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. .5 Watch Label on Your Paper / \ I I | I The Date on the Label is the ar' " s"b"""um y^tif mum t^ptrcuxi* kt p"" ' ^ ^ ESTABLISHED 1894. THE DILLON'HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MORNING, JULY 17, 1919. VOL.23. NO^ ^ R-34 LANDS SAFELY UPON ENGLISH SOU COMPLETES ROUND TRIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND U. S. Th? Voyage from Long Island War Made Without Particular Incident. Pulham, Norfolk, England, July 13?(By the Associated Press.)? Great Britain's transatlantic air pioneer, the dirigible R-34, arrived here at 6:56 oclock, Greenwich time today, completing her round trip from the British Isles to the United States and return. The R-34 poked her nose out of the clouds northeast of the village and, after circling the flying field three times, glided gently to the ground, and ten minutes later was housed in the dirigible shed. The voyage from Long Island was without particular incident and was completed in approximately seventy-five hours. Shouts from those on the field greeted the first sight of the long gray body low onthe horizon. As the R-34 approached the field she dropped from a height of 5,(H)0 feet to 2,000 feet. The men who were to aid the airship in landing were ordered to their positions end waited silently as the ship circled the field, dropping lower and lower. The Landing. When Major G. H. Scott, her commander, had maneuvered the airship into position for the landing the water ballast was released to steady her and a rope was thrown from the bow. The rope was grasped by eager hands and the giant ship moved across the field to the shed, where the delicate operation of berthing her was completed quickly and without accident. A military band stationed on the field played "The Call to Duty" as . the airship begun to settle, and then changed to the strains of "See, the Conquering Hero Comes." As the ship was warped into the shed the band played "Keep the Home Fires Burning," The crowd was too intent in watching the ship to notice the music, while the whirr of the propellers made it inaudible to the men in the R-34. Tired, But Smiling. The tired unshaven, but smiling men who composed the crew quickly _ climbed from the gondola and were greeted warmly and with many slaps on the back by the officers aid soldiers gathered on the field. "The voyage home has been with, out incident", said Major Scott. "We want breakfast.?' After breakfast, and while enjoying the belated luxury of his little black pipe, smoking not being permitted on the airship, Major Scott told the story of the return flight as follows: "We estimated we would make it in from seventy to eighty hours," he said. "We made it in seventy-five. When we left we had a strong wind behind us and we covered the tirst 800 miles in about eight hours. When we circled over New York we could plainly see the crowds on Broadway waving to us as we passed, but we could not hear them because of the noise of the engines. Slower Progress. "South of New Foundland we encountered head winds and our progress from then on was slower. We traveled at an average height of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet and found much low clouds and fog. Once we saw nothing but fog for twent-four hours. "We struck Ireland at Clifden and made good progress from there, although our steering engine broke down Saturday morning.. We started with 4.900 gallons of gasoline and had 1,000 left. "We are naturally pleased with the trip, all of us. I expect important changes in the size and speed in the future airship, the big ships that will travel seventy to eighty miles an hour and powerful enough to crawl through anything." A Great Trip. 'This has been a great trip," said Col. W. N. Helmsley, Jr., of the United States army air service, as he climbed out of the car. "We were lost one whole day because of the fog, which was so thick we could not get a shot at the sun, moon, stars or ho*Ton but we worked out of it and struck the Irish coast. We passed over the Isle of Man about 3 o'clock this morning and then, mounting above the clouds witnessed a most beautiful sight. Above was the bright moon; below soft, fleecy clouds, touched with all the colors of the rainbow, and far down below occasionally could be seen the dark, deep blue of the sea. But we did not have lime 10 aamire me ueauiy ui me scene. "We soon passed over Liverpool and the northern cities and towns and here we are. We suffered no hardships and no inconveniences, except that we had no hot water for shaving. Our >2 eggs were cooked, in the exhausts of the engine and we had plenty of oth1 er good food and cofee, tea and cocoa to drink. Over Rough Seas. "No one suffered from air sickness and, while the sea was tossed by a forty-mile gale, we were moving along in comfort on an even keel. "Regular airship service between Europe and America is bound to come, and soon.'' The members of the crew were' eagerly surrounded by friends who' were waiting at the airdome. George A Letter from Fair Bluff Whether the "Sun do Move" o yet it is a stubborn fact that humai being in these days of grace fron ,1914 to 1919 have put in a pac ' that is marvelous indeed. The pas ages never dreamed that the humai mind could conceive or put in op leration the wonderful things tha have come to pass anu yet, mon wonderful that men of to-day shoult feel as much at home in the depthi of the Seas as Whales, and as Eaglei far above the clouds. It almost bewilders sane men whei they witness or read of the periloui feats performed by fearless men ant women that have proven that wha was thought the impossible has beei done. All of this forshadows the gen ious and limitless power of the mint of man of the present and future. We are now living in a fast age and along some lines, rather too fasi especially as to the modern mar killer, commonly known as the Automobile of various brands when driver by reckless fools, who regard rush ing over a man in his buggy on th( public highway, blotting out his valupable life as merely a joke, just having a little fun. The introduction of this useful machine has been of un. told blessings to horses and mules and to men and women who are endowed with horse sense enough tc properly use them. The horrible ending of the life ol Roy Bethea by men who by their actions regard human life as a mere to> to play with and feel privileged tc run their cars over a worthy citizen with impunity. Mr. Bethea was one of Dillon county's best citizens. His life was clean and blameless. His death was not only a great loss to his family and *..I- J ? L..1 ~ 1 UU rx ws A irifiius, uui aisu iu ins uuuui.v nuu state?truth and honestly were among the crowning jewels in his life. All who knew him, appreciated his warm kindly heart, now silent in his grave, yet his blood cries out for speedy vengeance on his murderers. Well, Dillon had a great day on the 4th, a great crowd came from far and near to see the champion trotting horses of the state display their wonderful speed. It seemed to act as an inspiration on the great throng to get more out of life than the mere chasing after dollars, knowing that few among the many millions of people get what really belongs to them. Oh! it was a hot cloudless sky, not even a gentle Zephyr to fan your face and the Sun pouring down a flood of heat that made the crowd lined up by the Judges stand appear to have resisting power against the heat equal to Salamanders. The drawing card for Dillonites was "Peter Pinto'' and his worthy owner. And how their eyes followed them as they sped around the half mile track and as long as the drivers white hat could be seen above the dust in the lead hope thrilled their hearts, but when "Peter Pinto" dashed under the wire, safely leading in the race all the race fans joined in the shout of Victory for "Pinter Pinto." August brings the "Blue Tail" Fly and another race. Come again. o Services at the Methodist Church I Main Street Methodist church, Dr. Watson B. Duncan, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mr. W. Harry Muller, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. by the Pastor. Subject: 'The Gambling Evil." Preaching at 8:45 1 r? Hf TIT TTaa1> PI ijj i>i. nuun. i iwuMig .m* der. The sermon will be followed by the Third Quarterly Conference. Prayer service on Wednesday at 8:45 p. m. Public cordially invited to all services. Graham, the chief engineer, proudly carried his pet kitten which was born at East Fortune. The kiten suffered inconvenience during the trip and manifested its delight on reaching land again by jumping on the backs of its master's friends. Ill Touch With World. "We were never out of touch with the world, although we met a lot of fog," said Lieut. R. D. Durant the wireless officer. "It was hot in New | York, cold in the middle Atlantic and you see what it is here. We signaled two ships, the Cumberland and one going to Mexico. When they asked us who we were we said that we were a British airship, from New York to England. Their j^ireless operators expressed surprise, They had been at sea some time and did not know about us." Brig. Gen. E. M. Maitland, the representative of the air ministry on the i R-34, said: "We were sent by the air ministry to demonstrate that airships car | da a long sea voyage with the ulti mate view of heir commercial use later. Airships undoubtedly will be used in the future overseas and overland. They will not conflict in any way with the airplane or seaplane, but all will work together. The airship will go on long voyages, while the other fliers will radiate for short distances from the airships termini. "Our reception in America was extraordinary. The people there, impressed with our voyage, fully ithe commercial possibilities of the big airship. It was a wonderful sight as we passed over the great electric signs in New York, the signs being particularly bright spots below." The R-34 rested today in the shed beside her sister ship, the R-33. Major Scott and the other officers of the dirigible after resting today will prepare tomorrow to return the It-34 to East Fortuue, her home port. DILLON CASE IN COURT. r Pullman Porter Arrested at Dillon 11 Convicted of Transporting 11 Whiskey. e t Columbia, July 13?One of the k most important liquor cases to devel-' " op in this state in a long time was t that against William J. Preyer, a Pullman porter who was arrested i; aboard a fast train some months ago 3(at Dillon, for having liquor in his s! possession, by federal revenue offi(cers is to be heard before the United i. States Court of Appeals at Asheville, 9,N. C., next Tuesday. Its outcome will 1 affect other cases now pending in t this and otler states, i Preyer was arrested by State con stables who boarded an Atlantic 1 Coast Line train at Dillon, the first stop in this State. They had found , liquor in his possession on the train, t They removed the liquor at Florence i and the porter was held in jail there - and tried under the Read araendi ment. He was convicted. Preyer appealed the case, the coni tention being that the State consta bles had no right to enter interstate t trains and obtain evidence and make i a search without a warrant: It was - held that the evidence secured was 5 illegally obtained. The original trial was in March of this year. Preyer's ? appeal will be heard Tuesday at Asheville. Judge Knapp is to preside I over this ternj of court. o r Biggest Tobacco Break in History of Dillon. i ??? Something over to hundred thousi and pounds of tobacco was sold in i Dillon at the opening of the tobacco ; season on Tuesday, bringing from 1 four to forty-nine cents per pound. ! The average price paid was twenty to twenty-two cents per pound. There is a third warehouse in Dili Ion this vear known as the Farmers i Warehouse Co., all the stock being ' owned by farmers and no one farmer owning over five hundred dollars of ' the stock. This warehouse sold more j tobacco on the break than either of i the other two. All three of the ware houses are under excellent management. W. L. Thornburg is manager of 1 Pdrmers Warehouse Co., Watkins and 1 Brown are managers of the Watkins Warehouse and Pleasants and Moore are managers of the Liberty Warehouse. Bright tobacco seems to be the de' mand this year and the buyers are insisting upon the farmers letting their tobacco ripen fully in the field be.ore breaking it. Dillon county will sell this year fully fifty per cent., more tobacco than in any previous year. Farmers are growing it who have never grown it before. As a whole everybody seemed very well pleased at the prices paid on the opening for their first curings. o i S. P. Waters of Marion Has Narrow ! Escape at Pee Dee Park. S. P. Waters, a young man from Marion, was reported drowned at | Pee Dee Park Tuesday while in 'bathing in Pee Dee river. It seems ! that he was diving from a spring board and upon making a dive his head struck a stump which paralyzed him. Doctors Michaux and Henslee | were rushed to him quickly and while ( he is still in a paralyzed condition, hope is held out for his coming around : all right. Except for the quick action! of other bathers he would have, drowned. When it was seen that he J ' did not come to the surface in a reasonable time some of the good 'swimmers dived for him and brought him up in an unconscious state of 'mind and barely able to breathe. He j was carried to the Florence Infirmary I yesterday morning. o The Art of Living With Other People At the Main Street Methodist J church 011 last Sunday evening at 8:45, Dr. Watson B. Duncan preached on "The Art of Living With Other People." The sermon was a practical discussion of a very vital topic and we give below a brief synopsis of the discourse: Dr. Duncan said in part: Ou r subject for this evening is "The Art of Living With Other Peo|ple" and Ianounce as a text the eighteenth verse of the frwelvth Chapter I of Romans. "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.'1 Our text comes from the practical part of this great Epistle to the Ro-j mans. This Epistle, like all of those written by Paul, had two general Divisions. In the first Division we have a discussion of the great and, fundamental Doctrines of Christianity. In the second division we have the practical application of these principles or doctrines to life. Thus we have the relation of the theoretical and the practical; of Creed and conduct; of doctrine and duty; of confession to character; and of Re- , ligion to Morality. In the first eleven chapters of this Epistle to the Romans Paul discusses the fundamental doctrines of Christianityl He calls attention to the universality of sin and its terrible blirht unon the race: the utter im-| possibility of man's deliverance by, j the works of the law or by any hu-j man contrivance; the absolute need; of faith for justification before God ,and salvation from sin. Passing on, j he discusses the witness of the Di- , vine Spirit to our acceptance with; j God, deliverance from condemnation consequent upon sin, and all tlie ( !glorious privileges that accrue to (he. believes in the son of God. Begin-( jning with .the twelvth chapter, Paul ^ (Continued on page eight) CONTESTING MATHKSOX WILL. Heir Seeks to Set Aside Will of W ealthy Marlboro Planter and Banker. Pee Dee Advocate:? i A hearing was begun before Probate Judge Julian McLaurin Tuesday morning, in the proceedings brought by Julian J. Matheson to set aside and declare null and void the will of his father, the late A. J. Matheson. There is an imposing ar!ray of counsel. The following lawjyers were present, representing J. J. Matheson: Judge C. P. lownsend, T. I. Rogers, S. S. Tison and J. J. Ev|ans, ofthe local bar; D. W. Robin-j 'son and A. M. Lumpkin, of Colum-| 1 bia*. The heirs who are defending the will are represented by D. D. McColl and W. M. Stevenson, of Bennettsville, and Fred Wilcox, of Florence. H. J. Riley represents Thornwell orphanage, which will be entitled to J. J. Matheson's share of the estate if he fails in his effort to break the will. Court stenographer J. P. Kilgo Is taking the testimony. Evidence was taken all day Tuesday and yesterday, and has not yet been concluded. Mr. Robinson examines the witnesses for one side, and Mr. McColl for the other. The first witnesses were the witnesses to the will. J. W. LeGrand testified that Mr. Matheson saw him on the street and said he wanted hira to have the honor of witnessing his will. They went into the bank building, where Mr. i Matheson signed it and it was wit-! nessed by Mr. LeGrand, A. H. Odom i and G. W. Freeman. W. M. Steven-1 son was present. Mr. Matheson's | mind seemed to be good and capable of making a will. A. H. Odom, county auditor, testified that Mr. Matheson came to him and J. W. LeGrand on the street, near the Planters bank, and asked them to come in and witness bis will, i That Mr. Matheson said: "Mr. Stev-j enson has been working cn it and' has got it like I want it." He seem-| ed t0 be competent to attend to it. I witnessed the will. Not long before! that he made his tax returns in hisj own handwriting. His mind did not seem as good after his illness as before. G. W. Freeman, another witness of the will, said that he had been associated with Mr. Matheson over 20 years. When he signed the will I think he knew what he was doing His mental condition seemed t0 be good. Something was said about: Mr. 'Stevenson witnessing the will.; \fr Mafhfionn U/% A ?14 iUHUivouu oaiu lie LUU1U 11UI WII- I ness it, as he would get something through it. Mr. Matheson said he had made wills before and said they would be the last, but this would be the last. I helped him prepare two scratch out and interline his old will and have me copy it. Mr. Matheson had strong will power. I saw no evidence of his being unduly influenced by A. D. Mateson. In the wills I j wrote I remember that he gave Loudon plantation to Deems and Egypt j to Kenneth. Mr. Matheson had a ' stroke in February 1917. Part of the time after that he refused to ' take salary as president of the bank,! as he said he was away some of the 1 time and not able to do much at the) bank. In the meantime I handlei; most of the business of the bank, and Deems looked after his other busi-;: ness. He had Deems to do most of i his calculating. Before his stroke he | usually had his bookkeeper to do his ?1 calculating. After the stroke he was : not as strong as before. I could not | see much change in his mental conditio^ I heard him say his memory was not as good as it used to be. He ' was buying and selling cotton seed i and attending to other business up < t0 the time of his death. He had an ' active account at. the bank. He had j l building operations which he looked!' after himself. He also operated ah mercantile business. M Dr. W. J. Crosland testified that I' he was called to see Mr. Matheson |1 when he had the stroke about 18 j! months before his death. He had ' hardening of the arteries. That con-h dition usually weakens the body and 11 mind. It sometimes causes a mental j< lapse. People usually become more < emotional. They sometimes become J more stubborn, or harder to do any- ' thing with. 1 I visited Mr. Matheson only a few days after his stroke. After that I 1 talked with him about buying some J lots from him. I thought the price ! was too high and did not buy them.'; Not very long before his death he < came to my office and tried to sell i me some lots. I found that John s Adams wanted tfiem, and did not buy them. He sold them to Mr. Ad- 1 ams. He offered me| the residence 1 now occupied by Dr. May for $10,000 1 just before he conveyed it to his ] daughter, Mrs. May. 1 Mr. Matheson seemed to be a man s of strong constitution and good hab- J its. In tel]lng of the general effects < of arterial hardening, I did not mean s to apply them to Mr. Matheson. In 1 reading over his will, I think Mr. 1 Matheson's estimates of his property < was too high. It all seemed to be in- 1 flated about alike, so far as I know 1 the property. He generally placed 1 ' high values on property. The last i time he talked t0 me on business, he ' appeared feeble and faltering in his step and mind. I thought he was 1 competent to trade with. When he 1 taiseu to me attorn tno joruan proi>- ' ertv his mind seemed to he pood. So : far as I know he was active in btisi-1 ness tip to the time of his death. H" |( was one of the foremost business 1 men in Marlboro county, and a man of stronp will. I never saw any evidence of his being unduly influenced Fork. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Simpson of Tatum are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Melton Rogers, i Lieut, and Mrs. Marion K. Fort are [visiting Mrs. W. K. Fort. Lieut. Fort 'served overseas in the eighty first division. I Mips Stella Berry of Orangeburg spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. Frank Rogers. Miss Helen Watson of Wagener spent last week here and was accompanied home by Mrs. N. N. Schofied and children. I Grady and Oscar Rogers accompanied by Mrs. J. O. Rogers and daughters, Miss Ora Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blake spent several days last week at Mrytle Beach. Mrs. L. M. Rogers has returned home from Baltimore where she re ceived medical treatment. Miss Sadie Kendall returned to her home in Florence Sunday. I Mr. J. C. Blake of Charlotte spent last week here and was accompanied home, Monday by wife and baby. Miss Coleen Bethea has accepted a position as stenographer in Greensboro, N. C. by A. D. Matheson as J. J. Matheson alleges in his complaint. It was generally known that Deems was helping in his business. He had other good assistants in his business. Dr. J. F. Kinney testified that he was cal]ed t0 see Mr. Matheson when he had his first stroke, and talked with him a few times afterwards. He did not appear normal. Judging from the general effect of disease of that kind in my experience and from medical authorities, I do not think he was competent to dispose of his large estate by will without help. Dr. Chas. R. May, who w*as Mr. Matheson's family physician, son-inlaw, and one of the executors of the will testified that Mr. Matheson was weaker, mentally and physically, after his stroke, but that he was by no means crazy. I advised against Mr. Matheson making any papers as I thought he ought not to be taxed with anything that would cause ev citement. The contestant's attorneys produced a copy of an affidavit by Dr. May which was filed with the exemption board asking for deferred classification for A. D. Matheson to help attend to his father's large business on account of A. J. Matheson's infirm physical and mental condition. Dr. May testified that A. D. Matheson was necessary to assist his father in his business. A. J. Matheson was competent to direct his business but needed his son's assistance to carry it out. W. C. Breeden testified that A. J. Matheson's mental condition was decidedly worse after he had the stroke. In buying cotton he sometimes got mixed up on the "rices and offered as much as a cent a pound above the market. Don't think he was competent to transact business in March, 1918, nor to execute a will like the one in dispute. I did not have any business transactions with him. Have often heard men offer above market for cotton to people who owed them. The man who was offered above market for cotton did not let Mr. Matheson have it. Col. J. P. Gibson testified that Mr. Matheson's mind was not near so active after he had the stroke. He was in my office on March 15th or 16th, j 1918. I accompanied him out to the; fountain. He said he was going to; >1,. 1 1- 1 * * * -.-.-3 1 f" 1 me uuhiy, uut weiu t1 -i iri r it-ihjj- air my judgment he was totally incapac-j itated to transact business of any kind. J. H. Mitchell testified that in March 1918, I went to Mr. Matheson's office to sell him some fertilizers. He spoke to me and called me Mr. Darlington. He acted different ' from what he used to. I asked him i why he called me Darlington. He said he didn't knov that he could not remember or think as well as he used to. I tried to sell him some fer- 1 tilizers. He said he would seei Deems 1 ibout it. He said he had made his ' will, and he hoped it was fair and satisfactory. I don't think he was then competent to transact business ar make a will disposing of his prop- . syty. ; Mr. Mitchell said he did not know ' Tom Darlington, a fertilizer agent, 1 who looks like Mr. Mitchell. W. C. Bruce testified that Mr. 1 Vlatheson's mental condition was not ' is good after the stroke. Hei seemed 1 feeble and confused in the spring of 1918. Don't think he was competent to divide up property. He talked 1 sdnsibly. He said his legs were ' ibout given out, and his head too. ' J. P. Evans testified that Mr. Vlatheson's mind was very feeble at- ' ter the first stroke. I sold him cot- ' ton. Deems 0r Mr. Freetnan were ' present to make calculations for him. Don't think he was capable of trans- ! icting much business without assist- ' ince. Don't think he was capable of ' ;xeputing this will. Everything he 1 said was in a sensible manner, but J ae would sometimes say 33 cents when he meant 44, and some times ' jailed me Will instead of Jack. Be- 1 fore the stroke I saw him going to,< Loudon by himself, but after the 1 stroke, somebody went with him. I,1 regard Loudon plantation worm ?50,000 or $60,000. < John J. Adams testified that not < ong before A. J. Matheson diifd I ( longht a lot from him (Feb. 1, 1918) J He offered to sell it all to me for i ?1000. I told him I would take it. j? [Ie said he would have the detU fix-,i h1. Deems railed me up and said;' lis father would not let me have it ( (Contined on page eight) COTTON INiERESTS | ARE ORGANIZING MOVEMENT TO BRING ECONOMIC FREEDOM TO THE SOUTH. , Changes Already Noted by One Who Has Recently Traveled Over Belt. St. Matthews .Tniv n mu ?.j ?i iic American Cotton Association gives out the can Cotton Association gives out the .following for publication: After long years of absence from the South the writer was traveling a few years ago in midsummer tlvrough a part of the State of Alabama. It was a discouraging experience. The blistering heat of the July sun burned down on a scene of unremunerating and unprogressive toil. From that stretch of railway little could be seen save the endless fields of cot| ton with here and there a small field l of corn and the cabins of negro farmers and "share croppers'' surrounded by the cotton fields with the shade of a Pride of India tree under which the dog could find shelter while he snapped at the flies tormenting him or the little black children playc^l inthe sand. Very different from the ' pictures one enjoys in Page's story of Old Virginia, when the wealthy planters of the South kept high state and upheld traditions of Merry England. The white fleece of cotton used te form the basis for that life in the Old South and the wealth it created has not yet learned tp settle down largely in England ana New England. The Southern planter had a hand in the government of the nation and could defend himself and his section. He was also economically independent. He could finance his own operations, produce on his own plantations most of what was needed by his people, and sold his surplus crop, cotton, when the market suited him. But conditions had now altered for the worse. A great portion of the farmers of the South had never recovered from the staggering economic disaster of the defeat in the Civil War. They were no longer influential in the government of the nation and could not defend their interests. They were economically dependent; could not finance their own operations, and had to sell their cotton on a market fired by interests outside of the South. There was no prospect of a return to the freedom of the ante-bellum days, because money could be borrowed only on cotton, and then only to be re- \ paid promptly when the cotton should be harvested, no inatter what the state of the market. The long continued effort t0 bring about diversified farming, both for the sake of saving the soil, and also in order te free the South from dependence on the West for its food and feed and on New England for ready cash, had always largelly failed for the reason that the dependent small farmer had to have money to grow each year's crop, and this money could be had only when he planted and mortgaged cotton. South Realizes its Strength. * But such conditions could not hist forever. The writer has recently traveled through a large stretch of the cotton belt and has been reading the papers of tlje South. There is a FTPT^oFe Irffhefee "papers and new conditions are coming to pass on the farms. No region can afford to leave its economic fate in the hands of another region. The self-determination of nations must have its counterpart in the self-determination sections of a country which are economically homogenous. So long as the South was forced to leave to another section of the country the fixing of the market upon which it could sell its money crop, cotton, and so long as it failed to feed itself and must sell this crop hurriedly in order to buy food from the West, it was inevitable that the wealth created by the cotton farmer of he South would find itself in the pockets of the corn growers of Kansas, the meat packers of Chicago and the cotton spinners of New Engand. The explanation behind the present change ajid the prospect of greater changes in the cotton States lies in the fact that the South has now taken its economical fate in its own hands. All interests of the South have come to realize that in their union there is not only strength, but strength enough to break the adverse fate and abtain liberty. No one who reads the news of economic happenings needs to be told " that the chief phenomenon just now in the South is the advent of the American Cotton Association. Sponsored by all classes of business men ef the section the farmer, the merchant, and the banker, this organization proposes to open up opportuni- , ties for the cotton grower of the South equal to those of any farmer in the world. All that tnese tarmers leed is a fair opportunity; all that :he American Cotton Association pioposes to fight for is such an opporunity. First of all the cotton farmer ol ;he South must have access to full and orrect information concerning the :otton business of the world. No nan can farm scientifically and proftably when he is necessarily in the lark concerning important phases of :he business in which he is one single init. The agricultural colleges and experiment stations of the South have (Continued on page four.)