The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, February 19, 1920, Image 2
Interesting Statistics. j
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According to the statistics compiled
by the Manufacturers Record,
there was a decrease last year in the
combined output of corn, wheat and
oats of 236,000,000 bushels in the
country outside of the Southern
States, while in the South these
grains showed an increased production
of 335.500,000 bushels. As a
result of this the South tnade a greater
percentage of increase in the total
value 01 agricultural products
than the rest of the country.
The aggregate value' of all Southern
crops in 1919 was $7,022,000.-1
000, as compared with $8,768,000,000
for the rest of the country. Thus
the South last year produced 44 peri
cent of the entire crop values of the
country. The most striking fact ill |
connection with this is that the total
cotton value, seed included, was only
a little more than $2,"3000,000,000
leaving nearly $5,000,000,000 as
the value of the South's diversified
crops.
Counting the South's livestock pro-j
duction at about the same percentage
as ruled last year would give to this
section $3,000,000,000,000 as the value
of its livestock output, or a total
of all farm products of $10,000,000, 00.
This is $300,000,000 in excess
of the aggregate value of all
farm products of the United States I
as late as 1915, which was the highest
total that had ever been reached I
up to that time, and is Just a little
less than one-half of the total value
of the entire country of all farm
products in 1918.
These stupendous ngures give
some indication of the amazing ad ance
in diversified farming and in
the agricultural wealth of the
South.
The value of the South's crops in
1919, the increase being largely
made up by the gain in its grain output,
was nearly $1,166,000,000 more
than in 1918 while in the rest of the
country the gain was only $529,800,000.
The South's increase in crop
values was 19 per cent, and in the rest
of the country' it was only 6 per
cent.
Comparing the crop values in 1919
over the average For the five years,
1913-1917, the South shows a gain
of $3,603,000,000 which is equal
to 105 per cent, while the rest of the
country for the same time had ^
gain of $3,794,000,000, or 76 per
cent.
In connection with the food supply
of tbe country, it is a fact of signifiicant
importance that the grain production
of the entire country outside
of the South last year showed a de*
cline of 236.000,000 bushels, in contrast
with the gain in the South of
335,500,000 bushels. If it had not
been for this remarkable increase in
the South We would now have very
much higher prices for foodstuffs
ana leeastulfs of all kinds.
The decrease in the United States
winter wheat acreage for this year
of 25 per cent or 12,000.000 acr^k.
and a similar percentage of decrease
in rye acreage are among the most
significant signs of the times, showing
the great decline in the grainproducing
regions of the West of
the acreage given to winter crop.
Unless this decrease in the West is
offset by an increase grain in the
South this spring, there is a strong
possibility that we might next winter
face a shortage in grain production
which would seriously e'fect our
livestock supply and bring about food
prices which would make the present
prices seem very cheap.
In the total value of farm crops
last year, Texas leads thp entire
country with a total of $1,076,000,000,
while the ?e.\t State is Iowa,
with $861,000,000 and Illinois with
$813,000,000. The extent of diversity
of farming in Texas is shown in
the fact that the grain production of
the State was nearly 400,000,000
bushels. Other Southern States
made similar phenomenal productions.
The value of North Carolina
crops last year was $683,000,000,
compared with the five-year average.
1913-1917, of $258,000,000
South Carolina's crop production last
year exceeded in value by $4 5,000,000
the total of California's, and thej
value of North Carolina's crops ex-|
eoeded by $208,000,000 the value of
California's. The three Pacific Coast ,
States, Washington, Oregon and Cal-j
ifornia, had aggregate values lor'
craps last year of $18,000,000 J
which was $266,000,000 less than
the crop values of the State ol' Texas.
North Carolina was fourth on
the list, being exceerfpn nniv
w ? v..V *JJ
Texas, Iowa and Illinois, and was
$50,000,000 ahead of Kansas. Georgia
followed very close behind Carolina?Manufacturers
Record.
: COKPOKATOK S NOTICE.
Pursuant to a commission issued to
the undersigned corporators by. W.
Bathes Dove, secretary of state, notice
is given that books of subscription
to the capital stock of the Dillon
County Warehouse & Marketing Cor*
poration will be opened on Saturday,
February 21st at 12 o'clock noon at
the Bank of Dillon. Dillon, S. C., the
Bank of Lake View, Lake View, S. C.,
and the Bank of Latta, Latta, S. C.
The capital stock of the proposed
corporation is $50,000.00 divided
into 500 shares of the par value of
$100 each.
. P. L. Bethea,
. W. H. Smith,
T. L. Manning,
r -Tx R- M. Oliver.
" L. Cottingham,
J. H. David,
2 19 It. Corporators. j
NOTICE.
Take notice that the spring term
Court of General Sessions for the
county of Dillon will convene at the
Court House at Dillon on Monday
the 16th day of February. 1920, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon.
JNO. C. BETHEA,
1 22 4t C. C. C. P. & G. S.
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God make i.ie *\ ?rtli> 'I'hy It >
Wfci |) mine I all a lit: S Willi
This metdo-. whore the s-.nset'- s:n !e
Falls like a h es-.jR* from Thy I i.
AihI whore th river sinning i.
"Neath u.rr.rv skies and giimir ' s
? Richard Watson (iilder
RECIPES YOU WILL LIK.'. TO
KEEP.
A Fren !> y f?>r sjv I
fnn'n? which is i,^id-red v?*r\ ? !? ?i?iP"
IIFW* 'III II 's ',v,) "Uncos :icl
tl IJM ,,re dried. t!? * peel 's
rj B dried :UH' n" ground mho
g sifted together until \v??!:
mixed. This powder. t;
carefully corked in a bottle wid keep
Indefinitely. Use it sparingly.
Ever-Lasting Yeast.?Tie three yeast
cakes (the dry variety) In a cheese
cloth, add one quart of potato water,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar and let
stand twelve hours. Remove the
yeast and place In a glass Jar well
covered but not sealed. Use one cupful
of the well-stirred yeast for six
loaves of bread. Once or twice a
week fill the jar with potato water
(about the amount of liquid removed).
No more yeast Is added. This will
a wn If AI ??notlnnc flpo Pfl PP
Keep IUI jcq 10 11 unvi-uvux
fully followed. If not enough yeast Is
used to renew with potato water take
out some each time the potato water
is added. This Is the food which
feeds the yeast plants and they will
keep on growing.
Chutney?This is a famous concoction
well liked hv our English cousins.
This is the season to prepare It for
winter use. Chop and cook together
t*V? hours twelve apples, skins not
removed, two green peppers, one
onion, one cupful of raisins, one cupful
of sugar, ohe pint of vinegar, the
juice of a lemon, one-half tablespoonfnl
of ginger and one-half tablespoon
ftd of salt. Tut in marmalade jars or
seal like jelly.
Olive Oil Pickles.?Take one hundred
small cucumbers, three pints of
small onions, one pint of olive oil. one
ounce of celery seed, one-fourth
pound of white mustard seed, one
ounce of white pepper. Slice the unpeeled
cucumbers, cover with one and
two-thirds cupfuls of salt, let stand
three hours. Slice the onions and let
them stand In cold water three hours,
then drain and mix with the oil anil
spices. Pack Into Jars and till the jars
with good vinegar. Good to eat in
ten days.^
"HtJLUt "Tyhw-vrdS.
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KITCHENS?
cabinetB
In this existence, dry and wet
Will overtake the best of menSome
little sklft o' clouds '11 shet
The sun off now and then;
And mebby while you're wonderla*
who
You've fool-like lent your umbrell' to.
And want It?out '11 pop the sun.
And you'll be glad you hain't got nonel
-Riley.
FOOD FOR OUR GUESTS.
A most wholesome and dainty dw
sert which is within the reach of all
1s'b-j i
ncu naopuvi i j
|Bj quart of sour millr
'Ia^vSfl or buttermilk, add
H^uZCw? 10 it one egg white
beaten stiff and a
- one and one-half
eupfuls of sugar and one-fourth of a
cupful of raspberry sirup. Freeze as
usual, and when half frozen add the
juice of a lemon. This may he made
with cherries, pineapple, strawberry
or orange sirup.
Fruit Coupe.?Scald a cupful of
milk, add an egg, two tnblespoonfuls
of sugar and a pinch of salt, and cook
In a double boiler until thick. Set
aside in a cool place. When cool,
freeze; Just before the cream Is frozen
add half a cupful of chopped pineapple,
half a cupful of heavy cream
whipped, the white of an egg beaten
stiff. At serving time, fill the coupe
glasses half full of the Ice cream, cover
with a spoonful of raspberry sirup
end a spoonful of whipped cream and
garnish with maraschino cherries and
pieces of pineapple. Raspberry sirup
may be made from canned fruit, boilinir
the strained juice with sugar.
Sardine Biscuits.?Make and hake
small baking powder biscuits. Split
while hot, spread with skinned sardines
from which the bones have been
removed, then flaked and moistened
with the sardine oil. Return the tops
J to the biscuits, pile on a plate and
serve hot for tea or luncheon.
Corn Oysters.?I'lace a pint of corn
on the stove and let It simmer twenty
minutes; If too dry, add a little water.
Then season with one toaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful of butter, twc
tablespoonfuls of milk and pepper tc
taste. Cool and stir in two well-beaten
eggs and a cupful of fresh crisp
cracker crumbs, rolled. Put a tablespoonful
of bacon fat in a frying pan
and when hot drop in spoonfuls of the
batter. Cook until brown, then torn
and brown on the other side.
TO FIGHT HIGH COSTS
WITH SAVINGS WEAPON
War Loan Organization of Fifth Fod>
oral Reserve District Will Continue
to Develop Thrift and
Savings Plan.
Vigorous assistance la the morement
to reduce the high coat of lir-1
ing through encouraging sane spending,
will be given by the War Loaa i
Organization of the Fifth Federal Re-'
serve District in 1920, according to an |
announcement made from Richmond,
Va., by Albert S. Johnstone, director
(or this district, which Includes the
State of South Carolina.
"With the foundatio:. >f the government's
savings movement firmly laid
and with a full knowledge of the tremendous
benefits which Inevitably
follow when the principles of thrift
are addpted, the United States Treasury
Department will continue to push
the movement," Director Johastoae
I said.
'The War Loan Organisation of this
district haa enjoyed the co-ope ration
of many able citizens," the district director
continued. "Numerous hanks
and mercantile and industrial establishment
have rendered whole-hearted
assistance while newspapers of the
district, by their patriotism and generosity,
have accorded a senrlee ef
inestimable value.
pending, Saving and Investing.
"It will be the policy ef the War
Loan Organisation ef the Fifth Federal
Reserve District daring 1IM to
eoatlnue to emphasise the tmportaaoe
ef spending wisely, of saving regularly
and systematically, of investing in
sound ecurltlee. It will eodeavor to
find or croat* now markets (or for*
ernment securities, and to polat out
to Investors the attractlT?n?aa of Liberty
Bond ? and Victory Note*, particularly
when bought at market priooa.
Also especial emphaaia will bo given
to the seringa movement which la
bow popularly identified with War
Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps.
"A point to bo mentioned, but which
no longer needs to be emphasised, la
that thrift does not mean miaorlinoaa.
It means getting your money's worth;
it means the elimination of waste; It
means saving on what you do not
need; it means the steadfast tefusai
to buy useless luxuries; It means the
most efficient use of all natural aad
acquired resources; K means safeguarding
against unforseen emergen- :
cies for the future.
Total Exceeds Billion.
'Through this thrift movement, begun
in December 1117, the government
has marketed to millions of purchasers
savings securities to a total
ozoeedtng $1,121,090,000. Despite tk?
falling off in interest en the part of
the public ia these securities followlag
the armistice. the seise began 9a
increase last summer, showing that
the efforts of the treasury to stem
the tide of extravaganoe and develop
habits <tf saving were beginning ta
bear fruit.
"The development ef this savings
movement during recent months has
been very encouraging. Since the beginning
of the present Cchoel year,
more than 1,009 envinga societies
have been organised ia the schools ed
the fifth federal Restfrve District. In
many school rooms and grades every
child is a member of a Savings Society
having agreed to save systematically
and invest his savings in Thrift
and War Savings Stamps. How much
this movsrasnt means potsntially ia
suggested by the fast that during the
last two wesks in Octobsr children ia
the public schools in Baltimore alone
saved $23,609, investing the whole
amount in these securities.
"Upwards of 1,000 woman's organM
cations throughout the district have J
been actively enlisted in studying
budget-making, promoting thrift among
their member* and associates, shopping
mora carefully, and in theae ways
fighting campaign! in behalf of systematic
taring and wlae lnreatment in
government aacurltiea in more than
600 concerns in this district employing
mora than 386,000 people."
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
P asolrad:
H nd lots of useless spending.
S hut out the Profiteers,
0 ust this unrest forever,
L ?ok to the future years.
U nits our mightiest efforts
T hrougfa Thrift to bring content,
1 nveet our money wisely,
O n Saving?ail be bent.
N ow is the time to start if our
8 uccess would crown intent.
OBT AHEAD.
If you want to get ahead?get a
head! The person who is eaviag and
investing his savings this day and
time in War Strings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps is showing that he has
a head and knows how to use ft.
Fifteen-dollar shirts won't keep you
warm this winter but they wlU crlpele
vour bank account. Better get a
common-aMM shirt and put lha different*
in War Saving* Stamp* *Wr?
It will *arn four per c*nt, compounded.
It's not what you make but what
you aare that count*. Are you getting
ahead or ellpptug behind? War
Saving* Sump* are pretty good MB*
kid ehalna.
LITTLE JACK HORNER.
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Little Jack Horner
Sat In & comer.
Counting hia Thrift SUmpa grew;
He gave a broad grin
A* he pa*ted them la,
lad eald, 'What a eight to be era"
Home Town
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CLEAN UP THAT BACK YARD"
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Matter of Importance That Does Not
Always Seem to Be Given
Consideration.
At various seasons we women faith*!
fully scour our homes from attic to
cellar, and then sti/p at the back door'
leading to the yard, which, after all,
is a kind of outdoor room not always
fully appreciated.
Many a woman most fastidious
where the house proper Is concerned ,
tulornfpa n snrnrisinc decree of untidi*!
uess in th% buck garden. Accumulations
ef house 'and gardea t?*??h ar?
not only eyesores, but positive men- i
aces to health. If you have been lux 1
in the past, get busy with broom and
backet before the rubbish collectors
make their next round.
Dig into the corners, particularly the
dark, damp angles under porch or
shed. Let in the sunlight) Sunlight
is the greatest purifier known. Get rid,
If possible, of the tall wooden fences
which often surround even tiny yards
scarcely big enough to stretch a sheet
across. Grass and flowers refuse to
grow in the rank shc.de, but snails and
microbes flourish amazingly. Let in
the health-giving sunshine; keep the
yard neat and you should worry about
the public gaze!
Let the children help in the work.
Bid them round up stray clothespins,
tin cans, old brooms and milk bottles.
Don't make a clothes-prop rack of the
iliac bush, nor a dishcloth drier of your
shrubs. Dig up plantain and dandelion
weeds from the grass while digging is
good. It will be doubly hard later ip
the hot sun when the roots are
stronger.
Don't let tradesmen take short cuts
across your little grass plot, even if
you have to set up wire guards, which
are less unsightly than bald patches in
the grass. Don't let the withered flower
stalks of the iris now blooming hang
around all summer. Keep the borders
neat by cutting all withered leaves j
and flowers. Set a trash barrel In an
unobtrusive corner. Teach the children
to throw Into it all refuse not
suitable f<?r the garbage pall. Tell the
kiddles you take pride in your tidy,
pretty garden and they will take pleasure
in helping the good work along.?
Philadelphia Record.
NOW GOOD TIME TO BUILD
Many Reasons Why Those Who Are
Thinking of Construction Should
Get It Started.
Building done these days Is quite
certain to be good building; better
than the average quality in times
when real estate improvements are
more actively carried on. This Is a
point worth considering as an offset,
in part, to high prices for material and
high wages in the building trades.
Contractors are sure to take unusual
pains to please those who give them
business. They are not obliged, as
they have been, at times, to put up
with almost any labor, however incompetent,
that cun be found, even among
tramps and idlers. There have been
periods, such as the last year of the
....... ..'linn tliu ct.irwl.inls tt'prp SO low
ered that almost anyone who could
nn^ would work at all was eagerly
hired for service which needed painstuking
intelligence. '
All the way through the various
trades that contribute to the hulldiug
id" a dwelling or a business block there
is a strong desire to make the workdone
so satisfactory that it will lead
to more employment. All who have
anything to do with real estate improvements
ure anxious to promote a
revival of construction, on the largest
possible scale.
These facts are important. They are
worthy of consideration by all who are
dealing with building problems.?Exchange.
Proper Homes Important.
To provide proper homes for the
people is one of the worthiest objects
of human endeavor. Proper housing
conditions have been regarded as the
basis upon which all other reforms
and betterments must rest. Without
decent home surroundings, light and
air, proper sanitation, we do not have
good citizeus. All of this has been said
many times before. The surprising
thing is that in this country, at least,
there has been comparatively little interest
in it among well-to-do who desire
to aid with their wealth the wellh?lnr.
rst fl.uir fiillnw nil'H Mollev ex
Ut'lUg W1 llivu *v..v .. ? r
pended now in building serves a dou*
ble purpose, meets a coincident need,
the need for employment and housing.
City Manager Plan in Kansas.
Kansas Is said to have more cities
with a commission form of government
than any other state, and It also
has three cities where the city manager
plan of government Is in successful
operation. One of the latter is
McOracken, a little city In the western
edge of Hush county, with a population
of only .'171 persons. It adopted
the commission-manager form of city
government and on May 7 the commis-ionerc
took over the city affairs. The
tirst art was to elect Leonard L. Ryan
of McCracken as city manager. He
will !iit?? complete charge of all the
business alTairs of tho city.--Chri?
tlan Science Monitor.
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We Have For Sale
One brand new Ford* Touring ?
Body. If you need a new *
body for your Ford car see
us at once. Phone 51 ,y
| ROGERS MOTORS CO. f
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Pipe, Fittings, Pumps, Cylinders and Well Points
Due to strikes, in both steel and coal mines, and
other unsettled conditions it has been hard to se- ,
cure material, but we have been very fortunate in
having a good stock of Pipe, Fittings, etc. +
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823 WEST GERVAIS St. COLUMBIA, S. C.
. . . . ....
FOR SALE
Subject to Prior Orders J f
200 Sheets 5 Feet
1000 Sheets 6 Feet
700 Sheets 7 Feet
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ouw onsets or ecu
300 Sheets 9 Feet I.
2500 Sheets 10 Feet |
500 Sheets 12 Feet ?
HYMAN SUPPLY COMPANY, Wilmington, N. C. I
Value the time test of cheapness
Latest Styles j
in Ladies' Ready-to-wear. J
Our Miss Powell is now in New /
York lecting tke latest styles in La- 9
dies Ready-to-wear, Dress Goods
and accessories, wkick will soon kegin
to arrive.
And in order to make room for these new, goods
we are offering extra good values in all winter goods and
shoes. New Spring sweaters, muslin underwear and advance
style oxfords just opened up on sale at attractive
prices. For highest quality at wonderful prices come to
JONES DRY GOODS CO., DILLON,S.C.
Flu? Flu?
THE FLU IS RAGING
And one of the best preventatives
is OLD INDIAN LAXA
TIVE LIVER AND KIDNEY
TONIC at 85c.
We have some on hand,
give it a trial. ^
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