The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 22, 1920, Image 7
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
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hock-full of comfort that wo oro wllll
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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."
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dirt proof tonrue. Scientifically A
treated to exclude snow and water. Send m.
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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
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FIELD TIRES
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tive prices on Di;
ly-Springfield Ti
and believe their
values on the mai
stock of tires w;
fore the advance
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give our cusiome
on all purchase;
ments made prio
We have attn
Havoline Motor <
having purchase!
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WILMING1
| Ah kin ride enny time I feels like
ridin'?"
"Six hundred dollars," was the reply.
I "Then put her in," said Ben.
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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
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TUBES
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and Kelires
and Tubes,
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ket. Our present
as purchased beand
we desire to
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3 covering shipr
to April 30th.
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> ly crazy man in the berth with him
he took advantage of the open win
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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
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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
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jrsey Heifer 12 months, fat
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