The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, January 15, 1920, Image 3
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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 |
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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
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NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE, a
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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
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THE VALUE TO THE FARMER. 1
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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
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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.
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