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' ? jk Patriotic Citisens Bead. To be smothered is the only thing that would give us a real appreciation of the value of the air we breath. To become suddenly deaf would enable us to evaluate sound; and blindness would imp re 88 us with the beauties of light. The essential things of s life are the freest and the least val~ ued. Their absence, alone, creates a ft sense of appreciation. With those of us to whom reading is as natural as walking, there is < . a very pronounced absence of a feel,^,ing o f re^l appreciation. Somehow we 0 take for granted that everybody can \M read an<| that the blessings attendW ant upon this ^privilege are open to v all. If it were possible to deprive the whole reading world- of this ability for a space of one month, and at the end of that time t^ say that the gift would be restored for a period of twelve months upon condition that within this time Avery adult in this country should be taught to read, how busily would we empl y each waking hour, what aiylor would we show in bestowing this gift upon oth. ers, not only because of the unselfish ^ _ joy that we would experience in At blessing others; but also because of mm the selfish fear that we should have' ? of being deprived of a talent that F means so much to us. We have urged this upon the literate public and the teachers, because A of the pride that we feel in our beloved State and it is Just that we * should have this pride. It is right that we should attempt to make ourj State hold an enviable place among her sister States. But, after all, should not the actuating motive of our endeavors b? to enable those who through misfortune, or through neglect. have been deprived of this transcendent gStt. to open up to themselves the be?v i "3 and practical blessings that the irflnted page presents to those who are able to read? At this season of the year, when the hearts of all of us respond most */\ tKa noil r?f rtthorfi WA dA i^auii/ ww wuv van vi. .wf sire to yglve somebody something. Are there not very few earthly gifts whose blessings ere more lasting than the power of reading? We are able, either directly or indirectly, to pass this gift on to those who need it most. Shall We not do It now?? The Illiteracy Commission. o ^ ACREAGE AND COST. By W. W. Morrison. Indications point to a record cotton acreage the coming season. This forecasts the highest cost of production probably ever recorded, certainly the highest that any crop has cost durthe last fifty years. (2? Many people do not realize that when the yield per acre is no larger than the'average of recent years the cost of production steadily advances the acreage increases. To illusBSBrate: It is generally agreed that a ^^Wcrop 0f fifteen million bales of AmerHHlcan cotton will be required this year. ^B^With a yield of 250 pounds of lint to K the acre such a crop can be grown H onlfl^OOO.OOO acres. With a yield of ^L?fffyl?5.jtounds, the approximate | VS^rage of the last five years it would i BBBBBBBBBBS I'ffl t a a ; s , a n B "I a I a I es J : B" - w |i 3F-SIn 1 I a I . s s a a b b b a a k i H DEPOSITS 15b $ 201, Ba a 522 s 554 Iff' $147,750.00 r m organization. I aaaaaaaaaac Hk the most conviuciag wa,y In the end. take 48,387,096 acres, or, an .additional area of 18,387,096. This would mean an increase in the basic investment of 3919,345,800, or practically one billion dollars, the value the excess area required at 150 per acre^which is probably below the average price prevailing .for cotton lands. It would mean, also, nearly one third Increase in the labor and equipment necessary to cultivate the additional acreage and a very considerable increase in the expense of harvesting, as. harvesting is much more expensive wheu the crop is Israttered over an extended area as it would be in the instant case. In view of these facts, it is clear that, with an average yield of only 155 pounds and the prospective price of labor and other necessary items of expense, it will cost something more than 50 cents per pound to grow a crop ? i: J0U.0Q0 bales ?.u'? ning season. If you do not agree with this conclusion, then why not figure it out yourself on a business basis? That will be better than argument, in fact it is the most enlightened way to deal with these problems in practical economics because It is always The public welfare challenges you to such an investigation. In this connection it is well t0 recite that well defined records make it evident that it will take a yield I of something more than 250 pounds of lint per acre for production to be profitable at the current price of cotEton and the current price of labor and of other protects that can be grown I upon the same soil, when compared with the prevailing price of cotton, clearly demonstrates tl\at a less yield than 250 pounds would be an econo^; mic waste which the prosperity of no' business could survive for any ex-| tended period, as the experience of, the cbtton growers during the last' /tonHirv hoc Hflarlv nroven. HCbil VCiUUi; c . The need for an abundance of cheap j clothing is acute in almost every1 country of the world. Increasing the output and reducing the cost of cotton is, therefore, a matter of vital I world concern. It overshadows in importance all other problems connected with cotton affairs. The responsibility for its solution is very properly placed upon the American Cotton Association and allied interests in the South. Whether they do, or do not, recognize this responsibility and the extent to which they do, or do not meet its demands will very definitely determine, in the judgment of the writer whether their activities are, or ere not, justified. The problem cannot be solved by increasing the acreage. The records have clearly shown that remedy to be essentially unsound. It seems the .only solution economically sound, certainly so far as proven facts are; concerned is to reduce the acreage and increase the output per acre. Now in any solution the profits of the grower must be provided for. That [is imperative, for the growers will not market the crops of the future at a loss, that can be accepted as established. It is quite practical, however, I to both, increase the output and re3 SI 5151 SI 51 IS IS IS BE EH Statemc iiytct r I DC II on Close o % Loans am Overdraft I^IUCI iy jl Building : Other Res Stocks an Casn and ,666.67 Jan. 1915 ,382.10 u 1916 ,346 75 " 1917 ,363.83 " 1918 ,853.89 " 1919 ,234.97 " 1920 Dividends paid ( SSffllSISBEISISSlfflll1 duce the cost, and at the same provide t tor .the profits of the grower. As a i matter of fact, it is the only enlight- t effed tiray for the South to liquidate t this great responsibility which des- < tiny has placed upon her people of ( 'this generation. t Should insects, climatic conditions i or other causes, beyond the control of < human agencies, intervene and keep ] the average production per acre to i the low levels of late years, then the 1 world must provide for paying higher ( prices and very much higher than any that have been recorded during j recent vear?. For it must be remeni- . Ibered that, with these low yields as I a basis, a large crop really costs more < per pound than a small one, and the 1 writer wishes to repeat with confid- t ent emphasis that the time has pass- i ed when the cotton producers will sell < any crop, large or small, for less than < a fair profit upon what it cost to grow it 1 World events indicate that the ten- 1 dency will be for success on the short * side to become,* more and more, tern- ' porary, whlle the tendency of its 1 hazards will be to steadily increased* ' New Orleans, La., Jan. 10. 1920. ' 5 O / . AHTPPIXO LIQUOR TO CUBA 1 Millions of Dollars Worth of Whiskey to be Stored. New York Herald. The great flow of liquor out of New York has begun. With sad faces and parched lips, a crowd yesterday stood for hours and watched the loading of the United Fruit line steamship Plain field with a cargo of whiskey worth above 512 a bottle. The steamship will leave in a few days with 14,000 cases of the "gloom dispeller," while New York faces a dry holiday season. This marks the beginning of the ebb tide of booze in this country. It is going out fast from now on unless something like a miracle intervenes. The whiskey shipped yesterday was, from the Green River Distillery in Kentucky and is being sent to Havanna to* be stored. Perhaps a little of it may trickle back to< this country. But it is a long time between drink" when the liquor has to go and return vlea the Habana route. The govern ment loses $268,800 in revenue taxes on this one cargo. The stream of outward bound 1> quor will increase in size until t' millions of dollars' worth which ' been held here for the last year pending the fight over the right to settk it is safe in foreign warehouses. Tnir will be before January 16, next, believed More than two hundred cars pack with the precious liquors are b^ rushed to the seaboard from all distilling centers. These cars wefe loaded and held for release pending the supreme court decision last week. Whqn word was flashed that the court ruled dry the signal to speed was given, and now the liquor is here and at other ports or coming, to be loaded on board steamships for transportation abroad. The only bar it will cross in this country is at Sandy Hook. \ The cars yesterday were guarded | 3 IS ? ? ? HE 51B IS B IS I int of tl wm H ION, Soi f Busines R E S O I i Discounts ;s - - londs - . ind Fixtures il Estate a n i_ a oonus Due From Banks % Cap Sur Urn Dej >ut since IS IS IS IS IS IS 51 IS IS IS IS 9 >y armed men. There .appeared to be io need for the guards, however; he onlookers were too sad and weak i o start a riot They saw the passing i )f an old friend, but were too dejected to file a protest. They bowed to he inevitable and said things about i prohibition. The total amount of liluor in two hundred cases is about 1,200,000 gallons, which represents . ibout 168;000,000 highballs. At < Broadway prices that means $84,000, >00 worth of thrills. Failure of the supreme court to i ?ive its decision yesterday in the racob Ruppert action regarding the. eiralitv of 2.75 oer cent. beer, again lepreRsed the liquor dealers. They lad set high hopes on a favorable verdict in that case, and the adjournnent Of the court to January- 5 with 1 jut a word on the subject was anJther hard blow to them. The wets still are hoping for the ?residential peace proclamation, A-hich will lift the wartime prohibition ban and give a few wet days before the federal amendment becomes i law. But they admit it is a fading i tiope, to keep alive which takes all I their courage. I :l KORD SEDAN FOR SALE ? IN good condition. J. Earle Bethea. ?11 27 tf. - ^ GAR I LA W Apply I; IN?V\ (Opf ON DIL 1111????????? ie Coni OF I) J 1 t ' ? Ka lilt 1/dlUl s Jan. 2 J R C E S .1 $52: ? $ 4i $14; $ 2( $ : $ J $4?; $1,22: L I A B 1 lital Stock plus Stock divided Profits josits Ekfi SI IS IS SIS SI US SI [ I E Grove'* Tuteleu chill Tonic ' destroy* the malarial termi which art tmumitteti ! u> (b? blwd by the Malaria Moequitfc. Price 80c. II * 1 f NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE, a ? n Notice is hereby given that Mrs. v Jennie Watson, administratrix of the n estate of Leslie Watson, deceased, has made application unto me for p final discharge as such administrator t and that Thursday, * January 30th, \ 1920, at 11 a. m. in the forenoon has been app inted'for the hearing' of a the said petition. p All persons holding claims against r the said estate are requested to file j them with said administratrix on or before f 11 o'clock in the fore- c noon on Thursday, January 30th, t or this n tice wlli be plead in bar ^ of their recovery" JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, 1 8 4t Dillon County. J THE VALUE TO THE FARMER. 1 . c of having his truck equipped with heavy cord pneumatic tires has not ^ been fully understood by him. 8 Motor trucks must operate contin- 8 uously in all weather. The oversize pneumatics grip a slippery road and t prevent skidding. They permit speed t absorb road shocks, reduce fuel and c 1 " i ? PENT =AND= RORR ANTE to IRWIN & LEIG J SAW* >osite Old Brick Ya LON-LATTA tion of IIIM 0 ' ? *'"*' 'F\ mil IAAA , l?2U 5,791.53 3,261.25 3,000.00 ),765.00 1,645.00 2,700.00 3,863.22 1,026.00 L I T I E S $ 75,0 $ 75,0 $ 8.7 - r- $1,062,; 1 ' $1,221,0 S EE SI 551 s s epair bills, and make. comforfliini riving. The thick,-tough, broad-faced joett natics on,the Indiana Farm Trvk rear long, insure greater traction warace, and in a sandly soil they bnosr,ncy overcomes the heavy drag mm tion' to solid tires. Where solid Um k'ould stall in snow and sand tad uud the pneumatics have no traaMeThis cushioning feature is also lanned to reduce the damage done o the truck and its loads hy the seere vibrations and jars or solid flrac.. The Indiana Farm Truck also haK . standard wagon tread. It has amile road clearance in front, center andE ear, and steers as easily as a tourng car. It can be loaded and driven fnatfc ' pen field and neither road nor dwa.her condition affect its day-in tikf ( lay-out usefulness. This portable power units wftfcfc go rith the Indian Farm Trucfc ffaaa'orm it into an effecient, powerful iconomical power plant for oj>etut? ng all the belt-driven machinery that :an be-u^ed on a farm. The valud of the Indiana Fkrm rruck, with these various convenient md labor saving features, is IneBtltn- \ible to the farmers. The Indiana, Farm Truck Is diafif>uled in North Carolina bjr the Ctarilina Motor Co., of Statesville, N. C^. in easy terms of payment.?afr.lt. ERS RS n V I ' j''<v HTON 4ILL ird) ROAD i ... 0 is is sais isssia? .. X B SB eeb BSt m ;? B I a a @ ' ? m S3 ? E3 m si m m m M m m S3, m m m m' m mi Si BE) 100.00 1 00.00 ? '91.03 ? 234.97 | >26.00 H m 3 SUSS??? SEE?