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THE COTTON JUBILEE. 'What a Northern Magazine Writer Found in the South. The following are extracts from an article on "Jubilee Cotton," which appeared in the Country Gen-i tleman a few weeks ago: For several weeks I have been coursing through the Cotton States, J absorbing the color and feeling the vibration of this jubilee. It gets you after a while, laughs away all your economic broodings 'over acreage, consumption, purchasing power of European mills'and everything. The South today is spending with j lavish hand; wherever there is money there is feasting. In many cases, of course, the free ana easy life is ( not a novelty, but in just as many ( cases it is. Men have been lifted overnight from drudgery and pen- j nry to ease and opulence though it may last but a short season. A farmer who naa grown nis entire cotton crop with the labor of his wife, children and himself, drew up 1 at a little town in South Carolina with three bales of long staple load- i ed on his wagon. Buyers swarmed 3 out to meet him and one dragged him j to his otffte. This buyer planked i m down over $1400 in crackling new < w bank notes. t The grower waited patiently never so much a? glancing at this sud- ] den wealth. , t rW?n,f said the buyer, "that's , t the highest market price." < "Don't fool' with me," said the grower. "I've" got three bales out J there on my spgon an' that's all I'm . offerln' you." "But that's for the three bales, i man!" * K , . I was told that this grower stag- I I'oroH nut hnnvht the first antnmn- I bile he saw, paid somebody five dollars to drive his team home and in three days had nothing to show for his 91400 but a junked car The cut-loose spirit of spending which has seized upon a class of cotton growers in the South may be condemned by long range economists and moralizers, and as a matter of fact it is being condemned by the conservative class of business men and planters in vthe South itself who look ahead and seed the possibility of a vicious reflex action. But it is just as natural for the South to spend wildly in a good cotton year as it is for all the rest of the world to go on a holiday after the rigors of wartime saving and scrimping has passed ? just as it is doing! The Southern banks are bursting with money, but precious little of it seems to be recirculating in the South. Rather it is being shipped to JJew York to finance Wall Street operations, where call money has been bid up to twenty five and even thirty The October clearings for the CoBH lumbia, South Carolina, banks for ex ample, broke all records?$19,000,AAA 1 1 _ 111,1, ? 1 A AAA I uvw us agamm a nine u?ei fiv.vvvril fm 000 in 1917. 1 |u But if jubilee cotton finds tumul- ' H tuous expression in the spending of m the rank and /jle pf growers, it reach![ es to the heights of an orgy among Si the negroes. Let it be remembered that the estate of the Southern negro has been radically changed within the last few years. By and large he is prosperous to a preposterous degree It is safe to say that the smallest fraction of the 1919 cotton crop was h raised under the old system of plan-1 tatlon labor; the bulk was produced | by white families working in\ the fields and by negro cash renters and share croppers. The negro in the Cotton Belt today is not for hire ? that- is, for what any sane planter could afford to pay him. "If cotton had to compete with industry for labor this year,'' a grower said to me, '"it would cost us five cents a pound to pick u. The negro's standard of living does not levy a. heavy tax on his earnings. Consequently when in years like this he comes into possession of enough money to settle all back debts*.pay his land rent and the like, hp the surplus remaining in his hand ~ -is going to be scatter d like the redhot money it is. From a piano dealer with a repu- i " tation for variety comes the story of the negro shafe cropper who this | fall entered the store and bought for cash the best player piano in stock. A few days later he came back again "Boss," he said to the dealer, "is dat planner you sold me de best you j got?" "It certainly is, George.'' said the i dealer. "Wasn't it all right?" ^'Yassuh, yassuh, ain't nothin' | wrog wif* hit. But you send me j another jis' lak hit ? heah's de money. I got two gals at home an' dey been rajsln' sech a ruckus 'bout who gwine play on dat thing I'se jesboun' to settle de 'sturbance." In Atlanta I was told of a jeweler who went about his work in the store while a cotton field negro stood looking at the case containing trays of rings. Finally the leweler decided to get rid of him. He took out a tray of expensive rines, nrlces ranging between $500 and $1000. The negro looked at the price tags and shook his head. "Boss, I ain't got tim' a play this mawnin'. Leonine see sho* 'nuff i Ting." He ended by leaving $200 deposit * on a big solitaire. The following t mnrntnir rotnrnoH with f h o ttfiftft A balance in cash and close^ the transaction. V. Automobile dealers in the South tell me that never have thev had ^ such a year. Of course, the flivver V types are common, but jubile? cotton expressed itself rather in terms of, the supercar. The flivver is wellnigh fool proof, but the South's service stations are choked with semiwre'ck- j ed jubilee cars, whilo many a one de- j corates a fence corner or the base of a telegraph pole which it has failed j to negotiate The average cotton field negro with enough money in his pocket to buv \ something better than a flivver is go-' lng to buy it if he has to sell his mule to furnish the gasoline. The sooner his joy rides end in grief the sooner is the big cotton grower's mind at ease. For then, broke and for the first time realizing the need of such things us meat and bread, the negro will go to work?not before. One grower last year found his best share cropper paying him every cent due for land rent and supplies after he had sold the buik of his crop. Even then he had over $3000 in cash and several bales resting in the warehouse. The grower's uneasiness increased until one day Ben was missing. He could not be found. "Ben's got more than $3000 in his pocket," said the grower, "and he's as good as lost to me until he spends it. I hope it will be short session." And then one day in a tremendous cloud of dust Ben pulled up in front 3f the grower's house. He sat at the wheel of a super car and was wearing the broadest of grins. "Ben," said the grower, "where the devil have you been?" ? "Up to Memphus, boss." "Well, what made you stay so tuug ; "Boss, Ah jes' couldn't mek' up mah min' about de cyah. UBter be rou could go up dyah ah' pick out a flivver in er few minutes. But shucks, boss ain't hit perplexin' ter iecide on de new models nowaiays?" The sequel of this story is that Ben found h? couldn't keep the big seven passenger car on his front, porch'or in the mule bam. So he Irove to the village garage. . ? "Whit$ folks," he . said, "how much, hit cost to keep his cyah a yeah ill greased up en' eve'ything, so's The former Oo NC New Y< Under New The New York give the patroni best that is to b all times. Popul Furnished Ro< * ; llNOK I* bant so isttd full of wiar And hock-full of comfort that wo oro wllll to Mnd K to you ON APPROVAL i charges prepaid. Junt state your ah that's aiL Yon will be delighted with I splendid, soft, selected leather uppers. 1 double thick soles of Genuine Indestructt Oak Leather often wear one year before tap* piny. Customers are writing us daily^ "They are too muni ana loncv^v ant waring aboaa I avr had." Specially tanned to exclude barnyard aclda Special dirt proof tonrue. Scientifically A treated to exclude snow and water. Send m. forapairatourrisk. Ifthayara not Jmt worth $8.00 aand them back at Mmk our expanse?you bo th? & jadao. Send KO money with u this coupon?pay only (4.89 ^0^1! on arrival. Why pay or$8.00f SaveproSts^^^^BEfc&HB^H buy DIRECT /rem aflpn|^EBnuWnE& Headquarters. are the Oldeat ^ and Largest heuoe^eeU from ^fho ATTRACTS DIAIil) FIELD TIRES We are pleasec tive prices on Di; ly-Springfield Ti and believe their values on the mai stock of tires w; fore the advance j give our cusiome on all purchase; ments made prio We have attn Havoline Motor < having purchase! vance. HYMAN SUPP WILMING1 | Ah kin ride enny time I feels like ridin'?" "Six hundred dollars," was the reply. I "Then put her in," said Ben. o i DID NOT GET CAR HERE. Insane Soldier Got Car at Pembroke i and Drove to Johns. Pee Dee Advocate. The report was generally accepted here last week that Phil Miller's car i had been taken by an insane soldiei who escaped and later got on the Maxton train. This is incorrect, however, as the article below from The Scottish Chief shows. Another theory is that the same boys who gbt E. A. Hamer's car, first got Mr. Miller's. When it stalled east of town they abandoned it, walked back and got Mr. Hamer's. The Scottish Chief says: John E. Foxt formerly of a camp at Santiago, Calif., one of a number of insane men being taken from the naval hospital at Charleston, S. C., to an insane department at Washington, D. C., last Thursday escaped at Pembroke by climbing out of the window of a pullman. He hired en automobile and drove ta Johns eight miles south of Maxton on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway and took the train for Fayetteville. Rural policeman W. W. Smith located the fleeing soldier and arrested him upon the train's arrival at Maxton. He was kept here until Tuesday of this week when a lieutenant arrived and took I the prisoner to Washington. Fox said that he was not as crazy as his j companions anj they had put a realcidental Cafe )W >rk Cafe Management Cafe is here to 3 of Dillon the ! had at any and lar prices. ?ms for Rent + ' w> kot Umi K $7 to is TtlMC V 11 K^^H^CT?MMtki!tWT?fllc^n>-fl ? ? bbdur *? ? m1 Lbefar wj t?<i ml 'heir JHHRmHkDir FBEjkfl U^ Addr? \Jt VE PRICES n KELLY-SPRINGAND TUBES i to quote attracamond and Kelires and Tubes, 1 to be the best ket. Our present as purchased beand we desire to rs this advantage 3 covering shipr to April 30th. ictive prices on 3ilby reason of 1 before the adLf COMPANY :on, n. c. > ly crazy man in the berth with him he took advantage of the open win dow and escaped WE BUY, RAISE AND SELL FUR bearing rabfes and other fur-bear ing animals Place your order witl us, and list what ever stock yot > have with us, stating lowest fla prices on large shipments. Addresi 515-517 N. P. Ave., Pargo, N. D ?4 1 4t. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that Her i bert Cousar, executor of the estate o Mollie Cousar, deceased has made ap plication unto me for final dischargi as such executor and that Friday April 30, 11 a. m. in the forenoon hai Deen appointed for the hearing of th< said petition. All persons holding claims agains the said estate &re requested to fih ,them with the executor on or befon 11 a. m. in the forenoon on masy April 30, or this notice will be pleac In bar of their recovery. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate. 4 1 4t. Dillon Countj SMOKING TOBACCO FACTS FROM THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA The Use sf Flavorings Deter* nines Difference In Brands The Encyclopaedia Britannlca says about the manufacture of smoking tobacco: "...on the Continent and in America, certain 'sauces' are employed .. .the use of the 'sauces' is to improve the flavour and burning qualities of the leaves." Which indicates that a smoker's enjoyment depends as much upon the flavoring used as upon the tobacco. Your nose is a sure guide in the matter of flavorings. Try this simple test with several tobacco brands: pour some tobacco into your palm, rub briskly, and smell. You will notice a distinct difference in the fragrance of every brand. The tobacco that smells best to you will smoke best in your pipe, you can rest assured, f * Carefully aged, old Burlev tobacco, plus a dash of pure chocolate, gives TUXEDO Tobacco a pure fragrance your nose can quickly distinguish from any other tobacco. Try it and see. "Found Seven Rats Dead in Bir Next Morning." Robert Woodruff, says: "My prem lees were infested with rats. I trie( RAT-SNAP on friend's recommenda tion. Next morning found seven deat rats in birt, two near feed box, thre< in stall. Found large number since No smell from dead rats?RAT SNAP drys them up. Best thing ] ever used." Three sizes, ,25c, 50c $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Pal metto Hardware Co., and Mood] Drug Co. 1 mo Greenville County farmers hav< organized a County Chamber oi Commerce with AV H. Chapman PAiinitf A front o a eonrnforv VJWUUIJ AgCUl| CfcO BUB?US???Si ? _ _ _ iPR B 1 JNAV g) ^ netical ? regarded i ffl the world {?} til now E IS 4-1-* o i-i *-? a r*< 111W 1111V wi IS fault of ( m ,1 ? the appeal ? tender, th B ? It represents ? tiful a mechs gj breath, it d H which hums ? fecting deta m n Fremier is r | instantly sta 1 MUNN i i g a Marion, i E Sub-De; is Prices, 7 I B ??????????i? }r? FOI 1 1 t s Ore 5 gallon Jersey Cow jc One Handsome Guernsey-J< fat, fine (Bo 1 perfeetly gentle stylish b good stepper, afraid of f 'die and almost new Ti 2 tamsworth Duroc sows, 8 2 ed Duroc at , ' 1 sound gentle fat mare mi 3 On? 5 room house East Di a u/hltn rAciHanPA HP^HO 4 business lots Main street tal, church or stores, 5 property at relative vi ! J. W. ( Di &========= . i .. "A COMPLETE Boilers Sa Engines Crude Oil Engines Gas Engines Steam Pumps We also have liste< second hand machin quiremente. mru u nrrnm ti r 111 pi an y.rm jsssssaa??" EM /AY, tU alui llv-shifted Pre is America s ne s congress of fi urope has held ar field simply sompetition. < ranee of this A at condition is i a new conception o mical thing may be iscredits precedent in patience may be ll down to the b microscopically fin< mps its owner as an & BAR rATUM, s DEALER Dillon and Marlb iler wanted for Dillon 5assenger Tour HIS IS SI II US] BIS (SI ? - ^ SALE >ung, perfectly quiet, now milking $125 jrsey Heifer 12 months, fat $100 ? th for $20040) ay pony horse 9 years old, nothing, anybody can hannylor-Ca.il ad y top buggy at $250 I months, fat, sire register. $00 ale worth twice what I price her at. lion on high dry lot, good ? n, a bargain?Easy Terms, close in, desirable site for hotel, hospior will exchange for other improred due. J; CONNELLY lion, S. C. 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