surround- ! > | ing community our friends, and trust that | \ t we have in some degree during the past ; I year reached our aim, and hope to be of |! I greater service to you in the coming year j 1 And now that old santa-clause is start | I ing out on his annual journey we hope he | | will slide down every chimney in Dillon 1 I County and fill every childs stocking with I I the goodies their hearts most desire i And while we are lavishing our gifts on I I our friends let us try to emulate the ex- 1 | ample of the one whose birthday we are | > celebrating and remember the objects of | I charity and be liberal with the Red Cross 1 ; American-Syriam relief fund and thus 1 ; bring good cheer to those in need and then 11 ! go out with a broad smile facing the | future with renewed confidence is the j | wishes of i! | Jones Dry Goods Co. jj IW. V. Jones, Prop. | Dillon, S. C. | 260 2 oad Mules! Arrived | ISDAY. 19th. 1 7 > clioice farm mules fresk from |* 1 selected witk care. % a need of a good mule, one t you first-class service don't fail v JGGIES 1 oads buggies just arrived. These are X fekicles and will give full value for X WIGGINS | le Rock, S. C. |